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We must end this uncivil war...we must reject I’mheretodaybecause of the women who came NEXT MEETING WITH FARMERS TOMORROW the cultureinwhichfacts themselves are before me. Andtothe woman most responsible manipulated and even manufactured formypresenceheretoday—mymother... Centreblinks:Letus —JOSEPH RBIDEN Jr, PRESIDENT, U.S., IN HIS INAUGURAL SPEECH —KAMALA HARRIS , VICE PRESIDENT, U.S.,BEFORETHE INAUGURATION keeplawsonholdfor18 America Afresh months,formjointpanel

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IN Asignificant initiative to end farmer protests over the new Farmer leaders aftertalksonWednesday. Prem Nath Pandey agriculturelaws, whichmoved from Punjab to the gatesofDelhi lastNovember,the Centre Wednesdayoffered to keep the First time, farmers don’t Joseph RBiden Jr.being sworn in as the 46th President of the US and Kamala Harris as Vice President, at the Capitol in Washington Wednesday. AP/PTI laws in abeyance for18months. With farmer unions refusing reject offer: Will discuss to appear before aSupreme Court-appointed committee of the Centre’s offertokeep the Biden-Harris in charge: BUSINESSASUSUAL As DC turns page on experts,the Centre, during talks RAAKHIJAGGA, laws in abeyance for18months. with the unions, offeredtoform AMILBHATNAGAR& Theyagreedtodiscuss the offer BY UNNY ajoint committee of government HARIKISHANSHARMA Thursdayand return to the talks ‘We will lead not by Trump, Delhi works and farmer representativestoad- LUDHIANA,NEWDELHI, table Friday. dressgrievances. It proposedthat JANUARY20 Kulwant Singh Sandhu, gen- example of our power the laws be kept in abeyance for eral secretaryofJamhoori Kisan on reopening chapter ayear-and-a-half or till suchtime FORTHE firsttime since they Sabha who participated in the that the proposedcommittee brought their protestagainstthe CONTINUEDONPAGE2 but power of example’ stints—responsible forliaison submitsareport. newagriculturelawsfrom SHUBHAJITROY with the US Congress from 1997 The twosides agreedtomeet Punjab to the borders of Delhi, NEWDELHI,JANUARY20 to 2000 as FirstSecretary again on Friday. Union leaders of farmer unions, while 5TH FARMER SUICIDE completing the process at 11.49 (Political); Deputy Chief of AgricultureMinisterNarendra notgiving up their demand for AT PROTEST SITE PETERBAKER, am, 11 minutes before the au- PROMISINGTO“repair our al- Mission from July2013to CONTINUEDONPAGE2 repeal of the laws,did notreject PAGE 4 MAGGIEASTOR& thority of the presidency for- liances and engagewith the January2017. THOMASKAPLAN mallychanged hands. worldonce again,” Joseph Biden, Officials said that Sandhu’s WASHINGTONDC,JANUARY20 The ritual transfer of power sworn in as the 46th President of experience during the Clinton came shortlyafter Kamala Devi the United States Wednesday, and Obama administrations will CJI objects to ‘name calling’ of panel: JOSEPH ROBINETTE Biden Jr.was Harris wassworn in as Vice THE WORLD signalledhewas turning atrou- help him navigatethe newad- sworn in as the 46th President of President by Justice Sonia bledpageonthe Trumpera. ministration, mostlystaffed by ‘How can you play with reputation?’ the United States on Wednesday, Sotomayor, her hand on aBible Forthe establishment in New Obama-Biden administration taking office at amoment of pro- that once belonged to Thurgood Delhi, along with Indian veterans. committeeandtheirreputationis found economic, health and po- Marshall, the civil rightsicon and Ambassador to the US Taranjit Biden’s incoming team is fa- ANANTHAKRISHNANG tornto shreds,Chief Justiceof India litical crises with apromise to Supreme Courtjustice. Singh Sandhu —who wasat- miliar,too, to manyhere: NEWDELHI,JANUARY20 SABobde, heading abenchalso seek unity afteratumultuous Harris’s ascension made her tending the inaugural —the task SecretaryofState Antony Chief Justice comprising Justices ASBopanna four years that tore at the fabric the highest-ranking woman in is cut out. Blinken wasBiden’s aide in the TAKINGSERIOUS objection to of India and VRamasubramanian, said as of American society. the history of the United States Sandhu’s predecessors in US Senate20years agoand then “name calling” and “branding” of SABobde he heardapetition by the Kisan With his hand on afive-inch- and the firstBlackAmerican and Washington, External Affairs Deputy SecretaryofState in members of the expertcommit- Mahapanchayat. thickBible that has been in his firstperson of South Asian de- TRUMP PARDONS ministerSJaishankar and Foreign Obama administration; NSAJake teeitconstituted to resolve the The benchissuednotice over familyfor 128years, Biden re- scent to hold the nation’s second SecretaryHarsh Vardhan Sullivanwas partofthen standoffbetween farmer unions “Howcan youplaywith peo- the Mahapanchayat’s plea that cited the 35-wordoath of office highestoffice. OVER 140 PEOPLE, Shringla, all arebanking on their SecretaryofState Hillary opposedtothe newagriculture ple'sreputationlikethis?We have the committee be reconstituted swearing to “preserve, protect “This is America’s day,”Biden INCLUDING FORMER significant experience of dealing Clinton’s team; CIA Director laws and the Centre, the serious objections to them being in view of the recusal of one of and defend the Constitution” in said as he beganhis Inaugural STRATEGIST BANNON with Washington DC’s Beltway William JBurns wasDeputy Supreme CourtWednesdayleft calledbiasedandinsayingthatthe itsmembers and the stand of the aceremonyadministeredby Address.“Thisisdemocracy’sday.” PAGE 10 politics –and itskey interlocutors. SecretaryofState in Obama it to the executive to decide the courthas an interest. Youmalign members on the laws.Farmer Chief Justice John GRoberts Jr., CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Sandhu has had twoearlier CONTINUEDONPAGE2 course of action on the proposed peopleaccordingto majorityopin- unions have refusedtoappear tractor rallybyprotesting farm- ion?... We don't understand this. before the court-appointed ers on January26. The Supreme Courtappointsa CONTINUEDONPAGE2

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Purohit, as apolice team reached dissent: on money Bill pandemic turning NPAs KRISHNKAUSHIK, from UttarPradesh foraprobein OMKARGOKHALE& connection with the Lucknow comprising apartfromJustice SAGARRAJPUT FIR filedagainstthe four. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Chandrachud, Justices AM SANDEEPSINGH& NEWDELHI,MUMBAI, The four said theyfeared ar- NEWDELHI,JANUARY20 Khanwilkar,Ashok Bhushan, 14 KILLED AS TRUCK SUNNYVERMA JANUARY20 rest,and submitted that the con- Abdul Nazeer and BRGavai. The NEWDELHI,JANUARY20 tent in question has been re- THE SUPREME Courthas dis- majority judgment said,“We LADEN WITH STONES ONTUESDAY, Tandavbecamethe movedand theydid notwant to missedpetitions seeking are- have perusedthe reviewpeti- HITS CARS AMID AFTER BEINGnudged by munic- firstweb series streaming on a UP Police in Mumbai, show’s stir anyfurther controversy. viewofits 2018 judgment up- tions as well as the grounds in FOG IN JALPAIGURI ipalities to step up loan disburse- Distressfor majorOTTplatformto edititscon- makers getpre-arrest bail WhileseveralOTTshows have holding the constitutional supportthereof. In our opinion, mentsunder the PM Street tentafterdirectinterventionfrom been accusedofoffending reli- validity of the Aadhaar Act, with no case forreviewofjudgment TMC DEMANDS Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi smallbusiness the government. Twoscenes re- gioussensibilitiesormaligningpo- Justice DYChandrachud dis- and order dated 26.09.2018 is CENTRE RELEASE (PM SVANidhi) programme, garding whichcomplaintshad night. Since then, severalother litical personalities earlier as well, senting saying the Courtshould made out. We hastentoadd that DEFENCE MINISTRY’S banksare writing backtoreport THE DEFAULT shows been made and were mentioned FIRs have been filedagainst thecomplainantshadeithergone wait till alargerBenchdecides changeinthe laworsubsequent UNPUBLISHED that manyofthese collateral- that even as liquidity of in an FIR filedinLucknowhave Tandav, in UP,Madhya Pradesh to courtorfiledanFIR before the the question of certification of a decision/judgment of acoordi- BOOK ON NETAJII free loans areturningintonon- large and medium cor- nowbeen edited out. and Maharashtra. The com- government’s stand wassought. Bill as moneyBill before decid- nateorlargerBenchbyitself can- PAGE 3 performing assets (NPAs). Some porates improves, those It wasalso the firstsuchin- plainantsinclude BJP MLA Amazon Prime, Netflix and ing the reviewpetitions. notberegardedasaground for banksare asking local authori- at the bottom of the tervention by the Information (Ghatkopar West,Mumbai) Ram Hotstar, three of the largest OTT The Aadhaar Bill had been review. The reviewpetitions are INSIDE ties —who pushedfor these pyramid continue to face and Broadcasting Ministrysince Kadam. MaharashtraHome players in the country, did notre- certifiedbythe government as a accordingly dismissed." loans —tohelp recoverthem. deep distress.That’s why OTT platforms and news on dig- MinisterAnil Deshmukh said for- spond to queries from The Indian moneyBill, enabling it to getit In his dissenting judgment, LaunchedinJune to help ven- despiteaninterestsub- ital platforms came under its mal action would be takeninac- Express on the government’s di- cleared without getting the as- Justice Chandrachud said twoof ARNAB CHATS: CONG dors amid the pandemic, the PM sidy of 7%, severalven- purviewonNovember 11,2020. cordance with the law. rect intervention likethis, and its sent of amajority in the Rajya the “critical questions” dealt SAYS WILL RAISE SVANidhi scheme is amicro- dors arestruggling to re- Beforethat, no ministryhad di- On Wednesday, the Bombay potential impact. Sabha. Afive-judgeBench with by the Aadhaar ruling were ISSUE IN PARLIAMENT credit facility that provides street paytheir monthlydues. rect oversight over them. High Courtgranted three-week Beforeitbrought OTT plat- headedbythen Chief Justice “whether the decision of the vendors acollateral-free loan of The I&B Ministrysummoned transit pre-arrest bail to Tandav forms under itspurview, the Dipak Misrahad upheld the Speaker of the House of People... AMBULANCE DRIVER Rs 10,000 at concessional rates Amazon Prime and the show’s director Ali Abbas Zafar,producer government had asked them to Aadhaar Actina4:1 ruling on to certify abill as a‘MoneyBill’ IN TELANGANA DIES of an estimated 7.25%. bank accountsofbeneficiaries makers foranexplanation even Himanshu KrishnaMehra,writer come up with aself-regulatory September 26, 2018. under Article 110(1) is final and DAY AFTER VACCINE On timelyorearly repayment through Direct Benefit Transfer before the firstFIR wasfiled Gaurav Solanki and Amazon body and code. The January11order was binding, or can be subject to PAGES 4&8 of the loan, an interestsubsidy at on asix-monthlybasis. againstit, in LucknowonSunday Prime content head Aparna CONTINUEDONPAGE2 givenbyafive-judgeBench, CONTINUEDONPAGE2 7% per annum is credited to the- CONTINUEDONPAGE2

PAGE1 ANCHOR In heatedBengal battle,shrine headtoname political front today

countryafter Ajmer Sharif in who holds aB.Ed and aMaster’s Congress rule, then that of the toehold in Bengal and to win 18 whyaPirzada is getting intopoli- RAVIKBHATTACHARYA Rajasthan,whoissettomakeafor- degree in History. CPMandTrinamoolinBengaldid Lok Sabha seatsinthe 2019 polls. tics. Isay it is my constitutional FURFURASHARIF(HOOGHLY), mal announcement on Thursday Popularly knownas‘Bhaijaan’, nothing forthe Muslims or the About his meeting with right. It is time Idosomething for JANUARY20 announcingapoliticalfrontto con- Siddiqui these days is touring dif- poor.Iamspeaking notonlyfor Owaisi, he suggests he has the deprivedpeople of the state... I test the stateAssembly elections ferentdistrictsofthestate,project- Muslimsbutalsoforthepoortrib- “guided” severalpolitical leaders. usedtoguide people on the spiri- AHOUSE located in Taltolla in forthe firsttime. “Wewill have an ing himself as avoice of the als and the downtrodden in the “HeisfromHyderabad.Iamfrom tualsideof life.NowitistimethatI FurfuraSharif (Hooghlydistrict), alliance of 10 parties, and we will Muslims,tribalsandDalits,andat- state. It wasthe NRCand CAA Bengal.Bengalisvastand itspoli- guidethemonworldlyaffairstoo.” withplacardshangingononeside contest60to80seatswherewe tackingtheTrinamool,accusingit whichfirstmade me shiftfrom tics is different.” Siddiqui's daystartsat5am, over aprotest againstthe new have agood chance of winning," of helpingtheriseof theBJPinthe giving sermons to working to- On the charge that he would and he hitsthe road afteroffering farm laws,the Hathras gangrape SiddiquitellsTheIndianExpresson state. He is expected to take away wardsapolitical platform. Iam divide Muslim votes and hence namaz.Crowdsaregatheredto re- andthe recent attackonaconvoy the eveofhis entryintopolitics. abigchunkof theBengaliMuslim convincedthat we needtosend benefit the BJP,acharge also lev- ceive him at different locations, of Jharkhand Chief Minister His coalition mayinclude voteinthe state, whichhas so far our people to the Assembly, rais- elledatOwaisi, Siddiqui says,“I with Siddiqui delivering at least Hemant Soren, has emergedas AsaduddinOwaisi,whoseAIMIM beenwiththeTrinamoolinSouth ing the right issues and objecting had offeredtothe Trinamool to twosermons aday,with onlya one of the theatres in the political is planning apoll debut in West Bengal and with the Congress in to thewrongs.TheBJPisanenemy joinhandswithme.Theydidnot... shortbreak to eat. At home in the changesweeping West Bengal. Bengal and who acknowledged North— queering the pitchfur- of the country.” When Iwas notinpolitics, didn’t evenings, thereare moremeet- The house belongs to Pirzada Siddiqui’sleadershipatameeting ther forthe ruling Trinamool as it Hesays itistheTrinamool,and the BJP win seatsinBengal and ings.OnFridayandSunday, heisat Abbas Siddiqui, the 34-year-old withhimonJanuary3.Oneof the fightsthe BJP in afierce and in- other parties which“playedwith other places? Wasthe Trinamool the mazar,meeting visitors from head of the second-mostpromi- candidates will be Siddiqui’s 26- creasingly polarisedcampaign Pirzada Siddiqui at home in FurfuraSharif. Ravik Bhattacharya thevotesof theminoritiesandthe sleeping?” different parts of the state. nent Sufi mazar or shrine in the year-oldbrotherPirzadaNaushad, Siddiqui adds, “Years of poor”,whichhadlettheBJPgaina He adds, “Some people ask CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Kolkata WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 2 THE SECOND PAGE THEINDIANEXPRESS,THURSDAY,JANUARY21,2021

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Biden-Harris gagement:Strategic, environ- “Dismissingthe presentbatch of teehasnotbeengivenany power ment,energyandclimatechange, reviewpetitions at this stage--a to adjudicateandisonlymeantto Afteradeeplytumultuous digital and IT,education and course of action adoptedbythe listentoprotesters and submit a transition,includingthestorming health care. Centre blinks: Will put laws on hold majority--would place aseal of reporttothe court. “Whereisthe of theCapitolby supportersof for- Biden’s term in the Senate finality on the issues in the pres- question of bias in that? mer President Donald JTrump, ForeignRelationsCommitteehad Singh Tomar,who has been “The government is ready MSP,Tomar said: “I said as- the Budget session begins. ent case, without the Courthav- Somebody has expressedan “democracyhasprevailed”,Biden coincidedwith the transforma- leading the government dele- to put on hold the implemen- pectsrelated to the protests Section 14 (1) of the air ing the benefit of the larger opinionsoyouthinkthereisbias. said,inaspeechthatimmediately tionof theIndo-USrelationsstart- gation at the talks, said: “We tation of the laws forone, one- will be discussed.” quality Ordinance provides for Bench’sconsiderationof thevery If youdon't want to appear,then laid out the contrastbetween ingwiththeJaswantSingh-Strobe expect to move towardsaso- and-half years. During this pe- On the January26tractor imprisonment up to five years issues whicharise before us... don'tappear.Butdon'tbrandpeo- himself and his predecessor. Talbott talkspost1998-Pokhran lution on January22.” riod, the government and rallyplannedbythe farmers, he and fine up to Rs 1crore or both With the doubt expressedbyan- ple and malign them. And on top “Few people in our nation’s tests. Indeed, the keymarkers of The Centremade the offer farmer representativesshall said: “Farmers aresitting in the foractswhichcontributeto other Constitution Benchonthe of that,youcastaspersionsonthe history have been morechal- Indo-US engagement took place aday afterRSS Sarkaryawah find asolution. Whatever the cold and facing problems, and pollution. Farmers had ex- correctness of the very decision court,” the CJI said. lengedorfoundatimemorechal- during Biden’s chairmanship of (general secretary) Suresh solution, it should be takenfor- theyshould end the protestand pressedconcern that this pro- whichisthe subject matter of Chaudharysaid committee lenging or difficult than the time the powerful Senatepanel: Bill ‘Bhaiyyaji’ Joshi, in an inter- ward,” he said. return home. Government and vision maybeusedagainst these reviewpetitions, it is acon- members had expressedtheir we’reinnow,” Biden said, before Clinton’s visit and the the India- viewtoThe Indian Express, “I am happy. It is the effect farmer representativeswill find them over stubble burning. stitutional errortohold at this views in leading newspapers. explicitlyacknowledgingthedev- US nuclear deal. calledfor “sensitivity” in deal- of the birth anniversaryof asolution.” “The government is ready stagethat no ground exists to re- Taking exception to this, the astating toll of the coronavirus in Diplomatsrecall that for ing with the farmer agitation Guru Gobind Singh that farmer Asked if the government's to makethose changes we viewthe judgment," he said, CJIaskedthecounselwhetherthe away Trumpnever did. Biden, the “guy on the other side and said a“middle ground unions took this proposal very dialogue will continue along- have committed to farmers on adding that alargerBench’s de- courtdecides on the basis of He went on, “Toovercome of the table in diplomatic negoti- mustbefound and both sides seriouslyand said theywill dis- side the work of the Supreme this and the amendmentswill termination "would have an un- newspaper reports. these challenges, to restorethe ationsisnotanidiot.”Thisisakey mustworktofind asolution”. cuss among themselves, and Court-appointed committee, be brought during the debate deniable impact" on the validity Chaudharyrepliedthat their soul and securethe futureof quality,anofficial said, that New Joshi underlinedthat “it is meetagain at noon on January Tomar said: “The government and passageofthe Bill in of reasons givenbythe Aadhaar stancedecidespublicopinion.The America, requires so muchmore Delhihopesto buildonespecially notgood forthe health of soci- 22 to letusknowtheir deci- is committed to the Supreme Parliament during the Budget ruling pertaining to the certifica- CJI told him that the courtdoes thanwordsandrequiresthemost asbothwork togetherwithanag- etyfor anyagitation to run for sion,” he said. Courtand will remain so. The session,” an official source tion by the Speaker. notdecidemattersonthebasisof elusive of all things in ademoc- gressive China. toolong… We justwant the “As earlier,the farmer committee appointed by the said. Justice Chandrachud also re- publicopinion.Statingthatpublic racy:unity.” Rahm Emanuel, Obama’s agitation (to) end quickly”. unions were firm on their de- Supreme Courtisdoing itsjob, On Wednesday, senior ferred to the Sabarimala case opinionis“importantbutnotde- “Wemustendthisuncivilwar chief of staff, once said that Biden Emerging from the talks, mand forrepeal (of the laws) the government toohas direct ministers and leaders of the BJP whereanine-judgeBenchin terminative”for the court, the CJI that pitsred againstblue, rural helps counter group-think,and Tomar said: “As youare aware, and the government wasready accountability towardsfarm- including party president JP February2020 had referred cer- said if someone generates public versusurban,conservative versus JayCarney, former WhiteHouse the Supreme Courthas stayed to discuss and amend the pro- ers.” Nadda had adiscussion at tainquestionsof lawarisinginthe opinion that maligns someone, liberal,”hesaid.“Wecandothisif press secretary, said that Biden the agriculturereform laws for visions of the laws with an Meanwhile, the govern- Defence MinisterRajnath contextofanearlierdecisionby a thenthecourtshouldnotfallforit. we open our souls instead of playedthe role of the bad guy in ashortduration. Their imple- open mind and big heart. All ment is all settomakeamend- Singh's residence on the strat- five-judgeBenchinSeptember “You playwith people's reputa- hardening our hearts.” the situation room who always mentationwillnot happen for sides expressedtheir views mentstothe Commission for egy forthe Budget session. 2019 to alargerBenchwhilekeep- tion without regard to anything,” And four years afterTrump asked tough questions and chal- some time. In the pastand and the discussions sawsome Air Quality Management in “The leaders discussedall ing the reviewpetitions pending. he said. spokeof“American carnage” in lenged preconceivedideas. This, even today, we told them that softening and hardening National Capital Region and issues that could come up dur- “If these reviewpetitions (in The CJI told Choudharythat his Inaugural Address, Biden officials said, will help in the dis- moretime is neededtocon- (naram aur garam)ofstand. Adjoining Areas Ordinance ing the session. Partyleaders theAadhaarmatter)aretobedis- the basis of his application is that seemedtooffer adirect rebuttal. course on Pakistanand sider the laws in detail, discuss Severalrounds of talkswere 2020 to exclude the farmers areaware that the farmer issue missedand the largerBenchref- all four people in the committee “Politics doesn’t have to be a Afghanistan. various aspectsrelated to the held,” he said. from itspurview. could be akey political point erence in Rojer Mathewwereto arenot qualified. “Howdoyou ragingfire,destroyingeverything According to Evan Osnos’s bi- agitation. And the required Asked if the proposedjoint The Ordinance will be on whichthe Opposition will disagree with the analysis of the cometo thatconclusion?Theyare in itspath,” he said. “Everydis- ographyofBiden, he wasagainst time maybesix months, one committee will look intothe takenupfor passageinthe two trytocorner the government,” majorityopinion in Puttaswamy brilliantmindsinthefieldof agri- agreement doesn’t have to be a interventioninLibya,andfeltthat year or one-and-half years.” demand forlegal guarantee of Houses of Parliament when aparty leader said. (theAadhaarcase),itwouldhave culture.Theyare experts.Youma- cause fortotal war. And we must the fall of Muammar Gaddafi serious consequences -- notjust lign them justfor opinions ex- reject the cultureinwhichfacts would lead to chaos. He wasalso forjudicial discipline, but also for pressedinthe past?” he said. themselvesare manipulatedand againsttheAbbottabadraidargu- First time, farmers don’t reject offer: Will discuss the ends of justice. As such, the Everyjudgeand lawyer,he even manufactured.” ing that if it failed, Obama would present batchofreviewpetitions said, mayhaveexpressedsome Biden also spoketothe world be aone-term President. But, on talksWednesday, said: “For a partofit. We did notgivethem about submitting an affidavit in president of BKU (Ugrahan), should be kept pending until the opinion in the pastand maybe beyond America's borders. India, Biden wasone of the key change, today's meeting was anyinstant reply. Our 32 the Supreme Courtonsus- said: “Weassumedthat largerBenchdecides the ques- doing something different now. “America has been tested.And advocates of strengthening the held in acordial atmosphere... Punjab farmer unions will be pending the laws foramutu- Wednesday's talkswill also tions referred to it in Rojer “Haven’t youseen opinions we'vecomeoutstrongerforit,”he Indo-USpartnership,especiallyin we hardlyhad aconfrontation meeting on Thursdaymorning ally-agreedperiod and creating end with another meeting Mathew,"hesaid. changewhencontrarypointsare said.“Wewillrepairouralliances strategic areas. with the Union Ministers. and the SamyuktaKisan acommittee to look intoour date. But afterthe lunchbreak, heard?” he said. and engagewith the worldonce On Wednesday, Prime Therewas averyimportant de- Morchawill be meeting in the pending demands,” she said. theycame up with an impor- Bengal battle Intervening, senior advocate again, nottomeetyesterday's MinisterNarendraModitweeted, velopment in the tenth round. afternoon to discuss these cru- Prem Singh Gehlawat, tant proposal of staying the “The date, time and place for HarishSalve,whoisappearingfor challenges, but today's and to- “I look forwardtoworking with The ministers made aproposal cial issues. We will getbackto Haryana president of All India laws forone-and-half years my sermons arebooked two aDelhi resident seeking relief morrow's challenges. We will him to strengthen India-US of notimplementing the farm the government on January22. Kisan Federation, said: “Atthe and forming acommittee to years in advance. But now, since againstthe protests,said the im- lead, notmerelybythe example strategicpartnership…TheIndia- laws foraperiod ranging from Iwould call this meeting avery meeting, the government look intorepeal of these laws… we will field candidates, Ithink I pressionthatthecourtpassedthe of our powerbut by the powerof USpartnershipisbasedonshared 18 to 24 months. MinisterSom important meeting forall. stand wasverysoft... All Regarding the NIA notices, the will have to speak at some politi- order to appease one section our example. We will be strong values.We have asubstantialand Prakash said the government Finally, the government is in a protesting farmer unions will ministers said theywill getthe cal rallies,” Siddiqui says. needs to be setaside. and trustedpartner forpeace, multifacetedbilateral agenda, will notimplement the laws mood to resolve the issue… As take acall Thursdayonthis im- notices withdrawnifthese are In recent months, therehave Thecourt,hesaid,mustclarify progress and security.” growing economic engagement fortwo years, but the twoother of now, our decision to hold a portant proposal... It is asignif- connected to the agitation of been severalincidentsof that the committee is onlytoas- The ceremonyonachilly, andvibrantpeopleto peoplelink- ministers (NarendraSingh Republic Daytractor parade icant proposal.” farmers. This shows that no- Siddiqui’s car being vandalised sistit.TheCJIsaidthecourthasal- breezy daywith asmattering of ages.Committedto workingwith Tomar and Piyush Goyal) said stands,” he said. Balbir Singh Rajewal, pres- tices were sent to weaken the and his followers beaten up. ready done that. snowflakesbroughtto aclosethe PresidentBidento take theIndia- one-and-half years. Theyalso Kavitha Kuruganti, leader ident of BKU (Rajewal), said: agitation. This listwill be given Blaming local Trinamool leaders, Salve submitted that though stormyand divisive four-year US partnership to even greater said theywill file an affidavit of Mahila Kisan Adhikar “Wecame with the demand to the government soon.” he says,“This will notstopus. If lawyersunderstandthis,newspa- presidency of Trump. In charac- heights.” regarding this in the Supreme Manchwho also attendedthe fortotal repeal of all farm laws, Rakesh Tikait of the BKU someleadersthinkthatby attack- perreports andopinionsarediffi- teristicfashion,Trumponceagain SouthBlockisalreadylooking Court.” talks, said: “Farmer unions told but we told the Union said: “The government offered ing me or my followers, we will cultto distinguishthesedays and defiedtradition by leaving at the diplomatic calendar ahead “On MSP (farmers areseek- them (the Centre) that they Ministers that their proposal to suspend the laws for1.5-2 stop, theyare wrong. Our organi- ajournalist’s opinion maynot be Washington hours before the —apossiblemeetingatG-7inthe ing legal guarantee on MSP), want the laws repealed, but can be discussed… we can get years. Theyalso said the gov- sation has been working silently reflective of public opinion. swearinginof hissuccessorrather UKinJuneprovidinganopportu- they said letusmakeacom- would still discuss this pro- backtothem with aconcrete ernment will be submitting an at the grass-rootlevel. Ihavetold The CJI then said that the pur- than face the reality of his own nity forthe twoleaders to getto- mittee to decide this issue, our posal tomorrow.” replyonJanuary22.” affidavit in the Supreme my followersto protestdemocrat- pose of appointing the expert election defeat, although Mike gether.Butfornow,Biden’sprior- union members can also be “The government is talking Joginder Singh Ugrahan, Court.” icallyand do the needful on committee in the field of agricul- Pence, his Vice President, did at- itieswillbefocusedonmanaging polling day." turewasto listentothegrievances tend. the raging COVID-19pandemic of partiesaffectedby thelaws and “Recent weeksand months whichhas claimed400,000lives said. As loans under the scheme across states have been putting MohammedZeeshan Ayyub), BJP MLAKadam names Zafar, CJI objects no adjudicatorypowers have have taught us apainful lesson,” in the US, an economic crisis and have nocollateral,bankstypically pressureonlenders to sanction playing the role of LordShiva in Mehra, Solanki, actor Saif Ali committee, saying itsmembers been giventoit. Bidensaidinhis address. “There adeeplypolarisedsociety and have no recourse in case of de- and disburse loans under the hiscollegeplay, wearingtrousers, Khan, Purohit and Amazon India areinfavour of the newlaws. Turning to advocatePrashant is truth and thereare lies.” politics as waswitnessedduring fault. scheme. T-shirt, rudraksh mala and bear- countryhead Amit Agarwal. The Of the four members of the Bhushan, who along with senior But he sought to emphasize the siegeofthe US Capitol afort- “Therefore, we needyour co- Underthescheme,allvendors ing a trishul,with across painted twoFIRs in MP were filedby committeeformedonJanuary12, advocateDushyant Dave ap- the long arcofhistory. night ago. operationinrecoveryof NPAloan who have been vending from or across his face. He is discussing Hindu outfits. one has optedout. Bhupinder peared foreight farmer unions “Herewestand, looking out India will look towardsin- accounts,” the bank wrotetothe before March 24,2020 and with with another student playing Singh Mann, president of BKU made respondentsinthe matter, on the great Mall whereDrKing creasing collaboration on the municipal commissioner on acertificateofvending can avail NaradMuni the rising popularity Aadhaar (Mann)andchairmanof AllIndia theCJIaskedwhatresolutioncan spokeofhis dream,” he said. “healthcarebasket”,asBidengoes December 19,2020. of the loan. of LordRam, during whichhe judicial review; and... if the deci- Kisan Coordination Committee, be found. The benchpointed out “Herewestand, where108 years forafederal mask mandateand Respondingto aset of queries Bankshavesanctionedatotal uses acuss word that had been sion is subject to judicial review, recusedhimself from the panel thatmerelysayingtheywon’tap- agoatanother inaugural, thou- vaccine mobilization that will sent by The Indian Express, an SBI numberof 17.93lakhloansappli- beepedout. Shiva goes on to ad- whether the Aadhaar (Targeted on January14. The other mem- pear before the committee will sands of protesters triedtoblock dominatehis first100-dayplan. spokesperson said that due dili- cations with sanction amount at dressstudentsintheaudiencedi- Delivery of Financial and Other bers of the committee are nothelp and asked him to coun- bravewomen marching forthe On the “climatechange, envi- gence wasdone. "As per the Rs 1783.17crore till December. rectlyand,inanobviousreference Subsidies, Benefitsand Services) Shetkari Sanghatana president sel his clientstobring peace. right to vote.And todaywemark ronment and energy” basket, guidelines, Urban Local Bodies Disbursementshavebeen made to the JNU 'sedition' row, asks Act, 2016 (the Aadhaar Act), had Anil Ghanwatand agricultural Bhushan said the unions are theswearinginof thefirstwoman Biden’s intention to rejoin the (ULBs) and Town Vending to 13.27lakh beneficiaries, with whattheywant"azadi(freedom)" been correctlycertifiedasa economists Parmod Kumar Joshi “convinced”thatthelaws needed inAmericanhistoryelectedto na- ParisClimateaccordiswelcomed Committees(TVCs)areresponsi- Rs 1306.76crore worthofloans from. ‘MoneyBill’”. and Ashok Gulati. to berepealedandsotheydidnot tional office, Vice President by NewDelhi, and it will look to- ble foridentifying eligible bor- disbursed, as per latestavailable The second scene that is now Theissuewhetherjudicialre- Eight unions told the court wantto go intothequestionof any Kamala Harris. Don’t tell me wardscooperationintheLNG,re- rowers and issue Certificateof government data. removedhas 'Prime Minister' viewcanbeexercisedoveradeci- that theywill notappear before amendment.Hesaidtheyare say- things can’t change.” newableandsolarenergysectors. Vending, Identity Cardand Letter DevakiNandan(actorTigmanshu sion of the Speaker had arisen anycommittee as theydonot ingthelaws were passedwithout Manyexpect Biden will also With about 2lakh Indian stu- of Recommendation to them.” Tandav Dhulia)speakingdisparagingly to subsequentlybeforeanother want anyamendmentstothe discussion. rely on her prosecutorial chops dentsintheUSandtheTrumpad- In another letter,written by However, amodel suggested aDalit politician, Kailash Kumar Constitution BenchinRojer laws,but their total repeal. The CJI said the courtcan also and her personal energy as acru- ministration’sprogressively hard- Indoremunicipal commissioner by the Internetand Mobile (Anup Soni). MathewvSouthIndianBankLtd. The benchasked advocate setaside alaw and that the farm cial member of the administra- eninglineonvisas,Delhiwilllook to private sector banksinthe city, Association of India, and apro- In their submission to the This wasinthe contextof AjayChoudhary, who appeared laws were notinforce at the mo- tion. And givenspeculation that towardseasingof normsforthose thecommissionersaidthatwhile posedDigital Curated Content BombayHigh Court, the Tandav whether some provisions of the fortheMahapanchayat,whether ment. Biden, who is 78, maynot seek a aspiring to study and work there. Indorewas targeted to provide ComplaintsCouncil, had notgot makers said the LucknowFIR Finance Act, 2017 (relating to ap- he onlywanted replacement of Bhushan submitted that the secondterm,Harrisissuretoface loansto 44,874 street vendors,till government approval, with the doesnotmakeany direct/indirect pointmentstotribunals and the Mannorreconstitutionof theen- farmers “aretrying to put demo- intensescrutinyoverherownpo- Loans to vendors date(around December 20) only ministrystating these lackedin- allegations againstthem in their conditions of service of mem- tirepanel. The counsel said that cratic pressure” and “fear what litical future. Despitethis interestsubven- 13,000were beneficiaries. dependent third-party monitor- individual capacity. bers),couldhave beencertifiedas theotherthreemembershave ex- happens if theyget up and go Butformany, it’sthevoiceshe tion —making this an effectively The commissioner pointed ing, didn’t have awell-defined The UP Police team that is in amoneyBill. That judgment had pressedviews backing the farm away since laws arenot in force willoffertowomenandpeopleof interest-free loan —manyac- outthat"dissatisfaction" was code of ethics, and did notclearly Mumbai wantstorecordstate- said that the Speaker’s decision laws.Thenumberof membersin now, and subsequentlyifthe colourthatwasbeingreflectedon countshaveturnedNPAs. raisedoverthe performance of enunciateprohibited content. mentsofpeople affiliated with wasnot beyond judicial review thecommitteemustthereforebe courtconcludes that the laws are as she took office. Thishasbeenred-flaggedina private banksatahigh-level The I&B Ministryheld two Tandav, and has sought support though the scope wasextremely increased, he said, adding that constitutionalandinterimorders (THENEWYORKTIMES) recent letter written by aState meeting. “Everybank branch meetings with director Zafar and fromtheMumbaiPolice.Amem- restricted.Ithadalsosaidthatthe those sittinginthe committee arewithdrawn”. Bankof Indiachief managerto the falling in the municipal border producerMehra,onMondayand berofthe UP team said theysaw 2018 Aadhaarverdicthadnotan- should have open minds. When the benchsaid peace DC turns page Municipal Commissioner of limitations(has)beengivenatar- Tuesday, followingwhichtheyis- Tandavduringtheirtrainjourney sweredconclusively thequestion Respondingto this,theCJIsaid hastobemaintained, Bhushan administration;DeputySecretary Burhanpur in Madhya Pradesh. gettoprovide loans of Rs 10,000 suedastatement saying they to Mumbai. as to what constitutes amoney aspersions were being castwith- repliedthat farmers onlywant to of StateWendy Sherman was Intheletter,theSBIofficialhas under the scheme to 50 street would changethe content that The LucknowFIR has been Bill under Article 110(1) and had outthinkingtwice.Mann,theCJI, celebrateRepublic dayonthe Under SecretaryofState for stated that the bank sanctioned vendors,” the commissioner had drawncomplaints, and filedunder IPC Sections 153A directed that it be referred to a said had calledfor amendments OuterRingRoadinDelhiandthere PoliticalaffairsunderObamaand morethan 160PM-SVANidhi notedand addedthat the target thanked the government forits (promoting enmity between dif- largerBench. inthelaw. “Youcannotbrandpeo- isnoattempt to disruptpeace.The Indo-Pacific coordinator Kurt loans to urban street vendors on hasto becompletedbyDecember "guidance" and "support". ferent groups), 295 (injuring or Justice Chandrachud referred ple likethis. People should have courtremarkedthat it is trusting CampbellwasAssistantSecretary the recommendation of Nagar 28, 2020. Thefirstofthetwoscenesed- defilingplaceof worship),505(1) to this, saying the largerBenchto opinion. What people should Bhushan’s statement that peace of StateoneastAsia under Nigam Burhanpur. While both these instances ited out of Tandav -- both arein (B)(publicmischief)and469(for- decidewhatconstitutesamoney have noopinion?Evenjudgesex- willprevail.TheAttorneyGeneral Obama. Of these,manyborrowersdid pertain to Madhya Pradesh, the firstepisode of the nine-part gery), and the Information Bill and the extent of judicial re- pressopinions.Thatdoesn’tmean said that in Haryana, the Chief OfficialssaidthatNewDelhiis notsubmit“asingleinstalmentin bankers have told The Indian series -- features the protagonist Technology Act. viewoveracertification by the theycan’t decide,” he said. Minister’smeetingwasdisrupted looking at “fivebaskets” of en- their loan accounts,” the letter Express that local authorities namedShiva Shekhar (actor The complaint registeredby Speakerwasyet to beconstituted. The benchsaid the commit- by farmers.

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BRIEFLY JALPAIGURI TMC demands Centre Cattleracket: CBIquizes 14killedastruckladenwith release Defence Ministry’s brotherof businessman stoneshitscarsindensefog unpublished book on Netaji Kolkata: The CBI on Wednesdayinterrogated RajyaSabha MP asksPMtodeclassify all files related to Bose the brother of Binay Mishra, abusinessman al- asingle benchofthe High Court. legedly involvedinthecat- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Thecourt orderedthe book can- tlesmugglingracket inthe KOLKATA,JANUARY20 notbeedited further and had to stateandconsideredclose be releasedinits original form. to the ruling TMC, sources ADAY afterthe Trinamool Subsequently, the government in the agency said. As part Congress slammedthe BJP gov- movedthe division benchand of itsinvestigation in the ernment at the Centrefor ob- the case is still pending," the cattle smuggling case in serving Netaji Subhas Chandra RajyaSabha MP said. the state, the CBI had car- Bose's birth anniversaryon “On June 7lastyear,Isent a riedout searches at two January23as“Prakaram Diwas” letter to the Prime Ministerurg- premises belonging to DayofValour) and not“Desh ing the Centretofile an applica- MishrainKolkataon Prem Diwas”(Patriotism Day) as tion before the High Courtfor December 31.Mishrais celebrated in West Bengal, the publishing the edited version of absconding and the CBI party on Wednesdaydemanded the book.The PM acknowledged hasissuedalookoutcircu- that abook chronicling the his- my letter but thereafternosteps lar againsthim. On tory of Azad Hind Fauj (INA) – were taken. This is very unfortu- November 6, the CBI ar- compiledbythe history division nate,” said Roy, adding that he rested Enamul Haque, the of the defence ministrydecades Aballoon over the Victoria wrotealettertothe PM again on alleged kingpin of the cat- ago–bemade public. Memorial to markNetaji’s Tuesdayasking him to publish tle smuggling racket run- Addressingapressconference birth anniversary. PTI the book and declassify all the ning along the India- here, Trinamool Congress MP files related to Netaji. Bangladesh border in the Sukhendu Sekhar Roysaid the "Both the Congress and the state. The CBI has also ar- book,edited by historian PC lations with anycountries. The BJP areindifferent to the legacy restedSatishKumar,afor- Gupta,isstill awaiting release, as External Affairs Ministrygavea of Netaji Subhas ChandraBose, mer commandant of the boththeUPAandtheNDAgovern- green signal to publish the book who had formedthe Indian 36 BSF Battalion, in con- mentsatthe Centredid nottake but in itsnotesaid that pages 186- National Army(INA). As manyas nection with the case. PTI The mangledremains of the cars and the twolorries involvedinthe accident at Jaldhaka in Jalpaiguri, Wednesday. Express anyinitiative to getitpublished. 191would likelytobemorecon- 26,000soldiers of that forcehad Roysaid that he had received troversial as those onlyaddedto laid down their lives," Roysaid, Soumitrafilm an anonymous letter with an of- the viewthat Netaji mayhavees- pointing out that West Bengal Boulders on the truckfell on the vehicles afterthe head-on collision: Police ficial note exchanged between capedalive from the plane crash.” Chief MinisterMamataBanerjee getsYouTube, the MinistryofDefence and the According to Roy, had releasedall Netaji-related the vehicles. Asmall lorryin front “Saddenedatthe loss of livesbe- Dhupguri in Jalpaiguri (West MinistryofExternal Affairs afew Chandrachur Ghose, aresearcher files available with the stategov- OTTrelease EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE of the truckwas also damaged in cause of an accident in Dhupguri. Bengal) is extremelyanguishing. years back. “According to that from Haryana, had filedaPIL in ernment in 2015. KOLKATA,JANUARY20 the accident. Atotal of four vehi- Condolences to the bereaved In this time of sadness, prayers note,pages 186-191ofthe un- 2009 seeking acopyofthe book. The TMC MP's demand Kolkata: ABengali short cles were damaged," alocal po- families. Ipray foraspeedy recov- with the bereaved families. May publishedbook could strengthen In September 2010,the then Chief comes justtwo days ahead of film Boitorini starring leg- AT LEAST14people, including six lice officer said. eryofthose injured,” the Chief theinjured recoversoon,” Modi the viewthat Netaji mayhave Information Commissioner had Prime MinisterNarendraModi's endaryactor Soumitra women and four children, were Among those dead, six be- Ministertweeted. wasquotedassaying by the survivedthe plane crash in directedthe Centretoeither hand visit to Bengal on January23to Chatterjee has been re- killedand 18 others injured in longed to the same family. The “The loss cannotbecompen- Prime Minister's Office (PMO). August1945... In the note,the over adraft copyofthe book to celebratethe 125th birth an- leasedonYouYubeand an Dhupguriareaof Jalpaiguridistrict injured have been admitted to sated.But we would liketotell Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar MoD (MinistryOfDefence) Ghose or publish it. niversaryofNetaji. The OTT platform. The film di- on Tuesdaynight when atruck hospitals in the district. the families that the government also expressedsadness at the wanted to knowfromthe "...but the then UPAgovern- Trinamool has accusedthe BJP of rected by AnindyaDutta carrying stones collidedhead-on The PTI reportedthat the cars is with them. We areproviding loss of livesinthe accident. He MinistryofExternal Affairs ment said moredetails will be using Netaji as an election prop wasreleasedonTuesday withvehiclesnearJaldhakaBridge were carrying people to awed- compensation to the next of kin appreciated immediateassis- whether publishing the book in addedtothe book before itsre- ahead of the Assemblypolls in on digital platform to on the National Highway 31. ding party in Dhupgiri. of the deceasedand the injured tance announcedbythe Prime anyway would harm India’s re- lease, aproposalturneddownby West Bengal. commemoratethe 86th According to police, the cars Both the Centreand the state persons. Our local MLASourav Ministerand the Chief Minister birthdayofChatterjee. were moving in the wrong direc- government were quicktoan- Chakraborty is already thereand forthe accident victims. The main lead of Boitorini tion of the highway and there nounce compensation forthe stateministerAroop Biswas is StateministerAroop Biswas EC full bench (The River Between) is waspoor visibility due to dense families of the deceasedand in- rushing to the spot," she said at a visitedJalpaiguriSuperSpeciality HC rejects govt plea on playedbythe latethes- fogatthe time of the incident. jured.WestBengal Chief Minister programme in Purulia and urged Hospitalwent to the super where pian. Beside getting re- “A head-on collision occurred MamataBanerjee announceda people to drive carefullyinfog 12 of those injured areadmitted arrives, slew Amphan relief audit order leasedonYouTubeatthe between acar and aboulder- compensation of Rs 2.5 lakh each and lowvisibility condition. and enquired about their condi- dedicated IP of aproduc- laden truck.Afterthe collision, the forthe next of kin of those killed Prime MinisterNarendra tion. Another ministerGoutam of meetings in 16 districtsofthe state, the ap- tion house wherepeople truckhit the divider and slipped in the accident and Rs 50,000 Modi also announcedanex-gra- Deb visited the familymembers PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA plication stated that the assis- can see the 29-minute on itsright side. Twoother vehi- eachfor those seriouslyinjured. tia of Rs 2lakh eachtothe next of thevictims.Theministerswere scheduled KOLKATA,JANUARY20 tance wasdirectlytransferredto film, it is also being cles coming from the wrong side Banerjee also said Rs 25,000 of kin of the deceasedand Rs accompaniedbyTMC MLAs beneficiaries' bank accountsto streamedatanOTT. PTI collidedintothe truck.As aresult, would be giventothose whose 50,000 eachtothose injured. Khageswar Royand Mitali Roy. THE CALCUTTAHigh Courton curb chances of anyfoul play. the boulders in the truckfell on injuries were notserious. “The road accident in —WITHPTIINPUTS EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Wednesdayrejected aplea filed In itsjudgement on KOLKATA,JANUARY20 by the Bengal government that December 1, 2020, the Division sought retraction of itsjudge- Benchhad urgedthe CAGtocon- LAUNCHES 40 PROJECTS IN 4DISTRICTS CHIEF ELECTION Commissioner ment directing the Comptroller clude financial auditswithin ‘Goli maaro...’ slogan at Suvendu’s (CEC) Sunil Aroraand Election and Auditor General (CAG)toau- three months from receiving a Newspaper industry in Commissioners Sushil Chandra dit cyclone Amphan-related re- copyofthe order. and RajivKumar arrivedhereon lief distribution amid allegations The petitioners, in aset of roadshow, BJP says don’t endorse it Wednesdayevening to review of irregularities. PILs whichwereheardtogether, era of degeneration: CM election preparedness. The state Refusing to entertain the complainedthat the West Responding to the incident in is expected to go to the polls in stategovernment's prayer,the Bengal government, through its EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Chandannagar,state BJP TMCMLAJOINSBJP April or May. DivisionBenchcomprising Chief officers, had, in an unauthorised EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE KOLKATA,JANUARY20 spokesperson Samik The full benchofthe Election Justice TBN Radhakrishnan and manner,pickedand chose per- KOLKATA,JANUARY20 Bhattacharya said the party does NewDelhi: Trinamool Commission wasscheduledto Justice Arijit Banerjee directed sons fordoling out the benefits. THE CONTROVERSIAL and notendorse suchslogans but Congress MLAArindam meetstate Chief Electoral Officer the CAGtocomplete the process The petitioners also alleged CHIEF MINISTER Mamata provocative “shootthe traitors” addedtheywereaimedatterror- Bhattacharya joinedthe BJP (CEO) Ariz Aftaband statepolice as early as possible. that alarge number of people, Banerjee on Wednesdayclaimed sloganraisedbyBJPleadersinthe ists plotting againstthe country hereonWednesdayinpres- nodal officer Gyanwant Singh, Claiming that absolutetrans- who were actuallyaffected by that the newspaper industrywas run-upto the2020Delhielections and notpolitical rivals. He also ence of party general secre- who is the Additional Director parency wasmaintainedduring the devastating supercyclone, going through an eraof“degen- wasraisedatBengal BJP pointed at the slogans tary Kailash Vijayvargiya. General of lawand order,latein disbursement of funds to victims were leftempty-handed. eration”, and addedthat the in- leader Suvendu raisedbyTMC workers. Bhattacharya is the legisla- the evening in acity hotel. dependence of the media should Adhikari’s roadshowin “Thereisadiffer- torofSantipurconstituency Afterarriving at the city air- notbecurtailed. Chandannagar in ence between the two inNadiadistrict.Whilejoin- portfromAssam, Aroratold re- She made the commentsat Hooghlydistrict on incidents. However, we ingthe BJP, Bhattacharya al- porters, “This is our second visit an event whereshe inaugurated Wednesday. do notsupportsuch leged that he wasnot al- to Kolkata. We shall be having a amuseum establishedtohon- CM MamataBanerjee in At the public meet- DECISION slogans in our rally. The lowedtoworkfreelywhile detailedpress conference on our the lifeand worksofBengal Purulia on Wednesday. PTI ing, local BJP leader 2021 party does notendorse in TMC and the Mamata January22when we will answer dailyBartaman’s founder-editor Suresh Shawand some WEST it,” he added. Banerjee-ledparty“lacksthe to all your queries.” Barun Sengupta. other workers carrying BENGAL TMC spokesperson vision forWestBengal and In the next twodays,the “Do notsell your head. Do not Earlier in the day, Banerjee party flags were seen Kunal Ghosh con- the youth” of the state. PTI commissioners will hold aseries forget,the head is notyour inaugurated 40 development shouting, “Desh ke gad- demnedthe slogan of meetings with political par- clothes that we usuallychange projectsinfour districts-- daron ko, goli maaro... [Shootthe raisedatthe ruling party’s rally ties, stateadministration and thrice aday.The head can notbe Purulia, Jhargram, Paschim traitors to the country]” while herebut asked the Opposition ment againstfarmland acquisi- statepoll commissioners. On changed.” Medinipur and Murshidabad – trailing an open-airvehicle car- party if wantstoshootthose op- tion in Singur,whichforcedTata Thursday, theywill interact with Banerjee said Sengupta al- from Purulia and took aveiled rying Adhikari and HooghlyMP posedtoits ideology.“The BJP Motors to scrap the plan of an au- representativesofrecognised ways wroteagainstthe party in dig at those who unveil asingle Locket Chatterjee. workers areasking the Armyto tomobile hub. He said the earlier national parties and statepoliti- powerand neverboweddownto project on aday and keep talk- On Tuesday, Trinamool shootthe traitors. Does the BJP LeftFront government wasmuch cal parties. Afterthat, theywill anythreat. “Nowadays,everyone ing about it. “Some people arein Congress (TMC) workers at arally want to shootthe people opposed better than the present Trinamool meetofficials of election-related justshutsuponce adirective ar- the habit of inauguratingasingle in south Kolkatahad calledfor the to their ideology?” he asked. Congress regime in severalmeas- regulatoryagencies. BARASATBRANCH rivesfromDelhi, but those days projectonaday.Butwe arework- “shooting of traitors to Bengal”, During the roadshow, ures, including in creating em- 76/1,K.N.C.Road, Dakshinpara More, Barasat the situation wasverydifferent. ing on so manyprojectsthat we attacking ruling party leaders Adhikari apologisedtothe peo- ployment opportunities. Pin -700124, E-mail: [email protected] Media independence cannotbe don't have time to sparelike who have defected to the BJP. ple of the district forthe move- —WITHPTIINPUTS Appendix IV,Rule 8(1) POSSESSION NOTICE (for Immovable Property) curtailed. The newspaper indus- them,” she said. Whereas, the undersigned being the authorized Officer of the Bank of Baroda, try, however, is going through an “You maysay these aresmall under the Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial assets and Enforcement of eraofdegeneration,” she added. projectsbut these arethe most Security Interest Act, 2002 (54 of 2002) and in exercise of powers conferred under The Chief Ministersaid the useful projectsfor the people of section 13(12) read with the rule 3ofthe Security Interest (Enforcement) Rules, 2002 issued ademand notice dated 03.10.2020 calling upon the borrower A/c Sri stategovernment would provide Purulia. We already startedto Manoranjan Patra (A/c No. 190151031010), S/o Bhim Patra at Vivekananda necessaryassistance if ajournal- build abus terminus here. It will Nagar,Holding No. 419/1, P.O. Udayrajpur,P.S. Madhyamgram, Dist. North 24 ism institutewas setuponthe help the people of the district,” Parganas, Pin -700129 to repay the amount as mentioned in the notice being museum premises. the CM added. —WITHPTI Rs.18,71,583.00 (Rupees Eighteen Lakh Seventy One Thousand Five Hundred Eighty Three only) as on 30.09.2020 plus interest within 60 day(s) form the date of receipt of the said notice. The borrower having failed to repay the amount, notice is hereby given to the STATECOUNT borrower/ guarantor and the public in general that the undersigned has taken TOTAL CASES possession of the property described herein below in exercise of powers conferred on him/ her under section 13(4) of the saidAct, read with Rule 8ofthe said Rules on this the 20th day of January of the year 2021. 566482 The borrower/ guarantor in particular and the public in general are hereby cautioned INCREASE DEATHS not to deal with the property and any dealings with the property will be subject to the charge of the Bank of Baroda, Barasat Branch for an amount of Rs.18,71,583.00 409 10080 (Rupees Eighteen Lakh Seventy One Thousand Five Hundred Eighty Three 549727 RECOVERED only) and further interest, incidental expenses, costs, charges etc. thereon. The borrower's attention is invited to provisions of sub-section (8) of section13 of the 77,23,376 SAMPLES Act, in respect of time available, to redeem the secured assets. TESTED TILL JAN 20 Description of the Mortgage Immovable Property All that piece and parcel of land &building measuring an area 1Cottah 30 Sq. Ft., more or less at Mouza-Abdalpur,J.L. No. 53, Re. Sa. No. 35, L.R. Dag No. 130, L.R. 6DEATHSIN24HOURS Khatian No. 306, Hal Khatian No. 451, situated Holding No. 419/1 at Vivekananda Nagar,P.O. Udayrajpur,under Madhyamgram Municipality,P.S. Madhyamgram, Kolkata: Six people infected with Dist. North 24 Parganas, Pin -700129, Being Deed No. I-150305702, Volume No. Covid-19diedinthe last24 1503- 2015, Page No. 51213 to 51229 for the year 2015, A.D.S.R.O. Barasat. Property stands in the name of Sri Manoranjan Patra, S/o Bhim Patra. The property hours, taking the total death is butted and bounded by on the North: Property Plot No. B, on the South: 10 Ft. wide count in the stateto10,080. common passage, on the East: 4Ft. wide common passage and on the West: Number of active cases further Property Dag No. 130. Authorised Officer decreasedto6,675. The recovery Date: 20.01.2021, Place: Barasat Bank of Baroda rate increasedto97.04%. ENS Kolkata WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 4 GOVT &POLITICS THEINDIANEXPRESS,THURSDAY,JANUARY21,2021

Rohtak farmer kills self, Terrorists with ‘ARNAB’ CHATS ROW TRP scam: Bail AK-47, Khalistan plea of ex-CEO fifth suicide at protest flags: BJP MP on Cong:Leakingmilitarysecrets of BARC rejected He wroteinapurportedsui- JIGNASASINHA cide note:“Iamasmall person. farm protests NEWDELHI,JANUARY20 Manyfarmers have takentothe EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE streetstoprotest againstfarm EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE MUMBAI,JANUARY20 A42-YEAR-OLD farmer from laws.The government says it’s a JAIPUR,JANUARY20 istreason,willraiseinHouse Haryanaallegedly committedsui- matter of onlytwo-three states THEBAILapplicationof theformer cide by consuming apoisonous butthereare farmersfromallover ASTATEMENT by BJP’s Dausa MP whether it affected or not... effec- mentioned, Antony said, “That is CEO of the BroadcastAudience substance at Tikri border on thecountry.Ithascometo adead- Jaskaur Meena, whereshe is re- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE tiveness of the operation can also leakedinformation in the chats… Research Council (BARC), Partho Tuesdaynight. The farmer,Jai lockwherebothfarmers and the portedlyheardcalling those NEWDELHI,JANUARY20 be affected if in advance that de- in the beginning Isaid it is a Dasgupta,who wasarrestedby BhagwanRana,isthefifthperson governmentaren’tinagreement.” protesting againstthe farm laws tails areknown to others...” leaked thing.” Mumbai police in the alleged to take his ownlifeatthe border He also demandedthat farmer as ‘terrorists’and those with STEPPINGUPits attackonthe Antonytold reporters. Pointed out that therewas no Television Rating Points(TRP) protests,wherethousands of leaders from eachstate come to ‘Khalistani flags’, has triggered a government over purported Arguing that only“four or five mention of operational details scam,wasrejectedonWednesday farmershave gatheredforalmost Delhiandgive theiropiniononthe controversy with the Congress WhatsApp conversations be- people” in the government are about the airstrikeinthe chats, by the sessions court. twomonths now. farm laws to the government. slamming the MP forher state- tween Arnab Goswami and for- expected to knowthese details Congress spokesperson Pawan Dasgupta wasarrestedon BhartiyaKisan Union also Policesaidtheyfoundthenote ment. However, the BJP triedto mer CEO of BroadcastAudience Congress leaders during a besides “militarypeople”, Antony Khera, who addressedthe media December 24 on chargesof claimedmorethan 100farmers with Rana’s name and areverify- justify the issue by saying that Research Council (BARC) Partho press conference in Delhi said, “Nomilitaryofficer will leak alongwiththeothers,said,“If you criminal breachoftrustand have diedinthisperiodof natural ingdetails.DeputyCommissioner her intention wasnot to call Dasgupta,the Congress on on Wednesday. Anil Sharma suchsensitive documentsorde- aresaying that something big is cheating. His previous bail appli- causes or in road accidents. of Police (Outer) AKoan said. “A farmers as terrorists. Wednesdayasked Prime tails… so these documentswere aboutto happenthreedays inad- cation, filedbeforethe metropol- Police said Rana consumed man wastaken to SanjayGandhi The official twitter handle of MinisterNarendraModi to come leaked to the media… nottothe vance howare yousharing it… itan magistrate's court, wasre- sulphas tablets around 7-8 pm at lastnight by CATS ambulance. He the Rajasthan Pradesh Congress clean on what it calledthe leak- “It is very clear that classified entiremedia but one journalist... whoshareditwithyou…howare jected earlier this month Tikri border and collapsedonthe diedduring the course of treat- Committee on Wednesday ageofsecret information regard- documents...that tooclassified among those four-fivecivilian yousharingitwithanotherunau- following whichhehad fileda road, following whichhewas ment.We have initiatedproceed- shared avideo whereMeena is ing militaryoperation and said it documentsconcerning the na- people who areinthe topposi- thorisedperson… Is it notbreach plea before the sessions court. rushedtoSanjayGandhiHospital, ings under CrPC sections.” seen giving the statement. will raise the issue in Parliament. tional security and also concern- tion in the government… either of the Official SecretsAct, is it not The special public prosecutor wherehediedduring treatment. On Wednesday, Rana’s family “Abyekrishi kanoon ka hi The Congress fieldedformer ing the mostsensitive secret ministerorone or twosenior of- treason on the partofthe person in the case, Shishir Hiray,had ob- RanahailedfromPakasmavil- cameto receive hisbodyandlater dekh lijiye, ki atankwadi baithe Defence MinisterAKAntony, for- airstrikesarewithpeoplewhoare ficials who areconcernedwith whopartedwiththisinformation jected to Dasgupta's bail applica- lageinRohtak and had joinedthe returnedtotheir village. Takdir hue hain,aur atankwadiyon ne mer Home MinisterSushil Kumar notexpected to knowit, who are national security… onlytheycan with Goswami…” tion, stating that the probeinthe protesttwo weeksago with his (75), his father,said, “Wedidn’t AK-47rakhi hui hai, Khalistanka Shinde, former External Affairs notauthorisedtoget these docu- leak these documents.” He said Azad said the chatsreveal at- case is still on. He also referred to friends. He is survivedbyhis par- knowhewould take this step. He jhanda lagayahua hai...(Now see MinisterSalman Khurshid and ments…thewaytheleakedchats leaking official secretsabout a tempts to “manipulateTRP”. the chats, partofthe supplemen- ents, three brothers, wifeand an wasthe onlyperson in our family these thing about the farm laws, Leader of the Opposition in Rajya between Arnab Goswami and militaryoperation, especiallyan “The mostimportant partisthe tary chargesheetfiledagainst 11-year-old daughter. to come hereand protest.” that terrorists aresitting, and ter- Sabha GhulamNabi Azad to take Dasgupta…Threedays before the airstrike, is “treason”. nexuses between the govern- Dasgupta,claiming that the TRP rorists have A-47,haveflags of up the issue. The party demanded Balakot airstrike, howone jour- Askedhowthe Congress was ment and that particular individ- systemwasmanipulated.Therea- Khalistan),” Meena is heardsay- that an inquiryshould be an- nalistcame to knowthe details of linking the chat to Balakot when ual. That is mostimportant. That sons forthe rejection of bail will Tourism Corporation of Gujarat Limited (TCGL) ing in the video. nouncedimmediately. the airstrike... Idon’t know the airstrikewas notspecifically is amatter of great concern...” be made available on Thursday. (A Govt. of Gujarat undertaking) Address: BlockNo. 16, 4th Floor,Udyog Bhavan, ''IMPORTANT'' Sector-11, Gandhinagar -382 011 Phone: +91-79-23222523/ 23222645/ 23220002 Whilst care is taken prior to acceptance of advertising Fax: 91-79-23238908 copy,itisnot possible to verify its contents. 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BRANCHNAME / 1) Date of Demand Notice A) Reserve Price SALE NOTICE Name &Address of the Description of Properties &owner 2) Date of Possession B) EMD Borrowers /Guarantors 3) Amount of Demand 3) Bid Increase Amount Mega E- Auction 9. AsansolBranch(eOBC), GTRoad, a)All that piece &parcel of Land &Shed in the name of Sh Simran Singh, situated at 1. 02.12.2019 A) Rs. 37.10 lacs Murgasol, Dist. Burdwan- 713 303 Mouza- Punuri, JL No. 22, L.R. Kh No. 564, L.R. Plot No. 898, Area-33 2. 14.02.2020 Dated: 11.02.2021 Borrower: M/S Aniket Iron &Minerals Pvt Ltd, Decimal covered by Deed No. 5672 of 2011and JL No. 22, L.R. Kh Nos. 414, 22, 3. Rs.1,15,51,002.40 B) Rs. 3.71 lacs Directors: Sadar Sohan Singh &Simran Singh, 183/1, 198/1, 286/1, 434/1 &435/1, R.S &L.R. Plot No. 896, Area- 15 Decimal (Rupees One Crore Fiftten C) Rs. 10.000.00 Head Office: Plot No. 4, Sector-10, Dwarka, New Delhi -110075 Near Shasankali Mandir,Kulti College More, covered by Deed No. 7782 of 2011under Kulti Municipality.Bounded By: North By- lac Fifty One thousand Two Circle Sastra Centre, Durgapur,Nachan Road, Benachity,Durgapur,Paschim Bardhaman, W.B. /e-mail :[email protected] Kulti, Distt. Paschim Bardhaman, West Bengal, Property ofAshok Prasad &Vacant land of others(Plot-899), South By- Vacant land &paise Forty only) as on PIN- 713 343 &Pond of others(Plot No. 895 &897), East By- 16’0’’ wide Punuri Village Road & 30.11.2019 plus accrued SALE NOTICE FOR SALE OF IMMOVABLE PROPERTIES Guarantors: i) Sardar Sohan Singh, S/O Late Pond of others and WestBy- Vacant land of other(Plot No. 894. interest, incidental LAST DATE &TIME OF SUBMISSION OF EMD (Earnest Money Deposit) AND DOCUMENTS: 09.02.2021 /UPTO4.00 PM Bahadur Singh, College Road, Kulti Jamgram, Possession-Constructive, Details of the encumbrances (Tax/Municipal Rent/ expenses, cost &charges Maintenance/ Other charges)- Not known Sale of immovable property mortgaged to Bank under Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Paschim Bardhaman, West Bengal- 713 343 ii) etc. from 01.12.2019. Sh Simran Singh, S/O- Sardar Sohan Singh, Interest (SARFAESI) Act, 2002 (No.54 of 2002) College Road, Kulti Jamgram,Paschim E-Auction Sale Notice for Sale of Immovable Assets under the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security InterestAct, Bardhaman, West Bengal- 713 343 iii) Smt Nitur 2002 read with proviso to Rule 8(6) of the Security Interest (Enforcement) Rules, 2002. Kaur,W/O- Simran Singh, College Road, Kulti Notice is hereby given to the public in general and in particular to the Borrower(s) and Guarantor (s) that the below described immovable property mortgaged/charged to the Jamgram, Paschim Bardhaman, West Bengal- Secured Creditor,the constructive/physical/ symbolic possession of which has been taken by the Authorised Officer of the Bank/ Secured Creditor,will be sold on “As is 713 343. where is”, “As is what is”, and “Whatever there is” on the date as mentioned in the table herein below,for recovery of its dues due to the Bank/ Secured Creditor from the 10. Andal Branch (eOBC), Near Bharat Gas, All that piece &parcel of Factory Land, Structure, Plant &Machinery situated at 1. 01.10.2015 A) Rs. 248.00 lacs respective borrower (s) and guarantor (s).The reserve price and the earnest money deposit will be as mentioned in the table below against the respective properties. Andal, Dist. Burdwan(WB)- 713 321 Mouza- Kolkol, JL No. 86, Plot Nos. 610, 610/831, 610/832 RS Kh Nos. 1508, 1570, 2. 22.12.2015 Borrower: M/S Baba Biharinath Agro Tech Pvt 1571, LR Kh No. 1882 having area- 200 Satak in the name of Baba Biharinath Agro 3. Rs. 6,10,06,935.00 B) Rs. 24.80 lacs DESCRIPTIONOFIMMOVABLE PROPERTIES [The Said Properties are under Constructive Possession/ Physical possession of the Secured Creditor] Ltd, Vill &P.O. Kolkol, PS-Galsi, Burdwan. Tech Pvt Ltd covered by Deed No. I-2060 of 2010. Bounded By: North- Chandi Mata (Rupees six crore ten lac C) Rs. 50.000.00 BRANCH NAME / 1) Date of Demand Notice A) Reserve Price Guarantors: I) Sandip Singha, S/O- Lakshmi Rice Mill, South- Paraj to Abhirampur Road, East- Agri Land of Aboni Chaterjee, six thousand nine hundred Name &Address of the Description of Properties &owner 2) Date of Possession B) EMD Narayan Singha, Vill &PO-Nurkona, PS-Galsi, Jamunalal Roy &Vested land and West-Paraj toAbhirampur Road. thirty five only) as on Borrowers /Guarantors 3) Amount of Demand 3) Bid Increase Amount Burdwan-713 144. ii)Amiya Kr Dey,S/O- Pranab Possession-Physical, Details of the encumbrances (Tax/Municipal Rent/ 30.09.2015 plus costs, Kr Dey,Vill &PO-Panaj, PS- Galsi, Burdwan- 713 Maintenance/ Other charges)- Not known charges and future 1. Bhiringi Branch, Nachan Road, All that piece &parcel of Land &Building situated at Ramkrishna Road, 1. 26.07.2018 A) Rs.15.12 lacs 144. iii) Golam Hossain Khan, S/O- Sadai Khan, interest. 2. 11.10.2018 Benachity,Durgapur-713213 Unnayan Pally,Roy Danga, Durgapur-713201, Mouza- Birbhanpur,JL B) Rs.1.52 lacs Vill &PO- Kolkol, PS-Galsi, Burdwan- 713 144. 3. Rs.76,30,481.00 (Rupees Borrower: M/S Desh Entertainment Pvt Ltd, No. 91, Kh No. 551, Plot No. 1523,Area- 2Cottah or 3.30 Decimal in the iv) Sudhir Shyam, S/O- Bijoy Shyam ,Vill &PO- seventy six lac thirty thousand C) Rs.10.000.00 Director: Sh Dhananjay Kishore Chakraborty name of Dhananjay Kishore Chakraborty &Soma Chakraborty covered Paraj, PS- Galsi, Burdwan- 713 144. v) SkAkbar four hundred eighty one Two &Mrs Soma Chakraborty,21, Ramkrishna by Deed No. 03918 of 2013. Bounded By: On the North By- 12 Ft Wide Ali, S/O-Late Sk SadreAlam, Vill- Jagulipara, PO- only) as on 30.06.2017 plus Road, Roydanga Unnayan Pally,Durgapur- Road, On the South By- Property of Anita Chakaraborty,Onthe East Paraj, PS- Galsi, Burdwan- 713144. costs, charges and future 713201 Guarantors: a) Sh Dhananjay Kishore By- Property of Others and On the West By- 4FtWide Passage interest (from 01.07.2017 till 11.Asansol Branch (eOBC), Asansol, Dist. All that piece &parcel of Landed property under PS-Asansol, Mouza-Mohishila, J.L. 1. 11.04.2015 A) Rs. 14.00 lacs Chakraborty,S/O- Narendra Kishore Possession-Constructive, Details of the encumbrances (Tax/ the date of repayment) Burdwan(WB)- 713 303 No. 37, R.S. Kh No. 114, L.R. Kh No. 1897 &1898, R.S. Plot No. 978, Area- 15.00 2. 17.06.2015 Chakaraborty,21, Ramkrishna Road, Municipal Rent/ Maintenance /Other charges)- Not known Borrower: M/S Mainak Enterprise, Prop. Sh Decimal in the name of Manik Malakar &Bela Malakar covered by Deed Nos. 921 & 3. Rs.23,35,874.78 B) Rs. 1.40 lacs Roydanga Unnayan Pally,Durgapur- 713201 Manik Malakar,S/O- Late Sitanath Malakar,1, 922 of 1993. (Rupees twenty three lac C) Rs. 10.000.00 b) Smt Soma Chakraborty,W/O- Dhananjay No. Mohishila Colony,Asansol-713303 Possession-Constructive, Details of the encumbrances (Tax/Municipal Rent/ thirty five thousand eight Kishore Chakaraborty,21, Ramkrishna Road, Guarantor: Smt. Bela Malakar,W/O- Manik Maintenance/ Other charges)- Not known hundred seventy four & Roydanga Unnayan Pally,Durgapur- 713201 Malakar paise seventy eight only) as on 31.03.2015 plus 1. 18.07.2016 2. Bhiringi Branch, Nachan Road, Benachity, All that piece &parcel of Land &two storied Building situated at 11/6, A) Rs.49.79 lacs costs, charges and future Durgapur-713213 2. 01.10.2016 Rabindra Sarani, D-Zone, Srinagapally,Benachity, B) Rs.4.98 lacs interest. Borrower: Sh Rajib Banerjee &Smt Srabani Durgapur713213A1/9,Babul Kr DuttaRoad, Vidyasagarpally, 3. Rs.37,75,696.18 (Rupees 12. Asansol Branch (eOBC), Asansol, Dist. All that piece &parcel of property of 2361 sq ft. office space /Hall on 3rd floor 1. 27.11.2017 Banerjee, A1/9,Babul Kumar Dutta Road, Benachity,Durgapur-713213,Mouza -Bhiringi, JL No.119, Thirty Seven lac Seventy Five C) Rs.10.000.00 A) Rs. 57.60 lacs Vidyasagar Pally,Benachity,Durgapur-713213 thousand Six hundred Ninety Burdwan (WB)- 713 303 including common right of passage of 78 sq ft and parking space of 80 sq ft on a 2. 12.04.2018 Kh..No.1550, LR Kh No. 8069, RS Plot No. 1511, LR Plot No. 3791, Borrower: M/S Orion Merchandise Ltd Ltd, multistoried building situated at Mouza Mohishila, JL no 37, Khatian no 483/1045, 3. Rs.50,59,989.87 B) Rs. 5.76 lacs Area- 5.00 Decimal in the name of Rajib Banerjee &Srabani Banerjee Six &paise eighteen only as on 14.07.2016 plus costs, Directors- Md Kamal Koshar &Parwez Alam Plot no 124/3256, G.T.Road (East), Asansol under Asansol Municipal Corporation, (Rupees fifty lac fifty nine C) Rs. 10.000.00 covered by Deed Nos. 09472 &09473 of 2011. Bounded By: By North- Standing in the name of M/S Orion Merchandise Ltd., covered by Deed no 5174 of charges and future interest Guarantors: I) Md Kamal Koshar,S/O- Md thousand nine hundred Property of Chitta Das, By South- 16 Ft Wide Road, By East -16 Ft Wide 2012. Bounded By: On the North By- G.T.Road, On the South By- Lobby,Onthe (from 01.07.2016 till the date of Akbar Ansari, Karmatar,P.O. Jamtara –715352 eighty nine &paise eighty East By- Property of Sri Bharat Thacker &Other and On the West By- Property of Road and By West- Property ofTulsi Das. repayment) ii) Parwez Alam,S/O Late Kabil Ansari Ansari, seven only) as Possession-Constructive, Details of the encumbrances (Tax/ Tarbahar,Vill. &P.O. Karmatar Dt. Jamtara - JaishreeThacker. on31.10.2017 plus costs, Municipal Rent/ Maintenance /Other charges)- Not known 815352, iii) Manjur Alam, S/O Murtez Ansari Possession-Constructive, Details of the encumbrances (Tax/Municipal Rent/ charges and future Tarbahar,P.O.Amdiha, Dt. Jamtara -815352 , Maintenance/ Other charges)- Not known interest. 3. Dugapur Branch (eOBC), Nachan Road, 1. 10.06.2019 All that piece &parcel of Land &Building property situated at Mouza- A) Rs.29.29 lacs iv) Md. Moij Alam, S/O Md. Mahpuj Alam, Benachity,Durgapur- 713213 2.13.09.2019 Benachity,JLNo. 67, R. S. Khatian No. 118and correspondence to L. B) Rs.2.93 lacs Rangapara, P.O. Burnpur –713325 3. Rs. 65,43,670.00 (Rupees Borrower: M/S SKTRADERS Prop. Sanjay R. Khatian No. 1346, 1347, 1348 and now renumbered no L. R. v) M/S Orion Industries Ltd. Kumar Agarwal, Shyam Villa, Agrani Street, Khatian No. 1407 and 1418, R.S. Plot No. 452(P) and correspondence Sixty Five lac Forty Three C) Rs.10.000.00 Mohiskapur Plot, Near Jain Kunj, Benachity, thousand Six hundred Seventy 13. Ukhra Branch (eOBC), Bankola Road, a) All that piece &parcel of land with Godown situated at Mouza Uttar Deriapur,JL 1. 05.04.2017 Property: a to L. R. Plot No. 1463 under Durgapur Municipal Corporation, Mahalla - Ukhra, Burdwan- 713363 No. 111,LRKhNo. 739, RS Kh No. 216, Plot Nos 428 &412, Area- 4Satak under 2. 04.07.2017 Durgapur-13 Mahiskapur,Holding No. 77/N, measuring Area- 2.50 Cottah or 0.04 only) as on 30.06.2018 plus A) Rs. 7.00 lacs Guarantor: Sh Sandip Kumar Agarwal S/O- accruedinterest, incidental Borrower: M/S Ramjan Jute Bag, Prop- Sk Radha Mohanpur Gram Panchayat, Voll &P.O. Radha Mohanpur,P.S.Sonamukhi, 3.Rs.83,51,220.25 Acre in the name of Sh Sandip Kumar Agarwal and Sh Sanjay Kumar Distrcit Bankura, standing in the name of Sk. Ramjan, covered by Deed no I/1486, Surendra Prasad Agarwal Shyam Villa, Agrani expenses, cost &charges etc. Ramjan, S/O Sk. Zikria, Vill. &P.O. (Rupees Eighty Three lac B) Rs. 0.70 lacs Agarwal covered by Deed no 4127 of 2008 &1570 of 2014. Bounded dated 10.10.2002. Bounded By: On the North By- Open land of Sk. Raison, On the Street, Mohiskapur Plot, Near Jain Kunj, (from 01.07.2018till the date of Radhamohanpur,PS. Sonamukhi, Distt. Fifty One thousand Two South By- 20’ wide Panchyat Road, On the East By- 12’ wide village Road, On the C) Rs. 10.000.00 Benachity,Durgapur–13 By: On the North By- Twostoried Building of Ashok Kar,known as repayment) Bankura, PIN-722207 hundred Twenty and paise Bakul Bhawan, On the South By- 12’-0” wide Municipality Road, On the Guarantors: i) Alauddin Sekh, S/O Shri Zikria WestBy- Property of Sk. Ebadad Twenty Five Only) as on East By- 44 No. Agrani Street and On the West By- Single Storied Sekh, Vill. &P.O. Radhamohanpur,PS. Possession-Constructive, Details of the encumbrances (Tax/Municipal Rent/ 31.03.2017 plus accrued Building of Prinkya Mukherjee &Anand Prasad Mukherjee. Sonamukhi, Dist Bankura, PIN-722207 ii) Sekh Maintenance/ Other charges)- Not known interest, incidental Property: b Giasuddin, S/O Shri Zikria Sekh, Vill. &P.O. b) All that piece &parcel of land situated at Mouza Chaityannapur,JLno95, LR Kh expenses, cost &charges Possession-Constructive, Details of the encumbrances (Tax/ No. 206, RS Plot No. 439/885, 439/897 LR Plot No 588, Area-95 Decimal under A) Rs. 65.50 lacs Municipal Rent/ Maintenance /Other charges)- Not known Radhamohanpur,PS. Sonamukhi, Distt. etc. (from 01.04.2017 till Bankura, PIN-722207 iii) Shri Zikria Sekh, S/O Dhulai Gram Panchayat, P.O. Radha Mohanpur,PSSonamukhi, District Bankura, the date of repayment) B) Rs. 6.55 lacs 4. Panagarh Branch (eOBC),G.T.Road, a) Factory land &Building and structures situated at Dist. Burdwan, 1. 01.10.2015 Property :a Late Sekh Zahid, Vill. &P.O. Radhamohanpur standing in the of Md. Zikria Sk, covered by Deed no I/662, I/663 &I/664 of 1962. Bounded By: On the North By- Plot No. 896, Ththya Mitra Kendra, On the South By- C) Rs. 10.000.00 Panagarh, Dist. Burdwan(WB)- 713 148 P.S.- Monteswar,Mamudpur -I Gram Panchayet, Mouza Raigam J.LNo 2. 14.01.2016 A) Rs.274.15 lacs PS. Sonamukhi, Distt. Bankura, PIN-722207 93, Khatian no. 3277, Plot no .3220 area 40satak, Plot No. 3221, area 3. Rs.7,64,19,991.00 (Rupees Rest Land of Zikria Sekh, On the East By- Land of Krishna Chowdhury,Onthe B) Rs.27.42 lacs West By-Main Rd towards Bishnupur (State Highway-9) Borrower: M/S Radha Damodar Rice Mill, 124 satak, Mouza- Mirgahar,J.L. No. 89, Kh No. 690, Plot No. 118,area Seven crore sixty four lac Radha Gobindapally,P.O. Nutanganj District – nineteen thousand nine C) Rs.50.000.00 Possession-Constructive, Details of the encumbrances (Tax /Municipal 7satak, Plot No. 119, Area 2satak, Plot No. 122, Area 3satak, Plot No. Rent/ Maintenance/ Other charges)- Not known Burdwan -713102 124, Area 8satak, in the name of M/S Radha Damodar Rice Mill, hundred ninety one only) as on 14. Panagarh Branch(eOBC), GTRoad, (A)All that piece &parcel of land with two storied building situated at MouzaAsansol 1. 03.07.2017 Partners: 1) Smt, Sudha Chanda Wife of Sri covered by Deed no I/03494 of 2014, total area 184 Satak. Bounded By: 30.09.2015 plus costs, A) Rs. 57.00 lacs Bhupati Mohan Chanda 2) Smt. Rajlaxmi charges and future interest. Panagarh- 713148 Municipality,JLNo20, RS Kh Nos.6791 &5203, RS Plot Nos. 6018 &6019, area of 2. 20.12.2017 North: Agriculture Land of others, South: Agriculture Land of other & Chanda, wife of Sh. Tapas Chanda, 3) Sh. Tapas Borrower: M/S Yashoda Agri Foods Pvt Ltd, land –5Decimal(3 cottahs), standing in the name of Rahul Barnwal, underAsansol 3. Rs. 8,41,63,659.34 B) Rs. 5.70 lacs Burdwan to Nabadeep Road, East: Agriculture Land of others and Chanda, son of Sh. Bhupati Mohan Chanda, Village- Gopalmath, PO- Khandari Danga, Via- Corporation covered by Deed no I–6378 of 2013. Bounded By: On the North By- (Rupees eight crore forty C) Rs. 10.000.00 4) Smt. Poly Chanda, wife of Sh.Tapan Chanda, West:Agriculture Land of others Mankar,Burdwan- 713144. Directors- Sandeep House ofAparna Biswas On the South By- House of Nandalal GoraiOnthe East By- one lac sixty three 5) Sh. Surajit Biswas, S/O Sh Sushil BiswasAll are Entire Plant &Machineries and miscellaneous fixed assets of the Rice Kumar Gupta,Ajay Kumar Gupta &Manas Dey Road On the WestBy- House of Mr.Dutta thousand six hundred fifty partners of the firm are residing at Radhagobinda Mill Guarantors: i) Sh Sandip Kumar Gupta, S/O- Late Possession-Constructive, Details of the encumbrances (Tax/Municipal Rent/ nine &paise thirty four Palli, Rajganj, P.O. Nutanganj, P.S. Burdwan Possession-Physical, Details of the encumbrances (Tax/ Municipal Ishwarlal Gupta, Bakar Ali Lane, Pacca Bazar, Maintenance/ Other charges)- Not known only) as on 30.06.2017 Sadar,District Burdwan. Rent/ Maintenance /Other charges)- Not known Asansol-713301, ii) Sh Ajay Kumar Gupta, S/O- plus accrued interest, Property :b Late Ishwarlal Gupta, Bakar Ali Lane, Pacca b) Residential land &building under Distt &PS- Burdwan, Mouza- incidental expenses, cost A) Rs.33.38 lacs Bazar,Asansol-713301, iii) Sh Manas Dey,S/O- Late &charges etc. (from Burdwan, J.L. No. 30, R.S. Kh No. 5741, L.R. Kh No. 3176, Plot No. Monmohan Dey,8,Pritilata Wadderdar Bithi, Durgapur 717/1252, Holding No. 135, Ward No. 25, Land Area- 4.00 Katha in the B) Rs.3.34 lacs 713216. iv) Smt Meena Devi Gupta, W/O- Late 01.07.2017 till the date of repayment) name of Poli Chanda covered by Deed Nos. 5181 of 2013 &5335 of C) Rs.10.000.00 Ishwarlal Gupta, Bakar Ali Lane, Pacca Bazar,Asansol- 713301 v) Sh Rahul Baranwal, S/O- Bijay Kr Baranwal, 2013 Bounded By: North- Building of Ajoy Majumdar South- Rajganj Nilini Smrity,SBGarai by Lane, Asansol-713303 Road East -12Ftwide Road West -Building of Pradip Das Possession-Physical, Details of the encumbrances (Tax/ 15. Nachan Road Branch, City Centre, All that piece &parcel of Flat No. B-3, 3rd Floor situated at aFour Storied 1. 01.01.2019 A) Rs. 26.69 lacs Building(G+3) namely Neel Apartment, Ramkrihnapally,Benachity,Area- 1050 Sq 2. 02.03.2019 Municipal Rent/ Maintenance /Other charges)- Not known Durgpur- 713 216 Borrower: Mr Naeem Khan, S/O- Ekbaluddin Ft, Comprising in RS Plot No. 1553, LR Plot No. 2218, Kh No. RS- 227, L.R.-10218, 3. Rs.26,30,907.24 B) Rs. 2.67 lacs 5. Ukhra Branch (eOBC), Bankola Road, Ukhra- a) All that piece &parcel of Factory land &building and machineries 1. 01.10.2015 Property :a Khan &Mrs Hasina Begam,W/O- Moinuddin 10219, 10220, 10221,, JL No. 68, Mouza- Bhiringi, PS- Durgapur,Paschim (Rupees twentysix lac C) Rs. 10.000.00 713363 located at Vill. Kutrukhi, P.O. Uchagram, P.S. Galsi, Mouza Kutrukhi, JL 2. 22.12.2015 A) Rs.250.63 lacs Khan, Flat No. B-3, 3rd Floor,Neel Apartment, Bardhaman in the name of Naeem Khan &Hasina Begam covered by Deed No. thirty thousand nine Borrower: M/S Poral Maa Rice Mill Pvt Ltd. 3. Rs. 3,38,01,381.00 (Rupees 020604710 of 2017 Bounded By: On the North By- Flat of others, On the South By- no. 93, Kh. No. 111,LRkh. No. 1262, RS &RSPlot Nos. 616, 617& 618, B) Rs.25.07 lacs Ramkrishnapally,Benachity,Durgapur 713213 hundred seven &paise Director: Buddhadeb Ray &Bhupen Ray,Vill- LR Plot Nos. 617, 618 &620 ,Area- 180 Decimal standing in the name three crore thirty eight lac one 16 Ft wide Road, On the East By- By common Passage, On the West By- High Drain twenty four only) as on Vill. Kudrukhi, P.O. Uchagram, P.S. Galsi,Dist. of M/S Poral Maa Rice Mill Pvt. Ltd., covered by Deed no. I/4506 of thousand three hundred eighty C) Rs.50.000.00 Possession-Constructive, Details of the encumbrances (Tax/Municipal Rent/ 31.12.2018 plus accrued Burdwan –713406 2013. one only) as on 30.09.2015 Maintenance/ Other charges)- Not known interest, incidental Guarantors: 1) Sh Buddhadeb Ray,S/O- Bhupen Possession-Physical, Details of the encumbrances (Tax/ plus accrued interest, expenses, cost &charges Roy,Vill-Arrah,PO-Bidhannagar,Durgapur- incidental expenses, cost & Municipal Rent/ Maintenance /Other charges)- Not known etc. (from 01.01.20196 till 713212 2) Sh Bhupen Ray,S/O- Nirmal Ray,Vill- charges etc. (from 01.10.2015 the date of repayment) Arrah, PO- Bidhannagar,Durgapur- 713212 b) All that piece &parcel of Residential land with two storied building, till the date of repayment) Property :b 16. Panagarh Branch, G.T.Road, Panagarh, All that piece &parcel of land &two storied building situated at Mouza- Burdwan, JL 1. 02.04.2015 Plinth Area- 1357 Sq Ft situated at Mouza Arrah, JL no. 91, Kh no. 21 & A) Rs. 60.68 lacs A) Rs.48.94 lacs Dist. Burdwan(WB)- 713 148 No. 30, Kh No. 6929, RS Plot No. 5304, LR Plot No. 4254, Puratan Chak, Near 2. 12.06.2015 655,Plot No. 1596, Area- 8decimal, Mahalla Kalinagar,under B) Rs.4.90 lacs Borrower: M/S R&RAutomobiles, Keshbganj Khokkaor Saheb Majar), Area-2911SqFt, GFloor- 1542 Sq Ft &Ist Floor-1200 Sq 3. Rs.7,77,07,894.00 as B) Rs. 6.07 lacs Malandighi Gram Panchayat, P.SKanksa, Dist. Burdwan, standing in Chatti, G.T.Road, Burdwan Ft under Burdwan Municipality in the name of Smt Gopa Bhowmick covered by on 31.03.2015 plus C) Rs. 10.000.00 the name of Buddhadeb Ray,covered by Deed no. 827 of 2009. C) Rs.10.000.00 Partners: i) Arup Kumar Bhowmik, S/O- Late Deed No. 9344 of 2012. Bounded By: North By- Flat of Others South By-Building of accrued interest, Bounded By: By North- House of Sailen Bhowmick, By South- House of LateArun Kr Bhowmik, Tikorhat, Nutanganj, Near Allarekha, East By- Property of others, West By- 12 Ft wide Puratonchack Road incidental expenses, cost Bose Babu, By East–16 Ft. wide Road and By West- 6Ft. wide Road. Ramkrishna School, Burdwan- 713 102 Possession-Constructive, Details of the encumbrances (Tax/Municipal Rent/ &charges etc thereon Possession-Physical, Details of the encumbrances (Tax/ ii) Smt Gopa Bhowmik, W/O Arup Kr Bhowmik Maintenance/ Other charges)- Not known (from 01.04.2015 till the Municipal Rent/ Maintenance /Other charges)- Not known date of repayment) c) All that piece &parcel of Residential land with twostoried building, TERMS AND CONDITIONS Plinth Area-1017 Sq Ft, situated at Mouza Arrah, JL no. 91, Kh no. 264 Property :c The sale shall be subject to theTerms &Conditions prescribed in the Security Interest (Enforcement) Rules 2002 and to the following further conditions: 1.The properties are being sold on 'AS IS WHERE IS BASIS and “AS IS WHATISBASIS” and “WHATEVERTHERE IS BASIS” &562, RS Plot nos. 1122 &1123, LR Plot Nos. 1172 &1173 ,Area- 12 A) Rs.45.78 lacs decimal, Mahalla Kalinagar,under Malandighi Gram Panchayat, P.S 2. The particulars of Secured Assets specified in the Schedule herein above have been stated to the best of the information of the Authorised Officer,but the Authorised Officer shall not be Kanksa, Dist. Burdwan, standing in the name of Buddhadeb Ray, B) Rs.4.58 lacs answerable for any error,misstatement or omission in this proclamation. 3.The Sale will be done by the undersigned through e-auction platform provided at the Websitehttps://www.mstcecommerce.com on 11.02.2021 @11.00AM to 4.00 PM covered by Deed no. 3690 of 2010. Bounded By: By North-Open land, C) Rs.10.000.00 4. For detailed term and conditions of the sale, please refer to website:www.ibapi.in, www.mstcecommerce.com, https://eprocure.gov.in/epublish/app &www.pnbindia.in By South- Property of PGBhattacharya, By East– Property of PB STATUTORY15DAYSSALE NOTICE UNDER RULE 9(1) OF THE SECURITY INTEREST ENFORCEMENT AMENDMENT RULES, 2002. Banerjee and By West- 6Ft. wide Road. Possession-Physical, Details of the encumbrances (Tax/ Manoranjan Satpathy,Asstt. General Manager Municipal Rent/ Maintenance /Other charges)- Not known Date: 21.01.2021, Place: Durgapur Authorised Officer,Punjab National Bank 6. Panagarh Branch (eOBC),G.T.Road, a) All that piece &parcel of commercial Shop, Premises No. 2/15G at 1. 15.02.2020 Property :a STATUTORYSALE NOTICE UNDER RULE 8(6) OF THE SARFAESI ACT,2002 Panagarh- 713 148 the ground floor of Suhatta Mall, City Centre, Durgapur- 713216 with a 2. 10.06.2020 A) Rs.23.80 lacs Borrower: M/S Netsoft Proprietor: Sh Suman allotted space of 1000 Sq Ft(Super Built Up Area) and Carpet Area of 3. Rs.62,27,088.69 (Rupees SALE NOTICE Kar, S/O- Late Malayendra Kumar Kar,1A/5, 700 Sq Ft. The said building “Suhatta Mall” is being situated upon a sixty two lac twenty seven B) Rs.2.40 lacs Akbar Road, A-Zone, Durgapur –713 204 piece and parcel of land measuring 33.81 Cottah lying at Mouza- thousand eighty eight paise C) Rs.10.000.00 Mega E- Auction Guarantor: Smt. Debashree Kar,W/O -Suman Faridpur,JLNo. 74, Touzi No. 20, Kh No. 1362, C.S. Plot No. 3601(P), sixty nine only) as on Kar,1A/5, AkbarRoad, A-Zone, Durgapur-713 Layout Plot No. 3, PS- Durgapur,Distt. Paschim Bardhaman in the 30.11.2019 plus accrued Dated: 25.02.2021 204 name of Sh Suman Kar covered by Deed No. 1659 of 2009. Bounded interest, incidental expenses, cost &charges etc from Head Office: Plot No. 4, Sector-10, Dwarka, New Delhi -110075 By: By North -Open Land &IOC Pipeline, By South -Sahid Khudiram 01.12.2019. Circle Sastra Centre, Durgapur,Nachan Road, Benachity,Durgapur,Paschim Bardhaman, W.B. /e-mail :[email protected] Sarani ,ByEast-60 Feet wide ADDA Road and By West -Lease hold SALE NOTICE FOR SALE OF IMMOVABLE PROPERTIES land of M/S GKDiagnostic Pvt Ltd. LAST DATE &TIME OF SUBMISSION OF EMD (Earnest Money Deposit) AND DOCUMENTS: 23.02.2021 /UPTO4.00 PM Possession-Constructive, Details of the encumbrances (Tax/ Sale of immovable property mortgaged to Bank under Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest (SARFAESI) Act, 2002 (No.54 of 2002) Municipal Rent/ Maintenance /Other charges)- Not known E-Auction Sale Notice for Sale of Immovable Assets under the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 read with b) All that piece &parcel of commercial Shop, Premises No. 2/15 at the proviso to Rule 8(6) of the Security Interest (Enforcement) Rules, 2002. Property :b 2nd Floor of Suhatta Mall, City Centre, Durgapur- 713216 with aallotted Notice is hereby given to the public in general and in particular to the Borrower (s) and Guarantor (s) that the below described immovable property mortgaged/charged to the Secured Creditor, space of 429 Sq Ft(Super Built Up Area) and Carpet Area of 300 Sq Ft. A) Rs.16.41 lacs the constructive/physical/ symbolic possession of which has been taken by the Authorised Officer of the Bank/ Secured Creditor,will be sold on “As is where is”, “As is what is”, and “Whatever The said building “Suhatta Mall” is being situated upon apiece and parcel B) Rs.1.65 lacs there is” on the date as mentioned in the table herein below,for recovery of its dues due to the Bank/ Secured Creditor from the respective borrower (s) and guarantor (s). The reserve price and of land measuring 33.81 Cottah lying at Mouza- Faridpur,JLNo. 74, Touzi the earnest money deposit will be as mentioned in the table below against the respective properties. No. 20, Kh No. 1362, C.S. Plot No. 3601(P), Layout Plot No. 3, PS- C) Rs.10.000.00 DESCRIPTION OF IMMOVABLE PROPERTIES [The Said Properties are under Constructive Possession/ Physical possession of the Secured Creditor] Durgapur,Distt. Paschim Bardhaman in the name of Sh Suman Kar BRANCH NAME / 1) Date of Demand Notice A) Reserve Price covered by Sub-Lease Deed No. 163 of 2007. Bounded By: By North - Name &Address of the Description of Properties &owner 2) Date of Possession B) EMD Open Land &IOC Pipeline, By South -Sahid Khudiram Sarani, By East - Borrowers /Guarantors 3) Amount of Demand 3) Bid Increase Amount 60 Feet wide ADDA Road, By West-Lease hold land of M/S GK 1. Usha Gram Branch (eUNI), GTRoad, Diagnostic Pvt Ltd. All that piece &parcel of land &three storied building situated at Budha, 1. 02.07.2014 2. 09.02.2015 A) Rs.26.94 lacs Asansol- 713 303 Possession-Constructive, Detailsofthe encumbrances (Tax/ Alimuddin Lane, Asansol-713303, JL No. 20, Mouza- Asansol Municipality, 3.Rs.17,75.940.00 (Rupees Borrower: M/S Star Rexin Store, Prop. Md B) Rs.2.70 lacs Municipal Rent/ Maintenance /Other charges)- Not known Kh No. 814/1, Plot Nos. 8508, 8509, Area- 1.3 Decimal in the name of Abdul Seventeen lac Seventy five Shakil Ahmed, S/O- Late Abdul Aziz, Lighton Aziz(Since deceased) now represented by his legal heirs Akhtari Begam & thousand nine hundred forty C) Rs.10.000.00 7. City Centre Branch (eOBC), OPP.Central All that piece &parcel of land &Construction for poultry farm situated just 1. 07.04.2016 A) Rs. 17.70 lacs Palace, Bastin Bazar,Near Big Drain, Asansol- Shakil Ahmed covered by Deed No.1140 of 1975. Bounded By: On the North only) as on 30.06.2014 plus Library,City Centre, Durgapur-713216 on the side of 20 Ft Village Road at Sonai, Mahalla- Charaktala, Vill &PO- 2. 23.06.2016 713301 Guarantor: Mrs Akhtari Begam, W/O- By- Property of Prakash Babu On the South By- Property of Sakti Babu On accrued interest, incidental B) Rs. 1.77 lacs Borrower: M/S Universal PoultryFarm, Prop. Sonai, under Kota Gram Panchayat, PS- Budbud, Distt. Burdwan, Mouza- 3. Rs.60,79,802.00 Late Abdul Aziz, Holding No. 122, Budha, the East By- 12 Ft Wide Road On the West By- Property of Md Ismile. expenses, cost &charges etc. Utpal Mukherjee, S/O- Shankar Mukherjee, Vill Sonai, JL No. 6, Kh No. 1503, LR Kh No. 1796, Plot No. 1063(p), Area- (Rupees sixty lac seventy nine C) Rs. 10.000.00 Alimuddin Lane, Near Water Tank, Asansol- Possession-Constructive, Details of the encumbrances (Tax/ Municipal (from 01.07.2014 till the date of &PO- Sonai, Distt. Burdwan- 713148 18.00 satak in the name of Shankar Mukherjee covered by Deed No. thousand eight hundred two 713303. Rent/ Maintenance /Other charges)- Not known repayment) 1061of 2011Bounded by: North- Property of Sridam Chandra Das, South- only) as on31.03.2016 plus Guarantor-Shankar Mukherjee, S/O- Late 2. Bhiringi Branch, Nachan Road, Benachity, All that piece &parcel of Land &three storied Building situated at 1. 18.04.2016 2. 17.06.2016 Gunamoy Mukherjee, Vill &PO- Sonai, Distt. Vacant land of Rahul Agarwal, East- 20 Ft Village Road and West- Plot costs, chargesand future A) Rs.57.36 lacs interest, etc (from 01.04.2016 Durgapur-713213 Srinagarpally,Benachity,Durgapur-713213, Mouza- Bhiringi, JL No. 68, Kh 3. Rs.75,84,175.00 (Rupees Burdwan- 713148. No.1064. Borrower: Sucharita Ghosh, W/O- Sanjay Ghosh No. 1301, 619, Plot No. 1675, Area- 6.60 Decimal in the name of seventy five lac eighty four B) Rs.5.74 lacs Possession-Constructive, Details of the encumbrances till the date of repayment) &Sanjay Ghosh, S/O- Late Sunil Ghosh, 11/6, SucharitaGhosh covered by Deed No. 2138 of 2007. Bounded By: By North- thousand one hundred seventy C) Rs.10.000.00 (Tax/Municipal Rent/ Maintenance/ Other charges)- Not known Rabindra Sarani, D-Zone, Srinagapally,Benachity, Property of Harakali Ghosh By South- Property of Moli Dey By East – five only as on 31.03.2016 plus Durgapur713213, Guarantor: Dipti Ghosh, W/O- costs, charges and future 8. Durgapur Branch (eOBC), Nachan Road, All that piece &parcel of Factory Land, Structure, Plant &Machineries in 1. 01.11.2019 A) Rs. 284.68 lacs Property ofAtul Saha By West- 12 Ft Wide Road Benachity,Durgapur- 713213 the name of M/S Matangi Steels Pvt Ltd, situated at Mouza-Raturia, JLNo. 2. 04.01.2020 Late Sunil Ghosh, 11/6, Rabindra Sarani, D-Zone, Possession-Constructive, Details of the encumbrances (Tax/ Municipal interest (from 01.04.2016 till Borrower: M/S Matangi SteelsPvt Ltd, 90, C.S. Plot No. 1024(P), 1025(P),1026(P), 1027(P), 1028(P), 1029(P), 3. Rs.4,18,62,451.45 B) Rs. 28.47 lacs Srinagapally,Benachity,Durgapur713213 Rent/ Maintenance /Other charges)- Not known the date of repayment) Directors- Sh Dilip Chawla, &ShAmarjeet 1030(P), 1031(P), 1032(P), 1033(P), 1036(P), 1037(P), Kh No. 107 &70, (Rupees Four crore Eighteen C) Rs. 50.000.00 TERMS AND CONDITIONS Chawla,Plot No. 1, Raturia Angadpur Industrial Plot No. 1, Raturia Angadpur Indusrial Area, PS- Coke Oven, Durgapur - lac Sixty Twothousand Four The sale shall be subject to theTerms &Conditions prescribed in the Security Interest (Enforcement) Rules 2002 and to the following further conditions: Area, Durgapur- 713 215 713215, Area- 1.37 acres covered by Deed No. 6624 of 2009. Bounded hundred Fifty One &paise 1.The properties are being sold on 'AS IS WHERE IS BASIS and “AS IS WHATISBASIS” and “WHATEVERTHERE IS BASIS” Guarantors: i) Sh Amarjeet Chawla, S/O- Sh By: On the North By- Factory building of M/S Unatgagan Agency Pvt Ltd, Forty Five only) as on 2. The particulars of Secured Assets specified in the Schedule herein above have been stated to the best of the information of the Authorised Officer,but the Authorised Officer shall not be Mohan Chawla ii) Sh Dilip Chawla,S/O- Sh On the South By- 100 Ft wide Hanneman Sarani, On the East By- 80 Ft 31.10.2019 plus accrued answerable for any error,misstatement or omission in this proclamation. Mohan Chawla iii) Mrs Vineeta Chawla, W/O- wide Industrial Road and On the West By- Govt Industrial land/ Drain. interest, incidental expenses, 3.The Sale will be done by the undersigned through e-auction platform provided at the Websitehttps://www.mstcecommerce.com on 25.02.2021 @11.00AM to 4.00 PM Sh Amarjeet Chawla iv) Mrs Sapna Chawla, Possession-Constructive, Details of the encumbrances (Tax/Municipal cost &charges etc (from 4. For detailed term and conditions of the sale, please refer to website:www.ibapi.in, www.mstcecommerce.com, https://eprocure.gov.in/epublish/app &www.pnbindia.in 01.11.2019 till the date of W/O- Sh Dilip Chawla v) Mrs Maya Devi Chawla, Rent/ Maintenance/ Other charges)- Not known STATUTORY30DAYSSALE NOTICE UNDER RULE 9(1) OF THE SECURITY INTEREST ENFORCEMENT AMENDMENT RULES, 2002. W/O- Sh Mohan Chawla, AC- 26, Abnindra Bithi, repayment) City Centre, Durgapur-713216 vi) Avilx Exports Manoranjan Satpathy,Asstt. General Manager Pvt Ltd, 5, Nafer Kundu Rd, Flat-2B, 2nd Floor, Date: 21.01.2021, Place: Durgapur Authorised Officer,Punjab National Bank Kolkata-700026. STATUTORYSALE NOTICE UNDER RULE 8(6) OF THE SARFAESI ACT,2002

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India stands to enhanceits status as aresponsible nation by WHEN INDIANCRICKET history is discussed mostimportantlythe mental conditioning, when Ravi Shastri waschosen to bethe head it will be said of them that theytook all the have suchacritical role to perform. coachofthe team.“Superstarculture” and supplying Covid vaccines to countries in South Asia body blows butdid notlet the country Iwould believe that the initial moulding “captain choosing the coach” were thecom- ELHI’S DECISION TO startsending vaccines to itsneighbours in South down! The 11 in the firstTestatAdelaide, of these warriors has been sculptedbyRahul mon refrainofthose days.Shastri has Australia were vastly different from the Dravid,himself acricketing legend.These moulded theteam to ensurethat it is awell- Asia and other countries who have asked foritisthe right step forward elevenwho handcrafted history on Tuesday youngsters have all been partofthe under- knit pack. He brooksnoidiots.Cerebral and forIndia in itsrelationswith itsneighbours. It holds immense potential at the Gabba. Theyfaced body blows,toler- 19 group of cricketers handpickedand trained strategic, he is hisown man. Amorale booster foranew kind of diplomacy in the region, one basedonthe common ated sledging and endured racistslurs from by Dravid.Shubhman Gill had spearheaded and mentor forthe squad and ensuringca- Dgood and common interests of theSouth Asian people. As of now, India the spectator’s gallery. But notfor amoment the IndianU-19team’s battingprowess in the maraderie in thedressing room, therecould has shippedvaccines to Maldives, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Nepal, Myanmarand did theyallowtheir single-mindeddedica- 2018 worldchampionship. He turnedina notbeabetter testimonialfor himthan The Seychelles, and will send them to other countriesaswell, including Sri Lanka and tion to slacken. The team wassoheavilyin- splendid 91 in Brisbane.Rishabh Pant, a Indian Express proclaiming:“Shastri’s jour- juryridden that theyhad to fall backupon member of the U-19squad of 2016,who ney: From Champion of Championstocoach Afghanistanonce approvals areavailable. “netbowlers” androokiebatsmen, who had startedhis Test career onlyin2018, brokethe of aChampion team.”Thereisthe stampof In doingso, Delhi is fulfilling itsroleasaresponsiblenation. With itsadvancedcutting- neverimaginedthat theywould be called great MSDhoni’s recordofthe fastest1,000 Kohli on the team. Aggressive,confident, edge healthcareinthe private sector,India attractsthousands of people from all countries upon, notonlytomakeaplaying XI in aTest runsbyanIndianwicket-keeper.Pant played physically fitand mentallyfocusedonthe job of South Asia formedical treatment, at afraction of what it costs in the West.Medicines match,but be the frontline warriors forthe asedateinnings, the likes of whichwould at hand. In partnershipwith the coach, Kohli manufactured in India have agoodreputation across South Asia, even in Pakistan. It was same.Itspeaksvolumesoftheir aspiration, have thehallmarkofDravid or Dhoni. He has builtateam that can be world-beaters. natural then thatgovernments in the region would look to vaccines manufacturedin of their commitmenttothe cause, of their Many have derided the IPL. playedthe anchor at one end and speededup Manyhavederidedthe IPL.Manydonot India, especiallyCovishield, developedbyOxfordUniversity and AstraZeneca, as aviable focus (whichwas theirteam’s honour)that at will,with no tension or pressurefromthe even call it “cricket”. Theyneedtorealise that theysingle-mindedlyaddressedthe task at Many do not even call it sledgingofthe Aussies, who were finding it these arethe “finds” of the IPL. Howmanyse- option. In their recent visitstoneighbouring capitals, External Affairs MinisterSJaishankar hand. Theyfoughtbravely to ensurethat the ‘cricket’.They need to realise difficult to digestthe treatment that this lectors gettosee Ranji or Mushtaq Ali tour- and Foreign SecretaryHarsh Shringla were askedabout and gave assurances on the pos- team romped home with one of the most that these are the “finds” of rookie team wasgivingit. Washington nament matches? HowmuchofTVcoverage sibilities of vaccine supplyfromIndia. It is commendablethat Delhi has movedquickly magnificent victories in Indian cricketing the IPL. Howmanyselectors Sundar,another 2016 U-19squad member, is providedtothem? The youngsters have re- to deliveroncommitmentsmade to some of these countries. While the initial supplies history. whose commitmentwith the ball waswell mindedthe BCCI of itsresponsibility towards have been sentfreeofcost, it is possible that countries maychoose to enter intocom- Reams will bewritten on this match, giga- get to see Ranji or Mushtaq known but his 22 off29balls, brought fortha them. We needtoprovide them an alma mercial agreementswiththe manufacturers formorequantities.The governmentsof bytesexpendedin electronic media coverage Alitournament matches? comment from hisdad that he is 70 per cent mater —aworld-class CricketAcademyto and tonnes of hotair will beblown on the val- abatsman. The Palghar boyShardul Thakur, train in, undergo rehab in and be mentored Myanmar and Bangladesh arealready in suchnegotiations. HowmuchofTVcoverage is ourofthe team. All that will neverbeableto who travelled100kilometres to Mumbai for by the best that the “rich” BCCIcan fetch. We Forittohaveany lasting value forDelhi’s relationshipswith itsneighbours,it is best that portray what mayhavebeen passing through provided to them? The practice, is thediamond thatultimately needtoprovide them motivational speakers Indiarefrainsfromchestthumping asaviourcomplex. Itwouldalso beunwiseto make this the mindofMohammad Siraj, who wept at youngstershavereminded shines when put to test.And he and Sundar and mind-conditioning professionals. IPL yetanother contestbetween India and China. Vaccines areaglobal common good, and the his dad’s memorywhile singing the national the BCCI of its possiblywereconsideredto beseeing action franchisees or stateassociations cannot pro- demand foranti-COVID 19 immunisation across the worldismassive.Itisthe responsibil- anthem, or the youngest member of the team responsibilitytowards them. onlyinthe nets! vide them world-class facilities. These are ityof allcountrieswith thecapability to manufacturethevaccineto make itavailableinter- who wasthe proud holder of the Border- We needtomarvel the remarkable com- woefullylacking.The likes of Sachin Gavaskar trophythat his captain handedto We need to provide them an mitment of Siraj,son of an auto rickshaw Tendulkar,Dravid, Anil Kumble, Zaheer Khan, nationally, andequitablytoall. Thisis in everycountry'sinterest, asbuilding aglobalimmu- him forthe all important photo-op. Yes, this alma mater —aworld class driverwho useduphis savings to letthe son Harbhajan Singh, Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj nity to COVID19iscrucialtorestoringthe movement of peopleand goodsacrossnations, to match will go down in the annals of Indian CricketAcademytotrain in, playcricket, who wasgiven the sad news of Singh should constitutethe resource to pro- lifeasitwas pre-pandemic. Even as theyget supplies from India, expect South Asian coun- historylikethe 1983 WorldCup or the 2007 undergorehab in and be his father’s demise the moment he landed vide the motivation.The youngsters needto tries to tieuppartoftheir supplies from China, whichhas already entered intoagreements ICCT20 trophyorthe 2011 WorldCup win. in Australia and who chose nottoreturn for beincubated. It is the crucible that is urgently to supplyits vaccines to severalcountriesinSouthEastAsiaand Pakistan. Eventually, it is the What we needtorecognisetoday is howdid mentored by the best that the funeral. TNatarajan is another wonder. required.Indiancricket needs to forgeahead efficacy of eachvaccine, irrespective of whereitismade, that will matter. this groupof“rookies”took on themighty the ‘rich’ BCCI canfetch. We Son of apower-loom worker,hewas in- with the incredible storywhichhas justbeen Australians, especiallyafter thehumiliating need to provide them cludedinthe squad to Australia as one of the scripted. 36 allout at Adelaide. We needtorecognise motivational speakersand four additional bowlers —and howhedeliv- that champions arenot made in aday.Inthe ered!Ajinkya Rahane, the stand-in captain, Rai, aformer Comptroller and Auditor General makingofsuchchampions,the sweat,the mind-conditioning ledfromthe front. of India, waschairman, Committee of LEGAL LOOPHOLE hardwork,the mentoring, the dedication and professionals. Muchwas spoken and morewritten Administrators, BCCI Furore over WhatsApp’s updated privacy policy terms underlines urgency foraregulatoryframework to protect data

ARLIER THIS MONTH, WhatsApp, the instant messaging platform, unveiled the updated termsofits privacy policy.Users were givenuntil February 8to agree to thenew terms if theywantedtocontinue using the messaging app. THE CYBER TAX CONUNDRUM EBut withprotests ensuing, and manyusers raisingconcerns over data privacy, WhatsApp announceddelaying theimplementation of the changes to May Digital Service Tax(DST) could offeraninterim solution 15.OnTuesday, theMinistryofElectronics and Information Technologywrote to thecom- pany askingfor the withdrawal of itslatestprivacy and policyupdates. In itsletterthe min- istrynotedthatthe newterms enabled WhatsApp and other Facebookcompanies “to Suranjali Tandon makeinvasive and precise inferences about users”, adding that the collectionand sharing of sensitivedatawiththe Facebook ecosystem “has the potentialtoinfringeoncoreval- THE TAXATIONOFdigital companies has plicable, 72 per cent areUS-based. It cannot challenge,countries suggestedthatanew ues of dataprivacy,user choiceand autonomy of Indian users”. Facebookitselfisthe sub- been akey concernfor G20 countries. The be dismissed that the taxcan result in over- basis to tax, say, thenumber of users in a ject of twolawsuitsfiledbythe US government and governmentsof48USstateswhichhave agenda to reform international taxlaw so taxation since thecompany willnot be able country, could address the challengetosome put itsacquisitionofbothWhatsApp and Instagram under the scanner.WhileWhatsApp that digitalcompanies aretaxed where eco- to claim anycredit fortax paid on Indian extent. The EU and Indiawereamong the ad- has sought to allay the concerns surrounding the newpolicy terms, instances suchasthese, nomic activities arecarriedout wasformally sales. Further,the clarifications have notbeen vocates of this approach. In 2018,India intro- framedwithin the OECD’s base erosion and made available. However, it is predominantly ducedthe test forsignificant economic pres- bring to the fore,the contentiousissuessurrounding data privacy,and underline the ur- profit shifting programme.Seven years since applicable to US companies since the mar- ence in the Income TaxAct. However, the gency of putting in placearegulatoryframework to deal with suchmatters. itsinception, it is still work in progress. ket fordigital services is dominatedbyUS- proposalofarevisednexus wasnot sup- The updatedpolicy delvesintothe sharing of datacollectedfromWhatsApp users with Worriedtheymight cede their right to tax based firms. The lawitself in no waydiscrim- ported widely. Moreover, to give effect to a the broaderFacebook ecosystem. Reportedly,itseeksto differentiatebetween “messages incomes, manycountries have either pro- inates basedonsize of operations or newnexus would requirebilateral renego- with friends or family” and “messages with abusiness”.However, even though most of posedorimplemented adigitalservices tax. nationality,and has no retrospective ele- tiationoftax treaties thatsupersededomes- the datacollectedpertainstoaccount information, some information whichcan potentially India is amongstthe firsttohaveimple- ment. tic taxlaws. mented an equalisationlevyin2016, which Anycompanythat has apermanent res- Meanwhile, the OECD continuedtowork be shared,suchasdetailsoftransactionsand payments, can be sensitive.Tobesure, users sought to taxpaymentsmade foronline ad- idence in Indiaisexcludedsince it is already to find commonalities among arange of so- perturbedby the changes in the policy terms always have the option of opting outand mi- vertising services to anon-resident business subject to taxinIndia. Forexample, if com- lutions. In October 2020, it releasedablue- grating to other platforms. However, giventhe networkeffects—the instant messaging plat- by residents. In March2020, it expanded the Thecore problem that the panyAthat has alocal subsidiaryorisareg- print of the solution thatitseeksto finalise by form has morethan 400million users in India —suchasubstitutionisunlikelytobesmooth. scope of the existing equalisation levy to a international tax reform isteredentity,nolevyispayable.Iffirm Bop- June 2021. But consultations heldwith stake- rangeofdigital services that includes e-com- erates services in India, but itsbilling address holders this month do notinspireconfi- The absence of apersonal dataprotection architecture, and aregulatoryauthority, seekstoaddressisthat leavesindividuals vulnerable to exploitation.InIndia,ifthe data privacy lawwas in place, merceplatforms. Anypayment made by is registeredinIreland, then the levy will be dence. In itscurrent form, the solution is too non-residentsinconnectionwith an Indian digital corporations, unlike chargedonpaymentstothis entity from complextoadministerand proposes to allo- it is possiblethatwhilethe messagingplatform could have limited the services provided user will nowattract a2per centlevy. Such India. Experts suggestthat suchtaxes can be cate residualprofit—aterm that has no eco- to users, it maynot have been able to denyservices basedonanindividual’s dataprefer- their brick-and-mortar an approachisoften viewedascontraryto counterparts, canoperate in passed on to consumers. Whilethe Indian nomic definition—thus calling into question ences.Inthe European Union wherethe General DataProtection Regulation (GDPR)al- the ethos of international agreements. customermay notpay this as atax,this could the gains. It would also requirepolitical con- lows individuals greater sayovertheir data, the newWhatsApp rules will notapply. However, theproliferationofdigitalservice amarket without aphysical mean higher prices, contrarytothe claim sensus on multipleissues, including sensi- Putting in place aregulatoryapparatuswillnot only help monitor theflowofdata, butalso taxes(DSTs)isasymptomofthe changing presence. Thecurrent basis that it taxesthe company. TheUSTRinvesti- tive matters suchassetting up of an alterna- help address critical questions suchaswhat kindofdataiscollected,isitsensitive,where international economic order.Countries such fortaxing in aparticular gations pose athreat of retaliatorytariffs.In tive disputeresolution process comparable it is stored,among others. as India whichprovide large marketsfor dig- jurisdiction is anotion of asimilar investigation forFrance’s DST, the to arbitration. This can increase the compli- ital corporations seek agreater right to tax US respondedwith the threat to levy tariffs ance burden. The US has expressedits pref- incomes. fixed place of business. To on select Frenchexports,implementedin erence to apply this measureonasafehar- Apprehensive that DSTs could become overcome this challenge, January2021. However, these were sus- bourbasis, whichcan limit the companies to the norm, in June 2020, the US initiatedUSTR countries suggested that a pendedinlight of other ongoing investiga- whichitmay be applicable. THE GOODDOCTOR investigations under section 301ofthe Trade new basis to tax,say,the tions. It seems trade is anew collateral of tax As countries calibratetheir response to Act1974against 10 jurisdictions, including negotiations. competing demands forsovereignty to tax, VShanta, who passedawayinChennai, pioneered cancer India. This inquiryintends to find out if DSTs number of usersina The coreproblem that the international DSTisaninterim alternativeoutsidetax cure and research in India discriminateagainstUScorporations. The re- country, could addressthe taxreform seekstoaddress is that digital cor- treaties.Itpossesses the advantageoftaxing port releasedinJanuary2021confirmedthat challenge to some extent. porations, unlike theirbrick-and-mortar incomes thatcurrentlyescape taxand cre- OR 65 YEARS, VShantalived in andworkedout of TheCancer Institutein India’s equalisation levy is unreasonable for TheEUand India were counterparts, can operateinamarket with- ates spacetonegotiate afinal, overarching Adyar, Chennai,treating hundredsofthousands of patientsoverthe years. itssudden implementation and retrospec- out aphysicalpresence. The current basis for solution to this conundrum. tive application,and is discriminatorysince among the advocates of this taxing in aparticular jurisdiction is anotion Early Tuesday, shepassedawayaged93, aftersuffering aheart attackthe of the 119companies to whichitislikelyap- approach. of fixedplace of business. To overcome this The writer is assistant professor,NIPFP Fprevious night. Shantahad joinedthe Cancer Institutein1855, ayear afterthe legendarydoctor,activist, social reformer and legislator,Muthulakshmi Reddy,set it up. Reddy,who had losther sister to cancer,had setupthe institutetooffer specialtytreat- ment forthe condition, whichwas then seen as incurable and acurse of God. Shanta, a JANUARY 21,1981, FORTY YEARS AGO graduateofthe Madras Medical College, wasmentored by Reddy and her son, Krishnamurthi. Shaped by thelegacy of her famous uncles, Nobellaureates CVRaman US HOSTAGES FREE REAGAN SWORN IN problem should be according to the “Seven- and SChandrasekhar,she became the face of the instituteand turneditintoacentreof IRAN TODAYFREED the 52 American SEVENTY-YEAR OLD RONALD Reagan, for- Point VajpayeeFormula”, the outfit insisted. cancer careand research.Beforethat, the Tata Memorial Hospital in Bombaywas the only hostagesonthe 444th dayoftheir captivity mer Hollywood star,sportscasterand It hasasked the students to notboycott the hospital that providedexclusive specialty care forcancer.Under her,the Cancer Institute, in exchangefor areturn of eight million dol- columnist, wassworn in as America’s 40th university exams and requestedthe grew from a12-bed hospital intoSouth India’s premier cancer research centrewith fa- lars of assets giving JimmyCarteradramatic president. He takesoverfromJimmyCarter government to postpone these examina- cilities forover500inpatient admissions. She ensured that the instituteoffered free treat- victoryinthe closing days of his presidency. who wasdefeated in the elections. Carter tionsbyamonthtoenable studentsmake The liberated captivesflewfromIranjustaf- stressedhuman rightsand as faraspossible preparations. ment to amajority of itspatients, mostlypoor people from rural areas. The CancerInstitute ternightfall aboardtwo Boeing 727aircraft. avoidedthe pompand ceremonyofoffice. also focussed on collating statistics, epidemiology and paediatriccancer,public education Iran’s official news agency Pars reportedthat He hated the pompof“inaugural balls” and SALAM MEETS TEACHER towardsearly detection of cancer etc. and itsimpact wasremarkable. the hostagesweretaken from abus and turnedthem into“parties”. Reagan in con- PAKISTANI NOBEL LAUREATE Abdus Salam Shantawas morethan adoctor,researcher and administrator —she sawherself as a loaded aboardaheavily-guardedplane to the trastbrings the glamour of Hollywoodtothe methis ailing teacher professor Anilendra healer.Her home wasasingle room in The Cancer Institutepremises and she metpa- chanting by Islamic Revolutionaryguards. WhiteHouse. Gangopadhyayathis residence in Calcutta. tientsuntil her lastdays.She impartedher ownvision of selfless service and self-reliance Allah-o-Akbar,the crowds chanted as “Sir Ihavenot learnt anything morethan you AhmedAzizi, arepresentative of thePM’s of- AASU RELENTS taught me,” Salam told his teacher who that drew itsspirit from the eraofthe freedom movement and Nehruvian India to the fice ledthe hostagesaboardthe aircraft. THE ALL ASSAM StudentsUnion hasagreed taught him mathematics in Lahore. CancerInstituteasitexpandedasahospital and research centre. Healthcare, Shantabe- Slogans in English, Down with America, to sit in tripartitetalks to find asolution to Gangopadhyayheld the medal in his hand, lieved, had to be affordable and accessible to everyone. Down with Reagan, were also shouted. the Assam problem. The resolution to the looked at it intentlyand blessedhis pupil.

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THEINDIANEXPRESS,THURSDAY,JANUARY21,2021 WHATTHE OTHERSSAY “Ittook along time forleaderstonotice, longer to condemn, and longer still to act. It took timefor researcherstoamassevidence of China’streatment of UighursinXinjiang —from massdetention to forced sterilisation —given the 7 THE IDEAS PAGE intensesecurity and secrecy in the north-westregion.” —THEGUARDIAN After@realDonaldTrump, Democracy’s no easy answers moral foundations It’s notjustabout courts,Constitution and law. Trust, truthand the financialmodel of SiliconValley areatodds. Networkeffects Society’s values needtobeinformedby that make onlineplatforms popular remain in place asense of justice

notjusttothe cause of democracy but to its onward march.But when speechisdis- trusted, motivesare ascribed to the free ex- pression of views,and when laws aremis- usedand courts choose to ignore such onslaughts, we fail the test of democracy.A countrywhere protectorsof lawinvade such values and the courts do notbring them to account develops fault lines. Bhaskar Kapil Sibal Butdissentandthefreeflowofideascan neverbecome evergreen if the channels of Chakravorti information arepolluted with open biases IWONDERwhythe veryvaluesof ourrepub- or manipulations whichseek to support lic thatwecelebrateare also the oneswe thosewho needtobemade accountable. THE ROADS IN Silicon Valleyare pavedwith choose to wantonlydecimate. Politicians Therecould beinstances wherespeechmay irony. pretend to embrace the constitutional val- appear to befree but if the channels of com- Thetechindustryexists in aparalleluni- ues theyoften efface with contempt.The munication block,distort,abuse or mockfree verseinwhichInstagramhead,AdamMosseri, freedoms we claim to cherish areleftonthe speech, thereisloss of freedom. cansay: “Thereisalot of misinformationabout statutebooksunprotected. Democracyneeds to bepreservednotfor the WhatsApp ToS[termsofservice] right Letmeattempt to enumerate theindices perpetuation of powerbut forthe perpetu- now,”referringtoWhatsApp, the messaging to test the strength of afunctioning democ- ation of democratic values. If the agenda is platformalreadyknownasoneof themostef- racy.The values necessaryfor it being robust to win public supportand channels of com- ficient means of spreading misinformation. ultimately lie in the hearts of men and municationsallowthemselvestobemisused Mosseri was, of course, worriedthat women. In 1944,LearnedHand, the great forthatend, the political classsucceedsin WhatsAppers—especiallyinIndia,thelargest federal judge, said,in the contextofourfree- devaluing democracy.Aculture in which market—would flee because of arecent an- doms: “I oftenwonder whether we do not people acceptthe inevitabilityofthis conse- nouncementthatWhatsAppwouldbesharing rest ourhopestoo muchupon constitutions, quence and plead theirhelplessness in op- datawithFacebook,Instagramandotherpart- CRSasikumar upon laws andupon courts.” Those were posing it is leastsuited to democracy. ners. To add fuel to thefire, aJanuary7tweet down. And now, do youthink all those other freedom from liability givesthe platforms prophetic words. Societalbalanceis builtuponinstitutional fromTeslafounderandmuch-lionisedSilicon powerTwitter users—headsofstates,celebri- the licence to freely hostuser-generated Public discourseinthis countryplaces frameworksthat ensurethatnoone institu- Valleylegend,ElonMusk,recommended:“Use ties and influencers (yes, youknowwho you content, whichcreates the richness of much toomuchstress on the values enshrinedin tionhasprimacy overothers. That allowsfor Signal,” referringtoanalternative messaging are) —who use the platform to inciteviolence of the worldwideweb. Thinkofthose TikTok our Constitution as if that, by itself,ensures managing contradictions and disagree- app.Inevitably, sign-upsonSignalsurgedwith andhateare quaking in their slippers? videos that got youthrough the months of their protection. We mistakenlybelievethat ments. Absent this, personal, partisan and some enthusiasts anticipatingamass migra- Letmebethe firsttoassurethem to keep lockdown or of Bellingcat, that exposedthe those in government arecommitted to the political agendas run amuck, and the spirit tion at ascale notseensince the time of calm.Jackisinnohurryto comeafteryourhan- poison attackonAlexeiNavalnybyPutin’s values and democratic principles regarded of liberty gets devalued.Thatbalance is care- Partition. dle; notright away.@realDonaldTrump’s thugs or of the good morning messages that as the foundationofour republic.Welament fullyengraved in our constitutional edifice. ItisnosmallironythatthisisthesameElon 88,776,124 followers had made it ahandleof startyour dayonWhatsApp or of Wikipedia occasionallythat courts,when calledupon, Central to maintaining that balance arethe MuskwhoissountrustworthyonTwitterthat gold, valuedat$2billion in 2017.Jack’s new- that helpedyour kidfinishtheir homework, failmiserably to upholdthe Constitutionand country’s courts —theyare the final fortress hehadto agreeto have allhistweets reviewed foundcouragemay have been helpedbythe even if theywerenot allowedtociteitasa law. Neither the Constitution, nor law, nor securing that balance. The quasi-federal by Tesla’s counsel before posting. This wasaf- reality that an ex-president, nowtwice im- source.Ifproposedchanges to 230 arenot the courts by themselvescan upholdthe val- structureofthe country’s polity is reflected terhis August2018tweet,“Am considering peached, who incitedamob to attack his own Trump’sreal Twitter handle, done carefully, only the large platforms ues of humanism, whichare at the heartof in the manner in whichpowers aredistrib- takingTeslaprivate at$420.Fundingsecured.” seatof government,maycommandfewerad- @realDonaldTrump, with might survive because theyare the only democracy. uted betweenthe states and the Union. No,hedid nothavefundingsecured—and it vertisingdollars. In the meantime, it is com- ones that have thelegal and financialre- It is onlywhen the mindofthe public is Lately, that balance has oftenbeen seen to wasascandal. And that hasn’tstopped him forting that Facebook and other major plat- whichheruled forfour long sources to dealwith the surge of lawsuits. influencedbyvalues that ensureaccount- be disturbed by the Union’sattemptsto from spreading COVID-19misinformation. I forms had also decidedtodumpTrumpand years, had to be silencedafter And, if youwereconcerned about the mo- ability of public institutions and areimbued destabilise stategovernmentsbyusing itsin- guess Tesla’s counselisokaywith that. Trumpists. 59,558 tweets. It is ironic that nopolypowerofBig Tech,this could make withasense of justice will democracy re- vestigative,political and fiscal clout. The del- But Idigress from the biggestnewsofthe And herein lies moreirony.Signal must Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey the problem even worse. side in people’s hearts —then alone will we icatebalance between thelargerinterests of day. Todaymarksamomentousdigitaltransi- preparetomakeroomfor awaveofdigital Youmustbeasking: What does this all elect leaders with statureand the capacity the state, under the guise of public interest, tion —and that, too, is lacedwith irony. The refugees —not onlythose fleeing WhatsApp, had not been particularly meanforme?Youmay have theurge to escape to govern by embracing the free flowof and constitutionallyprotected freedoms,is Twitter handles @POTUS and @WhiteHouse but the Trumpists escaping the inhospitable fussed about Trump being the good morningmessages or the perpetu- ideas. It is onlywhen our society’s culture occasionallydisturbed by oppressive state were transferredovertoJoe Biden. President climes of Facebookand the other major plat- named as the single-biggest allyforwarded badjokeorposts from that old imbibes a“moral universe”, the touchstone action by misusing thelaw. Bidendid notinheritthe millions of followers forms.ItisnotSignalalonethatmustnow take classmatewhohasnowturnedoutto beaNazi on the basis of whichactionsofmen in Diversity—cultural, religious and lin- from his predecessor.Hewill startwithazero on this awe-inspiring responsibility.Other superspreader of COVID-19 sympathiser.Ifyou, likemanyothers, were powerwill be tested,will ourdemocracy guistic —that’s at theheart of thriving balanceand borrowfromahandle he had re- fledgeling sites arelaying out the redcarpet. and elections consideringachange to Signal,itturnsoutthat begin to flourish. It is onlywhen actsofall democracies, is victimised at thehands of a centlyset up with atinyfollowing. The prede- Getusedtoafewmorenames:Telegram,Gab, misinformation, according once the dustsettles, arelatively small num- public institutions arepegged to the same stateespousingmajoritarian agendas. cessor,DonaldTrump,hadconsideredsigning MeWe,CloutHub,Dlive,8kun,Peepeth.Asthe to some veryhardworking ber, at most15per cent of users, according to “moraluniverse”willtheybealignedtothe Institutionalbalance within Parliament and on to an alternative right-wing site, Parler,us- dominantplatformsfindtheirconscience,the onesurvey,planto breakfreeof WhatsApp.So valuesofour republic. It is onlywhenthe between Parliament, executive and the judi- ing the handle “Person X,”beforeParleritself extremists aremoving further intothe inter- Cornell and Harvard keep thatinmind;sadly, networkeffects– bureaucracy,industryleaders, professional ciaryisdestabilisedbyinvasive diktats both wentdarkbecauseGoogle,AppleandAmazon net’sdarkunderbelly,possibly to sitesthatare number-crunchers. But the whereeachuserbenefitswhenthereare more organisations areall brought to account, overtand covert.Ifcourtsstand by andes- shut offits oxygen.Ironic indeed: The new end-to-end encryptedorrun on blockchain. @realDonaldTrump-incited usersonthenetworktheyuse—cankeepyou will we see aray of hope fordemocracy to chew judiciallymanageablecorrective presidentstartswithzero followersandhasto This can help the mostextreme elementsto siege of Capitol Hill in bondedtothe status quo. On the other hand, take root.Itisthe deeperunderstandingof measures, democracy is notjustbruisedbut importthemfromotherhandlesto getstarted flybelowthe lawenforcement radar and cre- youcouldhave madeafortuneif onlyyouhad this “moral universe” that will makeusre- maimed. and theoutgoing presidentwas planning to atemischief. Ironically, today’s high-minded- Wa shington and Trump’s invested in acompanycalledSignal Advance, alisehow important it is forthis to be suf- Ever sinceDonald Trumpcame to power become “PersonX”onasiterendered home- nessmightcomeatahighpricefortomorrow’s expression of ‘love’ forthe atinycompanythat“temporallyadvancesana- fusedinthe minds of the young so that they in the US, that sense of balance basedonthe less on the internet. post-Trumpsociety. mob wasjust too muchand logue signaldetection”, whosestock trades grow up imbibing values of whichwecan touchstone of the “moral universe” wasab- And all this wasbecauseTrump’s real Thereisnoeasy solution to this mess. Jack had to take the handle over the counter.When Elon Musk tweeted be proudofasanation. sent.Yetmenof statureand of commitment Twitter handle, @realDonaldTrump, with Thereisirony even in theveryserious ac- “Use Signal”, investors mistook the “Signal” to This “moral universe” will remain afar to democratic values ultimately wonbe- whichheruledfor four long years, had to be tions that lawmakers in Washington DC are down.And now, do you refertoSignalAdvance.SignalAdvance’sstock cryunless people value and protect the free- cause they stoodupto theonewhosoughtto silenced after59,558tweets. It is ironicthat contemplatingfor reigning in social media. thinkall those other power rose 438 per cent. It has one full-time em- domof expressionandcelebratetheculture disturb this delicatebalance. HereinIndia, Twitter CEO JackDorsey had notbeen partic- Afterthe January6mob attackin Twitter users—heads of ployee. of dissent. Acountryintolerant of this cul- thebalance has been lostlong agoand the ularly fussedaboutTrumpbeingnamedasthe WashingtonDC, severallawmakers are states, celebrities and Occasionally,irony is justpuregold. turecannotcall itself ademocracy.Atthe spirit of liberty is slowlydying. single-biggest superspreaderof COVID-19 and planning to revise acritical law, Section 230 heartoftolerating dissent is the ability to elections misinformation, according to some of the CommunicationsDecency Actinthe influencers(yes, you know The writer is dean of Global Business at The trusteachother;the ability to presumethat The writer,asenior Congress leader,isa very hardworking Cornell and Harvardnum- US,sometimes called“the 26 wordsthatcre- who you are) —who use the Fletcher School at TuftsUniversity,the those who disagree areequallycommitted former Union minister ber-crunchers.Butthe@realDonaldTrump-in- ated theinternet”. It givesplatforms legal platform to incite violence founding executivedirector of Fletcher’s cited siege of Capitol Hill in Washington and protectionfrombeingsuedbecause of the Institutefor Business in theGlobal Context Trump’s expressionof“love”for the mob was content theycarry.Getting rid of the Section and hate are quaking in their and anon-residentsenior fellowatthe justtoo much and Jackhad to takethe handle 230 shield altogether is anon-starter.The slippers? Centrefor Socialand Economic Progress LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR

A GREAT WIN IDEAS THIS REFERS TO the editorial, 'Cricket, Bengal’s minority report made in India’ (IE, January20). The ONLINE mannerinwhichthe Indianteam, with manyofits regular players sidelined, ONLYINTHE EXPRESS Muslim voteinthe stateseems to be consolidating behind Trinamool wasable to showgrit and gumption againstaformidable opposition like ● SOLVINGTHECHILD Australia at Gabba is likelytobecome MALNUTRITIONPUZZLE: Sajjan Kumar the stuffoflegend in the timestocome. HIMANSHU The editorial is right in giving credit for AS BENGALheads foranassemblyelection, interventionsinparticular.Second,itassumes newparty striking apopular chordwithelec- as in the southBengal, theymakeacleardis- this awesome win to thewaysinwhich ●WAGES FOR HOUSEWORK: thereisgrowingspeculationabouttheMuslim thevastmajorityofMuslimsaregulliblesouls, torate —that, too, among the anxious Muslim tinction between following areligious figure Indian cricketers arenurtured by asys- ANUSHA voting pattern. The dominant political sense whoareunaware aboutthestakesintheensu- minorities—isasdelusionalapossibilityasthe in religious matters while rejecting him in the temthat has reliedonlong term plan- CHANDRASEKHARAN is thatthe combinedweight of AIMIM chief ingelectionand,therefore,likelytobeswayed chancesof theman-eatingtigerof Sundarbans political arena. ning. Let’s hope that moresuchfantas- Asaduddin Owaisi and Abbas Siddiqui, the in- by theallureoftwo Muslim leaders. The real- turning vegetarian. Of course, manyMuslims, especiallythe tic wins areinthe offing in the future. www.indianexpress.com fluential pirzada of FurfuraSharif shrine in ityisjusttheopposite.Muslimsacrossthestate Muslims areunequivocallyclear as to youth, go to listentohim and appreciatethe Kamna Chhabra, Gurgaon Hooghly, will splitMuslimvotes. Hence, goes areconsolidating behind the TMC even in whichparty theywould votefor and offerthe issues he raises,particularly the ones pertain- the theory, that of all the detrimentalfactors Muslim-majority areas likenorth Dinajpur, underlying reasons persuasively.Barring ing to theweaker sections.This explains why BOLD MOVE whichmay preventtheincumbentTrinamool MaldaandMurshidabad,wheretheCongress around10seats, TMChasemergedasthepre- asectionofminorities argue that he mayend Nandigram is the place whereitall Congressfromreturningto powerforthethird usedtohavegreater traction until recently. ferredchoiceevenamongtheminorities,who up being apart of the Left-Congress front THIS REFERS TO the editorial, started forthe TMC and Mamata, the consecutive term, the role of Owaisi and Indeed, the electionwill be about unprece- have beenhostileto thepartyuntilrecentlyas whereinhispro-poorrhetoriccouldbeoffered 'Battleground Bengal'(IE, January20). street fighter,isinnomood to letBJP Siddiqui is mostcrucial. This assumption is dented Muslim consolidation behind the in- theyfear the coming electionwillbeabipolar as ajustification forthe alternativesecular al- MamataBanerjee’sannouncement to wrestthe advantageof“people con- sharedby amajority of both pro-BJP and anti- cumbent rather than asplit in their vote. contestbetween the incumbent and the BJP. liance.Inthefinalanalysis,hisinsubstantiality contestfromNandigram Assembly nect” from her. BJP respondents,asmyrecent fieldworkand Here, it is important to note that the Everywhere,TMCisgainingtheminorityvote is revealedbythe shifting areas of influence constituency againsther bete noire Vijai Pant, Hempur interactions in almostall the 294assembly AIMIM'svictoryinMuslim-dominatedareasin at the costofthe Leftand the Congress. This oneoffersinhis support,whichstart from SuvenduAdhikari, who asserted he will constituenciesshowed. Bihar'sSeemanchalregionwasnot aone-elec- bipolarity summarilyrules out anyflirtation Hooghlydistrict, then pass through parts of defeat her or quit politics, has turned GENDER FAIR PLAY Thislineof thinkingispremiseduponthree tiondevelopment.Thepartyhasbeenworking withthe newMuslimplatform in the state. HowrahandfinallystopatSouth-24Parganas. out to be ahigh-voltage contestoverthe reasonings: One, asignificantsection of consistently since2015 undertheleadershipof In none of the 20 seatsthat AIMIM con- Atestonthe ground reveals it being nowhere, claim over who spearheadedthe THIS REFERS TO the editorial, ‘The gen- Muslimvoters areasangrywiththe TMCas an extremelycapable leader,Akhtarul Iman, tested in Bihardid itsvote shareaccountfor includingtheBhangarassemblyconstituency Nandigram movement that brought der firewall’, (IE January19). It is quite different sections of the Hindus; two, post- who wastwo-term MLAfromthe RJD before the victoryofthe BJP.But the erroneousper- wherehehas ahugefollowing and Muslims Banerjee intopower in 2011. horrific to encounter the debilitating Bihar,OwaisihasprovedthatMuslimsarewill- joiningAIMIMin2015.Intheaftermathof CAA, ceptionthatOwaisiledtothedefeatof theRJD- constitutearound 80 percentofthe popula- SSPaul, Nadia condition of women everyday.Evenin ing to vote forMuslim-centric parties, espe- theJD(U)'s complete loss of face in the com- ledalliancehasalready takenhold amongthe tion.Thisiswherewas attackedinAugustlast the modern era, equality isn'tavailable ciallyinconstituencies wheretheyconstitute munitycreated conduciveground forthe minorities.Thus,anAIMIMvictoryinBiharhas year,allegedlybythe Trinamool cadres, lead- THIS REFERS TO the editorial, to women. Furthermore, women are an electoral majority;three, the vacuum cre- AIMIMinMuslim-dominatedconstituencies, anegative connotationamongtheMuslimsof ing to statewide anger amongMuslims. 'Battleground Bengal' (IE, January20). tormented on online platforms likedat- atedby theLeftpartieswouldforceMuslimsto wherethe fear of aBJP victorywas absent. Bengalwhoare anxiousaboutitsintervention Hence, irrespective of avictoryorloss, the Mamata Banerjee’s announcement of ing apps. The lackofwomen in the cy- choose anew outfit in constituencies witha Lastly, unlikeBengal,Biharhasatrendof elect- in their state.This has made them morecau- TMC is expected to getthe highestshareof contesting from Nandigramisabold berspace makes them vulnerableto strong anti-Trinamoolsentiment, leading to ing independent or newparty candidates in tious about notsplitting their votes —afactor Muslim votesascommunity is consolidated move indeed,intendedtotakethe fight abuse and harassment. Women's safety split in the Muslim votes. everyelection. None of these factorsare com- advantageous to theTMC as farasMuslim behindthe party,all these split theories to theBJP.Itislikelytogalvanise the and equality should be apriority to Aclosescrutinyrevealstheseassumptions mon to Bengal. The state, being a“party soci- votesare concerned. Finally, the much-hyped notwithstanding. TMC cadre, whichhas, of late, been ad- makethem feel less vulnerable. as flawed. First, it fails to take intoaccount the ety”, doesn’tget easilyfascinated by newen- AbbasSiddiquiisnothingbuthotair.Whilethe verselyaffected with defections. Aditi Seth, Jabalpur incommensurable specificities of Biharand trants. Though the hold of the party-society followers of FurfuraSharif shrine areasnu- Thewriter is apolitical analyst, associated with Bengalingeneral,andthetrajectoryofAIMIM’s framework islooseningabit, theprospectof a merous in Dijanpur,Malda and Murshidabad Peoples Pulse

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BRIEFLY States can add unscheduled Health worker in Telangana Licencewatch,school vaccine beneficiaries: Centre dies after jab; newfeaturewill onlybeappli- lessons:HowTNturned KAUNAINSHERIFFM cable to additional beneficiaries state govt says NEWDELHI,JANUARY20 “whose name exists in the data- base”. “A person’s name can be unrelated WITH Atotal 7.86 lakh benefici- searched in the database by the aries getting the firstdose of the mobile number providedatthe acorneronaccidents VKSasikala Covid vaccine so far, the Centre time of uploading his/her datain EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Wednesdayinformedthe states the beneficiarydatabase.” HYDERABAD,JANUARY20 reaches accident victims within that anew featurehas been The Health Secretaryalso AVISHEKGDASTIDAR ROADTOSAFETY the golden hour,when chances KARNATAKA addedtothe flagship Co-Win said the newfeaturewill have to A42-YEAR-OLD ambulance NEWDELHI,JANUARY20 of saving alifeare the highest--in Sasikalataken platform -- enabling asession be used“very carefully” and sug- driverinNirmal district who was ■TN has 2crore driver line with the Supreme Courtsug- sitetovaccinateadditional un- gested that the sitein-charge do vaccinated on Tuesdaydiedin ■Over 1.26 lakh driving licences licences, 3crore gestions. Road designs were rec- tohospitalweek scheduledbeneficiaries for Amit Chakravarty a“careful assessment during the the early hours of Wednesdayaf- suspendedsince 2016 over driv- registeredvehicles, tifiedand around 500accident- achieving better coverage. Awoman gets vaccinated at dayofnumbers of scheduled tercomplaining of chestpain. ers talking on the phone; around and one of the largest prone “blackspots”removed. beforerelease Features of session schedul- Mumbai’s Rajawadi Hospital beneficiaries likelytoturn up The Telangana government has 50,000 suspendedorcancelled road networks in India Thankstothe measures, of- ing, beneficiaryallocation, and on Wednesday. during the day”. “...bettercover- said that primaryinvestigation fordrivers being under influ- -- over 66,000km ficials say, 76%ofthe 15,000-odd Bengaluru: VKSasikala, allocation of additional benefi- agewould be possible, but it may suggestedthat the death wasnot ence; asimilar number sus- ■ In 2016,TNtopped accident victims attendedtoby once aclose aide of the ciaries at the session sitehave be ensured that those scheduled related to the vaccine. pendedfor jumping of redlights; countryintotal patrolling vehicles lastyear re- lateTamil Nadu CM J been “further refined”, Union turehas been addedtofacilitate to be vaccinated in asession may The health careworkerwas and 3.3 lakh suspendedfor six accidents, with over ceivedtreatment within the Jayalalithaa, wastaken to Health SecretaryRajesh maximum utilisation of staffde- notbedeniedonaccount of oth- givenCovishield at Kuntala common trafficoffences. 70,000cases, seeing golden hour.While Tamil Nadu aKarnataka government Bhushan wrotetothe states. ployedatthe session sites so that ers having being vaccinated.” PrimaryHealth CentreinNirmal ■ IT usedtocollect real-time over 17,000deaths sawonanaverage 82,000griev- hospital Wednesdayafter “The featureof‘Allot theycan cater to the optimal The Health Ministrysaid “no district. “Atabout 2.30 am on dataonaccidentstohelp place ■ In 2020, accidents ous injuries annuallyinacci- falling ill in prison, just Beneficiary’ in an ongoing ses- number of beneficiaries per ses- case of serious/severe AEFI is at- January20, he is said to have de- ambulances, patrol vehicles down to around dents, in November 2020, the days before her release. sion has been addedinthe vacci- sions,” Bhushan wrote. tributable to vaccination till velopedchestpain and was strategically. 40,000,fatalities to figurestood at amere3,205. Sasikala will complete a nator module and is live...the fea- Bhushan, however, said the date”. brought dead to the District ■ 2,000-odd wine and beer little over 7,000, Asum of Rs 65 crorewas set four-year jail term on Hospital at Nirmal around 5.30 shops along highways shut in despitetotal number aside annuallyfor suchmeas- January27inadispropor- am. Preliminaryfindings sug- 2018 alone. of vehicles rising in ures, and wasdistributed tionateassets case. gest that the death seems to be ■Road safety-related work built 2016-20 through the district collectors to “Sasikala, 63, with co- unrelated to vaccination. As per intothe annual performance ap- departmentslikepolice, high- morbidities of hyperten- the guidelines, postmortemwill praisal of field officials, road ■ From annual ways,health, education. Officials sion, diabetes and hy- be conducted by ateam of doc- safetyincludedinschool cur- grievous injuries of said the funds areset to see ahike pothyroidism is admitted tors. The district AEFI (Adverse riculum, and plans forroad 82,000-odd, the figure following an inter-departmental with cough and fever.She Event Following Immunization) safetyclubs in all 7,870govern- down to 3,205 in committee’s recommendations. is stable with supportive committee is examining the ment and government-aided November 2020 AseniorCentral government measures and antibiotics matter and will submit itsreport schools. official said severalstateshad and oxygen,'' said state to the stateAEFI committee ■ Awareness lessons fortwo- undertakensimilar measures, in Health MinisterK whichwill submit it to the wheeler riders without helmets Manakumar,AdditionalTransport coordination with the Centre. Sudhakar quoting reports Centre,'' Director of Public at nearesttraffic police stations. Commissioner,Tamil Nadu. While giving the awardtoTamil by the Bowring Hospital Health, GSrinivasRao, said in a These areamong the meas- Around 11%ofall road acci- Nadu, Gadkari, in fact, an- in Bengaluru. Officials at statement. ures implemented by Tamil dentsinthe worldtakeplace in nouncedadvancement by five the Parappanaharaprison Later in the evening, the Nadu since 2016,bringing down India, killing over 1.5lakh people years, to 2025, of the dateto in Bengaluru said Sasikala Union Health Ministrysaid a itsroad accidentsby38% and everyyear.Itwas due to these halve road accidents. fell ill on Tuesdaynight “postmortemisgoing on”. It said deaths in the same by over 54%, alarming figures that aSupreme However, as the official and had difficulty in 82 adverse eventswerereported winning the stateanaward this CourtCommittee on Road Safety added, thereisalong road ahead. breathing. ENS till 6pmonthe fifthday of the week from the Centre. had setatargetofreducing fatal- "One thing to note is that num- vaccination drive from across the Commending the state, Union ities by 50% by 2020, with 2016 bers in Tamil Nadu aresohuge country. “Nocase of serious/se- Road Transportand Highways the base year.In2016, with over that even afterfall, it continues vere AEFI is attributable to vac- MinisterNitin Gadkari asked 70,000 accidents, killing 17,000 to be at the top." JAMMU &KASHMIR cination till date,” the health everyone to follow"the Tamil people (as per the statedata), Other states arestruggling to 3militantskilled VACCINES LAND IN BHUTAN ministrysaid. Nadu model". Tamil Nadu wasthe worstper- cut numbers. While Tamil Nadu Telangana has so farinocu- With around twocrore driver former.But, in the pastfour brought down accidentsby ininfiltrationbid, Bhutan Prime MinisterLotay Tshering receivedthe firstconsignment of Made-in-India lated 69,625 people. According licences, alittle over three crore years, Manakumar pointsout, around 7,000 from 2018 to vaccines with 1,50,000Covishield doses being deliveredbyanIAF plane at the Paro Airport to the Director of Public Health, registeredvehicles and one of “While the committee had fixed 57,000-odd in 2019,No. 2-ranked 4soldiershurt Wednesday. “These will all translateintothe prayers and prosperity of the people of India, 77 people reportedAEFI, of the largest road networks in atargetof50% reduction, our Madhya Pradesh could manage emanating from the grateful hearts of Bhutan,” he said. External Affairs MinisterS whichthree required hospitali- India -- over 66,000km -- Tamil stateachieved54.4% by afall of just730 to around 50,000 Jammu: Three militants Jaishankar tweeted: “#VaccineMaitri begins. Consignment arrivesinBhutan. Another sation and were stable. Nadu regularly tops states in November 2020." At the end of in that time. Uttar Pradesh, No.3, were killedand four sol- example of #NeighbourhoodFirst.” Twitter/@PMBhutan WITHINPUTSFROM number of annual road acci- 2020, the number of accidentsin sawafall of just4inaccidentsbe- dierssufferedinjuries as ENS,DELHI dents, and ranked second in total the statestood at around 40,000, tween 2018 and 2019,when it theArmyfoiledamajorin- deaths in 2019.Currently, the with fatalities little over 7,000-- sawover42,000cases (all figures filtrationbidalongtheLoC stateaccounts foraround 13.7% despitethe total number of ve- by the MinistryofRoad Transport in Keri Battal area of of all road accidentsinIndia and hicles in the staterisingby and Highways). Jammu’s Akhnoor. Fed up with online TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE around 11%ofroad deaths. around 30% in the period. In terms of reduction in acci- According to Army However, the statebelievesithas One of the successful meas- dents, Tamil Nadu wasfollowed sources, agroup of five turnedacorner. ures by the stategovernment has by Maharashtra, West Bengal, NUMBER OF heavily-armedmilitants classes, Surat teen “The next aim is to have zero been using IT to deployambu- AndhraPradesh and Gujarat, triedtosneak in on the in- VACCINATIONS deaths.We have notset adate,but lances and patrol vehicles every whichsaw afall by around terveningnightof January (JAN 20) we areworking on it,” says M 50 km, to ensurethat help 2,000-3,000 cases in ayear. 18-19. Theywereinter- runs off to Mumbai 1,12,007 cepted, leading to an ex- changeoffire.Sourcessaid CCTVfootage of the housing so- Total:7,86,842 DISTURBED AREAS ACT asearch wasbeingcarried EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ciety and found that the boyhad out forthe other twomili- SURAT,JANUARY20 leftonhis bicycle with justabot- NUMBER OF ADVERSE tants. The four soldiers tle. The parentsfiledamissing EVENTS AFTER No fresh notification on amended who sufferedgunshot A14-YEAR-OLD Surat boywho complaint Tuesday. IMMUNIZATION wounds were takentoa went missing from his home on In his complaint, the father hospital. ENS Mondayhad travelledto said that theyhad come to Surat 82 sections, Gujarat HC tells state Mumbai’s Bhayander area, five years agofromMumbai, Total:1,066 GUJARAT around 280-km from at his resi- wheretheylived in Bhayander. DisturbedAreasAmendmentAct, ment if the latter is of the opinion dence, partlybycycling and On Wednesday, the boy’s un- CASES: ACTIVECASES:1,97,201 EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE 2020—or the Gujarat Prohibition that “polarization of persons be- ATSarrestsman partlyhitching rides on trucks, cle, who still livesinBhayander, 324 AHMEDABAD,JANUARY20 of Transfer of Immovable longing to one community has DAYSSINCE 1,05,95,660 DEATHS:1,52,718 withdrugsworth police said. The boy, aresident of informedthe familythat the PANDEMIC Properties and provision for takenplaceorislikelytotakeplace Adajan, had leftbehind his mo- child had reachedMumbai. The BEGAN TESTS: 18,85,66,947 | RECOVERIES: 1,02,45,741 THE GUJARATHigh Courton Protection of Tenantsfrom disturbingthedemographicequi- Rs1crore bile phone and anoteexpressing couple informedthe police and Wednesdaydirected the state Eviction from Premises in the libriumof thepersonsof different CASES DEATHS RECOVERIES TESTS his frustration with online leftfor Mumbai. JAN19 governmentto notissueanyfresh Disturbed Areas (Amendment) communitiesresidinginthatarea Ahmedabad: The Gujarat classes, police added. “A major reason behind him 13,823 16216,988 7,64,120 notification in operation of the Act, 2019—have challenged the orthatimproperclusteringof per- Anti-TerroristSquad(ATS) On Monday, the Class 8stu- leaving wasthat he wasunable amendedsections of the conceptof“proper clustering of sonsof onecommunityhastaken arrested aMumbai resi- dent, the son of atobacco ven- to understand subjectstaught STATESREPORTINGMAXIMUMCASES Disturbed Areas Act, whichdeals persons” as has been introduced place is likelytotakeplace where dent with methampheta- dor,had allegedly lefthome online. We would checkhis mo- CASES(JAN19) TOTAL with "improper clustering", until and definedunder the newly the mutual and peaceful coher- mine drugs worthRs1 when his parentswereaway. bile usage. But we did notput Kerala 6,1868,57,381 further hearing. addedSection 2(d). ence amongstdifferent commu- crorefromAhmedabadon Afterhewent missing, police pressureonhim forstudying,” Maharashtra2,29419,94,977 The court’s direction came PetitionersalsoincludeJamiat nities maygohaywireinthat Wednesday. According to said his father found his mobile the father told The Indian Express. Karnataka 6459,33,077 whilehearingaspecialcivilappli- Ulama WelfareTrustand Nisar area,” or “...that area of the State ATSofficials, the accused, phone and anotethat purport- According to the father,the cationmovedbyJamiatUlama-e- AhmedMohammadYusuf Ansari hasbecomeproneto disturbance Mohammad Sultan edly read: “Mummy-Papa, Ihave teen had leftSurat on his bicycle. STATESREPORTINGMAXIMUMDEATHS(TODAY) Hind Gujarat (JU-e-H) and others whoisthegeneralsecretaryofJU- of public order”. Shaikh washeld outside a troubledyou alot.Now,Iamgo- “He rode around 20 kilometres DEATHS(JAN19) TOTAL challenging the amendments e-H Gujarat. Apartfromthe clauses being temple with aconsign- ing faraway. Icannotunderstand fromSuratandreachedtheNH48. Maharashtra5251,732 made to the Act The2020amendmentalsore- “vague” and “subjective”, it was ment of meth weighing 1 anything through these online Later,hetookliftsfromtruckdriv- Kerala 26 3,554 The benchheadedbyChief sulted in the amendment of sec- the case of the petitioner that kg.Officials said Shaikh classes. Sorry forthe trouble.” ers to reachNavsari, from where West Bengal 11 10,074 Justice Vikram Nath also issued tion 3ofthe original Act. The clausesof “likelytoget disturbed” wasallegedly sent to Exceptfor classes 10 and 12, heagainrodeonhiscycle.Hethen notice to the stateauthorities, di- amendment of section 3subsec- and “maygohaywire” in the sec- Ahmedabad from schoolsinGujaratare holding on- tookliftsfromtrucksandreached DataasonJanuary19,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealthandFamilyWelfare,IndianCouncilofMedical recting them to respond by the tion 1(ii) and (iii) nowlays down tionfurtherbroadenstheambitof Researchandstategovernments.Oftenthenumbersreleasedeverydaycontaindatafrompreviousdays Mumbai as acourier to line classes amid the pandemic. Bhilad, on the border of Gujarat aswell.Assuch,trendsbasedondailynumbersareonlyindicativeandnotdefinitive next dateofhearing, February3. thatanareacanbedeclaredasdis- the provision, whichwas other- supplythe contraband to Police said the father checked and Maharashtra.” The petitioners in the turbed area by the stategovern- wisemeantforlimitedoperation. an unidentifiedperson. 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PUDUCHERRY CMtomeet DilipChhabria’sridedownfastlanebeforehewentoff track Kovindtoseek during the course of atraffic vi- issuing aclarification," he says. auto industryinsider.The aver- waspunching wayabove his MOHAMEDTHAVER olation that his car wasalso reg- However, manyinChhabria's ageon-the-road price of asports weight. He knewhis craft L-Greplacement MUMBAI,JANUARY20 isteredinHaryana. inner circle saythe signs that the car in India is upwards of Rs 1 enough but notenough to do Asecond FIR wasregistered "bubble would burst" had been crore. business.” Puducherry: Puducherry AS Atwo-year-old, he had been on acomplaint from television around as farbackas2015, when Says Girish Karkera, One of the firstbuyers to Chief MinisterV photographedwith agarland of star Kapil Sharma, who accused he unveiledDCAvanti, dubbed Consulting Editor with an auto- complain wasIndian cricketer Narayanasamyhassaidhe, toy cars around his neck, a Chhabria of cheating him of Rs as India's 'firstsports car'. The mobile magazine, “In the Indian Dinesh Karthik who had made alongwithtwoofhismin- prophesy perhaps of his passion 5.7 crorebynot delivering acus- coupe wasnamedafter the market,asports car is notthat an advance payment forthe car. isterial colleagues and forautomobiles. As ayoung en- tomisedvan he had paid for. Studebaker Avanti (Avanti in widelyaccepted. Even the In 2015,heapproachedacon- Member of Parliament V trepreneur in post-liberalisation Chhabria's son, sisterand com- Italian means forwardoron- Porsche -- that is the benchmark sumercourt againstChabbria. Vaithilingam, will meet India, he gave India the wheels panydirectors have been named wards) in Tintin and The Land of forsports cars -- sells moreSUVs Karthik could notbecontacted PresidentRam Nath to escape from the drab as wanted accused. The police theBlackGold,and Chabbria ac- in India.” despiterepeated attempts. Kovind on January21to Padminis and Ambassadors. have also expandedtheir inves- knowledgedthe dream project Adds an insider,“The prob- Chhabria decidedearly on seekthereplacementof Lt Now, the man whose initials tigation to look intorole of em- as one of the biggestrisksofhis lem in Chhabria's case wasthat that his passion wascars. His fa- Governor Kiran Bedi. The 'D.C.' aresynonymous with car ployees at the finance compa- life. he wasaone-man gang. It was ther rananelectronics business, CM told the media that he design in India finds himself be- Chhabria being producedincourtlastweek. Ganesh Shirsekar nies that extendedthe loans. However, was“adream ingrainedinhis psychethat 'I and aftergraduation in had telephonicallycon- hind bars, fighting chargesoffi- Chhabria's lawyer Vagesh without the foundation to suc- should makemyown car'. He Commerce, Chhabria headedfor tacted the office of the nancial fraud. Mishradenies the charge of loan ceed”, says aperson who has did not, forexample, realise that the US to study transportation Presidentforthemeet,and Lastweek,Dilip Chhabria, success, DC Avanti. around Rs 42 lakh); different fraud. "The entirecase is at the known Chhabria since the 1990s. getting the car parts and having design at the Automative Design that he had sought an ap- the car designer to Bollywood If Chhabria's ambition was loans were raisedagainstthe behestofabusiness partner of The reviews of the car were all parts matchthe others so that Arts Center,California. He briefly pointment with the stars, industrycaptains and the audacious forhis times, so is the same car by registering it with Chhabria's who has also hardlyencouraging. “Lookslikea the sum total wasmorethan the worked forGeneral Motors, but Presidentastheallegedin- high and mighty,was produced alleged scam in itssimplicity. the RTOindifferent cities; and proppedupthe complainant in Lamborghini but without itsper- parts wasimportant. He did not felt he could notgrowmuch tervention of Bedi was in courtbythe police forre- According to the police, starting the vehicle eventuallysold to a the case. Manyofthe allegations formance,” wasthe general ver- getproper engineering consult- thereand decidedtoreturn to throwing routine gover- mand, barefootand dishevelled twoyears ago, DC startedfield- legitimatebuyer.The fraudcame likedual financing arefalse. We dict. "If youare going to sell a ants." India. nance out of gear. PTI -- done in by acar that wassup- ing ownemployees to getloans to light when the owner of aDC aregetting moredetails about sports car forRs35lakh, youare Says another,“Chhabria had FULLREPORTON posedtobethe pinnacle of his to buy the DC Avanti (priced Avanti in Tamil Nadu discovered the allegations and will soon be going to cut corners," said one borrowedalot of moneyand www.indianexpress.com Kolkata WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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197,201 Five days intoIndia’s mass vaccination programme, thereare some concerns over vaccine hesitancy.Atthis crucial moment in the fight againstthe novelcoronavirus pandemic, twoofthe 200,000 country’s mosteminent vaccine scientists weigh in on some old and newquestions 222,526 uctsthat aretestedonanimals andthen on directlydeliveranmRNAfragment intohu- In India,the approval to Bharat Biotech’s EXPERTS humans forsafetyand effectiveness. Clinical man cells to producethe viral Spikeprotein Covaxin in “clinicaltrial mode” did leadto LAST 10 DAYS trials in human beings arecarriedout in three whichraisesanti-viral immunity. This tech- some confusion. It wasalsodescribed as a EXPLAIN phases to seek specific answers. nology hadbeen in development forabout a “backup” vaccine, whichcould have sug- 195,000 PHASE 1 is done in typically20-100 decade foranti-cancervaccines. gested to some that it wassomehowinferior Jan 10 Jan19 Shahid Jameel & healthyvolunteers to see if the vaccine is safe, Similarly,non-replicating viral vectors had to theother vaccine. As we have already noted Note:The Jan 19 figureinthis graphisbased on thegovernment updateonJan 20 if itappearsto work,whetherthereare anyse- beenindevelopmentforyears.Anexperimen- above,Covaxin is basedon atime-testedtech- Virander SChauhan rioussideeffects,andif theseare relatedto the taladenovirus-basedEbola vaccine wasused nology, whichmostlikelymakes it very safe. size of the dose. to vaccinateabout60,000peopleinWestAfrica EUAtodrugs andvaccinesare legitimate INDIATOTAL CASES WORLDTOTALCASES From The Indian Express panel PHASE2usesseveralhundredvolunteers duringthe2014-16Ebolaoutbreak.Researchers methodstodealwithamedical emergency, 10,595,660 96,396,565 of specialists, exclusive insight to determine the mostcommon short-term atOxford UniversityintheUnitedKingdomhad but the wayinwhichthis issue wascommu- sideeffects,andhowwelltheimmunesystem been using the chimpanzeeadenovirus plat- nicated in India leftmuchtobe desired. Source:MinistryofHealth&Family Source:JohnsHopkinsUniversity, respondstothe vaccine —whatisknown as formforseveralexperimentalvaccines,which Welfare,updatedat11pmonJan 20 updatedat11pmonJan19 ‘immunogenicity’. wasquicklyrepurposedtodevelop aCovid-19 Will the vaccines work against variant IT HAS been five days since Indiabegan vac- PHASE 3 involves vaccine. Finally, vaccines viruses? cination againstthe novelcoronavirus dis- thousandsof volunteersin based on inactivated Thoughcoronavirusesmutateslowerthan ease. Morethan7lakh peoplehavebeen ablindedmanner to com- viruses is atime-tested otherRNAviruses,newvariantshaveemerged givenone of the twovaccinesapproved by parethose who getthe THEEXPERTS method, whichhas been independentlyinthe UK, South Africa, and THIS WORD MEANS the regulator.But severalpeople, including vaccineto thosewhodon’t SHAHID JAMEEL, one of usedinthe ICMR/Bharat Brazil thathavenow spread to over 50 coun- some doctors and other healthcareworkers, (theyget aplaceboor India’s best known Biotech vaccineasalsoinat tries, including India. These viruses have key KAMALAM continuetobehesitant. This has ledtocon- dummy) to re-confirm virologists, is currently leastthree vaccines from changesintheSpikeprotein,allowingthemto cernsover‘vaccine hesitancy’. safety, serious side-effects director of TrivediSchool China. better attachtoand enter cells. Theymultiply Vaccines areaproduct of science. If the if any, and mostimpor- of Biosciences at Ashoka It is important to also andtransmitmoreefficiently, estimatedat30% The name Gujarat govt scientific method and process is followed tantly, whetherthevaccine University.Hehas understand the limita- to 70%moreefficientlyfor the UK variant. scrupulously, basedondataand evidence, isefficaciousinpreventing previouslyworkedwith tionsof eachplatform.The Akey mutation calledN501Y is found in thereshould be little room fordoubt. This is infection and/or disease. the Delhi-based mRNAisafragilemolecule thereceptor-bindingdomainoftheSpikepro- wants for dragon fruit agoodtime to revisit some of the usual ques- Inthepresentcase,vac- International Centrefor that requires protection, tein, whichisalsothe target of virus-neutral- tions regarding vaccines, and to addressfresh cines forCovid-19have Genetic Engineering and including frozenstorage, izingantibodies. Whileworkisoninmultiple questions that areemerging. beenreadiedwithinayear. Biotechnology (ICGEB), whichcomplicatesitsroll- laboratoriesto directlytestthis,someearly data Thereare currently68 and served as chief outlogistics. Viralvector showthatviruseswith or without this muta- GOPALKATESHIYA Howdovaccines work;and do theyhelp? Covid-19 vaccines in hu- executive of the Wellcome vaccinesaremorestable(2 tion areneutralizedequallywell by theblood &POOJAPILLAI Avaccine is asubstance that resembles manclinicaltrials,ofwhich Trust/DBT Alliance which to 8degCstorage),butthe serum of recoveredCovid-19 patients. AHMEDABAD,NEWDELHI,JANUARY20 the disease-causing agent (calledpathogen, 20 have reachedphase 3 funds health research. same vector cannotbe Variant viruses don’t always come from the coronavirusinthis case) that trains the testing,eighthave received usedforanotherdiseasein foreign shores. Theycan also emerge within. GUJARATCHIEF MINISTER VijayRupani body’s immune system and creates a‘mem- limited or emergency use VIRANDER SINGH the same person because Increasedgenomic surveillance of infected hassaidthatthestateproposesto rename ory’. When the pathogen infectsinfuture, this approval, and twohave CHAUHAN is aformer anti-vectorimmunitywill persons within the country will provide early dragon fruit as ‘Kamalam’. Dragon fruit memoryisrapidly deployedto destroy it and beenapprovedforfulluse. director of ICGEB. He is makeitineffective. warningof this.However, oursequencingden- “doesnotsoundappropriate”,Rupanisaid; prevent disease. Thereare severalrea- best known forhis efforts Though inactivatedviral sityisverylow, withonlyabout5,000virusse- Kamalam wasapt becausethe character- Evidence shows that incidence of an in- sons whyCovid-19vac- towardsdeveloping a vaccinesaregenerallysafe, quencesavailable from over10million con- istic fuchsia ‘spikes’ or ‘petals’ of thefruit fectious disease goes down rapidlyfollow- cines were developedso vaccine formalaria. similar vaccines against firmedcases in India. This has to increase, recall alotus in bloom. Dragon fruit:‘Lookslikelotus’ ing the deploymentofvaccines againstit; quickly. Scientificinforma- respiratorysyncytialvirus especiallynow that vaccines arebeing de- severalhuman diseasesare nowvaccine pre- tion has been shared and measles were with- ployed,whichwould put additional pressure Introduction to the fruit ventable. Besides the eradication of small- openly, and it helpedthat the virus wassimi- drawnastheyexacerbated thedisease. on viruses to mutate. Dragon fruit is the fruit of aspecies of “the very spirit of self-reliance”. poxand near eradicationofpolio, vaccines lar to the SARS-CoV-1 and MERS viruses on Anycasesof vaccinefailure—suchasthose wild cactus indigenous to South and On August6,Ram Kumar,additional have resulted in the preventionofover20 whichconsiderable work had already been Did the Covid-19vaccines getapproval whogetthediseaseevenaftergettingfully vac- CentralAmerica, where it is called pitaya principalchief conservator of forests(so- other life-threatening diseases, avoiding an done. It took just63days from the availability prematurely? cinated —should be investigated forwhatvi- orpitahaya.Thefruit’sfleshisusuallywhite cial forestry)inthe Gujaratforestdepart- estimated 2-3 million deaths annually. of thegenomesequence(onJanuary11, 2020), The pandemic has presentedaunique op- ralvariantstheyharbour,and if these canbe or red—although thereisaless common ment, forwardedtothe IndianCouncil of India’s Universal Immunization Programme, fortheModernamRNA-1273 vaccinetoenter portunitytocompress the vaccine develop- neutralizedbythe seraofrecoveredpatients yellow pitaya too—and is studdedwith Agricultural Research (ICAR) aproposal among the world’s largest,immunizesabout phase 1trial in the United States. ment timeline without compromising on and vaccinated persons. tinyseeds rather likethe kiwifruit. on renaming the fruit Kamalam. This, 26 millionchildren everyyear.Itisestimated Regulatorshavealsoallowedparallel safety. Regulators have invokedEmergency The world’s largest producer and ex- Kumar wrote,would “boostawareness that everydollar spent on childhoodvaccines phasesof clinicaltestingandreviewingof data Use Authorization (EUA), whichisamecha- Shouldthosealready infected take the porter of dragon fruit is Vietnam, where and expansion”, “and contributetoreduc- adds $44tothe economybyensuring that to expeditethe process. Large investmentsby nismtofacilitatethe availabilityofvaccines vaccine? the plant wasbrought by the Frenchin ing our importdependence in line with children grow up to be healthyadults. governmentsandinnovative financialmodels duringpublic health emergencies. EUAdoes It is advisable to take the vaccine because the 19th century. TheVietnamese call it ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’”. allowedpharmaceuticalcompaniestowork notcompromise on safety, and includes are- we donotfullyunderstandthedurationofpro- thanh long,whichtranslatesto“dragon’s Kamalam is also the name of the BJP Vaccines take long to develop. Howcould on developing the vaccine without having to viewofall phase 1and phase 2dataand up to tectionfollowinganaturalinfection.Available eyes”, believedtobethe origin of itscom- headquartersinKobainGandhinagar,and the Covid-19vaccines be ready so soon? absorb all the financial risk. twomonths (for US FDA) or 70 days (for datasuggestthatneutralizingantibodieswane mon English name. the kamal —lotus —isthe BJP’selection It can indeedtakeseveral years to develop Anothercrucialreasonwastheuseof every European Medicines Agency) of phase 3fol- offin3to5months, but other arms of the im- Dragonfruitisalsocultivatedin—apart symbol. Rupani, however, said no politics avaccine. Afteraproof of concept has been availablevaccineplatformto produceaCovid- low-up, including an interim analysis foref- mune response arelikelytoprotect longer.If from itsnative LatinAmerica —Thailand, wasinvolvedinthe renaming. “Gujarat establishedinresearch laboratories,con- 19 vaccine, including those thathad so farnot ficacy.Itallowsvaccines to be used in an vaccinesuppliesarelimited,whichisunlikely Taiwan, China,Australia, Israel, and Sri governmenthasdecidedthatdragonfruit trolledmanufacturing processes aredevel- producedavaccine forhumans. The vaccines emergency in groups that areathighrisk of in India, people with prior infection mayde- Lanka.Itwasbroughtto Indiainthe1990s, isnotasuitableword.Acrosstheworlditis oped to makestable and highlypureprod- made by Pfizer/BioNTechand Moderna both infection, morbidity,and mortality. laytheir vaccination by afew months. and is growninKarnataka, Kerala, Tamil known as dragon fruit and one thinksof Nadu,Maharashtra,Gujarat,Odisha,West China.Sowehavegiven thename Bengal,Andhra Pradesh, andAndaman Kamalam.Itisafruitlikethelotus,”hesaid. andNicobarIslands.Itgrowsinallkindsof Why Jack Ma’s ‘return’ hasspread cheer and relief soil,and doesnot requiremuchwater. Wherethe proposal stands ICAR sources said the Gujarat govern- Eating the dragon fruit ment’sproposalhadbeenforwardedtothe portedlystarted a“coordinated regulatory StockExchange in a$25-billionIPO that lifted To eat directly, halve thefruit and UnionMinistryofAgricultureandFarmers’ PRANAVMUKUL crackdown”ontheAlibabaGroup—mostsig- Ma’snetworthto $19.5billionandputhimon scoop outthe flesh withaspoon. Or,cut Welfare. “ICAR does notdoeverything in NEWDELHI,JANUARY20 nificantlyhalting at the lastmoment in thetopoftheForbesChinaRichList.In2016,he the ends, pull offthe leatheryskin, and this respect.ICARisthe recommending November,the$34.5-billionpublicofferingof became the richestperson in Asia, with anet chop up the egg-shapedwhite flesh to eat. body.Whatever nomenclature,release of AFTER MONTHS away from public view— Alibaba’sfinancialservicesarm,AntGroupCo. worthof$33.3 billion. In 2019,hestepped Dragon fruit canbemadeinto varieties, production,itisall donebythe whichfuelled speculation —Chinese billion- This, in addition to an antitrustinvestiga- down from the boardofAlibaba. smoothies or shakes. Despite itsspectac- Department of Agricultureand Cooper- aireJackMaresurfacedonWednesday, and tion that ChinalaunchedagainstAlibaba, led The companyhas been one of the most ular good looks, it has amild, almostbland ation,theotherwing,andnottheresearch wasseen addressing rural educators at an to a$140-billiondeclineinthegroup’smarket prominent posterboys of China’sdigital flavour, whichmakes it adaptable forava- wing,”DrAKSingh,ICAR’sdeputydirector event thatwas streamedlive. value.TheantitrustprobeledtheChinesereg- prowess. Forthe 12-month period ending riety of sweetand savourydishes from general (agricultural extension), to whom ulatorsto orderAntto separateitslendingbusi- September 2020,Alibaba Group’s Chinaretail salads and relishestocakes and tacos. Kumar’s proposal wasaddressed,said. Ma goes out of sight nessfromits online paymentsdivision. marketplace had 757million annual active In Latin America, pitaya juice is popu- ICAR officers said such aproposal Ma wasnot seen in public afterhedeliv- Ant FinancialisaninvestorinIndia’sdig- consumers.Asof March 2020,Alipayhadover lar.Lastyear,aHoChi Minh City bakery would needapproval from the Botanical ered aspeechataconference in Shanghai in Went out of sight in October. Reuters file ital paymentsfirm Paytm and online food 1.3billionannual active usersacross the globe made bread withdragonfruitthatcould- Survey of India and the National October 2020, in whichhetook ajab at delivery platform Zomato. insegmentssuchaspayments,insurance,and n’t be solddue to Covid-19restrictions. Biodiversity Authority under the Union Chinese authorities. The absence wasfirst wealth management. MinistryofEnvironment, Forest and noticedearlier this month, afterthe outspo- China’s crackdown JackMa’s empire The idea of renaming ClimateChange. “Dragon fruit is nota kenbillionairefailedtoappear in the final At theconference in Shanghai, Ma called Ma co-foundedAlibaba in 1999 witha Cheer at his return In his Mann Ki Baat broadcast on July species native to India and anychangein episode of Africa’s Business Heroes,aTVshow forreform in China’s regulatorysystem, de- groupof18friends as abusiness-to-business Alibaba’s Hong Kong-listed shares jump- 26 lastyear,Prime MinisterNarendra itsnomenclatureinofficial annalscan in whichhewas to be ajudge. The Alibaba scribed the country’s financial watchdog as a marketplace. In 2003, he launchedthe retail ing over 6% on Wednesday, Reuters reported. Modi had laudedthe farmers of Kutchfor lead to international litigation. Hence, the Group, whichMaco-founded morethantwo “pawnshop”regulator, andsuggestedthatthe platformTaoBao,andpaymentsappAlipay,to The Alibaba Group plans to raise at least$5 takingupcultivation of dragon fruit and opinion of BSI and NBAmatters,” an ICAR decades ago, citedascheduling conflictas system “stifledbusinessinnovation”. compete with eBay and Paypal in China. billion through sale of US dollar-denomi- adopting innovative practices, calling it official said. reason forhis absence. Followingthis,theChinesegovernmentre- In2014,AlibabawaslistedontheNewYork nated bondsthis month. HowBannonwalked:USPresident’spowertopardonandcommute

to violateforeignlobbying laws as part of a to Alice Marie Johnson, who receivedalife OMMARATHE scheme to influence the Trumpadministra- sentence forafirst-time drug offence and NEWDELHI,JANUARY20 SOMEOFTHOSEWHOBENEFITTED tion on behalf of Malaysian and Chinese in- whoseconcerns were firstraisedbybusi- STEPHEN KBANNON, 67 PAUL MANAFORT, 71 MICHAEL FLYNN, 62 terests, and KenKurson, afriend of Trump’s nesswomanand reality TV star Kim IN THE dying hoursofhis presidency, TRUMP’S FORMER CHIEF STRATEGIST; CHAIRMAN OF TRUMP’S 2016 CAMPAIGN; TRUMP’S FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY powerful son-in-lawJaredKushner who had Kardashian West.In2018, he issued a DonaldTrumpexercisedhis powerunder PARDONED ON TUESDAY PARDONED DEC 23, 2020 ADVISER, PARDONED NOV 25, 2020 been chargedwith cyberstalking. posthumous pardon to boxerJackJohnson, the US Constitutiontopardon or commute Arrested in Aug Sentencedin2019toseven anda Twice pleadedguilty to lying to FBI Afterhis defeat in November,Trumpfor- who wasjailedover ahundredyears agofor sentences of 143individuals, including his 2020; chargedwith half years forhis role in adecade-long, aboutconversations with aRussian gave close aides PaulManafort, RogerStone violating the racistWhiteSlave TrafficAct one-time chief strategistSteve Bannon. defrauding multimillion-dollar financial fraud diplomat; wasthe onlyWhiteHouse and Michael Flynn, all of whom were in- by crossingstate lines with awhitewoman. Trumphas repeatedlyusedthe contributors to a scheme forhis work in the former official to be convicted as part of the dicted in the special counsel probeinto clemency powers enjoyedbythe President privately funded SovietUnion. Trump-Russia investigation. Russian meddling during the 2016 election. Other Presidents’ pardons to rescue corruptaides and supporters in effort to build Kushner’s father Charles, areal estate devel- Although Trumpdid breakmorethan a trouble with thelaw. Trump’s wall along ROGER STONE, 68 DINESH D’SOUZA, 59 oper,alsogot apardon in the same batch; he fewnorms while issuing clemency, he used TRUMP’S OLD FRIEND; COMMUTED JULY 10, FILMMAKER AND COMMENTATOR, PARDONED the Mexican border. had been convicted in 2004 of 18 countsof this powerlessfrequentlythanmanyother President’s clemency powers PARDONED DEC 23, 2020 MAY 31, 2018 taxevasion, witness tampering and making Presidents, including BarackObama, who Bannon allegedly Convicted of 7charges, including Pleadedguilty to makingillegal cam- The US President hasthe constitutional unlawful campaign donations. duringhis eight-year tenureissued212 par- usednearly $1 lying under oath to acongressional paigncontributions in 2014.Provo- rightto pardonorcommutesentencesrelated In December,itwas reportedthat Trump dons and 1,715commutations. millionof$25 million collectedtopay committee and threatening awitness. cateur who claimedhewas targeted to federalcrimes.TheSupremeCourthasheld wasconsideringissuing “preemptive” par- In his four years in the WhiteHouse, forpersonal expenses. Gotmorethan 3years in Feb2020. foropposing Obama. THENYT thatthispoweris“grantedwithoutlimit”and dons forhis closeallyRudy Guiliani, three of Trumpissued 89 commutations and 116 cannotberestricted by Congress. his children —Donald TrumpJr.,Eric Trump pardons, according to Forbes. Clemency is abroad executive power and Ivanka Trump—and the younger Thehighest number of clemency grants that is discretionary—meaning the apardonin casesofimpeachment of officials. Also,asstatedabove,the powerisnot Trump’s controversial pardons Kushner.ThePresidenthadalsomusedabout by aPresident in US history (3,796) came President is notanswerable forhis pardons, ArtII, Sec 2ofthe Constitution says Presidents availablefor statecrimes.Thismeans that BesidesBannon, the listofbeneficiaries prospectivelypardoninghimself,sayingpub- during the tenureofFranklin D. Roosevelt, and does nothavetoprovide areason foris- “shall have Powertogrant Reprievesand those who have been pardoned by the of the President’saction late on Tuesday in- liclythathehad “absolute right” to do so. the country’s leader during WorldWar II and suing one. But thereare afew limitations. Pardons forOffensesagainst the United Presidentcan still be triedunder laws of in- cludes Elliott Broidy, aRepublican operative Some pardons were also celebrated. alsothe longest occupant of the White Forinstance, thePresident cannotissue States, exceptinCases of Impeachment”. dividual states. who pleadedguilty lastyear to conspiring Early lastyear,Trumpgranted afull pardon House, serving 12 years.

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Settosign ahostofexecutive orders aimedatreversing earlier policies on immigration, coronavirus, the economyand racial justice

MICHAELDSHEAR JOEBIDEN’SDAY1 WASHINGTON,JANUARY20 AGENDA:KEYPOINTS US PRESIDENT Joe Biden will un- WORLDREACTS leashafull-scaleassaultonhispre- decessor’s legacy on Wednesday, ■ End constructionon “I look forwardtoworking acting hours aftertakingthe oath Trump’s US-Mexico with him (Biden), and with of office to sweep aside former border wall his newadministration, President Donald Trump’s pan- strengthening the Staffcarry boxestoMarine demicresponse, reverse his envi- ■ End the ban on travel partnershipbetween our One before Trumpleavesthe ronmental agenda, tear down his from manyMuslim- countries and working on WhiteHouseWednesday. AP anti-immigrationpolicies,bolster majority countries our shared priorities.” the sluggish economic recovery BORIS JOHNSON, and restorefederal effortsaimed ■ Rejointhe Paris Climate They prepare at promoting diversity. Accordand the World BRITISH PM Moving with an urgency not Health Organisation White House for seen from anyother modern “The UnitedStates is back. President, Biden will sign 17 ex- ■ Revoke theapprovalof And Europe stands ready.To anew President ecutive orders, memorandums the Keystone XL oil reconnect with an old and and proclamations from the pipeline trustedpartner,tobreathe —injust 5hours Oval Office on Wednesdayaf- newlifeintoour... alliance. I ternoon, according to his top ■ Order areviewofall look forwardtoworking policy advisers. Trumpregulations and together with Joe Biden.” ANNIEKARNI Individually, the actions are executive actions that URSULAVONDERLEYEN, JANUARY20 targeted at what the President aredeemeddamaging EU COMMISSION PRESIDENT views as specific,egregious to theenvironmentor THE TIMEhas finally come for abusesbyTrumpduring four tu- public health Donald Trumptofind aperma- multuous years. Collectively,his “Todayisagood dayfor nent space at Mar-a-Lago forhis adviserssaid Biden’s assertive ■Order federalagenciesto democracy.Inthe US, it has $50,000 room-sizegolfsimula- use of executive authority was prioritise racial equity and facedtremendous tor, nottomention the 60-inch intendedtobeahefty and visi- reviewpoliciesthat US President Joe Biden speaksduringthe 59th PresidentialInauguration at theUSCapitol in Washington on Tuesday. Reuters challenges –and endured... I television he proudlydisplayed ble down payment on one of his reinforce systemicracism am greatlyrelievedthat, above thedining room table, his primarygoals as President:to, as today, Joe Biden is being collection of Brioni suitsand the theysaid Tuesday, “reverse the sworn in as President.” firstlady’s matching Louis gravestdamages” done to the harshestimmigrationpolicies. FRANK-WALTER Vuitton luggageshe has hauled countrybyTrump. Among manyotherthings, STEINMEIER, around the globe. “We’ll press forwardwith he willsignanexecutive order By Wednesdayat12.01pm, GERMAN PRESIDENT speedand urgency,for we have revoking the Trumpadministra- hours afterTrumphimself plans muchtodointhis winter of peril tion’s plan to excludenonciti- to leave Washington, all the first and significant possibilities,” zens from the censuscount and “The (election) victoryof family’s stuffwill have followed Biden during his inaugural ad- asecond order aimedatbolster- Biden representsthe him out the WhiteHouse door, dress at the Capitol,deliveredto ing the DeferredActionfor victoryofdemocracy over en routetohis newhome in acrowd shrunken by fear of the ChildhoodArrivalsprogramme the ultra-right and its Palm Beach, Florida. And by the coronavirus andthreatsofvio- thatprotects“Dreamers”from three methods, the end of the dayJoe Biden and his lence. “Muchtorepair.Muchto deportation. Biden will repeal massive deception, the wife, Jill, will arrive to adeep- restore. Muchtoheal. Much to twoTrump-eraproclamations national division and the cleanedliving quarters where build, andmuchtogain.” that establishedaban on travel abuse, even violent, of their bags will be unpacked,their He will work within four to the United States from several (From left)Former President George WBush, democratic institutions.” furniturearrangedand their fa- broad categories that his aides predominantlyMuslim and Speaker of the HouseNancy Pelosi,former PEDRO SANCHEZ, voritefoods stockedinthe fridge. described as the “converging African countries, ending one of President Joe Bidenand his wifeJill Biden, along with Vice PresidentKamala President BarackObamaand MichelleObama It’s the awkwardpas de SPANISH PM crises” he inherited at noon his predecessor’s earliestactions Harris andher husband DougEmhoffwalkupthe stepsofthe Capitol. Reuters arrive forthe inaugurationceremony. AP deux performedevery four or Wednesday:the pandemic, eco- to limitimmigration. eight years when one family nomic struggles, immigration Susan Rice, who will lead the movesinand another moves and diversity issues, and the en- president’s Domestic Policy out, an undertaking carriedout vironment and climatechange. Council, said Biden would also by the90-personWhite House In one of his firstactions, sign abroad executive order Trump leaves Washingtonafter pardoningseveral aides residence staffinabout five Biden is expected to sign an ex- aimedatrequiringall federal hours. Acomplicated,highly ecutive orderthatTrumphad agencies to makeequity acen- Biden, spent his final hours in Base Andrewsfor afarewell choreographedprocess is done steadfastlyrefusedtoissue dur- tral factor in their work.The or- THENEWYORKTIMES office to wipeout convictions event with administration vet- on atight schedule that often ing his tenure—imposingana- der will, amongother things, re- WASHINGTON,JANUARY20 and prison sentences of 143 erans and other supporters. requires boxing up whatever tionalmandaterequiring masks quirethat theydeliverareport corruptpoliticians and business “Have agood life, we willsee has been leftunpacked. and physical distancing in all fed- within 200days to address how DONALD TRUMP departedthe executives, and bestow pardons yousoon,” he told the crowd, This year,people involvedin eral buildings, on all federal to remove barriers to opportuni- WhiteHouse on Wednesday on allies likeStephen KBannon, adding: “Wewill be backin the process said, moving dayalso lands and by allfederal employ- ties in policies and programmes. morning forthe lasttime as US his former chief strategist, and some form.” involvesadditional cleaning be- ees, officials said. And he will ter- ManyofTrump’s most signif- President afterfour tumultuous Elliott Broidy, one of his top Afterthat, he and wife cause of the coronavirus. NYT minateTrump’s effortstoleave icant actions as President were years that shook the nation. fundraisers in 2016. Melania TrumpboardedAir the WorldHealth Organisation. aimedatlimitingregulationof the Trump, who wasthe first Afterleaving the White ForceOne forthe journeyto Aides saidmanyofBiden’s environment. Biden’s earliestac- Presidentinmorethan150 House, reportedlyhaving lefta Florida, wheretheywill reside. TRUMPFREESEX-AIDES actions on Wednesdaywere tionsasPresident will takeaim at yearstonot attend the inaugu- Trumpand Melania boardAir ForceOne forthe lasttime. AP note forhis successor as is the The plane landedabout an hour FROMETHICSPLEDGE aimedatreversing Trump’s those policies, officials said. NYT ration of his successor Joe custom, he stoppedatJoint before Biden’soath of office. Washington: DonaldTrumphas releasedcurrent and former members of his administration Apresidential inauguration like no other Deepening schism, McConnell says from the terms of their ethics pledge, whichincludedafive- Senator AmyKlobuchar —the Trump ‘provoked’ Capitol mob year ban on lobbying their for- THENEWYORKTIMES topDemocratontheSenate Rules meragencies. Theethicspledge JANUARY20 Committee,which organisedthe could drag down the party. wasoutlinedinone of Trump's inaugural—told theassembled NICHOLASFANDOS ED Setbackto McConnell, who is said to pri- firstexecutive orders, signedon US PRESIDENTJoe Biden was dignitaries and TVcameras, “This JANUARY20 Trumpahead vately believe that Trumpcom- January28, 2017,aspartofhis sworn intoanoffice he has is the daywhen our democracy PLAIN E mittedimpeachableoffences,gave campaign pledgeto“drain ● sought formorethan 30 years, picksitself backup,brushesoffthe SENATOR MITCH McConnell EX ofSenatetrial noindicationof whetherhewould the swamp”. PTI and Vice President Kamala dustand doeswhatAmerica al- flatlyblamedDonald Trumpon votetoconvict Trumpathis im- Harris became the firstwoman ways does:goesforward as ana- Tuesday forthe violent rampage TRUMP’SPOLITICAL future peachmenttrial.But it wasano- to hold that title. Butthereisno tion, under God, indivisible, with at the CapitolonJan 6, saying maydepend on whichway tablecondemnationfromthesen- TRUMPDAUGHTERTIFFANY crowdonthe National Mall to liberty and justice forall.” thatthe mob that stormed the the impeachment trial goes in atorwhowillplayaleadingrolein ANNOUNCESENGAGEMENT celebratethe moment. Many lawmakers and high- building had been “fed lies” and the Senate. The Republicans, determining whether enough Instead, thereisasea of flags profileguests were inattendance, “provokedbythe President” to ledbyMcConnell, made sure Republicans join Democratsto Washington: Donald Trump's representingthepeoplewhocan- Lady Gaga sings theNational Anthem at the inauguration. Reuters including formerPresidents carry out itsassault. nothing came of Trump’s first find Trumpguilty. youngestdaughterhasannounced notbetherebecause of thepan- BarackObama, George WBush McConnell’s remarks,onthe impeachment trial. But the “Themob wasfed lies,” herengagementonherfather'sfi- demic that has killedmorethan and Bill Clinton; the last eveofJoe Biden’sinauguration, topRepublican’sstatement McConnell said on the Senate nal full dayinofficeasUS 400,000 Americans, andthe Capitol twoweeksago. monybegan, the latter accompa- Democraticpresidentialnominee, were theclearest signal yetfrom squarelyblaming Trumpfor floor.“Theywereprovokedbythe President. In apicturepostedon streetsofWashington arefilled It is, as Trumpmight put it, an niedby Officer EugeneGoodman former SecretaryofState Hillary themostpowerfulRepublicanleft theCapitol violence could President... Andtheytriedtouse InstagramonTuesday, 27-year-old with 25,000 National Guard inauguration the likes of which of the Capitol Police, who has Clinton; and the twotop in Washington that afterfour pave the wayfor at leastsome fearandviolenceto stopaspecific TiffanyTrumpcan be seen with troops deployedtoprevent are- no onehas seen before. been praisedfor leading rioters DemocratsinCongress,Senator years of excusing and enabling GOP Senators to turn against proceeding of the firstbranchof her 23-year-old “billionaireheir” peat of theriotformer President Biden and Harris were for- away from theSenatechamber ChuckSchumer and Speaker Trump,hehascometo regard the Trumpathis second trial. the federal government which fianceMichaelBoulosinoneof the Donald Trumpincited at the mallyintroducedasthe cere- aftertheystormedthe Capitol. Nancy Pelosi. departingpresidentasaforcewho theydid notlike.” NYT White House's colonnades. PTI

3dead after blast wrecks NEW ‘ANTI-REACTIONARY THOUGHT’ LAW Egypt and Qatar agree to building in central Madrid NKorea steps up war on outside influences, resume diplomatic ties discoveredunder the rubble, cracks down on foreign media, speaking styles tries agreedtoresume diplo- REUTERS raisingthe death toll to three. REUTERS matic relations,” aforeign min- MADRID,JANUARY20 “Firefighters still have to re- CAIRO,JANUARY20 istrystatement said. trieve the corpse,” he said, with- and punishmentsfor thepro- terms suchas“oppa” (older Whilesteps have been taken AT LEASTthree people diedand outproviding further details. JOSHSMITH duction or distribution of brother) and “dong-saeng” EGYPT AND Qatar have agreedto to rebuild the relationships be- six were injured on Wednesday Earlier,aChurch official said SEOUL,JANUARY20 pornography, the use of unreg- (younger sister,brother) to refer resumediplomaticrelations, the tween Qatar and the three Gulf when abuilding in central one church volunteer wasmiss- isteredtelevisions,radios, com- to non-relatives,thesitereported. Egyptian foreign ministrysaid countries, Egyptisthe firstto Madrid belonging to theCatholic ing. One of the casualties wasan NORTH KOREA is imposing stiff puters, foreign cellphones or Kim vowedatarecent con- on Wednesday. makesuchamoveofficially. Church wasblown apartbyan 85-year-old woman, authorities fines or prison foranyone caught other electronic devices, Daily gressof therulingpartyto expand The move follows an agree- On Saturday, Saudi Arabia’s explosion,local authorities said. said. Twoofthe injured were enjoying SouthKoreanentertain- NK reportedonMonday, citing wirelessnetworksandto upgrade ment betweenSaudi Arabia, the foreign ministersaid the king- Initial investigations sug- transferredtohospital, oneinse- ment or copying the waySouth explanatorymaterial forthe law, broadcastingto betterserve view- United Arab Emirates, Bahrain dom expectstoreopen itsem- gested that the blastinCalle riousconditionwithaheadinjury. Koreans speakasleader Kim Jong whichithad obtained. ers.“It is neededtoreadjust the and Egypt earlier this month to bassy in Qatar within days,and Toledo, astreetleading out from Smokebillowedout of the Un steps up awar on outside in- Kim Jong Un Rimjin-gang,aJapan-based wirebroadcastingand TVbroad- end their boycottofQatar - full diplomatic relations be- thecitycentre, wascausedbya partlycollapsedbuilding and res- fluences and calls forbetter magazine thatalso cultivates casting systems, put the relevant whichbegan in 2017 over alle- tween the twowouldresume. gasleak,Mayor Jose Luis cue workers evacuated elderly homegrownentertainment. sourcesinNorth Korea, reported technology on ahigher leveland gations it supportedterrorism, a Egyptreopenedits airspace Martinez-Almeida said. people from anearbynursing Asweeping new“anti-reac- side NorthKorea. thismonththatthenewlaw bans provide full conditions forthe charge that Doha denies. to Qatari flightsonJan. 12. “The mostlikelyhypothesis home. The topfivefloors were to- tionary thought” lawwas im- Measures include fines for speaking or writing in South people in all parts of the country “The Arab Republic of Egypt The ending of the boycott is agas leak,therewas aperson tallydestroyed,with walls blown posedlatelastyear,and this parentswhose children violate Koreanstyles.Inwhatitsaidwere from citiestoremote mountain and the StateofQatar ex- wasone of aseries of Middle East working on the boiler,” the out, while the bottom twofloors week newdetails were reported the bans, up to 15 years in a written remarks by Kim, the villagestoenjoy better cultural changed,today,January20, 2021, deals by theTrumpadministra- mayortoldreporters as he an- were still mostly intact, but by DailyNK, aSeoul-basedweb- prison campfor those caught leaderhascriticisedthecommon andemotionallife,”Kimsaidinre- twoofficial memoranda, in tion aimedatbuilding aunited nouncedthatabody had been charredinplacesfromtheflames. sitethat reports from sources in- with media from South Korea, practice in the Southofusing marksto thegathering.REUTERS virtue of whichthe twocoun- front againstIran.

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Internationalmarket data till 1900IST BIDEN HAS LAID OUT A$1.9-TRILLION ECONOMIC PACKAGE PROPOSAL Future Group-Reliance NewUSPresident,newhigh:Sensex Retail deal gets Sebinod

the apprehensions raised ENSECONOMICBUREAU As partofthe deal, the by Amazon. soarsagainonoldhopesofstimulus MUMBAI,JANUARY20 The companyshould ensure Futuregroup wastosell that theshares of the transferee THE SECURITIES and Exchange itsretail, wholesale, entity issuedinlieu of the up to 2.18 per cent, while utili- BoardofIndia (Sebi) has givenits logistics and locked-in shares of the transferor ENSECONOMICBUREAU NEARING50K-MARK ties, FMCG and telecom endedin Bidentakes oath,S&P 500, approval forthe takeover deal be- entities is subjected to lock-in for warehouse businesses NEWDELHI,JANUARY20 Sensex (intra-day) the red. tween KishoreBiyani’s Future the remaining period post 50,000 In the broader markets,the Nasdaq hit record peaks Group and Reliance Retail, partof to Reliance Retail scheme, Sebi said. DOMESTIC BENCHMARK indices 49,900 49,508.79 BSE midcap and smallcap gauges Reliance IndustriesLimited(RIL). It should ensurethat pro- 49,800 closedattheir recordhighs on 49,700 jumpedasmuchas1.08per cent. mirroredthat in Asia, where Amazon had writtentothe ceedingspending before the Sebi Wednesday, withthe Sensexjust 49,600 The rupee gainedfor the sec- REUTERS MSCI’s Asia-Pacific indexoutside Sebi, askingthe regulator to stop tail, wholesale, logistics and againstthe entities part of the afew pointsshy of the50,000- 49,500 ond straight dayand closed12 NEWYORK,JANUARY20 Japan rose 1per cent to itshighest the deal, saying the Futuregroup warehouse businesses to promoter/ promotergrouporare mark. The 30-shareindexrallied 49,400 49,792.12 paise higher at 73.05 againstthe ever.OnWall Street,the S&P 500 had violated certain agreement Reliance Retail. directors of the companies in- 393.8 points, or 0.8 per cent, to 49,300 US dollar.Atthe interbank forex GLOBALEQUITYbenchmarksrose andthe Nasdaq hit all-time highs with the US firm. Futurehad en- In itsletterofapproval, Sebi volvedinthe scheme, should be 49,200 close at 49,792.12.The Nifty50 49,100 market,the rupee openedat to newrecordhighs and oil prices on Wednesday. At 11:54a.m.ET, teredintoaRs24,713crore agree- listedanumber of conditions in highlighted in the scheme docu- ralliedby123.85points, or 0.85 Open Close 73.11, andhit an intra-dayhigh of jumpedwhile US Treasurybonds the DowJones Industrial Average ment with Reliance Retail in accordance to the Composite ment filedbeforeNational per cent, to close at 14,644.7. 73.05 and alow of 73.14. dippedWednesdayasinvestors rose195.20points,or0.63percent, August2020. As partofthe deal, SchemeofArrangement.The reg- CompanyLaw Tribunal(NCLT), The marketswerereacting to Equities continuedtoreceive weighedthe likelihood of further to 31,125.72, the S&P 500gained the Futuregroup wastosell itsre- ulatorybody has also referred to Sebi said. the strong cues coming from that the marketshavebeen mak- robustforeign portfolioinflows in US stimulusunder the newBiden 43.10 points,or1.13per cent, to globalmarketsaheadofJoeBiden ing fresh records forthree Januaryat$2.56 billion. Apart administrationagainstworsening 3,842.01 and the Nasdaq beingsworninasthePresidentof straightmonths. from lowinterestrates andhigh coronavirus outbreaks in China Compositegained227.78points, PILOT IN NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY theUnited States. He has laid out “AsofJanuary20,2021, clos- liquidity,the preference of global and the United States. or 1.73 percent, to 13,424.96. a$1.9-trillion stimulus package ing market capitalization of all investors foremerging markets PresidentJoe Biden, who was Benchmark10-year noteslast proposalto boosttheUSeconomy. BSE listed equities Rs 197,70,572 hasalso contributedtothe robust sworn intooffice on Wednesday, fell2/32inpriceto yield1.0972 per Irdaicommittee proposes The markets have continued crore. At Rs 73.03 per USD, Indian inflows in the domestic markets. lastweek laid out a$1.9trillion cent, from 1.092 per cent lateon their strong rally, with theNifty market capitalizationtopped$2.7 Automobile companies drove stimulus packageproposalto Tuesday. Meanwhile, Brent crude rising as muchas4.7 per cent in trillion firsttime ever,” tweeted the marketshigher on boost the economyand speedup wasup53cents,or1per cent,at traffic violationpremium January.Domestic equities have Ashish Chauhan, CEO at the BSE. Wednesday, with stocks suchas the distribution of vaccines. $56.43abarrelat11:24a.m. EST been hitting recordhighs since Sector-wise, BSE auto,en- BajajAutoand Eicher Motors hit- TheEuroSTOXX600climbing (1624GMT). US WTIcrude lastNovember,whichmeans ergy,ITand teck indices climbed ting their 52-week highs. 0.7.per cent. The buoyant mood climbed 0.8per centto$53.36. ing group on linking trafficviola- GEORGEMATHEW HIGH-POWEREDPANEL’S tions to insurance premium has MUMBAI,JANUARY20 RECOMMENDATIONS recommendedinserting afifth BRIEFLY section to motorinsurancecalled VEHICLE OWNERS maysoon ■ The High-Powered “trafficviolation premium” in ad- ‘States’ fiscal deficit likelyto 70% have to payinsurance premium committee forTraffic dition to motorown damagein- IRFCIPO:Govt OF THE FISCAL DEFICIT IS CONTRIBUTED BY dependingonthetrafficviolations Management in the surance, basic third-party insur- toget`1,544cr spiketohistoric high of 4.7%’ REVENUE DEFICIT, WHICH NORMALLY USED involving the vehicle. While a National Capital ance, additional thirdparty TO BE ONLY AROUND 15 PER CENT committee setupbythe Territory(NCT) of Delhi insuranceand compulsoryper- NewDelhi: The government The combined fiscal deficit of thestateswill hit a Insurance Regulatoryand has recommendedthis sonalaccidentpremium.Thissec- will receive Rs 1,544crore peak of Rs 8.7 lakh crore, or 4.7 per cent of their GDP, Development Authority of India proposal to be run on a tion will float over both Own from the initialpublic offer- this fiscal according to aCrisilstudy TAXCOLLECTIONSofstateshit lessvalue-accretivetowardsfuture (Irdai)hasproposedthata“traffic pilotbasis in the Damage(OD)andThirdParty(TP) ing (IPO)ofIndian Railway bypandemic,resultinginanear taxpotential violation premium” should be National Capital sections of motorinsurance and Finance Corporation (IRFC). four-foldspikeinrevenuedeficits addedtothe vehicle insurance Territory(NCT) of Delhi. can be attachedtoany section of The Rs 4,633crore IPO of thisfiscaloverFY20 REVENUEEXPENDITUREmay policy,the High-Poweredcom- motorinsurance, it said. IRFC wassubscribed 3.49 remainstickyastheseareeither mittee forTraffic Management in This will ensure, regardless of timesonthefinaldayofbid- EFFECT:Thiswillnotonlyexpand committed(relatedtosalaries, the National Capital Territory adequatesystemofcapturingand anyinsurance coveramotor ding on Wednesday. states’aggregategrossfiscaldeficit pensionandinterestcost),makingit (NCT)of Delhihasrecommended transmitting trafficviolationdata owner wantstobuy,the person "Bidding time forretail in- toanall-timehighofRs8.7lakh difficulttocutorhavebeen this proposal to be run on apilot of vehicles, it said. will be subjected to trafficviola- vestors in IRFC IPO wasex- crore,or4.7percentoftheirgross necessitatedbythepandemic(such basis in the NCT. All general insurers registered tionpremium, unless he already tendedbeyond 5pmtotake statedomesticproduct,butalso asgrants-in-aid,medicalandlabour While the pilothas been dis- in thecountry willhavetomake has in forceamotorinsurance careofthe large number of skewitscompositiontowards welfare-relatedexpenses) cussed only forNCT,itmay berun changes in their IT systems to policy wherein trafficviolation applications. IRFC IPO had a revenuedeficit,whichisrelatively Source: Crisil/PTI in anystate with the consent of mandatorilycollect and account premium has already been paid. total size of Rs 4,633 cr of that StateGovernmentsand State forthispremiumasaseparateand Fullreport on whichIRFC would gettwo Police department if the statehas additionalfifthsection.Thework- www.indianexpress.com thirds of theproceedsand the Government one third (Rs 1,544cr),"DIPAM SC upholds IBC’s Section 32A: Why is it Ola partners SecretaryTuhin Kanta Pandeytweeted. important &what are the implications? Siemens for EPFOnetnew EV facility enrolmentsdip granted protectionfromany mis- applicable onlyifthereisanap- of Bhushan Powerand Steel. The AASHISHARYAN deeds of the pastsince theyhad proved resolution plan, and a debt-laden company, admitted NewDelhi: Netnew enrol- NEWDELHI,JANUARY20 nothingto dowithit.Suchprotec- changeinthe management con- intoinsolvencyin2017,owesmore mentswithEPFOslippedto tion, the courtsaid, mustalso ex- trol of the corporatedebtor. than Rs 47,000croretobanksand ENSECONOMICBUREAU 10.11lakhinNovember THE SUPREME CourtonTuesday tend to theassets of acorporate “The newmanagement can- otherfinancialinstitutions,andan- NEWDELHI,JANUARY20 from 10.56 lakh in October heldthatthesuccessfulbiddersfor debtor,whichformacrucialattrac- notbethe disguisedavatarofthe other Rs 780 croretoits opera- 2020, according to itslatest acorporate debtorunderthe tionforpotentialbiddersandhelps old management. It cannoteven tional creditors. Afteraprolonged OLAONWednesday said that it payrolldatareleasedon Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code theminassessingandplacingafair be therelated party of the corpo- bidding battle, JSWSteel wonthe has partnered withSiemens to Wednesday, providing a (IBC)would be immunefromany bid forthe company, which,in ratedebtor.Thenewmanagement rightsto takeoverBhushanPower build itsupcoming electric vehi- perspectiveonformal sec- investigationsbeingconductedei- turn, will help banks cannotbethe subject with abid of Rs 19,700 crore. cle manufacturing facility. toremployment amid the therby anyinvestigatingagencies cleanuptheirbooksof matter of an investiga- However, before theSajjanJindal- The scootermanufacturing Government Of India coronavirus pandemic. suchasthe Enforcement bad loans. “The extin- tion whichhas resulted ledcompanycould move to take unit wasannouncedasapartof Department Of Atomic Energy Directorate(ED)orotherstatutory guishmentofthe in material showing over Bhushan Power, the ED Ola’s memorandum of under- BoardofRadiation &Isotope Technology bodies suchasSecurities and criminalliabilityof the abetmentorconspiracy swoopedin, and attachedassets standing withthe Tamil Nadu ‘Availableto ExchangeBoardofIndia (Sebi). corporatedebtor is forthe commission of worthRs4,000crorecitingalleged governmentsignedlastmonthto NOTICE INVITING TENDER answerquery’ apparentlyimportant theoffenceand the re- fraudinabank loan takenbythe invest Rs 2,400crore towards TENDER NUMBER-BRIT/COF/2021/038 What did the Supreme Court to thenew manage- portorcomplaint filed company’s former owners and building the facility. Sealed tenders are invited from eligible contractors/reputed agencies NewDelhi: Aday afterIndia sayinits judgment? ment to makeaclean break with thereto,” theapexcourtheld. other cases underthe Prevention “Thefactorywillgenerateal- for “Supply,Installation, overhauling, Commissioning and testing of asked it to withdraw Initsjudgment,theapexcourt, the pastand startonacleanslate. of MoneyLaunderingAct(PMLA). most10,000 jobs and with an electrical system of 20/5 TEOT crane of using VFD at RAPPCOF-BRIT, changes to itsprivacy pol- while upholding the validity of Asfarasprotectionaffordedto the Whyisthe SC upholding With the Supreme Court up- initial capacity of 2million units RAPS plant site, NPCIL, Rawatbhata, Rajasthan” Estimated cost- icy,WhatsApp on Section 32 AofIBC, said it wasim- property is concernedthereis Section 32A important? holding the validity of Section 32 ayear,itwill be thelargest Rs 21.70 Lakhs, Duration of contract-4.5 month, EarnestMoney Wednesdaysaid the pro- portant forthe IBC to attractbid- clearly arationalebehindit,”itsaid. Since the IBC came intobeing A, the cases suchasthat of scootermanufacturingfacility in Deposit-With Bid Security Declaration, Date of Display of Tender posed changedoes notex- ders who would offerreasonable The protection to successful in 2016,the implementation of BhushanPowerare expectedto be the world. It will serve as Ola’s Document on Website-From January 20/01/2021 to 06/04/2021, pand itsability to shareuser and fair value forthe corporate bidders and the assets of acorpo- resolutionplanof severalbigticket completedsoon.Expertsalsosaid global manufacturinghub cater- Pre bid checklist issue/available on website —From 20 January datawith Facebookand debtor to ensurethe timely com- rate debtor areprovidedbythe caseshasbeendelayedbecauseof thatthis willgiveconfidence to ing to itscustomersinIndia as to 10 February 2021, Pre bid checklist submission: 15 February to thatitisopentoanswering pletion of corporateinsolvency rulesunderSection32Aof theIBC. variouschallengesmountedby its otherbiddersto proceedwithcon- well as keymarkets across 28 February 2021, Tender Sale: 5March to 20 March 2021, Tender questions on the issue. resolution process (CIRP). Such The apexcourthas, however, also ownagencies and regulators. fidencewhilebiddingonsuchdis- Europe, UK, Latin America and Submission due Date: 06 April 2021 up to 1200 hrs at ofice of GM bidders, however, mustalso be saidthatsuchimmunitywouldbe Forexample,considerthecase putedcompaniesandtheirassets. Australia-New Zealand,” Ola said (ESSA)-BRIT,Mumbai, Date and Time of opening of Technical Bid- 06 in apress statement. April 2021 at 1500 hrs at ofice of PAO-BRIT,Vashi Complex, Contact Flipkart-ABFRL Under the partnership, Ola details for Clariication regarding tender documents - pauld.73@ dealgetsCCInod saiditwillhave accessto Siemens’ britatom.gov.in/[email protected], 01475242156, 9413346696, ‘Indian firms should haveenough reserves’ integrated Digital Twin design 9413351332 For other details, please Visit www.britatom.gov.in NewDelhi: TheCompetition and manufacturing solutions to OIC-RAPPCOF Commission of India on DeepKalra,founderandgroupex- to concretiselaws inthatspaceand hardfor the local players who do digitaliseandvalidateproductand For and on behalf of the president of india Wednesday saidithas ap- ENSECONOMICBUREAU ecutive chairman, MakeMyTrip theyare still “evolving”. nothavethe resources. Do not production ahead of actual oper- provedtheacquisitionof 7.8 NEWDELHI,JANUARY20 saidonWednesday. Kalrasaidthat “....Wehavearegime where think that youcan battle some of ations. According to Siemens, a VISVESVARAYA JALA NIGAM LIMITED per centminoritystake in unlikesome established everyone’s here, everyone’s in- the large players coming in and if production digital twin can help AdityaBirla Fashion by INDIAN COMPANIES should have economies likeEurope that have vitedornot but everyone’s here. theyget intoyourmarket,byjust validatehow well amanufactur- (A GovernmentofKarnataka Enterprises) FlipkartInvestmentsPrivate enough “reserves in the tank” to implemented stringent rules Foramarket (digital)whichtoday holding on to your old cus- ingprocess willwork ontheshop Office of the ExecutiveEngineer,VJNL, Ltd (FIPL). PTI fight the deep-pocketedglobal aroundmonopolistic business is notthat large.That’s the scary tomers..no,” Kalrasaid at the 15th floorbefore anythingactuallygoes UBP Division No. 3, Ajjampura-577 547 players crowding the market, practicesand privacy,Indiaisyet part.Ithink it is going to be very India Digital Summit. FE intoproduction. Ph [email protected] CIN No: U41000KA2016SGC097260 NO:EE/VJNL/UBP/D-03/Ajjampura/PB-1/Tender Trump’s parting gifts to Biden: Roaring stocks, huge debt notification/2020-21/828 dated: 19.01.2021 CORRIGENDUM-01 Ultra-lowTreasuryyields — InJuly, FitchRatingsrevisedthe billion amonth maygivethe cen- REUTERS whichplungedaftertheFedcutin- THETRUMPERA outlookonthe United States’ tral bank less scope to maneuver Ref:1. EE/VJNL/UBP/D-03/Ajjampura/PB-1/Tender notificatn/ NEWYORK,JANUARY20 terest ratestonear-zero—have triple-Arating to negative from if the economyworsens or afresh 2020-21/791 dated: 29-12-2020 also increasedthe allure of stocks. STOCKSUNDERTRUMP DEBTPICTURE stable,citing eroding credit crisishits,puttinganadditionalfo- The tenders invited vide reference (1) for the work of US PRESIDENT Joe Biden has in- 4,000 +68% $tn28 $27.75tn strength. The US national debt is cus on fiscal policy. “Providing 11KV Power Supply to 11 No’szonal pumping herited astock marketnear all- Does thebuckstophere? COVID-19 likelytocontinuegrowingunder stations coming underPackage II of Tarikere LiftIrrigation 3,500 26 Who declares Uncertain times time highs, along with agaping Bidenisalsoinheritingadollar SHOCK 24 Biden.JanetYellen,hisnomineefor Scheme. (I No:VJNL/2020-21/EL/2020-21/WORK_INDENT COVID-19 1552) Budgetdeficit,aweakeningdollar, that’s fallen 12 per cent from last 3,000 22 apandemic Treasurysecretary, urgedlawmak- The coronavirus pandemic elevatedeconomic uncertainty year’s highs. ers on Tuesdayto“act big” on the ratchetedupeconomic concerns 20 The PQ conditionsare modified earlier notifiedare modified andaFederal Reservethat may Rallying US yieldshavere- 2,500 next coronavirus relief package, during the lastyear of Trump’s 18 Trumpterm as follows: have less ammunition to fight the centlyliftedthe dollar offits lows, 2,000 addingthatthebenefitsoutweigh term. Earlier years of his presi- Sl No.1.SlNo. As mentioned in tender notification:Para 7

16 3 Trumpterm 6 9 15 18 next crisis. andamoresustainedmoveinthe 14 the costs of ahigher debt burden. dency were markedbyflaring 1,500 4, Sl No. 4.1 Existing Condition : The biddershallbea 201 20 201 201 201 20 20 greenbackriskssparking an un- 2020 trade frictionsbetween the registered KPTCL super grade lisence contractors and KPWD 6 9 0

Marketsunder Trump 18 Bloated balance sheet wind of the market’s near-record — US totalnational debt United States andChinathat Class Icontractor. Modified condition : The bidder shall be a 2017 201 201 20 TheS&P500isupabout68per bearish dollar position. 202 Biden will inherit aFederal rocked assetprices. registeredKPTCL super grade licence contractors with validity. cent since formerPresident S&P 500Source: Refinitiv Datastream/Reuters Reservebalancesheetthat is big- Policy-related economic un- Tender documents canbedownloaded from www.eproc. Donald Trumptook office. Its73 Moredebt gerthan ever,thankstoramped- certainty as measured by karnataka.gov.in. Further details can be obtained from the office percentsurge sincelateMarchhas Thenationaldebtballoonedby economichitfromthecoronavirus appealofUSgovernment debt up spending in the wake of the www.policyuncertainty.com,based of the undersigned. All theother conditions remainthe same. been aidedbymassive fiscaland almost40per centunderTrump pandemic lastyear. over the long term, an outcome Covid pandemic. on mentions of economic uncer- monetary stimulus, as well as ex- to nearly $28trillion,fueledbythe Some investors worrythe that mayeventuallyweigh on the Someworrythatinterestrates taintyinnews articles,iscurrently Sd/- ExecutiveEngineer,VJNL, UBPDivision No.3, pectationsthatavaccinewillspur passageoftax cutsin2017and a country’s exceedinglycloudy fis- US dollar’s attractiveness as are- already at rock-bottom levels and higher than it wasfollowing 9/11 Ajjampura. economic reopening. flood of spending to counter the cal pictureriskstarnishingthe servecurrency. assetpurchases currentlyat$120 or the Great Financial Crisis. Kolkata WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,THURSDAY,JANUARY21,2021 SARAH TO BE FIRST WOMANTOOFFICIATE SUPER BOWL SarahThomas will makehistoryagain next month as the first woman to officiate aSuper Bowl.The NFL on Tuesdayannounced the officiating crew forSuper Bowl LV on February7inTampa, Florida. 12 Referee Carl Cheffers’ crew includes Thomas as adownjudge along with umpire Fred Bryan, line judge SPORT RustyBaynes, field judge James Coleman, side judge Eugene Hall, back judge Dino Paganelli and replay official Mike Wimmer. REUTERS

BRIEFLY RR release Smith; CSK No pain, no gain Jadejaruledoutof TestseriesvsEng retain Raina Mumbai: All-rounder RavindraJadeja Pujara’s body is full of mementos of the fierce Gabba battle, and his couragehas made him acricketing hero hasbeenruledoutof thehomeTest se- THE IPL playerretention/release day ries againstEngland. Jadeja had dislo- doesn’toffertheexcitementof football’s cated his leftthumb in the thirdTestin transferdeadlineday.Thereleasedplay- SANDEEPDWIVEDI Sydney, underwentsurgeryinAustralia ersfromtheIPLfranchisesgo to theauc- NEWDELHI,JANUARY20 butwillneedsixweekstorecover. India tionpool–likelyinmid-Februaryforthe is scheduledtoplayfour Tests, five T20 2021edition –and some of them even WATCHINGHER father wince in pain at the Internationals and three ODIs starting acquirebigger contractsdepending on Gabba, mother cringing and taking her eyes February5.The firsttwo Testswill be the auction dynamics. Player away from the television, Cheteshwar playedinChennai while the next two retention/release,however, providesan Pujara’s daughter Aditi babbledout her two- will be in Ahmedabad. Sources in the idea about the thought process of the year-old wisdom. “When he comes home, I BCCIsaidthatadecisiononJadeja'spar- respective IPL franchises. will kiss whereheishurt, he will be fine.” ticipation in the T20Is and ODIs will be Sitting at Brisbane airport, with a takenlater."He is out of Test series and SAMSON TO LEAD ROYALS swollen finger and torso still blackand blue he will take morethan six weekstore- Rajasthan Royals have aftertaking 11 blows from the Aussie quicks covercompletely.The selectors will released SteveSmith on the final dayofthe ‘greatestTest’, Pujara take acalllater,whetherto includehim and appointed Sanju shares what his familywas going through in the team forthe shorterformats," a Samson as theirnew while watching the fiercestcricketing bat- BCCI official told The Indian captain, with franchise tle of his career. Express.Meanwhile, the BCCI has re- co-owner Manoj It’s noteven24hours since the time he questedthe Tamil Nadu Cricket Badale stressing upon “strong local and 10 others were in the ring throwing Association (TNCA)tocheckwith local Indian leadership”. Samson, 26, is not punches to avoid defeat and draw.Pujara authorities whether 50 percent of ca- newtocaptaincy.Hewas Kerala’s cap- says he couldn’t sleep muchsince his painful pacity at the Chepauk Stadium will be tain at the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. finger and throbbing shoulder didn’t allow allowedfor the Test matches Samson wasRoyals’ highestrun-getter him to toss or turn. But he sounds relaxed. lastseason. As forSmith, he had an av- Flying home afterajob well done is always eragelastseason by his lofty standards. therapeutic. EPLclubsagreeto Royals have released8players. He is amusedbyhis daughter’s home trialconcussion remedy.“That’s what Idotoher when she END OF AN ERA AT MI falls, so she believesthat akiss can heal every substitutes 122matches,170wicketsandfourtitles wound,” he says indulgently. with Mumbai Indians. Lasith Malinga Daddy’s little girlisn’t yetaware of the big London:Concussionsubstituteswillbe has been an MI and IPL legend. His de- bad worldofMRI scans, X-rays or the blind- trialledinthe Premier League in re- parturemarks the end of an era. ing pain when ahardcricket ball thuds Cheteshwar Pujaratook 11 agonising blows from Australian pacers on the final dayofthe Gabba Test. AP sponseto mountingconcernoverhead Malinga’s skippedlastyear’s IPL citing againstthe flesh. Her father,though, knew injuries.Teamswillbeallowedtomake personal reasons. MI confirmedthat all this very early in life. Forsomeone who, up to twoadditional substitutions for Malingahas decidedtoquit franchise unlikethe rest of the world, didn’t getiniti- So he would gethit on the shoulder,ribs, players with suspected or confirmed cricket.Hehas been aone-franchise ated intothe game by swinging abat at aten- backand chest. Those he wouldn’t even concussion.Thetrialwillbeginoncethe man, but afternine years, the associa- nis ball, cricket forPujarawas always about Arm, chest,back, fingers... Bodyline bother to rub. When hit on the backofthe leagueresolveswithFIFAandfootball's tioncomesto anendunlessMIbuyback facing that mean leather ball that couldn’t be helmet,the neckguardorwhen the metal global lawmaking body,IFAB, howto the 37-year-old at the auction. The de- trusted. It wasnofriend; aslight misjudge- Cheteshwar 50.5 visor got mangled, the doctors would rush deal with private medical information fendingchampionshave releasedseven ment and it could makeyou groan. Pujara Pujara was HELMET,NECKGUARD FALLS to the field as partofthe concussion protocol. fromplayers. "Withplayerwelfarethe players, including Nathan Coulter-Nile and pain go backalong way. struck11times (HAZLEWOOD) However, what hurtthe mostand when PremierLeague'spriority,theprotocols and James Pattinson. by Australian he could no longer push down the pain and will allowamaximum of twoconcus- No stranger to injury fast bowlers 30.1 letout aloud groan waswhen he got hurton sion substitutes to be usedper team, RAINARETAINED Over the years, he says,thereisn’t apart during his 56 off LEFT BICEP the already injured finger. withtheoppositionsideableto usethe Despitehis departurefromDubai of his body that hasn’t been dented by those (CUMMINS) At his home, PujaraSenior had ahand on equivalent number," the league said. before the lastyear’s IPL owing to per- missiles aimedathim from 22 yards. Sore 211 on DayFive his forehead. “Weall were worriedseeing "The additional concussion substitu- sonal reasons, CSK has kept faith with muscles, torn tendons, damaged tissues and at the Gabba. 16.5 OVS him jumping around in the crease and tions maybemade regardless of the Suresh Raina, who will be partofthe broken bones arestubborn guests in his slumping down on the ground. Ithought he number of substitutions ateam has al- 32.5 BOTTOM GLOVE team’s rebuild under MS Dhoni. body.Niggles, meanwhile, arepermanent might have to go inside and end the innings,” ready made." Withouttheirmostsuccessfulbatsman residents. He has playedsignificant Test in- BACK OF HELMET (STARC) he says. lastterm, the three-time champions nings with abrokenfinger -a70against (CUMMINS) 43.1 It wouldn’t turn out to be that bad but looked listless and failedtoqualify for South Africa in Delhi is one he can recall Pujara’s game did sufferafter that injury. TwomoreAusOpen 40.3 BOTTOM Playoffs. CSK, however, have aserious without mucheffort. 34.3 Being overly bottom-handed, the blowon GLOVE playerstestpositive rebuildingjobinhandafterreleasingsix Both his hamstrings have snappeddur- BOTTOM the right hand impacted his play. “It is tough BACK BELOW NECK (STARC) players, including Kedar Jadhav, Piyush ing agame. Athletesratethat as the worstin- GLOVE to hold the bat, the grip wasslightlyloose. So Melbourne:TwomoreAustralianOpen Chawlaand Harbhajan Singh. jury. Theytalk about babycuckoos dancing (CUMMINS) (CUMMINS) youcan’t hit the ball whereyou want to,” says players tested positive ,anofficial said Interestingly,CSKhave retained41-year- around their heads, sudden darkness engulf- Pujaraabout the toughestperiod of the slow- onWednesday, asthegovernmentcon- 36.2 old leggie Imran Tahir. ing their minds with twinkling stars. 36.5 est50ofhis career. firmeditwouldsendthequarantinebill That wasthe onlytime he hobbledout of BACK THIGH (CUMMINS) Though he couldn’t matchhis run tally forthetournamentto TennisAustralia’s KXIP RELEASE MAXWELL the ground. On other occasions, he has taken CHEST(CUMMINS) from lasttime, Pujarasays the 2020-21tour desk.VictoriastatepoliceministerLisa Kings XI Punjab had pickedthe adeep breath, gulpeddownthe pain and car- wasassatisfying as 2018-19. “That time it Nevillesaidtwoplayersandanon-play- Australian allrounder forRs10.75 crore riedon. Nevereverallowdiscomforttoman- From my early days, I wasthe firstwin in Australia but this one is ing Australian Open participant com- at the 2020 IPL auction, but Glenn ifestonthe face, it is something he learnt am not in the habit of 44.3 reallyspecial,” he says. prisedthree newinfections reported Maxwelldidn’thave agoodtournament from his father Arvind, ahardenedfirst-class on Wednesday. Atotal of 10 people as- ARM ABOVELEFT ELBOW lastterm, with just108 runs from 13 cricketer from helmet-less days.Bowlers, taking pain- killers. That’s Couragebestows respect sociated with the Grand Slam, includ- (HAZLEWOOD) matches and three wickets. But the 32- old-timers say, can confuse grimace forfear why my threshold to bear pain Likelasttime, Pujaraleavesthe Aussie ing four players, have nowtestedposi- year-old scored 167runs in three ODIs and it can fire them up. Whygivethose mean is pretty high. You play for so 48.2 shores as ahero. He is once again being hailed tive forthe virus. The has been againstIndiafollowedbyahalf-century men an inch? as the saviour of Test cricket,the reason for confusionovertheexactnumbers,with long, you get used to getting BOTTOM GLOVE, DROPS andintheT20Iseries.KXIPhave letgo9 people to fall in love with the longestgame severaltestresultslater reclassifiedby hit.” –Cheteshwar Pujara BAT(HAZLEWOOD) players, including allrounder Jimmy No pain-killers again. The Australians aregiving him their authorities as “viral shedding” from Neesham. Justtwice during that second innings ultimatecompliment;theyare calling him a previous infections. The viral shedders marathon, Pujaralet the worldknowthat he ‘F@#*@#g Legend’. The equivalent honour arenot contagious.Nevillesaidauthor- RCBRELEASE FINCH,UMESH wasseriouslyhurt. Rest of the time he stuck toogot embeddedinhis mind. “Onlyifthe tooagainst(Pat) Cummins. Therewas this backhome -SaurashtrakoSaavaj(Lion of ities were “veryconfident” one of the RCBhavereleasednine players, to his old routine -deep breath, the big gulp, doctors reallyinsistwill he take pain-killers,” crackonthe pitcharound the short- of- Saurashtra) –too is being bestowedonhim twonew playerinfectionswasacaseof whileParthivPatelhasretired.Thefran- asmall walk,alook at the bowler,backtothe Arvind says. length spotfromwherethe ball would just by the Gujarati media. viral shedding. “Of the other two, it’s chise had ropedin,Aaron Finch, forRs crease, marking the guardand ready to face take off. Cummins has the skill to makethe He is even inspiring WhatsApp jokes and less clearthatthey’re shedding. That 4.4 croreatthe 2020 auction. Finch the next ball. Body on the line ball rear up from thereand makeitfollow memes. “Pujarabatsfrom1pmto4pmin willbeworkedthrough,andthat’sone scored268runsin12 matchesinthelast “Frommyearly days,Iamnot in the habit Both father and son saythat Brisbane was you. In case Itook my hand up to defend it, Australia. Nowdon’t saythose from Rajkot playerandonesupportperson,”Neville year’s IPL but his strike-ratewas below of taking pain-killers. That’s whymythresh- averyunusual game. Pujarahas the defence there wasarisk that Iwould glovethe ball. can’t do without asiesta”–this one spread- said.ATournamentdirectorCraigTiley par,111.20. Fast bowler Umesh Yadav, oldtobear pain is pretty high. Youplayfor so to avoid physical injurythrough shortballs. Considering the matchsituation and howwe ing quickand fast on Gujarati groups. The saidtwoplayersreportedtohavetested too, has been released.RCB have letgo long, youget usedtogetting hit,” says the He climbs on his toes, rides the bounce, couldn’t afford to lose wickets, Idecidedto photoshoppedimageofagiant rock being positive on Tuesdaywerealso viral Chris Morris and Moeen Ali as well. man who, forthe second straight series in loosens his grip and drops the ball dead to letthe ball hit my body,” he says. surroundedbyAussie close-in fielders is also shedders. Morethan 70 players and Delhi Capitals tradedall-rounders Australia, playedclose to 1,000 balls in four his feet.Healso ducks,sways away or gets The other option wastocounter the short trending on Twitter. their entourageare confinedtotheir Harshal Pateland Daniel Sams to RCB. Tests. From Rajkot,Arvind says that he once inside the line of the ball. Pujarasays things ball with ahorizontal bat but the triangle of The cynical chatter about run rate has hotelrooms for14days and unable to DelhiCapitals, KolkataKnight Riders heardfromhis doctor friend that pain-killers were different at the Gabba. The pitchcondi- fine-leg, shortand deep squaremade it a stopped, fornow.Pujarasays it doesn’t mat- trainforthe AustralianOpenafterpas- and Sunrisers Hyderabad have re- fool your mind and delayhealing. tions, the game plan and the matchsituation risky shot. On the lasttour,hehad fallen play- ter. He is in the habit of getting caught be- sengers on three charterflightsre- tained their core. PujaraJrwas around, he overhearditand, made him put his body on the line. ing apull.Brisbane wastoo precious; Pujara’s tween agiant rock and ahardplace. But he turnedpositive tests. AGENCIES SHAMIKCHAKRABARTY likemanythings connected to his game, this “I mostlygot hit from one end and that cricket wasn’t dictated by egoorbravado. has survived, he has ahigh pain threshold.

HANUMA VIHARI INTERVIEW ‘The way Ibatted in Sydney sums up my career in anutshell’

Did youmiss being partofthe sibilities: adraworanAustralia win. But the What wasthe plan when Ashwin joined? Absolutely. If Ihavetosumupmy careerin VISHALMENON celebrations in Brisbane? wayPujji (Cheteshwar Pujara) and Rishabh When Ash (Ashwin) joinedmeatthe anutshell, Day5inSydney would be the per- NEWDELHI,JANUARY20 Yes. It would have been nice if Iwas partof (Pant) were batting, it gave us hope. But they crease, the onlything we talked about wasto fectexample.That’swhatdefinesme.It’sbeen the team when theyundertook that victory got dismissedinquicksuccession, and then survive the next three hours. Initially, we did- all about this grit and determination from my JUST OVER aweek afterhis epic rearguard lap at the Gabba. But then, Igot injured and Igot injured,Jadeja wasnot fittobat and n’thave anyplaninparticular.ButAshwinwas familywho helpedmereachwhereIamto- in Sydneythat helpedIndia ekeout adraw couldn’t do muchabout it. But certain things Ashwin also had adodgy back. It changed playing Nathan Lyon reallycomfortably, and I day. againstAustralia, Hanuma Vihari had to arenot in my control. the equation and we had onlyone option couldn’t stretchforward to playhim because watchhis teammates scriptamemorable left, whichwas to stone-wall our waytoa my hamstringwashurting.So,we decidedthat Looking back, howimportant wasthat series win at the Gabba, in Brisbane, from What wassaid in the dressing-room after draw.BothAshwin and Iwanted to draw the Ashwin would playout Lyon, while Iwould draw in Sydneyinthe contextofthis the confines of his living room in the Adelaide debacle? game badlybecause the series waslocked face the fast bowlers because Ididn’t have to series ? Hyderabad. Nothing much, actually. Idon’t think we 1-1,and if either one of us wasdismissed, it comeforwardtothemasthey(Australianpac- It wasatremendous result. The draw in The 27-year-old middle-order batsman, even had ameeting afterthe game. We had a would have exposedour lowerorder.We ers) were banging it shortofalength. Sydneywas the genesis of the Brisbane win. who is currentlyrecovering from aham- team activity dinner later than evening, and knewwehad to bat forthree hours. Sydneyinstilledconfidence and belief in us. It string injury, on the Adelaide debacle, and that’s about it. Ithink the team management What wasyour reaction when the match spurredustoremain positive and press fora howthe draw in Sydneyprovedtobethe took aconscious call to notmention 36/9. The What did youtell Pujarawhen you endedinadraw? win on Day5atthe Gabba. If we had lostin genesis of India’s greatestseries win. goodthingwasthatwe reallybondedwelland pulledahamstring? Ididn’t feel anything to be honest. Both of Sydney, the momentum would have shifted, that helpedustakeour mind offcricket fora It affected my mobility.The physio (Nitin us were reallyexhaustedand had even gone and we would have lostinBrisbane as well. Excerpts: coupleof days.Inthelead-upto theMelbourne Hanuma Vihari’s defiant knockof23 Patel) came out. Under the normal circum- numb afterstonewalling our wayfor so long. Test,Ravibhai (RaviShastri), our head coach, from 161balls helpedIndia rescue the stances, Iwould have walked offtothe pavil- LaterthaneveningwhenRavibhaisingledme Howwas the reaction amongstfans in Howwas it watching your teammates told us that what happenedinAdelaide wasa SydneyTest. AP ion retired hurt. But that would have ex- outandsaid:“Hatsoff to theresilienceandgrit Australia afteryour splendid rearguardin pull offanimprobable win at Gabba on one-offthing,anditwouldneverhappenagain posedthe rest of our batsmen. Ravichandran that youshowed,’ and Rahane also said that Sydney? television? on the cricket field. ‘Let’s forget about it and Ashwin had adodgy backand Ravindra my innings in Sydneywas muchbetterthan Iremember when Iwas waiting at the It’s surreal, actually. Hardtoput it in treat this as athree-matchseries’. Beforehis Could youtalk abit about Day5, Jadeja wasnot fittobat. So that wasnot an my centuryinWestIndies. That’s when the BrisbaneairporttocatchtheflightbacktoIndia, words. It’s the greatestseries win forIndia, departure, ViratKohli justasked us to believe Sydney? option. Pujji told me, ‘lets hang around fora enormity of the situation sunk in. some Indian fans came up and shook hands because of the circumstances. Playing in ourselvesand in our game. Looking back, Going intoSydneyonDay 5, nobody re- bit. The teainterval is just20minutes away, with me. Theyalso congratulated me formy againstaquality team, the injuries, and that loss in Adelaide wasablessing as it allygaveusachance. We neededtochase in and then we will take it from there.’ Wasthat the toughestspell of cricket that performanceinSydney. Itfeltniceto berecog- bouncing backfrom36/9 in Adelaide. brought us closer as ateam. excess of 400, and therewereonlytwo pos- Unfortunately, he got out in the next over. you’veplayedinyour career so far? nisedbyfans in Australia.

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