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MEASURES TO BOOST CONSUMPTION GovttargetsRs1lakhcrspendbyMarch-end, announcesnewLTCvoucher,festivaladvance

But experts saydemand impetus will PROJECTED Bid to put be small, needbigger stimulus CONSUMPTION/ money in Finance MinisterNirmala CAPEXBOOST Familymembers of the Hathras victim arrive at the High SUNNYVERMA& Sitharaman said supplycon- LTCvoucher 28,000 hand, then Court, in LucknowonMonday. Vishal Srivastav AANCHALMAGAZINE straintsinthe economyhad scheme NEWDELHI,OCTOBER12 easedoverrecent months, but Festival 8,000 consumer demand remainedaf- tying it too advance TO STIMULATEgrowth in the fected —and these measures Cremation against scheme economy, the government on were aimedatadvancing con- Mondayannouncedatwin setof sumer spending and capexina Centreand 37,000 PVAIDYANATHANIYER measures to boostconsumption “fiscallyprudent way”. Capital statecapex NEWDELHI,OCTOBER12 our wishes, Hathras demand and capital expendi- expendituresteps are“directly Est. private 28,000 ture, whichalong with partici- linked to increase in economic sector spend JUSTTHREE DAYS ago, acon- pation of the private sector,are output (GDP), giventheir high sumer confidence survey by the TOTAL1,01,000 victim’s family to HC estimated to result in quick multiplier effect”, she said. ReserveBank of India said dis- spending of morethan Rs 1lakh Some economists argued Figures in Rs cr Sitharaman in NewDelhi on Monday. Prem Nath Pandey cretionaryspending wasex- theyhad inputsabout ahugelaw crorebyMarch-end. that the amountsweretoo small pected to remain lowinthe near MANISHSAHU and order problem the next Through the Leave Travel to have anymeaningful impact futureeven LUCKNOW,OCTOBER12 morning, following whichthey Concession (LTC)voucher on economic growth, and that though peo- took the decision to carry out the scheme, whichcan be availedby therewas no additional spend- ple expected THE FAMILYmembers of the 19- cremation.TheDistrictMagistrate private sector employees as well, ing push from the government GST deadlock on, Centre says can an improve- year-old Dalit woman, who died deniedhaving sought anydirec- and afestivaladvance forgov- itself. In response to aquery, ment notjust afterbeingassaultedandallegedly tion from Lucknoworgot any ernment employees, the Finance Department of Economic Affairs E in economic gangrapedbyfour upper-caste guidancefromLucknowinthede- ● enable borrowing for Option 1states EXPLAINED Ministryhas triedtoadvance SecretaryTarun Bajajsaid these situation but meninHathras,toldtheLucknow cisionregardingthecremation.He consumption of non-essential, measures would notrequireany also in employment conditions benchoftheAllahabadHighCourt told the courtthat the decision relatively high-value goods and extraborrowing by the central sus on the borrowing options Stating that borrowing by and income scenario. Finance on Mondaythat the district ad- wastaken(byofficials)locally, in- services in the economy. government. ENSECONOMICBUREAU made available. the Centrewill lead to arise in MinisterNirmala Sitharaman’s ministration carriedout her cre- cluding him,” said Mathur. Likeinthe earlier leg of itsre- An additional Rs 25,000crore NEWDELHI,OCTOBER12 The Centrestatedits intent to G-sec yields and borrowing announcement on measures to mation “againsttheir wishes”. A PTI reportquotedSeema lief packageinMay,the series of is being providedfor capital ex- facilitateborrowing under costs forstatesand the private boostconsumer spending is “Her familytold the court Kushwaha, counsel forthe family announcementsmade by the penditureonroads, defence in- THE STANDOFF between Option 1—Rs1.1 lakh crore sector,Union Finance Minister clearly an acknowledgement that the cremation wasdone by members, as saying that they Finance MinistryonMonday frastructure, watersupply, urban Opposition-ruledstatesand the through aspecial windowfacil- Nirmala Sitharaman said that that people going out and spend- the Hathras district administra- wantedthe case to betransferred continuedwith the basic design development, and domestically Centreovercompensation itated by the RBI and Finance borrowing falls under Article ing is keytoafasterturnaround tion againsttheir wishes,” said out of the state. “The family of leveraging adegree of stimu- producedcapital equipment. shortfall in Goods and Services Ministry—for the 21 states that 293 of the Constitution, and it is of the economy. senior advocateJaideep Narain CONTINUEDONPAGE2 lus with minimal fiscal costto This is expected to come through Taxcontinuedatthe GSTCouncil agreedtothis routewhile the “a state’s right to decide what But then, twothings stand Mathur,who wasappointed am- the exchequer. re-allocation of resources. meeting Mondaywith both other states termedthe process theywant to do”. out in the announcement:One, icus curiae in the case. Announcing the package, CONTINUEDONPAGE2 sides failing to arrive at aconsen- as illegal. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 “In his statement, Hathras JOURNALIST HELD District MagistratePraveen UNDER UAPA: MOVE Kumar Laxkar told the courtthat HC, SAYS SC PAGE 5 AN EXPRESSINVESTIGATION Pak, China are In pandemic, Centre waved creating border red flag on trafficking, but key disputes under a states yet to take action mission: Rajnath From UP to Maharashtra, ChhattisgarhtoJharkhand, eight states fall shortinsetting up anti-trafficking units DEEPTIMANTIWARY NEWDELHI,OCTOBER12 —UP, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Mizoram AMID TALKSwith the Chinese to BUSINESSASUSUAL and Nagaland —havenot setup resolve the militarystandoff BY UNNY asingleunitsince March, when along the Line of Actual Control thelockdownwas imposed. in Ladakh, Defence Minister This inaction by the states is Rajnath Singh said Mondaythat COVID ABUSE—2 glaring as cases of child traffick- POLLS &PANDEMIC China and Pakistanhavebeen ing have surgedoverthis period. creating border disputes “under Singh at the inauguration of On Monday, The Indian Express Volunteers packCovid-19kitsfor poll officers, in Patna Monday. ANI DECISION2020PAGE10 amission”. the bridges on Monday. ANI DIPANKARGHOSE reportedthat officials manning Inaugurating 44bridges built NEWDELHI,OCTOBER12 Childline’s 1098,the national by the Border Roads Organisation helpline fordistress calls, tracked (BRO) in sevenborder states and mission, firstbyPakistanand THREE MONTHS ago, the 1.92 lakh interventions by res- EXPRESS NETWORK Union Territories, and signalling nowevenChina.” MinistryofHome Affairs sent an cuers and lawagencies between Pandemic puts off the startofworkonthe Nechiphu “The twocountries share advisorytoall states laying down March and August. In those six tunnel on the road to Tawang in 7,000 km of border with us and severalmarkers to combat hu- months, the helpline logged 27 POWEROUTAGE Arunachal Pradesh, Singh said, ofteninsome sector or the other, man trafficking —especiallyof lakh distress calls. Gujarat local body BRINGSMUMBAITO “You areaware of the situation on thereistension. Despitesuch children from families leftinthe The Home Ministry’s letter, ASTANDSTILL our eastern and northern bor- problems, the nation, under the lurch by the economic distress signedbyDeputy SecretaryArun PAGE 9 ders. It appears as if border dis- able and visionaryleadership of triggered by the lockdown. The Sobti and dated July6,warned: putes arebeing created under a CONTINUEDONPAGE2 key, it said, wasthe creation of SETTINGUP “Traffickers oftenexploit the vul- polls by 3months Anti Human Trafficking Units ANAHTU nerabilities of people by making (AHTUs) in everydistrict on a false promises of anew job, bet- ipalcorporations end on Decem- Disturbed Areas Act amendment “mosturgent basis”. An Anti Human terincome, better living condi- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ber13, 2020, while the terms of But official records investi- Trafficking Unit includes: tions and supporttotheir fami- AHMEDABAD,OCTOBER12 rest of the local bodies scheduled gatedbyThe Indian Express show lies, etc. While suchpromises of forpolls also end in December. that eight states, including Covid POLICE: 1Inspector,2 perpetrators appear legitimateto CITINGCOVID-19asone of the “Considering thescale of lo- in Gujarat gets Presidential assent hotspots UP and Maharashtra, Sub-Inspectors, 2Head people, unfortunatelyitmakes reasons, the StateElection cal body elections and the condi- and J&K areyet to put these units Constables, 2Constables manymen, women and children Commission (SEC) in Gujarat has tion of Covid pandemic, anotifi- SupervisoryAuthority can reviewcollector’s decision in place. STATEGOVT: When re- easy prey forexploitation.” postponedthe local body elec- cation has been issued In fact, records show, UP and quired,1representative It also indicated to DGPs and tions, scheduledtobeheld in postponing the polls by three Disturbed Areas Act, passedby passed in the Gujarat Assembly Maharashtraare amongsixstates eachfromthe depart- Chief Secretaries that lackof November,bythree months. months. The situation will bere- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE the Gujarat Assemblyin2019, by amajority lastyear.The rul- inthisgroupthathave notreached mentsofWomen and funds can no longer be usedas The SEC stated that polls to six viewedafter three months and a GANDHINAGAR,OCTOBER12 stated an official release from ing BJP had brought the amend- abasic norm firstmappedout ten Child Development, an excuse. municipal corporations — decision forthe same will be ar- MinisterofState forHome, ment Bill to plug the loopholes yearsago:setupAHTUsinatleast Health and Family CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Ahmedabad, Rajkot,Surat, rivedat,” an official statement PRESIDENT RAM Nath Kovind Pradeepsinh Jadeja, on Monday. in the Actand checkpolarisation 50 per cent of police districts. UP Welfare, and Labour and Vadodara, Bhavnagar and from StateElection has givenhis assent to the Bill The amendedAct will help pro- of different areas in the state. The had only35unitsfor 75 districts, Employment, apartfrom Jamnagar,55municipalties, 31 Commissioner SanjayPrasad amending the Gujarat hibit the transfer of immovable Actisinforce in various parts of andMaharashtrajust12for36dis- aprosecution member PART3:SOURCE TO district panchayats and 231 stated hereonMonday. Prohibition of Transfer of property in disturbed areas and the state, including Ahmedabad, tricts. and acounselling expert DESTINATION: WHAT taluka panchayats were sched- The SEC declinedtohold the Immovable Property and protect tenantsfromvacating the Vadodara, Surat, Himmatnagar, And, exceptfor J&K and Source: Ministry of Home Affairs NEEDS TO BE DONE uledtobeheld in November elections during the same month Provisions of Tenantsfrom properties, the release added. Godhra, Kapadvanj and Bharuch. Jharkhand, the others on the list 2020. The terms of all the munic- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Eviction from Premises in ABill amending the Actwas CONTINUEDONPAGE2

EXPLAINED PAGE1 ANCHOR To save their trees, Bastar’s tribals stand up to tradition

year’s celebrations because the language) thaunka”. elders locallyreferredtoas us long ago.” GARGIVERMA villagecustodians of another Foryears, trees from the for- ‘siyaan’, described howthe tree- In the face of the villagers’ de- BASTAR,OCTOBER12 patchofforestsome 5kmaway estwerecut forthe Dussehra felling tradition came to be.“The cision, the Dussehracommittee as the crow flies, whichhas sup- chariotofJagdalpur,Rambati royal house (of Bastar) assigned of Bastardecidedtorespect the LESS THAN 4kmfromthe road- pliedthe chariot’s timber forthe said. Another villager,Ramuram eachvillagespecific tasksfor boundaries of the village, and cut SIMPLY PUT side memorial to the victims of past20years, decidedtono (30), said, “Weappliedfor com- Dussehra. Forthe cutting of trees from adifferent partofthe the 2013 Maoistattackin longer allowthe practice. munity forest rightsin2017, but trees, sevenvillages were iden- forest —around Jhiram Ghati. THEECONOMICS Chhattisgarh’s Jhiram Ghati lies On September 1, the gram we neverheardbackfromthe tified, from wherepeople would There, villagers of Kakalgud OFAUCTIONS agiant sal,its full 150feet sabha of Kakalgud resolved government. But we do know gather at GadiyaMalaang, and pointed to at least10smaller, PAGE 11 sprawledonthe forest floor.Off theywould notgiveany more that we can take decisions about the trees would be cut. The tradi- leaner trunksofsal lying aban- the road that winds through the trees from the forest around our partofthe forest.Wewill not tion continuedevenafter the donedbythe road. “The smaller jungle, severalsmall and big trees their village. letany trees be cut.” royals were no longer there, as a tree trunksare notevencounted, THE EDITORIAL PAGE bear signs of recent hacking. On “The 1,000-odd acres of jun- Sadhu (28) said the villagers form of respect to the king.” so manyofthem areusedasjust October 5, at least108 trees in glearound our villageiscalled had submitted alettertothe col- However, “respect should not levers (topull down and roll big- this forest were felledtobuild the GadiyaMalaang. The name was lector of the district. Theyhad become acause fordestruction”, gertrees),” Sadhu said. THEHATHRAS chariotthat is traditionallyused givenbyour forefathers be- tried“everything”, he said, but Bhagwan said. “The villagehas The huge150-foot sal wasnot ‘CONSPIRACY’ during the Dussehrafestivities in cause it wasfull of sal trees,” all theygot from government of- unanimouslydecidedtonot give takenawayapparentlybecause BY ALOK RAI Bastar, local people said. said Rambati, aformer ficials wastalk about “right and ResidentsofKakalgud in Bastarhaveresolvednot to letany the trees. We arenot disrespect- the trunk’s corewas found to be PAGE 6 Trees in the area around sarpanchofKakalgud —“gadh wrong, tradition and disrespect”. of the trees around their villagebecut. Gargi Verma ing tradition, and arestill giving hollow. But Kakalgud’s villagers Jhiram Ghati were cut forthis (home or bastion in the local Bhagwan, one of the village rope, whichtoo wasassignedto CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Ahmedabad WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 2 THE SECOND PAGE THEINDIANEXPRESS,TUESDAY,OCTOBER13,2020

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Local body polls It also said that the amended nation by Singh at avirtual con- them, BaldevBhagat of Acthas aprovision to constitute ference. Jharumar in Bastar, said: “This when the Election Commission an advisorycommittee which Hesaidthesebridgeswill help year we have been brought to of India will be holding polls on will assess if thereisaproper Centre waved red flag on trafficking in the movement of ration and work four days late, because the eight vacant assemblyseatsin balance of people’s clusters in a militaryequipment forsecurity trees were cut late. We arework- Gujarat, on November 3. disturbed area. The committee “An amount of Rs 25.16 of existing AHTUs in all dis- ago. Another proposal wassent up soon,” said asenior police forcespostedinremote borderar- ing dayand night on astrict The SEC, in adetailednotifi- mayalso give suggestions to the crorewas releasedtostates trictsoftheir statewith the fi- twoweeksago to setup29 officer. eas even during winter when deadline.” cation, pointed out that 4.04 stategovernment foreffective from 2010 to 2019 forsetting nancial assistance providedby moreunitsafter the central heavysnowfalloftencutsoff sup- Bhagat has another concern. crorevoters will be involvedin implementation of the Act. up AHTUs in 332districts. the Central government and government releasedfunds of Jammu &Kashmir plylines. He said the bridges will “Traditionally, we arenot paid electing 8,402 members and this Jadeja said that earlier,while Recently, adecision wastaken makethese unitsfunctional on Rs 4.62 crore,” said Pratap DISTRICTS: 20. AHTUS: 8 also ease the lifeofcivilians living forthis work.Weare fedand will involve setting up of 47,400 giving approval forthe transfer to establish AHTUs in all dis- a‘mosturgent basis’.” Dighavkar,special IG UNITS SINCE MARCH:1 in remote border areas. givenaplace to sleep, and at the polling booths. In the six munic- of aproperty in adisturbed area, trictsofstatesand UTsand also And yet, these administra- (Prevention of Atrocities SevenAHTUs areopera- “These roads arenot onlyfor end, the entirevillagemight get ipal corporations, thereare 144 the collector had to checkonly establish AHTUs under the tions have failedtoget their act AgainstWomen), the nodal au- tional currentlywith anew strategic needs, but theyalso re- agoat or afew hundred rupees. wardswhere576 members will twoaspects-ifthe seller has border guarding forces suchas together: thority. unit setupinGanderbal in flect equal participation of all But Ineedmoneyfor my chil- be elected by 1.11 crorevoters sold the property on free volition BSF and SSB in border areas to August, officials said. stakeholders in the develop- dren’s school fees. Whycan’t we who will casttheir votes at and if he has got areasonable checkand curb transnational Uttar Pradesh Chhattisgarh ment of the nation,” Singh said. be compensated forbeing part 11,581polling booths. Similarly price forthe same. Now, he trafficking. Rs 100crore were DISTRICTS: 75. AHTUS: 35 DISTRICTS: 29. AHTUS: 8 Uttarakhand He complimented the BRO of this big tradition?” he asked. in 55 municipalities, 2,068 added, the collector also has to allocated from the Nirbhaya UNITS SINCE MARCH:0 UNITS SINCE MARCH:0 DISTRICTS: 13.AHTUS: 7 forworking tirelesslyevendur- Nag, who has been working members will be elected by ascertain if transfer of the prop- Fund forsetting up newAHTUs DGP Hitesh Chandra Senior police officers said UNITS SINCE MARCH:0 ing the pandemic. with Bastar’s tribals formany 49.79 lakh voters through 4,498 erty resultsinpolarization of a and forstrengthening existing Awasthysaid therewere“just work is still on to setupthree DG (lawand order) Ashok “Everysector of the country, years, said: “As partofthe tradi- polling booths. particular community in the AHTUs, covering all districtsof 16-17unitsseven-eight years moreunitssanctionedin2018- Kumar said that aproposal has from agricultureand industryto tion, villagers were assigned The SEC also stated that it has area or has the possibilityofthe states/UTs,” the letter said. ago”. “These unitsrequireve- 19.InJune 2020, the central been to the government to set our security system, has been tasks, and at the end of the fes- completedpreparations, includ- same. AHTUs were initiated in hicles, infrastructureand government issuedRs3.6 crore up AHTUs in the remaining six impacted by Covid-19...The BRO tivities, the king held courtwith ing training of officials and de- The amendedAct has also 2006,tobeset up by the states workforce, and everything forsetting up of 16 moreunits. districts. The lastAHTUs were has continuedoperations in the the siyaans and manjhis,the vil- limitation exercise. The enlargedthe scope of the term with funds from the Centre. cannotbeobtainedinone go, “Setting up anew unit depends setupin2015inDehradun, NorthEastern states, lageelders, at the Mudiya Commission also said the local “transfer of property” in the dis- Eachunit typicallycomprises so we have been developing in on the central government Pithoragarhand Uttarkashi. Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh Darbar.The celebration and the body polls will also involve 2.8 turbed area, while bringing the sevento12trainedpersonnel phases. The scheme is Centre- budget allocation. We didn’t and the Union Territories of Darbar arestill there, but the vil- lakh polling staff, 1lakh security transfer of property through gift, from the police and statead- funded, and we will keep in- have moneytoset up more Nagaland Jammu &Kashmir,and Ladakh. lagers, who areexpected to keep personnel, 14,000drivers, clean- exchange, lease or sale under its ministration, and is usually creasing the numbers basedon than eight from 2010-2013. DISTRICTS: 12.AHTUS: 6 The BROcontinuedits work doing their duty,havetopay an ers and peons, three lakh elec- purview. The amendment al- headedbyapolice officer. resources provided. To cover The state’s ownanti-human UNITS SINCE MARCH:0 while ensuring that snowclear- entryfee.” tion agents. This, according to lows the stategovernment to re- The Home Ministry’s letter moreareas, unitsare some- trafficking unit has been work- Asenior official said that ance is notdelayedatremote lo- Deepak Baij, the Congress the Commission, will lead to viewthe decision of concerned followeddirections from the times givencharge of more ing to stop trafficking,” said RK the statehas got approval for cations,” he said. Lok Sabha MP from Bastar, who “movement of people” and collectors granting approval of Supreme Courttoframe guide- than one district, and the areas Vij, Additional DG. upgrading the existing six “I am happytoknowthat is partofthe Dussehracommit- “crowding or gathering” forlong transfer of aproperty in adis- lines afterthe Bachpan Bachao leftout arecovered by the lo- AHTUs and creation of five over 2200kmofroads have tee, claimedthat only50-60 periods. turbed area, even if thereisno Andolan (BBA), foundedby cal police,” he said. Jharkhand newunits. “EachAHTU is been cut by the BROduring the trees were cut. “Everyyear we Stating that it has been keep- appeal againstsuchanapproval. NobelPrize winner Kailash DISTRICTS: 24.AHTU: 12 headedbythe Additional SP of lasttwo years, using the latest cut onlythe minimum number ing a“constant eye” on the pan- The release further stated Satyarthi, filedawrit petition Recently, the Indian Council SINCE MARCH:4 the district, and thereare 15 technologies, and state-of-the- of trees that areneeded. Not demic situation in Gujarat, the that under the amendedAct, a on April 29 flagging the crisis. of Social Science Research (IC- Since the lockdown came police personnel, including five artequipment. Also, surfacing morethan 50-60 trees have Commission pointed out that committee will be formedin The petition warned: SSR) selected six districts— intoforce, unitswereset up in women police officers,” the of- wascarriedout on about 4200 been cut,” Baijsaid. The festivi- from 74 Covid positive cases and everydistrict and commission- “Once the lockdown is lifted Bahraich, Lakhimpur Kheri, Sahebganj, Giridih, Latehar and ficial said. km of roads,” he said. ties too, would be low-keydue six deaths in March 2020, the erateareas of the stateconsist- and normal manufacturing ac- Shravasti, Gonda,Maharajganj Godda. “Wehavesubmitted Amid the border standoff to the Covid-19pandemic this staterecordedatotal of 1,50,415 ing of the concernedpolice com- tivity resumes, factoryowners and Pilibhit —tolaunchthe ini- applications forAHTUs in the Mizoram with China, India is expediting year,hesaid. cases and 3,560 deaths as on missioner/superintendent of will look to covertheir finan- tial phase of astudy on human other 12 districtsaswell. Since DISTRICTS: 11.AHTUS: 4 work on severalkey projects, in- Madhu Ramnath, abotanist October 10,2020. “The rising in- police, district collector and re- cial losses by employing cheap trafficking, child labour and the funds have onlybeen re- UNITS SINCE MARCH:0 cluding astrategic road linking andactivistwho has worked for fection figures areamatter of gional municipal commissioner. labour,the easiestofwhichis child marriage. leasednow,wewill work on Asenior police officer said DarchainHimachal Pradesh years in the GadiyaMalaang for- concern,” the notification stated. This will guide the stategovern- children. Numbers of street setting them up,” said Anil that steps arebeing takentoes- with Ladakh that will criss-cross est, said: “Due to the annual cut- The Commission listedout a ment in declaring an area as a children pushedintobegging Maharashtra Palta, ADG (CID). tablish unitsinall districtsaf- anumber of high-altitude snow- ting of trees, the biodiversity and gistof20-odd requests it re- disturbed area. The same com- will also spike...Underagegirls DISTRICTS: 36. AHTUS: 12 terthe statereceivedmore bound passes. The nearly 290- native fauna of this jungle has ceivedfromdifferent organisa- mittee will also assistastate- will be bought and sold into UNITS SINCE MARCH:0 Haryana central funds recently. km-long road will be crucial for been severely impacted.Itwas tions and individuals forpost- levelmonitoring and advisory prostitution.” Officials said the stateplans DISTRICTS: 22. AHTUS: 7 the movement of troops and important forthe villagetoun- poning the polls. The first committee to be formedunder In itslettertostates, the to have 47 AHTUs in place that UNITS SINCE MARCH:0 (WITHAVANEESHMISHRA, heavy weaponryintothe fron- derstand the damageand stand requestthat the Commission the provisions of the Act. HomeMinistrywrote: will covercommissionerates in “Recently, we got approval SADAFMODAK,GARGI tier bases of the Ladakh region, up againstit.” cited wasofCongress MLA “States/UTsare advisedtoim- cities as well as the 36 districts. from the stategovernment to VERMA,VARINDERBHATIA, and will provide acrucial link to Gyasuddin Sheikh who pointed Govt target mediatelyset up newAHTUs “Wesent aproposal to setup setup15moreAHTUs to cover LALMANIVERMA,NAVEED the Kargil region. Hathras family out that the local body polls will Special assistance will be and upgrade the infrastructure sixmoreAHTUs four months everydistrict. Theywill be set IQBAL&ABHISHEKSAHA) Singh also laid the foundation wantsthe case to be transferred leadtoarise in Covid infections. providedtostatesinthe form of stone of the strategicallyimpor- to Delhi or Mumbai,” she was Gyasuddin’swrit petition before interest-free 50-year loans of Rs tant Nechiphu tunnel on the road quoted as saying. According to the Gujarat High Courtwas also 12,000crore, whichcan be used employees, another Rs 9,000 and almostensured an sub-op- titlement that is being paid in deferment of compensation to Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh. the PTI report, she said the fam- mentioned. onlyfor capexpurposes, with croreisestimated from state timum outcome in terms of its advance. True, the government payment beyond 5years for This 450 metre, two-lane tunnel ilyaskedforsecurity and also did In an official release, the certain conditions. government employees. Private impact on growth. is being sensitive to the condi- whichaCouncil decision is nec- will ensureall-weather connec- notwant the reportofthe inves- Congress MLAstatedthat the “It (the package) will help a sector employees can also avail The headline numbers tions that during the pandemic, essaryasper AG’s opinion. No tivity,besides providing safeand tigation so fartobemade public. SEC decision to postpone the little bit on the demand side, but of this scheme. looked good: total Rs 73,000 people maynot travel, but by suchdecisionhas been made in securepassagethrough accident- Besides the victim's parents, polls mentions to his petition on amountsare very small... There “The AtmaNirbhar package croredemand infusion, of which specifying conditions, it may the Council,” Isaac postedon prone areas. her twobrothers and sister-in- the same matter in HC that will will be some demand impetus, that wasannouncedearlier ad- Rs 36,000croreisadditional de- end up holding them backfrom Twitter. lawwerealso present in court. come up forhearing on October but howmuchitwill be,Idon’t dressedthe requirement of es- mand from consumer spending, spending,” said asenior govern- “It is unfortunatethat Union Bastar’s tribals All their statementsweretaken. 16.Inanother request, know. It will be very small I sential goods forneedy sections and the balance Rs 37,000 crore ment official, who did notwish FM does notpropose adecision believe it wasstrong and had The 19-year-old wasat- NationalistCongress Party(NCP) guess... Also the Rs 12,000crore, of thesociety.Now these meas- is additional Central and state to be named. in the Council or even makea manyyears to live. tacked,allegedly by four upper gave similar reasons demanding when dividedamong all the ures aim at promoting con- capital expenditure. But in terms The capital expenditurefor statement (about)what she is “Sal growsslowly, and this caste men on September 14,and the postponement of polls. states, comes to nothing,” sumption of high-value items by of additional fiscal spending, it the Centreand states will cer- going to do but chooses to make tree had grownfor decades. We admitted to ahospital in Aligarh. Among various stategovern- Pronab Sen, former Chief those employees whose salaries is just0.2 per cent of GDP. tainlyhelp, giventhe multiplier the announcement in the press worship these trees, and to see She regainedconsciousness on ment employees and teachers Statistician of India, said. and jobs have notbeen affected It is also interesting howthe effect of spending in infrastruc- conference. Whydoes the them destroyed is painful,” September 22 and recordeda associations that have written to “This is reallynot the stimu- by Covid-19pandemic,” asenior government chose to packagea tureprojects, and itsimpact over Centrerefuse to take adecision Ramuram said. Sukaru, one of statement before amagistrate, the Commission demanding the lus that is required.Now we Finance Ministryofficial said. largesse to itsown employees the longer-term. “But this is too in Council? Totaldisregardfor the younger,college-going vil- following whichsections of rape postponement, the Gujarat State needamuchstronger stimulus. Since mostemployees have during times of Covid-induced small to makeany meaningful democratic norms,” he wrote. lagers, said, his voice rising in ag- were addedtothe FIR. All the PrimaryTeachers’ Association This involvesvirtuallynoaddi- notbeen able to travel afterthe fiscal and economic stress. While difference. The economycon- Punjab Finance Minister itation:“Theycut the trees and four accusedhavebeen arrested. cited the examples of local body tional expenditurefor the cen- startofpandemic, the shifting of announcing the measures, the tracted 23.9 per cent in the April- ManpreetSingh Badal said that leave them to rot or shrink if The victim diedatDelhi's elections being postponedin tral government. Afterall, some- the LTCbenefit is expected to Finance Ministersaid, “They June quarterthis financial year, 10 opposing states askedforadis- theyare nottotheir liking. They Safdarjung Hospital on Goa and AndhraPradesh and the body has to makethe additional generatedemand elsewhere, al- (government employees) need and the RBI has estimated GDP puteresolution mechanism and damagetreebarks,uprootsmall, September 29. Her body was observations of the Supreme expenditure,” Sen said. though it mayimpact the travel to be incentivizedtocontribute for2020-21will contract 9.5 per formation of aGroup of Ministers lean trees, and leave them by the takentoHathras, and ahurried Courtonthe issue, while seek- Sitharaman arguedsteps and tourism industry—where to the revivalofdemand forthe cent. Onlybig fiscal intervention on the issue, but therewas no road. Whyshould we allowour cremation washeld alittle be- ing postponement of polls for were being takenkeeping in demand has already been se- benefit of the less fortunate.” by the government in the infra- agreement at the meeting. jungles to sufferinthis way?” fore 3amonSeptember 30 – three months in Gujarat. mind that these “mustnot bur- verely dented —negatively. But will the 35 lakh-odd gov- structurespace or direct support Sitharaman said thereare Tribal activistArjun Nagex- none of her immediatefamily Arequestfor postponement den the common citizen with Under the festival advance ernment employees spend the to those who lostjobs during the differences but theycannotbe plainedthe deep emotional con- members were present at the from Gujarat stateCity Primary futureinflation”, and “mustnot scheme, all central government moneygiven the manyrestric- pandemic can be meaningful,” termedasadispute. “Therewas- nect that tribal people feel with lastrites. Teachers Sangh stated that put government debt on an un- employees will getinterest-free tions the ministryhas proposed? another policy expertwho ad- n’t anybattle there. The GST the forest:“Theyhaveco-existed Taking suo motu cognizance teachers have been deployedfor sustainable path”. advance of Rs 10,000that will be Allowing payment of cash in vises the government said. Council is averyrespected fed- forsolong, otherwise we would- of the case, especiallythe hur- contact tracing, door-to-door Central government em- recoveredin10instalments. It lieu of Leave Travel Concession eral institution. Alot of discus- n’t have the jungles in the first riedcremation, the Lucknow surveysrelated to Covid and ployees will be providedtax will be giveninthe form of apre- (LTC)entitlement forthe 2018- GST deadlock sions happen, definitelythere place. The adivasi takesonlywhat benchofthe Allahabad High over the pastsix months, over benefitsonLTC component loadedRuPay cardofthe ad- 21 block(air or rail fare plus “Noconsensus has been ar- can be differences. But where he needs, and ensures that it is Courthad directed senior offi- 1,000primaryteachers were in- without having to actuallytravel. vance value. The government leave encashment for10days), rivedonoptions presented to unanimity is notthere, that givenbacktothe jungle. The cials of the stategovernment fected in various cities of the The employees would be re- expectstodisburse Rs 4,000 the Finance Ministrysaid em- states in meeting the GSTcom- doesn’t mean thereisgoing to be committee has been cutting trees and police to be present at the state. The Sangh said that the quired to spend three times the croreunder the scheme by ployees mustbuy goods and pensation shortfall...While con- adispute...I have also said who- around Kakalgud foryears, but hearing on October 12.The court polls will lead to rapid spread in LTCfarecomponent to purchase March 31. services worththree times the cluding, Isaid that while Irespect ever wantstotalk,please talk,” has notplanted asingle tree yet.” had also asked the victim's fam- infections. items that attract 12%ormore According to the Finance fare (air or rail depending on thereisnounanimity,Iaskedthe she said. On October 5, when the tree- ilymembers to be present to Goods and Services Tax(GST). Ministry, if all states provide their slabs) and as muchasthe Council whether members can The reluctance to term the cutters came in their 23 trucks, give their version. Disturbed Areas What this effectively means is similaradvances, anotherRs leave encashment. Theymustdo stop other members from doing compensation issue as adispute the villagers of Kakalgudwere Besides the victim's family Under the Act, the transfer of that if your fare component of 8,000 croreislikelytobedis- it before March 31 next year,and what theywant to do. Can the stems from the concern that out on the road. Local officials and the Hathras District anyimmovable property in dis- LTCisRs40,000,you needto bursed. further theymustspend onlyin Council stop amember from states mayuse it as astepping had assured them that their for- Magistrate, UP Additional Chief turbed areas cannotbedone spend Rs 1.2lakh on goods that goods attracting GSTof12per wanting to borrowand saythe stone foractivating the dispute estwould notbetouched, and Secretary(Home) Awanish without permission of the dis- fall in the 12%ormoreGST slab Money in hand cent or morefromaGST-regis- cess will repaythat borrowing?” resolution mechanism and afur- that trees would be takenfrom Kumar Awasthi, Director trict collector concerned. in order to save taxonRs40,000. muchofit(the consumerspend- teredvendor through digital Sitharaman said. ther legal challenge, asenior elsewhere—but the villagers General of Police HCAwasthy, The release quoted Jadeja As forthe leave encashment ing part) is front-loading of ex- mode. Theywill also have to pro- “Weare open to anyone who stategovernment official said. were still fearful. Additional Director General saying that the amended Act component of LTC, the em- penditure, or in other words, re- duce the GSTinvoice forthe wantsustofacilitateany loan...a “Wedecidedtofollowthe (Lawand Order) Prashant provides to declareany area of ployeewill have to spend an purposing of government goods or services purchased. lotofpeople have already said Rajnath vehicles. Formorethan eight Kumar and Superintendent of the stateasadisturbed area, equivalent amount towardspur- spending,and thesizeofthe The strategic intent seems to about Option 1, todayalso they Prime MinisterNarendraModi, hours, everyman, woman, and Police, Hathras, VineetJaiswal wherein the tranquility and chase of goods that attract GST overall packageisnothing much be direct spending towards said we areapproaching tomor- is notjustdealing with these child stood on the road, covering were also present in court. public order has been disturbed of 12%ormore. to talk home about (compared items forwhichdemand had rowmorning, so we areready to challenges with great determi- our forest,waiting to see how The case is being heardbya due to riots or mob violence. The Through the LTCconsump- with the Prime Minister’s Garib slumpedduring the period of deal with it,” she said. nation, but also bringing about manytrees theywould carry Division BenchofJustices Pankaj amendedAct has penal provi- tion boostplan, the government KalyanYojana and the lockdown. But this maydefeat The Opposition-ruledstates crucial changes in all sectors,” away this time,” Rambati said. In Mithal andRajan Roy. Additional sions of three to five years of im- expectsademand generation of AtmaNirbhar Bharat package); the largerpurpose of reviving objected to the process, with he said. the end, theycounted the trunks AdvocateGeneral VKShahi, prisonment and fine of either Rs Rs 28,000croreinthe economy. and, two, by specifying howand demand. “The choice or decision Kerala Finance MinisterThomas The bridges in J&K (10), of morethan ahundred trees. who represented the stateau- 1lakh or 10%ofthe jantri rate While it expectsadditional de- wheretospend, the Finance of howtospend and whereto Isaac saying that the announce- Ladakh (8), Himachal Pradesh At Jagdalpur,morethan 50 thorities, said the next hearing (ready reckoner of property mand creation of around Rs Ministryjustdousedany excite- spend is best leftinthe hands of ment that 21 states will be al- (2), Punjab (4), Uttarakhand (8), men from twovillages in has been fixedfor November 2. prices in different parts of the 19,000 croreonaccount of de- ment among the 35 lakh-odd the consumer… This is notre- lowedtochoose Option 1is“ille- Arunachal Pradesh (8) and Bakawand blockwerelabouring FULLREPORTSON state), whicheverishigher. mand from central government Central government employees, allyacash transfer,it’s their en- gal”. “Option one involves Sikkim (4) were dedicated to the on the Dussehrachariot. 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1,169 fresh CASETRACKER Treating Covid patients Covid cases, PLACES CONFIRMED DEATHS NEW CASES with diabetes is biggest Ahmedabad 38,1101,852 184 eight deaths Amreli 2,4542621 Anand 1,232 16 9 challenge, says expert in aday Aravalli 650 24 3 glucose metabolism takesplace, Banaskantha 2,4062721 ADITIRAJA getaffected and the sugar levels Bharuch2,558 15 19 VADODARA,OCTOBER12 shootup,” he said. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Bhavnagar 4,4546915 Warning people againstthe AHMEDABAD,OCTOBER12 VADODARA CITYcrossed13,000 senseof securityprovidedbyfalse Botad793 59 Covid-19cases on October 11 negative resultsofRapid Antigen WITH OVER 1.53 lakh coron- Chhota Udepur 5713 6 even as the administration an- Test (RAT), Mistrysaid, “Wehave avirus cases reportedinGujarat Dahod 1,749610 nouncedthat the city has “over- observed that those who tested till date, the statewitnessed Dang 1131come the firstwave”. Six months negative in RATbecome careless. 1,169fresh cases and eight Devbhoomi 6475 8intothe pandemic, medical ex- Generalpractitionerswhodonot deaths on Monday, the leastin perts in the city who have been knowtheintricaciesof thedisease Dwarka over one-and-a-half months treating Covid-19infections say alsoprescribeantibioticsandwait, SAFETY FIRST since August24. Overall, over Gandhinagar 4,1558336 thatalthoughthevirusappearsto wasting time. When theyget 1,400patientswerereportedas Gir Somnath 1,5571915have toneddowninvirulence,the breathless, theycome to the hos- Sanitisers, masksand steam machines aredistributed at the police headquarters in dischargedacross the state. Jamnagar 7,1933589 biggestchallengeistreating per- pital. Rampant use of antibiotics Pratapnagar,Vadodara, on Monday. BhupendraRana Ahmedabad has nowcrossed Junagadh 3,1953230 sons with diabetes. inthetimeof apandemicwillalso 38,000 cases, with 184persons VadodaraCovid nodal officer disturb the equilibrium as we do Kheda 1,408 15 9 testing positive on Monday, even Dr SheetalMistry, also an nothavenew antibiotics in the as the Ahmedabad Municipal Kutch2,2983324 Assistant Professor Surgery at pipeline,” Mistryadded. DAILY COVID TESTING DIPS Corporation presentlyhas about Mahisagar 1,142116Gujarat Medical Education and According to aVMC officials, 150areas designated as micro Mehsana 3,1813025 Research Society (GMERS)-run mortality is high among patients containment zones. Meanwhile, Morbi 1,8701820 Gotri hospital, whichhas seen withdiabetes.“Mostdiabeticsare of the 1,891arriving passengers close to 6,000 Covid admissions hypertensive and obese, which Narmada 1,066 113 at the Kalupur railway station in so far, has recommendednew has an underlying multi-system Noneedtotestmore the city on Monday, seventested Navsari 1,265 76standardoperating procedures inflammation, over the cytokine positive.This markedone of the Panchmahal 2,590 21 24 (SOPs) foradministering medi- storm.Gujaratisthediabetescap- leasttestpositivity ratesatthe Patan2,130 40 16 cinesto patients,afterhisownex- italasourdietincludeslotofsugar, siteinseveral weeks. Porbandar 87841perience with Covid-19. oil and cereals,” he said. Among districtswith munic- Mistry,who got the infection Health experts arealso thannecessary:Ravi Rajkot 11,606157 122 ipal corporation limits, in September along with 10 fam- observing an emergence of new Bhavnagar has shown asteady Sabarkantha 1,3101121 ilymembers, and has recovered, diabetics afterrecovering from comfortable position”, testing amond industries in Surat. decline. From reporting 50-odd Surat 32,453 799 254 said the being adiabetic himself Covid-19. “Covid-19isalso caus- SOHINIGHOSH morethan the existing levelof Initially, these testsitself com- cases eachday in the thirdweek Surendranagar 2,012 13 19 gave him aperspective on how ing hyperglycemia. Ihaveseen AHMEDABAD,OCTOBER12 51,000-52,000 samples aday prised4,000-odd testseachday of September,the district re- Tapi 73353the virus actsinthe body. patientswho have recovered wasnot necessary. in Surat. Testings were also con- ported15new cases on Monday. “I had severe cough, body with normal sugar levels return- Vadodara13,398207 128 GUJARATHAS scaleddowndaily From September 1to15, ducted at checkpoints, construc- ache, fever,loss of smell and ing amonth later with com- testing forCovid-19this month dailysample testing ranged be- tion sites, etc., whichhavebeen Valsad 1,21682taste. The scans showedabout plaintsofweakness and fre- to fewerthan 60,000 samples, tween 72,000 and 78,000, reducednow.Our testing at hos- Sevenpassengers at Other states 1483 12%lung involvement and so, I quent urination. Theyare getting even as the numbers across the whichwas followedbytwo days pitals and urban health centres Kalupur railway station took Remdesivir.Irealisedthat diagnosedasnew diabetics. It is Cumulative countryare the same as early of testing 85,000 samples each. remain the same as before.” in Ahmedabad tested Total New Cumulative Remdesivir causes severe possible that Covid-19istrigger- September,ranging between It droppedto69,000 on This also indicates that the discharge: cases: cases: deaths: headache and sedation. Irecom- ing diabetes. These newdiabet- nine lakh and 11 lakh testsper September 19 and since then it AMC has notcontinuedwith the positive on Monday 1,33,752 1,53,046 1,169 3,602 mend that it should be adminis- ics aremoreatrisk of secondary day. The maximum testsheld in has seen afurther decline, rang- testingdrivesatconstructionsites teredtopatientsonlybefore infection and other complica- Gujarat on asingle dayis85,600 ing between 60,000and 62,000. andoffices.Thenumberof micro- bed,” Mistrysaid. tions,” Mistryadded. on September 17.With the dip in DuringSeptember18 -22and containment zones declared this ALLEGED ABDUCTION, RAPE According to Mistry, Health officials saythat the testing, test positivity rate,too, September 25 -28, the statewas month is around 10-odd areas diabetics areprone to cytokine number of critical patientshas has marginallyincreased. consistentlyreportingover1,400 designated eachday or fewer. storms—anexcessive inflamma- reduceddrastically. According to Since October 6, the stateis cases daily. As of September 28, An AMC health official said, HC grants compensation to minor tory reaction in the body. Dr Devesh Patel, VMC medical testing samples between 51,000 only16ICUbedswithventilators “Wehaveseen adecline in test “Sitagliptin helps increase the officer forhealth, patientswith and 52,000 per day, similar to were vacant across the positivity rate and we have ob- amount of certain natural sub- mild and manageable symp- the testing held between August Ahmedabad Municipal served that aminimum number whose pregnancy was terminated stances that lowerblood sugar toms areopting forhome isola- 14 and 18,and thereafterin- Corporation(AMC)-requisitioned of cases arereportedfromthe and decrease inflammation. We tion. At present, of the 1,806ac- creasedtesting to fewerthan private hospitals, indicating high central and north zone.” The of- norms. The same wasconveyed nor,whichqualifies as rape. arerecommending this fordia- tive cases in Vadodara, 687are in 60,000 samples per day. occupancy levelinAhmedabad ficial suggestedthat it maybe EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE andapprovedby theGujaratState The parentsofthe minor had betic patientsalong with home isolation while 684are in Speaking to The Indian city.OnMonday, the number of because of the early infections AHMEDABAD,OCTOBER12 Legal Services Authority. movedahabeas corpus petition Empagliflozin to decrease heart- private hospitals. Express, Principal secretary, cases droppedtoless than 1,200 reportedfromcentral and north In an order dated October 9, before the HC in August, after related complications. Imyself “Thishas reducedthe num- health, Jayanti Ravi, said that andthecasualtyrate alsosteadily zones of AMC. AFTER Adivision benchofthe the division benchofJustices theyhad alleged that their child did notgointoacytokine storm berofpatientsinGMERS and therewas no requirement of test- declinedlastweek. The AMC believesthat testing Gujarat High Court(HC) permit- SoniaGokaniandNirzarDesaidi- wasabducted by a21-year-old because of these twomedicines SSG to 148and 177, respectively. ing morethan what is necessary. In October,the statereported kiosksset up across the city are tedthe termination of a14-week rected that of the total compen- man. Asubsequent FIR came to and Iamrecommending it to all Those who needoxygensupport “Welook at the severity and (test) around 1,300cases eachday, morepopular than UHCs or hos- pregnancy of a14-year-old girl sation, Rs 1lakh bedepositedin a be filedatBotad police station, diabetes patients.” or critical careare getting admit- positivity (rate) with vacant (hos- with test positivity rate hovering pitals. “Werealisedthat people from BotadinSeptember,who jointaccountof thegirlandherfa- alleging that the man had raped Hesaidby nature,Covid-19at- tedtothe hospital. Now, mostof pital) beds, number of calls to 108 around 2.4 per cent in the past areapprehensive of getting tested wasallegedly kidnappedand ther and the remaining amount the minor,but no subsequent ac- tachesto ACE2receptorsfoundin the critical cases arethose who (ambulance) and number of calls week.Inthe firstweek of at UHCs and hospitals, perhaps of raped, the courthas steppedin be put in afixed deposit account, tion wastaken by the police. lungs as well as in beta cells of neglected their symptoms ini- to 104(Covid-19helpline). September,the test positivity afear of contracting infection. againtoensurethat she is paid withaviewtoutilisethelatterfor The accusedwas chargedun- pancreas,kidneys,liverandintes- tially,”Patel said. Depending on these, the testing rate stood at around 1.7per cent. Kioskshavemade it easier.” compensation of Rs 3lakh under her education and rehabilitation der sections 363 (Kidnapping tines, and causes system inflam- Vadodararecorded13,398 numbers aredecided... we are Astate healthofficial attrib- Ravi addedthat state-wide, the Victim Compensation Act. once sheturns 18 years. from lawful guardianship) and mation.“Onceyouare downwith Covid-19cases and 207deaths maintaining agood test per mil- utes this marginal increase in the inhibition or stigma around Afteradivision benchofthe While survivors areusually 366(Kidnappingawomanunder Covid-19, all these organs, where till Monday. lion and we do notsee the need test positivity rate and drastic getting tested or apprehension HC deemeditnecessarytopro- entitledtocompensation upon the pretextofmarriage, illicit sex, to continue with high testing decline in the dailytesting rate of contracting infection while videthesurvivorwithcompensa- conviction of the accusedwhen etc) of the Indian Penal Code, as numbers (as before)...,” said Ravi. to the influx of migrant workers waiting in aqueue to gettested tion to facilitateher socio-eco- rape is proven, the HC decidedto well as under sections eight She said since the “(Covid- that ledtotargetedtesting has “seen alot of improvement”, nomicrehabilitation,theprincipal interveneinthiscasesoonersince (Sexualassault)and12 (Sexualha- 19)situation has improved in among specific demography. owing to the health depart- district judgeofBhavnagar de- she wasaminor and had to ter- rassment of achild) of the the stateand critical patients “Weweredeploying wide- ment’s campaign and chief min- cidedthe compensation amount minateapregnancy.This indi- Protection of Children from arefewer,putting hospitals in spread testing in textile and di- ister’s slogan of “TestisBest”. of Rs 3lakh basedonexisting cates sexual intercourse by ami- Sexual Offences Act(POCSO). 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A30-YEAR-OLD man who was sentencedtoseven years in jail forraping aminor girlin2014 and out on parole wasarrested on Mondayfor raping asix-year- old girlinanabandonedhouse in Ahmedabad. According to police, the ac- cused, who wasserving sen- tence in Sabarmati Central Jail and wasonparole for15days af- terthe death of his father,ab- ducted the girland rapedher on October 9night. The FIR filedonOctober 10 states that around 8.30 pm on Friday, an unknown man lured twogirls —agedsix years and sevenyears —who were playing outside their house, to an aban- donedbuilding by offering them with candies and biscuits. While the seven-year-old girlmanaged to escape, the accusedtook the other child to the bathroom in the abandonedhouse and rapedher. He has been chargedunder Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 376for rape and 354for assault on woman, as well as sections of the Protection of Children Against Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. “Afterexamining CCTV footageinthe area and also on the basis of human intelligence, the investigating team pickedup the accusedtoday(Monday) af- ternoon from his residence. He wasearlier convicted forabduct- ing and raping aminor girl,” said Milap Patel, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Kdivi- sion, Ahmedabad city. Ahmedabad WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 4 GUJARAT THEINDIANEXPRESS,TUESDAY,OCTOBER13,2020

ASSEMBLY BYPOLL RANCHI POLICE YET TO ARRIVE Boy who issued Congressannounces ‘rape threats’ to cricketer’s candidatesfor5seats daughter sent back home

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE RAJKOT,VADODARA, AHMEDABAD,OCTOBER12 OCTOBER12 THE 16-YEAR-OLD boyfrom ADOCTOR, abuilder,afactory Kutch, who wasroundedupon owner and afarmer areamong Sundayfor allegedly issuing rape the candidates announcedby threatstothe daughter of acrick- Congress forfiveofthe eight (Fromleft) Jayantilal Patel, Dr Shantilal Sanghani, eter on social media, wassent Assemblyconstituencies in Mohan Solanki, Suresh Kotadiyaand Kiritsinh Jadeja home as Ranchi police, who is in- Gujarat whichare going to by- vestigatingthecase,isyettoarrive poll next month. to Kutchtoformallyarresthim. The party announced Sanghani, amedical practitioner stateearly this year. The juvenile accusedwill be Jayantilal Patelasits nominee for basedinNakhtrana town which Suresh Kotadiya, son of late under local police watchuntil by-election to Morbi Assembly is partofAbdasa Assemblycon- Union ministerManubhai Ranchipolicearrives,accordingto seat in Morbi district, Dr stituency.HeisaPatidar. Kotadiya, has been given senior officers. The Class 12 stu- Shantilal Sanghani forAbdasa “Our strategy is to field alocal Congress ticket to take on JV dent had allegedly postedrape seat in Kutchdistrict, Mohanbhai leader who would find wider ac- Kakadiyaofthe BJP from Dhari threatsonInstagram againstthe Groundnut brought by farmers await auction on the yard of Gondal APMC on Sunday. Hitesh Purohit Solanki forGadhda seat in Botad ceptance among all types of vot- Assemblyseat in Amreli district. minor daughter of the cricketer, district, Suresh Kotadiyafor ers. Besides being aPatidar,Dr Kotadiya, who has served as afterhis team lostamatchinthe Dhari seat in Amreli district and Sanghani is also amedical prac- chairman of agricultural pro- ongoing Indian Premier League Kiritsinh Jadeja forKarjan seat in titioner and enjoys goodwill of duce market committee (APMC) (IPL)season.RanchiPolicefiledan Vadodaradistrict. people of all walksoflife. of Dhari will be fighting his first FIR afteruproar on social media. Gondal, Rajkot APMCs flooded Patelowns aceramic tile Therefore, the party has given major election. Kotadiyaisana- On Sunday, investigating offi- manufacturing factoryinMorbi him the mandatetocontestthe tive of Kubda villageofDhari cers in Jharkhand alertedKutch and is also incumbent president bypoll.” said Yajuvendrasinh taluka and is associated with Bhuj police about the location of of Morbi Chamber of Commerce Jadeja, president of Kutchdistrict agriculture. The bypoll has been the accusedinKutch, afterwhich with fresh arrivals of groundnut and Industry. This is forthe fifth unit of Congress. warranted afterKakadiya, the he waspickedup. According to time that Congress has fielded Dr Sanghani will be fighting sitting Congress MLAresigned KutchBhuj police, the boycon- Patelfor Morbi seat. He had con- his maiden election though he and defected to the BJP ahead of fessedtohavepostedthe rape hurry to transporttheir ground- help farmers getremunerative mateofloweryield this year. tested from the same con- has served as vice-president of RajyaSabha election. threatsonsocial media. GOPALKATESHIYA nut to market soon afterharvest- priceoftheir produce. It also al- This suggests,thereisn't any stituency in 1990, 1995, 2002 Kutchdistrict unit of Congress. In Karjan, the party has Theaccusedhasbeencharged RAJKOT,OCTOBER12 ing it but our trading system at lows setting up private yardsand great uptickinprocurement at and 2007 but had lostonall oc- Forbypoll to Gadhda fieldedJadeja who wasaclose under Indian Penal Code section the APMC is taking up to three to sub-yards fortrading of agricul- farmgates," said Kamani. casions. Assemblyseat, Congress has aide of turncoat MLAAkshay 506forcriminalintimidationand MAJOR AGRICULTURAL produce four days to handle the quantity tural produce. Lastmonth, the Despitethe marketshaving “Afterour sitting MLAde- chosen Mohan Solanki, a Patel. Jadeja had canvassedex- section of the Information market committees (APMCs) in whichisarriving in asingle day," Gujarat Assemblyalso passeda been flooded, groundnut prices fected to the BJP,the party gave Bhavnaar-basedbuilder,asits tensively forAkshayPatel dur- Technology (Amendment) Actin Saurashtraare floodedwith the Kirit Somaiya, secretaryof Bill to amend the Gujarat have held firm. The oilseedis me theresponsibility of present- candidate. LikeDrSanghani, ing the 2017 Assemblyelection, the FIR lodged by Ranchi Police. fresh arrivals of the oilseedas Gondal APMC, told The Indian Agricultural Produce Market Act. fetching bids up to Rs 5,350, ing the party’s challengeatthe Solanki will also be making his afterseeking aCongress ticket. However, KutchBhuj police has usual as therehas been no major Express on Monday. The Central government toohas higher than the minimum sup- bypoll and Iamsure, Iwill electoral debut as he takeson In 2018,hejoinedthe Rashtriya no case againsthim. shiftinmarketing chain of this APMCs in Gujarat had pow- enacted asimilar lawinaddition portprice (MSP) of Rs 5275 de- emerge victorious this time,” 63- former ministerAtmaram Saman Paksh(RSP) and helped Saurabh Singh, Superinten- important crop of Saurashtrade- ers to charge marketing cess on to providing alegal framework clared by the Central govern- year-old Patelwho is acom- Parmar in the by-election sched- field independent candidates for dent of Police, KutchBhuj said, spitethe stategovernment abol- everytransaction taking place forcontract farming. ment. "The overall quality of the merce graduatesaid. uledfor November 3. “I have the taluka panchayatpolls. Six of “Since the accusedisaminor and ishing levies on traders procur- within itsjurisdiction, which "Westill have faith in the crop this year is comparatively Morbi seat had fallen vacant been staking my claim fora the eight independent candidate we have notchargedhim, we ing at farmgates this year. usuallywould be ataluka or two, APMC system. To be honest, we lowascropwas affected by aftersitting Congress MLA Congress ticket to contestelec- wonthe elections but later cannotkeep him under deten- Gondal APMC in Rajkot,the till early this year.However, on arestruggling to gather what the heavy rain in August. But Brijesh Merja resignedasMLA tion from Gadhda since 2002. I joinedthe BJP. tion or arrest as per the Juvenile biggestmarket of groundnut in May6this year,the stategovern- newlaw means. In anycase, pay- groundnut of fair averagequal- and defected to the BJP in June am thankful to party leadership AfterCongress gave him Justice Act. So he wasallowedto the state, has recordedarrivals of ment promulgatedanordinance ing 60 paisa marketing cess on a ity is getting sold in the rangeof this year in the run up to the forshowing confidence in me,” mandatetotakeonAkshay go home Sundaynight. On 60,608 quintals of groundnut in amending the Gujarat Agricu- transaction with Rs 100isnot a Rs 4,500toRs5,000per quintal," RajyaSabha election in the state. 58-year-old Solanki, who has Patel, Jadeja said his experience Tuesdaymorning, Ranchi Police the firsteight days of this month. ltural Produce Market Act1963 big deal forus. Farmers also pre- said Mukehs Satasiya, president Kishor Chikhaliya, president of studiedtill Class IX, said. of campaigning forPatel will will arrive and take his custody.” Rajkot APMC, the second biggest to limit the regulatoryjurisdic- fertobring their produce to of Gondal APMC commission Morbi district panchayat, was He had served as the chair- give him ahead-start in the by- wholesale market of the oilseed, tion of APMCs in the statetothe APMC as theygenerallyget agentsassociation. also in therace forparty nomi- man of ScheduledCastes(SC) poll. Senior party leaders, who has logged arrivals of around physical boundaries of their re- prices higher than ones offered The rush at APMC comes at a nation forthe bypoll but Patel Cell of Bhavnagar district unit of were aspiring forticketsfrom The Class 12 student 46,100quintals of groundnut in spective yards. Thus atrader at his farmgatesince atrader go- time when the government is in trumpedhim. Congress. the constituency,however, said had allegedly posted the first10days of this month. procuring directlyfromfarmers ing to afarmer's farm also has to theprocess of registering those In Abdasa, the Assemblyseat The Gadhda seat, whichisre- that Jadeja wasa“Kutchi rape threatson The rush from farmers to cart at farmgateisnolonger liable to factor in the transportation cost," farmers who want to sell their whichhad fallen vacant aftersit- served forSC, had fallen vacant Kshatriyaand notalocal from their harvestedoilseedcropisso paymarketing cess to an APMC said Paresh Vadodariya, a groundnut at MSP.Around three ting Congress MLA aftersitting Congress MLA Vadodara”, whichwould not Instagram againstthe high that Gondal APMC is forced and universal licence allows him groundnut trader who operates lakh farmers have gotthem- Pradyumansinh Jadeja defected Pravin Maru quit Congress and work in the party’s favour. daughter of the to allowarrivals once in four days. to procurefromany farmer from on the Gondal APMC yard. selvesregisteredfor selling their to the BJP early this year, resignedasMLA in the run up to AkshayPatel had also resigned cricketer,after his team Same is the situation in Rajkot as anywhereinthe state. Atul Kamani, former presi- groundnut to the Central gov- Congress has giventicket to Dr the RajyaSabha election in the ahead of the RajyaSabha polls. commission agentsand traders The government has been dent of Rajkot APMC ernment even as the registration lostamatchinthe areunable to auction offthe en- pushing the move as areform Commission AgentsAssociation, windowisscheduledtoremain ongoing IPL season tirearrivals in aday and thereare whichwill eliminatecommis- said the amendmentshavehad open till October 20. The govern- space constraintsonAPMC yards. sion agentsorthe middlemen, little impact on their business so ment procurement of the "Weare forced to regulate promote competition among far. "The arrivals of groundnut oilseedistostart from October BJP candidate the arrivals as farmers areina traders, whichinturn, would arequitenormal despiteanesti- 21 onward. Jitu Chaudhary files nomination

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BHARATIYAJANATAParty (BJP) candidatefromKaprada con- stituency,Jitu Chaudhary, filed his nomination papers forthe upcoming Assemblybypolls be- fore the returning officer at Kaprada taluka of Valsad district, on Monday. Chaudhary, who wasa Congress MLAfromthe seat, re- signedahead of the RajyaSabha electionsinJune, pavingway for abypoll. The leader later joined the BJP,whichchose him as can- BJP statecabinetministerGanpat Vasava addresses agathering in Dangs. Express didatefor Kaprada seat, where the Congress is yettodeclareits candidate. Chaudharywas accompa- niedbyRamesh Gamit, former Eye on Christian vote bank, president of Kaprada taluka pan- chayat and former BJP MLAfrom Kaprada, Madhubhai Raut, who BJP holds meeting in Dangs losttoChaudharyinthe previ- ous assemblyelections. Speaking to The Indian ingand assuredtheir supportto Vasava said, “The purpose of Express, Chaudharysaid, “I am LAWYERS PROTEST IN VADODARA KAMAALSAIYED the BJP candidateinupcoming the meeting wastotell the happythat BJP leaders and SURAT,OCTOBER12 elections,” Gamit, who is a members of the Christian com- workers have acceptedmeand Lawyers protestagainstacircular of the stategovernment whichprovides Talatis with the powertotakeoath, in Vadodara Christian and former president munity about our party,its plans have givenmefull support, on Monday. BhupendraRana CABINET MINISTER fortribal de- of this panchayat, said. and functioning. We urgedthem keeping faith on me.” velopment, forest and tourism, When asked if Covid norms nottofall forfalse promises by Ganpat Vasava at agathering at were followed, Gamit said, “We the Congress. We got good re- Badripada villageinDangs dis- made surethat all norms were sponse from those who at- trict on Sundayappealedtothe followed. All those who at- tendedthe meeting and theyas- BJP MLA played cricket, flouted Covid norms: Cong people from Christian commu- tendedthe meeting wore masks sured us support.” nity to vote forthe BJP in the up- and usedhand sanitizer.” People from the community, break,the lockdown and the Sanghavi forviolating Covid-19 coming by-elections to eight This is the firsttime that the including 15 pastors, attended EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE subsequent unlock, several guidelines. We have submitted Gujarat Assemblyconstituencies BJP is openlywooing Christians the meeting. The BJP leaders as- SURAT,OCTOBER12 guidelines have been issuedfor an application to the police and scheduledfor next month. afterthe district sawits worst sured them various develop- citizens to prevent further if no actionistaken, then we The meeting whereVasava anti-Christian riots in 1998.The mentsintheir areas. PLAYINGSTREET cricket with transmission of the viral infec- will go to higher authorities in- addressedpastors and Christians constituency has nearly 35 per BJP’s organisation secretary youths in Surat without wear- tion. The commissioner of po- cluding the Gujarat High Court washeld at the house warming cent Christian population. of Dangs, Ashok Dhorajiya, said, ing amask and notobserving lice in Surat had also issueda and the National Human Rights ceremonyofthe farmhouse that The BJP recentlyannounced “Over 35 per cent of the total social distancing has landedBJP notification, appealing people Commission. Along with the belongs to BJP’s Subir taluka VijayPatel as itscandidatefrom population of Dangs are MLAfromMajuraseat, Harsh to wear masksbeforestepping application, we have also sub- panchayatmember Rajesh Dangs forthe upcoming bypolls. Christians. People from the Sanghavi, intoacontroversy, out in public, maintaining so- mitted photosofSanghavi Gamit. ACNI priestinDangs district Christian community arewith even as Congress leaders have cial distancing, etc. playing cricket.whichclearly “As the elections areround on condition of anonymity said, BJP.Incoming days,wewill carry requestedSurat Police to book Notably, Umra police had indicatethat he violated Covid the corner,Iinvited statecabinet “I have seen the riots that broke out similar meetings in other the MLAunder sections of the penalizedyouths playing norms.” ministerVasava,Ashok out in Dangs on December 25, talukas in Dangs.” Epidemic Disease Act. cricket on aground in In response, Sanghavi said, Dhoryajia (organisation secre- 1998,wherein manychurches Congress leader and proba- Youth Congress leader Pilod area of the city on “I wasonatour in tary of BJP) and some of the peo- were setonfire, priests were ble candidatefromDangs, Gaurang Patel(26), aresident September 27. Kharwarnagar area and sawa ple in the area likepastors and beaten up and even their houses Suryakant Gavit, said, “The of ParlePoint in Surat, said that In this regard,Patel de- fewyouths playing cricket.To our community people to the in- were torchedbymob belonging Christians arewith Congress. BJP MLAHarsh Sanghavi, on mandedthat strict action be cheer them up, Ipickedupa auguration of my farm house. to ring wing. Twoevangelists This is forthe firsttime that such Sunday, had postedaphoto of takenagainstSanghvi forvio- cricket bat and playedwith Christians supportedBJP candi- were murdered by rioters. Now ameeting washeld ahead of by- playing cricket with youths on lation of Covid guidelines and them forsome time. If Ihave dateinthe taluka panchayatand BJP is trying to woothe polls in Dangs. Therewerevery astreetinKharwarnagar area that he be booked under the made amistake by playing district panchayatelections and Christians forupcoming bypolls. fewpastors and Christians who of the city.Sanghavi wasnot Epidemic Diseases Actas“no- cricket and running from one this is forthe firsttime, we It wasthe right wing people who attendedthe meeting. Moreover, wearing amask while he was body is above the law”. end to other end to make arranged ameeting ahead of the had carriedout the mass attacks suchmeetings cannotdeter- Harsh Sanghavi, BJP MLAfromMajuraseat, plays cricket batting, Patelsaid. Pateltold The Indian runs, then Iamready to get assemblybypolls. Over ahun- on Christians. We have seen the mine the fact that theyare with on Sunday. Express Patelsaid that during the Express, “Wewant action to be punished, but it should be dred people attendedthe meet- suffering.” BJP.” course of the Covid-19out- takenagainstBJP MLAHarsh proved (sic).”

Ahmedabad WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM THEINDIANEXPRESS,TUESDAY,OCTOBER13,2020 EXPRESS NETWORK 5 J&K cops:Three Covid-time demand helps schoolteachers whittle down FCI grain stocks of 68.49mtinthe Central pool HARISHDAMODARAN At 68.49milliontonnes is still 2.2 times the required NEWDELHI,OCTOBER12 bufferof30.77mtfor October (mt), the total wheat 1. The 68.49mtcomprised heldunderPSA COVID-19MAY have unleashed and rice stocks in the 43.74mtwheat and 19.26 mt all-round economic devastation, Central pool as on rice. In addition, the FCI and Alumnus link to Pulwama blastput but has also turnedintoanop- stategovernment agencies held portunity forwhittling down the October 1stood way 8.19 mt of un-milledpaddy, instituteonthe police radar Food Corporation of India’s (FCI) belowthe record97.27 whose rice equivalent, at an massive grain mountain. mt at the startofJune outturn ratio of 67 per cent, public tranquility. At 68.49million tonnes worked out to 5.49mt. Outturn EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE One of the biggestseminaries (mt), the total wheat and rice is the shareofrice extracted SRINAGAR,OCTOBER12 in south Kashmir,Siraj-ul-Uloom stocks in the Central pool as on Services andother regular wel- from paddygrainsafter re- runs asenior secondaryschool October 1stood waybelowthe fare schemes. movalofthe outer husk and in- THREE TEACHERS of aschool in that imparts religious and mod- record97.27 mt at the startof But over and above these ner bran layers. Shopian in south Kashmir have ern education and is recognised June. The gapbetween the cur- have been the 32.11 mt ear- ForOctober 1, the norma- been detainedunder the Public by Jammu and Kashmir Boardof Smokebillows out of ahouse during the encounter at old Barzulla in Srinagar on Monday. PTI rent and year-agostocks, too, markedunder PMGKAY, 0.8 mt tive minimum stocks to run SafetyAct(PSA)andmoreare un- School Education. While some of has narroweddownfromover formigrant labourers returning TPDS and other welfare dersurveillance,oneyearafterthe themembersof theschoolareaf- 15 mt to 1.5mtbetween June 1 to their home states and 1.33 mt schemes,plus maintain an ad- institutecameonthepoliceradar filiated to the bannedJamaat-e- and October 1. of additional Covid-related allo- ditional “strategic reserve”, are whenoneof itsalumniwasfound Islami (Jammu and Kashmir), it is 2LeT militants killed in encounter Muchofthis inventory cations. The 5kgextragrain per 20.52 mt of wheat and 19.25 mt involvedinthe Pulwama blast run by aseparatebody under the drawdown is the result of the month to 80 crorepersons under of rice. The actual stocks,onthe whichleftnearly 40CRPFperson- Siraj-ul-UloomEducationalTrust. While asearch wason, the mili- Nowgam in whichtwo police- NarendraModi government’s PMGKAY(during April- other hand, amounted to 43.74 nel dead, police said. The school firstcame under EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE tantsopenedfireonthe team, men of armedpolice were mar- effortsatdisposing of surplus November) and 8crore return- mt and 24.75 mt (including rice “The name of the school is the scanner in 2019 when Sajad SRINAGAR,OCTOBER12 leading to the gunfight. tyred,hewas involvedinthat as foodgrains —including by dis- ing migrant labourers (for May- from un-milledpaddy),respec- Siraj-ul-Uloom,” said Inspector Ahmad,oneof itsformerstudents, J&K DGP Dilbag Singh told re- well,” DGP Singh added. tributing these free under the June) arebeing givenfreeofcost. tively. General of Police (IGP) Kashmir wasfoundinvolvedinthecarblast ACOMMANDER of Lashkar-e- porters, “The important thing This wasthe eight encounter Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan The Food Ministry’s latest FCI incurs interestand stor- VijayKumar when asked about atLethpora—heprovidedtheve- Taiba (LeT) from Pakistan, who about today’s operation wasthat in Srinagar this year,hesaid. “In Anna Yojana (PMGKAY). datashows actual offtakeun- ageexpenses in holding excess the school. “Wehavealready hiclefortheblastthatkilled40pa- wasresponsible forseveral re- atop Lashkar commander these eight encounters, we killed As againstanoverall grain der TPDS at 25.14 mt during stocks in itsgodowns. That booked itsthree teachers under ramilitarypersonnel. Police said cent attacksonsecurity person- (Saifullah) waskilledinit.” 18 terroristssofar,”DGPSinghsaid offtakeof65.91mtfrompublic April-September.Inthe case of “carrying cost”, estimated at Rs thePSA.Theyare AbdulAhadBhat, some other studentsand alumni nel in Kashmir,and his associate “Saifullah waspartofthree in response to aquestion. godowns in 2018-19and 62.19 PMGKAY, the migrants’ and 5.41per kg for2020-21, is saved AbdulRouf BhatandMohammad of theschoolhave alsobeenfound were killedonMondayinan major attacks —anattackon “Lashkarandothersaretrying mt in 2019-20, the Modi gov- Covid-related schemes, the lift- even when grain is givenout Yousuf Wani.”Answeringanother involvedinmilitant activities. encounter in Srinagar,J&K CRPF some days agoat to getafootholdinthecitybutour ernment has made an aggre- ing figures were 20.68mt, 0.64 free. The annual savings on the query, he said, “Around five to six “All militantsare studentsof Police said. Theyidentifiedthe Kaisermulla, Budgam, in which int(elligence)networkisgoodand gate allocation of 94.72mtfor mt and 0.97mt, respectively till 33 mt of PMGKAYand mi- otherteachersof theschoolareun- oneortheothereducationalinsti- militantsasLeT commander our ASI wasmartyred.Some quiteeffective.Becauseof that,our thisfiscal. That includes 55.24 August-end. grants’ grain allocations alone dersurveillance.We have warned tute,” said asenior police officer. Saifullah and his associateIrshad days ago, another CRPF party troops areable to take careof mt under the Targeted Public But in spiteofall these spe- will, thus, work out to around themunder107CrPC…Thescho- “Over the lastthree-four years, Ahmad Dar of Pulwama. wasattackedatKandizal in them,” he added. Distribution System (or TDPS, cial schemes, the current stock Rs 17,850 crore. olisbasicallyaffiliatedwithJama- over 500boys have become mili- According to officials, ajoint whichtwo jawans were mar- Singh said that 180militants whichentitles beneficiary at-e-Islami (Jammu and tantsinsouth Kashmir.Itistrue team of J&K Police and CRPF cor- tyred and three others injured. have been killedin75operations families to amonthlyper-per- Kashmir).” Section 107ofthe that 10-15might have been stu- donedoff the city’s Barzulla Afterthat, another attackona acrosstheValleyinthisyearsofar, son ration of 5kgwheat or rice Criminal ProcedureCode deals dentsofthis school, but others neighbourhood basedoninputs convoy in Kandizal that wasre- and 138militantsand their asso- at Rs 2-3/kg) and 5.24mtun- SALUTE THE SOLDIER with anylikelybreachofpeace or were from other schools. ” about the presence of militants. pelled. 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§ FOUNDED BY § RAMNATH GOENKA ‘Conspiracy’ is the oxygen that keepsbankruptregimes BECAUSE THE TRUTH INVOLVES US ALL alive.Minus that, one confrontsamiscellany of horrors

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Finance Minister’s packagetoreviveconsumptionand investment is modest, raises expectations of moretocome THE BARE FACTS of the Hathras incident,the nowblowing in the wind. Iamremindedof governance,through being perceivedbythe factsattendant and consequent, beggar lan- SubhadraKumari Chauhan’slines, admon- people theygovern as acting in their inter- guage. Mererape, even gangrape, is hardly ishing the very Springtoenter Jallianwalla ests,and notinthe pursuitofsectarian and NMONDAY,UNIONFinanceMinisterNirmalaSitharamanannouncedaset of news in our India. Thereneeds to be some- Bagh but respectfully: Aaopriyarituraj, kintu nefarious agendas. And while legitimacy measuresaimedatrevivingconsumptionandinvestmentactivityintheecon- thing special about the rape forittoevenbe dheereseaana/ Yehhai shok-sthaan, yahaan cannotbechallenged,since it reststoasignif- omy. They followatwo-prongedapproach:First,puttingmoneyinthehands noticedabove the dailynoise of atrocity.A mat shor machaana. icantextentonperformance and perception, O of governmentemployeessoasto incentivisespending,andsecond,increas- child, maybe? The morning paper has afour- Onecould belegalistic about it —thereis it can be eroded, it can drainaway. Now, there ing capital expenditurebybothcentral and stategovernments. According to the govern- year old, kept in captivity,raped and, forgood muchsportfor lawyers here. Thereisthe might well be people who argue that the per- measure, starved.Anold woman of 90? fudging of the medico-legal evidence, the de- formance of the Adityanath government has ment’s estimates, these measuresare expectedtoboostdemand by Rs 73,000 crorebythe But even in this challengingenvironment, layedsamples submitted forforensicevalu- been spectacularly good, etc—certainlyitis- end of this financial year.Seenagainstthe scaleofeconomic destruction, the measuresan- is theresomething about the Hathras inci- ation; the bureaucratic alacrityinobfuscat- n’t safetosuggest otherwise in UP itself, for nouncedonMonday, whilelimiting the fiscalcosts,are modestfirststeps. Theyare unlikely dent that compels attention? ing the narrative —“no rape”, trumpetedthe fear of attracting the dreadedprovisions of to provideanymeaningful,durablepushto economicactivity.Yet they signalanacknowledge- It couldn’t be the familiar and character- policemen, this was“merely” murder; the the NSAand the UAPA,reportedly at the ment on the partofthe government of theneedfor measures to boostdemand —and raise isticallyHindu hybrid of caste arrogance and DM bullying the familyintosilence, on whim of the Chief Minister—“NSAlagado!” expectations thatmoremeasures areinthe offing. toxic masculinity —although the local politi- record; and perhaps mostegregiously, the The case of Dr Kafeel Khan, whosedetention cians did hold meetings in supportofthe sus- rushedcremation —the callousness of waseventually ruledtobeillegal by the High The provisions to boostconsumer spending areoftwo kinds. First, the “Leave Travel pected rapists and some of the village course, but also the forensic complicity,the Courtis, well, exemplary. Concession Cash Voucher Scheme” provides central government employees moneyinlieu Thakurs stationedthemselvesoutside the Those who rule us are eager destruction of vital evidence. Those who rule us areeager to makeex- of leave travel concessionfor the 2018-21period.Employees can utilise this amount to pur- house of the grieving family, and broadcast Eachofthese meritsfull and separate amples of sundrypeople, “toteachalesson,” chase goods and services, subject to thespending being done through digital channels. insultsand threats, on loudspeaker and viral to makeexamples of sundry treatmentbut, fornow,Iwill followthe lead theysay.But through longyearsofteaching, Alongside,theCentrewillrevive aone-timefestivaladvanceschemegivingRs10,000to gov- videos, underthe benign supervisionofthe people,‘to teachalesson,’ of the CM, UP,and take offonwhat might be Ihaveacquired the sobering knowledge that ernment employees.Conditional upon their adoption, thesetwo measurestogether areex- police. Or could it be the extravagant cruelty they say. But through long calledthe Adityanath Tangent. Afterreluc- the lessons learnt arefrequentlydifferent of theoriginal incident, the bruisedtongue tantlyhanding over the investigation to ano- from the lessons that aresought to betaught. pectedto boostdemandby aroundRs36,000crore.However, notonlydotheconditionsim- yearsofteaching,Ihave of the rapedwoman, the broken spine? tionallyindependent agency, the CBI, the And the lesson that Iderive from the para- posedbythegovernmentrestricttheavenuesof spending,themeasuresarefairly limitedin Could it be thepalpable complicity of the lo- acquired the sobering governmentofUPhas launchedmultiple in- noia that is evident, in stateand Centre, in their scope, and don’t address the distress in large partsofthe labour market,especiallythe cal administration in the ultimatelybotched knowledge that the lessons vestigations —21FIRs and counting —inpur- the perceived“challenges” to legitimacy,and informal sector.The second setofannouncementsthataim to spur capitalspendinginclude attempt to coverupthe crime —the lyingpo- learnt are frequently suance of the claim that while the original the consequent resorttoallegations of con- a50-year interestfreeloan of Rs 12,000croretostates, and the enhancement of centralgov- licemen, the uncivil civil servants? different from the lessons Hathras incident mayormay notbecom- spiracy and sedition by the exponentsofsuch Unfortunately, noneofthis is news. mon or garden rape —bemere murder—the pedagogic “nationalism” —essentially, ernment capital expenditurebyRs25,000crore. Considering that the totalcapital outlayof that are sought to be taught. states waspegged at Rs 5.81lakh crorein2019-20 (BE),these loans to states areunlikelyto Instanceseven moreextremecan bemul- outrageoverHathras is partofaninterna- “teaching alesson”, generallywith sticksand tiplied—andperhapswill be,byadepts atthe Andthe lesson that Iderive tional conspiracy,noless,todestabilise the stones, to people who aredeemedtobe boostcapital spending, and will be inadequatetooffsetthe shortfallintheir taxdevolution, whatbouterygame, in the bizarre belief that from the paranoia that is provincialgovernment. “anti-national” —might well be different though theycould be usedfor clearing pending bills. Further,considering that the Centre’s matching atrocities, from oppositesides of The uniquelyhorrible natureofthe events from the one intended. capital spendinginthe firstfivemonths of the year has been marginallylower than lastyear, some ideological divide, cancel eachother out, evident,instate and Centre, at Hathras has evoked widespread condem- “Conspiracy!”confers akindof retrospec- to what extent this additional allocation can be releasedquicklyisdebatable. rather thanadding up. But, to be fair,the in the perceived ‘challenges’ nation,nationallyaswellasinternationally. But tive,derivedlegitimacy in situations where The GDP datareleased by the National StatisticsOffice(NSO) had revealed theextent rushed cremationwas rather special. It isn’t to legitimacy,and the to interpret thiswidespreadcondemnationas the real thing is perceived, with justification, of the collapse in household consumption and investment in the economyinthe firstquar- everydaythat the members of thegrieving consequent resort to evidenceofconspiracy requires genius. to have drainedaway. Afterall, if thereisa family—the mother prostrating herself be- Nefariousactors,we areledto believe,are seek- “conspiracy”, theremustbesomething there terofthe current financial year.For the fullyear,the RBI nowexpects the economytocon- fore theambulance, the father begging to see allegations of conspiracy and ing to “challenge” the legitimacy of the duly to be conspired against—in other words, re- tract by around 9.5per cent. While the measures announcedonMondaywill notbeenough the face of hismurdereddaughterforone last sedition by theexponents of electedgovernmentby“defaming”it—butthe calling Descartes, conspiracy ergosum. to offset thisloss,theydoindicatethe intent of the government to push both household time —lockedininfear,evenasthe body of suchpedagogic ‘nationalism’ government of UP is, evidentlyquite capable “Conspiracy” is the oxygen that keeps bank- consumption and public investment at this juncture. These announcementsshould be their deaddaughter,crucialevidenceof atroc- —essentially,‘teaching a of defamingitself. Arguably, it doeslittleelse, ruptregimes alive.Minus that, what one con- ity,isburntinthesmallhoursof the night,un- lurchingfromoneoutragetoanother.Now one frontsisamiscellanyofhorrors, lies and in- the firststeps of abroader,moreambitious fiscal package, thataddresses the needs of lesson’, generally with sticks stressedsegmentsofthe economy. der police guard. Atrocity upon atrocity. maygrant the “dulyelected”part, albeitwith competence.Behind the bizarre “international How, then, mayone approachthe mat- and stones, to people who somereservations,soitistruethatitisproperly conspiracy” generated by the Adityanath terofHathras, approachthe makeshiftpyre, are deemed to be ‘anti- legal. But “legitimate” is an altogether trickier Tangent, that pile of ash, whichwas once a hastilyassembledonwaste land, and now national’ —might well be matter thansimple legality. young woman, awaitsour attention. strewnwith afew,sad flowers? Perhaps in a To putitbluntly, legitimacy cannotbe OPEN THE CONVERSATION respectful, awed silence, baffledbythe enor- different from the one challenged,legality can. Legitimacy,onthe The writer taught in thedepartment of mity of what oneconfronts —apile of ash, intended. other hand, has to be earned—through good English, Delhi University Vaccine allocation will pose difficult questions, call forchoosing between vulnerabilities. Letthe deliberations begin

ASTMONTH,UNIONHealthandFamilyWelfareMinisterHarshVardhantoldthe RajyaSabha that he expectsavaccine againstCOVID-19tobeavailable by early 2021. Butheadded anote of caution about the time it could take to reachevery- WE’LL ALWAYS HAVE PARIS L one. On Sunday, he spokeagain on theissue: “Prioritisationofgroups forthe COVID-19vaccineshallbebasedontwo considerations—occupationalhazardsandtherisk TwoFrenchOpen champions, Nadal and Swiatek,restore order to an anxious year of developingsevere diseaseandincreasedmortality.”Theministerhasdonewellto indicate the government’s priorities at an early stage—avaccine formass use is, by mostestimates, at least threemonths away.But in the comingweeksand months, as the government gives GauravBhatt shapeto itsplans,narrowingdowntheprioritylist,itwillneedtoanswermore questions.For instance,if thestrategyisto give precedenceto healthcareworkers,shoulddoctorswhodeal IT WASinmid-March,withsportingevents men. The lasso-likeforehand is another aside queries about the 20-Grand Slam with infectious diseases getthe firstshot? Or should nurses, ward attendants, ambulance cancelledand organisers scrambling, that shared trait. But unlikeayoung Nadal, markshared with RogerFederer:“It’s all drivers be higher on the prioritylist? Among those withcomorbidities, shouldthe health of FrenchOpen ditchedits usual May-June slot Swiatek already lookslikeaWimbledon con- about RolandGarrostoday”. the elderly be secured first, or do relatively younger people,who needtotravelmore, have a and flung ahandkerchief on the September- tender,and it isn’t justthe sparklingwhite Offcourt, the twochampions couldn’t be more urgentclaim?Shouldthosewholive inslumsandcongestedareasgetpriority?Choosing October dates. At thetime, the unilateral post- garb. On clay, where only fools rush in,the anydifferent. Swiatek spent the enforced from among different sets of vulnerabilitiesisnever easy.Itisimportant, therefore, thatthe ponement irkedall tennis bodies. But this Pole won57net pointsatasuccess rate of 78. break doing homeworkinaunicorn onesie, year has underlinedthat hindsightis20/20. Yes, women’s singles tennis has long sharing BabyYodamemes and booting up government opens the conversation to avariety of specialists —epidemiologists, ethicists, Looking back,therecouldn’t have been abet- been acarousel. Swiatek is the ninth first- the PlayStation. Nadal struggledwith ordeals economists,patientgroups, social scientists. terend to theGrand Slam tennis season than time championinthe last14Grand Slams, likehow to add aperson to avideo call. The WHO’spreliminaryguidelinesfor vaccineallocation underlinethe significanceofa theheady mixofemotions we got in Paris on and the fifthfirst-timer to win the French CommentsspammedNadal’s feed as he deliberativeprocedure:“Employbestavailablescientificevidence,expertise,andsignificant Sunday—theexhilarationofthe unknown Open in as manyyears. Shewoulddowell to triedfor minutes to setupanInstagram ses- engagement with relevant stakeholders forvaccine prioritisation… using transparent, ac- and the comfortofthe familiar. take another pageout of her idol’s playbook. sion withfellowelder Federer. One, from a countable and unbiasedprocesses to engender… trustinprioritisation decisions”. Acon- In an anxiety-filledworld,itwas arelief Comingintothe FrenchOpen, the odds certain Andy Murray,read: “This is brilliant... that IgaSwiatek and Rafael Nadal wonthe were againstNadal—concerns about the 34- he can win 52 Frenchopens but notwork sensus also seems to be emerging globallythat allocation strategies should be informedby French Open with absolute authority. year-old’slonglayoffand indifferent form, Instagram.” Murray’s comment reads alot wide-rangingdiscussions.IntheUS,theCentersforDiseaseControlandPreventionaskedthe Dominic Thiem’sUSOpenwin lastmonth about the heavier balls and colder Parisian likethe running gagonWikipedia, where National Academies of Sciences,Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) to develop aplan “to wasmarredbyasub-par final. Naomi climes, both of whichcould, in theory, ad- fans edit the “Roland Garros” entrytoread: fairly allocate” avaccine. NASEM reportedlyconducted apublic hearinginthe firstweek of Osaka’s triumphwas aboutamessagebig- verselyaffect his game. Nadal answered with “FrenchOpen is amajor tennis tournament September before releasingits firstdraft. gerthanthe sport. The fortnightinFrance, anear-perfect campaign that endedbydis- heldovertwo weeksatthe Stade Roland- TheDrugsControllerGeneralof Indiasaid,lastmonth,thatitwouldapproveavaccine“of however, wasabout twoathletesattheir mantling nemesis NovakDjokovic. Garros in Paris,beginning in lateMay and ruthless best. Coming into the French It’s fitting that the twolosing finalists — ending afterRafael Nadal kisses the trophy.” atleast 50percentefficacy”.Giventhemagnitudeof thecrisis,thislowbarisunderstandable. “Congratulations Rafael Nadal! It’s amaz- Open, the odds were against Djokovic and Sofia Kenin —werechampions The dates were different, but Nadal But aless than 100per cent sure inoculation could mean thatplans to trackthe initial recip- ing to kind of sharethis experience with you. Nadal —concerns about the at the year’s firstGrand Slam. The Australian brought some semblance of order to a ients will have to be developedintandemwith the allocation strategy.It’simportant that a Am Ievenallowedtosay this?” tweeted Open nowseems ages ago. Happier times? chaotic year.Swiatek made it better by rangeofspecialistsare calledintojoin the dots,think through the difficult issues. Swiatek minutes afterthe Spaniard’s 13th 34-year-old’slong layoff and Perhaps not, seeing howthe tournament was restoring faith in the future. FrenchOpen title on Sunday. There’s area- indifferent form, about the playedinthe backdrop of the bushfires crisis. Fornow,it’s au revoir.The Paris Masters sonbehind the politeness. Swiatek wasfour heavier balls and colder Simpler times, though. Theygot to lifttheir is scheduledfor next month, but COVID-19 when her favouriteplayerlaid the firstbrick Parisian climes, both of trophies in front of an audience, their wide cases in France have been on an uptick.Our to hiskingdom of clay. On Saturday,she grins notconcealedbymasks. champions return to theirrespective rou- whichcould,intheory, GAME, SET, MATCH pickedupher firsttitle in Rafa-likefashion: Afterher triumph, Swiatekwas arat in tines. Swiatek doingwhat she loves, solving Showing no respect to thestatusquo of adversely affecthis game. amaze. She sprinted up and down the math problems in Warsaw, while Nadal will There’s aNadal-sized FrenchOpen asterisk against seeds, pastwinners,runners-upand reign- Nadal answered with anear- stairs, climbed over barriers beforemaking trytofigureout technology in Mallorca. ing champions.Bothwere19and the simi- perfectcampaign that ended it to thebox and the arms of herteam. She “But what about us,” youask? Federer’s GOAT claims larities onlybegin there. fumbledher waythrough the speechbe- We’ll alwayshaveParis. The dizzyingRPMs Swiatek putsonthe by dismantling nemesis fore admitting, “I don’t knowwhat’sgoing T’LL DO THE men’s singles final at FrenchOpen an immensedisservice if it is reduc- ball farexceedmostwomen and rivalmany NovakDjokovic. on.” Nadal wasathis regalbest, swatting [email protected] tively recounted as Rafael Nadal’s 100th matchwin at Roland Garrosor13thGrand Slam title on clayor999th career win. Nadal’s 6-0, 6-2, 7-5 triumph over Novak I Djokovic wasaclassic whichremindedthe worldthatepic encounters don’t always needtogotofivesets. Nadal winning the firstset 6-0 againstanopponent who hadn’t lost hislast38matcheswasn’tsomeone-sidedsavagedismantlingby theSpaniardonwhatishis OCTOBER 13, 1980, FORTY YEARS AGO stomping ground. It wasariveting shortstory with twists andturns. This wasn’t Nadaltrying to extract errors from Djokovic. He wasthinking hard, stretch- W AR RAGES ON AASU ON MIGRANTS mean the migrantswho came to India before ingeverysinew, exploringallanglesonthecourt.Thedrop-shotthathadworkedforDjokovic IRAQI JETS ROCKETED Abadan as tanksraced THE ALL ASSAMStudentsUnion hasdescribed that date cannotbetaken back, the booklet all week wasalsoonshow. AgainstNadal on theday,itdidn’t work.Hewouldread hismind, to close in on the gutted oil refining city in as fallacious the interpretation that the mi- claimed. southwestern Iran. Iran’s President Abol- grants who came to India before March 25, reachthe ball and place it across the net. Even when Nadal’sdominance grew,the presence HassanBani-Sadr said his country’s forces 1971 couldnotbesent back.The Indira-Mujib J&K HAILSTORM of Djokovic on the oppositeend leftatantalising possibility of acomeback. Djokovic wasn’t were wearingdowntheIraqisandwillmount pact of 1972 or thejoint declaration of March THIRTY-FIVE BAKARWALS AND Gujjars giving up, Nadal wasn’t giving in. It wasthat kind of aSunday. acounter-attackto“recoverevery inchofter- 1972 did notsay anything about refugees or were killed in ahailstorm whichswept the The 2020 Nadal win wasnothinglikehis 12 previous triumphs at Paris. NotFederer's ritory” takenoverbyIraq. He said Iran was migrants, the AASU contendedinaleaflet mountainous rangeofPeer Panjal in the roasting of 2008, nor the titanic triumph of 2011 wherethe Spaniarddrew thebestout of agreeabletoaUNsponsoredceasefire limited brought out on the Nehru-Liaqat Ali Khan border district of Poonchand Rajouri. The Federer on clay, could matchthis one.The Spaniardunleashedanuncharacteristic geomet- to theShatt el Arab estuarytoallowanesti- agreement and the Indira-Mujib pact. parties of Gujjars and Bakarwals were on mated 60 strandedforeign ships to leave.But However, the India-Bangladeshjoint state- their waybacktothe plains from the moun- ric game,not beholden to percentageplay, leavingDjokovicwithnoanswers.Serving up a therewerenosigns that Iraq would agree to ment in February1972 did talk of migrants, tain pastures, wheretheyhad gone to graze masterclass without being aslave to afive-setscoreline, while equalling Federer's 20, Nadal the localisedstand down afterits infantry and Sheikh MujiburRahman had expressed their cattle.According to reports,hailstones cannowstake legitimateclaimtohisfriend’sGreatestOfAllTimehonour.Forwithallthings stormedacrossthestrategicKarunrivertowin his resolve to take backall migrantswho came the size of table-tennis balls beat down on being equal now, there’saNadal-sizedFrenchOpen asterisk againstFederer’s GOAT claims. total control of the 120-mile shipping lane. to India afterMarch 25, 1971.This does not them,killingatleast10onthe spot.

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THEINDIANEXPRESS,TUESDAY,OCTOBER13,2020 WHATTHE OTHERSSAY “The choice of winner (Nobel Peace Prize) indicates the seriousnesshunger 7 THE IDEAS PAGE poses to world peace.” —DAWN Quad and the global churn Never waste acrisis Instead of focusing on non-issues and fixing Engaging Quadpartners on reformingChina-centred economic globalisation is arare opponents, government should borrow opportunity forIndia. But it also involves engineering internal change andspend the moneywisely

ernment. And lastly, theonlything which is flourishing is the stockmarket,whichhas been firmlyinthe grip of speculators during the pandemic.But all this will notfill the emptystomachsofpeople. Theseare truths, which cannotbecon- cealeddespitethe Goebbelsian effortsof RAJA MANDALA the government. The bigger reality is that thepeopleare undergoinguntold suffer- by CRajaMohan Ya shwant Sinha ing and paying aheavy price forthe fol- lies of the government. Acrisisshouldneverbewasted;thisone THE QUAD, OR the quadrilateral security dia- ITHASBECOMEtheprimarydutyof thegov- in particular.Itisagolden opportunityto logue between India, US, Japan and Australia, ernment of the daytoobfuscate issues build. Whydid John MaynardKeynes sug- is nowemblematicofthe geopolitical churnin through acocktail of untruths, half-truths, gest that people should be engaged in dig- the eastern hemisphere. Less notedbut innuendos and purelies.Yet,likethe sun’s gingditchesandthenfillingthemup?Itwas equallysignificant isitsgeo-economic agenda raysthrough adarkcloud,some factspeep in order to ensurethatmoneyreachedpeo- that has drawnSouth Korea, Vietnam and out. As farasthe Indian economyiscon- ple’s pocketssothat demandcouldacceler- NewZealand intothepost-pandemicconsul- cerned,thesearethefacts.First,theeconomy ate. In ourcontexttoday, it meansproviding tationsinthe so-called“Quad Plus”format.In wentintoatailspinatleasteightquartersbe- gainfulemployment,creatingdurableassets both the domains, China is the natural focus. fore thefirstquarterofthe current fiscal,in and strengthening physical infrastructure. The policy discourse isabout blunting Beijing’s whichthe growth rate declinedby23.9 per We still needtobuild millions of milesof ru- ambition to exercise regional hegemonyand cent.Justtorefreshourmemory, thegrowth ralroads, provide housing to all,build new preventing it from bending the global eco- rate recordedinthe firstquarterof2018-19 citiesandvillageswithmodernfacilities,im- nomic order in China’s favour. was8.2 percent. It crashedto3.2 per centin provehealthand educational facilities, con- India finds itself at the frontline on both. quarterfour of 2019-20 —adecline of 500 struct national highways,railway lines, air- Confrontingan expansiveChinese aggression basispoints.Second,thismassive declinewas ports,ports, promote defence and tourism on itsfrontiersand Beijing’s growing strategic notdue to “an actofGod” butdue to people infrastructure.These arethe “ditches” we influence in the subcontinent and the Indian who thought theyweregods. must startdigging today. Ocean, Delhiis ready to exploresecuritycoali- Third, the prescription forgettingout of Whereare the resources forall this? tion-building with itsQuad partners. theslowdownwassuggestedbymanyecon- Again, my simple logic is this: Taking aloan India has also been apioneer in economic CRSasikumar omists,but the government hadnouse for is notsuchabad thing, providedyou create decoupling from China —recall itswithdrawal it.Itrefusedtobelieve thatdemanddeceler- thecapacity to repay. Forexample, if Iwere from the Regional Comprehensive Economic “climatehawks”inthe Bidenteam might have marginalising the WTO. ation wasthe root causeofthe malaise and to take aloan to setupabusiness and asuc- Partnership in 2019 and itsopposition to no time forthe “China hawks”. Theywantto Some advisers of the Biden campare echo- kept tryingotherexpensive measures,which cessful one,Ishall have no probleminre- China’s Belt and Road Initiative firstarticulated endthe confrontation with China and begin ing Trump’s call forconstructinganew net- had no bearing on the problem at hand. paying the loan out of itsincome. But if I in2017.Inthe wake of the Ladakhaggression, collaboration to addressthe greatestthreatto work of supply chains among America’s Naturallyitdidnotwork.Fourth,itwascrys- were to wastethat moneyoncurrent con- Delhihastakenupactive economicmeasures humanity.The liberal human rightscaucus trustedfriends and partners.India’scurrent tal-clearthattheproblemwascreatedby the sumption, Ishall find it difficult to repaythe againstChina to limit trade and investment wantsatough line on China’s treatment of its participation inthe economicinitiativesofthe thoughtless step of demonetisation which loan. Iappliedthis simple logictogovern- links. It wasnatural, then, forDelhi to take part ethnic and religious minorities, but wantsto Quad might augur well forDelhi’s engage- dealtabodyblowtotheeconomy. Nobodyin ment’s borrowings also while designing the in theeconomic initiativesoftheQuad and its avoid anew Cold Warwith Beijing. ment with the incipient debateonreimagin- the government todaytalks anymore of the Fiscal Responsibilityand Budget extendedformat. But the apparent clarity in Powerful economic interestsinthe US — ing the global trading system. India might also wonders it did as it failedtoachieve itsob- Management Bill. India could live with Delhi on the geopolitical imperativesofthe includingWall Street and SiliconValleythat hopethat an “Atmanirbhar America”might jectives. According to the latestreport, the small doses of deficitsonthe capital account Quad stands incontrasttothe continuing am- aremajor contributors to theBidencampaign createroomfor domestic industrial policy in cash-to-GDP ratiohas increased to 15 per but the revenuedeficit had to becompletely biguityregardingthe geo-economicinitiatives —would prefer areturn to apolicy of engage- areformedtrading order. cent—the highestsince Independence. eliminated.Weare still pursuing thatgoal of the newforum. ment. Theywould hope Biden would use the ButisDelhi ready foracomprehensive re- Fifth, as if the damagetothe economy whichremains elusive to this day. Indiaisnot alone here.Mostchancelleries leverage generatedbyTrumptorepackage form of the global trading rules? It is one thing wasnot extensive enough,the government So, letthe government go ahead and of the worldare deeplydividedonhow to commercial ties with China, declarevictory But is Delhi readyfor a to be partofQuad’s diplomatic consultations came out with an ill-advisedand badly borrow, even print notestogarner re- managethe relationship between the two. and end the talk of economic decoupling. comprehensive reform of the on reorienting supplychains. But it is entirely craftedGST,which,insteadof beingashining sources. This moneyshould be spent, not Theyare alllookingto seehowtheUS resolves Countervailing pressures comefromthe global trading rules? It is one another to reform India’s economic policy to exampleof cooperative federalismforwhich recklessly, but wisely. Some of the steps the dilemmas involved.That, in turn, hinges progressiveand labour wings of the cope with the unfolding disruption in the Ihadlaidthefoundationby creatingtheem- will createjobssorelyneededinthese dif- alot on the outcome of the US presidential Democratic Partythat want Biden to continue thing to be part of Quad’s global trading system. poweredgroupof statefinanceministersfor ficult times. Some maytaketime until the elections early next month. If Donald Trump Trump’s reorientation of the economic en- diplomatic consultations on If India has had difficulties doing even a VAT, has nowdegenerated intoadangerous plans arefirmed up. Demand forbothcon- has pushedthe US inone particulardirection, gagement with China. Morebroadly, they reorienting supply chains. minitrade deal withthe Trumpadministra- showdown betweenthe Centre and the sumption and investment goods will go it is notclear where Jo Biden,whose prospects wantabreakfrom theexcessive globalisation But it is entirely another to tion, the going could bealot tougherwith the states. Sixth, despitebeingfullyaware of the up, leadingtobetterutilisation of existing forvictoryseemedtohaveimprovedsignifi- of thelastfew decadesthat has deindustri- Bidenteam thatwilllinkcommerce to human delicatehealth of the economy, the govern- capacityand creation of fresh capacity. cantlyinthelastfew weeks,mightwant to go. alisedAmerica and off-shored jobs. reform India’seconomic rights, labour rightsand environmental stan- ment imposedamindless lockdown which Better infrastructurewill also reduce the In the lastfew months, topofficials of Biden, once the champion of free trade policy to cope with the dards. MostofIndia’s partners in the “Quad sappedtheeconomy of whateverlifewasleft transaction costs in the economy, making the Trumpadministration have laidout a with China,has significantlymodifiedhis unfolding disruption in the Plus” grouping, including Japan, South Korea, in it. Seventh, the decline in growth rate it morecompetitive.Itwill unleash avirtu- comprehensive framework foraddressing stance duringthecampaign.Hehaspromised global trading system. If Vietnam, Australia, and NewZealand, areall recordedinquarterone of thecurrent fiscal ouscycle, leading to full revivalinquick the ideological, political, economic, techno- nottosignany newfreetrade agreements pro-trade and will find ways to work with the is the highestamongstall majoreconomies. time. Paying the debt will pose no prob- logical and securitychallenges posedby without firstinvesting in American workers. India has had difficulties US and eachother. Eighth,the governmentisbankruptand lem when it becomes due. Is the govern- China. But disentangling the webofeco- Some of Biden’s plans do look likeparts doing even amini trade deal India’s current focus is on drawing foreign if it had notbeen forthe extortionarylevies ment game forit? nomic interdependence wovenoverthe last from Trump’s “America First” policy. Biden with the Trump investmentintodomestic manufacturing; but on petroleum products in the face of crash- The nation is in peril on multiple fronts. four decades is noteasy. wantsto“makemoreinAmerica” and “buy administration, the going Delhi has been unable to clinchbilateral trade ing internationalcrude oil prices, the posi- The governmentisbusy with non-issues Pessimists worrythat Biden might sim- moreAmerican”. Biden has also unveiledan deals or articulatethe case forrejigging the tion wouldhavebeen worse.Ninth, healthy with the sole intent of keeping the people in plyabandon Trump’s challengetoChina expansiveagendaof“industrial policy”— could be alot tougher with global economic order.Engaging the Quad agricultural output as aresult of successive atrancewiththeheadywineof religiousna- and return to the pastpolicies of accommo- whichwas derideduntil recently—tore- the Biden team that will link partners on reformingtheChina-centredeco- goodmonsoonshassustainedtheruralecon- tionalism.The ruling party maygoonwin- dation. Optimistsbelieve theUSestablish- build American industryand regain commerce to human rights, nomic globalisation of the lastthree decades omy, though the farmers continue to suffer. ning elections, toppling elected govern- ment nowhas aclearappreciation of the American technological leadership. is araregeo-economic opportunity forIndia. The government cannotclaimany credit ei- ments, misusing the agencies of the challenges posedbyChina. While there Biden says his administration would in- labour rights and But it is also abig challenge, foritinvolvesen- ther fordeclining global crude prices or for government to fixits opponentsand estab- might be achangeinthe tone andstyle of vest nearly $2 trillion in revamping manufac- environmental standards. gineeringmuchinternalchange.Meanwhile, the good monsoons. Tenth, fudging of fig- lishingitsmonopolyoverpower,fromcricket the Biden administration, theyhope, it is turing, developing newtransportation tech- Most of India’spartnersin Beijinghasbegun to teasethe Biden team with ures,suppressingunwelcomedata,opaque- to courtsoflaw.But what about India? likelytobedisciplinedand organisedwith nologies, including high-speedrail and electric the Quad Plus grouping, offers of a“fresh start” and “newbeginning” on ness likeinthe PM CARES fund, electoral the China challenge.Theyalso expect Biden cars, moving towardsagreen economy, and trade and climatechange. Beijing’s objective is bonds and foreign contributiontopolitical The writer is aformer Union to take the allies and partners intoconfi- steppingupresearch on artificial intelligence. including Japan, South to favourablyinfluence America’s internal partieshave becomethehallmarkofthegov- finance minister dence in dealing with China. Biden’s industrial policy will surelyrun Korea,Vietnam, Australia, contestation on China policy. Realists,including policymakers in Delhi, counter to the rules of the WorldTrading and NewZealand,are all pro- musttakeamoredifferentiated view.They Organisation. If hedoes followthrough on the trade and will find waysto The writer is director,InstituteofSouthAsian mustpreparefor aseriouscontestationwithin declaredagenda, Biden might beas unforgiv- Studies, National University of Singaporeand theBidenadministration on theChinapolicy. ing of the WTOasTrump. ManyDemocrats work with the US contributing editor on international affairs for LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR On the liberal side, the growingband of areeager to join Republican nationalists in and eachother. The Indian Express

CRIME DURING CRISIS THIS REFERS TO the report, 'Untold story IDEAS of lockdown' (IE, October 12). It isshock- ONLINE Aprize for waging war on hunger ing that child trafficking hawksare on the prowlevenduring ahealth crisis. ONLYINTHE EXPRESS Ironically, child trafficking that should have slackenedfollowing the cancella- ● NAGORNO-KARABAKH PeaceNobeltoWorldFoodProgrammerecogniseshungerasviolationof humanrights tions of trains that usuallyare misused ANDINDIA: forthis nefarious purpose.Hopefully, this ACHALMALHOTRA paper’sinvestigation will makestate SwatiParashar and CamillaOrjuela governmentstakeaserious viewofthe matter and theywill notonlybook the ● SAVINGBASTIS: IN MAY2018, aremarkable addition was further stressedthe link between armedcon- cus in itsown right.Amidst all the media at- cides. Statepolicies and accountability arethe culpritsbut also take pragmatic initia- MUKTANAIKAND made to the UN SecurityCouncil resolutions flict and hunger —something that the WFP tention to theexceptional violence of wars, bigger partofthe problem, along with the oc- tivestonip the problem in the bud. SWATIJANU on civilian protection in armedconflicts. also recentlyremindedusof. Almost 80 per terrorism andgenocides, we tend to forget currence of frequent natural disasters and Azhar Ali Khan, Rampur Building on previous UN resolutions on hu- cent of allchronic malnourishedchildren in- the millions of hunger victims who dieina lackofpublicattention to this issue. The on- www.indianexpress.com manitarian laws,human rights and protect- habit countriesaffected by armedconflict. slower, less spectacular form of violence. going coronavirus pandemichas further ex- HISTORIC TIES MATTER ing civilians and vulnerable populations, The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has ex- Hunger is notinevitable: It is man-made and acerbatedthethreat of hunger,eversince the Resolution2417, forthe firsttime, recognised acerbatedtheproblem of food insecurity and thereare victims and perpetrators. Those per- lockdown wasintroducedand millions of THIS REFERS TO the editorial,'Talking Delhi’s pollution problem is to sum- the needto“break the viciouscycle between famines. It is anticipated that the number of petrators include —but arenot restrictedto — daily-wage earners losttheir livelihood, giv- peace' (IE, October 12). India’s official rep- mon political will. But all political par- armedconflict and food insecurity”. This hungrypeople could increase to 270million stateactors who, through what theydoor ing rise to massivereverse migration. To add resentation to theConference on Intra- ties seemtolackconviction. Stubble pathbreaking resolution also addedcredence underthe impactofthe pandemic,with the what theyfail to do, contributetostarvation. to these known precarities, the impact of cli- Afghan Peaceand theministerial address burning has become an intractable to theSustainable Development Goal of erad- mostacute sufferingand starvation experi- Hunger has been India’sbane in colonial matechangeonthe futureofcropproduc- at the meettestifies NewDelhi’s broad phenomenon, while pollution control icating hunger adoptedbythe UN in 2015. encedinconflictzones. times and also since Independence. While tion is notevenfullyknown yet. agreement on the contours of the Doha agencies seem to be always on amon- The recent announcement of the 2020 Wars constrain people’s mobility, create debates about the Bengal and other British- The WorldFood Programme has deliv- peace process. US special envoy Zalmay itoring mode sans anyimplementation NobelPeace Prize to theWorld Food black marketsand restrict people’saccess to erafaminesare getting some attention now, eredfood aid and workedto alleviatehunger Khalilzad and Afghan envoy Abdullah plan to improveair quality. Programme(WFP),oneof thelargesthuman- food, making it either unavailableortoo ex- we need to focus on the hunger threatsand in manyparts of the world, including India. Abdullah's visit to Indiawithin aspan of Deepak Singhal, Chennai itarian organisationsaddressing hungerand pensive.War-related displacement causes food insecurity that independent India con- Recognising itsworkatthis critical juncture amonth to brief India'sleadership on the promoting food security, is astepforward in people to be removedfromtheir cultivable tinues to face. In 1947,India’sbiggestchal- is notonlyamuch-neededact of apprecia- developmentssignify India'sgrowing SON’STASK recognising the seriousness of the global food land so that theycannotgrowfood, and it di- lengewas to find enough grains to feed its tion, but an urgent warning thatweall need statureinthe region. crisis.Itdraws attentiontothe sustained ef- vertsresources from people’s welfareto- population of around 300million, when to heed. The worldfacesasevere food crisis as Sudip Kumar Dey, Kolkata THIS REFERS TO the editorial, “The fortstofighthungerandfaminefromthegrass- wardsthe wareffort. Warparties control only10per cent of the cultivatedareahad the threat of famines and starvationismag- Bridge” (IE,October 10). LokJanshakti rootstothehighestlevelsofglobalgovernance. whatgoes in and outofareas under their ju- access to irrigation, and mineral fertilisers nifiedduring the ongoing pandemic. This POLITICAL WILL FIRST PartyfounderRam Vilas Paswan en- Whilerecognising thosewho struggle to ban risdiction, and can use withholding of food were an unaffordable luxury. Though a slowviolence on vulnerable populations will joyedmass supportamong the Dalits, nuclearweapons,restrictarmsproductionand as aweaponofwar.Providing people with modern, technology-driveneconomywas weighonour collective conscience, if we do THIS REFERS TO the editorial, ‘Pollution especiallythe Dusadh (Paswans).His armstrade,andpreventconflictthroughdiplo- food in an emergency situationmay seemlike introduced, the lackofdomestic food pro- notrecognise hunger as the ultimateviola- amid Covid’ (IE, October 12). It’s quite deathjustafew weeksbeforepolling macymayseemdirectly relevantforthepeace averyshort-termmeasure. At thesame time, duction continuedtobesupplemented by tion of basic human rightsand dignity,and evident that all stakeholders areaware in Bihar will definitelyhaveanimpact prize, putting focus on the consequences of providingfor basic needs is necessaryforpro- importing grains from all over the world— join hands to eradicate it. of the causes of pollution in Delhi and on the results. Afather' deathisalways warisalso an important partofworking to- moting trustinsociety and forthe focus to an embarrassing situation foraproudlynon- NCR. The Delhi government’sresorting an irreparableloss forason,but for wardspeace and the well-being of people. shifttoeducation, work and rebuilding lives. alignednation that became the largest im- Parashar is AssociateProfessorinPeace to stop-gap measures suchasodd-even Chirag, Paswan's demise is apolitical UNSCR 2417 had veryclearly preparedthe This is also important forpreventing the out- porteroffoodaid, especially from the US. andDevelopment Research at theSchool of and nowthe Supreme Court-man- loss as well. It will be interesting to see ground to focus worldattention on the after- break of newhostilities and armedconflicts. The Green Revolution changed the situ- GlobalStudies, Gothenburg University, dated EPCAdiktattostopthe useofDG if he managestotranslate the sympa- effectsofwar,including continuedsuffering Apartfromthe significance of the connec- ationdrasticallysince the late1960s butacute Sweden. OrjuelaisProfessor in Peace and sets will exacerbatethe inconvenience thyfactor to translatetovotes. of food-insecurepeopleand severely under- tions between warand hunger,wealsobe- hunger crisis,famines and malnourishment Development Research at theSchool of Global of people. The firststeptowards solving SanjayChopra, Mohali nourishedchildren. The Nobelcommittee has lieve that eradicating hunger needs to beafo- arereportedregularly,along with farmer sui- Studies, Gothenburg University,Sweden

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Top Bollywood producers move Grid failure leads to massive power outage in Mumbai HC for curbs on notbeen restored lateintothe forit, astatement from the Chief statement from Central Railway stockexchangewereunaffected. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE evening. The lasttime Mumbai Minister’s Office (CMO) said. (CR) said train services were re- Hospitals,withICUsfilledwith 2news channels MUMBAI,OCTOBER12 experiencedsuchalong outage The outagebegan at 10.05 stored at 12:26 pm. Western Covid-19patients, switchedto wasin2018. am. Powerdisruptions were re- Railway (WR) said train services generatorsimmediately. Inprepa- AMASSIVE poweroutagecaused Fortypatientswereshifted portedfromall parts of the resumedfrom12:20 pm. ration forapotentiallylong wait SOFIAHSAN by grid failuredisruptednormal from ApexHospital in Mulund Island city and itssuburbs, as The outage, at leasttwo forpowertoberestored,Mumbai NEWDELHI,OCTOBER12 lifeinthe Mumbai Metropolitan afterthe generator caught fire well as from Thane, Panvel, hours in manyplaces but municipal commissioner IS Region (MMR) and beyond on due to overheating. The fire was Dombivili and Kalyan, and even stretching to as long as five,six Chahal asked all hospitals to THIRTY-EIGHTleadingcinemaas- Monday, bringing to astandstill extinguishedinthe evening. as farawayasLonavala. and even eight hours in others, arrangefor sufficient supplyof sociationsandproductionhouses, forafew hours at mid-morning Chief MinisterUddhav Suburban train services were causeddisruptions in watersup- diesel foratleasteight hours. including Karan Johar's Dharma severalessential services, includ- Thackeray orderedaninquiryinto hitimmediately, withcommuters plyinsome areas. Astatement from CMO said Productions, AjayDevgn Films, ing suburban trains ferrying es- the grid failure. He also held a strandedintrainsinbetweensta- The ongoing final-year online the powersupplytoMumbai and those ownedbySalman sential services workers, online meeting with Energy Minister tions. As the trains areopen only exams in Mumbai colleges had wascut offataround 10 am due Khan,AamirKhanandShahRukh exams and watersupply. Nitin Raut, senior government foressential services workers be- to be put offtoanother day, and to breakdown of the powerline. Khan, on Mondaymoved the While powersupplyinmany and energy officials on Monday cause of the Covid-19pandemic, hearings at the BombayHigh However, the powersupplywas DelhiHighCourtagainstRepublic parts wasrestoredwithin two evening. The probewill look into Commuters wait at Mumbai Central station aftertrain thepowercuthadadominoeffect Courtand lowercourts resumed restored,inmajor parts,within TVand Times Nowand their sen- hours, in some parts of suburban technicalfaultsbehindtheoutage services were stalledduring apoweroutage. Ganesh Shirsekar onessentialservicesasstafffailed aftertwo hours. Equippedwith three and ahalf hours on “a war- ioreditors,seeking“perpetualand Mumbai and Thane, supplyhad inMumbaiandthoseresponsible to turn up forworkontime. A solid back-ups, the airportand footing”, it said. permanent” injunction against them from making or publishing “irresponsible, derogatoryand TOP US OFFICIAL SAYS CHINA ‘ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM’ PAC to visit defamatoryremarks”againstthe India, China military film industryand those partofit. The civil suit, filedvia DSK Leh, meet Legal, is againstRepublic TV,its commanders meet Canexploremoreissuesin Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami and Consulting Editor Pradeep soldiers Bhandari; and, Times Now, its for 7th time over Editor-in-Chief Rahul Shiv- MANOJCG shankar,and Times Network coming2+2talks:Biegun NEWDELHI,OCTOBER12 Group Editor,Navika Kumar. Ladakh standoff Social media platforms have also AMID THE standoffwith China been addedasparties to the case. Sources in the government along the Line of Actual Control The petitioners sought the KRISHNKAUSHIK said therewas another senior SHUBHAJITROY (LAC)ineasternLadakh,members court’sinterventionto ensurethat NEWDELHI,OCTOBER12 Armyofficial, representing the NEWDELHI,OCTOBER12 of Parliament’s Public Accounts thechannelsandtheirjournalists headquarters from the operations Committee(PAC)headedbyAdhir abide by provisions of the INDIAN AND Chinese Corps branchaspartofthe delegation. CALLINGCHINAthe “elephant in Ranjan Chowdhurywill go to Leh ProgrammeCodeundertheCable Commanders metfor the sev- Similarly,the sources said, the the room”, visiting US Deputy later this month and undertake a Television NetworkRules, 1994, enth time on Mondaytodiscuss Chinese delegation also included SecretaryofState Stephen E. field visit to aforward area. and withdraw,recall and take the ongoing militarystandoffin an official representing their Biegun on Mondaysaid that the Chowdhuryhad earlier this downallallegeddefamatorycon- eastern Ladakh, whichhad be- MinistryofNational Defence. Quad is apartnership drivenby month written to Lok Sabha tent publishedbythem. gun in early May. In the lastmeeting both sides shared interests,not binding ob- Speaker Om Those who movedthe HC are The meeting startedatnoon had agreedthat neither will take ligations, and is notintendedto Birla seeking the Film &Television Producers and took place on the Indian side steps that can lead to further es- be an exclusive grouping. permission for Guild of India, Cine &TVArtistes’ of Chushul-Moldo Border calation. Biegun also made it clear that the commit- Association, Indian Film and TV Personnel Meeting (BPM) point India has been demanding the security partnerships the teetovisit ProducersCouncil,Screenwriters –itlastedlateintothe evening. status quoante, fortroops from United States and itspartners ex- Ladakh to Association, Aamir Khan Sources in the defence establish- both sides to go backtotheir po- ploretodaydonot necessarily meetsoldiers Productions, Ad-Labs Films, Ajay ment suggestedthat no major sitions as of April-end. In the last needtofollowthe model of the deployed Adhir DevgnFilms, Andolan Films, Anil breakthrough wasexpected. meeting, China had insisted that lastcenturyofmutual defence thereand un- Ranjan KapoorFilmandCommunication It wasthe lastmeeting of XIV Indian troops should step back treaties with aheavy in-country derstand first- Chowdhury Network, Arbaaz Khan Corps Commander Lt General from the positions occupiedby presence of US troop. External Affairs MinisterSJaishankar with US Deputy SecretaryofState Stephen Biegun. 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But thereis Signalto States and our partners explore ing now--had said that troops Productions, Emmay Monday’s meeting, as well as the Spanggur Gap, but also China’s Pacific, and is willing to take morethat we can do, including Beijing:India todaydonot necessarilyneedto stationedinhigh-altitude areas Entertainment&MotionPictures, sixth round of talkson Moldo Garrison. steps to ensurethat, should be strengthening India’s ability to followthe model of the lastcen- likeSiachen and Ladakh faced E● notalone

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His father NEWDELHI,CHENNAI, PATNA,OCTOBER12 MUMBAI,OCTOBER12 Vedworksas adriverand is gen- OCTOBER12 comments’ on court erallyout all day.”The police had BIHAR MINISTER forbackward THE MUMBAI Police crime found twobar-o-meters in- HOURSAFTER she quit the and extremelybackwardclass branchonMondaysaid theyar- stalledatBhandari's residence Congress, saying some senior welfareVinod Kumar Singh died SREENIVASJANYALA rested VinayTripathi, aformer afterhis arrest. leaders were “dictating terms” on Mondayatahospital in Delhi HYDERABAD,OCTOBER12 Hansa Research employee, alleg- “Weare hoping that the and “people likeme... arebeing due to post-Covid-19complica- ing that he playedakey role in questioning of Tiwari will help pushedand suppressed”, actor- tions, sources said. He was55. THE ANDHRA Pradesh High what the Mumbai Police is them clarify whichchannels turned-politician Khushbu He is survivedbywifeNisha CourtonMondaydirected the terming the “TRP scam”. Police were involvedinrigging TRP's,” Sundar joinedthe BJP on Monday. and twodaughters. CBI to investigatesome allegedly believe that Tripathi, arrested the official said. The police are “A fewelementsseated at Singh, aBJP MLAfrom derogatorycommentsabout the from Mirzapur in UP,was the still on the lookout fortwo others higher levelwithin the party, Pranpur constituency in Katihar courtand some judges made by Tammineni Sitaram, one who paid 21-year-old Vishal in the case. people who have no connectiv- district, had tested positive for leaders of the ruling YSR Narayana Swamy Bhandari —the firstarrestinthe The police also seizedfour ity with the ground reality or Covid-19onJune 28 and subse- Congress Partyonsocial media. case —tofudgeTRPs. bank accountsrelated to Fakt public recognition aredictating Khusbhu at the BJP office in NewDelhi, Monday. Anil Sharma quentlyrecovered. Shortlyafter, The HC had earlier directed Police also recordedthe Marathi and BoxCinemas -- two terms, and people likemewho however, he sufferedabrain the Registrar to lodgeacom- Taking up the matter again on statementsoftwo senior Hansa of the three channels namedby wanted to work forthe party sin- haemorrhageand had to be air- plaint with the CID to investigate Monday, the courtasked why officials in connection with the Mumbai police as allegedly rig- cerely arebeing pushedand sup- In April 2019,following the came in September lastyear, liftedtoaprivate hospital in the commentsafter the court cases were notfiledagainstthem. scam. Hansa is the agency that ging TRPs. pressed,” Khushbu said in her SupremeCourt’sverdictallowing when actor-turned-politician Delhi, wherehebreathedhis last. granted astayondecentralisa- While referring the com- measures TRPofvarious chan- “Afterscrutinizing the bank resignation letter to Congress leaked documentstoberelied Urmila Matondkar leftthe Mourning Singh’s demise, tion of the statecapital. mentsfor investigation by the nels forBroadcastAudience details, we found therewas chief Sonia Gandhi. The Congress upon by petitioners seeking re- Congress. President RamNath Kovind On Monday, abenchcom- CID lastweek,the courthad ob- Research Council (BARC) that de- moremoneyinthese accounts then announcedher removalas viewofits Rafale judgement, she “People who have loyally tweeted,“Verysadto knowabout prisingJustice Rakesh Kumar served,“Their commentsare termines advertisement rev- than what could be substanti- party spokesperson. said this proved that “chowkidar stood by anyparty tend to get thedemiseof Bihargovernment’s and Justice UmaDeviobserved perilous to democracy and enues forTVchannels. ated prima facie. Aforensic au- Later in the day, afterjoining chorhain”.Shehadalsocalledthe overlooked in favour of political CabinetMinisterShri Vinod that the CID’s probewas notsat- amounted to an attackonthe ju- Acrime branchteam that diting of these accountswill be the BJP in NewDelhi, PTI quoted BJP “BharatiyaJumla Party”. tourists,” AICC media panelistCR Kumar Singh. He wasapopular isfactoryand directed the CBI to diciary. In ademocratic Stateif had gone to UP looking for carriedout to ascertain the herassaying:“Youhave 128crore In2018,Khushbu,whoismar- Kesavanhad tweetedthen. And public representative and strug- registeranFIR and submit are- suchwar is initiated againstthe Tripathi arrested him on moneyflow,”anofficer said. A people actuallybelieving in one riedtoTamilfilmmakerSundarC, Khushbu responded. “You and I gledforthedevelopmentof Bihar portineight weeks. The court judicial system by persons hold- Monday. As per police, Tripathi police team is already studying man and that’s our Prime had brieflychanged her Twitter areloyal fools." and the well being of the people. observed that in spiteoflodging ing high positions, certainlyit has worked with Hansa forfour the bank account details of Minister. Ithink they’redoing profile to “khushbusundar... and In Julythis year,she openly Mycondolencestohisfamilyand acomplaint with CID, no case will createunnecessarydoubt in years as arelationship manager. Republic to see if thereare any something absolutelyright.” it's NAKHATKHAN forthe BJP.” backedthe NewEducation supporters.” wasregisteredagainstany YS- the mind of citizen againstthe “As soon as he came to know transactions related to the TRP Tilljustaweekback,Khushbu, Shesaidshehadto dothisbecause Policy unveiledbythe BJP gov- Prime MinisterNarendra RCPleader who allegedly made judicial system, whichmay crip- about the arrest of Bhandari, he scam being probed by them. who wasone of the Congress’s BJP trolls were claiming that her ernment. But even then she Modi also took to Twitter to ex- the comments. ple entiresystemifsome ordi- fled,” said an officer. The Mumbai police has also spirited voices on social media, real name wasNakhat Khan and tweeted: “Sanghis can relax, press grief at Singh’s death and The HC had directed the naryperson makes anycom- As per the remand, Tripathi ropedinthe Economic Offences wastargeting Prime Minister she washiding it. pl(ea)s(e) do notrejoice. Iamnot said the BJP leader also playedan Registrar to lodgeacomplaint ment againstthe government, paid Bhandari Rs 1,000-2,000 Wing (EOW) to study these ac- NarendraModi.“APrimeMinister In September 2019,she moving to BJP.Myopinion might important role in strengthening with the CID afterittook cog- cases arepromptlyregistered... foreachofthe five households to count details and also look into who can feed peacocks cannot tweeted: “Sadly, once again I be different from my party but I the party in the state. He offered nizance of allegedly derogatory When persons in positions made watchaparticular channel —as anypossible incidentsofmoney feedthepoorinthiscountry,”she have to edit my profile. Sanghi am an individual with athinking hiscondolencesto thedeceased’s posts againstsome judges and commentsagainstthe judges commission to be paid to the laundering. had tweetedsix days ago. dumb idiots aresophysicallyre- mind of my own....” familymember and supporters. the judiciaryfollowing judg- and the courts,why have cases households. Bhandari himself The police had said that they Khushbu,wholefttheDMKto tarded that theydonot under- In July, she also came out in Bihar Chief MinisterNitish mentsthat were seen as aset- notbeen filed? Looking at things, waspaid Rs 5,000. were also writing to BARC to jointheCongressin2014,hadalso stand simple basics... theyare supportofSanjayJha, who, after Kumar announcedthat Singh backtothe government. The we arelefttoinfer that awar has At Bhandari’s home in checkiftherewas anyunusual slammedthe BJP government calling me aMuslim who does he wassackedasCongress wouldbecrematedwithfullstate Registrar submitted evidence of been declared on the judiciary.” Mumbai, The Indian Express activity in the TRP's of India over the Rs 20 lakh crorepackage nothaveaplace in my country, spokesperson,saidyoungleaders honours. “He wasanefficient ad- commentsallegedly made by While directing the CBI to reg- found onlyhis grandmother.A Today in theMalad area where announcedtotideovertheimpact my India. YesIamaKhan, Iama —likeSachin PilotorJyotiraditya ministrator and apopular leader. AssemblySpeaker Tammineni isteranFIR, the courtobserved neighbour requesting Bhandari wasthe relationship of the lockdown. “So finallya Muslim and India is my country... Scindia—shouldhave helmedthe IampersonallypainedbySingh's Sitaram, Deputy Chief Minister that since April theyhavenoticed anonymity said, “He is justa21- manager.Sofar none of the five package... 10%ofGDP.Beready... Koishaq?” Congress. Scindia had leftthe untimelydemise. His death has Narayana Swamy, MPs V that HC judges and the judiciary year-old who kept to himself. He households have namedIndia we have along road ahead of But she has been unhappy Congress by then. causedanirreparable loss to the Vijayasai Reddy and Nandigam were being abusedonvarious so- wasone of the fewyoungsters Todayduring their interrogation steepriseintaxes,taxesandmore with the Congress forsome time FULL REPORT ON states political spectrum and the Suresh, and other leaders of the cial media platforms, and even in from our area who can speak by the police. taxes,” she had tweeted. now. In fact, the firstindication www.indianexpress.com society,” Kumar said. ruling YSRCP. interviews in electronic media. 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BIHAR: ECONOMY FORMORELOGONTO INDIANEXPRESS.COM/ELECTIONS Dragged by legacy issues, ● INTERVIEW WHATCONSTITUTESNDAIN BIHARANDWHATISITS aslow, steady progress SOCIALCOMPOSITION? ● THE KEY PLAYERS KCTYAGI,JD(U) AND WHAT’S AT STAKE FORTHEM, Nitish’s 15 yrs have seen high growth, especiallyinwelfareindices, spending; industries slowertocatchup SPOKESPERSON THE STATE

AASHISHARYAN NEWDELHI,OCTOBER12 HASHTAG POLITICS AS BIHAR heads intoanelection that prom- ises to be abattle of proxies fought between ● former and present allies, on the state’s eco- RJD releases campaign song nomic conditions alone, Chief MinisterNitish Kumar seems to have aclear edge.The state has improved in the lastfiveyears in terms of growth of the gross statedomestic product (GSDP), agriculture, expenditureonhealth and education, as well as infrastructure. However, Bihar’s legacy problems such as minimal industrialisation, clean water, sanitation, open defecation, rural housing, and microfinance forsmall and marginal farmers continue. In the firstdecade of Nitish as CM, be- tween 2005-06and 2014-15, the GSDP of Bihar at constant prices grew annuallyat 10.5%. While this spikewas attributed to a low-base effect, the GSDP continuedtogrow at an averagerateof9.8%, higher than the na- tional growth rate,evenbetween 2010-11 and 2014-15. RJD on Mondayreleased the party’scampaign song Iss baar Te jashwi tayhai Beforethe 2015 Assemblyelections, (Tejashwi is certain this time). Theclip, meant to circulate on social media, Kumar calledoff his decade-old relationship Cycles forschoolgirls wasone of Nitish govt’s schemes. For2020-21, it has doubledbudget forhealth, familywelfare. File especially WhatsApp, projects partychief Lalu Prasad’syounger son as with the BJP-ledNDA and optedtogotopolls Bihar’s CM face. The3.57-long clip has twoshots of Lalu Prasad with his long-time political foeLalu Prasad’s Mahagathbandhan. The alliance got elected, seen adecline over the pastfiveyears. 6.7 KLIKES, 1.4 KSHARES, 539 COMMENTS IN 4HOURS ON RJD’S FACEBOOK PAGE but could notlastthe term. Twoyears later, Microfinance to small and marginal in 2017,Kumar walked out of the ASTORYINNUMBERS farmers remains an issue -- despitethem Mahagathbandhan partnership to return to making up 91%ofthe state’s farming com- ● PM Narendra Modi pays homage to the NDAand continue as CM. GDP (in %) PER CAPITA INCOME* munity,holding an averagelandholding of Dr Ram Manohar Lohia on his death anniversary The political see-sawseemedtohavehad *Inrupees at constant prices 0.4 hectares. itseffect on the GSDP.In2015-16, the growth 11.3 (2011-12) He tweeted that the socialist ideologue (who died aged 57 in 1967) wasan rate fell to 7.6%, muchlowerthan Nitish’s pre- 10.3 Boosttowelfare inspiration forthe countryand “dedicated (his) life to strengthening vious twoterms, albeit still higher than the 10.5 On the other hand, Bihar,historicallyin national growth rate. the lowest rungs of human development in- democracy”, and “put ideology above power” 91,921

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82,931 dexessuchashealth and education, has been 77,659 19.8 KLIKES, 2,845 RETWEETS IN 3HOURS Struggling industry 8.3 33,629 31,316 catching up on spending in the social sector 29,178 7.6 29,190 However, Bihar continues to remain 7 under Nitish. For2020-21, Deputy CM and plaguedbynegligible income and growth in 6.1 Finance MinisterSushil Kumar Modi has al- itsindustrial sector -- reflected both in itsli- located Rs 39,351 crorefor education, sports, 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 ● abilities and revenue receipts.Inhis 15 years, arts and culture. This is substantiallyhigher FB ENGAGEMENT Nitish has notmanaged to makeamajor dent ■ Bihar ■ India than the Rs 22,027.9crore allocation in 2015- ONFACEBOOK,532POSTSON‘BIHARELECTIONS’ in the outstanding liabilities -- in justthe pe- 16 (17% of the statebudget), of whichBihar riod between 2015 and 2019,these grew BIHAR’SEXPENDITURE ON KEYSECTORS managed to spend Rs 19,385.6 crore. The GENERATED142,400LIKES/COMMENTS IN24 from Rs 1.16 lakh croretoRs1.68lakh crore. statehas been trying to stem itshigh dropout Bihar’s revenue receipts,meanwhile, have Sector/Year 2015-162016-172017-182018-192019-20* rates, whichstood at 52.5% forgirls and 59% HOURS TILL 7PMONOCTOBER12 consistentlyfallen shortofbudgeted esti- Education 19,385.6 19,713 23,656 28,080 35,942 forboys at the secondaryschool levelin mates. The high of Rs 14,823 crorein2017-18 2015-16. Public Health 4,571 5,493 6,5357,318 9,157 had fallen to less than half, Rs 6,897crore,in Similarly,the Nitish goverment’s budget 2018-19. Social Services 38,684 44,329 58,492 58,284-of Rs 10,602 crorefor health and familywel- At the beginning of this Assembly’s term, All figures in rupees crores *Budgeted Estimate fare programmes in 2020-21ismorethan 2015-16, when the industrial sector grew at double the Rs 4,971.6 croreallocation in Source: Bihar Economic Survey,RBI study of statebudgets BIHARELECTIONSATAGLANCE 7.1%, it contributed only19% of the GSDP.This 2015-16. The spending on health and family wasfar belowthe national averageof30%, welfarein2020-21islikelytobeconsider- and nearly half the averagecontribution of ablyhigherdue to the Covid-19pandemic, TOTALPOLLINGSTATIONS BIHAR ELECTION the industrial sector even in neighbouring ble, 77 workers. The averagesalaryper an- growth rate of 4.4% over the pastfiveyears, apartfromthe expenditureasBihar tries to (Abigjumpthistimetospaceoutvoters PHASES Jharkhand (when Bihar and Jharkhand split num per worker in Bihar then wasadismal the production of major crops likemaize, rice ramp up itsdistrict and referral hospitals, as becauseofCovidprecautions) intotwo states, the smaller partner cornered Rs 1.2lakh, again less than half of the national and wheat has growndespiteafall in the net well as the number of health centres from (shortestpollsince2005) the lion’s shareofits industries). averageofRs2.5 lakh. sown area. 114per 10 lakh people currently. 2005: 56,442 2005 4 While risingsince then, the contribution Agriculturehas also done well despitethe The progress has been slow. Onlyone dis- 2010:58,694 of the industrial sector to the GSDP wasstill Growth in farming government’s ownfluctuating contribution. trict hospital wasconstructed and made onlyaround 20% in 2017-18(the national av- The growth in agricultureand alliedactiv- In 2015-16, the total expenditureonagricul- functional by the stategovernment between 2015:65,367 2010 6 eragewas 31.2%, while the Jharkhand figure ities, on the contrary, apriority forthe JD(U) tureand alliedactivities stood at Rs 4,119.9 2012 and 2019,whereas the number of re- 2020: 1,06,526 stood at 37.1%). government, has been slowbut steady. crore, or 11%ofthe state’s total spend on eco- ferral hospitals has remainedstagnant at 70. 2015 5 At the end of 2016-17, onlyabout 2,900 About 70%ofBihar’s workforceisdepend- nomic services. In 2016-17, this came down The number of primaryhealth centres also (Average number of voters at apolling station has been of Bihar’s estimated 3,531factories were op- ent on agriculture. The shareofagriculture to Rs 2,414.4 crore, while in the following fis- has unremainedvirtuallychanged,with the brought down to 684in2020, from 1,026 in 2015,939 in 2010 2020 3 erational, employing on an average40peo- in the GSDP stood at 20% in 2017-18, up from cal, it jumpedbacktoRs5.724.1 crore. Public lastcount 533in2019, same as forthe previ- and 910in2005) pleeach. The national averageisnearly dou- 18%fiveyears ago. With an averageannual expenditureonagricultural research has also ous sevenyears. Only 21 of 70 seats decided, suspense KEY PLAYERS in Cong over RJD’s plans for it grows The rise and rise of

MANOJCG Nityanand Rai NEWDELHI,OCTOBER12

OVER Aweek afterthe RJD and Congress an- Amit Shah’s deputy in Home Ministry, nouncedaseat-sharing pact forthe Bihar Assemblyelections, the parties areyet to re- the 54-yr-old is BJP’s Yadavface in veal the full listofseatsthat theywill con- test,triggering confusion and growing re- Bihar,heads its70-member poll panel, sentment in the Congress ranks. and proved his worthinaLalu bastion The Congress has so farannouncedcandi- dates for21seats, but mostofthe senior lead- ers areclueless about the rest of the con- stituencies that the party will contest, SANTOSHSINGH prompting manytowonder at the reason for PATNA,OCTOBER12 the unusual secrecy.Several middle-rung leaders claim that the RJD has succeededin TejPratappostedthis photo on Facebook,“of receiving RJD symbol forHasanpur CAMPAIGNINGFOR the 2019 Lok Sabha polls giving the Congress “difficult” seats. seat” from mother Rabri Devi, adding “Miss YouPapa”. He lastfought from Mahua inUjiarpurconstituencyinBihar’sSamastipur “Wefocusedonthe numbers... insisted district,thenBJPnationalpresidentAmitShah on 70 seats. But the quality of the seatsthat promised“giving some important” job to BJP we have been given... at leastthat is what I seat-sharing arrangement. “Our candidate, the CPI. The seat had been wonin2015by candidateNityanand Raiifhewon and the have heardsince Ihavenot seen the full list... senior leader RanjeetRanjan, came thirdin veteranCongress leader Ramdeo Rai, who NDAreturnedtopower. Shah kept his word, is doubtful. Ihavebeen told that seatswhere 2010,” aleader said, adding, “Thereisspecu- diedlastmonth. The Congress leadership making RaiaMinisterofState in the Union Illustration: Suvajit Dey the RJD has strong candidates have been lation that Sharad Yadav’s daughter could had promisedhis son the seat. HomeMinistry. FromjustanotherBJPMLAun- takenbyit. Idon’t knowwhy the listhas been contestfromthere.” With Sharad Yadavhav- The Digha seat from wherestate Youth til 2010,Rai became Shah’s official deputy last Eventually, Raiwould end the Congress’s an OBC leader forthe postafter continuous kept asecret,” asenior leader said. ing floated aparty of his own(it announced Congress president Gunjan Patelwanted to year.His meteoric rise has stunnedall. influence in the area, and repeatedly wonthe terms at the topofupper-caste leaders like Forinstance, sources said, the Congress is plans to contest51seatsonits own, on contesthas gone to another ally, CPI(M-L). Rai, 54,has emergedasthe BJP’s Yadav Hajipur Assemblyseat between 2000 and Radha Mohan Singh, Dr CPThakur and settoget the Supaul seat. StateEnergy Monday) that would further split the votes. Aleader said the fact is that everyday of face and itsleading contender forchief min- 2010.The wins particularly counted as Mangal Pandey. MinisterBijendraPrasad Yadavisthe sitting Another leader said, “I am told the silence is making matters worse. “One day ister’s chair,should it come to that, in Bihar, Hajipur is aconstituency surroundedbyRJD Having affirmedhis position among lead- MLAfromhere, having wonin2015asacan- Sonbarsa reserved seat is being giventothe we aretold that the Govindganj seat in wheretraditionallythe saffron party has bastions Raghopur (Rabri Devi’s three-time ers suchasSushil Kumar Modi, Prem Kumar, didateofthe JD(U) that wasthen with the RJD Congress. We had polledless than 11,000 Motihari is coming to the Congress. One day been associated with upper castesand winning seat until 2010), and Mahua, Ashwini Kumar Choubey,Nand Kishore and Congress. In 2010,when Yadavhad won votes therein2010. The RJD-LJP alliance can- it is said that the RJD will contestit.” Yadavs have supportedLalu Prasad’s RJD. Sonepur and Parsa (the lasttwo constituen- Yadavand Giriraj Singh in the Bihar BJP,Rai is as well, the RJD had contestedthe seat and had didatehad come second then.” Once itsissues with partners aresettled, The son of afarmer,Rai has been associ- cies represented by Lalu). nowthe lead face among the second-gener- come second and the Congress third. “It is a On the other hand, Alamnagar in the the Congress will have in-house problems to ated with the Sangh Parivarsince 1981,join- In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Raicontested ation party leaders in the state, ready to take tough seat forus,” aCongress leader said. same district, wherethe Congress had come resolve.Recently, party workers sat on a ingtheABVPthatyearasastudentactivist.He from Ujiarpur and again won, in an election over from the older clique. Lastmonth, seal- Similarly,leaders saythe Bihariganj seat second in 2010 and whereitfancies its dharna at the Congress headquarters over attendedRSSshakhaswhiledoinghisgradua- that the BJP had sweptinthe state, winning ing that further,the BJP appointed him head in Madhepuraiscoming to the Congress. The chances, is likelytogotothe RJD. the decision to give Gajanand Shahi the ticket tion from RNCollegeinHajipur,and first 31 of 40 seats. of the 70-member election steering commit- RJD had come second in that seat in 2010.In Thereisalready muchresentment in the from Barbigha. Therehavebeen protests caught attention of BJP patriarch Kailashpati In 2016,Shah chose Raitohead the state teefor the polls. Raiisalso the chairman- 2015,ithad gone to the JD(U) as partofthe Congress over the Bachhwaraseat going to with slogans like“Stop the sale of tickets”. Mishra, who noticedand groomedhim. BJP,the firsttime that the party had chosen cum-convenor of the committee. Ahmedabad WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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WHILE THE number of active cases of The epidemichas notended. In fact, The Economics Prize in Memory of Nobelhas gone to Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilsonfor their work on novelcoronavirus infections contin- the chances of the numbers going up ues to fall everyday,the government again areveryhigh. It is notatime, auctiontheory and newauctionformats. What is auction theory, and whatwas thewinners’ research? is concernedthat gains made over the therefore, to lowerour guards, or be lastone month mightbesquandered casual or relaxed aboutit,” Science if people lettheir guarddownand do and Technology secretaryAshutosh the question is howdoes eachbidder value nottakeadequateprecautions during Sharma told The Indian Express. UDITMISRA THE AUCTION WINNER’S CURSE an item. This is notalways easy to ascertain. the upcoming festival season. “The festival seasonisparticularly NEWDELHI,OCTOBER12 Themostoptimistic In terms of telecom spectrum, it might be Less than 67,000 newcases were critical.Numbers arereducing, and 10 50 bidderoften easier to pegthe right value foreachbidder discoveredacross the countryon people might be temptedtocelebrate ON MONDAY,the RoyalSwedish Academy 20 because mostbiddersare likelytoput the overestimatesthe Sunday, thelowest thefestivalsastheyhave of Sciencesawarded this year’s Sveriges spectrum to thesame use. This is calledthe non-Monday count done everyyear.But Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in commonvalueofan “common” value of an object. But this may since August23, while crowdingisthemostse- MemoryofAlfred Nobel—popularly,albeit auctionedobject,so notbethe casewith some other commodi- morethan 71,000peo- rious source of infec- incorrectly, referred to as the NobelPrize for that‘winning’the ties, sayapainting. Person Amay derive con- ple were declared to tion… On the other Economics —toPaulRMilgrom and Robert auctionturnsoutto siderablymore“private”orpersonal value — have recovered. It was hand, if we areableto BWilson. Both winners arecurrentlywith WINNER’S causealoss—the justbylooking at it endlessly—than person ESTIMATE CURSE the ninth consecutive tide over the next two StanfordUniversity,wheretheyteachindif- winner’scurse. B. In mostauctions, bidders allocateboth MEANESTIMATE YES! daywhen recoveries monthswithoutanybig ferent departments. REALVALUE NO? Johan Jarnestad/The “common” as well as “private”values to the have exceededthe new CORONAVIRUS surge,then thereis In itsannouncement, the Academysaid RoyalSwedish object being auctionedand this affectstheir detection of cases. This hope,”Sharma said. the pair were receiving the awardfor “for im- PRICE AcademyofSciences eventual bids. has nowhappenedon COUNT Asimilar appeal provementstoauction theoryand inventions The thirdvariable is uncertainty.For in- 19 out of the last24 wasmade on Sunday of newauction formats”. They will equally stance, whichbidder has what information days,bringing awelcome reduction by Health MinisterHarsh Vardhan. sharethe 10 million Swedish kronor award PRIZE IN PaulMilgrom about the object, or even the value another in the number of active cases from Asking people to continue to practice money—roughlyRs8.33crore. ECONOMICS and Robert bidder associates with the object. 10.17lakh to about 8.62 lakh. physical distancing norms and cele- Wilson, “for But therehas been agrowing bratethe festivals in asimple manner, What is auction theory? improvementsto What wasMilgrom and Wilson’s work? worrythat the falling numbers might the ministersaid, “thereisnoneedto Essentially,itisabout howauctions lead auction theory Milgrom and Wilsonhavedone pioneer- leadpeople to believe that the epi- congregateinlarge numbers to prove to the discovery of theprice of acommodity. and inventionsof ing work on auction theoryand muchofour demic wasnearing itsend. your faith or your religion. If we do this, Auction theorystudies howauctions arede- newauction current understandingisdue to their re- “Peopleare seeingthe numbers go we maybeheading forabig trouble”. signed, what rules govern them, howbid- formats”. search. down. What manydon’t realise is that ders behave andwhat outcomes are As the Academynotes, “Wilson devel- it can starttogoupany time, anyday. AMITABHSINHA achieved. opedthe theoryfor auctions of objectswith When one thinksofauctions, one typi- trum, agovernment could either think in But even when abeauty contest approach acommon value—avalue whichisuncer- cally imagines the auction of abankruptper- terms of maximising itsrevenues or aim at wasreplacedwith an auction, it mattered tain beforehand but, in the end, is the same INDIAACTIVE CASES 861,853 son’sproperty to payoff his creditors. Indeed, making telecom moreaffordable to every- howthe auction wasdesigned. Forinstance, foreveryone”. Wilson showedwhat the this is the oldest form of auction. This sim- one. If it wantstomaximise revenues, the if spectrumisauctionedatthe regional level, “winner’s curse”isinanauction and howit ple design of suchanauction —the highest auction has to be designedone way, butdo- national players maynot getseamless access affectsbidding. As shown in the illustration, 950,000 open bidder getting the property (or the ing so will implythatthe companyeventu- to optimum quality of spectrum across the it is possible to overbid —$50 whenthe real commodity in question)—is intuitively ap- allywinning the contractwillmaketelecom country; as aresult, theymay notbid as ag- value is closer to $25. In doing so, one wins pealing as well. services costlier and, in the process, deprive gressively.Inthe US, suchamistake ledtoa the auction but loses out in reality.The win- 944,996 But over time, and especiallyoverthe last the poorestsections of affordable telephony second-hand marketwherecompanies ner’s curse explains “whyrational bidders three decades, moreand moregoods and and Internetaccess. The up-side, however, is tradedamong themselveswith little revenue tend to place bids belowtheir ownbestesti- services have been brought under auction. that the government will getmoremoneyin accruing to thegovernment. mateofthe common value: theyare worried 900,000 The natureofthese commoditiesdiffers itskitty andcan use it whichever wayitlikes Howanauction is designed, therefore, about the winner’s curse —that is, about pay- 861,853 sharply. Forinstance, abankruptperson’s —possiblyevensubsidise the telecom costs has atremendous impact notjustonthe buy- ing toomuchand losing out”. property is starklydifferent from the spec- of the poorest. ers and the sellers but also on the broader so- Milgrom “formulatedamoregeneral the- trum forradio or telecomuse. Similarly,car- On the other hand, if the government’s ciety. oryofauctionsthat notonlyallows common LAST 10 DAYS bon dioxide emission creditsare quitedif- goal is to enable the broader society to ac- values but also private values that vary from ferent from the spotmarketfor buying cess the benefitsofthe telecom revolution What arethe keyvariablesthat bidder to bidder”. He “analysed the bidding 850,000 electricity,which, in turn, is quitedifferent and alloweventhe poorest to use the determine the outcomeofanauction? strategiesinanumber of well-known auc- Oct 2Oct 11 from choosing whichcompany shouldget Internet at an affordablerate, it maywant to Three keyvariables needtobeunder- tion formats, demonstrating that aformat the righttocollect the local garbage. focus moreonhow best acompanycan en- stood while designing an auction. will give the sellerhigher expected revenue Note:The Oct 11 figureinthisgraph is based on thegovtupdateonOct 12 In other words, no one auction design fits surethat. In fact,beforeauctions became the One is the rules of the auction. Imagine when bidders learn more about each other’s all types of commodities or seller. norm forlimited resources suchasradio participating in an auction. Your bidding be- estimated values duringbidding”. This is also true because the purpose of waves, governmentsusedtoallocatethem haviour is likelytodifferifthe rules stipulate With eachpassing year,associeties have INDIA TOTAL CASES WORLD TOTALCASES an auction also differs withthe commodity as one would conductabeauty contest. This open bids as againstclosed/sealedbids. The become morecomplexMilgrom and Wilson 7,120,538 37,614,668 andthe entity conducting the auction. More would involveasking howacompanymight same applies to single bids versus multiple respondedbyinventing newformats“for oftenthannot,private sellers want to max- use the spectrum and assessingwhichcom- bids, or whether bids aremade one afteran- auctioning offmanyinterrelated objectssi- Source:MinistryofHealth&Family Source:JohnsHopkinsUniversity, imise their gains while public authorities panyisbestsuited to receive the license. This other or everyone bids at the same time. multaneously, on behalf of aseller motivated Welfare,updatedat11pmonOct12 updatedat11pmonOct12 mayhaveother goals in mind. approach, however, ledtoaproliferation of The second variable is the commodity or by broadsocietal benefit rather than maxi- Forinstance, when selling telecom spec- lobbying. service being put up forauction. In essence, mal revenue”. In Apple Watch data,the impact of lockdown on noise exposure What govt has proposed in new LTC scheme providedtax benefitsonLTC without having scheme and employees decide to avail it. What arethe measurestoboostcapital DURINGTHE early mentsabout social dis- SUNNYVERMA, to actuallytravel. These employees would, expenditure? months of the coron- tancing and issuedstay- AANCHALMAGAZINE however, be required to spend three times Howdoes it help governmentrevenue? Specialassistancewill be provided to avirus pandemic, peo- at-home orders in March &SANDEEPSINGH their LTCfarecomponent forpurchasing While GSTcollections have been severely states in the form of interest-free 50-year ple’s exposuretoenviron- and April, compared to NEWDELHI,OCTOBER12 items thatattract 12%ormoreGST.What this impacted in the firsthalf of the fiscal due to loans of Rs 12,000 crorewith certain con- mental noise dropped Januaryand February. means is that if your fare component of LTC the pandemic, aconsumption boostfromthe ditions. States have been categorisedinto nearly by half, according The four states had FINANCE MINISTER Nirmala Sitharaman is Rs 40,000,you needtospend Rs 1.2lakh LTCmovewill liftGST collections in the sec- three groups: Group 1comprising to anew study by differing Covid-19re- Monday announcedtwo sets of measures to on goods that fall in the 12%-or-moreGST ond half as the scheme calls forexpenditure Northeaststates(Rs 1,600crore)and University of Michigan PAPER sponses in terms of stay- generateconsumption demand and boost slab in order to save taxonRs40,000. to be done until March 31,2021. If private sec- Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh (Rs researchers in four US at-home orders, which capital spending in the economy. These If youdon’t spend that amount, youmay toremployees also participate, it maylead to 900crore), Group2ofother states that will states. The study,pub- CLIP showedthrough the measures, along with participation of states have to paytax as per your marginal taxrate asignificant jumpinoverall consumption getRs7,500crore in proportion of their lishedinEnvironmental data. Californiaand New and theprivate sector,are projected to cre- on the LTCcomponent. So if youfall in the and rise in GSTcollections. shareasper the Finance Commission’s de- Research Letters, is an NEWRESEARCH York both had reallydras- ate“additional demand” of Rs 1lakhcrore, 10%tax slab,you will have to payadditional volution, and Group 3ofstateswhichwill analysis of datafrom tic reductions in sound according to thegovernment. taxofRs4,000on the LTCfarecomponentof What is the special festival advance getRs2,000 croreiftheymeet3of 4re- Apple Watchusers in Florida, New that happenedveryquickly, whereas Some proposals areaimedatadvancing Rs 40,000. scheme? forms, including One Nation One Ration, as York,California and Texas. Florida and Texashad somewhat less expenditurewhile others aredirectlylinked As forthe leave encashment component, The government hasrestoredfestivalad- outlinedinthe Atmanirbhar packagean- Calledthe Apple Hearing Study,it of areduction.Later,levelsdropped to increase in GDP (Gross Domestic Product), the employeewill have to spend an equiva- vance, whichwas abolishedinline with rec- nouncedinMay.The funds, whichneedto collectsdataovertime to understand drasticallyinFlorida and Texastoo. shesaid.The ministry will allow government lent amount towardsthe purchase of items ommendationsofthe7thPayCommission,for be spentbyMarch 31,2021, can be usedfor howeverydaysound exposurecan Initially, the largest drop in envi- and private sectoremployees to use their that attract 12%ormoreasGST. one time untilMarch 31,2021. All central gov- ongoing and newprojectsand settling con- impact hearing. ronmental sound exposurewas seen Leave Travel Concession (LTC)tax-free ben- ernment employees will getaninterest-free tractors' bills on these. The funds provided The publishedanalysis included on the weekends. But afterthe lock- efit forvarious types of purchases subject to Howwill it benefit the economy? advanceof Rs10,000thatthegovernmentwill to states will be over andabout their bor- morethan ahalfmillion daily noise downs, when people stoppedphysi- certain conditions while giving an interest- Through the LTCconsumption boostplan, recoverin10instalments.Itwillbegiveninthe rowing ceilings. levels measured before and during callygoing to work,therewas no free festival advance of Rs 10,000to govern- the government expectsademandgenera- formof apre-loadedRupaycardoftheadvance Forits part, the Centrehas proposedan the pandemic.Daily averagesound longer alarge distinction in exposures ment employees. Measures have been an- tionofRs28,000 crore—Rs19,000 croreon valueandthegovernmentexpectstodisburse additional budget of Rs 25,000crorefor cap- levels droppedapproximately3deci- between the traditional five working nounced to step up capital expenditureby accountofdemandfromcentralgovernment Rs 4,000 crore. Accordingtothe Finance ital expenditureonroads, defence infrastruc- bels duringthe time thatlocalgovern- days versus the weekend. the Centre and the states. employees, and Rs 9,000 crorefromstate Ministry, if allstatesprovideasimilaradvance, ture, watersupplyand urban development. mentsinthe US made announce- Source: University of Michigan government employees. Besides, the same another Rs 8,000 crores is likelytobedis- Allocations will be made to various min- Howdoes the LTCbenefitimpact you? benefitswill be available to private sector bursed.Thisisexpectedtogenerateconsump- istriesinthe upcoming discussions forfor- Centralgovernment employees willbe employees if employers decide to offerthe tion demand aheadoffestivals likeDiwali. mulating revisedestimates. AfterbattlingBJPforlong,KhushbuSundarjoinsparty:why,whatnow

although she herself exhibitsnorigidity one of the mostpopularfemale actors of leaders acknowledgedher then forthe suc- and opinions were till yesterday. She ARUNJANARDHANAN againstanyone’s beliefs. South Indian cinema with over 100promi- cessfulcampaignshe ledfor Congress can- neededabetterplatform,” she said. CHENNAI,OCTOBER12 An actor friend jokingly said “her prob- nent films. At onepoint, fans had even built didates in southern Tamil Nadu. The friend said both DMK and BJP have lem is thatshe is aworkaholic”. “She may atemple to her in Tamil Nadu. rigid disciplinaryrules that prevent leaders THE TAMIL actor KhushbuSundar joined be simple in her ideological argumentsbut When she joinedDMK, Karunanidhi Whyshe has quit and cadres from crossing the party line. the BJP on Monday, having constantly she is aggressive towardsher work.” said Khushbu wasknown forher progres- What has made her quit the Congress is “Even if her previous disagreementswith fought the same party on social media for Even before she entered politics, she sive views in films.She hadalsoacted as seeminglysimilar to thereasons forwhich BJP can be resolvednow,Khushbu’s truth- severalyears. Previouslyinthe Congress, kickedupacontroversy —in2005—with Maniyammai, partner of social reformer she had quit the DMK. She wassidelinedby ful and spontaneous reactions makeher she usedtoreplytoevery rivalindividually, remarks about premarital sexinaninter- Periyar,inabiopic on him. topleaders of both parties, although she was morevulnerable in BJP,” she said. and oftentagged andnamedNarendra viewinTamil. Her remarkthat “our society But sidelinedbyMKStalin, morethan just acelebrity-turned-politician. Asenior BJP leader from Tamil Nadu, Modiand AmitShah in her tweets.“She was should come out of the thinking thatatthe Karunanidhi’s son and the current party The Congress did give her space to ex- who had notknown about Khushbu’s de- an untiring fighter forCongress in social time of the marriage, the girls should be chief, she quit the DMK to join the Congress pressher opinionsinpublic, even if they cisionuntil Sunday night, nowsaid she media, almostevery minuteand hour,and with virginity…” ledtoseveral cases being in November 2014. were sometimes different from party would be the party’s star campaigner in astarcampaigner,areal crowdpuller and filedagainsther.Ittookalegal battle of This wasatatime the Congress wasfac- stands. In the DMK, in contrast, hervocal Tamil Nadu. “A winnableMLA seat can powerful orator duringpollsinpublic ral- about five years before she wasclearedin ing acrisis within, and when notmanyca- natureprevented her from advancing her makeher an MLA… or even aRajya Sabha lies,”saidasenior Congress leader. twodozencases by the Supreme Court reer politicians would have been expected career.For instance, astatement she made MP postwhenthe time comes,” he said. So, what explainsher move? sometime in early 2010. to join the party. about Karunanidhi’s successor upsetStalin. Asenior Congress leader,who felt that The then Congress chief in Tamil Nadu, E Khushbu wasalwaysefficient, ambitious and Her background In DMK &Congress VKSElangovan,tappedher politicalskillsto What to expect in BJP arrogant, said her presence would help BJP Born intoaMuslim familyinWest In May2010, shejoinedthe DMKin the party’s benefitfor over twoyears, until Her actor friend said: “The Congress was gettwo votes extrainTamilNadu.“Nothing Andheri in Mumbai, Khushbu startedout Chennai, in the presence of the then party he himself wasoustedfromthe post. She was the best space forher,not even DMK... She moreorless.Nothing happenedwhen she as achild actor in the 1980s. Known as hard- chief and Chief Minister, thelateM the star campaigner of the Congress in the Khushbu Sundar, formerlyinCongress, maybehopingthat the BJPwill provideher worked with DMK and Congress, the plat- working, she comes across to manyasara- Karunanidhi. This markedher entryinfor- 2014 Lok Sabha polls and in the 2016 joinedBJP on Monday. Twitter/@BJP4India avibrantworking space to do something in forms thatsuitedherprinciples best.Nothing tionalistwho would call herselfanatheist mal politics afteracareerthat had made her Assemblypollsaswell.Evensenior DMK social life, howeverdifferent her convictions morewill happen in BJP either,” he said.

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TOPOFTHE WORLD Asia-Pacificcountries begintoeasetravel bansrelatedtoCovid MarkZuckerberg Singapore, Australia, Japanallowsomeinternational travel SOCIAL MEDIA Facebooktoban JAMIEFREED contentthat SYDNEY,OCTOBER12 ASIA-PACIFICCOUNTRIESinclud- deniesordistorts ingSingapore,AustraliaandJapan theHolocaust aregraduallyeasing some inter- nationaltravelrestrictionsascoro- FACEBOOK SAID on navirus cases slow, in hopes of Mondayitwas updating helpingto revive theireconomies. itshatespeechpolicy to InternationaltravelinAsiahas ban anycontent that de- US SupremeCourtnominee JudgeAmy ConeyBarrett (centre) at her confirmationhearingbeforethe SenateJudiciary collapsedduring the pandemic nies or distortsthe Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Monday. Reuters due to border closures, with pas- Holocaust. The move senger numbers down 97%in comes twoyears after August, accordingtothe Facebook Chief Executive Associationof AsiaPacificAirlines. At the Beijing Railway Station. Reuters MarkZuckerbergsaid in Confirmation hearing for Trump’s SC Although European coun- a2018interviewwith tries that had been moreopen tech websiteRecode said add fresh travel restrictions as Johnson shuts pubs in parts of that while he found nominee kicks off in adivided Senate cases rise,inAsia the trend is to- Holocaustdenial deeply ward easing, though notalways offensive,hedid notthink on abilateralbasis. England with newCovid curbs Facebook shoulddelete Kamala Harris says processillegitimateasitcomes so near presidential election Fornow,few people arelikely Liverpool, London: British Prime suchcontent. “I’ve strug- to travelbecause of testing and in- MinisterBoris Johnson imposed Boris gled with the tension be- ready killedmorethan 214,000 surance requirements, and in atiered system of further restric- Johnson tweenstanding forfree LAWRENCEHURLEY& Americans,” Harris said, speak- some cases the needtoquaran- tions on parts of England on announced expression and the harm PATRICIAZENGERLE ing via avideo link. tine upon returnhome, meaning Monday, including shutting a3-tier causedbyminimising or WASHINGTON, OCTOBER12 “A clear majority of the deals offerlimited hope for pubs, as the Covid-19outbreak system of denying the horrorofthe Americans want whomever airlines and the tourism industry. accelerates, though anger is ris- restrictions Holocaust,” said DEMOCRATIC SENATORS includ- wins the election to fill this seat ASingapore-Indonesia deal ing at the cost of thecurtailment Zuckerberg, who is ingvice presidentialnominee and my Republican colleagues announcedonMonday fores- of freedoms. Jewish, in aFacebookpost Kamala Harris on Monday knowthat.Yet theyare deliber- sential business and official Johnson announcedthe new centres therewill also close, on Monday. REUTERS painted US President Donald atelydefying the will of the peo- travel will requireanapplication three-tier system inan attempt to Johnson said. Trump’s Supreme Courtnominee ple in their attempt to roll back and Covid-19swabtests both be- standardise apatchworkofoften “Wemustact to save lives,” AmyConeyBarrett as athreat to the rightsand protections pro- fore and aftertravel. complicatedandconfusingrestric- Johnson told Parliament, adding the Obamacarehealthcarelaw videdunder the Affordable Care Singapore had established tions imposedacross England. he did notwantanother national PAKISTAN during adeadlypandemic and Act,” Harris said. similar agreementswith China, Lawmakerswillvoteonthemove. lockdownandthatheunderstood ImranKhan’stop denouncedthe Republican drive Barrett, aconservative appel- SouthKorea,Japan,Malaysia,and The lockdowns will include the frustrations of those chafing to approveher before the Senator Michael Lee (standing,left), who had tested positive latecourtjudgenominated to re- openedunilaterallytogeneralvis- shutting pubs and bars in areas at the “repressions of liberty”. aidequitsamid November 3USelection. forCovid-19onOctober 3, talkswithSenate Judiciary place the lateliberal Justice Ruth itors from NewZealand, Brunei, placed intothe “veryhigh” alert “Ifwelet the virusrip,then the As the SenateJudiciary Committee Chairman LindseyGraham. Reuters Bader Ginsburg, sat at atable fac- Vietnam and mostofAustralia. levelfromWednesday. The other bleak mathematics dictatethat graftallegations Committee beganits four-day ing the senators wearing ablack NewZealanderswillbeableto levels in the newsystemare we wouldsuffernot onlyanin- PAKISTANPRIME Minister confirmation hearing forBarrett, face mask amid the pandemic. travel to some parts of Australia “medium” and “high”. tolerable death toll from Covid, Imran Khan’s Special Democratsvoicedtheir strong Whyhealthcaretookcentrestage Her husband and sevenchildren startingFridaywithoutquarantin- So far, Merseyside in north- but we would put suchahuge Assistant on Information opposition to Trump’s nominee sat behind her, also wearing pro- ing. However, New Zealanders west England —whichincludes strainon our NHS with an uncon- and Broadcasting Lt Gen eventhough theyhavelittle hope tective masks. who returnfromAustraliamust the city of Liverpool —isthe only trolledsecondspikethatourdoc- (retd.) Asim Saleem Bajwa of derailing her nomination in the DEMOCRATS FEAR that become amajor elec- Barrett couldbeonthe quarantine fortwo weeksunder area in the highestrisk category. tors and nurses would simplybe resignedonMonday, Republican-ledSenate. JudgeBarrett would tilt toralissue, especially SupremeCourt in timetopartic- government supervisionatthe Gyms, leisurecentres, casinos, unable to devote themselvesto amid allegations that he Barrett’s confirmation would the US topcourttoo far duringthe pandemic. ipateinacase due to be argued costofNZ$3100($2,064.91) for betting shops and adult gaming other treatments.” REUTERS usedhis offices to help give the courta6-3 conservative to theright and put gay With the electionjust on November 10 in whichTrump thefirstpersonandmoreforaddi- familyset up severaloff- majority. marriage, abortion weeksaway, Democrats and Republican-led states are tional familymembers. Australia shorebusinesses. “I re- But it wasthe fate of the2010 rights andgun control, among aretrying to draw focus on seeking to invalidateObamacare. is also in talkswith Japan, South Everyone in China’s Qingdao city questedthe honourable Affordable CareAct (ACA), other things, at risk.But the Trump’s failures in managing The hearingstarted with sen- Korea,SingaporeandSouthPacific prime ministertorelin- Democratic former President Democratic senators’ main the Covid outbreak,whichthey ators making opening state- nations on reopening travel as to get tested after new outbreak quish me from the addi- BarackObama’s signaturedo- point of attackonMondaywas saywillhit Americans even ments. Barrett will makeher coronavirusinfections ease. tional portfolio of SAPM mestic policy achievement that regarding the Affordable Care harder if the ACAisscrapped. ownopeningstatement later on Japan and Vietnam will allow Beijing: Chinese healthauthor- matic cases. The ruling on Info&broadcasting.He has enabledmillions of Act(ACA), whichisalso at risk With the outcome of the hear- Mondayand will face question- short-termbusiness travel with ities will test all9million peo- CommunistParty hasliftedmost very kindlyapproved my Americanstoobtainmedicalcov- of being repealedbyaconser- ings almostaforegone conclu- ing from senators on Tuesday eachother,the Yomiuridailysaid pleinthe eastern city of curbs on travel and business but request,” Bajwa, thefor- erage, that wasthe focus of Harris vative-majority court. The ACA sion, the party is trying to use and Wednesday. onSaturday. Japanisalsoplanning Qingdao forthe coronavirus this still monitors travellers and vis- mer PakistanArmy and her fellowDemocrats.Barrett is the source of health carefor the platform to getits message The hearing is akey step be- to remove abanontravelto China week afternine caseslinked to itors to public buildings forsigns spokesman who also has criticiseda2012Supreme millionsofAmericans, and has across to voters. fore afull Senatevote by the and11 othercountriesandregions ahospitalwerefound, the gov- of infection. served as Commander of Courtruling authoredby conser- end of October on her confir- includingTaiwan, Australia, New ernment announced Monday. Authorities were investigat- the Southern Command, vative Chief Justice John Roberts mation to alifetime job on the Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, The announcement brokea ing the source of the infections tweeted. PTI that upheld Obamacare. firmation processsonear the Supreme Court nominee who court. Republicans have a Vietnam and Malaysia next two-month streak with no virus in eight patientsatQingdao’s Harris, the running mateof election “illegitimate”. willtakeawayhealthcarefrom 53-47Senatemajority so month,theYomiurisaid,thoughit transmissions reported within Municipal ChestHospital and TANZANIA Trump’s Democratic election op- “I do believe this hearing is a millions of people during a Barrett’s confirmationseems wouldstilladviseagainstnon-es- China, though China has aprac- one familymember,the National Largefirebreaks ponent Joe Biden, calledthe con- clear attempt to jam through a deadlypandemic that has al- almostcertain. REUTERS sential travel. REUTERS tice of notreporting asympto- Health Commission said. AP outonMount Kilimanjaro EU agrees to sanctions on Russians China announces new regulations TANZANIAN RESIDENTS, studentsand firefighters over Navalny poisoning: diplomats for pilgrims going to Saudi for Haj were battling on Monday to contain afirethat broke out SundayonMount that the poisoning could not“re- stipulates that Chinese citizens’ Kilimanjaro,Africa’s high- REUTERS main without consequences”. KJMVARMA People who go on the pilgrimage shouldbeorganised estmountain, the LUXEMBOURG,OCTOBER12 EU diplomatssaid therewas BEIJING,OCTOBER12 Hajpilgrimageshould in accordance with Chineselaws, The Polarstern returns to broad supportamongthe 27 for- and the ChineseIslamic Bremerhaven, Germany, National Parksservice abide by Chinese rules (TANAPA) said.Hard EUROPEAN UNIONforeign min- eign ministers forassetfreezes CHINAHAS releasednew regu- Association is the onlyorganisa- Monday. AP winds on Sundayhelped isters backedaFranco-German andtravelbansonseveralRussian lations forMuslims visiting and oppose religious tion that is authorised to arrange fanthe fire,but thewinds plan on Monday to impose sanc- GRUmilitaryintelligenceofficials. Saudi Arabia forannual Hajstip- extremism, according forChinese Muslims to go to tions on Russianssuspected of The sanctions arenot ex- ulating that the pilgrimage Mecca to perform Haj. Largestever have dieddown. So far, no to the regulations injuries or deaths have poisoning Kremlin critic Alexei pected to be approvedimmedi- should be organisedonlybythe People who go to perform been reported and no Navalnywith anerveagent, AlexeiNavalny ately, as legal textsmustbepre- country’s Islamic Association Hajshould abide by China’s and Arctic science property damaged. diplomatssaid. pared andcleared by experts. and pilgrims should follow the destination country's laws, expedition ends Kilimanjarorisestonearly Berlin and Paris made their Navalnyfell ill on aflight in Chinese laws and oppose reli- Uyghurs and Hui Muslims have and oppose religious extremism, 6,000 metres abovesea proposalatameeting of EU for- said wasthe presenceofthe Siberia on Aug20, and wassub- gious extremism. apopulation of about 10 million according to the regulations. level. Around 50,000 eign ministers in Luxembourg. bannedSoviet-eranerveagent sequentlyairliftedtoBerlin for Thereare 20 millionMuslims each, according to an official Variousgovernmentdepart- touristsclimb it every Theysay theyhavenot hadacred- NovichokinNavalny’s body. treatment. Blood samples taken in China, mostlyUyghurs —an whitepaper. mentshavebeenrequestedtoful- HENRYFOUNTAIN year. REUTERS ibleexplanationfromMoscowfor German Foreign Minister from him confirmedthe pres- ethnic group of Turkic origin — The newregulation issued filtheirresponsibilitiesandbanil- OCTOBER12 whatthe Organisation forthe HeikoMaas said as he arrivedat ence of anerveagent from the and Hui Muslims, who areof forHaj pilgrimage has atotal of legal Hajactivities, the state-run Prohibitionof ChemicalWeapons the meetingearlier on Monday bannedNovichok family. Chinese ethnic origin. Both 42 articles, includingone that GlobalTimes reported. PTI AFTER Ayear spent drifting across the topofthe world, frozen in sea ice, aGerman re- search ship returnedhome on Monday, ending the largest AHEALTH CLUB IN KANDAHAR CHALLENGES CONSERVATIVE AFGHAN TRADITIONS THAT VILIFY EXERCISE FOR WOMEN Arctic science expedition in his- tory,one aimedatbetterunder- standing aregion thatisrapidly In former Taliban stronghold, defiant women hit the gym changing as the worldwarms. The ship, the Polarstern, docked at itshome portof But ultimately, he relented, aseamstress centrethat sells workoutsfromtheir families, media posts from outraged res- Bremerhaven13monthsafter it DAVIDZUCCHINO and Yusafzai nowworks out six clothing made by women. Durani said. Membership had idents. Theycalleditahouse of leftNorway. InOctober,itbecame &FATIMAFAIZI days aweek,straining through It is rare forAfghan women droppedfrom60inthe spring to prostitution. Mockedand vili- deliberatelyfrozen intothe ice KANDAHAR,OCTOBER12 hand-weight repetitions and to exercise, though several 30 now, because of athree- fied,Durani wastold to close the north of Siberia, 350miles from pounding atreadmill. In six women’s health clubs and even month Covid-19closureand be- club andsend the women home the NorthPole,and driftednorth HOMA YUSAFZAI felt terrible. months,she said, she had shed twowomen’s swimming pools cause some women feared their to their husbands. and west forthousands of miles, Her weight wasup, she had dia- almost50pounds, loweredher have openedinKabul. But in families would find out. “Iwasshockedthattheycalled leavingthelittleremainingicefor betesand high blood pressure, bloodpressureand brought her conservative strongholds like “My father and brothers said my daughter aprostitute—that good latelastmonth between andatjust27she felt lethargic diabetesunder control. Kandahar,manymen disap- theywouldkill me if Iwent to a theysaid no man with dignity Greenland and Norway. and depressed. The healthclub wasopened proveofwomen trying to take health club,” said agym member, would allowsuchathing,” said The expedition, with arotat- Then she heardthat latelastyear by MaryamDurani, control of their ownbodies. whoaskedto beidentifiedonlyby Durani’s father,HajiMohammad ingcontingentof about100scien- Kandahar’s firsthealth club for 36, an indomitable women’s “Kandahar is averydifficult her nickname,Tamana. Tamana, Essa, 82, aformer teacher who tists andcrew,encounteredpolar women had justopened—the rightsadvocatewho has sur- environment forwomen,” 33,wasdressedinwhiterobestra- ownstheplotthathousesthegym. bears, storms that damaged miracle shehad been waiting for, vivedtwo suicide bombings, an At the fitness club. NYT Durani said. “The club is as much ditionallyworn forstudying the Club members saythey’ve equipment, thin ice conditions she thought. Her husband at first assassination attempt and forwomen’smental healthas Quran at amadrasa —the excuse been harassedand propositioned and, mostcritically, thecoron- refusedtolet her join. Kandaharis countless death threats—not to their physicalhealth. Almost she givesher familyfor leaving by men outside. Afew have been avirus pandemic that scrambled adeeplyconservative city,afor- mentionharsh publiccondem- inside alockedcompound, by Durani with her father’s help everywomanwho comes here home to exerciseatthe club. struckbystones thrownbymen logistics. But the leaders of the mer headquarters of the Taliban nation foropening the club. shieldedfromprying eyes. It is the since 2004.Itincludesaradio sta- is depressed.” But the gym is constantly in onmotorbikeswhothreatenedto $150 million project with partic- wheremen still dictatethe most The gym has survived, tucked latestaddition to the Khadija tion, English and literacy classes Roughly40% of club mem- jeopardy.Soon afteritopened, it kill them if theycontinuedtovisit ipantsfrom20countries, noted prosaic details of women’s lives. away in awindowless basement KubraWomen’s Association, run forwomen,anIslamicschooland bers exercise secretly,hiding wasdeluged withprofane social the club, Durani said. NYT it as asuccess. NYT

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preparations for termtargetof 4+/-2percent.Core arelative improvementintheeco- ED write to tech cos ENSECONOMICBUREAU AboveRBI inflation,whichexcludesimpact nomic activities by varying de- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER12 comfort of foodandfuelinflation,however, grees as well as in datareporting,” TheCentre,lastOctober,while Covid immunisation PLAIN E softenedto5.67percentinSepte- the NSO said. Manufacturing sec- AASHISHARYAN presenting itsstanding in acase ● levels RETAIL INFLATION jumpedtoan EX mberfrom5.77 percentinAugust. tor, whichhas aweight of 77.6 per NEWDELHI,OCTOBER12 related to WhatsApp, had said eight-month high of 7.34 per cent The RBI in itsMonetary Policy cent in IIP,contracted8.6 per cent that social media and communi- PRABHARAGHAVAN OVER27KCOLDCHAIN in September,primarilydrivenby AT 7.34 per cent, the infla- statement lastweekhad said that in August, an improvement from AN ALLIANCE of intelligence age- cations platformslikeWhatsApp NEWDELHI,OCTOBER12 POINTSSUPPORTUIP higher food inflation, whichrose tion print is muchabove pricesof keyvegetablesliketoma- 11.6 per cent contraction in July. nciesfromtheUS,theUK,Austra- andFacebookcouldnotclaimthat to double-digitlevels, datare- the RBI’s medium-term toes, onions and potatoes should Consumer durables andcon- lia,Canada, and NewZealand theyalso did nothaveaccess to ■ India’sUniversal FROM PLANNINGtoconvert leasedbythe National Statistical target of 4+/- 2per cent. ebb by October-December with sumer non-durables ouput, indi- along withsignatories from India “users chats”if the matter related Immunisation food processing refrigerated Office (NSO) on Mondayshowed. Coreinflation, whichex- kharif arrivals,eventhoughprices cators forconsumption demand, andJapanhave writtento technol- to national security. Programme (UIP)is unitsintovaccinestoragefacil- Factoryoutput continuedto cludes the impact of food of pulses andoilseeds arelikelyto contracted10.3 per cent and 3.3 ogy companies whichprovide Thegovernmenthadthentold supportedbyover itiesto rampingupthevehicles declinefor thesixth consecutive and fuel inflation,softened remain firm due to elevatedim- per cent, respectively,inAugust. end-to-end encryption in their theSupremeCourtthatsuchplat- 27,000functional to transportthem,privatecold month in August, recording an 8 to 5.67per cent in portduties.IthasprojectedCPIin- Outputof capitalgoodscontracted communication platforms to forms musthelp the Centrede- cold chain points. chain anddistribution firms per cent contraction, mainlydue September from 5.77per flationto averageat5.4percentin 15.4 per cent during August. “workwith the government” to- cryptmessages from terroristor- have begun preparing capaci- to degrowth in manufacturing, cent in August. October-December and 4.5 per Economists said though eco- wardssolutionswhichcouldhelp ganisation, hardenedcriminals ties ahead of India’s July2021 arm of logistics giant Gati Ltd, capital goods,and consumer cent in January-March. nomic activity has pickedup, it is lawenforcement agencies better and others. It had then also said target to beginimmunisingits says it hasalready initiated durablesoutput,butshowedase- The IndexofIndustrial yettoreachper-Covid levels and pursuehardened criminals. that newrules to govern social populationagainstCovid-19. talkswiththegovernmentand quential improvement from 10.8 ConsumerFoodPrice Indexrose Production (IIP) has shown se- the road to full recovery is distant In alettersignedbythe UK’s media wasbeingplanned by the While the government is ready to collaboratewith per cent contractioninthe previ- to 10.68per cent in September quentialimprovement,butcumu- andwillalsobelargely contingent SecretaryofState forthe Home respective ministries.Ontheother continues to map cold chain other industryassociations ousmonth,separatesetof datare- from9.05percentinAugust,with latively,ithascontractedby 25per upon the infection rate.“Though Department Priti Patel, Attorney hand, companies including capabilitiesforaCovid-19vac- andlogisticsplayers“toensure leasedbythe NSO showed. urban food inflation at ahigher cent forApril-August againsta economicactivitiesareyetto reach General of the US William Barr, Facebook,Twitterandothershave cinerolloutnextyear,somein- thesafeandefficientdelivery” Theinflationratebasedonthe print of 10.94per cent compared growthof 2.4percentinthesame the pre-Covid level, it is gaining AustralianMinisterforHomeAff- repeatedly said theyhavealways dustryexpertsfeelthatthecur- of Covid-19 vaccines. The firm ConsumerPriceIndex(CPI)wasat with rural inflation print of 10.60 period lastyear.The IIP had con- tractionwitheachpassingmonth airs Peter Dutton, and others in- complied withcountries’ lawen- rent capacity will have to at is “already geared up” witha 6.69 per cent in Augustand 3.99 percent.At 7.34percent,theinfla- tracted by 1.4per cent in August albeit at areducedpace,” Sunil cludingsignatoriesfromIndiaand forcement agencies when legiti- leastbedoubled.Giventhede- fleetof120 trucks —bothpri- per cent in September lastyear. tion print is muchabove the lastyear.“With the gradual relax- KumarSinha,principaleconomist, Japan,thecountriessaidthatwh- materequests have been made mand, India’sexisting maryandsecondary—to meet Food inflationbasedonthe ReserveBank of India’smedium ationof restrictions,therehasbeen India Ratings and Research,said. ile theysupported encryption’s through properchannels”. UniversalImmunisation “emerging requirements” role in personal dataand privacy IntheOctober11 letter,thesig- Programme (UIP) infrastruc- ahead of the commercialisa- protection, it also posed“signifi- natorieshavesaidthatthesecom- ture—whichwill be usedto tion of the Covid-19 vaccines. cantchallenges to public safety”. municationplatformsshoulden- vaccinatethe prioritygroups “... Warehousingstaff will COVID-19IMPACT “Weurgeindustry to address able access forlaw enforcement identifiedby thegovernment- needtobetrainedtohandle our serious concerns whereen- agencies“inareadableandusable —may needmoreprivate sec- temperature-sensitive vac- cryption is appliedinawaythat format whereanauthorisation is torinvolvement, some feel. cines.Stringentmonitoringca- ‘School closuremay cost whollyprecludesanylegalaccess lawfullyissued, is necessaryand Whileprivate firmswaitto pacitieswillneedtobeputinto $622BILLION: Loss that South Asia region may to content. We call on technology proportionate,and is subject to be ropedin, theyhavealready place to ensureadherence to over $400billion to India’ suffer from school closuresinthe presentscenario, or up to companies to work withgovern- strongsafeguardsandoversight”. begunpreparingforsuchasce- compliances,” thefirm added. $880billioninamorepessimisticscenario mentstotakethefollowingsteps, “Integratingsuchafeatureinto nario. Forinstance, Snowman DHLisalsolearntto becon- The prolonged closureofschools due to Covid-19may cause focusedonreasonable,technically the existing end-to-endencryp- Logistics has undertakenan ductinganassessment of aloss of over $400billion in thecountry’s futureearnings, $4,400: Loss in lifetime school closures in all South feasiblesolutions,”theletterdated tion mechanismcould be ex- exercise to understand what India’soverall cold chain ca- earnings of an average South Asian countries October 11,read. tremelycomplexconsidering would be required if the firm pacity.India’sUIP—oneof the besides substantial learning losses, aWorld Bank report said Asian child, due to school The move is likelytoput pres- these laws would vary between had to convertover30ofits largest in the world—issup- closures, after entering labour 0.5 years: Projected learning sureoncommunications plat- countriesandregions.Also,ensur- coldchainunitsforstoringfood ported by over 27,000 func- market; i.e. 5% of total loss in terms of learning- forms suchasWhatsApp, itspar- ing that these hooksprovidedto intoavaccine storagefacility. tional cold chain points, as per earnings adjusted years of schooling ent Facebook’s Messenger,and securityagenciesarenot misused “Wehavemappedout our theHealthMinistry’scompre- (LAYS); thus taking years others suchasSignal and canbequitecomplex,”saidKunal capacity in the countryand hensive multi-yearUIPplanfor 391 million: Students who gained in school learning from Telegram, all of whichoffer end- Kislay, co-founder and CEO of othercapacitiesby otheroper- 2018-22. Of this, 3per cent are have been kept out of school in from 6.5 LAYS to 6.0 LAYS, to-end encryption to customers. IntegrationWizards Solutions. atorsto findoutwhatcapacity locatedatthedistrictleveland primaryand secondary an enormous setback from In nations suchasIndia, Other experts,however, say isavailableimmediately,”said above,whileabout95percent education due to temporary recent advances in schooling WhatsApphasbeeninvolvedina thatthe proposal to decryptwill Snowman Logistics CEO Sunil arelocatedbelowdistrictlevel. prolonged legal debatewith the give thepowersthatbe“excessive Nair.Thefirmcurrentlyhas33 “I don’tbelieve thereare governmentandtheSupremeCo- powers”. “This proposal is prob- coldstoragefacilitiesacrossthe constraintsonthe quality of Why is it important: The report ‘Beaten or Broken? Loss driven by India: While the loss in the urt, wherethe platform has tried lematicbecauseitgivesexcessive country, of whichtwo areal- the cold chain infrastructure... Informality and Covid-19 in South Asia’ says the region is South Asia region is largely driven by India, Source: World defending itsstance thatend-to- powers to thelaw enforcement ready dedicated for pharma- it’sonly thecapacityof thecold set to plunge into its worst-ever recession in 2020 as all countries will lose substantial sharesof Bank/PTI end encryption meant thatnot agencies of thesecountries,”said ceuticalproducts.Whilethere chain infrastructure,” said devastating impacts of the pandemic on the nationslinger their GDP eventhecompanyhadanyaccess Prasanth Sugathan, legal director is no clarity on the packaging BiologicalEmanagingdirector to thechatsbetween users. at SoftwareFreedom LawCentre. forthese Covid-19vaccines, Mahima Datla. The UIP cur- going by athumbrule of rentlyrequires the storageof, around7,000dosesonapallet, “at best”, around 300million Snowman has the capacity to dosesof thevaccinesthatitad- Sajjid Chinoy is guest at Explained.Live tomorrow RBI reallocates Deputy storearound 650million ministers, according to her. doses.Withthesameassump- “But, in contrast, forCovid, to expeditegrowth, The Indian tion with PVaidyanathan Iyer, tion, itsnetwork partners you’retalking about apopula- Express has invited Sajjid Executive Editor,National Governors’ portfolios would have another 400mil- tioncohortof1.3billionpeople, Chinoy, Chief India Economist, Affairs, The Indian Express,on lion dose capacity,said Nair. andifthat’satwo-dosevaccine JP Morgan&Part-Time Wednesdayevening. Deputy Governor MD Patra “Atthesametime,we have —whichmajority of them are ENSECONOMICBUREAU Member,Economic Advisory Explained.Live is aunique ENSECONOMICBUREAU willlookaftertheMonetaryPolicy alsoinvolvedour technical —you’retalkingaboutnow2.5 NEW DELHI, OCTOBER12 Council to the Prime Minister, seriesofexplanatoryconversa- MUMBAI,OCTOBER12 Department. His other portfolios team in terms of finding out if to3billiondosesannually. Now, to talk on the theme of ‘What tions that The Indian Express includedepartment of economic we have to convertafoodfacil- it’s adifferent storythat you IN SEPTEMBER, severalkey eco- shouldbedone’. hosts from time to time. THE RESERVE Bank of India (RBI) and policy research,Deposit ityintoapharmafacility,what maynothavetheavailabilityof nomic indicators including au- At atime when India has a ExpertGuests at onMondayreallocatedportfolios Insurance and Credit Guarantee does it take forus. Those sorts 3billion annually... but even if tomobile manufacturing sales, current account surplus, record Explained.Livesessions since of Deputy Governors with the Corporation,financialmarketsop- of thingsare(now)done...if the it’s half of that, even if it’s a powerdemand, toll collection DATE:14October2020 foreignexchangereserves,and the lockdown beganhavein- Department of Regulation en- erationsdepartmentandfinancial vaccine comes to twotoeight fourth, it would mean youstill and petrol consumption surplus liquidity in the system, cludedIIT-Delhi Director trustedtothe newly-appointed marketsregulation department. degrees centigrade, whichis need(capacityfor)500million reachedpre-Covid-19levels of TIME:7pm Chinoywill be able to explain Ramgopal Rao, Kerala’s Health MRajeshwar Rao. DeputyGovernorMKJainwill whatisbeingtalkedabout,we doses,” she said. February 2020. TOREGISTER: what India should do to create MinisterKKShailaja, Public Raowasappointedtothepost lookafterthecentralsecuritycell, canquicklyconvertthesefacil- “You needn’t even do it This came aftera23.9 per SMS-IEXP“IE” multipliers forthe economy Health Foundation of India vacated by NS Vishwanathan, corporatestrategyandbudget de- ities—itisjustasettingthatwe across the whole country. You cent GDP (gross domestic pro- “Yournameand withthesestrengths. president Dr KSrinath Reddy, whosteppeddownthreemonths partment, consumer education needtochange,” he said. can even have hubsinthe duction)contraction in April- emailID”to56161. He brings to thetable his industrialistDrNaushad Forbes, aheadof hisextendedtenure.Rao and protection department, de- As per him, suchaconver- north, south eastand west,or June quarter. ConfirmationSMSwillbe vast economic expertise from capital markets expertNilesh wasExecutive Director of the partment of supervision, and hu- sionwouldhelpthefirm“fully justgetmanufacturerstostock- The quantum of contraction yourregistration. the private sector,combined Shah, medical scientistDr ReserveBank before being ele- man resource management de- prepare”toengageinthe pri- pileinventoryforyou...theseare means that alot moreneeds to withhis experience and under- Gagandeep Kang, former vatedtothe postofthe Deputy partment, amongothers.BP maryandsecondarylegof dis- notinsurmountable prob- be done forasustainedeco- pacity utilisation. standingofthe innerworkings Foreign SecretaryShyam Saran, Governor.Hewill look afterthe Kanungo, Deputy Governor,will tribution of aCovid vaccine lems,” she added. nomic recovery,including job Againstthe backdrop of of the government —aperfect and Mahesh Vyas, managing di- departmentsofcommunication, oversee coordination, currency “anywhere” in the country. Full report on creation, boosting the informal what we have regainedoverthe balance to ideate on whatthe rector and chief executive offi- enforcement,inspection, legal, management, external invest- Gati Kausar,the cold chain www.indianexpress.com sector,crowding in private in- lastsix months, whereweare economyneeds going forward. cer of the Centrefor Monitoring and risk monitoring, the RBI said. mentsand operations, etc. vestments, and enhancing ca- lagging, and what can be done Chinoy will be in conversa- IndianEconomy.

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LeBron also has the unique formedadeadlytrioattheclublevelwith distinction of having wonthis Bhaichung Bhutia and IM Vijayaninthe idential elections. awardwith three different teams. 1990s,diedonMondayfollowingaheart SHASHANKNAIR Now, twenty NBAteams have giventheir attackinBengaluru.Hewas49.Chapman NEWDELHI,OCTOBER12 arenas to either become avoting precinct, an JAMESAVERAGED washospitalisedonSundaynight at a early voting site, apolling siteoravoting cen- 29.8 11.8 8.5 hospital in Bengaluru and passedaway ACONSTANT theme follows LeBron James tre, the nudgecoming from the topstars in points rebounds assists early this morning. “I got acall from as he passes through lifeinand outside the NBA,with James cruciallylending his name. Bengaluru from one of his friends that NBA.It doesn’t matter if he’s ateenager from Outside of it, the group donated $100,000 over the six NBAFinals games. Chapman is no more. He passedaway Akron who’s justbeen draftedintothe NBA to registerdisenfranchisedvoters from early this morning. He wasahappy-go- or aleague veteran17years later,who yester- Florida who couldn’t votebecause of felony lucky man, always smiling and ready to daywas namedthe NBA2020 Finals MVP at records by paying their outstanding fees. It helpothers,”Chapman’sone-timeIndia the ageof35–therehas always been asense helped1.4 million former felons regain their LeBronmade59.1%ofallhisshots team-mateBrunoCoutinhotoldPTIfrom of burden that he has had to carry. right to vote. Goa. Acreative midfielder,Chapman And that weight over the years has in- playedforIndiabetween1995and2001 creased. Theydon't justexpect him to be the VFOR VOTE and the countrywon the 1997 SAFF Cup greatestbasketball player, but also the voice Ninety per cent NBAplayers have been Hewas41.1%fromthree-pointrange under his captaincy. of his oftenmarginalisedcommunity in registeredtovotethis time around, with 15 these polarisedtimes in the US. teams showing 100% registration, according Since his rookie days,James wassup- to OKCguardand National Basketball Players FranceandPortugalin posedtobethe answer to the question, Association president Chris Paul. 67.1%fromthefreethrowline goallessstalemate ‘Who’s next afterMichael Jordan?’ Rarely are “(Wehaveto) continue to understand athletesable to carry that levelofresponsi- howimportant voting is. Forustobeable to Milan: France drew 0-0 at home to bility upon their shoulders at that early an have the NBAarenas as polling sites foralot Portugal in the UEFANations League on age. And yet, he sitsinOrlando, smoking aci- of communities, that is unbelievable. We Sundayinacagey clash between the garand drenchedinchampagne afterhis want to continue that. November is right worldand European champions which fourth title this time forthe LA Lakers, know- around the corner and we all knowhow big Big Big Congrts to @KingJames His largely failedtoliveuptoits billing. The ing that he has surpassedanything anyone that is,” James said to reporters during the legacy is still being written..... teams could onlymanageone shoton could have ever imaginedabout him –onthe NBAPlayoffs. -@DWYANEWADE target in the firsthalf, ahopeful attempt courtand offit. James has also spoken his Even before today, wherethe BlackLives by AntoineGriezmannfromthetightest mind on pricklyissues, unlikeseveral popu- Matter movement has become the force Laker Nation, LeBron James made of angles whichstung the hands of larsporting stars. that it is, James’ work in his community is good on his guarantee that he keeper RuiPatricio. Cristiano Ronaldo On Sunday, the Lakers beat Miami Heat what has sethim apartfromsome of the would take the @Lakers to the NBA came closesttoscoring when he fireda 106-93 in Game 6ofthe 2020 NBAFinals to greatestathletesofall time. He has on reg- Finals and bring achampionship to left-footedstrikeatgoal in addedtime complete a4-2 win forthe NBA ular occasion come out in supportofjustice Lakers fans all around the world. but his deflected shotwas well savedby Championship. Likesoccer empress Megan forblackpeople who have been shotor Mission accomplished France goalkeeper HugoLloris. Rapinoe during the FIFAWomen's World Los Angeles Lakers’ LeBron James celebrates the championship win. AP killedinAmerica. @KingJames!! Cup lastyear,James had brought his 'A' game He has providedmillions in supportto -@MAGICJOHNSON on both fronts. the city of Akron in Ohio through funding Ricciardohappytobe Blazers. The commentswereinresponse half of his community wasachoice James tuition forcountless collegestudentsand Congratstothe leavingRenaultonahigh MOSTVOCAL PLAYER TOO to the shooting of Jacob BlakebyKenosha made, knowing anyslip-ups on the court openedhis ownschool called, ‘I Promise’ @Lakers and @Seattlestorm James at the startofhis career wasnot police officers in Wisconsin and have been could snap the attention he commandedof for‘at risk’ thirdtoeighth grade students. on their championship wins! London: Daniel Ricciardo says he feels someone associated with being political. And one of the severalsound bytesmade by millions, as NBA's biggeststarright now. James has nownot onlysurpassedwhat Proud of all the NBAand WNBA happierleavingasuccessfulRenaultthan yet, his growth as aplayerhas been less im- James in the NBAbubble, in favour of the Immediatelyafter the killing of George anyone thought he wascapable of on abas- teams and players who'vebeen astrugglingoneaftersecuringtheFrench pressive compared to his growth as an influ- BlackLives Matter movement. Floydwhichtriggered the BlackLives Matter ketball court, but has become asocial jus- using their platforms to take a manufacturer’s firstFormula One ential representative of his community –a “Because youdon’t know. Youhaveno movement to acrescendo, James created the tice icon the likes of whichmostofhis stand forracial justice and podiumsince2010.TheAustralian,who calling that has onlygottenstronger over the idea howthat cop that dayleftthe house. ... “MoreThan AVote” group –aplatform that peers could neverfathom. He has advo- encouragecivic participation this is moving to McLaren at the end of the pastfew years as the countrygoes through Youdon’t knowifhewokeuponthe wrong lookstomobilize blackvoters and fight voter cated higher voting numbers and put his season. season, finishedthirdinSunday’s Eifel intense racial turmoil. This COVID-19bub- side of the bed.You don’t knowifhehad an suppression. In the bubble, the group has moneyand his mouth forthe cause of cam- -@BARACK OBAMA Grand Prix at the Nuerburgring. “Next ble and election campaign though –has seen argument at home with asignificant other,if been working towardsturning NBAarenas paigning to an end to police brutality,un- year’sanotherstory, Iammovingon,but the makings of James as aleading voice ad- one of his kids said something crazy to him intovoting booths and voter-related activi- likeany athlete in American history.And Congratstomybrother Ithink this reallydoes cap apretty cool vocating and creating pathways forchange. and he leftthe house steaming. Or maybehe ties. The Georgia primaries wheremany as the euphoria of ahard-fought NBA @KingJames on winning his 4th storythatwe’vehadandsharedforthese “People gettired of hearing me sayit, justleftthe house saying todayisgoing to be Blackscouldn't makeittothe polling booths Championship victorydies down, his real- championship. Notbad fora twoyears,” he told Sky Sports. but we arescared as Blackpeople in the end forone of these blackpeople. That’s fearing fortheir safetyordue to crowding worldcontributions will continue to shine. washedupold guy! AGENCIES America,” James said to reporters after what it feels like,” addedthe Ohio-native. constraintsatthe peak of the pandemic had It's aburden onlysomeone the likes of -@TOMBRADY- their Game 4win over the Portland Trail Embodying and vocalising this fear on be- been abruising trial forthe November pres- James could carry and fulfill. ABDspecialknocks IPL transfer window: How Rahane Pant out for can move to CSK and Tahir to DC aweek, Smith outtheKnights hails return SHAMIK CHAKRABARTY South African rises above conditions and KOLKATA, OCTOBER 12 of Stokes opposition before RCBspinners seal the deal IT’S ALMOSTthe halfway stageinthis IPL, and the tournament’s mid-season transfer windowisaround the corner.Unlikelast REUTERS/PTI season, the IPL Governing Council has per- OCTOBER13 SYNOPSIS mitted loan transfers of cappedplayers this AB de Villiers explodes. RCBare term. DELHI CAPITALSwicketkeeper Rishabh Pant upwardlymobile will miss aweek’s action in the Indian What is the IPL’s mid-season Premier League (IPL) aftersustaining aham- transfer window? string injuryinFriday’s victoryoverthe Rajasthan Royals, his captain Shreyas Iyer SHAMIKCHAKRABARTY Franchises can loan out capped–both said. Pant wasseen limping towardsthe end KOLKATA,OCTOBER12 Indian and overseas –and uncappedplay- of the matchand sat out of Sunday’s loss to ers during this window. The loan process – Mumbai Indians, with Australian AlexCarey FORAchange, RoyalChallengers Bangalore expression of interest, paperwork etc. –has replacing him behind the stumps. rolledoverKolkataKnight Riders –usually been applicable from October 7, but the “I spoketothe doctor and he said he is go- their bogey team in the IPL. The twoRCB windowwill be openedexactlyatthe ing to be resting foraweek,” Iyer said after spinners, YuzvendraChahal (1/12) and halfway stage, when all teams have played Sunday’s five-wicket loss in AbuDhabi. Washington Sundar (2/20), strangulated AB de Villiers setupRCB’s win with sevenmatches each. The IPL had intro- “Hope he comes backstrongly afterthis their opponentsinthe middle overs afteran an unbeaten 73. BCCI/IPL ducedthe mid-season transfer windowlast break.” Pant’s absence disrupts the team bal- AB de Villiers evening showatSharjah. season and openedupafive-daywindow ance forDelhi, who aresecond behind four- Chasing 195for victory, KKR lostby82runs. forloan transfers of uncappedplayers. This time winners Mumbai. POINTSTABLE year,evencappedplayers can be loaned With Carey the onlyother wicketkeeper AB de Villiers explodes out. in the squad, West Indian batsman Shimron Team Matches Won Lost NR Points Abraham Benjamin de Villiers made a Hetmyerislikelytosit out twomore mockery of aslowSharjah pitchand astrong MI 7520 10 Whichplayers areeligible for matches. IPL teams areallowedtofield a KolkataKnight Riders bowling attack.Atrack DC 7520 10 transfers? maximum of four overseas players in their bereft of shine is pretty uncommon here. RCB752010 playing XI and Marcus Stoinis, Kagiso Rabada Even againstthe newball, RoyalChallengers KKR 7430 8 The IPL loan rules AjinkyaRahane has featured in justone matchfor Delhi Capitals. BCCI and AnrichNortje look certain to retain their Bangaloreopeners were walking down the SRH 7340 6 say: “Anyplayerwho places forDelhi. pitchfor better timing. On that surface, de RR 7340 6 has played(in XI or as England all-rounder Ben Stokes made his Villiers explodedtoremain unbeaten on 73 CSK 7250 4 concussion substi- belated appearance in this year’s tournament off33balls, hitting six sixes. He didn’t mind KXIP 7160 2 tute) less than two POSSIBLE TRANSFERS on SundayinRajasthan Royals’ five-wicket hitting through the line. RCBhad agood start, matches.” The lend- victoryoverSunrisers Hyderabad. but as the ball got older,their run rate ORANGECAP:KLRahul(KXIP),387runs ing franchise will get PLAYER: IMRAN TAHIR (CSK) PLAYER: DEEPAK HOODA(KXIP) Stokes endedhis international season af- dropped. In fact, in the middle overs, the PURPLECAP:KagisoRabada(DC),17 the mutuallyagreedamount between two terthe ManchestertestagainstPakistanin wickets WHOWOULDWANTHIM: WHOWOULDWANTHIM:SRHORRR game wassomewhat meandering along. But franchises, whichisnot subject to asalary DELHICAPITALS Augustand travelledtoNew Zealand to be in the final five,theyplundered 83 runs. De cap. Fiftyper cent of the loan feewill have REASON: It’s alittle surprising that the with his father,who has brain cancer. Villiers accounted for65ofthem. to be paid “within 7days of registration” REASON: The leg-spinner had 26 wickets experiencedspin-bowling all-rounder The29-year-old bowled onlyone wick- Kamlesh Nagarkotiwas effectively serv- eschewedhis egoand didn’t mind playing and the rest “within 7days of the final lastseason, but is yettoget agame this hasn’t yetplayedagame this season. etless over,conceding sevenruns, and made ing an overdose of cutters. De Villiers took 18 second fiddle. During the association, the matchofthe season”. season. DC lostthe injuredAmit Mishra Both SRH and RR have been searching five in opening the batting but skipper Steve runs of his final over,asthe youngsterfin- RCBbatting royalty completed3,000IPL runs forthe season and might beinterested forthe required balance in their Smith washappywith his overall impact. ishedwith 0/36 offhis four overs. The over together.Earlier,a67-run opening stand be- Is this likefootball’s January in alike-for-likereplacement. middle-order,and Hooda offers “With Stokesy back, it brings anice bal- turned the game on itshead. Until then, RCB tween AaronFinchand Devdutt Padikkal laid transfer window? versatility. ance to us. He bowled onlyone over tonight were going at under eight runs per over. the foundation fortheir team. PLAYER: AJINKYARAHANE (DC) but he justgot out of lockdown yesterday. It PatCummins next, and acouple of sixes Notreally. During football’s January PLAYER: CHRIS LYNN (MI) helps our balance forsure,” the Australian RCBupwardlymobile WHOWOULDWANTHIM:CSK and afour followed. De Villiers hit almosta transfer window, both permanent and loan WHOWOULDWANTHIM:KXIPORRR said. block-hole delivery over wide long-on fora When Padikkal droppedRussell on one, transfers areallowed. The IPL’s mid-season REASON: Loan signings usuallyaren’t maximum. That one over ruinedCummins’ it felt likeadéjà vu moment. Lastyear, transfer windowrestrictsmovementsto partofthe CSK culture. But this year, REASON:Aset Mumbai Indians KKR hopeful of resolution to figures as well –0/38 offfour. Russell’s 13-ball 48at ChinnaswamyStadium loan signings only, through mutually as admitted by MS Dhoni, their playing XI is areason whythe opening Narine action KKR droppedSunil Narine, reported had causedheartbreak forKohli’s team. But agreedloan fees. batting has been struggling. Rahane batsman is sitting out. Very unlikely againstbyon-field umpires forasuspect ac- this is adifferent RCB, with aswagger and Forexample, if AjinkyaRahane of Delhi has morethan 3,800IPL runs to his movement, but teams likeKXIP and Sharjah: Two-time IPL champions Kolkata tion in their previous game. Opener Tom collective effort.Their openers aretaking Capitals –who has playedonlyone match credit. CSK might justbeinterestedin RR, with their inconsistent batting Knight Riders on Mondayhopedthat there Banton made his IPL debut. In hindsight, KKR pressureoff Kohli and de Villiers. Their so far–isloanedout to Chennai Super aproventop-order performer. performances, might makeinquiries. would be an "appropriateresolution" to the were aspinner short, as attestedbyVarun bowlers aredefending totals. On Monday, as Kings by mutual agreement, the playerbe- issue of their spinner Sunil Narine being re- Chakravarthy’s impressive bowling. But Russell wasgetting intothe groove,Isuru comes apartofthe Chennai-basedfran- portedfor asuspect bowling action, express- AndreRussell wasfit and bowled beautifully Udana removedhim with afull and wide de- chise forthe rest of the season, but Capitals ing surprise at the development. upfront. But againstDeVilliers, his lasttwo livery.KKR slumpedto85/6. Game over. remain his parent team. It means that it’s Yes, the IPL rules bar him from playing sign injuryreplacements? The franchise, however, did notsay overs accounted for34runs. BRIEF SCORES: RCB194/2 in 20 overs ahalf-a-season arrangement and the loa- againstthe lending franchise. It means that Notreally. Teams can replace an injured whether he will be leftout of the team. The partnership between De Villiers and (AB de Villiers 73*, AFinch47, VKohli 33*) bt nee returns to his parent team next season. the loanee will have to sit out the return- playerwho is ruledout of the tournament Narine has been placedinthe warning list ViratKohli yielded100runs off7.4 overs. The KKR 112/9 in 20 overs (S Gill 34;CMorris legfixtureagainsthis parent team. by picking unsold players at base price. This and one morereporting of his action by the RCBskipper (33*) contributed 22 off14balls 2/17, WSundar 2/20) by 82 runsPlaying Will the loanee have any is, of course, subject to the IPL Governing on-field umpires could lead to him being to the partnership. Agreat team player, Kohli tonight:SRH vs CSK, 7.30pm game restrictions? Is this the best opportunity to Council’s approval. barredfrombowling in the ongoing event.

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