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If Governor does ED Whatthe Chhattisgarh planhitsRaj Underlines use of masks, distancing, Multiple IDs notgiveassent, will Billsreally do gazkidoori in address to nation PLAIN E Bhavan wall,Rajasthan will be used ● mean

seek legal recourse, EX says Amarinder looks at special session too LIZMATHEW to give Covid APARTFROMthe NEWDELHI,OCTOBER20 Governor, the Punjab tioning the state government’s vaccine: govt MANAMANSINGHCHHINA government's newfarm MANOJCG,GARGIVERMA proposaltoconvene aspecial CAUTIONINGTHE nation that CHANDIGARH,OCTOBER20 Punjab CM Amarinder Singh Bills needthe assent of &HAMZAKHAN House session in October-end. while the lockdownisover, the in theAssembly,Tuesday. PTI the President since they NEWDELHI,RAIPUR,JAIPUR, AthirdCongress-ruledstate, coronavirus is still there, Prime KAUNAINSHERIFFM STRIKINGDOWNkey provisions seek to amendlaws OCTOBER20 Rajasthan, is also planning to Minister Narendra Modiasked NEWDELHI,OCTOBER20 of the Centre's newfarmlaws, passedbythe central convene an Assemblysessionto the people nottobecareless and and barring the sale and pur- cluding three amendment Bills, government. If not, they AS THE Punjab Assembly passed pass alegislation to nullifythe lowertheir guardduring the fes- Prime MinisterNarendra SEVERAL IDs apartfromthe chase of wheat or paddy below to counter the central laws can at best serveasa Billsto counterthecentralgovern- farm laws.“We will convene the tivalseason. Modi during his address to uniquedigitalhealth ID under the MSP,almostall political par- cleared lastmonth. symbolic political state- ment’sfarmlaws,Congress-ruled Assemblysoon,” Rajasthan Chief The battle againstCovid-19 the nation on Tuesday. ANI the National Digital Health ties in the Punjab Assemblycut Exceptfor the twoBJP MLAs ment againstthe Centre's Chhattisgarh's plan to followsuit MinisterAshok Gehlottold The would notbeoverand successful Mission (NDHM) would be pre- across party lines Tuesdayto —Arun Sood from Fazilka and farm laws. ranintorough weather with Indian Express.Later,the until avaccine wasfound, the scribed forthe Covid-19vaccina- pass four newstate farm Bills, in- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Governor AnusuiyaUikey ques- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Prime Ministersaid. ings by expertsthat with nearly tion drive expectednextyear,the “In this festiveseason,the all activities having returnedto government said on Tuesday. markets arebright again but we normal, the festival seasonmay Dr Balram Bhargava,director should notforgetthat the lock- resultinasurge of infections. general of the Indian Council of down might have endedbut This wasModi'sseventh ad- Medical Research (ICMR), said Covid-19 still persists,” Modisaid dress to the nation since the out- that experimental convalescent BUSINESSASUSUAL in a12-minuteaddress to the na- break of the pandemic. Since plasma therapywas likely to be tion on Tuesdayevening. June, India has graduallylifted removedfromthe national clin- BY UNNY “With the effortsofevery the curbs that were imposed icalmanagement protocolfor the Indian over the last7-8 months, with the lockdown in March. disease, basedonevidence that India is in astable situation, and EveryIndian has struggled has emergedfromthe world’s we mustnot letitdeteriorate. during the pandemic, the Prime largest clinical trial,whichwas We should improveitfurther,” Ministersaid, but the economic conducted in India. he said. situation has nowbegun to Askedwhether the NDHM The Prime Ministerspokein slowlyimprove. digital ID would be mandatory the backdrop of repeated warn- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 ELGAR PARISHAD CASE Rlys allows Teltumbde brought women Twist in TRP case: Maoist literature, to board videos from abroad: local trains UP Policefileown from today FIR; case with CBI NIA chargesheet RJDleader Tejashwi PrasadYadav at arallyinAurangabad on Tuesday. ANI NEERAJTIWARI Central agency enters pictureas SADAFMODAK MUMBAI,OCTOBER20 MUMBAI,OCTOBER20 Republictells HC to take case away Tejashwi works campaign crowd IN Amuchneededrelief to THE NATIONAL Investigation Anand women commuters of Mumbai, from ‘biased’ Mumbai Police Agency (NIA) has allegedinits Teltumbde the RailwaysonTuesdayfinally with promise of jobs and change chargesheet filedinthe Elgar relented in allowing them to whichhas administrative con- Parishad case that former IIT travel in suburban local trains DEEPTIMANTIWARY trol over CBI, said that afterreg- JD(U) counters with Nitishcrowd images professor Anand Teltumbde at- tend internationalconferences from Wednesday. &OMKARGOKHALE istration of the FIR by UP Police DECISION tendedinternational confer- under the guise of his academic The decision comes four days NEWDELHI,MUMBAI,OCT20 on October17, the stategovern- Mahagathbandhan's chief min- ences “under the guise of... visitsabroad viz Philippines, Peru, afterthe Maharashtragovern- ment sent arequesttothe Centre DIPANKARGHOSE isterial candidate, at his rallies 2020 academic visitsabroad” and Turkey,and other countries and ment,onOctober 16,issued acir- EVENASthe BombayHighCourt forthe case to be handedoverto PATNA,OCTOBER20 arebecoming atalking point. brought backMaoistliterature usedtobring Maoistliterature cular stating that women would is hearingapetition by Republic CBI. “Thenotification has been While the RJD is reading this as and videos on “ideology,tactics, and videos (in pen drive/mem- be allowedtotravelinlocal TV against Mumbai Police for issuedtodaybythe Ministryfor ACROSS RALLIES, the images are asignthatpeople in the stateare BIHAR weapons” to showmembers of orycards)relatedtotheir ideol- trains from Saturday—between lodging an FIR againstthe chan- takeover of the case,” aMinistry muchthe same. Crowds packed ready forchange,the ruling the banned CommunistParty of ogy,tactics, weapons usedby 11 am and 3pmand again from nel forallegedly fudging TRPs, official said. in,with very fewmasksand no JD(U) is at pains to explain that India (Maoist). them,period of attacks,planning 7pmtill the end of services. police in Uttar Pradesh have reg- ACBI official said, “The FIR social distancing. But right from the turnout at rallies areno Teltumbde, who taught at of sudden attacks in spiteofrou- TheRailways had, however, isteredasimilar FIR against“un- has been registered. It is against when RJD leader Tejashwi measureofvotetransferability. IIT-Kharagpur and later at the tine TacticalCounter Offensive stalledthe move stating that it known” channels and persons. unknown people and is arepro- Yadav’s helicopterbegins to de- What seems to be enthusing Goa InstituteofManagement Campaign during Naxal weeks, would requireclearance from On Tuesday, the Centretrans- duction of the FIR registeredby scend, theybegin cheering wildly, the crowdmostisYadav’s prom- before his arrest on April 14,is extension of zones and increas- the Railway Board. It had also ferred the UP case to the Central UP Police.” and then followhim in awaveas ise —one that he makes in each IN YADAV SEAT NEAR also allegedtohave“inspired” ing members of recruitment for suggestedajoint meeting of rail BureauofInvestigation (CBI), UP Police registered theFIR he walkstothe stage, and speaks. of his speeches —of10lakh gov- PATNA, LJP SCARE his younger brother,Milind CPI(Maoist) organisation,” the and government officials to whichpromptlyregisteredanFIR. at Lucknow's Hazratganj police With the firstphase of ernment jobs in his firstact as MAKES NDA TASK Teltumbde, who has been NIA chargesheetalleges. work out the modalities. Sources in the Departmentof station basedonacomplaint polling forthe Bihar Assembly chief minister. In his lastrally of HARDER PAGE 10 namedinthe chargesheetasan “The said foreign literature “I am happytoannounce that Personnel and Training (DoPT), CONTINUEDONPAGE2 elections aweek away,the the dayinPaliganj on Tuesday, absconding accusedand topop- and videos were shown to mem- Railways will allowwomento FULL COVERAGE, VISIT crowds that areturning up Yadavtold the crowdtoloud WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM erative of CPI(Maoist). bers of CPI (Maoist) in training travel on suburban trains from to hear Tejashwi, the CONTINUEDONPAGE2 “Anand Teltumbde usedtoat- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 October 21 between 11 am to 3 pm and after7pm,” Railways Rahul pulls up Nathfor MinisterPiyush Goyaltweeted WORLD on Tuesday. comment on minister,she NGT red-flags Kaleshwaram project: Green The decision comes after muchwrangling betweenthe UddhavThackeray government saysinsulted all women clearance was in violation of law, halt work and the Railways, whichhave squared offoverstarting local benchinNew Delhi alsodirected train services amid the Covid-19 IRAMSIDDIQUE SREENIVASJANYALA the stategovernment to obtain pandemic. Both had differed &MANOJCG HYDERABAD,OCTOBER20 forest clearance before moving over starting special trains to fa- BHOPAL,NEWDELHI,OCT20 ahead with the project. The cilitatemovement of people to DECLARINGTHE environmental Kaleshwaram Multipurpose Lift districtsinKonkan forGanesh SENIOR CONGRESS leader Rahul clearance (EC) granted to the Irrigation Project, the world’s Chaturthi in August. In May, a GandhionTuesdaydisapproved U.S. JUSTICE DEPT Kaleshwaram liftirrigationsys- largestirrigation and drinking warofwords had broken out be- of party colleagueKamal Nath's FILESLAWSUIT teminTelangana as ex post facto watersystem, wasinaugurated tween Goyal, rail officials and the remarks againstBJP leader Nath says that’sRahul’s view; AGAINST GOOGLE (retroactive,afteritisdone)andil- lastyear by Telangana Chief Maharashtragovernment over Imarti Devi, saying he didnot ap- Imarti Devi asksSoniatoact legal,theNationalGreenTribunal MinisterKChandrashekar Rao. the Shramik special trains with preciate theuse of suchlanguage GOP SEES BRIGHT has directed theTelanganagov- It is meant to provide waterfor the ministryaccusing thestate and that it was"unfortunate". SPOT IN VOTER ernment to stop allwork, except drinking and irrigation to nearly of notgettingpassengers in time Nath, however, stucktohis On Sunday, while campaign- REGISTRATION PUSH thedrinkingwatercomponentof The projectismeanttoprovide drinking and irrigation 45 lakh acresin20of31districts at stations to board these trains. guns and, in fact, said Gandhi's ing forthe Congress candidatein PAGE 15 the project, untilfurther orders. watertonearly 45 lakh acres in 20 districtsofTelangana. File of Telangana, apartfrom Earlier in the day, remarks were "his views". CONTINUEDONPAGE2 The Tribunal’sprincipal CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CONTINUEDONPAGE2

PAGE 1 ANCHOR ‘Tried convincing my mother to getsterilised... gave her my example’

2005, she deliveredtwins, aboy Sukhrani wascounselledand ad- worksasafarm labourer.Hehad Death of awoman in MP villageinher 16th pregnancy andagirl. Her pregnancies con- visedsterilisation afterher 15th to borrowmoneywhen his wife shows gaps in thesystem—and inside ahome tinued, and between 2009 and pregnancy.“But shewas hesitant wasidentifiedasa"high-risk 2020,she deliveredfivemore andthought that she had already pregnancy"bythe civic hospital district. registeredfor sterilisationwith- children and had three abortions. crossed40and would soon hit in Hatta, an adjacent block, and IRAMSIDDIQUE It has been aweek since out informing my in-lawsand In all, she losteight children. menopause. If her daughters had advisedconsultation with agy- DAMOH,(MADHYAPRADESH), Sukhrani Ahirwar, Savitha’s 45- got operated upon,” says Savitha, Vishwakarmasaidshedidtake been with her,theycould have naecologistalong with asonog- OCTOBER20 year-old mother, bled to death recounting her lastvisit to her Sukhrani to amedical campand convinced her,”said Bagri. The raphyatthe district hospital, on her waytoagovernment hos- mother twoyears ago. Sukhrani triedtoconvince her to getster- administration could do little about 40 km away. REGRET IS all that nowcon- pital less than 5kmfromtheir wasthen pregnant forthe 15th ilisedbut afterthe initial testing, without her consent. “Wegot thesonographydone. sumes 23-year-old Savitha who hut. Notmanyinthe local health time and wasseverelyill. Sukhrani slippedaway, allegedly While Sukhrani believedshe We spent about Rs 40,000 on triestocalm hertwo-year-old system were surprised—she Sukhrani’s records with Kallo underpressurefromherhusband. had hit menopause, in Julythis testsand medicines,”said Dullah, brotherasheyearns forthe com- had deliveredastill-bornand Bai Vishwakarma, Accredited It wasnot onlySavitha who year it came to light that she was who had takenher to aprivate fort of hismother.His cries en- this washer 16th pregnancy. SocialHealth Activist(ASHA)of worriedabout Sukhrani. Her five months pregnant at the age hospitalinDamoh,since theydid gulf the Ahirwar family’s two- “I triedconvincing my Padhjari village, show that she records worriedthe district ad- of 45. Shevisitedthe hospital nothaveanAyushman Bharat room mud house that stands on mother to getsterilisedbut she deliveredher firstchild (a girl) in Sukhrani Ahirwar’s familyinPadhjari villageofDamoh ministration too. According to R onlyinSeptember when she was cardwhichentitledBPL families the outskirts of Padhjari village and my father did notagree. I 1997 and had four more daugh- district. Iram Siddique RBagri, Chief Medical Officer of sevenmonths pregnant. foramedical coverofRs5lakh. in BatiyagarhtehsilofDamoh told her about howImyself had ters. In hersixthpregnancy in Batiyagarhcivic hospital, Sukhrani’shusband Dullah CONTINUEDONPAGE2 WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 2 THE SECOND PAGE THEINDIANEXPRESS,WEDNESDAY,OCTOBER21,2020

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Punjab House Meanwhile, asked whether GivenBihar's long history of to transfer the Mumbai Police thiser of Maoists,” the NIA sinceOctober 19,WRhas added IDs would be usedduring the pital of Damohwhile onlyfour his government is planning to casteand social justice politics, case to the CBI. quoted awitness as saying.The 194services on October 15.Itis inoculation drive. in private hospitals. Dinesh Singh from Sujanpur, passits ownfarm Bills, thosegauging the Opposition's The UP FIR describes how witness also claimedthat settoadd four moreladies spe- On Monday, Prime Minister Incidentally, 70 per cent of the who were absent—representa- Rajasthan Chief MinisterGehlot chances have largely stuckto important TRPs arefor advertis- Navlakhaisa“very good friend: cialservices, takingits total NarendraModihad said the hospital’sbillisdue as per offi- tivesofall other parties, includ- said: “Weare examininghow to seeing whether the RJD canex- ers and investors, and the way of arrested accusedTelugu ac- number to 704. countrywas working on put- cials. ing Congress, ShiromaniAkali do it. We want to protect the in- pand beyond itscorevoter base in whichtheyare manipulated tivistand poetVaravaraRao. “Between 11 am to 3pmand ting in placeawell-established The Hatta civil hospital is the Dal (SAD), AamAadmi Party terestsoffarmers. Ihad ameet- of Yadavs andMuslims. by certain channels.The com- On Swamy, the chargesheet after7pm, women would not vaccine delivery system –and onlyone forapopulation of 1.75 (AAP) and Lok Insaaf Party(LIP) ingyesterday whereIreviewed RJD leaders, however, be- plaint attachedwith the FIR also claims: "Since from the maxi- be checkedfor QR code or iden- that this network, along with lakh and caters to afew villages voted in favour of the stateBills the issue. We have sought the lieve that the rallies areproof asked foranexaminationofthe mum partofthe country, party tity cards. Onlytickets willbe the digital healthID, wouldbe of the adjoining Chhatarpur and and aresolutionagainstthe opinion of the Advocate that this conventional wisdom role of BroadcastAudience members (of CPI Maoist) were checked, as allwomen would used to ensurethe immunisa- Panna districtstoo. It has five central laws. General. We have also sought maynot hold true for2020, a Research Council (BARC),the in- arrested andthe partywas not be allowedtoboardtrains,” an tion of citizens. MBBS doctors,but no gynaecol- The move comes as arelief the views of the Agriculture year of deep economic distress. dustrybody that publishes the having anyface, so it gave re- official said. “TheNational Digital Health ogist. Of the 3,000 pregnancies forthe stategovernment ledby (department)...agricultural RJD RajyaSabha MP Manoj TRPs. sponsibility to Stan Swamyas Both CR and WR have setup Mission as it exists todaydoes in ayear,about 40 per cent are CaptAmarinderSingh afterin- marketing. We willtakeadeci- Jha told TheIndianExpress, “IfBARCfunctions partially he wasagainstthe government. aspecial task forcetocontrol notmakedigitalIDmandatory referred to the districthospital tensepressurefromthe sion taking intoconsideration “Thereisarigid arithmetic by tweaking the datapertaining Stan Swamyishavinghis own overcrowding on platforms and to receive service under the dig- in Damoh. The remainingare Opposition SADafter it quit the alltheirviews,” he said. some people in Delhi follow. But to TRP as aresultofconspiracy identity.StanSwamy is having in trains with RPF guards to be ital ecosystemthat it is creating. facilitated by the hospital’s 15 NDAgovernment at the Centre that rigidity of caste arithmetic to favour certain channels, not his ownNGO at Jharkhand." deployedatstations. Therefore, to saythat it would nurses in the absence of agy- over the farm laws that trig- is breaking. Whether it is break- onlycan therebeserious reper- The NIA has also recorded Welcoming the decision, become mandatoryfor vaccina- naecologist. geredwidespread protests in RahulGandhi ing 35 percent or 30 per cent, I cussions... it would also cause fi- statementsofwitnesses who Congress spokespersonSachin tion and those who don't have When contacted,Chief the state. can't tell you...What Ican sayfor nancial benefit(wrongfulgain) submitted that Babu and an- Sawant, who had been raising health IDs would be deprived, Medical BlockOfficerfor Hatta, The stateBillswill nowhave Dabra, one of the 28 Assembly sureisthat it is breaking.” to thechannel in whose favour other accusedRona Wilson the issue with the Railways, is probablynot the right inter- PDKargaiyan, said: “Wehave to gain the assent of Punjab seatsinthe statewherebypolls In asignthat Tejashwi’s ral- suchmanipulation...isdone.” were "instrumental in arrang- termedas“political” the min- pretation,” Bhushansaid. trainedour nurses to carry out Governor VPSBadore,and the willbeheld on November 3, lies arehaving an effect on the The writ petition filedby ing meetings and fundsinsup- istrytaking four days to take a “Health ID would be utilised these deliveries since the hos- President. Speaking to reporters Nath had referred to Devi, who rivalJDU camp, party working ARGOutlierMedia Pvt Ltd, portofGNSaibaba" who has call on the matter. in thosecaseswhere the indi- pital has nothad agynaecolo- afterhehad ledall the MLAs to is aCabinetministerinthe president AshokChoudharyre- Republic TV's parentcompany, been convicted under the “Tooppose the stategovern- vidual/recipient/beneficiary gist forabout 15 yearsnow. RajBhavantosubmitthe House ShivrajSingh Chouhan govern- centlypostedphotographs of a stated that the Mumbai Police Unlawful Activities(Prevention) ment's decision,railofficials does nothave(another) health With no gynaecologist,itgets resolution, the Chief Minister ment, as an “item”. rallyNitish Kumar held in Bhore were “determinedtofalselyim- Act. said that theywant to work out ID;there aremultiple otherIDs difficult to deal with apregnant said that if the Governor does Talking to reporters in his in Gopalganj, whereasizeable plicate”the channel and “si- The chargesheetclaims that the modalities and delayedthe which can be utilised as in the woman who is critically notgivehis assent to the Bills, LokSabha constituency of crowdhad turnedup. lence (its) news reporting”, and Wilson wasinvolvedinorgan- decision. RailwaysMinister case of the present NDHM. It anaemic.” his governmentwould seekle- Wayanad in Kerala, Gandhi said, “...Opponentsshould notbe asked forthe case to be trans- isinglegal supportfor political Piyush Goyaltoday said thede- would be almostlikethe elec- Backatthe two-room house galrecourse. “Kamal Nath ji is from my party. scared while looking at the ferred to the CBI. prisoners."Rona and HanyBabu cision is beingtaken as perthe toralscenario, wheremultiple in Padajhir, Dullah has setout to Asked about the possibility But Idon’t personallylikethe crowd. Please see,so-called “It is important to entrust have inculcated Maoistsympa- letter givenbythe chief secre- IDs areprescribed (for voters) immerse her mortalremains at of the Centreimposing type of languagethat (he) has youth leader Tejashwi Yadavof the investigation to centralised thies in the studentsinDelhi tary.But thereisnomention of beforehand, so that no oneis the Gangawhile Sukhrani’s President’s Rule in the state, used. Idon’t appreciate (it).I the RJD and TejPratapSingh, agency to reposefaith of all and more specificallyDalit and the modalities or statistics that deprivedofthe benefitsofvac- eight children sit huddledinthe Amarinder said: “Let’s wait and thinkitisunfortunate. But as a the sons of Lalu Prasad. This is stakeholders and anyinvestiga- studentscomingfromother op- the Railways wanted,inthe cination,” he said. two-room house. Twoofher see,wewillmovestepbystep. generalstatement, ourtreat- the love and respect Nitish tion to be carriedout by pressedbackgrounds," awit- chief secretary's letter.Itclearly Dr Bhargava said discussions eldestdaughters Sangita and But if the situation comes to ment of Kumar gets,” he tweeted. Mumbai Police in apremedi- ness is quoted as telling the NIA. shows that BJP wasplaying were underway on WHO's Savita who work as migrant such apass, the Centrewon’t women... at all levels leavesalot And yet, the pictures tell the tatedand pre-plannedmanner The chargesheetalso includes a dirty politics,” he said. Solidarity Trial that has con- labourers have returnedto have to dismiss me, Iamcarry- to be improved... whether it is story. While Yadav’s rallies are to implicatethe petitionerswill statementbyawitnessclaim- cludedthat four experimental Padajhir.Savitha who has two ing my resignation in my pocket in lawand order,whether it is chaotic, with the crowds almost have rippleeffect on the TV in- ing that he “had heardabout drugs –including the anti- children almostthe same ageas and willgiveitwillingly.” in justbasicrespect, whether it surging on to thestage,the CM's dustrybut also setaverywrong Umar Khalid” being an urban PM Modi malaria drug HCQ and remde- that of her youngestbrother Responding to Punjab's is in howmuchspace theyare aremoreorderly.Inthe precedentfor futureinvestiga- party member. sivir,whichare partofIndia's says,“My brother criedfor our move,Union Ministerof accordedinbusiness, in govern- Gopalganj rally, as in manyoth- tions.” On the three Kabir Kala He pointed outthat India treatment protocol –havenoef- mother.Ifonlyshe had the Agriculture andFarmers’ ment, in other areas... Idon’t ap- ers, the crowds were at least 20 Manchmembers--Sagar had done better in termsof fect on hospitalised Covid-19 couragetoget herself sterilised” WelfareNarendra SinghTomar preciate this type of language metres away from the stage, Gorkhe,Ramesh Gaichor and mortality rate and recovery rate patients. she says.And the supportofher said the Bills would be exam- regardlessofwho is using it.” and while masksand socialdis- Teltumbde JyotiJagtap -- the chargesheet comparedwithcountries like “India has done the largest husband. inedonce theycome to the Asked about Gandhi’s com- tancing were in shortsupply claims that Milindusedtodis- the United States and Brazil. trial on plasma therapy. This pa- Centre. ments, Nath told reporters in here, too, mostparticipantssat and classes afterapproval in cusswiththemabout the Elgar “Our recovery rate is among the per wasacceptedbythe British “It has come to my knowl- Bhopal, “Ab wo Rahulji ki raihai on chairsunderashamiana. CentralCommittee Member Parishad event held at Shaniwar highestinthe world, the fatal- MedicalJournal andwehavere- Kaleshwaram edge that the Punjab Assembly (That's hisview). Aurunko jo Jha said the spontaneity at meetings," it claims. Wada in PuneonDecember 31, ity rate is low,”Modi said. ceived the proofsofit. It willap- has passedalaw in relation to samjhaya gaya ki kis sandarbh Yadav’s rallies wasbecause he While denying suchcharges 2017.Italleges that with the “Out of everymillion, we pear very soon withmorethan Hyderabad and Secunderabad. the Agricultural Reform Acts. mein maine yehkaha tha... Ihave had become the “face of Bihar during the probe, Teltumbde help of these members and oth- have around 83 deaths. This, 10 pages of hardcorescience The environmental clear- When theselawscome to the already made it clear in what versus Nitish Kumar". “Wehave had said that his visitsabroad ers, including social workers, compared to othernations, talking aboutplasma therapy ance, granted to the project in Centre, the Governmentof context Isaidthat. Thereis seen hugecrowds before,but foracademic conferences were teachers, advocates, doctors, the whichhaveseen around 600 and Covid-19. We hadadiscus- Karimnagar districton India will examine and take ac- nothing moretobesaid.” what is interesting is thatthis is through official invitationsand event's platform wastobeused deaths per million, is muchbet- sion with the national task force December 22, 2017 by the tion in theinterestoffarmers,” On whether he would ten- an interactive,active crowd. well-documented. forspreading Maoistideology. ter... India will soon cross the 10 and we arefurther discussing MinistryofEnvironment, Tomar saidinastatement. deranapology,the formerCM This crowdhas notcometolis- The chargesheet, whichwas croremarkinCovid testing. This withthe joint monitoring Forests and ClimateChange, Under Article254(2) of the and Madhya Pradesh Congress tentothe leader,ithas come to filedonOctober 9beforeaspe- has been our strength.” group.This (plasma therapy) wascancelledbythe NGTon Constitution, astate can make chief said, “Mainkyun maafima- engage with the leader,”hesaid. cial courtinMumbai, also in- Local trains The Prime Ministeralso maybedeletedfromthe na- October 12 –itwas uploaded changes to acentral legislation goonga (Whyshould Iapolo- Senior JDU spokesperson cludes astatement by awitness laudedhealthworkers fortheir tional guidelines,”DrBhargava Tuesday—on apetition by a on asubjectonthe concurrent gise)?Ihavesaidthatmyinten- Arvind Nishad,however,dis- claiming that he recalled MaharashtraChief Secretary selfless service during the crisis. said. farmer from Siddipetdistrict listprovidedits lawgets tion wasnot to insult anyone. If missedthe numbers at Teltumbde making astatement Sanjay Kumar wroteyet an- But, Modi cautioned, “Thisis “WHO’s solidarity trial, of who said he wasdirectlyaf- Presidential assent. In the somebody feels insulted...I ex- Tejashwi's rallies. “Those who during ameeting to "reinvent other letter to the general man- notthe time to be careless, this whichIndiahas been apartici- fected by the project. Assembly, the BJP came in for press my regret.That is what I come to NitishKumar’s rallies Dalit militancy as well as revo- agers of WesternRailway (WR) is notthe time to think that pant, has justput up their in- The petition, filedon sharp attackfromthe Congress said yesterday”. arethe chuppa (silent) voters. lutionaryresurgence under andCentral Railway (CR), seek- Corona is gone or that thereis terim results. These have notyet February16, 2018,statedthat over the absence of itstwo Devi, one of the 22 MLAs in He onlyknows howtocome Maoistleadership". ing action on the state's October no danger from it. Thesedays been peer-reviewed. However, while Kaleshwaram wasaliftir- MLAs, with Ministerfor Jails the JyotiradityaScindia camp and showhis supportbyvot- Citingstatementsofwit- 16 request. “The implementa- we see alot of pictures and we find that these drugs arenot rigation system, the stategov- Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa who resignedinMarch,bring- ing,”hesaid. nesses, the NIA has claimedthat tion of the joint decision is yet videos in whichpeople areseen performing as we expected,” he ernment wrongly claimed, un- describing the BJP MLAs as ingdownthe Congress govern- Milind visited various cities, in- to be initiated. Thus, women being careless... This is notatall said. til the grant of environmental “gaddar”(traitors). ment in Madhya Pradesh, told cludingPune,Chandrapur, commuters maykindlybeal- right. If youare careless, walk- Meanwhile,the Centresaid clearance, that the project was (WITHHARIKISHAN The Indian Express on Tuesday TRP case Bhopal and Indore, and would lowedtoavail of the local train ing out without amask,then that 246independentoxygen onlyfor drinking watersupply. SHARMA/DELHI) that Nath had ended up insult- meetTeltumbde "for taking service,” he wrote. youare putting yourself, your generation plantswerebeing “The applicationfor EC (en- ing "all the women of Madhya from one Kamal Sharma, who guidancetoadvance the move- Suburban train services family, children, the elderly at installedinhospitals in 18 vironmental clearance)was Pradesh and India". claims to run amedia and ad- ment of CPI (Maoist) in jungle were shut on March 23 amid risk.” states; 67 were at various stages made in January2017. EC was Chhattisgarh Devi,45, is athird-time MLA vertising business called as well as urban areas". the Covid-19pandemic. Partial In Europe,America, and of completion. In the second granted in December 2017,but from Dabra, aseat reservedfor Golden Rabbit In an open letter written be- resumptionofservices wasan- othercountries, Modisaid, the phase, 150additional plants before that substantialwork Rajasthan Cabinet said it has de- SC candidates. Communications. fore his arrest,70-year old nounced on June 15. number of cases have spiked would be installed. had already been undertaken. cidedtocall aspecial session of Shesaid that in her 10 years In his complaint, whichis Teltumbde had said: "Never in However, onlythose again afterfalling. “Weshould Thus,according to the appel- the Assembly“to protect the in- in the Congress, no one had ever partofthe FIR, Sharma has al- my worstdreamscould Iimag- deemedtobeessential service continuetobecarefuland not lant, the impugnedECwas ex terestsofthe farmers”. used"suchlanguage"for her. leged,“Ihavereliable informa- ine the things thatbegan hap- providers were allowedto be callous until the vaccine for Damoh post facto,inviolation of EIA The Congressdoes notex- Whenthe Nath-led tion that certain unknown ac- pening to me.AlthoughIwas boardthese trains afterbeing the virusisdeveloped.” Notification, 2006,’’ the NGTor- pectPresident RamNath Congress government came to cusedhaveinfurtheranceofa awarethat the police usedto allotted special passes. Modi quoted from Kabir that Asked whyhedidn't sup- der stated. Kovind to clear anymovetocir- powerin2018, Imarti Devi, who commonintention, entered visit the organisers of my lec- At present, both WR andCR afarmer could notbeovercon- porther sterilisation, Dullah The petitioner,inhis plea, cumvent the newfarm laws but droppedout afterClass 12,was intoacriminal conspiracy to tures—mostlyuniversities — arenot operating trains to their fident, foruntilthe crop reaches claims she didn't have the stated:“The liftirrigation itsleadership believesthat made Cabinetministerfor cheat/attempt to cheat and also and scarethem with enquiries full capacity.Currently, 700 home, his work is notdone. "courage" to go through with it. scheme involves submergence party-ruledstatespassing a Women and Child to commit theoffence of crim- about me, Ithought theymight services areplyingonWR “Similarly,our battle will notbe In the eight months of a of approximately32,000 counter Bill wouldbe“astrong Development. She found herself inal breachoftrust, forgeryand be mistaking me formybrother against1,316 before the lock- over until avaccine is devel- high-risk pregnancy,Sukhrani hectares (in Telangana and political statement”. at the receiving end of Internet in the processgain wrongfully who leftthe familyyearsago.” down. On CR,481 services are oped,” he said, addingthat sci- wasgiven twoirondosageson Maharashtra).’’ On Tuesday, returning the memes afterlastyear's Republic by manipulating Television The NIA took over the probe running againstthe 1,719before entists around the worldhave September 12 andSeptember The Tribunal,inits order, proposal sentbythe Dayfunction in Gwalior,where Rating Points, commonly re- in Januaryfromthe Pune police. March. been working on it on awar 16.However, amonth later,ase- stated:“Apartfromthe allega- ChhattisgarhCabinettocon- she failedtoread her speech ferred to as TRPs.” It filedasupplementary The reducedservices as well footing. verely anaemicSukhrani sud- tion of EC beinggiven aftersub- vene the Assembly on October and had to askthe Shivpuri col- The FIR doesnot mention chargesheetrunning into as the regulation on who can Indian scientists too, have denlywent intolabour at 3pm stantial work of the project was 27 and 28,GovernorUikey lectorfor help. anyaccused,making it an 10,000pages againsteight per- boardthe trains has caused been working on the vaccine, on October 11. completed, further challengeby pointed out that the Monsoon During her tenureasminis- “open” FIR,whichmeans every sons, includingTeltumbde, ac- hardshiptomanyresidentsof and thereissome good news on Dullah calledfor an ambu- the appellant is on the ground Sessionhad concludedonly58 terinthe Congress government, TV channel tivist-journalistGautam Mumbai'ssatellitecities, espe- that front, the Prime Minister lance, whicharrived in an hour. that the EC wasgranted with- days ago. she triedtointroduce eggs in couldbeinvestigated.Ithas in- Navlakha, Delhi University as- cially thepoor. said. By then, Sukhrani had already outapplication of mind, over- Chhattisgarh Legislative anganwadis as partofthe mid- vokedSections 120B (criminal sociate professor Hany Babu, As businesses reopen, many The government, he said,is delivered astill born. looking the procedural irregu- Affairs and AgricultureMinister daymeals, amovethat theop- conspiracy), 34 (common in- three members of the cultural people,who stay in farawaylo- working on ways to reachthe Vishwakarma said Sukhrani larities as well as environmental RavindraChoubey told The position BJPvehementlyop- tention),406,408 and 409 (all group KabirKala Manch, cationsfromcommercial busi- vaccine to everyIndianonce it had bledprofuselyafter the de- aspects.” Indian Express that his govern- posed. dealing withcriminal breachof Jharkhand-basedJesuit priest ness districts, have seen their is developed. livery.“Iasked her to changethe TheTribunal had issuedno- ment has sent arevised pro- trust), and 420 (cheating) of the and tribalrightsactivistStan dailycommute time double. The PrimeMinistergreeted clothes to gettothe hospital, tices to the respondentson posal to theGovernor.“The IPC. Swamy, andMilind. Rail officials said that before people on the occasionoffesti- but all she could musterwas February19, 2018.The Supreme Court hasmade it Tejashwi On October 6, Mumbai On Navlakha,the NIA has the lockdown, 24 lakh women vals suchasNavratri, Dussehra, ‘Himmatnahi ho rahi hai’,” she Telangana government submit- clear thatthe Governorcannot Police had registered an FIR al- cited claims by awitness that he commuters usedthe suburban Eid, Deepawali, Chhath Puja and said. tedthat the project wascon- makeany changeindates cheers: “Ek maukamilega, tohjis leging the fudging of TRPs by wrotebooksonMaoistsand trainsystemdaily. “Werequest GuruNanak Jayanti. Sukhrani’sdeathservesasa ceivedbythe erstwhile Stateof sought by adulyelected gov- din peh mantrimandal ki baithak certain TVchannels. It later said visited jungles along witha people to maintain social dis- test case to highlight glaring AndhraPradesh whichalsoin- ernment, whichenjoys the ma- hogi, pehli baar mukhyamantri at apress conferencethat inves- Swedish writer and metMaoist tancingnorms.Asand when re- gaps in health infrastructure volved watersupply to jority, forconvening the hote hue pen chalegi, tohdesh ke tigations had found that three leaders. quired,wewillincrease the Multiple IDs here. Hyderabad City and other Assembly,”hesaid. itihaas mein pehli baar ek saath channels, including Republic Navlakha wrotefor aweekly number of services,” CR CPRO The Centre's ambitious places en routeHyderabad. The Chhattisgarh Governor's 10 lakh naujavaan ko ikatthe TV,wereprima facie involvedin magazine. Shivaji Sutarsaid. to receive thevaccine, Union Ayushman Bharat scheme has Mission Bhagiratha wasapart comment on the file sent by the sarkaari naukri milega.” Loosely manipulating TRPs. “GautamNavlakha always Railwaysiscurrentlyoper- Health SecretaryRajesh reachedonly2.67lakh people of the project to remedy government is being seen as an- translated,itmeans that if given The newdevelopment speaks of Left-oriented politics ating 1,406special suburban Bhushan said at the weekly of Damoh while 9.10 lakhare drought conditionsinthe area. other point of contention be- achance, he will sign on his comes when counselfor and had donefact-findingto services on CR and WR. While briefing on Covid-19thatinor- still waitlisted. Onlyupto3,000 tween the stateand the promise of 10 lakhgovernment Republic TV Harish Salve has furtherthe ideology of CPI CR has added 225 services,tak- der to ensurenoone wasde- people have been treated under FULLREPORTSON Governor. jobs on his firstday in office. asked theBombayHigh Court (Maoist), so he wasasympa- ing thetotal number to 706 privedofvaccination, multiple the scheme in the district hos- www.indianexpress.com WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM THEINDIANEXPRESS,WEDNESDAY,OCTOBER21,2020 3 WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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‘TRP SCAM’ Mumbai Police Womansexually arrest two more harassed,78-yr-old ex-employees doctorarrested of Hansa group lice complaint. SAGARRAJPUT The woman alleged The woman then calledher “Vishwakarmaallegedly provided MUMBAI,OCTOBER20 the doctor lockedthe husband, who asked her to lodge EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE cashtoBhandari while Verma al- acomplaint at the local police MUMBAI,OCTOBER20 legedly gave moneytoMishraand A78-YEAR-OLD dermatologist door from inside station. Gamdevi police have had asked them to hand it to the has been arrested forallegedly and gropedher registeredacase under sections THE MUMBAI PoliceonTuesday owners of panel homes on behalf sexuallyharassing awoman in 354(assault or criminal forceto The bus hit asignal postinChembur on Tuesday. PTI arrested twomoreformer em- of achannel,” the officer said. his clinic on Friday. Thepolice woman with intent to outrage ployeesof HansaResearch Group According to the police, from said the skin specialisthad also priately, thewoman has alleged. her modesty), 354(B) (assault or inconnectionwiththe‘TRPscam’, 2013 to 2015,Verma wasem- been arrested in 2015 foral- She visited his clinic again on use of criminal forcetowoman takingthetotalnumberof arrests ployedasarelationship manager legedly molesting another Friday, as the doctor had given with intenttodisrobe)and 509 to eight. with Hansa Research Group. woman. her another appointment. (word, gestureoract intendedto BEST bus rams intosignal post RepublicTV'sexecutive editor, The twowill be producedin According to thepolice, in the “This time Iwent with my insult the modesty of awoman) itsChief FinancialOfficer and dis- courtonWednesday. The crime latestincident, a48-year-old twosons. Elder sonremainedin of the IPC. tribution chief have been sum- branchonTuesdayalso recorded woman visited thedoctor in his the car while Itook the younger Deputy Commissioner of as driver faints at the wheel monedfor questioning on the statement of Ebixcash clinic on August26for treatment onealong as he had some allergy Police(zoneII) RajivJain con- Wednesday, thepolicesaid. Managing Director Milan of an allergy on herforehead. on his forehead. The doctor firmedthe arrest.“The incident driverHaridas Patil (52), wasply- “He fainted because of re- ThosearrestedonTuesdayare Ganatra. “Ebixcash is one of the The woman in her complaint al- calledhim first. Afterhecame took place in the evening after EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ing the vehicle between Tata ducedblood supplytothe brain. Ramji Verma (44) and Dinesh advertisers of Republic TVand we leged thedoctor touchedher in- out, Iwent in at 5pm,” she told whichshe came to the police sta- MUMBAI,OCTOBER20 PowerinChembur and He is underobservation.Weare Vishwakarma(37).Vermawasar- wanted to understand on what appropriatelyand asked her the police. tion. Case wasregisteredby Ghatkopar railway station when investigating anddoing afew restedfromhisresidenceinWorli basis did theygiveads. questions thatmade her uncom- The woman allegedthe doc- night and the accusedwas ar- ABESTbus rammedintoasignal he collapsed near Vasant Park. tests. He will remain admittedfor while Vishwakarma wasnabbed Accordingly,hewas calledand his fortable. torlockedthe door from inside rested.” postonRCMarginChemburaf- “Patil has been takento now,”DrVidyaThakur,superin- from Mumbai airport. statement wasrecorded,” an of- The doctor gave her medi- and gropedher. The police said the accused terits driverfainted at thewheel Rajawadi Hospital at Vidyavihar, tendent of the hospital, said. The police said initiallythey ficer said. cines and asked her to return af- He touchedmeinappropri- wasremandedinpolice custody on Tuesday, officials said. Nobody whereheisbeingtreated,” an of- While policehavenot registered believedVishwakarma washid- The Mumbai Policesaid they ter15days.Accordingly, she vis- atelyand kissedme. Itriedrais- tillMonday.Hewas againpro- wasreported injured in the inci- ficer from Chembur police sta- anycaseagainstthe Patil, the in- inginhishometownatJaunpurin wouldcontinuetoinvestigatethe ited his clinic on September 12. ing alarm, managedtopush him ducedincourtonMondayand dent. tion said. The driverhas sus- cident has been mentioned in Uttar Pradesh andaccordingly a ‘TRP scam’ andsaidthe move of Again, he touchedher inappro- and escaped,” she saidinher po- sent to jail. Around 11.15amTuesday, tainedaninjury on his forehead. their station housediary. team wassent. “But we could not theUPgovernmentwouldnotim- locatehim.Later, we learntthathe pact their investigation. Asenior wascoming to Mumbai by flight IPS officer,who is overseeing the DRUGS CASE afterwhichwelaid atrapatthe investigation in the ‘TRP scam’, HC asks BMCtoconduct physical airport and caught him,” apolice said,"AsfarasIamaware ourcase officer said. is very muchwith the Mumbai Sushant’scook The policewereafter thetwo Crime Branchand we willnot afterthequestioningof twoother transfer it until we getany direc- meeting of itsstanding committee formerHansa employees, Vishal tionsfromthe SupremeCourt, seeks Rs 10 lakh in Bhandari and Umesh Mishra, ar- High Courtorthe Maharashtra rested in the case earlier. government." ing with nearly 674proposals the BMC holdsmeetings once in Afterhearing submissions, CJ OMKARGOKHALE through videoconferencing be twotothree weeks, howeverthe Datta asked the BMC, “Weap- MUMBAI,OCTOBER20 setaside. lastmeeting washeld on March preciatethe corporation's efforts compensation for Posing as RIL executives, The PIL movedbyMakarand 31 andthereafteritcould notbe and it is working so muchdur- THE BOMBAY High Courton Narvekar and Prabhakar Shinde held due to Covid-19situation. ing Covid-19pandemic. Tuesdayasked the BMCtophys- —also the group leader of BJP in “Thereisanaggregated back- However, if corporation com- fraudsters approach foreign icallyconduct itsstanding com- the BMC —filed through advo- log of six months. Nearly 675 mittees arenot allowedphysical ‘illegal detention’ mittee meeting on October 21, cateJeetGandhi alleged that the items arelistedand no compul- meetings, what signalwill it banks for loans;FIR lodged with 27 members and adozen civic body's intentionistopass sion that same be dealt in one send to society?” officials in the general body hall all proposalswithissuesrelating meeting. Matters will be taken The courtalso said that since EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE While granting had been booked forcommitting of the civic body following to livesofMumbai residents up as per their serial numbers the total number of attendees MUMBAI,OCTOBER20 bail to Sawant on EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE fraudand forgeryunder the Covid-19protocols. without anydiscussion. It added and those notdealtinthis meet- would notexceed50persons as MUMBAI,OCTOBER20 Indian Penal Code and identity The courtalso observed that that it is notpossible to deliber- ing can be takenupduring the per stategovernment’s guide- ACTORSUSHANT Singh Rajput’s October 7, theHChad theftand impersonationunder by notconducting thephysical ateand passthese manyresolu- next or adjournedmeeting,” lines duringCovid-19, therefore cook Dipesh Sawant has fileda observed therewas no THERELIANCEIndustriesLimited the Information TechnologyAct, meeting, the BMC would send a tions in one dayand that the Chinoysaid. it waspermitting the BMC to writ petition in the BombayHigh sufficient material to (RIL)has filedacomplaint with said the police. wrong signal to society that same has nothappenedinthe Senior counsel Anil Sakhare conduct the physical meeting in Court, challenging his arrest by the cyber police station in The officer said that aperson whileitwas doing so muchto history of the BMC. representing the BMC said that ‘public interest.’ the Narcotics Control Bureau showthat he was Mumbaiafterfraudstersallegedly previouslyarrestedinconnection controlCovid-19, it washesitant On Tuesday, theBJP corpora- itscommissioner on October 14 Disposing of the PIL,the court (NCB)inanallegeddrugs case as apartofany chain wrotetobanksinseveral coun- to the other FIRs is suspected to to have physical meetings with tors said that the proposals had written to thestate urban allowedthe BMC to conduct illegal. He has also sought Rs 10 tries with business proposals beeninvolvedinthelatest offence. social distancing norms. worthRs2,000crorewill be con- development department seek- physical meeting with nearly 27 lakh in compensation from the as he had notsold seekingloans,posingasseniorex- “Wehad arrested one man last Adivision benchofChief sidered in asingle daywithout ing that standing committee members of the committeeand central government. drugs to earn aprofit ecutivesofthe firm. year.But he is suspected to have Justice Dipankar Dattaand anydebatebythe standing com- meetings and other statutory 12 officials in the general body Sawant wasgranted bail by The alleged fraudwas discov- goneabroadassoonashewasre- Justice GSKulkarni disposedof mittee. meetings be permitted through hall of the civic body and di- the BombayHigh Courton ered afterthe representative of a leased on bail and becomeactive the PIL by twoBJP corporators, Senior counsel Aspi Chinoy physical hearing at the general rected it to makearrangements October 7after he wasarrested within 24 hours of his arrest. bankbased in South Africa wrote once more,” the officer added. who aremembers of the stand- and advocateJoel Carlos for body hall of theBMC, however so that all members will be able by theNarcotics Control Bureau Sawant, in his petition, has to theRIL's Mergers and On Mondaynight,RIL pub- ing committee, seeking that the committee chairman Yashwant the same waspending before to attend the meeting on (NCB) on September 5for his sought that the illegal detention Acquisition Department. The lishedafraud alertonits website agenda of the October 21 meet- Jadhavsaidthatthe apexbody of the stategovernment. Wednesday. allegedrole in the procurement and remand orders againsthim banker claimedtohavereceived warning peopletobewareof of drugs in connection withthe be setaside and quashed. He has anemailfromanRILexecutiveex- emails receivedfromaddresses actor’s death case. also sought disciplinary action pressing interestininvesting in ending with “@ril.vc”. TISS be made party to PIL Rajput wasfound dead in his againstthe erring officers. real estate andretail in South Thealertstated,“Ourattention Bandrahouse on June 14. On Monday, adivision bench Africa. The firm,however, discov- has been drawntothe fact that In his petition, filedon of Justices SSShinde and MS eredthattheexecutive hadinfact certain persons masqueradingas on women beggars, says HC September 25, Sawant claimed Karnik adjournedfurther hear- notsentthe email. officialsofReliance Industries the detention by theNCB wasil- ing in the case by twoweeks to An internal investigation re- Limited or our Group Companies women madetobeg on streets legal and in gross violation of his allowAdditional Solicitor vealed that similar emails,bear- aremaking business proposals to OMKARGOKHALE and at trafficsignals across the fundamental rights, including General Anil Singh, representing ingthenamesoftwo othersenior companiesandindividualsinsev- MUMBAI,OCTOBER20 stateand to specify those under Articles 21 (Right to the NCB, to appearand respond RILexecutives,hadalsobeensent eralcountriesusingfake emailIDs immediatesteps to be takento lifewith dignity) and 22 (Right to the plea. to banksinCanada, Germany, endingwith“@ril.vc”.Thesebusi- THE BOMBAY High Courton attend to theproblems of of arrested or detainedindivid- Whilegranting bail to Singapore, the US and the UK. ness proposals areinrespect of Tuesdaydirected that the Tata begging children in thepresent ual) under theConstitution of Sawant on October 7, another Theemailsto thebanks,seek- raising funds, proposedmergers Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) scenario. India. high courtbenchofJustice ingcapitalinvestmentamounting andacquisitionsandjobsathigher be made party to apublic inter- Adivision benchofChief Sawant has claimed, in his Sarang VKotwalhad observed to severalmilliondollars,alsocon- management level. Please do not estlitigation seeking directions Justice Dipankar Dattaand petition, he was“takenintocus- that therewas no sufficient ma- tainedforgeddocumentsandsig- enter intoany correspondence or to stateand local authorities to Justice Girish SKulkarni was tody at 10 pm on September 4”. terial to showthathewas apart natures of the firm's executives, transactions of anynature what- act againstsyndicates that make hearing aPIL filedbyPune resi- Advocates RajendraRathod of anychain as he hadnot sold saidacyberpoliceofficer.Thebo- soever on the basis of acommu- children and women begon dentDhyaneshwarDarwatkar and Aamir Koradia, appearing drugs to earn aprofit. gus addresses were foundtoend nicationreceivedbyyoufromany streetsand to ensureeffective through advocateShekhar forthe petitioner,said The courthad further said with“@ril.vc”andnot“@ril.com”. email ID except“@ril.com”. Such implementation of the Jagtap forwelfareofbeggars Sawant wasproducedfor re- Sawant wasacting onlyatthe AnRILspokespersonsaidthat correspondence or transaction MaharashtraPrevention of during the pandemic. mand before aholidayremand behestofhis “employer” this wasthe fourth FIR -- lodged willnot bind us or our Group Begging Act, 1960 during the The courtalsodirected that courtat1.30 pm on September (Sushant) and therefore, he is not in June -- the companyhad got Companiesinany manner what- pandemic. TISS be made party to thepublic 6, aftermorethan 36 hours of his likelytocommitany suchof- registeredwith the cyberpolice soever." The courtdirected the interestlitigation to assist con- arrest. fence while on bail withstrin- since lastSeptember afteryet an- It also listedsix bogus email Maharashtragovernment to file cernedparties and authorities to The plea said the NCBhad vi- gent conditions imposed. otherattempt by fraudstersto im- addressesfromwhichthefraudu- Aman cleans equipmentatafitness centreinNaviMumbai an affidavitbyNovember23, ascertain and resolve theissues olated theguidelines of the The high courtwill hear personateits executivescame to lent business proposals areregu- before gyms reopen on October 25. Amit Chakravarty stating the measures takenfor related to begging children Supreme Court by notproduc- Sawant’s plea againstalleged il- light.Earlier,unidentifiedpersons larly sent. rehabilitation of children and and women. ing Sawant before the court legal detention on November 6. PRAJA FOUNDATION REPORT CARD Want to retract statements Performance of BMC corporatorsdips to 55.7% in 2019-20 made to NCB: brotherofArjun Atotal of 2,270 questionswereasked by the corporators in allthe 13 committee meetings, including the general body Rampal’s partner to court

The reportcardincludes all likeroads,drainage,watersupply only63wererelated to drainage tions in 2019-20 were raisedon of facts. “Prajaisdoing an excel- medicines per the jail manual. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE corporatorsexceptthemayor. This andalso subjectsnot directlyun- issues.However,thehighestnum- water, sanitationand solidwaste lent job in training as well as EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE A30-year old South African MUMBAI,OCTOBER20 year,ofthe 227elected represen- der the purview of the BMClike berofcomplaintsbycitizensreg- management, while 7% were watchingthe performance of the MUMBAI,OCTOBER20 national, Demetriades wasar- tatives,thereportcardhasranked crime, agricultureamong others. isteredwith the civic body raisedonhealth. This highlights corporators in the civic body.The rested on SaturdayfromLonavla THEOVERALLperformanceof the 220corporators,excluding cur- Outofthe13 committees,general through helpline number,letters, poorly the deliberative focus of reportcardisholdingthepolitical AGISILAOSDEMETRIADES, the with the NCBclaiming that 0.8 city’s elected representatives rent MayorKishori Pednekar, body meeting is the one which email wasabout drainageissues councillorsonissuesthatmostaf- party and corporators account- brother of actor ArjunRampal’s gm of charas wasseizedfrom droppedoverthe previous year, Vishwanath Mahadeshwar,who has all the 227corporators as at 23,780. fectcitizens”,saidMilindMhaske, able,”saidRaviRaja,Congresscor- partner Gabriella, arrested last him. according to PrajaFoundation’s washolding the postofMayor till members and is scheduledevery In all, 326 questions raisedby Director,Praja Foundation. porator and opposition leader in week by the Narcotics Control The NCBalso said that a reportcardfor2020onmunicipal November 2019 andfiveothers month. the corporators were related to Thereportcardfoundcouncil- the BMC. Bureau(NCB) in connection with search carriedout at his Khar councillors releasedonTuesday. whowere suspendedordieddur- The standing committee, road repairs, potholes, missing lors’ attendance lowest in this PrajaFoundationisworkingin adrugs caselodged following ac- residence had leditto The overall performanceof220 ing the assessmentyear. whichhas 27 corporators as links, while renaming of roads, year’sreportcomparedto allthree the field of accountability in gov- torSushant SinghRajput’s death, Alprazolan, abannedtablet. corporatorswentdownfrom60.2 Thecorporatorsarejudgedon members and approves and allo- trafficjunctions,railway stations of this term (2017-2022). The av- ernance.Since 2011,ithas con- told aspecial court on Tuesday The agency further said that per cent in 2018-19to55.7 per their education qualification, at- cates funds required forvarious were the second mostimportant eragescorefor attendancehas ducted training programmes for that he wanted to retract the he is partofthe largerdrug syn- cent in 2019-20. tendance in the general body projects, is held everyweek. issue raisedbythe corporators at fallento 72.6%in2020from80.7% the councillors -- on howtoask statementshemade before the dicateand suppliednarcotics to The report judges the corpo- meeting and committeemeet- The reportfoundthat the 253.“90percentcouncillors(199) in 2018 and 77.6%in2019. The re- questions regarding BMC’s func- agency. the peddlers who were in touch rators’performance in the ings, the number of questions questions raisedbythe corpora- scoredlessthan50percentwhen portalso found that three corpo- tioning,onhowbudgetsare made An application filedthrough with Sushant's girlfriend-actor Brihanmumbai Municipal theyasked,theimportanceof and tors in the variouscommittees complaintsmadeby citizenswere rators have notasked asingle and howfunds areallocated to his lawyer Kushal Mor said Rhea Chakraborty and her Corporation (BMC)every finan- quality of questions,and their us- were notconsistentwiththecom- correlatedto thequestionsraised question in their current term i.e. corporators. The foundation has Demetriades, who is in judicial brother Showik,bothofwhom cial year.This year's reportwas ageofareadevelopmentfundand plaintsraisedbycitizens. Atotal by councillorsin2019-20,”stated since 2017. brought out elected representa- custody till November 3, suffers were arrested in the case. While from April 2019 to March 2020, criminal record. of 2,270 questions were asked by the report. While the corporators in the tives’reportcardsince2011 start- from asthma and chronic mi- Rhea has been granted bail, before theCovid19-relatedrestric- Thereare 13 committees, the corporatorsinall the 13 com- “The quality of questions civicbodyhave welcomedthere- ing from Mumbai and since then graine. Following this, the court Showik is still in jail. tionsshutdownthecorporation's wheretheelectedrepresentatives mittee meetings including gen- raisedbycouncillorshasalsobeen portcard, in the pastBMC hasac- has published22reportsin directed the jail superintendent Demetriades is the 23rd political activities. canraiseissuesrelatedto services eralbody.Outof the2,270 queries, poor,only12%of total2,270 ques- cusedthefoundationofdistortion Mumbai and Delhi. to allowDemetriades to carry person to be arrested in the case. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM THEINDIANEXPRESS,WEDNESDAY,OCTOBER21,2020 MAHARASHTRA 5 Supplementary Govtcapspriceofmasks Low-keyDussehra this year, RSS to exams: Timetable celebrate with 50 volunteers at auditorium health department. Mask manu- of action". RSS city unit chief Facebook, Twitterand YouTube, EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE facturers had strongly opposed EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Rajesh Loya said therewill be no at 8amonSunday, October 25. MUMBAI,OCTOBER20 16.09 lakh the move forprice capping. NAGPUR,OCTOBER20 chief guestthis time and the pro- "Only50swayamsevakswillbein forClasses X, XII TOTALPOSITIVECASES On July31, the government gramme will be broadcast live on attendance,"headded. IN Alatenight notification, the INMAHARASHTRA had setupafour-member expert THERASHTRIYASwayamsevak stategovernment on Tuesday Active Cases 1,74,265 committee to study manufactur- Sangh(RSS)willholditsannual cappedthepricesof masksaspart ing costand advice ceilingprices Dussehrafunctioninsideanau- New Cases 8,151 announced of aseries of interventions it has formasks.Asperthecommittee’s ditorium withonly50volun- madetillnowtoreduceprofiteer- TotalDeaths 42,453 recommendation, adoctor’s kit teersinattendanceandnochief December 10.For Class 12 (vo- ing during the Covid-19pan- New Deaths 213 has been capped at Rs 127and a guest, the organisation said. ABHAGORADIA cational education), the exams demic. filtering face piece (FFP) mask at The decision wasmade in Quarantined23.57lakh MUMBAI,OCTOBER20 will be heldfromNovember 20 As per the newrates, an N-95 Rs 12.The ratesofFFP mask was viewoftheCovid-19 pandemic, to December 7. mask would costbetween Rs 19 Tested 82.51lakh around Rs 200toRs600earlier. read apress note issued by the MAHARASHTRA STATEBoard Adetailedtimetable has to Rs 45 depending on itskind, The central government had RSS. "Lookingatthe Covid pan- of Secondaryand Higher been releasedonthe state while a3-plywould costRs4and 2,44,260 declared masksand sanitisers as demic,ithas been decided to SecondaryEducation (MSB- board's portal mahasscboard.in. a2-plymask Rs 3. At present, an essential commodities in March holdVijayadashami pro- TOTALPOSITIVE SHSE) on Tuesdayreleased "All Covid-related precau- N-95 mask costs Rs 150toRs600 butremovedthemfromthelistin gramme in Maharshi Vyas au- CASESINMUMBAI timetables forClass Xand XII tionswill be followedduring in the market,while a3-plymask June.Ittookthestategovernment ditoriumonthepremisesof RSS supplementaryexams. Usually the exams. We will be releasing costs anywherebetween Rs 20 to New Cases 1,091 amonth to firstmonitormarket Smruti Mandir," the note read. held in July-Augustfor repeat details on the precautions and Rs 40. TotalDeaths 9,864 prices and eventuallyset up a Everyyear,the programme candidates and those who fail the number of centres in the Thenewrateswillnotonlyre- committee to study manufactur- is held on the grounds in front New Deaths 45 to pass the boardexamsheld in coming days," chairperson duceexistingmarketpricesby 40 ing costs and advise ceiling rates. of theSmrutiMandirwithhun- February-March,the supple- Shakuntala Kale told TheIndian percentto 60percentbutalsoen- The committee, in itsreport, dredsofswayamsevaksandRSS mentaryexams will be con- Express. sure that the maskscostless than at the newprescribed rates. observedthatpricesof masksrose followers in attendance. ducted this year in November- On Monday, theboard thereusable plain cotton masks Senior officials said the notifi- by sixtimesduringthepandemic. At theregularDussehrapro- December. made available forms forthe that arebeing soldanywherebe- cation wasapproved by the chief It also advisedaction againsttwo gramme, the RSS chief delivers The exams will be con- supplementaryexams on its tween Rs 10 to Rs 200. The Food minister's office on Tuesday, al- manufacturers forincreasingthe aguidancespeechtoswayam- ducted in written format, as fol- portal. Studentsare required to and DrugAdministration will mostafortnightaftertheproposal costofmaskswhile it wasstill an sevaks andmakes important lowedearlier,and will be con- submit their applications to have to ensurechemistsellmasks wasforwarded by thepublic essential commodity. observations on "futurecourse ducted across the nine their respective schools or jun- divisions of thestate board-- ior colleges between October Pune, Nagpur,Aurangabad, 20-29. Mumbai, Kolhapur,Amravati, Those who find it difficult to Nashik,Latur and Konkan. appear in November- ForClass X, the exams will December will be givenan- be heldfromNovember 20 to other opportunitytoappear for December 5, whereas forClass the examsinFebruary-March 12,fromNovember 20 to 2021, said the circular. Plea in HC seeks strategy to hold FYJC admissions despite interim SC stay on Maratha quota

Region (MMR), including his OMKARGOKHALE daughter,werefacinguncertain MUMBAI,OCTOBER20 futuredue to the same. The writ petition, filedon AN ADVOCATE, who is aparent October 18,addedthat while in of ateenager,has movedthe thepast, FYJC admissions com- BombayHigh Courtseeking that mencedsoon afterthe declara- the stategovernment formulates tion of SSC results, it wasdelayed astrategytostart firstyear junior this year due to the Covid-19 college(FYJC) admissions in pandemic. It addedthat afterthe Maharashtra. firstround of FYJC admissions The petitioner,Vishal Saxena, wasover, the SC stayed Maratha submitted that the processof quotaonSeptember 9, bringing FYJC admissions had been the entireprocess to astandstill. stalleddue to Supreme Court's The petitionsought direc- interim stay on Maratha reser- tionstothe stategovernment to vation and nearly 2.3 lakh stu- formulateastrategy to startthe dentsinMumbai Metropolitan admissionprocess at the earliest.

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ELGAARPARISHAD Govtshoulddirectbanksnottosendnoticesto CPI (Maoist) gets Rs 3cr ayear from Maharashtra, rain-hitfarmersforrecoveryofloans:Fadnavis MP &Chhattisgarh zone, heavy rain earlier this month. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE "Don't ridicule the farmers. says NIA chargesheet MUMBAI,PUNE,OCTOBER20 Yesterday, the government handedRs3,800ascompensa- BJP LEADER DevendraFadnavis tion to farmers. Forsomeone Pradesh and West Bengal. on Tuesdaysaid the Uddhav whohas lost his entirecrop, can SADAFMODAK One witness statement is Thackeray government should suchlittle amount be of any MUMBAI,OCTOBER20 about howdemonetisation had issue strict orders to financial help?” he said. affected the party's finances. institutions, asking them to not “In the past, both Chief THE NATIONAL Investigation “After demonetisation, Milind send notices to rain-affected MinisterUddhav Thackeray and Agency's (NIA) 10,000-page Teltumbde hadsentRs50lakh farmers forrecovery of loans. his deputy AjitPawar had asked chargesheetinthe Elgaar in old currency from jungle to “Somefarmers have re- forRs25,000 to Rs 50,000 per Parishad case relies on witness exchangewith newcurrency... in ceivednotices from banksask- hectareascompensation for statementstodrawupdetails 2017," the witness has said, ing them to payloan install- farmers who have lostcrops. about the bannedCPI (Maoist), claiming that it wasreceivedin ments... At atime when lakhs of Theyshouldnow followthis,” he including itsmeansoffunding, Nagpur by aperson who claimed farmers acrossthe statehave added. training and recruitment. that Teltumbde had directed it to losttheir Kharif harvest(due to “I have alreadyrequested According to an witness, be sent to thecity to be ex- the recentuntimely rain),ex- Union Home MinisterAmit members of the organisation changed.But the currency could pectingthemtorepayloans in Shah to give financial assis- collect Rs 350per bag of tendua notbeexchangeasbythen, the time would be inhuman,” tance to thestate.Iwill also leaves–containing 1,000 time forexchange wasover. The Fadnavis, the leader of urge Prime MinisterNarendra pouches –astax.“The amount is person wasthen asked to burn Opposition in the Assembly, Modi to do the same,” he said. collected as tax/levy from adi- the old currency. told mediapersons in On NCPchief Sharad Pawar, vasi/contractors. Road contrac- The witnesses also claimed Osmanabad on the second Fadnavis said, “He is amatured tors and adivasi villagers donate that trainingprogrammes are dayofhis tour of rain-affected and knowledgeable leader.He some amount yearly to CPI conducted forthe cadreinJuly- districts. neversays anything wrong. (Maoist). Altogether, Augustevery year.Thesein- “Thegovernment should is- Currently, he has the responsi- Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh cludedtraining on weapons, sur- sue strict orders to financial in- bility to defend an inefficient Former CM and Opposition leaderDevendra Fadnavis in Latur on Tuesday. Express and Chhattisgarh(MMC) zone of veillance on police movement, stitutions to notsend notices to government." CPI(Maoist) gets around Rs 2.5 use of walkie-talkiefor commu- forloan recovery,” added the Supporting Pawar's de- croreto3crore per year.The said nicationaswellasclasses on pol- formerCM, who on Tuesday mand to raise loan to help ...Atatimewhenlakhsof marks that stateshould first Meanwhile,onthe govern- Uddhav government had de- funds areusedfor Maoistactiv- itics and party work. visited villages in Osmanabad, flood-hit farmers, he added: farmersacrossthestate spellout whatitintendedtodo ment ordering aprobe into cidedtoconduct an inquiry into ities,” awitness has claimedina The chargesheetsaid that Latur and BeedinMarathwada, “Pawar has rightlysaid that the havelosttheirKharif forthe aggrievedfarmers, state JalyuktaShivarAbhiyan, the scheme, whichwas apet statement that is partofthe dalams (squads) communicated whichhavebeen lashedby stategovernment can take loan Congress chief Balasaheb Fadnavis said: “The scheme was project of Fadnavis. chargesheet. with letters onlythrough physi- to help farmers. The RBI has harvest(duetotherecent Thoratsaid, “The Centre owes acollectivedecisiontaken by This wasafter aCAG report Another witness statement cal messengers. Cellphones are increased theloan limit for untimelyrain),expecting Rs 30,000croretoMaharashtra villages... It wasbasedonthe raisedquestions on the stated that the organisation col- notusedfor calling but only MaharashtratoRs1.20 lakh themtorepayloansin by wayofGST dues. If the needtocombat drought. More quality of work,costand the lects“jungle tax” from Tendu rarely fordownloadingdataor crore. The statehas aloan li- timewouldbeinhuman.” Centrehad giventhe statethese than six lakh workshavebeen scheme's impact. pattaand bamboocontractors, uploading emails. ability of around Rs 60,000 dues, the statewould nothave completedunder the scheme. LaunchedinDecember as well as from road contractors. "Generally, actual names of crore. It can easilyborrowup DEVENDRA FADNAVIS had anyproblem in extended Of these, complaintswerere- 2014,the goal of the scheme Shopkeepers in towns provide people arenot usedinthe party. to Rs 70,000 crore.” LEADER OF OPPOSITION immediatehelp to the affected ceivedfor 700.” wastomakeMaharashtra funds as “party help”. The party Everybody uses alias names for Reacting to Fadnavis re- farmers.” Earlier this month, the drought-free by 2019. memberscollectfundsfromvol- communication. Milind usedto untaryvillagers onceayear,the use 'Jeeva'for communication... witness added. Lasttime,hewas using 'Sahil' in CROP INSURANCE It is further alleged in the MMCregion," awitness has told MUMBAI METROPOLITAN REGION chargesheetthat the weapons theNIA. DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ‘Centre should draw up permanent measures so and ammunition usedbythe Amongthe recoveries (A Government of Maharashtra Undertaking) Maoists arelootedfromgovern- claimedtohavebeen made by Bandra-Kurla Complex, Bandra (East), Mumbai-51. farmers get compensation without difficulties’ ment forces and the gelatine the Pune Police in itsinitial probe Tel: 022-26590001/4000 Fax:022-26591264 usedfor explosivesissourced in the case areletters found on Website: https://mmrda.maharashtra.gov.in measures on this,” Thackeray tance to the farmers. from “illegalmining businesses”. the digital devices of accused e-TENDER NOTIcE EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE said. He wasspeaking at ameet- Following complaintsfrom The chargesheetclaimed rightsactivistRonaWilson. Name of Work :Appointment of Project Management Consultant (PMC) MUMBAI,OCTOBER20 ing with BananaGrowers banana growers that the criteria that the organisation has an ac- The police had claimedthat for Development including Construction and Maintenance of BKC Art Association from Jalgaon. of crop insurance will benefitin- tive presence in nine districtsof therewerereferences of arrested District Plaza for 3.5 years”. AMID POLITICALbickering over Thackeray’sremarkscomeat surance companies and not Maharashtra including accusedinthe letters with the 1) Estimated Cost Of Civil :Rs.7,60,45,009/- work including maintenance extendingfinancialassistanceto atimewhenthegovernmentand farmers,Thackeray instructedthe Mumbai, Pune,Ahmednagar namesofsomementioned di- 2) Cost of Blank Tender Form : Rs.3,540/- (including 18% GST) farmersaffected by heavy rain- the Opposition BJPare engaged stateAgricultureDepartmentto and Gadchiroli,Surat in Gujarat rectly. Theaccusedhave, how- 3) Earnest Money Deposit : Rs.50,000/- fall in the state, Chief Minister inawarof wordsonprovidingfi- convene ameeting with the rep- and areas of Chhattisgarh, ever,claimed that the letters in 4) Contract Period :3.5 years (6 months execution + 3years maintenance including one Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday nancial assistance to farmers af- resentativesofthe insurance Odisha, AndhraPradesh, question were typed,undated year DLP) said the Centreshould draw up fected by the heavy rainfalland companiesimmediatelyandfind Punjab,Haryana, Telangana, and therefore, their authenticity • Pre Bid Meeting Date,time &venue :28/10/2020 at 1500 hrs (IST) permanent measures to ensure floodinginwesternMaharashtra away outregarding thecriteria Jharkhand,Bihar, Madhya remains unverified. 2nd Floor,MMRDA New Building OR Video Conferencing (link will be agriculturists getcompensation andMarathwada.Whilethestate and compensation. “I will soon shared on the etendering portal). • Bid Document download :21/10/2020 (18.01 hrs) to frominsurancecompanieswith- government has stated that fi- writetothe Centre on the issue,” 18 /11/2020 (1500 hrs.) out anydifficulties. nancial assistance is required Thackeray said. • Last date of online submission: 18/11/2020 (Upto15.00 hrs.) “Thecrops and orchards are from the Centretoextendrelief MinisterforAgriculture Dada NCW chief meets Note: The e-Tender can be downloaded from e-Tendering Portal: https:// damageddueto variousreasons. to the affected farmers in the Bhusesaid acommittee should etendermmrda.maharashtra.gov.in. Any additional information, Corrigendum Butitisverydifficultforthefarm- state,theOppositionclaimedthat be setupfor crop insurance and &help for uploading &downloading the e-tender,may be availed by contacting ersto getcompensationfromthe it is the prime responsibility of theexpertsshouldbeincludedin Governor, says ‘Love MMRDA’s e-tendering service desk at the following id: etendersupport@ mailmmrda.maharashtra.gov.in or call us on 022-26597445. insurancecompanies.TheCentre the stategovernment to imme- it.Itshouldstudyvariousmodels For further information if required you may please contact should draw up permanent diatelyprovide financial assis- of insurance,Bhuseadded. Shri. M.Y. Patil, Executive Engineer on Telephone number 022-26594049 or on Jihad’ cases rising E-mail : [email protected]. Sd/- Date : 19/10/2020 GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA conveyed her concernsoverthe Executive Engineer EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE securitysysteminCovid hospi- Place: Mumbai MMRDA Executive Engineer,North Mumbai Electrical Division, Fulrani MUMBAI,OCTOBER20 tals to thestate chiefsecretary. P.W.D., ESIS Hospital Compound, L.B.S. Road, Mulund (W), Mumbai-400080. “Patientsand doctors arebecom- e-mail :[email protected] Tel. No. 022-25601327 CHAIRPERSON OF the National ing avictim of sexual assault in MUMBAI BUILDINGREPAIRS&RECONSTRUCTION BOARD e-Tender Notice No. 10/2020-21 Commission forWomen hospitals. CCTVcameras should AREGIONAL UNIT OF ONLINE percentage rate tenders in "B-1" form are invited by the Executive Engineer,North (NCW) Rekha Sharma on be installed in hospitals,”she (MAHARASHTRA HOUSING AND AREA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY) Mumbai Electrical Division, Mulund, Mumbai for the following work from the Registered Tuesdaymet Governor Bhagat said. Referring to at least11cases Tel. No. :22187785; E-mail :[email protected] Electrical Contractor in appropriate Class/Lift Contractor from Govt. of Maharashtra. (as per env. Singh Koshyari in Mumbai and of molestation of Covid-19posi- no. 1document) e-Tender document can be downloaded from the e-Tendering portal of P.W.D., discussedissues related to tive women in hospitals, Sharma e-TENDER NOTICE Government of Maharashtra http://mahatenders.gov.in, The Executive Engineer,NMED, women in the state, including also requestedcity hospitals to Mulund, Mumbai reserves right to accept or reject any tender.The conditional tender will not be DIGITALLY Signed &unconditional online Tender in form "B-1" (Percentage Rate) are invited by the Ex. accepted. “rising cases of Love Jihad”. hire staffafter conducting thor- Engineer ADiv.M.B.R. &R.Board, Colaba Caffe Parade, Colaba, Mumbai-400 005 from the contractors registered Name of Work :Estimate Cost put to tender : Sharma told the Governor ough background checks. with PWD/MHADA/CPWD/CIDCO/MES/MJP/MIDC/Indian Railway/BPT/ MCGM/ in the corresponding 1) Est. No. ATL/B2/10055/2020-21 Providing service of wireman and mazdoor Rs. 444482/- therewas arise in cases of ‘Love Sharmasaid atotal of 188 appropriate class of contractor. on contract basis for maintenance of EI in Urbon health center,Santacruz Jihad’inthe stateand high- cases under the Protection of e- Name of Works Estimated E.M.D. Security Registration Tender Price Time limit inspection office &allied buildings at Bandra east, Mumbai. (2nd Call) lightedthe distinction between Children AgainstSexual Offences Tender Cost 1% of Deposit 2% (Class) of including for 2) Est. No.ATL/B1/10057/2020-21 Providing Wireman and Unskilled Majdoor Rs. 438708/- consensual inter-faith marriages Actwas pending in the state. No. Estimated of Estimated Contractor GST in Rs. completion services along with Sundry Maint Material at Residential Bldg. at class-4 and Love Jihad, stating that the “Ideally,theymustbeattended Cost cost of work residentail qtrs at Govt. Colony Bandra east, Mumbai. (2nd call) latter required attention, astate- to and disposedofinthree 1 Repair to Building 58000.00 3) Est. No.OW/A1/250/2019-20 Providing Spinklar System of Fire Fighting Rs. 669278/- ment issuedbythe NCWsaid. months,” she said. The Actdeals No. 327-333, Dr. 18 Months (50% initially Class-V-A Work at Sawli Building JVPD Juhu, Andheri (W), Mumbai. (3rd Call) Sharma, who is on atwo-day with sexual crimes committed D. N. Road, Fort, 28,56,701/- 28567.0 560.00 (Including &50% &Above 4) Est. No.SDR/AESD/A-3/736/2019-20 Providing replacement to the old & Rs. 685316/- visit to Mumbai, on Monday had on children. Mumbai. (Board monsoon) through bill) Fund Work) Unserviceable Water Pump (25 HP) at Marol Police Camp, Marol Andheri (East), discussedthe issue of appoint- The NCWchairperson also Mumbai. (3rd Call) ment of the statechairperson of pointedout thatMaharashtra 2 Repair to Building 11000.00 No. 16, Cawasji 12 Months 5) Est. No.SDR/AESD/A-3/742/2019-20 Providing replacement to the old and Rs. 1018815/- women commission with the has also notimplemented the (50% initially Class-VII PatelStreet, Fort, 5,33,064/- 5331.0 560.00 (Including unserviceable Water Pumps (50 HP- 2Nos.) At Marol Police Camp, at Andheri Maharashtrachief secretary. Manodhairya scheme so far. The &50% &Above Mumbai. (Board monsoon) (East), Mumbai. (3rd Call) Until anew chairperson is ap- scheme provides monetary through bill) Fund Work) 6) Est. No.SR/B3/2645/2019-20 Providing replacement to parts of Fire Panel & Rs. 446337/- pointed, she said, an NCWmem- compensation to victimsofsex- Fire Accessories in Kamgar Bhavan Building at BKC, Bandra East, Mumbai. berfromDelhi willvisit Mumbai ual assault. Sharma said the Sr.No. Stage Description Date &Time (2nd Call) to look intocomplaintsand con- processofcompensationdis- 1 Publishing Date 22.10.2020, 10.00 7) Est. No.ATL/NM/MULUND/NMS/8002/2020-21 Providing AMC of Hot Rs. 1293540/- duct hearings everymonth. bursementhas also been slow in 2 Document Sale Start 22.10.2020, 10.05 water generator installed for HVAC and heating of domestic water of at New The NCWchairperson also the state. 3 Document Sale End 04.11.2020, 17.30 Maharashtra sadan, New Delhi. (2nd Call) 4 Bid Submission Start 22.10.2020, 10.05 8) Est. No.OW/A1/248/2019-20 Providing Hydrant System of Fire Fighting at Rs. 668987/- 5 Bid Submission End 04.11.2020, 17.35 Sawli Building JVPD Juhu, Andheri (W) Mumbai. (2nd Call) 6 Technical Bid Opening 06.11.2020, 11.00 a.m. onwards 9) Est. No.SR/B3/2850A/2019-20 Providing replacement to deteriorated Fire Rs. 418496/- 2held fromSatarafor 7 Price Bid Opening 09.11.2020, 11.00 a.m. onwards Fighting Plumbing Accessories in Kamgar Bhavan Building at BKC, Bandra east, Mumbai. (2nd Call) 1. The Complete bidding process will be online (e-Tendering) in two bid system. All the notifications and detailed 10) Est. No.OW/B3/Mahim/12006/2020-21 Providing renovation to EI with Fire Rs. 2571478/- tamperingwithover700 terms and conditions regarding this tender notice hereafterwill be published online on web site Alarm System in Mahila Arthik Vikas Mahamandal Head office at Mazanin floor https://mahatenders.gov.in, MHADA Website -https://mhada.maharashtra.gov.in MHADA Building, Kalanagar,Bandra East, Mumbai. 2. Bidding documents can be loaded on the web site https://mahatenders.gov.in,from Date 22.10.2020 at 10.05 11)Est. No.OW/A2/591/2019-20 Supply &Installation of Camera System at Rs. 1924861/- ATMs across six states to Date 04.11.2020 upto 17.30. Pahadi school Road No 2, Aare road, Goregaon East, Mumbai. 3. The payment for Tender Form Fee and Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) must be made online. 12) Est. No.ATL/MESD/M1/9027/2020-21 Providing 3Yearly Fully Rs. 2149185/- Comprehensive Maintenance Contract To Ductable Split Air Conditioning EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Satara Police launched 4. Technical Bids will be opened on 06.11.2020, 11.00 AM &Price bids will be opened on 09.11.2020, 11.00 a.m. PUNE,OCTOBER20 onwards at office of Ex. Engineer ADiv.M.B.R. &R.Board, Colaba Caffe Parade, Colaba, Mumbai-400 005, System for 1st, 2nd and 3rd floor of Operation Theatres in ESIS Hospital, aprobe afterabank on web site https://mahatenders.gov.in. Mulund West, Mumbai. (for 3years) 13) Est. No.OW/B3/2817/2020-21 Providing replacement to old deteriorated Rs. 8276985/- TWOMEN have been arrested approachedthem 5. e-Tenderer should submit original documents (those were uploaded during bid preparation) for verification at the three nos Lift with EI in Pay and Account Building at BKC, Bandra, Mumbai. time of Technical Bid opening. from Haryana by Satara District about one such 14) Est. No.ATL/NM/MULUND/NMS/8003/2020-21ProvidingSemi Rs. 2908940/- Policefor their alleged involve- 6. In case of the rates quoted below the estimated Tender cost, the L1 (1st lowest) bidder should have to submit transaction in the past Comprehensive AMC for FCU, AHU, TFA, EXHAUST system and all allied ment in over 700cases of bank Additional Performance Security Deposit within 8days after date of opening tender.Ifhefailed to submit the equipments of HVAC system of New Maharashtra sadan, New Delhi. Additional Performance Security Deposit then L2 (2nd Lowest) bidder will be asked and if he L2 is agree to carry ATMtampering across India. The out the work below %than L1 quoted Rate; than his offer will be accepted. For more information please refer 15) Est. No.OW/B3/2818/2020-21 Providing New VRF type Air Conditioning Rs. 4520980/- twosuspects, identifiedas so as to withdraw an amount Detail Tender notice. System with EI at Ground, 1st, 2nd and 7th floor in Pay and Account Building at Sakharuddin Faizaru and withoutthe same gettingde- BKC, Bandra, Mumbai. 7. Tenderer should submit information and scanned copies in PDF format in Technical Envelope as mentioned in Ravindar Chadarpal, were ar- ducted from their bankaccounts. Technical Offer. Document Download/ Sale Period :Date :22.10.2020 to 05.11.2020 up to 5.30 pm. rested by ateam from Shahupuri SataraPolicelaunchedaprobe Bid Opening Date :09.11.2020 after 11.00 pm. police station in Satarawhile in- afterabank approachedthem 8. Tenderer should have valid Class-II/III, Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) obtained from any certifying All information about e-Tender is available on following website. authority. 1. http://mahatenders.gov.in vestigating acaseofATM theft. about one suchtransaction in the 9. The Executive Engineer ADiv.M.B.R. &R.Board, Colaba Caffe Parade, Colaba, Mumbai-400 005, reserves the (If there will be change in e-Tender Notice, it will be informed on above website) Further investigation has re- past,whichwascaughtonasecu- right to accept or reject any or all tenders without assigning any reason. 2. Executive Engineer,NMED, Mumbai for office Notice Board. vealedthatFaizaruandChadarpal ritycamera.Usingvarioustechni- 3. Criteria of post qualification is included in the work agreement. committed over 700suchof- calanalysismethodsandconven- 10. Registration Certificate under GST is compulsory. EE/NMED/TC/1856/2020 Date :15.10.2020 Sd/- fencesacrossIndia,including400 tional police work,police zeroed 11.Guidelines to download the tender documents and online submission of bids can be downloaded from web site in Maharashtra, saidpolice. in on them. The duo committed https://mahatenders.gov.in, Help support :1800-233-7315; E-mail : [email protected] (R. S. Patil) Executive Engineer, An official said the suspects as manyas711 suchwrongful Sd/- North Mumbai Electrical Division, would use theircards in the ma- transactions in Maharashtra, MHADA -Leading Housing Authority in the Nation Executive Engineer ADivn., P.W.D., Mulund, Mumbai. chine and subsequentlytamper Karnataka, Gujarat, Madhya CPRO/A/174 M.B.R. &R.Board DGIPR-2020-2021/991 withthe machines in suchaway Pradesh, Haryana and Rajasthan. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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QUADMALABAR EXERCISE Pujaorganisers TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE US wants Quad to be ‘more 232 CASES: RECOVERED:67,33,328 seekreviewof DAYSSINCE 75,97,063 DEATHS:1,15,197 PANDEMIC regularised’, China ‘notices’ it CalcuttaHCorder BEGAN TESTS: 9,61,16,771 | DOUBLING RATE: 88.01** sionsintheSouthChinaSea,India SHUBHAJITROY ED on Mondayannouncedthat Saynotime to redesign pandals NEWDELHI,OCTOBER20 Thenext Australia will be part of the PLAIN E step Malabar Exercise in November, ● ADAY afterNew Delhisaid that EX making it the firstmilitaryexer- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG DOUBLING the Quadrilateral grouping of US, cise between all countries that KOLKATA,OCTOBER20 TOWATCH CASES 24HOURS GROWTH* TIME** Japan, India and Australia are WITH QUAD countries maketheQuadrilateralgrouping, sending their warships forthe going foramilitaryexer- better known as Quad. ADAY afterthe CalcuttaHigh ■ Maharashtra 16,01,365 5,984 0.60% 119.30 Malabar Exercise next month,US US Deputy SecretaryofState cise within amonthof TheDefenceMinistryhadsaid: Courtordered that Durga Puja ■ Andhra 7,86,050 2,918 0.50% 143.30 DeputySecretaryofState Stephen Stephen EBiegun the Foreign Ministers' “AsIndia seeks to increase coop- marquees should be out of ■ Karnataka 7,70,604 5,018 1.02% 70.80 EBiegunonTuesday said that meeting, next steps are erationwithothercountriesinthe bounds forvisitors “in public in- Quad should be “more regu- already being planned. maritimesecurity domain and in terest”amid the Covid-19pan- ■ Tamil Nadu 6,90,936 3,536 0.63% 114.46 larised”, and at some point“for- ularisationofthe Quad, withan So Washington has put the lightofincreaseddefence co- demic, the Forum forDurgotsab, ■ Kerala 3,46,881 5,022 2.33% 30.84 malised”withthepassageoftime. eventualgoalof howitcanbebest the idea of formalising it operationwithAustralia,Malabar anumbrellaorganisation of more China gave ameasured re- formalised.” Biegun also wel- on the table. All eyes will 2020 will see the participation of than 400community Durga *Compounded Daily Growth Rate over last 7days**Calculated over 7-daygrowth sponse, statingthatithas “no- comedcooperation with any nowbeonother Quad the Australian Navy.This year,the Pujas,onTuesday filedareview ADurga Puja pandal CASEFATALITYRATIO POSITIVITYRATE DAILYIN,DAILYOUT ticed” the development and be- countryintheIndo-Pacific,which countries, including exercise has been plannedona petitioninthe court. Five com- depictingthe lockdown, in 7DAYSEARLIER: 7DAYSEARLIER: DETECTED TODAY lievesthat militarycooperation is committed to defend“free and India, on whether to give ‘non-contact-at sea’ format. The munity puja committees in Kolkata. Partha Paul between countries “should be open Indo Pacific thatguarantees it some sortofaperma- exercise will strengthenthe coor- Kolkata, including Suruchi 1.53 8.07 46,790 conducive to regional peace and sovereignty and prosperity forits nent structure. China's dinationbetweentheNaviesof the Sangha, HindustanClub and NOW: NOW: RECOVERED TODAY: stability”, while Japan welcomed members”. response will be watched participatingcountries. “The par- SamajSebiSangha,also filedsep- only25persons to look aftera 1.52 7.90 69,720 the development. Earlierintheday, Japan’sChief on this front, as the group ticipants...areengagingto enhance aratereviewpetitions. Durga Puja that continues forover Deaths as aratio of Positives against Becoming sick vs Biegun, whodid atelephonic CabinetSecretaryKatsunobu ponders on ways to regu- safetyandsecurityinthemaritime The forum’sreviewplea was five days.Fifty to 100persons positivecases (in %); numbertested recovering; more briefing with journalists from Kato, responding to questions, larise the grouping. domain.Theycollectively support filedbeforethe Division Benchof from eachpuja committee must indicator of progress (in%); indicatorof recoveries for 14 days in avertingdeaths the spread of disease may signal the peak IndiaandBangladeshonTuesday, said in Tokyo, “If this is to be re- free, open and inclusive Indo- Justices SanjibBanerjeeandArijit be allowedtoconduct the puja,” DataasonOctober19,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealth,ICMRandstates.Oftendailynumbers said, “I willsay that it is our view alised, it would be welcomedby Pacific and remain committed to Banerjee thatdeliveredMonday’s said SaswataBasu, general secre- includedatafrompreviousdays.Assuch,trendsbasedondailynumbersareindicative,notdefinitive that in the passageoftime, the the Japanese government.” Information tweeted“Seapower arules-basedinternationalorder.” order.The petitionislikelytobe tary of the forum. “Fromthe be- Quad should become moreregu- China’s Foreign Ministry x4”withtheflagsof India,theUS, Australian Foreign Minister heardonWednesday. ginning, we took measures to en- larizedandatsomepointformal- spokesperson Zhao Lijian said, JapanandAustralia.TheUSNavy’s Marise Payne said, “Followingan “Wehaveprayed before the surethe safetyofvisitors. No one izedaswell as we really begin to “Wenoticedthis development. Pacific Fleet, partofthe US Indo- invitation from India, Australia courttomodifyits earlier order would have been allowedinside Unnaogangrape victim kin understandwhattheparameters Chinabelievesthatmilitarycoop- Pacific Command, tweeted, will participateinExercise forpracticalpurposes. We have the pandal without afacemask of this cooperation areand how erationbetweencountriesshould “Looking forwardtoexercise Malabar 2020. The exercise will mentionedseveral groundsin our and without using sanitisers,” he we can regulariseit.” be conducive to regionalpeace #Malabar in November.” bring together four keyregional petition. Mostofthe puja com- added. missing: Police get court’snod In the discussions and prac- and stability.” AmidtheSino-Indianmilitary defence partners: India, the mittees have followedthe Centre Alarge number of commit- tices in the security sphere, he Welcoming the decision on standoffalong the Line of Actual UnitedStates,JapanandAustralia and stategovernment's guide- tees, whose pandals areinnarrow for polygraph test on accused calledfora“continuationandreg- Twitter,the US Navy’s Chief of ControlinLadakhand rising ten- in November 2020.” lines in organising the Durga Puja. bylanes and congestedareas, are Severalpuja committees have the looking forwardtothe review courttoattend the hearingin same entryand exit gates. If peo- pleahearing.Meanwhile, several EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE the gangrape caselast ple arestoppedatentrypoints organisersstartedpreparingfora LUCKNOW, OCTOBER20 December.She diedofthe burn Rajnathreleasesnew manual forDRDO then it can lead to morechaos and changeinlayout of their pandal. injuries. crowding. This will complicate “Wehad put up barricades UNNAO POLICE have obtained “Recently, we movedthe the matter and createmorecon- before ourpandal so that people alocal court’s permission to get court seeking permission to get to procure from domesticindustry fusion,” advocateProloyKumar arenot allowedinside it. Nowaf- alie-detector test done on five the lie-detector test done on the Roysaid afterfiling the petition terthe court's order,wehaveto accused, including three wom- five accusedbookedinthe kid- facilitatethe indigenous Defence “will facilitatefasterexecution of salient features of thenew man- on behalf of the forum. shiftthe barricade further. en,arrestedfor allegedlykidna- nappingcase. Police movedthe EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Industrybysimplifying the R&Dprojects/programmes”and ual, whichwill assist theindustry “Wehaveappealedbeforethe Visitors will be inconvenienced pping the six-year-old courtonlyafter obtaining con- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER20 processesandensuretheirpartic- the “modifiedfeatures (of) the forthe speedy executionofproj- honourable High Courttoreview afterthe change,” said amember nephew of agangrapevictim on sent from the accused. The ipation in design and develop- Manualwillgo alongway to facil- ects”. itsorder on Durga Puja. We be- of Salt Lake’s FD Blockpuja. October 2. courthas givenuspermission,” THEGOVERNMENThaslaunched ment activities”. itateparticipation of industryin In the manual, the liquidated lieve it will take intoconsidera- Manoj Shawofthe Mudiali Thosearrestedfor allegedly said SP,Unnao,Sureshrao A anew version of the manual for TheDefenceMinistrysaidina various R&D projects”. damageratefor development tion the real problems that most Durga Pujacommitteesaidhisor- kidnappinghim arerelativesof Kulkarni. the DRDO to followduring pro- statement that the newmanual Mentioning some of the fea- contractshas been reduced, and of the puja organisers will face in ganisation had compliedwith the the five booked in the gangrape Police have contacted offi- curementsfromthe domestic in- has been releasedto“encourage tures, the ministrymentioned the delivery period extension adhering to itsearlier order.We courtorder,but the idol wasnot case. The 23-year-old woman cials of ForensicScience dustry. moreparticipation of Indian in- that the “bid security declaration process has been simplifiedfor don’t have thetime to redesign visible because of the changes or- wasrapedand later setonfire Laboratory,Lucknow to getthe The Procurement Manual dustry, including Start-upsand optionforearnestmoneydeposit, faster decisionmaking, the min- our pandals. It is notpossible for dered by the judges. while she wasonher waytothe test lie-detector done. 2020 wasreleasedbyDefence MSMEs in Defence Research & increase of thresholdlimit forad- istrysaid. The lastprocurement MinisterRajnathSingh on Development(R&D)forachieving vance payment, placementofor- manualforDRDOwasadoptedin Tuesday. Singhsaid the “new ‘AtmanirbharBharat’”. deronlowest bidder2(L2)incase 2016 and had seensome subse- DRDOProcurement Manual will Themanual,theministrysaid, L1 backs out aresome of the quentchanges. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 8 EXPRESS NETWORK THEINDIANEXPRESS,WEDNESDAY,OCTOBER21,2020 OvertoPresidentonfarmBills,but Looking for body, Lingering 3.5 km stretchof southwest monsoon Punjabreadytotakelegalcourse Narmada canaldug delays means it wasthe wish of the up; more in pipeline KANCHANVASDEV people. Everybody should yield Those not sowing paddy, wheat northeast CHANDIGARH,OCTOBER20 to the wish of the people...,” The search team ledbythe Nanda said. ADITIRAJA VadodaraFireand Emergency monsoon THE FOUR amendment Bills He said that the Centre’s farm upset:Who willgive us MSP? VADODARA,OCTOBER20 Services Department rummaged passedbythe Punjab Vidhan laws were notonlyanattackon through piles of garbageinthe Sabha on Tuesdaywouldrequire federalism but it is also intended A10-HOURsearch by over 100 canaladayaftertheSardarSarovar ANJALIMARAR the assent of the President as the at snatching livelihood from the ANJUAGNIHOTRICHABA personnel from police, adminis- Narmada Nigam Limited closed PUNE,OCTOBER20 state has put the ball backinthe farmers of the country. JALANDHAROCTOBER20 tration, fire and forensics,inthe thewatersupplytothemaincanal Centre’s court. If the President As per the procedure, the Narmada main canal passing to allowittodrain.Twoskeletalre- WITH THE southwest monsoon doesnot give his assent, the issue Billswould be routed through NON-WHEAT, non-paddyfarm- through Vadodara, to recoverthe mains foundinthe afternoon still lingering, the onsetofthe is likelytoend up in the Supreme the Governor to the President, ersarenot impressedwiththeBill body of amigrant worker from turnedout to be of animals. northeast monsoon,which brings Court. Punjab Chief Minister who will send the legislations to passedonTuesdaybythe Punjab Telangana who allegedly died in The CID will nowrequestfor rain over the southernpeninsula, AmarinderSingh,whoalongwith the Union MinistryofHome Assemblytonegatethe Centre’s custody at the Fatehgunj police closureofwater supplyfor the will be delayed this year. adelegationof allpartyMLAsmet Affairs fortheir comments. The recentlyenacted farm laws. station, resulted in failure, with secondphase of searchopera- India receivesrainfromtwo Governor VPSingh Badnore, in- legislations could be sent to the TheBilldoesnotallowany sale onlya3.5-km stretchofthe canal tion,indue course, officials said. monsoons—thesouthwest mon- dicatedthattheywillnot shyaway Council of Union Ministers also of paddy or wheattotakeplace being coveredTuesday. Superintendent of Police, soon between June and from taking alegal recourse. He fortheir advice before finally within Punjabatbelowtheiroffi- The Gujarat CID, whichisin- CID, GirishPandya, saidthatal- Septemberfollowedbythenorth- said that the Bills would have to signedbythe President if he cial minimum supportprices vestigating the death of Babu though the search on Tuesday eastmonsoon,whichisrestricted firstgotothe Governor. chooses to do so. (MSP). Suchsales would invite Sheikh Nisar,65, allegedly dueto wasunsuccessful, the depart- over the southern peninsula be- “Thereafter, they would also Sources said the government fine and imprisonment of up to Farmers gherao Jalandhar’s Circuit House on Tuesday. custodial tortureinDecember ment wasworking on a“specific tween October and December. needtogotothe President,who is hopingthat the matter will threeyears,theproposedlaw says. 2019,suspectsthat his body was input”. Speaking to TheIndian Tamil Nadu,parts of Andhra mayapproveorreject end up in the SC and take years “Howdoesthisnewlaw make dumpedinthe canal by six ac- Express,Pandyasaid, “Wehave PradeshandPudducherryreceive them....The stategovernment forafinaldecision. adifference,when the entire soughtto be“legalised”througha cusedpolicemen. technical inputsaswell as hu- their annualrainquota from the will continue to fight the central Rajvinder Singh Bains, an ac- wheatandparmal(non-basmati) ED statelegislation –and those sell- The CID, basedonthe mobile man intelligence and it is spe- latter monsoon. laws legally. We will take thele- tivist lawyer,who has been help- of our stateisanywaybeing ‘Minimum ing at virtuallymarket-deter- phone location of the accusedon cific. Tuesday's searchdid not Under normalcircum- galrecourse, forwhichateam of ing the state’s farmers organisa- bought by the government at PLAIN E support’ minedrates is also highlightedin the dayofthe crime and the GPS yield positive result but we will stances, the southwestmon- ● lawyersand experts is on board,” tions with his legal advice in MSP? What will happentomy EX dataongovernmentprocurement locationofthe vehicleusedto carry out another search soon." soon would completely with- Amarinder said. their fight againstCentre’s Farm maize?Who willpay MSP forit,” and mandi arrivals. dispose the body,narrowed Thesixaccused were “non-co- draw from over mostparts of He said that he will leada Laws said the amendments asked BalkarSingh, who has COTTON,MAIZE andbas- In 2019-20 kharif marketing down on five spots in a7-km operative”duringtheirseven-day the countrybyOctober 15. delegation all party MLAs to brought in by Punjab had no grownmaize on 15 out of his 24- mati paddy have been season, theFCI and stategovern- stretchwherethe body wassus- remand with the CID, afterthey “Though October 15 is the nor- President between November 2 doubt about their legal tenabil- acreholdingatBhanwalvillage of planted on 5.01lakh mentagenciestogetherprocured pected to have been dumped. surrendered on September 2. mal datefor completion of with- and 5and impress uponhim to ity.“The ball is nowinDelhi’s Pathankot tehsiland district. hectares (lh), 2.42 lh and 163.44lakhtonnes(lt)outof total drawal from the entirecountry, give his assent to the amend- court. If theydonot care then a Maize is currentlyquoting at 6.60 lh area in Punjab in 164.27ltofnon-basmati paddy thereisanaccepteddeviation of mentsfor the sakeoffarmers. traditional narrative of antipathy Rs 1,300-1,350 per quintal at the current kharif season. thatarrivedinPunjab’smandis.In sevendays.That is, if the with- ForPunjab, history is repeat- againstCentrewillfind more Kartarpur grain marketnear But thereisnoMSP pro- case of wheat, government pro- drawal is completedfromthe ing itself as duringAmarinder’s ground in the state,” said Bains. Jalandharcity.“TheMSP,Iamtold, tection –legal or other- curementaccounted for127.62 lt entirecountrybyOctober 22, it lasttenure in 2004,the Vidhan Meanwhile, Dr Pramod isRs1,850perquintalthisyear.But wise –for farmers grow- outof totalarrivalsof 131.70 ltdur- is still considered as normal. But Sabha had passed thePunjab Kumar,Director of Instituteof IsoldsomequantityinPathankot ing thesecrops even after ing the recent rabi season. this year,itisunlikelytooccur Termination of Water Development and mandi at Rs 800two weeksago. the passageofthe However, therewas no pro- by October22,” said IMD direc- Agreements Actand the legisla- Communication, Chandigarh, Prices improved slightlytoRs Punjab’s “historic” Bills. curement of the total basmati torgeneral Mrutyunjay tionfinallylandedupinthe apex said, “Unanimous rejection of 1,000 tendays agoand Rs 1,200 paddy crop of 25.54ltand 6ltof Mohapatra. “Unless the south- court. farm laws sends apolitical mes- twodays back, but MSP is a maize thatarrived in the state’s west monsoon withdrawscom- However, Punjab Advocate sagebut without anyconstitu- dream,” he said. Brar soldhis firstpicking of 12 mandis in the lastkharif season. pletely,the northeastmonsoon General Atul Nandahopesthat tional and legal implication. It “The Centre’s lawwas anti- quintalsof narma/kapas(raw un- CCI bought around 35 per centof cannotcommence.” thistime,thePresidentwouldgive does notanswer the apprehen- farmer. ButthisBillofPunjabgov- ginnedcotton)atBathindamandi 42.60 lakh quintals of kapas that The withdrawal of the south- his assent. sions of farmers thatthe pro- ernment is onlyahalfhearted re- on October 4for Rs 4,500per came to marketsin2019-20,but west monsoon has remained “If even asingle MLAhad curementmay notbeunder- sponseandisdiscriminatory,”said quintal, as againstthe MSP of Rs thereisnolegal guarantee for stagnantsince October 6. As on voted againstthe Bills then it was takenand the MSP maybe Kaur Singh Brar,who growscot- 5,725 per quintal forlong-staple thesepurchases in the Bill passed Tuesday, the Northern Limit of adifferent story. Now, all mem- withdrawn. It does notanswer tonon3.5acresandpaddyonan- varieties/hybrids. by Punjab AssemblyonTuesday. Search operations by Vadodara fire department and Gujarat Monsoon (NLM) continuedto bers voted in itsfavour. When it anyquestions related to food se- other13.5acresinLakhiJunglevil- The contrastbetween crops FULLREPORTON CID underwayinNarmada main canal. BhupendraRana pass along Faizabad, Fatehpur, waspassedunanimously,that curity concerns.” lage of Bathinda. enjoying MSP support–now www.indianexpress.com Nowgong, Ratlamand Porbandar. NIA chargesheets slain Hizb militant, ‘Might be useful to provide money to mothers to buy 9others in narco-terrorism case vegetables... so that it helps expand local production’ of narco-terrorism in which from Pulwama and Zafar Hussain EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE moneyallegedly earned through Bhat from Anantnag—suspected LAST WEEK, the Norwegian countrywith 1.3billion people… per cent of the population to on distribution of wheat and NEWDELHI,OCTOBER20 heroin smuggling wasfunnelled to have fledtoPakistan. Bikram NobelCommittee announced If yousee pasttrends, therehas subsidisedfoodgrains -- wheat rice. Do youthink it is timeto intoterroractivities. Singh, Maninder Singh, Ranjit the 2020 NobelPeace Prize to been good improvement. So, it is and rice. Do youthink it is the focus moreonnutrition? THE NATIONAL Investigation ApartfromNaikoo, killedin Singh, Gagandeep Singh and the UN agency WorldFood notfair to saythat India has not right timetouniversalise PDS It is practicallydifficult to in- Agency (NIA) on Tuesdayfileda an operation by securityforcesin Iqbal Singh from Amritsar,and Programme (WFP) forits efforts progressed. Thereare lots of ef- in wake of the pandemic? clude manyfood items... Thereis chargesheet againstslain Hizbul MayinKashmir,the other RanjitSinghand JaswantSingh to combat hunger.WFP has been fortsbeingmade... Universalising is notasolu- this staple food —rice and wheat Mujahideenmilitant Riyaz chargesheetedhavebeen identi- from Gurdaspur arealso working in India since 1963. Sadly, because of Covid… alot tion… It mustbetargeted. But or pulses —and then thereisa Naikoo and nineothersinacase fied as Hilal AhmedShergojri chargesheeted. WFP Representative andthe of challenges... people lostjobs probably what is important is programme likemid-daymeal to CountryDirector in India etc, but then theywereall sup- thereshould be no one leftbe- provide hotcookedmeals to chil- BISHOWPARAJULI speaksto ported withthese extrare- hind.That’s whyIwassayingthat dren at schools. And thereisthis HARIKISHANSHARMA on chal- sources…What is moreneeded thereshouldbeanassessment to specialinterventionofICDS. In lenges in food and nutrition se- is also lookingatthe NITI Aayog checkifthereisanyonemissing principle, these three should curity in India in wake of the IndexonSDG.You go to their and should include them.... coverthe needs of the people, but pandemic. Excerpts: websiteand yousee thatthere what might bealso useful to think Managing Officer cum Tahsildar arestateswhichare lagging be- THEEXPRESS Do youthink such going forwardistoprovide On the 2020 Global Hunger hind in various areas... Jharkhand, assessment shouldbe moneytomothers so theycan Kurla (Mulund) Office Index, India has been ranked Madhya Pradesh,Bihar, INTERVIEW conducted at nationallevel? buyvegetables,freshfood.Sothat Topiwala College Building, First floor,Sarojini Naidu Road, Mulund (w) Mumbai 94th out of the 107countries. Chhattisgarhand parts of UP etc... WITH .... It should be done at state italsohelpsexpandlocalproduc- TelNo:-022-25602386 Email :- [email protected] What is the reason forsucha BISHOW PARAJULI level, notatnational level, where tion. If youprovide cashthen any- dismal performance? It has been 7years since WFP REPRESENTATIVE AND thereisrisk (of food insecurity)... one can buy milk or fish etc. ADVERTISEMENT Ithink progress needs to be India enacted NationalFood COUNTRY DIRECTOR FULLINTERVIEWON WHEREAS Compensation pool properties of Relief and Rehabilitation Department, situated at seen from the trend. India is a Security Act, 2013,entitling 67 The focus of PDS has been www.indianexpress.com CTS No. 1729 (pt.) of Village Chembur,Tal.Kurla having lot of slum. Hence the Advisor-Project Management Consultant is to appointed regarding CTS No. 1729 (pt.) of Village Chembur,Tal.Kurla to verify Residential/ Non Residential Galas/ Slums and No. of Residents, area occupied by slums, Whether slums are Notified or not, if it may be redevelop, how Press Council advisesagainst publishing poll predictions Four militants killed in two much FSI will be available, as per prevailing provision in the Mumbai Development Control Regulation, how much total Sq. ft construction can be made on the said plot as per present away,the Press Council has said dia to “refrain from publishing permissible FSI. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE that publishing predictions is not article whichinany waywhat- separateencountersinJ&K However,application are being invited for submitting Quotation for submitting feasibility report to the government. 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Sealed Quotation will be open in the Office Of Management Officer cum Tahsildar zines to notpublish election pre- ering communication received Representation of the People wasshotdead on Tuesdaymorn- Kurla (Mulund) office, Topiwala college building, 1st floor,Sarojini Naidu road, Mulund (West), Mumbai-400080 on Date 02.11.2020 at 11.30 a.m. Applicant shall remain present himself on the said dictions in anyformat.With from Election Commissionof Act“to ensurefree, fair and FOUR MILITANTSwerekilledin ing, an Armyofficial said. day and time. elections in Bihar justaweek India”,itadvised theprint me- transparent election”. twoseparateencounters with He said an AK rifle andapis- On opening of Quotation, an approval will be obtained on Government Level regarding to security forces in Shopian and tolwereamong the arms and decide the Project Management Consultant (PMC) as per terms and conditions and criteria's therein Pulwama districtsofJammu and ammunition recoveredfromthe since the said Quotations are financial issues. Kashmir on Tuesday, taking the siteofthe encounter.The iden- Managing Officer, death toll of the ultras in the two tity and group affiliation of the DGIPR-2020-2021/1000 Tahsildar Kurla, (Mulund) operations to five,the Armysaid. slain militantswas being ascer- Security forces had launcheda tained. Government of Maharashtra cordon and searchoperationat In another operation in MelhurainZainaporaareaof HarkiporaareaofPulwama dis- Water Supply &Sanitation Department Shopian on Mondayevening, fol- trict, three militantswerekilled State Water &Sanitation lowing information about pres- by security forces. Three Mission (SWSM) ence of militantsinthe area, a weapons were recoveredfrom police official said. He said the the siteofthe gunbattle, the of- Jal jeevan Mission search operation turnedintoan ficial said. The identity and group CIDCO Bhawan, South Wing, 1st Floor CBD Belapur,Navi Mumbai-400614 encounter aftermilitants affiliation of the slain militants Notice of Request for Proposals (RFP) No: 01-6/2020-21 openedfireatthe security forces wasbeingascertained,the offi- NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY position.One militant waskilled cial added. ONLINE sealed RFPs are hereby invited by the Mission Director,Jal Jeevan Mission, State Water&Sanitation Mission, on behalf of Water Supply and Sanitation Department, E-Tender Notice Government of Maharashtra from qualified, financially sound consultants having experience of Dy.CME/Repair for Chief Workshop similar works and meetingeligibility criteria as per detailed prequalification conditions for EX-SERVICEMEN CONTRIBUTORY HEALTH Manager,N.E.Railway,Mechanical Body of 17-year-girl who went following works : SCHEME (ECHS) EMPLOYMENT NOTICE Workshop, Gorakhpur- for and on Name of Works : Selection of Consulting firm for Preparation, Monitoring, Supervision & behalf of President of India invites missing in Barabanki found; Surveillance of Rural Water Supply Scheme (RWSS) Executed under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) 1. ECHS invites applications to engage following staffoncontractual basis for ECHS single tender through on line (E- Polyclinics :- at village/ block/district for Konkan/Pune /Nashik /Aurangabad /Amravati /Nagpur Regions in Tendering) for the following work- Sl No. Appointments No. of Vac. Location post-mortem says she drowned the State of Maharashtra. E-Tender Notice No. &Name of the (a) Medical Specialist 01 Mumbai(INHS Asvini). Details of RWSS Work: S. No.: 1, Tender No.- “06- (b) Physiotherapist 01 Mumbai(INHS Asvini). (kidnapping) and 366(kidnap- RFP Region Approx. No of Estimated Cost Publishingdate Last date of GKP-MWS-2020-21” “AMC OF No. Schemes (Cr.) &time submission (c) Lab Assistant 01 Mumbai(INHS Asvini). ATLAS COPCO MAKE AIR EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ping, abducting or inducing (d) Nursing Assistant 01 Chiplun 1 Konkan 2168 894 21.10.2020 12.11.2020 COMPRESSOR WITH VOLTAGE LUCKNOW,OCTOBER20 woman to compel her marriage, (e) Radiographer 01 Mumbai(INHS Asvini). 2 Pune 3122 2351 at 1730 hrs up to STABILIZER &AIR DRYER FOR02 etc), said Additional SP Ram 1700 hrs (f) Dental Hygienist 01 Mumbai(INHS Asvini). 3 Nashik 2868 1926 YEARS(24 MONTHS)”. Estimated TWODAYSafteranFIRwasregis- SewakGautam, also the interim (g) Clerk 02 01 for SEMO/INHSAsvini &01for cost: ` 5008475.00, Earnest 4 Aurangabad 3968 2116 Mumbai(INHS Asvini). teredagainstayouthforallegedly SP of the district. Money: ` 100200.00, Cost of The 5 Amravati 1689 635 (h) Data Entry operator 01 Mumbai(INHS Asvini). kidnapping a17-year-oldgirl, her In the FIR, the girl’s father al- Tender Forms: ` 5000/-, Last Date bodywas found in acanalin leged that shehad lefther house 6 Nagpur 2831 768 (i) Female Attendant 01 Chiplun of Tender Submission: Upto 11.00, 1. The details can be viewed from www.water.maharashtra.gov.in or www.wsso.in and (j) Chowkidar 01 Chiplun Date. 16.11.2020, Period of Barabanki district on Monday. onOctober15 to fillanonlineform can be downloaded online directly from Government of Maharashtra web site Total Vacancies 11 Contract: 24 Months. Police claimedtohavefound fromaJanseva Kendra,butdidnot www.mahatenders.gov.in (Organisation Name :Member Secretary,WSSD) (2) All applicants are to clearly indicate polyclinics of their choice if more than one. (3) No The details of above tender are also no injurymarks on the body,and return. Her familyaccuseda19- 2. Right to revise, amend, cancel these RFPs and /orRFP documents fully or partly,prior online applications will be accepted. (4) All the appts will entail multi tasking. (5) For apost-mortemreportconfirmed year-oldyouthof kidnappingher. terms &conditions, Application form, Remuneration etc. visit website www.echs.gov.in (6) available on Indian Railway Website to the last date of RFPs notice for submission of offers or any subsequent date is Basic Computer knowledge is mandatory for Med &Para Med Staff. (7) Last date of www.ireps.gov.in. drowning as the cause of death. IG of Ayodhya RangeSanjeev reserved by the undersigned. receipt of application is 23 Nov 20. (8) Place of conduct of interview and submission of Police said theyhad arrested the Gupta said thepost-mortemre- Mission Director Chief Workshop Manager (Mech.), application : The Office-in-Charge, Station Headquarters ECHS, INS Angre, SBS accusedbasedonacomplaint by port had confirmed ante- Jal Jeevan Mission Road, Mumbai 400023. (9) For details contact Tele No. 22752229, 22626733 or shq- CPRO/Mech-68 Gorakhpur DGIPR-2020-2021/1001 State Water and Sanitation Mission [email protected]. (10) Preference will be given to Ex-Servicemen. (11) Candidate About any passenger amenity complain the girl’s father. mortemdrowning as the cause must bring all original certificates/documents for verification at the time of Interview.(12) SMS on Mobile No. 09794845955 The FIR wasregisteredon of death, and viscera of the girl SAVE WATER- SAVE LIFE Medical Staffbewell versed with policy guidelines related with ECHS. “Never travel on roof and foot boards” Saturdayunder IPC sections 363 had been preserved. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,WEDNESDAY,OCTOBER21,2020 9 EXPRESS NETWORK Hathras: AMU Oppnalliancetukde-tukde UN rights chief doctorwho slamsFCRA ‘used questionedFSL gang,anti-national:Nadda to stifle’ NGOs, Pakistansinceithadnothingworth LIZMATHEW talking about itspastrecords. govt reactssharply reporttold to go NEWDELHI,OCTOBER20 “So what do theydo? When electionisoninBihar,(they) talk SHIFTINGTHE focus of his elec- about Pakistan. What has Bihar SHUBHAJITROY We arelooking intotheir griev- tion speeches in Bihar from the electiongot to do with Pakistan? NEWDELHI,OCTOBER20 JIGNASASINHA ancesandtheymightbeadjusted RJD's “misgovernance”, BJP pres- But Congress leaders arepraising NEWDELHI,OCTOBER20 somewhereelse in the hospital." ident JPNadda on Tuesdayal- Pakistan. And who is leading UN HIGH Commissionerfor Shafey Kidwai, professor at leged that the Opposition Grand them in this praise? Rahul Human Rights Michelle Bachelet Michelle ADOCTOR at AligarhMuslim the department of mass commu- Allianceinthestateis“dangerous” Gandhi,” Naddasaid. on Tuesday slammedthe Indian Bachelet University’s JawaharlalNehru nication and member in-charge to thecountryand targeted The Congress leader had on government forthe tightening of Medical College, who had earlier of public relations at AMU,said: Congress leaders fortheir “anti- Fridaytargetedthe Centreover space forhuman rightsNGOs this month told The Indian Express "The university has notsus- national” statements. the IMF'sprojection that Indian throughthe recentFCRA amend- lastmonth,hashadadetrimental that theFSL reportinthe Hathras pendedany doctor forgiving in- Termingthe economyisset to contract by a mentsand indiscriminateuse of impactonthe right to freedom of woman’s case “holds no value”, terview relatedto theHathrasin- Opposition al- massive 10.3 per cent this year, UAPA against activists,including associationandexpressionof hu- wasasked Tuesday“nottoper- cident to the media. The two liance,compris- sarcasticallycalling it another Stan Swamy. man rightsNGOs, and as aresult form anyfurther duties”. doctorsworkedon leave vacancy ing RJD, BJP chief JPNaddaatarallyinArrah in Bhojpur district. PTI “solid achievement” of the gov- Hourslater,New Delhireacted on their ability to serveaseffec- ApartfromDrAzeem Malik, and their terms expired on Congress and ernment. “...Even Pakistanand sharply, statingthat“violationsof tive advocatesto protectandpro- anotherdoctor, Obaid Haque, has October 8, but the doctors at- the Leftparties, AfghanistanhandledCovidbetter lawcannotbecondonedunder mote human rightsinIndia. It is also been issuedasimilar letter tendedthe hospitalandsignedon DECISION including break the society and disturb is RJD? Youknowthe recordof than India,” he tweeted. the pretextofhuman rights”. expected that the newamend- by thehospital. Dr Haque had at- some medico-legal cases. Hence, 2020 CPI(ML), as the peace. Youshould understand CPI(ML)...whereverthereare Nadda alleged while the en- MinistryofExternalAffairs’of- mentswillcreateevenmoread- testedthe woman’s medico-legal if CMO recommends their exten- BIHAR “tukde-tukde this,” Naddasaid in Arrah. movesagainstthenation,itstands tireworld,includingtheWHOdi- ficial spokespersonAnurag ministrative andpracticalhurdles case report. sion,theuniversitymayconsider gang (people who Recalling the killing of “Ram with them –right from Shaheen rector-general and the United Srivastava said, “Wehaveseen forsuchadvocacy-basedNGOs. Citing the FSL report, Uttar it." want to break India intopieces)” bhakts” by activists of CPI(ML), Bagh. Youknowwho areurban Nations secretary-general,had some commentsbythe UN High Mostrecently, Amnesty Pradesh ADG (Lawand Order) Dr Haque said: “I waslastpaid and “urban Naxals” Nadda, in Nadda said: “This is thattukde- Naxals?You want people who laudedPrime MinisterNarendra Commissioner forHuman Rights International wascompelledto Prashant Kumar had earlier told a in August.We were hiredbecause electionralliesatBuxarandArrah, tukde gang, This is the gang that createdisturbance in Bihar?” Modi formanaging the Covid-19 onanissuerelatingto theForeign closeits offices in Indiaafter its press conference that the 19-year- our seniors weren’t well. That cautionedtheelectoratethattheir spread destruction in the society. OnRJD,heaskedpeoplenotto crisiswellinacountryof130crore Contribution Regulation Act bank accountswerefrozen over old Dalit woman wasnot raped. time, we were told to join imme- votes should notcause “distur- The interesting fact is that forget the“lawlessness”whenthe people,accusedRahul Gandhi (FCRA). India is ademocratic alleged violation of the FCRA. Dr Malik had, however, told diately. Idid my Master’s in sur- bances” in the state. Tejashwi Yadav(RJD leader and party governed thestate. was“humiliating”thecountry. “It politybasedon rule of lawand an “The FCRA has been invoked The Indian Express:“The samples gery from AMU and graduated “TheOpposition alliance is an Opposition'sCMcandidate) does In Arrahaswell as in Buxar, is strangethatRahulGandhi and independentjudiciary. Framingof overtheyearstojustifyanarray of forFSL were collected 11 days af- this year.Iworked during the unholycombination, it is an un- notevenhaveanidea of what's Nadda calledthe Congress party otherCongressleadersarespeak- laws is obviouslyasovereignpre- highlyintrusive measures, rang- terthe woman wasraped,while pandemic and risked my lifeand natural alliance. The three do not happening. Nineteen seatshave “anti-national”.Hesaid Congress ing the languageofPakistanand rogative.Violations of law, how- ing from official raids on NGOof- the government guidelines nowtheyhaveterminatedus be- have anyloveforthesociety;they been takenbyCPI(ML).... Where leaders have been praising separatists,” he maintained. ever,cannotbecondonedunder fices and freezing of bank ac- strictlysay forensic evidence can cause Dr Malik spoketothe me- the pretextofhumanrights. A counts,tosuspension or onlybefoundupto96hoursafter dia and theythink that Ileakedin- moreinformedviewofthematter cancellationof registration,includ- the incident. This reportcan’t con- formation. Iamstill notsurewhy EXCEED2015FIGURES wasexpected of aUNbody.” ing of civil society organizations firm rape in this incident.” Iambeingtargeted. Three days UN HighCommissioner for that have engaged withUNhu- On Tuesdaymorning, Dr ago, Icame to knowthat my ap- Black money, Human Rights Michelle Bachelet man rightsbodies," Bacheletsaid. Malik and Dr Haque receivedlet- pointment will be rejected.We appealedtothe government to Shestated: “I am concerned ters signedbythe CMO in-charge still don’t have awritten state- inducements safeguardthe rightsofhuman that suchactionsbased on the Dr SAHZaidi whichstated: “This ment from the Vice-Chancellor rightsdefenders and NGOs, and grounds of vaguelydefined'pub- is to inform youthat as directed about this… This is sad, we didn’t worth over their ability to carryout their cru- lic interest' leave this lawopento by theHon'bleVice-Chancellor, do anything wrong.” TheMLCat- cial work on behalf of the many abuse,and that it is indeed actu- Prof.Tariq Mansoorviatelephone tested by Dr Haque had, under groups theyrepresent. She ex- ally being usedtodeter or punish on 20.10.2020 at 11:14am, your “provisional opinion”, referredto Rs 35 cr seized pressedregretatthetighteningof NGOs forhumanrightsreporting appointment on the postof “signs of use of force”. spacefor human rightsNGOsin andadvocacythattheauthorities Medical Officer,Emergency & Dr Malik, whencontacted, PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA particular,includingbythe appli- perceive as critical in nature. Trauma, JNMCH, is rejected with also said he wasn’t givenlast NEWDELHI,OCTOBER20 cationof“vaguelydefined”laws Constructive criticism is the immediateeffect. Therefore, you month’s salaryand was“scolded” thatconstrainNGOs'activitiesand lifebloodof democracy.Evenifthe arerequestednot to perform any by hisseniors because he had CASH AND suspected illegal in- restrict foreign funding. authoritiesfindituncomfortable, further duties.” givenhis "personal opinion" to ducementsfor voters suchas “India has long had astrong itshouldneverbecriminalizedor The AMU administration, the media. liquor seizedinpoll-bound Bihar civilsociety,which hasbeenatthe outlawedinthis way." when contacted,said: “The ad- “Earlier Iwas scoldedbut they have been valuedatoverRs35 forefront of groundbreaking hu- The statement also said that ministration has notsuspended didn’t do anything. Latein crore, afiguremuchmorethan man rightsadvocacy within the activists andhuman rights de- anydoctor related to Hathras in- September,Ihad filedmyappli- whatwas impoundedbysurveil- countryand globally,”Bachelet fendershavecomeundermount- cident.Two monthsback, there cation foranextension, but they lance teams during the lastas- said. “But Iamconcernedthat ingpressureinrecent months, were vacancies because existing have rejectedit amonth later.We semblypollsin2015,accordingto vaguelydefinedlaws areincreas- particularly because of their en- CMOs took leave.Few of them have been terminated and they YOGI RAKES UP RAM,KASHMIR,PAK the latestECdata. inglybeing usedtostiflethese gagement in recent protests were infected with Covid. There have notgiven us anyreason,” he The items seizedduring the voices.” againstthe Citizenship wasanemergency and the two said. UP CM Yogi AdityanathinRamgarh, at one of his three rallies in centralBihar on Tuesday, the lastAssemblyelections in the Bacheletcitedasworryingthe AmendmentAct.Morethan1,500 doctors--DrMalikandDrHaque V-CTariq and chief medical firstinthe campaign. With slogans of Vande Mataram and Jai Shri Ram, he said the BJP had statewereworth Rs 23.81 crore. use of FCRA,whichmanyUNhu- people have reportedlybeenar- -- were only appointed to fill the superintendent Dr Shahid Ali kept itspromises on Ayodhya,Kashmir and Pakistan, and that whilethe NarendraModi As per dataavailabletill man rights agencieshavesaid is rested in relation to theprotests, ‘leave vacancies’. Nowthat the Siddiqui did notrespondtocalls government would“eliminate”the Maoistproblem, the RJD had tiedupwithCPI (M-L). ANI Monday, the Election vaguelywordedand over-broad manychargedunderthestringent CMOs areback,thereare no leave and messages seeking comment. Commission (EC) appointed ex- in itsobjective.The Actprohibits UnlawfulActivitiesPreventionAct vacancies,hencetheirservicesare Asenior doctor at the hospital pendituremonitoringteamshave receipt of foreignfunds"forany (UAPA) -“alaw whichhas also notrequired.” saidthetwodoctorswillget their seized cashand other illegal in- activities prejudicialtothe public been widelycriticizedfor itslack Later in the evening, the AMU salariesonceformalities arecom- ducementslikeliquorvaluedatRs interest”. of conformity with international administration said: "It has come pleted. 23% candidatesin1st phase face 35.26 crore. In addition,Rs79.85 In astatement issuedin human rightsstandards”, she to our notice that the doctors FULLREPORTON lakhNepalese currencyhas been Geneva,Bachelet said:“The Act, stated,itsaid. FULLREPORTON aren't happywith the decision. www.indianexpress.com seizedinthestatetillnow,thedata adoptedin2010and amended www.indianexpress.com serious criminal cases: ADR said. Polls forthe 243-member Biharassemblywill be heldin Instant triple talaq Rajnath, Adityanath EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ALOOKATPARTIESINFIRSTPHASE three phases -- October 28, NEWDELHI,OCTOBER20 November 3and November 7-- 80 ■ %ofcandidateswithcriminalcases and the counting of votes will be petitioner appointed to inaugurateRs1000-cr THE SUPREME Court’sorder forc- 70 ■ %ofcandidateswithseriouscriminalcases heldonNovember10. 73 ing political parties to publicise 60 72 The EC has deployed67ex- Uttarakhandwomen panel 59

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EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE CM saidin thefirstphaseof the Rs shows an analysis of self-sworn 10 19 deployed as specialexpenditure DEHRADUN,OCTOBER20 Shayara LUCKNOW,OCTOBER20 800-croreproject,750bedswillbe affidavits of candidates contest- 0 observers. Bano earlier madeoperational.Healsolaidthe ing Bihar polls. RJD BJP LJP INC JD(U) BSP Atotal of 91 assemblyseats SHAYARA BANO, the firstpeti- joinedBJP DEFENCEMINISTERRajnathSingh foundation foraresidential block TheAssociationofDemocratic Source: ADR (as per declarations made by 1,064candidates) have been declared as 'expendi- tioner in the casechallengingin- and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister of the hospital. Reforms(ADR)scrutiniseddecla- turesensitive'andbroughtunder stant triple talaq in Supreme Yogi AdityanathonTuesdayinau- The newlyinaugurated OPD rationsmadeby 1,064outof 1,066 "focussedmonitoring"by thepoll Court, wasonTuesdayap- the party forseveral years now. gurated projects worthRs1,000 blockhas radiation and daycare candidates contesting in the first tecedents asidefromdeclaring it meritof thecandidateconcerned... panelsothatalevelplayingfieldis pointedvice-chairperson in the The stategovernment pro- croreinLucknow, including the services, includingone operation phase of Bihar elections to find in poll affidavits.Lastmonth, the unfounded andbaseless reasons maintainedand voters arenot Uttarakhand StateCommission jected theappointmentsasa OPD complexofSuper Speciality theatre,linearaccelerator,CTscan thatalmostaquarter(23%) of Election Commission made it givenbypolitical parties likepop- bribed. forWomen and has been given step towardshonouring women CancerInstituteand Hospital in and 54-bed facility,officials said. them face serious criminal cases, mandatoryfor candidates to ularityof theperson,doesgoodso- TheECsaid"881flyingsquads astate minister’s rank.The state during the Navaratri. Lucknow, which is being devel- Notably, thefoundationstones including murder,attempt to publicise this thrice. cialwork,casesarepoliticallymo- and 948staticsurveillance teams government made the appoint- The panel’s chairpersonVijay opedincollaboration withTata of the project waslaid by former murder andrape. Political parties have been di- tivatedetc arenot sound and have beenformedforelectionex- ment 10 days aftershe joinedthe Barthwal said, “Therewill be no MemorialCancer Institute of CMAkhileshYadavin2016.Atem- Among major parties, the RJD rectedto offercogentjustification cogent reasons forfielding candi- pendituremonitoring work for BJP in Dehradun. difference.All three will holdthe Mumbai, and twoflyovers. porary OPD wasalsostarted the has fieldedthe largest number of forfielding candidates with a dates with tainted backgrounds. the assemblyelections of Bihar". The stategovernment ap- same powers. Theywill receive Speakingattheeventheldon- same year with the help of King candidates(22)withseriouscrim- criminal history.According to This dataclearly shows that polit- Distributing cash and gifts pointed twomoreBJP workers as matters and forwardthem to me line, Adityanath said54bedsare George’s Medical University of inalcases,followedbyLJP(20),BJP ADR,politicalpartieshave notfol- ical parties have no interest in re- duringtheelectoralprocessisnot vice-chairpersonswithminister’s forhearing.” beingmadeoperationalatpresent Lucknow. InNovember2018 after (13), JD(U) (10) and Congress (9). lowedthe SC orderinspirit. forming the electoral system and permitted under the lawalong rank in the state commission— Shayara joinedthe BJP earlier at the cancer institute, but once Adityanath became CM, an MoU To checkcriminalisation of “Asper these mandatory our democracywillcontinue to withdistributionof money, liquor, JyotiShah of Almoradistrictand this month. The party had then fully completed, thehospital will wassigned with Tata Memorial politics, the SupremeCourtmade guidelines,thereasonsforsuchse- sufferatthehandsof lawbreakers or anyother item disbursedand Pushpa Paswan of Chamoli dis- said shewill publicise BJP’s ide- have 1,250 beds, making it the Center of Mumbai forsetting up it mandatoryfor candidates to lection has to bewith reference to who become lawmakers,” states giventothe electors with the in- trict.Botharefull-timeBJPworkers ologies and playa“very impor- “biggestdedicatedfacilityforcan- the cancer institute. publicise their criminal an- qualifications, achievements and ADR’s press release. tent of influencing them. who have been associated with tant role”. Karnataka bypolls aprestige battle for CM BSY won’t continue for long, people on top fed up: Karnataka BJP leader be significant forstate Congress YVijayendra,who is at the centre greenhorn,inSiraand the EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE chief DKShivakumar. of the controversy over the cor- Congress has fieldedveteran Yediyurappa afterhewas notin- BENGALURU,OCTOBER20 Shivakumar tooisbeing investi- ruption allegations, has been leader and former ministerTB EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ducted intothe statecabinet, gatedbytheCBIonchargesofcor- taskedwithensuringtheBJP’svic- Jayachandra. The JDS has fielded BENGALURU,OCTOBER20 said the next CM would be from THE UPCOMINGbypolls to two ruptionandwasarrestedlastyear tory in Sira. Ammajamma, wifeofformer Basavaraj northern Karnataka since the re- AssemblyseatsinKarnataka in amoneylaundering case. He ForYediyurappa,avictoryin MLASatyanarayana,inanattempt IN THE firstsuchremarksbya Patil Yatnal gion givesthe BJPthe majority of maynot have abearing on party has calledthe bypolls areferen- the bypolls, especially in Sira, will to tapasympathywave. BJP leader following allegations itsseatsinthe Assembly. positionsinthe House —with dum on the BJP government provideashotatpoliticalredemp- In RR Nagar, astronghold of -- of corruption and interference “People arenow wondering the BJP holding acomfortable headedbyYediyurappa. tion amid the corruption charges stateCongress chief Shivakumar, in the functioning of the govern- home constituency in Shimoga if the present CM is chief minis- majority of 116out of 224seats The Siraseat fell vacantafter againsthimandfamily. Itwillalso theBJPhasfieldednew joineeand ment -- againstChief MinisterB district in central Karnataka. terofShimoga(central —but theywill be amatter of JD(S) MLABSatyanarayana died. BSYediyurappa bolsterhispoliticalcredibilitybe- former Congress MLANaidu, a SYediyurappa’s familymem- While therehas been specu- Karnataka) or allofKarnataka.It prestigefor Chief MinisterBS The RRNagarseat fell vacant in fore the BJP’s central leadership, film producer known forhis phil- bers, seniorparty leader and for- lation of the BJP highcommand is the voters of north Karnataka Yediyurappa. July2019after Congress MLA whichislearnt to be mulling a anthropic work. mer Union ministerBasavaraj intending to affect achange in the who decide on who should be The November 3bypolls at MunirathnaNaiducrossedoverto allynot faredwell in south changeofleadershipinKarnataka. The Congress has fielded31- Patil Yatnal Tuesdaysaid chief minister’spostinKarnataka, the chief ministerinthe BJP,” SirainTumkur district and Raja the BJP. Karnataka,islookingto provethat Vijayendra,whoissupervising year-oldHKusuma, the daughter Yediyurappa “will notcontinue and severalleaders alsoacknowl- Yatnalsaid. “Even the BJP lead- Rajeshwari NagarinBengaluru While the Congress and BJP the party’s victoryinthe the BJP campaign, has claimed of aJDS leader and wifeofformer forlong” and “peopleonthe top edge “off the record” suchapos- ership has realisedthat it is north come at atime when the Chief aretrying hardtoclinchavictory, Krishnarajpetbypolls lastyear that the Opposition will be fin- IASofficerDKRavi. arefed up”. sibility,the stateBJP hasuntilnow Karnataka that contributes the Ministerfacesallegations of cor- theJD(S)tooisacontenderwitha wasnot aflash in the pan but a ishedinSiralikeitwas finishedin “Victories in the by pollsare Speaking in Bijapur region, maintainedthat no changes have maximumseatstothe BJP and ruption and interference in gov- strong supportbase in these re- sign of the party growing in Krishnarajpet. crucialto Yediyurappato provehis the BJP MLAalleged that devel- been proposed. theywant to make someone ernanceby membersof hisfamily. gions. strength. The BJP has fieldedDrRajesh credentials to party leaders,” a opment funds forthe region Yatnal, who has been en- from north Karnataka the chief The bypolls arealsogoing to The BJP,whichhas tradition- Yediyurappa’s younger son B Gowda,aradiologistand political Congressleader said. were beingdivertedtothe CM’s gagedinafeud with minister,”hesaid. THEINDIANEXPRESS,WEDNESDAY,OCTOBER21,2020 2020 10 DECISION BIHAR

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@INCBihar on PM package makesNDA task harder ● With a2015 clip of PM NarendraModi where he promised aRs1.25lakhcrore CPI(M-L)candidatebanks on RJD supportbase;BJP rebelonLJP ticketworries JD(U) “special package” to the state, @INCBihar tweeted: “The people of Bihar are still waiting forthe jumla package. Thegreed forpowerhas made ‘BJP runsthe show... It Kushasan Babu forget Bihar’s humiliation, but Bihar hasn’t forgotten. #Mahilaayon_ke_liye_ka_kiye_ho?” saysNitish will be CM. 441VIEWS,173LIKESIN7HOURS He is at their mercy’ KEY PLAYERS ple’s anger.Hehas failedhis promise of deliv- SANTOSHSINGH eringgoodgovernance. PATNA,OCTOBER20 The Grand Alliance manifesto promises BJP’s friendly face, with 10 lakhjobs,loanwaivers to farmers and The BJP appears to have intensifiedits payparity forpanchayatteachers.Isit attackonthe CPI (M-L). notpopulist? In Bihar,the BJP is jitteryfor the firsttime Thereare many jobvacancies in the state. right legacy, moves Usha Vidyarthi’s campaign vehicle. BJPcadreare openlysupporting her. Dipankar Ghose in the recent past. It is rattledwith the al- Aren’ttheymeant to be filled? The govern- liance we (the RJD, Congress and Leftparties) ment should also createjobs.Thereistalk of have managed to stitchtogether. digital India. Shouldn’t therebeacomputer Statechief Sanjay Jaiswalhas ticket.JaiVardhanhasastrongpoliticallegacy, teacher in everyschool? Giving 10 lakh jobs DIPANKARGHOSE being the grandson of former Union Minister The BJP has accused the CPI (M-L) of is notpromising the moon. Teachers arenot good equationsatcentre, Bihar PALIGANJ(PATNA),OCTOBER20 RamLakhanSinghYadav. NareshYadavofHar- provoking caste wars in the past. wrong in seeking payparity (with govern- irampursays thatwhilehewillvoteforJaiVar- Idon’t knowwhat theyare mentteachers). The CM could —evenNitishcan’t disagree ADORNINGSandeepSourav’scampaignvehi- dhan giventhe “oldloyalty”, the latter would referring to.Werepresent the notget special status forBihar. cle in the Paliganj Assembly seat arebothcol- nothaveiteasy.“Inthisseat,if theYadavs unite, working class. We talk about He could notevenget central oursred and green. Redfor theCPI (M-L),and itishardforanyoneelse.Peoplefromthecom- farmers’ autonomy. Agriculture status forPatna University. LIZMATHEW greenfortheRJD,withthebeamingfaceof Lalu munitywantto seeTejashwiasChief Minister.” wasthe onlysectorthatenjoyed NEWDELHI,OCTOBER20 Prasad. Jai Vardhan is also up againstthe fact that autonomy. Now, even agricul- But wherewill the money Theconstituencycouldbeamicrocosmfor ex-BJP leader UshaVidyarthi will take some turehas corporatedominance. comefrom? Bihar still IT’S BEEN adizzying rise forSanjayJaiswal in the shifting sands of Bihar Election 2020. The NDAvotesto theLJPcamp.Vidyarthi,whowon receives76% of itsrevenue the Bihar BJP.InFebruary2005, he contested RJDwonthisseatin2015,butithasgoneto ally in 2010 and lostin2005, is aknown face in Whyhas theCPI (M-L) joined from centraltaxes. from Bettiah Assemblyconstituency on an CPI (M-L) in the Mahagathbandhan alliance Paliganj and said to have the backing of the handswiththe RJD forthe The Centreistalking about RJD ticketand lostmiserably. By 2009, he thatincludestheCongress.Meanwhile,RJDsit- Bhumihars anduppercastes. ManyBJP cadre firsttime? cooperativefederalism.But this had movedtothe BJP, and would go on to tingMLAJaiVardhanYadaviscontestingonthe arewith her despiteher switchtothe LJP just We arepassing through an is coercive federalism. States are win the Lok Sabha election from Paschim Illustration: Suvajit Dey JD(U)ticket,whileUshaVidyarthi, before thepollsafterPaliganjwentto theJD(U). unprecedented phase in Indian being denied theirGST dues. If Champaran thrice. By September 2019,he who wonPaliganj as aBJP can- Accompanying an autorickshaw democracy.The dominant feel- Bihar receivesits dues from the wasthe president of the Bihar BJP unit. of the party in the LowerHouse. didatein2010, is in the race as canvassing forVidyarthi, a ing in the country is thatnon- Centre, moneywillcomein... As At the same time, the BJP is Jaiswal’s nat- Whileseen as notmuchofamass leader, LJP nominee. BJPworkerreasons,“She BJP votes should notbedivided... THEEXPRESS forloan waiver to farmers, the ural home. His father Madan Prasad Jaiswal Jaiswal appears to have filled that gaptoo Ashewalksthroughtheby- Darbhanga hasalways beenwiththe What is happening in Uttar Centrehas been talking about it. wasaSangh Parivaractivistand one of the since the coronavirus pandemic, with the lanes of Bella village, Sourav, Patna BJP.Plus, thereisnopoint Pradesh is awarning signal. INTERVIEW founding members of the BJP.Athree-term BJP holdingwell-receivedprogrammes such who rose from studentpoli- Begusarai backingaYadavcandidate Rape accusedare being pro- Someofyour party WITH Lok Sabha MP,herepresented Bettiah Lok as food packetdistribution, call centreassis- ticsinJNU,says they arerais- (Jai Vardhan) when the tected.Thereisacollapse of the candidates arenot PALIGANJ DIPANKAR Sabha constituencyfrom1996to2004. tance formigrantsand free medical camps, ing issues close to thepeo- Mahagatbandhancandidate rule of law. What if the same comfortable with Kanhaiya BHATTACHARYA When the BJP wasselecting astate pres- duringand afterthe lockdown. ple likeeducationand is also aYadav... The full BJP is happens in Bihar? This is what Kumar (former JNU CPI (M-L) ident, this worked in Jaiswal’s favour.Along Partyleaders sayJaiswal’s father always employment. “There has withVidyarthiji.” made all of us think differently. GENERAL SECRETARY students’union president with the fact that, as apractising doctor,be- intendedhim to inherit his political legacy, beennomaintenanceof canals WhiletheBJPhasbeenunderlin- and CPI leader)campaigning longingtothe Vaishya community,Jaiswal though his brother Deepak is alsoinpolitics. so farmers arefacing problems... ing thatithas no truckwith the LJP,despite But doesn’tyour alliance forthem... wasthe right man and right caste forthe Jaiswal did his MBBS from Patna Medical thereisnorailconnectivityeither,”says the33- president Chirag Paswan avowing loyalty to partner, the RJD,face similar charges? Kanhaiya is agoodorator. He can surely post. College, followedbyMDfromDarbhanga year-old. NarendraModi, the BJP leader says he sees no That is insignificant. If the RJD’s tenure campaign forusbut therecould be some is- Jaiswal, 55, had another qualification— Medical College. His wifeisalso adoctor. The unsaid factor helpinghim is caste.The contradictioninwhatheisdoing.“IfVidyarthiji canbecalled jungle raj, what we arewitness- sue of practical convenience.Hecould be he wasnot strongly dislikedbyany faction, In 2005, Jaiswal accepted an RJD ticket CPI (M-L) is notnew to Paliganj, having wonit wins, she will also backthe BJP.Sothe waywe ing (in UP) is super jungle raj ... The BJP is not concentrating on Begusarai (from where though manysaw his promotion as abid to onlyafter Jaiswal Senior’s attempt to gethim in 2005 in aclose contest. In the next twoAs- see it, we arebacking acandidatethat has a talkingabout livelihood and employment, Kanhaiyafought the 2019 LokSabha polls). I cut Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar one from the BJP failed. In that election, he semblypolls,2010 and2015,ithadcomethird chance to win.” but invoking the pastand raising bogeys. do notknowabout the reservationsofour Modi to size, with aleaderbelonging to the got just7,000votes and trailedatfourth spot, withabove 16,000 votes. This time, Sourav is Whilethe social conflict in Paliganj essen- candidates againsthim. same community.The BJPishoping to reg- with BJP leader Renu Devi winning the seat. expectedto alsogetthesupportofYadavs,the tiallyinvolvesthe Yadavs andSCs,the CPI (M- Whyare youtargetingthe BJP morethan isterits best performance in Bihar in the Jaiswal finally managed to getaBJP ticket predominantcasteintheconstituencyandthe L)’sSourav mayalsooverridethat.TheSCshave the man in the saddle, ChiefMinister DoesTejashwi Yadavinspireconfidence coming Assemblyelections, and Modi’s onlyafter his father’s death. RJD's votebank. Sourav himself is aYadav. consistentlystoodby theLeftparty,ensuringit Nitish Kumar? as CM nominee of the Grand Alliance? proximity to JD(U) leader and Chief Minister BJP leaders sayJaiswal’s biggeststrength Duringhiscampaignstops,heisaccompa- 13%ofthe votes even at itslowest in Paliganj. Nitish Kumar is the person in the saddle Tejashwi is the leader of theRJD,the Nitish Kumar —afellowproduct of the JP remains his proximity to the leaders at the niedbyRJD’s Dinanath Yadav, whowon the Akey CPI (M-L) functionarysays theyare but it is the BJP that is running the show. largest party in the Grand Alliance. So, he is Movement —doesn’t gelwith thoseplans. centreaswell as his ability to take everyone seat in 2000.Amid slogans seeking votes for making extraefforttoreachout to the Nitish betrayed the 2015 mandate.Itwas the naturallythe leader of the Grand Alliance... Jaiswal is believedtoenjoy the confi- along.“He is ahardworkerand hasgot a “teentaara(theM-Lsymbol)”,Dinanathurges ExtremelyBackwardClasses and poor.“The defection of agovernment... The CM has now It wasNitish who made him his deputyfive dence of Bhupender Yadav, the BJP general clean and suave imagethat appeals to the everyone: “Nitish sarkaar ko hataake Tejashwi CPI (M-L) has neverlostthe confidence of becomeapartofthe BJP’s use-and-throw years ago(Tejashwi served as Bihar Deputy secretaryincharge of thestate.Party insid- BJP’ssupportbase,” says aparty leader.Even Yadavkasarkaar banana hai (Wehavetore- these voters... Thereare other factors toointhe politics. His utilityinthe NDAseems to be CM from 2015 to 2017). If he wasgood ers sayhis performanceinthe Lok Sabhatoo Nitish wouldn’t disagree, the leader adds. move Nitishand bring Tejashwitopower).” mix,suchastheeconomicdistress,whichhas over.(Union Home Minister) Amit Shah enough to work as deputy CM five yearsago, is appreciated by both Prime Minister “Although he belongs to thecampthat does The call is finding some supportevenin hit them the hardest... If theystand with the spokeabout makinghim CM even if the BJP whycannothebeCMfiveyears later? Nitish, NarendraModi and Home MinisterAmit notappreciatethe Chief Ministermuch, Harirampur,the villageofJai Vardhan Yadav, party,then, with the Yadavvotes, we have a gets more seatsthan theJD(U).Nitish is at who is abouttoturn 70,talksabout youth Shah, earning him the positionofchief whip Nitish can’t find muchtocribagainsthim.” the former RJD leaderstanding on the JD(U) good chance.” the mercy of the BJP… He is also facing peo- representation… This is double standards. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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FORTHE firsttime since July-end,India of cases in the world. Forthe lastthree At 2+2meeting next week,the twocountries will look to push intelligence sharing pact BECA.With keydeals has recordedlessthan 50,000newin- days,theUShasreportedmorenew in- fections with novelcoronavirus — fectionsthanIndia.Thereisaresurgence LEMOAand COMCASAalready signed, what does it mean fordefence, particularly in lightofLAC standoff? 47,000 cases detected on Monday. in severalcountriesofEurope too. Sharp drops in dailynumbers on Agovernment-appointedcom- Mondays areafamiliar pattern now, mittee of scientists had said on thirdweek of June, National Security Advisor because of lowtesting Sundaythe epidemic in SHUBHAJITROY Ajit Dovalhas been in touchwith the US NSA, on Sunday.But even India might have NEWDELHI,OCTOBER20 Robert CO’Brien, while Chairman of the Joint then, the fall in the de- reachedapeak, and the ChiefsofStaff GenMarkAMilleyhas been in tection of newcases decline begun. It said if INDIA AND the US arepreparingfor thethird touchwith Chief of Defence StaffGen Bipin thisweek is much everything went well 2+2 ministerial meeting betweenExternal Rawat. Also,Esper calledupRajnathSinghin largerthan expected. from here, the epi- Affairs Minister SJaishankar and Defence Julysecond week. This Sunday,8.59lakh demic might be under MinisterRajnath Singh, and US Secretaryof Theseconversations have facilitatedin- testswereconducted, control by February. StateMichaelPompeo andDefense Secretary formation-sharing betweensecurity, military against the normal Prof Manindra MarkTEsper in New DelhionOctober 26- and intelligence branchesofthe twocoun- rangeof10to11lakh CORONAVIRUS AgrawalofIIT Kanpur, 27.Deputy SecretaryofState Stephen E tries —almostreminiscent of the Indo-US co- testsevery day. When COUNT partofthe committee, Biegunvisited India last week to laythe operation of the 1960s, especiallyafter the between eightand nine told TheIndian Express groundworkfor the high-level visits. 1962 war. Thecooperation includes sharing of lakh testsper daywas thenorm, India it wasnot necessarythatIndiawould One of the items on the agendawillbe high-endsatellite images, telephoneinter- wasdetectingwell over 60,000 cases also undergoasecondwaveofinfec- the Basic Exchangeand Cooperation cepts,and data sharing of Chinese troops and Thecontinuousdeclineinthenum- tions as is currentlyhappening in the Agreement (BECA) —apact with deep mili- weapons deployment along the 3,488 km berofnew cases has meant that, after US and Europe. But it wasimportant tary implications. In the lasttwo meetings, Line of Actual Control (LAC). Sources said New two-and-a-half months, India has forpeople to followsafetyinstructions. agreementsknown as LEMOAand COM- Delhi is watching the Chinese movementsin stoppedreporting the highestnumber AMITABHSINHA CASA were signed; now, with BECA, these “all sectors”ofthe LAC. have been dubbed thetroika of foundational At thefirst2+2 in 2018,then External Affairs MinisterSushma Swaraj and Defence The Indian defence establishment also has pacts—essentiallylaying the foundation for MinisterNirmala Sitharaman(farright)with US SecretaryofState MikePompeo enhancedcapabilitywithsomeAmerican INDIA ACTIVE CASES 748,538 deeper militarycooperation. and then Defense SecretaryJames Mattis (farleft). Express Archive equipment.The armedforceshaveusedat leastfiveAmericanplatforms at the LAC— C- What is BECA? 17 GlobemasterIII formilitarytransport, 900,000 The Basic Exchangeand Cooperation ish from theother’s bases: access supplies, communications equipmentand systems so Boeing’s Chinook CH-47asheavy-lifthelicop- Agreement largely pertains to geospatial in- spare parts andservices from the other coun- that Indian and US militarycommanders,air- ters, Boeing’sApacheastank-killers, P-8I telligence,and sharing information on maps try’sland facilities, air bases, and ports,which craftand ships can communicatethrough se- Poseidon foroverland reconnaissance, and and satelliteimages fordefence. According can then be reimbursed. This is extremely curenetworksinpeace and war. LockheedMartin’s C-130J forairlifting troops. 867,496 to officials, anyone whosails aship, flies an usefulfor Navy-to-Navycooperation, since To explaininlay termsagain, it is like Now, with these key defence pactsin 748,538 aircraft, fightswars, locates targets, responds theUSand India arecooperating closelyin WhatsApp or Telegramfor thetwo militaries, place, cooperation can happen in amore 800,000 to natural disasters, or even navigates with the Indo-Pacific. whichissafeand real-time communication structured and efficient way, rather than acellphone relies on geospatial intelligence. Again, to putthissimply, it is likegoing to is possible hassle-free. episodic. Signing BECAwill allowIndia to usethe afriend's garage and workshop to refuel one’s COMCASApaved the wayfor transfer of US’s advanced geospatial intelligence and car and getting repairs done. But, by doing communication securityequipmentfrom Is thereacatchinall this? LAST 10 DAYS enhance theaccuracy of automated systems this, oneisalsoexposingone’scar and tech- the US to India to facilitate“interoperability” The US wantsIndia to move away from Oct 10 Oct 19 and weapons likemissiles and armeddrones. nology to the friend, and that requires trust. In between their forces —and potentiallywith Russian equipmentand platforms, as it feels 700,000 It will give accesstotopographical and aero- militaryterms, one’s Navalships arestrate- other militariesthat use US-originsystems this mayexpose itstechnology and informa- nautical dataand productsthat will aid nav- gic assets and use of anothercountry’s base forsecuredatalinks. tion to Moscow. So far, India is going ahead Note:The Oct 19 figureinthisgraph is based on thegovernment updateonOct 20 igation and targeting. would expose one’s militaryassettothe host. withthe purchase of the S-400air defence To use an everydayexample, justlikean If signing LEMOAneededtrust, itsappli- So, what do these three pactsput missile system from Russia, and this has been Uber cab needs agoodGPS to reachits desti- cation enhances the trust. It took almosta together mean? astickingpointfor American interlocutors. INDIA TOTAL CASES WORLD TOTAL CASES nation quicklyand efficiently, BECAwill pro- decade to negotiateLEMOA. This, in asense, While LEMOAmeans one partner trusts Forits part, India is wary of Pakistan’s deep- 7,597,063 40,549,643 videIndianmilitarysystemswith ahigh-qual- has bridged thetrustdeficit and pavedthe the otherenoughto exposeitsvaluableassets, rootedties with Pentagon, and Washington’s ityGPS to navigateand missileswithreal-time wayfor the remaining “foundational pacts”. COMCASAmeans one is confident that it can dependence on Rawalpindi foraccess to Source:MinistryofHealth&Family Source:JohnsHopkinsUniversity, intelligence to preciselytargetthe adversary. Former diplomatssay that while India rely on encryptedsystemsto connect thetwo Afghanistanaswell as itsexit strategy. Welfare,updatedat11pmonOct20 updatedat11pmonOct20 This could bekeyfor AirForce-to-Air Force had providedlogistics supportadhoc in the militaries, and BECAmeans it cansharehighly But, because of Chinese belligerence be- cooperation. India and the US have stepped past—refuelling of Americanaircraftin classifiedinformationin realtime without fear ing the clear and present danger,New Delhi’s up effortstosignthe pact during the upcom- Bombayduringthe firstGulf Warin1991, vis- of being compromised. All this signals the level strategic embrace of Washington is the obvi- ing 2+2. This flowsfromthe commitmentin itsbyUSships to Indian ports during the war of trustthat has developedbetween the two ous outcome. In genetic code of coronavirus, the joint statement duringUSPresident againstterrorism after9/11— the signing of countries and their militaries, facedwith an It is important to note that while LEMOA Donald Trump’s visit in February this year, LEMOAhas made it asmoother process. increasingly aggressive China. wassignedduring the BarackObama regime when the twosides had said theylookedfor- COMCASA: TheCommunications (August2016), COMCASAwas signedinthe anumber of ‘silent’ mutations ward to an “early conclusion” of BECA. Compatibility and Security Agreement was So, what does this mean in the context of middle of Trumpadministration (September signedinSeptember 2018,after the first2+2 the ongoing borderstandoff? 2018)and effortsare under waytosign or BEFORE THE Covid-19 suggesting that viral What arethe other twoagreements dialogue in whichthen ExternalAffairs Amid the longest stand-offonthe India- concludeBECAbeforethe US goes to polls on pandemic, the coron- strains carrying these about? MinisterSushma Swaraj and Defence China border in three decades, India and the November 3. avirusSARS-CoV-2 lived mutations were more LEMOA: The Logistics Exchange MinisterNirmala Sitharaman metvisiting US US have intensifiedunder-the-radarintelli- As Biegun saidonTuesday,every admin- harmlesslyinbatsand likelytothrive.Italso Memorandum of Agreement wassignedbe- SecretaryofState Michael RPompeoand then gence and militarycooperation at an un- istrationinthe last20years have left the other animals. Now, re- identifiedadditional cul- tween India and the US in August2016. It al- Secretary of Defence JamesMattis. It allows precedented level, especiallysince June. Indo-US relationship in abettershape than searchers at Duke pritsintwo other regions lows themilitaryofeachcountrytoreplen- the US to provideIndia withits encrypted AfterPompeo calledupJaishankar in the howtheyinherited it. University have identi- PAPER of the SARS-CoV-2 fied anumber of “silent” genome, dubbed Nsp4 mutations in the virus’s CLIP and Nsp16. These appear genetic codethat helped to have giventhe virus a it thrive afteritcrossed NEWRESEARCH biological edge over pre- How to grow heeng in Indian Himalayas over to humans. The vious strains without al- study is publishedinPeerJ. tering the proteins theyencode. tive,spasmodicandstomachdisorders,asthma heeng, and has carried outfurther R&Dsince “Webelievethe geo-climaticconditions Theresearchers developedstatis- Instead of affectingproteins,the re- ANJALIMARAR and bronchitis.The herbiscommonlyusedto 2018.Atthe Palampur institute, the seeds required forcultivation of certain heeng va- ticalmethods to identifyadaptive searchers said, the changes likelyaf- PUNE,OCTOBER20 relieve menstrualpain,prevent excessive were tested to seeiftheywould germinate rieties areavailable in India. On apilotbasis, changes that arose in the SARS-CoV-2 fected howthe virus’s genetic mate- bleedingandprematurelabour,andasananti- underacontrolledlaboratoryset-up. we have startedcultivationinLahual-Spiti genome in humans, but notinclosely rial folds up into3-D shapes and LAST WEEK, scientists planted India’s first flatulentinnew mothers. “Eachofthe six accessions imported valleylastweek,” said Shekhar Mande, related coronaviruses found in bats functionsinside human cells. sapling of the spice asafoetida, or heeng,in The plant stores mostofits nutrients in- showcasedvarying degrees of germination,” Director General, CSIR. and pangolins.The study flaggedmu- Himachal Pradesh’s Kwaring villagein side itsdeepfleshyroots.Itisaperennial said Ashok Kumar, senior scientistatIHBT Four locations in the valleyhavebeen tations that altered the spikeproteins, Source: DukeUniversity Lahaul valley. It is partofaneffortbyscien- plant whose oleo gum resinisextracted from and Principal Investigator of this project. The identifiedand heeng seeds have been distrib- tists from the CSIR-InstituteofHimalayan itsroots and rhizome. seeds were thengiven special chemical treat- uted among sevenfarmers. Bioresource, Palampur (IHBT) to cultivate ments. “Afterabout 20 days,the seeds —all “The plant can withstand amaximum heeng in the Indian Himalayas. Although Howdid India’s cultivation plan take off? six accessions gathered from variousregions temperaturebetween 35°C and40°C, whereas heeng is commoninmanyIndian kitchens, Between 1963 and 1989, India once at- of Iran —germinated under controlledlabo- during winters, it can survive in temperatures it is notgrown in India. temptedtoprocureasafoetida seeds, accord- ratory conditions,” Kumar said. up to –4°C.Duringextremeweather,the plant ing to Indian Council of AgricultureResearch In June this year,IHBT signedafive-year can getdormant,” said Kumar. Wheredoes heengcome from? –National BureauofPlant Genetic Resources MoU with the Agriculture Department of Ferula asafoetida is aherbaceous plant, ICAR-NBPGR). However, there arenopub- Himachal Pradesh. Howpromisingisthe project? endemictoIranand Afghanistan, the main lishedresults. Experts sayitistoo early to commentas globalsuppliers. Government datashows In 2017,IHBT approachedICAR-NBPGR WhyHimachalPradesh? the plant takesabout five years to produce thatIndia imports about 1,200tonnesofraw withanexperimental projectidea. Seeds Asafoetidagrowsbestindryandcoldcon- the extractable olegogum resin. heeng worthRs600 crorefromIran, were importedfromIranand subjected to a ditions. Regions withsandy soil, very little Scientists will monitorthe plants over the Afghanistanand Uzbekistan. number of tests, while being quarantined moistureand annual rainfall of notmorethan next five years. The target is to cover1hectare Some European countries, too, use heeng againstinfection at NBPGR. 200mm areconsidered conducive.Beyond with heeng cultivation by the end of this year, foritsmedicinalproperties.Publishedstudies Afteracquiring all regulatoryapprovals Himachal, the researchers plan to expandtheir and take it to 300hectares during the next describehow heeng providesrelief fordiges- from ICAR, IHBT introducedsix accessions of experimentstoLadakh and Uttarakhand. five years. Thailandanti-govtprotests:theissues,andwhat’sdifferentthistime

Over the decades, the militaryhas At ademonstrationatThammasatUniversity biddenunderlaw, theprotestorshave opened MEHRGILL crackeddownondissidentsmanytimes. on August10, adeclaration listedten de- newground. Under Section 112ofthe NEWDELHI,OCTOBER20 On October 6, 1976,astudent-ledpro- mands. These included the king notendors- CriminalCode,whoever“defames,insultsor democracy protestwas crushedat ing further coups,abolition of the Royal threatens the King, the Queen, the Heir-ap- FORTHE lastseveral months, Thailand has Bangkok’s Thammasat University when se- Offices,areductioninthenationalbudgetal- parentorthe Regent, shall be punishedwith been witnessing pro-democracy demon- curity forces killed46protesters and ar- located to the king, and amnesty to those imprisonment of three to fifteen years”. strations with protesters demanding that rested nearly 3,000 people. In 2010,over prosecuted forcriticisingthe monarchy. the monarchybereformedand thatPrime 2,000were arrested and90killedinclashes In Bangkok on Howhas the government responded? MinisterPrayuth Chan-ocha resign. The between security forces and anti-govern- Tuesday. The Howare these demonstrations The government has attempted to crack current waveofprotestsisamong the ment protestors. three-finger different from previous ones? down on what have been peaceful protests biggestseeninrecent times. The current ruler,Maha Vajiralongkorn, salutehas Traditionally, Thailand’spolitical divide so far. On Friday, watercannons were used became king in December 2016.Prime emergedas has been betweenthe “red shirts”(pop- to disperse protesters. On Thursdaythe au- What kind of political system exists in MinisterChan-ocha came to powerthrough one of the ulists andsupporters of Shinawatra) and thorities imposeda“severe”state of emer- Thailand? acoup in 2014,when he seizedpowerfrom symbols of the “yellowshirts (loyalists of the royalty). gency,banninggatheringsoffiveormore ABuddhist-majority countryofabout Shinawatra’s sister. Chan-ocha, endorsed protest. AP This time, the protesters arenot usingthese people in Bangkok,and also banningthe 70 million, Thailandconverted from an ab- by theking, is alleged to have meddledwith traditional colourcodes but have come up publication of information that could be a solutemonarchytoaconstitutional monar- electoral laws during the 2019 elections, with their ownsymbols to express their threat to national security. The protesters chyin1932. Following acoup in 1947, whichhas enabled himtoremain in power. tions ledtoapause in protests,whichre- about reformingthe monarchy. Nampaand ideas and dissent. Theseinclude the “anti- have so fardefiedthe ban and continue to Thailandhas been ruledbythe militaryfor sumedinmid-Julywhen the Free Youth another movement leader,Panupong coup” three-finger salutefrom TheHunger protestinthe capital. the mostpart. Since around 2001,the coun- What arecurrent protests about? Group led2,500demonstrators in Bangkok. Jadnok (also known as MikeRayong), were Games series, and gestures suchasthe Lastweek,the government blockedac- try’s politics has been markedbyadivide Demonstrations startedlatelastyear fol- Therehavethree demands: dissolution arrested lastweek. hands crossedoverthe chest, and hands cess to the websitechange.orgfollowing an between supporters and detractors of pop- lowing the disqualification of opposition of Parliament and the PM’sresignation, Other groups have joinedthe protests, pointing above the head. Some of these ges- online petitioncalling forthe king to bedecl- ulistleader Thaksin Shinawatra, who was politician Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit changes to the Constitution,and an end to withbroaderdemands:expandingLGBTand tures arethe same as those usedbypro- aredpersonanongrata,theBBCreported.The oustedasPrimeMinisterbythe militaryin as aMemberofParliament and aban on his harassment of critics. On August3,human women’srights,reformsineducationandthe democracy protesters in Hong Kong. government also arrested severalrallyand 2006 andhas been in exile since. party FutureForward.Pandemic restric- rightslawyerArnon Nampamade aspeech military, andimprovementsintheeconomy. By criticising the monarchy,whichisfor- student leaders and some demonstrators. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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MALABAR SIGNAL Manish Sabharwal Australia’s return shows Delhi is reconsidering deference to Beijing’sinterests,giving primacy to itsown BANKSDON’T MAKE loans; depositorsdo. bad loans (above Rs 10 lakh crorefor the last quencing. The other wasdistinct driving India’s Rs 144lakhcrore in bank deposits decade) and financial statement uncertainty lanes forthe judiciary,executive and legisla- NAMAJOR move coming afteryears of deliberation, Delhi has invited Australia to makeour Rs 110lakhcrore in bank loans pos- (investors knowthat breakingthe ther- turetobalance samaj (society), bazaar (mar- sible. The“common man” is more likelyade- mometerdoesnothing forthe fever so weak kets)and sarkar (government).Courts have participateinthis year’s Malabar navalexercises. The decision marks an impor- positor than aborrower; bankshave210 bad loan accounting has them imaginingthe become less mindful of these twodistinc- tant inflexion point notonlyinIndia’s bilateral relations with Australia but also in croredeposit accountsbut only27crore loan worst).The availabilityofcredit is moreim- tions; the right to default on interesthardly the geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific, the newstrategic geographystretching from the accounts. Imakethe case that acourt-or- portant than the costofcredit forentrepre- qualifies as afundamental right and banning Ieast coastofAfrica to thewaters of EastAsia. The navalexercise, whichisscheduled dered interestwaiverand bad loan recogni- neurs but availability will notrise and cost NPArecognition is aviolation of constitu- to take place next month in the BayofBengaland the Arabian Sea, imparts amilitarydimen- tion ban is scope creep that hurts the com- will notfalltill our banking system has strong tional lanes.The mostpowerful case forlane sion to the so-calledQuadrilateral Dialogue Framework,involving India, US, Japan and mon man, has nothing to with economic competition, consistent regulation, effective driving by courts in ademocracycomes from justice defined as the greatestgood forthe supervision and non-fiscal sustainability. BernardCrick’s 1963 book, In Defence of Australia. Despitethe eagerness of Australia to join Malabar,Delhi held backand limited it greatestnumber,and is hardlywhat our Waiving interestdues or banning bad Politics that suggeststhat the messy,slowand to India, US and Japan. The main reason behind Delhi’s hesitation wasthe concern that in- Constitution imaginedasthe role of courts. loanrecognitioniseconomicallyignorant clunky process involving conciliation, com- cluding Australia intothe Quad might offend China’s rather fragile political sensitivity. Banking seems simple —bankspay in- because morethan 20 per cent of Indians are promise and squeezing collective decisions Something, then, has clearly changedIndia’s calculus on China. As China’s muscular unilat- terest to depositors, charge higher interest depositors while less than 2per cent arebor- out of conflicting citizen demands is best left eralism rises and undermines India’scoreinterests across abroadrangeofissues —fromter- to borrowers and use this “netinterestmar- rowers. It’s commerciallyignorant because to people who fight elections. ritorial integrity to regional and multilateral interests —Delhi hashad no option but to re- gin” to meetexpenses, writeoff bad loans, any“annualisedeffective rate”isadjustedfor Institutional immunity needs balancing considerits strategic deferencetoBeijing. China’sLadakhaggressionthisspringwaspossibly and generateprofits forshareholders —but interestpaymentfrequency.It’s spatiallyig- of independenceand accountability;rising is complexbecause of bad behaviour.Sins in- norant because acommon man can’t borrow citizen concern about mandatesand ap- the laststraw.The reluctance to turn the Quad intoamilitarycoalition, Delhi could notbut clude overpaying depositors or employees, Rs 2crore.Itsabotageseconomicjustice be- pointmentsshould trigger court introspec- note,producednoChinese consideration forIndia’s concerns. The die is nowcast. undercharging borrowers and making bad cause fiscallyfunding banking divertsmoney tion. Ashoka University Professor Madhav The lasttime Australian navalships joinedMalabar wasbackin2007, when it wasa loans. Stupidity is notillegal but banks are from education,healthand skilling expen- Khosla’s newbook India’s FoundingMoment five-nation exercise involving India, US, Japan, Singaporeand Australia. Until 2007,Malabar special because,unlike industrialfirms,aliq- diture. Resources arefinite (total central gov- wonderfullycaptures our constitutional wasanannual bilateralexercise with the US Navy that waslaunchedin1992. The Indian uidity crisis is practicallyindistinguishable ernment expenditureisRs29lakhcrore), imagination; the court’s self-assumedman- Navy’s decision to convene the five-nation exercise wasprobablymoreadministrative from asolvency crisis. Protecting bank de- scarce (COVID creates aRs3lakh croreGST dateasprotectorofthe Constitution’s “basic positors needs ensuring reasonable ex- shortfall) and fragile (our fiscal deficit may structure” maycontradict Ambedkar’sview than geopolitical. Rather than have separateexercises with eachofthese partners, it was penses, collecting loans with interest, ensur- exceed12per cent). of the text as aliving document whose easy considered sensibletocombine them intoone. But the multilateral exercise in the Bayof ing accuratefinancial statementsand Wa iving interest dues or Government moneyfor bad loan write- amendment procedures protected it from Bengal producedvehement protests from China, whichdubbed it as an “Asian NATO”. The fighting political temptations to gift-wrap banning badloan offs or interestpaymentsisdysfunctional; “the faultsofrigidity and legalism”. And external Chinese opposition found an internal political echo.The CPI(M) and the Leftpar- spendingaslending. Tools include prudential the Rs 2lakh crorefresh equity in the lasttwo Michael Sandel’s newbook TheTyrannyof ties, whichformed asizeable partofthe UPAcoalition, demandedanend to the exercise. norms and subjective judgmentsonleader- recognition is economically years fornationalisedbanksis40times the Merit should catalyseanopen debateon AflusteredUPA government ordered an end to multilateral Malabar.This policy endured ship, growth ratesand governance.Central ignorant because more than Ministry of Skills’ budget;Bhushan Steel de- whether current rules forcourtappoint- bankshavetoughjobs in the best of times faulted on morenationalisedbank loans than mentsdiminishcognitive diversity and are until 2015,whenthe NDAgovernment invited Japan to jointhe annual Malabarexer- 20 per cent of Indians are but the courts consistentlychoose borrowers depositorswhile lessthan thecentral government allocation to primary biasedinfavour of candidatesborn in legal cises.Ithas nowtaken the next step towardsquadrilateral militaryengagement. over depositors; acourtwarnedthe RBI pur- education; and the first12defaulters forced households. Meritocracies can be incestuous Althoughthe decisionto welcomeAustraliaintoMalabarhascomein the middle of the suing aloan defaulter to nottwistarmsso 2per cent are borrowers.It’s intoIBC by RBIhad nationalisedbank loans and unfair. continuingconfrontationwithChina in Ladakh, the navalexercise is notabout changing hardthat theybreak.Courts taking deposi- commercially ignorant equal to four times the central government Amodern stateisawelfarestate but the militaryequation in the Himalayantheatre. Delhi has no interestinbringing itsQuad part- tors forgranted combines with COVID-19, because any“annualised allocation to healthcare. Private banksare banksare lousy vehicles for“common man ners intoIndia’s territorial battles againstBeijing. It is about expanding India’s bilateral se- pastbanking sins andsuspended bankruptcy effective rate” is adjusted for notsaintsbut their problems areborne by Diwali gifts”. Gandhiji said “When youare in curity ties with Australia, whose potential is immense. The militaryQuad is, above all, an im- to makefinancial stability harder when it is shareholders (crushing dilution by Rs 1lakh doubt, applythe following test.Recall the mostimportant. interest payment frequency. crorefresh capital raising), management (re- face of the poorest andthe weakestman portant partofbuilding asustainable Indo-Pacificcoalition that is capableofaddressingthe The averageIndian enterprise is small for It’sspatially ignorant moval) and market capitalisation calibration whomyou mayhaveseen,and ask yourself, massive strategic imbalance generated by the rise of an aggressive Chinese party-state. manyreasons but oneofthem is the avail- because acommon man can’t (differential price-to-book ratios captureim- if the step youcontemplateisgoing to be of ability and costofcredit. Our embarrassing portant information). anyuse to him. Will it restorehis control over 50 per cent credit-to-GDP ratio —Bihar is 12 borrowRs2crore. It Our 299 remarkable Constitutionwriters his ownlifeand destiny? In other words, will per cent and Arunachal is 1per cent and sabotages economic justice made twovisionary partitions. Theirdistinc- it lead to Swaraj forthe hungryand starving THE SEXISTPLAYBOOK MSME lending is stuckatRs20lakh crore— because fiscally funding tion between fundamentalrightsand direc- millions?”Aloan interestwaiverand bad needs to rise to 100per cent. And despite banking diverts money from tive principles wasnot alackofambition — loan recognition ban fail this test. lowerinflation and fiscal discipline, mostbor- if fiscal deficitscould makecountries rich, no It is usedbyall parties, with little or no consequences. rowers don’t getgloballycompetitive inter- education, health and countrywould be poor —but ameasuredas- The writer is withTeamlease Services. Kamal Nath brazening it out is onlylatestinstance estrates becauseour banking system has high skilling expenditure sessment of statecapacity,resources and se- Viewsare personal

HE UGLINESS OF the Indian male politician wasonshowagain in Madhya Pradesh this week.InGwalior to campaign forthe coming bypolls, state Congress chief Kamal Nath sniggered before an audienceatawoman Tleader from the BJP,who he wouldn’tdeign to name. “You knowher bet- ter. What an item she is,” he said, before breaking intoderisive laughter.It’s CLOTHES THAT TELL ASTORY atrickasold as entitledmasculinity:Ifyou areupagainstawoman, run her down with innuendoand the cheap shot, and swagger in the illusion that youhavewon the debate. In Indian politics, unfortunately, this sexistplaybook is usedgenerouslybyall political Bhanu Athaiya’s art wasnot beholden to star system, spoke its ownlanguage parties, and comeswith little or no consequences—the Congress initiallybrazeneditout in Nath’sdefence,and even Rahul Gandhi’s disapproval has notinspired theformer Madhya Pradesh chief ministertobudgefromhis non-apology.Sexistabuse is, of course, ClareMWilkinson deployedmorefearlesslyagainstwomen from marginalisedcommunities.The target of Nath’scoarse attackwas Imarti Devi, awomanfromaDalitfamilyoflabourers, who spent IMET BHANU Athaiya, the legendarycostume on the actor.All the costumes,inall the tity.She wastypicallygiven fullreintosteer twodecadesinthe Congressbeforeshe switched sides to the BJP in March this year,help- designer who diedonOctober 15,twice in my scenes, form aset withits owncontoursand the costume as shewanted,guidedbymetic- life. The firsttimewas at thelong-defunct rhythms. ForShah Rukh Khan’s scenesin ulousarchivaland visual research but alsoby ing bring Nath’s government crashing down. CentaurHotel in Juhu,where we talkedbriefly Nasa at the beginning of Ashutosh talking to locals, observing their costumes, The fewIndian women who daretoenter public lifeare reminded almostdailythat about costumes before sheset offtodosome Gowariker’s Swades (2004), Athaiyahad his and integrating what she learnedintoher theyhavecrossedoverintoahostile, male world, wherethe rules areloadedagainst work-relatedshopping. Iwantedtointerview shirtstailoredinher workshop, even though work.She is mostfamous forher work on them. From MamataBanerjee to JJayalalithaa and Smriti Irani, women leaders arerou- her formallyfor my research project, but she she could have picked them up ready-made. 2001’s Lagaan and her masterpiece, Gandhi tinelysubject to demeaning language, even when theyare careful nottotransgress pa- demurred, politelybut firmly. She wanted to To her,every element of the designrequired (1982). Athaiyawas responsible notjustfor triarchal norms. Foryearsnow,BSP leader Mayawati has been at the receiving end of de- tell her ownstory,she explained, nothand it close supervision. Shewas abletoexercise outfitting the principal characters but allthe over to someone else. The next time, afull this singularity of purpose because of hersen- secondarycharacters and junior artists too. humanising abuse.The internet,too, has emergedasavicious space forwomen politicians. eightyearslater,was at herworkshop at iorityinthe industry andthe sway thather Therewas no optioninthe early 1980s of Even so, amorphedvideo of ayoungtribalBJD leader that went viral in Odishaahead of BreachCandy,wherewetalkedabouther phi- Oscar commanded. adding crowds with computer special effects: the Lok Sabha elections lastyear markedanew low. Chandrani Murmuwas eventually losophyoffilm costume. Her book, The Art of Forthis aloneshe would be remarkable. Everyfigureinthe crowdhad to be dressed. elected from Keonjhar parliamentaryconstituency.Investigations intothe slanderous Costume Design (2010), had recentlybeen re- But she is remembered mostfondlybyfilm All of this had to be done afteronlyafew video have ledthe MP to accuse achannel run by aBJP leader of harassment. leased.As adocument of herlongand illustri- fans forthe iconiccostumes shecrafted for months of preparationand withinthe un- If Indian politics is anegotiation with entrenchedpowerstructures and multiplebig- ous career,itwas, and remains, amust-have some of the industry’s biggeststars. Revisiting bendingconstraintsofthe shooting sched- foranyone interestedinfilm costume in India. them in the lastfew days,I’vebeen struckby ule. The operational demands,ontop of the otries, both instances underline howand whywomen continue to be at adisadvantage; Like other costume designers, Athaiyahad howbeautifullytheypunctuatethe film’s nar- creative ones, arestaggering to imagine. and howeasy it is to turn on the tapofprejudice to discredit women in public life. But been calledontomakecostumes forselect Likeother costume rative.Inthe stunning ensembles worn by Athaiya’s career beganinthe goldenage Imarti Devi’sand Chandrani Murmu’s dogged persistence in the face of men who snig- starsorfor thefemale leads.But she alsode- designers, Athaiyahad been NadiraasMayafrom Shree420 (1955), of Hindi film, with Guru Dutt and RajKapoor; gerand slanderfrombehind the shieldoftheir feudal privileges is also asign —women signed forthe entirecast, ararity —until re- called on to makecostumes Athaiyawas able,inaseries of compact im- it drew to aclose as costumedesign wasun- politicians maybefew in number,but theyare notbackingawayfromahardfight. cently—outside the parallel cinema. One ad- forselectstars or forthe ages, to drive home the contrastbetween her dergoing significant changeinthe industry, vantageofdesigning forthe whole film, she and Nargis’s virtuous, sari-wearing Vidya.For with morefilmmakers opting to hire one de- confessed, wasthat it liberatedher from wor- female leads. But she also Waqt (1965), herdesignsfor Sadhana as signer forthe film instead of several. Where rying about pleasingstars. But that wasn’t the designed forthe entire cast,a Meena and Sharmila Tagore as Renu —their Athaiyaled,othershavefollowed. Costume onlyreason, since her work forselect stars rarity—until recently — sleeveless kurtas, form-fitting churidars, and even nowrarelyattractsthe respect it is PUJO, QUARANTINED and films afforded heropportunities to ex- gorgeous saris —didn’tjustintroduce ajolt owed as acritical component of communica- plorenew styles and themes. The clue came outside the parallel cinema. of fashion. In afilm with afairmeasureofloss tion and feeling in films. But thanksto COVID-19has affected pandalsinBengal and beyond, from her reflections on discovering ashared One advantage of designing and humiliation, theysounded thenotes of Athaiya’s meticulousartistry, it has happily sensibilitywithother Oscar-winning cos- forthe whole film, she youthful optimism that helpedbring about a gainedsome of the spotlight. changing the character of the celebration tume designers, asensibility rootedincon- confessed,was that it happyconclusion. ceiving of costume as something notbe- Within the industry, Athaiyawas Thewriter is associateprofessor of NWESTBENGAL, if notinthe countryasawhole,the gods areasearthlyastheyare holden to astar,not even adirector.Costume liberated her from worrying renownedasadesigner of historical films and anthropologyatWashington StateUniversity, sacred.And the pratimas(Durga idols), in pujo pandals across Kolkata, find the di- simply isn’t drapingone outfit afteranother about pleasing stars films that demandedastrong regional iden- Vancouver,US vine in the everyday. This year,for example, Mahishasur has been depicted as the ICOVID-19 virus,andDurga andheroffspringasfrontlineworkersslayinghim.Then, there’s Durgadepicted as amigrant worker —arenditionwhichsees divinity in thosewho dothe mostand,in return,receive the least.Inthe upcomingfestiveseason—the celebrations were to begin in full forceonOctober 22, shoshti —the goddess mustbeiso- OCTOBER 21,1980, FORTY YEARS AGO lated,and the jostling equality of the crowd, eager to worship and celebrateher conquest and itsinterpretations, mustgiveway to the necessaryprecaution of isolation. CITY OF BLOOD IRAN ON MEDIATION der as communal tension arose following The CalcuttaHigh Court’s decision to bar visitors from pandals giventhe “uncontrol- IRAQI MECHANISED INFANTRY, coveredby IRAN’S LEADER,AYATOLLAH Khomenei, the clash. The trouble is said to have arisen lable”rise in COVID-19cases certainlyserves the public interest—onlymembers of the steady artilleryfire, edgedclosertoAbadan agreedtoallow amediation committee of when twopersons of one community ob- to tighten their stranglehold on the embat- Islamic Heads of Statetocome to Tehran jected to aprocession routeofaDussehra puja committeesand priests willbeallowedintotheir respective pandals. It is likelythat tledcity,supplier of two-thirds of Iran’s fuel but said that itstaskwas confinedto“in- procession. the rituals willbeunaffected.And therewill undoubtedly be live-streaming of aartis, needs in peacetime. Iraqi sources sayin- vestigating the criminal investigation” or- Zoom calls wherefamilies and friends will eat together,inisolation, across distances, and fantryand armoured personnel carriers dered by the Iraqi president. ID IN DELHI the attempt at rescuingtraditioninthe face of the pandemic. were in position in palm groves on the east- ID-UL-ZUHAWAS celebrated with tradi- But the cultureofDurga Pujaisnot justabout religion. It is about community. Bhog is ern edge of Abadan, but reports from the VIOLENCE IN UP tionalamity withthousandsofMuslims notabout the food, but about communal eating —sharing ameal as muchwith acquain- front said Abadan’s defenders were contin- TWOPERSONS WERE killedand 31 others congregatingatthe Jama Masjid, Fatehpuri tances and strangers as withfriends and family. It is atime when people across classesand uing to offertenacious defence. In nearby were injured followingaviolent clash be- and other mosques to offerprayers. At the Khorramshahr, Iran’s chief trading port, tween members of twocommunities and Idgah, Hindus and Muslims greetedeach backgrounds can enjoyapublic space,and, foraperiod of time, come out from the me- Iraqi forces appear to have gainedcontrol subsequent police firing in Malipurpur vil- other.Amongstthose present were Union chanical oppression of modern life. In fact, even the inconvenience of the crowdedpan- over keyareas. Iran announcedithad re- lageinSaharanpur district. The armywas Home MinisterGiani Zail Singh, Khurshid dals is partoftheir charm.The virus has certainlyrobbed people of something this year. namedKhorramshahr,fertile city in Farsi, calledout and policereinforcementswere Alam Khan, ministerofstate forcommerce, Hopefully, it will be slayed in time forPujo2021. to Khuninshahr,the city of blood. deployedinorder to maintain lawand or- and Delhi’s Lt Governor Jagmohan. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,WEDNESDAY,OCTOBER21,2020 WHATTHE OTHERSSAY “Blacklist? It is more likeablackhole thathas devoured thousands of Pakistani 13 —DAWN THE IDEAS PAGE passport holderswantingtotravel.” Areform that cannot wait

Hathras incidentand itsaftermath shine a light on needtosensitise police to itsrole in society

maintenance of lawand order,muststay away from agenda-drivenpolitics. In order to achievethese objectives, structuralissueswithin theforce mustbe givenpriority.According to areportby CommonCause in 2019,the Indian police forceisatonly77per cent of itssanctioned strength. India has 144police personnel for Jaiveer Shergill one lakh population and,in some states, the figureisless than 100. One in everyfiveposts sanctionedinthe Indian Police Service re- MARTIN LUTHER KINGhad saidif as lawen- mains vacant. The situation is moreworry- forcementofficers,we sidewithjustice,then ing when it comes to vacancies in lowand CRSasikumar we must recognisethat“injusticeanywhere middle rank posts.Inthese positions, the va- is athreat to justice everywhere”. The cancies of 5.28 lakh personnel account for Hathras incident that involvedmanhandling nearly one-fourth of the total sanctioned of Opposition leaders and media by the strength of over 22 lakh. Afullystaffedpolice “protectors of law” has once again reminded forcewould onlyincrease India’s police-to- Every citizen aCovid warrior us of the triad of malaises afflicting lawen- population ratio to 185againstthe UN rec- forcement in India —the lack of sensitisa- ommendedratio of 222. The police-to-peo- tion of police personnel, absence of account- ple ratio should be improved by at least50 ability under the garb of khaki and per cent to meet the challenges facedbythe Remaining withinthe ‘lakshman rekha’iskey as we embrace the festiveseason politicisation of the police. force. Women aregrosslyunderrepresented In awell-ordereddemocracy, the police in ourpoliceforce. Theyconstituteless than withresponsibilityand caution aresupposedtobeadisciplinedforce 7per cent of our total police strength. With trainedtouphold the lawand enforce the theincreaseinthenumber of gendercrimes, Indians showedenormous resilience. cal contact with contaminated surfaces. We functioningof democracyonconstitutional it has becomeanecessity to augment the The dataspeaksfor itself —the second-most needtominimise activities that requirephys- lines. But, setting aside basic human values strength of policebyrecruiting moreand populous countryinthe worldhas one of the icalcontact. Exhaustfans andair recircula- of dignity,the Uttar Pradesh police cremated more women police personnel.The situa- best recovery ratesand one of thelowest tion in public kitchens and toilets can impact the victim’s body in the middle of the night, tion in Uttar Pradesh is the worstwherepo- case fatality rates. the disease transmission. in theabsenceoffamily members.Theyde- liceare atroughly50per centofsanctioned It is oftensaid that we did nottest Gatherings—small,mediumorlarge —can niedher dignityeven afterdeath. Then, vio- strength. When the numbers areinade- enough. But acareful analysis of the Indian be potential spreaders. Avoiding crowds and lating the basic principle of policing, male quate, police personnel arestretched,lead- strategy shows that testing wasscaledup breathingfreshairinwell-ventilatedspacesis police officials manhandledfemale media- ing to shoddy policing. The existing police from anear-absent base to one of the thewayforward.Indianculture isfullof feasts persons and female politicians, including personnel arealsonot adequatelytrained. Shashank RJoshi largest testingcapacities,withthe fastest and festivalsand these ofteninvolve travel, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. Suchbehaviour by Less than 7per cent police getin-service turnaround time in the world. The COVID- movementandinteraction.Thelockdownhas the police and the absence of anyeffective training.Gujarat scores the lowest,withless OFTEN, WE THINK of the “worst-case sce- 19 antigen test has aresponse time of less impacted minds in amixed way—people are accountabilitymechanisms—otherthan thanone per cent having receivedany in- nario” during pandemics. This fuels panic than an hour and the RT-PCR test less than trappedbetween fear and recklessness. expressinghollowremorseover Twitter and service training. and fear and, at times, makes us take deci- 24 hours —thisissomething thateven Remaining within the Lakshman rekha is the periodicreviewofperformance of the po- Sincethe National PoliceCommissionin sions that arenot guidedbyprudence, logic large countries likethe US and the UK keyasweembrace the festiveseason with re- lice force—iscausing the police to lose the 1977,several committees were setup, in- and evidence. The COVID-19pandemic has strugglewith.Wewillstill needmorein- sponsibilityandcaution.Indianshave thehigh- public’s confidence.Thecountrymustwake cluding the GoreCommittee, been no different. India rose to the occa- novations that produce rapid solutions — esttolerance threshold forcenturies,which up to thecrying needfor police reform —this Padmanabhaiah Committee and Malimath sion initially, screening airline passengers saliva tests, forexample. TheCRISPR-based nowneeds to be channelledinCOVID-appro- is one reform India cannotaffordtodelay. Committee. These commissions and com- and then, suddenly, announcing anation- testsare likelytoprovideacutting-edgedi- priate behaviour and habits. Reform should startfromthe basic level, mittees have made far-reaching recommen- wide lockdown. In retrospect, we can say mension to the battle againstthe virus. The Simple habitsenshrinedinour tradi- whereitisbadlyrequired.The police needto dations. The recommendations of the that the lockdown restricted movement, need to validatethe viralload cycle thresh- tionalculturecan be re-inducted in our daily be sensitisedabout their role in society. Dharma Vira Commission have farsighted made Indians homebound but it also con- old values is the next research milestone lives. Eating healthyprotein-richfood —but Therehas to be promptness of action and implications. One of itsrecommendations tainedthe pandemic and, mostdefinitely, that will help assess who needs extracare notinexcess —avoiding friedand fast food, decency of behaviour.Theyneedtobe is that the toppolice leadership should be savedlives. The trappedmigrant workers, among the infected. Simple habits enshrined in as well as noteating excessively will stand trainedinbodylanguageand strictlyadvised selectedby apoliticalrepresentativesand an however, struggledfor livelihood and had As we mindfullyunlockthe country, it is our traditional culture canbe us in good stead. Eating slowly,eating on to refrain from abusive behaviour.The sen- impartial body.Itwas astrong antidote to to be graduallytransportedbacktotheir time to focus on protecting the mostsuscep- re-inducted in our daily lives. time and focusing on traditional foods that sitisation module should aim at bringing opportunistic appointmentsand transfers. homes—this created astrain forthe estab- tible —those above 55 years of agewith co- Eating healthyprotein-rich build immunity hold the key. Exercising is about attitudinal change—especiallyper- Recommendationsof the commission,if im- lishment. morbidities. However, we can’t be compla- important —fromasimple suryanamaskar taining to gender and powerrelations and plemented,along with the Supreme Court The lockdown gave India time to prepare. cent about adultsand youth, who can be the food —but not in excess— and breathing exercises like pranayama to police behaviour.Itisnecessarytoincrease directivesof2006byJustice Sabharwal, in But we had to take an economic hit —atran- silent spreaders. Theyneedtofollowthe avoiding fried and fast food, expanding and improving our lung capacity. public confidence in the police by upgrad- true letter and spirit, will go along wayin sient one, it seems —and ramp up our COVID-19 kavach mantra of using masks, fol- as well as not eating Oftenchantingmantrasgenerates positive inglevels of police service delivery as well police reform. Reforms in the criminal justice healthcare infrastructure. The healthcare lowing social distance protocols and being excessively will stand us in energy,reduces anxiety and allowsustofo- asby investigatingandactingin casesof po- systemandseparation of lawand order from sector responded proactively across the scrupulous about hygiene.Self-care,self-pro- cus withoutfear.Sleeping well, sleeping on lice misconduct. investigation and prosecution arethe other board; that clearly made asignificant dent tection and atmanirbharta (self-reliance) is good stead. Eating slowly, time and sleeping early is alsoimportant. The second important aspect is police areas that needthe attention of the author- on the number of infections and helpedkeep the keytoCOVID-19control. The virus is un- eating on time and focusing Humansneedatleastseven hours of sleep accountability.Confidence in police, which ities. These aspectshavebeen highlighted the fatality rate in check. Unfortunately, the predictableand tricky.Localisedtransmis- on traditional foods that and sleeping early allows us to generate is aprerequisitetoeffective policing,erodes by many commissions and committees con- sign of acatastrophe oftencompels us to act sion is well known in the community and a healthysubstances whichare protective (like significantlywhen the public perceivesthat stituted by the Centre. impulsively —wetend to forget “balancing” clear-cutcontainment strategy is mandatory. build immunityhold the IL-10, interleukin 10,aprotective chemical). police abuses arenot investigatedeffectively. The challengeofIndia is to restorethe between saving livesand hampering liveli- Astrict and result-oriented containment key. Exercising is important We live in an eraofdigital overload and it’s The PoliceOmbudsmanof Northern Ireland, cultureofrule of law, andmakepolice and hoods. Plans and policies basedonmathe- plan drivenbysound public health science —from asimple important to digitallydetox dailybyengag- the Danish Independent Police Complaints justice accessible, effective and credible. A matical models are, unfortunately, notoften is still neededinhot-spots. The transmission suryanamaskar and ing in hobbies, music and activities which Authority and the Independent Police newroleand newphilosophy have to bede- valid in the biological worldoflethal trajectoryofthe virus has movedfromthe enhancepositivity. Conduct Authority in NewZealand areclas- finedfor the police to notonlymakeitaca- pathogens likethe coronavirus. Systematic poorerurban slumstomiddle-classlocali- breathing exercises like The onlyway to conquer COVID-19isto sic examples of mechanisms foraccounta- pable and effectivebody but also one ac- evidence-basedresearchinpublic health can ties and has seepedintothe community. pranayama to expanding and motivate everycitizentobecome an ambas- bility of thepoliceforactsofabuse of power. countable to the lawofthe land and to the map the pandemic geographicallyand gen- Indians have risen to this challenge, while improving our lung capacity. sador of the waragainstCOVID. It is time that Enhancing accountability will improvepo- people whom theyserve. The government eratemoreinformeddecision-making. The also negotiating an infodemic that has often Often chanting mantras citizens take responsibility forthemselves licelegitimacy and increase public confi- of the dayshould take keen interestinthe Centreand stategovernments rose to the oc- been full of myths. and take careoftheir fellowIndians, and ex- dence, which, in turn, will reinforce the in- matter.Wehavetoaddress the fundamen- casion, oftenrelying on expertadvice. Demystification and allaying fears areim- generates positive energy, tricate thecountry out of thepandemic with tegrity of the system. Linked to tals if we want better policing. However, theheterogeneity of India and the portant, but we have oftenseen extreme pos- reduces anxietyand allows grace and dignity. accountabilityis de-politicisation of the po- complexities in our systems made imple- turing in the pastfew months. We nowknow us to focus without fear. lice force. This is amustfor the effective func- The writer is aSupreme Court Lawyer mentation of simple thingstough. that the coronavirusisanairbornedroplet Sleeping well, sleeping on The writer is thedean of Indian Collegeof tioning of the country’s criminal justice sys- and national spokesperson, theIndian So, whatare the lessonswehavelearned whichthrivesinmoistenvironments, and is Physicians and awell-known tem. The police, as the custodian of National Congress from the pandemic? And areweinaposi- transmitted viasaliva, nasal, throat secre- time and sleeping early is endocrinologistinMumbai. He wasawarded tion to deal with the health crisis better? tions and cough droplets,apartfromphysi- also important thePadma Shri in 2014 LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR Abogey for the BJP PRUDENT SILENCE THISREFERS TO the editorial, ‘Hope IDEAS and caution’ (IE, October 20). The pan- demic has been abottomless pit and ONLINE InBihar,thepartyistryingto spreadfearabouttheCPI(ML).Itwon’twork countries across the globeare at sea in dealing with it. The Department of ONLYINTHE EXPRESS Science and Technology painting a Dipankar Bhattacharya rosy picturehas to be takenwith a ● THEFCRA pinchofsalt, giventhat factors suchas CATCH-22: THE BJP,WHICHhijackedpower in Bihar in made itsmarkinBihar in the late1980s as of CPI(ML) members in Bihar and Singh had warnedusagainst—imposing a the approaching winter and festive KABIRDIXIT 2017 by colluding with Nitish Kumar the party whichresistedbooth-capturing Jharkhand assemblies. newcompanyraj and silencing the voices seasonare conducive to the virus’s againstthe emphaticanti-BJP 2015 man- and inspired andempowered the landless ManyBJP MLAs and MPswould mark of dissent and democracy with cruel dra- spread. Foracommon man,suchpre- ● LAWSLIBERATINGTHE dateofthe people of Bihar,had thought it poor and disenfranchisedDalitstoexercise an ignominious contrasttothis illustrious conian laws and repressive governance ex- dictions have no relevance: Since the FARMER: could steal the Bihar elections againbyus- their right to vote.Dalitshad to face amas- list. Rape accusedand convicted MLAs of actlyasthe colonial rulers did. onsetofCOVID-19, predictions have FAUZANALAVI ing COVID-19and the lockdown as shields sacreinBhojpur aftertheir firstvote, but the likes of Kuldeep Sengar,the likes of ter- We have the inheritance of the freedom gone haywire. It would be prudent of forthe NDA. But the anger and determina- theysucceededinsending Rameshwar roraccusedPragyaThakurwho glorifies movement and democracy.Weare the government agencies to refrain from www.indianexpress.com tion of the peopleonthe ground against Prasad to Parliament as the firstCPI(ML) Gandhi’s assassin Godse, or ministers like heirs of Bhagat Singh and Ambedkar,who the disseminationofgood or badnews the arrogant misrule and betrayal of the MP in 1989. The other CPI(ML) leader to Giriraj Singh celebrating notorious mas- blazedthe trail forsocial equality and peo- on pandemic behaviour. NitishKumar governmenthaveclearlyrat- have been elected to the Lok Sabha in four sacremastermind Brahmeshwar Singh as ple’s emancipation. DeepakSinghal, Noida tledthe BJP and the party is trying to scare consecutive elections wasJayantaRongpi Bihar’s Gandhi, and chief ministerYogi The RSS, whichwas inspired by INDIA IS READY the people againstthe RJD-Left-INC from the Autonomous District con- Adityanath misusing his position to drop Mussolini and Hitler,remains fiercelyop- POOR DECISION THIS REFERS TO the article, ‘A long way Mahagathbandhan and, especially, the stituency in Assam. all criminal chargesagainsthimself —the posedtoIndia’s secular,democratic inher- from 1962’(IE, October 20). While presence of the CPI(ML) in the alliance. Who have been the CPI(ML)MLAsin BJPcan boast of suchshamefulexamples itance and the questfor justice, freedom, THIS REFERS TO the article,’Numbers China has stolen the march on the eco- Whatmakes the BJP so desperate? The Bihar and Jharkhand? thatwill go down in history as adisgrace equalityand fraternitycherishedinthe don’t lie’ (IE, October19).Sidharth nomic front, India is notveryfar be- party clearly hasnoanswer to theques- RamNaresh Ram, theiconic commu- to India’s democracy. Preamble to theConstitution. Nath Singh’s article read as adistress- hind in the militarydimension. tions that areuppermostinpeople’s minds nistleader of Bhojpur who wonthree suc- The BJP is afraid of the poor and the op- Letthe BJP dread the assertion of the ing government PR job. It is shocking Chinesearmedforces have an advan- in these elections. It needs bogeys to divert cessive elections from Sahar; Yogeshwar pressedfinding avoice.The BJP justcannot poorand the oppressedpeople fortheir thatitsecured such aprominent tage in terms of numbers andthe the attention of the people and it hopes it Gope, legendaryleader of stategovern- stomachthe fact that the poor have man- rights,and the coming together of forces in space in aleading and respected backing of ahugeindigenous arms in- can invoke the CPI(ML) as abogey to cover ment employees’ movement in Bihar; aged to emerge as afighting forceenergis- defenceofdemocracy and the Constitution. newspaper.The Uttar Pradesh minis- dustrybut the Indian armedforces are up the fear the BJP has spread throughout MahendraSingh, the boldestvoice of the ing Bihar’s ongoing battle forchange. Bihar is determined to punish the betrayers terisnot apologising forHathras or battle-hardened, having successfully the countrythrough itsdisastrous policies, people in Jharkhand who wasassassinated The Mahagathbandhanorthe grand al- of the 2015 mandate,the destroyers of the heinouscrimes in hisstate but fought three wars after1962. The PLA hate-filledpolitics and cruel and repres- during the 2005 elections justafter nomi- liance in Bihar marks thecoming together India’s economyand the cruel and sadist praising his chief ministerfor per- suffered reverses againstVietnam. The sive governance. nation; peasant leaders suchas of communist, socialist, and Congress architectsofthe lockdown that causedlim- forming better than the 10 states lan- Indian army also hasexperience of The people of Bihar have reasons to fear Chandradeep Singh, Amarnath Yadav, streams of India’s glorious movement for itless pain and humiliation to the people of guishing belowUP. If aleading news- fighting in high altitudes and is psy- the BJP forall that it is doing in neighbour- Rajaram Singh, Arun Singh and Sudama freedom. The ideologicaland organisa- Bihar.The decisive hour forchangehas ar- paper allows suchanarticle, what chologically better prepared,having ing UP,whereYogi Adityanath Rajis Prasad;agricultural labourleader Satyadev tionalpredecessors of BJPbetrayed the rivedand Bihar is ready to fightand win chance do common people have of fought an asymmetricwar in the markedbyacomplete collapse of the rule Ram; popular communistleader of freedom movement then by collaborating this battle. demanding political accountability? Kashmir valleyfor the last30years. of law. Seemanchal, Mahboob Alam; popular with the British rulers. Nirupama Sekhri, via email HNBhagwat, Chiplun Whathas been the trackrecordofthe Jharkhand leaders likeVinod Singh and Todaytheyare trying to rule India like The writer is general secretary, CPI(ML) in the electoral arena? The CPI(ML) Rajkumar Yadav—suchhas been the team the bhureangrez (brownsahibs) Bhagat CPI(ML) Liberation WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 14 THEINDIANEXPRESS,WEDNESDAY,OCTOBER21,2020

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Madsen surroundedby MICHAELBALSAMO The allegationsand the defence Residents line up outside the Montgomery County, police in Albertslund, &MARCYGORDON Pennsylvania, VoterServices office, on Monday. AP Denmark. Reuters WASHINGTON,OCTOBER20 THE LAWSUIT tices at congressional THE US Justice Department on The government’smain hearingsand other fo- DENMARK TuesdaysuedGooglefor antitrust allegationisthat Google rums. It says it does GOP sees bright spot Danishsubmarine violations,allegingthat it abused illegallymaintains its nothaveamonopoly itsdominance in online search monopolyoverinternet on search,pointing out killercaughtafter and advertising to stifle competi- searches by having contracts that around 50% of shopping in voter registration prisonescape tion and harm consumers. with companies likeApple and searches happen on Amazon. The lawsuit marks thegov- other smartphone-makers to It also argues that itsdeals PETERMADSEN,whowas ernment’s mostsignificant at- makeGoogle the default search with phone manufacturers push as Trump tries to convictedofkilling tempttoprotect competition engine in their phones. arenot illegal because they Swedish journalist Kim since itsgroundbreaking case do notactuallyprevent users Wallinaself-builtsubma- againstMicrosoftmorethan 20 The US federal government wasjoinedby11statesinits GOOGLE’S DEFENCE from accessing other search rekindle ’16 late surge rinein2017, wascaughtby years ago. It could be an opening lawsuit againstGoogle. NYT Google has defendedits prac- engines if theywanted to. Danish authorities on salvo ahead of other major gov- Tuesdayafterhebrieflyes- ernment antitrustactions, given REUTERS&AP capedfromprison, police ongoing investigations of major Lawmakersandconsumerad- Google’s structureorother engineonbrowsers.Elevenstates, initssights.OneofTrump’stopeco- WASHINGTON,OCTOBER20 told Reuters. Footagere- tech companies includingApple, vocateshave longaccusedGoogle, remedies at this point, but isn’t all with Republican attorneys nomic advisers said twoyearsago leasedbytabloid Ekstra Amazon and Facebook at both whosecorporateparentAlphabet ruling out seeking additionalre- general,joinedthe federal gov- thatthe WhiteHouse wasconsid- US PRESIDENT Donald Trump Bladet showed aman re- the JusticeDepartmentand the Inchasamarket valuejustover$1 lief, officials said. ernment in the lawsuit. ering whether Google searches heads to thebattleground state sembling Peter Madsen Federal Trade Commission. trillion, of abusing itsdominance Google respondedimmedi- But severalother states de- should be subjecttogovernment of Pennsylvania on Tuesday with RACE FOR sitting up againstafence “Google is the gateway to the in online searchand advertising atelyvia tweet: “Today’s lawsuit murred. The attorneys general regulation. Trumphas oftencriti- hopes of rekindling the 11th- surrounded by police internetand asearch advertising to stiflecompetition and boostits by the Department of Justice is of NewYork, Colorado, Iowa, cisedGoogle,recyclingunfounded hour surge of supportthat pow- THEWHITE forces at adistance. behemoth,” US Deputy Attorney profits.Criticscontendthatmulti- deeplyflawed. People use Google Nebraska, NorthCarolina, claimsbythatthesearchgiantisbi- ered his surprise 2016 victory. Madsen wassentencedto General JeffRosen told reporters. billion-dollarfinesandmandated because theychoose to —not be- Tennessee and Utah releaseda asedagainstconservativesandsup- Trump’s Republican Party HOUSE lifeinprison in 2018 for “It has maintainedits monopoly changes in Google’s practices im- causethey’reforcedtoorbecause statementMondaysayingthey pressestheirviewpoints,interferes has cut intoDemocrats’advan- murdering,sexuallymuti- powerthrough exclusionary posedbyEuropean regulators in theycan’t find alternatives.” have notconcludedtheirinves- withUSelectionsandpreferswork- tage in voter registration tallies lating and dismembering practices that areharmful to recent years weren’t severe The case wasfiledinfederal tigation intoGoogle and would ing with the Chinese militaryover across some critical presidential Final debate to Wall aboardthe subma- competition.” enough and that structural courtinWashington, DC It alleges want to consolidatetheir case the Pentagon. But Rosen told re- battleground states,afactthey rine in Copenhagen har- Antitrustcases in the technol- changes areneededfor Google to that Google uses billions of dol- with the DOJ’s if theydecided porters that allegations of anti- point to as evidence of steady — havemute button bour.Policelater said the ogyindustryhave to move quickly, changeits conduct. lars collected from advertisers to to file. conservative bias are“atotally and overlooked —enthusiasm Washington: The final debate operationtookplacejusta he said. Otherwise “wecould lose The Justice Departmentisn’t payphone manufacturers to en- President Donald Trump’s ad- separateset of concerns” from forTrump’s re-election. between President Donald kmfromprison.REUTERS the next waveofinnovation.” seeking specific changes in sureGoogle is the default search ministration has long had Google the issue of competition. AP Even though Trumptrails in Trumpand Democratic rival national polls and struggles with Joe Biden will featureamute fundraising with just weeksbe- button to alloweachcandi- fore Election Day, Republicans see datetospeakuninterrupted, AFRICA Khashoggi’s fiancee sues MBS in US court their progress signing up voters organisers said on Monday, Armedmenfree in Florida, Pennsylvania, Arizona looking to avoidthe disrup- isation that Khashoggi founded Oct. 2, 2018 afterentering the and other states as ararebright tions that marredthe first 900prisoners ASHRAFKHALIL shortlybeforehis death. It Saudi consulateinIstanbul, seek- spot. Democratsappear to have matchup. The Trumpcam- fromCongojail WASHINGTON,OCTOBER20 names Prince Mohammedand ing documents that would allow been setbackbytheir decision to paign voicedobjections to the ahostofSaudi Ministryof himto marryCengiz,aTurkishna- curb in-person voter registration change—made afterhere- ARMED MEN freedatleast THE FAMILYofslain Saudi jour- Interior officials, accusing them tional who waswaiting outside drivesduringmuchofthe pan- peatedly talked over Biden at 900prisoners from ajail in nalistJamal Khashoggi has filed of a“brutaland brazencrime” the building. He neveremerged. demic. And in something of are- lastmonth’s debate in viola- Beni, eastDemocratic afederal lawsuit accusing Saudi that wasthe result of “weeksof Turkish officials allege versal,Republicans arecrowing tion of agreed-upon rules — RepublicofCongo, in aco- MaryamNawaz in Karachi CrownPrince Mohammedbin Mohammedbin Salman(left) planning” and premeditation. Khashoggi waskilledand then about their success bringing in but said the President would ordinatedattackinthe on Monday. AP Salman of personallyordering has been accusedofordering “Jamal believedanything was dismembered withabone saw newvoters who could ramp up still take partinthe Thursday early hours of Tuesday,the Khashoggi’sbrutal execution in Khashoggi’s killing possibleinAmericaandIplacemy inside the consulate.His body turnout and deliverthe White night event. REUTERS town’s mayorsaid, blam- order to silencethe high-profile trustinthe American civil justice has notbeen found. Turkey ap- House to their candidate. ing an Islamistmilitant Maryam Nawaz government critic. systemto obtainameasureofjus- parentlyhad the consulate “The best thing forvoter reg- groupoperating in the The lawsuit wasfiled Hatice Cengiz and Democracy tice and accountability,” Cengiz bugged and shared audio of the istration is enthusiasm foracan- Pennsylvania, whichTrumpwon area. Only100out of more booked for TuesdayinWashington, DC, on forthe Arab WorldNow or said in astatement Tuesday. killing with the CIA,among didateand the infrastructure,” with44,000votesin2016,theGOP than1,000 inmates re- behalf of Khashoggi’s fiancee DAWN,the human rights organ- Khashoggi disappeared on others. AP said NickTrainor,astrategistfor added 103,171morevoters since mainedfollowing the si- holding anti-govt Trump’s re-election campaign. Novthan Democratsdid. Even in multaneous assault on the In Florida,Republicans netted Arizona, whereDemocrats have Kangbayi prison and rally in Pakistan Heathrow Airport 146,644voters over Democrats steadilybeenchippingaway atthe on the militarycamp UK set to infect healthy volunteers since March,leaving Democrats GOP’s advantage, Republicans defendingit, said begins rapid Covid with their smallestoverall ever added 30,000 morevoters than Modeste Bakwanamaha. MZULQERNAIN lead in party registrations. In Democratssince mid-August. “Unfortunately, the attack- LAHORE,OCTOBER20 to speed up vaccine development tests for those ers,who came in large flying out of UK numbers,managedto FORMER PRIME ministerNawaz China tells US to stop meddling break the door with elec- Sharif’sdaughter andOpposition DANICAKIRKA trical equipment,” PakistanMuslim League-Nawaz’s LONDON,OCTOBER20 ADITIKHANNA Bakwanamaha said.“We vice-president MaryamNawaz LONDON,OCTOBER20 after exiledTibet leader’s visit believe that it wasthe ADF wasonTuesday bookedalong UK RESEARCHERS arepreparing who did this.” REUTERS with over 2,000 party members to infect healthyyoung volun- HEATHROW AIRPORTinREUTERS forholding an anti-government teers with the virus that causes London, one of the world’s BEIJING,OCTOBER20 USA rallyinLahorewhereshe called Covid-19, becoming the firstto largest aviation hubs, on Tuesday GhislaineMaxwell Prime MinisterImran Khan a announce plans to use thecon- launchednew pre-departure CHINA’S FOREIGN ministrysaid “coward,selected and puppet” troversial technique to studythe rapidCovid-19testing facilities theUnitedStatesshouldimmedi- losesbidtokeep who hides behind the Army. disease and potentiallyspeedup fortravellers flying out of the UK. atelystopinterferinginitsinternal testimonysecret The rallybythe 11-member developmentofavaccine that The private test costs 80 affairs,aftertheleaderof thehead oppositionalliance Pakistan could help end the pandemic. poundsand aims to provide de- of theTibetangovernment-in-ex- AUSappeals courton Democratic Movement (PDM) This type of research,known Socialdistancing instructions on aroad in Cardiff, Wales. parting passengers with their re- ile metaUS StateDepartment of- LobsangSangay,Prime Monday dealtGhislaine washeld hereonOctober 16 as ahuman challengestudy,is Severalparts of the UK,including Wales, has brought in new sultsinaround 60 minutes. ficialinWashington. Ministerofthe Tibetan Maxwell ablowbyrefus- before the Gujranwala public usedinfrequentlybecause some strict restrictions afterasurge in Covid-19cases. The airportsaid itsnew test- Lobsang Sangay,the presi- government-in-exile. Reuters ingtoblockthe release of meeting. consider the risk involvedinin- on-departureprocessisaimedat dent of the TibetanCentral adeposition she gave Maryamhad openlycalled fectingotherwise healthyindi- helpingpassengersleavingtheUK Administration (CTA), metthe concerning her relation- Prime MinisterKhan a“coward, viduals to be unethical. But re- ies areenormouslyinformative acompanythat has experience to meetrequirementsofgovern- newUSspecial coordinatoron areattheir lowest point in ship with the latefinan- selected and puppet” in the rally, searchers racing to combat about adisease, even one so well conductingchallengestudies.The mentsworldwidealongsidereas- Tibetlastweek.Sangay saidit decades over arange of issues, cier and registeredsex saying he hid behind the Army Covid-19say that risk is war- studiedasCovid-19.” government plans to invest 33.6 suring travellers that everyone wasthe firsttimethat the head including trade, Taiwan, human offender Jeffrey Epstein. to coveruphis ‘Nalaaiki’ (bad ranted because suchstudies Human challengestudies millionpounds($43.4million) in who has boardedtheirplane will of the CTAhad been receivedat rights,the South China Sea and The 2nd US Circuit Court governance). have the potential to quickly have been previously usedtode- the research. have only been allowedtodoso the StateDepartment. the coronavirus. of Appeals in Manhattan She dared the“selected” identify the mosteffectivevac- velopvaccinesfordiseasesinclud- Governmentsaround the by showing anegative test result. “China will take all necessary Describing Sangay as an anti- said therewas apre- Prime Ministertoarresther as cines and help control adisease ing typhoid, cholera andmalaria. worldare funding effortstode- “Manycountries arealready measures to protect itsinter- China separatist, Zhao said the sumption the public had she is notafraid of going to jail. that haskilledmorethan1.1 mil- Imperial College London said velopavaccineinhopesof ending using testing to keep borders safe ests,” foreign ministry United States should cease any aright to see Maxwell’s The PakistanArmy, which lion people worldwide. Tuesday that the study,involving the pandemic that has pum- while restarting trade and travel. spokesman Zhao Lijian said dur- official contact with him. 418-pagedeposition, has ruledthe countryfor more “Deliberatelyinfecting vol- volunteers aged 18 to 30,would melledthe international econ- These facilities will makeiteasier ing adailynews conference in The meeting “sent aseriously whichwas takeninApril than half of its70plus years of unteers with aknown human beconductedinpartnershipwith omy, shuttingbusinessesandput- forpassengers going to those Beijing on Tuesday. wrong signal to Tibetaninde- 2016 foranow-settled existence, has hitherto wielded pathogen is neverundertaken thegovernment’sDepartmentfor ting millions of peopleout of countriesto getatestandhave the China’s irritationwith the pendence forces,” he said. civildefamationlawsuit considerable powerinthe lightly,"said Professor Peter Business, Energyand Industrial work.Forty-sixpotentialvaccines potential to provide aservice for United States over Tibetcomes “The US should immediately againsther. REUTERS matters of security and foreign Openshaw, co-investigator on Strategy,the RoyalFreeLondon arealreadyinhumantesting,with arriving passengers,” said airport at atime when relations be- stop using the Tibetissue to in- policy. PTI the study.“However, suchstud- NHSFoundationTrustandhVIVO, 11 of them in late-stage trials. AP CEO John Holland-Kaye. PTI tween the twoworld powers terfereinChina’sinternal affairs.”

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ting names of work tools. ployees in the twocountries re- Pompeo,whowastheCIAdirector notopen an investigation into 48 at the time, sufferedsevere ANASWANSON,EDWARD What beganasstrange portedhearing strangesounds, during the Cuba events,told law- what happenedinChina. vertigoinhis hotelroomin WONG&JULIANEBARNES sounds andsymptoms among followedbyheadaches,dizziness, makersthatthemedicaldetailsof The administration has said Moscowand later developedde- WASHINGTON,OCTOBER20 morethan adozen US officials blurredvision and memoryloss. one US official who had fallen ill little about the eventsinChina bilitating migraine headaches and their familymembers in But the government’s treat- in China were “verysimilar and and playeddownthe idea that a that forced him to retire. THE STRANGE sound came at China in 2018 has turned intoa ment of the episodeshas been entirelyconsistent”withthesyn- hostilepowercould be respon- The cases involving CIA offi- night:acracklikeamarble strik- diplomatic mysteryspanning radicallydifferent. The State drome in Cuba. The administra- sible. But similar episodes have cers, none of whichhavebeen ing the floor of the apartment multiple countries and involving Department, whichoversawthe tionevacuatedmorethanadozen been reported by senior CIA of- publiclyreported, areadding to above them. speculation about secret high- cases, has producedinconsistent federal employees and some of ficers who visited theagency’s suspicions that Russia carried Mark Lenzi and his wifehad tech weaponsandforeignattacks. assessmentsofpatientsand their familymembers. stations overseas, according to out the attacksworldwide. Some lightheadedness, sleep issues One of the biggestquestions events, ignored outside medical The StateDepartment soon three current and former offi- senior Russia analysts in theCIA, and headaches, and their chil- centers on whether Trumpad- diagnoses and withheld basic in- retreated,labelling what hap- cials and others familiar with officials at the StateDepartment dren were waking up with ministration officials believe that formation from Congress, a New penedinChina as “health inci- the events. and outside scientists,aswell as bloodynoses —symptoms they Lenzi and other diplomatsin York Times investigationfound. The US withdrew moststaff from itsHavana embassy. Reuters dents.” While the officers in Thatincludes Moscow, severalofthe victims, see Russia thought might be from the smog Chinaexperiencedthesamemys- In Cuba, the Trumpadminis- Cuba were placedonadminis- whereMarcPolymeropoulos, a as the mostlikelyculprit given in Guangzhou, China, where terious afflictionasdozensof trationwithdrew mostofits staff trative leavefor rehabilitation, CIA officer who helped run clan- itshistory with weapons that Lenzi worked forthe State diplomatsand spies at theUS members from the embassy and Donald Trumpexpelled15 deniedany involvement. those in China initiallyhad to use destine operations in Russia and cause braininjuries and itsinter- Department.But air pollution EmbassyinCuba in 2016 and issuedatravel warning, saying Cuban diplomatsfrom The administration took a sickdays andunpaid leave,some Europe, experiencedwhat he be- estinfracturing Washington’s could notexplain his sudden 2017,whichcame to beknown as US diplomatshad experienced Washington and startedanin- softerapproachwith China. In officers and their lawyers say. lieveswas an attackinDecember relations with Beijing and memory loss, including forget- HavanaSyndrome.Americanem- “targetedattacks.” President dependent review,thoughCuba May2018,SecretaryofState Mike And the StateDepartment did 2017.Polymeropoulos,who was Havana. NYT WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 16 CALENDAR THEINDIANEXPRESS,WEDNESDAY,OCTOBER21,2020

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areaskedto borrowtherest of the jected theCentre’s proposal. CHANGEINMFEQUITYALLOCATIONACROSSSECTORSDURINGPANDEMIC AANCHALMAGAZINE GST portal developsglitches compensation deficit beyond Rs In asharp retraction of itsear- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER20 1.1lakhcrore,then the interestli- lierposition,theFinanceMinistry FEBRUARY SEPTEMBER Mumbai:The GSTportal de- the glitches,following which abilitywouldfallonstates,instead had on Thursdaysaid the Centre THECENTRE’Sconciliatorymeas- velopedtechnical glitches on GSTN’s officialhandle, it should getincludedwithin the would borrowfromthe market AUM %OFTOTAL AUM %OFTOTAL CHANGE IN uretoborrowtomeetthe com- Tuesday, the lastday forfiling Infosys_GSTN,respondedby proposedborrowingmechanism. andthenactasanintermediaryto (`CRORE) EQUITYAUM (`CRORE) EQUITYAUM %ALLOCATION pensationdeficitundertheGoods GSTR-3B summaryreturns statingthat theyhavere- “Restofthe compensation arrangeback-to-backloansto pay TOPLOSERS andServicesTax(GST)regimehas forSeptember.Thisalso ceivedintermittent com- deficit amount beyond Rs 1.10 theGSTcompensationshortfallof Banks2,87,876.24 24.38 2,09,069.4317.91 -6.47 still notfound complete favour comes ahead of the October plaintsofslowness and time- lakhcrorewillgetpaideventually Rs 1.1lakh croretostate govern- Finance 1,21,553.9810.29 1,06,760.26 9.15 -1.14 withstates, withanew front get- 31 deadline forthe annual out of services andthat fromthecompensationcesspool. ments.Thisarrangementwillnot Construction 38,945.92 3.3025,574.54 2.19 -1.11 tingopenedupwheretheyare in- GSTreturn for2018-19. Infosysteam wasconstantly If theysay the Centrewillbetak- reflect in the fiscal deficit of the sisting on further clarifications Manytaxpayers took to working to ensure “betterre- ing the loan anditwill be so ad- Centre andwill appear as capital TOPGAINERS andano-stringsattachedborrow- Twitter to complain about turn filing experience”. ENS justed, then we have no problem receipts forstate governments. Software90,528.197.671,37,205.0711.76 4.09 ing mechanism. atall.Butif theysay thestateswill The total GSTrevenue short- Pharmaceuticals 62,055.125.25 93,318.358.002.75 States suchasPunjab, be givenpermissiontotakethe fall forthe current fiscal wasesti- Chhattisgarhand Kerala have cess afterJune 2022 willbede- states be lefttobeg forcompen- loan, but the states will then have mated to be Rs 3lakh crore, of Petroleum Products60,714.69 5.14 89,596.077.682.54 asked fordelinkingoftheir com- frayed between repayment of sation and unabletoseek legal to payinterest. Back-to-backloan whichcompensation cess collec- Total11,81,011.65 10011,67,036.33100 0 pensation sharewith the condi- principal borrowedbyCentre remedy”. is the correct procedure, it pro- tion wasestimated to be Rs Source: Sebi tions such as payment of interest (andpassedoverto states)andthe He also asked fordelinkingof videsforpaymentofprincipaland 65,000 crore, leaving acompen- andprincipal before clearing the arrears forwhichborrowings the additional 0.5 per cent bor- interestfromthe cess account. sationdeficitof Rs2.35lakhcrore. arrears along with asking to in- have to be made by states. rowing space (providedtothose Balance amountshould alsobe Of this Rs 2.35lakh crore, Rs 1.1 main concern during the pan- clude the balance compensation “Ideally, cess should be first states whichopt forOption 1) to brought underthis mechanism,” lakh croreshortfall has been esti- SANDEEPSINGH ED Concerns demic, pharmaceuticals, as asec- deficit amount beyond the pro- usedtopay arrears and then in- allowittoallstatesirrespective of he said, addingthatestimates for mated on account of GSTimple- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER20 and tor, has done well. posedborrowing of Rs 1.10 lakh terest andlastofallprincipal,”the them choosing either option. the compensation deficit forthis mentation, while the rest of the PLAIN E The dip in shareofbanksis ● opportunity crorealso underthe ambitofthe letter stated. Chhattisgarhisalso planning fiscalshouldnow be made on ac- amount is being estimated as the WITH RISINGconcerns over the EX also because of the relatively back-to-backloan mechanism. Singh said the suggestions of to respondtothelettersentby the tual revenues rather than ad-hoc impactof theCovid-19pandemic. impact of Covid-19pandemic on weaker recovery of banking Punjab Chief Minister states suchaspayment of full Centrelastweek,proposinginclu- estimates. InAugust,theCentregavetwo assetquality of banksfollowing FEARS OVER rising NPAs at stocks over the lastfivemonths. Amarinder Singh is learntto have compensation and disputereso- sionof thebalancecompensation Kerala had lastweek stated optionsto thestates—eitherbor- the end of the moratoriumpe- theend of the moratorium While the benchmarkSensex written alettertoUnion Finance lution mechanism were ignored deficit amount under the same that the whole compensation rowRs97,000crorefromaspecial riod, the banking sector has seen forced fund managers to at BSE wasdownonly0.6 per cent MinisterNirmala Sitharaman andthemannerof implementing back-to-backloan arrangement. deficit should be borrowed this windowfacilitated by the RBI or asharp reduction in assetalloca- gloss over bankstocksover in September overits February stating that thereisnoclarityon the eventual solution has “left an ChhattisgarhCommercialTaxes yearandnoamountshouldbede- borrowRs2.35lakh crorefrom tion by mutual fundsover thelast thelastfivemonths. But closing of 38,297, the banking in- the ratio in whichcompensation impression that going forward MinisterTSSinghDeosaidif states ferred,while Jharkhand had re- the market. sevenmonths. with the banking index dexatBSE wastrailing its While the banking sector’s trailing in the recovery Februaryclosingby 27 per centin shareinequity Assets Under phase, experts see fresh September. Management (AUM)ofMFs de- opportunity forinvestors. By comparison,whilethe IT Jio conducts5Gtrial on virtual clinedfrom24.4per cent in indexatBSE wasup33per cent ‘InvITstoacquireinfraassets Februaryto17.9per cent in at the end of September over September,sectors suchasIT, February closing, the healthcare of over `4 lakh cr in 5years’ radio network withQualcomm pharmaceuticals and petro- abig gainer as it sawits sharein indexwas upby 47 percent. Even leum have seen an increase in equityallocationrisingfrom5.25 Auto andFMCGindices were up InfrastructureInvestment Trusts (InvITs) arelikely to acquire launchedinayear once spec- theirshare. per cent to 8per cent. 14.8 per cent and 0.8 per cent in infrastructureassets worthover`4lakh croreinthe next five ENSECONOMICBUREAU COMPATIBLEWITH trum is made available. Securities and Exchange Even the petroleum products September over their February years as themarketmatures, rating agency Icrasaid NEWDELHI,OCTOBER20 Qualcommhas said that this BoardofIndia (SEBI) datashows as asector sawarise in equity al- closing. SNAPDRAGON networkwill be compatible with thatthe equity AUMofmutual location from 5.14 per cent in Giventhat banking sector is a WhatisanInvIT:An TAKINGAstep forwardinits itsSnapdragon seriesofmobile funds in September reachedRs Februaryto7.68per cent in marketlaggard, some experts see investmentvehiclelikeamutual plans to build indigenous 5G ■ Reliance Jio and processors. 11.67lakhcrore, marginallydown September. an opportunity. fund,whichenablesdirect networkequipment, Reliance Jio Qualcomm have JioPlatforms, the digital serv- from 11.81lakh croreseen in “Covid is notsettledyet and TheCEOofalarge fund house investmentofsmallamountsof announcedthe resultsofatrial developedanopen and ices unit of Reliance Industries February2020. the vaccine is stillnotinsightand said that while thereare concerns moneyfromindividualor conducted on avirtual radio ac- interoperable interface (RIL), has designedand devel- However, equityfund alloca- in suchascenario the fund man- around rise in non-performing institutionalinvestorsin cess networkthat the company compliant architecture opedacomplete 5G solution tion in banksinSeptember stood agers arewaryabout howthe assets over the next fewmonths, infrastructureprojectstoearna developedwith US-basedchip- that can be deployed from scratchand giventhe all-IP at itslowestoverthe lastseven post-moratorium scenario may smart investors arenow taking a `1.5 lakh crore: Amountthat portionoftheincomeasreturn maker Qualcomm Technologies. and launchedinayear natureofthe network, Jio can months at 17.91per cent or Rs impactbanks’assets.Thereare position in banking stocks.“If you could come from the unit “Qualcomm Technologies once spectrum is upgrade its4Gnetwork to 5G. 2,09,069 crore. The value of allo- concernsthattheremay bedelin- pickagood bank whichhas good capital raised from investors, `27,600 crore: and Jio also announcedthat they made available This wasalso announcedat cation in banksinFebruarystood quencies even in the retail books quality assets,itwill generate from within the Rs 4lakh Amount raised by six InvITs achievedovera1Gbps mile- RIL’s annual general meeting at Rs 2,87,876crore. going forward,” said CJ George, strong return over the next two crore likely to be raised over from investors so far, with a stone on the Jio 5GNR solution, ■ Qualcomm has said earlier this year. Besides the banking sector, MD, Geojit Financial Services. to three years,” he said. next five years seventh entity in advanced leveraging the Qualcomm5G that this networkwill Qualcomm’s investment arm even the finance segment sawits “Also, since IT as asector has On Monday, bank stocks wit- Source: Icra/PTI stage of raising `25,200 crore RAN Platforms. This achieve- be compatible withits had acquired a0.15per cent shareofMFequity allocation de- been doing quitewell globally, it nessedasharp jumpwith the ment notonlysupports Jio’s 5G Snapdragon series of holding in Jio Platforms for cline from 10.29 per cent to 9.15 has been one of the beneficiaries banking indexrising by 3.3 per Why is it important: For long-term investors with investments credentialsbut also signifies the mobile processors Rs 730crore. per cent in the same period. of allocation by mutual funds,” cent. While ICICI Bank jumped5.3 in Indian infrastructure assets or plans of the same, the InvIT entryofJio and India intothe Currently, India’s 5G journey By contrast, in the same pe- said George. per cent, SBI and Axis Bank rose would form apreferred route, Icra said, addingthat stable Gigabit 5G NR product portfo- is pending auction of airwaves riod, the shareofequityallocation With health emerging as a 4.2 per cent and 4.4 per cent. regulations and ataxation regime, and aconducive macro lio,” both the companies said in a opedanopen and interoperable on whichtelecom companies from the IT sector jumpedfrom environment will be required to supportinvestors’appetite press statement. interface compliant architecture will deploythe latestmobile te- 7.67 percentinFebruaryto11.76 The companies have devel- that can be deployedand lephonytechnology. per cent. Pharma, too, has been POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION &RESEARCH, CHANDIGARH NEW NORMS FOR NETWORKTESTINGBEFORE COMMERCIAL LAUNCH EOI No.: PGI/Engg./Bio/2020/01Dated:20.10.2020 BRIEFLY INVITATION FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) OFFICE OF THE ADDITIONAL CHIEF ENGINEER (PROJECT) Postgraduate Institute of MedicalEducation and Research, Chandigarh is an Instituteof Nationalimportance (INI)establishedbythe Act of Parliament. Institute envisages ain- WTOmembers PHED BHARATPUR house facility fortreatment of ‘Solid Waste with technologies complying with all applicable DoT extends maximum laws and regulations and as per latest guidelines issued by Chandigarh Administration’ at E-mail:- [email protected]) PGIMER, ChandigarhHospital Engineer (Biomedical),PGIMER, Chandigarh on behalf of toweighIPplan Notice inviting BID NIT No 01/20-21 Director, PGIMER, invites (EOI) from the Specialized Agencies/ Organizations/NGOs deal- ing in similar works. 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Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) official said, basedon acomplaint filedwith the ‘Initial days ACBinKota.TheUIDAIsaidit HUL Q2 net profit rises has suspendedthe accused, of Covid saw PankajGoyal,withimmedi- 9%; operations, services ateeffect, pending inquiry. back to pre-Covid levels 121% rise in FDIup16%in online frauds’ April-August idend of Rs 14 per share. ENSECONOMICBUREAU “In the contextofachalleng- NewDelhi: Foreigndirectin- MUMBAI,OCTOBER20 ing economic environment,our ENSECONOMICBUREAU vestment (FDI)has risen by growthhasbeencompetitive and MUMBAI,OCTOBER20 16 per centyear-on-yearto FMCGMAJORHindustanUnilever profitable. We continue to $27.1billion in April-August onTuesdaypostedaninepercent demonstrate execution prowess, TRANSUNION CIBIL on Tuesday this year,against$23.35bil- increaseinitsnet profitatRs2,009 agility,adaptability, resilience,and said suspected online fraudfrom lion in the year-agoperiod, crorefor the quarterended passion of our people.Wehave Indiaagainstbusinessesincreased theCommerceandIndustry September(Q2)of 2020asagainst expandedourportfoliowithcon- 121per cent from right before the MinistrysaidTuesday. PTI anet profitof Rs1,848crore inthe sumer relevant innovations and pandemic(January1to March10) sameperiodof lastyear.Thecom- have investedstrongly behindour to the beginning of the pandemic panyindicatedthat “the worstis brands. Our operations and serv- (March11 to May18).Whilelogis- Microsoftties behind us and we arecautiously ice levels arenow backtopre- ticssectorreported81percentrise upwithSpaceX optimistic on demandrecovery”. COVID levels and we have accel- in frauds, financialservices ac- HUL chairman and MD Sanjiv erated thepaceofdigitizing our counted for72per cent. Bengaluru: MicrosoftCorp Mehtasaid operations and serv- operationsunderthe‘Re-imagine However, asbusinessesbegan saidTuesdayitispartnering ice levels arenow backtopre- HUL’ agenda,” Mehtasaid. reopening(May19toJuly25), withElonMusk-ledSpaceX Covid levels. Totalincome in- “The economic outlook has TransUnion’s findings revealeda and others as it expands its creased15.56percentto Rs11,593 improvedgiventhevariousinitia- 29 per cent decrease in suspected cloud-computing platform croreasagainstRs10,032 crorea tivestaken by the government digital fraudattemptsfromIndia intospace. REUTERS year ago. The boardofthe com- and ReserveBank of India,”he againstbusinesses when com- panyhasdeclaredaninterimdiv- added. pared to phase one. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 18 SPORT THEINDIANEXPRESS,WEDNESDAY,OCTOBER21,2020 BRIEFLY Kohli to travel with jumbo Zimbabwecoach Kingscontinuelateresurgence LalchandRajputskips squad to Australia as selectors Pakistantour Third straight win – this one against Capitals – revives Punjab’s playoff hopes play safeduring pandemic Karachi: Zimbabwe cricket coachLalchand Rajput has nottravelledwith the team fora SYNOPSIS tourof PakistanaftertheIndianembassyin Majestic Pooran out-dares daring Hararerequested his exemption from the Dhawan. DEVENDRAPANDEY limited-overs series. Astatement from MUMBAI,OCTOBER20 Zimbabwe CricketsaidthatRajputwon'tbe apartofthetourfollowingtherequestfrom THIRTY-TWO cricketers, including India 'A' theIndianembassy.Inhisabsence,bowling SANDIP G players, will flytoAustralia from Dubai af- coachDouglasHondowouldtakechargeof OCTOBER20 terthe IPLwhenVirat Kolhi leadsthe team theteamduringthetour.“@Lalchandrajput7 forits firstinternational assignmentdur- will miss the @TheRealPCB tour afterthe STITCHINGTHEIRthirdvictoryonthe ing the pandemic. Embassy of India in Hararewroteto bounce —beating table-toppers Delhi The selectors arebeing practical by @ZimCricketv asking that he be exempted Capitals by five wickets —Kings XI Punjab picking the largest-evercontingent as it from visiting Pakistan. The Embassy of continuedtheir resurgence in the IPL. would be risky to flyininjury replacements PakistaninHararehad issuedavisa to From rock bottom afortnight ago, they in the middle of the tour as players will be If aplayer gets injured, there Rajput,”the ZC tweeted. leapttothe fifthspot. Nicholas Pooran’s in abio-bubble afterthe firstfortnight of shouldn't be asituationwhere we 28-ball 53 wasatreatise on counter-as- quarantine. Thetwo-monthtour will com- have to call for aplayer from India. SrikkanthslamsDhoni, sault andaglimpse of his sparkling future. prise three T20 Internationals, three ODIs In normal times we could send a and four Test matches and the teams for player from India as areplacement askswhat‘spark’didhe Majestic Pooran the three formatswill be picked at one go. Pooran hung his head apologeticallyaf- Travelling with abig squad will also en- but during these times, with seeinKedar teramix-up with Mayank Agarwalended sureenough players on tour forpractice quarantine rules in place, we don't in the latter’s run-out. But by the end of games between Indian players before the want to be in asituation where we Chennai: Kris Srikkanth, the former India the night,hewas flashingawidesmile. He Test matches, whichare scheduledfor mid- are short of players.” captain and selection committee chief, has had justdeliveredafabulous victoryfor December. slammedMahendraSinghDhoni’s“ridicu- Kings XI Punjab, and brightenedtheir The total number is settocross 50 as the BCCI OFFICIAL lous”callsforChennaiSuperKingsintheon- knockout prospects. supportstaff and selectors will also travel. goingIPLandaskedwhat“spark”didhesee Agarwal’s departurehad withered Nicholas Pooran’s 28-ball 53 wasthe cornerstone of Punjab’s chase. BCCI However, theBoardofControl for selectors retain enough reserves, who will in the under-performing Kedar Jadhav. their hopes, having already lostKLRahul CricketinIndia (BCCI)won't be allowing stay backinAustralia. Srikkanth wasreferring to Dhoni’s remark and Chris Gaylefor 56 runs. But rather than families to travel forthe tour.For the IPL, The BCCI is expecting CA to release the thatthe youngsters in the Chennai Super getting coweddown, Pooran channelled the BCCI leftittothe teams to take adeci- dates of the matches later this week. Kingssquaddidnotshowthesparkneeded thefrustration into abrutalinnings that POINTSTABLE daunting chase againstCSK -furnished sion on wivesbeing allowedtotraveltothe What Cricket Australia has confirmed to challengethe seniors and break intothe announcedthe emergence of agenuine Team Matches Won Lost NR Points Delhi Capitals acompetitive total to defend. UAE. is thatthe firstTestmatch will be aday- playing XI. “I will neveracceptwhat Dhoni batting hero. DC 10 73014 The next highestindividual scorewas 14. The tour is scheduledtobegin with the night affair in Adelaide. issayingaboutthisprocess,”Srikkanthtold Thereisastriking simplicity about his MI 9630 12 The sweep and slog-sweep were his T20 Internationals in the thirdweek of “CricketAustralia has sent us an itiner- ‘StarSports Tamil. batting,aminimalism of technique RCB 9630 12 staple strokes. All three of his sixes were November,but CricketAustralia has notyet ary. We will playthree T20Is, three ODIs stampedwith Caribbean flamboyance. slog-sweptwhile the conventional sweep finalisedthe itinerary. TheIPL final will be and four Teststhere. The firstTestwill be a KKR 9540 10 Graceful on the off-side and powerful on fetchedhim as manyboundaries. Anything held in Dubai on November 10.The senior day-night game in Adelaide.The dates DelhiHCallowsAnwar the leg, the balance of hisslender frame is KXIP 10 4608 fractionallyfull, he would go down on one selection committee, whichcould meetin haven’t been finalisedyet,” BCCI president AlitoplayuntilAIFF’s impeccable.Asishis ruthlessness. RR 10 4608 knee to find cowcorner.The left-hander coming days,has been informallyinformed Sourav Gangulyhad told The Indian Express He has twinkling feet too, as he glides SRH 9360 6 would stand outside leg-stumpsohecould by the BCCI to pickalarge squad forthe en- earlier this week afterthe BCCI’s Apex finaldecision deep intothe crease when pulling the ball, CSK 10 3706 swing his bat and shoulders freely. The tireAustralia tour. Council meeting on Saturday.The BCCI has and stridesout to driveoff-spinners bowlers would pull the length back,and "They(selection committee) have been also asked CricketAustralia forchangesin NewDelhi:TheDelhiHighCourtonTuesday through cover. And the masterly Dhawanwould feed on his cut shot. So told to pickaslarge asquad as theywant. the14-day quarantine policy forIndian allowedIndia U-17World Cup footballer Ravichandran Ashwin of all. He had just Patelovermidwicket,wherein he made a raffish washethat he employedacute We want back-up players ready and in players. The BCCI wantsIndian playersto AnwarAli, who has acongenital heartcon- seen Ashwin burstthroughGayle’sde- casual backwardstride and just bludg- paddle when Glenn Maxwell strayed on Australia right through the tour.Ifaplayer undergo quarantinefor sevendays,after dition, tocarryonplayinguntilthenational fence, but that did notdeter him from eonedhim over the ropes. The end was the leg-side. gets injured,thereshouldn't be asituation whichtheybeallowedtouse trainingfa- federation arrivesatafinal decision. The cover-driving the firstball he faced. anti-climactic, edging when leaving alifter Remarkable wasDhawan’s assault on wherewehavetocall foraplayerfrom cilities, while being in abio-securebubble courtoverruledthe All India Football Then to showcase his leg-side, short- from Kagiso Rabada, butbythen he had spinners —against the trio of Ravi Bishnoi, India. In normal times we could send a facility. Federation(AIFF)MedicalCommittee'srec- ball mastery,Pooran struck three massive decided the destinyofthe match. Murugan Ashwin and Maxwell, he playerfromIndia as areplacementbut dur- The boardisalso planning to arrangea ommendationtobar him from playing sixes, one eachofTushar Deshpande, smacked61off 32 deliveries. But his effort ing these times, with quarantine rulesin fewpractice games forCheteshwar Pujara competitive football. Ali's counsel Amitabh Marcus Stoinis and Axar Patel. Daring Dhawan wasstillinadequate place, we don't want to be in asituation and Hanuma Vihari in Dubai, twoTest TewaritoldPTIthatHCruledinfavourof the He rode luck—Pant fluffedarun-out In his first167 IPL games, Shikhar BRIEF SCORES: KingsXIPunjab 167/5 where we areshortofplayers," aBCCIoffi- matchspecialists who arenot partofthe footballerwhohadchallengedtheAIFF'sdi- and an insideedge, while severaledges fell Dhawanhad neverscored ahundred.Not (Nicholas Pooran 53, Glenn Maxwell 32; cial stated. IPL. rectivetoMohammedanSportingnottoal- shortoreludedthe fielders —but in be- that it ever weighedonhis mind, but in the Kagiso Rabada 2/27) beat Delhi Capitals It is learnt that players who arenot ABCCI official also said that chances are lowhim train with the club. AGENCIES tweenthe left-hander playedsome splen- next two, he has shotdownthe landmark 164/5 (ShikharDhawan106*, Shreyas Iyer likelytoplaythe Test series willbesent that the Indian team will have ashortcamp did strokes. None better that the six off twice. The latest-the firstarchitected a 14;MohammedShami 2/28) by 5wickets. home afterwhite-ball cricketisover, once in Dubai before flying to Australia. Wavelights, action, records Training in UK is Sindhu’s decision: FatherRamana Newpacing aid could be helping athletesgofaster; pioneer from 70ssays‘theystill have to run’ SHIVANINAIK MUMBAI,OCTOBER 20

WORLD CHAMPIONPVSindhu's father Ramana said it was'herdecision' to head to Leicesterinthe United Kingdom for8weeks to getadiet-nutritionassessmentdoneatthe Gatorade SportsScience Institute. "She decidedthis wasthe best time to go there,"Sindhu'smanagement agency CEO TuhinMishraofBaselineVenturessaid,adding "because therewerenocompetitions sched- uled." "She said shewanted to go," coach Pullela Gopichand informed, adding,"there's still lotoftime fortournaments. She said she's goingtobebackbyNovember." Travelling forher sportalone forthe first timewithouteitherofherparentsaccompany- ing herinseven-oddyearsand with none of the Indian supportstaff to aid her,PVSindhu will be camped in UK foranother 6weeks. Mostinternational shuttlerstravelindepend- ently, butbothSainaNehwalandSindhuhave been accompaniedbyparentsall these years Dutch athlete Jos Hermensusedpolice beaconlights whenhebroke theone-hour recordin1976; Athletescompete as Wavelight is in operation. SPORTTechnologies/JosHermens fortournaments. The decision to travel and itsexact dura- tion might well be thefirstcareer-related call PV Sindhu will be campedinLeicester become an outdated practice. andfield to adoptalighting system but pre- SPORTTechnologies receiving hundredsof takenonher ownbythe WorldChampion forsix weeks. Express NIHALKOSHIE The ‘Wavelight’ technology wasusedthis viousletters writtentoformer chief of the enquiries from around the world. “The orig- shuttler,who has tendedtorelyonher father NEWDELHI,OCTOBER20 month when Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei worldbody Lamine Diackdidn’t getare- inal Wavelight product wasmorefocusedto- orcoachforalltheminutiaeof herprofessional brokethe 10,000 metres worldrecordin sponse. He had better luck withcurrent pres- wardsindividual athletes and trainers. The commitments. JOS HERMENS,aformer Dutch distancerun- Valencia afterEthiopia’sLetesenbet Gidey ident SebastianCoe, atwo-time Olympicgold Wavelight at DiamondLeagues aremorefo- Itisreliably learntthatSindhuwasintouch The decision to travel and its ner and nowathlete-agent, usedpolice bea- bettered the women’s5,000 metremarkon medallist, who wrotebacktoHermens saying cusedon the performanceofathletesand tel- withBAIpresidentHimantaBiswaSarmawho con lightstohelp him getthe pace rightwhen thesame day. In August, Cheptegeibroke the innovation wasthe needofthe hour. evision audiences.The lightsare alot more facilitated her training with the Badminton exact duration might well be the he brokethe one-hour worldrecord at the 5,000 metres worldrecordatthe Monaco “Track and field wasveryconservative.I powerful and the softwareismoreflexible England squad and remainsintouchwith her firstcareer-related call takenon Papendal trackinthe Netherlands over four Diamond League, an event in whichthe light am very thankful to Sebastian Coe, he really now,”Elfried Keers, the owner of SPORT daily.Whileanational dailysaid a"familyrift" her ownbySindhu, who has decadesago.Hermens placedlights along the system wasused. supportedthis. It wasnot in the rules, most Technologies,says. had ledtoSindhu taking offtothe UK, the track,syncedtoblink.Ifalightflashedbefore Great Britain’s Mo Farahand The officials were conservative when Ihad pro- The wavelight system can costbetween WorldNo6said in astatement:"Icame to tendedtorelyonher father or Hermens crossedit, he wasbehind the world- Netherlands’ Sifan Hassan betteredthe world poseditbefore. Iproposed it in the days of €25,000to €50,000to install at astadium, de- London afew days backtoworkonmynutri- coachfor all the minutiae of her recordtime. one-hour recordsatthe Brussels Diamond Diack. Inever got an answer.However,Seb pending on the infrastructureneededtofix tionandrecoveryneedswithGSSI.InfactIhave professional commitments. “I sawthe lightflashingalittle bit in the League in September.Wavelightswereused Coe wrote apersonal letter to me saying we them alongthe entirelength of the track. comeherewiththeconsentof my parentsand beginning and then later on Ididn’t see them in the Belgian capital as well. needinnovation in the sport, so please go Experimenting withlightsalong the track absolutelytherewerenofamilyriftsinthisre- anymore, whichmeant Iwas aheadofsched- SPORTTechnologies, the Dutchstadium- ahead with the wavelight.Now thereisalot beganwhen alocalclub inZeewolde asked gard." "WhywillIhaveproblems/issues with Justlikesome of the global names likeMessi. ule.Ibroke the record. Iusedpolice lamps, lighting companywhich pioneered of support,” Hermens says. Keers to come up with an idea to attract more my parents whohave sacrificed(in)theirlives So the institute were keen on her travelling to the ones that turn around at the topofthe car. Wavelighttechnology, turnedtoHermens trainees. “Thelocal athleticsclubaskedus the formysake. Mineisaveryclose knittedfam- UK forfurther nutritionassessmentsthat will These were thefirstwavelights,” Hermens when theywantedtoimprove upon the sys- Wavelights, heretostay question, ‘you do something with lamps and ilyand theywill alwayssupportme. Iamin help in performanceenhancements," Misra told TheIndian Express. temfirst usedatalocal athletics club three WorldAthletics has regulatedtechnology youdosomething with sports;how about we touchwith my familymembers everyday." who helpedink the deal in March 2017,said. The Dutchrunner’s out-of-the-box think- yearsago. usedinrunning shoes to preventtop athletes see if we cancombine it to attractmorepeo- "Also Idonot have anyissues with my coach "It wasonthe cards -afull diet, nutrition as- ing on race day—May 1, 1976 —was way “Athletics is notthe most popular sport, from getting an unfair advantage. Wavelights, ple’. The idea of the wavelight had nothing to Mr Gopichand or the training facilities at the sessment.Andbecausenoactive tournaments ahead of his time. It took WorldAthleticsan- so we needinnovations. Young and old peo- however, areset to stay. do with high-performance sports.Ithad to academy,"she added. were on due to Covid,she chose this time." other 45 years to officiallyallowwavelights ple needtounderstand the sport. Nowpeo- LastweekCoe likenedthese pacing lights do with attractingpeople to cometothe ath- Sindhuhoweverwaskeenonaligningthis in races,programmedusingasoftwareto ple watching aracecan see if runners are to human pace-makers who help the team letics trackfor practice,” Keerssays about the Scientific assessment withunbroken on-courttrainingand sought flash one afteranother along the inside kerb ahead of alight or not. It is morefor the leader maintain optimum speedinamiddle- firstsysteminstalledthree yearsago. It wasinMarch this year during the All BAI's helptofind atraining spotwith of atrack to indicateapre-set pace. crowds and television,” Hermens,the CEO of or long-distance race. Hermens says those at the grassrootlevel, England thatRebeccaRandellofthe Gatorade BadmintonEngland."Shetoldmeshewanted The LED lights arebeing usedasatoolto Global Sports Communication, says. “Wehavehad pacemakers foraslong as I likeyoungrunners at Zeewolde,will benefit SportsInstitute, also avisiting faculty at to go,anditwasentirelyherdecisionandIwas attract TV audienceswith mosteventsheld The 70-year-old believesitisunfair to give can remember.Wehad pacemakers in the as muchaseliteathletes. Loughboroughsports university,carriedout totally fine with it. She said she's going to be behind closed doors because of the pan- toomuchweightagetothe lighting system 1950s and 60s helping athletesbreak records, “It can also be called apacing tool, for the first"sweat assessments" on Sindhu at backinNovember and resume training as demic. However, multipleworld records when athletesbreak records. in the 40s even. And the four-minutemile was athletics clubs, schools, universities be- Birmingham. "It happenedthe dayshe lostto usual," Gopichand said. falling in aspan of twomonths, at events “The answer is very simple; theyhaveto apace-made event. So, Iwillalways embrace cause youcan put in the programme for Okuhara," Ramana informed. "This was While Sindhu has severalfriends in the wherewavelightswereswitchedon, has still run themselves, the trackisnot moving, innovation.Ithink Wavelight allows people in three to four different groups. Beforethis, plannedafter that." Badminton Englandranks includingdoubles raisedquestions if this generation of athletes youhavetodoall the hardtraining year after the stadium, peopleontelevision, to under- the coachwouldstand withthree or four While further testsand consultswere couple Chris and GabyAdcockowing to arebenefitting from the pacing aid, which year to break arecord. It needs alot of hard stand alittle bit moreaboutthe extraordinary stopwatchesonhis chestand push the plannedfor later at the eliteinstitute,with the Premier BadmintonLeague playing for wasn’tavailable to formergreats. training, without lights.Theybreak it because talent,"Coe wasquotedassaying by inside- buttons, and look at them all the time. rejigged schedule, Sindhudecidedshe would Hyderabad Hunters, she wascomfortable to Looking at the race clock, wrist watch, gi- of the talentand the hardwork,”Hermens thegames.biz. Nowthe athletesknowwhat to do and travel in October afterthe sponsorship com- train alongside the England squad. "She has antscreen or depending on acoachtoshout says. The publicity around the record-breaking coaches can fullyconcentrateonthe run- mitments that were linedup. tweetedwhat she wanted to say,”father out splittimingsduring acompetition could Foryears, he had been pushing fortrack achievementsofathleteshas resulted in ning styleofthe athletes.” "Sindhu is Gatorade's brand ambassador. Ramana said, stubbingthe controversy.

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