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THE LARGEST CIRCULATED ENGLISH DAILY IN SOUTH INDIA CHENNAI I TUESDAY 19 I JANUARY 2021 WEATHER Max: 29OC STATE | 3 NATION | 4 SPORT | 8 Min: 22OC OPS to Centre: Release Shivraj demands ban Mum’s call did Rainfall: Nil `19,591.63 cr dues soon on web series wonders for Siraj ASTROGUIDE Sarvari: Thai 6 deccanchronicle.com, facebook.com/deccannews, twitter.com/deccanchronicle, google.com/+deccanchronicle Vol. 16 No. 294 Established 1938 | 8 PAGES| `3.00 Tithi: Sashti/ Sapthami Star: Uthiratathi/ Revathi ‘COPS MUST DECIDE’ Rahukalam: 3 pm to 4.30 pm Congress-DMK friction shows as Yamagandam: 9 am to 10.30 am SC keeps off farmers’ PRAYERS Pondy assembly passes resolution Fajar: 5.20 am Zohar: 12.23 pm G. BABU JAYAKUMAR & DIFFERENCES In fact, the DMK has not been participating Asar: 3.35 pm D. SEKAR | DC R-Day tractor rally CHENNAI, JAN. 18 On Monday, DMK in any of the programmes of the Congress Maghrib: 6.01 pm in the past six months. Even Chief Minister ● members boycotted Isha: 7.17 pm PARMOD KUMAR AND The Supreme Court on Monday told the The open assertion of the the crucial Assembly V. Narayanasamy organised a protest against SUNSET TODAY 6.04 PM SANJAY KAW | DC Centre that the pro- DMK’s Puducherry unit on session called to Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi recently, the SUNRISE TOMORROW 6.36 AM NEW DELHI, JAN. 18 posed tractor rally by Monday to field candidates pass a resolution DMK did not extend support. in all the 30 constituencies MOONRISE TODAY 11.04 AM farmers on the against the Centre’s farm The Supreme Court on for the Territorial Assembly With the PMK apparently coming close to MOONSET TOMORROW 11.26 PM Monday left it to the Delhi Republic Day on elections in April or May is laws and also to demand January 26 is a mat- Statehood for the Union the DMK Jagathrakshakan is hopeful of his police to decide on the entry seen as harbinger to the party storming Puducherry. CORONA of protesting farmers into ter of “law and splintering of the Congress- Territory on the pretext of the national capital on order” and Delhi DMK alliance not just in the attending a meeting called by TNCC president KS Alagiri has also acknowl- Republic Day, as it heard Union Territory but also in police are the first S. Jagathrakshan, DMK’s edged that there were differences between C UNT the government’s plea seek- Tamil Nadu. Though all is newly appointed in-charge for the Congress and DMK in Puducherry. ing an injunction against authority to decide seemingly well with the Puducherry. CASES DEATHS the tractor rally planned for who should be allowed to enter DMK-Congress alliance in January 26. the national capital Tamil Nadu with even Con- the programmes of the Vanniyar himself, he is said principle for an exclusive (+9,783) (+132) Sticking to their stand, the gress leader Rahul Gandhi Congress in the past six to be secretly working reservation has been turned union leaders said the statement late on Monday. invoke its powers under the and DMK’s Youth Wing sec- months. Even Chief towards roping in the PMK. down, he is angry and would 1,05,82,458 1,52,588 protesting farmers had a A Supreme Court-appoint- law and it has the power to retary Udhayanidhi Stalin Minister V. Narayanasamy To accommodate the PMK like to go with the DMK if it constitutional right to take ed panel to resolve the crisis deal with law and order sit- sharing the stage at a jal- organised a protest against in its alliance, the DMK could give them a decent out their tractor rally peace- is, meanwhile, due to hold uations. “Who should be likattu event at Avaniyap- Lieutenant Governor Kiran would also have to let go of number of seats. covid19india.org fully and said thousands of its first meeting on allowed and the number of uram in Madurai on Pongal Bedi recently, the DMK did the Congress in TNadu, too. Also if the DMK could give people will participate in Tuesday. people to enter are all mat- Day, that relationship not extend support. In the event of the PMK the assurance to look into STATE GOVERNMENT BULLETINS the event. The proposed 50- “The government’s minis- ters of law and order, to be between the two allies has Since the local leaders of moving in, the VCK may the reservation demand, km “kisan rally” will be led terial meeting with protest- decided by the police. We been going south for quite the DMK and Jagathra- also leave the alliance. VCK there is every possibility of (+551 ) by women-driven tractors ing farmers’ unions was are not the first authority,” some time in Puducherry. kshakan, who was made in general secretary Thol the PMK supporting the 12,272 on Outer Ring Road and fixed on January 19. Due to Chief Justice Bobde said. On Monday, DMK mem- charge of Puducherry a few Thirumavalavan had Jagathrakshakan plan to TN: 8,31,323 won’t disrupt the day’s big inevitable reasons, it has To this, attorney-general bers boycotted the crucial days back, feel that the acknowledged that there form a government in parade on Rajpath. Farmers become important to post- K.K. Venugopal said: “It is Assembly session called to party was strong in the was trouble in the coalition Puducherry and then filling WORLD CONFIRMED CASES have started organising pone the meeting. Now the an extraordinary situation pass a resolution against the Union Territory and would by saying that there was an in the void left by the mock rallies in parts of meeting will be held on and the court may pass Centre’s farm laws and also hence romp home in the attempt by inimical forces Congress departure from Punjab and Haryana to January 20 at 2 pm at orders”, noting that “public to demand Statehood for the elections on its own to break the alliance. the alliance. 9,57,68,122 encourage more people to Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. order”, “police”, “land” and Union Territory on the pre- strength, they want to Since PMK founder S. TNCC president KS join the “kisan tractor Request you to attend the “services” in the national text of attending a meeting detach the Congress from its Ramadoss, who recently Alagiri has also acknowl- DEATHS march” in large numbers. meeting,” agriculture secre- capital are under the direct called by S Jagathraksh- bandwagon. launched an agitation edged that there were differ- The tenth round of talks tary Sanjay Agarwal said in purview of the Centre. akan, DMK’s newly appoint- With the PMK apparently demanding 20 per cent ences between the Congress between the government a letter to 40 farmers’ Calling the proposed tractor ed in-charge for coming close to the DMK — exclusive reservation for and DMK in Puducherry. 20,44,183 and the farmers’ represen- unions. rally “illegal”, Mr Puducherry. after the AIADMK in whose Vanniyars, needs a face sav- Though he hoped that it COUNTRIES, tatives was on Monday There are indications the Venugopal told the court an Jagathrakshakan, DMK alliance it is now put its foot ing measure like an assur- will be sorted out, the man- AREAS WITH pushed back by a day to tractor rally may also figure order from it would MP representing Arakk- down turning down the pre- ance from the leader of the ner in which Congress has CASES 219 January 20, with the Centre in the tenth round of negoti- “strengthen” the hands of onam, vowed to lay down condition of an assurance alliance in which it goes to planned a series of meetings worldometers.info saying both sides want to ations between the farmers the government as it was his life in the event of the on its reservation demand the polls that at least the by Rahul Gandhi in the resolve the stalemate at the and Central ministers. The facing an “unprecedented DMK failing to win all the 30 — Jagathrakshakan is hope- sentiments behind the State, point to its prepared- earliest but it was “getting two sides have failed to situation”. An unmoved constituencies in the elec- ful of his party storming demand for reservation ness to go it alone in the ‘Tandav’ makers delayed due to the involve- reach any understanding in CJI Bobde shot back, ask- tions. Though it is not clear Puducherry. would be respected. elections. Rahul Gandhi is apologise, say no intent ment of people of other ide- nine rounds of talks over ing: “Does the Union of whether he aspires to Jagathrakshakan, a multi- The DMK, during the touring the Western region ologies”. the repeal of three Central India need the Supreme become the next Chief Min- billionaire who owns educa- Vikravandi byelections in of Tamil Nadu from to hurt sentiments “The government’s minis- farm laws and the MSP Act. Court to tell it what powers ister, as it is rumoured in tional institutions and October 2019, had actually January 23, meeting entre- terial meeting with the In the Supreme Court, a it has under the Police some circles, or not, he had many other businesses, is promised an exclusive preneurs, trade unions and Mumbai: The makers of Amazon farmers unions will be held three-judge bench led by Act?” He said the court had- made it clear that the said to have a wide range of reservation of Vanniyars, others in Coimbatore and Prime Video series ‘Tandav’ on on January 20 at 2 pm at Chief Justice of India n’t taken up the entire issue alliance with Congress was business interests in which was then ridiculed by Tirupur for three days. And Monday apologised uncondition- Vigyan Bhavan, instead of Sharad Arvind Bobde on of the farmers’ agitation over. Puducherry too and hence Ramadoss. But now since more such programmes in ally after complaints that one of January 19,” the agricul- Monday said the Delhi and its intervention had In fact, the DMK has not is keen on reigning over the Ramadoss’ demand that the other parts of the State are its episodes had hurt “Hindu sen- ture ministry said in a police was at liberty to been “misunderstood”. been participating in any of Union Territory. A AIADMK at least agree in also on the anvil. timents.: An official statement from the cast and crew of Tandav said, "We have been closely mon- 3,81,305 beneficiaries KARNATAKA Vs MAHARASHTRA itoring viewer reactions to the web series Tandav and today received vaccine, 580 TN poll alliance matters figure during a discussion, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting adverse events BSY slams Thackeray informed us regarding a large number of grievances and peti- in CM meeting with Amit Shah tions received on various facets reported: Health ministry of the web series with serious New Delhi, Jan. 18: A over border comments G. BABU JAYAKUMAR & ● The BJP, it is said, is keen that the concerns and apprehensions total of 3,81,305 beneficia- D. SEKAR | DC AIADMK’s vote bank is intact Mamata to stand regarding its content hurting the ries have so far been vac- Bengaluru, Jan 18: CHENNAI, JAN. 18 when the alliance goes to sentiments of the people. cinated for Covid-19 and Karnataka Chief Minister in Suvendu’s turf “Tandav is a work of fiction and 580 adverse events follow- BS Yediyurappa on Mon- Chief Minister Edappadi K polls, probably in April or any resemblance to acts and per- ing immunisation were day condemned the state- Palaniswami’s scheduled May, and does not want the in Nandigram sons and events is purely coinci- reported in the country ment of Maharashtra Chief visit to Delhi on Monday, AMMK to split it dental. The cast and crew did not till now, the Union health Minister Uddhav ostensibly to invite Prime RAJIB CHOWDHURI | DC ● have any intention to offend the ministry said on Monday. Thackeray that his govern- Minister Narendra Modi The AIADMK leaders, how- KOLKATA, JAN. 18 sentiments of any individual, Addressing a press brief- ment is committed to incor- to inaugurate the ever, are wary of totally caste, community, race, religion ing, Manohar Agnani, porating areas of Jayalalithaa memorial renouncing Sasikala as they In a move that is being or religious beliefs or insult or Additional Secretary in Karnataka where Marathi- and to discuss develop- seen as a masterstroke to outrage any institution, political the ministry of health, speaking people are in ment plans for the State, fear that she could approach avenge Shubhendu Adhik- party or person, living or dead. said 1,48,266 beneficiaries majority. led to tongues wagging in the court against her removal from the post ari’s desertion of her party were vaccinated across 25 “The statement of Karnataka, the Marathas the political circles back of general secretary of AIADMK, which has and joining the BJP, states and union territo- Maharashtra Chief are living with Kannadigas. home. not been filled so far Trinamul Congress chief COUNTER POINT ries till 5 pm on Monday. Minister Uddhav While the Kannadigas in The political grapevine Mamata Banerjee on Agnani said a cumula- Thackeray;s speech on the the border districts of had it that Palaniswami invite the Prime Minister with more votes that Monday announced that tive 580 adverse events integration of Marathi lan- Maharashtra are living has gone to explain to the for the inaugural function. would otherwise go to the she would contest the following immunisation guage and culture into with the Marathas,” he Prime Ministers and The BJP, it is said, is AIADMK and thus weak- forthcoming Assembly (AEFIs) and seven hospi- Maharashtra is obnoxious. added. other leaders of the BJP keen that the AIADMK’s en the entire alliance, in elections from Nandigram, talisations have so far This is contrary to the prin- On Sunday, the chief min- the difficulties in allow- vote bank is intact when which the BJP is a part, adding that she will also been reported in the ciples of the Indian Union. ister of Maharashtra said ing the TTV Dhinakaran- the alliance goes to polls, paving the way for an try to contest from her country since the nation- Mahajan report is final and that his government will led AMMK merge with probably in April or May, easy victory of the DMK home constituency, Bho- wide Covid inoculation true,” Yediyurappa said. incorporate areas of the AIADMK at this point and does not want the in the elections. wanipore, which elected drive began on January “It is unfortunate, I con- Karnataka where Marathi- of time. AMMK to split it. So, the BJP leaders are her in 2011 and 2016. 16. In Delhi, three hospi- demn the statement. We’re speaking people are in That Dhinakaran was The perception is that said to be putting pres- Mr Adhikari is the MLA talisations were reported, not going to give even an majority into the state. also planning to fly to the arrival of VK sure on the AIADMK to of Nandigram in East out of which, two have inch of land from this side,” “Bringing Karnataka-wide Delhi by a chartered flight Sasikala, aide of former accept Sasikala and Midnapore. In her first been discharged, and one the Karnataka CM added. Marathi-speaking and cul- only added fuel to the Chief Minister J AMMK into the party visit to Mr Adhikari's who fainted is under Yediyurappa further said tural region to rumours, though fisheries Jayalalithaa, in the politi- fold without any fuss. home turf after his induc- observation at Max that it is painful that Maharashtra will be a trib- minister D. Jayakumar, cal scene could create a Voicing the same senti- tion into the BJP, Ms Hospital, Patparganj. The Maharashtra chief minis- ute to the soldiers who were who accompanied the bigger rift in the party ment was Deputy Chief Banerjee said that reported case of AEFI in ter is trying to sabotage an martyred in this border Chief Minister, told the with many leaders and Minister and AIADMK Nandigram is "lucky" for Uttarakhand is stable and amicable atmosphere. war. We are united and media rather categorically functionaries of AIADMK coordinator O Pan- her since her movement under observation at All “Thus regionalism and committed to that. Respects that the visit was to seek throwing their weight neerselvam at a meeting against forcible land acqui- India Institute of Medical talk of linguistics are detri- to the martyrs with this funds for the various behind her. of Jayalalithaa Peravai sition there ousted the Sciences (AIIMS), mental to the unity of the promise,” the CMO tweeted schemes initiated by the In such a scenario, the office-bearers on Communist regime a Rishikesh. — PTI country. I condemn this. In on Sunday. — ANI State government and to AMMK could walk away Monday. ■ P3 decade ago. Domestic flight offloads woman and FBI vetting Guard troops in DC amid fears of insider attack

Washington, Jan 18: bers involved in securing other VIPs in attendance. 4-month-old daughter at city airport Participants in a rehearsal President-elect Joe Biden’s Army Secretary Ryan for President-elect Joe inauguration, prompting McCarthy told The DC CORRESPONDENT Edappadi K Palaniswami the flight along with the baby Biden’s inauguration were the FBI to vet all of the Associated Press on CHENNAI, JAN. 18 boarded the Vistara airlines since other passengers are evacuated from the front 25,000 National Guard Sunday that officials are flight to Delhi which was getting disturbed. Lakshmi of the Capitol on orders of troops coming into conscious of the potential A 30-year-old woman and her scheduled to depart from Devi got down from the flight security officials after a Washington for the event. threat, and he warned 4-month old daughter were Chennai at 11: 55 am with 94 along with the baby, while his fire in a homeless encamp- The massive undertak- commanders to be on the offloaded from the Delhi passengers. Sources said husband stayed back in the ment, adding to the fears ing reflects the extraordi- lookout for any problems bound Vistara flight on that the 4-month old baby aircraft. over security threats to nary security concerns within their ranks as the Monday since the baby was girl started to cry continu- The flight left Chennai with Wednesday’s ceremony that have gripped inauguration approaches. crying continuously after ously after boarding. Her 93 passengers after a delay of following the storming of Washington following the National Guard troops reinforce security around the US So far, however, he and boarding the aircraft. The parents Rahul and Lakshmi 25 minutes. Airport sources Capitol Hill early this deadly Jan. 6 insurrection Capitol ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Joe other leaders say they Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Devi tried to control the said mother and the baby month. at the U.S. Capitol by pro- Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, in have seen no evidence of Edappadi K Palaniswami was baby but all their efforts were made to stay in the wait- U.S. defense officials say Trump rioters. Washington. — AP any threats, and officials travelling to Delhi in the same went in vain. ing hall and boarded the they are worried about an And it underscores said the vetting hadn’t flight. The air hostesses requested Vistara airlines flight to Delhi insider attack or other fears that some of the protect the city over the present a threat to the flagged any issues that The Tamil Nadu CM the mother to get down from at 5.30 pm. threat from service mem- very people assigned to next several days could incoming president and they were aware of. — AP CITY DECCAN CHRONICLE | TUESDAY | 19 JANUARY 2021 | CHENNAI pg 2 ■Madras HC issues set of guidelines /directions to be followed by lower courts to dispose of cases SHORT TAKES Armed gang robs Over 1K cases under domestic violence Act pending `7.8L after assaulting J. STALIN I DC Act. Instead, the magistrate Domestic violence against women is a human rights magistrates to dispose an the proceedings has also CHENNAI, JAN. 18 shall issue a notice for and social rights issue that has engaged the attention application filed under sec- given rise to a tendency to Tasmac staffer appearance. Personal of law and policy makers at global and national levels. tion 12 (1) within 60 days misuse these proceedings DC CORRESPONDENT Expressing surprise over appearance of the respon- The genesis of the D.V.Act can be traced to the General from the date of its first as a weapon of harassment CHENNAI, JAN. 18 the pendency of over 1,000 dent(s) shall not be ordinar- Recommendations XII (1989) passed by the U.N. hearing. However, here is a against parties who were cases related to the domes- ily insisted upon, if the par- distressing scenario where unrelated to the proceed- In a daring act, a four-member tic violence (DV) Act before ties are effectively repre- Committee on the Elimination Discrimination against the proceedings, in a major- ings by making them armed gang attacked a staff it for over three years, the sented through a counsel. It Women. Taking note of Articles 2, 5, 11, 12 and 16 of ity of the cases, have come stand before a magistrate working for the Tamil Nadu Madras high court has is not mandatory for the the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of to a grinding halt without like accused persons. It was State Marketing Corporation issued a set of guide- magistrate to issue notices Discrimination Against Women, it was unanimously resolved by the Committee any progress for more than mainly on account of this (Tasmac) and his friend and lines/directions to be fol- to all parties arrayed as that State parties mush put in place appropriate legislations to protect women 3 years on account of the abuse of process that a relieved them of `7.80 lakh on lowed by the lower courts respondents in an applica- against violence of any kind occurring within the family, at the work place or in pendency of the petitions deluge of petitions was Pavunjur-Selaiyur road here while disposing of applica- tion under section 12 of the any other area of social life. India ratified the CEDAW in 1993. However, a legis- on the file of this court”, filed for quashing the pro- on Sunday night. tions filed under section 12 Act. The magistrate should lation to implement general recommendation XII had to await another 12 the judge added. ceedings under section 12 Police sources said on of the DV Act. apply mind in deciding the years. The judge said, on a close of the DV Act. “This Sunday night after 10 pm, The directions included respondents to whom reading of the DV Act, the sorry state of affairs forced Suresh Kumar (46) , who was that an application under notices should be issued. In The object of the Act was to bridge the gap between the existing procedures court found that the nature the court to bring the working as supervisor of section 12 of the DV Act is all cases involving relatives in civil and criminal law by providing a civil remedy for a complaint of domestic of rights that were protect- situation under control by Tasmac retail shop at Palur not a complaint under sec- and other third parties to violence without disrupting the harmony in the family. ed and enforced under the laying down certain guide- and his friend Shakar (30) tion 2 (d) of the CrPC. the matrimonial relation- Act were purely civil in lines for the disposal of the were heading home after col- Consequently, the proce- ship, the magistrate must Section 2 (a) of the D.V.Act defines an "aggrieved person" to mean a woman nature. However, consider- applications under sec- lecting Pongal ‘s sales revenue dure set out in section 190 set out reasons for issuing who is or has been, in a domestic relationship with the respondent who alleges ing the forum which was tion12 of the DV Act”, the from the retail outlet. (1) (a) (for taking cog- notice to such parties. to have been subjected to any act of domestic violence by the respondent. It is dealing with such applica- judge added. When the duo was nizance) and 200 to 204 Cr Justice N. Anand crucial to notice that the grievance of the "aggrieved person" is directed tions, and the procedure Citing various judgments near Pudur road on PC regarding cases insti- Venkatesh framed the against a "respondent" as defined under section 2 (q) of the Act. Therefore, the adopted, a criminal colour of the Supreme Court and Pavunjur- Selaiyur road, they tuted on a complaint has no guidelines while dismiss- relief sought for under Chapter IV of the D.V.Act is not in the nature of a formal has been unwittingly given high courts, the judge said were intercepted by four application to a proceeding ing, as not maintainable, a accusation like in a criminal case and the person against whom such a relief is to these proceedings. Like a since the magistrate was unidentified bike-borne rob- under the DV Act. The mag- batch of petitions filed sought for, is therefore not an accused before the magistrate. chameleon changing its exercising only a civil juris- bers. The gang brandished a istrate, therefore, cannot under section 482 of CrPC colour, the proceedings diction in granting relief machete and threatened them treat an application under to quash the proceedings, The judge said the issue under section 482 of the applications under section under the DV Act were also under Chapter IV of the DV to hand over the cash bag, and the DV Act as a complaint pending before the lower relates to the jurisdiction of CrPC. This court had 12 of the DV Act. “This camouflaged due to the Act, it follows that a magis- when they refused, the under the CrPC. The magis- courts, which are initiated the high court to quash a directed the Registry to court was surprised to nature of the forum provid- trate was not a criminal assailants attacked Suresh trate shall not issue sum- pursuant to the complaints complaint under section 12 find a number of cases filed learn that over 1,000 such ed under the Act. On the court for the purpose of Kumar and Shankar with a mons to a respondent(s) in filed under section 12 of the of the DV Act, 2005 in exer- between 2017 and 2020 and cases were pending. The flip side, the faulty under- proceedings under chapter machete and snatched the bag a proceeding under the DV DV Act. cise of its inherent power pending, for quashing DV Act endeavours the standing of the nature of IV of the Act. containing `7.8 lakh. The duo was noticed by passersby who alerted the 108 ambulance. They were Plea seeks proceedings first rushed to Seiyur GH and Rajini fans free TURTLE TALE then to the Government against Gurumurthy Sea turtles have laid hospital in Chengalpet for eggs in nests dug treatment. to join any party DC CORRESPONDENT along Elliot’s beach in Based on the complaint from CHENNAI, JAN. 18 Besant Nagar. Due to Suresh Kumar, Selaiyur DC CORRESPONDENT From time immemorial, recent floods, the police registered a case CHENNAI, JAN. 18 many fans of Rajinikanth A 78-year-old advocate, regarding the robbery. Further had been members or practicing in Madras estuary near the sea investigations are on. Members of the Rajini supporters of various politi- high court for over 51 was blocked by Makkal Mandram were cal parties and casting their years has sought the garbage which had given a free hand to join any votes in elections according written consent of the hampered the process Newsprint cost up: political party of their to their free will. Only after Advocate General of of hatching of eggs by choice after resigning from the actor announced his Tamil Nadu to file a sea turtles. Moved by Publishers seek the mandram, thus putting plans of launching his own criminal contempt the plight, beach to rest all speculations that party did the fans, particu- against S.Gurumurthy, walkers informed the waiver in customs duty actor Rajinikanth might larly those who were mem- Editor of Thuglak, a Chennai corporation revive his plans of starting a bers of the Mandram, start- Tamil weekly maga- officials and forest New Delhi: Newsprint cost political party in future. ed waiting for the moment, zine, for allegedly mak- department. Steps has jumped 20 per cent in the A statement issued by V. giving up their past political ing scandalous were taken to clear last three months due to M. Sudhakar, administrator affiliations. remarks against judges the estuary of garbage demand-supply imbalance of the Mandram, on Monday Now that the official of the high court and due to which a turtle post pandemic, prompting said that whichever party announcement has been Supreme Court at a has laid 119 eggs this made by the mandram, they news publishers to petition the they opt to join and work far, function held on season. Usually, a sea government for waiver of 5 they would remain fans of would be going back to their January 14, 2021. turtle lays about 150 per cent import duty to help Rajinikanth, adding that parent parties and also In his affidavit filed cut cost. Mandram members should working during the elec- before Advocate Gen- eggs on the sandy The industry has been hit bear that in mind. tions. eral Vijay Narayan, beaches. —N.Sampath hard due to Covid-19 led advocate S.Doraisamy disruptions and the submitted that the con- most newspapers have temnor S.Gurumurthy stopped sending newspapers in a public meeting to rural areas where there Abducted MP girl rescued in Tirupur viz., Thuglak anniver- is less than 50 copies to Coimbatore, Jan 18: A Based on a complaint, sary on January 14, reduce the distribution cost, teenage girl, reportedly Madhya Pradesh police 2021, made a speech said the Indian Newspaper abducted from Madhya investigated and learnt that allegedly against Society (INS) president Pradesh, was traced in the girl was in the hosiery judges of the High L Adimoolam. nearby Tirupur and handed town of Tirupur and a spe- Court and Supreme In a representation to the over to a police team from cial team reached there and Court. Gurumurthy Finance Minister Nirmala that State, police said on alerted the local police. has allegedly said that Sitharaman, INS has suggest- Monday. Police found that the most of the judges ed to take steps as to reduce According to police, the girl was staying with Bijesh are dishonest and the customs duty on import of 17-year-old girl from in Kumar Nagar. Both meritless and obtained newsprints, a stimulus Batkakhapa in Chhindwara were handed over to the post of the package for the industry district in Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh police, high court judge or at least to help the publica- was brought to Tirupur a who registered a kidnap- by falling in the legs tions by releasing advertise- few days ago by a man iden- ping case against the man, of politicians. It is a ment with an increased tariff tified as Bijesh on promise working in a garment unit, false scandalous dis- of 50 per cent. —PTI of marrying her. they said. —PTI honest speech of the contemnor, thereby lowering the honesty of the high court judges and interfering Three drown in stone quarry pond with the administra- tion of justice DC CORRESPONDENT Ansari took the duo and two They shouted for help, on see- and hence he is CHENNAI, JAN. 18 other relatives, Dijath(38) and ing them a few people nearby liable to be punished Yashini(13) to bathe in the jumped in to save them, how- for making a Three persons including two stone quarry pond in ever, their efforts went in vain. contemptuous speech, minor girls drowned and died Kanthalur near Pulipakkam in Chengalpet Taluk police Doraisamy added. in a stone quarry pond in Chengalpet district. were alerted. Fire and services Meanwhile, another Chengalpet’s Kanthalur on Thameem recently visited the personnel rushed to the advocate P.Pugalenthi Monday evening. pond with his friends and on spot and launched an exten- of Chennai, has filed a According to the police, the Monday he took his family to sive search for them. The team petition in the Madras deceased has been identified the spot. on Monday evening managed high court to take as Thameem Ansari (25), a res- Police said Diljath and Yasini to pull out their bodies. The action against ident of Washermanpet. His did not venture into the pond, bodies of the deceased S.Gurumurthy on its cousin, Samitha (17) and her while Thameem , Samitha and were sent to the Chengalpet own motion under sec- friend Angel(17). Angel jumped into the pond. GH for post-mortem. A case tion 15 (1) of the Police sources said, on While taking a bath, the trio has been registered and Contempt of Courts Monday afternoon Thameem suddenly started to drown. inquiries are on. Act and punish him. A T Nagar lane Govt name boards in Tamil on remains unutilized K’taka border vandalised by group Speak Out e draw the kind attention of the Erode, Jan 18: Sign and of police in Karnataka, and threw away name- Patil was Chief Minister Greater Chennai Corporation to name boards of the Tamil they added. boards of district pan- of Karnataka," he said. Wthe lane located in between Nadu government in On Sunday, sign and chayat and the highways Protesting against Tamil Ranganathan Street and Natesan Tamil and English on the name boards, including department, police said. boards in Thalavadi, Close unauthorized auto stands Street in T Nagar , falling under Zone X, state's border with one by Erode district pan- The men, damaging the Nagaraj said authorities Division 136, and seek answers to the Karnataka were allegedly chayat, were damaged by signboards in Tamil, rai- should not put them up n most of the being followed by the l If approval is given following: damaged by a fringe group unknown miscreants, sed slogans like 'Don't ne- and must come up with Chennai streets, traffic police while for setting up the auto- from the neighbouring Thalavadi police said, ed Tamil', "We want only Kannada boards. "There is Iparticularly those giving sanction for the stand, how many autos ● Is the lane a private space or a public state for the second time adding they inspected the Kannada name plates in not a single word written located near shopping same. The following are permitted to park at space belonging to the Greater Chennai in 10 days, police said here spot and posted adequate Karnataka', "Victory to in Kannada," he said. hubs, one could find posers deserve answers any point in time? Corporation? on Monday. The group number of armed police- Kannada Chalavali Vatal Following the incidents, auto-stands – both from the traffic police : l Does the department ● If it is a public space, what purpose claimed that Thalavadi in men to avert such inci- Party'. Viduthalai Chiruthaigal ‘authorised’ by the traf- l How does the depart- keep a watch on the does it now serve? Tamil Nadu's Erode dis- dents in future. A video clip on their van- Katchi said here that they would stage a protest fic police and unautho- ment go about with the auto-stands on a regular ● trict 'belonged' to Such boards inform peo- dalism has been widely rised ones, with the sanction of the auto basis to ensure the safe- Has any official of the GCC ever visit- Karnataka. ple about the beginning of shared in social media. against the vandalism by boards depicting the stands on streets? ty and security of the ed the space to check the condition of the The incidents come the limits of Tamil Nadu Speaking to Karnataka the group and their claim pictures of the political l Do the auto drivers neighborhood resi- lane? against the backdrop of a state and under which reporters in front of the to Thalavadi. Maharas- leaders, the auto-rick- approach the depart- dents? ● When extreme space crunch is felt, row between Maharashtra division or sub-division of Tamil boards then, htra Chief Minister shaw drivers owe alle- ment for setting up the l Does the department why is it allowed to get used as a public and Karnataka over some the TN highways depart- Nagaraj said "Thalavadi is Uddhav Thackeray's state- giance to ostensibly to stands in the streets? allow the setting up of urinal or to dump waste/rubbish of the border areas where ment the locality falls. a Kannada land" and ment on Sunday that his draw the extra mileage. l Based on what needs auto-stands at every establishments close-by? Marathi speaking people Also, they either 'wel- recalled that he launched government is committed In the case of author- do the auto drivers street? live predominantly. come' or say 'thanks' to a protest in 1969, seeking towards incorporating ized auto-stands, one approach the depart- T Nagar Residents Welfare Association Following the back to people for visiting Erode to annex Thalavadi with into the state, areas of does not know what ment to set up auto- V. S. Jayaraman, (Regd), back incidents and a call district of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka. He and many Karnataka where Marathi basic procedures are stands ? Chennai Chennai for protest against it by ubiquitous in border leaders from Chamara- speaking people are in a Viduthalai Chiruthaigal regions. jangar marched from that majority triggered strong Katchi, armed police per- On January 10, about 20 town and protested at reactions in the Kannada SPEAKOUT IS A WEEKLY COLUMN. sonnel have been deployed people led by Vattal Yallekatte. They were speaking state. Letters to this page should be typed or written on one side of the paper. All letters, including those sent by at (Thalavadi taluk, Erode Nagaraj, leader of arrested and lodged at the Protests erupted in parts email, should bear the name, address and phone number of the writer. We will not use complaints without district) Tamil Nadu's bor- Kannada Chaluvali Vatal Gopichettipalayam jail in of Karnataka and Chief these details. If you have a complaint against a vendor or a corporate, mail the letter with supporting der with Karnataka Paksha, entered Tamil Tamil Nadu and released Minister B S Yediyurappa Nadu's Ramapura in three days later, Nagaraj ruled out parting with [email protected] Letters (Chamarajanagar dis- documentary evidence, or bring the same to the DC office. trict), they said. Thalavadi police limits said. "Karunanidhi was "even an inch of land" must reach by Friday. Such incidents have and some from among the Tamil Nadu chief min- from Karnataka to been brought to the notice them allegedly dismantled ister while Veerendra Maharashtra. —PTI STATE DECCAN CHRONICLE | TUESDAY | 19 JANUARY 2021 | CHENNAI pg 3

SHORT TAKES TN vaccinates 16,400 plus 30 tea units under OPS to Centre: Release tea board scanner beneficiaries against Covid-19 B. RAVICHANDRAN | DC Chennai, Jan 18: Tamil OOTY, JAN. 18 Nadu on Monday adminis- `19,591.63 cr dues soon tered Covid-19 vaccines to 8 persons including The Tea Board of India zonal 10,256 priority list people office at Coonoor near here has A. ARUL PALANI I DC tion claims, arrears related ernments also attended the cent of the GDP should be such as health workers, tak- issued notices to 30 estate tea CHENNAI, JAN. 18 to 13th and 14th Finance virtual meeting. permitted to all state gov- ing the total number of 103-yr-old die of corona factories for non-compliance of Commission grants to local The Deputy CM said: “We ernments in 2021-22 as well those immunised to 16,462 quality norms and hygiene The Tamil Nadu govern- bodies, and pending grants are in the midst of an to enable the states to sus- in the last three days since Chennai, Jan 18: The January 6, but did not standards prescribed by the ment has urged the Central for programmes including unprecedented situation. tain expenditure on capital the drive was launched. In Covid-19 tally in respond to treatment board. government to release ‘Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan’, The Covid-19 pandemic works and on Covid-19 pre- 166 session sites, a total of Tamil Nadu touched and died on January 16, the Executive officer, Tea Board of long-pending dues of ‘Rashtriya Madhyamik caused considerable eco- vention measures. ‘’The 16,462 people were vaccinat- 8,31,323 with the bulletin said. India, South Zone, Dr M. Balaji, `19,591.63 crore, including Shiksha Abhiyan’, ‘Right nomic disruption and put levy of cesses and sur- ed (15,975 Covishield and addition of 551 new cases Recoveries outnumbered stated that the board has been GST compensation claims, to Education Act’, ‘Flood the finances of all govern- charges by the Central 487 Covaxin) from January on Monday, while eight new infections with implementing various schemes to the state at the earliest. Management Programme’, ments in disarray. Government deprives the 16 to 18, a health depart- more deaths, including 758 people getting for the small and also big tea Addressing a pre-Union and ‘Post-matric Schol- Unprecedented times call states of their legitimate ment release said. that of a 103-year-old man, discharged as the total growers, to promote activities Budget 2021-22 virtual arship Scheme’, are due to for unprecedented meas- share of the Centre’s tax It did not mention any pushed the toll to 12,272, number of those cured so like re-plantation, rejuvenation, meeting with Union Tamil Nadu. “I request the ures. The Atma Nirbhar revenue. Collections by adverse reaction among the health department far rose to 8,13,326, a bul- pruning, orthodox and green Finance Minister Nirmala Central Government to Bharat initiatives included way of cesses and sur- those administered the vac- said. letin said. tea manufacturing. The board Sitharaman and her release the dues at the ear- many bold measures that charges have increased cine. The actual number of The 103-year-old male from The number of active is taking concerted efforts to deputies and officials on liest”, he said. supported the economy substantially as a propor- people vaccinated (16,462) Coimbatore was hospi- cases continued its decline ensure higher price realization Monday, Deputy Chief Apart from Ms and ensured a speedy tion of the gross tax rev- as against the total capacity talised in that city on and stood at 5,725. —PTI for the made tea in the market Minister O. Sitharaman, Union revival”. ‘’The Centre must enue of the Centre in (50,700) till date works out and remunerative price for the Panneerselvam said: “We Minister of State for not just support the states, recent years. All such to 32.46 per cent in the state. on the willingness of the priority list for vaccination green tea leaf being supplied to have continuously Finance Anurag Singh but ensure a sustained cesses and surcharges The government has been proposed recipients. and vaccines are provided the bought leaf tea factories by apprised the Centre of the Thakur, the finance minis- revival of the economy and should be merged into the maintaining it has no About six lakh people, free of cost to them by the small tea growers. funds, pending release, to ters of state governments protect the vulnerable sec- basic rate of tax, so that the target whatsoever and including healthcare government. —PTI Monthly advisories are also Tamil Nadu. At present ` and union territories, sen- tions of the population, ‘’ states also receive their the programme was based professionals, are on the being issued to small tea grow- 19,591.63 crore, including ior officers of the union he said. due share from the addi- ers with regard to standard tea pending GST compensa- government and state gov- Borrowing of upto 5 per- tional revenue, he added. farming practices and plucking standards. Periodical inspec- IIT-M develops ultrasound based tions in various tea factories across South India including estate factories are being under- Pocso Act: Teacher temperature tracking technology taken to monitor for compli- ance of quality and hygiene DC CORRESPONDENT sible clinical application. geted treatment region. standards set up by the tea gets 49 year jail term CHENNAI, JAN. 18 Prof. Arun K. Thittai, ‘’Although several ultra- board. department of applied sound-based methods have A team of officials undertook R. VALAYAPATHY | DC league Anbarasan, despite The Indian Institute of mechanics, IIT-M, said this been proposed in literature inspection in a total of 43 estate PUDUKKOTTAI, JAN. 18 several complaints lodged Technology-Madras (IIT-M) technology would be acces- for temperature tracking, tea factories in the Nilgiris dur- by the affected girl. A case researchers have developed sible and affordable as it maps of changes in other ing the months of November The district fast track was also filed against an ultrasound-based tem- was an ultrasound-based properties at different tem- and December 2020. After these mahila court here on them before the Mahila perature tracking for treat- monitoring instead of mag- perature ranges have not inspections, show cause notices Monday convicted and Court, added Angavi. ment monitoring that helps netic resonance imaging been exploited. Our tech- were issued to 30 estate tea fac- sentenced an elementary Judge Dr Sathya, based to obtain diagnostic ultra- (MRI) technology. This nology has tories for deviations like lack of school teacher to undergo on the confession state- sound signals from the technique can be incorpo- the advantage of quality leaf procurement, poor 49 years of imprisonment ment of a batch of three human body. rated to software in exist- having access to a hygiene standards, non-mainte- for sexually assaulting a girl students and another The system works at the ing scanners by the manu- complete signal chain of nance of statutory records, fifth standard school stu- six girl students of the body parts where heating is facturers and thus does not ultrasound data that allows holding of tea wastes beyond dent, at Pudukkottai on school, convicted the applied non-invasively require any special elec- us to develop methods for permissible level, procurement March 21, 2018. accused to undergo 49 from outside either tronics hardware. tracking multiple different of bought tea leaf beyond the Public prosecutor, T years of imprisonment. through a microwave appli- Thermal (heat) therapy is tissue parameter maps’, he permissible limit, purchase of Angavi, said the teacher, The judge also slapped a cator or high-intensity used routinely for pain said. tea from other factories, and Anbarasan, of the pan- total fine of Rs 45,000 on focused ultrasound (HIFU) relief and rehabilitation of The main benefits of non-adherence to the price chayat union elementary the accused, based on var- which is already in use for target tissues. Heating of this technology include sharing formula and other school,ious grounds. treating solid tumours the tissue inside the body is non-invasive treatment and related issues. Nariyanpudhuppatti vil- (both cancerous and also exploited as a treat- real-time monitoring of the These factories have been lage, sexually assaulted The judge also convicted benign). ment option for some dis- process, safety from ionis- given statutory time to reply to the girl on March 21, 2018. and sentenced headmaster The researchers, who ease, including ablation of ing radiation, portable and the notice. Action would be Based on the girl’s par- Ganasekaran to undergo have currently demonstrat- cancerous tumors. suitable for point-of-care taken after receipt of their ents’ complaint, All one year imprisonment ed the feasibility of the However, one of the major applications. The results reply as per the provisions laid women police arrested for inaction against the developed method, are now challenges that prevent from these studies have out in the Tea (Marketing) Anbarasan under the accused, and also a fine of working to convert these these approaches from been presented and pub- Control Order 2003 and Tea Pocso Act, and subse- Rs 5,000. On failure to proof-of-concept methods wide-spread use in clinical lished in various interna- Waste (control) Order 1959, he CM Edappadi greets Amit Shah at New Delhi on quently arrested school remit the fine, he has to to design an integrated practice is the lack of reli- tional IEEE (Institute of added. Monday. —DC headmaster Ganasekaran undergo two additional microwave applicator cum able and affordable real- Electrical and Electronics who did not take any months of imprisonment. ultrasound-based real-time time feedback in the form Engineers) Society confer- Fire breaks AIADMK leaders wary of action against his col- imaging feedback for a pos- of heat maps from the tar- ences. out at tyre Chennai tops in leased manufacturing unit totally renouncing Sasikala DC CORRESPONDENT From P1 prospects of the party manufacturing absorption CHENNAI, JAN. 18 and hence want to think DC CORRESPONDENT Panneerselvam said in about the merger with CHENNAI, JAN. 18 A massive fire broke out at a Chennai that 1.5 crore AMMK after the elec- tyre storage unit in Sipcot cadre of the AIADMK tions. Chennai topped in total industrial complex in should ensure the easy The AIADMK leaders, leased manufacturing abs- Gummidipoondi in Tiruvallur victory of the party in the however, are wary of orption in 2020 with over 36 district on Monday morning. elections and that any dif- totally renouncing percent, leaving behind According to the fire services ferences between the Sasikala as they fear that Pune (20 percent) and Delhi personnel, no one was injured brothers would be sorted she could approach the National Capital Region in the blaze. out amicably. It was con- court against her removal (18percent). On Monday morning, thick strued as his desire to from the post of general As per JLL’s latest report, black smoke billowed out from a unite the AMMK and secretary of AIADMK, “India Manufacturing Re- tyre manufacturing unit and AIADMK cadre. which has not been filled imagined: Now & Beyond’, soon engulfed the entire area. That was also the indi- so far. In the event of her the demand for leased man- Several fire engines were cation given by Thuglak taking the legal route, ufacturing spaces has rushed to the site to fight the editor S Gurumurthy, there is also the possibili- gained strength in the blaze. According to the Fire and who treated the AIADMK ty of the ‘Two Leaves’ country last year with Rescue Services personnel, the and Sasikala as one entity symbol getting frozen. gross absorption of 6.6 mil- smoke was noticed in the that should be used to Since Dhinakaran is lion sq. ft. in top eight godown by the security men defeat the DMK, at the said to be in touch with cities. where a large number of newly- anniversary function of some BJP leaders in Chennai and surround- manufactured tyres were the magazine on January Delhi in a bid to get some- ing areas topped with the stocked. Immediately, the 14. Gurumurthy was thing substantial for him factors driven by pro-active Tiruvallur fire and rescue serv- engaged in a long conver- and his followers, the governance, developed ices station. sation with Union Home AIADMK leaders are manufacturing ecosystem More than four fire engines Minister Amit Shah when reportedly suggesting and proximity to multiple from various places were he visited Chennai last that the BJP accommo- ports while Pune stood sec- brought in to bring the fire and the two might have date the AMMK as its ally ond with strong ecosystem, under control. The fire-fighting discussed the BJP strate- and share some seats organised supply and a personnel battled and brought gy for the State. allotted to it to their rep- large immediate catchment the fire under control for more But the other leaders of resentatives. of urban conurbation of than two hours. Although the AIADMK, including Whatever it is, Pune and Mumai. Delhi flames were doused, thick Palaniswami, are of the Palaniswami’s meetings NCR emerged third with smoke from the Sipcot contin- opinion that allowing with Amit Shah and also its strong manufacturing ued to billow out making it dif- Sasikala into the party at Modi are likely to have an demand from sectors ficult for the residents and this juncture could be impact on the State’s including electronics and motorists. detrimental to the poll political situation. mobile manufacturing, electrical equipment, white goods, and packaging. Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Sterlite firing: Rajinikanth may testify today Mumbai and Hyderabad have also shown strong DC CORRESPONDENT witnesses, including the then osition, in connection with his growth trends driven by THOOTHUKUDI, JAN. 18 dean of Thoothukudi medical statement that the police fir- sector specific require- college hospital, the doctors ing was the result of the vio- ments, it says. Rajinikanth is expected to who performed post-mortem lence triggered by the anti- appear today (Jan 19) before on the bodies of the victims, social elements which intrud- the Justice Aruna Jegadeesan and the fire service personnel, ed into the anti-sterlite protes- 8000 Euros seized by commission probing the 11 persons appeared before tors. It is to be noted that Sterlite police firing. the commission and present- Rajini had earlier sought The one-man commission ed their witness statements on exemption from appearing customs officials constituted to probe the police Monday. before the commission. Chennai, Jan 18: Customs firing on the anti-sterlite agi- On the second day of the However, he was represented officials at the Chennai air- tation, claiming 13 lives on 24th round of the enquiry on by his advocate, through port seized 8000 Euros May 22, 2018 has started its January 19, Rajinikant is whom the commission sent a equivalent to `7.09 lakhs. 24th round of enquiry here, expected to appear before the questionnaire for Rajinikant According to an official on Monday. Summoning 56 commission in person for dep- to answer. statement from the com- missioner of customs, based on intelligence, Syed Abdul Razak (32) of Elusive accused in dowry case arrested Tiruvallur who was des- tined for Dubai by Air DC CORRESPONDENT for USA for Vasanthan’s job. failed to appear, the police India Express Flight IX1643 CHENNAI, JAN. 18 However, after getting there, he issued a ‘Lookout Circular’ was intercepted in a securi- deserted his wife and allegedly against him and alerted the ty hold area after he had The immigration officials at harassed her over dowry. airports in the country. cleared immigration on the international airport in Unable to bear his torture, Meanwhile, Vasanthan suspicion of carrying for- Chennai have detained a man, Jayasri left the US and returned to the country on eign currency. who had been booked in a do- returned to Chennai in 2019. Monday after more than a year, On search of his hand- wry harassment case by Anna She then lodged a dowry and the Immigration officials bag, 4000 Euros in the deno- Nagar all women police and harassment complaint against detained him soon after he mination of 50 were found had been evading arrest for Vasanthan at the Anna Nagar landed at the Chennai Airport concealed inside. Further, more than a year. all women police station. from the USA, the police said. on his search, a bundle Anna Nagar all women The police summoned him Immigration officials alerted wrapped with adhesive police registered a case against for an investigation, however, the AWPS in Anna Nagar. The tape was recovered from Vasanthan (33), a native of Vasanthan and his family police team arrived at the air- the rectum. 4000 Euros in Villupuram. He was married members did not appear before port and secured him. the denomination of 100 to Jayasri (29) from Royapettah the police, they said. Further investigations are were recovered on opening in the year 2016. The duo left Lookout circular: After he underway. the bundle. Probe is on. NATION pg DECCAN CHRONICLE | CHENNAI | TUESDAY | 19 JANUARY 2021 4

IN BRIEF Farmers’ stir: NIA Digvijay donates 580 persons report adverse for Ram temple to summon more Bhopal: Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha effects after vaccination member Digvijay Singh on Monday donated `1,11,111 for people for probe the construction of Ram Two people were reported dead; Govts deny deaths connected to jabs temple in Ayodhya through DC CORRESPONDENT 160 Code of Criminal Prime Minister Narendra DC CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI, JAN. 18 Procedure (CrPC) - Police Modi. Singh sent a letter to with agency inputs officer’s power to require the Prime Minister, with the NEW DELHI, JAN. 18 Dismissing allegations that attendance of witnesses in cheque to Ram Janmabho- it was specifically targeting FIR no 40/2020 under vari- omi Teertha Khetra Trust, As India intensified its the farmers’ agitation, ous Sections of the Indian appealing him to ensure that vaccination drive against National Investigation Penal Code and the inflammatory speeches were Covid-19, 580 persons Agency (NIA) sources claim Unlawful Activities not made by the volunteers were found to have the investigation agency (Prevention) Act (UAPA). during collection of funds Adverse Effect Following will issue notices and sum- Statements of these have for construction of Ram tem- Immunisation (AEFI) mon to some more people in been recorded by NIA on ple from the people. The for- with seven needing hos- the coming days from Sunday and Monday. mer chief minister said he pitalisation in the last Punjab in connection with Sources claimed that in was sending the cheque three days. Two people an anti-terror case it had the coming days NIA is like- through the Prime Minister were reported to be dead registered last month. ly to summon some more for deposition at the proper following the Covid-19 The NIA has issued people in connection with place since he was not aware shots — a 52-year-old notices to more than 40 per- SFJ case which is related to of the right address to send ward boy working in a sons, mostly from Punjab transfer of funds from the cheque. He also Moradabad (UP) hospital, who are in some way con- abroad to certain outfits demanded for public audit and a 43-year-old man in nected to the ongoing farm- within India which are sus- of the funds raised earlier by Bellary (Karnataka). ers agitation. pected to be linked to the Vishwa Hindu Parishad However, both central These people have been Khalistani movement. (VHP) for construction of and state governments summoned to be examined The FIR lodged by NIA Ram temple in Ayodhya. denied that the death in as witnesses in connection names some of the desig- Moradabad had any con- with a case lodged by NIA nated terrorists like nection to the vaccina- against a pro-Khalistan out- Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, tion while the post- fit, the Sikhs for Justice Paramjeet Singh Pamma, ODISHA CONG mortem of the second (SFJ). Hardeep Singh Nijjar and person is yet to be con- The NIA officials argue others who have been CHIEF ATTACKED, ducted. that the notices have noth- involved in collection of Since Saturday, a little ing to do with the farmers funds in countries like BJP BLAMED over 3.81 lakh health, san- protest and presence of United States, United itation and frontline these people was required Kingdom, Canada and AKSHAYA KUMAR workers have been vacci- to investigate certain Germany. SAHOO | DC nated out of which over details related to the SFJ The SFJ was banned in BHUBANESWAR, JAN. 18 1.48 lakh were immu- case. 2019 by Union Home Affairs nised on Monday. These notices have been and in the last five years, 14 Odisha Pradesh Congress “Post-mortem by a Relatives mourn the death of a family member, Mahipal Singh, at their residence in Moradabad district on issued to a cross section of cases have been registered Committee (OPCC) president board of three doctors Monday. — PTI people ranging from farmer against the SFJ in which Niranjan Patnaik on Monday revealed death due to car- and religious leaders to more than 40 people have said he was attacked by some diopulmonary disease local businessmen and jour- been arrested by different miscreants with BJP affilia- (pockets of pus in lungs, nalists. They have been State police and investigat- tions attacked his vehicle on enlarged heart) and is not Assam Cong questions efficiency of summoned under Section ing agencies. Sunday night at Keonjhar. related to vaccination,” “The attack on me, my secu- Union health ministry rity personnel late on Sunday official said about the night was a handiwork of the death of the 52-year-old Covaxin, tells govt to instil confidence Shahnawaz, Sahani BJP. Members of the saffron ward boy Mahipal Singh. party’s youth wing carried out However, the family of MANOJ ANAND | DC Opposition came after tion, while at Tezpur spring. the attack. This is a clear case Mahipal Singh man GUWAHATI, JAN. 18 two medical colleges in Medical College and “The vaccine rollout of political vendetta and des- alleged that his condition the state witnessed a poor Hospital, only 52 of the has been done hurriedly file nominations peration of Odisha BJP,” deteriorated after the jab. Amidst the report of a 40 per cent turnout on the 100 listed beneficiaries without complete trial. Patnaik alleged. Mahipal Singh was few temporary side first day and the officials turned up. The Centre has done it to Patna, Jan. 18: BJP other candidate in the fray, He said that the miscreants given a vaccine shot on effects after the vaccina- feel that the use of the Leader of Opposition in reap benefit in polls. It is leader Syed Shahnawaz the duo is likely to be thrashed his driver and per- Saturday. His family said tion and poor turn out of “contentious” Covaxin is the Assam Assembly, sad that the vaccination Hussain and Bihar minis- declared elected unop- sonal security officer (PSO) he had minor pneumo- recipients, the Assam one of the reasons for Debabrata Saikia told has become a political ter Mukesh Sahani on posed on January 21, and damaged his car. nia, cold, cough and fever unit of the Congress many health workers not reporters that the doc- game as the inoculation Monday filed their nomi- which is the last date for “I have lodged a police com- before the vaccine, but party has questioned the turning up. tors in Delhi and Tamil drive kicked off without nation papers for by-elec- withdrawal of nomination plaint. I was shocked to know his condition deteriorat- efficacy of Covaxin and In Fakhruddin Ali Nadu are reluctant to efficacy data and other tions to two seats of the papers. that the miscreants were mem- ed after the jab and he asked the government to Ahmed Medical College take the vaccines as considerations. Human state legislative council. While Hussain has filed bers of BJP’s state youth wing. was breathless. He died instil confidence among and Hospital in lower Covaxin has been given life can’t be compromised Hussain, the party’s nomination from the seat This is a clear case of political the next day. people before inoculating Assam’s Barpeta, only 27 the nod for political in pursuit of private prof- national spokesman, and vacated by former Deputy vendetta and desperation of However, the Uttar them. of the 100 listed benefici- gains as elections for the it and political gains,” Sahani who heads NDA Chief Minister Sushil Odisha state BJP. Congress is Pradesh government said The reaction of the aries came for vaccina- five states are due in said Saikia. constituent Vikassheel Kumar Modi, now a Rajya raising relevant issues in the the man died due to sep- Insaan Party, were accom- Sabha member, Sahani is state and speaking out against ticemic shock and car- panied by a host of leaders seeking election from the the policies of BJP, which is diac arrest and the death shock and cardiac arrest been reported among oth- the shots. “They were fac- istry, was anterior wall of the ruling coalition berth vacated by former desperately trying to get a was not related to the and it has nothing to do ers vaccinated. ing general problems but infarction with car- including Chief Minister minister Binod Narayan foothold in Odisha. Congress Covid-19 vaccination. with the vaccination,” Chief medical officer not like Mahipal,” he diopulmonary failure. Nitish Kumar, Deputy CMs Jha who has been elected is the biggest hurdle for “An adverse event fol- the state’s additional Milind Chandra Garg said. Of the seven people Tarkishor Prasad and to the assembly. them,” he tweeted. lowing immunisation chief secretary (Health) said that the cause of The second person who needing hospitalisation, Renu Devi and state BJP Term of the seat vacated (AEFI) committee probed Amit Mohan Prasad told death was a cardiac prob- died on Monday too was three are from Delhi, two president Sanjay Jaiswal. by Sushil Modi is till May the death of the man in reporters in Lucknow. lem. He added that some vaccinated on Saturday. in Karnataka, and one It may be recalled that 6, 2024 that of Jha will last MEDIA TRIAL Moradabad. The cause of State officials said no employees were suffering The cause of his death, as each in Uttarakhand and polling is scheduled on on July 21, 2022. HINDERS JUSTICE: death was septicemic major side effects have from fever after taking per Union health min- Chhattisgarh. January 28 though with no — PTI HC ON SSR PROBE SHAHAB ANSARI | DC Rafale for R-day MUMBAI, JAN. 18 Prime Vidio’s ‘Tandav’ The Bombay High Court on Monday held that a media trial during the investigation of any case violates programme makers issue apology code under the Cable TV Network Regulation Act and New Delhi/Lucknow, does have an impact on the Jan. 18: Faced with an FIR, probe. the fear of arrest and loud While passing order on a calls for a boycott for its bunch of petitions filed by for- alleged depiction of Hindu mer police officers, activists, deities, the cast and crew of lawyers and NGOs, seeking Amazon Prime Video’s star- restrain order for electronic ry political saga Tandav on media in actor Sushant Singh Monday issued an uncondi- Rajput’s death case, also tional apology if their fic- observed that Press Council of tional show had uninten- India (PCI) guidelines will tionally hurt sentiments. apply to electronic media A day after the along with print media till the Information and time electronic media frame Broadcasting Ministry their own guidelines. sought an explanation from The court had asked the Amazon Prime Video and BJP workers stage a protest against Amazon Prime over its Centre on October 29 last year BJP MP Manoj Kotak wrote web series Tandav, at Bandra in Mumbai on Monday. — PTI as to why it should not frame to minister Prakash guidelines on media coverage Javadekar, trouble escalat- of sensitive criminal matters ed for the Ali Abbas Zafar and ongoing investigations, directed thriller with an and whether “excessive” FIR against its makers in Shivraj demands reporting by the press amount- Lucknow and several politi- ed to interference in the Indian Air Force (IAF) soldiers march during the rehearsals for the upcoming Republic Day parade at the cians and others adding administration of justice Raisina hills in New Delhi on Monday. The newly inducted Rafale fighter aircraft will feature in the parade on their voice to the ‘ban ban on web series under the Contempt of Courts January 26 and culminate the flypast by carrying out the ‘Vertical Charlie’ formation, the IAF said on Monday. Tandav’ chorus. Act. — AP As security was stepped up outside the offices of its RABINDRA NATH star Saif Ali Khan and CHOUDHURY | DC MAHA BJP MLA Amazon Prime in Mumbai, BHOPAL, JAN. 18 a four-member team of the CALLS FOR BOYCOTT BORDER | ROW India says it takes necessary measures to safeguard its sovereignty Uttar Pradesh police left for Amid protests by Hindu the city and Chief Minister bodies against Saif Ali Mumbai, Jan. 18: Yogi Adityanath’s media Khan-starrer ‘Tandav’ Maharashtra BJP MLA advisor Shalabhmani released by OTT giant Ram Kadam on Monday Tripathi said the makers Amazon Prime, Madhya urged people to boycott Report: China has built village in Arunachal will have to “pay a price for Pradesh Chief Minister new web series Tandav for hurting religious senti- Shivraj Singh Chouhan on allegedly mocking Hindu New Delhi, Jan. 18: In a constructed a new village connectivity to the local According to the channel, in the Arunachal sector in ments” by depicting Hindu Monday demanded a ban deities. cautious reaction to a in the disputed region of population along the bor- the first image dated view of the eastern Ladakh gods in an objectionable on the web series for hurt- In a tweet, Kadam said, report that China has built Arunachal Pradesh and it der,” it added. August 26, 2019 did not standoff. India and China manner. ing religious sentiments of “Seems like they are a village in Arunachal consisted of about 101 The ministry also assert- show any human habita- have held several rounds of UP Police has left for Hindus. proud of or don’t regret Pradesh, India on Monday homes. The news channel ed that the government tion but the second one of military and diplomatic tal- Mumbai, that too in a car. Chouhan met Union their demeaning act of said it keeps a constant said the report is based on remains committed to the November 2020 shows a row ks in order to resolve the ea- There are strong sections in information and broad- mocking or targeting our watch on all developments satellite images accessed objective of creating infra- of structures. stern Ladakh row, but no the FIR. Remain pre- casting minister Prakash Hindu Gods.” I urge all having a bearing on the exclusively by it. structure along the border The India-China border significant headway has be- pared,(you) will have to pay Javadekar in New Delhi to Hindus to boycott Ama- country’s security, and “We have seen recent areas for the improvement dispute covers the 3,488-km- en made for its resolution. a price for hurting religious place his demand, saying zon’s products, be it their takes necessary measures reports on China undertak- of livelihood of its citizens, long Line of Actual Contr- Earlier this month, Chief sentiments,” Tripathi said that the web series shopping site or content to safeguard its sovereignty ing construction work including in Arunachal ol. China claims Arunachal of Defence Staff Gen Bipin in his tweet in which he sought to denigrate Hindu platform, he said. — PTI and territorial integrity. along the border areas with Pradesh. “Government Pradesh as part of south- Rawat visited various for- tagged director Zafar, pro- deities. The ministry of external India. China has undertak- keeps a constant watch on ern Tibet, while India con- ward posts near the LAC in ducer Himanshu Krishna Meanwhile, state med- affairs said India has en such infrastructure con- all developments having a tests it. India and China are Arunachal Pradesh and Mehra, writer Gaurav ical education minister sorship of films released stepped up the construction struction activity in the bearing on India’s security locked in a bitter border reviewed India’s opera- Solanki and actors Saif Ali Viswas Sarang wrote a let- on OTT platform to deny of border infrastructure, past several years,” the and takes all the necessary row in eastern Ladakh for tional preparedness. Khan and Zeeshan Ayyub. ter to Javadekar demand- misuse of the platform by including roads and bridges MEA said. measures to safeguard its over eight months. He also visited several key At the end of a tense day ing to frame laws for cen- ‘vested interests’. for the improvement of “In response, our govern- sovereignty and territorial The army as well as the installations including “for- that saw debate escalate livelihood of its citizens. ment too has stepped up integrity,” it said. Indian Air Force have been ward most air maintained” around the show, which bal- such as student unrest and of destruction’, issued a The response from the border infrastructure In its report, NDTV maintaining a high state of posts in Dibang Valley, ances intrigue in Delhi’s farmer protests, the cast statement in a bid to defuse ministry came when asked including the construction showed two images of the operational readiness along Lohit sector and Subansiri corridors of power and and crew' of Tandav, which the situation. about a report by NDTV of roads, bridges etc, which area where it said the vil- the entire stretch of the valley, according to the touches on current issues literally translates to ‘dance — PTI channel, saying China has has provided much needed lage has been set up. LAC with China including Army. — PTI WORLD pg DECCAN CHRONICLE | CHENNAI | TUESDAY | 19 JANUARY 2021 5 Chilly slide SHORT TAKES Biden all set for SAMSUNG CHIEF JAILED OVER FRAUD CHARGES busy 1st week Seoul, Jan. 18: Billionaire Samsung scion Lee Jae-yong Washington buzzes with increased security was sent back to prison on Monday after a South Korean Washington, Jan. 18: court handed him a two and a President-elect Joe Biden’s half-year sentence for his top advisors on Sunday FBI screens troops involvement in a 2016 corrup- outlined his plans to tackle tion scandal that spurred mas- the nation’s multiple sive protests and ousted South crises while balancing the Korea’s then-president. impeachment trial of ahead of function In a much-anticipated retri- Donald Trump, as an his- al, the Seoul High Court found toric inauguration week FROM PAGE 1 ● About 25,000 mem- Lee guilty of bribing then- opens in the United States. bers of the National President Park Geun-hye and Washington was under “We’re continually going Guard are streaming her close confidante to win the watch of thousands of through the process, and into Washington from government support for a 2015 National Guard troops and taking second, third looks across the country merger between two Samsung ringed with security barri- at every one of the indi- affiliates. The deal helped ers ahead of Biden’s viduals assigned to this ber for previous inaugu- strengthen his control over the swearing in on Wednesday, operation,” McCarthy rals. And while the mili- country’s largest business in a nation still rattled by said in an interview after tary routinely reviews group. Lee’s lawyers had por- the January 6 attack on he and other military service members for trayed him as a victim of pres- the Capitol. leaders went through an extremist connections, idential power abuse and Pro-Trump protests exhaustive, three-hour the FBI screening is in described the 2015 deal as part planned at state capitols security drill in prepara- addition to any previous of “normal business activity.” nationwide got off to a tion for Wednesday’s monitoring. Wearing a mask and black quiet start with only small inauguration. He said Multiple officials said suit and tie, Lee was taken into groups of armed demon- Guard members are also the process began as the custody following the ruling. strators gathering in getting training on how to first Guard troops began He didn’t answer questions by states including Ohio, identify potential insider deploying to D.C. more reporters upon his arrival at Texas, Oregon and threats. than a week ago. And they the court. Young men slide on a snow covered street in the Balat District of Istanbul on Monday. Extreme cold and snow have Michigan. About 25,000 members said it is slated to be com- hit large parts of Europe, with freezing temperatures causing causing railroad tracks in Poland to crack and snow “The events of the past of the National Guard are plete by Wednesday. blanketing most of the Turkish city of Istanbul. — AFP few weeks have proven streaming into Several officials dis- FRENCH MUSLIM just how damaged the soul Washington from across cussed military planning of America has been and the country — at least two on condition of anonymi- COUNCIL ACCEPTS how important is to and a half times the num- t y. restore it. That work starts RULES BY MACRON on Wednesday,” Biden’s Navalny decries ‘mockery of incoming chief of staff ● PRO-TRUMP protests Paris, Jan. 18: France’s Ron Klain said. planned at state capi- VP-ELECT HARRIS Muslim federations “We’re inheriting a huge tols nationwide got off agreed on Sunday on a “char- mess here, but we have a to a quiet start with TO RESIGN FROM ter of principles” requested by plan to fix it.” As the pres- only small groups of President Emmanuel Macron justice’ in airport detention ident-elect prepares to in his bid to eradicate sectari- take power in a city where armed demonstrators HER SENATE SEAT anism and extremism. Moscow, Jan. 18: Russian team from inside the hear- only two weeks earlier gathering in states Macron urged the French Opposition leader Alexei ing, an incredulous Trump supporters including Ohio, Texas, Wilimington Council of the Muslim Faith Navalny said on Monday Navalny said he did not EU chief demands launched a violent attempt Oregon and Michigan. (Delaware), Jan. 18: (CFCM) to devise the charter his treatment was beyond understand how a court to overturn the election, Vice president-elect in November, after the jihadist a “mockery of justice” as session could take place at Biden faces overlapping ● BIDEN WANTS the Kamala Harris will resign killing of a schoolteacher who he was brought before a a police station and why no crises: not only the pan- Congress to act her Senate seat on showed cartoons of the hastily organised court a one had been notified until Navalny’s release demic but a struggling quickly on a massive, Monday, two days before Prophet Mohamed to students. day after his dramatic air- the last minute. “I’ve seen economy, climate change she and president-elect The charter rejects “instru- port arrest. a lot of mockery of justice, Brussels, Jan. 18: EU Germany, where he and racial tensions. $1.9-trillion stimulus Joe Biden are inaugurat- mentalising” Islam for politi- With calls growing in the but the old man in the chief Ursula von der received treatment after Biden wants the package to revive the ed. Aides to the California cal ends and affirms equality West for Navalny’s release, bunker (Putin) is so afraid Leyen on Monday joined being poisoned with what Congress to act quickly on economy. Democrat confirmed the between men and women, he was brought into a that they have blatantly the international chorus experts say was the a massive, $1.9-trillion timing and said Gov. while denouncing practices courtroom set up at a torn up and thrown away” of condemnation against Novichok nerve agent. stimulus package to revive Trump’s. Gavin Newsom was aware such as female circumcisions, police station in Khimki Russia’s criminal code, Russia’s arrest of opposi- There have been calls for the economy, and he plans But the coming Senate of her decision, clearing forced marriages or “virginity on the outskirts of Navalny said. tion figure Alexei Navalny more Western sanctions a blitz to accelerate impeachment trial — an the way for him to appoint certificates” for brides. Moscow where he was “This is ultimate lawless- and demanded his release. against Russian President America’s stumbling unprecedented second for fellow Democrat Alex It also explicitly rejects taken following his ness.” “I condemn the deten- Vladimir Putin’s govern- Covid vaccine rollout. Trump — casts a shadow Padilla, now California’s racism and anti-Semitism, and detention on Sunday In another video, tion of Alexei Navalny,” ment following the latest His target of seeing 100 over Biden’s path forward. secretary of state, to serve warns that mosques “are not night. Navalny called for the she said in a statement. arrest. million doses of Democratic congression- the final two years of created for the spreading of Police seized Navalny, hearing to be open to all “The Russian authori- But von der Leyen Coronavirus vaccine al leaders Nancy Pelosi Harris’ term. nationalist speech defending President Vladimir Putin’s journalists, after only pro- ties must immediately did not address what injected within his first and Chuck Schumer have Padilla will be the first foreign regimes”. most prominent opponent, Kremlin media were release him and ensure would be a decision for the 100 days in office is yet to say when the trial Latino senator from “This charter reaffirms the at a border control post at allowed to attend. his safety.” Von der Leyen, EU member states, saying “absolutely” achievable, will begin. California, where about compatibility of the Muslim Moscow’s Sheremetyevo “I demand that this president of the European simply: “We will monitor top US scientist Anthony “I don’t think there’s any 40 per cent of residents faith with the principles of the airport less than an hour procedure be as open as Commission, also repeat- the situation closely. Fauci said on Sunday. promised date when are Hispanic. Newsom Republic, including secular- after he returned to Russia possible, so that all media ed Brussels’ call for an “We also continue to “The feasibility of his Speaker Pelosi is going to announced his choice in ism, and the commitment of from Germany for the first have the opportunity to independent investigation expect a thorough and goal is absolutely clear, present the articles of December, following French Muslims to their com- time since he was poisoned observe the amazing into an attempt on independent investigation there’s no doubt about it,” impeachment,” Dick intense lobbying for the plete citizenship,” CFCM pres- with a nerve agent in absurdity of what is hap- Navalny's life. on the attack on Alexei said Fauci, who will be Durbin, a Democratic rare Senate vacancy from ident Mohammed Moussaoui August. pening here,” he said. The 44-year-old returned Navalny’s life,” she said. Biden’s chief advisor on leader in the Senate, said. the nation’s most popu- said. In a video posted by his — AFP to Russia on Sunday from — AFP the virus, as he was — AFP lous state. — AP ITALY PM TO LAUNCH BID TO SAVE GOVT Another 3 million in lockdown as Fearing Biden, Erdogan Rome, Jan. 18: Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte was Covid-19 cases increase in China tries to mend ties with EU due to address parliament’s lower house on Monday at the Beijing, Jan. 18: Nearly Ankara, Jan. 18: Facing Mediterranean, which funding are a constant start of a make-or-break week three million people were W.H.O DEMANDS a potentially hostile US triggered a naval standoff menace. in a crisis that could bring put under lockdown in France, UK boost administration, Turkish with Greece last year. And he has made the down his government. China Monday after a sur- President Recep Tayyip But older suspicions animosity personal by Against the backdrop of ge in coronavirus cases li- FAIR ACCESS TO Erdogan is trying to break simmer. Erdogan’s direct attacking French Presi- Coronavirus pandemic that nked to a travelling sales- his isolation by mending military interventions in dent Emmanuel Macron’s sparked fresh restrictions at man in the country's vaccine campaign COVID VACCINE EU relations, torn by what the Syrian and Libyan treatment of Muslims, the weekend, Conte will seek a northeast. the bloc views as his belli- conflicts raised hackles in which Europe counters by show of support with lawmak- While China has largely Paris, Jan. 18: France Health Minister Olivier Geneva, Jan. 18: The cose foreign policy. Europe, while his vocal pointing to Turkey’s grim ers ahead of a crucial vote in brought the virus under and Britain on Monday Veran said more than one world is on the brink of a Ties between Ankara backing of Azerbaijan in record on human rights. the upper Senate the following control, a sharp rise in joined a growing list million vaccinations are “catastrophic moral fail- and Brussels have the six-week Nagorno- Some believe this stand- d a y. cases in the past few of nations starting mass being targeted by January ure” if rich countries hog plunged to a nadir not Karabakh war upset off is unsustainable for His coalition government, in weeks has prompted fresh vaccinations for all and between 2.4 and 4 mil- Covid-19 vaccine doses wh- seen since Turkey formal- Armenia’s allies across Erdogan. power since September 2019, lockdowns, travel restric- elderly citizens as the UK lion by February. ile the poorest suffer, the ly opened talks to join the the West. “Ankara cannot afford was plunged into turmoil by tions and multiple rounds began demanding all France had earlier head of the WHO said on bloc in 2005, a process Erdogan’s threats to an escalation with both the withdrawal last week of of mass testing. Monday arrivals quarantine to offered vaccinations to Monday. World Health Org- which is now frozen. send millions of Syrian the US and Europe, espe- former premier Matteo Renzi’s saw three million resi- try and halt the spread residents of retirement anisation director-general And while Erdogan and other refugees Turkey cially with an economy Italia Viva party. dents of two cities in of a new Covid-19 homes and health workers Tedros Adhanom Ghebrey- speaks of turning “a new is hosting to Europe if the this fragile,” a European Conte was to speak at midday northeastern Jilin pro- variant. on the frontline. esus denounced the “me-fi- page”, the list of bloc fails to provide more diplomat said. — AFP to the Chamber of Deputies, vince placed under new The French drive aims Britain on Monday rst” attitude of wealthy na- European grievances is where his coalition partners measures, as China rep- to cover all people over 75 extended its own tions and also blasted vac- long. including the Democratic orted 109 new infections. and comes after Brazil vaccination campaign to cine manufacturers for cha- Most recently, Party (PD) and Five Star More than 19 million and India, which figure people over the age of 70, sing regulatory approval in Brussels began draw- Movement (M5S) have a major- people across China’s among the worst-affected after first attending to rich countries rather than ing up a list of sanc- ity of support. northeast are now barred countries, administered over-80s, and frontline submitting their data to the tions over Turkey’s The real test will come on from leaving their homes. their first jabs over the health workers and care WHO to green-light vaccine hunt for natural gas in Tuesday, however, when he — AFP weekend. givers. — AFP use globally. — AFP the eastern addresses the Senate and faces what will effectively be a vote of confidence. JAPAN SLAMS Indonesian medics exhausted by quake casualties Mamuju (Indonesia), KOREA ON Jan. 18: Medics bat- Trapped Chinese miners tled exhaustion and the BROTHEL RULING risk of Covid-19 as they raced on Monday to treat send SOS after a week Tokyo, Jan. 18: Toshimitsu scores of people injured Motegi, in a diplomatic policy by a devastating earth- Beijing, Jan. 18: At below saying that at least speech in Parliament, said a quake on Indonesia’s least 12 gold miners a dozen of the miners recent South Korean court rul- Sulawesi island. trapped hundreds of are still alive, but that ing ordering Japan to compen- At least 84 were killed metres underground in they urgently needed sate 12 South Korean women and thousands left home- China for more than a help as their health dete- who were sexually abused in less by the 6.2-magnitude week have sent up a note riorates. Japanese military brothels quake that struck early on warning that they are “We are in urgent need during the war was “an abnor- Friday, reducing buildings injured, surrounded by of medicine, painkillers, mal development absolutely to a tangled mass of twist- water and urgently need medical tape, external unthinkable under interna- ed metal and chunks of medicine. anti-inflammatory Rescuers lead a sniffer dog during a search operation tional law and bilateral rela- concrete in the seaside Twenty-two workers drugs, and three people tions.” city of Mamuju. at the ruins of a building collapsed in earthquake in were trapped more than have high blood pres- “We strongly urge Doctors in hazard suits Mamuju, in Indonesia on Friday. — AP 600 metres from the sure,” the note read. South Korea to correct the vio- treated patients with bro- mine's entrance after a The condition of the lation of international law ken limbs and other forcements arrived, but it help their blast eight days ago near other ten workers is as soon as possible” and injuries at a makeshift was still barely enough families.”Medics scram- Qixia city in eastern unknown. Four people restore healthy relations, medical centre set up out- amid shortages of medi- bled to quarantine Covid- Shandong were injured, according Motegi said. side the only one of the cine and other supplies. 19 positive patients in a province. to the note, which was The Seoul Central District city’s hospitals that sur- “We were completely bid to prevent an outbreak After days without any crumpled, water-stained Court ruled on Jan. 8 that the vived relatively intact — overwhelmed at one at the crowded open-air signs of life, rescuers and scrawled in pencil Japanese government must one was flattened by the point,” said Indahwati triage centre. Some with heard knocking sounds on pages ripped out of a give 100 million won ($91,360) violent tremor. Nursyamsi, director of coronavirus have been put on Sunday afternoon as notebook. to each of 12 elderly women A handful of doctors and West Sulawesi General in a prayer room — com- they drilled through the “We wish the rescuers who filed lawsuits in 2013 over nurses worked “non-stop” Hospital. mon in the Muslim major- mine’s shaft. won't stop so that we can their wartime suffering as in the first couple of days “My nurses were also ity nation — at the back of A note was sent up on a still have hope. Thank “comfort women.” after the quake until rein- quake victims and had to the hospital. — AFP line from the depths you,” the note read. EDIT DECCAN CHRONICLE | TUESDAY | 19 JANUARY 2021 | CHENNAI pg 6

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Tejas decision a good one, Subhani but much more left to do n a historic decision, the Cabinet Committee on Security on January 13 approved the country’s largest-ever indigenous defence deal when it cleared the procurement of 83 Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas Mk 1-A I— ten of which are to be trainers — for the Indian armed forces from Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd at an approximate cost of `47,000 crore, closing the circle that began with the commissioning of the LCA project in the 1980s. The first rollout is expected in 2023-24, and then on 16 aircraft are to be man- ufactured every year on present reckoning. To start with, the indigenous con- tent is to be 50 per cent, to be stepped up to 60 per cent within a short time- frame. HAL would be outsourcing the job to more than 550 domestic vendors. This gives us an idea of the technological and economic spinoffs of the LCA programme for the Indian economy as a whole, going beyond the military aspect of acquiring a fighter jet at home which is billed as the workhorse of the future for the Indian Air Force, filling the gap left by the hoary MiG-21s of Soviet manufacture, which have been phased out. If high-level efficiency is ensured in the production of the Tejas Mk 1-A by HAL, the country will make valuable savings of foreign exchange spent on LETTERS importing costly fighter jets from Western sources. What’s more, in time, the Tejas will be ready for export too. Some countries are said to have evinced an interest. The realisation of sale will, of course, depend on a host of political, VACCINATION VS VACCINE Thoughts on democracy The editorial Transparency strategic and economic considerations, and the prospect of readying the fight- er for export will potentially add to India’s strategic muscle and offer a certain the key to success of vac- latitude in dealing with the world. cine drive (Jan. 18) clini- The Tejas Mk1-A — a fourth-generation fighter — is a single-engine, light- weight, highly agile, all-weather, multi-role fighter aircraft capable of air-to- cally dissects the potential air refuelling. It has Beyond Visual Range (BVR) missile capability, and updat- as Trump exits, finally… dangers looming large in ed avionics and flight control software. The good news is that the LCA Mk-2 the launching of Covaxin version with a bigger engine is in its design stage and is expected to be ready the claims of Vaishali, devices like Gen. Ayub inoculation in a hurry by for trials next year. As of 2019, the IAF is committed to procuring 324 Tejas Athens was the first Khan’s “basic democra- the Centre taking the peo- MK1-A fighters of different variants. That signifies the workhorse role visu- democracy for the cy” (Pakistan), King alised for this sophisticated fighter. Sunanda K. Western world. But it Mahendra’s “panchayati ple for a guinea pig ride. It The domestic manufacture of the Tejas Mk 1-A is a signpost of enormous was a far cry from the democracy” (Nepal) or is equally shocking to note value, although it has been more than three decades in the making, starting Datta-Ray universal adult suffrage “guided democracy” that the warning by the from the conception stage when the Aircraft Development Agency (ADA) was which we identify with (Indonesia). Mr Trump’s panel of scientists has fall- set up in 1984. The ADA designed Tejas in collaboration with Aircraft Reflections democracy today, and “America First” slogan is Research and Design Centre (ARDC) of HAL. which can be indistin- strongly echoed in the en on deaf ears. The gov- To find true liberation from imports in the strategic sphere of fighter aircraft guishable from mob rule. implicit argument that ernment’s unscientific and manufacture, it is now crucial to look at the propulsion aspect for upgrade. In the middle of the 4th India’s majority feels dis- illogic launching of the India’s LCA is fitted with the GEF-404 engine. In the wake of the 1998 nuclear ot long before building in Washington century, for instance, enfranchised unless it vaccine before getting the test, the United States had held up the supply of these engines. It is therefore Donald Tru- chanting “Hang Mike Athens boasted about enjoys special privileges. important to return special focus to the development of the indigenous Kaveri mp became Pence” and “Where’s 100,000 citizens (sons and Hence the Hindu nod of the medical engine, which has been in the works for decades. To achieve cent per cent the first-ever Nancy?” clearly saw both daughters of citizens), Mahasabha’s attempt to experts should be chal- indigenous content, radars and avionics will also need to be manufactured American the Republican vice-pres- some 10,000 metoikoi, or propagate the “true lenged in court as PIL lest domestically. Only a country that can grow its own food and has the ability to PresidentN to be impe- ident and the Speaker of “resident foreigners”, nationalism which Godse many should turn victims defend itself can ultimately avoid being at anyone’s beck and call. ached for a second time the House — the first and and 150,000 slaves. Only stood for” through an — this time with a real second in the line of pres- male citizens above 18 eponymous library. in case of side effects. In a possibility of conviction idential succession — as were a part of the demos, Three years ago, the significant way the editori- — his daughter Ivanka national enemies. meaning only about Mahasabha installed a al demarcates vaccination WhatsApp: A lot to explain chose to remind the There is footage avail- 40,000 people could par- statue of Godse and was vs vaccine. world of the close ties able of the rioters beating ticipate in the democrat- about to organise prayer E.S.Chandrasekaran, he Mark Zuckerberg-acquired WhatsApp is throwing up as many between her father and a police officer with a ic process. meetings there, but the headaches as its parent Facebook these days because netizens are getting Prime Minister Nare- flagpole as the crowd Around 460 BC, under statue was removed. This Chennai Tsmarter about their data privacy. In an intemperate push to monetise ndra Modi. The opening chanted “USA” and the rule of the general second try has to be seen data out of WhatsApp, the popular messaging platform, Facebook got into a and closure in record crushing another officer Pericles (generals were in the context of the con- tangle that saw millions of individual users and groups sign off and download time of a study centre in repeatedly in a door. The among the only public stitutional dismember- UNFAIR COMPARISON apps like Signal and Telegram that are less intrusive of personal territory like Gwalior that exalted Nat- violence resulted in five officials who were elect- ment and demotion of MR MOHAN Guruswamy’s com- online data. It may have come as a shock to most Internet users that an app huram Godse, the killer deaths; more might have ed, not appointed), Athe- Jammu and Kashmir, parison of Prime Minister promising end-to-end encryption, and which routinely declines law enforce- of Mohandas Kara- perished if the police had- nian democracy began to motivated tinkering with Narendra Modi to Emperor ment enquiries with the excuse that it has no access to user chats, should talk mchand Gandhi, also n’t distracted the mob evolve into an autocracy academic curriculums, Aurangzeb is unfair and unfortu- of sharing user data with Facebook. occurred almost simulta- from breaching the (Herodotus’ “the one triumphalism over the nate (An important lesson from It is largely true that netizens sign off much of their rights over prized per- neously. debating chambers long man, the best”) which new Ram temple in India’s history for PM Modi, Jan. sonal information when they sign on to social media platforms and the like. It is the legal action enough to whisk every eventually led to Mao Ayodhya, Hindutva 17). While Modi became prime min- Big Tech has never been averse to building up their businesses and making against Mr Trump by legislator away to safety. Zedong’s concept of “peo- trolls, opposition to inter- ister through the constitutional money out of a large number of users running into millions. The leaks of per- America’s senators and The outrage to civilised ple’s democratic dictator- faith marriages and process, Aurangzeb ascended the sonal data from breaches by hackers or emanating from sheer carelessness of congressmen that grips governance was infinite- ship”. The premise was attacks on Muslims in Moghul throne by blood and sword. the machinery that is supposed to ensure security of data have not stopped the world’s attention. ly worse. Some Repub- that the party and the the name of cow protec- More than 100 Hindu temples were people from their modern-day existence in an inter-connected world. The The impeachment pro- licans, after encouraging State represented the tion. WhatsApp and destroyed in Aurangzeb’s rule, advantage is very much with those who keep data as citizens seem to have no ceedings threaten to or standing by mute as people and acted on their Twitter are said to be the chief among them being most rights in the absence of a regulatory framework to govern the Internet. overwhelm President- the President attacked behalf to preserve the main instruments for famous temples like Somnath, Kasi A parliamentary committee has summoned Facebook and Twitter officials to elect Joe Biden’s $1.9 tril- the democratic process “dictatorship of the pro- hounding the communi- Viswananath or Mathura. And he question them on the misuse of social media and online news platforms, but it lion plan to end “a crisis for months, have shaken letariat”, and save the ty. imposed the oppressive religious is a long-drawn process that might not lead to foolproof measures to safeguard of deep human suffering” consciences. Ten of them government from col- In view of such similar tax Jeziya on Hindus. Sadly in citizens’ rights. Big Tech may have done signal service to the world in cutting by speeding up the sup- joined all 222 Democrats lapsing into a “dictator- populist moves, it was India, bigotry is highlighted only off the communication of hate propaganda by maverick users like Donald ply of coronavirus vac- in the House vote accus- ship of the bourgeoisie”, not surprising that 39- when directed against minorities. Trump, but it must do a lot more to earn people’s trust that it will not reck- cines and financially ing Mr Trump of “incite- or liberal democracy. year-old Ivanka Trump, a Thus, Mohammad Akhlaq’s mur- lessly monetise their online presence by compromising their privacy. No algo- helping Americans who ment of insurrection” Mao famously used the senior adviser to her der over alleged possession of beef rithm has been invented yet that exposes the cavalier ways of the giants of the are still struggling with that was passed on term on June 30, 1949, father, should choose this was prime-time news for months new economy. It is up to Internet users to be most discerning in signing on. the economic disaster January 13, a week after commemorating the 28th moment to recall her 2017 on end but not that of V. caused by the grim pan- the attack. anniversary of the found- visit when she led a high- Ramalingam who was murdered by demic. It even distracts Even those who con- ing of the Communist powered delegation to Muslims for protesting against con- notice from the contra- cede that Mr Biden Party of China. the Global Entrepreneur versions in Tamil Nadu. Indeed, DECCAN CHRONICLE dictions, if not crisis, of obtained more votes can However, not all democ- Summit in Hyderabad. Modi has emerged as the leader KAUSHIK MITTER K. SUDHAKAR democracy that Mr ask if that invalidates the racies are killed by Army “As the world continues who corrects historic wrongs like Editor Printer & Publisher Trump’s rantings and views of 74 million coups or declarations of to battle Covid-19, our Kashmir or Ayodhya. R. MOHAN ravings have unwittingly Americans. emergency. Many are countries’ strong friend- Kangayam R. Narasimhan, Resident Editor ship in promoting global DECCAN CHRONICLE offices are located at: highlighted. For it should A similar question destroyed from within. 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was being interviewed for my education. India had limited Sahitya Akademi (1954). so prolific is because Mr Modi does And he was willing to fight for it. He book and was asked a question resources but these two would get The list goes on and on. Why were not have even Nehru’s starting may have lost, yes, but he did not unrelated to it — Why does priority. all these set up? They were set up point. give up India’s claim. IHindutva hate Jawaharlal You could argue about whether the because they were the means Nehru had said: Heavy industry This is unlike Mr Modi, who has Nehru so much? It is an interesting strategy was good, bad or indiffer- through which Nehru determined and higher education! What does not only given up the claim, but is question and has two parts to the ent, but it would be difficult to say India would be modernised. He Narendra Modi say? If the answer to also unwilling even to name the answer. To know it, we must first that he did not execute what he inherited a pre-modern economy, that is difficult for you to come up opponent for fear of what China understand what Nehru was and sought out to do. Having determined where the vast majority of produc- with, it is because there is no might do. This is the second reason Aakar Patel what he wanted. that he was going to modernise this tion lay in agriculture and that agri- answer. This is the first reason that that the BJP and Hindutva hate Before Independence, Nehru wrote civilisational entity he set about culture was being largely managed the BJP and Hindutva adherents Nehru. He was a nationalist who a series of works through which he doing it because Nehru was not only by farmers whose means of farming hates Nehru: Jealousy. exposed thoroughly their own fraud- aligned himself to India as a civilisa- a man of vision (you could argue had changed very little for over a The second reason is that Nehru ulent nationalist credentials. tional entity of the sort that the with him about whether your vision thousand years. was not a fraud nationalist. He was a The name Nehru is used far too Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh also was better) but also a man of action. Nehru did not inherit a trillion-dol- real one. He did not only name loosely in today’s times without approves of. He traces the modern He began building institutions, lar economy. He had to figure out China, he fought against it. Nehru much understanding of what he nation to its origins in the Indus including some which are today how to get India there. lost because Nehru fought. And he really stood for because we have not Valley Civilisation (discovered only called “navratnas”, but were then The problem is that nobody in the fought because he could not bear the explained his thinking in simplified a few years before he wrote Glimpses nothing and needed to be built. Some world of Hindutva has any vision — thought of surrendering any land of terms. Nehru a model of World History and only 15 or so such examples are Bharat Heavy good, bad or indifferent — when his precious India. He is not only much superior to years before he wrote The Discovery Electricals Ltd (1964), Oil and compared to Nehru, and that External affairs minister S. whatever came after him, particu- of India) to the periods of the first Natural Gas Corporation (1956), includes our Prime Minister. He can Jaishankar said at the Ramnath larly as we see now in a period of of modernity… and second millennia after Jesus Steel Authority of India (1954), offer us statements like “$5 trillion Goenka Lecture on November 14, economic collapse and national Christ. Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (1964), economy” but he does not say, 2019 that Nehru should have accept- security failures, but he is a model But having acknowledged that Indian Oil Corporation (1959), Isro because he does not himself know, ed Zhou Enlai’s offer on the border for modernity. He died more than 55 India was ancient, Nehru sought (formerly INCOSPAR) 1962, what needs to be done to get us there. dispute during Zhou’s 1960 visit to years ago but is still spoken about Why his vision & also to align it to the modern world Department of Atomic Energy More important, he does not know India. What was that offer? That and his legacy is all around us today. and the era he was a part of and the (1954), Bhabha Atomic Research what the State needs to do different- India should accept the Karakoram Of how many Prime Ministers, and future that he saw for all mankind. Centre (1954). And then Nehru set up ly to get there. You can only build range as the Sino-Indian boundary. that includes this current one, will legacy endures To that end he used the State as an the Indian Institutes of Technology institutions if you can think of what This is where the Line of Actual we be able to say that? instrument to modernise the coun- (1951), the Indian Institutes of to do with them. The reason that Control exists today. But this was try. Nehru based his strategy on two Management (1961), the National Narendra Modi has not built institu- not acceptable to Nehru. He wanted The writer is a senior journalist, things — heavy industry and higher Institute of Design (1961), and the tions while Jawaharlal Nehru was the border much further into Tibet. columnist and author pg TUESDAY | 19 JANUARY 2021 | CHENNAI 7 ■ Import of appliances, furniture, EV parts to get costlier Chip shortage forces Ford quick Budget may raise duties to advance plant shut down BITES New Delhi, Jan. 18: The global shortage of semi- by 5-10% to aid local mfg conductors will impact % production of US auto INDICATORS major Ford's plants in Sensex 48,564.27 -0.96 AFTAB AHMED & The sources said the pro- India in the coming Nifty 50 14,281.30 -1.06 MANOJ KUMAR FOCUS ON SELF-RELIANCE posals may still be tweaked months, even as the com- S&P 500* 3,768.25 -0.72 NEW DELHI, JAN. 18 further before they are pany advances a sched- ◗ Customs duty hikes part of revenue raising finalised. uled week-long shutdown Dollar (`) 73.28 -0.31 The government is consid- and Atmanirbhar Bharat plan India has in recent years to this week at its Chennai Pound Sterling (`) 99.18 0.49 ering hiking import ◗ taken a series of measures factory, according to a duties by 5-10 per cent on Govt seeking additional revenue of about that industry executives company official. Euro (`) 88.47 0.27 more than 50 items, `120,000 crore-`21,000 crore from duties say discriminate against Ford India, which has Gold (10gm)* (`) 48,332▲117 0.24 including smartphones, ◗ Duty hikes could hurt Swedish furniture maker foreign companies. two factories at Chennai electronic components Government officials say in Tamil Nadu and Brent crude ($/bbl)* 54.87 -0.42 and appliances in the Ikea and electric vehicle maker Tesla such taxes are essential to Sanand in Gujarat, IN 10-Yr bond yield 5.957 -0.52 upcoming budget, three promote India as a destina- expects the issue, which is AUDI DELAYS OUTPUT, US 10-Yr T-bill yield* 1.087 -0.92 government sources privy the government was seek- which is planning to tion for local manufactur- affecting the entire auto- to the discussions told ing to target additional launch its cars in India ing and to support domes- motive sector, to continue * As of 8:30 PM IST Reuters on Monday. revenue of about Rs 20,000 this year. Both Ikea and tic businesses. for at least through the IDLES 10,000 STAFF The move to increase crore- 21,000 crore from the Tesla executives have pre- "This is part of revenue first half of 2021. import duties is part of moves, as it looks to shore viously expressed con- raising and Atmanirbhar "The global semiconduc- YUEQI YANG disruption in first-quar- Prime Minister Narendra up revenue amidst the pan- cerns about the steep duty Bharat plan," said one of tor shortage will impact JAN. 18 ter manufacturing Modi's self-reliant India demic-driven slowdown . structure their products the government sources. vehicle production at around the globe Cure.fit acquires campaign that aims to pro- Two of the government already face in India. Last year, India raised Ford's Chennai and A global semiconductor because of the bottle- mote and support domestic sources also said the duty The list of items likely to import taxes on a wide Sanand plant in the com- shortage is forcing Audi neck. Other carmakers, US-based digital manufacturing, said the hikes could impact furni- attract steeper duties is set range of products such as ing months," a Ford India to delay the production including Daimler AG, sources, who asked not to ture and electric vehicles, to include appliances such footwear, furniture, toys, spokesperson said in a of some high-end cars Nissan Motor Co, Honda be named as the discus- potentially hurting the as refrigerators and air- electrical and electronics statement. and furlough workers, its Motor Co, Ford Motor Co fitness firm Onyx sions are not public. likes of Swedish furniture conditioners too, three of items by up to 20 per cent. The spokesperson fur- chief executive officer and Fiat Chrysler One of the sources said maker Ikea and Tesla, the sources said. —Reuters ther said, "In Chennai, we told the Financial Times. Automobiles NV, have Health-tech startup Cure.fit have pulled ahead a down The Volkswagen AG also said they face said it has acquired California- week to this week due to a brand has put more than impact from the chip based fitness company Onyx. supplier part shortage 10,000 workers on fur- shortage. The company, however, did not connected to the global lough as production In the FT interview, disclose the value of the deal. semiconductor shortage." slowed, but overall out- Duesmann said Audi Cure.fit's acquisition of Onyx is The company is working put for 2021 shouldn't be will "do everything we a step towards improving its Beware of tricky January, budget moves of mkt closely with suppliers to affected because the can to keep it below computer vision technology for address production con- company expects to 10,000 [fewer models pro- its at-home fitness product and RAVI RANJAN PRASAD Ajit Mishra, VP-research, “Unusual strength in straints tied to the global make up for lost time in duced] for the first quar- expanding its international MUMBAI, JAN. 18 Religare Broking. the dollar index and sus- semiconductor shortage the second half, Markus ter." The supply chal- business, a statement said. It's time to remain cau- tained run up in the com- and working to prioritise Duesmann said in the lenge came as Audi saw Onyx specialises in body track- Sensex and Nifty-50 fell tious as the January- modities have battered key vehicle lines for pro- interview. unexpected rise in ing technology and personali- close to 1 per cent for the February period has seen the sentiment of the equi- duction, making the most VW, the world's biggest demand for cars, largely sation of workout feedback. second session in a row big market falls in the ty market. It has trig- of its semiconductor allo- carmaker, had said last due to a rebound in on profit taking amid neg- past—the biggest fall gered selling in commodi- cation. month that it's bracing China, he said. ative global cues, though after a sharp rise took ties and the Nifty Metal "This issue is affecting for a major production — Bloomberg Printed & Published by foreign portfolio place on January 21, Index closed 4.57 per cent the entire automotive sec- K Sudhakar on behalf of Deccan investors were still buy- 2008—and later between lower,” said Shrikant tor and expected to con- Chronicle Holdings Limited. Printed & ing shares. per cent and BSE Small- 2015 and 2018 the market Chouhan, analyst-equity tinue for at least the first per cent at 6,943 units. 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The broader across the globe, includ- ent a popular budget, equities worth Rs 650.60 vehicles produced from whereas its exports were expecting reduction in whole or in part without written per- market fall was even ing India, as participants profit taking before budg- crore while the domestic its two plants. In at 6,992 units, a decline of production and sales vol- mission of The Editor, Financial sharper with the BSE are worried about global et day cannot be ruled institutions were net sell- December 2020 its pro- 53.83 per cent from umes. Chronicle ® is prohibited. Mid-cap Index down 2.01 economic recovery,” said out. ers by Rs 42.51 crore. duction was down 42.96 December 2019. —PTI COFFEE-BREAK CALVIN AND HOBBES| Bill Watterson Your day today By Dr C.V.B. Subrahmanyam QUICK CROSSWORD Aries: Relax, you will soon find your strength and tackle life with renewed vigour and vitality. Matters of heart will be great. Some of you may plan to settle down. 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Grimly persistent (6) 15. Reproduced (4) 13. Fable, 15. Drift, a number of questions on your mind. 16. Tear. Scorpio: You will see subtle changes in your surrounding and life in general. This should be taken well since this will affect your image Word Mine jumble in a good way. Sagittarius: Do not try to do more than your capacity. Legal intervention in family’s property T dispute may not be beneficial. There might be sudden expenses to be tackled. L O U Capricorn: Resist any temptation to behave stubborn and to force your opinions on others. ANDY CAPP | Reg Smythe Make some genuine promises as it would add N N G I I to your happiness. Added responsibility at TODAY’S RATINGS: 16 AVERAGE; 18 home will be a burden. GOOD; 20 OUTSTANDING Aquarius: Your mate will be as pleased as you How many words of four or more letters can you make from will with the results. If you want to relax your the letters shown in today’s body it is high time for you to kick away your puzzle? 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SYED MUSHTAQ | ALI TROPHY SHORT TAKES Chandrasekhar suffers stroke Jagadeesan fires Bengaluru: Former India crick- eter B.S. Chandrasekhar has NEWBIES STING TN to fifth victory been hospitalised after suffer- ing a stroke but is recovering Siraj’s five-for and Shardul’s 4/61 keep India in contention Kolkata, Jan. 18: Opener stand of 110 runs. For well and is set to be discharged Narayan Jagadeesan shone Bengal, Kaif Ahmed top- in the next couple of days, his Brisbane, Jan. 18: with an unbeaten 45-ball 71 scored with 63 off 47 balls family said on Monday. Indian pacers Mohammed in the presence of his cap- and hit five four and two The 75-year old legendary for- Siraj and Shardul Thakur tain Dinesh Karthik as sixes, while skipper mer leg-spinner complained of produced another inspira- Tamil Nadu beat Bengal by Anustup Majumdar con- “tiredness and fatigue” on tional effort in adverse eight wickets for their fifth tributed 34 of 22 balls with Friday evening and his speech circumstances but India straight win in the Syed the help of four bound- became a “little bit cluttered”, were set a a challenging Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 aries. his wife Sandhya Chandrsekhar target of 328 by Australia tournament here on Baba Aparajith was the Bhagwath said, describing the as the Border-Gavaskar Monday. most successful bowler for health scare as a “very, very Trophy headed towards In the day’s last Elite Tamil Nadu with figures of minutest stroke”. an exhilarating finale in Group B match, Bengal 2/20 in four overs. “Chandra is recovering very the fourth Test here. made 163 for eight and in BRIEF SCORES well, and he will be back home The target is a tricky reply, Tamil Nadu chased ■ Bengal 163/8 in 20 overs on Wednesday or Thursday,” one and the Indian bats- down the target with two (Kaif Ahamad 63*, B. she said. men would get a fair idea overs to spare. Karthik Aparajith 2/20) lost to Tamil On advice of doctors, the whether to go for it by remained unbeaten on 47 Nadu 167/2 in 18 overs (N. Mysuru-born Chandrasekhar lunch on the final day, off 31 balls while sharing Jagadeesan 71*, Dinesh was admitted to the Aster RV which is Tuesday. This an unbroken third-wicket Karthik 47*). Hospital, where he was kept in was after Siraj and the emergency care unit for Thakur combined to observation. — PTI share nine wickets while ISL | SEASON 7 dismissing Australia for 294 in their second Eng win opening innings. Siraj (19.5-5-73-5) 10-man East Bengal punched way above his Test in Lanka weight with his maiden Galle, Sri Lanka: Jonny Bairstow five-wicket haul but and Dan Lawrence held their couldn’t prevent hosts hold Chennaiyin FC nerve in a 62-run unbroken from posting an imposing stand to guide England to a target for his team in only Goa, Jan. 18: A spirited the game to frustrate seven-wicket win over Sri Lanka 75.5 overs of the second effort by the SC East Chennaiyin. on Monday on the fifth and final innings batting. Bengal defense led by goal- SCEB now extend their morning of the series-opening At stumps, India were 4 keeper Debjit Majumder unbeaten run to seven Test. for no loss with Rohit helped the Kolkata side games. England ensured they didn’t Sharma and Shubman nullify a one-man advan- SCEB made three have any more hiccups in eras- Gill at the crease. tage to Chennaiyin ending changes as Anthony ing the remaining 36 required The highest target up with a vital point in the Pilkington was back in the on the last day after Sri Lanka chased at Brisbane is 236 Paceman Mohammed Siraj (right) points to the sky to pay tribute to his father who passed away in India while Indian Super League at the side in place of Matti had set up a tricky 74-run tar- and that was seven the bowler was on national duty in Australia, as he celebrates his fifth wicket with teammate Mayank Agarwal GMC Stadium, Bambolim, Steinmann. New signing get on a turning wicket. decades ago which is an on the fourth day of the fourth Test against Australia at the Gabba in Brisbane on Monday. — AFP on Monday. Ajay Chhetri was also England had slumped to 14/3 indicator why this Robbie Fowler’s side was handed his first start while late on the fourth evening, Australian ground can be forced to play with a man Surchandra Singh was the included a crucial run-out of equated with Fort Knox. down for almost over an other change. Chennaiyin their captain Joe Root for just 1, The home team hasn’t lost hour after Ajay Chettri made just one change as before Bairstow and Lawrence a game here since 1988. Mum’s call did wonders for Siraj received his marching Edwin Vanspaul had his combined to usher the tourists Thakur’s dream Test orders at the half-hour second start of the season, to 76/3. Bairstow remained match also got better with mark. However, SCEB held coming in place of unbeaten on 35 and Lawrence figures of 4/61 and a Brisbane, Jan. 18: SIRAJ’S MAIDEN 5-WICKET SCORECARD their ground throughout Fatkhulo Fatkhulloev. finished 21 not out. — AP match haul of seven wick- Mohammed Siraj revealed Brief scores: Sri Lanka 135 & ets. The most poignant how a phone call with his HAUL IN TESTS Australia 1st innings: 369 359 vs England 421 & 76/3 moment was his apparent mother and the memory of ■ India 1st Innings: 326 HOCKEY PLAYER VJ THOMAS NO MORE (Bairstow 35 not out) joy when he took the his late father spurred him Mohammed Siraj recorded the best bowling in Tests Australia 2nd Innings by taking 5/73 against Australian in the fourth Test. (overnight 21/0): Marcus catch to help Siraj pip him on to a five-wicket haul in ■ The right-arm medium pacer from Hyderabad also Chennai, Jan. 18: Former India hockey to the coveted five-for the final Test against Harris c Pant b Thakur 38, player V.J. Thomas passed away due to 72 players in Oz became the 18th Indian to take five wickets in an David Warner lbw landmark. Australia on Monday. innings in Australia. age related ailments on Monday. He was ■ Washington Sundar 48, Open quarantine As Siraj showed that Siraj, playing only his Kapil Dev holds the Indian record of taking the high- Marnus Labuschagne c Rohit 71 and is survived by his wife and a scuffed red kookaburra third Test, ably deputised est number of five-wicket hauls in Australia. He claimed b Siraj 25, Steven Smith c daughter. Thomas is the younger brother Melbourne: The number of play- acknowledging the 957 for the injured Jasprit five five-wicket hauls in 21 innings of 11 Test Down Rahane b Siraj 55, Matthew of Olympic medallist V.J. Philips. under. ers in hard quarantine swelled people in the stands on Bumrah in Brisbane, ■ Wade c Pant b Siraj 0, Thomas was part of Indian team that to 72 ahead of the Australian the first working day of where India need a draw to Siraj’s previous best bowling was 3/37 on debut in Cameron Green c Rohit b toured New Zealand in 1975. He represent- VJ Thomas the second Test of the series at Melbourne. Thakur 37, Tim Paine c Pant b Open after a fifth positive coro- the week, the most gener- retain the Border- ■ Shardul Thakur also recorded his best bowling after ed the Indian Railways at the senior navirus test was returned from ous applause came from Gavaskar Trophy with the Thakur 27, Pat Cummins not national championships in 1976 and 1978. taking 4/61 on Monday. His previous best was 3/94 in out 28, Mitchell Starc c the charter flights bringing his partner in crime, who series locked at 1-1. the first innings of the fourth Test. Navdeep Saini b Siraj 1, players, coaches, officials and walked a foot behind him It has been an emotional — S. PERVEZ QAISER Nathan Lyon c Mayank media to Melbourne for the clapping with gusto. series for the 26-year-old, Agarwal b Thakur 13, Josh season-opening tennis major. The possibility of rain who lost his father in Siraj’s father, an auto He believed that there Hazlewood c Thakur b Siraj adds to the excitement November and welled up rickshaw driver from are a few spots on the sur- 9. Extras (b-5, bl-2, w-2, nb- and the changing weather with tears during the Hyderabad, died on face, from where the ball 4) 13. Total (all out, in 75.5 Regd. No. did affect the contours of national anthems in November 20 as India pre- might rear up awkwardly overs) 294. Australia skipper Tim Sydney. “I am very thank- pared for the start of their when his team sets out to FoW: 1-89, 2-91,3-123, 4-123, TNENG/2010/35692 196-5, 227-6, 242-7, 247-8, Paine’s facial expressions ful that I got five wickets. tour. chase a record target of 274-9, 294-10. which exhibited relief It was a very tough situa- 328 on Tuesday to win the Bowling: Printed & Published by ‘CRACKS ON GABBA Mohammed Siraj and despair in equal tion for me because I lost series against Australia. 19.5-5-73-5, T Natarajan 14- K. Sudhakar on behalf of CAN BE CONFUSING’ measures. Among the two my dad recently,” said “When they bowl, obvi- 4-41-0, Washington Sundar Deccan Chronicle Holdings Limited captains, Paine is sup- Siraj. An emotional Siraj strug- ously there will be some 18-1-80-1, Shardul Thakur 19- and Printed at posed to be the enforcer “I called up home and I gled to describe his maid- confusion, it will play in 2-61-4, Navdeep Saini 5-1-32- Deccan Chronicle Presses situated 0. at SP 3, Developed Plot, Industrial Estate, but this Indian team has- felt strong after talking to en five-wicket haul in the mind of the batsmen n’t stopped surprising India 2nd innings: Rohit Guindy, Chennai - 600 032. them and to my mother. words but sounded a word that there are cracks on Sharma batting 4, Shubman RNI Registration No: TN ENG/2005/14987 their detractors with a She motivated me to feel of caution about the the pitch but our batsmen Gill batting 0. Total (For no Ph Nos: 22254747, 22254748, 22254750, spirit, which has made strong. So I was mentally cracks on the Gabba sur- are prepared for this. We loss in 1.5 overs) 4. 22254751 this series one of the strong and my focus was face creating confusion in will come to know only Bowling: Mitchell Starc 1-0- SRM IST women volleyball team, winners of the state Editor: KAUSHIK MITTER finest played in recent to make sure my dad's the Indian batsmen’s tomorrow,” Siraj said. 4-0, Josh Hazlewood 0.5-0- level volleyball tournament at Tiruchengode. They beat times. — PTI dream comes true.” minds on the final day. — Agencies 0-0. PKR Arts and Science College in the final.