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(UGC) forextension of the terminalsemesterexamination ANANTHAKRISHNANG September 30 deadline. JEE-NEET:6OPP by 30.09.2020 in exercise of commonvoter NEWDELHI,AUGUST28 Maharashtraand Delhihad powerunderDisasterManage- earlier decidedtocancel the ex- STATESSEEKREVIEW ment Act, 2005 shall prevail over THE SUPREME CourtFriday ruled ams and promote studentson OPPOSITION-RULED deadline" fixedbythe UGC“in Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla holds ameeting aheadofthe that universitiesand other insti- the basis of otherparameters. West Bengal, Jharkhand, respect to the concernedState”. Parliamentsession, in NewDelhi on Friday. ANI tutions of higher education will AbenchofJustices Ashok Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, The courtwas clear that the listforLS,state have to conduct the final-yearex- Bhushan,RSubhashReddyandM Punjab and Maharashtra “decisionofthe State/State ams and “cannot” promote stu- RShah“refused”toquashtheJuly have movedthe DisasterManagement Authority dentsonthe basisofinternalas- 6UGCguidelinesaskinguniversi- SupremeCourt seekinga to promote the studentsinthe SpeakerasksHouse sessment or othercriteria. ties/institutions to hold the final- reviewofits order final year/terminal semesteron andlocalpolls However, thecourtallowed year examsbySeptember 30. allowing the Centreto the basis of previous perform- states and Union Territories, But taking intoaccount the conduct NEET and JEE ance and internal assessment” is panels nottodiscuss whichmay have postponedthe Covid situation, the court said exams amid the Covid “beyond the jurisdiction of CabinetSecy told to consult states, exams in viewofthe Covid out- “the decisiontaken by the State outbreak. DisasterManagement Act, break,toapproachthe Disaster Management Authori- REPORT, PAGE 6 2005” and “has to give wayto” getbackinamonth on next step pending cases but University GrantsCommission ty/State nottohold final year/ CONTINUEDONPAGE2 D RITIKACHOPRA E Thecase record is otherwise Show on Muslim Rhea case: Officials say WhatsApp trail NEWDELHI,AUGUST28 forjoint PLAIN E ● polls ‘infiltration’ in IN Amove that ties inwith the EX Moilysays outdated idea; 2G to coal, led to two drugs suppliers, arrestssoon idea of simultaneous elections in civil service: SC thecountry,the Prime Minister's THE IDEA of simultane- House panels have helddiscussions Office (PMO), earlier this month, ous elections has been declines stay, HC held ameeting to discussthe around forawhile,and tension of Parliament itself and MOHAMEDTHAVER possibilityofpreparing acom- theBJP is all foritsaying LIZMATHEW&MANOJCG the fundamental rule — stops broadcast MUMBAI,AUGUST28 mon voters’ listfor elections to it will save public money NEWDELHI,AUGUST28 Parliament is supreme —stands all local bodies, stateassemblies and put to an endfre- true forthe committees as well. ANANDMOHANJ& THE NARCOTICS Control Bureau and Lok Sabha. quent elections which AHEAD OF the monsoon session “In fact,committeesare more ANANTHAKRISHNANG (NCB) that is probing Rhea The meeting on August13, disruptgovernance in of Parliament, Lok Sabha Speaker liberal than Parliament,” M NEWDELHI,AUGUST28 Chakraborty and three of her ac- chaired by PK Mishra, Principal poll-boundstates. Last Om Birla has written to chairper- Veerappa Moily, who headed a quaintances under severalsec- SecretarytoPM, discussedtwo year,the government an- sons of parliamentarycommit- number of panelsearlier,told DELHI HIGH CourtonFridayre- tions of the Narcotic Drugsand options.First, aconstitutional nouncedthat acommit- tees,urgingthat the panels TheIndianExpress.KVThomas, strained private television chan- Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) amendment to Articles 243K teeon‘One Nation One should nottake“thosesubjects former chairman of thePublic nel Sudarshan News from Act, is settoarresttwo suppliers and 243ZA thatwould makeit Election’ would be con- forexamination where the issue Accounts Committee (PAC), said broadcasting ashowthatstu- of 'bud', the driedflowerofthe mandatorytohaveasingle elec- stituted to work on the is pending in the courts”. the Speakernever interfered in dentsofJamiaMilliaIslamia uni- marijuana plant that sells for toralroll forall elections in the idea and submit areport The August25letterhas led the functioning of standing com- versity said sought to inciteha- nearly Rs 5,000per gram, asen- country. Second, to persuade the to thePrime Minister. to adebateamongMPs and ex- mittees in the past. tred againstthem. ior official has told The Indian stategovernmentstotweak perts who saytherehavebeena “The issue of sub judiceisan Also on Friday, theSupreme Express. their respective laws and adopt number of instances in the past outdated idea. Thereare anum- Court, afterhearingadifferent Sources saidthe twosuppli- Rhea Chakraborty arrivesfor questioning by aCBI team, in theElectionCommission's(EC) municipalitiesinthe states. in whichmatters subject to judi- berofissues in the courts.How petitioner on thesame issue, de- ers have been detained, with Mumbai on Friday. PTI ABETMENT,PAGE10 voters listfor municipal and pan- These give the powerofsuper- cial reviewcame up fordiscus- can parliamentary panelsavoid clinedtostopthe airing of the contraband, and arelikelytobe chayat polls. intendence, direction and con- sions in parliamentarypanels, discussing them? The legislature show, saying itwas important to arrested Saturday,asthe NCBin- Sources said Cabinet trol of preparation of electoral and thisnew directivewillset an onlyhas powergivingcapacity be circumspect about imposing vestigates the "demand" and An officialsaid, "Thesuppli- statement, "Rhea has nevercon- SecretaryRajiv Gauba, rolls and the conduct of these unusual precedent. and Parliament is supreme. apre-broadcast injunction. "supply"ofdrugslinked to the ers will be placedunder arrest sumeddrugs in her lifetime. Legislative SecretaryGNarayana electionstothe StateElection Veterans who have headed Committees areaforumfor dis- The show, whichhad claimed case in whichChakraborty has on the charge of possessing nar- She’s ready forablood test any Raju, Panchayati RajSecretary Commission (SEC). key panelspoint outthat parlia- cussions, and it worksona to bean “exposé” on the “infiltra- been booked. cotics. We willbequestioning time." Therehas been no discov- Sunil Kumar and three represen- On the other hand, Article mentarycommitteesare an ex- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 tion of Muslims” in the civil serv- Chakraborty is also facing them to find out who all they eryofany contraband from tativesofthe EC, including 324(1)ofthe Constitutionem- ices, wasnot broadcastatits casesfiledbythe CBIand suppliedthe contraband to and Chakraborty's possession. Secretary-General Umesh Sinha, powers the EC to supervise, di- scheduledtime of 8pmonFriday. EnforcementDirectorate(ED)in what wasRhea's role in this." The official said bud, usually attended the discussion. rect, and control the preparation UAPA court in Suresh Chavhanke, the connection with the death of fel- Chakraborty'slawyerSatish sourcedfromCalifornia, wasa Articles 243K and 243ZA deal and revision of electoral rolls for BUSINESSASUSUAL owner and editor-in-chief of lowactor SushantSingh Rajput. Maneshindehad earlier said in a CONTINUEDONPAGE2 with elections to panchayats and CONTINUEDONPAGE2 J&K grants bail Sudarshan News,said in astate- BY UNNY ment:“To respect the Delhi High Court's stay order,we'vestopped WORLD to pharmacist: the telecastoftoday's 'Bindas Bol' programme. The subject of ‘bid to falsely today's 'Bindas Bol' wasbasedon “Bureaucracy Jihad”. Chavhanke implicate him’ claimedthis wasthe “first time in the history of television news that ashowhas been stopped ARUNSHARMA before itstelecast”. JAPAN PM SHINZO JAMMU,AUGUST28 Alittle over an hour before ABE RESIGNS,CITES the showtime, however, POOR HEALTH ASPECIAL UAPA judgeherehas Chavhankehad postedon PAGES 15, 13 asked theJammu &Kashmir CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Prisons Department to release on bail apharmacistemployed with the government, held for the pastmorethan eight months, sayingtherewas no evidence of his involvementinany offence under the stringent law and thathewas only "performing his professional duty" if he wasintending to delivermedi- cines even to aterrorist. Zahoor Ahmed, aresident of Marwah, wasarrestedin Kishtwar district on January6. The ThirdAdditional Sessions Judge, Jammu, Sunit Gupta, notedthat all the policeseized from his possession wassome medicines, and that "he cannot be saidtohavebeen involvedin anyofthe offences under the UAPA". Calling the charges"a successful attempt to falselyim- plicate" him, the courtsaid Ahmedshould be released "forthwith" from Jammu Central Jailoninterim bail subject to him furnishing asuretybond of Rs 25,000,and if he is notnamedin anyother case. Employedwith the J&K government’s Health Department, Ahmed waspostedinReniain Marwahtehsil. His counsel Faheem Shokat Butt said that he has been kept in jail even though no incriminating material had CONTINUEDONPAGE2

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SUSHANTDEATH Don’t conduct FROMPAGEONE Speakerasks House abetment to suicide case filed parallel trial,respect againsther.Showik had been ques- privacy of victim, panels not to take tionedonThursdaytoo. Theagency PMO explorescommon voter list for also questionedRajput'sflat mate up matters in court Siddharth Pithani, and his two suspects: Press non-politicalbasis.Infact,it’smorelib- housekeeping staff. eral than Parliament.Sothisdirective The CBI has recreated the se- Council advisory of the Speakerisnot concretenor pre- Lok Sabha, stateand local elections quence of eventsonthe dayof ventive,” Moily said. Rajput's alleged suicide. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE SubhashKashyap,formersecretary allthe elections to Parliament and wasinfavourofpersuading the re- adoptedasimilar stance in 1999 electoral roll would save the ex- Theyhavereferredthe reportof NEWDELHI,AUGUST28 general of Lok Sabha and aconstitu- statelegislatures. In other words, maining states to adoptEC'svoters and2004. It hadnotedthatthe chequer moneyand theelection his post-mortem, done at Mumbai's tional expert, pointed out that the the SECsare free to preparetheir list forlocalbody elections. The non-conformityofpreparation of conducting agencies the effort. Cooper Hospital, to ateam of doc- AS REPORTINGbysomemedia outlets Speaker holds the powertoissue di- ownelectoral rolls forlocal body meeting is learnedtohaveended electoral rolls by theECand the However, he pointed outthat tors at AIIMS. about the deathofactor Sushant Singh rectivestoparliamentarypanels,but elections, and this exercise does not with Mishraaskingthe Cabinet SECs causes duplication of the the changewould requireamas- The CBItook over the case from Rajput and the related investigations has “it usuallydoesnot happen,and the have to be coordinated withthe EC. Secretarytoconsult thestatesand same task betweentwo different siveconsensus-building exercise, the Bihar Police, whichhad registered come under criticism, the Press Council Speaker does notinterferewith the Currently, amajority of the suggestthe next step in amonth. agencies. Further,the EC pointed whichmay notbeeasy giventhe an FIR againstChakraborty and her of India has said that the media should workingofthe committees”. states use the EC'svoters list,instead The common electoralroll is out that it adds to theconfusion suspicion between the states and familymembers basedonRajput's notconduct its“ownparallel trial” and “Thegeneral rule is that asub ju- of their own, to elect their munici- amongthe promisesmadebythe among voters, since theymay find the centre. father's complaint. mustrespect the privacy of the victim, dice matter is nottaken up in palities and panchayats.However, BJP in itsmanifesto forthe Lok their names present in one roll, but "Having acommon electoral roll WITHINPUTSBYENS,DELHI witnesses and suspects. Parliament, but it’s amatter on which Uttar Pradesh,Uttarakhand, Odisha, Sabha elections lastyear.Itties in absentinanother. doesn't end with convincing the “The media is advisednot to conduct thereisnoclear-cutstand.There are Assam,MadhyaPradesh, Kerala, with the party's commitment to The incumbent government has stategovernmentstoadoptEC's UAPA court in itsown parallel trial orforetell the deci- matters in whichthe legislatureisnot Odisha, Assam, Arunachal hold elections simultaneouslyto pitchedacommon electoral roll and voters list. The boundaries of the siontoavoid pressure during investiga- restrainedbyasubjudicematter.There Pradesh, Nagaland and the Union the Lok Sabha, stateassemblies and simultaneous elections as away to EC'spolling station maynot neces- J&K grants bail tion and trial,” the Press Council said in areexceptionsto theruleof subjudice. TerritoryofJammu and Kashmir local bodies, whichisalsomen- save an enormous amount of effort sarilymatchthat of the wards. So an advisoryissuedonFriday. Idonot knowwhat were thecom- have theirown electoral rolls for tioned in the manifesto. and expenditure. the EC'svoters list hastobefash- to pharmacist It advisedthat the media “should not pellingcircumstancesthattheSpeaker local body polls. However, thepitch forasingle Aformer Chief Election ionedinaway to fitthe SEC's wards. beenbroughtonrecord to connecthim narrate the storyinamanner so as to in- hastakenthisdecision,”Kashyapsaid. Among the twooptions dis- voters listisnot new. TheLaw Commissioner,who spoketoThe Thereare digitaltools that canbe with anyoffence. duce the general public to believe in the PDTAchary, formersecretarygen- cussedatthe PMO meeting chaired Commission recommendeditin Indian Express on thecondition of designedtofacilitate that," the for- The judge rejected the Additional complicityofthe person indicted”and eralof LokSabha,said:“Thisruleof sub by Mishra, sources said Sunil Kumar its255th reportin2015. The EC too anonymity,agreedthat acommon mer CEC said. PublicProsecutor'sargumentsagainst stated that “publishing information judice is notanabsoluterule.This is in bail,claimingthatAhmedwasnamed basedongossip about theline of investi- thenatureofaself-imposedrestriction in achargesheetalong with nine oth- gation by the official agenciesonthe by theHouse...Sofarassubjudicerule ers forlinkswith the Hizbul crime committed is notdesirable”. isconcerned,thisissomethingthatthe SC backsUGC decision to holdexams, Mujahideen,forprovidinginformation “It is notadvisabletovigorouslyreport Househasimposedonitself.Butasfar about security forces to militants, and crime related issues on aday to daybasis as the committee is concerned, there forarranging funds formilitant com- and comment on the evidence without as- is no such rule.” saysstates can seek deadline extension manderMohammad Amin alias certaining thefactualmatrix.Suchreport- “There is no mention of sub judice Jahangir Saroori. ing bringsundue pressureinthe courseof matter so farasthe committeesare "While going through the whole fair investigation and trial,” it said. concerned. Even asub judice matter the UGC guidelines. suedfor apurpose andobject with and discriminating between final pointedout. file, Icould notfind even asinglewit- The media, the Press Council said, “is can be waived.There is arule in the “The Stateand University can- latitude to the Universities to chart and first/second year students. The courtalso rejectedcriticism ness whose statementswere advisedtorefrain from giving excessive rulebookunder whichany rule canbe notpromote thestudentsinthe fi- their ownplan/ course but the ar- But the courtrejected this con- that the guidelines did nottakethe recorded... who have uttered even a publicitytothe victim, witnesses, sus- suspendedbytheHouse,includingthe nal year/ terminal semesterwith- gument cannotbeaccepted that tention, too. Covid situation intoaccount, and re- single word against applicantZahoor pectsand accusedasitwill amount to in- ruleof subjudice,inorderto enablethe out holding final year/ terminal Universities were nottofollowthe On the charge of discrimination, fusedtoacceptthe argument that Ahmed," JudgeGupta observed."The vasion of their privacy rights”, and that Houseto discussamatter,”Acharysaid. examination,” the benchruled. Guidelines on the pretext that it the order said “the differentiation compelling attendance by holding offencesattributedto himare withre- the “identificationofwitnesses by the Parliamentarystandingcommit- If anystate or UT seekstopost- uses the expression “advisory”.” made by revisedguidelines to hold physical examination is aviolation gard tounlawfulactivities,conspiracy, medianeeds to be avoidedasitendan- teeshave,onanumberof occasionsin pone the exam, the request“shall The April guidelines were su- Final year/ Terminal semesterex- of the ‘RighttoLife’ under Article 21. harbouring of terroristsand... support gers them to comeunder pressurefrom the past, takenupissues,pending be- be considered by UGC and resched- persededbythe Julynorms, which amination has arational basis and It pointed outthat the revised giventothe terrorist organisation, but the accusedorhis associates as well as in- fore courts, fordeliberation. uleddatebecommunicatedtosuch were drawnupbyanexpert com- thereisan intelligible differentia be- guidelines “wereissuedtaking into noneof theseoffenceshaveevenbeen vestigatingagencies”. ■ Forexample,the parliamentary State/ Union Territoryatthe earli- mittee following the Covid situa- tween the student of Final consideration the fact that the allegedbyany of the prosecution wit- Regarding the reporting around standingcommitteeoncoal andsteel est”, the courtordered. tion. The courtsaid the Julydirec- year/Terminal semesterand other number of Covid cases arestill ris- nesses whose statementswere Rajput’sdeath, the PressCouncil advised had takenupthe coalblockallocation The rulingcame on abatch of tionswere“in continuation to the students”. ing and likelytoincrease further recordedbythe IO (investigating offi- themediathatthe“reportingof thealleged scandal in October 2012 when the petitionsagainst the directionto earlier” set. They“were issuedwith It refusedtoaccept theargu- whichfacthas been categorically cer)... or even the witnesses whose suicide by theactor by some of the news- matter wasalready in the Supreme holdexamsasper theUGC guide- the object that auniform academic ment on the cut-offdate, saying mentionedinthe beginning of the statementswererecordedunder papersisalsoinviolationof thenormsfor- CourtafteraPILwasfiled.ThePILcame lines. calendarbefollowedbyall the that “when the academic calendar revisedguidelinesitself”. Section 164, CrPC." mulated by the Council forreporting on up forpreliminaryhearing in the The benchwent intothe legal Universities and final terminal se- is set, fixeddates arealways given It notedthatthe July 31 deadline The UAPA court notedthatwhile suicide”. It expected the media “nottouse SupremeCourtonSeptember14,2012. validity of the Julyguidelines, and mester/ final year examinations be foruniformity.The UGC had rightly setbythe initial guidelines wasad- failing to find anyevidenceagainst languagewhich sensationalise or nor- Thestandingcommitteesubmittedits said that they“arenot beyond the held”and were notcontrarytothe fixedadatefor completion of the vancedtoSeptember 30 “onlydue Ahmed, the IO had attachedacopyof malisessuicidesorpresentsitasaconstruc- reporton“Review of Allotment, domainofthe UGC” and “relateto April norms. Terminalsemester/Final year ex- to the reason thatdue to Pandemic, a"statement of onewitness, Akhter tive solutionto theproblems”andadvised Developmentand Performance of coordination and determination of The benchsaid“it is the statu- amination throughout the country Universities/ Colleges maynot have Hussain... in some other case... forof- it “nottouse sensational headlinesoruse Coal/LigniteBlocks”onApril 23, 2013. standards in institutions of higher tory obligation of the Universities to maintain uniformity in the aca- been able to hold the examination”. fences undersection 13,18, 19,38, 39 photographs, video-footage or social me- ■ 2Gspectrum:APILonallegedir- education”. to adoptthe Guidelines", which demiccalendar”. The order also referred to “spe- (of the UAPA)". "(On) the strength of dialinkswhilereportingonsuicidecases”. regularitiesinallocationandpricingof Some of the petitionerscon- "cannot be ignored by terming it as “The studentswho look forward cific provisions in the guidelines the said copyofthe statement,the IO The jurisdiction of the Press Council, second generation spectrum licences tendedthat the UGC had issueda non-statutoryoradvisory”. foradmission in higher classes or that all institutions have to follow has made asuccessful attempt to whichisanautonomousbody attached during 1998-2009 wasfiledinthe setofguidelines initiallyonApril 29, The petitioners also contended take employment requirefinalde- necessaryprotocols,guidelines, di- falselyimplicateZahoor Ahmed," to the Union MinistryofInformation and SupremeCourtonDecember14,2010, whichwereonly“advisory”, and that the revisedguidelines violate gree fortheir career prospect and to rections, advisories issuedasmeas- JudgeGupta said, adding that even as Broadcasting, is restricted to print media seeking cancellation of newtelecom that the ones issuedinJune were Article 14 on twocounts--byfixing maintain uniformity in dates by ures to contain Covid-19” which, it per the said statement, Ahmed "isnot andnewsagencies.Television news has licencesand 2G spectrum allocated contraryinnature. adatefor thecompletion of exams whichfinal examinations areover said, makes clear the intent to pro- genuinelyfound to be involved in any an independent self-regulatorymecha- duringthetenureofTelecomminister The court,however, disagreed. forthe entirecountryirrespective is withthe object of studentswel- tect students, teachers, non-teach- suchactivity whichmay be said to be nism, the NewsBroadcastingStandards ARaja.TheBJP-ledOpposition'sclam- It said the April guidelineswere“is- of the situation in different parts, fare andfor their career,” the bench ing staff. an offence underthe Unlawful Authority,whichhas notissuedany advi- our foraJoint Parliamentary Activities(Prevention) Act". sories or statementsonthe issueyet. Committee disruptedproceedings in The judge went on to refertothe at least twosessions in 2010.A30- thencomesto PAC,”hesaid,addinghe to “defame, attack and incitehatred “under statutoryprovisions,compe- Lateatnight,Chavhanketweeted: statement made by Hussain, in some member JPC wasconstitutedin has “nothing againstthe Speaker”. againstJamiaMilliaIslamia,itsalumni tent authorities arevestedwith pow- “...Wehaveall thefacts. We willgoto other militancy caserelatedFIR regis- CX.´fi. ´ff½fSX MXÑfaÀfd¸fVf³f IYfSX´fûSmXVf³f d»fd¸fMZXOBÊX- February2011. Thereportwastabledin "Thereare manyrules. And it and the Muslim community at large”. ers to ensurecompliance with law, theSupremeCourtandtheHighCourt teredatKishtwarpolicestation,thathe d³fd½fQf Àfc¨f³ff d³f¸³fd»fdJ°f If¹fÊ WZ°fb If¹fÊ/Af´fcd°fÊ the winter sessionof2013. would be ideal if all committees func- Chavhankehad tweeteda includingprovisions of thecriminal and tell them howafraudhas been hadgonetothejungletofetchfirewood WZ°fb BÊ-d³fd½fQf¹fZÔ/Àff¸ff³¹f d³fd½fQf Qû ·ff¦fûÔ ¸fZÔ ■PNBscandal:Theparliamentary tion, accordingtoand as per rules. But promo of the showafew days ago, lawintended to ensuresocial har- perpetrated on them. How, to crush when he metfour persons, including (ªfe.EÀf.Me.) ¸fZÔ ´faªfeIÈ °f, ´fid°fd¿N°f E½fa A³fb·f½fe standing committee on financetook often,itdoesnothappen.Iamnot say- in whichheusedthe expression monyand the peaceful coexistence our rights, the order of the Supreme Saroori. Hussainfurther testifiedthat, NZIZ QfSûÔ/ R¸fûË ÀfZ Afg³f»ffB³f BÊ-d³fd½fQf ´fûMÊ»f up the Punjab National Bank scandal ingthatitisright.We shouldgo accord- “Jamia ke Jihadi”. of all communities”. Courtwas concealed.” on his wayback, he had come across ½fZ¶fÀffBÊM ‘http://etender.up. nic.in’ ´fS while preparing itsreportonthe ing to rules. But hota nahin hai. What In both the promo video and his Issuingthe notices, the courtsaid Ahmed, who had told him he wasgo- Af¸fadÂf°f Ieªff°feW`Ü d³fd½fQf¸fc»¹f °f±ff ²fSûWSSfdVf ‘Banking Sector in India--Issues, the Speaker said is right. If everyone tweetonFriday, Chavhankeusedthe that “primafacie, the petition raises Rhea case: Officials ingtodeliversomemedicinestoSaroori. °f±ffA³¹f d½f½fS¯f/ÀfaVfû²f³f AfdQ Ie d½fÀ°fÈ°f Challenges and the wayforward in- follows it, it is good. But na sarkar hashtag“UPSC_Jihad”.Inthe state- significant issues bearing on the pro- say trail led to two Questioning the fact that the IO ªff³fI fSeBÊ-d³fd½fQf ´fûMÊ»f ½fZ¶fÀffBM ´fS ´fif´°f Ieªff cluding Non-Performing maantehain na vipaksh (neither the ment issuedonFridaynight,he tection of constitutional rights”, and had usedstatement in another case ÀfI°fe W`ÜA³¹f d³f¹f¸f/Vf°fZË d½f·ff¦f IZ d³f²ffÊdS°f Assets/StressedAssets in government nor the Opposition fol- stressed that “Westronglystand by “together with free speech, thereare to build chargesagainstAhmed, the Banks/Financial Institutions’. The re- lows it),” Chowdhurysaid. the content shown in the promo of other constitutional values which drugs suppliers judgesaid, "Even if we consider the d³f¹f¸f E½fa Vf°fZË C.´fi. ´ff½fS IfS´fûSmVf³f d»f. 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BÊ-d³fd½fQf Àfa£¹ff-74/BÊ.MXe.Àfe.E¸f./2020-21 themto submitareportonitwhilethe When amatterisdiscussedinthe SudarshanTV, and Chavhanke, and The plea reliedonthe transcript of messages discussing drugs from of the terroristorganisation... Since d½fôb°f ´ffSm¿f¯f J¯O-Sf¸f´fbS IZ A³°f¦fÊ°f 132 IZ .½fe. matter wasstillincourt.Moily, who House… House is apublic forum. So scheduledthematterforSeptember7. thepromoclipwhich“wasairedonthe Chakraborty's phone, and shared the accusedZahoor Ahmedhappens to C´fIZ ³ýi d¶f»ffÀf´fbS ´fS ½ffd¿fÊI ´fdS¨ff»f³f E½fa waschairmanofthe committee, said: thismayinfluencethecourt.Thatisthe “Having considered thesubmis- television channel in the courseofthe same with the NCB. Basedonit, the be apharmacistand hewas sup- A³fbSÃf¯f ÀfZ Àf¸¶fd³²f°f A³¹f If¹fÊÜ ²fSûWSSfdVf ÷. “Wetook up the matter when it was presumption.Butinstandingcommit- sions made, till the next dateofhear- lastweek”. The petitioner contended NCBhad registeredanFIR. posedtobeinpossession of some 14000/- d³fd½fQf ´fi´fÂf IfªfeEÀfMeÀfdW°f ¸fc»¹f ÷. already in the court.Itdid notstopthe tees,everythingisconfidential,andno- ing, the respondent number 3and 4 that“the clip contains statements The ED is also looking at an al- medicines and as suchwhile per- 1770/- 2. BÊ-d³fd½fQfÀfa£¹ff-75/BÊ.MXe.Àfe.E¸f./ committee from discussing it.” body knows whatthe committee dis- arerestrainedfromtelecastingthepro- whichare derogatoryofthe entryof leged moneylaundering angle in forminghis professional dutywas 2020-21 d½fôb°f ´ffSm¿f¯f J¯O-Sf¸f´fbS IZ A³°f¦fÊ°f ■AgustaWestland deal: The PAC cusses. So thereisnochance of the gramme titled'BindasBol', scheduled Muslimsinthe civil services”. Rajput's death. Having already intending to deliversome medicine 220 IZ .½fe. 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BÊ-d³fd½fQfÀfa£¹ff- Supreme Court. “Wedecidedtotake Show on Muslim wasfiledbyAdvocateFirozIqbalKhan. promo, Chavhanke“openlyengaged Goa-basedhotelier Gaurav Arya,to GrantingAhmedbail,thecourtdi- 76/BÊ.MXe.Àfe.E¸f./2020-21 d½fôb°f ´ffSm¿f¯f J¯O- up the matter while the courtwas ABench of Justices DYChandrachud inhatespeechanddefamationagainst appear at itsMumbai office on rectedhimnottoapproach anyprose- dealing with it.Not justthisone… andKMJosephdeclinedtoorderapre- studentsofJamiaMilliaIslamiaandthe August31. Ateam from the ED cutionwitnessandto notleave theter- Àf¸·f»f IZ A³°f¦fÊ°f 132 IZ .½fe. C´fIZ ³ýi ¶f½fSf»ff during my tenure,the PAChad taken ‘infiltration’ in civil broadcaststayontheshow, andissued Muslim community,and hasclaimed pastedthe summons outside the ritorial limitsofJ&K without prior If ½ffd¿fÊI A³fbSÃf¯f ÀfZ Àf¸¶fd³²f°f A³¹f If¹fÊÜ up anumber of issues suchasthe noticestotheCentre,thePressCouncil thatthe success of Jamia MiliaIslamia hotelrun by Arya in Goa on Friday, written permission of the court. ²fSûWSSfdVf ÷.1000/-, d³fd½fQf ´fi´fÂfIfªfeEÀfMe Mumbai airportland scam andthe service: HC stops of India, News Broadcasters studentsintheCivilServicesexamina- aftertheycouldn't find him. AHizbul Mujahideen com- ÀfdW°f ¸fc»¹f ÷. 1180/-4. 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Twitter:“Aajraat8bajeshowhoga.(The “Atthisstage,wehavedesisted Standing Counsel Anurag with Chakraborty.Arya, whomoved comprising Kishtwar,Doda and If ½ffd¿fÊI ´fdS¨ff»f³f ÀfZ Àf¸¶fd³²f°f A³¹f If¹fÊÜ Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury,current showwill be broadcastat8this from imposing apre-broadcastinter- Ahluwalia, who appeared forthe to Goa around ayear agoand owns a Ramban districts, Jahangir Saroori is ²fSûWSSfdVf ÷.13000/-,d³fd½fQf ´fi´fÂf IfªfeEÀfMe chairmanofPAC,said committees evening.)” The channel had notre- locutoryinjunction on the basis of an UnionofIndia, submitted that “sev- resortinAnjuna, had earlier told the namedasthe main accusedinthe ÀfdW°f ¸fc»¹f ÷. 1770/- kkSXfáÑXdWX°f ¸fZÔd¶fªf»fe have takenupissuesalready in court. ceivedanofficial notice, he said – unverifiedtranscriptofaforty-nine eral complaints having been re- media that he lasttalked to killing of asenior BJP leader,Anil ¶f¨ff¹fZÔllWXÀ°ff/- A²feÃf¯f Ad·f¹f³°ff d½fôb°f “There aremanyissueswhichare in “should we getsuchanotice, we will second clip,” the judges said. “The ceivedbythe Ministryof Chakraborty about three years ago Parihar, and his brother in Kishtwar ´ffSmX¿f¯f ¸f¯OX»f-´fi±f¸f ¸fbSXfQf¶ffQÜ ´fÂffaIY 2032/ court. Even CAGreports... even before read it and give our version at 8pm”. Courthas to becircumspect in impos- Information and Broadcasting, and and hadnever dealtinnarcotics. in November 2018,and the gunning d½f.´ff.¸f.¸fb./BÊ. d³fd½fQf 2020-21 dQ³ffaIY itistabledinParliament...we have seen ThepetitionintheHighCourt,filed ingaprior restraint on publication or anoticehas been issuedtothe re- On Friday, the CBI questioned down of RSS functionaryChander 28/08/2020 howtheOppositiontalksaboutit.The by current and former studentsof the airing of views.” spondent number 3(Sudarshan Chakraborty and her brother Parkash along withhis PSO in the dis- reportcomeslater to Parliament and Jamia,submittedthattheshowsought The Bench, however, notedthat News) seeking itsclarification”. Showik foraround10hours in an trict hospital afew months later.

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BRIEFLY CM CONGRATULATES DELHIITES:‘ALL BECAUSE YOU FORMED HONEST GOVT’ To boost testing, DDA takes actionon49k Nopowertariffhikeincitythis dispensaries will complaints NewDelhi: The Special stay open longer Task Forceofthe Delhi Development Authority yearduetopandemic,saysDERC has received55,588 com- plaintstillAugust15,outof CORONAVIRUS IN THE CAPITAL whichactionwastakenon tionedload consuming 440units claiming mounting losses owing 49,950 complaints. ANANYATIWARI hadto payaroundRs 2,400under to the pandemic. TOTALCASES Total Vacant “Unauthorisedencroach- NEWDELHI,AUGUST28 the tarifforder being replacedby DERCchairperson Justice HOSPITALBEDS 14,133 10,163 mentshavebeenremoved the newone from September 1. (retd) SSChauhan told The Indian 1,69,412 from variousroad CITINGCOVID-19, the Now, forthe sameamountof con- Express,"To provide some relief to VENTILATORS 1,230 745 stretches...NorthMCD has Delhi Electricity Regulatory sumption, the monthlybillofthe thepublic in thewake of thepan- Daily cases Recoveries Deaths Tests executed major demoli- Commission(DERC) has decided household will rise by Rs 20 due demic, we have decidedtonot Aug271,840 1,1302221,061 tion programmeson12 againsthiking powertariff,which to the surcharge hike. hiketariffs, even though the dis- properties...,” said astate- should come as arelief forlakhs The 8% surcharge which goes coms have facedlosses." Aug281,808 1,4462022,933 ment issued by DDA. of consumers in the city.The towardsrecovery of the accu- He said the increase in the Total13,550* 1,51,473 4,389 15,26,655 monthlybillswill, however, wit- mulated deficit of thediscoms number of pensioners wasthe *Total active cases Bureaucrats ness amarginal rise, with the waskeptunchanged by the cause forthe increase in sur- commission hiking the pension THEBREAKDOWN commission. charge."The number of pension- reinstated surcharge,one of the compo- Delhi has notwitnesseda ers has increasedthis year.This foundtobepositiveonlyafter a nents of thebill,from3.80%to 5%. CONSUMPTION CHARGES (PER UNIT) substantialpowertariff hikesince will lead to averymarginal in- ASTHASAXENA case has been reportedfromthe NewDelhi: Senior bu- “Congratulations to thepeo- 0-200 201-400 401-800 801-1,200Over1,200 2015,when theAAP took overthe crease in the bills. As per a NEWDELHI,AUGUST28 same cluster. This happens be- reaucratsRenu Sharma pleofDelhi. On the one hand, `3 `4.5 `6.5 `7 `8 reins of the capital. In 2018,fixed Supreme Courtjudgment, the cause notall arecoming forward and RajeevVerma, who whereelectricityrates arein- (fullrebate) (50%rebate) Pensionsurcharge:5% chargeswerehikedonly to bere- discoms mustpay the pensions." TO SCALE up testing in the capi- to getthemselvestested. It's dif- were suspendedbythe creasing year afteryear across ducedin2019, aheadofthe as- The commission has waived tal, the Delhi government has in- ficult to establish the link in all CentreinMarch over the country, in Delhi, forthe sixth FIXED `20/kW: `50/kW: `100/kW: semblypolls. offthe 20 percent surcharge un- creasedworking hours of 300 cases,” said Jain. "lapses" in enforcingthe consecutiveyear,electricity rates CHARGE Upto2kW 2kW—5kW 5kW-15kW While the DERCcited Covid- der ToDtariff forcommercial en- dispensaries across 11 districts The increasedtesting has be- lockdown, were rein- were notincreasedand in some 19 in keeping powertariff un- terprises and public utilities in the by twohours. This is an exten- comeaboneofcontention be- stated in theDelhi gov- areas, rateswerealso reduced. It changed,discoms BSES and tariffschedule releasedfor the sion of the Chief Minister’s plan tween the Delhi government ernmentFriday. Sharma is historical. This is happening Arvind Kejriwal said in atweet. erstwhile Delhi Vidyut Board. TPDDL, whichhavearound43 monthofSeptember,asaone- to double the number of teststo and the MinistryofHome Affairs has been postedasaddi- because youformed an honest The surcharge is used to pay Forexample, an average lakh and 18 lakh consumersre- time relief to businesses reeling 40,000 aday. (MHA), with Jain writing to tionalchiefsecretary (ur- government in Delhi,” CM pensions to employees of the household with a2KW sanc- spectively,had demandedahike, under the impact of Covid-19. Speaking to TheIndianExpress, Union Home SecretaryAjay ban development)while Health MinisterSatyendar Jain Bhalla and alleging that officers Verma will hold charge of said: “The 300dispensaries will in the stategovernment arebe- the vigilancedepartment 2injured as beoperationalforfivehours now, ing “pressured”bythe MHA not as principal secretary. that is, 9amto2pm.The health to increase testing. centres will be offering RT-PCR The MHA spokesperson car falls from and rapid antigen testsand the calledthe allegations “false and Drivertakes patient will be tested following baseless” and said it wasafter the offwithbiker flyover after the ICMR protocol.” “intervention of the Union Home CM Arvind Kejriwal has Ministerthatdailytests in Delhi, onbonnet sought moretests againstthe whichwereaveragingaround accident backdrop of an uptickinthe 4,000perday till mid-June, have NewDelhi: Afteranargu- number of cases. On Friday, the gone up to around 18-20,000per ment over aminor acci- city recorded1,808 cases and 20 dayinacalibrated manner”. dent, abiker allegedly EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE deaths, taking the totalnumber According to sources, landedonacar’s bonnetas NEWDELHI,AUGUST28 of confirmedcases to 1,69,412. Principal Health Secretary the driverallegedly tried The death toll is 4,389. Vikram DevDutt wrotetothe to drive away,inWest TWOMEN sustainedseverein- Formorethan 10 days now, MHA and NITI Aayogmember Delhi’s VikaspurionFriday juries aftertheir car fell offthe the city has been recording over Dr VKPaultoseek suggestions evening. DCP (West) Peeragarhi flyoveronThursday 1,000 cases aday,pushing the on the stategovernment's plan Deepak Purohit said, “A night. Police said the Honda City stategovernment to againtake to increase the number of tests. SwiftDzirecar hit thebike hit aFordEndeavour,went over aggressive measures. In the last “In light of the current Covid- at Najafgarhroad late the barricade and fell to theroad 24 hours, the city performed 19 situation and trajectoryof night. When confronted, below. 6,920 RT-PCR/CBNAAT/TrueNat cases in Delhi, whether scaling up the car ownerdidn’tstep Theinjuredhave been identi- and 16,013 rapid antigen tests. of testing numbers is to be done, out and hit him with his fied as Anuj(29) and Vijay(29). The total number of testsdone so and if so, to what extent. The car.The biker fell on the Policesaidtheyreceivedacall farstands at 15,26,655 —80,350 opinion and guidance of the ex- bonnet and wasdragged around 11:06pmaboutthe inci- testsper million population. pertcommitteemaybeobtained from Najafgarhroad to dent. Upon reaching the spot, “Our main aim is to test,track, as to whatadditional geographi- Pankha road.” theyfoundabadlydamaged and isolatecases at the earliest. If cal areas and categories of de- Honda City under the Peeragarhi we don’t followanaggressive mographyare to be targeted if flyoverwith the injured men in- testing technique, all effortstaken testing is to be scaledup,” wrote ASI diesof RAIN GUARD side.Bothmen were rushed to so farwill go in vain. In manyin- Devinthe note submitted to the coronavirus the hospital. stances, the entirefamilyislater MHA and Dr VKPaul. Trafficcongestion as riderstakeshelter under abridgenear Akshardham during rain, Friday. From Sundaytill September 3, DCP (West) Deepak Purohit NewDelhi: A51-year-old the IMD has forecastlight to moderate rain or thundershowers in thecity. Prem Nath Pandey said, “Wesuspect thedriverofthe Delhi Police personnel, Honda City wasspeeding andaf- Speechand hearing impaired who wasdeployed at the terthe hit, the car fell on the road TisHazaricourtlock-up, below. Thedriverofthe other car passedawaydue to wasnot injured.” girl was gangraped: Police Covid-related complica- Privateschools can’t charge annual Police said therewereno tions Fridayataprivate other vehicleson theroadbelow, Gurgaon: The10-year-old hear- year-old,in thecase.Accordingto hospital. ASI Bhuwan so nobody else wasinjured. ing and speechimpairedgirlwho police, the accused, who wasar- Chand tested positive for and development fee till they open Anuj, who runs an electronic wasfound murdered in afield restedThursday,said that he and the virus on August5. appliances shop, wasshiftedfrom near her home in Palwal wasal- afriend had luredthechild out of DDU Hospital to JaipurGolden legedly gangrapedbytwo boys her home by giving her Rs 20 to order by Justice Jayant Nath, the Hospital by his familyfor further from her villageprior to her death, buy guavas. Theythen abducted 14officers SUKRITABARUAH counsel stated that “the lock- treatment. Vijay, afarmerwho police have found aftertheyar- and allegedly sexuallyassaulted reshuffled NEWDELHI,AUGUST28 down period as stated in thecir- also suppliedbuilding material to rested oneofthe accused, an 18- her,said police. ENS cular dated18.04.2020 contin- companies, is undergoing treat- NewDelhi: In amajor IN Adecision that is likelytoaf- uestoapply inasmuchasnone ment at Sehgal Hospital. reshuffle, 14 officers, in- fect manyschools across Delhi, of the schools have physically Asenior policeofficersaid cludingthreeofficersasso- the Delhi High Court stayed the opened. Hence, it is stated that Delhi Police will also writetothe ciated with the SITs prob- collection of annual and devel- the school in question cannot Delhi government,with arequest ing the NortheastDelhi opment chargesbyaprivate charge annualand development to raise the height of the sidewalls riots,havebeen trans- school “during the pendency of chargestillthe completion of the to prevent such accidents. ferred.According to an or- thecurrent lockdown”. The ed- lockdown period as stated in the Acase of rash driving has been der issuedbyLt-Governor ucationdepartmenttold the said circular.” registeredagainstunknownper- Anil Baijal, Additional CP courtthiswould mean as long The courtrestrained the sons at Vikaspuri police station. (Crime) Dr Ajit Kumar as schools remained physically Delhi govt had earlier directed schools to onlycharge tuition school from chargingthe annual SinglaandDCPRamGopal closed. feeduringthe lockdown period. Archive and developmentcharges until Naikhave beentransferred In the early days of thena- further notice and directed the to thetraffic department. tionwide lockdown, on April 18, petitioners to paythe tuition fee. DCP RajeshDeo, in charge the Delhigovernment had is- and Development chargescan Mangalam WorldSchool in “There needs to be adistinc- of twounits,isnow in suedanorder stating, “Nofee, be chargedfromthe parents, on Greater Kailash II challenged tion between lockdown and charge of only thelegalcell. excepttuitionfee, will be proratabasis,onlyonmonthly this in courtand sought astay physicalclosure. Schools might DCP (North) Monika chargedfromparents during the basis aftercompletion of lock- on the feeissuedbythe school be physicallyclosedbut nothing Bhardwaj is nowDCP lockdown period.” The tuition down period.” in July, which includedannual has changed.Expenses suchas (Crime) while DCP fees were to be collected on a Manyschools have begun and developmentcharges. electricity,property taxand (Dwarka) AntoAlphonse monthlybasis as opposedtoin charging their annual and devel- In court, the counsel forthe rentals whichare coveredunder hasbeentransferredtothe lumpsums suchasonaquar- opment chargesonaprorata department of education, how- annual chargesstillneedtobe The mangledremainsofthe Northdistrict. ENS terly or annual basis. Theorder basis since July. However, the ever,did notstand by this feede- paid,” saidadvocate KamalGupta, HondaCity had gone on to state: “Annual parentsassociation of KR mand. According to aHighCourt who appeared forthe school. YOUNG GRADUATES HIRED TO SCAN ‘UNLAWFUL CONTENT’, STOP MISINFORMATION Withnew ‘IT cell’,police to get asocial media makeover

the results.“The employees will ots, activistsand studentscoor- theconsultantwasaskedto short- chief metthemandconveyedthat MAHENDERSINGH find and flag unlawful content on According to police, dinatedwheretogather by shar- listpeople foraninterview. “100 the forceneeds astrongpresence MANRAL social media... and we cantake senior officers realised ing messages on social media. peoplewere shortlistedaftertheir on all social media platforms to NEWDELHI,AUGUST28 appropriateaction againstthe Mostofthe time, officers in dis- resumes were scannedfromon- counter misleading information user. We onlylook into unlawful the needfor an IT cell trictsorthe special branchgot to linejobportals;theyappearedfor by anti-social elements. Apart TO KEEP tabs on unlawful con- contentatthe Special Branch— during NE Delhi riots knowonlyafewhours before the an online interviewwith senior from working under the special tent as well as forasocialmedia posts which might cause alaw gathering,” asenior officer said. officersof theSpecialBranch.They branch, theyhavebeen asked to imagemakeover, theDelhiPolice and order situation in terms of An official said the issue was were askedabouttheirperception coordinatewith the Delhi Police is settocreatean“IT cell”,which disharmony in society or some- ters or have worked at private also discussedafew months ago of the Delhi Police, their point of spokesperson. Theyhavealso will have contractual employees thingthat might instigatecom- IT firms,” shesaid. by the Delhi Police Commissioner viewoverthepoliceactionduring been told to keep an eyeonposts —mostlyyoung graduates — munalsituations,” she said. According to police,senior of- with other officers and initiallyit theriots,andwhatthey woulddo and media reportsrelated to the with abackground in informa- “Wehavebeen allocated Rs ficers alsorealisedthe impor- wasproposedtohireaconsult- iftheygot thejob,” an officersaid. police,sotheycanflagitto thePRO tion technology and experience 25 lakh to run this project and tance of settingupanITcell dur- ant from apublic sector under- Out of the 100, 15-17people incasethere’ssomethingadverse. inhandlingsocialmedia. arewaitingfor approval from ing the NortheastDelhi riots, taking foraparticular period. were shortlisted.Two of them, Some of the people who have DCP (Special Branch)Suman theMinistryofHomeAffairs. when some unknown users, in- “After several rounds of discus- who will be giventhe designa- been hired arecontent advisors, Nalwatold TheIndian Express We areone of thefirst to hire cluding from Pakistan, posted sion, it wasdecidedtohireapri- tion of “perception manager”, who earlier worked with other that initially, they will startthe youngITconsultants, withhelp fake “alerts” about the riots and vate consultant, following gov- will lead the team, said police. websites. Theywillhighlightthe cell as apilotprojectfor three from aprivate company, who tagged Delhi Police to “tarnish ernment rules,” the officer said. “Theywererecentlycalled to police’sgoodwork throughcatchy months,and go ahead basedon areeitherpursuing their mas- their image”. “And before the ri- Later,atenderwasfloatedand the police HQ, wherethe police posts,” the officer added.

New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 4 THECITY THEINDIANEXPRESS,SATURDAY,AUGUST29,2020 SHOWCAUSE NOTICES ISSUED Boggeddown by evaluation, no clarity Man in search of missing son Flyovercollapse:NHAI on markingscheme, say DU teachers beatentodeath NewDelhi: A40-year-old truck theyare dividedasper thenum- their answer sheetsalong with There’s no clarity on if and howit driverwas allegedlykilledby ARANYASHANKAR berofstudents in thecollege. At the roll number,sothe processis should reflect in our marking.” twomen infront of his pregnant takesactionagainst NEWDELHI,AUGUST28 the most,one teachercorrects notassecretiveatitusedtobe. DU AguestteacherofMaths at a wifewhen theyweresearching 100-150 answer sheets. This time has notattempted to keep the NorthCampus collegesaid, fortheir seven-year-old son, po- EVEN AS Delhi University pre- Ihave300sheets,which is ahuge names secret,whichisaprob- “Thereisnoclarityonwhat is the lice said Friday. Theincidenttook pares forits secondphase of ex- number,especiallytocheck at a lem,” said ateacher of Sociology lastday forevaluation. The email place in SoutheastDelhi’sOkhla ams, teachers evaluating answer time when online classes are at Janaki Devi Memorial College. to us says toevaluateanswer Industrial Area Thursdaynight. vendorsover‘lapses’ sheets of thefirstphase exams, on.Usuallythe head examiner She said the marking scheme sheets ‘within the time limit’ but DCP (Southeast) RP Meena held in the onlineopen-bookfor- calls ameeting on the firstday of isnecessaryevenfor Humanities no time limit has been given.” said, “Around midnight ,Krishan mat, sayalackofinstructions evaluation and amarking scheme subjects:“Forexample, if (sociol- Six members ofthe Indian Meena wasunloading some ma- about auniform marking scheme is providedtomakethe process ogist) MNSrinivasuses four con- National Teachers’ Congress, in- terial from his truckwhen his and unevenallotment of answer moreuniform.For example, to cepts to makeanargument, we cluding AcademicCouncilmem- son gotout. When the victim ap- sheets arehindering corrections. solve anyMaths equation, vari- would discuss that eachconcept berRatneshRajan Saxena, also proachedthe accused, theygot Some teachers also expressed ous steps lead to the solution. The should carry five marks,and stu- wrotetotheDU V-Cregarding the irritated by his repeated pleas for apprehension overthe names of markingscheme would tell us dentsshould be evaluated ac- issues:“Kindlyensurethat each help in looking forhis son and hit studentsappearing on the an- howmanymarksto give students cordingly. This time there is no subject specific evaluator is as- him with an iron road.Hesus- swer sheets,and pointedoutthat forhow manysteps completed. suchthing.” signednot morethan 25 answer tainedsevereinjuries to his head no deadline has been givento Without that, everyteachercan Ateacher of BSc Physical scripts initiallyand notexceeding and diedduringtreatment.” them forcompleting evaluation. marksubjectively”. Sciences at Shyamlal Collegealso 50 answer scripts to be evalu- The accused, brothers Ateacher from Keshav Some teachers said the candi- said, “Marking scheme has to be ated.” Acting Dean Examinations Dheeraj andRakesh Arora, driv- Mahavidyalaya,who is evaluat- datenames on the answer sheets providedtoensurefairness. In the DSRawatcould notbereached ers of aGarmin Sewa van, were ing Maths answer scripts,said, areacausefor concern. “Some paper I’m evaluating, one ques- forcomment. Dean Colleges arrested on Friday. Later,police “The answer scripts have not students in theiranxiety or confu- tion wasout of syllabus.Soitre- Balaram Pani did notrespond to managed to trace the missing been equallydistributed.Usually, sionhave writtentheirnameson ducedthe optionsfor students. calls and texts. child from Pul Prahladpur. ENS Anna Hazare rejects Youth drowns in flooded Lastweek,a40-metreportionofthe spinebetween pillars 10 and 11 of the under-construction elevatedroad collapsed. GajendraYadav BJP request to join underpass in Ghaziabad deficiencies in package1ofthe in the incident, police officials SAKSHIDAYAL project,ofwhichthe elevated said that twolabourers had sus- protestagainst AAP GURGAON,AUGUST28 road is apart. tainedminor injuries and had to ASHNABUTANI “NHAI is committed to follow be administeredfirst aid. GHAZIABAD,AUGUST28 SIX DAYS afteraportionofa the higheststandardsinhigh- Officials from NHAI suspect ABHINAVRAJPUT 5-km-long under construction wayconstructionand anylapses that the quality of the concrete NEWDELHI,AUGUST28 IN AN attempt to rescue achild elevatedroad collapsedin in these will be dealt with zero of the crushedsegmentmay be he thought wasintrouble, a Gurgaon, the National Highways tolerance. Strict action will be responsible forthe collapse, and ANTI-CORRUPTION crusader ragpickerdrownedatthe Authority of India (NHAI) said it takenagainstthe defaultersand have already sent samplestoa Anna Hazarehas written aletter floodedGaushala underpass in has found evidence indicating theywillbedebarredfromNHAI third-partylaboratoryfor test- to the Delhi BJP,rejectingits re- Ghaziabad on Fridayafternoon, that theremay have been defi- projectsfor along period with ing.Ithas alsoformedafour- questtojoin amovement against police said.Police said the victim, ciencies and lapses on the partof severe penalties,”saidDr member committee of techni- the AAP and saying it is unfortu- who is yettobeidentified, mis- the vendors. Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, the NHAI cal experts to examine lapses in nateaparty,whichholds power judged thesituation as the boy NHAI officials said theyhave chairman. the construction, suggestreme- at the Centre, needs his support. Anna Hazare wasmerelyswimming in the takenactionagainstthe vendors, The elevatedroad is partofa dial measures, and conduct a “I felt sorry reading your let- floodedunderpass. The incident took place in Ghaziabad’s Gaushala underpass including “immediatedemobil- 21-km-long project focusedon detailedinvestigation intothe ter. Your party,BJP,isinpower for While the boymanaged to on Fridayafternoon. AbhinavSaha isation” of the senior quality- six laning and strengthening of matter. the pastsix years. Youth arethe residents of ShaheenBaghinto come outofthe other end,the cum-material expertatthe site the Sohna road stretchbetween In the days afterthe collapse, country’s assetand your party has itsfold, prompting an attackby ragpickerdiedand wasfound by and the team leader-cum-senior RajivChowk and Sohna. The work on the structureaswell as their support in alarge number. the AAP. police rescue teams an hour year,said locals. Manysaid chil- While locals claimedthe bridgeengineer,bothofwhom project has been dividedinto the rest of the 21-km-long proj- Still it is callingan83-year-old “PM NarendraModiclaims later.“He thought the child was dren oftenswim therewhen it flooding is aresult of clogged have also been debarredfrom twopackages —a9-km stretch ect wassuspended afterNHAI fakir who livesina10x12feet the Centrehastakenstrong steps drowning and jumpedintosave floods. Vipin Agarwal(48), who drains, NagarNigam officials de- engagement in anyNHAI proj- between RajivChowk and officials, on inspecting thesite, room, who has no wealth, no foreradicating corruption. Why him but could notmakehis way owns apaintshopnearby, said, niedthis. Additional Municipal ectsfor twoyears. Badshahpur,ofwhichthe ele- discoveredviolation of safety power,”Hazarewrote in aletter does your government nottake out. We areawaiting the post- “The underpass gotflooded in Commissioner Pramod Kumar Show-cause notices have vatedroad is apart, and a12-km norms, includingthe absence of to DelhiBJP chief Adesh Gupta. stringent legal stepsifthe Delhi mortemreport. He wasaround half an hour.This has been hap- said, “Wehavecleanedthe drain. been issuedtothe independent stretchbetween Badshahpur trafficmarshals at the construc- “What could be moreunfortu- government has indulgedin cor- 19-20 years old. As he wasarag- pening formanyyearsnow.” The area is naturallylow-lying engineer forlapses in discharg- and Sohna. The entireproject tion siteand lack of properbarri- natethanthis?” The letter was ruption?” Hazareasked.Gupta pickerwithnopermanent ad- Md Gufam (30), who wit- and waterstagnates there. But it ing duties, and to twofirms will costaroundRs1,300crore. cading in severalareas. The NHAI also shared by him on his said Hazarehad organisedamass dress, identification has been de- nessedthe drowning, said, “It clearsinafewhours.Weare plan- whichprepared and reviewed Around 9.30 pm last earlier this week wrotetothe Facebook page. movement againstcorruption in layed,” said Abhishek Varma, seemedthe victim didn’tknow ning to install apumpinthe next the designs and drawings of the Saturday, a40-metreportion of concessionaires of both pack- The move,sources said, has Delhi in 2011,and theAAP,born City SP,Ghaziabad. howtoswim.Around three years fewdays.” The underpass was construction work.Ashow- the spine between pillars num- ages, imposingapenalty of Rs leftsome redfaceswithin the from the movement, is steepedin Waterfromthe surrounding ago, aschool bus with 24 children shut to thepublic forafew hours cause notice has alsobeen is- ber10and 11 collapsed. 50,000 perday till the requisite Delhi BJP.Itcomes days after corruption todaywhich is whyhe areas fills up the underpass dur- wasstuckinthe underpassbut afterthe incidenttrafficresumed suedtothe concessionairefor Although therewerenofatalities safetymeasuresare put in place. the stateunit inducted over 50 had sought Hazare’s help. ing the monsoon season every fortunatelytheywererescued.” once the waterlevelswent down.

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All entering Don’tcurtailQuestionHour,Congress House will be DELHI CONFIDENTIAL asked to take LokSabhaleaderAdhirtellsSpeaker Covid-19 test ButRajya Sabha Opposition leaderAzadpointstotime crunch,saystoughtoaccommodate EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE NEWDELHI,AUGUST28 we shouldalsobereadyto under- ries to the letter to interim chief MANOJCG stand that it is going to be ahalf- Sonia Gandhi, and Chowdhury MINISTERS,MPs, officials,medi- NEWDELHI,AUGUST28 daysession,andinhalfadayhow wasamong those who criticised apersonsand all those entering muchcan be accommodated, itsauthorsduring the CWC Parliament House will be asked ADHIR RANJAN Chowdhury, the howmuchcan be adjusted...That meeting. to undergo aCovid-19 test at Congress leader in LokSabha, alsoisunderstandable,” he said. On Thursday, Gandhiset up least72hours before the startof has written alettertoSpeaker Azad said thatsuchaSession twogroups to “facilitateand en- the monsoon session, Lok Sabha Om Birla expressing concern will be held “for the firsttime in surethe effective functioning” of Speaker Om over the “proposal forcurtailing independentIndia”. “Definitely, the party in Lok Sabha and Rajya Birla said. the Question Hour as well as the youcan’t find the same provision Sabha. The mon- GEARING UP ZeroHour”tomaintainCovid and same perfection in conduct- According to sources, each soon session, protocols during Parliament's Adhir Ranjan Chowdhuryand Ghulam Nabi Azad. File ing the proceedings of both House will meetinseparate whichhas WITH THE ElectionCommission signalling that it is unlikely Monsoon Session next month. Houses as we normallydo. So, shifts of four hours everyday been delayed to postpone the Bihar Assembly elections,the Congress is draw- In his letter,Chowdhurysaid whatever is humanlypossible with members occupying both due to the ing up itscampaign plans despitethe turmoil in the party.Rahul effortsbeing made to ensure that that no curtailing of anykind is of pressurethat is thereonthe under the present circum- Chambers to ensuesocialdis- LS Speaker pandemic, is Gandhiwill campaign, but it is notclear if theparty will optfor the Session is held without any placedinregardtothe Question Chairman and the Speaker. They stances, theywillhavetodoand tancing. Om Birla on expected to be the traditional mode of public rallies. The party hasindicated hindrance to the safetyand Hour and the ZeroHour in the have to ensurethe safetyand se- Ihavenoobjection if boththe Both Question Hour and Zero Friday. PTI held from that Rahul will address virtual rallies. It is planning to kickstart health of Members is “trulyap- ensuingsession and Members curity of Parliamentarians. The Housescan adjustthe Question Hour and keyelementsof September 14 itselection effortsinthe firstweekofSeptember.Around 100 preciable”. But, he wrote, “raising arepermittedtoraisequestions Chairman and the Speaker have Hour.Iwill be happyand Iwill Parliament Sessions. to October 1. virtual rallies arebeingplanned,which will be addressedby questionsinParliament, andis- andissues, as arenormallyper- been working forthe lasttwo welcomebut at the same time During Question Hour, On Friday, the Speaker held a senior central leaders. sues of publicimportance during missible when the Parliament is months. The Chairman has been we should realise that this is a Members can ask starred and meeting with officials from the the Zero Hour, areforemost of the in Session,” he wrote. talking to me and consulting me specialkindofsessionbeingheld unstarred questions to the Health Ministry, ICMR, AIIMS, procedural methods available to However, whencontacted by as Leader of the Opposition.So, I in extraordinarycircum- Government. Starredquestions DRDO and Delhi government to NEW AGENDA Members to vent issues of na- The Indian Express,Leader of know,”Azad said. stances...” areanswered orallyonthe floor finalise the arrangementsfor the tional and public importance”. Opposition in RajyaSabha, “Icanalsosaythatitisverydif- The divergence in opinion of the House by theMinister session amid the pandemic. PERSISTENT PRESSURE on the ParliamentaryStanding “Curtailing the Question Hour Ghulam Nabi Azad, said the ficult to tell the twopresidingof- comes four days afterAzad and concerned. The Member is also Birla said that arrangements Committee on IT to notdiscuss issueslikesuspension of inter- and the ZeroHour by wayofre- Session is “being held in totally ficers to accommodatethe entire Chowdhury were on opposite entitledtoask twosupplemen- have been made forzero-touch netinJammu and Kashmir seems to have promptedthe panel stricting the number of issues extraordinarycircumstances” business, whichwas being done sides at the Congress Working tary questions. Forunstarred security check. If required,ran- to drop the topic from itsagenda. According to themodified that could beraisedand time ear- and thatto“accommodateanor- earlier from 11 am to 6pm. Since Committee (CWC) meeting that questions,written answers are domtestsforCovid-19 canbecon- agenda, when the Shashi Tharoor-ledpanel meets on markedwould, therefore, notbe mal day's business in half aday is eachHouse is going to work only acknowledged aletterwritten by givenbyMinisters and deemed ductedduringthesession,hesaid. September 1and 2, therewill be evidence-taking from officials in the interestofthe elected rep- impossible”. forhalfaday, some business will 23partyleadersseekinganorgan- to have been tabledinthe House. The Speaker is the custodian of DoT, HomeAffairs andrepresentativesofBiharand Delhion resentatives. This is moresoin “Parliament is being con- have to be curtailed.Now,ifthey isationaloverhaul,includingaper- During ZeroHour,members of the Parliament complexand suspension of telecom services, internetand itsimpact. BJP the current times. Iwould, there- ducted in totallydifferent cir- areable to accommodate manent party chief. can, with prior notice to the the Lok Sabha Secretariat is the MP Nishikant Dubey hadbeen demanding that Jammu and fore,urgeupon youtoensure cumstancesand Iknowthe type QuestionHour,Iwillbehappybut Azad wasone of the signato- Chair, raise important issues. nodal authority forthe building. Kashmir be droppedfromthe agenda as the matterispend- ing in court. The panel will also hear the views of the Press Council of India, Prasar Bharati and I&B Ministryofficialson SCO DEFENCE MINISTERS’ MEET 'Ethical Standards in Media Coverage'. Tharoor had his wayin NEET, JEE: 6Oppn states sticking to theagendaofgetting Facebook representatives be- Rajnath likelytovisitMoscowinSept, fore thepanel. ON BOARD in SC, seek order’s review may meetChinese counterpart Wei INFOSYS CO-FOUNDER Nandan Nilekani and badminton months, this could provide an champion Pullela Gopichand areamong10externalmem- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE SHUBHAJITROY opportunity to resolve the situ- bers of the Audit AdvisoryBoard constituted by the NEWDELHI,AUGUST28 NEWDELHI,AUGUST27 ation. Comptroller and Auditor General of India. The board, headed On June 24,Singh and Wei by newly appointed CAGGirishChandraMurmu, will have a SIX MINISTERS from DEFENCE MINISTER Rajnath had attendedthe militaryparade tenureoftwo years. Justice (retd) BNSrikrishnaand CVC Maharashtra, Punjab, West Singh is likelytotravelto in Moscow to markthe 75th an- SanjayKothari arealso external members of the board. Bengal,Jharkhand,Rajasthanand Moscowfor the Shanghai RajnathSinghand Wei niversaryofthe Sovietvictory Chhattisgarh movedtheSupreme Cooperation Organisation Fenghe. File over GermanyinWorld WarII. CourtonFridayandsoughtreview Defence Ministers’ meeting on NewDelhi is alsoconsidering of itsAugust17order allowing September 3and 4, sources said sending External Affairs Minister No final-year college conductofNEET (UG) and JEE on Friday. This will be his second Defence PavilionatKubinka out- SJaishankar to Russia next (Mains) entranceexaminations. visit to Moscowsince the border side Moscow. month, around September 9to The plea referred to therise in stand-off with China beganin This willbeanopportunity 11,wherehewill have theoppor- exams in Sept: Mamata Covid-19 casesandsaidthatif the early May. forSinghtoalso meethis tunity to meet Chinese Foreign August17order is notreviewed, Russian Defence Minister Chinese counterpartWei MinisterWang Yi and discuss inations in September,” Banerjee “graveand irreparable harm SergeyShoigu on Fridaytoldthe Fenghe, who is also likelytoat- steps to resolve the ongoing EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE said, adding that her govern- would befall on the studentcom- TMC’s student wing members hold aprotestinKolkataon Indian ambassador in Moscow, tend the SCODefence Ministers’ standoff. KOLKATA,AUGUST28 ment would weigh the pros and munity”.Itwillimperilthehealth, Fridayagainsttiming of JEE and NEET exams. Partha Paul DBVenkatesh Varma, that he meeting. If that worksout, it willbe cons of holding the exams before welfareand safetyofthe candi- looked forwardtomeeting Singh With Indian and Chinese sol- their firstin-person meeting. WESTBENGALChiefMinister Durga Puja in October. datesandalsoputpublichealthin in Moscow next week.Shoigu diers lockedinaborder standoff FULLREPORTON MamataBanerjeeFridaysaid the “I have told our education “severe jeopardy”, it stated. “The Covid-19graph is show- Oppn parties conveyedthis at the India forthe lastthree-and-half www.indianexpress.com statewould notconduct college ministertolook intothe possi- The petitioners areMoloy ing acontinuous upwardmove- or university exams in bility of conductingthe final- Ghatak (ministerfromWest ment and the 'curve' has notflat- slamCentre: September amid the Covid-19 year exams in universities and Bengal), Rameshwar Oraon tenedfor the Government to Punjab: 2MLAs pandemic. colleges before Durga Pujain (Jharkhand), Raghu Sharma undertake suchamassive exer- Listen to students Her statement came hours October.The options of both on- (Rajasthan), AmarjeetBhagat cise,” the petitionstated. test positive afterthe Supreme Courtupheld lineand offline exams should be (Chhattisgarh),BalbirSinghSidhu Thepetitionersstatedthatthe EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE the University Grants looked into.Weare notagainst (Punjab), and UdayRavindra Centrehad “adequatetime to NEWDELHI,AUGUST28 afterattending Commission’s guidelines on anyexam, we arejustsaying that Samant (Maharashtra). makecomprehensive prepara- holding final-year exams. It told apandemic is on, and it could Thepetition,filedthroughad- tions”forsafeandsuccessfulcon- AFTER APPROACHINGthe states that cannotmeetthe put livesofstudentsatrisk,” the vocateSunil Fernandes, stated duct of theexams. But, theyar- Supreme Court, four Opposition Assembly, CM September 30 deadline to ap- Chief Ministersaid in her ad- that the NationalTesting Agency gued, “the months from April to parties ledbythe Congress on proachthe UGC fornew dates. dress during avirtual rallyofthe (NTA)hadnotifiedthatNEET(UG) Septemberwere characterisedby Fridayhit out at the BJP-ledcen- in quarantine “I respect the court. But there Trinamool Congress Chhatra willbeheld onSeptember 13 and inaction, confusion, lethargy and tral government, accusing it of is no question of holdingexam- Parishad. JEE (Mains) from September 1-6. inertia...now theGovernmenthas being “stubborn”about holding KANCHANVASDEV ItsaidthatasperNTA,approx- suddenly wokenuptorealisethat the NEET and JEE examinations. CHANDIGARH,AUGUST28 imately9.53lakhand 15.97lakh their inertia is going to costlakhs FormerCongress president Kolkata MetroisunderRailways’administrative control. File Covid pandemic can’t be reason for studentshaveregisteredfor JEE of studentstheir academic year Rahul Gandhisaid the govern- TWOCONGRESS MLAs— (Mains) and NEET (UG), respec- and as aknee-jerkreaction...has ment has been incompetent. He Shutrana MLANirmal Singh deferment of Bihar polls: top court tively.While thereare 660exam- haphazardlyand hurriedlyfixed and Congress president Sonia Shutrana and ZiraMLA Kulbir ination centresfor JEE —roughly the dates of the examinations”. Gandhi asked the government to To raise funds, Govt Singh Zira—testedpositive for tion—seeking deferment of polls 1,443studentspercentre—there The petitioners said justthe listentostudents. Covid-19onFridayafter attend- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE tillthe pandemic is controlledin are3,843 centres forNEET,orap- fact that “lakhs of studentshave “Please,listentothem. Have ing obituaryreferences in the NEWDELHI,AUGUST28 thestate—was premature, given proximately415 studentspercen- registeredfor the exam is notin- aconversation andresolvethis moots divestment Punjab Vidhan Sabha as the that theelectionnotificationis tre, thepetitioners pointedout. dicative of their consent or will- issue peacefully,”hesaid. House metfor aone-daysession. THE SUPREME CourtFriday re- still notout. “Suchlarge movement of people ingnessordesiretoattend physi- Addressing ajoint press con- Both MLAs had metPunjabCM fusedtoentertain aplea to post- “This is amisconceivedpeti- willipso factoprove to be aseri- cal exams,asnostudent would ference, Jharkhand Chief in Kolkata Metro Amarinder Singh in the morn- pone the Bihar elections, noting tion under Article 32, we cannot ous health hazardand will totally liketoforgo the exam, if it’s con- MinisterHemant Soren (JMM), ing. The CM has nowdecidedto thatthe coronavirus pandemic entertain this petition”, the defeatthetwinpresent-day solu- ducted and the respondentsare Congress leader Abhishek “nearly tripledits capital expen- go into aseven-day quarantine cannotbeaground fordefer- Bench said, remarkingthat Covid tions we have of combating the forcing the students to put their Singhvi, Trinamool Congress MP HARIKISHANSHARMA diturein2019-20comparedto as per healthprotocol. As many ment. Justice Ashok Bhushan, can’t be ground forpostpone- Covid-19: social distancing and livesand health in peril by con- Derek OBrienand Maharashtra NEWDELHI,AUGUST28 2014-15”,and that 70 per centof as 55 MLAs, including Chief headingathree judgebench ment. “Whydoyou thinkthey avoidanceoflarge public gather- ducting these exams.” Higher Education MinisterUday the additional expenditurehas MinisterAmarinderSingh and withJusticesRSubhash Reddy willnot considerthesethings?,” ings,”itsaid, urging the courtto FULLREPORTON Samant(Shiv Sena) slammed AGROUP of Secretaries (GoS) to been metthrough “borrowings nine other ministers,partici- and MRShah,said that the peti- theBenchasked the petitioner. postpone the examinations. www.indianexpress.com the Centreoverthe issue. the Union government has sug- from ExtraBudgetary Resources pated in the sessionFriday. gested “assetmonetisation/dis- (InstitutionalFinance)”. Ziratold TheIndian Express he investment” in KolkataMetro, “It waspresented that had undergone an antigen test GREENLAW ‘VIOLATIONS’ IN UTTARAKHAND CHAR DHAMPROJECT the country's oldestMetro sys- Railway revenues droppedby in themorning before entering temand the onlyone that is un- 52.6 per cent in (the) current the Assembly. “I wasnegative.I derthe administrative control of year up to Junecompared to last went to theAssemblyand met On scathing letter from SC panel, state seeks reports Indian Railways. year and (a)shortfallofaround mostofthe MLAs, ministers and Thesuggestioncameduringa Rs 75,000 croreisexpected in even Chief Minister Amarinder permission on variousstretches. Environment ministry, asked The meeting of the GoS, whichisem- revenue overbudget target in Singh and Finance Minister LALMANIVERMA The Indian Express had re- Indian Express to contact the poweredtotakedecisionsrelated 2020-21,”the minutessay. ManpreetSingh Badal. Afterthe DEHRADUN,AUGUST28 ported on theletter, andobjec- stategovernment. to Railway projectsand matters, On ways to increase Railways obituary references, duringthe tions raisedbyChopra, on UttarakhandPWDisthenodal sourcessaid.TheGoSpointedout revenues, the minutes say: second sitting, Igot acall from DAYS AFTERchairperson of the Tuesday. agency in theproject.OnAugust thatallof India'sotherMetroproj- “...there is an urgent need for the doctors that Ihad tested pos- Supreme Court-appointed high- Asked about Chopra's letter, 14,Chief MinisterTrivendra Singh ectsare vestedwithstate govern- shifting emphasis on increasing itive.Ihad givenasampletwo poweredcommittee (HPC) Anand Bardhan, Uttarakhand's Rawathad reviewedits progress ments, sources said. revenue:(i) ‘creeping increase in days ago. Icame outimmedi- pointed out“brazen”violation of Principal Secretary, Environment and directed completion within Officialsfromthe Ministries passenger fare’overaperiod of atelyand got myself tested from forest andwildlifelawsbythe The August25report by The Indian Express on the letter. and Forests, said he receiveda the time-frame –the revised of Finance, Railways, and time; (ii) non-farerevenuein- aprivate lab. The Health Char Dham Pariyojana, the letter from the regional office of deadline is May2021. Housing and Urban Affairs, as crease –(a) advertisement; (b) Department also took my sam- Uttarakhand government on the MinistryofEnvironment, StateEnvironmentMinister well as the Railway Board and assetmonetisation/disinvest- ple. Both reports have come back Thursdaysaid it will seekare- roads connecting major pilgrim- Underlining that laws have Forest andClimateChangein Harak Rawat, meanwhile, as- NITI Aayog, attendedthe 11th ment in CONCOR, IRCTC, Kolkata positive.Idon’t have symptoms.” portfromthe departmentscon- agesites. He said if one triesto been violated in the project “as this regard on Thursday. “I am sertedonThursdaythatChopra meeting of the GoS, held via Metro(with all theother metros Zirawas seenmeeting the cernedonthe objections raised stop work on suchaproject of if the Rule of Lawdoes notexist”, sending it to the Chief waswriting “suchthings”since video conference on July16. vesting with respective state CM in the AssemblyHall, though in the letter,withdirectionsto strategic importance by citing HPC chairperson Ravi Chopra, in Conservator of Forests, Public he wasupsetoveraviewthatthe They discussedoptions for governments); and (c) User fee both had their maskson. A take necessary actions. such“faaltu ki cheezon” (incon- alettertothe Environment WorksDepartment (PWD),and Centrewas notacceptinghis Railwaystoreduce dependence on all stations –given the quan- spokesperson of the CM said the However, the state minister sequential issues), thenthat is SecretaryonAugust 13,had the nodal officer forareport and opinionsonthe project in an ear- on borrowingsand increase “in- tum of the non-passenger traf- meeting was“very brief”. forEnvironment, Wildlifeand “againstthe nation,and not stated that the project has necessaryaction,” he said. lier report. novative financing”, the minutes ficonrailwaystations, it would Shutrana, who had got him- Forest,Harak Singh Rawat, de- againstany individual.” caused“incalculable and long- Questionedabout the letter “Nolawshavebeenviolatedin of the meeting show. be asignificant revenue source.” self tested on August26and had niedthat anyviolation of forest Lastyear,the apex courthad term damagetothe Himalayan from the Union ministry, Pankaj theproject.Allrulesarebeingfol- Accordingtothe minutes, ac- Theideaof “monetisation/dis- got anegativereport, developed and wildlifelawshaveoccurred formedthe HPC to determine ecology” by felling trees, cutting Agarwal, deputy director general lowed.Divisionalforest Officersin cessedbyThe Indian Express, investment”ofKolkataMetro, fever while sitting in the in the Rs 11,700-croreproject, the ecological impact of the Char hills and dumping muck(exca- of Forests, North-Central Zone, the districtsare monitoring the Railway Board officials informed whichbegan operations in 1984, AssemblyHall during the obitu- meant to widen 889kmofhill Dham road project. vatedmaterial) withoutvalid regional office of the project,”hemaintained. the GoS that the Railways have hasbeenmootedforthefirsttime. aryreferences.

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45-60 years of age(10.04%), fol- IRAMSIDDIQUE TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE lowedbythose closer to 60 years BHOPAL,AUGUST28 (8.4%). Among those under 18, RECOVERED:25,83,948 only7.2% showedantibodies. HAVINGAVERAGED aCovid-19 179 CASES: The wardswith maximum casemortalityratesubstantially DAYSSINCE 33,87,500 DEATHS:61,529 casesshowedthemostseropreva- higher thanthe national average PANDEMIC lence,withBambaiBazarWard at even lastmonth, Indorehas left BEGAN TESTS: 3,94,77,848| DOUBLING RATE: 32.50** the highest(30%), followedby authoritiessurprisedwithitsfirst Somnath, Haji Colony, Jawahar ever serosurvey, showing anti- Margand Ranipura(20-25%). bodies onlyamong 7.75% of the Dr JyotiBindal, Dean of MGM populationcovered.This is the MedialCollegeIndore,whichcon- lowest forcitiesinIndia where ductedtheserosurvey alongwith serosurveyshavebeen con- the National Centrefor Disease ducted,with officials saying it in- Control,said,"Thereportssuggest dicates that thereisnocommu- KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG DOUBLING that positive casesandthe subse- nity transmission in Indore. TOWATCH CASES 24HOURS GROWTH* RATE** quentprevalenceof antibodiesare In anotherinteresting find- ■ Maharashtra 7,33,568 14,857 1.89% 38.02 notscattered but confinedto ing,the survey,conducted be- hotspots.This certainlyrules out tween August11and 23 and in- ■ Tamil Nadu 4,03,242 5,981 1.58% 45.69 community transmission." cluding asample size of 7,103, ■ Andhra 3,93,090 10,621 2.74% 26.31 Shesaid measures like isola- found ahighshareofantibodies ■ Karnataka 3,09,792 9,386 2.71% 26.60 tion, identification, testing and among the 60-plus agegroup, tracing appeared to have con- Uttar Pradesh 2,08,419 5,391 2.75% 26.15 whichisthe mostvulnerable to ■ tainedthe spread of the virus. Covid-19. The reportofthe sur- *Compounded Daily Growth Rate over last 7days**Calculatedover7-day growth Indore'scase fatality ratio has veywas releasedonFriday. beenconsistentlyhigh,andinJuly, Thelargest andmostpopulous CASEFATALITYRATIO POSITIVITYRATE DAILYIN,DAILYOUT stoodatabout5percent,almost2 city in Madhya Pradesh and its 7DAYSEARLIER: 7DAYSEARLIER: DETECTED TODAY per cent morethanthe national commercialhub,Indoreaccounts 1.89 8.68 77,266 averageof2.95per cent. Mostof foramajorshareofitscoronavirus itsdeaths have been in the age NOW: NOW: RECOVEREDTODAY: cases. Of the state's total58,181 group of 60 and older,with co- positivecases so farand 1,306 1.82 8.58 60,177 morbidities. deaths,12,031cases and 375 Deaths as a ratio of Positives against Becoming sick vs Additional Chief Secretary positive cases (in %); number tested recovering; more deathshavebeenseeninIndore. indicator of progress (in %); indicator of recoveries for 14 days Sulemman Mohammad said, Of the 7,103samples col- in averting deaths the spread of disease may signal the peak “Mostofthe deceasedreported lected from across85wards in DataasonAugust27,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealth,ICMRandstates.Oftendailynumbers latetothe hospital.” Indore forthe serosurvey, 548 includedatafrompreviousdays.Assuch,trendsbasedondailynumbersareindicative,notdefinitive Whileassertingthatthenum- tested positive forantibodies. bersshowedthecitywasnot see- The samples collected included up the rest.Onlyone sample amongmen and women -- 7.9% ing community transmission, of- an equal number of men and eachwas takenfromahouse- and 7.5% respectively. ficialssaiditalsomeantthatclose women (33% each) above the hold. The prevalence of anti- Seroprevalence wasfound to to 92%ofthepopulationremained ageof18, with minors making bodies wasalmostthe same be highestinresidentsbetween susceptible to thevirus. Congress MP Vasanthakumar dies of Covid

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DEEPTIMANTIWARY EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE policesaycasesrising NEWDELHI,AUGUST28 NEWDELHI,AUGUST28 MATTERSRELATED to “peace EXTERNALAFFAIRS MinisterS lice had formedaspecial investi- and tranquillity” of Jammu and Jaishankar on Fridayslammed MAULSHREESETH gating team (SIT) to probealle- Kashmir and thoseassociated Pakistan forportraying itself as a LUCKNOW,AUGUST28 gations of conversion–either by with the “minority community, “victim of terror”, andsaidithad forceorby“brainwashing” the ScheduledCastes, Scheduled to “grudginglyacknowledge”the UTTAR PRADESH Chief Minister women –beforemarriage. The Tribes and BackwardClasses” presenceofwanted terrorists Yogi Adityanath on Fridaydi- SIT wasformed afterfamilies of will be handledbythe and crime leaders on itssoildue rected senior officials of the state five women from Juhi Colony Lieutenant Governor of the to international pressure. Home Departmenttoprepare a metsenior police officials and newlycarved Union territory, a PAKARMY SHELLSAREAS ALONGLoC : Pakistani troops resortedtounprovokedshelling While presiding over the plan to stop incidentsof“love ji- sought help, alleging thatthe gazettenotification of the Union alongthe Line of Control in Poonchdistrict’s Balakot sector on Friday. TheIndian Army Darbari Seth memorial lecture, had”, following severalsuch women were allegedly brain- government said on Friday. mounted abefittingretaliation, officials said. ANI he said the 9/11terrorattacks in cases reportedfromdifferent UP CM Yogi Adityanath washedintoconverting before The L-Gwill also handle post- the US and the Covid-19pan- parts of the state, according to marrying. ings and transfers of all IAS and demic are“stand-out moments senior officials. The recent incidentbeing IPS officers apart from exercising that disruptedthe trajectoryof Love jihad is aterminology Awasthi, who waspartofthe in- cited by the police took place in control over the Anti-Corruption Four militants killed,one human society”. usedbyHindutvagroups to de- formal meeting, said: “This is a avillageinLakhimpur Kheridis- Bureau(ACB). He said today, theworld has scribeinter-religious marriages, social issue. To stop it, they trict earlier this week,wherea The Centre on Fridaynotified arangeofmechanismsto whichtheyallegeinvolvescon- would have to be takenseriously teenagegirlwas found raped the Transaction of Business Rules captured in Shopiangunfight counter-terrorism, including the version of the woman –either by –action needs to be taken and murdered.The police later forJammu and Kashmir,laying Financial Action Task Force forceorguile –tomarry a againstthe accused, and we have caught one Dilshad, who they down administrative powers, morning. we recoveredhis body”. (FATF),several UN sanctions Muslim man. to be harsh. Thesedays, social sayconfessed to raping the girl roles and responsibilities of var- BASHAARATMASOOD “Wehavekilledfour terror- Police said that Parray,apo- committees and the Counter According to officials, the di- media is available everywhere andlater slitting her throat fol- ious functionaries including the SRINAGAR,AUGUST28 ists and one has been captured lice constable-turned-militant, TerrorismExecutive Directorate. rection cameonthe backofmul- and it goes intothe mind of oth- lowing aheated discussion. L-G, chief minister, council of alive,” said Inspector General of wasthe district commander of But it lacksacomprehensive con- tiple incidentsreportedfrom ers as well” Call records of the victim's ministers and seniorbureaucrats. FOURMILITANTSwere killedand Police(Kashmir) VijayKumar. militant outfit Al Badr,which“he vention on international terror- Kanpur,Meerut, and arecent Awasthi said while modali- cellphoneshowedshe wasin Thenotificationspeltout12 is- afifth wascaptured followinga “Theywereinvolvedinthe had revived”. Theysaid Parray,a ism as UN membersare still one in Lakhimpur Kheri, where ties will be worked out, among touchwith Dilshad, according to sueswhich“shallbesubmittedto gunfight with security forces in killing of the panchfrom personal security officer (PSO) of “wrestling with certain founda- the policeclaim thereisevidence issues being looked into is to the police. the Lieutenant Governor through southKashmir’s Shopian on Khonmoh (in Srinagar).” the Sub Divisional Police Officer tional principles”, he said. that the women were being makepossible fast-trackhearing Adityanath has directed in- theChief Secretary,underintima- Friday. JammuandKashmirPolice Police identifiedthe slain (SDPO) Bijbehara, had escaped “All the while, states that have forced to convert andmarry. of suchcases, as alot of these vokingNSA,ifrequired, in the tion to the Chief Minister, before said themilitantswereresponsi- militantsasShakoor Ahmad with four rifles. Parray wasar- turnedthe production of terror- “Thereare increasing cases of matters arepending in courts Lakhimpur Kheri case. issuingany orders”. ble forthe killing of aSrinagar Parray,Suhail Ahmad, Shakir-ul- rested afew months afterhis es- ists intoaprimaryexporthaveat- love jihad being reported from due to theircoronavirus-induced In Meerut, one Shamshad was These included“matters panchaswell as the abduction of Jabbar and Zubair Nengroo, cape, but laterjoinedthe mili- tempted, by dint of blanddenials, different parts of the state. Thus closure. “The accusedshould not arrestedin connection with mur- whichaffect or arelikelytoaffect aTerritorial Armypersonnel. while the captured militant was tant outfit. to paint themselvesalso as vic- the Chief Ministerinstructed be allowedtoget bail; then the der of amother-daughter duo the peace and tranquillity of the On receiving inormation namedasShoaibAhmad Bhat. “He (Parray)had revivedit. tims of terror,” Jaishankar said, in senior Home Department offi- woman's familyshouldbegiven and then burying them at their UnionTerritory; matterswhichaf- about the presence of militantsin According to police, Bhat on Theywerearound 10 militants. an obliquereference to Pakistan. cialstoprepareaplan to stop monetary help, etc,”hesaid. home. Since therewas no other fectorarelikelytoaffecttheinter- an orchardinShopian’s Kiloora, a August19had visited the family Five have been neutralisedtoday “Butaswe have seenlastweek, suchincidents,” Mrityunjay Asked if anew lawwill be relative,afriendofthe women estofany minority community, joint teamof theJ&KPolice,Army of Suhail Ahmad, oneofthe mil- (fourkilledand onearrested),” sustainedpressurethroughinter- Kumar,media adviser to brought in, Awasthi said that as filedthe police complaint. the ScheduledCastes, the andparamilitaryforces cordoned itants who waskilledonFriday, IGP Kumar said. “The captured national mechanisms to prevent Adityanath, said. of nowthe existing lawwould During investigation, the po- ScheduledTribes and the offthe village. As the joint team and had offeredtohelp him militant is from Charsoo in the movement of funds forterror He said officials have been suffice, but it needs to be imple- lice said, it emergedthat BackwardClasses”amongothers. closedin, the militantsopened surrender.“Suhail is the one Awantipora(in south Kashmir’s groupsandtheirfrontagenciescan told to prepareastrategy andsee mented properly. Shamshad had changedhis name As speltout in the Jammu fire,triggeringagunfight. whosehouse the panchhad vis- Pulwama district).” work.Ithaseventually compelled whether anew lawisrequired. Recently, following several and allegedly projected himself and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, Policesaid themilitantswere ited.He(Bhat)had requestedhis Police said the militantswere astate complicitinaiding,abetting, Additional ChiefSecretary, cases of inter-religious marriages as aHindu before approaching 2019,the notification has put responsible forthe killing of (Suhail’s)father forhis (tele- also responsible forthe abduc- training and directing terror Home, Awaneesh Kumar in Kanpur's Juhi Colony, thepo- the woman formarriage. services under the administra- Srinagar panchNisar Ahmad phone)number and offeredhis tion of Territorial Armyperson- groups and associated criminal tive control of the L-G. It is the Bhat, whohad gone missing on help,” IGP Kumar said. “He (Bhat) nel Shakir Manzoor who, ac- syndicatesto grudgingly acknowl- sametemplatefollowedinDelhi, August19while on avisit to waskidnappedthen and an au- cording to themilitants, was edge the presenceofwantedter- whichisalso aUnion territory Shopianand whose body wasre- dio wasreleasedthat he has killedand buriedatanundis- rorists and organised crime lead- Religious sentiments with legislature. coveredfromShopian on Friday been killedand buried. Today, closedlocation. ersonits territory,”hesaid. ‘hurt’,Assam Police bans ELGAARPARISHAD CASE BABRI MASJID DEMOLITIONCASE Sudha Bharadwaj’s interim bail Court expresses concerns TV serial fortwo months plea rejectedbyBombayHC over defence counsel not whoplays the female lead in Samiti claiming that the show submitting arguments ABHISHEKSAHA Begum Jaan,had said shewas promotedlovejihad. Twitter GUWAHATI,AUGUST28 facing rape and murder threats hashtagslike#BoycottBegumJaan OMKARGOKHALE AdvocateRagini Ahuja, online. Denying allegations that and#BoycottRengonialsodidthe MUMBAI,AUGUST28 appearing for time to the defence counsel on THE ASSAMPolicehas ordered a the showpromoted‘love jihad’, rounds. PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA August21and 24.Ithad fixedfor two-monthban on an Assamese she had said it justfeatureda Sanjive Narain, the Chairman THE BOMBAY High Court on Bharadwaj,said she LUCKNOW,AUGUST28 Friday, but again moretime was TV serial, in which theprotago- Hindu woman in troublebeing and ManagingDirectorofAM Fridaydismissedthe interim sufferedfromailments sought by the defence counsel. nists areaHindu woman and a helpedbyaMuslim man. Television, that runs Rengoni bail plea filedbySudha suchasdiabetes and ASPECIAL CBI court on Fridayex- The CBI has already fileda Muslimman,acceptingthatithad The police order said that the channel,said the allegations Bharadwaj on medical grounds pressedserious concerns over 400-pagewritten argument. “outragedthereligioussentiment complaintswereplacedbefore were "completelybaseless". in view of the Covid-19out- hypertension and these failureofdefence counsel to sub- Theyinclude former deputy of acertain section”,following adistrict-levelmonitoring com- “JustbecauseaMuslimboy and break in prisons.The courtsaid comorbidities put her at mit their written argumentsin prime ministerLKAdvani, for- protests againstitforoveramonth mittee under the cable Act. “The Hinduwoman arethe protago- the statewill continue provid- ahighrisk if she became the 1992 Babri mosque demoli- merUttar Pradesh chief minis- by Hindu right-wing groups. Committee afterdue delibera- nists of the show, theyare saying ing medical aid in prison forher tion case despiterepeated op- terKalyanSingh, BJP leaders M In an order dated August24, tion and viewing the video clips all this. To further their politics, ailments. infected with the portunities giventothem. MJoshi, UmaBharti, Vinay Guwahati Commissioner of of the serial Begum Jaan has theyare making these allega- Bhardwaj,anactivistar- Sudha Bharadwaj coronavirus in prison It granted them the last op- Katiar, Sadhvi Rithambaraand Police MPGupta wroteto opinedwithoverwhelming ma- tions... If the courtprovides rested in the Elgaar Parishad portunity to file the written ar- Sakshi Maharaj,besidesRam Rengoni TV informingitofthe jority that the aforesaid serial is respite, we will resume (tele- case, is lodged in Mumbai’s gumentsbyAugust31and Teerth KshetraTrustsecretary ban under the Cable Television in violation of Programme Code cast),” he said. Byculla Women’s Jail. She had makeoralsubmissions if they Champat Rai. Network(Regulation) Act, 1995, as laid down in Rule 6ofthe Gupta,inhis order,invoked filedanappeal before the HC had held that the accusedand Singh said that another co- wanted to or theirchances The trial is at the vergeof and saying, “The gistof(the) al- Cable Television NetworkRules, Section 19 of Cable Television againstspecial NIAcourt’s re- their families had aright to accusedinthe case,Varavara would be closed. conclusion and is at the stageof legation... is thatthe serial Begum 1994... The Committee with Networks(Regulation) Act, 1995 jection of her interim bail plea knowthe status of their health. Rao, wasadmitted to JJ hospi- Special JudgeSKYadavsaid arguments. Jaan has hurtthe religioussenti- overwhelming majority has whichdealswith“Powertopro- on medical grounds. AdvocateRagini Ahuja, ap- taland then shiftedtothe pri- thereare 32 accusedinthe case. The CentralBureauof mentsofcertain sections of the come to aconclusion that the hibittransmission of certainpro- Adivision benchofJusticeR pearing forBharadwaj,said that vate Nanavati hospital fortreat- The Supreme Courthas fixed Investigation(CBI)hassubmitted society and the serial contains vi- said serial has outraged thereli- grammes in public interest.” DDhanuka and Justice VG she sufferedfromchronic ail- ment of Covid-19and other September-end as the deadline itsargumentstowhichthe de- suals or wordscontemptuous gious sentiment of certain sec- The lawsays that an autho- Bisht on Fridayperuseda mentssuchasdiabetesand hy- ailments. forconclusionand delivery of fence counsel have to rebut by fil- and defamatoryofaparticular tion of the society whichmay risedofficermay“prohibitanyca- prison department report, pertension and these comor- The courtalso notedthe judgment. ingtheirownwrittenarguments. religion and sectionofsociety lead to breachofpeace and tran- bleoperatorfromtransmittingor whichstatedthat Bharadwaj bidities put her at ahigh risk if submissions made by National “Thecourthas to deal with Oncethe argumentsstage is and is likelytoencourage or in- quillity in the society,unless the re-transmitting anyprogramme had been examinedinjail by a she contracted Covid-19 in Investigation Agencyand the evidence of 351CBI witnesses over,the courtwould deliverits cite violence." telecastofthe serial is stopped or channelif, it is notinconform- medical officer and her condi- prison. statethat they were taking all and about 600exhibits, whichis judgment. The police saiditwas acting with immediateeffect.” ity with the prescribed pro- tion wasfound to be “stable However, Additional precautionstocontain Covid- bound to take considerable time The Babri Masjid in Ayodhya on complaintsregisteredbythe Confirmingthe ban, Gupta grammecode…likelytopromote, and satisfactory”. Solicitor General Anil Singh, 19 spread in prisons. and as suchthings cannotbeal- wasdemolishedonDecember 6, Hindu Jagaran Mancha, All Assam told The Indian Express that the on grounds of religion, race, lan- The HC had on Tuesdaydi- representing NIA,and Public Dismissing Bharadwaj's lowedtocause delayatthe argu- 1992, by ‘kar sevaks’who BrahminYouth Council, United local TVchannel had been issued guage,caste orcommunityorany rected thestate to provide Prosecutor Deepak Thakare, plea, the benchnoted: “In our mentsstage,” thejudgesaid. claimedthat an ancient Ram TrustofAssam and an individual ashowcause notice andare- othergroundwhatsoever, dishar- copies of the latestmedical re- appearing forthe stategovern- view,nocaseismade outfor The courthad earlier granted temple stood at the same site. namedGunajit Adhikary. sponse sought within amonth. monyorfeelingsof enmity, hatred ports of Bharadwaj andac- ment, opposedthe plea saying grant of bail. This appeal is de- The producers, who have RengoniTVstartedtelecasting or ill-will betweendifferent reli- tivists Anand Teltumbde and that if Bharadwaj required fur- void of merits.” suspendedshooting temporar- the serial three monthsago.In gious,racial, linguistic or regional Vernon Gonsalves—also ar- ther treatment and had to be Bharadwaj,along with 11 ily, areplanningtomovecourt early July, an online campaign groups or castes or communities rested in the Elgaar Parishad admitted to ahospital, includ- others, wasarrestedoveral- Coronaviruspatient againstthe ban. startedagainstit, with agroup or whichislikelytodisturb the case —totheir families, lawyers ing aprivate one, thejail au- leged Maoistlinksand their al- Earlier,PreetyKkongana, calledthe Hindu Janajagruti publictranquillity.” and NIAbyFriday.The court thorities would do the same. leged involvement in the case. undergoesbilateral lung BehindIndia’s 10th doublehand transplant, fearand hope transplantinChennai to be worsening in spiteofmax- hope,” Monika’s uncle Vishwas ount willbefundedbythe hos- minutes before her surgery. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE imum ventilatorysupportive TABASSUM Moresaid. Mother Kavita saidher pital and NGOYuvaPratishthan,” "Sincethen,she has been at CHENNAI,AUGUST28 care, andhewas putonECMO BARNAGARWALA daughter would meet the said formerMPKirit Somaiya home. We neverlosthopethata supportonJuly25, 2020,for MUMBAI,AUGUST28 donor’s family to thank them. who arranged forRs5lakh. donor willcomeone day. She AGROUP of surgeons in a morethan one month. Suchpa- Monika will remain in inten- It wasonThursdaymorning usedtocall thedoctor regularly Chennai hospital successfully tientsare difficult to manage BEFORE SHE entered the opera- sive carefor twoweeks, andtake thatMonikareceived acallfrom to check,"uncle Vishwas said. carriedout abilateral lungtrans- even in well-equippedICUs,” a tion theatreThursdaymidnight, about six months to develop Global Hospitalthataprospec- According to doctors, the plant on aCovid-19patient. statement from the hospital said. Monika Morecalledatransplant movement in her hands. On tive hand donor had been found. transplant startedat2amand The transplant wasper- The transplant wasper- recipientinPunefor supportand Friday, theinitial signs of asuc- “She immediatelysaid yes. We endedby5.10pmFriday. Twelve formedona48-year-old patient formedonAugust27. The pa- strength. Then she smiled nerv- cessful transplantwereseen af- had been waiting forthis call for doctors, comprising six plastic from Delhi,who wassuffering tient, nowinthe Transplant ICU, ouslyand headed forher own terdoctors put apulse oximeter twoyears,"younger brother surgeons, four anaesthetists,and from severe lung infection with is stable, doctors said. double hand transplantsurgery. on herfinger andfeet, and found Kartik said. Atechniciandrewher twoorthopaedic surgeons, fused Covid-19. The lungs were se- The hospital said this was On Friday, 15 hours later,Ma- the same reading of her oxygen blood sample at home, and adoc- twobones, one major artery,four verely damaged due to Covid- Asia’s firstknown lung trans- harashtrarecorded itsfirstsuc- saturation level, indicating that torflewtoChennai foracompat- veins, five nerves and abundle of 19-related fibrosis. plant on aCovid-19positivepa- cessful hand transplant afterthe blood supplyhad begun. Monika More,24, before surgery at Global Hospital in Mumbai ibility test with the donor who muscles in the procedure. “He developedCovid infec- tient and the second lung trans- hands of a32-year-old man, who Monika losther hands in had sufferedaroad accident. The lead surgeon Dr Nilesh tion on June 8. Onlyasmall por- plant in the hospital since the had been declared braindead, 2014 in atrain mishap at The samples matched, and Satbhai had made preparations tion of the lungs wasstill func- lockdown began. were transported from Chennai Ghatkopar station, and has de- In 2019,Monika startedwor- to finance the procedure. by evening Monika wasinhos- through Thursdaytopull to- tioning. As he became breathless The transplant wasled by Dr and surgicallyaffixedto 24-year- pendedonprostheticlimbs. In king as asupervisor in aprivate The Lalbaug Cha Raja trust pital forCovid-19, HIV,hepatitis gether the team. Plastic surgeon and oxygen saturation came KRBalakrishnan, Chairman and old Monika’s arms. Until then, 2018,after hearingabout Pune- nursing home in Kurlaand sup- donated Rs 1lakh on Thursday and other tests."When Ispoketo Dr Mohit Sharma,who flew in down, he wasput on ventilatory Director of Cardiac Sciences and onlynineother double hand tra- basedShreyaSiddhagaonkar’s ported her familyuntil thepan- forthe surgery,while Global hos- her,she wasscared. It is over- from Kochiand waspartof supportonJune 20. His condi- Director of the Heartand Lung nsplantshad been done in India. transplant, she registeredherself demic began. But afterthe lock- pital, whichundertook the trans- whelming to receive handsafter India’sfirsthand transplantteam, tion continuedtoworsen in spite Transplant Program at MGM “The hands arelargerthan on an organwaitlist. Herfather down, the familywas leftwithno plant,paid forthe charteredflight six years without them," said said the biggestchallengewas to of ventilator support, he wasair- Healthcare, along with his team herframe because theybelonged Ashok More startedcollecting source of income, and worried to bring thehands from Chennai. Siddhagaonkar,who underwent operatefast. liftedtoMGM Healthcarein of transplant specialistsinclud- to aman. But she finallyhas what funds but three months later about payingthe hospital bills The surgeryhas been billedat asimilar transplant in 2018 in FULLREPORTON ChennaifromGhaziabad on July ing Dr Suresh Rao, Dr Srinath and we prayed for. We neverlost succumbed to aheartattack. until an NGOand hospital agreed Rs 22 lakh. “Theremaining am- Kerala and spoketoMonika www.indianexpress.com 20. His lung condition continued Dr AparJindal.

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Adv.No. 1/2020-2(9)/2018-PA(TA) Advt. No. CSB/3/2020 Date:29.08.2020 Government of India COVID IN ANDAMAN ANDNICOBAR OFFICE OF THE ESTATEOFFICER-II, CENTRAL SILK BOARD HARYANA SHEHRI VIKAS PRADHIKARAN (Ministry of Texles -Govt. of India) MinistryofElectronics and Admin to conductrandom C-1 INFOCITY SECTOR-34, GGN Bengaluru Phone Number: 0124-2371346, E-mail: [email protected] Information Technology PUBLIC NOTICE RECRUITMENT NOTICE testing in Jarawa tribal group It is notified through this public notice forthe Information of Invites applicaon forﬁve posts of Deputy Director Standardisation,Testing &Quality applicant of Oustees that the screening of Oustees application tribal shortly,”statedarelease (Admn &Accts) Group-A in Level-11 (Rs.67700- Certification (STQC) Directorate received in the office of the Estate Officer-II, HSVP,Gurugram 208700) of the paymatrix ,bydeputaon. RAVIKBHATTACHARYA from the administrationFriday. wil be done on datd 7, 8, 9, 10, 11.09.2020 at Gym Khana Club, 6, CGOComplex, Lodi Road, KOLKATA,AUGUST28 Thereare sixnotifiedSchedu- Sector-29, Gurugram. Fordetails on eligibility,applicaon formatand last ledTribes in Andamanand Nico- The schedule of date wise is available at the HSVP Website date forsubmission of applicaon, log on to CSB NewDelhi-110003 THEANDAMANandNicobarisla- bar Islands. Apart from Nicoba- i.e.www.hsvp.org.in. websitewww.csb.gov.in ndsadministrationhasdecidedto rese, the five others arelistedas Sd/- STQC Directorateanattachedoffice of Ministry of conductrandomtestingforCovid- Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Estate Officer-II, Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) is in the Member Secretary 19 amongmembersof Jarawatri- Groups —Jarawa, Onge, Great HSVP,Gurugram. DAVP:41109/11/0011/2021 process of fillingupofthe following posts on deputation bal group afternine peoplefrom Andamanese, Shompen and OFFICE OF THE ESTATEOFFICER-II, HSVP,GURUGRAM basis for aperiod of two years. Great Andamanese tribal group Sentinelese. PUBLIC NOTICE i. DEPUTY DIRECTOR :- 04 posts at Delhi, Mumbai tested positivefor theinfection. “The A&N Administrationre- It is notified through this Public Notice forthe Information of “Further,with the emergence iterates itscommitment to pro- General Public that the Record/File pertaining to allotment of and Thiruvananthapuram in paymatrixLevel-11 of COVID-19positivecases tect itsParticularly Vulnerable High School Site in Sector-47, GurugramtoM/s Kedar ii. ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER -03postseachat Education Society,Gurugramismissing from the record of this amongstthe GreatAndamanese, TribalGroups and their safetyis Delhi, Hyderabad and Jaipur in paymatrix Level 09 the Administrationhas taken of paramount importance. It will office.Ifthe said record/Plot File is found to anyperson or has anything to submit with regard to the said file,heorshe may Detailed advt. is published in Employment News dated somesamplesof Ongetribalfrom leave no stone unturned to pro- informthis office within aperiod of 7daysfrom the date of pub- Dugong Creek and all have been tect our human heritage,” the re- lication of this notice avoid its misuse. 29.08.2020 and is on the website for STQC: tested negative.Further,the lease stated. Sd/- www.stqc.gov.in Administration has decidedto FULLREPORTON Estate Officer-II, HSVP,Gurugram. Contact: Deputy Director (Pers.), Ph No. 011-24301365 conductrandomtestingof Jarawa www.indianexpress.com 82498/HRY davp 06101/11/0006/2021 SC issues notice Department of Animal Husbandry &Dairying (DAHD) to govt on plea to Request for proposal (RfP) for Appointment of Program management Agency (PMA) for assistance in Implementation of Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF) identify minorities The share of livestock in agricultural sector GDP growth has been increasing faster than the crop sector in the past decade because of the rising demand for livestock productspropelled by income, at state level population growth and urbanization. The livestock sector plays an important role in the socio- economic development of rural households. It contributes about 4.2 percent to the Gross Value NewDelhi:The Supreme Court Added (GVA) and 28.8 percent to the Agricultural Gross Value Added. on Fridaysought the Centre’s re- The sector has been fraught with challenges which have hampered sector's growth. These have plyonaPIL challenging provi- included but not been limited to lack of health &breeding infrastructure, non-optimal network sions of theNational Com- architecture and limited processing &marketing infrastructure. To address these challenges the mission forMinority Education Government of India recently announced Rs 15,000 crore Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Institution Act, 2004. Development Fund (“AHIDF") to develop infrastructure for dairy processing, meat processing and HARYANA STAFF SELECTION COMMISSION BAYS NO.67-70, SECTOR-2, PANCHKULA-134151 The plea by Advocate animal feed processing. (www.hssc.gov.in) Ashwani Upadhyayhas argued The broad contours of the AHIDF are set out below: Proposed Beneficiaries: that the Actidentifies minorities Notice to the Candidates for inviting objection on Farmer producer organizations (FPOs), MSMEs, Section 8Companies, private companies atthenationallevelandnotatthe answer keyfor the post of PTI against Advt. No. and individual entrepreneurs 06/2006 Cat. No. 23 of Education Department, Haryana. statelevel,thereby deprivingde- Broad contours: servingminorities in the states of Beneficiaries are required to contribute margin money@ 10% in the case of Small It is intimated that written examination forrecruitment forthe post their Constitutional rights. of PTT against Advt. No.06/2006, Cat. No.23ofEducation Enterprises, 15% for Medium Enterprises and up to 25% for other category of enterprises of AbenchofJusticeSanjay Departments,Haryana wasconducted on 23.08.2020 by the the total project cost. The balance would be the loan component to be made available by KishanKaul, Ajay Rastogi and Commission. AniruddhaBoseissuednotices to scheduled banks. The Commission has uploaded the answerkey,onthe website of Ministries of Home Affairs, Law 3per cent interest subvention will be given to eligible beneficiaries. the Haryana Staff Selection Commission i.e.www.hssc.gov.in of the and Justice and Minority Affairs, Two-year moratorium period for repayment of loans with six years repayment period above said written examination. If anycandidate has anyobjection seekingtheir replies in six weeks. ACreditGuarantee Fund of Rs 750 crore to be managed by National Bank for Agriculture and regarding anyanswer, he/she maysubmit his/her query/objection. The petitioncontendedthat Rural Development (NABARD) to provide credit guarantee to the projectswhich are covered The candidate need to followthe steps given below: under Section 2(f) of the Act, the under the MSME defined ceilings.. 1. Go to www.hssc.gov.in. CentrenotifiedMuslims, Chris- The guarantee coverage would be upto 25 per cent of the credit facility 2. Clickon“Inviting Objection foranswerkey (Advt. No.6/2006)” tians, Sikhs, Buddhists andParsis DAHD intends to on-board aProgramme Management Agency (PMA), for aperiod of 3years to button. asminoritiesatthenationallevel. assist and support DAHD and State Governments/UT Administrations in the management of AHIDF. 3. The objection raised by anycandidate by anyother means will This,hepointed out, wasagainst The PMA will be responsible for continuous engagement with the DAHD, State Governments/UT not be entertained. the spirit of the SupremeCourt Administrations and other agencies being hired to implement and monitor the AHIDE The candidate maysubmit his/her objection from 28.08.2020 to The salient features of the project, eligibility criteria and prescribed formatsfor submission can be judgment in the TMA Paicase. 30.08.2020 upto 5.00 P. M. Thereafter no objection will be entertained accessed in the RfP document uploaded on the website: http://eprocure.gov.in and by the Commission. The candidates are advised to clearly/specify The pleaarguedthat those http://dahd.nic.in. who followHinduism,Judaism the objection along with name of the Post, Advt. No., CategoryNo., Interested applicantsare requested to submit their responses to the “RfP” on Central Public Date of Examination, Question Booklet series and Question No.on andBahaismandare minoritiesin Procurement Portal (http://eprocure.gov.in)onorbefore 18th September,2020 by 11.00 AM. which the objection is raised otherwise objection will not be consid- regions likeLadakh, Mizoram, The submissions must be addressed to: ered. The objections shall be considered by the Commission and its Lakshadweep,Kashmir,Nagaland, Joint Commissioner (Poultry), decision in this regard shall be final and evaluation of the paper shall Meghalaya,Arunachal Pradesh, Department for Animal Husbandry &Dairying, accordingly be done. Punjab and Manipur,cannotes- Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry &Dairying, Sd/- tablishandadministereducational Government of India, Superintendent, Krishi Bhavan, institutions of theirchoice. ENS Dated: 27.08.2020 forSecretaryHaryana Staff Selection New Delhi 110001 davp 01201/11/0004/2021 82501/HRY Commission, Panchkula.

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§ FOUNDED BY § RAMNATH GOENKA With vaccineonthe horizon, challenges await:How to BECAUSETHE TRUTHINVOLVES US ALL getittoevery person, whilemitigating risks

ABETMENT Rajib Dasgupta

In the Sushant Singh prime-time circus, everyone is an WITH COVID VACCINES on the horizon, vac- vaccine equitablyavailable and accessible of students. India’s National Technical accusedinthe killing of due process cine optimism has made itsmarkinthe con- worldwide.Atthe same time,arangeof AdvisoryGroup on Immunisation (NTAGI) temporarygold standardofsentiments: COVID-specific vulnerabilities have surfaced shall presumably be tasked with thecoun- Stockmarketsare rallying backtoall-time from deeplyembeddedhealth inequities. try’s prioritisation strategies. It needsto NJUNE 14,ayoungactor wasfound dead in hisMumbai apartment, highs. The optimism seems to be all-perva- The WHO Director General recognises that recognise and acceptdiverse vulnerabilities and morethan twomonths later,agrimypublic spectacle continues to sive —frompoliticians and policy-makers to “supplynationalism exacerbated thepan- using social epidemiology and publichealth be made of hisdeath. SushantSingh Rajput, Mumbai police and the the commonman. demic and contributed to the total failureof ethics considerations, even while recognising postmortemreportsaid, had committed suicide.Ifthere areothersre- Is thisoptimism unfounded? Notentirely, the global supplychain” and urgedthat“we that one cannotwait forperfect data. Osponsible, theyhavetobefound andpunished, afteraninvestigation and as some features of SARS-CoV-2(the needtoprevent vaccine nationalism”. The The Indian position wasrecently articu- causative agent) suggest. Clinical trials have global intellectual property system allocates latedby Prime MinisterNarendraModiinhis as per law. But the severalcomplicities in the spectacle-making arealready apparent and demonstrated rising anti-spikeantibodies the rightsofthe vaccine to the inventor or Independence Dayspeech: “Tomakeitavail- appalling —because theycould havedisturbing consequences fordue process. The right that blockvirusinfection in cells under labo- owner forupto20years. The WHO and the able to everyperson in theshortestpossible to be presumedinnocent until proved guilty is being buffeted dailybyaperfectlynasty ratoryconditions. With the spikeprotein hav- EU arereportedlyexploringoptions of buy- time.” The confidence perhaps stems from storm, made of forces that have notbeencreated by this case,but arewhippedupinit. ing multiple locations where antibodiescan Thepromise of reaching ing medicinalrightsand establishing apool the fact that the health ministerishoping that Prime among them, news TVin free fall, feeding offand panderingtothe worstinstincts, bind andneutralisethe virus, mutationsin everyperson has of patentswhile nation-statesmay prefer to “if everything goes well, India will getacoro- real and imagined, of itsaudience —misogyny, voyeurismand an appetitefor vigilante the pathogen arenot likelytobeeasily suc- inordinately raised vaccine invoke “compulsorylicencing”.The WHO navirus vaccine by the end of this year”, and cessful in negotiatingthe vaccine. Severalcan- and other internationalorganisations have an additional month forproduction. There justice. In it, also, is apolarisedpolitics, whichtriggered an unseemlyduelbetween two didatevaccineshavedemonstrated success optimism and expectations. setupacoalition,the COVID-19Vaccines arealso reports of talkswith several global stategovernmentsand their police departments. It also seems to have compelledachief in Phase Iand Phase II trials. Phase III is the However,there are several Global Access (COVAX) Facility that seeksto vaccine makers to getpriorityaccesstoany minister,Nitish Kumar,who is visibly flailing in his fight againstapandemic and devas- crucial phase whereitwill be tested on tens ‘wickedproblems’ to attract richcountries to sign on by reducing vaccine producedfirst. The current strategy tating floods, to take time out to makehimself heardinacase that is being touted as apos- of thousands of individuals to determine if it encounter and negotiate. their ownriskthattheyare betting on the is to enable vaccine production and makeit workstoprevent infectionwith SARS-CoV-2 wrong vaccine candidates —the success of market-ready while regulatoryprocesses and sible factor in the impending election in Bihar. Solving wickedproblems The FIRagainst Rhea Chakraborty,Rajput’s friendand primeaccused in the FIRfiledin (efficacy) and that it is safe(safety). The true this model is yettobetestedfully. Even if logistic requirementsare ironedout. test of the safetyprofile is onlythrough con- typically entails working on thereare broad agreements, theywillberid- The promise of reaching everyperson has Patna, cites serious sections of the IPC, including abetment to suicide. The case is nowwith tinuedsurveillance (afterintroduction in the the intersections of dledwith complexinstitutional arrange- inordinatelyraisedvaccineoptimism and ex- the CBI —after the Supreme Courtupheld the Bihar government’sdecision to hand it to the market and/or aprogramme), adverseevent incomplete (or mentsfor vaccinestobeprocuredand made pectations. However, thereare several central agency.Atlastcount,atleasttwo other agencies —the Enforcement Directorateand monitoring and post-marketing surveillance available at the point of care. “wickedproblems” to encounter and nego- the NarcoticsControl Bureau—wereactive in the probe. And yet, that has notstoppedre- systems. Reality check: Other coronavirus in- contradictory) knowledge, In the hope that the successful vaccines tiate. Solving wickedproblems typicallyen- porters andanchorsonTVfromhashtag frenzy.#ArrestRheaNow is as culpable of this at- fections suchasSARSand MERS have now negotiating anumber of arepoisedinthe next fewmonths to begin tails working on the intersections of incom- temptedhijackofthe rule of lawas#JusticeForRhea.Ithas notstoppedpoliticians from been studiedfor acoupleofdecadesbut there diverse people and opinions, their journeyfromthe horizon to thehealth plete (or contradictory) knowledge, weighing in. This uncheckedblurringoflines is notnew,ofcourse. And acasesuchasthis arenolicencedeffective vaccines. overcoming alarge economic centres,what will be the demand-sidestory? negotiatinganumber of diverse people and Governments arepromising aquick-fix The WHO’s“strategicallocation” approach opinions, overcoming alarge economic bur- one, with itssagaofBollywood andthe Patna boy, references to MeToo and the Insider- by accelerating vaccine production to histor- burden, and navigating the is targeted at health workers, people over 65 den,and navigating the interconnected na- Outsider debate, drugs and mental illness, is ripe foragala witch hunt. Yet, it has posed an icallyunprecedentedextents.Aninteresting interconnected nature of years and those with co-morbidities that put ture of theseproblemswith other problems. important question, again: Can the investigationand theagencies carrying it out, which caseinpoint is OperationWarpSpeedthat these problems with other them at ahigher mortality risk from COVID- Therewill also be dilemmas of prioritisedac- do nothaveasterling recordofresisting their ownweaponisation by the powerful, be in- aims to deliver300 million doses of asafe, problems. There will also be 19.The US-CDC’sAdvisoryCommittee on cess and the criteria to address competing effective vaccine in the US by January2021. Immunisation Practices(ACIP) has devel- claims. This will requirebalancing ethics and sulated from the noise? Or aretheythemselvescranking up the megaphones? dilemmas of prioritised Thereisone morequestionhere, and it has to do with the courtroom, the real one, The WhiteHouse has reportedly committed opedarough five-tier scheme; the full ACIP economics, intellectualpropertyrightsand $12billion to six candidatevaccines. The accessand the criteria to is debatingawider setofquestions: Race or public good, and private productionand pub- notthe TV make-believe.Aseverybody strikes apose in the prime time circus, and pro- worryisnot that adequatenumbers of re- addresscompeting claims. ethnicity (COVID-19 had adisproportionate lic distribution. These areinordinately de- nounces aconviction in acase onlyjusthandedbythe SC to theCBI, an argument can be search participantsare notinducted intothe impact on African-American, Hispanic and manding challengesthat requireabalance made forobstruction of the course of justice —far more readily, credibly, than it was trials but that the companies arebeingforced This will require balancing Native American communities); the poor,as of imagination and realism —ifweknew made, recently, againstacouple of tweets. to condense an oftendecade-long process —and transcending —ethics theyhavelessaccesstohealthcare, live in howtodothat, the task wouldn’t have been intoamaximumofsix to eight months (by and economics, intellectual morecrowdedconditions, and suffermore ambitious. fundingmultiplesimultaneoustrials) with propertyrights and public if they become sickand must take timeoff potentiallyserious consequences forefficacy work;custodial populations suchasprison- Dasgupta is Chairperson, CentreofSocial and safety. good,and private production ers and those in homeless shelters; and Medicine &Community Health, Jawaharlal A CASE FOREQUALITY The global health endgame is to makethe and public distribution. teachers who areindoors with large groups Nehru University,Delhi

SC is right to flag inequalities within SC-STcategories, but data, notopportunism, mustshape stateresponse

FIVE-JUDGE BENCH of theSupreme CourtruledonThursdaythatstate governmentscan sub classifyScheduledCastesand Tribes to provide ACLUTTERED CHESSBOARD preferential treatment to the moredeprivedamong them so that the real purpose of reservation can be achieved. This contradictsa2004order of Aafive-judgebenchthat had ruled againststatescreating subcategories Pakistan’s attemptstoget Islamic countries to condemn India over J&Khavehad mixed results within the SC-STcategories. The final word has notbeen said since the case has nowbeen referred to aseven-judgeConstitution benchofthe apex court. Thereismerit in the Supreme Court’s reading that “reservation creates inequalities Khaled Ahmed within the reserved castesitself”.Its support forsub-classification in order forthe government to adopt“adistributive justice method so that Statelargesse does notconcen- TO CONDEMN INDIA forchanging the status ingtheSaudisbysupportingtheBrotherhood sortofIslamthatPakistanhas embraced. Alit- quoinJammu and Kashmir,Pakistan had ap- in Egypt, encouraging the maverickArabstate tleover60per cent of Malaysia’s 32 million trateinfew hands and equal justicetoall is provided” is in consonance with the princi- proachedSaudi Arabia to convene asession of Qatar in theGulf to do likewise.Oddly,how- citizens areMuslims, mainlyethnic Malays. ple and spirit of reservation spelt out in the Constitution. Evidence suggests that afew of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ever,Turkeydoesn’t please Iraneither because Mostofthe rest areBuddhist,Christian,Hindu casteshavebeen cornering mostofthe benefitsextended by reservationtoSCs, includ- (OIC), but the requestwas turneddown. in Syria it is killingthe Syrians supported by or notreligious. Mohamad,president and ing in employment and admissiontoeducationalinstitutions. This is notsurprising ThereafterPakistan gottogether with Turkey Iran. It has also forced Iran to side with Saudi prime ministerfrom1981to2003, wasto since some groups have historicallyhad arelative advantageofaccesstomaterial re- and Malaysia to convene asummit of Islamic Arabia in Libya where Turkey is fighting a claimthatMalaysia wasan“Islamiccountry”, sources, including land, cultural capital, and education, over other groups in the states—akindofparallel OIC—whichturned proxywar withthe Saudis. ignoringthe multi-nationalpopulation —led out to be aflop. Even Pakistanrefrainedfrom Imran Khan has struckupaspecial rela- by the Chinese and Indians —ofhis country ScheduledCastes. With reservation treating the SCs as ahomogenous community, these attendingitas didmostothermembersof the tionship with Turkey’s President Recep that has made Malaysia economicallyviable. social and economic inequalities withinhavewidened. Therelatively dominant sec- OIC. Then the “released” news camethat Erdogan, whichalso touches the heartstrings China is notgoing to likePMKhan’s “rev- tions have gainedatthe expense of the weaker groups, causing resentment among the Pakistanwas returning the aid it had got from of mostPakistanis whose school textbooks olution” in the regionmuch.It is abig playerin latter andforcing them to mobilise on theissue. Manystate governments—Andhra Saudi Arabia —abillion out of the $6.2 billion glorify the Khilafat Movement in India, sup- theGulf andwill become thepowertoreckon Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, and Punjab —haveintroducedsubcategorieswithin the SC pledged —after borrowing the billion from porting the deposedOttoman-Turkish caliph with afterthe Americans cut down troops in reservation in abid to rectify the situation. In the absence of stateintervention, the dom- China. In fact, the Saudis had demandedtheir in Turkey.(Today, the Arabs collectively hate Iraq andQatar.Indiais China’s next contender moneyback. the Ottomansfor having ruledoverthem in in the Gulf with good diplomatic relations inance of certain castesmay continue at the expense of moredepressedcommunities The Foreign MinisterShah Mehmood the pastandexpressitby banningTurkish cin- withtheArabs and Israel, whichthe pragmatic and diminish the emancipatorypotential of reservation. Qureshi triedgauchelytoexplain: “Saudi ema in their countries, as in UAEand Egypt.) Arabs don’t mind.NeitherdoesIran, despite But stateintervention mustbecarefully thoughtthrough and protected from politi- Arabia is facing economic pressuredue to fall Prime MinisterKhan ignores whatErdogan is itshardline Islam and itsstubbornanti-Israel cal-electoral exigencies.Bihar offers acautionarytale.In2007, theNitishKumar govern- in oilprices andPakistaniswellawareofSaudi doing to the freedom of expression in Turkey policy through Lebanon’sHezbollah. China, ment introducedthe Mahadalit categoryand identified18ofthe state’s 22 Dalit commu- Arabia’s problems and Pakistanstands by its because the Turkish president doesn’t careif India’slargest tradingpartner,simplycan’t nities forinclusion.In2008, twoofthe four relativelybetter-offSCgroups, the Pasis and brotherly country in this hour of need.” But Indiaisupsetoverhis supportto Pakistanover persuade Pakistantoabandon itseither/or Dhobis, were included. The JatavswereclassifiedasMahadalitsthe next year,leaving only the truth is that Saudi Arabia wasgreatly Kashmir.Healso ignores the dangerouslyde- thinking vis-à-vis India and tryfor “normali- miffedoverwhat he had said with or without Prime Minister Khan ignores creasedcapacity of Turkey to dole out finan- sation”through trade routes. the Paswans, seen to beacoreconstituency of RamVilasPaswan’sLok Janshakti Party, out Prime MinisterImran Khan’s clearance: “If you what Erdogan is doing to cial supportthatPakistan’s belly-up economy Pakistan’s importance to China has no of theambit of thesubcategory.Suchpolitical opportunism onlyservestodiscredit an in- cannotconvene it, then I’ll be compelledto needs under Khan. Turkey under the dictato- doubtincreasedafter its“opening”in Iran,re- strument that has gone along wayinaddressing historical injustice and inequality. askPrime MinisterImranKhanto callameet- freedom of expression in rial Erdogan wasnot expectedto perform well placingIndiathere. The tradeChina doeswith ing of the Islamic countries that arereadyto Turkey because the Turkish economicallyand that is what hashappened theGulf,plustheIranianoilforthe next quar- stand with us on the issue of Kashmir and sup- president doesn’t care if India afterthe pandemic struck, increasing unem- ter-century,has to passthroughPakistan,cut- portthe oppressedKashmiris.” is upset over his support to ployment up to 52 per cent. ting down the time takenbythe Southeast In anothermove,Pakistaninchedcloserto The other Muslim leader who has sup- Asian sea-routewith itsStrait of Malacca bot- WHEN MESSI MOVES Iran afterChina signed a$400-billion deal Pakistan over Kashmir.He portedPakistanoverthe latest Pak-Indiaquar- tleneck.Pakistan andIndiahave changedtheir with it and India movedout of the Chabahar also ignores the dangerously reloverKashmir is Mahathir Mohamad, not maps, if that givesany satisfaction to theaf- An industrymoves with him. That’s whykeeping trackofthe projectthat wasseenasthreatening Pakistan. decreased capacityofTurkey long agoprime ministerofMalaysia, who is fectedpeople, but they muststrive forthenor- But the Arab states across the Gulf will nottake to dole out the financial critical of India’s “annexation” of Kashmir. malisation of relations neededinthe region. Argentina star is important kindlytoit. Iran is involved in the “Shia” wars Since he losthis prime ministerial postsoon that plague Iraq, Syria,Lebanon and Yemen. support Pakistan’s belly-up afterdreaming aboutanIslamicSummit, one The writer is consulting editor, OINDIVIDUAL IS bigger than the club, goes the sporting truism. Arare Turkey is the maverickofthe region, challeng- economyneeds under Khan. mustlook at whether Malaysia is ready forthe Newsweek Pakistan exception could be made forLionel Messi and Barcelona. And that is whyspeculationabout Messi's possiblemulti-million dollar switch— notarare occurrence in football —isbeingdiscussed beyond the sports Npages. The Argentine forwardcommands astatureaslarge as the club. With him at the helm, Barcelona built on their imageasthe romantics’ destination to a AUGUST 29,1980, FORTY YEARS AGO trophy-guzzling mean machine.Nearly half of the 112-year-old club’stitles were wonin 16 Messi years. Brand Barcelona wasBrand Messi. F OREIGN HAND India and these nations. very high—its adulteration withprickly Barcelona wasone of Europe’s elites even before Messi took babysteps in the game. PRIME MINISTER INDIRAGandhisaid she re- poppyoil becomes very common. But in terms of monetary power, it wasnot even among the top10. Now, as per the eval- ceivedreports that therewere“foreign PRICKLY POPPY HAVOC hands” behind the recent riots at Moradabad ARARE EPIDEMIC has hit some parts of ru- BONDED BY SUFFERING uation of Deloitte’s Football MoneyLeague2020, it’s the richestinthe worldwith arev- and other places. Speaking at the meeting of ralBengal owing to the consumption of a WHATEVER THE STATEofrelations between enue of $959.3 million between 2018 and 2019.For thefirsttimeintheirstoriedrivalry Congress-I Working Committee, she said one wild extract mixed with mustard oil. Indiaand China, the twoneighbourshave with Real Madrid, theydefeated them on the financial front too. Alot of it owedtoMessi’s might also viewthe Assamsituation in the Physicians identified the adulterant as been exchanging messages of sympathyover aura.Barcelona had long resistedthe temptation to sell itsteam shirt theway other clubs same contextasthereweresimilar allega- Argemone Mexicana, commonly called natural disasters in the twocountries. Prime teams around the worldhad done, but it’snocoincidence that it changed itspoliciesdur- tions that therewereforeignforces behind prickly poppywhose shrubs grow every- MinisterIndira Gandhi receivedaletterfrom ing Messi’s time. the movement there. The PM said that the where. Till nowonlyone death has been re- Chinese Premier Hua Guofeng expressing Messi, wherever he goes, will carryawhole industryalong withhim.Hecould notonly flare-ups were all politicallymotivated.The portedbut it is feared that the mortality sympathyoverthe floods in Varanasi. Mrs incidentsinMoradabad and other places could be higher because villagers aregullible Gandhi said she had thanked theChinese elevate the quality of the club and league, but makeitconsiderablyricher too. He might be should notbeseenasisolated incidents. She to take anysuchillness as “mysteriousdis- premier saying his wordshaveoffered sol- amonthpasthis 33rd birthday, but thereare no signsthathis forces arediminishing. He said India has had extremelygoodrelations ease”. CPThakur,aPatna-basedphysician, ace. Last month,she had sent amessageex- could bring to the club as muchas, if notmorethan, the club investsinhim.Anexception with the Arab countries but therewereforces saidthatsuchanepidemicisusuallyre- pressing sympathyfor the typhoon-hit peo- to the well-worn sporting truism couldbemadeinthe exceptional case of Messi. trying to create misunderstanding between portedwhen pricesofmustard oil become pleofChina’s Guangdongprovince.

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As partysearches forafuturecourse, mindlessdevotion to Congressi politics of health is no substitutefor athoughtfulreckoningwith the past Citizen’s interestisatcoreofNational Digital HealthMission’s design. It willradically change country’s health delivery landscape

Some of itsprincipalhighlightsare as follows. First, the NDHM is avoluntary scheme —HealthID is entirelyvoluntary forciti- Neeti Nair zens.While suchanIDwill makeavailing healthcareradicallysimpler and stress- free, itsabsence will notmean denial of MORE THAN Ayear afterthe Congress’ poor healthcare to acitizen.Theycan choose to performance in the17th Lok Sabha elections, Harsh Va rdhan generatetheir Health AccountorIDusing the party remains rudderless at the helm. theirAadhaarcardordigitallyauthentica- However, arecentjoint lettersignedby23 blemobile number and by using their ba- Congress leaders, old and young, offers the THE LAUNCH OF the National Digital sic address-related details and email ID. slightest ray of hope. Much willdepend, Health Mission (NDHM) comes at atime The use of Aadhaar,therefore,isnot however, on howthe leaders at this present when the countryisreeling under the im- mandatory. moment writethemselvesintohistory pact of the COVID-19pandemic. The mis- Second, providing accesstoand shar- books. Will this be the serious-mindedclar- sion will go down in history as one of the ing of personalhealth records is aprerog- ion call that wasfinallyheededto? Thereis game-changingpolicy initiativeslaunched ative of the HealthIDholder.The consent reason forhope. in 21st-centuryIndia. It will revolutionise of the health dataowner is required to ac- But first, aturn to lessons from the his- the effortsofthe government in enhanc- cess this information or apartofit. The in- tory of theCongress party.Tobegin with, ing effective healthservice delivery and formation can be shared foraperiodrang- this moment requires areckoning with the help realise Prime MinisterNarendra ing from onehourtounlimitedduration. question of ideology.When commentators Modi’s vision of providing health services The consentcan be withdrawnanytime. call foracoalition of anyone who will stand to everycitizen. The personalhealth recordwill enable cit- up to Hindutvaand RSSideology,theyneed Basedonthe principlesofhealth forall, izenstostore andaccess their health data, to spell out the contours and contentsof inclusivity,accessibility,affordability,edu- provide them with morecomprehensive their ownideology.What is it that theyare cation, empowerment, wellness, portabil- information and empowerthem with con- defending when theyspeak of secularism? ity,privacy and security by design, the trol over their private health records. The RajivGandhi variant, the Nehruvian or NDHM will build the backbone necessary Third, NDHM has been built within a the Mahatma Gandhi one? Aretheyeven to createanintegrated digital health infra- universe of fundamental rights and pieces awareofthe inconsistencies encompassed structure. With itskey building blocks or of legislation suchasthe Aadhaar Actand in the Congress position over the lastcen- applications, HealthID, DigiDoctor,Health the IT Act2008aswell as the Personal Data tury? Mindless devotion to Congressi poli- Facility Registry, Personal Health Records, Protection Bill 2019.This citizen-centric tics is no substitutefor athoughtful reckon- Telemedicine, and e-Pharmacy,the mis- project is also informedbythe entiregamut ingofthe past. sion will bring together disparatestake- of Supreme Court judgmentsand core It wasthe “extremist” leader of the Indian holders and radicallystrengthen —and, democratic principles of cooperative fed- National Congress, Bal Gangadhar Tilak,who thus change—India’s healthcare delivery eralism. The Mission gets itsstrategic and firstincorporatedreligion into politics with landscape. technical foundation from the National his celebrations of Ganesh Chaturthi across NDHM is alsoapurposeful step to- Digital HealthBlueprint,the architectural Maharashtra,therebygiving it itsfirstgloss CRSasikumar wardsthe achievement of the United framework of whichkeeps theoverall vi- as a“mass” party. Decades later,when Nations’ Sustainable Development Goalof sion of NHP 2017 at itscoreand ensures se- Muslimsobjected to singing verses of the Jobs, jobs, jobs. But should the Congress Banerjee, forinstance, maynever agree to Universal Health Coverage —itencom- curity and privacy by design. All the build- VandeMataram as anational anthem, the speak in terms of restoring faith to institu- serveunder aRahul Gandhibut that the passes keyaspects of this goal includingfi- ingblocksthat requirehandling personal same Congress party turnedtoRabindranath tions and returning transparency to politics, TMC helpedelect Abhishek Singhvi as Rajya nancial risk protection, access to quality es- health records will be designedtocomply Tagore and came to ameaningful compro- it might rightlybethe case of the potcalling Sabha member from West Bengal is inter- sential healthcareservices, medicines and with these laws and policies ab initio. mise on the song. Even as the Congress floun- the kettleblack. For, what has been itsown esting. Alliances can and musttakediffer- vaccines forall. Fourth, manymembers of the general dered miserablyinforging apoliticalcoali- recordasaparty? ent forms; the distribution of portfolioscan Digital interventions significantlyen- public would ask: If this is adigital mission tion with the Muslim Leaguein1937, it was The Congress, especiallyinrecent allayanxieties. hance the outcomes of everyhealth serv- ledbytechnology poweredbythe internet, capable of forging acreative compromise on decades, has been built on darbari intrigues. The Indian National Congress usedtobea ice delivery programme. Nowhereisthis howwill it reachout to and empowerthe matters of faith. Read, forinstance, VinaySitapati’s biography microcosmof India,anumbrella party that in- better demonstrated than the Ayushman large number of “unconnected”masses? Coalitions arealwaysaproduct of compro- of PVNarasimhaRao, especiallythe chapter cludedpeople of different political and ideo- Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan ArogyaYojana We have takenthis reality intoaccount and mise. Recallthe coalitionagainstIndira Gandhi wherein he details howRao’s assumed lack logical affiliations. Onlyin1938 did the scheme, through which1.2 crorecashless arebuildingspecialisedsystems andoff- that wasforgedin1977. Even Jayaprakash of ambition made him acceptable to Sonia Congress requireits members to sign aform secondaryand tertiarycaretreatments line modules that will be designedtoreach Narayan’sclosefriends,theDandavates,never Gandhi as aprime ministerial candidate. stating that theywerenot members of any have been providedusing an indigenously out to the “unconnected”, marginalised, quiteunderstood whyhealliedwith the RSS, Therecan and should be no room forsuch “communal” organisation, and would owe developedstate-of-the-artITplatform. This digitallyilliterate, remote,hilly, and tribal therebygiving the once-bannedbody re- intrigue in 2020. TheCongress workingcom- primaryloyalty to the Congress party.This, platform deploys multipleworld-class populations. We will leveragethe un- spectability in politics, as we learn from Gyan mittee should be disbanded, be elected too, came in the wake of theknowledge that technological applications foundedon matchedreach,the physicaland social con- Prakash’s recent study of the Emergency.JP’s rather than nominated,and grow aspine. former Congress presidentssuchasMadan stringentdataprivacy and information se- nections and networks of ourpanchayati defence,quotedin GyanPrakash’s book,was: The rudiments arethere,inthe letter that in- MohanMalaviyahad been campaigning for curity policies and protocols. The Arogya rajinstitutions, millions of ASHAs, and an- “Howcan anyparty whichhad lent itssup- cludes some of their names. Thereisreason rivalMahasabha candidates. Setu mobile app deploys ICTinnovations ganwadi workers to enableand empower porttototal revolution becalledreactionaryor forhope. However, the CWCresolution of TheCongressparty todayisapale shadow forcontract tracing to provide real-time in- citizens with digital technologies in the fascist… then Iamalso afascist,” hasnotstood August24, whichreiterates faith in the “two of itsformerself. That the landscape of poli- formation on COVID cases in the vicinity of true spirit of Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikaas. the test of time well. leaders”does notgoevenaninchtowards tics in India has completelytransformedisob- the personwith the app, and also suggests Finally, and equallyimportantly, the de- So, it isn’t forgingacoalition that is of addressing the diplomaticallywordedgriev- vious. But therecan still be room forthe the courseofaction based on apatient’s signofNDHM has been built on the princi- consequence as muchasforging acoalition ances voicedby23different leaders of the Thecommon minimum Congress as an all-India party,ifitcan find its symptoms. These testing times have also ple of partnership with all keystakeholders that will survive the ups and downs of partyearlier this month. What is the point programme,inthe eraof ideological centre, draw from itsfinestmo- propelledalarge uptake of telemedicine —doctors,health serviceproviders, tech- everydaypoliticking —the mud raking, the of asking CWCmembers nottoairtheir con- mentsinthe past,not itsmostegregious, un- initiatives, andthereisgreat potential to nology solution providers and above all cit- corruption, the defections —aswell as that cernspubliclywhenprivately worded con- COVID-19, should be easy forgivable mistakes. This is also the moment expand this technology-drivenendeavour. izens. Withouttheir belief, trust, adoption, of thebroader question of purpose and ide- cernsare routinelyignored? enough: Jobs, jobs, jobs. But forthe tech-savvy in the party to figureout a Sincethe NDHM’s launch, severalkey and stewardship, this missionwill not ology.First, the Congress mustclearly de- Finally,UPA-3 should go beyond acom- should the Congressspeak in waytoconvene an AICC session, notwait in- stakeholders including doctors, healthcare achieve itsdesired result. clare what ideology it stands forand willde- mon minimum programme and discussthe terms of restoring faith to definitelyfor COVID-19circumstances to clear. providers and citizens have demonstrated NDHM aims to build aDigital Health fend. That will mean having the courageto elephant in the room: Leadership. It is nat- Time is of the essence. their supportfor the project. The NDHM is Nation on the pragmatic principle of “Think ownupthat some of itsown recent posi- ural that regional leaders with decades of institutions and returning aproduct of years of policy research and is Big, StartSmall, Scale Fast”. It is amission tions(and appointments) were (and are) hard-won electoral and administrativeex- transparency to politics, it NeetiNair is associateprofessor of historyat informedbythe experiences gleanedfrom whose time has come becausehealth is the wrong. Then,itmustseekcoalitions with perience will notwishtomakeroomfor an might rightly be the case of theUniversity of Virginia and Global Fellow implementing the country’s technology- firststeptowards self-reliance and onlya those willingtosubscribetoits ideology, amateur with unclear ambitions.But there the pot calling the kettle at theWoodrow Wilson International drivensocial welfareschemes as well as healthynation can become Atma Nirbhar. and, yes, acommon minimum programme. is good news here too. Thereare portfolios Center forScholars. She is the similar digital healthprogrammes across The common minimum programme, in and portfolios, and thereisalso the matterof black. For, what has been its author of Changing Homelands: theworld. The interestofthe citizen is The writer is Union Minister forHealth& the eraofCOVID-19, shouldbeeasy enough: personal, collegial relations. Mamata ownrecord as aparty? Hindu Politics and thePartitionofIndia placedatthe coreofits design. Family Welfare. Viewsexpressed arepersonal Let's imagine peace LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR CENTRE SHOULD PAY IDEAS AmicablerelationswithPakistanmay seemremote buttheyare worthstrivingfor THIS REFERS TO the editorial, 'Burdening the states', (IE, August28). ONLINE Rajmohan Gandhi Theimplementation of GSTwas ahistoric taxreform. The landmarktran- ONLYINTHE EXPRESS sition to the newtax regime had GIVENTHETROUBLINGrhetoric on both sides maybethe extent of the supportPakistancan made on January11thisyear by the army’s necessarilysubscribing to a“seven-to-ten- threatenedtocurtail the fiscal auton- ● NEP’SSHORTSHRIFT of the India-Pak border,areflection on where expect from governmentsinthe Muslim chief of staff, General Manoj Mukund days”forecast. omyofthe states. It wasafter theas- TOBASICS: tensions could possiblyculminatemay be in world. Iran’s current negotiations with China Naravane: “As farasPoK is concerned,there Though no one can be absolutelysure, it surance of compensation by the NAVNEETSHARMA order.Although China tooisinvolved, it may do notnecessarilymean alignment with the wasaparliamentaryresolution many years is also perhapslikelythat, awareofthe total Centrethat the states came on board. be useful forthis momenttofocussolelyon latter’s Kashmirpolicy.AsforSaudiArabiaand agothat the whole of erstwhile J&K is apart devastation to follow, neither sidein anIndia- The success of the GSTcouncil as a ● CRECHES,NUTRITION India-Pakistanrelations. the Gulf countries, their refusal to back of India. If Parliament wantsthat area should Pakistanconflict will press the nuclear but- thriving federal institution is exem- ANDCOVID: Pakistan’s “map offensive”, timedwiththe Pakistaninits disputeswithNew Delhi —a be ours at somestage,and if we getsuchor- ton. Yetaquestion that mustbeasked,and plaryonmanycounts. Thebreachof firstanniversaryofthe formal removalbyNew stand connectedto their strong economic re- ders, we will definitelyact on those direc- oneseldomasked,isthis:HowwillIndiahan- obligation on settlement of the com- SASMITPATRA Delhi of Kashmiri autonomy, wasaccompa- lations with India —has forthe firsttimein- tions.” dle or “govern” adefeated Pakistan? The way pensation by the Centre wouldbea niedonAugust5by anti-Indiaprotests across vited official criticism in Pakistan. Seventeendayslater,addressing aNew the SovietUnion handledAfghanistan? The betrayal of the whole idea of cooper- www.indianexpress.com Pakistanand also in Muzaffarabad, the capital Reacting to the unwillingness of the Saudi- Delhi rallyofthe National CadetCorps, this is waythe US governedIraqafter Saddam was ative federalism. of Pakistan-controlledKashmir,where Prime dominated Organisation of Islamic what Prime MinisterNarendraModisaid in finishedin2003? Would Pakistan’s provinces Sudip Kumar Dey, Kolkata MinisterImran Khan ledamarch against Cooperation (OIC) to convene ameeting on his televisedspeech: “Pakistanhas lostthree become so many“UnionTerritories”within Delhi’s Kashmir-related steps. Kashmir,Palestine and Ayodhya,Pakistan’s wars againstIndia, whose armedforces will an enlargedIndian Union? THIS REFERS TO the editorial, EXAMNEEDED Fahd Husain, an editor at Dawn,Pakistan’s foreign minister, Shah MehmoodQureshi, has notneedmorethan aweek to 10 days to de- Once it has adefeated Pakistanonits 'Burdeningthe states', (IE, August28). This refers to the editorial, 'Testing leading English-languagenewspaper,has said: “TodayPakistanis… needSaudi to play a feat the neighbouring countryincaseofan- hands, India mayregretits victory.Nodoubt, States arewell within their right to times' (IE, August28).The countryis asked the ImranKhangovernment to recog- leading role on the Kashmir issue. If theywill other war.” it is possible to imagine theforces of avictori- seek their shareofGST moneyfrom witnessing alot of sound and fury nise the wastefulness of effortstomobilise notplaytheir role, then Iwill ask Prime Modi added: “Pakistanhas wagedaproxy ousIndia abandoning, to no one’speace of the Centre and it is notonlydue to concerning the conduct of JEE/NEET Pakistanis over Kashmir.That is merely MinisterImran Khan to go ahead withorwith- waragainstIndia in Jammu and Kashmir for mind, avanquishedPakistan to itsfate, some- COVID that the Centre's coffers arede- examinations. Groups opposing it are “preaching to the converted,” says Husain, out Saudi Arabia.” decades and killedthousands of people and thing similar,perhaps,towhatthe US under pleted. Asignificant amount of the citing the pandemic as the reasonand who suggests that “thisbattlefor Kashmir” Giventhe long history of Saudi-Pakistani security personnel,but previous governments Trumpappears to be doing in respect of dues pending arefrombeforethe areadvocating adeferral. Forargu- would be better fought diplomaticallyin relations, aremarklikethis (whichPakistan’s did notgivethe armedforces the permission Afghanistan. pandemic and the economic fallout of ment's sake, if the virus persists for Washington, Moscow, London, Paris, at the opposition leaders have stronglycriticised) to launchoperations across the border.” On the other hand, it is also possible, before thestringent lockdown. TheCentre twoyears, shallaspiring students be UN,and in NewDelhi. suggests ahigh degree of frustration. The “Manyspeeches were givenbut when our anywar,toimagine negotiations that lead, not should fulfil itsobligation and paythe coopedupinhomes?When the gov- Husain does notneedtoinclude Istanbul question thereforehas to be asked:Will frus- armedforces soughtpermissiontotakeac- necessarilyinthat order,toaresumption of stateswhat theyare due, rather than ernment is assuring us that it shall en- in his list. In July, the Turkish president, Recep tration, isolation, and domestic politics prod tion,theywererefused.Buttodaythecountry trade, travel and normal relations, the renun- takingshelterbehind the act of God. suresafety, it is prudent to repose faith TayyipErdogan,had assured Pakistan’s par- Pakistan’s civilandmilitaryleadersintotaking is movingforward …So,it carriesoutsurgical ciation of terrorism,andthe restoration of the It mustalso notincrease the debt-bur- in it. Afterall, the decision is in the in- liament of his country’s supportfor rash steps? strikes and airstrikes to teachterrorists ales- democratic rightsofthe peopleofKashmir. den of the states. Giving states the op- terestsofstudentsand shall lifttheir Islamabad’s Kashmir stand. Morerecently, In respectof India’sleaders,the questions son in their ownbackyard.” While no realistic person todayexpectssuch tion of borrowing from RBI is notthe sagging morale. Physical and mental Malaysia’s former Prime Minister, Mahathir aresimilar,but notidentical. Not frustration If theycompare the economic, military, talks, it is notacrime to picturethem. most pragmaticmove. well-being go hand in hand. Mohamad, has reiterated his backing forthat butanexcessofconfidenceandanunwilling- and human resources of Indiawiththose of Bal Govind, Noida Deepak Singhal, Chennai stand. nesstothink things through maybeIndia’s Pakistan, mostanalystswould probablygive The writes teaches at theUniversity of Islamabad and perhaps Malaysia —that vulnerabilities. We can recall the statement India the clear advantageinany war, without Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Reinfection possibility doesn’t GSTcompensation paymentstostatesare pendingsince April. At the GSTCouncil meetingonThursday, the mean vaccines will be useless Centresuggestedtwo optionsfor borrowing by states to bridgeshortfall. But manystatesare unconvinced.

FOLLOWINGAcase of reinfection eases alsoneedtoberepeatedafter When did the issue of compensation to with the novelcoronavirus, concerns periodic intervals. The researchers AANCHALMAGAZINE states arise, and howdid it evolve? have been raisedaboutthe effective- said the instance of reinfection makes NEWDELHI,AUGUST28 Shortfall issues surfacedalmostayear ago ness of vaccines. Avaccine shotissim- acase forincluding recoveredcoron- whenpaymentsdue for August-September ilar to an infection; so, when the im- avirus patientsinthe vaccine trials. WITH CENTRE-state friction overpending 2019 were delayed.Sincethen,allsubsequent munity developedbyanatural The reinfection has also raised compensation paymentsunder the Goods payoutshaveseen cascading delays. infection does notprevent reinfection, doubtswhether vaccines would be and Services Tax(GST) takinganewturnin The economic slowdown, whichhasbeen the fear is that immunity triggered by successful againstall variantsofthe the 41st GSTCouncil meeting on Thursday, onforalmostthreeyearsnow,beganto impact the vaccinewould notpre- coronavirus. The person re- strain on the finances of states is likelytocon- GSTrevenue collectionsinAugust2019. The vent reinfection either. infected wascarrying adif- tinueinthe near term.Several states have op- Centre firstadmittedtoproblemsoncompen- In naturalinfection, it has ferent variant the second posed the twooptions to borrowthatwere sationpaymentinthe37thGSTCouncilmeet- been noticedthat the time. Shahid Jameel, avirol- proposedinthe meeting as away to bridge ing in Goa lastSeptember –itsaidthe amount strength of immune re- ogist, said this is notacon- the revenue shortfall. of cessavailable in the compensation fund at sponse generally correlates cern rightnow,since most GSTcompensationpaymentstostateshave the end of February“shall fall shortfor pay- withthe severity of thepa- of the vaccines being devel- been pending since April, withthe pending ment of compensation forloss of revenue till tient’ssymptoms. People with more opedare supposed to be effective amount forApril-Julyestimated at Rs 1.5lakh thebi-monthlyperiodof December-January”. severe symptoms usuallyhaveshown againstall variants. Forblocking the crore. TheGST compensation requirement is On November 27,2019, theGST Council astrongerimmuneresponse, but not virus, theyare targeting regions that estimatedto bearoundRs3lakhcrorethisyear, wrotetostatesthat theGST andcompensa- necessarilyfor alonger period. arecommontoall the variants. whilethe cesscollection is expected to be tion cess collections in theprevious few As of now, it is notknown how “Of course, once these vaccines around Rs 65,000 crore–anestimated com- months had become a“matterofconcern”, long the immune response generated areinuse, it is possible that the virus pensationshortfall of Rs 2.35lakhcrore. andthatcompensationrequirementswere by vaccines would last. Researchers is forced to mutateinnew ways be- “unlikelytobemet”. who detected the reinfection in Hong cause of pressures of natural selection. What wasdiscussedatthe meeting? GSTcompensationpayments had started Kong said vaccines maynot offerlife- In that case, the virusmanychangein The legal opinion on borrowing wasdis- Finance MinisterNirmala Sitharamanatthe GSTCouncil meeting on Thursday. PTI getting delayedbythen.Manystate FMshad long protection, and would probably aformthat these vaccines areunable cussed.Theopinionof theAttorney Generalof begun to expressconcerns over havingtore- needtoberepeated.Thisisnot un- to block. But that is in future. As of Indiawas cited to buttress the argument that peatedly ask fortheir shareofrevenues.The usual: vaccines forseveral other dis- now, this is notaconcern,” he said. GSTcompensation hastobepaid forthe tran- cilitated by the RBI. No FRBM relaxation has and FirstAmendment) Actisunjustifiable. GSTcompensationpaymentof Rs35,298crore sition period from July2017toJune 2022, but been mentionedfor this option so far. Section18 of theamendmentsays Parliament forAugust-September2019,which wasduein thecompensationgapcannotbebridgedusing shall, on the recommendation of the GST October, waspaidinDecember.TheCentre re- INDIAACTIVECASES 742,023 theConsolidatedFundof India.TheAG hassug- What arethe views of the statesonthese? Council,provideforcompensationto statesfor leasedanother Rs 34,053crore in twoinstal- gested thecompensationcesslevycan be ex- Five states and Union Territories –Kerala, the loss of revenue arising out of implemen- mentsinFebruary2020and April2020 as tendedbeyondfive yearsto meet theshortfall, Punjab, West Bengal, Puducherry and Delhi – tation of the GSTfor five years. compensationfor October-November 2019. 800,000 Finance Secretary AjayBhushanPandeysaid. have voicedtheirconcernsovertheproposals. States have askedthe Centre fordetails of In June this year,Rs36,400crore wasre- 742,023 StateFinance Ministers,barring afew in- KERALA: Finance MinisterThomasIsaac the twooptions.Theywillthenhaveseven leasedasGST compensation forDecember- cluding those of Assam and Goa, pressedfor said enforcing acut in compensation and working days to getbackwiththeir views. February, and the balance Rs 13,806crore for 676,514 borrowingby theCentretobridgetherevenue bringing in adistinction between GSTand March wasreleased in July, taking the total gap. Towardsthe end of the meeting, the Covid-relatedrevenuelossisunconstitutional. What is the significance of GSTfor states? compensationpayoutforFY20 to Rs 1.65 lakh Centreoffered twooptions. He has said that the states’ FRBMlimit should Statesnolongerpossesstaxationrightsaf- crore. 700,000 Thefirstwas aspecial windowtostates, in beraisedbyatleast1.5percentagepointsifthe termosttaxes,barringthoseonpetroleum,al- Under The GST(Compensation to States) consultationwith the RBI,toborrowthe pro- entireRs2.35lakhcrore has to be borrowed. cohol,andstampduty,weresubsumedunder Act,2017,statesare guaranteedcompensation jectedGST shortfall of Rs 97,000crore, and an PUNJAB: Finance MinisterManpreet GST. GSTaccountsforalmost 42%ofstates’own forlossof revenueonaccountof implementa- amount thatcan be repaidafter five years of Singh Badal has said these options were thrust taxrevenues,and taxrevenues accountfor tion of GSTfor atransition period of five years LAST 10 DAYS Aug18Aug 27 GST, endingJune2022, from the compensa- upon the states, and the borrowing would around 60% of states’total revenues. (2017-22). The compensation is calculated tioncessfund.A0.5%relaxationintheborrow- translateinto“mortgaging of thefuturetolive Finances of over adozen states areunder basedonthe difference between the states’ 600,000 ing limit under The Fiscal Responsibilityand forthe present”. severe strain, resulting in delays in salarypay- current GSTrevenueand the protected rev- Budget Management (FRBM) Actwould be DELHI: Deputy CM Manish Sisodia has mentsand sharp cutsincapital expenditure enue afterestimatinganannualised 14% Note:The August 27 figureinthis graphisbased on government updateonAugust 28 provided, delinked from the conditionsan- said the Centre’s refusal to paystatesisthe outlays amid the pandemic-inducedlock- growth rate from the base year of 2015-16. nouncedearlieraspartofthepandemicpack- “biggestbetrayal” in the historyof federalism downs and the needtospend on healthcare. The high rate of 14%, whichhas com- agelinked to the implementation of reform in India, and has expressedconcerns about The Finance Secretarysaid GSTcollections poundedsince 2015-16, has been seen as INDIA TOTAL CASES WORLDTOTAL CASES measures suchasuniversalisation of ‘One Delhi’s inabilitytoborrowvia the RBI to hadbeen severely impactedby thepandemic. delinkedfrom economic realities. Chairing the 3,387,500 24,532,147 Nation One Ration Card’, ease of doing busi- bridgethe compensation gap, givenits status Revenues areexpected to be hitfurther; the firstfew meetings of the GSTCouncil, then ness,powerdistribution,andaugmentationof of aUTwith statelegislature. economyisprojectedto recordarecession this Finance MinisterArun Jaitleyhad proposeda Source:MinistryofHealthandFamily Source:JohnsHopkinsUniversity, urban localbodyrevenues. WESTBENGAL: FinanceMinisterAmit year.Union Finance MinisterNirmala revenue growthrate of 10.6% (theaverageall- Welfare,updatedat11pmonAugust28 updatedat11pmonAugust28 Thesecondoptionwasto borrowtheentire Mitrasaid borrowing by states will increase Sitharaman on Thursday referredto the Covid- India growth rate in thethree years preced- projectedshortfall of Rs 2.35lakh crore–both their debt servicing liability,and anyother in- 19 outbreak as an “act of God” that would re- ing 2015-16). Council meeting records show onaccountof falteringGSTcollectionsandthe terpretation of the compensation-related sultinacontraction of the economyinthe cur- the suggestion of 14%revenuegrowth wasac- Drug used for cat coronavirus expected shortfall due to the pandemic –fa- Section18ofThe Constitution (One Hundred rent fiscal. cepted“in the spirit of compromise”. on trial against SARS-CoV-2 Facebook vs Apple over anew iOS 14 feature ADRUGusedfor catcoronavirus is who have since studiedhow the drug nowbeing tested as apossible treat- worksagainstSARS-CoV-2, have pub- sumerprivacy,forappslikeFacebookitwillre- achoice, mostusers will saynototracking. of the remainingpie, it is amoremonetis- ment forhumans infected withSARS- lishedtheir findings in Nature NANDAGOPALRAJAN duce the effectiveness of ad campaigns via its able operating system as iPhone users are CoV-2, the coronavirus Communications. NEWDELHI,AUGUST28 AudienceNetworkasitwillreduceattribution What is Facebook’sgrouse? generallyofabetter economic strata.Soany that causes Covid-19. The researchers syn- that helps identify if an ad wassuccessful in In ablogpost, Facebook said it was“ad- changeinads policy or monetisation on iOS The University of thesised the compounds FACEBOOK IS miffed with Apple. To be pre- triggeringanapp install or payment. dressing” the changes triggered by the iOS has adisproportionateimpact on ad and de- Alberta,Canada, is setto in the drug, and tested cise, it is miffedwith Apple’s iOS 14 software 14 feature. “For developers andpublishers veloper businesses across the world. launchhumantrials. them againstthe SARS- update that willstartrollingouttousers across Howdoes theidentifier work? using Audience Network, our ability to de- The drug is aprotease CoV-2 virus in test tubes the worldinacouple of months.The latest IDFAorIdentifier forAdvertisers is the livertargetedads on iOS 14 will be limited,” What doesthismeanfor users?* inhibitor,whichmeans and in human cell lines. version of Apple’s iPhone operating system random device identifier Apple assigns to an it said,adding this will mean some iOSusers Alot of experts have been lauding the that it interferes with the Theythen studiedthe has one featurethat could potentiallydam- iPhone across apps. Advertisers likeFacebook won’t see anyads from Audience Network move by Apple as one that givesuserschoice virus’s abilitytoreplicate, PAPER structureofthe drug as it ageFacebook’sbusinessmodel, at least among use this to deliverand trackcustomisedad- while others will see less relevant ones. It and control. Morerelevant ads is notasmuch thus blocking infection. binds with the protein, thoseusing iOS devices.Once on the latestver- vertising. Forinstance, if someoneisshown warnedthat this will being down revenues auser requirement as it is an advertiser re- It wasfirststudiedby CLIP showing the mechanism sion of the software, Apple will give users the an ad to downloadagame on Facebook,this forapp developers and publishers across ad quirement. And alot of users do find some University of Alberta re- of inhibition. choice to decide whether theycan betracked number helpsauthenticateifthe samede- networks on iOS devices. of the ads intrusive as theyhavesuggestthe searchers following the NEWRESEARCH The researchershave across apps using an unique identifier. vice finallyendedupdownloading the app. Facebook claimed arevenue drop of 50% advertiserknows what the userhas been up 2003 SARS outbreak. establishedacollabora- At WWDC,Apple’s annual developer con- However, Apple does this without identify- “whenpersonalizationwas removedfrom to till the pointthe ‘relevant ad’ is served. Later,itwas developed tion with aveterinary ference,thecompanyannouncedthatwithiOS ingthe useritself. This is alsousedtotrack ef- mobile app ad install campaigns” in testing However, whiletherewillbeimpactonthe by veterinaryresearchers who medicine companytoproduce the 14,userswillget apop-up asking if theywant fectiveness of mobile advertising campaigns. and warnedofanevensevereimpact in real- relevancyof adsforsometime,newtechnolo- showeditcures acoronavirus-in- quality and quantity of drug needed to be trackedbyaspecificapp.Since this will Google uses atechcalledGoogle Play lifescenarios. giescouldhelpplayerslikeFacebooktrackand duceddisease that is fatalincats. forhuman clinicaltrials. alsogive usersthefreedomto sayno,itwillcut ServicesIDforAndroid(GPSADID),givesusers target userseffectively.Thereare startupsthat University of Alberta researchers, Source: University of Alberta theamountofdataanapplikeFacebookisable theabilitytoreset this,andevenoffersopt-out. WhyisApple’s move significant? claimtohavehadsomesuccessinthespaceof to collect aboutauserwiththe help of unique However, the optionsare notupfrontedto the While iOS is justabout 25% of the global universal user identification whichwill work identifiers. While this willhelp preservecon- userlikeApplewantsto.Thefearisthatif given mobile marketand Androidlords over most across operating systems and devices. WhyNewDelhiwillmissAbe,whogavenewshapetoJapan’sIndiaties

the mostvisitsbyany Japanese PM. cidedtohaveForeignandDefenceMinisters’ Japan has made statementsagainstChina SHUBHAJITROY He wasthe firstJapanese PM to be Chief Meeting (2+2), and arenegotiating the forchanging the status quo. NEWDELHI,AUGUST28 GuestattheRepublicDayparadein2014.This Acquisitionand Cross-Servicing Agreement reflected his commitment towardsanIndia Shinzo Abe —akind of militarylogisticssupportpact. In Infrastructure JAPAN’S PRIME MinisterShinzo Abean- relationship—hewasbeinghostedbyagov- with Prime November2019,thefirstForeignandDefence DuringAbe’svisitin2015,Indiadecidedto nouncedonFridaythathewould step down ernment that would be facing elections in Minister Ministers’ Meetingwas held in New Delhi. A introduce the Shinkansen system (bullet as achronic illness has resurfaced. Abe, 65, May2014. As Japan’sleader,hewas wooed Narendra pact fortransfer of defence equipment and train),dueto beginin2022.UnderAbe’slead- wasdue to be in office till September 2021. both by theUPA under Dr ManmohanSingh Modi, who technology wasalso signedin2015, an un- ership, India and Japan also formedthe Act He will stay on until his partychooses asuc- andthe NDAunder Narendra Modi. has wished common agreement forpost-WarJapan. EastForumandareengagedinprojectsinthe cessor,and will remain an MP. Transformation in ties the outgoing DuringAbe’stenure,IndiaandJapancame Northeast,closelywatchedbyChina.Thetwo Abe’sleadershiphastransformedJapan’s Japanese PM a closerintheIndo-Pacificarchitecture.Abehad countries also plannedjoint projectsin relationship with India. Whilethe foundation for“Global speedy spelt out his vision of the Confluence of the Maldivesand Sri Lanka among others to Partnership betweenJapan and India” was recovery. TwoSeas in his2007speechwhen the Quad counter Beijing’s influence. Abe’s lineage laidin2001, and annual bilateral summits Twitter/ wasformed. It collapsedsoon, but in October Abecomes from apolitical family. His were agreedin2005, Abeacceleratedthe @narendramodi 2017,asChineseaggressiongrew inthePacific, What next grandfather NobusukeKishi wasPM(1957- pace of ties since 2012. Indian Ocean, and India’s borders in Doklam, Abehas been avaluable G-7 leaderfor 60),thenhisfatherShintaroAbewasForeign In August2007, when Abevisited India itwasAbe’sJapanthatreally mootedtheidea India,focusedonstrategic,economicandpo- Minister(1982-86).OnMonday, Abebecame forthefirsttimeasPM,hedeliveredthenow- Strategic and Global Partnership”. The rela- When Modi went to Japan in 2014,the of revivingtheQuad.InNovember2017,itwas liticaldeliverables,andnotgettingdistracted Japan’s longest-servingPMbyconsecutive famous“Confluenceof theTwoSeas”speech tionshipgrew andencompassedissuesfrom Indo-Japan nuclear deal wasstilluncertain, revivedasIndian,Japanese, Australia and US by India’s domestic developments—much days inoffice,overtakingtherecordofEisaku —laying the foundation forhis conceptof civilian nuclearenergy to maritime security, withTokyosensitive aboutapactwithanon- officials metinManila on thesidelinesofthe to NewDelhi’s comfort. Sato, his great-uncle,who served2,798 days Indo-Pacific. This concepthas nowbecome bullettrainsto qualityinfrastructure,ActEast Nuclear-Proliferation-Treaty member coun- EastAsia summit. HavinghostedModiathisancestralhome during 1964-72. Abe had firstbecome the mainstream and one of the main pillars of policy to Indo-Pacific strategy. try. Abe’sgovernmentconvincedtheanti-nu- in Yamanashi, the firstsuchreception ex- country’s PM in 2006,but resignedin2007 India-Japan ties. On Friday, afterAbe announcedhis deci- clearhawksinJapanto signtheagreementin India-China stand-offs tendedtoaforeign leader, Abewas fetedata dueto illness.Hiscurrentstintbeganin2012. Duringhissecondterm,Abehelpedbuild siontostepdown, Modi tweeted: “Painedto 2016.The pact waskey to India’s deals with Since 2013,Indian and Chinese soldiers roadshowinAhmedabad. His plannedvisit the relationship further. hear about your ill health, my dear friend US and Frenchnuclear firms, whichwereei- have hadfour publiclyknown border- to IndialastDecemberinGuwahati,however, AbeinIndia Having visited Japanseveral times as @AbeShinzo. In recent years, with your wise therownedbyorhadstakesinJapanesefirms. stand-offs —April 2013,September 2014, wascancelleddue to the protests against the In his firststint in 2006-07, Abevisited Gujarat CM, Modi as PM choseJapan forhis leadershipand personal commitment, the June-August 2017,and theongoingone Citizenship Amendment Act. India and addressedParliament.During his firstbilateralvisitoutsidetheneighbourhood, India-Japan partnership has become deeper Defence andIndo-Pacific since May2020. Abe’sJapan hasstood with New DelhiwillnowwaitforAbe’ssucces- second stint, he visited India thrice(January in September 2014.Modi and Abeagreedto andstrongerthaneverbefore.Iwishandpray While the security agreement wasin India through eachofthem. During the sor—who,asaSouthBlockofficialsaid,“will 2014,December 2015,September 2017)— upgradethebilateralrelationshipto“Special foryour speedy recovery.” placesince2008,underAbethetwosidesde- Doklam crisis and the current stand-off, have big shoes to fill”.

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Lane No.3, Mahendru-Enclave, Tripura Livestock Development Agency I, Mohesh S/o-Late Rajpal R/o- vihar,Delhi-91,have lost my Tel. 022-26590001-04, FAX–022-26594182 Website :www.mmrda.maharashtra.gov.in Delhi,have changed my name 371,T-huts,Raghubir original-certificate class-10th Astabal, Agartala e-TENDER NOTICE to Kuljeet Kaur Gandhi. Nagar,New-Delhi-110027 have (2009)Rollno-6303771,class- changed my nametoMahesh NIT No. :MMRDA/MMRP/L2B-C101/2020 Contract No: MMRDA/MMRP/L2B-C101 : 0040546451-5 12th (2012)Rollno-9602955 Part Design and Construction of (Balance Works of Package CA04R) Elevated Kumar,for all purposes. CBSE-Delhi. 0040546453-8 I,Krishan Lal Wadera,S/o Valayti Viaduct and 10 Elevated Stations viz. ESIC Nagar,Prem Nagar,Indra Nagar, 0040546451-7 Ram R/o-2/70, Third- I, ANIL Kumar S/o-Purshotam Nanawati Hospital, Khira Nagar,Saraswat Nagar,National College, Bandra, Income Floor,Subhash-Nagar,New I, Sonali Shrivastav,D/oAshok R/o-Rzd-2 block h.no- TaxOffice &ILFS [excluding Architectural Finishing &Pre-Engineered Steel Roof Delhi,have changed my name Srivastava R/o-A-71, Sector- 108,mahavir enclave-1,N.D- Structure of Stations] from Chainage 34035.873m to Chainage 46860.384m of to Krishan Lal and my correct 40,Noida, G.B.Nagar,UP.have 45,have lost my original- Line 2B [D.N Nagar-Mandale] of Mumbai Metro Rail Project of MMRDA. 1. Key Details :MMRDA/MMRP/L2B-C101. Date-of-Birth is-01.10.1943. changed my nametoSonali certificate class-10th 2. Estimated Cost of Tender :INR 1167.75 Crore (inclusive of GST). Srivastava. 0040546451-8 year-1999,Rollno-6393427 0040546451-4 3. EMD :INR 11.68 Crores, 4. Completion period of the Work : 30 months. CBSE-Delhi. 0040546453-9 I,Ayush Raj S/oNo.-13990037W I, Mohammad Suhail,S/o.Abdul 5. Cost of Tender : Interested Bidders have to make online payment of INR 10,000 Hev CHANDAN KUMAR Serving Hakim R/o-D-1/1,Sarai- I, lost following Original +GST/-(As applicable) Non-Refundable as Tender Processing Fee using online in ARMY HOSPITAL(RESEARCH Khalil,Sadar-Bazar,Delhi- Receipts of Flat No.CGC171 payment gateway during bid preparation using Debit Card/Credit Card/Net-Banking. 6. Sale of Tender Document :From31.08.2020 to 14.10.2020 (upto 18:00 hours) &REFERAL)DELHI-CANTT.BY 110006.have changed the name issued by DLF available on e-tendering portal https://etendermmrda.maharashtra.gov.in MISTAKE IN MY FATHER of my minor son,from Saad (1)CLG/CRB/00971/0409 7. Pre-Bid Meeting :10.09.2020 at 11:00 hours at MMRDA Office, G-Text SERVICE RECORDWRONGLY Suhail to Mohammad Saad (2)CLG/CRB/00108/0709 PUBLIC NOTICE Block, MMRDA Exhibition Ground, BKC, Mumbai –400 051. MENTIONAS-26/07/2001 Suhail. 0040546447-9 (3)CLG/CRB/00970/0610 Be it Known to the public at large that my (4)CLG/CRB/00515/0311 clientsRatni Devi, W/o Lt. Mahender 8. Date &Time of Submission :16.10.2020 upto 18:00 hours. instead of-26/07/2000. I, Megha D/oSatish Kumar R/o Pratap Singh and Sanjay Sansanwal, (5)CLG/CRB/00108/0611 9. Date &Time of opening of EnvelopeA&B:19.10.2020 at 11:00 hours (if possible) Pocket G.20/185 Sector-7, S/o Lt. Mahender Pratap Singh, Both R/o 0040546453-2 (6)CLG/CRB/00206/0811 H. no. 38-A, Katwaria Sarai, New Delhi, Note :- The e-Tender can be downloaded from e-Tendering Portal : Rohini Delhi -110085 have are legal heirs of Lt. Mahender Pratap (7)CLG/CRB/00213/1111 https://etendermmrda.maharashtra.gov.in. Any additional information, I, zahiruddin khan, R/oG120 changed my nametoMegha Singh along with Ajay Sansanwal. As per Addendum/Corrigendum &help for uploading &downloading the e-tender, harkesh nager okhla ph 2new (8)CLG/CRB/00242/0112 family partition and subsequentdealAjay Agarwal. 0130016562-1 Sansanwal hasonlyright in fourth floor of may be availed by contacting MMRDA’s e-tendering service desk at the (9)CLG/CRB/00010/0812 delhi 110020that ihave the property and rest floors are under the following id : [email protected] or call us on (10)CLG/CRB/00040/0613 rightsofmyclientsand anytransaction changed my name to Mohd I, Meena Rani W/o Mr. Jawahar 022-26597445. In case of any query /clarifications, tenderers are requested Lal Chawla R/o1241, 1st Floor,J (11)CLG/CRB/00008/0715 upon the floors except fourth floor by zahir khan for all future AjaySansanwal shallbedeemed a to contact Chief Engineer (Civil), Metro Project Implementation Unit, purposes. 0040546348-1 Block, Palam Vihar Gurugram (12)CLG/CRB/00009/0715. fraudulent transaction and my clients MMRDA at 022-26547801/802/804 Haryana have changedmy Finder mayinform to shallsever their all relationswith Ajay Sd/- I, Vinod Kumar,S/o Dukhi Lal Sansanwaland shall not be responsible Date :29.08.2020 (R.A.Rajeev) name to Meenu Chawla for all LataSinha3240, 3rdFloor, for his any act. Anybody deals with them Gupta R/oE-5, First-Floor, in regards to the said property shall be Place :Mumbai Metropolitan Commissioner,MMRDA future purposes. 0040546413-1 Patel Nagar, Ranjeet Nagar, Fulrani there at own risk and responsibility and Naveen Shahdara, Delhi- Delhi-110008. I, Leela DharS/o Murli DharR/o consequences. 110032, have changed my name 0040546388-1 Sd/- Rajat Sang Sharma (Advocate) to VinodKumar Gupta. A-150, Block-A,New Ashok Ch- 912, Lawyers Chamber,Rohini Nagar, Delhi-110096, have Court, NEW DELHI- 110085 ODISHA STATEHOUSING BOARD 0040546447-6 changed my nametoLeela PUBLIC NOTICE I, Tanya Ahmad,D/o Gulzar Dhar Purohit for all future My client Sh. Ravish Kumar,S/o Sh. Daya Ram Singh, R/o B-50/1, Gali No. Ahmed,R/o-B-209,Hastsal purposes. 0040546361-1 5, Mandawali Uncheper,Delhi-110092, Bid Invitation Notice colony, Near-Police Station, have severed all his relations from his I, Khushpreet Kaur Dang,D/o elder brother namely Aditya Kumar and Uttam Nagar,NewDelhi- Amrik Singh Saluja,W/o his wife Laxmi due to their Inimical and 110059,have changed my name intimidating behaviour,misconduct, No –5000 Date- 28.08.2020 Amandeep Singh R/o-N-103, to Tanya Ahmed,permanently. illegal acts, and disrespectful behaviour 2nd-Floor, Mayfield- and they shall not have any right or title File No- EB-I/44(P-I)/2020 to deal with my client’s, movable or 0040546447-10 Garden,Sector-51, Gurgaon immovable properties and anybody (Haryana)-122018,have dealing with them shall be doing so at Bid Identification Number/ 04(A) /CE/OSHB/2020-21. I Somlata W/o Sh. Raj Singh R/o their own risk, cost and consequences H.No.1119, Mahipal Pur, New changed my nameto and my client shall not be responsible Khushpreet Kaur. for any act, deeds and things done by Odisha State Housing Board invites Developers for Development of an Integrated Residential cum Commercial Delhi-110037 is also known as or with them. Seema.Both names areofone 0040546447-1 Sd/- Complex over an area of 6.589 Acre of land at Patrapada,Bhubaneswar, Odisha through and the same person. R.C. Pathak I, Kashish Thakur,W/o Arjun Advocate e-auction process in Public Private Partnership mode. 0040546358-1 En. No. D-546/2000 ParasharR/o-114, BabuLal OFF:- 120, IInd Floor, Chowk, MunirkaVillage,New Kingsway Camp, I, Sunil Kumar,S/oJiyaLal R/o-D- Mall Road, Delhi-110009 7,EmbassyofSwitzerland, Delhli-110067.have changed my name to Kashish Parashar. 35hk(16) Nayay Marg, Chanakya-Puri, PUBLIC NOTICE New Delhi-110021,have 0040546451-6 My Client SHRI GHANSHYAM changed my name to Sunil I, Jeet goyalS/o mukesh goel DASS GUPTAS/O LATE SHRI Kumar Lal. 0040546447-5 LALA KASHMIRI LAL R/O FLAT Add.flat.no.95, lgf pocket-52 cr- NO. 17, GROUND FLOOR, I, Sudhanshu Mann R/oBlock- park New Delhi-110019, BHAGIRATHI APARTMENTS, PLOT NO. 13/1, SECTOR-9, D2, Flat no. 2601, Cleo County, changed my nametodevjeet ROHINI, DELHI-110085,dohereby PUBLIC NOTICE Sector-121,Noida-201301, have goel. 0040546447-3 Disown/ Debar his Son namely MR. NITIN GUPTA,from all his movable Be it known to all that my client changed my minor daughter’s Kulvinder Singh Saini S/o Late Sh. Shiv The Project I, Chaino,W/o Vinod Kumar *immovable properties &severe his name from Sayesha Mann relations from him as he is are no Dass Singh R/o 1806/9, Govind Puri Gupta R/o-E-5, First Floor, more in his control. If any body Extension, Kalkaji, New Delhi-110019 is aged 2yearstoSasha Mann for co-owner of the property No.1806/9, Naveen Shahdara, Delhi- dealing with him, shall be doing at Odisha State Housing Board (OSHB) proposes to develop an integrated residential cum commercial complex in Bhubaneswar. all futureproposes. his/her own risk &responsibility.My Govind Puri Extension, Kalkaji, New 110032,have changed my name client shall not be responsible for Delhi-110019, measuring 200 sq. yds. and acivil suit is pending in respect of OSHB plans to develop the projects on Public Private Partnership mode and intends to select aDeveloper through e-auction of 0070712381-1 to Chaino Gupta. pros &corn arise there from. the said property and astayisgranted PARKASH CHAND (Advocate) on 30.05.2012. If any person deals with the land who shall be responsible for infrastructure development, marketing, operation and maintenance of the projects. The I, Shweta Rughani,D/o Mr 0040546447-7 Enrl. No. D-9065/2019 theabove mentioned property Developer shall have to develop aminimum of 2/3rd of the total built up area for residential use and maximum of 1/3rd of the Ramesh ChandraRughani,R/o No.1806/9 in any manner then it would I, Aushi Thaman, W/O.Shashank be at their own responsibility and risk G-76/5,New Market Opp TT and my client shall not be responsible total built up area for commercial use. OSHB has identified astrategically located piece of land spread over an area of around Kaul,R/O-B-101Flat.no-4 next Nagar Stadium, Bhopal, for the same in any manner. 6.589 Acre in Mouza Patrapada, under Bhubaneswar Tahasil, Khurda, Orissa for the Project. to vardhan hosp Malviya- Sd/- Madhya Pradesh -462003 at A.ALAM (Advocate) Nagar,New Delhi-110017,have present residing in new Delhi Ch. No. 230, W. Wing, changed my nametoAyushi TisHazari Courts, Delhi-54 have changed my religion from Reserve price of the land is fixed at Rs 66,62,00,000.00 (Rupees Sixty Six Crores Sixty Two lakh) only Thaman permanently. Hinduism to Islam by my own free willconsentand choice 0040546447-2 Selection Process Via Certificate No IN- I, AMARJEET SINGH DL66511275357222S MAKKAR,s/OMOHAN SINGH The Developer would be selected through an open competitive( e-auction) double stage bidding process. Intending Bidders/ 0070712415-1 MAKKAR, H.NO-2, BLOCK-3, SUBHASH-NAGAR, DELHI- Developers are hereby invited to submit their Bids for the development of the projects. The details eligibility criteria are I, Sharma Sarvesh Saket S/o 110027, have changed my name provided in the Request for Proposal document. Saket Sharma R/o.8A-40,Infront to AMARJEETSINGH. of MB International School, Mahaveer Nagar-3,Kota, 0040546451-3 Issue of Request for Proposal (RFP) Document Rajasthan-324005,have I Bhagyashree Sipani D/O,Late changed my name to Sarvesh Narendra Kumar Sipani R/oB- RFP document, detailing the project information and requirements can be obtained from OSHB office from 31.08.2020 SHARMA. 0040546453-1 2/12, Safdarjung Enclave,First onwards till 3.00PM on 25.09.2020 on payment of anon-refundable cost of Rs. 53,100.00 (Rupees Fifty three thousand I, SabaD/o Mohammad Suhail Floor,New Delhi-110029 have one hundred) only, inclusive of GST @18%. It can also be downloaded from www.oshb.org.Inthis case, anon-refundable R/oD-1/1,Sarai Khalil, Sadar changed my nameto Bazar,Delhi-110006,have Bhagyshri Sipani for all demand draft of Rs. 53,100.00 (Rupees Fifty three thousand one hundred) only in favour of “Orissa Housing Board Fund” changed my name to Saba purposes. 0040546343-1 payable at Bhubaneswar shall be submitted along with the Bid towards cost of the RFP document. Suhail. 0040546447-8 PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE I, SAPNA KUMARI D/o. KHAZAN Know all men by these present, that my client Smt.Pushpa Devi (Adhar No. The completed RFP along with required documents should reach OSHB office on or before 25.09.2020 at 15:00 hrs. by SINGH, W/o.BRIJ LAL R/O154, Be it known to all that my client namely Ahmad Saud S/o Late Abdul 692161058743) W/o. Late Sh. Raghubir registered post/speed post/courier only. No drop box facility is available and hand delivery is not allowed. OSHB will not be JATTAL(27)PANIPAT (HR.)have Shakoor R/o L-Block-41-D, Saket, Singh R/O H. No. 133, Gandhi Chowk, Tehlaan Panna, Vill. Neelwal, New Delhi- changed my name to SAPNA New Delhi-110017 has severed his responsible for any postal/courier delay. The technical bids will be opened on Dt.28.09.2020 at 11.00 hours in the OSHB all relations from his wife namely 41, has debarred and disowned her son Nitish S/o. Late Sh. Raghubir Singh & Yasmeena Naseem and initiated the conference hall in the presence of bidders or their authorised representatives. 0070712441-1 dau.in.law Smt. Kirti W/o. Sh. Nitish from divorce process and also debarred her all moveable and immovable properties, ''IMPORTANT'' I, Rittu W/o Mahesh Kumar R/o- her from his all movable and served all relations with him due to his hostile immovable properties. My client behaviour towards my client and her other Whilst care is taken prior to OSHB reserves the right, without any obligation or liability, to accept or reject any or all the RFPs at any stage of process, F-198,Madipur Colony, shall not be responsible for any family members, anybody deals with him may acts, deeds and things done by her to cancel or modify the process or any part thereof or to vary any or all the terms and conditions at any time, without Paschim Vihar, West Delhi, do so at their own risk, cost and acceptance of advertising in future in any manner whatsoever. consequences and my client will not be Delhi-110063 have changedmy Whoever deals in any manner with responsible for any kinds of copy,itisnot possible to verify assigning any reason whatsoever. name to Laxmi for all future her may do so at his or her own risk acts/deeds/misdeeds of Mr.Nitish &Smt. its contents. The Indian and repsonsibility. Kirti. R. C. Joshi (Advocate) purposes. 0040546368-1 Sd/- Express(P) Limited cannot be Any modification/amendment/corrigendum, if any, to the RFP document, shall not be advertised in the newspapers but shall M.S. KHAN 151-A, Sangam Vihar,Najafgarh, New Delhi-43 be posted in the website only. I, Rittu W/o Mahesh Kumar R/o ADVOCATE (Enrl. No. D/75/88) held responsible for such F-198,Madipur Colony, contents, nor for any loss or Paschim Vihar, West Delhi, damage incurred as aresult of Contact Persons: Delhi-110063 have changedmy transactions with companies, name to Laxmi for all future associationsorindividuals Mr. Narayan Majhi, Executive Engineer (PPP), OSHB, [email protected], +91 9437226043 purposes. 0040546421-1 advertising in its newspapers I, Ramesh Kumar Pathak S/o or Publications. We therefore Completed RFP may be sent to Shri ParasNath Pathak recommend that readers The Housing Commissioner-cum-Secretary R/o:House No MSC 137, make necessary inquiries MohallaYog Maya,Multani before sending any monies or Orissa State Housing Board (OSHB), A/32, Unit III, Sachivalaya Marg Bhubaneswar -751 001, Orissa, India. Dhanda, Paharganj, New Delhi - entering into any agreements 110055 have changed my minor Tel No: 0674 –2393524, 2393277, 2393525 IFax No: 0674 2393952 Son’s name from VED to with advertisers or otherwise Sd/- acting on an advertisement in ANKUSH PATHAK in futurefor Housing Commissioner cum Secretary all purposes. 0040546402-1 any manner whatsoever.

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(From left)Donald TrumpJr, TiffanyTrump, Donald Trump, LINDASIEG& Iapologise from the Melania Trumpand BarronTrumpoutside the WhiteHouse Iyad al-Hallaq’s mother KIYOSHITAKENAKA bottom of my heart that on the fourth night of the Republican National Convention. AP arranges her son’s TOKYO,AUGUST28 despiteall of the support room. AP from the Japanese PRIME MINISTER Shinzo Abe, people, Iamleaving the Japan’s longest-serving premier, Trump castsUS ISRAEL postwith onefull year announcedhis resignation be- left in my term” Officerneednot causeofpoor health on Friday, ending astint at the helm of the SHINZO ABE election as acrusade haveshotautistic world’s third-biggesteconomy JAPAN’S PRIME MINISTER in whichhesought to revive Palestinian: growth and bolsterits defences. for law and order Commander Abehas battledthe disease ulcerative colitis foryearsand AN ISRAELI police officer tworecent hospitalvisits within ALEXANDERBURNS Yourvotewilldecide who gunneddowna aweekhad fannedquestionson &MAGGIEHABERMAN whetherweprotectlaw- Palestinianman who had whether he couldstayinthe job Raceonfornew AUGUST28 abidingAmericans,or autisminthe Old City of until the end of his term as rul- whetherwegivefreerein Jerusalem in Maydefiedan ingparty leader, andhence,pre- partyleader,PM USPRESIDENTDonaldTrumpac- toviolentanarchists, order to hold his fire even mier,inSeptember 2021. ceptedthe Republican Party’s though the man posedno agitatorsandcriminals “I cannotcontinue being AFTER SHINZO Abe’s resigna- nomination forasecond term whothreatenourcitizens.” dangertoanyone, hiscom- prime minister if Idonot have tion, his Liberal Democratic Thursday, joining ageneral-elec- mander has told investiga- the confidence that Ican carry Partymustfind anew leader tioncontestagainstJoeBidenthat DONALD TRUMP tors, according to people out the job entrustedtomeby who will also mostlikelybe he and his party castthisweek as U.S. PRESIDENT briefed on the case. “He the people,” Abe, 65, told anews Japan’s newPM. The party acrusadeagainstleft-wingideol- didn’t attackordoany- conferenceasheannounced his has manyinternal factions ShinzoAbe bows as he announces his resignation, in TokyoonFriday. Reuters ogy and violent social disorder, thing,”the commander decision to step down. thatwillbevying forthe top fought againstthe backdrop of a testified, accordingtothe He said he wanted to avoid a postinanintra-partyelection virusthatRepublicanslargely de- Israeli newspaper Haaretz. political vacuum as the country forwhich no datehas been scribed as atemporaryhandicap “He wasdefinitelynot re- copeswiththenovelcoronavirus. setyet.The newleader will He sought to revive economy on the economy. sisting.” The May30fatal “I apologise from the bottom serve as PM until Abe’s origi- The President repeatedly ac- shooting of Iyad al-Hallaq, of my heart that despiteall of the nal term ends in 2021, after cusedBiden and the Democrats RACE FOR 30, who wasonhis wayto supportfromthe Japanese peo- whichtherewill be ageneral and fulfil conservative agenda of failing to take on rioters, aschool forthe disabled, ple, Iamleaving the postwith election. With Abe’s image though Biden has condemned THE WHITE quicklybecame arallying one full year leftinmyterm,” having takenahit recently, 2007 afterone year in the post, Five years later,Abe ledhis recent actsofviolence,and of HOUSE cryagainst police brutality Abesaid, attimesblinking back his close associates like LINDASIEG sweptbackfor araresecond stint Liberal Democratic Party— harbouring designs to restruc- in Israel. NYT tears and his voice choking up. Deputy PM Taro Aso maynot TOKYO,AUGUST28 in 2012 pledging to revive astag- oustedin2009—backtopower. turethe American economic sys- It wasthe second time Abe find it easy to getthe party nanteconomy, loosenthelimitsof He then launchedathree- temalong socialistlines. whetherwe allow aradicalmove- has resignedasprime minister workers’ votes. According to SHINZO ABE, Japan’s longest- apacifistconstitutionand restore pronged “Abenomics” strategy Trump, by contrast, adopted mentto completelydismantleand because of poor health. Reuters,Shigeru Ishiba, afor- servingprime minister, launched traditional values. to beat persistent deflation and the role of adefender of tradi- destroy it. That won’t happen.” BRITAIN The resignation will trigger a mer defence ministerand his“Abenomics”policiesto liftthe AbebecameJapan’s longest- revive economicgrowth with tional American values and an Muchofthe night wasgiven JKRowling leadership race in the ruling Abecritic, regularly tops polls economyout of deflation,beefed servingpremier in November hyper-easy monetary policyand unbending allyofthe police. over to unusuallyexplicitrebut- Liberal Democratic Party—most of voters who areasked who up Japan’s military andsought to 2019.Butby thesummerof 2020, fiscal spending, along with struc- “Yourvotewilldecidewhether tals to Trump’s vulnerabilities: returnsaward likelyintwo or three weeks—and theywant to see as PM. counter China’s growing clout in publicsupport had been eroded tural reform to cope with afast- we protect law-abiding Seldomifeverhas apolitical party aftercriticism the winner mustbeformally ahistoric two-term tenure. by his handling of the Covid-19 aging, shrinking population. Americans, or whether we give spentsomuchtime duringacon- elected in Parliament. He wasinstrumental inwin- outbreak as well as aseries of Deflation proved stubborn, free rein to violentanarchists,agi- vention insisting in explicitterms JKROWLINGhas returned Whoeverwins the party poll litical longevity that maybeAbe’s ning the 2020 Olympics for scandalsincludingthearrest of his however, andhisgrowthstrategy tatorsandcriminalswhothreaten that itsnominee wasnot aracist the RippleofHope Award is likelytokeepAbe’s reflation- biggestlegacy. On Monday,Abe Tokyo, whichwerepostponed former justice minister. has suffered. The following year, our citizens,” Trumpsaid, stand- or asexist. Ben Carson, the lone from Robert FKennedy ary“Abenomics”policies as surpassed arecordfor longest by ayear to 2021because of the He firsttook office in 2006 as Covid-19triggered Japan’s ing on the SouthLawnofthe Blackmember of Trump’s Human Rightsafter the Japanstruggleswith the impact consecutive tenureaspremier Covid-19pandemic. Japan’s youngestPMsince World biggest-everslump, making it a WhiteHouse. “And this election Cabinet, arguedthat people who group criticised theauthor of the novelcoronavirus but may setbyhis great-uncle EisakuSato The conservative politician, WarII. Afterayear plaguedby tallorderforAbe’ssuccessorto re- will decide whether we willde- call the president aracist“could forhercommentsontrans- have troubleemulating the po- half acentury ago. REUTERS who quit abruptlyaspremier in scandals,Abe quit citing ill health. vive theeconomy. REUTERS fend the American wayoflife, or notbemorewrong”. NYT genderpeople.Rowlingwas bestowedwith the honour in December 2019. WORRY OVER SUPPLY OF COVID SHOTS Co-creator of However, earlier this Teen suspect in Kenosha killings month, KerryKennedy, Scooby-Doo, Joe president of RFKHR, ex- New reckoning for pressed“dismay” over is a‘Blue Lives Matter’ advocate Ruby, dies at 87 Rowling’s“deeplytroubling transphobic tweets and 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse has also attendedTrumprally WHO vaccine plan statements”. In June, PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA Rowlingstirredcontroversy LOSANGELES,AUGUST28 by tweeting,“If sexisn’treal, NEILMACFARQUHAR Kyle Rittenhouse as govtsgoit alone the livedrealityofwomen AUGUST28 walksbehind Wang Yi ANIMATOR AND Scooby Doo co- globally is erased. Iknow another armed creator Joe Ruby has diedatthe and love transpeople,but HE SIGNEDuptobeacadet in a civilianin REUTERS The WHO is trying to ageof87due to natural causes. erasingthe conceptofsex program forteenagers who as- Kenosha last Beijing’s top LONDON,BRUSSELS,GENEVA, According to Variety,the an- removestheabilityof many piretobepolice officers. He filled Tuesdayduring AUGUST28 coordinateaglobal imation veteran, who co-created to meaningfullydiscuss his Facebook pagewith support protests against diplomat casts effort to makesure the belovedkids show Scooby- their lives. It isn't hateto forBlue LivesMatter. He sat up thepolice THEWORLDHealthOrganisation everycountryreceives Doo, WhereAre You! at Hanna- speak the truth.” AP front at arally forPresident shootingofa doubt on Covid will next week receive araftof Barberaproductions, passed DonaldTrumpinJanuary, and Blackman. AP pledges of supportfor itsplan for Covid-19vaccines away on Wednesdayathis home NETHERLANDS postedimages of it on TikTok. origin in China Covid-19vaccines forall. in California’s WestlakeVillage. 17th-century And he chose to mark his 16th But the agency has already Trusthealth charity. Ruby and Spears metwhen birthdaybyraising funds fora ness,”Rittenhouse said early that tional homicide, wasarrestedat Oslo: The Chinesegovernment’s had to scale backits ambition. Countries wishing to be part theywereworkingassound edi- Dutchpainting supportgroup forthe police evening in an interviewwith The his home in IllinoisWednesday. topdiplomat, StateCouncillor The United States, Japan, of the WHO initiative,dubbed tors at the cartoon giant Hanna- stolen,again calledHumanising the Badge. Daily Caller,anonline news site. During the evening before the Wang Yi, said on Thursdayitwas Britain and the European Union COVAX, mustsubmit expres- Barberaandwentonto create the Now, at 17,KyleRittenhouse is He had come to Kenosha shootings, thereweremoments unclear whether the corona have strucktheir owndeals to sions of interestbyMonday. popular series centering on the A17TH-CENTURYpainting chargedwithhomicideinashoot- from his home in Antioch, when the lawenforcementoffi- virus had firstoriginated in securemillions of Covid-19 vac- Morethan 170countries talkingGreatDaneandhisfriends by the Golden Agemaster ing that took place as counterpro- Illinois, 30 minutes away.“Part cers seemedtotreat Rittenhouse China, casting doubtonthe cine doses fortheircitizens, ig- have submittednon-binding Velma,Daphne, Shaggy and Fred. Frans Hals wasstolen from testers sparredwith demonstra- of my job also is to protect peo- andsomeof theotherarmedmen views of health experts andfor- noring the UN body’swarnings expressions of interesttopar- The animation showpre- the wall of amuseum in the tors in Kenosha, Wisconsin. ple,” he said. “If someone is hurt, asallies.Inonevideo,Rittenhouse eign governments. that “vaccine nationalism” will ticipate in the scheme, which miered on CBS in 1969 and four Netherlandsearly Hewasthere onTuesdaynight I’m running intoharm’s way. encountered officers who ex- Speaking during avisit to squeeze supplies. the WHO has touted as the only of the first25episodeswerewrit- Wednesdaymorning.It asdemonstratorsfilledthestreets That’s whyIhavemyrifle; I’ve pressedappreciationfortheefforts Norway,Wang said that, while If other countries that can af- global initiative to ensure tenand story-edited by them. wasn’t the firsttimethat to protestthe shooting of Jacob got to protect myself obviously. of the armedgroup and gave him China wasthe firstcountry to re- ford it pursue asimilarapproach, Covid-19vaccines areavailable The duo also created other “Two LaughingBoys”was Blake,aBlackman,by awhitepo- But Ialsohavemymed kit.” bottledwater.Inthe background, portthe existence of the virusto the WHO’s strategy forfighting worldwide to richand poor cartoons suchasDynomutt, Dog takenfromthe museum in lice officer.Rittenhouse,who is Hours later,two peoplewere anotherofficercanbeheardbark- the WorldHealth Organisation, the coronavirus pandemic glob- countries alike. Wonder and Jabberjaw. Leerdam, near Utrecht, the white, wascarrying amilitary- fatallyshot,andathirdwounded, ingatprotesters,tellingthemthat “itdoes notmeanthat thevirus allyand equitablyriskscoming It has signed up nine Covid- Calling him one of the most Dutch police said on stylerifle and amedicalkit, and as the groups —protesters and theyare violatingthecurfew.Even originated in China”. undone, experts warn. 19 vaccine candidates and set prolific creators in the animation Thursday. Thesamepaint- stoodamidagroupof armedmen counterprotesters —clashedina aftershots rang out and as emer- “Actually, forthe pastmonths, “If that were to happen, it’s out plans to obtain and deliver2 industry, WarnerBros.Animation ing waspreviouslystolenin whodeclaredthattheywerepro- darkened, chaotic street. gency vehicles were racing we have seen reports ...showing fairly clear that therewould be billion doses by the end of 2021. and Blue Ribbon Content presi- 2011 and 1988. Thieves tecting the area from firesand Rittenhouse, who faces six through the confusing scene, thatthevirusemergedindifferent insufficient volumes of vaccine But it has struggledtoget dent Sam Registersaid Ruby brokeintothe museum at lootinginprotests thathadturned criminal counts, including first- Rittenhouse can be seen,weapon parts of the world, and mayhave available forany other countries, wealthier countries on boardin made mornings specialfor chil- 3.30amtostealthepainting, destructiveonearlier nights. degree reckless homicide, first- infullview, walkingtoward groups emergedearlier than in China,” particularly in the firstsix to nine full beyond pledges of funding drenacrosstheglobe.“Hewasone police said. NYT “People aregetting injured degree intentionalhomicide and of officers —and appearing to go Wang told reporters, speaking months,” said AlexHarris, head and warm wordsabout donat- of themostprolificcreatorsinour and our job is to protect this busi- attemptedfirst-degree inten- unnoticedbythem. NYT throughaninterpreter. REUTERS of global policy at the Wellcome ing surplus vaccines. industry,”Register said.

SHE WAS A SECRET AGENTFOR BRITAIN DURING WORLD WAR II Noor Inayat Khan first Indian-originwoman to getmemorial plaque in London

wasinvited to officiallyunveil particularly delightedto startwith woman of Indian origin to be re- “BorninRussiato anIndianfa- violenceand in theunity of reli- KAMALPREETKAUR the plaque online. Noor’s NoorInayatKhan,whosecourage membered with aBluePlaque. ther and an American mother, gions.Butthenshecamehereand LONDON,AUGUST28 nephewZia InayatKhan was wasunfalteringeveninthefaceof As people walk by,Noor’s story Khan’s storyhas been forgotten. volunteeredfor the warbecause also present on the occasion. suchextremedanger.” willcontinuetoinspire future It’s wonderful sheisbeing hon- she felt it wasequallyimportant THE HOUSE in Taviton Street, London’s famous Blue Noor joins the likes of Ada generations. In today’s world, her oured,” Birmingham Edgbaston to fight fascism,” Basu said. Bloomsbury, London, where Plaques link historical figures Lovelace,the pioneerofcomput- vision of unity and freedom is MP PreetKaurGill said. BasusaidNoorhadplannedto Noor InayatKhan once lived, got with buildings in the city. ing, Rosalind Franklin, the scien- moreimportant than ever.” Basu, who wrotethe book returnto beingachildren’swriter adistinctblueplaque on Fridayto Currentlyrun by English tistwhohelpeddiscoverDNA,and Renownedfor her service in Spy Princess about Noor in 2006, andmusician afterthe war. commemoratethe Indian-origin Heritage, the London Blue Dame Maud McCarthy, who was theSpecialOperationsExecutive, setupthe Noor InayatKhan “She knewhow dangerous woman who worked as aspy for Plaques scheme wasstarted in ArmyMatron-in-Chiefduring an independent British secret Memorial Trustin2010toen- her mission wasand she knew Britain during WorldWar II. 1866.Thereare over 950 plaques WorldWar I. service setupbyWinston surethather storywould be pre- she could getkilled... “A descendant of Tipu Sultan, across London “on buildings English Heritage’s ongoing Churchill in 1940, Noor was served forthe next generation. A Eventually, hercircuit collapsed Noor InayatKhanbecame ase- humbleandgrand,to honourthe “plaques forwomen” campaign Britain’s firstIndian Muslim war memorial wasunveiledin around her and she remained cret agent during the Second notable men and women who has seen adramatic rise in the heroinein Europeandthefirstfe- London’s Gordon Squareby thelastlinkwith London, but Noor InayatKhanwas the daughterofHazratInayatKhanand WorldWar.She wasthe first have livedorworkedinthem”. numberof publicnominationsfor male radio operator sent into Princess Anne in November refusedtoabandon herpostde- adescendant of the18th centuryMysoreruler Tipu Sultan woman radio operator to be in- AnnaEavis,curatorialdirector womensinceitlaunchedin2016. Nazi-occupied France. She was 2012,and that wasfollowedby spitethe dangers. However, she filtrated intooccupied France in atEnglishHeritage,said,“We'reso However, only 14 percent of the killedatthe Dachauconcentra- the release of aRoyal Mail stamp wasbetrayed and arrested by 1943 and worked under thecode pleasedtobeabletocontinueun- over950LondonBluePlaquescel- said, when Noor InayatKhan left that one dayshe would become tion campin1944, andwas in honour of Noor in March 2014. the Germans and shotinthe name ‘Madeleine’,”saidher bi- veiling our 2020 Blue Plaques ebratewomen, said Eavis. this house on her lastmission, asymbol of bravery. “It is fitting posthumouslyawarded the the “Her lifeissointeresting. She Dachauconcentration camp,” ographerShrabani Basu, who withthis virtual ceremony... Iam Remembering Noor,Basu she would have neverdreamed that Noor InayatKhanisthe first George Cross in 1949. wasaSufiwho believedinnon- Basu said.

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Internationalmarketdata till 1900IST MEETINGCOMPENSATIONGAP:SEVERALSTATESSAYCENTRE’SCAPACITYTOBORROWHIGHER FROM DELHI, MUMBAI, CHENNAI, AHMEDABAD, PUNE ANDNAGPUR Airlines get nod forlimited domestic ops Citingstrainedfinances,statesaskCentretoborrow to Kolkata fromsix citiesfromSept1 nance minister said. 2022 should happen onlyincase In the Councilmeeting held days and Fridays.Airlines areyet tinefor14daysnorregisterthem- ENSECONOMICBUREAU StateBankofIndia in are- States have also termed the Centreproposes to borrow, af- Thursday,statesweregiven an ENSECONOMICBUREAU to announce their flightssched- selvesonthe Seva Sindhuportal. NEWDELHI,AUGUST28 search reportFridayalsoproposed the distinction between terwhichinterestpaymentscan option of aspecialwindow, in NEWDELHI,AUGUST28 ulestoKolkatafromthese places. The relaxations were annou- Centretomakearrangements be paid forfromthe compensa- consultation withthe RBI,tobor- OtherflightstoKolkatawill con- ncedafter theMinistryofHome ADAY afterthe Centrelistedtwo withtheRBIto facilitatesuchbor- the GSTshortfall and tion cesscollections. States arefor rowthe projected GSTshortfall THE CENTREhas allowedairlines tinuetooperate as per schedule. Affairs wrote to states lastweek options forbridging therevenue rowing.Itlistedthree optionsfor COVID-19related nowawaiting written details of of Rs 97,000 crore, and an to operateflightstoKolkatafrom However, an exception will be on that there cannotbe“restriction gapinthe 41st Goods and the states to meetthe revenue shortfall as the twooptions from theCentre. amount that canberepaid after Delhi,Mumbai,Chennai,Ahmed- September7, 11 and12,whenthe on inter-state andintra-state Services Tax(GST) Council meet- shortfall:monetisation of state Former Finance Minister five years of GST, ending June abad, Pune and Nagpur Septem- stategovernmenthasannounced movement”, as stipulated in the ing, severalstateshaveraised debt by theReserveBankofIndia unconstitutional PChidambaramalso said that 2022, from the compensation ber1onwards on alimitedbasis. complete lockdown,dueto which July29guidelinesfor Unlock-3. concerns about their inability to (RBI), expansion of ways and under the law, the obligation to cess fund. A0.5 per cent relax- Flightsfromthese sixairports to no flightswill be operated to Further,Goa toorevoked the borrowatlower ratesand instead meansadvances limit and allow- compensatethe states falls solely ation in the borrowing limit un- Kolkatahaveremainedsuspen- Kolkata andBagdograairports. requirementfortravellerstoget a demandedthe Centretoborrow. ing statestotap National Small stances and it is better if the on the central government, der The Fiscal Responsibility and dedsinceJuly6afterthestategov- With the union government travel permit prior to enterthe States cited their strained fi- Savings Fund (NSSF) forfunds at Centremonetizes the debt and whichispassing thebuckoffi- Budget Management(FRBM) Act ernmentrequestedso,citinghigh askingstatestorelaxcurbs on in- state. However, other require- nances and the struggle to pay aconcessionalrateofinterest. givestostatesand the RBI willbe nancialburdentostates. “The would be provided, delinked Covid-19case-loadsinthesecities. ter-statetravel,governmentshave mentssuchasquarantineandget- salaries and pensions to notun- “As of nowbeforethe begin- alsocomfortable by dealing with twooptions givenbythe Modi from the conditions announced Forthe firsttwo weeksof startedloosening up their travel tingaCovid-19 test certificatestill dertake borrowing to meetthe ning of eachfiscalyear, thefeasi- the Centrerather than deal with government to theStates to earlier as partofthe pandemic September,flightsfromthese norms. Earlier this week,Karnat- remain.HimachalPradeshalsore- compensation gap, adding that ble levels of the market borrow- close to 30 sub national entities,” bridgethe GSTCompensation package. Thesecond option was cities have been allowedtofly on aka announcedfresh norms for laxedthenormsfortourists com- the Centre’s capacity to borrow ing forCentreand States together the report said. gapisagross violation of the law to borrowthe entire projected Tuesdays,Thursdays andSundays, inter-state travel as per which pellingthemto stay inthestatefor is higher than states. is advisedtothe Government by States have also termedthe andanabdication of therespon- shortfall of Rs 2.35lakhcrore — while forthe thirdand fourth peopletravellingfromotherstates aminimumof twodays,asagainst “Centrehas ahighercapacity RBI.However, RBIdoesnot invest distinctionbetween the GST sibility of the central govern- both on accountoffalteringGST weeks, flightswill be allowedto to Karnatakashallneitherhave to amandatoryminimum stay of to borrow. Their interestratefor in StateGovernment loans either shortfall and COVID-19related ment...states mustreject both op- collectionsand the expected operateonMondays,Wednes- undergothe mandatoryquaran- five days earlier. borrowingisalsolower than in primaryissues or in the sec- shortfall asunconstitutional.They tions and demand, in onevoice, shortfalldue to the pandemic — states. Theservicingofdebt can ondarymarket.Thus monetiza- also saidthat the extension of that Centremustfind there- facilitated by the RBI. No FRBM be done more efficiently by the tion of statedebt is notexactly compensation cess beyond the sources and provide the money relaxation has been mentioned No mask, other SOP violations could land flyers Centrethan states,” astate fi- possible in the current circum- five-year transition period till to the states,”hetweeted. forthisoption so far. in no-fly list;airlines can offer in-flightmeals Re rises to near 6-month high as RBI keeps away; eatablesinsidetheaircraftduring COVID-19IMPACT ENSECONOMICBUREAU ADGCAofficial said the the flight, exceptonhealth dollar inflows, shift in Fed policy boost sentiment NEWDELHI,AUGUST28 decisiontoapprehend grounds. However, airlines were ‘Rural demandtoaid recovery but allowedtoprovide waterbottles VIOLATINGTHEstandard operat- apassenger will rest to their passengers.

ED `18K-cr RBI bond can’tsubstitutefor urbandemand’ ENSECONOMICBUREAU ingprocedures(SOPs)ornot wea- with the crew,which Now, with the resumption of MUMBAI,AUGUST28 ring masksduring flightscould on-boardmeals,ahugerelief isex- Ruraldemand can contributetowards recovery in the Strengthening auction devolves can makeacomplaint

PLAIN landanair passenger on the ‘no- pected forairlines, whichwillbe economybut cannotbeasubstitutefor urbandemand, E risksentiment ● THE RUPEEonFriday rose to its EX Mumbai: The auction of the 10- flylist’,withtheDirectorateGene- if the passenger doesn’t looking to add to their ancillary said aIndia Ratings and Research report highestlevelincloseto sixmonths year government securities (G- ralofCivilAviation(DGCA)asking adheretothe SOPs revenues at atime of financial RECOVERYENGINE: at73.39againsttheUSdollar, even GLOBALLY, RISK senti- secs)carryingacouponrateof 5.77 airlinesto apply therulespertain- struggle. However, these services Whileindustrialandservicessectors as the ReserveBank of India (RBI) mentshavestrengthened per cent on Fridaytoraise Rs ing to unrulyflyers on such pass- aresubject to certain conditions. arestrugglingtorecoverfromimpact kept away fromthecurrencymar- on aggressive stimulus by 18,000croredevolvedonprimary engers.Meanwhile,thegovernm- IntheUS,airlinessuch asDelta On domesticflights, airlines ofCOVID,theagriculturesectorcan ketamidcapital inflows intothe US Fedand there have dealers as theReserveBank of enthasallowedairlinesto resume andUnitedhave saidthatnotonly have nowbeen allowedtoserve becomeanengineforrecovery stockmarkets. The rupeegained been sharp inflows into India did notget suitable buyers. in-flightmealservicesondomest- willpassengerswithoutmasksbe pre-packedsnacks,meals,orpre- 43 paise duringthe day, rising domestic stocks. Under the competitive cate- icflights,andserve hotmealsand notallowedtoboard the aircraft packedbeveragesaspertheirpol- About17%:Shareof tocomeinatnegative17.03% nearly 2per cent forthe week. gory,theRBIacceptedonlyonebid alcohol on international flights butmayevenbeplacedontheno- icy depending on the durationof agricultureincountry’sgrossvalue TheRBI,whichbought$30bil- forRs4crore at 6.1448 percent subject to certain guidelines. flylistofthe airlines. flight. In all classes, airlines areal- added SILVERLINING: lionof forexinthefourmonthsup whichwas almost on apar with AseniorDGCAofficialtoldThe In India, the no-flylistisgov- lowedtouse completely dispos- Agrisectorhaslargelynotbeen to Julytoboost the country’s re- The US Federal Reserve’s re- the secondarymarket rates. IndianExpressthatthedecisionto ernedbythecivilaviationrequire- abletray set-up,platesandcutlery. GDPFORECAST:Itexpectsthe impactedduringlockdownor serves, did notintervene in the centpolicyshiftcould further Primarydealers will nowhaveto apprehend apassenger will rest ment issuedbythe DGCA, which They have beenspecificallyas- firstquarter2020-21GDPgrowth thereafter Source: India Ratings &Research/PTI markettoprevent therupee ap- boostinflows andboostthe ru- take Rs 17,984 croreworth of withthe crew,whichcan makea lays downtheprocedure foraper- kednot to re-usetheserviceuten- preciation. pee’s value, said traders. bonds in their books. ENS formal complaint if thesaid pas- son to be disallowedfromflying. sils and cutlery even afterclean- senger refuses to adheretothe As per theSOPsfor flight opera- ingordisinfectingthem.Eventea, SOPsputinplaceto preventtrans- tions during Covid-19,anairline coffee, and non-alcoholic bever- Premnarayen to To boost exports, mission of Covid-19disease on has been mandated to provide agesaretobeservedindisposable US Congressionalcaucus urges USTR to flights. “Someone willhavetore- their passengers with aface- cans,containers,bottlesorglasses. be conferred with Goyal asks states move amaskforsometimeif they mask,aface-shieldandhandsani- Therewillbenopouringserv- AAAI Lifetime push forshort-term tradedealwithIndia want to drink waterorhave tiserpriorto boardingtheaircraft. ice and beverageswillhavetobe to identify unique meals. Aftersuchaservice is over, Further,atthe time theSOPs served in single-use disposable Achievement pleofyears “out of the way”. cludesafeharborscontainedinthe products similar to thecrew canaskthe passenger to were announcedbythe Civil units. The crew will needtowear Award 2020 ENSECONOMICBUREAU “Weunderstandthecomplex- digital trade chapters in other covertheir faces with the mask.If Aviation Ministryfor resumption afreshsetofglovesforeverymeal NEWDELHI,AUGUST28 ityof tradewithIndiaandtheneed agreementsnegotiatedby the US. Kolhapuri slippers someone is misbehaving, and of domesticflightsonMay 25,air- or beverage service. Forbothin- to addressoldandnewchallenges, This is because the US and India onlythe crew can assessthe situ- lines were notallowedtoserve ternational and domesticflights, THE US Congressional Caucus on includingIndia’srecenttaxondig- have beenengagedineffortstoes- ation,theycanbeputontheno-fly meals on board. Passengers, too, in-flight entertainment has also India and Indian Americans has italcommerce,”statedUSSenators tablish newpoliciestopromote ENSECONOMICBUREAU list,” the officialsaid. were notallowedtoconsumeany been permitted. urgedthe United States Trade John Cornyn and MarkWarner as “greater accountability” of social NEWDELHI,AUGUST28 Representative (USTR) to move well as members of US Congress mediaplatformsinthewakeof ev- forwardonamini-orlimitedtrade George Holding and Brad idencethattheyhavecontributed INDIA NEEDS to take a“unique Dinesh Khararecommended Mines Ministry dealthathasbeenintheworksbe- Sherman in the letters. to “disinformation,socialstrifeand andinnovative”approachtoboos- tweentwo countries fornearly a “Atthe same time,webelieve criminalactivity”inbothcountries. ting itsexports,startingwithsta- proposes reforms, Krishan Premnarayen year now. thatresolvingissuesinthecontext Between2000and2017alone, tesidentifyingproductsthattheir for SBIChairman postbyBBB In aletter, dated August27, to of aminideal,asyouare currently bilateral trade between India and districts arefamous for, Comm- seeks stakeholder USTR Robert Lighthizer,the co- attempting,candemonstratecon- theUSincreasedby560 per cent erceandIndustryMinisterPiyush views by Sept 3 chairsof thecaucussaidthatprog- fidence in our ability to resolve to $126.2billionfrom$19.1billion, Goyalsaid Friday. Kolhapuri slip- ENSECONOMICBUREAU ENSECONOMICBUREAU ress on suchadeal has the poten- these challenges and expand the theystatedinthe letter. pers,forinstance,couldbecomea MUMBAI,AUGUST28 NEWDELHI,AUGUST28 tial to make“significantprogress” economic partnershipbetween “Webelieve that alimited billion-dollar exportproduct in ENSECONOMICBUREAU towardsalong-term, compr- ourcountries.Therefore,wewant trade agreementwithIndia that the country’s basket,ifmarketed THE BANKSBoard Bureau(BBB), NEWDELHI,AUGUST28 THE ADVERTISINGAgencies ehensive andenduring relation- to highlight the importance of a resolvesoutstandingbarriers,and the right way, he suggesteddur- thebody entrusted withthe task Associationof India(AAAI)hasan- ship between India and the US. limited agreement,” they stated, restores the GeneralizedSystem ing avideoconferencewith vari- of the selection of the chiefsof fourMDsofSBI—AshwaniBhatia THEMINESMinistryhasreleased nouncedthat this year’sAAAI Thelettercomesoveramonth addingthatthisagreementwillre- of Preferences(GSP)forIndianex- ous stateindustryministers. publicsectorbanksandinsurance who took charge as oneofthe aslewofreforms proposals, in- LifetimeAchievementAwardwill afterCommerce and Industry inforce the confidence and trust portsand removesIndia’sretalia- “My ownbelief is theKolhap- companies,has recommended MDs of SBI on Mondayand three cluding amending the conten- be conferredupon Krishan MinisterPiyushGoyalsaidthetwo neededtorealise the “truepoten- tory tariffs on 28 US productswill uri chappal alone —one product Dinesh Kumar Kharaasthe next existing MDs, Khara, Arijit Basu tious provisions of 10A(2)(b) and Premnarayen, seniorpartner, countries were close to inkinga tial” of the India-US relationship. enableustodevelopthenecessary —has the potentialtodoabillion ChairmanofState Bank of India. andCSSetty—onFridaytofinalise 10A(2)(C)of theMinesandMine- Prem Associates Advertising and “quick” trade deal that would get At thesametime,theysaidthat foundation to advance astronger dollarsof exports,”saidGoyalsaid, Khara,whoiscurrentlyanMD the newChairman’s name. ralsDevelopmentandRegulation) Marketing. 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Premnarayenalsoservedaschair- Maruti ties up with Myles Boeingfindsflaws “Oneof theseideas,inrelation Though therewas speculation recommends as follows: Dinesh Section 10A(2)(b) deals with manof AuditBureauofCirculation to Kolhapuri chappals,couldbeif that current Chairman Rajnish Kumar Kharafor thevacancyof leaseswherereconnaissanceper- and chairman of National in fuselage of some we contact all five star hotels aro- Kumarmightbeconsideredforan ChairmanandChallaSreenivasulu mit or prospecting licence were Readership Survey Council. Automotive for subscription und the worldand ask them to extension, it didn’t materialise. Setty as candidateonthe Reserve granted;while 10A(2)(c) relates AshishBhasin,president,AAAI, Dreamliners; eight keep 2-3 sizesofKolhapuri chap- ThetenureofKumarwhowas Listfor thevacancy,” BBB said. to grantofmining leases. The said:“Hemustbegivenduecredit service in Hyderabad, Pune aircraft grounded palsinthehotelroomalmirahsthe appointed foraperiodofthree KharajoinedSBIasaprobatio- Mines Ministryhas sought com- forvastlystrengtheningAAAI’sre- waytheykeep bathrobes,”the years in 2017 willend on October naryofficerin1984and hasover mentsfromstakeholdersonthese lationships with media industry.” ministersaid. 7, 2020.Themembersof BBBmet 35 yearsof experienceinbanking proposals till September 3. 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New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM THEINDIANEXPRESS,SATURDAY,AUGUST29,2020 FirstlyIthink it’s incredible what many out there in the Statesare doing within their sports. So many people are standing with the players and really pushing for change. But that is in America and Idon't know if me doing anything here will particularly help ... we're in Belgium, 18 SPORT we're not in the United States.” LEWIS HAMILTON, F1 CHAMP ISN’T CONSIDERING BOYCOTTINGBELGIAN GP The long wait ends Adventure award withheld India pacer, due to doubts over claims others at CSK Sachin Nag, winner of India’s firstgoldatinaugural Asiad, to getDhyan ChandAward test positive balleraskedme,‘howmanytimesdidyourfa- EXPRESSNEWS SERVICE Drona awardee dies NIHALKOSHIE ther represent India?The footballer himself AUGUST28 EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE NEWDELHI,AUGUST28 had wonthe DhyanChand awardearlier.Yet day before ceremony AUGUST28 heinsultedmy fatherby askingthatquestion." THE TENZING Norgay Awardinthe landad- ASHOKE NAGtalksabout having sleepless Ashokesays. venturecategoryhas been held in NewDelhi: Athletics coach SEVERALMEMBERS of the Chennai Super nightsbeforethenationalsportsawardswere abeyance pending inquiry, initiated by the PurshottamRai died due to acardiac Kings (CSK) contingent, includinganIndia announcedearlier this month. The sonoflate Caught in riots government on the eveofSaturday’s arrest on Friday, aday before he wasto mediumpacer,havetestedpositive forCovid- swimmerSachinNag, winner of the firstgold If notfor Nag’ssteelydetermination, his National Sports Awards ceremony. be conferred withthe prestigious 19 in Dubai, it is learnt.Sources said,positive medalforthecountryatthe1951 AsianGames swimmingcareerwouldnothavereachedthe Narender Singh Yadavwas declared the Dronacharya Award. resultscame afterCSK players, squad mem- inNewDelhi,hadexperiencedrejectioninthe heightsitdid in the late1940s and early 50s. winnerofthe prestigiousaward,namedaf- "He took partinthe rehearsal for bersandsupportstaff underwentcoronavirus pastwhenhetriedtosecurehisfather’slegacy. Nagsufferedduring the tumultuous days of terthe firstman to reachthe topofMount the National Sports Awards but later testsonThursday. ThiswasthefifthtimeAshokehadapplied Partition whenheinadvertentlygot caught in Everest, by thesports ministrylastweek. sufferedheartattackand passed The Indian Express understands that apart to thesports ministry to bestow an award the Calcutta riots.“He wasreturning from But soon after, questions about the claims away," atop source from AFI told PTI. from the India seamer,who plays in the posthumouslytoone of Independent India’s training at the Ganges when abullethit him and achievementsofYadav, 26, surfaced. He was79. shorter formats, afew netbowlers, some firstsporting superstars. His father passed onthe rightleg.Hewas badlyinjuredandwas The sports ministryopenedaninvesti- The awards ceremonywill be held members of the digital/social media team and away in1987 ‘withabrokensoul’,Ashoke says. admitted in ahospital forfivemonths. When gation intothe claimsafter Norgay’s son, virtuallyonSaturdaydue to the aCSK team official, too, have tested positive. Armedwith 47 supporting documents— he wasbeingdischarged, the doctortold him Jamling, requestedIndian Mountaineering Covid-19pandemic. PTI The Chennai-basedIndian Premier League black-and-whitepaper cuttings, certificates thatitwouldtake him twoyearstoget backto Federation officials to raise the issue with (IPL) franchise were scheduledtostart train- and arecommendation from paralympic swimming,” Ashokesays. them. “I had talked with some of the Indian ing from Friday, but it is learnt that following swimmerPrasanthKarmarkar—Ashoke,afor- But in ayear’s time, Nagwas at the1948 Mountaineering Federation officials and Vinesh testspositive the latestdevelopment, the team has deferred mer sergeant in the Indian Air Force, applied LondonOlympics.Heparticipatedinthe100m told them to raise this issue with the Worldchampionship bronze medalist it until September 1. Those who have tested again this year.The willpower to fight forthe SwimmerSachin Nag, gold medallistat freestyle and wasamember of the Indian wa- MinistryofSports and Youth Affairs,” Vinesh Phogat, selected forthe Khel Ratna positive will self-isolate for14days outside the recognitionhisfatherdeservedgrew stronger the 1951 Asian Games in NewDelhi, terpoloteamthatbeatChile7-4.Allfourgoals Jamling told TheIndianExpress. –the country’s highestsporting honour – bio-bubble. The IPLquarantine protocol for everyyearthatSachin Nag’sname wasnot in- passed away in 1987. Credit:Ashoke Nag were scored by Nag, Ashokesays. Yadavwas oneoffivepersons selected will be missing theceremonyafter she Covid positive individuals says:“This will fol- cludedinthelistofawardees.2009,2012,2018 To speeduphis recovery,Nag returnedto forthe Tenzing Norgay Award–the coun- tested positive forCovid-19. lowthe Government policy and is currently and 2019 hadbrought onlyheartbreak. Banaras, wherethe family wasbased. He re- try’shighesthonour foradventuresports. Vinesh’scoach,OmPrakash Dahiya, too 14 days.During the14-dayquarantine, thein- “This year,Ihad reason to be hopeful be- away.Nag wasalso atwo-timeOlympianand turnedtothe pilgrim town to rejoin the He wasdue to be felicitated by President has been infected with the virus. Dahiya, dividual will be testedonDay 10,Day 13 and causeitishis birthcentenary. Andremember, also partofthe Indian waterpolo team. He Saraswati Swimming Club,whichhehad Ramnath Kovind in an online ceremonyon who wasrecommendedfor the Day14.” hewonthreemedalsatthe1951 AsianGames. coachedfor three decades as well. Ashokefelt founded.ThemasseursinBanaraswere excel- Saturday. Dronacharya Award(lifetime category), CSK went to Dubaifor theIPL, to be The gold in the 100m freestyle andbronze hisfathergot nothing in return afterthe initial lent. Anotherincident connectedtothe free- The Sports Authority of India (SAI), on will notbepresent during the ceremony playedinthe United Arab Emirates (UAE) medalsinthe 400m freestyle relayand 300m fanfaredieddown. dom struggle, whereayoungNag waschased Friday, releasedthe list of awardees who either. from September19toNovember10, last medley relay. This wasjustfouryears afterin- Former PrimeMinisterJawaharlal Nehru by policewhowere tryingto breakupaprotest, willattend Saturday’s ceremony, which The thirdawardee who will miss the week and as per the tournament’s health and dependence.Indiawasayoungcountry, those andLadyEdwina Mountbatten watchedthe resultedinhisswimmingtalentbeingdiscov- will be held remotely owing to theCovid- virtual ceremonyafter contractingthe safetyprotocols, the team members under- medals mattered alot to the nation. Ifelt frus- event at the pool in 1951,Ashokesays.“Nehru ered early. 19 pandemic. Yadav’s name wasnot in- virus is shuttler Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, went atestatthe airportfollowedbyanother tratedin the past whenmyfather’s name was ji wasthe firstone to congratulatemyfather Ashokenarratesthe sequence of events. cludedinit. “Following the allegations that who has been recommendedfor the tworounds of testsduring the mandatory notincluded. My father passedawaywith a poolside when he wonthe gold in the 100m “MyfatherjumpedintotheGangesto give the have surfaced,aprobehas been ordered.It Arjuna Award. six-dayquarantineperiod. According to a brokensoul,”Ashoke,whohasalsopennedhis freestyle.IhavepicturesofNehrujiandmy fa- police the slip. He firsthid underwaterbe- has notyet been decidedwho will head the SAI, on Friday, said 60 out of the 74 win- team insider, everymember of the contin- father’sbiographyinBengali, says. ther together.Myfather wouldsay PM Nehru tween twoboats.But howlongcan someone investigation but until it is over,the award ners will take partinSaturday’s ceremony. gent wastestednegative duringCSK’s pre- OnSaturday, Ashokewillattendtheonline gave me respect but at timeshefelt that over stay underwater? Therewas a10kmswim- has been put on hold,” aministryofficial Apartfromthe threeaward winners who departurecampinChennai.Two RT-PCR awards ceremonyatthe Sports Authorityof the years people had forgottenhim,” Ashoke, ming competition starting in the riverand my said. have tested positive forthe virus and Yadav, testswereconducted at the camp. The novel India centre in Kolkata, wherethe president the thirdofsix children,says. fatherjoinedthem.Hefinishedthird,”Ashoke The controversy brokeafter areport others who will notbepresent arecrick- coronavirus, however, has an incubation pe- willvirtually bestow the DhyanChand Award Nag, according to his son, neverasked for says. publishedinaNepali newspaperonAugust eters Rohit Sharma (Khel Ratna) and Ishant riod of twoto14days,whichcould be area- to his latefather.“Iattendedthe rehearsalon favours. Ashokeremembers howhis father Backthen, reputed swimmers from 23 raisedared flag. Jamling said the issue Sharma, golfer Aditi Ashok,tennis player son whythe testsreturnednegative. Thursday.ImetarcherAtanuDasandsprinter shotdownthe idea of approaching atop Calcuttaclubswouldenterlong-distancecom- ‘should notbetaken lightly.’ DivijSharan (allArjuna Awardees)and Following the positive cases,contact trac- Dutee Chand. Felt good to be in the company Swimming FederationofIndiaofficial to rec- petitions in Banaras. Oneofthem, Jamini Das, He addedthat the government should football coachSukhwinder Singh ing will be done as per the healthguidelines. of young achievers. Iamlooking forwardto ommend his name forthe awards afterthey who would captain the national waterpolo revise the criteria forthe adventureawards. (Dhyanchand Award). “Contact tracingmustcommenceatthe earli- Saturday. Afterapplyingfortheaward,Iwould were institutedin1961.“Myfathersaid,‘Iused team at the 1948 Olympics, believedNag had “The adventureawardsshould notbebe- Dronacharya Award(lifetimecategory) est. All casual contactswill undergo an RT-PCR wake up at night and wonderifthis wouldbe to beat him in the 100m freestyleinthe pool. I great potential and asked him to shiftto stowedbecause of somebody climbing Mt winner Naresh Kumar (tennis), hockey test immediatelywhile close contactswill be the year,” Ashokesays. can’t go and ask him forafavourjustbecause Calcuttawhere he joinedthe Hatkhola Club. Everest. Instead, theyshould be givenfor playerDeepika (Arjuna Award), closelymonitored andtestedoverthe next 5 As time went by,Ashokeknewhewas in he has becomeapowerful official.’ He wasa OneofAshoke’scherishedmemoriesfrom promoting mountaineering and adventure former boxerLakha Singh (Dhyanchand days,” says theIPL health advisory. TheCovid foralongbattle. proudman,” Ashokerecalls. his childhood washis father pushing him and sports,aswell as to someonewho plays a Award) and air adventureaward winner positive individualshave to beimmediatelyiso- The family had generouslyhandedover Some of the barbs Ashokefacedoverthe hisbrothersintotheGangesto swim.“Wenever partinexploring newroutes or scaling new Gajanand Yadav, too, will notattend the latedina“designatedisolationzone”,withthe Nag’s medals and blazers to the museum at yearsstillsting.Onceaftertheawardswere an- becametop-classswimmerslikeourfather.But peaksconsistently. Suchpeople should be ceremony. advisoryadding:“As soon as the individual is the National InstituteofSportsinPatiala in nounced,heaskedafootballeronthecommit- being successfulingetting my father the pres- an inspiration to other adventurers,”he SAIsaid theywon’tbetherebecause of stable,theyshouldbetransferredoutof theBio- 1992, five years afterthe swimmer passed teewhat went againsthis father.“The foot- tigiousaward givesmeimmensesatisfaction.” said. ‘health or other reasons.’ SecureEnvironmentintotheisolationfacility.” OVER THE HEDGE by Michael Fry&TLewis CROSSWORD4210 DAYTODAY BYPETERVIDAL

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