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The Lockdown to Contain the Coronavirus Outbreak Has Disrupted Supply Chains JOURNALISM OF COURAGE SINCE 1932 The lockdown to contain the coronavirus outbreak has disrupted supply chains. One crucial chain is delivery of information and insight — news and analysis that is fair and accurate and reliably reported from across a nation in quarantine. A voice you can trust amid the clanging of alarm bells. Vajiram & Ravi and The Indian Express are proud to deliver the electronic version of this morning’s edition of The Indian Express to your Inbox. You may follow The Indian Express’s news and analysis through the day on indianexpress.com DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2020, NEW DELHI, LATE CITY, 14 PAGES SINCE 1932 `6.00 (`8 PATNA &RAIPUR, `12 SRINAGAR) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM SPUTNIK V 6WKS AFTER PM MEETINGS Russia shares data 100daysand on vaccine with India, one option is GDPshrink: Phase 3trials here Govtworksona being coordinated herebyRenu KAUNAINSHERIFFM Swarup,Secretary, Department NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER6 of Biotechnology,and, in Russia, freshstimulus by Indian Ambassador DB EVENASLancet publishedthe VenkateshVarma. resultsofPhase-1and Phase-2 As this “comprehensive data” Non-salariedmiddle class, small trade clinicaltrialdataofthe Sputnik is evaluated by experts in India, Vvaccine —cleared by Moscow one option, sources said, is to target;talksontiming,quantum regulatorsfor public use—the have aseparatePhase 3clinical Russian research institutehas trial afternecessaryapprovals D nowsubmitted “comprehensive from regulators here.Infact, ac- AANCHALMAGAZINE E Willitbe data” on the vaccine’s safetyand cording to the official Sputnik V &PVAIDYANATHANIYER lateand efficacy to Indianauthorities, The website, run by sovereignwealth NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER6 PLAIN E ● little? Indian Express haslearnt. fund Russian Direct Investment EX Senior officialssaid India had Fund, Russia plans to conduct AFTER MORE THAN 100days soughtthis from theMoscow- Phase 3clinical trials in many THE TVIRUS since Finance MinisterNirmala IN ELABORATE presenta- basedGamaleya Research countries, including Saudi Arabia, Sitharaman announcedaneco- tions to the PM six weeks InstituteofEpidemiology and UAE, Brazil, and the Philippines. Rhea Chakraborty at the office of the Narcotics Control Bureau in Mumbai on Sunday. She wasquestioned in the drugs case nomicpackage, six weeksafter a ago, NITI Aayog, the PM’s Microbiology. Thevaccinecan- The production of the vaccine linkedtothe death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput. Her brother wasarrestedinthe case September 4. Express REPORT,PAGE6 series of meetings at the highest Economic Advisory didatetriggered a“strong” im- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 levelunderlined the needfor a Council and the Chief mune responseinPhases 1&2 stimulus and officialestimates Economic Advisor’s of- of theclinicaltrials on 76 people. indicating the worst-everfirst fice in the Ministryof “Weare nowdeeplyengaged COVID COUNT: INDIA quarterGDP contractionof23.9 Finance, made twoim- with Russia on the vaccinefront,” OVERTAKES BRAZIL At crucial time for foreign policy, per cent, the government has fi- portant points: one, the asource said. This engagement is PAGE 7 nallyidentifiedthe “non-salaried economyneeds afiscal middle class and smallbusi- boost, and two, the finan- Jaishankar is guestate-Adda today nesses” as the target audience for cial system needs sup- asecond round of stimulus. port. The government India faces arangeofcom- In mid-May, Sitharamanhad has zeroedinonthe tar- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE plex foreignpolicychallenges announcedfivetranchesofthe getaudience butisstill External NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER6 right now, and the Ministerisat AtmaNirbhar package, adding working out the timing Affairs the centreofefforts to resolve up to an economic packageof and the quantum. Minister AT Atime when the Covid-19 the border crisis with China, Rs 20 lakhcrore.Muchofitwas SJaishankar pandemichas spotlightedin- even as he reaches out to other liquidity support, withextrafis- creasing uncertainties in inter- neighbours.Elsewheretoo, alot caloutgobythe Central govern- but is still debating itstiming and national relations, and many is happening —the US has en- ment justalittle over 1per cent mode of delivery.“Thisround of parts of theworld have begun to teredthe home stretchofa of GDP.While April-JuneGDP fiscal stimulus will be morefor look inward rather than out, hugelyconsequential presiden- ‘I have not gotGST wasexpected to shrink,thereare the group whichisnot com- External Affairs Minister tial election. sinceMarch... If Centre clear signals the second quarter, pletely poor and notrich. This in- SJaishankar will be theguestat This is also agoodtime to too, will contract, with Julyand between,the non-salaried mid- the Express E-Adda on Monday. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 doesn’t have money, Augustnot showing anyprom- dle class, it is the mostaffected. howare we to get it?’ iseofbig recovery. The timing of the rollout is cru- Coachesbeing sanitisedadayahead of the stage-wise AMARINDER SINGH With amoreclearer picture cial in getting the maximum resumption of servicesofthe DelhiMetro,atKhyberPass CHIEF MINISTER, PUNJAB nowavailable, the government benefit,” asenior government of- yard in New Delhi Sunday. Praveen Khanna REPORT,PAGE4 PAGE 11 seems to have zeroedinonwho ficial told TheIndian Express. needs financial supportthe most CONTINUEDONPAGE2 AAMBY VALLEY IN SAHARAPROBE EXPERT BUSINESSASUSUAL EXPLAINS Under scanner: Over BY UNNY Neelkanth Mishra Rs 62,000crdepositors’ FromTheIndianExpresspanel ofspecialists,exclusiveinsight cash in loss-makingfirm HOWTOREAD whichfinancialnumbers are KHUSHBOONARAYAN available, AambyValley Ltd &SUSHANTKULKARNI made aconsolidatedloss of GDPDATA MUMBAI,PUNE,SEPTEMBER6 Rs 994crore compared to aloss The contraction seen in of Rs 1,133crore ayear earlier.Its first-quarter GDP data is AAMBYVALLEY Ltd, the com- total income came down to severe, but not panywhichisunder the scanner Rs 958 crorein2018-19from of the government forgetting in- Rs 1,530 croreayear ago. INSIDE unexpected. What vestmentsofRs62,643 crore The firm notonlyoperates should be done –ornot from deposits collectedbyfour the AambyValley hill citylocated KESAVANANDA done –atthe level of Sahara cooperativesocietiesal- amidstthe lushSahyadrimoun- BHARATI,PETITIONER government policy so legedly in violation of norms, has tain ranges near Lonavala in that the economy gets a been making losses foratleast Maharashtrabut alsoowns INLANDMARK‘BASIC chance to rebound? the pastfiveyears, itsconsoli- properties in India and abroad STRUCTURE’CASE,DIES dated accountsshow. through12Indiansubsidiaries PAGES 6, 10 EXPLAINED In 2018-19, the lastyear for CONTINUEDONPAGE2 PAGE 10 4years after elephant corridor secured THE WORLD in Wayanad, rise in animals, incomes in the area, including tigers and ESHAROY spotted deer. NEWDELHI,SEPTEMBER6 The Wayanad corridor,initi- ated by the Kerala government AREPORTreleasedbythe nearly 15 years agoinassociation WildlifeTrustofIndia (WTI) last with the WTIand severalother monthshows that four years af- national and international NGOs, ONE KILLED, SEVERAL terthe Thirunelli-Kudrakoteele- is the firstofits kind in South phant corridor in Kerala’s Asia, wherein villagers living di- INJURED IN SERIES Wayanad district wasaccorded Afamily from Thirulakunnu rectlyinthe path of the elephant OF STABBINGS IN protection by the state, unen- village that wasencouraged movement were encouraged to BIRMINGHAM cumbered elephantmovement to move out and relocated voluntarilymoveout and were PAGE 12 in thecorridorhas increased, as elsewhere. 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