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MODI, SHAH HOLD SECURITY MEET Jharkhand changes DayafterJammufiring, process, physical PMsaysplottoderail checksmust for all grassrootsdemocracy schools, applicants DespitePak bid, Pakistan fingerprints THE DDC polls as per SCHOLARSHIP schedule: official all over: Phones, SCAM DEEPTIMANTIWARY medicines, weapons ABHISHEKANGAD COVID CURFEW BACK,AHMEDABAD NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER20 NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER20 Amid rising Covid-19cases, the Gujarat government has imposedaweekend curfew in ADAY afterfour terrorists were DEEPTIMANTIWARY DAYS AFTER it registeredFIRs to Letter refers to The Indian Ahmedabad, andnight curfew in Surat, Vadodaraand Rajkot. Nirmal Harindran killedand acache of arms and ex- NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER20 probethe illegal diversion of the Express reports plosivesrecovered in Jammu, Centre's pre-Matric scholarship Prime MinisterNarendra Modi “Kaha Phnche KiaSorateHal Hai forpoor minority students, Fridaypointed to cross-border KoiMushkil To Nahi,2Baje, Phir based on thefindings of an in- disbursedtofakebeneficiaries in terror from Pakistanwhile thank- BtaDan Gy (Wherehaveyou vestigation by The IndianExpress, "previous years". UP govt on Kappan: Had India’s ing the security forces forhaving reached? What’s the situation? the Jharkhand government has The letter referred to The “defeatedanefarious plot”totar- Is thereany problem?, 2O’clock, ordered itsofficers to “physically Indian Express investigation, getgrassroots democracy in J&K. Will letyou know)." verify” all schools and applicants whichfound that the scholar- daughter pamphlet, riot plan With the District Theseweresomeofthe text seeking to avail scholarships un- shipwas being siphonedoff by DevelopmentCouncil(DDC)elec- messages receivedbythe four der the Union Ministryof anexus of middlemen, school through suchkind of websites tions scheduledtotakeplace in Jaish-e-Mohammedterrorists, Minority Affairs for2020-21. staffand district officials that ei- KAUNAINSHERIFFM viz. propaganda relating to inci- the Union Territoryfrom who were gunned down by se- In aletterdated November ther setupfakebeneficiaries or NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER20 dentsofmob lynching, migra- November 28, Modipostedon curity forces in an encounter in Atextmessagereceived by 19,and sent to allDeputy dupedstudentsintoletting them tion of labours in recent times” Twitter:“Oursecurityforceshave Nagrota, in Jammu, Thursday, on the JeM terrorists Commissioners, Welfare apply on theirbehalf and pocket ■ The “pamphletssorecovered These submissions of the onceagaindisplayedutmostbrav- aDigital Mobile Radio manufac- SecretaryAmitabh Kaushal also ashareofthe money. i.e. AM INOT INDIA’S DAUGH- Uttar Pradesh Police in official eryand professionalism. Thanks tured by Pakistani company directed that necessarysteps be Itsaidthatphysicalverification TER... etchaveaneffect of ampli- records —the FIR, remand appli- to theiralertness,theyhavede- MicroElectronics. made in Pakistan. takentorecoverthe scholarship CONTINUEDONPAGE2 fying social hostility and public cations seeking custody—regard- feated anefarious plottotarget The terrorists hadbeen in J&K Police investigations revolt”. ing the case registered against grassroots leveldemocratic exer- touchwith their handlers in have revealedthatthe Jaish ter- ■ Accused have revealedthey SiddiqueKappanwas Delhi-basedjournalistSiddique cises in Jammu and Kashmir.” Pakistanoversmartphones rorists hadbeen sent with the “gathered funds” to “instigate ri- arrested on Oct 5. PTI file Kappan and three others, arepart The Prime Ministerwrote: manufactured by QMobile, a specific task of carrying out a Electoralbondsof oting on basis of caste”incon- of the stategovernment’saffidavit “Neutralising of 4terrorists be- Pakistani company. They were large attackahead of the District nectionwith the Hathras case, before the Supreme Courtinre- longingto Pakistan-basedterrorist carrying medicines manufac- Development Council (DDC) “as theyhavedone on the basis ing webplatform ‘Carrd’; “Many sponse to apetition seeking re- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 tured in Karachi, and wore shoes CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Rs 282 cr sold ahead of religion in protestofCAA”. kinds of anti-national propa- lease of Kappan from custody. of Bihar elections ■ Accused createdawebsiteus- ganda arebeing spread in India CONTINUEDONPAGE2 WEST BENGAL UP to bring ordinance, FPI inflows highest ever, over OnlyRs80lakh from Patna; funding to SUPRIYOINDICATES parties via bonds in 3yrs is Rs 6,493 cr PRESIDENT’SRULE non-BJP state govts Rs 1.4 lakh cr in eight months ANOPTION,TMC HITSBACK slam ‘love jihad’ law nancial year.In2012-13, netFPIs

YOUR RIGHT ED GEORGEMATHEW PAGE 3 SANDEEPSINGH stood at Rs 1,40,033crore (the FPIssee MUMBAI,NOVEMBER20 TO KNOW NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER20 second highestnow). valuein EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Foreign portfolio investors PLAIN E ● recovery THE STATEBank of India (SBI) AN EXPRESS RTI LUCKNOW,NEWDELHI, FOREIGN PORTFOLIO investors include both foreign individuals EX sold Electoral Bonds worth APPLICATION NOVEMBER20 Gehlot: Word have staged aremarkablecome- and foreign institutional in- Rs 282 croretofundpolitical par- BUSINESSASUSUAL manufactured backafter pulling out arecord vestors (FIIs). AFTER A23.9 per cent con- ties in October ahead of the NEARLY Ayear afterthe amend- by BJP Rs 61,973 crorefromIndian eq- In the first20days of traction in GDP growth Assemblyelections in Bihar. According to thedata, the BY UNNY ment in the citizenship Actand uities in March 2020 dragging November,net inflowsaddedup rate in April-June 2020, the With this, total donations to bank’smain branchMumbai is- talk of an all-India National down the benchmarkindices to Rs 44,378 crore, whichhas led reopening of the economy political parties through suedbondsworth Rs 130crore in RegisterofCitizens provoked Haryana as an encroachment on Sensexand Nifty by 23 percent. to a4,267point or 10.8 per cent in the following months Electoral Bonds have touched the 14th tranche while the New severalChief Ministers to declare personal liberty,and an attempt In justeight monthsofthe surge in Sensex. has ledtoasharper than Rs 6,493 crorefromthe time the DelhibranchissuedRs11.99crore theywould notimplement the to create acommunal divide in current financialyear,net foreign Inflows startedpicking up in expected recovery.This scheme wasintroducedin2018. bonds.TheSBIbranchinPatnasold CAAand NRCintheirstates, the country. portfolioinvestment (FPI)into Augustwith moreliberal unlock has attracted FPIs to see The bank sold 279bonds onlyRs80lakhworthofbonds.Its movesbythree BJP-ruledstates Lateinthe evening, the Uttar equities jumpedbyRs1,40,295 guidelines, and afasterand value and re-enter. worthRs1crore each, 32 bonds Bengalurubranchdid notsell any to bring alaw to checkwhat they Pradesh government announced crore, the highest-everinany fi- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 worthRs10lakh eachtodonors bonds. Encashment of bonds sayis“love jihad”, has once again it had initiated theprocess to in the 14th tranche, whichwas worthRs237 croreweredone in split the nation down the middle. bring an Ordinance to checkun- open from October 19 to 28, the threecities—Bhubaneswar(Rs67 At leastfiveOpposition-ruled lawful conversions in the state. Since 2001 SBI said in itsreplytoaRight to crore), Chennai (Rs 80 crore) and states on Fridaycondemnedthe The UP StateLaw Information application filedby Hyderabad (Rs 90 crore). announcementsbyMadhya Commissionhad submitted a The Indian Express. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and CONTINUEDONPAGE2 ONLINE OFFLINE THE EDITORIAL PAGE On abench, underatree... jobs gone in time www.ambitionlawinstitute.com COURSE WAYTOGROW: Yo ur KeytoRSuccess equires Ambition LEARNFROMPAST, of Covid, Mumbaihospitals their new home NEIGHBOUR BY AMARTYA LAHIRI and then quietlyclaiming cor- LAW IS NOTHING PAGE 6 TABASSUM ners in corridors and waiting ar- BARNAGARWALA eas, clinging on forsurvival, BBUT COMMON SENSE MUMBAI,NOVEMBER20 nowhereelse to go. WORLD That's howthe green bench AND LOGIC SINCE EARLY lastmonth, when became hishome, says Kumar. “I he visitedLokmanya Tilak have neverbeen homelessbe- –Alok Kr. Ranjan MunicipalGeneral (LTMG) ON THE BRINK fore.Iusedtoworkand stay at a Hospital to treat aleg injury, restaurant in Virar, earning Shakti Kumar has made abench IN THE CITY Rs 15,000 amonth,sending JUDICIARY at the facility his home. Vishal AN EXPRESSSERIES mostofittomyfamilyinUP. Pawarand his mother have Covid forced therestaurant Kind Attention : been living in ashednearbyfor MUMBAI owner to shut in March,leaving FOUNDATION :25NOV DOUGLASSTUART the lastthree months. Vijay me and five other staffers jobless WEEKEND :20DEC Law Book WINSBOOKERPRIZE Boiteand his daughter stayed less. Theylosttheir livelihoods and homeless,” he says. Laxmi Gangadhar Parate,60, FORSHUGGIEBAIN underatreeinKEM Hospital for during the Covid lockdown and “I metwith an accidentand is afamiliarfaceatBYL Nair 8800662140, 8800660301 PAGE 10 three weeks. nowseek shelterinthe city's wasadmitted foraweek here. Hospital. TabassumBarnagarwala Sellers &Readers MeetMumbai's newhome- hospitals, arriving fortreatment CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CLAT FOUNDATION :4DEC Prebook Bare WEEKEND :5DEC With distancing, ghatart, pollution measures, 8800660380 Acts of AMBITION Haridwarpreparesfor Covid Maha Kumbh PUBLICATIONS in new form which PAGE 1 Officials have ruledout the pos- ment of the crowds is being ANCHOR sibility of the mega-event — plannedinaccordance with so- whichwill begin on January14 cialdistancing norms, and willbe are full of recent and continue until the end of enforcedthrough surveillance by 8800662130 April—being cancelled on ac- anetwork of CCTVcameras. A ESHAROY count of the Covid-19outbreak. 1,000-bedprefabricatedhospital cases, amendments, NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER20 “The Kumbh Mela in is being put in place forCovid-19, Haridwar takesplaceonceevery and aseparate, 50-bed hospital IAS (LAW) simple meaning. LESS THAN twomonths from 12 years. In 2021it’ll be taking forother ailmentsand emergen- now, theMahaKumbhwillreturn place after11years, aphenom- cies. The Uttarakhandgovern- FOUNDATION :15JAN,2021 to Haridwar,bringingwithitasea enon that is happening after80 ment will acquireanadequate TEST SERIES :8NOV of pilgrims and enormous logis- years. Of course, with the Covid- number of masks, he said. 9312548656 ticschallengesinthemiddleof the 19 pandemic, the management The Kumbh Mela also pres- 8800662140 novelcoronavirus pandemic. of theKumbhMela is tricky,and ents achallengeintermsofcon- The lastMaha Kumbh in we areplanning according to the trolling pollution in theGanga, FEE TILL NOV.END IS HEAVILYCONCESSIONAL DUE TO COVID-19 Haridwar in 2010 wasattended guidelines issuedbythe govern- the responsibility forwhichis by 1.62 crorepilgrims according ment,’’ KumbhMela Adhikari Besides Indianartists,streetart practitioners from Malaysia, withthe National Mission for to estimates by the Indian Space Deepak Rawatsaid. 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Pak fingerprints IDs and passwordsorusedfake MohammedShaikh, awardboy. “anonymous financing by Indian school letter pads to obtain them. “Wekeepturningthemaway,but as well as foreign companies can polls to derail the entireelection Then, theyinvolvedbanking cor- theyreturn,” says Sunil Patil, ase- have seriousrepercussionsonthe process. Policehaverecovered11 respondentstoopen accountsof Plot to derail grassroots democracy: PM curityguard.At BYLNairHospital, Indian democracy”. The Finance AKassaultrifles,24 magazinesand prospective beneficiaries using LaxmiGangadharParate isafamil- Actof2017introducedthe use of 7.5kgofRDX along with 20 mof their Aadhaarcards andfinger- organisation Jaish-e- ationintheValleyanddiscussed pistols, 29 grenades, explosives Declaration(PAGD)--acoalition iar face.The 60-year-oldwas an Electoral Bondswhichisexempt IED wireand six detonators. printsbeforeapplyingontheirbe- Mohammedand the presence ways to put further pressureon andotherdevices,includingmo- of sevenpolitical parties of unofficial caretaker,charging “Rs from disclosureunderthe Recoveries include one Under half withhelp from district offi- of large cache of weapons and Pakistaninforums, suchasthe bilephonesandmedicines,with Kashmir -- and the Congress, 200-300per daytochange dia- Representation of the People Act, BarrelGrenade Launcher (UBGL), cials.Lastweek, the Dhanbad explosiveswith them indicates FinancialAction Task Force Pakistani markings. leavingtheBJPwithatoughbat- pers,assistintakingpatientstothe 1951,openingdoorsto unchecked, 29 grenades, five rifle grenades, administrationfiled11FIRsnam- thattheireffortstowreakmajor (FATF), to stop backing terrorist The policedescribed the tleahead. On Wednesday, NC bathroom”.“SinceMarch,thehos- unknownfundingtopoliticalpar- three pistols with six magazines, ingseveral accusedfor theirrole havocanddestructionhave once activity in the newly created movementof terroristsaspartof leaderOmarAbdullahtweeted: pital has stoppedpeople likeus. ties. The amendmentsremoved awireless setand aGPS. inthescam,includingmiddlemen again been thwarted.” UnionTerritory. “Despitetheten- aplottotargetthe DDC polls “Whatsortofelectionsarebeing NowIamheretoaskanyonewho thecapof 7.5percentof netprofit “Inputsindicatethatthe elec- who allegedly“lured innocent The tweets were posted af- uous securitysituation and with an attackthat could coin- heldinJ&Kwherecandidatesare comesto give mework ortakeme inthelastthreeyearsoncampaign tions scheduledinthe Union people”to become“fakebenefici- terModiheldahigh-levelmeet- Pakistan’s efforts, the DDC polls cide with the anniversaryofthe being stoppedfromcampaign- to ashelter home,” she says. donationsbycompanies.TheADR Territorytoestablishthethirdand aries”,“submittedfakeKYCdocu- ing withHome MinisterAmit will be heldasscheduled,” a 26/11Mumbai terror attacks. ing?Isthis the safe,terrorfree At theKEM Hospital, Dean Dr had earlier filedtwo applications finaltierof thelocalbodiesforgov- ments” at the welfareoffice and Shah, National Security Advisor Home Ministryofficial said. Security has been enhanced J&K the Home Ministerwas Hemant Deshmukh says there in March 2019 and November ernancehave unnervedterrorists bypassedverification with help Ajit Doval, Foreign Secretary On Thursday, ajointteam of aheadoftheDDCpollswithcan- tweeting about yesterday?” have been “cases in whichafew 2019 forgrant of stay on imple- and Pakistani agencies. The elec- from officials to getschoolsregis- HarshvardhanShringla,andthe J&K Police, CRPF and the Army didatesputupinclusteraccom- Home MinisterAmitShah homelesspeopletriedtoseekad- mentation of the bond scheme. tions have already seen massive teredonthe NSP. chiefsofthe Intelligence Bureau gunneddownthefourterrorists modationandtheCentredecid- had earlier attackedPAGDand missionwhentheirillnessdidnot participationintermsof nomina- The latestorder said: “During andResearchandAnalysisWing. who openedfireonsecurity ingto dispatch25,000additional theCongressinaseriesoftweets merithospitalisation”.Boite,who ‘Love jihad’ tions and enthusiastic response physical verification, it should be Sources told The Indian forces near Nagrotaonthe out- troopstoKashmir. callingthemthe“GupkarGang” livedunderatree at the hospital reportonthe subject to Chief fromthepublic.ThePakistaniter- made clear whether that student Express that the meeting as- skirts of Jammu city.The police Thepollsarebeingfoughtby thatwantedto “takeJ&Kbackto with his daughter,isone of them. MinisterYogiAdityanathlastyear, rorists andthe hugequantity of is from the instituteconcerned sessedthe overall security situ- recovered11AK-47 rifles, three the People’s Alliance forGupkar the eraofterrorand turmoil”. “I have been out of regular work along with adraft ‘UttarPradesh weapons were to be usedto and if theyare eligible.” forseven months, and had to give FreedomofReligionAct, 2019’, thwartthisprocessof democratic It directed Deputy up our rented home. My wifeleft proposingthat“Conversiondone decentralisation,”anofficialof the Commissionersto deputeofficers proach the jurisdictional High thisamountisworthconfiscating. RajivRanjan Mishrasaid. marketsasthere arenot manyop- me, leavingour twodaughters in forsolepurposeof marriagetobe Union Home Ministrysaid. forphysical verification who will CourtnamelyHighCourtof Inthisway, abovewebsiteisusing “Wehavealso givenRs85 tionsasof nowandthatislikelyto my care. Idroppedone daughter declared null and void”. Ever since August2019, over submit areport with recommen- Allahabad”. donations receivedfromforeign croretothe stategovernment for keepthemarketsstrong,”saidthe at afriend’s house and took the Theprocessto bringalawwas 200terrorists have been gunned dations to theDistrict Welfare “Theperson in custody countries.”“Theorganisationsand infrastructuredevelopment such CEOof aleadingfinancialservices other to the hospital. We stayed speededupafter Adityanath re- down,including over30foreign- Officer (DWO). Basedonthe re- namelySiddique Kappan is the activities connected withthe as construction of toilets, acquisi- firm.News aroundthepricingand under apeepal tree. Ithoughtif centlysaid at apublic meetingin ers, in intelligence-driven precise port, the DWO will verify the ap- Office SecretaryofPopularFront above websiteare doing so in or- tionof around6,000dustbins,em- timelineof ‘Covishield’,aCovid-19 theyadmit me, my daughter can Jaunpur that those waging “love operations by securityforces. plicantsonthe NSP.The listpre- of India (PFI) using ajournalist der to gather crowd, spread ru- ployment of additional sanitary vaccine being manufacturedby sleep on thefloor,” he says. jihad” should either mend their According to initial investiga- pared by theDWO will be further coverbyshowing identity cardof mour,collectdonationinthecover workers,and recruitment of vol- SerumInstituteofIndia (SII)un- Everyday,Boite triedtogetad- ways or be preparedfor theirfi- tions by the J&K Police, the terror- reviewedbyaseniorofficerunder aKerala-basednewspapernamed of proving justice. Anti-national unteers forthe Mela,’’ Mishra der an agreement with Oxford- mitted for“weaknessand back naljourney–“Ramnaamsatyahai ists crossed the International “intensesupervision”. as‘Tejas’whichwasclosedin2018. sentimentsare being inculcated added.IndianOilCorporationhas AstraZeneca,has alsoperkedup pain”, says adoctor at the hospi- ki yatranikalne wali hai”. BorderinJammuandwere metby Anyirregularity found will re- It is revealedduring investigation in youths through suchkind of fundedthe upgradation of Har Ki the markets. At aHTLeadership tal. Finally, thehospital admitted The criticism of the movesby acourier in atruckatapre-desig- sultincancellationoftheregistra- that he along with other PFI ac- websites.” Pauri,andanew,1-kilometre-long Summit, Adar Poonawalla, CEO, him for six days,administered UP,MP, andHaryanato bringalaw nated spotonthe national high- tion of institutes, the order said. tivists and their student wing “Manykinds of anti-national ghat calledChandighat has been SII, Thursdaysaid that Covishield saline and dischargedhim. Boite against“love jihad”was ledby waysouthofSamba. “Regarding the renewalofappli- (Campus Front of India) leaders propaganda arebeing spread in built near Haridwar.“Chandighat willbemadeavailableto thepub- movedbackunder the tree with RajasthanChief MinisterAshok The truckwas supposedto cations...if foundduringthephys- were going to Hathras under the India through suchkind of web- willtakethe pressureoff the licbyMarch-April 2021. his daughter before the guards Gehlot.“Love jihadisawordman- ferrythem to Kashmirbut was icalverificationthattheapplicants garbof Journalismwithaveryde- sitesviz.propagandarelatingtoin- Haridwarghatsduring Kumbh,” asked them to move out. Today, ufacturedby BJPtodivide the na- stoppedatthe Ban toll naka in anddocumentsare notaspersub- termined designtocreateacaste cidentsofmob lynching, migra- Mishrasaid. As the central and Jobs gone the 40-year-old livesonthe street tion anddisturb communal har- Jammu, basedonspecific inputs mitted,then cancelthe registra- divide and disturb lawand order tion of labours in recent times, stategovernmentsenter the When theydischargedme, I outside his old home in mony.”hesaid. “Marriageisa generated by intelligence agen- tion...and ensurenecessarysteps, situation were found carrying in- extensive advertisement in sup- home stretchofpreparations, had nowheretogo,” he says. Ulhasnagar with his daughters matter of personal liberty (and) cies. When the police triedto as per rules, to getbackthe schol- criminatingmaterial,”theUPgov- portofseparatistselementsin signs of beautification arevisible Kumar bathesinapublic toilet, who have droppedout of school. bringing alaw to curb it is com- checkthe truck, the terrorists arship moneypaid to suchappli- ernment submitted. Kashmir etc.” in Haridwar.Chandighat has a eatsmeals providedbyNGOsor He is still jobless. pletely unconstitutional &itwill openedfire,leadingto twoinjuries cantsinthe previous years,” it Intheaffidavit,thestate made “Thiswebsitealsoexplainsthe 100-metrepaintingof aturtle,in- leftoverfood from the hospital. notstandinanycourtof law...,”he amongthepolicemen.Inthegun- stated.Under thescheme, stu- twokey submissions: first, that methods forspreading violence... digenous to the Ganga, by the “Everyday,Iwalkoutlookingfora Poll bonds said on Twitter. fightthatfollowed,allfourterror- dentsfromClass 1to5receiveRs “duringthe investigationcon- and it also encourages common renownedMexican street artist job. Iamreadytocook forRs Electoral Bonds, whichare Chhattisgarh's Health ists were killed. 1,000 peryear,and studentsof ducted so far, the evidence of the publicinparticipatingriots… Senkoe. Mojarto,anart platform 3,000,” he says. purchasedanonymouslyby Ministerand senior Congress “It has been clear forsome Class6to10receive Rs5,700ayear accusedhavinglinkswithbanned Through aforesaid website, infor- that wasgiven the responsibility Pawarwas asecurity guard donors, arevalid for15days from leaderTSSingh Deo said on time that Pakistani agencies have if theyare dayscholars or Rs organizationshasemerged”;sec- mation that howidentity of the of implementingapublicartproj- who stayed in aKurla slum and thedateofissue.Thebondscanbe Twitter:““Love Jihad”anexhaust- been disconcertedbythe lackof 10,700if theyare inahostel.Most ond, “as the investigation is going personcanbehiddenduringriot- ect in Haridwar and Varanasi two worked as apart-time helper in redeemedonlybyaneligible po- ingly bigoted term coinedbyBJP disruption in Kashmir following of thecorruptionisrelatedtothese on by the Special Task Force, the ing,to participateinviolence...this years ago, has brought in, apart LTMG. “When the lockdown be- liticalparty by depositing the carriedforward through the me- the constitutional changes of lasttwo categories. factswhichhaveemergedsofar websitealsoprovides ways how fromIndianartists,streetartprac- gan, Ilostbothjobs. The landlord same in itsdesignated bank ac- dia propagandists has now August5,2019. Ever since, there “It should be also checked arenot filedinthe present to come outeasilyfromthe area titioners from Malaysia, Japan, asked us to leave and since then, countmaintainedwithanautho- reachedlevelsof severity. Theha- have been desperateattemptsby whether or notthe institutesap- Affidavit”. Thepolice have also afterbreachofits lawand order.” Australia,Switzerland,France,and we have been living in this shed. risedbank. tred andintolerance has creptso Pakistantouse terroriststostrike plying forhostels have hostelin- filedlowercourtrecords, the FIR On Friday, Solicitor General Nepal. Mostofthe paintings and My mother visitsthe ward every The bonds, meant forfund- deeplythattheyare nowbrazenly at vulnerable and softtargets like frastructure,” the Welfare andthegeneraldiaryentrywhich Tushar Mehta, appearing forthe murals arelinked to Hindu afternoonwhereanursegivesher ing political parties, areissuedby planninglaws againstconsensual political leaders and civilians. All Secretary's letter stated. provide details of howthe prose- UP government before the bench mythology. leftoverfood,” he says.“These are SBI in the denomination of Rs interfaith marriages.” suchattemptshavebeensuccess- ItpointedoutthattheDisaster cution has built itscase. headedbyCJI Bobde, denied peoplewho were justabove the 1,000,Rs10,000,Rs1lakh, Rs 10 The convener of Kerala's rul- fullythwartedwith the coopera- ManagementDepartmenthador- ■ “...investigating officer...has claimsmadeby thepetitionerthat FPI inflows povertyline before the lockdown lakh and Rs 1crore.Anelectoral ingLeftDemocraticFrontandsec- tion of the people of J&K,” the deredhostelsinthestate to beva- presented an application... ac- Kappanhadbeendeniedaccessto wider reopening of the economy. began, and have nowbeen bond is adebt instrument, which retary of the CPM's Kerala unit, A MHA official said. Medicines re- catedinviewofthepandemic,and cusedpersonshave revealedover his lawyer.Mehtasaid therewas Accordingly,FPIs duringAugust- pushedbelow,”says Mohammed people can buy from the bank, Vijayaraghavan, said the pro- coveredfromtheterroristsinclude directed that all applications un- to theformerinvestigationofficer no objection to Kappan meeting November add up to Rs 1,03,216 Tarique, from NGOKoshishthat and donatetoapolitical party. posedlegislation is an infringe- painkillers,antibioticsto fightdiar- der the categoryshouldbere- that theyhavegathered funds hislawyerinjailforthepurposeof crore, almost three-fourth of the worksfor the homeless. The political party then encashes ment on fundamental rights. rhoea,Unanimedicines,injections jected. from various known, unknown signing the vakalatnama. total inflowsofRs1,40,295crore The 2011 Censuspegged the the bond by selling it backtothe “Thereisnosuchissueasloveji- and surgical gauze. Theyhaveall Aspartof itsinvestigation,The sources wantstoinstigate rioting Senior Advocate KapilSibal, in the financialyear till date. number of homeless in Mumbai bank. had, whichisaconcept being been manufactured by Pakistani IndianExpressmatchedentrieson onthebasisof casteinconnection representing the petitioner,told FPIshavetaken apositive call atjust57,415.Beforethepandemic With the latesttranche, highlighted by forces of extreme companiessuchasLahore theNSPwithbeneficiarybankac- with Hathrascasethrough the bench: “Wewenttothe mag- on Indiadespiteits economybe- hit,areportcommissionedbythe donors have givenRs6,493 crore Hindutva... The legislation pro- MedicalInstrumentsPvt Ltd counts in the PublicFinance print/electronic medium,asthey istrateand requestedtoallow us ing one of the hardesthit due to Brihanmumbai Municipal to political parties through posedby the states,going by me- (Kasur),QarshiIndustries(Khyber Management System (PFMS)to have done on the basisofreligion to meetthe accused... the magis- theCovid-19pandemic,saidmar- Corporation this year came up Electoral bonds. Donors gave Rs diareports,wouldonlyhelpboost Pakhtunkhwa), Sami findcasesof thescholarshipbeing in protestofCAA,” Chief Judicial tratetoldustogotojail authori- ketexpertspointingto theall-time withanestimateof11,915.“Butac- 1,056.73crore in 2018,Rs thatHindutvaagenda.Itisananti- Pharmaceuticals (Karachi), illegallydivertedinJharkhandand Magistrate,Mathura,statedinor- ties, who then sentusbacktothe highs that benchmarkindices cordingto us,Mumbaihasatleast 5,071.99 crorein2019and Rs Muslim agenda,” he said. RehmanRainbowPvtLtd(Lahore) Bihar. Itfoundthatthescamroped der dated November. magistrate.” During the hearing, have touched.Therallythismonth 2lakh homeless people. This 363.96 crorein2020, the SBIsaid In Trinamool Congress-ruled and Sanofi-Aventis PakistanLtd inschoolsfromPunjabandAssam “Accusedperson have admit- Mehtaalsotoldthebenchthatthe is drivenbyaseries of good news. countmay have increasedfurther in itsRTI reply. West Bengal,MinisterforScience (Karachi). as well. tedthat theyare member of petitioner should approachthe The outcome of US Presidential duringthelockdown,”says Brijesh The extant instructions is- and Technology and Bio- PFI/CFIandthisfacthasalsocome High Court. “Their bails were elections in the firstweekof Arya of NGOHomelessCollective. suedby the ReserveBank of India Technology BratyaBasu said: Scholarship scam Kappan to lightfrominvestigationthatac- heardfor nine days.Ihavefiled a NovemberfuelledFPIinflows into ShyamTagade, principal sec- regarding ‘know your customer’ “Love is personal. The twowords is neededtoprevent “recurrence Thefourmenwere arrestedin cusedpersons have relationship detailedreply, they should ap- emerging marketsand ledtoa retary,Social Justice and Welfare (KYC)norms of abank’s cus- do notgotogether.” of irregularities and embezzle- MathuraonOctober 5whileon with the former members of proachthe High Court,” Mehta sharp rallyinequity markets Department, says thereare no of- tomerwill applytoall applicants JharkhandMinisterand state ment”. The latest decision as- their waytoHathraswherea19- bannedSIMI organization,” the said. The matter will be listedfor worldwide, including India. ficial records of those rendered of the ElectoralBonds. “However, Congress president Rameshwar sumessignificancesinceeventhe year-oldDalit girlhad been al- CJM recordedthe submissions hearing next week. Successive announcementsof homeless duringthe pandemic. SBI as authorisedbankmay call Oraon said: “What is the BJP try- Minority Affairs Ministry, which legedly gangraped, leading to her made by the STF. Covid-19vaccinebyPfizer and “Police areresponsible forbring- forany additional KYCdocu- ing to do? Love doesnot happen administers the scheme, has not death in aDelhi hospital. They “Thereare also allegations Kumbh BioNTech, Modernaand Russia, ing the homeless and destituteto ments, if it deems necessary,”the according to one'sreligion... This mandated aphysical verification. were booked under theUnlawful againstaccusedpersonof spread- Union MinistryofJal Shakti. The providedcomfortand buoyed our institutions.But since the po- SBI said. willnotstandinlaw. TheBJPistry- The Centrehad disbursedRs61 Activities(Prevention)Actandvar- ing caste basedand community NMCG has worked on several marketsentimentsoverthelast10 licehave beenoccupiedwithpan- Only politicalpartieswhichare ing to communalise. ” croretoJharkhandunderthepre- ious sections of the IPC including based hatred in the society by large religious eventsaround the days.Atopstrategistwith alead- demic arrangements, theyhave registered under Section 29Aof Punjab Congress chiefSunil Matricschemefor2019-20--over one relating to thecharge of sedi- makingawebsiteontheInternet,” Gangaoverthe pastfew years. ing global financialservices firm notbeenable to do this,” says the Representation of the People Jakhar hit out at the BJP-ruled 2lakhstudentsappliedandmore tion.Thepolicesubmissionsform the CJM courtorder stated. Since 2014 –when Haridwar said that “aslonger term uncer- ShobhaShelar,Deputy Women Act,1951 (43of 1951)andsecured states. “Are we livinginthe Stone than 84,000got the scholarship. partofanaffidavitfiledbySenior ■Detailsof thiswebsite,atthe hadtwosewagetreatmentplants taintygetsaddressedbyvaccines, and Child Development Officer, notlessthanone per cent of the Age?Letusbehave like acivilised ButTheIndianExpresstracked Superintendent of Jail,DistrictJail heart of the prosecution case, are (STPs) with acombinedcapacity some capitalisbound to flowin.. Mumbai, adding that the num- votes polledinthe lastgeneral society... We should keep away hundredsofapplications from 15 Mathura, Uttar Pradesh,after a in the FIR (translated copy)an- to treat just45million litres/day Markets price in big changes bers of homeless"mayhavegone electionto theHouseof thePeople from people’spersonal lives. It is schools in six districtsand found benchheadedbyChief Justice of nexedtothe affidavit before the (MLD)ofsewage,andabout60per rather rapidly.” up" in the pastfew months. ortheLegislative Assemblyare el- suchananachronisticstep...Today howmultiplelayersof verification, IndiaSABobde soughtresponses Supreme Court. centof the110MLDof sewage was While FPIsseem to have con- “TheBMCwillinquireifhome- igibleto opencurrentaccountsfor it is anti love jihad and tomorrow from the school to the state level, from theCentre and UP govern- TheFIRstates:“Thepamphlets dumpeduntreated in the river– sidered amedium-to-long term less people aretaking shelter in redemption of Electoral Bonds. therewill be an anti love cam- failedtodetect thescam despite ment lastMonday. so-recoveredi.eAMINOTINDIA’S five newSTPs have been built in horizon in their India investment anyofthe hospitals that the civic According to corporate paign,”hesaid. checks like Aadhaar IDs and fin- In itsaffidavit, the UP govern- DAUGHTER, MADE WITH Carrd the town. Alarge STPof68MLD decisions, domestic investors bodyruns.If theyneedtreatment sources, business houses in The BJP's Rajasthanunitpres- gerprints. Norms forthe scheme ment mentionedthree broad etchaveaneffectof amplifyingso- capacity wasinaugurated by the seemtobeinaprofit-booking we will hospitalise them, if they Mumbaiare big purchasers of ident Satish Poonia said Gehlot’s statethat applications needtobe grounds on whythe petition for cial hostility and public revolt.” PrimeMinisteratJagjitpur last mode. Domestic institutional in- arehomeless we will take help ElectoralBondsdueto theanony- commentswere “shameful”,and verifiedfirstbydesignated nodal Kappan’s release wasnot main- “These peopleare indulged in month. The twoolder STPs have vestors (DIIs) pulledout anet Rs frompoliceandreferthemto shel- mous nature of funding. that “everyone knowsthat in the officers in schools who areregis- tainable: It said the Kerala Union collecting donation in itscover. beenrepairedaswell–andtheto- 32,649crore in November alone. terhomes,” says Suresh Kakani, “Theinformationfurnishedby tradition of sanatan Bharat, mar- teredwith District Welfare of Working Journalistshas no lo- Thisfacthasalsocometo lightthat talsewagetreatment capacityis Thetotaloutflow by DIIsfromdo- Additional Municipal thepurchasershallbetreatedcon- riageisareligiousandsociallyap- Officers.Theapplicationsarethen cusstandito filethepetitionsince the people who arerunning a nowupto145 MLD. mestic equities over the lastfour Commissioner. fidentialby StateBankof Indiaand proved sanskaar and is notre- checkedbythe district and state the accusedis“already in touch websitenamed‘Carrd.com’, are “Thiswill take careofthe months between Augustand At LTMG,DeanDrMohanJoshi shall notbedisclosedtoany au- stricted to individual freedom.” nodalofficersbefore beingsentto withhislawyersandrelativesand directlyindulged in flaring up ri- wastegenerated by the floating November till dateamountstoRs says he has “notnoticed” such thority forany purposes, except UPAdditionalChief Secretary, the Minority Affairs Ministry, he himself can file proceedings otsbyaffectinglaw andorder...and population of tourists and pil- 60,903crore.Marketparticipants cases. But staffpoint out that the whendemandedbyacompetent Home, Awanish Kumar Awasthi whichverifies and uploads them throughhislawyers”;Kappan,the social harmonyusing donations grims. We have also linkedthe 20 feel that once domestic investors, facility is closetoDharavi and courtoruponregistrationof crim- confirmedthe government is set ontheNationalScholarshipPortal statesaid, is “notinanillegal cus- receivedfromforeign countries.” nallasinHaridwarto theSTPs.This sitting on the sidelines, also start Chembur,whichare hubs of mi- inal case by anylaw enforcement to bring the anti-conversion (NSP) before disbursalthrough tody/confinement but is in judi- “This information has also capacityislikelytotakecareofthe investing, the marketswilllikely grant labourers. “The number of agency,” operating guidelines is- Ordinance. As per the Ordinance, Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT). cial custody”; and the petitiondi- beenreceivedthatnovalidproce- sewage treatmentdemandforthe risefurther.“Thereisahuge homeless, unemployedmen in suedbySBI state. conversiondone forthe sole pur- Butinseveralcases,TheIndian rectlyunder Article32ofthe dureisbeingadoptedinreceiving next15 years,andwe areinavery amount of liquidity,and savings thehospitalwaitingarea,corridors NGOAssociation for poseof marriagewillbedeclared Expressfound,middlemeneither Constitutionof Indiais“notmain- suchkindof donationamountand goodpositionto handlethewaste have also risensignificantlyover andbencheshasincreased.When Democratic Reform (ADR) re- null and void, and violation will convincedschoolownersornodal tainable and it is forthe person in the medium through suchdona- generated duringthe Kumbh thelastfew months.Asizablepart thereisexcess food leftinwards,I centlymoved the Supreme Court leadtothree to six monthsinjail officers to provide the NSP login judicial custody who can ap- tionamountisbeingreceivedand Mela,’’ NMCG Director General of thatmoneywillcometo equity distributeitamong them,” says againsttheElectoralBonds,saying and afine of Rs 10,000.

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Bengal, then he should firsttalk earlier this month, UnionHome EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE about the imposition of MinisterAmit Shah said, KOLKATA,NOVEMBER20 President’s Rule in Uttar Pradesh, “President’s Rule cannot be dis- whererule of lawhas ceased cussedinapublic place likethis, HINTINGATthe imposition of to exist.” but Ifeel thatitwill notbere- President’s Rule in West Bengal, Responding to Supriyo's alle- quired as BJPisanywaygoingto Union MinisterBabul Supriyoon gations, TMC MP Kalyan form the government with avery Fridaysaid therewereprovisions Banerjee, said, “He knows noth- big margin afterApril next year.” in the Constitution to “takecare ing about the law. He is asinger On September 28, Governor of” violencein the state. Speaking Union Minister andlet him sing. Idarethem to Jagdeep Dhankharwarnedthe to aregional news channel, the Babul Supriyo impose President’s Rule in state administration that he BJP leader claimedmorethan 130 West Bengal.” would beforcedto look at Article of the saffron party’s workers in CPI(M) MLASujan 154ofthe Constitution, which the statehad been killedinvio- lence is continuing unabated in Chakraborty saidboththe TMC mandates that the executive lence perpetrated by the the state andespeciallyonour and the BJP were helping each powerofthe stateshall bevested Trinamool Congress (TMC), the workers. Our active party work- otheraheadof theAssembly elec- in the Governor. ruling party. ersarebeing killed,falsecasesare tions by makingsuchcomments. “I have to act if the “The TMC mustmend its being slappedfor protesting such “Weall knowthat the TMC is Constitution is notprotected.Itis ways and stop itsatrocities on our deaths andnow police action is going to lose the 2021Assembly unfortunatethat the office of the ILLUMINATED workers. Onlyafewmonths are being initiated to stifle our voice. Polls in the stateand suchstate- Governor has been ignored. leftfor Assemblypolls. If the TMC The administrationandpoliceare mentsaheadof theelectionswill Under suchcircumstances, Iwill Howrah BridgedeckeduponFridayaspartofUNICEF’sWorld Children’s Daycelebrations. Partha Paul workers think that theycan in- trying to intimidateusbyforce. give moreoxygentothe TMC. be forced to look at Article 154of timidatevoters and continue This is the reason whysome of Once again it is provedthat the the Constitution,” he said. with political violence, then there our leaders arespeakingin favour BJP and the TMC arehelping On September 28, Governor areprovisions in theConstitution of President's Rule. However, we eachother.” Jagdeep Dhankharwarnedthe to take careofsuchthings,” want to win the election in a StateCongress chief Adhir state administration that he 20-year-old woman’s body found stuffedinsack Supriyotold the news channel. democraticwayand notbyusing Ranjan Chowdhurysaid, “The would beforcedto look at Article The ministerclaimedthat Article 356,” Ghosh said. Election Commission conducts 154ofthe Constitution, which body forautopsy. cusedand the motive behindthe went out to bring food &re- people had made up their mind The TMC dared the polls. It is an independent institu- mandates that the executive EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE According to thepolice, crime wasyet to be ascertained, turnedasacorpse! Sadly, the to votefor theBJP in next year’s Opposition party to impose tion whichwill look afterall the powerofthe stateshall bevested KOLKATA,NOVEMBER20 therewereinjurymarks on the police said. The cause of death Chief MinisterisaWoman,” the elections. President’s Rule. "If theyhavethe aspectsbeforeholding thepolls. in the Governor. body.Primary investigation in- could be confirmedonlyafter stateBJP tweeted. His party colleague and state gutsthen letthem impose it in the Thesearesome provocative state- “I have to act if the THE BODY of a20-year-old dicates thatthe victim had re- the post-mortem reportisre- Police have so farinterro- BJP chief Dilip Ghosh said atroci- state. Ichallengethem to impose mentsbeingmade by BJP leaders Constitution is notprotected.Itis woman wasfound stuffedina ceivedacall on phone on ceived, theysaid, adding that the gatedfourpersons,including a ties being facedbyparty workers President’s Rule here,” said state to energise their workers.Ifthe unfortunatethat the office of the sackinEkbalpur,Portareaof Wednesday eveningand left woman's familymembers were friend of the victim, in connec- were forcing some BJP leaders to ministerBratyaBasu. situation is indeedgrim, the Governor has been ignored. Kolkata, policesaid on Friday. herresidenceinahurry.Since informed. tion with the case. Police suspect speak about the imposition of TMC MP SaugataRoy said, "If Home Ministryshould have im- Under suchcircumstances, Iwill According to the police, local res- then, her mobile phone has been “Barbarismistaking place in the involvement of more than President’s Rule. BabulSupriyoistalkingabout the posedPresident’s Rule by now.” be forced to look at Article154 of identsnoticedafoulsmell switchedoff and she didn'tre- Didi's State. Women arenot safe one person in the murder.CCTV “This is nothing newasvio- imposition of Article 356in During his visit to the state the Constitution,” he said. from asackonMohammad Ali turn.The police is yettorecover even in the broad daylightas footageisbeing examined. “ Road.Apoliceteam soon her phone. highlighted in arecent Ekbalpur “Weare investigating the reachedthe spotand sent the Asearch wasonfor the ac- incidentwhereayoung woman case,” said an officer.

Outsiders trying to dictate terms: TMC PILOT EXERCISE getedand outsiders being sent came an MP,but he wasnot PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA to the statetodoso. givenany ministry. Did theyde- IAF jets land at KOLKATA,NOVEMBER20 Senior TMC “Theywant to control us with servesuchhumiliation?” he leader and the help of outsiders. Do we have asked. Kolkata airport THE TRINAMOOL Congress minister to keep our heads down? Is this Emphasising that the TMC Kolkata:Indian Air Force(IAF) (TMC) leadership on Fridayac- BratyaBasu miserythe fate of Bengalis?” he believesintaking“everybody trainer Hawk jets landedatthe cusedthe BJP of engaging “non- asked. along, unlikethe BJP”, Basu cited Netaji Subhas ChandraBose Bengali outsiders to dictate Pointing to media reports the exampleofretired IPS officer International Airport hereina terms”tothe peopleofthe state, desecration of Ishwar Chandra suggesting that US President- RajpalSingh, who wassworn in familiarisation exercise forpi- an allegation refuted by the saf- Vidyasagar’s bust[duringthe elect Joe Biden's Cabinetislikely as aministerafter theparty lots on Thursday,IAF sources fron party as “baselessand polit- May2019Lok Sabha polls cam- to have Indian-American profes- came to powerin2011. said on Friday. Muchtotheir icallymotivated”. paign],” Basusaid. sor Arun Majumdar as one of its “But youwill notsee Bengalis surprise, flyers at the airport Senior TMC leader and min- Noting that the people of the members, Basu said, “Even being givenaministryinany witnessedthe IAF aircraftland isterBratyaBasu told reporters statewould neveracceptthe do- Biden is fascinated by Bengalis, other state. YouhaveanArjun and take offfromthe busy air- at apress conference that the BJP minionof“non-Bengali out- but Delhi isn’t.” SinghasanMPhere, then why port on Thursday. This wasa was“anti-Bengali”and that was siders”, Basu said, "History has He sought to knowwhy the notArjun RoyfromUttar part of aroutine annualexercise whythe party,whichhas been shown anysuchattempt has saffronparty,despitehavinga Pradesh or an ArjunBanerjee as forfamiliarising newly inducted in poweratthe Centresince neversucceeded. This Matua MP,did notaccommo- MP from Gujarat?” he said. pilotswith civilian airports to 2014,has notappointed any time, too, therewillbeno datesomeone from the commu- Rejecting the allegations, the preparethem forany exigency Bengali to the Union Cabinet. exception." nity in the Union cabinet. BJP leadership saiditwould like during warorother emergen- “Outsiders who do notknow The stateminister,referring “After we came to powerin to knowifpolitical strategist cies, the sources added. The Rabindranath Tagore aredictat- to BJP leaders deputed to the 2011,weappointed astate Prashant Kishor,appointed by one-daytrainingexercise did ing terms to thepeople of the statebythe party’scentral Cabinetministerfromthe Matua the TMC to strengthen itspoll notaffect the schedule of pas- state. We had seen howviolence leadership forAssemblypolls, community.In2019, aMatua prospects, wasa“Bengali or sengerflights, an airport perpetrated by them ledtothe said Bengalis were beingtar- member from Thakurbari be- non-Bengali”. spokespersonsaid. PTI BJP’s central leaders take stock of ground situation

Kolkataorganisational zones. PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA Deodhar,Tawde, Gautam KOLKATA,NOVEMBER20 and Sonkar held severalmeet- ings in their respective zones . SENIOR BJP leaders, deputed by Theyinteracted with across- the party's topbrass to assess section of districtleaders--the the ground situation in West current office-bearers and their Bengal ahead of next year's as- predecessors,party sources said. semblyelections, spoketoits "Theyspoketoseveral lead- districtfunctionaries on ers, district presidents, former Thursday. presidentsand office-bearers. Senior BJP leaders Sunil Theyalso spoketosome leaders Deodhar,Vinod Tawde, and workers who have reserva- Dushyant Gautam, Harish tions over the functioning of the Dwivedi and Vinod Sonkar,have presentlocalleadership,"asenior been handpicked by the party's stateBJP leadersaid. topleadership to headthe North The central leaders will be Bengal, Rarh Banga meeting members of different (south-western districts), booth committees to assess the Nabadwip, Midnaporeand preparednessonthegroundlevel.

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Kolkata WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 4 WEST BENGAL THEINDIANEXPRESS,SATURDAY,NOVEMBER21,2020 3,626 new OPPN COMMUNALISING MALDA BLAST: TMC cases, 50 more die BJPdemandsprobe of Covid bycentralagency EXPRESSNEWS SERVICE BJP president Dilip Ghosh said, we wantaprobeby centralinves- KOLKATA, NOVEMBER 20 EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE “Afterthe TMC came to powerin tigationagenciessuchasNIA.The KOLKATA,NOVEMBER20 the state,onlyincidentsofblasts Centremustintervene to bring IN THE past24hours,3,626 have takenplace. From out the truth...” persons fresh coronavirus cases THE BJP on Fridaycriticisedthe Khagragarh, Dhulagarh to The TMClashedout at Ghosh, and 50 moredeaths were re- statepolice forstopping itsdele- Sujapur.Inmostofthese inci- with stateministerBratyaBasu portedinthe state. The single- gation from visiting the factoryin dents, Bangladeshi SIMI and JMB saying,“InGujarat,therehadbeen daynumber of dischargedper- Malda district wheresix people linkswereestablished. Recently anexplosioninachemicalfactory. sons decreased, with 3,850 were killedinanexplosiontheday al-Qaeda terrorists were arrested Four people had diedand over persons cured of theCovid-19 before,anddemandedthatacen- from Murshidabad.Aselections 230 peoplewereinjured. We infection on Friday. The num- tral agency investigatethe blast. arejustaround the corner, these neversaid therewereterrorist berofactive cases further de- Five workers and aminor kindsof incidentsare takingplace linkswithit.Itwasanaccidentand creasedand nowstands art were killedinthe explosionata to create anatmosphereofterror.” accidentsdotakeplace.Butwhen 25,599. plastic factoryinthe district’s TheBJPleaderwentonto add, suchanexplosion takesplace in The total death toll in the Sujapurarea.OnFriday, members “Today, theSTF is conducting a Bengal,BJP always sees terrorist stateisnow 7,923. The cumu- of aSpecialTaskForce(STF)of the probeintoyesterday’s incident. linksbehindit.Thisisnothingbut lative number of discharged statepoliceexaminedthesite.But, But peoplehavenofaith in it as cheap politics. Theywantcom- personsbecame 4,15,609. The Devotees perform Chhath Puja rituals at Sovabazar Gangaghat in KolkataonFriday. Shashi Ghosh the BJP team wasnot allowedto those involvedinthe explosion munal polarisation in the state recovery rate also has increased enter the area. will notbepunishedand thereal and that'swhy makingsuch to 92.54per cent, official Addressing the media, state truthwillnotcomeout.Therefore, comments.” sources said. STATECOUNT With people in all festivals: CM STF examines site, speaks to locals TOTAL CASES vestigations areatavery early am, the police put the toll at five. 449131 EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE “This year, we could ENSANDPTI stage. We have spoken to afew Abu Sayedsuccumbed to his in- INCREASE DEATHS KOLKATA,NOVEMBER20 not observe properly KOLKATA,NOVEMBER20 locals, but morefacts needtobe juries whilebeing takento 3626 7923 Eid, Durga Puja, Kali checked.” Kolkatafor treatment. CHIEF MINISTER Mamata Puja and all festivals. THE SPECIAL Task Force(STF) of The investigators were trying On Friday, Malda Divisional 415609RECOVERED Banerjee on Fridaygreeted peo- West Bengal Police on Fridayvis- to ascertain if the explosion oc- Commissioner Syed Ahmed pleonthe occasionofthe Chhath So, this time also Iam ited Sujapur in Maldadistrict curreddue to explosivesorme- Baba metSayed’s family. 5434103 SAMPLES Puja. Speaking from the dais at a advising you: Don’t whereanexplosion at aplastic chanical glitches,headded. The District MagistrateRajarshi TESTED TILL NOV 19 venuewheredevoteesperformed crowdanywhere.” factorythe daybeforekilledsix deceasedhavebeen identifiedas Mitraand Sadar Sub-Divisional rituals, she said,“Some people —MAMATA BANERJEE people, including aminor.A Azizul Rehman, RajeevKhan, MagistrateSuresh ChandraRano The total number of cases in came during election time and team of forensic experts col- Mustafa Sheikh, AbuSayed, were alsopresent. Theyhanded BENGAL CHIEF MIINISTER West Bengal increasedto made “fiery” speeches. But Iam lected samples from the site. RafikulSheikh and the minor over acheque of Rs 2lakh to his 4,49,131. notthat person. Iwas always Asenior STFofficer said, “We boy, Abdul Rehman. family. Ateam of local Congress On Thursday, the total case- there... in the time of Eid, Durga Don’tcrowd anywhere.” have visitedthe sitetwice. We Afterthe high-intensity ex- leaders also visitedfamiliesof load was4,45,505. Atotal of Puja,KaliPuja,Christmas,Chhath. Earlierintheday, shetweeted, have seen the entireareaand in- plosion around Thursdayat11 the victims. 44,159 samples have been We arealwayswithpeople.” “Heartiestgreetingsto thepeople tested,takingthe cumulative Sheadded“Thisyear,wecould of Bengal, Indiaand all over the number to 54,34,103. On notobserveproperly Eid,Durga CM MamataBanerjee at aChhath puja programme at worldonthe auspicious occasion PM holds review meeting MP announces Thursday, it was53,89,944. Puja, Kali Puja and allfestivals. So, Dahi ghat in KolkataonFriday. Express of ChhathPuja. MayLordSurya Kolkataand itsfour adjacent this time also Iamadvising you: fulfill all your wishes.” night curfew four districtscontinuedtotake on vaccination strategy amajor shareinthe caseload. in five cities On Friday, Kolkataagain took the lead in terms of the fresh Devoteesprotest outside Rabindra Sarobar EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE caseload. NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER20 BHOPAL,NOVEMBER20 As manyas880 persons Saturday.Several barricades sideRabindra Sarobar in South tested positive in Kolkata, 874 EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE were put up outside severalgates Kolkata. PRIME MINISTER NarendraModi THE MADHYAPradesh govern- tested positive in North24 KOLKATA,NOVEMBER20 of both the lakes in the city to pre- “So farthe situation has been on Fridayheld areviewmeeting ment on Fridayannouncednight Parganas, 303 tested positive in vent devotees from entering the normal.Therehas been no viola- with keyofficials on India'svacci- PM NarendraModi during curfew in five cities. The curfew South 24 Parganas, 226 tested DESPITEASupreme Court order premises. tion of the court order,”said apo- nationstrategy forCOVID19. will comeintoforce from Nove- thereviewmeeting. ANI positive in Howrah and178 banning Chhath Puja rituals at However, some 50 people liceman deployedoutside “Held ameeting to review mber 21,from10pmtill6am. tested positive in Hooghly. RabindraSarobar and Subhas had turnedupatgatenumber RabindraSarobar. India’s vaccinationstrategyand AfterChief MinisterShivraj Apartfromthese five districts Sarobar,some devotees and ac- three at RabindraSarobar in the The SupremeCourt on the wayforward.Important is- stockofthe Union Health Minis- Singh Chouhan held areview in south Bengal, 210testedpos- tivistsolstagedaprotestoutside morningandarguedwithpolice- Thursdayupheld the Calcutta sues related to progressofvac- trymechanisms being planned meeting with heath officials, it itive in Nadia,115 tested posi- RabindraSarobar fornearly four menasking them to allowthem High Court’s decisionnot to al- cine development, regulatory fordistribution and delivery for wasannouncedthat night cur- tive in Bankuraand 101tested hours on Friday, demanding that Duringthe protestin inside. lowChhath PujainKolkata’s approvals and procurement the vaccines; issues related to fewwill be imposed in Bhopal, positive in Paschim Burdwan. theybeallowedtoperform the KolkataonFriday. Partha Paul Timelyintervention and ac- RabindraSarobar and Shubash were discussed,” PM Modi said adequateprocurement, and Indore, Gwalior,Ratlam and In the past24hours,inNorth ritualsatthe waterbodies. tionfromthepolice,whohadbar- Sarobar to keep them free from in atweet. technologies forbulk-stockpil- Vidisha. Bengal, Darjeeling recorded However, the deployment of ricadedalltheentriesatRabindra pollution and stop the spread of During the meeting, he re- ing, filling vials fordistribution However, the night curfew 104cases,Jalpaiguri recorded hugecontingent of policemen with loud music being played Sarobar’s Gate1,2and 3, helped covid 19 infection. viewedvarious issues likepriori- and ensuring effective delivery will nothindermovementof 85 and Maldah recorded58 and settingupofbarricadespre- and firecrackers burst. in maintaining the lawand order Last week,the CalcuttaHigh tisation of population groups, were discussedindetail. transportation vehicles and cases. vented thesituation from turn- In abid to ensurethat asimi- despitesome confrontationbe- Court had reiterated an order by reaching out to HCWs, cold- The PM had suggestedthat labour working in factories. According to the health de- ingviolent likeinpreviousyears. lar situation wasnot repeated, tween them and the devotees. the National GreenTribunal chain infrastructureaugmenta- keeping in viewthe geographi- Schools up to Class VIII will partment, 92,688 persons are In 2018 and2019, hundreds the KolkataPolicesince Thursday The situation outside Subhas (NGT)in2018banningChath tion,addingvaccinators and tech calspan of thecountry, the vac- remain shut in MadhyaPradesh. still in home quarantine, while of devoteeshad broken the gates night deployedlarge batallions Sarovar in the northern parts of Pujainclosedwater bodies such platform forvaccine roll-out. cine delivery system could likely Night curfewwill continue 958 persons areinsafehomes, of RabindraSarobar and per- of forces forthe twodays of the the city wasrather peacefulcom- as the RabindraSarobarand In the lastreviewmeeting, be developedonthe lines of con- until Covid cases have stabilised, official sources said. formedChhath Puja rituals there, Chhath Puja —Fridayand pared the the atmosphereout- Shubhash Sarobar. the PrimeMinisterhad taken ducting elections. said Chouhan.

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union ministerJairam Ramesh MANOJCG will be theconvener of the NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER20 SONIA,RAHULFLYDOWNTOGOA group. NewDelhi: Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul flew Sharma, Tharoor,former ex- CONGRESS PRESIDENT Sonia down to Goa on Fridayonapersonal visit. While the party officially ternal affairs ministerSalman GandhionFridayset up three wastight-lippedabout their travel plans and duration of their Khurshidand young Lok Sabha committees comprising top stay in Goa, sources said Sonia will be in the statefor afew days MP from Odisha Saptagiri Ulaka party leaders to help her formu- since her doctors have advisedher to beaway from the heavy pol- have been made members of the latethe party’s position on eco- (Fromleft) Ghulam Nabi Azad, ShashiTharoor,Anand lution in Delhi in viewofher chronic chestinfection. Soniawill panel on foreign affairs. nomic issues, foreign affairs and Sharma and Veerappa Moily, allpartofthe ‘group of 23’, be in Goa tillthe airquality in Delhiimproves, leaders said. ENS Khurshid will be theconvener of national security.Barring one or were accomodated in the panels. the panel. Sharmaisthe head of two, the panels arepackedwith the party’s foreign affairs depart- the old guard, including former the letter to Gandhi arenot en- ise to give inputstothe Congress ment. GRAND SLAM TIME Prime MinisterManmohan position of the panels signals By including four senior lead- thusedbythe move.“Iamnot presidentonany development Azad, Moily, former Lok Singh, Leader of the Opposition Gandhi’s continued reliance on ers, whohad raisedserious ques- enthusedbut amused... the is- and involving the former Prime Sabha MP Vincent Pala and Lok IN WHATwill be afirstfor aGovernorofWestBengal, in RajyaSabha Ghulam Nabi veteranand experiencedleaders tions on the functioning of the sues thatwehad raisedremain Ministerinthis exercise is belit- Sabha MP and former chief min- Jagdeep Dhankhar on Fridaytookpart in apanel discussion Azad and manyformer Union when it comes to deliberating on party in the letter,Gandhi has unaddressedand the party is in tling the office he held.” isterofPuducherry V on anews channel, and vehementlycriticisedthe stategov- ministers. serious policy matters. once again signaledthat she astate of drift,” one of the senior Former Prime MinisterSingh Vaithilingam have been named ernment over ahostofissues. Appearing on adebate on Among the members are Thesetting up of thepanels, doesnot hold anyill-will against leaders who has been included has been includedinall three members of the panel on na- NDTV, Dhankhar slammedthe MamataBanerjee-led TMC Azad, former union ministers significantly, came days aftertop them. It is also seen as an at- in the panels told The Indian panels. Besides him, the mem- tional security. government on lawand order issues, accusedgovernment Anand Sharma, MVeerappa party leaders spokeindifferent tempttoensurethat the rum- Express. bers of the committeeoneco- The notable omissions from officials of acting in the interestofthe ruling party,spoke on Moilyand Shashi Tharoor,who voices on India staying outofthe blings in the party,whichresur- When contacted,another nomic affairs areformerfinance the panels areformer Defence atrocities on leaders and workers of Opposition parties, es- were signatories to the unprece- RegionalComprehensive facedafter theCongress’s poor leader said, “Instead of address- ministerPChidambaram, for- MinisterAKAntonyand veteran peciallythose belonging to the BJP.Noprevious Governor dented letter agroup of 23 lead- Economic Partnership (RCEP) performance in the Bihar elec- ing organisational matters, we mer leaderofthe Congress in Lok Congress leader Ahmed Patel. of the statehas takenpartinsuchapanel discussion before ers had written to Gandhi in agreement. Even on the issue of tions and the assemblybye-elec- areasked to look at policy is- Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge,for- Both aremembers of thecom- while holding the constitutional post. Other panelists in the Augustseeking sweeping restorationof Article370,theview tions,donot gathermomentum. sues... the party already has the mer Madhya Pradesh chief min- mittee setupbythe Congress programme includedLok Sabha MP and West Bengal BJP changes in the party.The com- in the party had been divided. But the leaders who wrote forumsand the in-house expert- isterDigvijaya Singh. Former president to assist her. president Dilip Ghosh, stateWomen andChildWelfare Ministerand TMC leader ShashiPanja andBJP leader ChandraKumarBose, among others. FARM LAW PROTESTS IN PUNJAB INQUIRY REPORT ON MINISTERWHO QUIT It’s amatter As then BAU V-C, JD(U) POLL-BOUND PARTY of security, MLA ‘responsible for FORTHE firsttime, the Congress hasdecidedtoissue digital identity cards to the 1,500-odd AICC delegates. The revamped we won’t be bungling’, reveals probe central election authority of the party is working overtime to finalise the revisedlistofAICC delegates, whichforms the electoral collegetoelect the party president and half of the dictated, says Congress Working Committee. The move by the authority to SANTOSHSINGH Mewalal issue digitisedidentity cards comes at atime when manyin Railways PATNA,NOVEMBER20 Choudhary the party believe Rahul Gandhi wouldreturn as Congress pres- resignedas ident. But if thereisacontestfor thepostofparty president, INAsevereindictmentof Mewalal Education and if thereisadecision to hold elections forthe CWC, then the AVISHEKGDASTIDAR Choudhary'sroleinappointments Minister digital ID cards will ensureaglitch-free process. But manyin NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER20 duringhistenureasvice-chancel- the party believe convening an AICC session to elect anew lorof BiharAgricultureUniversity president could be difficult giventhe coronavirus protocols. THE INDIAN Railways insisted (BAU), Sabaur,the inquirycom- 2011.The report askshow and Since SoniaGandhi hasexpresseddesiretonot continueas on Fridaythat services through mission of retired PatnaHigh whyChoudhary appointed 161 interim president, the party has to soon elect aregularpresi- Punjab would resume onlyafter Courtjudge, Justice Syed candidates when the selection dent forthe rest of her term. the stategovernment provides MohammedMahfooz Alam, has boardhadclearedonly115 names. an assurance of security to all held him “responsible forlarge- Italsoaskswhy othermembersof trains. scale bungling,favouritism and the selection boardremained IGNORANCE IS BLISS? At the protestoutsideShambhu railway stationinPatiala on Thursday night. GurmeetSingh The unprecedented stoppage manipulation”. "mutespectators". of all train services in Punjab An FIR wasregisteredby In his inquiry, Justice Alam NOT EVERYONE seems convincedthat the coronavirus is still completedits 56th dayonFriday. Sabaurpolicein2017basedonthe found “disparity” in the number raging in the national capital—or,for that matter,inthe coun- Atotal 2,352 passenger trains commission's 2016 report. of candidatesselectedforappoint- try. During ameeting of aministrythis week,adiscussion was With tents and langar, farmers have been cancelledordiverted On Thursday, Choudhary, ment as per merit and selection going on about whyacertain job wasnot done yet. When of- since farmersbegan aprotestin newlyelected MLAfromTarapur list, and the listofcandidates ap- ficials said thatthe work wasgetting affected by the pandemic, September againstthe Centre's onaJD(U)ticket,resignedasBihar pointed.The reportstated: “The the Cabinetminister concernedsurprisedeveryone when he newfarm laws. Education Ministerwithinan appointment listsupplied by the remarked: “What Covid? Covid is over.” The officials present take over station parking area “Lawand order is thesubject hour of takingcharge. university shows that 161candi- were particularly surprisedbecause the ministryconcerned of the stategovernment. It is up The inquiryreport--- The dateswereappointedagainst the is dealing with severalofficers currentlyaffected by the in- Question of pride, theysay as logjam with Railways drags on to them howtheywant to deal Indian Express has accesseda advertisements, but from merit fection. with the protesters. We have copy–states:“Ihave cometo con- list,Ifindnamesofonly115 candi- Facedwith an unprece- took astepforward. said to the stategovernment clusion that large-scale bungling, dates appear among candidates RAAKHIJAGGA dented situation,the state gov- “Kisan di moochh da sawaal time and againthatthe tracks favouritism,interpolation,manip- 'selectedforappointment',against SHAMBHU(PATIALA), ernment urgedthe unions to hai (It’s aquestion of afarmer’s should be handedovertousto ulation, addition and subtraction whom remarks 'SL forselected' Onion, potato prices rise; NOVEMBER20 clear the platforms as well. “On pride). Our leaders have already safelyrun all kinds of trains. That in academic pointsofcandidates, have been incorporated in hand- November 5wemoved to the saidthat if they run goodstrains, is the stand,” Arun Kumar, overwriting in remarks column, writing of the chairman of the IT IS 4am, the air is chilly, the parking lot, nowwedon’t ever we will allowpassengertrains Director General of Railway and therebychangingremarks board, Dr Mewalal Choudhary.” House panel to take up issue town of Shambhuisfastasleep, enter the platform, notevento the very next day, if notonthe Protection Force(RPF), who is in andviolation of provision of The report states that but the moonlit parking lotatthe drink water. But the Railways same day,”Ranjit said. touchwithhis counterparts in Statute, had been done in the se- Choudhary, in his testimonybe- of Consumer Affairs, Food and railway station is rifewith activ- still accuse us of obstructing The farmers have put up tents Punjab Police, told The Indian lectionandappointmentof assis- fore thecommission,had"admit- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Public Distribution (Department ity. Protesting farmers aregetting trains,” said Nathu Lal, former in the parking space, and spread Express. tantprofessor/juniorscientists for tedthathehimself hadfilledupre- NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER20 of Consumer Affairs) on the sub- ready forachangeof'shift'. sarpanchofGharma village. out bedding on the ground. Forthe Railways,aslong as extraneousconsiderationinorder marks and other columns". Other ject ‘Price Rise of Essential Farmers from 10 unions have As asolitarylocomotive Punjabi languagenewspapers are protesters were sitting in the to appoint favouritecandidates. witnesseshaveadmitted that AMID SOARINGpricesoffood Commodities –Causes &Effects’, been camping in and around roared past the station that usu- everywhere. Amotleygroup of vicinity of the tracks or on sta- Since Dr Mewalal, then VC-cum- these columns were filledup items suchastomato,onion and sources said. Shambhu railway station for allysees the movement of 200- Railway and Punjab Police per- tion premises, therewas no chairman of Selection Board, was Choudhary,the reportnoted. potato,aParliamentary standing The meeting comes at atime over 50 days now. HazuraSingh odd goods and passenger trains sonnel keep awatchonthem. guarantee theywould notmove in aposition to influence every- The inquiryreport stated:"All committee is going to deliberate when retail prices of essential (57), blockpresident of BKU everyday,aRailway employee, At the station, twopersonnel to thetracksasatrain ap- one,assuchIholdhimresponsible circumstancesindicatethatitwas on the “causes and effects” of food items suchastomato, onion (Rajewal) and chief organiserof requesting anonymity,said the from the Railway ProtectionForce proaches. “Manytrains that forsuchlarge-scale bungling, doneattheinstanceof DrMewalal price rise of essential commodi- and potato arehovering around the morcha, recounted theyhad engineering wing is “deep and three from the Government carry ourstaff formaintenance favouritism and manipulation.” Choudhary...who wassingle- ties. Rs 50 per kg across the country. startedout by descendingonthe screening” the tracks.The criti- Railway Police areonduty.GRP and other duties looklikepas- The case againstChoudhary– handedlydealingallcandidatesat According to sources, the According to dataavailablewith tracks on October1. cal Delhi-Ludhiana-Jammu line ASI Jarnail Singh said: “This senger trains. We needtohave of cheating, breachoftrustby the time of interviewand per- Standing CommitteeonFood, the Department of Consumer Protesting againstthe three passes through Shambhu. dharna has been peacefulsince the confidence that protesters public servant and criminal con- forming the job of posting of Consumer Affairs &Public Affairs, the modal retail prices of central farm laws,farmers across Outside, overabreakfastof the beginning but we have to re- will notharm them thinking spiracy–relates to appointment marks to candidates in interview, Distributionisscheduledtodis- potato,onion and tomatowere Punjab blockedrailtracksfor al- aloo parantha andtea, afarmer main alert.” RPF Head Constable theyare passenger trains,” of 161assistant professors and doingtabulationwork andthenal- cuss theissue on November 27. Rs 50 per kg,Rs60per kg and Rs most 21 days.“Therewas alot of asked,“If these locomotivescan Suresh Kumar said: “Theyhave Kumar said. juniorscientists in2012 duringhis lotting totalmarks to candidates, The committee has called 50 per kg,respectively,atna- anger and the crowdwould run round the clock, whycan’t notdamagedanyproperty of the On November 6, Chairman tenureasBAU V-Cbetween 2010 and finally giving remarks to can- representativesofthe Ministry tional levelonFriday. swell to over 5,000 duringthe the goods trains?” railway station.” Railway Board VKYadavhad and 2015 .The Justice Alam didates fortheir performance.” dayhere,” Hazurasaid. The Railways have refusedto At lunch time, some Railway said that running onlygoods Commissionwas setupbythe The Vigilance Department is On October 21,however, 30 run justgoods trains, as has been staffsit down forthe langar trains as per the wishes of the Governor,who is also Chancellor yettofile achargesheet against farmers’ unions decidedtoclear proposed by the protesters –and along with the70-odd farmers protesters wasnot possible. of stateuniversities, afteracom- Choudhary, who is out on bail. In Rabi crop sowing on the tracks forgoods trains, and have takenthe position thatboth and children from the Railways “Nowhereinthe countrycan plaintagainst Choudharyheld itscase (4/2017), the Vigilance, movedtothe platforms. Goods goodsandpassengertrainswould quarters nearby. On Friday, it was anystate governmentoranyother him mainlyresponsible for however, has filedchargesheet trains ranfor three days before runsimultaneously. FarmerRanjit rumali roti with soya nuggets agency dictatetermstoRailways. "bungling, favouritism and ma- againsttwo others. track, increase in the Railways stoppedthem on Singh said it wouldbedifficult for and potatoes. On Diwali there It is ournetwork and we decide nipulation" in those appoint- October 24,saying theyfeared them to backdown, but they wasabig spread of sweets,the whether to run goodstrains or ments. The BAUhad advertised FULLREPORTON coverage this yr: govt forthe safetyoftheir staff. would reciprocateifthe Railways children said. passengertrains,”Yadavhadsaid. 281vacancies forthese posts in www.indianexpress.com

spondingperiod of the lastyear, EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE datashows.However, theincrease BSY asked to wait, Cabinetexpansion stuck in party-govt gap NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER20 is sharpestincase of pulses. The area under rabi pulses This is amarkedchangefrom claimedthatthe BJP will affect a CROPSOWINGintheongoingrabi suchasgram, lentil, field pea, EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE howYediyurappa has been uni- changeinleadership in season is on track, with 265.43 kulthi,urdbean,moongbeanand BENGALURU,NOVEMBER20 Karnataka NED BSY’spromise laterallymanaging the affairs of Karnataka afterthe Bihar polls. lakh hectare(ha) area sown till lathyrus has been reported82.59 Chief torebels the government ever since he BJP MLABasavarajYatnalhad November 20, according to latest lakhhatilldate,whichis27.91 per AN EXPANSION of the Karnataka MinisterBS E wasreplacedasthe state party also said Yediyurappa willnot ● datareleased by theUnion cent higher than 64.57lakh ha CabinetproposedbyChief Yediyurappa EXPLAI chief in 2019 by Kateel, who was continue to be thechief minister Ministry of Agricultureand during the corresponding period MinisterBSYediyurappa hangs ONE OF the things Chief MinisterBSYediyurappa is keen handpickedbythe central lead- forlong. Farmers’ WelfareonFriday. lastyear. in the balance with the party to complete while he is in powerisaccommodation in the ership, although Yediyurappa Ano-confidence motion was “As on 20.11.2020, totalrabi According to theministry, the leadership yettoapprove it de- isterial aspirants, who were ear- Cabinetofrebels from the Congress and JDS who helped waskeen on keeping agrip on movedagainstYediyurappa by crops has been sown on 265.43 higherareaunderpulseshasbeen spitehim dashing to Delhi on lier at his doorstep, have begun the BJP come to powerin2019. Whileseveral BJP veterans both the government and party. the Congress in September fol- lakh ha area against241.66lakh reportedfromMadhyaPradesh, November 18 to meetBJP na- approaching BJP statepresident likeUmesh Katti, Murugesh Nirani and Arvind Limbavalli The delayinthe BJP over the lowing allegations of corruption haareaduringthecorresponding Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, tional president JPNadda to ob- Nalin Kumar Kateel forhis inter- have been pushing forthe sevencabinetvacancies, Cabinetexpansion has ledtothe and nepotism around his family period of lastyear,thus increase Gujarat, Rajasthan, Karnataka, tain clearances. vention in accommodating Yediyurappa is keen on keeping his 2019 promise to opposition Congress targeting members. in area coverage by 23.77lakh ha Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Assam, According to sources, the BJP them in the Cabinet. rebels—suchasMunirathna Naidu, who recentlywon the the ruling party.“BJP wastarget- Themotion wasdefeated but comparedto last yearinthecoun- Telangana, West Bengal, Odisha centralleadershiphas directed Soon afterthe BJP wontwo RR Nagarbypoll, veteranHVishwanath, the wealthyMTB ing the Opposition with jibes like therehavebeen persistent ru- try,”the ministrysaid in astate- and Uttarakhand. Yediyurappa to hold consulta- bypoll seatsinKarnataka on Nagarajand MLCRShankar—of making them ministers. high-commandculture, family mours of the BJP notbeing keen ment.“Thereisnoimpact of However, AndhraPradesh, tions with the newBJP in-charge November 10,giving him apo- politics, etc. It is nowdoing the on continuing withhim as the Covid-19onprogress of area cov- Bihar,Haryana, Tamil Nadu and forthe stateArun Singh to fi- litical boostamid speculation same and also ignoringadmin- chief ministerfollowing the al- erageunderrabicropsasondate.” Nagalandhavereportedless area nalise the proposed Cabinetex- that the centralleadership was expandingthe Cabinet,” meeting. istration,” said former chief min- legations. Rabi–orwinterseason–crops under rabi pulses duringthe cur- pansion. Yediyurappa has, how- looking forachangeofguard, the Yediyurappa had said. Eight days On hisreturn, party leaders isterand Congress leader BJP sources, however, said an aresownaroundmid-November, rent season. About 97.27lakh ha ever,suggestedadecision will be chief ministerhad announced later,hetravelledtoDelhi and suggestedthat Yediyurappa had Siddaramaiah on Friday. immediatechange in leadership and harvesting beginsinApril- area has been reportedunder takeninafew days time. his decision to seek aCabinetex- metNadda. been asked to wait forawhile “Administration in Karnataka is is unlikelyonaccount of the May. Theoverallareasownunder wheatasof November20,against Since Yediyurappa's return pansion. “I will go to Delhi or talk “Weheld discussions on and involve theparty in the deci- suffering due to confusion party notfinding asuitable re- total rabi crops till Fridayis9.84 96.77lakhhaareaduringthecor- from Delhiwithout obtaining to our national president and Cabinetexpansion anddevelop- sion-making process forthe within the Karnataka BJP.” placement forthe veteran per cent higher than the corre- responding period lastyear. the clearance some of the min- Amit Shah over the phone about ment matters,” he said afterthe Cabinetexpansion. Earlier this month, he had Lingayat leader. Kolkata WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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RESCUING THE BANK AmartyaLahiri The DBS-LVB deal ensures protection of depositors’ interest, WHATDRIVES ECONOMIC growth?Itisa per cent poorer thanthe averageIndian in while Pakistan, under the militaryrule of Ayub whichissupreme in banks question thatpreoccupies policymakers,aca- 1965. The phase wasmarkedwith increasing Khan, openeduptoforeign capital which demics, commentators and analysts.The an- statecontrol of the economy, nationalisation fundedaperiod of rapidindustrialisationand NVESTORS IN LAKSHMI Vilas Bank (LVB), especiallyminorityshareholders, have valid swers, unfortunately, areelusive.Examining of industry, closingofthe economytotrade economic growth,albeit at the costofworsen- reasonstobeunhappyoveritsamalgamationwiththewholly-ownedIndiansubsidiary the experiences of different countries may through tariffand non-tariffbarriers, and a ing inequality.By1984, Pakistan’s per capita of Singapore’s DBS Bank.Their grouse is specificallyoverthe ReserveBank of India’s seem likeapromising approach.However, systematic weakening of institutions. income wasmorethan double that of India’s. I(RBI) proposal to writeoff LVB’s entirepaid-up equity capital and reserves, resultingin generalising from specific experiencescan be The thirdphase is 1984-91when the Rajiv Pakistan’s slowdown beganinthe 1980s azerovalue of itsshares. The situationissimilar to that of YesBank’s AT-1 (additional tier-1) misleading since ground conditions vary Gandhi government ushered in thefirst during the militaryregime of Zia-u-Haq. Zia hugelyacross countries. roundofeconomic reforms by liberalising enabledand institutionalisedIslamic nation- bondinvestors,whosufferedatotalwrite-downof theirRs8,415 croreholdingsaspartofares- Thereare twowaystoavoid the pitfalls of capital goods importsaswell as starting in- alism in Pakistan. This period coincidedwith cueplanforyetanotherprivatesectorlenderinMarch.TheLVB’sshareholders,likeYesBank’s generalising from specific cases. The firstisto dustrial de-licensing. These reforms were re- the reforms in India. As aresult, theincome AT-1bondholders,are demandingcompensationfortheforcedextinguishingof theirinvest- examine the same countryovertime to look warded by agrowth take-off. India’s annual gapbetween the countries begannarrowing ments.WhilethereconstructedYesBankhasnewmajorshareholders,inLVB’scase,thebank forchanges in outcomes at specific pointsin per capitaGDP growth averaged 3.1per cent sharply. Nevertheless, itwasn’ttill asrecently itself would cease to exist. The RBI’s scheme envisages all itsassets andliabilities—from563 time. If one can correlatethe changes in out- while aggregate GDP grew at 5.2per cent dur- as 2010 thatIndia’spercapita GDPfinallyover- branches,974 ATMS and Rs 20,973 croredeposits(as on September 2020), to landand build- comes with measurable policies or events, ing 1984-91. tookPakistan. Put differently,starting in 1985, then one can potentiallydrawsomeconclu- The period 1991-2004 is typicallyclassi- it took 25 years of faster growth forIndia to fi- ings —tobetransferredtoDBS Bank India from the dateofamalgamation. sions.Asecondapproachistocomparecoun- fied as the liberalisation phase, during which nallyundo the damageinflicted by thein- Whilethe disquietofequity and quasi-debt investors is understandable,the RBI’s con- tries with shared history, cultureand geogra- India dismantledmuchofits industriallicens- ward-looking, anti-industry, anti-trade and cernasabankingsectorregulatoristo firstsecuretheinterestofdepositors.Banks,unlikereg- phy. If thereare starkdifferences in outcomes ing infrastructureand acceleratedthe removal anti-foreign capital economic regime thatwas ular companies, makemoneynot from owning plants, machinery andproperty. Their busi- between them, then theremay be some pol- In 1950, Pakistan’s per of tariffand non-tariffbarriers to trade. The erected by the IndiraGandhi government. ness,instead,isderivedfromdeployingotherpeople’smoney—primarilydeposits.No bank, icy lessons to be drawn. person GDP wasUS$1268, reform effort wasreflected in the 4.9 per cent From the specific perspective of India, the howeverwell-capitalised, can survive if depositors decide to pull outmoney. Theregulator, TheIndiansubcontinentprovideslessons annual per capitaGDP growth during 1991- trends reveal three keyfacts. First, Indiadid from both approaches. The 73 years of post- almost 50 per cent greater 2004.Viewedinconjunction with the reforms reasonablywell during the Nehru era. This then, has to intervene to ensurenobank fails or at leastnot allowittotrigger runsinother Independence India has generatedalot of ev- than India that year. that were introduced in the1984-91phase, is at odds withthe increasingly strident re- banks.India,overthepasttwo yearsorso,hasseenthecollapseoffourfinancialfirms:IL&FS, idence across different political-economic However,inthe backdrop of this period is perhapsbetterclassifiedasape- cent criticisms of the Nehru years. Second, DewanHousingFinance,PunjabandMaharashtraCooperative BankandYesBank.LVB’sbad regimes. This periodhas also provideduswith riod of reform consolidation. the biggestdamage to the Indian economy loans have mounted to about aquarterofits gross advances,whiledeposits have shrunkby the contrasting experiences of India and sustained political upheaval, Indiaembarkedonadistinctive phase of wasdone during the IndiraGandhi years, nearly Rs 6,900crore in the lastone year.The bank’smanagement failedtocome up with a Pakistan,twocountriesthat sharehistory,ge- Pakistan stagnated faster growth post-2004 on thebackoflarge whichsaw negative growth over two crediblecapital-raisingandrevivalplan,forcingtheRBIto seekitsmergerwithanotherbank. ographyand socio-cultural mores. throughout the 1950s while a investmentsininfrastructure.Per person GDP decades. Bizarrely,her administration ap- The choice of DBS cannotbefaulted.Unlikepublic sector banks, saddledwith stressed Analysing India’s real Gross Domestic politically stable India grew. growthin the period2004-2015 averaged7.7 pearstohaveescapedthe virulent criticisms Product(GDP)per person(in 2011 dollars, per cent. The corresponding aggregateGDP that have been directed at the Nehru years. loans and requiring fund infusion themselves, it has committedto bringing in additional cap- purchasing powerparity) since1950reveals As aresult,by1960, India growthaveraged9per cent. Therapidgrowth Third, the RajivGandhi government deserves ital of Rs 2,500crore upfront. Also, despitebeing aforeign bank,ithas chosen to operatein five distinct economic phases. The firstphase hadalmost caught up with pick-up wasfinancedthrough the public-pri- waymorecredit forushering in the first India through awholly-ownedsubsidiary, as opposedtojusthaving branches. By submit- wasthe period1950-65.This wasthe Pakistan with the per capita vate partnership modelfor infrastructurein- growth turnaround of the economy. In some ting itself to theRBI’s morestringent regulatoryrequirements, DBS will, nevertheless, now Nehruvianperiodofstate-ledindustrialisa- income gaphaving shrunk to vestment. This came at acost, as anumber of senses, the post-1991reforms were acon- tion. Whiletherewas creeping protection- theseinfrastructureprojects later caused solidation of aprocess that beganunder the beableto add550-plusbranches to itsexisting 33.Thatshouldsendastrong signalto other 15 per cent. From 1964, India foreign bankstopursue greater growth opportunities by becoming desi in the manner of a ism during this phase on account of abal- problems in the banking sector on account of RajivGandhi government. ance of paymentscrisisin1956,the economy went into twodecades of burgeoning NPAs, aproblem that continues The trendsalso suggestfour generaltake- HindustanUnileverorNestle India. Indian banksneedmorecapital —and foreign as desi is on the whole remained fairly open.Starting till today. aways.First,opennessto tradeandprivate en- mostwelcome. economic stagnation while in 1950 withaGDP per person of US$841,an- Pakistan, under the military To putIndia’s economic recordinperspec- terpriseusuallyhaspositive effectsongrowth. nual per person GDP growth averaged 2per tive,itisuseful to comparewith Pakistan. In Second,rapaciousandexploitative democratic cent during this period. This translatedtoag- rule of Ayub Khan,opened 1950, Pakistan’s per person GDP wasUS$1268, systems do notnecessarilypromote growth. gregateannual GDP growth of around 4per up to foreign capital which whichwas almost 50 per cent greaterthan Pakistaninthe 1950s, 1990 and post-2010 is a cent since the population wasgrowingat funded aperiod of rapid India that year.However, in the backdrop of good example. Third,the socio-economic en- MACHINE HOLE close to 2per cent. sustainedpolitical uncertaintyandupheaval, vironment surrounding religious fundamen- The second phase of post-Independence industrialisation and Pakistanstagnated throughout the 1950s talism maybeinimical to growth. Fourth, Government move on mechanisation of sewage cleaning is Indiawas the IndiraGandhi-ledyears, 1965- growth, albeit at the cost of while apoliticallystable Indiagrew.Asare- degradationof institutionsthatregulate,arbi- long overdue. Muchmoreneeds to be done 84.This period wasanunmitigatedeconomic worsening inequality. By sult,by 1960,Indiahadalmostcaught upwith trateandenforcelaws canbecostly. Theremay disasterwith negative per capitagrowth. 1984, Pakistan’s per capita Pakistaninper capitaGDP terms with the per be lessons in these forIndian policymakers. India’s per capitaGDP in 1984 wasUS$1041 capitaincome gaphaving shrunk to 15 per ORE THAN 375workers diedwhile cleaning septic and sewertanksbe- whichwas lowerthan its1965level of income wasmore than cent. Unfortunately, from 1964,India went The writer is RoyalBank Research Professor, tween 2015 and 2019,according to the MinistryofSocial Justice and US$1134: The averageIndian in 1984 was8 double that of India’s. intotwo decades of economic stagnation University of British Columbia Empowerment’s data. This, by allaccounts, is aconservative estimate. MAnumber of independentsurveys have talked about thecontinuedre- luctance on thepartofstate governmentstoadmit that the practice prevailsunder their watch. Unwilling to invest in technology and the rehabilitation of workers, municipal- ities live in denial instead of acting to endthe practice.The Centre’s decision to give more teethtothe Manual Scavengers and Their Rehabilitation Act, 2013,therefore, waslong AN ‘INSHA ALLAH’NAT ION overdue. Mechanisedcleaning of sewers and septic tankswill be mandatory, the word “manhole” will be replacedwith “machine-hole” in official usage, and a24×7 national helpline will be setuptoreportviolations. But correcting aproblem that is closelyin- Ajournalist’s account describes theexasperation, and hope, in Pakistan tertwinedwith social hierarchies requires morethan technological or legal solutions.The measures announcedonThursdayfall short in notgiving adequateattention to the so- cial conditions that forcepeople to plumbtoxic cesspools. Khaled Ahmed The 2013 Actprohibitsmanual scavenging. It asksstate governmentsand municipal bodiestoidentify manual scavengers and rehabilitate them. But alarge body of reportage JOURNALISTDECLAN Walsh, who wasin Japanese puzzle boxes, comprisedofsecret But Naipaul wasindespair about the has shown that local bodiesoutsource sewercleaningtaskstoprivate contractors, many Pakistanfor over adecade and covereditfor compartmentsand hidden traps, whichcan worldingeneral tooand if India took it ill, so TheGuardian and TheNew York Times, has only be opened in aunique, step-by-step se- mustthe others: “Asia todayisonlyaprim- of them fly-by-night operators, who do notmaintain proper rolls of sanitationworkers. written Nine Lives of Pakistan: Dispatches from quence. One afternoon, as Isat in my garden itive manifestation of along-dead culture; In case aftercase of workers being asphyxiated to death,thesecontractors have denied aDividedNation.Its firstchapteristitled with afriend, consideringthe latestconvul- Europe is battered intoaprimitivism by ma- anyassociation with the deceased. In fact, MinisterofState forSocial Justiceand ‘Insha’ Allah Nation’.In2013, according to the sion, he suddenlythrew up his hands in ex- terial circumstances; America is an abortion. Empowerment Ramdas Athawale admitted in theLok Sabha in Julylastyear “that there Times,hewas ordered to leave the country asperation. ‘That’s the difference between Look at Indian music.Itisbeinginfluenced have been no reports from states of peoplebeing convicted foremploying manual scav- within 72 hours“in view of your undesirable us,’hesaid. Youare alwayslooking foran- by Western music to an amusing extent. engers”. Civil society organisations have,for long, arguedthat fixing accountability is dif- activities”. Plainclothes intelligence officers swers. Ihavetrouble with the questions.’ In Indian paintingand sculpturehaveceased had accompaniedhim to the airport, mak- my darkermoments, it seemedthe only to exist.” ficult in asystemthat operates at the intersection of caste,economic inequality and the ing sureheflewout of Pakistan. Beforehis thing holding all together wasblind faith. Then came the offensive passages on inadequacy of India’s sewerage systems: The design of septic tanksinlarge parts of the departure, Walsh postedonTwitter:“72 ‘Insha Allah it will happen,’ peoplesaid, all India: “Indians defecateeverywhere. They countryisnot amenable to technological intervention andmachines aretoo big to enter hours, wheels up. To allfriends, especiallyin the time. ‘Insha Allah’ translates as ‘If God defecate, mostly, beside the railway tracks. narrowbylanes,especiallyindense urbanareas. Pakistan, who offeredoverwhelming sup- Wa lsh sums up likethis: “To wills it’, and Ihearditeverywhere... Sure, But theyalso defecateonthe beaches; they The Social Justice Ministryhas decidedtodirectly provide fundstoworkers to purchase portinrecent days,thankyou so much.” me,Pakistan resembled one things were hard, people admitted.But defecateonthe hills; theydefecateonthe cleaning machines, instead of giving moneytocontractors or municipalities. This is astep The troubled times in Pakistanthat Walsh of those old Japanese puzzle Pakistanwould stumble through, as it had riverbanks; theydefecateonthe streets; they in the right direction. Forittosucceed, states needtoaccuratelyenumeratethe workers coveredwerebad by anyPakistani yardstick always done —Insha Allah.” neverlook forcover…Muslims, with their too. Onlyheexplaineditgraphically, witha boxes, comprised of secret Walsh reminds one of the NobelPrize tradition of purdah, can at times be secretive. engagedincleaning toxic sludge. Systems needtobeput in place to preventpilferage, wealth of information basedonthe “nine compartments and hidden winnerVSNaipaul. He wasaWestIndian But this is areligious act of self-denial, forit ensurethat the machines reachthe right hands. This will requirepolicymakers and local- lives” he nowexamines in hisbook.Perhaps, traps, whichcan only be whose Indian parentshad leftIndiaahun- is said thatthe peasant, Muslim or Hindu, levelofficials to firstacknowledge andthen understand howand whymanual scaveng- no other journalisttodatehad the kind of ac- opened in aunique,step-by- dred years earlier.Heprobablyhad romanti- suffers from claustrophobia if he has to use ing continues to be embeddedinthe caste system. cess to people andplaces; and sincePakistan cisedIndia as achildbut had the ill-luckof an enclosed latrine.” is run by meninpowerratherthan the law, step sequence. One visiting India in 1975, at the height of Indira India reacted angrily, but it wasin2019 it is astounding howmuch“inside informa- afternoon, as Isat in my Gandhi’s Emergency.Out of this traumatic that the government of Prime Minister tion” he had on everyone, from the clerics of garden with afriend,he encounter came India: AWounded NarendraModi changed India forever. It built Islamabad’s RedMosque, who owed alle- suddenly threw up his hands Civilisation,whichcontainedparagraphs of astaggering 111 milliontoilets,mainlyinru- COMING OF AGE giance to Osama bin Laden, to Colonel Imam, lyricalbrilliancethat pleased no one in India. ralIndia, at acostofmorethanone trillion the man who trainedthe Afghans to fight in exasperation. ‘That’s the He planneditquitedeliberately:“Adead rupees ($14billion). It became thelargest toi- Indian Super League is awinner.Now it mayneed againstthe invading Soviets but endedup difference between us,’ he countrystill running with the momentum let-buildingproject in theworld, splittingthe being the father of terrorism that wastode- said. Yo uare alwayslooking of itsheyday… Iamplanning to writeabook funding with the WorldBank 60:40. to also put down roots stroy normallifeinPakistan. foranswers.Ihavetrouble about these damnedpeopleand the Walsh sums it up likethis: “Tome, wretched countryoftheirs, exposing their The writer is consulting editor, TISAsign of amaturing league whenclubs see morevalue in relatively unknown Pakistanresembledone of those old with the questions’”. detestable traits. Grill them on everything.” NewsweekPakistan playerswhoareintheirprimeinsteadof splurginglarge amounts onageingstarsbe- I causetheyweregoodonceuponatime.TheIndianSuperLeague—thecountry’spre- mier football competition, whichbegan on Friday —iswitnessing suchatransfor- mation. This season, players with experience of playing in the toptwo tiers of Spain, Britain, Germanyand Australia, among others, have flockedtoIndia —partlybecauseofthe pan- NOVEMBER 21,1980, FORTY YEARS AGO demic-induced financialstress in those leagues andpartlybecause of the ISL’s growing rep- utation. The clubs believe,and rightly so, that this is the best ensembleofforeign players to F ARMERS’ STIR SPREADS spread to other parts of Gujarat and the state BILL ON JUDGES landonIndian soil. THE FARMERS’ AGITATION, whichstarted in government will notbeabletosuppress it. THE GOVERNMENT CAME in forsevere But luring players to India is theeasy bit. The time has nowcome to focus on bringing up Pune-Nasik region of Maharashtra11days criticism in the LokSabha forits move to ago, turnedviolent as it spilledoverintothe MARUTI LIABILITIES transfer judges and forkeeping several local talent. The clubswill eventually have to build long-lasting systems to scout, develop Vidarbha region and spread to neighbouring THE LIABILITIES OF Maruti Ltd,whichwas judges’ posts vacant in the Supreme Court andencourage Indianplayers,whostruggleforplayingtimeintheirownleague.Theymight Gujarat adding anew dimensiontothe nationalisedlastmonth amounttoRs628 and statehigh courts.Theywerespeaking notbeduty-bound to do so. But legaciesaren’t builtmerelybywinning championships. protestfor remunerative prices.Violence lakh, according to informationproducedin on abill that allows paid leave to judgesfor BarcelonaandManchesterUnited—orevenMumbaiIndiansintheIPL,forthatmatter—have brokeout in Mehsana district in day-long Parliament. This is nearly Rs 200lakh more 120days and exemptsrent-free accommo- become dynasties notjustbecause theyhavewon titles,but also because theyunearthed demonstrations. Twopersons were killed than the information on the small car com- dationfromtaxes. BiplabChatterjiofthe gems and polished them through robustscouting and coaching mechanisms. whenpolicefired tworounds on amob af- panygiven by officialsources. The amount CPM and Bapusaheb Parulekar did notop- Thereisnodoubtthat foreign players raise the standard of thedomestic league signifi- tertear-gassing had proved ineffective.Civil includes Rs 177lakh owed to the Punjaband pose the bill but usedthe occasion to cas- hospital sources said that 113people were Sindh Bank and the Central Bank.The gov- tigatethe government on itsoverall ap- cantly. Butto leave atangibleimpact,theclubswillalsohave to designsystemsto identifyand admitted forthe treatment of injuries. ernment has concededthat Rs 100crore proachtothe judiciary. Parulekar nurtureIndianplayers,whichwillalsobecost-effective inthelongrun.Tomakethathappen, Chimanbhai Patel, former Chief Minister, said would be neededfor the firstphase of man- wondered if thegovernment wasfinding the clubs, the league and the All IndiaFootball Federationwillhavetoworkinsync. For, foot- that the police had openedfirewithout ufacturing the small car.About one lakh au- it difficult to find the kindofcommitted ballmight be global in naturebut at averybasic level, it is ahyper-localsport. provocation. He addedthat the agitation will tomobileswill be manufactured everyyear. judges it wanted.

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India must reachout to theBiden administrationand propose abilateral deal injudicious that shifts focus from political rhetoric to climateaction Judiciaryisnot slipping into‘barbarism’. Rather,disgruntledindividuals cannot move beyond selective outrage

However, theyfailedtocomplywith the order andwereagain granted aweektosur- render on April 8. The SC observed, “though we expected that the accusedwould sur- render, honouring theorder of thiscourt, Arunabha Ghosh theyhavenot done so. We aretold that in Bombay, thecourts arefunctioning.It would have been appropriatefor the ac- SIX YEARS AGO, on November 12,2014, cusedtosurrender as the courts areopen President BarackObama and President Xi and notclosed. However, since the petition- Jinpingstruckadealonclimate change.Itmade GauravBhatia ers have enjoyedthe protection forlong, by sensethenforthelargest historicalcarbonpol- wayofalastopportunity,weextend the luter and the largest current polluter to agree THE FRAMERS OF the Indian Constitution time granted to surrender forone week.We to acttogether.But the dealalso disruptedde- reposedtheir faithinthe judiciary as the makeitclearthat thereshall notbeany fur- veloping countryunity.Caught in a“climate custodian of theConstitution and protec- ther extension of time.” chakravyuh”, India wasencircled by larger toroffundamental rightsofthe citizens. The Supreme Court evidentlyheard economies demanding moreclimateaction But since NarendraModi took over the the parties and extended theirinterim fromit—afarpoorercountrybut,inaggregate reins of government, adisgruntled“secu- protectionfromarrest. Ajudiciaryslipping terms,amajor emitter. Theascent of US lar brigade” has been selectively targeting into“judicial barbarism” will notgrant President-elect Joe Biden raises the prospect the country’s institutions, including the suchreliefstopeople accusedofserious of renewedefforts againstthe climate crisis. It SupremeCourt. It is alleged by Pratap crimes. Umar Khalid hasbeen portrayed alsooffersastrategicopportunityforIndia—an Bhanu Mehta(‘Their Lordships&Masters’, as ayoungstudent whereasthe fact is that historic Biden-Modi deal in 2021. IE, November 18)that theSCisslipping he is beingprobed forhis role in the Delhi The biggestdamagePresident Donald into“judicial barbarism”. Manylikemefail riots.The chargesagainsthim arealso very Trumpdid to the fight againstclimatechange to agree withthis selective andunfaircrit- serious, as he allegedlytriedtoincitevio- wastoremove trustbetween major icism.The authorconvenientlyomitsim- lence during the Delhiriots,whichcost economies. The Paris Agreement painstak- portant factsand facets of lawtopaint a morethan 50 lives. inglycreated the conditions forbuilding trust gloomypicture of the judiciary,whichre- The thirdcharge he makesagainstthe incrementallyafter morethantwo decades mainsthe mostvenerated institution of judiciaryisscurrilous.Hestatesinthe con- of fractiousclimatenegotiations. By with- the country. text of “love jihad”, that “the judiciaryabets drawing, Trumpthreatenedtofatally The firstcharge made is that “the court legitimising this newest assault on liberty”. weaken those foundations. He also elevated has refusedtodotimelyhearings of cases Mehtaconvenientlyomitted thefact that denialofclimatescience intohigh art. And that go to the heartofthe institutional in- the Supreme CourtinShafin Jahan v. his actions gave other major polluters an ex- tegrity of ademocracy”. The author cites Ashokan KM(Hadiyacase) observed that cuse to slowdowntheir efforts. the example of the electoral bonds case. Hadiya, being a24-year-old adult, had the ABiden administration promises to Whydoes he notcitecases directlyrelating powertomakeher owndecisions, and the changethis. At home, it intends to spend to personal liberty likethe Prashant courtcould notcompel her to go to herfa- morethan $2 trillion on energy and infra- Bhushan case and the case of journalist ther or husband againsther will.Was the structure to achieve net-zero emissions by Vinod Dua? Arethose notreflective of the honourable Supreme Courtnot protecting 2050. This includes the aim to have zero- fact that the SupremeCourthas always the personalliberty of an individualirre- CRSasikumar emissionpower generation by 2035, stronger cometothe rescue of citizens?Not onlydid spective of her caste,religion or creed, or regulationofpolluters,and focus on climate the hugetargetof4,50,000megawattsofre- amassive $300billion push on climate-re- these individuals getanearly and effective wasthat judicial barbarism? risksfor companies and theirsupply chains. newable energy capacity. lated R&D. Twocritical areas in whichthey hearing but also relief from the court. Both The fourth charge that theauthor Abroad, Biden plans to bring the US back Since Biden does notintend to pursue a could collaborateare green hydrogen and had criticisedthe government. Whydoes makes againstthe incumbent Chief Justice intothe Paris Agreement and wishes to host second term, his climatelegacy would be carbon dioxide removal. AGlobal Green the authornot makeamention of historic of India is that he has been selectiveinhis aworld summit to ask other countries to contingent on him pushingactions now, HydrogenAlliance,spearheadedbyIndia and verdictsbythe SC suchaswhen nine judges approach and cites the example of Arnab ramp up theirclimatepledges.Hewillcer- rather than later.This is whereIndia can be- the US, would galvanise global attention to- held that the right to privacy is afundamen- Goswami and an accusedjournalist tainlyput pressureonIndia to announce its come astrong ally. If India and the US worked wardsabreakthrough technology-trans- talright or when it held thatthe CJI is apub- chargedunder serious provisions of the mid-centuryplans. Moreominously, with together,theycould put China in aspot, ask- forming industrial production processes. lic authority under the RTIAct? UAPA Act. Whydoesn’t the author men- the EU already promising to introduce acar- ing it to give details about itsroad to 2060 or Equally, theroad to net-zeroemissions The second criticism made by theau- tion that in Goswami’s case,whichprima bon border adjustment mechanism by 2021, calling out itsfunding of thermal poweras- would be near impossible without remov- thor has been regarding the action takenby facie appearstobeacase of malafide pros- the US could also bring in border tariffs sets in theBelt and Road Initiative countries. ing carbon dioxide from the atmosphereto the investigating agency in the Elgar ecution,Goswami approachedthe trial (something on whichthe Democratsand Theycould also simultaneouslyratify the some degree. This is atechnological frontier Parishadcase, wherein severalarrests were court first, then the high courtand onlyaf- TrumpRepublicans might converge), poten- Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol, in whichIndia would do well to engageand made aftercareful consideration of the terhis petition wasdismissedbythe HC, tiallytriggeringaslewofclimate-related injecting newenergy intothe global phase- design collaborative research programmes available evidence.Inthe article, the did he approachthe Supreme Courtlike trade disputes. Against such compulsions, down of highlypotent hydrofluorocarbons. and governance protocols. Supreme Courthas been blamedfor deny- anyother citizen? Indiacould changethe game and shiftfocus India has hugedemand forinstitutional Another area of critical importance is the ing bail to SudhaBharadwaj,who has been In the case of the accusedjournalist, on climateaction rather than politicalrhet- investment (domestic and foreign) forits potential to collaborateonrising climate hailedasa“patriot”. The SC, while hearing the chargesare very serious in natureand oric. It should reachout to theBiden admin- low-carbon growth.Atthe height of the pan- risks. Both countries have been hit by un- Bharadwaj’s bail plea, had rightlyobserved his matter is pending before theAllahabad istration earlyonand propose abilateraldeal, demic, it sanctioned12,000 MW of renew- Both countries have been hit precedented extreme weather eventsin that her bail plea waspending in the high High Court. The Supreme Courtrightlyre- drawing out four contours —changing nar- ables capacity (15,000 MW since January), by unprecedented extreme 2020, from cyclones to forest fires, causing court.The courtthen said, “either youwith- markedthat the accusedshould pursue ratives, facilitating investment, developing even as thermalpowerassets were lyingidle. weather events in 2020, from billions of dollarsindamage. India and the draw it or we will dismiss it” and suggested his remedy before the high court. Any technology and increasingresilience. Despitesuchsignals, it gets investmentsof US could begin to rebuild multilateralism that aregular bail plea could be filed. The lawyer will testify that this is the regular The narrative around climateambition is about $10-11billion forrenewables annu- cyclones to forest fires, centred around chronic risks. This would plea wasthen withdrawn. practice as perprocedure followedinthe increasinglycrowdedwith terms suchas ally, whenitneeds upwardsof$30 billion. causing billions of dollarsin mean deeper cooperation via the India- Anand Teltumbde has been eulogised Supreme Court. net-zero, carbon-neutral and climateposi- When combinedwith investments in EVs, damage. India and the US sponsored Coalition forDisaster Resilient as athinker and the charge that he wasnot The foregoing factsmakeitamply clear tive.Recent announcements by China industrialenergy efficiency,appliance effi- Infrastructure, developing financial solutions granted ahearingorrelief is also miscon- that it is notthe judiciarywhichisslipping (2060), the EU (2050) and Japan (2050) for ciency (including sustainablecooling), and could begin to rebuild to upgrade older infrastructure(power, ceived. In 2018,Teltumbde wasgranted in- into“judicial barbarism”, but it is agroup net-zeroemissions aretoo farintothe future, newapplicationsofsmart distributed en- multilateralism centred roads/bridges, telecom), and designing new terim protection from arrest by the Bombay of disgruntledindividuals that suffers from highlyunlikelytohaveany serious account- ergy,the demand forcapital is muchhigher. around chronic risks. This climaterisk insurance schemes. High Court. SubsequentlyinMarch,the SC selective outragesyndrome. In thiscase, the ability and reduce growth opportunities for Yet, clean-techcapital mostlycirculatesin would mean deeper Rather than feel cornered andreact un- observed,“since the protection has been criticism of the judiciarystems notfrom developing countries. Lesser the action in the richcountries. As,respectively,among the der pressure, India mustseize the moment. enjoyedbythe petitioners approximately factsorevidence but from ideological incli- pastornear futuremeans tighter the carbon largest demanders and suppliersofcapital, cooperation via the On the US side, thereismainlyalot of inten- forone-and-a-half years, three weeks’ time nation and utter dislikeofparticular polit- budget in the futurefor them. India and the US should cooperate to bridge India-sponsored Coalition tion and expectation right now. On theIndian from todayisgranted to them to surren- ical leaders. Achanged narrative mustdiscount dis- the supply-demand gap, lowerrisk percep- forDisaster Resilient side, thereisalready alot of climateaction. der”. Thus, it is evident that Teltumbde and tant promises and laypremium on proxi- tions, de-risk investments andpromote Infrastructure,developing These interests canconverge. India’s public Gautam Navlakha got relief from the The writer is asenior advocateand mateaction. ForIndia, this would be achance state-levelinvestment relationships, which communicationonclimatechangeneeds Supreme Court. national spokesperson of theBJP to showcase itsclimate actions morerobustly could democratise and decentraliselow-car- financial solutions to sharper focus and raiseddecibels. Itsdiplo- to the world: Hundredsofmillions getting bon pathways. upgrade older infrastructure matic outreachneeds deftalliance-building, access to electricity and clean cooking en- The twocountries should leverage their (power, roads/bridges, starting with aclimatehandshakebetween ergy,massive reductions in costs of LEDlight R&D priorities. India’sScience, Technology telecom), and designing Biden and Modi. bulbs, the firstcountryinthe worldwith a andInnovation Policy 2020 (only the fifth LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR cooling actionplan, aims to have 30 per cent sinceIndependence) nowhas an explicit fo- new climate risk The writer is CEO, Council on Energy, electric vehicle sales by 2030 and, of course, cus on low-carbon technologies. Biden wants insurance schemes. Environmentand Water THE THINKER THIS REFERS TO PRaman’s ‘When IDEAS Oppositionasked (November 15)’, for whichthe writer ought to be congratu- ONLINE lated.Nehru wasafollowerofHarold Laski and thereisaparticular passagein ONLYINTHE EXPRESS Astar goes out of style their conversation that Iwould liketo sharewith readers. Nehru: “I have acon- ● MAKINGOFA fession to make. In the last15years, my BIOTECHHUB: The rise and spectacular fall of designer Manish Arora ideashave becomethe exactoppositeof RENUSWARUP all youpreached”. Laski: “Itaught youno ideas. What Itaught youwas to think for ● THEFRIENDLYROBOTAND Leher Kala yourself.If your ownexperiences ...have THEFUTUREOFWORK: causedyou ... to conclusions different NDAYASINDHU IT WASWITH some astonishment that Iread this country. In an interview in those early across the sky.But that’s the thing with me- asmall bubble of elites in Delhi and from my own,Iamhappy. ForIhavesuc- the piece ‘For aLeading Light of Indian days,when asked whether therewas amar- teorites, one minutethey’relighting up the Mumbai.Tohis credit, Aroramade it to ceeded. Ihavetaughtyou howtothink”. www.indianexpress.com Fashion, All That Glitters Is NotGold’ in The ket forhis unapologeticallyflashyclothes, he universe, the next they’recrashing down to Paris, he justdidn’thavethe wherewithal The significance of this passagewas NewYork Times that details the rise and fall of repliedunfazed, “If nobody buysthem, I’ll earth, burnt out, washedupand over. to survive there. Laski’s perception of Nehru as athinker. Paris-based Indian fashion designer,Manish wear them myself.” Aroradrove abubble- History is replete with examples of foot- What’s amplyclear is that behind allthe Nehru’s colleague,Sardar Patel, wasa Arora. In the midstofapandemic and right gum pinkAmbassador and whenhefound ball legends turnedpenniless and pop stars glitz and glamour,India’s fashion industry doer, and it is afact of modern Indian his- afteracontentious election, the mightyNYT outthat the Ambywas going out of produc- running through afortune because of bad is largely amom-and-popenterprise, oper- torythat the establishment and survival justplaying to thegalleryand the con- deems him worthy of a2,000 plus word ar- tion, he bought asecondone as spare, saying decisions and megalomania. Fame is afunny ating in ahaphazardand unstructuredman- of our democracy in thecriticalyears af- stantappearances of the DelhiChief ticle(even as it holds him up as ashining ex- he couldn’t imagine himself in anyothercar. beast. Thereissomuchpressuretobethe ner.Itisamatter of national shame that terIndependenceowesasmuchtothe MinisteronTVjustaim to further his ample of spectacularfailure). No Indian I’m notsurethis provides asense of star the worldthinksyou arethatyou lose crores of talented people employedinun- thinkerasto thedoer.Itwould beagood visibility.Itshall be better to paymed- newspaper would have givenhim so much Arora’s unique sensibility but he did what no trackofwhat’s important. organisedsectors (notrestricted to fashion) thingifthose presentlyinmanagement ical stafftheir salaries thantoindulgein space. However, the professional obituaryit othertextiledesigner hasmanaged to do: Arora’sclothes aredramatic showstop- lead desperatelyprecarious lives, entirelyat of our great countrynever forget this! self-promotionexercises. wroterequired amorenuancedframing, in Take ancientIndian embroideries, jazz them pers but they’renot sexy.Onlythose blessed the mercy of whimsical bosses; who, de- Fali S. Nariman, NewDelhi DeepakSinghal, Noida the largercontextofinternational fashion. up, and find them acentrestage in the global withslim good looksand apenchant forthe pending on their mood and their ownex- Forthe uninitiated, before leavinghis marketplace. Twoofhis creations were extraordinarywill gravitatetowards them. penses, mayormay notclear dues. This ap- STOPSERMONISING SHOWRESTRAINT business in tatters and accumulating atrail showcasedatthe WorldofWearable Artex- Whenyou’rerunning abusiness, youcan’t pears to be adeep-rootedcultural malaise. of debt,Arora had been atrailblazer forIndian travaganza held in New Zealand.One of afford to be so stratosphericallycool that It is common practice forevent companies THIS REFERSTOthe editorial, ‘Fighting THIS REFERS TO the editorial, ‘Shadow fashion, his vividly theatrical outfitsblending those caught the eyeofKaty Perry, who wore onlyLadyGagagetsit(She is afan). Arora’s to employone persondedicatedtochasing smarter’ (IE, November 20). The Delhi in Bengal’(IE, November 20). Therehas the best of Indian tradition with an aura of ec- hiscarouseldress,shaped likeacircus merry- biggestblunder wasnot hiring abespecta- payments. Justweeks ago, aprominent TV government’s approachofrunning with been an alarmingamount of violence static rebellion. The firsttime Imet him was go-round, to the MTVawardsin2008. It was cledIIT/IIM grad, the kind who’d sit behind anchor wasinjail because an interior de- the hareand hunting with the hound across thestate foralmostayear now in 2001,when he ranuptomesquealing, mad and it is unforgettable. Iremember aglass cubicle and sip green tea, to decide signer he owedmoneytodiedbysuicide cit- has boomeranged.Experts had warned and with assemblyelections approach- since Iwas wearing awhiteshirtwith ared meeting his Japanese buyers from Tokyo, his business plan. He neededapartner ing financial difficulties. Will the wealthy thatfestivals and Delhi’s pollution shall ing, it is boundtogrow. The responsibil- leather-embossedrose, hisinterpretation of dressedhead to toebyhim,proud to be iden- who’d complement his creativity,not a and privileged ever stop asserting them- increasethe spread of virus, but the ad- ityofensuringpeace lies with both the Nehruvian style. Arorahimself waswearing tifiedasManish groupies.Arora’s fashion combustiblealter ego. It mustbesaidthat selvesoverthe downtrodden? No.Weare ministration failedmiserablytotake ruling and opposition parties. blackjeans andablack T-Shirt that said shows were reminiscent of the Aurora noneofthe other Indian designersrefer- likethis only. proactive measures. The government is Bal Govind, viaemail “LadiesTailor”,awry ode to the anonymous Borealis, aspectacle of dazzling neon on the encedbythe NYTand benchmarkedagainst tailors operatinginevery crowdedgully of ramp,exactlythe waythose stars dance Aroraare relevant anywhere, exceptamong The writer is director,HutkayFilms

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During these difficult pandemic times, the underprivileged people find it very UNION BANK OF INDIA children (below the age of 15 years) to travel in the Metro from 11.00 hrs to 17.00 hrs without any e-pass from tomorrow i.e. difficulttoaccessmedical facility andneglect their health. Throughthis initiative GRSE hasaddressedtheseconcerns of 20.11.2020(Friday). They can travel in the Metro using their smartcards from 11.00 hrs to 17.00 hrs. Children must carryan Union Bank of India, Re- ID as age proof (School ID will do). theContractors' Workmen engaged in the Company by arrangingmedical tests right in the Company premises. gional Office Kolkata Metro Morethan 2500Contractors'Workmen willbebenefitedbythis CSRinitiative. in coordination with Digital IndianOil's #TreeCheers campaign, aimed at promoting environmental consciousness and boosting the country's green BankingDepartment, Cen- cover,has received an enthusiastic response, making it ahuge success. 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The program was inaugu- MetroRailway ran 152 services on 14.11.2020 (Saturday) on KaliPuja and 16.11.2020 (Monday) on Bhatridwitiya from08.00 reinforced the belief in the environmental consciousness of our fellow citizens. Thank you, India!" rated by Honorable Executive Director,ShriManasRanjan- hrs to 22.00 hrs. instead of the scheduled 190 services. Biswal in presence of Shri Tata VenkatVenugopal, GM DBD Soumitra Chatterjee, agreat loss -says SanjivGoenka. Condoling the death of SoumitraChatterjee, Dr SanjivGoenka, and ShriAmarendraKumar Jha,FGM, Kolkata for fulfilling UCOBank reduces Home Loan Interest Rates: UCO Bank has slashed Home Loan Interest Rates by 25 basis points with effect Chairman, SaregamaIndiasays,Bengal has lostagreat child, mother India has lostagreat artistand the world of cinema has Government of India's "Digital India"mission.The event from November 18, 2020. The revised Home Loan Interest Rates starts from 6.90% p.a. irrespective of Loan Amount and lostastar. 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AFTER 47 days,India on Thursdayre- moreremarkable since the reduction Out of those foundinfected withnovel coronavirus in aserorsuveyinPune, 85% developedneutralising portedmorenew cases of coronavirus hashappenedduring the festival sea- infection than recoveries. The result son, and has also survived astate elec- antibodies. Whatdoes this mean, and what does it tell us about progress towards‘herdimmunity’? wasaminor increase in the number tion in Bihar. of active cases,whichhas been falling Thebreakinthetrend,ashappened steadilyfor almosttwo months now. on Thursday, can onlybeseen as an reason theydonot createthose specific pro- Atotal of 45,882 newcases were de- aberration right now. Dailydatare- ANURADHAMASCARENHAS teins. No biology thatweknowofcan explain tected on Thursday,slightlyhigher leasedbythestategovernmentsare not PUNE,NOVEMBER20 this as of now,”Bal said. than the 44,807who were declared uniform. Theydonot necessarilycon- to have recovered. tain numbers onlyfromthe daythese ANEW studyin Punehas revealedthat nearly What about vaccine-induced Recoveries exceeding newcases is arereleased. Forexample, many states 85% of the peoplewho had been found in- immunity? the clearestsign that release their datain fectedwithnovelcoronavirusin aserosurvey, Asinthecaseof naturally-acquiredimmu- the spread of the dis- early afternoon, and conducted earlier,had developedneutralis- nity,wedonot know, as of now, howlong the ease is being contained, most probablyhave ing antibodies. In other words, these people immunity providedbyavaccinewould last if the trend is main- numbers from the pre- haddevelopedimmunity againstthe disease. againstthe novelcoronavirus. Dr Aarti tainedoveralong time. viousday.Also, thereis It is sometimes thought that everyone Nagarkar,oneof theinvestigatorsforthePune In India, this trend has alagineverystage of re- who is infected with adisease-causing virus, study, saidthelevelofimmunitygeneratedby been holding since the porting, because of and recovers, becomes immune to the dis- avaccineisusuallyexpectedtobelonger and thirdweek of whichthereisadelayof ease, because theybuild antibodies againstit. better.That is because the vaccine is designed September.Thereisno twotothreedays,some- But that is notthe case. While the creation of to triggerastrong immune response with a guarantee that the timesevenmore,before antibodies is necessaryfor the recovery high fraction of neutralisingantibodies. number of newcases CORONAVIRUS acase gets reported. process, it does notguaranteeimmunity Butsincethevaccinescurrentlyunderpro- would notrise again, as COUNT That is why, it is much againstafutureattackfromthe same virus. duction have been under trial foronlyafew has happened in theUS better to look at trends Immunity comes from what areknown as months, the duration of immunitytheypro- and Europe, and even than at individual day’s “neutralising” or “protective”antibodies. videisnotknown.If thevaccinesthatareeven- in Delhi and Kerala, all of whichare datatoget amoreaccuratepicture. In the serosurvey in Pune (left), about tuallyapproved foruse do notprovide long- experiencing asecond or thirdwave With Thursday’s addition of nearly So, whatare these? 51%ofthose tested were found to have lasting immunity,theyare unlikelytohave of infections. But until the time this 46,000newcases, the total number of Neutralising antibodies, likeother anti- antibodies;among these, 85% had high acceptance among the general public. trend holds,itgives much-needed confirmed infections in the country bodies that arecreated to fight the disease, neutralising antibodies. Express breathing space to healthcareauthor- has crossedthe 90-lakh mark.Of these, arenothing but proteins. Theseare asmall Is Pune approaching‘herd immunity’? ities, because the number of active morethan 84.28 lakh, or nearly 94%, subsetofthe disease-specific antibodies that That is something that scientists arecare- cases begins to go down. It also pro- have recoveredfromthe disease, while aregenerated once an infection has occurred. antibodies (or specific protein molecules) ful nottoassert. The serosurvey wascon- vides hope to people that if theycon- over1.32 lakh patientshavedied. The neutralising antibodies become special could be expected to remain immune to the ducted on about 1,650individualsinfive tinue to take protective measures, Delhi and Kerala continuetocon- because theyhavethe ability to thwartthe diseasefor alongertime. prabhags (eachconsisting of three to four theycould keep the disease at bay. tributethe highestnumber of cases.On entryofthe same virus inside humanbod- “Thereare manyimportant caveatsto municipal wards) of thecity.About 51%of In India, active Covid-19 cases have Thursday, Delhi reported over 7,500 ies in the future.The other antibodies help this, and the amount of neutralising antibod- those who were tested,orabout 850, were become less than half of whatthey newcases, and Kerala about 5,700. in fighting offthe virus once the infection has ies would be justone factor,but in general found to have antibodies. Of thosewith an- were twomonths ago. This is all the AMITABHSINHA already happened. one can saythat higher quantities of neutral- tibodies, now85% have been found to have Serosurveys, likethe ones thathavebeen isingantibodies would be associated with developedimmunity. conducted in Delhi, Mumbai,Pune and other longer-lasting immunityagainstthe disease,” Disease prevalence in Pune, likeany other INDIA ACTIVE CASES 443,794 cities, onlylook forthe presence of antibod- said Vineeta Bal, an immunologistwho is a city,isnot uniform. But the findings of the ies in people. Their purpose is to find out rent epidemic, it cannotberuledout. That is co-author of this study. study could be appliedwell in the smallpop- whether apersonhas been infected with the whypeople who have recoveredfromthe This is because neutralising antibodies, ulation groups within the prabhags where 500,000 virus or not, and through random testing of disease arealso urgedtocontinue to take as also other antibodies, decrease with time. the serosurvey wasconducted.The findings people, estimatethe extent of spread of the protective measuressuchaspractice physi- The rate of decline varies in different diseases do suggestthat the disease prevalence disease, or prevalence,inapopulation group. cal distancing and wearing amask. and individuals. So, in the same time that within these population groups had reached Detection of disease-specific antibodies con- people withlow neutralising antibodies see suchlevelsthat the conceptofherdimmu- 494,657 443,794 firms that the person had been infected with Is immunity permanent? their immunity becoming ineffective,those nity could be playing out. the virusinthe past. It can be againstsome infections, but in with higher levels could still have enough to This is also supportedbythe fact that in 450,000 But afurther test needs to be carriedout the case of the novelcoronavirus, it is notyet continue to fend offthe virus. Lohianagar, the prabhag with the highest dis- to detect the presence of neutralising anti- known whether the immunityacquired In general, those with higher amountsof ease prevalencedetected in theserosurvey, bodies. This is whathas happenedinthe case through natural infection lasts forweeks, neutralising antibodies arealso better pro- the incidence rate had fallen sharplyinthe of Pune.Sofar,thisisthe onlystudy that has months or years. The longevity of the immu- tected.What is difficult to ascertain, how- lastthree months. LAST 10 DAYS looked forneutralising antibodies. nity againstadisease depends on avariety ever,especiallyinthe case of anew virus like “I don't think we can still saythat Pune Nov10Nov 19 The study shows that while amajority of of factors,including the quantity of neutral- the one behind the present epidemic,isthe has achieved, or is reaching, herdimmunity. 400,000 infected people do develop immunity,asig- ising antibodies generated by apatient. optimum levelabove whichaperson would But the study is important because it shows nificant proportion (15% in this case)who do In the Pune study,for example, about half be definitelyimmune to the disease. that wherever therewas high seropositivity, Note: The Nov19figureinthis graphisbased on thegovernment update on Nov20 notbecome immune even aftergetting in- the people with neutralising antibodies had Also, scientists do notfullyunderstand incidence rate has fallensubsequently,” said fected.That would mean that theyare at risk generated high levels of these antibodies, whycertain people do notgenerateneutral- Dr Gagandeep Kang,aprofessor at Christian of reinfection.Although very fewcases of re- while the others had relatively lowlevels. ising antibodies. “Their immune system Medical College, Vellore, and one of the co- INDIA TOTAL CASES WORLDTOTAL CASES infection have been documented in the cur- Those with ahigh quantity of neutralising seems to be working fine,but forwhatever authors of the study. 9,004,365 57,204,849

Source:MinistryofHealth&Family Source:JohnsHopkinsUniversity, Welfare,updatedat11pmonNov20 updatedat11pmonNov20 BJP in TamilNadu:growing, but milesstill to go

pricepaid washeavy:AIADMK lost38of39 ers have stressedthattheywillnot allowany these videos oftenresemblefilm songse- ARUNJANARDHANAN seatsitcontested. But whilepeople voted attempt to fancommunal tensions. quences with superstars. Study suggests deliriumcan CHENNAI,NOVEMBER20 againstthe AIADMK-BJP alliance in Lok Senior AIADMKleaderssaidallissueswill Sabha sets,the AIADMK faredbettergoing it be resolvedifthe Governor clearsthe state Recruitment drive predictCovid in the elderly WITH ABOUT six months to go forthe alone in simultaneous bypolls to 22 Cabinet’s decisiontorelease the sevencon- The BJPhas been recruitingcontinuously Assemblypolls, Union Home MinisterAmit Assemblyseats: it wonnine seatswhich victsinthe RajivGandhi assassination case. since 2014,bringing in celebrities, bureau- ANEW study supportsevidencethat older areatgreatestrisk of severe dis- Shah is scheduledtovisit Tamil Nadu on savedthe Edappadi KPalaniswami govern- This has been pending formorethan two crats, politicians from other parties, and even delirium can predict coronavirus in- ease, and death. Saturday,apparentlytodiscuss the BJP’s poll ment from losing itsmajority. years at RajBhawan. “A decision at the earliest afew individuals with criminal backgrounds. fection in olderpatientswho showno Thenew study examined 817eld- plans with alliance partners AIADMK and In the 2016 Assembly polls, the BJP had fromtheGovernorwillbeagame-changer;it Recent recruitsinclude actor-turned-politi- other typical symptoms erly patients of Covid-19. PMK. The BJP has growninthe stateoverthe polled2.86%,. In 2021,the BJP is hopeful of will favour the prospectsofthe AIADMK-BJP cianKhushbu and Karnataka-cadreIPS offi- of Covid-19. Publishedin The researchers found years but is yettotranslate that growth into winning 5to10Assemblyseats. Morethan alliance,” said an AIADMK minister. cer KAnnamalai, 35. the journal JAMA Network that almostathirdofthe electoral victories. the number of seatsitdoes win, however, Until afew years ago, the actor Open,the study is by re- patientshad delirium. A whatissignificant nowisthe numberof Growing visibility Rajinikanthwas seen as keyfor BJP. Today, searchers at Hebrew delirium diagnosis was Growth since 2016 seatsthe BJP gets to contestinthe alliance. While it continues to struggle in elections, Rajinikanth, 70,isthinking twice about SeniorLife, ahealthcare, the main presenting In the months followingthe death of the BJP’s visibility in the media has been in- launching his ownoutfit before thepolls, education and research symptomfor 16%of AIADMK chiefJJayalalithaa in December Bickering allies creasing since Jayalalithaa’s death. No polit- considering the pandemic and health risks facilityaffiliated to thosepatients,and 37% 2016,the BJP wasaccusedoforchestrating a The AIADMK leadership has confronted ical debateonpopular Tamil TVgoes without —heunderwent akidney transplant in 2016. HarvardMedical School. PAPER had no typical COVID-19 number of events:asplit in AIADMKthrough the BJP on severalissues —mostrecentlyover aBJP representative. Therehas been speculation around MK Delirium is an acute symptoms. Deliriumwas arevolt by then Chief MinisterO the BJP’s attempt to take out amonth-long The BJP has also startedinvesting more Alagiri, DMK chief MKarunanidhi’s elder son stateofconfusion, CLIP the sixth mostcommon Panneerselvam; aseries of high-profile raids VelYatrathrough six abodes of the popular in itscampaigns. Forinstance, it released who has proposedanewparty,and around markedbydisorienta- presenting symptoms in by central agencies targeting topbusiness- Tamil deity LordMuruga. BJP leaders arestill nearly adozen teaser videos forVel Yatra— Alagiri’s son Dayanidhiwho is reportedlybe- tion, lackofattention etc. NEWRESEARCH all patients. The re- men, bureaucratsand senior cabinetmem- being arrested whiletrying to defy the ban one of which,controversially,usedAIADMK ing offeredaBJP position. “Karunanidhi’s Even beyond Covid-19, searchers stressed the bers linked to AIADMK; and amergerofrival on theYatra. founder MGRamachandran’s picture. The grandchild cannotbeonthe BJP stage. He will delirium is acommonsymptomin importance of includingdelirium on AIADMK factions leading to the ousterof This week,AIADMK mouthpiece com- BJP videos aremarkedbyhigh-quality edit- have thespace he deserves in the DMK fam- older adultswith severe disease. And the checklistofCovid-19symptoms. Jayalalithaa aide VKSasikala and her family. pared BJP with KarupparKoottam, aYouTube ing and graphics, oftenprojecting stateparty ilyitself,” said asenior DMK leader,referring in Covid-19, adultsaged65yearsand Source: Hebrew SeniorLife Lacking the skills to countersuchaggres- channel chargedunder the Goonda Actfor a chief LMurugan prominently. Celebrating to Dayanidhi.Ahead of Shah’s visit, veteran sion,the AIADMK leadershipchose to ally videohurting religious sentimentsofHindus. the BJP leader’s devotion forLordMuruga DMK leader Duraimurugan is said to have withthe BJP in the 2019 LokSabha polls. The In multiple statements, senior AIADMK lead- and calling him the saviour of Tamil Hindus, been urging Alagiri to take backhis decision. WhyconflictinEthiopiahasstartedtocreateripplesinitsneighbourhood

security forces,and therighttoareferen- jectivesinTigray “byitself”. had been crossing over the border and arriv- ties between the twocountries.According NEHABANKA dum forindependent rule.According to ob- Sudan Eritrea ing in Sudan. An Associated Press report to aReuters report, the “International Crisis KOLKATA,NOVEMBER20 servers of the Horn of Africa,the Tigray re- Whyisthere animositybetween Tigray suggestedthat morethan 200,000refugees Group,athink-tank,warnedonNov.5that gion is wealthier than other parts of the and Eritrea? fleeing Tigray couldenter Sudan following anyinvolvement by Eritrea in the conflict CONFLICTWITHIN Ethiopiabetween the country, andhas awell-trainedarmy. TIGRAY This can be tracedtothe Ethiopian- the outbreak of the conflict. couldinturn draw in Sudan.” federal government and forces in thecoun- The ongoingconflict can be tracedto Djibouti Eritrean wartwo decades ago, in which In the aftermath of the Ethiopia-Eritrea The United States and China have sev- try’s Tigray region has been unfolding over when Prime MinisterAbiyAhmedcame to thousands were killed.According to are- war, severalthousand civilians were already eral strategic militarybases in the Horn of Ethiopia Somalia thelastseveral months, and nowthreatens powerin2018. AReutersreportdescribes South portinThe NewYork Times earlier this internallydisplacedinTigray,researchers Africa region. On November 16,Reuters re- to impactthe Horn of Africa region at large. howAbiy has detained, firedand reduced Sudan AddisAbaba month, “manyveteransfromthe TPLF who say. Now, this latestconflict has increased portedthat Russian President Vladimir Neighbouring Eritrea has already been the importance of severalTigray officials. participated in theEthiopian-Eritrean war the number of displacedpeople. Putin had approved the creation of a drawninand observers arewaryofthe pos- While Abiy had calleditacrackdown on between 1998 and 2000arenow part of the Russian navalfacility in Sudan earlier this sibility of Sudan toogetting involved. corruption,Tigray officials andtheir sup- forced intoamilitaryconfrontation.” Tigray region’s paramilitaryforces”. The an- In what ways can this impact thelarger week that would be “capable of mooring On Friday, Reuters reportedthat rebels porters had calleditanattempt to curb po- Following the startofheavy fighting, imosity between these TPLF veterans and Horn of Africa region? nuclear-poweredsurface vessels, clearing from Tigray had firedrockets at Bahir Dar, tential opposition. telephonelines were blockedand Internet Eritrea has continued. With Ethiopian civilians escaping in the wayfor Moscow’s firstsubstantial mil- the capital of the neighbouring Amharare- services shut down. Therehavealsobeen Lastyear,Abiy wonthe NobelPeace large numbers to Sudan, the neigbouring itaryfoothold in Africa since the Sovietfall”. gion in Ethiopia. Howhas it escalated in recent weeks? reports of injured soldiersonbothsides. Prize because of his effortsthat resulted in countrymay find itself inadvertentlydrawn If these militarybases and facilities were to Earlier this month, the Prime Minister’s The conflict escalated when Tigrayan peace with Eritrea’s leadership. While intothe conflict. Earlier this year,inthe be impacted in anyway,itmay cause for- What is the conflict about? Office said the Tigray People’s Liberation forces firedrockets across the border into Eritrea has made peace withthe govern- midstofEthiopia’s long-standing conflict eign powers to getmilitarilyinvolvedinthe The conflict escalated in September, Front(TPLF),the ruling party in that region, Eritrea, claiming thatthe Ethiopiangovern- ment in Addis Ababa, it remains hostile to with Egyptoverthe construction of the region and the conflict. when Tigray heldlocal elections which had “triedtosteal artilleryand other equip- ment wasusing an Eritrean airporttoattack Tigrayans and their leaders. Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam over the “The stability of Ethiopia is important were considered “illegal” by the federal gov- ment from federal forces stationedthere”, Tigray.Tigrayan leaders have also accused Blue Nile, Sudan had founditself involved forthe entireHorn of Africa region. Icall for ernment, according to aReuters report. according to aReuters report. Abiy’s office Eritrean forces of entering Ethiopia to sup- Has the conflict affected civilians? in the dispute. an immediatede-escalation of tensions and Ethiopia’s federal system allows the releasedastatement:“The lastred line has portthe federal government againstTigray. International observers saycountless Lastweek,Sudan and Egypthad engaged apeaceful resolutiontothe dispute,”UN country’s tenregions significant autonomy. been crossedwith this morning’s attacks Abiyhas denied this, tweeting that Ethiopia Ethiopian civilians have been displaced. The in joint militaryexercises in what observers SecretaryGeneral AntónioGuterres Theyhavetheirown parliaments, their own and the federal government is therefore wasmorethancapable of achieving itsob- UNHCR reportedthat thousands of refugees have said wasanindicationofdeepening tweetedonNovember 6.

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TOPOFTHE UK PM Johnson backs WORLD Trump,hisalliesstepupeffortsto Home Secy Priti Patel overturnBiden’selectionvictory over bullyingreport Independent adviser who reportedthat Hand tallyofGeorgia ballotsreaffirms president-elect’s wininthe state Patelbroke theMinisterial Code resigns

secretaryofstate. Ajudge who refusedtoblock JolovanWhamwithhis COLLEENLONG,ZEKE Trumpappears intent on certification of Detroit-area re- MICHAELHOLDEN smileyface sign. Reuters MILLER,JILLCOLVIN& pushing the issue. He has in- sultsnoted that Jacob’s claims in- LONDON,NOVEMBER20 DAVIDEGGERT vited Michigan’s Republican cludedno“date,location,fre- WASHINGTON,NOVEMBER20 legislative leaders to the White quency or names of employees”, BRITISH PRIMEMinisterBoris SINGAPORE House, according to twooffi- and that she onlycame forward JohnsononFriday backedone of Activistfaces US PRESIDENT Donald Trump cials familiar with the matter. afterunofficial resultsindicated Joe Biden his senior ministers afteraninde- and his allies aretaking increas- It’snot clear what the purpose Biden had wonMichigan. pendent inquiryconcludedshe British Home Secretary fineoversmiley ingly frantic steps to subvert the of the meeting is. In Pennsylvania, wherethe hadbrokenrulesfollowingallega- Priti Patel Biden turns 78, facesignprotest resultsofthe 2020 election, in- The Michigan Legislature Trumpcampaign is challenging tions of bullying of her staff,

cluding summoning statelegis- would be calledontoselectelec- the election resultsinfederal promptingthereport’sauthorquit. ED SINGAPORE IS setto lators to the WhiteHouse as part tors if Trumpsucceededincon- court, alegal team ledbyGiuliani set to be oldest Home SecretaryPriti Patel, Whatisthe charge an activistwith of alongshotbid to overturn Joe Trump’s personal attorney vincing the state’s boardofcan- suggestedinafilingWednesday one of themostsenior figures in Ministerial

US President PLAIN staging aone-man Biden’s victory. Rudy Giuliani at apress vassers nottocertify Biden’s that the judgeorder the the government,had notmet the E ● Code? protestwithout apermit Among other last-ditchtac- conferenceinWashington 154,000-vote victoryinthe state. Republican-ledstate legislature Washington: US president-elect standards setunder Britain’s EX over an incidentinwhich tics: personallycallinglocal on Thursday. Reuters Trump’s personal attorney to pickdelegates to theElectoral JoeBiden turned78onFriday. In Ministerial Code whichstates he held up asign bearing election officials who aretrying Rudy Giulianiand othersheld a College, potentiallythrowing the twomonths, he’lltakethe reins ministers should treat officials BRITAIN’S MINISTERIAL Code acrudelydrawn smiley to rescind their certification pressconferenceto allegeawide- state’s 20 electoral votes to of apoliticallyfractured nation with respect, independent ad- is aset of rules and standards face outsideapolice sta- votes in Michigan, suggesting in Michigan’s Wayne County spread Democratic election con- Trump. Ajudgecancelledanev- facing the worstpublic health viser AlexAllan concluded. that government ministers tion. Police told Jolovan alegal challenge that blockedthe certification of votes spiracy involving multiple states identiaryhearing in the case. crisis in acentury, high unem- However, agovernment areexpected to adhereto. It Wham, 40, on Thursday Pennsylvania setaside the pop- there. They later relented andthe andsuspectvotingmachines.But Meanwhile,inGeorgia, an ploymentand areckoning on statement said Johnson noted includes treating colleagues that he would be formally ular votethereand pressuring resultswerecertified.But aper- electionofficials across the coun- audit of the resultsofthe presi- racial injustice. that concerns had notbeen with “consideration and re- chargedincourt Monday. county officials in Arizona to de- son familiar with the matter said tryhavesaidrepeatedly therewas dential race, including are-count As he wrestles with thoseis- raisedatthe time and that Patel spect”, and Boris Johnson has The city-state tightlycon- laycertifying votetallies. Trumpreachedout to the can- no widespread fraud. of ballots by hand, confirmed sues, Biden will be attempting to wasunaware of the impact of written in the forewordto trols publicassembly, the Election lawexpertssee it as vassers, Monica Palmerand Giulianicited afew swornaf- that Biden had wonthe state’s 16 accomplish another feat: her actions. She apologisedfor the latestedition of the Code media and free speech. the last, dying gasps of the Trump William Hartmann, on Tuesday fidavitsthathesaidshowedavast Electoral Collegevotes. demonstratetoAmericans that anyupsetshe mayhavecaused. that theremustbeno“bully- The charge relates to a campaign and sayBiden is cer- eveningafter the revisedvoteto Democraticconspiracy, butadded Georgia SecretaryofState ageisbut anumber and he’s up “The Prime Ministerhas full ing or harassment”. Ministers March incidentinwhich tain to walk intothe Oval Office express gratitude fortheir sup- that he could notreveal muchof Brad Raffensperger, aRepublican, to thejob. confidence in the home secre- usuallyresign if foundto Whamdemonstratedhis come January. But thereisgreat port.Then,onWednesday,Palmer the evidence. One he cited was announcedthe result of the re- Biden will be sworn in as the tary and considers this matter have been in breachofthe support forayoung cli- concern that Trump’s effort is do- and Hartmann signedaffidavits from Jessy Jacob, identifiedasa count, saying: “The numbers re- oldestPresidentinthe nation’s nowclosed,” the government Code, but it is notmandatory mateactivist,who said he ing real damagetopublic faith in saying theybelieved the county cityemployeeinDetroitwhosaid flect the verdictofthe people,not history,displacing Ronald statement said. and the Prime Ministerhas had been questionedover theintegrity of US elections. vote“shouldnot be certified”. she sawother workers coaching adecision by thesecretaryof Reagan, who leftthe White However, Allan immediately the final sayinthe matter. asimilar protestdaysear- Earlier this week,two Theycannotrescind their votersto cast ballots forBidenand state’s office or courts,orofeither House in 1989 when he was77 quit, with opponentssaying lier.Wham had posteda Republicans canvassers in votes, according to the Michigan the Democrats. campaigns.” AP years and 349daysold. AP Johnson wasgiving the green pictureofhimself holding lighttobullying. Patelhad been accusedofde- the sign on his social me- The issue comes at adifficult meaning treatment of her staff, dia accounts. REUTERS time forJohnson, whoistrying prompting Johnsontolaunchan to resethis government afterhis inquiryinMarch. topadviser Dominic Cummings The government statement leftDowning Street lastweek saidAllanhadfoundPatelhadbe- PAKISTAN and the PM grapples with divi- come “justifiablyinmanyin- Ancienttemple sionsinhis ruling Conservative stances”frustratedby herdepart- discoveredin Partyoverhis Covid-19policies. ment’slackofsupport.REUTERS SwatDistrict Lord MeghnadDesai AHINDUtemple,believed to have been constructed 1,300yearsago,has been resigns from Labour Party discoveredbyPakistani Pfizer worldheadquarters in NewYork. Pfizer had and Italian archaeological announced on Wednesdaythat moreresultsinits ongoing experts at amountain in coronavirusvaccinestudy suggestedthe shots were 95% ADITIKHANNA northwestPakistan’sSwat effective amonth afterthe firstdose. AP LONDON,NOVEMBER20 Lord District.Thediscoverywas Meghnad made during an excava- INDIAN-ORIGINECONOMIST, au- Desai tion at Barikot Ghundai. thorandpeerLordMeghnadDesai Announcingthediscovery, Pfizer applying for has resignedasamember of the Fazle Khaliq of the Khyber UK’soppositionLabourPartyover and slightly ashamedthat the Pakhtunkhwa Depart- itsfailuretoeffectively tackleanti- party has been injected withthis ment of Archaeologysaid emergency use of its semitismwithin itsranks. sortofracism. Jewish MPs were thatthetemplediscovered IOTA WREAKS HAVOC The 80-year-old said he was abusedopenly,andfemalemem- is of LordVishnu. It was forced to take the decision to bers were trolled. It is out and out built 1,300years agodur- Covidvaccine in US Vehicles submergedataplotflooded by the Chamelecon Riverdue to heavy rain causedby cancel his membership of the racism,” he said. ing the HinduShahi pe- Storm Iota,inLaLima,Honduras, on Thursday. Authorities in Central America recovered Labour PartyonThursdayafter The Labour Partyhas been riod, he said. PTI morebodies on Thursdayfromlandslidestriggeredbyhurricane Iota,which battered the former party leader Jeremy plaguedbyallegationsofanti- LAURANNEERGAARD The US Food and Drug impoverishedregionthis week,the second deadlystorm to roar through thismonth. The Corbyn wasreadmitted follow- semitism over the years. Sir Keir THAILAND NOVEMBER20 Administration can death toll rose to 40 across Central America, withthe number expected to rise. Honduran ing just19days of suspension Starmer,who took over as party President JuanOrlandoHernandez issuedanurgent plea forinternational help. Reuters despitefindings of “unlawful leader this year,had suspended Policetocharge PFIZERSAID Fridayitisasking US grant emergency use acts”bythe country’s human Corbyn lastmonth afterhe schoolstudents regulators to allowemergency authorisation before rights watchdog. seemedtodownplaythe find- use of itsCovid-19vaccine, start- final testing is complete “Itwasaverypeculiardecision ings of the Equality and Human overprotest ing the clockonaprocess that 37 killed in Ugandaprotests after to allowhim backwithout any RightsCommission. TWOTHAI high school couldbring limited firstshots as apology.Hehas been refusedthe The watchdoghad found that student leaders willbe earlyasnextmonth and eventu- been moreurgent,” Pfizer CEO party whip in the House of Labour had broken the lawinits chargedfor joining a allyanend to the pandemic —but AlbertBourlasaid in astatement. presidential candidate Wine’s arrest Commons forafew months, but failuretohandle anti-semitism bannedprotestlastmonth, notuntil afteralong, hardwinter. With the coronavirus surging that is averylame response to a complaintsand therewere“seri- police saidonFriday,aday The action comes days after around theUSand the world, the very big crisis,” LordDesai said. “I ous failings” by itsleadership at afterembattledPrime Pfizer and itsGerman partner pressureisonfor regulatorsto Thepop star-turned-politician wasreleased on bail Friday have been very uncomfortable the time. PTI MinisterPrayuth Chan- BioNTechannouncedthat itsvac- makeaspeedy decision. ocha threatenedtougher cine appears 95% effective at pre- “Help is on the way,”Dr mass rallies in violationofrestric- venting mild to severe Covid-19 AnthonyFauci, the topUSinfec- ELIASBIRYABAREMA tions on gatheringsimposedto action againstprotesters. China’s Defence Minister Thestudentssaidtheyhad disease in alarge,ongoing study. tious disease expertsaid on the KAMPALA,NOVEMBER20 curbthespreadof thecoronavirus. been summonedfor vio- The companies said that pro- eveofPfizer’s announcement, “It is Museveni who is sup- latinganemergency de- tection plus agood safetyrecord adding that it’s tooearly to aban- UGANDAN POP star and presi- posedtobeinthisdockfor set to visit Nepal soon creeby joiningaproteston meansthe vaccine should qual- don masksand other protective dential candidateBobi Wine, killing innocentcitizens,” Wine Oct.15,whentensof thou- ify foremergency use authorisa- measures. “Weneedtoactually whose arrest this week triggered said afterhewas chargedinatel- year.The visit also coincides sands of people defieda tion,something the Food and double down on the public protests that ledtoatleast37 evisedcourt appearance, refer- YUBARAJGHIMIRE with aseries of high-levelvisits ban by Prayuth aimedat Drug Administration can grant health measures as we’rewait- deaths, wasreleasedonbail on Bobi Wine inside a ring to incumbent leader KATHMANDU,NOVEMBER20 from India —recently by R&AW halting protests demand- before the final testing is fully ing forthat help to come.” Fridayafter being chargedwith courtroom in Iganga, President Yoweri Museveni. Chief Samant Goel, andArmy ing his removaland re- complete.Inaddition to Friday’s Friday’sfiling would setoff a holdingrallies likelytospread Uganda, Friday. Reuters Police on Fridaysaid the CHINA’S MINISTER of National ChiefGeneral MMNaravane. forms of the monarchy. FDAsubmission, theyhaveal- chain of eventsasthe FDAand its the coronavirus. death toll sparkedbythe DefenceWeiFenghe,whoisalsoa Also, Indian Foreign Secretary “Thereisnot enoughspace ready started“rolling” applica- independentadvisers debate if Authorities have deployed protests had jumpedto37. member of the Central Military Harsh Vardhan Shringla is ex- in prisonbecausehun- tions in Europe and the UK and the shots areready.Ifso, still an- the militaryacross the capital and arrested hundreds. Uganda is due to hold presi- CommissionheadedbyPresident pected to visit Nepal next week. dredsmorewill rise up,”a intendtosubmit similar infor- othergovernmentgroupwillhave Kampala and surrounding areas Wine, whose real nameis dential elections on Jan 14,with Xi Jinping, will visit Nepal soon. No datehas been officiallyset studentssaid. REUTERS mation soon. to decide howthe initial limited to help police forces disperse Robert Kyagulanyi, wasarrested Wineemergingasaseriousthreat Weiwillbethe highest forthe Chinese Defence “Our work to deliverasafe supplies arerationedout to anx- protesters. Theyhaveusedlive while campaigning on to veteranMuseveni, 76,who ChinesedignitarytogotoNepal Minister’s visit, but it is likelyto and effective vaccine has never iously awaiting Americans. AP bullets,teargas, watercannon Wednesdayfor allegedly holding aimsto extendhisrule.REUTERS afterXi’s visit in October last take placeonNovember29.

THE AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL TELLS THE STORY OF THE LONELY GAY SON OF AN ALCOHOLIC MOTHER IN 1980S SCOTLAND DouglasStuart wins Booker Prize for hisdebutnovel ‘Shuggie Bain’

Now, his debuthas wonthe neverfeel the same.” and daughter who apollutedcity quel to her 1985 dystopian clas- mony—spokeabout some of his ALEXANDRAALTER Booker Prize, one of the most ForStuart, working on Shuggie forthe lastswath of wilderness; sic, The Handmaid’s Tale,and favouriteBooker-winningnovels, NOVEMBER20 prestigiousliteraryawardsin Bain gave him away to process and Avni Doshi for Burnt Sugar, Bernardine Evaristo,for her andthe solace he takesinreading the world, cementing Stuart’s the trauma of his childhood and about an artistinPune, India, novel Girl,Woman,Other.She be- fiction.The DuchessofCornwall WHEN DOUGLAS Stuartbegan reputation as ablazingnew lit- to paytributetohis mother,who whose mother abandonedher to came the firstBlackwoman to described howpeople can forgea writing afictional account of his erarytalent. The award, which diedwhen he was16. joinanashram. win the BookerPrize. sense of connection by reading childhood, growing up in wasannouncedThursday, will Shuggie Bain unfolds in 1980s The twoestablishedauthors This year,the judges were duringthe pandemic. Previous Glasgow with an alcoholic likelydrawalarge newaudience Glasgow andcentres on aboy on the shortlistwereMaaza able to come to aunanimous winners,includingKazuoIshiguro, mother,hewasn’t sureitwould to the novel, whichcame out nicknamedShuggie,whoisstrug- Mengiste,for hernovel The consensus. Theyincluded Atwood and Evaristo,also spoke. ever be published. earlier this year. gling with beinggay and his ShadowKing,set during Italy’s thriller writer Lee Child, poet During anews conference, “Iwouldn’tallowmyself to be- In avideo news conference, mother’saddiction.Shuggieispre- invasion of Ethiopia in the 1930s, LemnSissay, classicistand trans- Booker representativessaid lieve Iwaswritingabook,because Margaret Busby,thisyear’s chair cociousandsensitive,makinghim and Tsitsi Dangarembgafor This lator EmilyWilson, and British ShuggieBain hadprevailedbe- it wastoo intimidating,”hesaid of judges, said the votewas atargetfor school bullies. He de- Mournable Body,whichcentres author and critic Sameer Rahim. cause of the strength of the nar- during an interviewlastmonth. unanimous and quick, and she votes himself to caringfor his Douglas Stuart’s novelhas drawncomparisons to DH on amiddle-aged woman strug- Thisyear’sceremony, heldon- rative andthe prose. Early responses from editors notedthat she believedthe book mother,Agnes, sometimes skip- Lawrence, JamesJoyce and Frank McCourt. NYT gling with lifeinHarare. line because of the pandemic, in- “Itappears to be averyclassi- were equallydiscouraging: More is destinedtobecome aclassic. pingschoolto makesureshedoes- Lastyear,the Booker judges cludedastar-studdedlineup of cal novelonafirstreading,”said than30publishersrejected the “It’s challenging, it’s intimate, n’t harm herself and checking on made the surprising decision to guestspeakers. Former President GabyWood, the literary director book.Hefinally sold it to Grove it’s gripping, it’s daring,” she said her when she passes out drunk. The otherswereBrandonTaylor whitecampus culture; Diane flout their ownrules and award BarackObama —whose memoir of the Booker Prize Foundation. Atlantic,and the novel, Shuggie of the novel. “Tosomeextent, I Stuart wasone of four debut for Real Life,whichfollowsaBlack Cook forher dystopian novel The the prize jointlytoMargaret came out this week,prompting “But actually when yourereadit, Bain,drew rapturous reviews. think anybody who reads it will novelists on this year’sshortlist. gaygraduate student navigating NewWilderness,about amother Atwood, for TheTestaments,ase- the Booker to reschedule itscere- youfind it’s quitedaring.” NYT

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Internationalmarket data till 1900IST INTERNALWORKINGGROUPSUGGESTSRAISINGPROMOTERSTAKEINPRIVATEBANKS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY, HEALTH ANDWORKINGCONDITIONSCODE Cap on weeklyworking time RBIcommitteeforconversionoflarge retained, spread-over time NBFCsintobanks,entryofcorporates hiked to 12 hours in draft rules lowance forinter-state migrant ratesand industrial housesmay maybelistedwithinsix years neutral status, all bankslicensed ENSECONOMICBUREAU In the OSH Code,passed workers stating that the al- ENSECONOMICBUREAU beallowedaspromotersof banks CORPORATEENTRY from the dateofreaching net before 2013 should move to the NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER20 lowance would be providedonly in Parliament in MUMBAI,NOVEMBER20 onlyafternecessaryamendments AFTERAMENDMENTS worthequivalentto prevalenten- NOFHCstructurewithinfive years if theworkerhasworkedforape- to the Banking Regulation Act, trycapitalrequirementprescribed from announcementoftax-neu- THEGOVERNMENThasproposed September,the daily riod of notless than 180days in IN Aseries of proposals, an 1949”and strengthening of the foruniversal banksor10years trality,ithas proposed. to increasethemaximumlimitfor theconcernedestablishmentdur- ■ TheInternal working hour limit had InternalWorking Group(IWG) of supervisory mechanism forlarge fromthedateofcommencement According to the committee, potentialworking hours or ingthepreceding12 months.This Working Group of the theReserveBankof India(RBI)has conglomerates,includingconsol- of operations,whicheverisearlier, till the NOFHCstructureismade spread-overtimeto 12 hoursfrom been setateight hours is expected to lead to exclusion of RBI,headed by PK recommendedtheguardedentry idatedsupervision. This is to pre- it has proposed. feasibleand operational, the con- 10.5hoursearlierinthedraftrules alarge number of migrant work- Mohanty, has said of corporates intothe banking vent connected lending and ex- The minimuminitial capital cernswithregard to banksunder- forOccupational Safety, Health ers as theydonot work with “large corporates and space, conversion of big NBFCs posures between the banksand requirementfor licensingnew takingdifferentactivitiesthrough and Working Conditions (OSH) the Rules couldhavesome ad- longer tenure work contracts. industrial housesmay intobanksandhikeinpromoters’ other financial andnon-financial banksshould be enhancedfrom subsidiaries,jointventuresandas- Code. The weeklycap of working verseconsequencesforthework- “...itwillbehard to implement be allowedas staketo26per cent from 15 per group entities, it added. Rs 500crore to Rs 1,000 crorefor sociates needtobeaddressed hours,though, has been retained ers.Bymaking12hours as a and will even affect employment promoters of banks cent. The group also proposeda The RBI has been againstal- universal banksand from Rs 200 throughsuitable regulations. at 48 hours in the rules. spread-overtime,employerswill chances by another employer only afternecessary hikeinminimum capital fornew lowingcorporatehousesto setup croretoRs300 crorefor small fi- BankscurrentlyunderNOFHC “Noworkershall be required beincentivisedtokeepthework- shouldtheworkerleave theprevi- amendments to the banksfromRs500 croretoRs or run commercial banks. nancebanks. The initialvoting structureshould be allowedto orallowedtoworkinanestablish- ersonworksitefor the entirepe- ousemployerinthemiddleof the Banking Regulation 1,000crore. “Well-run large non-banking capitalshould be raisedfromRs exit from suchastructureifthey ment formorethan forty-eight riod.Butonedoesnotknowwhat eligible period forjourneyal- Act, 1949” “Thecap on promoters’ stake finance companies (NBFCs),with 150crore to Rs 300crore in five do nothaveother group entities hours in anyweek.The period of theworkerswillbeexpectedtodo lowanceormaybeforcedtowork in the long run —15years—may an assetsize of Rs 50,000 crore years, it said. in their fold. work of aworkershall be so for90minutesof extratime?If the forthe original employer to be beraisedfromthecurrentlevelof andabove,includingthosewhich Non-operative financialhold- The ReserveBank maytake arranged that inclusive of hisin- employers keep the workers for able to avail the allowance,” 15 per cent to 26 per cent of the areownedbyacorporate house, On non-promotersharehold- ing company(NOFHC) should steps to ensureharmonisation tervals forrest, shall notspread thefull12 hoursandif we include Sundar said. paid-upvoting equity sharecapi- maybeconsideredforconversion ing,thepanelhassuggestedauni- continueto bethepreferredstruc- anduniformityindifferentlicens- over formorethan twelve hours travel time whichinmetros The draftrules, whichhave talofthe bank,” the group pro- intobankssubject to completion form cap of 15 per cent of the turefor allnew licensestobeis- ingguidelines,to theextentpossi- inaday,”thedraftrulessaid.Inthe would easilybeanother 60 min- been placedinpublicdomain for posed.This stipulation should be of 10 years of operations and paid-up votingequitysharecapi- suedfor universalbanks. ble,itsaid.Whenevernewlicens- OSH Code, whichwas passed in utes,thenthework-lifebalanceof 45 days,also propose asingle na- uniformforalltypesof promoters meetingduediligencecriteriaand talofthe bank maybeprescribed However, itshouldbemandatory ing guidelines areissued, if new ParliamentinSeptember,thedaily the workerswillbeadversely af- tionwide licence forcontractors and would mean that promoters, compliance with additional con- forall types of shareholders. onlyincaseswheretheindividual rules aremorerelaxed,benefit workinghour limithad been set fected.Also,itwill incentivise the and settingupofsafetycommit- who have already dilutedtheir ditions specifiedinthis regard,” it Forpaymentsbanksintend- promoters, promoting entities shouldbegiventoexistingbanks, at eight hours. employers to go fortwo shifts in tees forestablishmentsemploy- holdingsto below26percentwill said. The IWGwas constituted by ing to convert to asmall finance andconvertingentitieshaveother and if newrules aretougher, Experts said the extension in place of three shifts.Then,em- ing over 500for normal ones and be permitted to raise it to 26 per theRBIonJune12 to examineand bank (SFB), trackrecordofthree group entities, the IWGsaid. legacybanksshouldalsoconform thespread-overtimewillhave ad- ploymentnumbers might also over250 forthose engaging in centofthe paid-up votingequity reviewthe extant licensing and years of experienceaspayments While bankslicensedbefore to newtighter regulations, but a verseconsequencesonthework- probablydecline,” XLRI Professor hazardousprocesses,ameasure sharecapitalof thebank,itadded. regulatoryguidelines relating to bank maybeconsideredassuffi- 2013 maymovetoanNOFHC non-disruptive transition path ers. “The increase in spread-over KR ShyamSundar said. whichexperts said could exclude Thecommittee,headedbyPK ownershipandcontrol,corporate cient, the working group said. structureattheir discretion, once maybeprovidedtoaffected time from 10 ½hours as in the Thedraft rules have also pre- alarge number of workers in Mohanty,has said “large corpo- structure andotherrelatedissues. SFBs and payments banks theNOFHCstructureattainsatax- banks, the panelsaid. Factories Act, 1948 to 12 hours in scribed conditions forjourney al- smallerestablishments.

Sebi moves Supreme Court,seeksmore ‘Tax abusebyMNCs, individual CCI nod than `62K crore from two Sahara firms evasionscausing$10.3 bn lossper year’ to Future, hearitsapplicationforappointing passedbythe apexcourtin2012. India is losing over $10.3 billion in taxes eachyear due to global taxabuse by MNCs and Reliance EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE areceiverto overseetheentire bu- TheSC,inAugust2012,hador- Largecos: Sebi for evasion by individuals,aState of TaxJustice report, published by TaxJusticeNetwork,with MUMBAI,NOVEMBER20 sinessof theSaharaGroupasithas dered the Lucknow-basedcon- easierIPO norms global union federation Public Services International and GlobalAlliancefor TaxJustice, said failedtogarnermoneythatwasto glomeratetodepositwiththereg- Retail deal THE SECURITIES and Exchange be deposited withSebi in 2012. ulator over Rs 25,781.32 crore Mumbai: Sebi has proposed BoardofIndia (Sebi) hasmoved The marketregulator’s peti- collected from nearly three crore equity dilutionrequirement HOWTAXMONEYIS 34million:Numberofnurses Whyitisimportant:Thesocial theSupremeCourtaskingitto dir- tion in the apexcourtsaid SIRECL investors through issuance of from10 percentto 5percent LOSTBYINDIA: whoseannualsalariescouldbepaid impactofthelosttaxinIndiais ENSECONOMICBUREAU ect twoSaharafirms—SaharaIn- and SHCIL have “notbeen com- bonds by SIRECLand SHCILinvi- forinitialpublicoffers (IPOs) ■ >$10billion:Taxabuseby withtheamountthatcountries equivalentto44.70%ofthe NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER20 dianRealEstate CorpLtd(SIRECL) plying”withtheorderspassedby olation of Sebi norms,along with of over Rs 10,000 croreas multinationalcorporations globallyloseintaxeseachyear healthbudgetand10.68%of and SaharaHousing Investment theSC“despite thelongropepro- aninterest of 15 percentfromthe post-issue capital. ■ $200million:Taxevasionby educationspending.Italso THE COMPETITIONregulator on Corp Ltd (SHICL)—that illegally videdtothem”and even as their date of subscription of the bonds. Meanwhile, aSebi panel privateindividuals equalspayingyearlysalariesof Fridayapproved the acquisition raisedmoneyfrominvestors to liabilityhas increasedoverthe It also asked Sebitorepaythe in- recommendedthat listed over42.30lakhnurses of FutureGroup’sretail, whole- payRs62,602 croretothe regula- years, Royand other topofficials vestorsof Sahara oncethemoney companiesshould make billion:Amountin sale, warehousing logistics busi- tor, in compliance with the apex of thegroupare“enjoying”there- is depositedbythe group. available audio and video $427 taxeslostperyear Source: TaxJustice Network, ness by Reliance Retail Ventures courtorder of August31, 2012 or lease from custody that is being Subsequently, Roywassentto recordings of post-earning bycountriesduetocorporate Public Services International, Ltd (RRVL). cancel the parole of SubrataRoy, extendedbythecourt“fromtime jail on May4,2014, fornot com- conference calls on their taxabuseandprivateevasion Global Alliance forTax Justice/PTI The Rs 24,713-croreacquisi- chief workerof theSaharaGroup. to timewithoutevenany attempt plying with the SC order.Hehas websites and bourses. ENS tion has facedstiffresistance Sebi has also asked the SC to at compliancewith the orders” been outonparole since 2016. from Amazon, whichappealed to the Sebi,BSE and NSE to not approvethe deal. “Commission approves ac- Hong Kong bans flights from Apr-Oct: EPFO settles claims worth`55.9K cr quisitionofretail,wholesale, lo- gistics &warehousing busi- teesonFridayshowed.Exempted count, whicheverisless. scribers who have been unem- nessesofFutureGroup by India for 5th time, now till Dec 3 AANCHALMAGAZINE establishments have settled Theschemeallowingadvance ployedformorethan amonth can Reliance Retail Ventures Limited NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER20 3,89,178Covid-19 advanceclaims, withdrawal wasnotifiedon withdraw up to 75 percentof and Reliance Retail and Fashion NewDelhi: The Hong Kong ad- statementsaid,“AirIndiahasbeen domestic destination.” disbursingRs3,782.83crore to its March 27 and the online facility their balance. Lifestyle Limited,” the ministration has banned flights barredfromoperatingbetween FlightsfromIndia to Hong THEEMPLOYEES’ProvidentFund members, theletterstated. launchedonMarch 29. The Covid-19pandemic and Competition Commission of from Indiafor thefifth timeafter Delhi and Hong Kong from 20th Kong have been barredfor afort- Organisation(EPFO) has settled In thewakeofthe pandemic, The earlier withdrawal condi- subsequentlockdownsacrossthe India (CCI) said in atweet. passengerswhoflewtothecityon November till 3rdDecember,‘20. night on four prior occasions in 149.31lakhsettlementandadva- thegovernmenthadinMarch an- tions allowedsubscribers to take countryhad adverselyaffected Amazonhas wonaninjunc- Air IndiatestedCovid-19positive Air India does nothaveany flight the lastthree months —every nce claims during April-October nouncedanonlinefacilitytoallow non-refundableadvance or with- the enrolmentsunder the EPFO tion,barringFuture Retail and its upon landing. The ban has been scheduledtoHong Kong during time afterpassengers carriedby amounting to Rs 55,900.88 crore. withdrawalnotexceedingtheba- draw moneybeforeretirement duringthe firstquarter,the letter promoters from executing its implementedfor twoweekstill this period. Air Indiahas always AirIndiatestedpositiveforcoron- Of this,47.58lakhwere Covid- sic wagesand dearness allowan- forspecifiedpurposes, suchasa stated,addingthattheprovisional deal with Reliance Retail from an December 3. been adheringtoall themanda- avirusupon arrival. 19 advance claims worthRs ces forthree months or up to 75 medical emergency,marriage, figures of subscribers forJulyand emergency arbitrator of the Confirmingthedevelopment, tory safetyprotocols forits flights The firstsuchban wasim- 12,220.26crore,aletter sent by per cent of the amountstanding higher education or purchase of August indicate agradual recov- SingaporeInternational an Air India spokesperson in a operating to anyinternational or posed from August18-31. ENS EPFOtoits Central BoardofTrus- to amember’screditintheEPFac- ahouse, etc. Moreover, sub- erytopre-Covid levels. Arbitration Centre(SIAC).

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Amongall,the changes to ex- October 2021the company India (IBBI)has IBBIhasalsosaid pediteliquidationnormsarelikely willlaunch360satellites. FE amendedthe regula- thatthedefinitionof to benefit real estate companies tions forliquidation “a notreadilyrealis- the most, legal experts said. One under the Insolvency ableasset” would of thefirstchangesto speedupthe DGGIonthree and Bankruptcy Code includeany assets of liquidationprocessisallowingthe arrestedCAs (IBC),by which iteffec- the corporate liquidatorto assignortransferany tively allowedthe liq- debtor,whichcould notreadily realisable asset. NewDelhi:GSTinvestigation uidator to assign or transfer a‘not either notbesoldthrough the arm DGGI will writetothe readilyrealisableasset’to anyper- availableoptions. Further,IBBIhas What arethe likelychallenges InstituteofCharteredAcco- soninconsultationwiththestake- saidfinancialcreditorscan,forthe forthe newamended untantsofIndia to take ac- holders’consultationcommittee. purposeoffurnishing arecordof regulations? tionagainst3charteredacc- This move has sparkedoff ade- default, submittheir ownbook Thoughthe intent of IBBI in OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, ountantswhowere arrested bateamong stakeholders. whichestablishedlapse of pay- amendingtheregulationsisright, PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION, PURI, ODISHA in alleged GSTfakeinvoice ment of debt by the corporate the newregulations will have to Phone: 06752-223447/ e-Mail: [email protected] cases, sources said. PTI What arethe newregulations? debtor.The insolvency regulator be tested by acourtoflaw or an C-221 INVITATIONS FOR BIDS (IFB) In the latestregulations, the has also amended the regulation appropriateforumasitsdefinition Government of Odisha “e” Procurement Notice IBBIhas said that to ensurequick to allowcertain creditors, who of ‘a notreadilyrealisable asset’ is Bid Identification No. EEPHPURI-45 of 2020-21 Dated. 19.11.2020 J&Jorderedto liquidation of companies that are don’twantto waitfortheliquida- contentious. unabletofind bidders under IBC, tion process to be over,toexit the Full report on 1Name of the Work :- Civil, Electrical, WTP and pay$120mn pipe line work. theliquidatorcan‘assignortrans- process by assigning or transfer- www.indianexpress.com NewYork: Johnson &Johns- 2. Estimated Cost :- Rs. 278.33 Lakhs on has been ordered by a 3. Period of Completion:-12(twelve) Months NewYorkstate judge to pay 4. Date and time of availability :- 26.11.2020 (11.00 A.M) to $120 million to awoman, Oil &gas cos, tech providers to invest of bid documentsinthe portal 10.12.2020 (5.00 P.M) who blamedher cancer on 5. Last Date/ Time for receipt :- 5.00 PM of 10.12.2020 of bids in the Portal asbestosexposurefromits `30,000 cr to set up 900 bio-gas plants babypowder. REUTERS 6. Date and time of :- 12.30 P.Mof11.12.2020 opening of bids NewDelhi: The central govern- setupinIndiabyFY24, with ap- “Rs 30,000 croreofinvest- 7. Name and address of :- Executive Engineer, Backendcode ment and oil and gasmarketing proximateinvestment of Rs 2 ment is envisagedinthese 900 the Officer Inviting Bid P.HDivision, Puri companies and technology lakh crore. plants.Atotal of 5000CBG plants Phone: 06752-223447 ofAarogyaSetu providerswill invest Rs 30,000 The move is part of the with an approximateinvest- Fax: 06752-223447 croretoset up 900compressed Centre’s Sustainable Alternative ment of Rs 2lakh croreare en- E-mail: [email protected] NewDelhi: Thegovernment bio-gas(CBG) plants, under a TowardsAffordable Transpo- visaged.Biofuels have the poten- 8. The bidders have to participate in ONLINE bidding only. has releasedthe backend memorandum of understanding tation initiative,aimedatcutting tial to reduce ourfuel importbill Sd- 19.11.20 codeofAarogya Setu in the (MoU) signedonFriday. dependence on imports andpro- by Rs. 1lakh crore,” said petro- EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, (P.H, PURI) opendomain. PTI The Centrehas envisaged a viding cleanand affordable leum ministerDharmendra OIPR-13010/11/0005/2021 total of 5,000 CBGplantsbeing transportfuels. Pradhan. ENS Kolkata THEINDIANEXPRESS,SATURDAY,NOVEMBER21,2020

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BRIEFLY Djokovicknocksout Suryamovesfromdarknesstolight Zverev,advancesto ATPFinalssemis Dejected at theIndia snub, amessage from Tendulkar quoting his guru Achrekar wastochangeYadav’s perspective towardsthe game London: NovakDjokovic reachedthe semifinals at the ATPFinals and elimi- nated Alexander Zverev on Fridayby DEVENDRAPANDEY MI understood why beating the German 6-3, 7-6 (4), en- MUMBAI,NOVEMBER20 suring the topfour players in the world advancedatthe season-ending event “If youare honestand sinceretothe game, the forthe firsttime since 2004.The top- game will look afteryou,” flashedamessage family was important rankedDjokovic setupamatch against on Suryakumar Yadav’s phone, afew days af- Dominic Thiem on Saturday ashegoes terhewas ignored forthe tour to Australia. forarecord-tyingsixth title at the tour- The messagewas from Sachin Tendulkar.And From putting up atentfor trainingduring monsoon to nament, and afirstsince 2015.Rafael the well-wornpieceof advicefromhis coach, getting familyonboard, MumbaiIndians went theextramile Nadal will take on Daniil Medvedev in the latelegendaryRamakantAchrekar. the othersemifinal match. Djokovic Excitementstill ringing in his tone, he re- pulledout some big serves in the im- countsthe rest of Tendulkar’smessage:“This SURYAKUMARYADAV portant momentsinanempty O2 might well be your final hurdle. Your dream NOVEMBER20 Arena to reachthe semifinals forthe of playing forIndia is aroundthe corner.Stay ninth time, notablyinthe tiebreaker focusedand surrender yourself to cricket.I AFTER THE lockdown, it took me 30-45 when he recoveredfroma2-0 deficit. know youare notone of those whowill be days to getbackinmyzone. Theway “Contraryto the lastmatch against disheartenedand give it up.Keep goingon Mumbai Indians plannedour preparation, Daniil,” said Djokovic, referring to a and give us many morereasons to celebrate.” it wasunbelievable. It wasraining here in straight-setloss to Medvedev on Yadav, nursing thewounds of yetanother Mumbai whenour camp resumed. There Wednesday,“Imanaged to find the omission, despitearichhaulofrunsindo- waswaterlogging in Mumbai,but despite right shots at the right time.” Djokovic mestic cricket andIPL, felt overwhelmed. The those conditionswemanaged practiceat brokeZverevtotakea2-0 lead in the disappointment vanishedand optimism the Reliance ground. firstset when hisopponent double- kicked in.Hecouldsee beyond the immedi- We were batting under agiant tent faulted on thesecond break point. He aterejection. “He (Tendulkar)made me un- whichwas put up. So bowlers were run- thensavedtwo breakpointsat4-2be- derstand in one single messagethat this is ningoff their full run-ups and bowling to fore clinching the setwith abackhand howitshould be.Ihavebeen fair to cricket, us on aturf wicket.Thereweredayswhen down the line as he closedinonthe net cricket will be fair to me someday. The man, it wasraining outside and we were bat- followingaserve outwide.Itreally was who for24years gave reason to the worldto ting in the tent made especiallyfor us. anyone’s game,” Djokovic said. “In the celebratebecauseofhis cricket, and has en- Iknowmanyplayers whom Iusedto tiebreaker,again Iserved well when I dured severalups and downs in his career, talk to going to theIPL without anyprac- neededtoclose out the match.” AP has sent me this lovely message. Idon't think tice. The best partofMIisthat theyalways Mumbai Indians allowedfamilieswith Ineedtosay anything further,” he says,a want to stay one step ahead. We had three children forthis IPL. MI/Instagram streak of excitement still lingering in his tone. kinds of wickets forpractice. We had a EPLmanagerswant Thedays thatpreludedweretoughthough. With 480runs, thiswas Suryakumar Yadav’s mostprolificIPL season. BCCI blacksoil wicket, ared soil wicket, and one headingcurbedifit Beforethe selection day, friendsand team- completely batting-friendlywicket.Bythe In normal times, we usedtoreturn matestoldhim,“deemagpematrakhna”. That time we reachedUAE, we were all pre- from agame and sit in our rooms. Maybe leadstodementia thingswill fall in place whenthe time comes. machine. Whereas in the past, abulk of his foritwith impactful knocks.“Everyyear,Idid pared mentally. go out. Familieswereallowedearlier too But he wasafter all human.“It'sahuman ten- runs came in front of the wicketorthrough well.Buttherewashardlyany impact(knocks). forabrief period, but theyusedtoleave London: Players should stop heading dencythatthingswillkeeprunningintheback the midwicket, this term he expandedthe Aisa koi knocknahi thakesab uskebarebaatein Comfortfood later on. Manyatime when we had bad the ball in training if research proves of my mind.Thoughtskeepontrespassing,re- rangesoeffectivelythat he wasaMr360 in kare(therewasn'taknockwhichpeoplespoke Theykepteveryone safe, whichwas game,wedidn’tfind someone to talk to in it leads to dementia when theyare mindingmethat team selection is around the his ownterms. about).ThisyearIhadfewknocksthatwonthe important.Fromfood and entertainment the room. older,several Premier Leagueman- corner,Ihave to do well,”hepoints out. Nothing moreillustrated hisfine-tuned game forthe team,” he says. to the guy who wasdriving us, everything This time we couldn’t go anywhere as agers have said since the topic came Then, as wickedfortune would have it, he batsmanship than the reverse-scoopedsix off Likethe unbeaten 79 off43balls against wasquarantined. At the same time,the we were partofthe bubble, so it gave us to the fore following the death of didn’t gettobat in the matchthe daybefore tearaway JofraArcher.The ball before arguably RoyalChallengers Bangalore, or the 51 in hotelstaff waslikeanextendedfamily. time to understand everyone. We dis- England’s NobbyStiles. Stiles and theselection. In the previous outing, he had the mostoutrageous stroke of thisIPL edition, Qualifier1againstDelhi Capitals.Herecol- MI had arranged achef foruswho cussed everything withotherfamilies, manyofhis 1966 WorldCup winning made aduck. To it, Ithought ke arre yehkya he wasbanged on hishelmetbyArcher.The lectsthe Bangalorematch, wherein Mumbai could cook food likewehaveatour and these things reflected on the ground. team mates had been diagnosed with hogaya?Scorelaganahi.Onthedayoftheselec- twodeliveries dulycapturethe inner steel as were 72 for3at onestage,chasing 165: “I homes. Manyatime, players do getbored These small thingsmatter alot. dementia before their deaths while tion, Ipretendedtobecalm,” he recollects. muchasthe daring of Yadav. Abatsman who couldn't have askedfor abetterstage to show afterapointeating the same food. So People go by what theysee on the ManchesterUnited great Bobby Beneath the sheet of pretence,lurkedanerv- mostlydrove and pulled, he has learnedto what Ihave. RCBisone of the best sides in the whatever dish one wanted to getcooked ground but what happens behind the Charlton, 83,also disclosedhis diag- ous mind. harness the pace of the bowlers too. tournament. Iwanted to finish the game.” likehome, the chef used to cook it that scenes matters. Icould feel the difference nosis recently. Stiles’ familyhopedit The next evening, his worstfearswere Another quick, KagisoRabada,too would And finish he did. way. in our performance because we were all would be acatalystfor addressing de- confirmed.Hewas yetagain overlooked.He testify about Yadav’s skills. In their lastgroup Be it ghar ki dal or chicken. In the team happy. mentia while GeoffHurst, England’s brooded: “Howlongwill Icarrythis burden?” game, he steeredafour pastthe thirdman, be- Various roles room everyalternateday,weusedtohave At thesame time,mywifeensuredthat hat-trickherofromthe 1966 final, CoachMahela Jayawardene and Zaheer Khan fore flicking him backwardofsquareleg fora He straddledvarious roles too—some- a chaat corner.Ifanyone wanted to have Iswitchedoff from cricket. We never said heading the ball ofteninpractice asked whether he wasdisappointed.Yadav six aball later.Itwas all fast handsand faster times, he wasthe inningsstabiliser,around pani-puri, therewas aseparatecounter. talked cricketonce Iwas back. wasdangerous and kids should not had no answers. Adefeatedstarespokemore bat-swing. And justtoprove hisability against whom the rest flourished; at times, he was On Dussehra,wehad all kinds of sweets Onceweentered the team room, we be doing it at all. than words. “I didn't go to practicefor the spinners,helaunchedYuzvendra Chahal for the finisher,and oftenhewas the middle-or- in the team room.Wealso had abarber neverdiscussedcricketthere. We never “If theyfind outthrough the re- next twodays.Iwas completely quiet,”he asix overlong-offwith nothing but an exten- derdestroyer.The stroke-play wasimmacu- from theUAE. If anyone had abirthday, we carriedittothe next game. search that headingthe ball 10 times adds. The team gave him abreak to fight and sion of his follow-through. No frills, no fuss. lateasitalways had been, nowhehas forged all celebrated together.These aresmall We were alwaysfresh. Forthe first duringtrainingisgoing to causeyou vanquish the demons all by himself. Some of his Mumbai (domestic side)team- it with inner steel and ice-cool temperament. things whichmattered alot. sevengames, we hadseven different play- dementia, then let’s stop it,” West At thattime, all the hardworkhehad put mates consider him the finestplayerofspin- Another significantimprovement in his ersgettingthe Manofthe Matchaward. BromwichAlbion bossSlavenBilic told in duringthe lockdownseemedwasted. In bowling in the domestic circuit. batting has been his strikerate(145),his IPL- Get-togethers Andinthose sevengames, it’s the other reporters. “For me, the great thing is thosefour months of uncertainty, he under- His wagonwheel betrayedno preferences best,and phenomenal forsomeone who usu- Manyteamsdidn’t allowfamilies but players’ families who enjoyedthe success. theyare talking about it and recognis- took an intense fitness regimen, shedding 14 —hescoredall around the wicket.Tosurvive allybatsinthe middle overs, wherethere’s MI even allowed kids to be there. MI un- Theyusedtopushother players.Such ing it.” Chelsea’s FrankLampardsaid kilograms and adding shredsoflean muscles. in the league, he neededtobeproficient all neither the field restrictions of the powerplay derstood whyfamily wasimportant. They wasthe environment. he is nowconsidering howhis players He gave up rice, chaat, friedstuff and reduced around thewicketsothatbowlers can’tsize nor the liberty of death overs.Thus ticking understood thatplayers needsomeone Afterevery game, we usedtoget to- train and favoured rules to curbhead- his dinnertojustsoup and salad. The fitness him up easily. Or as he says:“Ididn'twant one boxafter theother,heisinching closer to who can give them the mental support gether and watchother IPL games, some- ing in youth football before imple- helpeddeal with the intensity of aT20 game. them to getintoazone wheretheycan block being ignoredno longer.Hecould wait, score oncetheyare backfromthe game. It was times movies, in the team room. When we menting guidelines higher up the pyra- “Lasttwo seasons, Iusedtoget tired after me,”hesays.The retooledand renewedap- runs and keep knocking on the selectors’ door. abig group. were in theUAE, we usedtosometimes mid. “The rules needtobestronger to playing some 30 balls. Iwantedtoplayatleast proachhelpedhimachieve theforemostofhis “I knowthe doors would soon open forme,” Wheneverweusedtomeetinour miss home but nowthat we arebackhere makesurewe’renot making younger 40-50 balls before Igot tired,” he admits. pre-season goals, whichwas to scoreimpact- he says.And nowinthe darkest hours, he has team room, it usedtobelikeamela. We (in India), we aremissing UAE. Lifehas children head it if theydon’t needto,” Leaner and lighter, he wasadifferent bats- ful knocks,those in crisis and those that have Achrekar’s messagetospread lightonhis life arebackhome nowbut everyone is still suddenlybecomeslownow.Iamgetting Lampardsaid. REUTERS man. Yadavwas alwaysanelegant stroke- recallvalue.Theotherwastoscorearound550- and career. “If youare honestand sincereto in touchwith eachother.It’s abond which the same feeling Ihad in March-April. player, this edition he wasafearless stroke- 570runs. He managed 480, but he made up the game, the game will look afteryou.” Ididn’t find in the previoustwo years. (As told to Devendra Pandey)

AUSTRALIAN WIRES ISL SEASON OPENER Adelaide Oval likely to remain In arusty start, Krishna shows the way for ATK Mohun Bagan

venue forthe first Test match clearly the better team. SHASHANKNAIR Therewas but arareoccasionwhenthe News and viewsaround India’stour Down Under NOVEMBER 20 Blasters triedtoliveuptotheir name and getrid of the ball. Instead, theyplayedout LOCKDOWN TO BE LIFTED AN EIGHT-MONTH layoff,the country’sfirst of theback, rarely kicked the ball away un- WITH SOUTH Australia’s lockdown setto MATCHES SOLD OUT attempt to organiseamajor tournament in der pressurebut were eventuallyvictims beliftedon Saturday, the firstTest FIVE OF the six limited-overs abio-secureenvironment and alook at one of notbeing able to create anyreal possi- between India and Australia at Adelaide matches betweenIndiaand of the oldestIndian clubs in anew avatar– bilities to score. Oval is expectedto beplayedas per Australia were soldout after the newseason of the IndianSuper League Bagan on the other hand, touted to be schedule, from December 17,reported tickets went on sale Friday (ISL) on Fridaymarkedthe return of foot- thefavourites to defendthe title, mayhave Cricket Australia’s (CA) website. “Next morning.Onlyafew seatsare ball in acountrythat continues to grapple to look at that abysmal 59 per cent pass month’s day-night Test had lookedin available forthe firstODI, the with the conceptofnormalcy in aCovid- completion rate thattheyhad,thentakea some jeopardy following South seriesopener,inSydneyon strickenworld. look at PronayHalder and then take one Australia’s COVID cluster, withthe state’s November 27.“Thesecondand But it wasn’t asmooth start, as manyhad morelookatjusthow badtheywereat chief public health officer admitting this thirdDettolODIs at the SCG and expected.The wayclubshad to go through keepingthe ball lastnight. week therewas no guaranteetheycould Manuka Oval respectively have their pre-season training, with manyof The quality that theyenjoyinastriker host,” CA’s websitementioned. It added: been exhausted, while the them playing their firstcompetitive match of the calibreofRoy Krishna savedthem “That promptedsome belief that either Manuka Oval T20 INTL and two sinceMarch,made surethe players would- from adrawbecause it seldom happens SydneyorMelbourne could step up if SCG T20s aresoldout,” stateda n’t be at their peak right out of the game. that ateam completesonly132 successful required,inwhat would likelystill bea Cricket Australia press release. Addtothis the complexities of living in a passes in agame andcomes away with all pink-ball fixture. “But Friday’s news of It added: “Limitedticketstothe bubbleand playing in frontofempty stands. three points –and usuallyit'shardtocom- theeasing of restrictions from midnight firstDettolODI on November 27 Yet, Bambolim’sGMC Stadium hosted prehend those teams vyingfor titles. Saturdaywill go along waytoallaying at the SCG remain, with the Season 7between Kerala Blasters and those concernsoverthe December 17 approximately1,900public seats ATKMohunBagan, withthe Mariners edg- Krishna’s momentofquality fixture.” South Australia had zeronew left.”BothSCG andManuka Oval ing their opponents1-0 thankstoanoppor- All through the game, amistake being Covid cases on Thursday, and although at Canberra willbeat50per cent tunistic second-half goal by RoyKrishna. capitaliseduponwas howitseemedagoal the staterecordedthree newcases on capacity forthe series. might come about –whichhappenedinthe Friday, as per the dataprovidedbythe Ring rust 67th minute. Kerala’s Jose VicenteGomez Government of South Australia, the state Teams will take acouple of games to truly Prabir Das and RoyKrishna (right) celebratethe winning goal. ISL and Sergio Cidoncha attempted to clear the government has decidedtoliftthe during India’s triumphant tour two getintothe thickofmatters and that was ball from aweak attempt at across from lockdown early.Schools will reopen on years ago. And already Australian players apparent justthree minutes intothe new ManvirSingh. Monday. and media alikeare going to town on season.Aroutinecorner,directedintothe no tackle or interception in sight. The and the coachingstaff,mostofwhomwere Whether it wasalackofcommunication howtodismiss theIndia captain. Fast six-yardbox,saw no attempt at aclearance Kerala-nativeresponded with apoorly wearing masks –albeit incorrectly. or justpoor contact, the clearance from MISSION ‘TARGETKOHLI’ bowler PatCummins has calledKohli by Kerala defenders and the ball fell kindly judgedsliceatthe ball that once again Thereisplentyatstake and alot of per- Cidoncha didn’t end up beingworth much This is an age-old tactic by the Aussies – the ‘big’ wicket. “I think everyside has to Krishna. But the Fijian,who netted 15 showedthe effectsofnofootball foreight sonal freedoms have been flung out the and the ball landedsquarelybetween both ahead of amarquee series, target the that one or twobatters and theyare the goals in his debutseason in 2019-20, fluffed months. windowinanattempt to createabio-se- players. Krishna, who at the moment, was- biggestthreat in the oppositionranks. big wickets.Mostteamshavetheir his attempt at atap-in and somehowthe curebubble. The ISL rules on social distanc- n’t enjoying the best of games, found him- ViratKohli will return home after captain –Joe Root forEngland, Kane scoreremainedgoalless. Living in their ownbubble ingand wearing amask even in thebubble self in the middle of both culpritswith playing the firstTest, but as long as he is Williamson forNew Zealand. Youfeel The game wasariotofpoor decisions, Bagan coachAntonioHabas hasalways is afail-safe for, if by someaccident, aplayer space. there, Australia will trytoget under his like if youget their wickets that goes a passes and missed opportunities. Indianin- been alivelyfigure. Hisscreams andhis ges- or staffmember contractsthe virus. The Fijian took aswipe withhis wrong skin. The firstTestcould setthe tone for long wayinwinning the game,” ternational Sahal Abdu Samad had asimilar ticulationsdominatethe touchlinepro- foot on thehalf volleyand expertlyput it the entireseries, as it did to some extent Cummins told FoxCricket. ENS chance to score in thesecond half withthe ceedings in mostmatches –asitdid on Bagan’s case forchampions pastKBFCgoalkeeper Albino Gomes’ right ball landing nicelyathis feet in thebox and Friday. But behind him were the substitutes Kerala mayhavelostbut they were side forthe winning goal.

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