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JOURNALISM OF COURAGE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2020, MUMBAI, LATE CITY, 16 PAGES SINCE 1932 `5.00, WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM Amid divestment plans, PSUs lag in ` 88 per kilo market rally, FPIs ` 116 per kilo ` 142 per kilo show little interest ` 62 per Dozen SUNNYVERMA& SANDEEPSINGH UP law sees NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER29 first case: Kin AMID THE relentless rallyinthe stockmarket,institutional in- Aworryfor vestors seem to have largely of 20-yr-old voteddowngovernment- theMinistry ownedcompanies. Their stock move against prices continue to languish, un- STOCKPRICESOFgov- Farmer leaders hold apress conference at Singhu Border on Sunday. GajendraYadav WHEREAPOSSIBLEBREAKTHROUGHMAYLIE,EXPLAINED,PAGE11 likethose of leading private sec- ernment-ownedcom- Muslim friend torcompanies. panies and bankscon- The PSUs have shown signif- tinue to lag behind CREATE AWARENESS: PM ON MANN KI BAAT icant lag in performance despite private peers, and have the broad recovery in the mar- been trading sharplybe- MANISHSAHU ketssince April 2020. lowtheir peak value of LUCKNOW,NOVEMBER29 While the BSE Sensexhas recent years. Lowvalua- Newlawshelpfarmers,sayPM,Shah; risen by 50 per cent between tions areanissue forthe ADAY afterthe newanti-conver- March 31 and November 24,the government because it sion lawcame intoforce in Uttar BSE PSU indexhas risen by only has aheavy disinvest- Pradesh, the police on Sunday 18.7 per cent. In fact, the BSE mid ment agenda linedup. registeredits firstcase under it. cap and small cap indices have The Finance Ministryis Owaisi Ahmed, 24,was booked keyMinistersmeetonwayforward jumpedby60per cent and 75.6 said to be looking at by the Deorania police in Bareilly per cent respectively in the same ways to improvethe forallegedly pressuring aHindu period. market value of govern- woman to convert,and threat- Reforms openeddoor to newpossibilities, With the government look- ment companies. ening her parentswhen theyob- BUSINESSASUSUAL Farmers refuse to move, ing to raise funds through divest- jected. says Modi; Home Secy tells farmers to go ment of stakeinsome of these The familyofthe 20-year-old to designated protestsitefor early talks BY UNNY say will intensify protest PSUs, the issue of lowvaluation value afterthe pandemic im- woman lodged the complaint. has come up fordiscussion in the pacted marketsinMarch 2020, The police said theyhad not AgricultureMinisterNarendra Border —through whichthe Finance Ministry. Sources said HDFC Bank and KotakMahindra been able to find Ahmedyet. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Singh Tomar metatBJP presi- AMILBHATNAGAR highway to Haryana, the government has been look- Bank have had fresh record Preliminaryinvestigation has NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER29 dent JP Nadda’s residence. &JIGNASASINHA Chandigarh, and onward to ing at ways to improvevaluations highs in recent days and several indicated the twowereinarela- In his Mann Ki Baat address, NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER29 Himachal Pradesh and Punjab in line with the book value and other private sector bankshave tionship, and had elopedlast AS FARMERS from Punjab and Modi said demands of farmers, passes —tochalk out their profitability of the companies. done well. year,beforetheywerefound and Haryana, seeking repeal of the promisedatone time or an- REJECTINGTHE Centre’s invita- course of action. In the evening, State-ownedbanks, which Even the Nifty CPSE indexis brought back.While Ahmedhad newfarm laws,continuedto other by everypolitical party, tion forconditional talks, farm- theyannouncedatapress con- were expected to benefit in down almost46per cent from been arrested then too, the protestatthe gatesofDelhi, Prime had been metthrough these ers camping at the Delhi- ference that theywould block- terms of market value aftera itspeak of 2,795 recordedin woman had deniedthe charges MinisterNarendraModi and laws.Heasked the youth, “es- Haryana border reiterated their ade five pointsofentryintoDelhi spateofamalgamations and 2018.While state-ownedfirms of kidnapping lodged against Home MinisterAmit Shah backed peciallythose studying agricul- demands on Sunday, and said —Sonipat, Rohtak,Jaipur, capital infusion, have seen a have lagged behind their private him by her father. the laws Sunday, saying they ture” to go to villages, and cre- theywould notvacatethe arte- Ghaziabad-Hapur,and Mathura steady decline in value. The Nifty peers in terms of performance in The woman wasmarriedoff were forthe benefit of farmers. ateawareness among farmers rial GT Karnal highway. —inthe coming days. PSU Bank index, forinstance, is the pastaswell, the differential by the familytosomeone else in Lateatnight, Shah, Defence about the newlaws. Farmers’ groups held discus- The farmers have been down 64 per cent from itspeak between their market perform- April this year. MinisterRajnath Singh and CONTINUEDONPAGE2 sions at Delhi's northern Singhu CONTINUEDONPAGE2 of 4,327in2017. ance has been widening in re- IG, BareillyRange, Rajesh While manyprivate banks cent years. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 also sawasharp decline in share CONTINUEDONPAGE2 PSUs LAG IN PERFORMANCE MaharashtraChief Minister Uttarakhand’s unique UddhavThackeray and son Mar31 Nov27 Change AadityaonSunday BSEPSU 4,498.12 5294.9 17.7 bridge to help reptiles inspected ongoing work at BSESensex 29,468.49 44149 49.8 Worlifor the 10-km long southern section of the BSEMidcap 10,569.93 16914.6 60.0 cross busy jungle road coastalroad project in BSESmallcap 9,608.92 16875.2 75.6 Mumbai. Theyalso visited lizards, snakes including work sites near LALMANIVERMA pythons, rodent squirrels, and Priyadarshini Park (Malabar DEHRADUN,NOVEMBER29 monkeys, and the crushedre- Hill) and BreachCandy. Atmanirbhar push in mains of reptiles arefrequently Courtesy:AadityaThackeray’s THE UTTARAKHAND Forest found on the highway. Twitter handle Department has built afirst-of- The 5-foot-wide, 40-foot- bullet train: Industry its-kind ecobridgeacross abusy high bridgecan take the weight highway in Ramnagar forest di- of three adult humans,and forest INSIDE vision of Nainital district so that officials said theyhopeditwould told to build substitute reptiles trying to cross over are be usedbyevenleopards. FOR SHIV SENA AND notcrushedunder traffic. The bridge, whichwill be put BJP, BATTLE The 90-foot-long structureof in sight of four cameratraps, will for made-in-China tech bamboo, jute, and grasses was be studiedasamodel by the FOR MUMBAI WILL built across the two-lane Forest Department, Ramnagar DOMINATE 2021 Kaladhungi-Nainital highway by Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) PAGE 3 AVISHEKGDASTIDAR local contractors over aperiod of ChandraShekhar Joshi said. NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER29 10 days at acostofRs2lakh. The bridgehas been strung at The highway is the main apoint wherethe road arcs in a AS THE corporation building the routetoNainital, and is usedby wide ‘U’, and vehicles going country’s firstbullettrain project alarge number of vehicles espe- downhill oftentravelathigh CoBRA officer was to come home EXPERT pushes forIndian firms shoulder- ciallyinthe touristseason. The speed. It is expected that by EXPLAINS ing three-fourth of the work, jungle is home to monitor CONTINUEDONPAGE2 for birthday, late Diwali celebration Indian industryhas been urged Dr KSrinath to come up with an alternative to Reddy the high-techmachines needed While the 33-year-old diedof FromTheIndianExpresspanel to construct viaducts(elevated Work is on at the Sabarmati GARGIVERMA injuries sustainedinthe IED ofspecialists,exclusiveinsight structures) at the desired pace, hub of the bullettrain. File &SRINATHRAO blast, sevenCoBRA personnel whichare currentlymade onlyin RAIPUR,MUMBAI, were injured and arenow out of China. Trade with China has been NOVEMBER29 danger.The attackhappenedjust ROADTOMASS affected by the border tension in launching mechanism com- 6kmfromthe Burkapal base VACCINATION eastern Ladakh. monlyusedinIndia —while one- FAMILY, FRIENDS and colleagues campofCoBRA. The megacarrier and and-a-half girders areplacedina described Assistant Comman- The CRPF said Bhalerao had EXPLAINED PAGE 11 launcher machines, also known week with this, the Chinese ma- dant Nitin PBhalerao, killedina fought on forseven hours de- as Transporter, Gantryand Full chines enable twogirders aday. MaoistattackinSukma, spitelosing alot of blood. THE EDITORIAL PAGE Spam Launcher machines, are Eachmachine costs around Chhattisgarh, on Saturdaynight Nitin PBhalerao, 33,diedin The Assistant Commandant’s ubiquitous in China’s large-scale Rs 70-80 crore. The bullettrain as someone who strove to be the aMaoistattackinSukma cremation on Sundayevening at Q2 DATA: ONWARDS connectivity projects. Typically, a project will needupto30such best at whatever he did, and who Nashik drew friends and locals, vehicle carrying afull girder trav- machines, Achal Khare, ledfromthe front. Tenyears ago, apartfromfamilymembers. AND UPWARDS els on an already launchedgirder Managing Director of the he ranked firstinbasic training warfaretraining afterbeing in- Bhalerao is survivedbyhis BY SOUMYA KANTI GHOSH to place the next girder under this National High SpeedRail The 90-ftecobridgeonKaladhungi-Nainital highway. Express as aCRPF Sub-Inspector,and re- ducted intothe force’s elite mother Bharti, wifeRashmi, PAGE 12 technology.The speedisalmost Corporation (NHSRL), said. peated the distinction in jungle CoBRA unit. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 seventimes that of the girder CONTINUEDONPAGE2

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at agovernment school,empty of rice, dal and boiledvegetables TORAAGARWALA due to the lockdown, located on gave waytostews of porkand GUWAHATI,NOVEMBER29 the edge of her hometown, bamboo shoot, chickencooked Bhalukpong. The desksand with traditional herbs and, on “THEY WERE working forus, so benches were stowedaway, some days,evenfeasts of the del- whynot work forthem?” Neeshi large utensils brought in, and a icacy mithun.The langar is still Jebisamam remembers thinking stovecrackledtolife. The 10 — running, nowmannedbythe dis- in April, aweek afterthe nation- homemakers, nurses, teachers — trict administration. wide lockdown wasannounced. put on their masks, rolledup “Wenever chargedfor our But even at the outset, therewere their sleeves, and got to work. meals,” says MarySidisow, the murmurs: “Isn’t it risky? What if And justlikethat, faraway 39-year-old staffnurse at the youget the virus?” Arunachal from the virus epicentres, Community Health Centre Pradesh might have had onlyone Jebisaman and the others had (CHC) who firstsuggestedthe case of the coronavirus backthen, joinedthe ranksofthe countless women best epitomising the On dayone, Jebisaman recalls, idea of acommunity kitchen. but panic had begun to setin. corona warriors across the coun- stories of strength that had theyproducedameal for70, but “Our objective wassimple —to ‘SOON,AVACCINE The 25-year-old English trywhom TheIndianExpress is helpedthe city put the killings only35showedup. But then feed the frontline worker,beita MADEININDIA’ teacher wasdeterminedthough, celebrating as partofthe an- Homemakers, nurses, teachers came together,ran the behind. Ashowrecounting their slowly, as word got around of the doctor,anurse, apoliceman or PAGE 9 and one bright morning, she niversaryofthe 26/11terrorat- kitchen forfrontline workers forthree months. Express stories wastelecastonStarPlus Bhalukpong Women’s Langar,the even adailywagelabourer. held ameeting with 10 women tacksonMumbai —the men and on Sundaynight. numbersdoubled,thesimple fare CONTINUEDONPAGE2 WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 2 THE SECOND PAGE THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,NOVEMBER30,2020

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PM, Shah lowedformanyyears.Inthesame Centre, and have vowednot to the All India Kisan Sangharsh proof lies on the accusedorthe 33-year-old would come home four years, thereisnoother way As the entrypoint to West way, forfour months, Jitendraji’s backdown. “Wehaverationsto CoordinationCommitteewilljoin person who has converted. everyyear forDiwali. "This year excepttouse this technique. But Kameng, Tawang and East “New dimensions,” he said, were payment did nothappen. In this lastusmonths,” SurjeetSingh us tomorrow, and we will then he delayeditbecause he wanted these carrier-and-launcher ma- Kameng districtsbordering beingaddedtofarmingandallied situation,to hisaidcamethenew said. decide our next step.” PSUs othersinhisbattalionto go home chinesaremanufacturedinChina. Assam,Bhalukpongseesconstant industries. “The agriculturere- farm laws.” He also said the farmers On Sundaymorning, farmers Market experts saythisdiffer- forthe festival," she said. "... We So this is one of the challenges movement of security forces. forms in the lastfew days have “In this law, it has been de- would notallowany person affil- beat drums and raisedslogans as entialinperformanceisoneof the areveryproud of his sacrifice." whichwehaveposedtothe in- Sidisowsays she realisedthat openeddoorsto newpossibilities. cidedthat in three days,the iatedwithapoliticalpartyontheir police made announcements reasons forthe weak interestof Afriend in Bhalerao's home- dustry, including L&T (whichis working long hours at the check- Foryears, the demands of farm- farmer mustbegiven full pay- platform. “Wedemand that the aboutsocialdistancingandCovid foreign portfolio investmentsin town Nashik said, "He always building 325 km of ahigh-speed posts aswellasthehospital,many ers, demands whichwereprom- ment. And if the payment does rate of MSP be fixed, and that guidelines. With the border state-ownedcompanies. wanted to be at the forefront. I viaduct in Gujarat) and the acad- of themendedupskippinglunch. isedatsome time or another by nothappen, then the farmer can farmers should notbefinedfor sealed, trafficfromHaryana was While FPIs have pumpedina wish he had stoppedsome- emicians, that whycan’t we de- Mostofthe 10 who volunteered everypolitical party,havebeen registeracomplaint. The lawhas burningfarmstubble.We alsode- diverted to Jharoda and Rajokri. netofoverRs1.56 lakh croreinto where." velop them rather than import- forthe community kitchen were fulfilled. Afteralot of discussion, anotherverybigthing.Inthislaw, mand that the proposedelectric- Police at the picketsrecordedthe IndianequitiessinceApril1, state- The injured in Saturday's at- ingthemfromChina?”Kharetold from her extendedfamily. Parliament gave agricultural re- thereisaprovisionthatthearea’s ity Ordinance should be kept in details of commuters before let- ownedcompanies have notben- tack all belong to the 206CoBRA ameeting of the industrybody. “Bhalukpong’s community- formslegalrecognition.Thesere- SDMhasto addressthecomplaint abeyance,” SurjeetSingh said. ting them enter Delhi. efited.Datasourcedfromprime- Battalion, including second-in- The Indian industrydoesn't have basedorganisationshadcollected forms have notonlyremoved of the farmer within amonth. Delhi Chief MinisterArvind infobase.com showthat no command rank officer Dinesh anyexperience of building high- somemoneyfromdonations,we manyrestrictionsforfarmers,but Nowwhenourfarmerbrothergot Kejriwal tweetedonSundaythat state-ownedcompanyfigured in Kumar Singh. Bhalerao had been speedrail systems. pooledintoo,” says Sidisow. have giventhem newrightsand the strength from this law, then “The Centremusttalk to farmers UP law the listoftop 10 companies that postedwith the battalion in Procuring these machines The oldestvolunteer was opportunities,” he said. his problem wasresolved. He immediatelywithoutanyprecon- Pandeyconfirmedthatacasehad receivedhighestFPI investment Chhattisgarhnot toolong back. wascommonearlier.“Iguesspeo- Bajim Sagro, nearly 60. “Everyone Shah,meanwhile,saidhehad complained,andinafew days,his ditions.” been lodged againstAhmedun- in the quarterendedSeptember. BastarIGPSundarrajsaid the ple herenever neededtoapply kneweveryone,” says neversaid that the farmer dues were paid. In other words, During the day, severallead- der the Uttar Pradesh Vidhi Shareholdingdataavailableat incident occurredinChintagufa their minds to makethem be- Jebisamam. “Time would justfly protests were political.“Everyone full knowledge of the laws be- ers of farmers' groups gave Viruddh Dharm Samparivartan BSE showthat in the case of area. "An anti-Maoistoperation cause theywereavailable cheap as we plannedthe menu, figured has that right (toprotest)ina came Jitendraji’s strength. speeches from atop tractors on Pratishedh Adhyadesh, 2020, ONGC, the FPI holding declined wasbeing carriedout by the in China. Nowweare telling peo- out howwecould improve democracy.But Iwant to saythat Whateverthefield,farawayfrom the Haryana side of the Singhu whichwas notifiedonSaturday. from 8.65 per cent in December CoBRA,STF and DRG(District pleto tryanddesignthem,let’sbe dishes.” all the three farm laws arefor the everykind of rumour and mis- Border as Delhi Police remained Thegovernmenthassaidtheordi- 2019 to 7.69 in September 2020, ReserveGuard) troops from self reliant. It’s notlikeIndian en- Adds AmitaSangcho, 42, one benefitof thefarmers.Andaftera conception, correct information stationedbehind barriers nance is meant to check"forced" while Indian Oil Corporation saw Chintalnar,Burkapal and gineers cannotmakeit,” Khare of the volunteers, “Once we long time, the farmer is going to isabigaidforeveryperson,”Modi mountedwithbarbedwire.More and"fraudulent"religiousconver- FPIholdingfallfrom7.64percent Chintagufabase camps on told The Indian Express. stayedtill 7pm, that’s howlong it come out of aconstricted sys- said.Hecitedtwootherexamples farmers were likelytojoin the sions. to 6.07per cent in the period. Saturday. At around 8.30 pm, an Khareacknowledgedthatthe took to feed everyone lunch.” tem… Ihavenever calledthe -- of Mohammad Aslam of Baran protest, the leaders said. According to the police, the Even in the case of SBI and IED blastoccurrednear the machinesare"nojoke".“Theyare Oftenthe lockdown made protestbyfarmers as political. I in Rajasthan, CEO of alocal farm Agroup of 80-100 farmers woman's father,afarmer,said PowerGrid Corporation of India Arbaraj Mettahills," he said. vehiclescapableof carryingloads vegetables hardtosource. “We am notsaying that noweither,” produce organisation who has managed to cross intoDelhi on Ahmedand she became friends Ltd (PGCIL), whichare the two The siteishardly8kmfrom of 1000tonnes-plus.”Notingthat would drive down 10 km to an- he told reporters in Hyderabad. created aWhatsApp group of Sunday, and protestedsome 50 while in school together,and he mostvaluablestate-ownedcom- Minpawhere17DRG personnel evenJapan,whichishelpingIndia othertown,”says Sidisow. Several Union Home SecretaryAjay farmers on prevailing mandi metres from the barricade. “We waspressuringherto convertand panies by market capitalisation, lost their livesinaMaoistattack with the bullettrain project, had peopledonatedchickenandpigs. Bhalla, writing to farmer unions rates, and VirendraYadavof do nothaveany intentions of getmarriedtohim. Ahmed, who the FPIs have reducedtheir hold- in March,the police said. The notdesignedsuchmachines, “In that sense, it waspurelyado- stagingtheprotest,assuredthem Kaithalwhohasdonebusinessof moving further.Wecame from studiedtillClass12,doesoddjobs ings.Whileinthecaseof SBI,they ChintagufaPolice Station is 9km Kharesaid China came up with nation-based, community-run that all their issues would be ad- Rs 2crore in twoyears by selling the other side and were allowed in neighbouring Rampur district reducedtheirholdingfrom10.98 away. them over itsconstruction of kitchen." dressedindiscussions with a farm stubble to agro-energy in, since police thought we were and regularly visitsBareilly. percentinDecember2019 to 7.75 Eight of the seriouslyinjured 25,000km of high-speedrail. Among hundredswho would high-levelcommittee of Union plantsand paper mills by using headedtowards the Nirankari Apartfromtheordinance,the percentinSeptember2020,they were evacuated in ahelicopterto Similarly,the NHSRCL has walk in forahot meal everyaf- Ministers at Vigyan Bhavanon strawbaler machines. Ground,” said SukhdevSingh of police have lodged an FIR against brought it down from 27.28 per Raipur around midnight. asked the Ahmedabad Textile ternoon wasDrTageNeha, December 3. He said this discus- “Irequesttheyouth,andespe- Amritsar,one of the farmers Ahmedunder IPC Sections 504 cent to 25.97per cent in the case However, Bhalerao could notbe Research Institutetoworkonde- Senior Medical Officer at the sion can take place earlier if all ciallythelakhsof studentsstudy- campednear the Alipur police (intentional insult with intent to of PGCIL in the same period. saved. Having joinedthe CRPF in velopingupholsterysimilarto the CHC. “Wehavebeen on Covid unions gather the protesting ing agriculture, that theyshould post. provokebreachofpeace)and506 Datafromprimeinfobase.com 2010,Bhalerao had served in fire-retardantoneusedinJapan's duty since March.Inthe initial farmersatthedesignatedground go to nearbyvillages and bring Therewerenomorethan200 (criminal intimidation), said also showthat the percentage Gujarat, Jammu &Kashmir and high-speedShinkansen system. days,latenight dinner wasthe inBurariontheoutskirts of Delhi. awareness among farmers about farmers at the sprawling Station House Officer,Deorania holding of government (as pro- Delhiearlier.In2018,heappeared Besides, at the behestofthe onlymeal Iwas certain of," he “Some unions have de- therecentlypassedfarmreforms. Nirankari Ground in Burari on Police Station, Daya Shankar.The moter) in companies listedon forthe Limited Departmental NHSRCL, severalIITsare making says.“Until these ladies came mandedthe discussions to be Bydoingthis,youwillbepartners Sundayevening. The Delhi gov- officer said theyraidedAhmed’s NSEhitanall-timelowof5.05per Competitive Exam and cleared it simulationsoftwareforelectrical along -- the saviours of heldearlierthanDecember3.The in the big changethat is happen- ernment had put up tentsand house but had notfound him. cent as on September 30, 2020, to be promotedtothe rank of systems etcwhichare currently Bhalukpong.” moment youshifttothe ground ing in the country,”hesaid. mobilewashroomsforthem,and The woman’s elder brother down from 6.17 per cent as on AssistantCommandant.Duringa the sole domain of foreign con- In July, as cases spiked,com- inBurari,theverynextdayahigh- organisedlangars at several told The Indian Express, June30,2020.Overan11-yearpe- basictrainingcourseattheCRPF's sultants. Engineering institutes munity members advisedthe levelcommittee of Union Farmers protest places—butthefarmerscamped "Wheneverwesaid anything, riod,theholdinghasbeensteadily Internal Security Academyin have alsobeenaskedto studybal- women to shut the kitchen till Ministersisreadyto meettherep- camping outside Delhi since on their tractor trolleys. Ahmedabusedusandthreatened declining from 22.46 per cent on MountAbu,hewasadjudgedthe lastless track, to replicatethe things settleddown. Theyoffered resentativesoffarmer unions at Friday. OnSaturday, UnionHome “Some of us had to come to to eliminatethe entirefamily." June 30, 2009. best outdoortrainee.Hefollowed Shinkansen technology. to return if needed. VigyanBhavan,”hesaidinhislet- MinisterAmit Shah had invited NirankariGroundearlier,butthat Ahmed'sfamilyrunsashopin PranavHaldea, Managing that up with three-month train- In the latestunderstanding Jebisamam has movedtoan- ter. Bhalla said because of the farm unions fortalkson does notmean we have cavedin. Bareilly. Daya Shankar said his Director of Prime Database, said ing at the CoBRA School of Jungle reachedwith the Japanese side, other town, another Army protestcall givenby30farmers December3ontheconditionthat The protesthereisthe same as parentsand sisterhad leftthe vil- the decline in the government’s Warfareand Tactics in Belgaum. Indiaisto carryoutaround75%of school, carrying the memoryof unions, alarge number of farm- theymovethe protestfromthe that on theborder, and we will lageafter the case waslodged. holdingisdueto factorsincluding Once again, he wasadjudged the the construction forthe project those days even as she holds on- ers from Punjab, Haryana and highway to the Sant Nirankari stay until we areallowedto Thepolicehave cometo know “Government’s divestment pro- all-round best trainee. throughIndianfirms.Typically, in line classes now. “Wespent three other parts of the countryhave Samagam Ground in Burari. protestatthe Ramlila ground, or that Ahmedand the woman had gramme,notenoughnewlistings CRPF spokesperson and projectsofsuchascale,aroundRs months there, it became apartof gatherednearDelhi’sborders,dis- “Wehaverejected the invita- our demands aremet,” Diljeet leftthevillagetogetherinOctober and also lacklustreperformance Deputy Inspector General Moses 80,000-90,000 croreworth of our lives, giving us immense joy rupting trafficontwo keyhigh- tion from the Centre. One of their Singh from Mohali said. lastyear and were tracedfour of manyCPSEs relative to their Dhinakaran said Bhalerao was contracts,mostlyincivilconstruc- at ableak time." ways between Punjab and Delhi conditions wasthat we mustgo OnFriday, policehadresorted days later to Madhya Pradesh. private peers”. skilledinplanningandexecuting tionandeventrack-laying,would sinceNovember 27. to the Burari Park first. We will to lathi chargesand tear gasat Additional Superintendent of Datashowthat the value of operations againstMaoists,as go to Indian companies. The bul- Uttarakhand “According to available infor- nevergotoBurari Park.Wehave Singhu Border.OnSunday, more Police, Bareilly(Rural), Sansar government holdings in compa- well as being an excellent moti- lettrain project, without normal reducing the needfor sudden mation, due to severe cold, farm- come to knowthat it is morean farmersfromPunjabandHaryana SinghsaidAhmedwasarrestedat nies promotedbyithas declined vatorand man-manager in diffi- inflation factored in from 2015,is braking in front of acrossing an- ers arefacing alot of problems. In open jail than apark,”Surjeet joinedthe protesters at the time but the woman had de- from Rs 11.67lakh croreasof cultsurroundings."Hehadexcep- estimated at Rs 1.08 lakh crore. imal, the road will become safer the wake of the Covid pandemic, Singh,presidentof BhartiyaKisan NorthwestDelhi's Tikri Border. niedthe prosecution chargesin December2019 to 7.62lakhcrore tionalleadershipqualities.Hewas The NHSRCL has told Indian forhuman beings too. thereisathreat of infection due Union (Krantikari), Punjab, said. Delhi Police have parkedtrucks court. "I have yettocheckthe sta- as of September 2020. While the disciplined, braveand enthusias- contractors to ensurethat their “Elephants, leopards, deer, to suchlarge gatherings,” he said “Farmers from Uttarakhand who blocking the road on the Delhi tusof thatcase,"SansarSinghsaid. value had fallen sharplyto6.95 tic," Dhinakaran said. staff, from rail-welding techni- and blue bulls move in this area. in the letter,urging farmers to reachedDelhi todayweretold by sideof theborder.TikriKalanisin InApril,thewomanwasmar- lakh croreinMarch 2020 follow- Bhalerao's instructor during cians to engineers, motorcar op- Drivers can see them from some move to Burari. Delhi Police that theywould be the Outer Delhi district, and the ried, and movedtoPilibhit. "The ing the hugefall in marketsin basic training, Assistant erators and supervisors, get distance and slowdownorstop, The Prime Minister, in his takentoJantar Mantar,but they border is close to Mundka and familyhas said that since then, March,therecoveryof PSUstocks Commandant VijayChaudhary, trainedandcertifiedbyareputed but theyrarelydosofor snakes, Mann Ki Baat address, spokeof were instead held at the Burari Peeragarhi. Ahmedhadbeenharassingthem. have been relatively very slow. said he stood out forhis "tactical Japaneseagency.Thetrainingses- lizards, monitors, or squirrels,” a the “newrights” that the new Park.The protestatthe Singhu The highway to Bahadurgarh He waspressuring them to call Lowvaluationsareanissuefor acumenandphysicalfitness",and sions can lastfromafew days to Forest official said. laws had granted farmers. He Border will continue,” Surjeet and Jhajjar in Haryana passes backthe woman and allowthe the government as it has linedup that out of the various wings of 125days,and the costhas to be To attract small animals, cited the example of afarmer in Singh said. through Tikri. twotoget marriedafter she con- aheavy disinvestment agenda. theCRPF,hehadoptedforCoBRA. borne by the contractors. creepers will be grownoverthe Dhule district of Maharashtra Delhi Police spokesperson Dr “Wedon’thave anestimateof verts. He visited the familyon TheFinanceMinistryhassetatar- An undated video postedon WhiletheRailways insists the bridge, whichwill be layered whose “full knowledge of the EishSinghaldeniedtheallegation. thenumberof peoplebehindthe Saturdayand theyapproached getofRs2.1 lakh croreofreceipts Twitter had ajunior officer prais- bullettrain project is still on time with grass and leaves. “Weare laws has come to his aid”. “Beforetheir protest, we had ap- barricades (on the Haryana side). the police," the SHO said. through disinvestment. ing Bhalerao and saying he forthe December 2023 deadline, experimenting. We want to cre- “JitendraBhoiji had done pealedtothe farmers to not We told them that theycould go The newUPlaw provides for wishedevery forcewould getan sources said theyare staring at a atesuitable conditions forthe an- farming of maize, and had de- protestinDelhi, and stated that to Burari’s Nirankari Ground but ajail term up to 10 years, with all CoBRA officer officer likehim. dateofDecember 2028. imals. We want to createamicro- cidedtosell it at the right price to protests atJantarMantarwere not they want to stay here. Thereare alleged offences cognizable and daughterVedangi (10), and two Theceremonytopay homage environment forthem on the traders.Thepriceforthecropwas allowed,” he said. morethan 300-400trucks and non-bailable. The ordinance says brothers. Bharti raisedthe chil- to Bhalerao in Raipur wasat- Arunachal town bridge,” DFOJoshi said. decidedatRs3.32 lakh. Jitendra The Burari Park,commonly tractors on the road,” asenior po- no person shall attempt to con- dren on her ownafter losing her tendedbyChhattisgarhHome Afreemeal foranyone who was Reptiles and other small ani- Bhoi also got Rs 25,000 in ad- knownastheNirankariSamagam lice officer at the Singhu Border vert another by misrepresenta- husband when theywerevery MinisterTamradhwaj Sahu and hungry.” mals areanimportant partofthe vance.Itwasdecidedthattherest Ground, belongs to the Delhi said. tion,force,allurement,anyfraud- young. CRPF DG APMaheshwari, who Sidisowhad got the first forest food chain and ecosystem, of the moneywould be givento Development Authority and is Nishan Singh, afarmer from ulent means or by marriage. If a Bhalerao's birthdaywas on flewinfromDelhi. Sahu said: inkling of howthe coronavirus Joshi said. He said boards were him in 15 days.But the circum- spread over an area of over 20 Punjab,said,“Mostofthefarmers person convertsbacktothe reli- December 21,and he wasplan- "Ourforcesarebeingcautionedto could turn lifeupside down in being put up to createawareness stances turnedout later that he hectares. It is around 20 km from hereare from our state. We are giontheymostrecentlybelonged ning to return home around that move carefully. But sometimes, their small town, located in West of the needtoprotect reptiles. did notget the money. Buy the the Singhu Border. calling our familymembers and to,that is nottobeconsidered as time.Thefamilyhadhopedtocel- inadvertently, lapses happen.” Kameng district. Health workers Forest staffwould patrol the area cropfromthefarmer,don’tpayfor The farmers aredemanding friends to join us. We won’t leave conversion under the ordinance. ebrateadelayedDiwali apart likethem had been ropedinfor to ensuretourists do nottry to months on end. Perhaps people the repeal of three “pro-corpo- Delhiunlesstheyrepealthethree Anyaggrievedpersoncanlodgea fromhisbirthdaywithhim.Sister- Bullet train newduties, including screening use the bridgefor selfies, he were following the practice fol- rate”farm laws enacted by the farmerlaws.Over50peoplefrom complaint, and the burden of in-lawVrushali Bhalerao said the “If we aretobuild 237kmin people at check-posts. added.

DELHI RIOTS Court orders FIR and probe into ariots complaint which Delhi Police had shelved

Vihar,alleged that on February and so the inquirywas closed. and impartial investigation is murder case: howsections of gations areserious in natureand In itsorder,the courtalso put KAUNAINSHERIFFM 24 this year,his neighbours Rejecting this, the courtsaid November 23 order is made…and afinal report Arms Actweredropped; CCTV pertain to the protection of the on recordthe alleged response NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER29 Subhash Tyagi and Ashok Tyagi that aftera“perusal of the mate- related to acase where filed…without delay,”the court footageofthe incident wasnot right to lifeand property of the of Delhi Police in handling the openedfireand attackedhis rial placed on record”, especially ordered. found by the police; and that all complainant. The equal protec- complaint. ADELHI courthas ordered the house. He also alleged that his the “video footageofthe alleged Saleem, aresident of It addedthat Deputy accusedhad deletedtheir mo- tionoflawscannotbedeniedto “It has been alleged...some police to registeranFIR and con- neighbour,Nasheer,was shot. incident”, it wasofthe viewthat Yamuna Vihar,alleged Commissioner of Police, North bile phone datafromthe days of the complainant merelyonac- anti-social people who arehis duct a“fair,independent and im- The police told the courtthat “a cognizable offence is made that on February24, his East–under whichJafrabad falls the riots. count of registration of certain neighbours...fired gunshots at his partial” probeintoariots case Saleem washimself involvedin out” and that “the offences al- –should monitor the probe. Significantly, an office-bearer FIRs againsthim…and on the as- house, pelted stones and threw wherethe police had closedthe the riots,was arrested on March leged…requiretobeinvesti- neighbours openedfire Saleem’s complaint also of VishwaHindu Parishad, sumption of the IO (Investigating petrol bombs...The complainant inquirydespitethe fact that 19,and had fileda“false com- gatedbythe police”. and attackedhis house names Naresh Tyagi, Uttam Devesh Mishra, among those Officer) that the complaint is asked forhelp but no police per- video recordings againstthe ac- plaint to save himself”. Saleem is Citing acertificateunder The Tyagi, and Supreme Maheswari questionedbythe police in false and made to save the com- sonnel arrivedatthe spot. The cusedweresubmitted as evi- out on bail. Evidence Act, the courtindicated who figureasaccusedbythe Parvez's case, had lodged afor- plainant and that toowithout complainant also made awrit- dence by the complainant. Afteraprobe,the police that the electronic evidence was Delhi police in the murder of one mal complaint that "false cases" even registering an FIR and con- tencomplaint on March 1 The November 23 order,by claimed, “no cognizable offence admissible evidence. the appropriateSections of law Parvez (48) during the riots. were being foisted"on innocent ducting an independent and im- (2020), with the SHO PS Jafrabad Metropolitan MagistrateFahad wasfound to be made out and “This Courtdeems fittodi- on the basis of the allegations The Indian Express had first Hindus". partial investigation intothe al- and further to DCP concernedon Uddin, is related to acase where hence no FIR has been registered rect the SHO P.S. Jafrabad to reg- made in the Complaint…and to reportedondiscrepancies in the Calling foranFIR in Saleem’s legations made by the March 17 but no action has been Saleem, aresident of Yamuna in (Saleem’s complaint) case,” isteranFIR at the earliestunder ensurethat afair,independent police chargesheetinParvez’s case, the courtsaid: “…The alle- complainant.” taken…so farbythe police. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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CAUGHT WITHOUT AMASK Violators to ForShivSenaandBJP,battle pay fine but also get forMumbaiwilldominate2021 free mask INCREASEINBJP SEATS knows that running an election payers arefeeling betrayed.We from BMC SANDEEPASHAR Whyis campaign on “who’s morepro- will dislodgethe ShivSena from MUMBAI,NOVEMBER29 BMC so Hindutva” might notworkfor it. the BMC and the government,” Year(Poll) ShivSena BJP TheThackerays arenow work- said former ministerAshish MINUTES AFTER Chief Minister 1997 103 26 important ingonanew Hindutvatemplate– Shelar.Another party MLA,Mihir EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE UddhavThackeray announced 2002 97 35 onethatislessconfrontationaland Kotecha, said: “The mishandling MUMBAI,NOVEMBER29 the scrapping of the Metrocar 2007 82 28 IN POLITICAL circles, BMC is morecosmopolitan.Fromthetop- of the Covid-19crisis and corrup- shedproject at AareyinOctober, 2012 75 31 oftenreferredtoas'Big icsAadityatweetsabout,to theim- tion during the pandemic have THE BMC on Sundayannounced his son and stateEnvironment 2017 84 82 MoneyCorporation'. At ageofbenevolent patriarch notgonedownwellwitheventhe that while collecting Rs 200fine MinisterAadityahad tweeted, 33,441 crore, the BMC’s UddhavThackeray has triedto ShivSainiks. The BJP will go full from aperson found moving “Aarey Saved!” budget sizeisbiggerthanthat buildthroughhissocialmediaad- throttle to expose Sena.” around public places without a Thackeray himself made it a tion results. of India’s severalsmaller dresses,theaimisto reachoutto a While BJP MP Kirit Somaiya mask,itsteamswillprovideafree point to declarethat his govern- Riding on the NarendraModi states. It can undertake big largersection of middle class in has raisedsome land deal related mask to the violator. ment wasearmarking 800acres wave, and then chief minister ticket development projects Mumbai. Aaditya, also the allegations againstthe Thackeray SinceSeptember,theBMChad atAarey–oneof thelastvestigesof DevendraFadnavis’ push to big on itsown. Besides, Mumbai guardian ministerfor Mumbai family, asectionwithintheBJPre- reducedthe fine fornot wearing greenremaininginMumbai–asa ticket infrastructureprojectsin alsocontributesmorethan14 suburbs, has been pushing devel- mains wary that this mayend up amaskfromtheinitialRs1,000to reserved forest.Championing the Mumbai, including the Aareycar percentto thecountry’sGDP. opment activities in areas where polarising Sena’s Marathi vote. Urmila Matondkar set Rs 200. Anticipating aspikein causeof preservationof thegreen, shedproject,theBJPhadnotched Controloverthecivicbodyal- the Sena hopes to reap benefits. Congress, the thirdcontender, Covid-19cases following the fes- he said, “Biodiversity in Aarey upitsbestperformanceto datein lows aparty to wield more Aworld class aquarium, a meanwhile,isdrivenbyfactional- to join Shiv Sena ayear tive season, it has nowincreased needs to be conserved and pro- the 2017 BMC polls, winning 82 control over economic activ- tourismcomplexinWorli,adesali- ism.Thepartyhasnowgonewith- inspection drivesacross the city. tected.Nowhereistherean800- seatstoSena’s 84.The 2019 ities. ForBJP,dislodging Sena nation plant and opening up of outafull-timecitychief forover16 Asenior BMC official said, “In acrejungle in an urban setup.” Assemblypolls, whichbothcon- has also become amatter of moregreen areas aresome of the months. Still in opposition to the after quitting Congress mostcases, when people are Thackeray’sShivSenahasalso testedjointly, furthershowedhow prestige. projectsthe father-son duo have Sena in BMC, it seems dividedon caught without amask,theygive been uncharacteristicallyre- BJP had consolidated itshold in mind. “Wehaveevolvedanac- whether it should settle forcon- excuses like'forgot the mask at strainedinits reactions against among the non-Marathi Hindu tion plan to push development testinglesserseatsandstitchapoll EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE home','lostitwhiletraveling'or'it perceivedpoliticaladversaries,es- voteinMumbai. Outperforming bhagwa(saffronflag)willnotun- worksoverthenextyear,”saidfor- pact with Sena or go it alone. “It is MUMBAI, NOVEMBER29 is in my pocket or bag but forgot chewingitstrademarkstreetstyle Sena, it won16ofthe 17 seatsit furlatopthe BMC headquarters mer ministerand Thackeray’s forthe leadership to decide. But if to wear it'. Even afterpaying the attacks,aspersonal accusations hadcontested.Senawon14ofthe afterthe 2022 elections.” close aide RavindraWaikar. youask me, we should contest ACTOR-TURNED-POLITICIAN Urmila fine, people move around with- were hurledagainstthe party’s 19 it fought. The BJP is eyeing Sena’s hard- AmidindicationsthatBJPmay alone.We mustalsohitcampaign Urmila Matondkar is settojoin Matondkar outamask.Withthis,thepurpose firstfamilyinconnectionwith The Sena knows the 2022 lineHinduvotebyquestioningits inchcloserto RajThackeray'sMNS mode as early as possible," said the ShivSena, and speculation is of making them wear amask is SushantSinghRajput'sdeathcase BMC elections will be even more Hindutvacredentials.“Thereisno intherunupto thepolls,theSena Mumbai’s (island city) Guardian rifethat she will be formallyin- defeated.” nd the Kangana Ranaut fiasco. fraught, as this will be the biggest doubt in our mind. Thackeray’s isbelievedtobekeenonstitching MinisterAslam Shaikh. ducted by Chief MinisterUddhav paign and understanding of pol- “Now,our inspection teams Ever since he cockedasnook litmus test aftertwo generations decision to align with Congress abroad pre-poll pact with NCP From winning the polls in al- Thackeray in aday or two. itics. Contesting on aseat that will ensurethat afterpaying the at BJP and forged arather chancy of Thackerays have made adebut and NCPhas hurtsentimentsof and Congress, banking on the liance with the RPI(A) in 1992 Matondkar,46, who con- wasaBJP stronghold, Matondkar fine, eachperson is givenafree alliance with ideological rivals inlegislative politics.WhileCovid- theirtraditionalvoters,”saidMLA transfer of votes from Congress’ with 114seatstowinning just31 tested the 2019 Lok Sabha elec- wonovermanyinstrong mask,” he added. Congress and ,Thackeray has 19 pandemic has largely over- Atul Bhatkalkar,the in charge of Muslim and Dalit votebase. seatsin2017, Congress has seen a tions from the Mumbai North Marathi beltsinthe con- As per dataprovidedbythe made aconscious effort of mov- shadowedthefirstyearof thegov- 'Mission Mumbai'. The BJP on itspartishoping to consistent steep decline of itsfor- constituency on aCongress stituency. BMC, till November 28, itsteams ing his party away from “bel- ernment,thecomingyearwillsee BJP’s mostrecent campaigns cash in on the severalinfrastruc- tunes. “We’vebegun our prepa- ticket,has already been nomi- In September 2019,justbe- have penalised4.86 lakh people ligerent and confrontational” Sena and itsfirstfamilygoall out in Maharashtrahavefocusedon tureprojectsundertakenby rations and will come out with a nated by the Sena to go to the fore the stateAssembly poll, and collected Rs 10.07lakh crore Hindutva, focussing instead on forthe 2022 BMC polls. the Hindutvaangle, be it the one Fadnavisgovernmentto highlight sharp narrative,” Shaikh said. state's legislative council under Matondkar distancedherself as fine fornot wearing masksin environment and development While the party has consis- on reopening of temples or de- the long misrule of the Sena in Notconsidered aserious con- the Governor's quota. from the Congress citing "petty public places. issues to expand his party’s ap- tentlybeeninpowerinBMCsince manding aCBI inquiryintothe Mumbai. “Our main plankswill tenderforBMCpolls,theNCPwill Afterquitting the Congress in-house politics" and said it de- peal among Mumbai’s cosmo- 1997,theBJP–stillsmartingatlos- lynching of sadhus in Palghar. be development issues and look to piggybackonSena to bet- citing "petty politics" last feated the "bigger goal" forthe politan middle class. ingpowerinthestate–iseagerto Aday afterFadnavis’sdeclara- Hindutva,” said Bhatkalkar. terits strikerateand tally. In four September,Matondkar recently party's city unit. The answer to this changein dislodgeits former allyfromthe tion, aSaamna editorial invoked Fadnavis has slammed outingsithascontestedsofar,the took on fellowactor Kangana Beforethe statecabinetrec- strategy perhaps lies in the mood civic body and is breathing down Marathi pride yetagain, likening Thackeray forthescrappingof the NCPhas neverwon morethan 14 Ranaut who equated Mumbai to ommendednominations forthe 18.20 lakh on acrisp Februaryafternoon in Sena's neck. Although elections Sena’s bhagwatothe bhagwaof Aareycar shed, alleging this was seatsorpolledover10per cent "PakistanOccupiedKashmir" legislativecouncil seatsfromthe TOTALCOVIDCASESIN 2017,aday thatstartedwithgrand arestillmorethanayearaway,the MarathawarriorkingChhatrapati being done merelytosatisfy ego. votes. Minorities ministerand and targeted the chief minister. Governor's quota, senior MAHARASHTRA celebrations outside Thackeray’s BJP has already soundedthe poll Shivaji, the Samyukta “Mumbai is being deniedthe de- Mumbai’s NCPpresident, Nawab While she lostthe election by Congress ministerVijay Active Cases 90,997 Bandraresidence Matoshree, but bugle. Lastweek,Fadnavis Maharashtramovement and the velopment that is due. In the Malik,said: “Wewish to contest ahugemargin to sitting MP Wadettiwar had said the party, endedonasubduednote. It was launchedBJP’s'MissionMumbai', Marathimanoos.Butwith'Brand name of development, onlycor- in an alliance with Sena and Gopal Shetty,Matondkar too, had approachedthe actor for NewCases 5,544 thedayofthepreviousBMCelec- wherehevowed: “ShivSena’s Modi' on BJP’s side, the Sena ruption is going on. Honesttax- Congress. grabbed eyeballs with her cam- the nomination. TotalDeaths 12,556 NewDeaths 85 Quarantined5.32 lakh Woman falls into Vashi creek, rescued Tested 1.08 crore Khairane, Navi Mumbai, when and alertedalocal fisherman, 2,82,821 EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE she stoppedonthe bridgeover Mahesh Sutar,who wasfishing MUMBAI,NOVEMBER29 the creek at 1.30 pm. "She in the creek.Theyalso informed TOTALCOVID stoppedtothrow some pooja the police chowki. Police person- CASESINMUMBAI A45-YEAR-OLD woman wasres- material intothe creek when she nel and the fisherman jumped NewCases 940 cuedfromdrowning in the Vashi losther balance and fell," said intothe watertorescue her,af- TotalDeaths 10,865 creek on Sundayafternoon. Senior Inspector SanjeevDhumal terwhichshe wasrushedtoa Ghatkopar resident Hiraben of Vashi police station. hospital but did notneedtobe NewDeaths 18 Katarmal (42) wasonher way According to police, her fam- admitted as she did notsuffer her relative's house in Khopar ilymembers heardher screams anyinjuries, Dhumal said. Activist slams MP CM’s allegations of forced conversion of tribals

secuted as theyare meek and be- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE lieve inChrist'steachingof show- MUMBAI,NOVEMBER29 ing the other cheek when at- tacked," Mathai said in a REACTINGTOstatementsmade statement.Addressingtwoevents by Madhya PradeshChief Minister in tribal-dominated Umaria and Shivraj SinghChouhan,Mumbai- BadwanidistrictsinMP, Chouhan basedactivistand former vice- hadaccusedChristiansof forcibly president of the stateminorities trying to convert tribals. commission Dr Abraham Mathai Mathai, president of Indian said on Sundaythat allegations Christian Voice, said, "In anydish, that Christians were forciblycon- the leastofall the ingredientsis vertingtribalswere "outrightfalse salt but without salt anydish and dubious". would be tasteless. Likewise, we "Suchfalse and unsubstanti- Christians,althoughbeingjust2.3 atedstatementsfromachief min- per cent of the population, have isterofastateisdeplorable and neverfailedinour responsibility will onlyencourageattacks on in society and have onlyadded vulnerable Christian minorities, value likesalt adds flavour to any who neverretaliatewhen at- dish." He said courts musttake tacked likeothers who do so in suo motu cognizance of "such self-defence.Today, Christianmi- reckless,unfoundedandirrespon- norities in India arethe mostper- sible allegations by aCM”.

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ready to supportthe BJP govern- Ihavenever seen Pawarsoan- nodtoskyscrapersoutsideMumbai EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ment but later changed his gry,"wrote Raut. MUMBAI,NOVEMBER29 mind. He further said that Pawar Raut though did notdeny had suggestedUddhav Govt to issue formal notice aftercode of conduct dexfor clusterredevelopment SHIV SENAMPand party's chief that ameeting might have been Thackeray's name forchief min- SANDEEPASHAR and integrated township spokesperson SanjayRauton held. "A topindustrialistand an ister's postinthe same meeting MUMBAI,NOVEMBER29 forLegislative Council polls liftedonDecember 1 schemesand slum rehabilita- Sundayrefuted arecent claim NCPleader mayhavebeen pres- but his argument with Kharge tion across cities. While areas that NCPpresident Sharad ent... but Pawarwas in no mood changed the mood. "Ajit Pawar HIGH-RISE cultureisall setto areas and municipal councils. tionedatthe civic commis- expertbackedthe move,saying excludedfromFSI computa- Pawarhad promisedhis support to makeany deal with the BJP," waschatting on his mobile intensify in Maharashtra. The government is expected to sioner's level, while construc- it would simplify the approval tions will come down, builder to the BJP forgovernment for- he wrote, adding that the NCP phone foralong time in the MaharashtraChief Minister formallynotify the newrules tion exceeding 120mrequires a process and expediteissuance can avail a"common FSI" of 60 mation in Maharashtralastyear. chief had clarifiedhis position room and later leftfromthe UddhavThackeray has done once the ongoing code of con- special sanction from the HRC. of buildingpermits. "Sucha per cent over and above the Raut, who playedanimpor- on government formation dur- meeting. His cellphone was away with the needfor aspe- duct forthe legislative council Architectsand developers have move will boostredevelop- permissible limitsfor residen- tant role in the formation of the ing his meeting with Prime switchedoff and then he was cial sanction from the high-rise polls on December 1islifted. arguedthat the approval from ment of old buildings." The tial developmentsand 80 per Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) gov- MinisterNarendraModi on seen the next dayatthe swear- committee forbuildings while With the newrules pro- the high rise committee often Praticising Engineers, cent forcommercial ones. FSI ernment, said in hisweeklycol- farmers' issues. ing-in at the RajBhavan," he sanctioning newuniform de- posedanincrease in permissi- gets delayed. Further buildings Architectsand Town Planners or floor space indexisadevel- umn Rokhthok in Saamana that Recalling lastyear's hectic added. velopment rules formunicipal- ble buildable area indices that requireHRC approval have Association has also been push- opment tool that defines the it was"completely false" that parleys between Sena, NCPand Slamming BJP leaders for ities. across mostcities and towns, to conform to aspecial setof ing the initiative. extent of construction permis- Pawarand Union Home Congress over government for- calling the MVAan"unnatural With the exception of the construction industryhad planning standards. In Mumbai, wherethe HRC sible on aplot. It is the ratio of MinisterAmit Shah had ameet- mation, Raut said that Pawar government", Raut said the BJP Mumbai and certain specially been pushing forgetting rid of Once the newrules come wasformedfollowing courtdi- built-up area to the plotarea. ing wherethe plan foranearly and senior Congress leader has been predicting that the carved out special planning the needfor an additional ap- intoforce, high rise buildings rectives, the commissioner will Forbig layouts, 15 per cent morningswearing-in ceremony Mallikarjun Kharge had a government would collapse. norms, the unifieddevelop- proval from the High Rise outside Mumbai limitswill be fornow still be required to ap- FSI will be available forrecre- wasdecided. heated argument over the "Agencies suchasCBI and ED ment control regulations ap- Committee. allowedtosoar higher than point suchapanel. Likein ational amenities. Atotal per- It wasatasecretivedawn AssemblySpeaker's postina arebeing usedtodestabilise the proved by the government will In Mumbai, India's high rise even 120meters without seek- Mumbai, builders in other missible FSI of three will be ceremonyonNovember 23, last meeting at Nehru Centreon government and protection is be applicable across all munic- capital, permissions up to 120 ingthe additional HRCpermis- cities, towns will nowbeenti- providedfor social and lowin- year,when former chief minis- November 22. being giventothe people in- ipal corporations, metropolitan meters or 40 floors aresanc- sion. Asenior town planning tledtoincentive floor space in- come housing. terDevendraFadnavis and NCP "Kharge and other Congress volvedinillegal construction leader Ajit Pawargot hurriedly leaders said that the Assembly and abetment of suicide. If these sworn in as chief ministerand Speaker's postshould notgoto politicalpressuretactics arenat- Former BJP deputy chief minister. NCP, whichled to aheated argu- ural, then the 'Thackeray sarkar'' Arecentlypublishedbook ment between Pawarand is also natural. The government minister in spot has claimedthat Pawarhad a Kharge.Pawar collected his pa- has proved itsmajority on the for threatening meeting with Shah and was pers and leftthe room in anger. floor of the House," said Raut. policeman ‘When the situation improves, EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE MUMBAI,NOVEMBER29 people will visit museums... SENIOR MAHARASHTRA BJP leader and former minister culture gives us hope’ Babanrao Lonikar has landedin aspotafter an audio clip surfaced on social media in whichheis Home to about 50,000artefacts, in- Museums across the world purportedlyheardthreatening a cluding sculptures, bronzes and ex- have gone digital. Is that the policeman. cavations from Harappan sites, wayforward? "Policesaana vidhasabhet Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu My observation is completely ultatangu (Will hang the police Sangrahalaya (CSMVS) that has an different. When the situation im- upside down in the Vidhan annual footfall of about amillion, proves, people will visit museums Sabha)," Lonikar is heardtelling has nothad anyvisitor since March. and monuments. It's an organic an assistant police inspector SABYASACHI MUKHERJEE,direc- experience and culturegives us (API) from Partur,his home con- torgeneral of the98-year-old mu- hope. Idon't think that post-Covid stituency,inthe audio clip. seum, tells MAYURA JAN- people won't visit the institute This is the second time this Assistant commandant Nitin Bhalerao of the CRPF wascremated in his hometown of Nashik on Sundayevening. He was WALKAR thatthe institution has and that everyone will enjoy year when Lonikar has courted killedwhile leading his squad during an operation againstMaoists at Sukma in Chhattisgarhaday earlier. Express incurred aloss of over Rs 10 crore, technology.Theyare all getting acontroversy formaking outra- but thepeople of Mumbai rose to MONDAY bored with technology.People geous comments. In February, theoccasion by adopting galleries INTERVIEW would liketogoout, interact with another audio clip had surfaced and artifacts to help tide over the others, see beautiful things. It's wherethe BJP leader,inapublic Covid-19lockdown. SABYASACHI MUKHERJEE human natureand, particularly speech, had purportedlycalleda State CID’s fingerprint centre helps DIRECTORGENERAL, Indians, theyalways expect the CSMVS woman tehsildar a"heroine". CSMVShas been closedfor over organic experience. Technology Lonikar wasthe watersup- eight months. When is it ex- is playing apositive role at the plyand sanitation ministerinthe pected to reopen? moment in reaching out to peo- previous DevendraFadnavis crack 588 types of crimes since 2015 The museum has been closed movedall important objectstoa ple.Inthe future, forcertain pro- government. to the public since March 15 and safestorage place. Safetywas a grammes, we will take the help In the latestcontroversy, cured from the spotmatchwith itsrecords. But nowweuse bio- in 2019.Hehad stolen jewellery completely shut since March 21. prime concern. During April-May, of technology but it is notanal- Lonikar's remarks aresaid to SAGARRAJPUT anyone from our database," said metric machines to upload the from ashop in south Mumbai, We aregoing to reopen the mu- onlyfour residential members ternative to physical space. have made during atelephonic MUMBAI,NOVEMBER29 an expert. fingerprint directlytothe following whichacase wasreg- seum in aphasedmanner.Inthe would move all the objects. In with the API following araid In Maharashtra, the finger- server," the officer said. isteredwith the LT Margpolice. firstphase, we have openedour September,when the govern- Arethereany concerns about conducted by the police at alocal WITH Adatabase of 6,85,616 his- print centreismonitored by the Making use of the improved During investigation, the ex- museum shop and library. From ment considered relaxation, our re-opening the children's businessman's house afew days tory-sheeters, the stateCriminal CID, whichisheadquarteredin technology,the Malad police in perts developedfour finger- the firstweek or second week of staffstarted visiting. We moved museum? ago. Investigation Department's Pune. It has three divisional of- Mumbai wasrecentlyable to prints -two eachonaplastic December,weare going to share all the inorganic material to cli- Reopening the children's mu- Objecting to the raid where (CID) fingerprint centrehas as- fices in Mumbai, Nagpur and crackacase of house break-in band aid boxusing grey powder apartofthe garden with friends matecontrol storagespace, par- seum depends on the state's di- nothing objectionable was sistedthe police in solving 588 Aurangabad. Therealso exists within 48 hours. An officer said and on awooden drawer using and well-wishers. Twofamilies ticularly miniatures and textiles. rectives. If the stateallows chil- found, Lonikar is heardquestion- types of crimes and secure200 fingerprint offices in 42 district that when the fingerprintsre- blackpowder.One fingerprint can come at atime and spend the We emptiedour galleries. There dren to visit public places, we ing the officer on howcould the convictions since 2015. police departments, whichkeep coveredfromthe spotwere wasfound identical with the day. In phase two, we also plan to aregalleries with air-condition- have already developedanSOP police be raiding someone's Collection of fingerprints trackof10fingerprintsofeach cross-checkedwith the data- right hand finger impression of open six galleries. Theyare ready, ing but, with no maintenance forthem. We will have to restrict house without courtorders. from crime scenes and using the criminal arrested and convicted base, it matchedhistory sheeter Sheikh, leading to his arrest. but we areawaiting directives staff, we decidedwecould keep the number of children visiting When the API informedthat database to matchthem with in their jurisdiction. "These fin- Ajayalias Aplu Chinappa Dhotre. Asked about the Automated from the stategovernment.Since things in one storageareathat the museum. Maximum eight to theywereacting on atip offre- suspectshas, morerecently, en- gerprint databases aremainly "The complainant had gone Multimodal Biometric management undertook the con- could be maintainedregularly. 10 children will be allowedata garding illegal stocking of gutkha abledthe police to trace some created with the help of police," to his native place. Dhotre Identification System (AMBIS) - servation project of the big build- We have 300staffers, including time. If theycome with parents, inside the house, Lonikar is house-breakers within 48hours. said an expert. sneaked inside the house and adigital fingerprint and iris scan- ing (Grade 1heritagestructure), permanent and contractual staff. if we followproper SOPs, then I heardlosing his cool and threat- An officer from the finger- Asenior police officer said fledwith cash and valuables ning system forthe police - afterobserving the situation, by In our firstmeeting forrisk assess- don't see aproblem. ening the police. He is heard print centresaid that their role that fingerprintsofevery person worthRs45lakh... Acase was launchedin2019, SP (CID) MayorJune 2021, we will open ment, we decidednot to discon- telling that officer that 100MLAs mainlycomes intoplaywhen arrested in serious offences, like registeredonSeptember 13.Our Sandeep Diwan said, "The proj- another six galleries. We have 18 tinue anystaff member.Some of Going forward, what role will in the Vidhan Sabha will order the police fail to getclues in a rape, robbery, murder and da- men managed to getfingerprints ect is still under process. AMBIS galleries in all. In the thirdand fi- our staffgave10per cent of their the museum playinthe city? the suspension of the IPS officer case. "When acrime takesplace, coity,are uploadedonthe com- that matchedwith Dhotre. He has been launchedonlyin nal phase, when we complete the salary, some senior members The museum is an open space on whose directions the raids fingerprint experts arecalledto mon server."Fingerprintsof waswanted in three morecases Mumbai and is currentlybeing renovation of the main building, gave 30 per cent and even some forconversation, whichyou need were carriedout. the spot. We trytoidentify arti- everyconvicted accused, includ- registeredwith Powai, Malwani handledbythe cyber crime de- maybeinJanuary2022, we will pensioners sent cheques. at the moment. Culturemakes us When contacted,Lonikar at- cles at the spot, whichthe sus- ing offenders of petty cases like and Worlipolice stations," the partment. Officers at the district open the entiremuseum. On resilient and that is something we temptedtodownplaythe con- pect mayhavetouched, and assault, arealso taken," he added. officer added. levelare still being trainedtouse January10, 2022, we will becele- What is the scale of revenue should notforget. troversy saying that the police checkfor fingerprintswith the "Previously, we would take In another instance, 34 cases it while the softwareisbeing de- brating our centenary. losses and what is the path to Cultureisalso an important had apologisedtothe business- help of certain chemicals. Once fingerprint impressions using of burglaryweredetected after veloped. As soon as the the proj- recovery? ingredient forhuman develop- man forthe "unwarranted"raid. we getthe impressions, we ink and send the same to the fin- ahabitual offender,Mohomed ect is complete,itwill be handed What is the plan forreopening Amuseum likeours, unaided ment and growth. When you checkwhether the printspro- gerprint centrefor updation in Jafar Kalim Sheikh,was arrested over to us." the museum? by the government, has notgen- come to amuseum or anycul- We areready to open and erated anyincome. Likeother in- tural institute, libraryorarchives have developedapost-Covid stitutes, we also sufferedalot.In or performing arts,you tend to Youth booked for abetment strategy,anSOP (standardoperat- eightmonths, themuseumlost forget all your stress and absorb ing procedure) forstaff and for over Rs 10 crore. We have devel- the beauty,joy and happiness. visitors that we shared with the opedour strategy forrecovery. to suicide after minor girl’s DirectorateofArchaeology and We facedchallenges initially Were newacquisitions inter- Museums. We have decidedthat during lockdown likenon-avail- ruptedbythe pandemic? kin allege conversion bid amaximum of 20 visitors will be ability of humanresources, anx- To date, we have notreceived allowedtovisit galleries and, iety,mental health, non-avail- anyoffer from anycollector.Atthe when theycome out, we allow ability of funds and uncertainty moment, nothing is happening and also kept meting,” said an of- another set. If youallowpeople in about the future. We did some but as apartofour international EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ficer.After she diedbysuicide, groups of 20 to visit in atime- risk assessment towardsthe end projects, we arecreating asection PUNE,NOVEMBER29 the girl’s mother approachedthe bound manner,givethem two of March.Werealisedthe mu- forworld history.Itisapartof police with acomplaint that the hours, offerguidedtours, it is seum will notdoany business Getty's Ancient Worlds Now. In THE AHMEDNAGAR district po- boywas pressuring her to con- muchsafer than manyother forayear and the present budget collaboration with Getty,weare At the Maratha Kranti Morchameeting near Rajaram BridgeinPune on Sunday. PavanKhengre lice has arrested a19-year-old vert to his faith. places. We'veopenedthe mu- had no meaning. We started creating morespace forthe an- youth from Pune on chargesof Following this, the police seum shop and library, but hardly looking at howwecan cut down cient worldwherepeople will get abetting the suicide of a15-year- booked the youth on chargesof anypeople arecoming. People our administrative expenditure. to see ancient civilisations, an in- oldgirlwhose familyhas alleged abetment of suicide and crimi- have to visit marketstobuy veg- We approachedour friends and terconnected world, howIndia Maratha Kranti Morcha to protest that he waspressuring her to nalintimidationunder IPCand etables, but Indians arenot mu- well-wishers and came up with connected with the rest of the changeher religion. sections of the Protection of seum-going people. Our anticipa- ascheme. Forthree categories of worldform pre-historic times to outside MSEDCL offices tomorrow The girlwas found hanging Children from Sexual Offences tion is that fewpeople will visit objects-treasures, masterpieces 5th to 6th centuryAD. That is from the ceilinginher house in Act. initiallyand with no 'Mumbai and antiquities -weapproached shaping up well and it is going to December 8. ment letters while others were Ahmednagar on November 25. The police probehas re- Darshan' (sightseeing tours), we people and said if youadopta be the firstancient worldgallery EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE The decisions were takenat given.” While no suicide note wasfound, vealedthat in March,the girlhad will be losing tourists foratleast treasurefor twoyears, youdo- in India, highlighting the contri- PUNE,NOVEMBER29 the state-levelmeeting of the or- Kondharesaid in viewofthe acaseofabetment to suicide was approachedagovernment-run one moreyear. nateRs5lakh, foramasterpiece bution of the Indus Valley ganisation held in Pune on “denial of opportunity to registeredatTofkhana police sta- helpline forthe offences against Rs 2lakh and foranantiquity,not Civilisation. Fewpeople know THE MARATHA Kranti Morcha Sunday. Maratha youths”, demonstra- tion Saturdaybasedonthe com- minors. She had complained During lockdown, what chal- historicallysignificant, Rs howthe Harappans connected has decidedtostage demonstra- RajendraKondhare, coordi- tions will be held outside plaint filedbythe girl’s mother. about the youth pressuring her lenges did youface with the 50,000.Wecame up with a with the rest of the world. It might tions outside MaharashtraState nator of the Morcha, said, MSEDCL offices across the state. An officer from Tofkhana po- to convert. maintenance of artefactsand scheme requesting people, cor- take alittle time, but it is apartof Electricity Distribution Company “Beforethe Supreme Court Kondharesaid the organisa- lice station said the girl’s mater- Police areyet to find out what antiquities? porates to adoptanentiregallery our centenaryproject. Towards Limited (MSEDCL) offices across stayed the SEBC Act, the MSEDCL tion will also hold amarch to the nal aunt is marriedtothe youth’s action wastaken on the girl's We arefortunatebecause we and we acknowledge it. And we the end of 2022, we areaiming at the stateonTuesdaytoprotest had carriedout the recruitment statelegislatureonDecember 8. uncle. complaint to the helpline. areone of the pioneeringinsti- aregrateful to the people of openinganew gallerydedicated against“denial of job opportuni- process. Onlyappointment let- Kondharesaid the Morcha “The girland the youth first Superintendent of Police of tutes in the country. We created Mumbai. Theycame around and to the ancient world. It will in- ties to Maratha youth”. The ters were yettobeissued. After has welcomedthe statement of met18months agowhen she Ahmadnagar,Manoj Patil, said astate-of-the-art, climate-con- adoptedimportant objectsand clude some antiquities and arte- MorchaonSundayalso decided the implementation of the Act OBC leader HaribhauRathod re- had come to visit her aunt in an offence had been registered trolledstorage space. Fewmuse- galleries. Alittle over 100people factsfromthe British Museum. to hold a“long march”tostate wasstayed, Maratha youths garding granting quotatothe Pune. The twostarted talking to basedonthe complaint givenby ums in the countryhavesuchfa- supportedus. It wasnot an easy Theyhaveagreedtogiveusa legislatureinMumbai on were notissuedthe appoint- Maratha community. eachother over messenger apps the familyofthe girl. cilities. Despitestaff shortage,we job during the pandemic. number of objects. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,NOVEMBER30,2020 5 GNIMS: Redesigning ManagementEducADVatERioTORInAL forthe Post COVID19 Era... Lessons learnt,Changes made,Surging ahead

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VIVEKDESHPANDE virtualhearingoptioninHC NAGPUR,NOVEMBER29 BROTHERS RAM and Balram final hearings that do notrequire months, itscontinuation will coveredatleast2,000km, prob- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE The courthad toomanylawyers in the court. cause no hardshiporprejudice ablyafter getting separated from MUMBAI,NOVEMBER29 announcedonFriday “However, if morephysical to anybody,but itssuspension their herdinOdisha some time courts aretobeadded, ahybrid will forcelawyers either to give in the beginning of 2019.After TWODAYSafter the registrar the commencement system of physical and virtual up their practise or risk coming spending time in forestsspread general of the BombayHigh of physical hearings courts,aswas being operated in to courtagainsttheir will,” the across four states, the elephants Courtissuedastandardoperat- from December 1to the courtofthe Hon’ble Chief letter said. reachedthe Bargi dam area in ing procedure(SOP) forthe re- Justice, should be considered,” Saraf’s letter also stated that Jabalpur district of Madhya sumption of physical hearings at January10, 2021 Saraf wrote. with reopening of courts,there Pradesh twodays ago. the principal seat of the court Senior lawyers, in another could be crowding at the gates On Friday, one of them was from December 1, the Bombay letter to the CJ, said: “In the past due to mandatorytemperature electrocuted when he came in Bar Association and senior ical mode will notentertain any sevendays,Mumbai alone has checks,and toiletfacilities could contact with alivewire. The lawyers on Sundaywrote two matter through virtual mode. seen a24per cent rise in the ac- act as “super-spreaders of the other has nowproceededalone separateletters to Chief Justice Requestfor virtual hearing of any tive number of Covid-19cases.” virus”. towardsMandla district, the au- (CJ) Dipankar Dattarequesting matter maythereforenot be “In the face of this growth in The lawyers clarifiedthat thorities on his tail. him “todefer the holding of made.” the number of cases, the risk of theywerenot againstthe re- Jabalpur Chief Conservator of physical courts forthe time be- It addedthat the dailycause transmission of the virus in sumption of physical hearings Forest RDMahla said, “One of ing, and at the very leastallow list(the cases to be takenup) of courts to judges, lawyers, court but urgedthe courtnot to dis- the twodiedofelectrocution lawyers the option of appearing the courts holding physical hear- staff, members of the Registry, continue the video conferencing due to alivewireput up by vil- virtuallyshould theyfeel at risk”. ings should nothavemorethan clerks,etc. is areal threat. Most option. lagers in farms near Bargi dam The court, whichhas been 50 cases. Onlylawyers whose judges and senior lawyers who Both letters stated that high forkilling wild boars. The other The brothers separated from their herdinOdisha in 2019. Express hearing cases virtuallysince cases arebeing heardorwill be practise in this courtare above courts of Delhi, Karnataka, elephant has movedtowards March,had announcedonFriday heardimmediatelyafter an on- the ageof50with varying co- Madras, Patna, Allahabad, Mandla and ateam is trailing the commencement of physical going hearing, will be allowed morbidities and fall in the cate- Jharkhand and Meghalaya had him foracaptureoperation.” getseparated by choice from the hearings from December 1to inside courtrooms. The rest will gory of vulnerable patientsatfa- tested the waters with experi- “It startedsomewhere In Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli, the twostayednear a herdanytime afterattaining 12 January10, 2021onanexperi- be asked to wait outside or in the talrisk should theycontract mental reopening of courts but around February2019, when the years of agetoprevent in-breed- mental basis. bar room, in adherence of social Covid-19,” the letter added. onlytoshut down again. twobrothers, Ramaged20years villageinKorchitehsil, wherearush of onlookers ing. Male elephantshavedevel- In an order issuedon distancing norms. The signatories of the letter “Physical hearings were sus- and Balram, around 18 years, en- ledtoacommotion in whichaforestguardwas opedatendency to move to- November 27,the HC adminis- BombayBar Association includedformer additional so- pendedinthe lastweek of teredChhattisgarh’s injuredlastJune. Later,the elephantsentered gether to ensureeachother’s tration had notifiedlawyers and honorarysecretaryBirendra licitor generals Shirish Gupte and March when the numbers of Mahasamund district from safetyfrompoachers. Theyhave litigantsappearing in person in Saraf said in his letter that a RajendraRaghuvanshi, former Covid-19cases in Maharashtra neighbouring Odisha,” said Madhya Pradesh and spent severalmonths in the agenetic memoryand know the courtthat the Chief Justice standing committee meeting of advocategeneral VijayThorat, were less than 50. Physical hear- Mansoor Khan, an elephant ac- jungles of Seoni and Balaghat, while also spending routes walked by their forefa- had nominated 10 division the body washeld on Sunday senior advocates Amit Desai, ings were notresumedin tivistfromBilaspur,who has some time in Kawardha of Chhattisgarh thers. So, these twoelephants’ benches and 12 single judges to and the letter waswritten to the AshokMundargi and Beni October when the averagetotal trackedthe twoelephants’ jour- journeyisabsolutelynormal. hear the matters physicallyfrom CJ afteraresolution waspassed. Chatterjee as well as lawyer Yug numbers were 60,000.However, ney. “FromMahasamund, they The onlything to watchistonot December 1. The letter requestedthat physi- Chaudhry. physical hearings aresought to went to Kanker and later to In Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli “Theythen headedfor cross the path of the other ele- The SOP issuedbythe regis- cal courts maybereopenedin “Since the facility forvideo be resumed(albeit partially) Bastarthat recordedits firstele- district, the twostayednear avil- Jabalpur in November.OnFriday, phant should he walk backtothe trar general stated,“The courts phases, initiallyallowing only conferencing already exists and nowwhen the total numbers are phant sighting ever.” lageinKorchitehsil, wherea tragedystruckthem and one of place wherehis brother died. He taking up matters through phys- three courts to take up cases like has been in use formany 85,963,” the lawyers wrote. While officials couldn’t con- rush of onlookers ledtoacom- them diedofelectrocution.” could then getextremelyviolent. firm if the dead elephant was motion in whichaforestguard Singh said the elephants But he would prefer nottogo RamorBalram, Khan said, “From wasinjured in June lastyear. movedclose to severalvillages thereagain.” the photograph, it appears to be Later,the elephants again en- and causedahuman death in Balram’s death also under- the younger Balram.” teredMadhya Pradesh and spent Seoni. scores the growing incidence of The brothers did notstop severalmonths in the jungles of Asked what would be the wildlifedeaths by electrocution. anywherebeyond afew days, Seoni and Balaghat, also spend- next step afterRam is captured, Nitin Desai, central India said Khan, who leads agroup ing some time in Kawardha dis- Mahla said, “That will be decided Director of WildlifeProtection that raises awareness in trict of Chhattisgarh. later.” Society of India, said, “Poaching Chhattisgarhdistrictsabout how “This August, theycame to PenchTiger Reserve, Madhya of herbivoresfor bush meat by to remain safefromelephants. Kanha TigerReserve’s corearea Pradesh, Field Director Vikram electrocution is growing alarm- “Theyheadedfor Kawardha and stayed forabout 10-15days Singh Parihar said, "On Sunday, ingly all over the countryand ac- district followedbyRajnandgaon during whichtheyattackedfour the other elephant waslocated cidental killing of unintended around April. Later,theywent to of our domesticated elephants,” near Kutela villageinJabalpur di- targetslikebig catsand ele- Seoni followedbyBalaghat dis- said Kanha Field Director SK visional forest,about 30 km from phantsisacollateral damage trict in Madhya Pradesh. For Singh. the electrocution spot. Our men that’s muchbigger loss than the about twodays,theyhad also “Theyleftthe coreand set- areonhis trail.” intendedanimals’ deaths. entered Gadchiroli district,” tledinthe territorial forest fora Elephant whisperer Anand Wildlifeadministration needs to Khan said. fewmonths,” he added. Shinde said, “Male elephantsdo pull up itssocks to prevent it.” 23% sewage still flows untreated into sea: BMC data

According to parameters setby the SLB is 20 per cent but the said an official. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE MinistryofHousing and Urban BMC has achievedonly4per "The purpose of publicising MUMBAI,NOVEMBER29 Affairs under service level cent. the SLB achievedinsewageserv- benchmark(SLB) guidelines, However, when it comes to ices is to help improvethe rank- DATA FROM the BMC shows that thereare five indicators to assess complaint redress, the civic body ings in Swachh Survekshan 2021. 23 per cent of the total sewage sewage services in the city. has claimedthat it has achieved Manypeople had complained generated in the city is still dis- The BMC said along with the 99.8 per cent. According to the that while giving feedback, they chargeduntreated directlyinto sewerage network, other indica- sewage operation department, were notaware of the SLBs in nullahs, creeksand the sea. The tors areuse of sewage treatment Mumbai generates around 2,800 services," said an official from civic body has recentlyissueda plants, quality of treated sewage, million litresewagedaily. There sewage operation department. public notice informing that the sewage recycle and reuse and areseven primarylevel sewage The civic body's existing STPs city has aseweragenetwork of complaint redress. Public notice treatment plantsacross the city aregoing through an upgrade 77 per cent. states that out of total sewage that treatscollected sewage. and reconstruction under the The BMC's statement came collected in BMC's sewerage net- Officials said 23 per cent sewage Municipal Sewage Disposal in the backdrop of Swachh works, 53 per cent is treated in is directlydischargedwithout Project (MSDP) II. The BMC is Survekshan 2021, under which primarytreatment plants. The anytreatment since theyare not laying newsewer lines in areas the corporation is supposedto quality of treated sewage is 85.71 coveredwith existing sewernet- that aredischarging sewage di- issue apublic notice on sewage per cent as againstthe SLB of 100 works. "The work is under rectlyintonullahs, creek and the management in Mumbai. per cent. Forrecycling and reuse, progress to laynew sewerlines," sea. ‘False and mischievous’: NIA on reports seizing Stan Swamy’s sipper

andallthenecessarylegalformal- PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA itiessuchashismedicalexamina- NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER29 tion were dulyobserved,the spokesperson said, adding that THE National Investigation since then, he has been in judicial Agency (NIA) on Sundaydis- custody at Taloja Central Jail. missedas“false, incorrect and On November 6, Swamyfiled mischievous” reports,whichal- an application at the NIA courtin leged that it has seizedhuman Mumbaiforgettingbackhisstraw rightsactivistFatherStanSwamy's and sipper,whichhefalsely strawand sipper,and that it has claimedtohavebeen kept by the sought 20 days NIA,the official said. The court from acourtto asked the NIA to file itsreplyon respond to his November 26. plea forthe The NIA dulyfiledits replyin drinking aid. the courtonthe scheduleddate, The 83-year- stating that it had conducted his old wasarrested personalsearch inthepresenceof from his resi- independent witnesses and no dence in Ranchi suchstraw andsipperwere found, on October 8for the spokesperson said. The court his alleged in- then rejected Swamy's applica- volvementinthe tion and issuednecessarydirec- Elgaar Parishad tion to the jail authorities to pro- case and is vide him strawand sipper. lodged at the As the accusedwas in judicial TalojaCentralJail custody,thematterwasbetween inNaviMumbai. himandthejailauthorities,which Aspokesper- come under the Maharashtra son of NIA said stateadministration,theNIAoffi- Swamy, ahard- cial said. “The reports claiming coreactivistof that the NIA recoveredstraw and the bannedCPI sipper from accusedSwamy and (Maoist), was sought 20 days’time from the chargesheeted courttorespond to his plea to al- on October 9for lowhim astraw and sipper in his involvement Taloja Central Jail arefalse, incor- in the Bhima rect and mischievous as the NIA Koregaon-Elgaar neither recoveredany strawand Parishad case. sipper from the accusednor The NIA sought 20 days'time to file reply nevertook his in the said application,” the offi- police custody, cial added. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,NOVEMBER30,2020 7 WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 8 CALENDAR THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,NOVEMBER30,2020

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9 Interview: Union Health Minister Iassure people that in afew months,wewill have ‘ avaccine,developedand researched in India

In conversation with superstarAmitabh Bachchan and The Indian Express Executive Director Anant Goenka, at a26/11special event showcasing ‘ corona warriors who epitomise the stories of strength that markMumbai —whichwas telecastonStarPlus on Sundaynight —GuestofHonour Dr Harsh Vardhan talksaboutPrime MinisterModi’s effortsand the role of India’s immunisation programme in fighting Covid. Excerpts:

Union ministerHarsh Vardhan, Amitabh Bachchan in the courseofthe virtual interactionduringthe show

AMITABH BACHCHAN: Thereisperhaps healthworkers,inthegovernmentandpri- minutestdetails, holding two-three-hour- thatwewerepro-active, preemptiveand testing... the Prime Ministernot justraised no better person to talk about our fight vate sector,then frontline workersinthe long meetings...Weshouldbegrateful that gradedinour response even before the their morale but also had the foresightof againstCovid than you, as both the field whether it is the police, paramilitary we have suchavisionaryleader inspiring WHO had declared thecoronavirus an making the 1899 Indian Epidemics Actso Health Ministerand asenior doctor. or Army, corporation employees or sanita- and guiding us. emergencyofinternationalconcern. stringent that anyone misbehaving with a What amazes me is thatinthe midstof tion workers, followedbythose above the As forwhether this is the firstwaveor corona warrior knewtheywould have to this massive crisis, deshkekone-kone ageof65, then those between 50 and 65, ANANT GOENKA: Somedoubtshave the second wave,weare studying research face strict punishment. Ibelieve that this mein sewa bhaav ki kai mashaalen and then those younger who have comor- been raisedabout India’s lowCovid across the world, our Science Ministry, my commitmentshownby ourCovidwarriors, prajwalit dikheen (wesaw this sense of bidities suchasdiabetes, heartconditions. fatality rate.Ifthe rate is correct, what HealthMinistry, allourscientistsarework- their dedication about helping others, the service across the country). Do you Indiahasshownthatitcanachieve such do youthink is the main reason? ing on this. satisfaction they feel when apatient gets want to tell us something aboutthis? afeat, having rid the countryofpolio in We have been absolutelytransparent better and goes home... it is due to them Youhaveasked averygoodquestion.I 2014.Atlakhs of centres in the country,the about our data... sharing it withthe coun- AMITABH BACHCHAN: What would be that India’s fatality rate,at1.46, is among want to remind youthateven25-26years polio vaccine is stored at minus 20 degrees try, the world... hardlyanyone elsehas your advice forthe countrytill a the lowest in the world. The doctors have ago, when the campaigntorid India of po- Centigrade and thentwo drops adminis- been as transparent. We have been 100 vaccine is available? playedabig role in this,and the constant liowasstartedandIjoinedtheprogramme teredtochildren...We have theworld’smost per cent honestand givenevidence of our Isaidthisrightatthebeginning,perhaps inspiration providedby Pradhan Mantriji is in Delhi, Ican’t tell youthe scale in which robustUniversal Immunisation Program- numbers.The testing strategy that we put during the lockdown, whenthere wasno our real taakat (strength)... As forusdoc- ordinarypeople and NGOs participated. me,including 12 vaccinations. So, we have in place from the start, the tracking, con- inkling of avaccineinthe near future,that tors, the satisfaction we derive from how ThatconvincedmethatBharatkeDNAmein the experience, and thereare detailedpre- tact tracing, early diagnosis, earlytreat- thebest vaccine,themostpowerfulandpo- countrymen have respected us,Ican’t de- ek paropkar ka aur sewa ka bhaavhai (there parationsonregardinghowtocoverthetar- ment, provision of facilities... the journey tent vaccine, available to us is ‘socialvac- scribeitinwords. is asense of service and generosity in the getedgroups in 2021. The states areon that startedwith one laboratoryhas now cine’. Idescribed ‘social vaccine’ as using a DNAofIndia),aninherent goodness, aba- board, and we have converted our eVIN or crossedthe 2,100mark. We aretesting 10- mask fullycoveringthe nose and mouth, AMITABH BACHCHAN: The whole sichumanity.WhenCovidstruck,onecould Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network 15 lakh people, 97 per cent of the country notremovingitwhiletalking,eatinginpri- countryisgrateful to itsdoctors and have saidthatfightingitwasthejobof NGOs intoaCOVIN platform. This platform will has atesting facility within 3km. We or- vate so as to notremove it in frontofother health workers, the Covid warriors. Is orthegovernment...Irememberthevideo- have the list of all the potential beneficiar- ganiseddedicated Covid hospitals, health- people,maintainingadistanceof twoyards, the governmentplanning to do conference meeting NITI Aayogorganised ies, the schedule of when theywill getthe carefacilities, carecentres, to ensure 20 washinghands with soap, and coughing, something forthem? And howcan we formewith thousands of such organisa- vaccine, and wheretheywould have to go, lakh bedsacross the country,with oxygen sneezing intoour elbows.Wetold every- as the public contribute? tionsworkingontheground...However, be- informationregardingwhichwouldbesent support, or in ICUs. Thereare around one nottowaitfor the actual vaccine but The government is doing all it can, and yond them, who Iconsider heroes in this on SMS. The platform willalsohold infor- 13,000quarantine centres. Nowthe same have faith in this‘social vaccine’. willcontinue to do so. Ithink even people Covid warare ordinarypeople. mation regarding who gave thevaccine, countrywheretherewas ashortage of Iheld the firstmeetingonCovid in have contributed to the best of their abil- Iwill sharejustafew examples, of peo- where, and when. People who arevacci- PPEs, dailynews about N95 masksorven- January. Eleven months later, Ican say ity.IamconstantlyremindedofModiji’s plewholeftfoodoutsidedoorsof theirnei- natedwillgetcertificatesonthesameplat- tilators, whichwould importexpensive with confidence, afterhavingmade a innovativecall of Janata Curfew on March ghbours afflicted withCovid during the form,andwillalsobesentremindersforthe testing kits, is producing all theseinlarge round of all the hospitals, Covid wardsin 22, howpeople observedit voluntarilyand lockdown; others second dose. quantities. Todayweproduce more than Delhi, metsomany then, at 5pm, turned who turnedupin We will track 10 lakh testing kitsdaily... We arenow in people, maybesome- out to honour the co-

hugenumbers to help wherethe vaccine is aposition to offerthese to other coun- times without ade- rona warriors,the

out stray dogs,cows, When anyone needs help, stored,atwhat tem- tries... Bharat has achievedthis due to its quatedistancing,that We have been working 3 doctors, nurses,para- birds, who could no manymore rise on their perature,andprovide ability, itscapacity... It’s our DNA,ourcon- ‘social vaccine’ has months to ensure that the medics, in their own longerdependonleft- training to our vacci- fidence, the PrimeMinisteralso talksof protected me,ithas way... Irememberthe

overs. Iheardabout owntohelp... We sawthe nators, as well as or- AatmanirbharBharat. protectedcountless vaccine reaches all the video of averyold

one Uber driverwho ganisations suchas Thestrategywe followedfromthestart people... Iwantto woman, alabourer, refusedtotakeapas- same in the case of NGOs whichwould is the reason we have this lowfatality rate. urge people thatthe corners... figuring out how beating bricks with a senger in Delhi who migrant labourers. That be ropedin. We have Eventherecoveryrate,ifIamnotmistaken, message that we are manymore vaccine carriers thin stickasher way wasn’t wearing a ‘ already startedtalks is 94 per cent. Of 90 lakh people infected, giving, please follow ‘ of saluting them. The ‘ mask,saying he coul- period of hardship too ‘ with NGOs... So Ias- 85-86lakh have been treated,around four it closelyand truth- and health workerswould Prime Ministerhas dn’t put society at risk surepeople that very lakhareactive cases,manyalsoontheroad fully. Avoidcrowded ledfromthe front in forthe sakeofhis job passed,and there wasno soon,inthe next few to recovery.Ibelievethis has brought us to places, or going un- we need,refrigerated vans, encouragingCovid or afew hundred ru- setbackinfighting Covid. months,wewillhave asituation wherepeople aretaking Covid necessarilytomar- syringes, training...Wehave warriors, honouring pees... Thereare thou- asafe, effective vac- lightly,saying what’s the big deal, we will kets and social gath- them, telling people sands of suchexamp- Hats offtothe common cine, developedand getbetter... especially in Delhi. So, while erings. It is perhaps foreseen all situations, even to do the same... As a les... This shows that researched in the mostofthe countryisseeing adecline in the mostimportant government, we when anyone needs man of this country, hats country. cases, at some places cases shootupat thingone can do in adverse reaction... PM is have launchedso help, manymorerise times.Still,Indiahasperformedexception- the fight against manyschemes for on their owntohelp... offtoevery Indian AMITABH allyagainstCovid,leavingsomeof themost Covid...Irequestyou himself monitoring this Covidwarriors. They We sawthe same in BACHCHAN:Has developedcountries in the worldbehind. too, to spread the have been provided the case of migrant therebeenworkon messagevia your insuranceofRs50 labourers, jitni takleef suchascale before ANANT GOENKA: The second waveof Kaun BanegaCrore- lakh in case of an un- mein ye the, kitne saarelog unkisahaaytake in the country? And aretherestill the Spanish Flu (1918-19) had proved pati programme. fortunatedeath... Therehavebeenatleast liyekhade ho gaye (the hardships theyfaced, problems thatyou foresee in the morefatal? Is that acause forworry? 400-500 such martyrs whose deaths will so manypeople stood with them). And that vaccinationefforts? Ihaveread aboutthe Spanish Flu, but ANANT GOENKA: At atime suchasthis, always pain us, and the insurance claimsof period of hardship toopassed,and there AsIsaidearlier,itisnot thefirsttimethat the fact is ouractions from the starthave when doctorssuchasyourself are manyhavebeensettled. Recentlywe wasnosetbackinfighting Covid. Iwant to India is workinginthe field of research and been keeping the worstinmind.Wesaw putting your livesatrisk,how does one startedascheme to setaside five MBBS say‘Hatsoff to the commonman...andhats developmentof avaccine.We have seenre- our firstCovid case on January30; it wasin keep one’s morale up? seatsfor wardsofCovid warriors in med- offtoevery Indian... Isalutethem’. search on rotavirus, typhoid,Japanese en- January(firstweek) that China had in- We areverylucky that to keep our icalcolleges. cephalitis,malaria...Normallysuchresearch formed theWHO about this newvirus morale up, inspireusconsistently, we have What canpeople do....?Ithink what AMITABH BACHCHAN: The question takesyears, howeverour scientists have causing pneumonia-like symptoms. suchabig and ideal leader as Prime theycan do best is give Covid warriorsthe foremostineveryone’s minds is regar- achievedamiraclegiven theCovid emer- Within 24-48hours,wehad ourfirst MinisterNarendraModi. Since thefirstday, respect theydeserve, to thebestoftheir ding avaccine. When do youthink a gency,not justinIndiabutacrosstheworld, meetings on Covid in the Health Ministry, he has been therefor us, notjustfor us but ability in theirown spheres, whether it is vaccinewouldbeavailable, including ensuring avaccine within ayear... We have by 17th,detailedadvisorieshad gone out forthe entirecountry, withhis variousmes- government or non-government. forthe general public? been working forthe pastthree months across thecountry,surveillance had sages, meetings at severallevels, the plan- Schemes can be startedfor Covid warriors, The capacity and capability of India in nowonensuring that the vaccine reaches startedatall entrypoints, airports,ports, ning... Initiallydoctors had to face such fortheir wards, particularly their moth- production of vaccinesiswell-known. We all thecorners of our large country, there- borders. We also startedcommunity sur- stigma,insultswhentheywent home,doc- ersand families. So manymothers have provide 60 per cent of the vaccines needed mote villages,Adivasiareas,mountains,jun- veillance.The pointIamtryingtomakeis tors were attackedwhen theywent for losttheir children in these 10 months to by developingcountries, and about one- gles...figuringouthowmanymorevaccine the Covid fight. The Covid warriors are fourth the world’s requirement. Roughly, carriersandhealthworkerswouldwe need, tired,but theynever sayit. And in this morethan100candidatesforCovidvaccine thenumberof extrarefrigeratorsandrefri- countryof135 crore, Idon’t knowasin- areunder various stages of development geratedvans required,the amount of sy- gle case of amother, abrother,asister round the world, and 30 of them in India. ringesneeded,thetrainingthatwouldhave telling aCovid warrior that it’s enough, Of these30,fiveare invariousstagesof clin- to be organised... In fact,our COVIN plat- don’t report at aCovid ward anymore... ical trial, twoinanadvancedstage,two in form’stechnologycanhelpothercountries And when Italk of Covid warriors, it is not the preclinical trialstage... As per the inter- tooinworkingouttheirlogistics.Itforesees justhealth workers, it is all frontline work- nal reportsavailablewith us, the talksthat allsituationsthatmightarise,evenadverse ers, including journalists, who areonthe areon, Iamfullyhopeful of avaccine being reactions.Ouradvisorygroupof experts has ground, creating awareness... some of availableinthebeginningof 2021, asafevac- secretariesof alldepartments,officersfrom them have died. Throughout history,the cinewithgoodefficacy.Regardingitsavail- the Indian AcademyofPaediatrics, AIIMS contributionofthese Covid warriors will abilityto thepublic,thereisnodenyingthat doctors,state governments.Theexperience continue to inspire. 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Chairman, In Haryana villages, meetings on to 4others SIIjunksvaccinetrial booked for send more farmers towards Delhi negligence volunteer’sclaims: SUKHBIRSIWACH HOODASLAMS CHANDIGARH,NOVEMBER29 KHATTARREMARK ADAY afterChief Minister Chandigarh: Congress leader ‘Willseekdamages’ Manohar Lal Khattar claimed Bhupinder Singh Hooda that Haryana farmers have not SundayslammedHaryana takenpartinthe stir againstthe CM Manohar Lal Khattar for three agricultural laws,the farm- his remarks that the state's ARUNJANARDHANAN PM to interact with 3vaccine teams ers organisedpanchayatmeet- farmers have notparticipated CHENNAI,NOVEMBER29 ings in manyvillages across the in the stir againstthe newagri NewDelhi: PrimeMinister conferencing, with three teams statetofinalise plans to join their laws.Hewarnedthat if farm- DAYS AFTER aChennai man, who NarendraModi will interact that areinvolvedindeveloping Five people were killedin Punjab counterparts.Some of ers' problems arenot re- volunteered to take partinthe with three teams involvedin aCovid-19vaccine. The teams the fire at UdayShivanand the state’s farmers movedtothe solved, a“bigger movement” clinical trials of vaccine candidate developing Covid-19vaccine he will interact with arefrom hospital in Rajkot. PTI file Delhi borders on Sundayitself. would be launched. Hooda Covidshield, sent alegal notice to via video conferencing on Gennova Biopharma, “Fromour villageSamain of said the state’s farmers have Serum InstituteofIndia (SII) al- Monday. “Tomorrow, on 30th Biological Eand Dr.Reddy's,” Fatehabad district, farmers Farmers protestatKundli border with Delhi in Haryana’s been agitating againstthe leging that the vaccine triggered November 2020, PM @naren- the Prime Minister's Office movedtoDelhi in around 20 Sonepat district on Sunday. PTI laws foralong time. ENS “severe adverse reaction” in him dramodi will interact, via video (PMO) said in atweet. ENS EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE tractor-trolleys today,”said Sube and sought compensation of Rs RAJKOT,NOVEMBER29 Singh Samain, akhap leader. 5crore,the Pune-basedfirm on According to Samain, similar villages of Charkhi Dadri district Sundaysaid the allegations were with the volunteer’s medical of them and therewerenoside- TWODAYSafterafireintheinten- panchayatmeetings were held on December 1inwhichpro- Khattar puts out call data, “malicious” and that his medical condition, thereisabsolutelyno effectsreportedsofar... We will sive careunit (ICU) of Uday in other neighbouring villages gramme will be chalked out to condition wasnot linked to the correlation with the vaccine trial probeonthis particular case re- Shivanand Covid Hospital in toolikeDanoda (Jind) and move to Delhi in tractor-trolleys,” Amarinder terms it fraud vaccine trial. and the medical condition of the portednow,” he said. Rajkot leftfivepatientsdead, the Fatehabad’s Bithmada, said Jagbir Ghasola, afarmer The companysaid it will seek volunteer.The volunteer is According to the legal notice, policehave bookedthechairman Bhimawala and Gajuwala. leader from Charkhi Dadri. Central farm reform laws."Now, damagesinexcessof Rs100crore. falselylaying the blame forhis the participant had “no adverse of the private companythat runs Ahead of the “Delhi Chalo” According to Ghasola, akhap EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE when the recordhas been Chennai-basedadvocates N medical problems on the Covid reaction forthe first10days after the facility,his son and three doc- call forNovember 26 and 27,the panchayatmeeting toohas been CHANDIGARH,NOVEMBER29 shown as to howmanytimes I GRPrasad and RRajaram sent vaccine trial.” the vaccination”. But on October torsforcausingdeathsdueto neg- Haryana Police had arrested sev- plannedinCharkhi Dadri district triedtospeak to him, he the legal notice to SII—whichis The SII said the claim is mali- 11,hewokeupwith severe ligence by notadhering to fires eral farmer leaders from differ- on November 30. AFEW hours afterHaryana (Amarinder) has no answer," he collaborating with AstraZeneca cious “because the volunteer was headacheandwentbacktosleep. safetynorms. ent parts of the state. Despite All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) Chief MinisterManohar Lal had said earlier in the day. and OxfordUniversity to develop specificallyinformedbythe med- “Ourclient’swifesaystherewasa Manoharsinh Jadeja, the that, the farmers from Haryana, statesecretaryDayanant Poonia Khattar made his office’s call “If at all someone from his of- the vaccine—on behalf of the ical team that the complications total behavioural changeinher Deputy Commissioner of Police especiallyfromthe districtsof said the farmers from Bhiwani details public to provethat he fice calledmyresidence, why participant on November 21. he sufferedwereindependent of husband–hewasnotaware of his (zone-II) of Rajkot city,said an of- Ambala, Kurukshetra, district will move to Delhi in calledhis Punjab counterpart were the calls made to an atten- The notice said, “Our client the vaccine trial he underwent”. surroundings, he showedirrita- fence under IPC Sections 304A Yamunanagar and Fatehabad tractor-trolleys on December 1. CaptAmarinder Singh to dis- dant? Whywereofficial chan- states that it is very disappoint- “In spiteofspecificallybeing tiontowardslightandsound,and (causing deaths by negligence) had reachedDelhi borders on According to Poonia, the farmers cuss the farmer protests,the nels notusedtoget in touchwith ing and shocking to note that af- made awareofthe same, he still wasresisting anyefforttomake and 114(common intent) was November 25, 26 and 27.Firstof areholding meetings in the vil- latter trasheditas“complete me?” asked Amarinder. terhis discharge from the hospi- chose to go public and malign the him getupfrombed,” it said. registeredatMalaviyanagar po- all, aconsiderable number of the lages of neighbouring Hisar dis- fraud”. “Top officials of the Punjab tal, therehas been no follow-up.... reputation of the company. It is The notice said the participant licestationagainstGokulLifeCare farmers from Haryana, ledby trict too. Keeping in viewthe In astatement,Amarinder on government, at principal secre- Even afteramonth of the severe evident that the intention behind wasdischargedonOctober 26, Private Limited(GLCPL)chairman stateBKU presidentGurnam “Delhi Chalo” calloffarmers, Sundaysaid, “Flaunting apageof tary and DGP levels among oth- adverse reaction to the vaccine, the spreading of suchmalicious with discharge summarystating Dr Prakash Modha, son Vishal Singh Chaduni, had movedto Poonia toowas arrested on his ownoffice registercannot ers, have been in touchwith each neither have the regulator (Drugs information is an oblique pecu- that he had suffered“Acute Modha, and Dr Tejas Karamta, Dr Delhi from Ambala by breaking November 26 and wasreleaseda condone ML Khattar’s lies, and if other on the farmers’ issue for Controller General of India/ Data niarymotive. The Serum Institute Encephalopathy”. The notice al- Tejas Motivarasand Dr police barricades on National daylater. he reallywanted to connect, he the pastseveral days.Yet none of and SafetyMonitoring of India will seek damages in ex- leged in the 16 days that he was DigvijaysinhJadeja,allinvolvedin Highway-44 on November 25. The farmers in Haryana are could easilyhaveusedofficial these officials conveyed Committee), the sponsors (ICMR cess of 100crore forthe same and in hospital, “almostall possible theoperationsof UdayShivanand Nowsomeof Haryanafarmer alsoplanningto offertacticalhelp channels or calleduponthe mo- Khattar’s desiretotalk to me at and Serum InstituteofIndia) or will defend suchmalicious medical testsand investigations Covid Hospital. The chairman of leaders have been releasedfrom to the farmers at Delhi borders in bile phone.” anypoint in time,” Amarinder the collaborators of the sponsors claims,” the SII said. were done on him to connect his GLCPL,aprivate firm,runsachain jails. Afterrelease, theyhavein- case theyface anyforce. Khattar has said that he had said, adding that his Haryana (AstraZeneca and Oxford The principal investigator of neurologicalsetbacktoany of his of hospitals under the brand tensifiedtheir effortstomobilise Further,the farmers of triedtotalk to his Punjab coun- counterpart’s attempt to “seize University) got in touchwith him thetrialsitetoldTheIndianExpress, earlier health condition”. But all nameGokulandalsomanagesthe thefarmersagainstthethreecon- Rohtak district have startedcol- terpartonmanyoccasions over ahigh moral ground” on the to find out about the severe ad- “I can confirm that we reported testsreturnednegative. UdayShivanand Covid Hospital troversial farm laws.“We have lecting ration to supplytothe telephone on the 'Delhi Chalo' farmers’ Delhi Chalo march was verse effect aftervaccination and thecaseto concernedauthorities; Apartfromthe SII, the notice nearAnandaBungalowChowkin plannedtohold ameeting of 19 protesters at borders. march by farmers' protesting the “pathetic”. investigatethe severe reaction inthiscase,itistheethicscommit- wassent to AstraZeneca and Mavdi area of Rajkot.His son, the test vaccine has had on him.” teeandtheDGCI.Alltheprotocols OxfordVaccineGroupwithcopies Vishal, wasinvolvedinobtaining On Sunday, the SII said in a have been followed.” to WHO.Itdemandedthevaccine approval forthe Covid hospital Khalistan, Pak statement:“The allegations in Tamil Nadu Health Minister trial, whichiscurrentlybeing from the Rajkot Municipal No space for talks: Oppn slams the notice aremalicious and mis- CVijayabaskar said the govern- tested on about 1,600volunteers Corporation. slogans raised conceived. While the Serum ment will probethe issue. “We in India, be halted immediately. “The main negligence, which InstituteofIndia is sympathetic have been closelymonitoring all WITHENS,NEWDELHI isalsomentionedintheFIR,wasa at farm protest: PM remarks on new farm laws blockedemergencyexitintheICU. Due to the blockade, the emer- BJP gen secy considers these laws enacted 12 leopards shifted gency exit couldn’t be usedafter EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE without forging anyconsensus TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE thefire brokeoutintheICU.There Dehradun: Dushyant Kumar NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER29 with farmers,” BSP chief to private rescue wasnoadequateventilation sys- Gautam, BJP nationalgeneral sec- Mayawati said. CASES: RECOVERED:88,02,267 teminthe unit and, in fact, one of retary and the party’s in-charge HOURS AFTER Prime Minister SP chief Akhilesh Yadavtoo 272 centre in Gujarat the five patientsdieddue to as- forPunjab and Uttarakhand, on NarendraModi defendedthe attackedthe Centre, accusing it DAYSSINCE 93,92,919 DEATHS:1,36,696 PANDEMIC phyxiation… The 57-bed hospi- Sundaysaid that pro-Khalistan farm laws passedbyhis govern- of seekingtomortgagethe coun- BEGAN TESTS: 13,95,03,803 | DOUBLING RATE: 156.44** talhasonlyoneentryandexitand and pro-Pakistanslogans arebe- ment, the Opposition Sundayhit Randeep Surjewala; trytothe rich. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE that, too, is onlyone-metrewide ing raisedduring the farmers’ ag- out at the BJP-ledCentral gov- Akhilesh Yadav “Insulting farmers by calling RAJKOT,NOVEMBER29 againsttheNationalBuildingCode itation and suchelementswill be ernment saying the Prime them terrorists is the worstface requirementof atwo-metrewide arrested.The RajyaSabha MP Minister’s remarks leave little of the BJP.The BJP,whichfavours IN Afirst-of-its-kind project in gate forICU.Prima facie it was claimedthat the government is room fortalkswith the agitating Minister's remarks.“The Prime the rich, is conspiring to mort- thestate,the Gujarat forest de- found that the staffwas not ready to talk to the protesting farmers and said that his stance Ministerhas justifiedthe laws. gage farms, farming, small busi- partment has transferred12 trainedinfirefighting,”Jadejasaid farmers but theyare being mis- shows that the government is Then he should meetthe repre- ness, trading, roads, transporta- leopards, captured from the at apress conference on Sunday. guidedbythe Congress and other “drunk with power” . sentativesofthe farmers and ar- tion and everything else to the KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG DOUBLING wild afterthe animals came in The DCP addedthe hospital Opposition parties. “Prime MinisterModi has in gue with them. The leaders of rich... If farmers areterrorists for TOWATCH CASES 24HOURS GROWTH* TIME** conflict with humans, to apri- didn’t have anyemergency evac- Addressing the media at the his Mann ki Baat address sup- this agitation arenot ignorant the BJP,the BJP leaders and vate rescue and rehabilitation uationplan nor did it have an au- BJP office in Dehradun on Sunday, portedthe three anti-farmer people… and wherewas the workers should pledgenot to ■ Maharashtra 18,14,515 5,965 0.32% 225.40 centreinJamnagar for tomatic sprinkler system. following atwo-dayorganisa- blacklaws. When the head of the Prime Ministerwhen the Bills consume the food grownby ■ Kerala 5,93,957 6,249 0.91% 79.07 their maintenance and upkeep The DCP said three members tional visit afterbeing appointed country… the prime minister were passed. Whyhedidn’t them,” he said. as partofapublic private part- ■ Delhi 5,61,742 4,998 1.02% 70.39 of DrModha’sfamilyare directors as the party’s Uttarakhand in- himself, comes out in supportof speak or intervene in Parliament. At the Congress press confer- nership (PPP) project between in GLCPL. Jadeja said theyhad charge,Gautamsaid farm laws the laws…then howwill talks He should have communicated ence, Surjewala said the Prime ■ West Bengal 4,77,446 3,459 0.76% 94.62 the stategovernment and questionedtwo trustees of arefor the entirecountrybut happen and what will be the to the people through Minister’s remarksshowhis “ob- ■ Haryana 2,30,713 1,967 1.01% 71.19 Reliance Industries Limited Shivanand Mission, an NGO were opposedonlyinPunjab. outcome of suchtalks…” Parliament. Mann Ki Baat cannot duracy,arrogance and rigidity” (RIL). whichowns the building out of “Slogans of Khalistanzind- Congress' communications de- replace Parliament,” CPI general in dealing with “62 crorefarm- *Compounded Daily Growth Rate over last7days**Calculated over 7-daygrowth Stateforestdepartment of- whichthe UdayCovid Hospital abad, Pakistanzindabad arebe- partment head Randeep secretary DRajasaid. ers and farm labourers .” He also CASEFATALITYRATIO POSITIVITYRATE DAILYIN,DAILYOUT ficials said 12 leopards from wasfunctioning, and their role in ing raisedtheretoday. Slogans Surjewala said at apress confer- “The farmers of the country lashedout at Home Minister Sakkar Baug Zoological Park, 7DAYSEARLIER: 7DAYSEARLIER: DETECTED TODAY the incident wasnot established arebeing raisedinfavour of anti- ence. areangryand agitated over the Amit Shah forholding road Junagadh, were transferredto duringtheprimaryinvestigation. national forces. Youshould think The Left, Bahujan SamajParty three farm laws enacted recently shows in Hyderabad while there 1.46 6.90 41,810 Greens Zoological Rescue and Hesaidthepolicewere stillinves- about who is behind these (BSP) and the Samajwadi Party by the Central government. It wasnowordontalkswith the NOW: NOW: RECOVERED TODAY: Rehabilitation Kingdom, lo- tigating whythe fire brokeout. (protests),” Gautam said. ENS (SP) tooslammedthe Prime would be better if the Centrere- agitating farmers. 1.46 6.73 42,298 cated near RIL’s oil refinery Deaths as aratio of Positives against Becoming sick vs complexinJamnagar district, a positive cases (in %); number tested recovering; more couple of days ago. indicator of progress (in %); indicator of recoveries for 14 days Twenty-three moreleop- in averting deaths the spread of disease may signal the peak BJP wants to create own Will eradicate nawab-nizam ards, theysaid, will be trans- DataasonNovember28,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealth,ICMRandstates.Oftendailynumbers includedatafrompreviousdays.Assuch,trendsbasedondailynumbersareindicative,notdefinitive ferred to the private facility in ecosystem, institutions culture from Hyderabad: Shah future. compromised: Mehbooba No BJP leader SREENIVASJANYALA Suvendu says people will der,people aredying from both HYDERABAD,NOVEMBER29 has courage to BASHAARATMASOOD sides. Whydon’t youtalk to have last word on career SRINAGAR,NOVEMBER29 Pakistan. Is it about being a UNION HOME MinisterAmit attack me by Muslim countrybecause every- Shah on Sundayclaimedthat ACCUSINGTHE BJP of creating thing is communal now,"she the ruling TRS in Telangana and ATRIMITRA name: Abhishek “an ecosystem wherethereisno said. AIMIM have entered intoa MAHISHADAL,NOVEMBER29 real space fordemocracy”, PDP Mufti said she had received secret pact. president and former Jammu & messages, warning her nottotalk “Wedon’t have aproblem if IN HIS firstpublic meeting after EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Kashmir Chief Minister about Article 370orthe Kashmir TRS has atie-up with AIMIM. quitting as aministerinWestBe- KOLKATA,NOVEMBER29 Mehbooba Mufti on Sundayal- issue. “Theyhavetold me earlier But whyhide it? Whydoesn’t ngalgovernment,SuvenduAdhi- leged that the country’s institu- and theyare telling me todayas the TRS have the gutstoaccept kari Sundayrefrainedfrommak- TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee tions were at the “forefront of im- well ... directlyand indirectly... that theyhaveanunderstand- ing anypolitical announcement SundayattackedBJP leaders for plementing” the ruling party’s That Iprovoke the people. The ing with AIMIM?” he asked. andsaid“peoplewillhave thelast their “bhaipo” (nephew) jibeand agenda. onlything theyare trying to do is “Aapdono aapas mein se- word”onhis political career. Suvendu Adhikari at arally dared them to take his name. “Theywant to createtheir to gettomebut theyare notget- cretly ilu ilu karteholekin bahar Addressing an event in mem- on Sunday. Partha Paul Addressing party workers in ownecosystem wheretheywant ting anything (againstme). They nahi bolteho(You areinteract- oryoffreedom fighter lateRanjit South 24 Parganas district, Bane- to install their puppets and their want to ban my party,” she said. ing secretly but notmaking it Home MinisterAmit Shah at aroadshowinHyderabad. PTI Kumar BayalinPurba Medinipur rjee, nephewofChief Minister B-teams,” Mufti told reporters. "It “I want to tell them when their public),” Shah told reporters district,AdhikariinvokedBhimrao On Friday, he resignedasTra- MamataBanerjee, said, “During is unfortunatethat all our institu- ministers come here, nine out of during his visit to Hyderabad Ambedkar and Maulana Abul nsport,IrrigationandWaterways the Lok Sabha poll campaign, PM tions, whichshould have safe- 10 times theyonlytalk about ahead of the elections to Greater During the lastsix years, the TRS ture. Give us one chance. We will Kalam Azad and said he will up- Minister. He,however, didnotquit NarendraModi said bhatijaka guardeddemocracy,which Article 370. When Italk about it, Hyderabad Municipal and AIMIM failedtolay even a eradicatethe nawab-nizam cul- hold the Constitution and serve the party or resign as an MLA. batti gul hone wala hain (nephew should have safeguardedthe theyget rattled.” Corporation (GHMC). single newstormwaterdrain or tureand convert Hyderabad into Bengalis and Bengal as “sevak”. Whilethereisspeculationthathe is settolose the election). Now, rightsofthe people, even though “If by abrogating (Article) 370, Expressing hope that the city desilt the existing ones,” he said. amodern city.Wewant to take “Our country’s democratic will join the BJP in the firstweek all BJP leaders have onlyone thi- theyswear by the Constitution, theissue hasbeen resolved, what will elect aBJP mayor, Shah ap- “The AIMIM encourages en- Hyderabad from dynasty rule system is by the people, forthe of December,Adhikari is keeping ng to say: bhaipo (nephew). They areatthe forefront of implement- is the Armydoing here? They pealedtothe citizens to give the croachment everywhere, in- towardsdemocracy.Wewant to peopleandof thepeople.So,peo- his cards close to his chest. don’t have the gutstotakemyna- ing the BJP’s agenda in totality... should have been at the border,” party one chance. cluding on waterbodies, which makeitaprogressive city.Give ple will have the lastword. With TMCMPSaugataRoy whohas me. Wheneveranyone targeted our institutions have been com- she said. “Hyderabad can become a blockthe flowofwater causing BJP one chance,” Shah added. theirsupportandtheresponsibil- been tasked by the party to hold me, Ihavetaken legal action.” promised,” she said. ThePDP chief said participa- global IT hub but the TRS and the flooding. If BJP comes to He also participated in a ity theyhavebestowedonme, I parleys withAdhikari,said,“Doors “As aresult, theyare nowre- She asked if India can talk to tion of people in District AIMIM who rule GHMC failedto powerinGHMC, we will demol- roadshowatWarasiguda in will serveBengalis and Bengal as arestill open fortalks. Iamhope- sorting to the ‘bhaipo’ remark... China, whynot Pakistan. “China Development Council (DDC) polls develop proper infrastructure. ish all the illegal structures Secunderabad and offered their sevak,”hesaid at the pro- ful of dialogue between Suvendu If theyhavethe guts, then they has grabbed our land and we are doesn’t mean the Kashmir issue Recently, the city got floodedand blocking rain watersothat the prayers at Bhagyalakshmi Devi grammeorganisedbyTamralipto and the party leadership.” mustattackmebytaking my talking to them... Hereonthe bor- is over. 7lakh families were affected. city is savedfromflooding in fu- Temple in Old City. JanakalyanSamiti. 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THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,NOVEMBER30,2020 @ieExplained #ExpressExplained 11 If thereare questions of current or contemporaryrelevancethat youwould like E EXPLAINED explained, please [email protected] Farmers’big concern —and whatgovtcouldnegotiate

Muchofthe opposition is to justone of the three forits chipsisdifferentfromthetablealooused jute. TheCentre, in other words, canverypass The reason forthis is simple:Muchofgov- in kitchens. Farmers don’t sell sugarcane and anylaw thatremoves all impedimentstoboth ernment procurement at minimum support newlaws. It is the FPTC Actand itsprovisions milk in mandis either.The produce sugarmills inter-and intra-state trade in farm produce, prices (MSP) —ofpaddy,wheat and increas- and dairyplantssource from them is practi- whilealsooverridingthe existingstate APMC ingly pulses, cotton, groundnut and mustard thatare seenasweakeningthe APMC mandis callycontract farming. An Actthat formalises Acts.The FPTCAct does preciselythat. —happens in APMC mandis.Inascenario contract cultivation through a“national However, some experts make adistinction wheremoreand moretrading movesout of Giventhat stocklimitsapplyonlyto framework”andexplicitlyprohibitsany spon- between agricultural “marketing” and “trade”. the APMCs, these regulatedmarket yardswill HARISHDAMODARAN traders —the amendment exemptsproces- sor firm from acquiring the land of farmers – Agriculture perse would dealwitheverything lose revenues. “Theymay notformallyshut, NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER29 sors, exporters and other “value chain partic- whether through purchase, lease or mortgage thatafarmerdoes—rightfromfieldprepara- but itwouldbecomelikeBSNL versusJio.And ipants”aslong as theydon’t keep quantities –should actuallybewelcomed. tion and cultivation to alsosale of his/her own if the government stops buying, we willbeleft EVENAS thefarmerprotests againstthethree beyond their installedcapacity/demand re- produce. The act of primarysale at amandi by with onlythe big corporates to sell to,” said a newagriculture-relatedlawshavegathered quirements—itshouldn’t concern farmers at The contentiousone the farmerisasmuch“agriculture”asproduc- Panipat (Haryana)-basedfarmer. momentum, one thingseems obvious: Much all. Farmers, if anything, would gain from re- Thatleavestheonly law–the FPTC Act, for tion in the field. “Trade” begins onlyafter the of the oppositionreally is justtoone of the movalofstocking restrictions on the trade, as short–whichisabone of contention. It per- produce has been “marketed” by the farmer. What could be negotiated three laws.Eveninthatone —the Farmers’ it potentiallytranslates intounlimitedbuying mitssale and purchase of farm produce out- Going by this interpretation, the Centreis If the protestingfarmerunionleaders were Produce Tradeand Commerce (Promotion and demand fortheir produce. side the premises of APMC mandis.Such within itsrightstoframe laws that promote to sit down at the negotiating table, the gov- and Facilitation) Act—thereare onlysome The Farmers (Empowerment and Farmers at Singhu village during their trades (including on electronic platforms) barrier-free trade of farm produce (inter-as ernmentcan possiblyget them to agree to contentious provisions, which, Protection)Agreementon Price march to Delhi on Sunday. PTI shall attract no market fee, cess or levy “un- well as intra-state)and do notallowstock- drop thedemand on repealing allthe three although key,can still leave Assurance and Farm Services der anyState APMC Actorany other Statelaw”. holding or export restrictions.But thesecan laws.Their problem is essentiallyaboutthe doors open fornegotiation. Acthas to do with providinga At issue hereisthe very right of the Centre beonly afterthe farmer hassold. Regulation of FPTCAct and itsprovisions that theysee as regulatoryframework forcon- PepsiCoforits Lay’sand UncleChipps wafers) to enact legislation on agricultural market- firstsale of agricultural produce is a“market- weakeningthe APMC mandis.Thereisalso The other twolaws tract cultivation. This specifically or dedicated forexports (gherkins). The ing.Article246 of the Constitution places ing” responsibility of the states, notthe Centre. disquietonthe disputeresolutionmechanism Consider firstthe twolaws concerns agreementsentered processors/exporters in these cases typically “agriculture” in entry14and “markets and Farmers, fortheir part, would want no re- fortransactions outside the mandis.The Act that ought nottobeserious IN FACT intobyfarmers with agri-busi- notonlyundertake assured buybackatpre- fairs” in entry28ofthe StateList. But entry42 strictions onthemovement,stocking and ex- proposes these to be referred to offices of the cause forfarmer angst. nessfirms (processors, large re- agreedprices, but also provide farmers of the Union Listempowersthe Centretoreg- portoftheir produce. Maharashtra’sonion sub-divisional magistrateand district collec- The EssentialCommodities tailers or exporters) ahead of seeds/plantingmaterialand extension sup- ulate“inter-State trade and commerce”. growers have vehementlyopposedthe tor. “Theyaren’tindependentcourts andcan- (Amendment) Actisabout doing away with anyplanting/rearing season forsupplying pro- porttoensurethat onlyproduce of desired While trade and commerce “withinthe Centre’s resorttoban on exports and imposi- notdeliverusjustice, leave alone guarantee the Centre’s powers to impose stockholding duce of predeterminedquality at minimum standardisgrown. State” is under entry 26 of the StateList, it is tion of stocklimitswheneverretail prices have timelypayment,” alleged the same farmer. limitsonfoodstuffs,exceptunder “extraordi- guaranteedprices. The point to note is that contract cultiva- subject to theprovisions of entry33ofthe tendedtogoup. But these restrictions relateto These maybejustfears, but theyaren’t naryconditions”.Thesecouldbewar, famine, Again,thereislittle rationale forobjecting tion is voluntaryinnature and largely forcrops Concurrent List–underwhichthe Centrecan “trade”. When it comes to “marketing” —es- small.Fromthe government’s standpoint, the other naturalcalamities of gravenatureand to anActthat merelyenablescontract farming. notamenable to trading in regular APMC makelawsthat wouldprevail over those en- peciallydismantling of the monopolyof elephant in the room would be if thefarmers annual retail price rise exceeding 100% in hor- Suchexclusive agreementsbetween compa- (agriculturalproducemarket committee) acted by the states. APMCs—farmers, especiallyinPunjab and insistonanadditional demand: Making MSP ticultural produce (basicallyonions and po- niesand farmers arealready operationalin mandis.Thereishardlyany domestic market Entry 33 of the Concurrent Listcovers Haryana, aren’t very convincedaboutthe alegal right. That would be impossible to tato)and 50%for non-perishables (cereals, crops of particular processinggrades (the po- forgherkins, justasthe high drymatter and trade and commercein“foodstuffs,including “freedom of choice to sell to anyone and any- meet, even if the three farm laws were to be pulses and edible oils). tatoes used by beveragesand snacks giant lowsugar content potato that PepsiCo needs edible oilseeds and oils”, fodder,cottonand where” argument. put on hold.

EXPLAINED THE PANDEMIC Theroadtomass vaccination

Once aCovid-19vaccine becomes available in India, howdoesthe governmentgoaboutimmunising the population? Whichgroups should getthe vaccine first, and who shouldget it free? In an interviewtoPRABHA RAGHAVAN, India’sleading public health expertweighs in.

duction volumesexpandingforthe initialvac- CORONAVIRUS DASHBOARD cines through outsourcedmanufacture. The EXPERT domestic demand forvaccines will also grow as vaccine confidence builds up, if the initial EXPLAINS global and countryexperience demonstrates INDIA ACTIVE CASES 453,956 safety. At this time, vulnerability will become Prof KSrinathReddy an important criterionfor prioritisation, but the general public toocan be coveredalong- 500,000 From The Indian Express panel of specialists, exclusive insight side, agegroup by agegroup. The health sys- temtoo would be moving at full strength to deliverthe vaccine, with the existing health 453,956 Whyisitimportant to getvaccinated workforcesupplemented by trainedauxil- 443,794 againstCovid-19? iaries. However, listing andsequencing the Covid-19isahighlyinfectious virus personsinthe general population willbea 450,000 whichcauses variedclinical manifestations challenging exercise. withawide rangeofseverity. It has notbeen Furtheron,we willtransit to asteadystate easy to predict who can be safe from it. Even when asizeable proportionofthe population young persons have been known to have be- has been immunisedand the task of immu- LAST 10 DAYS come severely ill or die, though notasoften nising the rest becomesapartofthe health Nov19Nov 28 as the elderly.Because of this unpredictable system’s routine immunisation programme. 400,000 nature,everyone should feel vulnerable and Serum InstituteofIndia, wherethe vaccineCovishieldisbeing developed. Photo The capacity forasurge response will needto seek protection. tweetedbythe Prime Ministerduring arecent visit. Twitter viaPTI bekept as aplannedreserveevenatthis stage, Note:The Nov28figureinthisgraph is based on the government updateonNov 29 Anatural infection can provide differing but both supplyside and demand side pres- levels of immunity,basedonthe variable viral sures would have eased. load different persons areexposedto. We do Howprepared is Indiatocarry out amass higher,co-morbidity levels aremore, risk ag- INDIA TOTAL CASES WORLD TOTALCASES notknowhow longsuchimmunity lasts in vaccinationcampaign? gravating factors likeair pollution aresevere What do we still notknowabout the way 9,392,919 62,448,117 eachperson. Avaccine administers astan- This depends on the vaccine(s) available. I and health services arestronger. The experi- the government is preparing to vaccinate dardiseddose that elicitsagood immune re- am assuming we will be able to choose from ence gatheredtherewill behelpful as the im- the population? Source:MinistryofHealth&Family Source:JohnsHopkinsUniversity, sponse,whichislikelytolastlongerthananat- aset of safeand effectivevaccineswhichdo munisation programme movestowards small Iambasing my response on the informa- Welfare,updatedat11pmonNov29 updatedat11pmonNov29 ural infection of variable viral exposure and nothavestringent cold chain requirementsof towns and ruralareas. However, if thereare tion availablein the publicdomain.It is possi- clinicalseverity.For thatreason, getting im- severe sub-zero temperatures forstorage and hotspots of rapidlyincreasing cases in anypart ble thatdetailedplans have been made which munisedisagoodidea. Further,other coun- transport.Some of thesuccessfulvaccineswill of the country, urgent immunisation of sus- the government has notyet made public. tries maynot allowannon-immunisedper- probablyneedtobestoredatonly2°–8°C or ceptiblepersonsthereshouldbeundertaken. We do notyet know whichvaccine we will son to travel thereifthe virus is still actively even stay well at room temperatures. If we can begin with. We also do notknowwhat assur- Coronavirus mutations circulating. Employers maynot permit non- access those, our supplychain logistics will Who should getthe vaccine forfree? ances aretherefor gettingthestocksfromthe immunisedworkers entrytoaworksite. notpose problems in the initial stages when Ibelieve allpersons should receive the manufacturers early on. Have anyadvance clearly demarcatedgroups willbeimmunised. vaccine free. Protecting people from this rap- purchase commitmentsbeen made? If mul- do notincrease its Whichgroups shouldget it first? By the time our supplychainexpands to cover idlyspreading infectious diseaseisthe prime tiple vaccines become available, what will be The twomain criteria forselection of the the general population, example of whatecono- the guiding criteriaforchoice?If multiplevac- initial groups to beofferedthe vaccine arees- we wouldhave gainedex- mists call a“public good”. cines areprocured,how will theybedistrib- transmissibility:analysis sentialityand vulnerability.These criteria perience and would be If aperson does not utedacross states? Apartfromthe announce- overlap in some groups. Forexample, health- abletohandlethe higher THEEXPERT getvaccinated becauseit ment that health workers, other essential ANEW analysis of coronavirus global dataset. Of those, the re- careproviderswho test,trace,treat or counsel numbers that come later, PROFESSOR KSRINATH is unaffordable and gets service providers and personswith co-mor- genomesfromover15,000 Covid-19 searchers honedinon31mutations persons infected with Covid-19are both es- with greater efficiency. REDDY is president of the infected,other suscepti- bidities will beprioritised, the plan forthe roll- patientsfrom75countries has found whichhaveoccurredatleast10times sential serviceprovidersand alsoveryvulner- The main challenge public-privateinitiative blepersons can be in- out in the general populationhasnotbeen re- that none of the newmutations ap- independently during the course of able to becoming infected.Theywill be the willbethe actual admin- Public Health Foundation fected by this person vealed.Theprocurementwill becoordinated pears to be transmittedatahigher the pandemic. toppriority everywhere. Otheressential serv- istration of the vaccine, as of India. Specialising in even as theyawait their by the central government. Howwill the de- rate.The study,whichispublishedto- The researchers modelledthe icesinclude sanitation, security,transportand an intramuscular injec- cardiology and turn. Whether it is the mand of eachstate be accommodated,atdif- dayasapre-print and has notyet been virus’s evolutionarytree, and those involved in the production of essential tion in twodoses set3-4 epidemiology,hehas held governmentoremploy- ferent phases? At anystage,can states directly peer-reviewed, builds on another re- analysed whether aparticular muta- goods and supplies. weeksapart. Those who positions in several ers paying forit, access to purchase from the manufacturers? If so, will cent, peer-reviewedstudy published tion wasbecoming increasingly com- Applying the vulnerability criterion, eld- areatpresentauthorised institutions, including as the vaccine should not the Centreprovide quality andcostguidelines in the journal Infection, Genetics and mon withinagiven branchofthe evo- erly persons and people with known comor- to administer suchinjec- former Head of the carryacosttoany individ- to maximallyensureuniformity? Evolution.The previous study charac- lutionarytree. bidities that enhance the risk of severe illness tions aredoctors, nurses Department of Cardiology ual. Since the privatesec- Do some sections of the population have to terised patterns of diversity emerging The researchers found no evi- or death areahigh priority.The coexisting and auxiliarynursemid- at AIIMSand currentlyas torhealthcareproviders pay? If so, what would the price be?Thereis in the genome of SARS-CoV-2. dencethat anyofthe common muta- health disorders whichincrease suchrisk in- wives. Due to our past Adjunct Professor of toowill getinvolvedinde- no informationonthe proposedrole of pri- “Weemployeda tions areincreasing the clude high blood pressure, heartdisease, dia- neglect, their numbers Epidemiology at Harvard. livering the vaccine at vate healthcareproviders,pharmacies and noveltechnique to deter- virus’s transmissibility. betes, obesity,chroniclungdisease,malnutri- areinadequateinmany Winner of severalawards some stagetosupple- employers in the organisedsector in the vac- mine whether viruses Instead,theyfoundsome tion or anycondition in whichimmunity has parts.Those who are including the Padma ment governmentagen- cination programme. Howwill theysupport with the newmutation common mutationsare been reducedbydisease or drugs. The prob- available will also bebusy Bhushan, he is the author cies, financial mecha- the government programme? areactually transmitted neutral, but mostare lem in identifying this group is that several providing other health of Make Health in India: nismsneedtobeworked at ahigher rate,and mildlydetrimental to the persons who have theseconditions maybe services, including careof ReachingABillion Plus. out to ensurethat individ- Howlong, realistically,will it take forlife found thatnone of the virus. unaware of them, becausethe weak health Covid-19-infected per- uals arenot subjected to to getbacktonormal? candidatemutations ap- PAPER The mutations servicesinurban slums, smalltowns or vil- sons. Even if we use the out-of-pocket expenses. Itdependshow thevirusbehavesoverthe pear to be benefiting the analysed includedone in lages have notscreenedortestedthem. In such general election personnelfor assembling, next year,how early an immunisation pro- virus,” lead author CLIP the virus spikeprotein cases, it is best to applythe agecriterion as a identifying and regulating the flowofpeople Howmanyphases of vaccination maybe grammecan begin andhowextensively it can Professor Francois calledD614G,whichhas probability predictor and move steadilydown to be vaccinated,who will actuallygivethe required? coverthe countryinthe months to follow. Will Balloux (University NEWRESEARCH been widelyreportedas decade by decade from the 60+ agegroup to injection and monitor side effects? Will med- Howeverother people maywish to the virus becomeless or moreinfectious? We CollegeLondon Genetics being acommon muta- the 20+ agegroup. ical, dentaland nursingstudentsbepressed number the waves of the pandemic or do notknow. Will avaccine pass all regulatory Institute) said in astatement. tion whichmay makethe virus more Young persons constituteaninteresting intoservice, aftershorttraining? Can we also phases of the immunisation, Isee the im- checksto arrive soon? It appears possible but Coronaviruses can develop muta- transmissible. The researchers said challenge. Theyare essential forcurrent eco- train othergroups of vaccinators, through munisationdrive passing through keytran- we still needtosee the final trial data. tions in three different ways:bymis- the newevidence suggests this mu- nomic activity or needtopursue education, training administeredtoyoung science grad- sitions as it evolves. Untilmuchofnextyear,wewill need to take from copying errors duringviral tation is, in fact, notassociated with whichisaninvestmentforfuture economicre- uates? Willexisting regulatoryrestraints be Initially, the supplytoour healthsystem diligentlyobservepublic healthadvisories on replication;through interactionswith increasedtransmission. vivaland growth. Theyare highlyexposedto relaxedtopermitthese newgroups of vacci- will be limited as the production of anyvac- masks, physical distancing, hand washing and other viruses infecting the same cell; The researchers found mostofthe the virus becauseoftheir higher mobility and nators? These arequestions central and state cinewillbeinundatedby globaldemand.That avoidingsuper spreader events. The advent or as aresult of theimmuneresponse commonmutations appear to have socialising.While theyare at alow risk of se- programme managers mustconsider. is also the time when we will be applying the of summer maygiveussome respitebut not of the host. Mostmutations areneu- been inducedbythe human immune vere infection,theycaninfectothers,especially essentiality criterionand beginning the learn- full release. tral, while othersare advantageous or system, rather than being the result the elderly members of the family.Are theyan What should be the geographic strategy ing curveofour vaccine delivery system.The So,if 2020hasbeentheyearof despairand detrimental to thevirus. of the virusadapting to itsnovel hu- early priorityforimmunisationoralaterprior- foraprogrammeofthisscale? numbers vaccinated will be relatively small depression,2021hasto betheyearof discipline The research team from multiple man host. ity? Opinions aredivided. It depends also on Idonot thinkgoing statebystate would and the efforteasy as the persons to beimmu- anddeterminationtosubduetheviruswithall institutions has so faridentified6,822 theamountof vaccineavailable.If limitedquan- be right, forbothpublic health and political nisedare already listed. thetools we aregathering or makingnow. mutations in SARS-CoV-2acrossthe Source: University CollegeLondon titiesareavailableinitially, theolderagegroups reasons. Thereare essential workers and vul- That will move later to aphase wherethe will take priority and the demographic bulge nerable peopleeverywhere. Itis better to start vaccine supplywillbelarger, both due to more EDITEDEXCERPTS of young persons will needtowait. withthe cities wherethe crowddensityis vaccines getting regulatoryapprovals and pro- Longer version: www.indianexpress.com WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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§ FOUNDED BY § RAMNATH GOENKA With better than expected second-quarternumbers, BECAUSETHE TRUTH INVOLVES US ALL economy could spring apositive surprise

GLIMMER & TUNNEL Soumya Kanti Ghosh Economyoutpacedexpectations in second quarter. But sustainability of rebound in activities remains aconcern THEGDPDATA releasedonNovember27 takes gone manystructuralchanges, datarevisions OECD on inequality shows that between1985 us back50yearswhen economistand Nobel in GDP anddiscrepancies have movedinthe and 2013 (the latestavailabledata),the Gini LaureatePaulSamuelson,onbeing askedon a same direction (upwardrevisionsinboth), coefficient rose significantlyfor most high- FTER AN UNPRECEDENTEDdecline of 23.9 per cent in the firstquarter television panel about his changingviews on specifically in 2016-17and 2017-18. In 2018- income countries with the US and UK being of the current financialyear,the Indianeconomy faredbetterthanmost inflation,observed,“wellwheneventschange, 19,evenasGDP wasrevisedupwards, dis- amongstthe mostunequal. The datafor India, expected,with the pace of contraction easingto7.5 per cent in the sec- Ichangemymind. What do youdo?” India’s crepancies were reviseddownwards indicat- though quitedated andsporadic, indicates ond quarter. The performance, better than what economistsatthe RBI GDPdata,orforthatmattertheGDPnumbers ing the process of reconciliation is getting that inequalityhas increasedbut notsignifi- Ahad predicted,reflectsinpart, asteady improvement in activity levels releasedglobally, leadto asimilarpredicament. better.But this jobwillbecomedifficult in cantly worsened. It is of utmostimportance Untilnow, GDPdataforthethirdquarterofthe 2020-21asevenCSO believesthatthe data that we continue to reduce inequality with the easing of lockdown restrictions during this period, and the ramping up of pro- calendar year 2020 has been releasedfor 49 will undergochanges. through incomesupportortransfers. duction to satiatethe pent-up and festival season-leddemand. In the weeksthereafter, countries, 44of whom have contracted in the Whatarethepossiblereasonsforthesurge It is interesting to see howthe incremen- the continuing sequential improvement in leading economic indicators has ledtoopti- rangeof0-10per cent. The narrative has in manufacturinggross value added(GVA)? talcapital-outputratio (ICOR) will playout in mism that the economyislikelytorebound stronger than expected in the second half of changed forthe better since the firstquarter We believe one possible explanation couldbe 2020-21. TheICORisthe amountofcapital re- the year.However, one mustadvise caution, as the durability of the sharper-than-ex- (financial year) when India’s GDP growth de- the stellar corporateGVA numbers in the sec- quired to produce one unit of output. The pected rebound remains amatter of concern. clinedby23.9 per cent, and the fall forthe full ond quarteronthe backofamassivepurge in higher the ICOR, the less efficient the use of In part, the continuing healthyperformance of the farm sector helpedease the extent year wasexpected to be double digits. costs (a recent RBI study also confirms that), capital. Delays in the completion of projects, Sowhat doesthe data show?Themostre- particularly on employees. The downside to lackofcomplementaryinvestmentsinrelated of contraction of the economy.Excludingagriculture, value addedbyrestofthe economy markablepartisthenominalGDPlossnarrow- suchcost-cutting could be significant labour sectors and the non-availabilityofcritical in- contracted by 8.3 per cent in the second quarter. Themanufacturingsectorgrew by 0.6 ing down to Rs 1.98 lakh croreinthe second market disruptions,increasing inequality and putscan all leadtoariseinICOR. The ICOR in per cent in the secondquarter, aftercontracting by astaggering 39.3 per cent in the previ- quarterofthe financial year from astaggering thusamaterial impact on consumption.The India has increased from 3.8 in 2016-17to4.9 ous one. Whilevolume indicators likethe indexofindustrial production continuedto con- Rs 11.1 lakh croreinthe firstquarter(the cu- goodthingisthatCOVID-19hasbroughtabout in 2018-19and is expected to further deterio- tract during this period, even though the extent of contraction had easedgreatly, presum- mulative lossatRs13.1 lakhcroreisequivalent rapid changes in manyindustries in terms of rate to 6.9 in 2019-20. ably,value added by the sector has risenonthe backofaggressive expenditurepruning as to 6.4percentof 2019-20GDP).Manufacturing innovations that will surely outlivethe pan- Itwouldbeunfairif we don’ttalkaboutthe (andconstruction)hasminimiseditslossesby demic. Forexample, the pandemic has accel- huge role that the RBI had playedinthis con- indicated by corporate results. Similarly,the construction sector witnessedasignificant 91 percent from the firstquarter. Theservices erated thepaceoftechnology adoption in the text of arresting the growth slowdown. With uptickwith the contractioninactivities easing to 8.6 per centinthe second quarter, down sector has reducedits losses by 43 per cent, banking system in India,with branchfootfalls governmentconsumptionexpendituredeclin- from 50.3 per cent in the firstquarter. This despiteconstruction activities being muted whilethelossesincurredbythetradesub-seg- droppingsharply. Onenotableexampleof such ingsharplyby18per cent in the second quar- duringthe monsoon season.Onthe servicesside,whileasimilar improvement wasob- ment have fallen by astaggering 80 per cent. technologyadoptionisthe credit guarantee ter, it nowseems that monetary policy has servedinthe trade, hotels, transportand communicationsector, surprisingly, the paceof However, thelossesof thefinancial,realestate Thedisruptions in the schemeforMSMEsthathasbeenaresounding playedtheperfectfoilevenasfiscalpolicycon- contractionactuallyworsenedin financial, real estate andprofessionalservices sector dur- and professional services andthe public ad- labour market,however, success, with almost allparts of the country tinues to remain tight-fisted. The RBI has ministrationsegmentshavejumpedby50per benefitting from the scheme.Dataconsump- donnedmanyhatsand fulfilled manyexpec- ing this period. While private consumption faredbetter, as household spendingperked cent. The recovery has been ledbymanufac- could be arisk forfuture tioninrural Indiaonthe networkofcommon tationsduringthecrisis.Beginningwithacom- up with restrictions on economic activities and movementsgraduallylifted, government turing and also by the largest componentof consumption and inequality. service centres, and special purpose vehicles prehensive solutionfor providing aliquidity spending rather than being counter-cyclical, continued to be pro-cyclical, falling in the the servicessector —trade, hotels, transport There have been more (physical facilities fordelivering government backstoptoconvincing marketsthat liquidity second quarteraswell,despitethe announcement of massiverelief packages.Investment and communication. The other good news is aggressive cuts in employee of India e-services to rural and remote loca- problemswillnottranslateintosolvencyprob- activity also improved during this period,presumably on account of work beginningon that the agriculturesector has already added tions)alsojumpedbynearly 100percentdur- lems and issues of financial stability,togiving costs in the case of small projectsthathad been stalleddue to thelockdownrestrictions, as did the changeinstocks, 0.4 per centtoGDP in both the quarters. ing the lockdown.The thrust on digital finan- explicit forwardguidance of ratesfor an ex- indicatinghigher inventoryaccumulation. If thistrendoflossminimisationcontinues companies with aturnover cialliteracycannowhelpinrapidlyonboarding tendedperiod to assuaging battered market (at this rate,possible gains in nominal GDP in the digitally-unbankedrural population. sentiments whenuncertainty washighand The stronger than expected uptickineconomic indicators in October,while raise op- of up to Rs 500 crore. This is the thirdand fourth quarterare adistinct pos- also substantiated by the Thedisruptionsinthelabourmarket,how- adoptingoutof boxunconventionalpolicies— timism over the stateofthe economy, mustbetreated with cautionasdatafor some of sibility)India’s2020-21nominalGDPwillsur- ever,could be arisk forfutureconsumption itsproactive approachhas been alearning ex- these indicators forNovember signals some moderation in activities, justifying concerns prisinglynot be lowerthan 2018-19levels as results of NCAER’s Business and inequality. Therehavebeen moreaggres- perience forall of us over the sustainability of thisupswing.Further,the possibility of the imposition of lo- wasearlier expected.This would mean India Expectations Survey that sive cutsinemployeecostsinthecaseofsmall So,whatnext?We nowexpecttheGDPde- calisedrestrictions on activitiesdue to rising COVID-19cases adverselyimpacting eco- has weathered theCOVID storm in terms of a shows that firms were more companies with aturnoverofuptoRs500 cline forthe full year to be in single digits, and nomic activities going forwardalso cannotberuledout loss of output in 2020-21thatcould be more crore. This is alsosubstantiated by the results possiblyevenlowerthantheRBIandmarkets’ than salvaged in 2021-22,though this is con- likely to terminate the of NCAER’sBusinessExpectationsSurvey that forecasts.The thirdand fourth quarternum- tingent on Indiagetting backtobusiness employment of temporary shows thatfirmsweremorelikelytotermi- bers arelikelytospringapositivesurprise, through continuedsector-specific reforms. workers, compared to that natethe employment of temporaryworkers, thoughconditionalonthe absenceofanother Oneworrying data point is the large dis- of permanent workers, compared to thatofpermanentworkers, ow- waveofinfections. VACCINATOR CHALLENGE crepancies in the second quarternumbers ing to the skillpremium of the latter. whichamount to 1.7per cent of GDP.Over owing to the skill premium This raises clear concerns regarding The writer is groupchief economic advisor, Professionals needtobetrainedtodeliver Covid-19vaccine. the lastfew years, as the economyhas under- of the latter. inequality.Globally, dataprovidedbythe StateBankofIndia. Viewsare personal Government mustcoordinatewith private sector

HE SEARCH FORashield againstthe coronavirus has reachedacritical phase in severalparts of the world, including India. Though we do nothaveafirm date on avaccine formass use, aconsensus seems to be emerging that a preventive willrollout of laboratories monthsbeforeitwas anticipated JUSTICE ON TRIAL Twhen the pandemic brokeout. The Serum InstituteofIndia, one of the lab- oratories at theforefront of vaccine developmentinthe country, has reportedlysaid that it willapplyfor permission foremergency use of the preventive in afortnight. Many is- Existing bail regime, loaded againstpoor and underprivileged, needs urgent reform sues, however, remaintoberesolvedinwhat mayshape up to be oneofthe biggestlogis- tical challenges in public health. It is heartening, therefore, thatthe Centre and states have Nitika Khaitan embarkedonthis task in the right earnest. Lastweek,during ameeting with Prime Minister NarendraModi, chief ministers of severalstatesoutlinedtheir plans forvaccine deployment. THESPEEDWITHwhichArnabGoswamiwas underscores howremand is extended suretycondition, or does notknowanyonelo- Conversations have begun on ways to bolsterthe country’s cold-chain infrastructure. A recentlygrantedbailhasthrownintosharpre- mechanically. callywillingto standassuretyforher,shemust cadre of vaccinatorswill nowhavetobemobilisedtoadministerthe firstdoses. lief the multitudes forwhom such quickac- Oncearresteesare entangledinthesystem, remaininjail.Asreportedto thehigh-powered The government reportedlyplans to vaccinateabout one crorehealthcareprofession- cessto justicewillneverexist.Accordingto the their release depends on theiraccesstolegal committeesetuptodecongestprisonsinDelhi als in the firstphase, and 30 crorepeople by September 2021.Expertsreckonthatthe latestfiguresfrom2019, an extraordinary69 aid, woefullyinadequateinIndia and deter- duringthelockdownearlierthisyear,hundreds Universal Immunisation Programme’s workforcewillnot be adequatefor the purpose. per cent of inmates in prison areundertrials – minedentirely by privilege, whichalso deter- of prisonerswere injailonlybecausetheycould Already thereare complaintsthat divertinghealth workersforthe anti-COVID-19efforts has personswhohave notyet beendeclaredguilty minestheirabilityto appealupwards,if alower notmeettheirsuretyconditions.TheHCpassed of anycrime.Deprivingpersonsof theirliberty court denies them bail, and their abilitytode- aone-time order doing away withthe surety disruptedroutine inoculation programmes. Doctors, nurses and lab technicians from pri- withoutaconviction is meant to serveanar- mandrights, suchasthe righttobereleasedif conditionsinlightof thepandemic,thoughthe vate healthcarefacilities will have to beropedintomeetthe current challenge. The National rowpurpose:Ensurethattheydonot abscond theyare incustodyforacertainperiodwithout problem will remain long afterthe pandemic. ExpertGroup on Vaccination Administration forCOVID-19has sought the views of indus- or tamper withthe evidence or influence wit- being chargesheeted. It is little surprise that One-time orders characterise thecourt’s trybodies suchasthe FICCI and CII as well as hospital associations on the matter.This is a nesses. Under the existing bail regime, how- Muslims,Dalitsand Adivasis areincarcerated response to manyofthese issues. In decisions step in the right direction. But muchmoreneeds to be done, especiallybecause govern- ever,thereislegitimateconcern that people Statutes suchasthose at ratesdisproportionatetotheir population. on the drug-related offenceslaw in 1994 and ment and private agencies will have to work in tandem in diverse realms —monitoring arebeingincarcerated unnecessarilyand lan- penalising drug and terror Somelaws make bailevenharder.Statutes anti-terrorlaw in 1996, the courtrecognised beneficiarydatabases,human resources training, bracing up cold-chain logisticsand en- guishing in jails forfar longer thanjustified. offences impose special suchasthose penalisingdrug and terror of- that whereaspeedy trialisnot possible,bail The problem begins with arrest.For deca- fencesimpose special restrictions on bail, restrictions equal unduly long confinement suring smooth supplies of syringes and medical glass vials. Coordination mechanisms be- des, government reportsand courtdecisions restrictions on bail, which whicheffectivelycondemn arrestees to bru- and infringeonArticle 21 rights. In both cases, tween government officials at different levels and private sector experts will have to be in- have notedtheprevalenceof unlawfulandun- effectively condemn tallylong custody pending trials. Provisions thecourtpassedone-timeordersdirectingcer- stitutedto ensurethat the targetedinoculations aredeliveredinthe shortest possible time. necessaryarrests.RecentSupremeCourtdecis- arrestees to brutally long underordinarylaw that mandaterelease of tain undertrials to be released, while clarify- The firstlot of the vaccines is notlikelytobe100per cent effective —the Oxford-Astra- ionsandchangesincriminallawhavesoughtto periods of custody pending undertrials if theyhavespent halfofthe max- ing that the orders would notaffectfuture introduce safeguards—for instance, requiring imumpossiblesentenceincustodydonotap- cases. In another 1996 decision,the Delhi HC Zenecavaccine developedbythe Serum Institutehas so farreported 70 per cent efficacy. trials, whichspanyears. The Anycase, vaccines have side effects. Atransparent mechanismtoreportadversereactions thepoliceto refrainfromarrestincertaincases plytoprisonersunder special laws.The grav- appointedcourtcommissionersto investigate if theaccusedappearsbefore thepolicewhen- gravityofdrugs and terror- ity of drugs and terror-related crimes is used the backgroundofprisonersunable to afford —and deal with misinformation and fear mongering—willbecritical to the inoculation ever she is asked. But the difficulty of co- related crimes is used to to justifysuchdraconian restrictions. But let- suretyandpassedone-timedirectionsrelaxing drive.Thereisnotime to loseinmobilising and training aworkforce forthe purpose. mplainingagainstpoliceofficialsandweakint- justify suchrestrictions. But ting the seriousness of the allegation become theirbailconditions. ernal incentivestodisciplineofficers means aprimaryconsideration in bail means that These ordersevidencewidespread recog- thereislittleaccountabilityforarbitraryarrests. letting the seriousnessof prosecutingagencies can simplytrump up nition of fundamental issues with bail, yetre- Freeze Frame EPUnny After24hours,thepolicemustproducethe the allegation become a chargestoensureyearsofpunishment. frain from systemicchange. In the absenceof arrested in courtfor magistrates to decide primaryconsideration in Finally, one major impediment remains large-scalereform,however, we willcontinue whether remand to further custody is warra- bail means that prosecuting even once acourt has granted bail. Landmark with aregime that in itsdailyreality both hor- nted.Acatena of judgmentsemphasises that judicialdecisionshavelong deprecatedthe rifies and numbs. magistrates cannotmerelyacceptthe say-so agencies cansimply trump practice of courts demanding excessive surety of thepolice.Butanequallyvastjurisprudence up charges. orlocalsureties.If anarresteecannotaffordher The writer is alawyerbasedinDelhi

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ASSAM PROTEST India resumedworkafter 28 days of strike. be ready to face the consequences. The CPM ANINE-HOUR FAST by leaders of the Assam LifeinGauhati remained crippled, with the is alleged to have attackedthe offices of the movementendedonNovember 29 with CRPpatrollingstreets andpanic-stricken Congress in Kerala. PCC president AK strong speeches by theirleaders condemn- people trying to avoidthem.Manyimpor- Anthony,who briefed newsmen, said that ing the governmentfor lettingloose areign tant markets also remainedclosed. The All- the CPM is yettofullyunderstand the basics of terror againststudents. Earlier over 1,000 Assam Minority Students Union has ex- of the concept of aleftdemocratic front. Cotton CollegeStudents, manyofthem pressedconcernoverthe protests. women, held protests,demanding that the INDIRA AND STARS principal extend protection to boarders. The CONGRESSVSCPM PRIME MINISTER INDIRA Gandhihas said studentsalso demandedthe withdrawal of THE RULINGCONGRESS in Kerala has made thatshe has no faith in astrologers. The PM cases againsttheir 10 counterparts,who are it known itsdissatisfactiontothe CPM over said that an impressionhas been created in in jail and 66others who have been released the communistparty’s conceptofthe Left the Indian and foreign press that she con- on bonds. Theysaid that CRP jawans had Democratic Front,its approach to itsfront sulted astrologers before taking momentous takenawaymoney, wristwatches and other partners and itshandling of the lawand or- decisions. “I have neverbeen to astrologers, belongingsfor whichtheyshould be paid der situation in the state. It has warnedthe though people come to me. The onlystars I compensation. Theydenied keepinglethal CPM that if it wantstotry the Bengal formula believe in arethoseofIndia’s bright past, arms in hostel. Meanwhile, officials of Oil or even the politics of 1967 in Kerala, it should bright present and bright future,” she said. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,NOVEMBER30,2020 WHATTHE OTHERSSAY “There is no doubt among Nepalis, and especially the families of the victims, that the insurgency wasanextraordinarysituation; and that the normative ideas of the criminal justice system do not apply as they are in insurgency-era 13 THE IDEAS PAGE cases. ” —THE KATHMANDU POST NewscriptinPakistan America’s common

Allegations of corruption,electoralmalpracticesare nothing newinopposition protests. ground But criticism of the militaryinpolitical rallies is unprecedented TheUSpossessesaremarkable senseof independence and community at locallevel,even when dividedatthe nationallevel

tion seemedtoequateTrump’slosswith a return of times when apresident did not continuallylie and bully. Theycelebratedthe return to decency their votes had produced. But at least47per cent mournedthe result. FarzanaShaikh Manyamong them felt that “America” had lost, and “a hostile world” had won. That Trumpwas endorsedbynearly half FORACOUNTRY as famously unpredictable of theAmerican electorateshowed, among as Pakistan, the regularityofits dispiriting Rajmohan Gandhi other things, the success of adrive to inject pattern of politics can be hardtoexplain. victimhood in the country’s Whites, who Periodicwaves of popular protest, each rid- form around 61 per cent of the population. ing on the backofever-higher expectations THATAMERICAISnot acentralisedstate Latinos (termed“Hispanics” until recently) of democraticchange,soon recede to expose wasprovedbythe election. The declara- makeuparound 19 per cent, Blacks around an entrenchedpattern of power, whichhas tion of Biden’s victory—the “call”, to use 13 per cent, and Asians (possiblythe fastest remainedbroadlyconstant formorethan the Americanphrase —did notcomefrom growing segment) around 6per cent. sevendecades. aWashington official or from anyelection That America equals WhiteAmerica is Thereislittle to suggest that the latest commission(no suchbody exists in the what manyAmericans, and manynon- round of opposition protests againstPrime US).Itcame from “decision desks” of TV Americans too, have tendedto think.Others MinisterImran Khan will be anydifferent. networks. have equated diversity with America;they The familiar ring is hardtomiss. Midway Firmlyseparatedfromthe channels’pop- think of the country’s steadilyaltering racial through itsterm of office, an elected govern- ular and usually partisananchors, these “de- mix.MuchbeforeTrump, American“nation- ment faces demandstostepdownfromdis- cision desks”haveremained independent alists”ofadozen hues (ranging from the Ku affected parties, who accuse it of corruption over the decades. This has been true also of Klux Klan to naïvebelievers) had told their or electoral malpractice.The memory of Fox, whose principal anchors areopenlypro- Whitecompatriots that the worldwas ex- Khan’s container drivenpolitics, whichledto Trump. When, muchahead of rivalchannels, ploiting the US. the ousting of former prime minister Nawaz the Fox“decision desk” namedBiden the Trumpsaw and seizedhis moment after Sharifin2017, is still fresh. projectedwinner in toss-up Arizona, Trump globalisationenabledAsianeconomieswith This time aloose allianceunder theban- wasfurious, as were Republicans across the talented but cheaper workforces to capture ner of the PakistanDemocratic Movement country, but Foxcontinuedto“call”Arizona agrowing percentageofworld trade. Inside (PDM),led by the PakistanPeople’s Party forBiden. the US, IT or “Tech” wasoutpacing manufac- (PPP), the PakistanMuslim League-Nawaz America’selections areorganisedbyeach turing.Hundredsofthousands hadlostjobs. (PML-N) and theJamiat-ul Ulama i- Islam- county (the equivalent of an Indian district), Renewable energy wasdisplacing coal. Fazlur Rahman (JUI-F), is again seeking the notbythe federal government or,directly, by “You’rebeing cheated,” Trumptold White resignation of the governmentbeforethe end astate.Ineachcounty,volunteering citizens American masses leftbehind by globalisa- of itsterm in 2023. also play acrucial part. In this and other crit- tion and “Tech”. Mostlivedin smalltowns in Oppositionparties have accusedKhanof ical areas,the country’s courseis setbysmall the country’s vast hinterland spaces,far from complicityinriggingthe 2018 elections to independent groups and local communities, the coasts and the great cities. With Trumpat favour his “selection” as prime minister—ac- notbyaleviathan. This is America’s strength. the helm, the forgottenAmerican, the hard- cusationsthat have been amplifiedbyclaims Afternews networks “call” an election, working, flag-waving, family-defending of widespread irregularities in recent polls counties certify their tallies, and then astate WhiteMan, would take his countryback! heldinGilgit-Baltistan, where Khan’s does. Once astate certifies, itsElectoral The messageevokedwild enthusiasm. PakistanTehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) partyisset to Collegedelegation is constituted.Due this Iwas asked,during aconversation about form the government. CRSasikumar year on December 14,physical voting by EC Trump’s adoring audiences, “Do theythink Asinthepast,thecurrentprotestshave met delegates in their state(or federal territory) hecares forthem?”Don’ttheyrecognise his withthefamiliardrumbeatof amilitary-secu- willconfirm the president-elect, but Joe plain falsehoods? My answer was, “They rityestablishment,whichhas warnedoppo- heads the government, twosenior PML-N The firstindicationsappearedon November 6 Biden will notassume apresident’s powers think he cares forwhat theycarefor.” sition leadersagainstacting as agentsof“for- leaders aresaidtohavebrokenrankswith when, in the course of an interviewwith the until his oath-taking on January20. Theylovethe flag, theylovethe White eign interests”looking to exploit chinksin Sharif over his “narrative”againstthe army, BBC, the co-chairman of the PPP,Bilawal In theory, Electoral College memberscan America that is sailing away,theylove Pakistan’s armour.And as before,these insin- whichtheyclaimisacall to “mutiny”. Bhutto, confessedthat he had been “shocked” be bought, kidnapped, or preventedfrom America’sdominancein the world, theylove uations of treason have been rejected by op- Well-worn tactics to usereligiousparties by Sharif’sdecision to single out individual voting, though laws existinmany(notall) their traditional jobs.Theyloveitwhen position parties insisting on their right to close to the military-securityestablishment membersofthe militaryestablishment as cul- states to make this hard. However, very few Trumpimplies that the flag, the gun, and the protestagainstanillegitimategovernmentand have also resurfaced. The radical Barelvi pritsfor bringing Imran Khan to power. “We instances of delegatesdefying their state’s cross arethree different wordsfor the same aprime ministertheydescribeasa“puppet”. group, the Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan(TLP), don’t talk likethis in rallies,” he declared. verdict have been recorded. thing. Theyloveitwhen Trumpsignals that Other triedand tested methods from the whichshottopolitical stardomin2017after Sharif’s daughter,Maryam, de factohead of In reality,therefore,what createschange, masksare forsissies. Forgetting that they pastare alsoinplay. Acrackdown on dissent, working with the security establishment to Sharif’s decision to take the the PML-N,was quicktorespond saying joy, and griefinAmerica is the news net- themselveshad once gainedfromachang- the harassment of opposition activists, the oustformer prime minister Sharif,has made bull by its horns has also Bilawalhad offeredhis personal opinion. works’ “call”, whichthis year wasmade on ing America, theyresent fresh changes. And orchestration of divisions in opposition ranks, afresh appearance. These differences reflect eachparty’s dif- November 7. The rest is always asequence when Trumpsaid, “Nomoreendless wars in and the use of religious parties to diffuse at- In aseries of rallies in early November, opened up cracks in the fering stakes in the existing dispensation. of formalities,thoughthereisscope forlegal distant places!” he touchedanold isolation- tention or fuel the fire,are all in evidence. whichserved to distractattentionfromop- Opposition, whichcould While the PPP retains control of the provin- challenges,and,Trump being Trump, for iststrainin theAmerican psyche,asentiment In October,the bodyresponsible forissu- position demands, the TLP blockedmain spell alossofmomentum. cial government in Sindh, the PML-N is still some suspense. Losing or dropping manyof strengthenedbycontinuing PTSD in soldiers ing media licences (the PakistanElectronic routes to thecapital, Islamabad, and calledfor Thefirst indications confinedtopolitical wilderness. This mayex- his challenges,hehas earneddisgrace by who hadservedin Afghanistanand Iraq.And Media RegulatoryAuthority or Pemra), Pakistantosever relations with France over plain MaryamSharif’srecent offeroftalks threatening county or state-levelofficers, when Trumpclaimedthat he wasfor stim- barredtelevision channels from broadcast- allegedIslamophobia. appeared on November 6 withthe military in whichshe setasacondi- who in the US have political affiliations. ulus moneyreaching unemployed ing the speeches of “proclaimedoffenders”. Notwithstanding these familiar patterns, when, in the course of an tion forKhan’s dismissal but refrainedfrom “Not agoodday forthose who’ve lost,” Americans and those on the vergeofevic- The Opposition dismisseditasaploytosti- the latestopposition protests do break some interview with the BBC, the demanding the resignation of either Bajwa acknowledgedVan Jones, CNN’s African- tion, he showedapopulism whichisthevery fle publicity forSharif,who is currentlyin newground. The mostsignificant departure co-chairman of the PPP, or Faiz Hameed. American commentator on November 7. A oppositeofthe fiscal conservatismthat London formedical treatment, and vowedto from previous movementshas been to call But the military’s options also seem to be stirredJones also said that withthe an- Republicans usedtostand for. defy the ban. out senior members of the militaryhierarchy BilawalBhutto, confessed constrainedatthe moment. While it maybe nouncement of Trump’s defeatmanylike At the local level, as the election process In oneofthe mostegregious cases of ha- forexceeding their constitutional remit and that he had been ‘shocked’ by inclinedtonegotiatewith opposition parties, him wouldoncemore“breathefreely”. Every proved,America possesses aremarkable rassment, security officialsalso forced interfering in politics. Sharif’s decision to single Khan’sunwillingnessto do so has provedawk- viewerconnected the remark to the dying sense of independence and also of commu- Karachi’s police chieftosign an arrest war- The tone wasset by Sharif who, in adra- out individual membersof ward and, arguably, something of an irritant. George Floyd’s “I can’t breathe” gasp earlier nity,evenwhen the US is deeplyand sharply rant forSharif’s son-in-law, Safdar Awan,who maticvideoaddress from London to amass Yetthe militaryisclearly notready to impose in the year.Now,addedJones on November dividedatthe national level. wasseizedinhis hotelroom at night afterat- rallyinGujranwala whichkickedoff the the militaryestablishment as itswill or to alienateKhan forfear he mayalso 7, he can tell his young son, “See! Being good tending an opposition rallyinthe city in movement on October 17,namedGeneral culprits forbringing Imran “gorogue” likeits erstwhile protégé, Sharif. matters”. The writer teaches at University of Illinois at October.The arrest triggeredoutrage prompt- Bajwaand the current head of theISI,General Khan to power. ‘Wedon’t Khan, however, is farfrominvulnerable. Morethan 51 per cent of the US popula- Urbana-Champaign ing the armychief, GeneralJavedBajwa, to or- Faiz Hameed, as conspiring to ousthim from Nourishedbythe militaryand increasingly der an inquiry. However, details of the action office. The unprecedentedintervention has talk likethis in rallies,’he exposedasineptatgovernance, his political takenagainstthe offending officials remain leftthe militaryscrambling to salvage itsrep- declared. Sharif’s daughter, fortunescan be expectedtolastonlyaslong firmlyunderwraps. utation as aneutral arbiter aboveparty Maryam, de facto head of the as it takestocobble together amoredepend- LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR Sincethenreportshaveemergedofde- politics. PML-N, wasquickto able“King’s Party”. fections in opposition parties orchestratedby But Sharif’s decision to take the bull by its the security forces. In Balochistan, wherethe horns has also openedupcracksinthe oppo- respond saying Bilawalhad The writer is an AssociateFellowatChatham pro-militaryBalochistanAwami Party(BAP) sition,whichcouldspell aloss of momentum. offered his personal opinion. House London DIEGO’SPARADOX THIS REFERSTOthe editorial, ‘Ball IDEAS losesfoot’ (IE, November 27). Diego Maradona,the legendaryArgentine ONLINE footballer,was astrangeblend of the divineand the profane —his skills ONLYINTHE EXPRESS Who’s afraid of Vivekananda? with afootball were magical,but his indifference to hisown wellbeing, his ● HOWRAHULCANPROVE abuse of his squat, strong body, was OBAMAWRONG: baffling.Going purelybyhis football KANCHAILAIAHSHEPHERD JNU needs his spirit,teachingstohelp it scale newheights skills, worldfootball is the poorer in his passing. ● NEPANDTHEAUTONOMY RashmiDas SSPaul, Nadia QUESTION: SUNILGUPTA POLARISED POLL SWAMI VIVEKANANDAWILL give JNU its istswamps, theyhavesurvivedonpastre- student forceand relentlesslycause dam- of this committee. www.indianexpress.com nationalistspine. In his lectureon“Six gurgitations of stale theories. Manyofthem agetothe universitysystem. Prime MinisterNarendraModi, while THIS REFERSTOthe editorial, 'Battle Lessons on Raja Yoga,” he said:“Take careof have routinelyshirkedtheir teaching re- This behaviour wasevident in the run unveilingthe Vivekanandastatue narrated foraCity'(IE, November 27). The high- the spine, everythinghappens along the sponsibilities during the pandemic. Their up to the conduct of the JNU Entrance Exam an episode from Swamiji’s life. During his voltagecampaign being undertaken spine.” Vivekanandawas aspiritualgener- indolent excuses citing capacityconstraints (JNUEE) 2020-21.While manyfaculty mem- travels to theWest, Vivekanandawas often by the BJP in Hyderabad has definitely liance during Covidhas ledtonew in- alissimo. In hislifetime, his visage and work would makethe communications industry bers of different Schools andCentres went to ridiculed forhis saffron robes. On one such put highstakesonamunicipal poll. equality,says CJI’ (IE, November 27). evoked aweand reverence from university of India squirm. These facultymembers the office of National Testing Agency (it con- occasion, an Englishman chidedhim and But that is nothing newfor the BJP. The statement, in the natureofverdict, bigwigs, industrycaptains, topoperaartists have saidthat theyteachbig classesand are ductsall important educational entrance said, “whydon’t youdress up as agentle- Similarly,ithad usedheavy weights comingfromChief Justice of Indiaon and an array of intellectuals. To an enslaved notable to accommodatethe number of testslikeJEE-Mains, NEET,UGC-NET), to set man?”. With his characteristic mirth, in Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore, with anyissue is expected to be basedon nation facing an imperial worldorder,he students. Truth be told, the university has the questions papers forJNUEE, some deans Swamiji responded, “in your culture,tailor even the PM Modi holdingrallies in substantive evidence. Technology is a gave us our manliness. conducted over adozenwebinarstoteach and chairpersons played saboteurs and re- makethagentleman,inourscharacter these cities. But the GHMC polls are meretool, much depends on forwho's It is thereforefitting that aVivekananda faculty members howtouse the lateston- fusedtocooperate. The Academic Council makes oneagentleman”. different —awin forthe BJP,orevena benefit it is made to use.For instance, statue in JNU has been installedatthe en- line toolssothatany number of students in itslatestmeeting, 155(B), took “serious Therelevance of thismessageshould be runners-up position will upstage the despitethe lawagainst manualscav- tranceofthe administrative block. As can be taught—notonlyfor JNUfaculty,the note”and referred thistothe Executive high priority forJNU. Congress, and give the party alaunch- enging,sanitation workers’ deaths Swamiji had instructed,this statue will in- universityhas trained 5,000teachers across Council of JNU,(thehighestdecision-mak- Some self-styled intellectualsofthe left- ing pad in Telangana,where it has during sewage work even after70 spireto“tell the truth boldly, whether it the countryinthe use of online learning and ingbody of theuniversity)for suitable ac- over variety areharriedbythe Vivekananda been alow key player.The polarising years of Independence is ablotfor hurts or not. Neverpander to weakness. If evaluation methods. tion. statue, more so by “tatteredorangecloth” of voters, and voicing the communal largest democracy of the world. Just the truthistoo muchfor intelligentpeople The participationofthe left-leaningfac- The 290th Executive Council (EC) meet- with whichitwas coveredprior to his un- agendaofBangladeshisand Rohingya, nowthe governmentistalkingabout and it sweeps them away,let them go;the ulty in suchwebinars has been extremely ing held on November 25, has classifiedthis veiling. Even when showeredwith global will be counter-productive.BJP needs mechanising the work.Therefore,pro- soonerthe better.” poor. Manyare unaware thatsuchwebinars as agrave misconduct of service rules.The praiseand alegionofrenownedfollowers, to show restraint. nouncing inequality being“de-novo”, Manyinthe JNU faculty could benefit areheld, despitethe universityposting EC hasconstituted afact-findingcommit- the monk lovedhis tattered orangecloth. RajivBoolchand Jain, Zirakpur and blaming the COVID-19and the from Vivekananda’s lectures on karma yoga. thesedetails regularly.The culture of non- teetoidentify the recalcitrant faculty mem- He taught us kingly values. These will per- technologyfor it'sgenesis, obfuscate Theyare in direneedofit. Performance cul- performance in these leftswampsisanother bers so that suitable penalties maybemeted meateJNU nowand makeitgrand. BEYOND TECH the intractable problems plaguing the ture, tenacious hardwork, selflessness,hon- contagionthatthe university has to grapple outtothem. Thefact-findingcommittee is entirejustice system fordecades. esty,the emotional experiencethatisIndia with.Thesefaculty members hawk around headedbyRajneesh Shukla, the Visitor’s The writer is member,ExecutiveCouncil, THIS REFERS TO the article, ‘Techre- LRMurmu, Delhi —theyare bereft of suchrealisations. Having in the name of the student community but nominee to theEC; deans of twoschools Jawaharlal Nehru Universityand editor, converted their centres and schoolsintoleft- in reality,theyare the mostmalevolent anti- who willbenamedshortly, will also be part TelecomLive&InfraLive WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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TOPOFTHE WORLD 2bombblasts inAfghanistan kill34:officials General WeiFenghe Car bombshit Ghazni, Zabul provinces HongKong Chief Executive Carrie Lam China’s defence RAHMATULLAHNEKZAD Therewereno minister visits &TAMEEMAKHGAR immediateclaims of HONGKONG GHAZNI,NOVEMBER29 CarrieLamsays Nepal, seeks to responsibility forthe AT LEAST34people were killed attacks,whichtook can’topenbank resume military on Sundayintwo separate sui- place as the Afghan govt cide bombings in Afghanistan accountafter cooperation thattargetedamilitary baseand and the Taliban hold USsanctions aprovincial chief, officials said. peace talksinQatar There were no immediate HONGKONGleaderCarrie SHIRISHBPRADHAN claims of responsibility forthe Lamsays shehasto pileup KATHMANDU,NOVEMBER29 attacks,whichtook place as the armybase aftersecurity cash at home as she has US SCHOOLS FACE MANY CHALLENGES AS THEY REOPEN Afghan governmentrepresenta- forces openedfireonthe car.It been unable to open a CHINA’S DEFENCE Minister tivesand the Taliban hold face- wasnot immediately clearwhy bankaccountintheglobal GeneralWei Fenghe on Sunday Studentswearingmasksand face shields take their seatsatclassrooms remodelled to adheretosocial distancing on the first to-face talksinQatar forthe first therewas adiscrepancy. financial centresince the metNepal Prime Minister dayofin-person kindergarten in Baltimore.Likeother school districtsacross the country, BaltimoreCity PublicSchools are time to end the country’s Interior Ministryspokesman US sanctionedher shortly KPSharma Oli and exchanged slowlytrying to getstudents backinthe classroom.Ithas notbeen easy,but neither has remote learning. Educators looking decades-longwar. Tariq Arian said asuicide bomb- afterBeijingimposedana- views on matters of mutual in- to getbackinfront of students have had to navigateconflicting guidance from politicians and public health officials. Some IneasternGhazniprovince,31 ingtook place, though he didnot tional security lawonthe terest andheld talkswith Nepal teachers’ unionshaverefusedtoreturn to buildings until the virus abates, ostracizing colleagueswho darebreak with them. soldierswere killedand24 others provide further details. city.“Sittinginfrontof you Armychief General Purna On the other hand, the country’s mostvulnerable children have sustainedsevereacademic and social harm from the woundedwhen the attacker In southern Afghanistan, an- is achiefexecutive of the ChandraThapa on ways to re- remote-learning experiment.Parents, navigatingtheirown economicand work struggles, areincreasingly desperate. NYT droveamilitaryhumveefullof ex- other suicide car bomber tar- Hong Kong SAR(Special sume military cooperation and plosivesontoanarmycommando getedthe convoy of aprovincial Administrative Region) training, whichhas been affected basebeforedetonating the car councilchief in Zabul province, who has no banking serv- by theCovid-19pandemic. bomb, according to an official in killing at leastthree people and icesmadeavailableto her,” Gen Weiheld bilateral talks Singaporean Afghanistan’s National Security wounding 21 others, including Lamtoldanews channelin with the Nepal Armychief at the Daily coronavirus deaths keep Council,whospokeanonymously children, according to provincial thecity.“I’musingcashfor ArmyheadquartersinKathmandu gives birth to because he wasnot permitted to spokesman Gul Islam Sial. all the things,” she said. “I duringhisday-long“workingvisit” speak directly to the media. The council chief, Attajan have pilesof cashathome, to Nepal, said astatement issued rising amid changing US crisis baby with Covid Ghazni’s provincial health Haqbayat, survivedSunday’s at- the governmentispaying by theNepalArmy. “Thetwoheld department chief, Zahir Shah tack with minor injuries, al- me cash formysalarybe- acordial discussion on various is- antibodies: report Nikmal, also confirmedthe though one of his bodyguards cause Idon’t have abank sues of bilateral interest,” it said. Afar smaller percentage of people who catch Covidare deathtoll from the attack. wasamong those killed, said account.” REUTERS “Bilateral discussions were Afghanistan’s Defence provincial police spokesman then held at the delegation-level dying, but recordrise in cases keeps daily deathtoll high REUTERS Ministryreleasedastatement Hikmatullah Kochai. mainlyonissuespertainingto re- SINGAPORE,NOVEMBER29 claiming 10 soldiers were killed Therehas been asharprise in sumption of training and student pastweek alone. were reportednationwide —the and nine wounded. The ministry violencethis year and asurge of BRITAIN exchangeprogrammeandfollow CAMPBELLROBERTSON, At the peak of the spring highesttoll sinceMay —only ASINGAPOREAN woman, who alsoofferedadifferent account of attacks by the Talibanagainst Brexittalksin upondefenceassistancethathave GIULIAMCDONNELL wave, about 31,000 newcases three counties reportedatoll of wasinfected with the novel what happenedthan the official Afghanistan’sbeleaguered secu- been impacted due to theCovid- NIETODELRIO,JOSEPH were announcedeachday, morethan 20. coronavirus in March when she at the National SecurityCouncil, rity forces since the startofpeace ‘reasonable 19 pandemic,”thestatementsaid. GOLDSTEIN&MITCHSMITH though that wasavastunder- Forty-four states have set waspregnant, has givenbirth to saying the vehicle explodednear talksinSeptember. AP The Chinese defence minis- NOVEMBER29 count because testing capacity weeklycase records, and 25 ababywith antibodies against position’:Raab ter, who wasleading a21-mem- wasextremelylimited.OnApril states have setweeklydeath the virus, offering anew clue as BREXIT TRADE negotia- berdelegation, viewedboththe AFAR smaller proportion of peo- 15,the United States reacheda records in November,asthe na- to whether the infectioncan be tions with the European proposals “positivelyand af- ple who catchthe coronavirus grim nadir:2,752 people were tion’s death toll has surpassed transferredfrommother to child. Union areinareasonable firmedthatthe bilateral cooper- aredying from it than were in reportedtohavediedfrom 264,000and officialsworry that The babywas born this position, with some ation should resume as soon as the spring,expertssay.Yet the Covid-19, morethan on anyday Thanksgiving gatherings may month without Covid-19but progress on competition possible, including exchangeof sheer breadth of the current out- before or since. cause infections to spread still with the virus antibodies, the issues but significant dif- high levelvisits,” it said. break meansthatthe cost in lives Still, the toll of the virus was morewidelyinthe coming days. Straits Timesnewspaper reported ferences outstandingon He also pledgedto provide ad- lostevery dayisstill climbing. an abstraction formany The countryreachedapeak on Sunday, citing the mother. fishing, British foreign ditional assistance to the Nepal Morethan 170,000 Americans because deaths were seven-dayaverage of 176,000re- TheWorldHealthOrganisation ministerDominic Raab Armyinfighting the Covid-19 Americans arenow testing pos- concentrated in ahandful of portedcases on Wednesday, and says it is notyet known whether a said on Sunday. “Ido think pandemic, the statement said. itivefor the virus on an average states likeNew York,New Jersey thereisreason to fear the worst pregnant woman withCovid-19 we’reinareasonable po- The statement expressed day, straining hospitals across and Louisiana. is still coming. Dailycase counts can pass the virus to her foetus or sition, there’s adeal to be confidence “the visitwillhelp in muchofthe country, including Nowthe deaths arescattered around NewYorkCity have be- babyduringpregnancyordelivery. done,” Raab told Sky further strengthening and ex- in manystatesthat had seemed widelyacross the entirenation, gun ticking up again, withanav- To date,theactive virushasnot News. Asked about afinal panding the cordial military-to- to avoid the worstofthe pan- and thereishardlyacommunity erageof6,600 eachday in the been found in samples of fluid Afghan soldiers arrive at the siteofthe suicide bombing in deadline fortalks, he said militaryrelationsbetween the demic. Morethan 1.1million that has notbeen affected.On metroarea, afivefoldincrease around the baby in the womb or Ghazni province on Sunday. AP negotiationswere into the twocountries”. PTI people tested positive in the Wednesday, when 2,300deaths from the startofOctober. NYT in breastmilk. “lastweek or so” but said the EU had previously movedthe goalposts on a final deadline. REUTERS Ethiopiaclaims victoryin Dave Prowse, the actor who

AUSTRALIA Severefiredanger Tigray conflict after assault played Darth Vader, dies at 85 astemperatures dubbed by James EarlJones. smashrecords SIMONMARKS Fightinglikely to continue JILLLAWLESS Prowse donnedDarth Ametal objectwas found in PARTSOFAustralia,includ- ADDISABABA,NOVEMBER29 LONDON,NOVEMBER29 Vader’sblackarmourand hel- the remote Utah desertlast ing Sydney, sweltered metfor Star Wars (1977), The week by stateworkers through the hottest ETHIOPIA CLAIMED victoryinits EVEN IF the Ethiopian LiberationFront has DAVE PROWSE, the British EmpireStrikes Back (1980) and Novembernightonrecord conflict with the restiveregion government’s forces said the group has no weightlifter-turned-actor who Return of theJedi (1983). withtemperatures likely of Tigray on Saturday, afteraday- have takencontrol of intention of surrender- wasthe body, though notthe He expressedsome regret That mysterious to stayhigh on Sunday, longseriesofartillerystrikes the Tigrayan regional ing. Theyhavealarge voice, of arch-villain Darth Vader that, thankstoVader’s mask,“I prompting authorities to againstthe regional capital, acity capital, fighting in this armedmilitia, whichis in the original Star Wars trilogy, can walk around with complete monolith in the issue atotal fire ban. of half amillion people. warislikelytocontinuefor a likelytoengagethe Ethiopian has died. He was85. anonymity.” Sydneysurpassed40de- With communicationsshut lotlonger,expertshave militaryinguerrillawarfare Prowse diedSaturdayafter a “Allactorscrave recognition Utah desert? It’s greesCelsius on Saturday off, therewas no waytoconfirm warned. The Tigray People’s that could go on foralong time. shortillness, his agent Thomas Prowse signs autographsin and I’d liketohavesome likeLuke while swathesofwestern the government’s claim. Bowington said Sunday. Los Angelesin2007. Reuters Skywalker and Han Solo,” he told gone, officials say NewSouthWales, South The shelling of the city, Born in Bristol, southwest The Associated Pressin1980. Australia and northern Mekelle, came twodays after control” of the central govern- sistance while federal police ap- England, in 1935,Prowsewas a “Fortune tends to followfame.” Victoriabaked through Ethiopia’sprime minister, Abiy ment and that federal forces in prehend the TPLF clique.” three-time British weightlifting Clockwork Orange andasked the Prowse also worked as a BRYANPIETSCH evenhighertemperatures Ahmed,had ordered thestart of the city are“searching all sus- Earlier on Saturday, thelead- champion and represented 6-foot-6-inchactor to audition trainer forother actors, helping NOVEMBER29 nearing 45 degrees. The what he calledthe thirdand final pected areasthe juntamight be ershipofthe TPLF,whose England in weightlifting at the forthe villainous Vader or the Christopher Reeveprepareto countryhas seenunusu- phaseofanoperationaimedatre- hiding”,referring to theTPLF. decadeslong political and eco- 1962 Commonwealth Games Wookie Chewbacca in Star Wars. be the Man of Steel in hit 1978 AS MYSTERIOUSLYasitarrived, allyprolongedandintense movingthenorthernstate’sruling “I am pleasedtoshare that we nomicclouthaswanedconsider- before breaking intomovies Prowse later told the BBC he film Superman. ametal monoliththat wasdis- bushfiresthat lastseason Tigray People’s Liberation Front, have completedand ceasedthe ablysinceAbiytookofficein2018, with roles that emphasisedhis chose Darth Vader because “you Prowse wasalso known to a coveredthis month by Utah burnednearly 12 million untilrecentlythedominantpower militaryoperations in the Tigray vowednot to surrenderandcalled commanding size,including alwaysremember the bad guys.” generation of British children as public safetyworkers is now hectares,killed33people in the national government. region,” AbiypostedtoTwitter onlocalcitizenstoresist thearmy. Frankenstein’s monsterinapair Physically, Prowse wasper- the Green Cross Code Man, asu- gone, officials said Saturday. and an estimated 1billion On Saturdayevening, Saturday night. “Our focus now ManyMekelle residentsfled of Hammer Studios horrorfilms. fect forthe part. His lilting English perheroinaseries of road safety The three-sidedmetal struc- animals. REUTERS Ethiopia’s statebroadcasterre- will be on rebuilding the region to rural areas, fearing theycould Director George Lucas saw West Countryaccent wasconsid- advertisements during the 1970s turewas removedFriday portedMekelle wasnow “under andproviding humanitarian as- be caught in the crossfire. NYT Prowse in asmall partinA eredless ideal,and his lines were and 1980s. AP evening “byanunknown party” from the public land it wasfound on, the federal BureauofLand Management’sUtahoffice said in astatement. THE ELEPHANT HAD LANGUISHED ALONE FOR YEARS IN APAKISTANI ZOO The bureausaid it had notre- movedthe monolith, whichit considers private property. ‘World’sloneliest elephant’ Kaavan starts trip to Cambodia The Utah Department of Public Safetysaid Mondaythat it had found the object while sur- bolted,his departurecould have phant’s life. “In the sanctuary in Saheli in 2012,has captured whenheleftthe zoo Sunday. veying forbighorn sheep. KATHYGANNON been delayedfor months while Cambodia...waiting forhim is worldwide attention. Kaavan’s wounds areemo- “IT’S GONE!” the Department ISLAMABAD,NOVEMBER29 the rescue team sought to restore three ladies, three Asian female Cher’s animal welfaregroup tional as well as physical. He of PublicSafetysaid,reactingto the calm and trustbeforetrying elephants,” he said. “Now Kaavan Free the Wild has worked with would spend his days throwing news in an Instagrampost. KAAVAN, DUBBED the “world’s again, explainedMartin Bauer, a mighthaveanewpartner,and Four Paws andthe American hisheadfromsideto side,astereo- “Almostasquickly asitappearedit loneliestelephant” afterlanguish- spokesman forFour Paws shareanew life with apartner.” syndicatedcolumnistand phil- typical sign of boredom and mis- hasnowdisappeared,”thedepart- ing alone foryears in aPakistani International.The global animal Khalil described howon anthropist, Eric Margolis, to re- eryinanelephant,Bauersaid,and mentsaid,adding,“Icanonlyspec- zoo, wasreadiedSundayfor his welfaregroup hasled thecharge Sundayheslowlyand gentlyca- locateKaavan—amission that’s something the Four Paws team ulate”thatalienstookitback,using flight to asanctuaryinCambodia to save Kaavansince2016. joledKaavantowalk backwards cost about$400,000.She’s also has been working to treat. the emoji forextraterrestrials. and the much-neededcompany Iconic American singer and intoasteel crate, as nearly a making adocumentaryfilm The loss of his mateSaheli in It wasamystery howthe of other elephants. actress Cher also arrivedin dozenmen carefullyguided him about the process. 2012 tookatollonKaavan’smen- monolithhadbeeninstalledinthe The mammoth task of get- Islamabad lastweek, the culmi- insideusing chains around his Kaavanwas diagnosedearlier talhealth.Elephantsare socialan- firstplace. Officials said that the ting him intoanelephant-sized nationof her longstandingefforts Dr Amir Khalil,aveterinarian who has been treating tree-trunk sizedlegs. this year as being dangerously imals thatthrive on the company structurewas mostlikelyawork metalbox fortransporttook sev- to raiseawareness about rescu- Kaavan’s manywoundsand ailmentsoverthe pastthree Kaavanisset to leave aboard overweight, owing to his unsuit- of other elephants, Bauer ex- of artand that itsinstallation on eral hours, and wasperhaps the ing Kaavanfromthe zoo. months,feeds the elephant afterhewas loadedintoacrate aRussian cargo plane forthe able dietofaround 250 kilo- plained. ForKaavan, the last eight public land wasillegal. It wasun- mostcrucial step in rescuing him Conditionsthereweresobad that to transporthim to asanctuaryinCambodia.Reuters 25,000-acresanctuaryearly grammes of sugar cane eachday. yearshavebeen akin to livingin clearwho hadput it there—and from the direconditionshe’s acourtinthe Pakistani capital or- Mondaymorning. With Khalil’s help, Kaavan quarantine —something the when —but the artworld quickly livedinfor 35 years. dered the zoo closedinAugust. The plight of the male Asian lost450 kg over the pastthree worldhascometo understandall speculateditwasthework of John Had Kaavanbeen spooked Dr Amir Khalil, aveterinarian treating Kaavan’s manywounds months, said he washopeful elephant, who’s been alone months, and wasdowntoaslim- toowell amid the coronavirus McCracken,asculptorfondof sci- and refusedtoenter the cage or with Four Paws who’s been and ailments over the pastthree about the next chapterofthe ele- since the deathofhis partner mer,moreagile over 4,000 kg pandemic, he said. 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INDUSTRYWARYOFEMPOWERINGWATCHDOGTOAPPOINTDIRECTORGENERAL INTERVIEW: CHAIRMAN,NATIONAL HIGHWAYSAUTHORITYOFINDIA ‘Will award projects worth CompetitionBill:Optionsforfastercase `2 lakh crore by FY21, Covid disposal,CCItonameprobearmchief has made us more aggressive’ HIT HARDbythe pandemic and pace of constructionand “Weare hopefulthat we will notthe case with the DG of CCI. competitive conduct to reachan thelockdown,thehighwayscon- completion of projects? KARUNJITSINGH be able to placethe Bill before CONCERNSON “It seems thatevennow the agreementwiththeCCIto dispose struction sector is backinbusi- Thatway we areslightly NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER29 Parliamentinthewintersession,” investigationsbytheDGareinflu- of acaseaftertheDGsubmitsare- ness, racing to achieve itstargets shorterthan lastyear becausefor saidagovernmentofficial.Theof- ‘AUTONOMY’ encedbythe prima facie view portindicating competition law as the government identifies in- twomonths, the work had to be THE CENTRALgovernment is set ficial addedthat the amendment takenbythe CCI” said the expert, violations.Thecompanywouldbe frastructureworks likebuilding stoppedbeforeitpickedupgrad- to introducethe Competition to transfer the powertoappoint ■ Industrybodies and adding that an investigative arm required to cease anti-competi- roads,asoneof theareasforpost- ually. The lockdown wasinApril Amendment Bill before the DG would be retainedinthe experts had opposed likethe DG should be separate tive conductandmayberequired Covidrecovery of the economy. and May. These twomonths are ParliamentduringtheWinterses- finalBill,notingthattheinvestiga- the proposal to give the fromanadjudicatoryarmsuchas to payafine decidedbythe CCI. TheNationalHighways Authority equivalentto gettingfourmonths’ sion,accordingto governmentof- tive armof competitionregulators authority to appoint theCompetition Commission. Under the commitment of India (NHAI), at the forefront of worthofworkdone. The con- ficials. Keychanges in the Bill in- in other jurisdictions wasalso theDirectorGeneral of The Internet andMobile mechanism,parties accusedof thatexercise,courtedcontroversy structionspeedisthe highest in clude vesting the powerofthe overseen by theregulator. the investigative armof Association of India (IAMAI) had anti-competitive conduct may recentlywhen Road Transport these monthsbecause monsoon appointmentof theheadof thein- Experts notedthat their pri- the Competition alsosaidincommentsonthedraft seekto settleacasebefore theDG and Highways MinisterNitin comesrightafterthatsothework vestigative arm of the Competit- maryconcern wasthe mainte- Commission of India to Bill that “the suggestedpowerfor of the CCI beginsinvestigation by Gadkaritookadigatitpubliclyfor Sukhbir Singh Sandhu is usuallyexpedited before that. ion Commission of India(CCI) nanceof thefunctionalautonomy the watchdog itself, the Competition Commissionof committingtoceaseanti-compet- taking 12 years to construct its Andinwinteralsowedonot con- withtheregulatoritself,aswellas of the DG. “As the powerofap- noting that sucha India to appoint the Director itive conductandpayingafinede- ownoffice building. NHAI structasfast. But we arerecover- anew “settlement”and“commit- pointment is currentlywiththe move maycompromise Generalunder the proposedBill cidedbythe CCI. Chairman SUKHBIR SINGH shelter,liketheywereincamps, ing very fast and hopefullybythe ment” mechanisms to allow for centralgovernment,thisgivesthe the autonomyofthe risksundermining the setrules Themove isexpectedto speed SANDHU tells AVISHEK G but complying with the guide- end of March 31,wewill be able quickerdisposalofcases. DG functional autonomy.Ihope Director General ensuringfairandindependentin- up the disposal of cases. Notably, DASTIDAR that Covid has made lines.Sotheystartedwork imme- to complete our target. The head of the investigative that by giving the powerofap- vestigation under the casesresolvedunderthesemech- theorganisationmoreaggressive diatelyafter the lockdown was armof theCCI,theDirector-Gene- pointmenttothe CCI the func- Competition Act, 2002”. anisms will notbeopen to ap- in pushing targets and that NHAI lifted. In some cases, yes, the And the Delhi-Mumbai ral(DG),iscurrentlyappointedby tionalautonomypresently en- comparison of the CCI with other Anotherkey amendment in peals.The CCI may, however, re- isintheprocessof identifyingand labour had gone back.But they Expresswaybeing your the Centre.Industrybodies and joyedbythe DG office is not jurisdictions wasnot appropriate the proposed Bill is the inclusion voke ordersofsettlement or weeding out non-performers also startedcoming backinafew flagship project, is thereany expertshadopposedtheproposal diluted,“said MM Sharma, head as while the investigative arms of of the settlement and commit- commitment if it concludes that whodelayworks.Editedexcerpts: weeks’ time. impact on that? to give this authority to thecom- of competitionlaw practice at jurisdictionssuchastheEuropean mentmechanismforquickerdis- parties have notmade adequate And manycontractors sent Notmuch. Maybeamonth or petition watchdog, noting that Vaish Associates. Union do operateunder the reg- posal of cases. The settlement disclosuresatthe time of the Where do youfind yourself in theirvehiclesto Bihar,Bengaland twointermsoftimeline. It is the suchamovemay compromise An expert, who requestedto ulator,theyhavebeen seen to be mechanism would allowafirm agreementorif thereare material the post-Covid world Odisha to getreturnedlabour biggesteverprojectandthespeed the independence of the DG. remain anonymous, said that the “fiercelyindependent”whichis whichmay have engaged in anti- changes to thefactsofthe case. considering the government back.Becausecontractorsrealised of construction is notsomething has emphasised highway that the costtheywereincurring seen in India. Our neighbouring construction as one of the with the machineryremaining country(China)isknownforcon- Govt invites means to economic recovery? idleatsiteswasmuchhigherthan structing roads with that good a Higher inflows by tech cos make $8.30BILLION: $7.12BILLION: Our awardofcontractsisal- the costofgettinglabourers back speed. Rs 86,000croreworth of a proposals for FOREIGNINFLOWSRECEIVED FDIATTRACTEDFROMTHE most60per cent higher com- through owntransportarrange- project completing in three years US biggestFDI source in H1FY21 FROMSINGAPOREINTHE UNITEDSTATESDURING pared to lastyear in the same pe- ments. So we were backatwork is abig deal. designing, FIRST HALFOF2020-21 APRIL-SEPTEMBER2020 riod. It is the highestever. When almostimmediately. these worksstart on theground Howare youexecuting it The US has replaced Mauritius as thesecond biggest source of there will be alot of employment Did youalso have to give alot differentlyfromother manufacturing foreign direct investment (FDI) during thefirsthalf of FY21, Riseinforeign FDIreceivedfromthe generation, economic activity.It of concessions to contractors? projects? datafromthe Commerce and Industry Ministry showed 15%inflowsintoIndia remainingsevennationsinthe will help the economytocome Yes. We have startedthe sys- We have dividedthe project of GPS chips duringthefirsthalfofcurrent top10: outof thebadpatch.Bythisfinan- temofreleasing payments into44packages. Mostofthem fiscal,reaching$30billion;in ■ $2.1billion:CaymanIslands cialyearwe willawardworthRs2 monthly. Earlier it usedtobe stand awarded. So instead of PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA August,thecountryhad ■ $1.5billion:TheNetherlands lakhcrore,whichisthe highest stage-payments, wherein the re- monitoring from one side, we are NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER29 attracted$17.5billionworthof ■ $1.35billion:United ever.Partlyitwas our target but lease of moneywas linked to monitoring44differentpackages foreigninvestments Kingdom because of Covid, Iwould say, we completionofacertain stageof simultaneously.Thathasresulted THE GOVERNMENT has invited ■ $1.13billion:France had to become moreaggressive. the contract. That wasonlyfive ingoodspeed.Alsothereisaded- proposalsfordesign,manufactur- $2billion:FDIfromMauritius, ■ $653billion:Japan timesinayear.Now ithasbecome icated landacquisition team and ing,supplyandmaintenanceof 10 whichslippedtofourthposition, ■ $2020million:Germany What kind of issues did you monthlyand that has increased around 90 per cent of the land re- lakh integrated NavIC(Indian infirsthalfofthisfinancialyear ■ $48million:Cyprus face during and afterthe liquidity of the contractors to a quired is with us. Beingaflagship Regional Navigation Satellite lockdown at your greatextent.Theyare veryhappy. programme everything is being System) and GPS receivers. US,Mauritiustradepositions: Whyisitimportant:According construction sites? monitoredveryclosely. Imonitor “MeitY (Ministryof AsperdatafromtheDPIIT toexperts,increasingFDIfrom Frankly, we were down only Did youtaketheir feedback? it sometimes weeklyand some- Electronicsand IT) seekspropos- (DepartmentforPromotionof theUnitedStatesreflectsthe forthe firstthree weeksoflock- Oh yes. We spoketocontrac- times fortnightly. Anyissuecrops als from biddertodesign, manu- IndustryandInternalTrade), furtherstrengtheningof downsinceMarch.Wehavebeen tors. Thereweresome80sugges- up withstates, we speaktochief facture, supplyand maintain Mauritiuswasthesecond economictiesbetweenthetwo workingcontinuouslysincethen. tions. We immediatelyagreedto secretaries and other officials. Integrated NavIC andGPS chips biggestFDIsourceduringApril- countries.TheUSwasalso The contractors took some time. 60 of them and issuedorders on Thereisrecord-settingprogressin and ensuredeployment of September2019,whiletheUS India’stoptradingpartnerin In certain areas therewas not the same day. this. So,byDecember2023itwill Integrated NavICand GPS re- wasthefourthbiggestinvestor 2019-20 muchofaproblem.Insomeareas be complete. ceivers,” the requestfor proposal duringthatperiod Source: DPIIT/PTI labour had notgone back;where Awarding of contracts is one Full interviewon document said. thecontractorgave themfoodand thing, but what about your www.indianexpress.com BRIEFLY Six shut schemes get `11,576 cr BUDGET FY22:CENTRECONSIDERING SEVERALPROPOSALS CIIurges Plan to boost fund infusion for infra projects industrynotto so far: Franklin Templeton andappropriatestepswillsoonbe BANIKINKARPATTANAYAK announced,” an official source lowerguard 2020 standsatRs7,226 crorefor derly manner,”the fundhouse NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER29 said. Some of the remedies will ENSECONOMICBUREAU the four cash positive schemes, said in alettertounitholders. likelyfeature in the FY22Budget. NewDelhi:IndustrybodyCII MUMBAI,NOVEMBER29 subject to fundrunningex- This includedthe option of THEGOVERNMENTisweighinga TheBudget isalsolikelytoun- has urgedits member com- penses. seeking unitholder consent ac- raft of proposals, including relax- veiladevelopmentfinancialinsti- panies in north India to not THE SIX schemes thatFranklin Individually, Franklin India cordingtothe judgmentofthe ingrulesto enableinsurancefirms tution(DFI)withthespecificman- lowerguardagainstCovid- Templetonhad shut since April LowDuration Fund, Franklin High Court, it added. and pension fundstoput in long- datetofinance large rural 19 and ensurethatthe pre- this year have receivedtotal cash IndiaUltraShort Bond Fund, “However, afterdetailed de- termcapitalininfrastructureproj- The Budget mayalso unveil adevelopment financial institution infrastructure projectsthat re- scribed normsofwearing flowsofRs11,576crore till Franklin India Dynamic Accrual liberations, we determinedthat ects,asitseekstospurjobcreation to finance large rural infrastructureprojects. Express file quirelong-termfinanceandcould masks,maintainingphysical November 27 from maturities, Fund and Franklin IndiaCredit it will be necessary to seek judi- and bring the Covid-hit economy serveasantidote to generalinvest- distanceof atleast6feetand pre-payments and coupon pay- Risk Fund have 48 per cent, 46 cialinterventionfromthe backontrack fast. ment famine during economic avoidinglarge gatheringsare ments, outofwhich Rs 2,836 per cent, 33 percent and 14 per Supreme Courttoensureanap- Extantregulatorynormseffec- These instruments, such as “Theseanomaliesbetween downturns. It willworkunder an followed. The pandemic crorewas receivedinNovember. centoftheir respective AUMin propriateimplementation of the tively bar these investors, that government andpublic-sector therealityandregulatoryrequire- innovative framework,wherepri- continues to pose hardship AccordingtoFranklin cash, respectively. lawinthe best interestof bringinpatientcapital,fromfund- bonds,oftenfetch measlyreturns. mentsare beingaddressed.While vate corporatefunds and global forthe entirecountry, the Templeton, over the latest fort- “Postthe judgement of the unitholders,” it said. It remains ingprivate-sectorspecialpurpose Similarly,variousinstitutionalin- we certainlyneedmorelong- patientcapitalwillfindviabilityin chamber said on Sunday. night (November 14-27), these High CourtofKarnataka,wecon- the earnestdesireand endeavour vehicles(SPVs),whilemostinfra- vestorsface restrictionsinfund- termcapital,thegovernmentalso India’s rural projects. Also,there schemes receivedRs1,895 crore, sideredall possible optionsover of theTrusteetoensureequitable structurefirms areset up as SPVs. inginfrastructureprojectsthatare wantstoensureany such step will be practicalsolutionstothe mostofwhich(Rs 1,664 crore) the lastfew weekstostart return- distributionofscheme assets to Theselong-terminvestorsarealso notrated AA or above,eventho- doesn’t pose riskstothe broader issueofasset-liabilitymismatches Canimprove wasaspre-payments.The cash ing moneytounitholders in the unitholders at the earliestpossi- required to invest primarilyin ugh mostofthese projectsrarely financialsystem. Consultations facedbybanksastheylend to DHFLoffer: available as of November 27, shortest possible time in an or- bletime, Templetonsaid. highlysafeinstruments. have ratings of BBB or above. with regulators and othersare on long-gestation projects. FE GautamAdani ITUevaluates NewDelhi: Gautam Adani’s Verification of New guidelines for cab aggregators: roads-to-mininggroup, in an email written to the ad- three new ministratorofDHFL, has in- certain deemed GST What they meanfor driversand riders dicated that it can improve 5G-related on itsRs33,000 crore an amount notless minimum of three forthe current year shall be the takeover offerfor the col- registrations sought PRANAVMUKUL than Rs 5lakh with months and maxi- basefare chargeableto customers technologies lapsedhousing lender and NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER29 base year 2020-21 mum of 24 months availing aggregator service. In has sought forfeiture of de- and increasedby5 from the dateon stateswhereacitytaxifare hasnot positsofbidders seeking to PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA TheCBIC said data THE MINISTRY of Road Transport per cent eachyear. whichsuchdatawas been determined,anamount of PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA vitiateauctionbyquestion- NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER29 suggests thatfrom and Highwayshas issuedthe Additionally, aterm generated.This data Rs25/30willbethebasefare.The NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER29 ing maximum recovery of MotorVehicleAggregatorGuide- insurance of Rs 10 willalso have to be baseminimumfare chargeableto publicmoney. THECBIChasaskedfieldofficesto August21toNovember lines, meanttoregulate the hith- lakh mustbegiven to madeavailabletothe customerswillbeforaminimum THREENEWtechnologies,includ- carry outphysicalverification of 16,deemedregistrations erto unregulated cabaggregator eachdriver. Theaggregatorwill stategovernment,asper due of 3kmtocompensate fordead ing '5Gi',submitted by the premises of businesses which segment,mainlycontrolledby also needtoconduct refresher processoflaw butthenormsstip- mileageand distancetravelled Telecommunications Standards ViolationofFDI have been granted deemed GST were granted in many twoplayers —the US-basedUber trainingprogrammeforthedriver ulatethat anydatarelated to cus- andfuelutilisedforpickingupthe Development Society India (TS- norms:CAIT registration between August21 cases where andBengaluru-basedOlaCabs.In eachyear.Acompulsory5-day tomers shall notbedisclosed customers.Aggregatorshave been DSI)havecompleted"successful andNovember16 to ascertainthat Aadhaar authentication theguidelines,theCentrehaslaid trainingof driverswillincludetop- without their writtenconsent. allowedtocharge afare50per evaluation"andconformwithrig- writestoPM theyhavegenuinebusinessorin- downvariousprocedurespertain- icssuchasefficientuseof theapp, centlowerthan base fare andim- orous performance requirement, tend to carry out so. has notbeen optedfor ing to conditions forgrant of li- provisions of the MotorVehicles What changes forcustomers? poseamaximumsurge pricingof according to astatement by the NewDelhi: Traders’ body The Central BoardofIndirect or has failed cence to an aggregator, compli- Act,1988,on-roadsafetyandfirst- Theaggregatorshave beenal- 1.5timesthe base fare. InternationalTelecommunication CAIT on Sundaywroteto TaxesandCustoms(CBIC)hasalso ance with regard to vehicles, responder training, terms and lowedtoprovidepoolingfacilities Additionally, the norms say Union(ITU). Prime MinisterNarendra asked taxmen nottogrant GST regulationoffares, etc. conditionsof thecontractwithag- to customers, whosedetails and thatthedriverofavehicleshallre- During the multi-yeardevel- Modi seeking “strongac- registration on deemedbasis in has notbeen optedfor or has gregator,gendersensitisation,etc. KYCinformation is available. ceive atleast80percentof thefare opmentand evaluationprocess tion” againste-commerce caseswheretheapplicanthasnot failed. “These registrations Whyhavethese guidelines Further,for women passengers applicable on eachride, thereby by the ITU Radiocommunication firms foralleged violation optedforAadhaarauthentication granted on deemedbasis require been issued? What changes foraggregators seeking to avail ride-pooling, the cappingthecommissioncharged Sector,these technologieswere of FDI policy by them.It or the authentication has failed. verificationsto ascertainthatthey As part of the MotorVehicles in terms of the app? aggregators will needtoprovide by the aggregators at 20 per cent. deemedto besufficientlydetailed also sought setting up of an Current provisionunderGoods have genuine business or intends (Amendment)Act,2019,thegov- The aggregator will needto theoptionto poolonlywithother Currently, the commission rates to enable global compatibility of empoweredregulatoryau- and Services Taxlaw allows for to carryout so,” the CBICsaid ernmentprovidedthatanaggre- makeitsappaccessibleinEnglish women passengers. In cases of rangebetween25-35percentand operationandequipment,includ- thority to regulateand deemedregistrationupon com- while issuing standardoperating gatorwill need to be issued ali- and Hindi as primarylanguages non-transport vehicles beingag- differsfromcityto city. Oncancel- ing roaming,itsaid. monitor the e-commerce pletionof 21 days of applicationif proceduretocarry outphysical cenceto operate by therespective forriders, along with one official gregated forride-pooling, alimit lation of rides without valid rea- The International business in India. The the proper officer has notissued verification of persons granted stategovernment and thatthe languageofthe relevant state, of fourride-sharingintra-citytrips son, by either adriverorarider, a Telecommunication Union (ITU) Confederation of All India anynoticewithinthesaid21 days. deemedregistration. stateswillfollowtheguidelinesis- whereofficial languageisnot on acalendarday and tworide- penalty of 10 per cent of total fare is the United Nations specialised Traders (CAIT) also claimed The CBIC, in itsinstructionto During physical verification, suedbythe Centre. Hindi. Additionally, the app will sharing inter-city trips per week notexceedingRs100shallbeput. body forinformation and com- that various government fieldoffices,saidthatdatasuggests the officer,among other things, have to beaccessibleinalanguage foreachvehicle with the driver Thepenaltyimposedonriderwill munication technologies or ICTs. authorities have failed to thatduring the period from would verify that if the applicant What changes fordrivers? understandable to thedriver. has been stipulated. bedividedbetweenthedriverand The latestmove holdssignifi- protect “the sanctity of the August21, 2020 to November 16, intendstocarry out manufactur- Theaggregatorhasbeenasked In termsofdatagenerated on the aggregator in the proportion cance as one of the technologies policy and lawofthe gov- 2020 deemedregistrations have ingactivity,thecapitalgoods,ifre- to ensurethat everydriverispro- the app, aggregators will have to What changes in terms of fare? of the decidedcommission rate. evaluated,underlinesIndia'scon- ernment.” PTI been granted in manycases quiredforthesaidmanufacturing videdwith ahealth insurance in- storesuchdataonaserverinIndia The guidelines stipulatethat Full reporton tribution on 5G radio interface whereAadhaar authentication activity,havebeen installed. tegrated withthe aggregator for and it will needtobestoredfor a the city taxi fare indexed by WPI www.indianexpress.com specification. 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THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,NOVEMBER30,2020 PHILLIPS HITS FASTEST T20 CENTURY FOR NZ Glenn Phillips smashed the fastest Twenty20 international hundred forNew Zealand to help the hosts to a72-run win against West Indies on Sundayand an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three- matchseries. Themiddle-order batsman hit eight sixes and 10 foursinhis 108 off51balls as the hosts, who wonthe opening T20 by five wickets, posted amassive 238 forthree in their 20 overs 16 SPORT after put in to batfirst at Mount Maunganui.West Indies kept losing wickets at regular intervals in their chase and could only reach166/9. REUTERS Why NZ has threatened to Phenomdoesanencore send Pak team back home

SteveSmith’s second successive 62-ball centuryseals ODI series with agame to play TUSHARBHADURI SCORECARD NOVEMBER29

SANDIPG AUSTRALIA VS INDIA PAKISTAN’S TOUR of NewZealand -com- NOVEMBER29 SYDNEY CRICKET GROUND prising three Twenty20 Internationals and Toss: Australia, chose to bat twoTests -plunged intouncertainty after ITISthatmanagain,SteveSmith.Hecrunchedhis AUSTRALIA as manyasseven members of the touring secondhundredoftheseries,thethirdsuccessive DWarnerrunout(Iyer) 83(77b,7x4,3x6) party tested positive forcoronavirus within againstIndia,toorchestratewhatwas,intheend, AFinchcKohlibShami 60(69b,6x4,1x6) days of entering NewZealand. The host aroutine 51-run victorythat sealedthe series SSmithcShamibPandya 104(64b,14x4,2x6) country, whichnow has virtuallynocases with amatchleft. Aslowhead-turner he might MLabuschagnecAgarwalbBumrah 70(61b, of local transmission, has alleged several havebeeninwhite-ballcricket,butSmith’ssurely 5x4) cases of breaching the quarantine protocol, makingupforlosttimewithscintillatingconsis- GMaxwellnotout 63(29b,4x4,4x6) going as farastosay that the tourists could tency.Thetwinhundredsseemedidentical.The MHenriquesnotout 2(1b) be sent home if theydidn’t adherestrictly stroke-making on Sunday, though, wasanotch ■ Extras(lb2,nb1,w4) 7 to the regulations. ortwomoreoutrageous.Samplesomeof these. ■Total(50overs) 389/4 Inthe39thover,withSmithnudgingintothe ■ FoW: 1-142(AaronFinch,22.5ov),2-156 What happened? Sevenmembers of Pakistan’s squad 70s, MohammedShami flings in anear-perfect (DavidWarner,25.3ov),3-292(StevenSmith, The touring party underwent four rounds tested positive forcoronavirus within yorker.Fast, flat, in-swinging, on middlestump 41.2ov),4-372(MarnusLabuschagne,48.5ov) of testing before leaving Pakistan, and only days of entering NewZealand. AP and landingatthe edge of the crease. Smith just ■ Bowling:MShami 9-0-73-1;JBumrah10-1- those individuals who tested negative were backsaway,andwithoutnotsomuchasdigging 79-1;NSaini7-0-70-0;YChahal9-0-71-1;R allowedtoboardthe flight. the ball out of the blockhome, bludgeons it Jadeja10-0-60-0;MAgarwal1-0-10-0;H However, six of the 53 squad members - nent former playertoexpress outrageand through the covers. Forasecond, the world Pandya4-0-24-1 Sarfaraz Ahmed, Rohail Nazir,Naseem Shah, arguedonhis YouTubechannel that New around Smith seemedtostop, wondering how This wasSteve Smith’s fifthODI centuryagainstIndia. Reuters Mohammad Abbas, Abid Ali and Danish Aziz Zealand should be indebted to Pakistanfor to respondto thestroke.Thefieldersfroze,skip- INDIA (TARGET:390) -testedpositive on their arrivalinNew undertaking the tour during the pandemic per ViratKohli looked overstrung. Even Smith’s MAgarwalcCareybCummins 28(26b,4x4) Zealand on November 24.Assistant coach so that the hosts could earn broadcast eyes got wider,for he would nothaveexpected short. And oftenwayward. SDhawancStarcbHazlewood 30(23b,5x4) Shahid Aslam also returnedapositive test money. “It’s notaclub team. It’s the national suchdivine timing. YuzvendraChahal -one of the snazziest VKohlicHenriquesbHazlewood 89(87b,7x4, result. One moreperson did so in routine Day team of Pakistan–the greatestcountryon The stroke wasjustthe preface to morein- Warner injured bowlers in the IPL, has struggledtoadapttothe 2x6) 3testing at amanaged isolation facility in this planet,” the former speedstersaid. credible shot-making that wastofollow. Next conditions. Spinners who arerelatively slower SIyercSmithbHenriques 38(36b,5x4) Christchurch. “Behave yourself, and stop giving these over,Smith ranJasprit Bumrah ragged,not an Sydney: Australia's swashbuckling opener intheairanddon’tturntheballmuchare prone KL RahulcHazlewoodbZampa 76(66b,4x4, types of statements. Be careful (about)what everydayoccurrence. Smith usuallystands DavidWarner'sparticipationintheremainder tostrugglinginAustralianconditions.Hehardly 5x6) Howdid the hosts react? yousay next time. I’m deeplyhurt, frustrated deeperthanmostbatsmen,buthewentfurther of the limited overs series againstIndia was purchasedfizz offthe surface, and his low-tra- HPandyacSmithbCummins 28(31b,1x4,1x6) The NewZealand authorities have taken and angry,”Akhtar addedsaying that PCB deeper this time, and converted astandard thrownintodoubtafterhesufferedagroinin- jectoryreleasedoesnothelphimincoaxingover- RJadejacMaxwellbCummins 24(11b,1x4, a“very dim viewofit”, according to Dr should have nottaken the Kiwi statements yorker(tomostotherbatsmen)to afullballthat juryduring the second ODI hereonSunday. spin either.Soifthe team’s thirdand fourth 2x6) AshleyBloomfield, the country’s director- lying down. “Theyshould have calledback burnedthebrightgreengrassoftheSCGbehind Warner hobbledoff the field afterhestrug- bowlers arestruggling, the burden on the first NSaininotout 10(10b,1x4) general of health. Theysaid that the Pakistan the team themselvesand decidednot to play thesquareregion. gled to getupfollowing adiveinthe fourth andsecondonlyincreases.Strangely, thereseems MShamic&bMaxwell 1(4b) visitors indulged in mixing in hallways,shar- againstNew Zealand forfiveyears.” It wasamoment from whichevenBumrah overoftheIndianinnings. Acarwaitedoutside to be confusion in harnessing the best out of JBumrahlbwbZampa 0(2b) ing food, and notwearing masksatall times couldnotbounceback.Immediately, thebowler theSCGtotaketheseniorplayerintoanearby them. Confounding wasthe tactic to dispense YChahalnotout 4(6b) –aclear breachofthe isolation protocols. What is likelytohappen now? stationedanother man in the region, before hospital forundergoing scans. Considering Bumrah with justatwo-overspell upfront. It’s ■ Extras (nb2,w8) 10 The squad’s training privileges were also re- The six players and assistant coachwho pullinghislengthbackandgettinghislinewider. thewayWarnergrimacedinpainafterfalling probablythe onlytime the Kookaburra swings ■ Total(50overs) 338/9 voked, pending an assessment by health of- tested positive on arrivalwill join the squad Maybe,Smithwouldsliceacatchintothehands whiledivingtostoptheball,itappearshecould around. It’s notaT20 game wherein your gun ■FoW:1-58(ShikharDhawan,7.4ov),2-60 ficials. The hostgovernment gave them a“fi- aftercompleting their 14-dayquarantine in or target adifferent arc. Smith took it as achal- notonlymissthefinalODIbutalsothefollow- bowler needs to be preserved forthe death. (MayankAgarwal,8.3ov),3-153(ShreyasIyer,23.1 nal warning” that anymore Auckland. lenge—and slappedone between the newly- ingthree-matchT20series. PTI ov),4-225(ViratKohli,34.5ov),5-288(KLRahul, breaches will result in the tour The rest of the squad will un- stationedbackwardpointandthewicketkeeper. Defensive mindset 43.4ov),6-321(RavindraJadeja,46.1ov),7-321 getting cancelled. dergo twomoretests,onthe sixth Burmahlostit—thenextballwasthejuiciestfull It’s notlikeBumrah wasscattergun. He had (HardikPandya,46.2ov),8-326(Mohammed and 12th days of their isolation be- ball that Smith somehowcontrivedtomiss be- utterly blanked.How could anyone stop Smith, concededjustseven in twoovers, when Saini Shami,47.3ov),9-328(JaspritBumrah,48.3ov) Howdid the PCB react? fore theycan leave quarantine. fore he consoledhimself with aflickthrough unless he decides to stop himself?Hedid even- steamedin. His firstball wasstruckfor asix. ■Bowling:MStarc9-0-82-0;JHazlewood9-0- PCB CEO Wasim Khan, while According to ESPNCricinfo,those backwardsquareleg. Even the ever-smiling tually, but notbeforedrilling ahole in India’s Already nervous afterthe firstouting, wherein 59-2;PCummins10-0-67-3;AZampa10-0-62- empathising with the players who test negative throughout can Bumrah struggledtoforce asmile. comebackhopes and leaving adeeper dent in he had conceded83runs, the youngsterwilted 2;MHenriques7-0-34-1;GMaxwell5-0-34-1 who had to stay in abio-secure go to the balconies of their rooms Soon afterreaching his hundred,Smith un- the mind of their bowlers. away.And by the time Bumrah returnedinthe ■ Result:Australiawonby51 runs. bubble during the tour to England earlier this and visit anearbypark. Whether or when furledthemostridiculousofstrokes—hethrew IfIndiahopedtheycouldglossoverthecracks ninthover,Australiahadracedawayto50forno year as well, said ‘this is amatter of the na- theyare allowedtotrain in isolation, how- himself at the line of awide Hardik Pandyaball, oftheirbowlingfurniture,theywereutterlymis- losswithSainiaccountingfor21ofthem.Thede- tion’s respect and credibility.’ “Observethese ever,issubject to the decision of the local notquitedissimilar to the diving catchhetook taken. Smith onlymagnifiedtheir weaknesses. cision reeked of adefensive mindset—and it ing Smith the best conditions to bat. Thereisno 14 days and then you’ll have the freedom to health authorities. The three T20Is areon to dismiss Shreyas Iyer later in the day, before Worryingly,it’s notthe much-storiedshortage backfired.Thestrategicfauxpasonlyplayedinto doubtthatinthisdivinetouch, Smith might not go to restaurantsand roam about freely. They December 18,20and 22, before the Test se- scooping it over fine-leg. He wasoff-balance of the sixth-bowler that hurts them the most, thehandsofDavidWarnerandAaronFinch,who bespendingsleeplessnightsworryingaboutthe have told me in clear terms that if we commit ries starting December 26. when he completedthe stroke and landeda but deeper problems. It’s notmerelyaproblem addedamatch-shapingcenturypartnershipfor newball, but it remains the best chance to get one morebreach, they’ll send us home,” goodcoupleofmetresoutsidethe22-yardstrip. with personnel, but with strategy and methods thesecondconsecutiveinstance.Bowlingteams him early.EspeciallyagainstBumrah, whose ESPNCricinfo quoted Khan as saying in a Is this the firstinstance of atouring team Call it theflyingscoop. too. seldom recoverfromscores of 142/0 or 156/0 trickeryandpacecouldposeasignificantthreat Whatsapp messagetothe Pakistanplayers. breaching protocols? Therewereothertypical traitstoo —the The visitors conveyedthe impression that eveniftheypossessadestructivearsenalofbats- to anybatsmen. On Sunday, Bumrah wasre- No.The West Indies team is also in New seemingly risk-free flicks through the leg side, theywereover-relying on Bumrah and Shami. menthemselves.EventhoughmostIndianbats- ducedtoguestappearances. He wasusedinsix What has been the reaction in Pakistan? Zealand currentlyand they, too, were the firm-footeddrives, the merciless punishing Butondayswhentheirbestgetcaned,whodoes menhavelookedinglorioustouch,chasing370- spells of 2, 1, 1, 2, 1and 3overs. Resultantly, he Some in Pakistanhavetaken the devel- barredfromtraining during their isolation ofbadballs,andtheconstantimpressionthatthe Kohliturnto?NotNavdeepSaini,whosomehow plus is difficult. seemedbereftofrhythmandprecision,reducing opmentsasanaffront to their country, alleg- period aftertheywerefound to have pitchisfiveyards longer when he is on strike. haslosthissharpnessandsnappiness.Hestrug- In the magnificence of Smith, the openers’ the much-hypedSmith-Bumrah duel intoa ing that NewZealand has mistreated their shared food and socialisedinthe hallways In the middle of the carnage, Kohli, the gledforthelengththathasearnedhimrecogni- contributions areoften ignored.But the sturdy showofone-upmanshipwithSmithcaninghim players and disrespected the nation. of their hotel. The team lostfour days of bowlers,thestrategypanelandtherest,alllooked tion—backoflength.Eitherhewastoofullortoo foundation theylay goes along wayinfurnish- for35runs off17balls. Shoaib Akhtar has been the mostpromi- training.

[ ISL WRAP:ROUND 2 ] Lobera gets sweet revenge as Mumbai-Goa clash puts Kolkata derby in the shade

againstBengaluru and nowanarrowone-goal loss SHASHANK NAIR to Mumbai, have shown that theyare justascom- NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 29 petitive even though anumber of their coreplayers have left. BEFORE THE startofRound 2ofthe Indian Super League, the firstKolkataderbyofthe ISL waseasily Kolkataderby the matchmostfans looked forwardtothe most. But It’s tough to justify the logic behind the Kolkata atechnical game of football between twoSpanish derbybeing conducted this early intothe season. coaches at Mumbai City FC and FC Goa, afew days With both clubs in the ISL forthe firsttime and there before the tie between the Kolkatagiants, showcased being no crowds allowedasofnow,the matchshould the quality of football that the rest of the league ideallyhavebeen built up as amarquee event alittle should aspireto. later in the season when both teams were notfeeling Sergio Lobera, Mumbai City FC’s newcoach, once the effectsoflifeinabio-securebubble. an integral partofthe FC Goa set-up, wasupagainst The rustshowedwith Bagan once again notable Juan Ferrando, afirst-time coachinthe ISL hailing to find consistency in their passing but possessing a from the same neckofthe woods as Loberahimself. perfect get-out-of-jail cardlikenoother in Roy Lobera, who wasunceremoniouslysackedbyGoa Krishna –who scored his second goal in twogames. despitealeague-leading entryintothe 2019-20 play- EastBengal, though, have afar bigger concern with offs,had apoint to proveagainsthis former club. the lackofapedigreedgoal-scorer in their ranks, Getting three pointsmusthavefelt good forLobera. something that wasevident in the derbywhen they Both teams were organisedtoplayfromthe back had to rely on Balwant Singh to spearhead the of- but it wasGoa who enjoyedmoreofthe ball and only fence. gave up on that afterRedeem Tlang got red-cardedin the 40th minuteofthe match. Indian players As the matchprogressed, afew things became Time and again, the Indian Super League’s spot- clear.Goa’s captain Edu Bedia, before the startofthe SergioLobera,MumbaiCityFC’snewcoachwasoncean light has fallen on foreign internationals, when the season, had said that some teams had better tactics integralpartoftheFCGoaset-up. focus of the tournament needs to be on Indian play- than them in previous seasons and endedupwin- ers and what theycan do in the midstofquality over- ning titles –a statement that almostfelt likeapart- seas recruitsand pedigreedcoaches. With almostno ing shotatLobera. But the movement that Goa Lobera’s teams likecontrol over football in eight months, one of the things to look out showedinthe final thirdofthe pitch, and even when forwas howthe Indian national team players per- theydidn’t have the ball, wasthe difference against midfield but as of now, figuring out formed. Round 2ofthe ISL wasparticularly fortu- Mumbai. howtoworkinthe final thirdofthe itous forafew of them. Lobera’s teams likecontrol over midfield but as pitchiswhat should be Mumbai’s Chances areifyou areanIndian striker and your of now, figuring out howtoworkinthe final thirdof name isn’t Sunil Chhetri, getting game time in the the pitchiswhat should be Mumbai’s primarycon- primaryconcern. Beforethe redcard, ISL is difficult. Manvir Singh, brought on as asubsti- cern. Beforethe redcard, Mumbai hadn’t had asin- Mumbai hadn’t had asingle shoton tutefor ATKMohun Bagan, managed to put in alung- gleshotontargetfor almost150 football-playing target foralmost150 football-playing busting run in the final minutes of the Kolkataderby minutes. Theyfinallyendedtheir second game of the before asmartleft-footedfinish, cutting inside the ISL with three shots on target againstateam with a minutes. boxfor his firstgoal of the season. His teammates at man down and had to rely on Adam Le Fondre’s last- the back, Sandesh Jhingan and Subhasish Bose, two gasp penalty forall three points. Forced to playmore of India’s four-man defensive backline, have now than half the matchwith 10 men, Goa completedthe Mumbai’s firepower, with Le Fondreand managed twoclean sheets in twogames. This is par- game with over 300passes, and the same number of BartholomewOgbeche, who came on as asubstitute ticularly significant forJhingan who has come back shots on and offtargetastheir opponentsand had in the 71st minute, should have made this result look afteralong injurylayoffand is one of the best central 17 interceptions overall forthe team. alot moreconvincing. But Goa, with a2-2 draw defenders available forthe national team.

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