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JOURNALISM OF COURAGE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2020, KOLKATA, LATE CITY, 16 PAGES SINCE 1932 `5.00/EX-KOLKATA `6.00(`12INNORTH EAST STATES&ANDAMAN)WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM Covid puzzles: jobs MALABAR EXERCISE NEXT MONTH back,labour shrinks, SignaltoChina:Quad demand lowbut inflation still high naviestosailtogether, Uptickinrural jobsbut losses in urban Indo-USpactontable areas, supplychain disruptions India, US, Japan&Australia in joint AANCHALMAGAZINE PLAsoldier &ANILSASI exercise; BECAbeingreadied fortalks NEWDELHI,OCTOBER19 strays across WITH ECONOMIC activity pick- SHUBHAJITROY& LAC, Army ing pace afterthe easing of lock- KRISHNKAUSHIK down measures, the recovery People throng Sreebhumi Puja Pandal in Lake Town, on the outskirtsofKolkata, on Monday NEWDELHI,OCTOBER19 has thrownupsome paradoxes: afterthe High Courtbarredvisitors’ entry. ShashiGhosh sayswill revivalinemploymentamida AMID THE Sino-Indianmilitary fall in labour forceparticipation, standoffalong the Line of Actual returnhim surging inflation rate despite Datasuggests migration Control in Ladakh and rising ten- disinflationaryimpactfrom back to citiesnot happening No entrytoDurga Puja pandals, sions in the South China Sea, the weak demand, and improve- as expected Quadrilateral grouping of US, During the 2017 Malabar KRISHNKAUSHIK mentinfuture outlook surveys Japan, Indiaand Australia are Exercise in the Bayof NEWDELHI,OCTOBER19 even as the situation worsensin HC rulesciting ‘publicinterest’ sending their warships forthe Bengal. File households. morepeople find jobs, as had Malabar Exercise next month. ACHINESE soldier wasappre-

In September,aslockdowns happenedduring September,a NewDelhi and Washington ED hendedMonday in the were progressively eased, an un- greater number should have Says govt’smeasures ‘piouswishes withoutany blueprint’ arealso steppingupefforts to Demchok sector of eastern usual labour market phenome- come in looking forjobs.The re- conclude the Basic Exchangeand Thetroika Ladakh amidtensions over the non wasobserved in India-- verse seems to have happened, would be allowed to enter the Cooperation Agreement (BECA) PLAIN E border standoff. The Indian ● ofpacts while severalworkers got jobs, the CMIE estimates suggest. SANTANUCHOWDHURY FULL COVERAGE marquee or the pandals. ahead of the Indo-US 2+2 minis- EX Armysaid the soldier had manywho did notwent on to The unusual trend is ex- KOLKATA,OCTOBER19 The Benchsaid,“When stu- terialmeetingonOctober 26-27 strayed across the Line of Actual leave thelabour force, data col- plainedbyarural-urban disag- NODISCUSSIONYET dents...have beenpreventedfrom –defence and foreign ministers GEOSPATIAL SPECIFICS Control and would soon be lated by the Centrefor gregation of the data:rural India EXPRESSING APPREHENSION ONCHALLENGINGHC attending educational institu- of the twocountries will be in a shared under the BECA handedovertothe PLA. Monitoring Indian Economy is seeing an increase in jobs that overcrowding of people ORDER,SAYSGOVT tions formorethan sixmonths huddle at the 2+2. will help enhance the ac- In astatement, the Armysaid, (CMIE) showed. Typically, when CONTINUEDONPAGE2 during the festiveseason could PAGE 4 andseveralstudents standto lose Akey military pact, BECA curacy of Indian missiles, "A PLAsoldier,identifiedas lead to an “uncontrollable” rise ayear,itisrather incongruous will allowIndia to use US and will be key to plans Corporal Wang Ya Long, wasap- in the number of Covid-19cases, that Puja festivities would con- geospatial intelligence and en- forarmeddrones. It will prehendedinthe Demchok sec- the CalcuttaHigh Courton gation (PIL),aDivision Benchof tinue as in the previous years.” hance accuracy of automated complete the troika of torofEastern Ladakh on 19 Tejashwiattacks Nitish Monday ordered that Durga Puja the High Court, comprising “Lifehas notbeen normalfor systems and weapons likemis- foundational pacts– October 2020 afterhehad pandals in West Bengal will be Justice Sanjib Banerjee and the human species since or siles and armeddrones. In COMCASAand LEMOA strayed across the LAC." out of bounds forthe visitors “in Justice Arijit Banerjee, said that about March,2020 and it may February,USPresident Donald being the other two-- The Armysaid, "a requesthas over Chirag; RJD says on public interest”. no one, barring selectmembers have been better if restrictions Trumpand Prime Minister with the US forgreater alsobeenreceived from the Hearing apublic interest liti- of puja organising committee, CONTINUEDONPAGE2 NarendraModihad called for militarycooperation. PLA” on “the whereaboutsofthe CM, both ‘on samepage’ early conclusion of BECA. missing soldier”, and "as per es- On Monday, India an- tablished protocols,hewillbe nouncedthat Australia will be countries that makethe returnedbacktoChineseoffi- Kumar treated Chirag, it is injus- New digital health ID will be used partofthe Malabar Exercise in Quadrilateral grouping, better cials at the Chushul-Moldo SANTOSHSINGH tice to him.” November,makingitthe first known as Quad. meeting point aftercompletion PATNA,OCTOBER19 Tejashwiwas theonlysenior militaryexercise between all CONTINUEDONPAGE2 of formalities". BiharOpposition leader to have in Covid immunisation,says PM The Chinese soldier,the FISHINGinNDA waters mud- metChiragtooffer his condo- Armysaid, "hasbeen provided diedbythe LJP's grow- lences afterPaswan's health ID, will be usedtoensure medical assistance including ing ambition, the RJD mortalremains arrived KAUNAINSHERIFFM immunisation of our citizens.” Pompeo to visit Sri Lanka, oxygen,food andwarmclothes Mondayappeared to at Patna airport. NEWDELHI,OCTOBER19 Modi had In his Independence Dayad- to protecthim from the vagaries reachout to Chirag Earlier,inaninter- announced dress, the PM hadsaidthatthe MaldivesafterDelhitalks of extreme altitude and harsh Paswan, with Tejashwi viewtoThe Indian TWOMONTHS afterhean- health ID in Unique HealthIDprovidedto climatic conditions". Yadavaccusing JD(U) Express, Chirag had nouncedthat aunique health ID I-Dayspeech everycitizen would have details Astatement from the chief Nitish Kumar of DECISION dodged aquestion will be providedtoevery citizen of diseases, diagnosis, report, NIRUPAMA His Lanka visit National Defence Ministryof treating him badly. 2020 about Tejashwi's abili- undertheNationalDigitalHealth medication, etc. in acommon SUBRAMANIAN comes amid China quoted PLAspokesperson Talking to reporters BIHAR ties as aleader,saying, Mission,Prime MinisterNarendra the forefront of vaccine develop- database. MUMBAI,OCTOBER19 concerns over Colonel Zhang Shuili saying the while campaigning, RJD “He is the Leader of the Modi on Tuesdayindicatedthat ment forCovid-19. Some of As reportedbyThe Indian China soldier losthiswaywhilelooking chief ministerial candi- Opposition and has the “digital health ID will beused them areinadvancedstages. We Express, ahigh-levelexpertgroup IN THE final week before the US forayak that had gone missing. dateTejashwisaid,“It is Chirag CONTINUEDONPAGE2 to ensureimmunisation”. arenot stopping here; Indiaisal- on vaccineadministration is presidential elections on It said herders had asked the Paswan who would be needing Addressing the inaugural ready working on putting awell- looking at mechanisms to track November 3, SecretaryofState Maldives, afterattending the 2+2 soldier to tracethe yak. Chinese his father mostnow.Weare all function of the Grand Challenges establishedvaccinedelivery sys- recipientsasand when the vac- Michael RPompeoplans to visit talksinDelhi, TheIndianExpress border guards, Zhang said, in- sad that RamVilas Paswan is not DECISION 2020 Annual Meeting 2020, the Prime teminplace. This digitised cine is ready to beadministered; India's twoIndian Ocean neigh- has learnt. formedthe Indian side about the amongus. But the wayNitish PAGE 7 Ministersaid, “...India is nowat network, along withthe digital CONTINUEDONPAGE2 bours, Sri Lanka and the CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CONTINUEDONPAGE2

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PAGE1 “Wewentbackand studied And so, when Mumbai cap- ANCHOR the sounds of over 100IPL tain Sharma or Bangaloreskip- matches starting from 2018.We per Kohli walk in to bat,asound studiedthe sounds associated engineer in LowerParel gets into with aspecific team, and alsothe the mix. When Dhoni connects DEVENDRAPANDEY team theyare playing against. those sixes,thereisapplause MUMBAI,OCTOBER19 Forexample, if Chennai Super from Chepauk,with avuvuzela Kingsand Mumbai Indians are playing along and the trademark THE IPL that yousee is being playing,the decibel levelisvery fanwhistles. Thereare roars playedinDubai, AbuDhabi and different from agame between from the Chinnaswamyfor AB Sharjah. Butwhat about the IPL Kings XI Punjab and Delhi de Villiers while the Kotlaroots that youhear? Capitals,” says Star India's head forDelhi Capitals' captain with With teams playing in front (Sports)Sanjog Gupta. chantsof“Shreyas, Shreyas” —all of emptystands due to Covid “Wehad to arrive at aframe- dubbed insidethe studio. curbs, the answer lies 2,000 km work of sound that is unique to “Thereaction from thecrowd away from theUAE, wherea When RohitSharma hitsasix, the cheers aredifferent. File everyplayerand everyteam. to acatch droppedsounds differ- “sound bank” compiledina When MSDhoni, Rohit Sharma ent from the one when aplayer Mumbai studio has recreated or Virat Kohli hitsasix, the cheer missesahit,”says Gupta,pointing the mood and buzz of athrob- ChinnaswamyinBengaluru or broadcaster, involvedthree is different comparedtoaplayer out that everydip of disappoint- bing stadium —beitthe ChepaukinChennai. months of preparation and re- who is unknown or an upcom- menthasitsbespokedecibel,and Wankhede in Mumbai, Getting this right, says the search. ing youngster,”says Gupta. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Kolkata WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 2 THE SECOND PAGE THEINDIANEXPRESS,TUESDAY,OCTOBER20,2020

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Ihave days afterthe formation of the were putinplace as to howthe the limitedresourcesatits dis- Since 2017,the year Quad Esper areexpected to cometo twocountries –the then tion withother countries in the recordedmystatement today. People’s Alliance forGupkar Durga Pujafestivities wouldbe posal. If the guidelines issued wasrevived,Malabarhad been India forthe 2+2 ministerial ExternalAffairsMinisterSushma maritime security domain and The matter is sub judice and I Declaration. To setthe record celebrated this year," the Bench cannotbeimplemented in the atrilateralexerciseinvolvingthe meeting with Jaishankar and Swaraj andDefence Minister inthelightof increaseddefence have full faith in the judiciaryof straight no raids arebeing con- said, adding that though the lead-up to the pujasand the naviesofUS, India and Japan. It DefenceMinisterRajnathSingh Nirmala Sitharamanmet visit- cooperation with Australia, the country,”hehad said. ductedatDrSahib’s residence.” measures announcedbythe over-crowding in the markets includes simulated wargames on October26-27. ingUScounterpartsSecretaryof Malabar 2020 will see the par- The ED's case is basedonan stategovernmentwere in big city Kolkataand the small and combatmanoeuvres.Last Sources said thateversince StateMichael RPompeoand ticipation of the Australian FIR by the CBI, whichhas al- US election “well-intentioned”, “theymay towns elsewhereinthe state year,itwas held in September February, when Trumpvisited SecretaryofDefenceJames Navy.” ready chargesheetedFarooq for in amemo shared with his party onlyremainapious wish on pa- has remainedbyand large offthe coastofJapan, and in- Indiaand the jointstatement Mattis -- the twosides had “This year,the exercise has allegedly siphoning offRs43 campaign mailing liston per without anyblueprintbe- unchecked, the same cannotbe cludedcomplex maritimeoper- underlined“early conclusion”of signedthe Communications beenplannedona‘non-contact- crorefromgrantsgiven by BCCI Sunday. ing chalked out fortheir imple- allowedtoberepeated over the ations in surface,sub-surface BECA,negotiatorsfromthe two Compatibility and Security at sea’ format. The exercise will to JKCA.The funds were al- Republicans have attempted mentation on the ground”. four or five days duringthe and air domains,withfocus on sides have been working to fi- Agreement (COMCASA) which strengthenthecoordinationbe- legedly diverted between 2002 to keep the narrative on “lawand The High Courtinits order Durga Pujacelebrations,” it anti-submarinewarfare,anti-air nalisethe pact. pavedthe wayfor transfer of tweenthe Navies of thepartici- and 2011,when Farooq was order”, painting this summer's laiddownadetailed plan on added. and anti-surface firings, mar- This is oneofthe lastofthe communicationsecurityequip- patingcountries,”thestatement JKCA president. BlackLives Matters protests as vi- limiting the entryofpeople to Afterthe High Courtissued itime interdiction operations foundational agreements, and ment from the US to India to fa- said. In February,EDhad at- olenceendorsedbyBiden. More Puja pandals. the order,the stategovernment (MIO) including Visit Board largelypertains to geo-spatial cilitate“interoperability” be- “TheparticipantsofExercise tached assets worthRs2.6 crore recently, in the debates and town Directing puja organisersto calledanemergency meeting Search and Seizure (VBSS)and intelligence,sharing informa- tween their forces -- and Malabar 2020 areengaging to belonging to twoaccusedinthe halls, the campaign has empha- barricade their entrances to the to review the situation arising tacticalscenario-basedexercises tion on maps and satelliteim- potentiallywithothermilitaries enhance safetyand security in case, Ahsan Ahmad Mirza and sisedBiden's taxplans. “Hello...,” pandals, the HighCourt said out it. However, sources said at sea. ages fordefence purposes.The that useUS-originsystems for themaritimedomain.Theycol- Mir Manzoor Gazanffer. In a aTrumpcampaign masstext thatareawith aradius of 5me- that the government maynot Thefast-trackingof work on US had submitted adraft pact, secured datalinks. lectivelysupportfree, open and statement then,the ED had said message read. “Bidenwill raise tres forsmallpandals and 10 challenge theHigh Court's or- BECAand the decisionofthe andIndia had soughtmorede- Earlier,inAugust2016,India inclusive Indo-Pacific and re- that itsinvestigation had found taxes. That'sit, that's the text.” metres forbig pandalswillbe der in the Supreme Court. four Quad countries to partici- tails on the extent of informa- andthe US signed the Logistics main committed to arules- that during 2005-06to2011-12 Democratshavetriedtofo- out of bounds forrevellers. On Monday, the Covid-19 pateintheMalabarExerciseare tion neededtobesharedunder ExchangeMemorandum of basedinternational order,”the (up to December 2011)JKCAre- cus on the pandemic and aneed "...for thesmaller pandals,a death toll in West Bengal perceivedtobeastrategicsignal this arrangement. “It’scome Agreement (LEMOA), whichal- statement said. ceivedRs94.06crore from BCCI foramoral and fair leader.“Ifeel five-metrezone beyond the ex- reached6,119 witharecord to an aggressive China which down to dotting the i’s and lows themilitaryofeachcoun- Responding to this an- in itsthree bank accounts, but so deeplythatthis country tremities of the pandals on all number of newcases –3,992 – External Affairs MinisterS crossing the t’s now,”asource trytoreplenishfromtheother’s nouncement,AustralianForeign the funds were transferredinto needs to be aplace to represent sidesand, forthe largerpandals, reportedinaday,takingthe Jaishankar described lastweek told The Indian Express bases. MinisterMarisePayne said, severalother accounts that opportunity in the world,” said a10-metrezone beyond the ex- coronavirus tallytoover3.25 as a“critical security challenge” Monday. These pactstie in well with “Following an invitation from were openedinthe name of Biden's Chief Financial Officer tremities of thepandal on all lakh in the state. at the border.Indian and Even if BECAisnot signed, theMalabarExercise,sinceIndia India, Australia will participate JKCA.Theseaccountsalong Saloni Multani to The Indian sides will be apartofthe no-en- Chinese troops have been in a the twosides arelikelytoan- has signedversionsofLEMOA in Exercise Malabar 2020. The with the existing bank ac- Express.“Ilook at my young tryzone. In other words, the Pompeo militarystandoffalongthe nounceconclusionof theagree- with all Quad countries. exercisewillbringtogetherfour counts, were laterusedfor girls and Ihope that that foun- area coveredbythe pandals In Delhi,the talkswillin- Ladakhfrontiersinceearly May. mentduringthevisit,thesource Confirming the Malabar key regional defence partners: laundering funds, the ED had dational partofAmericare- and the additionalareaaround volvePompeo, US Defence US SecretaryofState said. Exercise, aMinistryofDefence India, the United States,Japan alleged. mains. That is on the ballot. We the pandals extending 5m from SecretaryMarkEsper and their Michael RPompeo and In September 2018,after the statement Mondaysaid: “As and Australia in November “...Ahsan Ahmad Mirza needafunctioningdemocracy the smaller pandalsand 10m Indiancounterparts,External SecretaryofDefense MarkT first2+2 dialogue between the IndiaSeekstoincreasecoopera- 2020,” shesaid. transferredhugeamount into forgenerations to come.” from the bigger pandals will Affairs MinisterSJaishankar his personal bank accountsand With Biden's leads in na- have to be barricaded as ano- and Defence MinisterRajnath then these amountswerefur- tional polls, all conventional po- entryzone,"read the judgment. Singh. Pompeo's stop in PLA soldier strays across LAC, Army says will return him ther transferred/paid or with- litical understanding says he Also, the High Courtlimited Colombo later comes amid US drawnincash.Out of thelaun- should win. But, the landscape the entryofPuja organising and Indianconcerns at China's missing soldier “and hopedthat had been found and would be eachalong the Ladakh frontier effortstoresolve the situation. dered amounts, Rs. 1.31 crore feels likedeja vu forpunditswho committee members –15for stepped-up engagement with the Indian side would assistin handedovertotheChineseside as partofthe military standoff. With the mercuryplunging, wasreceivedbyMir Manzoor remember former Democratic smallerpandals, 25 forbigger the government of recently search andrescue”. aftermedical examination”. Sevenrounds of Corps troopsoneithersidearebracing Gazanffer, who wasmember of nominee HillaryClinton's poll- ones. elected Prime Minister India, the PLAsaid,“notified Theincidentcomesatatime Commander-leveltalksand forextendeddeployment aFinanceCommittee of JKCA, leadinthe run-up to the 2016 Alistofnames of the organ- Mahinda Rajapaksa and his the Chineseside that amissing when India and China have sta- multiple rounds of diplomatic through the harsh winter betweenyear 2006 to 2009, election.AnNBC News/Wall isers will have to be putupout- brother,President Gotabaya personfromthe Chinese side tionedaround50,000 soldiers talkshavebeen held as partof months. whichwas arbitrarily consti- Street Journal poll hadClinton at side the pandals and onlythey Rajapaksa. tutedbyDrFarooq Abdullah, +10percentagepointsover can enter forpuja-related work, Earlier this month, ahigh- the then PresidentofJKCA,”the Trumpbackthen. The same poll the courtruled. profile Chinese delegation led it supportsdefence cooperation Suchhouseholds arealso bet- to prices across the board. The Tejashwi ED said. has +11for Biden now. Poll ag- "The only exception would by Yang Jeichi, former foreign between the Maldivesand the terplacedtoborrowand serv- repeated locallockdowns in been doing his job. My entire Accordingtothe ED, Mirza gregation donebydataanalyt- be forthe namedpersonnel, in- minister, CommunistParty US. ice their borrowing because of states added to uncertainties focus is on the current CM and and Gazanffer“opened aper- ics outletFiveThirtyEight has cluding the priest, who willbe Politburomemberand head of thesteady natureoftheir earn- forbusiness and forced curtail- to ensurethat he does notre- sonal bank account in their joint Biden at +10.6. identified by the puja organis- the Central Foreign Affairs Covid puzzles ings.Going forward,this could mentsintheirsupply chains -- turn to thepost.” names with Jammu and “Still, Trumphas ameaning- ers in advance and whose Commission, had visited while employment in urban have an impact on consump- impacting rawmaterials, inter- Asked aboutTejashwi's re- Kashmir Bank Ltd.and crores of ful chance per our forecast—a names would be displayedfor Colombo. Following discus- India is on aslide. tion trends and the recovery mediategoods, final products. marks,RJD spokesperson rupees of funds belonging to little worse than the chances of checks to be made at anypoint sions with thedelegation, Forpolicymakers, there processinIndia. While real GDP in India is MrityunjayTewarisaid they JKCA were transferredintothis rolling a1on asix-sideddie and of time. At the smaller pandals, Gotabaya Rajapaksa had said could be twosignificant take- Thereare othereconomic projectedtocontractin2020- were on the same side against joint bank account and these alittle better than the chances 15 personswill be namedinthe that the twosides would restart aways: while labour datashows paradoxesthat the pandemic 21 underthe baseline scenario, the JD(U).“Tejashwiji and funds were either withdrawnin thatit's raining in downtownLos listwho mayhaveaccesstothe negotiations forafreetrade arecovery in employment,the has thrownup. reflecting both demand and Chiragji areyoung leaders and cash or transferredtootherbank Angeles.And remember,itdoes no-entryzone at all times.The agreement, and aim to com- quality of recovery is aproblem Forinstance, as againstthe supply shocks,consumer price have been raising valid points accounts...In... 2009, Mirza was rain there,” reads an analysis by number will be 25 to 30 in re- plete theColombo Port City and —inother words, better qual- general expectationglobally inflation remaining elevated againstthe Nitish government. elected as Treasurer of JKCA with FiveThirtyEight. spect of the bigger to the other projectsquickly. He also ity and higher paying jobs in ur- that the massive demand shock pointstothe fact that supply Our leader has expressedsoli- Dr Farooq Abdullah and Saleem In American political pun- biggestpandals. These direc- said he wanted aChina-style ban areas arebeinglostand from the pandemic would bottlenecks areoutweighing darity withthe LJP leader as Khan, were elected as President ditry,nationalpolls have to be tions will applytoall public development forSri Lanka. substituted by lower-paid rural overshadowany supply shock the softening impact expected theyare on the same pageon and General SecretaryofJKCA, understood alongsidestate-level puja pandalsall over the state, Meanwhile, a$480million jobs. And this points to thefact and would thereforebedisin- from weaker demand. These attacking the current govern- respectively.Inthe JKCA elec- dynamics. The Electoral College including the 34,000 pujas, US developmentassistance thatareversalofmigration flationary, theopposite has “counterintuitive inflation dy- ment.” tions held in year 2011,‘Ahsan system giveseachstate adesig- whichhaveobtainedgrants fund forSri Lanka,through backtothe citiesisnot happen- happenedinIndia.While CPI namics”, the ReserveBankof RJD leaders said that while Ahmad Mirza’ waselected as the nated numberofelectoral votes from the state(government)," Millenium Challenge ing to the extent that it should inflation has consistently India said in itslatestMPC re- Chirag Paswan's supportbase is GeneralSecretaryofJKCAand that go to the candidatewho it added. Corporation (MCC), an aid have. surgedfromjustover6per cent port, “have complicatedthe limited,hehas giventhe Dr.Farooq Abdullah waselected wins the popular voteinthat Lastweek,the same agency setupbythe US In September,according to in in June to nearly 7per cent in macroeconomic outlook”. Opposition ahandle to target as President of JKCA. state. Division Benchofthe High Congress, is gathering dust.The CMIE, while overall employ- eachofthe three months be- Nitish. Investigation under PMLAre- Courthad directed DurgaPuja fundingwas meant foratrans- ment increasedby5.1 million tweenJulyand September, Digital health ID LJP principal generalsecre- vealedthatduring this entirepe- IPL organisers to spend 75 per cent port project and an agricultural from 392.5 million to 397.6mil- some of it ledbyfoodinflation, this is because therecould be tary Abdul Khalique,however, riod, funds of JKCA were contin- everyhigh adifferent echo. of the Rs 50,000 grant givenby project, but nevergot offthe lion, unemployment declined the unexpected trend is therise twoorthree doses, and popu- dismissedany chanceofthe uouslylaundered,” the ED said “During the CSK vs SRH the MamataBanerjee govern- ground amid political opposi- by 7.3million from 35.7 million in coreinflation--non-food, no lation groups mustbefollowed party coming together with the in itsstatement. match,weintroducedthe 'Go ment on procurement of Covid- tion to the previous govern- to 28.4 million. The greater fuel inflation -- during aperiod accurately. RJD. In achargesheetfiledinJuly RavindraJadeja' chant. The idea 19 protection equipmentlike ment's plan to renewa1995 margin of the fall indicates that when GDP growth is settoreg- The Prime Ministerunder- “Since Tejashwi is sensing 2018,the CBI had alleged that is to keep creating chantsaswe sanitisersand masks, and the Status of Forces Agreement while manyunemployedper- isterarecordcontraction. linedIndia’s global reputation upper-caste consolidation in Farooq had connivedwith the go along and players starttodo remaining amount on strength- (SOFA) withthe US. sons found jobs,others exited Whilemuchofthe worldis on vaccine manufacturing. our favour,heistrying to create treasurer of JKCA and others for well,” he says. ening public-police bonding. It Pompeo,who lashedout at the market,leading to the seeingbenign inflationtrends, “Beyond Covid too, India is confusioninthe minds of vot- misappropriation of funds. The Afterthe Mumbai vs had said the moneygiven by China at the recent Quad meet- labourforce shrinking by 2.2 India is aclearexception. known forits proven capacity ers,” Khalique said. “Letmeclar- CBI had chargedFarooqand Chennai game, Australian star the statetothe DurgaPujacom- ing in Japan, blaming it forthe millionfrom428.3million in Among thedrivers of headline to produce vaccines at alow ify that thereiszeroper cent three othersunder provisions Shane Watson had this to say: mitteescannotbeusedfor any tensions in the Indo-Pacific and Augustto426 million in inflation in India in recent cost. Morethan 60 per cent of chance of the LJP going with the of the Ranbir Penal Code related “as close to normalaspossible... other purpose, and purchase at the LACwith India, as well for September. months has been food prices, thevaccines forglobal immu- RJD under anycondition.” to criminalconspiracy and Somethingassimple as howthe bills have to be submitted to the the coronavirus, will aim to re- Disaggregated data show especiallythose of vegetables. nisation arebeing manufac- While welcoming the fact criminal breachoftrust. speakers in the stadium were authoritiesfor audit. vive thestalled projects under that in rural India, employment Also,the frequentrounds of tured in India.Weincludedthe that “Tejashwi stands by us in The CBI chargesheetcame abletohavethe whitenoise. The Observing that therewere the MCC, sources said. But there increased by 7.4million and un- hikes in excise duties on fuel, indigenous Rotavirus vaccine in time of our grief”,Khalique weeksafter theBJP pulledits cheering and chanting, for notenoughpolice personnelto maybeapushback, they said. employment declinedbyalit- thrice in the last oneyear,cou- our Indradhanush immunisa- added, “Howabout his party's support to the PDP-ledcoalition Mumbai and CSK andparticu- managethe crowdineachand Pompeo's visit to Maldives tleover5million, pointing to a pledwith increase in state tion programme. This is asuc- behaviour towardsour leader government in the state. TheCBI lar players. It reallydid create everypuja pandal in the state, willbeeasier. The twocoun- post-harvest-ledincrease in levies of salestax/VAT,are hav- cessful example of astrong in the past? It wasthe RJD that hadtaken over the case from the moreofanatmospherecom- the Division BenchonMonday tries recentlysigneda economic activity.Atthe same ing apass-through effect on the partnershipfor long-lasting re- hadusedthe pejorative adjec- statepolice in 2015 on orders of pared to what Iwas expecting.” directed puja committeesto “Framework foraDefence and time, employment in urban retail inflation. sults. The Gates Foundation has tive ‘weather vane’ forour the Jammu and Kashmir High Accordingto Gupta,thebroad- submit ablueprint on crowd Security Relationship”. The US India declinedby2.3 million But, the collapse in demand also been apartofthis effort,” leaderRam Vilas Paswan... Court. castershadtobuildalibraryofam- management. Department of Defence said the and unemployment by 2.3 mil- since March should have ideally he said. Tejashwi's fake sympathycan In atweet on Monday, PDP bient scorefromscratch. The Benchalso directed agreement wasintended“to lion. As aresult,the labour force triggered adropincoreinfla- “With India’s experience hurt us andhelp Nitish.” chief Mehbooba Mufti said: “Weformedasound bank. KolkataPolice Commissioner deepen engagement and coop- wasreducedby4.6 millionin tion -- pricelevelsinnon-food and research talent, we will be “ED’s sudden summon to We recordedthe sound again in and the Director Generalof erationinsupportofmaintain- towns and cities in September and non-fuel items. In the lat- at the centreofglobal health JKCA case Farooq sahabdisplays the ex- astudio. We could notuse the Police to file affidavitsonor- ing peace and security in the —amonthlyfallinthe labour estprint forSeptember,though careefforts.Wewanttohelp saidthat it had been “un- tent of GOI's nervousnessabout actual game sound because it der's compliance November 5. IndianOcean, and marks an im- forceof3.3 per cent that is the coreinflation softenedmargin- other nations, enhance their nerved”bythe coming together mainstream parties in J&K fight- has toomanythings likefire- "The Stateand the police au- portant step forward" in the highest since the meltdown allyto5.67per cent from 5.77 capacities, in these sectors.” of Kashmir's parties. It alleged ing as one unit. Also reeksofpo- works, cheerleaders, songs thorities will take immediate partnershipbetween the two month of April2020. per cent in August, it continued Disease, Modi said, does not the action wasintended“to kill litical vendetta&won't in the playing in the stadium. There appropriatesteps to give com- countries. This is qualifiedbysurveys to stay above5per cent forthe discriminateongrounds of re- dissent”across the countryand leastblunt our collective resolve arevarious layers of sound, the plete effect to this order.Itis MaldivesDefence Minister donebyCMIE up to August, fifthconsecutive month. ligion or race, and the global to “silence the genuinedemand to fight forour rights.” firstisthe stadium ambience. made clear that the lists of per- MariyaDidi said the agreement whichhaveshown that the The mostcompelling expla- communitymustfightitto- forreversal of unilateral and Former BJP allyand People's Thereisanother sound, which sonneltobeallowedaccess would add “immense valueto biggestlosses in employment nation offeredbyeconomists is gether.“..It has takenaglobal unconstitutional decisions of Conference leader Sajjad Lone is addedtothe moment, likefor within the corepuja pandals the excellent US-Maldivespart- areinqualityjobs—salaried the disruption in supplychains pandemic to make us realise, 5thAugust, 2019”. tweeted: “What asorry stateof asix or four.The mostinterest- mustbefixed and cannotbea nershipdefinedbyshared prin- employment. Salariedjobs typ- post-March. Even afterthe na- yetagain, the importance of Thisisthe secondtimethat affairs. Dr Farooq sahib sum- ing sound is interactive audio, floating listorchanged every ciples &interests in peace &se- icallyoffer better terms of em- tional lockdown waslifted, the teamwork.After all, disease Farooq Abdullah has been ques- monedbyED. Reeksof likewhen Dhoni hits asix and day. Thelocal police regulating curity of the Indo-Pacific &IOR ployment and wages, and locallockdowns have impacted does nothavegeographic tionedinthis case –the first vendetta. Contrarytowhat they we hear the Dhoni chant. It's to the conduct of trafficand law amid rising threatslikepiracy households with salariedjobs the supplychains that ensure boundaries;disease does not time wasinChandigarh, before want to coercivelyachieve this do with the situationofthe and order in and around the &terrorism”. India, competing arebetterplacedtobuild sav- goods aretransportedthrough- discriminate on thegrounds of J&K wasstrippedofits special will certainlyhavethe opposite match,” he says. pandals should ensurethe strict with China to keep itsinfluence ings and plan asustainedim- out the country. The severed faith, race,gender, or colour,” statusand Farooq washimself impact.” FULLREPORTSON compliance with the directions in itsneighbourhood, hadsaid provement in standardofliving. linkscreated shortages, adding he said. put under detention. Farooq'sson and former www.indianexpress.com

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THEINDIANEXPRESS,TUESDAY,OCTOBER20,2020 3 WEST BENGAL Accusedofcarrying CAAimplementationdelayedbyCovid… pistolinrally, man willhappensoon:BJPchiefinSiliguri gets conditional bail PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA Balwinder HOWRAH,OCTOBER19 Singh was Nadda accusedCMofadopting ‘divide and rule policy’, stopping benefitsofCentre’s schemes from reaching people arrested on ALOCAL courtonMonday October 8 granted conditional bail to BJP has done everything to divide BalwinderSingh, whose arrest duringthe BJP youth wing's BJP's march to the statesecre- protestrally to theWestBengal tariat went viral on the social &rule the country: TMC hits back secretariat earlier this month led media. to an uproar as his turban came Some people claimedonso- offduring ascuffle with the po- cial thatthe police had pulled at PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA lice over his firearm. Singh's turban during the scuf- KOLKATA,OCTOBER19 Singh, aresidentofBhatinda fle, following whichithad come in Punjab,has been in the cus- off. The police has deniedthe RETALIATINGAGAINSTBJP pres- tody of the Howrah City Police charge. identJPNadda'scriticism of "di- since his arrest from therallyon The turban controversy vide and rule" by TMC in West October 8. emergedasamajor political Bengal, the MamataBanerjee- “He wasgranted conditional flashpoint between theruling ledparty hit backonMondayac- bail by acourtinHowrah," an of- TMC and the BJP,with the oppo- cusing the NDAgovernmentat ficial of the Howrah CityPolice sition party accusing the state the Centreofdoingsotothe peo- told PTI. governmentofhurting religious ple of the country. Apart from asking Singh to sentiments. It struckbackatNadda for TMC MP Derek O' Brien said Durga Puja wasnot the right reporttothe investigating offi- The MamataBanerjee gov- BJP president JP Nadda in Siliguri on Monday. PTI "peddling lies and misinforma- time forbickeringwhile stateministerFirhad Hakim cer in the case once amonth, the ernment refuting the charge had tion"tothe people of the state. accusedNaddaofspreading ‘lies and misinformation’. courtdirected him not"leave be- said that "communalcolour" The TMC refuted Nadda's yond 20 km of the jurisdiction of was"deliberatelygiven"tothe The BJP president wasona benefitsofCentre’s Ayushman claimsthat central funds were the court without itspermis- incident to serve"narrowparti- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE daylong visit to thestate to take Bharat from reaching out to the notbeing utilisedproperly and sion". san interest". KOLKATA,OCTOBER19 stockoftheparty’sorganisational poor people in the state. said the BJP national president deeplyenshrinedinthe ethos of "He (Naddda) is making "Singh should also notuse Singh's wifeand son had preparations and strength ahead Unfortunately, theMamata shouldstopmaking "baseless" everyperson who livesin baseless statementsand should- anyofhis connection to influ- come to Kolkataand met BJP NATIONAL president JPNadda of the 2021Assemblypolls. Banerjee government has notal- statementsand gethis "factsand Bengal. gethis factsand figures cor- ence the invetigations forhe Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar at on Mondaysaid the implementa- During the visit, he held separate lowedPM-KISANSammanNidhi figures corrected". "This ironyisnot lostwhen rected.Heshould stop peddling seems to be have been partof RajBhava seeking his interven- tion of Citizenship (Amendment) meetingswithpartyleaders,MPs, Yojana in West Bengal,” he said, Nadda criticisedthe TMC at the president of the BJP talks lies and misinformation. The the Indian Armyasittraspires tion in the issue. Act(CAA) wasdelayed due to the MLAs and social and religious adding that if the BJP comes to ameeting with social groups at about ‘divide and rule’. ‘Divide central government itselfhas from the documentssubmitted The incident had been criti- pandemic and thelaw will be im- groups. powerinthe statenextyear,such Siliguri during the day. He ac- and rule’ is aploylearnt from the stoppedsending funds due to by thedefence. He shall notbe- cisedbyShiromani Akali Dal and plemented soon. Targeting the stategovern- schemes will be implemented cusedthe Mamata Banerjeegov- colonial pastand playedout de- GSTcompensation and JPNadda come either partormember of the Akal Takht. Nadda wasaddressing party ment,Naddasaid,“PrimeMinister withinamonth. ernment in thestate of indulging viouslyevery daybyyour party," is lecturing opposition ruled anyprocession, agitation or Shiromani Akali Dal national workers at ameeting in Siliguri in Modi ji’s policy is inclusive andfor “Weassureyou thatifwe in "divide and rule politics" in the he said. states and makingpolitically mob," the courtdirected. spokesperson, who is also pres- north Bengal wherehealso everyone’s development. Our slo- come to powerinBengal,wewill statetoservethe political inter- The BJP government at the motivatedstatements," Hakim Singh, a43-year-old private ident of Delhi Sikh Gurudwara slammedtheWestBengalgovern- ganisSabkaSaath,SabkaVikas.On provide the scheme forall farm- ests of TMC, unlikeBJP which Centre which has "done every- said. securityofficer hiredbyaBJP Management Committee, ment foradopting a“divide and theotherhand,MamataBanerjee’s ers in the state. If youvote forthe "works forthe developmentof thing it can to divide andrule the Nadda, who wasonaday- leader,was bookedunder vari- Manjinder Singh Sirsahad leda rule policy” and stopping benefits governmentbelievesintheideaof BJP in April, then we will imple- all". people of this great nation" over long visit to Siliguri, took stockof ous sections of the Indian Penal delegation from Delhi to the city of Centre’sschemesfromreaching divide andrule. The TMC govern- menttheschemesinonemonth,” In asharply worded state- the lastsix years, he said. organisational matters ahead of Code and the Arms Actfor carry- on October 11 demandingjus- the people of the state. mentherehas adoptedapolicyof Nadda said. ment, TMC RajyaSabha leader O’Brien said thereweregap- 2021Assemblyelections and ing afirearm the licence for tice forSingh. “Due to Covid-19 pandemic, divideand rule. It wantstodivide He also expressedconfidence and itsspokesperson Derek O' ing holes in Nadda's speechin held separatemeetings with BJP whichisnot valid in West He had also gone to the the implementation of CAAwas allgroupsandrule.Whenelection that the BJP will form the next Brien said, "(Durga)Pujo greet- Siliguri but the TMC "will notde- leaders of north Bengal and aso- Bengal, the police claimed. Howrah courttomeetSingh delayed. However, as theoverall comes, the stategovernment government in the state. ings to JPNaddaji and his family. file this auspicious occasion". cial groups. Singh wasarrestedwith a during his courthearing on that situationisimproving slowly, makes effortstounitethem all by Earlier in the day, Nadda paid In the best traditions of our great Senior TMC leader and state The saffron party has made loadedpistol. Controversy had dayand had assured Singh that rules arenow being framed. CAA providingdoles.ButonlyNarendra floral tributes at the statueof state, Bengal, this is the time of ministerFirhad Hakim criticised deepinroads in the area which eruptedafter video clipsofthe the entirecommunity wasbe- will be implementedverysoon Modi has the ability to take every- Panchanan Barma at Noukaghat the year whichisnot the occa- Nadda forspreading "lies and accountsfor 54 of the total 294 police beating up Singh during hind him. and all of youwill getthe benefits onealong with him. The BJP does More nearSiliguri.Healsooffered sionfor politics or bickering.This misinformation" and notbeing assemblyseats. In thestate elec- of the law. We arecommitted to what it promises to the people.” prayersatAnandamoyeeKalibari is the time forjoy and sharing. awareofthe ground reality in the tions, it wantstocontinueits Lok it,”said Nadda. “Mamatadidi stoppedthe temple. This culture, this decency,is state. Sabha performance. Bangladesh PM ‘Shah has data on bomb factories but not on migrants’ sendsPuja the TMC MP,who is also the gone foratoss. Thereare bomb- rule in West Bengal, Shah said, giftstoMamata PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA nephewofChief Minister Howdare making factories in everydis- “A leader of apolitical party is KOLKATA,OCTOBER19 MamataBanerjee, accusedthe youthreaten trict. The situation is notgood. well within his right to make Dhaka: Bangladesh Prime Union home ministeroftrying people: And whatismoreworrisome suchastatement. As farasthe MinisterSheikh Hasina has sent SENIOR TMC leader Abhishek to disturb the social harmony in TMC’s about democracy is the way Government of India is con- congratulatorygifts to Chief BanerjeeonMonday hit backat the state. Banerjee to Oppositionworkers arebeing cerned, we have to work as per MinisterMamataBanerjee on Union Home MinisterAmit Shah “Ironic that Mr @AmitShah Amit Shah framedinfalse cases and killed. the constitutional norms, the the occasion of Durga Puja, a over his remarkthat "bomb- has found dataonbomb facto- Suchthings don't happen in ground situationand the gover- government official said on making factories arepresent ries, but when it comes to data other states. Once upon atime, nor's report." Monday. across West Bengal" and said the on migrants,his @BJP4India govt tweeted. suchthingsusedtohappen in The commentsonpolitical “The gifts were channelled BJP government at theCentre is clueless! Howdareyou Shah, in arecent interviewto Kerala, but nowtherehave killings drew sharp reactions through the protocol wing of the had dataonsuchunits but was threaten thepeopleofBengal anews channel, said that law been improvements,” Shah from the TMC,whichasked premier's office,” an official in clueless about statistics on mi- withPresident's Rule to disturb and orderhad "gonefor atoss" said. him to direct his attention to the prime minister's office, who grantlabourers. our social harmony. Disgusting in West Bengal. When asked abouthis views Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh, wasfamiliarwith the process, TermingShah’sremark as poll propaganda! “Corruption is at itspeak. on BJP leaders' demandsfor im- wherethe rule of lawhad said. “disgusting poll propaganda”, #BengalRejectsTanaShah,” he The lawand order situation has plementationofthe President's “ceasedtoexist”. The gifts have been sent through the Benapole-Petropole land routetobedeliveredto SURI ZONAL OFFICE PUBLIC NOTICE FOR AUCTION FOR Banerjee through the Dumka Road, PO-Suri Bangladesh deputy high com- Birbhum, Pin-731101 SALE OF MOVABLE PROPERTIES mission officials in Kolkata. Unconfirmedreports said DATE OF AUCTION: 05.11.2020 the gifts includedasari, sweets (Sale Through Auction Only) and flowers. Consequent upon the issue of Annexure-I/ Annexure-II of the Vehicles held in the following account related to the mentioned The five-daylong Durga Puja Branches, sale notice published with the details of Vehicles with Reserve Price for PhysicalAuction. festival this year will culminate Name of the Demand / (a) Reserve Price on October 25. PTI Sl Borrower Possession (b) EMD Venue /Date & No &Branch Name Description of Vehicles Amount Due as on Date Notice Date C) EMD Date Time of Auction (with Contact No) GEECL says its 1 Sk Firdaus Tractor (Commercial Vehicle) Rs.4,18,418.20 05.02.2020 a) Rs.45,000/- Suri Branch Branch :Suri, Reg.No.- WB-53B -3288 +Unapplied Interest 05.10.2020 b) Rs.4,500/- 05.11.2020 unit gheraoed Ph- 98892-58133 Model –ACE DISEL BS3 And other cost c) 04.11.2020 03.00 PM 2 Mrs. Aleya Bibi Tractor (Commercial Vehicle) Rs.3,82,893.59 05.02.2020 a) Rs.2,07,000/- Suri Branch Branch: Suri Reg.No.- WB-53B -3733 +Unapplied Interest 05.10.2020 b) Rs.20,700/- 05.11.2020 sinceSaturday PH- 98892-58133 Model –350DI(ACE) And other cost c) 04.11.2020 03.00 PM Tractor (Commercial Vehicle) Kolkata: London-listedcoal-bed 3 Mr.Shyam Charan Saha Rs.6,60,429.30 05.02.2020 a) Rs.90,000/- Suri Branch Branch: Suri Reg.No.- WB-53B -4240 +Unapplied Interest 05.10.2020 b) Rs.9,000/- 05.11.2020 methane producer Great PH- 98892-58133 Model –PT-439 BS3 And other cost c) 04.11.2020 03.00 PM Eastern Energy Corp (GEECL) on 4 Sk Abdul Kalam Tractor(Commercial Vehicle) Rs.5,49,347/- 05.02.2020 a) Rs.1,35,000/- Suri Branch Mondaysaid itsgas gathering Branch: Suri Reg. No.- WB-53B -4995 +Unapplied Interest 05.10.2020 b) Rs.13,500/- 05.11.2020 station in West Bengal's Asansol PH- 98892-58133 Model -PT-439 BS3 And other cost c) 04.11.2020 03.00 PM wasundergherao forthe last 5 Somnath Das Bolero (Commercial Vehicle) Rs.90,404.18 15.01.2020 a) Rs.3,60,000/- Paikar Branch twodays and staffers were stuck Branch: Paikar Reg. No- WB-53B-2837 +Unapplied Interest 25.09.2020 b) Rs.36,000/- 05.11.2020 PH- 86389-64634 inside. Model –Bolero PLS BS3 of And other cost c) 04.11.2020 03.00 PM 2013, Manufacturer: It is the thirdinstance of Mahindra &Mahindra gherao at the station in the last Limited. 43 days,itsaid. 6 Sekh Liyakat Ansar Ali Tractor (Commercial Vehicle) Rs.2,15,700.20 01.09.2015 a) Rs.1,98,000/- Dubrajpur Branch The companyhas also tem- Branch: Dubrajpur Reg. No.- WB-53B-3082 +Unapplied Interest 05.11.2015 b) Rs.19,800/- 05.11.2020 porarilyshutCNG supplythat PH- 84361-85796 Model- 265DI And other cost c) 04.11.2020 03.00 PM could hit the movement of vehi- 7 Mr.Sushil Garain Tractor (Commercial Vehicle) Rs.2,61,237.00 09.11.2017 a) Rs.2,43,000/- Dubrajpur Branch Branch: Dubrajpur Reg. No.- WB-53B-4457 +Unapplied Interest 20.02.2020 b) Rs.24,300/- 05.11.2020 cles in theDurgapur-Asansol re- PH- 84361-85796 Model- 475DI And other cost c) 04.11.2020 03.00 PM gion, it said. Twenty-nine third-party se- TERMS &CONDITIONS: curitymen were retrenchedon a) All the cases will be auctioned on "AS IS WHERE IS" and"AS IS WHATISBASIS" condition. disciplinarygrounds, resulting b) For inspection of the vehicle, interested bidder(s) may contact with the Sr.Manager- Suri Branch (for Sl No 1to4)/Manager-Paikar j#ee FueskeÌì^e@efvekeÌme mes keÀneR DeefOekeÀ Branch (for Sl no 5) /Sr. Manager-DubrajpurBranch (for Sl no-6 to 7) and to participate in the auction shall submit their offer in prescribed in the agitation by the affected form along with the Earnest Money equivalent to the10% of the reserve price by way of NEFT/RTGS or Bank Draft/Pay Order favoring locals,companyofficials said. UCO Bank ………………..Branch* payable at ……………**, on or before 04.11.2020. (* for Sl No 1. To 4Suri, For Sl No. 5.Paikar,For Sl Yeejle FueskeÌì^e@efvekeÌme efueefceìs[ PTI No. 6to7 Dubrajpur) (**for Sl No1.To 4Suri, For Sl No. 5. Paikar,For Sl No.6 to 7Dubrajpur) (j#ee ceb$eeue³e kesÀ DeOeerve Yeejle mejkeÀej keÀe SkeÀ c) No Cash will be accepted, separate Bank Draft or Banker’sCheque must be drawn for each vehicle. GHeke´Àce) (CIN :L32309KA1954GOI000787) d) Participants should bring sufficientXerox Copies of ID proof to submit BidApplication form at that venue. e) Bid below the reserve price will not be accepted and after completion of bid, Bank will confirm the sale. Yeejle FueskeÌì^e@efvekeÌme efueefceìs[, SkeÀ veJejlve kebÀHeveer Je=eflekeÀ FueskeÌì^e@efvekeÌme #es$e ceW, DeHeves Heb®ekegÀuee FkeÀeF& nsleg f) The successful bidder so declared by bank shall have to deposit entire amount of sale price by demand draft less Earnest Money with megj#ee DeefOekeÀejer (E-II ûes[) kesÀ Heo nsleg DeeJesove Deecebef$ele keÀjleer nw~ Bank within 7(seven) days from the date of receipt of sale confirmation letter.Any statutory dues like Road Tax, Insurance etc. will be 01.10.2020 01.10.2020 keÀes 01.10.2020 keÀes ³eesi³elee borne by purchaser.Lost papers in any auctioned vehicle will be prepared from respective department by purchaser only. Heo/ûes[ Deej#eCe keÀes ³eesi³elee DeefOekeÀlece Dee³eg meercee GHejeble DevegYeJe g) EMD of unsuccessful bidder(s) will be refunded after completion of bid on 05.11.2020. Yeejleer³e Leue mesvee ceW kewÀHìve jQkeÀ keÀe h) The Bank reserves right to acceptor reject any or all the offersor adjourned/postponed the sale without assigning any reason thereof. metj#ee i) The successful bidder(s) should bring two passport size colored photographs to issue sale certificate. efkeÀmeer Yeer efJe

Kolkata WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 4 WEST BENGAL THEINDIANEXPRESS,TUESDAY,OCTOBER20,2020 After High Court order, police say prepared Nodiscussionyeton to incorporate changes challengingHCorder police to be prepared to manage EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE crowds from “Tritiya”, or the KOLKATA,OCTOBER19 thirdday of thepuja, thepolice forcewill be outonthe streetsin HOURS AFTER the Calcutta High full strength from Tuesday, ac- onPujapandals:Govt Courtbarredvisitors’ entryto cording to officials. Durga Pujamarquees (pandals) The policeherehavealready and ordered to declarethe pan- erected 52 watchtowers, and in- dals no-entry zones,the state stalledanadditional 73 CCTV EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE police alertedpeople to follow cameras.Kolkatahasbeendivided KOLKATA,OCTOBER19 social-distancingnorms, and into12sectors and 16 Deputy said theywereready to make Commissioner-ranked officials THE WESTBengal government changes to arrangementsal- have been giventhe responsibil- hasnot yettaken adecision on ready in place forthe festival. ityto monitorandcontrolcrowds challengingthe CalcuttaHigh “This year,wecelebrateadif- with the help of 8,000police per- Courtorder banning the entryof ferent Durga Puja as we prepare sonnel working in three shifts. visitors to Durga Pujamarquees to welcome the goddess in these According to officials, apart (pandals) across the state, ad- pandemictimes. When youstep from apermanent control room ministration officials have said. out, keep your distance, wear a at theLalbazar police headquar- Following Monday’s court mask,and enjoyresponsibly. ters, atemporarycontrol room order declaring the pandals no- Stay healthy, stay safe, keep will be setuptocoordinateand WHERE’S THE CAUTION? entryzones, Chief Secretary fighting the Covid demon!” monitor the situation. Alapan Bandyopadhyaycon- tweetedWestBengal Police. Police will also deploy25 Shoppers throng NewMarket area in Kolkata’s Esplanadeamid the Durga Pujafestivities on venedameeting attendedbyall The policesaid theyhad not High Radio Flying Squads to pa- Monday. Partha Paul policesuperintendentsand dis- receivedthe courtorder yet. “We trol the city.Therewill be police trict magistrates. Chief Minister haven’t receivedthe court order help desksinseven places in the MamataBanerjee addressedthe yet. All arrangementsare in place, city,and 13 quickresponse district officials from her home. but if required,changes will be teams willbedeployed at impor- ACTIVE COVID CASESUPTO34,584 “Weare yettoreceivethe made. However, we willrequest tant crossings. Four missing per- High Courtorder.After receiving AboardataKolkataPuja pandal says visitors’ entryis people to maintain social dis- son squads will also be on hand the order,wewill go through it prohibited in accordance with Monday's HC order. Partha Paul tance and wear maskswhen in to helppeople. Record3,992 cases added, free and afterthat we will decide. crowd,” asenior officer said on Therewillbe800police pick- However, thereisnosuchdis- the condition of anonymity. etsnear Durga Pujapandals cussion within the government will beoutofbounds forvisitors.” Oppnwelcomes Though Chief Minister across the city,besides police as- fall in recovery rate continues to challengethis order in the Meanwhile,apartfromAlapan MamataBanerjee had asked the sistance booths. Supreme Court,” said asenior Bandyopadhyay, the other senior court ruling, stateadministration official. officialswhoattendedthegovern- STATECOUNT On Monday, these five districts Senior stateministers and ment meeting were Home Secre- takes digs at EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE recordedabout 57 per cent of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) lead- tary HariKrishna Dwivedi, Dire- Revellers flout Covid safety KOLKATA,OCTOBER19 TOTAL CASES latestinfections and 47 fatalities. ers also soundedcautious andre- ctor General of Police Virendra, Mamatagovt The situation continuedto fusedtocommentonthe ruling. securityadviserSurajitKarPurak- norms to throng Puja pandals THE DECLINE in West Bengal’s 325028 remain grim in some of the other “I have notreceivedacopyof ayastha, and KolkataCommis- Covid-19recovery rate contin- districtsinthe region suchas theHighCourtorder.Iwillcomm- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE INCREASE DEATHS sioner of Police Anuj Sharma. Kolkata: Braving intermittent nouncedthat revellers could uedonMonday as thestate reg- Paschim Medinipur (1,553active ent onlyafter getting the copy,” “Allthe district officials were KOLKATA,OCTOBER19 rain, amultitude of people visit pandals from ‘Tritiya’, isteredarecord increase in cases 3992 6119 cases), Purba Medinipur (1,344 said MinisterofUrban Develop- told to be alert about the possible flockedbig-ticketDurga Puja three days before puja ritu- forthe fifthstraight dayas3,992 2,84,325RECOVERED patients), Paschim Bardhaman ment Firhad Hakim. Hakim, who surge of Covid cases during and THE OPPOSITION partiesinWest pandals in the city on als begin, to avoid crowding infections pushedupthe case (1,027active cases) and Nadia organises apopularDurga Puja at afterDurga Puja. Everydistrict Bengal on Mondaywelcomed Mondaymorning with little on thelastfourdays of the count to 3,25,028. The discharge 40,34,889 SAMPLES (1,427patients). In Purba Chetla Agrani in Kolkata,said this wastold to prepareproper the CalcuttaHigh Courtruling or no regard forsocial dis- festival. rate,whichatone point was TESTED TILL OCTOBER 19 Bardhaman, the active caseload year the festivitieswouldbelive- guidelines forvisitors and assist banning the entryofvisitors to tancing norms. At some of the popular nearing 88 per cent, is now is up to 905 now. streamedpujaonthewebsiteand them in adhering to it,” said a Durga Pujapandals. Hours later, theCalcutta marquees in the city suchas down to 87.48per cent. The situation remained social media handles of the club. senior government official. BJPleader and Union minis- High Courtbarredthe entry Ekdalia Evergreen, Singhi This massive increase in dated till 9am, the state’s toll alarming in NorthBengal,espe- Statepanchayat minister AlapanBandyopadhyay in- terBabul Supriyosaid, of visitors to the pandals, and Park,Sreebhumi Sporting cases pushedupthe active case- went up to 6,119following 63 fa- ciallyinthe districtsofMalda, SubrataMukherjee, who organ- structed theofficials to take ade- “Whateverhas happenedhas ordered the government to and Badamtala Asar Sangha, load to 34,584, andcame on a talities. JalpaiguriandDarjeeling.Darjeel- isesthepopularEkdaliaEvergreen quatemeasures to ensurepeople happened forgood. The [Covid- declarethem no-entryzones. people were notallowedto daythe CalcuttaHigh Court In Kolkata, whereoverone- ing’s active cases crossed1,000to Durga Puja, said people have to receive proper health careduring 19]infection is increasing and Last week,ChiefMinister step inside without masks. bannedthe entryofvisitors to fourths of thedeaths have oc- settle at 1,022 while in Jalpaiguri abideby theHighCourtorder.“We the Puja and arenot deniedtreat- measures arerequiredto limit it.” MamataBanerjeeweekan- PTI DurgaPuja Pandalsacrossthe curred, the toll rose to 2,002 after it is upto 950.Theactive caseload willwaitforthedirectionfromthe mentathospitals.Sufficienthealth StateBJP vice-president Joy statebecause of fears about an 18 patients diedinits treatment in Malda increasedto945. stategovernmentonthis. We are carearrangementsshould be in Prakash Majumdar said, “The explosion in infection numbers facilities. The city is partofthe Meanwhile, the uptickintest discussingthematter.Butonehas place foremergencies,the Chief stategovernmentwas notserious following the festival. South Bengal pandemic epicen- positivity rate continuedasitin- to abidebythe court’s order.” Secretaryadded.Bandyopadhyay aboutchecking theinfection. It al- SALUTE THE SOLDIER According to thestate health trealong with itsthree neigh- creasedto8.06per cent. The SeniorTMC leader Atin Ghosh told the district officials to ensure lowedDurga Pujato take placein bulletin, in whichfiguresare up- bouring districts, andHooghly. Department of Health said said, “Thereare severalDurga peopleoutonthestreetsadhere to itsusualpompand grandeur.The 5040207 NK RAN BAHADUR PUN, SM, 20 OCT 43,619 testswereconducted in Pujas in NorthKolkatathat take Covid-19 protocols, andwear courthas said the right thing.” On this day 5040207 Nk Ran Bahadur Pun, SM of 5/1 Gorkha Rifles made 24 hours, taking the cumulative place within smallbylanes.Going masks. Ambulances should be StateCongress chief and the the supreme sacrifice during 'OP PAWAN' Srilanka in Oct 1987 in atrue act number of teststo40,34,889. by today’s courtorder,suchpujas kept ready to take Covid patients party’s Lok Sabha leader Adhir of valour.The brave soldier will always be remembered for his enthusiasm. to treatment facilities, he added. Ranjan Chowdhury said, “Durga To this brave heart we pledge that we shall always be guided by his Following the meeting, the Puja in Bengal is notjustapuja immortal spirit and make his name proud. 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Phone :28191890 /28190259; Fax: 044 –28190636 E-Mail: [email protected] The CPM MLASujan Chak- raborty said,“This has comeasa INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING –TENDER EXTENSION NOTICE relief to thepeople.TheCMherself 1. The Tender due date is extended as follows: engagedinvirtualinaugurationof 1) Tender No.PKG6/ICB/TNUHP/JICA/C2/OPE-I/TNMSC/ENGG/2020, dt.04.02.2020 –Mul�paraMonitor (4), Mul�paraMonitor with IBP (4), Mul�paraMonitor with EtCO2(18), Defibrillator(15), Anesthesia Worksta�on with Pujapandals,butputpeople’slives Regional Office, Kolkata Metro, 225C, A.J.C Bose Road, 1st Floor,Kolkata-700020 Monitor (18), Anesthesia Worksta�on (20), Opera�on TheatreFractureTable (17) and Opera�on TheatreTable (10) in danger by allowing them to Sale Notice for Sale of Movable Properties under Seizure Notice Sl. No. Sale periodSubmission of Bids OpeningofBids physicallyvisit the pandals.” SALE NOTICE ISSUED FOR EAUCTION -28.10.2020- VEHICLE 1Upto09.11.202010.11.2020, 03.00 PM 10.11.2020, 04.00 PM Name of the Branch, a. Reserve Price Date & Date of Fordetailsvisit www.tenders.tn.gov.in and TNMSC websitewww.tnmsc.tn.gov.in. S. Contact Person, Borrower's Secured Creditor, Details of Property Details Liabilites b. EMD Time of Inspection DIPR/3887/Tender/2020 General Manager (Services) No. Phone Number and Name Account no.& IFS Code auction c. Bid Increment Auction of vehicle/s Email ID 1 Union Bank of India, – Borrower: Hypothecation of car vide Rs. 5,23,352.41 a. Rs. 3,20,000.00 28.10.2020 A/C No: M/s Antares Between DELHI JAL BOARD: DELHI SARKAR Tollygunje Karunamoyee Mr Sujoy Vehicle no: WB-04H5714, as on b. Rs. 80,000.00 from 11.30 554401980050000 System Ltd 20.10.2020 Branch; 1st Floor,Merlin Dey Date of Registration: 30.04.2019 with c. Rs. 5,000.00 am to IFS Code: www.bankeauction to OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER (SOUTH) IV Grove, 211,Raja 01/08/2018, Make Model: further interest, 01.15 pm UBIN0555444 wizard.com 22.10.2020 O.H.T O.I.A Ph-II: OPFOSITE GOVIND PURI: NEW DELHI -20. Rammohan Roy Road, Hyundai Motors India Pvt cost & with no Contact person- & Kolkata- 700008 Mob Ltd, Xcent CRDI Prime expenses. auto Toushik Ghosh 27.10.2020 e-mail: [email protected]/Tel. 011-26388976 no-9073999951, Chassis no: extension Contact mob- with prior "STOP CORONA; Wear Mask, Follow Physical Distancing, Maintain Hand Hygiene" information Email ID- tollygunje@ MALA741DLJM318897 9674758724 Press N.I.T.NO: 21 S-IV (2020-21) unionbankofindia.com Engine no: D3FAJM588199 from the S. Estimated Date of release of tender in e- Last date/time of receipt of tender Place of inspection: concerned Name of work National Parking, No. Cost (In Rs.) procurement solution through e-procurement solution Providing laying internal D.I. water distribution 2020_ DJB_ 195675_1 17.11.2020 Amdanga, Near BSF 1. system in Abul Fazal Enclave Block EtoNin 3,54,94,067/- 16.10.2020 up to 3.00 pm Camp, Barasat Okhla Constituency AC-54 under EE (South)IV 2 Union Bank of India- Borrower: Hypothecation of car vide Rs. 4,07,008.27 a. Rs.2,30,000.00 28.10.2020 A/C No: M/s Antares Between Further details in this regard may be seen at (https://govtprocurement.delhi.gov.in) Kidderpore Branch Mrs. Punam Vehicle no: WB090443 as on b. Rs. 57,500.00 from 11.30 363201980050000 System Ltd 20.10.2020 Sd/- 24-D,Ekbalpur Shaw Date of Registration: 30.06.2019 with c. Rs. 5,000.00 am to IFS Code: www.bankeauction to ISSUED BY P.R.O. (WATER) (Rajeev Kumar Gupta) Lane, Kolkata- 18/04/2018 further interest, 01.15 pm UBIN0536326 wizard.com 22.10.2020 700023, Mob no- Make Model: Tata Motors cost & with no Contact person- & Advt. No. J.S.V.190 (2020-21) EXECUTIVE ENGINEER (SOUTH) 7477871719 Ltd, Tata Indica Ev2Cr4, expenses. auto Toushik Ghosh 27.10.2020 Email Id-kiddepore@ Chassis no: extension Contact mob- with prior unionbankofindia.com MAT600435HPJ24865 9674758724 information Regional Business Office: 2, Asansol PUBLIC NOTICE FOR E-AUCTION FOR SALE Engine no: from the SBI Asansol Branch Premises, 1st Floor,Asansol 1.4CRAIL08JSYW16612 concerned Place of inspection: New Bijoy Pal Sarani, BNR More, Dist. Paschim Bardhaman, Pin- 713304, WB OF MOVABLE &IMMOVABLE PROPERTIES Maa Parking, Dhapdhapi, LAST DATE TIME OF SUBMISSION OF EMD AND DOCUMENTS Hard copy 20.11.2020 upto 5p.m Baruipur Sale of immovable property mortgaged to Bank under Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Regional Office, Greater Kolkata ,3Middleton Row, Park Street, Kolkata -700071, Sale Notice for Sale of Movable Properties under Seizure Notice (SARFAESI)Act, 2002 (No.54 of 2002) 1 Union Bank of India - Borrower: Hypothecation of truck vide Rs. 21,21,120.18 a.Rs.10,15,000.00 28.10.2020 A/C No: M/s Antares Between Whereas, the Authorized Officer of State Bank Of India had taken possession of the following property pursuant to the notice issued under Sec 13(2) of the Securitization and Salt Lake Branch, CG- Mr.Sukhpal Vehicle no: WB-23D-8237, (As on b. Rs. 2,53,750.00 from 11.30 460908090001000 System Ltd 20.10.2020 Reconstruction of FinancialAssets and Enforcement of Security Interest (SARFAESI)Act, 2002 in the following loan accounts with our Branch with aright to sell the same on “AS IS Date of Registration: 234 ,Sector 2, Salt Lake Singh 03.10.2020) c. Rs. 5,000.00 am to IFS Code: www.bankeauction to WHERE IS BASIS AND AS IS WHATISBASIS” for realization of Bank's dues. The sale will be done by the undersigned through e-auction platform provided at the website: 01/08/2018 Make Model: City,Kolkata 700091. with further 01.15 pm wizard.com 22.10.2020 Ashok Leyland Ltd 3118IL UBIN0546097 www.bankeauctions.com Mob no-8697747356 interest, cost & Contact person- & DESCRIPTION OF IMMOVABLE /MOVABLE PROPERTIES Truck with Body Structure with no 9051861735, TelNo- Toushik Ghosh 27.10.2020 Reserve Price there on. Chassis no: expenses. auto Name of the Demand Notice Date 033-23358736 Contact mob- with prior Lot Description &owner of property EMD SUBMISSION Date/ Time MB1KADYD2GPY8489 extension Branch Outstanding Amount EMD Email ID- saltlake@ 9674758724 information No ACCOUNT DETAILS of e-Auction Engine no: GYPZ128688 &Account (Secured debt) unionbankofindia.com from the Bid Increase Amount Place of inspection: Guha concerned Parking, Shaktigarh 1ISBI, Hutton Road nrespect of Land along with under construction single 07.10.2009 A/c No :37608117519 Rs.13,57,380.00 23.11.2020 Details of terms and condition of the sale: The above movable secured assets will be sold in “As is where is”, “As is What is” and “whatever there is” condition. The secured Branch (31791) storied building in Mouza-Nigha, JLNo-28, RS Khatian No- Rs.4,45,615/- + A/c Name : ------from 1.00 creditor/authorised officer shall not be responsible in any way for any third party claims. Bidders are advised to make inquiry at their end. The intending bidder shall deposit with the Secured 908, Plt No-77(P) situated at Maji Para, Gobinda Nagar, interest and SYS SUSP BR PARKING A/C-INB Rs.1,35,738.00 pm to 3.00 Creditor an amount equivalent to 25% of reserve price by way of Earnest Money Deposit in the above mentioned account of respective branches of Union Bank of India, on or before Mohan Singh Near DVC, PS-Jamuria, PO-Kalipahari under Asansol charges Name of the Beneficiary: ------pm 27.10.2020 by 3.00 P.Matrespective Branches. The person whose bid is accepted should deposit the entire money then and there and thereafter the sale should be confirmed in favour of the Municipal Corporation, Dist-Burdwan, WB-713339. SBI HUTTON ROAD BR Rs. 20,000.00 bidder whose bid has been accepted. Bank has right to forfeit the BID amount if full and final payment not made then and there. Bank has right to cancel the auction at any point of time. Full Mohan Singh IFSC Code :SBIN0031791 name and address of the bidder with their identity proof and PANcard has to be furnished while filling up the bid form. In case of single bid received, the sole bidder shall be declared as the successful bidder.Bids once made shall not be cancelled or withdrawn. The successful bidder so declared shall deposit entire Sale Price (inclusive of EMD) in Cash/DD/RTGS/NEFT/Internet TERMS &CONDITIONS: transfer /Cheque subject to realisation, immediately on the sale day or not later than next working day or within such extended period as agreed upon in writing. In default of payment of balance 1.The e-Auction is being held on “AS IS WHERE IS” and “AS IS WHATISBASIS”. amount of purchase price the deposit of part sale price made shall be forfeited and the property shall forthwith be sold again and the defaulting purchaser shall forfeit all claim on the property or 2.Tothe best of knowledge and information of the Authorised Officer,there is no encumbrance on the property.However,the intending bidders should make their own independent to any part of the sum for which it may be subsequently sold. The sale will be confirmed only on payment of the entire BID amount received by the Bank. On the sale being confirmed against inquiries regarding the encumbrances, title of property &toinspect &satisfy themselves. Property can be inspected on 17.11.2020. payment/deposit of the amount the asset sold will be delivered to the successful bidder in as is where condition is. Legal charges for conveyance, stamp duty,registration charges &Goods 3.The intended bidders who have deposited the EMD and required assistance in creating Login ID &Password, uploading data, submitting bid, training on e-bidding process etc., may and Service Taxasapplicable will be borne by the successful bidder.Ifthe Bidder/Hypothecator where to pay the entire amount including the expenses in connection with the seizure and contact M/s C1 India Pvt Ltd, Udyog Vihar,Phase 2, Gulf Petrochem building, Building No. 301, Gurgaon, Haryana. Pin: 122015, E-mail ID :[email protected], Support conducting public auction before the acceptance of the final BID by the Bank. If the Bidder/Hypothecator where to pay the entire amount including the expenses in connection with the seizure Helpline Numbers :124-4302020/21/22/23, 7291981124 /1125 /1126 and for any property related query may contact below Authorised officer –Sri SKSahu, Mobile No: and conducting public auction before the acceptance of the final BID by the Bank, the Bank reserve the right to cancel the auction sale. The unsuccessful Bidders who have deposited EMD shall be entitled to have the same refunded without any interest immediately after the confirmation of sale. To the best of Information and Knowledge, there is no encumbrance on the asset. 8001192003,TelNo: 0341-2250468/2250469 E-mail id :[email protected] However the intending bidders should make their own independent enquiry regarding the encumbrances, title of the asset put on auction and the claims /rights/ dues affecting the property, 4.The Bank has designated its Branch Officeat RBOAsansol as facilitation centre to help the intending bidders in putting the bid on line. ****** prior to submitting their bid, Bank will not be liable for any information found wrong later.TheAuction advertisement does not constitute and will not be deemed to constitute any commitment or (FOR DETAILED TERMAND CONDITIONS PLEASE WEBSITE www.bankeauctions.com any representation of the Bank to sell the asset. Bank has right to cancel the auction without assigning any reason. The entire sale consideration shall be exclusively available for appropriation This Notice is also to be treated as 30 days Statutory sale notice to borrower and Guarantor (L/Rs) Under Rule 8(6) Security Interest (Enforcement), Rules 2002 towards dues to the Bank and it is exclusive of encumbrances of all dues and other dues if any,all of which have to be paid /settled by the proposed purchaser out of his own sources. Date :20.10.2020, Place :RBO, Asansol Authorised Officer,State Bank of India Date :19.10.2020, Place :Kolkata Secured Creditor ****** (This cl no 3beincluded for properties in small/rural areas, where awareness of technology is not very high)

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Dr.Roman S. Kozlov Chancellor,SSMU Testimonials from distinguished Alumni THE doctors graduating from SSMU have astute SSMU Is a wonderful university that offers both acad- I AM highly indebted to SSMU.I was frustrated af- clinical skills,flamboyant personalities and go on emic as well as clinical training.It gave me an unprece- ter my board results.When I came to know about The Chancellor of the SSMU is for higher specialisation in all surgical &non-surgi- dented international health experience,whichhelped SSMU,Ifoundaray of hope.Ifindnowords to ex- Professor Dr. Roman S. Kozlov. cal disciplinesacross the world.They are clinically me achieve my residencygoalsinthe USA.The six press my gratitude towards this reputedmedical sound and have aunique and immersive cultural years of exposure facilitatednot only the accumulation university.Igraduated from this university in 2011 Though only 49 years of age, he is exposure not onlytoRussia but also to places all of medical knowledgebut also the honing of interper- with flying colours.Iconfidently cracked the MCI well known as a scientist all over aroundthe globe,that brings about an everlasting sonal and communicationskills essential to the effec- Screening test in the1st attempt.Today Iamenjoy- changeintheir personality and helps them exceed tive practice of medicine.The Dean of the foreign de- ing my professional career as aneurology resident the world. He is a Fellow of the expectations in their careers and personal lives. partment sees it as his missiontoaid medical students at Erfurt, Germany. European Society for Clinical in pursuitofthese long-term goals. Goodluck! DR. PRIYANK PATEL DR. KUNAL PATEL Microbiology and Infectious (SSMU graduate2008, Gold Medalist) DR. JAIBHATT (SSMU Graduate 2011) Diseases; a member of the American Society for MD, D.M. CancerSpecialist, USA (SSMUGraduate2011) M.D. Physician,New Jersey, US M.D (Neurology),Erfurt, Germany Microbiology; the European Respiratory Society; and the Federation of European Societies for IN and theoretical knowledge which Igained at this univer- IT gives me immense pleasure and pride to state sity has proved very helpful in my career.Apart from that SSMU has created a generation of doctors and Chemotherapy the world.Ifound that medical education in Russia was this,Dr. Alok Aeron, in memory of hisparents, provides its alumniare serving patientsand participating in the best and SSMU was the top-most for MBBS. scholarships to Indianstudents. Iproudly say thatIwas research work in virtually all the continents of the Throughout my admission process Dr.Alok Aeron, Di- ascholarship holderthroughoutmyeducation(2011- planet. Iamproud to say that I’m avaledictorian of MESSAGE rectorofCosmosEducational Consultants,and histeam 2017) and got adegree with GOLDMEDAL fromSSMU. SSMU.Myexperience at the University wassimply Esteemed Ladies and Gentlemen, the Smolensk State Medical University, helpedmeand theymade it feel very simple.When my At present Iampursuing my PG degree inAnesthesiol- gratifying.The professors are clinically and peda- which is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its foundation,is very proud to studies started,Iunderstood that my decisionwas ab- ogy.SSMU has played acrucial role in making me a gogicallyaccomplished and have impeccable skills welcome you to our beautiful city of Smolensk. Historically,Russia and India solutelycorrect, becausefirstly educationisentirely in gooddoctor who can serve patients andthe Nation. in basic as well as clinical sciences. Iamreally fortu- have enjoyed very friendly relations.Smolensk is one of the oldest cities of English medium andsecondly relations betweenthe nate to have had SSMUasmyalma mater because Russia and has a tradition of adapting to its guests.Smolensk is one of the Professors and Indian students were so nice that Pro- DR.AKSHAYBHUMKAR it gave me the required zest and the motivation one safest cities of Russia and has residents of about 100 nationalities. Smolensk fessors became like our local guardians. Thepractical (SSMU Graduate 2017, Gold Medalist) requires in medical school.Thetraining that Ire- is also the birthplace of Yuri Gagarin. ceived in my undergraduate studieshelped me in I am delighted that more and more deserving Indian students are choosing my quest to develop astute clinical skills.Ihave just our Medical University as their Alma-Mater.Currently,1350 Indian students cleared the USMLE and will be pursuingaspeciali- are studying here.We are very proud that our Indian graduates are working in sation in the United States ofAmerica. different countries of the world and we are extremely proud that a majority of our Indian graduates are not only passing the screening test in India but also DR. NEHALB.NEUREKAR getting top PG specialties in the Pre PG exam in India. (SSMU Graduate2018, Gold Medalist) Since 2002,for recruiting Indian students for admission in SSMU,we have had exclusive ties with Cosmos Educational Consultants of India, whose di- rector is Dr.Alok Aeron, who himself is an Indian citizen and and has been liv- ing in Russia for 31 years.He is my foreign advisor and has helped us to create for our Indian students a small India inside our campus. We have a specially designed foreign department to meet the needs of our foreign guests.We have specifically devoted faculty and staff for foreign stu- dents.The Motto of our University is ‘Docendo Discimus’; it’s a Latin proverb meaning ‘By teaching,we learn’.We are providing the best opportunities to fulfil educational, scientific, sports and arts needs. Ladies and Gentlemen, we know that you have different names to choose from as far as medical colleges are concerned and it makes me extremely proud that you are choosing SSMU.See you soon!

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Actually,Ialso offerthem different filling andthensendingthemtothe head-officeof dian students.Since then more than 3000 Indian scholarships. CEC.The rest is done by theCEC head office. students have taken admission and more than 2000 Indians have received aMedical degree fromthe Forgrantingadmissions, have you ap- Whatisthe feestructureofSSMU for In- SSMU.Rightnow,1350 Indian students are studying pointed agents in India? dian students in 2020? here,out of whom about 600 are girls. No,wedonot appointagents; we don’t want our Theper yearfee is USA $6000 which has to be paid We have 3separatehostels for ourIndian stu- studentstopay any agent’sfee. in Russia only and there’saone-time payment in In- dents;one of them is for Indian girls.Wehave an In- dia of Rs.1,50,000which includes Admission dian mess running on ano-profit-no-loss system From wherecan adesiringcandidate get process,Visa,Air-Ticket,GST etc. and 3Indiancooks are working in it.This mess is information about SSMU? servingPure-Vegetarian and Non-VegetarianIn- It’svery easy; the candidate has to visit our site Please tell us about the scholarships you dian food. Very high standards of hygieneare www.sgmu.info.All information in detailcan be give to Indian students at SSMU. maintainedatthe mess. foundthere. Well, actually,Ihave been givingthesescholar- In 2020 again,342 seats have been reserved for ships since 2002 to deservingand hardworking Indianstudentsand admissions are going on.The What is the procedure for taking admis- students. Thesescholarships are in memoryofmy Hostel Buildings duration of Medical educationis6years and In- Dr.Roman S. Kozlovand Dr.Alok Aeron sion in SSMU? parents and are open to all Indian studentsof dian students are taught in the English medium. On thesite in the menu there is alist of Information SSMU.After the completion of every year,Igive an ThepopularityofSSMU is rising amongIndian makegood human beings.Adoctor who is not hu- Centres in India. Click on it. Alist of Indian infor- amount equivalenttothe tuition fee to the student students everyyear because of the top results its mane enoughcannot be adoctor.Wedon’twantto mation centreswith their mobile numbers will who securesthe highestmarks among Indian stu- graduates aregetting in the FMGE or Screening be ashamed of having produced abad doctor,sowe open. On this list find the nearest possible infor- dents of his class for every yearofeducation.Every Test in India. Iamproud to say that thepassing always keep our quality standardsvery high. mation centre and give themacall. year,Iprovide approximately Rs 25 lakh as scholar- percentage of SSMU graduates in FMGE is the shiptoIndianstudents. highest among all foreign medical colleges and What arethe required qualifications for Whoruns these information centres? These scholarshipshave been motivating my this fact is confirmedbythe National BoardofEx- admission? These information centres are actuallyour gradu- students forthe last18yearsnow. amination which conducts this exam. Actually, ■ 17 yearsofage. ates or parents of students currently studyingin Ialways tell themthat this scholarship is likea FMGE wasnever atarget for ourstudents;we pre- ■ Minimum 50% marks in 12thinPCB and apass SSMU.Because they have first hand information loan they have been given;they will have to double pare them for Pre-PG exam and forreal challenges in English. so theycan explain you everything in detail.Actu- it and repayitwhen they startearning, not to me, in adoctor’sprofessional life.Iam again very proud ■ Should have qualified NEET in 2018, 2019 or ally,this worksin4ways: but to anydeserving and hardworking person who to saythat our graduates have got a100% passing 2020. Anew candidate does not have to go to any is not arelative or friend. result in USMLE also.Our graduates are working agent who will be interested only in his commis- This year, that is 2020, because our University in almost alldeveloped countries of the world. Whatis‘Cosmos Educational Consultants’? sion.Commission agents usually don’t have fullin- has completed 100years,Ihave announced in We at the SSMU understood that we need afirm to formationabout universitiesabroad. addition to the aforementionedscholarships, Your graduates arevery proud to be work in India.So, Cosmos Educational Consultants Thenew candidate and his parents can meet an one morescholarshipofapproximately alumni of SSMU; why so? wasdesigned and it worksfor the assistance of In- actual student or graduate of SSMU and can un- Rs 37000 per year to every Indian student taking Well, we don’t makejust doctors,wefirst of all dian students seeking admission to the SSMU only. derstandthe system of educationinSSMU and, admission in 2020. Official website of Smolensk State Medical University: www.sgmu.info

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Audioclippoints to Cop shot dead ZeeNewsarguestoprotectsource,HC in Anantnag ‘negligencebehind Srinagar: Militants on Monday evening shotdead apolice offi- saysyouarenoprosecutingagency cer in south Kashmir’s Anantnag deaths’, Kerala districtwhen he wasreturning home, police said. asealedcover.“Youmake(pub- or journalist” from disclosureof (into) howyou accessed thedoc- 19 (1) (a)(righttofreedom of Police said militantsfired at official suspended SOFIAHSAN lic) documentswhichare not “the source of anynews or infor- umentswhichshould nothave speechand expression) allows Mohammad Ashraf Bhat at his NEWDELHI,OCTOBER19 supposed to be takenout and mation published by that news- been leaked in thefirstplace. publication of the case diaries at villageChandpora, Kanelwan, in youwantyour name to be con- paper or receivedorreported by Pleaserefrainfrommaking any that stageofinvestigation. Anantnag district. The police of- have notdisclosedanything to THE DELHI High Courton cealed,” the courttold Advocate that news agency,editor or jour- allegations againstthe peti- The court said if it finds ficer wasrushedtothe hospital, SHAJUPHILIP protect us. Otherwise, things MondayquestionedZee News for VijayAggarwal, who appeared nalist” during proceedings be- tioner,”the courtsaid. thereisnorightwhichallows but the doctors declared him THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, would have become abig issue.” making public the purported forZee News. fore the Press Council of India. Saying that thedocuments publicationofsuchdocuments brought dead. OCTOBER19 However, medicalcollegesu- “disclosure statement” of an ac- The single-judgeBenchwas He also referred to a“pro- “werenot supposedtobetaken “at aparticular point of time”, it “Todayatabout 1830 hours, perintendentDrPeter Vazhayil cusedinacase related to the hearing apetition filedbyJamia posed” provision of a1983Law out and published”, the court would also examinewhatsteps terrorists firedupon apolicein- ANURSINGofficer at agovern- said the nursing officer’s state- NortheastDelhi riots,saying it Millia Islamia studentAsif Iqbal Commission report. However, said Article 19 (1) (a) wasnot an arerequiredtobetaken. spector identifiedasInspector ment medical collegeinKochi ment wasbaseless. The patient wasnot aprosecutingagency and Tanha againsthis “disclosure the courtobserved that some- “untrammelledright” that can “Would an acknowledgment Mohammad Ashraf Bhat, aresi- has been suspendedafter an au- wasonnon-invasive ventilator in the document, whichhas “little statement” being allegedly thing whichisnot in the statute expand and hasnolimitations. that theyhavebeen remiss suf- dent of ChandporaKanelwan dio clip —sent by the officer to whichthe breathing tubewould evidentiaryvalue” in atrial,has leaked by police to themedia. book cannotbereliedupon. “Thereseems to be no doubt fice… theremustbesomething near his residence,” policesaid in her colleagues ahead of the notget disconnected,hesaid. been portrayedassomethingthat Lastweek,the courthad Saying that the courthas to about it (publishing of the docu- effective,” it said. an officialstatement. “The officer Central team’s visit —revealed In another incident of alleged “completely indictsaperson”. asked Zee Newstodisclose its weighbetween the constitu- ment). The officers that have The courtasked thecounsel receivedgunshot injuriesandwas that apatient diedgasping for negligence, information about a “It is amisrepresentation of source afterthe Delhi Police said tional rightsoftwo persons, taken(it) out…are going to face representingthe petitioner to as- evacuated to nearbyhospital. oxygen and severalothers could Covidpatient’s death took three factsofadifferent level,” ob- none of itspersonnel had leaked Aggarwal said the petitioner had vigilance enquiry,”itsaid. “Prima sist it regarding the next steps re- However, hesuccumbedto hisin- have been killeddue to negli- days to reachhisfamilymembers served JusticeVibhu Bakhru. the purportedstatement. earlier “confessed” that he “did facie, we thinkyou have gotno quired,incase it accepts thecon- juriesand attainedmartyrdom”. gence inside the Covid ward of in Kollamdistrict. Saying thatthe documents “were Aggarwal submittedthat the nothaveregardfor the argument …but we will give it tention that therewas Police sources said the officer the hospital. Sulaiman Kunju (82) of notsupposedtobetaken out and journalistmay notbeasked to Constitution of India”. the consideration it deserves,” it “irresponsiblebehaviour on the waspostedatthe Commando Afterthe audio clip wascir- Kollam’s Thalavur villagewas published,” the court askedZee disclose hissource as the ques- “I think youare crossing aline said. part of the journalist”, andexam- Training CentreLethpora. Soon culated on social media, thefam- takentoaCovid treatmentcen- News to file an affidavit and dis- tion of privilegeisinvolved, and here. Youhavenomaterial what- Questioning the right of the inewhether anyfurther orders afterthe incident, ajoint team of ilyofthe patient, TKHaris, ap- treafter he tested positive last closethe source of the alleged journalists getinformation on soevertomakethis allegation. news channel to makepublic the would be required to be passed police, Armyand paramilitary proachedthe police seeking month. His familywas later told confession by the accused. the basis of an understanding Youare notthe prosecution document when the —“... if theyare to be prosecuted, personnel cordonedoff the area actionagainstalleged negligence that he wasshiftedtothe med- The courtalso rejected the with their sources. He referred agency.Wehavefound that your chargesheetwas notfiledand under what provision… what andlaunchedasearch operation that ledtothe patient’s death on ical collegehospital—the fam- channel's requesttobeallowed to Section 15 (2)ofthe Press conduct, primafacie, has been even the accused did nothave arethe remedies thatwould be to trace the militantsbehind the July30. The medical education ilythought it wasatthe hospital to disclose the name of the jour- Council Act, whichprotects“any remiss… the police itself has in- access to it, the courtsaid it available to anyone who would attack.However, till lateevening, director probed the incident at in Kollam but Kunjuwas actually nalist, who got the statement, in newspaper,news agency, editor stituted avigilance enquiry would examine whetherArticle be aggrievedbythis.” no arrestshad been made. ENS the behestofKerala Health shiftedtoThiruvananthapuram. MinisterKKShailaja, and sus- Theyreceivedacall on October pendednursing officer Jalaja 16,saying the patient will be dis- Devi. charged, but when Kunju’s son Just wanted to keep morale up, says TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE Kerala Chief Minister Noushad visited the hospital he PinarayiVijayan said the issue is found that it wasanother person CASES: RECOVERED:66,63,608 a“serious one” and “woulddent bearing the same name. The 231 the imageofthe state’s health family’s search forKunju then Assam’s PPE-clad dancing doctor DAYSSINCE 75,50,273 DEATHS:1,14,610 PANDEMIC sector”. ledthem to themorgue at the BEGAN TESTS: 9,50,83,976 | DOUBLING RATE: 85.65** On Saturday, Devi sent a Thiruvananthap-uram hospital, doctors and nurses, wasper- voice messageinaWhatsApp wherehewas tagged as an TORAAGARWALA formedinthe recovery room at group comprising her nursing unidentifiedbody afterhis death GUWAHATI,OCTOBER19 SMCH. staffahead of the Centralteam’s on October 13. Senapati said, “Theywere visit.“Today, some doctors re- Kollam District Medical HE SPENT mostofhis youth imi- very happy and so wasI.Ijust portedthat oxygen maskswere Officer VVSherly said Kunju was tatingthedancemovesofhisidol, wanted to keep the morale up. notfoundproperly fitted on takentoThiruvananthapuram Hrithik Roshan. On Monday, The week had been tough, the manypatients. Maskswere forbettercareand authorities Roshanhimselfhadamessagefor Avideo emergedonSunday PPE is difficult to work in. While KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG DOUBLING found displaced, notfitted to the had informedhis family, who Dr Arup Senapati—“Tell Dr Arup of first-year PG student therecovery rate has improved TOWATCH CASES 24HOURS GROWTH* TIME** face. Ventilator tubes should be might have misunderstood the I’m gonna learn his steps and Arup Senapati dancing in a in Assam,and things arelooking seen whether properly inserted location. dance as good as him somedayin PPE kit in Assam. better,the warisfar from over, ■ Maharashtra 15,95,381 9,060 0.62% 116.84 intonostrils. Doctors have re- However, Noushadsaid.“Ihad Assam. Terrific spirit”the actor we arestillworking everyday to ■ Andhra 7,83,132 3,986 0.51% 141.13 portedthat due to ournegli- deliveredfoodfor him in Kollam. tweeted. beat this.” ■ Karnataka 7,65,586 7,012 1.08% 66.89 gence, manypatients have lost StaffcollectedthefoodbutInever “Impossible!” said Senapati, aPPE kit and dancing to thesong Covid ward,” said Senapati. “We Senapati’s reputation as a theirlives.Unluckily, if we are knewthat my father wasnot be- 34,whohasjust finishedaseven- ‘Ghungroo’ from the2019movie were to startour mandatory skilled danceriswell-known ■ Tamil Nadu 6,87,400 3,914 0.66% 108.80 caught,thatwould become a ing treated there. They alwaysin- daystintataCovid-19wardin ‘War’, whichstars Roshan. The quarantinethe next day—my aroundthe hospital. In fact, right ■ Kerala 3,41,859 7,631 2.42% 29.77 major issue. Apatient, formedmethat my father was Assam’s Silchar Medical College video, whichwas tweetedbyhis colleagues had alreadytoldme from his collegedays at the Haris…ventilator tubewas getting better,” he said. and Hospital (SMCH).“Imagine colleague Dr Syed Faizan that Imustdance on the lastday Gauhati Medical Collegeand *Compounded Daily Growth Rate over last 7days**Calculated over 7-day growth found notinsertedintohis nos- The DMO said, “If that is true, me teaching him!” Ahmad, quicklywentviral and of my duty.” Hospital,hehastakenpartinsev- CASEFATALITYRATIO POSITIVITYRATE DAILYIN,DAILYOUT tril. In fact, he had been fittobe it wasreally sad and painful. But Senapati, afirstyear post- drew the attention of manypub- His dance on Sunday,which eral dance competitions, even 7DAYSEARLIER: 7DAYSEARLIER: DETECTEDTODAY shiftedout of ventilator sup- officials at the medical college graduateENT student, shotinto lic figures, including Roshan. enthralledanaudience of afew winningafew.“Idancewhenever port...His relativeshavecom- have deniedhaving collected the limelight on Sundayafter a “It wasthe lastofthe seven nearly-recoveredpatients, ward Iamfeelinglow or whenever 1.53 8.10 55,722 plainedabout death. But doctors food from him.” video emergedofhim donning days of gruelling duty at the boys,sweepers and ateam of someone else is feeling low—to NOW: NOW: RECOVEREDTODAY: cheer them up,” he said. 1.52 7.94 66,399 This remedy has seen him Deaths as aratioof Positivesagainst Becoming sick vs GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU through pandemic duty as well positive cases (in %); number tested recovering; more —firstinGoalparadistrict, and indicator of progress (in %);indicator of recoveries for 14 days MADURAI CITY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION in averting deaths the spread of disease may signal the peak Arinagar Anna Maligai, Tallakulam, Madurai, Tamil Nadu. nowinSilchar.“This is adisease, DataasonOctober18,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealth,ICMRandstates.Oftendailynumbers INVITATION FOR BIDS full of ups and downs. Many includedatafrompreviousdays.Assuch,trendsbasedondailynumbersareindicative,notdefinitive Date 19th October 2020 times, patientsinthe ICU arelow and depressed,” he said, “Of Loan No. and Title Tamil Nadu Urban Flagship Investment Program (TNUFIP): Tranche 2 course, Idon’tstart dancingfor Contract No. and Tender Notice No. Ma.Po. 2/12276/AMRUT(WS) 4/2020-2021 them right there but Idotry to Title Dedicated Water Supply Scheme for Madurai City Municipal Corporation from Mullai Daily Covid cases in Gujarat Periyar River at Lower Camp -Construction of Distribution Network System (DI & engagethem in conversation, HDPE), House Service Connections, and Instrumentation for Madurai City Municipal counsel them and reassurethem Corporation Added Area -Package 4–Phase II that things will be okay.” fall below 1,000; Junagadh, Deadline for 03.12.2020, upto 15.00 Hrs. Senapati’s seven-dayquaran- Submission of Bids tine startedonMonday, with his Jamnagar new hotspots 1. India has applied for financing from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) towards the cost of Tamil Nadu phoneconstantlybuzzingafterhis Urban Flagship Investment Program (TNUFIP) –Tranche 2. Part of this financing will be used for payments social media fame. He hopesthat meeting wasattendedby under the Contract named above. Bidding is open to Bidders from eligible source countries of theADB. over the rest of the week,hewill EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE National Centrefor Disease 2. “The Commissioner,Madurai City Municipal Corporation” (“the Employer”) invites sealed bids from have some quiettime. AHMEDABAD,OCTOBER19 Control (NCDC) director Sujeet eligible Bidders for the following works. Kumar Singh and the Union Dedicated Water Supply Scheme for Madurai City Municipal Corporation from Mullai Periyar River at Lower GUJARATONMondayreported healthsecretary. Camp -Construction of Distribution Network System (DI &HDPE), House Service Connections, and less thana1,000 fresh Covid-19 Singh, who gave apresenta- Instrumentation for Madurai City Municipal CorporationAddedArea - Package 4–Phase II (“the Works”). ''IMPORTANT'' 3. National competitive biddingwill be conducted in accordance with ADB's Single-Stage: Two-Envelope cases in aday forthe firsttime tion highlighting theCovid con- bidding procedure and is open to all Bidders from eligible countries as described in the Bidding Document. Whilst care is taken prior to since the thirdweek of July, even cerns in Gujarat, said, “Our main acceptance of advertising 4. Only eligible Bidders with the following key qualifications should participate in this bidding: as the municipal corporation ar- concerns on the basis of testsper copy,itisnot possible to verify easof JunagadhandJamnagarare millionandsamplepositivityrate l Minimum average annual construction turnover of INR.114.55 Crores,calculated as total certified received its contents. The Indian payments for contracts in progress or completed, within the last three (3) years; Express (P) Limited cannot be emerging as newhostpots,rais- areJunagadh Municipal ing concerns, Union health min- Corporation and Jamnagar l Financial resources, less its financial obligations for its current contract commitments defined, meet or held responsible for such exceed the total requirement for the Subject Contract of INR.19.10 Crores contents, nor for any loss or istryofficialssaid. Municipal Corporationthatare damage incurred as aresult of l Participation in at least one contract that has been successfully or substantially completed within the last At ameetingwithstate health emergingashotspotsandmay be- five years and that is similar to the proposed works, where the value of the Bidder's participation exceeds transactions with companies, functionariesonMonday, several come areas of continuedtrans- INR.183.29 Crores. The similarity of the Bidder's participation shall be based on the physical size, nature of associationsorindividuals issueswere flaggedby theCentre, mission in future.Surat rural, advertising in its newspapers works, complexity,methods, technology,orother characteristics as described in Section 6(Employer's includingaobservationaboutdis- VadodaraMunicipal Corporation Requirements). or Publications. We therefore recommend that readers trictsofGandhinagar,Vadodara and Gandhinagar Municipal l Meets other Personnel and Equipment requirements as stipulated in the Bidding Document. make necessary inquiries and Rajkot —wherehalf the pa- Corporation areinborderline ar- However,for complete eligibility and qualification requirements, refer to the bid document. before sending any monies or tientswho diedofCovid-19, suc- eas... Jamnagarsees 80-100cases 5. To obtain further information and inspect the bidding documents, Bidders should contact: entering into any agreements cumbedto theinfectionwithin48 aday and Junagadh sees 30-40 with advertisers or otherwise THE COMMISSIONER, acting on an advertisement in hoursofdetection or hospitalisa- cases aday... we mustfocuson Madurai City Municipal Corporation. any manner whatsoever. tion. testinghereandstrategiseaccord- AringarAnna Maligai, Tallakulam, PresidedoverbyUnionhealth ingly...Timingof testingisalsoim- Alagar Kovil Main Road, minister Harsh Vardhan, the portant." Madurai –625002. GREATER CHENNAICORPORATION E.mail :[email protected] [email protected] Solid Waste Management Department UP: Court refuses to take Phone: 0452 –2531116, FAX: 0452 –2530965 S.W.M.C.No.A7/3041/2020 6. APre-bid meeting shall take place on 10.11.2020 at 16.30 Hrs (IST), at the address stated above. No�ce Invi�ng Tender e- Tendersare invited forthe following work in Single StageTwo Coversystemasdetailed below. cognizance of chargesheet 7. To purchase the bidding documents in English language, eligible Bidders should: The Superintending Engineer (SWM), GreaterChennai Corpora�on (GCC), invites on-line tender l Visit the office of the City Engineer,Madurai City Municipal Corporation, Madurai at address stated above against five journalists and pay anon refundable fee of INR 5000 towards the cost of bidding document in the form of Bank foravailable in online www.tntenders.gov.in towardson06.11.2020 Demand Draft in favor of the Commissioner,Madurai City Municipal Corporation, Madurai. File Name of the Work ValueofWork CostofTender Documentand EMD (1) SWM.C.No.A7/3041/2020 Lucknow: AcourtinBijnor has refusedtotake l In case of written request, the document will be sent by post /courier.The Bidders who wish to receive the Reclama�on of Perungudi Dumping Ground Rs.20,000/- +12% GSTEMD bidding document by post/courier shall have to pay an additional amount of INR 1000 for delivery within 5797.93 lakhs cognizance of apolicechargesheet filedagainst through Biomining (Package1) Rs.57.98 lakhs India, or USD 16 for delivery outside India.The method of payment will be through bank demand draft in five local journalistsonthe ground that thereis (2) SWM.C.No.A7/3042/2020 favor of the Commissioner,Madurai City Municipal Corporation, Madurai. No liability will be accepted for Rs.20,000/- +12% GSTEMD “insufficient evidence”againstthem.The jour- loss or late delivery. Reclama�on of Perungudi Dumping Ground 6149.59 lakhs through Biomining (Package2) Rs.61.50 lakhs nalists were booked lastyear on severalcharges, Eligible bidders may otherwise download the bidding document in English language from the website including promoting enmity,for allegedly run- (3) SWM.C.No.A7/3043/2020 http://www.tenders.tn.gov.in from 19.10.2020 to 03.12.2020 upto 15.00 Hours. Rs.20,000/- +12% GSTEMD Reclama�on of Perungudi Dumping Ground 5076.87 lakhs ning “fakenews”regarding alleged denial of wa- Eligible bidders who download the bidding document from above website shall inform The Commissioner, through Biomining (Package3) Rs.50.77 lakhs tertoaScheduledTribefamilyfromahand- Madurai City Municipal Corporation in writing (and provide the contact details) at the address given above, (4) SWM.C.No.A7/3044/2020 pumpand also forallegedly puttingupposters failing which The Commissioner,Madurai City Municipal Corporation shall not be responsible if the bidder Rs.20,000/- +12% GSTEMD does not receive clarifications and amendments, if any. Reclama�on of Perungudi Dumping Ground 5036.06 lakhs claiming that the family's house wasonsale. through Biomining (Package4) Rs.50.36 lakhs 8. Bids should be submitted The police recentlyfiledachargesheetagainst (5) SWM.C.No.A7/3045/2020 Rs.20,000/- +12% GSTEMD the journalists —Ashish Tomar,Shakeel Ahmed, l to the address above Reclama�on of Perungudi Dumping Ground 5034.01 lakhs Rs.50.34 lakhs Moin, Amir andLakhan. Ashish and Shakeel were l on or before the deadline 03.12.2020 upto 15.00 Hrs. (IST) through Biomining (Package5) namedintheFIRandpolicesaidthenamesof Moin, l Together with aBid Security as described in the Bidding Document. (6) SWM.C.No.A7/3046/2020 Reclama�on of Perungudi Dumping Ground Rs.20,000/- +12% GSTEMD AmirandLakhancroppedupduringinvestigation. l Electronic submission is not allowed. 7673.31 lakhs through Biominingand Construc�on of Rs.76.73 lakhs “The courtrefusedtotakecognizance of the Bids will be opened on 03.12.2020 at 15.30 Hrs (IST) in the presence of Bidder's representatives who choose Interim Landfill site(Package6) chargesheetbecause of insufficientevidence to attend, whereas the Financial Bids shall remain sealed and unopened and shall be placed locked. The againstthe journalists,” said government counsel, Financial Bids of only Technically Responsive and Qualified Bidders shall be opened after technical bids PreBid Mee�ng 12th November 2020, 11.00 A.M Bijnor,Neeraj Kumar.The courtalso directed that evaluation, whereas, the financial bids of those Bidders whose technical bids are not responsive and qualified LastDateand Time of Submission of Bid 25th November 2020, 03.00 P.M shall be returned unopened after the contract is awarded. Bid Opening Date and Time 26th November 2020, 04.00 P.M the Superintendent of Police, Bijnor,beinformed Commissioner, inwritingaboutthe“erroneousinvestigationdone DIPR/3886 /TENDER/ 2020 Madurai City Municipal Corporation DIPR/3891/Tender/2020 Superintending Engineer /SWM in the case”. ENS

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Jinnah jibe: Cong KISHANGANJ PHASEI CRIMEPATROL:BIHARBAHUBALIS candidate says SEATS IN THE RACE 71 onus on Nitish if ■ Candidatesfielded Who is talking CANDIDATES ■ Candidateswithpendingcriminalcases he faces an ‘attack’ 1,065 RJD 29 42 BJP 21 29 LJP 21 42 about the floods? 353 164 JAP 21 32 RLSP 17 42 Everyyear,the waters wreakdestruction in Seemanchal;thisyear,the govt Candidatesfrom Candidateswith JD(U) 14 35 leadingparties pendingcriminalcases INC 12 21 wasaccusedofbeing ill-prepared.But, “elections arefoughtonother issues” TOP GUN WALIAHMAD Congresscandidate Maskoor Usmani KOCHADHAMAN,BAHADURGANJ,OCT19 AnantSingh(aka‘ChhoteSarkar’) Party: RJD Constituency:Mokama Criminalcasespending:38 THERE IS an early morning rushoverasmall Win:2005,2010onJD(U)ticket,2015asIndependent,beating SABARAHMAN bridgethatservesasasingle-lanelinkbetween RJD-JD(U)-Congressalliance.ElderbrotherDilipSinghendedINC's NEWDELHI,OCTOBER19 district headquarters Kishanganj and itsfour ShyamSunderSinghDhiraj'sinfluenceinthe1990s Vidhan Sabha constituencies in this northern THE CONGRESS candidateaccusedbythe BJP partoftheSeemanchalregion.Smallvanscar- of being a“Jinnah sympathiser”says he has rying vegetables, to heavy trucks and daily CANDIDATE PARTY CONSTITUENCY CRIMINALCASESPENDING written to itsallyand JD(U) leader Nitish commuters, allare jostlingtocross the bridge. SudhirKumarVerma JAP Gurua 37 Kumar,saying his government would be re- Severalricketybridgeslikethismakecom- (aliasVinodMarandi) sponsibleincaseof any“attack”onhimduring municationalittleeasierinmostofthe802vil- AjayYadav RJD Atri 17 the campaign. lages of the district. But floods everyyear cut FieldedbytheCongressfromJaleAssembly offand sweep away roads. The soil embank- AbhaySinha JD(U) Belaganj 14 seat in Darbhangadistrict, Maskoor Usmani, mentof theMahanandariverisnot enoughto LalanKumar INCSultanganj 10 26, said the BJP’s “unwarranted”campaign containthe ravaging waters, says 60-year-old Source: ElectionCommission of India againsthimwasnot surprising.“Iamastrong, JogiRai,whorunsasmallteastallattheMauja fearless Muslim voice raisinganti-people is- BariGhat of the river. sues, and theydon’tlikethat,” Usmani,afor- Rai, whose leftleg wasamputatedafteran merpresidentof theAMUstudents’union,told accidentlastyear,says landlesspeoplelikehim The Indian Express. areatthe mercy of the river. Once flood water Aplus for BJP in the maths: Whywas“thedjinnof Jinnah”beingraked enters, we arepushedontothe road, he says. up,headded,when“nobodyonthissideof the InBahadurganjtownof Kishanganjdistrict, border has anyfaith in his ideology”. a paan stall owner who declines to reveal his JDU faces RJD on most seats Senior BJP leaders,including Union min- name says floodsshould be an important is- isterofstate GirirajSingh,haveaccused sue in this election giventhe scale of devasta- Usmani of supporting the “ideology” of tiontheyleave everyyear.“Butnooneisboth- SANTOSHSINGH Pakistan’s founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah. eredto talkaboutthis.Electionshereare fought PATNA,OCTOBER19 In 2018,Usmani, headedthe union when lo- on other emotive issues,” he says. cal BJP MP had ledaprotestdemanding the Floodsearlierthisyearhadsubmergedthe MUCHBEFOREtheRJD-ledGrandAlliancean- removalofJinnah’s portrait hanging in the paddy fields on eitherside of the road from nounceditsseat-sharing,seniorBJPleaderand university’s students’ union building since Kishanganj to Thakurganj. Mujibur Rahman, Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi had said, 1938. AMU had defendeditpointing out that 47,ofTengarmari village, says he has seen this (Above)Ataflood-relief campinPatna. “Morethe number of seatsthe RJD contests, Jinnah had been granted lifetime member- happen manytimes. “Those who lose homes Thisyear’s floods left83.62 lakh people the keenerthe fight.” ship of the union. take refugeonthis road.” in 16 districts affected;JogiRai at his TheBJP’swishappearstohavebeengrant- Adentalsurgeon, Usmani said the saffron Accordingto anAugust27bulletinreleased teastall. ANI, Wali Ahmad ed,inwaysmorethan one. The RJD,thatcon- party had foundinhim their “bestbet to play by the stateWater ResourcesDepartment, tested101seatsintheNitishKumar-ledMaha- polarisedpolitics”. However, he said, he was 83.62 lakh people were affected in 16 districts gathbandhan in the 2015 Assembly pollsand canvassing on the plank of development, of thestateinthefloods,includingKishanganj. won80,isfightingon144constituenciesinthe health and education. Tithya villageinAmour Assemblycon- Thakurganj coming election. Not only that, the RJD, the On whythe Congress nominated him, stituency,representedbyCongressMLAJaleel Bahadurganj strongestoftheGrandAllianceparties,isfight- NitishatarallyinGaya, Monday. ANI making him one of the youngestcandidates Mastan, has over 40 Mallah (fishermen) fami- Tengarmari ing on mostofits seatsagainstthe JD(U). inthefray,the26-year-oldsaid:“TheCongress lies.HemanKumarDas,45,says thevillagehad On as manyas77ofits seats, RJD candi- is fightingfascistforces. The topleadership beenuprootedbytheMahanandariver. “Most datesareupagainsttheNitish-ledJD(U),which contestthis time,with victorymargins2,000 supports youthandwantstogiveproportional of thevillagershave nowshiftedto saferareas,” PATNA Amour hadbargainedhardtoensureitgot more con- to 5,000on severalseats.” representation to all sections of the society.” says Das,whoteachesatagovernmentschool. stituencies (115)than the BJP (110)inthe NDA With LJP chief ChiragPaswan openly sup- The Congress has nominated 12 Muslim “Floods have increasedinthese parts after Baisi seat-sharing.Inotherwords,injustabout30% porting BJP candidates and takingonNitish, it candidatesfortheelections.TheBJP,likeinthe 2016 when abarrage on the Teesta riverwas of itsseats(38 in all), the JD(U) can expect an couldfurtherdenttheJD(U)’sprospects.Nitish recentpast, has fieldednone. built.The Farakka barrage in neighbouring easier fight. hasexpressedhisdispleasureoverseveralBJP West Bengal also contributes,while siltation KISHANGANJ In contrast,the RJD candidates areupaga- leaders who were deniedseatscontesting on has reduced the depthofthe river, increasing Mahananda instthe BJP on 51 of its110 seats, leavingthe LJPtickets. One of them,RajendraSingh, who IHerebyDeclare chancesof floods,”says HajiAbdusSubhan,the BasinProject Bahadurganj latter with prospectsofaneasier win on the is contesting from Dinara, enjoys the backing RJD MLAfromBaisi seat. remaining 59. Five RJDnominees areupaga- of BJP cadre. “Theymay be doing so on their Since2000,thefive VidhanSabhaseatsun- instformerchief ministerJitan RamManjhi’s own. Ihavenot lured anyone,”Singhsays. der Kishanganj Lok Sabha constituency have Kankai, Noona, Bakra, Khadam, Kisley, Burhi, CMwasstartedintheyear2010 andcompleted Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular), and 11 The BJPhas been trying to assuageNitish, been represented either by the Congress,RJD Rajai and Lohendra,” says Jha. in 2013.The land acquisition is in progress for willtakeonthe VikassheelInsaan Party(VIP). assuring that he willremainCMirrespective orJD(U).TheBJPhadwontheBahadurganjand In2010,CMNitishKumarhadinaugurated the second phase,” Jha says. The RJD says the social realities on the of the number of seatsthe parties win. It has Thakurganj seatsinthe post-Babri Masjid the Mahananda Basin Project at Paranpur in However, Congress MLAMastan, who ar- grounddictateditsseatchoices,andthatitisa also been criticising Paswan forlatchingonto demolition election of 1995. Katihardistrict,anotherregioninSeemanchal gues that floods also help enrichthe soil and merecoincidence that the BJP might end up it,accusing him of trying to create confusion. SanjayJha,BiharMinisterforWaterResour- affected by floods. The riverand other rivulets improvecropyield,says they won’tlettheproj- being the gainer —bothinits bidtoemerge as JD(U)nationalspokespersonKC Tyagisays ces,says thetotalareaaffectedby annualfloods criss-cross the district. Fortification of the ectbeimplementedintheregion.Accusingthe the dominant partyinthe NDA, and even as theyare notworriedabouttheRJDgameplan. intheSeemanchalregionis5.20lakhhectares. Mahananda wasthe focus of the project, and government of having “no plan at all”, Mastan the single-largest party post-polls. “Thefactthatitistreatingusasits main oppo- “Everyyear,heavy rains in Nepaland West Jha says this will helpcontain the floods. adds, “The Mahanandaproject proposes to An RJD leader says,“Tejashwi Yadavisthe nent shows we aremoving towardsapresi- Bengalinnundatethelowlandof Seemanchal. “The work of the Mahananda riverflood build the embankment 1kmfromthe river- CM candidateofthe Grand Alliance and has dentialformof governmentinthestateaswell. RAJENDRAPRASADSINGH The rainwaterflows down through various managementschemewillbecompletedinfive bank. It will uprootatleast50villages and ap- takenonthe incumbent CM. Plus, eachseat People have to decide if theywantNitish LJP candidate, Dinara; Ex-BJPleader tributaries likeBalson, Chenga, Mechi, Donk, phases. The firstphase work initiatedbythe proximately1lakh people.” hasitssocialarithmetic.Therewouldbeakeen Kumar or not. 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**Total assets Rs 1.15 crorein2015 MOVABLE ASSETS ‘Image of Biharisofaworker, in rags...But we’ve done well’ `11 LAKH Assets 2015 2020 Ludhiana have returnedafter turning around Gupta says theRJDwillhighlightproblems RAAKHIJAGGA their lives, to open venturesbackhome. withNDA schemessuchastheSwachhBharat Cashinhand 1.36lakh 71,000 LUDHIANA,OCTOBER19 Also going to vote in the elections in Bihar and Bihar’s Nal-Jal Yojana. “I think therewill Bankbalance2.82lakh 2.51lakh areAnil Jha, 48,and Bhola Jha,40. Anilworks be achangeinBihar this time.” Stocks&bonds 2.46lakh 3.70lakh IT WASthe mid-’80s when GangaPrasad inafactoryaswellasrunsasmallhosieryunit. However, Thakur remains asupporterof OtherInvestment 25lakh 34.3lakh Thakur (55), aresident of Jaypatti villagein Bholahas aunitmaking polybags. “There are Nitish Kumar.“During the lockdown, more Darbhanga, came to Ludhiana, the city with manyformalities to getting voter cards made than3lakhmigrantsreturnedtoBihar.Initially, Jewellery -4.06lakh thelargest migrant population in Punjab, in in Ludhiana,and then we willhavelose vote peoplewereangry,but in Bihar,theygot ra- TOTAL 36lakh 11.7lakh search of work.Thakur was19and got work inBihar.ButourheartliesinBihar,”says Bhola. tionsregularly.”Helistsotherbenefits,includ- IMMOVABLEASSETS inoneof thecity’smanyindustrialunits.Now, No one can live on freebiesfromthe gov- ing free LPG and moneyunderthe PM-Kisan he owns ajewelleryshop and amedical store, ernment alone,Bholaadds. “Wecan perhaps scheme.“Becauseof this,onehasforgottenthe `1.29 CRORE isthepresidentof the‘BiharGoldsmithSamiti’ survivejustsitting at our home in Bihar.But, painofwalking on foot,” Thakursmiles. Assets 2015 2020 that has about 1,700members, and hisson, we cannotgrow. If Biharstartsgiving us those TRMishra,thechairmanofafederationof Agriland 45lakh 45lakh who has done apharmacy course, is planning opportunities, what is the needtodoso?” Ludhiana’s dyeing units which employ over to open anursing home backinBihar. Mohd Ghulam, Chairman of the ‘Punjab 40,000migrants,hasrelativesinBihar.Hesays Non-agriland -- It has been morethan three decades since Parvasi Cell’ who is also originallyfromBihar, candidates oftencome to campaign among Commercial -- heleft,but,forThakur,Jaypattiremainshome. Livingalonganunused railway trackatFocalPoint in Ludhiana. The city has the says,“Punjab has 70 lakh migrantsfromout- migrantsinthecity,andthistimetheBJPissaid Residential 34.19lakh 84.14lakh “Everytime thereare Vidhan Sabha or Lok highestmigrant numbers in Punjab; manyare going to Bihar to vote. GurmeetSingh side, of whom notless than 30 lakhare from to have linedupsome virtual rallies. Mishra Sabha elections, Igoand vote. This time, elec- Bihar. Alarge chunkcontinuestovoteinBihar.” says he wantsgood candidates who canhelp Total 79.19lakh 1.29 cr tions in Darbhangaare on November 3, and I Amember of the Congress, Ghulam says changetheimageofBihar.“We feel badwhen and400-500othersfromhere willgo to vote.” joyaqualityoflifethat we couldnot have got medicalhelp.”Hissix-bighalandinthevillage the party will soon startcanvassing in people saycriminals contestpolls there.” LIABILITIES `21LAKH The members of the Samiti belong to the in Bihar. We would still be marginalfarmers.” is looked afterbyhis brother. Ludhiana forvotes. Bipin Gupta,president of Thakuragrees.“When it comes to Bihar, CRIMINALCASES Sunar (goldsmith) community in Bihar.“We Thakuriswell-versedwiththeissuesback Thakur hopes his son will settle in Jaypatti the RJD in Ludhiana district,says,“Fifteen of the imagethat comestomindisofapoor formedthe group to remain in touch. Mostof home,andhencetheplansforanursinghome. oncethenursinghomeisupandrunning.“He ouryoungstershave goneto differentdistricts labourer in soiled clothes. But anumber of us No pending criminal cases us aredoing well here, we have houses, our “Jaypattihas ahospitalwheredoctors hardly is apharmacist, we can appoint doctors.” of Bihartocampaign.” The Congress and RJD have workedveryhard,andare doingwell.We children aregetting agood education. We en- come, people travel 30 km to Darbhangafor Severalamong the migrant population in arepartofthe Mahagathbandhan in Bihar. want people to changetheirpicture of Bihar.”

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§ FOUNDED BY § RAMNATH GOENKA Fifty-eight yearslater,India-China relationship has BECAUSETHE TRUTH INVOLVES US ALL changed. Inequality has grown

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Reports of COVID-19being pastits peak areheartening. FIFTY-EIGHT YEARS AGO, Chinese troops en- leastinpartdue to the destructive impact of militarycapabilityordiplomatic effort.Onthe Buttherecan be no lowering of guard teredthe Indian territorytomakeapoint. theCultural Revolution on China’s economy other hand, India under Modi finds itself in a Historians and international relations schol- and the beneficial consequences of the Green better militaryand diplomatic space. Indeed, NDIA MAYBEentering the festival season on anote of hope. Apanel appointed by ars have spent half acentury trying to explain Revolution forthe Indian economy. Indian diplomacy todayhas been superior to that unexpected and first-everwar between China bolsteredits position over thelast that in the run-upto1962.Nehrupaidthe theUnion MinistryofScience andTechnology(MST) hasreportedasteadydecline the twoAsian giants. The simple point that quarterofthe 20th centuryfirstbybuildinga price forheeding Krishna Menon’s advice. in COVID-19cases since September 17,when the countryrecordednearly 98,000 Mao Zedong triedtomakeatthe time to strong alliance with the United States and, Modi is benefitting from SJaishankar’s ma- Icases —the highestspikeinaday. The graph, in fact, has fallen sharplyinthe first Jawaharlal Nehru wasthat China did notre- second, by carrying outsweeping internal re- tureadvice and Rajnath Singh’s quietleader- fortnight of October —the number of active cases fell by about 18 per cent in this gard India an equal. Fifty-eight yearslater, forms thatcontributed to amassiveboostto ship. India’s relations with the Quad countries period. On Sunday, these numbers went belowthe eight-lakh markfor the firsttime in six that is preciselythe point that Xi Jinping has what Chinese scholarshavecalledits have addeddiplomatic muscle to an ade- weeks. The mortality rate is also falling appreciably. If the current trend persists,according been trying to maketoNarendraModi. There Comprehensive NationalPower (CNP). India, quatelycompetent militaryframe. is, however, one fundamental difference. too, begantopickupand, thanks to the suc- However, the major powerdifferentialis to the panel, the contagion could run itscourse in the countrybyFebruary.The past10 In the 1950s, objective circumstances and cessive leadership of Prime Ministers PV economic and technological. In 1960, China’s months have,however, shown that the virus defies prediction. Thereismuchabout the material reality offeredadequatereasons for Narasimha Rao, Atal Bihari Vajpayeeand gross domesticproduct (GDP),valuedinUS pathogen that remains in the realm of the unknown —infact, we still do nothaveaconclu- Nehru to imagine that India wasChina’s Manmohan Singh, the Indianeconomybe- dollars at 2010 prices,was estimated to have sive reason forthe slowing down of the infection rate.The hope generatedby reports of the equal andhe, Mao’s. In 2020, Modi would be gangainingmomentum. been $128.3 billion, while India’s was$148.8 diseasebeing pastits peak,therefore, needs to be tempered with caution. living in amake-believe worldincase he har- The so-called“India story” wasdefinedin billion. Even as lateas1978, China’s GDP was While the juryisout on the precise impact of the dipping temperatureonthe coro- boured anysuchillusions. Xi wantshim to simple numbers —anannual averagerateof estimated to be $293.6billion,compared to navirus, the recent upsurge of casesinEurope suggests that the coming winter will be getthe message. growth of 3.5 per cent in 1950-80 (close to India’s $293.2 billion. Today, theChinese econ- In the 1950s, and indeedtill the turn of the China’s ownrates of around4per cent), 5.5 omyisnearly five times the size of India’s in critical in thebattle against the health crisis. As epidemiologistand amember of the century, there were good reasonsfor Indian per cent in 1980-2000 and 7.5per cent in US dollar terms and almosttwo-and-a-half MSTpanel, Gagandeep Kang, told this newspaper,“thereisaseasonality associated with leaders to viewChina as an equal.Apartfrom 2000-2015.China’s great moderniserDeng times India’s in purchasing powerparity the spread of viruses and basedonthat experience, it would notbeout of placetosug- civilisational legacies and cultural factors, the Xiaopingwas willing to tell Prime Minister terms. Moreover, in terms of CNP,whichin- gest that the coronavirus might spread in winter”. The high levelofparticulatematter performance of both economies allowed RajivGandhi in 1988 that “Onlywhen China corporatesscientificandtechnological power in the air of severalIndian cities during early winter could increase the vulnerability of them to feel so. Indeed, before the twobe- and India have developedwill areal Asian cen- and human capital formation, China out-ranks those with respiratoryailments. ANational CentreofDisease Control reporthas warned came independent nations, Indian represen- turyemerge”. It wasthis narrative that fedthe India manytimes over. tativesfought hardatthe BrettonWoods con- popular discourse best capturedin Singapore’s Xi’s confidence is basedonthe material the Delhi government of asharp uptickinCOVID-19cases during the winter.The re- ference, wherethe International Monetary founder-leader’s metaphor of Asia being the foundations of Chinesepower, requiringModi port’s suggestion to the Delhi government forthe festiveseason —engagewithreligious Fund (IMF)and the International Bank for jetplane that wastaking off, poweredbytwo to adoptamorecautiousapproach. Forall the leaders to ensurethat celebrations likeDurga Puja, Dussehraand Chhath Puja remain Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) — engines —China and India. The Chinese were bravado of Modi’s domestic politics, he has so low-keyaffairs —ispertinent forgovernmentsinmostpartsofthe country. The spike nowthe WorldBank —werecreated,for par- India under Modi finds itself amusedbythisnarrative,giventherapidpace farwalked acautious diplomatic path, while in Kerala’s caseload afterthe week-long Onam festivities in Augustisawarning —fes- ity with China.Itwas the United States that in a better military and of their ownrise post-1980and the slower keeping the powder dry. Modi cannotafford tivals can be super-spreaders. voted in favour of China being givenahigher pace of India’s. However, till around 2015,they Nehru’s pretence forhecan easilypay Nehru’s votesharethanIndia, and John Maynard diplomatic space. Indeed, were willing to toleratethis view. price. To regain globalstature, Indiahas to con- The MSTpanel reportshould be seen in conjunction with the recent serological stud- Keynes, the intellectual architect of the IMF Indian diplomacy today has Prime MinisterModi clearly hopedto tinue to focus on itsdomestic economic capa- iesinseveral partsofthe country. They indicatethatabout 30 per cent people have been and WB, wasdeployedtochastise hisformer been superior to that in the build on this foundation. However, thema- bility and human capital. Thereare no short exposedtothe virus in urban areas —anICMR study conductedacross 70 districtsinthe students, who were nowIndian government run-up to 1962. Nehru paid terial basis and the international environment cutstoglobalpowerand influence. countryinSeptember,infact, pointsout that this figurecould be as lowasseven per cent officials, to fall in line. forthe bilateral relationship had inexorably Modi mayhavesat on the same swing the price for heeding Krishna at the all-India level. By all accounts, therefore, it would be prematuretosay that the virus Independent India, however, insistedon changed afterthe 2008 trans-Atlantic finan- with Xi in Ahmedabad and drawnattention has exhaustedits supplyofvulnerable people. The receding rate of infection should not viewing China as an equal. Tworecentlypub- Menon’s advice. Modi cial crisis. The Chinese economyenteredwhat to India’sglorious past at Mahabalipuram, but bring alowering of guard. lishedbooksshowclearly Nehru’s thinking is benefitting from the economistWaltRostowwould have he and his advisors would knowthat Xi along these lines.Francine Frankel’s When S Jaishankar’s mature advice calledstage four —“the drive to maturity”, merelyplayedalong,likeMao did with Nehru. Nehru Looked East:Origins of India-US Suspicion having successfullystayedatthe wheel dur- Good fences, theysay,makefor good neigh- and India-China Rivalry and TanviMadan’s and Rajnath Singh’s quiet ing stagethree, “pre-conditions fortake-off” bours. AmoreimpressiveCNP,alongwith bet- Fateful Triangle: HowChina Shaped US-India leadership. India’s relations phasefrom1990to2008. India, on the other terrelationswithother neighbours and with TOLL ON HER Relations During theCold War offeradequate with the Quad countries hand, has faltered,especiallyafter 2012,re- other powers, is the real fence to keep. evidence to suggest that Indian hubris wasas have added diplomatic maining firmlyinstage three. responsible forthe 1962 border waras To cutalongstoryshort, Nehru’shubrisin The writer is Distinguished Fellow, Virus might notdiscriminateinits victims, but pandemic Chinese duplicity.Inthe twodecades follow- muscle to an adequately the 1950s had some historical and material United Service Institution of India has strengthenedsystemic inequalities ing the 1962 clash, India emergedstronger at competent military frame basis.However, it wasnot backed either by and theInstituteofDefence Studies &Analysis

HE SIGNS ARE worrying, and theyall point to an intensifying crisis in gen- der inequality.For one, the pandemic appears to have setbackyoung women aiming to getintomedical school morethan the men. Analysis of Tnumbers of those whoappeared forthe National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) from 2017 shows asharp fall in the attendance rate of girls in THEIR QUEST FOR FREEDOM 2020 —afirstinfour years. Onlyabout 85 per cent of the girls who registeredfor the test wroteiteventually, as compared to 86 per cent of the boys.In2019, the corresponding fig- ures were 93 per cent and 92 per cent respectively.This could be one indexofwhat teach- Isher Ahluwalia and Devaki Jain fashioned feminism outoflived experience ers and experts have been warning of: As education goes intoatailspin duetothe pan- demic, the disproportionateburden of consequences will fall on girls and women in higher education, undoing the gains of decades. UmaMahadevanDasgupta The virus might notdiscriminateinits victims, but the pandemicappearstohave strengthenedall systemic inequalities. It has been extremelyhardonIndian women, es- TWORECENT AUTOBIOGRAPHIES by Indian ensurethat their daughterswenttoschool. thors’ questfor freedom. The narrativesde- women economists describehowtheymade Those were difficult times. Children were vul- scribetheir intellectual and emotional growth. peciallythose at the bottom of India’s caste and class hierarchies.Itisnot education alone. their wayinadiscipline and aworld domi- nerable to infections; some did notsurvive. These arewomen who fashionedtheir femi- Evidence is also tricklinginofhow women arebeing edgedout of the post-lockdown nated by men. But theyalso saymuchmore. The girls grew up seeing the stoicism of nism out of livedexperience. economic scenario.For instance, as migrantsreturnedtovillages in the great exodus, the In Breaking Through,the lateIsher Judge women, and the helplessness of widows and What is the measure of alifewell-lived? shareofwomen in theworkgenerated under the MGNREGAdippedtoaneight-year low Ahluwalia recountsinthoughtful, understated unmarriedwomen.Jain describes her aunt Rather than speaking onlyabout themselves during the firstfivemonths of this financial year.The labour forceparticipation rate of prose howher childhood —asayoung girl Andal as the “living exampleofunpaid fam- and their individual accomplishments,the Indianwomenhas been appalling even in good years. But as analysis of real-time employ- from aconservative,middle-class Sikhfam- ilylabour,and this wasthe pattern forall un- writers of these spare, reflective lifestories also ily, attending aMarwari girls’ school in marrieddaughters and relatives—stigma- include their families,friendships and con- ment datainJune by researchers showed, women who had jobs before thevirus struck Calcutta—wasthe starting pointforher fem- tisedand enslaved”.Desaidedicatesher book nections and their owngrowth in relation to were 23.5 percentagepointslesslikelytoretain them thanmen. In aworseningeconomic inism.In The BrassNotebook,Devaki Jainshows to Kaki,her uncle’s widow, asad, silent figure those with whom theyinteracted. scenario, this leavesthem to fight foronlythe mostprecarious,ill-paid work —ifthey howher approachtoeconomicquestions was who stayedwith them, caredforthe children, Thereare lessons to be drawnfromthese have notalready optedout of the workplace because of the increasedresponsibilities of shapedbyher struggle forfreedom from an and didthe cooking.“Were Itocharge God thoughtfullynarratedlifestories. Foracade- domestic work and childcareduring the pandemic. The home, itself, is hardlyanide- affluent but restrictiveupbringing. Though the with acase,” she writes, “I would bring my mia,historicallyshapedatatime whenitcon- alisedsafehaven, withseveral studies flagging women’s increasedvulnerability to domes- twowomen’schildhoodscouldnot have been Kaki as my firstwitness.” sistedmainlyofmen, it is time to find more tic violence during the lockdowns. moredifferent,bothknewthat education was In their ownlives,the women discovered egalitarian ways of working. Foramoreequal their path to freedom. that academic success wasonlythe firststep; society, women and men both needfulfilling Fordecades, Indian women have mounted achallengetothe inequality hard-wired Reading their stories, Iwas remindedof therewereother hurdles. Aflasher on the and decentlypaidjobs, supportive parental intofamilies, societalstructures and institutions through education andaspiration. As another deeplyfelt autobiographybyan Delhi bus; apredator at Oxford; an offensive leave,organisedchildcare, and ways to share the pandemic eatsintothoseprecious reservoirs of resilience, the implications for Indian woman, BreakingOut (2012)byPadma eveningonanIMFtour;beingpassedover for domestic and familyresponsibilities. Career their autonomy, health, nutrition and general well-beingare bound to be dire. Desai.Thebook describes her difficult passage promotion because aman neededitmore. graphs neednot be straight lines. Working Governmentsand policymakers mustfind away to address and mitigatethis silent but from childhood in atraditional middle-class There are lessons to be Therewerealso momentsofagonising self- conditions can bemoreflexible. Women’sac- snowballing crisis. familyinSurat, through apainful firstmar- drawnfrom these doubt or the necessityof arueful compromise. complishments oftendepend on help from riage, to becoming asuccessful economistin But theypersisted. “Sometimes the mostwe other women who carefor their children and theUS. In areflective account,she writes about thoughtfully narrated life can do is to learn nottobebrokenbyour ex- do the domesticwork.The work of allwomen her complicatedrelationship with her parents stories. Foracademia, periences, to rebuild our liveswith what ma- should be recognisedand paid for. as well as her evolving understanding of her historically shaped at a terials areathand, bit by bit,slowly and pa- Finally,for young girls without privilege, daughter’s choices in aculturedifferent from time when it consisted tiently,”writes Jain. educationcanbetheway to fulfillingtheirpo- KIM’STEARS the one in whichshe had grownup. As ambitious young girls, theyrealisedthat tential. The arcofopportunity mustbe All three women were born before India mainly of men, it is time to education wasthe waytofreedom. Higher ed- widenedthrough quality education, mentor- Since the onlydrama available on NorthKorean media is the attainedIndependence: Desai in 1931,Jain in find more egalitarian ways ucation wasabrave newworld of independ- ing and support. As Ahluwalia notes, reflecting 1933,and Ahluwalia in 1945, ayear afterthe entliving, and freedomofmovement and on her ownexperience:“Scholarshipsare the Kim Jong-Unshow, an oldtricklooksnew of working. Foramore equal Presidency Collegefirststarted admitting society, women and men choices. Theybuilt networks of careand soli- best investment that asociety can make.” women students. Their fathers were family daritywithotherwomen.Not leastofall,they PARE ATHOUGHT forKim Jong-Un.North Korea’s third-generation dictator patriarchs. Theirmothershadmarriedyoung, both need fulfilling and marriedmen who regarded them as equals. The writer is in theIndian Administrative —largerthan lifetohis people, the butt of jokes and an object of fear in much withlittleornoeducation,whichmadethem decently paid jobs The titles of all three booksreflect the au- Service, and is based in Bengaluru of the world—was forced to shedatear.Lastweek,carefullyedited footage of amilitaryparade celebrating the 75th anniversaryofNorth Korea’s rul- Sing party (on October 10), featuring what appearedtobeamong the largest contemporaryballistic missiles, made global headlines. The talking point, though, isn’t the volatile nation’s big stickbut the hitherto unseen emotional Kim. OCTOBER 20, 1980, FORTY YEARS AGO This year has been tough on NorthKoreans. In addition to the hardships causedby COVID-19, the countryhas been devastatedby typhoons and economic sanctions have re- CABINET EXPANSION. the ministry. So does former speaker of the PEACE PLANS FOR GULF portedly drivenmanytopovertyand destitution. Kim’s meaculpa —the tearsstreaming PRIME MINISTER INDIRAGandhi todayex- Maharashtra assembly,Shivraj Patil. IRAN AND IRAQignored appeals forafour- down his face accompaniedanapology fornot fulfilling the promise to take careofhis pandedand reshuffledher Council of dayceasefire,pressing the Persian Gulf war Ministers. Among the 11 newentrants, SB MANIPUR BANDH intoits 28th day. Iran has rejected Pakistani people—may appear to be unexpected.But it is of apiece withstrategies employedby Chavan, former Maharashtrachief minis- THE ALL MANIPUR StudentsUnionand the President General Zia’s appeal foracease- “strongleaders”—the vulnerability of thepaternal figure, the guardatthe gate,who wields ter, alone gets cabinetrankand has been All Manipur StudentsCoordinating fire during the Hajseason. Palestinian the threat of forcebothtoprotect his people andtodiscipline them. Unlikehis father and givencharge of the education portfolio. B Committee, the twogroups that areleading leader Yasser Arafat has also reportedly predecessor,Kim Jong-Il, Kim oftendoes publicevents—interacting with workers,sol- Shankaranand, who wasincharge of two the agitation in the state, againstthe for- drawnupatruce plan. diers,teachers andparty loyalists. Clearly,hesees himself as a“dictator of the people”. portfolios —education as well as health and eign nationals’ issue have calledabandh Political leaders oftenuse lessons from film and television to help them win over peo- familywelfare—will nowlook afterhealth on October 22 againstthe government’s SOVIET ATTACK ple. In melodramas and reality shows,the easiestway to makeanotherwise macho, un- and familywelfare. Bhagwat Jha Azad decision to go ahead with thematricula- ABOUT 200MEN,women and children were makes are-entryintothe council of minis- tion examination. The twogroups said that killedand 50 per cent houses were destroyed likeablecharacter moresympathetic is to either have them go through atrauma (usually ters. Bhishma Narain Singh, ministerfor the government had notpaid heedtotheir in Farza, atinyvalleynorth of Kabul, as Soviet forwomen) or getthem to cry(mostlyfor men). Sincethe onlydrama available on North parliamentaryaffairs, willlook afterworks demandsoverthe foreigners’ issue andalso MIG-21s poundedthe placefor sheltering Korean media is the Kim show, theold tricklooksnew.But remember,ifthe tears don’t and housing also. Maternal aunt of the ignored the plight of the flood-affected rebels. The fruit orchards and the standing work,there’s always aballistic missile. prime minister, Sheila Kaul, finds aplacein people in the state. crop were destroyed.

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THEINDIANEXPRESS,TUESDAY,OCTOBER20,2020 WHATTHE OTHERSSAY “The comprehensive achievementsofthe COVID-19fight have greatly improvedChinese people’sconfidence in theircountry.Itisbelieved that many people are inclinedtofollowtheir government’s guidanceabout when the 9 THE IDEAS PAGE vaccination canbeuniversally available.” —GLOBAL TIMES, CHINA The goodneighbour An urban safetynet As economystruggles to recover, policy needs to TheeconomicriseofBangladesh is also an opportunity forIndia. But those address —and help —those who have seen the prospectsare overshadowedbynegative domesticpolitics greatestdistress during lockdown forwomen,but,bythe thirdquarter, it had returnednearly to its2019levels forboth men and women. Microbusinesses experi- encedconsiderable distress in the early phase of the lockdown but theyseem to be easing. In contrast, wage employment for men declinedby19percentagepointsdur- ing the lockdown and remains about 7per- Sonalde Desai, Neerad centagepointslower in thethirdquarter; for RAJAMANDALA women, comparable figures are10and two Deshmukh and percentage pointsbelowthe 2019 figures by CRajaMohan forsecond and thirdquarters respectively, Santanu Pramanik though women startfromamuchlower levelofparticipation in wage work. THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARYFund’s Third, the immediateand lingering im- latest WorldEconomic Outlook published WHILE COVID-19continues itsassault on pact of the lockdown has been uneven, and last week has triggered muchoutragein human lives, the Indian economy, afterthe largeremployment declines areobserved India. The provocation wasthe IMF’s predic- devastation in the wake of the lockdown, is in urban areas. The year-on-year WPR dif- tion that Bangladesh’sper capitaGDP will showingsignsof recovering.Datafromava- ference forurban men was35percentage overtake that of Indiathis year.The projected riety of sources,suchasexportsand carsales, pointsinthe second quarterand 10 percent- difference is rather small —$1,888 to $1,877 as well as datafromNCAER’s Business agepointsinthe thirdquarter. While forru- —and unlikelytolastbeyond this year.But Expectations Survey,point to the onsetofa ralmen, thedeficitwas15percentagepoints it offeredenough ammunition forapoliti- recovery.Anew employment survey in the in thesecondquarter, downto twopercent- cal attackonthe NDAgovernment’s eco- Delhi-NCR region, fieldedbyNCAER, adds agepointsinthe thirdquarter—analmost nomic record. to this chorus. However, it also pointstothe complete recovery. Thereare manyreasons foranxiety about unevenness of this recoveryand the contin- Fourth, individuals at the bottom of the India’s economic slowdown in recent years. uedvulnerability of specific populations. incomepyramid have been affected by job But in using Dhaka’s impressive economic NCAER’s National DataInnovation losses farmorethan the individuals at the performance to attackDelhi’s, India is miss- Centreinitiated amonthlytelephone sur- topofthe income pyramid and thisdiffer- ing the bigger storyabout the strategic con- veyofmen and women in the agegroup of ence is striking in cities.The WPR dropped sequences of Bangladesh’s economic rise. 21-59 in March 2019 to improvethe meas- by awhopping 44 percentagepointsinthe International development institutions urement of women’s work.The sample for second quarterand remains 13 percentage areconvincedthat the rest of the subconti- the survey wasdrawn to be representative pointsbelowits 2019 levelsinthethirdquar- nent and developing countries around the of the 31 districtsfalling within Delhi-NCR. terfor urbanmen who were in the bottom worldcan learn muchfromDhaka’s experi- This includes both urban and rural areas, threequintiles of the householdassetown- ence —the so-called“Bangladesh model”. CRSasikumar some as farawayasBharatpur and Jind. ershipbeforethe pandemic. In contrast, for Our focus hereisdifferent. It is about the re- This survey would have endedinApril this thetoptwo quintiles,thedeclinewas27per- gional implications of Bangladesh’s eco- salience in the years ahead. progress in strengtheningeconomic ties and year,but withthe onsetoflockdown, after centagepointsinthe second quarter, rising nomic success—fiveofthem stand out. Third, Bangladesh’s economic growth connectivity between eastern Indiaand abrief hiatus, it wasextendedtomeasure thereaftertoremainonly8percentage points First, rapid and sustainedeconomic can accelerateregional integration in the Bangladesh in recent years. But so much the impact of the lockdownand itsgrad- belowtheir 2019 levels in the thirdquarter. growth in Bangladesh has begun to alter the eastern subcontinent. Whether one likes it moreispossible —those prospectsare over- ual relaxation. Telephone interviews with Even as the threat of the disease per- world’s mental maps of the subcontinent. or not, the region’s prospectsfor acollective shadowedbynegative politicsinIndia. about 2,200adults, who were interviewed sists,Delhi-NCR, significantlyaffected by Over the lastfivedecades and more, South economic advance arerather dim. Thanks In Punjab,the chief ministers of both monthlybetween March 2019 and COVID-19early on, is showing signs of an Asia, formostpurposes, has meant India and to Pakistan’s opposition to economiccoop- Congressand AkaliDal have oftendemanded September 2020,paint an interesting pic- economic recovery.However, this recov- Pakistan. The other countries were generally eration with India and itssupport forcross- greater economic engagement with West ture. While everyindividual did notre- eryisunevenand the mostvulnerableur- described as the“smaller” states of the re- border terror,the main regional forum for Punjab. This sentiment wasreciprocated by spondtoeachmonthlysurvey, contrasting ban residentsseemtobethe lasttorecover. gion. Bangladesh wasnever reallysmall; its the subcontinent, the South Asian the Sharif brothersinLahore, but crushedby employment in the second quarterofthe Theywerealso the ones mostaffected dur- population todaystands at about 160mil- Association forRegional Cooperation Rawalpindi’sstrongresistance. In the east, calendar year (April-June) and thirdquar- ing the lockdown. As the Delhi-NCR lion.Itisdemographically theeighth-largest (Saarc), is in acoma. Delhi and Dhaka areeager to promote ter(July-Sept) for2019and 2020 forthe Coronavirus Telephone Surveys (DCVTS) nation in the world. Instead of merelypraying forthe revival greater cooperation; but therehas been lit- same population, allows forrobustyear- show, the urban poor, particularly the ur- But it did notseem to matter.The global of Saarc, Delhi could usefullyfocus on pro- tle political enthusiasm in Kolkata. In Assam, on-year comparison. ban informal sector workers, showedthe interest, of course, wasriveted on Pakistan— motingregionalism among Bangladesh, the issue of migrationcontinuestoimpose Four observations from thisstudy are greatestsigns of distress during the lock- itsnuclear weapons,claimsonKashmir, wars Bhutan, India and Nepal. The BBIN sub-re- majorpoliticalconstraints. noteworthy. First, the employment data down and reportedgreater hunger,indebt- with India,role inAfghanistananditscosy re- gional forum —involving the four,activated Prime MinisterNarendraModi deserves shows definitesigns of arecovery. edness and an inability to payrent. lationshipwithinternational terrorism. The in the middle of lastdecade —has notad- muchpolitical credit forgetting parliamen- Comparingemploymentpatternsof individ- The virulence and spread of COVID-19 economic rise of Bangladesh is changing some vancedfastenough. It is time forDelhi and tary approvalofthe boundarysettlement in uals in 2019 and 2020 over the April to have justifiedthe early preventive actions of that. If thereisnoend to bad news from Dhaka to take afresh look at the forum and 2015,despitethe oppositioninhis ownparty. Septemberperiodshows thatasharpdecline takenbythe government.Aslarge parts of Pakistan, Bangladesh provides apositive nar- find ways to widen the scope and pace of The UPAgovernment, whichnegotiated the in employment took place in the second the countrystruggle to contain the pan- rative about the subcontinent’s prospects. BBIN activity.Meanwhile, thereisgrowing boundarypact in 2011,could notmustersuf- quarterdue to the lockdown as well as signs demic, the experience of Delhi-NCRholds The second implication is about the interest in Bhutan and Nepal foreconomic ficient politicalsupport. Modi also accepted of arecoverysincetherelaxationofthelock- important lessons. Social safetynetslike changingeconomic weightsofBangladesh integration with Bangladesh. the 2014 internationalarbitration awardon down restrictions. Formen, the worker-to- MGNREGAand PM Kisan have historically and PakistaninSouth Asia. This year, Fourth, the economic success of the maritime boundarydisputebetween population ratio (WPR)inthe second quar- been targetedtowards ruralresidents. Bangladesh’s GDP is expected to reachabout Bangladesh is drawing attentionfromarange India and Bangladesh. terfellfrom88percentin2019to62percent While arural biasmakes sense under nor- $320 billion; the IMF did nothavethe 2020 of countries in EastAsia, including China, But the very positive dynamic sur- in 2020 —afall of 26 percentage points.In mal conditions,the lockdown has dispro- numbersfromPakistantoreportbut in 2019, Japan,South Korea, and Singapore. The US, rounding the bilateral relationship in contrast, in the thirdquarterof2020, the portionately affected urban workers, par- Pakistan’s economywas at $275 billion. whichtraditionally focusedonIndia and Modi’s firsttermhas, unfortunately, ac- WPR wasonly5percentagepointsbelow ticularly wage workers who had fewassets Even moreconsequently, while Pakistan, has wokenuptothe possibilities in quired anegative tone in the second amidst thatin2019.Forwomen,thecomparablede- to begin with.The urbanpoor is still find- Bangladesh continues to grow,the IMF sug- Bangladesh. That theUSDeputy Secretaryof the poisonous rhetoric in India around the clinewas16percentagepointsinthesecond ing it difficult to return to work.Targeting geststhat Pakistan’s economywill contract State, Stephen Biegun,travelledlastweek Citizenship Amendment Act. Thereismuch quarter, regainingmostofthislostgroundin social safetynetstowards them is necessary further this year.Adecade ago, Pakistan’s from Delhi to Dhaka ratherthan Rawalpindi, room forcourse correction in Delhi and to the thirdquarter, and remaining only2per- as the economystruggles to recover. These economywas $60 billion largerthan says somethingabout Washington’s chang- shiftthe focus from legacy issues to future centage pointsbelowits 2019 level. findings add to theurgency of thinking Bangladesh. Today, Bangladesh’s weight is ing South Asian perspective.Bangladesh Thepositive dynamic possibilities. Second, self-employment has emerged about an urban employment programme bigger than Pakistanbythe same margin. doesnot want to getintothe fight between surrounding the bilateral Bangladesh is getting ready to celebrate as aprotective force. Individuals engagedin analogous to MGNREGA. AUSdollar todaygetsyou 85 Bangladeshi Beijingand Washington, but the great power relationship in Modi’sfirst the golden jubileeofits liberation from farming and smallhousehold businesses taka and 119Pakistani rupees. The trend line wooingofDhaka is bound to intensifyinthe PakistaninMarch next year.Modi, who plans have weathered theemployment slow- Desaiisprofessor,University of Maryland is unlikelytochangeinthe near future—for newgeopolitics of theIndo-Pacific. term has, unfortunately, to join the celebrations, mustuse the special downbetter than those engagedin salaried and director,NCAER National Data Bangladesh has controlledits population Finally, the economic rise of Bangladesh acquired anegative tone in occasion to jointlydevelop andpursue with employment or those employedascasual Innovation Centre, Deshmukh and growth and Pakistanhas not. Dhaka has a couldboostIndia’s national plans to accel- the second amidst the Dhaka an ambitious framework forshared labourers. Self-employment in the second Pramanik areresearchassociateand deputy grip over itsinflationand Islamabad does not. eratethe development of itseastern and poisonous rhetoric in India prosperity.That would help India consoli- quarterof2020 wasdownby12percentage director at NCAER NDIC, respectively. Thereisnoquestion thatPakistan’s neg- northeastern states. Considerthis: datethe golden chapterinIndia-Bangla rela- pointsfor men and nine percentagepoints Viewsare personal ative geopolitical weight in the worldwill en- Bangladesh’s economyisnow one-and-a- around the Citizenship tions that Modi has sought to scriptwith dure, thankstoits muscular foreign policies half timesaslarge as that of West Bengal; Amendment Act. There is Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina. drivenbythe army. Bangladesh does not better integration betweenthe twowould muchroom forcourse have an atomic arsenal likePakistannor does provide ahugeboost foreastern India. So correction in Delhi and to The writer is director,InstituteofSouthAsian it weaponise violent religious extremism; would connectivity betweenIndia’sland- Studies, National University of Singapore, LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR but itsgrowing economic muscle will help lockedNortheastand Bangladesh. shift the focus from legacy and contributing editor on international Dhaka steadilyaccumulategeopolitical Undoubtedly,therehas been some issues to future possibilities affairs for The Indian Express UNDEMOCRATIC POLL IDEAS THIS REFERS TO the editorial, ‘A begin- ning’ (IE, October 19). Thedistrictdevel- ONLINE opment council elections in J&Kcannot betermedasafairelection.Infact,itshall ONLYINTHE EXPRESS be afixed matchwith the candidates The rest is noise propped up by the BJP without anyreal ● JANANDOLANFOR competition from mainstream parties. NUTRITION: This electionisapretexttobelittlethe KMADANGOPAL The TRP warisabattle of ideas andideologies PDP and NC and to establish that main- streampartieshave beenwrittenoffwith ● INDIANSCHOOLS—A Shazia Ilmi the rescinding of Article 370. SYSTEMOFHIERARCHY: Deepak Singhal, Noida YUVRAJSINGH THE TRP WARison, with allgunsblazing. TRPs do notalways spikeonsensation- students, wage-earners, tenured employees, silent when non-Dalitsand non-Muslimsgot STILL IDENTITY Speaking forthe ruling party,asoften as Ido, alism; theyrespond to authentic news-wor- farmers, the self-employed, businessmen killed. Those aggrievedbythe arbitrariness of www.indianexpress.com Ifeel the searingheat. As aformer TVanchor, thycontent. Ironically, it wasnot so muchas and shopkeepers, teeming with political the Leftists found an amplification in those THIS REFERS TO the article, ‘A broader Iunderstand the significance of TRPs (tele- aTVanchor but moreasanactivistthat Icon- views andleanings,that allows media to be who openlyvowedtoexpose the deliberate imagination’(IE,October16).Itisthenon- vision rating points) forchannels, whichare tributed to making news relevant. Anumber what it is. Television cannotbeblind to their deviance and gave spacetoChandans,Ankits Dalit politics thatpushedDalitsintothe constantlystriving to outperform eachother of my former TV colleaguestold me they dynamic roles as voters, democratic activists, and Rahuls in the airwaves thatreachedout entrapmentof identitypolitics,aswe did ises at atime when the economyis and maximise viewership. As Ilook back,I were happytosee the end of the tabloidisa- and nationalists. to the heartland. notcreateenough space forthem in the threatenedbythe pandemic. slip intonostalgiaand discomfort in equal tion of news and areturn of real news with Is the assertion of anew aggressive chan- Bari Weiss, the NewYork Times journal- mainstream. Indian politics is notabout SSPaul, Nadia measure, knowing the unpredictable stakes the Anna HazareAndolan. This wasone good nel seeminglyabout righting the historic and istwho resignedinprotest againstthe ortho- ideology.Itisidentity-based. of the game. reason formetomoveon. current wrongs of the Leftistecosystem that doxLeft, wrote: “The lessons thatought to Anup Dev, Amravati FINALLY, ADIPLOMAT Iwas the debut anchor forStarNews While Ifirmlybelieve that ameter or two is out of sync with the pulse of the people? have followed the election —lessons about when PrannoyRoy’s NDTVofficiallyparted in Mumbai cannotpushone channel to the Beyond big profitsand advertising money, it the importance of understanding other JACINDA’SCHALLENGE THIS REFERSTOthe report‘Peace along ways with the Star Networkand Rupert number one position across the countryfor is nowabattle of ideasand ideologies, and Americans, the necessity of resisting tribal- LACdeeplydisturbed.ImpactingIndia- Murdoch launchedaslick24/7 news channel nine consecutive weeks, the fact is that then eventually, the battle forBharat and itspul- ism, and the centrality of the free exchange THIS REFERS TO thereport,‘Jacinda China ties: Jaishankar’ (IE, October 18). in Hindi in 2003. The idea wastochallenge TAM, and nowBARC, call the shots with their sating collective subconscious, significantly of ideas to ademocratic society—havenot Ardernwinslandslidere-electioninNew Diplomat-turned-politician Foreign the monopolyofAaj Tak, whichhad turned meters. The 45,000 households whichhad represented by the Hindi heartland. been learned. Instead, anew consensus has Zealand vote’ (IE, October 18). Jacinda MinisterSJaishankarhascalledaspadea 24/7 in 2001,inthe Hindi news universe.In thesemeters installedhavebecomethe cov- The fight is betweenthe brawling camps emergedinthe press,but perhaps especially Ardern’s phenomenal performance in spade.At last,thediplomatinhimseems September 2005, whenStarNewsedged eted influencers of TVnews —its form, con- of Leftists who rule the roostinuniversity at this paper:that truth isn’t aprocess of col- thegeneralelectionisattributableto her to have asserteditself.Diplomacyallows past AajTak foragood spell, on ashowbased tent and translationintoadvertisers’ money. classrooms and newsrooms, and others, who lective discovery,but an orthodoxy already government’s success in eliminating stakeholdersto becourteousbutnotdu- on the live depiction of howanashram alien- The mootquestion in this season of open areunforgiving and unapologetic, and wish known to an enlightenedfew whose job is community transmission of the coron- plicitous.Ridesindecoratedswingscan- ated children from their parents, it wasbig mudslinging between TVchannelsisthis: Is to assert their presence. Call it an overreac- to inform everyone else.” avirus,decisive actiononguncontrolfol- notmakesupremos forget thesu- news.Then, again, Star News got aheadby this just afight foreyeballs, or does it reflect tion to an overdose. Or perhaps an over-cor- This is abattle in whichthe viewers lowingtheChristchurch terroristattacks premacy of their coreinterests,nor can broadcasting the footageofgangster Dawood agenuinedesireofmillionsofviewers for rection to what wasbeing served as news will have the final word.The point is the cow andswiftmanagingof aneruptionatthe sabre-rattling makethem turn tail. Now Ibrahim’s familywedding. Star Newshad quality,firepower andaccountability from through theprism of the self-anointed, self- belt matters. BARC’s meteristhe EVM of the White Islandvolcano in last December. letuswaitforaflickerofhopefortheces- managed acoup by exposing the linksofthe channels? Areweignoringthe existence of righteous intellectual pundits,who talked news world. ThecoredecisionthatArdernfacesishow sation of hostilities across the border. D-Family/CompanytoBollywood and politi- the elephant in the newsroom —the audi- down to others on predictablelines.Past farshe willpush her progressive prom- Tarsem Singh, Mahilpur cians. Iremember the sense of jubilation at ence? This audience —orviewership — masters knewtospinthe agendaonAkhtar- The writer,aformer journalist, becoming numerouno in the news game. drivesTRPs.Itisthis ecosystem of kids, teens, Junaid-Pehlu lynchings, but theyweresadly is amember of theBJP

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Mizoram rolls Assam-Mizorambordercalm;Sonowal back prohibitory orders from DELHI CONFIDENTIAL village on talkstoPM,ShahandZoramthanga Tripuraborder Home Secyalso calls up;MHA tells both states that panel of officerswillresolve border dispute DEBRAJDEB discussionwith Zoramthanga, as AGARTALA,OCTOBER19

ABHISHEKSAHA& ED well as the steps takenbythe DEEPTIMANTIWARY Assam government to defuse ADAY afterTripura stood its Longstanding

GUWAHATI,NEWDELHI, PLAIN tension. Shah assured Sonowal ground over administrative con- E dispute OCTOBER19 ● of all supporttorestore peace on trol at Phuldungseivillage in EX the border between the states. NorthTripuradistrict, Mizoram TWODAYSafter Assam- THE BOUNDARYdispute Afterspeaking with his on Sundaywithdrew prohibitory Mizoram border witnessedar- between the twostates Mizoram counterpart, Sonowal orders restricting public move- son over aterritorydispute, offi- has been simmering tweeted, “Weagreedtomaintain ment in the border village. cials on Mondaysaid the since the formation of thelaw andorder situationofthe The standoffbetween Tripura situation has calmeddown. Mizoram as aseparate area so that peace returns imme- and Mizoram over Phuldungse PULLED UP Assam Chief Minister stateinthe 1980s. diately. We resolve to work to- villagestarted in August, when Sarbananda Sonowalspokeover According to an agree- gether formaintaining brother- Tripuraauthorities found that LEADER OF Opposition in Madhya Pradesh KamalNathhas the phone with Prime Minister Security personnel and officialsatthe siteSunday. Twitter ment between govern- hood between both the states.” 130residentsofthe Jampui Hills been pulledbythe National Commissionfor Women(NCW) for NarendraModi, Home Minister mentsofAssam and Zoramthanga'sofficetweeted: hamletwereregisteredinthe “making offensiveand derogatoryremarks against awoman Amit Shah, and his Mizoram Mizoram some years ago, “Home Minister@AmitShah, electoralrolls of both states,and minister’’. Avideo of KamalNath, calling Imarti Devi, thestate counterpartZoramthanga. the MHA,including the Kashmir carryingfoodandotheressentials, status quoshould be DoNER Minister had ration cardsand enjoyed Minister forWomen and ChildDevelopment and formerly a In Delhi, Home Secretary division, LeftWing Extremism whosedriverswere apprehensive maintainedinno-man’s @DrJitendraSingh, Home public welfarebenefits from both member of the Congress, an “item”, hasnow gone viral. The AjayBhalla held avirtual meet- division and the Police division. yesterday, willgo today. They have land in the border area. Secretary&others have tele- sidesofthe border. NCWhas sought an explanation from the veteranleader and ing with chief ministers and “The situation is currently been assured by both sides that However, clashes have phonedHCM @ZoramthangaCM The NorthTripura district ad- alsoraised the matter with the Election Commission. chief secretaries of both states. under control and violence has thereisnothingtoworry.” eruptedfromtime to regarding the situationin ministrationalsofoundthatapart Sources in the twostatesand abated.Bothstatesare working “Officials on both sides have time over the issue. Mizoram'sborder.Theyexpressed of Phuldungsei wasshown as be- the MinistryofHome Affairs towardsmaintaining calmand spokenand resolvedthe issueof support of theCM's wish for ing in Mizoram’s territorial area. BACK IN ACTION (MHA) said the MHA has con- we arehopeful this won't recur," the roadblock. If necessary,po- peaceful resolve of the situation.” Subsequently, alocaltribalorgan- veyedtoSonowaland an MHA official said. liceescortwill be providedby and one of them is admitted to "The issuehas been festering izationcalledSONGRONGMAan- UNION MINISTERPiyush Goyal, who on Fridaytweeted about Zoramthangathat the firstpri- Violence brokeout Saturday Assam on their side and by hospital.On Assamside, oneper- since the British Raj, when inner nounceditwouldconstructaShiv his kidneystone surgery,has recovered. Officials got the in- ority should be to stop violence betweenresidents of Lailapurvil- Mizoram police on ourside,” son sufferedminorinjuries,an linesweredemarcated accord- temple,followingwhichMizoram dicationonMonday that Goyal, who recently gotthe addi- and maintain calm at the border, lageinAssam’s Cachar district Kolasib Deputy Commissioner H Assam Police officer said. ingtheir administrative needs. opposedthe move andissued tional portfolio of Food and Consumer Affairs, is already back and thatany border disputebe- and residentsoflocalities near Lalthangliana said. Mizoram officials said the Unfortunately, it could notbe prohibitory ordersinthe village. in action andwillholdareviewofthe Railways Ministrywith tween the twostateswould be VairengteinMizoram’s Kolasib According to officials in twostateshad agreedsome settledonce and forall when the On Saturday, Tripura senior officials on Tuesdayovervideo-conferencing. resolvedindue course. district. This wasthe second such Mizoram, whichshares a165-km years agotomaintain status quo statewas created in independ- Additional Home SecretarySAK Sources said both were also clash between residents of the boundarywith Assam,the vio- in the no-man’s land in the bor- entIndia. The resultisbothstates Bhattacharya wrotetohis coun- informedabout acommittee of twostatesthis month—on lence brokeout on Saturdayafter der area, but people from continue to have adiffering per- terpartinMizoram, requesting NO CLARITY four joint secretaries, whichwas October 9, thereweretensions on some people from Lailapur Lailapur allegedly built some ceptionofthe border,” asource the withdrawal of the orders. formedthree months agobythe the borderofAssam's Karimganj startedthrowing stones at temporaryhuts, whichpro- privytothe issuesaid. On Sunday, Mizoram with- IN JULY, the MinistryofEducation had writtentoall the IIMs MHA to resolve border disputes and Mizoram's Mamit districts. Mizoram police personnel de- vokedpeople on the Mizoram drew theprohibitoryorders fol- and directed them to stop degrees forthe one-year manage- among states in the Northeast. “Noincidentofviolence has ployednear theborder.“In turn, side.Jalli, however, said thecon- EXPLAINED lowing dialogue between the two ment programmefor working professionals,asitviolated the The jointsecretaries, sources said, been reportedsinceyesterday Mizoram residents mobilisedand tested land belongs to Assam as state governments. “Prohibitory UGC norms .Following the order,IIM directorshad held a will visit all inter-state borders (Sunday). We areinconstant went afterthem,” Lalthangliana per the state’s records. ASSAM-MIZORAM, AND order… issuedbythe under- meeting to discussthe wayforward.However, nothing con- andtalk to stakeholderstoresolve touchwiththeconcernedofficials had said on Sunday. In an official statement, THE OTHER BOUNDARY signed…herebystands revoked cretehas happenedsince then. Therehas been no communi- disputes and settle the issues. inMizoram,”KeerthiJalli,Deputy According to Mizoram offi- Sonowalsaid he had apprised ISSUES IN N-E withimmediateeffect...,”anor- cation from theIIMs to thegovernment to discuss the mat- The bureaucratshavebeen Commissioner of Cachar,toldThe cials,at leastsevenpersons on the Modiabout the latestsituation PAGE 12 der by Mizoram's Mamir DM ter. Interestingly, in the meantime, the olderIIMs have started drawnfromvarious divisionsof Indian Express Monday. “Vehicles Mizoram side sufferedinjuries, and informedthe PM about his Dr Lalrozama on Sundayreads. the admission process fortheir executiveprogrammes for 2021-22 academic year.Mostadmission advertisementsdo notclarify whether students, at partofthe programme, will Centre getadegree or adiploma. It is learnt that the government is Narmada canal to be emptied to find NDA will return to watching the institutes closelyand is seeing this as some sort hikes poll of veileddefiance of itsorders. body of ‘custodial death’ victim power with two-thirds expenditure EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE majority, saysShah CBI searches BSP MLA VADODARA,OCTOBER19 limit by 10% THE SARDAR Sarovar Narmada Nigam Ltd (SSNNL) has started EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE in Rs 750 cr fraud case emptying the Narmada main NEWDELHI,OCTOBER19 NEWDELHI,OCTOBER19 canal at the requestofthe state priation, cheating and causing Crime Investigation Department THE UNION government on UNION HOME MinisterAmit EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE loss of Rs 754.24crore (approx.) (CID), whichsuspectsthat the Mondayamendedthe election Shah on Mondayexpressedcon- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER19 to the consortium of banks,” a body of 65-year-old Telangana rules to increase the campaign fidence thatthe NDAwill win statement issuedbyCBI said. migrant Babu Sheikh Nisar was The Gorwa canal in Vadodaraisbeing emptied. BhupendraRana expenditurelimit by 10 per cent two-thirds majority in the up- THE CBI on Mondayconducted Apart from theTiwaris,the dumpedthereafter hisalleged forall futureelections. coming Bihar Assemblyelec- searches at premises linked to FIR has namedcompanies custodial death at the Fatehgunj Candidates contesting elec- tions and Nitish Kumar will be BSP MLAfromChillupar in Gangotri Enterprises and Royal police station in Vadodaraon terthe local court in Vadodaraon area in Vadodaraasthe spot tionsinBihar will be thefirstto Chief Minister. Amit Shah Gorakhpur VinayShankar Tiwari Marketing Pvt Ltd, and one Ajeet December 10,2019. September 11 rejected theCID wherethe accusedcould have benefit from the development as “Wewill win with atwo- and his wifeRitaTiwariafter Pandey. “Itwas allegedthat the This will lead to nearly five plea forextensionofremandof possiblydumpedNisar’s body. the expenditureceiling forthe thirdmajority and Nitish Kumar bookingthem in acase of alleged private company(Gangotri lakhpeopleresidingintwo zones the six policemen, then attached Nisar allegedly went missing statepolls is nowincreasedfrom will be our Chief Minister… being partofthe NDAatthe bank fraudofoverRs750 crore. Enterprises) having itscorporate of Vadodaracity going without to theFatehgunj police station. on December 10,2019, afterhe Rs 28 lakhtoRs30.8lakh. Resultswill be very good,”Shah Centre, but notcontesting as part The searches were carried office at Mahanagar,Lucknow waterfor 24 hours beginning Theyhad refusedtocooperate in wasapprehendedbythe The notification came more told Zee News in an interview of the alliance in Bihar, Shah said, out at Lucknowand Noida at the wasengaged in theconstruction Tuesday. theinvestigationaftersurrender- Fatehgunjpoliceonsuspicionof a than amonth afterthe Election telecastedonMonday. “Thereare onlyfour parties-- premises of the couple and a of road, bridges and flyovers etc,” The Vadodara Fire and ing on September 2. theft. The firstFIR filedbythe Commission (EC) had proposed Criticising the Opposition, HAM, JD(U), VIP and BJP -- in companyassociated with them, CBI spokesperson RKGaur said. Emergency Services (VFES) de- Officialssaidthatbasedonthe Vadodarapolice in Julythis year the hike, giventhe constraints Shah said, “On one hand, there NDAinBihar,”Shah said. CBI sources said. The FIR said the company partment is on standbytosearch cellphonelocationoftheaccused reliedheavilyonthestatementof posedbytheCovid-19pandemic. areblankpromises and frighten- On aquestion about rela- VinayTiwari is the son of for- availedofloans to thetune of Rs forthe body afterthe stateCID's atthattime,theCIDhasnarrowed Assistant Head Constable The lasthikeinthe expendi- ing backgrounds; on the other tions between India and China, mer minister and strongman 1129.44crore between2007and request,whichcomesamonthaf- down on the canal near Gorwa Shaktisinh. tureceiling waseffected before hand,thereisconcrete work, Shah said one musttry to im- from Gorakhpur Hari Shankar 2012 through aconsortium led the 2014 Lok Sabhaelections. whichhas been doneinthe past, proverelationswith the neigh- Tiwari. by Bank of India. In 2015,the As reportedbyTheIndian and arobuststrategyfor bour, but we cannotsacri- “The Central Bureauof loan wasdeclared NPA. The UP minor booked for‘sexual assault’ on child Express on September 10,the future. fice our interests in order Investigation has registereda banksgot aforensic audit done of commission,initsproposalto the “I think the people to improvethe relation- caseonacomplaint from Bank companies’ accountsand found uallyassaulted herafter she en- complexdefinition and anysex- LawMinistry, arguedthat cam- of Bihar would likethe ship. of India againsttwo private com- diversion of loan funds through EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE teredhis house to getaball. ual activity can come under the paigning during apandemic will concreteworkdone by “Wetriedtoimprove panies basedatLucknow/Noida investmentsorunsecured loans LUCKNOW,OCTOBER19 Police have questionedthe sectionofrape”. be challenging forcandidates.In the NDAgovernment. (the relationship), but (Uttar Pradesh), itsDirectors and to relatedpartiesandentities.The boyinthis connection. The girl’s parentshaveal- order to followthe Commission’s Therefore, we willwin DECISION wheneverwefelt that an unknown othersonthe allega- accountwasthendeclaredafraud Aminor boyhas been booked for “Weare notyet sureabout leged that on October 12 when restrictions on rallies and meet- the Bihar election with 2020 attemptwas being made tionsofcommitting misappro- and reportedtothe CBI. rape and underthe sectionsof the actual ageofthe boy, but we their daughter wasplaying out- ings, candidates will endupwith averygoodmajority,” BIHAR to encroach our border, the Protection of Children from can confirm he is below10years. side the home, her ball went into moresmall gatherings to avoid he said. we gave abefitting re- SexualOffences (POCSO)Act for Fornow,wehavelefthim with the house of aneighbour. crowding, whichwill lead to Shah said that people ply,”Shah said. allegedly sexuallyassaulting a his parentsand will present him “When the girlentered the added expenditure. of Biharwillcertainly compare He expressed hope that the UP govt officialsamong six-year-old girlfromhis neigh- at ajuvenile courtand do what- house, the boycaughther and The LawMinistry's Monday the 10 years of Congress rule,15 standoffwill be resolved bourhood at AligarhinUttar ever the courtdirectsus. The sexuallyassaulted her,” the par- notificationissilent on whether years of LaluPrasadand 15 years through dialogue. six named in memorial Pradesh on Sunday. case is sensitiveand everything entsalleged. the increase will be withdrawn of Nitish Kumar.“25 yearsofrule “I want to saythat no one will According to police, the FIR will be done as per the Juvenile The local station house offi- once the pandemic is over. —10years under Congress and be able to encroach on an inchof wasregistered on the complaint Justice law,”SP(AligarhCity) cer said that both the accused The expenditurelimit for 15 years underRJD —has ruined land in India. This is afirmdeci- ‘scam’ chargesheet of the girl’s parentswho alleged Abhisheksaid, adding that as per and victim familybelong stateand Parliament elections Bihar,” he said. sion of the government of India,” coming days.Asofnow,the thatonOctober 12,the boysex- the law, “the rape has avery to thesamecommunity. differs from statetostate. On aquestion about the LJP Shah said. AVANEESHMISHRA chargesheetisagainstgovern- LUCKNOW,OCTOBER19 ment officials and some private people only, andthe investiga- BJPMPASKS TO BE NOMINATED TO DIFFERENTHOUSE COMMITTEE The Uttar Pradesh Vigilance tion againstpoliticians involved Actor withdraws from Murali Department has namedsix peo- is still in the process,” said an- ple, including at leasttwo state other vigilanceofficial. TRP case: Dubey writes to government officials, in itsfirst The VigilanceDepartment biopic after request from cricketer chargesheetinconnection with has been investigating five me- allegedfinancial irregularities morials in Lucknowand Noida, Speaker on Tharoor tweets the project “consideringthe sen- intoconstruction of memorials wherestatues of BSP founder EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE timentsofTamil people.” undertakenbythe BSP govern- Kanshi Ramand the party’s elec- Clause’ in the Speaker’s direction Committee in an effective man- CHENNAI,OCTOBER19 On Monday, Muralitharan is- ment between 2007 and 2012. tion symbol, the elephant,were LIZMATHEW forthe parliamentarypanels. ner,” Dubey wrote. suedastatementasking The chargesheetwas submitted built. Some of the memorials NEWDELHI,OCTOBER19 The Standing Committee on In aseries of tweets,Tharoor FOLLOWINGOUTRAGE from Sethupathitobackout from the to aspecial Lucknowcourtfor The second official quoted IT,whichwas recentlyreconsti- hasquestionedcorporatesforgiv- Tamil nationalists andasection project. Thanking the cricketer, Members of Parliament, and above said the investigation BJPMPNishikantDubey,whoear- tuted andTharoor wasre-ap- ing advertisementstocertain of film personalities and politi- MuttiahMuralitharan and Sethupathi sharedthestatement. Members of Legislative mostlyrevolvedaround finan- lier sought removalofCongress pointed as itschairman,islook- channels. “It is also an abject dis- cians in Tamil Nadu, actor Vijay VijaySethupathi Talking about asection that is Assemblyand Council. cial irregularities in transporta- MPShashiTharooraschairmanof ing intothe alleged TRP fraud playoftruantbehavioronthepart Sethupathihas decidedtoopt “imposingpressureonactor Vijay The investigation wasor- tion and carving of stones. The the ParliamentaryStanding case afterMumbai Police said of Dr Tharoor to abusively callthe out of abiopic of Sri Lankan Sethupathi to withdraw himself dered by the SP government in department has found that sev- Committee on Information their investigationhad revealed Republic TV as RepulsiveTVand cricketerMuttiahMuralitharan. point out thereisfootage and from the moviedueto the wrong 2014.The six people namedin eral registration numbers men- Technology overthe Facebook three news channels manipu- also making unsubstantiated in- The film, titled 800,was news reports suggesting the notions surrounding me,” the FIR were then Geology and tionedinofficialrecords were row, hasnow written to Speaker lated numbers in their favour. sinuations and rant againstvari- caught up in acontroversyover cricketer’s seemingly supportive Muralitharan said he doesn’t MiningJoint Director Suhail that of two-wheelers. OmBirla,accusingTharoorof “vi- “Since the conduct of ous reputable Companies / Sethupathi’s decision to play the stand forGotabaya Rajapaksa, the want an artiste from Tamil Nadu Ahmad Farooqui, then UP Rajkiya The AkhileshYadav govern- olating the confidentiality clause Tharoor has nowbecome incor- Entities…,” the BJP MP wrote. titlerole,givenwhatmanyTamils island-nation’s President who to sufferbecause of him. Nirman Nigam unit in-charge ment had initiallyhandedover again”and appealedto“consider rigible I–being apublic repre- Opposition sources from the inSriLankaandinTamilNadube- wasthe war-time defence secre- The former international AjayKumar,consortium head theprobe to the Lokayuktaover nominatinghim(Dubey)tosome sentative forthe thirdconsecu- standing committee have told lieve wasMuralitharan’ssupport tary,and other remarksmade to- spinner said the movie, planned Pannalal Yadav, Ashok Singh, SK corruption allegations. The other committee”. tive term –feel painedand The Indian Express that Dubey of theLankangovernmentduring wardsthe end of the civil war. as an inspiration forfuture gen- Tyagi and Hoshiyar Singh, said a Vigilance Department registered Citing Tharoor’stweetsin therefore, to requestyour good- has notattendedmeetingsofthe the civil warwith the LTTE. In Tamil Nadu, film personal- erations,willmaterialise and Vigilance Department official. an FIR on the basis of areportby whichhequestionedcorporates self to kindly consider nominat- panel sinceitwas reconstituted Even though Muralitharan ities suchasBharathiraja, Ameer, that the producershaveassured “Wewill keep filing more the Lokayukta, who, in May2013, about the funding to television ing me to some other commit- and thatthis issue wasnot dis- himself tried to explain his case, Thamarai and Cheran and even him that further information re- chargesheets as theinvestigation allegedthat Rs1,400crore of pub- channels, Dubey said the teesothat Iwould once again be cussedinthe committee and andarguedthat he nevertreated astate minister, KadamburC garding the project will be an- proceeds. Around 30-40people lic moneywas siphoned offin Congress MP has “compro- able to participate in the delib- hence, thereisnoquestion of EelamTamils with disrespectcit- Raju, had made statementsurg- nouncedsoon. "I will stand with will be chargesheetedinthe construction of the memorials. mised” the ‘Confidentiality erations of the Parliamentary confidentialityviolation. ing his ownTamil origin, many ing Sethupathi to withdrawfrom them,” Muralitharan stated. Kolkata WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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financialofficer(CFO)of Republic The Bench also referredto the Afterhearingthesubmissions, RajivSaizal OMKARGOKHALE MediaNetwork.Thepetition,filed petitioners’contentionregarding the Benchnotedthat if theinves- Odiya TV channel MUMBAI,OCTOBER19 lastweekaftertheSupremeCourt the press conference and inter- tigation officer issues summons asked Republic TV to firstap- views givenbytheMumbaiPolice to Goswami, as per Salve’s sub- HIMACHAL PRADESH THE BOMBAY High Courton proachthe High Court,sought an Commissioner in the case and mission,Goswamiwouldhonour Murmu asksfor restraint against Minister:State Monday told the Mumbai Police interim stay on the investigation. Arnab said“there isatendencyby inves- it and appearbeforethe police to that if it proposes to arraign Italsoaskedthecourttodirectthe Goswami tigating officers to disclose about cooperatewith the probe. The ‘false’ reports;OTVdenies allegations attainingherd Republic TV Editor-in-Chief MumbaiPolicenottotakeany co- theongoinginvestigationsinsen- Bench also said that if suchsum- Arnab Goswami in the TRP (tel- ercive stepsagainstthechannelor sitive cases”. mons areissued,Goswami could immunity evision ratingpoints) case, it itsemployees, includingtheir in- Mondaythat no offence was “Wedonot knowifitisthe move the Courtfor relief. AISHWARYAMOHANTY should firstissuesummons to vestigation and questioning. made out by thepolice, and correctmethodto give interviews The next hearing has been BHUBANESHWAR, Shimla: Health Minister him. It said that if summonsare While the petition sought in- claimed mala fide action with an to themediaby policeofficersand scheduledfor November 5. OCTOBER19 RajivSaizal on Monday issued, Goswami should appear terim protection from arrest for attempt to suppress the petition- disclose ongoing investigation. It Earlier,theMumbaiPolicehad said the state’s population before thepolice and cooperate Goswami, the Benchnoted ers’ voice. isnotonlyhappeninginthepres- clarifiedthat while the FIR, filed ADAY afterafter BJD MP from is on itsway to attain herd with theinvestigation. that he wasnot an accusedat Salve saidthatif aprobehasto ent case, but has been happening on October 6, did notname Keonjhar,Chandrani Murmu, ac- immunity againstCovid- The Division Bench of Justices this stage. be conducted, it should notbe inothermatterswheretheinves- Republic TV,the names of the cusedaregional TV channel of 19.The number of active SSShindeandMSKarnikalsotold SayingthattheMumbaiPolice doneby theMumbaiPolice,who, tigation is in progress.Weare not threechannelscameupduringin- defaming her,she moveda cases is declining and 60- the Mumbai Police to submit its was“determinedtofalselyimpli- hesaid,wasbiasedagainstthepe- attributingthis to anyone, but of- terrogation of the suspectsinthe breachofprivilegeproceeding 70 percent of the state’s investigationpapersrelatedto the cate” the channel and “silence titioners.Healso submitted that ficers arenot supposedto give in- case. Asenior police officer said againstthe channel on Monday. Keonjar MP Chandrani population is projectedto caseinasealed coverby news reporting”doneby it,thepe- the petitioners would cooperate criminating material to the me- the FIR wasonlythe beginning of Alleging that reporters from Murmu be affected by Covid-19, November 4. titionasked forthe case to be with the investigation. dia,” said Justice Shinde. the investigation. OTVhad circulated amorphed he said during apress TheBenchwashearingapeti- transferredtothe CBI. Opposing the plea, Senior Sibalsaidhewasinagreement “Inthe FIR, the name of India and obscene video of hers with conference.The statecur- tion filedbyARG Outlier Media ItsaidthepoliceFIRwasavio- Counsel Kapil Sibal and Devadatt andhadearlierspokenoutagainst Todayismentioned; however, it malicious intent, and thatthe worked as ajunior reporterwith rentlyhas 2,630 active PvtLtd,whichrunsRepublicTV, lationof thefundamentalrightto Kamat,appearingforthestateand suchpractice. “When an investi- is notsubstantiated by anyofthe channel is nowtrying to shield the channel, wasarrestedon cases and has reported a seekingquashing of the Mumbai freedom of speechand expres- Mumbai PoliceCommissioner, gationby CBI,NIAetc.isbeingcon- accusedorwitnesses.Onthecon- the alleged perpetrators, Murmu April 19,2019. Patrahad al- total of 263 Covid-related PoliceFIRinthecaseandthesum- sion,andsoughtdisciplinarypro- saidthepetitionwas“entirely pre- ducted,the officers continually trary, theaccusedand witnesses said this has “grievouslyaffected legedly providedthe videoto deaths so far. Saizalsaid a mons to itssenior officials. ceedings againstMumbai Police mature”. The investigation is still give media statementstopreju- arespecificallymentioning the and violated”her privilegeasa Prashant Mishra, aweb journal- “mild” levelofcommu- Alleging aracket to “spike Commissioner ParamBir Singh on and Goswami is noteven dicethetrial,”hesaid.“Thereisan- namesofRepublic TV,Fakt Lok Sabha MP. istwho purportedlycirculated it nity spread of the coron- TRPs” by RepublicTVand twore- for“grossdereliction of duty and namedasanaccusedinthe FIR, other sidetothe story. Media trial Marathi and BoxCinema. In alettertoLok Sabha among his friends, according to avirus has been observed gionalchannels,BoxCinemasand abuse of power”. Sibalsaid. The right to freedomof isgoingononTVchannels,includ- Thorough investigations arego- Speaker Om Birla, she stated:“I police said. in the state. ENS Fakt Marathi, the Mumbai Police Appearing forthe petitioners, speechgrantsprotection to air ing Republic TV.This has even ing on,” Joint Commissioner of am tenderingthis notice to you, Patraisout on bail. lastweek issued summonsto senior counsel Harish Salve and your views but notfrominvesti- been deprecatedby the Supreme Police (Crime) Milind Bharambe seeking your protection to en- Afterthe video emergedon- eight persons, including the chief MilindSathe told the courton gation, he said. Court.Itisaviciouscircle,”hesaid. had said. surethat OTVchannel be re- line before lastyear's General strainedfromairingsuchfake Election, Murmu's uncle had GUJARAT and false stories withamalicious filedacase againstunknown FIRagainst3 intent to save the reporter people under different IPC sec- Will give Rs 10,000aid Rain damage to Nashik crop Ramesh Rath.” tions and relevant sections of IT teachersfor The channel's operating offi- Act, 2000. liquorparty to flood-hit poorin cer,Litisha Mangat, said, “OTV Keonjhar SP Mitrabhanu causes rise in onion prices vehementlydenies these allega- Mahapatrasaid: “A preliminary tions. It is aone-and-a-half year chargesheetwas filedand five Vadodara: Three primary low-lying areas: KCR old case and Iamtold that the persons were booked.All five school teachers areonthe trial is on, so the lawshould take had circulated thevideo, and one run afterbeing booked in PARTHASARATHIBISWAS itscourse.” of the accusedhad providedthe aprohibition case in SREENIVASJANYALA CM also PUNE,OCTOBER19 According to police, Rath had content. We informedthe court Chhota Udepur district on HYDERABAD,OCTOBER19 announced allegedlyinstructed hissubordi- that investigation waspending Saturday, following viral financial aid ONION PRICES acrosswholesale nate, Simanchal Patra, to forward and afterthe chargesheet, inves- videos that showedthem BRIEFSPELLSof raininHyderabad fordamaged marketsinNashik recordeda the purportedvideo. tigation wascarriedout under in an inebriated condi- have putthecityontheedge,even houses steep rise as reports of extensive “During investigation, we CrPC 178(3).Anoticehas been tion, partying inside a as Telangana Chief MinisterK damagetothe standing crop in learnt about Rath's involve- served to Ramesh Rath and classroom of the Gunder Chandrashekar RaoMonday the district startedcoming in. ment in the case,” investigating further investigations are primaryschool in evening announcedRs10,000 as tributingthe funds from Tuesday Market sources said the pricerise officer Jaynarayan Khandei underway.” Sankheda. The FIR was immediate relief to flood-hitpoor morning.HealsoinstructedChief will continue as the arrivalofthe said. “Simanchal Patra, arrested Following the notice, the filedafter acomplaint families in low-lyingareas. SecretarySomeshKumarto mon- next kharif crop will be signifi- earlier,confessed that he had channel had alleged that thede- from thetalukaeducation “Hyderabad hasexperienced itor the distributionprogramme cantlydelayed. forwardedthe video on Rath's velopment came “a dayafter officer.Among the ac- heavy rain that it has notexperi- by setting up 200-250teams. On Monday,onion markets instructions. He also stated that OTVtelecastanexpose on Chief cused arethe head and encedinthe last100years. Due to The CM also announced that across Nashik witnessed abull CM UddhavThackeray in Solapur on Monday. Express Rath still had some videoevi- MinisterNaveen Patnaik's claims deputy head teacher of heavy rain and flash floods, peo- all the houses which were com- run with the averagetradedprice dence withhim. His (Rath's) of an aerial survey of flood-hit ar- the Gunder primary ple, especiallythe poor,havesuf- pletelydamaged in therainsand of the bulb in mostmarkets at role is beinginvestigated, but eas of the state, whichwas based school whilethe thirdac- feredalot.Itistheprimaryrespon- floods would be givenanassis- around Rs 5,600 to Rs 5,700 per he will be liable under all on RTIrevelations." cusedissaid to be at- sibility of the government to help tanceof Rs1lakheach,whilepar- quintal. Suresh Deshmukh,a Fadnavis, Uddhavinwar of Sections mentionedinthe FIR. The RTI-basedreport, as tached to another pri- them. Hence, we have decidedto tiallydamaged houses would be commissionagent operating out Morenames arelikelyto mentionedbythe channel, had maryschool in Ajitpura. extend Rs 10,000 help to eachaf- givenRs50,000 each. To help the of Dindori mandi in Nashik dis- wordsover aid to farmers come out in the course of stated that on August31“only1 ENS fected householdofthe poor in poor,thegovernmentisreleasing trict, said farmers were holding investigation.” helicopterofOSS Air low-lying areas,” the CM said. Rs 550 croreimmediatelytothe ontostoredonions hoping for tanceto farmers...insteadof wait- Murmu wrote: “Strongand Management had takenoff from CHHATTISGARH Raosaidpeople lostessential Municipal Administration further price escalation. “Arrivals EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ingforthepanchnamato becom- strict action should be taken Bhubaneswar airport. The chop- commodities andthe cash assis- Department, he announced. have tanked andthe demand- PUNE,MUMBAI,OCTOBER19 pleted,” he said. againstOTV and itspromoters per took offand returnedtothe Elephantcalf tancewouldhelpthemmakeim- Raoalsodirectedallministers, supplymismatchhas pushedup On Thackerayand Pawarsay- forusing the media to falsify and airportin19minutes, whichin- diesaftertiger mediatepurchases.Heinstructed MLAs,corporators,alongwiththe prices,”hesaid. CHIEF MINISTER Uddhav ingthestatewillseekfinancialas- disseminatelies in the public, cludedaflighttime of onlynine theHyderabad,RangaReddyand Hyderabad mayorand deputy Traders from Lasalgaon, who Thackerayand Oppositionleader sistancefromtheCentre,Fadnavis with an objective to denying me and ahalf minutes.” attack:Officials Medchal–Malkajgiri district col- mayorandTRSleaderstoactively hintedatindefiniteclosureof DevendraFadnaviswere engaged said, “It is improper to alwaysput justice by misleading the public In astatement, airportdirec- lectorstosendofficialsto startdis- participate in therelief efforts. their market following raids by in awar of wordsonMonday the ball in the courtofthe Centre, from the coreissue of police in- torSuresh ChandraHotasaid: Raipur: An elephant calf income taxofficials,werebackin while touring areas in western whichwilldefinitelyprovidehelp vestigating the morphed,ob- “The CM's flight departed on diedofinjuriesfromatiger business on Monday. Maharashtra that were hit by aftercompleting the procedure.” sceneviral videoofmineand 31.8.2020 at 1542 ISTfrom attackinside the Udanti- In the run-up to Diwali, onion heavy rain lastweek. Thackeray,who visited identifying the culpritswithev- Bhubaneswar and landedback Sitanadi TigerReservein Telangana CM’s adopted prices areexpected to rallyfur- Fadnavis claimedthat NCP Solapur,hit back, saying, “The idence,"Murmuwrote. at Bhubaneswar at 1601 IST. All Gariabanddistrict,officials ther as demand from north chief Sharad Pawarhas to defend leader of Opposition is arespon- Reacting to the development, timingswithrespecttoflight said Monday. An elephant daughter getsengaged Indian marketsisexpectedto rise the “inefficient” Maha Vikas sibleleader. He should give prior- OTV'sMangat said, “Since the movementsare in UTConlyas trackingteam in further.“We expect onion prices Aghadi government ledby itytothecrisisinstateratherthan matter is sub judice, it is not per ICAO standards...actualfly- Kulhadighat Rangere- In 2015,Pratyusha wasres- to cross Rs 100per kg markin Thackeray,promptingthelatterto the Bihar elections. In this situa- proper forustocomment.But it ingtime is 19 minutes, exclud- portedthedeathof thecalf, EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE cuedfromher home aftershe some time," traders said. hit back, saying the BJP leader tion,we shouldallreachoutto the is surprising that theyhave ing warm-up time, start-up time aged between4and 6 HYDERABAD,OCTOBER19 wasbrutally torturedby her step- Unavailability of imported should prioritise the people of Union government forfinancial wokenuptoitonlynow,one day and apron and taxi time to the months, in Kukrar village mother.Weak and famished,she onionshas alsohit domestic Maharashtrainstead of camping helpfor the farmers.” afterRamesh Rath reportedRTI runwayand return to apron af- on Saturday, theysaid. TELANGANACHIEF Minister K wastreated at ahospital for markets. in Bihar. Saying that he was“con- activists'findings regarding the terlanding.” “Hind limbs of the ele- ChandrashekarRao’sadopted nearly 15 days,during which Escalatingonion prices have Fadnavis, who is the BJP in- vinced” that PM NarendraModi CM'schopper reviewofthe aer- The CM's Office told The phant calf hadmultiple daughter CPratyusha got en- time Raovisited andmoved by caught the government’s atten- charge forBiharpolls,rushedback willextendallpossiblesupportfor ial surveyoffloods.” Indian Express,"Thereisnothing bitemarks and on exami- gagedinHyderabad on Sunday. herplight, adoptedher. tion with severalmeasures being to MaharashtraonMonday. the flood-affected people, Rath waspickedupbythe moretoclarify.Photographs of nation of the nearbyarea, PhotosofPratyushawith her fi- Aftershe recovered, put in place, including aban on “Thereisalotofunrestamong Thackeray said,“We have already police on Thursdayand served a the aerialsurveywerecirculated pugmarks and scat of a ancé Charan Reddy emergedon Pratyusha wassenttoawomen’s export.However, prices continue public.Thestate governmentisin- startedproviding assistance to notice forhis alleged involve- the same day, andfollowing the tiger were found. Some social media Monday. home run by theWomen and to risewithmarket sourcessay- efficient and the NCPchief has to thosewholosttheirfamilymem- ment in the viral video case of survey,the CM conducted are- signs of afight or tussle Officialsatthe Women and Child WelfareDepartment. She ing the destruction of kharifcrop defendit,”saidthe formerCM bers in the torrential rain. The fi- 2019.Hehas been served ano- viewmeeting. The technical part were visible,”forestofficials Child WelfareDepartment said recentlycompletedher nursing in Karnataka due to heavy rain in during his visit to Punedistrict. nancial assistance forcroploss tice to appear at Keonjhar police wasalso clarifiedbythe Airport said in astatement. ENS Pratyusha and Charan areset to course and is working at apri- September wasthe main reason “The government should imme- would be givenassoon as the station on Wednesday. Director.... theallegationsare be marriedsoon. vate hospital. forthe pricerise. diately provide financialassis- panchnama is completed...” Simanchal Patra, who baseless.” Govt suggests ‘disengaging’WII, IIFM, Govt plans cultural activities to mark three other premier green institutions Pak-backedmilitia’sKashmirinvasion Conservation Authority (NTCA), EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE National Biodiversity Authority whichcontinue to affect whichcontinue to affect NEWDELHI,OCTOBER19 NED Panelrationalises continue to function underand DIVYAA& Kashmir and the rest of India”, Kashmir and the rest of India till govtexpenditure withthefinancialsupportofMoEF. DEEPTIMANTIWARY it will present amonth-long date.” He said the exhibition will INAproposalto CabinetSecretary E “ThisisnotaCabinetdecision; NEWDELHI,OCTOBER19 exhibition to mark 73 years of capturethe Pakistan-backedin- ● RajivGauba,theFinanceMinistry EXPLAI itissimplyarecommendationand the attackbyPakistanarmy- vasion through visuals, archival has recommendedthat the THEEXPENDITURE Management Commission wasset up in an exercise whichtakes place IN WHATcouldbeseen as an at- aided Pashtunmilitia,which documents, audio and video MinistryofEnvironment Forests 2014 to recommend ways to rationalise government expen- everycoupleof years.Forstatutory tempttorepose the narrative on had advancedtowards footageand graphics. (MoEF) and ClimateChange“dis- diture, one of itsfunctions being reviewofall autonomous bodieslikeNTCA,itisnot evenpos- Kashmirfromthe perspective of Srinagar nearly twomonths af- Sources in the ministrysaid engage”fromfive autonomousin- bodies —thereare now679 of them. One of itsaims is to sible to disengage since Project raids by Pakistan, the atrocities terPartition. the government’s“objective in stitutions working under it and look at “maximum governance through minimum govern- Tigerissuchabigprojectinwhich committed by the raiders and Indian forces airliftedto Titled“Memories of 22 Oct organising an event of this mag- merge twoothers, thus reducing ment”. In twophases, the Commission has reviewed194 or- NTCAgivesfundsto statesto carry circumstances underwhich Srinagar on Oct 27,1947 1947”, the exhibition will be in- nitude to markthe dayfor the the 16 autonomous bodies under ganisations across 18 ministries, recommending merging of out the work.Being an actoflaw, Kashmir chose India, the gov- augurated at Srinagar’s Sher-i- firsttime is to refresh public the ministry to nine. 109into26, absorption of five into the government, shutting thesebodiescannotbeabolished,’’ ernmentisplanning astringof Kashmir International memoryabout Pakistan’s de- Among institutions proposed down five and disengagement from 23 autonomous bodies. NTCA member-secretary and cultural activities to mark up within Lal Quila (Red Fort in Conference CentreonOctober signs to occupyKashmir after to be disengaged from MoEF are head of CZA,SPYadav,said. October 22— the dayofthe raid Delhi) in the next six months, 22. The exhibition, accompanied Partition, and to changethe pop- the WildlifeInstituteofIndia WII director Dhananjai in 1947. maybeannouncedonOctober by asymposium on October22- ular perception that achunk of (WII), Dehradun, and Indian SocietyofIntegrated Coastal ceivesRs14crore annuallyfrom Mohan said,“We arenot yetclear The key among them will be 22. It is important thatpeople 23,willbeinaugurated by Union the Muslim population of the InstituteofForestManagement Managementbemergedwiththe MoEF,tomerge withtheministry. about the exactnature andstatus establishment of amuseum to understand that the Kashmir is- CultureMinisterPrahlad Patel, Valleysides with Pakistan”. (IIFM),Bhopal. National Centrefor Sustainable It also recommended that the of theserecommendations. We showcase history of the raid and sue has notbeencreated by with J&K Lieutenant-Governor Aspecialsection in the exhi- Therecommendationisapart CoastalManagement, as both Indian Council forForestand willactoncewe receive someclar- atrocitiescommitted by the India, rather by Pakistan, and Manoj Sinha as chief guest. bition has been dedicated to of an exercise carriedout by the “performsimilarrolesof promot- Research Education, GB Pant ity...we areintouchwithourmin- raiderssupported by Pakistan that toobackin1947,”asenior RaghvendraSingh, NMI vice- Maqbool Sherwani, a19-year- Finance Ministryfor rationalisa- ingcoastalmanagement...toavoid National InstituteofHimalayan istryandwillwaitforthemto take army. government official said. chancellor and Secretary, old National Conference worker tion of autonomous institutions duplicationof activitiesandattain Environment and Sustainable afinal call... if the recommenda- Therewillalso be an exhibi- The entireexercise is being CultureMinistry, said, “Itisa who is credited with single- thatfunctionunderdifferentmin- economies of scale’’. Development and statutorybod- tion is implemented, then it is a tion and atwo-daysymposium organisedbythe National start—afirst step towardscol- handedlystalling advance of the istries,andwassentto theCabinet It recommendedmerging of ies suchasCentral Pollution matter of concern forus.” on the eventsofOctober 22 in Museum Institute(NMI) under lating, documenting, archiving tribals to Srinagar. SecretaryonSeptember 30. Salim Ali Centrefor Ornithology Control Board, Central Zoo FULLREPORTON Srinagar. the Ministry of Culture.Inan and representing the FULLREPORTON It recommendedthat the and Natural History,whichre- Authority (CZA), National Tiger www.indianexpress.com “The museum, likelytocome attempttocapturethe “horrors history…of valour and horrors www.indianexpress.com

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and went afterthem,” Kolasib Deputy der Karimganj’sjurisdiction. Anbamuthan past argued againstthe demarcation noti- paper from the Manohar Parrikar Institute ABHISHEKSAHA Commissioner HLalthangliana said. told The Indian Express that the issue was ASSAM NAGALAND fied in 1933 becauseMizosocietywas not forDefence Studies and Analyses, violent GUWAHATI,OCTOBER19 beingresolved. consulted.MZP’sVanlaltana said the Assam clashes and armedconflicts, markedby MEGHALAYA Karimganj What ledtothis? Mizoram borders Assam’s Barak Valley; government follows the 1933 demarcation, killings, have occurredonthe Assam- Hailakandi OVER THE last one week,residentsofAssam “According to an agreement between bothborder Bangladesh.Mizoramcivilsociety and that wasthe point of conflict. Nagaland border since 1965. In twomajor in- and Mizoram have clashedtwice overterri- governmentsofAssam and Mizoram some groups blame “illegal Bangladeshis” (alleged Lailapur Cachar The lasttimethe boundarysaw violence cidentsofviolence in 1979 and 1985,atleast tory,injuring at leasteight people and torch- yearsago, status quo should be maintained migrantsfromBangladesh) on the Assam side. MANIPUR wasinFebruary2018. The MZP had built a 100personswerekilled, The IndianExpress ingafew hutsandsmallshops.Itspotlightsthe in no man’s landinthe borderarea. However, “Illegal Bangladeshis arecreating all thistrou- built awooden rest houseinaforest, its has reported earlier.The boundarydispute long-standing inter-state boundaryissues in peoplefromLailapur brokethe statusquo ble. Theycome and destroy our huts, cut our Vairengte stated purpose being to serveasaresting for is nowinthe Supreme Court. theNortheast,particularly betweenAssamand and allegedly constructed sometemporary plantsand this time pelted stones on our po- MIZORAM farmers. Assam police and forest department On the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh the states that were carved out of it. huts. People from Mizoram side went and licemen,” said BVanlaltana, presidentofthe h officials demolisheditsaying this wasin boundary(over 800km), clashes were first Aizawl setfireonthem,” Lalthangliana said. On the students’ union MZP (Mizo Zirlai Pawl). Assam territory. MZP members clashedwith reportedin1992, accordingtothe samere- What were the recent clashes about? other hand, Keerthi Jalli, the DC of Cachar, Kolasib Assam personnel, who also thrashedagroup search paper.Since then,therehavebeen On Saturday,residentsofLailapur village told The Indian Express that the contested Howcomplexisthe boundary dispute? Mamit of Mizoram journalists who hadgone to severalaccusations of illegal encroachment Banglades in Assam’s Cachar districtclashedwith resi- land belongs to Assam as per state’s records. In the Northeast’s complexboundary coverthe incident. from both sides, and intermittentclashes. dentsoflocalities near VairengteinMizoram’s In the October 9incident, according to equations,showdowns betweenAssam and This boundaryissue tooisbeing heardbythe Kolasibdistrict. On October 9, asimilar clash Mizoram officials, the land claimedby Mizoram residentsare lessfrequent than plains of Cachar,and another of 1933 that de- What arethe other boundaryissues in Supreme Court. took place on the border of Karimganj Assam is being cultivatedfor along time by theyare between, say, Assam andNagaland marcatesaboundarybetween Lushai Hills the Northeast? The 884-kmAssam-Meghalaya bound- (Assam) and Mamit (Mizoram) districts. residents of Mizoram. The DC of Mamit, residents. Nevertheless, the boundarybe- and Manipur. During British rule,Assam includedpres- ary, too, witnesses flare-ups frequently.As On October 9, afarm hut and abetel nut Lalrozama, has urgedthat status quo be tween present-dayAssam and Mizoram, 165 AMizoram ministertold The Indian ent-dayNagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and per Meghalaya government statements, to- plantation belonging to twoMizoram resi- maintained. The Karimganj DC, km long today, dates backtothe colonial era, Express thatMizorambelieves theboundary Meghalaya besides Mizoram, whichbecame daythereare 12 areasofdisputebetween the dentswereset on fire.OnSaturday, some Anbamuthan MP,said that although the when Mizoram wasknown as Lushai Hills, should be demarcated on the basis of the separatestate one by one. Today, Assam has twostates. In Februarythis year,the Chief people from Lailapur startedpelting stones at contestedland washistoricallycultivated adistrictofAssam. 1875 notification, whichisderivedfromthe boundaryproblemswith eachofthem. Ministers of the twostatesspoketoeach Mizorampolice personneland Mizoram res- by Mizoram residents, on paper it fell The disputestems from anotification of BengalEastern FrontierRegulation (BEFR) Nagaland shares a500-km boundary other about the needtomaintain status quo idents. “In turn, Mizoram residentsmobilised within the Singla Forest Reservethatisun- 1875 that differentiatedLushaiHills from the Act, 1873.Mizo leaders have arguedinthe with Assam.According to a2008research and peace.

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APATIENT recovering method in thejournal JCI The government proposes to limit the amount of fertilisers eachfarmer canbuy during acropping season. from Covid-19 mayhave Insight.“Our assayexam- developedantibodies, ines whether antibodies What is theobjective of this move,and what will itsimplications be,including on the subsidy bill? but this does notreally arepotentiallyprotective, tell them howmuchim- whichmeans theypre- munity theyhavedevel- PAPER vent apatient from rein- What is the fertiliser requirement of a oped. Some antibodies fection and blockviral HARISHDAMODARAN typicalfarmer? might protect the body, replication,” he said. NEWDELHI,OCTOBER19 It dependsonthe crop. Afarmergrowing some might notbeso, CLIP Tests withthis new irrigated wheat or paddy mayuse about while some antibodies assayshowedthat, over- THE CENTRE is working on aplan to restrict three 45-kgbags of urea, one 50-kgbag of might even cause harm NEWRESEARCH all, ICU patients had pro- the number of fertiliser bags that individual DAPand half-a-bag (25 kg)ofMOP per acre. to the body. ducedthe highestcon- farmers can buy during anycropping season. Atotal of 100bags would easily coverthe sea- Scientists at the Ohio State centration of neutralising antibodies, Whatare the implications, including forits sonal requirement of a20-acrefarmer.And University have developedanew lab andconvalescent plasma donors and fertiliser subsidy bill? that could possiblybeareasonable cap to im- testing procedurefor the detection of healthcareworkers had the lowest pose; thosewanting morecan well afford to antibodies, one that specificallyiden- antibody levels. What is fertiliser subsidy? paythe unsubsidisedrates forthe extrabags. tifies the “neutralising”antibodies “So the moreseverethe disease, Farmers buy fertilisers at MRPs (maxi- that protect againstinfection of cells. the higher the antibody levels pro- mum retail price) belowtheir normalsup- Howmuchsubsidy does afarmerreally “With manyassays currentlyin duced. And what this tells us is there ply-and-demand-basedmarket ratesor getper acre? use,wecan detect antibodies, but that is awide spectrum of different anti- what it costs to produce/importthem. Forthree bags urea, one bag DAPand half- doesn’ttell us if they’reneutralizing body levels afterinfection,” said Liu. The MRP of neem-coated urea,for in- a-bagMOP per acre,the farmerwouldspend antibodies. We only know thelevel of “...Our assaycould be usedtotell stance, is fixedbythe government at Rs atotal of Rs 2,437atexisting MRPs. The cor- antibodies someonehas,” the Ohio whether antibodies have been devel- 5,922.22 per tonne, whereas itsaverage cost- Farmers load fertiliser on atruck in Uttar Pradesh. File photo responding subsidy value –atanaverage of StateUniversity’s Dr Shan-Lu Liu said opedinindividuals who have had plus price payable to domestic manufactur- Rs 13,000per tonne (Rs 585/bag) forurea, Rs in astatement. Liuisthe senior author contactswith SARS-CoV-2.” ers and importers comes to around Rs 17,000 511.55/bag forDAP and Rs 303.5/bag forMOP of aresearch paper describing the new Source: Ohio StateUniversity and Rs 23,000 per tonne,respectively.The sales to farmersbyretailers. Eachretailer — pronetodiversionfor non-agricultural use –will add up to Rs 2,418.3 peracre. difference, whichvaries according to plant- thereare over 2.3 lakh of them across India —asabinderbyplywood/particle board But then, farmers arealso taxedonother wise production costand importprice, is —now has apoint-of-sale (PoS) machine makers, cheap protein source by animal inputs. Take diesel,wherethe incidenceof INDIAACTIVE CASES 772,055 footed by the Centreassubsidy. linked to the Department of Fertilisers’ e- feed manufacturers or adulterant by milk excise and value addedtax is Rs 42.19 on a The MRPs of non-ureafertilisers arede- UrvarakDBT portal. Anybody buying sub- vendors —apartfrombeing smuggledto litreretailing at Rs 70.46inDelhi. On 30 litres controlledorfixed by the companies. The sidisedfertilisersisrequired to furnish Nepal andBangladesh.The scopefor leak- of averageper-acreconsumption forpaddy 950,000 Centre,however, pays aflatper-tonnesub- his/her Aadhaar unique identity or Kisan agewas moreinthe earlier system, right or wheat, that will be nearly Rs 1,266. So, for sidy on these nutrients to ensuretheyare Credit Cardnumber.The quantities of the from the point of dispatch till theretailer everyRe1spent on fertiliser subsidy,more 883,185 pricedat“reasonable levels”. The per-tonne individual fertilisers purchased, along with end. With DBT,pilferagehappens onlyat than half is recoveredasdiesel tax. subsidy is currently Rs 10,231 fordi-ammo- the buyer’s nameand biometricauthenti- the retailer level, as thereisnosubsidy pay- In addition, farmers paygoods andserv- nium phosphate (DAP), Rs 6,070 formuriate cation,havetobecaptured on the PoSde- ment till sales aremadethrough POS ma- icetax (GST)oninputs, ranging from 12%on of potash (MOP) and Rs 8,380 forthe popular vice. Onlyupon the sale getting registered chines and subject to the buyers’ biometric tractors,agriculturalimplements,pumps 850,000 ‘10:26:26’ complexfertiliser,withtheircorre- on the e-Urvarakplatform can acompany authentication. and drip/sprinkler irrigation systemsto18% spondingaverage MRPs at Rs 24,000,Rs claim subsidy,with thesebeing processed on crop protection chemicals. Fertiliser it- 772,055 17,500and Rs 23,500per tonne, respectively. on aweeklybasis and paymentsremitted What is the next step being proposed? self is taxedat5%. And since there’s no GST Decontrolledfertilisers, thus, retail way electronicallytoits bank account. At present, the Centreisfollowing a“no on farm produce, theycannotclaim anyin- LAST 10 DAYS aboveurea, while theyalso attractlower denial” policy. Anybody,non-farmers in- put taxcredit on their sales, unlikeother Oct 9Oct 18 subsidy. What wasthe newpaymentsystem’s cluded, can purchase anyquantity of fertilis- businessmen. 750,000 underlying purpose? ersthrough thePoS machines. That obvi- Howisthe subsidy paidand who gets it? The main motive is to curb diversion. This ouslyallows forbulk buying by unintended What’s the wayforward? Note: The Oct 18 figureinthis graphisbasedonthe government updateonOct 19 The subsidy goes to fertiliser companies, is natural withany under-pricedproduct, beneficiaries, who arenot genuine or deserv- Thetimehas cometoseriously consider although itsultimatebeneficiaryisthe moresoinurea, whose basic MRP (excluding ing farmers.While thereisalimit of 100bags paying farmers aflat per-acre cash subsidy farmerwho pays MRPs lessthanthe market- taxesand neem-coating cost) has been that an individual can purchase at one time, that theycan usetopurchase anyfertiliser. INDIATOTAL CASES WORLDTOTAL CASES determinedrates.Companies, until recently, raisedbyhardly11% from Rs 4,830 to Rs it does notstopanyone from buying any The amount could vary,dependingonthe 7,550,273 40,155,883 were paid aftertheir bagged material had 5,360 per tonne since April 2010.The same number of times. Oneplan under discussion number of crops grownand whether the land been dispatchedand receivedatadistrict’s period —fromwhen all other fertilisers were is to cap thetotal number of subsidisedfer- is irrigated or not. This is, perhaps, the only Source:MinistryofHealth&Family Source:JohnsHopkinsUniversity, railhead point or approved godown. decontrolled—has seen the per-tonne MRP tiliser bags that anyperson can buy during sustainable solution to preventdiversion and Welfare,updatedat11pmonOct19 updatedat11pmonOct19 From March 2018,anewso-called direct of DAPrise from Rs 9,350 to Rs 24,000,while an entirekharif or rabi cropping season.This, also encouragejudicious application of fer- benefittransfer (DBT) system wasintro- similarly going up forMOP (Rs4,455toRs it is expected,would end even retail-leveldi- tilisers,with the right nutrient(macroand duced, wherein subsidy payment to the 17,500) and ‘10:26:26’ (Rs 7,197toRs23,500). version and purchases by large buyers mas- micro) combinationbasedonproper soil test- companies would happen onlyafter actual Being super-subsidised, urea is always querading as farmers. ing and crop-specific requirements. 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character,pre-empting government criti- been in powerremains an open question. Army, andsaid “oneortwo personalities are NIRUPAMASUBRAMANIAN cism of aforeign hand in theseprotests. notthe entireinstitution, but one or two MUMBAI,OCTOBER19 Howwill the Armyrespond? people can defame the entireinstitution…” What does the PDM want? Bajwaand the ISI chief, Lt Gen Faiz The PakistanArmycravespublic legiti- TWOBACK-TO-BACKjoint opposition rallies Itsmain demand is that the Imran Khan Opposition Hameed, arereportedtohavehad ameet- macy.Itwould be worriedatbeing identi- inPakistanwithtensof thousandstakingpart government mustgo. It has alleged he was supporters ing with key opposition leadersin fied toocloselywith agovernment that has despite thepandemic,thefirstinGujranwala notsomuchelected as “selected”inthe at the September,and asked them nottodragin provedineptfromthe getgo. It would rather on October 16 andthe second in Karachi on 2018 election by the PakistanArmy. Karachi the Army. Sharif hasindicated,inasmany sacrifice individuals than the institution. Sunday,haveset the stagefor anew season Although the pandemic appears to have rallyon words, thathe“willnolonger be silenced”. During the election, Bajwawas the face of agame of thronesinthat country. tapered down, the report cardonImran Sunday. The Army's reaction will depend on the of the Army's plan to have Imran Khan Four big opposition parties, the Pakistan Khan's 27 months in office is dismal:ac- Reuters momentum the oppositionisable to gather. elected.His fate is inextricablylinked to Muslim League (Nawaz), PakistanPeople's cording to theWorld Bank,Pakistan's As the final arbiter,itwilldecide howmuch Imran's. BeforeBajwa retires in 2022, he Party, the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Fazlur), growth rate hascontracted from 1.9% in leewaytoallowtheprotestors.Itwillundoubt- would want to line up the ducksforhis cho- and thePakhtunkhwaMilli Awami Party, FY2019 to –1.5% in 2020; and inflation is at attackonthe Army? Modi's game, in trying to weaken Pakistan edly factor in thepolitical fallout of acrack- sen successor.Thatperson, it is believed, is and some smaller ones, including the 10.7% this year,four points higher than in Sharif's speeches areunprecedented, by trying to topple his government, acharge down to itself, againstthe costsofmaking a ISI head Lt Gen Faiz Hameed, but it will not BalochNational Partyand the Pashtun 2019.What has kept Pakistanafloat is the and take his long battle with the Armytothe the PDM has refuted at both ralliesbyheap- dealwithpartsorthewholeof theopposition. be smooth, as thereare other contenders. Tahaffuz Movement, have come together to infusion of financial aid. next level. No politician, particularly one ing scorn on Modi and his actionsinKashmir, If the Armygets nervyabout being chal- Jettisoning Imrancouldtorpedo the plan, channelise public discontent at rising prices, But it is notjustImran Khan who is being hailing from Punjab, of Sharif’s staturehas and talking up communalism in India. lenged politically, it mayreviewits relation- as it would weaken Bajwahimself. But first, powercuts, closure of businessesand other targeted. Foratleastthe PML(N), the target is openlychallengedthe country's mostpow- The Kashmir issue, and Imran's inaction, ship with Imran Khan. Thereare manycon- Lt Gen Hameedhas to commandacorps to economic misery. Their alliance is called clearly the PakistanArmy. From London, erfulinstitutioninthis manner. Most of the as perceivedinPakistan, is oneofthe big tenders within Imran’sparty waiting in the be considered forthe topslot, forwhich PakistanDemocratic Movement (PDM). whereheisunder treatment aftersecuring Army, from general to soldier, is drawnfrom themes of the protest—“Imran Khan did wingsfor the topslot. therehas to be afullreshuffle. Postingout a The PDM has also launchedGen Next bail from hisimprisonment in acorruption the Punjab province. This is also the firsttime nothing to protect Kashmir or Kashmiris, trustedintelligence chief will deprive Bajwa leaders of political dynasties: NawazSharif’s case,NawazSharifhasmadetwothundering suchanattackhas come from the opposi- he did adeal on Kashmir,the Armydid a But doesn't the Armyowe Imran forthe of apowerful ally. All in all,thisisastill de- daughter MaryamNawaz, andAsifAli attacks againstthe Army'srole in politics in tion when an electedcivilian government is deal on Kashmir” —was arecurringtrope three-year extensiontoGen Bajwa? veloping complexthree wayhandshake. Zardari’s son BilawalBhutto. The counter- Pakistan, singling out Armychief General in office. But the Imran Khan government in speeches at the tworallies. That is partofthe problem, but could intuitive choice of Maulana Fazlur Rahman, Qamar JavedBajwa by name to blame him has declaredmanytimes that it is “on the The 2013 Sharif government wasIndia's also be thekey to Imran's survival. The ex- What next? head of theJUI(F) as president of PDM, side- forPakistan'sills.Onbothoccasions,heaccu- same page” as thePakistanArmy. Theop- best chance forrapprochement with tension had to be approved by Parliament, The eventual plan is foralong march in steppedapossible leadershiptussle be- sedthe Army and GenBajwa of ousting him, position alliance is thus targeting both. Pakistan. Sharif's overtures to Indiamade and wasnot popular within the Army. JanuarytoculminateinIslamabad in ashow tweenthe Sharifsand the Bhutto-Zardaris. thejudiciaryof colludinginthis,andtheArmy the PakistanArmyjumpy.While his re- Sharif’s repeated namingofBajwa seemed of strength.Morerallies areplannedinthe The Islamistmaulana also brings to the PDM of havingbecome“astate aboveastate”. Howhas Imran responded? movalasPMwas asetbackfor India- to be signalling thatheheld no grievance build-up to that. The next one is in Quetta, asizeable Pashtun following, asubstantial Imran has hit out at the oppositionfor Pakistanrelations, howhemight have re- againstothers in the Army. In Karachi, on October25. Howitgoes could provide a hardline right wing element, and anational What this so remarkable about this playing India and Prime MinisterNarendra acted to the changes in Kashmir had he Maryam Nawazshoweredpraiseonthe clue as to whatthe Armyintends to do next.

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Internationalmarket data till 1900IST ‘INDIA NEEDS TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE SOCIALISTIC BAGGAGE’ Insurers’entry in surety bond Havenotclosedtheoptionfor biz for infra projects proposed arenot providingany waivers on GEORGEMATHEW ED Actsas collateralsforgrantingbankguar- MUMBAI,OCTOBER19 contractual antees. Big corporatefailuresre- PLAIN E sulting in non-performing assets ● BIGCONSTRUCTIONandinfrastr- EX obligation have drivenbankstoexercise anotherstimulus:Sitharaman uctureprojectsmay soonwitness tighter controlsinissuing bank the conceptofsuretybond as an IN LARGEconstruction or guarantees. The National Highw- optionandalternate to bankguar- infrastructure projects, ays AuthorityofIndia(NHAI)rece- sible to be done within the given intoadigital society;transforma- antees.AWorkingGroupof insur- bank guarantee or surety ivedrepresentationsfromcontra- ENSECONOMICBUREAU ‘ANNOUNCEMENTAFTERCONSULTATIONS’ constraints. Quoting Plutarch, tion in education sector to ance regulator Irdai has already bondisacontractual req- ctorsanddevelopersasobtaining NEWDELHI,OCTOBER19 Singhsaid:“Tofindfaultiseasy;to strengthenthe skill base in India recommendedissuanceofsurety uirement or precondition bank guarantees were becoming “EVERYTIME we have do better maybedifficult”. The through linkages among educa- bonds by insurance companies of the projectownerfor very difficult,the panel said. FINANCE MINISTER Nirmala announced one, it is aftera bookalsotriesto addresswhether tion, skill training and employ- whichwill function as the per- awarding an order to the In 2016,the Department of Sitharaman on Mondaysaid the lotofconsultationswith the Covid-19pandemic is likea ment;and lastlyamovement formanceordeliveryobligationto contractor.Ifthe contract FinancialServices had written to governmenthasnotclosedtheop- various sections of “1991moment in our history” away from fossilfuels towards complete an insured project. is nothonoured,the bank Irdai to explorethe possibility of tion of one morestimulus to sup- society,” said Finance whereweare forced to push the completelyrenewableenergyover The panel, headedbyformer or insurance firm is called introducing suretybonds in portthe economy. TheFinance MinisterNirmala resetbutton, Singh said. the next three decades. NewIndiaAssuranceChairmanG upon to paythe bond or favour of the Central Boardof Ministryhasstarteditsassessment Sitharaman at an online Reliance IndustriesCMD Ambani said his firstimpres- Srinivasan, has proposedthat the assure finalisationofthe IndirectTaxesandCustoms(CBIC) of the likelyeconomic growth for conference to launchthe Mukesh Ambani,who partici- sion of Singh wasthat “the IAS InsuranceRegulatoryandDevelo- contractual obligation. to facilitatetrade by substituting the current year and will release autobiographyof15th patedinthediscussion,saidsome guyshavestyle”andhewasstruck pment Authority of India (Irdai) bank guarantees. theestimateswhentheyare ready. Finance Commission of themostsecond generationre- by hisunendingcuriosityandabil- mayallow insurers to enter the In the wake of the Covid-19 Speaking at an online confer- Chairman NK Singh. forms have been takeninlastsix ityto deliveroneconomicreforms. suretybond insurance business uctsintheglobalmarket.Though pandemic and consequent eco- ence to launchthe autobiography months in agriculture,labour and Speaking at the event, withsolvencymarginabove acer- in manynations originallybanks nomic impact on liquidity and of 15th Finance Commission education sectors. He said thereis Singapore’s Senior Ministerand tain threshold as the experience issuedbonds, the security pro- cash flowissues in the banking Chairman NK Singh — Portraits of (PrimeMinister’sOffice)andthen federal structureinthe country, needtosupport small and Coordinating Ministerfor Social of suretybond insurance is yetto videdbyaninsurer hasproven sector,the MinistryofRoad Power: HalfaCentury of Being at take afinal call. Yes, Ihavenot shesaid:“Federalismisneededto medium enterprises and order to Policies Tharman Shanmu- developinthe Indian market and equallyacceptable. Insurance Transportand Highwaysadvised Ringside —Sitharaman hopedfor closedtheoptionto comeoutwith makeour countrystronger. We createanecosystem entrepre- garatnam said India’s challenges theriskexposureunderthisbusi- companiesinmarketssuchasthe Irdaito examinepossibleoffering improvement in the education one more stimulus,” Sitharaman needgreaterrobustnessinfederal neurship grows. Some of thatis exceedthoseofmostsocieties ness is quitesignificant. US, Brazil, Mexico, Germany, of suretybond being issuedby sector and further opening up of said to responding to aquery. engagementasevenif onestateis happening already in the batter- facing Covid-19but the pan- The performance bonds is- AustraliaandthePhilippinesissue general insurance companies. theeconomytotheprivate sector. Amidthegovernmentplanningto leftbehind, it canslowdown iesandsolarmanufacturingareas. demicalso representsa“huge suedmay coverupto10-20 per suretybond and manyleading The proposal under consider- “I have notclosedthe option come out with apublicsector en- India’s growth potential.” To aqueryonwhat he wished opportunity” forthe countryas centorsometimesguarantee100 companiesinthesecountries ationisthatSuretyBondsbusiness foranother stimulus. Everytime terprise policy to open up allsec- Singh, who has had alongca- to be remembered for, Ambani the global supplychainischang- per cent of the projectvalue, the have setupseparatelinesof credit mayberevived with offering of we have announcedone,itisafter tors forthe private sector,she said reer as atop bureaucrat and afor- said it “should notbeabout him ing. This presentsanopportu- panelhasproposed.Suretybonds andbondswithsuretyofinsurers. suretybondsinitially to construc- alot of consultations with various India needs to move away from merMP, said his booktries to look buthiscontributionto thesociety” nity to become amajor pro- aretypicallyconditional,while The need forsuretybondfor tion companies including road sections of society and then we “the socialistic baggage”. at the brighter side of society and and he wishedtoworkonthree ducer of goodsand services for bankguaranteesare on demand, road and civilinfrastructureproj- projects,housing/ commercial work with ministries, the PMO Stressing the needfor arobust economyintermsofwhat is pos- things —transformation of India the world. andareofferedasinsuranceprod- ectswas felt since Indian banks buildings and other projects. Edelweiss AAA Cox &Kings loaned out`6,071 cr to at ‘Fibrebroadband market share ● 3MILLION: NUMBER OF SUBSCRIBERS CURRENTLY raises `6,600 cr growing, but penetration limited’ BEING SERVED BY FIBRE least20related partiessansboard nod BROADBAND IN INDIA India’s fibrebroadband is an underserved marketat ENSECONOMICBUREAU about 3million subscribers, and renewedefforts will help ● ~1.2 MILLION: NEW MUMBAI,OCTOBER19 SUBSCRIBERS ADDED BY actionstorelated parties. It said operators gain ‘walletshare’ among top-end of KHUSHBOONARAYAN A/c of one arm that got funds had some of the boardmembers of RELIANCE JIO DURING EDELWEISS ALTERNATIVE Asset MUMBAI,OCTOBER19 Cox&Kings had “professional re- consumption class, aCLSAreport said LOCKDOWN Advisors (EAAA) has raisedRs deceased manager as signatory lationships” with relatedentities. 6,600crore throughitsalternative AFORENSIC audit of Cox&Kings Mumbai:Sagar Deshpande, count wasusedtotransfer Cox&Kings, promotedand investment fund, ESOF III, the Ltd,the listedtravelfirm that has 38, the finance manager of fundsfromEzeegoOne to controlledbyAjayAjitPeter thetotal,andoverallbroadband largestfundmobilisation in the come under the scanner of the Cox&Kings,whosewasfound Redkite Capital Pvt Ltd, Kerkar and his family, wassentto penetrationisstillabysmalat7per privatecredit space in 2020 amid EnforcementDirectorate(ED)and dead on the railway tracks in ownedbyfour firms con- bankruptcycourtinOctober2019, centofall-Indiahouseholds subdued economic climate. the Economic Offence Wing of KalyanonOctober12,wasthe trolledbyAnil Khandelwal, afteritdefaulted on payments. “This fund raise,amidstthe MumbaiPolice (EOW),hasfound officialsignatoryof analleged chief financialofficer (CFO) of Whilethe promotergroup owns WALLETSHARE: subduedeconomic climate, is a the companydid nottakeboard “undisclosed”bankaccountof Cox&Kings and Naresh Jain, 12.20 per cent shares in the com- Walletshareorshareofwalletis strongendorsementof theoppor- approvalsfor Rs 6,071 croreloans EzeegoOne Travel and Tour theinternal auditor of Cox& pany, thepublicownstheremain- amarketingtermusedtodenote tunities in the Indian alternative extendedtoatleast20relatedpar- Ltd,asubsidiaryofCox & Kings. Both Khandelwal and ing 87.80 per cent. Cox&Kings portionofcustomer’sspendona assetmanagement space, as well ties between 2014 and 2019. Kings, officialsfamiliar with Jainhave beenarrestedby the owes Rs 5,500crore to banksand particularitem,orservice as the robustand unique private The audit conducted by the ongoing probeintothe ED under the Preventionof financialinstitutions,anditisone debt platform of Edelweiss Asset PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) bankrupttravelcompanysaid. MoneyLaundering Act of the topborrowers of YesBank 7.9 million: Total 1million: New WHYISITIMPORTANT: Management (EAM),”Edelweiss hasfoundthatthecompanyreco- Sources said this bank ac- (PMLA). ENS Ltd when co-founder Rana wireline broadband connections added to wireline Theadditionthisyearsofar,is Financial Services said. rded related party loans and ad- Kapoor wasincharge.Yes Bank subscribers with Bharat broadband market amid the higherthancumulative0.9 It said the ESOF III strategy has vances of Rs 9,494 croreduring has an exposureofoverRs2,267 Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), pandemic and lockdowns — millionsubscriberadditionover generatedstronginvestorinterest the same period, of whichabout Further,the PWCauditfound croretransferredfromCox & croretothe Cox&Kings Group. making it the largest more than in FY17-20 FY17-20,aspertheCLSAreport, and has receivedcommitments Rs 4,008 crorewas loaned to 11 thatrecoverablesof atleastRs589 Kings to afew connectedentities The travel firm came under incumbent player combined as per Trai data whichalsopointedthatIndia frommarqueeglobalinstitutional overseasentitiesconnectedto Cox crorefrom11disclosedrelated were never“discussedinany of the lens afterthe ED initiated a wirelinebroadbandmarkethad investors,whichincluderecentin- &Kings.Aspertheauditreportre- parties arebasedona“generic” the board/finance committee probeintoallegationsof kickbacks 20 million: Total GROWINGSHAREOFFIBRE: stagnatedatmere0.3millionan- vestmentsbythe Canadian viewedbyThe Indian Express,out memorandum of understanding meetings”ofthelistedtravelfirm. takenbyKapoor in lieu of grant- subscribers in India’s wireline Withinwirelinebroadband,share nualaddsoverpastthreeyears Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan of theseoffshoretransactions, whichcannotbe“legallyen- Theforensicauditalsoalleged ingloansto severalfirmsthathave broadband market so far this offibreisgrowingfasteryetitis Board, Florida’s StateBoardof transfers of Rs 581crore wasal- forced”incase of adefault. apotential conflict of interest of nowdefaulted on repayments. year, as per Trai data limitedat15percent/3millionof Source: CLSA/PTI Administration, Swedish Pension legedly done in violation of the The audit hasallegedthat in- theboardandfinancecommittee Fullreport on Fund-AP4 and aEuropean ReserveBankof India(RBI)norms. ter-corporatedepositsofRs2,565 of Cox&Kingsinapprovingtrans- www.indianexpress.com InsuranceInvestor,amongothers. BRIEFLY Thiruvananthapuram Unemployment rate in urban Wadhawanoffers Sebisetsup mktdatapanel airport leasing: HC areas at 8.4% in July-Sept 2019 ‘`43K cr’ofassetsto Mumbai:TheSecuritiesand ExchangeBoardofIndia rejects state govt plea quarterand 36.1 per cent in the repay DHFLcreditors (Sebi) has setupaMarket ENSECONOMICBUREAU FEMALEJOBLESSNESS same period in the previous year, DataAdvisory Committee writ petitions filedbythe State NEWDELHI,OCTOBER19 the datashowed. Rs 95,000crore. Adanihas bid for (MDAC)torecommendan EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE and the case setupbythem, ac- ■ Female State-wise breakup showed ENSECONOMICBUREAU DHFL’s wholesale and Slum appropriatepolicy forac- THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, cording to us, is aclassic example UNEMPLOYMENT RATE in ur- unemploymentrate thaturbanunemploymentrate MUMBAI,OCTOBER19 Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) cess to securities market OCTOBER19 of the proverbial ‘sour grapes.’” ban areas moderated to 8.4 per easedto9.7 percent in washigher than the national av- portfolio. Piramal has reportedly data, among otherfunc- “Interference to apolicy fra- cent in July-September 2019 July-September,from erageinUttar Pradesh, Kerala, AT LEASTfourbidders, including bid forDHFL’s retail portfolio for tions. The panel will be led THE KERALAHighCourt on medbythe electedGovernment from 8.9 per centinApril-June 11.3 per cent in Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, the Adani group, Piramal around Rs 12,000crore. by Madhabi Puri Buch, Mondayrejectedapetition of the it is trite, is difficult, and the fee- 2019 and 9.7 per cent in July- April-June 2019,asper Delhi, Bihar,Chhattisgarhand Enterprises, US-based Oaktree Meanwhile, Wadhawan Whole-timeMember,Sebi. Kerala government challenging blechallengeraisedherein September 2018,the quarterly MinistryofStatistics MadhyaPradesh. and SC Lowy of Hong Kong have claimedthat the Rs 43,000 crore the Centre’s decision to lease out againstthe policy is devoid of Periodic Labour ForceSurvey and Programme Unemploymentdatafor ur- evincedinterestintakingoverthe offertolendersistoensurethat theinternationalairport hereto merit.’’ (PLFS) releasedbythe Ministry Implementationdata. ban areas is releasedquarterly. assetsof troubledDewanHousing maximum value is obtainedfor ‘5Grolloutmay Adani Group. Hours afterthe The statehad argued that by of Statistics and Programme This datasetdiffers from the Finance Corporation Ltd(DHFL). the assets which arebeingput on need`2.3tn’ high court verdict, Chief Minister awarding the tender to Adani, the Implementation (MoSPI) Annual ReportofPeriodic Labour In aparallel move,DHFLpro- theblockandmaximumamount Pinarayi Vijayantold the media central government had violated showed. cent in April-June 2019 and 12.7 ForceSurvey, whichcovers both moterKapilWadhawan,whoisin is paidtothe lender. NewDelhi: Totalcapital in- that the stateisagainst handing the promise that the statewould Urban unemployment in the per cent in July-September 2018, rural and urban areas and gives judicial custody,has written to R In aletterdated October 17, vestmentneededtorollout over the airport to Adani group. be allowedinthe management agegroup 15-29 years was20.6 while unemployment rate for estimates of employment and Subramaniakumar,the RBI-ap- 2020 sent from the Taloja jail, 5Gservicespan-Indiacould “Our stand is againstthe lease of the airport. It said the awardof per cent in July-September 2019, males stood at 8.0 per centin unemployment in both usual pointed administrator,offering Wadhawanhas stated that the bein the rangeofRs1.3 tril- out of the airport. The matter the tender to Adani wasvitiated lowerthan21.6per cent in the July-September,asagainst8.7 status (ps+ss) and CWS. familyassets“valuedatRs43,000 valuationof propertiesandassets, liontoRs2.3trillion,areport does notend withthe high court by arbitrarinessbecausethe previous quarter and 23.1per per cent in the previousquarter The sample size forthissur- crore” to facilitatethe resolution carriedout by KnightFrank, by research firm Motilal verdict. Furtheractionwould be group had no prior experience in cent in thesame period previ- and 8.9 per cent in July- veywas lowercovering1.76lakh process of DHFL. would be Rs 43,040 crore. Oswal said. ENS takeninit,” the CM said. developing and managing an air- ous year. September 2018. people and 44,471 households in Thelargestbidhascomefrom Wadhawan, in his letter,has of- Dismissing the state’s peti- port. The statealleged that the Female unemployment rate Labour forceparticipation July-September 2019 compared Oaktree,whichofferedaroundRs feredhis personal and family tion,aBenchofJustices KVinod tenderwas tailor-made to suit eased to 9.7 per centinJuly- rate rose to 36.8per cent from with1.79 lakh people and45,288 20,000-28,000croreforDHFLas- propertiesto bemonitoredto en- Fed’sPowellon Chandran and CS Dias said, “The Adani Group. September,lowerthan 11.3 per 36.2 per cent in the previous households in April-June 2019. setswhilethetotalclaimsareover surerepaymentofDHFL lenders. digitalcurrency London: In anydevelop- BULLETTRAINPROJECT GDP GROWS AT 4.9% AS AGAINST 3.2% IN Q2 ment of across-borderdig- Meet 75%ofFY21 capextargetby ital currency,itismoreim- L&T lowest bidder for China’s recovery quickens portantfortheUnitedStates “toget it right than befirst,” Dec: FM to oil&gas,coalCPSEs the United States Federal Package C4 at `24,985 cr as consumption picks up ReserveChair Jerome ‘Govtasks at least8 Powell said on Monday ENSECONOMICBUREAU Fourth meetbyFMthis by three infrastructuredevelop- duringapanel discussion NEWDELHI,OCTOBER19 year about CPSE capex state-run firmsto ENSECONOMICBUREAU ment firms. REUTERS Retail sales grew 3.3%in ondigitalpaymentshosted MUMBAI/NEWDELHI, PackageC4isthe largest BEIJING, OCTOBER 19 Septfromayear earlier by theInternational DURINGAvideo conference on consider buybacks’ OCTOBER19 among all as it represents46.66 MonetaryFund. REUTERS Monday, FinanceMinisterNirmala CPSEs/undertakings with an an- NewDelhi:Indiahasaskedatleast per cent of the main-line. CHINA’S ECONOMIC recovery Sitharamanasked fourteen cen- nual capexbudget of Rs 500crore eightstate-runcompaniesto con- LARSEN &Toubro(L&T) has Three biddersinvolvingseven accelerated in the thirdquarter second quarter’s 3.2 per cent tral public sector enterprises and morethat theymustachieve sider sharebuybacks in thefiscal emergedasthe lowest bidder at majorinfrastructuralcompanies, as consumers shook offtheir growth. ExecutiveVC (CPSEs)inthe petroleum andcoal 150per cent of initial capextarget year that runsthrough March Rs 24,985 crorefor constructing including the Tatas, had partici- coronavirus caution, although “The weaker-than-expected ofIL&FSquits sectors to accelerate spending to of Rs 4.9 lakh croreinFY21. 2021, twogovernment officials the 237.1kmunder PackageC4of patedin the competitive bidding, the weaker-than-expected headline figures weighedon achieve 75percentof theirannual Monday’s video conference said.ThefirmsincludeminerCoal the 508.17 km Mumbai- the NHSRCL said. headline growth suggestedper- China’s yuan and mainland NewDelhi: Infrastructure (FY21) capextargets by theend of wasthefourthby theFMthisyear India,powerutilityNTPC,minerals AhmedabadHigh-SpeedRail, Others bidders were “Afcons sistent risksfor one of the few stockbenchmarks andcapped LeasingandFinancialServi- December quarter. relatedto CPSEcapex.Sitharaman producer NMDC and Engineers alsocalled MAHSR BulletTrain InfrastructureLimited IRCON drivers of global demand. broader market gains in ces (IL&FS) Group on Mon- The elevenCPSEs,whichat- asked the CMDs of the 14 CPSEs, India Ltd, said one of the sources. project, the country’s biggestin- International Limited JMC Gross domestic product Asia.The world’s second-largest dayannouncedresignation tendedthemeeting,includeONGC, secretariesof administrative min- “Buybackisanimportant tool frastructureproject to date. ProjectsIndia Ltd-Consortium (GDP) grew 4.9 percent in July- economygrew 0.7 per cent in of itsexecutive vice chair- Indian Oil, BPCL, GAIL (India) and istries of petroleum and coal to inourstrategyandithelpsinbuild- The National High-Speed and NCCLimited Tata Project Ltd September from ayear earlier, the firstninemonths from a man Vineet Nayyar. PTI Coal India. As reportedearlier,the closelymonitor the capexper- ing market price,” added the sec- Rail Corporation (NHSRCL) -J.Kumar InfraProjectsLtd.- HSR officialdatashowedon year earlier,the National Bureau finance ministryhas told formance. FE ond official. REUTERS openedfinancialbids submitted Consortium,” NHSRCL said. Monday. It wasfasterthan the of Statistics(NBS) said. Kolkata WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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Anika Chebrolu. Facebook/3M Averageof347,000Covid-19cases eachday in the pastweek Vaccinestorage issues mayleave US-Indian teen AP&REUTERS LONDON,OCTOBER19 3billionpeople At aprotest in Karachi organisedbythe PakistanDemocratic Nokia said awireless wins $25,000 for Movement,analliance of opposition parties, Sunday. Reuters broadband system will THE NUMBER of confirmed without access be bulit on the lunar work on potential Covid-19cases across the planet surface in late2022 has surpassed40million, but ex- Gampela: From factorytosy- Covid treatment pertssay that is onlythe tipof ringe, the world’s mostprom- Sharif’s son-in-law the icebergwhen it comes to the ising coronavirusvaccinecan- FINLAND SEEMAHAKHUKACHRU true impact of thepandemicthat didates neednon-stopsterile Nokiatobuild HOUSTON,OCTOBER19 has upendedlifeand work refrigeration to stay potent and arrested in Pak aday around the world. safe. But despiteenormous mobilenetwork A14-YEAR-OLD Indian- ThemilestonewashitMonday stridesinequipping developing American girlhas wona$25,000 morning, according to Johns countries to maintain the vac- after Opposition rally onthemoon young scientistchallengefor a HopkinsUniversity,whichcollates cine “cold chain”, nearly 3bil- STRUGGLINGTOget a discovery thatcould provide a reportsfromaround the world. lion of the world’s 7.8billion anallianceof11oppositionparties. phone signal at home on potential treatment forCovid-19. The actualworldwide tallyof Demonstrators from the hospitality industry protestagainst people live wheretempera- PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA With the PakistanPeople’s planetEarth? Perhaps Anika Chebrolu, an eighth Covid-19cases is thought to be reimposedCovid restrictions, in London on Monday. Reuters ture-controlledstorage is insuf- KARACHI,OCTOBER19 Party-ruledSindh government you’ll have better luck on grader from Frisco in Texas, won farhigher,astesting hasbeen ficient foranimmunisation distancing itself from the arrest, the moon. Nokia has been the3MYoungScientistChallenge, unevenorlimited,manypeople campaign to bring Covid-19un- CAPT (RETD) Muhammad Safdar wasreleased by ajudicial selected by NASA to build regarded as theUS’ premier mid- have had no symptoms and InUS&Europe,shiftinlockdownstrategy der control. Safdar,son-in-lawofformer magistrate againstsuretybonds the firstcellular networkon dleschoolsciencecompetition,for some governments have con- The vaccine cold chainhur- Pakistanprime ministerNawaz of Rs 100,000. the moon, the Finnish com- herworkusing in-silicomethod- cealedthe true number of cases. IN THE US and Europe, achangeinstrategy, dle is justthe latestdisparity of Sharif, wasonMondaybrieflyar- Maryamtoldreporters that panysaid on Monday, as ology fordrug discovery to find a To date, morethan1.1 million the firstsurge of Covid- with mostEuropean na- thepandemic weightedagainst rested from hishotel room in shewould leaveKarachi with the US space agency plans moleculethatcanselectively bind confirmedvirus deaths have 19 cases sawthe adop- tions and manyUS the poor,who moreoften live Karachi, aday afterhestageda her husband as he had been re- forafuturewherehumans to thespikeprotein of SARS-CoV- been reported,although experts tion of abroad lock- states locking down and work in crowdedconditions protestatthe tomb of the coun- leasedonbail. return thereand establish 2virusinanattempt to findacure also believe that number is an down strategy,with specific areas that have that allowthe virus to spread, try’s founder and attendeda “Aboardthe flight to Lahore. lunar settlements. NASA forCovid-19,according to the3M undercount. curbs affecting whole countries the mostcases. While more and whose health systems lack joint Opposition rally. Thank youKarachi! Youwon me aims to return humans to Challengewebsite. The US, India and Brazil are or states. When that surge sub- curbs in hotspots has notbeena labs, supplies or technicians to “Police brokemyroomdoor over,” she tweeted. the moon by 2024and dig 3M is an American manufac- reporting by farthe highest sided, mostofthese restrictions newconcept, earlier suchextra carry outlarge-scaletesting. at the hotelIwas stayingatin Maryamsaid Opposition par- in foralong-term presence turing companybasedin numbers of cases, although the were lifted.But soon after, a curbs were putinplace on top The result:Poor people Karachi and arrested Capt tieswouldcontinuetheirprotests thereunder itsArtemis Minnesota. global increase in recent weeks second surge broughtnew of already existing broad lock- around the worldwho were Safdar,” said Safdar’s wife until Prime MinisterImran Khan programme. Nokia said the Chebrolu decidedtotakepart has been drivenbyasurge in records in dailycases. downs. But now, hotspots are among the hardesthit by the Maryam, who addressedthe wasremovedfrompower. firstwireless broadband in the YoungScientistChallenge Europe, whichhas seen over Authorities, however, were increasingly isolatedislands of virus pandemic arealso likelyto large anti-government rallyin Safdar wasarrestedafter an communications system in aftershebattledasevereinfluenza 240,000confirmedvirus deaths wary of applying broad lock- restrictions, causing, in many be thelasttorecoverfromit. the portcity on Sunday. FIRwas registeredagainsthim, spacewouldbebuilt on the infection lastyear.She wanted to in the pandemic so far. downs on already struggling cases, complaintsofunequal With the pandemic nowinits She said she wasasleep Maryamand 200othersfor vio- lunar surface in late 2022, findacureforinfluenza.However, Therewereanaverage of economies .This has prompted treatment and protests. eighth month, logisticsexperts when the police“bargedin” her lating thesanctity of the Quaid’s before humans make it that all changed afterthe Covid- around 347,000 cases globally warn that vast partsofthe world hotelroom wherehewas stay- mausoleum. backthere. REUTERS 19 pandemichit,thewebsite said. eachday over the pastweek, lackthe refrigeration to adminis- ing with her husband. Meanwhile,theSindhgovern- “I wouldliketolearn more compared with292,000 in the resistance to wearing masksand weeklyhigh of nearly 700,000 teraneffective vaccination pro- Safdarwasarrestedaday after ment, whichhostedthe PDM’s from 3M scientists to pursue my firstweek of October. taking other precautionshas cases and saidthe region wasre- gramme. This includesCentral he raisedslogans at Pakistan’s rally, distanceditself from the ar- drug development and... would In the US, newcases per day been highand the virus has often sponsibleforaboutathirdofcases Asia, muchofSouth and founderMohammad Ali Jinnah’s rest,withPPPchairpersonBilawal USA liketoconductin-vitroand in- were on the rise in 44states,with been seen as abig-cityproblem. globally. Britain,France,Russiaand Southeast Asia, Latin America ex- (Quaid)mausoleum justbefore BhuttoZardari also condemning Rapperheldafter vivo testing of my lead drug can- manyofthe biggestsurgesinthe The WHO said lastweek that Spainaccount forabout half of all ceptfor thelargest countries, and the second rallyofthe Pakistan the arrest.Bilawal said he was braggingabout didate,”she said. PTI Midwestand Great Plains, where Europe had areported arecord newcasesinthe region. all but atinycorner of Africa. AP DemocraticMovement’s(PDM)— shockedtohearabouttheincident. unemployment Peopleare tiredof French police Morales’ party fraudinvideo conduct raids in claims victory ARAPPER who boastedina music video about getting hearing Fauci, Trump crackdown after in high-stakes richbyfraudulentlyapply- ing forunemployment teacher’s killing Bolivian election meant forthoseaffected by tells campaign team Covid-19lockdowns has been accusedofusing stolen REUTERS CARLOSVALDEZ identities to obtain more PARIS,OCTOBER19 LAPAZ,OCTOBER19 than $1.2 million in jobless JILLCOLVIN,WILL benefits, theauthorities WEISSERT&ZEKEMILLER FRENCH POLICEonMonday EVOMORALES’ party has said. Fontrell Antonio LASVEGAS,OCTOBER19 raidedIslamic associations and claimedvictoryinapresidential Baines, 31,who performs as foreigners suspected of extrem- election that appearstosharply Nuke Bizzle, wasarrestedon US PRESIDENT Donald Trump istreligious beliefs, police shiftBolivia away from the con- Friday. In amusic video for sought Mondaytobuckuphis sources said, three days aftera servative policies of the US- the song EDD that was campaign staffers twoweeks suspected Islamist beheadeda backed interimgovernmentthat postedtoYouTube on Sept fromElectionDay, dismissingthe school teacher. took powerafter theleftist 11,Baines and another rap- cautionarycoronavirus advice of Historyteacher Samuel Paty, leader resignedand fledthe per,Fat Wizza, boasted his scientific experts as well as Trumpattends church in Las 47,was murdered on Fridayin countryayear ago. VegasonSunday. AP about getting“richoff of pollingshowing him trailing broad daylight outside his school Thousands of pro-democracy activists at aprotest in Bangkok on Monday. AP The leading rivalofMorales’s EDD,” an apparent reference Democratic rivalJoe Biden across in amiddle-class Paris suburb by handpickedsuccessor,Luis Arce, to the Employment keybattleground states. an 18-year-oldofChechen ori- concededdefeat on Monday, as Development Department. Trumpwas facing intense gin. Police shotthe attackerdead. did interim President Jeanine NYT pressuretoturn around his cam- Theteenageassassinsoughtto Thailand to probe media outlets as Áñez, abitter foeofMorales. paign, hopingfor the type of last- avenge his victim’s use of carica- Officials releasednoformal, AUSTRALIA minutesurge thatrevivedhiscan- tures of the ProphetMohammad comprehensive quickcount of WWFdronesto didacy four years agoand in aclass on freedom of expres- thousands again defy protest ban resultsfromSunday’s vote,but plungingintoanaggressive travel sion to 13-year-olds. twoindependent surveysofse- dropseedsfor schedule despitethe pandemic. RACE FOR Public figures calledthe thanfourpeopleinBangkok,out- withsometimescontroversialper- lected pollingplacesshowed But his lackofaconsistent mes- killing an attackonthe Republic GRANTPECK laws news saidtoaffect national spectives. 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But Fauci is both disband about 50 associations istertoresign by threatening to the capital over the pastsix days the chief of police that could al- Arce, meanwhile, appealed Fund (WWF) scheme to re- he believeshe’s going to win, al- respectedandpopular,andTrump within the Muslim community. censor news coverage,raiding a to push their demands, includ- lowofficials to blockaccess to forcalm in the bitterly divided generatebushland torched lowing that he didn’t have that suggestedfiringthedoctorwould “Police operations have taken publishinghouseandattempting ing acontroversial call forreform news sites that give what he nation saying he would seek to in the country’s historic same senseofconfidence two onlycreategreater controversy. place and morewill follow, con- to blockthe Telegrammessaging of the monarchy. called“distorted information”. form agovernment of national bushfires.Gum tree leaves weeksago when he washospi- Trump’s rejectionofscientific ad- cerningtens of individuals,” the app usedbydemonstrators. 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SHE WAS UNDEFEATED IN DECADES OF WAR,BUT HER DECISION WAS AN ACT OF SURVIVAL Astoried woman warlordsurrenders to Taliban,exposingAfghan weakness

“because she movedand killed Mohammad Hanif Kohgadai, commander could provetricky. of apreviousinvasionandyearsof being defeated by awoman.And MUJIBMASHAL,NAJIM with the elegance of abird,” as amember of the Baghlan provin- The Taliban have yettoprovide anarchy and warlordrule. if he arrested her? The town RAHIM&FATIMAFAIZI one profile put it. cial council representing Kaftar’s anydetailedpositions in ongo- Her reputation beganto would scoldthe Taliban com- KABUL,OCTOBER19 On Thursday, theTaliban de- district, said she had reacheda ing peace talksonthe role of grow with the killing of Soviet mander forarresting awoman. clared the end of her high-flying deal through aTaliban com- women in afuturegovernment. commandos who had swarmed Afterthe US invasion in 2001, IN Along conflict wagedbymen, days:Kaftar, alongwithher men, mander related to her family. But what makes Kaftar’s shift her valleyduring an invasion the newAfghan government she has been ararefemale war- had surrenderedtothem, they “TheTalibanspentthenightat easier is that she commands starting in 1979. She has notput movedtodisarm militiaslike lord, defending her fief in north- said in astatement. Commander Kaftar’s house,they hundredsofmen in adeeply down arms since, raisingamili- hers. Sheand manyother militia ern Afghanistanagainstthe “Theofficials of ourInviteand atethere,” Kohgadai saidinanin- conservativesociety. tia that protected her valleyas commanders resisted. Asked Taliban, her ownrelativesand GuidanceCommissionwelcomed terviewFriday. “Today, they left Thesurrenderexposesalarger her little kingdom. Even when about the governmentwanting even againstthe US-backedcen- them,”the statement said. the house and took with them 13 vulnerability of the Afghan gov- the Taliban sweptthrough most to disarm her,she said, “Ifthey tral government she alliedwith. Localofficials in restive weaponsandothermilitarygear.” ernment:Its defences arepartly of Afghanistaninthe 1990s, she come, youwill see what Iwill do As she grew intoher 70s, ail- Baghlanprovince,whereshe is One of Kaftar’s sons played Afghan special forces at the siteofanattackinBaghlan reliantonthousandsof unreliable fendedthem off. to the government.” ing and bedridden with bad based,andherrelativesconfirmed down the episode, saying it was Province lastyear.Baghlan is whereKaftarisbased. Reuters militias with trackrecordsof She has oftenrecountedhow Even in Kabul she wascele- knees, the warlord, Bibi Ayesha, the commander’s surrender and moreatruce than asurrender. abuseandlocalfeuding,andahis- she taunted theTaliban com- bratedasan anti-Taliban heroand took pride in having an unde- said it wasanact of survival.Her “It is justarumour. My tory of switchingsides. mander forher province with a inspirationfor women, withthe feated recordindecades of war. valleywas so surrounded, with mother is sick,” said Raz hasn’tjoinedthe Taliban.We Foragroup that kept women Kaftar’s experience speaks to lose-lose offer: If she arrested country’s former humanrights She is popularly known by anom otherneighboringmilitiasswitch- Mohammad, one of her three re- don’t fight the Taliban anymore; confinedtotheir homes when the complicated reality upon him, she would parade him chief attendingacelebration of de guerre:CommanderKaftar, ing sides to the Taliban, that she mainingsons. (Three others were we have weapons to protect our- theywereinpowerinthe 1990s, whichtheUS-bankrolleddemoc- around town on adonkey and her hostedbyAfghanistan’s vice whichmeans “pigeon” in Farsi, had no choice. killedinyears of fighting.) “She selvesfromour enemies.” aTaliban alliance with afemale racyhasbeenbuilt—onthelegacy people would laugh at him for president. NYT

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BRIEFLY CSK’s hopes Tottenhamcollapse Shami’sblock-holeblockbusterover onBale’sreturn seem allbut With just five runs to defend in the first Super Over on Sunday night, fast bowler excelled with yorkers TottenhamwastransformedbyGareth over after Bale'shomecoming,justnotintheway that Jose Mourinho had imagined. SHAMIKCHAKRABARTY Cruising 3-0 when Bale came offthe KOLKATA,OCTOBER19 SHAMIIN1STSUPEROVER benchinthe72ndminute againstWest RR defeat Ham, Tottenham incredibly collapsed BOWLING ASuper Over must feel different 0.1 (1 RUN): A wide-low yorker, de in a game it had been in control of to from delivering the 20th overofachase in a Kock tries to ramp on the full. draw 3-3 in the Premier League on T20. It has the quality of a set-piece about it. 0.2 (1 RUN): Sharma attemptsan SYNOPSIS Sunday.Itwas withalmost thelastkick Cutofffrom therest ofthegame,adriftinapar- inside-out to afullball. of the game that Manuel Lanzini allel universe with its own set of rules, it has 0.3 (1 RUN): Wide yorker to de Buttler takes Royals home after blasted a shot from distance into the thewhiffofaFastDraw aboutit.Somebowlers Kock, hits to deep cover CSK’s muddled batting approach roof of the net to snatch a point that just seem better equipped to handle it. seemed extremely unlikely when Son And so, when Mohammad Shami lin- 0.4 (NO RUN): A yorker to Sharma. Heung-min scored in the first minute gered at the top of his run-up, with just five 0.5 (1 RUN): Another yorker, VISHAL MENON and Harry Kane netted twice by the runs to defend, notmany would have felt he Sharma tries the ramp shot OCTOBER 19 16thminute.“It'sdifficultto believe, we would be able to do it, as Kings XI Punjab’s 0.6 (1 RUN, WICKET/RUN OUT): lost two points, threw them away," survival was at stake in the IPL, and Mumbai Wide Yorker again, de Kock hits to THERE IS a sense of impending doom every Mourinho said. Indians’ Quinton de Kock and Rohit Sharma extra cover. time MS Dhoni gets run out.Alacklustre were at the crease. Jasprit Bumrah’s bril- batting performance notwithstanding, liance, when MI bowled in the first Super Chennai Super Kings seamers provided a Nationalthrows Over, had restricted the victory target to a batsmen also don’t use the crease fully. A glimmer of hope when they had Rajasthan eventpostponed very chaseable one. Unsurprisingly, Bumrah Pollard would have either gone well outside Royals in strife at 28/3. had gone with yorkers. the crease or retreated back to try getting un- Ultimately, it was Jos Buttler’s masterful The inaugural National Throws Shami has the yorker but doesn’t rely on der the ball. With just five runstooverhaul, unbeaten 48-ball 70 that steered them Championships, theonlyseniorlevel it. He likes to mix them up, often choosing these two didn’t feel the necessity to extend through choppy waters. event slated this year, was on Monday back-of-length balls,bouncers or slower ones. themselves thus. They perhaps thought this The 7-wicket win catapulted Steve postponedindefinitelyby theAthletics In this tournament, he has even shown a child- could be done the traditional way. Smith’s team to fifth spot in the points Federation of India (AFI) due to the ris- likejoyous obsession with his knuckle-ball “When youare nailing them(yorkers), it table, and with achance of clinching aspot ing cases of COVID-19inthe country. slowerones. He took out Virat Kohli with a seemstobehappening automatically. When in the playoffs. Forbottom-placedCSK, they Thetwo-daymeetwasscheduledtobe knuckle-ball bouncer,avariety he uses spar- youare not, it’s acompletely different story,” could do with abit of soul-searching. held in Patiala on October 26 and 27. ingly.Heheld his arms aloft, asmile rapidly Rabada again, from lastyear. "Weconsulted chief coach, high-per- filledhis face, and had alook of joyashe In the hereand now, Shami ranintobowl. CSK’s muddledbatting approach formance director and other coaches glancedatKohli, before his eyes jerkedaway. His firstball wasanattemptedyorker out- Rarely doesone seebowlers exerting and theyexpressedtheir concern on Subsequently, in that game and in the ones side off. It endedupasalow full-toss, whichde complete control over batsmen in an IPL risk of exposureofathletestoCOVID- that followed, the knuckle ball has bled Kock triedtoramp, unsuccessfully. Rohitfaced game. That’s exactlywhat transpired when 19.Afterconsultationwithall,wehave boundaries too. the next ball, another attemptedyorker, and Chennai Super Kings batsmen were up decidedtopostpone the throwscom- Shami’s reluctancetogoall-yorkers in the MohammedShami defendedsix runs againstMumbai’s Rohit Sharma and scored another single, trying to playitinside- againstRajasthan Royals in AbuDhabi on petition until further notice," AFI pres- pasthas been understandable as he doesn’t Quinton de Kock during the firstSuper Over. BCCI out. The thirdball wasawide yorker.Once Monday evening. They were facing afiery identAdilleJSumariwalasaidinastate- have thecontrolofaBumrah.It has,everynow again, de Kock couldn’t forcethe pace. JofraArcher and twodisciplinedleg-spin- ment. "Wefeel the conditions arestill and then, slippedout as afull toss, under pres- Shami's fourth ball wasadot,acopybook ners in Shreyas Gopal andRahul Tewatia, notconducive to holdacompetition sure. Typically, he goes foranassortment of mustfeel like an untameablebeast. Both don’t move around their crease too yorker thatRohittriedtoplayopening the face on aslow, gripping surface. due to COVID-19pandemic situation. deliveriesinthe end overs,inthe belief that Lastyear,inasuccessful Super Over face- much; theycertainlydon’t ramp toowell and of the bat to trybeating shortthirdman and Despitethese challenges, therewas no Sinceitwasanopencompetition,there variety would work in T20s. And to be fair,it offagainstKolkataKnight Riders, Delhi aren’t known fortheir lap shots.Theymight backward pointbut couldn’t pierce the gap. excuse fortheir shoddy batting perform- wasarisk forathletestravelling from has worked,evenifabit inconsistently. And Capitals’ Kagiso Rabada had talked abouthis try, as theydid, but it doesn’t have thethreat Fifthball, and Shami nailedhis yorker again. ance. Ascoreof125/5 waspretty abysmal, outside. "AsIhaverepeatedly saidear- the batsmen withtheir ramp shots andre- choice of yorkers. “In the regular 20 overs, of aJos Buttler. Rohit attemptedaramp, got an outside edge one that hardlygavetheir bowlers a lierthatforusthewell-beingofourath- verse laps rack up thepressuretoget the yorkers wasPlan B. In the Super Over,itwas and scampered asingle. Tworuns to getoff chance. The real issue wasthe utter lackof letesisofutmost importanceandcom- yorker inch-perfect, resulting in mostbowlers Plan A. (Some days)you canbepositive with Different mindset the finaldelivery,and another excellentyorker intent from their batsmen. Chennai lost petitionswill be held only when the losing their nerve. twothings youwant to do, todayitwas just Both areexplosive batsmenbutareessen- restricted the scoring to one, as de Kock was their twoin-form batsmen -Faf du Plessis situation is conducive," he added. Last yorkers.” tiallyopeners and don’t carrytheauraofama- run out,goingfor the second. and Shane Watson -inside the Powerplay. month,theAFIhadcancelledthisyear's Clear plan, great execution Rabada also made it clear that he had de- rauding big hitter.Inthe bowler’s mind, the Perhaps, since it wasShami, the twobats- In the eight overs afterthe field restrictions, allnationalchampionships,barringthe “He (Shami) wasveryclear he wanted to cidedonyorkers before he took the field for threat is different. Especially, when Shami had men were alsounsureifhewould go all-york- CSK choked under the pressureappliedby throwsevent,inviewofthe pandemic, go sixyorkers,” KXIP captain KL Rahul said af- that Super Over.Asdid Shami, with his pre- decidedhewas going with yorkers. The two ers on them.That might have influencedsome the Royals’ spinners. virtually bringingthe season to an end terthe match. That’s asurprise, apleasant one. determinedclarity. openers might bebest equippedskill-wise to of their decision-making and reflected in Bowling in tandem, Gopal and Tewatia without anycompetition. AGENCIES He hasn’t always shown that sortofclarity in The choice of weapon wasperhaps dic- put away aseaming or swinging delivery to some of theweak shots theyplayed. Shami concededjust32runs andremoved Sam the past. Without aclear focus, the Super Over tatedbythe batsmen -Sharma and de Kock. the rope, but yorkers aredifferent. These two had done the unthinkable. Curranand Ambati Rayudu. From 43/2 af- tersix overs, Chennai stuttered to 85/4 in the 14th over.The onlycrumb of comfort came duringa51-run fifth-wicket stand How Champions League will change duringthe pandemic between Dhoni and RavindraJadeja. But even this partnership did little to drag them to aposition of respectability.The CSK cap- Howisthe scheduling this season? tain, who has lookedapale shadow of him- TUSHAR BHADURI UEFAsays theseason “will be played With coronavirus cases on the rise in the football world, including self in this tournament, notonlystruggled NEW DELHI, OCTOBER19 out in itsentirety, in itsexisting (tradi- withhis timing, as the big hitsalso deserted tional) format with the final in Istanbul” one of the biggeststars Cristiano Ronaldo, UEFAhas put measures in him. Dhoni’sgamble of keeping wicketsin- Europe’s biggestclubsbegintheirquest for on May29nextyear.The Turkish city was place to ensurethat itspremier club competition can proceedon tact forapotential blitzkrieg in the end the HolyGrail, theUEFAChampions due to host the showpiece game last sea- neverpaid offashewas run out in the 18th League, on Tuesday,but though the pres- son before the pandemic intervened. schedule. Matches can go ahead if eachteam has at least13fit over forarun-a-ball 28. tige and gloryassociatedwith it remains players, including agoalkeeper. intact, the competition has introduced Is it morehectic than ever? Buttler takesRoyals home some regulations in lightofthe ‘newnor- Thesix rounds of groupgames–that Shane Warne calls Jos Buttler his crick- mal’ that the worldisfacing. begin on Tuesday–are scheduledtobe eting crush. Forgood reason. Over the Bayern Munichwerecrownedcham- over on December 9, i.e. in eight weeks. In If thereare travel restrictions in place Howmanysubstitutes areallowed? years, the wicketkeeper- batsmanhas been pions of the continent less thantwo contrast, lastseason’s group stageran for forahostcity, agame canbeplayedatthe As wasthe case with ‘Project Restart’ at an irresistible forceinthe shorterformats months ago. aweekshortofthree months. away venue or even aneutralvenue. the end of lastseason, five substitutions forEngland and Rajasthan Royals. Barring Theyhaven’t had toolong to celebrate The Round of 16 ties will be heldin will be allowedper team in amatch. A that70inthe lostcause againstMumbai as theyopen their title defence against February-March with the quarterfinalsin What if ateam refuses to take to the sixth will be allowedifaknockout game Indians, this seasonhad been agrind for Atletico Madrid on Wednesday. Thelate the firsthalf of April and the semifinals in pitch? goes intoextra-time. the 30-year-old. But he camewithatypical finish to lastseason has notonlyreduced lateApriland early May. If ateam refusestoplayorisconsid- Buttherewill be only three opportu- counter-attacking knockthat easedhis the gapwith the newseason, it ered responsible forthe matchnot taking nities to makesubstitutions (four if there’s team to victoryonMonday. has also curtailedthe time be- Will therebespectators at place,theywillbedeemed to have for- extra-time). Therecan be amaximum of What made the knockmoreimpressive tween twoties in this campaign. venues? feited the game. 12 players on thesubstitutes’ bench. were the circumstances underwhichitwas UEFAwill allowfansat If this applies to both the teams in orchestrated. What happenedlastseason? stadiums “at amaximum of Man United’s Edison Cavani could geta question, both willbedisqualified. In pursuitof126, theRoyals had lost Afterfootballresumedafter 30 percent of capacity”, but chancetofacehis formerclub PSG. three wicketsupfront forprecious little on monthsofhiatus, UEFAwas E whether spectators areal- What if infections render ateam KEYCLASHES theboardwhen Buttler walked out to bat. ● forced to stagethe tournament, EXPLAINED lowedisdependent on local unable to play? But he absorbed the pressureand took con- quarterfinals onwards, behind administrations. If ateam has players and/or officials trol of proceedings to acethe chase. Man United vs PSG closeddoors in Lisbon. premier club competition canproceedon testing positive forCOVID-19and as are- Theunbeaten 98-run stand with Smith The last-eight and last-fourstage What do newregulationsstate on the schedule. Matches can go ahead if each sult, unable to playthe matchbeforethe Chelsea vs Sevilla took Royals pastthe finish line with the matches were one-offaffairsand not minimumnumber of players ? team has at least13fit players, including a deadline setbyUEFA, theywill be deemed Barcelona vs Ferencvárosi TC captain playing second fiddle. playedonhome-and-awaybasis as was With coronavirus cases on the risein goalkeeper. to have forfeited thegame. BRIEF SCORES: RR 126/3 in 17.3 overs (Jos usuallythe case. the football world, including one of the Even if postponementsare unavoid- TVGUIDE: LiveSonyTen 2and Sony Buttler 70 notout) beat CSK 125/5 Thecompetition finishedalmostthree biggeststars Cristiano Ronaldo, UEFA has What’s the wayout if thehostcity fora able, the groupstage hastobecompleted Ten2HDfrom12:30 am (Wed) (RavindraJadeja 35 notout,Jofra Archer monthsbehind schedule. put measures in place to ensurethat its matchdoesn’t allowvisitors? latestbyJanuary28. 1/20, Shreyas Gopal 1/14) by 7wickets. Conquering mind to rule court: Swiatek’s secret to French Open triumph

healthprofessionalby herside,letaloneadvo- ShecoachedPoland'snationalsailingteam forSwiatek "because she lovesthose interac- GAURAVBHATT cating forotherstodothe same.And forten years, studiedpsychology and transi- tions." ForSwiatek,Abramovicz channelled NEWDELHI,OCTOBER19 Abramovicz couldn'tbeprouder. tionedintoworking with cyclists andswim- theyoungster'slove forAC/DC,PinkFloydand "I respect that alot," Abramovicztells The mers.TheassociationwithSwiatekbeganlast GunsN'Rosesandadvancedmathematicsinto WHEN ROLAND Garrosannouncedthe new Indian Express. "I appreciatethat she'swilling year. tools. Throughout the FrenchOpen, Swiatek datefor women's singles final,October 10, to talk about it. And it won't be an exaggera- wouldmarch onto thecourtwith'Welcometo sportspsychologistDaria Abramoviczturned tionto saythatI'mproudof herbecauseit'snot Covid-19impact the Jungle' pumping through her earphones. to then-unheraldedIga Swiatek and said: an easy topic to speak about.But Idobelieve, Abramovicz believesasimilar desireto ForthefinalagainstAustralianOpenchampion "Okay, nowyou can give me the best birthday as acoach, and as an athletefor many,many learnandknowmoreaboutmentalhealthhas SofiaKenin,Abramoviczchangeditto soothing gift." Her ward respondedbybecoming years, thatitisveryimportant." been the silverlining of the Covid-19. jazz becausethe GnR number was"alittle bit Poland'sfirstGrandSlamsingleschampionon Abramowicz, 33,took up sailing at five "The pandemic has shown notonlythe tooloud andenergetic and toofastfor that." Abramovicz'sbirthday—also,incidentally, the and competedinthe Olympic single-handed sportsenvironmentbutthesociety, thatmen- "Wehavealotofresearchinterms of mu- WorldMental HealthDay. dinghyclassbeforeaninjuryforcedher to re- talhealth is important in terms of asatisfying, sic'sinfluenceontheperformance,butit'seven “The psychological work is very complex tire. It wasduringher time as acompetitor securelife. In my experience, alot of athletes, simplerbecauseshelovesmusic,it'sanimpor- and continues all the time. Daria understands that she realisedthat ahigh-performance teams, coaches, parentshavedecided that it tant partofour life. Ithought, let's use it in our me very well and we talk alot.She justmade athlete's struggles could be morethanjust might be agood time to startworkingonthis work.The same waswith maths when Ifirst mesmarter,”Swiatektoldreportersafterwin- physical or technical. sideof sportsdevelopment,notonlyhighper- sawher solving problems before acompeti- ningthe FrenchOpen without droppingaset. "I was15and competing in theEuropean formance," she says. tion.Usethesethingsforhertraininganditbe- “Youshouldnotthinkthatapsychologistisfor tournament.AndIrememberthatIwassailing The pandemic break also worked for comes an enjoyable approach." peoplewithproblems,Ithinkheisalsoforpeo- absolutelyperfectlyduring training sessions Swiatek. "In her second professional season, It's been little over aweek since that dayof plewhowantto develop.Thework thatwe do just before the competition, and then some- therewerethe finals at school,the Tokyo doublecelebrationinParis,andTeamSwiatek withDaria maynot be ideal foreveryone, be- thinghappened.Ididn'tknowwhatitwas,and Olympics... thatwould be alot forIga in one is on alittle vacation together. causenot everyone would be ready to allowa thecoachcouldn'texplainitto me.Otherpeo- year.Itisalittlebitfortunateforhersomeways, "The otherday,Iasked her,'afternine team member intotheir lives, but my advice plecouldn'texplainitto me.Theinternetwas- butontheotherhand,we workedalot to cope weeksonthe road together,ifwe'restill not is to tryand see howitworks." n'tsopopular, we didn't have manysources of with otherfactors," Abramovicz adds. fedupwitheachotherandwantto spendmore Sports psychologistDaria Abramowicz (extremeleft) has playedaprominent role It'snoteverydaythata19-year-oldathlete knowledgeorexperience. Ididn'tknowbut I Likegettingusedtothe tennisbubble and time together,wemustbedoing something in FrenchOpen champion IgaSwiatek'srise. Instagram realises the importanceofhavingamental wanted to know." thelackofcrowd,"strangeanduncomfortable" right," Abramoviczlaughs.

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