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KAUNAINSHERIFFM &KRISHNKAUSHIK WHATSTATESSAID who moved privilege NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER24 ■In touchwith Serum, have task forcefor AS THE race to find an efficacious vaccine: Maharashtra motion against Arnab vaccine againstCovid-19picks ■Will work with Centre, up, Prime MinisterNarendra all stakeholders: Bengal Modi urgedstatesTuesdayto EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE INSIDE build decentralisedmecha- ■ Vaccine mustinview MUMBAI,NOVEMBER24 Aparaveterinaryworker nisms, down to the blocklevel, of Kumbh: Uttarakhand PRATAP SARNAIK with a3-litrecontainer of in the form of task forces for ■ Readying logistics for THE ENFORCEMENT Directorate MADE AFORTUNE IN ‘semen straws’. Express file smooth administration of the mass vaccination: UP (ED) on Tuesdayconducted REAL ESTATE vaccine, expected to take place PAGE 12 searches at 10 places in Thane early next year. Random testing on Tuesdayevening of those entering Ghaziabad from Delhi. Prem Nath Pandey and Mumbai, including the res- MVA: BJP USING In search of Interacting with Chief idences and offices of ShivSena CENTRAL AGENCIES Ministers via videoconference, cent and the fatality rate under MLAPratapSarnaik and his sons, AGAINST OPPONENTS the Prime Minister, while under- 1per cent. in connection with an alleged PAGE 4 vaccine cold lining that thereisnodecision “A fewdays ago, the Centre moneylaundering case. yetonwhichvaccine will be fi- had requestedstatesthat asteer- Delhi asks PM for 1,000 ICU beds, says Sarnaik,athree-time Shiv chain, some nalisedand when, repeatedly ingcommittee be constituted at Sena MLAfromThane, had initi- Naik suicide case, forwhich emphasisedthe keyrole that the statelevel (on vaccine admin- schools may be shut till there is vaccine ated abreachofprivilegemotion Goswami wassubsequentlyar- clues from states will playinvaccine admin- istration)and atask forceformed againstRepublic TVEditor Arnab rested by the Raigad Police. istration.Heurged states to pro- at the district level. Isuggestthat bedsinCentre-run hospitals, out ventilators areoccupied, Goswamifor his remarksagainst While the probeagency did vide individual plans forafinal this bedone at the blocklevel. We MALLICAJOSHI suchasAIIMS and Safdarjung, to straining the capital’s health- MaharashtraChief Minister notdisclose details of the alleged dairy sector blueprint of the country’s largest have to do this as fast as possible; &ASTHASAXENA tide over ashortage. caresystemand leading to de- UddhavThackeray and other moneylaundering case, it said immunisation drive. we have to delegatethis to one NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER24 And giventhe surge in Covid lays in critical care. ministers of the Maharashtra searches were conducted on the Cautioning againstlaxity in person to ensurethat thereare cases, Deputy Chief Minister Besides, the city has recorded Vikas Aghadi (MVA) govern- promoters of Topsgrup, asecu- PARTHASARATHIBISWAS the fight againstthe virus and at- regular meetings, training, mon- DESCRIBINGTHE uptickin Manish Sisodia said schools are 2,110deaths in November so far, ment. He wasalso one of the first rity firm foundedbyRahul PUNE,NOVEMBER24 tributingthe recent surge in pos- itoring and onlinetraining. Delhi’s mortality rate as "a mat- likelytoremain shut till avaccine and is settoovertakethe 2,330 politicians in the statetoseek a Nanda, and "related members, itive cases to “widespread care- Besides, being engaged in fight- terofconcern", Chief Minister is available. deaths recordedinJune when re-investigation intothe Anvay CONTINUEDONPAGE2 AMIDCONCERNSthataCovid-19 lessness”, Modi told Chief ing the pandemic on adailybasis, Arvind Kejriwal asked Prime At present, 88 per cent of the fist surge wasseen. On vaccinewouldrequireanefficient, Ministers to work towardsbring- we have to parallellyestablish this MinisterNarendraModi ICU bedswith ventilators and Tuesday, Delhi recorded6,224 countrywide cold chain infra- ing the positivity rate under 5per CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Tuesdaytoreserve1,000 ICU 73 per cent of all ICU bedswith- CONTINUEDONPAGE7 TRP SCAM structure,thedairyindustrycould offersomeanswersto policymak- 1,400-page chargesheet ers and public health profession- als. Theindustryrecordsalmost8 UP clears ‘love jihad’ law: 10-year jail, To stem fraud, Centre filed, cops name Republic croreartificial inseminations across the countryannually. The process involvescollection of se- cancelling marriage if for conversion sends list of dos, don’ts media, News Nation menfromelitebullsin56bullsta- tions, whichisfrozen in vials or sion done in violation of the pro- THE The police said that all ‘straws’,andtransportedinliquid MAULSHREESETH BUSINESSASUSUAL visions of the proposedlaw ABHISHEKANGAD EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE namedinthe chargesheetwere nitrogencontainers(atminus196 LUCKNOW,NOVEMBER24 would have to face jail term of up NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER24 SCHOLARSHIP MUMBAI,NOVEMBER24 free-to-air channels and relied degrees Celsius) to dairyfarmers BY UNNY to 10 years,” said agovernment solelyonadvertisement revenue across the country. THE UTTAR Pradesh Cabineton statement. If it is found that the PREPARE Alistofdoubtful or SCAM THE MUMBAI Police Crime as ameans of income. “Themostcrucialaspectof the Tuesdaycleared adraft ordi- conversion is done “forcibly, suspicious institutions and ap- BranchonMondayfileda1,400- The chargesheetcomes aday artificial inseminationcold chain nance to check“unlawful reli- through atrocity or cheating”, plications, use frauddetection nority students, these arethe five pagechargesheetinthe alleged before the Mumbai Police is set is itsreliability (ensuring viability gious conversions” and “inter- the offence will be non-bailable. software, conduct random keypreventive measures listed fake Television Rating Points to submit itsinvestigation report of thespermsfromthepointof se- faith marriages with the sole “The Cabinethas takenabig checks and auditsbyaninde- by the MinistryofMinority (TRP) scam case, naming six in asealedcover before the men extraction to insemination intention of changing agirl’s re- decision... it wasnecessaryfor pendent authority,use morein- Affairs to be implemented “im- channels, including those of BombayHigh Court, whichis intoafemalebovine)andreach(to ligion”, with provision forjail maintaining normal lawand or- dicators to identify schools on mediatelyfor securing the Republic Media Networkand hearing aplea by Republic me- thedistantinteriors).Iamsurethis term of up to 10 years. der in the stateand to ensurejus- the National Scholarship Portal process” forthe academic year News Nation, as allegedly pay- diaseeking that theFIR against can be of some relevance to the According to the “Uttar tice forwomen, especiallythose (NSP), include moreapplication 2020-21. ing moneytoboostTRPs for it be quashed. national rollout of the Covid vac- Pradesh Vidhi Virudh Dharma from the ScheduledCastesand dataonthe portal. The measures were listedina around twoyears. While in October,the police cine,” said RajivMitra, CEO of Samparivartan Pratishedh ScheduledTribes,” said Uttar Taking note of an investiga- letter dated November 18, The owners of Republic me- had said that channels were pay- Prabhat Dairybasedin Adyadesh 2020” (prohibition of Pradesh CabinetMinister tion by The Indian Express on signedbyAdityaSSingh, Under diaand News Nation have been ing moneytointermediaries like Ahmednagar,Maharashtra, unlawful religious conversion), Sidharth Nath Singh, who is also howanexus of middlemen, Secretary, and sent to principal namedaswanted accusedinthe employees of Hansa Research whichispartoftheFrenchLactalis amarriagewill be declared the government spokesperson. school staffand district officials secretaries and secretaries of all chargesheet. The police said they Group –whichmeasures TRPs on Group and does roughly “shunya”(null and void) if the girl’s religion”. “Morethan 100cases of were illegallydiverting pre- states and Union Territories. were likelytocharge them in a behalf of the BroadcastAudience CONTINUEDONPAGE2 “sole intention” wasto“changea “Those getting the conver- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Matric scholarships forpoor mi- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 supplementarychargesheetlater. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Collective, volunteers: in Kerala Abdullahs infringed Alibaba, dating apps among 43 more local polls, no politics is new politics on land for offices, with China links banned by Govt engaged with stateand national Reflects apps. This action wastaken SHAJUPHILIP issues, cannotbeactively in- house: J&K probe ENSECONOMICBUREAU basedonthe inputsregarding THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, volvedinlocal issues. Local is- NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER24 border these apps forengaging in activ- NOVEMBER24 sues demand people who areac- E ities whichare prejudicial to ● tension cessible and familiar to the DEEPTIMANTIWARY CITING“SOVEREIGNTYand in- EXPLAINED sovereignty and integrity of ASOCIETYregisteredbyformer common man. At the panchayat NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER24 Claims false, tegrity of India”, the Centreon India, defence of India, security AAP volunteers; agroup of pro- level, people want basic civic is- malicious: Tuesdaybanned43mobile apps WITH THE latestorder, of stateand publicorder. fessionals, businessmen and res- sues to be resolvedand do not THE J&K administration on NC defends with Chinese links, amovethat India has bannedatotal MinistryofElectronics and idents’ associations backedby caresomuchabout political affil- Tuesdayclaimedthat National Farooq follows the ban on 177apps over of 220 mobile apps with Information Technology has is- retired bureaucrats; acoastal Volunteers forV4Kochi in iations,’’ says Prof GGopakumar, Conference (NC) leaders and for- tworounds in June and Chineselinkssince June. suedthe order forblocking the collective basedonasuccessful Kochi. V4Kochi Facebook political scientistand former mer chief ministers Farooq and September this year. The decision, whichwas access of these apps by users in corporatemodel; agroup of vot- Vice Chancellor of Central Omar Abdullah areamong en- VOTE FOR PAGD TO The latestexercise, which also partiallyechoedby India basedonthe comprehen- ers united by waterscarcity. University of Kerala. croachers of stateland, saying RESTORE IDENTITY: comes amid India-China tension the US in itsbanning of sive reports receivedfromIndian Across Kerala, astate that is phases on December 8, 12 and Forinstance, V4Kochi, which their residence in Jammu was FAROOQ PAGE 8 at the border,saw the ban of on- popular video app Cyber Crime Coordination sharplydividedalong party lines, 14.All of them depend on is registeredasasociety,has built on illegallyoccupiedland. demand courier service TikTok,follows the Center,MinistryofHome apolitical is the newpolitical — crowdfunding and hope to claim fieldedcandidates in all 74 divi- The administration also in- Lalamove India, in addition to standoffbetween India Affairs,” the government said in at leastatthe grassroots level. the electoral space available at a sions of the KochiMunicipal cludedFarooq Abdullah’s sister carriedout by the UT adminis- Alibaba Group’s online retail and China at the Line of astatement. From statecapital Thiru- microlocal level, wherefamiliar- Corporation. Mostofits leaders SuraiyaMatto, NC offices in tration, in 1998,the Abdullahs al- service AliExpress. Various other Lalamove,whichentered vananthapuram to commercial ity and accessibility matter the areyoung, and manyhavebeen Jammu and Srinagar,and aTrust legedly bought three kanals apps related to the Alibaba India in 2019,has been opera- hub Kochi, unconventional non- most. AAP volunteers. once ownedbythe Congress in from different land owners in Group and at least15dating apps Government of India, todayis- tional in cities suchas political movementshave “This is anew trend in Kerala. “Traditional parties have itsfresh listofillegal beneficiar- villageSunjwan in Jammu’s have also been banned. suedanorder under Section 69A Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, fieldedcandidates forthe local People have realisedthat tradi- grownirrelevant and obsolete. ies of the Roshni Act. Bahu tehsil to build their “MinistryofElectronics and of the InformationTechnology Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai, body elections to be held in three tional political parties, whichare CONTINUEDONPAGE2 According to investigations CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Information Technology, Actblocking access to 43 mobile CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Free ration, financial aid every month forsex workers in Mumbai PAGE 1 ers –including some with no proachedthe Supreme Court While the dryration will be mostprefertouse apseudonym, with NGOAditi, said theyare we have asked the stategovern- ANCHOR proof of identity likeration card, highlighting that the commu- distributed without insistence an impediment in enlisting helping sexworkers createbank ment to provide funds forthree Aadhaar cardorbank account – nity wasfacing shortage of food on identification proof, the gov- them as beneficiaries. accountsand getAadhaar cards months. The sexworkers are aremissing from government’s and shelter as well as financial ernment has insistedonbank The datawith MDACS, which to getthe financial aid. “But it is supposedtobepaid from listofbeneficiaries to getthe fi- crisis. details and Aadhaar cardnum- functions under the National adifficult process,” she added. October.Inafew weeks, we will TABASSUM nancial aid. On September 29, the SC had berfor direct benefit transfer of Aids Control Society,shows Sexworkers staying at home paythem the pending amount BARAGARWALA Eachsex worker will receive directed all states to provide dry Rs 5,000everymonth. “An NGO thereare 14,000 sexworkers with families arenot willing to and ration due since October.” MUMBAI,NOVEMBER24 Rs 5,000 per month along with ration to sexworkers without in- hastowriteareferralletteriden- registeredinMumbai. But so far, disclose their identities. Also, Secretary(WCD) Idzes three kg of wheat and twokgof sisting on proof of identity.The tifying asex worker.What hap- it has managed to pass on names mostdonot have anyidentifica- Kundan said ameeting to discuss TO COPE with the effectsofthe rice. Children of sexworkers courtasked the states to notonly pens to those who arenot asso- of only5,600sex workers to the tion proof. NGOAditi currently these issues washeld on lockdown, the Maharashtragov- who go to school will receive Rs provide ration to those sexwork- ciated with anyNGO, howwill government forfinancial aid. workswith 3,000sexworkers in Mondaywith the chief secretary. ernment will give 5,600sex 2,500per month to supporttheir ers who had approacheditbut theyget financial aid? Mostdo When contacted,DrShrikala Mumbai, but manyhavebeen “Wehavesupportedover30,000 workers of Mumbai financial aid online education. also to reachout to more. notevenhaveabank account or Acharya,project director of difficult to locatesince the lock- sexworkers and their 6,000chil- and 5-kgration everymonth Mumbai's vast community of The statewomen and child Aadhaar card,” said Priti Patkar MDACS, said, “Basedonwhat the down began. dren during the pandemic. The since October till the Covid-19 sexworkers areone of the worst development (WCD) depart- from anti-trafficking NGO government asked us to do, we Prema Gadge, Deputy WCD government is intent on helping pandemic is over. hit by the pandemic. Physical ment has so farprepared alistof Prerana. have providedinformation for officer forMumbai city,said them. And direct benefit trans- But even as Maharashtrabe- distancing norms have forced 5,600sex workers and their The MDACSworks with sex sexworkers who have bank ac- Aadhaar cardand bank account feristhe best waytoprovide fi- came the firststate in October to their business to shut. In 1,592 children in Mumbai with During lockdown, sex workers and NGOs to prevent countsand Aadhaar cards. We details arenecessarytoensure nancial aid. We aretrying to issue agovernment resolution to September,Durbar Mahila the help of Mumbai District Aids workers await distribution and treat HIV infection. Itsoffi- have ropedinNGOs to identify thereisnoduplication. “We solve the issues as theycome up. this effect, NGOs have pointed SamanvayCommittee, acollec- Control Society (MDACS), who of free grocery. File cials have found the process of sexworkers.” needbank account details fordi- Sexworkers also needtosupport that alargershareofsex work- tive of sexworkers, had ap- will receive financial aid. identifying asex worker,when Rekha Kulkarni, who works rect benefit transfer... Fornow, CONTINUEDONPAGE2 WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 2 THE SECOND PAGE THEINDIANEXPRESS,WEDNESDAY,NOVEMBER25,2020

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ED raids Their names arepartofalist lagepanchayats. munal divide in the country. of encroachedland “other than “WhenTwenty20tookcharge including some politicians". Roshni”, wherethe land is “phys- PM to states: Start planning for vaccine rollout in2015,thepanchayatwasindebt Sex workers The agency later detained icallyencroachedbut notshown of Rs 39 lakh. Afterfiveyears, the us and cooperate,” she added. Sarnaik's son, Vihang Sarnaik. in revenue records”. The listof mechanism.” pricing of different vaccines, the manner. of our states is worrisome. panchayathas asurplus of Rs Shobha Shelar,Deputy WCD The ED case againstNanda “encroachers” also has names of “I requestthat yousend a Prime Ministersaid pricing is “Instead of discussing the Authorities have to beextracau- 13.57crore.Wehaveimprovedef- officer forMumbai suburbs, said andSarnaikisbasedonanFIRreg- businessmanMushtaqChaya and detailedplan soon on the vac- still unknown. “You arewell national picture, we have to tious and put moreeffortin ficiency in functioning. Thereis the financial supportwill con- isteredbytheMumbaiPoliceafter Ashfaq Mir,who has been identi- cine front, and last-mile deliv- awareofthe development of startdiscussing it in alocalised stopping the transmission of zerocorruption and we provide tinue until the pandemic is over amagistratecourtdirected it to fied as the son of J&K High Court ery. This will help us makedeci- vaccines being reportedinter- manner;bythis, we will beable the virus,” he said. provisions at 50 to 70 per cent and normal business resume for do so, basedonacomplaint filed judgeJustice (retd) Ali sions. The experience of states nationally. We almostreached to address the problem faster. He said that in manycoun- subsidisedrate,’’ says Sabu Jacob, sexworkers. The firstthree by twosenior employees of MohammedMir. (on vaccine administration) is the final stages of the develop- The proportion of the RT-PCR tries, and in “some states of KITEX managing director and months of lockdown, the NGOs Topsgrup, whose services were Denying the allegations, the of utmostimportance. Because ment of avaccine. We arekeep- testshavetoincrease. We have India”, thereisarecent trend of chief co-ordinator of Twenty20. said,were theworstforsexwork- terminated by the companyon National Conference on Tuesday everything movesfromthe ing awatchonthese develop- to monitor home-isolated pa- cases increasing and this is Twenty20's success has ers' business. Manyfromthe October10 forallegedembezzle- said, "The news attributed to statelevel. Youhavetoproac- ments. We areintouchwith tientsinabettermanner. Any “concerning” and “all of us have spawnedseveral similar models. community have nowstarted ment of funds. sources that Dr Farooq Abdullah tively participate,” he said. everyone. Thereisstill no deci- complacency shown in home to be moreaware and alert”. At Chellanam, acoastalvillage working again. In April and May, The twoformer employees isabeneficiaryoftheRoshniActis He assured states that they sion on the number of doses; isolation can result in apatient “Tocontrol the transmis- panchayatinErnakulam district, Brihanmumbai Municipal have allegedthat Nanda diverted completely false and is being would be consulted on the dis- thereisstill no decision on the arriving in ahospital in severe sion, we have to increase the agroupof votershasfloatedasep- Corporationhadaidedover8,000 moneytoanoffshoretrustand spread with malicious intent. Dr tribution of the vaccine once it is price of eachofthese vaccine condition. In suchcircum- pace of our effortsliketesting, arate"20-20" and hopes to ad- sexworkers and transgenders also alleged irregularities by Farooq Abdullah has notavailed available. The “campaign for candidates. We still don't have stances, we cannotsavelives,” confirmation, contact tracing, dress the perennial local issue of with dryration in Mumbai. Topsgrup in the acquisition of a of the Roshni scheme foreither vaccine foreverycitizen is ana- an answer to these questions,” he said. and data. We have to give them coastalerosionthatdisplacessev- firm in the UK in 2007.The com- his residence in Srinagar or in tional commitment” and “such he said. He urgedstatestoensure utmostpriority.Wehaveto eral families everymonsoon. TRP scam plainthasalsoallegedthatNanda Jammuandanyonewhosays oth- alarge-scale vaccination cam- “Thereiscompetition oxygen supplyatthe village bring the positivity rate under 5 “This movement beganafew Research Council (BARC) –to had abusiness relationship with erwise is lying." paign should be smooth, sys- among vaccine manufacturers. level. “Atthe villagelevel, the per cent.” monthsago.We arecontestingin boostit, the chargesheettalks Sarnaik. Inthelistofallegedillegalben- tematic and sustainable as it Different countries also have primaryand community health At the moment, the country, all wardsasamarkofprotest about another manner in which Nanda told The Indian Express eficiariesoftheRoshniActare the will go on foralong time”. diplomatic interests.Wealso centres have to be better he said, is going through the againstall political parties that TRPs were boosted. that Topsgrup filedanFIR in twin offices of the NC in Jammu He said states shouldexam- have to wait forthe WHO. We equipped. Oxygensupplyinthe fourth phase of the pandemic. have neglectedthe development Assistant Inspector Sachin September againstthe twoem- andKashmir.Accordingto thelist, ine cold storagerequirements, have created amechanism to vicinity of these villages should In the firstphase, therewas fear, of this village. We have formed Vaze from the Crime Intelligence ployeesforsiphoningfundsfrom Sher-e-Kashmir Bhawanofthe and possibilities of augmenting have real-time engagement be ensured.Our aim should be “everyone waspanicking due to groups in all wardsand picked Unit (CIU), whichisprobing the thecompany. "IsettledinLondon NC in Jammu had 3kanal and 16 them. “Statesshould startwork- with global regulators, govern- bringing down the fatality rate the pandemic and everyone candidates.Mostofourmembers case, said: “Apartfrompaying 14 yearsagoandTopsgrupinIndia marla of land, whichwas regu- ing on additional cold storage mentsofother countries and under 1per cent. We have to wasreacting”. areyoungsters who arelooking moneytoboostTRPs, we have is being managed by profession- larisedundertheAct.Similarly,in requirementsand look where multinational companies,” he minutelyexamine the reason In the second phase, “fear forachange,’’says PavizhamBiju, foundthatRepublicnetworktook als. Iamjustashareholder.In Srinagar,thepartygot 3kanaland all newcold storageispossible. said. foreverydeath from the smaller got mixed with doubtsabout abusinessman who is one of the help of dual Logical Channel 2019,Igot to knowthat the com- 16 marla of land in the name of Directions have already been “For us, safetyisasnecessary towns. That should be the level other people, it created an en- those behind the movement. Number(LCN)to boostTRP.Using panyisdefaulting on payments. Nawai-Subah Trust. givenbythe Centre, but we as speed. Whatever vaccine of focus. Onlythen we will be vironment of hatred”. People In Kottayam municipality, LCNwouldshowthataparticular The boardinitiated aforensic au- The names arepartofalistof have to be ready to implement India will administertoits citi- able to control the situation,” he feared theywould be cut-offif thereisanother20-20contesting channel wasnot onlybeing dit whichshowedmoneyhad closeto2,000beneficiariesof the it. We will ensureadditional zens, it will be aprovenone, on said. theytestedpositive,and “a lot in five out of 50 wards. At watchedbypeople in the news been embezzledbythe chief ex- J&K StateLands (Vesting of supplies. The detailedplan will all scientific parameters,” he “Those who areworking on of people startedhiding their in- Vadakarapathypanchayatin channelsection,butalsoby those ecutive officer,Ramesh Iyer,and Ownershipto theOccupants)Act be finalisedand shared with said. the development of avaccine fection”. The fear,hesaid, dissi- Palakkad, alocal movement that watchingthechannelsinthekids Director,Finance, Amar Panghal. 2001–commonlyknown as the states soon. Both stateand cen- The Prime Ministeralso re- aredoing that;however, we pated in the thirdphase and emergedfromapeople’s protest section. By showing the channel Their employment wastermi- RoshniAct--andotherencroach- tral teams arehaving adia- questedstatestoexamine the have to focus on containment things begantostabilize. But it againstwater scarcity is contest- on twofrequencies, itsTRP in- nated.Now theyhavefiledacom- ers of stateand forest land, pub- logue,” he said. ground situation on the rise in of the infection. We cannotbe also ledtothe current situation ing 10 out of 17 wards. At Kottur creased.” plaint with the ED.” lished by the UT administration. To queries from states on the infection rate in adecentralised complacent... The trend in some afterpeople became lax, he said. panchayatinKozhikode, those “ThisisagainstTRAI(Telecom Nanda deniedbusiness deal- UndertheAct,undueconcessions who resistedaproposedmining RegulatoryAuthority of India) ings with Sarnaik."Ihaveknown were allegedly givenfor regulari- project arenow in the electoral guidelines and we have alertedit PratapSarnaikfor25yearsandhe sation of land conversion at rates fray. about cable operators indulging has notinvestedevenarupee in farbelowthosestipulatedandthe In search of vaccine cold chain, some clues Inthestate capital,notedtech- in this practice. We,too, will be my company,"said Nanda. cut-offyear kept getting shifted. nocrat and former stateplanning looking intothe role of the cable Thecomplainthasallegedfor- So far, 167names in Kashmir 1lakhartificialinseminationsin chain. It ensures that the frozen Nadu) and Rahuri the frozen semen by using spe- boardDrGVijayaraghavanisone operators,whowere partofthis," eignexchangeviolationsintheac- and 1,781names in Jammu have ayear. straws aremaintainedatthere- (Maharashtra) that together cially-made artificial insemina- of the promoters of he added. quisition of UK-basedThe Shield been publishedbythe adminis- Since the sperms lose their quired temperatureevensec- supplyabout 380 lakh 'straws' tion guns. Thiruvananthapuram Vikasana In the synopsis of the Guarding Co Ltd forRs140 crore tration. Sources said morelists viability at normal room tem- onds before being usedtoin- annually. Thecoolantused–liquidni- Munnettam(TVM).With“devel- chargesheet(accessedbyThe by Topsgrupin2007.TheUKfirm maybepublishedindue course peratures within 15 minutes of seminatethe female animal,” Theartificialinseminationis trogen sourcedfromchemical opment” as itsmain poll plank, Indian Express), the police said, filedfor bankruptcy in 2016.The to abide by the directions of the collection, about 5mlofsemen said Ashok Pande, Group Vice carriedout by paraveterinary fertiliser unitsorliquid oxygen TVMiscontesting in 14 of 100di- “Hansa Vision Private Limited is complaint has also alleged that J&K High Court, whichhad called is firstdiluted to fill up to 250 President (Scientific Research workers, who transfer the 'se- plantswhichproduce it as aby- visions of the Thiruvananthapu- the holding companyofHansa Nanda diverted moneytoa the Act“unconstitutional” in 'straws', eachcontaining 0.25- and LivestockDevelopment) at menstraws'into3-litrecontain- product –and machines forfill- ramMunicipal Corporation. Research Group. During investi- Mauritiustrustthatallegedly has October this year,ordering aCBI 0.5 ml solution. These 'straws' BAIF Development Research ers,thusensuringeasyportabil- ingitintostrawsare established “Political parties do very little gation,ithascometo lightthatthe aclose relationship with Sarnaik. enquiryandaskingtheUTadmin- arethen sealed, with details of Foundation. ity to the interiors. technologies fordairyfarmers. forthe overall development of a former had monetary relations Nanda has informedthe ED istration to publish names of all thedonorbull,dateofcollection With 300active bulls at its “The 3-litrecontainer “Eachtime the container is city.InThiruvananthapuram, is- with TV channels. It has been that the Mauritius trustwas cre- encroachers. etcprintedon them, and frozen twostations at Urulikanchan in (whichhas about 720straws) is opened,liquidnitrogenescapes. sues of the middle class areneg- found that the companydid not ated as per laws afterconsulting Amongtheallegedillegalben- by immersinginliquidnitrogen Pune district and Dharouli in therealreasonforthesuccessof We maintain areservestock of lected.Alot of people in the city reveal this to BARC.” toplaw firms Khaitan &Coand eficiariesoftheActisFarooq’ssis- containers. Jind (Haryana), BAIF produces India’s artificial insemination liquid nitrogen at our centres, do notvoteduring elections due Of the 12 people Nishith Desai &Associates for terSuraiyaMattoo. Forthe regu- The containers –typically around 45 lakh 'semen straws' andcross-breedingprogramme. fromwhereitcanberefilled.The to their disillusionment with chargesheetedinthecase,five are transferring 66per cent shares of larisationof 3kanalsand12 marla about35 litresor48litrescapac- everyyear.ThatmakesitIndia’s Our paravetscan carry these processisn’tverycomplicated,” politicians and the system. We former Hansa Research Group Topsgrup. "Nofunds were ever of land, Mattoo wassupposedto ity –are then transportedfrom secondlargest aftertheNational containers on two-wheelers, said Mitra. would liketosee suchsegments employees,ownersof news chan- transferredtothe Trust. We had payRs1crore.The same has not the bull stations to different DairyDevelopment Board, and reachremote villages,” said That lackofcomplication votefor our candidates,’’ says nelsandoneRepublicmediaem- openedabank account in beenpaidyet,accordingto thead- parts of the country. whichmanages four stations at Pande. maybeofsomeassuranceinthe TVMspokesperson SN ployee–assistant vice-president Mauritius but this account was ministration. “Liquid nitrogen is the most Bidaj(Gujarat), Salon (Uttar Beforeinsemination, the search forviablecoldstorageso- Raghuchandran Nair,who is (distribution) GhanshyamSingh, neverused," said Nanda. Alsointhelistofbeneficiaries importantingredientinourcold Pradesh), Alamadhi (Tamil paraveterinaryworkers thaw lutions foraCovid-19vaccine. managingdirectorof SIProperties whoiscurrentlybehindbars.The Leaders of the Maharashtra is Khidmat TrustatJhelum Bund Kerala Pvt Ltd. statementsofnearly 140wit- VikasAghadihitoutattheBJPand in Srinagar.The Trust, whichalso nesses have been attachedtothe the Centreoverthe ED raids. runs the KhidmetPress and a contrarytolaw and unsustain- respondents, to defraudthe ben- “about2%”of verifiedscholarship The letter states that “in case ‘Love jihad’ law chargesheet.Thechargesapplied “The Centreisusing govern- commercial building, wasgiven able”,andorderedtheUTadmin- eficiaries under Pre-Matric applications should be selected of anyincidenceof fraud,thestate forcibleconversionshave cometo relatetocheating, forgery, crimi- mentagenciesagainstitspolitical sevenkanals and 15 marlas of istration to recoverall land given Scholarship Scheme of Ministry by the stateofficer “for random is duty bound to thoroughlyin- light. The wayinwhichreligious nalconspiracyanddestructionof opponents,” NCPChief Sharad land under the Roshni Actin away under it. of MinorityAffairs.” check/thirdparty audit”. vestigatethe matter and ensure conversionsaredoneusingdeceit, evidence with the maximum Pawarsaid. ShivSena MP and Srinagar. It asksstatesto"thoroughly ■ Use frauddetection soft- initiation of penal action against lies, forceand dishonesty is heart sentence of 10 years. party'sspokespersonSanjayRaut TheKhidmatTrustwasestab- Chinese apps investigatethematterandfurnish ware:“The doubtful/suspicious the culprits”. wrenching, and it wasnecessary “Wehavefiledachargesheet calledtheraidspoliticalvendetta. lishedinSeptember 1992 by the Pune and Gurugram. The com- areporttothisMinistry”andsays applicationsidentifiedbytheNSP Underthepre-Matricscheme, to have alaw in this regard,” he against12people today. The in- On Tuesdayevening, Sarnaik Congress with former stateparty panywas severely hit by the that “further longer term meas- portalthrough ‘Fraud Detection poorminoritystudentsfromClass said.\Singhsaidtheproposedlaw vestigation againstthe rest con- metRautatthe Saamana office. chief GhulamRasoolKarasitsfirst Covid-19lockdown, giventhat a uresarealsoproposedtobetaken Software’ will also be resent for 1to5receive Rs 1,000 per year, hasprovisionforjailtermof 1to5 tinues and we will be filing fur- “Weare unaware of theEDinves- managingtrustee.Thetrusteesin- large chunk of itsuser base in in due course”. reverification to the states,” the and studentsofClass 6to10re- years, and aminimum fine of Rs ther chargesheets,” Vaze said. He tigation and aregathering infor- cludedCongressleadersGhulam India wasmedium and small Aspartofits investigation,The letter states. It adds that all such ceive Rs 5,700 ayear if theyare 15,000.However, in case the addedthatwhiletheprobebegan mation,” Sarnaik told mediaper- Nabi Azad, MLFotedar and businesses. Indian Express matchedentries applicationsmustbereverifiedby dayscholars or Rs 10,700 if they woman is from the Scheduled afterHansa employees named sons afterthe meeting. MangatRamSharma.In2015,Kar AliExpress, whichisthe retail ontheNSPwithbeneficiarybank the stateofficer “with the hard- areinahostel.Mostofthecorrup- Caste or ScheduledTribeorami- IndiaTodaychannel–whichwas “The ED searched my house transferredtheTrusttohisfamily service of Alibaba, had come un- accountsinthe Public Finance copyofthe application and sup- tionisrelatedto theselasttwo cat- nor,the person can be jailedfor 3 mentionedinthe FIR –“it turned andoffices.Mystaffandsongave members. derthescannerof theIndiangov- Management System (PFMS) to porting documents” obtained egories. to 10 years, with aminimum fine out to be abogus claim”. themallinformation.Ihavebeen The Roshni Actproposedthat ernment earlier this year along find cases of the scholarship be- from the institute's nodal officer. of Rs 25,000. “When we wrotetoBARCto in construction and hotelsector ownershiprightsbegivento per- with other Chinese e-commerce ingillegallydivertedinJharkhand ■ Recheckverifiedapplica- Kerala elections In case of mass conversions getdataabout TRPs of several foraround30years.Ihavealldoc- sons holdingstate land unautho- companies, forallegedly evading and Bihar.Itfound that the scam tions:Allapplicationsalreadyver- We want to eradicatethem from doneforciblyorthroughcheating, channels, we found suspicious umentsandhave filedincometax risedlytillthecut-offyearof 1990, Customs duties and GSTpay- ropedinschoolsfromPunjaband ified“as on date” should be sent local developmental politics and the jail term would rangefrom3 spikes in the TRPs of Republic, returns. If the ED calls me for on payment equivalent to the mentsbyshowing purchases Assam as well. forre-verificationandcrosscheck take democracy directlytopeo- to 10 years, with aminimum fine Fakt Marathi and BoxCinemas, questioning, Iwill answer all of market rate prevailing that year, made in India as “gifts”. The Ministry's listaims to ad- withschoolrecords.“Further,the ple. We areadvocating fortrans- of Rs 50,000.“If someone wants followingwhichweregisteredan theirquestions,”SarnaiktoldaTV as “eviction of these lands is very Tuesday’s exercise also saw dresstheseloopholes.Thefive key NSP will also provide dataon parency in governance and erad- to converttheirreligionaftermar- FIR,” Vaze said. channel. “The dayImoved a difficult, if notimpossible”. thebanof severalutilityappssuch measures it suggests are: scholarship applications verified icationof corruption,”says Nipun riage, an application will have to “Wewrote to BARC seeking breachofprivilegemotionagainst Theobjective of theActwasto as CamCard-Business Card ■ Provide additional dataon by the school this year,previous Cherian, V4Kochi campaign con- be submitted to the district mag- details of some other channels as Goswami,soughtreinvestigation raiseresourcesforharnessingthe Reader,videostreamingappslike NSP: At present, the letter states, year.This will alertthe INO troller. istratetwo monthsinadvance. well... News Nation, Maha Movie intheAnvayNaiksuicideandtook hydro-electricity potential of the WeTV,MangoTV, TaobaoLive,and theNSPusesonlyoneindicatorto (InstituteNodal Officer) in case “V4Kochi is mobilising re- The conversion can take place if and Wowwerealso found to be on Ranaunt, Ihad thought about state. While the government had mobilegamessuchasHappyFish, identify aschool -- the Unified thereisanunusual spikeinthe sources via crowdfunding permissionisgranted,”saidSingh. suspiciousandhave beennamed whatwillhappentomorrow. Iwill expectedto realiseoverRs25,000 Heroes Evolvedand Conquista District Information System for number of applications,” the let- through banks. Therewill be Lastyear,the UP StateLaw as wanted accused,” the officer continue to speak if somebody croreasregularisationfees,aCAG Online II. The previous rounds of Education (U-DISE) code. “It is tersays. complete transparency in work- Commission had submitted are- added. On October 8, Mumbai defames Maharashtra, Mumbai reportin2014noted that onlyRs app bans sawthe government proposedthat U-DISE dataon Besides,schoolswillmaintain ing. People arelooking foranal- portonthe subject to Chief Police Commissioner ParamBir Police and compares Mumbai to 76 crorehad been realisedin pulling the plug on severalapps other specific indicators pertain- year-wisehardcopiesof certified ternative to CPM, Congress and MinisterYogi Adityanath, along Singhhadtoldmediapersonsthat PoK. The ED will notsilence me,” 2007-13. with high user bases suchas ing to aschool liketotal enroll- listsof applicantsandretainthem BJP.Weare evolving as apolitical with adraft ‘Uttar Pradesh theyhadinformationaboutchan- he added. Investigations have revealed TikTok,PUBG Mobile, WeChat, ment,classwisestrength,gender forfiveyears. These documents outfit of the 21st Century,’’ says Freedom of Religion Act, 2019’, nels paying moneytoboosttheir irregularitiessuchasundervalua- ShareIt,UCBrowser,CamScanner, wise enrollment of students, will be checkedbynodal officers Cherian, 34,who is an engineer proposing that “conversion done TRPs, on the basis of whichthey Abdullahs tionof land,vestingof ownership Club Factory, Shein etc. strength of minority studentsin “physicallyonrandom basis”. and entrepreneur. forsole purpose of marriagebe getadvertisements. residence. However, instead of withoutanypaymentto thestate, the school, etc., maybeshared ■ Verify nodal officers: The Keralahasexperimentedwith declared null and void”. TRPs arecalculated by BARC, taking possession of the three and regularisation of prohibited To stem fraud with the NSP,” the letter states. letter also asksfor reverification one suchmodel before,when The BJP-ruledstatesof whichinturn has giventhe con- kanals of private land, theyal- encroachmentssuchasthose on Referringto thefindingsof The ■Listinstitutionsfromwhere of all district nodal officers who candidates put up by Kerala- Haryana and Madhya Pradesh tract to Hansa Research Group. A legedly encroachedonmorethan forest lands. Indian Express investigation, the doubtful applications have been will ensure through the head of basedKITEX Group’s corporate have also sought to bring alaw to fewemployees of Hansa were sevenkanals of anearbyprime On October 9, the High Court letter states: “The reportdetails received:Theletterstatesthatdis- the school that the institute's social responsibility wing checkwhat theysay is “love ji- found involvedinpaying money stateand forest land. passedanorder,calling foraCBI instances as well as modus trict and statenodal officers “will nodal officers are Twenty20 wonthe local body had”. Lastweek,atleastfive to panel homes –households “The market value of the en- inquiryand cancelling all allot- operandi adoptedbyunscrupu- conductmandatoryphysicalver- “permanent/regular employees” polls in Kizhakkambalam pan- Opposition-ruledstatescon- whereBAR-o-meters, whichcal- croachedland is around Rs. 10 ments"ab initio (from the begin- lous elementsincollusion with ification of suchinstitutions and and that theyhavenot shared chayatontheoutskirtsof Kochiin demnedthe move as an en- culateTRP,wereinstalled–to croregoingby prevalentlandval- ning)".Thecourtalsodeclaredthe someschoolauthorities,possibly furnish adeclaration of having their User-ID and passwordwith 2015.Thistime,Twenty20isgear- croachment on personal liberty, watchparticularchannelslonger uation,” aJ&K official said. Roshni Act“unconstitutional, relatedofficialsandthebankcor- donesoontheportal”.Itaddsthat anyother person. ing up to contestinfour morevil- and an attempt to createacom- to increase their TRPs. 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reaucracy over the grant of tions from the public on these. deleted,” an official said. his mobile phone SANDEEPASHAR membership to bureaucrats, On Tuesday, the road widen- Atotal of 355EPproposals, MUMBAI,NOVEMBER24 the BMC had firstproposed ing proposal wasone of the 349 mostlyrelatedto landusechanges shrinking of the gymkhana’s proposals from the EP that were intheislandcityof Mumbai,were SAGARRAJPUT SOUTH MUMBAI’S Bombay compound to increase the sanctionedbythe ShivSena- consideredforapproval.Of these, MUMBAI,NOVEMBER24 Gymkhana mayneedtoforego road’s width from 60 feet to 80 controlledurban development thestate governmentonTuesday some of itsland, with the feet in 2016.This waslater in- department. refusedsanction to six, clearing THE MARINE Drive police has ar- Maharashtragovernment on cludedinthe Mumbai’s new With the road leading to the the remaining. Of these, 273 pro- rested the son of aBahujan Vikas Tuesdaygranting itsfinal nod to Development Plan (DP) despite CSTrailway station, the BMC has posals were from the island city. Aghadi corporator from Virarfor the much-delayedproposal of resistance from the club. proposedbroadening of the As per prevalent rules, the modi- allegedly approaching aman widening the adjacent road. Justasthe newDP(DCPR- pedestrian pathways along the fications will come intoforce a keen to sell his high-end phone One of the oldestgymkhanas 2034) came intoforce on road forbettermanagement of month from now. In the coming on OLX and fleeing with the inIndiaandapremiersportsclub, September1, 2018,thenDevendra the “heavy” pedestrian traffic. days,moreEPproposalsarelikely phone afterpretending to make BombayGymkhana has been Fadnavis government, while Meanwhile, in another pro- to be cleared,anofficial said. aNational Electronic Fund lockedinabitter battle with the backing the suggestedmodifica- posal, the government has Bhushan Gagrani, Principal Transfer (NEFT) payment. The Brihanmumbai Municipal tion, had separatelynotifieditas deletedfromthe DP areserva- Secretary(Urban Development), police identifiedthe accusedas Nikhil Suman Corporation (BMC) over the one of the 2,000-odd changes tion proposedpreviouslyfor said: “Wewill likethe finish the NikhilSuman,son of corporator widening of the Hazarimal suggestedtothe draftDPthat in- construction of an additional process as soon as possible.” HC grants interim MamtaSuman. Somani Marg, whichconnects volved“substantial” changes to arm of the Mumbai coastalroad Achangeofgovernmentinthe According to the police, a ment in the next twohours,” Fashion Street to CST. land use and FSI. project near Priyadarshini Park. stateand the Covid-19pandemic case of cheating wasregistered said an officer. Close on heels of an alterca- The statehad then notified “The additional arm wasnot a haddelayedtheapprovalprocess, protection from arrest at the Marine Drive police sta- However, as soon as theyleft, tion between the club’s man- theseas“excludedpart(EP)”of the partofthe final road alignment. whichwas already running be- tion on January10this year.The Nikhil cancelledthe payment, agement and the state’s bu- DP,invitingsuggestionsandobjec- Hence, the reservation is hind schedule. to Kangana, her sister victim, Sandeep Joshi, aresearch the police said. And when the associatewith aprivate bank, complainant contacted him for orderedthepoliceto investigatea wanted to sell his iPhone 10s. payment, the accusedclaimed ACQUISITION FOR DEVELOPMENT PLAN OMKARGOKHALE complaintfiledbyMunawwarAli “He accordingly uploadedthe that the server wasdownand MUMBAI,NOVEMBER24 Sayyed,aBollywoodcastingdirec- images on OLX in December last that he would getthe moneyat torand fitness trainer,whichre- year afterwhichNikhil con- the earliest. Besides compensation, owner to be IN Arelief to actor Kangana ferred to Ranaut’s and Chandel’s tacted him. He claimedthat he The complainant made fol- Ranaut and her sisterRangoli tweets and other statements. wanted to buy the phone,” said low-ups forthe payment for Chandel, the BombayHigh Court OnTuesday, Siddiqueesought an investigator. severaldays but later when he offered land in lieu of TDR or through on Tuesdaygranted them in- anad-interimprotectionfromthe The twofirstmet on realisedNikhil had dupedhim, terim protection from anycoer- courtthatMumbaiPoliceshallnot December 16 lastyear near he approachedthe Marine cive action, including arrest,by takeanycoercive actionincluding Churchgate railway station. Drive police station and lodged the Mumbai Police in an FIR reg- arrest againstthe sisters until fur- “Nikhil introducedhimself as acomplaint.Acase wasregis- accommodation &reservation policy isteredagainstthem foralleged ther orders, whichthe courtac- the son of acorporator to gain teredunder Section 420 hateposts and statementsonso- cepted. Siddiquee, aftertaking in- his confidence. He then (cheating) of the IPC. “Wehad On Tuesday, ameeting of the policy,ifany land has reservation missioner's suggestion to acquire cial and electronic media. structions from the sisters, made showedeagerness to buy the been looking forthe accused EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE civic general body washeld via of publicamenitiesandtheowner the land through TDR or accom- The HC also recordedand ac- astatement that the duo will ap- phone and negotiated the since then. He would keep MUMBAI,NOVEMBER24 videoconferencing to discuss dif- wantstodevelopit,thentheycan modation and reservation policy. ceptedastatement made by the pear before the Bandrapolice sta- amount. The complainant then changing his location,” said an ferentproposals.Thecivicadmin- go ahead. However, as per the "Since the BMC is facing afi- sisters’ lawyer that theywill re- tiononJanuary8,2021, whichthe agreedtosell it forRs58,000,” investigator. THE BMC has decidedtoacquire istration has tabledaproposal of DevelopmentControlRegulation nancial crunch, Isuggestedit spond to summons and appear courtaccepted. said an officer. But on Friday, the police land reserved for"garden" in its land acquisitions that have reser- (DCR) rules, the owner has to de- should give TDR to landowner before the investigating officer Thebenchobserved,“Ithasbe- On December 21,the two managed to trace him at his Development Plan (DP), as the vation of garden in Exsar,Borivali velop70 percentof thelandasper rather than money. Both BJP and of Bandrapolice station on comeroutinethatIPC124-A(sedi- metagain near the restaurant house in Virarand accordingly a civic general body cleared apro- (West).Accordingto theproposal, reservationandtherest canbede- Sena opposedmysuggestion January8between 12 and 2pm tion) is addedincomplaint. For Pizza by the Bay. The accused team wassent and he was posal forthe same. Municipal the owner of the plot, whichhas velopedasper their ownchoice." and voted againstit. Following and recordtheir statements. The what? Arewetreating citizens of took the phone and also his caught. The policesaid that the Commissioner Iqbal Singh an area of 5,798sqm,wanted to The civic body has said out of this, we logged out of the meet- HC also notedthat investigation the countrylikethis? We under- bank account details. “He then accusedhas been booked in Chahal has requestedthat the develop the land and, as per pro- Rs 180.16 crore, it has already ing," Raja said. in the case will continue. stand other sections being added showedascreenshotinwhich sevenother cases, whereheal- land acquisition should proceed cedure, issuedpurchase notice to paid Rs 83.27crore in 2019.It The BJP,however, deniedthe AdivisionbenchofJusticesSS butwhy124-A?...whatif anybody he claimedhehad made the legedly dupedhoteliers and jew- with twoother options along the civic body.The land acquisi- needs to payRs96.89 croreto allegations and said the Congress Shinde and MSKarnik washear- does notfall in line of the govern- payment of Rs 58,000 using ellers. Nikhil wasproducedin with payment of compensation tion process wasinitiatedin 2018 the collector's office now. wastryingto recordthisproposal, ingapleaby Ranautandhersister ment?” The courtalso asked the NEFT services. He further told courtand remandedinpolice to the landowner. and, this year in June, the collec- The official added, "In TDR whichwould have benefited the filedthrough advocateRizwan stategovernment lawyer,“Why Joshi that he would getthe pay- custody till November 25. The proposal said land can be tor's office askedthe civic body to policy,the civic body will offer owner of the land. "The commis- Siddiquee, challenging Bandra arepoliceofficersinvokingSection acquired by paying compensa- payRs180.16 croreascompensa- the landowner some other por- sioner's proposal wasclear.He magistrate’s order to Mumbai IPC 124-A? Please conduct work- tion; however, if builder agrees, tion forland acquisition. tion fordevelopment and ac- had proposedtwo moreoptions Police to take cognizance of com- shopsforpoliceofficers.Notinthis Showik’s friend, one other then development of the plotcan As per the proposal, along quirethe reserved land without to acquirethe land. Under the plaintagainstthesistersandsum- particular case but forany case.” move forwardthrough accom- with compensation, the owner paying money." BMCpolicyof TDRandaccommo- monsissuedtothemto appearbe- Moreover, the benchalso modation and reservation policy will be offereddevelopment of Meanwhile,theproposaltrig- dation and reservation, the city fore the police. The plea sought to recordedastatement by Ranaut’s granted bail in drugs case or by providing the landowner land by accommodation and geredabattle between Congress willgettheopenspace.Themove quash the ‘absolutelyvague and lawyer that the sisters will refrain some other land under transfer reservationpolicyorthroughTDR. and BJP corporators. Opposition by the Congress could have ben- baseless’ FIR filedagainstthem. from saying anything in connec- of development (TDR) policy in Anofficialsaid,"Undertheac- leader Ravi Raja alleged that BJP efited the landowner," said BJP Lastmonth, the Metropolitan tionwiththesubjectmatterof FIR EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE The defence submitted lieu of reservation. commodation and reservation and ShivSena opposedthe com- corporator BhalchandraShirsat. Magistrate’s courtatBandrahad till further orders. MUMBAI,NOVEMBER24 that basedonone ASPECIAL courtonTuesday statement alone, the granted bail to twomen arrested accusedcannotbe by the Narcotics Control Bureau kept behind bars (NCB) in connection with the drugs case following the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput. Actor croppedupinthe probefor his RheaChakrabortyandherbrother linkswith co-accusedAnuj Showik were also namedasac- Keswani, from whom commer- cusedinthe case. cial quantity wasalleged to have The accused, Ankush Arneja beenseized.Thedefencesubmit- and Suryadeep Malhotra, were tedthat basedonone statement arrested in September.The two, alone,theaccusedcannotbekept through lawyer TaraqSayyed, behind bars, and also submitted submitted that the NCBarrested thatWhatsApp chatscannotbe them on the basis of statements the sole evidence to form the ba- of the co-accused recordedun- sis of the case. der Section 67 of the Narcotic Thecourthasallowedthebail Drugs and Psychotropic applications of the twoaccused Substances Act. Sayyed submit- on apersonal bond of Rs 50,000 tedthat afterthe Supreme Court with conditions, including depo- order lastmonth ruling that sition of their passports. statementsrecordedunder This month, the courtalso al- Section 67 cannotbeadmissible lowedthe bail applications of ac- as confessional statements, the cusedJai Madhok and Agisilaos NCBdoes nothaveenough evi- Demetriades, stating that, at this dence and no purpose will be juncture,thereisonlyastatement served by denying bail. againstthem as evidence and The NCBclaimedthat theircustodialinterrogationisnot Malhotra, afriend of Showik,was necessary. Morethan 20 people arrested on the basis of astate- were arrestedinthecase.Thebail mentof aco-accused.Thedefence applications of others, including submitted that therewas no re- Showik,are pending.TheBombay covery from him. AgainstArneja, High Courtgranted bail to Rhea the NCBsaid his name had and twoothers lastmonth.

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RAIDS BY ENFORCEMENT DIRECTORATE AT PREMISES LINKED TO SHIV SENA MLA, SON BJPusingcentralagenciesto An autorickshaw driver in 1980s, Pratap Sarnaik arm-twistpoliticalopponents:MVA made fortune in real estate Sena leaders have EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE amassedenormous anoteaccusing Republic TVed- MUMBAI,NOVEMBER24 wealth: Nirupam VISHWASWAGHMODE itor-in-chief Arnab Goswami MUMBAI,NOVEMBER24 and twoothers of notclearing THE RULINGMaha Vikas Aghadi In an embarrassment forthe his dues. government in Maharashtraon MVA, Congress leader Sanjay IT WASPratapSarnaik's deci- He had also movedabreach Tuesdayaccusedthe Centreofus- Nirupam chose nottotoe the sion to present his erstwhile of privilegemotion in the state ing central agencies to arm-twist party's line over the issue. boss, NCP's Ajit Pawar, adia- Legislative Assemblyagainst political opponents, in the wake Reacting to the ED searches, he mond studdedcellphone -val- Goswami, accusing him of us- of searches by the Enforcement said, "Noraid should be politi- uedatRs15lakh in 2008 -that ing "derogatorylanguage" and Directorate(ED) on premises callymotivated.But the fact is propelledthe then 44-year-old making baseless remarks linked to ShivSena MLAPratap that ShivSena leaders have gath- NCPcorporator from Thane againstChief MinisterUddhav Sarnaik and afterhis son Vihang ered enormous properties intothe limelight. Pratap Sarnaik Thackeray and NCPpresident wasdetainedinconnection with through corruptmeans. Such Sarnaik,whose residence Sharad Pawar, and takenonac- amoneylaundering case. The BJP, cases mustbeinvestigated gen- and office were raidedbythe torKangana Ranaut forcom- on the other hand, responded erally.The truth will onlycome Enforcement Directorate(ED) creasedbynearly 800per cent paring Mumbai with Pakistan saying the central agencies would out afteraninvestigation," he on Tuesdayinconnection with -fromRs16crore in 2009 to Rs occupiedKashmir. nottakesuchaction without con- said, adding that he did notpar- an alleged moneylaundering 143crore in 2019 as per his His elder son, Vihang, who creteevidence and put their cred- ticularly knowabout the case, usedtoeke out aliving as election affidavit. The flamboy- wasdetainedbythe ED for ibility at stake. Sarnaik's case. an autorickshawdriverinthe ant politician countsBollywood questioning in the alleged "The ED action is objection- 1980s in Thane. He went on to actors among his friends,and is moneylaundering case, is in- able and unfortunate. The BJP at Central agencies won't makehis fortune in the realty known fororganising Dahi volvedinthe familybusiness. the Centreistrying to muzzle take action without boom that hit the satellitecity Handi festivities in Thane on a His younger son, Purvesh, is a voices of those speaking out evidence: Fadnavis in the lasttwo decades. large scale. corporator in Thane Municipal againstit. The ED, Central Bureau Ending his association with In September,hewas Corporation. While Purvesh is of Investigation arebeing usedto Also responding to the ED the NCPoveraperceivedslight namedasparty spokesperson also asecretary of the Aaditya settle politicalscores," said state searches, Leader of Opposition in the appointment of the by Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray-ledYuvaSena, the Congress president Balasaheb in the stateAssembly Devendra leader of the Opposition in the Thackeray.Incharge of Mira youth wing of ShivSena, Thorat, who is also the revenue Pratap Sarnaik’s son Vihang (in blackmask) on Tuesday. Deepak Joshi Fadnavis said the central agency Thane Municpal Corporation, Bhayander,Sarnaik playedan Vihang is amember of the core ministerinthe Uddhav would nottakesuchaction with- Sarnaik joinedthe ShivSena in important role in ensuring team of Yuva Sena. Thackeray-ledcoalition govern- out concreteevidence. Speaking November 2008. His political Independent MLAGeeta Jain's Purvesh is marriedto ment. "Suchaction is notseen in he said. ing Maharashtrainanindifferent Pointing out that the BJP was to the media at Solapur,hesaid, career took wing afterthat and entryintoShivSena lastmonth. KashmiraPatil, daughter of BJP BJP-ruledstates," Thorat added. Taking adig at Union manner,Thorat said it wastwo adopting coercive tactics to get "I am notaware of all the details. he is nowathree-time MLA Jain, aformer BJP mayorofMira ministerDrRanjit Patil in the Chaggan Bhujbal of the NCP, MinisterRaosaheb Danve's months since the statesubmit- Sena MLAs on itsside to dislodge But Ifirmlybelieve if the ED from Ovla-Majhiwada con- Bhayander,had rebelled previous DevendraFadnavis another senior ministerinthe claim that the MVAgovernment tedamemorandum forRs the government, ShivSena MP takesaction, it musthavesome stituency in Thane. againstthe BJP candidateand government. stategovernment,also slammed will fall in twotothree months, 10,000 crorefor losses suffered SanjayRautsaid, "The BJP has concreteproof... If one has not Sarnaik is abig playerin wonthe Assemblypolls last On Tuesdayevening, Sarnaik the raids accusing the ED of being Thorat said, "This is nothing but due to unseasonal rain and starteddirty politics. But we will done anything wrong, thereis Thane's real estate scene year. metShivSena MP and party the "Centre's puppet". Congress adaytime dream. They(the BJP) floods. "Letalone lending help, end this game. We will remain in nothing to fear." through his Vihang Group of In the lastfew months, spokesperson SanjayRautin spokesperson Sachin Sawant ac- can continue dreaming. The the Centreisyet to send ateam powerfor the next 25 years," He also addedthat agencies Companies, whichalso runs Sarnaik had been vocal against the Saamana office. "Weare un- cusedthe BJP of using "dirty pol- MVAhas completedayear in to assess the loss," he said, while adding that the BJP wasmisusing suchasCBI and ED were au- hospitality businesses in and theBJP over severalissues, in- awareofthe ED investigation itics" to target opponents. "We government, it will complete the also pointing to the pending GST central agencies suchasthe ED tonomous, and had their own around Thane and Mumbai. cludingseeking are-investiga- and aregathering the informa- haven't come across raids against full five-year term." (Goods and Services Tax) com- to harass Sena MLAs, and that mechanism to conduct an Since becoming an MLAin tion intothe suicide of interior tion about it," he told mediaper- BJP leaders in the lastsix years," Accusing the Centreoftreat- pensation dues. suchtactics would notwork. investigation. 2009, Sarnaik's assets have in- designer AnvayNaik,who left sons aftermeeting Raut. SHIRDI DISAPPEARANCES GOVT ISSUES TRAVEL GUIDELINES Six-decade-old Special IG tells BMC appoints nodal officers to screen Bombay Police Manual HC probe will take passengers at rly stations in Mumbai set to be updated six more weeks SANJANABHALERAO EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE The DG office is supervision to trace Deepti. MUMBAI,NOVEMBER24 17.89 lakh MUMBAI,NOVEMBER24 awaiting government MAYURAJANWALKAR Teams have also been sent to TOTALPOSITIVECASES MUMBAI,NOVEMBER24 "various places" to gather infor- ADAY afterMaharashtragov- THE MAHARASHTRA Police is nod to introduce the INMAHARASHTRA mation. Further,information is ernment's decisiontocompul- settoupdatethe 60-year-old updated manual. The ALMOSTAmonth afterthe being sought on certain techni- sorilytestpassengers coming Active Cases 83,221 BombayPolice Manual. Athree- BombayPolice Manual Aurangabad benchofthe cal issues from various agencies. from Delhi-NCR, Rajasthan, NewCases 5,439 volume draftwas submitted to BombayHigh Courtasked the He statedthat datafromDeepti's Gujarat and Goa, the the Home department last TotalDeaths 46,683 wasintroducedin1959, statedirector general of police to cellphone will have to be re- Brihanmumbai Municipal month. The DG office is waiting when Gujarat was probethe disappearances of peo- trieved. Corporation (BMC) appointed NewDeaths 30 forthe government's approval to ple from Shirdi over the lastthree In his communication, nodal officers to screen and fa- Quarantined5.42 lakh introduce the updated manual. partofMaharashtra years, acommunication received whichwas placedbeforea cilitateantigen testsatall out- Tested 1.03 crore The BombayPolice Manual by the HC's public prosecutor's benchofJustice TVNalawade station railway stations in the wasintroducedin1959, when four newchapters -- Cyber office from the special inspector and Justice SDKulkarni on city. Gujarat waspartofMaharashtra. Crimes, Crime againstWomen, general of police (Lawand Order) Tuesday, Warkeadded, "Datain As per the stategovern- 2,77,453 "The previous manual wasmade DrugTraffickingandForeignersin stated that the investigation will the mobile handsetofthe miss- ment's circular,travellers com- TOTALPOSITIVE considering the situations then, the thirdvolume of the manual. take another six weeks. ing lady wascompletely deleted, ing from Delhi-NCR, Rajasthan, CASESINMUMBAI so therewas certain upgradation Basedonthe Supreme The reason cited is that data whichisverypertinent to note. Gujarat and Goa, without Covid- that had to be done. Accordingly Court's landmarkjudgment in NewCases 939 will have to beretrievedfromthe Mobile handsetisinthe custody 19 RT PCR negative test reports, acommittee wasformed. The fi- the Arnesh Kumar versus State cellphone of Deepti Soni, who of the investigating agency, will be screenedand those TotalDeaths 10,708 nal draftwas made and has been of Bihar case in 2014,the com- had been missing since August complete datawhichwas showing symptoms will be NewDeaths 19 sent to the stategovernment for mittee in their newmanual has 10,2017. While hearing apetition deletedwill have to be retrieved. tested using rapid antigen kits. approval," said an officer. further stated that no arrest shall filedbyDeepti's husband Manoj The mobile handsetwill be sent As per the circular issuedby Covid-19testing underwayatRamkrishna Mission Hospital Firstand foremost, officials be made if the offence is punish- Soni, adriverfromIndore, the HC to the Forensic Laboratory, the BMC on Tuesday, appointed in Mumbai on Tuesday. Amit Chakravarty bulances and finalize the listof said that theyhad to changethe able by jail term up to seven had, on October 29, expressed Kalina, Mumbai forretrieving nodal officers will coordinate quarantine facilities at ward controlling authorities to years. While the police officer dissatisfaction over the Shirdi po- the dataofthe IMIE and arrangefor the screening of level. DirectorateGeneral. "In 1959, who is making an arrest has to lice's investigation in the case and number/mobile phone, which outstation passengers arriving missioners from Ward A taileddailylistoftrains arriving Meanwhile, the BMC on when the manual wasmade, an be in auniform. And handcuff- asked the DGP to step in to also wasbeing usedbythe missing at the various railway stations. (Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj at the stations from the respec- Mondayalso wrotetoMumbai Inspector General rank officer ing whereitisnot necessaryhas trace persons who went missing person." The teams will ensurethat all Terminus), D(Mumbai Central), tive states under reference and International AirportLimited headedthe statepolicedepart- to be prohibited."The manual is in asimilar manner and "more While submitting that the exitsare covered. G/north (Dadar), L(Lokmanya shall makearrangementsfor the (MIAL) requesting it to follow ment assistedbyAssistant aguiding book foreveryone in importantly, unravel the mystery forensic laboratoryreportwill If antigen test of apassenger Tilak Terminus), H/WestWard expected load of passengers ar- the protocols issuedbythe state Inspector Generals. In the up- the forceaswewon't be able to of the missingpersonsvis-a-vis take some time, he added: "The is negative,hewill be allowedto (BandraTerminus) and riving in eachtrain," read the cir- government. The guidelines is- gradedmanual we have point out the misconduct if we ahuman trafficking/organtraf- investigation is in process and go home. If antigen test is posi- R/Central Ward (Borivali cular. suedbythe stategovernment changed that to Director General, don't knowthe conduct," said ficking racket". six week time is still neededfor tive,the protocol of positive case Railway station) will co-ordi- The six ward officers will on air travel include aperson assistedbyAdditional Director Kumar. According to the dataplaced further probe." shall be followed. Records of all natewith the nodal officers and also co-ordinatewith private au- carrying anegative RT-PCR test General rank officials," said Once the committee gets a before the courtlastmonth by Manoj's lawyer Sushant suchsymptomatic cases shall be provide supportstaff forcheck- thorizedlaboratories forcollec- result in the last72hours. If trav- SanjayKumar,Additional go-ahead from the government, the Shirdi police, 279people Dixit said that Deepti had left maintainedattheir respective ing RT-PCR reports of arriving tion of samples forantigen test ellers do nothaveareport, they Director General (training). the manual will be publishedin were reportedmissing from her cellphone in the hotelroom ward level, read the circular. passengers. "Assistant at respective railway stations, will have to undergo the test at Apartfromthat the officials both English and Marathi, said Shirdi between 2017 and October wherethe couple had stayed in Six assistant municipal com- Commissioners shall getthe de- arrangefor the stationing of am- the airport. said that theyhaveintroduced an officer. 27,2020. Of them, 67 still remain Shirdi in August2017. The phone untraced. wasgiven to the police after In his communication, Manoj filedthe missing person Special IG (Lawand Order) Suhas complaint. Warkesaid that the DGP held a Warkealso told the HC that BLOOMBERG PHILANTHROPIES INITIATIVE FOR GLOBAL ROAD SAFETY discussion with the Ahmednagar theDGP "has takenthis matter superintendent of police and the very seriouslyand monitoring concernedinvestigating officers the progress in tracing the miss- Study identifies 3deadliest roads for Mumbai commuters from Shirdi on November 12 and ing wifeofthe petitioner". He, calledfor all relevant documents. however, requestedthe courtto Three roads areGhatkopar-Mahul Road, Balasaheb Thackeray Flyover&Vasantdada Patil Marg He addedthat following in- grant them eight weekstosub- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE structions from the DGP,the SP mit areportoffurther investiga- MUMBAI,NOVEMBER24 ducted by the Bloomberg Road and 38 on the 2.5-km-long study found that intersections of Mumbai's roads and continuedto accidentsbut notbring them formedprobe teams under his tion in the case. Philanthropies Initiative for J.J. Flyover. the WEH with major roads in remain the city's mostvulnerable down to zero. We areplanning to THE GHATKOPAR-MAHUL Road, Global Road Safetyusing data Dr SaraWhitehead, aPublic Jogeshwari, Santacruz and road users. implement ITMS within the next the Balasaheb Thackeray Flyover providedbythe Mumbai Traffic Health and Preventive Medicine Bandraresulted in 161fatalities Men comprised80% of all fa- one and ahalf year.Ifthat hap- Malawi national arrested in Jogeshwari and the Vasantdada Police. Consultant at VitalStrategies, said and serious injuries. Crashes at in- talities on the roads lastyear,and pens then therewill be very few Patil MarginGhatkopar have On the Vasantdada Patil Marg that aheat-map of Mumbai's tersections of the EEH in Kurla, amajority of them were agedbe- trafficpolicemen on the streets," emergedasthe deadliestroads in Ghatkopar,eight deaths and 16 roadways indicated that alarge Ghatkopar and Kanjurmargre- tween 20 and 29 years; 99% of he said. with 1kgofcocaine at airport forcommuters in Mumbai since serious injuries were recorded number of road crashes resulting sulted in 111 deaths and serious drivers at fault forthese accidents Using the ITMS, the depart- Mumbai: TheDirectorateof her.Following atip-off, the of- 2017,anew study has found. per kilometreinthe same period in deaths and serious injuries injuries to commuters. were also male, the reportfound. ment also hopes to reduce the av- Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on ficials examinedher bag and Fourteen deaths were of time. Atotal of 32 deaths and took place on major arterial roads. The organisation also found Yadavaddedthat the eragetraveltime forcommuters Sundayarresteda43-year-old found twopackages concealed recordedper kilometrebetween serious injuries took place on the Among junctions, Amar that agradual reduction in road Intelligent TrafficManagement by 30 minutes, Yadavsaid. "The Malawi national forallegedly in aspecial cavity. 2017 and 2019 on the 1.36-km- 1.3-km-long stretch, stated the Mahal in Chembur wasfound to crashes, deaths andinjuriesover System (ITMS) waskey to reduc- signal will control trafficsignals carrying 1kgofcocaine, worth "It waswrappedinblack long Ghatkopar-Mahul Road, Annual Road SafetyReport2019. be deadliest. Over atwo year pe- the pastfiveyears. Yashasvi ing road crashes further.In and prolong green lightsoncon- Rs 6crore. carbon paper," said an official, whichabutsthe Eastern Express The reportalso found that 346 riod, 25 personswerekilledand Yadav, Joint Commissioner of August2019, the Maharashtra gested stretches,"hesaid. The woman, identifiedas adding that eachpackagecon- Highway (EEH) and the 1.1-km- deaths and serious injuries took 40 moreinjuredwithin a250 me- Police (Traffic), said that achiev- Cabinethad earmarkedRs891 Yadavaddedthat the traffic Ellena Kasakatira, wastravel- tained500 gm of cocaine. long Balasaheb Thackeray Flyover place on the 25.3-km-long WEH, terradius of the junction. Godrej ing a27% reduction in road acci- crorefor the project whichwill police would also soon begin re- ling from Addis Ababa in Kasakatirawas arrested and leading to the Western Express 242onthe 23.5-km-long EEH, Junction in Vikhroli wasjustas dentssince 2015 wasanimpor- use Artificial Intelligence to de- questing drivers with morethan Ethiopia to Mumbai via Dubai. producedbeforeacourt, which Highway (WEH). Atotal of 56 108onthe 9.1-km-long, Sion- deadly, with 18 deaths and 42 in- tant achievement. congesttraffic and monitor vio- four unpaid challans to paytheir Shewas caught at Mumbai air- sent her to 14-dayjudicial cus- deaths and serious injuries took Panvel Highway,57onthe 6.45- juries recordedbetween 2017 The organisation's Annual lations. "The system is totallyau- fines. "It theydonot pay, we will portafter she landedat tody on Monday. place on Ghatkopar-Mahul Road km-long Santacruz-Chembur and 2019. Road SafetyReport2019found tomated and use Artificial ask the RTOtocancel their li- 2.40 pm. The DRI officials said this is between 2017 and 2019 and 38 Link Road, 47 on the 7.1-km-long In another indication of the that pedestrians (47%), motorcy- Intelligence to identify trafficrule cences. If that also doesn't work, DRI officials said Kasakatira thesecondsuchseizureofco- on the Balasaheb Thackeray AareyColonyRoad, 40 on the 6.2- dangers that the city's twomajor clists (41%) and cyclists (2%) ac- violators and issue challans to we will startrecovering unpaid wascarrying atrolleybag with caine made within aweek. ENS Flyover, according to analysis con- km-long Goregaon-Mulund Link highways pose to commuters, the counted for90% of all deaths on them. We can also reduce serious fines," he said. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM THEINDIANEXPRESS,WEDNESDAY,NOVEMBER25,2020 MAHARASHTRA 5 AfterADMISSIONScabinetWERE HALTEDnod,DUE TO SCFYJCSTAY ON MARATHAadmissionsQUOTA toresumeaftertwo-monthgap

missions from this year,the state SANDEEPASHAR government has decidedthat HC seeks state govt’s response to plea MUMBAI,NOVEMBER24 waiting forthe stay to be lifted will be detrimental forstudents. Court’s interim stay on Maratha spread anger,frustration and THE STATEgovernment will re- Beforethe apexcourtstayed OMKARGOKHALE reservation, nearly 2.3 lakh stu- mental agonyamong students sume admissions to firstyear the quota, lectures beganonline MUMBAI,NOVEMBER24 dentsinMumbai Metropolitan and their parents. The stategov- junior college(FYJC) this week, and the first-round merit listwas Region, including his daughter, ernment submitted that it has as the cabinetonTuesdayagreed already announced. Basedon OBSERVINGTHATseveral were facing an uncertain future. been deliberating measures to to restartthe admission process the legal opinion, the education months of the academic year of The writ petition, filedon resume the admission process. stayed in September due to the department will restartthe lakhs of studentshavealready October 18,addedthat while in Afterthe statelawyersought Supreme Courtstayonthe process from whereitstopped. been wasted,the BombayHigh the past, FYJC admissions com- aweek’s time to respond to the Maratha quota. Facing an uncertain future, CourtonTuesdaydirected the menced soon afterthe declara- plea, the benchobserved: Aroadside salon in front of amural on Covid warriors near Mahim railway station in Sources said Chief Minister studentsand their parentshave Maharashtragovernment to re- tion of SSC results, it wasdelayed “Petition wasfiledlastmonth. Mumbai. Amit Chakravarty UddhavThackeray gave the nod written to the school education spond by Wednesdaytoaplea this year due to the Covid-19 We arealmostnearing to resume admissions basedon department, urging authorities seeking formulation of astrategy pandemic. It further said that af- December.Half of the academic an opinion from the state's to resume admissions. to begin the admission process terthe firstround of FYJC admis- year is almostdone and wasted. AdvocateGeneral Ashutosh Following the cabinet's go- forFYJC in the state. sions wascompleted, the SC That is the anxiety of the peti- Kumbhakoni. ahead, sources said the state's Adivision benchofChief stayed Maratha quotaon tioner and over twolakh stu- IIT-B orders re-exam after According to officials, the general administration depart- Justice Dipankar Dattaand September 9, bringing the entire dents. Youcannotbedelaying stateeducation department has ment will nowissue anotifica- Justice Girish SKulkarni was process to astandstill. the decision. Otherwise, in the redrawnthe seat matrix and all tion clearing decks forthe hearing aplea by advocateVishal The petition sought adirec- shortterm of nearly five months, incidents of cheating surface required clearances arenow in process to restart. Admissions to Saxena –the aparent of a tion to the statetoformulatea the academic year will come to place. While Maratha outfitsre- industrial training institutes teenager –stating that while the strategy to startthe admission an end. It is averyserious issue. main keen on the implementa- (ITIs) arealso expected to re- process of FYJC admissions had process at the earliest, without Howdothey(students) com- email stated,"It wasbrought to mestercommittee. Foreach tion of the quotaincollegead- sume this week on similar lines. been stalleddue to Supreme whichitmay result in wide- plete the academic term?” ABHAGORADIA our notice that cheating has oc- exam, ascreen recording with MUMBAI,NOVEMBER24 curredinone of the end semester microphone field mustbedone exams, in violation of the honour by all students, and earphones HEMA UPADHYAY-HARISH BHAMBHANI MURDERS Shashi Kiran AFTER INCIDENTS of cheating code. Accordingly,that exam has should notbeused. If the student Shetty visits NITIE were brought to the notice of of- been cancelledbythe director of takesthe exam on mobile phone, Tempo used to dispose bodies of victims ficials and institutedirector Dr IIT-B, and are-examwill be held onlythe 'Safe' app (createdby the as new chair of Subhasis Chaudhuri, the IIT afterthe end sem exam period." insitute) shouldbeusedasother- Bombayrecentlycancelledan The semesterexams, which wise studentscan easilycheat us- sold by accused’s family, court told governors’ board examination conducted on beganonNovember 21,are ing WhatsApp, the email added. November 22. scheduledtogoontill November Therulesonconductingonline According to sources, the ex- 28 in the online mode. An email exams were sent to faculties on to Bhambhani wasfound aban- Supreme Courtjudgment then duction of photographs of the EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE amination for'mass transfer' for wasalso sent to all faculties un- October 31.Ensuring the integrity EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE donedinKandivali afterthe bod- observed that no fruitful pur- tempoifavailable or the vehicle MUMBAI,NOVEMBER24 studentsofchemical engineering derlining the importance of of exams has proven achallenge MUMBAI,NOVEMBER24 ies of the twowerefound in boxes pose would be served by keep- could be tracedbythe police. wasunproctored,ienot invigi- exam proctoring. "Therehas forall institutions, including IITs, in anearbynullah on December ing the tempolying in the police In 2015,after the murders of AFTER BEINGappointed chair of lated online by faculty,and stu- been an incidence of copying in faculties have pointed out. IN THE Kandivali double murder 12,2015. The tempowas allegedly station and directed it to be Upadhyayand Bhambhani, the the society and boardofgover- dentswereexpected to answer arecent sem exam in asection of Faculties have been asked to get case of artistHema Upadhyay usedtotakethe boxescarrying handedovertoRamadhar with Mumbai police had arrested four nors (BoG) of National Institute abidingbythe institutehonour acorecourse that wasleftun- anyalternatemethodof conduct- and her lawyer Harish the bodies from the unit where certain conditions. persons including Upadhyay's of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), code. "A batchofstudentswas proctored due to an emergency ing exams vetted,whereas stu- Bhambhani, atempo allegedly the alleged murders took place Ramadhar had been directed husband, artistChintan Shashi Kiran Shetty,chairperson split in twofor conducting the ex- facedbythe instructor.The di- dentshavealsobeenaskedto pass usedfor disposal of their bodies to the nullah. While the car pres- to executeanindemnity bond of Upadhyay. Another main ac- of Allcargo Logistics, ECU ams. While proctoring wascon- rector has, therefore, ordered a on information about loopholes. afterthe murders has been sold ent in the court's premises was Rs 5lakh and directed notto cused, Vidyadhar Rajbhar,a Worldwide and Gati, visited the ducted forthe firstbatch, it was re-examofthat section of the On November 12,itwas re- by the familyofthe accused. The identifiedbythe witness, the transfer,encumber or create metalfabrication artist, who the campus on Monday. On his first absent forthe second. It wasevi- course. It is imperative that on- portedbyThe Indian Express that courthas nowdirected the pros- tempowas notproduced. thirdparty interestoverthe police claimedhad carriedout visit, Shetty metNITIE director dent that studentswerecheating. line exams arenot run in amode aproposal to develop an AI (arti- ecution to submit photographs On October 21,2016, accused tempoand also that it be pro- the murders at the behestof Manoj Kumar Tiwari and held Unfortunately, this is moreram- that is vulnerable to cheating. ficial intelligence) model forau- of the Tata Matador tempobe- Rajbhar's father,Ramadhar,had ducedasand when required by Chintan, has remainedabscond- discussions with the deans, fac- pant than reported," said astu- The proctored exam guidelines tomated proctoring of IIT-B stu- longing to accusedVijay Rajbhar. made an applicationbeforethe courtorthepolice. Theaccused's ing since the crime. The police ulty representativesonNITIE dent on condition of anonymity. shared with youall mustbe dentshad receivedthe approval The accused's familymay have courtstating that his son had father who had appeared before claimedthe murder conspiracy board, NITIE media team chair, LateonSunday, deputy direc- strictlyfollowed, and particularly from the instituteauthorities. At to produce the vehicle or forfeit purchasedthe tempoand the the courtearlier this month, had by Chintan and others wasow- PIC (planning and coordination) tor(academic and infrastructural so formedium to large courses," present, IIT-B faculty invigilates an indemnity bond of Rs 5lakh familywas dependent on the submitted that his daughter-in- ing to the domestic disputebe- andregistrar.During the discus- affairs) SSudharshan sent an read the email. exams conducted through re- givenbyhim at the time of tak- earnings from it. He sought cus- lawhad sold the vehicle. tween him and his wife. Chintan sion,Shettyemphasisedonen- email to all studentsreiterating It further said in case faculties mote proctoring, requiring stu- ing custody of the tempoin2016. tody of the seizedtempo stating ASupreme Courtjudgment has maintainedthe police has no hancing the digital infrastructure the honour code as well as in- areplanning to conduct their dentstosit in front of the camera Earlier this month, the 11th that the probewas complete. allows the prosecution to submit legallyadmissible evidence on campus and introducing an- structing studentstocreate exam in anyother manner than in full view. AI proctoring would witness in the case wascalledfor The tempoatthat time wasly- photographs as per procedures againsthim and insufficient cir- alytics intothe systems and screen recordings with audio and suggested, theymustget the enable automatic identification identification of the tempoand a ing in the premises of the police laid down forevidence. The cumstantial evidence to claim processes to strengthen opera- retain or upload recordings. The process vetted by the online se- of cases of cheating. Honda City car.The car belonging station. The courthad basedona courthas directed forthe pro- his involvement. tions management.

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ON THE auspicious celebratory Celebrating renewed renaissance, setting further milestones occasion of the NTHE 18th of November, Islamic nation upon the his proven wisdom and farsightedness. On the auspicious occasion of 50th National Day of the the Sultanate marked death of the Late Sul- To answer this wish, the Defence 50th National Day of the Sultanate of Oman, the its 50th National Day tan,the 11th of January Council opened the letter of the Late Sultanate of Oman, we would like Board of Directors,CEO and O to sincerely congratulate the anniversary.With firm 2020 wasavirtually Sultan who “recommended installing all employees of Salam Air resolve,Omani citizens continue to unforgettable day in the Haitham Bin Tarik as the Sultan of leadership and people of the would like to take this makemore achievements under the Omani history.Onthis Oman due to (what the Late Sultan Sultanate of Oman. opportunity to wise leadership of His Majesty day,Omanis depicted a perceived as) traits that qualify him to Abhishek Goyal, Congratulate His Majesty Sultan Haitham Bin Tarik, who unique national saga of shoulder the responsibility.” Executive Director, Sultan Haitham Bin vowed to upgrade the march of loyalty and devotion Omanis bade farewell to“the dear- Aeroprime Group Tarik and the people of the nation building and enhance the when the Sultanate est and finest of men” (to quote HM Sultanate of Oman. pace of progress,striking ahigh surprised the whole Sultan Haitham),pleaded mercy on his As we celebrate this note in Omani people’senthusiasm world with asmooth soul and recalled his everlasting good momentous occasion, we for an ambitious renaissance that transition ofpower.In deeds and the legacy of nation building take pride in representing covers all spheres of life.Yet, this gratitude and tribute to that he left behind in 49 years during the youthfulness and year’scelebration wasimpinged by the Late Sultan, which Omani citizen were the means dynamic environment of sentiments of sour sorrow for who sculpted this Arabian edifice ■ SMOOTH TRANSITIONOF the Royal Family endorsed, with and mainstay of development. the Sultanate and being the loss of Father of Omani from scratch, his vigilant eye not POWER: unwavering certitude,the part of its success story. renaissance,the Late His Majesty missing aflaw in any side of the Despitethe immense calamity that successor chosen by the Late SalamAir Sultan Qaboos Bin Said BinTaimour, monument. befell Oman, the Arab world and the monarch to takethe helm, given

H.E. HAMED SAIF ABDUL AZIZ AL RAWAHI, AMBASSADOR OF OMAN TO INDIA Father of Omani renaissance,the late His square sails carried by three masts.Some Therelationship and business interac- Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said. May God modifications were later made to it inBom- tions between the two countries have Fly from 6 destinations in India with the grant His Majesty eternal paradise.The bay city,and Muttrah City,Muscat. It wasa come along waysince they were first �rst lowcostairline of the SultanateofOman Late Majesty fully dedicated his life,lead- great piecework of craftsmen from both made during the Indus Valley civilization. ership and vision to serve his nation and the countries.Infact, it also sailed to New Today the strength of the relationship the world.TheOmani-Indian relations dur- York along with FirstAmbassador of Oman could be rightfully attributed to the vision of ing his reign enjoyed an exceptional boom to US in 1833. His Majesty,Sultan of Oman HAITHAM BIN in all the fields,and the successor,His India’srole is pertinent to its food secu- TARIK, and Honourable Prime Minister of Majesty Sultan Haitham binTarik, commit- rity,which supplies wheat, rice,sugar and India Shri Narendra Modi, as well as the ted to pursue the policy and legacy of his otherfood products to the Gulf.Oman and harmonious people to people relations. Late Majesty in strengthening the relations India enjoy warm and cordial relations and Theworld today is witnessing unprece- that already exists between the two coun- linked by geography,history and culture, dented global health and economic situa- tries. which can be traced back to 5,000 years tions due to the outbreak of COVID-19 India-Oman Treaty of Friendship,Navi- and historical maritime trade linkages.The pandemic, at this stage astrong will and gation and Commerce wasalso the first of diplomatic relations between the two concerted efforts is needed to overcome its kind between India and Arab Nations. countries were established and the rela- this crisis,and to continue strengthen the Our friendly people and Government of India’sstrategic calculations is motivated tionship wasfurther upgraded to strategic joint relations between the two countries India! by its critical maritime geographical loca- partnership. at all levels,especially at the economic, Iconvey greetings from His Majesty Sul- tion and its 1,200 miles long maritime Thetwo countries stand committed to strategic and defence levels. tan Haitham Bin Tariq, Government of the boundary connecting it with the vital mar- cooperate in various sectors inter-alia de- Besidesexpressing my thanks to all In- Sultanate of Oman and the people of itime routes that link up with Europe.In fense,maritime,security,space,cyber se- dians, Iwish to greet my colleagues in the Celebrating the 50th National DayofOman Oman as we celebrate our 50th National 1830, the Omani ship Sultana wasbuilt in curity,energy and renewable energy. diplomatic and foreign community in India Day.May God bless our country and His the Mazagaon Shipyard in the Indian city There are about 7,00,000 Indians living and Oman as well as the Omani commu- Majesty with long and healthy life. of Bombay with a maximum load of 312 and working in Oman, as doctors and nity studying, living or visiting India.

Yetthis year’scelebration is impinged by tons.Itwas built in the European style,and nurses,engineers, chartered accountants, Thank you very much. Long Live India SalamAir.com sentiments of sour sorrow for the loss of wasequipped with 14 cannons,and had teachers and businessmen. Oman Relationship! WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 6 MAHARASHTRA THEINDIANEXPRESS,WEDNESDAY,NOVEMBER25,2020 Making India self-reliant collective Centrewithinits responsibility of society: Gadkari powerstosuspend so on in society," said Gadkari. He said alternativesneedto EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE He wasaddressing students be found forproductswhose im- PUNE,NOVEMBER24 on Aatmanirbhar Bharat at the ports areconsiderablyhigher, Symbiosis golden jubilee lecture likecrude oil, adding that farm- MPLADtofight FINDINGAdirection to makethe series. Gadkari said that twosec- ers can produce ethanol from countryself-reliant is the needof tors —rural economyand agri- sugarcane, whichisanalternate the hour and is the collective re- culture—are important for aat- source of fuel. sponsibility of society,Union manirbharta of the countryand He said the target of the pandemic,saysHC MinisterNitin Gadkari said on work needs to be done on these MinistryofMicro, Small and Tuesday. "It is notjustthe respon- aspectswith avision. He said Medium Enterprises is to in- sibility of the government but strengthening the rural popula- crease the turnoverofthe rural to the petitioner’s locus standi in also the collective responsibility tion, increasing exports and cut- industrytoRs5lakh crorefrom EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE the case and said that if anyof of people from various fields like ting down imports will make Rs 80,000 croreoverthe next MUMBAI,NOVEMBER24 the parliamentarians felt that health, education, research and India self-reliant. twoyears. theywereunable to carry out THE BOMBAY High Courton development programmes in Tuesdaysaid the central govern- their constituencies due to sus- ment waswell within itspowers pension of MPLADS, theywere SPPU and US Consulate officials discuss to have suspendedthe MPLAD free to approachthe court. Fire Brigade personnel attempt to rescue an owl, whichwas under attackfromkites and (Members of Parliament Local “The Members of Parliament joint cooperation in education, research crows, at the Fire Brigade headquarters in Pune on Tuesday. Arul Horizon Area Development) funds earlier (MPs) areresponsible and ma- this year and divert the money turepersons. Theywill come be- ConsulateinMumbai, including ing of ties between higher edu- to the fight againstthe Covid-19 fore us forsuchathing. During EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Consul General David JRanz, met cation institutions in the US and pandemic. the pandemic, the nation wasre- PUNE,NOVEMBER24 representativesofthe Savitribai the university.''US is keen on BREACH OF PRIVILEGE MATTER Adivision benchofChief quired to pull all effortsinto Phule Pune University (SPPU) on partnering with universities Justice Dipankar Dattaand Justice strengthening itshealth and SENIOR OFFICIALSofthe US Tuesdaytodiscuss strengthen- across western India, supporting Girish SKulkarni washearing medical infrastructure,” the curriculum development and Arnab urges SC to issue apublicinterestlitigation benchsaid. newtechnology," said Ranz. (PIL) filedbylawyerNeelima The courtsaid that the peti- SALUTE THE SOLDIER According to an official re- Vartak through advocateShekhar tioner should have undertaken lease from SPPU,Ranz asserted notice to Assembly Speaker Jagtap, opposing the suspension some research and provided the needfor Indian universities of funds fortwo years. datatoestablish if the suspen- likeSPPU to join hands with In April this year,the central sion of suchascheme wasad- their American counterparts, tion at the Speaker's direction. Goswami, that the replytothe government decidedtosuspend verselyimpacting the citizens. especiallysince the credibility PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA AbenchheadedbyChief showcause notice forcontempt all MPLADS funds -- under “This (Covid-19) is adisaster of SPPU through itsearlier en- NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER24 Justice SABobde initiallyob- by the Assemblyofficial has said whicheachelected MP gets Rs 5 and the government will have to gagementswith Penn State served that it might be “neces- thatthe letter wassent at the di- croreannuallyfor development resorttoDisasterManagement University and ongoing en- JOURNALISTARNAB Goswami saryinall probability to servethe rection of the Speaker. work in his/ her constituency -- Act. It is within itspowers to in- CT/GD D.P.R. SWAMY L/N BISWAJIT JAMATIA CT/GD ANIL TOPPO ONGC AGARTALA ONGC AGARTALA 4TH RES. BN. RANCHI gagementswith Drexel urgedthe Supreme Courton Speaker” to knowhis version, “He (Athawale) is saying that fortwo financial years starting voke the Act.” The benchadded 25-11-1996 25-11-1996 25-11-1996 University,Philadelphia, and Tuesdaytoissue notice to the but later adjournedthe hearing he had acted on the direction of April 1. The moneyfromthe that the countrywas in agrave The CISF proudly remembers the supreme sacrifice of University of California, MaharashtraAssemblySpeaker on Goswami's plea by two the Speaker.Please issue notice MPLADS funds -- nearly Rs 8,000 situation and all possible efforts these brave--hearts. On this day,they laid down their lives Berkeley, shall provide it alead- to clarify his stand on the claim of weekssaying that it has notgone to the AssemblySpeaker,” Salve crore--will go to the were required to be made to end at the altar of duty while fighting with the terrorist out- ing position to have similar en- aHouse official, who said he sent through the replyofthe assistant said. Consolidated Fund of India that the Covid-19outbreak. fits.Their courage and bravery would remain an abiding gagementswith other Ivy alettertothe scribeinamatter of secretaryofthe Assembly. Senior advocateDushyant the government said would be “Everyone, including all MPs, source of inspiration for the force. The force will remain League universities. alleged breachofprivilegemo- The courtwas hearing Dave,appearing forAthawale, usedinthe anti-Covid-19effort. aredoing so muchtocontrol eternally indebted to them for their noblest deeds. Goswami's plea againstashow- opposedSalve's submissions The plea sought directions to Covid. When the entirenation is cause notice issuedbythe and said that no contempt was the government to resume the struggling, howcan youobject Legislative Assemblyfor initia- made out and justbecause the MPLADS scheme to ‘protect cit- to the suspension of MPLAD tion of breachofprivilegemo- official has said that he acted on izens of respective constituen- funds and their diversion to tion againsthim forreportage the direction of the Speaker,it cies from adverse impact of the combat Covid-19? This moneyis related to actor Sushant Singh did notmean that the Speaker be pandemic situation as well as to being usedtofight the pandemic Rajput's death. calledatthis stage. ensureimplementation of wel- and nottobuild bridges or some- The topcourthad on Beforeissuing the notice to fare programmes and projects.’ thing that is notrequired right November 6issuedashow- the Speaker,the courthas to first The benchhoweverobjected now,”the courtsaid. cause notice to Vilas Athawale, see whether anycontempt is Assistant Secretaryofmade out or not, Dave added. MaharashtraVidhan Mandal “The apprehension is that the Five arrested for diesel theft Sachivalaya,asking him to ex- Speaker maysay later that he plain whycontempt proceed- wasnot heard,” the benchob- found that unknown individuals ings be notinitiated againsthim served and sought to knowthe EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE had carved large holes intoitto forhis letter to the journalist views of senior advocateand MUMBAI,NOVEMBER24 illegallyaccess the fuel. The com- seeming to “intimidate” him for amicus curiae Arvind Datar on panyfiledacomplaint at approaching the SC on the issue the issue. “If the officer (of FIVE MEN were arrested last Sanpada police station. of alleged breachofprivilege Assembly) is saying that he acted week forallegedly stealing diesel Following anearly two- ´F³F½FZÕ ¸FWF³F¦FS´FFdÕI F motion. on the direction of the Speaker, from aHindustanPetroleum month-long investigation, the °FF. ´F³F½FZÕ,dªF. 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DEFAMATION CASE Ramani stands by Tamil Nadu, Puducherry CBIcourtdischarges statement, says won’t brace for Cyclone Nivar twopolicemenin2003 settle case with Akbar Landfall today, stategovts take precautions, PM assures help ARUNJANARDHANAN& ESHAROY Gujaratencountercase EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE CHENNAI,NEWDELHI, NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER24 NOVEMBER24 andwrongfullytoconfineperson, have done nothing during these JOURNALISTPRIYARamani, on ADEEP depression over Bayof EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE murder and abetment when of- crossfires. It has notbeen inves- trial in adefamation case filedby Bengal that has intensifiedinto AHMEDABAD,NOVEMBER24 fence wascommitted. tigated that at that time, these former Union ministerMJAkbar, PriyaRamani, MJAkbar acyclonic storm is expected to Discharging Mavani and twoapplicants were armedwith has through her lawyers told a makelandfall Wednesday ASPECIAL CBI courtin Yadav, the courtsaid, “...Thereis weapons or not... Their mere Delhi courtthat she will notset- evening along the Tamil Nadu Ahmedabad on Tuesdaydis- nothing on recordtosupportthe presence at the place of en- tle the case with Akbar and closed. The courtset the next coastwith awind speedof120- chargedtwo policemen accused allegations of involvement of counter,that too, on obeying the stands by her statement. dateofhearing on December 2. 130kmph, gusting up to 145 in the Sadiq Jamal Mehtar en- these twoapplicantsfromstart order of senior officer,isnot suf- The submissions were made Akbar has suedRamani for kmph, weather officials said on counter case of 2003, observing to finish... If thereisnothing on ficient to charge them formur- before Additional Chief defamationoverallegationsof sex- Tuesday. Authorities in Tamil that therewas nothing on record recordwith regard to the pres- der...,” notedspecial CBI Judge Metropolitan Magistrate ual misconduct and harassment. Nadu and Puducherry,whichare Awaterlogged road in Chennai during heavy rain triggered to supportallegations of their in- ence and involvement of present Bharat Ambalal Dave. RavindraPandey, who had urged With severalother women com- expected to take the brunt of cy- by Cyclone Nivar. PTI volvement, marking the firstdis- applicantsthen theycannotbe Sadiq (28), from Bhavnagar, lawyers forbothRamani and ing forwardwith similar allega- clone Nivar, said precautionary charge in the case. takenasconspirators. Thereis waskilledonthe intervening Akbar to consider settling the tions, Akbar resignedasMinister measures were being taken According to the CBI, the ac- nothing to showthat theyhave night of January12and 13,2003, defamation case since the offence of Statefor External Affairs. while the central government MinisterEdappadi K relief camps with atotal capacity cusedpolicemen —RLMavani committed anyovert act with at Naroda near Galaxy Cinema, wascompoundable in nature. On Tuesday, Luthracon- assured all necessaryhelp. Palaniswami and Puducherry of 12 lakh people ready,some 85 and Ajayapalsingh Siyaram knowledge or have tacitlycon- afteranintelligence input for- On Tuesday, ACMM Pandey cludedher final arguments, In NewDelhi, IMD officials Chief MinisterVNarayanasamy centres areopenedcurrently.” Yadav—werepartofthe “en- sented to the object of detention warded by the Gujarat Police asked the lawyers whether they whichweremade forasecond said Nivarwas likelytointensify andassured all possible support The statehas announced counter team and present at the and killing of Sadik...” linked him to Salim Chiplun, an had achance to talk or "arethe time, since anew judgewas intoaseverecyclonic storm in the from the Centre. “I pray forthe public holidayonWednesday. spotofencounter”. The court The courtreliedon50pros- aide of gangsters Anees Ibrahim doors shut?" Bhavook Chauhan, transferredtothe case. next 12 hours and intoaveryse- safetyand well-being of those Barring essential services, gov- said that theywerepartofa“dis- ecution witnesses’ statementsas (gangsterDawood Ibrahim’s appearing on behalf of Ramani, Luthrabegun the hearing by vere cyclonic storm in the subse- living in the affected areas,” the ernment offices across the state ciplinedforce, whereseniors are well as the FIR filedbythe crime brother) and gangsterChhota told the court, "Our stand is going through the background of quent 12 hours. Prime Ministerlater tweeted. will remain closed. notaccustomedtohear ‘no’ from branchinthe case. The FIR noted Shakeel. clear... Ramani stands by her the case and told the courtthat “It is very likelytomove Mohapatrasaid Andhra In Puducherry,amagisterial the mouth of staffonduty”. that JGParmar (then police in- The alertsaid that “Dubai- statement. If the complainant Akbar had a"long, illustrious ca- west-northwestwards fornext Pradesh and Telangana will also order wasissued, imposing pro- The twoaccusedwerefacing spector,who later died) firedfive based” Sadiq wassent by terror- wantstowithdraw then he may reer...animpeccablereputation.It 12 hours and then northwest- experience heavy rainfall as the hibitoryorders under Section chargesofcriminal conspiracy, rounds and AISaiyed (then po- istoutfit Lashkar-e-Taiba to kill bring it on record." wasnot onlyinprofessional life... wards. It is very likelytocross cyclone proceeds over the next 144fromTuesday9pmtill 6am wrongfulrestraint,wrongfulcon- lice inspector) firedsix rounds then deputy primeministerLK Senior advocateGeeta He has done extreme handwork Tamil Nadu and Puducherry twodays aftermaking landfall. Thursdaymorning. finement, kidnapping or abduct- on Sadiq. Advani, then Gujarat chief min- Luthra, appearing on behalf of and wasanexacting senior..." coasts between Karaikal and Atidal waveofabout 1.5m While the Navy and Coast inginorderto murder,kidnapping “As per the FIR, these twoap- isterNarendraModi and VHP Akbar,told the court, "If the ac- Luthrathen read out excerpts Mamallapuram on November height above the astronomical Guardhavemade preparations to or abducting with intent secretly plicants(Mavani and Yadav) leader Pravin Togadia. cusedwas apologetic. If there from Ramani's article published 25 lateevening as averysevere tide is likelytoinundatelow-ly- deployrelief teams, National wasany indication from them, I in Vogue in 2017."She names the cyclonic storm with awind ing areas of north coastaldis- DisasterResponse ForceDGSN will ask my briefing counsel." complainant, says he didn't do speedof120-130 kmph gusting trictsofTamil Nadu and Pradhan in Delhi said 22 relief and Akbar's lawyers told the court anything. Despitethat she is call- to 145kmph,’’ IMD director gen- Puducherry,Mohapatrasaid. rescue teams have been deployed HC asks doctor to take down posts to continue the case on itsmer- ing him apervert, predator... It's eral Dr MMohapatrasaid. Tamil Nadu Revenue Minister in Tamil Nadu, Pudducherry and its, following whichthe court notthatshehasdoneanyresearch Prime MinisterNarendra RBUdhaya Kumar told The AndhraPradesh while eight critical of Byju’s-owned edtech firm said the issue of settlement was or anyenquiry....” Modi spoketoTamil Nadu Chief Indian Express,“We have 4,733 teams areonstandby. angel investment firm, Justice ward,” Justice Gupta observed in SOFIAHSAN MuktaGupta on Tuesdayob- responsetoasubmissionthatthere NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER24 served that everyone has started were severalcomplaintsagainst UP cane farmers look at pay FROMPAGEONE making “unsubstantiated”asser- WhiteHat on social media. OBSERVINGTHATsocial media tions–whensomebodyputsouta WhiteHat had earlier submit- encourages people to postunsub- post,theotherpersonthinkswhat tedbeforethe courtthat Malpani hurdle as mills say crushing Delhi asks PM stantiatedcontent, the Delhi High has been stated in that postisa has investedin severalstart-ups, CourtonTuesday, in yetanother “gospeltruth”andwithoutknow- including one dealing in educa- cases and 109deaths, with the shut since March 16.While they order,restrainedaTwitter user ingthem,feelstheneedtoshareit. tional technology likeBibox, and 10-daymortality rate rising from have reopenedinother states, from posting or sharinganything “I cannotget out of this fact posteddisparaging tweets –such more, getting less sugar 0.83per cent at the beginning of suchasHaryana and defamatory, derogatoryand dep- that aperson thinksheisdoing as one referring to Sameer Bajaj’s the month to 1.89 per cent. Maharashtra, Delhi has resisted recatoryagainstedtechfirm right when he is posting [re- appointment as itsglobal head of “The Delhi government in- themove. Feedbacksought from WhiteHat Jr,its management and posting] somebody’s posts...not communications and external af- HARISHDAMODARAN Whyhigher Mills areyet to creasedsample collection in parents, officials said, has made itsemployees, and asked him to even knowing who is the person fairs as “appointing aspin doctor NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER24 canepriceis discharge even their September to 60,000 per day. it clear that theyare notready for take down certain existing tweets posting it, whether that person is likeputting lipstickonapig”. E atoughcall The thirdwaveofcorona is still children to return amid the pan- criticising the company. has amala fide intention or It wasarguedthat suchcom- ● SUGAR MILLSinUttar Pradesh EXPLAINED pastSAP dues. During going on in Delhi and it has seen demic. The Byju’s-ownedcompany, whether that person has some mentsare notfair criticism, and areworriedabout lowrecovery the 2019-20 season, the peak...with 8,600positive Meanwhile, Delhi Health whichprovides online coding adverse interest... and still claim that reputation is an equallya levels of the sweetener from CANE PRICES in UP have theycrushed1,118.02 lt cases. The rising mortality rate is MinisterSatyendar Jain said the classes to children, has this week that Iamright. It is inconceiv- protected right. Malpani termed cane in the 2020-21crushing gone up by hardly3.3% amatter of concern. We hope overall mortality rate of 1.6per takentwo socialmediausers–an able,” the courtsaid. thesuitanattempt to muzzlefree season (October-September), since 2016-17and thereis of cane whose average that the mortality rate will also cent wasbetterthan that in engineer and adoctor –tocourt The courtalso said that aper- speechand arguedthat every which, theysay,will increase political pressureonthe SAPvalue wasRs reduce along with the declining other cities suchasAhmedabad forposting allegedly defamatory soncantodaycreatea“cacophony” tweethas been takenout of con- production costand makeitfur- Yogi Adityanath govern- positivity ratio in the coming (4.2), Ludhiana (4), Mumbai (3.9) content and running an “unsub- by thenumberof peopletweeting text before the court. One of the ther difficult to payfarmers. ment to raise it forthe cur- 35,898.14 crore. But as days,” Kejriwal told the Prime and Amritsar (3.8). stantiatednarrative”againstitand and retweeting the same thing reasons the companywas being Mills in the statehavesofar rent season. But with mills of November 17,they Ministerduring the meeting Doctors in Delhi have thecurriculumbeingofferedbyit whichmayhavenobasis.“Itishap- addressedinsuchafashion,hear- crushed86.187lakh tonnes (lt) of already saddledwith over had paid onlyRs with chief ministers, according pointed towardslatehospital ad- to the children. On Monday, the peningdayinanddayout.Iamre- gued,isforitsclaimsto makechil- cane and produced8.018 lt sugar Rs 5,700croredues to to astatement issuedbythe missions and fast-filling ICU courthad passedalimited ad in- sponsible formytweet,but when dren Elon Musk,engineer-indus- at an averagerecoveryrate of 9.30 farmers, and lowersugar 30,164.69 crore. Delhi government. bedsasreasons forthe increase terim injunction againstPradeep Itweet,Imustsay what Iknowas trialistand one of the world's per cent in the current season. recovery from cane Later,speaking to The Indian in the number of deaths. Poonia, an IITian, and asked him afact,notwhatathirdpartyknows. richestpersons, and forusing a Forthe corresponding period adding to their production Express, Sisodia said: “Atpres- Kejriwal also said that pollu- to take down certain tweets and Youdon’t even knowthe person campaign called‘Wolf Gupta’, of 2019-20,theycrushed73.629lt cost, it is atough call. The reducedsugar recoveryis ent, it is an endless wait. We are tion from stubble-burning in videos postedonYouTube. whoisactuallytweeting,puttingit whichshows achild as someone cane and produced7.322 lt sugar being blamedmainlyonclimatic notcertain if we can even think neighbouring states wasa“sig- Hearing WhatHat Jr’s suit onapost...whichyoutweetedfor- who could go on to earn crores. at arecovery of 9.94per cent. factors. The early onsetofwinter of reopening schools before a nificant contributor” in making againstMumbai-based “Weare crushing morecane, 325 forearly-maturing varieties) is said to have affectedsucrose ac- vaccine (is available).” the thirdCovid wavemore“dan- AniruddhaMalpani,whoseweb- but areproducing 6kgless sugar since 2016-17. cumulation in cane. But Dr Bakshi Schools in the city have been gerous”. sitesays he is the founder of an from everytonne. At existing While thereispressureon Ram, director of the Indian sugar realisations of Rs 31/kg, the stategovernment to increase Council of Agricultural Research’s that translates intoaloss of al- cane price afteralong gap, mills Sugarcane Breeding Institute, mostRs19per quintal of cane. are, however, yettodischarge Coimbatore, said lowerrecovery Howwill we payeventhe pres- even their pastSAP dues. During could also bedue to the extended ent, forget higher,cane price,” an the 2019-20 season, they crushing season in 2019-20. official from the UP Sugar Mills crushed1,118.02 lt of cane whose He said mostUPmills crushed Association (UPSMA) asked. averageSAP value wasRs cane through Mayand some even Ameeting of the UP govern- 35,898.14 crore. But as of rantill early-June. The cane that ment’s cane price fixation com- November 17,theyhad paid only mills arenow crushing is the “ra- mittee is scheduledinLucknow Rs 30,164.69 crore. toon” that springs automatically on Wednesday. The committee “Wehavesought that the SAP from the stubble of the 2019-20 is expected to take acall on the for2020-21bemaintainedatlast plant-cane. The ratoon needs to stateadvised price (SAP) of cane year’s leveland also permission grow foratleastnine months to payable by mills forthe 2020-21 to makethe cane payment in 2- accumulateenough sugar. season. The cane SAPunder the 3installments. Further,the state “If mills arenow crushing the Yogi Adityanath-ledBJP govern- shouldprovide acane subsidy of ratoon from the plant-cane har- ment has been raisedbyonlyRs Rs 15/quintal to compensatefor vested afterApril, it is bound to 10/quintal (from Rs 305 to Rs 315 the lowersugar recovery,” the impact sugar recovery,” Dr Ram forgeneral, and from Rs 315toRs UPSMA official said. told The Indian Express. Uttarakhand wildlife board clears proposal to denotify elephant reserve LALMANIVERMA DEHRADUN,NOVEMBER24 THE UTTARAKHAND StateWildlifeBoard on Tuesdaycleared aproposal to cancel the notification of Shivalik Elephant Reserve, whichisspread over 5,409 squarekm, in the state. The formal order forcanceling the notification will be is- suedbythe stateforestdepartment. Sources said the boardpassedthe pro- posal at ameeting chaired by Chief MinisterTrivendraSingh Rawatasforest officials arguedthat the notification for elephant reservewas creating hurdles in development work in that area. The officials said at the meeting that the elephant reservehas no legal sanctity and thereisnoprovision foritinforestand wildlifeActs. In 2002, the stategovernmenthadno- tifiedthe Shivalik Elephant Reserveafter obtaining permission from the Centre. Thereare 14 forest divisions inside this re- serve. Chief WildlifeWarden JS Suhag con- firmedthe board's decision and said even afterthe notification is canceled, the area will remain areserveforestand rules of Forest Conservation Actwill remain ap- plicable there. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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India pledges aid to rebuild Afghanistan, Farmerssetformarch,Haryanatoseal commits to projects borders,take‘stepstomaintainorder’ worth $80 million Kerala CM PinarayiVijayan EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Farmer leaders CHANDIGARH,NOVEMBER24 SHUBHAJITROY Reachingout Kerala to bring NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER24 toaKabul TWODAYSahead of the farmers’ held in night raids E withTaliban proposedmarch to the national in ordinance ● SIGNALLINGLONG-TERM com- EXPLAINED capitalto opposetheCentre’sfarm different parts of the state. mitment to Afghanistan’s future laws,the Haryana government EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE “All this shows howthe gov- to withdraw —beitunder Taliban or other po- SO FAR, therewas apercep- Tuesdayannouncedthat it will CHANDIGARH,NOVEMBER24 ernment is afraid of the agitation litical forces –India Tuesdayann- tion within the Taliban that keepthestateborderssealedfrom of farmers,” said afarmer leader. social media ouncedabout150projectsworth NewDelhi will notdeal with November 25 to 27.AsChief AHEAD OF the farmers’ protest “Thesearepreventive arrests,” $80 million (about Rs 592 crore) it beyond ritualistic state- MinisterManoharLalKhattarde- march to Delhi, Haryana Police Haryana DGP Manoj Yadava said legislation in the conflict-ridden country. ments. But this additional fi- clared that the “state will take on Tuesdaytook as manyas72 Tuesday. NewDelhi also committed to nancial commitment moves everysteprequired to maintain farmer leaders intopreventive Policealsoconductedaraidat build anew dam, whichwill pro- beyond statementsatconfer- lawand order”, statepolice custody in multiple night raids, the Ratia residence of farmer SHAJUPHILIP vide drinking waterto2million ences,and with this, India has plannedadditional deployment inviting sharp reactions from the leader Mandeep Nathwan in the THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, residentsofKabul. nowshedits ambiguity about and multi-layerbarricading on Opposition and the farming midnight, but he wasnot at his NOVEMBER24 This newcommitment was engaging with the Taliban. highways leading in and out of community. residence that time. announcedbyExternal Affairs Earlier,inacarefullycali- state. Police also issuedadetailed Farmers associated with the BKU (Ugrahan) at Khanauri in Farmerleaderssaidthatpolice Later,inarecordedvideomes- THE KERALAgovernment on MinisterSJaishankar at the brated shiftinIndia’s posi- advisoryurging commuters to Sangrur district, near the Haryana border. Express conducted raids between 1am sageNathwan said, “The Khattar Tuesdaydecidedtobring an ordi- Afghanistan2020 Conference, tion, NewDelhi had partici- modify their travel plans in view and 3amand in some cases even government is adopting an op- nanceto withdraw thecontrover- whichheaddressedthrough pated in the commencement of the farmers’ agitation. scaledwalls of homes to detain pressive policy to stop farmers... sial amendment to the Kerala video-conferencing.Afghanistan's ceremonyofthe intra-Afghan “Thestategovernmenthasde- The farmers, however, said borders with Punjab will be im- sleepingmembersof farmunions. Manyofourleadershave beende- PoliceActmandatingajailtermfor President Ashraf Ghani, UN and talksinDoha on September cidedtoseal the Haryana-Punjab that theywill startgathering on posedfor three days beginning CM Manohar Lal Khattar con- tainedduringraidsthattookplace any“offensive”social media post. EU officials, besides representa- 12.Indian attendance at the border on November 25 and 26 the Ambala-Delhi highway near Wednesday. firmedthat“somefarmerleaders” at1am.Thisagitationwon’tbeal- The amendment had trig- tivesofother countries, attended Doha event, wherea21- and Haryana-Delhi border on Ambala from November 25. The primaryobjective of these had been takenintocustody by lowedtobesuppressed.Thefarm- geredprotestsfromvariousquar- the conference. member Taliban team was November 26 and 27 in viewof Acomprehensive travel advi- arrangementsistomaintain police, amovethat the Congress ers will go to Delhi in everycir- tersandlefttheCPMcentrallead- Since 2002, India has so far present, reflectsSouth Block's theproposedcallof ‘DelhiChalo’... sorymentionedthe commuters proper lawand order to prevent described as “shameful”. cumstance.” ership red-faced. committed $3 billion (about realisation of ground realities We will take everysteprequired mayface trafficblockages on anykindof violence,facilitatefunc- According to senior Congress According to reports,police is On Friday, Governor Arif Rs 2,200crore)towards rebuild- and shifting sands in Kabul’s to maintain lawand order... Iap- roadsatentrypointsfromPunjab tioning of trafficand public trans- leader Randeep Singh Surjewala, alsolookingforHaryanaBhartiya Mohammad Khan approved the ing and reconstruction of powerstructure. peal to farmers that the Delhi intoHaryana on November 25 portsystems and to ensurepublic farmer leaders including Karam Kisan Union (BKU) chief Gurnam ordinance incorporating the new Afghanistan. While India did not Chalo call givenbysome outfits and November 26 and on entry peace and order.The instructions Singh Mathana, Satyawan Singh Chaduni, who is the main sectionof 118(A).Thegovernment invest in Afghanistanduring the hasnomeaningbecausethethree pointsfromHaryanaintoDelhion inforceduetoCovid-19pandemic Kathura, Kala Kanoh, Satyawan faceof thefarmers'agitationinthe had envisaged punishment up to Taliban years from 1996 to 2001, ectsinAfghanistan,whichinclude laws whichtheCentreenactedare November 26 and November 27. situation have also been kept in Narwal and Prahalad Singh state. FULLREPORTON afive-year jail term, but the thegovernment’sdecisionnowto around 150projectsworth $80 pro-farmer,” Khattar said. Officials said strictness along the mind,” police spokesperson said. Bharukherawerearrestedfrom www.indianexpress.com Governor reducedittothree invest in Afghanistan's future, million.” Stressing that India has years. The government, however, whereTalibanissettoplayadom- invested heavilyinpeace and de- announcedonMondaythat it inant role, is being seen as ama- velopmentinAfghanistan,hesaid, BENGAL POLLS would notgoahead with imple- jordeparturefromthepast.Itsig- “Westrongly believe that the menting the amendment. nals that Indiaisfinallyshedding gainsof thelasttwo decadesmust ‘Insider-outsider’ to be key theme of TMC campaign Astheprotestscontinuedand the hesitations of history. be preserved and the interests of theOppositionquestionedthein- NewDelhihashadabitterex- minorities, women and vulnera- tention behind freezing the perience with the Taliban. Now, ble sections mustbeensured.” public rallysince the pandemic ThattheTrinamoolleadership SabhaseatstheBJPwoninBengal amendment, the government with their return afterthe US ex- This is one of India’s red-lines DIPANKARGHOSE began, virtuallybeginning what is nottaking the BJP lightlyisevi- in 2019 areBankuraand wasleftwith little option but to iting Afghanistan, South Blockis in the wake of the Taliban’s rise in NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER24 is expectedto beafierce political dentby theselectionof thevenue Bishnupur,whichcover 13 withdraw it. quicklytrying to adapttothe Afghanistan, as the Sikh commu- contest. forBanerjee’s firstrallyafter the Assemblysegments. AfterameetingTuesday, Chief changedcircumstancesandreach nityhasfacedattacksandhostility BESIDESDEVELOPMENT,“insider AseniorTrinamoolleadersaid pandemic. In the run-up to Banerjee’s MinisterVijayan said the cabinet out to the Taliban. in the lastfew months. vs outsider”willbeoneof thepri- thatoverthenextfewmonths,the Union Home MinisterAmit rally, theTrinamoolhasorganised had decidedtorecommend the Jaishankarsaidatthe confer- Healsoflaggedtheissueof vi- marythemes of the Trinamool party will emphasise “lackoflo- Shah visited Bankurajustaweek apress conference aday on vari- Governorto issueanordinanceto ence,“Iamhappytoannounceto- olence: “(The)increasinglevel of Congress’s campaign forthe up- cal leadership in the BJP”. ago. Addressing agathering ousissuesandaddressedbyadif- withdraw theearlieroneincorpo- dayanagreement with violence in Afghanistanremains coming Assemblyelections in On itssocial media handles, Monday, the TMC supremo de- ferent leader or minister. rating section 118(A) in the Act. Afghanistanfor building the amatter of graveconcern. While West Bengal, according to party the Trinamool has already scribed Shah’s recent visit to a “Not onlyinKolkata, we are The newordinance would be Shahtootdam, whichwould pro- we supportall effortstobring leaders. launchedacampaign, likelytobe tribal household in Bankurafor also holding district-levelpress brought as Kerala Police vide safedrinking waterto2mil- peaceandstabilityinAfghanistan, The party,theysaid, will push aslogan through the election — lunchas“showoff”and claimed conferences regularly.This is also (Amendment) Withdrawing lion residentsofKabul city.It India calls foranimmediateand the idea that the BJP,whichisbe- “BanglarGorboMamata(Bengal’s MamataBanerjee in that the food items served to the to showour benchstrength as a Ordinance, 2020. builds on the 202-km Phul-e- comprehensive ceasefire.” ing seen as itsprimarycontender pride Mamata)". Bankuradistrict. PTI BJPleaderwere cookedatfive-star party.While MamataBanerjee is He said the amendment was Khumritransmissionlineof 2009, On Delhi going beyond state- as it tries to retain powerinthe “Chief MinisterMamata hotels —the allegation has been our leader,wehaveotherBengali brought in againstthe backdrop through whichweprovided mentsonTaliban, asource told statefor the thirdtime, has Banerjee is the pride of Bengal. rubbishedbythe BJP. stalwarts whoarepartoftheTMC. of increasing instances of social powertothe city.India will also TheIndianExpress,“Itshows India brought in “people from outside” WhodoestheBJPhave to counter MalviyaandArvindMenon.They ShealsohitoutatShahforap- LeadersBengalisknowandrecog- media abuse againstwomen and launchphase-IV of high-impact has put itsmoneywherethe who do notunderstand Bengal. her? It is apoint the TMC will do notunderstand Bengal. They parentlymistaking astatue of a nise. The issues being raisedare mounting protestfromcivil soci- community development proj- mouth is.” Trinamool supremo and make: look at the BJP team in areonlypushing divisiveness tribal hunter forthat of freedom also positive.One dayonhealth- etyagainstsuchharassment. The Chief MinisterMamataBanerjee Bengal. Amit Shah is leading the while we will push development fighter Birsa Munda. care, another dayonwhat has amendment wasaimedatpre- will address apublic rallyin charge,the statein-chargesare and the Bengali identity,” aTMC Banerjeeisspendingtwodays been done forwomen,” asenior venting circulation of fake and BankuraonWednesday, her first Kailash Vijayvargiya, Amit leader said. in Bankura. Among the 18 Lok party leader said. defamatorynews,hesaid. Amarinder invites However, various quarters of society raisedconcerns and the Sidhu to lunch meeting Came together ISSUES OF ‘COMMON INTEREST’ DISCUSSED BJP targets governmentconsideredtheopin- ion that the amendment would to keep state US embassy envoys meet NC, Cong, NC over give excessive powertopoliceand KANCHANVASDEV chancesof misuseof thenewlaw CHANDIGARH,NOVEMBER24 united: Farooq Roshni scam arehigh, he said. Apni Party leaders in Jammu Vijayansaid that in this issue IN WHATisbeing seen as asign Srinagar: National Conference NewDelhi/Jammu: With the too, the government is sticking to of thawbetween Punjab Chief (NC) president Farooq Abdullah the PrajaParishad movement in probeintothe Roshni land scam itsapproachtolend ears to the MinisterAmarinder Singh and on Tuesdayurged the people to ARUNSHARMA Jammu to analysereasons be- showing manypolitical leaders opinions emerging from society. his former Cabinetcolleague ensurethe victoryofthe JAMMU,NOVEMBER24 hind the pent-up feeling of dis- as alleged illegal beneficiaries, As concerns still linger about the NavjotSingh Sidhu, the former Amarinder Singh, Navjot People's Alliance forGupkar crimination among Jammu res- the ruling BJP on Tuesday amendment, the government is has invited the latter to alunch- Singh Sidhu Declaration (PAGD) candidates TWOENVOYSfromthe US em- identsinthe erstwhile state, steppedupits attackon of the opinionthat it is suitable to eon meeting on Wednesday. by hugemargins in the DDC bassy in NewDelhi calledonrep- according to the parties. Congress and National withdraw the ordinance, he said. The meeting comes afteral- polls so that it succeeds in its resentativesoftwo mainstream In astatement, the NC said Conference leaders in J&K. mostthree-month-long efforts the CM’s farm house near aim of restoration of the special political parties and asecurity an- MayerandSukeshcalledonRana Addressing reporters, Union of Congress general secretary Chandigarh. The government as status of Jammu and Kashmir alystinJammu on Tuesdayand andspoke on issues of “common ministerRaviShankar Prasad Editors Guild and Punjab affairs in-charge well as the party is tightlipped whichwas revokedbythe discussedissues of “common in- NC’s Devinder Rana with interest’’with“focusonsocio-cul- sought athorough probe. Harish Rawattobridgethe gulf about what will transpireinthe CentreinAugustlastyear. terest’’ in the Union Territoryaf- Graham Mayerand ASukesh tural richness of unique and di- Pointing out that the names of urges Kerala between the duo. meeting but sources said it could “If we have to succeed, then terthe withdrawal of special sta- verse” J&K. Theydiscussedavar- severaltop politicians, including While all eyes areonthe leadtoSidhu’sreturnintheCabinet. youshould voteonlyfor the al- tus and bifurcation of the iedrangeofsubjects, including NC leader Farooq Abdullah and CM to withdraw meeting, media advisor Raveen However, sources close to the liance.Thisalliancewas formed erstwhile stateofJammu and andsecurityanalystBrigadierAnil environment, tourism, academ- former stateministers from his Thukral stated that the meeting CM said, “Tomorrow’s lunchis to restoreour identity,restore Kashmir,according to the Gupta (retired). icsandsharingof knowledge and party and the Congress, have amendment will discuss national and state about‘breakingbreadto breakice’. the statehood and that which National Conference (NC) and The US envoys arelikelyto ideasaimedatpromotinguniver- come to the fore,hesaid: “There politics. “Punjab CM Thereisnothingmoretothemeet- wastaken away from us -- the Apni Party. meetBJP leaders hereon sal brotherhood, amity and tran- wasaconscious lootbypowerful EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE @capt_amarinder has invited ing. It is tooearly to sayanything. Articles 370and 35-A.Wehave Sources said ministercoun- Wednesday. quilitybetweenthecommunities, people of forest land and getting NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER24 NavjotSingh Sidhu forlunchto- But the CM is firm that if Sidhu is come together to keep this state selor forpolitical affairs in the US Sources said discussions the party stated. benefitsunder the Roshni Act, morrow(Nov25). He &@sher- willing to be reinducted intothe united,” he said in avideo re- EmbassyGrahamMayerandsen- ranged on issues from 4G to Apni Partyspokesperson whichhas been declared uncon- THE EDITORS Guild of India on ryontopp areexpected to discuss Cabinet, he will notbehanded leasedbythe PAGD. iorpoliticaladviserASukeshheld post-Article 370scenario, espe- Vikram Malhotrasaid theydis- stitutional by the high court." Tuesdaydemandedthat Kerala’s state&national politics over the Local Bodies Department.” Abdullah is under self-isola- nearly anhour-longmeetingsep- ciallythe mood of the people at cussedthecurrentpoliticalsitua- Union ministerAnurag Chief Ministermustwithdraw luncheon meeting,” he tweeted. The Cabinethas avacancy tion afteramember of his aratelywith NC's provincial pres- large and the coming District tion in J&K and the coming DDC Thakur described the leaders of the Kerala Police Act118 A Sources close to the CM said that wasnot filledbythe CM household stafftestedpositive ident Devinder Rana, Apni Party Development Council (DDC) elections, and the emergence of Gupkar alliance as “gang of land amendment as it will “deeply that the meeting will take place at ever since Sidhu quit. forCovid. PTI spokesperson Vikram Malhotra, elections. Theyalso discussed Apni Party, among other issues. encroachers’’. ENS hurtthe cause of free speech”. In astatement issuedon Tuesday, the Guild said that it “urgesthe Chief Ministerof AIMPLB vice-president Kalbe Sadiq dies at 82 Andhra to set up 4harbours, Kerala to withdraw the disturb- ing amendment to the Kerala the family. the Shia and Sunni communi- Police Act118 Aimmediately, EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE “The gapthat has been left ties,” Rahmani said. 25 aqua hubs to promote fishing whichprovides forupto three LUCKNOW,NOVEMBER24 due to the death of Maulana “He waspartofthe AIMPLB years of punishment forpubli- KalbeSadiq cannotbefilled. He and worked with alot of vigour tries —hepointed to the recent cation of material with an inten- ALL INDIA Muslim Personal Law wasagreat scholar,and his forthe Board. He gave valuable SREENIVASJANYALA release of fishermen from tion to intimidate, insult, or de- Board(AIMPLB) vice-president work is therefor the worldto advice to the Boardand also HYDERABAD,NOVEMBER24 Srikakulam and Vizianagaram fame anyperson through social and prominent Shia cleric see.” through his speeches to the districts, who were working in media”. Maulana KalbeSadiq diedon “He dedicated his lifeto people. He wasblessedwith ex- THE ANDHRA Pradesh govern- Gujarat and were caught in “Although the government Tuesday. He was82. working on amity between traordinaryoratory skills and he ment is settobegin work on four Pakistani waters and subse- has placedthe amendment on In astatement, the stategov- Shia cleric KalbeSadiq people and different groups in usedtosay the mostsimple fishing harbours and 25 aqua quentlyjailedinthat country. hold until discussedbythe state ernment said Chief Minister society.Heknewasmuchabout things in the mostbeautiful hubsto encouragefishingactivity, StateFisheries MinisterS assemblyand has givenanas- Yogi Adityanath expressedcon- other religions as he knew manner.That wasagreat qual- provide livelihood and employ- Appalarajusaidthattheenhanced surance to the Kerala High Court dolences to Sadiq’s family. “He tion and vasopressor support. about Islam. He always spokeof ity.Hehad great command over mentto fishermenandto prevent facilities will boostmarine catch that the statepolicewill nottake wishedthat his soul restsin The cleric wasdiagnosed unification. Ihavethousands of the English languageaswell, them from migrating to other Chief MinisterYSJagan by over3lakhtonneandwillpro- anyadverse actions, butthe ordi- peace and expressedcondo- with colorectal cancer three memories with KalbeSadiq sa- and hence would put forward states in search of work Mohan Reddy vide direct and indirect employ- nance is still in forceand has the lences to the grieving family,” years ago, following whichhe hab. He wasalways very partic- his thoughtsinaveryarticulate Thefourharbourswillbecon- ment to 50-80,000people. potential forgrave misuse and it said. underwent an operation ular about time and wasnever and forceful manner...” he said. structedatanestimatedcostofRs The statewill invest around should be withdrawnforth- The cleric’s son, Kalbe in Delhi. latebyevenasecond,” Prominent Sunni cleric and 1,510 croreatJuvvaladinne in and aqua hubs virtually, and the Rs 3,500crore to develop the with,” the Guild stated. Sibtain Noori, told The Indian The Samajwadi Party Abbas said. AIMPLB member Maulana Nelloredistrict, Uppada in East constructionwork isscheduledto four harbours and aqua hubs. It further mentionedthat the Express that Sadiqbreathedhis tweeted, “The death of Shia AIMPLB general secretary Khalid RasheedFirangi Mahali Godavari district, Nizampatnam beginfromDecember15 afterthe The government will also en- amendment “would deeplyhurt lastinERA’s LucknowMedical cleric and Islamic scholar Maulana Mohammad Wali said Sadiq’s death had caused in Guntur district, and bidding process is complete. courageaquaculture, fresh wa- the cause of free speechand free- College&Hospital, wherehe Maulana KalbeSadiq is very Rahmani said the cleric's death great pain to everyone. MachilipatnaminKrishnadistrict. Jagan said that despitehaving terfish farming, aqua product dom of press as it givesunbri- wasadmitted on November 16. sad. Condolences to the griev- wasaloss forthe organisation “The whole countryisfamil- The aqua hubs, meanwhile, will the second-longestcoastline in bazaars, and storageand mar- dledpowers to the police to tar- He wasbeing treated in the hos- ing familyand his followers...” and people. iar with the work and contribu- be setupineachofthe state’s 25 India, thereisalarge migration of keting facilities. Four other fish- getpolitical opposition and the pital ICU forseverepneumonia, Shia cleric and All India Shia “He wasaverysharp per- tion of Maulana Sadiq forcom- Parliamentaryconstituencies. fishermen from AndhraPradesh ing harbours areproposedtobe press in the name of monitoring urinarytract infection, and sep- Personal LawBoardSpeaker sonality who wasblessedwith munal harmony. His work on Chief MinisterYSJagan to other states. He also notedthat developedatalater stageand content on social media” and tic shock. Maulana Yasoob Abbas also ex- extraordinaryqualities. He al- unity and education will always MohanReddylaidthefoundation at times, fishermen from Andhra theywill cater to over 7lakh fish- again iterated it that be with- He wasonassistedventila- pressedcondolences to ways worked forunity between be remembered," he said. stones forthe fishing harbours have been jailedinother coun- ermen in the state. drawnimmediately. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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IN SEPTEMBER, researchers pub- ownership of private banks.What ledtothisrecommendation, and whyhas it come in forcriticism? lishedthe resultsofclinical trials on an innovation: 3D printed nasal swabs as an alternative to commer- cial swabs to test forCovid-19(re- UDITMISRA PRIVATEBANKSVERSUSOTHERBANKS,OVERTHEYEARS portedinTheIndianExpress on NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER24 September 28). Since then, hospitals CHART 1: BANKING SECTOR CREDIT CHART 2: BANK GROUP-WISE CONTRIBUTION TOWA RDSDEPOSITS IN % worldwide have usedthe original ARECENT reportbyanInternal Working v (% TO GDP) files to print swabs in tens of millions. Group of the ReserveBank of India hasat- 100 81.89 78.16 77.68 76.26 50 80 64.75 Next week,the resultsofthe trial, first tracted alot of attention as well as criticism. Entryofprivatebanks 60 publishedinthe journal Clinical The IWGwas constituted to “reviewextant 25 30.35 40 12.63 17.12 17.31 19.44 Infectious Diseases,willnow be pre- 3D printed nasopharyngeal ownershipguidelines and corporatestruc- 10 20 5.47 4.7 5.05 4.3 4.89 sented at the annual meeting of the swabs developedbyUniversityof turefor Indian private sector banks” and sub- 1950 2020 0 RadiologicalSocietyofNorth South Florida. RadiologicalSociety of mitted itsreportlastweek. Source: Economic Survey-2019-20 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 America (RSNA) next week. NorthAmerica The IWGsubmitted severalrecommen- CHART 3: BANKGROUP-WISE CONTRIBUTION TOWA RDSADVANCES IN % Researchers at University of South dations,but one, in particular,has raisedalot CHART 4: STAFF EXPENSES Florida (USF) Health designed, tested of concern. This had to do with allowing large 15 TO TOTAL INCOME 100 79.41 74.25 77.24 74.28 80 59.8 and producedthe 3D printed nasal than 300swabs aday forthe hospi- corporate/industrial houses to be promoters 13 60 36.04 swab prototype. The large-scale clin- taland itsaffiliatedcarecentres. The of private banks. 11 40 19.21 18.08 21.26 9 12.56 8.03 6.54 4.67 4.45 4.15 ical trial beganinlate hospital’s sixprinters In ajoint write-uppublishedonLinkedIn, 7 20 Mar’15 Mar’16 Mar’17 Mar’18 Mar’19 Mar’20 0 March at three sites: continue to print about formerRBI Governor Raghuram Rajan and 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 TampaGeneral Health 9,000 swabs per week. former RBI Deputy Governor Viral Acharya ■ PublicSectorBanks ■ OldPrivateSectorBanks (Florida), Northwell The 3D printing severely criticisedthe suggestion by the IWG, ■ NewPrivateSectorBanks Source: RBI ■ PSB ■ PVB ■ FB Source: RBI Health (NY), and Thomas process takesupto15 describing it a“bombshell”. “It would be Jefferson University hours depending on the ‘pennywise pound foolish’ to replace the Hospital (Philadelphia). printer.The printed swabs poor governance under the present struc- private sector is just50% of GDP when in of 2008 wasacase in point. Apredominantly NBFC (manyofwhichare backedbylarge Other sites joinedlater. PAPER arerinsedinisopropyl al- tureofthese (publicsector/government- economies suchasChina, Japan, the US and government-ownedbanking system tends corporates), abank accepts depositsfrom The swabs were found to cohol, cured andhand-in- owned) bankswithahighly conflicted struc- Koreaitisupwards of 150per cent. In other to be morefinanciallystable because of the common Indians and that is what makes work as well and as safely CLIP spected fordefects. Each tureofownership by industrial houses,” words, India’s banking system has been trustingovernment as an institution. this riskier. as the standardcommer- swab is then sterilisedin Rajan and Acharya wrote. struggling to meet thecredit demands of a Moreover, even in private bankowner- Simplyput, it is prudent to keep the class cial nasal swabs. The only NEWRESEARCH an autoclave and packed growing economy. Thereisonlyone Indian ship,pastregulators have preferredittobe of borrowers (big companies) apartfromthe adverse reaction wasa in atestkit. Whywas theIWG constituted and what bank in the top100 banksgloballybysize. well-diversified—that is, no single owner classoflenders(banks). Past examplesof fewinstances of slight nasal bleeding. USF filedfor aprovisional patent were itsrecommendations? Further,Indian banksare also one of the least has toomuchstake. suchmingling —suchasJapan’s Keiretsu and The costofmaterialsper 3D-printed on the 3D swab and providedthe de- The banking system in anycountry is of cost-efficient. Morespecifically, themain concern in Korea's Chaebol —came unstuckduring the nasal swab ranges from 26 to 46 sign files and clinical dataatnocost critical importance forsustaining economic Clearly,India needs to bolsterits banking allowinglarge corporates—that is,business 1998 crisis with disastrous consequencesfor cents; commercialswabs costabout to hospitals, clinics and licensedmed- growth. India’s banking system has changed system if it wantstogrowatafastclip. In this houses having totalassets of Rs 5,000crore the broader economy. $1 each, the authorssaid then. ical device companies around the alot since Independencewhen bankswere regard,itiscrucial to note that public sector or more,where thenon-financial business In the past, RBI has alwaysfrownedupon By now, “USF Health has printed world. ownedbythe private sector,resulting in a banks have been steadilylosinggroundto of the group accounts formorethan 40% in this suggestion. In fact, when the IWG morethan 100,0003D NP swabs, and “Medical 3D printing is housedin “large concentration of resources in the private banksasCharts 2, 3 and 4 show. terms of total assets or gross income—to reachedout to itsset of experts,itfoundthat hospitals around the worldhaveused the field of radiology,and RSNAand hands of afew business families”. Private banksare notonlymoreefficientand open their ownbanksisabasic conflict of barring one, all of them “wereofthe opinion our3Dfiles to print tens of millions the 3D Printing Special InterestGroup To achieve “a wider spread of bank credit, profitable but also have more risk appetite. interest, or moretechnically,“connected that large corporate/industrial houses should moreswabs forpoint-of-careuse,” Dr give us avoice. This project shows prevent itsmisuse, direct alargervolume of It is in this background that the IWGwas lending”. notbeallowed to promote abank”. Summer DeckerofUSF Health said in novelwaysthat radiology depart- credit flowtopriority sectors and to makeit asked to suggestchanges that notonlyboost astatement issuedbyRSNA. mentsaround the worldcan directly an effective instrument of economic devel- privatesector banking but also makeitsafer. What is connected lending? Then whyrecommend it? Afterresearchers designedand impacthospitals and clinical care opment”, the government resortedtothe na- Forthe mostpart, the IWG’s recommen- Simplyput, connected lending refers to The Indian economy, especiallythe pri- tested the3Dprinted alternative, duringacrisis likeCovid-19,” Dr tionalisation of banksin1969 (14banks) and dations areunexceptionable in that theybol- asituation wherethe promoterofabank is vate sector,needs money (credit) to grow.Far TampaGeneral Hospital (affiliated to Deckersaid. again in 1980 (6 banks). ster prudential norms so that the interests of also aborrowerand, as such, it is possible for from beingable to extend credit, the govern- USF) adoptedthe swab as itsstan- Source: Radiological Society With economic liberalisation in the early the depositorsare secure and banksand their apromotertochannel the depositors’ money ment-ownedbanksarestruggling to contain dard of careand beganprintingmore of NorthAmerica 1990s, the economy’s credit needs grew and promoters arenot abletogamethe system. intotheir ownventures. their non-performing assets. private banksre-entered the picture. As Connected lending has been happening Government finances were already Chart 1 shows, this had asalutaryimpact on Whyisthe recommendationtoallow foralong time and the RBI has been always strainedbeforethe Covid crisis.With growth INDIA ACTIVE CASES 443,486 credit growth. large corporates to float their ownbanks behind the curveinspotting it. The recent faltering, revenues have plummeted andthe However, even afterthree decades of being criticised? episodesinICICI Bank,Yes Bank,DHFL etc. government has limited ability to push for rapid growth, “the totalbalance sheetof Historically, RBI has been of the view that were all examples of connectedlending. The growth through the publicsector banks. 500,000 banksinIndia still constitutes less than 70 the ideal ownership status of banksshould so-calledever-greening of loans (whereone Large corporates, with deeppockets,are per centofthe GDP,whichismuchless com- promote abalance betweenefficiency, eq- loan afteranother is extendedtoenable the the ones withthe financial resources to fund pared to global peers” suchasChina, where uity and financial stability. borrower to paybackthe previous one) is of- India’s futuregrowth. this ratio is closer to 175%. Agreater play of privatebanksisnot tenthe starting point of suchlending. Of course, choosing this option is not 443,486 Moreover, domestic bank credit to the without itsrisks. The globalfinancial crisis Unlikeanon-bank finance companyor without seriousrisks. 480,719 450,000 5reasons why Oxford-AZ vaccine scores LAST 10 DAYS Nov14Nov 24 400,000 examined, the half dose givinghigher protec- 23,000 people who got the shot. about $2.50 adose. ANILSASI tion is reallygood news —asthe manufactur- In contrast, Pfizer’s vaccine costs about Note: The Nov23figure in this graph is based on thegovernment updateonNov 24 NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER24 ers will have moredoses available, making it Easier storage&distribution $20 adose, while Moderna’s is upwards of possible to covermoreofthe population,es- UNLIKE the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech $25. Thereisatheoretical possibility that the THE 70%overall efficacy readout notwith- peciallyinthe initial months when supply 3vaccines, whichmustbestored/trans- Oxford-AZ vaccine couldget even cheaper, INDIA TOTAL CASES WORLD TOTAL CASES standing, the AstraZeneca-OxfordCovid-19 willbeconstrained. portedat–20-80°C, theOxford-AZ candidate giventhe finding that asmaller initial dose is 9,139,865 59,401,413 vaccine, AZD1222, could comeasbetternews Also,the overall 70.4% efficacyis stillhigher can be stored at closer to normal fridgetem- moreeffectivethan alargerone. than that of the Pfizer-BioNTechand than formostflu jabs, whichoffer 40-60%. peratures, whichmeans it can bedistributed Source:MinistryofHealth&Family Source:JohnsHopkinsUniversity, Moderna vaccines, despitebothhaving earlier and administeredcheaper and faster. Made in India Welfare,updatedat11pmonNov24 updatedat11pmonNov24 reportedmuchhigher protectionofupto95%. Wider efficacy The vaccine can betransportedunder nor- SERUM InstituteofIndia’s Covishield, Here arefivereasons whythe AZD1222 pre- THE Oxford-AZ vaccine, from the prelim- mal refrigerated temperaturesof2-8°C, AZ 5whichthe Pune-basedcompanyhas been liminaryresultshold more promise,bothin 2inaryresults, shows that it worksacross said Monday. By comparison, Pfizer has to producing “at risk”, is avariant of AZD1222 medical termsand formarkets suchasIndia. all agegroups —includingthe elderly.Plus, distributeits vaccine using speciallydesigned and is currentlyundergoing late-stage hu- there’s areally interesting hint in the prelim- “thermal shippers” that use dryice to main- man trials.This could be among the firstvac- The half-dose boost inarydatathat the regimen is also able to re- tain temperatures of –80°C. cines that could be usedtoinoculateIndians THE analysis issuedbyOxford-AZ on duce asymptomaticinfection. Both theseas- The Oxford-AZ vaccine can be supplied once thebridgingstudy beingconducted in 1Mondayshowedastriking difference in pectsare being seen as big advantages over using the usual supplychain forvaccinescur- Indiaiscleared by the drug regulator. efficacy, dependingonthe amount of vac- the initial trial resultsput out by thePfizer- rentlyinuse across countries suchasIndia, Plus,the resultsofthe Oxford-AZ vaccine cine delivered—two full doses givena BioNTechcombine and Moderna. especially to rural areas wherecold chainlo- could beextremelypositive news forRussia’s month apartlooked to be just62% effective Crucially, if the Oxford-AZvaccine is better gisticsare weak. Sputnik Vvaccine, whichuses atechnology while, intriguingly,participantswho re- attacklingsymptomaticspread,itmightallow similar to AZD1222. The Russian vaccine is ceivedalower amount of the vaccine in afirst countriesto gettoapointwhereauthoritiescan Muchcheaper also under trials in India, with the involve- dose and then the full amount in the second stop the virus in itstracks, anditcan’t transmit ASTRAZENECA,whichhas pledged it ment of Hyderabad-basedDrReddy’s Labs. dose were found to be 90% less likelytode- frompersonto person.There’sgoingto bealot 4won’t makeaprofitonthe vaccine during India doesn’t reallyhaveany firm tie-ups velop Covid, compared withparticipantsin moredatatocomeandoverthenextmonthor the pandemic, has reachedagreementswith foreither the Pfizer-BioNTechorModerna the placebo group. so on theseaspects. governmentsand international health organ- vaccine —bothofwhichuse the novelmRNA While the reasons forthis arestill being Also,therewerenoseverecases in the isationssuchasGAVIthatpegsits costat technology —atpresent. WhysettlementofBrutribalshastriggeredviolentprotestsinTripura

Kanchanpur sub-division of NorthTripura Alliance (TIPRA) chairedbyPradyot Deb agitationwasstartedto save “ancestrallands” anypolicy decision regarding settling 5,000 DEBRAJDEB district would leadtodemographic imbal- Barman, scion of the erstwhile Tripuraroyal from Bru migrants. “Thoughopposed to the migrant familieswithin her jurisdiction.The AGARTALA,NOVEMBER24 ance, exertpressureonlocal resourcesand familyand formerly aCongress leader,has whole idea of having morepeople perma- selection of families of resettlement is still in potentiallylead to lawand order problems. thrownits supportbehind the Brus. Pradyot nentlysettlewithin limitedresources of the progress and no figurecan becitednow, she PARTSOFNorth Tripurahavewitnessed vi- has demanded action againstthe killers of area, we honoured theagreement signed by told The Indian Express. olent protests recentlyoverthe proposedre- Who arethe Brus? the fireman, and calledfor peace. centralandstategovernmentsandagreedto Aletterfromthe NorthTripuraDistrict settlement of Bru tribals. Onepersonwas Theyare acommunityindigenous to the The oppositionCongress and CPM, on the it.Butnowthedistrictadministrationhaspro- Magistratetothe Officer on Special Duty of killedinpolice firing on Saturday, aFire Northeast, living mostlyinTripura, Mizoram, other hand, have criticisedthe police firing. posed to setupsix of 12 resettlement sites in the Revenue Department, datedOctober 28, Service personnel diedofinjuries in hospi- and Assam. In Tripura, theyare recognised Kanchanpur alone and settle 5,000 families reads that the district administrationhad es- tal, and 23 people including 15 police per- as aParticularly Vulnerable Tribal Group. In What is the resettlement plan? here,” Baruah said. He allegedthat 650 timatedthefundrequirementforpermanent sonnel were injured. Mizoram, theyweretargetedbyethnic or- Over the last 10 months, the statehas Bengali families from around Kanchanpur settlement of 6,000Bru migrantsinthe dis- ganisations who demandedthat the Brus be planned12 resettlement spots across six dis- and 81 Mizo families from Jampui Hill range, trict. The figures inthe letter showthat 5,000 What arethe protests about? excludedfromelectoral rolls. trictswith 300familieseach. Under the whofleddueto “atrocities”byBrus,were yet Bru familieswereestimatedto beresettledin In 1997,37,000people of the Bru (or agreement,theCentrehasannouncedaspe- to be resettledtwo decades on. six locations in Kanchanpur sub-division. Reang) tribefledtoTripurafromMizoram, Howdid the protests in Tripura develop? cial development project with funding of Rs on account of ethnicclashes there. Since It startedwith memoranda, demonstra- 600crore.Eachresettledfamily will getan What is the government stand? Howhavethe Brus reacted? then,5,000have returnedtoMizoram while tions and press conferences of anewly estimated 0.03 acres (1.5 gandas)ofland for The RevenueDepartment has stressed Mizoram Bru DisplacedPeoples Forum 32,000 remain in camps in Tripura. In formedorganisationcalledNagarik Suraksha Avehicle burnt during the protests in building ahome, Rs 1.5lakh as housing as- that Bru migrantswould be settled in vari- general secretaryBrunoMsha saidthe agita- Januarythis year,anagreement wassigned Mancha. These escalated to highway block- NorthTripura. Express sistance, and Rs 4lakh as aone-time cash ouslocations identifiedinsix districts. The tionhasleftmigrantsinfearanduncertainty. by theCentre, thetwostate governmentsand ades and violent clashes with police. benefit forsustenance, amonthlyallowance government has clarifiedthat concerns “Weare sufferinganeconomicblockadedue Bru representatives to allow the remaining TheMizoConvention,aTripura-basedor- of Rs 5,000 and free rations fortwo years about the migrantsbeing settledinone place to thismovement.We haven’treceivedfood- 32,000to permanentlysettle in the state. ganisation, has teamedupwith the Mancha lowedtosettle in Kanchanpur. from the dateofresettlement. arefalse,and appealed to people to refrain grains as per ourrelief packagethis month ThisledtoprotestsfromBengaliand Mizo on aplatformcalledJoint Movement from sharing suchcontent on social media. and if this strikecontinues,wedon’t know groups in Tripura. Theyclaimthat settling Committee (JMC) and announcedthatnot Do the Brus have anysupport in Tripura? If it wasagreed, whythe protests? Kanchanpur Sub-Divisional Magistrate howlong we can putup,”hesaid,urgingthe thousands of migrantspermanentlyin morethan1,500Bru families would be al- The Indigenous Progressive Regional JMC convener SushantaBaruah said the ChandniChandrandeniedhaving received government to ensurelaw and order. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,WEDNESDAY,NOVEMBER25,2020 WORDLY WISE Banking institutions aremoredangerous to 10 THE EDITORIAL PAGE ourliberties than standingarmies. —THOMAS JEFFERSON Protecting Article 32

§ FOUNDED BY § RAMNATH GOENKA Right to constitutional remedies is the Constitution’s BECAUSE THE TRUTH INVOLVES US ALL soul. Surelyapexcourtismindful of that

OPEN CAUTIOUSLY Upendra Baxi

Banking sector needs morecompetition. But allowing corporates THE LEARNEDCHIEF Justice of India,Justice remedies it remains subject to thediscipline with the maintenanceofpublic order”, those SA Bobde, is reportedtohavestatedduring of judicial powerand process. “employedinany bureauororganisation es- in without strong regulation could heighten systemic risk the hearingofjournalistSiddique Kappan’s But the Courthas also discoverednew tablishedbylaw”for “intelligence or counter bail matter,that the Courtwas trying to “dis- facets of Article 32. As early as 1950, it has intelligence”, and “employedbyany Statebu- ESPITEREPEATEDCALLSforliberalisingentryintothebankingsectorinIndia, courage” recourse to Article 32, the funda- ruledthat powers underArticle 32 arenot lim- reau or organisationestablishedbyany Force” the ReserveBank of India (RBI) has until nowbeen conservative in itsap- mental right to constitutional remedies. ited to the exercise of prerogative writs;in for(or in connection with) “telecommunica- proachwhen it comes to grantingbank licences. Under both the 2001 and Pratap Bhanu Mehta, in ascathing article 1987 theCourtruledthat it haspowers to rule tion system”. Article32may notrestrict or D the 2013 licensingguidelines, onlyafew newprivate sector bankswereal- (‘Their Lordships &Masters’, IE, November forcompensation of violation of fundamen- abrogatethe “maintenance of discipline lowedtoenter the sector. Calls forallowinginbig corporatehouses have until nowbeen 18)says that the CJI has “unwittingly letthe talrights; and in 1999 it said that this power amongthem”. TheCourt has also upheld (in cat out of the bag”, demoting the fundamen- extendedtothe rectificationofits ownmis- 1997)the 50th amendment enlarging the firmlyresistedbythe central bank.But going by thereportofthe internal working group talright to amerematter of organisational takesorerrors. Thus, it is simplyunworthyto scope of this article against achallengeofthe (IWG) of the RBI, releasedonFriday,afundamentalshiftinthe thinking on this contentious adjudicative leadership. Forhim, this is “a attributeorimputeany insidious motive from basic structureofthe Constitution. Andthe issue appears to have takenplace. The IWGhas recommendedallowing large corporate/in- perfect metaphor forour times”, because astray remark: Does CJI Bobde at all wish to powermay validly be delegated to therule- dustrialhouses to promote banksinthe country,despitemostexperts cautioningagainst suchdiscouraging involves episodicsuspen- cancel all these norms, and more? making competence of the executive,pro- suchamove.While there canbenoargument againstthe needtousheringreater competi- sion of Article 32. Apartfromrecalling Manyfurther questions areraised. First, videdthat suchrules “arenecessaryfor en- tion, and the needfor greater private capital, especially at the current juncture, this recom- philosopher Walter Benjamin’s thesis that can the CJI or the Courtasawhole sufferfrom suring the proper discharge of duties by the thereis“no document of civilisation whichis epistemic collapsesoastoreceive sharpre- ArmedForces”. mendationcallsforavigorousandopendebateontheissueof corporateownershipof banks notatthe same time adocument of bar- minders and rebukes from citizen commen- Justice AK Patnaik,editing furtherDD before implementation. barism”, Idonot engagethe wider aspects of tators? Howmay we ever forget that justices Basu’s ShorterConstitution of India ,rightly Therisksassociated withallowing largecorporatehousestopromote banksare well his analysis but herefocus narrowly on the swear an oath to protect the “constitution by doubtsthe statepowertoamend alaw under known. As the former Governor and Deputy Governor of the RBI, Raghuram Rajan and Viral analytic of Article32. lawestablished”and that theyinheritjudicial Article 33,and particularly Article 34 ,autho- Acharya,havewarned, doing so could lead to “connected lending”, wherein depositors’ Thecat wasoutof the bag alongwhileago. worlds and wisdom? Second, justices usually rising Parliament to indemnify particular per- moneycouldeasilyfinditsway intothekittyof thecorporatepromotersandtheirconnected The apexjudicial process shows clearly that come to the SupremeCourtnot as Aliceen- sons “for anyact done…inconnectionwith the Courtregards Article 32 as ajudicial power ters the Wonderland; rather theyemerge as the maintenance or restoration of order in any businesses,heighteningsystemicrisk.Giventhequestionablestandardsofcorporate gover- subjecttothe fundamental principles of ad- judicial beings afterlong years at the bar and area within the territoryofIndia”. But even nance in Indian companies —numerous examples of cronycapitalism have come to light in ministration of justice. It has already extended the bench, and manyhaveservedas chief jus- such apower,JusticePatnaik rightlymain- the recent past—questions over conflict of interestare bound to arise.Asthe reportitself rules and doctrines suchaslaches (delays)or tices of one or morehigh court. Aretheythen tains, will noteclipse the right of a“person… mentions, “it will be difficult to ringfence the non-financialactivities of the promoters with resjudicata(amatter already decidedbya likelytosufferfromamnesia of the constitu- detainedwithout the authorityoflaw…to thatofthebank”.Thereisalsothefearof themorepoliticallyconnectedbusinesshousesob- competentcourt)or anyotherprincipleof ad- tional fact that Article32does notmerelycon- move forhabeas corpus”. tainingthese licences. And coming at atime whenmanylarge corporates areconsolidating ministration of justice. CJI MHidayatullah in ferwide powers on the Courtbut also the ju- The just demand foranexpeditious and their position in sectorafter sector, allowing bigger,muscular,and well-connected business Tilokchand (1970) said that what Article32 Thejust demand foran dicial duty to provide constitutional effectivebailsystem stemsfrommanifestdis- does is to keep open “the doors of this court” remedies? crimination in bail whereone case is fast housesentryintobanking couldlead to further concentration of power. This, as Rajan and expeditious and effective bail and requires the statenot to “putany hin- system stems from manifest Third, do lawyersand justices notknow trackedwhereas othersareconsignedtoslow Acharya have cautioned, could “exacerbatethe concentration of economic (and political) drance” to aperson seeking to approachthe thatwhatdistinguishes Article 32 from Article moving judicial action, even when rightsto powerincertain businesshouses”. Court. But this does notmean that “the Court discrimination in bail where 226 is theverydimension; the high court’s lifeandhealthare endangered.Scandalousju- It has been arguedthat suchconcernscan be addressed by strong supervisionand well mustignoreand trample under foot all laws of one case is fast tracked vast jurisdiction technicallycasts no duty on dicial delays, measuresofdecongestion and thought out regulation. However, recent episodes suchasthe collapse of IL&FS, the Nirav procedure, evidence, limitation, resjudicata whereas othersare them to enforcefundamental rights. They diversion, and abold resolution of “who Modiscam at the Punjab National Bank,and the implosion of thePunjaband Maharashtra and the like”. Justice MP Thakkar (and Justice have the discretion to actornot to;incontrast, watches the watchman” syndrome nowde- BC Ray) in Kanubhai Brahmbhatt (1987) went consigned to slowmoving the Supreme Courtmust. mand urgent apexresponse. Cooperative Bank,don'tinspireconfidenceintheregulator’ssupervisorycapabilities.Financial even further:Speaking of the “alarming pro- judicial action, even when Fourth, Article 32 is notabsolute, no con- As the Yale historian Rohit De reminds us skulduggeryisareality.Creative ways of circumventingregulationsarelikelytocropup.Thus portions” of judicial delays,theyobservedthat rights to life and health are stitutional right is. Of course, the Supreme vividly, Article 32 makes the apexcourtintoa the importance of firstbeefing up regulatory and supervisorycapabilities can’tbestressed “timefor imposingself-discipline has already endangered. Scandalous Courtdecides on what “appropriateproceed- “people’s court”. And future historians should enough. Whilethereisastrong casefor liberalising entryintothe banking sector, and to en- come, even if it involves shedding of some ings” should be forittobesomoved.But the notbeable to conclude that the Courtdeliber- judicial delays, measures of courage thecreationof bigprivatebankscapableof meetingthefinancingneedsof theecon- amount of institutional ego” and to “inspire Courtmay notprescribeany process as it likes atelydealtdeathblows to this “soul” of the omy, asystemofstringent checks andbalances will needtobeput in place before thecen- confidence in the litigantsthat justice will be decongestion and diversion, but onlythat process which preserves, pro- Constitution, as Babasaheb Ambedkar de- metedoutto themat the HighCourtlevel,and tectsand promotesthe righttoconstitutional scribed Article 32. tral bank contemplates anysuchstep. and abold resolution of ‘who other levels”. True, faith “mustbeinspired in watches the watchman’ remedies. the hierarchyofCourts andthe institution as Article 33 clearly says that the right will The writer is professor of law, University of awhole” and not” onlyinthis Courtalone”. syndrome nowdemand notextend to themembers of armedforces, Warwick,and former vice chancellor of BEFORE THEFIRSTSHOT So, even if thereisaconstitutionalrightto urgent apex response. those members of armedforces“charged Universities of SouthGujarat and Delhi India will needtobuild an adult vaccination system virtually from scratch. Thereisnotime to lose NTHE PAST three weeks, late-stage trials foraCOVID-19 vaccine have shownen- THE INVISIBLE PANDEMIC couraging results, even as manyparts of the world, including India, grapple with anew surge of infections.Particularlyhearteningfor India arethe interim data I from the trials of the vaccine jointlydevelopedbyOxfordUniversity and the Gender-based violence waspredictable, and preventable, fallout of lockdown pharma major,AstraZeneca. The Pune-basedSerum InstituteofIndia, acollaborator in the project, reportedlyanticipates the preventive “tobeavailable in the country very soon”. But it’s also evidentthatthe immunisation drive will be along-drawnaffairand the first SwarnaRajagopalan lotofthe vaccines will have to be rationed.The government has reportedlycreated a database of one crorehealthcareworkers who will getthe firstshot. The next challenge THE NATIONAL Commission forWomen ity and the desire to control. marriedforciblyandearly indesperationto see will be to createaninfrastructurefor storing and distributing the vials of the preventive soundedanalarm in early Aprilthatdomestic The onlyreal trickle-downeffect we know them safeand fed. We can onlyimagine the violencecaseshadspikedinjustthefirstweek of is proliferatingbrutalisation.Structural vio- plight of women and girls with disability,left and mobilising aworkforce to undertake the inoculation drive. of theCOVID-19lockdown,ashaddistresscalls. lence,asinthe deep-seated inequalitiesof alone to fend forthemselvesinthe aftermath. The OxfordAstraZeneca vaccine can be stored at 2to8degrees Celsius. This is good ThiswasechoedbytheUNSecretary-General Indiansociety,createsaclimatewherestate vi- Asthestreetsemptiedout,howmanywomen news forIndia because the countrydoes nothavethe cold storageinfrastructurerequired whousedtheterm“shadow pandemic”.Since olenceistoleratedbecausewe areconditioned sellingvegetablesortea—allowedtoworkafew by theother frontrunnercandidate,the Pfizer vaccine, whichmustbestoredatfreezer then, across the world, police, shelters and to granting others poweroverusand condon- hours aday—weremademorevulnerable to temperature. Muchworkwill still needtobedone to brace up refrigeration amenitiesat helplineshave confirmedthatalthoughthein- ing itsabuse. Those who areinstrumentalin harassment by passers-byorpolice?With multiple pointsinthe vaccine supplychain, including medical stores at the district and cidence of domestic violence wasalways carrying out the state’s coercive orders inter- “work-from-home”, howmanynew forms of villagelevels and the ill-equippedPHCs.Transporting the vaccines from the laboratories higher than we liked to admit, therewas an nalisethatsenseof entitlement.Whenthecon- workplaceharassmenthave emerged?We will alarming increase in itsfrequency duringthe stable who is rewardedfor brutality with un- knowonlywith time, howmanynew kinds of to the centres wheretheywill be administeredwill requirecoordination between pharma pandemic.Women,andgenderandsexualmi- dertrials goes home, the onlylanguage he has violence have emergedasproductsofthis ex- companies, healthcareand transportauthorities and administrative agenciesatdifferent norities were confinedindoors with their masteredisthatof coercive force.Thechildwit- tendedperiod of desperation, tedium and“no levels. Tracking eachvial as it movesacross the supplychain will be importantfor pa- abusersandevenmakingacallorsteppingout nesses dailyviolence and understands it to be oneislooking” impunity. tient safety. Anetwork of health workers will have to be trainedand deployedtoensure forshelterwerelikelytobeverychallenging. thenormallanguageofhumaninteraction.The Violenceistheominous,omnipresent,ob- that people don’t have to travel long distances to getthemselvesvaccinated. To thoseworkinginvictimsupportservices male child who gets everything he reaches for viousrealityinthelivesofgirls,women,sexual India does nothavemuchexperience of vaccination programmes across all agegroups. and advocacy againstgender-basedviolence, To those working in victim knows he is entitledand that he can grab with and genderminorities and many, manyboys. thisisnosurprise.Hadthestate,societyorme- impunity—because everyotherauthority fig- What we knowfromevery complexemer- The country’s immunisation drives, by and large,targetchildren and pregnant women. support services and dia paid anyattention to decades of feminist advocacy against gender- ure, political, social and economic, does. gency in history is that sexual and gender- Unlikethe US, whichhas an influenza inoculation programme, India will have to build an studiesorreports,we wouldhave knownhow While we have been focusedondomestic basedviolence is both early warning of acri- adult vaccination system virtuallyfromscratch. The challengeofinoculating asubstantial to bracefor suchaspike. But when the pan- based violence,the spikein violence, as in everyother crisis, we could an- sis as well as one of itsmostbrutal chunkof thecountry’s130crore population in about twoyears againstthe coronaviruscan demichit,wholesocietiestookcoverwithzero violence is no surprise. Had ticipatearise in other kindsofviolence too. consequences. Farfromshadowy or surpris- be gaugedfromthe fact that less than 20 crorechildren have been vaccinated againstpolio social protectioninplace, triggering ahuman- the state,societyormedia Mostrapes areperpetratedbypeople known ing,sexualandgender-basedviolencewasthe in 25 years. It’s imperative that the countryputsasysteminplace forthe purpose. itarian crisis to equal the impact of COVID-19. paid anyattention to decades to the victim; nowlockthemtogether in a mostpredictable consequenceofthe lock- Till date, publicdiscussion of the pan- small jointfamilyhome and imaginethe ter- down. Systematic creation of asupportinfra- demic’simpactongenderviolenceisconfined of feminist studies or ror. Remember thatthe lockdown made ac- structure(easy access helplines, secureshel- to domestic violence. But violencecannotbe reports, we would have cess to reproductive healthcare, including terserviceswithenablingcultures),bystander categorisedinairtightboxes—domestic vio- known howtobrace forit. abortion, very difficult. The tedium of lock- intervention awareness and gender violence CONSENSUS BUILDER lence; rape andsexualassault;streetsexual down is the newcontextofmarital rape, with sensitisation of the police and administration harassment;workplace sexualharassment; But when the pandemic hit, frustrationoverincomeuncertaintyproffered especiallyfor crisis contexts, would have mit- As chief minister,Tarun Gogoi ledAssam’s recovery custodialrape;conflict-relatedsexualviolence; whole societies took cover as justification. igated theepidemic of violence. But the truth communalviolence;war; dronestrikes;caste with zero social protections Thelockdownrenderedhundredsofthou- is we simplydonot careenough. afterthe insurgency years violence. Violence is the short-hand language in place,triggering a sandsjoblessandhomeless.Peoplefaintedand we use to communicate powerplayand, as diedonthatbrutalwalkhome.Whathappened The writer is an independent scholar and HEN TARUNGOGOI became chief ministerfor thefirsttime in 2001, such, different kindsand contexts of violence humanitarian crisis to equal to theirchildren?Howmanywererapedortraf- founder of Prajnya,whichhas worked for Assam wasreeling underthe aftereffectsoftwo decadesofviolent agi- lieonaspectrumwhichisdefinedbyinequal- the impactofCOVID-19 ficked?Wewillnotknowhow manygirlswere gender violenceawareness since 2008 W tations and insurgencies. Gogoi had twobattlestowin: Rebuild Assam from the wreckageofthe past andrebrandthe Congress as an inclusive party.Hewassuccessfulindoingboth—hewonthenexttwo electionsto becomethestate’s longest-serving CM and repaired Assam’s fractured society and crumbling economy. Gogoiwassuccessfulbecauseherecognisedtheimportanceof maintainingsocialpeace NOVEMBER 25,1980, FORTY YEARS AGO even in the face of graveprovocations. He engaged with different insurgent groups—ULFA, Bodoparties —and manymilitantsjoinedthe mainstream. He also skilfully negotiatedwith 5 KILLEDINASSAM Work in all central and stategovernment of- whomshiftedtothe states from the Centre the Centrefor financialsupport. Assam did see bomb blastsand communal violence under FIVE PERSONS WERE killedand severalin- fices wascompletely paralysed in almostall afterthe June Assemblyelections. Of the re- hiswatch, but Gogoi presented himselfasaleader with ahealing touch. Under Gogoi, the jured while troops were called in at two the districtsofthe BrahamaputraValleyas maining four seats, twowent to theLok Dal Congress managed to overcome the perception that it wasinimicaltoregional and ethnic places to restoreorder on the firstday of the employees did notturn up despitethe gov- and one eachtothe BharatiyaJanataParty state-wide indefinitenon-cooperation ernment's stern warning. and the JanataParty. interests,the legacy of itspolitical positioningduring the Assam Movement. Gogoichampi- movementinAssam,launchedbycentral onedtheAssamAccordandbelievedthataNationalRegisterofCitizensofferedasolutionto and stategovernment employees. Of the five MANDATEFOR CMS CHARLESINDELHI thestate’slongstandingcomplaintaboutillegalmigration.Hehadanuancedpositiononthe dead, threewerekilledinpolice firinginthe THE CONGRESS-I CHIEF ministers of PRINCE CHARLES, HEIR apparent to the matter and refusedtoframe it in religious terms.Gogoi wasinthe forefront when Assam industrial town of Tinsukia andthe others Maharashtra,Orissa andRajasthanwon mas- British throne, wasaccordedawarm wel- took to the streetsagainstthe amendment to the citizenshipAct. wasstabbed to death at Kalapahar and sive mandateasresultsinthe Assemblyby- come at Palam airport. He is in India on a12- Longyearsinpoliticsandgovernment—GogoijoinedtheCongressunderIndiraGandhi, Maligaon area of Guahaticity.Troops were elections gave the party amarginal gain. daystate visit and wasgreeted by dignitaries, calledintosupportcivilian authorities. The With resultsfor all but three of the 15 seats including ambassadors, Union ministers and servedinthe Narasimha Raoministry, and wastrustedbybothSonia and Rahul Gandhi— movement is in support of acharterofde- declared, the Congress-I got eightseatsand heads of missions. He wasgreeted by had,perhaps,convincedhimthat aggressive measuresare unlikelytoresolve problemsthat mands, including an immediatesolution to the opposition wonfour.The chief ministers External Affairs MinisterPVNarasimha Rao stemmedfromthe legacies of colonialismand Partition. Gogoi’s method wastolet wounds theforeigners issueand andmeeting the who wonlandslide victories areJBPatnaik, and theotherministers presentincluded P heal and build on the positives. Assam, and the country, benefited from this approach. sevendemands of secretariat employees. ARAntulayand Jagannat Pahadia, all of CSethi, NDTiwari and Pranab Mukherjee. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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came masked up or wrappedtheirtradi- tional gamchha or sari as ameasureofpro- tection. Glovesand protective gear hitherto associated withhospitals became embed- dedinthe election process with ease. Third, even whenaffordedachoice to use the postalballot, an overwhelming ma- VinaySitapati jority of the aged andthe infirm preferred to usethe EVM at the polling station.The Ashish Kundra much-malignedmachine wonoverthe pa- AJUGALBANDI IS aconcertfeaturing two per ballot. This is atributetothe belief of musicians with separatestyles andoften Indian peopleinthe robustnessofthe elec- distinctinstruments. Yet, theysomehow THE DUSTHAS settledonthe polling fields tronic machine,political rhetoric notwith- managetomakemusictogether.Narendra of Bihar.Anewgovernment has assumed standing. Modi and Amit Shah areonlythe latestina office. The “masked”swearing-incere- Fourth, the entireadministrative ma- long line of jugalbandisinthe Bharatiya monywas asobering reminder of these dif- chineryofthe state, whichwilly-nillygets JanataParty.The firstwas from the early ficult times. The run-up to the elections, involvedinelections one wayorthe other, 1950s duringthe early years of the Jana amid apandemic, turnedthe spotlight on worked as ateam united towardsacom- Sangh —the precursor party to the BJP. the Election Commission. Aquotidian af- mon goal. The health department of Bihar Syama PrasadMookerjee,the youngest fair became an extraordinarychallenge. deliverednot only the kits to be usedby vice-chancellorinthe history of Calcutta Democracies around the worldwere over 7,00,000 polling personnel, but also University,was theeruditevoice in equallyconfounded. It wasaHobson’s made precise arrangementsfor safedis- Parliament. His partner wasDeendayal choice —toconduct elections in time or to posal of bio-medical waste. Police and ex- Upadhyaya,deputed from the RSS to pro- defer them to an uncertain future.Afew cise authorities steppeduptheir vigil,es- videthe organisational chords to nations dithered,while others likeSouth pecially along the borders, making record Mookerjee’s rhetorical flourishes. This Koreawentahead. On September 25, the seizures of cash and liquor. choice of Mookerjee and Upadhyaya was Chief Election Commissioner,while an- TheElection Commission plays the pre- deliberatesocial engineering. Hindu nation- nouncing the schedule of elections, pro- eminent role of superintendence, direction alism always knewitwas both amovement claimedthat it wasa“leap of faith and not and control of elections, unlikesome other seekingtoshape society as well as aparty aleap intothe dark.” democracies. The Constitution arms it with pursuingpower.Itneededanoratoraswell The numbers were staggering. Bihar, the necessaryhefttoenforce order.Each as an organiser. with morethan 73 million electors, out- election has seen an incremental improve- The jugalbandi that embodiedthis most strips the entirepopulation of the United ment over previous ones. The commission wasthe 60-year-long partnership of Atal Kingdom. Astate whichwas bequeatheda has embracedthe use of technology on a BihariVajpayeeand Lal KrishnaAdvani. proud legacy of having giventhe worldits muchgreater scalethan farmoreadvanced Both had separatestylesand distinctinstru- firstrepublic is no ordinarystate.Aconstel- nations. The entirecycle of voting, from ments. Vajpayeegrew up in apoor Gangetic lation of factors forced it to demonstrate registration of voters to counting, is apart Brahmin familyand joinedthe RSS because leadershipyet again. The die wascastand of an integrated digital framework. of hiscaste and because hisGwalior was elections had to be heldintime. Aniggling Candidatesand political parties secureper- also Marathi-speaking. Advani came from doubt remained. Would voters shyaway missions online and file nominations dig- the cosmopolitan Karachi of the 1930s. He from turning up at the polling booth? itally. People with disabilities areable to spokeEnglish before he learnt Hindi, and Globalexperts raisedared flag on the pos- voluntarilymakerequests forwheelchairs his wealthyfamilyownedahorse-driven sibility of lowturnout. Amammoth prepa- andspecialassistance. Deploymentofthe Victoriacarriage(aluxury even in Karachi) ration exercise followed. Consultationwith electronicallytransmitted postalballotfor and possessed alavishhome with aroom politicalparties, governmentmachinery members of the armedforces and diplo- just forgames. Had it notbeen forthe cata- CRSasikumar and other stakeholders wasset intomo- matic missions abroad has helpedinin- clysmofPartition —whichturnedthe pros- tion. Detailedinstructions and advisories creasingtheir participation in elections. A perous Advanis intopenniless refugees — speltout safetyand health protocols. The crowd-sourcing of time-stamped photos Advani might neverhavejoinedthe RSS. He professional compatibility, theability for Vajpayeetostepdown. Forthe next nine results were astounding. People of Bihar and videos alertthe authorities on viola- was, and this is the irony, toomuchofa onetohandleparty and theothertoman- years, Vajpayeemight have sulked on mute, beliedall expectations. The numberswere tions of the model code of conduct, “Macaulayputra”. ageParliament.But the thirdand mostim- but he continuedtobepartofthe BJP,serv- higher than what theyhad been five years prompting quickaction.Anational election What accentuated these social diver- portant reason forthe strengthoftheir re- ing underAdvani as the party movedina ago. Morethan 57 per cent voters exercised management body has helpedinthe stan- gences was—as is well known—ideologi- lationship wasthe teamwork embedded moreradical direction. Cut to 1995, when their franchise in athree-phase poll.Itwas dardisation of rules of the game and defin- cal postures that seemthe reverse of their intotheir political ideologies. Right from Advani —who wasthe RSS’s choice for areaffirmation of their unwavering faith in ing uniform processes forregistration, vot- backgrounds. Vajpayeewas the“moderate” theiryouth, the RSS tells itsown one ac- prime minister —announcedVajpayeeas democracy. Equally, it wasatestimonyto ing and counting. The utility of this who knewhow to seduce Parliament;he count of history.This version has Hindus prime ministerialcandidate. Advani re- the abiding trustinthe Election institutionwas alsobrought in sharp relief, wasthe greatestpolitical orator India has losing battles and beinginvaded by foreign- alisedthat,inthe coming elections, the BJP Commission to conduct elections which giventhe timely andorderly declaration of produced. Advani wasthe “hardliner”who ersbecause of back-stabbing and in-fight- could notwin amajority and the coalition arenot onlyfreeand fair,but safeaswell. results. Trenchant critics also raisedatoast could divine themood of the cadre andof ing. The veracity of this history is beside the allies it needed would recoilfromhis blunt Afew things stand out from the mas- to the immaculatearrangementsfor Bihar the RSS. Morethan Parliament,hecared point. What mattersisthatits lessons have image. Therestishistory,asVajpayeebe- sive electoral exercise, whichdeserve spe- elections. what the party headquarters at Ashoka been converted to an ethic of organisational There waspersonal came prime minister thrice —in1996, 1998, cial attention. First, in astate with the high- Wavesofpandemics, by theirveryna- Road in Delhi and RSS basecamp at unity —what Icall “Hindu Fevicol” in my and 1999 —and Advani served wordlessly estpopulation density,voters even in ture, take time to abate. Some early signals Hedgewar BhawaninNagpur thought. recentbook on the BJPbeforeModi. It is an chemistryofcourse – under him. Foraduo to switchpositions remote rural hinterland demonstrated re- of development of avaccine have raised Therewas an element of acting in both ethicdemonstratedbyVajpayeeand Va jpayee and Advani’s once(likeDhoniand Kohli) is noteworthy. solve and discipline.For the mostpart, they hope of humanity beating the vexatious these outlooks; Vajpayeeand Advani knew Advani’s ability to see each other through. shared love forBollywood To have them switch places twice has no queuedupasprescribed,maintaining the virus. Democracy,whichdefines the soul the role theyhad to play. But therewas also In acountryashierarchical as India, pro- films and their matching precedentanywhereinthe world. etiquetteofsocial distancing. Managing of our nation, cannotbeheld hostage to the muchauthenticity to the act. fessional rankings formulated early tend to A jugalbandi is aconcert revelling in dif- crowds during campaigns wasatougher invisible enemy. Even aforce majeure can- Yet, despitethese differences,Vajpayee persist. Diplomats, bureaucrats, and gener- emotional quotients. Both ference.But it is morethan that. Both per- proposition. Caseswereregisteredinin- notshakethe democratic compact which and Advani worked together to controltheir alsfrom“senior batches” would rather re- were sensitive men, capable formers have thesame status; no musician stances of egregious violations. binds our country. party from 1968 (afterDeendayal’s murder) signthan serveunder a“junior”. To work of cryingorlaughing at the is the accompanist of the other.Theyare Second, the messaging of safeprotocols allthe waytill2004(when the BJP lostthe undersomeone who has once worked un- both playing an equal music.Whattomake, resonated withthe masses.People, who The writer is Deputy Election national elections). Their partnership en- deryou is consideredaloss of face. One of drop of ahat. Thesecond then, of the musicbeingplayedintoday’s were ordinarilyunaccustomedtowearing Commissioner, Election Commission of abled the firstbloom of the lotus. And even thefew exceptionsisthe exampleofcrick- strand in their bond was BJP? Narendra Modi is currentlyAmit masksevenduring times of contagion, India. Viewsare personal when the love from their political marriage eter ViratKohli whofirstreported to cap- professional compatibility, Shah’sboss. But if their party requires, are evaporated (whichitdid from 1998 to tain MSDhoni, then one daybecame the abilityfor one to handle theycapable of oneday switching places? 2004)theyremainedunited.Divorce was Dhoni’s captain. It goes to Dhoni’s credit Vajpayeeand Advani, forall their many notanoption. that he continuedserving despitethis de- partyand the other to manyfoibles, were drivenbysomething This ability to sticktogether through motion. Team-buildingmattered morethan manage Parliament. But the largerthan themselves. Howwill history thickand thin wasbasedonthree entwined ego-massages. third and most important judge today’s jugalbandi? LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR strands. Therewas personal chemistryof Nowconsider this:From1968to1986, reason wasthe teamwork course —their shared love forBollywood Vajpayeewas the leader of his party,and Sitapatiisthe author,mostrecently,of films and their matching emotional quo- Advani served under him.But in 1986, the embedded into their political Jugalbandi: The BJP BeforeModi. TOO MUCH POWER tients. The second strand in their bondwas RSS forced the“Gandhian socialist” ideologies. He teachesatAshoka University THIS REFERS TO thereport,'Allowing IDEAS corporates to ownbanksapotential risk' (IE, November 24). The proposal to open ONLINE up bank licences forcorporates will ex- acerbatethe concentration of economic ONLYINTHE EXPRESS and political powerinbusinesshouses. It will increase the importance of money ● CRITICISMTHATGOESTOO Leader with ahealing touch powerinour political system,and will FAR: leadtoauthoritarian cronyism.The po- HITESHJAIN tential contagian risksofthis uncalled- formovewill leadtocorporatedefaults ● AHEALTHPLANFORBIHAR: TarunGogoi had the ability to disagree without upsettingcolleague or foe rising significantly. The countrywill do PIASEN better if professional management is brought intoPSBs, and sell stakes to the www.indianexpress.com PradyotManikya Bikram Debbarma broaderpublic, forenergy and efficiency in them. GROWINGUPINthe northeastofIndiain face and approachable natureendeared have been able to holdtheirown in the so- himonalotofissues suchasNRC and CAA, RajivBoolchand Jain, Zirakpur the Nineties wasnot easy. There wouldbe him to all. In an ageofshowmanship,power callednational parties.The sloganIndirais and Iopenlydisagreedwith the Congress ilywould travel to farawayDelhi, to visit frequentbandhs, especially on January 26 andarrogance,Gogoi's biggeststrength was India, coined by DKBaruah,isanexample high command. He agreedwith me in pri- NOPLAN GurdwaraSis GanjSahib. My grandfa- and August15, when insurgent groups to makeeveryone feel lovedand wanted. of the sycophancy leaders from the region vate,but to my dismaynever spokeout ther explainedthe significance of this would “request” us to avoidjoining the cel- Even his biggest detractors willagree that could stoop to.Gogoi wasdifferent. He be- forcefullyontheseissues.Frustrated,Ileft THIS REFERS TO the report, ‘SC seekssta- pilgrimage. In the lastquarterof17th ebration of the “Indian colonial state”. It he wasnot avicious person. longedtoagenerationofleaderslike theCongress while he stayed on. Ihaveal- tus report from states, Centre’ (IE, century, ourcountry sawits rights and would be unimaginable to ventureout after As an administrator,Gogoi wasmoreof William Sangma, Hiteshwar Saikia, Santosh ways felt he could have done moretoinflu- November 24). The Supreme Court's liberties being snatchedawaybythe sunsetwithout your parentsworrying adelegator.This ensured the emergence of Mohan Dev, Bibhu Devi, GGSwell and SC ence opinion in the party because of his consternation over the COVID spikede- rulers. Pandit Kripa RamDuttfrom aboutyou and almost allbusinessestab- agroup of second-rung leaders in the party Jamir,who heldswayontheir ownand stature. When Imet him earlier this year spiteits suo motu intervention in June Martand,Kashmi. brought this to the lishments would shutbeforedusk. under histutelage, among them Himanta were notseenasthe voice of “Delhi” in the during aSupremeCourthearing on the is evident from the direction to states notice of ReveredGuru TegBahadur at Assam wasnodifferent when Tarun BiswaSarma,Pradyut Bordoloiand Northeast. This is an important aspect miss- CAA, he smiledand said: “I understand why and the centretofile status reportsin AnantpurSahib in May1675. TheGuru Gogoi assumedresponsibility as chief min- Rockybul Hussain. Detractorsoften criti- ing in today’s Congress —the absence of youleftthe party,but this is howthe party twodays.Itmay be recalledthat this raisedhis voice forthe countrymen and isterofthe state. It wasatimewhen people cisedhim forbeing soft on religious minori- strong regional leaders who echo the senti- functions these days.” Iwas no longerup- court hadearlier rejected aPIL forfor- soon wasimprisonedand tortured at were trying to migratefromthe statefor a ties. The truth is he inherited this problem. mentsofthe region to Delhi. setbut bowled over by his honesty and hu- mulationofanationalplan to combat Delhi and finallybeheadedatSis Ganj better life. An incompetent administration In fact, oneofthe factorsthathelpedthe The demise of Tarun Gogoi marks the mility.Tarun Gogoi the man wasnodiffer- COVID-19.Moreover, it is notclearhow at ChandaniChowk on November 11, had pushedthe statetothe brinkofbank- Congress win consecutive elections under end of an era. As chief ministerofAssam, ent from Tarun Gogoithe chiefminister. the SC is going to assess or audit these 1675. In 1783,Baghel Singh built the ruptcy.The shadowofULFAand SULFA(a Gogoi’s leadership washis subtle rejection he rebuilt the stateand itseconomy. This abilityofGogoi's—to disagree reports to it's satisfaction. The key to suc- GurdwaraSis Gunj. The indebtedNation state-backedinsurgent outfit of surren- of an alliance with AIUDF leader, Millennialsmay notremember, but if their withoutupsetting aformer junior colleague cess in disastermanagement is pre- gave thetitleof“Hind-di-Chadar”—the dered militants) loomedlarge over the most Badaruddin Ajmal. It is said there was livesare significantlybetterthan ours, some or afoe —isaquality all of us could tryto paredness. Inadequacies in terms of lo- Shield of Bharat —tothe reveredGuru. prosperous and populated stateinthe tremendous pressureonGogoi from the credit goes to Gogoi. He wasaman who ap- emulate. His demise maynot be felt imme- gistics,humanresources, and lackofa Since 1979 on Republic Day, the Sikh Northeast. Congress central leadership to “accommo- preciated ordinaryparty workers and never diately, but whenAssam’s political history well-coordinatedplan areevident from Regiment salutes twice —oncetothe The Assamesepeople,who had date”Ajmal before the2006assemblyelec- failedtoacknowledge their contribution (I is written, it would be impossibletoover- impromptumeasures acrossstates. President and the secondtime to emergedafter agitations in the 1970sand tions. But to his credit, Gogoi defiedthe have personallywitnessedthis from my look his contributions, especiallythe im- LRMurmu, Delhi GurdwaraSis Ganj. Sikh history andits ’80s, were in desperateneedofhope. An al- leadership and this opendefianceproved YouthCongress days). His biggest strength pact of his 15 years as CM. All of us who link with Kashmir is little known and ternative emergedinTarun Gogoi, who was to be adecisivefactor in the Congress win- washis humility,something hardtospot knew him,irrespective of party affiliation, KASHMIR AND GURU shouldbemade partofthe school notyour traditional crafty politician but a ning the election. The people of Assam saw among ourcurrent leaders. will mournhis demise. curriculum. leader who providedthe statewith amuch- his stance as acommitment to preservethe Idid notalways agree with him when IN THE EIGHTIESinKashmir;myfam- Reapan Tikoo, via email neededhealing touch. It is notthat he did heritage andcultureofthe state. we were in the same party. In hindsight,as The writer is chairman, Indigenous nothaveadversaries, but his ever-smiling Notmanyleaders from the Northeast ayoungerperson, Iwas more forceful than Progressive Regional Alliance WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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Allahabad High Court calls From vaccine-readiness to need Stubbleburningcases 2judgments on interfaith for funds: what states told PM up46%inPunjab, marriage ‘not IN AN online interaction with Chief Ministers on Tuesday, Prime good law’ MinisterNarendraModi warned againstany laxity in fighting the pandemic and calledfor meas- down28%inHaryana ASADREHMAN ures to reduce the positivity and LUCKNOW,NOVEMBER24 fatality rates. The Indian Express trend in their AFEs. takesalook at what the states told ESHA ROY & The early startto TheCentrehasblamedthein- QUASHINGANFIR that accuseda the Prime Minister: ANJU AGNIHOTRI CHABA harvesting this year crease in stubble burning in Muslimmanof abductingaHindu NEW DELHI, CHANDIGARH, Punjab on “the lackofground- woman and forcefullymarrying MAHARASHTRA: Chief Minis- NOVEMBER 24 could be one of the levelimplementation of Centre- her afterconverting her to Islam, terUddhavThackeray requested reasons forincreased supportedschemes”. theAllahabadHighCourthassaid Prime MinisterNarendraModi STUBBLE BURNINGinPunjab in- cases of stubble This year,therewere26days that“twoadultsare freeto choose to instruct all the political parties creasedby46percentthisyearin in Punjab during whichstubble their partner” and that it is their to refrain from holding political PM Modi and Home MinisterAmit Shah during the virtual meetwith CMs Tuesday. PTI comparisonto lastyear,according burning in Punjab, burningcontributedto morethan right to freedom of choice as to protests and nottoplaypolitics to datareleasedbytheMinistryof according to experts 10 per cent of PM 2.5 levels while whomtheywouldliketolivewith. with livesofpeople during the Environment,ForestsandClimate therewere21suchdays in 2019. The BenchofJustice Pankaj pandemic.“Allour effortsmay situation is under control, urging districtsadjoining NCR. He also He also mentionedheightened Change. Professor SNTripathi of IIT- Naqvi and Justice VivekAgarwal fail and it mayinvitethe Covid the PM to send funds to tackle the said that Haryana will notimpose community surveillance. “I want In areporton‘Active Fire Anotherfactor,saidAeri,could Kanpur,anexpertmember in the also said that the High Court's wave,” he said. Thackeray’s re- pandemic. Lamenting the non- night curfew but “morestrictness to reassurethe people of Gujarat Events(AFE)’, the Ministryfound have beentheprotests againstthe National Clean Air Programme, judgmentsintwo previous cases questcomes againstthe back- payment of Rs 8,500crore in GST is being focusedupon during the that the situation is completely that therewere76,537incidents Centre's farm laws.“In some dis- said he wassurprisedtofind inci- of interfaith marriages whereit drop of the protests that the BJP dues, she said the statehas al- dayhours when people tend to under control. Thereisnoneed of stubble burning in Punjab be- trictswherefarmer unions are dentsofstubbleburninginPunjab hadobservedthat“conversionjust organisedacross the stateover ready spent around Rs 4,000 gather and crowds areformed”. to panic,” he said. He said two tween September 21 and strong, theyinstigated farmers to in August-September.“This was forthe purpose of marriageisun- the reopening of places of wor- crorefor Covid management but committees have been formed November 22 as against52,225 setstubble on fire as markof quitesurprising as peak stubble acceptable” were “notgood law”. ship and on inflated powerbills the Centrehas onlyreleasedRs CHHATTISGARH: Chief Minis- to oversee the vaccination drive. sucheventsduring the same pe- protestagainstthe Centre's laws. burningtakesplacefromthethird The order assumes signifi- in Maharashtra. He said the gov- 193crore.Participating in the terBhupesh Baghel said the Covid riod in 2019. Even those farmers who had ear- week of October till November cance as Uttar Pradesh Chief ernment is working as per the video conference from Bankura, situation was“under control” in RAJASTHAN: Chief Minister During the same period, AFEs lierbeenmanagingstubbleineco- firstweek.ButthisyearinPunjab, MinisterYogi Adityanath had Centre’s instructions and atask Banerjee said the countryislook- the state. He said the positivity Ashok Gehlotrequestedthat each inHaryanawentdownfrom6,551 friendlyways burnt their stubble therewereactive fire eventseven cited one of the same High Court forcehas been setuptomanage ing forwardtoanearly vaccina- rate was4per cent in July, 8per stateshouldonlyuse the RT-PCR lastyearto 4,675thisyear(adrop this year,” he told The Indian by the end of Augustand early judgmentstobring alaw against vaccination in the state. tion programme and assuredthat cent in August, 15 per cent in method fortesting, pointing out of 28.6 per cent), according to Express. September.Also, the numbers ‘love jihad’. her stateisfullyprepared forit September,10.5 per cent in that Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu the report. Expertssaythattheriseinfires were higher than lastyear by 100 “None of these judgments KERALA: Chief MinisterPinarayi with adequatehuman resources October,reducing to 7per cent in were the onlystateswhere100 Onpossiblereasonsfortherise is surprising considering Punjab percent.Thenumberof incidents dealt with the issue of lifeand lib- Vijayanpointed to the financial and infrastructure. She said that November.Hesaid the fatality per cent of the testswerecarried instubbleburningcasesinPunjab had less stubble to managethis alsoincreasedmarginallyinUttar erty of twomatured individuals crisis being facedbyKerala and despitemassive rail movement rate stood at 1per cent in out this way. He said that due to this year,agricultureexpertand year —production of stubble has Pradesh and Rajasthan, but those in choosing apartner or their demandedthe Centretoallot and Durga Puja, Kali Puja and October-November.Hesaid the the state’s initiatives, the death former Punjab Director, gonedownby 15%thisyear—and weren't significant and wouldn’t right to freedom of choice as to funds to give financial assistance Chhatth festivities, West Bengal statehas enoughtesting equip- rate is constantlybelow1per Agriculture,SutantarKumarAeri, enoughresources(74,000stubble have had an impact. In Haryana, with whom theywould liketo forthe families of those who have has seen improvement in terms ment and beds. cent, and at present it is 0.89 per saidharvestingstartedearly with managementmachinesthistime) active fire eventshavedecreased. live.Wehold the judgmentsin diedofCovid-19. He said the de- of the fatality,positivity and re- cent, said an official release from the early onsetofwinter. in hand. Of course,we don’tknowwhy this Noor Jahan and Priyanshi as not layinallotting GSTcompensation covery rates. GUJARAT: Chief MinisterVijay the Rajasthan government. He “In 2019,wehad rains in Accordingto theministry, dis- increase (in Punjab) has taken laying good law,”the courtsaid, to the stateshouldbeavoidedand Rupani pointed to arrangements also spokeofincreasedcapacity September.Thatwasmissingthis trictssuchasSangrur,Bathinda place but it is definitelyalarming referring to the previous orders of the demands of the states should HARYANA: Chief Minister to deal with the post-Diwali of hospital beds, ensuring more year,making conditions ideal for and Firozpur in Punjab have the and needs to belookedinto,’’ said the High Courtintwo interfaith be factored in the recommenda- Manohar Lal Khattar said testing spikeinthe number of cases. As ventilators and strengthening the early harvesting and sowing. So highestAFE (active fire events) Tripathi. couple cases. tions of the 15th Finance in Haryana has reached1.24lakh per an official statement, the oxygen supplysystem. farmers didn’t wait forthe stub- counts, with their AFEs rising by Prof Tripathi added, “What The court, however, added, Commission, he said, according per million, higher than the na- stategovernment pointedto WITHENSINPUTSFROM ble management machineryto 45.7%,35%and40.5%respectively has to be looked at is if the “Weclarify that while deciding to astatement.The states should tional average. He said an analysis night curfew,weekend curfew MUMBAI,KOLKATA, reachthem,andwentaheadwith over 2019. Central schemes rolledout in this petition,wehavenot com- be givenmorefreedom in the of datapointed to high case load and restrictions on gatherings, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, wheat sowing immediatelyafter The reportsaid that this year, 2017-18are being implemented mented upon the validity of al- utilisation of the statedisasterre- from districtsaround NCR. After besides anumber of vacant beds, RAIPUR,CHANDIGARH, harvesting paddy and setting the all districtsofPunjab, exceptSBS by the stategovernments, andif leged marriage/conversion.” sponse fund, said Vijayan. the meeting, the Chief Minister increasing the effectiveness of AHMEDABADANDJAIPUR stubble on fire,” he said. Nagar, have shown an upward not, then why.” The courtmade the observa- announcedrestrictions on gath- ambulance services and the 104 tions on November 11 while WESTBENGAL: Chief Minister erings across the statefrom fever helpline which2.78 lakh FULLREPORTON hearing apetition filedby MamataBanerjee said the Covid November 26, especiallyinsix people have sought help from. www.indianexpress.com RAJIV GANDHI ASSASSINATION Salamat Ansari and Priyanka Kharwar(Alia), whichsought Stalin meets TN Governor quashing of the FIR filedbythe woman’s father.The couple, who PM likely to visit Serum TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE had got marriedinAugustlast year afterKharwarconverted to Institute over weekend CASES: RECOVERED:86,04,955 for release of convicts Islam, said in their petition that 267 DAYSSINCE 91,77,840 DEATHS:1,34,218 the FIR was“prompted by mal- PANDEMIC the sevenconvicts--Nalini ice and mischief”. tration waswaiting foranofficial BEGAN TESTS: 13,36,82,275 | DOUBLING RATE: 149.49** ARUNJANARDHANAN Centrehas Sriharan and her husband The FIR, lodged in Kushinagar SUSHANTKULKARNI communication. CHENNAI,NOVEMBER24 told SC up to Murugan, Santhan, Jayakumar, district, had booked Ansari, his &ANURADHA In viewofthis, a‘familiarisa- Governor to Robert Payasand PRavi- mother and brother forkidnap- MASCARENHAS tion visit’ to Pune of foreign am- UPAALLYand DMK leader MK take call on chandran, apartfrom ping, inducing awoman to com- PUNE,NOVEMBER24 bassadors and high commission- Stalin metTamil Nadu Perarivalan Perarivalan. pel her to marriage, assault and ers on November 27 has been Governor Banwarilal Purohit Perarivalan, from Jolarpettai criminal intimidation. Police had PRIME MINISTER NarendraModi postponedtoDecember 4. The Tuesdayand sought the imme- near Vellore, Nalini, from also invokedsections of the is likelytovisit the Serum foreign ambassadors and high diaterelease “on humanitarian batterycells forSivarasan, the Chennai, and Ravichandran, Protectionof ChildrenfromSexual InstituteofIndia and Gennova commissionersarealsoexpected KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG DOUBLING grounds” of the sevenpersons LTTE member who master- from Madurai, areIndian citi- Offences ActagainstAnsari. Biopharmaceuticals —two insti- to visittheSerumInstituteofIndia TOWATCH CASES 24HOURS GROWTH* TIME** sentencedtolifeinthe assassi- mindedthe assassination. zens while the rest areSri “Wedonot see Priyanka tutes in Pune in various stages of andGennovaBiopharmaceuticals nation of former Prime Speaking to reporters, Stalin Lankan nationals. Kharwarand Salamat as Hindu producingand testing avaccine during their one-dayvisit. ■ Maharashtra 17,84,361 4,153 0.28% 257.15 MinisterRajiv Gandhi in 1991. said: “Yet again, we have asked It wasthe petition filedby andMuslim,ratherastwogrown- againstcoronavirus —overthe Local administration officials, ■ Kerala 5,66,453 3,758 1.02% 70.78 Adecision by the Tamil the Governor to take the deci- Perarivalan in December 2015 up individuals who out of their weekend to understand the however, said theyhad started ■ Delhi 5,34,317 4,454 1.27% 56.77 Nadu government to release sion immediately... Perarivalan’s that reviveddemands forthe ownfreewillandchoiceareliving process of vaccine production preparingthegroundworkforthe the seven, who have served mother Arputham Ammal has release of the convicts. In together peacefullyand happily and distribution. PM’svisit.Topadministrative and ■ West Bengal 4,59,918 3,557 0.81% 88.52 nearly 30 years of rigorous im- been fighting forjustice for September 2018,the Supreme over ayear.The courts and the While Serum Instituteistest- police officials from Pune and ■ Haryana 2,19,963 2,663 1.22% 58.89 prisonment, is pending forap- morethan 29 years. We have Courtdirected the Governor to Constitutional courts in particu- ing and manufacturing the Pimpri-Chinchwad have held proval before the Governor explainedall these factors to the decide on the pardon plea as he *Compounded Daily Growth Rate over last7days**Calculated over 7-daygrowth lar areenjoinedtouphold the life Oxford-AstraZenecavaccinecan- meetings about various arrange- since September 2018. Governor.The Governor replied “deemedfit”. Within three and liberty of an individual guar- didate, Gennova Biopharmace- mentstobemade forthe visit of CASEFATALITYRATIO POSITIVITYRATE DAILYIN,DAILYOUT DMK's move comes four that he will take an appropriate days,the Tamil Nadu Cabinet anteedunder Article 21 of the uticalsisallsettostartPhase1hu- thePMand diplomats. days afterthe Centretold the decision soon.” recommendedrelease of all the 7DAYSEARLIER: 7DAYSEARLIER: DETECTED TODAY Constitution of India. Right to live man clinical trials of itsown Meanwhile, in an email re- Supreme Courtthat the CBI has “Wehavedemandedthat seven. When Perarivalan’s plea withapersonof his/herchoiceir- vaccine candidate. sponse to queries by The Indian 1.47 7.01 37,975 nothing to do with apetition for the Governor release all the came up this month, the SC respective of religionprofessedby Pune Divisional Commi- Express,Adar Poonawalla, CEO of NOW: NOW: RECOVERED TODAY: remission of sentence filedby sevenconvictsonhumanitarian frownedupon the Centre’s sub- themisintrinsicto rightto lifeand ssionerSaurabhRaosaidthelocal Serum Institute, said that Phase 3 1.46 6.87 42,314 one of the seven, AG grounds, forhaving spent about missionthatthe probebyaCBI- personal liberty.Interference in a administration and police ma- trials of the Covishield vaccine Deaths as aratio of Positives against Becoming sick vs Perarivalan. The plea is an issue 30 years in prison,” Stalin said. ledteam intothe assassination personalrelationshipwouldcon- chinerywerewaiting foranoffi- were underway. positive cases (in %); number tested recovering; more between the petitionerand the TheDMK delegation, which wasstill on. Noting that the stituteaserious encroachment cial communication about the “While UK trial resultshave indicator of progress (in %); indicator of recoveries for 14 days office of the Governor,itsaid. includedDayanidhi Maran, also probewas about the “larger in averting deaths the spread of disease may signal the peak intotherightto freedomof choice proposedvisit of the Prime beenreleased,we expectthedata Perarivalan was19when he submitted aletterstating that conspiracy”, the courtsaid: “It DataasonNovember23,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealth,ICMRandstates.Oftendailynumbers of the twoindividuals," the High Minister. District Collector Rajesh on the Indian trials to be out includedatafrompreviousdays.Assuch,trendsbasedondailynumbersareindicative,notdefinitive wasarrestedinJune 1991 and the party had been continu- is notfor them [people already Courtsaid in itsorder. Deshmukhalsosaidtheadminis- within amonth or so,” he said. accusedofhaving boughttwo ouslydemanding the release of convicted].”

KERALA In Uttarakhand, Customsarrests Kerala woman takes back rape Goa govt issues cess afestive attempt to Sivasankar in gold charge against health inspector notice to JSW Steel, smugglingcase check migration Thiruvananthapuram:The Cust- tain aCovid-negative certificate. company moves HC oms, whichisprobing acase re- SHAJUPHILIP The case had As advisedbyhim, she went to his lating to smuggling of gold thro- THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, snowballedintoa residence in Pangode villagein brated 11 days afterDiwali. ughdiplomaticcargo,onTuesday NOVEMBER24 Thiruvananthapuram district. constitutionalviresof theActwas LALMANIVERMA StateWCD MinisterRekha arrested MSivasankar,former major issue, denting The woman, in her statement EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE being challenged in the instant DEHRADUN,NOVEMBER24 Arya said she has over the principal secretarytothe Kerala TWOMONTHS aftershe accused the imageofthe state to the police later,alleged that PANAJI,NOVEMBER24 case,whichdidnotrequiretheis- years celebrated Igas in Chief Minister. The suspended ajunior health inspector of rape health department at Kumar gagged and rapedher at suance of anyparticular notice,” RESPONDINGTOacall of Rajya Dehradun, Haldwani and senior IAS officer has been in ju- when she went to him to obtain his home, and threatenedher to STATINGTHATthe companyfail- the companysaid in astatement. Sabha MP from Uttarakhand Bareilly, but this time is going to dicial custody aCovid-negative certificate— the time of the remain silent. edto respondto tworemindersas Underthe2001 law, ownersof Anil Baluni, manyMPs, MLAs her village–Sonadipokhri in aftertheEnforc- triggering outrageinKerala —the pandemic OnSeptember7, thehealthin- wellasahearing,theGoagovern- all“carriertransportingmaterial” and stateministers aregoing to Someshwar.“The children ement woman on Tuesdaytold the High spector wasarrestedafter the ment has finedJSWSteel Limited aresupposedtopay acess under their villages to celebrateIgas, a should knowabout our festivals Directoratear- Courtthat it wasconsensual sex complaint waslodged.After two morethan Rs 156crore towards schedule-I, with the amount go- folk festival held 11 days after and local cuisine.” rested him on and that she filedthe complaint naljusticedeliverysystemcannot unsuccessfulattemptsatobtain- unpaid cess under Goa Rural ing towardsrural improvement. Diwali and also calledBudh Arya said the idea came last October 28 in at the behestofher relatives. go on likethis. Basedonafalse ingbailfromtheHighCourt,athird Improvement and WelfareCess Goa government has estimated Diwali in the hill-state's Kumaon year from Baluni, the BJP's na- connection with Sivasankar On Tuesday, the courtgranted complaint, aperson is in jail for bail application wasmoved on Act, 2001,for transportofcoal. this costatRs50per tonfor region, on Wednesday. tional media in-charge. alleged money bail to Pradeep Kumar,44, after about 77 days.This courtcannot Tuesdayalong with the woman’s According to anotice sent by 3,12,69,986 metric tonofcoal AjayBhatt, BJP MP from “The objective of my appeal laundering in- going through the woman’s affi- shut itseye in suchsituations.” affidavit, in whichshe said it was the government on November 9, transportedthrough Mormugao Nainital-Udham Singh Nagar, to the people to celebrateIgasat volvedinthe smuggling. davit. The courtalso directed po- “The Director General of consensual sexand that she did whichemergedlateMonday Port Trusttothe JSWplant in who will celebrateIgasat their villages is to reestablish the In the application submitted lice to take appropriateaction in Police should take this case very notwant to pursue the case. night, the company wasgiven KarnatakabetweenJuly2014and Dankhal villageinAlmoradis- old gloryofthis lok parva(folk in the district sessions courtin accordance with lawagainstthe seriouslyand do the needful and Referring to the affidavit, the time up to November 24 July2018, the notice stated. trict, said: “Following migration, festival) and preservethe cul- Ernakulam,theCustomssaidthey woman and her relatives, who file areportbasedonthe inquiry courtsaid,“Thepersonallibertyof (Tuesday)to paytheamount.JSW According to officials, the first villages aregetting desertedand tural heritageassociatewith it,” have been able to get“direct in- were allegedly involvedinmak- before the courtinthree acitizen is his fundamental right isamong19 corporatesissuedno- notice wasissuedonSeptember Ihaveraised this issue in Baluni said. criminating materials against ing the false allegation. months,” the judgesaid. under Article 21 of the tices —inall, cess dues have been 9this year,and the second on Parliament as well. If people re- BJP MLAfromBadrinath Sivasankarof hisinvolvementand The case, whichemergedin On August30, the com- Constitution of India. This is afit estimatedatoverRs200.73crore, September 29, both of whichre- turn to their native places to cel- MahendraBhatt, who has gone beingconcernedinthesmuggling early September,had snow- plainant, ahome nurse in caseinwhichthepetitionershould including JSW’s purportedliabil- ceivednoresponse from the ebratefestivals and getcon- to his village, Brahmanthana in of gold”. The officials recordedhis balledintoamajor issue, dent- Malappuram, who had earlier bereleasedonbailforthwith.This ity of over Rs 156.34crore. company. The companyalso nected to their roots, it maylead Chamolidistrict, said,“The aim arrest at the district jail in Ernak- ing the imageofthe statehealth tested positive forCovid, got in should be takenveryseriously. In astatement on Tuesday, failedtoappear in the hearing, to areverse-migration.” is to give amessagetomigrants ulam, wherehehas been lodged. department at the time of the touchwith Kumar,who wasthe Nobody should makesuchfalse JSWsaid it has challenged the and later,onOctober 13,sought According to folklore, news to return home. Manypeople Sivasankar wasarrestedtwo days pandemic. Kumar losthis job health inspector at Kulathupuzha complaintagainstaperson.’’Itsaid matter in High Courtand it will moretime citing Covid-19restric- of Ram’s return to Ayodhya come home during Diwali, and before thecourtisslatedto consid- and spent 77 days in jail before primaryhealth centreinKollam theallegationtarnishedtheimage come up forhearing on tions, officials said. The letter was reachedpeople in the hills of if theystayon, theywill under- er his bail plea in the ED case. The he wasgranted bail. district, forinter-district travel. of health workers in the state. If November26.“JSWdefendedthe sent by South Margaooffice of present-dayUttarakhand 11 stand our richlocal cultural her- Customs on Wednesdaywould Granting him bail, judgePV Next day, aftertesting negative, anybodyisresponsibleforthat,the challengeonmaintainability of TransporttoJSW Steel Limited's days later,and thus Igas is cele- itagebetter.” seek his custody for10days. ENS Kunhikrishnan said, “The crimi- she contactedKumar again to ob- lawofthe land should act swiftly. the petition by stating that the Mumbai head office. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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formaltransitiontoBidenpresidency ROADSIDE BOMBS explodedin central AfghanistanonTuesday David Dinkins killing at least13civilians and a Another court setbackfor TrumpinPennsylvania; Michigan certifies Biden’s win trafficpoliceman, officials said, Biden set to nameYellen even as government negotiators USA and the Taliban meettotry to NYC’sfirstBlack REUTERS&NYT as Treasury secretary end decades of war. WASHINGTON,NOVEMBER24 TariqArian, spokesman for mayor,David the Interior Ministry, said 45 US PRESIDENT-ELECT Joe Biden REUTERS people were also wounded in a Dinkins,dies on Tuesdaybegan anew phase WASHINGTON,NOVEMBER24 lateafternoon blastinBamiyan DAVID DINKINS, who in his transitiontothe White Biden team to Janet city in Bamiyan province. Several brokebarriersasNewYork Houseafter the Trumpadminis- finally get access USPRESIDENT-ELECTJoeBidenis Yellen shops and vehicles were de- City’sfirstAfrican- tration gave the Democrat access to key resources expected to nominateformer stroyed or damaged. American mayor, butwas to critical resources that will en- FederalReserveChairJanetYellen Mohammad Reza Yusuofi, doomedtoasingletermby able him to take the reins of asUSTreasurysecretary, breaking Congress, international finance spokesman forthe provincial po- asoaringmurderrate,stub- powerinJanuary. WITH THE head of the a231-yeargenderbarrierandput- officials, progressivesand busi- lice chief in Bamiyan, said there born unemployment and The General Services General Services ting aseasonedeconomistand ness interests alike. She has were twobombs that exploded his mishandling of ariotin Administration’sannouncement Administration designating labour market expertincharge of calledfor opening fiscal spend- in quicksuccession. Brooklyn, has died. He was onMondaythatitwouldformally Biden as the apparent win- leading the countryout of the ing taps to revive an economy No oneimmediatelyclaimed 93. Dinkins diedMonday, recogniseBiden’stransitioncame ner of the US election, steepestdownturnsincetheGreat wrackedbythe coronavirus pan- responsibility forthe attackand the New York City Police afterweeksofthe president the president-elect’stransi- Depression. demic and would be thefirst Zabihullah Mujahid, Taliban Department confirmed. falsely claiming that the Nov. 3 The president-electwill nowreceive federal funding to start tion team gets access to Yellen, 74,brings Biden person to head the Treasury, the spokesman, said the group was The departmentsaid offi- election had been marredby thetransition. AP these keyresourcesfrom decades of economic policy ex- Fedand the WhiteHouse notinvolved. cers were calledtothe for- widespread voter fraud. the federal government un- perienceand is respected by Council of Economic Advisers. Violence and chaos have in- mer mayor’s home in the Trump, in apostonTwitter, der the Presidential creased in Afghanistaninre- evening. Initial indications offeredsupportfor the move. Theelectionisover.It’s canvassing board, withtwo Transition Act: cent months even as govern- were thathediedofnatural Critics have said the Republicansand twoDemocrats, ■ $6.3 million in federal Bernsteinsays21GOP senators ment negotiators and the President’s refusal to acceptthe timetoputasidethe voted,3-0, to approvethe results, funds forthe transition. Taliban aremeeting in Qatar to causes.Dinkins,acalmand partisanshipandthe courtlyfigure with apen- resultsunderminedUSdemoc- with one Republican abstaining. ■ Office space providedby expressed contempt for Trump find an end to decades of re- chant forformal wear,was racy and undercut the next ad- rhetoricdesignedto ItofficiallydeliveredtoBidenakey the federal government. lentless war. The twosides have adramaticshift from both ministration’s ability to fight the demoniseoneanother.We battleground state, and rebuffed ■ Security clearancesfor NewYork: Former Watergate scoopsthat ledtothe resignation made little progress. his predecessor,EdKoch, novelcoronavirus. havetocometogether.” thePresident’s legal and political members of the transition sleuth CarlBernstein took to of President RichardNixon. AlsoonTuesday, Norway's andhissuccessor,Rudolph WhileTrumpstoppedshortof effortstooverturnthe results. team. Twitter to listthe names of 21 Bernstein said he learnedof Foreign MinisterIne Eriksen Giuliani —two combative conceding,itwastheclosesthehas JOE BIDEN WhileTrumponMonday said ■ The opportunity forthe Republican senatorswho he says the politicians’ supposedprivate Soereide said the Scandinavian and abrasive politicians in come to acknowledging thatitis U.S. PRESIDENT-ELECT he backedGSA Administrator Biden team to work with have “repeatedlyexpressedcon- feelings through conversations countrywill provide around 650 acity with aworld-class timeto handoverpowertoBiden, EmilyMurphy’sdecision,heand the headsoffederal agen- tempt” forDonald Trumpand with their colleagues, staffmem- million kroner ($72.1million)in reputation forimpatience whowilltakeofficeonJanuary20. his advisersvowedtocontinue cies in order to ensure his fitness to be President. bers and lobbyists. development assistance and hu- and rudeness. AP The GSAannouncement will thestate’s Supreme Court ruled fightingthe election results. aseamless transition Bernstein’s postwas con- Senators ChuckGrassley,Rob manitarian aid in 2021to allowthe president-elect to ac- againstthe Trumpcampaign and “The election is over.It’stime of power. demnedMondaybysome of Portman,Todd Young and Tim Afghanistan. cessmillions of dollarsinfunds thePresident’s Republican allies, to put aside the partisanship and ■ Regular briefings on secu- thoseinvolved.Itwasaneyebrow- Scott, who were all in Bernstein’s “Our supportand further and focus on puttingtogether a stating thatroughly8,000ballots the rhetoricdesigned to de- rity threatstothe US as well raising modern twist on journal- list, deniedthe journalist’s level(of assistance) will be as- PAKISTAN leadership team. with signatureordateirregulari- monise one another.Wehaveto as on ongoingmilitary op- ism from the former Washington claims. Mitt Romneywas also on sessedonthe basis of the author- Imranappoints Themove followedakey court ties mustbecounted. come together,” Biden tweeted erations. Post reporterwho, with Bob the list, but he has publiclycriti- ities' effortsagainstcorruption,” hislawyeras decision in Pennsylvania, where In Michigan, the statewide on Tuesday. Woodwardinthe 1970s, penned cisedTrumpinthe past. AP Soereide said in astatement. AP chairmanofPTV Pak to form new intel body China Defence Bangladeshi man PAKISTANPRIMEMinister ImranKhanhasappointed Minister’s Nepal who ‘planned to alawyer, who ledhis legal to coordinate all its spy teaminthePanamaPapers visit: Cooperation fight in Kashmir’ leakcase,astheheadof the state-runPakistan agencies under ISI chief between armies held in Singapore Television(PTV),mediare- ports said on Tuesday. The gence apparatus, whichaims at is main agenda appointment of lawyer SAJJADHUSSAIN clarifying the role of respective GURDIPSINGH NaeemBukhariwasmade ISLAMABAD,NOVEMBER24 agencies, improving their coor- SINGAPORE,NOVEMBER24 in apparent haste as the dination and optimising their ca- YUBARAJGHIMIRE federal Cabinethad in its PAKISTANPRIME MinisterImran pabilities, the reportsaid. KATHMANDU,NOVEMBER24 SINGAPORESAIDonTuesdaythat meeting lastweek consid- Khan has approved thesetting Aleaked version of the itssecurity agencies arrested a eredabrief forhisappoint- up of the National Intelligence Abbottabad Commission’sreport GENERAL WEI Fenghe, China’s Bangladeshiman, who wasplot- ment but did notendorse Coordination Committee, a had revealed that the commis- Defence Ministerand amember ting attacksagainstHindus in his hisinductionasPTVchair- mechanism to coordinateover sion, while noting the absence of of itsCentral Military owncountryandplanningto fight man,Dawnnewspaperre- twodozen intelligence organi- civil-militaryintelligence coordi- Commission, will spend asub- inKashmir,aftertheyinvestigated ported.The notification sations in the country, to be nation mechanism, had proposed stantial amount of time in the thesuspiciousactivitiesof 37 peo- read: “TheFederal headedbythe ISI chief, accord- the establishment of an agency headquarterofthe Nepal Army ple as partofheightenedsecurity Government is pleasedto ing to amedia reportonTuesday. on the lines of the US Department during his12-hour-long “work- measuresinthecity-state follow- appoint Shahzada Naeem Althoughtherehavebeen of Homeland Securitytosyner- ing visit” to Nepal on Nov29. ingrecentterrorattacksinEurope. Bukhari as Independent discussions about the establish- gise the working of main spy Officials In astatement, the Ministry Director of Pakistan ment of the coordination forum, agencies in the country. said security, ALongMarch-5 rocket carrying the Chang’e-5lunar mission lifts offatthe Wenchang Space of Home Affairs said counter-ter- Television Corporation itsterms of reference and modus The Abbottabad Commission defence and LaunchCentreinsouthernChina’s Hainan province,early on Tuesday. AP rorism investigations intothe Board.” PTI operandi would be decidedonce wasset up to investigatethe cir- military-to- suspicious activities of 37 people it formallytakes shape, Dawn cumstances surrounding the military co- in Singaporewerecarriedout af- TAIWAN newspaperquotedasenior se- killing of elusive Al Qaeda chief operation termostofthempostedonsocial curity source as saying. Osama bin Ladenin aUSraid ona would be China hails successfullaunch as media, inciting violence or stok- Tsaiaimstoguard The move is partofthe long- compound in the garrison city of General Wei oneofthe ing communal unrestinthe af- sovereigntywith awaited reform of the intelli- Abbottabad in 2011. PTI Fenghe main agen- termathofthe attacks in France. das when the robotic spacecraft headstoMoon One Bangladeshi man under newsubmarines twosides investigation —identifiedas26- TAIWAN PRESIDENT Tsai Darwinnotebooksreported meet. General Fenghe is the high- island of Hainan carrying the of morecomplexmissions. year-old AhmedFaysal —was ar- Ing-wen on Tuesday est-ranking Chinese officialto MARTINQUINPOLLARD Chang’e-5 spacecraft. StatebroadcasterCCTV, rested over “terrorism-related vowedtodefend the stolenfrom Cambridgelibrary visit Nepal afterPresidentXi WENCHANG,NOVEMBER24 The China National Space whichran live coverage of the activities”, the ministrysaid. democratic island’s sov- Jinping’svisit lastyear. Administration(CNSA) called launch, showedimages of CNSA Hehadboughtfoldableknives, ereignty with the con- Theyhaven’t been seen since Apartfrommeeting both CHINAHAILEDasasuccess its the launchasuccess and said in staffinblue uniforms applaud- whichheclaimedhewoulduse struction of anew fleetof ASSOCIATEDPRESS 2000,and foryearsstaff at the li- Nepal President Bidhya Devi pre-dawn launchonTuesdayof astatement thatthe rocket flew ing and cheering as they forattacks againstHindus in domestically-developed LONDON,NOVEMBER24 brarybelieved that the manu- Bhandari and Prime MinisterK arobotic spacecrafttobring back fornearly 37 minutes before watchedthe spacecraftclimbing Bangladesh,itsaid,addingthathe submarines, akey project scripts had probablybeen mis- PSharma Oli, Gen Fenghe is rocksfromthe Moon in the first sending the spacecraftonits in- through the atmosphere, light- wasalso willing to travel to supported by the United CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY placedinthe vast archives.But scheduledtomeetNepal’s Chief bid by anycountrytoretrieve lu- tendedtrajectory. ing up the night sky. Kashmir to fight against“per- States to counter neigh- launchedanappeal Tuesdayto afterdoingathorough search,li- of ArmyStaff GeneralPurna nar surface samples since the The Chang’e-5 mission, If the mission is completedas ceivedenemies of Islam”. bouring China. Taiwan find twovaluable notebooks brarystaff nowconcludeit’slikely ChandraThapa. 1970s, amission underscoring namedafter the ancient Chinese planned, it would makeChina Preliminaryinvestigations has been foryearswork- written by Charles Darwin after that the notebookswerestolen. The visitcomesatthe end of a Chineseambitions in space. goddessofthe Moon,will seek onlythe thirdcountrytohavere- showedthat Faysal wasradi- ing to revamp itssubma- theywerereportedasstolen “My predecessors genuinely series of three high-levelvisits The Long March-5, China’s to collect lunar material to help trievedlunar samples, joining calisedand harboured the inten- rine force, some of which from the university’s library. believedthatwhat had happened fromIndia—R&AWchief Samant largest carrier rocket,blastedoff scientists understand more the US and the SovietUnion. tion to “undertake armedvio- datebacktoWorld War The notebooks, estimated to wasthat these had been mis- Goel,Chief of ArmyStaff General at 4.30 am Beijing time (2030 about the Moon’s origins and The probeisdue to be on the lence”, Channel News Asia Two, and is no matchfor be worth millions of pounds, in- shelved or misfiled,” said Jessica MMNaravane and Foreign GMT on Monday) in alaunch formation. The mission will test lunar surface forabout twodays, reported, citing the statement is- China’sfleet. REUTERS cludethe 19th-centuryscien- Gardner,university librarian and SecretaryHarshVardhanShringla from Wenchang SpaceLaunch China’s ability to remotely ac- whiletheentiremissionissched- suedbySingapore’s Ministryof tist’sfamous ‘TreeofLife’ sketch. director of libraryservices. —within aspan of six weeks. Centreonthe southernChinese quiresamples from space, ahead uledtotake23days. REUTERS Home Affairs. PTI

SCIENTISTS WERE SCEPTICAL THAT AMUTATION MADE THE CORONAVIRUS MORE CONTAGIOUS.BUT NEW RESEARCH IS CHANGING MINDS Evidence builds that an early mutation made pandemic harder to stop

614G, wasfirstspottedin eastern outbreaksand lab work with virus would have spread around man bronchial and nasaltissue the study. JAMESGLANZ,BENEDICT China in Januaryand thenspread hamsters and humanlung tissue the worldevenwithout the mu- in acell-culturedish farmoreef- The datacollected by the CAREY&HANNAHBEECH quicklythroughoutEurope and —hassupportedtheviewthatthe tation, believe mostresearchers, ficientlythan itsancestor. Covid-19 Genomics UK NOVEMBER24 NewYorkCity.Within months, mutatedvirusdid in fact have a including Engelthaler. Theorigi- In one of the newstudies, a Consortium allowedthe team to the variant took over muchofthe distinctadvantage,infectingpeo- nal variant spottedinWuhan in Britishteamof researchershadan observethe growth of infected AS THE coronavirus sweptacross world, displacing other variants. ple moreeasilythan the original late2019was already highlycon- advantageshared by no oneelse: clustersasakindof horserace.Side the world, it pickeduprandom Formonths, scientists have variantdetectedinWuhan,China. tagious, he said. But the mutation They were abletodrawupon the by side, did clusters of 614G infec- alterations to itsgenetic se- been fiercelydebating why. Thereisnoevidence that a appears to have made the pan- largest nationaldatabaseofcoro- tions grow faster than infections quence. Likemeaningless typos ResearchersatLos Alamos coronavirus with the 614G muta- demicspread farther and faster navirusgenomesequencesinthe involving the ancestral variant? in ascript, mostofthose muta- NationalLaboratoryarguedinMay tion causes moreseveresymp- than it would have without it. world. The researchers collected The 614G variant clearly won tionsmade no difference in how that the variant had probably toms,killsmorepeopleorcompli- One study found that out- newevidencethat, at least in the the race, the analysis found. The the virus behaved. evolvedtheabilitytoinfectpeople catesthedevelopmentofvaccines. breaksincommunities in the UnitedKingdom,thevarianttook precise rate remains uncertain, But one mutation near the moreefficiently.Manywerescep- Nordothefindingschangethere- ACovid-19intensive carewardinBergamo,Italy,early in the United Kingdom grew faster over becauseitindeedspreads but the mostlikelyvalue gives beginningofthe pandemic did tical, arguing that the variantmay ality that places that quicklyand pandemic. NYT when seededbythe 614G vari- faster.“When we lookatclusters, 614G roughlya20% advantagein makeadifference, multiple new have beensimplylucky,appearing aggressively enacted lockdowns ant than when seededbyits theGvariantgrowsmorequickly,” itsexponential rate of growth. findings suggest, helping the moreoftenby chanceinlarge epi- andencouragedmeasureslikeso- Wuhan ancestor. Another re- said Erik M. Volz, aresearcher at The virus will continue to virus spread moreeasilyfrom demics, likeNorthern Italy’s, that cial distancing and maskshave have had abig ripple effect, said “When all is said and done, it portedthat hamsters infected the Medical Research Council change, and while mostofthose person to person and making the seeded outbreakselsewhere. faredfarbetterthanthethosethat David Engelthaler, ageneticistat couldbethatthismutationiswhat eachother morequickly when Centrefor Global Infectious changes willbemeretypos, some pandemic harder to stop. But ahostofnew research — did not. But the subtle changein the Translational Genomics made the pandemic,” he said. exposedtothe variant. And in a Disease Analysis at Imperial maybemoremeaningful, The mutation, known as includingclosegeneticanalysisof the virus’s genome appears to Research InstituteinArizona. The firstoutbreaksofthe third, the variant infected hu- College London and the leaderof Engelthaler said. NYT WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 14 CALENDAR THEINDIANEXPRESS,WEDNESDAY,NOVEMBER25,2020 OVER THE HEDGE by Michael Fry &TLewis CROSSWORD4285 DAYTODAY BYPETERVIDAL

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Internationalmarket data till 1900IST NIFTY50 CLOSES ABOVE 13,000 FOR THE FIRST TIME Monthly rise in procurement Vaccineboost,recordFPIinflows and payments to MSMEs: Govt

paredtoRs2,300crore inMay, the month and the payments made”. ENSECONOMICBUREAU ministrysaid, adding that pay- The proportion of pending NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER24 mentstoMSMEs have alsogone paymentsaspartoftotaltransac- propelmarketstolife-timehighs up in the same proportion from tionshas reducedtoabout 20.65 THE MINISTRYofMicro, Small about 76 per cent in Maytoabout per centinOctober from 23.9 per and MediumEnterprises 80 per cent in October. cent in May, as reportedby26 (MSMEs)Tuesdaysaidthat there On Monday, The Indian ministries and 100CPSEs in ENSECONOMICBUREAU Dow hits record 30K on has been amonthlyrise in pro- Express had reportedthat the October as against25ministries MUMBAI,NOVEMBER24 curement and payments to pending dues to MSMEs, as and 79 CPSEs in May, it said. MSMEs,alongside afall in the ra- shown on the ministry’s dash- The procurement data, how- BUOYED BY sustainedforeign economic recovery hopes tio of pendencyofpayments. The board, rose to Rs 969.19 crorein ever,isnot reflected in the fund flows, domestic marketson pendingpaymentstoMSMEsare July, higher than Rs 561.64 crore Ministry’s dashboard. The Tuesdayhitanall-timerecordhigh Brent at highest 0.99 per cent. around one-fifth againstthe pro- of pending dues in Mayand con- MSME Ministry’s Samadhaan with the NSE Nifty indexcrossing European markets tracked curement and within the 45-day tinuedtobeelevatedinAugustat portalaccountsfor onlyapartof the13,000levelassuccessfulvac- levelsince March gains in Asian and US equities, window, it said. Rs 830.36crore.The Ministryclar- the totalduestounits. The cor- cine trials boostedthe sentiment. withthebroad-basedSTOXX600 Totalprocurement and trans- ifiedthat total dues at the end of poratesector and states and state Ignoring the recent spikeinCovid indexopening0.8percenthigher. actionsfromMSMEs has gone up amonth “have to be seen against government enterprises owe cases, the Sensexjumped446 REUTERS Safe-havenassetgold fell to a almosttwo-and-a-half times in totalprocurement and transac- MSMEs, in addition to dues re- pointsto44,523.02and the NSE NEWYORK/LONDON,NOV24 four-month lowonTuesdayand October to Rs 5,000 crorecom- tions at the end of the same flected on the portal. Nifty indexgained129 pointsat lookedsettodipbelowthe$1,800 13,055.15. THE DOWJones Industrial levelasprogress on vaccines and The bullrun is beingfuelled Averagebreachedthe 30,000- hopes foraquicktransitioninthe ‘Economic foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) An OxfordVaccineGroup researcher in alaboratoryinEngland markforthefirst timeonTuesday, White Housedrove investors to- Sputnik Vmaker says who have made thehighest worksonthe coronavirus vaccine developedbyAstraZeneca as optimism that Covid-19vac- wardsriskier assets. monthlybuying in November in and OxfordUniversity. John Cairns/University of Oxfordvia AP cines will open the waytoeco- Brent crude futuresrose 45 activity up the lasttwo decades. Foreign in- nomic recovery next year fuelled cents,or1percent,to $46.51abar- vaccine to be priced vestorshave pumpedinaroundRs WallStreet’sreboundfromapan- reltoadd to amorethan 20 per on pent-up 53,167crore in November and in- inflowwastheexpectedstimulus furtherbutthepacecouldbegrad- demic-drivencrash this year.The cent surge this month, while US vested Rs 1.01 lakh croreinIndian worthtrillionsof dollarsfromcen- ual,said an analyst. go-ahead forPresident-elect Joe West TexasIntermediatecrude under $20 per person equitiesincalendaryear2020,aid- tralbankstoreviveeconomiesthat Nifty touchedanother mile- Biden’s transition to theWhite added46cents, or 1.1per cent, to demand, may ingNiftyto touchthe13,000levels. arehithardbytheCovid-ledlock- stoneasitcrossedthe13,000level Housealsoboostedsentiment. $43.52. Brent crude is trading at beenannouncedsofar, isstillpre- “TheFPIinflow increasedcon- down,” said Hemang Jani, Head - forthe firsttime and settled By 12:01p.m.ET, the Dow itshighestlevel sinceMarch. not sustain’ ENSECONOMICBUREAU liminaryinnatureand yettobe siderablyespeciallyafter the end Equity Strategy,Motilal Oswal around the day’s high. Jones Industrial Averagewas up Meanwhile, Bitcoin moved NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER24 publishedinascientificjournalor of theelectionintheUSandweak- Financial Services. Therupeeappreciated10paise 1.69 per cent at 30,092.53. The within awhisker of itsall-time Novtrends indicate peer reviewed. nessinthe dollarindex. Another Indicationsareinfavourof the to closeat74.01againsttheUSdol- S&P 500was up 1.57 percent and high, afterhitting $19,000 forthe THESPUTNIKVCovid-19vaccine, At lessthan $10adose, the major reason behind suchalarge prevailing bullishness to extend lar on Tuesday. the Nasdaq Compositewas up firsttimeinnearly threeyears. moderation: Icra settobetestedinmid- to late- SputnikVvaccinewouldbemuch stagehuman trials in India, is ex- cheaperthanothercandidateslike pected to be priced at less than those by Pfizer-BioNTechand ENSECONOMICBUREAU $20 fortwo doses, the Russian Moderna-NIAID, according to Ban on Whatisthe case against Karvy NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER24 Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) RDIF CEO Kirill Dmitriev. At the said Tuesday. This could mean sametime,SputnikV, likemostof THE PICK-UP in economic activ- that the vaccine could be up to the frontrunners in the global Karvy ityinOctober is the result of three times moreexpensive than Covid-19vaccine race, is givenin and what next for its clients? pent-updemand andmay not Covishield, the SerumInstituteof twoshots,with the second dose sustain going ahead,Icrahas said. India(SII)candidatewhichiscur- given21daysafter the first. Broking Multiple fast-pacedindica- rentlythe frontrunner in the In India, Covishield —cur- What is the case? spective clients and KSBL had no worthRs2,300crore belongingto tors, including GSTcollections, Indian race foravaccine. rentlyinphase 3clinical trials — ENSECONOMICBUREAU The casepertains to Karvy legal right to createany pledgeon about 2.35lakh investors of KSBL. have been showing asharp re- TheRussiansovereignwealth will be priced at $3 adose. SII — confirmed NEWDELHI/MUMBAI,NOV24 unauthorisedlytransferringsecu- those securities. Sources saythatsome amount coverysince October.The agency fund also said preliminarydata whichisconductingthe trials for rities of clientsintoone of itsde- In itsreport submitted to Sebi, maystillbetheretobesettledbe- said available trends forearly fromvolunteerscollected42days this vaccine, developedusingthe AYEAR aftermisappropriation of mat accountsbymisusing the the NSEhad then said thatKSBL causeof disputesbutthemajority November aresuggesting some afterthe firstdose indicated that “masterseed”fromthecandidate ENSECONOMICBUREAU moneyandsecuritiesbelongingto PoAs(Powerof Attorney)givenby misusedthe powerofattorney of the amount has been settled. moderationinthesespikes. SputnikVhadanefficacyof above developedbyOxfordUniversity MUMBAI,NOVEMBER24 investors by Karvy StockBroking itsclients. givenbyitsclientstoclandestinely Whilecustomerswere looking “Wecaution that the spikes in 95 per cent.The efficacy of avac- andAstraZeneca—plansto apply Limited(KSBL)cameto light,both In November 2019,when the sell client securities through enti- at the stockexchanges forthe production seen in the various cineindicatesitsabilityto produce foremergencyuseapprovalsoon. THE SECURITIES and Exchange the exchanges and the regulator case came to light, Sebi moved ties controlledbyit, and usedthe moneyandsecuritiesallegedly si- sectors in October 2020, arean adesiredresult which, inthe case WhileRDIFdid notspecify BoardofIndia (Sebi) on Tuesday have takenactionagainstthebro- againstKarvyforviolatingnorms, fundsforitsownpurposes.To hide phonedoffbyKarvyfromtheirac- exaggeration of the true recovery of Covid-19vaccines,includespa- howmanyvolunteers it had confirmedthebanonKarvyStock kerage firm. including transferring this, KSBL did notre- counts,Sebi started investigating on the ground, as theyhavebeen rameters liketheir ability to re- basedits95percentefficacyread- Broking from taking newclients While Sebi had initiallyesti- client shares to itself port the DP account similardiversions of funds from drivenbyalarge component of ducethenumberof severe symp- out on, itsinterim analysis of data and directed exchanges and de- matedthat Karvy had transferred and pledging client (No. 11458979) in its the clients’ accountsbyother pent-up demand that maynot tomaticcasesinthoseinoculated. obtainedfrom18,794volunteers positories to take appropriate ac- Rs 1,096 croretoits real estate shares to raise money, submissions to the broking houses. sustain afterthe festiveperiod is Sputnik V’s efficacy informa- sevendays aftertheyreceived tion againstthe entity and direc- business,lastweek the National whichitdivertedtoits NSE from Januaryto over,” itsprincipaleconomist tion,likemostvaccinecandidates bothdosesof thevaccineshowed tors. The National StockExchange StockExchangesaid that funds real estate arm. Many August2019andthis What happens to theclients? Aditi Nayarsaid. WITHPTI forwhichthe information has anefficacyof around91.4percent. (NSE)declaredKarvy Stock and securities worthRs2,300 of Karvy’sover2.40 wasdetected only AsNSEhasnowexpelledKSBL Broking(KSBL)adefaulterandex- crorebelongingto about2.35lakh lakh clientshad com- during inspection, from themembership of theex- pelleditfromthe membershipof investors of KSBL have been set- plainedtothe regula- the NSE said. changeand Sebi in itsfinal order Soon,‘0’ prefix theexchangefornon-compliance tled so far. TheNSE also said that toraboutmoneyandsecuritiesnot hasbannedthe firm from taking withvariousregulatoryprovisions. in coordination withother mar- comingtotheir trading accounts. Howmuchmoney freshbusiness,theexistingclients Karvyhasalsobeenprohibited ket infrastructureinstitutions and Karvyallegedly misusedclientac- wasinvolved? can’ttradethroughKSBL.Stockex- to call mobiles fromalienatinganyofitsassets,ex- under the guidance of Sebi, it countswithout informing them, TheSebiorderin2019 saidthat changeofficialssaythatalltheex- ceptwith prior permission of the transferredsecurities to respec- or reporting to the depositoryor anetamountof Rs1,096crorewas istingclients of KSBL would have from landlines NSEtillthesettlementof claimsof tive clients,invokedbank guaran- the stockexchange. transferredbyKarvyStockBroking eithergot theirsecuritiesbackand investors. tees depositedwith clearing cor- Securities lying in Depository to Karvy Realty.However, as per transferredittoanotherbrokerage NewDelhi:Callerswillsoonbere- On November 22, 2019,Sebi porations and liquidated Participant(DP) accountsbelong the latestfigurereleasedbyNSE firm or would have receivedthe quiredto add‘0’prefixformaking bannedKarvy from taking fresh securities held by Karvy Group to clientsand can onlybepledged lastweek, theexchange had set- value of their securities intotheir callsfromlandlines to mobile business forallegedly misappro- companies. to meetthe obligations of the re- tledthose funds andsecurities bank accounts. phones in the country, with the priating moneyand securities be- DepartmentofTelecommunicati- longing to itsinvestors in order to ons (DoT) asking telcos to make fund itsreal estate arm Karvy necessaryarrangementsbyJanu- Realty.The directionsinthe ex- AMID COVID-19 ary1toimplement the newsys- parte order passedinNovember tem. The DoThas acceptedTrai’s 2019 areoperating againstittill recommendation forhaving the date, Sebi said. Karvy neither filed ‘Hiringactivity improves, ledby ‘0’ prefix forsuchcalls, to create anyreplyfor revocation of interim sufficient numbering space for orderornottoconfirmtheinterim recruitment in non-techsectors’ telecom services. ENSWITHPTI direction nor availedopportunity Even though competition forjobs waslower compared to of hearing,itsaid.Invariousletters seeking adjournment, Sebi said severalmonths ago, recruitment activity in India KSBL made submissions that it is witnessed an uptickinSeptember,LinkedIn’s ‘Labour transferringsecuritiesandfundsto MarketUpdate’ said itsclients. “Suchletters and con- duct of KSBL showitadmits 30%:Hiringrecoveryrecorded Likelihoodofjob GREATER CHENNAI CORPORATION wrongdoing, as alleged in the ex- inSeptember,overayearago 4.2xseekersinbadly-hit Buildings Department parteorderandtherefore,hasbeen sectors,likerecreation&travel, B.D.C.No.B1/1790/2020 taking the steps to remove the ef- Recoveryinnon-techsectors: searchingforemploymentina e-TENDER NOTICE fectsofits wrongdoing suchasre- Withhiringactivityrisingand differentsector;lowerthan6.8 Tender is invited by the Superintending Engineer (Buildings) forthe Year-on-year hiring activity recorded in previous months following work as per details furnished below questingmoretimesoasto return thedigitaldivideisnarrowing,a timesasofJune Proposed construction of Burial ground in Kodungaiyur Dumping the funds/securities to itsclients recoveryisbeingseeninhiring ■ April: -50% ■ July: >0% ■ August: 12% ground campus separately forHindus, Muslims and Christians at whosesecuritieswereunauthoris- forthenon-techsectors Source: LinkedIn/PTI Chinandimadam in Dn-37, Zone-4. edly pledged by KSBL,” it said. Formoreinformation see http://tntenders.gov.in & www.chennaicorporation.gov.in Prebid meeting held on 17.12.2020 BRIEFLY Tesla mkt value tops $500 bn; Tender WorksValue approx. EMD Amount CHENNAI METROPOLITAN WATER SUPPLYAND SEWERAGE BOARD Rs.5,38,63,346/- Rs.5,38,700/- Muthootplanto Tender Date and Time: 05.01.2021 upto 3.00 P.M Musk net up $100 bn since Jan NOTICEINVITINGTENDER buyIDBIMFnixed NATIONALCOMPETITIVE BIDDING Tender open Date and Time: 06.01.2021 at 3.30 P.M Sealed bids areinvited from the eligiblebiddersfor the following work as per the DIPR/4387/Tender/2020 Superintending Engineer (Buildings) NewDelhi:TheReserveBank REUTERS procedureofCMWSSB under twocover systemconforming to the Tamil Nadu Transparency has rejectedMuthootFina- BENGALURU,NOVEMBER24 in TendersAct, 1998 and Rules 2000. NMDC Limited nce’s proposal to buy IDBI (A Government of India Enterprise) 1. CRRT-Phase 1–Package25- Supply and laying of 750mm dia CI forcemain from Bank’s mutualfund busi- TESLAINC crossed$500billion in market 'Khanij Bhavan', 10-3-311/A, Castle Hills, Masab Tank, Hyderabad -500 028. Tondiarpet‘B’ pumping station to Tondiarpet‘F’ Newsewagepumping station CIN: L13100TG1958GOI001674 ness,sayingitisnotinconso- value on Tuesdayasinvestors lappedup its in Area V-CNT/SEW/NCB/CRRT/ Phase-I/059C/2020-21, nancewiththeactivityof an shares in the run-up to itsaddition to the Bid security Rs.5.75 Lakhs CONTRACTS DEPARTMENT operating NBFC. S&P 500index, extending ameteoric rally 2. CRRT–Phase I–Package43C –Supply,fixing,testing and commissioning of Class Tender Enquiry No. :HO(Contracts)/NISP/Maint/Inst/763 Dated :25-11-2020 that has seen thestock gain morethan six Elon Musk is nowthe world’s second IP 55 Variable Frequency Drive(VFD) includingpre wired controlpanel and allied NMDC Limited, A"NAVARATNA" Public Sector Company under Ministry of timesthisyear.Sharesof theEVmakerhave richestperson, as per the Bloomberg civil worksfor submersible pumpets in various Sewage Pumping Stations in Areas Steel, Govt. of India, invites online bids from experienced domestic bidders for Maintenance of Instrumentation Installation of RMHS, Coke oven, By- `2.5Kcrraised risen nearly 28 per cent sincethe S&P Dow Billionaires Index. Reuters file IV,V&VI–Tender No.CNT/SEW/NCB/CRRT/Phase I/085/2020-21 -Bid Security – product, Sinter plant and respective auxiliaries for aperiod of 2years for Jones Indices decidedtoadd the company Rs.3.25 Lakhs. viabonds:SBI 3.0 MTPA IntegratedSteel Plant at Nagarnar, near Jagdalpur, to thebenchmarkindexfromDecember21. 3. CRRT–PhaseI–Package43D–Supply, fixing,testingandcommissioningofClassIP Chhattisgarh state. NewDelhi:StateBankof Ind- Itssharesroseasmuchas3.9percentto tion that is afraction of Toyota MotorCorp, 55VariableFrequencyDrive(VFD)includingprewiredcontrolpanelandalliedcivil worksfor submersible pumpets in various Sewage Pumping Stations in Areas VII, The detailed NIT and Bid documents can be viewed and /ordownloaded ia (SBI) said it has raisedRs arecordhigh of $542.35inearly trading, Volkswagen AG or GeneralMotors Co. from NMDC website http://www.nmdc.co.in, Central Public Procurement 2,500crore from bond. valuingthecompanybrieflyat$514billion. 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THEINDIANEXPRESS,WEDNESDAY,NOVEMBER25,2020 KOHLI,ASHWIN NOMINATED FOR PLAYER OF THE DECADE AWARD

Thetalismanic ViratKohli and Ravichandran Ashwin were on Tuesdaynominated forthe coveted ICC Men's Player of the Decade Award with the Indian captain featuring in all five men's categories forhis incredible run in the last 10 years. Kohli and veteran off-spinner Ashwin are the twoIndians among seven playersnominated forthe most prestigious 16 SPORT award. Besides the Indian duo, JoeRoot (England), Kane Williamson (New Zealand), Steve Smith (Australia), AB de Villiers(South Africa), and Kumar Sangakkara(Sri Lanka) are the other contendersinthis category.

Given option of picking kit, Team India goes for ’92 World Cup look

member of the ’92 WorldCup team, has by our players during the 1992 WorldCup,” DEVENDRAPANDEY preserved the jersey, whichstands out be- BCCI treasurer Arun Dhumal said. MUMBAI,NOVEMBER24 cause of itsclean look in the absence of mul- tiple sponsor logos and 'India' written Short-livedaffair THE INDIAN cricket team will go retrofor the across it in yellow. The trystwith the 1992 kit forthe current limited-overs series in Australia by donning Morewas pleasantlysurprisedand players won’t be long term as the newspon- the iconic dark-blue team kit from the 1992 turnednostalgic when he heardthe current sors will eventuallycome up with their own WorldCup, hostedjointlybyAustralia and generation of players, captainedbyVirat design, the BCCI official said. “As anew spon- NewZealand. The jerseywith broad- Kohli, optedfor this kit when the BCCI con- sor (MPL Sports), theywill eventuallyhave coloured stripes across the shoulder has sulted them before theyleftfor the tour. to come with adesign of their own. Theywill great recall value as it markedthe introduc- have to use their owntechnology (for creat- tion of coloured clothing, whiteballs and Down memorylane Kiran Moreposes with his 1992 WorldCup jersey; The team captainedbyAzharuddin before aphotoshoot; Opener Shikhar ing fabric),” Dhumal added. floodlightsata50-overWorld Cup. “I come across manypeople who agree Dhawantweeted apictureofhim in the jerseyfromSydneyonTuesday. Credit:Kiran More/Twitter The Indian team finishedseventh in the The Indian team had to do away with the that this wasthe best jerseyofthe Indian round-robin stagewinning justtwo games. lighter-blue jersey, various versions of which team. The colour is amazing and it is still fresh Moreisremembered forriling up Pakistan’s have been worn fornearly twodecades, be- in people’s minds. It wasthe firsttime we forthe three One-DayInternationals and brand of online gaming companyMobile tions. The players optedfor the 1992 kit, JavedMiandad with his appeals from behind cause anew kit sponsor has signedathree- playedaWorld Cup in coloured clothing and three T20 Internationals before switching to Premier League, bagged the rightsfor three whichreachedthem in Australia on Tuesday. the wicket,whichsaw the batsman jumpup year deal. with the whiteball. Ask anycricketer from whites forthe Test series. years afterNikedecidedtoend itslong-term “As MPL is anew sponsor,theycannotuse and down to mockhim. When India playAustralia in the first my generation and theywill saythe 1992 Opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan association in September.Atop BCCI official adesign similar to what the previous spon- The below-par finish of the team does One-DayInternational in SydneyonFriday, WorldCup jerseyisthe best.Wehad played tweetedapictureofhim in the jerseywith confirmedthe newkit sponsor could not sor had. The MPL had sent us afew designs nottakeawayany emotion attachedtothe old-timers from the team of 1992 will cher- in coloured clothing earlier but notataWorld thecaption:“Newjersey, renewedmotiva- copythe ‘design’ usedbyNike. forthe one-daykit, including the design from jerseyfor More. “Other than the jersey, Ieven ish seeing the dark-blue kit backonthe field. Cup,” Moretold The Indian Express. tion, Ready to Go.” To avoid copyright violations, the BCCI 1992. We asked the cricketers to give their have the sweater,” Moresaid. “It is very pre- Former India wicketkeeper Kiran More, a The Indian team will wear the retrokit Lastweek,MPL Sports,the merchandise and MPL offeredthe players different op- opinion. Theychose the one whichwas worn cious to me.” SHORTSTORIES BRIEFLY

Tracing the rise of talented game changerswho areprimed fortheir time in the sun during this Australian summer NFLmakeshistory []withall-Black officiatingcrew Tampa(US) : An all-Blackofficiating Ok Tested crew worked an NFL game forthe first time in league history when the Los Chahal has become avirtuoso in white-ball cricket, but his evolution suggests the leggie deserves acrack at the five-daygame Angeles Rams facedthe TampaBay Buccaneers. RefereeJerome Boger led loftedhit to settle the issue. Even then, the fi- Dhoni wasforcedtolungeout alot morethan the crew,whichalso includedumpire SRIRAMVEERA naldeliverywasamagnificentrarity:atossed- he had bargainedfor and couldn’t getenough Barry Anderson, down judgeJulian MUMBAI,NOVEMBER24 up loopyone, justthat the left-hander was behind the hit, holing out to long-off. Mapp, line judgeCarlJohnson, side braveenough to charge out. It’s aballChahaltypically uses againstbig judgeDale Shaw, field judgeAnthony YUZVENDRA CHAHAL captures our imagina- hitters, drags them away from their hitting Jeffries and backjudgeGregSteed. tion because of what has captured his imagi- The ‘wider’ one positions, away from their comfortzones. When the NFL announcedthe crew nation.At themomentof thereleaseof theball, Batsmen hesitateinrushing out to Chahal wasbeingassembledlastweek,league aspinner narrows the various geometric op- aftertheyseeotherstryitoutdisastrously. Like The orthodoxline executive vicepresidentof footballop- tionsavailableto himby instinctandimagina- what happenedtoWriddhiman Saha this IPL. He pings the leg- and middle-stumpline erations Troy Vincent hailedthe move tion. The choices reveal the character and the He oftenuses his feet but it’s noteasy against to batsmen notthat good againstleg-spin. a“atestamentto thecountlessandim- skill. With Chahal, the question always was: is Chahal as he can driftitfurther away from the “Those who have doubtsinthem, na, he uses measurable contributions of Blackof- his artrestricted to acleverresponse to an at- off-stump.SunilGavaskar,onair,let outadeep- that line,” observes Hirwani. Doubtsleads to ficialsto thegame,theirexemplaryper- tack fromabatsman?Canheinducemistakes rooted appreciative cryof“beauty” when re- stuttering steps as theygingerly open up and formance,andto thepowerofinclusion inabatsmannotlookingto hitout?Orinother plays revealedthesensuousleg-breakhadrap- prod at it unsureofthe extent of venom in the thatisthehallmarkofthisgreatgame.” words, can he transcend from alimited-overs idlydippedand turnedafter drifting away, ball. In his six-for at MCG in January2019, virtuoso to Tests? Does he have the nous, the beating Saha’s expansive ambitions. couple of Australians areswallowedupthus: patience,theskill,thecraft,thetemperament, That outside-offline continues to be Marcus Stoinis embarrassedand Jhye EPL:Fanstoreturn andthe fitness forit? Chahal’smostrecognisedfeature.Hehaseven Richardson owned. fromnextweek “I have onlyone big wish left: to playfor namedita‘wider’. He doesn’t merelypush it “Woh Handscomb ka wicketdekha?” India in whites, Iamready forTests,” Chahal wide as some spinners have done in the past; Chahal asks. Of the six, he cherishedthat one. London: Supporters areset to return to voicedhis desiretothis newspaper lastyear. he drifts it away.Asignificant difference and It’s the moment Peter Handscomb, pasthis English Premier League games next Hisownsparsefirst-classturnoutdoesn’thelp the reason whybatsmen fail to nail it. fiftyand consideredgood againstspin, ended week forthe firsttime since March. butincreasingly, evidencesuggests thathehas Usually, thedriftthataright-handerisused up on abanana peel, stuttering and slipping British Prime MinisterBoris Johnson is grownenough to at leastbetried. to istheonethatcomesintheairtowardshim, as the ball skiddedrapidlytotraphim lbw. allowingareturnof spectatorsto sports Watching him bowl in recent times has sometimes alarmingly drifting further down, It driftedinfromwell outside off-stump stadiums as partofaneasing of coron- been abrain-teaser.Unlikemanyofhis con- opening him up and then suddenlyturning and swerved in towardsmiddle. “I have al- avirus restrictions when the national temporaries, Chahal uses the traditional leg- sharplyacross him. This one is different. Right ways had that drift, that’s keyfor me,” Chahal lockdownendsonDecember2.Amax- spinner’s skillsettotackle the demands of from the moment of itsrelease, it’s going the says.Handscomb justabout leanedforward imum of 4,000 fans will initiallybeal- modern-daycricket. otherwaybutbecauseof thedrift(asopposed when the driftmade him stop and the leftfoot lowedintovenuesintheareaswiththe “He is ready forTests,” says Narendra to being thrownout wide) the batsmen seem startedtostutter out as he triedtohold bal- lowest COVID-19infectionratesandup Hirwani, former India leg-spinner and the to think theycan reachitbeforeitgetstoo far ance. He did it reasonablywell but the sub- to 2,000in the areas placedinthe next spin coachatthe National Cricket Academy. away from them. Afatal mistake. sequent speedofthe skidding ball that tier of restrictions. The highest-risk ar- “He is at the laststage of evolution as aspin- Good batsmen end up being lured in. Like straightenedwas toomuchfor him. easstillwon'tbeallowedfans. Plansfor ner.Abimprovement kyabacha hai? He is Sanju Samson this IPL. Justalittle morecon- Or the time Chahal stumpedSam thereturnof spectatorsinOctoberwere doing everything. He is reading the batsmen YuzvendraChahal has the ability to produce the mosteffective ball from his tortion at the release, aslight opening up per- Billings, another batsman with agood rep- put on hold due to aspikeincoron- and the conditions. It’s notabout his foot, repertoireagainstabatsman he wantstofox. Suvajit Dey haps, but otherwise therewas no real give- utation againstspin, in 2018.Itwas aclassic avirus cases. head, shoulder,elbowanymore. He is smart, away.The cockedwristuncoiledtothe left, to humiliator:big drift, sharp dip, and rapid and he is awareofwhat he can do. Shaana theoff-side,atrelease(ratherthanto theright turn. Billings wasstrandedway down the hai (he’s shrewd)”. neither driftnor dip, but Gaylewas dragged in an out-of-comfort-zone framework.That or straight down) and the ball driftedaway track, done in the air,desperatelywaving his Griezmanndenies Therewasenoughevidence,duringtheIPL out of his comfortzone. He watchedthe first combination is Chahal’s speciality.The in- withfuriousrevolutions.Samsonstartedtoad- bat across the line. riftwithMessi forRoyal Challengers Bangaloreand over the ball turn intohim from alength and without stinct of alimited-overs bowler,the vocabu- justhis downward bat swing, the ball kept Offthe field, Chahal is the kind of man pastyear,ofChahal’s ability to produce the the pressing needtohit everyball, jabbedit to laryofaTest leg-spinner. drifting away,upsetting the timing and the who makes the accompanying photographer London: Barcelona forwardAntoine mosteffective ball from his repertoireagainst shortmidwicket.The second and thirdballs In that same over,thereweretwo dotballs point of impact on the bat, and slicing out as a ask him to hop on to asuitcase placedona Griezmann has dismissedtalk of arift abatsman he wantstofox. were thingsof beauty:fullof imagination,dare, atKLRahulaswell,againtailoredto perfection. miscuedhit. dressing-table mirrorand sit cross-leggedaf- with team mateMessi and said he had impishness. Theyweretosseduphigh, rather Twoslowheavily- side-spunleg-breaks,start- MSDhoniwasalsosimilarly takenout.The teraninterview. Without either an inhibit- nothing to do with recent comments The egobuster slowlyand dangerouslywide. And justabout ing from middle stump. Chahal musthavere- drift makes the batsman wait that bit longer, ing self-consciousness or flagrant showman- about the Argentine forwardfromhis Take thelastoverofthechaseto ChrisGayle spinningbackintolegalboundaries.Gaylejust alisedRahulwouldn’tthinkof comingdownto atough demand especiallyonthe front foot ship, Chahal wordlesslyhoppedonitand former agent and his uncle. Earlier, when he had to defend three runs against gapes at the firstone that nestles intothe him nor has the tendency.The onlyplausible as theystart to stutter intotinymovements smiled. Thereisalevel of maturity that only Griezmann’s former agent Eric Olhats KingsXIPunjab.Gayledoesn’tusuallyconsider ’keeper’sglovesanddragstheotherto theleg- alternative wasslog-sweeping, but Chahal to balance themselvesasthe wait forthe ball those capable of childishness can reach, critic saidMessi’s“reignofterror” had made the arcfromcover point to wide long-offas side forasingle. That line has been attempted raisedthe riskswith his off-stumpline. So, stretches. So, Dhonitook the other approach, Clive James wrote, and Chahal’s Instagram lifedifficult forGriezmann, while the places to plunder runs againstaleggie. He by leggies before,but notthe pace or trajec- Rahul triedcutting and both times, endedup in total contrasttoSamson, to hit asimilar moods reveal enough impishness while his Frenchforward’s uncle said it wasnot doesn’tbingeoninside-outloftedcoverdrives tory;theyare usuallyfiredacross,flat,fast,and choppingitto shortcover.ItwaslefttoNicholas ball. He chose to go down on his backknee to bowling artshowcases that increasing matu- easyto playinthesameclubasthesix- either.So, Chahal shiftedhis line to well out- away from the batsman. Notlikethis. Pooran to do what mostbatsmen loathe to do hold balance even as he reachedout. But the rity.His time has come in Tests. Arethe selec- time Ballon d’Or winner. AGENCIES side off, from around the stumps. Therewas This wasatease to Gayle’s ego, presented againstChahal: rush down the trackfor the driftisn’t an easy beasttotame. In the end, tors tunedin?

[ ISL WRAP:RD1 ] BCCI asks CA to relax

Youngest manager sets tone for the season Thapa, Brandon shine quarantine for Rohit, Ishant

THE MASTERMIND of the biggestupsetin years in Poland’s topdivision. But the Amidstthe focus on the much-im- “The Australian Health Protection Principal the opening round of matches in the Indian Spaniardhad to fill the big void leftatFC proved foreign signings across all SHAMIKCHAKRABARTY Committee (AHPPC) recognises some other SuperLeague(ISL) is just 35 years old. ‘Just’, Goa with the departureofFerran teams, it is easy foranIndian playerto KOLKATA,NOVEMBER24 travellers should be exempt from quarantine because he is amanager and notaplayer. Corominas, one of the fineststrikers to have go missing. But 22-year-old Anirudh requirementsaslongastheytakestepsto mit- GrardNus, the globe-trotting Spaniard playedinIndia. Thaparemindedeveryone whyheis ROHITSHARMAandIshantSharmacouldplay igaterisk.These travellers mustapplyfor a who joinedNorthEastUnited in Augustisthe Angulo, 36, showedhis class in the space tippedtobeone of the flag bearers of apartinthe Test series in Australia as the BCCI quarantine exemption in line with stateand youngestmanager ever in the ISL. And it did of three second-half minutes against Indian football in the days to come. is nowintalkswith Cricket Australia (CA) as territoryrequirements.” nottakelong forthe former Ghana assistant Bengaluru FC in the battle of the twotitle Thapa, who has been one of the regardstoarelaxation in the quarantine rules The BCCI and CA understandablyare try- coach, who startedhis career as the coachof contenders. His goals in the 66th minute– consistent performers forthe lastcou- forthe players. According to aBCCI official, if ing to take the ‘exemption’ routefor Rohit and Liverpool’s academy, to makeanimpact. aneat left-footedshotacross the goal to ple of seasons, became the firstIndian the rules arerelaxed,then Rohit and Ishant Ishant, as the Australian cricket body negoti- NorthEastwerethe whipping boys of beat GurpreetSingh Sandhu –and the 69th goal scorer of the season –astatthat might reachAustralia in time to be available ates with the Australian government. During the lastISL season –winning onlytwo out minute–using his chesttoscorefroma matters even nowbecause the Indian forIndia’s second and final tour game, against the Indian Premier League (IPL) also, the BCCI of the 18 matches and conceding twice the close-range–salvagedanotherwise aver- players don’t routinelyfind the backof Australia 'A' in SydneyfromDecember 11 to successfullynegotiated with the government number of goals theyscored.Itwas widely ageevening forGoa. the net. Thapa looked sharp in 13.AspertheAustraliangovernment’sgeneral authorities in AbuDhabi to relax the quaran- expected that they’d be rolledoverintheir Giventhat almostone-thirdofthe for- Chennaiyin’s 2-1 win over Jamshedpur Covid protocol, a14-dayquarantine period is tineperiodfortheEnglishandAustraliancrick- opener by Mumbai City FC, one of the eign players and sevenout of 11 managers on Tuesday, and scored afteronly47 necessaryupon reaching Australia. eterswhowentto UnitedArabEmirates(UAE) favourites this season who notonlyhavea GrardNus, 35,took over the mantle at in the ISL this season arefromSpain, it is seconds –alow,right-footeddrive “BCCI is in talkswith CA,whichinturn is afterplayingalimited-oversseriesinEngland. star-studdedsquad, but in Sergio Lobera NorthEastUnited in August. NEFC/Twitter hardlysurprising that theyhad the biggest from justinside the boxtofind the bot- negotiating with the Australian government Rohithadsufferedahamstringinjurydur- theyhaveamanager who has had success impact in the opening round. tomright corner. about arelaxation in the quarantine rules (for ing the IPL, while aribcageinjuryruledIshant in India and abroad. And if firstimpressions areanything to Thapa’s India teammateBrandon the twoplayers). If the rules arerelaxed,then out of the tournament. But Nusand NorthEastshowedthey single shotontargetshowedhow disci- go by,then a35-year-old manager and a Fernandes wasanother Indian player bothRohitandIshantcouldbeavailableforthe Both aredoing their rehab at the National wouldn’t careabout reputations. NorthEast plinedNorthEastwereand the precision 36-year-old playerwill be the ones to who impressed. The FC Goa midfielder (second) tour game,” aBCCI official told The Cricket Academy(NCA) at the moment. The playedwithin their limitations but Nusor- with whichtheyexecuted Nus’s game-plan. watchout forthis season. did notstart the matchfor FC Goa due Indian Express. BCCImedicalteamisassessingtheplayersand ganisedthem in suchaway that Mumbai Incredibly, Nusisyounger than the to aniggle he carriedcoming intothe AlthoughtheAustraliangovernmentman- itislearntthatasof now, Rohit’sfitnesslevelis found it hardtobreak them despitedomi- playerwho scriptedanimprobable come- ROUND 2FIXTURES:Nov 25: FC Goa vs season, but his introduction against dates a14-dayquarantine period forincom- “70per cent”. nating the firsthalf. backoverthe weekend forFCGoa. Mumbai City;Nov 26: Kerala Blasters vs Bengaluru in the 57th minuteturned ing travellers, there’s aprovision forexemp- On Sunday, the Indian team head coach Ared cardtoMumbai playmaker Igor Angulo’s goal-scoring reputation NorthEastUnited;Nov 27:SCEastBengal vs out to be game-changing as he initiated tionwhichislistedinthe‘exemptioncategory’. Ravi Shastri had spoken about howitwas im- AhmedJahouh helpedNorthEast’s cause, precedes him. He came to India afterscor- ATKMohun Bagan; Nov28: Bengaluru vs the movesthat ledtobothGoa goals The Australian government’s health advisory, portant forthe twoplayers to flyout to but the fact that Mumbai did notmanagea ing nearly ahundred goals in the lastfour Hyderabad; Nov29: Jamshedpur vs Odisha MIHIR VASAVDA as put out on the government website, says: Australia in the next “three to four days”.

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