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JOURNALISM OF COURAGE MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2020, MUMBAI, LATE CITY, 16 PAGES SINCE 1932 `5.00, WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM SLAMS JD(U), PRAISES PM; WILL FIGHT POLLS ON ITS OWN Winter coming, no LJP’sbalancingact:BreaksfromNDA sign of thaw, 7th round of military inBihar,willremaininallianceinDelhi talks on October 12 Paswan’s party says split due to ideological differences Chirag’s long play: Cut on September 21 wasalso the with JD(U), ‘will form LJP-BJP government’ afterpolls KRISHNKAUSHIK firstsince Mayinwhichadiplo- JD(U), help BJP get more NEWDELHI,OCTOBER4 mat waspresent from the Indian THE CITY by Union MinisterRam Vilas side —Naveen Srivastava, Joint DIPANKARGHOSE Paswan took pains to reiterate EVEN AS the armies of both sides Secretary(EastAsia) in the AFTERTECHNICAL NEWDELHI,OCTOBER4 that itsalliance with BJP at the —and be its future ally preparetodig in forthe winter, MinistryofExternal Affairs. Centrewas “firm”, that its with no sign of anymajor break- Srivastavahas been repre- GLITCHESMAR AFTER WEEKSofspec- MLAs would backthe the Assemblyelections: it is sens- through in border talks, the sev- senting India at the Working EXAMS,MU’SIDOL ulation and posturing, BJP in apost-poll sce- SANTOSHSINGH ing an anti-incumbency against enth meeting of senior military Mechanism forConsultation and ANNOUNCES the LJP said Sunday, af- nario, and that the split PATNA,OCTOBER4 Nitish and is helping the BJP lever- commandersofIndia and China Coordination on India-China NEWDATES PAGE 3 teraparty meeting in forthe Bihar polls was agethat to aim forthe will take place on October 12 in Border Affairs (WMCC), which the National Capital, due to “ideological dif- BY SLAMMINGNitish single largest party slot. afresh bid to find aresolution to has metfivetimes since May. At that it would fight the ferences” with the JD(U). Kumar while exiting the Both the JD(U) and the five-month standoffineast- itsprevious meeting on THEEDITORIAL PAGE Bihar Assemblyelec- DECISION Formanymonths, NDAalliance in Bihar the BJP downplayedthe ern Ladakh. September 30, the WMCC had tions next month sepa- 2020 LJP president Chirag and yetpraising Prime exit but the sequence of ForIndia, it will be the last decidedthat the next meeting of rately —and notaspart BIHAR Paswan has been attack- MinisterNarendraModi eventsshows that the time that Lt General Harinder Senior Commanders “should be ADYSTOPIAN of the ruling JD(U)-BJP ing Chief MinisterNitish LJP president Chirag Paswan and the BJP,the Lok BJP has looked the other Singh, the XIV Corps held at an early datesothat both ELECTION alliance. Kumar forhis performance over afterthe meeting in New Janshakti Partyhas sent twokey wayasthe LJP campaigned Commander who ledthe firstsix sides can work towardsearly and BY ASHUTOSH VARSHNEY However, the party founded CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Delhi Sunday. AbhinavSaha signals in the final countdown to CONTINUEDONPAGE2 rounds of discussions, will be a complete disengagement of the PAGE 10 partofthe engagement. His one- troops along the LAC(Line of year tenurecomes to an end on Actual Control)...” October 14 following whichhe The Chinese delegation has will take charge of the Indian so farbeen ledbyMajor General GRANT THORNTON’S REPORT MilitaryAcademy(IMA). Liu Lin, commander of the South FSL report (saying no rape) used samples Lt General PGKMenon, who Xinjiang MilitaryRegion. In a will take over from Singh, was joint statement afterthe last Fake accounts, fraud partofthe lastmeeting of Corps meeting, the twosides had 11 days old, has no value: Aligarh CMO Commanders on September 21 agreedtonot escalatethe situa- and will be present at the latest tion on the ground and borrowers used to round too. The previous meeting CONTINUEDONPAGE2 divert funds in DHFL, JIGNASASINHA HATHRAS,OCTOBER4 Bitter start to sugarcane finds forensic audit THE CHIEF Medical Officer of AligarhMuslim University’s season: `8,400 cr in dues (AMU’s) Jawaharlal Nehru maniakumar in Februaryand Medical College, wherethe 19- RITUSARIN takesforward the modus year-old Hathras victim wasad- from mills to farmers NEWDELHI,OCTOBER4 operandi of “round-tripping” of mitted fortwo weeks, has told funds via fake loans. The Indian Express that the FSL re- HUNDREDS OF fictitious loan ac- Referring to the case as Bandra port—whichUttar Pradesh HARISHDAMODARAN counts, depositsrouted through Books, the reporthighlightshow Police has reliedontosay she was NEWDELHI,OCTOBER4 an imaginaryentity in Bandra namesoffakehousing loan “bor- notraped—“holds no value”. and ademand forrecoveries to- rowers” were collected —details “The samples were collected Police personnel on duty at the villageofthe Hathras victim. Praveen Khanna EVEN AS the new2020-21sugar taling Rs 14,046 crore–these are were “randomlypickedfroma 11 days afterthe woman wasal- year has started, mills in Uttar among the keyfindings in the fi- database that appears to be cre- legedly raped, while govern- Pradesh owe astaggering nal forensic reportsubmitted by ated from the details pertaining ment guidelines strictlysay Ex-BJP MLA holds meeting Rs 8,400crore-plus of payments auditor Grant Thornton in the to the closedloan accounts”. forensic evidence can onlybe BUSINESSASUSUAL to farmers againstcane supplies DewanHousing Finance Corpo- In all, 2,60,315 “fakeand fic- found up to 96 hours afterthe in- made during 2019-20. ration Limited (DHFL) scam. titious” home loan accounts cident. This reportcan’t confirm BY UNNY in Hathras to back accused In 2019-20 (October- By Sep 30, onlyRs27,451cr Submitted to the RBI-ap- were created in the non-exis- rape in this incident,” Dr Azeem September), UP mills crusheda had been paid. Arul Horizon pointed administrator on August tent BandraBranchbetween Malik,the CMO, told The Indian nessedaflurry of visitsand record1,118.02 lakh tonnes (lt) 27,the reportcomes when 2007-2019 and Rs 11,755.79 Express. AMILBHATNAGAR protests,including ameeting of cane worthRs35,898.15 crore DHFL’s proprietors Kapil Wadh- crorewas deposited to Bandra The Dalit woman had been &JIGNASASINHA calledbyformer BJP Hathras at the stategovernment’s ‘ad- for2020-21are to begin by the awan and his brother Dheeraj Book entities. assaulted,allegedly by four upper HATHRAS,OCTOBER4 MLARajveer Singh Pehelwan in vised’ price (SAP) of Rs 315-325 month-end afterDussehra. Wadhawanare out on bail after As manyas91entities are CONTINUEDONPAGE2 supportofthe four upper-caste per quintal. The lastsugar year had also being arrested by investigating the focus of the auditor’s final ADAY afterthe UP government men arrested in the case. But as on September 30, the openedwith cane arrears, though agencies in Januarythis year. forensic report, wherein it was said it would hand over the Over 500people attended end of the lastsugar year,they these weren’t as huge. In 2018-19, The 98-pagereportfollows found that no security or collat- ADITYANATH: EXPOSE probeintothe alleged gangrape the meeting held on the prem- had paid farmers onlyRs the state’s mills crushed1,031.67 the preliminaryreportsubmit- eral wasobtainedbeforegrant and death of the 19-year-old ises of aguesthouse where 27,451.05 crore. That translates lt of cane valuedatRs33,048.06 tedbyGrant Thornton to RBI-ap- of these loans. THOSE TRYING TO Dalit woman in Hathras to the Pehelwan wasstaying on the into dues of Rs 8,447.10crore – crore, but had managed to pay pointed administrator RSubra- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 INCITE RIOTS PAGE 8 CBI, the victim’s villagewit- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 even before crushing operations CONTINUEDONPAGE2 SHUBHRA RANJAN Always Ahead UPSCGS&PSIR TEST SERIES OPEN FOR (ONLINEMODE ONLY) BUSINESS GS Mains Test Series Target 2020 -Questions papers and detailed answersframed by Aaswad hotelat respective faculty. Mumbai’s Dadar gears -Detailed video discussion of question papers. up to open on Monday REGISTER ‘Amazon, Facebook fordine-in customers. -Timely checking of copies NOW areexclusive, not Of the 15,000-odd BATCH STARTING : 18 OCTOBER 2020 FEE : ₹15,000 interoperable... 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OUR help them on issues of physical The amendedFCRA,which and mentalhealth. wasnotifiedonSeptember 29 af- TOPPERS AIR 6 AIR 30 AIR 31 AIR 33 AIR 37 AIR 38 Pandeysanctionedboth— rector forcommunity action and build capacities in panchayats in teritreceivedthe President's as- VISHAKHA YADAV PARI BISHNOI SIMI KARAN NAVNEETMANN NATISHA MATHUR ABHISHEK AUGUSTYA and the government procured accountability at the NGO Bihar,and educatewomen and sent, makes sub-granting –asys- PUNE [email protected]; +91 8380012719; 011 -45612719 sanitarynapkins that were dis- Population Foundation of India. girls on health services available tembywhichabigger NGOcan MUMBAI [email protected]; +91 8451012719 ;011 -45612719 OUR tributed in villages in these dis- Foundedhalf acenturyago, to them. 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FSL report accusedand demanded"justice" “ForgetSAP,weare notget- food or blanketstothe needy,but forthem. ting even the FRP fixedbythe notcapacity-building projects caste men, on September 14,and Pehelwan said the meeting Centre. Mills arerequired to pay likeinBihar whichledto the girls wasable to provide the details of washeld to “welcome” the de- LJP’s balancing act in Bihar and Delhi within 14 days of the dateofcane organising themselvesand de- the alleged sexual assault after cision to hold aCBI inquiryinthe delivery,while crushing ended manding the sanitarynapkins. she regainedconsciousness at case and narco testsofall in- the lastfiveyears, with the party Indian Express: “Even if the among DalitsinBihar,thus far said. by May-end,” addedHooda. Forthat youneedapresence on the AMU hospital on September volved, including the accused, nowreiterating that it was numbers had been offered, backing the party.Inthe lastas- Another LJP leader said that the ground,’’ he said. 22. Afterher statement was the victim’s familyand police. ready to field candidates against Chirag Paswan's idea has been semblyelections in 2015,LJP while it wasunusual forthe Funds in DHFL The project, whichhas been recordedbeforeamagistrate, “Weheld ameeting of all JD(U) but notBJP. to expand the party.Heisfirm wontwo seats, with 28.79 per party to be ostensiblybacking The financials of 50 of them running forfiveyears, wastobe police had addedrelevant sec- castestodaywhereitwas dis- So far, LJP has floated the in his belief that thereisanti- cent votes in the 42 it contested the BJP but fighting apartfrom —whichreceived70% of the to- extendedfor another three years tions of rape to the FIR. cussedthat it wasagood deci- idea of contesting from 143 incumbency againstNitish -- itsoverall votesharefor the the alliance, it wasnot un- talBandraBook disbursements –but that is no longer possible, Following her statement, sion by the government to call for seats, but no official announce- Kumar,and always wanted to statewas 4.83per cent. In 2010, precedented.“Theremay be —havebeen examinedtoexpose Roysaid. Population Foundation samples were sent to the Forensic aCBI enquiryand anarco test.If ment has been made yet. fight alone. This will nowbe the party wonthree seats, with friendlyfightsbetween BJP and the nexus between the promot- gave grantsofRs49lakh to each Science Laboratory, whichre- the familyofthe victim has noth- Elections to the 243-member our test.” 21.78 per cent votes in the 75 it LJP in some seats. Even in ers of DHFL and these borrowers. of itsfour grassroots implement- ceivedthem on September 25 – ing to hide, theyshould notbe assemblywill be held in three In an official statement, contested, and an overall share Manipur and Jharkhand, LJP The conclusion: “It wasob- ing NGOs forthe project. 11 days afterthe attack. It was afraid of it. Strict action should phases, starting October 28. LJP's chief general secretary of 6.74per cent. fought separatelyfromBJP.In served that 34 entities have in- Poonam Muttreja, executive basedonthis FSL reportthat the also be takenagainstthose who Giventhe LJP's move, Abdul Khalique said: “The LJP These numbers showthat Manipur,whereitwon some vested aportion of the amount director of Population UP Police claimedthat the filedawrong complaint,” said sources told The Indian has itsown idea of the devel- outside the big four parties on seats, we joinedthe BJP gov- receivedfromthe Corporate Foundation, said muchofthe woman wasnot raped. At apress Pehelwan, who waselectedonce Express that JD(U) and BJP are opment of Bihar,whichiswhy eitherside,theBJP-JD(U)andthe ernment,” he said. Debtor (the Wadhawans) in nonprofits' work supplements conference on Thursday, from Hathras in 1993, and has likelytoevenlysplit the num- the'BiharFirstBihari First' vi- RJD-Congress, it is the LJP that On Saturday, the companies, whichare related stateprojectsand ensures that Prashant Kumar,ADG (Law& since been involvedinthe party's berofseatstheywould con- sion document has been pre- had the highestvoteshare. LJP Opposition alliance an- parties or directlyorindirectly government schemes areprop- Order), had said, “As per the FSL activities in the region. test.The twoallies will contest pared.Atthe national level, leaders have already indicated nouncedits seat formula with linked to the promoters…” erly implemented. (forensic sciencelaboratory) re- Pehelwan claimedthat the 119seatseachand give five thereisafirm alliance between that the party hopes to playthe RJD getting 144seatsand The amount of fake loans “Our work is evidence based, port, no semen or sperm secre- accused—Sandeep (20), Ravi seatstoJitan RamManjhi’s LJP and BJP.Atthe statelevel, role of kingmaker this time. Congress 70.Besides, atotal of disbursedtowhat the auditor involving research and datacol- tion wasfound in the viscera (35), Luv Kush (23) and Ramu Hindustani Awam Morcha, and in the assemblyelections, Khalique said in the state- 29 seatshavebeen allocated to has described as “potentiallydi- lection, whichwill be severely sample. The postmortemreport (26) —werebeing framed. Asked sources said. because of ideologicaldiffer- ment that LJP is committed to three Leftparties -- CPI-ML rectly/indirectly” linked to the impacted if sub-granting is not states that the cause of death was about the participation of Dalits The LJP's decision comes ences with JD(U), adecision the path of Prime Minister (19), CPI (6) and CPM (4). promoters is Rs 1,554.51crore. allowed, and we areunable to due to trauma causedbythe as- in the meeting, he said, “Noone twodays afterChirag Paswan has been takentofight the NarendraModi, and itswin- The relationship between In severalcases, the report partner with universities or re- sault. Despitethe statementsby representing the familyofthe took partinthe lastofmany elections separatefromthe al- ning MLAs would backthe BJP. JD(U) and LJP had nosedived said, funds disbursedweredi- search organisations,” she said. officials, some wrong informa- victim waspartofthe meeting.” meetings with BJP president JP liance. Therewill be ideologi- “Atthe Centre, we have afirm over the lastfew months, with verted to entities having links Giving an example of the way tion wascirculatedin the media.” Another,smaller,protest was Nadda and Union Home cal fightsinmanyseatswith alliance with BJP,and we the party taking potshots at the with the promoters. Population Foundation collabo- On October 3, the held in supportofthe accused MinisterAmit Shah. While JD(U) and the people can de- wanted that forthe statelevel, Bihargovernment over itshan- Manyborrowers usedcom- rateswith the government, Department of Forensic outside the villageamidstheavy thereare indications that LJP cide whichcandidateisbetter too. Thereisnobitterness be- dling of Covid and the migrants mon addresses and alowerrate Muttreja said: “In 2016,wecol- Medicine at Jawaharlal Nehru police presence. wanted at least36seatsinthe forBihar.” tween LJP and BJP.After the crisis that followedthe lock- of interestwas chargedfromthe lected information and dataon Medical Collegewrote to the The villagewas also visitedby alliance, the numbers being of- The LJP's move is signifi- election results, the winning down. BandraBooksentities, all of (methodsof familyplanning)and Circle Officer of Sadabad police Bhim Armychief Chandra- feredweremuchlower. cant, with the Paswan commu- candidates of LJP will form a (WITHSANTOSHSINGH whichcontributed to the insol- submitted it to then Health station in Hathras with the sub- shekhar Azad, RLD leader Jayant Asenior LJP leader told The nity,whichisthe largest BJP-LJP government,” Khalique INPATNA) vency crisis in DHFL. MinisterJPNadda. He found it ject, “Final opinion in response to Choudharyand the new The linkages with the Bandra convincing and the government your letter”. SignedbyAssistant Superintendent of Police Vineet Book entities areclear in several eventuallyintroducedinjectable Professor Dr Faiz Ahmad and Jaiswal. Azad claimedlater that cases. Forinstance, the Wadha- contraceptivesinthepublichealth Chairman Dr Saeed, it gave a“fi- he had wanted to take the vic- Chirag’s long play: To cut JD(U), help BJP get more wanbrothers or their relatives system.Thisishowwework...this nal opinion” with reference to the tim's familyawayfromthe vil- were found to be Directors or turnaroundby thegovernment(in circle officer's letter “and the FSL lage, on their request, but was to pull the JD(U) afew notches that the RJD-ledOpposition al- that,partyspokespersonAshraf would have OBC or EBC candi- promoters of severalofthese the newFCRA) is baffling.” report”, stating that “thereare no stoppedbythe administration. down.Evenif thismeansgiving liance will use everyopportu- Ansari said: "Thereare several dates.” companies. In Nagaland's Tuensang, signs suggestive of vaginal/anal Meanwhile, members of the theOppositionammunitionto nityto twisttheknifebyplaying seatswheremarginof victoryis In fact, LJP had done so suc- In his ownreport, the RBI- Mon, Longleng, and Noklak dis- intercourse” and “thereare evi- SP and RLD ledbyChoudhary, target the Chief Minister. this LJP “back-stab” to the hilt. between5,000to 10,000.Thisis cessfullyin2005Februarypolls appointed Administrator has trictsalong the Myanmar bor- dences of physical assault (in- were lathichargedbypolice as Notonce has LJP’s Chirag The BJP has always been the wherewecan hurtthe chances in whichithad won29seats, notedthat funds disbursedby der,the grassroots NGOECS juries over the neckand back)”. theytriedtoenter the village. Paswan blamedthe BJP fornot second party in the alliance –it of JD (U) and can win agood said aparty leader.Ofthe 178 the CorporateDebtor (Wadha- workswith the global nonprofit Dr Hamza Malik,president Chandrashekhar reachedthe offering it "desired number of has 53 seatsinthe outgoing number in athree-way fight". seatsitcontestedinthose elec- wans) to BandraBook Entities ActionAid. Mon and Tuensang of the Resident Doctors’ villageSundayafternoon and de- seats". Houseascomparedto JD(U)’s69 WhenaskedaboutLJP’sexit, tions, LJP polled13.62 per cent were “diverted to entities hav- have among the country's low- Association at Jawaharlal Nehru mandedsecurity forthe family The LJP,whichwon justtwo –and manyinthe party hope BJPnationalspokespersonGuru votes. ing connection with Promo- estimmunisation rates, and ECS Medical College, calledthe FSL of the victim. His motorcade was seatsinthe House of 243inthe LJP’s exit could help it gain over Prakash said: "It would notbe In the 2005 October ters/Directors.” founder Chingmak Kejong, used report“unreliable”. brieflyhaltedby UP Police before 2015 Assemblypolls and got itsally. appropriatefor us to comment Assemblypolls, it won10seats And that BandraBook enti- aRs15lakh grant from “Howwill the FSL team find he reachedHathras, but he was 4.83percentof thevote,wonall Notmanyare surprisedhere, on the decision of the LJP.We of the 203 it contestedand ties were usedasa“conduit for ActionAid to setupTuensang's evidence of rape 11 days later? later allowedtomeetthe family. sixseatsitcontestedin2019Lok though. will go to elections in the name polled11.10 per cent votes. In carrying out these fraudulent ac- firstpublic health centre. Sperm doesn’t survive after2-3 “The familyisnot safeinthe Sabha polls –this wasseen as Thefirstsignof LJP'sdisquiet of development in the last15 2010 Assemblypolls (in Grand tivities…these individuals are The project wassosuccess- days.Theytook samples from village. When (actor) Kangana the Modi factor at work. came early this year when years under the leadership of Alliance), it got three seatsof75 henchmen of the ful that the Nagaland govern- hair,clothes, nail bed and vagi- Ranaut can getYsecurity,why By contesting 143seatsthis Chiraglaunchedhis"BiharFirst, Chief MinisterNitish Kumar contestedand polled6.74per promoters/Directors and have ment approachedKejong fora nal-anal orifice; the samples can't this family? Maha- time,ithopesto helpBJPby cut- Bihari First" yatrawith aveiled with the guidance of Prime cent votes. acted as accessoryfor commis- “partinit” –and the project now maynot showpresenceofse- panchayats arebeing held every ting intoJD(U) votes and re- attackonNitish Kumar's gov- MinisterNarendraModi". These numbers aresmall sion of fraudinrelation to covers 73 villages in the four dis- men because of urination, defe- 2kminfavour of the accused. buildingitsorganisationalstruc- ernment –heunderlinedhis The JD(U) put up abrave and LJP leaders said theyare BandraBook disbursements....’’ tricts, with sevenPHCs along the cation and menstruation.” Thereisstone-pelting happen- turewith an eyetothe future. “YuvaBihari”identityto contrast face. Stateworking president looking at the long game. The Myanmar border.“We told the On September 22, adoctor ing,” he said. An LJP leader said that the with what he indicatedwasthe Ashok Kumar Choudharysaid: partybelievesthatthisisthelast FCRA change government that the villagers had conducted amedicolegal in- Chandrashekhar described best casescenarioforthepartyis old and tired leadership (read "LJP leaving the NDAalliance stateelection of the older gen- from foreign donors to smaller would be in charge of appoint- vestigation on the woman and the government's move to hand to win“even10-15seats”by us- Nitish). will have no impact. But Iwant eration of Lalu Prasad, Nitish grassroots NGOs –illegal. ing the staff, including doctors, givena“provisional opinion” over the investigation to the CBI ing the imageofPMNarendra At that time, he had told The to knowwhat ideological dif- Kumar and even Sushil Kumar “This (the newlaw)makes nurses,sanitationworkers and that “on the basis of local exam- as a“smokescreen”. "Theyuse Modi and working with the BJP Indian Express: “Whensome- ferences LJP has with us. We Modi. it absolutelyimpossible forus ambulance drivers. That way ination, Iamofthe opinion that the CBI when theyhavetosup- to grow intoitsnextally. This,the thingasbasicasDial100(anum- have increasedbudget forDalit With RJD’s Tejashwi Prasad to implement these projects,” theywill be accountable to the thereare signs of use of force”, press opposition. This case source said, could become cru- bertoseek police help) doesn’t welfaremanifold. It is the same facinghisacidtest thistimeand Roysaid. “Population community,” Kejong said. reports show. The doctor had should be investigated by retired cial if BJP and JD(U) fail to get work in the state, what’sthe LJP who insistedonNitish KanhaiyaKumar unclear about Foundation has the capability In Jharkhand, LifeEducation added: “However, opinion re- judges of the Supreme Court. simple majority of 122. meaning of good governance?” Kumar campaigning fortheir hisrole,Chirag,sourcessaid,sees of raising funds and conceptu- And Development Support garding penetrative intercourse Especially, if the judges repre- TheJD(U),hopingthatitcan The LJP’s plan to contest143 candidates in the lastLok his opportunity to emerge as a alising projects, and we then (LEADS) receivesRs8lakh annu- is reserved pending availability sent our community,” he said. repeat 2010 –alignedwith the seatsincludes fielding acandi- Sabha polls.” Bihar leader.For that, he may give the grassroots NGOs the allyfromGermany-basedBread of FSL reports.” Describing the victim's fam- BJP it won dateineachseat being con- However, some JD(U) lead- have to live in BJP's shadowfor funds to implement these proj- ForThe Worldtostrengthen the The September 22 report ilyashis own, Chandrashekhar 206of243 seats–iswaryof testedby JD(U).Ithasn’tdecided ers said the LJP could adoptits awhile —and this exit could be ects. The grassroots NGOs do school system. LEADS runs the also mentioned, basedondetails tweetedSundayevening: “I have LJPhurtingitschancesinatleast onwhatto doinseatswherethe previousstrategyof fieldingup- an important firststeponthat nothavethe capacity or the ca- project through four sub- providedbythe woman, that justleftafter meeting my fam- adozen seats. It is also aware BJP is contesting. Asked about per-caste candidateswhere“we long road. pability to applyfor foreign grantee organisations. therewas “complete”“penetra- ily. Iamstunned. My sister’s par- funding themselves, so they “Weensurethat government tion by penis” of the “vagina”. entsjustasked me to take them rely on us.” schools have management com- The reportsaid, basedonde- away from the village. My family ken,” Choudharysaid in atweet. Reacting sharply, the External Sugarcane from Kheri Bairagi villagein Forits project in Darbhanga mitteesthatincludeteachers,par- tails providedbyher,that she is being threatened, Iwant to Affairs Ministryhad stated that Rs 28,106.23 crorebyend- Shamli district and tehsil. and Nawada, forexample, ents, and astudent... The schools was“gagged”and “strangulated take them but the administra- Military talks India has “neveracceptedthe so- September. The Yogi Adityanath govern- Population Foundation partners that we deal with cater to adivasi by dupatta”. The section in the tion has stoppedus. We will file “earnestlyimplement the im- calledunilaterallydefined1959 The outstanding dues, then, ment’s SAPofRs315-325 per with four grassroots NGOs that andDalitstudents.We keeptrack report, verbal threats, mentions: an appeal in courttomorrow.” portant consensus reachedby Line of Actual Control”, and that came to Rs 4,941.83crore. quintal for2019-20 washigher implementtheproject,andatech- of whether the teachers turn up, “Yes, threat to kill.” The report Around 4pm, RLD leader the leaders of the twocountries”. it is “untenable”. “Lastyear,itwas a khaaii than the Centre’s ‘fair and remu- nicalorganisationthatcollatesin- howclassesarerunning,whether also mentions the “assailants” as Choudharyarrived to meetthe China and India have hard- Even afterfiverounds of (ditch). This time, theyhave nerative price’ (FRP) of Rs 275per formation on the effectiveness of thereare toilets and running wa- “Sandeep, Ramu, Luv Kush, Ravi”. familyalong with party workers. enedtheir stances since WMCC talks, six rounds of dis- pushedustoakuaan (well). quintal, linked to a10% basic statehealth schemes –which ter, whether dropoutsare hap- The woman’s postmortem Initially, ascuffle brokeout as po- September 21.China had said cussions between Corps Worse, the government does sugar-to-cane recovery ratio. At Population Foundation hands pening, etc.,” LEADS founder-di- reportfromSafdarjung Hospital lice triedtopush the workers be- lastweek that it does notrecog- Commanders, and meetings be- notcare. Despitethe SAPbeing UP’s averagesugar recovery of over to the Bihar government. rector AKSingh said. had also stated that her “hymen hind the barricades. Soon, the sit- nise the newUnion Territoryof tween the defence and foreign raisedbyjustRs10/quintal 11.3% recordedlastyear,the cor- “Workers of the grassroots Singh said he has been ap- showedmultiple old healed uation escalated as the police Ladakh, and that it is opposedto ministers of both sides, no fur- (from Rs 305 to Rs 315for nor- responding FRP would be Rs NGOs belong to the community, proachedbythe Jharkhand gov- tears”, and that the “anal orifice wielded lathis againstChoudhary India building infrastructure ther disengagementand even- mal and from Rs 315toRs325 310.75 per quintal. As against live in the same area, and can im- ernment to scale up from the showedold healedtear”. and his party workers. there“formilitarycontrol pur- tual de-escalation is in sight. forearly-maturing varieties) this, the total paymentssofar (Rs plement and monitor the proj- current 50 schools in Latehar, “If youhavethe right to beat poses”. China had also stated India and China have around since 2016-17, theyaren’t forc- 27,451.05 crore) dividedbythe ect round the clock,”Roy said. Simdega, Singhbhum and Hathras meeting us, Ihavethe right to be with my that the “China-India border LAC 50,000troops eachinthe region, ing mills to payeventhese quantity crushedin2019-20 “Under the changed law, we can Lohardaga, to 100. outskirts of the village. They people. Beat us as muchasyou is very clear,that is the LACon along with additional artillery, rates,” said JitendraSingh (1,118.02 lt) givesanaverage price onlydoprojectsofdirect service FULLREPORTSON raisedslogans in supportofthe want, our resolve will notbebro- November 7, 1959”. tanksand air defence assets. Hooda, an 8-acrecane grower of justRs245.5 per quintal. delivery –suchasdistributing www.indianexpress.com BJP MP’s aide shot dead in Bengal, party blames Trinamool Gujarat: 17-yr-old ‘gang-raped’,

summonedat10amtomorrowin masked gunmen openedseveral dead at Apollo Hospital. He was PoliceAjayKumarThakur.“Arjun three arrested, one on the run SWEETYKUMARI the wake of worsening lawand rounds of fire,said local sources. my close friend, and has been Singh has been saying from the incident took place on KOLKATA,OCTOBER4 BJP order situation leading to das- The assailants’ bullets struck killedinfront of the police.” beginning that police officials EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE September 28 afternoon when councillor tardly killing of Manish Shukla, Shuklaonthechestandforehead. Followingtheattack,BJPsupport- have been hired by Mamata RAJKOT,OCTOBER4 one of the four accused, who was ABJP councillor wasshotdead by Manish Councillor,TitagarhMunicipality Hewastakento aprivate hospital ers gathered outside the police Banerjee to kill him. This requires known to the 17-year-old girl, unidentifiedassailantsinNorth24 Shukla in political party office.” inKolkata,butwasdeclareddead station and protestedagainst aCBI probeand the role of police A17-YEAR-OLD girlwas allegedly asked her to afriend’s house. Parganas’TitagarhareaonSunday. Aclose aide of BJP MP Arjun at 9.20 pm. Arjun Singh alleged Barrackporepolice chief Manoj mustbeinvestigated.” TMC lead- gang-rapedbyfour men in “When the girlwent to that Following the death of Manish home secretary, and Director Singh, Shukla wasshotafter re- that the Trinamool Congress Verma,whenhereachedthespot. ers dismissedthe allegations. “It Jamnagar city on September 28, man’s friend’s house, the man Shukla,theOppositionpartycalled General of Police Virendra, to the turning from ameeting in Habra (TMC) orchestrated the attack. In avideo messagepostedon is afight within their party and police said on Sunday, adding rapedher.Subsequently, three of a12-hourbandhinBarrackporeon RajBhavanat10am. with other party leaders. He was “He waswith me till 7.30 pm. Just Twitter,BJP national general sec- everyone knows in the vicinity,” three of the accusedwerear- hisfriends,includingtheonewho Monday, while Governor Jagdeep “ACSHome@MamataOfficial chattingwithafew peopleatatea near Titagarh police station they retaryKailashVijayvargiyanamed said aruling party leader on the rested,while one wasonthe run. stays in the house, took turns to Dhankhar summonedthe state and DGP @WBPolice have been stall around 8.30 pm, when the fired12shots.Hewas declared VermaandJointCommissionerof condition of anonymity. Jamnagar police said that the rape her,” apolice officer said. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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IPR cases moved before Asrestaurantsandbarsgearuptoopen courts at eleventh hour unfair to other litigants: HC tween September 1and October fromtoday,manydecidetowait&watch OMKARGOKHALE 1and in anyaction that seeks MUMBAI,OCTOBER4 suchurgent reliefs—given that Zee wasplanning to launchits THEBOMBAY High Courtre- product on October 2—this fac- SAGARRAJPUT Asubstantial number centlysaid it wasunfair to other torcould notbeignored. MUMBAI,OCTOBER4 litigantswhen cases concerning Tulzapurkar,however, said of restaurantsin 14.43lakh intellectual property rights(IPR) therewas no delayand asuit had NEARLY4lakh restaurants, bars Mumbai have decided TOTALPOSITIVECASES aremoved before courts at the been filedwithin the shortest and cafes in Maharashtra, in- to take acall on INMAHARASHTRA “eleventh hour” againstthe re- possible time. cluding 15,000in Mumbai alone, Active Cases 2,55,281 lease of amovie and seek to im- Justice Patelsaid, “I do believe willbeeligible to restarttheir op- reopening over poseonthe court’s time. and maintain that parties in IPR NewCases 15,048 erations starting Mondayafter a the next fewdays Asingle judgebenchofJustice matters cannotexpect courts to six-month-long lockdown. TotalDeaths 38,084 Gautam SPatel made these ob- push aside all other cases. This Maharashtra, the stateaf- NewDeaths 326 servations on October 1while re- happens repeatedly,whether it fected by the Covid-19pan- Association. Quarantined22.37L fusing relief to PlexInc, which is movie releases or otherwise. It demic, has allowedrestaurants, He added, “Morethan 8,000 sought restraining orders against muststop. It is unfair to courts cafes, canteens, dining halls and restaurantsare partofour asso- Tested 71.11lakh Zee Entertainment from using and it is unfair to other litigants bars to reopen from October 5 ciation but only30per cent to the word “plex” in itsZEEPLEX waiting their turn.” with 50 per cent occupancy. 40 per cent will be opening up 2,13,652 online movie service channel. The courtsaid that when While manyrestaurants on Monday. It’s almostlikea The Plex, through senior the plaintiffhad enough notice TOTALPOSITIVE across Mumbai were sprucing fresh beginning foreveryone... counsel ViragTulzapurkar,had and yetchooses to move court CASESINMUMBAI up their premises in prepara- due to the lockdown, electronic sought an injunction againstZee at the “eleventh hour” and tion of the opening, asubstan- items were notservicedand NewCases 2,109 Entertainment seeking dam- makes no adjustments, the tial number have decidedto theyhavestoppedworking. So, TotalDeaths 9,108 ages formisleading the con- plaintiffmustbeprepared to take acall on reopening over the everyone will graduallyrestart sumers to believe that Zee had face the consequences. NewDeaths 48 next fewdays,aslogistics and their restaurants.” tiedupwith Plex. The judgesaid he wasnot re- the supplyofpersonnel to help Ramesh Yadav, an employee Senior advocateJanak fusingad-interimrelief to Plexon operatethe services areyet to of Alif restaurant in Jogeshwari, Dwarkadas, appearing forZee, thegroundof “delay”,butbecause be worked out. said, “Soon afterthe lockdown said that in order to ensure said his client used‘Zee’ as apre- the grant of injunction to Plex From asking their customers wasannounced, all our employ- safety, theyhavedecidedto fix, whichitwould invariablyuse wouldcauseimmediatefinancial to download ArogyaSetuapp to ees leftfor their native places. restartoperations with less than forall their other offerings and loss to Zee. The courtsaid the use recruiting ground representa- We don’t have sufficient work- 50 per cent of the staffers. “We marks.Hesaid ‘plex’ wasusedto of the word ‘plex’ wassubject to tivestoensurethat social dis- Astaffer cleans the food courtatViviana Mall in Thane on Sunday. Deepak Joshi ers to restartoperations. We are had morethan 60 people em- point to the niche or specialised further orders since the current tancing is maintained, restau- nowrequesting them to return. ployedatour restaurant before service, whichhis client wasof- orderwasforthelimitedpurpose rant, cafes and bars saythat Fornow,weare providing only the lockdown. Now, to avoid fering to subscribers on pay-per- of decidingonapleaseekingtore- frequent sanitisations and The people affiliated with one month. “It is definitelygoing visiting restaurants, we will have home delivery service through crowding, we have calledonly20 viewbasis. strain Zee Entertainment’s use of maintaining good hygiene will restaurantsand bars industry to be different from howthings to keep sanitising the premises,” application-basedfirms.” people to work from tomorrow The courtnoted that there the word forits online movie be keyinregaining the trustof said that it is an experiment that workedbefore Covid-19, so in or- said Shivanand Shetty,president PrajwalPoojary, manager of because the number of tables oc- wasaquestion of time lostbe- channel service. the customers. will be carriedout forthe next der to ensurethat people keep on of Indian Hotels and Restaurant ShivSagar restaurant in Khar, cupiedwill also be less.” 23-yr-old man held After technical glitches mar exams, for rape, extortion MU’s IDOL announces new dates from her,said police. “Scared of SAGARRAJPUT the consequences, the woman MUMBAI,OCTOBER4 agreedtopay up... He would even ABHAGORADIA Forbetter assault her when she refusedto MUMBAI,OCTOBER4 conductof A23-YEAR-OLD man has been payhim,” said the officer. E ● exams arrested from Bengaluru foral- The police said that the ac- ADAY afterseveral studentsof EXPLAINED legedly raping, filming and ex- cusedinitiallytook cash from the University of Mumbai’s torting Rs 5lakh from asouth the woman but when the lock- InstituteofDistance and Open THE UNIVERSITYof Mumbai-basedwoman. down wasimposed, she was Learning (IDOL) claimedthey Mumbai is experimenting Officers of JJ Margpolice, forced to transfer the amount to were unable to writethe final- with the online format of who had been monitoring his his bank account. From year exams forgraduation examinations forthe first movementsfromPunjab to December 2019,the accusedex- courses on dayone due to tech- time and should have col- Bengaluru forthe last45days, torted Rs 5lakh from her and the nical glitches, the institutean- laborated moreclosely had to pose as food delivery boys demands kept increasing, the nouncednew dates forthe tests. with technology solution to arrest him on October 2. woman approachedthe police. Astatement issuedbythe in- providers, setup Themattercameto lightwhen The police went on to regis- stitutelateSaturdaysaid the re- Severalstudentsthronged the MU campus on Saturdayafter helpdesksand helplines the 22-year-old woman, who teracase of rape, unnatural of- examination forthird-year BCom theywereunable to take the exams online. File forstudentsoncampus. worksinagym, filedacomplaint fence, extortion, cheating as- studentswill be conducted on On Saturday, severalstu- withthepolice,leadingto thereg- sault and criminal intimidation October 9, and forthird-year BA dentsofits open and dis- istration of an FIR on August17. under the Indian Penal Code studentsonOctober 14. phone and laptop, and displayed Studentsneednot worry.” tance learning institute The woman, in her com- and the IT Act. IDOL spokesperson Vinod an errormessage. AfterIwent to MaharashtraStudents were leftpanic-stricken plaint, has said that she wasin- The JJ Margpolice learnt that Malale said, “Wedonot have in- the university,the official tried WelfareAssociation,meanwhile, aftertheycould notwrite troducedtothe accused, afoot- the accusedisfromPunjab. On formation on the exact cause of logging in using my details from has appealedtothe ministerto their papers due to tech- ball player,inSeptember 2017 on August31, the officers learnt that the technical glitches. However, the computer therebut received take action againstthe faulty serv- nical issues. Gaining stu- social media platform Snapchat. he wasstaying in Bengaluru we will berescheduling the exam the same message. Imissedmy ice providers to ensuresimilar sit- dents’ confidence is an im- The police said the duo chatted with awoman. “He stayed at a forall studentswho could notap- exam. It wassurprising to see that uations do notarise again. portant partofthe online frequentlyand went on to even gatedsociety and while enter- pear fortheir papers.” no representative of the service MaharashtraNavnirman exam procedure. sharecontact numbers. ing, the watchman seeksper- So far, Malale said, the insti- provider waspresent and the Vidyarthi Sena Statevice-presi- “He had sustainedaninjury mission from the resident... this tute, does nothavedataonthe ex- helpline number kept me on wait dent Santosh Gangurde, too, said, on the thigh and had come to would have alertedthe accused,” act number of studentswho forover20minutes.” “When affiliated colleges have tice forregular and ATKT stu- Mumbai fortreatment last said the officer. could nottakethe exams on Umesh Rane, aBCom student been givenpermission to hire dents, Iappliedfor the exams and December.Theywould fre- While again scrutinising his Saturday, but said, “BSc students, who wastoappear forhis exam their ownsoftwareproviders, paid the fees. Iwas later told by quentlytalk and eventuallyde- call datarecords, the police being fewerinnumber,did not from Ratnagiri, said, “The exam whyhasn’t the same autonomy the department that the ATKTex- cidedtomeet,” said an officer learnt that he frequentlyordered face muchproblem”. wassupposedtostartat 1pm. But extendedtoIDOL to conduct ex- ams arebeing conductedonlyfor from JJ Margpolice station. food from an application-based The final-year exams forreg- afterIlogged in, Ifound that the ams? We demand the ministerto studentswho have notcleared However, the woman in her firm. “Weordered food from ular and repeater candidates of paper wasnot uploaded. It was take action againstfaulty service their final-year exams. But complaint alleged that the ac- them when we found the ac- BA,BCom, BSc (information tech- blank.Isent afrantic mail to the providers forcausing panic nowhereisthis clarifiedintheir cusedtrickedher intovisiting his cuseddoing the same. Our offi- nology and computer science) of emailaddress giventousbut the among students.” notice. Ihavebeen told therewill hotel, whereheallegedly forced cers then went to the society IDOL arebeing conducted online replyhas notbeen relevant. Ihave Meanwhile, confusion among be aseparatenotice in the com- himself on her and made avideo posing as food delivery boys. from October 3to17. The next pa- mailedthem again.” ATKT(allowedtokeep term) stu- ing days forus.” of the act. “The woman went with Afterseeking permission from per is on October 6. Following the glitches, state dentsofthe university continued Rehan Momin, another back- him as he had promisedtomarry the accused, we went up to this On Saturday, severalstudents Higher &Technical Education as some of them were notal- log student who cleared fourth- her.However, aday later,hesent house arrested him on October thronged the MU campus after MinisterUdaySamant Saturday lowedtoappear forthe exams. semesterlastyear,found out he her the video,” said the officer. 2,” the officer said. theywereunable to take the ex- tweeted,“Eachuniversityhasbeen Deepak Shelar,astudent of LLM wasineligible forthe current ex- Threatening to upload the He wasthen producedina ams online. BA repeater student directed to conduct re-examof who cleared his final semester ams afterhefailedtoreceive his video on social media, the ac- Bengaluru court, whichsent him Parshuram Tapase said, “The link studentswhocouldnotappearfor lastyear,said, “I have ATKT in se- exam roll number and link for cusedstarteddemanding money to Mumbai on atransit remand. giventouswas notloading in my exams due to technical glitches. mester1.Asper the university no- mocktest. 19-year-old Vikhroli man found hanging Mumbai: A19-year-old man al- legedly diedbysuicide at his Vikhroli residence on Sunday. Police said the deceased, Aditya Kamble, who had cleared HSC, hanged himself. Accordingto thepolice,thein- cident took place on Sunday morning.“Hismother,whoworks as anurse, had gone out forwork. When she returned, she found Kamble hanging in the house us- ing her redsaree,” said an officer. The Parksitepolice were in- formedataround 11.30 pm, fol- lowing whichhis body was rushedtoRajawadi hospital, wherehewas declared dead be- fore admission. Police have not found asuicide note from his res- idence but said that he wasfrus- trated as he could notget ajob. “He wasalso suffering from a stomachailmentforoveramonth and these twothings might have triggeredhim to end his life,” said Police Inspector Atmaji Sawant. Parksitepolice lodgedan acci- dental death reportwhile investi- gating the matter further. ENS WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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IMD forecasts Hathras murder: Raut takes on BJP, Kangana RARE SUNDAY HEARING light rainfall for Mumbai today EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE BUDDHISTSOCIETY Cong to hold statewide NoHCrelieftoaspirants MUMBAI,OCTOBER4 Mumbai: Thunder accompanied WRITESTOUN by lightning and moderateto TAKINGONBJP and actor satyagraha today heavy showers were recordedin Kangana Ranaut, ShivSena MP Mumbai: The Buddhist Mumbai, Thane and Navi SanjayRautonSundayclaimed Societyof India,helmedbyDr whomissedapplication MumbaibetweenSaturdaynight that incidentslikethe Hathras BRAmbedkar's great grand- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE and Sundaymorning, with the teen's murder and alleged gan- sonRajratnaAmbedkar,along MUMBAI, OCTOBER 4 IMDforecasting‘lightto verylight’ grape happen to Hindu girls in with about 30 women rights' Balasaheb rainfromMondayinthethreear- Pakistanbut nobody has com- groups in the UK and several THE STATECongress will hold a Thorat has deadlineforjobexam eas.Theweatherdepartmenthas pared Hathras with Pakistan. diasporaorganisations, on statewide satyagraha on calledfor a alsoissuedawarningof thunder- In his weeklycolumn Sundaywrote to United Mondaytohighlight growing judicial showers, lightning and gusty Rokhthok in Saamana,Rautques- Nations Human Rights instances of atrocities against inquiry. (AICTE). The petitioners submit- exams wasJune 15. winds, up to 30- 40 kmph, for tionedthose who spokeof“injus- Commissioner Michelle DalitsinUttar Pradesh. OMKARGOKHALE tedthat the final exams of the The HC said since the recruit- Ratnagiri,RaigadandSindhudurg ticeand atrocities againstwomen Bachelet, urging her to urge “The Hathras incident has MUMBAI,OCTOBER4 diploma course were to be held ment notification and eligibility forMonday. afterthe illegallybuilt office of an Prime MinisterNarendra made India hang itshead in justice forthe victim's family in AprilorMay this year,but was criteria stipulating that acandi- TheIMD’sSantacruzobserva- actor wasdemolishedin Modito dismissUttarPradesh shame, but the Yogi Adityanath and astatewide satyagraha will IN ArareSundayhearing, the postponeddue to the Covid-19 dateshould have passeda toryrecorded55.8mmof rainand Mumbai” whytheyare “keeping Chief MinisterYogi government continues to re- be held on Monday,"said BombayHigh Courtdeclinedre- pandemic. diploma course wasnot con- itsColaba office recorded15mm quietonthe illegal cremation of Adityanath. The letter,also main insensitive... This case was Thorat. lief to 10 employees of an ammu- The petitioners said they testedin the plea, it would notin- of rainfall in 24 hours ending at the victim in Hathras”. “Because written by MPs John handledinaveryirresponsible Calling forajudicial inquiry, nition factorywho had missedan were willing to appear in the re- tervene and dismissedthe pleas. 8.30amonSunday. Manyareasin she wasnot astarorcelebrity and McDonnell, Apsana Begum and dictatorial manner.Instead he added: “The collector of application deadline to appear in cruitment exam forthe postof Thereafter, Justice Kulkarni the suburbs, south-central livedinahut and did notbuild il- and Kim Johnson, asked the of giving justice to the victim's Hathras should be suspended. arecruitment exam scheduled chargeman announcedbythe recalledahearing held by adi- Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai legal constructions,” he added. UN to setupaninternational family, the UP government Whydid the police burn the on October 5. Ordnance FactoryBoardinMay vision benchofJustices SJ andKalyanreceivedovernight “Suchincidentsofkidnapping inquiryintothe case and threatenedthem,” state body of the victim by dousing it Adivision benchofChief this year,however, as the final ex- Vazifdar and KRShriram on a rainfall measuring between 70 Hindu girls and then raping and other rapes and crimes Congress president and in petrol? Whywas the victim's Justice Dipankar Dattaand Justice ams of their diploma course were Sundayin2013and said: “The mm and 100mm. “Therewere murdering them take place in againstwomen in UP since Revenue MinisterBalasaheb familythreatenedand misled GSKulkarni conducted the pending, theyweredeclared in- benchhad gone to the courtand twodistinct eventsofthunder- Pakistan... but nobody has com- the Adityanath government Thorat told mediapersons on by the UP administration? And Sundayhearing through video- eligible. Theytold the courtthat sat on the dais and conducted storms with lightning and rain. paredHathras to Pakistanasyet,” came to power. ENS Sunday. what is the guarantee that the conference to hear twopetitions theyhad approachedthe CAT hearing forthe entireday.Iwas One wasrecordedSaturday, be- wroteRaut. The Sena MP wasen- “The incident also exposes body that wasburnt wasofthe filedby10persons, including seeking to waivethe eligibility making argumentsacross the tween5and8pm,andthesecond gagedinawar of wordslast Hathras, happenedinthe hollowclaim of Prime victim? The victim's familyhas Mahesh Bhalkeand Abhijit Pawar, criteria but the tribunal had de- bar then.” Sunday, between 3.30 and 5am,” month with Ranaut over her re- Maharashtra, therewould have MinisterNarendraModi's Beti the right to knowthe answers who sought urgent reliefsafter clined. AdvocateRui Rodrigues, ap- said KS Hosalikar,deputy direc- marks comparing Mumbai to been ademand to dissolve the Bachao Beti Padhao scheme,” he to these questions and the Yogi the Central Administrative Afterhearing the submis- pearing forone of the respondent tor-general, western region, IMD. PakistanoccupiedKashmir.Raut government and impose a added. Adityanath government will Tribunal (CAT)refusedthem re- sions, the benchsaid, “Weare authorities, said in 2013 the court ENS said had suchanincident, like President’s Rule. "The Congress is fighting for have to answer.” lief in the matter. fullysympathetic to your case as washearing on Sundaypetitions Through advocateVicky youhavesaid in the petition that filedbystudentswho had sought Nagrani, the petitioners sought the said job opportunity comes permission to appear in exams Government of India Navi Mumbai MunicipalCorporation limited relief to permit them onlyonce in four years. However, that were to be held on the next Department of Atomic Energy to appear forexams as theyare aSupreme Courtjudgment day. Board of Radiation and Isotope Technology City Engineer Department held once everyfour years. stares us in our face.” Additional Solicitor General NOTICE INVITING TENDER TenderNoticeNO. NMMC/C.E./83/2020-2021 The petitioners informed CJ Dattaaddedthat the apex Anil Singh said, “Afteralong time General Manager/TD, BRIT,Vashi Complex, Sector 20, Vashi, Navi Name of Work:- DevelopmentofICU Facility to COVID-19 the courtthat theywerework- courtjudgment prescribed that the High Courtissitting on Mumbai 400703, hereby invites sealed tenders on behalf of the President Patients at ESIC hospital Vashi(Electrical &Air ConditionWork) ing in an ammunition factory if acandidatewas ineligible on Sunday.”Tothis, CJ Dattasaid the of India for item rate tender for following work. ESTIMATE AMOUNT RS :- 5,73,31,312/- and pursuing diploma courses the lastdateofapplication, an HC wasopen 24 hours aday for 01. TENDER NOTICE NO.:- BRIT/TD/Cosmetic maintenance/ 2020/01 EYARNEST MONEY :- 2,86,700/- forchargeman in various insti- employercould notbeheld liable anyone seeking justice. “Weare dt. 01/10/2020 Allthe Tenderer shalltakenoteofthisdetails tenderof 02. NAME OF WORK :- Annualcontract to carryout cosmetic maintenance aboveworkisavailable at Navi Mumbai Muncipal Corporation tutes affiliated to the All India to allowhim or her.The lastdate there24by7,ifthe matter re- Council of Technical Education forapplying forthe recruitment quires,” CJ said. of radio pharmaceutical (RPL) building, Ext. RPL, first floor of RPL WebSiteofwww.nmmc.gov.in and extension building, first floor of RPL, Labelled compound laboratory (LCL) which include housekeeping jobs such as Cleaning of all labs floor, https://organizations.maharashtra.nextprocure.in corridors, office rooms, door and window,toilet, bathrooms etc. (Approx. sign/- Total area 6415 sq. m) under TD/BRIT,Navi Mumbai -400703 for duration City Engineer Govt requests Telangana of one year starting from 15/11/2020 to 14/11/2021”. NMNMMC PR Advno.2073/2020 Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation 03. Estimated cost (Incl. GST):- Rs.17,80,000/- (Rupees Seventeen Lakh Eighty Thousand Only) to transfer two pairs of 04. Earnest money deposit:- Rs. 35,600/- (Rs. Thirty Five Thousand Six Hundred Only) 05. Sale of Tender documents:- From 06-10-2020 to 23-10-2020 breeding lions for SGNP 06. Date of submission &opening of tender:- Up to 14:00 hrs or before on 29/10/2020 and will be opened by him/her in his/her office at 15:00 Hrs. said theyare still pursuing the on 29/10/2020. For detail NIT,kindly visit websitehttp://www.britatom.gov.in SANJANABHALERAO matter with Gujarat. In August, (A.C. Dey) MUMBAI,OCTOBER4 Maharashtra’sMinisterforForest General Manager,TD/BRIT SanjayRathod had submitted a The Maharashtraforestdepart- proposalto Chief MinisterUddhav ment has asked itsTelangana Thackeray to requestthe Gujarat The Indian EXPRESS counterpartfor twopairs of governmentandtheCentretoex- breeding lions to increase the an- pedite thetranslocationof atleast imalpopulationatSanjayGandhi onelionto SGNP.City’sBycullazoo National Park (SGNP). The SGNP hasalsorequestedalionfromthe has also sought twotigers from Gir National Park in Gujarat. Nagpur’s Gorewada Zoo. Officialsfromthestatedepart- BUSINESS PERSONAL Earlier,SGNP authorities had mentsaidastheGirNationalPark sent aproposal to Chief Wildlife has the highestpopulation of li- POULTRY CHANGE OF NAME Warden of Maharashtra, Nitin onsinthecountry, itgetsmultiple Kakodkar,requestingtwopairsof requests from various zoos and FRESHESH Chicken Trading I have changed my Son’s lionsforcaptive lionsafariandtwo parks.“We arepursuing the case Big birds 110/-kg., Small Name from Subham tigers at SGNP. withGujaratauthorities.We have birds 125/- kg., Turbhe Vishwanath Kadam(old Currently, thereare three sib- also sent alettertothe Telangana Naka, Navi Mumbai. name) to Kadam Mobile: 9769468897. ling lions in SGNP: twomale government fortransferring two ShubhamVishwanath 0070708740-1 Ravindra(17)and Jespa (9) and a pairsof lionsto thepark.Withthe (New name) as per the femaleGopa(9).Sinceinbreeding increase in the lion’s population, AMAMIRIR Broiler at Mumbai : affidavit no. 09AA Today’s livebroilerrate 405635 (dated of wild catsisnot allowedbythe lionsafaricanresumeinthepark,” Rs.128/- Contact: 26.09.2020). Ideclared Central Zoo authority,SGNP has saidSunilLimaye,additionalprin- Phone: 022-23860517 / my son’s name in my requestedforabreedingpairof li- cipal chief conservator of forest 022-25251901/ 022- service recordas ons. The stategovernment had (wildlife-west). 25664073. 0070706425-2 KadamShubham also requestedGujarat foralion. SGNP has also requestedthe Vishwanath. S. K. PaPattelel Small: 133/-, 0070716011-1 However, thestatehasn’treceived statetoget acaptive tiger from Big: 119/-. 8082040343/ apositive responseasyet.Officials Gorewada zoo. 24460095/24459098. To MrMrs.s. Sunita Govind Patil. subscribe to paperrate W/OEX- NK -Govind &purchase rate. Rajaram Patil. At /Post 9320460095/ 9930193010. -Pacharde. Tal- ReformsinAPMCon 0070711659-1 Bhudargad. Dis - Kolhapur. State - VENVENCCOBOBBB Ex-Farm Maharashtra. declareto the cards to helpthem Yesterday’s price in change of date of birth Pune Rs. 96/-. Suggested from 26/04/1966 to Retail PriceisRs. 114/-. 14/03/1970 in my civil competewithopenmarket 0070714961-1 document. Affidavit no - 2053042911268500120028. ZORABIANABIAN Today’sEx- 0070716006-1 MSP while procuring foodgrain, Farm LiveBroilerRate Rs. 98/- Retail Market SHUBHANGIKHAPRE oilseedsorcerealandpulsesfrom Rate Rs. 125/-. Mobile: SERVICES MUMBAI,OCTOBER4 farmers. The biggestsetbackfor 8879050887/ 9372663242. farmers is when their produce Office: 022-26604937/ ADVERTISEMENTS WITH THE Parliament passing failsto fetchhigherrenumeration. 38/ 39. 0070699423-1 the three farm laws,the state OftentradersatAPMCforcefarm- KEYKEYONON Publicity- Official HIGH COURTOFJUDICATURE AT BOMBAY government is under pressure ers to sell their produce below EDUCATION advertising agency all from farmer organisations to ini- MSP.”Accordingto unions,around newspapers, Loksatta Hutatma Chowk, tiatereforms in the Agriculture 55-60 per cent farmers don’t get accepts all kinds of Fort, Mumbai 400 032. Produce Market Committees MSP fortheir produce. EDUCATIONAL advertising.Reasonable rates. WhatsApp/ Tender Notice No. (APMC) to maintain their rele- The 78 per cent small and 100% Passing guarantee. Email- 9653683498/ vance and help them compete marginalfarmersinMaharashtra, Khardikar Classes. VII 9920992393/ 0222825307. HIGH COURT/PRINTERS/301/2020 with open markets. whose land holdings aremostly fail...? Direct X, XI fail...? 0070703019-3 Dated: 30.09.2020 Severalorganisations, while notinexcess of twohectares, are Direct XII. Dombivli, opposing the farm laws,have unlikelytoexploredistant mar- Thane, Badlapur, Diva, The High Court of Judicature at Bombay Titwala- 9820627580, FOOD SUPPLIES urgedthestatetomakeitmanda- ketsifAPMCs provide them MSP, 9820904646. invites online bids (Technical &Financial) from tory forAPMCs to enforce mini- said afarmer. 0070703017-3 FRUITS, Vegetables, the eligible bidders which are valid for a mum supportprice (MSP), said Swabhimani Shetkari Eggs, Milk, Grains, Pure minimum period of 180 days from the date of stateofficials. SanghatanapresidentRajuShetti Ghee Vegetarianhome- An official in cooperation and said anyreform in the agriculture RECRUITMENT made meal. Saffola opening of bids (i.e. 21.10.2020) for "The marketing department said, “A sector becomes futile if it cannot containing oil various Supply,Testing, Installation, Commissioning SITUATION Non-Vegetarian Konkan group of ministers believe they promise MSP to farmers. “The VACANT cuisine Fishfood with and Maintenance of Printers at the Courts in will have to bring reforms in three newlawsmay promise the ESTABESTABLISHEDLISHED trading unappeasable plates. the State of Maharashtra". APMCsto maintaintheircredibil- sky but what is their use without Place order daily. firm at Dadar (E) needs The High Court is neither mandated to ity and trustamong farmers.” MSP...Ourpartyisfoundedtofight accountant cum liaison Home /OfficeContact : UnlikePunjab, Haryana and forfarmers' rights–whether for officer. 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The reunification of Germany would never have come about without the courageous, peaceful protests of citizens in aMiracLe former East Germany,nor without the support and trust of the former Allied Powers, the countries of Europe,and the international community,says Walter J. Lindner, German Of unitY Ambassador to India HISyEAR,OnOCTOBER 3, community.Germany’sunification went Our historical experience has taught us, Every year,wecelebrated this the Germans celebrate aturning hand in hand with an ever-closer European thattoachieve this,weneed creativity, historical event with manyofyou, point in their history: 30 years of Union, delivering unprecedented wisdom, and, aboveall, public engagement at our Embassies and Consulates,at reunification of East and West peaceand prosperity forour continent. and multilateral cooperation. our Oktoberfest, and various other TGermany. On this day, in 1990, nothing symbolises this morethan Germanyand India enjoy astrong events.During Corona times,this is not Germanywas finallyreunited, after the reconciliation betweenFranceand strategic partnership,drivenbyregular possible.Sothe Embassy and our four 40 years of separation and Cold War. Germany, whohave, respectively,become consultationsatthe toplevel. We work German Consulates have comeupwith a This ‘miracle’ of unity would not have eachother’sclosest friends and partners. together in many areas,fromtrade and rather unique surprise: are-makeofthe been possible without the courageous, During the present time of great investment to climatechange, education, epic Scorpions song ‘Wind Of Change’, peaceful protests of citizens in former uncertainty, as the whole worldistaken to science, anddevelopment. We also performed by German and Indian East Germany, nor without the support task by aruthless pandemic and is facing cooperateonthe worldstage such as the musicians.you canfind it on youTube and trust of the former Allied Powers,the direeconomic fallout, we draw inspiration Unitednations, the G20 andthe World under https://www.youtube.com/c/ countries of Europe,and the international from the strength thatcomes from unity. Health Organisation. GermanyinIndia. SWEET,SWEET MEMORIES ARE MADE OF THIS! As Germany celebrates 30 years of reunification, the four Consul Generals of the German Missions across India look backatthe eventful time that finds its place not only in historybooks but is also etched boldly in their ownminds andhearts On October 3, 1990, everything 1989 and 1990 werebreathtaking wasjust fantastic… years… “The Fall of theBerlinWall and the German Reunification coincided with my decisionto join the German Foreign Service.1989 and 1990 were breathtakingyears.Itwas history in the making. Looking back, Iamveryhappy thatthe reunited Germanystayedand stays firmlyrooted in Europe.Cooperation and partnership forpeace and prosperity are lasting pillars of our foreign policy. They also shape our close relationship with India.” —Karin Stoll German Consul General in Chennai

Aunited Germany can only prosper by striving for an ever closer EU… “I was bornin1960 in Bonn, West Germany during theColdWar era. “A saBerliner, Ihavethe most vivid memories TheBerlin Wall and thedivision of the shortperiod of time,fromthe fall of of Europe seemed absoluteand the Berlin Wall in 1989, to the reunification unchangeableevents to me. of GermanyonOctober 3, 1990. That night, At thetimewhen people were celebrating with thousands of Germans and protesting on thestreetsinEast non-Germans in front of theBrandenburg Germany, Iwas alaw student Gate just reinforced my conviction: Aunited in the midst of writing my final Germanycan only prosper and live up to her exams.Itwas nearlyimpossible historic responsibilities by striving foran to concentrateonmyexams. ever-closer European Union.” Things were happeningsofastand —Manfred Auster suddenly,one day, the Berlin Wall German Consul General in Kolkat fell! Imust admitIcried when Isaw the pictures,and Istill do so today. When Iremember this time,Iam The moments of joywillbe filled with so muchemotion. On enshrined, forever,inmymemory… the dayofreunification, Iwas in Helsinki, Finland,asaninternat “October 3, 1990!Iwas posted in Tokyo the German Embassyand Icould at thattime.Hence,Iwas unfortunately see up closewhatthe final days of onlyadistant spectator of this historic the GDRlooked like as theywere event. But Iwas overwhelmed by the closing their Embassyand Cultural wide sympathy and theexcellent media Institute. On October3,1990, coverage of thecelebrations at the everything was justfantasticand a Brandenburg Gate,Berlin, in Japan on ride into theunknownfuture of a this occasion. Thevivid moments of joyat reunited Germanybegan.” the celebrations will be enshrined forever —Achim Burkart in my memory.” German ConsulGeneral —Dr. Juergen Morhard in Bengaluru German Consul General in Mumbai WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 6 THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,OCTOBER5,2020

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Just as areunified Germany was LetUsBe possible with the courage,strength and Fast Facts resilience of the people, Dr.Juergen Morhard, Consul General of Federal strong And Republic of Germany in Mumbai, says that another kind of strength, resilience resiLient and unity is the need of the hour reedom is the most precious possession.And although we commemorate thirty years of areunified Germany Fthis year,the pandemic has unfortunatelydrivenusinto astate of temporary confinement. We areall Brandenburg Gate, West Berlin adjusting to what somepeople liketocall the newnormal:atime characterised Germany (officially the Federal Republic of Full Name: Federal Republic of Germany by masks,sanitizers,and gloves. the Germany) is acountrylocated in Central Capital: Berlin (also the largest city) elegant and safe namaste has replaced Western Europe, which lies between the the firmhandshake, the home space has Baltic and North Seas to the north; and the Other Major Cities: Munich, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, replaced the office,and while the virus Alps, Lake Constance, and the High Rhine is running wild, the worldistrying Dresden, Leipzig, Cologne to the south. It borders Denmark to the hardtoget backonits feet. theGerman Government: Federal ParliamentaryRepublic embassies and consulates have been north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the busy,too –fromarranging repatriation east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, President(Head of State): Frank-Walter Steinmeier flights to facilitating exports of France to the southwest, and Luxembourg, medicines,fromassisting German Belgium, and The Netherlands to the west. Chancellor (Head of Government): Angela Merkel companies in india to startanewto Afounding member of the European Reunification of Germany (National Day): October 3, 1990 reopening our rangeofservices in a Economic Community in 1957 and the gradual and cautious manner –taking European Union in 1993, Germany is apart Anthem: Das Lied der Deutschen (The Song of the Germans) care of ourstaffmembers and the visa applicants by adopting safe sops,also Another milestone in the field of and been apartofmanyconversations of the Schengen Area, and abecame co- Area: Total 357,022 sq km (137,847 sq mi) in line with government restrictions,so education is the diamond anniversary and discussions on theimpactof founder of the Eurozone in 1999. Germany thatnobodycatches the virus. of dAAd (deutscher Akademischer coVid-19onindo-German tradeand the is amember of the United Nations, NATO, Population: 83,166,711 (2019 estimate) As we takeinour stride the virus Austauschdienst) or theGerman challenges faced by German companies the G7, the G20, and the OECD. GDP (PPP): Total $4.444 trillion and its impact, we arealso excited Academic exchangeservice that in india. these aretesting times,but it Known for its rich cultural history, Per capita $46,653 (2019 estimate) about favourabletimes.Later this turns sixty this year.the organisation is in times like these thatpartnerships Germany has been continuously the year,the dsB international school has done significant work since its andcooperationshine.itakethis home of influential and successful artists, Currency: Euro (German school mumbai) will have a inception in india in 1960. Abrief look opportunity to thank alllevelsofindian 1Euro =1.17 USD newaddress.the school is relocating backathistory shows thatdAAd has state governments in our jurisdiction who philosophers, musicians, sportspeople, 1Euro =86.20 Indian Rupees to anew purpose-built campus,which along tradition of uniting people and guided us well and continue to do so in entrepreneurs, scientists, engineers, and will ensureasustainablelearning academia. dAAd provides information these challenging times of coVid-19. inventors. National Flower: Blue Cornflower (Knapweed) environment and allowfor modern and about higher education and research in so while Germanycelebratesthirty Germany has over 2 millennia of history. innovativeteaching: custom-designed Germany, administers alargevariety years of reunification, today, there’sa Berlin, its capital, is home to art and Official Bird &Animal: Bundesadler (Black Eagle) spacious classrooms,asports area of scholarshipstostudents,scholars, need foranother kind of global unity nightlife scenes, the Brandenburg Gate, Time Zone: GMT +1 with aswimming pool, and carefully post-docs,and senior researchers from –for nations to come together fora and many sites relating to WWII. Munich planned internal spaces will provide for both india and Germany. greater good: to fight global issues like is known for its Oktoberfest and beer halls, Internet TLD:.de and .eu arichlearning environment. With the on the trade front, thepastthree months climate change, and of course,the Frenchinternational school and dsB sawusmoreengagedwith the German pandemic.Weremain optimistic that including the 16th-centuryHofbräuhaus. Calling Code: +49 international school under one roof, industry than ever before.together this,too,weshall overcome.After all, it Frankfurt, with its skyscrapers, houses the one can look forwardtoahi-techeuro- with the German business and industry is said thattough timesdon’t last. And European Central Bank. Driving:Onthe right campus in the heartofmumbai city. associations,the consulate hasinitiated we’d liketohold on to thatthought.

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Berlin Hydrogen Energy – APolitical Centre Even in the Unification Treaty it ARoadmap To TheFuture was determined that Berlin be the capital. On June 20, 1991, the Deutsche Bundestag passed a In the post-COVID-19 era, dramatic changes willbethe needof resolution to also move the Seat of Government and Parliament thehourifweare to winagainst climate change.Germany has from Bonn –since 1949 thecapital of the Federal Republic –to takenthe first big step by announcing an ambitious hydrogen Berlin.Since the move in 1999, roadmap.India is following suit, slowly but surely,and has the Germany once again has in Berlin a pulsating political centre that bears promise to leapfrog to the waste-to-wealth and hydrogenreality, comparison with the major cities of the big European neighbouring says Siddharth R. Mayur states. In addition to the newly People from East and West Germany gathering at the Berlin Wall designed Reichstag building, YDROGEN,THEY SAY, is counterparts.Asamatteroffact, symbols of this are the Chancellery the newoil, and thatbeing therealreadyexist successful and the open Brandenburg Gate, true,Germanyisgoing to be ventures of German companies OctOber3,1990 which represents the overcoming the newMecca forenergy. with Indian entrepreneurs in the of the country’sdivision. For a HGerman engineering’s field of hydrogen and fuel cells. while, there had been fears that contribution to building abetter It is an idea whose time has the Government’smove to Berlin worldand furthering human come.Inthe post-COVID-19 era, Ared LetterdAy progress is indispensable, andthe dramatic changes will be the need could become an expression of new newinnovations on the hydrogen of the hour if we aretowin against Just under ayear after the destruction of German megalomania, with which pathwaybyGerman companies and climate change. Germanyhas taken the country’seconomicand political institutes promise to usher in anew the first big stepbyannouncing an the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, East weight would upset the status quo energyrevolution in the world. ambitious hydrogen roadmap. India and West Germany reunited after 45 years, in Europe again. These fears proved Thedynamic transition from a is following suit, slowlybut surely, to be wrong. Rather,German Unity fossil-basedworldtoade-carbonised and has the promise to leapfrog to on what is known today as ‘Unity Day’ was to be the initial spark that led one adopted by Germanywill be a thewaste-to-wealth and hydrogen to the overcoming of the division of role model forthe rest of the world. reality. INCE1945, when Soviet in East Germany begantoloseits Europe into east and west. India, whichisemerging as one of These areexciting times, forces occupied eastern grip on power. Tens of thousands As such,Germany actually played the largest emitters of greenhouse despite thegloom of the virus. Germany; and the United of East Germans begantoflee the apioneering role in the political gases,has alot to benefit from Theworld aroundusisready States andother Allied nationand by late 1989 the Berlin and economic integration of the the close ties thatitenjoys with forafundamentalchange. On Sforces occupied the Wall started to come down. continent. In addition, it gave Germany. October 3, we celebrate30years western half of thenationatthe Shortlythereafter,talksbetween up one of the most important Technologies in waste of the reunification of Germany. close of WorldWar II;divided East and West Germanofficials, management, the powertofuels, renewablepotential, and an even This monthalsomarks thebirth Germany had cometoserve as joined by officials from the United instruments and symbols in green hydrogen, fuel cells,solid- biggermarketfor energyneeds,can anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, one of themost enduring symbols States,Great Britain, France, and the unification process, the state and salt batteries hold avery benefit from importing hydrogen whoencouragedeveryonetobe the of the ColdWar. the USSR, begantoexplore the Deutschmark, to create aEuropean largepotential forcooperation. generation, storage,dispensation, change.Germany and Indiamust Some of themost dramatic possibility of reunification.Two MonetaryUnion, the Eurozone, Germanyasatechnology provider, and utilisation technologies from unite to be the change,and bring episodesofthe Cold Wartook monthsfollowingreunification, which would not exist without and India as an inexpensive Germany, andinturn, provide about acleanernew world. place there. TheBerlin Blockade all-German electionstookplace Germany.Nor,despite their being manufacturing hub and one of the green hydrogen to Germany. India (June 1948–May1949), during and Helmut Kohl became the heavily involved in the unification largest markets to commercialise, has the advantage of largemarket Theauthor is aparticipant of whichthe Soviet Union blocked first Chancellorofthe reunified process, have the various federal these technologies present avery size, andemerging technology the ‘Energy Transition–German allground travel intoWest Berlin, Germany. Although thisaction governments since 1990 ever lost interesting synergy. companies likeEnapter,Sunfire, Hydrogen Policy’themed-trip andthe constructionofthe Berlin came more thanayearbeforethe sight of European integration, but German technology clubbed and mPower, together with German organised by the German Federal Wall in 1961 were perhaps the dissolutionof theSovietUnion,for have played an active role in its with Indian entrepreneurship institutes likeFraunhoferInstitute, Foreign Office, and founder of h2e most famous. With the gradual manyobservers the reunification development, which culminated in can create asustainablehydrogen can playanimportant role in the Power Systems,India’s first Fuel waning of Soviet powerinthe of Germanyeffectively marked the Lisbon process. economymodel. India, with its vast technology exchangewith Indian Cell &Green Hydrogen company. late 1980s,the CommunistParty theend of theCold War. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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After hard bargain, TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE AtCongPunjabtractorrally, 216 CASES: RECOVERED:55,09,966 BJP, JD(U) may contest DAYSSINCE 65,49,373 DEATHS:1,01,782 PANDEMIC BEGAN TESTS: 7,89,92,534 | DOUBLING RATE: 56.36** Rahulvowstoripfarmlaws equal number of seats The JD (U) and BJP were en- SANTOSHSINGH gagedinhardbargaining over KANCHANVASDEV Rahul visit PATNA,OCTOBER4 seatswith the former trying its &DIVYAGOYAL best to remain the senior partner KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG DOUBLING CHANDIGARH,OCTOBER4 only for THE RULINGJD(U) and BJP may in the alliance. The JD(U), it is TOWATCH CASES 24HOURS GROWTH* TIME** contest119 seatseachinthe up- learnt, waspushing forthe 2010 ■ Maharashtra 14,30,861 14,348 1.15% 62.83 THENDAgovernmentisapuppet comingBiharelectionswhileset- Assemblyelectionformulawhen in the hands of some corporates, political ting aside five seatsfor their ally it contested141 seatsand the BJP ■ Andhra 7,13,014 6,224 0.92% 78.28 RahulGandhisaidonSunday, and Hindustani Awam Morcha contested102seats.TheBJP,how- ■ Tamil Nadu 6,14,507 5,622 0.95% 75.52 promisedtorepeal the three tourism: BJP (Secular) ledbyformer CM Jitan ever,citedthe2019 LokSabhafor- ■ Delhi 2,87,930 2,258 1.04% 69.26 “black” farm laws when the RamManjhi,accordingto sources. mula of contesting on an equal Congress returns to poweratthe Manjhi is reportedly number of seats, it is Kerala 2,21,333 7,834 4.02% 17.90 ■ Centre. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE asking forafew more learnt. *Compounded Daily Growth Rate over last7days**Calculated over 7-daygrowth Rahul kick-startedthe ruling CHANDIGARH,OCTOBER4 seats. Accordingto sources, Congress’s three-dayKisan Meanwhile, interna- the JD (U) could notbar- CASEFATALITYRATIO POSITIVITYRATE DAILYIN,DAILYOUT Bachao rallyfromBadhani Kalani ASKED about Rahul Gandhi’s tional shooterand gain on eight seatsofits 7DAYSEARLIER: 7DAYSEARLIER: DETECTED TODAY in MogaonSunday. Rahul Gandhi, Amarinder Singh and Punjab Congress chief “Adani Ambani ki sarkar” re- daughter of former choicefromtheBJPto ac- 1.58 8.41 75,289 Thepartyputupaunitedfront Sunil Jakhar (driving the tractor) during arallyagainstthe mark, Punjab BJP president Union ministerDigvijay DECISION commodatefivesitting with NavjotSidhu, who has been farm laws,atBadhni Kalan in MogaSunday. GurmeetSingh Ashwani Sharma on Sundaysaid Singh, Shreyasi Singh, 2020 MLAs who had joined NOW: NOW: RECOVERED TODAY: keeping away from political the Congress leader’s comment joinedthe BJP with her BIHAR JD(U) afterquitting RJD. 1.55 8.29 82,260 eventssince resigning from the reflected alackofknowledge mother and former BJP is learnt to have denied Deaths as aratio of Positives against Becoming sick vs CaptAmarinder Singh govern- “TheModigovernmentwants ment system, and would break about farmers’ issues. Banka MP Putul Singh, in Delhi. the requestand decidednot to positive cases (in %); number tested recovering; more indicator of progress (in %); indicator of recoveries for 14 days ment, ralliedbehind Rahul, who to destroy the three pillars of the backbone of the farmers, just “He has justcome hereto Shreyasi is likelytocontestfrom swap anysitting seat. in averting deaths the spread of disease may signal the peak addressedtwo public gatherings Indian agriculture–minimum as the British had done to seize gain some political mileageand Jamui.PutulSingh,whowasinthe ABJP source said, “While BJP DataasonOctober3,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealth,ICMRandstates.Oftendailynumbersinclude andtookpartinatractorrallywith supportprice (MSP), foodgrain controlof India.“TheCongresswill is notwell-versedwith the BJP,hadcontestedunsuccessfully wasrepresented by outgoing datafrompreviousdays.Assuch,trendsbasedondailynumbersareindicative,notdefinitive over 5,000 tractors. This wasthe procurement, and mandis. What stand with the farmers in their ground issues. Congress itself as an Independent in the lastLok deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi, firsttimesincethe2019 LokSabha wasthe hurry to bring these laws fight and will notmovebackan made promises regarding open- Sabha election from Banka. Bihar BJP in-chargesBhupendra elections that the stateCongress inthetimeof Covid-19?Whywas inch,” he promised. ing up marketsfor farmers in its The seat-sharing formula YadavandDevendraFadnavisand BABRI DEMOLITION CASE put up suchamajor showof therenoproper discussion in Lok The Chief Ministerpledged manifestosin2014and 2019... within the NDAhas almostbeen BJP statepresident Dr Sanjay strength. Sabha and RajyaSabha?” he nottoleave thefightuntilthefarm BJP has gone one step forward finalisedandtheJD(U)andtheBJP Jaiswal,JD(U)wasrepresentedby What Liberhan panel At the well attendedrallyat asked.“Kisanonkepaise aurza- laws areamendedtoinclude an and deliveredmore,” said arenow holding internal deliber- MPs RajivRanjan Singh and RCP Badhani Kalan, Rahul promised meen ka maamla hai. Desh ke do- explicitguaranteeonthecontinu- Sharma. ations to choose their candidates. Singh, Speaker VijayChoudhary farmers that wheneverthe UPA teen arabpati kisanon ki zameen ation MSP and FCI. The verbal as- BJP national general secre- TheBJP’scentralelectioncom- and ministerBijendraYadav.” report said about returns, the farm laws,which aur paise ko harapna chahtehai surances of the BJP-ledgovern- tary Tarun Chugh said Gandhi mittee metSundaytofinalise the Senior BJP leader and Union were passedbyParliament in the (Thisisaboutthemoneyandland mentcouldnotbetrusted,hesaid. had come forpolitical tourism. party’scandidates.PrimeMinister ministerNityanand Raiisalso Monsoon session amid massive of farmers that two-three super- AmarinderaccusedtheAkalis “He should tell the farmers of NarendraModi, BJP president JP learnt to have playedakey role. Uma Bharti’s role protests,would be scrapped. He richpeoplewantto grab),”hesaid of “selling” the interests of farm- Punjab whythe Congress gov- Nadda and other topparty lead- AJD(U)leadersaidtherewere describedtheNarendraModigov- to cheers. ers, with Harsimrat Badal, who ernment in Punjab has not ers attendedthe meeting. JD(U) “tense moments” but the seat- someothersad- ernmentasa“kathputli”(puppet) The newlaws, Rahul said, subsequentlyresigned, having deliveredonits promise of leaders metinPatna lateon sharing issue was“resolvedami- DIPANKARGHOSE visedkarsevaks whose strings were in the hands were aimedateventuallydisman- been party to the decision as a waiving offRs90,000 crore Sundayevening. cably”. NEWDELHI,OCTOBER4 to be “disci- of Adani and the Ambani. tling the MSP and FCI procure- CabinetMinister. worthoffarm loans.” plinedand tol- ADAY afterall 32 accusedinthe erant”,andthey ADDRESS TO BJP WORKERS Babri Masjid demolition case were told“what HATHRAS WOMAN’S DEATH were acquitted,former BJP MP theywill have and Additional Solicitor General UmaBharti. to do” the next Expose those who of India SatyaPal Jain took issue day(43.37).The with Justice MSLiberhan, author next point of the Liberhan Commission re- (43.38) says these speakers said want to incite caste port,allegingthatBJPleaderUma theywere“theretoconstruct a Bhartihadtakenresponsibilityfor temple and nottodemolish a the demolition. mosque”. “It wassaid that, “As riots, says Yogi In the one-man inquirycom- long as the Ramidols arethere, it mission’s report, Justice Liberhan is aRam temple and we will not had said the demolition was demolish it.” “meticulouslyplanned”.Speaking ThereportdetailshowAdvani EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE to TheIndianExpressthedayofthe reportedlymade requests over LUCKNOW,OCTOBER4 verdict,hestoodby hisreportand the public address system forkar said, “All of them, Advani, Vajpa- sevaks to come down from the CAUTIONINGBJP workers of yee,appearedbefore me,andwh- dome. Bharti wasone of those he “conspiracies” againstthe gov- at Ifound, Ipresented in my re- deputed to persuade them but ernment, Uttar Pradesh Chief port, but theycan’t be awitness she wastold that the sewaks had MinisterYogi Adityanath on againstthemselves… Some of notcome to “eat halwapuri” but Sundayasked them to “expose them took responsibility forthe to "face firing".(44.25) The next those who want to incitecaste demolition. UmaBharti categori- point calls this a“charade” as it and communal riots”inthe coun- Yogi Adityanath callyclaimedresponsibility… if was“instarkcontradictionto their tryand the state. the judgesays she is notrespon- ownpriorconductandtheirpub- “Those who do notlikedevel- sible, what can Ido…,” he had licposture,incitementandexhor- opment, theywant to incitecaste saulted—leading to her death. said. tations to the crowdtobuild a and communal riots in the coun- All the accusedinthe case be- Aday later,Jain, who wasan temple in place of the disputed tryand stateand want to stop de- long to the upper caste.The gov- advocateforLKAdvaniandBharti structure”. (44.26) The same Bhim Armychief Chandrashekhar Azad addresses the media in Hathras on Sunday. Praveen Khanna velopment,” Adityanath said af- ernment on Saturdayordered a tweeted, “Justice M. S. Liberhan’s chapterrecordsBharti’sjubilation terattending areviewmeeting CBI probeintothe incident after statement ‘Uma Bharti categori- “duringandafterthedemolition” forupcoming byelections to widespread outrageand criti- callytook responsibility forit’ re- saying she along with other lead- Cong leader puts sevenAssemblyconstituencies. cism. portedintheprintmediatodayis ers claimeditwas their success Police probe into Priyanka “These people want to gain Adityanath also told party nottrue.Asthecounselrepresent- and“wentintoecstasyalongwith up reward for political mileageinthe backdrop workers that the upcoming by- ingAdvaniji,Joshiji&UmaBharti their followers”. (44.51) of riots,and that is whytheyare elections would be different due ji before the Liberhan Commi- InChapter5,“Theadministra- beheading hatchingnewconspiraciesevery to ongoing Covid-19pandemic as ssion,Iwasprivyto eachandevery tion”, Liberhan says that in re- manhandling incident day,”headded. large public meetings would not statement recordedbythe sponse to aquestion on whether accused, held During his interaction with take place. Commissionover14 years.UmaJi the management of karseva was party workers, Adityanath said He directed booth-levelBJP nevermade anysuchstatement in the hands of volunteers, Bharti EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE that alot of development work workersto insteadfocuson“door- taking anyresponsibility forthe said“mayhavebeen”(54.13).One NOIDA,OCTOBER4 NEWDELHI,OCTOBER4 has takenplace, especiallyduring to-door” campaign and reachout demolition.Infact,shestatedthat chapterlater,called“Mobilisation the pandemic, whichtheir polit- to people with the welfare she wassent by Advani ji to the of Kar Sevaks”, the reportrecords NOIDAPOLICE has starteda THEDISTRICTcoordinatorforthe ical rivals “arefinding it difficult schemes launchedbythe Central crowdtopersuade them against thatthefeelingof thegovernment probeinthe manhandling of Congress Minorities Cell wasar- to digest”. andthestategovernment.Hetold demolishing the structurebut beingwiththesupportersof con- Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi rested by Bulandshahr Police for As aresult, people who don't themto formcommitteesforeach Kar-Sewaks sent her back, asking structionwasreaffirmedbyBharti when she and her party mem- announcing arewardfor the be- want development arehatching andeveryboothintheconstituen- her to go away &tonot come stating that “demands likere- bers were brieflystoppedfrom heading of the accusedinthe conspiracies, he said, and urged cies and four to five teams for again. Justice Liberhan himself movalofbarriers,removalofhur- crossing the DND Flyoverontheir Hathras gangrape case. party workers to stay alertofany door-to-door campaign. mentions what Istatedabout dles, handing over the acquired waytoHathras on Saturday. In avideo that has nowgone suchconspiracies and “expose Earlier in the day, he metparty UmaBharti ji in para124.15in land etc. were metbythe Kalyan As their car wasstoppedand viral,NizamMalikcanbepurport- them”. The Chief Minister’s re- workers from Naugawan Sadat Chapter10ofthe ReportofLiber- Singh government.” (60.19) party workers gathered around, edly hearddemandingviolentac- marks come amid the Assemblyseat wherebyelection hanAyodhya Commissionof Enq- Thesamechaptersays thaton the police pushedbackafew of tion againstthe accusedduring a Opposition's protestagainstthe will be held on November 3— uirysubmitted by him. Justice the dayofdemolition, Sadhvi them and also hit afew of them Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadratries to stop UP protestinKhurja Nagar. government’s handling of the neccesitated by the death of sit- Liberhan’sstatementmadetoday RitambharaandBhartiapartfrom with batons. Priyanka got out of Police personnel from lathi-charging her party workers at “The monsters who carried Hathras incident in whicha19- ting MLAand ministerChetan thus runs contrarytoevenhis “goingalonggoingalongwiththe her car and triedtoshield afew the Delhi-Noida border on Saturday. PTI outtherape,thereshouldbeacall year-old Dalit girlwas allegedly Chauhan. Chauhan had diedof ownreport!” Karsevaks on demolition, them- workers. Apolice officer pushed forhanging them. Ispeak on be- gangrapedand brutallyas- Covid-19. AskedaboutJain’stweet,Just- selvesbecame belligerent and her and also grabbed her kurta half of my community.Whoever iceLiberhansaid,“...AskJainto give militant”.(61.25)Chapter10, “The during the incident. Editors Guild condemns brings the heads of the accused, youacopyofthe full statement Joint Common Exercise” says Both Rahul and Priyanka we will rewardthem with Rs 1 Afghan negotiator Abdullah madeby UmaBharti.”Jainsaidhe Bhartistatedthatshetriedtoper- were eventuallyallowedtoleave crore,” Malik told reporters dur- had tweetedthe “operative part” suadekarsevaksto descendfrom forHathras to meetthe victim’s initial barring of media ing the protest. and did nothavethe full state- the disputed structurebut she familyalong with 5others. Congress workers have been to visit India this week ment.Askedagainwhetherhere- was“taunted”(124.15). The same “Noida Police profoundlyre- NewDelhi: The Editors Guild of the manner in whichthe lawen- staging protests againstthe gan- memberedBhartitakingonusfor chapterrecordsMadhavGodbole, gretsthe incident with Priyanka India has condemnedthe UP forcement agencies of the UP grapeincidentindifferentpartsof herroleinthedemolition, Justice the then Union Home Secretary Gandhi while handling an un- government forinitiallybarring government... have prevented WesternUP.“TheCongressleader SHUBHAJITROY Abdullah Liberhan said, “She has said so a opining that the demolition was rulycrowd at the DND. The DCP journalists from reporting from media personsfromreporting on on Sundaycalledfor beheading NEWDELHI,OCTOBER4 maymeet number of times in manynews- aculminationof effortsofleaders HQ has takensuo motu cog- Hathras and termedthe tapping developmentsinand around the accusedduring aprotest.We PM, Doval, papers.” like MM Joshi, Advani, Bharti and nizance of it and ordered an in- of areporter’s phone as “repre- Hathras afterabrutal assault on tooktheremarkseriouslyandim- THE TOPAfghan negotiator in Jaishankar Speakingto journalists inApril others (124.19). quirytobeconducted by asenior hensible”. awoman leading to her death mediatelyanFIRwasfiledagainst peace talkswith the Taliban, 2017,Bharti had said she had RNSrivastava, then DM lady officer.Noida police is com- Suchactions undermine and and the hurriedcremation of her the leader forpromoting enmity. AbdullahAbdullah,willvisitNew “neverapologised, or expressed Faizabad, had said on December mitted to ensuresafetyand dig- obstruct the functioning of the body by the authorities without The accusedhas been arrested Delhi in the coming week foran Doha, Qatar,lastmonth. remorse” forher involvement in 6morning, therewas ameeting nity of women,” said Noida media, it said. the presence of the familyofthe and sent to judicial custody,” said intensive two-dayengagement “Thereisnoambiguity about the Ayodhya movement. “Koi at VinayKatiyar’s house, which Police in astatement. The Guild said it “condemns deceased”. ENS SSP Bulandshahr. with the Indian leadership. India’s Afghan policy,whichis saazish nahi thi, sab kuchkhulam Bharti wasapartof. Katiyar de- Abdullah is likelytomeet transparent,andisto engagewith khula tha. Saazish tohtab hogi jab niedtherewas suchameeting. Prime MinisterNarendraModi, all sides of the political spectrum man mein kuchaur ho, bahar kuch The reportalso records Bharti FIR against Lucknow man for ‘defaming’ state government External Affairs MinisterS in Afghanistan. Abdullah’s visit aur ho.(Therewas no conspiracy, “statedshedidnotrememberany Jaishankar,and National Security should be seen in that context,” a everythingwasintheopen.There political or religious leader or any According to LucknowDCP gion,race,placeof birth,residence, public mischief) of the IPC and Advisor Ajit Dovalamong others source told The Indian Express. would have been conspiracy if onefromtheadministration,even EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE (Central) Somen Barma, the FIR language,etc,anddoingactsprej- sections of the Information on October 7and 8. Abdullah, 61,chairman of the therewas something else in the making an attempt to defuse the LUCKNOW,OCTOBER4 has been registeredagainst udicial to maintenance of har- TechnologyActandtheCopyright The visit, whichcould begin High Council forNational mind, something else in the situation or moving towardsthe Munna Yadav"as his postap- mony),153B(imputations,asser- Act. Barma said the FIR wasregis- from October 6, will be very im- ReconciliationinAfghanistan,vis- open.) The reportitself does not crowdtoprevent their entryinto THE LUCKNOWPolice has regis- peared to be an effort to disturb tions prejudicial to national teredonthe complaint of aSub- portant in India’s strategic calcu- ited Pakistanfor three days last say“she took responsibility”; it the disputed structureofclimb- teredanFIR againstaFacebook lawand order and disrupt com- integration), 420 (cheating and Inspector who came to know lus, as the country's leadership week.This will be his firstvisit to outlines her alleged role in re- ingthedomesforcarryingoutthe user forallegedly spreading ru- munalandsocialharmony"inthe dishonestlyinducing delivery of about the Facebook post. Yadav willbebriefedonthelatestround India afterthe formation of the peated references. demolition”. (130.54) mours and making casteistre- state. property),465(forgery),468(for- hadpostedamorphedstatement of talks. newgovernmentinKabulfollow- Consider these: WITHNAVJEEVANGOPAL marks to “defame” the stategov- The FIR has been registered geryforpurposeof cheating),469 of theCMwiththenameandlogo Sources said that Abdullah’s ing lastyear’s contestedelection. In chapter4,“Sequence of ANDMANRAJGREWAL ernment in connection with the under sections including 153A (forgery forpurpose of harming of anewschannel. Barma added visit signals that India is “very HehasvisitedIndiaearlierasChief Events”, the reportsays that on FULLREPORTON alleged gangrape of the 19-year- (promoting enmity between dif- reputation), 500(defamation), theprobe is ongoing and the per- muchinthe loop” in the intra- Executive Officer of the Afghan December 5, 1992, Bharti and www.indianexpress.com old Hathras girl. ferent groups on grounds of reli- 505 (statementsconducing to son would be arrested soon. 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CORONAVIRUS DASHBOARD EXPLAINED HEALTHCARE How the novel coronavirus Why you must mask up, now reverses the sensation of pain Until an effective coronavirus vaccine arrives, masking is one of our lastdefences. Yetarecent observational THE NOVEL coronavirus can relieve one is through aprotein namedVEGF- pain, according to anew study pub- A19. When VEGF-A binds to neu- survey across India found mostpeople noteffectively masked.Whatcan be donetoensurecompliance? lishedinPAIN,the journalofthe ropilin,itinitiates aseriesofevents International Association forthe resulting in the hyper-excitabilityof Study of Pain. The finding, the re- neurons, whichleads to pain. OBSERVEDMASKINGRATES searchers say, mayexplainwhy so The research team found that the EXPERT ATLOCALMARKETS manypeople who getCovid-19 SARS-CoV-2 spikeprotein binds to showfew or no symptoms, although neuropilininexactlythe same loca- EXPLAINS Aurangabad (MH) theyare able to spread the disease. tion as VEGF-A. Theteam used “It made alot of sensetomethat VEGF-Aasatrigger to exciteneu- Dr Satchit Balsari Baramati perhaps the reason forthe unrelent- rons, whichcreates pain, then (MH) ing spread of Covid-19isthat in the theyaddedthe SARS-CoV-2 spike From The Indian Express panel Bhagalpur early stages, you'rewalking around protein. of specialists, exclusive insight (BH) all fine as if nothing is wrong be- “The spikeproteincompletely Borivali, cause your pain has been sup- reversedthe VEGF-inducedpainsig- Mumbai (MH) pressed. Youhavethe virus, but you nalling. It didn’t matter if we used AT THE six-month anniversaryofthe largest Chennai don't feel bad because your pain is very high doses of spikeorex- Covid-19-related national lockdown, the (TN) gone. If we can prove tremelylow doses –it pandemic theatre is windingdown—the Gangapur Rd, that this pain relief is reversedthe pain com- bizarre night curfews,the state-sanctioned Nashik (MH) what is causing Covid- pletely,” Dr Khanna distribution of Ukalo, the colour coding of Gurgaon, 19 to spread further, said. India intored,yellow andgreen patches (HN) that's of enormous Scientists willnow apropos of nothing, the Covid-busting apps Kurla(E), value,” researcher continue research into that were supposedtodeliverthe nation,and Mumbai (MH) Rajesh Khanna of the the role of neuropilin in even the blind faith in the cure-all hydroxy- Ludhiana UniversityofArizona thespread of Covid-19. chloroquine, areall losing steam. But the pan- (PB) CollegeofMedicine PAPER Theywill examine neu- demic is not, and continues to ruin livesand Varanasi said in astatement ropilin as anew target livelihoods. While quarantining, isolation (UP) 0% 20% 40%60% 80% 100% It is well-known that CLIP fornon-opioid painre- and treatment arecritical forthose exposed SARS-CoV-2 spikepro- lief. During the study or infected,atthis late stagewhen contagion ■Percentageofallcustomerswearingmasksproperly tein uses the ACE2 re- NEWRESEARCH justpublished, the re- has spread across the nation, thereseems to ■ Percentageofallcustomerswearingmasks ceptortoenter the searchers tested exist- be diminishing attention to the twovital yet ■Percentageofallvendorswearingmasksproperly body.But in June, two ing neuropilin in- simple interventionsthat can still help mit- Commuters boardabus in Kolkata. An observational study across the country ■Percentageofallvendorswearingmasks papers pointed to neuropilin-1 as a hibitors developedtosuppress igatespread: masking and handwashing. found nearly half of 4,500people were either notwearing masksorwerenot Source: Graph based on data provided by the second receptorfor SARS-CoV-2. tumour growth in certain cancers, Lastmonth, anetwork of medicalstudent wearingthem properly. AP Rotaract Club of theCaduceus “That caught our eyebecause forthe and found theyprovidedthe same volunteers across the country steppedout of last15years my labhas been study- pain relief as the SARS-CoV-2 spike their homes to observe howafewhundred ing acomplexofproteins and path- protein when binding to neuropilin. fellowcitizensmasked while shopping at the doctors, or co-workers aremostlikelytobe none —for justany intervention. The “some- scientists is one of manysuchexamples. ways that relatetopain processing The research wasfundedbythe local market. Theyfound wide variation in getinfectedandbecome sick.Afterthe initial thing is better than nothing” attitude that that aredownstream of neuropilin. NationalInstituteofNeurological whether or notcustomers and vendors were toll on healthcareprovidersinNew York City, maybeanokay-ish lifephilosophy but ater- Nowwhat? So we steppedbackand realisedthis Disordersand Stroke,aunit of the masked properly by visiting 30 local markets other cities in the United States that had the riblepublic health strategy resulted in a Grand gestures arenot entirelyunjusti- could mean that maybethe spike US National Institutes of Health across 19 cities on ninedifferent occasions. time to preparefor the surge,likenearby rangeofprediction models and apps based fied —sometimesthe theatrics areneeded protein is involved in some sortof (NIH), and the National Instituteon Of nearly 4,500peopleobserved,nearly one Boston, did notexperiencethe same mortal- on incomplete testing-dataand poor under- to galvanise the public’s attention. But having pain processing,” Dr Khanna said. Drug Abuse,alsoanNIH unit. in four were notwearing masks, and of those ity in healthcareproviders.Theyhad time to standingoftransmission dynamics,dracon- lostpublic trust, nowaskingpeople to sim- One of thebiologicalprocesses who were,nearly one-thirdtoone-half did ensurenot onlythat clinicians were ade- ian isolation strategies that instilledfear,and plymask up, is acommunicationsnight- through whichthe body feels pain, Source: University of Arizona notwear themproperly.Ineffect, nearly quatelyprotected at work,but also that the hospital-building when therehavenever mare. The greatestsuccesses in public health 2,528 of the 4,548 people (morethanhalf) public were masking at all times. been enough doctors to even staffthe facili- howeverhavehad very humble origins. were noteffectively masked. ties we have.When intervention afterinter- Advancesinsanitation in London resultedin This should worryevery single one of us. Howtomask? ventionfails to deliver,public healthauthor- some of the largest gains in lifeexpectancy INDIA ACTIVE CASES 937,625 Masking is one of the lastarrowsleftinour Thereare literallyhundredsofvideos out ities risk erodingone of the mostcritical in the 19th century. In the 20th century, in quiver,ifand until an efficacious vaccine thereabout what kinds of maskstouse.This elementsofeffective response —trust. the choleracamps of Bangladesh, the con- arrives. is notrocketscience: the firstgoal is to pre- Blaming the state, however, hardly ab- coction of apinchofsalt and atea-spoon of 1050,000 vent breathing in the virus, by eliminating solvesusfromindividualresponsibility.How sugar with aglass of waterallowedresusci- Whymask? direct inhalation and manymiddle class Indian tating deathlyill cholerapatientsbacktolife 970,116 Afew months intothe pandemic, it be- minimising anychance households that have so at little cost, when it wasimpossible to pro- came apparent that we were notdealing thatwedeposit alarge impatientlyawaited the vide thousands of patientsintravenous flu- 937,625 with avirus that spread as easilyasmeasles quantity to ourface by THEEXPERT return of domestic ids. Those of us from that grew up in the sin- or Ebola.Covid-19 is mostlyspread by an in- touching it with our helpers have bothered to gle-channel Doordarshan eraremember DR SATCHIT BALSARI is 950,000 fected person, whether symptomatic or virus-coated hands! The provide them an extra television campaigns wherewomen would assistant professor of asymptomatic, whentheyspeak, cough, second, and perhaps even boxofmasksorsanitisers go doortodoor advising neighbours on how emergency medicine, sneeze or perhaps even when theyeat, in moreimportant, is to pre- or even soap fortheir to makeoralrehydrating solutions at home. and of global health and company. We also knowthat inoculum vent infected individuals families of theiremploy- This simple unsung intervention continues population at Harvard’s (dose) plays arole: howmanyviral particles from spreading infection, ees? These areall prohib- to be ahighlyeffectivetreatmentfor millions LAST 10 DAYS medical and public Sept24Oct 3 an infected person sprays intothe air mat- while breathing out. itively expensive on the around the world, ensuring that the right health schools.His 850,000 ters, and even moreimportantly, so does Some covering is bet- meagrewages that our concentration of ingestedglucose and interdisciplinary howmanyofthose particles we inhale.Of terthan no covering, a domestic workers make, sodium triggers specific cells in the intestine research is at the Note: The Oct 3figureinthisgraph is based on the government updateonOct 4 course, ageand underlying health will surgical mask that fits but costafraction of what to absorb water, compensating forthe life- intersection of mobile greatlyinfluencethe ability to fight the virus: properly with no gaps at ventilators do. It has al- threatening waterlosses cause by the bac- technology,disaster the majority of Indians areintheir 20s and the side is even better, ways been convenient to terium, Vibrio cholerae. response, and population INDIA TOTAL CASES WORLD TOTAL CASES while theyhavenot died from infection de- and an N95 respirator is blame India’s woes on its The paradeofleaders thatgoaded folks health. He currently 6,549,373 34,986,505 spitemillions having contracted it, theycon- perhaps the best,but an illiteratemasses. But to stay at home,giveuptheir jobs, and down- directsthe India Digital tinue to pass it on to others who maybemore overkill in mostcases and Covid-19was notincu- load apps,mustnow resurface, acknowledge HealthNet at Harvard’s Source:MinistryofHealth&Family Source:JohnsHopkinsUniversity, susceptible. Transmission through contact notfeasible to wear all bated in our slums or hin- the stateweare in —widespread commu- Mittal Institute. Welfare,updatedat11pmonOct4 updatedat11pmonOct4 with contaminated surfaces seems to be less the time. The N95 is a terland —itwas brought nity transmission —and explain whythe of aconcern than originallyestimated, mustfor all up-close to India on flights, and onlyeffective wayforward,until the vaccine though abandoningcaution is notwarranted. nurse-patient or doctor- spread through our cities arrives, is to continue social distancing (for Arecentarticle in the NewEnglandJournal patient exposures, and preferably with ac- and then across India through colossal mis- the fewthat can afford theluxury), and of Medicine went so farastosuggestthat companying eyeorfacial protection, likegog- calculations by theurban elite. Leaving masking and handwashing foreveryone. masking, by reducing inoculum, mayinfact gles or ashield. Frequentlyresting the mask everyone to fend forthemselvesisnot just Policing is notthe onlyway to ensure compli- be inadvertentlyresulting in asymptomatic on the chin is abad idea, as youmay breathe cowardly but amoral. ance; re-energising our largely pliant popu- infections, and subsequently, immunity.We in what your mask had onlyjusteffectively Wearing masksinhot and humidIndiais lation to make maskingthe norm, and un- in India should knowthis. Afterall, the story filtered out. It is standardpractice among my noteasy.What is neededisathoughtful ag- masking sociallyunacceptable,wouldbe of Shitaladevi is notamyth.For centuries, peers to instead remove the maskentirely gressive mass-media campaign “in mission wise. Widespreaddistribution of soap and “tika”was practiced in India,whereasmear and hang it on ahook,orplace it outside-face mode” to demonstratehow to makesimple effective maskswill be exponentiallymore of fluid from the pustules (boils) of patients down, when it mustberemoved. facecoveringsathome,andreinforcewhythey beneficial than distributing potions. Howin- with smallpoxwas appliedtothe prickedskin arestillimportant,despitetheoppressive real- crediblypowerful would it be if the nation’s of ahealthyperson under the watchful eyeof So, whyaren’t we masking? itiesoflifeinadensely populatedandpoorna- highestofficesinspired people to collective the “cooling goddess”, with the effect —then Folksare fatiguedespeciallywhennoth- tion —the commuteinpackedbusesand action —this time, in the service of science. unbeknownsttothem—of triggering a ing seems to have worked.Scientists have trains, crowdedliving conditions, and work- milder form of infection, and, consequently, been warningabout the danger of pseudo- inginswelteringhotspaceswithpoorventila- Acknowledgements: Ithank the medical immunity! Dose-modifiedexposureexplains science: while the pandemic calledfor ur- tion. Billionsocialmasks.org whichbrings to- student volunteers from theRotaract Club of the whyunprotected family members, nurses, gent interventions, therewas no place — gether women’s empowerment groups and Caduceus fortheir contribution to thearticle. WhathappenstoelectionifCovid-19putsTrumpoutofthecontest

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If Trumpdoes end up withdrawing from Military worsen or he needs oxygen support, mak- 2007. Trumpisbeingtreated at Walter Reed the race, his running mate, current Vice Medical ing it difficult forhim to work.The amend- MilitaryHospital in Maryland. While his President MikePence, seems to be the most Center. ment wasproposedbyCongress in the af- Arethereany other scenarios? physician Sean Conleyhas maintainedthat likelyreplacement. TheWhiteHouse termath of theassassination of President Acouple of other scenarios can playout. the President is doing well and is fever-free, via Reuters John FKennedy and provides the proce- One, if apresidential candidatediesafter White House Chief of Staffhas said Trump’s If thereisanew candidate, howwillthe dures forreplacing the President or Vice Election Daybut before the Electoral College vital signs have been “veryconcerning”. voting process work? President in the event of death, removal, votes on December 14,then the party will This is where things getcomplicated their mind, in some states theywould be Even then, the Constitution has seta resignation, or incapacitation. have to coordinatewith itselectors so that So, what happensifthe illness forces sinceover2million votes have already been allowedto“spoil their ballot” and casta harddeadline and the President’s term Forthis provision to be used, Trumpwill theyvotefor the replacement. While most Trumpout of the race? castand millions of ballots have been newone. mustend by January 20 —whichiswhen needtosign adeclaration stating his inabil- electors typicallyvotefor the candidatewho No rules about apresidential candidate’s printed and mailedout withTrump’s name the winner is officiallysworn in —ofthe ity to discharge thepowers and duties of his has wonthe popular voteinastate,some replacement arementionedinthe US on them. It is unlikelythatballots will be Canthe election itself be delayed? year following ageneral election.Ifa office and unless he mentions otherwise, states allowthe electors to vote foranyone Constitution. This is decidedbythe candi- reprinted at so lateastage.Therefore, even Delaying the elections is one wayby President is notchosen by this date, the his positionistaken over by theVice theychoose. date’s party itself. Therefore, if Trumphas if Trumpwithdraws, it is possible that the whichthe logistics of acandidatereplace- Speaker will be required to take over. President until he recovers. The other scenario can playout afterthe to withdraw,itwill be up to theRepublican ballots willcontinue to give voters the same ment could be sortedout. But thatisnot If the President is so sickastobeunable ElectoralCollegevotes. The votes arecounted party to decide who replaces him. choice —between Trumpand Joe Biden. easy and requires the supportoflegislation. Have electionseverbeenpostponed? to invoke thisprovision, then under Section by theCongress and needtobecertified. So The Republican Party’s rules empower Again, Trump’s possible withdrawal Congress decides the dateofthe election According to a2004CRS report, over 4ofthe Amendment, the Vice President and if thewinning candidate were to die after the Republican National Committee, which maycause achangeofmindinsome voters. and as per law, presidential elections are morethan 150years, therehavebeen afew amajority of the Cabinetcan send anotice December 14 but before the swearing-in, comprises 168members who aresenior of- An article in TheAtlantic says that if people held on the firstTuesdayafter the first instances whereelections have been post- to theHouse and the Senateonthe thenas perthe20thAmendment,theelected ficials from eachstate,todecide who will be who have already voted want to change MondayinNovemberevery four years. poned, suchasthe 2001 New York statepri- President’s behalf. In this case too, the Vice VicePresident can take over as President. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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§ FOUNDED BY § RAMNATH GOENKA Institutional oddities of US polity mean Trump BECAUSETHE TRUTH INVOLVES US ALL couldwin an electionhelost

CHINADRIVES QUAD Ashutosh Va rshney

MeetinginTokyocouldwellbethe momentwhen Quad begins THE TERM “DYSTOPIA”isoften overused. arrive afterthe election day. SupremeCourt,whichmightend up having to turn from abstract idea to credible politicalcoalition But, givenwhat is happening in the US, it This state-levelcornucopia has always the lastwordonwho the victor is. The US can legitimatelybedeployedfor the up- mystifiedforeigners,aswell as the Americans SupremeCourt currentlyhas one vacancy, coming presidential election. We arewit- themselves. Samuel Huntington,aleading whichTrumpistrying to fill with aconser- SEXTERNALAFFAIRS MinisterSJaishankar travels to Tokyofor the meet- nessing the makings of adisasterinthe post-1945American political scientist, called vative nominee, openlysaying that to win ing of the so-calledQuad —orthe quadrilateral forum involving India, world’s oldest democracy,and perhaps America a“Tudor polity”, referring to the the election, he might needher.Ofcourse, the US, Japan and Australia —Beijingand itsofficial media areletting nothing less than afrontal assault on the 16th-centuryEnglish political institutions, judges nominated by Trumpand approved the politicalbileflow. If Chineseleaderslookedinthe mirror, theywould democratic process itself. whichwereimportedinthe US but never by aRepublican-majority Senatemay not AseethatitisBeijing’s overweeningstrategicambitionthat is driving the Aftercavalier defiance formonths, fullymodernised. In contrast, in Britain and decide in favour of Trump, but their ideolog- President Donald Trumphas tested positive also on the Continent, thelatemedievalor icalstances, if notoutright personal loyalty, consolidation of the Quad. The accidental origins of the Quad go backtothe BoxingDay forCOVID-19. The electoral implications of early modern institutions were rationalised couldwell serveTrump’s electoral purpose. tsunami in the eastern Indian Ocean at the end of 2004,when the navies of the four na- this development areentirelyunclear.The by the 19th century. In 1968,Huntington In other words, duetothe institutional odd- tions cametogether on shortnotice to coordinatethe regional relief efforts. Soon after, in political logicofwhathewas doingthus far, wrotethat America had a“political system ities of aTudor polity,Trumpcould actually 2007,Shinzo Abe, the then prime ministerofJapan,articulated theconcept of the Indo- however, is evident and canbeanalysed. whichremains as baffling to understand as it win an election he lost. Pacific and urgedthe collaboration between the US and the three Asian democracies — On November 3, thenightofthe election is impossible to duplicate”. As if this is notbefuddling enough,one India, Japan and Australia —tostabilise thenew strategic geography. It is onlyinthe last day, it is quitepossiblethatTrumpwillbe While these underlying features of morepolitical twisthas comeintosharpfo- couple of years that the Indo-Pacific geographyhas gainedwidespread political accept- ahead of JoeBiden and will also claim victory. American polity have existedfor along cus. America hasahistory of voter suppres- But days later, it is equallylikelythat Biden time, the threat of their perilous usage sion, aphenomenon most observers of estab- ance. This week’s meeting in Tokyocould well be themoment when the Quad begins to will be the winner.Why? comes entirelyfromTrumptoday. lisheddemocracies find incomprehensible turn from an abstract idea intoacredible politicalcoalition. Surveys showthat takingthe pandemic Assuming that mostDemocratswould vote today. Afterthe 1870s, Democratsinthe South Over the years, Beijing has reacted with condescension and hostility to theQuad. It of- seriously, mostDemocratswish to vote by by mail and mostRepublicans in person, he used to suppress Republican-leaning Black tendismissedthe Quad as apitiful effort to contain arising China and occasionallypainted mail,whereasled by Trump, most has relentlesslyarguedthatmail-inballots vote. Today, it is Republicans who do so, tar- it as agreat threat to global peace and security.Asthe casefor the Quad gainedground Republicans,trying to provethat the virus is would leadtoafraudulent election. His own geting Democrat-leaning minoritiesinthe amidstChina’s post-pandemic aggression on multiple fronts, Beijing is trying to demonise notaserious matter, willvoteinperson. FBI directorhas testifiedunderoath that states theygovern. One suchmethod of voter Trump’s COVID-19infection maynot alter mail-in voteshavehistorically witnessed suppression,among several, is makingvot- the forumandgenerate oppositionacrossthe regionandwithinthefour members.Chinese this logic much. Counting of mail-in ballots no great fraud. But Trumpwould rather ing ID requirementstougher,whichdifferen- argumentsobfuscatethe cause and effect in the transformation of the Quad. Until recently, will take time, fortheir authenticity requires have mailedballots declared invalid than tiallyexcludes poorer Blacks andHispanics. therewas muchreluctance in all the four capitals againstembarking on anyventurethat official verification. That is whywhat hap- While these underlying believe thehistorical evidence. Another is simplythe threat of violenceby would give political offence to China. All four had serious economic stakes in China and a pens on November 3and the final results features of American polity Trumpisbehindinall popularpolls thus Whitesupremacist vigilante groups. The Ku stronginterestinbuildingsustainablepolitical relationswithBeijing.Allfourtriedto down- might seriouslydiverge. have existed for a long time, far, including those conducted by FoxNews, Klux Klan usedtodoit historically. Today, grade the Quad at different points.Resultantly, the Quad seemedaless-organisedcousinof In mostdemocracies, this would simply the threat of their perilous whose admiration forTrumponlygrows fur- thereare manysuchgroups. notbeanissue. Independentnational elec- ther as he defies norms and evidencemore Among the mostalarming parts of the theBRICS forum that brings together Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. What is tion commissions, as the oneinIndia, would usage comes entirely from fervently. Since presidential elections in the firstpresidential debate,heldonSeptember transforming the Quad todayfromatalk shop intoapurposefulstrategic framework is firstcountall ballots and then announce re- Trump today. Assuming that US arenot decidedbypopular votebut by an 29, wasTrump’srefusaltodenounce White China’sgrowingunilateralismandbrazen effortto establishregionalandglobaldominance. sults. Remarkably, thereisnonational elec- most Democrats would vote electoral college, another political peculiar- vigilantism. Indeed, he effectively askedsuch China seems to believe thatitcan keep pushing India on arangeofissues —fromag- tion commissioninthe US. State-leveloffi- by mail and most ity,the real question is whether Trumpcan groups to watchpolls in areas wherethe vote gression on the Ladakh frontier to deepening militarypartnership with Pakistanand from cialscertify elections in their respective states. win the so-calledbattleground, or swing, againsthim will be massive.Vigilantevio- blocking India’s membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group to refusing to address the These officials arenot independent. Being Republicans in person, he states. These arestatesthat arenot reliably lencemightalsobedeployedafter the elec- mounting tradedeficit —and yetclaimavetooverIndia’s relations with other powers, in- partofstate governments, theyare partisan. has relentlessly argued that Republican or Democratic, and canfliptoei- tion, if it is contested. Trumphas heavilycri- Notably, different stateshavedifferent ther side. In this election, thereare at least tiquedleft-wing violence since the summer cluding the US, Japan and Australia. Until recently, India has been the mostcautious in mail-in ballots would lead to rulesfor voting and counting.Some have nine swing states and depending on how protests began, but has neverspoken aword imagining arobustfuturefor the Quad. But Delhi’s attitudes have begun to evolve as China’s allowedmail-in votingfor long years, and a fraudulent election. His much youbelieve thepollsters, the number againstright-wing violence, sometimes call- pressures on Indiaintensified. No country, certainlynot alarge onelikeIndia, likes being forsome, mass voting by mail, made nec- own FBI director has couldrise to 11 or 13. ing it whollyunavoidable. cornered. Delhi maynow be ready to contributetothe consolidationofthe Quad. essarybyCOVID-19, is arelatively new testified under oath that The attitude of governors, or legislatures, In Trump’s America, dog whistles have game in town. Moreover, some states allow mail-in votes have in these states —depending on whicharm of become bull horns. Those groups that wish early voting,and hundredsofthousands,if the governmentisauthorisedbystate laws to preempt adystopia have ahugetask notmore, have already voted.Counting historically witnessed no to have greater sayinawarding thestate to a aheadofthem. HowTrump’s illnesswill af- READING THERAIN rules also differ. Michigan, whereroughly3 great fraud. But Trump presidential candidate—thus becomes crit- fect the emerging lines of the political battle million out of 5million voters arevoting by would rather have mailed ical.Will theygowithTrump, accepting his is unpredictable at this stage. mail, forbidsthe startofvote-counting un- ballots declared invalid argumentsabout mail-in fraud, or with Biden, Twoconsecutive above-normal monsoonsmean agriculture til 7amonthe final votingday.Incontrast, embracing mail-in ballots as legitimate? The writer is SolGoldmanProfessor of than believe the growth amideconomic decline.Morereason to focus on reform somestatescan notonlystart counting Whicheverway these states go,their de- International Studies and Professor of votes earlier,but also allowmailedballots to historical evidence. cisions will likelybechallenged in the Political Science at BrownUniversity HE RECENT SOUTHWESTmonsoon season (June-September) has ended with an 8.7 per cent cumulative rainfall surplus forthe countryasawhole. This comes aftera10.4 per centsurplus in 2019,making it the firsttime since1958and 1959 that India has recorded twoconsecutive significantly Tabove-normal monsoons. Moreover, rainfall has been above the longpe- riod averageinasmanyas13out of the 15 months from July2019. And it mayevenpro- THE WAY OF THE SCHOOL long, especiallywith global weather models forecasting the current La Niña conditions, favourable forrains in India, to continue through the winter months.Simplyput,the rain gods couldn’t have been kinder, amidthe economicand public healthdevastation wrought Quality of education, notreligiosity,mustberoad ahead forMuslim community by the novelcoronavirus. The farm sector has since the October-December 2019 quarter—evenbeforethe pan- demic—beenfaringbetter thanthe rest of the economy. Therechargedgroundwater tables JSBandukwala from the rain bounty,plus major reservoirs being 14.1 per cent morefull than the last10- years’ averagefor this time, would contributetoabumper rabi (winter-spring) crop on top THE FIRSTBONDS betweenIslamand India over ahouse of godruinedcountless families. Muslims. We live in an integratedworld, .This occurredduring the lifetime of the Prophet. In The tragedywas compoundedbypoliticians wasbestreflected by Time magazine,which of the monsoon kharif produce whose harvesting has juststarted.Itmeans agricultural 631CE, amosquewas established in Kerala. who sought powerbyinflaming passions on highlighted both Modi and Bilkis —are- growth will outpace that of other sectors forthe next couple of quarters as well. This defies ProphetMuhammad wasaware of India as both sides. Iwas avictim of this mad fury. I minder that if onlybothcan communicate the historical trend. Past GDP de-growth episodes were always accompanied, if notled,by canbeseen by hiscommentthat apleasant sufferedheavily, financiallyand emotionally. civilly, ourcountrycan gain alot. drought-inducedfarmoutput contractions. What’s being seen now—recordfoodgrain, breezeisblowing from India.Eventhe God alonesaved my onlydaughter from a The wayout lies with the Muslims of India. oilseeds and possiblyevencottonproduction even as factories, restaurants, malls and air- Karbalatragedy has referencestoIndia — tragedy. What did these politicians gain by Theyhavetoovercome their bitterness of the ports arestill grappling with the fallout of the COVID-19-inducedlockdown —isunprece- Imam Hussain urgeshis opponents to stop destroying the livesofinnocents, who had no last73years. Jinnah will notcome back. We the killing and lethim migratetoIndia. link to the Babri Masjid? have to lowerthe levelofreligiosity within the dented.Yes,thereweresome greenshoots in September:Exports growingfor the firsttime Today, thereare about172millionMuslims It has been along time sincethe Britishleft. community.Itisnot conducive to good citi- since February, the manufacturing purchasing managers’ indexpointing to expansion for in India. That makes it the countrywith the Howdoweprevent such Jinnah got his Pakistan, but that toobroke up zenship.The focus hasto bequality education, asecond successive month and auto salesrising year-on-year.But whether one month’s second-largest Muslim population. Muslims on linguistic grounds, creating hellformillions business and industry, and mostimportantly, data is suggestive of atrend isn’t clear.Nosuchdoubtsexistwith regard to agriculture. arespreadalloverIndia.Theyrange fromAzim tragedies?Onthe Muslim who had to migrate, mostlyonfoot, across gender equality within the community.We The three reform laws enabling free marketing, movement and stocking of agricul- Premjiof WiprotoDilipKumar. ThreeMuslims side,theyhavetoaccept the hugedistances in search of peace and sanctu- made asmall beginning in Gujaratbyform- tural produce should be viewed in this context. Forone, theyare well-timedand send have been President. Thereare countless oth- reality of Partition.Equally, ary. Iwonder if politicians likeJinnah ever felt ing Zidni Ilma CharitableTrustin2005. It sup- outthe right signals forattracting private investment —whether in direct procurement ers who have occupiedthe highestposts — our Hindu brothersand sorrowfor what theyinflicted.Tragically, we ports theeducation of Muslim boys and girls IdrisHasanLatif wasAirForceChief of Staffand arestill producing moresuchpoliticians. studying medicine, engineeringand the sci- and aggregation, coldchain and warehousing, processing or organisedretailing and ex- Zafar Saifullah wasCabinetSecretary.MF sistersmust accept that Howdowepreventsuch tragedies?Onthe ences. Lastyear,wecollected and distributed ports.Secondly, theyrecognise the reality that India has transitioned from being astruc- Hussain is among our favouritepainters, Muslims are apartofthis Muslim side, theyhavetoacceptthe reality of about Rs 80 lakh, benefiting over 540students. turally-deficit to asurplus farm producer.The challenge of finding markets forproduce whose painting aresold formillions. country. There is no way we Partition. Equally, our Hindu brothers and sis- This year we have started anotherscheme, is qualitatively different from that of managing shortages. The NarendraModi govern- Incidentally, hewashoundedoutof thecoun- canremove suchahuge tersmustaccept thatMuslimsare apartofthis with supportfromthe NobelLaureateVenki ment should stay the courseonreforms andtrustthe ability of farmers and private en- tryasone of his paintings wasdislikedbyour country. Thereisnoway we can remove such Ramakrishnan. We identified10girls, four population. No countrywill trepreneurs to face up to the challenge. religiouscensors.Yet,thecommunityislargely ahugepopulation.Nocountrywillacceptsuch Hindus and six Muslims, from aslum in uneducated and poor.Why areMuslims cut accept suchahuge migrant ahugemigrantinflow. We can see on our TV Vadodara. Theywerestudying in municipal offfromcommercial and academictrends? inflow. We cansee on our TV news the horrorofpeople on boatstrying to schools at the secondarylevel.Wegot them Part of the problem is Partition. We are find safetyinEurope. The CAAand NRCwill admitted to agoodschool. Iconfess the task still paying the price forJinnah’s folly. The vi- newsthe horror of people on onlyprolong the tragedy. Narendra Modiand wastough. But the name of aNobel winner Freeze Frame EPUnny olence spawnedreligious hatredand revived boats trying to find safetyin AmitShah mustrealise this. counts. We payfor their school fees and trans- old conflicts concerningmosques and tem- Europe. TheCAA and NRC The sight of 80-year-old Bilkis leading the portation. It is costly. But it is an experiment ples. In asense, this religious madness has will only prolong the tragedy. Shaheen Bagh agitation wasnot aproud mo- worthcompleting. paralysed ourcountryall these 73 years. ment forour country. It reflects oursharpdi- Onesuchconflict wasoverthe Babri NarendraModi and Amit visions, whichhavebeen made worse by the The writer is aformer Physicsprofessorand a Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi. Asickening clash Shah must realise this. BJP leaders usingfoullanguageagainst human rights activist based in Vadodara

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PM’S LETTERS friendly ties with both countries and as monitored in LondonquotedKhomeini.as PRIME MINISTER INDIRA Gandhi, is under- such, it is amatter of concern forher to see saying. The messagewas addressedtothe stood to have written separateletters to that twoofits good friends areengaged in “Iraqination and Muslimcountries,especially Iraqi President SaddamHussain and Iran’s bitter fighting over matters that can be sheikhdoms, in the region”. PresidentBaniSadr makinganimpassioned sortedout amicably. plea forapeaceful resolution of the prob- INDIRA’S CAUTION lemsbetween the twocountries. Available NO CEASEFIRE PRIME MINISTER INDIRA Gandhi cau- information suggests that Mrs Gandhi’slet- IRANIANRELIGIOUS LEADER Ayatollah tionedagainst the country’s twin menaces ters areidentical in content. Ever since the Khomeinirejected Iraqiceasefireoffers and —subversion from outside and politics of conflict brokeout between Iran and Iraq 10 threatenedIraq’sArabs supporters withre- violence within. Addressing amammoth days ago, the Indian governmenthas ob- taliationasthe undeclared Iraqi-Iranian war public meeting at Sujapur,12kmfrom servedstrict neutrality.This is mainly be- continued intoits 13th day. “The Iranian na- Malda, Mrs Gandhi said both these threats cause India enjoys afriendship with both tion and armedforces will revengethe crimes couldbemet through adeterminedunited Iran and Iraq. Mrs Gandhi in herletters to of the bloodthirstyBaath Party(of Iraqi national approach by patriotic-minded Hussainand Bani Sadrisunderstood to have President Saddam Hussein) and continue people rising above petty political consid- underscored thefact thatIndiaenjoys their battle until final victory,”radio Teheran erations. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,OCTOBER5,2020 WHATTHE OTHERSSAY “Toask that Trump’soutspoken, damagingand dangerous denialismabout the threat the virus poses should notnow colour the way votersregard him,or 11 THE IDEAS PAGE affectthe way opponents react, is to ask too much.” —THE OBSERVER The new ordinary

The newordinariness is the basis of majoritarianism. The ordinary personisno longeranempirical entity

pirical victims from the imaginedones. Courtsoflaw arethe mostsignificant.A courtisintendedtobeasocialsieve,in- tendedtosiftand evaluateclaims of injury and harm. Of course, theydonot always work in anything likeaperfect manner,but in societies wherepublicopinion tends to be both undemocratic and inclinedto- Sanjay Srivastava wardsthe status-quo, their role as social scrutineers is invaluable. Judgesare human but the mostadmirable among them are THENATUREOFIndiandemocracy—itscon- those whose humanity lies in notbeing stitutionalguaranteesandthedutiesof those swayed by majority public opinion. CRSasikumar whogovern—isbaseduponthefigureofthe However, whenthe legal system un- ordinary person.Historically, the personifi- criticallyaccepts imagined rather than em- cationofordinarinessemergedfromthena- pirical definitions of ordinariness and vic- tional movement and took concreteshape timhood, it takespartinthe process of in the immediatepost-colonial period. institutionalising social myths. It becomes Stepping out of the frame IndependentIndia’spoliciesof development complicitintolerating asituation where andgrowth—whetherthe“socialist”model the newordinarycitizens —politicians wasflawedornot is adifferent issue —were who might inciteacrowd to kill those of specifically focussedonthoseatthemargins another religion —become exempt from COVID couldintroduce anew pressurepoint on governmentsthatcompels them to look at inherited of economic and socialboundaries. acts of law. It simultaneouslycreates apop- structuralproblems through adifferent prism, amorecollaborative and networkedmodelofgovernance Ambedkar spokeout on behalfofwomen ulationofpseudo-citizens who, becauseof and Dalits, Lal Bahadur Shastri coined“Jai their “false” claims to being ordinary, are Jawan, Jai Kisan” and IndiraGandhi’s slogan seen to deservethe violence that might governmentportal, PRAAPTI, indicates arethe derlying messageinthis study,several generic “Garibi Hatao” foregroundedaveryspecific come their way. Those whomight speak dues owed by discoms to the powergenera- questions needtobeasked.Isthereany reason Indian as the object of statepolicy. Theordi- on their behalf also becomeliable to be de- tors. The CSEP study suggests,however, that to hope that the government might indeed narycitizen wasanempirical entity. niedthe protection of the law. these aregross underestimates and that this pickupthe cudgels forwholesalestructural In the present time, the ideaofthe or- In the eraofthe newordinarycitizen — liquidity infusion will be inadequate. They reform? Might it be that in apost-COVID dinaryIndian has shifted. He (wecontinue emboldenedbecause he is nowconvinced point to the figureput out by the Power world, the government will find itself under to imagine citizenshipingenderedterms) is that pastgovernmentshavetreatedhim un- FinanceCorporationforMarch 2019 of Rs 2.27 pressuretostepoutof theframe withinwhich nowpartofanewimaginationand his or- fairly —matters that affect everydaylifebe- lakh crore. Moreinsightful,perhaps, is their itsresponses have been traditionallydevel- dinariness is quitedifferent from that of the come irrelevant. Jobs, economic growth and OVER THE BARREL suggestion that, were all the stakeholders in- oped? Mightwesee anarrowing of the gulf earlierone. The making of anew idea of the welfare, and issues of improved accessto volved in the electricity value chain (genera- between theprescription of asolutionand its ordinarycitizen also lies at the heartof resources no longer occupycentrestage. by Vikram Singh tors, transmission companies, discoms, con- implementation? some of the mostsignificantpolitical and The newnationalism is everything: It is a Mehta sumers, regulatorsand stategovernments)to Idonot have answers, but Irecentlyheard culturalprocesses of our time. salve forapparent pastwrongsand politi- clear their dues to eachother, the discoms anew word —geo-civics.Itwas usedbyAnn The firstaspectofthe newordinarycit- cians who wish to areeasilyable to use it would look muchstronger. Discoms areowed Marie Slaughter,CEO of the thinktank,New izen is the changing natureofperceptions of towardspolitical gain. OUR DECISION MAKERS arefocused, under- approximatelyRs1.8lakhcrorebyconsumers America, to suggestthat the problems of the victimhood. It is nowmiddle-classpeople Following historian Benedict standably, on containing the pandemicand alone, of whichathirdisdue from stategov- worldare planetary and therefore, require who tend to thinkofthemselvesasvictims: Anderson’s lead, it has become common to rekindling economic growth. But, in the ernmentsthemselves. This latter payableis globallynetworked solutions unconstrained Theypay taxesand the poor don’t;theypay acceptthat nationalism comes about midstofthese immediatepre-occupations, over and above the subsidy shortfall of Rs by the limitsofnationalboundaries, econom- forelectricity and the poor steal it;and that through “imagining” acommunityof theyare also confronted by the structural 70,000 crore, cumulative over a10-year pe- ics, technology or social identity.She alluded theyhavebeen victims of both the reserva- shared identity.However, it is, actually, the impedimentsthat have held back growth riod, that stategovernmentshad committed specificallytothe pandemic and globalwarm- tion policies and “minority appeasement”. newnationalism of ordinariness that is gen- pre-COVID, and whichifnot addressed, will to paybut neverdid. ing, but she could justaswellhavebeen talk- The empiricallypoor arenolonger regarded uinelyanexercise in nationalismofthe be adragongrowth post-COVID. One such The discomsare, no doubt,inefficientand ing about racism, refugees, inequality and/or as victims of social and historical circum- imagination. Through multiple processes long standing structural issue is the finan- the losses on account of aggregatetechnical fundamentalism. She made afurther point stanceorasdeserving of anyspecial meas- of re-defining those who have “actually” cial plight of the StateElectricity Distribution and commercial (ATC)leaksare avoidable. But thatGeneration Zand the millennialshavedif- ures to improvetheir lot. Thereare unlikely sufferedand otherswho have benefitted Companies (discoms) that deliverpower to when these lossesareset againstthe amounts ferentprioritiesfromtheir parentsandarein- to beanypolitical consequences forthe gov- from false claims to suffering, it imagines consumers. owed to them by various stategovernments creasingly impatienttosee progress on these ernment’s stand that it has no dataon intorealityanentirelynew subject around My colleagues in CSEP,Rahul Tongia and andthe “opportunity losses”that theyhave planetary issues. COVID-relatedjob losses. Or,when the body whom anew national consciousness is to Rajasekhar Devaguptapu, have recentlycom- incurredbecause of the failureofthe regula- Idonot wantto make toomuchofaword, of aDalit rape victim is cremated without be built.And the historicallymarginalised pletedadetailedanalysis of the finances of tors to fixcostrelatedtariffs,itisclear that the but Iwill admit,itdid trigger the thought that, her family’s permission.Theyare no longer become pretenders to ordinariness. these discoms and Iwantto, in this article, financialplight of discoms has moretodowith perhaps,COVID will introduceanew pressure the ordinarycitizens. The newordinariness is the basis of ma- draw on their findings (https://csep.org/im- political and regulatoryissues than opera- point on governmentsthatwouldcompel We areinthe middle of anew nation- joritarianism in the name of the ordinary pact-paper) to throw further light on these en- tional dysfunctionalities. Under suchcircum- It is clear that the financial them to look at the inherited structural prob- alism of ordinariness, drivenbyanaltered person. It has historical precedence as well tities but moreimportantly, use it as an illus- stances,the infusionof liquidityand/or single plight of discoms has more lems through adifferent prism. This pressure politics of victimhood. Within this logic, it is as contemporaryresonances in other parts trative exampletoshowupthe inadequacy of pronged solutionslikeprivatisation would point could be our youthful population who possible to convincearound 85 per centof of the world. It is popular because it does single-pronged economic, financial or tech- simplynot address the underlyingreasons for to do with political and mustrealise increasingly that their future the population thattheyare —ormay be- notask thatweundertake the difficult task nical solution forremoving the structural im- the malaise. What is required is amulti- regulatoryissues than hingesonthe effectivenessofthe govern- come —the victimofculturalassault and of thinking about what makes everyday life pedimentstofastergrowth. The problemsof pronged and networkedoverhaulofthe dis- operational ment’s policy response to the uncertain and that the majority religion is under threat. difficult and material advancement slow land acquisition, labour markets,urban con- com sector and, in particular,the regulatory evolving pressures of changingeconomic and So, the next categoryofnew victims are and unequal. It simplyforegrounds the idea gestion, air pollution, farmers remuneration, structureand deliverables. All stakeholders dysfunctionalities. Under industrialstructures, job profiles and social Hindus. Theyare also the newordinarycit- that someone else has benefittedat our cost. subsidies —the listofthe structural strains will have to take ahaircut. suchcircumstances, the dynamics. This youthful bulgeshould be less izens who have,thus far, had to put up with Anditdoesthis in thename of personal coursingthrough ourpolityislong—can only The study forewarns that the financial hole infusion of liquidityand/or accepting of entrenchedvestedinterests,sta- “minority appeasement”. Muslims who identity. Apolitical strategy that seeksto be tackledthroughmulti-prongedand net- intowhichthe discoms have fallen will single pronged solutions like tus quoism and incremental change. Iwon- protestagainstalaw they maydisagree counter the politics of social and religious worked responses. deepen in light of COVID. This is because of the dered —admittedly an academic and some- withare no longer acategoryofordinary divisiveness mustbothunderstandthe new The financial problems of discoms are sharp decline in the demand forelectricity by privatisation would simply what abstractreflection —whether such citizens withgrievances. Theyand those politics of ordinarinessaswell as find ways well-known and longstanding. Theyhave the industrial and commercial entities who not addressthe underlying pressure willmoveustowards amorecollab- who supportthem arethe opposite of citi- of dealing with it. The commitment to con- been the subjectofmuchdebate, study and pay“full price” to the discoms and whoserev- reasons forthe malaise. orativeand networkedmodel of governance zens —anti-nationals.Inthis climateofnew stitutionalvaluesand safeguards is only one controversy.Governmentsateverylevelhave enue cross-subsidises agriculturaland rural What is required is amulti- built on the platform of “civitas” (the social ordinariness —which is linkedtoanew na- side of understanding the functioning of a soughtto clean up the mess but withlittle suc- households. It avers that even when demand body of the “cives” or citizens). And if so, tionalidentity—filmmakers, activists and democracy.The other is an understanding cess. NDA1introducedthe UDAY scheme to picks up,these entities maynot return in full pronged and networked whether that might notbeareason to expect academics can be investigated forholding of the natureofthe “people” and the shift- paredowntheir debtand rationaliseelectric- measuretodiscoms but mayinstead turn to overhaul of the discom sector an affirmative response to the above ques- opinions that do nottallywith official ones. ing claims of ordinariness. ity pricing. It didnot makeamaterial dent. renewables to meet their requirements. The and,inparticular,the tions. Theytoo arenot ordinarycitizens. Morerecently, the finance ministerallocated consequent loss of revenues would pitchthe regulatorystructure and The cult of newordinarinessappears to The writer is British AcademyGlobal Rs 90,000 crore(later raisedtoRs1.25 lakh discoms over the edge unless thesector is The writer Chairman and Distinguished have takenastronggrip across anumber Professor University CollegeLondon and crore) to discoms in her Rs20-lakhcrore stim- overhauled. deliverables. Allstakeholders Fellow, Centrefor Social and of institutions that, in ademocracy,have Professor of Sociology,Instituteof ulus package. This is roughlythe amount the Looking ahead and picking up on the un- will have to take ahaircut. Economic Progress (CSEP) the serious responsibility of protectingem- Economic Growth,Delhi Awoman’s woman LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR BEING PRACTICAL THIS REFERS TO the article, ‘Moral is po- IDEAS ThecamaraderieIsherAhluwaliasharedwithwomenwasrichandfulfilling litical’ (IE, Oct 02). In our enthusiasm to deify Gandhi, we tend to overlook his ONLINE Madhu Trehan sense of the practical while approaching politics.Hehadverycarefullystudiedthe ONLYINTHE EXPRESS negative impact of history on the Indian GRIEFISPOSSIBLYthe mostpersonal and formidableintellect and the usual political would have simplyignored it to keep a vation, sanitation, wastemanagement, characterand,therefore,promotednon- ● ATMANIRBHAR lonelyofall emotions.Insharing it, one fears discussions, therewas aside to her where “happy” atmosphereatakid’s birthdayparty. though basedonafoundation of economic violence as apolitical cult because that WITHOUTSHORTCUTS: losing itsdepth that youwant to preserve for- she wasasenthusiastic in talking about par- Nother.She roundlyeducated that hapless research,werealways solution oriented and wastemperamentallymostsuitedto the SANJIVKUMAR ever.But afterreading all the tributes to Isher enting, grandchildren, sarees, and yes, hair. magician. Her grandchildren will grow up that to me,isintrinsically feminine. Shecon- Indianwayofthinking.Hisuseof civildis- Ahluwalia, Ifeel compelledtobring forward She wasdeterminedtolook her best with her unmistakable influence even nected with other women because she obedienceandnon-cooperationshowed ● ROADMAPTOMAKE essential componentsofher persona.All that through her radiationtreatmentsand though she maynot be physicallypresent. lovedthe feminine in herself and in other anastuteunderstandingthatunlikeother MSMESRESILIENT, has been writtenabout her professional plannedher African themedturbansand When her son wasgetting married, she women. She totallygot therolling of the eyes imperial powers, the Britishwould not SUSTAINABLE: achievements, her determinedacademic ad- caps. She turnedtoher love of Hindustani told me howdelighted she wastohavean- we women do when we say, “Men”! She descendbelowaparticularlevel.Gandhi SHUBHAMGUPTA ventures starting from afinanciallychal- classical music and Gurbani while recover- other woman in her house afterliving with genuinely celebrated thesuccess of other mostintelligentlymixedhispoliticswith lenged background to scoring all her goals, is ing from tough cancer treatments. She was her brood of three men. Ahluwalia invested women. She lovedthat the newnormal was ethicsandmoralitywhileallthetimere- an important messagefor today’s youth in amagnettoyoung professional women. It in her relationships. It is notbyaccidentthat that women worked and were greatmoth- taining asense of the practical. www.indianexpress.com similar predicament. That storycannotbe wasnosurprise to me that ayoung dentist her listoffriends is long and deep, spanning ers. She wasdelighted that today’s young BShubhada, via email shared enough. But, forthose who had the has awall with Ahluwalia’s article clippings around the world. Despite debilitating women could take forgranted what our privilege of knowing her personally, what she in her clinic dedicated to her.She told me treatments, she travelledwith her husband generation had to fight for. Idon’t recall her HARMING INDIA brought to herrelationships will remain as that Ahluwalia waslikeamother to her. to other cities forhis bookevents. She was ever extolling “what we hadtogothrough”. of Hathras’ (IE, October 2). The promise the mostindelible, extraordinarypartofher. Ourrelationshipthen spannedthree gen- determinedtoexperience everymoment She simplyrejoicedinthe present. THISREFERSTOtheeditorial,‘Back to for- of our Constitution —equality before the Ahluwalia wasawoman’s woman. A erations when our children then grandchil- to itsfullestdespitethe challenges of being Isher knewshe wasleavingthisworld. eign hand’ (IE, October 2).Amendments lawand equal protection in both lifeand true feministdoes notcompete withmen. dren became friends.Ahluwalia would take in the midstoftreatment. In Delhi, in She calledmetotalk about her book.Itismy to FCRA further clip the wingsofIndia’s death—failedaDalitwomaninHathras. Yet, the camaraderie she shared with the little ones forameal to theIndia February this year,she wasthe undisputed favouritememory, thatIspontaneouslyand battered civil society.Amnesty The free run of the culprits establishes women wasrichand fulfilling. International Centre andpaid as muchat- star at her husband’s book launch, her brav- nowIthink appropriately, sat on the carpet International’sIndiaofficehadto stopop- an administration-police nexus and the Notwithstanding her breaking the glass ceil- tention to their views on subjectsasshe eryoutshining all of the political and eco- at her feet as shenarratedher lifestory to me. erations because itsbank accountswere Yogi Adityanath government needs to ings in the bastionedmacho worldofecon- would to serious intellectuals. She spent nomic discourse. Afterthe book launch, She decidedshe wasgoing to finish her au- frozen. Suchinstances areharmful to answer forthis. The UP Police oftenjus- omists,Ahluwalia enjoyed andrevelledin valuable time with her grandchildren and friendsjoinedthem at theirhomefor din- tobiography, courageouslypulling it together India’s internationalreputation. tifies excesses in the name of maintain- whatcan be called “feminine” areas. Despite oftenincludedmine. She mentionedthe joy ner. There, Iwentintoshame-faced shock despiteextreme health challenges. By gift- SSPaul, Nadia ing lawand order,but what lawwas pro- being ahighachieving working woman,her she felt when my granddaughter calledher whenshe had herhusbandread out, in pub- ing her book to the world, she bequeathed tected by violating the sanctity of focus on motherhood wasascrucialtoher as “dadi”. At oneofthe grandchildren’s birth- lic,three pages shehad writtenabout me. It her strength to all those who lovedher to YOGI MUST ANSWER undertaking the lastrites of a19-year- her profession. We were of the generation dayparties, she roundlytickedoff amagi- wastotallyundeserved.She sawmorein hang on to.Awoman’swoman. Isherwas old in the middle of the night? when the bulk of parenting wasthe respon- cian, who in the midstofhis magic show, youthanyou reallywere. that. TatTvamAsi. Thou artthat. THISREFERSTO thearticle, ‘Inthemirror RajivBoolchand Jain, Zirakpur sibility of the mother.And, therewas great blithelymade acomment about girls that Ahluwalia lovedbeingawoman.Idobe- joyand humourinit. Keeping in mind her she deemedassexist. Even manyfeminists lieve, that her articles about waterconser- The writer is ajournalist

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12 THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,OCTOBER5,2020 IDEA EXCHANGE Newsmakersinthe Newsroom RSSHARMA,FORMER CHAIRMANOFTELECOMREGULATORY AUTHORITY OF INDIA (TRAI) ‘ Amazon, Facebook are exclusive, not interoperable... Need creative destruction, more alternatives’ Sharm‘acalls foraconverged regulator forbothdigital, non-digital platforms, says steps have been takentoensureInternetdoes notturnintoa“walledgarden”, and insists that while TRAI maycommit mistakes, can’t be said it’s “againstaparticular operator”. The sessionwas moderated by Principal Correspondent PranavMukul

PRANAV MUKUL: Youhavespoken service providers themselvesare tuallyare inclusive…Ihadarguedfor an al- about the use of technology in suffering. Whyisthat? ternative.Ihad said letusdoacreative de- governance.However,when it comes Idon’t agree that the natureofthe dig- structioninthe sense that we provideal- to public projects, especiallyinthe ital space makes it monopolistic. Look at ternativesand then letitbecomebigger. digital space, whether it wasAadhaar it this way. TheInternetisanetwork of Therecould be multiple such protocol- or theAarogyaSetunow,people from computers through whichyou arecon- basedplatforms whichwill flourish. the private sectorget involvedand necting billions of systems. Some use (On telecom service providers suffer- makesignificant gains. Do youthink Apple, some use Windows... Essentially, ing) As atelecom provider,ifyou provide thereisaconflict of interest here? whyisitable to connect disparatesys- banking services, that is notcorrect, right? Idon’t think so... It is fine if the gov- tems? It is because If youwant to be- ernment makes asystemand the entire the guyswho in- come abanker,you countrymakes use of it. In the technol- vented this thing, There should be alarger law ‘ take abanking li- ogy space, mostofthe services that are built an open API to ensure digital cence. So manytele- built, it is notthat onlyXcan use it and (application pro- com service if Yusesitthenits useability forXwill gramming inter- sovereignty... If govt thinks providers have taken reduce. Forexample, the authentication face)-basedsystem. abanking licence services providedbyAadhaar can be Anybody who had there is aneed foranoverall also… Nobody is usedbyanybody and we have been hav- those APIs could con- digital regulatorysystem, barring people... For ing about one billion authentications per nect to the system. ‘ example, let’s talk month. Now, if youhavetwo billion au- So, the system is very the govt candothat about WhatsApp thentications per month, it does notput open, democratic free calls on the tele- anyrestrictions or burdenonAadhaar. and inclusive.That is com infrastructure. Ultimately, what we have to understand whynobody owns Manypeople say is thatthe benefitispassedontothe cus- the Internet. Everybody owns it. The that we arelosing moneyand WhatsApp tomers only… If the private sector ben- Internethas notcoalescedintoamonop- is makingmoney. Now, telecom providers efitsfromacertain government project, oly. Some people triedtodothat... They arealso free to makeWhatsApp type of so be it, as long as it does notlead to said InternetisonlyFacebook, and calls. WhatsApp is converting voice to losses foranybody.That’s my position. thereare countries wherepeople dataand thatishow communication is feel the Internetisonly happening... Idon’t agreewith this phi- PRANAV MUKUL: In the pastfew Facebook because in the losophythat othersare earning money. years, therehavebeenallegations Operating System itself Theyare selling data,right?Voice rev- that the decisionsyou made as enues arefalling, and datarevenues are chairperson of TRAI endedup increasing. Anycustomer of dataistheir favouring acertain operator and led client in some sense. So youshould not to disadvantagesfor the others. Also, saythat the customer is making money. some of the decisions suchas Yes, the customer (Amazon etc) is mak- allowing Reliance Jio to provide ing moneybut he has allowedthem (serv- introductoryservices beyond the 90- ice providers) to makemoneytoo.They dayperiod, the tariff being lowerthan have freedom to price their data. Interconnect UsageCharge(IUC), had to be deliberated upon by TRAI KRISHN KAUSHIK: Goingforward, following complaints. WasTRAI WHY what kindofregulatory framework unprepared forsuchasituation? do yousee platforms suchasNetflix, Well, Idon’tthink it is appropriatere- RSSHARMA Hotstarand Amazon Prime come ally to discussthese issuesbecause they under? Do we needmorelaws? have been deliberated anddecidedbyvar- fter afive-year stint …Ithink thereshould be alargerlaw ious courts.So, therefore, to justify some- as chairperson of that ensures digital sovereignty,orderli- thing which has alreadybeen justifiedby ness and Ithink the dataprotection law, Athe Telecom the courts is notrequired at this stage. whichiscoming, should hopefullyad- Secondly, it is very easy to saythat RegulatoryAuthorityof dress that. AndIthink if the government somebody is in favour of somebody else. thinksthereisaneedfor an overall digital It is ageneric allegation, thereare no India,RSSharma,anIAS regulatorysystem, the government can specifics. Youmentionedallowing free do that… Over the years, convergence has services by acertain operator.Let me re- officer of the Jharkhand takenplace. One device can offermulti- spond to that first. In anyregulatorysys- cadre,retired last month. ple services and one service can be offered tem, youare regulating on the basis of on multipledevices.You can’t really dif- rules and laws made forthat system... The During his tenure,the ferentiatebetween digital and non-digi- regulator comes in when the system is al- regulator’s scope expanded tal… Thatbeingthe case, we nowneedto readyfunctioning and if thereare any look at this moreholisticallythan earlier. aberrations, marketdeviations or distor- from merely telecom to tions.The regulatoryrole or response is a digital services. Hisnew KRISHN KAUSHIK: Do youthink it little bit reactive ratherthanproactive.For makes sensetohavealargerregulator example, somebody starts offering free book, The Making of forall broadcasters, whether theyare services today. If thereisnolaw whichhad on TVor digital platforms? envisaged that onecannotoffer free serv- Aadhaar: Wo rld’sLargest Onething Iwould saythat now, be- ices, can youjuststopthat service? No,if Identity Platform, talks cause of the convergence, thereisaneed thereisnolaw,you justcan’tstopit. So es- to have aconvergedregulator too. If youar- sentially, when someonestarted provid- about his experience as tificiallydivide things in dataand voice, ing promotional services free of cost, we director-general of UIDAI, wherevoiceis justaderivative of data, then had no wayofstopping them because it’s verydifficult to actuallydifferentiateas therewas no law. We consulted the the body behind Aadhaar to what is dataand what is voice in some AttorneyGeneral of India, and we said Illustration: Suvajit Dey sense… Thereisageneral consensus that look,this is what is happening, what do thereisaneedfor aconverged regulator, we do?Hesaid this is notpossible, and so whichtakes careofall these issues and pre- we didnot intervene. Wherewehad to in- ventsoverlaps. Otherwise, if thereisade- tervene, we did, and then the matter went explanatorymemorandum. It is an ex- The very natureofthese platforms is ANIL SASI: Could Aadhaar have been youput Facebook and thatisthe way cision on voice and thatdecisionisnot to court, whichinour case is TDSAT,the tremelytransparent processwhichisalso that winner takesall. Therewas once a better leveragedtoattempt through whichyou access the Internet. givenfor data, then it becomes conflicting. Telecom Disputes Settlement and judiciable. These allegations areunfortu- platform calledOrkut, and there were identification of migrant workers in That is what wastriedfour-fiveyearsback But Iwould like to qualify this by saying that

Appellate Tribunal. The TDSAT decided… nate. Everydecision of TRAI maybenefit manyothers too, but ultimatelyonlyone the post-lockdown situation? in India, wheretheysaid Free Basics will it has to be dealt on acase-by-case basis to

Youwill see in that decision that the TRAI somebody,itmay harm somebody... and platform survived. Similarly,inevery Ithink this government has used provide youfreeInternetservices, pro- understand wherethe balance lies. did commit no wrong in notstopping the so thereare some who aretempted to space youwill find that onlytwo-three Aadhaar to averysignificant extent, and videdyou go throughthis route. (Steps free services. The decisionwas notap- makeallegations thatthe regulator is players aresurviving. Forexample, we are certain statisticswillprove that. One is have been taken) to ensurethatthe UNNI RAJENSHANKER: When you pealedinthe Supreme Court. Nowtosay favouring someone else. all on WhatsApp. Now, somebody wants that the authentications per month stands Internetdoes notget cannibalised, that it look backonyour four-decade-long

thatyou did this and youdid that is not to come on some other platform suchas at onebillion.The number of Aadhaar-en- does notget demarcated intocertain career,what have been someofyour correct. (Incumbent telecom operators SUNNYVERMA: Thereare concerns Telegram etc. Some people mayjoin it for abledpayment systems is about 700mil- walledgardens. mostmemorablemoments? Are had made represen- aboutthe telecom specific reasonsbut forall others one plat- lion per month. Nowthe second thereany regrets? tations to TRAI ask- sectorturning into form becomes the default platform. That Similarly,UPI question is that if the Working on Aadhaar wascertainlythe ing it to stop Jio from atwo-threeplayer being the case, onlyone or twoplatforms (UnifiedPayments Internetwas based mostmemorableperiodinmy career.Itwas ‘ If the private sector ‘ We have only scratched the offering tariffs below market.Isitagood aresurviving and it is natural forthese Interface), wheretoo on these open plat- alsoveryinteresting…WhenIcameto TRAI, the IUC —whichis benefits from acertain situationfor a platformstobecomeverybig. Theirreach sometimes the au- surface on Aadhaar... It can forms, whyhavethe itwasalreadyawell-establishedinstitution. the basic costin- countrylikeIndia is trans-national, and their whole ap- thentication is based Amazons and Aadhaar waslikeastart-up. Imet Nandan curredbyamobile government project, wherethere are proachmay become arrogant, if Imay use on Aadhaar,has be plugged into anyservice. Facebooksofthe Nilekani (former chairman of the Unique companyfor acall to so be it,aslong as it does over a100crore that term.Theysay thatweare notgov- clockedabout 1.25 Thegovthas used Aadhaar, worldbecome big IdentificationAuthorityofIndia) …Hebe- complete.However, customers? ernedbythis country’slaw becausewe billion transactions players and whyhas came thechairperson and afterone week,I TRAI said that tariffs not lead to losses Worldover, in sta- arenot here, we just have users in this per month. Ithink (but) there is more scope for everybody else got wasappointedtheCEO…Ihadnoroomand were under forbear- ‘ bilisedand mature country... That is the approach. Aadhaar transactions ‘ finished? It is essen- Nandan had abig room because he held a ance and that it foranybody telecommunication Ithink the arbitrariness of these plat- have increasedsig- using it in private sector tiallybecause they Cabinetminister rank.Iwent to his room would notinterfere markets,the number forms is something that people arereal- nificantly. Ibelieve have their ownAPIs and said, “Nandan, wheredoIsit?” He said, with companies set- of players typicallyis ising. Ihavewritten aboutitinThe Indian we have only and these arenot in- “Ram Sewak, pull achairand sit with me.” I ting tariffs.) 3+1.Telecom every- Express, about howweshould develop a scratchedthe surface teroperable. Today, if saidministersandsecretariesdon’tsitinthe Everydecisionof TRAI, or non-decision whereemergedfrombeing apublic utility languageofprotocols fore-commerce as farasapplications of Aadhaar arecon- Iwanttoget my data backfromFacebook sameroom,to whichhereplied,“No,no,we or non-intervention, is also judiciable. For run by the government to autility which and other areas, whichare inclusive, cernedbothinthe government as well as andgotosome other platform, Ican’t do areagovernment start-up.” It wasafasci- example, initiallywestarted issuing wasprivatised.The‘one’in3+1refersto the democratic… It is required.Ifyou ask the private sector.Wherever youhavea that. Theyare open, in the sense that you nating four years Ispent in Aadhaar.Likein penalty on call drops. It wasupheld by the governmententitywhichinsomeplacesis these platforms to do so, theywill saythis requirement forproving your identity,you can latchontoany othersystembasedon TRAI, Ilearnt the powerofconsultation, I highcourtbut trashed by the Supreme extremelystrong.InIndia the shareofthe is notour policy.Sowhat is their policy? can use Aadhaar.Itisautility,whichcan your Facebook identity.Imagine! At a learnt the powerofprivate andpublic sec- Court... We do commit mistakes, but you government BSNL and MTNL is notvery It is wheretheyare the ultimatearbitra- be pluggedintoany service... The govern- global level, some players areactuallyop- tors working together. cannotsay that the regulator wasagainst large. But 3+1 is actuallythe norm every- torofthatpolicy.Unfortunately, no laws ment has usedAadhaar,(but) thereis posing India’s Aadhaar system because Iwouldnot call it regret,but when I aparticular operator or againstthe indus- where. If youask anyexpert on telecom- existinthis space. Thereis, Ifeel, inade- morescope forusing it and certainlymore theyare saying we will provide identity, worked in Bihar and later in Jharkhand, tryasawhole. In our ownfairjudgment munication, theywill tell youthat this is an quacy... These things aretoo newand the scope forusingitinthe private sector. whydoweneedthe Indians forthat. sometimes Irealisedthat if youare being we thought that the customer neededto optimal number because the more(play- legal system forthem is alsoevolving. The (Theysay)you should use Facebook or upright and if youapplyrules and regu- becompensatedforinadequacy in service. ers) youhave, the morefragmented the lawfor dataprivacy is about to come. It SANDEEP SINGH:You said that only Google identity.Because of the nature of lations… youare shunted out. So by the Thatishow we decided on afine forcall spectrumbecomes,especially mobilecom- has takenalot of time and it is still nota one or twoplatformssurviveinthe theseprotocols, they(theseplatforms) are time youlearn something, youare moved drops. But it wasdeclared that youdon’t munication;Iamnottalkingabouttheland- law... These things aretaking time and ac- digital space becauseofthe natureof exclusive,theyare notinteroperable, they out. Iwas transferrednine times in seven have the authority to do that. line. tuallythereisagap between develop- thenetwork.Then, is it by nature that areproprietary,and that is the problem. years in Jharkhand… It becomes abit of a TRAI as an organisation is unique be- ment in the virtual space and develop- this business is going to be Now, it is possible to have protocols disappointment.Italso givesyou the la- cause our decisionsare nottaken justsit- PRANAV MUKUL:Doyou think our ment in the legal space, and sometimes monopolistic? Secondly, in thelast similar to TCP/IP (the Transmission Control belofaguy who cannotadjust… That, I ting across atable. We have consultation regulatorysystems arestrongenough one finds that laws of the physicalworld fewyears, we have seen that while Protocol/InternetProtocol). Let’s go backto think,isabit of the bad part. But overall, papers, we have open house discussions, to dealwithissues such as dominance arenot reallytranslatable to or applica- firms such as Amazon, that make use the Internet again. Let’s reinvent Internet when Ilook backatthese 42 years, Ithink when we give adecision, we also give an of one platform in the digital space? ble in the virtualworld. of telecom services, arethriving,the andlet us have high-levelAPIs whichac- theyhavebeenfantastic. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,OCTOBER5,2020 MEANWHILE SNL RECREATES DEBATE IN SEASON OPENER “SaturdayNight Live” parodied the US presidential debate in the sketchshow’sfirst episode of its46thseason. In the sketch, Alec Baldwin’s Trump, in the same way as on Tuesday,tried 13 THE WORLD to tripupBiden by interrupting him.Jim Carrey’s Biden tried to control his angerbybreath- ing into abrown paper bag. Maya Rudolph made acameoappearanceasKamalaHarris. TOPOFTHE Covid crisis worsens WORLD Doctors:Trump’sbloodoxygendipped in UK, France with twice,buthemaybedischargedtoday record rise in cases

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MAGGIEHABERMAN FRANCE REPORTED nearly An official countsballots &KATIETHOMAS 16,972 newconfirmedcoron- forthe independence OCTOBER4 avirus infections on Saturday,and referendum. AP Britain reported12,872 —record US PRESIDENT Donald Trump’s Questions over dailyfigures forbothcountries. medical team acknowledgedon The newcases take the to- Iknow people are furious SOUTH PACIFIC Sundaythat theydeliveredan time of diagnosis talnumber of coronavirus in- at me and they’re furious NewCaledonia overly rosy description of the fections in Franceto606,625, at the government, but President’s illness on Saturday. IN Abriefing to reporters on the health ministrysaid. The I’ve got to tell you, in all votestostaya “I didn’t want to give anyin- Saturday, WhiteHouse physi- number of deaths increasedby candour, it’s going to formation that might steer the cian Dr Sean Conleysaid 49 to 32,198. continue to be bumpy partofFrance course of illness in another di- Trumpwas 72 hours intohis Therewere4,087new cases AMAJORITY of voters in rection, and in doing so, you diagnosis,whichwould have of people being hospitalisedover through to Christmas...” New Caledonia, an archi- know, it came offthat we were meantthe President wasdi- the last sevendays in the coun- BORIS JOHNSON trying to hide something, agnosedonWednesday, even try, including849 in intensive pelagoininthe South BRITAIN’S PRIME MINISTER Pacific, chose to remain whichwasn’t necessarilytrue,” thoughthe news wasmade careunits.However, these fig- part of France instead of Dr Sean Conley, the White public onlyonFriday. Trump ures arerelatively stablecom- backing independence House physician, said in abrief- attendedeventsonboth pared with the previousreport Sunday, leading French ing with reporters. Wednesday and Thursday, on Friday. morethan 200,000 Covid-19 President Emmanuel However, the doctors said and this raisedquestions The rate of positive coron- testsaday compared with Macrontocallfor dialogue, Trumpwas doing better and about whether the President Trumpatthe Walter Reed National MilitaryMedical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, on avirus testsinFrance rose to 7.9% fewerthan100,000 at the start as the referendum marked might be dischargedfromthe put others in danger despite Saturday. Reuters from 7.7% on Friday. of the pandemic. acrucial step in athree- hospital and return to the White knowing he had Covid.Conley In Britain, the government BritishPrime MinisterBoris decade long decolonisa- House as early as Monday. later clarifiedthat he had got blamed the sharp increase in Johnson said on Sundayheex- tion effort.Inatelevised Theysaid Trumphad a“high the timeline wrong. However, cases on areporting delay, say- pected the next fewmonthsof address from Paris, French fever” on Friday, andthat there another doctor treating Campaign launches ‘Operation ing the numbers in coming days the pandemic to be bumpy,but President Emmanuel had been twoincidentswhen Trumpsaid Saturdaythat he would include additional cases. that things would look radically Macron welcomed“an ex- his oxygen levels dropped—one wasgiven an experimental The government’swebsite different in the spring. pression of confidence in on Fridayand one on Saturday. therapy48hours ago, which MAGA’ in bid to revive fortunes said atechnical issue had de- “In these areas, and Iappre- the Republic with adeep Theysaid Trumpreceivedoxy- would have been middayon layedpublishing anumber of ciatethe fatigue that peopleare feeling of gratitude... and genatthe WhiteHouse on Thursday. This further contra- Vice President, Trumpfamilyset to hold eventsinkey states newCovid-19cases. experiencing, but we have to modesty”. Macron prom- Friday. Trump’soxygenlevels dictsthe official stance on “This means the total re- work together,followthe guid- isedpro-independence droppedto93% at one point, when Trumpwas diagnosed. Center in Bethesda. Trump, 74, portedoverthe coming days will ance and getthe virus down supporters “this is with theysaid; thatisbelowthe 95% LALITKJHA and FirstLady MelaniaTrump, include some additional cases whilstkeeping the economy you, all together,that we levelthat is considered the lower WASHINGTON,OCTOBER4 50, tested positive forCovid-19 from the period between 24 moving, that’s the balance we’re will build NewCaledonia limit of the normal range. Sept2recommendingthesteroid on Friday, adevelopment that September and 1October,in- trying to find,” he saidinanin- tomorrow”. AP Conleysaid that the president onlybegivento patientswith“se- WITHDONALDTrumpinthehos- upendedhis election campaign creasing the number of cases re- terviewonBBC television. hadbeengiventhesteroiddexam- vere andcritical Covid-19”. pital, his campaignhas launched justweeksbeforethe presiden- ported,” it said. “I knowpeople arefurious at ethasone on Saturday.The drug Trumpofferedhisownassess- ‘Operation MAGA’, whichitde- RACE FOR tial polls on November 3. At 12,872,the number of me and they’refuriousatthe has been shown to helppatients ment of his status on Saturday scribes as “a full marshalling of “OperationMAGA isafullmar- dailycases reported almost dou- government, but I’vegot to tell USA whoareseverelyillwithCovid-19, nightinavideofromhis hospital top-levelsurrogates, campaign THE WHITE shalling of top-levelsurrogates, bledfromthe 6,968reportedon you, in all candour,it’s going to Clinicaltrialshit but it is typicallynot usedinmild suite, saying he wasbeginning to coalitionsandTrumpsupporters” campaign coalitions and Trump Friday, smashing the previous continue to be bumpy through or moderatecases of the disease, feel better and hopedto“be back to rallybehind the president un- HOUSE supporters to rallybehind the biggestdailytoll of 7,143, which to Christmas, it mayevenbe byransomware and in fact could be harmful early soon.”And he wasbackonsocial tilhecan return to the trail. Presidentandcarrythecampaign wasrecordedonTuesday. bumpy beyond, but this is the in the course of the illness, when media early on Sunday, sharing a Operation MAGA (MAGA campaignappearancesinkey forwarduntilhereturns to the Britain is nowprocessing onlyway to do it.” attackonhealth steroidscoulddampenthebody’s videoofflag-waving supporters, stands forMakeAmerica Great battleground states. trail,” Trumpcampaign manager techcompany immune response to thevirus. mostnot wearingmasks,gathered Again), will see VicePresident The President is currentlyun- Bill Stepien, who alsotestedposi- The WorldHealth outside Walter Reed National MikePence and members of the dergoing treatment forcoron- tive forthe virus Friday, said in the APHILADELPHIA company Organisationissuedguidelineson MilitaryMedical Center. NYT Trumpfamily makingin-person avirus at Walter Reed Medical press release Saturday. PTI that sells softwareusedin hundredsof clinicaltrials,in- cludingthecrasheffortto de- Maulana Fazlur Xi callsfor closer veloptests,treatmentsanda vaccine forthe coronavirus, Rehman to head Bangladesh ties, washit by aransomware at- tack thathasslowedsomeof anti-government joint promotion thosetrialsoverthepasttwo weeks. The attackon alliance in Pak of BRI projects eResearchTechnologybegan twoweeksago when em- ployeesdiscoveredthatthey SAJJADHUSSAIN KJMVARMA were lockedoutof theirdata ISLAMABAD,OCTOBER4 BEIJING,OCTOBER4 Muslimsatthe Grand Mosque during the firstday of Umrah by ransomware, an attack in theholycity of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Sunday. AP that holds victims’ data FIREBRANDCLERIC-CUM-POLITI- CHINESE PRESIDENT Xi Jinping hostage untiltheypay to un- CIAN Maulana Fazlur Rehman said he stands ready with lockit. ERTsaid clinical trial wasunanimouslyappointed as Bangladesh leaders to better align patientswere notatrisk.NYT chief of the PakistanDemocratic the twocountries’ strategies and Pilgrims return to Mecca Movement (PDM), an anti-gov- jointlypromote theconstruction KYRGYZSTAN ernmentalliance launched by 11 of his multi-billion dollar Belt and as Saudi eases restrictions Establishment Opposition parties to oustPrime Road Initiative (BRI) to take the Minister Imran Khan. Aftershelling in theKarabakh capital, Stepanakert. Reuters strategic partnership of the two sprawlingGrand Mosque in partiessweep The decision wastaken on countries to newheights. ASSOCIATEDPRESS Mecca. OnlySaudi citizens and Saturdayduringavirtualmeeting Xi made the remarks in an RIYADH,OCTOBER4 residentswill bepermittedto en- elections of theOppositionpartiesattended exchangeofcongratulatory terthe mosque duringthis first TWOESTABLISHMENTpar- by PakistanMuslim League- Azerbaijan says Armenia attacked messageswith his Bangladesh AVERYsmall,limited number of phaseofreopening, and each ties looked settodominate Nawazsupremo andthree-time counterpart, Mohammad peopledonning the whiteter- person has up to threehours to Kyrgyzstan’s Parliament af- formerPMNawazSharif,Pakistan Abdul Hamid, on the 45th an- rycloth garment symbolicofthe complete the pilgrimage. terSunday’s election, but it PeoplesPartychief BilawalBhutto city, threatens to strike back niversaryofthe establishment Muslim pilgrimagecircled The Grand Mosque, whichis remainedunclear if they Zardari, BalochistanNational of the bilateral diplomatic rela- Islam’s holiest siteinMecca on being sterilisedand cleaned could form agrand coalition Partychief Sardar Akhtar Mengal and Nagorno-Karabakh,aneth- in other regional powers as tionshiponSunday. Sunday afterSaudi Arabia lifted multiple times aday,houses the afteraseries of internal rifts among other senior politicians. NAILIABAGIROVA& nic Armenian enclave inside Azerbaijan is supportedby In his message, Xi hailedthe coronavirus restrictions that had cube-shapedKaaba that obser- plaguedthe previous ruling AccordingtoPDM’s steering NVARDHOVHANNISYAN Azerbaijan, but it nowthreatens Turkey,while Armenia has ade- steady and long-term friendship been in place formonths. vant Muslims pray toward five alliance.The Birimdik party committeeconvenerAhsanIqbal, BAKU,YEREVAN,OCTOBER4 to spill over intoadirect war fence pact with Russia. saying he is ready to work with The kingdom had takenthe times aday. of President Sooronbai Sharif proposed67-year-old with Armenia itself. Turkey’s Foreign Ministry Hamid to better align develop- rare step of suspending the Beforevisitors can enter the Jeenbekov’sclosestsupport- Rehman’s name as the alliance AZERBAIJAN SAID on Sunday “Azerbaijan will destroy mili- said:“Theattacksof Armenia tar- ment strategies with smaller “umrah” pilgrimagethat mosque to pray or performthe ersledthecountwith24.45% presidentand it wasendorsed by thatArmenianforceshad fired tary targetsdirectlyinside geting the civilians in Ganja...are Bangladesh, step up cooperation drawsmillionsyear-round from umrah,theyhavetoapplyandre- of thevote,accordingto pre- PPPchairmanBilawalandothers, rocketsatits second city of Armenia from which shelling of anew manifestationofArmenia’s under the framework of theBRI across the worldinearly March serveaspecific time and date liminarydata. Justbehindit Dawn newspaper reported. Ganja, killing one civilian and itspopulation centres is taking unlawful attitude. We condemn and push forwardthe China- as the coronavirusmorphedinto through an online application to with 23.95% wasMekenim Sharif had initiallyproposed wounding four,and threatened place,” presidential aideHikmet these attacks.” Bangladesh strategic, coopera- aglobal pandemic and avoid crowding and maintain so- Kyrgyzstan, whose ticket in- thatRehman be appointed as to retaliatebydestroying mili- Hajiyev said. He said therewere Ganja, with apopulation of tive partnership to anew level, prompted countries to impose cialdistancing.Visitorscanalsose- cludes former coalition president permanently, but the tary targetsinside Armenia. also civilian casualties in another 335,000,isabout100kmnorthof official mediareported. lockdowns and curfews to slow lect via the app their means of membersandex-opposition idea wasopposed by Bilawaland The developments marked a Azeri region,Beylagan, which the Karabakh capital Stepanakert With over $26 billion Chinese down transmission. transportand meeting points. MPs,andwhichhasavoided AwamiNationalPartyleaderAmir sharp escalation of the warinthe borders Nagorno-Karabakh. and 80 km from the Armenian investmentsand $38 billion dol- But as nations begin to ease StateTVshowedonSunday positioningitself aseitheral- Haider Hoti, who suggestedthe SouthCaucasus that brokeout Armenia denied it had di- cityofVardenis. Azerbaijan has lars funding commitments, thoserestrictions,the Saudi gov- what appeared to be fewerthan liedwithoropposedtothe office should be givenonarota- one week ago. rected fire “of anykind” towards previously accusedArmenia of Bangladesh is one of the largest ernment on Sundaystarted al- 50 people circling the Kaabaat President. REUTERS tional basis to leadersofthe con- Until now, themain fighting Azerbaijan. firing intoits territoryfrom recipientsofChina’s massivein- lowing amaximumof6,000pil- the same time and walking sev- stituent parties. PTI has been between Azerbaijan The conflict threatens to drag Vardenis. REUTERS frastructure project. PTI grims aday to enterthe eral metres apart.

SANDA DIA’S DEATH AFTER AN INITIATION RITUAL WAS REGARDED AS AN ACCIDENT,BUT RECENTLY EMERGED VIDEOS RAISE QUESTIONS ABlack Belgian student saw awhite fraternity as his ticket; it was his death

twootherpledgesto drinkalcohol sages, recoveredbythe police, ther,Ousmane Dia, speaking oftenfocus on itsbloody past, Senegal as an asylum-seeker in MATTAPUZZO& excessively,chug fish oil until he showfraternity members —the French. “‘Weare powerful and rather than itspresent. 1994.HesettledinAntwerp, STEVENERLANGER vomited,swallowlivegoldfishand sons of judges, business leaders nothing can happen to us.’” Dia’s death, however, high- wherehefound work at the port GHENT,OCTOBER4 stand outside in an ice-filled and politicians—scrambling to Eighteen members of the lightsBelgium’s current problem and then in atruckfactory. He trench,DiadiedinDecember2018 covertheir tracks. now-disbandedfraternity are with racism and far-right, identi- learnedDutch. He and his wife SANDADIA sawafraternity as a of multipleorganfailure.Hisdeath “Thiswas notanaccident,” underinvestigation,with pros- tarian politics.The countryisdi- raisedafamily. An ambitious first- doorwayintoadifferent life. The wasseen as atragic accident, an said Dia’s brother,Seydou De Vel. ecutors recommending charges videdbetweenFrenchspeakersin generation Belgian, Sanda thrived son of an immigrant factory example of hazing gone wrong. The details, uncoveredre- of involuntarymanslaughter,de- the south and Dutchspeakers in in school, his father said. His ac- worker,hewas an ambitious20- In recent weeks, however, an centlyinastring of local news sto- grading treatment and neglect. the north, eachwith their own ceptance to KU Leuven wasa year-oldBlackstudent at one of even uglier storyhas emerged. ries, have forced the nation’s Those who have notalready governments,lawsand culture. milestone forfather and son alike. Belgium’s mostprestigious uni- Fraternity members had useda Dutch-speaking region, Flanders, graduated remainallowedto The wealthierDutchregion is Sandawasbeginninghisthird versities. The fraternity, racial slur as theyordered Diato to confront rising racism and take classes online while the in- hometo asizableseparatistmove- year of school when he pledged Reuzegom, washome to the cleanupafteraparty.Aphoto sur- xenophobia, even at such Sanda’s stepbrotherSamuel Labenne, in white, and vestigation continues. ment that wantstobreak away in Reuzegom,anunsanctionedclub scions of Antwerp’s whiteelites. facedpurportingto showafrater- renowneduniversitiesasthisone, stepsisterSarah, in the foreground, being comfortedby No evidence has emerged the name of preserving itsculture foryoungmen from Antwerp. Access to that rarefied world, nity member wearing Ku Klux theCatholic University of Leuven, friends afteraprotest in Leuven, Belgium. NYT thatDia waskilledintentionally. and wealth. Lately, thatcampaign “Theyrepresent atype of social he decided, wasworth enduring Klanrobes.Afraternityspeechref- nowknown as KU Leuven. But of the three studentsunder- has takenasharply anti-immi- class,”saidKennyVanMinsel,for- the fraternity’s notoriouslyvi- erenced“ourgoodGermanfriend, Belgian universities aregen- goinginitiation that night, he grant and anti-Islamtone. merpresidentofthe campusstu- cious hazingritual. Hitler.” Avideo showedthem erallyseenasleft-leaning. But servatism of Flanders, wherea migrant—andgrowingin power. wasthe onlyone who wasBlack OusmaneDia,now51, wasun- dent association.Itisalsonotori- He did notsurvive it. singing aracistsong. campuses and clubs here have nationalistmovement is increas- “Theythought, ‘He’s just and the onlyone who died. awareofthese cultural divisions ous forits hazing rituals,known Afterbeing forced alongside And deletedWhatsApp mes- alsoreflectedandfueledthe con- ingly openly racist and anti-im- some Blackguy,’”said Sanda’s fa- Discussions of race in Belgium when he arrivedinBelgium from as “baptisms”. NYT WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,OCTOBER5,2020 MarketWatch FPISTURN NETSELLERSINSEPT NewDelhi: Snapping their three-month buying spree,foreign portfolio investors(FPIs)turned net sellersinIndian markets in September,having withdrawnRs3,419 crore on net basis from 14 ECONOMY PTI Indian markets in September,according to depositories data.

GSTCOUNCIL MEET LENDERS COME OUT WITH SEVERAL FESTIVE OFFERS Resumption of air COMPENSATION ISSUE Amidslowcreditofftake,banks bubble: India to hold Some states may talks with Germany seek borrowingplan aimtowoomoreretailborrowers sons forthe action wasEuropean PRANAVMUKUL carriers operating sixth-freedom head—payment business, mer- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER4 flightsbycarrying passengers revamp, mechanism GEORGEMATHEW LENDERSHOPEPENT-UPDEMANDWILLHELP chantacquiringservicesandmar- fromIndiato NorthAmericandes- MUMBAI,OCTOBER4 keting,HDFCBank. INDIA AND Germany, whichre- tinations and notallowing Air ■ While banksare averse to ■ The growth in “Inthe past2-3 months we cently hadafallout over interna- India to do the same. The sixth to resolve disputes BANKSARE gearingupwith vari- go forrisky project loans, retail/personal loan have seen renewedcustomer in- tional flight operations leading to freedom of flying —whichletsan ous festival offers to wooretail lenders ledbyState Bank of segment bouncedbackin terest andbuyingpatterns.Wesee suspension of the air bubble airline to flypassengers from one customersatatime when the-19 India, HDFC Bank and ICICI July2020,and on ayear-on- this continuing through the fes- arrangement between the two countrytoahubinitshomecoun- AANCHALMAGAZINE& At Monday’s meet, Covidpandemic is still raging Bank have already year basis, it registereda tive season as well,”hesaid. countries, areexpected to hold tryandfromthere to athirdcoun- LIZMATHEW across the country andcredit off- announcedplans to push growth of 11.2%. However, ICICI Bank toounveiledahost discussions this week in an effort try—isnotallowedunderairbub- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER4 Opposition-ruled take hasremainedsluggish.While retail credit hoping that in August2020, the growth of schemes, including attractive iron out their differences, The ble arrangements. Earlier this states arelikelyto banksare averse to go forrisky purchases held backduring rate in retail/personal interestrate(repo rate linked) Indian Express has learnt. month, the Centrehad formally WITH THE pending compen- raise objections project loans,lendersledby State the lockdown will nowlead loan segment starting from 6.90 per cent and On October 2, Air India an- asked Europeanairlinestostop sation issue continuing to fes- Bank of India (SBI), HDFC Bank to apent-up demand contracted to 10.6% processing feestarting from Rs nouncedcancellationof itsflights their sixth-freedom flights. terasadiscordbetween the to the calculation and ICICI Bank have already an- 3,000;EMIs starting at Rs 1,554 to FrankfurttillOctober 14 after When Lufthansaannounced statesandtheCentreaheadof of estimates nouncedplansto pushretailcredit per Rs one lakh foratenureof84 Germany withdrew itsapproval cancellation of itsflightsand said the 42nd Goods and Services givenfor the hoping that purchases held back bureauTransUnion Cibil said. “Therewould be acomplete wai- monthsonauto loans;andEMIof granted to the airline to operate itwasonaccountofan“unexpec- Tax(GST) Council meeting on during the lockdown willnow HDFCBank has launched veronprocessing fees on home Rs36perRs1,000fortenure of 36 underthe air bubble arrange- tedrejection”of itsflightschedule Monday, opposition-ruled borrowing options leadtoapent-updemand. ‘Festive Treats’ wherecustomers loansforhomebuyersinapproved months on two-wheeler loans. It ment. This wasprecededbythe by Indian authorities, India’s avi- states plan to raise concerns The retail push by banksfol- can avail of special deals on all projects. The bank is also provid- has also offeredinterestrates Indian side asking Lufthansa to ationwatchdogDirectorateGene- about bifurcation of revenue rectly appropriated asum of lows adeceleration in non-food banking productsfromloans to ing specialconcessions up to 10 starting from 10.50 per cent on curtail itsschedule, whichled to ralofCivil Aviation (DGCA) said flag on account of GSTimple- Rs88,344.22croreinFY18and bankcreditgrowthto 6.0percent bankaccounts,with1,000plusof- bpsontheinterestrateforthecus- personalloansandnocostEMIon the German airline cancelling its therewererestrictionsinplacefor mentationandthepandemic. Rs 13944crore in FY19from in August2020 from 9.8 per cent fersfromleadingplayersandover tomersbasedontheircreditscore consumer durables. flightstoIndia till October 20. Indiannationalsdesiringto travel Alongside these issues, IGSTaccount by crediting it to inAugust2019.DuringtheMarch- 2,000hyperlocaloffersviatie-ups and loan amount,”itsaid. Credit growth remains slow Inresponseto ane-mailquery to Germany, whichwas putting thereislikelytobeapush for the Consolidated Fund of Augustperiod, overall credit out- with localmerchantsacross semi Additionally, homebuyerscan despiteavailability of liquidity in sentbythis newspaper,the Ger- Indiancarriersatasignificantdis- institutingadisputeresolution India (CFI). standing fell by Rs 165,217 crore urban and rural locations, it says. avail 5basis pointsinterestcon- the bankingsystemalong with mantransportministrysaid,“The advantageresultingininequitable mechanismand the appoint- Thecontinuedadoptionof to Rs90,46,327crore andpersonal In lightofthe unprecedented cession if theyapplyfor ahome rate cutsbybanksleadingto lower GermanMinistryofTransportand distribution of trafficinfavour of mentof Vice-chairperson.The the erroneous process of de- loans fell by Rs 5,539 croreamid situationdueto Covid-19,alldeals loan via YONO, it said. Forgold interestrates forfresh loans (re- Digital Infrastructure(BMVI) and Lufthansa.“As againstIndiancar- opposition-ruledstatesare volutionofIGSTtostatesand the uncertainty causedbyCovid- and offers this year can also be loancustomers,ithasofferedflex- ductionininterestratesof 127bps the Indian MinistryofCivil Aviat- riers operating3-4 flightsaweek, also likelytoraise objections retentionofunapportioned 19 along with lockdowns im- availedofdigitallyfromthesafety ible repaymentoptions forupto as compared with August2019), ion confirmedtohold bilateral Lufthansa operated 20 flightsa to thecalculationof estimates balance in the CFI instead of posedonthe containment zones customers’homes, in addition to 36monthsataninterestrateof7.5 areport CareRatings said. “Banks talkson6October.These will be week.Inspiteofthisdisparity we givenfor the borrowing op- firstapportioning IGSTbetw- to curb the spread of thevirus. overthecounteratbranches,part- per cent. The state-runbank is of- arebeingveryselectivewiththeir held as avideoconference. The offeredtoclear7flightsaweekfor tions,whichassumesahigh10 een the Centreand states/UTs Theeconomicuncertaintyhas nerstoresand dealerships. fering personal loans with lend- creditportfoliosdueto assetqual- aim is to find asolution on howto Lufthansa whichwas notac- per cent growth forthe com- and then devolvingstates’ causedbanks and consumers to It expectsmobiles, consumer ing ratesaslow as 9.6per cent. ity concerns and the overallbank restorecivilairtransportbetween ceptedbythem.Negotiationscon- pensationcess deficit projec- sharefromtheamountappor- take acautious approachtobor- durables, and electronics cate- CS Setty,MD(Retail &Digital credit is expected to remain GermanyandIndiainthespiritof tinue,” the DGCAhad said. tions,alongwithapushforde- tionedtotheCentre,stateshas rowing.“However, this alsoresu- goriesto dowell,inadditionto ap- Banking),SBIsaid,“Withtheecon- slowerinthe near term,” it said. theexistingairtransportagreem- The BMVI said thatthe linking of the borrowing lead to overall funds received ltedinalevelof pent-updemand, parels, jewelleryand dining-in omyrecovering gradually, we The growth in retail/personal ent betweenour twocountries”. German authorities, likethe options from the normal bor- on account of IGSTbeing less whichour analysis shows has due to thefestive season. hope to see aboostinconsumer loan segment bounced backin Internationalpassengerflights Indian authorities have adopted rowing limitsofthe states. than what wasmandated. nowstarted to come through. Al- SBI has announceda100 per spends and at the same time en- July2020, and on ayear-on-year have been suspendedinIndia specialentryrequirementsdueto The stateofKerala is likely Punjab and Chhattisgarh though notbacktothe pre-Covid cent waiver in processing feefor sureSBI’shelpinghandto allthose basis,itregisteredagrowthof 11.2 since March 23 due to the coron- the Covid-19pandemic. “These to putforththeviewthatthere have alreadyvoicedtheircon- levels seen in Januaryand Febr- all customers applying forcar, inaddressingtheirfinancialneeds percent.HoweverinAugust2020, avirus lockdown. However, spe- entryregulationsapplyregardless is no scope fordistinction of cernsthatthemajorityview of uary2020,inquiryvolumes have gold, andpersonal loan through to have apleasantfestiveseason.” the growth rate in retail/personal cial flightshavebeen permitted of whichairlinecarriespassengers revenue shortfalldue to pan- therulingpartyattheCentreis startedtorecoverfromtheir tro- YONO app. It has alsooffered the “Consumers have held back loan segment contracted to 10.6 under air-bubble arrangements, entering Germany.Germanair- demic and GSTimplementa- being adoptedasthe choice ughsinAprilandMay2020,andin lowest interestratestarting from on purchases during the lock- per cent. In absolute terms, it has whichIndia entered intowith 16 lines and their passengers must tion, and the entirecompen- forall,evenastheopposition- JulyandAugust2020were similar 7.5per cent to customers opting down and thereisalot of pent up increasedfromRs25.3lakh crore countries,including Germany. alsocomplywiththeregulations.” sation shortfall needs to be ruledstateshavestillnotopted to levelsseenduringthesamepe- forcar loan and100 percenton- demand thathas built up in the on July31, 2020 to Rs 25.4 lakh Asenior Indian government Full report on compensated.Itislikelyto forthe borrowingoptions. riod in 2018,” credit information road finance on select models. system,” said ParagRao,country croreonAugust28, 2020. official said one of the main rea- www.indianexpress.com submit the viewcoercion to Punjabhasaskedforactivation makethe states acceptone of of the disputeresolution the twoborrowing options is mechanism, stated in Article Irdai panel the lowest point in Centre- 279ofthe Constitution, while Ink used for stamping statefiscal relations. The state Chhattisgarhhas been of the ‘Regional rural banksincur Shareofvariousasset suggests broad is likelytosubmit and also viewthat GST-related deci- asofendMarch2020: passengers at Delhi raisetheissueofstates’limited sions should be takenbycon- netloss of `2,206crinFY20’ 89.6%:Standard framework to borrowingcapacityto bearthe sensus and notmajority. assets full burden of borrowing to The Centre’s estimates Regional rural banks(RRBs) as agroup reported netloss of Airportraisesred flag `2,206 crorein2019-20, as againsta`652-crorenet loss in 3.6%: Sub-standard insure drones meetthe compensation defi- have peggedtheGSTcompen- assets: cit,thatatpresentisindepend- sationrequirement at around FY19, datauploaded on theENSURE portal of Nabardshowed this. Ahavespoken to CMD AAI”. ent of GSTcompensation. Rs3lakhcrorethisyear,while 6.5%: Doubtful assets ENSECONOMICBUREAU When reachedout to,an PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA Kerala is of the viewthat thecesscollectionisexpected `2,203 cr: Profit earned by 26 `4,409 cr: Loss incurred by 0.3%: Loss assets NEWDELHI,OCTOBER4 Airports AuthorityofIndia (AAI) NEWDELHI,OCTOBER4 theoptionsofferedto statesfor to be around Rs 65,000 crore RRBs during FY20 19 RRBs last financial year spokesperson directed the mat- borrowing infringeupon the —anestimatedcompensation RED-FLAGSHAVEbeenraised tertoDelhi International Airport AWORKINGgroup setupbyreg- principleof compensationde- shortfall of Rs 2.35lakh crore 10.4%: Gross non-performing Why it is important: Despite over the qualityofink being used Ltd (DIAL), which saidthatthe re- ulator Irdai has recommendeda finedinthelaw. KeralaFinance (assuming a10per cent rev- assets (GNPAs) as a losses mounting last fiscal, at Delhi Airport forstampingof sponsibilityofstampingpassen- broadpolicyframework andpro- MinisterThomasIsaac plans enue growth over lastyear). percentage of gross loans RRBs, at aggregated level, passengers. Sunday, Congress gers upon arrivallies with the cedurefor providing insurance to raisetheissueto clarifywh- In the previous GSTcoun- outstandingofRRBs as on achieved agrowthof8.6 per leader Madhu Goud Yakshi stateauthorities -inthis case the covertothe drone industry and ether interestwill be paidfor cilmeetingheld onAugust27, March31, 2020, fallingfrom cent in their business in FY20 postedapictureofhis hand on Delhigovernment. also suggestedvarious risksasso- twoyearswhen the compen- the Centrehad proposedtwo 10.8 per cent as on compared to agrowth of 9.5 Twitter with smudged ink from Responding to Yakshi’s tweet, ciated with the useofRemotely sation due to Covid-19would options to the states: to either March31, 2019 per cent in the previous year Source: Nabard/PTI what he said wasastamp put by Delhi Airportsaid: “Wedeeply PilotedAircraftSystems (RPAS). be deferred to year 2022. borrowRs97,000crore (short- authorities upon his arrivalat regret the inconvenience caused. The workinggroup,set up by The incorrect apportion- fallonlyonaccountof GSTim- Delhi Airport. The ink usedfor stamping is a the InsuranceRegulatoryand mentof IntegratedGST(IGST) plementation) from aspecial “Dear @HardeepSPuriJi, can standard indelible ink.We’vere- Development Authority of India andcompensation payments windowfacilitated by the youplease look intothe chemi- portedthe issue to theDelhi State (Irdai)inJuneto recommendsuit- whichweredue to states in ReserveBank of India or the Puri’s comments on ‘problems’ for calbeing usedat Delhi airportfor Authorities…Currently, this able insurance products for 2017-18and2018-19willalso complete shortfall of Rs 2.35 stamping on passengers coming batchofink is being kept aside drones,suggestedvarious proce- beraisedby statesinthemeet- lakh crore(including Rs 1.38 AirAsia ‘unfortunate’: CAPA India from abroad? YesterdayIwas fortesting by thesupplier and dures to befollowedand the doc- ing. Since cesses arekeptout- lakhcrore shortfall due to stamped at @DelhiAirportand further desiredaction. Thank you umentationrequiredintheevent side the divisible pool, the Covid-19 pandemic) fromthe NewDelhi: TermingCivilAviation ChandigarhonSaturday, Purisaid: That maybeindividual specific. this is howmyhands look now,” forhighlighting this issue”. of aclaim. states being givenonly32per market. While 21 states have MinisterHardeep Singh Puri’s “AirAsiakidukaanbandhorahihai But Chandigarh ki connectivityki the National Secretaryand Passengers arriving at air- Among other things, the cent of the Centre’s resources optedfor option 1among the commentsonAirAsia India “un- ... matlab unki parent company koi problem nahi hai.” Spokesperson of the Congress ports arestamped with group in itsreporthas come out againstthe promised 42 per twoborrowingoptions,10op- fortunate”, aviation consultancy mein problems hain.(AirAsiais In response to aquerybyThe Partywrote. In response to his indelible ink as per the quaran- with SpecimenPolicy Wording cent, states likeKeralaare of position-ruledstateshavestill firm CAPA India said that the en- downing itsshutters ... thereare Indian Express, an AirAsia India tweet, Civil Aviation Minister tine rulestoensurethat theyun- (DroneInsurance)whichincludes theviewthattheCentreincor- notmade achoice. tireindustryisunderstress. problemsintheparentcompany). spokesperson said: “Wedecline HardeepSingh Puri said: “Thank dergothe necessaryduration of variousdefinitionsandcoversvar- Speaking to reporters in Theymay be in financial stress ... to comment”. ENS youfor drawing my attention to quarantine. ious aspects. BRIEFLY Sustained spread of As investors oustCEOs of Dhanlaxmi Bank PFRDAto virus poses downside engage and LVB, old privatebanks come under scanner consultancy risk to growth:FinMin forward. Twoother 17.30 per cent ayear Bankhasbeenwitnessingadiffer- sions had to be reviewedand the NewDelhi: The Pension mayhavecrossedthe peak case- GEORGEMATHEW South-basedbanks— ago,andtotaldeposits ent battle, with some high net- bank has already closedmanyof Fund Regulatoryand ENSECONOMICBUREAU load.“Thesustainedspreadof the MUMBAI,OCTOBER4 SouthIndian Bank were pegged at Rs worthinvestorsopposingchanges thosebranches.“Butwe learnthat Development Authority NEWDELHI,OCTOBER4 virus posesadownside risk to and Federal Bank — 21,161 crore. beingbroughtaboutby theboard attemptsare againbeingmadeto (PFRDA) will engageacon- short-term and medium-term THE FUNCTIONING of old gener- have been operating What’s the way ledbyGurbaxani, whoinciden- open morebranches in northern sultancythatwillmakesug- THEECONOMICrecoveryinIndia growth rate.Tocombatthese ationprivate bankshas come un- as board-driven forward?“TheRBIhas tallywas appointedbythe RBI. states while the bank has inade- gestionsfor itsorganisa- has gainedmomentum after risks, the Government hasstrate- der the spotlight with sharehold- bankswithout apro- approvedthatday-to- MAYusuffAli—thepromoter quateinfrastructuretomanage tional structuring as it seeks opening up and aseries of meas- gicallyundertakenvariousimpor- ers of twoprivate sector banks, moter. All these dayaffairsofthebank of Lulu Mall group of Kochiand the business in thoseareas,” to segregatethe National urestakenbythegovernment,but tant structural reformsencom- Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB) and banksare prime willberun by acom- Dubai —who holdsnearly 5per AIBEA Secretary General CH PensionSystem(NPS)Trust. sustainedspread of the virus passingvarioussectors.Thesewill DhanlaxmiBankfiringtheir chief takeover targetsifthe RBIagrees, mittee of directors(CoD) com- cent stake, Gopinathan CK with Venkatachalam said. The move is in line with the posesadownside risk to short- strengthen the fundamentals of executive officersinthe spanofa as takeover or merger of abank is posedofthreeindependentdirec- 9.79 per cent and DHFL group’s If thecentralbankdoesnotef- 2019-20 UnionBudget pro- term andmedium-term growth the economytowards astrong week and the ReserveBankof notpossiblewithouttheapproval tors. This CoD will exercise Kapil Wadhawan(4.99 per cent fectively interveneintheaffairsof posal. PTI rate,the Finance Ministrysaid in and sustainablelong-term India (RBI) taking aclosescrutiny of the central bank. discretionarypowersofMDand stake) arethe topshareholders of this bank now, onceagain it will itsmonthly(September) eco- growth,” the ministry said. of theiroperations. Whilethere CEOinthead-interim,”saidShakti thebank.YusuffAlialsoholdssig- run intoproblems. nomic reviewreport on Sunday. Datafor the 14-dayperiod arenostrongpromotersforthese Lakshmi Vilas Bank Sinha, independent director. nificant stakes in South Indian “Slowly,the peopleand cus- Lloyd’sIndia “With India unlocking by the from September 17-30 suggests banks,aclutchofpowerfulinves- Problems in Chennai-based While Meeta Makhan is the Bank and Federal Bank. tomersof thebankhave regained unveilsrisk day, consequent demandresur- thatIndia mayhavecrossedthe tors arecallingthe shots withthe LVBweresimmering forquite chairperson of the CoD, Shakti In alettertothe RBIGovernor, their confidence about the bank genceispalpableinmanysectors. peakof Covid-19caseload.During stageset foratakeover or merger sometime.“TheRBIhasletthesit- Sinha and Satish Kumar Kalraare theAllIndiaBankEmployeesAss- and anyreversalofthe same coverproducts Economic indicators allude to a this period, the seven-daymov- of these banks, sources said. uation linger at Lakshmi Vilas the othermembers. With liquid- ociation (AIBEA) had said, “In the would be suicidal forthe bank,” steady recovery in almostall sec- ing averageofdailypositive cases On Wednesday, shareholders Bank linger fortoo long. It cannot ity coverage ratio (LCR) of about beginning of this year,the top Venkatachalam said. NewDelhi: Lloyd’s, the wo- tors, with some sectors shooting hassteadily fellfromabout93,000 of Kerala-basedDhanlaxmi Bank afford another accidentinthe fi- 262 per cent as on September 27, managementhaschangedandin Totaldeposits of Dhanlaxmi rld’s biggestreinsurance above their previous-year levels to 83,000 while the seven-day votedagainsttheappointmentof nancialsector afterIL&FS, PMC 2020, againstminimum 100per recent months we areconcerned Bank stood at Rs 10,904.07crore market,has developedpro- aswell.Thisisdespiteheadwinds movingaverageofdailytests rose SunilGurbaxani as managing di- and YesBank,” said Institutional cent required by the RBI, the de- to observethatperhaps the bank as of March 2020. It made anet ductstohelp Indiacompa- of increasing Covidcasesinnon- from about 1,15,000 to 1,24,000. rector and CEO, though the RBI Investor AdvisoryServices India posit-holders, bond-holders, ac- is once again heading in the wr- profit of Rs 6.09 croreand arev- niesofall sizestomitigate metrocities and rural areas and Thepandemichoweverisfarfrom hadapprovedhisappointmentfor Limited (IiAS), an advisoryfirm, count-holders and creditorsare ongdirection.Insteadof consolid- enue of Rs 236.65 crorefor the their exposuretoanumber rising food prices,” it said. In its over.Yet,the declining positivity aperiod of three years from the thatadvisedshareholders to vote well safeguarded, Sinhasaid. ating the gains and further stren- quarterendedJune 2020. Gross of risksinvolving Covid -19 Augustreview, the ministry had rate at theall Indialevel sets the dateoftaking charge.Lastweek, againstthere-electionof directors. The mostrecent mergerpro- gthening the bank,weobserve NPAs fell from Rs 495.84crore as pandemic. Shankar Garigi- notedthat India imposedthe stagetofurtherpushupthe fron- shareholdersof thestrugglingLVB LVBpostedanet loss of Rs posal has come from AION- that effortsare on to changethe on March 31,2019toRs401.22 parthy, countrymanager moststringentlockdownsamong tiersof economicrecovery,itsaid. votedagainsttheappointmentof 112.28croreintheJunequarterof backedClix Capital and discus- business profile whichare bound croreasonMarch 31,2020 and CEO, Lloyd’sIndia arm, thecountriesmostaffectedby the The reviewstatedthat record sevendirectors to itsboard, in- FY21,asagainstalossofRs237.25 sionswiththemarereportedly on. to land the Bank into difficulties.” Accordingto bankunions,the said the firm is developing Covid-19pandemic,resultingina kharif crop production ledtoan cludingthatof SSundarastheMD croreinthe same period lastyear. LVBwas earlier wooedbySREI AIBEA said severalbranches RBI’s role inthe boardofdirectors tailored products and com- sharpcontractionof 23.9percent expansion rural demand, which and CEO, and the promoters KR ItsEPSwas-3.33per cent.Almost Capital. It almostmergedwith were earlier opened in north of Dhanlaxmi Bank should be re- mittingresourcesto helpor- in the GDP growth rate in the isisreflectedinregistrationof two Pradeep and NSaiprasad. onefourthof thebank’sadvances IndiabullsHousing Finance, but Indianstatesandthebankgot into viewed,asotherwisethe central ganisations mitigatetheir April-June quarter. wheelers/threewheelers/passen- Although these bankshave have turned badassets.Its gross the RBI objected to the proposal. problems due to inadequatecon- bank would become answerable exposuretorisk and speed Theeconomicreviewpointed gervehicles along with tractor been in existence forseveral non-performing assets (NPAs) trol and supervision. Hence, the if things go bad. up economic recovery. ENS outrisksfromspread of virus, sales reaching/surpassing previ- decades, theyhavenopromoter stood 25.40 per cent of the ad- Dhanlaxmi Bank situation arose, including in the Fullreport on even thoughitarguedthat India ous year levels in August. groups who can take thesebanks vances as of June 2020,asagainst Thrissur-basedDhanlaxmi viewofthe RBI, and thesedeci- www.indianexpress.com WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 15 SPORT THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,OCTOBER5,2020 BRIEFLY Swiatekpolishes Why have drop shots become Kitataupsets Kipchogetowin offHalepchallenge popular at the French Open? LondonMarathon London:EliudKipchoge’sfour-yearwin- ning run at the London Marathon SHAHIDJUDGE endedSundayasShuraKitataemerged 19-year-old packs off Romanian 6-1,6-2, a year MUMBAI,OCTOBER4 fromtherainandthegloomto become the newchampion. Therewas no up- after losing 6-1,6-0 to her; Trevisan ousts Mertens FORAGrand Slam known forits baseline setinthe women’s race with world slugfests,it’s the delicatedinks over the net recordholderBrigidKosgeiwinningher that have caught the eyeatthe FrenchOpen duel with fellowKenyanRuth ASSOCIATEDPRESS this year.The drop shot–ahigh risk slice –has Chepngetich,theworldchampion,who PARIS,OCTOBER4 become the go-toshottochangethe pace waseventuallypipped forsecond by and setupawinner at the rescheduled SaraHall of the United States.The race, ON ASundayofupsets among the women at Roland Garros. In his firstround match originallyscheduledtoberun in April, theFrenchOpen,revengewasadishservedup againstMikael Ymer,World No 1Novak wasadaptedto19.7 laps of St James’s in an autumnal chill by aPolish teenager.But it Djokovic playedthe drop shot25times. Park rather than the traditional street wasbusiness as usual forthe men, with Rafael Givenyou needaminimum 24 pointstowin route, and wasrestricted to eliterun- Nadalreachinghis14thquarterfinalonthered aset in amatch, that's one setpocketed nersonly, due to the coronavirus pan- clayofParisthat,by now, must runinhisveins. through justthe drops. demic. Kipchoge,the Kenyan who has The 12-time FrenchOpen champion ranupa And it’s no coincidence that the number had notlostamarathon in sevenyears, —excusethepun—practically purrr-fect6-1,6- of attemptsatthe drop shothas increased droppedoff the pace around the 22- 1, 6-2victoryagainstaplayerwhoidolizeshim per match,asafairfew factors have aidedthe mile mark. The 35-year-old world so much that he namedhis cat “Rafa.” temptation of playing the deceptive shot. recordholderhadnoanswerasaseven- “All of ourgeneration, we tryveryhardto strong lead group edgedawayfrom be passionate,” Nadal said afterseeing off What is adropshotand whyisithigh-risk? him, and he endedupfinishing down Sebastian Korda, a20-year-oldqualifier who IgaSwiatek turnedthe tableson It is aslicedshotoff either side (forehand in eighth. hassethissightsonwinningatleasttwo Grand Simona Halep. Reuters or backhand) that is played withbackspin In his firstround matchagainstMikael Ymer,Novak Djokovic playedthe drop Slam titles, one morethanhis dad, 1998 and sometimes sidespin. The shotisin- shot25times. Reuters Federer,Serena Australian Open champion PetrKorda. tendedtobounce close to thenet on the op- confirmedforOzOpen “If that’s agood inspiration forthe young the FrenchOpen’s second week has already ponent’s half and die down inside the serv- generation,that’s good,” addedthe winnerof been one of newfaces. Halep and Bertens had ice line. The reason this becomes high risk is should have played. But Ithinkitworked but it’s hardtotell because the conditionsare Melbourne: RogerFederer and Serena 19 majortitleswho has yettodropaset in his beenamongjustsixseededwomenwhomade that the shotneeds to have alow netclear- well in the momentswhenIneededtoget alot different thanwhat it would have been Williams have confirmedtheywill pursuit of arecord-tying20th. Ayoung gener- the last16. And sixth-seededSerena Williams’ ance,whichmeansthat thereisachance it the point Idid.” likeinthe spring. We’vehad tons of rain, so take partinthe 2021Australian Open, ationismakingits markatthis FrenchOpen pursuitof arecord-tying24thmajortitleended maycrash intothe net. At the same time, if the clayisreallyclumpyand slowbecauseof with the year’s firstGrand Slam in pushedbackbythe coronavirus from itsusual withanAchillesinjuryafterherfirst-roundwin. the shotisover-hit slightly, it gifts the oppo- Is the drop shotraretothe FrenchOpen? the moisture.” Melbourne expected to allowfans to May-Junespot,especiallyinthewomen’sdraw. “Atthis levelnobody surprisesanybody any- nent aharmlessshort ballperfectly in the Drop shotscan be playedonany sur- Due to the conditions, the claytendsto fill up to 50% of seats,Tennis Australia Againsttheplayerwhohumbledher6-1,6- more,” said Halep.“Everyone has abig level.” slotthatcan be easily put away forawinner. face. But on clay courts it can be aclever sticktothe ball whenitbounces, making the (TA) boss CraigTileysaid on Sunday. 0atthe same stagelastyear,19-year-old Iga The 159th-ranked Trevisantossedher It also needs to be playedatthe right time, tactictouse. The natureofclaycourtsis ball heavier.Asaresult, aplayerwould need “Thereturn of fans will markabig Swiatek(Shwee-on-tek) turnedthe tables on racketindelightaftersealinghervictorywitha when the opponentisdeepbehind that the ball slows down andsitsup to generatemorepower to play ashotfrom changefor Melbourne, whichhas been top-seededSimona Halep, sending the 2018 backhandlobfromthebaselinethatherDutch the baseline. Otherwise thereisa afterthe bounce, meaning players the baseline. Forthat power, youneedalit- under astrict coronavirus lockdown champion packing 6-1,6-2 with powerful foe, who’d been servingtostayinthe match, chance the opponent will reachthe can retrieveshots easily and results tle moretime to load intoashot, and so fornearly three months. The stateof groundstrokes and exquisitenet playtoad- couldonlywatch asitsoaredoverherheadand ballintimeto playaneffective return. in longerrallies at the baseline.Clay there’s aslight push further behind the base- Victoria, of whichMelbourne is the vance to her firstGrand Slam quarterfinal. ploppedin.Trevisandidn’tseetheballlandbut courtspecialists particularly tend to line in order to getthe precioussplit-second. capital, accountsfor 90% of Australia’s Halep,whoalsoliftedthetitleatWimbledon Bertens’ reaction told her the matchwas won. Whydoes it work well hug the baseline and shyawayfrom At thesame time though, moving backwards 894COVID-19-relateddeaths. Federer lastyear,nevergotintoherstrideundertheroof “Isawthefaceof Bertensthatwasalittlebitsad, tactically? coming toward the net. makes it that muchmoredifficult to spring reachedthe semi-finals of this year’s on CourtPhilippe Chatrier and wasunableto so Isaid, ‘Yeah, it is in,’” she said. “Thereason(Djokovichasattempteddrop Hence, playing adropshotbreaksthe forwardtoretrieve adropshotwhen sud- Australian Open but the 20-times exertany pressureonthenow-confidentyoung- Trevisan droppedtennis forabout 41/2 shotssooften) is he hits (at allnormal times) rhythm, shortens arally,and drawsanoppo- denlysummoned. Grand Slam winnerhas missedthe ster who wilted with nerves in their fourth- yearsfromlate2009toearly 2014,andrecently with great depth and pace,” explains former nent forwardand out of theircomfortzone. rest of theseason afterundergoing a roundmeetinglastyearthatwasoverinjust45 wroteinablogpostthat she haddealt with doubles WorldNo1MarkKnowles, athree- “It’s agreat changeofpace because these Has there been an increaseinthe secondprocedure on his right knee. minutes. Swiatek usedthat defeat as fuel. anorexia afterher father,aformer professional timemen’s doubles Grand Slam champion guyshit with great power,”Knowles says. amount of clayused? “Ahugelesson,”shesaid.“IknewthatIcan, soccer player, battledmedical problems. whoiscurrentlyinParisoncommentary-duty. “Anyway,alot of players todaystruggle with The claycourtsatthe FrenchOpenare like,playdifferentlyand Ican finally showmy Swiatek,the onlyteenager who reachedthe “If you’re pushingyour opponentdeepand the north-south (up and down) movement – coveredwith twomillimetres of redbrick Weathertakesatoll besttennis.”Haleplastedjust23minuteslonger fourthround,andTrevisan,oneoftwo qualifiers realising that they’recontinuing to retreatfur- coming forwardsooner in the rallythanthey dust(clay). This year however, due to the onShubankar this time. She neverhad abreak point against who got that far, willnow playeachother in therand further behind the baseline, it’san ef- would have liked. It’s areallygood strategy to dampconditions with the rain, ground-staff her opponent who racked up 14 againsther, what will be afirstGrand Slam quarterfinal for fective shottouse then. If youthink howhard employ.”Dropshots arenot alien to the have to add moreclaytonegatethe mois- NorthBerwick: Battling the “most breakinghertwiceineachset andkeepingher them both. Novakhitsitonbothwings, mostplayers want FrenchOpen,but this year conditions have ture. Moreclayaddedmeans agreater challenging conditions” that he has serveunder near-constant stress. to give themselvesalittle moreroomtocoun- promotedtheir use. amount of cushioning on the surface. playedin, Indian golfer Shubhankar “Shewaseverywhere,”saidHalep,whohad Sinner sails intolasteight teract, so theymoveback.And then if youplay And the greater the cushioningresultsin Sharma struggled to afive-over76 been on acareer-bestwinning streak of 17 Italian teenager JannikSinner neverlosthis the drop shot, it’s very effective.” Howare the conditions helping the drop theheavier ballstaying lowonthe bounce – that lefthim tied47thafter the matches. “I will have achocolateand Iwill be coolashebecamethefirstdebutanttoreachthe Djokovic himself, afterthe match, as- shot? ideal forthe drop shot. “I think in thesecon- thirdround of the rain-hit ASI bettertomorrow.”Addingtoasensethatwinds FrenchOpen quarter-finals since Rafael Nadal sertedthat the shot is great to use tactically The FrenchOpen is normally held in the ditions the ball is bouncing super low, so it’s ScottishOpen here. Sharma wasgo- of changeare blowing across women’s tennis, in 2005 with a6-3 6-3 4-6 6-3 victoryagainsta as asurprise kill.“Ithink it's agreat variety spring,inthe May-June window.Due to the even tougher to getitback,”said 2017 French ing along fine till midway through Italian qualifier Martina Trevisan oustedfifth- feverish Alexander Zverev on Sunday. shot,” Djokovic said afterbeating Ymer.“I Coronavirus pandemic though, the French Open champion Jelena Ostapenkoafter her the back-nineashewas even par seededKikiBertensmomentslater,winning6- The 19-year-old, who will also be the thinkit'simportant tacticallytohaveitand Tennis Federation (FFT) decided to resched- win over second seed KarolinaPliskova in through 12 holeswiththree birdies 4, 6-4 on CourtSuzanne Lenglen. With three youngestmale playersince NovakDjokovic in to use it at the righttime so that youcan ule it to lastweek of September,inautumn. the second round. and three bogeys, but then the Roland Garrosdebutants—Trevisan, 2006tofeatureinthelasteightatRolandGarros, keep your opponent alwaysguessing what “The conditions arereallyheavy,” “(The drop shotis) useful becausethe weather changed dramatically. ArgentinianqualifierNadiaPodoroskaandPaula willface 12-timeschampion Nadal foraplace the next shotis. Imay have playedtoo many Knowles says.“Therehas been some discus- bounce is muchlower because it’s much AP, PTI Badosa of Spain —playinginthe fourth round, in thesemi-finals. today, Iagree.Maybe IexceededwhatI sion that the ballsare abit heavier this year, colderthis year.”

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FER DUF UL, CUPF Y, SIXT IVIED, SOLUTION: WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 16 SPORT THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,OCTOBER5,2020 Spurs pump in six goals The 80s show against 10-man United Veterans Watson (83*) and du Plessis (87*) powerChennai to 10 wicket-win over Punjab REUTERS/AP SYNOPSIS MANCHESTER,OCTOBER4 CSK thrive on changed approach. Ashambolic ManchesterUnited suffereda KXIP lose the plot. club record-equalling defeat in the Premier League eraastheycrashedtoa6-1 loss at home to Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday. Son Heung-min and Harry Kane each SHAMIKCHAKRABARTY scored twice forSpurs while United’s OCTOBER4 AnthonyMartial wassent offinthe 28th minuteasJose Mourinho celebrated astun- CHENNAISUPERKingstop-ordersprangtolife, ning victoryonhis return to the club which allowing the team to getbacktowinning ways sackedhim 22 months ago. afterthree consecutive losses. Kings XI Punjab Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side had takena putonadecenttotal—178wasn’tabadeffortat second-minutelead through aBruno theDubaiStadiumwithlongerboundaries.But Fernandes penalty but Spurs responded Shane Watson and FafduPlessis made short quickly, taking advantageofsome awful Son Heung-min’s brace sawSpurs lead workof atoughishchasetosecureanemphatic United defending as Tanguy Ndombele and 4-1 at the end of firsthalf. 10-wicket victory. Son put them 2-0 ahead. United went down to 10 men afterMartial wassent offfollow- CSK’s changed approach ing aclash with Erik Lamela at acorner and Juventus-Napoli matchtomorrowat20:45, In their previous four matches, CSK’s starts then Harry Kane made it 3-1. as foreseen by the Serie ALeague calendar,” hadbeendodgyandcircumspect.DuPlessishad Son addedhis second shortlybeforethe read astatement by Juventus on itswebsite been playing lone ranger while acautious ap- Shane Watson (left) and FafduPlessis put on the highestpartnership forCSK in IPL history. BCCI break as United concededfour goals in the and social media channels. proachwasn’tservingWatsonwell.OnSunday, firsthalf of aleague game forthe firsttime Napoli midfielder Eljif Elmas tested pos- theAussiewentonattackmodeintheveryfirst since 1957 —also to Spurs. Serge Aurier made itive forCOVID-19onSaturday, justaday af- overwithback-to-backboundariesoffSheldon it 5-1 in the 51st minutebeforeKane com- terteammatePiotr Zielinski and asquad staff Cottrell;elementaryforhimto regainhisconfi- pletedthe rout from the penalty spot. member tested positive.Therehas been con- dence. In Cottrell’s next over,Watson strode Mumbai pick up steam with win over Hyderabad United also lost6-1 to ManchesterCity in stant testing at the club afterNapoli played down the pitchand hit agood length ball over October,2011. Genoa lastweekend. Morethan 20 Genoa covers foranother four.CSK racedto60/0, their mastery.Justsix of de Kock's 67 runs came target seemedaways defendable, despitea players and staffmembers have tested pos- bestPowerplayscoreinthisIPLyet.Top-orderis SYNOPSIS through the off-side: all of them singles, spirited half-centurybyDavid Warner. Napoli will nottraveltoJuventus itive.Genoa’s matchatTorino on Saturday CSK’s strength, forsaveSam Curran’s exuber- de Kock’s leg-side brilliance, mostlyatap or anudge. Napoli could be forced to forfeit itsSerie A had already been postponed. ancetheydon’thavemuchfirepowerattheback Boult’s slower-ball mastery propel When the line is outside the off-stumpor Slowand slippery, Boult matchatJuventus. Defending champion Juventus has reportedthat twostaff end of the innings. Dhoni is yettoregain his Mumbai. thereaboutsand the length shortofshortof Midway through their chase, Sunrisers Juventus issuedastatement Saturdaysaying members have coronavirus but that “these mojo. Du Plessis maintainedhis habit of scor- length, he targetsthe arcbetween long-on were in with asniff, moresowith Warner itsplayers will go ontothe field forthe game areneither players nor members of the tech- ing half-centuries (87*) —his thirdinfive and mid-wicket.When the bowler wavers scratching his waybackintoform. After12 againstNapoli despiteits opponentsreport- nical or medical staff.” matches. Together he and Watson (83*) added SANDIPG to the leg-side, he movesacross and clips or overs, theywere115/2, requiring another 94 edly being bannedfromtraveling because of arecord181 runsinanunbrokenopeningstand. OCTOBER4 glides the ball behind the fine-leg. To the runs from 48 balls. Jasprit Bumrah had fin- coronavirus cases. Real gets Courtois helping hand spinners, he sinksonhis knees and sledge- ishedasecond over that concededjustsix. Serie A’s governing body also said on Goals from Vinicius Jr.and Karim KXIP lose the plot WHEN THE stars align, Mumbai Indians be- hammers it over their heads. Holding his spearhead backfor the death Saturdaynight that the matchwas still Benzema plus some topclass savesfrom The conditions offeredverylittle assistance comeanindestructible forceastheywere Thereisadisdainful grace and alaugh- overs, Rohit Sharma rang in Trent Boult. scheduledtogoahead the following evening. Thibaut Courtois gave Real Madrid a2-0 win to the bowlers. Once again, KL Rahul and when theythrashedSunrisers Hyderabad able lightness about de Kock's stroke-mak- With his second delivery,Boult nailed This could forceNapoli to forfeit the at LevanteonSundayfor athirdconsecutive Mayank Agarwalhad agood opening stand. by 34 runs. Forthe thirdtime in five ing, traitsthat have inspired comparisons compatriotKane Williamson with an inch- match3-0. TwoNapoli players have tested La Ligavictory. Rahulwentontoscoreahalf-century, albeithis matches, theypostedmorethan 200runs, with Aussie great Adam Gilchrist. perfect slower-ball bouncer angledacross positive forCOVID-19and Italian media re- Brazilian forwardVinicius, Madrid’s slowestinthisIPL.ButNicholasPooran’spower- and unlikeagainstRoyal Challengers Notjustintheir smouldering brilliance, him that he couldn’t but nickbacktothe portedthat local health authorities prohib- match-winnerinWednesday’s 1-0 win over hitting and Sarfaraz Khan’s cheeky innovation Bangalore, their bowlers put on atidy show but the devil-may-careattitude and the ‘keeper.That wasthe Kiwi pacer's second vi- ited the team from traveling on Saturdayand Real Valladolid, also gave his side the lead at notwithstanding, Kings XI failedtotakethe to defend the score. lightness theycarry in shouldering the dou- talstrikeofthe day; the firstwas when he ordered the team and stafftoself-isolate. Levante, controlling aloose ball inside the gameawayfromtheiropponentsbecausethey ble burden of opening the innings and deceivedthe rampaging JonnyBairstowwith Sunday’s matchinTurin has notbeen area and taking his time to curlintothe far lostwicketsatcrucial moments, losing the plot Leg-side brilliance keeping the stumps, even in the exhaustive awide slowerdelivery that he dragged to officiallypostponedand the Italian league's corner in the 16th minute. intheprocess.ShardulThakurdismissedPooran Left-handershaveoff-side divinity thrust heat of the Emirates. And of course, their Hardik in the deep. protocol forCOVID cases is the same as Real missedchances to extend their lead and Rahul in consecutive deliveries in the 18th upon them, but some likeQuinton de Kock leg-side mastery. BRIEF SCORES: Mumbai Indians 208/5 (de UEFArules. If ateam has 13 available play- but in the end had to rely on another excep- over.That turnedout to be the game-changer. areleg-side bullies. As with severalofhis His firsthalf-centuryofthe season’s IPL Kock 67,Krunal Pandya20, Rashid Khan 1- ers, including at leastone goalkeeper,the tional performance from goalkeeper BRIEF SCORES: CSK 181/0 (Shane Watson 83 knocks,the 67 off39deliveries that rocket- setthe stagefor Pandyabrothers and Kieron 22) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 174/7 (David game can go ahead. Courtois to see out the victory, before notout, FafduPlessis 87 notout) beat Kings fuelledMumbai Indians to the imposing to- Pollard, who plundered 59 runs in the last Warner 60, Trent Boult 2-28, James “Juventus Football Club announces that Benzema addedtheir second goal deep in XI Punjab 178/4 (KL Rahul 63) by 10 wickets. talof208 for5,was all about his leg-side four overs. With their bowling ammo, the Pattinson 2-29) by 34 runs. the FirstTeam will take to the field forthe addedtime on the break.

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