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THE EDITORIAL PAGE LAC NEGOTIATIONS ON SIMULTANEOUS WITHDRAWAL Solidarityfindings HOWSCHOOL REOPENS ChinainsistsIndiansvacateChushul BY RUKMINI BANERJI ‘unpromising’, trial PAGE 6 heights,IndiasaysclearPangongnorth shows remdesivir, WORLD Indian troops HCQ do not help Leh Jaishankar: Galwan clash crossedLAC at 7 North CHINA PANGONGTSO profoundly disturbedties.. WHO-ledresearchin30countries places to occupy Bank South Ladakh pourscold wateronCovid therapy dominating Bank had deep public impact Chushul positions: sources SPANGGURGAP SHUBHAJITROY ‘(Troops at KAUNAINSHERIFFM RezangLa Jammuand NEWDELHI,OCTOBER16 border) NEWDELHI,OCTOBER16 RAVISHTIWARI RechinLa Kashmir critical NEWDELHI,OCTOBER16 DELIVERINGHIS sharpestcom- security THE LARGE, multi-nation TRUMP AND BIDEN mentsyet on China since the challenge’ 'Solidarity' clinical trial coordi- SPAR FROM AFAR CHINA’S INSISTENCE on India newsticking point in effortsto on simultaneous withdrawal of Moscowmeeting lastmonth nated by the WorldHealth Acausefor AT TOWN HALLS vacating itsadvancedpositions resolve the militarystandoff forces from the Pangong north with Chinese StateCouncillor Organisation (WHO) to find an on the south bank of Pangong along the Line of Actual Control bank—whereChinese troops and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, “verysharp departure” with a effective treatment forthe novel concern TIME TO PREPARE Tsoasaprecursor to discussions in Ladakh, highlyplacedgovern- have crossedthe point which External Affairs MinisterS “verydeep public” and “very coronavirus infection has con- FOR NO-TRADEDEAL on Delhi’s demand forstatus quo ment sources said Friday. India says marks theLAC —and Jaishankar Fridaysaid the border major political” impact. cludedthatfour commonly used REMDESIVIR AND hy- BREXIT:UKPM anteofApril has emergedasthe Sources said Delhi is insisting CONTINUEDONPAGE2 stand-off in eastern Ladakhisa CONTINUEDONPAGE2 re-purposeddrugs have little or droxychloroquine are PAGE 12 no effect on patientsadmitted in partofthe standard hospital with Covid-19. treatment regimen in The trial, carriedout in 405 India. The conclusion of hospitals in 30 countries includ- the WHO-ledtrial — Use govt’s ing India, looked at four drugs or whichhas been con- Lockdown hardship, job loss: theircombinations—remde- tested by the developers sivir,developedoriginallyto of remdesivir —that no grant for treat Ebola; anti-malaria drug drug or combination re- cracks in Nitish home citadel HCQ; ritonavir/lopinavir,li- duces mortality or need buying Covid censedfor treatment of HIV;and forventilation presentsa interferon beta 1a, usedtotreat newcause forconcern in KalyanBigha has gained, but economic distress aworry protection multiplesclerosis. the search foreffective “Nostudy drug definitelyre- therapeuticinterven- gear, rulesHC ducedmortality (in unventilated tions before avaccine DIPANKARGHOSE patientsorany other subgroup canbecome available. HARNAUT(NALANDA), of entrycharacteristics),initia- OCTOBER16 EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE tion of ventilation or hospitali- KOLKATA,OCTOBER16 sation duration,” the research the recommendation of the THE ROAD is smooth,black- paper,whichisyet to be peer- Solidarity Trial’s International topped, whitemarkers in the THE CALCUTTAHigh Courton reviewed, said. Steering Committeeto middle that speak of arecent coat Fridaydirectedcommunity On July6,WHO had accepted CONTINUEDONPAGE2 of paint. The fields aregreen on Durga Puja committees in West either side. At the entrancetothe Bengal to spend 75 per cent of village,thereisanITI, and then a their Rs 50,000stategovernment referral hospital.One signpost Agroup of villagers talk politics in KalyanBigha, in Harnaut grant on procuring Covid-19pro- Six months after even boasts of ashooting range. AssemblyconstituencyofBihar. Dipankar Ghose tection equipment,and the rest KalyanBigha, in the district on strengthening public-police of Nalanda, bears the signs of ad- relations and including women security withdrawn, ministrativeattention, of being seat that goes to the pollsinthe in communitypolicing. Chief MinisterNitish Kumar’s second phase on November 3. On DECISION: Chief MinisterMamata village. Itsresidentssay that un- Thursdaymorning,right next to 2020 BIHAR Banerjeehad announcedthe ShauryaChakra til now, withthe villageseeing so the blacktoppedroad, and close grant and other incentives— muchwork,therehas been una- to atemple,agroup of sixelders suchasdiscounts on application nimity among residents, cutting of the villagesit and discuss pol- fees forpermissions from fire awardee shotdead across caste,throwing their itics. Theyare allKurmi,but be- brigadeand powerdistribution weightbehind Kumar in polls. lieve “only afool would votefor companies —for eachofthe But this time, cracks areappear- anyone else” but Nitish Kumar. 36,946 Durga Pujacommittees KAMALDEEPSINGHBRAR ing in that edifice. “What has he notdonefor this in the stateonSeptember 24. AMRITSAR,OCTOBER16 The largerHarnaut assembly village? Thereisaroad, abig gov- ADivision BenchofJustice constituency is as close to aNitish ernment school, an ITI, ahospi- POVERTY IS ONLY Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Arijit ASHAURYA Chakraawardee, Kumar bastion as they come. It tal. We remember thedays CASTE... ITHINK OF ALL Banerjee said the grant cannot who had takenonmilitants at wasfromherethathewon his CONTINUEDONPAGE2 OF BIHAR’S 12 CR: CHIRAG be usedfor anyother purpose, the height of insurgencyin firstassembly election in 1985, CHIRAG ONLY A and the puja organisers would Punjabinthe 1990s, wasshot on his thirdattempt,and then GIRIRAJ CALLS CONG VOTE KATUA: BJP have to submittoauthorities dead at his house in Bhikhiwind, again in 1995. Forthe pastthree PAGE 10 bills formasks, sanitisers, face in Tarn Tarandistrict, on Friday terms, therehas been aJDU MLA, CANDIDATE‘JINNAH shieldsand other Covid protec- morning, six months afterhis se- Harinarayan Singh, who is con- SYMPATHISER’ FULL COVERAGE, VISIT tion equipment bought with the curity coverwas withdrawn. Balwinder Singh Sandhu WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM testing the electionsagain, in a PAGE 4 money. Thesepurchases will Police said 'Comrade' then be audited. Balwinder Singh, 62, aformer On October 9, Centreof CPI(M) member,was on the ceiving. Indian Trade Unions (CITU) ground floor of his house when When asked whySingh's se- Malegaon blast accused BUSINESSASUSUAL MIGRANT GODDESS leaderSourav Duttachallenged twomen arrivedonabikeand curity waswithdrawn and not the government’s decisions in shotSingh six timesatpoint- reinstateddespitecomplaintsby BY UNNY The idol of Durga at Barisha Club in Behala,south Kolkata, the High Court. blankrange.Policesaidtheattack- the family, Tarn TaranSSP joins JD(U) in UP, says depictsher as amigrant mother in an ordinarysari and He claimed that such agrant ersfledontheir bikewhile Singh Dhruman HNimbale said, “We without jewellery, carrying her child in herarms, with her goes againstthe conceptofsec- collapsedand diedonthe spot. arelooking intothe matter.” ‘wish to work for society’ other children by her side. ArtistRintu Das said he was ularism, and hurts thefunda- The family alleged Singh'sse- Police sources admitted no inspired by the suffering of migrant labourers who were mental rightslaid down in the curity waswithdrawndespite FIR wasregisteredonthe basis forced to walk to their villages afterthe lockdown. Partha Paul Constitution. their complaintstopolice about of the family's complaints. CHANDANHAYGUNDE CONTINUEDONPAGE2 threatsthat theyhad been re- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 PUNE,OCTOBER16

RAMESH UPADHYAY, an ac- Ramesh cusedinthe 2008 Malegaon Upadhyay US-CBI operationblows lid offcall centre fraud bombblastcase, has joined the JanataDal (United)inUttar infection popupontheir com- raidedseveral locations in the six GlobalServices Pvt Ltd; and year-old California resident Pradesh and has been ap- in Mumbai. AASHISHARYAN puters, whichwould nudge towns and cities wherethe call Jaipur-based Innovana Thinklabs namedMichael Brian Cotter pointed state convenor of itsex- Upadhyay, aresident of Pune EXPRESS NETWORK NEWDELHI,OCTOBER16 them to atoll-free number.The centres at the heartofthe alleged and Systweak Software. “knowingly providedUSsupport servicemen cell. and anative of Ballia in UP,had users would be connected to call “technical supportfraud” were The raids ledtothe recovery forIndia-basedaccomplices” His appointment letter was contestedthe 2019 LokSabha INDIAN AND US investigators centres in India, whereoperators based. Afederal courtinthe US of digital evidence of fraud, in- who usedtodefraudelderly US issuedbyUPJD(U) chief Anoop electionsfromhis native con- working together have bustedan would requestremote access to had earlier issuedatemporary criminating documents, details citizens by making them believe Singh PatelonOctober 12. stituency as an Independent allegedcall centreracketthat the computer to “fix the prob- restraining order againstan of severalbank accountsand that theircomputers had been Upadhyay, aretired army candidate. Earlier,in2012, he had targeted elderlyAmericans lem”. Afterafalse diagnosis of a American individual and five in- fixeddeposits worthRs190 infected by viruses or malware. major,had been arrested along had contestedthe UP Assembly fornine years, the backend op- non-existent problem, the vic- ternational entities that arebe- crore, other than Rs 25 lakh in The five companiesnamedby withSadhviPragyaThakurand elections from Bairia in Ballia erations of whichwerehandled tims would be asked for“hun- lievedtobelinkedtothe fraud. cash and gold worthRs55lakh, the DoJ include Singaporeregis- Lt Col PrasadShrikant Purohit by district on aHindu Mahasabha by at leastsix private companies dredsofdollars forunnecessary CBIofficers said thecompa- CBI said in astatement. teredGlobalDigital Concierge, the MaharashtraATS forhis al- ticket, afterseeking permission SC PICKS LOKUR FOR in Delhi, the NCRcities of Noida, services and software”. niesunder investigation include According to thecomplaint formerly known as Tech Live leged role in the 2008 Malegaon from the court. PANEL ON CROP Gurgaon, and Faridabad, Jaipur, In acoordinated move in- NewDelhi-basedSoftwill filedbythe DoJ’s Consumer Connect;Nevada-registered case.Hewas,however, released Speaking to The Indian BURNING,SGSAYS and Mainpuri in Uttar Pradesh. volving the US Department of InfotechPvt Ltd; Noida-based Protection Branchand theUS Sensei Ventures Inc. and NE Labs on bail in 2017.Trial in the case Express,Upadhyaysaid, ‘RESERVATIONS’ P5 Victims in the US would see Justice (DoJ), the CentralBureau Benovellient Technologies Pvt Attorney’s Office forthe Inc; NewYork-registeredKevisoft is on before aspecial NIA court CONTINUEDONPAGE2 false messages aboutamalware Of Investigation (CBI)onFriday Ltd; Gurgaon-basedSaburi Southern District of Florida,a59- CONTINUEDONPAGE2

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FC, who willpay him Rs 1.5crore Chianese, who has joined Newcastle Jets defender James financialslump. India. The salaries of players in MIHIRVASAVDA foreight months’ service. Hyderabad FC from PerthGlory, Donachie has joinedAsian “In terms of the quality of for- the A-League were already get- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER16 Hooper isn’tthe onlyplayer tells The Indian Express. ChampionsLeague-bound FC eign players, this is the best seen ting slashedowingtoareduction from Down Under who has been Chianese and Hooper are Goaonloanwhilemidfielder in Indian football,” says Mandar in broadcastfee, which is the LAST OCTOBER, British footballer lured to the ISL, whichwill be partofanimpressive ensemble, Brad Inman has movedfrom Tamhane, the chief executive of largest source of revenue forthe GaryHooper became the "best- held in abio-secureenviron- whichwill be headlined by Brisbane Roar to ATKMohun former ISL championsBengaluru leagueand the clubs. ever signing" of Wellington ment in Goa starting next Englishman Adam Le Fondre. Bagan, wherehewill join Roy FC. “When we areinteracting On the other hand, the teams Phoenix, aclub from New month. As A-League clubs deal Regarded as aclub legend at Krishna, namedthe best player with prospective players, they in theISL -- it wasstarted in 2014 Zealand that plays in Australia’s with pandemic-inducedfinan- SydneyFC, with awealth of of the A-League forthe 2018-19 want to come to Indiamaybe be- and took over from the I-League A-League. With nearly 200goals cial distress, the ISL teams have Premier League experience,Le season. cause theyknowand areaware as India's topdivision lastyear - in the premier leaguesof been able to sign players who, in Fondreisset to join City Football Addtothe mix the continu- of howgood the league is getting -haven’t reliedonTVrevenue England and Scotland as well as pre-Covid times, would be be- Group-ownedMumbaiCityon ing influxofplayers who have and obviouslythereisgood since the broadcaster, Star the Champions League, Hooper yond their budgets. loan because of aproposedwage the experience of playing in the moneytoo. These areall good Sports,isthe co-owner of the wasthe highest-paid playeron “Thereisalotoffinancialun- cut at Sydney. second and thirdtier of Spanish players who have played at a league along with Reliance the club's roster. certainty there(A-League) at the Earlier this month, Liverpool football, and the ISL can boastof very good leveland done ex- Sports.Instead, mostofthe Then, the pandemic struck. momentand players want to legend was having arguablythe moststellar ceedingly well.” teams arefundedbycorporates, Today, the32-year-oldcentre knowwhen theywill be getting named the manager of SC East line-upofforeigners in ayear Chianese says thepandemic whodole out anything between forwardispartoftheIndianSuper paid and thattheywillbereceiv- Bengal following his Covid- Hyderabad FC’s JoelChianese in Goa. Hyderabad FC when severalleaguesacross the is justone partofthe reason why Rs 50 lakh and Rs 3.5 croreayear League (ISL) side Kerala Blasters ing their fullsalary,”striker Joel forced exit from Brisbane Roar. worldare reeling because of the alot of players arelooking at CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Kolkata WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 2 THE SECOND PAGE THEINDIANEXPRESS,SATURDAY,OCTOBER17,2020

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Use govt’s “melas”during this period is (Nitish will win Harnaut, but in the past. Our district chief notbeing receivedwell. “If we what will happen else- from Ballia knewUpadhyay Puja grant for aregoing through acrisis,peo- where?).” Another says that China insistsIndians vacate Chushul and asked himtojointhe party. ple should be allowedtocon- among the ScheduledCastes, We respect the courts and law. buying Covid gregateand pray to God. These Nitish Kumar would win all the Upadhyayhas notbeenheld areour biggestfestivals. The votes in Telmar.“Is baar,12 guilty by the court." protection gear, mela would mean this temple haath Nitish jeetega,toh chaar heights, Indiasays clear Pangongnorth Sadhvi PragyaThakur,also behind youwould be full. haath koiaur (Nitishwill get an accusedinthe 2008 rules HC Therewould be lightsinthe vil- the majorityvotes),” he said. advancedIndian positions on “Intheir latesttalks, they Ministers of both sides were on gagement as early as possible.” Malegaon case, had contested Dutta’s counsel Bikash lageand food stalls, and other Naresh Ravidas disagrees. “8 the southbank to mutually (the Chinese) wanted Indiato similar lines. Beijing onlysays It did notmention the pointsof and wonthe 2019 Lok Sabha Ranjan Bhattacharya said, “The small shops. Everything is now haath aur8haath bhi ho sakta agreedlocations. vacatesouthernbank positions that it wantspeace and tran- negotiation by eitherside. election on aBJP ticketfrom court clearly saidthatthe said gone,” said another elder. hai (It maybeanevencon- Asource in the ruling estab- first. Indiademandedthat both quillity at the border between Giventhe complexand Bhopal. amount cannotbeusedinor- Askediftheyhold anyone test).” lishment, familiar with devel- banksshould be vacated by the twocountries.But this is tricky natureofthe negotia- ganisingthe puja. About 75 per responsible, thereissilence. opmentsonthe Ladakh fron- both sidessimultaneouslyto what India also wants. They tions, the twosides have main- cent of the totalamount will “Everyone herewill vote Nitish Trial findings tier,said India crossedthe LAC mutuallyagreedpositions,” (the Chinese)don’t, however, tainedconfidentiality on de- US-CBI op have to be spentonpurchasing Kumar.Hehas changed our vil- discontinue the HCQ and at “sevenplaces” to counter the the source said. explain the reason fortheir tails and positions during the LLC, and United Kingdom-reg- masks, sanitisers and face lageand the constituency.That lopinavir/ Chinese transgressions. This assessment of the troop build-up,” the source talks. isteredKevisoftUK. Cotter,the shields. Rest of theamount is your answer,” Umesh Kumar ritonavir arms of the trial. “Wehavecrossedoverat Indian establishment, afterthe said. “Discussions areon; what DoJ said, usedthesecompanies could be spentonpublic-police said. The aim of the trial wasto sevenplaces. Whydoyou seventh round of talksbe- “Kuchh bhi ho saktahai. is going on is something confi- to facilitatethe fraudbeing per- bonding and inclusion of Noteveryone.Two hundred determine whether the four re- think China is still at the nego- tweenIndian and Chinese Vishwas nahin hota haiChina dential between us and the petrated by call centres in women in community polic- metres away,Pawan Paswan is purposeddrugs could moder- tiating table?” the source said. Corps Commanders last par.Weare prepared forany Chinese,” External Affairs India. ing.” filling wateratthe area hand- atelyaffect in-hospital mortal- The Chinese demand Monday, underlines the mili- eventuality,”the source said, MinisterJaishankar said in re- In 2018,21members of an During the proceedings, the pump.Untilafew months ago, ity and whether anyeffects comes in the backdrop of tary standoffwhichbegan pointing out that enough sup- sponse to aquestion on the India-basedfraud andmoney stategovernment told the court he wasadailywagelabourer at differed between moderate Indian troops occupying ad- early May. plies forthe winter have been Sino-Indian talksatagather- laundering ring, who had thatthe financialassistance was Mithapur in Patna, 60 km away. and severe cases of the disease. vancedpositions, beyond its The Indian political estab- made available to Indian forces ing of the BloombergIndia posedasofficers of theUStax meant forsecularpurposes When work stopped, he came Of the morethan 11,000 patrolling points, in the lishment,however, remains to mirror the Chinesebuild-up Economic Forum Thursday. task force, the Internal Revenue suchasbuying Covid safety home. participantsinthe trial, 2,750 Chushul sub-sector towards wary of Beijing’scommitment at the Ladakh frontier. “Thereisnot very much that I Service, and the US Citizenship equipment and “public-police “It hasnever been this bad were givenremdesivir;954 the end of August. despitethe dialogues that Ajoint statement afterthe am in aposition to sayinpub- and Immigration Services, bonding”. forthe poor.Eveninthe village, HCQ; 1,411onlylopinavir-ri- These positions on the Defence MinisterRajnath seventh round of talkslast lic.Icertainlydonot want to were arrested and sent to jail. The judgesdirected the puja there’s work in theirparts,” he tonavir;and 2,063 interferon. southern bank of Pangong Tso Singh and External Affairs Mondaystated: “Bothsides prejudgeit,” he said. The alleged kingpin, committees to submit theirbills points to the elders, who areall Atotal 4,088 were notgiven allowIndians to dominatethe MinisterSJaishankar had with agreedtomaintaindialogue With temperatures dipping Illinois-basedMitesh Kumar to districtadministrations for Kurmi. “Wealways voted for anydrug. region because theynot only their Chinese counterpartsin and communicationthrough in Ladakh, troops on both sides Patel, wassentencedto240 audits. The stategovernment Nitish Kumar in the village, but Eight per cent of study par- overlook the Spanggur Gap, Moscow. militaryand diplomatic chan- arebracing forextended de- months in prison, followedby will prepareanaudit reportand this time,the Paswans aretalk- ticipantswerealready venti- but also the Chinese garrison “The talksbetween nels, and arrive at amutually ployment during the harsh three years of “supervisedre- submit it to the court afterthe ing about voting forthe LJP. lated,25per cent had diabetes, at Moldo. Defence Ministers and Foreign acceptable solution fordisen- winter months. lease”; another accusedinthe Durga Pujavacation, when the Even the Dalitsmay notvote and 81 per cent were belowthe fraudwas sentencedto188 matter will be heardagain. forNitish Kumar.Hemight win ageof70years. “Nostudy drug months in prison. These men The courttold thegovern- this seat, but he does nothave had anydefiniteeffect on mor- were the managers of acom- ment to distribute itsinstruc- our vote,” Paswan said. tality, either overall or in any Jaishankar: Ties disturbed after Galwan panythat oversawthe day-to- tions to all Durga Puja commit- About10kmaway, another subgroup definedbyage or dayoperations of acrew of tees through leaflets,and group of elders, mostlyfrom ventilation at entry(or other Stressing that theGalwan US, Hong Kong and Australia public impact, very majorpo- were,you know, therewere “runners” that liquidated and submit an affidavit on compli- the ScheduledCastes, sit by a entrycharacteristics,orgeo- incident on June 15,when 20 among other places. litical impact. Andithas left political issues of difference... laundered thefraud proceeds ance. road in Telmar village.IfKalyan graphic region, or corticos- Indian soldiers and an unspec- The Minister’s comments the relationship profoundly thereare issues on their rela- generated by call centres in Following the court’s orders, Bigha has pucca homes, the teroid use),” the study said. ifiednumber of Chinese sol- reflect the sense of frustration disturbed,” he said. tionship with Pakistan. There India. stateBJP president Dilip Ghosh houses in the basti of Telmar Also, it said, “...no study diers were killedinviolent in NewDelhi overthe lackof Asked about the reason be- were major trade issues, the In 2016,the DoJ had uncov- took adig at the Trinamool arecheekbyjowl, their drug appreciablyreducedini- clashes, has leftthe bilateral progress with China after hindthe massing of troops, market access issues, they ered another scam, in whichas Congress (TMC) government, thatchedroofsinurgentneed tiation of ventilationinthose relationship “profoundlydis- sevenrounds of militarytalks, Jaishankar said: “I haven’t [are] unsympathetic to us, if manyas15,000 victims were saying it providedthe grant to of repair,open drains flowing notalready ventilated”. turbed”, Jaishankar said the sixrounds of diplomatic talks, franklygot anyreasonable ex- notnegative on alot of inter- defraudedofsums between suit apolitical purpose.“Puja to one side. The researchers said the massing of troops at the bor- andatleast three separatebi- planation from them on this national issues likeNuclear $12,000 to $136,000. committees neverasked the Here too, Naresh Ravidas trial is still recruiting about der has created a“very critical lateral meetings at the levelof matter.So, thereare today[a] SuppliersGroup, etc,” he said. The massive Indian stategovernment formoney. It says that some might still vote 2,000patientsper month, who security challenge”. NSAAjit Doval, Defence very large number of troops “So thereare awhole setof Business Process Management wasdonefor apolitical purpose. forNitish Kumar because it is will be assessed forfurther The Union Ministerunder- MinisterRajnathSingh and with weapons concentrated issues. We'vebeen engaging and Business Process It wasaimedatbuying votes,” his seat, but in the lastfive treatments, including im- linedthat he has notgot any Jaishankarwith their Chinese on that segment, the border, andtalkingtothemovermany Outsourcing industryhas an Ghosh alleged. years, “Kumar had stopped mune-modulators and specific “reasonableexplanation” from counterparts over the lastfive and that is obviouslyavery years, including at the summit estimatedannual revenueof The Trinamool Congress working forthe poor.” “Road anti-SARS-CoV-2 monoclonal his Chinese counterpart on months. critical security challengethat meetings...open discussions morethan $28 billion. Industry (TMC) said the puja committees banaya,lekin road pe tohgaadi antibodies. China's behaviour along the In response to questions we face.” on eachother's interests,” body Nasscom did notrespond and the stategovernment chalti hai na? Humein kya The study said that nar- Line of Actual Control (LAC)in by Rudd, Jaishankar wascan- Rudd said China's activities Jaishankar said. to emails andcalls seeking would abide by thecourtorder. mila? (He has built roads, but rowerconfidence intervals eastern Ladakh. did. “What happenedthis -- from the LACtothe South Early September, commentsonthe frauds by call “Of course, all puja commit- cars run on roads. What did we would be helpful, particularly Jaishankaralso pointed to year,ofcourse, wasavery China Sea to Sino-Australian Jaishankar and Wang adopted centres basedinIndia. tees will followthe courtorder. get?),” he said. forremdesivir,whichispartof divergences with Beijing on sharp departure. Nowit'snot relationships -- suggestthat it afive-point approach to re- Theyare very awareofthe pres- The economic distress from the nationalclinical manage- “political issues” and “the re- justasharpdeparturefrom is part of a“simultaneouspat- solve the crisis along theLAC Indian football ent situation, andmaking ef- the lockdown is aprevalent ment protocol in India. lationship with Pakistan”. He the conversation, it's asharp tern of Chinese policy as- and agreedthat their troops to aforeign player. fortstomaintain proper saniti- factor everywhereinBihar,and “For eachofthese four re- said China has been “unsym- departureoveracourse of the sertiveness”. “It seems to make “should continue their dia- In Asian football, India is sation. Theywill purchase in Telmar,thereismuchcon- purposednon-specific antivi- pathetic” to India on major relationship over 30 acentral political point, Covid logue, quicklydisengage, still behind China, Japan,South masks and sanitisers and con- versation around it. rals, severalthousand patients trade issues likemarket access years...and the massing of a has weakenedusand no one maintain proper distance and Korea, Thailand and the Gulf duct an audit later.Theywill “Everything has stopped, have nowbeen randomisedin and “negative”ona“lotofin- large amount of Chinese should assumethat we've ease tensions”. states in terms of playerwages, submit their billsasdirected by prices of vegetables have gone various trials. The unpromising ternational issues likethe forces on the borderwas,you been weakened,” he said, re- Afterthe joint statement, but Chianese says the players the court,” said stateminister up. Potatoes areatRs80akilo. overall findings from the regi- Nuclear Suppliers Group”. know, clearly contrarytoall of ferring to China'sviewpoint. theCorps Commanders met "understand thereisalsoafi- and senior TMC leader Can apoor man buy that? They mens tested suffice to refute Jaishankar, who is usually this [agreements since 1993],” To this,Jaishankarsaid: “I twice but therehas been no nancial gain moving to theISL Chandrima Bhattacharya. saytheygavefivekilosofration early hopes, basedonsmaller very calibratedinhis remarks, he said. am, if notagnostic, at least progress towardsdisengage- compared to the game in and1kilo of dal. Ihave9people or non-randomizedstudies, made these commentsinan “And when youhad fric- silent on this issue. But what I ment, de-escalation and Australia at this moment". Nitishcitadel in my house, but only5people thatany willsubstantiallyre- hour-long discussiononhis tion points, whichwas alarge would sayis, look,maybe restoring status quoante. “Sometimes it justtakes before he became Chief got it. Tell me, howlong will it duce inpatient mortality,initi- book, "The India Way: number of troops at different what yousay is true, maybeit's In the meantime, India has one (player) to makethe move Ministerwhen we had to carry lastthen? Nitish Kumar has ation of ventilation, or hospi- Strategiesfor an Uncertain points, very closetoeach nottrue, Imean let's leave that engaged with the Quad group- and others follow, or perhaps our ailing on charpais through giventextbooks, but the talisationduration,” the study World", with former other... then something tragic, aside.” ing at the Foreign Ministers’ the ISL clubs have shown great the fields because therewas no teacher in our school doesn’t said. Australian Prime Minister likewhat happenedonthe He said the twoneighbour- levelafter whichUSDeputy interestinthe Australian game road. Snakes would biteus, and come. Ican promise you, a The death rate ratio (active Kevin Rudd, under the aegis of 15th of June, happened. And to ing countriesbuilt arelation- SecretaryofState Stephen E and the wayweare as players,” even 4kmawayinHarnaut, Class 9student cannotwrite vs control group) forremde- Asia Society. underline the enormity of ship painstakingly,and have Biegun visited Indiaand set he says. therewas no guarantee the pa- her ownname,” Ravidas said. sivir was0.95–301 deathsin Rudd is the President of that, it wasthe firstmilitaryca- “issues of difference”. “I'm not the stagefor the Indo-US 2+2 The interesthas been grow- tient would live.This develop- Thereare also allegations of the active group of 2,743 Asia Society PolicyInstitute, a sualty we hadafter 1975. So, it suggesting to youthatevery- ministerial meeting likelyon ing. In 2017,Bengaluru FC’s mid- ment, is it notfor everyone? howcaste has enteredadmin- against303 in the control think tank with offices in the hasobviouslyhad averydeep thing waswonderful.There October 26 and 27. field duo of Erik Paartalu and The whole villageofKalyan istrativedecisions in Telmar, groupof2,708.Inthe hydrox- Dimas Delgado were among the Bighaalways votes forNitish and that has angered the ychloroquine arm, the death fewplayers with A-League expe- Kumar,” Umesh Kumar said. ScheduledCastes. rate ratio was1.19(104deaths of murder has been registered," by the Union government on In Bhikhiwind, Singh setup Gagandeep Singh, Arshdeep rience. Lastyear,too, twoplayers And yet, this preference for “If the upper castesorthe were reportedinthe active the SSP added. Singh and three other mem- aschoolonthe ground floor of Singh and Prandeep Kaur. -- Krishna and David Williams Nitish Kumar doesn’t quite Kurmis want acommunity group of 947patientsasagainst Punjab Chief Minister bers of his family, had, while re- his house while the familylived (both ATKMohun Bagan) -- mean there’s happiness over hall, theyget it. Foryears, we 84 in thecontrol group of 906); Amarinder Singhhas ordered ferring to thisattack, said:"In upstairs. He wasinthis school Blast accused joinedthe ISL from A-League. government policies in the last have been asking forone. We in the lopinavir arm, the death the constitution of aSpecial this well-plannedattackbyter- when the attackhappened. “Membersofthe JD(U) in UP This year,the number,including six months.InKalyanBigha, needitthe most. Our homes rate ratio was1(148deaths in Investigation Team (SIT) rorists,the approachroad of "It is aterroristattack, we had approachedme. Afterdis- SC EastBengal manager Fowler Umesh Kumar says,therehas aresmall and ramshackle, the active group of 1,399, as headedbyFerozepur DIG the house wasblockedby don't have anyenmity with cussions, Idecidedtoworkfor and his assistant Tony Grant, is notbeen asingle case of Covid- thereisnoroomfor anything. against146 in the control Hardial Mann to probethe at- spreading underground mines anyone,” said Jagdish Kaur,say- the party... Idonot plan to con- close to adozen.And by the time 19D, and that has ledtodisen- Buttheydon’t. If something is group of 1,372); and in the in- tack. so that no help from police ing the familyhas been wor- test elections as of now. Iam the league beginsinthe second chantment with the lockdown built in the village, it is on their terferon arm, the death rate ra- Singh, aformer CPI(M) could reachthem." riedeversince police withdrew currentlyresiding in Pune, but half of November,morewill have andother measures to prevent side, neveronours. The gov- tio was1.16(243deaths in the member who joinedthe Along with Singh, his wife Singh's security. will travel to UP forparty joined. itsspread. Notasingle person ernment promised3decimals active group of 2,050; 216in RevolutionaryMarxistParty of Jagdish Kaur,also aCPM mem- "Wehad eight security work.” Sujay Sharma,Hyderabad in the villageiswearingamask, of land to the landless. Not the control group of 2,050). India in 2009, and his family ber, elder brother Ranjit Singh personnel at one point. But Upadhyaysaid he believes FC’s director of football, acknowl- nor is thereany social distanc- manypeople have gotit. These India contributed one tenth had facednumerous attacks and sister-in-law Balraj Kaur, police withdrew them one by in the JD(U) leadership and its edgesthe pandemic made it eas- ing. last five years have notbeen of the participantsinthe trial, during Punjab's days of mili- receivedShaurya Chakrasfrom one on one pretextorthe idea of “samajik nyay ke sath ier forthem to shop forplayers “Agargaon mein, jaan pe- good,” Ravidas said. the Indian Council of Medical tancy. FIRs registered for then president Shankar Dyal other.Every time anew SSP vikas (development along with but insiststhat the players,too, hchan mein kisikohua hi nahi, This is still Nitish Kumar’s Research (ICMR) said in are- attacks on Singhand hisfamily Sharma. joined, the security detail social justice)”. felt safetocome and play in the tohkaise maan le Corona hai? fortress and despiteanti-in- lease. The Indian effort wasled areatestimony to the constant The citation also read, would change... We repeatedly Asked about the terror bubble createdinGoa. (If no one in the villagehas cumbency againstlocalMLA by ICMR-National AIDS threatstheyfaced. “BalwinderSinghSandhu and requestedofficers to restore chargesagainsthim, Upadhyay “Due to thepandemic, it be- tested positive, howdowebe- Harinarayan Singh, for“notvis- Research Institute(NARI), One of the deadliestattacks his brother Ranjit Singh his security but no action was said, “I am innocent. Iamana- came easier (tolook forplayers lieve there’s Corona?). And this iting us”, the prevalent assess- Pune, with Dr Sheela Godbole wasonSeptember 30, 1990, Sandhu areopposedtothe ac- taken," she said. tionalist, and apatriotic and in) countries likeAustralia or government lockeddownthe ment is that the JDU willwin at the helm. The trial com- whenaround 200terrorists led tivities of terrorists.Theywere The familysaid theywould secularperson. Iwas falselyim- certain parts of Spain,” Sharma country. Ourchildren in the the seat. But thereare mur- prised26actively randomising by Parmjit Singh Panjwar,head on the hit lists of terrorists. notcrematethe body until ac- plicated in the Malegaon bomb says. cities hadtoreturn because murs indicative of alargeranti- sites with 937participants in of Khalistan Commando Force, Terrorists so farhavemade 16 tion wastaken againstthe offi- blastcase... Iamwaiting formy “But giventhe fact that the ISL therewas no money, and the incumbency,amongstthe India, ICMR said. had laidsiegetothe family's attemptstowipeout the cers responsiblefor removing acquittal. Iwish to work forso- has gone aheadand planned condition is still bad,”Kumar poor,that has repercussions for house in Bhikhiwind village Sandhu family withinabout 11 his security.“Our familyshould ciety.JD(U) is sincerelywork- things in aprofessional way, it said. the rest of thestate. Awardee shot and attackedthem continu- months.” be provided security and the ing forthe development of has givenalot of confidence to Thereisanother reason for One Telmar elder voices the "Wehaveformedfour ouslyfor five hours, including Afterpeace returnedtothe accused should be arrested as poor and downtrodden” the players and their families to anger bubbling at the surface. sentiment:“At leastinLalu’s teams to arrest the accused. We with rocket launchers. state, Singh shiftedto soon as possible," demanded Hari Shankar Patel, General seriouslyconsider it as an option. The coming days willbring raj, we hadsome respect. areworking on all angles. We The citation with the Bhikhiwind town, while his Jagdish Kaur. Secretaryofthe JD(U) in UP, So the financialangle has been both Durga Pujaand Chhath, Harnaut meintoh Nitish jeet have CCTVfootage and will Shaurya Chakra, the gallantry elder brother stayed behind in Balwinder is survivedbyhis said, “Major Upadhyayhas con- easier,but thereisahuman angle and the decision nottoallow jayega,lekin bahar kyahoga? soon arrest the culprits. Acase awardconferredinApril 1993 the village. wifeand three children, tested elections from UP twice as well.”

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STATECOUNT MURDER OF BJP LEADER IN TITAGARH IT professionals for TOTAL CASES 313188 e-governance to get INCREASE DEATHS CIDsubmitsprogressreporttoHC 3771 5931 2,74,757RECOVERED govt contracts: CM administration. 38,04,322 SAMPLES PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA On Thursday, the state BJP holdsprotest march, EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE TESTED TILL OCTOBER 16 KOLKATA,OCTOBER16 Manish Criminal Investigation KOLKATA,OCTOBER 16 Shukla Department (CID) had interro- questionsCID inquiry THE CALCUTTA HighCourton wasshoton gatedTMC leaders Prashanta CALLING IT aDurga Puja giftto Fridaydirected theWestBengal October 4 Chowdhuryand Uttam Das in Congress (TMC) leaders in con- the IT professionals temporar- Record 3,771 government to file an affidavit- connection with the murder. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE nection with the murder.The BJP ilyemployedfor government in-opposition to apetition seek- While Chowdhuryisthe KOLKATA,OCTOBER16 has alleged that the ruling party websites, ChiefMinister cases added; ingthe transfer of theinvestiga- have to be filedaweek before the Titagarh municipality admin- orchestrated the killing. Mamata BanerjeeonFridayan- tion in the Manish Shukla next hearingonthe matter on istrator,Das is the administra- THE BJP on Fridayorganiseda At Friday’s event, Arjun Singh nouncedthat theywould be murder case from the Criminal November 10.The judges also torofthe Barrackporecivic protest march,named ‘halla bol claimedthatitwas notpossible hired directlyafresh by her gov- CM MamataBanerjee at the Soumitra’s Investigation Department (CID) said that an advance copyofthe body.Theyare among the [raise your voice]’, from Titagarh forthe CIDto conductafree-and- ernment on contract basis. Until inaugurationofthe Barisha to theCentral Bureauof affidavit would have to be for- eightpeople namedinthe po- to BarrackporeinNorth 24 fair investigation.”OnlyaCBI now, they were employedby Club pandalinBehala, south health better Investigation (CBI). warded to the petitioner — lice FIR,and have also been ac- Parganas district, demanding a probewill nab the real culprits. private agencies forproviding Kolkata, on Friday. Partha Paul The court’s latestdirection lawyer Priyanka Tibrewal —at cusedbyBJP leaders of con- CBI probeintothe killing of party Anyinvestigation by astate gov- digitalsoultions to thegovern- came on aday the CID submit- leastseven days before the hear- spiringtogun down Shukla. leader Manish Shukla earlier this ernment agency will onlyframe ment. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE tedtoitaninvestigation progress ing. Till date, three peoplehave month. wrong persons in the case,” said “Bengal is known forits e- penses would be coveredunder KOLKATA,OCTOBER16 reportinasealed cover. Shukla, a Thepetitioner wasallowed been arrested in connection Shukla, aclose aide of the MP. governanceand todayI'm the Swasthya Sathi scheme. BJP leader in Titagarh in North24 to file an affidavit-in-reply, if any, with the murder. Barrackpore MP ArjunSingh, was BJP national vice-president pleasedtoannounce my Pujo “They'll have tenurecertainty WESTBENGALregistereda Parganas district, wasgunned aday before thehearing. AcourtinNorth 24 Parganas shotdead in Titagarh on October Mukul Roy, party national general giftfor young IT personnel till 60 years age..” Banerjee said. recordrise in Covid-19 cases for down on the night of October 4. The petitioner hasasked for district had issuedaproduction 4. The stateCriminal Investigation secretaryKailash Vijayvargiya, working to improveour e-serv- Continuing with her inaugu- the second straight dayas3,771 ADivision Benchofjustices thecase to be investigated by an warrant againstaperson lodged Department (CID) is investigating former TMC MLAturnedBJP ices forthe people of Bengal. ration spree,she physicallyun- infections pushedupits case Sanjib Banerjee and Arijit independent central investigat- in aBihar jail afterthe CID said it the case, and has arrested three leader Sabyasachi Duttawere Webel/WTL/agency-engaged IT veiledfiveDurga puja pandals count to 3,13,188. The discharge Banerjee told the stategovern- ing agency likethe CBI, whichis wantstoquestion him in con- people till date. On Thursday, it among those who participatedin staffinstate govt shall nowbe in Kolkata. At Ajeyo Sanhati Puja rate,whichhas been dropping ment that the affidavit would outside the controlofthe state nection with the killing. questionedtwo Trinamool the march. directly engaged as contractual pandal, she also painted apic- steadilybecause of the current staffofGoWB,” shetweeted. ture. In the lasttwo days,she surge in infection, droppedto The chief minister also said has virtuallyinaugurated more 87.73per cent despitethe recov- these IT professionals would re- than 150Durga Puja pandals eryof3,194 patients.The state’s BJP alleges custodial death, seeks CBI probe AVOIDBIDSTOUSE ceive 30 days of leaveand 10 acrossthe state. active caseload, meanwhile, RELIGIONFORVOTES, days of medical leave annually Until last year,she would surgedpast32,000 and rose to protestdemandingjusticeandac- support of RajBahavan." along withthe usual maternity visit severalpandals and deliver 32,500. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE The CalcuttaHC, cusingtheTMCforthe killing,the Meanwhile, the CalcuttaHigh DILIPGHOSHTOCM leave forwomen. abrief speech. This time, she According to the statehealth KOLKATA,OCTOBER16 meanwhile, ordered ruling party in the state has ac- CourtonFridayordered asec- Theywouldalso getRs3 has chosen the virtual option in bulletin, in whichfigures areup- cusedthesaffronpartyof politics. ond postmortemexamination Kolkata: BJP's West Bengal lakh once theyturn 60, she said, viewofthe cornovirus pan- dated till 9am, 61 deathsin24 THE BJP on Fridaydemandeda asecond postmortem Ghoroi'sbody wasbrought to on the body of Ghoroi. unitchief Dilip Ghosh said adding that their medical ex- demic. hours took itstoll up to 5,931. CBI inquiryintothe alleged cus- examination Madan the BJP headquarters in Kolkata The courtdirected that the on Fridaythat the Mamata Morethan 55 per cent of the todial death of Madan Ghoroi, a whereparty leaders paid trib- body of Ghorai alias Kalipada Banerjee government an- latestcases, and 43 deaths oc- BJP booth president,inEast Ghoroi’s body utes. maybedeliveredbythe peti- nouncedthe Rs 50,000grant curredinthe South Bengal infec- Midnapore. "This is amurder.Every day, tioner to the state-run RGKar forcommunity Durga Puja tion hotspotaround Kolkata. BJP MP and party general sec- September 26. He wasremanded ourparty workers arebeing Medical College and Hospital organisersinpoliticalinter- While the active caseloadinthe retaryLocket Chatterjee and oth- in judicial custody at Contai killedbyTMC goons. We don't herefor holdingofthe re-post- estand suchattemptstouse capital city rose to 7,188, in South ers satonadharnaagainstthe Correctional Home wherehefell truststate police and want aCBI mortem examination. religion forgetting votes 24 Parganas it went past2,000. death and were preventedby po- ill. Forbettertreatment, investigation intothe case. We Justice Rajasekhar Mantha di- should be avoided. The situation remained lice from taking out amarch with Patashpur police station trans- want justice. We want Mamata rected thehead of the Forensic Reacting to the high alarming in the twoMedinipur Ghoroi’s body. ferredhim to KolkataonOctober Banerjee to come here and give Department, RGKar Medical court's directiontothe Durga districtsand Nadia, the other dis- According to sources, 9. "He diedatSSKM on October an answer whyour activists are Collegeand Hospital, to conduct Puja committees to use the tricts in the region with an active Ghoroi's nephewwas accusedof 9. Hisfamily members were in- being murdered everyday," said afull-fledgedautopsy afresh and grant forthe purchase of caseload well over thousand. In kidnapping agirlofPatashpur formed from time to time about LocketChatterjee. videograph the entireprocess. Covid safetyequipment and Paschim Bardhaman, it rose to area in EastMidnapore. It is al- his deteriorating health condi- MinisterFirhad Hakimsaid, Acopyofthe videography strengthening the bonding 995. leged that his family is knownto tion," said asenior police officer "Anydeath is unfortunate, but and the report of the second betweenthe public and the In NorthBengal,active cases beaBJP supporter,while the kid- in EastMedinipur. the worstpart is that the BJP has postmortem examination must police, Ghosh said organisers increasedinbothMalda (882) napped girl's family backsTMC. It is allegedthathewas bru- starteddoing politics over every be producedbeforethe court on had notasked forsuchadole and Darjeeling (872). When Ghoroi’s nephew wasab- tallybeaten up in custody,anal- deathbeitsuicide or murder the next date of hearingon but it wasgiven with apolit- Meanwhile, actor Soumitra sconding,hewas pickedupand legation denied by police. over personalenmity. TheBJP October 21,the judge said. ical purpose. PTI Chatterjee’shealthhasimproved interrogatedbypolice on Whilethe BJP haslauncheda starts accusing the TMC with the WITHPTI INPUTS noticeablyand he is speaking alit- tle bit. “Mr Chatterjee is recover- ingandhis consciousnesshasim- CPM MLA Rafiqul Islam Mondal joins TMC proved substantially. He is responding to commands and AroopBiswas and Jyotipriyo strengthen her hand, Iamjoin- understandingafew words. He is PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA Mullick. ing the TMC,"Mondal said. speaking alittle bit,”said adoctor KOLKATA,OCTOBER16 Mondal had switchedover to Senior CPI(M) leader Sujan at Belle VueClinic in Kolkata. the CPI(M)fromthe TMC ahead Chakraborty said theinduction According to the doctors, the ACPI(M) legislator along with of the 2016 Assemblyelections of the opposition CPI(M) and 84-year-old’s oxygen saturation his supporters joinedthe ruling in the stateafter he wasdenied a Congress MLAs onlyreflectsthe has improved,and hissodium Trinamool Congress on Friday“to ticket to fight the polls. TMC's intention to weaken the and potassium levels have been fight the BJP” in West Bengal. "In 2016,Ihad joinedthe Left "secularforces" in thestate. corrected. Basirhat Uttar MLARafiqul Front due to some differences but Former BSP stategeneral sec- He does nothaveafeverat IslamMondal joinedthe TMCat Ihaverealisedthatinthe fight retaryBabu Nand Prasad, who re- present,andisrespondingwellto the party's headquarters in the againstthe BJP,Didi (Mamata cently quit the party,also joined music therapy. presence of senior ministers Banerjee) is the onlyhope. So, to the TMC.

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WITH ONLYafew days to go for Durga Puja, artisans in Kumartuli arehoping to baglast-minuteor- ders that will clear their stockof clay idols andsavethem further losses. The potters'hub in north Kolkataisreeling under mount- ing losses this year as orders for idolswere cancelledfollowingthe outbreakof Covid-19 andthesub- sequent lockdown. The budget foridols has been slashed by 50%. Partha Paul With organisers planning a low-keyDurga Puja, the shadow of muted celebrations notonly budget foridols wasslashedby getapproximately200 orders dampenedthe business of - morethan50per cent. Walking from abroad. Those orders are sans, but also their spirit. on atightrope to balance budget down 90 per cent thisyear. While draping asari on asix- and creativity,artisans had to cut Withorganisersscalingdown, foot idol,Maya Palrecountedhow cornerstomeetthe very fewde- the demand forsingle-platform Durga Puja usedtobethe best mands that trickledin. So, idol idolshasgrownhigher.Peopleare time of the year forher.But this sizesweredrastically reduced. notorderingseparate idols of yearhasnotbeenkind.Pal,whois Usuallythe idols stand tall at 15 Lakshmi,Saraswati,Ganeshaand over 50 years, still has four more feet or above.In Kartik,but preferring them to be unsold idols. Despiterunning a Thecreativityof Kumartuliar- fusedonasinglescaffolding. hightemperature for the lastfew tisansdrawsahugedemandfrom The artisans usuallystart re- days,and swollen feet,she was other countries suchasCanada, ceivingorders fromFebruary, fol- busy giving final touches to the Australia ,the US and the UK. But lowing whichtheystart purchas- day’s lastorder. this year,the demand has ing rawmaterials. However, as “I made 25 durga idolsthis droppedconsiderably. MintuPaul, lockdown wasenforcedfrom year.Four of them areyet to be who has afamilylegacyofidol March end andstrictrestrictions sold. It is suchabad phase forall making, has been exportingidols continuedtillrecently, thepotters of us. Iwish Iget alast-minuteor- to severalcountries formany said theylosteventhe confirmed der formyremaining creations,” years. orders. Paltold TheIndian Express. “Lastyear Ihad received12 “Gettinglabourerswasachal- Tapan Ghosh, aclayartisan overseas orders involving high lenge. Prices of everyitemhave working at Nilam PalStudio, had budgets. This year,Ihavegot or- gone up, affecting the budget of asimilarstory. “Afewidolsarestill ders from onlyfivecountries, in- big pujas. Lastyear,63idols were in stock. Everyyear around this cluding the West Indies, France sent abroad. This time, Igot only time, we hardly have time to and Austria.The lastone Igot was 20 overseas orders,” said Babu breathe. This year,weare still about sevendays agofromItaly,” Paul, anotedidolmaker and sec- waiting forbuyers,”hesaid. he told TheIndian Express. retary of Kolkata Kumartuli Withbusinesstakingahit,the Accordingto theartisans,they Mritshilpa Sanskriti Samiti.

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Kolkata: Ateenager and an eld- erly woman were injuredina minageofmarriageforwomen fire that brokeout in aseven- storey buildingatGanesh 61.1%to75.04%. It's also during ChandraAvenue at Burrabazar HARIKISHANSHARMA ED this period that the enrolment area in central Kolkata. NEWDELHI,OCTOBER16 Whatthelaw gapbetween girls and boys nar-

Fire service officials said sev- PLAIN rowedsignificantlyand eventu- E saysonage ● eral people were still trappedin- PRIME MINISTER NarendraModi EX allyledto girls overtakingboys in side as the fire,whichstarted at said Fridaythat the government secondaryeducation. The enrol- 10.15pm, spread to theupper willtakeadecisionsoon on re- SECTION 5(III) of Hindu ment numbers forgirls, however, floors. vising the minimum ageofmar- MarriageAct,1955, sets 18 have plateaued ever since,hov- “Operations areontorescue riage forwomen onceitreceives years as the minimum age eringbetween 74%and 75%. For them. Hydraulic ladders and areport from the committee PrimeMinister Narendra forthe brideand 21 forthe 2019,the enrolment ratio forgirls specialisedunitshavebeen constituted forthis purpose. Modi at the video groom.Child marriages in secondaryeducation stood at pressedintoservice to rescue the Addressingavideoconference conference on Friday. ANI can be declared void at the 74.52%and forboys at 73.14%. residents," said StateFire afterreleasingacommemorative requestofthe minor.In Allayingconcerns of farmers Services minister Sujit Bose, who coinof Rs75denominationonthe Islam, marriageofaminor about the newfarm laws,the wasatthe spot. 75thanniversaryofthe Food and ingtheageofmarriageforwomen who has attainedpuberty PrimeMinister reiterated that According to police, the AgricultureOrganisation (FAO), from18 to 21 asameasuretolower is considered valid. The the government would continue teenager wasinjured afterjump- thePrimeMinisteralsoreiterated Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) SpecialMarriageAct, to procureonthe MSP. ing offthe building.Hewas Welcome Home: Women perform 'Dhunachi'dance on thearrival aDurga idol at their thatgovernmentprocurementon and improvenutritional levels, 1954,and Prohibition of “MSP andgovernmentpro- takentoCalcuttaMedical community pandalaheadofDurga Puja,inKolkataonFriday. Express the minimum support price will apartfromother initiatives. ChildMarriageAct, 2006, curement areanimportant part College. ENS,PTI continue. In his speech, the PM also also prescribe18and 21 of the country's food security. On the ageofmarriage, Modi listedgovernment initiativeslike years as minimum ageof Therefore, it is very important said: “Necessary discussionis Jal JeevanMission, Mission consent formarriage that it should be well-managed going on to decide what should Indradhanush, Swachh Bharat forwomenand men, scientificallyand with good Gupkar alliance be the ideal ageofmarriagefor Mission and National Nutrition respectively. management, it should con- Decomposed bodies of woman, daughters. Ialso getletters from Mission (POSHAN Abhiyaan)for tinue, and we arecommitted to agenda against suchconscious daughters across the “nutrition and care” and this,” he said. the countrywho ask to decideit health of children and women. effortsisthat forthe firsttime in The Prime Ministeralso ded- son found in their Kolkata home India: J&K BJP quickly, and ask whythe com- “Wehaveadoptedaninte- the country, the gross enrolment icatedtothe nation17recently mittee's report has notcome yet. grated and holistic approach.We ratio of daughters foreducation developedbiofortifiedvarietiesof found locked. The police broke and usedtolook afterhis crip- Jammu: Calling the Gupkar al- Iassureall those daughters that startedworking on amulti-di- has been muchhigher than crops. He said common varieties EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE it open and entered to find pledand ailing mother,who liancean“agendaof anti-national the government will take action mensional strategy by abolish- sons,” Modi said. of some crops lacked some mi- KOLKATA, OCTOBER 16 Manjushree dead on the rarely came outside in the last forcesthatwantto destabilisethe on the reportverysoon.” ing the silos,” he said. According to UNESCO, the cronutrientsand, therefore, bio- ground floor.Her body had de- fewmonths. The victims were situation” in the Valley, Jammu On June 2this year,the Union “Today, sanitation pads are Gross Enrolment Ratio of (GER) fortifiedvarieties were developed AN 88-YEAR-OLD woman and composed.Onsearchingthe lastseen about sevendays and Kashmir BJP president Ministryfor Women and Child being providedtothe poor sis- girls in secondaryeducation in to overcometheseshortcomings. her son were found dead in ground floor,the police found back,”said the official RavinderRainaonFriday accused Developmentsetupataskforceto ters and daughters of the coun- India registeredanincrease be- FULLREPORTON their home in Kolkata’s Patuli Subhomayhangingfromaceil- The bodies were shiftedto theNC andPDPof followingdirec- examinethepossibilityof increas- tryfor Re 1. One effect of all these tween 2010 and 2014 —from www.indianexpress.com area on Thursday night, thepo- ing. Baghajatin StateGeneral tionsofPakistanand China to de- lice said on Friday. Theywere The bodies were identified Hospital, wherethe twowere mand restoration of Article 370, identifiedasManjushree Mitra, by alocal resident, 77-year-old officiallydeclared dead at whichhesaid is next to impossi- Giriraj Singh calls Cong candidate ‘Jinnah sympathiser’ and her son SubhomayMitra. Shankarananda Guha, who said about 11.20 pm. The house has ble. He warnedthese parties of “Wereceivedinformation Subhomay’s father Snehamoy been lockedbyofficials. “serious ramifications” if theytry yesterdayataround7.15pm Mitrausedtorun abookshop “During inquiry, neither to push their“anti-India agenda”. and asked whetherthe Talking to reporters at the BJP Alliance's star campaigner?" aboutaafoul smell emanating in LakeMarket. wasany foul playdetected nor Aday afterformation of ajoint EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Mahagathbandhan supports the office here, Singh said the Grand Former AMU Students' Union from ahouse in Patuli. Afterhis death, the shop wasany complaint received. alliance by NC,PDP and other PATNA,OCTOBER16 ideology of the Pakistanleader. Alliance should explain itsposi- president, Usmani, who belongs Accordingly,ateam went to the went to his bachelor son, who Arrangement is being made for mainstream Kashmir-based Singh also supportedrecentre- tion on the candidatureof to Darbhanga, hadbeen booked spot, whereanumber of peo- recentlylostits possession. holding inquestand PM [post- politicians –formallynamed BJP BEGUSARAI MP and Union marks of another Union minis- Maskoor Usmani. "Letusknow under sedition chargesin2019 ple had gathered,” said an offi- Subhomay wasacontractual mortem] examinations of the ‘People’s Alliance forGupkar ministerofstate GirirajSingh on terofstate from Bihar,Nityanand if the Congress's Jale candidate, by theCivil Lines Police Station, cial who did notwish to be be employeeofthe Kolkata dead bodies. An unnatural Declaration’–theBJP conveneda Fridayaccusedthe Congressof Rai, afew days agothat Bihar Usmani,supports Jinnah? Will Aligarh, forallegedly raising anti- named. Municipal Corporation (KMC) death case has been registered meeting of various organisations fielding a"sympathiser" of would become"ashelterfor ter- Sharjeel Imam(of Jehanabad ori- nationalslogans. The policehad The gate of the two-storey till about three months ago. in Patuli police station,” said the to focus on political develop- Mohammad Ali Jinnah from the rorists"ifthe RJD wasvoted to gin, who is in jail under the later said it wasconsidering house in KanungoParkwas “He wasmentallystressed official. mentsinKashmir. ENS Jale seat in Darbhangadistrict, power. UAPA), will be theGrand droppingthe charges.

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Kolkata WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM THEINDIANEXPRESS,SATURDAY,OCTOBER17,2020 EXPRESS NETWORK 5 Godhra train Journalist, three CFI ED files charges convict among SCpicksLokurforpanel 4heldfor BJP men held on way to in 2012Bihar leader’s ‘killing’ oncropburning,S-G Hathras named in hooch tragedy EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE VADODARA,OCTOBER16 another sedition case says‘somereservations’ TWOWEEKSafter BJP councillor district in December 2019. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE The agency had earlier from Jhalod municipality in MANISHSAHU Rahman is resident of givenJustice Lokur anyextrodi- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER16 provisionallyattached Gujarat’s Dahod district, Hiren LUCKNOW,OCTOBER16 Muzaffarnagar. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE narypower or jurisdiction. Patel, waskilledwhile out fora Both developmentstook NEWDELHI,OCTOBER16 Urgingthe courttopostthe The Enforcement Directorate these properties in morning walk,police have ar- DAYS AFTERMathurapolice ar- place over Thursdayand Friday. matter forMondayand notpass (ED) has filedaprosecution com- connection with its restedfour persons forexecuting rested ajournalistfromKerala On October 5, Mathurapolice AMID RISINGinstances of stub- orders now, the SG said, "weare plaint,whichisthe equivalent to moneylaundering the allegedcontract killing. and three members of the detained thefour men at Maant ble burning in neighbouring onlyrequesting to be heard." achargesheet,againstthe ac- The four accused, who were CampusFront of India (CFI)on toll plaza. Aday later,theywere states adding to pollution in the But the CJI said the courthad cusedinthe 2012 Bihar hooch probeagainstaccused arrested on Wednesday, were chargesofUnlawful Activities booked forallegedly beingpart national capital, the Supreme already passedthe order. tragedycase, in which21people producedbeforethe local court (Prevention) Act, amongothers, of largeconspiracybehindtheir CourtFridayappointed Justice The courtalso said different had died. It has also filedaprayer virtually on Thursday.Police while theywereonway to meet visit to Hathras.Theywere (retired)Madan BLokur to act as authorities created by the with aspecial courtinPatna that associates. The Hon’ble 1stASJ, sought their 14-dayremand, but the Hathrasvictim's family, booked under chargesincluding aone-man monitoring commit- states/Centreshall :also be free, the accused’s assets to the tune Bhojpur,Ara vide judgement the court awardedthemseven Hathras police have nownamed UAPA,and IPC 124-A(sedition), teetocheckthe menace. Justice Madan BLokur to carryontheir ownactivities, of Rs 1.32 crorebeconfiscated. dated24.07.2018 held 14 accused days of police remand. them in acaselodged aday ear- 153-A(promoting enmity be- While appointing Lokur to without feeling muted by the ap- The agency had earlier provi- persons including SanjayPratap Among the four is Irfan Pada, lier on sedition and other serious tweendifferent groupson head the committee, the bench pointment of the Committee”. sionallyattachedtheseproper- Singh guilty of the offencesun- who wasconvicted in the2002 charges. ground of religion, race, etc) and headedbyChief Justice of India S nine days,” the CJI said. The courtasked theChief ties in connection with itsmoney der IPC, ExciseAct and SC/STAct Sabarmati Express train burning The caseregisteredat 295-A(deliberate and malicious ABobde, and with Justices AS The order came on apetition Secretaries of Punjab, Haryana, launderingprobe againstac- andawardedsentence of life im- case, AjayKalalfromJahlod and Chandpapolice station of actsintendedtooutragereligious Bopanna and VRama subrama- filedbytwo students, Aditya Uttar Pradeshand Delhi to assist cusedSanjayPratapSingh, his prisonment withfine of Ujjain residentsSajjansinh HathrasonOctober 4relates feelings). ian,clarifiedthatitsordersandthe Dubey and Aman Banka, who JusticeLokur “and enable phys- wifeKiran Devi and his associate, Rs.25,000/- to eachaccusedper- Chauhan and MohammedSamir with alleged conspiracy to insti- Acasewas lodged against setting up of the committee “are had sought directions from the ical surveillance of fields where Srikumar Singh in ahooch son,” the ED said in astatement. Mujawar. gate riots along caste lines and them at Maant policestation in notintendedtodilutethepowers, courttoput an end to stubble stubbleislikelytobeburnt and tragedywhichcauseddeath of It saidits probehas revealed Pada had been on the run defame the stategovernment Mathura. functionsandtheauthorityof any burning. devise additional means and 21 people in Ara, Nawada of that Singh has invested the since he jumpedparolein2019. over the alleged rape, andmur- In the meantime, Hathraspo- authorities suchasEPCA The courtwent ahead with methods forpreventing the Bhojpur district in the state. “Proceeds of Crime” generated According to police, knowing der,ofthe 19-year-old Dalit lice, while probing intoacase (EnvironmentalPollutionControl Lokur's appointment even as the burning of stubble”. The attachedproperties liable through illegaltrade of country thatPatel wasaregularmorning woman. lodged againstunidentifiedper- Authority), already created”. Centre expressed“some reser- The SC-appointed EPCAshall forconfiscationinclude 15 liquor foracquiringimmovable walker,the accusedhatcheda According to Hathras police, sons at Chandpa police station, The idea behindappointing vations”onthis. alsoreport to the committee, landedplots along withcon- properties in his and his wife’s plottomurderhim in amanner their investigation found that the found alleged role of Kappan, acommittee wastofacilitateand “Thereare some reservations whichwill submitafortnightly struction on twoplots held in the name. thatitwould appear likeanacci- four arrested from Mathura– Atiq-ur-Rahman, Masood coordinatethe activities of dif- with whichwedonot want to reportorasand when required, name of accusedSingh, his asso- “Inthe year 2011,with inten- dent. On September 27,after journalistSiddique Kappan (41), Ahmedand Alaminthe case. The ferent authorities, the courtsaid. trouble My Lords. Iwillhaveto the courtsaid, adding that “it ciates and balances in bank ac- tion to legalize his taintedincome Patelsteppedout around 6am, and CFI members Atiq-ur- FIR in Hathras has invoked “Weare onlyconcernedthat file an application...”, said would be fitting, if services of countsheld in the name of Singh from countryliquor, Sanjay the accused allegedly ranhim Rahman (25), Masood Ahmed chargesunderIPC Sections 153- citizens of Delhi NCRare able to Solicitor GeneralTushar Mehta, National CadetCorps, NSS and and his unregisteredfirm, Maa Pratap Singh formedanunregis- over at Muwada junction in (26) and Alam (26) –wereal- A,124-A,153-B (imputations, as- breathefresh cleanair... while who appeared before the bench, Bharat Scoutsand Guides, wher- Construction. teredfirm namely Bhojpur Wine Jhalod, police said, adding that legedly involved in the earlier sertions prejudicial to national the courtisshut (for Dussehra justasitwas about to rise. ever available, aredeployedfor The ED case is basedon an FIR Traders to launderProceeds of the accusedhad earlier carried case. The four areatpresent integration) and 420 (cheating). holidays). We don’t want any- CJI Bobde, however, re- assisting in the monitoring of registeredbyBihar policeagainst Crime.Investigationalsore- out arecce of the routePatel usu- lodged in Mathurajail. At the same time, thing to happenduring these markedthat the courthad not stubble burning...” Singh in 2012.“StatePoliceinves- vealedthat the accusedusedthe ally took on morning walk. The CFI is the students' wing Muzaffarnagar police also moved tigation revealedthatdeceased Proceeds of Crime intothe con- The vehicle usedinthe killing of the radical Popular Front of courtand obtainedproduction persons had consumedcountry struction business namelyMaa is yettoberecovered, police said. India. warrant againstRehman in the liquorwhichwas doubted to be Construction whereill-gotten According to police, it was Hathras SP VineetJaiswal said case of violence during anti-CAA NEET topper from Odisha says studied spuriousand manufactured/sold moneywas used foracquisition Kalalwho contacted theother alocal courthas issued warrant protests lastyear. by SanjayPratapSingh andhis of immovable property,” ED said. three accomplices to executethe B(warrantfor production) Inspector VijayKumar Singh, 15 hours daily, balanced with gaming contract killing. Dahod SP Hitesh againstall four,asking them to who is part of the SIT probing Joysar said Kalal,Padaand appear beforethe court. cases filedduring anti-CAA marks and number of incorrect Chauhan metinprison and The courtissuedthe order on protests in Muzaffarnagar,said: AISHWARYAMOHANTY answers. stayed in touchafter Pada the basisof areportfiledbyinves- “While probing intothe violence BHUBANESWAR,OCTOBER16 Aftabhails from Odisha’s jumped parole. tigatingofficerof the caselodged on December 20 (last year)in Rourkela district and his father Chauhan has also been in- by Chandpapolice. “Wehave Kotwali area, we found Atiq-ur- TWOCANDIDATES attainedfull has aconstruction company. volved in anumber of offences, served production warrant of all Rehman waspresent at the spot marks in medicalentrance exam Born in abusiness family, he said including murder and armed four persons to Mathurajailau- and hadarrangedfundingfor the NEET,resultsofwhichwerede- his inspiration to become adoc- robbery, police said. thorities. The case is related to violence. The case is lodged on clared on Fridaynight, according toristhe fact that thereare no “Weare questioning the ac- conspiracy to instigate riots,” variouscharges, including at- to National Testing Agency (NTA) doctorsinthe family. “I knew I cusedtoascertain if the killing Chandpa SHO Laxman Singh, in- tempttomurder. We were look- officials. SoyebAftab (second from could study hardand become a wasthe falloutofapolitical ri- vestigating officer in the case, said. ing forRahman in the case and Odisha’s SoyebAftab and right) withhis family. Express doctor.Iwant to pursue cardiol- valryorpersonal enmity.The Meanwhile, Muzaffarnagar then learntabout his arrest (by Delhi’s AkanshaSingh have ogy,” Soyebsaid. probeisontoreachaconclusion police have bookedAtiq-ur- Mathurapolice).” scored 720out of 720marks but The 18-year-old said he spent and also gettothe personwho Rahman in acase of violencethat Ajail official said, “Wehave Aftabhas been ranked firstand According to officials, the tie- 15 hours aday studying,includ- commissioned the contract occurredduring the anti-CAA receivedproduction warrant of SinghsecondaspertheNTA’stie- breakingpolicytakesintoaccount ing four hours of self-study apart killing,” Joysar said. protestsinKotwali area of the both casesagainst the accused.” breaking policy, the officials said. factors suchasage,subject-wise from school andcoaching.

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DUCATION is one of the most impor- students andteachers, andtackles the dealingwith this problem, as they find tant foundations of asuccessful, country’sdigital divide efficiently. In re- their children exposedtothe prolonged E sponse to this,many online learning plat- usage of devices.Recognising this prob- learned and thriving society. In gen- eral, it is responsible for the economic,so- forms and EdTech companies have started lem, the Ministry of Human Resource De- cial and political growthand development offering free access to their services. velopment (MHRD)has recommended of the society.However,inanattempt to In online learning, the role of an educator that “the duration for online classes for containthe spreadofCOVID-19 pandemic, becomes more of an instructor.Digital pre-primary students should notbefor the educational systems worldwide have learning has completely upended our more than 30 minutes.For classes1to8, beenshut with near-total closures of chalk-talk model of educationand thus,in the HRD Ministry has recommended two schools,universities and colleges,affect- this changed scenario,itisimperative for online sessions of up to 45 minutes each ing billions of learners globally. instructors to embrace and adopt new whilefor classes 9to12, four sessions of With no option leftand continuity of ways of doing things. While there arestill 30-45 minutes duration have been recom- learning beingnecessary,schools,colleges plentyofsimilarities between both models mended.” and universities shifted to online teaching of learning,ashift from being adissemina- Lastly, it can be said that thoughthe methodology,withmany of themusing tor to being afacilitator of information is pandemichas utterly disturbed our educa- the online platforms for the very first time. recommended for educators.Since the on- tion system, it has certainly proved to be Our age-old teaching methodology struc- line mode of delivery is different from a acatalyst for improving online learning or ture, including offline teachingand assess- classroom setting, it is advised that educa- digital education systems in the country, ment tests,was the first to be directly and tors takeupthe role of e-learning designer whichotherwise remained accessibletoa severely affected by the pandemic. Need- to reconceptualise the course and accord- handfulofstudents.The schools,colleges less to say,the challenges thrown at the ingly design it for their online classes,as and universities shouldconsider this pan- educationsector is not just limited to the merely changing the slides won’t help stu- demic as an opportunity to improve their delivery of education butalso to transform dents graspthe subjectmatter. educational infrastructure,wherein e- our current centuries-old, chalk-talkteach- Theflipside to online education is the learning becomesapart of their ‘new nor- ing model to one that is even more inclu- longer‘screen-time’hours for kids. Cur- mal’ after experiencing the benefits first- sive,drives engagement at scale among rently,the parents are having ahard time hand.

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Centre’s decision to borrowtocompensatestatesiswelcome. THE GOVERNMENT HAD stipulated October home. Parents, especiallythose who do not Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee,call this More clarity is neededonmodalities, remaining GSTshortfall 15 as thedateafter whichreopening of schools have mucheducation,haveoften notbeen phenomenon“teachingto the topofthe class”. could beconsideredinagradedmanner.Ade- involvedintheir child’s school life. During this The ASER dataclearly shows that in Standard tailedset of recommendations and pointsto period of school closure,parentshavehad to V, only 20-30 per cent children gain from FTER MONTHS OF uncertainty,and anear breakdown of theconsen- consider in the reopening decision has been take the responsibility of children’s learning teaching at the class level. Clearly,something sual natureofdecision-making in the GSTCouncil, the Centre, on provided, whichplaces safetyand security of through whatever waspossible at home. needs to be done to help all other children Thursday, accededtothe states’ request, announcing that it will borrow children and teachers as the highestpriority. Their effortsand initiativesneedtoberecog- “catchup”. This “catchup” wasneededeven Rs 1.1lakh croretolend to states to compensatethem forthe shortfall in Unlikeour usual academicdocuments,con- nised andcelebratedbyschools and teach- before COVID. But nowmay be the best time Atheir GSTrevenues. This is indeed awelcomedevelopment, as notlis- cern with children’s social and emotional ers. Gradual school re-opening can beagood to getthis done. well-being features prominently. time forparentsand teachers to interact and Reading and basic arithmetic arekey tening to states’ concerns, andnot honouring itscommitment to protect theirrevenues, All of India, notonlychildren, teachers form acloserrelationship. building blocks forthe foundation of any would have setabad precedent and further strainedCentre-state relations. Operationally, or parents, but familymembers and com- Third, onceteachersagree and parents child’s educational journey. Pratham’s ASER this mechanism is preferable and arguablymoreconvenient as compared to all the states munities, everyone wants“everychildin consent, children can begin to return to school reports forthe last15years have pointed to rushing to the bond market.Further,the Centre’s borrowing attractsalowerinterestrate school” eventually. Everyone wantsthis to by rotation.Activities canbeplannedin away the needacross India to build these foun- as compared to that of states, and as aresult, the loans to thestateswill be at auniform happen safely. Once children startgoing to thatteachers can reconnect meaningfully, one dationalskills. The National Education rate,avoidinginterestratedifferentials across states. school regularly,itwill herald areturn of by one, with children. If children come in ro- Policy 2020 also underlines the importance Yet, severalquestions remain unanswered.First, the modalities of the transaction are “normalcy” in away that no other event can. tation, whether by gradeorwithin the same of foundational skills thatmustbebuilt in But designing the processofschool-reopen- class, therewill be fewerchildren at anyone primaryschool. yettobeclearly enunciated. Presumably, the transaction will be routed through the pub- ing well couldprovide newopportunities time in school. This means that teachers can Forovertwo decades, Pratham has lic account of India. The accounting treatment could also be along the lines of states’ loans that can be tested in the next fewmonths to give moreindividual attention to eachchild. evolvedanapproachcalled“Teaching-at-the- from multilateral agencies whichare routed through the Centre. However, whichever see if theyhavethe potential to become en- Finding out howthe child has been, howthe Right-Level”. In this model, children who have wayitistreated,itwill lead to arise in general government debt.Second, while the Centre during featuresofour school system. Teacherscan set up individual child’s familyhas copedinthis crisis, is as im- reachedStandardIII or higher but have not has agreedtoborrowRs1.1 lakh crore, what happens to the remaining shortfall —as- First, school systemsare oftencentralised meetings with parents in portant as finding out whether the childhas learned to read or do arithmeticoperations suming that thetotal GSTrevenue shortfallremainsatRs3lakh croreand that collec- and hierarchical. Manykey decisions related hadany “learning loss”. arehelpedto acquiretheseskills in ashortpe- to the functioning of the school aretaken at rotation, to find out howthe Available datafromyearsofthe ASER riod of time without using toomanyextrare- tions through the compensation cess stand at Rs 65,000 crore? Will the stategovern- alevel that is farfromground realities. Yet, family has been coping and to (Annual Status of Education Report) indicate sources. The approachhas been triedand mentssettle forbeing compensated only forlosses arising on account of implementation in today’s context, local conditions and com- suggest ‘school readiness’ that at leastinrural areas, formanychildren, testedby communities andgovernmentsand issues and forgothe loss in GSTrevenues arising out of an “act of god”? Third, if as the munity perceptions aregoing to playadeci- activities that canbedone at basic skills of readingand arithmetic arewor- found to be effective. Centre has said, this mechanism will notimpact itsfiscal deficit, then whynot borrow sive role in when and howschools can open. ryingly low. TheASER figures, whichare Once schoolsare properly open and atten- the entireexpected shortfall of Rs 2.35lakh crore? If the repayment of the loan is notan The current situation provides avaluableop- home. Parents, especially widelyquoted, statethat even afterfiveyears dance has stabilised, the government must obligation of the Centre,and will be metfromproceeds from futurecompensation cess portunity forlocal inputstobeabsorbed.If those who do not have much of schooling, of the children in StandardV,al- take on afocussed100-day programme when done well, the process of school reopening most50per centcould notread asimple short at least in primaryschools, we putaside grade- collections, then whythe reluctance to borrowthe full amount? education, have often not can bring the community closer together. story(at ClassIIlevel of difficulty) or doasim- wise curriculum andfocus entirelyonre- ConsideringthatthegrandbargainstruckbetweentheCentre andthestatesforpushing Localsupport can go along way, well beyond been involved in their child’s ple two-digit numerical subtractionproblem buildingfoundationalskills.The goalmustbe through GSTwas premisedontheCentreassuringstatesofa14 per cent growth in their GST the crisis, in bringing in newresources and school life. During this period with borrowing (a skill expectedfrom Class II to ensurethat all children, in StandardIII and revenues, the controversy over thelastfew months should have been avoided. The Centre’s investmentintoschools. of school closure,parents levelchildren).After sixmonthsormoreof higher,are able to read fluentlyand do basic approach, in effect placingthe entireburden of the lossinGST revenues on states, wasnot in Second,inanormal year,schools open all have hadtotakethe school closure, children who were justlearn- arithmetic with confidence. Positive energyis at once. On agiven day, gatesare unlocked, ing to read or getting the hang of arithmetic unleashedbychildren’s progress; it is vital in thespiritofcooperativefederalismthattheNDAgovernmentprofessescommitmentto.This responsibility of children’s half-stepnow takenbythe Centremustbebuilt upon to bridgethe mistrustbetween the doors open and children and teachers arrive operations mayhaveforgottenhow to do so. rebuilding.Learning to read is very visible. all at once.But this year is different. In many learning through whatever Teachers needtoquicklyunderstand the Children enjoytheir ownprogress.Children’s two. But it is also imcumbent uponthe states to showsome flexibility, in thespirit of coop- states, villages and cities, teachers have been waspossible at home. Their child’s leveland suggestactivities. If activities progress givesteachersand parentsthe con- eration, giventhe sweeping distress in the economy. The GSTCouncil shouldthus nowap- going to school already.Aswethink abouta efforts and initiatives need to aresimple and explainedclearly,parentscan fidence of being able to together take the next proachthe issue of compensating states fortheir remaining losses in aconciliatory manner. gradual phasedplan to bringchildren back, do similar activities with children at home. steps in the educational journeyofthe child. it is possible to visualise a“warming up” pe- be recognised and celebrated Starting as early as StandardI,curriculum Instead of being acrisis,COVID can turn riod, to enable children and families to get by schools and teachers. expectations move at afastpace. Teachers are out to be aboon, if we do the right things “ready”for school. Gradual school re-opening expected to teachfromtextbooksprescribed forchildren and with families, as we re- Teachers can setupindividual meetings canbeagood time forparents forthe class. And so, if achildisnot at thelevel open schools. CITYAND THEDELUGE with parentsinrotation, to find out howthe of the class textbook,instruction, however familyhas been coping and to suggest“school and teacherstointeractand good, goes over her head and the child gets left The writer is CEO Pratham Untimely, excessiverainfall, as in Hyderabad and Pune, is here readiness” activities thatcan be done at form acloser relationship. behind. Nobelprize winning professors, Education Foundation to stay.It’s time to planfor vagaries of weather,build resilience

TLEAST80people have losttheir livesinfloods in Telangana, Maharashtraand Karnataka in the past72hours. The maximum casu- alties were causedbyoverflowing nallahs, incidents of wall or building Acollapse and electrocutioninHyderabad and Pune.This grim storyhas RETREAT OF FREEDOM been repeating itself with worrying frequency in urban India foratleast 10 years. Pune is facing the furyoftorrential rains forthe second consecutive year.Chennai facedacrippling flood five years ago, Guwahati gets submergedalmost everyyear.Patna, The womenofAfghanistan stand to losethe mostifthe Taliban return to power Bengaluru, Delhi and Mumbai have theirmonsoon travailsand Hyderabad receivedits heaviestSeptember rainfall in morethan100years lastyear.OnWednesday, as Telangana’s capital recordedits highest24-hour rainfall forOctober in morethan acentury, itsnearly Khaled Ahmed 100-year-old drainagesystemwas caught unprepared.Asinmostflooding incidentsin the country, the onlysemblance of resilience shown by Hyderabad’s authorities wasin AS THE AMERICANS leave Afghanistanafter 2003, fewerthan10per cent of girls were en- women sufferedmostofwhat wascoming: twodecadesofnon-victory,the Taliban have rolledinprimaryschools; by 2017,that num- “Morethan 4,00,000 Afghans fled the vio- relief and rescue. But it’s time that Indian cities plan forthe vagaries of weather,develop madeclearthattheywillnotaccepttheinterim berhad grownto33per cent. Female enrol- lence of the Communist-ledTarakai and systems that help them deal with hazards suchasfloods or excessive heat. truce of “talks” with the Afghan government. ment in secondaryeducation grew from six Amin government, crossing over into As Indian cities have expanded, theyhavewrested areas that were oncemajor drainage Whyshould they talk to agovernmentthat is per cent in 2003 to 39 per cent in 2017.Thus, Pakistan. The numbersprogressively swelled points. At thesame time, stormwaterdrains in mostIndiancities remain lockedindecades- doomed? The endgame is obvious to all those 3.5 million Afghan girls were in school with afterthe Sovietinvasion on Christmas Evein old networks andare mostoften clogged. This meansexcessive rainfall gets trapped sitting on the fence in Kabul, likeGulbuddin 1,00,000 studying in universities. 1979. By the end of 1980, thereweremore within cityboundaries. Climate vagaries of the last twodecades have exacerbatedthe Hekmatyar,who hasrecentlyannounced his Male sadism directed at women is ex- than four million Afghan refugees in decisiontoleave his“agreed”coexistencewith emplifiedinthe Afghan Pakhtun male. It is Pakistan.” problem.This year,Mumbai received80per cent of itsAugustrainfall in the firstfivedays the government of twoclashingleaders — being imitatedthese days in Pakistan. What Pakistanmay be preparing itself forthe of the month, parts of thecity that have rarely been floodedwereunder water. Morethan Pakhtun President Ashraf Ghani and Tajikex- chance is therethatwomen will be spared next Afghan delugeby“Islamising” itself one IPCC reporthas pointed to the climatevulnerability of coastalareas suchasMumbai Chief Executive AbdullahAbdullah—and be punishment forhaving accepted “freedom” through an anti-Shia orgy.This is morelikely and Chennai. It’s unfortunatethatrecent technology-enabledinitiatives —the Smart readyto talkpower-sharingwiththeemerging under the “slavery”imposedbythe thantheAfghanrefugees,mostlywomen and Cities Project, forexample —haveverylittle by wayofbolstering climateadaptability.In alternative of the Taliban. Americans? Seventy-fiveper cent of them children, goingtoEuropethrough Turkey. fact, according to a2018reportbythe Centrefor Research on theEpidemiology of Disasters The Taliban ruledAfghanistanwith reli- live in villages wherethe warhas notceased Europehasalready alertedits borders against Taliban ruled Afghanistan at the University of Louvain School of Public Health, Brussels and the NGOSEEDS, more gious hubris thatonlyanilliteratesocietycan even as the Taliban negotiatewith the an Afghan delugewhen the Americans leave stomach. Afterthe Soviets left, theyimposed Americans in Doha. and the Ashraf Ghani government is kickedin than 55 per cent of India’s smartcities areprone to floods. with religious hubris that IslamonAfghanistanand brutalisedthe pop- only an illiterate societycan Next door,Pakistanisgoingtorevampits thebutt by the Taliban —tosay nothingabout According to estimates, morepeople will live in urban centres in India compared to the ulation,especiallywomen,andbalefullyinflu- educationand create something the Taliban Islamic State(normal) and Islamic State rural ones by 2050.It’simperative that while planning forhouses, roads, hospitals and other encedthe Islamicstate-in-chrysalis, Pakistan, stomach. After the Soviets will love,and banish the evil of English- (Khorasan) and numerousother militias from infrastructure,policymakersrespectanarea’shydrology.Thesolutionscouldvaryaccording intoanimitativemisdemeanour.Under the left,they imposed Islamon medium schools“runfor the rich”. What is Central Asia dreaming of Afghanistanasa to localconditions andclimate adaptabilitycould beanadroitmixofnaturalandtechnolog- Taliban,womencouldnotcomeoutunlessac- Afghanistan and brutalised more,Pakistanhassignalledtheendof thefalse utopia in whichwomenhavetobetamedfur- icalmeans —sensorsindrainsthat warn of floods, tried in Buenos Aires and some US cities companiedbyamaleguardian and therewas the population, especially truce against the Shia, withPakistanTehreek- ther according to sharia. no question of getting anykindofeducation. e-Insaf’s (PTI) ChaudhryShujaat Husain and Pakistanisputting up awire-fence on the forexample.The floodsinHyderabad and Pune areawarning that thereisnotime to waste. The Taliban prohibitedwomen from holding women, and balefully Parvez Elahi introducing abill in the Punjab Durand Line while the Taliban —Afghanand jobs.Except, of course, when theyhelpedin influenced the Islamic state- Assemblymandating reverence of the Sunni Pakistani —takepotshots at the soldiers as- poppycultivation and opium harvesting. in-chrysalis, Pakistan,into saintlypersonalities traditionallytraducedby signedtoerect the fence. Yet, when the del- The post-Taliban constitution in 2004 an imitative misdemeanour. theShia.InKarachi,thecampaignforthe“cor- ugeofrefugees comes,fleeing the exemplary gave Afghan women all kinds of rightsthat rection” of the Shias has actuallystarted.This braveryofthe Islamic soldiers, it will be the ARTISTOFDESIGN significantlyimprovedtheir socio-economic Under the Taliban, women will inspirethe Taliban when theyrule in children and women who will suffermost. condition. The regime constructed3,135 simply could notcome out Afghanistanonceagain,withaneyecockedat The women of Pakistanare already suffering Bhanu Athaiya’s work helpedhighlight the functional healthfacilities by 2018,giving 87 unless accompanied by a the Shiacommunity of Central Afghanistan, assaultsinthe cities wherethe muezzin du- per cent of Afghan people access to amedical male guardianand there the Hazara. tifullycalls out from the minarets. role costume design plays in cinema facility within twohours distance —atleast Amnesty International had once counted in theory. TheTaliban attackedthe facilities, wasnoquestion of getting the number of Afghans who had to leave The writer is consulting editor, Y1983, WHEN Bhanu Athaiya—who passedawayonThursdayat91— making road travel increasingly unsafe. In anykind of education. Afghanistanduring 40 years of war—and NewsweekPakistan wonthe Oscar forbestcostume design for Gandhi,she already had abody of work behind her that includedsome of the classicsofIndian cinema — BGuru Dutt’s SahibBibi aur Ghulam and Pyaasa and Guide,tonameafew. But it washer rise to international prominence that brought intothe spot- light the role of acostume designer in creating aworld on-screen that is authentic, or OCTOBER 17,1980, FORTY YEARS AGO subtleand grand, deploying research anddetail,asmuchasthe imagination. Athaiyawas the firstwoman to be invited to be partofthe BombayProgressive A SSAM TALKS FAIL. Guwahati or anyother city in Assam. But HOSTAGE CRISIS Artists Group and waspartoftheirseminal exhibition in 1953.She turned to costume THE CURRENT ROUND of talksbetween UnionHomeMinisterGiani ZailSingh said ADEAL WASsaid to be in theworks to se- design and fashion to makealiving, but herapproachtoher craftcontinuedtobear AASU and AAGSP and thegovernment that the next round will be held afterpujas, curethe release of US hostagesinIraninre- theimpression of hertraining in art. The costumes in Gandhi and Lagaan,for example, failedand both sides were notsurewhen “and naturallyinDelhi”. turn forUSspare partsfor itsAmerican theywould be resumed. Theboneofcon- made arsenal. Five US aircrafts were report- were remarkablefor their attentiontodetail,the play of consonance and contrast, to tention remains the cut-offdatefor the en- SIRIMAVO EXPELLED edly ready to leavefor Tehran according to ensurethatthe period in whichthe film is setispaidhomageto, whilestill reflecting tryofforeigners. While theAssam leaders SIRIMAVO BANDARANAIKE,SRI Lanka’s aTVchannel. The US statedepartment has, thecharacterofthosewho wore them. said the talkshad floppedbecause of the firstwoman Prime Minister, one time a however, deniedthese reports. It is difficult to imaginein2020 thatcostume designers were once unknownentities: government’s failuretosee reason, agov- leader of the non-alignedmovementand The biggestnames in fashion arenow also found in films. But foralong time, the process ernment spokesperson said that the pres- leaderofthe SriLanka Freedom Party, was NO PRAYERS AT IDGAH of film-making wasthought to be centred around stars, or,atbest, seen as the realisation ent roundhad remainedinconclusive strippedofher civic rightsbyParliament ULEMASOFMORADABADhavedecidednot of the director’s vision.Athaiya’s work and the recognition it eventuallyreceived were thoughbothsideshad understood each and expelledfromthe assemblywhereshe to congregate at thelocaI Idgahfor Id-ul- other better andnarroweddownthe differ- had satfor 20 continuous years, 12 of them Zuha prayers. Instead, theywouldpray in instrumentalinchanging that perception. Cinema is notmade by aset of technicians ences. Assam leaders who came to thecon- as Prime Minister. Aresolution passed by the local mosques according to aleafletcir- bringingtofruition an auteur’s vision; it is acollaboration of artists workingtowards acom- ference hall rather agitated said that the Prime MinisterRanasinghe Premadasa was culatedbythemonthe eveofthe Prime mon goal. With everyfabric she chose and shaped, Bhanu Athaiyaprovedthat point. next round,ifany,will have to be held in passedbyatwo-thirdsmajority. Minister’s visit to thecity.

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The skewed sexratio could upsetthe gains from afallingfertilityrate. Thereisanurgent needtoreachyoung ground people both forreproductive health education and services as well as to cultivate gender equity norms Coronavirus has shown us that thereare new ways of improvingour ties. India and Spain mustbuild astrongerrelationship

In the educational field, the launching of the Delhi-basedInstitutoCervantes in 2007 markedaturning point forIndians in- terestedin learning Spanish. This official in- CRangarajan and stitution, dedicated to promoting our lan- JKSatia TABLE1:TOTALFERTILITYRATE guageand culturehas allowedthousands of Indians to learn Spanishevery year,be- ■ Illiteratewomeninagegroup15-49years,2018,(%) ■ NFHS Unmetneed2015-16(%) ■ TFR2018 coming one of the mostimportant centres RECENTLY, THERE HAS BEEN discussion in ■ NFHSContraceptiveprevalence2015-16(%) ■ NFHSTotaldemandforFP2015-16(%) in the world. In addition to that, several the media on India’s population future José Ramón MoUs signedbetween Indian Universities prompted by release of the Sample 100 3.5 Barañano and the Spanish Agency forInternational Registration System (SRS) Statistical Report Cooperation and Development (AECID), (2018)and global population projections 80 3.0 have helpedintroduce the learning of made by the InstituteofHealth Metrics and 60 2.5 THERE IS NO greater honourfor adiplomat Spanish intothe Indian academic system, Evaluation (IHME), US. than to celebratehis National Dayinthe thus strengthening the educational coop- Fertility hasbeen declining in India for 40 2.0 countryheisserving, especiallywhenyou eration between our countries. In this re- some time now. SRS reportestimated the 20 1.5 have been giventhe privilegeofrepresent- spect,theseexchangeprogrammes should TotalFertility Rate (TFR),the number of chil- ing your nation in India. Foranambassador, continue to expand in order to improveour dren amotherwould have at the current pat- 0 1.25 the National Dayisaperfectoccasion to un- mutual understanding and our citizens´ a a a d h h h h al rh tern of fertility during her lifetime, as 2.2 in at derline the stateofrelations between the professional possibilities. TheSpanish lan- than India Delhi Bihar the year 2018.Fertility is likely to continueto Nadu countries, and to think about whathas been guagegives access to amarket that spans Keral ashmir Assam Odish Beng Punjab Gujar Prades Prades Prades Prades decline and it is estimated that replacement Haryana done so farand what can be improved in 20 million square kilometres and reaches Rajas Karnataka &K Telangana Jharkhan

TFR of 2.1would soon be,ifnot already, Tamil the future. morethan500 million people. Uttarakhand Maharashtr West Chhattisga reachedfor India as awhole. As fertility de- Uttar This year,our National Day, October 12, Allowmetogobackto2016, as that year Andhra Madhya

clines, so does the population growth rate. Himachal took place in trying circumstances caused markedaturning point in our cultural rela- Jammu This reportestimated the natural annual by thepandemic. The whole worldisfac- tions, when Madrid held the IIFAawards. Source: DataonTFR and Illiteratewomen is from SSR Statistical Report 2018.Dataonunmetneed and contraceptiveprevalence is from NFHS 2015-16. population growth rate to be 1.38 per cent in ing agreat political, economic, social and The eyes of millions of Indian citizens were 2018.With India’sestimated population of humanitarian challenge. Iwould like to pay staring at the capital of Spain, proving the CRSasikumar 137crore,this means that net1.9 croreper- tributetothe victimsofthe coronavirus and great potential of cultural cooperation be- sons would have been addedthatyear. acknowledge thebravery and strength tweenthe twocountries. This event took Acomparison of 2011 and 2018 SRS sta- The percentageofilliteratewomen in there- strengthenedinthese states. shown by allthe sanitaryprofessionals place five years afterthe production of tistical reports shows that TFR declinedfrom productive agegroup declinedfrom31.5in The mosttroublingstatisticsinthe report around the world, whohaveworkedday blockbuster Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara —a 2.4 to 2.2 duringthis period. Fertility declined 2011 to 13.0 per cent in 2018 as thecohortof arefor sexratio at birth. Biologically normal and night to protect us. film thatintroducedSpain intoeveryIndian in all major states. In 2011,10stateshad afer- older women with high illiteracy exited and sexratioatbirth is 1,050 males to 1,000 fe- October 12 reminds us that Spainbe- home. These areonlytwo examplesofthe tility rate belowthe replacement rate.This younger women with ahighproportion of males or 950 females to 1,000males.The SRS longs to agreat communitycomprising greatimpact that Spain and India can have increasedto14states(including twonew them literateentered this agegroup. The per- reports showthat sexratio at birthinIndia, morethan 500million people who sharea in eachother’s countries. newlycarved states —Telangana and centageofilliteratewomen in this agegroup measured as thenumberoffemalesper common languageand history,strong eco- In the economic field, before thepan- Uttarakhand). The annualnatural popula- washigher than 15 per cent in all thehigh- 1,000 males, declined marginallyfrom906 nomic ties and even family linkage. These demic, exchanges between India and Spain tion growth rate also declined from 1.47 to fertility states, whichcomprise nearly 40 per in 2011 to 899 in 2018.Thereisconsiderable commonfeatures between Spain and the were improving, but still have notreached 1.38 per cent during this period. cent of India’s population.Asthe literacy of Themost troubling statistics sonpreference in all states,exceptpossibly Ibero-American countries ledtothe cre- their real potential. Economic flows signifi- Many people believe that the population women in the reproductive agegroup is im- in the report is forsex ratio in Kerala and Chhattisgarh.The UNFPAState ation of theIbero-American Summitin cantlyincreasedatthe beginningof the cen- would stabilise or begintoreduce in afew proving rapidly, we can be sanguine about at birth. Biologically normal of WorldPopulation 2020 estimated the sex 1991.Todaythis body includes 22 European turyand will continue to do so if we man- years oncereplacement fertility is reached. continuedfertility reduction. ratio at birth in India as 910, lowerthan all and American Spanish-and-Portuguese- agetodeal efficientlyinthe post-pandemic This is notsobecauseofthe population mo- Programmestrength is indicatedbythe sex ratio at birth is 1,050 the countriesinthe worldexceptChina. This speaking countries,whoseleaders meet scenario. Spanish companies can offergreat mentum effect, aresult of morepeopleen- unmetneedfor contraception, whichhas males to 1,000 females or is acause forconcern because this adverse everytwo years to discuss issues of inter- expertise acquired throughout the world tering the reproductive agegroup of 15-49 severalcomponents.The mostimportant 950 females to 1,000 males. ratio resultsinagross imbalance in the num- national agenda, focusing on social cohe- over the lastdecades.Togiveonlytwo ex- years due to thepasthigh-leveloffertility. of them is the proportion of married TheSRS reports showthat berofmen and women and itsinevitable im- sion, education and culture. amples—in the infrastructure field, Spain Forinstance, the replacement fertilitylevel women who areneitherpregnant nor pact on marriagesystems as well as other Our diplomatic relations with India hasmanyrenownedcompanies that have wasreachedinKerala around 1990, but its amenorrhoeic and do notdesireachild in sex ratio at birth in India, harms to women. startedin1956, butwehavedeveloped a contributed to developing ports,airports, annualpopulation growth rate was0.7 per the next twoyearsoreverbut arenot prac- measured as the number of Thus, much moreattention is neededon deeperrelationship more recently. Both roads and other facilities all over the planet, cent in 2018,nearly 30 years later.The UN tising contraception. The National Family females per 1,000 males, this issue. Increasingfemale education and countrieshave strengthenedtheirfriendship and in the field of alternative energy,Spain Population Division has estimated that Health Survey (2015-16) provides us esti- economic prosperity help to improvethe ra- with an intense institutional agendaatthe has built strong capabilities that represent India’s populationwould possiblypeak at mates forthe unmetneedat12.9 per cent declined marginally from tio. It is hopedthat abalancedsex ratio at highestlevel.Justafew days aftermyarrival anotherkey sector withclear economic and 161crore around 2061 at the medium-fer- and contraceptive prevalence of 53.5 per 906 in 2011 to 899 in 2018. birth could be realisedovertime, although in India in 2017,His Majesty King Felipe VI commercial potential. tility variant, and will be lowerbyabout 10 cent forIndia. Together,this putsthe total There is considerable son thisdoes notseem to be happening during andtheformerPresidentof theGovernment Next year,India and Spain will celebrate per cent at the lowfertility variant.Recently, demand forcontraception at 66.4 per cent. preference in all states, the period 2011-18. In viewofthe complex- of Spain Mariano RajoyreceivedPrime 65 years of diplomatic relations. Iwill notbe IHME estimated that it will peak at 160crore Bihar, withthe highestfertilityrate, also ity of son preference resulting in gender-bi- MinisterNarendraModi during his official here to celebrateitwithmy Indianfriendsas in 2048.Needlesstoadd that estimates so has the highestunmet need at 21.1 per cent except possibly in Kerala and asedsex selection, governmentactionsneed visit.PrimeMinisterModiandthePresident my tenure in India is coming to an end. Iam farout in time have considerable uncertainty. and the lowest contraceptive prevalence Chhattisgarh. UNFPAState to be supplemented by improving women’s of the GovernmentofSpainPedro Sánchez surethat India and Spain will fullyrecover Some of this momentumeffect can be miti- rate of 24.1 per cent among all the major of World Population 2020 status in the society. also held talksonthe sidelines of the G20 from this pandemic andresume all neces- gatedifyoung people delaychildbearing and states. Although female education levels estimated sex ratio at birth in In conclusion,thereisanurgentneedto SummitinArgentinainDecember2018,and sarycontactstomaintainand reinforce our space their children. areimproving in Bihar, fertility forwomen reachyoung people both forreproductive both leaders discussed thesituation caused partnership. The coronavirushas shownus The six states with higher than national with anyeducation levelishigher in 2018 India as 910, lowerthan all health education and services as well as to by thecurrentpandemicduringatelephone thatthereare newwaysofimprovingourpo- fertility rate (and their TFR) in 2018 areBihar compared to 2011.The programme is the countries in the world cultivate gender equity norms. This could re- conversation in April. Morerecently,during litical, economic and cultural ties that we (3.2), Uttar Pradesh (2.9) MadhyaPradesh somewhat stronger in UP as unmet needis except China. It is acause of duce the effect of population momentum the sixth round of the India-Spain have to take advantageofinorder to build a (2.7), Rajasthan (2.5), Jharkhand (2.5) and 18 per cent and contraceptive prevalence concern because this adverse and accelerateprogress towardsreaching a ConsultationMechanism in July, the stronger relationship. Chhattisgarh(2.4)(Table 1). Fertility largely is 45.5 per cent. Strangely, fertility among morenormal sex-ratio at birth. India’spop- Secretary-West of theIndianMinistryof Duringthelastthreeyears,Ihaveworked depends upon social setting and programme women with Class 10 or higher education ratio results in agross ulation futuredepends on it. ExternalAffairsandtheSpanishSecretaryof closelywith my colleaguesfromIndia and strength. Female education is akey indica- in UP is greater in 2018 compared to 2011. imbalance in the number of Statefor Foreign Affairs metvirtually to dis- other embassies. Iamverythankful to allof torfor social setting. Broadly, higher the fe- Programmes in these twostatesneedtore- men and women and its Rangarajan is former Chairman, Prime cusstherelationsbetweenourcountriesand you.Ithasbeenagreathonourto serve asthe male education level, lowerthe fertility.For spond to this. Programme’s ability to reach inevitable impacton Minister’s Economic Advisory Council and thedifferentareaswherecooperationcould Ambassador of Spain in India and end my instance, illiteratewomeninthe reproduc- younger peopleand provide them with former Governor,ReserveBank of India. Satia be enhanced. Spain is committed to diplomatic career in this incrediblecountry. tive agegroup of 15-49years have higher fer- good quality reproductive health educa- marriage systems as well as is Professor Emeritus, Indian Instituteof strengthening Indo-Spanishrelationsatthe tility thanliteratewomen in almostall states. tion and services needs to be urgently other harms to women. Public Health,Gandhinagar highestlevelsand in different areas. The writerisambassador of Spain to India An eye on the future LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR DOUBLE STANDARDS THIS REFERS TO thearticle, ‘I’m the IDEAS Withitsfocusonequityandcriticallearning,NEPaddressespresent,futurechallenges Unborn Baby’ (IE, October 15). Iam someone approaching my seventies ONLINE and livedalifewith no religion, caste Kalraj Mishra and languagebarriers. My eldersister ONLYINTHE EXPRESS wasaMuslim,mybestfriendsinclude THE NATIONAL EDUCATION Policy (NEP) is petencies; stress on equity,gender, special ecosystemincludehigh-qualityuniversities as teacher absenteeism. The shiftfromprinted aChristian and aSikh. The lady who ● ALLWOMENARE basedon wide-rangingconsultations,includ- needs and promotion of multilingualism. and colleges, multidisciplinaryeducation, content-oriented teaching to experimental cooked forusand looked aftermyfa- WORKINGWOMEN: ing reports of theTSR Subramanian (2016)and Also welcomeisthe focus on early child learning optimisation, extension of the grad- learning and concept-oriented teaching re- ther till his lastday wasaDalit, whom DIYADUTTA KKasturirangan (2019)committees, deliber- development, the endeavour to reduce the uatecourse from three to four years, multi- quires the implementation of NITI Aayog’s we called“Aatya”. But nowIfind the ations in 676districts, 6,600blocks,2.5 lakh dropout rate,putting in place different forms ple entryand exit points, collegeteachers’ School Education Quality Index(SEQI’s) vision things arechanging,and the change ● ACASEFOR gram panchayats anddiscussion withteachers of assessment, the emphasis on essential education,replacement of theUGC,AICTE forteacheradequacy.Italso requires trans- is notbeing brought in by Hindus, PEACEJOURNALISM: and the common man. It is thus important in learningandcriticalthinkingandthecentral- and NAAC,dispensing withthe MPhil pro- parentsystems formerit-basedselection and who arealways at the receiving end. VIJAYDARDA morewaysthan one.It is onlythe thirdeduca- ity of the teacher and teacher education. The gramme and the proposedNational deployment of teachers and online systems Ihaveaquestion: Couldthis ad be tion policy promulgated by the Centre—the NEP will bring twocrore out-of-school chil- Research Foundation. The key principles of forteachertransfers. At thesame time, it talks made withaMuslim girl coming to a other twobeingthe policies enunciated by dren backintothe mainstream. The policy the NEP relatetoaccessibility, equality,ac- of an enabling milieu forteachers —good Hindu familyafter marriage?The an- www.indianexpress.com Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi in 1968 and aims at a100per cent Gross Enrolment Ratio countability,affordability,and quality of ed- salaries, and the ready availability of peda- swer us no.Because the purposeisal- RajivGandhi in 1986.Butat amorefundamen- (GER)in schooleducationby 2030and50GER ucation. The “fragmented”ecosystem of gogic tools. Theyare free to design curricula ways to showthat Muslims are tallevel,the NEP is important forseveral quan- in higher education by 2025 –it’scurrently higher education will be integratedonce and evolve assessmentmethods andimple- friendlyand open minded. What hurts porting those very Hindutvaforces titative,and moreimportantly, qualitative about 25 per cent. NEP’s vision of combining different institu- ment innovative pedagogies. me is that the wayHindu gods are theyare supposedtobeengaged in a changes across the development spectrum. Universal access to education at all levels tionsintomultidisciplinaryuniversities and The proof of the pudding is, however, in made ajokeofinmovies,instand-up fight to the finish. Donning aDalit card These rangefrompre-school to higher educa- canbeachievedbymultiplelearningpathways “higher education institution clusters” or the eating. The philosophyofaccess, equity, comedy,inadvertisements,incar- by leaders will notdeter the oppres- tion with thrustonpracticality and skill devel- involvingbothformalandnon-formaleduca- “knowledge hubs” is realised. By upgrading infrastructure, governance andlearning has toons, everywhere.Hindustolerate it, sors from saffronising the whole so- opment;breaking the stereotypical divide of tion modes, through afocus on achieving de- the digitalinfrastructure, emphasising on ultimately to be groundedinactiontodrive some even laugh withcrowd.And I ciety.Their dividedapproachwill only arts,commerce and science streams in high sired learning outcomes across levels, recall- learning at your ownpaceand underlining India’sgrowth,modernisationandstructural have notseen anyone writing about denude the Dalit movement. school; reorganising schooling years; making ing dropouts back to school, alternative and the importance of online courses, the NEP transformation. The policy justifiablyaims to impropriety of suchacts. Whycall the Tarsem Singh, Mahilpur the education systemmoreinclusive;permis- innovative education centres. While “educa- attemptstobridgethe digital divide. increase the spending on education from the reactiontothis ad anti-women? What sion to foreign universities to establish tion is apublic good”, NEP also suggests phil- India is graduallyacquiring itsplace in current 3.2 per cent of GDP to 6per cent of the is anti-women in opposing suchan LEARNINGFOR JOBS branches in India; and thrustonIndian and anthropic private participation. the worldofknowledge.NEP,ajudiciousmix GDP.However,mobilising fundscouldbedif- ad? And it is nottrolling as the article ancient languages. Thereisarefreshing move Some elementsofthe overarching of need-basedpolicy,cutting-edgeresearch ficult because of the resource crunch, lowtax- tries to portrayit. THIS REFERS TO thearticle 'World of from periodic“inspections”toself-assessment Universal Access to Early ChildhoodCareand and best practices, constitutes an important to-GDPratio,kick-startingthe economy, strife Anil Patil, Pune exam warriors'(IE, October 16). The and voluntarydeclaration with transparency, Education (ECCE) framework relatetothe element of the country's development strat- with neighbours and competing develop- role and pattern of anyeducation sys- quality standards and positive public percep- NCERT’s National Curricular and Pedagogical egy and facilitates the wayfor “one nation, ment requirements. The policy’s success will POOR ALLIES temlargely depends on the socio-eco- tion being the keywords. Asingle, lean struc- Framework forEarly ChildhoodEducation one curriculum” policy. also hingeonits integration with the govern- nomic status of the society.Inpoorer turewith four verticals forstandards-setting, (NCPFECE). It also involvesaligning NCPFECE The policy talksofsolving mathematics ment’s other polices —the New Industrial THIS REFERS TO the article, ‘A broader societies, it is natural that education funding,accreditationand regulationwillpro- withthelatestresearch on ECCE andnational problemsthrough avariety of innovative Policy,DigitalIndia, Skill India, Atmanirbhar imagination’ (IE, October 16). Without that enables astudent to grab ahigh- vide “light but tight” oversight. andinternational best practices. The integra- methods, includingtheregularuseof puzzles Bharat andthe “vocal forlocal” programme. exception, all Dalit parties arepiggy- paying job is preferredovereducation Other transformative changes relatetoed- tionof vocational educationwithbasiceduca- and games. Thereisaprovisiontoteachcod- It's crucial that suchchallenges aread- backing on Ambedkar’slegacy for that maybroaden his horizons. ucation in the local languageormother tion in all institutions by identifying focus ar- ing at the middle-school leveland an empha- dressed. For, addressing the imperativesofthe their so-calledfight forequal treat- Science, therefore, gains over arts.In tongue at leastuptothe fifthgrade and if pos- eas basedonskills gapanalysis and mapping sis on mainstreamingSanskrit to increase presentandexpectations of the future will de- ment forthe downtrodden in the India, this dilemma is further compli- sible,eighthand beyond;universalaccessand of local opportunities will develop entrepre- “knowledge of ancientIndia and itscontribu- pend on the policy’s success. country. Unfortunately, when it cated by the weight of sheer numbers. early childhood education; curriculum change neurial competencies. tionstomodern India”. It talksofcapping fees comes to the crunch, theyend up sup- HNBhagwat, Chiplun leadingto learningoutcomes(LOs)andcom- Innovations in the higher education andtries to addresspersistent problems such The writer is Governor of Rajasthan

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KERALA ACTOR SEXUAL ASSAULT CASE ‘Won’t getfairtrial IndiamaygetCovid here’: Prosecution vaccinebyMarch, seeks court change transferredthe trial intothe case saysSerumofficial SHAJUPHILIP to awoman judgeasper aplea THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, by thewoman actor. OCTOBER16 Film actor Dileep is one of the accusedinthe case. The prose- ANURADHA TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE THE PROSECUTION arguing the cution, in itscharge sheet,had MASCARENHAS case pertaining to abductionand stated that Dileep had conspired PUNE,OTOBER16 RECOVERED:64,53,779 sexual assaultofaMalayalam to abduct andassault the 228 CASES: woman actor has demandeda woman actor and assignedthe INDIAMAYget aCovid-19vaccine DAYSSINCE 73,70,468 DEATHS:1,12,161 changeofthe trial court. task to agang. Theincident took by March 2021, providedregula- PANDEMIC BEGAN | Special prosecutor ASuresan place in 2017.During the trial, a tors give signals fast,“as multiple TESTS: 9,22,54,927 DOUBLING RATE: 77.10** on Fridayinformedthe court of fewprosecution witnesses from OPENING DAY manufacturersareworkingonit”, CBI Special JudgeHoneyM the film industryturnedhostile. accordingto DrSureshJadhav, ex- Varghese thatthe prosecution The prosecution said the vic- Kerala’s Sabarimala shrine openedonFridayfor the firsttime since March.Ithas instituted ecutive director of the Serum wantstoapproachthe high court tim in this caserepresentsthe curbs likeacap on devotee(250 aday)and first-come-first-serve-onlinebooking. ANI InstituteofIndia, whichistesting to seek transfer of the trial to an- Indian society at large,and any theOxford-AstraZeneca vaccine other court. In awritten submis- kind of damage to the imageand candidate in the country. sion, the prosecutionsaid it did trustofthe system in the minds REPORT OVER ‘VIOLENCE’ATTANISHQ SHOWROOM IN GANDHIDHAM HetoldTheIndianExpressthat notwant to conduct the trial in of thepublic at largewill do con- India is headingfasttowards vac- KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG DOUBLING the present courttoprotect the siderable harm to theentirejudi- cine development, as twomanu- TOWATCH CASES 24HOURS GROWTH* TIME** interestofjustice. cial system. FIR on NDTV on complaint facturers arealready in phase-3 ■ Maharashtra 15,64,615 10,226 0.66% 108.59 “Theprosecution as well as It said the court’s remarkson trial and oneinthe phase-2 trial, Karnataka 7,43,848 8,477 1.30% 55.21 the victim will notget fair trial the prosecution, whichthe pros- andmoreplayers arejoining the ■ and justice from this court,’’ said ecutor felt as “tarnishing his hon- race. ■ Andhra 7,71,503 4,038 0.60% 119.44 thesubmission made in the trial estand sincereprofessional ca- of man who ‘entered’ store Statingthatthereare “upsand 4,410 0.74% ■ Tamil Nadu 6,74,802 97.54 courtasper Section 309 of CrPC. reer’’, had prompted it to seek downs in anyvaccine clinical ■ Kerala 3,17,929 7,789 2.98% 24.16 The highcourt had earlier transfer of the trial. ent groups) and 505 (statements tent to spread anarchyinthe so- trial”,DrSoumya Swaminathan, EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE conducing to publicmischief). ciety.Taking cognizance, we chief scientistattheWorldHealth *Compounded Daily Growth Rate over last 7days**Calculated over 7-day growth AHMEDABAD,OCTOBER16 The channelhad stated in a have lodged an FIR with the ac- Organization, also said avaccine SC reminder: Stay reportonWednesdaythat the cusedas'NDTVchannel'. Further againstCovid-19should beready CASEFATALITYRATIO POSITIVITYRATE DAILYIN,DAILYOUT THE KUTCH DISTRICT police has storehad received“threats”. investigation is going on." by thesecondquarterofnextyear. 7DAYSEARLIER: 7DAYSEARLIER: DETECTEDTODAY registeredanFIR againstnews Police patrolling and surveil- The police have notmade the She told TheIndian Express,“By 1.54 8.16 63,371 channel NDTV following acom- lance wasintensifiedatthe FIR public, citing “sensitivity”, January2021weshould be able NOW: NOW: RECOVEREDTODAY: by any court will plaintby oneofthe menwho had Tanishq showroom afteragroup but sources saidthe complainant to see results, and by the second 1.52 7.99 70,338 allegedly enteredaTanishq of men entered it on Monday stated that onlytwo persons, in- quarterof2021the vaccine showroom in Gandhidham on evening, protesting the adver- cluding himself,had gone to the againstSARS-CoV-2 should be Deaths as aratioof Positivesagainst Becoming sick vs positive cases (in %); number tested recovering; more expireinsix months Mondayevening and demanded tisement by Tanishq. The com- showroom on Mondayevening ready.” indicator of progress (in %);indicator of recoveries for 14 days anapologyforthe advertisement panylater withdrew thead. to have a“politeconversation”, DrSwaminathan,however, re- in averting deaths the spread of disease may signal the peak continuing the stay wasmore thatdepictedaninterfaithfamily. The complainant in the FIR, and that no violenceunfolded. iteratedtheWHO’sstanceagainst DataasonOctober15,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealth,ICMRandstates.Oftendailynumbers EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE important thanhavingthe trial The FIR waslodged on registeredatAdivision police sta- On Wednesday,Prakash allowing the virustospread includedatafrompreviousdays.Assuch,trendsbasedondailynumbersareindicative,notdefinitive NEWDELHI,OCTOBER16 finalized. The trial Court where Thursday, aday afterGujarat tion of Gandhidham on Thursday Gupta,manager of the Tanishq uncheckedtoreachherdimmu- orderofstayofcivil or criminal Minister of Statefor Home night,isRamesh Maitra, alocal showroom in Gandhidham, had nity,emphasisingthattheconcept cines first, then people over 60 professional, consultant vaccine THE SUPREME CourtThursday proceedings is produced, mayfix Pradeepsinh Jadeja tweetedthat businessman who waspartofa told The Indian Express that a shouldbediscussedonlywithin years with comorbidities, fol- and publicaffairs consultant, sent out astern reminder that a adatenot beyond six months of acasebelodgedagainstthose groupthat entered the show- group of sixorseven people had the contextofavaccine. She told lowedbytherest of thepopulace.” SoutheastAsia, said, “Proven suc- stay grantedbyany courtinthe the order of stay so that on ex- spreading "fakenews", with ref- room on Mondayevening. “bargedintothe showroom” on TheIndianExpressthatoncethere As farasSerum is concerned, cess factors of H1N1 and Ebola country automatically expires in piryofperiod of stay, proceed- erence to an NDTVreportabout Asenior police officer in Mondayevening and demanded is avaccine one canaim to have he said, “Wewill be ready with have turned out guidingprinci- six months unlessextendedfor ings can commence unless order an “attackonthe Tanishq show- Gandhidham told The Indian apology.The group then wrotea herdimmunity –astherewill be 60-70 milliondosagesofvaccines ples in vaccinedevelopment.” good reason. The topcourtcited of extension of stay is produced”. room in Gandhidham”. Express, “Thecomplainanthad letter stating that theshowroom aneedtovaccinate at least 70 per by December 2020, but that will On herdimmunity,Dr one of itsearlier orders to but- Expressing itsdispleasure, The channel has been booked approacheduswith acomplaint wasapologisingtotheHinducom- cent people and have them pro- come in the market in 2021 after Swaminathan said: “It is nota tress the point. the SC benchsaid: “Wemustre- underIPC Sections 153A (pro- stating that the news channel munityandpasteditontheshow- tected to break the transmission. the clearance of licencing. good idea to trytoachieve herd AbenchofJustices RF mind the Magistrates alloverthe motingenmity between differ- had reportedfakenews within- room's glass door before leaving. Addressing the India Vaccine Thereafter, we willproducemore immunityby lettingtheinfection Nariman, Navin Sinha and and K country that in ourpyramidical Accessibilitye-Summit,DrJadhav and moredosages, with the gov- run wild in the population. We MJosephwashearingamatter in structure underthe Constitution said, “Wecan produce 700-800 ernment's permission.” needtotalk in terms of avaccine; whichthe Additional Chief of India, the Supreme Courtisat MUMBAI POLICE SHOW CAUSE NOTICE ED attaches million vaccine doses everyyear At thesame event, Prof Bejon we needtovaccinate enoughpeo- Judicial MagistrateofPune—in an the Apex, and the High Courts, oncethingsare streamlined. Kumar Misra, international con- ple –with avaccine onecan order dated December 4, 2019— though notsubordinateadmin- Rs 122 crore of Although55per centofthe pop- sumer policyexpert, said it is im- achieve immunity and herd im- asked acomplainant to move a istratively,are certainlysubordi- Arnab gives ACP ulationisbelow50yearsof age,as portant that the vaccine is thor- munitysafely. Throughnaturalin- HighCourt forresumptionoftrial natejudicially. This kind of or- assetsofDeccan peravailabilityof vaccineshealth- oughly tested before rollout. fection it can be achieved, but it as it had been stayed by the HC. ders flyinthe face of para 35 of careworkers should getthe vac- Samir Deb, pharmaceutical will be at agreat human cost.” But the topcourtpointed to our judgment.” hearing amiss, sends Chronicle, its its2013judgement (Asian “Whatever stay has been Resurfacing of Road AgencyPvt. granted by anycourt including ex-promoters Researchers use smell to flag Centre sends Ltd. &Anr.vs. Central Bureau of the High Courtautomaticallyex- laywer with response Investigation) whereithad said: pires within aperiod of six teams to states “...In caseswherestayisgranted months, and unless extension is showing content on his channel EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE asymptomatic Covid cases in future,the same willend on granted forgood reason, as per EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE that could cause enmity be- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER16 with case surge expiryofsix monthsfromthe our judgment,within the next MUMBAI,OCTOBER16 tween different communities, work at IISER is centered on un- dateofsuchorder unless similar six months, the trialCourtis, on police said. THE ENFORCEMENTDirectorate EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE derstanding neural circuitsme- extension is granted by aspeak- the expiry of thefirstperiodof MANAGINGDIRECTOR and edi- The notice states that ashow has provisionallyattachedim- PUNE,OCTOBER16 diating olfactory-driven—the EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ing order.The speaking order six months, to setadatefor the tor-in-chief of Republic TVArnab airedonRepublicchannelonApril movable assets belonging to sense of smell—behaviours, NEWDELHI.OCTOBER16 mustshowthatthe case wasof trial and go aheadwith the Goswami, who wasasked to 14 regarding migrants crowding DeccanChronicalHoldings Ltd RESEARCHERS FROM BJMedical problems associated with suchexceptional naturethat same,” it said. present himself before the outside Bandra railway station (DCHL)and itsformerpromot- Collegeand Indian Instituteof smellingabilitiesofCovid-19pa- THE CENTRE Fridaydeputed MumbaiPoliceat4pm on Friday had contentthat couldcause en- ers in connection with acase of Science Education and Research tientspresented an urgent as- teams to Kerala, Karnataka, afteritinitiated chapterproceed- mity betweentwo groups. This moneylaundering. These assets in Pune have reportedthat by ac- pect to explore. Rajasthan, Chhattisgarhand ings againsthim, skipped the ledtoanFIR againstGoswami at areworth Rs 122.15 crore, the curatelymeasuringthe ability to With PhD student Anindya West Bengal— the states report- SC notice to AG on MP hearing and submitted his say Pydhonie police station. agency said in astatement. smell, one could detect an Bhattacharjee and collaborators ing asurge in Covid-19cases. through his lawyer Abad Ponda It said thatapartfromthis, in Thecase,inwhichDCHL’sfor- asymptomaticCovid-19 infec- from BJ MedicalCollegeand “The teams will support the HC’s ‘rakhi-tying’ order who refuted theallegations. ashowonRepublic Bharat titled, mer promoters TVenkatram tion. The findings were pub- Sassoon General Hospitals in Stateefforts towardsstrength- Assistant Commissioner of 'PoochtaHai Bharat', telecaston Reddy and TVinayakraviReddy lishedonFriday in apaper in Pune,the team setout to test if ening containment, surveillance, said“itreflectsthetrivializationof Police Sudhir Jambavdekar con- April 24 therewas adebateon have been accused, relates to an EClinicalMedicine,published by anosmia (total loss of sense of testing, infection prevention and EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE aheinous crime through asim- firmedthe development and the Palghar lynchings. According bank loan fraudofRs8,180 crore The Lancet. smell) /hyposmia (reduction in control measures, and efficient NEWDELHI,OCTOBER16 plistic stereotypical solution”. said, “Weexemptedhim from to thenotice, duringthe debate, allegedly committedby thegroup. Identifying and isolating the ability to smell) could be an clinicalmanagement of the pos- TheHC,initsJuly30order,had appearing before us on Friday, commentsweremadethat AccordingtoED, attached as- asymptomatic patientshas been indicator of Covid-19infection in itive cases.The Centralteams THE SUPREMECourt Fridayis- asked the accusedand his wifeto and theyare expected to file a could cause animositybetween sets include14propertieslo- an important strategy to slow individuals who tested positive shall also guide in effectively suednotice to theAttorney visit thehomeofthe allegedvic- plea forexemption in future on communities. Accordingly,an cated in NewDelhi, Hyderabad, the spread of Covid-19. forthe virus but showednoother managing the challenges related General on aplea seeking stay on tim“with Rakhi thread /band on whichwewill take acall.” FIR wasregisteredagainst Gurgaon, Chennai, and As newinformationabout typical symptoms of the disease. to timelydiagnosis...,” the Health aMadhyaPradesh High Courtor- 03rdAugust, 2020 at 11:00am Police said it will go through Goswami at NM Joshi Margpo- Bengaluru, among other loca- the disease begantoemerge, the The team says it can analyse Ministrysaid in astatement. derthat asked amolestation-ac- withabox of sweets andrequest” the response and, accordingly, lice station.The notice also said tions.EDsaid none of the assets loss of senseofsmell (referredto both sensoryand cognitive as- Kerala and Karnataka cur- cusedtoget a“rakhi” tiedonhis her“totietheRakhibandtohim”. take adecision.OnOctober 10, therewas ahigh probability that arecovered under the National as anosmia) begantobere- pectsofolfaction. rentlyaccount forfor 11.8 per hand by thealleged victim. The courthad also directed police had issuedashow-cause Goswami would continue to put CompanyLaw Tribunal process. portedamong some patients. FULLREPORTON cent and 14.1 percent of the to- The HighCourt ruling was him to give Rs 11,000 to her “asa notice to Goswami asking him out suchcontent that could lead This is the second attach- Dr NixonAbraham,whose www.indianexpress.com talactive cases in the country. one of the conditions forbail for customaryritual usuallyoffered whyheshould notbemade to to lawand order problems. ment in this case—the value of the accused man. by thebrothers to sisters”. signabond of "good behaviour" Accordingly,hewas asked to ap- the total attachmentsare now AbenchofJustices AM Theaccusedhadallegedly en- withMumbai Police. pearbeforethe ACPonFriday close to Rs 264.56 crore. Khanwilkar and BRGavai sought teredthe house of the victim and The notice wasinreference along with asurety. Investigations under PMLA Hyderabad sees slow return to theA-G’s assistance on an appeal caughtholdof herhand“attempt- to twoFIRs registeredagainst Ponda did notrespond to were initiatedby EDagainstDCHL filedbyninewomenlawyerswho ingtooutrageher modesty”. him earlier this year forallegedly calls or messages. and itsmanagement in 2015. normalcy; 4offamilystill missing

Mumbai Police will probe Oberoi Rajput death: NCB arrests 1 SREENIVASJANYALA more accusedindrugs case HYDERABAD,OCTOBER16 drug link if NCB doesn’t: Minister TWODAYSafter eight members ready arrested in the case, like of afamilyinHyderabadwere scandal.Addressing reporters on state has enough agencies who EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE KshitijPrasad.Theywereall part sweptawayinaflash flood,four EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Friday, Deshmukhsaid,"Congress could be asked to investigatethe MUMBAI,OCTOBER16 of the samegroup.Weare trying still remain untraceable, even MUMBAI,OCTOBER16 leader Sachin Sawant had ap- matter and does nothavetode- to find out who else wasin- though police and disasterman- proachedmeinAugustwith an pend on NCB." THE NARCOTICS ControlBureau volved,” asenior official said. agement agencies widened STATEHOME MinisterAnil application to checkthe linksof Earlier in the day, Sawant, in a (NCB) on Fridayarrestedone On Thursday,NCB hadar- search operations. Deshmukh on Fridaysaid if VivekOberoi, BJP's star cam- seriesoftweets,attackedtheNCB moreperson, JayMadhok, in the rested twomorepersons in con- Meanwhile, Hyderabad Narcotics Control Bureau(NCB) paigner,andSandeepSsingh,who fornot initiating aprobe against drug case the agency is probing nection with the FIR. slowlyreturnedtonormalcy as did notinvestigate actor Vivek is close to former CM Devendra Oberoi and Ssingh."Ihad de- in connection with actor Sushant Mumbai cops arrest floodwaters receded. Afew ar- Afamilywades through aHyderabad street on Friday. PTI Oberoi in connection with anar- Fadnavis in connection with a mandedwithNCB to investigate Singh Rajput’s death. eas, however, still remain inun- cotics case being investigated in drug case. The information was theBJP Drugconnectioninbolly- The NCBhas so fararrested Delhi man forposts dated and powersupplywas Bangalore, the Mumbai Police passedontoNCB butnoaction wood. In my questions to NCBI 23 people, including actorRhea Mumbai police has arrested patchy. near Nagole on the outskirts of Meanwhile, Municipal would conduct the probe. wastaken." had specificallymentioned the Chakraborty,inthe case. Delhi resident Vibhor Anand for Eight members of Hyderabad, but officialsrefused Administration and Urban Deshmukh's commentcame Headded,"NowtheBangalore name of AdityaAlvafound in Chakraborty wasgranted bailon allegedly posting false allega- Mohammed Abdul Taher to confirm the identity. Development MinisterKTRama aday afterBengaluru Police Policealsosearchedtheresidence Sandalwood drug racket who is October 7. tions in the SushantSingh Rajput Qureshi’s familywereswept Police in Hyderabad, Raovisited rain-affected areas. searched the actor's residence to of Oberoi in connection with a brother in lawofVivek Oberoi Madhok,amanagement caseonsocial media.AnFIR was away by floodwaters that surged Cyberabad and Rachakonda Greater Hyderabad Municipal look forAdityaAlva, Oberoi's drugcase.If theNCBdoesnottake whoispartnerof SandeepSsingh. graduatewho worksinthe registeredagainstAnand foral- through the cityafter incessant Police Commissionerates said Corporation officials also distrib- brother-in-lawnamedasanac- anyaction in the next four to five But NCBdidn't payheed." banking sector,has been ar- legedly defaming severalpeople rain that beganonTuesday theyweresearching for24miss- uted ration kits. cusedinthe alleged"sandal- days,wewill ask the Mumbai Inanothertweet,hesaid,"But rested forallegedly consuming and casting aspersionsonthe evening. Afuneral washeld for ing people. Official estimates say GHMC mayorBRam Mohan wood"drugcaseunderinvestiga- Police to investigatethe matter." nowBengaluruPolicehave raided and selling narcotics, police said. Mumbai police probe, and itsof- four members whose bodies 50 people diedinflash floods. theyare evacuating those tion in the Karnataka capital. AseniorNCBofficialsaid,"Ido house of VivekOberoiwho is not “Madhok procured narcotics ficers. were recoveredThursday. One Telangana Chief MinisterK strandedinareas wherethe rain Alva is the son of lateminister notrememberany suchinforma- onlyco-producer of Narendra forconsumptionaswell as to sell Acrime branchofficer said, body,whichresembledQureshi’s Chandrasekhar Raohas an- waterhas stagnated.CMRao has JeevarajAlvaand is among 12 ac- tion being sent to NCBand will Modi biopic but alsoplayedrole it to his friends. He wasintouch “WearrestedAnand from Delhi brother Saddam Quddus, was nouncedanexgratia of Rs 5lakh sought Rs 1,350crore from the cusedinthe sandalwood drug have to checkour records. The of Modiji." with some of the accusedal- lastnight.” ENS found by policeinawater body to the kin of those who perished. Centreasimmediateaid. Kolkata THEINDIANEXPRESS,SATURDAY,OCTOBER17,2020 2020 10 DECISION BIHAR

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Youwillhit the political arena forthe first time withoutyour father... Chirag only avote katua, HASHTAG POLITICS My father had put everythinginplace for mebefore heleft. Hewouldoftentellme,‘Sher ka bachcha jungle cheer kar apna raasta banata should stop confusing: BJP haiaurgidadmaarajatahai(Alion’scubmakes ●TejashwiYadavreleases new song Apna hiswaythroughthejunglewhileatimidjackal with NDTV that he had discussedhis plans Adhikaar gets killed)’. Iwould prefer to be alion’s son. LIZMATHEW to putupcandidates againstthe JD(U) with NEWDELHI,OCTOBER16 both Home MinisterAmit Shah and BJP TheRJD leader @yadavtejashwi Your father wasmoreinvolvedinnational president JPNadda. He said when he spoke released anew video Humtolekar politics. Do youplan to focusonstate? AS LOKJANSHAKTIPARTY chief Chirag to Shah about it, the latter was“silent”. rahengeapna adhikaar to attack Definitely...Therehasbeentoomuchfocus Paswan continues reiterating hisadmiration Paswan had also challenged Kumar to con- Nitish Kumar government's oncastepolitics(inBihar).Whatisthispolitics forPrime MinisterNarendraModi and his test the Assemblyelections, asking whyhe “kushashan”, whichgave“(police) of rechristeningDalitto Mahadalit?Povertyis ties with the National Democratic Alliance had notparticipated in one since 2005 the onlycaste... It is good to work on ways to at the Centre, even while attacking the JD(U) (Kumar is an MLC). beatingsfor job demands, improvepercapitaincomeof ScheduledCaste and Nitish Kumar,the BJP Fridaysteppedup It has been suggestedthat the LJP has punishment instead of protection, communities but therehas to be morefocus itsefforts to distance itself from him. been attacking the JD(U) at the behestofthe destitution insteadofwelfare”. on overall development index. “Chirag Pawanwantstocreateconfusion. BJP,asthe latter tries to emergeasthe sen- In Bihar,the BJP, ior partner.Asection 48K VIEWS, 7.6K LIKES, 1.5K RETWEETS, 32K LIKES &3.8K SHARES ON FB IN 10 HOURS But even leaders suchasJagjivanRam and JD(U), VIP of the BJP had your father could notshedcaste tags? (Vikassheel Insaan RALLYWATCH:PMMODI wanted the LJPasa Ialways thinkintermsof the12 crorepeo- Party) and HAM partner,given its5 Praising the political entryofson @LuvSinhaasCongress’ Bankipur (Patna) nominee, pleofBihar. Ihavetaken inspirationfromPM (Hindustani Awam TOADDRESS12RALLIES per cent support actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha (@ShatruganSinha) tweeted,“Bihari Babu's son” is NarendraModi. He addressedall 125crore Morcha) areinthe base, especially the “most deserving actor,filmmaker”who's “courageous, positive and energetic”. Indians during the 2014 LokSabha campaign. NDA.We do nothave amongthe Dalitsin 794 LIKES, 135 RETWEETS IN 7HOURS Iamproud to use Bihari before my name. My anyalliance with the the state. friends told me to say‘Biharwasi (resident of LJP nor is it apart of 10 Speaking to The Bihar)’, but Iprotested... ‘Bihari’ being usedas the NDA. Chirag 8 Indian Express,BJP aderogatoryterm, therehas been enough of Paswan should not 5 4 12 statepresident that. Thereisaneedtotakethe entire state ‘I can’t be separatefromBJP and PM. be confusednor SanjayJaiswal de- 7 along and focusondevelopment. Want BJP-ledLJP govt in Bihar.’ Express spread confusion,” 9 11 niedany truckwith Cong worry: Hasn’twon BJP general secretary 6 the LJP,saying the What went wrong betweenthe JD (U) in-charge of Bihar 3 BJP and JD(U) “enjoy and LJP? What about talksthat the LJP has the BJP’s BhupenderYadav 1 2 warm ties” and have 45 of 70 seats in 20 years The LJP and JD(U) have notbeentogether supportinBihar? tweeted. a“deep understand- since2005…TheJD(U)triedtodefeatusonall IhaveblindfaithinthePM.Icannotbesep- Yadavcalled ing”. Jaiswal also said our six seats(in 2019;the LJP wonall)... Ihad aratefromthe BJP,PM. Ihaveoften told Amit Paswan’s remarkson OCTOBER23: NOVEMBER1: the BJP would ap- seen my fathercalling the CM to Shahji to letmecontestalone in Nitish Kumar —who 1.Sasaram 7.Chapra proachthe Election MANOJCG complain about it. We had taken Bihar... Iwant adouble-engine, heads the NDAcoali- 2.Gaya 8.EastChamparan Commission if the NEWDELHI,OCTOBER16 it up withthe BJP’s topcentral BJP-ledgovernmentinBihar. tion in Bihar —“un- 3.Bhagalpur 9.Samastipur LJP usedModi’s leadership too... Nitish Kumar fortunate.” “Chirag OCTOBER28: NOVEMBER3: name in the polls. ON PAPER, the apprehension among asec- does nottrustanyone. He does THEEXPRESS Thereisalso speculation has contestedLok 4.Darbhanga 10.WestChamparan However, party tion of the Congress of the RJD giving it abad nottrusteventheBJP.Itisthelack aboutyou becoming aUnion Sabha election in this 5.Muzaffarpur 11.Saharsa sources admitted bargain in the 70 seats allotted to it as partof of trustthatmadetheBJPsaythat INTERVIEW ministerafter the Bihar polls. coalition... In 6.Patna 12.Forbesganj thereisconfusion the Mahagathbandhan,seems to be justified. Nitishwould be CM irrespective WITH My focus is Assembly polls. February, he was among BJP workers The constituencies the party is contesting of whichparty wins moreseats. CHIRAG praising the Nitish over the exact nature from finallybecame evident Fridayevening He knows he is winning lesser PASWAN Howdoyou see the BJP versus Kumar government... of the tieswith the when it releasedits listatthe end of some number of seatsthanthe BJP. LJP PRESIDENT LJP contest on someseats? Nowheisindulging in politics of lies forhis LJP.Said aparty leader:“His remarkswill not hard-nosednegotiations with the RJD. It is afriendly fight. We will personal interests.” onlycreateconfusion but also hurtour Of the 70 seats, the Congress has notwon Bankipur candidateLuv Sinha with What is the storybehind contestonlyonfive(such)seats. The BJP alsofieldedUnion minister prospects.” 45 in the lasttwo decades, with 12 wonbyei- mother before filingnomination. ANI Nitish Kumar’s claim that the JD(U) helped Ihad givenalistof38seatstoJPNaddaji and I Prakash Javadekar to take on Paswan. “We The JD(U) has made itsdispleasureevi- thertheBJPoritsallyJD(U).In18 of the70,even RamVilas Paswan getthe RajyaSabha am happymostofthose arewith the JD(U)… want to makeitclear thatwehavenorela- dent and has been stressing that the BJP clar- Congress partner RJD has notwon in 20 years. seat? Iwantto seeaBJP-ledLJPgovernmentinBihar. tions with the LJP and we do notlikethis ify the matter unambiguously. Twenty-threeof theseatsintheCongress’s faces include Mashkoor Ahmad Usmani, for- Iremember the Lok Sabha seat-sharing politics of spreadingconfusion,” he told the The BJP had earlier expellednine of its shareare those it hadwon lasttime. It has had merpresidentof theAligarhMuslimUniversity wasannouncedinthe presence of the CM by Howdoyou see Tejashwi Yadav? media in Delhi.Saying the NDAwouldwin leaders who arecontesting againstNDA can- to cede four seatsitwon in 2015 to allies and Student’s Union, who had been aprominent Amit Shah. On the dayofmyfather's Rajya He is the Leaderofthe Opposition and do- three-fourth majority in the state, Javadekar didates, some on the LJP ticket.The LJP re- hasgot twoseatsfromwheretheRJDhadwon. face in the anti-CAA-NRCprotests early this Sabha nomination, we got acallfromthe ing my job. My entirefocus is on theCMand said, “The LJP is nothing but avote katua leasedits secondlistof53candidates on Congress sources acceptedthat some of year.Usmani has been fieldedfromthe Jale CM’s House saying he had no knowledge to ensure that he doesnot return to the post. (voteeater), and is notgoingtomake Friday. On five seats, the LJP and BJP will fight these seatswouldbeverydifficult forthem to seat in Dharbhangadistrict. about the nomination. My father went to the anyimpact.” eachother,and Chirag Paswan has said these win,butaretakingheartfromthefactthatthe While nearly half of the Congress candi- CM's House. The CM wastrying to asserthis Will the LJP allywith the BJP in Bihar? The BJP leaders’ attackagainstPaswan would be “friendlycontests”between the party has some good candidates there. Forin- dates arefromthe general category—11 supremacy.Itwas an insult to my father. Of course, yes. The JD(U)isonits wayout. came aday afterheclaimedinaninterview twoparties. stance, it has fieldedformerJD(U) veteran Bhumihars, nine Brahminsand Rajputseach, Sharad Yadav’s daughter Subhashinifromthe and four Kayasths (33inall) —the party has JD(U) stronghold of Bihariganj seat in fieldedninecandidateswhoareOBCs,14 who IHerebyDeclare Madhepura, while ex-LJPleader Kali Prasad areScheduledCastesand twowho belong to COVIDSHIELDINBIHARPOLLS Pandeyhas been fieldedfromKuchaikote ExtremelyBackwardClasses. Assemblyseat in Gopalganj. It is also banking The constituencies with sittingCongress on former Bollywood star andex-BJP leader MLAs wherethe party is notcontesting this ShatrughanSinha’ssonLuvto getittractionin time areBhorey,Bachhwara,Manjhi and Bankipur,whichhasbeenwiththeBJPforlong. Gobindpur,whichhavegone to allies RJDand The Congress had contested 41 Assembly the three Leftparties. The RJD hasgiven it two TOTAL HANDSANITISER THREEPLY FACE HAND PPEKIT HANDHELDIR seatsin2015,whentheMahagathbandhanin- of itssittingseats, Raja Pakar and Sakra. (100ML) MASK SHIELD GLOVES THERMOMETER cludedthe JD(U), and won27. In the 2019 Lok Of 32of the38seatsintheCongress’sshare StatePoliceforce 67,83067,830135,660 67,830135,660 NA NA Sabhapollsthough,theCongresshadwonjust from whereithad notcontestedlasttime, the (perphase) (pairs) one seat,the Muslim-dominatedKishanganj, party has onlywon Vaishali (2000)and Hisua CentralPolice NA 563,310 1,126,620563,310 1,126,620 NA NA inBihar,withtherest 39goingto theBJP-JD(U)- (2005) in the last20years.Six of the 38 seats force(tentative)(units) (pairs) LJPNDAcombine.ManyintheRJDhadargued cameintoexistenceafterdelimitationin2008, JITANRAMMANJHI at the time that the party might have erredin andhave beenwonbyeitherJD(U)orBJPsince. Hindustani Awam Morcha, Imamganj Polling 766,994 766,994 4,601,964 766,994 2,300,982 639,162106,527 giving toomanyseats(9) to theCongress. Nineteen among these 38 seatswerewon MLA(re-contesting) Personnel (6unitseach,(3pairs (1perpollstation, Those from the Congress engaged in talks by the JD(U) in 2015,when it contested in al- 3days) each) tobetransferred with the RJD argue that it has managedtoget liance with the RJD and Congress. Some of phasetophase) TOTALASSETS afair bargain. them, likeSupaul, Maharajganj, Nalanda, Voters 72,100,000 NA NA NA 72,100,000 NA NA (CANDIDATE&SPOUSE) The Congress listisalso marked by apref- Harnaut and Sultanganj, have been JD(U) (singleuse) erence foryoung candidates —with the aver- strongholds fortwo decades. `44.38 LAKH PollingStations 106,527 ageage,sourcessaid,47.5.Asmanyas39ofthe Also, of the70seats with the Congress, the ASSETSIN2015(26%DECREASE) 70 candidates arebelow50yearsofage. BJP has notlostseven —Chanpatia, Raxaul, Source: ElectionCommission of India Thepartyhasfieldedsevenwomencandi- PatnaSahib,Lakhisarai,Purnia,Gaya townand `60LAKH dates, and 12 Muslimnominees. ItsMuslim Ramnagar —in20years. MOVABLE ASSETS `32.38 LAKH BIHAR OUTSIDE BIHAR MUMBAI Assets 2015 2020 Cashinhand 85,000 88,500 Bankbalance 33.52lakh 18.34lakh Stocks&bonds NIL NIL ‘No helpahead of polls, what hope is there for next 5yrs?’ Otherinvestment NIL NIL Jewellery 3.5lakh 4.6lakh identsofMumbai, and over 29 lakh in being offeredany help, howdoweexpect Vehicle 7.2lakh 6.6lakh SADAFMODAK MaharashtrawereborninBihar.Thisdoesnot them to remember us forfiveyears?” Other 3lakh 1.95lakh MUMBAI,OCTOBER16 include the seasonal migrant workers who ForDas, 42, his struggleinthe early days of Total 48.07lakh 32.38lakh travelto thestate everyyear.Sincetheun-lock- thelockdown, when he wasstuckinMumbai IMMOVABLEASSETS FORTHE pastfew months GudiyaSaha has down, 17 trains have been runningbetween fortwo months,cameasabigdisappointment. been following the news on actor Sushant Bihar and Mumbai, including three daily. “Wemade so manycalls to state helplines,to `12LAKH Singh Rajput’s death. “Butthatwill notdecide While thereisnodataonmigrant workers re- localleaderspleadingthattheymakearrange- Assets 2015 2020 whom Ivote forinthe elections,” says the 36- turningfromBihar,officialssaidtheoccupancy mentsfor us to returnhome. No one helped Agriland NIL NIL year-old who livesinMumbai’sVersovaarea of the trainshas been a100per cent. us.We tookloansto reachhome.Butthere isno Non-agriland NIL NIL with her husband and three children. Evenasmigrantworkersarefindingithard work hereeither,” he says. Commercial NIL NIL During the lockdown, says Saha,her elec- to makeends meetinMumbai, those who “The situationthat these workers found Residential. 12lakh 12lakh trician husband, likemanyfromthe statein have returnedtoBihar echo similar struggles. themselvesinduringthelockdownisboundto Other NIL NIL the western suburbs of the city,found it very “There isnotevenasmallsui-dhaaga(nee- have animpactonthepolls.Manyworkersare Total 12lakh 12lakh difficultto earnaliving.“Wehadto dependon dle-thread) factoryset up by the government nowreturningto Mumbai,”says CongressMLA the ration being distributed.Wehavenosav- inBihartogiveusemployment.Tenofuswho from BandraEastZeeshan Siddiquiwhose LIABILITIES ings left.For me that is abiggerconcern than worked as dailywagelabourers in Kherwadi familyhailsfromGopalganj in Bihar. `21,317 whom to votefor,” says Saha, sitting in her area of Mumbai have finallygot ticketsfrom Says JD(U)leaderDeveshThakurwhoshut- smallhome in achawl that has migrant fami- an NGOtoreturntothe city in November.We tlesbetweenMumbaiandBiharandhasbeen (Govtdues) lies from Uttar Pradesh,Biharand other dis- Migrant workers returntoMumbai afterthe lockdown waslifted. File have nooption.Whatwe have beenthroughin organising Bihar Daycelebrations in the city, CRIMINALCASES trictsofMaharashtra.Manyintheneighbour- Bihar will decide whomwevote for,”says “Itwas notpossible to please everyone then. 6pending, including 3dealing hood work in the film industry. Gopal Das over the phone from Bhagalpur. No oneintheworldwaspreparedforCovid-19, with violationofModelCode of But, she says,“Iwill go backtoPatna to production unit, says he hasmanaged to find linked to our reality,”says Brijkishorewhose Adds his colleague, Manoj Kumar,“Even billions were affected.” Conduct during elections in 2014 votesoon,” she adds. The familyhas been liv- work onlytwicesincethelockdown.“Wehave familyoffour is surviving on 20 kg ration in the quarantine centre(in Bihar) wherewe The JD(U) leader also insists that the and 2015 ing in Mumbai for10years. been depending on help from some of theac- (wheat or rice) andfinancial assistance pro- were kept fortwo weeks, the treatment Sushant Singh Rajputcasewill notbeanelec- Herneighbour, BrijkishoreSaha,anativeof tors.No politicianhasvisitedus.Whatisshown vided by aproduction firm to film workers. metedout to us wasbad.Itshows howlittle tionissue.“Itwasanunfortunateincident.The Bihar’sVaishalidistrict,whoworkswithafilm onthenews about(aboutRajput’sdeath)isnot As per the 2011 Census, over twolakh res- we arecared for. If ahead of polls we arenot policewill decide what is true,”headded.

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SIMPLY PUT QUESTION &ANSWER CORONAVIRUS DASHBOARD Delhi overtakes Pune as city The Solidarity Trial dampener with highest count,again WITH ITS dailycase count starting to growing stateinthe countryright Interim results of WHO’s SolidarityTrial showthat none of the treatmentsstudiedcould provebenefits rise again, Delhi is backatthe num- now, afterKerala. On severalocca- berone position among cities with sions in the lastthree weeks, across parameters. What does it mean forthe drugsthathopes were pinned on, especiallyremdesivir? thehighest number of coronavirus Karnataka has reportedmorethan cases in the country. On Thursday, 10,000 cases aday. Delhi recordedalmost3,500new With more than 2.97lakhcases, “WhattheSolidarityTrial resultstellme is cases to take itscount to 3.21 lakh. In Bengaluru is settohit the three-lakh PRABHARAGHAVAN& that hydroxychloroquineintoxic doses is theprocess, it overtook Pune, which figureonFriday. On Thursday, it re- ANURADHAMASCARENHAS moreorless out in hospitalisedpatients. As had been carrying the highestburden portedalmost3,800cases. At this rate, NEWDELHI,PUNE,OCTOBER16 faraslopinavirand ritonavir areconcerned, of infected people forthe lastone- Bengaluru has the potentialtoeven they’realready out. Interferon’s verdict is still and-a-half months. overtake Pune and THE WORLD Health Organization (WHO) on notoutandwe willhave to wait formoredata, Afterreporting Delhi in acouple of Thursdaymade available interim resultsfrom because the body responds to anyviral infec- morethan5,000 cases weeks. It has been the Solidarity Therapeutics Trial —alarge- tion by making interferon,” said Dr Shashank aday on afew occasions steadilyclosing the gap scale global trial studying the effectiveness of Joshi, Dean of theIndian CollegeofPhysicians. in lateAugustand early with these twocities in various repurposedtherapiesinCovid-19 September,Pune has thelastcoupleof weeks. treatment. The findings put adampener on What about remdesivir? seen itsdailynumbers Both Kerala and expectationsfromthese therapies—includ- “Whilethe data on remdesivir is disap- decline in the lastone Karnataka areshowing ing remdesivir,once seen as promising. pointing, we don’tknowifthiswill be its month. On the other signs of aslowdown in death knell,” Dr Joshi said. “Remdesivir will hand, Delhi had slowed CORONAVIRUS cases afterthree weeks What is the Solidarity Trial? definitelybeunder pressuretoperform, and down considerablyin COUNT of very rapid growth. The world’s “largest”multinational hu- itsindiscriminateuse will stop, but it still June and July, then saw Althoughthetwostates man trials on Covid-19therapeutics, it was might have aplace in individualisedcare.” itsnumbers rise sharplyonce again in arestillthelargest contributors of cases initiated by WHO and itspartners in March In anycase, thereappears to be less ex- September,beforeentering another to the countryafter Maharashtra, they to help find an effectivetreatment forCovid- citement over remdesivir than earlier.“Idon’t phase of decline.But itsnumbers have arebothoff theirpeaksthat was 19.Itcoversfour repurposed drugsordrug use remdesivir as muchonmypatientsbe- startedgoing up again in the lastthree achievedafewdays ago. Theirgrowth combinations —remdesivir,hydroxychloro- cause, when therewereissues of shortages days,when the dailynew infections rateshavealso declinedsignificantly, quine, lopinavir/ritonavir and interferon (in with the drug earlier on, Ihad been prescrib- have been morethan 3,000. though, again, theycontinue to be the combination with rotinavir and lopinavir). Among the treatmentsinthe trial, remdesivir is the mostwidelysought after. AP ing medication likefavipiravir and Meanwhile, Bengaluru has been fastestgrowing states right now. The study spans over 400hospitals in tocilizumab that also performedreallywell,” growing at averyfastrateinthe last Karnataka has so farrecorded7.44 morethan30countries and looksintothe said aDelhi-baseddoctor. twoweeks. On three occasions dur- lakh infections, while Kerala, with 3.18 effectsofthesetreatmentsonvarious indica- Interferon, and areconsistent with meta- To what extent have these drugs been “Now,thereappears to be morestringent ing this period, the cityreported more lakh infections as on Thursday, looks tors, including their abilitytoprevent deaths analyses of mortality in allmajor trials,” the used in India? protocols, procedures and alittle bit less anx- than 5,000 cases in aday.Delhi has settoovertakeDelhi on Friday, and and shorten hospital stays.The trial involved paper stated.Interferon wasdroppedfromthe WhileIndia stoppeduse of combinations iety (about howtomanageCovid-19) in the nevercrossedthe 4,500mark. become the statewith the sixth high- morethan 11,300 participants. trial on Friday. likelopinavir/ritonavir early intothe pan- last about twomonthsorthree months,” said Bengaluru has been driving the rise in estcaseload in the country. The main aim wastohelp determine The findings struckanerve with American demic, remdesivir,hydroxychloroquine and Dr Srivastava, who practises in Mumbai. Karnataka, whichisthe second fastest AMITABHSINHA whether anyofthese repurposed therapies biopharmaceuticalfirm GileadSciences, interferon combinations arestill usedaspart “Whatthe trial has concludedisthat could at leastmoderately affect in-hospital whichdevelopedand patentedremdesivir. In of the Covid-19treatment regimen basedon theremay notbeany survivalbenefit by giv- mortality,andwhetheranyeffectsdifferedbe- astatement, it said the emerging data“appear the severity of illness. ing remdesivir and that is aconclusion based INDIAACTIVE CASES 804,528 tween moderateand severe disease, said Dr inconsistent”withthe“morerobust”evidence Remdesivir,especially, has been heavily on this interim data. Ithinkwewillstill need Shobha Godbole, national coordinator of the from “multiple”other studieson remdesivir’s sought after. The size of India’s remdesivir to wait and see,” said Dr Srivastava. SolidarityTrialinIndia.Theinitiative included clinical benefitsthat have been publishedin marketwas pegged at around Rs 121.29 crore “I think that remdesivir worksinaway 950,000 907,883 26 trials in parts of India with ahighburden of peer-reviewedjournals. It said at least three in the 12 months endedSeptember,inesti- that, if youwereabletogiveitatthe right cases.Asof October15,937 hospitalisedCovid randomised, controlledclinical trials have mates by pharmaceutical marketresearch time, then it willshorten the total amount of patientswereparticipating,DrGodbole said. demonstrated remdesivir’s “benefits”. firm AIOCDAwacs PharmaTrac. These calcu- virus shedding by about twodays,some- 804,528 Other expertshavequestionedthe find- lations were basedondataavailable foronly times,three days.Ithink that’sahugeadvan- What have the trials found? ings of the trialscited by Gilead Sciences.Dr four of the severalremdesivir brands — tage whenyou’vegot someone on an ICU None of the drugs wasable to proveben- Srinath Reddy,president of the Public Health Desrem (Mylan), Remdac (Zydus Cadila), who is likelytogoonaventilator.SoIdon’t 850,000 efitsacross the parameters studied, espe- Foundation of Indiaand amemberofthe ex- Cipremi (Cipla) and Covifor (Hetero)—which think that remdesivir is redundant,” he said. cially in reducing mortality among hospi- ecutive group of the Solidarity Trial’s steer- meansthe marketmay be even larger. talisedpatients.The interim results, made ing committee, referred to atrial on over With severalnew brands hitting the mar- What nowfor Covid-19therapeutics, available on apre-print server,said these 1,000patientsinthe US. “Thenumbers were ket, sales have risen.PharmaTrac’s data pendingavaccine? LAST 10 DAYS drugs had “little or no effect” on hospitalised relatively small foraclinical trial —and it shows sales increasing nearly 96% between The findings don’t necessarilyimpact the Oct 6Oct 15 Covid-19patients“as indicated by overall turnedout that the remdesivir group had bet- Julyand September forthese four brands. use of other drugs and assistedtherapies 750,000 mortality,initiation of ventilation and dura- terprognostic indicators than the control arm. that have been proven to help reduce deaths tion of hospital stay.” So, in asense, we can't saytime to recovery Howmuchofabloware thesefindings and improveclinicaloutcomes, including Note:The Oct 15 figure in this graph is based on thegovernmentupdateonOct 16 Drugs likehyrdoxychloroquine and wasbecause of remdesivirand notdue to the to those prescribing these drugs? oxygen and steroids likedexamethasone, lopinavir,infact, had already been dropped other factors.” It depends on various governments, who accordingtoexperts.Newer therapies like over the course of the lastsix months fornot “Personal experiences arevaluable. willtakeacall on whether the evidence is antibody cocktails mayalsobeinfocus as INDIATOTAL CASES WORLDTOTAL CASES showing muchpromise. However, that does nothelp to comparein convincing enough to remove these thera- partofthe Solidarity Trial going forward. 7,370,468 39,081,143 the clinical setting. The Solidarity Trial has pies from their clinical management proto- “Weare continuingwiththeSolidarityTrial What arethe findings on remdesivir? commented on thevalue of remdesivir in cols. Doctors who feel the drugs should be andlookingatimmunomodulatorslikerepur- Source:MinistryofHealth&Family Source:JohnsHopkinsUniversity, “The mortalityfindingscontain mostof hospitalisedpatients,” said Dr Soumya partoftreatment mayalso take acall on how posedanti-cancer drugs and monoclonal an- Welfare,updatedat11pmonOct16 updatedat11pmonOct16 the randomizedevidenceonRemdesivir and Swaminathan, WHO Chief Scientist. theywill be usedonacase-by-case basis. tibodies,”said Dr Swaminathan. Anti-ulcer drug shows promise QAnon: aconspiracy theory feeding violence in suppressingcoronavirus startedposting on the platform 4chan in 2017, child trafficking racket from thebasement of car to blocktraffic on abridgeinNevada; a MEHRGILL and nowposts on 8kun,awebsiterun by the apizza parlourinWashington, DC. woman arrested in Colorado forplotting an RESEARCHERS FROM The researchers NEWDELHI,OCTOBER16 founders of 8chan (whichwas shut down af- armedraid to kidnap her childwhose custody Hong Kong have re- screenedmetallodrugs terthe mass shooting in El Paso, Texasin2019 Has Trumpreacted to suchideas? she had lost; andamanchargedwith mur- portedanovel antiviral and related compounds ON THURSDAY,YouTubeannouncedthat it —the killers had postedhatecontent on “I justdon’t knowabout QAnon,” Trump dering amafia figureinNew York in 2019.The strategy fortreatment of including ranitidine bis- would take additionalmeasuresto blockcon- 8chan). It is notclear if Qisasingle user. said at the NBC News Town Hall in Miami on man arrested in theNew York case,who be- Covid-19. Theyhave muthcitrate(RBC),acom- tent thatpromotesQAnon, apro-Donald Thursday. Trumphas, however, been known lievedthe murder victim waspartofthe “deep found that aclassofex- monlyusedanti-ulcer Trumpconspiracy theoryormovement. What is the conspiracy theory? to retweetposts from accountsthat have state”, displayed QAnonsymbols during his isting drugs,whichare PAPER drug whichcontains the QAnon has been under the spotlight in re- QAnon followers believe that the worldis postedQAnon-related content. Criticshave courthearing. currentlyusedinthe metalbismuth.Theyiden- cent times. In July, Twitter and TikTokblocked being run by acabal of paedophiles who wor- also notedTrump’s failuretodenounce the treatment of other infec- CLIP tifiedRBCasapotentanti- some hashtags and removedsome accounts ship Satan and that one of Trump’saims as US movement and that he has said it is “very Howwidespread is it? tious diseases, can sup- SARS-CoV-2 agent. RBC relatedto it.InAugust, Facebook announceda President is to unmask thecabal and punish strongly againstpaedophilia”. In asurvey by the PewResearch Center in press replication of NEWRESEARCH targetsaprotein called ban on QAnon groups. Last year,the FBI said them.According to theconspiracy theorists, February-March this year,76% of US adult re- SARS-CoV-2and relieve Nsp13, whichisessential fringepolitical conspiracy theories including Trumpissecretly preparingforaday of reckon- What kind of people believe in QAnon? spondentsreportednot knowing anything Covid-19symptoms in an animal forSARS-CoV-2 to replicate. QAnonareadomesticthreatandlikelyto“mo- ing,“TheStorm”,whenmembersofthe“deep Some QAnon supporters hold anti-Semitic about the conspiracy,20% reportedknowing model. Their findings arepublished The experimentsshowedthat RBC tivate somedomestic extremists,whollyorin state” will be executed.This theoryhas been views.Theyinclude people who believe that alittle, and 3% reportedknowing alot (the rest in NatureMicrobiology. reduces viral loads by over 1,000-fold part, to engage in criminal or violentactivity”. gainingtraction among some far-right voters Covid-19isahoax and that vaccines arecon- had no answer). These aremetallodrugs, which in SARS-CoV-2-infected cells. In a aheadof theNovember3presidentialelection. trolledbyJewish people; denythe safetyof Recent media reportshavesaidthemove- consistofmetal compounds. golden Syrian hamster, RBC was So, what is QAnon? The conspiracy theoristsbelievethat vaccines;question thetruthaboutthe 9/11at- ment is gaining newfollowers globally, par- Generally, metalcompounds areused found to suppress SARS-CoV-2 repli- It took shapearound 2017 whenananony- DemocratssuchasHillaryClinton and Barack tacks; and believe in alienlandings. ticularly in Germany, possibly due to anti- as anti-microbialagents, but their an- cation and reduce viral loads by 100- mous user called“Q” or “Q Clearance Patriot” Obama, and Hollywood actors TomHanks Some QAnon supporters have been impli- Semitic beliefsamong far-right Germans. tiviral activities have rarely been ex- fold in both the upper and lowerres- startedposting conspiracytheories. “Q” refers and Oprah Winfrey,are part of aglobal child cated in crimes that theyclaimedwerein- AreportinThe NewYorkTimes said QAnon plored,the researchers said. Their find- piratorytracts, and to mitigate to asecurity clearance givenbythe US sex-trafficking ring. This takesoff from the spiredby theirbeliefsinthe movement.These has “already evolvedfromafringeinternet ingsnow provide anew therapeutic virus-associated pneumonia. Department of Energyfor access to top-secret “Pizzagate” theory, long debunked,whichcir- include: amanarrestedin 2018 forplotting to subcultureintoamass movement” in the US option fortreatment of Covid-19. SOURCE:HONGKONGUNIVERSITY information.Q,whoclaimsto beahigh-rank- culatedduring the 2016 presidential election. plantabombin theIllinoisCapitol Rotundato and some of itstheories arenow “metastasiz- ing intelligence officer with access to sensi- Far-right activists hadclaimedthat Clinton, makeAmericans awareof“Pizzagate”; aman ing”in Europe, including the Netherlands, the tive informationoftheTrumpadministration, who contestedagainst Trump, wasrunninga arrestedthesame year forusinganarmoured Balkans and Britain. TrackingtheweathersystemthatgaveHyderabaditsrainiestdayever

deep depression whileatsea. Lowpressure recordedinsoshortaduration in October, lowpressureareaevenonland,hesaid. ANJALIMARAR area, depression and deep depression are COASTTOCOAST,THE JOURNEY these arelargely associated with lowpres- Thereare twoseasons —March-May PUNE,OCTOBER16 part of aclassification basedonwind speed. suresystems and result in urban flooding. and October-December—when cyclones OCT 13, On October13, thesystemcrossedover MUMBAI or depressions form in the NorthIndian 11.30 pm; 20 knots (depression) EARLIER THIS week,three days of extremely land near Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, as a Pune Whyitwas so severe Ocean (the Arabian Sea and the Bayof heavy rainfall ledtomassive floods thatkilled deep depression. As the system moved Warangal Normally, cyclones lose steam upon Bengal). The latter season witnesses four of Visakhapatnam over 70 people in Telangana, AndhraPradesh west-north-westward, it brought ex- OCT 11, making their landfall. This particular system, the five cyclones that form over this region 5:30 am; and Maharashtra. Hyderabad recordedits tremelyheavy rainfall all along Telangana OCT 16, HYDERABAD however, clockedalong east-westtrack cut- everyyear.Thus, the formation of the pres- rainiestday in 117years, flooding over 20,000 and some parts of AndhraPradesh on Solapur 20 knots ting across Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, entdepression or lowpressuresystemis 8.30 am; Gulbarga (depression) houses. In Pune,Sangli and Solapur,nearly October 13 and14. In the last48hours,the 15 knots north-interior Karnataka and Maharashtra. common, Mohapatrasaid. 20,000people were evacuated. system weakenedintoawell-markedlow (low Vijayawada “Allthese states experiencedabove- In fact, stronger systems —Cyclones This wascausedbyaweatherthat pressurearea, and movedalong south pressure normal rain duringthe recent monsoon Phailin (2013)and Hudhud (2014)—formed OCT 14, OCT 13, formedinthe BayofBengal, hit the east Madhya Maharashtra, causing widespread area) season. As aresult, the soil in these regions in the BayofBengal had made their landfall coastand movedwestward, weakeningon heavy rain over severalareas of Maharashtra. 5:30 pm; 8:30 am; has retainedsignificant moisturecontent… in October,when the withdrawal of the the way. On Friday, it re-emergedinthe Early on Friday, thesystemleftthewest coast. OCT15, 15 knots 30 knots The high moistureavailability even on land southwestmonsoon wasstill in progress. Arabian Sea and is settointensifyfurther as 8.30 am; 15 knots (lowpressure (deep propagated this large embeddedsystemall area) depression) it movesfarther intothe sea. Recordrainfall (lowpressurearea) along itspath so far,”said Mrutyunjay On itslastlegs Hours afterthe deep depression hit land, Mohapatra, Director General, India On Friday, the well-markedlow pressure The journey both AndhraPradesh and Telangana expe- Meteorological Department(IMD). area layoverthe east-central Arabian Sea, On October 9, alow pressuresystemde- rienced extremely heavy rainfall. The24- recordwas 117.1mmonOctober 6, 1903. districtrecorded 411% above normal. In addition, vertical wind shear —the re- offthe Maharashtracoast. By Sunday, IMD velopedinthe NorthAndaman Sea. During hour rainfall ending 8.30 am on October 14 Manydistricts alongthe central and Metofficials notedthat the rainfall was sult of asignificantdifference in wind speed officials said, the system would strengthen itslandwardjourney, it intensifiedmultiple recordedatHyderabad city was191.8 mm. western regions of Telanganareceived sur- notveryhigh when compared to therain- betweenhigher and loweratmospheric lev- into adepression while continuingtohead times —firsttoformawell-marked low This is the heaviest spell Hyderabad has plus rain —150% to 400% abovenormaldur- fall that is receivedduring the southwest els —helpedthe system maintain itsinten- westward.Fishermenhavebeen advisedto pressurearea, then adepression, and later a ever experiencedinOctober.The previous ing the firstfortnight this month.Hyderabad monsoon. However, when such spells are sity as adeep depression or awell-marked stay away from the Sea until October 19.

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TOPOFTHE SEPARATE EVENTS DISPLAY CANDIDATES’POSITIONS IN SHARP CONTRAST Man slits teacher’s WORLD AcombativeTrump,adeliberate throat,shot dead by police near Paris Sainte-Honorine,asuburbnorth- Bidensparfromafarattownhalls TANGISALAÜN& west of Paris. The policeshotthe GEERTDECLERCQ suspect dead, according to apo- PARIS,OCTOBER16 lice spokesman. Apolice source said thatwit- General Salvador FRENCH POLICEonFridayshot nesses had heardthe attacker Cienfuegos dead aman who minutes earlier shout “Allahu Akbar”. The police hadkilledamiddleschoolteacher spokesmansaidthatinformation by slittinghisthroatinthestreetin wasbeingchecked.Another USA asuburbofParis,policesaidFriday. sourcesaidthevictimwasdecap- Mexico’sformer RACE FOR Theteacherhadshownpupils itated,butthiswasnot confirmed. inhisclasscartoonsoftheProphet Latelastmonth, aman at- defenceminister THEWHITE Mohammad, whichare consid- tackedtwopeopleoutsideformer HOUSE ered by Muslimstobeblasphe- offices of the magazine Charlie arrestedinUS mous,accordingtoapolicesource. Hebdo.Thatwas thespotwhere U.S.AUTHORITIESdetained The suspected attackerwas Islamist militantsgunneddown the defence ministerfor spotted by apolice patrol while employees of the magazine five Mexican ex-president THENEWYORKTIMES carrying aknifeashortdistance yearsagoinretaliationforthepub- Enrique Pena Nieto at Los OCTOBER16 from the scene of the attack, licationofcartoonsof theProphet AngelesairportThursdayon whichtookplace in Conflans Mohammad. REUTERS aUSDrug Enforcement US PRESIDENT Donald Trump Administration (DEA) war- spokepositivelyaboutanextrem- Trumpand Biden at separate town hallforums hostedbyNBC NewsinMiami and ABC News in Philadelphia respectively. Reuters, AP rant, aDEA spokeswoman istconspiracy-theorygroup, ex- said. As defence minister, pressedscepticism about mask- UK PM: Trade talks GeneralSalvador wearing, rebuked his ownFBI ‘YOU’RETHEPRESIDENT...NOTSOMEONE’SCRAZYUNCLE’:KEYMOMENTS Cienfuegoswas apowerful director and attackedthe legiti- figureinMexico’s drug war macyof the2020electioninatel- over, time to prepare in whichthe Armybattled evisedtownhallforumThursday, TRUMP PUSHED ON event, asked him about his BIDEN ADDRESSES acted on thenomination of cartels across the country. veeringaway fromafocusedcam- retweetofadiscredited AmyConeyBarrett to replace CONSPIRACYTHEORIES COURT PACKING SeveralofMexico’sformer paign appeal. Instead, he further theorythat Biden had Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. for ano-deal Brexit top-ranking ‘drug war’ offi- stoked thecountry’s rifts as his ■ Askedifhewould disavow members of one of the US’ ■Biden did makeone bit of cials have been implicated Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, QAnon conspiracy theories, elitemilitaryunitskilledto news:After avoiding the ■ManyDemocratshave EU leaderssay talkswillcontinue in narcotics. The high-level pushedadeliberatemessagean- Trumpsaid, “I justdon’t coverupthe supposedlyfaked question recently, he calledfor expanding the arrestcomeslessthanthree chored in concerns overpublic knowabout QAnon,” despite death of Osama bin Laden. “I’ll signalledhewould announce Supreme Courtafter weeksbeforethe US presi- health and political norms. having amplifiedclaims by put it out there,” Trumpsaid before election if he supports Republicans chargedforward GUYFAULCONBRIDGE dential election. President Trump’s defensive andcom- itsproponentsjustdaysago. with ashrug. “I don’t get expanding the number of with filling the vacancy so &WILLIAMJAMES Trumphas made clamping bative performance came on a that,” Guthrie replied. “You’re seatsonthe Supreme Court. close to the election. But Biden LONDON,OCTOBER16 down on cartelactivity a night that wassupposedtofea- ■Savannah Guthrie, the the President. You’renot,like, But he said he wanted to wait has, in the past, said he did not major policy objective,but tureadebatebetween him and moderator of the Trump someone’s crazy uncle.” until afterthe Senatehad support the idea. NYT PRIME MINISTER Boris Johnson with little progress since he Biden, but that morphedintoa said on Fridayitwas nowtimeto took office. REUTERS long-distance study in contrasts prepare forano-trade deal Brexit on different television networks unless the European Union fun- afterthe President declinedto damentallychangedcourse, participateinavirtual debate. ‘We most likely won’t have results on election night’ bluntlytellingBrussels that there JAPAN Ihaveconcludedthatwe On the issue of the pandemic, wasnopoint in talking anymore. shouldgetreadyfor ‘Govttorelease Biden has made the full embrace This year,the US sawanunprece- your mind thiselection? spitethe pandemic. Atumultuous “no deal” fi- of strict public health guidelines dentednumberoflegislativebattles Rejected ballots?In-person Yetthe mostconcerningas- naletothe United Kingdom’s January1with Fukushima’s the centrepiece of his candidacy, about voting access—almost200. voting? pect of this election is how five-year Brexit crisis would sow arrangementsthatare while Trumphas continuedto With PresidentDonald Trumphav- The CLCisconcernedabout President Trumpand others chaos through the delicate sup- morelikeAustralia’s contaminated defy even the recommendations ing already labelled theelection variousattemptstolimitaccessto have repeatedly claimedthat if plychains that stretchacross basedonsimpleprinciples waterintosea’ of his owngovernment. “rigged”andfilledwith“fraud”,there theballotaroundthecountry. We more votersuse mail-in ballots Britain, the EU and beyond -just ofglobalfreetrade.” “When aPresident doesn’t has been alot of debatearound the arealso concernedabout at- or if the election resultsdonot as the economic hit from the NEARLYAdecade afterthe wearamaskormakesfunof folks technicalities of thesystemand the tempts madeby politiciansto un- go in their favour,then the sys- coronavirus pandemic worsens. BORIS JOHNSON Fukushima nuclear disas- likemewhen Iwas wearing a legitimacy of theprocess. Aleft-of- derminethe legitimacy of the temcannotbetrusted. At what wassupposedtobe BRITISH PRIME MINISTER ter, Japan’s government mask foralong time, then, you centre elections advocacygroup, Corey Goldstone electionandconvincepeoplethat the “Brexit summit” on has decidedtorelease over know, peoplesay, ‘Well,itmustn’t Campaign Legal Center (CLC), has their votes won’t matter. With almost200ongoing legal Thursday, the EU deliveredanul- EU have effectivelyendedthem onemilliontonnesof con- be that important,’” Biden said. been at theforefront of state-level Thesignaturematchlawsthat battles on these issues,how do timatum: it said it wascon- by saying that theydonot want taminated waterintothe In his mostincendiary re- votingaccesslegalbattles,alongside to ensure that everyeligible amajority of statesuse to verify youfeel the US is faring when cernedbyalackofprogress and to changetheir negotiating posi- sea, media reports said on marks,Trumprepeatedly declined other organisations suchasthe voter’s ballotcounts. Abig reason mail-in ballots could prevent it comes to votersuppression calledonLondon to yieldonkey tion,” Johnson’s spokesman said. Friday, with aformal an- to disavowQAnon, apro-Trump AmericanCivilLibertiesUnion.CLC’s is thatittakes election officials manypeople’s votes from count- and access to voting sticking pointsorsee arupture EU heads of government, nouncement expected to internetcommunitythathasbeen communications manager COREY longer to verifyand count absen- ing. These laws requirestate elec- Votingrightsadvocatesarefac- of ties with the bloc from Jan 1. concluding asummit in Brussels be made later this month. describedby lawenforcementasa GOLDSTONE spoke to KARISHMA teeballots thanvotescastbyelec- tion officials to compareavoter’s inganuphillbattleinthecourts.A “I have concludedthat we on Friday, rushedtosay that they The decisionisexpectedto potential terrorism threat. The MEHROTRA about what to expect tronicvotingmachinesbeforean- ballotsignature withanothergov- largepartof thisiswhoisrulingon should getready forJanuary 1 wanted atrade deal and that rankle neighbouring President professedtohaveno this electionseason. nouncing aresult. ernmentrecordoftheirsignature. thesecases.Infederalcourtsacross with arrangementsthat are talkswould continue, though countries likeSouth Korea, knowledge of thegroup, and as a Anotherfactor that could po- Voters with disabilities, the eld- the country, morejudges who are morelikeAustralia’s basedon notatany price. whichhas already result could notdisavowit, but Areyou bracing fora tentiallyslowdownthe count- erly,non-native Englishspeakers, hostile to voting rightshavebeen simple principles of global free Asked if he waswalking steppedupradiationtests thendemonstratedknowledge of prolonged election week or ing of ballots would be an on- and racial minorities aremore appointedinthelastthree-to-four trade,”Johnson said. away from talks, Johnsonsaid: of food from Japan, and oneof itscoreconspiracytheories month? slaught of post-Election Day likelytohavetheirballotsrejected years.Still,mostcourtsarecontin- “With high hearts and with “Unless thereisafundamental furtherdevastate the involving paedophilia that is en- Yes.We mostlikelywon’thave litigation that preventsstates duetosignaturematchissues. uingto rejectargumentsmadeby complete confidence, we will changeofapproach, we’regoing fishing industryin tirelyfalse. “I knownothing about the election resultsonelection from finalisingthe votecount Toomanystate andlocal elec- parties likethe Trumpcampaign preparetoembrace the alterna- to go forthe Australiasolution. Fukushimathathas bat- it,”Trumpsaid.“Idoknowtheyare night —and maynot have them until the disputes aresettled. tion officials have kept limited about voter fraud. tive andwewill prosper might- And we shoulddoitwith great tledagainstsuchamove very muchagainstpaedophilia. foruptoafew weeksafterward — voting options in place or re- FULLREPORTON ilyasanindependent free trad- confidence.” foryears. REUTERS Theyfight it very hard.” as procedures arebeingfollowed What arethe topconcerns on stricted them even further de- www.indianexpress.com ing nation, controlling and Aso-called“Australia deal” setting our ownlaws,” he added. means that the United Kingdom KYRGYZSTAN Johnson’s spokesman said would trade on WorldTrade Parliament talkswerenow over and there Organisation terms: as acoun- Willseeknod wasnopointinthe EU’s chiefne- trywithout an EU tradeagree- endsstateof Pakistan Opposition starts countrywide gotiator Michel Barnier coming ment, likeAustralia, tariffs to London next week barring a would be imposedunderWTO emergency for vaccine changeinapproach. rules, likelycausing significant KYRGYZSTAN’SParliament protests to oust Imran Khan government “The trade talksare over:the pricerises. REUTERS voted on Fridaytoend a in Nov third stateofemergency im- “Wehavecome outfor the posedbyits oustedpresi- week:Pfizer MUBASHERBUKHARI supremacy of the law,”said Game of Brexit brinkmanship? dent, as interim PM Sadyr LAHORE,OCTOBER16 MaryamNawaz,the daughter Japarov, aKyrgyznational- and politicalheir of former ist,tooktemporarycontrol EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE SUPPORTERS OF Pakistanoppo- Prime MinisterNawaz Sharif, BORIS JOHNSON had Johnson’s statementson of the presidency of one of NEWDELHI,OCTOBER16 sition parties were converging speaking from atop an SUV that earlier setThursdayas Fridayare aploytoforce Russia’scloseallies.Former on astadium in the city of wasshoweredwithrose petals the deadline forthe UK more concessions out of President Sooronbai PHARMA GIANT Pfizer on Friday Gujranwala on Fridaytobegin a as she leftfor Gujranwala from to decide on whether it the EU.Itiswidelyheld Jeenbekov,who resigned said that it would applyfor countrywide protestcampaign nearbyLahore. would continue talks that ano-deal Brexit Thursday, ordered troops emergency use authorisation for to oust Prime MinisterImran “Our struggleisagainstinjus- foradeal with the EU.But on would be detrimental to all to be deployedinBishkek itsvaccine candidateafter the Khan, who theyaccuse of being tice, unemployment and all- that day, thebloc said the UK parties, but it would be an es- lastweek afterdays of un- “safetymilestone” is achievedin installedbythe militaryina Supporters of PakistanDemocratic Movement, an alliance time price hikes.” mustmakemoreconcessions, peciallybig blowtothe UK’s rest triggered by an elec- the thirdweek of November. rigged2018election. of politicalopposition parties, on theirway to attend arally The protestcampaign comes and it appears that Johnson is economy.This is why, despite tioninwhichhisallieswere In an open letter,Pfizer chair- Nine majoropposition par- in Gujranwala on Friday. Reuters at atime when Pakistanisexpe- sticking to his timelineand the rhetoric, Johnson has not accusedofvote-buying. man Amber Bourla said the firm ties formedajoint platform riencing an economic crisis, callingoff the talks. However, it completely shut the door on Japarov,freed from prison is likelytosubmit the two- calledthe PakistanDemocratic with inflation touching double has been reported thatEU talks, saying that if the EU by supporters and quickly month safetydataonhalf of the Movement (PDM) lastmonth to Khan, who came to poweron paign,whichhesaidwasaimedat digitsand negative growth. The leaders and diplomatsbelieve changed itsapproach, then a elected PM by parliament, trial participantsofits vaccine begin anationwide agitation ananti-graftplatform,saidhewas- blackmailing him to drop corrup- next general election is sched- adeal is still possible and that deal wasstill possible. also took over the interim candidateagainstCovid-19, that againstthe government. n’t afraid of the opposition’s cam- tion cases againsttheir leaders. uledfor 2023. REUTERS presidency. REUTERS is being co-developedby German biotech firm BioNTech, EUROPE by thethirdweek of November. The Pfizer vaccine candidate EUleadersaim —BNT162b2 —iscurrentlyin KENOSHA STREETS TURNED DEADLY SOON AFTER ACALL TO ARMS fordealinDecon phase 3human trialsinthe US. It is made of ashortsegment of ge- climatetarget neticmaterial,whichprovidesin- When armed vigilantes are summoned with afew keystrokes structionsto humancellstomake EUROPEAN UNION coun- harmless versions of atargetpro- tries edgedcloser to tein —inthis case, the spikepro- of buildings in flameswhen he Amendment rightsinspiringpeo- Some especiallyviolent groups agreement on anew cli- tein of SARS-CoV-2 —toactivate NEILMACFARQUHAR drovedowntown, Mathewson ple who think the Constitution is were rootedinlongstandinganti- matetargetatasummit an immune response. Earlier,re- OCTOBER16 decideditwas time forpeopleto under threat. Anti-immigrant governmentextremism, likethe on Thursday, but deferred leasingthephase1datainAugust, arm themselvestoprotect their and Islamophobic sentimentsare 14 men chargedwith various adeal on the emissions- the companyhad said that they TAPPINGONhiscellphonewitha houses and businesses. rife, and some militant groups, crimes in Michiganthismonth. cutting goal to ameeting are“on track” to seekregulatory sense of purpose, Kevin To his surprise, some 4,000 likethe Oath Keepers or theThree Theyincluded six accusedbythe in December.The leaders’ reviewasearly asinOctober2020. Mathewson, aformer wedding people respondedonFacebook. Percenters, train together under FBIof plottingto kidnapGovernor discussion in Brussels “...The second requirement is photographerandonetimecityal- Within minutes, the Kenosha establishedhierarchies. Ever Gretchen Whitmer,whomthe wastheir firstonupgrad- to provethat the vaccine is safe... derman in Kenosha,Wisconsin, Guardhad sprung to life. since the 2017 white nationalist suspectshad labelleda“tyrant”. ing the existing EU target In the instance of Emergency Use didnotslowdowntofixhistypos Hiscallto armspropelledcivil- march in Charlottesville, Virginia, Starting in April, demonstra- of a40% cut in green- Authorization in theUSfor apo- as he dashedoff an online appeal ians bearing military-stylerifles Peoplecarrying rifles outside the Kenosha County Courthouse armedgroups have become fix- tions againstcoronavirus lock- house gasemissions by tential COVID-19vaccine, FDAis to his neighbours.Itwas time, he ontothe streets, wherelatethat on August 25, the night twopeople were killed. NYT turesatdemonstrations around downs promptedmakeshiftvigi- 2030. The European requiringthatcompaniesprovide wroteonFacebookinlateAugust, nightagunmanscufflingwithpro- the country, althoughmember- lantegroups to move offline and Commission has said the twomonths of safety dataonhalf to “takeuparmsto defendoutCity testers shotthree of them, twofa- ship numbers remain opaque. intotherealworld.Thattricklebe- bloc needs acut of at least of thetrialparticipantsfollowing tonight from the evil thugs.” tally. The Kenosha Guard then “chunky,” does notfit the typical flectsthe current spirit of vigilan- Withtheapproachingelection comeatorrent amid the nation- 55% by 2030, against1990 thefinaldoseof thevaccine.Based One dayearlier,hundredsof evaporated as quicklyasitarose. profileof arifle-toting watchdog, tism surfacingacross the country. ratcheting up tensions in recent wide protests afterthe police levels, to achieve thegoal onourcurrenttrialenrollmentand residentshad poured ontothe Long adivisive figurein although he said he supportedUS Organisationsthat openlydis- months, armedgroups that as- killing of George Floyd —with of netzeroemissionsby dosing pace,weestimatewewill streetsofKenosha to protestthe Kenosha,Mathewson, 36, who President TrumponSecond playweapons have existedfor sembledvia afew clicks on the some armedgroups claiming to 2050. REUTERS reachthis milestone in the third police shooting of 29-year-old sprinkles his sentences with Amendment grounds. The rise decades, withcertain hot-button keyboard have becomebothmore protect theprotesters while oth- weekof November,”Bourlawrote. JacobBlake.Disturbedby thesight “Jeez!” and describes himself as and fall of his Kenosha Guardre- issueslikeimmigrationorSecond visible and morewidespread. ers sought to checkthem. NYT

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Internationalmarket data till 1900IST SECTOR WATCH GST COMPENSATION ISSUE Centre borrowing ONLINE NEWS Govtreachesouttostateson Rules for 26%FDI in for states set to digital media: Indian borrowing;someseekclarity flatten yield curve

RBI to conduct ED CEO, security check plementation or not) is payable 3,109crore. Centralbank ENSECONOMICBUREAU ‘Re-establish butthroughthecess,notConsoli- Kerala is of the viewthatthe first-everOMO assurance NEWDELHI,OCTOBER16 dated Fund of India.She added issue shouldbediscussedand it PLAIN E ● for foreignpersonnel trustbetween thattheCentrefacesseriousbud- needs to be decidedhow much purchase of SDLs EX onborrowing ADAY aftertwo letters went out Centre, states’ getary constraintsand the fiscal compensationshouldbedeferred. on October 22 Govt says focus is on fake news and from the Centre to the states de- deficit will be “far in excess of The state’s Chief Ministerisalso THE RBI has already as- tailingthenewnormsforborrow- NewDelhi: Afterthe Centre what wasbudgeted”inthis fiscal. learntto have repliedtotheUnion sured that the borrowing propaganda, policy putsnation first ing to meetthe compensation agreedtoborrowRs1.10lakh Another letter wassentout to Finance Minister’s letter with the programmeofthe Centre deficit under Goodsand Services croreonbehalf of states to states from the state-publicfi- same queryastowhy the entire GEORGEMATHEW and states forthe rest of his/herservicesare terminated Tax(GST),someopposition-ruled meettheGSTshortfall,Cong- nancedivisionof theExpenditure GSTcompensation shortfall of Rs MUMBAI,OCTOBER16 2020-21 will be com- KRISHNKAUSHIK forthwith afterreceiving such states —while appreciating the ress leader PChidambaram Department, Finance Ministry, 2.3lakhcrorecannotbeborrowed pletedinanon-disrup- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER16 directivesfromthe govern- move —haveexpressedreserva- said Fridaythe Centrehas asking forauthorisation from the to be paid to states this year itself. WITH THE central government tive manner without ment”, the Ministrynote said. tions over theestimated payouts. takenthe “correct firststep” statetopermit interestand prin- ChhattisgarhCommercial agreeing to borrowRs1.1 lakh compromising on price MORE THAN ayear afteran- Aseniorgovernment offi- StateslikeKeralaaskedforthe andshouldworktore-estab- cipal repayment from the com- TaxesMinister TS Singh Deo told crorefromthemarketandextend andfinancial stability. nouncinga26percentforeign cialsaid the “security condi- wholecompensationdeficitof Rs lish trustwith states. PTI pensation payable to the states. The Indian Express,“They(the it as loans to stategovernmentsin directinvestment(FDI)capun- tions formajority of directors 2.35lakh croretobeborrowed The letter also detailed the Centre)havetakenafigure of 7per lieuof GSTshortfall,thebondmar- der the government approval and the CEO to be Indian citi- thisyear,whileChhattisgarhques- breakupof theproposedborrow- cent revenue growth ketexpectsfurther flattening of has been announcedbythe RBI, routeindigitalnews,the gov- zens, and security clearance of tioneditsayingthatarrangingfor Sheisalso learnt to have spoken ing to meetthe Rs 1.1lakh crore assumption. This revenue short- the yield curveand reducedun- suchmeasures should help ease ernmenthassaidthattheCEO foreign personnel were appli- apart of the deficit without ac- withchief ministersof someof the deficit under option 1, with fall couldbeanythingbetween 4 certaintiesatatimewhenthegov- SDL spreads,” said JayantaRoy, of thecompanywouldhave to cable to the broadcast content counting forthe entirecompen- opposition-ruledstatesenlisting Karnataka and Maharashtrafac- per cent to 10 per cent or any ernments and corporates areset Senior Vice-President andGroup be an Indian citizen, and that services sector”, that is, TV sation shortfall is incorrect. the benefits andthe rationalebe- ing the highestshortfall of Rs amount up to 14 per cent (the to mobilisearecordamount from Head,ICRA. allforeignemployeesworking news,inFDI already.However, Finance MinisterNirmala hind opting forborrowing forthe 12,407crore and Rs 11,977 crore, legallyguaranteedratefor rev- the market. SiddharthaSanyal,chief econ- formorethan 60 days would sourcessaidtherewerenosuch Sitharaman had on Thursday compensation deficit. respectively. enuegrowthto providecompen- The RBI hasalready assured omistand head–research, needsecurity clearance. conditionsforprintmedia.The writtento allstates,includingop- In herletter, the FM said the Punjab’sdeficitisestimatedto sation).Soif youdon’ttake thefull thattheborrowingprogrammeof Bandhan Bank,said, “Giventhe TherewasnoFDIpolicyfor official said the “threat of fake position-ruledones, explaining Governmentof Indiahasaccepted be Rs 8,359crore,Kerala faces a deficit intoaccount, then youare theCentreandstatesfortherestof persistingrevenueshortfallof cen- “news digital media sector” news,propagandavehicles,for- theprovisions,benefitsandthera- the legal opinion thatthe entire shortfall of Rs 5,766 crore, while arrangingonly apartof itwhichis 2020-21willbecompleted in a tral and state governments, addi- earlier.FDI in print media is eigninfluenceandinterference tionale of the borrowingscheme. amount (whether due to GSTim- thatofChhattisgarhstands at Rs completely incorrect.” non-disruptive manner without tional marketborrowing is nota cappedat26percent,andthat in India’s domestic affairs is compromisingonpriceandfinan- major surprise.Thus, irrespective in TVnews is 49percent. morereal thanever, particu- cial stability.Aday later afterthe of the market’s knee jerkreaction The Commerce Ministry larly from our hostile neigh- governmentdecision,theReserve on Friday, one feels that the cur- said the government had de- bours”.Thegovernment’s“pol- AMID COVID-19 Govt notice to Flipkart, BankonFridaysaiditwillconduct rent setofannouncementswill cidedinSeptember 2019 “to icy prescription putsIndia’s Open Market Operations (OMOs) eventuallyhelp reducing uncer- liberalisetheFDIregimeforen- nationalinterestfirstandcurbs in StateDevelopmentsLoans for tainties and anchor market senti- tities engaged in the News these threats”, the official said. ‘M&A activities up 6% in Amazon over ‘country the firsttime. The yield on bench- ment over the coming weeks, es- Digital MediaSector”, and ac- The decision will be appli- mark10-year government bonds peciallygiven the intelligent cordingly,these entities “have cable to thefollowing cate- Septquarterat$21.6 billion’ of origin’ tag issues closedat5.93 per cent on Friday, selection of the maturity buckets been permitted FDIupto 26% gories of entitiesregisteredor well belowthe 6per cent level. forthe additional borrowing that through the governmentap- located in India: digitalmedia Recovering from thelowsofthe pandemic-hit June quarter, partnership deeds or the memo- The Rs 1.1lakh croreborrow- enjoystrongdemand.” proval route”. entities“streaming/uploading deal street sawtransaction value grow 5.9% on-year to $21.6 ENSECONOMICBUREAU randum of their articles of associ- ingwouldnotincreasethecentral Sanyalsaid the current setof Thedigitalnews mediaen- news andcurrent affairs on billion in theSeptember quarter,aMergermarketreportsaid NEWDELHI,OCTOBER16 ation. The development comes at government fiscal deficit and announcementsmay also lead to titieslooking forFDI would websites, apps or other plat- atimewhenthetwoplatformsare wouldalsonotresultinanincrease further flattening of the yield have to adheretothree condi- forms”; “news agency which Declineinmergerand THEGOVERNMENThaspulledup starting their annual sales. incombinedcentreandstategov- curve, therebyinducingbetter tions, the Ministrysaid: the gathers, writes and distrib- 33%acquisition(M&A) Amazon and Flipkartfor notdis- AmazonandFlipkartcouldnot ernmentissuanceforthisfiscal,ac- transmission of the RBI’s mone- majorityof thedirectorsonthe utes/transmitsnews,directly deals,involumeterms;from114 playing the countryoforigin of immediatelybereachedfor cording to IFAGlobal Research. tary easing.” The RBI has decided company’sboard,andtheCEO or indirectly,todigital media dealsintheSeptember2019 someof theproductssoldontheir comment. The government wasinitially re- to conductapurchase auction of of thecompanywillhave to be entitiesand/or news aggrega- quarterto76inQ2FY21 platforms, threatening action The Confederation of All India luctantto borrow fromthemarket SDLsunderOMOforanaggregate Indiancitizensand,“theentity tors”; and “news aggregator, againstthe twoiftheydonot ex- Traders (CAIT) has asked thegov- to meetthe GSTshortfall. amountofRs10,000 croreon shall be required to obtain se- being an entity which, using $20.44billion:Valueof114 plain themselveswithin 15 days. ernment to investigate“immedi- However, the ReserveBank of October 22, keeping in view that curity clearanceofall foreign softwareofweb application, M&Adealsrecordedin “Ithascometo thenoticeofthe ately” thesefestive sales. The India (RBI) favoured the central thisisthefirsteverOMOpurchase personnellikelytobedeployed aggregatesnews contentfrom September2019quarter Department of Consumer Affairs body’s secretarygeneral Praveen government borrowingfromthe of SDLs. Depending on market re- formorethan60days inayear varioussources, suchasnews that some of thee-commerce en- Khandelwal demanded“an im- marketastheinvestorswere more sponse, the size of the auctions by wayofappointment, con- websites, blogs, podcasts, $9.46billion:Valueof37 withlogistics&warehousing titiesare notdisplaying the mediateban on the e-commerce comfortablewiththeCentre’sbor- maybeenhancedinthe subse- tract or consultancyorinany video blogs, user submitted domesticM&Adealsinthe businessesbyRelianceRetail mandatory declarations as re- portals tillthe time theycomply rowing and interestrateoncen- quent auctions. other capacity forfunctioning links, etcinone location”. The Septemberquarter Ventures quiredunder theLegal Metrology withsuchmandatoryobligation”. tre’s securities aremuchlower. While unveiling the mone- of theentity prior to their de- government has givenayear ■ $3billion:MothersonSumi’s Rules,2011,”statedtheMinistryof In the backdrop of border “Thisstepwillreducethesup- tarypolicy recently, RBIGovernor ployment”.Shouldthegovern- to digital media news entities Largestdomestictransactions acquisitionofSamvardhana Consumer Affairs in noticessent clashes between India and China plyofstate bonds in H2 FY2021, ShaktikantaDas saidthe RBI ment denyorwithdrawsecu- to align their shareholding inSeptemberquarter: MothersonInternationalina to thee-commercefirmsonFriday. in June, the government began from the levelthat wasearlier be- stands ready to undertakefur- rity clearance, “the investee with these requirements. ■ $3.38billion:Acquisitionof reversetakeovertransaction The Ministryhas asked the pushinge-commerce firmsto inganticipated.Moreover, thecost ther measures as necessarytoas- entitywillensurethatthecon- Full report on FutureGroup’sretail& platformsto respondto itsnotices work out amechanism to display of suchborrowings would go suremarket participantsofac- cernedperson resigns or www.indianexpress.com wholesalebusinessesalong Source: Mergermarket/PTI withdetailslikethenatureofown- the countryoforigin of the prod- down. In conjunction with the cess to liquidityand easy ership of the firm and copies of uctsdisplayedontheir platform. plan to conduct OMO in SDL that financing conditions. BRIEFLY PV sales jump 17% in Diesel sales recoverto LabourMin to meet entities employing UnionBankof gig workers to understandchallenges IndiaMD&CEO Sept qtr on demand above pre-Covid levels isnewIBAchief PROVIDINGSOCIAL benefitsneedtobedefinedtaking for private vehicles in first half of October ENSECONOMICBUREAU noteof suchtypesof employment. Mumbai: Indian Banks’ Ass- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER16 SAFETYBENEFITS The governmentisaiming to ociation (IBA) said Friday implement the four labour codes UnionBankof IndiaMDand TWO-WHEELERSALES ENSECONOMICBUREAU Petrolsales bounced THE LABOUR Ministrywill soon ■ Labour Secretary fromApril1nextyear.TheLabour CEORajkiranRaiGhasbeen ENSECONOMICBUREAU NEWDELHI,OCTOBER16 backtoabove pre-Covid hold ameeting with the entities ApurvaChandrasaid Ministryhasbegunwork to frame elected as theassociation’s NEWDELHI,OCTOBER16 employinggigandplatformwork- therecould besome rules forthe three codes, withan chairman for2020-21. State 18.49lakh DIESEL SALES rose above pre- levels in September ers to understand the concerns implementation aimtofinalise the rules by Bank of IndiaChairman HELPED BY demand forprivate Covidlevelsforthefirsttimesince andchallengesfacedbythemasit issues forproviding November and then put them in Dinesh Kumar Kharawas vehiclespost-lockdowninAugust ■In case of two-wheelers, Februaryinthe first15days of movesahead with itsrule-fram- socialsecurity public domainfor consultations, nameddeputy chairman. andSeptember,thepassengerve- theindustrysold 18.49lakh October,according to the sales The recovery of diesel sales has ing process forthe newset of benefitsfor gigand Chandrasaid.TheCentreisalsogo- hicle andtwo-wheeler segment unitsinSeptember,which dataofstate-ownedoilmarketing been slowerthan thatofpetrol labour codes. platform workers, ing to reachout to states to hasten FinMinbegins eclipsedthedomesticsalesinJuly- was11.6per cent morethan companies (OMCs). with an increasing number of The government is discussing giventhat theydo theprocessforsettingrulesattheir September quarter, with PV sales that in September 2019. Diesel sales by Indian Oil peoplepreferringpersonalmobil- ways inwhichitcanprovidesocial nothavethe typical levelinorder to meetthe April 1 Budgetmaking growing 17 percent and two- Corporation, BharatPetroleum ity over public transport. security benefitstothe gigand fixed-wagetermsof deadline. Parliamentlastmonth wheelersales marginallyupby Corporation and Hindustan An official at an oil marketing platformworkers,whohave been employment. cleared newversions of three exercise 0.17 percentoverthatinthesame quarteroverthatinthecorrespon- PetroleumCorporationroseby 8.8 companysaidthe growth in brought intothe ambit of labour labourcodes—IndustrialRelations quarterlastyear. ding period lastyear. percentto2,650ThousandMetric diesel sales waslikelydue to a laws forthe firsttime, but lacka Code, Code on Social Security and NewDelhi: The Finance On theother hand, in an indi- According to datareleasedby Tonnes (TMT),while sales of pick-up in industrial activity be- uniformstandardofemployment, employment is notthe typical Occupational Safety, Health and MinistryonFriday kickedoff cation of continuedweakness in Society of Indian Automobile petrol grew by 1.6per cent to 982 fore the festiveseason and the officials said. fixed-wageemployment.Thereis Working Conditions Code. The the exercise to preparethe industrial activity and itsimpact Manufacturers,thedomesticsales TMTintheperiod.Dieselsalesor- restoration of some public trans- Labour SecretaryApurva aneedtounderstand their con- government has proposedtoin- annual Budget for2021-22 onlogistics,thecommercialvehi- across all categories of vehicles in dinarilyaccount forabout 40 per port services. Chandrasaidtherecouldbesome cerns,” he said. crease the ambit of social security amid the urgency to push cle and the three-wheeler seg- the quarterendedSeptember cent of total sales of petroleum “There is alot of pent-up de- implementationissuesforprovid- Theprovisionsforgigandplat- by including gig workersand in- economic growth hit by the mentreportedmuchweakersales 2020 stood at 55.96lakh units, productsinIndia. Petrolsales re- mand fortravelwhich mayhave ing social securitybenefitsfor gig form workers needtobestream- ter-statemigrant workers. Covid-19pandemic. PTI numberduringthequarter. While down 0.98 per centfromthatof coveredtoabove pre-Covidlevels helpedboostthe consumptionof and platform workers giventhat linedkeepinginmindthepossibil- The Social Security Code pro- themedium&heavycommercial 56.51lakhunitsinthecorrespon- in September. diesel,” the official noted. theydonot have thetypicalfixed- ityofsimultaneousemployment posesaNationalSocial Security vehiclessegment reported 48.8 ding quarterlastyear.Incase of The sales of both diesel and ExecutivesatOMCs had previ- wage terms of employment. of theseworkersacrosstwoorgan- Board,whichshallrecommendto Thyssenkrupp percentdeclineinsalesduringthe two-wheelers,the industry sold petrolcrashedbyover50percent ouslysaid theyexpected that “I am calling ameeting with isations,officialssaid.Forinstance, theCentreforformulatingsuitable armgetsLiberty quarter, LCVs (-20 per cent) and 18.49lakh unitsinSeptember, inAprilascoronavirus-relatedre- diesel consumption would re- entities of gig workers to under- some of these workers could be schemes fordifferent sections of three-wheelers reporteda74.6 whichwas 11.6 per cent more strictions drasticallyreducedthe covertopre-Covid levels in stand their challenges. There workingfortwo cabaggregatorsat unorganisedworkers,gigworkers Steeloffer percentdeclineinsalesduringthe than that in September 2019. movement of people and goods. November-December. would be some issues since their the same time, so social security and platform workers. NewDelhi: Liberty Steel, foundedbySanjeevGupta, Hong Kong said Fridaysaid it had made Firm linkedtoCox &Kings promoter under Curbs on coercive, anon-binding offerfor Thyssenkrupp’s steel unit, bars , aimingto move towardscar- lens, got loanagainst security by travel co’s arm intrusive powers of tax bon-neutral production. Vistaraflights and Kings Asia Pacific Travel Ltd, toohad appliedfor aloan from Kerkar,inanemail, said KHUSHBOONARAYAN in Hong Kong,asubsidiary of the Deutsche Bank againstasecurity Khandewalandhisteamhave fal- officers for recovery till October 30 ‘JKTyre,other MUMBAI,OCTOBER16 listedfirm Cox&Kings. givenbyCox and Kings Asia sifiedthe accountsofthe foriegn cosface Subsequently, Castleman de- PacificTravel. subsidiaries of Coxand Kings. Surveys will nowbeallowed NewDelhi:HongKonghasbanned A$59.6million(Rs447crore)loan faultedontheloanrepayment.As RecordsshowthatCastleman Coxand Kings Asia Pacific ENSECONOMICBUREAU onlybyInvestigation and TDS Air India and Vistaraflightsfrom antitrustprobe’ extendedbyDeutscheBankAG to aresult,inJuly2019,thebanktook Management is ownedbyThe Travel had netassets of Rs 1,354 NEWDELHI,OCTOBER16 wings of the taxdepartment. The October 17 to 30 afterafew pas- aBritish Virgin Island (BVI) firm possessionof thesecuritydeposit Castle Cove Trustand Coad croreasofMarch 2017,the last orderalsoproposessettingupof a sengersontheirflightstestedpos- NewDelhi:TheCompetition linkedto AjayAjitPeterKerkar,the of around Rs 450 croregiven by Investment by The Welcome available financial records, the THE CENTRAL BoardofDirect two-member collegium of itive forCovid-19postarrival, a Commissionof Indiaisinve- promoterofCox &Kings Ltd, has Coxand Kings Asia Pacific Travel. Trust. Kerkar is the settlor of both companymade aloss of Rs 4.54 Taxes(CBDT), in an order under Principal ChiedCommissioner seniorgovernmentofficialsaidon stigatingJKTyre &Industries comeunderthe scanner of Now, thearrestedCFO of Cox these trusts andhis wifeisthe ul- croreinthat financialyear. Section119oftheIncome-taxAct, and Chief Commissioner rank of- Friday. Ltd afterthe Haryana gov- investigatingagencies as the loan andKings, Anil Khandelwal —in timatebeneficiaryofthe trusts. InApril,TheIndianExpress,ina hasrestrictedcoercive orintrusive ficers forscreeningofsurvey for This is the thirdtime that Air ernment accusedthe com- wasobtainedinlieu of security astatement to the Economic “Intransactingwithitsclients, series of stories, reportedthat a powersof assessingofficersortax cases other than TDS. IndiaflightsfromIndiahave been panyofbid rigging,and the givenbyaHong Kong arm of the Offence Wing (EOW) of Mumbai DeutscheBankstrictlyadheresto forensic audit found the travel recovery officers fortax recovery. ShaileshKumar,Partner, bannedbytheHongKonggovern- probehasbeenexpandedto travel company, sources told The Police—has alleged thatKerkar’s locallaws andregulations.To your companyundertook related- Thenewordernowallows co- Nangia &CoLLP said, “The de- ment forbringing passengers otherfirmslikeApolloTyres, Indian Express. Castlemanineffect“siphoned”Rs specificquery, youwillappreciate party transactions worth ercive/intrusive measuresonlyaf- tailedguidelinesissuedbythe who tested positive forthe infec- CEAT, MRF,and Indian units In 2016,Kerkar’sCastleman 450crorefromCox andKingsAsia that we arenot in aposition to Rs 21,000 croreoverfour years terexhaustion of other meansof CBDTproviding stringent condi- tion afterarrival.Vistara’s flights of MichelinandContinental ManagementLtdinBVIborrowed PacificTravel.Further,documents comment on individual clients or (2015-2019)tosiphon offfunds. recoveryandrestrictrecoverysur- tionsfortaxrecoveryproceedings arebeingbannedforthefirsttime AG,sources said. REUTERS $59.6millionfromDeutscheBank showthatanotherBVIfirmlinked specifictransactions,”saidaDeut- Full report on veys to the non-responsive/non- by IncomeTax authorities are by the Hong Kong government AG againstasecuritygivenbyCox to Kerkar,Coad Investment Ltd, scheBankspokesmaninanemail. www.indianexpress.com traceable taxpayers. muchwelcome.” during the pandemic. PTI Kolkata WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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BRIEFLY Japantotestanti-virus Knights in the dark measuresatnear-full baseballstadium Morgan’s reign offtodisastrousstart as Rohit&Co showcase their might Tokyo: Yokohama Stadium will hold Why did Karthik step down three baseball games at around 80% ca- SYNOPSIS pacitylater this month as Japan looksto testitsCOVID-19countermeasuresatbig KKR have asluggish daywith the in the middle of the season eventsahead of the rearranged Tokyo bat, Mumbai continue to boss Olympicsnextyear.Economicrevitaliza- around in style tionministerYasutoshiNishimura,who heads Japan’s COVID-19fight, told re- SHAMIKCHAKRABARTY porters lateonThursdaythat if the “ex- OCTOBER16 periment”wasasuccessallprofessional SRIRAMVEERA stadiumswouldbeallowedtoboostca- OCTOBER16 HOURS BEFORE their matchagainstMumbai pacity.TheYokohamaBaystars,whoplay Indians, Dinesh Karthik steppeddownas at the 34,000-capacity Yokohama NOTHING WENT rightfor KolkataKnight captain, handingover Stadium,whichwillalsobeusedduring Riders in Eoin Morgan’s firstgame as captain. thereinstoEoinMorgan.Asystemwithafoot- the Olympics,confirmedinastatement Thebattinglackedintentandtheusualsuspects ball-style strong managerand relatively low- thatthreegameswouldbeplayedatthe continuedtofail;DineshKarthik,whostepped profile captain apparentlyhasn’t worked for venue with capacity setataround 80%. downfromcaptaincy,continuedhishorrorrun the franchise. As well as having their temperature withthebatandsodidAndreRussell.Mumbai flavour of the season? checkedanddisinfectantbeingavailable Indians reachedthe 149-run target forthe loss Whydid Karthik step down? To some extent, yes. Kings XI Punjabhave throughoutthevenue,allfanshadto give of twowickets withmorethanthree overs re- Accordingto theKKRpressrelease,Karthik Anil Kumble as head coachand arelatively their contact details to staff.Giantsfans maining. did it “with aviewtofocus on his batting and low-profileKLRahulascaptain.DelhiCapitals have evenchangedtheirpopularchants contributing moretothe team’s cause”. The have RickyPontingashead coach, mentoring to involveless yelling and movement Sluggish KKR ’keeper-batsmanhadscored108runsinseven arelatively young and low-profile captain in that mayspread the virus. REUTERS KolkataKnight Riders playedlikeateam matches, with onehalf-centurythis season ShreyasIyer.Results,though,have beendiffer- whose captain had steppeddownmidseason, (112 from eightafter Friday’s knock). ent. WhileDCare sittingpretty with 12 points on the morning of agame againstthe defend- from eightmatches,KXIP areatthe foot of the Raipurtohave ing champions.Thatchaos showedinthe bat- WhyMorgan? table;fourpointsfromeightmatches. hockeyacademy ting until PatCumminsstirredupsome sem- MorganledEnglandto theirfirst- KKR have had amixed season;eight blanceof arevival,helpingthemtake49runsin everWorldCuptriumphlastyear.He points from as many games. NewDelhi: Raipur,one of the hostcities thelastfourovers.Beforehisarrival,theinnings wasanatural successor and the fornextyear's junior hockeyWorld Cup, hadlackedintentandrevealedself-doubtsand Quinton de Kock scored an unbeaten 78 off44balls. BCCI team’s vice-captain. He is also the WasKarthik under pressure? will soon have aresidential academyfor flaws.Itstarted withasensationalcatch from team’ssecond-highestrun-getteraf- Some external voiceshad called

EXPLAINED E● thesport. Besides, Centres of Excellence Suryakumar Yadavwhen he divedtohis leftat terShubmanGill.Inaninterviewwith forKarthik’s removalascaptain. centres forathletics, wrestling and backwardpoint to grab aslash from Rahul Mumbai boss around in style the hostbroadcasterbeforeFriday’s match, “Genuinelyfeel @Eoin16 should lead the swimmingtoowillbeset up in Bilaspur. Tripathi.Nitish Rana then gloved abouncer, POINTSTABLE The onlything in the chase that wasout of Morganspokeaboutthe“shock”theteamhad, side,(surly not*dk kolaimandaaaiii) World Announcing these developments, the ShubmanGilltamelyhitto long-on,andRussel Team Matches Won Lost NR Points order forMumbai Indians wasQuinton de as Karthik took the team into confidence the Cup-winningcaptainshouldsurly leadiplside. Chhattisgarhgovernment on Friday toowastakenoutby abumper.Everyteamnow MI 8620 12 Kock’s pants. Half-way to the middle, he re- nightbefore. Ihope #kkr looksatthis issue.nd win. they said that Raipur will also have acentre targetsRussel with ashortone at his body and DC 8620 12 alisedhehadwornthetrainingpantsinsteadof needaleader who will lead from front like forarcheryunder the Sports Ministry's he hasn’t come up with an answer yet. His RCB 8530 10 thematchtrousers.Heturnedtowalkbackbut Whydid KKR continuewith Karthik as Rohit, Dhoni or Virat..what aplayer,”fast 'One StateOne Game' initiative.This propensity to stay legsideofthe ball, irrespec- decidedagainstit; justuntuckedhisjerseyand their captain afterfinishing fifthlast bowlerSreesanthhadtweetedafterKKR’sloss KKR 8440 8 comes at the backofChief Minister tive of the line, has also ledtotrouble. pulleditdown. Rohit Sharma wasseen laugh- term? to DC. KKR’sbatting order –Karthik coming Bhupesh Baghel constituting Karthik is the ninth captain to be changed SRH 8350 6 ing, amood that stayed through the chase. De KKR rather brought in achangeintheir aheadof Morgan,AndreRussellbattingtoolate ChhattisgarhSports Development midseason in IPL but the firsttogodespitethe CSK 8350 6 Kock unfurled all theshots thatwehavecome coaching staff. Brendon McCullum replaced etc.–hasbeenquestionedbyfansandpundits Authority forthe maintenanceofsports teambeinginthetopfourof thepointstable.In RR 8350 6 to associate with him: the heavesovermid- JacquesKallisasheadcoach.“Thistimearound alike. infrastructureand operationof residen- thefirstsevengames,hehadscored108atjust KXIP 8260 4 wicket,the feisty pulls,and the blasts through we wanted adifferent profile, someone who tialsportsacademies. Thesecentres will 15.42 and that pressureshowed. He triedto theline.Sharmatoohadhismomentswiththe bringsfreshideasandnew energy. We arethe WasKarthik apopular captain? receive aid from the stateand central nurdle and prod before goingfor apaddle shot bat, triggering purrs from BrettLee on air:“the youngestsideintheIPL.Wewantedsomeone Lastyear,AndreRussell, the team’s x-fac- governments. ENS offleg-spinner Rahul Chahar and sawthe ball Bumrahforfoursixesinanover.Hecustomised best puller in worldcricketright now”. whohasprovenleadershipskills,ableto work tor, publiclycriticisedon-field decision-mak- dribbleofftheedge onto hisstumps.Watching his movementstothe bowlers –shuffling to- Mumbai even promotedHardik Pandya with young players and managediversity,” ing.“Wehaveagoodteambutif youmakebad him from the other end wasthe man who has wardsoffagainstTrentBoultto go legside,stay- who has been playing as aspecialistbatsman, Knight Riders CEOVenkyMysoretold this pa- decisions,thenyouwillalways losegamesand Md.Sporting backin replacedhim. Morgandropped anchor to try ing beside the line to Bumrah, and hitting and he smackedafew to hastenthe end. peraftertheappointmentwasmadelastyear. that’s whatwehavebeen doing,”Russellhad I-Leagueafter7years and prevent the team from being bowled out. through the line againstNathan Coulter-Nile. BRIEF SCORES: Mumbai Indians 149/2 (Q Clearly,thefranchisewantedto putMcCullum said. He wasn’t happywith his batting posi- The game wasmeandering along when In the last over,bowledbyCoulter-Nile, de Kock 78* off44, RSharma 35 off36) beat right on topoftheir leadership pyramid. tion. Things barelychanged in thefirstseven Kalyani: Mohammedan Sporting on Cummins intervened. He has already shown a Morgantoo joined in, hittingtwo sixes as they KolkataKnight Riders 148/5 (P Cummins matches this term.Onlytwicewas the FridayclinchedanI-League berthafter likingfor Mumbai Indians –intheir previous scored21runs to take the totalto148/5 but it 53* off36, EMorgan39* off28; RChahar Is aset-up featuring ahigh-profile head Jamaican promotedupthe order –atNo. 4 sevenyearswitha2-0winovercityrivals meeting this season, he had slammedJasprit wasn’t enough to even test Mumbai’s might. 2/18) by 8wickets. coachand alow-profile captain the againstRajasthanRoyals andDC. BhawaniporeFCinthe qualifiers. VanlalbiaaChhangte(28thminute)and Gani AhmmedNigam (67th)struckon eithersideof half-time.Withthreewins In tight quarterfinal loss, Srikanth shows game, glimpse of future onthetrot,theBlackPanthersnowhave an unassailablelead of nine pointsover their nearestrivals to seal the lone I- enough in his game to getspectators to tune Ithought, even when (Srikanth) out, he would pumphis fist,gnash his teeth League spotwitharound to spare.On SHIVANINAIK in when he plays him next time. and roar his anger out.Srikanth erring in a October19,MohammedanSportingwill OCTOBER16 The loss wasdowntoabunchofun- had the winning shot, he was bunchofreturns would allowChou to level face FC Bengaluru United,followed by forced errors that compoundedthe Guntur maybe abit predictable. The back. the matchbetween ARA FC and THE DENMARK Open is beautifullylacking man's inability to come backafter trailing in finishes at the net especially were While Chou brokeawayat14-8 in the de- BhawaniporeFC. PTI in anycontextwhatsoever—justthe way themiddle setand the decider. But in all the predictable. That's something he cider,after being made to work hard, he Kidambi Srikanth would'vewanted this re- five sets (2 eachinfirsttwo rounds &the could probably work on. He could nevershakeoff the fear that Srikanth 3Hoffenheimplayers turn to be.Neither an Olympic spotatstake openerhere) he wonoverthe lastthree days, could've put pressure (in the had it in him to pierce his best game with his forthe futurehere, northe painful pilingon the 27-year-old displayedachampion's ca- second set). Physically, Srikanth ownattack. What savedhim wasSrikanth's outofDortmundtie of early exitsfromone week to next,toscar pability to quicklyswitchgears at midgame, excessive reliance on the same stroke at the his mostrecent past. Twice in their quarter- and summonhis classinthe crucial finish needstobeabit better off to beat netwhichChou read rapidlyand could Berlin: Hoffenheim on Fridaysaid two final, Chou Tien Chen roared aguttural cry points. the No 1, 2, 3guys. But overall counter with his furious taps. playershadtestedpositive forCOVID-19 right afterastiff rallywherehewas run The netisconsidered Srikanth's stomp- happy with his progress.” CoachGopichand, while happywith upontheirreturnfrominternationalduty ragged,validating the strong challenge he ing ground —alitmus to checkonhow con- Srikanth's speed, movement and attack, andathirdplayeralsowentintoquaran- wasposedbythe Indian in imperious form fident he's feeling on the day. But it will al- PGOPICHAND, NATIONAL COACH said, the shotselection couldimprove."I tine ahead of Saturday’s clash against whenonsong. ways be Srikanth's attackfromthe midcourt thought, even when he had the winning BorussiaDortmund in the Bundesliga. Srikanth lost22-20, 13-21, 16-21in62 or backthatcarries the venom enough to fin- draw errors from Srikanth's backhand at the rallies though, and physio Kiran shot, he wasmaybe abit predictable. The The twounnamed players had justre- minutes of the best badmintonhehas played ish the kill. net—messing with his territorial domi- Challangundlahad said earlier that Srikanth finishes at the netespeciallywerepre- turned from international duty and had in recent times.Well rested,with notahint On Friday, he wasglidingaroundmov- nance,drilling holes in his strength. Butthere wasoperatingonlyat80per cent physically. dictable. That's something he could proba- no contact with anyHoffenheimteam- of pressure, moving well and confidently ing well foraddedmeasure. At 7-6 in the waslittle forChou to do when Srikanth let But rattledbyhow he had letslip the opener blyworkon,"hesaid. mates or staff,the club said. “A further backing his attack, Srikanth offeredaglimpse first, he hoppedtothe forecourtsending off his sticksmashes do the talking. Or when he from 20-19,hewould spray his returns wide. The second setwhereSrikanth took his Hoffenheim playerisalso in quarantine of what he could potentiallyplayinthe fu- aforehand at the net, whichChou slappedto attackedthe body to pin Chou backand then What reallyriledhim up was7-8 in the sec- foot offthe pedal wasthe turning point. "He dueto aCOVID-19caseinhisimmediate ture, rather than turning backsome elusive the back. Running backwards and forced to withnoperceptiblechangesent asmash ond set—whereSrikanth braking the pace could'veput pressurethen. Aseries of errors family,”the club said in astatement. clocktogolookingtomimic his dream sea- leave his patch, Srikanth would flickthe along the other flank moving from 19-20 to played aseriesofslow-soft-slow -soft took the pressureoff Chou in thesecond HoffenheimarelevelwithDortmundon son of 2017.Sowhile this will still count as a shuttle farbacklikeapassing shot, unset- winningnextthree pointstoclaimthe set, strokesand then suddenlysnappedout of game. Physically, Srikanth needs to be abit six pointsfromthree games. REUTERS sub-par exit forthe former WorldNo1 tlingChou. 22-20. the lullabyspeedfor ablitz kill. better offtobeat the No 1, 2, 3guys. But over- againstthe current WorldNo2,therewas The Taipese 30-year-old's trap wasto Chou held the upper hand in the longer Afterthat everylong rallythat Chou eked all happywith his progress," he said.

BRAZIL’STOP GOALSCORERS Why Neymarisn’t considered aBrazilian great like Pele, Ronaldoyet

Did the three strikers playthe same role? Butdoesn't goal scoring depend on your SANDIPG No.Pele has donned various roles. An out- teammates? OCTOBER16 and-out striker,healso featured in the role of Yes, it could also be argued that Neymar the more creative No 10.Attimes he wasalso doesn’t have thecreative companythat Pele WITH HIS hat-trickagainstPeru in the World the attacking tip of adiamond midfield. and Ronaldo enjoyed.The likes of Roberto CupqualifieronWednesday, Neymartookhis Ronaldo waschieflydeployed as ano-non- Firmino,PhilippeCoutinhoand GabrielJesus nationalteamgoaltallyto64.Hesurpassedhis sense centre-forward, the near-extinct foxin areexcellent accomplices but their quality country's celebratedstriker Ronaldo (62) and theboxtypes.Intelligent,instinctive andintu- paleswhen youcomparethem to Ronaldo’s isnowjust13goalsbehindthelegendaryPele. itive,hewas aproduct of the time when peers likeRivaldo, Ronaldinho, Juninho or Considering that he’s only28, it wouldbesur- Brazilianfootballwasbusyditchingtheideaof Kaka. Or Pele’s sidekicks,likeGarrincha, Vava prising if he doesn’t eclipse Pele in the immi- romanticfootballandembracingpragmatism. or Jairzinho. nentfuture. However, forall his skills, trickery Inthatsense,Neymarisathrowback,hisgame and numbers, he is notcounted among the closer to Pele than Ronaldo. What does Neymar needtodotoachieve greatestofall time, ararefiedspace Pele and Neymar is essentiallyaleft-winger,whose the statureofPele and Ronaldo? Ronaldo inhabit. On Wednesday,Neymar took his international goal tallyto64, overtaking Ronaldo’s 62. Pele’s still in the lead with77. Reuters primaryduty is to feed the centreforward or Nothing but win the WorldCup and score thestriker,aroleheaccomplishedefficiently goals in the knockouts. He can take solace as WhyisNeymar notcounted among the withBarcelona.Soheisn'tjustagoal-scorerbut well as inspiration from Ronaldo’s book. greatsyet? down at the slightest of touches, forget a Howdoeshecomparewith Pele and fluential. One of the enduring images alsoagoal-creator.It’swhereheout- Condemned forhis middlingperformance in The nimble-footedBrazilian combines tackle. So farhehas failedtomakeanimpact Ronaldo? of the 2018 WorldCup wasthe tat- shinesPeleandRonaldo.Neymarhas the1998final,hebouncedbacksuperblytoplot European technicality and Brazilian flair in on big games, likethe quarterfinal against Apartfrombeing atreble WorldCup win- teredsocks of Neymar,with deep made43assists,whichismarginally Brazil’s fifth, and to date,the last WorldCup in his play. He is exceptional with both feet,has Belgiuminthe WorldCup or the UEFA ner,Pele hasabettergame-to-goal ratio than stud marks,after the quarterfinal betterthanPele(unofficially35)and 2002. aterrificheader,scoresfromfree-kicks and Champions Leaguefinal againstBayern Neymar.Pele’s scoring rate is 0.89 per game, againstBelgium. Then to his fault, he streetsahead of Ronaldo(12). He wasthe sole goal-scorer in the edgy can conjureamoment of magicfromnoth- Munich. This is the biggesthole in his CV and while Neymar’s is 0.62 and Ronaldo 0.63. But has atendency to fall down, or dive,at Neymar plieshis trade at atime semifinal againstTurkeyaswell as the cagey

EXPLAINED E● ing.Lionel Messiconsiders him hisspiritual also the reason he hasn't been as popularas thereare caveats. What sets Ronaldo and Pele the slightestoftoucheswhileboth whenforwardsareexpectedto track final againstGermany. If Neymar couldrepli- successorand the futuretalisman at Ronaldo or Pele on terraces in Brazil. apartistheir scoring sprees in WorldCups. Ronaldo and Pele had robustrunsand could backanddefendorpress.Aforward isexpected catethe Ronaldo of 2002,hecouldwell be Barcelona. But he has his flaws.The Brazilian Historically, Brazil judges itsfootballers not Ronaldo has belted 15 in 19 games, Pele 12 barge through defence lines. Neymar needs to notjustscoregoals, but createspace and lay stampedwithfootballing immortality by his star has atendency to squander straightfor- by their club staturebut with the number of in 14 and Neymar justsix in 10 games. In both to burnhis crybabyimagesomehowtogain onchancesforothers.Ronaldoneverhadto do countrymen.Onlythenshallglossdwellonhis ward chances. He is also prone to tumble WorldCups theyhavewon. WorldCups, Neymar wasrelativelyun-in- thestaturethat Pele or Ronaldo enjoy. it,while Pele did so intermittently. magnificentnumbers.

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