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Ram temple to upinSCtoday be ready by Six TMC MPs askedtowithdraw 2025, but from RS; Govt passes five Bills in din devotees will MANOJCG be let in earlier Wrestler Ravi Dahiyaafter the semifinal win againsthis Kazakhstanopponent. Reuters NEWDELHI,AUGUST4

THERE WASnolet-up in the India joins selectclub DEEPTIMANTIWARY Opposition’s pressureonthe NEWDELHI,AUGUST4 With last-min takedown, Government in Parliament Wednesdayseeking astructured of naval powers, first CONSTRUCTION OF the Ram discussioninbothHouses on the temple at Ayodhya won't be Pegasus affair.The standoffdis- Uproar in RajyaSabha on indigenous aircraft completedbefore2025 though wrestler Ravi Dahiya is ruptedbothHouses even as the Wednesday. ANI/RSTV devotees maybeallowedtovisit Supreme Court is scheduledto and pray at the partiallybuilt hear Thursdayaclutchofpeti- carrier starts sea trial structurebyDecember 2023, one win away from gold tions demanding acourt-moni- Ghosh and Mausam Noor,were sources involved in the construc- toredinvestigation intothe al- “named” anddirectedtowith- tion of the temple told TheIndian leged potential targeting of draw from RajyaSabha by Express. Haryana village erupts in joy: activists,politicians and journal- Chairman MVenkaiah Naidu. In KRISHNKAUSHIK ED "Weare hoping to complete ists using the spywaredeveloped the din, the Government passed NEWDELHI,AUGUST4 Demand the main garbha griha (sanctum by an Israeli firm. five Bills —three in RajyaSabha PLAIN E ● formore sanctorum)and the firstfloor of EXPRESSAT ‘Haven’t slept since last night’ As the Opposition parties in- and twoinLok Sabha. INDIA’S FIRSTindigenouslyde- EX the temple by December 2023. OLYMPICS tensifiedtheir blockade of The action againstthe TMC signedand built aircraftcarrier This willhelp devotees visit and bout as long as possible. Parliament on Pegasus andthe members onlycemented begansea trials offthe coastof ONCE IT is commis- offerprayers to RamLalla,” a ANDREWAMSAN Rakesh wasstillsoakingin farmers’ protests,six MPs of the Opposition unity.Soon afterthe KochionWednesday. Theland- sioned, INSVikrant will source said. MIHIRVASAVDA NAHARI,AUGUST4 those final frames when he was Trinamool Congress, Dola Sen, MPs were directed to withdraw markachievement putsIndia in join theRussian-origin Sources also said the bricks TOKYO,AUGUST4 whisked away by revellers who Md. Nadimul Haque, AbirRanjan from the House, 15 Opposition an exclusive listofahandful of INSVikramaditya,atpres- collected by karsevaksfrom THE ENTIRE villagebecame stuffedhis mouth with ladoos Biswas, Shanta Chhetri, Arpita CONTINUEDONPAGE2 nations that have the capability entIndia’s sole aircraft across the countryatthe peakof RAVI DAHIYAisjust23. But in the deliriouswith joywhen the ref- before lifting him on their shoul- to manufacture thesemostpow- carrier.While the Navy the Ramtemple movement may string of akharasacross outer eree raisedRaviDahiya’s hand to ders. Within minutes, someone erful of navalvessels. has been pushingfor an- notbeusedinthe construction Delhi and Haryana, stories of his signalthe semifinal win, but had wrappedaTricolour around The Indigenous Aircraft other warship, the gov- of the temple. Besides,only “jigar”(courage) is already the Rakesh Dahiyaremainedglued him as shoutsof“Bharat Mataki Ex-SC judge Arun Mishra’s Carrier (IAC) will carry the name ernment is still weighing about 70 per cent of the carved stuffoflegend. to theTVinstalledinthe com- Jai”pierced the air. INS Vikrant —the same as the the demand. China is ex- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 At thesedustbowls,young munityhall. He wanted to Then, as the celebratory old number, court officials Indian Navy’s firstaircraftcarrier pected to have five carri- wrestlers aretold stories about savour the highlightsofhis son’s CONTINUEDONPAGE2 that wasdecommissionedin ers by theend of this the man who canbestopped 1997 aftermorethan35years of decade. onlybythe clock, whose relent- on snoop target list: report CONTINUEDONPAGE2 BUSINESSASUSUAL less attacks suckthe energy out SPORT of opponents —and, whose abil- tiredon September3,2020 —the BY UNNY ity to come backfromthe dead EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE reportquotedhim as saying that can put even The Undertakerto LOVLINA NEWDELHI,AUGUST3 he had surrenderedthecellphone shame. SETTLESFOR number “on April 21,2014”. On Wednesday, inside a ARAJASTHAN-BASED cellphone “The number megaconvention hall outside BRONZE AFTER number that wasearlier regis- +9194XXXXXXX is notwith me Tokyo, Dahiyashowedthem LOSS AGAINST teredinformerSupreme Court since 2013-2014.Idon’t use this why. judgeJustice Arun Mishra's number,” Justice Mishra, who is The wrestler from Nahari, TURKISH BOXER name wasaddedtothe listofpo- nowthe National Human Rights near Haryana’s Sonepat, ensured tential targetsofanalleged sur- Commission(NHRC) Chair- India’s fourth medal in Tokyo, a INDIAN WOMEN GO veillance operation using the person, told TheWire.According wrestling medal at the fourth DOWNFIGHTING TO Pegasus spywarein2019, The to the report, Justice Mishrasaid successive Olympics, and afirst ARGENTINA Wire reportedonWednesday. he had “surrendered the num- final in the sportsince Sushil PAGE 16 While Justice Mishrawas asit- beronApril 21,2014”. INS Vikrant setoff forsea trials from KochiWednesday. PTI CONTINUEDONPAGE2 ting SC Judgeatthat time —here- CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 POST CABINETDISPLEASURE Bihar, Karnataka expand Considering inclusive CET for Class 11 No review meetings at collector diagnosis of Covid death: admissions: Maharashtra govttoHC offices, Governor to meet officials While the CBSEhas commu- No CET for lung, clinicalevidence OMKARGOKHALE nicated ano-objection to the CET MUMBAI,AUGUST4 in amanner proposedbythe non-professional at circuit &rest houses in 3dists Centre: ‘Reconciling of deaths’still state, Kumbhakoni submitted THE Maharashtragovernment therewas no unanimity among courses in state on, missing out ‘completely unlikely’ informedWednesdaythe other education boards and they have no objectiontothe Bombay High Courtthatitwas have notrespondedtothe state’s VISHWASWAGHMODE Governor meeting the districtof- considering an “inclusive”eval- suggestion as yet. ALIFIYAKHAN MUMBAI,AUGUST4 ficials at the circuit house. Our SANTOSHSINGH, COUNTING THE uation method by conducting a “Weare running out of time. PUNE,AUGUST4 Bhagat Singh onlycontention wasthat the JOHNSONTA& commonentrance test (CET) for Even if we holdCET as per the ADAY afterthe Maharashtra Koshyari Governor cannothold review ABHISHEKANGAD UNCOUNTED admissions to class 11 or first- proposedschedule, and if the THERE WILL be no common en- Cabinet expressed itsdispleas- meetings at the collector's office PATNA,BENGALURU,RANCHI, year junior college(FYJC). courtdoes notintervene, class 11 trance test (CET) foradmissions ureatthe Governor's tour of and can’t createtwo powercen- AUGUST4 AN EXPRESS SERIES Around 10 lakh studentswho admissions will go on till to non-professional (traditional) Marathwada district, Bhagat cuit house in Nandedand tres,” Minority Affairs Minister PART TWO passedSSC exams and afew October and the academic year courses across Maharashtrauni- Singh Koshyari on Wednesday Hingoli districts. At Parbhani, his NawabMalik told The Indian MANY STATES have noteda thousands from other education will commencethereafter. There versities and affiliated colleges, defusedsome of the tension by meeting with district officials Express. surge in their registereddeaths boards have already registered should notbefurther delay,”he said UdaySamant, Minister for modifying his programme at will be held at aresthouse of However, sources from the in the months of Apriland May, times the April-May 2019 all- forthe CET scheduledtobeheld said. Higher and Technical Education Nanded, Parbhani and Hingoli Vasantrao Naik Krishi RajBhavanmaintainedthatthe the twomonthsworsthit by the cause deaths (2019 chosen for on August21. The courthas directed the in Pune on Wednesday. Instead, districts. Vidyapeeth. onlychangeisthat the word “re- brutal second Covidwave, but comparison, it being anon-pan- Advocate General Ashutosh other boards to respond before admissions will take place on the As per the revisedschedule However, thereisnochange view’ has been droppedand the mostofthem areyet to draw up demic year). Kumbhakoni told adivision the next hearing on August6as basis of marks receivedbystu- issuedonWednesday,instead of in the schedule to inauguratethe locations changed to guest anyconcertedplan to investigate Onlytwo states, Bihar and benchofJusticesRDDhanuka to whether theywereagreeable dentsinClass XII. holding “reviewmeetings” with girls and boys hostels at the houses.The sources indicated howmuchofthe surge is be- Karnataka, seem to have ac- and RIChagla that the stategov- to the state’s suggestions. On August3,the district officials “at the collector Swami Ramanand Teerth that these would be "a kind of" cause of Covid. knowledgedthis unusual in- ernment wasexploringpossibil- The division benchwas hear- Maharashtrastate board had de- offices”, the Governor will now Marathwada University in reviewmeetings only, without The Indian Express,inthe first crease. Factoringintheir official ities of the CET format that ing awrit petition filedbyastu- clared the resultsofClass XII ex- hold “meetings”with district of- Nanded. officiallycalling them that. partofthis series, reported Covid death toll forthese two would have questions basedon dent, Ananya Patki of Dadar’s IES ams basedoninternal assess- ficials “at the circuit house” dur- “Afterthe Cabinetexpressed As per the earlier schedule is- Wednesdaythat the cumulative months in 2021—3,587inBihar the Maharashtra StateBoardof OrionSchool, affiliated to CICSE, mentsbyschools and three years ing his three-daytour of the concernsoverthe Governorcre- sueddated August2,the all-cause deaths during April and and 16,504inKarnataka —their Secondary and Higher seeking thata“discriminatory” of performance of students. The three districtsfromAugust5to ating twopowercentres, the Governor wasscheduledtohold May2021ofeight states — multiplier worksout to 2.03 Secondary Education (MSB- May28notification,issued by CBSE and ICSE boards had also August7. Governor has made acorrection “reviewmeetings” with district Kerala, Karnataka, Madhya times in Bihar and 1.37 times in SHSE) class 10,orSSC, syllabus thestate on the commonen- declaredClass XII results. In a Koshyari will hold meetings and dropped the review meet- officials at the collector's office Pradesh, Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Karnataka. as well as thosesuggestedbythe trancetestfor admissions to meeting with vice-chancellors withdistrict officials at the cir- ings at the collector offices.We CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Jharkhand and Bihar —was 1.87 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 other educationboards. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CONTINUEDONPAGE2

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The girl’s mysterious death Kejriwal, meanwhile, ordered a evening while herhusband went setfiretothe body.“Theyasked suspectsher daughter wasraped. We triedtostopthem and there cussing the incident. ABHINAYAHARIGOVIND and hurriedcremation —the magisterial inquiryintothe death to getvegetables.“My daughter me to sign the papers. But Ire- But, amedical boardset up to look wasascuffle,” he claimed. One of the accused, Laxmi NEWDELHI,AUGUST4 familyhas allegedshe wasraped and cremation, and announced wanted to playand wasgoingto fused. Pandit ji asked me to go intothe death has said in itsre- On Wednesday, twoprotest Narain, stays in one of these by- —has promptedoutrageinthe compensation of Rs 10 lakh after getwater from thecrematorium. back home quietlyand sleep.He porttopolice that it is unable to tentswereset up on the main lanes. “He is innocent. He works “KAUN KHELEGA (who will national capital, and triggered a meeting the family. Later,the panditjiand some oth- asked me to come backinthe confirm this or the causeof death road, alittle distanceawayfrom as apainterand came home be- play)?” political firestorm. Away from all this, however, ers came to me and said she was morning to take the ashes forim- since an analysis of the charred the shrine with acrowd de- tween 6pmand 6.30 pm that The mother of the nine-year- On Wednesday, Congress the familywas struggling to dead. Irushedtothe cremato- mersion in the Yamuna.But by remains hasnotyieldedmuchin- manding the death penalty for day. He handedsome moneyto oldDalit girl, who wasfound leader Rahul Gandhi visited the come to terms with the loss. rium.Hesaid she had been elec- then, people from the area and formation. Apartfrommurder, those arrested.Later,the Army me and headedout to getashave. dead at acrematorium at familyand demandedjustice Near their room,amidsta trocuted.Heasked me nottocry the policehad arrived. When the the accusedalso facechargesun- served anotice to the protesters, That wasthe last we sawofhim. Southwest Delhi four days ago, while BJP’s Sambit Patraaccused clutchofhomes, is ashrine, and or shout. He told me thatthe po- fire wasdoused, the body was derPOCSOand SC/STAct. askingthem to vacatethe area. We triedcalling him, but could pointstoher daughter’s toys —a him of “usingthe case”tofurther across the road is the cremato- lice willtakethe child away,doa half-burnt,” she said. Ajit Kumar,35, wholives in Referring to acopymarkedtopo- notget through to his phone after boardgame and asmall drum. his politicalagenda. And child rium. Aneighboursaid the girl’s post-mortem and sell her or- Police have arrestedthe priest, the area, said he got acall around lice,DCP (southwest) IngitPratap that,”said Kiran, his wife. Inside the family’sone-room rightsbody NCPCR asked Twitter mother would oftensit near the gans,” she alleged. Radhe Shyam(55),and threeoth- 9.20 p.m Sundayaboutachild be- Singhsaid the noticewas served “On Monday, Iwas called to home, there's also apair of small to take actionagainstRahul’shan- shrineand seek alms,orcollect “My child’sclothes were wet ers -- Kuldeep Kumar (63), Laxmi ing burnt, and it took him around “inviewofthe upcoming the police stationtocollect his whiteshoes with golden heels. dleforsharingaphoto of thegirl’s garbage to sell.The child’s father and her lips blue... Ifell uncon- Narain (48) andMohdSalim(49) 5-6 minutes to reachthe spoton Independence Day”. walletand phone. Imet himthere “My daughter wassmart, she family, saying it violates the is unemployed,hesaid. scious. Theylater asked me if I -- and the case has been trans- his bike. “When we reached But the by-lanes of the area and he told me that he had only used to makeeverybody laugh,” Juvenile Justice and POCSOActs. According to the mother,she wanted food, and Isaid no,” she ferred to the Crime Branch. there, four people were trying to were quiet, withgroupsofresi- gone to see what washappening shesays. Delhi Chief MinisterArvind wasatthe shrine on Sunday said.Bythen,she said, theyhad The girl’s mother has said she run away from thecrematorium. dentsgatheredat afew spots,dis- at the crematorium,” she said. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 2 THE SECOND PAGE THEINDIANEXPRESS,THURSDAY,AUGUST5,2021

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Ram temple tialtargetsofsurveillance.There- responsibilitiesinthe times of a unanimouslydecidedthatnoCET portsaid the numbers registered pandemic that is still very much should be conducted foradmis- stones at Karsevakpuram, the in the names of Gandhi and present,andputthemonto this,” sions to non-professionalcourses, VHP-run workshop in Ayodhya, Rajputwere added“sometimein Pegasus stalls Parliament again he said. Samant said. will be utilised. thespringof2019.” (WITHIRAMSIDDIQUIIN "Wehad receivedseveral re- “The main temple is going to Twonumbers belonging to parties issuedajoint statement RajyaSabha as soon as it met. legedthatthisactionagainstthe formed debateinboththe BHOPAL,NAVJEEVANGOPAL quests nottohold CET since the beacomplete stone structure. So well-known Delhi-basedcrimi- saying they “stand firm and Amid slogan-shouting by TMC MPs wasanattempt to di- houses,” the statement said. ANDVARINDERBHATIAIN academic calendar has been de- those bricks,which do nothave nal lawyer VijayAgarwal and his united”ontheir demand fora Opposition members, Naidu videthem.“DesperateBJPtrying The signatoriesinclude CHANDIGARH,SHAJUPHILIP layedand holdingaCET would thecompositestrengthrequired, wifewereaddedtothe database discussiononthe Pegasus issue said the Government has ex- to divide opposition in Leaderof theOppositioninRajya INTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM mean afurther delayofseveral cannotbeusedinthe main tem- in early 2018,the reportsaid. followedbyadebateonthe presseditswillingnessto discuss Parliament. Good try. But you Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge; ANDMALLICAJOSHIANDP weeks. It has been decidedthat ple. However, we areaware of Agarwal’sclienteleincludesfugi- farmers’ protestsand asserted thefarmers’issue,theeconomic failed,” tweetedits RajyaSabha Congress’s Anand Sharma; VAIDYANATHANIYERINNEW while colleges that have auton- theirimportance,giventhedevo- tive jewellerNirav Modi.Another “the responsibility forthe dead- situation,priceriseandotheris- leader Derek O’Brien. NCP’s Sharad Pawar; DMK’sTR DELHI) omywillconduct admissions at teesentiment attachedtothese number on the leaked database locklies squarelyatthe sues.WithOppositionmembers Subsequently, the Opposition Baalu and Tiruchi Siva;SP’s theirlevel,thisyearevennon-au- bricks,and will use them else- belongsto MThangathurai,ajun- doorsteps of the Government.” notyielding, he said: “All these parties metand issuedajoint Ramgopal Yadav; O’Brien; Shiv CET for Class 11 tonomous colleges can conduct whereinthe temple complex," ior lawyer and aide of former The political standoffcomes MemberswhoareintheWellof statement.Significantly, theAAP, Sena’s SanjayRaut, RJD’s Manoj junior college, be quashedasit admissions to undergraduate said asource. AttorneyGeneralforIndiaMukul aday before thehearing in the the House with placards, allof whichhad skippedabreakfast Jha; Elamaram Kareem of the wouldbebasedsolelyontheMS- courses at their levelbyinviting In 1989, at the peak of the Rohatgi, the reportsaid. Supreme Courtonfivepetitions them arenamed...Under Rule hostedbyseniorCongressleader CPM, Sushil Gupta (AAP),and N BSHSE class10syllabus. applications and basedonmerit temple agitation, kar sevaks had seekingaprobeintothePegasus 255, Idirect these Members, RahulGandhiTuesday, wasalso KPremachandran of the RSP. The May28notification said considering Class XII results," he collectedbricksorshilasinscribed Wrestlingfinal revelations.Theseincludethose whoareintheWellof theHouse, asignatory. “The Opposition Similar scenes of disruption class10 studentswillbeevaluated added. with ‘Sri Ram’ in various lan- Kumar fought forgoldinLondon filedbyseniorjournalistsNRam to go backtotheir seats… Partiesstandfirmandunitedon were witnessedinLok Sabha. In through an internal assessment Keeping in mindthe jump in guages from villages and homes 2012.Down9-2 withless than andShashiKumar;advocateML Otherwise, youare namedand theirdemandforadiscussionon the din, RajyaSabha passed the formula forthe academicyear the overallpasspercentageof across the country. Thesebricks, twominutes to be playedinthe Sharma;CPI(M)RajyaSabhaMP youare suspendedfor the day.” the Pegasus issue in both the AirportsEconomic Regulatory 2020-21. Itsaidadmissionto class Class XII students across boards, meant to be usedfor the con- semifinalof the57kgweightclass, John Brittas;journalists — Soon the RajyaSabha Houses, repliedtobythe Home Authorityof India(Amendment) 11 willbeconducted physically instructions have been givento structionof thetemplewhenever Dahiyaalsoscriptedaturnaround ParanjoyGuha Thakurta, SNM Secretariat issuedabulletin Minister, as this has national se- Bill, 2021, theLimited Liability through optional CET,basedon universities to give adequateap- it came up, have been lying at that willgodownasone of the Abidi,PremShankarJha,Rupesh naming the MPs and saying the curity dimensions,” the state- Partnership (Amendment)Bill, MSBSHSE class 10 syllabus,and proval in the intakecapacity of Karsevakpuram foroverthree great momentsinOlympics Kumar Singhand Ipsa Satakshi members “who entered in the ment said.“The Opposition has 2021and the Deposit Insurance those unwilling to appear forit courses to accommodatethe de- decades. Also at the wrestling. He will nowface —whosenamesallegedly figure well of the House, displayed alsounequivocallyconveyed and Credit Guarantee would be admitted basedonan mand, Samantsaid. Karsevakpuram workshop, Russia's Zaur Uguevinthe final inthelistofpotentialtargets,and placards, disobeyed theChair that the discussion on the farm- Corporation (Amendment) Bill, aggregateoftheir class 10 marks. "Compared to lastyear,there artisanshave beencarvingstones Thursday--the firsttime thatan afifth by theEditors Guild of and whoseconduct wasgrossly ers’ issues and agitations arising 2021afterabrief discussion.The On July28, HC had asked the is anine per cent jumpinoverall foruse in the proposedtemple. Indianwrestlerhasenteredthefi- India. Ramand Kumar have disorderly in theHouse this fromthethreeanti-farmersand Lok Sabha passedthe Coconut MaharashtraGovernmentto con- pass percentageand this year, The source involvedinthe nal on Olympics debut. soughtaprobeby asittingorfor- morning have been directed to blackagri-lawsshouldfollowthe DevelopmentBoard sider the formation of acommit- 33,908 morestudentshave constructionof thetempleadded In the crucialsemifinalbout, mer judgeofthe SC intothe al- withdraw immediately fromthe discussion on Pegasus.” (Amendment) Bill,2021and teeofallboardsto prepare acom- clearedthe HSC. Ihavegiven in- that of the 40,000 cubic feet of Dahiya's opponent, the wily legations. Three journalists of Council underRule 255 by the “The responsibility forthe Commissionfor Air Quality mon question paper forthe CET. structions to alluniversitiesthat carvedstonesatKarsevakpuram, Kazakh NurislamSanayev, used The Indian Express, twocurrent Chairman.” “Accordingly, these deadlocklies squarelyatthe ManagementinNationalCapital AG Kumbhakoni informed colleges should be granted addi- the RamTempleConstruction the “par terre” position -- where and one former,werealso Members shall absent them- doorsteps of the government, Region and Adjoining Areas Bill, the benchWednesday that after tional intakecapacity to accom- Committeehasdecidedtouse"as Dahiyahad his hands and knees namedasbeingonthelistofpo- selvesduringthe remainderof whichremainsarrogantandob- 2021. theprevioushearing,avideocon- modate therise in demand," said muchaspossible" and align the onthegroundwithSanayevgrap- tential targets. the day’s meeting,” it said. durateand refuses to acceptthe WITHINPUTSFROM ferencewasheldby theadditional Samant. newcarvings with those at the pling from the back--torace to a Therewas clamour in the SomeOppositionleadersal- Opposition’s demand foranin- ANANTHAKRISHNANG chief secretaryofthe state’s CET forprofessional courses workshop. "Still, we will notbe seemingly insurmountable school education department will take place as usual. Samant able to use morethan70per cent seven-point lead. withofficialsof allboards,includ- said the MHT-CET 2021for engi- of the old carvings as the temple But Dahiyastayedcalmde- gar” arenow bound to travel be- during the dayand about six away.What happens when you cases could go undetected as per ing CBSE,CICSE, and IGCSE neering,pharmacy and other requires aspecific strength to its spiteSanayev,atwo-timeworld yond the akharas -- and become hours in the evening. But on arenot evenbeingtreateddespite the principles of infectious dis- among others. courses will be conductedintwo structure," he said. medallistand reigning Asian apartofOlympic folklore. Wednesday, local officials en- havingCovid…inalllikelihood,it ease and itsmanagement”, but The education boards, other phases from September 4to10 The RamTemple champion, indulging in some sured the Olympics bout wasn't would notbeput down to Covid ruledout missing outondeaths than MSBSHSE, were told to pre- and September 14 to 20. From Construction Committee is gamesmanship, even biting the Haryanavillage interrupted. “Theymade some atall,”saidPronabSen,Chairman, as “completely unlikely”. pareabankof over200questions August26, CET forprofessional headedbyNripendraMisra, for- Indian'sforearm.Then,theIndian processionmadeitsway to Ravi's provisions. Usually, there's no Standing Committee on In astatement, it said, “This together and send it to the state courseslikeMBA,MCA,MAinar- merprincipalsecretarytothePM. caught hold of the Kazakh's left home justatwo-minutewalk poweratthis time,” Rajesh, the Economic Statistics,set up by the could be seen in the case fatality government.Onthebasisof these chitecture,bachelorsandmasters Sources said fresh stonesfor leg and rolledhim over the mat away,Rakeshreluctantly agreed uncle,said.Butnow, Nahari'sown MinistryofStatisticsand rate,whichason31stDecember questions, Kumbhakoni submit- coursesinhotelmanagementand the temple construction arebe- before pinning him in one of the to danceafew steps. He still star has lit up the entirecountry. Programme Implementation, 2020 stood at 1.45% and even af- ted, the statewill “fine-tune”the catering technology will be held. ing brought from Banshi moststunning takedowns these seemedabit lost. But then, there and former Chief Statistician of teranunexpectedsurge observed question paper to avoid any "The CET will be online but Paharpur in Rajasthan. Mining of Games have seen. is no manualtoprepareafather Aircraft carrier India. An ex gratia policy proba- in the second waveinApril-May “leak”. will be conducted at designated the pink sandstone therehad Whentherefereestoppedthe forthe dayhis child bags amedal service—onceitiscommissioned blyputssome public pressureon 2021, thecase fatality rate today Thecommonquestionpaper, exam centres. Lastyear,there beenstoppedoncourtordersbut bout, Sanayevlay flat on his back, intheOlympicGames.Rakesh,in next year.The “reincarnated thepoliticalexecutive to take note stands at 1.34%.” under the proposedformat, were nearly175 exam centres hasresumednow.Sourcessaidno writhing in pain, his face buried fact, seemedrelievedmorethan Vikrant (IAC) sailedfor her of grievances,and also incen- The Ministryalso said that would be dividedintoseven whereCET wasconducted while steel will be usedonthe temple in his hand, as Dahiya looming anything. maiden sea trials today, in the tivisespeople to getthemselves during the peak of the second groups.Of these,studentshave to this year the number is 350. We structureforfearof corrosion;in- overhimwithapumpedrightfist. “Wehaven't sleptatall since 50thyearof herillustriousprede- testedoradmitted,if atall,onlyto wave, correct reporting and optfor four groups of 25 marks have ensured that adequate so- stead, copper will be used. On Thursday, twomore lastnight...none of us in the fam- cessor’skey role in victoryinthe getaCovid-19positive report. recordingofCovid deaths could eachand the questions will be cial distancingmeasures willbe While devotees maybeal- Indianwrestlersareincontention ily. We were so anxious and ex- 1971 war”,the Navy said in a In terms of compensation, have been delayed, but wasrec- basedonMSBSHSE as well other followed," said Samant. lowedinbyDecember 2023, just foramedal. In women’s 57kg cited that we even forgot to pre- statement celebrating a“proud Bihar is an exception with asub- onciled by the States/Union boards’ syllabus. He also said that CET for ahead of Lok Sabha electionsin weightclass,AnshuMalikstands parefood.Weare just having and historic dayfor India”. stantive universalex gratiapolicy Territories. This wasbecause the The AG alsosubmittedthat courses withfewer students, like 2024, the temple won't be fully achance to winabronze along sweets andcolddrinksnow,”said The IAC, it said, is the “largest —itpays Rs 4lakhfromthe CM healthsystemwasfocusedonef- the CET would bebasedonsocial Bachelor of Education(BEd), ready before 2025. Sources said with Deepak Punia in the men’s Pooja, Ravi's cousin. and mostcomplexwarshipever Relief Fundto everyfamilywhich fective clinical management of science, mathematics, English, Masters of Education (MEd), BA- thetempleconstructionwastak- 86 kg category.Malik will have to ThecelebrationsatNahari in to bedesignedandbuiltinIndia”, haslostamemberto Covid-19.So casesrequiringmedicalhelp.“The and science,and theremaining BEd or BSc BEd, Bachelors of ing time as the "soil at the siteis go throughtherepechagerounds Haryana would have echoedat andasignificant achievement in far, it has receivedover8,000 reconciling of deathsisstill being three groups wouldbedecided Physical Education (BPEd) or notsuitableforagrandstructure". whilePuniaisonewinaway from the iconic Chhatrasal stadium in “ourquestfor Atmanirbhar claimsforcompensation;theex- carriedout allaying all specula- afterthe othereducation boards Masters of Physical Education the podium. Delhi, whichisconsidered to be Bharat and MakeinIndia initia- pansion of coverage has brought tions of underreporting and un- submitted their question banks. (MPed), willbeheld from August Pegasus list However, thefocus will re- the spiritual home of several tive”. “With the building of in another 3,000 applications of dercountingofdeaths due to So far, the CBSE has communi- 26 while CET forcourses with The reportispartofaglobal main on Dahiya, even though his wrestlers, including Ravi, who Indigenous AircraftCarrier (IAC), suspectedCovid-19.Thecumula- Covid,” it said. catedano-objectionto theCETin greater number of students, like investigation by 17 media organ- final opponent is atwo-time have trainedunder the famous Indiajoinsselectgroupof nations tive official Covid death count in Statistically, itmaybepossible amanner proposedbythe state, the five andthree year LLB isationsdrawingondataaccessed worldchampion. The Indian coachSatpalSingh. The stadium, havingnichecapabilitytoindige- BiharasofWednesday is 9644. to arrive at an estimation of the he said. courses, will be held on by Paris-basedForbiddenStories. campbelievesthat forsomeone of late, has found itself in the nouslydesign,buildandintegrate Karnatakapays Rs1lakhcom- actual Covid-19death count. “If Seeking dismissalofthe peti- September 16. In 2014,Justice Mishra’s ap- who has built the reputationof shadowofinfamyafter itsmost astate of artAircraftCarrier,” the pensation to BPL families if they youdoaproperrandom survey tion, Kumbhakoni said the CET Samant said that all dates are pointmentwas among the first beingIndianwrestling’s“unlikely famous son and two-time Navy said. have lostamember to Covid-19. of the deaths that have taken wasrequired this year as no edu- tentative so far. cleared by the BJP-ledgovern- man”, nothingisbeyond reach. Olympicmedallist,SushilKumar, Severalstateshaveprioritised place during the period, Xper cation boards couldconduct the mentafteritcameto poweratthe Dahiyacomes from a wasarrestedonchargesofmur- Coviddeaths onlyspecific groups —orphans, cent wasprobablydue to Covid. class10exams andhad devised Governor Centre.Justice Mishrahad earlier wrestlingfamily. And,hehasbeen der.“Allthosenegative things Bothstateshave decidedtowiden widows,BPL families, frontline/ This can then be appliedtothe respective mechanismsforevalu- in all the three districts. served as Chief Justice of the mentored by two-time Olympic don’tmattertous. We knowthat thedefinitionof Covid-19deaths, healthcareworkers, journalists, whole area. This solvesyour esti- ationoftheir studentsand as- On Tuesday, Malik had told Rajasthan and Calcutta high medallistSushilKumaratDelhi’s Chhatrasalisthebest placewhere especiallyforpurposesofprovid- government employees —for fi- mation problem, but doesn’t signedmarks accordingly.“The mediapersons thatthe issue was courts.Atthe Supreme Court, Chhatrasal academy, where he Ravicouldhave trainedandcoach ingexgratiatoaffected families. nancial support. solve theidentificationproblem,” methodology of everyboard(of discussedinthe stateCabinet, Justice Mishraheardseveral im- stayedin the room that wasonce Satpal ji is the best mentorthat InBihar,adoctorcanattribute On itspart, the Centrehas Sen said. evaluation) is different. Thereis whichexpressedits displeasure portant cases, including the home to London Games bronze anywrestlerinthecountrycould thecauseof deathto Covid-19on been reluctant to provide ex gra- Then, can anation-wide door no commonality.Amillion-dol- over these happenings.Hehad Sahara-Birla diaries, Haren winnerYogeshwarDutt.Notsur- find,” said Ravi’s uncle Rajesh the basis of lung infection in a tia, and arguedinthe Supreme to doorsurvey helpidentifythose lar question is, howdowecom- addedthat Chief Secretary Pandyamurdercase,medicalcol- prisingly,Dahiyahas developed Dahiya, aformerwrestlerwho is HighResolutionCTreportandthe Courtthatithad consciouslyde- whodiedofCovid-19asopposed parethese students?Thereisno Sitaram Kuntehas been asked to legebriberycase,amendmentsto Sushil’s speedand Yogeshwar’s nowwith the BSF. line of treatment followed. cidedtouse funds under the to the officialestimates? common standard withwhich personallymeetthe Governor’s SC and ST (Prevention of strength. On Wednesday, he Ravi had lefthome to pursue Similarly,inKarnataka,if apatient National andStateDisasterRelief Sensaidthisisthekindof stuff the merit of everyone has been secretaryandconveythatthisbe- Atrocities)Act,andthematterre- startedbydefeating Colombia’s his dream at Chhatrasal even be- did nothaveaCovid-19positive Funds forproviding food to mi- thatisdoneindeterminingstatis- assessed,” the AG said. haviourofoperatingasasecond lated to the turf warthatbroke Oscar Eduardo Tigreros 13-2 and fore he became ateenager. report and wastreated sympto- grant labour,for vaccination, and ticallythe post-mortemcause of The CET,hesaid, wasmainly powercentreisnot proper.The out between twosenior officers proceededto demolishBulgaria’s “Within afew years, Satpal ji told maticallywith“clinical,radiolog- creating health infrastructure death. One state, Jharkhand, forthosestudentswhowantedto government had also takenob- over the CBI leadership. Georgi Vangelov14-4. In away, usourboyisatopathlete andwill icalevidenceandotherlaboratory suchashospitals and ICU facili- whichconductedadoor-to-door take admission in the sought-af- jectionto theinaugurationof hos- In January2018, Justice his takedown of Sanayevinthe makeitbig. ForRavi, the coach's valuessuggestive of Covid-19”, ties. The court, however, directed IntensePublic Health Survey to tercolleges. “It is notfor securing tels saying that the Governor is Mishrawasintheeyeofthestorm semifinal wasjustDahiyadoing word wasfinaland he's made it familiescanclaimcompensation it on June 30 to frame guidelines arrive at the number of deaths in 11th admissionsyou mustclear doing this without coordinating whenfourseniorSCJudgesatthe what he does best. this faronlydue to his hardwork providedthe death is so certified forexgratia payment to families April-Maydecidedtoundertake CET.Itisonlyifyou want the col- or communicating his pro- time -- Justices Ranjan Gogoi, It washow he hadwon his and discipline,” said Rajesh. by aqualifieddoctor. of those who died—officially another survey to arrive at the legeofyourchoice,”Kumbhakoni grammes to the stategovern- Madan BLokur,JChelameswar firstmajorinternationalmedalin Then again,the foundation of These aremodestyet signifi- 4,25,757asondate—ofCovid-19 causeofdeath, said Arun Kumar said. The AG also said that the ment. and Kurien Joseph -- questioned 2015,asilveratthe worldjunior Ravi's success waslaid by his fa- cant attempts, giventhe tedious within six weeks. Singh,AdditionalChief Secretary, court,while passing an order in Subsequently, Kuntehadmet theallocationof casesby thethen championship.Itwasalsohowhe ther.While Ravi trainedat andcomplexprocessof counting Were the Centretodoso, all Health and FamilyWelfare, matters concerningeducation, Santosh Kumar,Principal Chief JusticeofIndiaDipakMisra. had defeated some of India’s Chhatrasal, Rakesh would leave thedeadinIndia, andinefficien- those who diedprobablyof Jharkhand. should also take intoaccount Secretarytothe Governor,on “It is an issueofanassignment of finest 57kgwrestlers--acategory the village, about 10 km offthe ciesincapturingdata onthecause Covid-19, but couldn’t produce a He, however, addedthatthis, repercussions on lakhs of stu- Tuesdayevening. acasewhichisanissue raisedin teeming with topwrestlers from Sonepat highway,inthe early of death. Covid-19positive report, will still too,wouldnotbeaddressthegap dents. On the inauguration of hos- court,” Justice Gogoi had said. Haryana, UP and Maharashtra-- hours withfresh milk and butter Senior stateand Central gov- notbenefitfromtheexgratiapol- between the official Covid-19 Meanwhile,stateministerfor tels, aCabinetministersaid that Askedif itwasaboutthepetitions to makeittothe 2019 senior forhis son. He would returnlater ernment officials, who do not icy.“Anything in excess of the es- deathcountandthosewhomight higher and technical education thehostelshave beenfunctioning seeking aprobe intothe death of WorldChampionship, wherehe to work in his fields. Ravi's father, wish to be named, said the pres- timateddeathnumbers(popula- have diedofCovid butcould not UdaySamantsaidtherewillbeno forthe lastthree years. “If the specialCBIJudgeBHLoya,hehad clinchedhis Tokyoticket. liketheson,isamanof fewwords. ent system is rigid and does not tionmultipliedbythedeathrate) establish so. “Here, questions are common entrance test (CET) for Governor wantstoinaugurate replied in the affirmative. The At the2019Worlds, India “It's God's grace that he wonto- allowattributinganydeathto the bearsaninvestigation…Butwere asked aboutthe conditions lead- admissions to non-professional them,itisupto him,”theminister Loya casewasinitiallyassignedto hopedtoreturn with two dayandhewillsurelyreturnwith viral infection in the absenceofa the excess deaths due to Covid as ingto death.Whatsymptomsdid (traditional) coursesacross state added. abenchheadedbyJusticeMishra Olympic quotas -- VineshPhogat amedal around his neck...what Covid-19 positive report,hospital adiseaseordid theyalso happen the person show? It is basedon universitiesandaffiliatedcolleges. Theministerfurther said the but following the controversy, in women’s53kg and Bajrang morecan Isay?” Rakesh said. admission, or certification by an due to lack of treatment? recollectionbyfamilymembers, Instead, admissionswill take government cannotaffordtoig- washeardbyabenchheadedby Punia.ThatwasuntilDahiyawent Forthe village, meanwhile, attendingdoctor. Remember,manypeople could- butdoneby anexpert.Butforthis, place on the basisofmarks re- noresuchmeetingsbeingheldby the CJI himself. on to win mostofhis boutsby Ravi'smedal bringshope, too-- Therecould be manysuch n’t access medical facilities dur- youneedamedical professional; ceivedbystudents in Class XII,he the Governor with the adminis- ApartfromJusticeMishra,The technicalsuperiority,ashedidon thattheHaryanagovernmentwill peopleinrural India,and even ing the pandemic. Here, we run anganwadi workers cannotdo saidatapressconferenceinPune tration.“If we ignoreittoday, then Wire said twoformer officials of Wednesday. He washalted then finallywakeuptotheir long- among the urban poor.“It is a intoaconceptual problem,” Sen this. Idon’t think we have the in- on Wednesday. he mayhold meetings with the the SupremeCourtregistry,NK by Uguevwho nowstands be- standing demand forahospital problem. Death from Covid will noted. In response to The Indian frastructuretoundertakesuchan statedepartmentsinMantralaya Gandhi and TIRajput, and tweenhim and gold. But regard- and regular powersupply. be recordedonlywhen the per- Express report, the Ministryof exercise. Particularly at this junc- No CET tomorrow,”the ministeradded. lawyers involvedinpolitically less of what happens on According to the residents, they son wasinhospital, wasbeing Health and FamilyWelfaresaid ture, it maynot be agood idea to of all stateuniversities on FULLREPORTSON sensitive cases were also poten- Thursday, stories of Dahiya's“ji- getonlytwo hours of electricity treated forCovid, and passed on Wednesdayadmitted “some pulloutdoctorsof theirtreatment Wednesdayafternoon, it was www.indianexpress.com WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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OVER 1LAKH DOSES RECEIVED Provident fund and Kapil Wadhawan, promot- amine and interrogatethe two probethe two. Bank case. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ers of DHFL, in connection with men lodged in Taloja Central Jail The court permitted the Aseparate case has been case: ED to quiz MUMBAI,AUGUST4 aprovident fund case registered as per provisions of the Foreign plea, allowing the officers ac- filedagainstthem relatedtoal- againstthem. ExchangeManagement Act. cess to the twoinjail from leged irregularities in the in- Wadhawans at Aspecial courtonWednesday The Enforcement The officers soughttovisit August9to11. vestment of Employees Vaccination allowedinvestigatingofficers Directoratehad sought that its the jail with case files, Dheeraj andKapil arecur- Provident Fund of UttarPradesh Taloja jail atcivic,govt access to Dheeraj Wadhawan twoofficers be allowedtoex- laptops and digital devices to rentlyincustody in the Yes PowerCorporationLimited. centresto resumetoday

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE MUMBAI,AUGUST4 63.27lakh TOTALPOSITIVECASES SUSPENDED FORaday due to a INMAHARASHTRA shortage of vaccines, the Covid- Active Cases 72,810 19 vaccinationdrive at all the 314 civic- and government-runcen- New Cases 6,126 tres across Mumbai will resume TotalDeaths 1,33,410 Thursday. New Deaths195 The civic body,officials said, has receivedafresh supplyof Quarantined4.50 lakh vaccines--57,000 doses of Tested 4.87 crore Covishield and 48,000of Covaxin -- lateTuesdaynight that were distributed across centres 7,36,022 throughoutWednesday. At each TOTALPOSITIVE centre, BMC has nowreserved70 CASESINMUMBAI per cent of the stockfor thesec- New Cases 363 ond dose recipient TotalDeaths 15,920 On Monday andTuesday, less thanhalf of the civic- and govern- New Deaths9 ment-run inoculation centres were operational due to limited stock. The drive,however, re- immobile and bedridden citizens mainedunaffectedat private cen- receivedtheir firstCovaxin shots tres that had astock of vaccines. at their residencesoverthe last Currently, thereare 114private- three days. run vaccinationcentresin the city. The Brihanmumbai The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Municipal Corporation (BMC), and NGOProjectMumbai had whichhad received1.8 lakh rolledout home vaccination for doses lastweek,inoculatedover bedridden and immobile per- one lakh citizens in aday twice sons from Mumbai’sK-eastward in the 7-day period. Thecityhas from July 30. On Tuesday, the been recording 70,000 inocula- civic body also startedaspecial tions per dayoverthe lastfew camp forthe tribal populationat weeks. In June, 1.54 lakh doses AareyMilkColonyand Sanjay were administeredinaday –the Gandhi National Park.Atotal of highestsingle-daynumber of 886 citizens from both these ar- jabs, so far. eas were vaccinatedTuesday, of- Meanwhile, morethan 300 ficials said. Minor throws newborn off second-floor bathroom, booked on murder charges

mannedbyaguard,theysaid. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Hence, officials suspectedsome- MUMBAI,AUGUST4 one from the housing society had abandonedthe baby. A16-YEAR-OLDgirlhas been During the investigation,the bookedon murder chargesfor al- police team spotted bloodstains legedly throwing her newborn in abathroom and itswindow from the second-floor bathroom grille and zeroeddownonthe of herhouse in Virar(West), the minor girl, who initiallydenied police said Wednesday. An FIR on the matter.After the policetook rape chargeshas also been regis- her to agynaecologist, she al- teredagainsther 22-year-old legedly revealedthat she was boyfriend under the Prevention pregnant and had thrownher of Children from Sexual Offences babyasshe did notwanttoget (POCSO)Act, theysaid. caught. The girl’smotherand sib- The girl, the policesaid, had lings have claimedtheywere hidden her pregnancy from her completely unaware that she family by wearingloose-fitted waspregnant, the police said. clothes. On Tuesday, she threw An FIR has been registered her babyimmediately aftergiv- againstthe girlunder section 315 ingbirth around 11 am because (act done with intent to prevent she wasscaredof getting caught, achild from being born alive or theyadded. to cause it to die afterbirth) and The infant,agirl, wasspotted 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal in the building’s duct area about Code so far. 20 minutes later by local resi- On Wednesday, the Virarpo- dentswho alertedthe police con- lice said an FIR on rape charges trol room. Thoughthe child was under the POCSO Acthas been rushedtoanearbyhospital, she registeredagainstthe girl’s 22- diedaround 12.30 pm, the < year-old boyfriend because the police said. girlwas aminor.“The case has Adetectionteam of the Virar been transferredtoArnala police police,whichmade inquiries and stationasthe crimeoccurredin checkedthe toilets andbath- their jurisdiction. The boyfriend rooms of some houses basedon is likelytobearrested,” an officer leads, said therewerethree preg- from Virarpolice station said. nant women in the residential Currently, the minor has been society at the time. The CCTV admitted to ahospital and her cameras installedonits premises health condition is said to besta- did notshowany person enter- ble. She will be dischargedsoon, ing or leavingthe gatedsociety, thepolicesaid. Man makes hoax call to US consulate, booked

about the incident. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE “Wefollowedthe standard MUMBAI,AUGUST4 operatingprocedure(SOP)andas apartofit, anti-terroragencies THE BKCpolice has registeredan and other policeunitsinspected FIR againstanunknown person the place to find out if therewere forallegedly makingahoaxcallto anysecurity-related issues. It the US consulateTuesdaynight turnedoutto beahoaxcall,”apo- over security lapses. liceofficerfromBKCpolicestation According to BKCpolice, the said. “WehaveregisteredanFIR US consulate, located in Bandra undersection 506(2) of the IPC (East), receivedaphonecall from againstthe accused. We have anunknownpersonaround11.30 some clues about the caller and pm on Tuesday. The caller spoke will trace the person soon,” about some security lapses at the Manjunath Shinge,DCP zone 8, consulateand disconnected the said. The policesuspect the ac- call, following whichthe con- cusedmay have agrudge against sulateinformedthe local police the US consulate. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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State gives nod ARGUES IN-PERSONFOR DEFAULT BAIL for Prabodhan magazine’s SachinWazerelieson centenary celebrations policingexperience

VISHWASWAGHMODE MUMBAI,AUGUST4 todefendselfincourt THE SHIVSena-ledMaharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government OnTuesday, thecourthaddis- has givenits approval for SADAFMODAK allowedWaze’splea seeking to be statewide celebrations of the MUMBAI,AUGUST4 Sachin produced before thecourtphysi- centenaryyear of ‘Prabodhan’, a Waze cally to arguehisdefaultbailstat- fortnightly magazine, startedby REFERRINGTOajudgment dat- ingthatsincehislawyerwaspres- KeshavSitaram Thackeray,pop- ing back20years when he was ent, he could consult him and be ularly known as Prabodhankar the investigating officer of acase, forthe safeguardofhis funda- represented by thelegal counsel. Thackery,grandfather of Chief dismissed MumbaiPoliceofficer mental rights and his rightsasan ThecourtonWednesdaysaidthat MinisterUddhavThackeray. SachinWaze arguedin-person accused. since Waze has alawyerrepre- The magazine earnedKeshav before the special courton The dismissed assistant in- sentinghiminthiscase,heshould Thackeray,asocial reformer and Wednesdayseeking default bail spector reliedonjudgments, in- notinsistonarguing in-person. author,the title ‘Prabodhankar’ in the Ambani terror scare case. cluding acase wherethe Meanwhile,lawyerAabad in 1921. Waze, who is lodged at Taloja Supreme Courtin2001had up- Ponda, representing dismissed The firstissue of the maga- CentralJail,madesubmissionsvia heldtheBombay HighCourt’sor- Mumbai Police inspector Sunil zine came out on October 16, THROWING CAUTION TO THE WINDS videoconferencefromtheprison, der granting default bailtoa Mane said that the NIA had not 1920, and waspublishedwith a claiming that he wasentitledto woman chargedunder providedthe accusedwith the fewinterruptions for10years, Shoppers throng Jambhali Naka marketinThane on Wednesday. Deepak Joshi be releasedasthe National MaharashtraControl of prosecutor’sreportwhileseeking from 1921 to 1930. Investigation Agency(NIA) had OrganisedCrime Act. an extension. NIA special prose- The magazine focused on so- notfiledachargesheet against Wazeinformedthecourtthat cutorSunilGonsalvessaidthatas cial and religious issues among himwithin90days of hisarrest in hewastheinvestigatingofficerin per provisions of law, the agency others. ELGAARPARISHAD CASE March. the case. He claimedthat as per had providedacopyofthe appli- The government order for Last week,theNIAhadsought thejudgment,sinceUAPA wasnot cation and the rest of the investi- the celebration has been issued another monthtofile the invokedagainst him in the FIR or gation papersweresensitiveand by the Marathi languagedepart- Rona Wilson seeks probe by expert chargesheetagainstWazeand the firstremand, theNIA should could notbeshared with the ac- ment,headed by SubhashDesai, fourothersongrounds,including have filedachargesheet within90 cusedatthis stage. senior Sena leader and minister thatthe evidence wasvolumi- days. Thecourtislikelytodecideon forMarathi language. nous and the accused were Asimilarclaimmadeby Waze Thursdayonthedefaultbailpleas As per the order,acompila- into allegations of planted evidence trainedpolicemendodging the in his previous bail application of threeofthe accused,including tion of selected articles from the probe. Sincethe menhavebeen seeking default bail in Junewas Waze, and whether NIA can be magazine will be publishedand bookedunderthe Unlawful rejected by the special court. The grantedan extension by amonth adocumentary on Activities(Prevention)Act(UAPA), specialcourthad then allowed to file the chargesheet. PrabodhankarThackeray with EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE HC reserves verdict theagencycangetamaximumof NIA itsfirstextension of 60 days Tenpeoplehave beenarrested the theme, ‘Maharashtra’s MUMBAI,AUGUST4 180days to file the chargesheet to file thechargesheetagainst in the case so farfor allegedly Ideological Wealth: Prabodhan’ from the dayoftheir arrest. Waze and four others as per pro- planting loose gelatin sticks in an will be launched. ACTIVISTRONAWilson,arrested Rona on Sudha Bharadwaj’s Sitting with astack of papers visions of the UAPA. SUV near the Mumbairesidence Besides, aspecialissue of in connection with the Elgaar Wilson in the video conference room of On Wednesday, as Waze at- of industrialistMukesh Ambani ‘Lokrajya’magazine, the state Parishad case, urgedthe Bombay the jail, Waze, who wasrepre- temptedtospeak of his service and the subsequent murder of government’s mouthpiece, will High Court on Wednesday that default bail petition senting himself before thecourt record, the court said that he Thane residentMansukh Hiran, be publishedbythe information an expertshould be askedto againstWilson. forthe firsttime, read out judg- shouldsticktoarguingonthede- whowaslinkedto thevehicle.The and publicrelations department. probeifany malwarewas "Therefore, an expertshould that Chaudhryreferredto mentsandmadesubmissionsfor fault bail as the courtwas only NIA has claimed that Waze was The government has planned planted andinstalledonhis be appointed to ascertain if EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE selective portion of theSCver- over 30 minutes, making aplea hearing his limited plea. the main conspirator in the case. to spend Rs 12 lakh and Rs 15 computer before it wasseizedby Wilson's computer had malware MUMBAI,AUGUST4 dict favourable to his case and lakh forthe bookand the docu- the Pune Police in 2018. when it wasseizedbythe prob- notthe judgmentinits entirety, mentaryrespectively. In his plea, Wilson has cited ing agency.The expertcan tell THE BOMBAY High Courton as the case before SC wasdiffer- ANIL DESHMUKH CORRUPTIONCASE areportofUS-based digital con- howthe malwarewas planted," Wednesdayreserved itsverdict ent. sultant Arsenal Consultingthat she added. in the default bail plea filedby “Thereare elementaryprin- In HC, Param Bir challenges scope of Themagazine earned stated the “incriminating evi- However, Additional Solicitor activistand lawyer Sudha ciplesofreading ajudgment. You KeshavThackeray,a dence” foundbyinvestigators in General Anil Singh, representing Bharadwaj,currentlylodged in cannotread afew paragraphs inquiry of state’s 1-memberprobe panel social reformer and his laptopwereallegedly NIA,said that the Arsenal Byculla women’s prison in and say'Ihavesucceeded in free- “planted” through an email on Consultancy report came from Mumbai, in connection with the ing (accusedpersons involved author,the title June 13,2016–two years prior an organisation calledAmerican Elgaar Parishad case. in) Naxaliteactivities'," Dipankar Datta,had initiateda requiredinquirybyanindepend- ‘Prabodhankar’ in 1921. to hisarrestonJune 6, 2018. BarAssociation, whichisnot a Adivision benchofJustice S Kumbhakoni added. OMKARGOKHALE preliminaryenquiry(PE) based ent agency and that the matter It focusedonsocial The courtisalso hearing a statutorybody and does not SShindeand Justice NJJamadar The stateaddedthat though MUMBAI,AUGUST4 on acomplaint by lawyer Jaishri wasofpublic confidence. plea by co-accusedShoma Sen have anystanding in India. concludedhearing in Bharadwaj' Bharadwaj wasbooked under Patil, whichreferredtoSingh’s “It is thus clear the scope en- and religious issues challenging her prosecution un- The NIA,whichtook over the plea filedthroughadvocateYug UAPA,the National Investigation FORMER MUMBAI policecom- March 20 letter claiming trustedupontheinquirycommit- der the Unlawful Activities case from Pune Police last Mohit Chaudhry. Agency (NIA) Actstipulated the missioner ParamBir Singh Deshmukh and others had de- teehas already been adjudicated Prevention Act(UAPA)filed on January, said that the reportof While referring to responses needofaspecial judgeonlyat movedawrit petition in the mandedthe collection of Rs 100 upon by theBombayHigh Court similar grounds. the US-basedconsultancywas filedunder the Right to the time of trial –when the case BombayHigh CourtWednesday croreevery month from various and the SupremeCourt. It has 18 years later, Questioning the authenticity notpartofthe chargesheetfiled Information (RTI) Actavailed is beingprobedbythe central seeking the July30order,issued bars and restaurantsinMumbai. been clearly found thatthe alle- of the electronic evidence cited againstthe accused and there- from the HC Registry, Chaudhry agency–and notduring pre-trial by the one-member inquirycom- Aftercompletion of the PE, the gations made in the letter of court acquits by the National Investigation fore,itcan onlyberaisedduring alleged that Additional Sessions proceedings. mittee underJustice(Retired) KU CBI had registeredanFIR against March 20 reveal the commission Agency (NIA),whichwas al- trialbut cannotbereliedupon JudgeKDVadane of the trial Kumbhakoni said that Chandiwal, directing him to re- Deshmukh and other persons. of acognizable offense and arere- taxi driver in legedly recoveredfromhis elec- by thepetitionerswhilesubmit- courtinPune wasnot desig- Bharadwaj's claims were mis- mainpresent forcross-examina- In his petition, filedthrough quired to be inquired into by an tronic devices, Wilson sought a ting apetition before theHC. nated to hear matters regarding conceived, as therewas no pro- tion on August6,beset aside. advocateAnukul Seth, Singh said independent investigating probeinto“tampering of evi- "What is the reliability of scheduledoffences under the cedural lapse in the sessions The one-member panel was that while the HC’s April 5order agency,” the plea stated. road rage case dence”. suchareport?Muchwater has Unlawful Activities (Prevention) judgeconducting the proceed- appointedbythe Maharashtra observed serious allegations Singh also questioned Calling it a“sui generis flown in this case, anumber of Act(UAPA)for whichBharadwaj ings. Maintaining that as long as governmentto inquireintothe al- againstDeshmukh, another whether the inquirycommittee (unique)”case, Wilson's counsel, bail applications and other pro- has been booked. the probeinacase wasnot as- legations of corruption made by benchofthe HC, on July22, while could continue with the probe EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE senior advocateIndiraJaising ceedings have been filed. There Bharadwaj's plea also alleged signedtoNIA,the proceedings Singh in his March 20 letter to the dismissing apetition by once the scope entrustedtoithad MUMBAI,AUGUST4 had sought from the courttode- is no prima facie case. Now, it is that KDVadane wasnot autho- could continue before aregular ChiefMinisterUddhav Thackeray Deshmukh seeking to quash the been adjudicatedbythe HC and cide what was“legal electronic at the stagefor framingofcharge. risedasa“special judge” to take court, he addedthat special againstformer statehome min- CBI FIR had notedthat prima fa- SC.Singh,the plea said, therefore EIGHTEEN YEARS afteranal- evidence”. She had stated the ev- Now, they aresaying stay the cognisanceofthe supplemen- courtscould only hear matters isterAnil Deshmukh. cie cognizable offense had been couldnot becompelledto depose leged incident of road rage in idence reliedupon by theprob- trial. Why? If youare rightand tary chargesheet filedbyPune that arebeinginvestigated by Singh has claimedthat since made out againstformer state before the paneland face cross- Mumbai, ataxi driverwas ac- ing agency wasillegal as per law something is planted in your de- Police in the case in February the central agency. the scope of the committee’s in- home minister. examination. quitted by asessionscourtear- as it had been “planted”. vice and if whatNIA has said is 2019.Referring to arecent Additional Solicitor General quiryhasbeen alreadyaddressed The SC, Singh said in his peti- Singh also sought astayonthe lier this week.The driver, Jaising told adivision bench notcredible, then it can be set- Supreme Courtjudgment, Anil Singh, representing NIA, by the HC order of April 5, which tion,while refusing to intervene proceedings before thecommit- Gurmitsingh Harjap, who was of Justice SSShinde and Justice N tledatthe stageoftrial...,” Singh Chaudhrysaid that special said the 90-dayextension wasalso confirmedbythe in pleas filedbythe stategovern- teependingthehearingof his pe- 40 at the time of the incident in JJamadar that tampering with said while seeking the plea to be courts alonehaveexclusive ju- granted to the Pune Police in Supreme Court, nothing re- ment and Deshmukh, had ob- titionandastayonthe summons 2003, wascleared of all charges. electronic devices wasanof- dismissed on thegroundofitbe- risdiction to tryUAPAoffences. 2018 by thetrial courttofile a mainedfor the panel to inquire. served that thenatureofallega- issuedtohimto appearbeforethe According to theprosecution, fence under the Information ing “non-maintainable”. AdvocateGeneral Ashutosh chargesheetinthe case did not OnApril5,adivisionbenchof tions, the persons involved,and panel on August 6. The HC will on April 19,2003, astate trans- TechnologyAct andthat crimes The HC willcontinuehearing Kumbhakoni, appearing for cause anyprejudice to the rights the HC, ledbyChief Justice theseriousnessof theallegations hear the plea in due course. port(ST)driverhad claimedthat underithavebeen committed the pleasonAugust27. Maharashtragovernment, said of the accused. Harjap, along with another man, had assaulted him over overtak- ing the taxi. The ST driver BUILT FORKASAB’S TRIAL claimedthat the men had Want to re-open colleges Centre to state: Sensitise climbed to the driver’s seat, pulledhis collar and assaulted for in-person classes this Statesanctions Rs 83 Ltorepair police, ensure no case him. The incident waswitnessed by apoliceman nearby, who took academic year: Minister trial court inside ArthurRoad jail filed under Section 66 (A) the men to the policestation and versityhas alarge area withsev- acomplaint wasfiled. Six wit- ALIFIYAKHAN eral districtsunderit, and the ment said, “Wehavereceivedan nesses,including the conductor, PUNE,AUGUST4 Covid-19situation in everydis- YOGESHNAIK MOHAMEDTHAVER advisory from the Central gov- apassenger,the policeman and trictisdifferent,weneedtochalk MUMBAI,AUGUST4 MUMBAI,AUGUST4 ernment regarding Section 66 the ST driver, had deposedbefore AS LIFE returns to normal at a out aplan forreopening of col- (A). We have been advisedtoen- the court. slowpace in almostall sectors af- leges,dependingonthe situation THE STATEgovernment Tuesday THE CENTRAL government last surethatpersonnel at police sta- Some witnessesnamed fected by the Covid-19pan- on the ground. The reportwill be sanctionedRs83lakh to carry week sent an advisorytothe tionsacrossthe stateare sensi- Harjap but said that theycould demic, collegestudentsmay also presented to me in afew days, out immediate repairs to acourt Maharashtragovernment, ask- tisedabout notregistering cases notidentify him as 17 years had be abletoreturn to classrooms afterwhichwewill take adeci- built forthe trial of terrorist ing it to sensitise police person- under the section. We have also passedsince the incident. Noting soon.The stateistrying to draw sion... however, ourefforts areto Ajmal Kasab afterthe 26/11 at- nelacrossthe statetoensurethat been asked to ensurethat cases that therewerediscrepancies in up aplan forre-openingcolleges startcolleges in physical mode tacksinsidethe Arthur Road no cases areregisteredunder registeredpostthe judgment are the statementsofthe witnesses forin-person classes, state forthe current academicyear," Central Prison. Section 66(A) of the Information withdrawn.” regarding the spotofthe inci- Higher and Technical Education he said. He acknowledgedthat Asenior jail officer said the The drainagesystemhas collapsedwith waterflowing into Technology Act, 2000,which The official addedthat ano- dent, the courtsaid that this MinisterUdaySamant said in forcolleges to restart, it is impor- courtwas lockedfor the lastsix the court. Yogesh Naik wasstruckdownbythe tice willbesent to thedistrict su- made it impossible rely on their PuneonWednesday. tant to open up hostels forstu- years and could notbemain- Supreme Courtin2015. perintendentsand police com- testimonies. Samant said he has asked dentsfromrural areas, so that tainedasthe jail authorities did The statehas also been asked missioners to ensure that cases “Themain witness (STdriver) senior officials from his depart- theycan return to attend classes nothavethe keys. Aurangabad arms haul case was the Central Bureauofto withdraw cases registeredun- arenot registeredunder the sec- himself has notsupportedpros- ment to conduct ameeting with in colleges and universities. If “The roof has been leaking also heardatthis court. Investigation and the statehome der the section anytime after tion. On March24, 2015,inthe ecution regarding the spotofin- district collectors, disasterman- studentsneedtobevaccinated heavilyand the plasterfalling off. “Wecould notmaintain the department,” asenior officer of 2015.The advisorycame after case of ShreyaSinghal vs Union cidentand has changed it. It is a agement authorities and vice- on alarge scale, then universities The court wasclosed forthe last courtasitwas notinour custody. the jails department said. the Supreme Court lastmonth of India, the topcourtstruck basic principle that in case of chancellors, to prepareaplan for have been advised to prepare six years and thefurniturehad As long as Kasab wasinthis jail, According to PWD officers, expressedshockthat police down Section 66 (A) of the doubt, benefit has to be ex- re-opening colleges in physical plansfor the same,said the min- been damaged due to moisture it wasmaintainedwell. This nowthe drainagesystemhad forces acrossthe countrywere Information Technology Act, tended in favour of the accused,” mode. “I have receivedseveral ister. and leaking roof,” an official of courthas been lying closedsince collapsedand drain water continuingtoregistercases un- 2000.The apexcourtfound the the courtsaid. requests from studentsand par- When the administrationof the statePublic Works 2016.This is whathappensto flowedintothe court.The law der Section66(A) though it was law“in itsentiretybeing viola- Harjap wasacquitted of entsinthis regard.Weare going Savitribai Phule Pune University Department, whichmaintains it, structures that remain locked and judiciarydepartment has quashedsix years ago. tive of Article 19(1)(a) and not charges, includingassaulting or to tryand startphysical classes (SPPU) had issuedacircular on said. up. While the PWD wasmaking sanctionedthe funds forrepair- People’s Union forCivil savedunder Article 19(2)”, and using criminal forceagainsta forthis academic year.Ihave January4this year regarding re- PWD chief architect Bipin aspecial cell for(fugitive busi- ing the drainagesystemand the Liberties (PUCL), an NGO, in their that “it is clearthatSection 66A public servant on duty,under the asked the twodirectors of higher opening of departmentsand col- Sankhe had constructed the nessman) VijayMallya, there court, procurenew furniture, plea before the Supreme Court arbitrarily and disproportion- Indian Penal Code. The accused education and technicaleduca- leges forin-person lectures, the high-security cell with acon- were talksthathewould be tried and weather-shed to avoid fu- pointed outthatseveral states atelyinvades the right of free named along withHarjaphad tion to hold meetings with dis- stateHigher and Technical cretepassagetothe jail as Kasab at the Arthur Road trial court, tureleakage.PWD’sexecutive had registeredthousands of speech and upsets the balance gone missing duringthe trial. A trict collectors,disastermanage- Education Department had is- wasahigh-security prisoner and and it wasthen that we had told engineer SanjayIndurkar said cases under the sectionevenaf- between suchright and the rea- separated case has been filed ment authorities and sueditashow-cause notice re- it wasrisky to take him to any the PWDtorepair it. This matter the repair work would start teritwas quashed. An official sonable restrictions thatmay be againsthim. vice-chancellors. Since an uni- garding the same. other court. The 2006 wasalsobrought to the notice of soon. from the Maharashtragovern- imposedonsuchright”. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM THEINDIANEXPRESS,THURSDAY,AUGUST5,2021 MAHARASHTRA 5

Students urge NEW TRANSFER POLICY METRO 3CORRIDOR TISS to resolve All Mumbai Police NoreasonforpanicoverZika Work of casting fee reduction roof slabs at two issue, end personnel to virusinfection,saysTope stationscomplete digital divide EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE work in different Belsarisasmall villagewith MUMBAI,AUGUST4 EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ANURADHA ‘Districts with higher positivity an approximatepopulation of MUMBAI,AUGUST4 MASCARENHAS 3,500inPurandar tehsil of Pune THE WORK of casting roof slabs branches of force PUNE,AUGUST4 to get more Covid vaccine doses’ districtand is located about45 at Hutatma Chowk and Mumbai STUDENTS from across five cam- km from Pune city.Belsar has a Central stations on Metro3 pusesof theTataInstituteofSocial STATEHEALTH ministerRajesh Pune: Statehealth minister number of vaccine dosesindis- primaryhealth centre(PHC), (Colaba-Bandra-Seepz) corridor Sciences(TISS)have urgedthead- SAGARRAJPUT Forthe firsttime on Tope said thereisnoreason for RajeshTope said largerquantity trictswith high Covid positivity whichisone of the five PHCs of wascompletedearlierthisweek. ministration to urgentlyresolve MUMBAI,AUGUST4 Wednesday, 6,095 panic over Zika virus infection. A of vaccine doses will begivento rate," he said. Purandartehsil. The migration With this, the casting of slabs on issuesincludingreductionof fees, three-member central team of districtswith higher Covid pos- Tope also said priority was pattern of these villages wasalso six stations has been completed the election of astudents’ union, TO ENSURE thatevery police constables were experts metkey officials on itivity rate.Thereare four dis- being giventothose who re- explainedtothe central team ex- by the Mumbai MetroRail andendingthedigitaldividefaced constable gets an opportunity transferredonthe WednesdayinPune and will trictsofconcern—Pune,Satara, quired asecond dose. He said perts. Corporation Limited (MMRCL). since the lastyear due to the to work in different branchesof conduct afield visit at Belsar vil- Sangli and Kolhapur —where while it could notbepredicted While severalmeetings be- According to MMRCL, which Covid-19pandemic. the forceinhis career,the basis of the newpolicy lageinPurandar tehsil, Pune dis- the positivityrateisabove the whenthe thirdwavewillhitthe tween personnel from Belsar PHC is constructing theMetro3corri- Ajoint statement issuedby Mumbai Police recentlydrafted trict, on Thursday, wherethe first stateaverage. state, peoplemustnot lower and taluka health officer were dor,ithas completed100per cent ninestudent groups from the in- anew transfer policyfor the case of Zika virus wasdetected “Weare following mandatory their guard, especiallywith up- also conducted to preparea tunneling work in six of seven stitute’s campuses in Mumbai, constabulary. personnel willbegiven a in a50-year-old woman. protocol of track, test and treat. coming festivals and Covidre- roadmap to contain this outbreak, contract packages and 77 per cent Hyderabad, Guwahati, Chennai, Officers said this would en- chance to makearequestand According to statehealthde- However, instructions have strictions being relaxedin25 stateentomologistDrMahendra tunneling work on thethirdpack- and Tuljapur as well as classrep- hance the work experience of work at another policestation partmentdata, from among152 been issuedtoprovide alarger districts. ENS Jagtap said preventive measures age. Officialssaidthatoverall, tun- resentativesof17post-graduate personnelatthe lowest endsof forfiveyears. serum samples sent to National were immediatelytaken, suchas nelingof 96.5 per cent on the cor- courses stated that while the ad- the heirarchybygiving them a However, after10years of InstituteofVirology (NIV), at emptying containers with pres- ridor –covering adistance of 52.6 ministrationwasforcedtoextend chance to work at all depart- working at police stations, least63weredetected with Pune district collector and scien- this, manystore severalwater for ence of Aedes aegyptilarvae, fog- km –has been completed. the deadline forpayment of fees, ments–likepolice stations, whichare considered as execu- chikungunya,fivewith dengue tistsatNIV to getanaccount of domestic use.Mostwater con- ging among others. Other thanMumbai Central other urgent issues, including crime branch, traffic, protection tive postings, the constable will and 15 with co-infection of the control measures taken. tainers, however, arenot cov- Stateofficialssaidapartfrom and Hutatma Chowkstations, timelydisbursalof scholarshipsto and security,special branchand be compulsorily transferredto dengue and chikungunya.Tope Among reasons forincreased ered.Again,manyhouseholds biological and personal protec- roof slabs have been castat deservingstudents,remainedun- local arms department. Theycan trafficoraspecial branch, which said no newZika virus case has Aedes aegypti larval density at have underground tanksfor wa- tive methods being usedfor bet- VidhanBhavan, Marol, MIDCand resolved. also makerequest the establish- aretermedasnon-executive been found. Belsar villageisthe old water terstorage.These tanksare also tervectormanagement,asurvey SEEPZ stations. Work on escala- “Having to undergo an entire ment boardfor their choice of postings. The central team of experts supplyscheme. Due to technical notcovered,state surveillance of pregnantwomen wasalso un- tors have also been started at a year of online learning amidst posting at periodic intervals. “Afterhecompleteshis five held meetings with statehealth glitches, villageresidentsget tap officer Dr Pradeep Awatetold derwaywith afocus on micro- fewstations, officials said.There these unprecedented times has “On an average, one police years in that non-executive post- department officials, apartfrom wateronce in three days.Due to The Indian Express. cephalysurveillance. are326 stations on the corridor. deepenedthedigitaldivide,exac- personnel has a35-year-long ing, he will be sentbacktothe erbated thephysical and mental professional career.During this police station or crime branch. distressonallstudentsandpartic- period, we want to ensurethat This will work in acircle and help Twoleopard Cop suspended for putting out videoofhimself ‘styled as Singham’ ularly thestudentsbelonging to theyget an experience to work us in giving everyone equal op- the marginalisedsections of the in both executive andnon-exec- portunity to work in everyset man purportedlyalso warns video, Kale says,“Jo kaydyat rahil suspension order,saying the act society,”the statement stated. utive departments," Mumbai up,"said the officer. cubs killedin EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE “goons to keep offAmravati to faydyatrahil (one who will fol- had brought disreputetothe po- It has also said that steps Police Commissioner Hemant Officers further revealed that NAGPUR,AUGUST4 district”. lowlaw,will benefit).” lice forceand violated should be takentoreopen the Nagrale said. at the time of transfers, which tigerattack According to the police, con- He is alsoseen enacting the service rules. campus with a“blended” mode Postings at police stations, areoften made in the lastweek APOLICE constable has been stable Mahesh Kale, attachedto action of loading afirearm before However, Balaji said the of education forthose who are crime branchand cyber police of March,theywill send out no- suspendedfor putting out a Chandur Bazar policestation in disembarking from the bikeand weapon in Kale’shand wasnot vaccinated to access facilities in- stationsare considered to be ex- tifications to the lowerrank per- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE video of himself stylisedasthe Amravati district, made avideo walking off. real. He addedthat Kale was cludinglibraryandhostelasmany ecutive postings while those at sonnel, askingthem to applyfor NAGPUR,AUGUST4 protagonistinthe film ‘Singham’, of himselfwith amessagethat Afterthe video went viral, about 30 years old and has been studentswerefacing severe diffi- protection and security,local their choice of postings. “Wewill arole essayedbyactor Ajay “goons mustkeepoff Amravati Amravati (rural) superintendent in service forabout four to cultiesinattendingonlineclasses arms, special branchand wire- have alook at their requests and TWOLEOPARD cubs were killed Devgn. In the video, the police- district, else theyhad it”. In the of police Hari Balaji issuedKale’s five years. due to lackofinternetnetwork, less departments aretermedas matchitwith the parameters in atiger attackatChandrapur devices,andanon-conducive en- non-executive ones. governing the newpolicy.Ifit district. The incidenttook place vironment at home. On manyinstances, officers fulfills the conditions and on the in the Brahmapuri forest said theyhavecome across cases basis of availability of vacancyat division. whereapersonnel has worked thatrequestedunit, the consta- Apress note issuedby PHIROZECONTRACTORDIES in an executive posting formore ble will be transferred," said an Brahmapuri deputy conservator than 15 to 20 years. On the con- officer. of forest Deepesh Malhotrasaid Mumbai: Phiroze Framroze trary, therewerealsopersonnel Forthe firsttime on "Twoleopardcubswerefound Contractor,brother-in-lawof who languished in non-execu- Wednesday, 6,095 constables dead near avillageroad adjacent eminent juristFali Nariman, tive departmentsfor morethan were transferredonthe basis of to JatlapurvillageinSindewahu passedawayinBristol, UK, on 20 years. the newpolicy.Deputy range. Therewereinjurymarks Monday, following his long bat- “So, thereshould be abal- Commissioner of Police Geeta on the bodiesand pugmarks of tle with Parkinson’s disease. ance, whichwewill ensure Chavan (Headquarters II) said, atiger around the place,suggest- Contractor wasthe brother of through this policy," said an of- “Wehavetriedtofulfill every- ing that the cubs might have Nariman’s latewife, Bapsi. ficer. one's request. Whoever's request diedinatiger attack." He is survivedbyhis wife An officer addedthat if a wasnot fulfilledastherewereno The cubs, amale and afe- Carla, and sons Cyrus and constable has completedfive vacancies, we gave them posting male, were stated to be around Neville. ENS years at one police station, the closer to theirhomes.” six months old. Rezang Battalion Hie Bravest of the Brave Maj Shaitan Singh, PVC On 18th Nov 1962, The Battallion fought an epic battle at Rezang La in Chushul Sector in Ladhak. Maj Shaitan Singh alongwith 113 men fought till the'Last Man Last round' &attained martydom defending their motherland. The unit became the proud recipient of the Battle Honour 'Rezang La' &Theatre Honour Ladakh'. Major Shaitan Singh was awarded "Param Vtr Chakra" (Posthumously), the highest gallantry award and eight other Verr Ahirs were awarded with 'Vir Chakra'

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9 Music Teacher -- 02 Music Visharad Government of Odisha Total 83 Sep Vijay NkPremNath L/NkShambhu Sep Raghu OFFICE OF THE CHIEF CONSTRUCTION ENGINEER Instructions : Kumar Ray Singh Sharan Ray Nandan Prasad B-267 CUTTACK (R&B) CIRCLE, CUTTACK Subject wise requirment : In proud memoryofthe gallant martyrs of 21st Battalion, The Bihar For Secondary Section - English, Marathi, Hindi, Maths, Regiment, who laid downtheir lives whilerepellinganattack on the (‘e’-PROCUREMENT NOTICE) Social Science &Science. LOC on thisday in 2013. The exemplarycourage displayed by these Bid Identification No. CCE.Ctc.(R&B) 13/2021-22. brave hearts ensuredthat the sanctity of the LOC was maintained. For Higher English, Marathi, Hindi, Geography, Your gallantry will continuetoserve as an inspiration for us. We,the 1. The Chief Construction Engineer,Cuttack (R&B) Circle, Cuttack Secondary Section - Economic, Organisation of Commerce, fraternity of the "Veer BIharis" salute you. on behalf of Governor of Odisha invites on Percentage rate Book Keeping,Secretarial Practice, The Bihar Regiment Association Biology,Chemistry,Maths. basis bid in double cover system in ONLINE MODE from Instructions : HC Afjal Khan eligible contractors for Building works as mentioned below. Balko Nager, Korba(CG) 1) Candidates who are educated through convent and having Chhattisgarh police pays tribute to martyr HC 2. No. of work :- 2Nos. excellent subject knowledge should apply. Afjal Khan who laid down his life in fighting the 3. Nature of work :- Building works. 2) The School is purely non-grantable and post is purely temporary. Maoists in distt Kondagaon under PS Bayanar on 4. Class of contractor :- Special &Super Class 3) Candidates knowing -Computer -MS-CIT/B.C.S./B.C.A., 18.11.2012. Drawing -A.T.D. Music Visharad will be preferred. 5. Tender paper cost :- Rs. 10000/- (online) The Nation would remain indebted to the supreme 4) Candidates will be selected on the basis of their performance in sacrifice of the brave soldier. 6. Available of bid documents :- From 18.08.2021 to 16.00 personal interview and Demo. CHHATTISGARH POLICE in the web site.Hours of 02.09.2021 5) Application are available in respective school office at obove 7. Date of opening of bid :- Dt. 03.09.2021 at 11.00 Hours. mentioned address. Application form will be available from (NkPremNath Singh) (L/NkShambhuSharan Ray) (Sep Vijay 05/08/2021 to 14/08/2021 Time 11 am. to 5pm. Application 8. The Bidders have to participate in ONLINE bidding only.Further Kumar Ray) (Sep Raghu Nandan Prasad) form fee:- Rs. 100/- In proud memory of the gallant martyrs of 21st Battalion, The details can be seen from the website 6) Please submit your CVs. along with photo copy and covering Bihar Regiment, who laid down their lives while repelling an https://tendersodisha.gov.in.Any addendum /corrigendum / letter in the school office from 5/08/2021 to 14/08/2021 attack on the LOC on this day in 2013. The exemplary courage cancellation of tender can also be seen in the said web site. Time 11 am. to 5pm. excluding holidays. displayed by these brave hearts ensured that the sanctity of the Sd/- A.R. Nayak 7) Candidates those who are sending their application on mail, LOC was maintained. Your gallantry will continue to serve as an The mail address of office is [email protected] and Chief Construction Engineer inspiration for us. We,the fraternity of the "Veer BIharis" they have to pay Application form fees Rs. 100/- and submit salute you. Cuttack (R&B) Circle documents when they visit the school during interview. THE BIHAR REGIMENT ASSOCIATION OIPR-34012/11/0019/2122 Secretary, Rayat Shikshan Sanstha, Satara. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 6 EXPRESS NETWORK THEINDIANEXPRESS,THURSDAY,AUGUST5,2021

Kerala: ED notice to IUML Kerala president Mamata writestoPM, flags KRISHNA WATER DISPUTE Thiruvananthapuram:TheEDhas laundering in party daily facedduringavigilanceprobeinto issuedanotice to IUML Kerala Chandrika. Thangal, who is the acorruption case againstformer CJI recusesself from president Syed Hyder Ali Shihab printer and publisher of the daily, ministerVKIbrahim Kunju re- dam role in ‘man-made’floods Thangal in connection with its wastold to appear before theED lated to the construction of afly- probeintothe alleged money Friday. The allegations had sur- over in Kochilastyear. ENS Minister’s Office (PMO) later in Nearly twolakh cusecs of water case afterAndhra EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE the daysaid, “PM @naren- wasdischargedfromPanchet, keâeWkeâCe ie=nefvecee&Ce Je #es$eefJekeâemeceb[U, KOLKATA,AUGUST4 dramodi spoketoWBCM Maithon and Tenughat dams of @MamataOfficial on the flood DVCleading to severe flooding of says no to mediation (ceneje°^ ie=nefvecee&Ce Je #es$eefJekeâeme ØeeefOekeâjCeeÛee WESTBENGALChief Minister situation causedbywater dis- hugeareas in Hooghly, Howrah, efJeYeeieerÙe Ieškeâ) MamataBanerjee, aftervisiting charge from dams in partsofthe Purba Bardhaman, Paschim peenerjveesšerme flood-hit areas in the stateon state. PM assuredall possible Bardhaman, Birbhum and keâeWkeâCe ie=nefvecee&Ce Je #es$eefJekeâeme ceb[Uebleie&lemeve 2002 Je 2006ceOÙes Wednesday, wrote to Prime supportfromthe Centretohelp Paschim Medinipur districts.” EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE On the lastdateof yeeUkegâce "eCes ÙesLeer} meoefvekesâÛÙee mees[leermee"er peeefnjele osCÙeele Dee}er nesleer. meojnt MinisterNarendraModi describ- mitigate the situation. PM Modi Banerjee also said, “Heavy re- NEWDELHI,AUGUST4 mees[le keâener keâejCeemleJe jö PeeuÙeecegUs ceb[UeleHexâ ÙeçemJeer }eYeeLÙeeËvee meoefvekeâe ing the floodsas"man-made". praysfor the safetyand wellbe- lease from DVCdams has ledto hearing on August2, oslee Dee}er veener. peeefnjele keâe{uÙeeveblej meve 2002 veblej DeÅeeheheÙeËle Pee}s}e Banerjee blamed"unprece- ing of thoseinaffected areas.” man-made floods in Bengal year CHIEF JUSTICE of India NV the CJI, who wasborn Deboepes 16 Je

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Don’t turn 5QUESTIONS Parliament into Oppprotestscontinue,RajyaSabha Business AdvisoryCommittee theydidn’t agree... Theyjust fish market: want to pass the Bills without Naqvi to Opp anydiscussions. approvesthreeBillsbyvoicevote What’s the pointindisrupting the Houseeverydaywhen you PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA CONGRESSMPFROMLUDHIANA knowthat the government is NEWDELHI,AUGUST4 notgoing to repeal the Acts? NodtoDICGCamendment, airport authority Actchanges and LimitedLiabilityPartnership Bill RAVNEETSINGHBITTU Thereare other THE RULINGBJP lashedout at the TARGETEDSADMPsWHOWERE protests...Outside Parliament Opposition on Wednesdayfor thefarmers'issueswhenthemin- PROTESTINGAGAINSTTHEFARM and at the Delhi borders etc. continuouslydisrupting the pro- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE isterconcerned(NarendraTomar) LAWSOUTSIDEPARLIAMENT. Can’t yousee thousands of ceedingsofLok Sabhaand Rajya NEWDELHI,AUGUST4 is willing to discuss the matter. BITTUTELLSLIZMATHEWTHAT people at different locations Sabha, andalso took adig at the “While thereare members HEWANTEDTO“EXPOSE” protesting againstit? "papri-chaat" remarkofTMC THE RAJYASabhapassedthree who arenot willingtosupportthe HARSIMRATKAURBADALWHO leaderDerek O'Brien,sayinghe out of the five Bills linedupbythe Bill, Iamstill willing to hear them. But the governmentsaysthe can have fish curry but mustnot governmentonWednesday, pos- Their inputswill definitelybe WASPARTOFTHECABINETWHEN Opposition, by disrupting the turnParliamentintoafishmarket. siblymaking it themostproduc- thought about. But unfortunately THEFARMBILLSWERECLEARED. proceedings, is insulting Attacking the government for tive day—in terms of legislative theywant to discuss issues on Parliament? passing Bills within “a fewmin- business —ofthe ongoing whichthe concerned ministeris CongressMPsfromPunjabhold Can’tyou see farmers holding utes”inParliamentamidprotests Monsoon session. willing to have adiscussion. This protestsalmosteverydayoutside mockparliament outside? It by Opposition members de- The Parliamenthas faceddis- showstheyarenotinterestedinso- Parliament,butinside,your shows people arelosing faith in manding discussionsonvarious ruptions everyday since July19 lutionsandareonlyusingtheissue protestsarelargely onPegasus. Parliament. Is it notanissue that issues, TMC floor leaderinthe because of protests by the Civil Aviation MinisterJyotiradityaScindia;AAP leader Sushil Kumar Gupta in RajyaSabha. PTI as an excuse fornot participating.. The Congress is protesting inside we MPs should be concerned RajyaSabha Derek O'Brien had Opposition over the Pegasus it’sreallyasaddayforus,”shesaid. Parliament on five issues -farm about? Tomorrow, even asked whether the government snooping scandal, issues of farm Objecting to her intervention, Bills, Covid, fuelprices, unemployedpeople could waspassinglegislationormaking laws andprice rise. It wasmainlymembers of the Credit Guarantee Corporation encouragesmaller airports to ex- DMK MP Tiruchi Siva raiseda unemployment and Pegasus. organise mockparliaments. Is it "papri-chaat". The Upper House functioned BJD, JDU,Telangana Rashtra (Amendment) Billproposes that pandairconnectivityto relatively point of order that Sitharaman’s When the session started, the good forour democracy? Addressing reporters outside forlessthananhourafterlunchon Samithi,AIADMK, and Telugu even if abank is temporarilyun- remote andfar-flung areas. The remarks should be expunged party did nothavethe Pegasus Parliamentafteritwasadjourned Wednesday, during whichit Desam Partywho participated in able to fulfil itsobligations due to Limited Liability Partnership since she is supposedtoreplyon issue. We startedour protests on Youwereseen shouting at SAD amid the protests,Deputy Leader passedthe Deposit Insurance and thediscussionontheBills.However, restrictions suchasmoratorium, (Amendment) Billseeks to en- the Bill and notmakeallegations farm Bills and other issues. MPs protesting outside of theRajyaSabhaMukhtarAbbas Credit Guarantee Corporation MPs suchasCPM's John Brittas, depositors can access their de- couragethe start-up ecosystem againstmembers of the Parliament House. Naqvi allegedthatthe opposition (Amendment)Bill,LimitedLiability RJD'sManojJha, AAP leader Sushil positstothe extent of the deposit and further boostease of doing Opposition. “According to Rule But is the party asking for HarsimratKaurBadal has been parties, especiallythe Congress Partnership(Amendment)Bill,and Kumar Gupta and Samajwadi insurance coverthrough interim business. 238, no member while seeking debateonlyonfarm Bills? doing protestdrama forsome and the TMC, want to hijack Airports Economic Regulatory Party's RamGopal Yadav, on the payments by the Deposit Replying to thediscussion on should makeapersonalcharge We wanted to tell people days here. Iwas asking her why Parliament. Hitting out at Authority of India (Amendment) otherhand,tooktheopportunityto Insurance and Credit Guarantee the Deposit Insurance and Credit againstanother member... the through Parliament whythe she is doing this drama now O'Brien's remark, he said, “If he is Bill. All three Bills were passed by raise the Pegasus issue, farmers’ Corporation (DICGC). Guarantee Corporation minister'sreplyshouldonlybere- farmers areprotesting. But the when she waspartofthe cabinet allergicto papri-chaat,hecanhave voice voteamidstraucous scenes protestandthesuspensionof TMC The Airports Economic (Amendment) Bill,Finance garding the Bill, notregarding the government doesn’t want it. The whenitclearedthefarm Bills. fish curry,but do notturn and loud sloganeering by the MPs earlierinthe day. RegulatoryAuthority of India MinisterNirmala Sithraman crit- members," he said. government says it’s ready to She could have resignedwhen Parliament intoafish market.” Opposition MPs. The Deposit Insurance and (Amendment) Bill, 2021, seeks to icisedthe Opposition forraising WITHPTIINPUTS debateanything but in the the cabinettook up the Bills... Lok Sabha okays HC collegiums Amid LS din, NCR air qualityBill among 2cleared Defence exports appointment of recommended since 2014-15 Board(Amendment) Bill, 2021, of the Chair.This is notproper,” 3new members 505 in 3ys, 209 EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE whichseekstocreateapostof Birla said.“This is the wrongway.” ‘estimated at NEWDELHI,AUGUST4 'non-executive chairman'” forthe Whenthe house metat11:30, to data Bill panel appointed: Govt board, wasalso passedwithout a senior BJP leader Rajendra Rs 38,500 cr’ AMID PROTESTS by Opposition debatelater in the day. Agrawaltook the Chair.The MPs NewDelhi: The Lok Sabha on NewDelhi: Of the 505 namesrec- parties over the Pegasus spying Meanwhile, opposition returnedtothe Well with their NewDelhi: India exportedmil- Wednesdayapproved theap- ommendedbyvarious high issue, the Lok Sabha passedtwo protests over the Pegasus issue placards. While Congress and itaryhardwareand systems pointmentof threenewmembers courtcollegiums in the lastthree Bills on Wednesday. continuedtodisrupt theproceed- TMC MPs triedtoraise the plac- worthRs38,500crore in the to the Joint Committee on the years, 209 candidates were ap- The Commission forAir ings of the Lok Sabha and it was ards in front of the Chair,Agrawal lastseven years, according to PersonalDataProtectionBill,2019. pointed as high courtjudges, Lok QualityManagement in National adjournedmultiple times on warnedthem: “Showing placards details providedbythe govern- The committee is examining the Sabha wasinformedon CapitalRegion and Adjoining Wednesdaytoo.The firstad- in front of the Chair is notfair. ment in the Lok Sabha on Bill that seekstoregulatethe use Wednesday. Areas, Bill, 2021—whichseeksto journment, for15minutes,took Please put it down.Youcannotdo Wednesday. of an individual'sdatabythe gov- In awritten reply, Law setupastatutoryauthority with place at 11.15amwhen MPs of this. This is notacceptable,” he Replying to aquestion, ernment and privatecompanies. MinisterKiren Rijiju said in 2018, appropriate powers to tackle air Congress, DMK, Leftparties and said. He warnedthem notto MinisterofState forDefence Moving amotion, BJPmem- 2019 and2020, high courtcol- pollution in NCRand adjoining TMC rushedtothe Well of the “cross the limits”. The MPs didn’t AjayBhatt said the major items berPPChaudharysaid he pro- legiums made 505 recommen- areas —was passedamid House. Theyshoutedslogans tar- obligeand proceedings were ad- exportedduring2014-15 and poses the appointment of dations forappointment as Opposition sloganeering. AgricultureMinisterNarendraSingh Tomar movedthe geting Prime MinisterNarendra journedagain for15minutes. 2020-21includedarmoured Dayanidhi Maran (DMK), Satya judgesinthe high courts, out of Amendmentsmoved by the Coconut Development Board(Amendment)Bill. PTI Modi and demanding adebate The House continuedtosee protectionvehicles, weaponslo- PalSingh and AparajitaSarangi which209 names recom- Opposition on the Bill were re- and aprobe intothe alleged interruptions and wasadjourned cating radar,light-weight tor- (both from BJP) to the committee mendedbythe Supreme Court jected viavoice vote. snooping. till 11 am on Thursday. pedo and fire control systems in vacancies causedbythe resig- collegium were appointed as HC “Weknowthat foralong pe- notjustinDelhi, but alsointhe can give an institutional form to Speaker Om Birla took excep- The opposition has been and tear gaslaunchers. nationof KanimozhiKarunanidhi judgesinvarious High Courts. riod of time, on the basis of orders NCR, due to transportation, in- prevent air pollution,” said tion to some MPs holding plac- stalling proceedings since the “Currently, the exportsare (DMK) fromthe panel andinduc- One hundred andfifty-three by various courts,ad-hoc com- dustry, or other reasons, there Environment Minister ards in front of him in an attempt House metonJuly19for the being made to about 75 coun- tionof Meenakshi Lekhi and Ajay names were rejected by the SC mittees were created in Delhi. In wasaneedtocreateanintegrated Bhupender Yadavwhile moving to showthem to the cameras. Monsoon Session. TheLok Sabha, tries. Names of the countries Bhatt (both BJP) to theUnion collegium and remitted to the recent times, the manner in institution. Through this, we can the Bill. “You arebreaking the rules of the however, has passed sevenbills cannotbedivulgeddue to strate- Council of Ministers. PTI high courts,hesaid. PTI whichair pollution has occurred createsuchasystemsothat we The Coconut Development House and insulting the dignity already amid the protests. gic reasons,” he said. PTI 2,300 booked under Bommai brings in 29-member Jaishankar to attend Raisi UAPA in J&K since 2019, Cabinet —withBSY stamp swearing-in nearly half still in jail ministry. Crucially, unlikeduring Brahmins, one tribal and one ceremony today EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Yediyurappa's tenure, the BJP from the Reddy community. Home department sources said BENGALURU,AUGUST4 centralleadership decided that Six ministers from the NAVEEDIQBAL all of them have sincebeenre- Bommai will nothaveany Yediyurappa Cabinetdid not EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE SRINAGAR,AUGUST4 leased. At theJune 24 meeting AFTER THREE days of brain- deputy chief ministers following makethe cut. Theyare party vet- NEWDELHI,AUGUST4 with Prime MinisterNarendra storming with the BJP central apprehensions that theycould eran Suresh Kumar,Arvind Union ministers Anurag Thakur and DharmendraPradhan in SINCE 2019,the Jammu and Modi in NewDelhi, the political leadership in Delhi,Karnataka's end up as alternatepower cen- Limbavalli, LaxmanSavadi, CP address the media in DelhionWednesday. PTI EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MinisterS Kashmir (J&K) administration leadership from the Valleyhad newChiefMinisterBasavaraj tres. “Lasttime, in the ministry Yogeshwar,RShankar and Jaishankar will visit Tehran on has booked over 2,300people sought therelease of prisoners Bommai returnedtoBengaluru of Mr BSYediyurappa, there Shrimanth Patil. Thursdaytoattend the swear- in morethan 1,200casesunder bookedunderthese laws as a on Wednesdaywith alistof29 were threedeputy CMs. This “Some seniors who have ex- ing-in ceremonyofnewly the Unlawful Activities confidence building measure ministers –the majority of time therewill notbeany perience in party work must be Cabinet nod to extension elected Iranian President (Prevention) Act, and 954peo- with aviewtorestarting politi- whom have the backing of previ- deputy CM, the party high com- utilisedfor party work –that is Ebrahim Raisi. ple under the Public SafetyAct calengagement with J&K. ous chief ministerBS mand has said. Further,experi- the feeling of the party leaders,” of SSA up to 2025-26, Govt “Atthe invitation of the gov- (PSA). Of these, 46 per cent of PDP spokesperson Suhail Yediyurappa. ence and youth has been bal- Bommai said, suggesting that ernment of Iran, the External af- those booked under UAPA and Bukhari said, “On the one hand, The newCabinet, whichtook ancedinthe Cabinet,” Bommai Suresh Kumar and Limbavalli fairs Ministerwill visit Iran on about 30 per cent of those de- thereisanefforttoportray ama- oath in the afternoon, bears the said aheadofthe induction of his maybepartofarejig of the state to spendRs1.85 lakh crore August 5-6, 2021toattend the tainedunder PSAare still in jail, jorchangeinthe situation on the markofYediyurappa as nine newministry. unit of the BJP,whichislikely Education Minister swearing-inceremonyofthe both insideand outside J&K. ground, while so manypeople rebelMLAsfromthe Congress Bommai and 14 of the minis- later this year. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE DharmendraPradhan said the President-elect H.E. Ayatollah According to official police areunder detention. On the and JDS, who defected to theBJP ters visited Yediyurappa's resi- The six newentrantsare BC NEWDELHI,AUGUST4 scheme,approvedonWednesday, Sayyid Ebrahim Raisi on August datareviewedbyThe Indian other hand, the central govern- in 2019 to help him become the dence to greethim afterthe new Nagesh, NMunirathna, Shankar has been upgradedtoalign it with 5,” the MinistryofExternal Express, 699 people were de- ment linksstatehood to nor- chief minister, have been picked Cabinetlistwas announced. The Patil, Halappa Achar,Sunil THE CABINET Committee on theSustainableDevelopmentGoal Affairs said in astatement. tainedunder PSAin2019, and malcyinParliament. Onlyone of againasministers,and several formerchief ministerlater at- Kumar and AragyaJnanendra. Economic Affairs Wednesday forEducationandthenewNational Jaishankar will meetRaisi 160in2020. In 2021, 95 people these situations can be true.” dissidentswho frequentlytar- tendedthe swearing-in cere- Munirathnawas among the approved afinancialoutlayofRs EducationPolicylaunchedlastyear. and also hold talkswith other were detainedunder PSAtill “Theyshould consider re- getedhim kept away. mony. In the newministry, eight 17 rebelMLAsfromthe Congress 1.85 lakh croretocontinuethe Among the major NEP recom- leaders duringthe trip. July-end. Of these, 284continue leasing these prisoners or mov- The onlysetbacks that ministers arefromthe dominant and JDS who were promised SamagraShiksha Abhiyan (SSA) mendations includedinSSA is the Iran had invited Indiatoat- to remain under detention. ing those outside the stateto Yediyurappa appearedtohave Lingayat community of north ministerial berths by till the 2025-26 financial year. National Mission of Foundational tend the swearing-in ceremony In the first30days afterJ&K's within J&K so thattheir families suffered wasthe absence of his Karnataka, to which Yediyurappa afterhelpedthe BJP The Centrealso expectsstates Literacy and Numeracy,financial when Jaishankar metRaisi dur- special status wasrevoked on can at leastmeetthem,” said youngerson BYVijayendra from Yediyurappa and Bommai also come to power. With to collectively pitchinRs1lakh supportforout-of-schoolchildren ing astopoverinTehran on July7 August5,2019, at least290 peo- National Conference provincial the ministrylist, and the inclu- belong; sevenfromVokkaliga Munirathna's entry, nine of croretoimplementthe scheme. in the 16 to 19 agegroup, employ- while travelling to Moscow. Ato- ple were booked under PSA, in- president Nasir Aslam Wani. sion of ShashikalaJolle, aformer community,whichisdominant these legislators arenow in the SSAisanintegrated scheme mentof languageteachers,anden- talof115 officials from 73 coun- cluding former Chief Ministers The Sajad Lone-ledPeople’s ministerwho has notbeen on in south Karnataka; and seven ministry. covering Classes 1to12. It aims hancedstipend forgirlstudents tries will attend the inaugura- Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah Conference has also questioned good terms with him. Jolle is the from OBC communities. Others FULLREPORTON to deliverinclusive,equitable, with special needs. tion. and Mehbooba Mufti. According the continueddetentions under sole woman ministerinthe new include three Dalits, two www.indianexpress.com and affordable school education. WITHPTIINPUTS Meanwhile, Afghanistan to government sources, at least stringentlaws. “The detention of Foreign MinisterMohammad 250 people booked under this thousands of people from Haneef Atmar has said that he lawwerefromKashmir region. Kashmir under stringent na- calledJaishankar on Tuesdayto Of the 2,364 people arrested tional security laws is agrim re- Lawyers still faceinequities in opportunities: CJI “discuss convening an emer- under UAPA,918 were held in minderofthe changelessnessin gency session of the UN Security 437cases in 2019,953 people in the security scenario in the easy to obtain alaw degree it was tionlawgraduateswhootherwise andrealizethefullpotentialof our Council on Afghanistan”. 557cases in 2020, and 493in Valley. Contrarytothe claims EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE extremelychallenging to have a would have struggledwithin the human resources”. Taking to Twitter,Atmar said 275cases tillJuly-end thisyear made by the Centreregarding NEWDELHI,AUGUST4 livelihoodoutof thesame.During system of litigationpractice. He also asked them to “focus the UN and the international (249 cases in Kashmir,26in improved lawand order situa- my graduation,peoplewouldask: “Moreover, thelucrative paypack- on retaining morewomen community mustplayagreater Jammu). Of these, 1,100continue tion, the sheer number of people LAWFIRMShave openedfreshav- ‘Whyare youstudying law? Did agethatisbeing offeredbylaw lawyers by incorporating neces- role to stop the unfolding to remain in custody. booked under UAPA andPSA in enues forlaw graduatesand in- younot getany employmentelse- firms have incentivizedpursuing saryinstitutional changes”. tragedyinAfghanistan due to While the number of PSA the lasttwo years is alarming centivised it as acareerbut in- where? Do younot want to get lawasacareer”. Diversitybringswide-ranging Taliban violence and atrocities. cases showedamarkeddecrease and worrisome,” said party equities in opportunitystill exist, married?’For afirst-generation Stressing the needtoaddress opinions to thetable and “a di- “Atmar,during atelephone in 2020,the number of UAPA spokesperson Adnan Ashraf. Chief Justice of IndiaNVRamana lawyer,asustainable practice in questionsof lackofdiversityinthe verse team can provide moreeq- conversation with Jaishankar, cases increased. This is a“shifton On the second anniversaryof said Wednesday thecourtswasadreamwhichwas CJI NVRamana firms, he said at present the major uitableandholisticsolutions”,the talked about the escalation of vi- the partofthe police to book in- J&K’s transition to aUnion terri- Speaking at avirtual book rarely realized. Therefore, it was firmsonlygotoTier-1citiesandse- CJI said adding that “someofthe olence, widespread human dividuals under the morestrin- tory,the administration on launch, he recalledhis owngrad- oftenconsideredasadegreeof last lect universities forrecruitment. best lawyers in ourcountries le- rightsviolationsbythe Taliban gent lawinstead of PSA, which Wednesday released areport, uationyearswhen people were resort”, the CJI said. The CJI said: “I am notsureif “In this process, manyyoung galhistory have been from small and foreign terroristgroups op- required regular extensions of “Jammu &Kashmir -marching skeptical of those pursuing law. “Speaking from personal ex- the present-dayreality is anydif- talentedlawyers,despitetheirin- towns and villages”. erations in Afghanistan, and the custody,” said alegal expert. to anew tune, towardsprosper- The result, he said,was that alaw perience,dueto lackofresources, ferent…thetruthisthattherestill terest andwillingness,areleftout The CJI said that ever since the needtohold aspecial session of Official sources said over ity,progress &peace”, on the degree “was oftenconsidereda mostofuslearnt while practic- exists inequityinopportunitiesfor of the process. Thereare dia- economicliberalisation,thegrowth the UN Security Council on 5,500people were takeninto steps takentoimprove the degree of lastresort”. ing,” said during the launchofa lawyers.” mondsintherougheverywhere”, of Indianlegal landscapehas been Afghanistan,” Afghanistan's preventive custody under ground situation and extension ‘I remember therewas once a coffeetablebookpublishedbythe Hesaidlawfirmsprovideeco- he said urging the firms “totake in synchronizationwiththe coun- MinistryofForeignAffairs said Section 107ofthe CrPC in 2019. of government schemes. time when although it wasvery Society of Indian LawFirms. nomic mobility forfirst-genera- upinitiativestoensureinclusivity try’smacro-economic growth. in astatement. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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The IAC-1,tomorrow’s INS Vikrant,sailedout to sea forthe firsttime on Wednesday. The indigenous aircraftcarrier is astellarachievement of defence engineering

what is considered to be one of the mostad- Nowthat India has the capability,will it KRISHNKAUSHIK vancedand complexbattleships in the world. WEAPONRY* build moreaircraftcarriers? NEWDELHI,AUGUST4 India’s earlier aircraftcarriers were built CARRIER STATS Since 2015,the Navy has been seeking ap- either by theBritish or the Russians. The INS ■ 34 fixedwing and proval to build athirdaircraftcarrier forthe THE INDIGENOUS AircraftCarrier (IAC) 1, Vikramaditya,currentlythe Navy’s onlyair- Crew 1,700 rotary aircraft country, which, if approved,will become whichwill be called INS Vikrant once it en- craftcarrier that wascommissionedin2013, Compartments 2,300 ■ MiG-29K fighter aircraft India’ssecondIndigenousAircraftCarrier(IAC- ters service with the Indian Navy about ayear startedout as the Soviet-Russian Admiral ■ Kamov-31 AirEarly Warning 2). This proposedcarrier,tobenamed INS from now, startedsea trials —one of the last Gorshkov.The country’s twoearlier carriers, PERFORMANCE Helicopters Vishal,isintendedto bea65,000-tonnevessel, phases of trials —onWednesday.What is this INSVikrant and INSViraat,wereoriginallythe TopSpeed 28 knots ■ American-built MH-60R muchbiggerthanIAC-1andtheVikramaditya. warship, and whyisthis project important British-built HMSHercules and HMS Hermes Cruising Speed 18 knots multirole helicopters The Navy has been trying to convince the forthe country? before being commissionedintothe Navy in government of the “operational necessity” 1961 and 1987 respectively. Endurance 7,500 ■ IndigenouslybuiltAdvanced of having athirdcarrier.Chief of the Naval nautical miles Light Helicopters What is IAC-1,asthe warship is currently Accordingtothe Navy,over76per cent HEIGHT StaffAdmiral Karambir Singh said on Navy *The Navy has notspecifically revealed yetwhat weapons and equipment INS Vikrant will have. codenamed? of the material and equipment on boardIAC- 59 METRES Daylastyear that the Navy could notremain Thisisthe firstaircraftcarrier designed 1isindigenous. This includes 23,000tonnes Expected listbased on earlier statements andweaponry on boardthe comparably-sized INS Vikramaditya. a“tetheredforce”. Navy officials have argued and built in India. An aircraftcarrier is one of of steel, 2,500 km of electric cables,150 km that to project power, it is essential that India the mostpotent marine assets foranation, of pipes, and 2,000 valves, and awide range is able to venturefar outonthe oceans, which WEIGHT whichenhances aNavy’s capabilitytotravel of finished products includingrigidhull DECKS can be done best withanaircraftcarrier. 40,000 TONNES farfromits home shores to carryout airdom- boats, galley equipment, airconditioningand 14 WIDTH Forthegovernmentto beconvincedofthe ination operations. refrigeration plants, and steering gear. need forIAC-2, however, a“change in mind- Manyexperts consider having an aircraft TheNavyhassaidthatmorethan50Indian 62 METRES set” is required,sources in the Navy had told carrier as essential to be considered a‘blue manufacturers were directlyinvolvedinthe TheIndianExpressearlier.Chief of DefenceStaff water’ navy —one that has the capacity to project, and about 2,000 Indians receiveddi- GeneralBipinRawat,whoistaskedwithpriori- project anation’s strength and poweracross rect employmentonboardIAC-1 everyday. tisingacquisitionforthearmedforces,hasspo- the high seas.Anaircraftcarrier generallyleads Over40,000otherswere employedindirectly. kenagainstinvesting in another aircraftcar- as the capital ship of acarrier strike/battle The Navy calculates that about 80-85 per rier, andhas instead suggestedthat group. As the carrier is avaluable and some- cent of the projectcostofapproximatelyRs LENGTH Lakshadweep and Andaman&Nicobarcould times vulnerable target,itisusuallyescorted 23,000crorehas been ploughedbackintothe 262 METRES be developedas“unsinkable”Naval assets. in the group by destroyers, missile cruisers, Indian economy. It has also been arguedthat nowthat India frigates, submarines, and supplyships. has developedthe capability to build such IAC-1 has been designedbythe Indian Whywillthe shipbenamed INS Vikrant? vessels, it should notbewhittledaway. The Navy’s DirectorateofNaval Design (DND), INS Vikrant,aMajestic-class 19,500-tonne from escaping through maritime routes. ship is comparable to India’s existing carrier icoptermanufactured by the American aero- expertise gainedby the Navy andthe country and is being built at Cochin Shipyard Limited warship, wasthe name of India’s much-loved On Wednesday,the Navy hailedthe INS Vikramaditya,whichisa44,500-tonne space and defence companyLockheed over the past60years in the “artofmaritime (CSL), apublic sectorshipyard under the firstaircraftcarrier,asource of immense na- “proudand historic dayfor Indiaasthe rein- vessel and can carry up to 34 aircraft, includ- Martin, and the AdvancedLight Helicopter aviation” should notbewastedeither. MinistryofShipping. tionalprideovertheseveraldecadesof itsserv- carnated Vikrant sails forher maiden sea tri- ing both fighter jets andhelicopters. (ALH) built by Bengaluru-basedHindustan While theUS Navy has 11 aircraftcarriers; icebefore itwasdecommissionedin1997. The als..., in the 50th year of her illustriousprede- The Navy had earlier said that once com- Aeronautics Ltd. China tooismoving ahead aggressively with Whydoes it matter that this is aMade- Vikrant playedastellar role in the 1971 war cessor’s keyroleinvictoryinthe 1971 war”. missioned, IAC-1 will be“the mostpotentsea- Accordingtothe Navy,the warshipwill itsaircraftcarrierprogramme. It has twonow, in-India warship? with Pakistan. basedasset”, whichwill operatethe Russian- offeran“incomparable militaryinstrument athirdisinthe making, and another twoare Onlyfiveorsix nations currentlyhavethe The Vikrant wasdeployedinthe Bayof What weapons and equipment will the made MiG-29Kfighter aircraftand Kamov-31 with itsability to project Air Poweroverlong likelytobecommissionedwithin adecade. capability of manufacturing an aircraftcar- Bengal, and itstwo air squadrons of Sea Hawk new Vikrant have? Air Early Warning Helicopters, both of which distances, including Air Interdiction, Anti- Navy officials point out that even if India rier —Indiajoins this eliteclub now. Experts fighter jets andAlize surveillance aircraftwere The Navy has notofficiallyrevealedspe- arealready in use on the Vikramaditya. Surface Warfare, offensive and defensive givesthe IAC-2 projectthe go-ahead now, it and Navy officials said India has demon- usedinstrikes on ports,merchant ships, and cific details of the weapons and aircraftthat The new Vikrant will also operatethe Counter-Air,Airborne Anti-Submarine will be over 10 years before the warship is stratedthe capacity andself-reliancetobuild other targets, and to prevent Pakistani forces INS Vikrant will carry.However, the newwar- soon-to-be-inducted MH-60R multirole hel- Warfareand Airborne Early Warning”. commissioned.

CORONAVIRUS DASHBOARD ‘Extreme weather eventswill become TOTAL VACCINATED IN INDIA (at least one dose) more frequent andmoreintense’ 37,80,90,597 ■ Firstdose ■ Seconddose DR MRUTYUNJAY MOHAPATRA,director general of the IMD,spoke to AMITABH SINHAabout climate 80,00,000 6,30,125 54,63,671 changeand weatherforecasting; the advances that have been made, and the challenges that remain 14,15,012

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TOTAL DOSES COVISHIELD COVAXIN 88% 12% 48,52,86,570 On the impression that developednat- ions forecastweather moreaccurately: Over Zoom, Dr Mohapatra (left) (SputnikV’s5,09,772doses Indiafallsinthetropicalregion;extra-trop- explainedarangeofissuesrelatedto ical regions areinthe middle and higher lati- the work of the IMD to Sinha (above) notrepresentedinpie) tudeswheremostofEurope,northernUnited and readers of TheIndianExpress from States,andCanadaarelocated.Theweatherin aroundthe country. DOSES ON AUG 3: 67,42,456 the tropical region is different from thatofthe extra-tropicalregions.Cyclones,themonsoon, AUG 02: 63,20,475 (46,32,340 st doses; 16,88,135 2nd) thunderstorms arecharacteristic of tropical AUDIENCE QUESTIONS floods, arealso expected to increase. weather systems. Tropical weather is associ- In general, extreme eventswillbecome atedwithconvectiveforcesof theatmosphere. morefrequent andmoreintense, going by INDIA ACTIVE CASES 4,10,353 Theintenseheatingof theEarth’ssurfaceplays On the IMD’s accountability for On the recent heatwaveinCanada: the current projections. adominantroleinthegenesis,evolution,char- inaccurateweatherforecasts: In heatwaves,thereisarise in temper- acteristics,propagation,andmovementof the As youfocus on asmallerand smaller ature abovenormal up to about 5degrees On howspecific we can be in our 5,00,000 weatherintheseareas.Extra-tropicalweather area, the uncertaintyinpredictions in- Celsius, so thehuman bodycannotadjust prediction of extremesevents: systemsaremoresystematicandperiodic,and creases. But if youcompareforecasts of to it. Duringthis period, therewas subsi- As yougotowards extremes, their occur- therefore,in general,easiertopredict.Incom- 10 years agowith those of today, there dence, that is downward movement of air rence becomes very rare,and as the event 4,11,189 4,10,353 parison, the weather in the tropical zonesisa has been tremendous improvementin because of high pressure. Warm wind was becomes rare,the probability of prediction 2,50,000 littleless predictable. the prediction of all weather events, in- blowing from west to east. Subsidence decreases gradually. Forexample, we did pre- Having said that,our weather forecasts cluding heavy rainfall. Iamsureitwillim- meansair is moving from the toplevel of dict the occurrence of the recent wetspell in areasgood as anyone else’s. Therehas been provefurther.Ifyou look at large-scale the atmospheredownward, the warm air Maharashtraand the Konkan, but if we want tremendous improvement in the forecast- systems thatcause widespread damage is devoid of anymoisture, so it does not agranularprediction, sayoverasmall area 0 ing of tropical cyclones in the last10years; to life and property,theyare being pre- relatetoany convective cloudsand at the of acity or atown, then thereare limitations LAST 10 DAYS our pin-pointed forecasts is something that dicted fairly efficiently. same time, the temperature increases. with current resources andtechnology.Same July25Aug 03 other countries aretrying to emulate. is the case if youwant accuratequantitative Note:The August3figures in these graphs arebased on the government updates on August4 Similarly,the accuracy of monsoon forecasts, rainfall forecasts,for example. We aretrying especiallyofextreme rainfall events, has in- to improveour capabilities, and thereisan creasedfromabout 60 per cent 10 years ago events, and the abilitytopredictthem: meanswhenitrains,itrainsheavily, andwhen ongoing effort in Mumbai to provide very INDIATOTAL CASES 3,17,69,132 to over 80 per cent now. Globally,temperatures have risen by it doesn’train, it doesn’train at all. granular forecasts. Source: Ministry of Health &Family Welfare, updated at 11 pm on August4 Even forthunderstorms,the potential about 1.2degrees Celsius compared to a100 This trend is quitesignificant across the zone of occurrence is being predicted five years ago. Over India, the risehas been about country’scentralbelt. Adecrease in rainfall On what our weather forecastingsystem days in advance. These arenot easy to pre- 0.6 degrees Celsius. The rise has been morein activity has been observedoverKerala and might be like10years from now: dict because theyare localisedinabout a1- the northern,central, and eastern parts,and Jharkhand and adjoining areas, but an in- We have three main objectives. 10-km area, and lastbarelyhalf an hour to less over peninsular India. crease in West Bengal, western Uttar First, to ensurethatnosevereweather Why theWHO is calling for three hours. The specific location is predicted This riseintemperature hasanimpact on Pradesh,and parts of Karnataka. goes undetected andunpredicted.Inthe next at leastthree hours in advance. Hereagain, extreme weatherevents. It’s getting hotter When youconsider heat waves, the in- five years, we will have augmentedour ob- ahalt to boosterCovidshots ouraccuracy is among the best in the world. notjustonthe surface, but also in the tropo- creaseismoreinthecentralandnorthernparts servational system thatwill enable us to de- Lightning is amajor killer duringthun- sphere, increasing itswater-holding capacity. of India. Cold waveconditionsare likelytode- tect,and predict,every severe weather event. CORONAVIRUS vaccine boostershots pealed: “I understand the concernof derstorms. Indiaisone of the very fewcoun- Studies showthat witharise of 1degree creasebecauseof theincreaseintemperature. The ideaistoenhance our capacities so that areabigdealcurrently—aboosterpro- all governmentstoprotect their peo- tries that provide lightningforecasts.This is Celsius, moisture-holding capacity increases Lightning also shows an increasing trend. even small-scale eventscan be predicted at gramme is underwayinIsrael, and ple from the Deltavariant. Butwecan- constantlybeing improved.Weare able to by about7per cent. If the atmospherehas There has been an increase in thunderstorms the granular levelwith longer lead times. GermanyandtheUKwillofferboosters not—and we should not—accept identify potential hotspots 14 days in ad- thecapacitytoholdmoremoisture,itwill because of therise in the moisturecontent in Thesecondobjective isto improveimpact- in September —but the WorldHealth countries thathavealready usedmost vance, and alightning warning is issued have thecapacitytocause morerainfall. the atmosphere due to temperatureincrease. basedforecasts.Asmentionedearlier,weare OrganizationonWednesday calledfora of the global supplyofvaccines using everythree hours on theday of theoccur- So,the probabilityofoccurrence of heavy The intensity of cyclones in the Bayof tryingto have veryrealisticimpact-basedfore- moratoriumontheseshotsuntiltheend even moreofit, while the world’s rence from over 1,000 stations across the rainfall has increased. Studies also showan Bengal does notshowany significant change, castsincorporatinghazards,vulnerabilityand of September.The WHO’s reason: vac- mostvulnerablepeopleremainun- country. We have an app calledDamini, increase in the frequency of heavy rainfall but Arabian Sea cyclones areshowing an in- riskanalysis,forfoursignificantsevere weather cine supplies should befocusedfirston protected.” whichprovides location-specific informa- events. These areeventswhen 24-hour ac- crease in intensity. events—tropicalcyclones,heavyrainfall,thun- helping all countriesvaccinateatleast Scientists have notreachedacon- tion about the occurrence of lightning during cumulative rainfall on aparticular dayismore derstorms, and heatwaves.Theyresultinma- 10 percent of theirpopulations. sensus on whether booster shots are the past5,10, and 15 minutes, and alight- than15cm. Such eventsare increasing over On projections of weather forthe future: jorlosses of lifeand property,and we hopeto Whilesome 4.25 billion doses of necessary. Studies have indicated that ning forecastfor the next 45 minutes. the tropical belt as awhole,including in India. In the business-as-usual scenario, the tem- minimisethelossesthrougheffective forecasts. Covidvaccineshave beenadministered the immunity generated by the Pfizer- Alarge number of deaths usedtohappen This trendismoreevident in Maharashtra, perature can rise as high as 4to5degrees The thirdobjectiveistomakeupdated sofar, thereisamassive disparityamong BioNTechand Moderna vaccines is because of heat waves until afew years ago. Gujarat, Odisha,and West Bengal. Celsius by the end of this century. But this will weather information available to everyone, richand poor nations —the percentage long-lasting. Researchers arestill Becauseof anaccurate forecastingsystem, and mostlikelynot be the case in viewofour ef- everyhour.For this, observation and com- of fullyvaccinatednationalpopulations working to understand recent Israeli effective communication and dissemination On rainfall days,heat waves, cyclones: fortstoreduce emissionsof greenhousegases. munication systems have to be improved, ranges from 60-70per cent forsome datasuggesting that the Pfizer- of information, the loss of livesdue to heat Onaverage,thenumberof lightrainfalland Even so, heatwaveconditions —area, dura- mobile apps have to be developed. countriesto 1percentorlessforothers. BioNTechvaccine declined in efficacy waves has come down to single digitsnow. moderaterainfalldays aredecreasing,while tion, and frequency —are likelytoincrease. WHO director general Tedros months afterinoculation. We arealso workingoncold wavepredictions. the number of extremerainfall events arein- Monsoon rainfall is projected to increase, TRANSCRIBEDBYMEHRGILL Adhanom Ghebreyesus, therefore, ap- THENEWYORKTIMES creasing.Buttotalrainfallduringthemonsoon and so areeventsofextreme rainfall. (Edited excerpts) On visible trends in extreme weather season has remainedlargely unchanged. This Rainstorm events, whichare related to VIDEO: https://bit.ly/2VrM5JL WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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ForKashmir,meeting of mainstream parties with PM in June THERE IS Astory that in 1973 Zhou Enlai the Chinese approachtothe worldisgov- political and military, areguidedbythis brokepolitical ice. That moment needs to be takenforward asked ayoung American interlocutor,“Do ernedbyone critical factor above allelse: assessment. T’S TWOYEARS since the Modi government announcedits decision to do away with youthink China will ever be an aggressive The perception of China’srelative powerin Doshi’s response to an assertiveChina is the special status of Jammu&Kashmir and the reorganisation of the stateintotwo or an expansionistpower?”The American, relation to the US. to take aleaf outofthe Chinese playbook. perhaps beingpolite, since thesewerethe On this view, theCold War, as it were, On hisview, the US needs to blunt Chinese Union Territories.Onthe ground, the implementation of these momentous decisions early days of the rapprochement, said “No.” between Chinaand the US hadalready be- powerwhereitcan and build whereitmust. Iwasdonethrough an unprecedented useofthe hardinstruments of statepower. At whichpoint Zhou Enlai is supposedto gun in 1989. The decline of the SovietUnion, The bookisfull of vivid detail.But it requires Thousands of political activists and leaders were arrested,and three of the state'sformer have shotback, “Don’t count on it. It is the Gulf Warand TiananmenSquare, effectively denying China the militaryspace, chief ministers —includingone who is asitting member of Parliament —detainedfor possible. But if China were to embarkon heightenedChina’sthreat perception. What making surethe Chinese do notcapturein- months,and slappedwiththe Public SecurityAct. Some political workers arestill behind suchapath, youmustoppose it. Andyou is depressing is the sensethe bookconveys ternationalinstitutions, creationofpartner- bars. Internetservices were disruptedfor nearly 18 months. Kashmir's media organisa- musttell the Chinese that Zhou Enlai told that China’s suspicionofthe US is over de- ships throughwhichChinese influence can youtodoso.” termined. Thereisalmostnothing the US be curtailed, and the creation of anew US tions were crippled, anew “media policy” wasbrought in. The onsetofthe pandemic only Rush Doshi tells this storyinhis bril- could do to convince the Chinese of their industrial strategy.Itisafull blown mani- exacerbated the situation. The government's justification forthese methods wasthat it liant, bracing and empiricallyrich Thelong benign intentions. Thereisalmost a festofor an ongoing Cold War. had enabledthe implementation of the reorganisation measures without lossoflife. game: China’sgrand strategy to displace “damnedifyou do,and damned if you It is possible that some might notbe But it maybeamistaketotakethe apparent calm fornormalcy.Kashmir has seen American order.The book takesonthe dual don’t” quality to the perception of the US. If convincedbythe seeminglyexcessive co- suchcalm before,onlytohaveitrudelyshattered.Byall accounts, despitethe promises mandateimpliedbyZhou’s remark. The youdon’t integrateChina intothe worldor- herence that Doshi conveysabout Chinese that the changes would bring in moreprivate sector investment and createjobs outside firstistoexplain that China is indeed on its der, it is an indication of hostile intention; if decision-making. But thebook is refresh- Rush Doshi tells this story the government,nosuchvisible“development” has takenplace. Theloss of statehood waytobeinganaggressive and expansion- youdointegrateChina, as the US did in al- inginnot making anyassumptions about istpower.Itisout notjusttodisplace the lowing MFN and WTOstatus, it is acovert potentialChinesedomestic weakness, or andfears of demographicchange, apprehensions and insecurities regardingethnic and in his brilliant,bracing and Americanorder,but to remakethe inter- empirically rich The long strategy to promoteliberalisation and somehowthe internal social contradictions cultural identity,and spectres of jobs being takenawaybyoutsiders, stoked by the new national order in itsown image.The sec- regime change. of Chinese societybubblinguptosavethe domicile rules, have served to keep people, in Kashmir,Jammu and even Ladakh, in un- ond is to think about howAmerica might game: China’s grand strategy But the actionsthat followfromthis worldfrompotential Chinese ambition. It certainty.Though the number of newmilitantshas fallen steadily, young men continue respond to Chinese ambition. The book is to displaceAmerican order. determinedsuspicion of the US areafunc- presumes that the Chinese system has deep to leave homeand joinmilitant groups. An impersonal administrationrun by bureau- basedonanextraordinarilydeep dive into Thebook takesonthe dual tion of an assessment of China’s relative roots, will remain legitimateenough,and cratsofthe reorganisedUTcadrecan onlyadd to the grounds foralienation. The yearn- Chinese documentsand sources. It may mandate implied by Zhou’s powerinthe world. In an analyticallysharp, hasthe ability to self-correct to reorient its well turn outtobethe one single book that if perhapsoverly neat,narrative,Doshide- society to itsnational aims. ing forpolitical representation, whichthe statehas lackedsince the PDP-BJPgovernment distilsboththe Chinese approachtothe remark.The first is to scribes the Chinese foreign policy outlook Doshi argues againstAmerican declin- fell afterthe BJP pulledout of the arrangement, wasevident in the turnout forthe District worldand the broad contoursofSino- explain that China is indeed in three phases. From 1989 to 2008, China’s ism. But as he notes, we areinuncharted Development Council election. At thesame time,however, those elections also served American competition. The Long Road on its way to being an strategy wastoblunt US power, prevent it territoryinglobal politics, whereAmerica is to show the limitsofanimagination forKashmirthat depends on anew political class and would have been aconsequential book in aggressive and expansionist from inflicting harm on China. Doshi shows encounteringanadversarywhose GDP is aclean slate, minted in the corridors of powerinDelhi. itsown rightbut it acquiresaddedinterest in vividdetailhow theblunting strategy going to give America arun forits money. power. It is out not just to This is whythe meeting at the end of June betweenthe leaders of the political parties since Doshi is nowChina Director on worksthrough all spheresofChina’s China is vital to shapingthe futureofthe Biden’s National Security Council. engagement with the world: It economi- worldorder.The assessment of China is of Jammu&Kashmir with Prime MinisterNarendraModi wasasignificantinflection displace the American order, Theguidingthread through the bookis but to remakethe callyengages and participates in interna- convincing. But thereare twoissues. The point forbothJ&K and the Centre. It signalledthat the government is perhaps ready for that thereisimmense continuity in the tional institutions to protect itself. Itschoice firstiswhether the US can executeaChina- political accommodation. The main outcome from the meeting wasaforcefulreitera- Chinese approachtothe world. Thisconti- international order in its of weapons, from submarinestomissiles, stylegrand strategy domesticallywithout tion by J&K's politicalleadership of the demand forrestoration of statehood. The govern- nuity is derivedfromasingle-mindedfo- ownimage. Thesecond is to areguidedbyaconsciousness of itsneedto compromising itsopenness or attracting al- ment mustcontinue the process of engagement with the political leadership of the erst- cus on national rejuvenation that enables think about howAmerica wage asymmetricwar and ensurearea lies. It is still America Firstbyany other while state, and in consultation with them, mustplan forAssemblyelections at the earliest. Chinatobeatthe apexofthe global order. might respond to Chinese denial to theUS, and it politicallyengages name. ArevitalisedUSdemocracy (increas- Aftertwo years of heavy-handedmeasures,driftand political experimentation,thisis The CommunistParty is the vanguardofna- the worldtosoftenits image. From 2009, ingly looking unlikely), will of course have tional regeneration. This rejuvenationin- ambition. Thebook is based especially with the onsetofthe global fi- thepowerofits example.But justreiterat- theonlyway forward. volves notjustimmediatenational aims, on an extraordinarily deep nancial crisis, China goes intoabuilding ing that China willexportauthoritarianism likeunificationwithTaiwan, but anew form dive into Chinese mode. It creates itsown international insti- while the West will exportliberal princi- of order building that will be distinctively documents and sources. It tutions, itsmilitaryacquires moreoffensive ples is tooeasy anarrative.The prospectof morecoercive.XiJinping representsnot so capabilities, and it asserts itself more aworld in whichnothing can convince ACOVID WARNING muchabreak withthe recent historyof maywell turn out to be the politically.Ithas nowentered an expansion- China thatthe US will notundermine it and Chinese policy,but the next logical step in one single book that distils istphase, where theobjectiveistoresolve little canconvince the US that China is not itsevolution. On thisview, the differences both the Chinese approach all territorial disputes in itsfavour,acquire expansionist, is asoberingone.This will be Rise in infection ratesinpockets of countrycalls forincreased betweenaslightlymoreopen, lessauthor- to the world and the broad bases around the world, evictthe US from abumpy ride. vigilance, quickening pace of vaccination itarianChina underDengXiaoping or Hu Asia, and createthe worldorder in its Jintao and Xi Jinping areinconsequential for contoursofSino-American relatively moreilliberal image. The choice The writeriscontributing editor, NTHE PAST four days,the Union MinistryofHealth and FamilyWelfarehas released worldpolitics. The seemingdifference in competition. of actions in all three spheres, economic, The Indian Express aset of sobering figures on the Covid-19 pandemic.The decline in the country’s caseload, afterthe second wave peaked on May9,sloweddownconsiderably in Iearly July becausethe infection had notabated in Kerala and other pocketsinthe country. Datanow shows that the virusisrearing itshead again. On Tuesday, the healthmin- istryreportedthat the R-value—the rate at whichaninfectedpersontransmits the disease —has gone beyond the danger threshold of Iinseven states and UTsother thanKerala: Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Mizoram, Karnataka, Jammu and Kashmir,Lakshadweep, WRONG WAY TO CLEAN UP and Puducherry.Thoughonly44districtshaveapositivity rate above10per cent, the fact that the country’s weeklycaseload spikedby 7per cent in the lastweek of Julyshould war- rant arise in vigilance levels. The Centrehas asked states to consider local-levelcontain- Shifting to electric vehicles means subsidising affluent.Thereare better alternatives mentstrategies in districts witnessing asurge.Their prime objective shouldbetostop crowds from gathering at busy urban centres —the Delhi government’s crackdown on markets thatviolated Covid protocols in lateJune couldbeagood exampletofollow. Prem Shankar Jha The uptickinthe country’s Covid cases comes at atime when the US, Japan, Southeast Asia and parts of Europe areconfronted with afresh surge.Random changes in the con- ON JULY 28, it wasreportedthat650 of the Together,these subsidies add up to Rs understood, but thereisnosuchlimit for tagion’s genetic code arethreatening to undo the progress made in containing the pan- 8,033Nexons —TataMotors’popular mini- 5lakh per car.Theyare presentlytime- methanol, whichcan be producedfromany demic’s spread. Thereis, however, enough evidence that the current crop of vaccines, SUV —sold in June were EVs, that is, had bound and arebeing offeredonlybyfive biomass wastefromcropresidues to mu- globallyinuse, blunt the virulence of the newvariants, limit the number of people falling electricity-driven engines. This break- states —Delhi, Maharashtra, Gujarat, nicipal solid waste, both of whichare avail- gravelyill. Though India has done well to meet itsJulytargetofadministering 13-crore through has been ascribed to the fact that Karnataka and Meghalaya.But the able in abundance. shots,the country’s Covid challengedemandsaquickeningofthe pace of inoculation. A thankstoaspateofcentral and stategov- “KeepingUpWith The Joneses” effect is The firstcommercial plant to convert ernment subsidies, the e-variant nowcosts bound to extend these subsidies, sooner or 1,75,000tons of refuse-derivedfuel into45 little morethan 55 per cent of people over the ageof60havereceived one shot—about onlyRs2lakh morethan the diesel and Rs later,tothe whole of India. million litres of aviation turbine fuel is be- 27 per cent have receivedbothdoses. This means that asignificant numberofpeople, 3lakh morethan the petrol variant. Since The moral blindness behind this offeris ingcommissionedoutside Reno, Nevada mostvulnerable to thelethal ways of thevirus, arestill unprotected againstthe pathogen. the running costofthe E-Nexon is onlya breathtaking.For onlyone in 50 of the 2.77 even as Iwrite. It is expected to startcom- The government has maintainedthat vaccinesupply will be ramped up in the next five sixth of the diesel variant, even buyers who millioncars sold in 2020-21costmorethan mercial production before the end of this months. Abidingbythis commitment would, of course, be decisive in meeting the year- drive as little as 40 km aday can nowre- Rs 10 lakh. That is the affluent fraction of year.Athree times largerplant is coming end goal of inoculatingall adultIndians. In the coming weeks, increasedsupplies could coverthe extracapital costofthe car in just the car-owning population upon whichthe up at Gary, Indiana, and six more siteshave over twoyears in comparison withthe So has India found the way central and stategovernmentsintend to been identifiedinother medium-sized also be crucial in helping stategovernmentsframe strategies to use the vaccine moreef- diesel, and three years in comparison with out of fossil fuels in the showerthese subsidies on. Acomplete shift cities. fectively in curbing apotentialsurge —givingspecial attentiontoareas with ahigh inci- thepetrolvariant. transport sector? Not to EVs will thereforetransfer Rs 2,770 crore ForIndia, gasification holds even dence of Covid and priority to people at greater risk. This sounds wonderful. So has India from taxpayers to this fraction everyyear greater promise because simple, air-blown found the wayout of fossilfuels in the exactly.Ayear ago, the till the government terminates these in- gasifiers arealready in use in food process- transportsector?Not exactly. For, ayear showroom price of the basic centives. ing that can convert rice and wheat straw ago, theshowroom priceofthe basic E- E-Nexon wasRs14.3lakh Sucha“startup” subsidy would have intoalean fuel gasthat can generateelec- Nexonwas Rs 14.3 lakh and thatofthe and that of the diesel variant been justified if therehad been no alterna- tricity and provide guaranteed24-hour VACCINOLOGIST BARBIE diesel variant Rs 8.3 lakh. The price differ- tive to electricityfor replacing fossilfuels powertocold storageinevery village.Aby- ence between the twowas thereforenot Rs Rs 8.3lakh. Theprice in thetransportsector.But thereare alter- product, biochar,isnoless valuable be- She’s got baggage, but the doll is striking out 2lakh but Rs 6lakh. So what has enabled difference between the two natives—ethanol and methanol —whose cause it can replace importedcoking coal in newerdirections the Tatastobring it down to justRs2-3 wastherefore not twobut six superior quality and greater safety has in blastfurnaces or be usedasafeedstock lakh? The answer is the hefty subsidies be- lakh of rupees. So what has made them the preferred, oftenthe only forproducing transportfuels even more ing offeredbythe central government,and permitted, fuels in major motorraces since easilythan municipal solid waste. HATAYEAR forProfessor Sarah Gilbert. Notonlywas the vaccinolo- the stategovernmentsofDelhi, enabled the Tatastobring it the1960s. Thelimitations of ethanol as the gist, whodesignedthe Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid jab, honoured with Maharashtra, Gujarat. down to just Rs 2to3lakh? sole alternative to gasoline arenow well Jha is asenior journalist and author adamehood this June, she’s nowgot aBarbie in her likeness. US toy W maker Mattel has justreleased aDame Gilbertdoll, complete with redhair,glassesand apantsuit, as one of sixBarbies that paytributetowomeninsci- ence, technology,engineering and maths (STEM). Even though she described it as alit- tle “strange”, Gilbert’s hope is thather dollwill help girls realise that it is “normal” for them to aspiretoSTEM careers. AUGUST 5, 1981, FORTY YEARS AGO This would have seemed likeanodd thing to say—of course, it’s normal forgirls to want to be scientists,doctors and engineers—wereitnot forthe hardfacts. Around the world, MINISTER RESIGNS Mahasabha worker in Bhadravati, two willbeheldonly afortnightbefore theMexico STEM fields aredominatedbymen,eventhough in primaryschool,girls areasproficient months afterIbrahim wasinducted intothe summit on NorthSouth questions in October. as boys in maths and science. But as theygrowolder,ingrainedbiases, stereotypes and THE KARNATAKAPLANNINGANDWakf min- ministryin early 1980. Ibrahim’s brother is al- Commonwealth countrieslikeIndia, Britain ister, CM Ibrahim, resignedfromthe ministry leged to have engineered the murder. and Canada will attend both the summits. socio-economicpressures, especiallyinthe developing world, steer girls away from STEM on August 3. Hisresignation, forwardedby fields,sometimes even forcing them to drop out of education and forfeiting anychance Chief MinisterGundu Rao, has been accepted INDIA-AUSTRALIA TALKS FLAWS IN STADIUM at acareer.According to datafromthe UNESCOInstituteofStatistics,less than30per cent by the governor.Gundu Raowill take over of the world’s researchers arewomen —the ignominyofthis figurehas ledthe UN to in- Ibrahim’s portfolios. Earlier in the day, Ibrahim, INDIA AND AUSTRALIA would likethe forth- THE FAMOUS BRITISH structural design ex- clude “Women in science” as one of the themes forits Sustainable DevelopmentGoals. the mostcontroversial member of the coming Commonwealth Conference to make pertBBMakowsky has found flaws in the Despiteher history of promoting unrealistic beauty standards and sexistattitudes, Karnataka cabinet, had givennotice of his in- acontributionto theNorth-Southdialogueand design of the indoor stadium being con- tention to quit while making astatement in discuss steps forevolvingbetterrelationsbe- structed forthe Asian Games. He wascalled Barbie mayjustbethe doll forthe job.Since 2016,she has come in morediverse andin- the Legislative Council. “I have requestedthe tween developedand developing countries. by theDelhi Development Authority to in- clusive forms —wearing ahijab, with natural hair,inawheelchair,and as aboxer,tractor CM to relieve me, since Iamfetteredbymany This wasevident from the talksbetween spect the design and construction of thesta- driverand firefighter.And while the heavy lifting in the battle againstgender discrimi- constraintsand Ifeel Icannotadequatelyand AustralianPrimeMinisterMalcolmFraserand dium. No Indian consultant wasdeemedfit nation will have to be done by governmentsand policymakers everywhere, Vaccinologist effectively respond to thetirade againstme”. PrimeMinisterIndiraGandhi.The twospoke forthe purpose.Makowsky waspaid Rs lakh Barbiecould showlittle girls everywherethat theycan be whoever theywant to be. 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THEINDIANEXPRESS,THURSDAY,AUGUST5,2021 WHATTHE OTHERSSAY “The provisional status is meant to signify that the final statusofGB(Gilgit- Baltistan) will be determined according to the requirements of theUN resolutions.” 11 THE IDEAS PAGE —DAWN Why Valley is stilldistant In J&K, new hope It is taking steps towardsdeepening democracy, Twoyears afterannulment of Article 370, restoration of full statehoodtoJ&K is fulfilling people’s aspirations, increasing prerequisitefor credible political process in region economic growth

ward in fulfilling the aspirations of the people of J&K. The fifthand averyimportant param- eter is economic growth. It is an undeni- able reality that the statemachinery in J&Kwas underthe stranglehold of red- tapism and corruption. TheValley is to- MYTarigami dayabuzz withnews of action against Jitendra Singh corruption in keydepartmentsand finan- cial bodies in the state. Moneybeing sent EXACTLYTWO YEARS ago, the Government forpublic good wasbeingmisusedby of India decidedtoannul the country’s spe- TWOYEARSago,Indiabid farewell to vested interestgroups. The economic up- cial constitutional arrangement with Jammu Articles 370and 35 (A),marking the start liftment in the Valleybegan with the and Kashmir and separateLadakh from the of anew erainthe politics of Jammu and Prime Minister’s Packageof2015. This set rest of former J&K. Whilethe decisionwas Kashmir.When the decision on 370and thestage forextensive spending on phys- welcomedbysections within the rest of the 35 (A) wastaken, therewas happiness in ical and socialinfrastructure. With the go- country, itsmulti-dimensional ramifications mostpeople, some experiencedshockand ing of 370and 35 (A) thereisgreat hope continue to be felt across the former state. All afew felt apprehensive about the direc- that tourism will pickupinthe Valley. this wasdone by keepingthe people of J&K tion in whichthingswouldgo. Twoyears Incentivesgiven to different sectors of the under confinement. It wasabig blowto later,itisimportant to assess whether economy—beitsaffron farmers or those democracy and the Constitution itself. Jammu and Kashmir is better placedthan who fish trout —combinedwithalargely Whileour opposition to this unwarranted, it wasbeforeAugust 5, 2019. peaceful environment is empowering unconstitutional assault on the basic founda- The firstparameteristhatofnational manylives.With corruption and leakages tions of our relationship with the Indian unity.Articles 370and 35 (A) created an un- drasticallyreduced, resources arereach- Union is known, Idon’t want this column to be natural and unhealthydivideinour nation. ing the intendedbeneficiaries. areiteration of thesame. Iwilluse this occa- Forevery lawpassed, everyrule made, we The road ahead also seems filledwith sion to objectively draw everyone’s attention hadtoascertain whetheritapplied to J&Kor hope and optimism.Afew weeksago,PM to some of the ground developments. not. Today, such distinctions arehistory.J&K Modi sat down with keystakeholders Thosewhodefendedtheabrogationcalled has been fullyintegrated with the other from Jammu and the Valleytodiscussthe it imperative as it would promote gender states and Union Territories. path ahead. The meeting wasattendedby equality and end discrimination againstmar- The second parameteristhat of four former chief ministers of J&K, and it ginalisedcommunities likethe Scheduled democracy.Bydemocracy,Idonot refer washeld in aconduciveand cooperative Castes(SC) and ScheduledTribes (ST) in J&K. to only stateand central elections being manner. Politicalactivity has also picked Reservation forthe SC communitywas en- held. Irefer to ahealthycultureofgrass- up across Jammu and Kashmir.The shrinedintheJ&Kconstitution.Ontheissueof roots-levelparticipation whichwas ab- Centre’s emphasis on aproper delimita- reservation forthe ST,manystatelegislators sent —rather,allowedtoremain absent tion followedbyfull-fledged elections is had movedabill in the assembly, though un- —for all these decades. One mistake by in line with the commitmentsmade to the successfully. However, the reality is that even RajivGandhi and Farooq Abdullah turned people of Jammu and Kashmir. afterreservation,thenumberof ST candidates the clockbackin1987and the after-ef- Ever since the NDAgovernmentas- in the legislaturewillbethe same as in the last fectslingered foralong time. Since as- sumed office in 2014,itwas clear thaten- assembly. Thisisbecauseof thedemographyof CRSasikumar suming office in 2014,Prime Minister gagement with Jammu and Kashmir ST-dominatedconstituencies of J&K. munitiesand regions. This is asubject thatde- correct assessment, acorrect diagnosis, acor- NarendraModi repeatedly saidthat neededafresh approach—one that Iagree that astate whichwas once at the mandsathreadbarediscussion.Butinthepost- rect strategy and acorrect mixofforce and among the critical deliverables forJ&K widens political participation and makes forefront of progressive reforms in the sub- August5era,thegaphaswidenedanditseems tact. Afterall, Gandhi’s ideal politicshad tri- wastohold panchayatpolls, whichwere space forfresh, young and aspirational continent should have been moreresponsive the executive wantstogovernthe tworegions umphedoverJinnah’s realpolitik on finally held in 2020.Holding thesepolls voices. to theallegation that some of the executive of J&Kasde-factoseparateentitiesofJammu Kashmir.” Whilekeeping the unity of J&K, he cameataheavy political costfor the BJP — The Prime Ministervisited Jammu and provisions seeminglypromotedinequality andtheKashmirvalley. Evenwithinseparated had consistentlyproposedthe idea of re- the party preferredtosacrifice powerin Kashmir to extend solidarity to those af- of women. Thereisaneedfor the political Ladakh, the Buddhist-majority Leh and the gional autonomywith adecentralised set-up the PDPalliance rather thancompromise fected by floods. Unlikewhat we sawin class of J&K to introspect on these issues. At Muslim-majorityKargilarenow dividedonre- that could accommodatethe diverse aspira- on itscommitment to grassroots democ- Uttarakhandin2013, the flood relief was the same time, our apprehensions about the ligious grounds and thereisnoglueholding tions of various regions, sub-regions and racy.Despitestray commentsbydisrup- providedinaquickand transparentman- post-August5developments should also be them. Connectedwiththis is the issue of de- communities that makeupthe mosaic of J&K. tive elements, the polls were held peace- ner.Since then,PMModihas mademany heardwithempathyand an openmind. limitation, whichhas merelyaccentuated the Recently,our interaction with Prime fully, andpeople got ataste of visits to Jammu and Kashmir,including on Firstofall, the abrogation has deepened anxieties of people in both the Kashmir valley MinisterNarendraModi,though welcome, participativedemocracy.This one step Diwali to spendtime with the troops. He the alienationoflarge sections of the popu- andtheJammuregion.Itseemsthatwhatever has notgeneratedanysignificant hope among will go along wayinshaping the devel- has repeatedly mentionedinspiring life lation.Itdelegitimisedthe mainstream po- decisions the commission takeswill only thepeople. Though we were heardpatiently, opment paradigm in Jammuand Kashmir. stories of common people from Jammu litical space in J&Kwhichhas worrisomecon- deepen the mistrustamong regions and com- Within the diverse region of no concreteassurances were offered. Nothing The thirdparameteristhat of peace. andKashmir duringhis “MannKiBaat” sequences forthe rest of the country. In the munities. Thereare apprehensions that with J&K,the fissures continue to seems to bemoving in the direction of reduc- The memories of 2008, 2010 and2016are programmes. lastthree decades,atgreat risk to our lives, Ladakh already separated,thereisadesign at deepen among communities ing “Dil ki dooriyan aurDilli ki dooriyan”. still fresh in the minds of the people of Thesituation in Jammuand Kashmir we have consistentlyarguedbeforethe local work to executeRSS’s plan to trifurcateJ&K. A Withinthe present context, immediatecon- Jammu and Kashmir.Aneffortwas made wasnever easy.Sadly,the needtomain- people that afederal and secular India is the resolutionto thiseffectwasadoptedbytheRSS and regions. This is asubject fidence buildingmeasureshavetobetaken. to reignitesuchsparksoftension afterthe tain the status quodominated theworking best channelthat can provide dignity to our at KurukshetrainJune 2002. that demands athreadbare The immediaterelease of prisoners languish- decisions on Article 370and 35 (A) but the of previous governments. Vested interest distinct Kashmiri identity.The people of J&K The Constitution is categorical that be- discussion. But in the post- ing in different jails has to be considered, en- Valleyaswell as Jammu have remained groups lovedusing Kashmir as astickto had optedfor secular India rather than fore takingany decision to tinker withthe August 5era,the gaphas suring protection of basic rightsofmovement peaceful. beat India’sdemocratic and inclusive Muslim Pakistannot simplybyvirtue of ac- boundaryofany state, consultations with the andassembly,and putting an end to indis- The fourth parameterisabout people’s ethos. As we enter the Amrut Mahotsav,it cession, but because of the promises of build- legislatureofthat stateare required.For J&K, widened and it seems the criminateharassment. An immediaterestora- aspirations. It baffledevery thinking per- is forustosee the newrealities in J&K. The ing apluralist, secular India in whichthe peo- the bar wasevenhigher because of Article executive wants to govern tion of fullstatehoodtoJ&K is theprerequi- son whyJammuand Kashmir shouldnot people of the statehavegot thewings to ple of J&K were to have maximum autonomy. 370. In this regard,thereisalready aresolu- the tworegions of J&K as de- sitetoinitiateacredible politicalprocess in have RTIlawsand whythe benefitsof flyand, in theyearstocome, J&Kwillmake Those promises were partofArticle 370of tion of the assembly to preservethe unity of facto separate entities of theregion. Oneofthe essential lessons from reservation should notbeavailedbyits SC, even greater contributions to India’s the Indian Constitution and the Constitution the stateofJ&K andits secular character.A the 1977 J&K assemblyelections wasthat loy- ST and OBC communities. The fact that the growth and development. of J&K itself. But those constitutionalguar- resolutionwhichwas movedbymeon Jammu and Kashmir valley. alty to India should notbeconstruedasloyalty mostmarginalised groups can nowget antees were graduallyerodedand nowfully December 16,2003inthe J&K legislaturewas Even within separated to the ruling party at the Centre. Democracy reservation benefitsisamajor leap for- The writer is aUnion minister abrogated,therebyproviding an opportunity adoptedonMarch 3, 2004. Ladakh, the Buddhist- and nationalinterestshould notbeseenasin- to those who wanted to undermine our re- Incidentally, August 5isalsothe birthday majorityLeh and Muslim- compatible to eachother. lationship withthe Union. of the lateBalraj Puri, whose work on J&K is To sumup, the engagement with J&K The precious space that wascarved out widelyrespected.Inthe 1990s, at the height majorityKargil are now should draw from the complexhistory of the by thesacrifices of hundredsofpolitical ac- of the militancy,hehad arguedinhis book, divided on religious grounds region. We should notrepeat the mistakesof LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR tivists, who were assassinated by militants, Kashmir TowardsInsurgency,that “no and there is no glue holding the past. Whatever the circumstances, all ef- is nowconsiderablydiminished. The larger Kashmir policy can succeedwithouttaking them. Connected with this is fortsshould be focusedonrestoring the peo- point Iwant to makeisthat in democracies, intoaccount the politicaland psychological ple's confidence. The aim has to be to reduce A GREAT LOSS apart from constitutional, an emotionalbond urgesofthe people. The controversy over the issue of delimitation, the massive alienation of the people. IDEAS proves to be equallydefinitive in ensuring whether the policy should be tough or soft, whichhas merely IN THE PASSING of Padma Sachdev, peace and prosperity.Sadly, that emotional whether it shouldbebasedonanationalistor accentuated the anxieties of The writer is theformer CPI(M) MLA the nation has lostaleading literary ONLINE bond stands deeplyweakened. moral appeal, on realpolitikorideal politics from J&K. He is theConvenor and figureand the Dogra-speaking com- people in both Kashmir Second, withinthe diverse regionofJ&K, is unreal and irrelevant here. The real and rel- Spokesperson of People’s Alliance forGupkar munity has suffered agrievous loss. ONLYINTHE EXPRESS the fissures continue to deepen among com- evant question is what is and what is nota valley and Jammu region. Declaration Her contribution to Dogri literature overthe decades wasunparalleled ● RESERVATIONFOROBCS and her poems will be long remem- INMEDICALEDUCATIONIS beredbylakhs of Dogri speakers. LONGOVERDUE:YASHWANT Despitebattling ill health all her life, ZAGADE sheremainedapositive andcreative figure. Ihad known Padma ji forseven ● RIGHTTOBEFORGOTTEN: The saviour complex decades and we had numerous occa- PRIVACYVSFREEDOM: sions to meetand interact. Ihave DHANANJAYDHONCHAK translated severalofher poemsinto Amid rantsagainst‘love jihad’ and conversion, aMuslim Women’s Rights Day English. On her passing, Iwould like www.indianexpress.com to payhomagetoher memoryand SyedaHameed convey my deepsympathytoher fam- ilyand well-wishers, particularly to her husband Sardar Surinder Singh. Assam CM is putatively supposedto AUGUST1has been declared by the govern- reformer,aman by thename of Khwaja bring Muslimsintothe development para- when hundreds of women sat 24X7 for100 Karan Singh, viaemail be theguardianofthe people andthe ment as the “Muslim Women’s RightsDay”. Altaf Husain Hali. He spokealanguagethat digm. This wasthe firsttime that representa- days at Shaheen Bagh? Didtheyheedtheir custodian of the majesty of lawinthe Iask the MinisterofMinority Affairs (who I resonated with my understanding of Islam tivesfromthe women’s movement sat across supplications? Did theysalutetheir BIRLA’SWARNING stateand his patronagetothe police metseveral times during my 10-year term as areligion,whichgavethe higheststatus the table with the AIMPLB. courage?Muslim Women Empowerment forits egregious andunlawful actsis in the Planning Commission), “Do youreally to women. “Then whyistheir condition Cut to 2014,and onwardsuntil today. Over Day, did yousay? THIS REFERS TO the editorial, ‘Grim deeplydisturbing, all the morebe- believe in this ‘day’?” across the countrysodifferent from what the months and years,scenes of lynching and The MW (Protection of Rightson prospects’ (IE, Aug. 4). Kumar cause no one is guilty under Indian law In astatementreleasedonAugust2,more had been ordained?” Iasked.Hespokeof violence have playedout againstMuslims — Marriage) 2019 Bill, whichbecame lawon Mangalam Birla has red-flagged the unless declared so by acompetent than 1,000 women and men across the reli- the “mindsetofthe quom”, of “patriarchy”, mostofthem men, young and old and boys. itspromulgation on August1,remains a concerns of foreign investors, who are court.The Indianpoliceisknown for gious divide have calledyour act “cynical op- of deviation from Islamic tenets. In the capital city, at the universitycam- farce. What wasits needwhen in 2002 the reluctant to pumpmoneyintothe itsbrutality and needstobegiven les- tics”.Apopularsong by thepoetHasrat Jaipuri The NCWreport, Voice of theVoiceless: pus whereIlive, aslogan-shouting gunman Supreme Court had already struckdownin- companyunless theyare reassured sonsincivility,not alicense forits ex- in Basu Bhattacharya’s film, Teesri Kasam Status of MuslimWomen in India,inwhichall shotatprotesting students. At acrowded stant triple talaq in the case of Shamim Ara that the government is keen on a cesses. comestomind — Sajan re jhootmat bolo/ the above is recorded,appearedinthe year chowk, crowds areinstigated by afuture vs DagduPathan? three-playertelecom marketinstead Ravi Mathur, Noida Khuda ke paas jana hai!(My friend, do not 2000.Itgathered dustuntil 2004.When the CabinetMinister—“goli marosalon ko”. Scenes from the event were played out of aduopoly. If no effortsare made ur- lie/All of us have to face God!) governmentchanged,itwas takenoff the shelf In the remotest part of India, on the screens on August1.Manyhijab- gentlytostopVIL’s freefall, tens of NOEASYANSWERS In 1998,when Iwas amember of the and manyprogrammesfor Muslim women Lakshadweep, wherethe population is 97 wearing women were caught on camerain crores of Vodafone customers will suf- National Commission forWomen, Iwentto were started.Duringmyterm in the Planning per cent Muslim, the threat of ecological de- ameeting room, wheretheywerebeing tu- fer. This will be ahugesetbacktothe THIS REFERS TO the article, 'The green Darul Uloom University in Lucknowtomeet Commission, Iwitnessedthe Sachar struction is unleashedbythe diktat of an ad- toredabout their bright future. Images of cause of digitalempowerment. warrant' (IE, August2)Thereisamoral Maulana AbulHasan Ali Nadwi—popularly Committee laying barethe stateofMuslims, ministrator appointed by the Centre. In some compliant faces were flashed. Some SSPaul, Nadia conundrum at playhereand it has many known as Maulana Ali Miyan —who was both men and women. The government Assam, it appears as though Muslims may banal sentences of praise attributed to faces. If protection of the environment is also chairperson of the All India Muslim launchedschemes, and the Planning well be deniedtheir constitutional rights. In them were seen as subtitles. CM AGAINSTLAW ‘humane’,preserving human dignity is Personal LawBoard. The commission, un- Commissionwas entrustedwith oversight. UP,perhaps with an eyeonthe 2022 polls, The wordsofthe poetSuroor Barabankvi ‘humanitarian’and abiding by therule der the guidance of Mohini Giri, had just Civilsociety wasbrought in right from the polarisation seems to be the order of the day speak volumes: THIS REFERS TO thearticle,‘Trigger- of lawishonourably‘humanistic’ then completedholding public hearings of start, firstinplanning, then in implementa- —whether as calls for“love jihad”,the pro- Yehi log hain azal se jo farebderahe happyinjustice’ (IE, August 4).The howdowearrange them in order of im- Muslim women in 18 places across the tion. The best partofthis process wasthat no posedpopulation control Bill or the Religious hain/Kabhi daalnaqabein kabhi odh karlabada spateofalleged shootings by the portance? Iagree withthe authors' judg- country. We wanted to shareour findings onethought in termsofthe religious divide. ConversionOrdinance. (These arepeople who have dupedusfor Assam Police reflects deteriorating law ment that eviction amidstapandemic with Maulana Ali Miyan. He receivedus Hindus, Sikhs, Christians worked to bring Our youth areincarcerated on dubious aeons/By putting on masksorwearing sacred and order situationinthe state. What wasamorallyharsh decisionbut theen- withaffection and warmth, probably be- Muslims intothe mainstream. Taking inspi- grounds —Sharjeel Imam, Umar Khalid, robes) is morereprehensible and shocking is croachedland in question had no one but cause he had known my family, especially ration from Maulana Ali Miyan, his successor Siddique Kappan, to nameafew.The hon- the overtsupportand endorsement of the lawonits side forits protection. the writings of my great grandfather,India’s Maulana Mujahidul Islam Qasim and the ourable ministers launchedthe dayinthe The writer is former member, these actsbythe chief minister.The PraneetPandey, Chhattisgarh firstfeministpoetand religious and social boardsecretaryQasim Rasool Ilyastriedto name of Muslim women. Wherewerethey Planning Commission WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 12 CALENDAR THEINDIANEXPRESS,THURSDAY,AUGUST5,2021

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International market data till1900IST EMPLOYMENT WATCH BANKS,BORROWERSGETTILLOCT-ENDTOIMPLEMENTNEWRULES Countries ease travel OUTLOOK REPORT Non-compliantcurrenta/cs: curbs: How it will ‘Hiring intent for help Indian travellers

the UK, especiallystudentswho Q2 rises; healthcare, RBIextendsclosuredeadline PRANAVMUKUL will startthe fall semester at uni- NEWDELHI,AUGUST4 versitiesthere.Lackofflightsto the US and Europe from the UAEfor IT expected to lead’ and the exposureofthe banking AS COVID-19vaccination progra- Indian travellers and arestriction ENSECONOMICBUREAU AIM:TOSTOPSIPHONINGOFFFUNDS system is Rs 5crore or morebut mmes become more by theUSonnumber MUMBAI,AUGUST4 less than Rs 50 crore, thereisno widespreadacrossthe of flightscausedin- ENSECONOMICBUREAU INTENTAT38% restriction on lending banks to globe, countries have convenience to stu- NEWDELHI,AUGUST4 THE RESERVEBank of India (RBI) suchborrowers from opening a beguneasingtravelre- dents goingthere. ■ The intent to hire has allowedbanks time until currentaccount,itsaid.Evennon- strictions on passen- HEALTHCARE AND pharma, in Q2 is higher by 4 October-end to implement the lendingbankscan opencurrent gerscomingfromout- What has Spain information technology, and percentagepointsat newrulesoncurrent accountsis- accountsfor such borrowers side subject to certain done? education services areamong 38%, as against34% in suedin2020 following requests though onlyfor collection pur- conditions. In the lat- Spainhas added thetopsectorswithhighintent theprevious quarter, from banksand borrowers. After poses, the RBI said. estdevelopments,Sp- India to the listofna- to hireduringthe July- Teamlease said the regulator had previouslyset a “Wehavereceivedrequests ainandtheUAEhaveallowedcer- tions from where touristswillbe Septemberquarter, Teamlease in itsreport deadlineof July31, banksrecently from the banks forsome more tain categoriesoftravellers from allowedgiventhattheyhavebeen said in itsEmploymentOutl- closedthousandsofcurrent ac- timetoresolve the operational India to enter their jurisdictions. fullyvaccinated at least14days ook Report. The intent to hire countsofborrowers to meet the THE RBI’S directive is aimedatcracking down on attemptsby issues while implementing the before travel.Authorities inSpain inQ2ishigherby 4percentage frastructureand meagre test- deadline. borrowers using current accounts at non-lending banksto circular in letter and spirit,” the What has the UAEdone? have saidthatonlythosetravellers pointsat38percent,asagainst ing, the rural economic activ- “This extendedtimeline shall siphon offfunds. Banksrecentlyinformedcurrent account RBI said. Therefore, in orderto TheUAEwillliftthebanonen- willbeallowedwhohave beenin- 34 per cent in the previous ityhastakenahit,whichrefle- be utilisedbybankstoengage holders to continue maintainingcash credit or overdraft ensurethat the instructions are tryofpassengers from India and oculatedwithavaccineapproved quarter, the reportsaid. ctsinadipinthe hiring intent. with their borrowers to arrive at account with the branchtheyhavetaken the loan. File implementedinanon-disrup- five other countries August5on- by the WHO or the European “ThedevastationthatApril Tier-1 and tier-2 cities are mutuallysatisfactoryresolutions tive manner,ithas been decided wards. However, this relaxation Medicines Agency. While this in- and Maysaw,due to thesec- expected to lead the bounce- within the ambit of the circular,” to extend the timeline forimple- willbevalid onlyfor passengers cludes Serum InstituteofIndia’s ond wave,ebbed in June and back,while Bengaluru and the RBI said.Suchissues which lending banks to siphon off out from acurrent account can mentation, it said. who have avalid residency visa Covishield, it does notinclude manystatessaw their Delhi areamong the topcities banksare unableto resolve them- funds.The RBI had said banks alsobecarriedoutfromaCCorOD Hearing abatchofpetitions and arefullyvaccinated withthe Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin yet. economies rise backupatthe lookingto hire,thereportsaid. selvesshall beescalatedto Indian with less than 10 per cent of the account as banksinaCBS againstthe RBI’s current ac- final dose being takenatleast14 end of the firstquarter. Tier-1 Hiring intent is high for Banks’ Association(IBA) forap- banking system exposure to a environment followaone-bank- counts circular dated August6, days priortotravel.Inaddition,the What is the updateonother and tier-2 cities ledthis salesfunction,engineeringand propriateguidance. “Residual is- particularborrowercannot open one-customer model as 2020, the Kerala High Courtre- UAEhas also liftedrestrictions on international destinations? bounce-back. Employers re- ITfunctionsandbluecollarjobs. sues, if any, requiring regulatory acurrent account. againstaone-branch-one-cus- centlyextendedtillAugust12 flyers transiting to other destina- While regularinternational portmigrantsaswellaswhite With demand shifting to vol- consideration should be flagged Bankshad recentlyinformed tomermodel. the status quooncurrent ac- tions.However, withpendingfor- scheduledflightshavebeen collar labour returning to tier- ume hiring of entryand junior by IBAtotheReserveBank,”itsaid. current account holders to con- In the caseofborrowers who countsofaclutchofnon-bank- malities and SOPs forthe newset bannedbyIndia,flightsare oper- 1andtier-2citiesafterthesec- levelsthemid-levelofthehier- In August2020, the RBI had tinue maintainingthe cash credit have notavailed of CC/OD facil- ing financial companies (NBFCs) of travellers,airlinesareexpecting ating under the air bubble ond wavewas seen receding archyhashithiringintent.With said bankswith little or no loan or overdraftaccount with the ity from anybank, thereisnore- in the state. According to aCrisil adelayinthe implementation of arrangementswithanumber of andhenceplanto hireinthese reducedunpredictabilitysur- exposurecannotopen acurrent branchtheyhavetaken the loan. striction on opening of current report, the RBI’s insistence on the newrules. countries. Notably, on account of geographies,” it said. rounding the economyand account forborrowers, and exist- The central bank on accountsbyany bank if exposure companiesopeningcurrent ac- the second surge of Covid-19 in The reportaddedthat sin- business, employers areno ingnon-compliant accountshad Wednesdaysaid the restriction of the banking system to such counts with banksisamong the What is itssignificance? IndiaduringApril,severalnations ce rural Indiasufferedarela- longerlookingtohireseniortal- to be frozen. The central bank’s appliestoborrowers in case they borrowers is less than Rs 5crore, factors that has helpedlarge With the UAEopening up hadrestrictedtheirbordersforen- tively worsesecond wavedue ent to steer them out of the directive wasaimedatcracking avail of cash credit (CC) or over- it said. lenders raise their shares of the gatesfor transiting passengers, a tryoftravellersfromIndia. to severe lackofhealthcarein- Covid chaos, the reportsaid. down on attemptsbyborrowers draft(OD)facilitysince all opera- If borrowers have notavailed competitive corporatebanking hugerelief is expected forthose Full report on using current accountsatnon- tions that can be carried of CC/OD facility from anybank marketin2020. travellingto nationsliketheUSor www.indianexpress.com

PowerMintoAndhra: Seasonally KM Birla steps down as non-executive ‘Services PMI in contraction zone 45.4adjusted India Services Business Activity chairman of Vi, Kapania to replace him ‘Respect’ existing PPAs forthirdstraight month in July’ Index recorded in July, rising from 41.2 in June but written to thegovernment offer- The services sector postedcontraction forthe third still in contraction territory ENSECONOMICBUREAU Airtel CEO: Need ing to “hand over” his 27 per cent for renewable energy straight monthinJuly,asbusiness activity,new orders NEWDELHI,AUGUST4 three pvtplayers stakeinthe companytoany pub- and employment fell further,asper an IHS Markit survey OUTLOOK PESSIMISTIC: licsector,government,ordomes- As uncertainty over when THEBOARDof directorsof Vi(for- NewDelhi: Bharti AirtelMD tic financial entity or to anyother KARUNJITSINGH REVIEWIN2019 75 51.8 Manufacturing PMI the pandemic will end as well merly known as Vodafone Idea) andCEOGopalVittalsaidthe firm that the government may NEWDELHI,AUGUST4 as concerns on inflationary hasacceptedtherequestofKumar telecomsectorneedsthego- thinkfit,inorderto keepVigoing. 60 49.3 ■ TheAndhraPradesh 55.3 pressures and financial Mangalam Birla to step down as vernment’s help and efforts InalettertoCabinetSecretary THEPOWERMinistryhaswritten governmenthad, in 45 troubles dampened business non-executive director and non- should be made to ensure RajivGauba, Birla said he would 2019,ordered the 45.4 to theAndhraPradesh governm- 30 Services confidence during July, executive chairmanofthe board thatthreeprivate sectorplay- bemorethanhappytoworkwith ent, advising it to “respect”exist- reviewand service providers were witheffect from Wednesday,the ers remain in the market. FE thegovernmentto exploreallpos- 15 PMI ingpowerpurchase agreements renegotiation of pessimistic on theoutlook for companysaid in anotification to sibleoptionsto save thecompany. (PPAs) with renewable energy existingPPAsbetween 0 business activity for the first the exchanges. Vi owednearly Rs60,000croreto suppliers. The stateiscurrentlyin powerdistribution March2020 July2021 time in ayear HewillbereplacedbyHiman- Birla group on the Vi board. theDoTasAGR,Rs96,270 crorein the midstofalegal battle with a companiesand wind & Note:Reading below50suggests contraction and above shu Kapania, currentlyanon-ex- Birla’s resignationfromthese deferredspectrumobligations numberof renewableenergysup- solar energy suppliers it indicates expansion Source: IHS Markit/PTI ecutive directorontheboardofVi. roles comes onlydaysafter it was and another Rs 23,000 croreto pliers afteritdecided to renegoti- Kapaniaisanomineeof theAditya reportedthat he had on June 7 banksand financial institutions. atetariffs with renewable power suppliers forPPAsthat were sig- ernment proposedtopay Rs 2.44 nedbythe previous government. perunitforwindandsolarpower “The Ministry has writtento asagainstanaverage windpower ‘ED serves noticeto GST evasion of `7,421 cr CCI clears PNB Housing the AndhraPradesh government tariffofRs4.8perunitforexisting that theyshould respect the PPAs till the issue wasresolved. detected in Q1, `1.9K cr Finance deal with Carlyle powerpurchase agreements. If Asingle-judgeBenchofthe Flipkart, founders’ thereisnocorruptmotive, PPAs AndhraPradesh High Courthad 56.29 per cent (assumingfull ten- mustberespected,”saidacentral ordered that discoms payRs2.44 der law. Aso-called “showcause recovered:MoS Finance ENSECONOMICBUREAU deringand acceptance in the government official who did not per unit to suppliers till afinal REUTERS notice” wasissuedinearly Julyby NEWDELHI,AUGUST4 mandatoryopen offer) and ap- wish to be quoted. judgment is passedinthe matter. NEWDELHI,AUGUST4 the agency’s office in Chennai to by the Finance Ministry,1,580 proximately0.24per cent of the The AndhraPradesh govern- Powersuppliers have,however, Flipkart,itsfoundersSachinBansal ENSECONOMICBUREAU casesof taxevasionweredetected THE COMPETITION Commission post-preferentialallotmentequity menthad,in2019,orderedthere- appealed againstthe ruling and THE ENFORCEMENT Directorate and BinnyBansal as well as Tiger NEWDELHI,AUGUST4 till June amounting to Rs 7,421.27 of India (CCI)has accorded sharecapital of PNBHF.” viewandrenegotiationof existing calledfor aspeedy resolution has asked Walmart’s Flipkart and Global,to explainwhytheyshould croreworth of evasion. “deemedapproval” to aproposal Whilethedealvalueisn’tmen- PPAsbetweenpowerdistribution claimingthatlowertariffs coupled itsfounders to explain whythey notfaceafine of Rs 100billion GOODS AND Services Tax(GST) Chaudharysaidtaxevadersare of Carlyle-backedPlutoInvest- tioned, PNBHF boardhad earlier companies (discoms) and wind withdelayedpaymentsfromdis- shouldn’t face apenalty of $1.35 ($1.35billion) forthe lapses, said authorities recoveredRs1,900 known to commit fraud“even on mentsand SalisburyInvestments approved aplantoraise up to Rs andsolarenergysuppliers.Theor- coms were putting themindan- billion foralleged violation of for- the official and the sources. croreoftax evasion during the electronicplatformsbywayofmis- to pickupamajority stake in PNB 4,000 crorebyissuing equity derby thegovernmentnotedthat gerofbankruptcy. eign investment laws,three AFlipkartspokesperson said April-June quarter of the ongoing representation of facts; by in- HousingFinance(PNBHF),evenas sharesandconvertiblewarrantsto discoms in the statewereinafi- CreditratingsagencyCrisilhas sourcesandanagencyofficialsaid. the companyis“in compliance 2021-22financialyear,Ministerof dulginginraisingfakeinvoiceto SecuritiesAppellateTribunalisyet entitiesledbyCarlylegroupfirms. nancialcrisis and had major out- notedthatthe order by the The ED official said the case with laws andregulations”. “We Statefor Finance Pankaj avail under ITC; misdeclaration of to deliveritsjudgmentonthedeal. In alettertoPNBHF in June, Sebi standingduesandthat “oneof the AndhraPradesh governmentto concernedaninvestigationintoal- willcooperatewiththeauthorities Chaudharysaidviaawrittenreply classification etc.” He addedeva- In anotice reviewedbyFE,the asked themortgagelender to un- major reasonsfor this is the issue review tariffsunderexistingPPAs legations that Flipkartattracted as theylook at this issue pertain- in RajyaSabha on Tuesday. Tax sionmaybecommittedintention- CCIsaid:“Theproposedcombina- dertake avaluation of itsbusiness of abnormallypriced wind and couldlead to financial stress for foreign investment and arelated ingto theperiod2009-2015 asper evasion amounting to Rs 12,235 allyand non-payment mayhap- tion involvesPlutoand Salisbury by an independent agency before solarpowerpurchaseagreements 5.2GW of renewableenergyproj- party,WSRetail, then sold goods their notice,” the spokesperson crorewas recoveredin2020-21 pen due to human errorbut no acquiringuptoapproximately seeking shareholders’ vote. FE entered in the recentyears.” ectswithestimateddebt expo- to consumers on itsshopping added.TheEDalsodidnotrespond and Rs 18,464 crorein2019-20. evasionhas been reporteddue to Afterareview, thestate gov- sureofRs21,000crore. website,whichwasprohibitedun- outside regular business hours. According to thedatashared failureintheCBICback-endsystem. BRIEFLY Sensex retains record RBIMPCmeet NewDelhi: The RBI’s rate- sprint on earnings settingpanelMPCbeganon Wednesday its3-daydelib- erations to finalise the bi- boost, recovery hopes monthlymonetary policy. ENSECONOMICBUREAU 1.02%RISE BharatPefunding MUMBAI,AUGUST4 NewDelhi: BharatPesaid (Sensexintra-day) Wednesdayithas raised AFTER THE 873-point jumpon $370 millioninfunding, Tuesday, theSensexopened 54,500 54,369.77 ledbyTiger Global, which strong on Wednesdayand rallied 54,400 has raised itspost-money 546.41points, or 1.02 per cent, to 54,300 valuation to $2.85 billion. endatitsnew recordof 54,369.77. 54,200 The Nifty50 jumpedanother 54,100 54,071.22 128.05 pointsto16,258.80. 54,000 Godrejstepsdown Investors arebuoyedbyencour- 53,900 NewDelhi: Godrej Group aging economic datathat showed Open Close chairman AdiGodrej will arecovery in the manufacturing stepdownfromtheboardof sectorindex, higherGST collec- Godrej Consumer Products tion and improved corporate ready high. “Anybad news on the Ltd (GCPL) next month. He earnings. political or economic front may willremainchairmanemer- “Progressive economicdatain- spoilthebullparty.Retailinvestors itus of the FMCG firm. PTI dicates strong rebound from the should be very cautiouswhile impact of the second wave... This dealing directly in the stockmar- hasaddedeuphoriainthedomes- ket.Theyhad burnt their fingers SBIQ1netrises tic market reaching newhighs,” manytimes in the past,” said vet- Mumbai: StateBank of India said Vinod Nair,head of research, eran BSE broker Pawan posteda55.25 per cent on- GeojitFinancialServices. Dharnidharka. year rise in standalone net ‘Retail investors should “It’sbetterif retailinvestorsbuy profitatRs6,504crore forthe stocksduringthecorrectionphase. April-June quarter. ENS be cautious’ Putting moneyathigh valuations Stockmarketvaluationsareal- can cause losses.” WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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REUTERS China sealscity LONDON,AUGUST4 amid worst virus CORONAVIRUS CASES world- outbreak in ayr Emergency personnel wide surpassed200 millionon at the siteofthe train Wednesday, according to a crash. Reuters Reuters tally, as the Deltavariant threatens areas with lowvacci- ASSOCIATEDPRESS nationrates. BEIJING,AUGUST4 CZECHREPUBLIC Cases arerising in at least83 Passenger out of 240countries, according CHINA'S WORSTcoronavirusout- to thetally, andstraining health- break since the startofthe pan- trainscollide, caresystems. demic ayear and ahalf agoesca- RACE TO CONTAIN GREECE WILDFIRES “While we desperatelywant lated Wednesdaywith dozens 3killed to be done with this pandemic, Medicalworkers enter aresidential compound at Changshain morecases around thecountry, Milavce:Threepeopledied Afirefighting helicoptermakes awater drop at Varympompi, near Athens. Greek firefighters Covid-19isclearly notdone with China’s Hunan provincetotestfor Covid-19. cnsphoto via Reuters thesealing-offofonecity andthe and eightwereseriously racedWednesdaytofullycontain awildfireonthe outskirts of itscapital that destroyed or us. And so our battle mustlasta punishment of itslocal leaders. injured on Wednesday seriouslydamaged dozens of homes overnight and has forced thousands to flee. Reuters little longer,” Dr.Rochelle Since that initial outbreak whenaMunich-to-Prague Walensky,director of the US reportedinjustoversix months, world's population, the region is wastamedlastyear,China's peo- expresstrainranthrougha Centers forDisease Control and according to theanalysis. The reporting almost15per cent of ple had livedvirtuallyfreeofthe stop signaland collided Prevention, said this week. pandemic hasleftclose to 4.4 all global cases eachday,accord- virus, with extremelystrict bor- with alocal commuter At least 2.6 per cent of the million people dead. ing to a Reuters analysis. der controls and local distancing trainintheCzechRepublic, Afghan airstrikes pummel world's population has been in- The countries reporting the The Deltavariant is upending and quarantine measures Czechauthorities said. fected,with the true figurelikely mostcases on aseven-dayaver- all assumptions about the virus, stamping out scattered,small Severalpassengers were higherdue to limited testing in age—the United States, Brazil, with disease experts scrambling flareups when theyoccurred. takenbyhelicoptersto hos- Taliban positionsinHelmand manyplaces. Indonesia, India and Iran —rep- to find whether the latest version Now, the countryisonhigh pitals from the crash site If the number of infected resent about 38 per cent of all of coronavirus is making people, alertasanoutbreak of cases con- nearthewesternCzechvil- people were acountry, it would global cases reportedeachday. especiallyunvaccinated individ- nected to the airportinNanjing lageofMilavce,theregional ASSOCIATEDPRESS be eighth mostpopulous in the The United States accounts uals, sickerthan before. touchedatleast17provinces. rescue servicesaid. Fifty KABUL,AUGUST4 world, behind Nigeria, according forone in everyseven infections The CDC said in an internal Chinareported 71 newcases of people sufferedlighterin- to a Reuters analysis. reportedworldwide. document that the variant is as Covid-19fromlocal transmis- juriesnot requiringimme- US AND Afghan airstrikes hit It took over ayear forCovid- Countries in SoutheastAsia contagious as chickenpox and far sion Wednesday, morethan half diate treatment.Apolice Taliban targetsovernight in 19 cases to hit 100million mark, arealso reporting rising cases. morecontagious than the com- of them in Jiangsu province, of spokeswoman said three southern Helmandprovincein an while the next 100million were With just8per cent of the mon cold or flu. whichNanjing is the capital. peoplehadbeenkilled.She effort to dislodgethe insurgents couldnot confirm local aftertheycaptured much of the media reports that the provincialcapitalof Lashkar Gah, BelarusOlympic China’s high-speed train in PTI leader dead includedthe drivers officials said Wednesday. of the twotrains and one The United Nations and sprinter in EU Abdul Qayyum passenger. REUTERS Human RightsWatchasked both Tibet carriesout maiden sides to take caretoprevent civil- after refusing to Niazi elected ian casualties as the fighting rageson. TheTaliban have An Afghansecurity personnel in Kabul at the siteof return home military mission: report premier of PoK UAE wagedafierce push over the past Tuesday’s attacktargeting Defense MinisterBismillah Khan Hijackershave months as US and NATOforces Mohammadi, in whicheight peoplewerekiled. AP/PTI Moscow: Aplane carrying Islamabad: PakistanTehreek-i- complete theirpullout from the Belarusian Olympic sprinter KJMVARMA Development comes Insaf party's AbdulQayyumNiazi leftvessel:UK war-torn country. They have Krystsina Tsimanouskaya,who BEIJING,AUGUST4 wasonWednesdayelectedas the takenlarge swaths of land and the Taliban control nine out of 10 is seeking refugefromauthori- weeksafter President newpremier of Pakistan-occu- navygroup have nowturnedtheir guns on districtsinthe city. ISIL-KSTRENGTHENS ties in her home country, has CHINA'S RECENTLY launched Xi Jinping made arare piedKashmir,hours afterPrime Fujairah: The hijackers largerurban centres. The fall of Lashkar Gah landedinAustria.Vienna Airport high-speedtrain connecting visit to Tibetanborder MinisterImran Khan nominated GhulamWali Afghan, alaw- would be amajor turning point POSITIONSINKABUL, said the direct flight from Tokyo Tibet'sprovincial capital Lhasa him forthe toppostfollowing ex- who captured avessel off town of Nyingchi the coastofthe UAEinthe maker from Helmand, told The in the Taliban offensive and it TALIBANMILITANTS landedWednesdayat3.08 pm. with strategicallylocated tensive consultations. Gulf of Omanleftthe tar- Associated Press that his relatives would also be thefirstprovincial MAYJOINTHEM:UN Tsimanouskaya is expected Nyingchi, aTibetan town situ- Niazi received33votes in the getedshiponWednesday, and constituents in Lashkar Gah capital to be captured by the in- to travel on to Poland, whichhas ated close to Arunachal Pradesh another step forwardonthe sys- 53-member newlyformedleg- the British navy reported, have told him of bodies in the surgentsinseveral years. United Nations: The Islamic issued her ahumanitarian visa. border,has been usedfor itsfirst tematic development of China's islative assembly of PoK, while ending aship seizure that streetsand residentshidingin- 8killedinattack StateinIraqand the Levant - Her Olympic team officials militarytransporting mission, militarytransport, the daily joint opposition candidate revivedfears of an escala- side their homes, tooafraid to Khorasan (ISIL-K) has ex- had ordered her to return to official media herereported. quoted js7tv.cn,anews website ChaudhryLatif Akbarsecured 15. tioninMideastwaters.The ventureout and collectthe dead. targeting minister pandedits presence in several Belarus aftershe criticisedher The newly openedLhasa- affiliated with the PLA,as saying. Khan's party has secured 32 incident, described by the Afteranight of heavy Kabul: Abombing attackthattar- provinces of Afghanistanand coaches’ decisions on socialme- Nyingchi Railway carriednew The high-speedrailway seatsinthe 53-memberHouse. British military's United airstrikes, the Defence Ministry getedAfghanistan's acting de- strengthenedits positions in diaand astandoffensured over recruitsofacombinedarms serves as aboosttothe capabil- This is thefirsttime that the PTI Kingdom Maritime Trade said Wednesday that the Taliban fense ministerkilledatleast and aroundKabul, areport by the weekend at Tokyo’s airport. brigade affiliated with the ityofthe PLA, the daily quoted will form agovernmentinPoK. Operations the night be- have sufferedheavy losses in eight people and wounded 20, UN chief Antonio Guterres The athlete said she could be in People's Liberation Army(PLA) analysts as saying. Indiahas rejected theelec- fore asa“potentialhijack”, Lashkar Gah, though therewas authorities said Wednesday. The said, highlighting risksthat danger from authorities in TibetMilitaryCommand to an The high speedtrain waspart tions in PoK, saying the cosmetic ended with as muchmys- no immediateway to confirm ministerwas nothurtinthe at- militantsfromtheTalibanmay Belarus who have relentlessly exercise field at an elevation of of China's effortstobeef up bor- exercise wasnothing but an at- tery as it began. While the that statement. Taliban tack claimedbyTaliban join the ISIS affiliate if they feel crackeddownondissent. 4,500 meters, state-run Global der infrastructurewhichin- temptbyPakistantocamouflage detailsof whoimpounded spokesmanZabihullah Mujahid insurgents. The blastwent off “threatened”by developments Vadim Krivosheyev, an ac- Times reportedonWednesday. cludedwell-developedroad, rail itsillegaloccupation. MEA the tanker and whyre- denied the losses. lateTuesdayinaheavilyguarded in the peace process. The re- tivistwiththe Belarusian Sport This is the firsttime the and air networksforrapid move- spokesperson Arindam Bagchi main unclear,the seizure The authorities didnot say upscale neighborhood of the portsaid ISIS-K has prioritized Solidarity Foundation, said Lhasa-Nyingchi Railway,anim- ment of troops. said Pakistanhas “no locus standi onceagainrevealsaregion whether Afghan forces have re- capital of Kabul. It wasfollowed therecruitmentandtrainingof Tsimanouskaya took the flight to portant partofthe Sichuan-Tibet OpenedonJune 25, the 435- on these Indian territories” and it on edge. AP takenbackterritory. On Tuesday, by agun battle that alsoleftfour newsupporters. PTI Austria on the advice of Polish Railway,has hostedatroop km railway line has adesigned mustvacateall Indianareas un- residentsand officials had said militantsdead. AP authorities. AP transportmission whichmarks speedof160 km per hour. PTI der itsillegal occupation. PTI Pace battery powers India into driver’s seat WTCtoTest, howIndian

England.Hedrove,cut,pulledand SHAMIKCHAKRABARTY hooked with aplomb. Three con- seamerstransformed AUGUST4 secutive foursoffSiraj hadthefans ratchetupthe noiselevel.But the Amonthand ahalf aftertheir rusty World Test Championship finale outing, India’s seamers SO DOMINANT were theIndian best piece of cricketcame when rediscoveredboththeir intelligence and sharpness in thefirstTestagainstEngland. pacers that Jos Buttler,England’s hecheckedhisshotatthelastmo- mostnatural stroke-player, re- ment to aShami delivery to en- Jasprit Bumrah, woefullyoff- pitching-on-middle-and- sembledacatonahot tinroof dur- surethatthe balldidn’tcarry to kilter againstNew Zealand, hitting-offarc,they inghis18-ballduck.Hisdismissal the gullyfielder. Root or bust; this regainedhis zip offthe floundered,giving facile hastenedabatting collapsethat has been England’s batting tem- surface, and resembledhis old boundary-scoring outlets on sawthe hosts losesix wicketsfor plateoflate. self; MohammedShami the leg-side. When theytried 22 runs to go deeper in the mire. Bairstow, like Crawley, stayed embodiedthe virtues of to compensate, theyover- Twenty-three moreruns were forawhile, survivedarun-out patience in the firstsession reachedbybowling toowide, addedforthelastwicket,limiting chance and added72runs with and borethe fruitsofhis whichthe Kiwi batsmen abject capitulation, as England’s Root forthe fourth wicket.That labour in the second; either slashedorleftalone, on firstinnings foldedfor 183. In re- wasthe final—andonly— pieceof MohammedSiraj did notget asurface that wasapparently sponse, India batted forabout an resistance the Indian seamers over-excited by the friendly conducive to swing bowling. hour and finishedthe dayon21 faced. conditions while Shardul Here, theypoundedthe fornoloss. SCORECARD Thakurjustifiedhis inclusion corridor moreoften —with The England middle-order ENGLAND 1stinnings 183 by taking crucial wickets. The the correct length —and wasonafreefall,butSamCurran’s RBurns lbwbBumrah 0(5b), D transformation from a made the English batsmen presencegave a2018déjàvufeel- SibleycRahul bShami 18 (70b, disjointed bunch of playand miss more. ing. Line and length from the 2x4), ZCrawley cPant bSiraj 27 individuals to acallous Resembling his old self, Indian bowlers, however, were (68b,4x4),JRootlbw bThakur64 companyofsharpshooters Bumrah took 4/46. Reuters NIP IN TO NIP OUT muchbetterthan whattheyhad (108b, 11x4), JBairstowlbw b wasbewilderinglysmooth. The out-swingerisalways a offeredthree years ago. England Shami29(71b, 4x4),DLawrence Here’s looking at the subtle beautiful sight but it is the late were swungout. cPant bShami 0(4b), JButtler c alterations made by the batsman and made the ball in-swinger,the one Shami has MohammedShamitriggered AfterJasprit Bumrah and MohammedShami ranthrough the England toporder,Shardul Thakur Pant bBumrah 0(18b), SCurran Indian pace attackonthe deviatelateintothe pads. mastered, that makes the collapsewiththe wicketsof removedJoe Root with alatereverse before making shortworkofOllie Robinson. Reuters notout 27 (37b, 4x4, 1x6), O opening dayofthe five-Test JonnyBairstow, who like batsmen feel uncomfortable. JonnyBairstowandDanLawrence RobinsoncShamibThakur0(3b), series. Buttler,doesn’t have a All three of his wicketswere inside four balls on either side of SBroad lbwbBumrah4(3b), J pronouncedforward press, bargainedwith the one theteabreak.TheNottinghamsky media. India’splaying eleven mer hasn’t yetbrought in aheat- Partial resistance Anderson bBumrah 1(11b) BOWL FULLER playedfromthe crease at a nipping intothe right-hander. became overcastand Jasprit sparkedadebate. Arguablythe waveexceptfor afew days of 30 Zak Crawleyand Dom Sibley Extras (b 1, lb 8, nb 4) 13 That’s the sagelyaltruism Shami ball that pitched The Indian pace battery Bumrah begantomakethe ball world’s best finger-spinner was degreesCelsiustemperature.The sawoff the firsthour.Then, FoW: 1-0(Burns),2-42(Crawley), about bowling in England. between the full and good- mixed it up well. Not every talk.Hereturned with four wick- droppedtoaccommodatea firstTeststarted in mellow sun- Rishabh Pant put his foot down 3-66(Sibley),4-138(Bairstow),5- Bowling fuller is notaseasy as length zones. Even the silken ball cut in, some went away, etsand Shami bagged three. fourthseamer, Thakur.Theswing- shine and mercuryhovering andconvincedhiscaptainto go for 138(Lawrence), 6-145 (Buttler), it sounds —it’s oftenamatter Joe Root,indouble-hundred some came in with the angle, ShardulThakurthenremovedJoe ing conditions, aidedby10mm around 20 degrees.Trent Bridge areview, whichringed in 7-155(Root),8-155(Robinson),9- of inches. And notjustbowl touch, failedtokeep out one some would bounce tummy- Root with alatereverse before live grassonthepitch,demanded openedthe gatestousher in afull Crawley’s end. Areviewwas lost 160(Broad), 10-183 (Anderson) full,but coerce movement, from Thakur.Four LBWs and a high, some would slither and making shortworkofOllie an extrafastbowler. India learnt housebutJohnClarke,whodidn’t three balls previouslyand Kohli Bowling: Bumrah20.4-4-46-4, either offthe seam or through bowled capturethe full- then some justmoved in Robinson. Save Root’s class, the from their WorldTest miss agame at this venuefor 40 wasreluctant to go foranother. Shami17-2-28-3,Siraj 12-2-48-1, the air.Besides, abowler length ball story. sharply. The England England batting looked inept. Championship (WTC)final mis- years, wasabsent. Clarke passed But Pant wasinsistent that Thakur 13-3-41-2,Jadeja 3-0-11- needs to knowwhen to bowl batsmen’s tendency to fall takesand Thakur’s bend, besides away recently and his seat was MohammedSiraj’sinswingerhad 0Shami17-2-28-3,Siraj 12-2-48- that full ball. With the wine- HITTINGTHE CORRIDOR over when playing on the leg- Masterstrokeselection hisbattingabilitylowerdownthe kept vacant. Bumrah dismissed kissedapieceofwood before 1, Thakur 13-3-41-2, Jadeja 3-0- red, hand-stitchedDukes ball, Another fundamental in side made them all the more From India’spoint of view, order,was preferredtoAshwin’s Rory Burnsinthe very firstover reaching him. Crawleyinside- 11-0 Bumrah againstthe fidgety getting wicketsinTests susceptible to nip-backers. Thakur’s contribution vindicated guile.Theteam’sonlygenuineall- and looked sharp from theonset. edgedthedeliveryandhiswicket INDIA 1stinnings 21/0 Rory Burns did exactlythat, anywhereinthe world, but a None of Dan Lawrence, Dom theteammanagement'sdecision. rounder,RavindraJadeja, wasan Againsthigh-qualitybowling, atthestroke of lunchtiltedthefirst RSharma batting 9(40b, 2x4), striking on the fifthball of the difficult arttomaster. India’s Sibleyand Bairstowwere Midway intothe second session, automatic pick, as the conditions the challenge forthe England sessioninIndia’sfavour.Sibleyde- KL Rahul batting9(39, 1x4) game. Shami would repeat seamers were notMcGrath- remotely in control of their TV cameras pannedon had aheavy bearing on the play- batsmen wastoget rid of the partedafter the break, falling to a Extras (b 1, lb 1, nb 1) 3 the same act later in the day. Anderson likeinaccuracy but strokes. It seemedShami had RavichandranAshwin sitting on ing eleven. mentalscarsof aconfidence-sap- trapandofferingasimplecatchto Bowling: Anderson 3-1-9-0, Firsthebaited Jos Buttler into were substantiallybetterthan spent the entirethree-week the dressing-roombalconyand Maybe, it wasagood toss to ping series in India five months Rahul at shortmid-wicket off Broad5-1-9-0,Robinson4-3-1-0, an expansive cover-drive. theywereinthe WTCfinal. break studying England havingaconversationwithbowl- lose forVirat Kohli, forlikeRoot, ago.FromChepaukto TrentBridge Shami. Curran1-1-0-0 Later,hepushedthe ball a Ofteninthat game, in their batsmen and their flaws. ing coachBharat Arun. By then, he, too, wanted to bat first. The via Motera,things didn’tchange Root’s 50th Test half-century India trail by 162runs at stumps yard or twofurther intothe over-keenness forthe magical SANDIP G #Ashwin wastrending on social second half of the English sum- much. wasEngland’s onlytakeawayfor Day1 WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM SPORT THEINDIANEXPRESS,THURSDAY,AUGUST5,2021 15

HIGHLIGHTREEL INDIA Chopra bettersVetter ATHLETICS MEN’S JAVELIN THROW QUALIFICATION ■ Neeraj Chopratoppedthe qualifica- Indian tops qualifiers with astunning throw of 86.65m;overshadowsGerman, who struggledinhis firsttwo throws tion stagewith athrow of 86.65m. Shivpal Singh finished27thoverall with the best throw of 76.40m and failedtoqualify. THECHOPRAFILES GOLF ■ Aditi AshokfinishedRound 1tied- EXPRESSAT Twoleading contendersfellout in qualification raising hopes for second, carding afour-under 67.Diksha Neeraj Choprawho toppedGroup Aqualification to getontothe podium in the Dagar is tied56. OLYMPICS Saturdayjavelin finals. BOXING THOSEWHOMISSEDTHECUT HIS RIVALS ■ Lovlina Borgohain lostthe 69kg MIHIRVASAVDA The topfivethrowsthis year belonged JOHANNES VETTER semifinal to Busenaz Surmeneli 5-0. TOKYO,AUGUST4 to Johannes Vetter,Marcin Krukowski, The 2017 worldchampion is the only Keshorn Walcott, Neeraj Chopra and man to have thrown beyond 90min HOCKEY Gatis Cakss. OnlyVetterand Chopra the past24months. The Germanhas ■ India women's team lost the semifi- DEEP DOWN in the bowels of the gigantic made it to thefinal. nal to Argentina 2-1. Olympic Stadium, Neeraj Chopra reveals one doneso11times, includingastreak of of his biggest‘sacrifices’ in build up to the sevencompetitions between Apriland WRESTLING Olympics —chopping his long, flowy mane. Junethis year.The 28-year-oldfinished MEN’SFREESTYLE57KGSEMIFINAL Then, he pauses forasecond andstares second overall behind Chopraat86.65. ■ Ravi Kumar beat Kazakhstan's at the television screen as his number one ri- Nurislam Sanayev7-9 (Victorybyfall); val, and afriend outside competition, JULIAN WEBER beat Georgi ValentinovVangelov(BUL) Johannes Vetter stands on topofhis run up. Vetter’s compatriotisaworld and 14-4 (technical superiority) in 1/4fi- Minutes ago, Choprahad thrownthe Olympic finalistand threw aseason’s nal; beat Oscar Eduardo Tigreros gauntletonhis firstattempt;amassive throw best of 84.95m in June. The 26-year-old Urbano (COL) 13-2 (technical superi- of 86.65m to topthe qualificationround for has finishedinthe topthree in all his ority) in 1/8 final. Saturday’s final. Vetter,the favouritetowin competitions this year.Hewas sixth the javelin gold by acountrymile and who overall with athrow of 84.41m. WOMEN’SFREESTYLE57KG clears 90m+ forfun,hadn’t even managed a ■ Anshu Malik lost2-8 to Iryna throw of 84 in his firsttwo attempts. Chopra’s KESHORN WALCOTT ARSHAD NADEEM Kurachkina (BLR) in 1/8 final. She will eyes aregluedtothe screen. PB 90.16m, SB 89.12m TheAsianGamesbronzemedallisttopped compete in the repechageround since Justbeforethe startofthe qualifying The 28-year-old from Trinidad and theGroupBandfinishedthirdoverall Kurachkina reachedthe final. round, the twothrowers had caught up on Tobagofailedinhis bid forathird behindVetterandChopraat85.16m.The the track, joking about the sultryTokyo straight Olympic medal.The 2012 24-year-oldfromPakistanrecordedhis MEN’SFREESTYLE86KGSEMIFINAL weather.“He told me Ishould be usedtothis London champion and 2016 Rio personalbestof 86.38inApril. ■ Deepak Punia losttoDavid Morris kind of heat,coming from India,”Chopra bronze medallist Walcott'sbest ANDRIAN MARDARE Taylor III (USA) 0-10(technical superi- says,soaked in sweat. “But Iwas also in distance was79.33m. ority); beat Lin Zushen (CHN) 6-3 in 1/4 Europe forthe lastfew months so this Neeraj Choprahas kept India’s hopes of an elusiveOlympic medal from athletics The 26-year-old from Moldovabegan final;beat EkerekemeAgiomor (NGR) weather came as alittle bit of ashockfor me alive by earning adirect entryintothe finals. AP GATIS CAKSS the year with a86.66m in SplitinMay, 12-1 (technical superiority) in 1/8 final. too.” The Indian was16thinthe listofstarters PB &SB87.57m finishing second to Vetter.Hehas forthe qualification round. He sawVetter consistentlybeen throwing in the mid Latvia’s2014under-20 World ‘struggle’ in his firstattempt,whichsowed ters. Chopraran hardand releasedthe spear fartherthan the entirefield. “That wasmy 80s thisseason. INTERNATIONAL champion and the fifthbest some seeds of doubt in his mind as well. “He with all powerhecould generatetomakehis plan, to securequalificationwith the first performer this season went out with VESELY VITEZSLAV ATHLETICS is aworld champion and aworld class body ready forthe main event. The javelin throw itself. I’m glad it worked out per- the best throw of 78.73. thrower but wasstruggling abit so Ithought, took off, went as high as the thirdtier of the fectly,” he says. The four-time Olympian from Czech ‘conditions seem to be tough’,” Chopra says. stadium, suddenlydippedand fell wayshort. Chopralooked relaxed,and is in achatty MARCIN KRUKOWSKI Republic finished8th overall with a season-bestthrow of 83.04m. The 38- The23-year-old wasn’t expectingany- “I turnedtomycoach,” Choprasays.“He mood. He opensupaboutthe life, or the lack PB &SB89.55 thing different:hehad to adoptavastlydif- told me to complete my followthrough as I of it, in the Olympic Village, following year-old is the London Games bronze ferent routine on the morning of his Olympic wasabit stiffinthat.” Sindhu’s medal run and hockey teams’ his- The two-time Worlds finalistfrom medallistand former Worldand debut. Chopra isn’t amorning person, so to Then, therewas another small technical toric wins on amobile phone and his new Poland, who recordedhis best throw European champion. in June, threw 74.65. wake up at 5.15am forthe event that wasto issue. The Olympic Stadium is an enclosed look.“Iliked keeping long hair,but when I JAKUB VADLEJCH begin at 9was the firstchallengeofthe day arena and in themornings,especiallyhot wasinSwitzerland. Ididn’t compete since I ANDERSON PETERS forhim. “It’s the firsttime we arecompeting ones likeonWednesday, there’s barelyany wasn’t feeling completely fit. So Igot ahair- Vitezslav's compatriotisathree-time PB 87.31m, SB 83.46m at this hour.Sothat wasanother adjustment wind closer to the ground level. cut there. Then in Sweden Icut my hair Olympian and aWorlds silver we had to make.” “So Idecidedtothrow alittle flatter, shorterassuming it’ll be very hotinTokyo The reigning worldchampion medallist. Finishedfourth with a GOLDENDEGRASSE He performedsome basic stretches, ate whichwould mean therewould be notmuch and then I’d have to spend moretime groom- Anderson Peters of Grenada failedto season-bestthrow of 84.93. ■ AndreDeGrasse came intoTokyo alightbreakfastand reachedthe stadium turbulence and the javelin will travel longer,” ing my hair” he laughs. “Baaltoh baad mein makeittothe final in aqualification LASSIETELATALO with Olympic medals and four world twohours before his event and then had to Choprasays. badh jaenge,par medaltoh teen saalbaad hi round that threw up some unusually TheFinnishhadfinished4that2019 World championship medals, but none of wait foranother hour at the drab call rooms With these twoquick notesfromhis (hair will grow,but medal will onlycome in lowdistances. The 23-year-old's best ChampionshipsinDoha,andwasthird them were gold. On Sunday, he took the —one outside the main stadium and another warm-up throws, Choprastood on the top the years)” throw was80.42. behindChopraandVetteronWednesday. 100m bronze. He got his gold on in the basement before beingeventuallyled of the run-up with justone target:clear the Justthen, Vetter linedupfor his lastat- Wednesday,edging Americans Kenny out intothe middle. “Therewerenerves. Ihad qualification markof83.50m. Onlyone tempt. The German giant had been strug- SHIVPAL SINGH KIM AMB PB 86.23, SB 81.63 Bednarek (19.68) andNoahLyles (19.74) triedtoimagine what throwing at an thrower,Finland’s Lassi Etelatalo had man- gling with what he called‘technical issues’ Threw 86.03in2019, but his personal to winthe 200m gold with atime of Olympics would feel likebut Iwas still alit- aged it thus farwith ahugeattempt of and it came down to thelastthrow forhim. The Asian Championships silver best was86.49in2020.The Swedethrew 19.62 seconds. This is the firsttime a tle nervous,” Choprasays.“But the moment 84.50m. Chopraleans in slightlytowatch as Vetter medallistfinished12th in Group Band 82.40 to bring up therear in Group A,but Canadian has wonthe event since 1928. Isteppedonthe track, allmynervousness Therewas aglint in Chopra’s eyes the lets thejavelin fly. It loops, dips and falls at a 27th overall with the best throwof hasn'tswung muchinhis distancesand wasgone.” moment he releasedthe javelin and as it distance of 85.64m, 1.1short of Chopra but 76.40m. tends to lurkinfinals. ENS 'IRONSHARPENSIRON' Ater the firstwarm-up throw,whichfell took off, he brokeintoahugesmile. When comfortablywithin the qualification mark. ■ From the outside,itwas theultimate belowhis expectations, thereweresomejit- it landed, it wasclear that he had thrown Choprasmiles. “Chalo,achahai.” clash of rivals:the 2016 Olympic cham- pion Dalilah Muhammad facing offin the 400metre hurdlesfinal against21- year-oldSydney McLaughlin, whoclob- When pocketing silver medal was not the right thing to do beredher worldrecordweeksprior.But to McLaughlin, who wonOlympic gold in yetanother record-smashingper- FORTEAM Great Britain boxerBen interaction. Mao at Tokyo since he wasyoung. Now, 45 years afterhis formanceof51.46 seconds on Whittaker therewas no joyinwinning a “Please acceptthat Iwasn’t trying to be MaoZedong,thelateChineseleader, made death, Mao is stillcausingripples in themost Wednesday, thetwo Americans'race silvermedal. Covid-19protocols dictate disrespectful to anyone. Iwasn’t trying to an appearance at the Olympics, via pins worn internationalsports tournamentofthem all. toward historygoes muchdeeperthan that eachmedal is brought to the winners take the shine away from Arlen’s moment, by twoChinese cyclists.The redand gold pins "rivalry". "I just sayironsharpens iron. on atray and then the athlete wears it but it hurtmesodeep, and Ifelt so embar- withthe silhouette of Mao worn in the medal Sleep-watching Harry Potter It’stwo people pushing eachotherto around the neckthemselves. rassed. Iwill lookbackonitlater and think ceremonyhas triggered theInternational In theearly days of his internationalca- be their best," said McLaughlin."You But the 24-year-old, who lostthe men’s ‘what wasIdoing?’ When Ilook backina Olympic Committee to investigateapotential reer,200mgold medallistAndredeGrasse needthat. Idon’t think it’s arivalry, light heavyweight boxing final at the fewyears, it will probablyfeel likeagreat breachofregulations. The badges areapoten- wasaninsomniac. He tried everytrickinthe thereisnobad blood. "It’s justtwo ath- Kokugikan Arena to 2016 Rio champion achievement, but Iwas so upsetthat I tialviolationofRule50of theOlympiccharter, book,including counting numbers backward leteswanting to be their best and Arlen Lopez of Cuba, stored thesilver couldn’t enjoyit.” whichbans “political, religious or racialprop- to coax sleep. He could not. He then sought knowing thereisanother great girlwho medal in his pocketrather than place it The 24-year-old, who stands at acom- aganda”atOlympic venues. over-the-counter magnesium pills to relax is going to getyou there." around his neck. The disappointment of manding 6-foot-3, triedtouse The pins that once were the om- his mindand body.But of late, he has fished losing the final in asplit decision weighed his reachtojab and keep Lopez TOKYO nipresent symbols of Mao’s three- amorenatural, healthierway—towatch SKATEBOARDING morethan the joyofachieving something at bay. But the Cuban, who was decade rule were on the tracksuitsof something light on Netflix. ANOTHERTEENSWEEP notmanyget to do –standing on an aiming to defend his title, MDthe cyclists, Bao Shanju and Zhong “Justsomething light, with notmuchac- ■ SakuraYosozumi(19)ofJapan won Olympicpodium, aglittering medal around brought his experience to the Tianshi. tion because thatwill stimulatemymind too the inaugural Olympic women’s park the neck, as thenationalflag is hoisteda fore.This wasalossthe Brit will MarkAdams, an I.O.C. spokesman, much. Ijusttry to watchsomething that’s event in skateboarding, solidifying shortdistance away.Helater realised what remember,but forthe right reasons-be- said that the committee had asked China’s boring that I’ll fall asleep to,that has alot of Japan’s dominance of the sportmak- he missed. coming an Olympicmedallist. Butit’sclear Olympicdelegation to explain the incident. talking,” he told ComplexCA, aCanadian ing itsOlympic debut. The silverwent “I wasdoing it foreverybody at home –through aquickglanceofhis social media “They have also assured us already that this magazine. None that putshim to sleep more to Kokona Hiraki, who at 12 became and Ifelt likeafailure. At thetime, Ishould account –that he doesn’t forget the losses willnothappenagain,”Mr.Adamssaid.During oftenthanHarry Potter,though. Japan’s youngest Olympic medallist. have put this beautiful silvermedal around very easily. His September 2019 pinned his rule, Mao had used sports,and in particu- “NooffensetoHarry Potter—it is agood Sky Browntook thebronze to become my neckand smiledbecause this is notjust tweet, postedafter his third-place finishat lar swimming, as apolitical tool. movie, Iloveit—but sometimes it has alot of Ben Whittaker put his silvermedal in the youngestBritish medallist at 13. forme, it’sfor thecountry,”hesaid to re- the WorldChampionships says,"Bronze "Swimming is fighting againstnature. talking. The movie’s likethree hours long, hispocket rather than place it around ENS porters afterthe match, the silvermedal Medal, notsatisfiedand very disappointed Toughenyourself upintheriversandsea,”Mao and then sometimes there’s alot of talking, hisneck. Twitter/Team GB glistening from around his neckduringthe but will makemehungrier forTokyo.” reportedlysaid.Hehadbeenadvocatingsports so that helps me fall asleep,” he says. ENS ATHLETICS: START TREK VOYAGERS McLaughlin &Muhammadovercome hurdles and burdens for 1-2 finish

back to the dayofthat qualification trials ■■■ means to her. “Being aMuslim especially, SRIRAM VEERA five years ago. Shewokeupinthe morning youhavetohaveatough skin to fight AUGUST 4 and stared at the wall in panic. “Oh gosh, I Muhammad’sturnaround wassimilarly againstthe negativity that is thrownatyou have to race today,”she would shareina triggeredbyaqualification loss in the first on adailybasis. Forme, it’s to trytofind con- “[DALILAH] MUHAMMAD wasout there documentarybyFloTrack. When she round. Her’s wasfor London 2012 and she fidence and that’s what formebeinga liketherewas no catchingher.Iwas like reachedthe track, things turnedeerier. went intoitthinking it wasthe lastcompet- Muslim and awoman is. And Iuse it. No one even if Iwanted to catchupwith her,Iprob- “Everybody waswarming up and Ithought itive race of her life. But when she lost, cantakeawaymygold medal from me.” ablycouldn’t.” That wasSydneyMcLaughlin Ican’t do it.” She was16. “Everyone wasso Muhammad,who remembers adoring that Asteadfastpractitioner of Ramadan in five years agoabout the US qualifying trials grownup.” high of running from the ageofthree,found her childhood, ahabitthattapered offinher to makeittothe RioOlympics. She dialledher father and brokedown. it didn’t sitwell with her. professional years, she kept thefastlast On WednesdayinTokyo, the 400m hur- “Dad,Idon’twanttorun.Iwillgoinfour “That losswas very uneasy.Idecided year.Justasanother challenge. Muhmmad’s dles defending champion Muhammad was years’ time, Ipromise.” that moment that no waywas this goingto biggestRamadan challengecame during out thereagain. The onlydifference, Her father coaxed her to run that day be my lastrace,” she told Global Sports drug testing. “When youare notdrinking McLaughlin wasn’t thinking therewas no andleave the rest forlater.She would start Channel. She knewshe was“toogood to waterand youhad to urinate. That was catching her.First, at the halfway mark, she her run but, in ablink,realise Muhammad quit” and would be abletolater verbalise to tough!” went pastDutchwoman FemkeBol, who wastoo farout and by the ninth hurdle – herself whatshe felt:“It’s my calling”. She This year,she overcame theCovid set- tooran aterrific race, and caught up with 11 in all –was withthe final three runners. would throw herself intothe training chal- backand in the qualification trialswas Muhammad at the last hurdle before burst- “I wasthinkingsomebodyisnot going to lenges and tell herself everymorning that beaten by McLaughlin, who couldn’t believe ing pastfor the final stretch. Muhammad makeit. Ineedtopush harder and hold “this is forOlympics.” whatshe had done. Even as she sat with her had run the fastestraceofher lifebut my form.” “BeingaMuslim, being an African- handsclosedoverher mouth, Muhammad McLaughlin, who as ateenager chose “fly- And she did exactlythat to qualify but American woman, youfeel at times there leanedovertotap her on the back. Justas ing” over “invisibility”, showedwhy it was therewas no joy. “I don’t knowwhether I American SydneyMcLaughlin clinches the women’s 400m hurdles final, aresomanythings fighting againstyou at shewoulddoinTokyo. her choice of the superpowerasshe wasdone or wasImorescared that Imade outduellingcompatriotDalilah Muhammad in atensefinish. AP times, it wasnice to feel one at that mo- Twograceful athletes, both shaped by blurredtoaworldrecordtime. As she sat the team. Iwas like, ‘Oh god, oh god’”. ment. Race, religion doesn’tmatteratthat setbacks,one who criedand wasscared on her haunches with acuriouslyblank ex- That uneasiness stayed through her at moment,” Muhammad tellsinanArcdocs that she had qualifiedfor the lastOlympics, pression on her face, Muhammad, who Rio whereshe would be eliminated in the the runners shook herbeing. “It messes school race forachocolatebar.She didn’t documentaryonher about the moment she and another who overcame challenges of contracted Covidearlier this year,would semifinals. She didn’t likestaying at the with your head. That, forsome people,this want to run but her parentspromiseda qualifiedfor Rio. “You areall justcompet- being aBlackwoman and Muslim, to be lean over to tapher back in congratulation. Games Villageand she would be in her is what theylivefor;Iwasn’t up forit.” candy and she wonthat 100m.She liked ing to bring amedal backfor USA.”She wheretheyare:out in Tokyo, arms over To understand the significance of room alone and wonder what she wasdo- She decidedtochangeher mindset, just her choco bar,she liked thepride she saw would go on to triumphinRio. eachother,with gold and silveraround McLaughlin’s achievement, one mustgo ing there. The fierce competitive spiritin likeshe didwhen she was7and ranina in her parents’ eyes. She has also talked aboutwhat religion their necks. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 16 SPTHEINDIANEXPRESS,ORTHURSDAY,AUGUTST5,2021

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COUNTRY GSBTOTAL 1. China32221670 Narrow Ms 2. USA25312379 3. Japan 21 07 12 40 4. GBritain 15 18 15 48 5. Australia 15 04 17 36 Abrave beginning is wasted as India go down in abattle to Argentina 1-2;set to face GreatBritain forbronze honours 6. ROC14211853 7. Germany08081632 8. France 06 10 09 25 9. Italy06091530 65. India00010203 EXPRESSAT *G- Gold, S- Silver, B- Bronze OLYMPICS EyeonIndia ATHLETICS MIHIRVASAVDA MEN’S20KMRACEWALKFINAL TOKYO,AUGUST4 Sandeep Kumar,Rahul Rohila and KT Irfan AT THEend of it all, tears rolled down their 1:00PM cheeksagain. This time, out of agony. Onlyafew centimetres separated India GOLF fromanotherhistoricvictory. Eighteenseconds WOMEN’SINDIVIDUALROUND2 remainedinthe matchwhen across was Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar drilledinfromtheleftflankthatsenttheentire 4:00AM Argentine defence intopanic. The ball zipped along the surface, pastthe wall of defenders HOCKEY hoveringoverthesemicircle,snuckundersev- (MEDAL ALERT) eral sticks insidethe ‘D’ until NavneetKaur, INDIAVSGERMANY bruisedand bandaged,stretched her arm out The Indian men’s team areinmedal and made thefaintestofconnections. contention forthe firsttimesince the Unfortunatelyfor her, and India, theball got Moscow1980Games. Theystand a deflected straight towardsthe goalkeeper chance to winbronze but will have to Belen Succi, who still had to be alerttopad it beatfour-timeOlympicchampionsand away. 2016 Riobronzemedallists Germany. The dramatic sequence playedout in ultra 7AM slow-mo as the entirestadium, one half-full standatleast,helditsbreath.Whoknows what WRESTLING wouldhave happenedif thedeflectionwasjust WOMEN’S53KGFREESTYLE acentimetre to Succi’sleftorright?Thatishow (MEDAL ALERT) close India were to securingaspotinan VINESHPHOGAT Olympic final. Instead, theylosttheir semifi- VineshPhogat will looktoput the past nals to theSouth American giants2-1 but not failureatRio behind her and live up to before reminding howfar they’ve come since the billing of being apre-Olympic the nightmarethat the Rio Olympics were for favouritefor amedal. them. Both the women’s and men’s hockeyteamssufferedfromgoals scored through penalty corners in the semi-finals. PTI 8:00AM India willhaveone moreshotatamedal,a bronze, when they will take on Britain in the WOMEN’S57KGREPECHAGE playoff matchonFriday. It wasthe 4-1 loss (MEDAL ALERT) againstthe 2016 champions that triggered SCORELINE Gurjit’s drag flick,Made in Miadi Kalan Anshu Malik lostinher opening India’s turnaround in Tokyo. Fridaywill be a match, but she has ashotatbronze in chanceforthemto complete thefullcirclebut the repechageevent. before that, they’ll have to shrug offthe disap- INDIA ARGENTINA matchexposure abroad toohelpedher alot. 7:30 AM ONWARDS pointmentofthe semifinal defeat sufferedon 12NITINSHARMA Her strength has been the upper right and Wednesday.“We knowhow to deal with CHANDIGARH,AUGUST4 lowerrightcornerwithsubtlechangeinwrist Gurjit Kaur ‘2 Noel Barrionuevo ’18, ’36 MEN’S86KGREPECHAGE losses,” coachSjoerdMarijne said. “Wehave positionand that’s what she has been doingit (MEDAL ALERT) lostalot.” SATNAM SINGH remembers the bus rides atTokyoapartfromsomeothervariationstoo. DEEPAKPUNIA Perhapsitwasthewinningfeelingthatfelt encedwith30seconds remaininginthe first comingbackhomealongsidedaughterGurjit Whenevershe visits her village, sheoften dis- 4:00PMONWARDS different to the players coming into quarter. Navneet andAgustinaGorzelanywent Kaur,who couldn't stop talking about some- cussesandwatchesotherdrag-flickersoverTV Afterlosing in the semi-final, Deepak Wednesday's semifinal. The euphoriafollow- foraloose ball inside the Argentine ‘D’, both thing calledthe 'drag flick' from her hockey or phone and calls the coaches at anytime to Punia is justawin away from claim- ing the win over Australia the daybefore, by with ahigh desiretoget to the ball first, ended practice. ask about herdoubts or howcan she do it bet- ing the bronze medal. farthe biggestwin in the history of women's up with anasty collision withthe Indian for- "Initially, Iwould travel with her on buses ter,”says Sharanjit. hockey, hadn't entirelysubsided when they ward sufferingaslightcutontheeyebrow that and would spend the full dayoutside the Gurjit grew up wanting to study and as- MEN’S57KGFINAL had to step out on the field foranother,poten- had to be taped. school waiting forGurjit’s trainingtoend be- piredforbetterfacilitiesinhervillage,andlater (MEDAL ALERT) tiallybigger,game,anOlympicsemifinal.“They It doesn’ttakealotfor Carlos 'Chapa' fore we decidedtoenroll her intothe hostel. to gainfameforherbordertown.Shefollowed RAVIKUMARVSZAVURUGUEV(ROC) have always seenthesethingsonTV,”Marijne Retegui to popout his wide eyes. But on Onourwayback,shewouldoftentellmeabout sisterPradeep Kaur intohockey. 4:00PMONWARDS said. Wednesday, thatremainedhisconstantlook– dragflicksandIwouldnodinaffirmationeven “Gurjithameshasadepinddanaamroshan Ravi Kumar has secured at leastasil- Suddenly,theywereapartofit; all too be it eachtime India pressed ahead, his team thoughIdidnotunderstandaword,”remem- karnichahundi si. (Gurjit wanted to makeher vermedal by gettingtothe final but muchfor them to soak in. The nerves didn't createdachanceorifhecontestedanumpire’s bers the father,talking to Indian Express. villageproudof her.)Beingabordervillage,we could claim gold by beating Russian showimmediately. India were faster offthe decision. On Wednesday,Gurjit kept India in con- GurjitKaurcelebrates afterscoring have to facechallengeslikeelectricitycuts,less grappler Zavur Uguev. blocks among the twoteams, starting with a Foralltheireffort,though,Indiaweren’tas tention foralmostthree quarters of the semi- India’s openeragainst Argentina. AP number of busesstopping at our village, kids hightempo, moving the ball along the carpet perfect as theywereagainstAustralia. And finalagainstArgentina attheTokyoOlympics, going fartostudy in schools and other chal- at dizzying speedand earning apenalty cor- Argentinaweren’tgoingto give themthekind before Indiawassmothered2-1to berelegated lenges.Weare lucky that she chose hockeyto WORLDWATCH ner in the second minuteitself. And when of spacetheHockeyrooswouldoffer, whichal- to abronzeplayoff.But Gurjit kept the dream physique. While we startedwith her tak- pursue this dream of hers and with her per- MEN’S 110M HURDLES FINAL GurjitKaurflickedtheballpastSucci,itfeltlike lowedIndia to playits game. AgainstLos alive with her opening strike. The drag-flick ing penalty strokesfromadistance of 5-7 formancesintheOlympics,shehasdoneusall 8:25 AM India had neverbeen away from the field fol- Leonas,India couldn’texecutetheir favoured specialistowedheroriginsto herearliestdays m, slowlywegraduated to the Dand she and the whole India proud,” shared Satnam WRONTHELINE lowing the Australia win. give-and-gostyle of hockey, whichinvolves playing hockey, growing up in village Miadi would keenlyobservethe goal-keepers. Singh. ■ The WorldNo1and reigning World Scoringthegoalsoearly meantinvitingthe passingtheballontherun,andtheirlongballs, Kalan, situated 14 kms away from theIndia- With players likeYogita Bali also visiting Withherfatherbeingoneof threebrothers Champion hurdler Grant Halloway is wrath of the woundedArgentines. As it is, the astrategytobypassthe Argentinemidfield, Pakistanborder in Amritsar. the school regularly,she would oftenseek owning 17 acres of farmland jointly, ayoung thefrontrunnerto winthemen’s110m SouthAmericans, although very sharp on the were easily intercepted. FatherSatnamwouldaccompanyGurjitto tips and would also watchhighlightsof Gurjitwouldoftenwatchherfathertoilhardat hurdles gold. He came within 0.01sec- ball,playaveryphysicalgame.Oncetheywent So, Argentina enjoyedpossession and as schoolinAjnalaonacycleorinlocalbuses.She Jugraj Singh’s drag-flicksonTVand seek- the fields apartfrommaking trips to nearby onds of levelling the current World down by agoal, the former worldchampions theminutestickedby, thenervousnesswithin wouldgetlatesometimesasshewouldnotget ing tips from him wheneverwevisited cityofAjnalaandAmritsarto getlivestock feed Recordof12.80 earlier this year. and 2012 Olympics silvermedalists triedto the Indian players toobegan to increase –it abus to the villageondays he wasbusy."But Amritsar or Batala forschool or other tour- and seeds from the mandi boardoffices in the pulverize India with their one-twocombina- startedtodawnuponthemthattheywereonly shenevercomplained.WhenIinquiredabout naments,” says Sharanjit. city makingtripsinbuses. MEN’S HOCKEY FINAL tion of quickpassingand hardtackling. afew minutes away from an Olympicfinal. thesportswing at Kairon, Gurjit knewthat it While Gurjit would also getachance to With her elder sisterPradeep Kaur too 3:30 PM TheearlieravatarofthisIndianteamwould ErrorsbegantocreepinandArgentinatook wasveryfar from ourvillage," he says. trainunderdrag-flickcoachToon Siepman, showing an interestinhockeyand cousin AUSTRALIAVSBELGIUM have collapsed quickerthan apackofcards in advantageofit,scoringtwicefrompenaltycor- At theschool sports wing, Gurjit would be who hasworkedwith thelikes of Pakistan’s MandeepKaurChhinabeingakabaddiplayer, ■Forallof Australia’sdominanceonthe the face of suchpressure. But there’s some- ners to complete theircomeback. India tried selectedasadrag-flickerbycoachSharanjit Sohail Abbas and Netherlands’ Mink vander who played in the WorldCup Kabaddiorgan- hockeyfield,thethree-timeWorldCup thingaboutMarijne’s team. Theymatched to go all out in the fourth quarter, with Neha Singh and shewould also be helped by Indian Weerden,during theIndia’stourof 2017,Kaur isedbyPunjabgovernmentlater,SatnamSingh winnershave wonanOlympicgoldjust Argentinatackle-for-tackle,shoulderpush-for- Goyalputting up an incredible shiftinthe at- women’shockeyteamplayerslikeYogitaBali, emergedasthe topscorer forIndia witheight wouldgetGurjitadmittedatthesportswingat once, backin2004. Thisisthe firsttime shoulder push. None of it wasdirty tackling; tacking areas of the pitch. Kirandeep Kaur and Amandeep Kaur apart goals in 2017 AsiaCup followedby11goals in theGovernmentSeniorSecondarygirlsSchool since Athens that they’vereachedthe onlyone cardinthe entirematchshows how Argentina,though,soakedupthepressure from getting achance to interact with drag- FIH Seriesfinals in Japan in 2018 apartfroma at Kairon, aschool situatedmorethan 80 kms final. But theycome up againstWorld cleanbothteamswere intheirattemptstodis- inthedyingmomentsofthematch,including flickerJugraj SinghonthevisitstoAmritsarfor good showing in 2018 Asian Games, where away nearPattiinTarnTarandistrictfromtheir Cup winnersBelgium, who will lookto possess one another. the last-minutedeflection that Navneettried. school and collegetournaments. India wonsilver. home. go onebetterthanthesilvertheywonat But both sets of players were notready to When the hooter sounded, Indian players “When she firstcame to the school “Spending timeunder coaches like In thisOlympics campaign, she has taken Rio 2016. pull outofany 50-50 challenges, even if it leftthe field teary-eyed once again. Thistime, wing, we selected her foradefender and HarendraSingh and Siepman helped her un- the countryfar from whereitwas when the meant risking an injury, as Navneetexperi- it wasbecause of the pain of losing. the role of adrag-flickerasshe had agood derstandthevariationsalot betterandgetting Games started. Lovlina no match for Turkey's Surmeneli Abite into India-Kazakh wrestling rivalry

The blink-and-you-miss flurry in the first bout. It happenedatacrucial moment in the GAURAVBHATT round wasenough forthe refereetoissue a SHAHIDJUDGE later stages of the match, andTanatarov was AUGUST4 standingeight-countagainstBorgohain.In 30 MUMBAI,AUGUST4 leftwith ableeding right ear,and eventually, seconds, what could potentiallyhavebeena no morethan abronzemedal forhis cam- HAD THE fight gone on forthirty moresec- banana peel round forSurmeneli, setthe tone IN THOSE lastfew momentsofhis semifinal paign –Sushil pickedupthe silver. onds, Lovlina Borgohain could'vebeen forthe fight. bout,RaviKumarDahiyaput everyounce of Tanatarov wasdistraughtyearsafter that deemedunable to continue by thereferee.She Therewereflashes on Wednesday. his 57kg frame ontoNurislamSanayev. He match. He even publishedareplayofthe in- had been givenstanding eight-countsinthe Working from the outside, aquick 1-2 and dis- held down theKazakh, pushing hisshoul- cident on his Instagram handle five years firstand lastrounds. And eachtime Busenaz engaging. But Surmeneli wasachallengetoo ders squareontothe mat until it wasall over later,inJune 2017. Surmeneli landed, shesnappedthe Indian's tough. Under fire,Borgohain reverted to and he had assured himself asilver. The Coincidentally, Sushil wasDahiya’s men- head back. clinches and apoint wasdeducted in the sec- coachonthe sidelines punchedthe air, tor. It'd beabsurdtosuggestthat the 5-0 deci- ond round. knowing full well that Sanayevwas pinned Chances aretheremay have been many sion (whichincludedthree 10-8s forthe final To her credit, Borgohain came prepared and Dahiyawas in the Olympics final. morebiting incidentsthat have gone unno- round) didn't accuratelyreflect Wednesday's forscrap. With the final out of her reach, Curiously, the23-year-old, instead of cel- ticed. But thereare manyfamous ones too. one-sided69kgsemifinal. Borgohain, India's Borgohain swung to makeastatement. Fora ebrating, approachedthe refereeand pointed The name Luis Suarez comes to mind, thirdOlympic bronze medallistboxer,was Lovlina wasthoroughlyoutclassedbythe moment, it seemedthatSurmenelitoo was at his right bicep. Later cameras captured the thrice.The firstincident lefthim with an un- Nurislam Sanayev(L) bites Ravi Kumar soundlybeatenby amuchbetterboxer.But in Turkish boxerintheir semi-final bout . AP holding back, content to cruise on through. bitemarkDahiyawas trying to getthe offi- enviable moniker during his time in the duringtheir semi-final bout. AP the battle of two23-year-old fighters with a And then she landedagain. Long, brutal cial to notice. Netherlands –‘Cannibal of Ajax’ –when he swagger,itwas Borgohain who drew first combinations cornered Borgohain. Awareof It wasn’t justSanayev’s defence Dahiya bit PSVEindhoven’s Otman Bakkal. The sec- blood. punches,Borgohainwouldn'tbeat thereceiv- the Turk's tremendous powerand obligated had to overcome in the move to pin down ond came in amatchagainstChelsea when end of the thirdround, Tyson bit offaone- Thebout beganwith phoneboothboxing, ing end of Surmeneli's power. to keep his fighters safe, the refereeissuedan- the Kazakh, the Indian also had to beat the he bit BranislavIvanovic, and finally at the inchpiece of cartilagefromHolyfield’s right as the twoboxers slugged it outwith their But it's bad optics in the short, three- other eight-count. sharp pain from the bite. 2014 WorldCup, he bit Italian defender ear.Therewas no hiding from that incident, heads pusheduptogether.Facing an imposing round amateurbouts. Borgohain was ForLovlina,thisis the fifthbronzeatama- It’sadesperatemovetobreak outofa Giorgio Chiellini on the shoulder.The lastin- especiallysince Tyson spat out the piece onto boxerwith no reverse gear,Borgohain pushed, warnedbythe refereefor excessive hold- jorevent. But neverbeforehas she navigated hold, and an entirelyillegalone –provided cident ledhim to being bannedfor four the ring. His boxing license wasrevoked as a shoved, held and clinched. During the melee, ing. Afterone suchbreak,lateinthe first suchaminefield of worldand continental the offender gets caught. months. result, and he wasfinedUSD 3million. Borgohain would land shortuppercutsand round, Surmeneli got the distance and champions with acomposedmind and awide But this wasn’t aone-offincident. Nine And of course, therewas the infamous The biggestdifference between what hookstothe body.The dirty boxing wasn't go- stunned Borgohain.Aglancing lefthook, a smile. This is afighter who jots down the mi- years ago, at the London Olympics, in the ‘Biteof97’ –the second match between box- happenedinthe Tyson and Suarez incidents ingto win thejudges over,butit frustratedthe right to the temple firstbegan theonslaught nutestdetails of eachday in her diary. men’s 66kg freestyleevent, Sushil Kumar had ing greatsMikeTyson and Evander Holyfield. comparedtothe twowrestling ones wasthat Turkish boxerwho couldn't lether hands go. in the last30seconds. Then ahook to the Wednesday is onlythe firstpageinher rivalry allegedly bitten his Kazakh opponent In what became perhaps the mostwell- the American and Uruguayanwerecaught By notgivingher room to fully extend the body andaflush left rocked the Indian. with Surmeneli. AkzhurekTanatarov’s ear in the semi-final known biting incidentinsports,towards the in the act.

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