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E-TENDER PRESS NOTICE GREATER CHENNAI CORPORATION PRESS NOTICE The EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, CD-XIII, I&FC Department Govt. of Delhi, on behalf of the President of India, Solid Waste Management Department CORRIGENDUM/ADDENDUM NO. 5 invites Online Percentage rate tender from the approved and eligible contractors registered with IRRIGATION Name of Work: ProjectManagement Consultancy AND FLOOD CONTROL DEPARTMENT.The contractors who are registered with other department and now S.W.M.C.No.A7/3041-46/2020 ERRATA Services forPlanning, Designand got their registrations verified from I&FC Deptt. are eligible to participate in Tender process for the work:- ErattaPublished on “The Hindu” Tamil Newspaper and “Indian Express” English Development of NewCampus of Shri 1. NIT No. E.E/CD-13/Acs/2020-21/28 (ID No. 2020_IFC_196697_1) Major Head of Account 8443 (Deposit Newspaper,Dated: 20.11.2020. Krishna AYUSH University (PHASE-I works of D.C.H.F.C) Name of Work: Installation of 5000 litre three layered sintex water tank including Already Published to be read as fabrication of structure in built up section in M.S. to support sintex water tank over terrace at D.C.H.F.C. Works) at Village Fattupur,Thanesar, The Superintending Engineer (SWM), Greater The Superintending Engineer (SWM), Greater Kurukshetra, Haryana-136118. building, August Kranti Marg, Delhi. Estimated Cost (in Rs.) 2,83,674/- Earnest Money (in Rs.) 5,673/- chennai corporation (Gcc) invites online chennai corporation (Gcc) invites online Time allowed 20 Days. Last date &time of receiving &opening of tender through E-Procurement System tender forReclamation of Perungudi Dumping tender forReclamation of Perungudi Dumping Due to travel restrictions in North India presently the last date Ground through Bio-mining (Package1to 5) Ground through Bio-mining(Package1to forsubmission of online bid and hard copyofthe RFP docu- 01.12.2020 on 15.00 Hrs &15.05 Hrs respectively. and Reclamation of Perungudi Dumping Ground 5) and Reclamation of Perungudi Dumping 2. NIT No. E.E/CD-13/Acs/2020-21/29( ID No. 2020_IFC_196685_1) Major Head of Account 2711 through Biomining and construction of Interim Ground through Biomining and construction ments is extended to 04 December 2020 upto 3.00 P. M. (Revenue) Name of Work: Raising of existing wall on outer land boundary wall leftbank on B.C. Drain Landfill site(Package6)for which RFP documents of Interim Landfill site(Package6)for which All other term&conditions remain unchanged. areavailable in online www.tntenders.gov.in RFP documents areavailable in online Sd/- from RD 400m to RD 1780m. Estimated Cost (in Rs.) 69,96,893/- Earnest Money (in Rs.) 1,39,938/- from 25.11.2020 onwards www.tntenders.gov.in from 28.11.2020 onwards Registrar Time allowed 90 Days. Last date &time of receiving &opening of tender through E-Procurement System PreBid Meeting PreBid Meeting 84046/HRY 01.12.2020 on 15.00 Hrs &15.05 Hrs respectively. 02nd December 2020 at 11.00 AM 09th December 2020 at 11.00 AM LastDate and Time of Submission of Bid LastDateand Time of Submission of Bid 3. NIT No. E.E/CD-13/Acs/2020-21/30 (ID No. 2020_IFC_196698_1) Major Head of Account 2711 23rd December 2020 at 03.00 PM 29th December 2020 at 03.00 PM (Revenue) Name of Work: Construction of Motorable Passage to connect the Farm land with Right Bank Bid Opening Date and Time Bid Opening Date and Time of Mundella Drain at RD 9000m in N.G.Block. Estimated Cost (in Rs.) 20,92,368/- Earnest Money (in 24th December 2020 at 04.00 PM 30th December 2020 at 04.00 PM Rs.) 41,847/- Time allowed 120 Days. Last date &time of receiving &opening of tender through E- DIPR/ 4418/Tender/2020 Superintending Engineer/SWM Procurement System 01.12.2020 on 15.00 Hrs &15.05 Hrs respectively. 4. NIT No. E.E/CD-13/Acs/2020-21/31( ID No. 2020_IFC_196705_1) Major Head of Account 2711 GREATER CHENNAI CORPORATION (Revenue) Name of Work: Raising of existing wall on outer land boundary wall right bank on B.C. Drain Solid Waste Management Department from RD 6500m to RD 7850m. Estimated Cost (in Rs.) 70,25,116/- Earnest Money (in Rs.) 1,40,502/- Time allowed 90 Days. Last date &time of receiving &opening of tender through E-Procurement System S.W.M.C.No.A7/0175/2020 01.12.2020 on 15.00 Hrs &15.05 Hrs respectively. Notice Inviting Tender -Secondcall 5. NIT No. E.E-CD-13/Acs/2020-21/32 (ID No. 2020_IFC_196792_1) Major Head of Account 2711 E-Tenders areinvited forthe following work in Single StageTwo coverSystem (Revenue) Name of Work: Attending Miscellaneous work of day to day in the office of Sub-Division-IV, as detailed below. CD-XIII and Najafgarh store adjacent to BDO Office for the period of 01.11.2020 to 30.04.2021 The Superintending Engineer (SWM), Greaterchennai corporation invites Estimated Cost (in Rs.) 10,64,827/- Earnest Money (in Rs.) 21,297/- Time allowed 182 Days. Last date online tender forSupplying,Installation, Testing and commissioning of &time of receiving &opening of tender through E-Procurement System 01.12.2020 on 15.00 Hrs &15.05 Scientific Incineratoratacapacity of 100 MT per day(single or multiple units) Hrs respectively. fornon recyclable drywaste at MylaporeinZone IX areavailable in online 6. NIT No. E.E/CD-13/Acs/2020-21/33 (ID No. 2020_IFC_196763_1)Major Head of Account 2711 www.tntenders.gov.in (Revenue) Name of Work: Demolishing and re-construction of existing protection wall on right bank of LastDateand Time of Submission 09th December2020 at 03.00 PM B.C. Drain from RD 400m to RD 1200m. Estimated Cost (in Rs.) 76,60,625/- Earnest Money (in Rs.) of Bid 1,53,213/- Time allowed 90 Days. Last date &time of receiving &opening of tender through E- GREATER CHENNAI CORPORATION Procurement System 01.12.2020 on 15.00 Hrs &15.05 Hrs respectively. Bid Opening Date and Time 10th December2020 at 04.00 PM Solid Waste Management Department 7. NIT No. E.E/CD-13/Acs/2020-21/34 (ID No. 2020_IFC_196764_1) Major Head of Account 2711 costofTenderDocuments and costoftender document Rs.20,000/- + S.W.M.C.No.A7/0176/2020 (Revenue) Name of Work: Repair of bridges at different location on B.C. Drain from RD 400m to RD EMD 12% GSTEMD: Rs.9.10 Lakhs No�ce Invi�ng tender-Second call 8200m. Estimated Cost (in Rs.) 14,80,792/- Earnest Money (inRs.) 29,616/- Time allowed 60 Days. Superintending Engineer/SWM Last date &time of receiving &opening of tender through E-Procurement System 01.12.2020 on 15.00 DIPR/4416/Tender/2020 e-Tendersare invited forthe following work in Single stage twocover Hrs &15.05 Hrs respectively. systemasdetailed below. 8. NIT No. E.E/CD-13/Acs/2020-21/17(2nd call) (ID No. 2020_IFC_196781_1) Major Head of Account 2711 TheSuperintending Engineer (SWM), Greaterchennai corpora�on (Revenue) Name of Work: Deployment of Hydraulic Excavator Machine having boom length 15.50m on invites on-line tender forSupplying, Installa�on, Tes�ng and leftbank of Mungeshpur Drain from RD 7554m to RD 9024m. Estimated Cost (in Rs.) 39,29,587/- commissioning of Scien�fic Incineratoratacapacity of 100 MT Earnest Money (in Rs.) 78,592/- Time allowed 30 Days. Last date &time of receiving &opening of per day(single or mul�ple units) fornon recyclable drywaste at tender through E-Procurement System 01.12.2020 on 15.00 Hrs &15.05 Hrs respectively. Perungudi in Zone XIV areavailable in online www.tntenders.gov.in 9. NIT No. E.E/CD-13/Acs/2020-21/20(2nd call) (ID No. 2020_IFC_196774_1) Major Head of Account 2711 LastDate and Time of th (Revenue) Name of Work: Deployment of Hydraulic Excavator Machine having boom length 15.50m on SubmissionofBid 09 December,2020 at 03.00 PM Mungeshpur Drain from RD 9024m to RD 10362m on leftbank. Estimated Cost (in Rs.) 32,26,309/- Bid Opening Date and Time 10th December,2020 at 04.00 PM Earnest Money (in Rs.) 64,526/-Time allowed 30 Days. Last date &time of receiving &opening of tender throughE-procurement System 01-12-2020on15.00 Hrs &15.05 Hrs respectively. costofTender documents costoftender documentRs.20,000/- + and EMD 12% GSTEMD Rs.9.10 Lakhs 10. NIT No. E.E/CD-13/Acs/2020-21/21(2nd call) (ID No. 2020_IFC_196872_1) Major Head of Account 2711 (Revenue) Name of Work: Widening/Protection of Leftembankment of Mundella Drain from RD 6950m DIPR/4415/Tender/2020 Superintending Engineer (SWM) to RD 7500m. Estimated Cost (in Rs.) 72,45,805/- Earnest Money (in Rs.) 1,44,916/- Time allowed 120 Days. Last date &time of receiving &opening of tender through E-Procurement System 01.12.2020 on 15.00 Hrs &15.05 Hrs respectively. Note:- 1) Details of above mentioned works &eligibility criteria can be seen and downloaded from the web site https://govteprocurement.delhi.gov.in 2) Amendment(s)/alteration(s)/corrigendum if any,will be available at website only. 3) EMD in the form of Bankers Cheque/DD/Fixed Deposit receipt in F/o EE/CD-XIII, I&FC Deptt Shall be scanned and uploaded to the e-tender website within the period of bid submission.The original EMDshould be deposited in the office of EE/CD-XIII, I&FC Deptt. within the period of bid submission. Sd/- DIP/Shabdarth/0460/20-21 EXECUTIVE ENGINEER CD.XIII
ANNEXURE -A HIGH ENERGY MATERIALS RESEARCH LABORATORY DRDO, MINISTRYOFDEFENCE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA SUTARWADI, PUNE -411021 HEMRL, Pune under Defence Research and Development Organisation, invites Expression of Interest (EOI) from reputed manufacturing firms for following stores. SR. PRE BID MEETING EOI NUMBER DESCRIPTION OF ITEM QTY. NO. DATE &TIME Expression of Interest for Development of High Energy Explosive composition 1 04/12/2020 1 HEMRL/21EOI001/LP as perspecification No.HEMRL/HE- No. 1130 hrs. II/RP/2020/2 Government of Jammu&Kashmir(UT) Expression of Interest for (1) Synthesis, OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER (R&B) Scale up, manufacture and supply of PROJECT CIRCLE DIVISION 1ST,SRINAGAR binder(epoxy terminated butadine- Opposite Masjid Ibrahim, HyderporaSrinagar PIN No.190014 Isoprene-Butadienepolymer...... Qty. 03/12/2020 E-mail:- [email protected] Phone-FAX:-0194-2435218 2 HEMRL/21EOI002/LP 500 Kg. (2) Burn rate modifier 1030 hrs. CORRIGENDUM (Trimethylsilyl ferrocene).... Qty.:300 Kg. as per specification No. Subject:- Construction of Hon'ble ChiefJustice Residence, Staff HEMRL/SRP/EOI/2020/01 Residence,Security Residence &Alliedworks i.e.Police Post, Boundarywall, Retaining wall etc at Zeethyar, SUTP: AIZAWL Expression of Interest for Crystallization Gupkar Srinagar. Workstation using inline Focused Beam Project Implementation Unit (PIU) "Cancellation of Tender" Reflectance Measurement (FBRM) and 1 07/12/2020 3 HEMRL/21EOI003/LP (ADB Assisted -PRF Loan) Particle Vision Microscope (PVM) as per No. 1100 hrs. Reference:- This office NIT No PCD-RnB-25 of 2020-21Dated: Urban Development &Poverty Alleviation 07/07/2020 issued Vide endorsement No.PCD-1st/ specification No. HEMRL/CEPP/HEM- Department 1412/02 NIT/1769-79Dtd: 07-07-2020. Government of Mizoram Expression of Interest for Micro &Nano As directedbyWorthyChief Engineer PW(R&B)Department 1 07/12/2020 Mizoram New Capital Complex (MINECO), Khatla, Aizawl, 4 HEMRL/21EOI004/LP Focus X-ray system as per specification Kashmir vide his letter No.CE/RBK/WS/19138-39 dated:- 26-11- No. 1100 hrs. Mizoram-796001, India No. HEMRL/NDT-MPT/Spec/2020/07 2020,the above subject work invited by this office vide NIT No Tel.: 0389 2322123, Email: [email protected] referred above is herebycancelled . Expression of Interest for Establishment No .D-13024/1/2020/4 Dated Aizawl the 28th November,2020. Sd/- of software-hardware complex for Short Procurement Notice for Consulting Executive Engineer numerical simulation of high explosive 1 04/12/2020 Package No. PRF-MIZ/UD&PA/PPDMC No:-NIT/Corr/2623-33 R&B Project CircleDivision 1st. 5 HEMRL/21EOI005/LP and heat effect of explosive charger INVITATION FOR SUBMISSION OF EXPRESSION OF INTEREST No. 1430 hrs. Dated:- 26-11-2020 DIPK-9648 Srinagar. containing metal powders as per (EOI) FOR PROJECT PLANNING,DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT specification No. HEMRL/HE- CONSULTANT (PPDMC) II/RP/2020/I The Program Director,Sustainable Uban TransportProject (SUTP), UD&PADepartment, Government of Mizoram invites Expression of Interest for High Strain “Expression of Interest (EOI)” from reputed and experienced Rate Dual column electromechanical 1 03/12/2020 international consultancy firms/organisations for consulting 6 HEMRL/21EOI006/LP UTM, Capacity :5kNasper No. 1130 hrs. services package of Project Planning,Design and Management specification No. HEMRL/NDT- Consultant (PPDMC) to prepare investment ready projectsunder MPT/Spec/2019/08 the proposed ADB Mizoram PRF for Aizawl Sustainable Urban Transport Project (ASUTP) components. Expression of Interest for Industrial X- 300 08/12/2020 The EOI shall be submitted on ADB CMS website 7 HEMRL/21EOI007/LP ray filmasper specification No. No. 1100 hrs. (http://cms.adb.org/). The details of invitation shall be available HEMRL/NDT-MPT/SPEC/2020/9 on ADB CMS website (http://cms.adb.org/)and on government Expression of Interest forHeat Flux websites of http://www.aizawl.sipmiu.org and Sensor Calibration System as per 01 08/12/2020
Expression of Interest for Metal Additive 1 07/12/2020 12 HEMRL/21EOI0014/LP Manufacturing Machineasper No. 1500 hrs. specification No. HEMMED88
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS : The reputed manufacturing firms who are intrested may send their EOls through DEFPROC Portal (www.defproc.gov.in) on or before 22/12/2020 at 1100 hrs. The offers against the EOI will be opened on 23/12/2020 at 1130 hrs. The proposal in response to this EOI will be evaluated based on aPreliminary Evaluation carried out by HEMRL as per the Pre-Qualification Criteria. The final Evaluation will be based on the project specific criteria. The vendors are expected to submit all the information as per HEMRL requirement. The actual execution of the contract will be based on the technical specification and all other terms and conditions evolved though this EOI. Offline applications will not be accepted. The Director,HEMRL reserves the right to reject any or all the EOls without assigning any reasons whatsover and his decision in this regard will be final. The details on the specification ,scope of work, terms and conditions are available on DEFPROC portal. Sd/- Dr.Mukesh Jain Scientist F Contact No.: TelNo. 91 020 25912241 DAVP 10301/11/0101/2021 Fax. No. 91 20 25869661 New Delhi DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA
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RECOVERY LED BY PRIVATE DEMAND GDPshrinks7.5%inQ2; manufacturingpicksup, servicessectorworsthit Encouraging, but needtobecautious due to Covid: CEA
technically in recession. ENSECONOMICBUREAU ED While thisisthe case across NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER27 Better mostglobal economies, what PLAIN E could be acause forconcern is ● thanQ1 Farmers clash with security personnelatthe Delhi border,atSinghu on GTKarnal Road, on Friday. Praveen Khanna MOREREPORTS,PAGES6,7 INDIA'SECONOMY shrank for EX that even with asmallerrateof the second straight quarter contraction as compared to the through September,recording a AS EXPECTED, the second firstquarter, theIndianeconomy 7.5per cent contraction in its quarterhas been better remains one of the worstper- Farmers hunker down after borderstandoff Gross Domestic Product (GDP) than the firstfor the econ- formers among major in July-September,accordingto omy. The improvement economies. datareleasedbythe National has been largely due to Chief Economic Adviser Protesters allowed to enter capital’s steppedback,allowingfarmersto round of talksonDecember3, Statistical Office (NSO) Friday. private sector demand, Krishnamurthy Subramanian THE EDITORIAL PAGE head to the Nirankari Ground in urgedprotesterstoreturn in The latestdataisasignificant with lowerfiscal spend said the Q2 growth numbers outskirts;Tomartellsthem to go back Burari,lessthanakilometreaway. viewofCovid-19and winter — improvement over the unprece- reflecting in poor govern- were encouraging but therewas WINDSFROM Manyfarmers, though, appeared Delhi Police sought permission dented23.9per cent year-on- ment consumption. The needfor caution as well. “We on the MSP regime and the PUNJAB reluctant to move,and were still from the Delhi government to year contractioninApril-June lowercontraction is en- shouldbecautiouslyoptimistic AMILBHATNAGAR mandi system, reachedthe gates BY PRATAP BHANU MEHTA at the border lateevening. use nine stadiumsasmakeshift due to damage inflicted by the couraging,but going for- and the caution is warranted be- NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER27 of Delhi Fridaywhere police PAGE 10 With the Centre makingno detention centres. pandemic-inducedlockdown. ward,the recovery will cause the economic impact that usedtear gas, watercannons and newefforttoreachout to the The Delhi government, how- However, giventhat therehave depend on the spread of we areseeing is primarilydue to THOUSANDS OF farmersfrom lathis to blocktheir march. farmers —Union Agriculture ever,turneddownthe police re- been twoconsecutive quarters Covid-19inwinter. the pandemic,” he said. Punjab and Haryana, seeking re- The showdown between po- vehicles,tractorsandtrolleys,took MinisterNarendraSingh Tomar, quest. AnotesignedbyHome of contraction, the economyis CONTINUEDONPAGE4 peal of newlyenacted farm laws lice and the protesting farmers, place at the Singhu border on GT reiterating that farmer organisa- MinisterSatyendar Jain stated: and assurances from the Centre whoshowedupinhundredsof Karnal Road. By afternoon, police tions had been calledfor another CONTINUEDONPAGE4 J&K polls begin today,women Stan Swamy, 83, waits as the buck Adhikari quits TMC govt; standfor hope in Anantnag is passed on his sipper and straw he, others will join us: BJP
latestcourt hearing Thursday, LIZMATHEW, NAVEEDIQBAL SADAFMODAK Arrested Oct the twoitems have been tossed RAVIKBHATTACHARYA LARNOO(ANANTNAG), MUMBAI,NOVEMBER27 7, suffers from one desk to another. &ATRIMITRA NOVEMBER27 from The Maharashtragovern- NEWDELHI,KOLKATA, Suvendu AREQUEST foraccesstohis own Parkinson's ment and authorities in NOVEMBER27 Adhikari THERE IS no sign of an election and familiar strawand sipper cup disease Mumbai's Taloja central jail say on the 120-km stretchfrom by Father Stan Swamy, the83- CONTINUEDONPAGE9 ADAY afterthepopularTrinamool Srinagar to Larnoo in Anantnag. year-old Jesuit priestand activist CongressleaderSuvenduAdhikari Adhikari put further distance UntilDandipora village comes from Jharkhand whowas ar- book case of howinsensitive resignedaschairman of Hooghly between the TMC and himself intoview, andabanner that an- rested under thestringent UAPA legal procedurecan be. SC EXTENDS INTERIM RiverBridgeCommission,sources on Friday, resigning as the West nounces the name of acandi- by the NationalInvestigation From his arrest on October 7 BAIL TO GOSWAMI, in the BJP said he would join their Bengal Ministerfor Transport, date: Khalida Bibi. With an im- Agency (NIA),has become atext- in the Elgar Parishad case to the PULLS UP HC PAGE 12 party soon. CONTINUEDONPAGE9 ageofPDP president Mehbooba Mufti, and the PDP and NC flags intertwined, it also symbolises Polling officials in Anantnag district on Friday. Shuaib Masoodi the mainstream PAGD front. Bibi is among the 89 women candidates, and The polls form the and the next, the elections will 296 overall, who are firsttestfor theCentre's witness voting from 7amto2pm. BHOPAL SMART CITY contesting in the open- move to restartthe po- At Larnoo,whichisamong 25 ing phaseofthefirstever litical process afterthe constituenciesinthe Valleygoing 2,100 km from District Development bifurcation of thestate CONTINUEDONPAGE9 home,givingback DEVELOPMENT Council polls across DECISION intothe Union to astate that Jammu and Kashmir on 2020 Territories of J&K and MEHBOOBA STOPPED feels like one Saturday, covering J&K Ladakh lastAugust. CORPORATION nearly 7lakh voters and DISTRICT, Spread across eight FROM LEAVING HOME PAGE 12 43 constituencies. LOCAL POLLS phases over this month PAGE 7 LIMITED UP cops take LAND FOR SALE away 15-yr-old BE APARTOFASMART WITH LAND TITLE RIGHTS, CITY INITIAVTIVE for‘threatening’ AT THE HEART OF THE CITY CM, family seeks answers
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A15-YEAR-OLD'S familyinan Agra villagespent all of lastweek preparingfor arelative's wed- ding. The boywas excited —he would be meeting his cousins af- teralmostnine months. There wasaconstant stream of people at the house. But when the door- bell rang again on Sundayafter- noon, it wasthe police. Theyhad come from Lucknowtopickupthe boywho, theyalleged, had threatened to “blowup” UttarPradesh Chief PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS MinisterYogi Adityanath. According to police, the boy had sent the threat by WhatsApp on the state's Dial112 helpline HIGH DENSITY MIXED USE WITH HIGHER PLOT AVAILABLE FOR number.Apoliceman named FARUPTO3.0 AUTOMATED SOLID 342 ACREPROJECT COMMERCIAL, RETAIL, Anjul Kumar,who wasposted WASTE WIDER ROADS WITH UNDERGROUND AREA WITH RESIDENTIAL, HOTEL, with Dial 112, filedanFIR at MANAGEMENT UTILITY SERVICES FUTURISTIC SCHOOL, OFFICES, Lucknow's Sushant Golf City THROUGH INFRASTRUCTUREAT HOSPITALS, MALLS, PoliceStation forallegedcrimi- UNDERGROUND INTEGRATED COMMAND &CONTROL HEART OF THE CITY CONVENTION PIPES nal intimidation. CENTER FORMONITORING SERVICES CENTER ETC The number in the complaint 24X7 THROUGH SCADA wastracked by surveillance teams and the cyber cell of the 24X7 POWER &WATER SUPPLY CONTINUEDONPAGE4 SMART STREET LIGHTS WITH SENSORS PROJECT FALLS AND CAMERAS FOR SECURITY HASSLE FREE SINGLE UNDER TWO METRO WINDOW LINES AND AMPLE GREEN SPACES, RECREATIONAL CLEARANCE IGBC RATED PROJECT SURROUNDED BY TWO BUSINESSASUSUAL ZONES &LARGE CENTRAL PARK FACILITATED METROSTATIONS BY BSCDCL DISTANCE FROM AIRPORT 16 KMS, AND AJUNCTION BY UNNY BHOPAL RAILWAY STATION 11 KMS, HABIBGANJ RAILWAY STATION 6.4 KMS &ISBT 7KMS.
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Farmers Rapid Action Forcewaited anx- at, we do notmind protesting As tear gasshells beganrain- It wasaround 3.30 pm that along journey,said: “Welefttwo Singh, afarmer from Ambala, re- secondquarterwasmainlydueto “Non-violentprotest is every iously. Twowater cannon trucks, howeverlongittakes.We arefac- ing,peopletookshelterinnarrow DelhiPolice agreedtolet protest- days agoand reachedDelhi on fusedtomove:“It'ssimple.Either private sectorimprovementeven India’s Constitutionalright. They afiretenderandateargasammu- ing police action, yes, but we will lanes alongside the highway. ersintotheNirankariGround.But Thursdaymorningwhenthebor- we go together or we don’t. All of as the government expenditure can’t be jailed because of it.” nitionvehicle toowerestationed braveitout tillasolutionis Some protesters rushed to pour until 5.30pm, the crowdwas re- der wasnot sealed. The journey ushave comefromsofarandpeo- wasscaledback.“Catch-upaction Police deployment at Singhu there. From amakeshifttower reached. We have enough sup- wateronthe shellswhileothers luctant to head there. Police wastoughbecausepoliceperson- ple cannotbeleftbehind. We are wasfirm in manufacturingactiv- borderhadbeenheavysinceearly next to theAlipur police post, po- plies, and areself-sufficient.” triedtomakeanother dash to- wanted them to move aheadin nel beat us up near the Haryana heretostayand we don't mind if ity reflecting better profitability morning, and barbed wiresand licemen turnedtoaerial surveil- As farmers beganmoving to- wardsthebarricades.Eateriesand batches. border.Theydug pitsonthe road theyfortify the entirearea.” from the corporatesector,along- hugeslabsofconcretewere lance, and at leasttwo drones wardsthe barricades around 9 shops along the road remained At Nirankari Ground, police where my car got stuckfor a As darkness descended,hun- sidefarmoutputwhichbenefited placedinthemiddleof GT Karnal monitored theprotestsfrom am, police usedover20tear gas closed. waited forfarmerstoarrivefrom while.We somehowmanagedto dredsoftractorsremainedparked from timelymonsoons. On the Road.Morethan30concretebar- above. shellsto forcethemback.Officers Post 12.30pm,over40teargas Singhu and Tikri borders. But by reachDelhi and were staying at on the highway at Singhu, bags expenditure-side, better faring rierswere placedonbothsidesof Beforethe showdown with said this wasdone to maintain shellswere lobbed,andthewater evening, onlyafew members of BanglaSahibbutpolicepickedus withclothes,mattresses,blankets, domesticdemand(ex-publicsec- the highway, alongsidesteel bar- police,AkhilSingh,afarmerfrom 100metresbetween the protest cannonsreturned.Assmokefilled the Shiromani Akali Dal and up around 3am. We were taken shawlsand waterkegs kept in- tor) wassupportive,along with ricadeslacedwith barbed wires. Ambala,said:“Thefarmlaws have siteand the barricades. Water theair,thecrowdsdispersedmo- AIKSCC had gathered at the site. to Hari Nagarpolice station and side. Some from the crowd netexports.The keycounter- Behind the barricades, hundreds threatenedour very existence. cannonswerealso deployedto mentarily. Around3pm, there Jugraj Singh,afarmerfromRopar, releasedat4pmtoday.” startedpreparing food and small weight weighing on growth was of personnelofDelhi Police and The kind of futureweare looking push backthe protesters. waslathicharge atthebarricades. whohadreachedthegroundafter At Singhu border, Jasmeet langars were setuptoserve rice, fiscalspending,showing up in chapatis, daland potatoes. weak government consumption In Delhi,the police at- and sub-par public administra- tempttoturnstadiums into tion. This reflectsconstrained makeshiftdetentioncentres headroom forthe centreaswell drew asharp reaction from as stategovernmentsinthe first AAP MLAs. half of the year,” Radhika Rao, “The Delhi Police has re- SeniorVice Presidentand jectedpermission of all Economist, DBS Bank said. farmerorganizationsforthe The GDP growth in nominal protestand informedthem terms, whichtakes intoaccount that due to Covid-19,onthe inflation,alsorecordedacontrac- instructionsof DDMA(Delhi tion of 4per cent in July- Disaster Management Septemberasagainstagrowthof Authority), anykind of rally 5.9 per cent lastyear. anddharnaisnotallowedin Growth rate of Gross Value thisarea.Legalactionwould Added(GVA), whichisGDP mi- be takenagainstviolators,” nusnetproducttaxes,andreflects Delhi Police spokesperson the income side of national ac- Dr Eish Singhal said. counts, declined7per centinQ2 AAP MLASaurabh as againstadecline of 22.8 per Bhardwajtweeted:“Ithink centinthefirstquarterand4.3per it’samostinhumanthingwe centgrowthinthecorresponding candotoour farmers. Delhi periodlastyear. Police should stop calling The dataislikelytoundergo themselves- ‘Dilkipolice’.” revisions as other datasources WITHMAHENDERSINGH have been tappedintofor esti- MANRAL&JIGNASASINHA matingGDPinviewoftherestric- tions imposeddue to the Covid- GDP 19 pandemic,the NSO said. During July-September, “Though the restrictionshave the services sector wasthe been graduallylifted, therehas worsthit, withtrade,hotels, been an impact on the economic transport, communication activities.Inthesecircumstances, and broadcastingservices some other datasources suchas posting the sharpestcon- GST, interactionswith profes- traction of 15.6 per cent sional bodies etc. were also re- among the eight major sec- ferred to forcorroborative evi- tors. It wasfollowedby12.2 dence and these were clearly per cent contraction in pub- limited. Estimates are, therefore, lic administration, defence likelytoundergo revision, as per and other services, 8.6 per the release calendar,” it said. centcontractioninconstruc- tion, and 8.1per cent con- UP cops tractioninfinancial, real es- UPPolice.Within24 hours,police tate,and professional had identifiedthe 15-year-old services. from Agra.Atwo-memberteam The manufacturing sec- wassentfromLucknowtoappre- toremergedout of the neg- hendhim,and he waspresented ative territory(39.3 per cent before theJuvenile Boardinthe contractioninQ1) to posta statecapitaladay later.Theminor 0.6 per cent growth in Q2. is nowlodgedatajuvenile home Agriculture, forestry and in Lucknow, police said. fishing also grew 3.4 per The family, whichwas un- cent, same as the firstquar- awareofthe complaint until the ter. Electricity, gasand other police showedupattheir home, servicesposteda4.4percent said the boyisusuallyquiet, and growth as againsta7per spends alot of his time playing, cent contraction in the pre- especiallyvolleyball.Hestudiesin vious quarter. Class 10,isagoodstudent, and With this, the GDP does well in debating competi- growth rate in April- tions at school, the familysaid. September,the firsthalf of "Heissoyoung,andhasbarely this financial year,con- seentheoutsideworld.We donot tractedby 15.7percentcom- knowwhy or in what circum- pared with a4.8 per cent stances he sent the message. But growthduringthesamepe- anyone in the villagecan vouch riodlastyear.InJuly- thathemeant no harm. It is pos- September lastyear,GDP siblehesentitoutof frustration,or had grownby4.4 per cent. as ajoke. We can onlycometo According to knowonce we speak to him. But Subramanian, the sustain- the wayhewas takenaway–it abilityofthe economic re- wasalthoughhewas acriminal,” coverydepends criticallyon the minor's grandmother said. the spread of the pandemic. His familysaid the boyhad “Whilewehavecrossedthe hopedtoget agovernment job DIP/Shabdarth/d/0077/20-21 peakofthe firstwavein one dayunder the sportsquota, September,winter months andmaybeplayvolleyballforthe mustwarrantcaution.Inthis stateorthe country. context,Imusthighlightthat “A Class 10 student is being the second waveofthe portrayedasanenemyofthestate Spanish pandemic, which –perhaps he canbecounselled, wasapandemicasdevastat- or just be told what is right and ingasthis one, wasquitein- whatiswrong,”the boy's older tensive,somethingtherefore brother said. eachone of us should keep The boyhad spoken to his in mind,” he said. family by phoneafterbeingtaken Subramanianfurther to thejuvenile home,the family said that till the pandemic said.Hehadtoldthemthathewas does notgoahead, some of in good health,and thathe the sectors willcontinue to wanted to come back home, the experiencedemandslumps familysaid. suchastraveland tourism Sachin Kumar Singh, SHO and servicessectors. Sushant Golf City,said: “The FIR “Typically my stance has wasfiledbyapolicemanbecause beenneithergettooexuber- themessage mentionedthe CM, ant nor gettoo pessimistic,” and had been sent to the official hesaid,urgingforsomecau- number.Prima facie it appears tion in the winter months. that the minor did notmean to Economists said the im- carry outthe threat.Further in- provement in GDP in the vestigationinthecaseispending.”
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Doctor paid AAP HITS OUT, CALLS IT ‘DIRTY POLITICS’ Delhi can vaccinate its entire hospital CentreinSC:Shortcomingsby population in afew weeks: Jain attendant to recordedat8.65% on November EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Jain said 25, he said. do his job NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER27 Delhi “Even the RT-PCRpositivity DelhigovtledtoCovidspike should be has reducedtohalfand that of the DELHI HAS sufficient infrastruc- given rapid antigen test has reducedto EXPRESS NEWSSERVICE tureand equipment to vaccinate priority almostone-third,” he said. NEWDELHI, NOVEMBER27 itsentirepopulation “in afew during Positivity rate is the percent- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE weeks” once aCovid vaccine is distribution ageofpeoplewhotestpositive for DELHI POLICE has arrested a NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER27 available, Health Minister of vaccine the virus out of the total who are hospitalattendant foral- Satyendar Jain said Friday. As re- tested.The rate helps determine legedly posing as adoctor and ASERIESof“shortcomings” on portedbyThe IndianExpress,a the spread of the disease and performing duties in the ca- the partofthe Delhi government three-storey building on the fewweeks,” Jain said on Friday. what measuresare neededto sualty ward of Lok Nayakhos- to meet the Covid challenge,in- premisesofRajiv Gandhi Super Jain also said Delhi should be tackle it. pital.The accused,Rashid cluding improper execution of Specialty Hospital has been iden- givenpriority duringthe distribu- The datasharedby Jain shows Khan,was allegedlybeing “containment measures, as pre- tifiedforstorage of the Covid vac- tion of the vaccine as it is the na- that the positivity rate of RT-PCR paidbyaresidentdoctor,po- scribed by MinistryofHealth cine once it arrives. tional capital, and addedthat testsconductedonNovember 7 lice said. and FamilyWelfare (MoHFW)” “Thereisnoneedtoworry morestorage centreswillbeiden- was30.20%andthrough RATwas According to the police, and notincreasing testing capac- about storageofvaccines.We tifiedinthe city. 8.39% —the highestsofar.On the doctor told Khantofill in ity,“ledtoamassive increase in have alarge numberofhealthcare He alsosaidthatthe dailypos- November 25, the positivity rate forhim at the hospital, and the Covid infection”, the Centre facilities,suchasmohalla clinics, itivity rate of Covid cases in Delhi throughthe RT-PCRandRAT was the latter wore amask to hide has told the Supreme Court. polyclinics, and hospitals, etc, has reducedsince November 7, recordedat15.84% and2.61% re- his face. In an affidavit filedThursday whereaCovid vaccine can bead- when it stood at 15.26%. Forover spectively. Since he had worked at a in the topcourt, whichhad taken ministeredtopeople. Once avac- aweeknow,the city has been re- Delhi recorded5,482 cases hospital, he knewthe basics suo motu cognizance of amatter cine is available, we can vaccinate porting less than 7,000 cases per Friday, while 98fatalities pushed of handling patients, police pertaining to treatment of pa- Covid testing underwayatShashiGarden bus stop in EastDelhi, Friday. Prem Nath Pandey the entirepopulation of Delhi in a day, with the positivity rate being the death toll in the city to 8,909. said. tientsand dignifiedhandling of The doctor hadjoinedLok bodies,theUnionHomeMinistry Nayak in September but outlinedstepstakenbytheCentre out an inadequateresponse. around 20,000 foralong time”. the additional 1,700ICU beds”, tested positive forCovid-19in and said that “despite”its “con- “While therewereregular ad- “Thecontainment measures, the Centrecontended, adding 4rob man outside wedding venue, September. stantmonitoring…aboutscrupu- vertisementsonachievements as prescribed by Ministryof that “it is onlyafter thereview Aseniorpoliceofficersaid louscompliance of” these“direc- of Delhigovernment, including Health andFamilyWelfare,in- meeting of Union Home Minister hospital staffsuspected his tions by GNCT (Government of on dengue prevention and con- cluding house to house surveil- on 15.11.2020, that it wasdecided wanted in 2dozen other cases too behaviour and activities after National Capital Territory), vari- trol, no ads on Covid appropriate lance, contact tracing,quarantin- that testing would be enhanced. he joinedback. ous shortcomings, going into the behaviour were to be seen. The ing and clinicalmanagement, In astatement later,the AAP in thelastone-and-halfmonths his belongings, but he managed “On Thursday, they asked root of thematter,werenoticedin people, at large,werealso notap- were also notdone properly, said: “It is unfortunate that the MAHENDERSINGH in severalareas of Eastand to escapeinside the restaurant. the doctor to show his ID and implementation...” prisedabout this through regu- whichled to thespread of infec- Centrehas chosen to play dirty MANRAL NortheastDelhi, Shahdaraand Raghavwas scared and even remove his mask.When the To address this, the Union lar outreachmeasures.” tion”, the affidavit said, adding politicsinthiscriticalhour.Theaf- NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER27 Indirapuram. threw abottle on them from in- doctor refusedtodothat, the Home Secretaryand Union The “report of ahigh power that “patientswho were under fidavitseemsto have beendrafted According to police, the inci- side the restaurant, and in retal- staffers calledus. Health Secretaryheldreview Committee headedbyDrVK home isolation were notprop- by aBJPspokespersonratherthan Four armedassailantsrobbed at denttookplace lateWednesday iation, theyalso firedtowards “WefoundKhan wascom- meetings with GNCT officers, it Paul had recommendedthat erly traced and/or their contact the Union government,whichis gunpoint aGandhi-Nagar based night when the complainant, the establishment,”asenior po- ing to the hospital everyday said, adding that the Cabinet Delhi should plan forasurge of were also nottracedeffectively”. meant to work withthe states garment businessman, who was Rohit Batra, waswith his friend lice officer said. and taking careofpatients. He Secretaryalsoreviewedthe situ- around 15,000cases per dayand It saidthat “in viewofthe… during apandemic.However, the speaking to his friend afterat- Raghav. “On Wednesday, Batra Police said the assailantsde- wasusing the doctor’s ID — ation in eight states/UTs, includ- accordingly provide forabout shortcomings”,the Union Home Delhi government is worried tending awedding function,in came to attend Raghav’s sister’s campedafter robbing Batra’s and he confessedhewas get- ing NCTofDelhi, whichconsti- 6,500ICU beds”. But “GNCTD did Ministerwas constrainedtocall aboutthewell-beingof itspeople EastDelhi’s PreetViharon mehndi function in arestaurant gold chains, twodiamond rings ting paid to come to the hospi- tute62% of thenationwideactive nottakeany timelymeasuresto another reviewmeeting on andwillcontinueto work withall Wednesday. The incident took near PreetViharMetro station. and his gold bangle aftercutting talevery day,”said the officer. cases and 61%ofthe total increase ICU bedsfromthe pres- November 15. governmentsand agencies.” place outside the venue. Around 1.50 am, both the friends it with the help of acutter.Before Acasehas been registered deaths… on November 11”. ent levelofaround 3,500, thus However, though the GNCT “Mr Amit Shah promisedto When he refusedtotakeoff came out and were talking after escaping, theyagain firedinthe at IP Estate police station Listing the “shortcomings on causing asudden pressureon “committed”to“increase ICU provide 750 ICU bedswithin 72 his gold bangle, the assailants the womenhad leftintheir cars. air from their car.“Police have againstKhan andpoliceare the partofGNCT… found” in the health and medical infra- (non-ventilator) bedsbyaround hours in the meeting on usedacuttertoremove it from That’s when awhiteSwiftcame identifiedthem with the help of looking forthe doctor to as- thesemeetings, it said “(there structure”, the affidavit said. 2,680, the Chief Minister, vide its November 15.Till date, only200 his hand. Policesaid the accused, and four men, wearing monkey earlier footageofincidents. certain his role. was) no effective preventive It had also emergedinthe letter dated19.11.2020 addressed bedshavebeenprovided. We who came in avehicle, allegedly caps, steppedout of the car.One Police came to knowthatagroup Lok NayakHospitalwas steps to contain the infection”. meetings that “despiterepeated to theUnionHome Minister, ex- hope the Centrewillprovidethe firedthree rounds and robbed of them threatenedBatrato of four men were operatingin converted intoaCovid-19fa- The NCTgovernment “was exhortations in the wake of ris- pressedhis inability to enhance rest soon. The central govern- twogoldchains and twodia- hand over hisbelongings, and Delhi. Theywerefirstrobbing cility earlier this year and is awarethat the confluence of ing cases, the Delhigovernment ICU bedsinthe Delhi (state gov- ment has deprivedDelhi of funds mond rings from him. when he resisted, another as- vehicles and then committing a the largest one being run by winter,festivalseasonand pol- did nottakesteps to enhance ernment and private) hospitalsby providedtoother states during Police suspect the assailants sailant firedathim, but he es- spreeofincidentsbeforedump- the Delhi governmentatthe lution were likelytowitness a testing capacity,particularly for morethan around 912, and asked this epidemiconthe flimsy have committed around 25 inci- capedunhurt. The assailants ing it,”anofficersaid, adding that moment. surge in cases”, it said, pointing RT-PCR, whichremainedstaticat the central government to create premise that DelhiisaUT.” dentsofrobberyand carjacking then asked Raghav to hand over ahunt forthe men is underway. Woman ‘kills’four OBITUARY Lt Col Vikramjit Singh Toor (Retd) daughters, attempts (22-12-1946 to 22-11-2020) Fraternity of ArmyEducationalCorps expresses profound grief and sorrow on From 26/11 to Covid-19 suicide,say police the sad demise of Lt Col Vikramjit Singh Toor (Retd) on 22 Nov 20. He will always be remembered for his selfless and ded- INDIA FIGHTS killing her daughters. icated service to the Corps. We pray to SAKSHIDAYAL The couple had been married the Almighty to bless eternal peace to the GURGAON,NOVEMBER27 foraroundeight years. Police departed soul and give strength to the bereaved family. BACK said thiswas Farmeena’s second Maj Gen Devesh Gaur AWOMAN residing in Nuh’s marriage, and she had adaugh- Piproli villageallegedly mur- terfromaprevious marriageas Addl DG AE &Col Comdt dered her four daughters –all well. and All Ranks of Army EducationalCorps under the ageof7—onthe in- “The woman’s husband has tervening night of Thursdayand givenusacomplaint accusing Friday, andsubsequentlytriedto her of the crime. We have commit suicide, police said. An lodged an FIR under Section 302 FIR has been lodged againsther (murder) of the Indian Penal on the basis of acomplaint sub- Code (IPC). The woman is un- mitted by her husband. dergoing treatment at the hos- According to police, the pital and is unconscious as of woman has been identifiedas now, so we have notbeenable Farmeena, while her four daugh- to question her,” said inspector ters have been identifiedas RamDyal, the Station House Muskan (7), Miskeena (4), Officer of the Punhana police Alshifa(3) and Arbeena (4 station, wherethe FIR has been months). lodged. Guest of Honour The crime wasdiscoveredby “Fromwhat the woman’s the woman’s husband, husband and others who know Dr Harsh Vardhan Khurshid, who had gone out the her have told us, she wastrou- night before and returnedhome bledbecause she had four Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare, in the morning to find his chil- daughters from this marriage Science & Technology, Earth Sciences dren lying dead on the bedsin and adaughter from the earlier their home and his wifewith her marriageaswell,and no sons. Chief Guest throat slit. She wasreportedlymentallydis- His cries alertedhis neigh- turbed because of this. Our in- Shri Uddhav Thackeray bors, who helpedrush Farmeena vestigationisataprimarystage to the Shahid HasanKhanhos- now. Once the woman is capa- Chief Minister of Maharashtra pital, whereshe is critical. ble of speaking, we will fully Police suspect she triedto knowwhat the reality is,” he commit suicide afterallegedly said. Featuring DTC movescloserto Shri Amitabh Bachchan A musical tribute by procuring 1,250 buses The Kings
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THEINDIANEXPRESS,SATURDAY,NOVEMBER28,2020 Total Vacant TOTALCASES HOSPITALBEDS 18,3309,494 5,56,744 VENTILATORS 1,478223
Dailycases Recoveries Deaths Tests ases Nov265,475 4,9379163,266 ec
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Total38,181* 5,09,6548,909 61,04,158 *T AfterAT SINGHU ANDfacinTIKRI BORDERSgpoliceheat,farmersdiginforcoldnight
AMILBHATNAGAR& Its future in Punjab in mind, JIGNASASINHA NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER27 AAP govt turns down police AROUND 8PMatSinghu on the Delhi-Haryana border,the chemical odourofteargashas demand to help detain farmers been replacedbythe winter breeze. Broken concretebarri- ers and emptyshells strewn cupysome mind space. Recently, oppose the newlegislations," an- across GT Karnal Highway area SOURAVROYBARMAN the stateunit also appointed 460 other leader said. reminder of clashes between NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER27 blockpresidents across 22 dis- Asenior AAP functionary ex- farmersand the policewhich trictstostrengthenthe organi- plainedhow the party has its took place earlier in the day. And TURNINGDOWNapolice re- sation. Effortsare being made sightsfirmly setonthe 2022 as- while permission waseventu- questtoconvert stadiums into but the outcomeremains to be semblypolls: "The SADwill look allygranted forfarmerstomove makeshiftdetention centres, dis- seen," said aDelhi-basedsenior to retain andreclaim itsrural Jat to Nirankariground in Burari, patchingagroup of party leaders AAP leader. Sikh base. Amarinder,who ap- mostdecidedtostayput. in front of the Prime Minister's The AAP leadership's inabil- pears to have patchedupwith As temperatures dipped, residence and engaging ground itytoproject astronglocal face NavjotSingh Sidhu, is facing hundredsoftractors could be workers to makelogistical in Punjab had hamstrung the anti-incumbency but remainsa seen lineduponeither side of arrangementsfor farmers enter- party's prospectsin2017. The is- forcetoreckonwith.The AAP the highwayherefromAmbala, ing the capital —for theAam suecontinuestofesterevenasit had wonbig in therural Malwa Mohali, Ludhiana, Amritsar and Aadmi Party, Fridaywas an op- made itspopular Sangrur MP belt in 2017.Itwill base itscam- other parts of Punjab and portunity to tryand reclaim lost Bhagwant Mann the chief of the paign againstcorruption, traf- Haryana; the tractors have now ground in Punjab, wherethe stateunit, and foistedanew ficking and achievementsin become "mini-homes", party has largely remainedina Leader of the Opposition aftera governance in Delhi.” equippedwith rationand other stateoftumult ever since it fin- splitin2018. AAP insiders said Friday's po- paraphernalia neededfor a ished second in the2017assem- Whilethe AAPstronglyop- sitioning wasalso an attempt to long haul. At Singhu border,farmerssettleinfor the night on Friday. Amit Mehra blypolls with 20 seats. posedthe farm legislations in the blunt a"whisper campaign" by Mostfarmers had covered Afterthe DelhiPolice made Parliament, with itsRajya Sabha the Congress and SADthat the their vehicles with plastic sheets publicthe fact that itsrequestto MP Sanjay Singh taking the lead Delhi government wantstoim- in caseitrained. While someset Protesters also carriedboxes seenprotesters breaking convert nine stadiums into and the party holding aday-long pose lockdown ahead of the up mattresses and blanketson of medicines foranyone in need. through barricades and remov- Gurgaon insulated from makeshiftdetention centres re- protestatJantarMantar,its at- protests. the tractors itself, others laya As the night setin, Manjeet ing roadblocks usingtheir trucks mains pending with the Delhi tempttodistance itself from the Meanwhile, the Delhi govern- bedsheetonthe road or under- Singh said goodbye to his six- and tractors. Police retaliated protest for 2nd day in row government,the AAPunrolleda Congress and the SADand take ment also directed therevenue neath the vehicles. year-old son on the phone, back with watercannons and teargas coordinated campaign, as partof an independent stand endedup department to arrangetents, mo- "If it wasabout comfort,we home in Firozpur.Manyvehicles shelling. Police said afew farm- whichits leaders publiclyde- confounding many. bile toilets and deploysanitation would have stayed home. We had been fitted with sockets to ers who resortedtostone-pelt- Sirhaultoll plaza, forexample, mandedthat the police request The party supportedthe Bills staffatthe venue. In the evening, can sleep on the road, the di- charge phones. "It’s his birthday ingweredetained. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE barricades were placedacross be turneddown. brought by the Congress govern- the BJP-ruledNorthmunicipal vider or the footpath if needed. twodays later andhewantedto Said Jagtar Singh, 35,one of GURGAON, NOVEMBER27 the carriageway,with police Withinhours,thegovernment ment in the Punjab Assemblyto corporationalsoissuedastate- But we willstayhere. We are have acelebration. Idon't know the protesters, said,“We have personnel checking everyvehi- releasedanotesignedbyDelhi negatethe central law. However, ment, sayingitisengagingteams helping eachother in terms of when Iwill see him next but my noteaten properly fortwo days. EVENASgroups of farmers de- cle that passedthrough, allow- Home MinisterSatyendar Jain, it publiclydownplayedthe im- forpreparingthe ground "so that food and other essentials,"said familyunderstands,” he said. The Haryana police mistreated scendedonTikriand Singhu ing movement in onlyasingle spellingout the decision to reject portance of themove,saying it the farmersdonot have to face Harpreet, afarmerfrom At Tikri, whichalso saw us. In Delhi, locals have shut bordersofDelhitoprotest lanethrough the morning.An the policerequest. Theparty also would matter littleasstates can- anyinconvenience". Ludhiana. protests, farmers satfor ameal their shops and police dousedus againstthe farm laws forthe ambulance and afirebrigade sentasmall group of leaders and notamend centrallaws—apo- "The NorthDMC is preparing Nearby, makeshiftkitchens on matsunder the watchful eye with watercannons. Theyare second dayinarow, thesitua- were on standbyinaddition to workers in front of the Prime sition that invited ascathing at- Nirankari ground by putting were setuptoservefood to any- of securitypersonnel. While 50 treating us like animals. Why tion at theGurgaon-Delhi bor- the police personnel maintain- Minister's residence to stagea tack from Punjab Chief Minister teams forroad sweeping, clean- one who neededit. Farmers vehicles had leftfor Nirankari put barbed wires on theroad? der and within Gurgaon district ing awatchinthe area. protestagainst thefarm laws. AmarinderSingh. ing, placing dustbins forcollec- seen protesting during the day ground, moststayedback. We needtorestnow and might remainedcalm. “Therehas been no impact of Later,its MLAs went to the "The party has notbeenable tion and regular lifting of were nowpeeling onions, Said asenior police officer: leave forNirankari lateatnight In the absence of protesters the protestonthe district today Nirankari ground to oversee to capturethe pulse of the ongo- garbage, sanitisationofthe area kneading flour and making dal. “Thereare morethan 250 trac- or tomorrow.”Nexttohim was in the district, and with security either.Security had been inten- arrangements forthe farmers. ingagitation. Friday's movescan keeping in viewthe Covid-19 The protesters carriedsmall tors on the other side of the bor- BrijeshSingh, 70,who said he already beefed up since sifiedWednesday itself and strict The Delhi Jal Boardunder MLA be seen as course correction. Five pandemic,fumigation, and de- cylinders,portable waterfilters der.Onlyafraction of theseen- won’t leaveDelhi unless their Thursday,the only impact visi- watchwas being maintainedin Radhav Chadhaalsoappointed days ago, Mannhad also urged ploying mobiledispensaries and and kettles. Volunteers from teredthe city.Others will rest demands aremet.“Allwewant ble of the protests on thedistrict sevenborder areas todayas nodal officers to ensureavailabil- party workers to join the watertankers. The teams de- Delhi’sgurdwaras also came for- here.” is afair price on what we grow,” wasinthe movement of vehi- well,” said Subhash Boken, PRO ity of watertankersatthe site. protests without anybanner.It ployedhavestarted functioning ward to distributemeals. During the day, the area had he said. cles at the border areas. At the of Gurgaon Police. "It wasanattempt to reoc- also held some gram sabhas to at war-footing," it said. NCR stationsshut till evening, Covid and past lessons Metro commuters feel pinch dictated police strategy “Senior officials of districts able to go backhome." said, "I got on theAqualine but EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE concernedimmediatelycalled a ASHNABUTANI Eventually, he decidedtostayat could notchangefor theBlueline. NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER27 meeting to changetheir strategy NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER27 afriend's place in Noida. Itookan auto and thenfound that anddecided to useconcrete bar- Most commuters travelling we can boardthe Metrofrom IT WASonThursdayeveningthat rier blocks,then aJCB machine COMMUTERSTRAVELLING from from Noida headedtothe New New Ashok Nagarstation. In the the Delhi Police receivedintelli- alongwithcranehooks,andlastly NCRtowards Delhi struggledto Ashok Nagarstation as it wasthe morning, Ihad to optfor atwo- gence inputsthat farmers travel- barbed wirefencingonconcrete gettotheir destinations as Delhi closestone open. An official of hour bus journeyasIcouldnot get ling in tractors would trytomake blocks,sothatnoonewilldirectly MetrostationsoutsideofDelhi re- the DMRCsaid, "Naturally, the on theYellowlinefromHuda City their wayintothe capital, touchpolicemen,” an officer said. mainedshut till 5.35pmFriday. terminal stations arequite Centre. It has been along day, I prompting them to formulatea Senior officials of both ranges The Delhi MetroRail crowdedbut distance is being will gethome at 8-9 pm." strategy forTikriand Singhu bor- discussedthe plan with the Corporation (DMRC) announced maintainedand people are Manoj Kumar,26, acivil en- ders. Accordingto senior officers, SpecialCP(Westernzone)andhe Thursdayevening that the Metro made to wait in lines. As of now, gineer heading to hishometown they had to keep the Covid situa- discusseditwith the Delhi Police would function from Delhi to normal services will resume on in Bihar, travelingfromNoida to tion in mind, hence multiple se- Commissioner.“Aftergetting ap- NCRbut notvice-versa, follow- all corridors from tomorrow." NewDelhi RailwayStation,said curitychains were setupsothe proval,theytoldSHOsto makethe ing Delhi Police orders. Candidates sitting forthe he found out aboutthe Metro protesters would stay asfaraway arrangementsandsetupthebar- On Fridayafternoon, afew Delhi Police Constable examina- being shutthe lastminuteand from police personnel as possible. rier keeping the needfor distanc- waited outside the Sector 16 tion, held in Greater Noida, were hadtolookfor alternatives. He Aseniorpoliceofficersaidthat ing in mind,”the officer said. Metrostation in Noida, hoping among those who did nothavea reachedAshok Nagarat till Wednesday, they had decided An officer said lessons were the station would open soon. commuteback. Gopesh Yadav, 3:45pm, worriedthat he might to usebarricadesandtrucksfilled learnt from afarmerprotest in Utkesh Yadav(21), who worksin 22, lefthis house in Rewari at 5 notmakeitintime forhis train with sand to stop farmers. But 2018.“Around 35 companies of an IT companyinNoida, said, "I am, worriedhow he would getto at 5.15 pm. "It is crowdedinside theyreceivedinformation that paramilitaryforcesandover2,000 came from Dwarka in the morn- theexaminationcentreandback. the station too. Ihope Imakeit Duringthe protests at Singhu duringthe day. Praveen Khanna protestersmightusetractorsto try police personnel were deployed ing but it lookslikeIwillnot be Aftertaking theexamination, he on time," he said. and move these outofthe way. at Singhu and Tikri borders.” BRIEFLY Panel red-flag: Delay in tree UAPA CASES IN NORTHEAST DELHI RIOTS Grantfor felling nod impacting Yamuna Ex-councillor seeks Jamiastudent gets Hinducollege bail citing Covid fear, interim bail to take students SHIVAMPATEL NewDelhi: Keeping in NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER27 court turns it down compartment exam mindthe pandemic, stu- dents from economically DELAY IN granting tree felling Jail Superintendent, TiharJail… wantstoappear forthe disadvantaged back- permission forconstructing and ANANDMOHANJ all necessaryprotocols regarding EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE compartmentalexamination, grounds at Hindu College upgrading sewage treatment NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER27 the Covid-relatedprecautions are NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER27 the passing of whichis willbeprovidedaone- plants (STPs) —toprevent flowof being takenand the situation is necessaryasprecondition for time Pandemic Study untreatedwasteintothe Yamuna ADELHI courthas refusedto totally undercontrol.There is no ADELHI court has granted his admission to MA Persian Grant by their alumni so —recentlyled the Yamuna grant interim bail to former Covid scareinside the jail. The ap- interim bail to Jamia Millia coursefor whichhehad theycan paytheir feefor Monitoring Committee to raise Congress councillor IshratJahan plicantisalsobeing givenproper Islamia University student Asif already appeared,leniency one academicyear.Apart the matter with the Delhi’s in aUAPAcaseinconnection treatment forher minorhealth Iqbal Tanha, facing trial in a mustbeshown to the accused from this one-time grant Principal Chief Conservator of with aNortheast Delhiriots case, issues and her condition is stable. UAPA case in connection with by allowing him to appearfor of Rs 20,000per head, the Forests(PCCF). observing that "therewas no In fact,she wastestedtwice for the NortheastDelhi riots,to the said examination”. Old Students’ Association In ameetingon November 10, Covid scareinside the jail”. Covidand wasfound negative." appear forhis compartment "Due to the pandemic, of HinduCollegewillstart members of the National Green The STPs prevent flow of untreated wasteintothe Yamuna Jahan had told the courtof The Jail Superintendent was exam of BA Persian (Hons), nationwide lockdown, an annual grant that will Tribunal-appointed Committee AdditionalSessionsJudgeAmitabh directedbythe court to do regu- stating that leniency mustbe restricted movement of coverthe annualcollege pointedouttoPCCF Ishwar Singh Rawat"the Covid-19situation in- larfollow-ups of medical issues shown to him. individuals and limited fees of selected students. that morethan 9-10months had application forfelling 860trees The PCCFinformedthe side the jail is precarious"and she flagged by Jahan. Tanha has been enrolledin functioning of Tihar jails, the been spent in granting tree felling to build RithalaSTP wasmade Committee on November 10 that has "anxiety issues”. Her lawyer, The court had perusedare- the course since 2017.Heis applicant has notbeenable to permissions, some of whichwere over11months agoand has the proposal forcutting 1,185 senioradvocateRameshGupta,ar- portfiledbythe Jail slated to graduatein2020 access the required reading DeputyCM still pending. “The purpose of the been pending forapproval with treesfor Kondli STPhad been re- guedshe"hadahistoryof cervical, Superintendentstating Jahan subject to securing passing material...He does notalso felicitates reviewmeeting needs to be seen Environment MinisterGopal visedand anew proposal was spine injuryand migraine priorto "has been tested twice forCovid marks in certain compartment have access to acomputer so in the contextofthe largerob- Rai’s office sinceSeptember 17. submitted earlier this month. herarrest andshehadbeenunder and wasfoundnegative,and in- exams.Hesought interim bail as to be able to preparefor his students jective of cleaning RiverYamuna, Another applicationwas “TheDJBwas notabletoiden- continuousmedicationinthepast mates who tested Covid positive forone week from Mondayfor backlog examinations...," and the fact that administrative made by the DJBfor PhaseII tify landfor compensatoryplan- forthe said illnesses”. arekeptinisolation in jail." "the purpose of preparing for Tanha's lawyer Sowjhanya NewDelhi: Deputy CM delays caused in grant of time work of Kondli STPinFebruary tation(fortreescutatKondli)and It wasarguedthat Jahan "For her orthopedic issues, and attending the exams…” Shankaran told the court. Manish Sisodia Fridayfe- boundstatutoryclearances will forcutting 1,185trees, whichis hencetherewasdelay,”Singhtold slippedinside the bathroom in she receivedtreatment by jail or- Tanha has six backlog Special Public Prosecutor licitated studentsfrom impact commissioning of proj- also pending approval. “The de- the Committee, as per the min- the jail and sufferedspine in- tho, SR and she nevercom- papers, out of whichthree have AmitPrasadtold the court, Delhi government ects having large outlays to the laywould leave vast quantities utes. juries, and that she wasnot be- plainedofslipping on the floor been announcedand notified "Even grant of afew days schools who scored 90 % tune of Rs 1,656 crores,” minutes of sewage goinguntreated and The Indian Express sought a ing givenproper treatment. in OPDinher previousvisits to forcompartment examinations interim bail will culminate and above in Class 12 of the meeting said. resulting in continued pollution responseonthe matter from the The court, however, observed, dispensary,"the reportstated. by the university.Additional intoanorder short of regular boards with vocational Delhi Jal Board(DJB) officials of theriver,” membersofthe Minister’s office and aDelhi "Thereisnomedicalemergency Jahanwasgrantedinterimbail Sessions JudgeAmitabh Rawat bailwithout examining the subjects. ENS informedthe Committee during monitoringcommittee observed Government spokesperson but shown by the applicant. for10days in June to attend her observed:"The courtisofthe merit of the matter quathe ameeting on November 4that during the November 4meeting. did notreceive areply. Moreover, as per the reportofthe wedding. opiníon that if the accused present applicant.”
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FARMER PROTESTS ‘I have never made Readytoholdtalks,remove personal attacks DELHI CONFIDENTIAL the way BJP has misunderstanding:Tomar attacked my family’
HARIKISHANSHARMA Trenches, water cannons: Farmers MAHARASHTRA CM UDDHAV NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER27 THACKERAY,whocompletesone year in office Saturday,speaksto AS FARMERS protesting against write to PM about ‘cruel policing’ VISHWAS WAGHMODE about the newfarm laws startedenter- his plan to tackle thefinancial ingDelhi,theCentralgovernment stress on the economy, and on onFridayreiteratedthatitisopen ANJUAGNIHOTRICHABA BJP’s“vendetta”politics.Excerpts: fortalksonthecontentiousissues. JALANDHAR,NOVEMBER27 DUTY BEYOND POLITICS “Toremove anymisunder- Since the formation of the standingabout the newagricul- ANGRYATthe obstaclesplaced MVAgovernment,the RAHUL GANDHI is backinGoa. On Wednesday, he had flown turallaws,Iinviteallfarmerbroth- in the wayoffarmers marching opposition has been giving theyhaveattackedmyfamily from GoatoGuwahati to paytributes to lateAssamCMTarun ers and sisters fordiscussion,” to Delhi, All India Kisan dates forits collapse? How with vengeance. When we were Gogoi.Thenews of thedemiseof anotherpartyveteran,Ahmed tweetedAgricultureandFarmers’ Sangharsh Coordination difficulthas running this withthem,we were goodto them, Patel,reachedRahulby thetimehelandedinGuwahati.Hethen WelfareNarendraSingh Tomar. Committee(AIKSCC), agrouping government been foryou? we usedtocampaign forthem flewtoDelhi,visited Patel’sresidence and paid his lastrespects. “Enactingnewlawswastheneed of 500farm unions, wrotealet- ...They arebusyandhappy do- without whichtheir ballotboxes On Thursday, he travelledtoPiraman in Gujarat forPatel’s fu- of thehour,thesenewagricultural tertoPrime MinisterNarendra ing that.Ido notwanttocome in wouldneverhavefilledup.Today, neral.HereturnedtoGoafromthere.Rahulhadgoneto Goawith laws aregoingto bringrevolution- Modi on Friday, urging him to betweenanybody’s happiness. the manner in whichtheyare at- Sonia Gandhi on November 20. Congress leaderssay doctors arychanges in the farmers' lives provide them safepassageto This pandemic period in which tacking our familyisalow and had advisedSonia to be away from Delhi’s pollution. in the comingtime.” RamLeela Ground in Delhi. we arerunning this government pervertedtendencyoftheir poli- The minister taggedavideo in The letter,acopyofwhich is is an exceptional time. No previ- tics. Ihavenot stoopedtotheir whichhesaid the government is with The Indian Express,read,“As ous government would have to leveland attacked them... BOSSES NOT HAPPY ready fordiscussions. He said he youare aware, determinedand At the Delhi-Haryana SinghuborderonFriday. Praveen Khanna face the pressures and difficulties hasrequestedthefarmersto come resolute farmersaremarchingto- that we have.The challenges be- Howdoesthe government THE BJP'S national leadershipismiffedatthe Punjaband fordiscussions on December 3. wardsDelhi in lakhs from differ- fore this government arebefore plan to rescue the economy Haryana units, as it feels leaders in these states failed to con- WhileDelhiPoliceallowedthe entstatesof India...underthelead- laden trucks in multiple layers, during farmers' protests in their you. However, we have setsome in the coming year? vince peopleabout the benefits of the farm laws.Prime Minister protesting farmers to enter the ership of variousnational and hugeboulders placedacross the respective statesremainedunan- goalsfor ourselvesand Ipromise We will officiallycomplete NarendraModihad urgedparty leaders to campaign intensely Capital,therewasnoindicationon regionalplatforms of farmers or- roads and even trenches on the swered by your office.” youthatwewill complete them one year tomorrow(Saturday). on the advantages of the newlegislation. The party had also whether the Centralgovernment ganisations.” road, watercanons andteargas. The letter,sent on behalf of in the next four years. We had to restrict alot of our launcheda15-dayawareness campaign in September afterthe will holdtalkswith the farm “These farmers have had to All of this in the cruel winter in dozens of farmers including work...ascoronavirushadstarted Opposition launchedanagitationagainst the proposed laws. union representativesbefore face unprecedented obstacles NorthIndia.” RashtriyaKisanMazdoor Has the Centrebeen receptive spreading itstentacles. However, But as protests by farmers rage on,the leadership nowsays the December 3. placedintheir waybyHaryana The letter said things have Sangathan convenor VM Singh towardsworking withyour in spiteofthat, duringthe lock- stateunitsofPunjab and Haryana, as well as that of Chandigarh, Farm union representatives, and Uttar Pradesh governments come to suchapass because the who is also member of national governmenton down, Maharashtra have failedtoeffectivelyreachthe messagetothe people. too, said Fridayevening thatthey presumablyalso at thebehestof voices of farmerswerenot taken working committee of AIKSCC, issues affecting government signed hadnot gotany invitationfortalks the central government, which intoaccount whileframingthe said that the government should the state? MoUs forinvest- earlier than December 3. “So far triedeverypossiblemeansto stop agri laws.“Even the representa- initiate asinceredialogue with Even though the mentsworth Rs MELANCHOLY MOOD we have notreceivedany invita- them —regularbarricades, sand- tions giventoyou multiple times the farmers. party or ideology of 50,000 crore... It is tion fortalksfromthe govern- government is im- important to note THE MOOD at the Congress Working Committee meeting on ment,”said Kavitha Kuruganti, portant,afterthefor- THEEXPRESS that though the Fridaywas sombre. The meetingwas convenedtopay tributes working group member of All Why wait till Dec 3, mationofthe gov- wheels of economic to lateCongressveteransAhmedPatelandTarunGogoi.Butone India Kisan Sangharsh Coordin- HARYANAPOLICEBOOK 45-YEAR-OLDWHO Capt asks Centre ernmentit’stheduty INTERVIEW activities slowed getsto hearthatsomeleaders–amongthemBhaktaCharanDas ationCommittee(AIKSCC),which BKULEADERFOR MOBILISEDFARMERS of the government down, we did notal- and Seva Dal chief LaljiDesai –asked Rahul Gandhitoreturn as is leading the march to Delhi. either at the Centre WITH lowthem to stop. partychief.Thedemanddidnothavemanytakers.Itisalsolearnt On November 24,the AIKSCC ATTEMPTTOMURDER DIESINACCIDENT Chandigarh:Punjab ChiefMini- oratthestatetowork UDDHAV We willseeitsfruits... thatYouthCongresschief SrinivasBVmentionedaboutleaders wrotetoPrimeMinisterNarendra ster CaptAmarinder Singh Friday impartiallywithout THACKERAY makingpublicremarksabouttheparty,butAICCgeneralsecre- Modi demanding repeal of three Chandigarh:HaryanaPoliceon Ludhiana:Indays leadingupto welcomedthe Centre’s decision anydiscrimination. CM, MAHARASHTRA What aremajor tary(organisation)KCVenugopalintervenedandcuthimshort. farm laws and withdrawal of the Fridaybooked stateBhartiya the DelhiChalo protest, Dhan- to allowfarmers to enter Delhi to FromSeptember,the achievements of ElectricityAmendmentBill2020. Kisan Union(BKU) chief na Singh (45)mobilisedfarm- exercise their righttoprotestbut Centre stoppedthe your government? Earlier,onNovember 13,talks Gurnam Singh Chadunifor at- ersfromover40villagesto join asked whythe Centrewas wait- supplyofPPEkitsandN95masks. Our government started with HYDERABAD CIVIC POLLS between the government and tempttomurder as he gave a the protest. ing forDecember 3for holding It ledtoanincreaseinthe state’s approvingRs20crorefundsforde- farm union representatives re- callto theprotestingfarmersto On Friday, his march to talkswhen the situation is “get- financial burden by around Rs velopmentofRaigad fort.The big Timefor TRS regimetogo: mainedinconclusive.Ten days dismantle all barricades. the capital wascut short by ting outofcontrol now”. 250-300crore.Also, the GSTand decisionof farmloanwaiverupto later,Union Food Secretary Chaduniisthemainfaceof the an accident that claimed his “Thevoice of farmers cannot taxdevolutiondues of around Rs Rs2lakhwastakenanditwasim- Nadda on campaign trail Sudhanshu Pandey, who holds farmers' agitation in Haryana lifeonthe Bhiwani-Delhi be muzzledindefinitely. Centre 38,000croreare stillpendingwith plemented without hurdles. We additional charge of Agriculture againsttheCentre’sfarmlaws. highway.Two farmers ac- shouldimmediatelyinitiatetalks the Centre. Apartfromnominal alsointroducedShivBhojan at Rs Hyderabad:BJP president JP andFarmers’Welfare,wrotealet- The FIR waslodged in con- companying him were in- with Kisan Union leaders to de- help,we have notreceivedthere- 10 (per plate)that is nowbeing NaddaonFridayhitthecampaign terto32farm unions, inviting nectionwithfarmers’movem- jured in the accident. fuse the tense situation at the quiredcooperationfromtheCen- givenatRs5.Whateverpromises trail forthe December 1city civic them fortalks on December 3. ent to Delhi from Ambala Th- Dhanna Singh (45), aresi- Delhi borders.Why wait till trewhen naturalcalamities such we madefor farmers, we have polls,witharoadshow, saying,“it BJP chief While thereisnospecific ursdaywhentheybroke police dent of Khiyali Chehlan Wali December3whenthesituationis asNisarga cyclone,floodsinVida- nearly fulfilledall...We don’tmake is time forKCR (TelanganaChief JPNadda agendamentionedinthe letter,it barricades.Policehave accused village of Mansa district, died getting out of hand now?" said rbha andincessantrainfallinWe- announcementsofdoubling and Minister KChandrasekhar Rao) is expectedthatkey demandsof Chaduni and others of attem- when atractor-trolleyhewas Amarinderinatweet. stern Maharashtraand Marath- tripling income of farmers or ‘ac- and the TRS regime to go”. thefarmers’groups,includingre- ptingtorun over policemen travelling in washit from be- Amarinder asked the Centre wada hit the state... chedin aayenge’.... “You have come in suchlarge ing to campaignfor acorporation pealingof thethreelaws andlegal with tractor-trolleys when hindinMundhalvillageofBhi- to show“statesmanship” and ac- numbers in spiteofthe rain. This election,Naddasaidhewasready guarantee forthe minimum sup- theybroke thebarricades.ENS wani district by atruck. ENS ceptthe farmers' demandfor as- Youhavebeen vocal in Your father had claimedhe is sending out amessage, on its to go whereverrequiredto putan portprice, will be on table. sured MSP. ENS attacking PM NarendraModi usedtorun thegovernment own, to KCRand TRS... thatyour endtocorruption, forthe sakeof with whomyou have shared through remote control. How time to go has come and it is time developmentandtowardsexpan- cordial relations. has been your experience forthe BJP to come,” he told party sionof theparty.SeveralseniorBJP J&K DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL POLLS Making personal attacks or running acoalition cadresatKothapethere. leaders arecampaigning in the speakingwithmaliciousintention government with 2parties? On criticism from some quar- Greater Hyderabad Municipal issomethingthatIhavealways re- Runninggovernmentthrough ters over the BJP president com- Corporationelections. PTI Mehbooba stopped from leaving 296 candidates’ frainedfrom.I,however, work and remote controlisaseparate thing speak on issues thataffect the butatthistimethereare threefin- fate to be well-being of my statewith pas- gers on the remote. BSY cabinetclears Ballari home, press access blockedtoo sion. Unlikethem,Ihavenever FULLINTERVIEWON decidedtoday made personalattacks theway www.indianexpress.com bifurcationfor new district beenconducteduptillnowbesides BASHAARATMASOOD entiremanpoweriscommittedfor ARUNSHARMA Reddy brothers' group that con- SRINAGAR,NOVEMBER27 other election related/operation JAMMU,NOVEMBER27 India,Nepal on same EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE trolledthe region in the past. duties. As suchitisrequestedto BENGALURU,NOVEMBER27 Singhhassaidthatcarvingout AHEAD OF the firstphase of kindlyadvise/request her to defer NEARLY7lakhvoters will decide aseparatedistrict will help pro- District Development Council tour programmeofPulwama to- the fate of 296 candidates in 43 page, share same THEKARNATAKACabinetonFrid- mote tourism to places such as (DDC) polls, Jammu and Kashmir day,”the District Police wroteto constituencies that aregoingto ay accordedformalapprovalto di- Hampi, near Hospet, and overall PoliceonFriday barred PDPpres- Director,SSG, who asked Mufti to the polls on Saturday in the first vision of the iron ore-richBallari development of the six taluks,as ident and former CM Mehbooba reconsider the visit. ever election to the District vision, says Shringla districtof Karnatakaintotwo dis- Ballari district is spread over a Mufti from leaving her residence. Denying that the PDP chief Development Councils(DDC) trictswithcreation of Vijaya- large region. Mufti, who wastovisit Mehbooba Mufti had been detained, J&K Police across Jammu and Kashmir. nagaraasthe state's31stdistrict. The move to create the new Pulwama, said shehas been put tweeted, “PDP leader Ms While124candidates,includ- Foreign “Wehaveidentifiedsix taluks districtwas clearedafter it recei- underhousedetention.WhileJ&K Mehbooba Mufti is notunder ing30women,areinthefray in18 SHUBHAJITROY Secretary forthe newVijaynagaradistrict vedsupportofSCandST Minister Policedeniedthisandsaidshehas placedunder house arrest be- house arrest.She wasrequested constituenciesinJammudivision, NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER27 Harsh and areissuing anotification for BSreeramulu,who represents been“requestedtopostpone”the cause she also wanted to visit to postponeher visittoPulwama another172candidates,including Vardhan creationof anew district.Outof 11 BallariRural in theAssemblyand visitforsecurityreasons,theylater Waheed’sfamily,”Muftitweeted. purelydue to security reasons.” 59 women, arecontesting the ADAY aftermeetingNepal’sPrime Shringla taluksinBallari, six will be part of is considered aclose associateof also barredher from addressing “I have been illegallydetained However, whensheconvened elections on 25 seatsinKashmir MinisterKPSharmaOliandstress- the newdistrict —Hospetwillbe the Reddy brothers. the media at her residence. yetagain. Sincetwo days,J&K ad- apressconferenceatherFairview Valley. Pollingwilltake placefrom ing the importance of “respecting the districtheadquarters. We will Asimilar attempt had failed On Friday, as shewas leaving min has refusedtoallow me to residenceinthe afternoon, police 7amto2pm. eachother’s sensitivities”, Foreign ner,” he said. “Our aspiration of callforobjections,andafterthatfi- lastyear afterthe Reddy brothers forPulwamato meetthefamilyof visit @parawahid’s family in stoppedjournalists fromentering Jammuand Kashmir Election SecretaryHarsh Vardhan Shringla ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka nal orders will be issued,” state threatenedwithdrawalof support PDP youth president and DDC Pulwama. BJP Ministers &their the residence.“We areone day Commissioner KKSharma de- on Fridaysaid India and Nepal are Vishwas’ and your goal of LawMinisterJCMadhuswamy to theBSYediyurappagovernme- candidateWaheed-ur-Rehman puppets areallowedtomove away from DDC polling &it’s evi- niedtheNationalConferenceand “on the same pageand sharethe ‘SamriddhNepal,SukhiNepali’are said afterthe Cabinetmeeting. nt,whichthenhadathinmajority. Parra, who hasbeen arrested by aroundineverycornerofKashmir dent that the admin hereisusing thePDP’sallegationthattheircan- same vision”. entirely compatible.” The move “isadreamcome The BJP nowhas aclearmajority the NIA,apolicevehicleblocked but securityisaproblemonlyin fear &intimidation in tandemto didateswere notbeingallowedto He also underlinedthatNew Stressingthatrecentyearshave true” and a“historical decision'”, in the Assembly, andSomashe- the gate of her residence and she my case,” she added. muffle anyformofopposition,” campaign,andsaidthatthecandi- Delhi sees itself as theHimalayan giventhe relationship anew mo- said stateForestMinisterAnand khar is the lone voice in the party wastold that she couldn’t go. Mufti also postedletters of Mufti tweetedafter thepress was datesandtheirleadersinKashmir nation’s “foremostfriend and de- mentum, he said,“ForIndia, Nepal Singh, who as MLAfromHospet opposing Ballari's bifurcation. “Their cruelty knows no District PolicePulwama and the notallowedin. “This despiteno were providedaschedule for velopmentpartner” in itsquestfor is fundamental to our has been pushing forcreation of The move is widelyseen as an bounds.Waheedwasarrestedon Director,Special SecurityGroup written orders explaining my ar- campaigningby securityagencies. economicandsocialdevelopment. ‘Neighbourhood First’ approach.” theseparate district.Themove has attempt to wrestcontrol of the baseless charges&Iamnot al- (SSG) on Twitter.“Neither Anti bitrarydetention. Kashmirisan This, he said, appliestoeveryone “In my meetings herein He said that apartfromthe been opposedbyBallariMLA minerals-richregion from the lowedtoevenconsole his family. Sabotaging Checknor ASL open air prison wherenoone has in viewofthe security situation. Kathmandu, withthe President commoncivilisationalinheritance, Somashekhar Reddy,partofthe hold of the Reddy brother. Even my daughter Iltija has been (AdvancedSecurity Liaison) has therighttoexpresstheiropinion.” The 20 districtsinthe Union and the PrimeMinisterofNepal, India’srelationshipwithNepalrests TerritoryofJ&Khave beendivided theForeignMinister, andmycoun- on four pillars —development co- into14constituencies each. The terpart, the Foreign Secretary, and operation; stronger connectivity; BSY cabinet defers move to seek Parra remanded in Days after his election, Srinagar elections to allofthem arebeing otherdignitariesandofficials,Ihave expandedinfrastructure and eco- 15-day NIA custody held in eight phases through bal- been leftwithnodoubtthatour nomicprojects;andeasieranden- central OBC quota for Lingayats Mayor Mattu joins Apni Party lotpaper,beginning Saturday. countriesareonthesamepageand hancedaccess to educational op- Besides the DDC polls, by-ele- sharethe same vision,”Shringla portunities in India forthe young on the subject listfor acabinet Jammu:AspecialcourtFriday re- months afterhewas oustedfrom ctions for1,088 sarpanchand said, while delivering alectureat people of Nepal.“We will work to EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE meeting convenedbyYediyur- mandedPDP youth wing leader PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA office in ano-confidence motion. morethan12,000panchpositions the Asian InstituteofDiplomacy Nepal’s priorities.” BENGALURU,NOVEMBER27 appaonFriday, butadecisionwas WaheedParra,who wasarrested SRINAGAR,NOVEMBER27 LastassociatedwithSajad arealsobeingheldsimultaneously. and International Affairs, a The Foreign Secretary’s discus- deferredafterministersprevailed Wednesdayinconnection witha Gani Lone-ledPeople’s Confer- Of them, 43 sarpanch and 368 Kathmandu-basedthink-tank. sions with Prime MinisterOli in- THEKARNATAKAgovernmenton over the CM to examine the issue terror case, in NIA custody for15 SRINAGAR MAYORJunaid Azim ence,Mattu’sascenttotheMayo- panchconstituencies aregoing to On Thursday, Shringlamet cludedareviewofthe stateofthe Fridaydecidedtodefer adecision at greater length. days.Parra wasphysicallypro- Mattu on Fridayjoinedthe Jam- ralpostin2018was surrounded the polls in the firstphase on the topNepalleadership where bilateral relationship,and thepo- to recommendinclusion of the “Wehaveconvincedthe CM ducedbeforethe court. mu and Kashmir Apni Party by controversyasthethenGover- Saturday. While279 candidates, they discussedthe boundaryis- tentialforbringingIndiaandNepal dominant Veerashaiva Lingayat to deferthedecisiononaskingthe His counsel filedtwo applica- (JKAP),days afterwinningthepost nor SPMalik had predicted that including 89 women, areinthe sue as well. closer.Shringla held talkswithhis community of Chief MinisterBS Centretoinclude Veerashaiva tions —one forseeking bailand of the city’s civic body.Mattu he will be the next mayor, weeks fray for43sarpanchpositions, On Friday, Shringla said the re- NepalcounterpartBharatRaj Yediyurappa in the Other Back- Lingayatsinthe OBC category. anotherseekingthecourt’sdirec- joinedJKAP—led by former fi- ahead of voting. This had raised thereare 852candidates, includ- lation between Nepal and India is Paudyal on awide rangeofissues, wardClassescategoryforreserva- Thereisnopoliticsinthisthing. tion to NIAtoallowhis family nanceministerAltaf Bukhari—at question marks about the elec- ing 217women,for panchposi- “intricate”andtheysharethesame including the border problem. He tions in central government jobs. Theproposalwasmadeyesterday members to meethim. theparty’sheadofficeinSrinagar’s tions as namesofall candidates tions in constituencies going to geography, civilisational heritage, alsocalledonNepalPresidentBidya Thesubjectof recommending butdroppedtoday,'”LawMinister The court fixedthe bail appli- LalChowk,apartyleadersaid.On were kept secret —evenfrom the pollsinthe firstphase. cultureand customs. Devi Bhandari on Fridayand inclusionoftheLingayatcommu- JCMadhuswamysaid afterthe cation forDecember 7and the Wednesday, Mattu returnedas theirelectorate—inviewofsecu- FULLREPORTON “IndiaseesitselfasNepal’sfore- Foreign MinisterPradeep Kumar nityinthecentralOBClistfigured cabinetmeeting on Friday. otherfor December 2. ENS Mayorofthe SMClessthan six rity threat perceptions. www.indianexpress.com mostfriendanddevelopmentpart- Gyawali on Thursday.
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Doval calls on Lanka PM, talks ties withdefence secy LEADERSPAY RICH TRIBUTESTOCONGVETERANS PATEL, GOGOI Rahul to Bengal Cong leaders: NewDelhi: Sri Lankan Prime talkswiththe country's Defence whichwill take place on Rajapaksa asked Dovalfor Amid dissensions, call for unity MinisterMahindaRajapaksa on Secretary. Saturday.ApartfromSri Lanka continued assistance to Sri Lanka Sonia to decide Fridaysought India's continued Dovalisvisiting Colombo for andIndia,the Maldiveswill be initsbilateralhelp,theSri Lankan assistance to boostbilateral ties the fourth national securityadvi- participating in the meeting. The PM's office said. He wasparticu- and reconciliation at CWC meet on Left tie-up as he metNational Security sor trilateral meeting on mar- last such meeting washeld in larly keen on the needfor Indiato Advisor Ajit Doval, who also held itime security cooperation, NewDelhi in 2014. extend itshousing assistance to
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PLA peacemaker? agedby thenearly three-decade- WITH THE party struggling with E THE WESTBengalCongressunit ● long militaryconflict, and in the internaldissensions,ameetingof EX has been informallydiscussing central teaplantation areas for the Congress Working Commit- an "understanding" with the Left TamilsofIndian origin. ENS tee(CWC),convenedbyparty WITH THE Congress gearing up forelectionstoappointanew forthe forthcoming statepolls, president Sonia Gandhi to pay president, therecould be attempts from all sides to averta but wastold FridaybyRahul tributesto latestalwartsAhmed showdown whichwouldfurther divide the party.But if elec- Gandhi that the final call on atie- Pateland Tarun Gogoi, Friday tions areheld forthe Congress WorkingCommittee, it could up will be takenbyparty chief sawleaders makinganimpas- throw up interesting surprises.With AhmedPatel, theman Sonia Gandhi, sources said. sionedpleaforunity, withmany who couldplayaroleinfinding middle ground, no more, the The Bengal leadership of the suggestingdialogueandrecon- big question is who will act as abridgebetween the leadership party—including statechief ciliation as the wayforward. and leaders who have been demanding sweeping changes. Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, MPs, Sources said Congress gen- MLAs and former MPs—unani- eral secretaryPriyankaGandhi mouslyarguedinfavour of an Vadrapointed outthe needfor Ashok Gehlotand veteran ing views in the public. electoral understanding with internalcommunicationanddi- Oommen Chandy, expressedthe Sonia and formerCongress Leftpartiesduringtheir meeting alogueintheparty,arguingthat samesentiment at the meeting, president Rahul Gandhi recol- with Rahul on Friday. aunited party would be the the mood of whichwas saidtobe lectedtheirassociationwithPatel. TheformerCongress presi- biggesttributefor Patel, for “sombre”withtheleaderspaying Rahul said he valuedPatel im- dent wasreviewing theparty's whom the CWClater said the emotional tributetoPatel. menselyandrememberedhimas preparationsfor theforthcom- “interests”ofthe party was Thecallforunityissignificant, amanwhowasdiscreet,loyaland ing assemblyelections. “paramount”. It is learnt that with the party gearing up to elect onewho stood by his word. Sources said Rahul heardthe seniorleaderAnandSharmatoo anew president, possiblybefore AICCincharge of West Bengal state leadership patiently, and argued that the party should February.Itisalsointeresting Jitin Prasada said one of Patel's told them that he would convey work together to uphold the giventhe turmoil and feud in the biggestqualitieswasthathenever the viewtothe Congress presi- Congressideologyandreassure main opposition party,which hankered afterapostbecause of dent, who would then take the the people thatitstands for resurfacedafter itsdismal per- whichhewas neverinsecure. final decision. them in today’s critical times. formance in Bihar and the poor Patelgenuinelyhelpedpeople,he The stateCongress unit and Sharma wasamong the 23 showingintheAssemblyby-elec- said.Therewereisolatedcallsask- the Leftleadership have already senior Congress leaders who tions across the country. While ingRahulto take backhisresigna- held informal talksabout the wrotetheunprecedentedletter leaders likeGhulam Nabi Azad tionasCongresspresidentandre- electoral understanding. The to Sonia Gandhi,demanding and Kapil Sibal, who areamong turnto thehelm,butthemajority CPI(M)'s central leadership has sweeping changes in the party. the 23 letter writers, have voiced of leadersconfinedthemselvesto also givenits stateunit the go- Sources said manyleaders, concern over the stateofaffairs, payingtributesto PatelandGogoi, ahead foraseat-sharing pact likeRajasthan Chief Minister manyhaveattackedthem forair- who were both CWCmembers. with the Congress.
KARNATAKA STATEPOLICE HOUSING AND Forest officer, son heldfor graft INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LTD. ANDHRA PRADESH INTEGRATED IRRIGATION AND Bhubaneswar: Odisha vigilance batchofficer, served as Additi- (A Government of Karnataka Undertaking) AGRICULTURE TRANSFORMATION PROJECT sleuths on Fridayarrestedasen- onal Principal Chief Conservator #59, Richmond Road, (Gen K.S. Thimmaiah Road) Bengaluru-25. ior Indian Forest Officer (IFS) of Forests, Plan, Programme and (World Bank Aided Project) Ph: 080 –25584102 /25594893 Website: www.ksphc.org and his son on chargesof Afforestation in the Odisha Request for Bids (National Competitive Bidding) email :[email protected], [email protected] Tender Notice No.05/2020-21, Dated: 21.11.2020 amassing disproportionateas- Forest Department. Pathak and The Superintening Engineer, Irrigation Circle, Srikakulam, Srikakulam No.: EE/KSPH&IDCL/CNT/TND/2020-21/367 Date: 27.11.2020 sets to the tune of Rs 9crore. his son Akashweredetained by District, Pin code: 532001, AndhraPradeshinvites Bids fromthe intending SHORT TERM NOTICE INVITING TENDER AbhayKant Pathak,a1987- VigilanceonThursday. ENS Bidders in Srikakulam District for Rehabilitation of 1) Rayikara Cheruvu KSPH &IDCL invites online tender through e-procurement portal https://eproc.karnataka.gov.in for (Independent) in KK.Rajapuram (V) -Rs.36.68 Lakhs 2) Kasi Sagaram the following works: (Independent in Burja (V) -Rs.30.13 Lakhs 3) Kotta Cheruvu Cascade ‘Seychelles holds No.44 in Gangammapeta(V) Rs.65.34 Lakhs of Burja (M) 4) Narayana Approx. Contract Amount Period sagaram Tank (Independent) in Budumuru(V) -Rs.122.69 Lakhs Sl. Class of priority for India Name of Work put to (including 5) Devulavani Tank (Independent) in Bejjupuram (V) -Rs.138.42Lakhs No. Contractor 6) NidagantlamTankCascade No.47inAdapaka(V) -Rs.145.83 Lakhsof tender (Rs. monsoon) in Covid fight’ Laveru (M) 7) Gavaramma Cheruvu (Independent)inSairigam (V)-Rs. in Lakhs) in months 33.32 Lakhs 8) Munu Kotu Ramayya Cheruvu (Independent) in Jalumuru PACKAGE-30: Developmental works under PG-2020: (V)- Rs.43.71 Lakhs of Jalumuru (M) 9) Bagamma Tank (Independent) in Providingand installing Pre-Painted Galvalume Iron EXPRESSNEWS Bobbilipeta (V) in Amadalavalasa (M) Rs.46.00 Lakhs 10) Cheedikivani Trapezoidal Profiled Sheet roofing over Terrace for Police Class-II & SERVICE Tank (Independent) in Kesavararaopet (V)inEtcherla (M) Rs.39.27 Lakhs, 1 Qtrs at Traffic/Rural PS at Karwar,DAR at Karwar,Ankola 423.70 3 above NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER27 under “AndhraPradesh IntegratedIrrigation and Agriculture Transformation PS, Kumta PS, Honnavar PS, Murdeshwar PS, Bhatkal PS, Project (APIIATP)” from 30.11.2020 to 07.01.2021 upto 17.00 Hrs. Sirsi PS, Banavasi PS, Siddapur PS, Yellapur PS, Dandeli For complete details visit us at : www.apeprocurement.gov.in EXTERNALAFFAIRS MinisterS PS, Haliyal PS in U.K District For queires : Contact No: 94408 14811, 94412 61846 Jaishankar on Fridayassured PACKAGE-31: Developmental works under PG-2020: for Sd/- Superintending Engineer,Irrigation Circle, Srikakulam Class-III & Seychelles' newlyelected 2 Construction of Compound Wall &internal roads for Police 52.22 3 DIPR No.473PP/CL/ADVT/1/1/2020-21, Dt.27/11/2020 above OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE Indian-originPresident Wavel Qtrs at Karwar &DAR at Karwar in U.K District. ENGINEER, CD-III: Ramkalawanthat the key PACKAGE-32: Developmental works under PG-2020: for Indian Ocean nationholdsa Class-III & IRRIGATION &FLOOD 3 Construction of Compound Wall &internalroads for Police 71.21 3 "particular priority" forIndia in above CONTROL DEPARTMENT Qtrs at Siddapura, Yellapura &Sirsi in U.K District. GOVT.OFNCT OF DELHI, the fight againstthe Covid-19 PACKAGE-33: Developmental works under PG-2020: for L.M. BUND OFFICE COMPLEX, pandemic, as he discussed Class-III & SHASTRI NAGAR, DELHI-110031 4 Construction of Compound Wall &internalroads for Police 65.40 3 with him ways to further above PHONE NO.:011-21210860, Qtrs at Kumta, Murdeshwar &Bhatkal in U.K District. Email:[email protected] strengthen the bilateral ties, in- PACKAGE-34: Developmental works under PG-2020: for NOTICE INVITING e-TENDERS cluding closesecurity cooper- Class-III & 5 Construction of Compound Wall &internal roads for Police 80.08 3 The Executive Engineer,Civil Division ation. above Qtrs at Haliyal, Honnavar &Banvasi in U.K District. No. Ill, l&FC, Delhi invites on behalf of Jaishankar reachedthe is- the President of India, online tender for PACKAGE-35: Developmental works under PG-2020: for the following works. 1. NIT No. EE/CD- land nation afterhis visit to the Class-III & 6 Construction of Compound Wall &internal roads for Police 53.69 3 III/NIT/20/2020-21 HOA:2711 UAEfromNovember 25-26. He above MAINTENANCE, DRAINAGE. Name also visited Bahrain as partof Qtrs at Dandeli &Ankola in U.K District. of work :Improvement of inspection Package-36: Developmental works under PG-2020: for path at right Bank of Trunk Drain No. II this three-nation tour,which Class-III & 7 AsphaltingRoad and Concrete drainage works for 64 PC 48.73 3 from RD-1980m to beganonTuesday. above RD-2700m. Estimated Cost:Rs. "Thank SeychellesPresident and 12 SI Qtrs. at DAR Davanagere. 35,93,784/-, Earnest Money:Rs. WavelRamkalawanfor receiv- The Interested Contractors may participate in the tendering process. The details such as Tender Fee, 71,876/- Period of completion:90 Days; Last date &time of submission ing me today. Conveyed the EMD, Tender Documents etc., are available on e-Procurement Portal from 04.12.2020. of tender: upto 3:00 P.Mon04.12.2020. greetings of PM @naren- “KSPH &IDCL reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids without assigning any reasons.” (Tender I.D 2020_IFC_196882_1). Note :Henceforth any changes /modifications in the tender will be updated only on Other details can be seen at website dramodi and handedovera e-Procurement portal. http://delhigovt.nic.in/tender personal message,” Jaishankar Sd/- Sd/- Executive Engineer,CD-III said in atweet."Discussedour DIPR/DDU/1866/AAA/2020-21 Executive Engineer –Contracts I/c DIP/Shabdarth/0461/20-21 close security cooperation, strong devel- OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER opment part- JAL SHAKTI (M.I.D),DIVISION DHARMARI nership and E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] long-standing people-to- NOTICE INVITING E-TENDER peoplecon- E-NIT NO: 42 of 11/2020 Dated: 23.11.2020 Forand on behalf of the Lt. Governor of UT of J&K e-tenders (Two coverSystem)onItemRate tacts.” Basis are invited from reputed and resourceful contractors/Firms/companies/joint venture of repute, "Assured which should be uploaded on the e-Procurementweb portal http://www.jktenders.gov.in up to last him that Sey- bidding date:- 10/12/2020upto06:00 PM forthe subject work referred belowtobereceived in the office of the ExecutiveEngineer JalShakti [Mahore Irrigation] Division Dharmariand as per the chelles had a details mentioned in this e-tender notificationand to whom all the terms and conditions of detailed particular pri- NIT/Tender Documents/ PWD Form No: 25 double are acceptable.The detailed tender document ority,bothun- and Specificationsetc. can be downloaded on the e-procurementPortal http://www.jktenders.gov.in. The cost of tender documents (Non-refundable/ Non-Transferable)should bein the shape of e- der the Neigh- Challan or TreasuryChallan/ Receiptin favour of the ExecutiveEngineer JalShakti [Mahore bourhoodFirst Irrigation] Division Dharmari: policy and the Sr.Name of Work Adv. Cost Earnest Class of Cost of Period of MH of No. of Work(s) MoneyContract Document Completion Account SAGARout- in Lacs in Rs. look.Lookfor- 1. 1. Construction of WSS 1287.66 2575320/- Special 30000/- 08 Months 4215 ward to fur- Sarsote “A”/“A” ther 2. Construction of WSS strengthening Sangli Kote ourtiesunder 3. Construction of WSS Hassote his leader- ship," he said. 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Tejashwi rakes up Stan Swamy, 83, that would be sent to him at his ket and twopairs of socks. “I am Bengal next year.The term of the In Kolkata, TMC leaders said ST women and is being owncost. The court sought are- sorry to hear that these materi- stateAssemblyendsonMay 30. the party remainedopen to ne- contestedbyBibi from PAGD, waits as buckis port from thejailand postedthe als were notacceptedatthe Negotiations withatleast gotiations to addressAdhikari's Farhana Akhtar of Congress pollresults,scams, hearing forDecember 4. prisongateand the one who twomoreministers in the grievances. While Adhikari him- and three Independents—all passed on his SpeakingtoThe Indian brought them had to take them Mamata Cabinetare “almost fi- selfwas notavailable foracom- marking their debuts. Express,MaharashtraMoS for backnot once but three times," nal”, the BJP sources said.One of ment, both his father Sisir,and Records show thecon- Nitish says ‘bakwas’ sipper &straw Home Satej DPatil said neces- the letter,sharedbyPrakash, these ministers is demanding a brother DibyenduAdhikari, the stituency has no BJP candidate Swamy, who is suffering from sarycarewas being provided to stated. seat and aposition forhis daugh- Lok Sabha MP from Tamluk,said despite the party's claimsthat it Parkinson's disease, has been Swamy, including astraw and It said that prison authorities terinthe BJP,but the other will on Fridaythattheywerestill is contesting all140 seats across SANTOSHSINGH providedwith all basic facilities, sipper cup.“He is providedwith have assuredSwamy that if the take adecisionany time now, the withMamata Banerjee. Sisir and the Valley. Thereisnomention PATNA,NOVEMBER27 including astraw and sipper cup, proper medical careand other items aresent again, theywillbe sources said. Dibyendu did confirm,however, either of the J&KApniParty, since he wastaken to the hospi- necessities as perthe prison permitted. One of these twoministers that Suvendu wasunhappywith whichwas formedthisyearby CHIEF MINISTER Nitish Kumar talwardwithin weeksofhis ar- rules,” Patil said. especially, has avery“clean” im- statementsissuedbyasection of former PDP and NC leaders as an and Leader of Opposition rivalinprison. In itsresponse dated Adhikari quits age, BJP leaders said, and pre- Trinamool leaders. alternativetothe mainstream. Tejashwi Prasad Yadavengaged But Swamy'sdefence team November 25 to the State dicted that Mamata would be In Delhi, Kailash Vijayvargiya, On Friday, withhours to go in averbal spat in the Assembly CM NitishKumar and Oppn says his wait forthe twoitems, Human RightsCommission,on TMC govt; he, “crippled” once this leader and BJP general secretaryincharge of forthe firstvote to be cast, Bibi's on Friday, with the later making Leader Tejashwi Yadav whichhavebeen in his posses- acomplaint, Talojajail authori- Adhikari both join the BJP. West Bengal, said: “It is nowclear house is filled withvisitors. Her allegations of corruption and ir- sion as “anintegral partofhis ba- ties stated that Swamyispro- others will join The TMC MLAfromCooch that the arrogance of Mamata husband, Gulzar Ahmad regularities in recent election re- sic necessities” forthe pastfew videdregular medicines, tablets, us: BJP Behar Dakshin, Mihir Goswami Banerjee and the corruption of Khatana,aPDP worker who was sults. The Chief Ministerdis- Bihar elections, said: “Therewas years, continues. ahigh-protein diet, hotwater for joinedthe BJP in Delhi on Friday. her nephew(MP from Diamond electedSarpanchin2008, is part missedthe allegations as adifference of 12,270 votesbe- Consider the sequence of bathing, and abedsheet, mat- Irrigation and Water The MLA,who resignedfromthe Harbour Abhishek Banerjee) has of agroup of men poring over “bakwas (nonsense)” and lies, tween NDAand Grand Alliance events. tress and pillow. It statedthat due Resources, and Chairmanof TMC hours before switching, said startedupsetting party leaders. voters' lists. and requestedthe Speaker to or- but 16 of ourcandidates lost.A At the time of his arrest, to Parkinson's, he is assistedby Haldia Development he lookedforwardtoa“newera” This is justthe beginning, and Bibi highlightsthe lackofpo- derprobe intothem and take ac- big number of postalballots,es- Swamycarriedabag with afew twoattendants who areco-in- Authority.Healso gave up his of politics in West Bengal ledby moreleaders will quit the TMC. litical representation and itsim- tion againstTejashwi. peciallythose of teachers, were belongings, including clothes mates. official stategovernment the BJP. No leader withself respect can pact over the lastyear-and-a- Responding to theRJD declared invalid.” Attackingthe and asipper glass giventohim The response stated that security. “Suvendu Adhikari can influ- continue in thatparty.” half. “The underprivileged leader's allegations of irregulari- Chief Minister, he said: “Nitish by colleaguesatBagaicha, a Swamyisprovidedwitha “It (Adhikari joiningBJP)is ence votesinatleast 40 people of this area do nothave ties in election results, the Chief Kumar oftentalksabout piety in Jesuit social research andtrain- “wheelchair,walking stick, going to happen. Nowthathehas Assemblyconstituencies in six J&K polls start the moneytospend to visit the Ministersaid: “Ek vote se bhi jeet politics. But he himselfhad to ing centreinRanchi.Produced walker,commode chair,sipper quit the (MamataBanerjee) gov- districts. His entryintothe BJP DC’s office. Wherewilltheyget jeethikahlati hai. Galathai to court face acasein1991inwhicha before aSpecial Courtin mug, sipper bottle, straws,bat- ernment,joining the BJPwillbe willbeabig boostfor theparty today, women the resources to visit the advisors jaiye (Victorybyone voteisalso personwas killed.Srijan scam Mumbai on October 8, he was tery cells forhis hearing ma- the natural course of action,” a in the Assemblyelections,” aBJP of the Lieutenant-Governor?” calledvictory. If youthink some- wasdetected by CAGin2008-09 sent to judicial custody in Taloja chine”. It stated that he is exam- senior leader of the party told The leader said. stand for hope in she asks. thing is wrong, go to court).” but Nitish Kumar said he did not the same day. ined by apsychiatristatregular Indian Express in DelhionFriday Lateral entryofinfluential Anantnag Her husband Khatana says he The NDAwas on thewinning knowaboutit. In NDArule, some Accordingtohis defence intervals and thathis vitals are evening. leadersintoits ranksiskey for wantstoaddress the political sidebecause the people gave it 60-oddscams worthRs30,000 team, theylearnt on November monitored on adaily basis. Adhikari,son of the the BJP ahead of the polls that are to polls Saturday, several vacuum afterthe Centre's deci- 125seatsinthe 243-member croretook place.” He alsoques- 6thatSwamy had notbeenper- However, Father Cedric Trinamool MP from Kanthi, Sisir nowjustmonths away.“It will vehicles line the road outside sion on August5,2019. House, said Kumar,who ap- tionedwhy JD(U) leader mittedto carrythe sippercup in- PrakashSJ, arightsactivistwho Adhikari, and himself atwo- take theBJP yearstowin elec- the election centre, ready to FULLREPORTSON peared upsetatthe flurry of al- Mewalal Choudharywas made side.Onthe same day, theysub- is partofSwamy's defence team, term Lok Sabha MP,has been in tions afterbuilding itscadrefrom dispatchpolling parties to 143 www.indianexpress.com legations, some of whichwere aministerwhen he wasfacing a mitted an application in court said thatasper communication touchwithBJP leadersfor some expunged from House records. corruption case. seeking directions to the NIA to receivedthis week from the 83- time now, sources in the party in The Chief Ministerreminded At this,seniorJD(U) leader return the sipper. year-old, he has notbeen pro- Delhi said. the Opposition leaderhow he and WaterResourcesMinister “If the jail authorities did not videdwith the sipper. The sources also indicated had been instrumentalinmak- VijayKumarChoudharysaid the allowhim to carry it during his An excerptfromapurported that Adhikari could be onlyone inghis father Lalu Prasad leader 1991 case had been disposedof transfer to prison, we thought letter sent by Swamythis week of severalTrinamool leaders who of Lok Dal in late1980s and how by Patna High Courtand “within that the NIA officers, who es- stated that he had asked fora would likelycross over to theBJP he made Tejashwi deputy chief 10 days of detection of Srijan corted him, should have the ob- full-sleevedsweater,athinblan- aheadofelectionsinWest ministerafter the 2015 state scam, the Chief Ministerrecom- jects. Hence,wemadeanappli- polls. "Since youdid notexplain mended aCBI investigation". cation seeking it to be returned the corruption allegations Tejashwi, however, contin- hoping it would nottakemuch againstyou,Isevered ties with uedtomakeallegationsagainst time,” said Swamy'slawyer, the RJD,” he said, Tejashwi about the Chief Minister. Amid the din, SharifShaikh. being chargesheetedinthe the Nitish rose from his chair and The court, however, directed IRCTCcase. said: “Bakwas kar raha hai. jhuth the NIA to file areplyand posted Earlier in day, while respond- bol raha hai. Iski jaanchhoaur the matter on November 26, af- ing to the Governor's speech, the karwai ho (Heisspeaking non- terthe Diwali vacations. On Leader of Opposition, referring sense, telling lies. Letthe House Thursday, the NIA submitted to theclose contests in some investigatehis allegations and that it had conductedapersonal constituencies in the recent take proper action). search of Swamyonhis arrest in the presence of independent witnessesand “no suchstraw andsipperwerefound”. BJPfields Sushil Modi for The court ruled: “In viewof this contention, the application bypoll to Paswan’s RS seat being devoid of substance de- serves to be rejected.” The defenceteam then SANTOSHSINGH made another application seek- PATNA,NOVEMBER27 ing directions forthe jail to al- lowSwamy to receive winter SETTINGALL speculation to rest, Sushil Modi wear and astraw and sipper the ground,”the leader said. booths. The seat is reserved for the BJP's Central Election Committee on Fridaydecidedto field former Bihar deputy chief tureofSushilKumar Modi for ministerSushil Kumar Modi for the RajyaSabha berth. the RajyaSabha seat that fell va- The NDA, which has 125 cant lastmonth afterthe death MLAs, would need122 MLAs to of LJP patriarch RamVilas getits candidateelected if the Paswan. opposition Grand Alliance puts The bypoll to theseat would up acandidate. be held on December 14. Though as per previous BJP national general secre- arrangement aRajya Sabha tary and party's headquarters in- berthwas committedtothe LJP charge Arun Singh in astate- before the2019Lok Sabha polls, ment announcedthatthe BJP's the party's move to walk out of Central Election Committee had the NDAinBihar changed the givenago-ahead to thecandida- equations. HARYANA POWER GENERATION CORPORATION LIMITED Registered Office: URJABHAWAN, C-7, SECTOR-6, PANCHKULA ED arrests PUBLIC NOTICE In compliance to Hon'ble HERC MYT Regulations,2019, Haryana Surat BJP PowerGeneration Corporation Limited (HPGCL) has filed aPetition forTrue-up forFY2019-20, Midyear Reviewfor FY 2020-21 and Generation Tariff forFY2021-22 on 26th November,2020 with leader in Hon'ble HERC. Haryana Staff Selection Commission Tariff Petition is available forpublic consultation during office hours Bays No. 67-70,Sector-2,Panchkula-134151 on working dayatthe HeadQuarters of HPGCL and at its Project (www.hssc.gov.in) offices.Acopyofthe same maybeobtained on deposit of Rs.500/- ANNOUNCEMENT PMLA case in cash or through Demand Draft of equivalent amount in favorofSr A.O./EAD.payable at Panchkula from the office of the undersigned. 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No. 07/2015 ,CategoryNo.05 NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER27 Anyperson, who intends to submit anyobjections, should submit 8 copies of his/her written objections along with supporting material, if Chief SecretarytoGovernmentofHaryana vide memo No.22/149/2015- any, to the Secretary, Hon'ble HERC,Bay No.33-36, Sector-4, 1GS-III dated 5th March, 2019, has informed that the State Government THE ENFORCEMENT Directorate Panchkula-134109 with acopytothe office of undersigned through has decided that in respect of all advertisements where result of SBC has (ED) has arrested Surat BJP special messenger or by registered post so as to reach within30days been put on hold due to CourtOrders,the Haryana Staff Selection leader PVSSarma in connection (onorbefore5.00 P. M.) from the date of the publication. Anyinterest- Commissionshall treat the SBC posts to be under the ed person, who wants to be heard in person, shouldmention so. Unreserved/General Category. withamoneylaundering case. Therefore now, the Commission in continuation of earlier notice dated Sarma is alleged to have com- The Objections must carryfull Name,Contact No., Postal Address and E-mail ID of the person sending the Objection and should be 15.09.2018 calling the candidates forinterviewonthe basis of scrutinyof GOVT. OF BIHAR mitted forgeryand cheating by accompanied by aproper affidavit. If the objection is being filed on documents already held, herebycalls the following candidates bearing fol- inflating circulation figuresofhis behalf of anyorganization or anygroup,ofconsumers,itshould be lowing Roll Numbers forinterview/viva voce provisionally and further sub- BIHAR COMBINED ENTRANCE COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION BOARD newspaper Satyam Times. so mentioned. Incomplete filings and filings received after the due ject to fulfilment of their eligibility conditions as per advertisement and service rules forconsideration against the 16 posts belonging to General He had earlier been arrested date and time will not be entertained. I.A.S. AssociationBuilding, Near Patna Airport, Patna-14. Sd/- Category(earlier SBC Category). The marks secured by the last shortlist- by Umra policeinGujarat. Chief Engineer/Planning-cum-Regulatory ed candidate are given in bracket. The ED case is basedonan UNDER GRADUATE MEDICAL ADMISSION COUNSELLING 84042/HRY C-7, Urja Bhawan, Sector-5, Panchkula Advt. No. 07/2015, Draftsman, Cat. No. 05 FIR by Umra po- GENERAL (42General +16SBC Posts earlier =58Posts) (UGMAC)-2020 for MBBS /BDS /B.V.Sc. &A.H. in Govt. Medical /Dental /Bihar lice. 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§ FOUNDED BY § RAMNATH GOENKA Sensethat farmers will be at receiving end of large BECAUSETHE TRUTHINVOLVES US ALL changes, notshaping them, propels showofstrength
TALK TO THE FARMER PratapBhanu Mehta Government mustengagethe protesters, listentowhatthey THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT may, by hook couldnot care adamn.” The hubris in lackof decline. The fear that the bargaining powerof say. The futureofcrucialagriculturereform dependsonit or crook,ride out the current Punjab-based consultation, refusal to buildaconsensus in asignificant number of them might decline, farmers’ agitation. But the underlying logic thestate,the trampling over federalism, is a withoutastrong statefloor to support them, CONOMIC REFORMSINIndia have oftenbeen by stealth. This is because of thesituation can sowthe seedsofalong- feature, notabug, in the wayitdoeslegisla- is real. The government could, in the spiritof theyhavebeenpushedmostlybyminority governments. The three central term crisis. The existential stakes in this ag- tion. And so it is hardtoimagine it climbing conciliation,offer some commitment on pro- farm laws,bycontrast,havebeenenacted by aregime enjoying acomfort- itation forboththe farmersand the govern- down.EvenintermsofPunjab politics, the curement and supporttopublic mandis. able majority underanunquestionedleader.This governmentwas,how- ment arehigh; but the possibility of agood government might be willing to take afew Thereisthe immediatechallengeofman- Eever,clearly caught offguardbythe protests mounted by farmer organisa- faith material resolution of the problem is risks. The Shiromani Akali Dal, whichalso aging the agitationthat arisesfromadismally low. This has the makings of aperfect storm. used to be afaceofPunjab farmers, is now familiar institutional situation. Over the last tions. True, these have been largely by farmers from Punjab and Haryana. But mostfarmer The propulsive powerofthe agitation thoroughlydiscredited.The AAP’s futureis fewyears, it hasbecomemoreand moredif- movementsinthe past—whether Champaran, Kheda and Bardoli or MahendraSingh comes from this. The farmers have increas- uncertain. Some of the blowbackfromthe ficult to protest in public spaces because of Tikait’s Boat Club rallies —werelocalisedaffairs. The NarendraModigovernmenterred inglyseen their political identities being mar- turmoil will also singethe Congress. So the argumentsthatthe public will be inconve- in firstprojecting the agitation as purelyOpposition-sponsored andtheninusing force ginaliseddue to growing economic complex- possibility of aserious political vacuum in nienced, the instinctive suspicion that the —frommaking preventive arreststofiringteargas shells and watercannons —tostopthe ity.The powerofunions has been weakened. Punjab is real. This has the attendant risks courts have of popular protest,and the ide- farmers from entering the national capital. These failedtodeterthe demonstrators, who So the three agricultural acts, whichare go- thatnopolitical party maybeabletocontain ological construction of anyprotest as signi- ing to affect Punjab the most, areproviding a or channel grievances. Giventhe BJP’s urban fying “malcontent without acause.” were eventuallygiven “safepassage” intoDelhi. point of reference forthe largerpolitical sig- base, it probablycalculatesthat even in Governmentsare also wary of letting crowds The fault in this wholeepisode lies notinthe reforms, but in the waythe farm laws were nificance of farmers. Punjab it will,atthe very least, notbeworse collect as ashowofstrength, and so the im- passed, and the government’sstrategyofcommunication, or lackofit. Of the three pieces Thereisasense that if the government offasaresult of this agitation. pulse is to makeitdifficult to expressprotest. of legislation, farmers probablyhad little problem withthe ones that did away with the canget away with promulgating suchsignif- So the existential stakes forbothsides are This is aproblem. Partly it puts all protestors government’spowers to impose stockholding limitsinfoodstuff(exceptunder “extraor- icant legislation without adequateconsulta- high. The basis of amaterial compromise is in aCatch22. Either youdon’t protest,orif dinary” priceincrease situations)and providedaframework forcontractcultivation tion with farmers, it will sound the death low. Taking backthe three pieces of legisla- youprotest youare by definitionbreaking knell of farmers as apolitical force. The gov- tion is out of the question for this govern- the law. This situation will produce the kinds agreements. The lawthatprobablytouched araw nervewas theone ending the monop- There is the immediate ernment’s typicallyhaughty refusal to en- challenge of managing the ment.The strongestground forchallenging of horrible scenes we have seen on the olyofagriculturalproduce market committee(APMC) mandis in farm productstrading. gage with the Punjab farmers has onlycom- the laws,namelythat they trampleover Punjab/Haryana/Delhi border,with barri- Punjab and Haryana aretwo states whereAPMCs, forall their levies and dominanceby poundedthisfeeling. Therewill have to be agitation that arises from a states’ rights, is ironicallynot something the cades and watercannons being used. We market intermediaries, have served as lifelines fortheir farmers. They have perceivedthe far-reaching changes to agriculture in the dismally familiar stategovernmentsare fullybehind. In fact, have to come up with moreenabling guide- dismantling of the monopolyofthese institutionsasaprecursortotheir closure(àla near future, in partpromptedbyenviron- institutional situation. Over on the federalism issue, thereisdoublespeak lines forpeaceful congregation of citizens. BSNL) and eventuallythe endofthe existing minimum supportprice (MSP)-basedgov- mental concerns. The sense that the farmers the last few years, it has on all sides. By notallowing peaceful protestweinthe ernment procurement system. The Modi government did trytoassuagethese fears, but will be at thereceiving end of these changes It appears that the stategovernments are long run increase rather thandecrease the rather thanshapingthem propels the need become more and more also, at the margins, happytohavethe Centre risk of violence. And if violence breaksout, the hasty passageofthe bills with little debate insideoroutside Parliament hardlyhelped. forashowofstrength. If theylose, they are difficult to protest in public carry thecan foragriculture. Letitbecome the political dynamic can shift. And the fact that these were enacted in the time of COVID-19—the reason givenfor not marginalised forever. spaces because of arguments itsproblem. The demand forcentral legisla- Chances arethat, forthe moment, given allowing farmers to gather —onlyadded to thedistrust. Thereisalsoaninteresting question of tion on MSP itself undercutsthe federalism itsoverwhelming power, the government The price of the messyhandling of the farmers’ protest maynot be political. Instead,it howmuchofthismovementmight actually that the public will be argument. The central government can give will ride out the protests.But the simmering could potentiallydelayorderail the government’s futurereform plans, whether to do with be in control of the farmer leaders. Punjab inconvenienced,the moreofanassurance on MSP,but that is all discontent will remain. Cooperative federal- decontrolling urea prices or replacing MSPs and open-endedcropprocurement with di- has always been politicallysensitive.But it instinctive suspicion that the it will be:Anassurance.This could be aface- ism is in tatters, and the weakness of politi- has economicallybeeninacul de sac as well. saverfor both sides, but it depends on how cal parties means protests nowtakeanamor- rect farm income support. Likethe three farm laws,theseare againreforms necessaryto courts have of popular Accordingtothe StateEconomic Survey,it muchyou trustthe government. The govern- phous form. Giventhe far-reaching changes harvestthe true potential of Indian agricultureand makeitgloballycompetitive.The Modi has ayouthunemployment rate of 21 per protest,and the ideological ment cannotgiveacredible assurance on un- we needinagriculture in Punjab, it is impor- governmenthas more than enough political capital still at itsdisposal, whichitshould use cent —young people stuckinanether zone construction of anyprotest limited procurement,whichwill be unad- tant that thetrustbetween the stateand the to constructivelyengagewiththe farmingcommunity,totalktoitand to listentoit. wheretheycan neitherbefullyfarmers nor as signifying “malcontent visable in anycase since there needtobe farmer remains.Agoodfaith dialoguethat be absorbed in respectable jobs. This young without acause.” moreincentivesfor crop diversification in givesthe farmers reasonable assurances and constituencyhas also nothad afocal point Punjab. aface-saver is necessary. It is easy forthe gov- around whichtocoalesce itsgrievances. It Governments are also wary Thereisabasis forthe fear of the farmers ernmenttowin. But howmanytimes in maybeactuallysustaining the farmers’ agi- of letting crowds collectasa in Punjab. This is notthe place to go intothe Indian politics have we wonshort-term vic- REACHING OUT tation and potentiallydriving it to agreater showofstrength, and so the meritsofthe three bills.But wheneverthere tories that createlong-term political precar- showofstrength. impulse is to makeit is alarge-scale transition thereisuncertainty iousness? Forthe centralgovernment, the existen- abouthow it will work out andwho will bear Delhi does well to turn itsattention to task of diplomacy in tial stakes arehigh. It drawsalot of itspolit- difficult to expressprotest. the risk.The farmers fear thatsupportfor The writer is contributing editor, neighbourhood. Therecan be high cost of neglect ical capital from being able to showthat“it This is aproblem. public mandis and procurement is likelyto The Indian Express
TCOULD BE acoincidence that three topofficialsofthe governmentare touring neighbouring countries or the near abroad at the same time. But their visits— External Affairs MinisterSJaishankar is in Seychelles afterBahrain and the UAE, National Security Advisor Ajit KDoval in Sri Lanka, and Foreign SecretaryHarsh IShringla in Nepal —underline that India's relationships with countriesinthe re- ANEW WAY OF SEEING gion needurgentattention. In the lastfew months, the foreign secretaryhas also made trips to Dhaka and Male. This concerted outreachatthe highestlevelscomes at atime of aggravated tensions between India and China at the Line of Actual Control. Kamala Harris is morelikely to think of anew paradigm forSouth Asia But longbeforethis summer whenthe ChineseArmy's disruptionofthe military equation in Ladakh became apparent, it wasactuallyinthe SouthAsian and wider Indian Ocean region —now also known as the Indo-Pacific —wherethe rivalrybetween Asia's Khaled Ahmed twobiggestpowers wasplaying out. Delhi had fortoo longtendedtotakeits influence in this region forgranted,depending on itscultural linksand old establishedties with KAMALAHARRIS WILL become the first Givenher intellect, Harris, while follow- cistYogesh Pati (who spent muchofhis career political elites, and overlooking the changing political and economic dynamicofthese woman Vice-President of the US; she is also ing Biden’s lead, is expected to look at South at the University of Maryland),workedto- smaller neighbours. From these capitals, thereisnow adifferent viewofIndian influence the firstSouth Asian to reachsuchpromi- Asia as aplacewhereafourth of humanity gether to develop Pati-Salam theoryofunifi- in the region from what it wasevenadecade ago, especiallywhensome of decisions nence. She is the firstwoman and first“black- livesinstatesthat tend to treat one another cation in particle physics. heritage” US Vice-President-elect.Atfirst notsowell, ignoringthe good times they The factor whichcomes to theforewhen takeninDelhiseemed to go againsttheir interests. Notsurprisingly, deep-pocketed China glance, she has asharp wit that is strongly ex- could enjoybylivingcooperatively under an youencounter Harris is her sharpwit and her offeredanattractive waytoleveragerelations with India. pressive of herviews on the problems of race integrated South Asia economy.Her mother capacity to engageinrationalargument. One Dhaka's anger at India'snew citizenshiplaw andNepal'smapadventurewereeye-open- and democracy in America. Some Pakistani wasfromasmall villageinTamil Nadu that, maybeforgivenfor attributing this to,first, ersonhowpoliticians andpolicy-makersin Delhi aresometimes unableto join theemerg- Americans whothinkthatshewouldpush the together with Kerala (literacy rate 94 per her being awoman who thinksdifferently ing dots in the region. And earlier this year,India seemedcontent to outsource itsworries Biden administration towardsamorepro- cent), routinelyproduces giftedIndian citi- fromaman,andsecond,becauseof her South in the IndianOcean to theTrumpAdministration, as Maldivessignedadefence treaty with India policy have been reportedasactually zens. Pakistanisnot similarly gifted. Onecan Indian origins. She comes from South India, voting forDonaldTrump. saythatPakistani nationalism —anti-India away from the north of the Subcontinent, the US, and the US SecretaryofState,MikePompeo, landedinColombo from wherehebe- It would be tragic to placesuchanarrow underareligious ideology —islessintellec- wherenations arefighting anever-ending ratedChinaand warnedSri Lanka againstBeijing'sdebt trap. The Biden administrationmay gloss on an American woman of great politi- tuallyinterpreted by Pakistanis than that of war. She is morelikelytothink of anew para- have amorenuancedway of dealing with Beijing and it maybeinDelhi’s owninterests to cal distinction.Akbar Ahmedand Amitav India. However, people of intellect in both digm forSouth Asia, amergerofpeace rather do itsown legworkinthe region. Jaishankar's visit to Seychelles will signal that India re- Acharya,writing in Lahore’s Daily Times states areabletotranscend the narrowin- than warlikeseparation. mains interestedinthe Assumption Islandinfrastructureproject.Shringla's visit to (November 14)havemadeawise “correc- tellectual povertyofnationalism. Harris is an Americangrowingup in amili- Kathmanduwillhopefullytakeforward the repairof bilateral ties,aworkinprogress.Doval's tion”: “But the election of the firstSouth Asian Ahmedand Acharya arehopeful and point eu whereracismwas thefirstbattle shehadto VicePresidentmay provide an opportunity to pastrareexamplesof a“SouthAsian” iden- fight. She is suretolook at the plight of human participation in atrilateral meeting on maritime security with Sri Lanka and the Maldives forthe South Asian diasporatomovepastits tity:“In thepast, when Indians and Pakistanis rightsinbothIndia and Pakistanunder moun- in Colombo, afterthe foreign secretary's visitearlier this month to the Maldivian capital, traditional rivalryand lookat US relationswith have joinedhands on acommon project, they ting religious discrimination. She is sureto should help reiteratethat Delhi is afriend apartfrombeing their closestneighbour. the twonations outside of azero-sumprism.” have made significant contributions to the ad- knowthe ideologicaltrajectoryofPakistan Afterlong years of watching worldaffairs KamalaHarris is an vancementofknowledge and policy.Onecan from Jinnah’s hopefulbeginning to today’s re- through the ideologicallensofthe Democrats American growing up in a quoteone example of thepartnershipbe- ligious extremism, whichthe stateallows thr- in the US, she is bound to be different in her milieu where racism wasthe tweenPakistani Mahbub-ul Haque andIndian ough the lawagainst “blasphemy”, doling out worldview, in contrasttothe prisms in India NobelLaureateAmartyaSen. As studentsof the “minimum” punishment of death even PARDONHIM andPakistan. She willfirstofall beloyaltoher first battle she had to fight. economics at CambridgeUniversitythey when blasphemyiscommitted through “in- owncountry,the US, and will have to pursue She is sure to look at the forgedalife-long friendshipthatredefinedthe nuendo”. She will surelylook at the problem Still refusing to concede the election, while pardoning turkeys the current Democrat viewthatthe US should plight of human rights in paradigm of development. The UN’s Human of HindutvainIndia and thinkofthe much- and allies, Donald Trumpcutsatragicomic figure move closetoIndia as apartofits China pol- both India and Pakistan Development Indexwas born outof this”.Yet neededpolitical “correction” in South Asia. icy.(Democratstendedtoleanto India during another example listedis: Pakistani Nobel the Cold Warwhen Republican anti-Soviet under mounting religious winner in Physics, AbdusSalam, who was The writer is consulting editor, OR THE FACELESS, nameless multitudes that labour away on newspaper desks pragmatism tendedtofavour Pakistan.) discrimination. once afellowatPrinceton, and Indian physi- Newsweek Pakistan around theworld,theoutgoingUSPresident,DonaldTrump, is agiftthat keeps on giving. Earlier this week,Trumpemergedfromhiding —hehas been keep- Fing under the radar even as he refuses to accept theelection verdict —topar- take in aWhiteHousetradition.Everyyear,theUSPresident“pardons”aturkey forThanksgiving, allowing abirdtoescape thedinner table and live out apeaceful life. This NOVEMBER 28, 1980, FORTY YEARS AGO year,the worldover, “Lame-duckpresident pardons turkey”, wasthe headline. Yet, despite the pun that wroteitself, therewas somethingalmosttragicaboutthe entire affair. ASSAM TALKS Kumar Phukan told newsmen that theyhad sons were killedingroup clashes in Gauhati Trumphas still refusedtoconcede the election, but it seems thatheisfinallyrealising THE ALL-ASSAM STUDENTS Union and the discussedindetail theHome Minister’s in- and three in police firing at Tinsukia in thathis denial will notkeep him from losing hisjob. He claimedcredit while pardoning the All-Assam Gana Sangram Parishad an- vitation. The decision wasthat therewas no Upper Assam on November 24. turkeyfor theDow Jones hitting 30,000.Hetalked about“America First”. It wasthe final nouncedtheir decision to participateinthe objection to taking partinthe proposed tour of arockstarlongpasthis prime, playing the greatesthitsfor athinning crowd. Forthe proposedtripartiteconference on conference if the government declared the PAK AND A-BOMB November 29 in New Delhi “providedthe acceptance of the 1951 NRCand 1952 elec- IT HAS BEENrevealed that Pakistanstarted firsttimesince he took office, Trumpisnot the BigStory.And withhis petulance aboutthe government accepted” the1951National toralrolls. itsquestfor the nuclear bomb in January concession, and his refusal to invitehis successor Joe Biden to the White House (a tradition RegisterofCitizens and the 1952 electoral 1972.Aformer ZABhuttoaide said lastJune at leastasimportant as turkey-pardoning), thereislittle chance anymoreofagraceful exit. rolls as the basis fordetection of foreigners. GAUHATI VIOLENCE in atelevision programme over the BBC, But Trump's final acts in office seem to be very muchincharacterwith the rest of his Home MinisterZail Singhinvited represen- THE LAWAND order situationworsened in whichwas earlier thismonth repeated by presidency.OnNovember 26, TrumppardonedMichael Flynn, former national security ad- tativesofAASU and AAGSP foratripartite Assam withseveral incidents of arson, as- the PBSnetwork of the US.The whole thing visor,who pleadedguilty to lying to authorities about his contactswithRussian officials conference on November 29 in NewDelhi. saultsand intimidation reportedfromdif- startedinJanuary 1972 when Bhuttotold a The invitation washandedovertothe lead- ferent parts of Greater Gauhatisince the groupofscientists:“Look,weare goingto duringthe 2016 US election campaign. Forcontext, according to the PewResearch Centre, ers of the AASU and AAGSP through aspe- deathofthree members of afamilyonthe have abomb. Can yougiveittome?” Trumphas issued theleast number of pardonsand commutations of anyUSpresident. cial messenger by the Assam Government, outskirts of the curfew-bound Tinsukla in- Andwhenhedoes, it's oftentohelp outfriends, likeRoger Stone, another allywho was an AAGSP spokesman said. Afterajoint dustrial town last night. With this, the toll Therewas no edition on November 28, convictedof witness tampering. The turkey, it is safetoassume,believesin“America First”. meeting, the AASU general secretary, Bhrigu in the pasttwo days rose to eight. Twoper- 1980. These reports arefromNovember 27
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Maradona wasarebel againstasystemthatoppressedyou by itsrules, created themtoholdyou down welfare net andtorethemupwhenthe calculus of powerchanged Asocial registrythat linksAadhaar with residence information can help target aid to the most vulnerable during apandemic
and non-BPL households recordsimilar re- ceipttransfers. These findings areconsistent with estimates by Anmol Somanchi as well as by Rohini Pande, SimoneSchaner,Charity Peter Ronald Troyer Moore,andElenaStacy,whoobserve that nearly half of poor women areunlikely deSouza to receive PMJDY transfers. These observations outline the twin MARADONA’S FIRSTGOALinthe 1986 World challenges in designing social safetynetsthat Cupquarter-finals in Mexico againstEngland PallaviChoudhuri reachthe mostvulnerable and can be acti- —the “hand of God” goal —has been univer- and Sonalde Desai vatedeffectivelywhen disasterstrikes. sallycondemnedasacheatgoalthat has no Unless aregistry containing dataabout in- place in football. Some calleditthe “hand of dividuals and their bank accountsexists, thedevil”. If one had read only the European THE US CONGRESS acted expeditiouslyin moneycannotbetransferredexpeditiously. commentators, one would tend to endorse lateMarch to provide relief on accountofthe However, registries basedonspecific crite- this severe moral verdict. European furyis COVID-19topoor and middle-class individ- ria(forexample, identifiedBPL households) understandable. Football has rules. The ualsandto stimulate the economy by enact- maynot identify individuals mostvulnerable handballgoalwas aviolation of these rules. ing aCoronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic to crises.Usingdatafromthe IndianHuman England should nothavelost1-2 to Security(CARES) Actthat sends$1,200to Development Survey (IHDS), Amit Thorat, Argentina. eachindividual belowthe income threshold ReeveVanneman,Sonalde Desai, and Since this is an article onlyabout ethical of $75,000.Nonetheless, as The Washington Amaresh Dubey find evidence that factors judgement regarding the “hand of God” goal, Post reported, even in October,millions of that contributetowards alleviatingpoverty letmelimit thediscussion onlytoitand not households were yettoreceive their stimu- maydifferfromthe ones that push people to theEnglish outrage, whichIsee as duplic- lus payments. Whataccountsfor this and into it —indicatingthe challenge of target- itous. But that is another matter.The fact that whatisthe lesson from this experience for ing welfarebeneficiaries in response to Maradona followedthis goal with another India or other countries that aretrying to shocks.About 40percent of thepoorin2012 four minutes later,referredtoasthe goal of build robustsocial safetynets? were pushedintopovertyby specialcircum- the century, when he dribbledpastfive What happenedwas simple: The taxau- stancesand would nothavebeen classified English defenders, is notofrelevance here. thorities whowerechargedwith disbursing as being poor basedontheir 2005 conditions. The seriousness of the ethical issues concern- the funds had no wayofknowing howto Suchexclusion errors can getmagni- ing the“hand of God” goal is notdiluted by sendthecheques.Fortaxpayerswhoreceived fied in theevent of large-scale disasters this second brilliant goal. Therefore, if one is refunds in theirbankaccounts in 2018 and whenusing pre-existing databases, since to look at the “hand of God” goal onlyin 2019,accountinformationwasavailablewith manypeople arelikelytofallintopoverty terms of football’s rules, whereahandball is the authorities. But the poor —whose in- from an economy-wide negative shock, afoul, then the goal, even though it wasnot comeswerebelowthe incomethreshold for leadingtocoverageerrors. Recent esti- seen by the referee, wasunacceptable. filing or those who owed moneytothe gov- mates from theWorld Bank suggestthat Football stood devalued. The name of the ernment—hadto crossseveralhurdlesto get 88 to 115million people could slide into beautiful game wasbadlytarnished. thismoneyandthecomputersystemdidnot povertyin2020,whichpresentsadaunting Maradona should have been punishedfor it. makeiteasyfor them to registertheirclaim. challengefor targeting welfarebeneficiar- However, if youlook at the goal from adif- CRSasikumar Thereare reportsthatclearingupthebacklog ies. It also emphasises the needfor post- ferent perspective,itdoesnot seem so wrong. of sending stimulus checks could take until disasterrevalidation of anyexisting social If youbuild in contextintothe argument, cal- of Buenos Aires took over.Using all his cun- is repeatedly deployedinthe Mahabharata. January2021insome states.Suchexclusion registration database. culatethe dignity gains forArgentina, and ning, he disguisedahandball as aheader and LordKrishna guiding Arjuna’s chariotinthe fromsafetynetsisparticularly large forracial Theseobservations suggestthatinadis- look at the goal from a“dirty hands” angle, sent the ball intothe open goal. It wasfor the battle againstKarna, sees Karna setdownhis andethnicminorities.Astudyby theNational asterresponse situation, we cannotrelyon then it is possibletoargue that theEnglish refereetocall him out. Perhaps even punish weapons as he alightsfromthe chariottolift Opinion Research Centre(NORC)atthe registriesbasedonindividualcharacteristics should have takenthe result “withacheery him. In English law, it is called“rules as deter- the wheel whichisstuckinwet clay. Seeing Universityof Chicagoshows thatwhile24 per to identify beneficiaries. Unfortunately, uni- and self-confident sense of un-batterability”, rence”. The refereedid notsee the handball. him defenceless, recognising that this is the cent of WhiteAmericans were likely to re- versal benefitsmay have serious fiscal im- as MaryBeard saidwhen she opposedthe The goal wasgiven. Argentina erupted. To onlymoment when Karnacouldbekilled, ceive unemployment benefits, only13per pactsifexpandednationwide.However, most students’RhodesMustFallcampaign at burden Maradona with the weight of rule which, if allowedtopass, would mean that cent of BlackAmericans receivedsuchpay- disastersaregeographicallyclustered.Floods Oxford. Maradona did notlearn hisfootball observance, when he wasplayingfor higher Arjunawould losethe duel, Krishna urges ment between April to June2020. or earthquakes oftendevastate aswathe of on the playing fields of Eton where, appar- stakes, forhis people who the system had Arjuna to shootanarrow at Karna. This is in In contrast, 23 per cent of Indians living in districts;pandemicsmayaffectdensely-pop- ently, they teachyou the rules of sportthough held down, forhis countrythathad been de- violation of the rules of war. No one is to be Delhi-NCR receivedapayment of Rs 500in ulated cities morethan villages. If thereisa notofcolonial governance. He learnt his foot- feated by Englandinwar,for the honour of attackedwhen theydonot have their their Jan Dhan accountswithin three weeks wayforusto setupsocialregistriesthatiden- ball in the bylanes of the Buenos Aires slums those who had died, is justplainnaïve. Rule weapons with them. Fighting can onlytake of the lockdown being declared.Farmers reg- tify individuals, theirplace of residence, and wherehelived.Here, football is everything. observancewas thejob of the referee, who placewhenbothare armed.Arjuna hesitates isteredfor PM-KISANalsoreceivedRs2,000 their bank accounts, these linkages can be If youare good, it givesyou away out of your had the authority to enforceit. Maradona to breakthe rule. LordKrishna compels him in their accountsimmediately. However, usedtotransferfunds to everyone living in vulnerability.Itmakes youahero, earns you gambledthat the refereewould miss it. to fire thearrow at an unarmedKarna.He while using prior registries allowedfor quick theaffectedareaquickly. Aadhaarlinkagesof alivelihood andmakes youastar.Maradona Maradona won. does. Karna dies. The hand of godisonce disbursement of funds, itis notclearthatthe individuals and bank accountsalready exist. wasagenius, who rarely comes to football. In moral theory, thereis, in addition, the moreatwork. moneyreachedthe mostvulnerable house- If residentialinformationintheAadhaardata- His parentswerePeronistas. He wasarebel “dirty hands” argument that can also be used So whyisMaradona pilloriedfor his holds. Forexample, recipientsofPM-KISAN basecanbeefficientlystructured,thiswould againstasystemthatoppressed youbyits to defendMaradona’s goal. The Princeton handballgoal?Unfairly, Ibelieve.The sec- were notamongst the pooresthouseholds, allowfor geographic targeting. rules, that, in fact, created rules to hold you philosopher Michael Walzer and the ond goal endedthe debate on Maradona’s nor were these the households that were Anysocial registrythatcan serveasapo- down and then tore them up when the cal- Cambridgephilosopher BernardWilliams genius. He wasthe consummateartist, the mostaffected by the COVID-related lock- tential beneficiaryplatform forsafetynets culus of powerchanged. approveofit. Simplyput,itstatesthat in ex- passionatesportsman, the footballing vir- down. Datafromround-3 of the NCAER inherentlyruns the risk of violating individ- Facing an open goal —all five foot five ceptional situations committing immoral ac- Howcould he think of rules tuoso. He wasthe boyfromBuenosAires, Delhi Coronavirus Telephonic Survey ual privacy.Tothe extentthatsuchsocial reg- inches of him —Maradona, who had jumped tions is justifiable –that is having dirty hands who facedthe system, challenged it, was (DCVTS-3), covering asample of 3,466 istries storeonlybasic information suchas higher than Peter Shilton,the English goal- —ifthat is necessarytoachieve some higher when he sawanemptygoal crushedbyit, but wasnever co-optedbyit. households in June in the Delhi NCRarea, location, instead of moresensitive identifiers keeper,was notgoingtobeheld backbyjust moral ends. In suchexceptional situations, before him, when he He wasthe footballing equivalent of the suggeststhat21 percentof farmhouseholds such as povertystatus, theyare unlikelyto arule. Toomuchwas at stake. England one has no other option than to dirty one’s imagined what agoalwould painter Vincent VanGogh, the chess prodigy receivedtransfers through PM-KISAN. violateprivacy,whilestill serving the pur- neededtobedefeated.The loss in the 1982 hands. Maradona’s goal,Ibelieve, meets mean forArgentina? Alittle BobbyFischer, theballetdancer Rudolf However, 42 per cent of suchhouseholds be- pose of providing alistofpotentialbenefici- warinthe Malvinas had to be avenged.The these conditions. Howcould he think of rules Nureyev,the mathematician John Nash.His longed to the wealthiest one-thirdofthe aries in theeventof asuddenshock.As we try young victims of that warhad to be hon- when he sawanempty goal before him, help from his hands wasno lifeforce did notallow him to achieve astate sample, while another 28.5per cent be- to disaster-proof futurewelfarepro- oured. English had to be taught ahumiliating when he imaginedwhat agoal would mean great moral transgression. of equilibrium with the world. Suchalife longed to the middle third. The PM-Kisan grammes, these aresome of the considera- lesson. He had to scoreagoal. He waspre- forArgentina? Alittle help from hishands Nobody died. Themoral forcenever does. Maradona has justdied. Yojana applies to landowners, therebyex- tions that deserveattention. pared to use everythinginhis powertodo wasnogreat moral transgression. Nobody theoryof‘dirtyhands’ was Long live Maradona. cluding agricultural labourers as well as the so. And godpaid compensation formaking died. The moral theoryof“dirty hands” was urban informal sector workers who were Choudhuri is fellowand Desai is professor him shortbyoffering Maradona ahand. notforgedtojustify this goal. not forged to justify this Thewriter is DD Kosambi Visiting Professor mostaffected by the lockdown. and centredirector,NCAER National Data The instinctsofthe boyfromthe slums Interestingly, the “dirty hands”argument goal. at Goa University Similarly,for thePMJDYpayment,BPL Innovation Centre. Viewsare personal Adrift in the Indian Ocean LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR A CRUEL STATE THIS REFERS TO the report ‘Plea forre- IDEAS To betakenseriously, Quadneeds militaryheft, notdesultorynaval exercises turn of straw&sipperfromNIA junked’ (IE, November 27). What could bemore ONLINE ridiculous? It took 20 days forthe NIA to RajaMenon decide that an 83-year old Parkinson’s ONLYINTHE EXPRESS affectedconvict, Stan Swamy, cannotbe IT WASTHE year 1964—July, to be precise— the same geo-political reasons as theyare to- ing of democratic nations in the Indian Ocean, the Pacific has ahigh density of MPAassets, givenbackhis straworasipper because ● PANDEMICLESSONS when the annual commonwealth navalex- day, apart from the obvious navalbenefits. and use navalpowertoconvey amessageto while theyare sparse in the Indian Ocean, he did nothavetheseatthe time of his FROMKOREAANDTAIWAN: ercise wasscheduledtobeheld in the Bayof The bogeyman wasnot China, but the USSR, Beijing, what messagewould agrouping of particularly the westernIndianOcean. The arrest.Evenifweaccepttheir argument, NKGANGULY Bengal, between the Nicobar Islandsand the although no one mentioneditaloud. But ob- eight shipsconveytoanation thinkingin Australians can, of course, coverthe Malacca what is stopping the courtfrompermit- entrance to the straitsofMalacca. The British jectiveslikethose discussedtoday, such as termsoffiveaircraftcarriers? Surely, thisis Straits, but forthe west Indian Ocean, the US ting him to have one? Or,are theyafraid ● ENROLMENTOVER still had acommander-in-chief, FarEastFleet, freedom of the seas, safetyofshipping lanes, morelikeafeatherdustershown to Xi Jinping. will probably have to base asquadron of P-8 that an innocuous lookingitemlikea EDUCATION: stationedinSingaporeatthe giant arule-bound order etcwerefreelybandied His navalchief wouldhaveadvisedhim that aircraftatMasirah or DiegoGarcia. Howwill straworsipper could be turnedintoa SANJEEVRAI Sembawang NavalBase in the JohoreStraits. about. The scope of the exercises wasmas- it wasfrivolous. But, moreimportantly, who this shakethe Chinese Navy? Today, the pri- weapon to help the convictescape? The RoyalNavy’s FarEastFleetcontributed sively spectacular.Itincludedtwo weeksor is responsible in Delhifor being so ungener- maryweapon system of mostwarshipsisthe Theyhaverejected his bail application www.indianexpress.com one aircraftcarriertothe exercise, along with 10 workingdays of an operational work-up, ous withthe IndianNavy? Wasittimidity or surface-to-surface missile, with ranges of up even on medical grounds. Is thereno one cruiser,three destroyers,three frigates, in smallgroups including asubmarine, end- diplomatic reticence to leave the glass half to 200km. The ships’ sensor rangeisonlyup limitthe powers that be can cross? twosubmarines andtwo oilreplenishment ing with afive-daytacticalexercise, withthe full? Areour four nationsincapableofmus- to 100km, and accuratetargetinformation Melville XD’Souza, Mumbai tankers. The Indian Navy,whichhad onlyone whole fleetdivided intoared(enemy)force tering 30 ships? has to be suppliedbeyond 100kmbyaircraft SHAREPOWER fleetinthose days,contributed oneaircraft and ablue force. On completion of the exer- Anyway,thisopportunity has been lost or helicopters in what is called Over the DIVIDE AND RULE carrier,one cruiser,two destroyers and four cise, the whole fleetentered Singaporecer- and letuslooktothe future. If thereisreti- Horizon Targeting (OTHT). Aship with OTHT THIS REFERS TO thereport, ‘Muslim frigates, all of whom sailedout from Bombay emonially, forafulldebriefand social gath- cence to abigger seasonal navalpresence, an will definitelysink aship without it. THIS REFERS TO the editorial, ‘Battle for Ministers:numbers lag farbehind their (as it was, then)tojoin up with theRoyal erings hosted, in turn, by eachnation. The answer has to be found.But first, thereisno With the Indo-Pacific fullycovered by the acity’ (IE, November 27). The BJP’s well- shareofpopulation’ (IE, November 27). Navalships, offNancowry,inthe Nicobar Pakistannavyserved liquor in those days. substitutefor navalpower to ensure oceanic MPAs of the Quad, aPLANship in the Indian oiledelection machine is in full battle The reportlaysbareanopen secret.This Islands. From Canada came three modern Things have clearly changed alot.There stability, but one alternativelies in the area of Ocean is in imminentdanger of being sunk mode in Hyderabad.Agoodshowinthe almostnon-existent representationof frigates, with the Australians contributing is an incipientand obviousthreat andnoone Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA). at will. Apublic announcement of adivision Hyderabad municipal polls mayhelp the single-largest minority givesshape one destroyer and one frigate. Pakistansent has anyhesitation in pointing at China.The Perhaps, some thought mayalreadyhave of the Indo-Pacific intoareas of responsibil- the party makeinroads in the South, to avicious circle —poor development twodestroyers,and the NewZealanders, one FarEastFleetisgone, Britain having evacu- been giventoMDA in the twin agreement to ity forMDA,between members of the Quad something whichithas notbeenable to to resentment and their vulnerabilityto frigate. In all, 28 ships gatheredfor the JET ated from EastofSuezin1965,but the BECA(BasicExchangeand Cooperation will send an unmistakable signal to Beijing do so far—Karnataka beinganaberra- be exploited by vested interests.There (Joint Exercise offTrincomalee) series,as Americans arehere, and safetyofshipping Agreement), and that is the Maritime of the constant danger to Chinese warships tion. To achieve success in these elec- arethose who could successfullysell the theywerethencalled, as the Malabarseries lanes and an expansionistBeijing arenot InformationSharing Technical Agreement in the Indian Ocean, should hostilities arise. tions,ithas resortedtoits tried-and- idea of aMuslim minority rulingHindus arenow calledfor the Quad exercises. The mythical anymore. However, in November, (MISTA)signedbetween India and the US. With adesultoryQuad navalexercise,once a tested method of polarisation. Sadly, despitetheir deplorablecondition. operational planning wasmassive in the the Quad actuallyconverged to continuethe Thereislittle information available in the year of afew ships, Beijing will onlybe society’s fault lines continue to be ex- Sharing powerisanimportant mecha- days of no internet, cellphones and printers. Malabar series, with atotal of justeight ships. public domain about MISTA.But what it amusedthata“threat” exists to itsambition ploited forpolitical gains by the saffron nismtobring our Muslim brethren to Therewerealso four Maritime Patrol Aircraft The Chinese foreign office spokesman had should coverisanomnibus agreement for to become aglobal power. party. the mainstream . (MPA)ofthe Australian Navy,operating from earlier dismissedthe Quad as so much“foam” Maritime Patrol Aircraft(MPA) operatingand Vijai Pant, Hempur Vishal Kumar, Etawah ButterworthinMalaysia. on the sea. Aretheyright or aretheybeing information sharing forthe entireIndo- The writer is aformer rear The exercise washeld forpretty much overconfident?Ifthe ideaistoform agroup- Pacific. This is easiersaid than done because admiral in thenavy
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“Whetherthe appellanthas es- from 2staffers Bibi Jagir Kaur ANANTHAKRISHNANG. Goswami tablishedacase forquashing the NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER27 afterhis FIR is something on whichthe release on High Courtwilltakeafinal view Helipadisconstructed in Ahmedabad on Friday, aday before PM’s visit. Nirmal Harindran KHUSHBOONARAYAN PUNJAB THE SUPREME CourtFriday said Nov11. File when theproceedingsare listed MUMBAINOVEMBER27 15yrson,Jagir “deprivation of liberty even fora before it but we areclearly of the single dayisone daytoo many” viewthatinfailing to makeeven THE ENFORCEMENTDirectorate Kaurreturnsas and courts across the country Chandrachudsaid:“Libertyacross aprima facieevaluationof theFIR, PM to review vaccine candidates (ED) on Fridayseizedharddisks “mustensurethat theycontinue humanerasisastenuousastenu- the High Courtabdicateditscon- from twoemployees of SGPCchief to remain the firstlineofdefence ouscanbe.Libertysurvivesby the stitutional duty and function as a Set to visit three Diplomats’ visit to SII cancelled Topsgrup in Mumbai while they againstthedeprivation of thelib- vigilanceof hercitizens,ontheca- protector of liberty.” were trying to leave the office of Amritsar: Afteragap of 15 erty of citizens”. The apexcourt cophony of themedia andinthe “Our courts must ensurethat cities today leavesfor the airport at 5.25 pm. the security firm allegedly after years, former Punjab cab- made the observation as it pulled dusty corridors of courts aliveto theycontinuetoremain the first EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Meanwhile, the familiarisa- deleting dataonthe company's inetministerBibi Jagir up the Bombay HighCourt forthe the rule of (and notby) law. Yet, line of defence againstthe depri- PUNE,NOVEMBER27 tion visit of foreignambassadors computers. Kaur (66) Fridaymade a mannerinwhichithandled the muchtoo often, liberty is acasu- vation of the liberty of citizens. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE andhighcommissionersof about The agency's officials appre- comebackaschief of the plea of Republic TV editor-in- alty when oneofthese compo- Deprivation of liberty even fora NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER27 PRIME MINISTER Narendra 100countries to Pune has been hended the twoemployees at Shiromani Gurdwara chief Arnab Goswami in an al- nentsisfound wanting.” single dayisone daytoo many. Modi is settovisit Serum cancelled.Thevisitwasscheduled the company's office in Parbandhak Committee leged abetment to suicidecase. Goswami had earlier moved We mustalways be mindfulof PRIME MINISTER Narendra InstituteofIndia (SII), the world's forDecember 4and the digni- Goregaonhereand alsoseized (SGPC). The SADcandi- Extending the interim bail it the High Courtseeking quashing the deeper systemic implications Modi will visit three cities on largest vaccine manufacturer(by taries were scheduledtovisit SII their phones. datewas electedduring granted to the journalistand two of an FIRagainsthim in connec- of our decisions,” it said. Saturdaytoreviewdevelopment doses), in Pune on Saturday. and Genova Biopharmaceuticals, Sources said WhatsApp chats the Sikh body’s annual others on November 11,abench tionwiththe 2018 suicide of ar- Itsaid theinterimbail granted of three vaccines thatare the He is scheduledtovisit whereproduction of Covid-19 of oneofthe employees shows meeting on Friday. Jagir of Justices DYChandrachud and chitect-interior designer Anvay to Goswami will continue till the leading candidates being devel- Ahmedabadand Hyderabad, vaccine is on. that Rasshi Nanda, daughter of Kaur replacedher own IndiraBanerjee saidcourts Naik.and seeking interim bail. On High Courtdisposes of the mat- opedinIndia. and arrive in Pune at 3.50 pm. District CollectorRajesh TopsgruppromoterRahul party’s Gobind Singh “should be aliveto... theneedto November 9, aHigh Courtbench terand that it willcontinuefor Modi will visit the Zydus From Pune airport. Modi will Deshmukh said his office has re- Nanda, had allegedly instructed Longowal, who wasSGPC ensurethe proper enforcement of Justices SSShinde and MS four moreweeks thereafter Biotech Park in Ahmedabad, the take an MI-17helicopterto ceivedcommunication from the him to destroy digital dataonthe president forlastthree of criminal lawonthe one hand Karnik rejected the plea follow- “should it become necessaryfor Bharat Biotech Lab in Manjari helipad to arrive at SII. MEAabout thecancellation, but office computers aftertakinga years. She secured 122 and the need, on the other,ofen- ing whichthe journalistap- allorany of them to take further Hyderabad, and the Serum The PM will have awalkthrough “wehavenot been givenany rea- backuponharddrives. votes in the 143-member suring that the lawdoes notbe- proachedthe Supreme Court. recourse to their remedies in ac- InstituteofIndia in Pune, which and getabriefingatthe Manjari son”.Asperearlierplan,98diplo- The ED recordedstatements House. Jagir Kaur had come aruse fortargetedharass- Taking serious exception to cordance with law”. has tiedupwith the Oxford site,according to programme matsweretoarrivefromNew of theemployees andletthemgo. early success in politics, ment”. the High Courtorder,the FULLREPORTON Astrazeneca vaccine. schedule. He will also be taken Delhiand ambassadors of Russia The agency is investigating a but wasconvicted by a Writing forthe bench, Justice SupremeCourtonFridaysaid: www.indianexpress.com The Prime Minister’s Office forawalkthrough of the vaccine andSaudiArabiaweretoarrivein moneylaundering case against CBI courtfor abduction tweetedonFriday,“...AsIndiaen- manufacturing line before he Pune from Mumbai. thepromoters of Topsgrup,afew and murder of her daugh- ters adecisive phase of the fight relatedparties and ShivSena MLA terin2012. Later,the High ‘Smacks of malafide’: HC quashes BMC againstCOVID-19, PM @naren- Pratap Sarnaik.The ED case is Courtacquitted her of all dramodi’s visit to thesefacilities PM likely to spend an hour at Zydus basedonanFIR, filedonOctober chargesin2018. ENS &discussions with the scientists 28 by aformer employeeof demolition order in relief for Kangana will help him getafirsthand per- tus of ZyCoV-D, aplasmid DNA Topsgrup, Ramesh Iyer,who has spectiveofthe preparations, chal- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE vaccine candidatebeingdevel- allegedthat the companycheated fectlyjustifiedtoorder compen- lenges &roadmap in India’s en- AHMEDABAD,NOVEMBER27 opedatthe company's Vaccine theMumbaiMetropolitan Region UTTAR PRADESH OMKARGOKHALE sation againstrespondents,”the deavour to vaccinateits citizens.” Technology Centre. In connec- Development Authority of Rs 175 Dogseenlicking MUMBAI,NOVEMBER27 benchsaid, referring to photo- The OxfordAstrazeneca vac- PRIME MINISTER Narendra tion with the visit, ateam of SPG crore. graphs of the premise and other cine had earlier in the week re- Modi on Saturday will visitthe officials had arrivedin This contract, the ED has al- bodyinhospital, IN RELIEF to actor Kangana material producedbeforeit. porteda70-per cent effective- Zydus Biotech Park of Cadila Ahmedabad on Thursday leged,was facilitated by Sarnaik Ranaut, the Bombay HighCourt Adivision benchofJustices S ness in stage-3 trials,lowerthan HealthcareLtd at Changodar,on evening and ahelipad wasbeing –the agency accuses the legisla- twosuspended Fridayset aside the September 9 JKathawalla and RIChagla pro- the ModernaorPfizer vaccines, Ahmedabad'soutskirts,where readiedatthe Zydus facility. torofgetting kickbacks from order issuedbythe The demolition in Sept. File nouncedthe judgment on whichhad both reportedsuccess the companyisdeveloping an According to asenior state Topsgruptothe tune of Rs 7 Sambhal: Twoemployees Brihanmumbai Municipal Ranaut’s petition, in whichthe ratesofabove 90 per cent. Bharat indigenous vaccine forCovid-19. health Department official, the crore. The ED has raidedboth of the district hospital in Corporation (BMC) directing actor had saidthe civic body had Biotech’s Covaxin has passedtwo Modi is expected to reachthe firsttwo phases of trials involv- Sarnaik and Nanda's properties Sambhal have been sus- demolition of alleged alterations importance on social media. hurriedwith the demolition phases of trials,and beganphase- Zydus Biotech Park at 9.30 am ing ZyCoV-Dhad asmaller group in connection with the case. pendedafter avideosur- carriedather Bandraoffice.The “There is material in plead- process for‘ulterior reasons’, due 3trials at AIIMS. Zydus Cadila and he is expected to spend of humans on whom trials were The probeagencyhas also al- facedonsocial media HC,meanwhile, advisedRanaut ings and evidence indicating that to her criticism of the vaccine has completedphase-2 about an hour. performed. Theresultsofthe ini- legedly foundaccommodation showing astray dog lick- to “exercise restraint” while air- action of demolition smacks of Maharashtra government and trials and is settoapplyfor phase- The Prime Ministerisex- tial trails on humans areyet to be entries of about Rs 5crore in one ing a15-year-old girl’s un- ing her views on issues of public malafides. We would be per- Mumbai Police. 3trials in December. pected to be briefed on thesta- made public. of Sarnaik's firms. attendedbody at the facil- ity.The 20-second clip was widelysharedonsocial mediaon Thursday, spark- In Cox &KingsPMLA TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE Five Covid patients dead after fire ing outrage. Terming the incident as “veryserious”, case,crime proceeds are CASES: RECOVERED:86,79,138 Chief Medical 269 breaks out in Gujarat hospital ICU Superintendent Dr Sushil DAYSSINCE 92,66,705 DEATHS:1,35,715 PANDEMIC Verma on Fridaysaid that Rs 7,000 cr: ED to court BEGAN TESTS: 13,70,62,749 | DOUBLING RATE: 150.73** Manoj Agarwaltold The Indian awardboy and asweeper EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Express.Hesaidthe exact cause had been suspended. An probeshowedthat YesBank had RAJKOT,NOVEMBER27 of the death would be known explanation wasalso EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE total outstanding of Rs 3,642 onlyfrompost-mortem reports. soughtfromthe doctor on MUMBAI,NOVEMBER27 crore, of whichRs1,997 crorewas FIVECOVID-19patients were This is the third fire in ICUs of emergency dutyas wellas from three domestic entities and killedand six otherswerein- Gujarat hospitals in four months. apharmacist. PTI THE ED on Fridaysubmitted to a the rest from twooverseas enti- jured in afirethat brokeout in PM NarendraModitweeted special courtthatits investiga- ties of CKG. Astatement recorded the intensive careunit of apri- he was“painedbythe loss of PTI WESTBENGAL tion has revealedthat proceeds of asenior employee of YesBank KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG DOUBLING vate hospital in Gujarat’s Rajkot lives”. Chief MinisterVijay of crime in the Coxand Kings al- claims thataloanproposal TOWATCH CASES 24HOURS GROWTH* TIME** city on Friday. The charredhospital ward. Rupani announcedRs4lakh ex CPMRajya leged money-laundering case is amounting to Rs 500crore of a Police said the fire startedat gratia to the kin of the deceased. SabhaMPtests nearly Rs 7,000 crore. The ED subsidiaryofthe group, Ezeego ■ Maharashtra 18,02,365 6,406 0.32% 228.20 the UdayShivananda Covid He also ordered aprobe. claimed that the scope of the Tours and Travels, wasreceived. ■ Kerala 5,83,741 5,378 0.97% 74.33 Hospital at around 12.30 am on “Fivepatients diedand six Bhikha Theba,deputy chief probewas expandedtoinclude “The loan wasdrivenfromthe Fridayand rapidlyspread in the others were injured.The fire was fire officer of Rajkot,saidthe fire Covidpositive ■ Delhi 5,51,262 5,475 1.10% 65.47 alleged siphoning and diversion topand the veryinitial instruction ICU on the firstfloorofthe three- put out within half an hour,” appearedtohavebeen causedby Kolkata: CPI(M)Rajya of borrowedfunds from differ- had takenplace between Rana ■ West Bengal 4,70,498 3,507 0.78% 91.98 storey building. Rajkot city police commissioner an “electric short-circuit”. Sabha MP Bikash Ranjan ent banksand financial institu- Kapoor and the concernedper- ■ Haryana 2,26,611 2,122 1.15% 62.88 Bhattacharya has tested tions. Initially, theED's com- son of the company,”the ED positive forthe Covid-19, plaint alleged that thecase claimed. It said that the employee *Compounded Daily Growth Rate overlast7days**Calculated over7-day growth SC asks state govt to submit report on fire following whichheisin involved proceeds of crime to saidthathis teamwasagainstthe CASEFATALITYRATIO POSITIVITYRATE DAILYIN,DAILYOUT home isolation, health de- the tune of Rs 5,564 crore. The proposalfor extendingfacilities Bhushan, RSubhash Reddy and stateand from hospital to hospi- 7DAYSEARLIER: 7DAYSEARLIER: DETECTED TODAY partment sources said on claim wasmadebythe ED while to CKGdue to “weak credit posi- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE MRShah also expressed concern tal. We notice that neither con- Friday. Bhattacharya (69), seeking custody of PeterKerkar, tion, compliance issue and non- 1.47 6.95 43,082 NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER27 about gatherings at political ral- cretesteps have been takenby aformer KolkataMayor, the promoterofthe travel firm availability to down sale theloan”. NOW: NOW: RECOVERED TODAY: lies and marriages and calledfor the states in this regard nor any has been keeping unwell arrested on Thursday. It is claimedthatKerkaralong 1.46 6.79 39,379 THE SUPREME CourtFriday took steps to address the situation. mechanism to prevent or ame- forquitesometime. He The ED also claimedthat with Anil Khandelwal,CFO,and Deathsasaratioof Positives against Becoming sick vs suo motu cognizance of the The benchsaid the fire in lioratethe situation is in place.” gave his samples forthe loans were obtainedbyKerkar in Naresh Jain, auditor of Coxand positivecases (in%); number tested recovering; more Rajkot hospitalfirethat leftfive Rajkot is notthe firstsuchinci- The courthad takensuo motu Covid-19testwhich Coxand KingsGroupsof Kings Ltd (CKL), “wereresponsi- indicator of progress (in %); indicatorof recoveries for 14 days Covid-19patientsdead and dentinCovid hospitals and that cognizance of amatter pertain- in avertingdeaths the spread of disease may signal the peak turnedout to be positive, Companies(CKG) from YesBank blefor inflating the booksofac- sought areportfromGujarat it wastaking cognizance of all ing to propertreatment of Covid- DataasonNovember26,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealth,ICMRandstates.Oftendailynumbers theysaid. “Bhattacharya’s in connivance with Rana Kapoor, countsbyshowing15non-exis- includedatafrompreviousdays.Assuch,trends basedondailynumbersareindicative,notdefinitive government on the mishap. the cases. “These incidentsare 19 patients and dignifiedhan- report wasreceivedon itsfounder.The ED claims its tent/fictitious customers.” AbenchofJusticesAshok being repeated from stateto dling of dead bodies in hospitals. Thursday. He has opted forhomeisolation.Heis okayand hisconditionis statedto bestable.Hehas askedall those whocame WORKERS FROM CHHATTISGARH POOL FUNDS FOR KERALA RELIEF FUND in contact withhim to take thetest,” an official said. PTI 2,000 km from home, givingback to astate thatfeels like one NAGALAND by honouringthecoronawarriors, tance back home, he says,attest- dena chahtehain (It wasnot a Residentsfind VISHNUVARMA who mostepitomise that spirit. ing to the high-wageinformal problem forus. We aregetting so ‘diamonds’,govt KOCHI,NOVEMBER27 Backhome in Pedraroad, Kerala economythatdraws blue- muchfromthisstate.Wewanted povertyhad forcedPaikratodrop collarworkers from across the to give backaswell).” Mohandas, sendsgeologists IN 2019,when he travelled2,100 outofschool afterClass10and country.Morethan40colleagues who runs Computech, says, km on atrain from Bilaspur to startworking in hisfather's rice of Paikraare from Chhattisgarh “WhenItoldthemhowevenlittle Kohima:Socialmediaposts Thiruvananthapuram, Ranjeet fields.However, moneywaslittle, alone,wholive togetherinaccom- children were doing their bit, it claiming the discovery of Singh Paikrahad neverbefore Everyyear since2016, The andwhenafriendtoldhimabout modation providedbystruck achord.All of themwere “diamond-like” minerals seencoconutpalmsstandingrow Indian Express has been marking jobs in Kerala plucking coconuts Computech. Paikra's father, willing to donate." inNagaland’sMondistrict upon row. Less than twoyears the 26/11terrorattacks on that paid well,Paikra seizedthe mother and twobrothers live in At ameeting chaired by him, have goneviral,prompting later,thesonof apoorfarmerfrom Mumbai with storiesofstrength opportunity. Pedraroad. Paikraand theothers offeredthe the stategovernment to Pendraroad in Chhattisgarhisan andapubliceventshowcasingthe At theage of 30,heunderwent With Kerala reporting among Rs 52,000 they had collected. sendgeologists to investi- in-demandcoconutclimberinhis spirit of the survivors. This year, week-longtrainingatComputech, From Chhattisgarh, working as coconut climbers in the firstcases of the coronavirus Mohandas, an ex-serviceman, gate theissue.TheDirector adoptedstate of Kerala.So, when the anniversaryisbeing marked aprivate firm, to climbcoconut Thiruvananthapuram, theygaveRs52,000to CM fund inthecountrybyMay,Paikra said addedanother Rs 26,000,and of Geology and Mining, the time came that he could give hewashearingfromhisemployer theypresented ajoint cheque of Nagaland,SManeninan something backtothe state, storiesof womensellingtheirlive- Rs 78,000to astate minister. order issuedonThursday Paikradidn't think twice.Heand palmsusingamachine.Whiletra- days,itbecame easy andnow it stockand children breakingtheir KoramtalksabouthowKerala directed geologists to in- his co-workers pooledtogether ditional climbersuse nothing but has become ahabit." piggy-banks to contributetothe feels so muchlikehome. “Weget vestigatethe claims of the their savings to contributeRs theirfeet andhandsto clamberup Asacertifiedclimber,heclocks CM's relief fund. alot of respect here. The people discovery at Wakching 52,000 to the Chief Minister's and down the palms,today there 40-50 trees aday—sometimes Despitethe lockdown having areverywarmand courteous. area of the district. Distress ReliefFund. arestilt-likemachinesto makethe even doing 70-80 trees at large stoppedworkand salariesfor During the lockdown, when we Purportedphotographs of Says Paikra, “Wedidn’t face a processmucheasier. plantations and in good weather. them as well, Paikraand col- fellshortofrations,ourlocalshop- the precious stonesand lotofproblems during the lock- Paikraadmitsbeingscared,es- Forevery tree he climbs, he gets leagues offeredtocontributeas keeper lent us rice and pulses.” clipsshowingvillagersdig- down becausethe companytook peciallywhen he looked down Rs 40, of whichRs15goes to well. Says one of them, Now, lifeisnearly back to nor- ginglandinsearchofdia- care of us. Butwerealised there fromthetopofatreethefirsttime. Computech. In amonth, Paikra ChandrapalKoram,“Takleefkibaat mal, Paikrasays,exceptthatthey mondshad gone viral. PTI maybemanywhoneedhelp.We “Anyworkthatyoudocaninitially earns around Rs 30,000.Itisa nahin hai. Bahut kuchchhumein do theclimbwearingmasks and felt we should help.” bedifficult...Butoverthenextfew large sum compared to thepit- yahan se mil raha hai. Tohhum bhi routinelydisinfecttheirmachines.
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SIMPLY PUT QUESTION &ANSWER CORONAVIRUS DASHBOARD INDIA ACTIVE CASES 455,555 Coastal security, after 26/11 500,000 On the anniversaryofthe Mumbaiattacks,the Defence Ministerspoke of asecurity covernow in place 455,555 446,805 that tracks suspicious activities at sea. Alookathow an organisationcalledIMACcoordinates thiseffort
450,000 ■Space-basedAIS that provide informa- KRISHNKAUSHIK tion on offshoreand deep sea vessels, sanc- NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER27 tionedvesselslist, additional databases, intel- LAST 10 DAYS ligence inputs, and information about Nov17Nov 26 SPEAKINGONthe 12th anniversaryofthe research vessels. 400,000 26/11attacks,Defence MinisterRajnath ■The Indian PortsAuthority, information Singh said that “today, the Indian Navy,Coast from whichhas been integrated recently. Note:The Nov26figureinthisgraph is based on thegovernment updateonNov 27 Guardand Marine Policehaveprepared such These dataare then analysed with vari- athree-tiersecurity coverinthe coastalareas ous tools that createacomprehensive picture of the countrythatnosuspicious activity can foreachvesselvisible as adot on the screen. INDIA TOTAL CASES WORLD TOTAL CASES be escapedfromtheir lives”. To ensurethat 9,309,787 61,165,359 these three tiers work in an integrated man- What moreneeds to be done? ner, an organisation namedthe Information When avesseldoesnot transmit anyin- Source:MinistryofHealth&Family Source:JohnsHopkinsUniversity, Management and Analysis Centre(IMAC) formation about itself through the AIS, it is Welfare,updatedat11pmonNov27 updatedat11pmonNov27 wasset up in 2014. known as adarkship. Thereare limited op- tions to trackthem. Whywas theneedfelt? Monitoring the ocean from IMACheadquarters in Gurgaon. Express Whilesomebigvessels maychoosetonot The tenLashkar-e-Toiba terrorists who transmit onAIS, manyofIndia’s smaller ship- carriedout the 26/11attacks had entered ping vesselshave no transponders.An official Mumbai through the sea, usinginflatable in maritime domain have atransnational” Bengal and SouthwestIndian Ridge.The data from the security establishment said that of speedboats.Asenior security establishment character,the senior official said IMACfeeds has also shown an increase in Chinese fishing the 2.9 lakh fishing vessels in India,around officer saidonThursdaythatinthe aftermath datafrominternationalsources as well. vesselsinthe high seas in IOR —fromapprox- 60%aresmallerthan20m,mostofthemwith- of the attacks,“severalvulnerabilitiesof Itisimportanttonote thatIMACtracksonly imately300 four years agotoaround 450 out transponders. “These gaps areexploited coastalsecurity came to the fore”, and IMAC non-military or commercial ships, knownas now. Thesefishing activities areconcen- by subversive elements,” the official said. wascreated so that “anotherdastardly act whiteshipping. Militaryships, or grey hull trated in the Central Arabian Sea and Lt GeneralPJSPannu, whowas the deputy likethe 26/11attacks do nottakeplace”. ships, aretracked by theDirectorate of Naval Southwest Indian Ocean. chief of the Integrated Defence Command, The Indian Navy is responsible foroverall Operations,asthisisonaclassifiednetwork. and had studiedcoastalsecurity in the late maritime security (coastal and offshore) and HowdoesIMACfunction? 1990s, said that “after26/11, it wascritical for is supposedtobeassistedincoastal security What does IMAClook at? IMAChas linkages with anumber of na- India to have arobusttrackingsystemfor all by theCoastGuard,State Marine Police and IMACfocuses on ships passing through tional and international organisations, from fishing vessels” and that “IMACisthe ideal so- otheragencies. Post 26/11though, at the the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). At itshead- whichItcollates data, analyses patterns,and lution to collatedatafrommultiple sources meeting of the CabinetCommittee on quarters, officers can lookatall ships that alerts relevant authorities if anything is found once transponders arefitted on vessels”. Security on February16, 2009, the Coast transmit signals to an Automatic suspicious. Among itssources fordata: The AIS, he said, “whichisaone-way bea- From October to March,large parts of the Swiss Plateaumay be Guardwas additionallydesignated as the au- Identification System (AIS) when passing ■51 nodes across the countryrun by the con transmitting the unique vessel ID similar coveredbyfog or haze. Suchthermal inversions trap fine particulate thorityresponsible forcoastalsecurity in ter- through IOR, and can look at information in- Navy or the Coast Guard; thereare 46 sta- to ADS-B on aircraft, is onlyinstalledonlarger matter that can aggravatethe consequences of Covid-19, researchers ritorial waters, and thrustwas giventoen- cludingroute,destination,nationality and tions in the Coastal RadarChain that have fishing vessels dueto itssize, weightandcost” say. NASAvia University of Geneva hancesurveillance in territorial waters by all ownership foreachvessel. radars, opticaland meteorologicalsensors. and “doesn't allowfishermen to reportemer- agencies including the Navy,CoastGuard, The IOR, 5500nautical miles wide by ■The Vessel and Air TrafficManagement gencies at sea nor communicate with the Marine Police, and Customs. 7500nmlong, includes 35 countries. It is the System under the Petroleum Ministry. shore, nor does it allowthe vessel to receive busiestmaritime trade route, with 11,000to ■ The National Automatic Identification anydatabackfromthe Navy or CoastGuard”. Study associates high What is IMAC? 12,000 ships present in it at anygiven time. System,which has 87 stations. Post 26/11, the ISROhas been trying to develop asolution IMAC, basedinGurgaon, wasestablished And at anygiven point, IMACcan siftdata government has made it mandatoryfor all forfishingvesseltracking overthe lastone in November 2014,and is thenodal centre pointssuchashow manyChinese vessels are vessels longer than 20 mtohaveanAIS that decade.“Certainlyour fishermen's boatinte- levels of PM2.5 with formaritime security information collation in the region, or howmanyvessels are transmitsits identification and other infor- grationwithIMACwillguardourcoastalfron- and dissemination. It is jointly operatedby headedtoaparticularport. It can alsocheck mation —inaddition to the international reg- tiers.FishermeninGujratandMaharashtracan the Navy and CoastGuard and is the corner- if avesselhas changedits identity,orifithas ulation that AIS is compulsoryfor anyvessel bevulnerableto beluredif theyare notstitched severity of Covid waves stone of the National Command Control been involvedinlaw-enforcement issues in heavier than 300gross tonnage. in the national security apparatus,” he said. Communication andIntelligence Network other countries. ■ The Long-RangeIdentification and The CabinetCommittee on Securityis AHIGH concentrationoffine particles The team made observations in the formonitoring maritime trafficinIndia’s area As an example of insightsdrawn from the Trading Information from 174countries, also considering aproposal by the Navy to is already known to be correlated Swiss cantonofTicino, where fine- of interest. data, sources said therehas been a“steady whichcomes from the DirectorateGeneral develop aNational Maritime Awareness with the severity of influenza waves. particle pollution increasedsharply IMAC’s task is to facilitateexchangeof rise” of Chinese research vessels in the IOR of Shipping. Centre, amulti-agency body including the Now, scientists have investigated pos- duringaperiodoffog at the end of maritime security informationamong vari- over the lastfew years. The general area of ■ India’s WhiteShipping Information Navy,CoastGuard,intelligence agencies, sible interactionsbetween high lev- February2020. Shortlyafterwards, ous nationalstakeholders, and generatea deployment of Chinese ships is in the 90 ExchangeAgreementswith 36 countries and statemarine police forces, and ministries of els of fine particulatematterand the Ticino recordedasharp increase in the common operational picture. Since “threats Degree EastRidge,whichisunder the Bayof three multinational constructs shipping, ports andfisheries. virulence of Covid-19. The study from number of hospital admissions due to the University of Geneva and Covid-19. Additionally, alarge carni- Meteodat —aspin-offofETH Zürich — valevent with some 150,000 visitors is publishedinthe journal Earth took place at the same time. Systemsand Environment. In Switzerland, the increase in fine India’s push for gender equity in science The findings suggestthat high particle concentrations is particularly concentrations of PM2.5 maymodu- frequent during thermal inversions. late, or even amplify,the And acuteconcentrations bronze, silverorgoldaccreditation. ipating institutions had ahigher number of aroundgovernment redtapeasmostuniver- waves of SARS-CoV-2 con- cause inflammation of the ESHAROY Institutions that sign up commit to ad- female leaders than non-Athena institutions, sities, barring theIITsand NITs, arerun and tamination,and explain in respiratory, pulmonary NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER27 dressing unequal genderrepresentation; and gender diversity in leadership positions fundedbythe government as well. This partthe particular profile and cardiovascular tracts tackling thegenderpay gap; removing the also improved means that these institutions don’thavedi- of the Covid-19 pandemic. andthickenthe blood. In ONE OF the focuses of the newScience, obstacles facedbywomen in career develop- Today, theprogramme has 170member rect control over institutional policies, re- Thestudy suggestspre- combination with coron- Technology and Innovation Policy,currently ment and progression; discriminatorytreat- institutions across UK and Ireland.Australia cruitment and promotions. The DSThas tied ventive measuresrelated avirus infection, these in- being draftedbythe DepartmentofScience ment oftenexperiencedbytrans people; gen- has adopteditunder the name of SAGE up with National Assessment and to air pollution to limit fu- PAPER flammatoryfactors can and Technology (DST), will be to increase the der balance of committees and zerotolerance (Science Australia Gender Equity) and has 40 Accreditation Council, under the UGC,aim- tureoutbreaksofsevere lead to aserious progres- participation of womeninscience. To this forbullyingand sexual harassment. institutionsaffiliated.Canada, the US and ing to push gender equity through them. illness and death due to CLIP sionofthe disease, the re- end, the DSTwillincorporateasystemof India arecurrentlyintransitionalphasesin The DSTplanstorun intensive gender the coronavirus. searchers stress. grading institutes depending on the enrol- Howwellhas it worked? implementing it. sensitisationprogrammes, especiallyfor the An increase in fine par- NEWGUIDELINES Althoughthe study ment of women and the advancement of the In 2019,areportbyOrtus Economic topleadershipofinstitutions, and work ticles is generallyfavoured showshow particulate careersofwomen faculty andscientists.The Research in partnership with Loughborough Whydoes India needsuchaprogramme? withinexisting rules such as pushing for by airtemperatureinversions (a de- matter pollution can influence the vir- conceptborrows from aprogrammestarted University found that 93% of participantsbe- In India, it will be calledGATI(Gender women membersonselection committees viation from the waytemperature ulence of the virus and possible severe by the UK in 2005 calledthe Athena SWAN lievedthe programmehad apositiveimpact Advancement through Transforming during recruitment processes. In the future, normallychanges withaltitude).Such disease progression, the researchers (Scientific Women’s Academic Network), on gender issues, 78% said it had impacted Institutions). the DSTislikelytoconsider policy changes inversions areusuallycharacterised acknowledge that physiological, social whichisnow being adoptedbymanycoun- equality and diversity issues positively,and India is ranked 108out of 149countries in suchasthose brought about in the UK pro- by fogsituations.Studies in Italyand or economicfactors will also influence tries.The DSTwillsoonlaunchapilot,which 78% notedapositive impact on the career the 2018 Global Gender Gap report. viding financial incentives through grantsto France suggestthatSARS-CoV-2was the further course of the pandemic. the British Council has helpeditdevelop. progression of women. According to DSTfigures, in 2015-16, the institutes. alreadypresent in Europe at the end Theyconcludethat thefindingsofthis In 2011,the ChiefMedicalOfficer for shareofwomen involvedinscientific re- of 2019,while the sharp increase in study offerthe possibility of taking What is Athena SWAN? England linkedthe funding of the National search anddevelopmentwas 14.71% —after What is the pilotbeing launched? numbers wasonlyrecorded in spring preventive measures in the event of The Athena SWAN Charterisanevalua- HealthServiceandNationalInstituteforHealth it had actually increasedfrom13% in 2000- Forthe pilot, 25 institutes will be short- 2020 in Paris and London. To the re- futureincreases in fine particulate tion and accreditation programmeinthe UK Research withtheAthenaSWANawardtoen- 2001 to 29% in 2014-15. listedtocarry out self-assessment on gen- searchers, this suggestedthatbesides matter concentrations, thus limiting a enhancing gender equity in science, technol- courageandincentivisemedicalschoolstoem- The DSThas also found thatwomen are der equity in their departments. The British interaction of people, something else newflare-up of Covid-19morbidity ogy,engineering, mathematics and medi- powerwomen’sadvancementandleadership. either notpromoted, or very oftendropout Council is assisting the DSTand will facilitate maypromote the transmission of the and mortality. cine (STEMM). Participating research organ- This policy decision ledtoa400%increase in mid-career to attend to their families. collaboration between selected institutions virus, and particularly the severity of isations and academic institutions are Athena SWAN applicationsfrommedical and under GATI withAthena SWAN-accredited the infection. Source: UniversityofGeneva required to analysedataongenderequity medical-related departments. What arethe challenges ahead? institutions in the UK, with eachinstitute and develop action plans forimprovement. Astudy in BMJ found that in the five-year To getasmanyinstitutions as possible to herehaving apartner instituteinthe UK for The programme recognises suchefforts with periodsincethe scheme wasstarted,partic- signup, the DSTwillneedtomanoeuvre guidance. Thepoliticsofcreatingcommunity-basedcorporationsinKarnataka
hold on his community. ing voters who areakeysegment of voters While all major parties fieldedcandidates theBJP,the partywon104seats.Aheadof the While the DDevaraj UrsBackwardClass JOHNSONTA in Belagaviand Basavakalyanregions. from the Vokkaligacaste (the dominant 2018 polls, the Congress made astrong bid Development Corporation, the Dr BR BENGALURU,NOVEMBER27 What is the pointofcreating While the BJP has made an effort to unify communityinsouthernKarnataka who to win the Lingayat Veerashaiva votebase by Ambedkar Development Corporation and community-baseddevelopment all castes under the Hindutvaumbrella, the makeupnearly15% of the statepopulation) recommending to the Centrethat Lingayats the MinorityDevelopment Corporation cre- THE BJP government in Karnataka has in re- corporations? strategy has notbeensuccessful beyond the the BJP has been focusing on keysub-groups be accordedaminority religion status. ated decades agoare the main entities for centweeksannouncedthe creation of three The creation of corporations and boards coastalKarnataka region —wherethe of the ScheduledCaste andScheduledTribe The creation of the Lingayat Veerashaiva implementingwelfareschemes, there are newboards and corporations to oversee the thatoverseethe developmentofcaste and Hindutvafactorandreligiouspolarisationhas communities. DevelopmentCorporation is seen as an at- also dozens of boards and corporations cre- development of certain castesand linguistic religious groupsare apartofstrategies to beenakey influencerof pollssincethe1990s, temptnot onlytoconsolidateYediyurappa’s ated forniche communities, manyofwhich groups —includingacorporationforthe de- win the political support of the members of in the aftermath of the Babri Masjiddemoli- Is therealargerpolitical significance to influence, but also to counter ademand in areoften deprived of fundsafter theyhave velopmentoftheLingayat-Veerashaivacom- these groups. The supportofthe Lingayat tion. The BJP is yettowin aclearmajority in the creation of the Lingayat Veershaiva some quarters for16% reservation for been created.JDS leaderHDKumaraswamy munity (a dominant caste to whichChief community,who predominantlylivein Karnataka on itsown andhas had to rely on corporation? Lingayatsingovernmentjobs and education. announcedthe creation of the Brahmin MinisterBSYediyurappa himself belongs). northern Karnataka, is keytowinning nearly defections of MLAs from other parties to es- The support of the Lingayat Veerashaiva Development BoardatacostofRs25crore The move to createacorporationfor the 90 of Karnataka’s224 Assemblyseats. tablish itsmajorities in 2008 and 2019. community is considered the keythatde- Howhaveother parties used this and the Arya Vaishya Development Board development of the Lingayat community The Lingayat Veerashaiva Development cides whichparty will govern Karnataka. strategy in the past? withanoutlayofRs10crore when he was has been assailed by the opposition Corporation, being setupwith Rs 500crore Does the creation of suchboards and The community has been firmlyinthe cor- All parties have createdboards and cor- the CM of the JDS-Congress coalition gov- Congress as apolitical tactic by Yediyurappa funding, will aim to provide scholarships, corporations help parties win elections? nerofYediyurappa and the BJP in the last porations forsub-sectsincastesand reli- ernment between2018-19. The former to consolidatethe votes of the community, loans etc. The immediatetrigger forits cre- Ahead of arecent bypoll in SiraAssembly decade. In the 2013 polls, the BJP's tallyfell gious groups with political objectives. Congress government headedby who makeup17% of the population of ationisthe forthcomingby-elections to two constituency in southern Karnataka –ater- to 40 seats(from 110in2008) after Although acaste-and community-based Siddaramaiah created aBhovi Karnataka and areknown to be ardent sup- Assemblyseats(Basavakalyanand Maski)) ritory theBJP had neverwon –the BJP gov- Yediyurappa leftthe BJPand formedhis socioeconomic survey wascarriedout dur- Development Corporation, aBabuJagajivan porters of Yediyurappa and the BJP.Anef- and one in Lok Sabha (Belagavi) in the ernmentannouncedthe creation of adevel- ownKarnatakaJanataParty,which won ing the 2013-2018 regime to identify the RamMadiga, the Karnataka Thanda fort to seek inclusionofLingayatsinthe OBC Lingayat belt in NorthKarnataka. Themove opmentboard forthe Kadu Golla Scheduled onlysix seatsinthe pollsbut damaged the weakestsections of society and their num- DevelopmentCorporation forthe tribal categoryfor reservations in central govern- came on the backofYediyurappa announc- Caste community with afund outlayofRs BJP in as manyas36seats in the Lingayat bers, the findings have notbeen made pub- Banjaras, and Vishwakarma, Upparaand ment jobs is also being widelyseenaspart ing the creation of aMaratha Development 10 crore. The micro-level caste strategy belt. lic as yetand they have notbeenusedfor Nijasharana AmbigaraChowdaiah of Yediyurappa’s attempt to increase his Board—ostensiblytowoo Marathi-speak- helpedthe BJP win the seat forthe firsttime. In 2018,whenYediyurappa returnedto implementing government programmes. Development Corporations.
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REUTERS&AP Tensions set to escalate TrumpataThanksgivingvideo teleconference from theWhite AmericansingerCher DUBAI,NOVEMBER27 House with membersofthe military,onThursday. Reuters
AN IRANIAN scientist long sus- THE ASSASSINATION of spyagency Mossad. His PAKISTAN pected by the West of master- the nuclear scientist, for killingcomes at atime CherinPakto minding asecretnuclear bomb whichIranisalready when Israel has ex- Trump: Will leave if programme waskilled in an am- pointingfingers at pressedconcern that a sendoffelephant bush near Tehran on Fridaythat Israel, is almostcertain Biden administration in could provokeconfrontation be- to raise tensions in the region the US mayrevivethe Iran nu- Electoral College sheworkedtofree tween Iran and itsfoes. and complicateefforts to im- clear deal andreconsiderthe AMERICAN SINGER Cher Iran’s foreign minister alleged proveties between Tehran and outgoingTrumpadministra- arrivedinPakistantosend the killing of Mohsen Western powers, especially tion’s harsh approachto formalises Biden win offKaavan, the elephant Fakhrizadeh bore“serious indi- close Israel allyUS. According Tehran. The assassination is she has spent years trying cations” of an Israeli role, butdid to a NewYork Times report, likelytoincrease pressure to free,beforeheismoved notelaborate. “Terrorists mur- Mohsen Fakhrizadehhas long withinIrantostayawayfrom to asanctuary in Cambodia dered an eminentIranian scien- Mohsen Fakhrizadeh. West AsiaNewsAgencyvia Reuters been the No 1targetofIsraeli talksregarding anydeal. JEFFMASON NEWU.S.RULETO on Sunday. The 36-year- tisttoday.Thiscowardice —with &SIMONLEWIS ALLOWFIRINGSQUAD, old Asian elephanthas serious indications of Israelirole WASHINGTON,NOVEMBER27 spent mostofhis lifein —shows desperatewarmonger- firedonhis car,Iranian stateme- alsodeclinedtocomment. (Fakhrizadeh), and afew minutes sponsiblefor the attack, it is cer- ELECTROCUTIONIN Islamabad Zoo, muchof ingofperpetrators,” Mohammad dia reported. Therewas no im- Fakhrizadeh has been de- ago, this manager and scientist tain to escalatetension between US PRESIDENT Donald Trump FEDERALEXECUTIONS that timewithout acom- JavadZarifwrote on Twitter. mediate claim of responsibility scribed by Western and Israeli achievedthe high status of mar- Iran and the US in the final weeks said on Thursdayhewillleave the panion, and animal rights The militaryadviserto forthe attack. intelligence services foryearsas tyrdom afteryearsofeffortand of Donald Trump’s presidency. WhiteHouse if the Electoral THE US Justice Department advocates have cam- Iranian Supreme Leader Israeli PrimeMinister the leader of acovertatomic struggle,” Iran’s armedforcessaid Trump,wholosthisre-election Collegevotesfor President-elect has created newregulations paignedfor himtoberes- Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed BenjaminNetanyahu’soffice de- bomb programme halted in in astatement carriedbymedia. bid on Nov. 3and leavesoffice on Joe Biden,the closesthehascome allowingfor the use of more cuedfromgrim conditions. to retaliatefor his killing. clinedtocomment on the killing. 2003, whichIsrael and the The semi-officialnews Jan. 20, has repeatedly accused to conceding the Nov. 3election, methods forfederal execu- Cher tweetedher thanks “Wewillstrikeasthunder at In the UnitedStates,the Pentagon United States accuse Tehran of agency Tasnim said “terrorists Iran of secretly seeking nuclear even as he repeated unfounded tions, includingfiringsquad aftermeeting Prime thekillersof thisoppressedmartyr declined to comment and the trying to restoreinsecret.Iran blewupanother car” before fir- weapons.TrumppulledtheUSout claims of massive voterfraud. and electrocution. MinisterImran Khanon and will makethem regret their StateDepartment and White has long deniedseeking to ing on avehicle carrying of adealunderwhichsanctionson Speaking to reportersonthe The rule, whichissched- Friday“ForMaking It action,”HosseinDehgantweeted. House did notimmediatelyre- weaponise nuclear energy. Fakhrizadeh and his bodyguards Iran were liftedinreturn forcurbs Thanksgiving holiday,Republican uledtobepublishedinthe Possible ForMeToTake Fakhrizadeh diedofinjuries spondtorequestsfor comment. “Unfortunately, themedical in an ambush outside the capital. on itsnuclear programme. Biden Trumpsaid if Democrat Biden — Federal Register on Friday, KaavanToCambodia”. A in hospital afterarmedassassins President-elect Joe Biden’steam team did notsucceedinreviving Regardless of who wasre- hassaid he would restoreit. who is due to be sworn in on Jan. comes as the administration statement from the PM’s 20 —isformallydeclaredthe win- rushes to execute five more office said Khan had ner by theElectoral College, he prisonersbeforethe endof thankedCher and invited will departthe WhiteHouse. President Donald Trump’s her to participatefurther in Britain and other Asked if he wouldleave the term. It is partofaspate of environmental initiatives WhiteHouse if the Electoral movesand rule-making in Pakistan. REUTERS Collegevotes forBiden, Trump processesbefore heleavesof- nations press on with said: “CertainlyIwill. CertainlyI fice. Unlikeinsome of the fi- will. And youknowthat.” But nal-hourdecisions,thepracti- Trumpsaid it would be hardfor caleffect of therule remains THAILAND AstraZeneca vaccine him to concede because “we unclear.The Justice Protesterswarn knowtherewas massive fraud”. Departmenthasnotindicated “It wasarigged election ... at that it plans to executein- ofpossiblecoup amid trial questions the highestlevel,” Trumpin- matesby amannerotherthan PRO-DEMOCRACY de- sistedinasometimesrambling lethalinjection. NYT monstrators in Thailand, discourse at the WhiteHouse, undeterred by arrest war- while continuingtooffer no con- ALISTAIRSMOUT BRAZIL’SBOLSONARO creteevidence of widespread supportthe candidatewho won rantsand the possibility of &KARENLEMA violentattacks,stagedan- SAYSHEWILLNOT voting irregularities. the popular voteintheir state. other rallyonFriday,pok- LONDON/MANILA,NOV27 It wasthe firsttime Trump Biden wonthe election with ing fun at their criticsand TAKECOVIDVACCINE has takenquestionsfromre- 306Electoral College votes— warning of the possibility BRITAIN ASKED itsregulator on porters sinceElection Day, and manymorethanthe270required of amilitarycoup.The FridaytoassessAstraZeneca’s BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT Jair at times he turnedcombative. —toTrump’s232,andtheelectors protestmovement’score Covid-19vaccine forapossible BolsonarosaidonThursday In the United States,acandi- arescheduledtomeetonDec. 14 demands arefor Prime rollout, whilethe Philippines eveningthathewillnottakea date becomes president by secur- to formalise the outcome. MinisterPrayuth Chan- and Thailand secured millions of coronavirus vaccine, the lat- ing themost“electoral” votes Trumphas so farrefusedto ocha andhis government doses, giving the shotavote of estinaseriesof statementshe rather than by winning amajority fullyacknowledge hisdefeat, to step down, the constitu- confidence afterexperts raised has made expressing scepti- of the national popular vote. though earlier this week —with tion to be amendedtobe questions about trialdata. cismtoward coronavirusvac- Electors, allotted to the50states mounting pressurefromhis own moredemocratic, and the The UK government,which cination programmes. and the District of Columbia Republican ranks—he agreedto monarchytobereformed has secured 100million dosesof Theright- MPS THROW PUNCHES IN TAIWAN PARLIAMENT largely basedontheir population, letBiden’s transition process of- to makeitmoreaccount- the vaccine developedby wing leader areparty loyalists who pledgeto ficiallyproceed. REUTERS able. Their demandcon- AstraZeneca and Oxford addedthat During ascuffle in Parliament in Taipei on Friday. Lawmakers in Taiwan got into afistfightand cerning the monarchyis University,has targeted arollout Congresswas threw pig gutsateachother Friday over asoon-to-beenacted policy that wouldallow imports the mostcontroversial. AP to begin before Christmas. unlikelytore- of US pork.The decision to liftalongstandingban on imports of US pork hasmet withfierce “Wehaveformallyasked the quire objections, both from theopposition KMT and individual citizens. The newpolicy allows UK creates new digital CHINA regulator to assess the Bolsonaro Braziliansto imports of pork with acceptable residuesofractopamine, adrugthatsomefarmers add to Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, to take avac- animal feed that promotesthe growth of lean meat.Reuters regulator to impose code 12fromHongKong understand the dataand deter- cine. “I’m caughtfleeingby mine whether it meets rigorous telling you, I’m notgoingto safetystandards,” British Health take it. It’s my right,” he said. of conduct on tech giants boattobecharged SecretaryMatt Hancocksaid. Bolsonaroalso expressed Ethiopia PM rejectstalks as people flee CHINESEAUTHORITIESsaid “This letter is an important scepticism over the effec- Google and Facebook. on Fridaytheywereset to step towardsdeploying avaccine tiveness of mask wearing, ADITIKHANNA The newunit, whichwillbe- charge 12 peoplefromHong as quicklyassafelypossible.” implying therewas little Tigraycapitalinfearofimminent attack LONDON,NOVEMBER27 ginworkinApril 2021, could be Kongwithborderviolations In the global race to develop conclusive evidence of their givenpowers to suspend, block aftertheyweredetainedin vaccines againstCovid-19, effectiveness. REUTERS other illegitimate. GLOBAL TECHgiants will be sub- and reversedecisions of tech gi- China morethan three AstraZeneca’scandidate isviewed CARAANNA Therewasnoimmediateword ject to anew regime under the ants, order them to take certain months agowhile trying to as offeringone of the best hopes NAIROBI,NOVEMBER27 from the three AU envoys,former UK’sDigitalMarketsUnit to give actionstoachieve compliance flee from the citybyspeed- formanydeveloping countries aftersome scientists raised Ethiopian Liberian President Ellen Johnson people morechoice and control with the code, and imposefinan- boat.The 12,who had all because of itscheaper price and doubtsabout the robustness of ETHIOPIAN PRIME MinisterAbiy PM Abiy Sirleaf, former Mozambique over their dataand to ensure cialpenaltiesfornon-compliance. facedchargesinHongKong abilityto betransportedatnormal resultsshowing the shotwas Ahmed again ruledout dialogue Ahmed President Joaquim Chissano and news outlets arenot forced out “The dominance of justafew linked to anti-government fridgetemperatures. 90%effectiveinasub-group of with the leaders of the defiant former South African President by their bigger rivals, the govern- big tech companies is leading to protests,havebeen held in- The Thai government signed trial participantswho, by error Tigray region Fridaybut said he is Kgalema Motlanthe. ment announcedonFriday. less innovation, higher advertis- communicadoinamain- adealonFridaytoprocure 26mil- initially, receivedahalfdose fol- willingto speakto representatives fear of an imminent assault after The prime ministerappreci- The newunit, whichwill be ing prices and less choice and land prison since theywere liondoses of the vaccine to fight lowedbyafull dose. “operating legally” thereduring a Abiysaid the armyhad been or- ated theAUenvoys’“elderly con- setupwithin theCompetition controlfor consumers. Ournew, detained at sea, apparently the pandemic. Officials in the AstraZeneca CEO Pascal meetingwiththreeAfricanUnion dered to move in forthe “final cern”and told them his govern- andMarketsAuthority (CMA), pro-competition regime fordig- whiletryingtoreachTaiwan. Philippinessaid theywould se- Soriotsaid on Thursday that the special envoys trying to endthe phase” of an offensive to arrest ment’s failuretoenforce therule will work alongside existing ital marketswill ensurecon- The youngestamong them cure2.6 million shotsand were drugmaker waslikelytorun an deadlyconflict betweenfederal the leaders of the Tigray People’s of lawinTigray would “nurturea bodies to introduce and enforce sumers have choice, and mean is 16. REUTERS negotiatingapossiblepurchaseof additional global trial to assess troops and the region’s forces. Liberation Front who run the re- cultureofimpunity with devas- anew code to govern the behav- smaller firms aren’t pushed afurther 1million doses. the efficacy of itsvaccineusing The meeting occurredas gion.Abiy’s government andthe tating costtothe survivalofthe iour of platforms thatcurrently out,” said UK Business Minister The announcementscame the lowerdosage. REUTERS people fledthe Tigray capital in regional one eachconsiderthe country,” his office said. AP dominatethe market,suchas Alok Sharma. PTI
JESSIKA AND SEBASTIÁN WERE AMONG THOUSANDS OF VENEZUELANS TO RETURN FROM ABROAD,ONLY TO FIND THAT THEY MUST LEAVE AGAIN Amother, her son —and their 1,500-mile search for home amid pandemic
virus, they aretrying desperately to be my art.” government has been using its there’s nothing here.” pounds —but healthy. JULIETURKEWITZ to getbackhome, whereatleast Sebastián startedschool and repressive security apparatus to At leastinColombia thereis Hoursaftergivingbirth,Jessika &ISAYENHERRERA theycan rely on family. begantolearn to read. trytocontrolthe virus.Inthe the chanceofarecovery. says sheplansto waituntilthedoc- BOGOTÁ,NOVEMBER27 Over six months, Sebastián But when the pandemic hit, border town of San Antonio del Jessika is 81/2 monthspreg- torremovesher stitches.“ThenI’ll and his mother,Jessika Loaiza, the shop closed, and she losther Táchira, officials corralher and nant.She callsher mother to tell getupand keep on walking.” ALITTLE boycharges along the travelledmorethan 1,500miles, work.Theybegan sleeping on her familyintoadetentioncen- her she is going to walk the 600 Sixmonthsafter leaving highway,his redplastic shoes nearly all of it on foot —firstfrom the street.Jessika didn’t want to tre. Theyare givencoronavirus milesbacktoBogotá. Bogotá, Jessika, Javier and glowing in the twilight. The suit- Colombia to Venezuela, and leave Colombia. But she hoped testsand cots in atent with 600 It is September.And once Sebastiánstepoffabusatthecity’s case he pulls weighs almostas then, unable to find asafehar- that, backhome, she could live others. There, theysleep under again, the highway is filledwith Salitreterminal.Thedriver, seeing muchashedoes. Atruckthrot- bour,toColombia again. rent free, rely on government militaryguardfor days. Venezuelans. the infant, had giventhem aride. tles by,threatening to blowhim Theybegan their journeyin help and outrunthe cascading Afteramonth,theVenezuelan Theyare in Bucaramanga, Jessika, justdays from her offhis feet.But Sebastián Bogotáinearly May, headedto effectsofaspreading pandemic. government lets them go.They 250 miles from Bogotá, sharing a 24th birthday,hugs Josnaiber to Ventura, who at just six hasal- the small home theyownedin Pausingonthesideof thehigh- headto Grelymar’sgrandmother’s brick-walled room with asingle her chest. Javier’s bag is so bro- ready takenonthe role of family northern Venezuela. wayonone of her firstnightson Sebastián, 6, on the second dayofhis six-month journey. NYT home in the cityofSan Felipe. bed,whenJessika’s waterbreaks kenthat it is held together by cheerleader,urges hisfamilyon. Jessika,23, saidtheyhad left the road, her eyes darttowardthe Theysoondiscovera and she begins to bleed. Javier string. Sebastián’s shoes areworn “ToVenezuela!”heshouts. Venezuelathe year before,escap- growingdarkness,thento herson. Venezuela in farworse condition hustles her up asteep hill, to a nearly through their plastic soles. Hismother,fourmonthspreg- ing the violence that had con- She is worriedabout where suitcase scrapes the uneven the horizon forasafeplace to than the one theyleft. With quar- hospital. Afterweeksofbravery, Colombia’s economy has be- nant,rushesto keepup.There are sumedher neighbourhood. Local theywillsleep. pavement, the soundtracktohis sleep —acovered porch,a antines in place, jobs arescarce Jessika is terrified. Whyisthere gun to reopen. In the morning, hundredsofpeopleonthe high- criminalshad killedher husband, “Let’swalk,”shesays.Herfam- newlife. thicketinthe forest —refusing to and gasoline is almostimpossi- so muchblood? What has all that they’ll messagethe florist, and waythatnight, all Venezuelans shesaid,leavingherawidowat22. ilyfollows.WithherandSebastián Eachday,theywalk until stop until theyfind one. ble to find. walking donetoher child? Jessika will ask forher job back. who had fledtheir country’s col- InBogotá,shefoundwork ata is her newpartner,Javier; her their feet turn numb, begfor Jessika’s hopes swell as they Sebastián’s legs have turned Doctors wheel her intothe But that evening, with nowhere lapsebeforethe pandemic and florist,makingbouquets forwed- mother, Peggy;herbrother,Jesús; meals, camponthe roadside, near the Venezuelaborder —her to sticks.Hetries to playwiththe operating room, and, justafter else to go,theycurluptosleep found refugeinColombia. Now, dingsand parties.She lovedit. and her sister-in-law, Grelymar, hide from the police patrolling country!—thenshatter the mo- other children but breaksaway midnight, deliverher baby boy. under afootbridge, inches from afterlosing their jobs amid the “I had an excellent job,”she also pregnant. forquarantine breakers. ment theycross. to pleadtohis mother.“Mom, I’m Josnaiber Xavier Morillo Loaiza an eight-lane highway,homeless economiccrashthatfollowedthe says.“From nowon, Iwantthis Cars roar past. Sebastián’s And eachnight, Jessika scans In Venezuela,she learns the hungry,”hetells her. “Mom, is underweight —barely5 forone morenight. NYT
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Internationalmarket data till 1900IST POSITIVE GROWTH FROM FOURTH QUARTEROFTHIS FISCAL ONWARDS: EXPERTS Hetero to manufacture 100 mn CovidtowashoutFY21,economists doses of Sputnik Vfor India
SputnikVhere,thefirmmayhave ENSECONOMICBUREAU ED Easierfor to conductseparate trials in order see10%growthinFY22onlowbase NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER27 Indiatoget forittomarket itsversion of the PLAIN E access vaccine in India. ● HYDERABAD-BASED DRUG- EX Meanwhile, if Sputnik Visap- Pick-up in economic activity, negligible chances of lockdown boosthopes of next fiscal seeingpositive growth MAKER Hetero Drugs, through its proved in India afterDrReddy’s biologics arm, will be producing THE AGREEMENT makes it phase2/3trials,RDIFplansto sup- due to the sharp economic con- be more than 10 per cent because “over” 100milliondoses of easier forIndia to getaccess plyatleast100milliondosesof the SUNNYVERMA& APR-OCTFISCAL traction and fall in revenuestrig- we arerising from very lowbase. SputnikVstarting 2021,said the to the Russian Covid-19 vaccineto thefirmfordistribution. AANCHALMAGAZINE DEFICITTOPS126.7% geredbythe pandemic. But the economy maynot be Russian Direct Investment Fund vaccine as, so far, the This means the vaccine would be NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER27 OFFULL-YEARTARGET However, withabetter-than- showing that kind of strengthit (RDIF) Friday. Theagreement Russian sovereign wealth suppliedfor at least100 million expectedrecoveryinsecondquar- had in the pastinterms of invest- Thesharpreboundin makes it easier forIndia to getac- fund wasgoing to export people,asone“dose”isconsidered EVENASfiscal2020-21 willbea ter, some global institutions have ment activity andexpansion,”he cess to theRussian Covid-19 vac- to be twoshots of the vaccine, ac- ■ Thereislimited thesecondquarter batchesofthe vaccineto washout year in terms of GDP raisedtheir hopes on positive said. Some sectorsliketraveland cine as, so far, the Russian sover- cording to RDIF’s spokesperson. headroom forthe Indiafor use.The firm, growth, marketparticipantsand growth in the thirdquarteritself. tourism,hospitality and services GDPprint...will eign wealthfundwas going to SerumInstitute of India,which government to spurt through subsidiaryHetero economistsarelookingforwardto Barclays India,initsreportreleased areexpected to continue facing a boostconfidence export batches of the vaccine to has asimilar agreement with The spendingasthe Biopharma, is expectedto apositive growth of morethan 10 onFriday, saidwhiletheeconomy slumpindemand and recovery is India foruse. University of Oxfordand Centre's fiscal deficit in thatwiththeeasing producethese doses over per cent in the fiscal year 2021-22 hasshrunk fortwo consecutive seenunevenacross sectors. The firm,through subsidiary AstraZeneca fortheir Covid-19 the sevenmonths to oflockdowncurbs the course of the year. on the backoflow base year quarters, it does notexpect this Funding constraintsfor anumber Hetero Biopharma, is expected to vaccine, is currentlyconducting end-October,at overpastfew growth, continuation of the pick- trend to sustain in the December of enterprises will impact growth produce these doses over the phase2/3 trials on around 1,600 Rs 9.53 lakh crore, was months,therehas upineconomicactivityandnegli- quarterandsaidthattheeconomy momentum. Less headroom for course of the year,according to These tests—aphase2/3 clin- participants. This is to show that at 126.7 per cent of the giblechances of another national will return to positive growth and furtherfiscalspendingisexpected beenadiscernible RDIF.Itisunclearwhetherthevac- ical trial—are yettostart, The itsversion of the vaccine — budgetedtarget forthe lockdown despiteany fresh wave growth by 0.4 per cent. to keep growth revivalincheck. improvementinthe cines producedherewill also be IndianExpresshaslearnt.Thesec- Covishield—isjustassafeandhas whole fiscal year, of Covid-19cases. Thereare otherswhoseemop- What is expected to push economy” usedtofulfill demand from other ond phase in India will enroll 100 the ability to elicitthe same im- datashowed. Economists arelooking for- timistic butsee positivegrowth growth next year is thatdespite countries. When asked,RDIF’s volunteers and, if the datacol- mune response as the Oxford- wardto resumptionofmarginally onlyinthe fourth quarter. anysecond waveofCovid-19 CHANDRAJIT spokesperson declined to com- lectedfromthistrialissatisfactory, AstraZeneca vaccine, AZD1222. positivegrowthfromfourthquar- Octoberfromayearearlier, accord- “The worstisdefinitelyisbe- cases, anationwide lockdown is BANERJEE ment on this. the vaccine will progress to phase Accordingto thelatestinterim teronwards,withexpansionpick- ing to datareleased separatelyby hind us as graduallyafter the lock- beingruledouteventhoughthere DIRECTOR GENERAL, CII SputnikVisalsoexpectedto be 3trials testing around 1,500vol- analysisof datacollectedfrompar- ing up in the following year. the government on Friday. downshavebeenopenedupecon- could be localisedshutdowns. testedinmid-tolate-stage clinical unteers. ticipantsundergoingSputnikVtri- Forthe October-December Also,there is limitedhead- omyislookingbetterdayafterday, Availability of vaccine next year TheGDPfigure...has trials in India by Dr Reddy’s Going by thecountry’sdrug als in Russia, the vaccine seems to quarter, theoutlookappearsbleak, roomforthegovernmentto spurt monthaftermonth.Growthinthe and herdimmunity areexpected comeinasapleasant Laboratories,anotherHyderabad- regulations, it is likelythat, once have demonstrated an efficacy of giventhat infrastructureoutput spendingasthe Centre's fiscal thirdquarter, thoughstillnegative, to ensurecontractionrecordedin surprise...The headquartereddrugmaker. Hetero manufacturesbatches of 91.4 per cent. contracted2.5percentinOctober deficitinthesevenmonthsto end- willbebetterthansecondquarter. the current year is notrepeated positive,albeit from ayear earlier,falling foran October,atRs9.53lakhcrore,was It could be around -2.5 per cent in next year.“We expect India’sreal eighthstraight month,govern- at 126.7 per cent of the budgeted thirdquarterandamarginallypos- GDPgrowth to rebound to +11.5% marginal,growth GUIDELINES FOR CAB AGGREGATORS ment dataonFridayshowed. target forthe wholefiscal year, itive growthinthefourthquarter,” YoYinFY22.While economic notedinmanu- FDI up 15% Infrastructureoutput,whichcom- newdatareleasedFridayshowed. Madan Sabnavis, chief economist, growth in FY22 could be well facturingsectoris Surgepricing can’t priseseightsectorsincludingcoal, The fiscaldeficit is likelytobe CareRatings, told TheIndian above thepast5-yearaverage,this trulyencouraging” to $30 billion crude oil and electricity and ac- higher than 8per cent of GDP in Express.“Fiscalyear2020-21iscer- largely reflectsthe rebound from countsfornearly 40percentofin- the current fiscal, sayeconomists, tainlyawashout year and FY22 deeper contraction in FY21GDP,” SANGITA REDDY exceed1.5 times of base dustrial output, contracted 13 per upfromtheinitialgovernmentes- will give anumericallymuch saidTanveeGuptaJain,economist, PRESIDENT, FICCI in 1st half of centinthesevenmonthsthrough timates of 3.5 per cent, primarily higherpositive growthrate of may UBS Securities India Pvt Ltd. fiscal year fare; floor on discounts
COVID-19IMPACT Core industries’ output shrinks MAJORSOURCES EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE The government has NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER27 mandated thatdrivers Allfiguresin$billion ‘Downside risks to growth carry for8th straight month in Oct THECENTREissuedMotorVehicle of cab aggregators get 8.30 Aggregator Guidelines on Friday 7.12 at least80per cent of 0 2.10 on amid vaccine uncertainty’ growth of 0.3 per cent in the 2. withtheaimto regulatecabaggre- 1.50
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1.13 the income earned ENSECONOMICBUREAU same period of the previous year. gators. These will impact app- The downside riskstogrowthstill persist in viewofapossible NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER27 The output of crude oil, natural basedtransport services by cap- from aride, with the US second wave of Covid and an uncertainty over vaccine 2.5% gas, refineryproducts, and steel UK ping “surge price” to 1.5times the remaining going intoa France Islands
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Mauritius fund of the aggregator activity has gathered pace, as per aDun &Bradstreetreport consecutive month, the output cent, 17 percent, and 2.7 per Singapore on thediscountsto50per cent of of eight coreinfrastructuresec- ■During April-October,the cent, respectively. The growth Netherlands the base fare. Cayman
LOCKDOWN RISK: tors droppedby2.5 per cent in sectors’ output declinedby13 rate in fertiliser production has The The26-pageguidelines,issued VehiclesAmendmentAct,2019 to Asecond wave of infections October,mainlydue to decline in per cent, compared to growth declinedto6.3 per cent in Source: Department for as partofthe MotorVehicles Act, include the definitionofthe term would lead to partial re- production of crude oil,natural of 0.3 per cent in the same October,from11.8per cent in the Promotion of Industryand 2019,stipulatethat Rs 25-30will ‘aggregator’,” it said. Prior to the establishment of lockdowns, gas, refineryproductsand steel. period of the previous year. same month lastyear. InternalTrade bethebasefare instateswherethe amendment,theregulationof ag- weaken the tentative signs of The production of eight core The outputofcrude oil, On the other hand, the coal, fare has notbeendeterminedby gregatorswasnotavailablewithin demand and dampen sectors had contracted 5.5 per natural gas, refineryproducts, cement and electricity sector the local government. The base the definition of the law. confidence level of investors cent in October 2019,datare- and steel declinedby6.2 per output grew by 11.6 per cent, 2.8 NewDelhi: Foreigndirect invest- fare varies from state to stateand Thegovernmenthasalsoman- leasedbythe Commerce and cent, 8.6 per cent, 17 per cent, per cent and 10.5 per cent, re- ment (FDI) intoIndia grew by 15 localgovernmentsneedtofixbase datedthat drivers of these aggre- WORD OF CAUTION: Inflationary pressures, IndustryMinistryshowed and 2.7 per cent, respectively. spectively,duringthe monthun- per cent to $30 billion during the fare forother modes of transport gatorsgetatleast80percentof the Even though the latest data especially across non-food on Friday. der review. firsthalf of the current fiscal, ac- aggregated by suchapps, forin- income earnedfromaride, with points show an increase in the articles, pose concerns to the While coal, fertiliser,cement The output of these eight key cording to official data. stance, bikes. theremaininggoingintoafundof pace of economic activity, the growth prospects and electricityrecorded positive month under review. sectors is in the negative zone InflowofFDI duringApril- Theguidelinesaimtoestablish the aggregator. worst is not over growth, crude oil, naturalgas, re- During April-October,the since March.InSeptember,the September 2019-20 stood at $26 aregulatoryframework foraggre- As per the guidelines, the li- Source:Dun &Bradstreet/PTI fineryproductsand steel regis- sectors’ output declinedby13 rate of contractionwas 0.1per billion, as per the dataofthe gators to ensure thatthe theyare cence issuedbyastate govern- terednegative growth in the per cent as compared to a cent. WITHPTI Department forPromotion of accountable foroperations exe- mentisapre-requisiteforpermit- Industryand Internal Trade cuted by them, the Ministryof ting businessoperations by the (DPIIT). Road Transport&Highways aggregator.Inorder to ensure BRIEFLY PNGRBopens up competition for citygas cos,but OMCs In July, the countryhad at- (MoRTH) said in astatement. compliance with licence require- tracted $17.5billion worthof “The MotorVehicles Act, 1988 mentstheActstipulatespenalties fromdirectlysupplyingCNGfrom CGD companies shareretailout- ended.The marketing exclusiv- foreign investments. has been amendedbythe Motor under “Section 93 of the Act.” FMonCPSEs’ ENSECONOMICBUREAU retail outlets,wheretheyare cur- lets with OMCs, includingIndian ityperiodforGujarat GasLtd has Sectors whichattracted capextarget NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER27 rentlysupplying CNGjointly with Oil Corporation Ltd, Bharat also ended in eight places in maximum foreign inflows dur- City Gas Distribution (CGD) com- Petroleum Corporation Ltd and Gujarat. ing April-September 2020-21 NewDelhi: Finance Minister THEPETROLEUMandNaturalGas panies. HindustanPetroleumCorporation “This is apositivedevelop- includedcomputer software Nirmala Sitharaman ex- RegulatoryBoard(PNGRB)hasre- Thisrestrictionissettoprotect Ltd,tosupplyCNG in major cities. ment,any move thatbrings in and hardware($17.55 billion), hortedlarge central public leasednorms foropening up of themarket shareofcitygas distri- The marketing exclusivity pe- competitions forces incumbent services($2.25 billion), trading sector enterprises to exceed competition in the natural gas butioncompanies,whichhadcon- riod forIndraprastha Gas Ltd, players to look at improving their ($949 billion), chemicals plannedcapitalexpenditure market in Delhi,Mumbai and cerns that OMCs will be able to whichoperates in Delhi, and levelsof services,”saidSanjaySah, ($437million) and automobile targetfor2020-21byMarch. Gujarat, but restricted Oil quicklyshifttosellingCNGdirectly Maharashtra Gas Ltd,whichop- partner at Deloitte India. ($417 million). ENSWITHPTI Marketing Companies (OMCs) fromretailpointscurrentlyinuse. erates in Mumbai and Thane, has BhartiAXA-ICICI Lombarddeal NewDelhi: Insurance Regulatoryand Develop- mentAuthority of Indiahas givenin-principle nodfor mergerofBhartiAXA Gene- ralwithICICILombard. PTI BurgerKingsets IPOpriceband Mumbai: Burger King India Ltd on Fridayset theprice band at Rs 59-60 per share foritsIPO,whichisslatedfor launchonDecember2.ENS Rupeefalls17p to74.05 NewDelhi: The rupee snappeditsfive-daywinning streakto finish17paiselower at74.05againstthedollaron Fridayonemergence of de- mand forgreenbackfrom banksand importers. PTI Francetaxes techgiants Paris:Franceisresumingcol- lectionof aspecialtaxonBig Tech companies like Amazonand Facebook de- spitethethreatof USretalia- tory tariffs on Frenchcham- pagneand other goods. AP
New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 16 THEINDIANEXPRESS,SATURDAY,NOVEMBER28,2020 S A L U T E T H E S O L D I E R 5033704 RFN BIR BAHADUR ALE 28 NOV On this day 5033704 Rfn Bir Bahadur Ale of 5/1 Gorkha I, NavindraTanwarS/o Kailash I, ANGAD SINGHBHASIN.S/O- PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE Rifles made the supreme sacrifice during 'OP CACTUS NarayanTanwarR/o 433/23, MANINDER SINGH “Be it known to the general public that To be known to all that, IPrakasho VaishaliNagar, Ajmer, BHASIN.ADDRESS-C-34, my client Sh. Shyam Lal Jain, S/o. Late LILLY- 1971' Eastern Sector in Nov 1971 in atrue act of val- Classifieds Sh. K. L. Jain, R/o. G-1/55, Upper Malkotia w/o Lt. Sh. Hardev Malkotia Rajasthan-305001, have DEFENCE-COLONY NEW DELHI- Ground Floor,Phase -1, Budh Vihar, R/o 63, CSP,JantaColony East of our.The brave soldier will always be remembered for his changed the name of my 110024. changed my name to Delhi- 110086 has disowned his son Kailash New Delhi-110065(Mutattee) of enthusiasm. To this brave heart we pledge that we shall minor male Neer Tanwaraged Vinay Jain from all his movable and DDA Property No-63, Csp, Janta ANGAD BHASIN,permanently. immovable properties /assets. My client Colony East of Kailash New Delhi- about 2Yearsand he shall has severed all sortsofrelationship always be guided by his immortal spirit and make his PERSONAL 0040556291-3 110065 has applied for the conversion hereafter be known as Shivay including financial, social, propriety etc. with Vinay Jain and everybody of aforesaid property from leasehold to name proud. I, Kumar Nisheet S/ORajesh I , V i j a y Kumar S/oShri Gyan I,Chetna D/oVijayKumar R/o Tanwar. 0070722146-1 associated with him. There is constant free hold in DDA the Original Demand CO AND ALL RANKS, 5/1 GORKHA RIFLES Kumar,R/o H.no 3/16 Type 5, apprehension that Vinay Jain may cause Cum Letter ,DDA Site Possession, ChandR/o HouseNo.H- House No.H-530, Dakshinpuri, wrongful loss to the property &reputation I, Mursaleen,S/o Nyaj OriginalChallan has been lost. An 530,Dakshinpuri, Dr.Ambedkar Dr.Ambedkar Nagar,New BSNL ColonyDelhi-110001, of my client. If anybody keepsany Mohammad R/oVillage online FIR to this effect has been 09-04- Delhi-110062,have changed have changed my name and relation or deals with him in any manner Nagar,New Delhi-110062,have Alavardipur,Post whatsoever,he/she would be doing 2019 vide LR No. 920402/2019. Any shall hereafter be Known as changed my minor daughter my namefromChetna to Kulesra,Gautam-Buddha solely at his/her own risk and Person(S) claiming any right, interest Chetna Sankla for all Nisheet Kumar. 0070722237-1 consequences and my client shall not be having any objection or found in name from Nandani to responsible for the act /deed of Vinay Nagar,UP have changedmy possession of original document may Nandani Sankla for all purposes. 0040556297-10 name to Mursalin. I Sonu Kumar S/O, Late Shri Jain or anyone associated with him.” Sd/- write/contact with above named person purposes. 0040556297-9 Tota Ram R/oHouse No 3620, at above address within 15 days from I,Ajay Kumar Bansal,S/o Shyam 0040556297-3 Dharmendra Kumar (Advocate) DaribaPan, Pahar Ganj, New Ch. No. 477 civil wing the of publication of this notice and can I,Shushama,W/o PawanKumar Lal Bansal R/o.734/43,Onkar TisHazari Courts, Delhi-54 I, Mohd Taiyeb Quraishi S/O Delhi-110055 have changedmy personally contact Deputy Director MauryaR/o-D-3 Christy- Nagar-C,Trinagar,Delhi- (LAB) housing or Director(H), DBlock Mazha Rul Qayyum, R/o Apartment Sector-101Noida- 110035,have changed my name to Neeraj Kumar for all PUBLIC NOTICE 3rd Floor,Vikas Sadan INA New Delhi Colonnei Ganj, Kanpur Nagar, purposes. 0040556254-1 Notice is hereby given to the 201301(U.P.) Have Changed My name to AjayBansalfor all public at large, on behalf of my PARKASH CHAND (Advocate) UttarPradesh-208001, I, clientsi.e. Mrs. Dharam Devi ,Mr. Enrl. No. D-9065/2019. Name To SushumaDevi. futurepurposes. I SonikaNagaychD/o Sh. declare that Name of mine and Manjeet Singh &Mr. Jitendra Singh 0040556258-6 Digamber Prasad Kukreti R/o ("herein after defined as "Owner"of 0040556297-1 My Father has been wrongly the property mentioned herein RZ-50-A, Q- Extn., Uttam Vihar, below in the schedule). Initially,Brig, PUBLIC NOTICE I,ANIL written as Mohammed I,Shahnaj Begum W/o-Mursalin WADHWAS/O-ASHOK Uttam Nagar, D.K.Mohan KaptanSingh wasthe owner of R/oVillage-Alivardipur, Post- WADHWAR/o Taiyyab Lari and Majharul property in respect of the Khasra To be known to all that, IPrakasho Garden, Uttam Nagar, West No.6647/903/31min. who further Malkotia w/o Lt. Sh. Hardev Malkotia H.NO.921,SECTOR-9 Kyyum in my PANCARD NO- sold to Mr.Goverdhan vide Sale Kulesara, GautamBuddha Delhi,Delhi-110059 have R/o 63, CSP,JantaColony East of FARIDABAD HARYANA- AATPL8167A. The actual name Deed in respect of theland Nagar,UP.have changed my changed my name to Sonika admeasuring 133.00 sq. yds., out of Kailash New Delhi-110065(Mutattee) of of Mine and My Father are DDA Property No-63,Csp, Janta name to Shahnaz Begum. 121006,HAVE CHANGED MY Kukreti for all purposes. KhasraNo. 6647/903/31 min. as Doc. Mohd Taiyeb Quraishi and No.1196,dated 28.05.1991, Colony East of Kailash New Delhi- NAME ANILCHAND WADHWA Gurugram. Thereafter, Sale Deed 0040556297-2 110065 has applied for the conversion PERMANENT. 0040556302-1 Mazha Rul Qayyum, which 0040556233-2 dated 30.12.1994 executed by Mr. of aforesaid property from leasehold to I,Saroj W/o Khillu Ram maybeamended accordingly. Goverdhaninfavour of Mr.Amar I, hitherto known as Rajan I ,Neha D/oParveshKumar W/o Chand Sharma who further sold to free hold in DDA the Original Demand Yadav,R/oRZ-G- Choudhary Karamchand vide Sale Cum Letter ,DDA Site Possession, Baitha S/oSurendra BaithaR/o 0070722157-1 Gaurav Kumar R/oHNo-2414, Deed dated 01.10.2012who further 287,Gali.No.06,Rajnagar,Palam OriginalChallan has been lost. An Baliwan Sagar,Town/Village- Sector-1, Rohtak,Haryana- sold to Mr.OmveerSingh and Mrs. Part-2,New-Delhi-110077,Have I, Madha Ram MeghwalS/o Dharam Devivide Sale Deed dated online FIR to this effect has been 09-04- 124001. have changed my 25.04.2019.Unfortunately,Mr. Omvir Balivan Sagar, Anchal- Teeku Ram MeghwalR/o Qtr 2019 vide LR No. 920402/2019. Any changed My Name From Saroj Singh died on 30.11.2019 leaving Person(S) claiming any right, interest Kuchalkot, District-Gopalganj name and shall hereafterbe behind his legal heirs namelyMrs. To SarojDevi Vide Affidavit No-124-C, Pushp Vihar, Sector- having any objectionorfound in Pin-841501. have changedmy Known As Neha SangwanRo Dharam Devi, Mr.Manjeet Singh & Dated-27/11/2020,BeforeNCT- 4, VTC: South Malviya Nagar, Mr.Jitendra Singh in respect of the possession of original document may name and shall hereafter be South Delhi-110017, have 0070722253-1 property.Now we are given to write/contact with above named person Delhi. 0040556291-7 understandthat Mrs. Dharam Devi, at above address within 15 days from Known As Rajan Bhatia changed my name and shall Mr.Manjeet Singh &Mr. Jitendra I,Sabeeha Shabnam D/oMr. I,RAGHBIR SINGHS/O HARI Singh (all Legal Heirs of Late Mr. the of publication of this notice and can 0070722155-1 hereafter be Known As Naushad Ali R/oR-290,Joga Bai SINGH R/O94,NEELGIRI Omvir Singh intend to Sell the personally contact Deputy Director Madhav Raman property to Borrower. If any (LAB) housing or Director(H), DBlock Extn.,NearQadri Masjid,Jamia I, VISHAKA SABHARWALD/O APARTMENT,SECTOR- person(s) having any objection 0070722152-1 9,ROHINI,DELHI- pertaining to the property mentioned 3rd Floor,Vikas Sadan INA New Delhi Nagar,Okhla,New Delhi-110025 VIMAL SABHARWALR/O in the schedule with respect to PARKASH CHAND (Advocate) 110085.CHANGED MY NAMETO inform that by mistakemy HNO.10707,GROUND- I, Laxmi PrasadS/O Late Devi Ownership Rights, Title or Claim are Enrl. No. D-9065/2019. RAGHBIR SINGH DAHIYA. requested to raiseobjection name has beenwrongly- FLOOR,GALINO.12,PRATAP- Prasad, R/oH71/3,Sahani alongwith documentary proofwithin mentioned as Sabiha NAGAR, DELHI- 15 days of publication at the below ColonyCantt, KanpurNagar, 0040556291-5 mentioned address. Schedule Shabnam in my passport 110007.CHANGED MY NAMETO UttarPradesh -208004, declare Property House No. 3/10, Nagar Nigam Uniq I.D.No.138C1346U107, Bearing No.J0958806.The VISHAKHA SABHARWAL. that Nameofmine has been admeasuring 133.00 sq. yds., actual name of mine is wrongly written as Laxmi LOST & FOUND covered area 350.00 sq. fts., out of 0040556291-4 Khasra No.6647/903, situated at Sabeeha Shabnam. Prasad Sharma in my Service I,Renu Kaushik,inform that my waka Siwana Mouza Gurgaon waka I, Sushil Kumar S/OTeras Nath, Abadi Devi Lal Nagar, Tehsil &Distt. 0040556297-8 Book and IamWorking in R/o31, Bhavachandpur, property Third-Floor(with Gurugram. ("Property"). Ministry of Defense OEF Phool terrace right) at Property No.D- MOHD. KHAIRUL HUSSAIN (Advocate) I,Rajeev Kumar ShardaS/o Madarpur, Jaunpur, Uttar Ch.No.214, 2nd Floor,Old Lawyers Bagh Kanpur Nagarand my IV/56 Old-Double- Chamber,Delhi High Court, Sher Shah JaganNath Sharma R/o- Pradesh- 222001. I, declare Service ID No.106626. The Storey,Lajpat-Nagar-IV Road,New Delhi (M): 8810391672 Shivanand Marg,D-20,Ground that Name of My Father and actualnameofmine is Laxmi NewDelhi-110024,original PUBLIC NOTICE Floor,Amar-Colony, Lajpat- My Motherhas been wrongly Prasad, whichmay be Agreement to Sale Document This my Client (1) Smt. Rekha Banga Nagar-4,Delhi-110024,have writtenasTeras Nath and Bela amended accordingly. No.2586,inAddl. W/o Late Sh. Baldev Raj Banga &(2) changed my name to Rajeev DeviinmyAll Educational Sh. Amit Banga S/o Late Shri Baldev Book.No.1,Volume No.9117,on Sharda. 0040556297-7 Documents. The actualname 0070722239-1 Raj Banga both R/o F-5/67, First Floor, of My Father and My Mother Pages,from 176 to 183,on Sector-15, Rohini, New Delhi-110089 I,PRAMILA,Spouse I, Khamana Ram S/OPapaRam, have debarred their Son &Brother areTeras Ram and Beila Devi, 07/03/2009,in the office of the of,No.JC764563N(SUBEDAR),SA R/oBetina, Bhainsara Sub-Registrar-V,NewDelhi has respectively Sh. Deepak Banga S/o which maybeamended Late Sh. Baldev Raj Banga R/o F-5/67, DANAND KRISHNA Jaisalmer, Rajasthan- 345026, accordingly. 0070722243-1 beenlost.Iffound,contact First Floor,Sector-15, Rohini, New MAJALIKAR,resident have changed my name and me+91-9811412727. Delhi-110089 from all their movable I, Saroj Sharma D/o-Radhy shall hereafter be Known as and immovable properties, assets and of,House.No.364, Village- 0040556302-3 Nargeri,P.O.-Shirwad, Tehsil- ShyamR/o-E-678,Nathu AjayKumar Bamniya relations. My clients are not responsible or concerned for any of his Karwar, District-Uttar Colony,Nathu Pura,Burari, Lost blackcolour trolley bag 0070722250-1 actions. Sd/- Kannada,Karnataka- Delhi-110084,have changed containing CBSE 10th, 12th and Dinesh Dua I, Mayank S/oGajendraPrasad 581306,have changed my my nametoSaroj for all,future IGNOU graduation results and (Advocate) Enrl. No. D/834/91 Singh R/oRupas Mahagi, Kala A-1/69, Sector-16, Rohini, Delhi-110089 name,from PRAMILA,to purpose. 0040556291-6 certificates while traveling by Diara, Patna, Bihar-803202, PRAMILA KR. MAJALIKAR,vide- bus at 8pm from Uttar-Pradesh I, Sarapraz Khan S/o-Delawar have changed my name to affidavit,dated- to Delhi on 24th-August Khan R/o:RZ-232/294, Gali No- Mayank Rajput 27/11/2020,before Notary- urgently required for 4, Geetanjali Park, West Advocate,Madan Lal 0070722238-1 interview.If found kindly Sagarpur, New Delhi-46, Have Gupta,Regd.No.- contact:Rita Mobile- Changed My Name to Sarfaraz I, Karanveer Dhingra S/OAvtar 4921,NewDelhi. 0040556258-3 No:7982301826, 8285087992. khan&S/o-DilawarKhan for Singh,R/o H.No-1207, Mohalla I,No.JC764563N(SUBEDAR),SAD all Purposes. 0040556258-7 Sarang Pura,Muktsar, Punjab- 0040556302-2 ANANDA KRISHNA 152026, declare that name of I, SHARADDHA MISHRA W/O- This is for information that Iam MAJALIKAR,S/o KRISHNA V mine and my minordaughter DHARMENDER KUMAR Manoj Kumar,have lost my MAJALIKAR,resident has been wrongly written as DWIVEDI R/O-AD- 131/A ICICI-Bank ID-cardinEast- of,House.No.364, Village- Karanveer Singh And Sukhleen POWER APARTMENT Delhi Shakarpur Area.My id- Nargeri,P.O.-Shirwad, Tehsil- Kaur in my minorDaughter PITAMPURA DELHI-110034 cardNumber is-25918.This Karwar,District-Uttar Sukhleen Kaur, agedabout CHANGEDMYNAME TO cardisissued for collection of Kannada,Karnataka- 7Years in her Birth Certificate SHRADDHA FORALL FUTURE payment from customer. 581306,have changed my no-BU/ES/13/0013967707. The PURPOSES. 0070722236-1 Please check id cardbefore name,from SADANANDA actual name of mineand my making anypayment.I will not KRISHNA MAJALIKAR,to I, GauravKumar S/oMahender minor daughter areKaranveer be responsible. 0040556291-10 Public Notice SADANAND KRISHNA Singh R/oHouse Number- DhingraAnd SehajKaur, which This is to inform to the public at large MAJALIKAR,vide- 2414, Sector-1, Rohtak, maybeamended accordingly. that I, Bhagwani Devi W/oLt. Sh. Bharat Singh&Kamlesh Devi W/oLt. affidavit,dated- Haryana-124001, have 0070722241-1 RECRUITMENT Sh. Satvir SinghR/o H. No. F-69, Ch. 27/11/2020,before Notary- changed my nameand shall Bharat Singh Pehalwan, Katwaria Sarai, Advocate,Madan Lal hereafter be Known As Gaurav I, Jhumar Lal S/OPappu Ram, New Delhi -110016 has disowned Singh Roj. 0070722145-1 R/oIndra ColonyBuchakalla, Shailender Kumar S/oLate. Sh. Satvir Gupta,Regd.No.- SITUATION VACANT Singh Grandson of Smt. Bhagwani Devi 4921,NewDelhi. 0040556258-1 Buch Kalan, jodhpur I, SPramath Parashar S/O W/oLt. Sh. Bharat Singhand Son of Rajasthan- 342601, have Smt. Kamlesh Devi W/oLt. Sh. Satvir I,No.JC764563N(SUBEDAR),SAD Srivatsa Shivananda,R/o changed my name and shall ENGINEERING Singh from allour movableand ANAND KRISHNA Opp.-36InVijetha Green immovable properties and he shall hereafter be Known as OM STEEL GROUP Requires 10 MAJALIKAR,resident Homes, Near Telephone havenorights, title, interest, or claim , Avinash. 0070722235-1 Nos.Senior Site Engineers whatsoever,inany of our inherited and of,House.No.364, Village- Exchange, Nizampet Road, B.Tech/M.Tech, 10 yrs self-acquiredproperties(Movable or Nargeri, P.O.-Shirwad,Tehsil- Kukatpally,Hyderabad, I, Himanshi Sharma D/oRichard PUBLIC NOTICE immovable) anyperson/sdealing with experience for Metal Karwar, District-Uttar Telangana-500085, have R/oHouse No-855/23, Hira To be known to all that I Thomas T. Roy S/o T.T. Shailender Kumar S/oLate. Sh. Satvir Fabrication/Architectural Kannada,Karnataka- changed my nameand shall Nagar, Gurgaon, Haryana- Thomas R/o Flat No. B-104, The Prince CGHS Singh shall do at their own cost, risk & Finishing works for different consequences. Shareand part of 581306,have changed my hereafter be Known as 122001, have changed my Ltd., Prince Apartment, Plot No. 54, IP Extn., locations In India,Interviewsat Shailender Kumar shall belong to his minor son’s name,from Pramath Parashar. name to Andrina for all Patparganj, Delhi for my original Possession Wife and son. This disownmentshall be purpose. Delhi/A mbala office. Mail enforcedimmediately after this ABHINAVMAJALIKAR,to 0070722245-1 Letter,Allotment cum Demand Letter of the above 0070722249-1 Resume at: publication. ABHINAVSADANAND Address have been lost/misplaced at INA, Delhi. Dhananjay Singh Sehrawat I, Rukaya D/OKangan [email protected] An FIR to this effect has been lodged in Police MAJALIKAR,vide- I, HANUMANTHARAYAPPAN Advocate Mohammad, W/OSaleem 0020414265-1 Station, Crime Branch, Delhi LR No.758860/2020 (D/2204/2019) affidavit,dated- S/ONanjundappa,R/o 6-63b, Malik. R/o115, Street No-3, date 25.11.2020.Any person(s) claiming any right, 27/11/2020,before Notary- kaki, Rolla. Anantapur, Andhra Jaspal Colony, Nabha, Patiala, interest having any objection or found in possession Advocate,Madan Lal Pradesh 515321, have changed PUBLIC NOTICE Punjab-147201. have changed of original document may write/contact with above PUBLIC NOTICE Gupta,Regd.No- my name and shall hereafter my nameand shall hereafter named person at above address/phone No. 9871574089 TO WHOM SO EVER IT MAYCONCERN 4921,NewDelhi. 0040556258-4 be Known as CHANDRA be Known As Rukaya Malik. with 15 days from the date of publication of this notice. Notice is hereby given to the General I, hitherto known as Sandeep SHEKARN. Public at Large that Mr.Uday K. S/OSuwaLal, R/oLeeri, Ajmer, 0070722247-1 0070722232-1 PUBLIC NOTICE Gujadhur &Mrs. Meenu Gujadhur Mangliawas, Rajasthan- PUBLIC AT LARGE IS HEREBY INFORMED (Joint Owners/ Purchasers) have lost I, Ritika Ahuja w/oMahesh I, Giyan Kaur W/o-Harbans THAT MY CLIENTESS SMT. KOMAL D/O SH. original Title deed/Sale Deed dated 305203, have changedmy V.K. TRIHAN W/O OM PRAKASH AHI R/O Kumar, R/oPocketA,68DDA Singh,R/o:C-65B, Tilak 3072/2W3, GALI NO. 10, OLD RANJIT NAGAR, 23/04/2010 executed between M/s name and shall hereafter be Flats, Sidharth Extention, SOUTH PATEL NAGAR, NEW DELHI, HAS Sabh Infrastructure Limited (Seller) Vihar,Tilak Nagar, New Delhi- DEBARRED HER HUSBAND NAMELY OM Known as Sandeep Jungpura,South Delhi-110014, 18,Have Changed My Nameto PRAKASH AHI, FROM HER MOVEABLE AND and Mr.Uday K. Gujadhur &Mrs. IMMOVEABLE PROPERTIES DUE TO Meenu Gujadhur (Joint Owners/ Choudhary. 0070722161-1 I, have changed the name of Gian Kaur for all Purposes. CONTINUOUS BEATINGS AND MISCONDUCT WITH MY CLIENT. MY CLIENT HAS ALSO Purchasers) for the entire Second my minor son RachitTalwar SEVERED ALL HER RELATIONS WITH OM I,LAKSHMI,W/o KRISHNA V 0040556258-5 Floor of property bearing no. K-99 AB, agedabout 15 years and shall PRAKASH AHI. IF ANY ONE DEALS WITH HIM, MAJALIKAR,Mother HE/SHE WILL DO SO AT HIS/HER OWN RISK, Kalkaji, New Delhi and registered as hereafter be known as Rachit I, Gargi Arora,D/o Raman COST AND CONSEQUENCES, MY CLIENT of,No.JC764563N(SUBEDAR),SA SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE IN ANY MANNER Document No. 6688 in additional Book Ahuja 0070722149-1 Arora,R/o194,Subhash Puri, WHATSOEVER FOR THE SAME AND SHALL No. 1, Volume No. 10071, Page No. 19 DANAND KRISHNA HAVE NO LIABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY. Kanker Khera, Meerut- Sd/- to 33 registered before Sub Registrar V, MAJALIKAR,resident I, RAVINDRAKUMAR, SURENDER KUMAR (ADVOCATE) 250001,have changed my New Delhi. Complainantsfor the lost of,House.No.364, Village- S/oBHAGATRAM D/133/93 name to Vibhuti Arora. CHAMBER NO.- 448, DWARKA COURTS documentshas been already filed with Nargeri,P.O.-Shirwad, Tehsil- COMPLEX, SECTOR- 10, AGGARWAL,Address-F-343, DWARKA NEW DELHI-110075 the Delhi Police at P. S. Crime Branch Karwar,District-Uttar POCKET-F,SARITA 0040556297-6 on 16.11.2020. All persons are hereby Kannada,Karnataka- informed/cautioned/warned to not deal VIHAR,DELHI-110076,changed I, EFAKumariTandi W/o Nabin PUBLIC NOTICE 581306,have changed my or carry out any transaction with anyone my nametoRAVINDRA KUMAR Kumar SinghR/o B-285 NTPC Be it known to all that my client Devki name,from LAKSHMI(DOB- AGGARWAL. 0040556291-1 Nandan Chitkara S/o Sh. Jeevan on the basis of the said missing Vidyut Nagar GB. Nagar..that documents.Ifanyone has already 01.07.1954),toLAXMIK Das R/o- 10/152, UGF Geeta I, PremKumari W/o Ajay Kumar Knows as my name is wrongly Colony,Delhi-31, has disowned and carried out any such transaction or is in MAJALIKAR(DOB- debarred his sons namely Harish possession of this document, he/she Tiwari R/o18/1, Gali No.-16 and mentionedinmy sonArpit PUBLIC NOTICE Kumar, Ajay Kumar Chitkara and 01.02.1953),vide- shall immediately inform the 17, Khadda Colony Ext., Singh’s Educational Public at large is hereby informed that daughter in law BabitaRani, Jyoti affidavit,dated- the Property bearing no. 01 in Block T- Chitkara R/o- 10/191, GeetaColony, undersigned on the below mentioned Swaroop Nagar, Delhi-110042 CertificateasEFA Singh.My 5, Land area measuring 1346.00 Sq. 27/11/2020,before Delhi and Sandeep Chitkara and his address within 7days from the date of Mtrs., situated in Mangolpuri Industrial changed my nametoJay Devi correct name is EFAKumari wife Ridhima R/o- 10/145 Geeta issue of this notice. Additionally,lost Notary-Advocate, MadanLal Area, Phase -1,New Delhi -110 083, Tandi permanently. Colony Delhi (all with family’s) from Gupta,Regd.No.- 0070722233-1 is offered as security withState Bank of reportsbearing LR No. 735121/2020 India and my client(s) M/s Deep India all movable and immovable and 735197/2020 have for the same. 4921,NewDelhi. 0040556258-2 0040556263-1 Properties because his behavior is enterprises Pvt.Ltd.through its Sd/- I, Pratibha D/oRamesh Chander not good towards my client. My client Director Shri. Pradeep Kumar has (LAKSHAYRAHEJA) I,Jamshad Ali,S/o Vali Mohd R/oVillage-Rohna,Rohna (23), I, Chanchal Alias Chanchal purchased the property vide Sale Deed have severed all relations with R/o-H.No.2072/9,Majeed Pura, Sonipat, Haryana-131402. have Sharma D/oVed Perkash and dated 21.02.2020 from M/S Him him/her.Anyone dealing with him/her ADVOCATE may do so at his/her own risk, cost A-21, BASEMENT,DEFENCE Hapur, UP,have changed my W/o RichardR/o HouseNo- Motors Pvt. Ltd. through itsDirector changed my nameand shall Shri Ashok Raja &Shri Shanti Swaroop and consequences. My client shall COLONY,NEW DELHI- 110024. name to Jamshed Ali. hereafter be Known As 855/23, HiraNagar, Gurgaon, Raja, which is the free hold property not be responsible for any act or MOBILE NO: +91 9999461460 vide conveyance deed duly registered ommission done by him. Pratibha Jangra 0070722151-1 Haryana-122001, have EMAIL: [email protected] 0040556297-5 Ashok Budhiraja Advocate changed my name to Alina for as Document No. 613, in Addl. Book I, PARVEEN KUMARI,W/O No. I, Volume No. 7527, at Pages -156 En. No. D/36/95 I,Haseena W/o Jamshed Ali R/o, all purpose. to 160 on dated -17.01.2020 with the H.No.2072/9,MajeedPura, GIRDHARI LAL R/OSANYARDI 0070722252-1 Sub. Registrar,Sub. Distt. VII, New PUBLIC NOTICE P.OTALYAHAR TALIHAT Delhi executed by the DDA. ''IMPORTANT'' Hapur, UP.havechanged my It is hereby notified that any person or My client Mrs Neeru w/o late Shri Som Nath 3Delhi (G) Bn NCC (360)MANDI HIMACHAL I, Bibin Kumar MRalias Bibin entity,firm/company,Bank,HUF / R/o 19, Hakikat Nagar, G.T.B Nagar, Dr name to Haseena Begam. Mukerjee Nagar North West, Delhi 110009 B-6 Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi- 110029 PRADESH-175001.HAVE KumarMohankumar Raji S/o Member of HUF,Financial institution have debarred and disowned their son and Whilst care is taken priorto having claim/any charge, interest / Tele: 26102833 0040556297-4 CHANGEDMYNAME TO MohanKumar R/o9/223, his wife namely Nitin Bhel @Nitinjeet singh acceptance of advertising lien or objection thereof in this regard and Ruby Bhel From their all movable and No. 3DGBN/Q/Cond/NCC/2020-21 25 Nov.2020 I,Gurcharan Singh S/oLate PRAVEEN KUMARI. Uthradam, Vellaparavilai may notify /lodge the same to the immovable properties due to their misconduct copy,itisnot possible to verify Aruvikkarai, Kanyakumari undersigned with documentary proof / and disrespectful behavior towards my client. AUCTION NOTICE Shri.Sadhu Singh,R/oC-356, 0040556291-2 court order within 15 days from the My client has also served all their relation with Pin:629177, TamilNadu,have date of this publication, failing witch the them. My client has also not liable for either its contents. The Indian Gali no.9,Majlis Park, Delhi- cheque or any other mode of transaction if This notice is for the auction of unit property purchased from title of the said property shallbe 110033,inform that Gurcharan I, PSarada PadmanabhanD/o changed my name and shall anybody deals with them he will do so at his Express(P) Limitedcannot be Late Shri B.S.R. Murty W/o hereafter be known as Bibin deemed to be clear and marketable own risks cost and consequences. My client public fund, regimental fund state fund condemned items i.e. Singhand Gurcharan Channa without any defect, encumbrances, shall not be held responsible for their acts in held responsible for such iron, aluminum, plastic, electric, electronic are lying in this unit arethe names of same and Putrevu Padmanabham R/o Kumar. flaw and impediment in favour of my any manner for the same. Junction Marripalem 0070722221-1 client. Sd/- contents, nor for any loss or officcpremises. Pay order/DD of Rs.1000/- in favour of one person. 0040556291-8 It is further notified that the documents Shradha Vaid Visakhapatnam, Andhra with respect to title of said property are (Advocate) I, Ahemad FarajS/O Gohar Ali, Lawyers chamber no K-93 damage incurred as aresult of Commanding Officer,3Delhi (G) Bn NCC is essential to be I,Dr.Susheela Datt alias Sheela Pradesh-530009. have missing from Mangolpuri Indl. Area R/o3/552 TecherColonyKhan Tis Hazari Courts Delhi-54 depositedwith the cashier of this unit to participate in Datt alias S. Datt,W/o changed my nameand shall Phase-1 New Delhi, since 15/10/2020 transactions with companies, Aalampura, have changed my time 03:05 Hrs, and these include (1) tendering. Tenders are invited from interested venders must be Col.Yashpal Datt R/o-F-2, hereafter be Known As P General Power of Attorneydated PUBLIC NOTICE associations or individuals name and shall hereafterbe 01.11.1988, (2)Partnership Deed Preet-Vihar,Delhi-110092,state Sarada 0070722156-1 Be it known to all concerned that my sealed and droppedinsidetender box placed at above dated 09.08.1988 read with Sale Deed advertisinginits newspapers that these names areofsame Known as FarazAli. clientsSh. Narain Singh and his wife mentioned address up to 1300 Hrs on 02 Dec 2020. Tenders I Gurpreet Kaur D/oSh. Jagjit of Good Will, (3) Deed of Partnership Smt. Bharpai Devi both r/o 275, near person.I will be known as 0070722215-1 dated 18.03.1986, (4) Allotment Letter SainiChoupal, VPO Mundka, Delhi- or Publications. We therefore will be opened at 1600 Hrs the Board of Officers on the same Dr.Susheela Datt,for all Singh W/o Sh.Manmohan &Sanction Letter in favor of Jai Hind 110041 have disowned/debarred their recommend that readers Singh R/oH.No.8311,Ram I Nitin Kumar Koli S/oKishan Ice Factory,(5) Possession Letter in son namely Sh. Vikas, Daughter in law day.Interested bidders can visit this unit premises for purposes. 0040556302-6 favor of Jai Hind Ice Factory,(6) Ms. Pooja Bhaskar and Grand Children Sarup Building, Roshanara Ram Koli R/oF-12A01, TowerF, OccupancyCertificate, (7) GPAin Master Krishan and Baby Jiya from all make necessary inquiries assessing the rates of condemned items from 02 Dec to 03 I, Abhishek Sharma S/oRichard Road, MalkaGanj, Delhi- AjnaraHomes,Sector favour of Deep India Enterprises Pvt. movable and immovable properties due to their conduct, misbehavior and being before sending any monies or Dec 2020 from 0930 hrs to 1700 hrs. Competent authority has R/oHouse No-855/23, Hira 110006 is also known as Sunny. 16B,Greater Noida West, U.P. Ltd. executed in 2010. If found please contact to #8860606020 and or return out of their control. Any person dealing entering into anyagreements full right to withdraw or make changes in the tendering Nagar, Gurgaon, Haryana- Both names areofone and the 201306have my name change the same to Deep India Enterprises with them in any manner shall be on his/her risk and consequences. process. 122001, have changedmy same person. to Nitin Koli for all purpose. Pvt. Ltd. C-5, Mangolpuri Industrial with advertisers or otherwise Area, Phase -1,New Delhi -110 083. Sd/- ISHWAR SINGH (ADVOCATE) Sd/- name to Nathanielfor all Sd/- GAURAVKOHLI (ADVOCATE) 0040556233-1 0040556262-1 (D/2927/14) acting on an advertisement in purpose 0070722246-1 D/2142/2017 Ch. No. 306, BLOCK-III, (Reena Goswami) Off: Chamber F-214, Karkardooma LAWYERS’ CHAMBERS, any manner whatsoever. Courts, Delhi-92 DELHI HIGH COURT DIP/Shabdarth/0459/20-21 Maj Offg CO k3 12hRLY(5) New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 17 SPORT/CALENDAR THEINDIANEXPRESS,SATURDAY,NOVEMBER28,2020 BRIEFLY ATKMohunBagan Board of Confusionfor CricketinIndia beatEastBengal2-0 During acrucial tour,the governingbodyhas mismanagedinjuriestokey players —RohitSharma,Ishant Sharma &NavdeepSaini Vasco:FijianstrikerRoyKrishnacontin- uedhisprolificgoal-scoring formashe WHATBCCI SAID: “Ishant has recovered helpedATK Mohun Bagan prevail over SHAMIKCHAKRABARTY Mr Rohit Sharma had to come completely from hissidestrain injury sus- SC EastBengal 2-0 in the firstever NOVEMBER27 back to Mumbai after the IPL to tainedduring IPL 2020 in the U.A.E. While Indian Super League derbyhereon attend to his ailing father. His he’s building up his workload in order to Friday. Krishna,who had scored THE BCCI’S apparent lackofclarity over in- father is now recuperating well achieve Test matchfitness, Mr Ishant ATKMB'slonegoalagainstKerala jury management has ledtoconfusion dur- and that has allowed him to travel Sharma has been ruledout of the Border- Blasters in their campaign opener, ing India’s ongoingtourofAustralia.Beit to the NCA and start his Gavaskar Trophy.” struckinthe 49th minutebefore Rohit Sharma’s hamstring injuryorIshant Manvir Singh killedthe contestinthe Sharma’sside strain, whichhas nowruled rehabilitation.” WHATKOHLISAID: “Someone like 85thminutewith asoloeffort. With thepacer out of theTestseries, therehave BCCI, (Wriddhiman) Saha is doing his rehab and twowinsonthetrot,ATKMohunBagan been morequestions thananswers over why we areaware of hisprogress and he is on the IN ASTATEMENT ledthe table with six points, followed the aforementionedplayers didn’ttravel right path to be available in time to play Test by Northeast United FC. On Saturday, withthe rest of the jumbo squad to do their series... It would have giventhem (Rohit and Bengaluru will face Hyderabad. rehabilitation in Australia, wherea14-day getting it nice and strong,” the playerwas Ishant) achance to getthemselves fitfrom quarantineperiod is mandatory upon arrival. quoted as saying by PTI. He added: “... I the startofthe Test series. Pace bowler Navdeep Saini’s “backspasm”, thought if Iget to work on my body for25 “It definitelywouldhavebeen very help- Organiserspostpone too, makes acurious case. days,Ican probablygoand play the Test fuliftheywould have been here to do the re- badmintonleague matches. So, it wasaneasy decision forme hab justlikeSaha has been doing to getfit.” Rohit Sharma and Idon’t knowwhy it became so compli- NewDelhi: The sixth edition of the At 11.48pmonThursday, aBCCI emailpro- ViratKohli, too, said therewas lack of clarity over the status of Rohit Sharma. The cated forothers.” Navdeep Saini Premier Badminton League (PBL) was vided an updateonRohit’s fitness,saying he BCCI has nowsaidhewill undergo afitness test at the NCAonDecember 11. File Onlyafew afterhours afterthe BCCI mail on Fridaypostponedtonextyear,keep- would be assessedagain on December 11 WHATGANGULYSAID: “Rohit himself mentionedthat thefastbowler has “com- inginmindthehealthandsafetyofthe and that he returnedhome afterthe IPL to knows that he has got along career ahead plainedofbackspasm”,naming TNatarajan players amid the ragingCOVID-19pan- attend to his “ailing father”. However, cap- ducted on December 11th following which ing the IPL.Itsaidthat the pros andconsof and it’s notjustthisIPL or next series forhim,” as aback-up in the squad forthe three one- demic. The league, whichisone of the tain ViratKohli’s pre-matchpress conference the BCCI will have clarity on his participation the injurywereexplainedtohim andheun- the BCCI president wasquotedassaying by dayers,Saini turned up at the Sydney highestprizemoneybadminton tour- in Sydney, that precededthe BCCIrelease by in theupcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy derstood and he wasunavailable. PTI earlier this month. Cricket Ground andbowled10overs on a namentsinthe world, wasinitially afew hours, had pinpointed the “confusion (Testseries starts on December 17)inAustralia. “Afterthat (national team selection meet- pitchwhere682 runswerescored in 100 scheduledtotakeplace in thelastweek and lackofclarity”, making it clear that the “MrRohit Sharma had to come backto ing), he playedinthe IPL and we all thought Ishant Sharma overs of cricket. of December in Delhi,Mumbaiand Indian team management wasinthe dark Mumbaiafter theIPL to attend to his ailing he would be on thatflight to Australia and Ishant had sustainedaribcageinjuryatthe Pune.However, SportzLive,the official about Rohit’sprogress. Rohit’s interview to father.His father is nowrecuperating well we hadnoinformation on whyheisnot trav- Delhi CapitalsnetsonOctober 7, whichruled WHATBCCI SAID: “TheAll-India Senior license holderof theleague, decidedto PTI lastweekdidn’t mention anything about and that has allowedhim to travel to theNCA elling with us. Therehas been no informa- him out of the IPL. But nowthathehas “re- Selection Committee has addedTNatarajan postpone it. his father’s illness either. and starthis rehabilitation.” tion; therehas been lackofclarity.Wehave coveredcompletely”, the senior pacer would to India’s squad forthe three-matchODI se- been playing the waiting game.” have hadthe opportunity to test his match riesagainstAustraliastarting Friday. WHATBCCI SAID: “He (Rohit) is presently WHATKOHLISAID: “Beforethe selection fitness in tour games–againstAustraliaA “Navdeep Saini complainedofback Tokyoplanstohost undergoing rehabilitation at the NCA. Mr meeting, we got amail that he (Rohit) is un- WHATROHITSAID: “Hamstring is feeling from December 6and December 11 respec- spasm and Natarajan has been addedasa 18testevents Rohit Sharma’s next assessment will be con- available, that he has pickedupaninjurydur- absolutelyfine.Juststarted the process of tively –ifhewereinAustralia. back-up.” Tokyo: The postponedTokyoOlympics aregetting akickstart.Local organiz- ersonFridayannouncedaseriesof18 Hook,Mike &Tinker:Tysonreturns to the boxing ring test eventsset to begininMarch and run intoMay.The TokyoOlympicsare settoopenonJuly23, 2021,after being MikeTyson versus RoyJones," Tyson said therewill be onewinner." Robinson in the semi-main event. Paul postponedeight months agobecause EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE at apress conference lastmonth. "I'm com- "Knowthere have been some false ru- made his pro-boxing debut in January, of the COVID-19pandemic. Officials NOVEMBER27 ing to fight and Ihope he's coming to fight moursswirling,soto becrystalclear-theWBC knocking out internetpersonality said at leastfour of the test eventswill and that's all youneedtoknow." is scoring the fight," Ryan Kavanaugh,co- 'AnEsonGib' in the firstround. involveathletesfromabroad, includ- IT'S Afight. It's about... It's aglorifiedspar- The referee, however, willstopthe con- owner of the entertainment platform Triller The 23-year-old earlier Paulcompetedin ing testsinswimming, gymnastics, ring session. test in case of acut, or if either boxergoes too whichhas secured broadcasting rights, said. 2018,fighting fellowYouTuberDeji on acard diving and volleyball. After15years, Mike Tyson returns to the hardsince knockoutsare notallowed. "Therecould be aknockout and therewill be headlinedbythe pair's elder brothers: Logan ring this Saturdayagainstanother former Tyson and Jones underwent strenuous onewinner. Anyonewhosays thereisgoingto PaulvsKSI. The eventdrew an estimated heavyweight champion RoyJones Jr.But medical testsinorder to be cleared forthe benojudgingornowinnereitherdoesnot un- 1.3mnpay-per-view(PPV) buysand kick- Arsenal,Leicester don't expect 'The BaddestMan on the Planet' bout and both entered VADA (Voluntary derstand the rulesorhas their ownagenda." startedthe trend of internetpersonalities advanceinEuropa to go hardordrawblood.The eight-round Anti-DopingAgency)testing too. Kavanaugh later issuedaclarification, taking up boxing. contestbetween Tyson (54) and Jones (51) Tyson returns foranexhibition against stating, "WBC is scoringundera10-9, and a While some viewed thefight—andthe London: Arsenal's academyproducts in Carson, California is an 'exhibition'. And No winner RoyJones Jr in anifty-at-50 faceoff knockout will be awin under WBC’s scoring. choice of putting twoworld-title boutson helpedthe team cruise intotothe despite abelt on the line,and judges scoring, The California StateAthletic Commission with interesting undercards. Reuters The resultswill notbereflected on theirfight the undercard—aninsult to boxing,pro- knockout stageofthe Europa League therewill be no "official winner". is sanctioning the bout as an exhibition with record. We apologize forany confusion..." fessional boxers were encouraging, includ- while Leicesterneededalateequalizer no official winner. So while the WBC will declarea'winner', ing Tyson who watchedthe bout from the from Jamie Vardytoadvance. Nicolas Rules "I want the public to knowwhat this is forthe contest, and the "unofficial scores are the commission will notrecognisethe result. ringside. Pepe,ReissNelsonandFolarinBalogun Safetyisparamount. Instead of the usual because Idon’twant people to be disap- forentertainmentonly".WBC wasalsothe Notmuchisknown about 36-year-old scored in a3-0 away victoryat three-minuterounds and10oz gloves re- pointed.Aslongastheyknowthisisanexhi- firstgoverning body to createand throw abelt Undercard Robinson'sboxing skills, other than afew Norway's Molde. Hoffenheim and served forprofessional heavyweights, Tyson bition, I’m fine foreverybody to earn,”CSAC in the ring, a'Frontline' title. But with no win- BeforeTyson and Jonesmaketheir videos of hitting the mitts. Leicesteralso progressedintothe and Jones will boxeachother foreighttwo- Executive Director Andy Foster told MMA ner,bothTyson and Joneswillbeawarded. walk to thering, youcan catchaYouTuber Also fighting on the night will be legiti- roundof 32 withtwomatches to spare. minuterounds, wearing 12oz gloves to Fightingearlier this week. To make matters moreconfusing, in an fight aformer NBApoint guard. 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HARDIKPANDYA hassaidhehasbegunbowl- IT WASaturbo-chargedstart to theAustralian mine causes delay AUSTRALIA ing at the nets.He, however, doesnot want to summer,with captain AaronFinchsetting the DWarnercRahulbShami 69(76b,6x4) rush to the bowling crease anytime soon be- tone with his 17th ODI century. His efforts In asecuritybreach, twoprotesters AFinchcRahulbBumrah 114(124b,9x4,2x6) cause he wantstokeep himselffresh and be were putinthe shadebySteve Smith’s su- made their wayintothe field of play SSmithbShami 105(66b,11x4,4x6) 100% confident physically keeping in viewof perlative 66-ball 105, the third-fastest ODI during the firstODI between India and MStoiniscRahulbChahal 0(1b) the gruellinginternational schedule that in- centurybyanAustralian, andGlenn Australiabefore beingescortedouthere GMaxwellcJadejabShami 45(19b,5x4,3x6) cludes twoT20 and one 50-overWorld Cup Maxwell's entertaining cameo that fuelled onFriday. Oneof theinvaders,carrying MLabuschagnecDhawanbSaini 2(2b) pencilledinoverthe next three years. The all- the home team to 374/6, their highestscore aplacarddenouncing India's Adani ACareynotout 17(13b,2x4) rounder had undergone surgery forhis back againstIndia. The chase wasalways goingto Group's coal projectinAustralia, PCumminsnotout 1(1b) injuryinthe United Kingdom in October last bearduous, but Indiawereinthe hunt till the reachedclose to the pitchjustbefore ■ Extras(b1,lb6,w12,nb2) 21 year and since then, he has notbeenbowling. 39th overwhen Hardik Pandyawas at the pacerNavdeepSainiwasgettingready ■ Total(50overs) 374/6 "It is aprocess...Iam lookingatalong-term crease. In the end, though, Australia sauntered to bowl the sixth over of the home ■ FoW: 1-156(DavidWarner,27.5ov),2-264 goal whereIwanttobe100 per cent sureof home withacomprehensive 66-run win. team's innings. The twowereescorted (AaronFinch,39.6ov),3-271(MarcusStoinis, my bowling capacity forthe mostimportant outbythesecurityaftertheirbrief inva- 40.4ov),4-328(GlennMaxwell,44.5ov),5-331 games.The WorldCups arecoming.Morecru- Smith’s fast hands sion. Fans have returnedtothe ground (MarnusLabuschagne,45.2ov),6-372(Steven cial series is coming," Pandyasaid. "I am not During lockdown, when cricketers found forthe firsttimesince the coronavirus Smith,49.3ov) thinking of short-term whereIexhaustmy- time to reassess and fine-tune their skills, pandemic forced games before empty ■ Bowling:MShami10-0-59-3;JBumrah10- self and maybehavesomethingelse[injury] Smith waswaging abattle of his own. (L-R) Adam Zampa, SteveSmith and David Warner celebrateKLRahul’s wicket. AP stadiums across the world. PTI 0-73-1;NSaini10-0-83-1;YChahal10-0-89-1; whichisnot there. So it is going to beaprocess, Something wasamiss about the positioning RJadeja10-0-63-0 whichIamfollowing. Ican't tell youexactly of hishands on the bathandle. “I felt veryun- whenIamgoing to bowl but the processison. comfortable aboutmyhands. Something was notchedupa159-run stand in ashade under ingly inconsistent. Justwhenitlookedlike and playthe hoickoverthe off-side. INDIA (TARGET:375) In thenets, Iambowling.ItisjustthatIamnot notright,” he had told cricketaustralia.com.au. 28 overs.Hekick-startedbysashaying down he hadturnedacornerafter amatch-win- Hazlewood banged it shortand followed MAgarwalcMaxwellbHazlewood 22 game-ready. It is all about confidence and the The search forhis hands proved to be an ex- the tracktoYuzvendra Chahal anddeposit- ningcentury in theseries-decidingODI Agarwal, cramping him up forroom andre- (18b,2x4,1x6) skillhas to be at an international level." ercise in futilityasshown by histepidreturn ing him over mid-wicketfence. Between againstEnglandinSeptember,Maxwell en- sultinginatop-edgetopoint. SDhawancStarcbZampa 74(86b,10x4) His absence as abowler has hurtthe bal- in the IPL -- just 311runs from 14 games. overs 36.3 to 37.3, Smith went on overdrive, duredanother dip in form in IPL, where he Kohli’sscalp wasthe most satisfying, VKohlicFinchbHazlewood 21(21b,2x4,1x6) ance of this team in recent times, and it came However, justdays before the firstODI ransacking four boundaries offfivedeliver- musteredonly108 runs, at abelow-par aver- because he had justgot areprieve and SIyercCareybHazlewood 2(2b) to the fore during their 66-runloss to Australia againstIndia, the 31-year-olddeclaredhehad ies. He got areprieve on 38 when Shikhar ageof15.42 thatled Virender Sehwag to. looked in imperious touch. Another short KL RahulcSmithbZampa 12(15b,1x4) on Friday. ViratKohli fieldedfivefront-line found the wayout. "I think in the lastfew days Dhawan grassedhim at the long-on bound- term him as “Rs 10-croreIPL cheerleader”. length delivery got theIndian captaintry- HPandyacStarcbZampa 90(76b,7x4,4x6) bowlers, of whichfour of them bowled their actuallyI’vefound something. People close ary. Perhaps, the oppositionand thevenue Walking in at No.5, Maxwell beganwith ing to manufactureanoutlandish pull shot, RJadejacStarcbZampa 25(37b,1x6) quotaof10overs and concededmorethan 60 to me that knowmewell, I’vefound my hands also playedapartinSmith’sroaring return to araspingcover driveoff Jasprit Bumrah, be- whichwas gobbledupbyFinchatmid- NSaininotout 29(35b,1x4,1x6) runs. "Yeah, it is alwaysgoing to be difficult the lastfew days,whichI’m reallyexcited form. His lastfiveODI knocks againstIndia fore unfurling twoback-to-backswitchhits wicket. Hazlewood then stunnedShreyas MShamibStarc 13(10b,1x4,1x6) when yougowith five bowlers. When some- about,”hesaid. read:69, 98,102, 131and 51. againstChahal, the firstracedtothe third- Iyer withabrute that kept rising sharply. JBumrahnotout 0(3b) one is having an offday youdon't have some- The fast handsare aSmith speciality as it Also, the SCG wasthe ground wherehe man boundaryand thesecond sailed over Iyer,who has ahistory againstshort ■ Extras (lb2,w15,nb3) 20 one to fulfil the quota. Morethan injury,the allows him to manoeuvreballs pitchedon had scriptedthat masterful centuryagainst backwardpoint foramaximum. The auda- balls, could onlyawkwardlyfend it to ■ Total(50overs) 308/8 sixth bowler's role is when someone among leg-stumpthrough theoff-side or flickanout- thesame opponentsinthe 2015 WorldCup cious manner in whichhetoreintoChahal- wicket-keeper. ■FoW:1-53(MayankAgarwal,5.2ov),2-78(Virat the five bowlers is having abad day. Maybe side-offdelivery through the mid-wicket re- semifinal. Smith wasinvolvedintwo match- —his nemesisinbilateral tournamentsand Till twoyearsback, Zampa wasaone-di- Kohli,9.3ov),3-80(ShreyasIyer,9.5ov),4-101(KL we will have to find someone who has already gion with ease.Therewas oneparticular shot defining partnerships: 108-run stand forthe IPL —was asight to behold. mensional bowler but with time he has not Rahul,13.3ov),5-229(ShikharDhawan,34.3ov),6- playedIndia, and groom them and find away againstShami that illustrates thispoint. It was second wicket withFinch, andthe manic 57- onlymasteredthe wong’un, but has also de- 247(HardikPandya,38.5ov),7-281(RavindraJad- to makethem play,"Pandyaexplained. full outside off, but Smith somehowmanaged run alliance with Maxwell that surged Hazlewood’s bouncer barrage velopedsubtle changes in pace. All these eja,45.4ov),8-308(MohammedShami,49.3ov) It'sanissueevenKohli had alludedto. He to scoop it over mid-on. Australia to amatch-winning score. Josh Hazlewood gave further proof to skills helpedthe leggie pickupfourwickets ■Bowling:MStarc9-0-65-1;JHazlewood10-0- said:"Wehavetofindoutaway to getfew overs Unlikeinthe IPL,Smithhad the luxuryof whyheisthe finestAustralian pacer across tonight, includingthatofin-formDhawan 55-3;PCummins8-0-52-0;AZampa10-0-54- from part-timers. Unfortunately, Hardik is not acomfortableplatform and time at his dis- Maxwell comes to the party format by prising out Mayank Agarwal, Kohli and Hardik Pandya, whose128-runfifth- 4;MStoinis6.2-0-25-0;GMaxwell6.4-0-55-0 ready to bowl yet, we have to acceptthat, we posal as Australia’s irrepressible opening pair Forall the talent that he possesses, the and ShreyasIyer. SampleAgarwal’s exit:The wicket partnershiphad threatenedtotake ■ Result:Australiawonby66runs don't reallyhaveall-round options right now." of AaronFinchand DavidWarner had enigmatic Glenn Maxwell has been frustrat- opener has shown the proclivity to step back thegame away from Australia.
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Dr Shyam Aggarwal, lung diseases like COPD. shows any persistent symptoms of con- repair mechanisms,abnormal cells with abnormal Sir Ganga RamHospital &Research Centre of the bodyasactivated immune cellsare present in senior consultant medical oncologist at Diagnosis & Treatment cern. genes are still being generated in our all the organs.Theseside effects can be the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital & Research Lung cancer usually presents in mid- Preventive Steps body regularly. controlled by steroids and other immuno- Centre, highlighted the dle and old age with As the saying goes – prevention is bet- Who gets abnormalities in the Uncloaking cancer cells with anti-PD-1-therapy suppressive drugs in most patients. many risk factors to be history of cough, he- ter than cure. Respiratory oncology is not genes? What is unique about these aware of in order to detect moptysis, chest pain, only about medicines, as 50 per cent of Cancer cell Such anomalies in the genes that give T cell PD-1 drugs? lung cancer at the earliest breathlessness, lung cancers are preventable. We should proliferation advantage to cells,occur inhibitor drug One difference that has been observed stage possible. weight loss of vari- emphasize on the lifestyle changes that more frequently in people who smokeor during treatment with these immune The most common can- able duration espe- would reduce the incidence of cancer: chew tobacco,orconsume excess alco- check point inhibitors is that patients who cer type across the globe, cially in a chronic ■ stop tobacco smoking, hol or people who are sedentary and show favorableresults,tendtodowell for lung cancer impacts ap- smoker. High index of ■ reduce alcohol intake, obese with no exercise in lifestyle.Such several months and years.This observation proximately 2.1 million suspicion is needed ■ have a balanced diet low i n red changes in the genes are acquired during PD-1 PD-L1 has led doctors to believe that thesenew people and causes an esti- for the physicians to meat, fatty food one’s life time and are called somatic mu- receptor molecule drugs may nowbeabletocure afraction of mated 1.8 million deaths each year. In In- make a diagnosis. Large number of cases ■ increase intake of green leafy veg- tations and are considered to be respon- advanced cancers even in advanced dia, more than 100,000 new cases are di- are initially treated as tuberculosis as the etables, salads and fruits sible for occurrence of cancer in one’sbody.Nearly are not able to recognize these rogue cancer cells as stages because thereare patients who are reported agnosed with lung cancer but latter is common in our country. How- ■ do not lead a sedentary life, must 95% of all cancers occur due to these acquired gene the latter adopt measures to evade the immune to be surviving beyond several years after detection. unfortunately most are diagnosed in ad- ever, cytology or biopsy of the lung tissue exercise daily anomalies in the cells during life.This is contrary to cells.One such methodisbyway of developing im- What arethe biomarkersfor these im- vanced stages resulting in significant is mandatory requirement to confirm the ■ avoid obesity the beliefofcommon man that cancer is familial or mune check points called PDL1 and PD 1antigens mune drugs? mortality. The most of common cause of diagnosis of lung cancer. X-rays CT scans, ■ exercise and avoid exposure to sub- runs in families.Thereforecancer is not ahereditary on the surfaceofimmune cells and cancer cells. Another important issue is to identifypatients lung cancer is related to tobacco smok- Pet scans are readily available to establish stances and pollutants that have been disease in most patients but is still adisease of the These antigens reactwith each other in such away who should be subjected to such costly medicines.Ex- ing by bidis, cigarettes, hukka or cigar the stage of lung cancer. Surgery is the shown to be carcinogenic genes. that the cancer cells continuetodivide in spite of tensive research is going on in this direction but still etc., because more than 3/4th cases have mainstay of treatment in the initial Lung cancer, once considered a man’s Genes and the immune system immune cellsbeing presentintheir vicinity. This the- remains poorly understood. It has been recognized a history of smoking tobacco. Environ- stages. However in intermediate stages, disease, is now the top cancer killer in connection ory wasrecognizedrecentlybyJames Allisonand that patients who benefit more from such drugs are mental exposure to radon and other ra- combination of chemotherapy and ra- women, as well claiming more lives every There is amajor roleofimmune system in regu- Tasuku Honjo and were awarded nobleprize in 2018 thosewhose tumors overexpress PDL1 antigen and dioactive materials have all been linked to diotherapy are given to the patient and year than breast cancer, uterine cancer lating theseabnormalcells that arebeing generated for this pathbreaking work in the understanding of are MSI high (a test -microsatelite instability). lung cancer. this is potentially curative. In the last one and ovarian cancer combined. The rea- in our body frequently as the immune cellsare sup- cancer cells and immune cells. Guidelinesfor usingthesedrugsare readily avail- Environment Pollution decade major advances have taken place son for this being detection of lung cancer posedtoeliminate all abnormal cellsfromour body. What areimmune check point inhibitors? able.Other biomarkers such as tumor mutation bur- Delhi is presumed to be the lung cancer in the management advanced stage lung in advanced stage and thus proves to be a This is because cancer cells are identified as foreign With this background knowledge,one potential den and neoantigen estimation remains in pipeline to capital of the country due high incidence cancer in an effort to control lung cancer, killer. But there are certain subtle differ- cells alien to our system.As mentioned above,cancer mechanism to stop the growth of cancer cells is to select potential beneficiaries of check point in- of lung cancer here. One important fac- prolong survival and convert this disease ences in lung cancer in women from lung cellshaveabnormal genes,and these genes manifest block this PD1 and PDL1 checkpoints on the im- hibitors.All these tests are readily available. tor is the environmental pollution, as per into a chronic disease. Possible treat- cancer in men.Weight loss, fatigue, short- new antigens and new peptides on the surface of mune cells and cancer cells by monoclonal antibod- What is the future? estimates, ppm2.5 of 22 is considered to ments include chemotherapy, radiation ness of breath, chest pain, back and cancer cells( more abnormal genes leads to more of ies. In case this is successfully done,one will reacti- There is considerable interest in developing new be equivalent to smoking one cigarette. therapy, immunotherapy and targeted shoulder pain are a few of them. But, un- new antigens and each cell has many abnormal vate the immune cells and the latter will be able to kill immune inhibitors in the management of cancers Thus with the present levels hovering therapy for such cases. Today treatment fortunately, many women aren’t aware genes for it to become cancerous). These so called the cancer cells.This is whatprecisely the re- and many new strategies are underway to identify around 400-500, one is exposed to ap- has become more personalized, which of all the symptoms, especially those spe- neo antigens are recognized as foreign by our im- searchers are doing successfully currently and there better outcomes. Onesuchexperiment involves using proximately 20-25 cigarettes per day. The means that doctors today detect specific cific to their gender. munecells,whichinturnget activated andafterpro- is enormous interest in developing these so called, next generation checkpoint point inhibitors that tar- pollutants considered hazardous in- mutations within the tumour, based on cessingthe newantigens activate Tlymphocytes. immune check point inhibitors. Four such drugs get LAG3, TIM3, TIGIT,VISTA etc andcombinePD1 cludes gases like nitrogen oxide, sulfur which a treatment course is planned out. Issued in Public Interest by And the cytotoxicTlymphocyte subset kills and gets namely nivolumab,pembrolizumab,durvalumab and PDL1inhibitors in avariety of cancers.Identifi- oxide, carbon dioxide a nd volatile or- Unlike chemotherapy, this treatment Dr ShyamAggarwal rid of these abnormal cancer cells.Despite the pres- and atezolizumab are readily available to patients cation of new targets for activating immune cells to ganic carbons, furans etc. The major does not have any side-effects and has The views/suggestions/opinions ex- enceofsuch specific killer cellsinthe body,people do in the Indian market and few more lined up in near kill cancer holds immense promise for future of can- sources of pollutants are considered to faster recovery. Patients can also take this pressed in the article are the sole get cancer.This is because, the immune system cells future.Such is the success story with these drugs, cer patients. be coming from industry, factories, auto- treatment at home instead of visiting the responsibility of the experts.
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