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Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to “The tunnel is 15-20 ft deep Cement bags with Pakmarkings found in tunnel: Police. ANI help them tackle the spread of GUJARAT and nearly 150mlong...It origi- the disease. 12,146 nates from inside Pakistan...It While freshcases of coron- 13,285 wasusedbythe four Jaish-e- available with us lead to this Samba early Thursdayand avirus infections continue to de- Mohammadmilitantswho were point only.Itappears to be a boardedatrucktoKashmir,were cline —orremain stagnant —in MADHYAPRADESH killedrecently,” said J&K Police fresh tunnel, but mayhavebeen interceptedhours later and the worst-affected states of 7,736 DGP Dilbagh Singh aftervisiting usedbymilitantsearlier also,’’ killedbysecurity forces duringa Maharashtra, Karnataka and the siteSundayalongwith BSF DGP Singh said, adding that ce- three-hour encounter. 11,192 AndhraPradesh, on the other IG (Jammu Frontiers) NSJamwal ment bags with Pakistani mark- DGP Singh said the tunnel hand, Haryana, Punjab, PUNJAB and other senior officers. ings were found inside. showedsigns of “proper Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya 4,827 “All the technical evidence The militants, who entered CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Pradesh and even Himachal 6,561 Pradesh have been seeing asig- nificant rise in active cases. HARYANA BUSINESSASUSUAL Lawyer making debut, Uttar Pradesh is the onlyone AmarketinJaipur on Sunday. Night curfew has been imposedinparts of Rajasthan. Rohit Jain Paras 15,713 in the top10stateswith highest BY UNNY caseloads to have seen an in- 20,325 crease in itsactive cases in the number of newcases everyday, In absolute terms, Haryana, cases than Maharashtra, or some HIMACHAL PRADESH veteran bracing for lasttwo weeks, and that tooonly even these twoseem have left Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat, other top10states, but it is much 4,222 anominal rise of less than 500. their peaksbehind, and arenow Madhya Pradesh and even morethan what theywerere- While Delhi and Kerala con- witnessing adecline in their ac- Himachal Pradesh arestill re- porting earlier. 7,102 fight in J&K poll fray tinue to report the maximum tive cases. porting farlesser number of CONTINUEDONPAGE2 NAVEEDIQBAL& BASHAARATMASOOD Azad underlines again: KERALA: JAIL TERM FOR SOCIAL MEDIA POST SRINAGAR,NOVEMBER22 Unease in CPM over AN ADVOCATE, aformer jour- Congressneeds revamp, nalist, abusinessman, and aca- ordinance, BJP and Cong reer politician areamong the THE EDITORIAL PAGE candidates forthe upcoming leaders have no connect DistrictDevelopmentCouncil call it bid to gag free speech STUBBLEBURNING: polls. The first-everelections to Clockwise the DDCs areset to begin on from left: MANOJCG ED PAYINGFORPOISON November 28 and will be con- Bukhari, NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER22 Noclear SHAJUPHILIP THE EDITORIAL PAGE BY JESSICA SEDDON ducted in eight phases through Panditpuri, PLAIN E &MANOJCG &ASHOK GULATI December 19. Nasir Lone ● roadmap THE TURMOIL in the Congress EX THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, IRONFIST, PAGE 8 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 that resurfacedafter the party’s NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER22 VELVETGLOVE poor performance in the Bihar THE LETTER by 23 leaders Ordinance violates elections and bypolls is showing to Congress president IN THE face of widespread criti- Constitution, arms police no signs of abating. On Sunday, Sonia Gandhi seeking to cism and outrageoverthe Kerala with a chilling new weapon Ghulam Nabi Azad, one of the 23 forcereforms and ac- government move to amend the PAGE 8 senior leaders who wrotethe countabilityinthe party, lawtomandateajail term for EXPERT unprecedentedlettertoSonia and the lack of acogent re- any“offensive”social media EXPLAINS Gandhi demandingsweeping sponse from the leader- post, Chief MinisterPinarayi Minister's clarification came af- changes in the party,said the ship, have onlyserved to Vijayanclaimeditwould notbe terintervention by the CPM cen- Dr Gagandeep Kang Congress'sorganisational“sys- makethe Congress appear usedagainst“free speech” or tral leadership.“Thereisconsid- FromTheIndianExpresspanel temhas collapsed” and itsposi- weaker vis avis asurging “impartial journalism”. erable outrage...It becomes of specialists,exclusive insight tion will notimprove unless re- BJP.The party has been Few were buying this, with difficult to defend suchanordi- forms arecarriedout. running around in circles Opposition parties slamming the nance,” aPolitburo member said. Talking to The Indian Express, forthe pastsix yearswith CPM-led rulingLDF forthe The CPI, aconstituent of the WHEREAREWEIN Azad, leader of the Opposition in no roadmap to reconnect “harsh and draconian” move to LDF in Kerala, is upset, too. A RajyaSabha, said the situation of withthe people. “gag the media”. Sources in party leader said Vijayanshould VACCINEHUNT? CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Vijayan's ownparty said the Chief CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Whatdothevaccinetrial findingsmean?What doesIndianeedforamass BCCI’s IPL card:revenue Rs 4,000 cr, vaccinationexercise? EXPLAINED TV viewership up, 30,000 Covid tests PAGE 10 PCR Covidtests were conducted ing tournament since the Covid DEVENDRAPANDEY foratotal of 1,800individuals outbreak startedspreading EXPRESS NETWORK MUMBAI,NOVEMBER22 without anyofthe 60 matches acrossthe globe in February. being affected by the pandemic. Dhumal, however, didnot HIMANTA BISWA 2KILLED,8INJURED THE INDIANcricket board earned This, according to BCCI discuss the breakup of revenue SARMA “Rs 4,000crore” in revenue from Treasurer Arun Dhumal, is the re- or viewership forthe tourna- INGASLEAKIN ASSAM MINISTER OF theIPLin the UAE, TVviewership portcardatthe end of the high- ment that washeld without FINANCE, HEALTH SUGARFACTORY was“about25 percentmorethan profile T20 league. This year's IPL spectators in the stands due to PAGE 11 PAGE 7 lastyear”, and over 30,000 RT- wasalso India's firstmajor sport- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 His 3-yr search formissing wifeprompts HC alarm &ahuman traffickingprobe in Shirdi

PAGE1 Dwarka and Nageshwar apink saree, has notbeenseen ANCHOR Jyotirling temples in Gujarat. We since. could nothavetravelledsucha And now, Soni’s relentless ef- longdistance in the unreserved fortstofind her have prompted compartment with our twochil- the Aurangabad Benchofthe MAYURAJANWALKAR dren. That’s when my wifeand I BombayHigh Courttoask MUMBAI,NOVEMBER22 decidedtocatchabus to Shirdi Maharashtra’s toppolice officer from Ahmedabad,” said Soni, 42. to probesimilar disappearances IT WASa15-dayholidayManoj On August10, the family reportedfromthe famous tem- Soni had plannedfor his family from Indorevisited the famous ple town andinvestigatethe an- in August2017, and visiting Saibaba temple. “While the chil- gleofhumantrafficking. Shirdi wasnot apartofthat. But dren were enjoying the rides at a On October 29, taking note of then, the dateonthe train tick- fair,mywifewanted to take a aplea by Soni that he had run etshebooked from Ahmedabad look at the shopsnearby. Ifelt from pillar to postfor three years to Vaishnodevi wasJuly9,in- she should go without the kids and found the police “leastcoop- stead of amonth later. From the familyalbum: ManojSoni and his wife. Deepti, a or theywould demand alot of erative”, the Benchexpressed “I realisedthis on August9af- nursing assistant, went missing from ShirdionAug 10,2017 things,”said Soni. dissatisfaction over the actionof terwehad visited Somnath, His wifeDeepti (38),wearing CONTINUEDONPAGE2 WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 2 THE SECOND PAGE THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,NOVEMBER23,2020

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Azad says it is nottrue thatthe leadership is the Benchhad observed. Mehbooba Mufti government as notlistening. We had made five Soni marriedDeepti, anurs- media advisor in 2016,hewas a the Congress is “notgood” but demands –afull-time president States with fewer cases see Covidspurt ing assistant, on February27, journalistfor 14 years, working arguedthat “making it good is in and election should be immedi- 2009.“It wasanarrangedmar- largely fortelevisionmedia. our hands”. He admitted that atelyheld forthat and an elected Accordingly,the Health at 10.17lakhonSeptember 19, 35,000,has been detectingan lasttwo weeks. riagebut no lessthan alovemar- Forhim, this electionisabout “our leaders have lostconnec- (Congress)Working Committee. Ministryhas sent teams to andhascomedowntoabout4.4 averageofabout650casesevery While thisisthe firstmajor riage. We understood eachother the largerquestions surrounding tion withpeople on the ground.” Both have been agreedupon. Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and lakh now. But twoofthe last dayfor the lasttwo weeks. spurtincases in Himachal so well. She wasmild-mannered J&K’s politics as well as the issue The onlysolutionfor the Even Rahul Gandhi and Mrs Himachal Pradesh. Afew days three days hasseenasmall rise Beforethis month, it had never Pradesh, states such as Gujarat, and Iloved her dearly,” he said. of governance.“DDCsaregoingto party’s revival, he said, is organ- Gandhi wanted it to be held in ago, similar teams were sent to in active cases, thankstothe reportedmorethan460casesin RajasthanandMadhya Pradesh Over the lastthree years, Soni be awhole newsystemofgover- isational election from booth- October only. But because of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Haryana surge thatisbeingseeninsome aday.OnSaturday,the state areexperiencingasecondwave says he hasbeen to Pune aftera nance in J&K and would have a levelupwards. Covid,itwas notpossible... The and Chhattisgarhaswell. of the states. found as manyas915 fresh of infections. These states were stranger said he mayhavespot- keyroleinfuturepolicy forma- Hesaidthepandemichas“de- real strengthening of the party Nationally, coronaviruscases The biggest riseinactive cases.The active cases in the amongthehighestcontributors tedhiswifeattherailway station, tion. That said, we do notwant railed”attemptstoreformtheor- will come whenelections will be aregrowingatadailyrateof0.45 cases in the lasttwo weekshas statehavemorethandoubled, afew months ago, and also fig- scannedhours of CCTVfootage thisspaceto betakenawaybythe ganisation but argued“as and held forblock, district and state percent.Amongstthetenstates comeinRajasthan–anincrease from about 3,000to over 7,000, ured in the topfivestateswith withthehelpof police,visitedthe BJP or itsproxies and we willdo when we have aclear window”, committees…theleadershiphas withmaximumcaseloads,only of morethan 5,600--followed since the startofthis month. maximum caseloads. red-lightareawith alumpinhis our best to counter their divisive the leadership should push re- notsaidthattheywillnotdothat.” three –Delhi, Kerala and West by Haryana, MP and Himachal. Haryana also reportedits Part of the reason forthe throat,cometo Kalyantwiceona agenda,” he said. forms to strengthen the party. “Wewould have gone the Bengal -- arecurrentlygrowing In fact, on Saturday, Rajasthan highesteversingle-dayrisethis surgeinthesestatescouldbeat- tip from atantrik,and even DR ANEESAGULL(BJP), “The defeat in Bihar and the whole hog and said do it tomor- faster thanthe national rate.On reportedmorethan3,000 new Friday, detecting over 3,000 tributedtolow adherence of alertedShirdipoliceaboutagroup CHADOORA by-electionsisamatter of great rowonly…but Iamnot surehow theotherhand,14 of thenext20 cases in aday forthe firsttime, casesforthefirsttime.Herealso, physicaldistancingnormsdur- from Kopargaon known forkid- Adoctorateinsociology,Gull concernfortheparty.Andforthis, long Covid is going to continue.” states have growth ratesfaster and on Sunday, even higher the active cases have almost ingthefestivalseason,especially napping people. comes from the backward Idon’tblamethenationalleader- WhenpointedoutthattheBJP than the nationalgrowth. numberof cases,3,260,were re- doubledinthe lastone month. sinceitcame afteraprolonged Buthewasonlymet withdis- Chopan community of Central ship.We willnot improveourpo- topleadership has been carrying Active cases in the country portedfromthe state. Infact,Haryanahasbeenamong phaseof relative stability,which appointment. Kashmir.Asenior leader of the sitioninany stateunless we have out party activities even in the have beenfallingsteadilyforthe Similarly,HimachalPradesh, the five states with the highest couldhavegivenriseto compla- Soni takesapause before BJP’sOBCMorchainKashmirand the block-level, district-leveland midstofthe pandemic, he said, lasttwo months. It had peaked whosetotalcaseloadislessthan contributionofnew casesinthe cency amongstthe public. speaking about the insinuation an executive member of its PCC-levelelections, whichhas “Theyhavespecial aircraft.That that Deepti mayhavehad an ex- Mahila Morcha, Gull startedher been ourdemand from Day1.By luxurywedon’thave.” tramarital affair and leftofher politicalcareerwiththeCongress demandingthis,we arestrength- Asked about Congress presi- Tunnel used by 4Jaish men killed in Nagrota found ownaccord. “I have examined before switching sidestoBJP in eningthehandsof theleadership dent Sonia Gandhi and son thatangle,too.Ithoughtif people, 2014.Her father Ghulam and the party,” he said. Rahul’s Goa trip, he said, “Going engineeringwork”, with its to denyitsroleinterroractivities telephones, wireless sets,eata- back,’’ he said. includingsomepoliceofficers,say MohammadChopanwastheBJP Azad's comments comeafter to Goa is notforbidden. Goa is a openingontheIndiansiderein- in J&K, stands exposed. Right bles and even the clothes had Police have recovered11AK thatitispossibleIshouldfindout candidatefor the 2014 Assembly hispartycolleagueKapilSibalsaid partofIndia... If the leader is go- forced with sand bags with from the time the four slain Paskistani markings on them. assaultrifles, 24 magazines and more.Ihaveinquiredwithpeople polls while hersister-in-lawisa thattheCongress’spoorshowing ingforthree-fourdays holiday, the Pakistani markings, and care- Jaish-e-Mohammad militants Now, thecement bags usedin 7.5kgofRDX along with 20 mof we knowbuthave foundnothing BJP sarpanch. "Myaim is to uplift in the recent Bihar elections and worlddoes notstop... If we have fullyconcealed behind thick infiltratedintoJ&Kto theirkilling the tunnel toohavePakistani IED wireand six detonators. to suggestthat.EvenifIhad the the people of my community," bypollsunderlinedthatpeopleno the elected system at everylevel bushesand coveredwithsoil. inanencounteratBanTollPlaza, markings. Cement bags with Recoveries include one Under slightest doubt, would Icontinue she says. longersaw the partyasan“effec- inplace…thenitisnotimportant On theother side of the tun- allthe available technical evi- similarPakistanimarkingswere BarrelGrenade Launcher,29 lookingfor her?” ULFAT MUSHTAQ(PEOPLE’S tive alternative”andthatthelead- howmuchtime the topleader- nel's location arethree Pakistan dence strongly pointstowards found in another tunnel that grenades, five rifle grenades, While Soni is mostlyaway CONFERENCE) RAMHAL ership wasnot addressing the ship spendsinthe states or in of- border outposts,hesaid. Pakistan,’’ DGP Singh said. wasdetected in the Bengalad threepistolswithsixmagazines, searching forDeepti, or taking up The 29-year-old advocate party's problems. fice or outside.” “Pakistan,whichalways tries “All the gadgets, medicines, area of Samba sectorsometime awireless setand aGPS. driving jobsfor afew days in fromNorthKashmir,whoisfight- Azad hit out at the “five-star Earlier in the day, former Madhya Pradesh,Maharashtraor ingherdebutelection,isstanding culture” in the party during elec- UnionministerSalmanKhurshid even Uttarakhand, their children fromthereservedseatof Ramhal tions. saidtherewasnoleadershipcrisis cision. “monetary interests”. “The we were intwominds.Manypeo- Dhumalsaid. --a10-year-oldboyandaneight- in Kupwara. Alawyer, she says “Duringelections,thegeneral inthepartyandanall-roundsup- Vijayanclaimedsuch“appre- Government will certainlycon- ple told us to notgoahead with it The firstsetback came afew year-old girl--are lookedafterby thatwhile fighting forpeople’s tendency these days... whichis portfor Sonia Gandhi and Rahul hensions” as “unfounded”. The sider all creative opinions and (IPL).Whatif somethinghappens days afterthe teams reached their grandmother. rightslegally, sherealisedthatshe notjustinCongress but in BJP was“apparent to anyone who is KeralaPolicesaidthatbeforetaking suggestions that arebeing aired to aplayer? The IPL would go on Dubai,whenChennaiSuperKings “I have no otherhelp. My could contributefurther by be- also... but the BJP has an advan- notblind”. Claiming that there further action under the amend- with regard to this amendment,” foralmost three months. sawadozenmembers test posi- mother is 85 andIcannotexpect coming partofthe legislative tage that theyhaveother grass were enoughforums in the ment, aStandardOperating he said. However, Jaysaid we should go tive,including twoplayers. her to do much. Itakeupjobs process. “As alawyer, one comes root outfitswhich aresomuchen- Congress forairingviews, Procedure(SOP) will be prepared Chennithala said: “The new ahead,hewas moreconfident “When we heardthe news,we wherepeople needadriverfor a in contact with alot of people trenchedinthevillagesandsmall KhurshidtoldPTI,“Theleadership in consultation with legal experts section is aimedatsilencing the than all of us.” triedtounderstand whether it is fewdays andmakewhat Ican to who areincapable of fighting for cities and towns... so theycan al- listensto me,Iamgivenanoppor- to ensurethattheordinanceisnot media. The CPM and itsgovern- Dhumalsaid:“TheBoardman- asymptomatic or serious. We support my family. My income themselves. This election gives lowthisluxuryof comingback by tunity,they(thosecriticising in misusedinany manner. ment want to silencethose who agedtocutnearly35percentof the were told all areasymptomatic. has reduced, things become dif- me the opportunitytodosoon helicoptertothe capital cityand the media) aregiven an opportu- On Friday, Governor Arif criticise them. The government costascomparedtothelastIPL.We So all went under isolation and ficult sometimes but howcan I their behalf." stay thenight.Butsincewe donot nity,where does this thingcome Mohammad Khanapproved the wantstogag the press, which is earnedRs4,000 croreduring the we wentby allhealthauthorities' stop looking formywife?” Soni NASIR LONE (NC),SOGAM have that kindofparty structure from... that theleadership is not Kerala Police (Amendment) exposing corruption and nepo- pandemic time. Our TV viewer- advice.Wemustthank the UAE, said. The 33-year-old represents atthegrass-rootlevel,block-level listening?” Ordinance, 2020 that incorpo- tism in governance. The CPM is shipwentabout25percenthigher, whichstood with us everymo- And yet, he does notlose the young political leadership anddistrict-levelliketheregional Asked about some leaders ratesanew Section,118(A),inthe sendingthemessagethatanyone we gotthe highest-everopening ment,”Dhumal said. heart. “Her familymembers are within the party.His brother, parties or the BJP... we should,in- calling forafull-time president, KeralaPoliceAct.Accordingly,any whodares to speakagainstthe game (Mumbai Indians versus helpless,too.Herparentsarepoor. KaiserJamsheedLone, is an ex- stead of gettingtemptedto come Khurshidsaid theyshould come person who creates or sendsany government will be sent to jail.” ChennaiSuperKings)viewership. Shirdi Her father worked as asecurity legislator from Lola in Kupwara backtothe statecapital by heli- forwardand talk about it inside information that is offensiveoris HesaidtheChiefMinister“has Those who doubteduscame and the Shirdi Police thathad, it felt, guardand hermother worked in district. “The bureaucracy is not copterand stay in ahotel and the party. “See ourleader and say intendedtooffendorthreatenan- brought aharsh and draconian thankedusforhostingtheIPL.Had failedtoexaminethe disappear- adoctor’sclinic.Shehastwoother heeding to thepeople. Theyare wasting productive hours.... youdon’tlook good without ala- otherperson,throughanymeans rule againstfreedom of expres- this IPLnot happened, cricketers ances through the human traf- sisters.Butthelosshasbeenmine notaccessible and it is important Congress leaders, whether they bel. The leader will take acall,” of communication,isliableto face sion’’. BJP statechief Surendran would have lostone year.” fickingangle. morethantheirs,” he said. to fill that void." Apro-election aregeneral secretaries, secre- Khurshidsaid. imprisonment of three years or a said the newsection is “meantto Accordingtoother BCCIoffi- “Moreimportantly”,thecourt The children, Soni says,have voice within the party, Lone says taries,PCCpresidentsorotherstar fine of Rs 10,000or both. silencepoliticalprotestagainst the cials, the boardreceived twofor- said, the stateDGP should “un- maturedbeyondtheiryears.“My that “while the fight is bigger, campaigners...should stay at the Unease in CPM While the government has government”. “It shows thereis mal invitations to hostthe IPL -- ravelthe mysteryofthe missing son and daughter nowsuggest democraticinstitutionscannotbe districtand taluka level.” have takenthe allyintoconfi- claimedthat theamendment an undeclaredEmergency in from the UAEand Sri Lankan persons vis-a-vis ahuman traf- ways to findtheirmother.Attheir leftvacant”. Calling the party's situation dence and that the issue will be aimstocheckmisuse of social Kerala. The newact is an en- boards. The boarddecidedtogo ficking/organ trafficking racket”. age, it is particularly hardtobe ABDUL GANI BHAT(NC), “notgood” and that“makingit takenupinthe next alliance media targetingindividuals, the croachmentintopeople’srightto with the UAEsince it had hosted According to datasubmitted without the mother.Theybreak NAIDKHAI good is in our hands”, he said meeting. Opposition said it is “againstthe freedomofexpression. The Chief the IPL earlier,and teams could by police, 279persons were re- downsometimeswhentheymiss Aveteran member of the NC Congressmen have lostthe con- CPI general secretaryDRaja freedom of press” and “infringes Ministerwantstosilencenotonly travelby busto reachthestadium, portedmissing from Shirdi be- her toomuch.” cadre,the70-year-oldsays hehas nection on the ground "because told The IndianExpresssaidhis uponthe fundamental rightto newmedia but also the main- whichcostless. tween2017 andOctober27,2020, been associatedwith the party we don’thave theelectedbodies... party wasopposedtogovern- freedom of speechand expres- stream," he said. Subsequently, an official said, of whom67 stillremainuntraced, J&K poll fray since Sheikh Abdullah's times. (which) have to be compulsorily mentstakingtheordinanceroute sion enshrinedinthe In2015,theSupremeCourtin the details were firmedup includingmarriedandunmarried On one side is aseven-party Despitepastinstances of in touchwith the people.” on suchmatters. Constitution”. itslandmark judgementon through over 40 conferencecalls women. alliance —the People’s Alliance sarpanches and other public rep- Azad said those who are “The Chief Ministerhas come In astatement,Vijayan said: Section 66Aofthe IT Acthad that “lastedfor endless hours”. Referring to Soni,the court forGupkar Declaration (PAGD), resentativesbeing targeted by speaking out should notbe outwith aclarification saying all “In the name of the freedom of struckdownasimilar provision Therewerevirtual meetings, too, noted:“Itismorethanthreeyears whichincludes mainstream militants,hesays heisnotafraidof treated as rebels. objections and apprehensions press, individual freedom cannot of the Kerala PoliceAct forbeing on ensuring players' safety, and thathis variousattemptstotrace Kashmir parties National stepping out because “it is the “Weare notrebels. We arere- andconstructive criticismwillbe beviolated.Similarly,inthename violative of the righttofreedom tying up withtechcompany out his wifehavebeen rendered Conference and the People's people of this area who have formists.Rebels want to remove takenintoconsideration. So our of individual freedom, the free- of speech andexpression and for Restrata forabio-securebubble. futile. He is aresidentofIndore Democratic Party —while on the forced me to contest.AslongasI aperson who is in aposition and partyhopesthat the LDF govern- dom of the press cannot be vio- itsvagueness. TheBCCIsentitskey stafftoDubai and despitethe distance, he is other arecandidates fieldedby am among them, Ihavenothing gethim replacedwithhimself. ment will considerthe public lated.The government is duty in advance who took the “extra tenaciouslytryingto findhiswife the BJP,the Altaf Bukhari-ledJ&K to fear.” Reformists arethose who arenot opinionand our party willad- boundtoprotect both. It is in this BCCI’s IPL card precaution” of boarding only even today.” Apni Party, as well as some ABIDKHAN (BJP), DEVSAR bothered about leadership. He is dress the issueaccordingly at the contextthat even at the interna- the pandemic. Organisers have flightswith20per cent occu- Accordingtosenior policeof- Independents. DistrictpresidentoftheBJPfor onewhowantstostrengthenthe appropriate level.We willtake up tional levelmeasures arebeing been banking on the five-year pancy, an official said. ficers,the matteris“being inves- In the backdrop of the polit- Kulgam, Abid Khan worked as a system.We areforstrengthening the matter at the appropriate put in place againstthe infringe- broadcastand media rightsdeal Meanwhile, aStandard tigated from everyangle”. “The ical vacuum in J&K over the last contractual lecturer before join- thesystemwhichneedsreforms. level,” Raja said. ment of personal dignity.The signedin2017with Star worth Operating Procedure(SOP) was courtwill be appraisedofthe 14 months, candidates sayvot- ing politics. The 34-year-old Andthesereformsareembedded Meanwhile,Leader of amendment in the Kerala Police Rs 16,347crore. workedoutwithexperts,evenas progressmadeintracingtheper- ers arekeentohaverepresenta- Kulgam resident, who startedhis in our partyconstitution.” Oppositioninthe Kerala Actare onlythosethatareintune With stringent Covid curbs officials alertedIPL teams on sons reportedmissing from tivesinplace to addressevery- politicalcareerin2010 asamem- Saying “nothing will change... Assembly, Congress's Ramesh with suchmeasures.’’ in India, the IPL washeld from booking charteredflights in ad- Shirdi,” an officer said. day bijli-paani issues as muchas berofthe CPI(M), joinedthe BJP by changingtheleadershipatthe Chennithala,accusedthegovern- He said that the stategovern- September 19 to November 10 vance and gave hoteloptions at a It's notthe firsttime that the the big questions surrounding in 2014.AMaster’s in Physics, national level", Azadsaid, "The ment of “trying to silence those ment has been receiving com- in Dubai, AbuDhabi and Sharjah. discounted rate. court has takennoteofthe prob- the scrapping of J&K’s special Khanisalso apanchfrom perceptiblechangewilltake place whocriticise them”. BJP state plaints, including by prominent But, Dhumal told The Indian Mostteams had over 40 lem.OnNovember22,2019,itob- status, the introductionofthe Bonigam villageofKulgam. onlyifwebring the system in or- president KSurendran said the public figures, of targetedattacks Express,the tournament wasin members in their squads, with served that 88 persons were re- domicile clause and recent IRFAN PANDITPURI der at the state-, district- and amendment wasaimedat“si- andmisuseof socialmedia,espe- doubt with barelytwo months MumbaiIndiansemergingasthe portedmissingfromShirdiinone changes to land laws. (PEOPLE'S CONFERENCE), booth-level...Thissystemwasde- lencing allpoliticalprotest”. ciallybysomeonlinechannels“in to go whenWorld No.1 tennis largestcontingent withover150 year.Inalmostall the cases, the The Indian Express spoketo QAZIABAD railedafter RajivGandhi’s death. SeniorCongress MP and for- the guise of journalism”. playerNovak Djokovic tested members, including atailor,a Benchsaid, the missing persons some of the candidatesin Abusinessman, the 47-year- In betweenthere were twoother mer Union HomeMinisterP Pointingspecificallytoattacks positive afterplaying exhibition make-upartistandahair-dresser. had come to the temple. Kashmir: old, who is contesting his debut presidentsalso. AfterRajiv Chidambaram tweetedthathe on social media facedbywomen matches in Serbia and Croatia. “In case we had anyCovid cases, “When relativesofpoor per- SUHAIL BUKHARI (PDP), election, says,"Iamcompelledto Gandhi’s death, this whole sys- was“shockedbythe law”.He andthetransgendercommunity, Recalling aconversation with theboardhadblocked200rooms sonsgo missing,theyare helpless. SANGRAMA contestbecause the silence post temcollapsed,” he said. wanted to knowhow CPM gen- Vijayansaidtheyhaveresultedin BCCIsecretary JayShah, Dhumal separatelysothatpatientscanbe Mostofthemdonotapproachpo- The 37-year-old PDP the eventsofAugust5lastyear Askedwhethertheleadership eral secretarySitaram Yechury “heartwrenching tragedies”and said: “Afterthat report(about quarantinedand onlyjoin once liceandveryrarely suchpoorper- spokesperson is contesting his have leftpeople nearly or- isinanymoodto listen,hesaid,“It woulddefendthe“atrocious”de- involve “personalvendetta”with Djokovictestingpositive)camein, theyhavefullyrecovered,” sons can come up to this court,” firstelection. Beforejoining the phaned," he says.

teams have been fanning out across the coordinating the supervisors. in thesurvey arenot teaching now. The forduty,including one, being over 50 Classes disrupted EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE city’s containment zones and high case- Forthe duration of this exercise, rest of theteachers arehandling the years of age, later sought exemption. NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER22 load areas in adoor-to-door surveyto whichthe government hopes to windup school duties. The numbers arestill less In agovernment school in Central as govt teachers identify people showing symptoms of by November 24,teaching-learning ac- in our case, thereare other government Delhi,all teachersbelowthe ageof50 TEACHING-LEARNINGACTIVITIES in the infection andthosewho have come tivities in manyofthese schools have schools where50-60% of the teachers and the principal have been ropedin. severalschools in Delhi have been dis- in contact with Covidpositive patients. been temporarilydisrupted. have been engaged in this duty,” said the In Shahdaradistrict,566 primary roped in for mega ruptedasthousands of teachers have Teachers of municipal corporation “Ten out of the 50 regular teachers in principal of anorthwestDelhi school. teachers have been brought on boardto been ropedinfor the Delhigovernment’s and Delhi government schools arebe- my schoolhavebeen put on duty.We Thereare severalNorth MCD schools be apartofthe teams. Covid-19 survey megasurvey to identify and isolatesus- ing engaged as members of the three- had been conducting online classes for in which almostall teachershavebeen In Northwest district, 1,300primary pected Covid-19patients. member teams, supervisors of these the studentsbut obviouslythese teach- engaged.For instance, in an MCD school teachers arepartofthe team, according Since November 20, three-member teams, and also as ‘sector magistrates’ ers who arecurrentlyengaged full-time in Narela, all 16 teachers were engaged to officials. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,NOVEMBER23,2020 3 THE CITY PCMC’sRs400-croreslumrehab As places of worship reopen and devotees return, several projectinsoup,fallswithinredzone steps in place to ensure safety

people to abstain from seeking Demarcated map shows project falls within2,000yardsofDehu Road Ordnance Depot RUCHIKAGOSWAMY blessingfrompriests on thefore- PUNE,NOVEMBER22 PANDEMIC head,” he said. of the high courtthat the project shared by PCMC and the state While the FeastofChristthe MANOJMORE waswithin the redzone area of government.The entireproject ALTHOUGH 28-YEAR-OLD King, whichisonNovember 22, PUNE,NOVEMBER22 Armyand wasthereforeillegal. envisaged construction of 11,760 JasneetKaur, who regularly vis- INNUMBERS will be observed following gov- Accordingly,the courthad di- flatsfor slumdwellers. itsGurudwaraGuru Nanak ernment guidelines, Christmas THE RS 400-CRORE slum reha- rected demarcation of the area BJP leader Sarang Kamtekar Darbar, is pleasedwith the deci- preparations willbemade in due bilitation project of the Pimpri- by the Land Records Department said besidesillegality of the proj- siontoreopen places of wor- time. Chinchwad Municipal whichhas nowpublishedthe ect, the party had also pointed ship in the city,she still feels 9 VaradThakar of Kasbapeth Corporation (PCMC) at Survey map of the area. The map clearly out corruption in the project. “As hesitant to go.Churchgoer Riya Covid-19deaths in Ganesh Temple and Harish No.22inNigdi area has landed shows that the project falls per theDetailed Project Report, Thomas (19), however, feels Pune on Sunday. More, manager at Mahalaxami in asoup what with the demar- within 2,000yardsofthe prohib- the projectwas supposed to be that since markets, malls and Temple at Shukrawarpeth, said cated mapshowing that the ited area of Dehu Road forRs225 crore. However, the fi- other public places have re- that while theyanticipated project falls within the redzone Ordinance Depot,” she said. nal costofthe project was opened, thereisnoreason why 8,275 heavy footfall in the festival sea- or 2,000 yardsofDehu Road Savale said nowthe entire peggedatRs400 crorewhich people should hold backfrom Toll so farinthe district. son, onlyafewdevotees trickled Ordnance Depot. The project at Survey No.22inNigdi. File project has acquired thestatus wasacase of inflated tendercost. visiting religious places. in on dayone. “Wewill keep a The demarcated map was of illegality and thereforeRs100 We had brought this to theno- “I regularly visit Gurudwara trackofhow the situation pans publishedbythe district collec- crorespent on it so farwill go tice of the high court,” he said. Guru Nanak Darbar in Camp. 785 out. While we hope forthe situ- torate on Friday. Thecollectorate Shravan Hardikar said, “Now will have to find out on what ba- waste. “Around 3,000 flatshave Kamtekar said during the While the gurudwarahas re- Fresh Covid-19cases ation to getbetterfor patrons to surveyed the area and published since the map of the area has sis the project wassanctioned. been completedsofar;2,700 survey by the collectorate, it was opened, Iamstill apprehensive reportedSunday. visit, we will nothesitatetoclose the map on the directions of the been publishedshowing the “Wewill have to find out how have been handedover. Rs 100 found that the project was about going. Moreover,we the temple if the situation wors- BombayHigh Court. The court project within 2,000yardsofthe theproject wassanctionedin crorehad been spent on con- within 2,000 yardsofthe outer have adoptednew methodsto ens,” said More. had givenastayonthe project in ordnance depot, thehigh court thatparticulararea,” he said. structing the flats,” she said. peripherywall of the depot. “We offerprayers.Myfather-in- 3,36,210 “Weare allowing five people 2018 afterPCMC corporator will take acall on the project. We Savale, aBJP corporator and Savale said the project was had raisedthis point then. lawand manyothersseek ‘dar- The total positivecases foraarti afterathermalcheckat Seema Savale had approachedit, will wait forthe high courtrul- former standing committee approved by PCMC on a100-acre However, NCPled civic adminis- shan’ at the gate from their ve- so farinthe district. the entrance, use of sanitisers raising the question of legality of ing in this case.” chairperson, said she had ap- land under the central govern- tration had refusedtolistentous hicles forlasteight-nine and masks.While we urge chil- the project. Hardikar said since the issue proachedthe high courtand ment’sJNNURM. The Centre was whichforcedustoapproachthe months,” said Kaur. dren and senior citizens to not When contacted on Sunday, related to 2011 when he wasnot raisedthe issue of legality of the supposedtoprovide 50 per cent high court. The courthad given Religious places, closedsince ple is our primaryconcern,” he visit, we reallycannotsay no. We Municipal Commissioner the municipal commissioner,he project. “I brought to the notice finance while the rest wastobe the stay in 2012,” he said. March,reopenedonMonday. added. arealso avoiding distribution of Sanitiser dispensersaten- Bishop Thomas Dabre, while prasad,offerings of anykind and trances, compulsorywearing of appreciating the decision of gatherings,” said Thakar. IMA slams masks, social distancing and Chief MinisterUddhav Faizane Madina Masjid in placing volunteers to prevent Thackeray,urged peopletoad- Kondhwaand Inam Masjid, govt nod for crowding areamong steps taken heretosafetynorms. “Whilethe Sangamwadi, have prepared by the authorities at placesof stategovernment has shown its their premises forreopening. Ayurveda worship. openness, we cannottakeit “Wehavemultiple entryand ex- Charanjit Singh Sahni, presi- lightly. All members needtouse its. Therewill be sanitiser sta- dent of GurudwaraGuru Nanak sanitisers, wear masksand tions, thermal checks as well as doctorsto Darbar,said langar and special maintain social distancing,” he masks, in case someone arrives kirtanstillremainsuspended. said. without one. We will notlet any- do surgeries “Our sevadars and volunteers Father Malcolm Sequira, one enter without one. We are were firsttestedfor Covid before Vicar General, said churches in also requesting people to per- theyprepared the gurudwarafor the city will reopen in aphased form Wudu at home to avoid EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE devotees. Theycan come fordar- manner.“We have calledinvol- crowds at the premises,” said PUNE,NOVEMBER22 shan, maintaining social dis- unteers to keep acheckon AnwarSufi, chairman at Faizane tance,” he said. churchgoers. In St Vincent, we Madina Masjid. THE INDIAN Medical Sahni said that meetings and have made sure that the entry “Wewelcome the decision Association has slammedthe discussions areunder way and exit aredifferent so that peo- but cases of coronavirus arestill Central Council of Indian among gurudwaras forGuru ple do notintermingle. We are high. Although we have urged Medicine,the regulatory body Nanak Gurpurab on November planning to hold services on children and senior citizens to forthe study and practice of 30. “It is one of our biggestcele- Sunday in sections, with atime pray in the safetyoftheir homes, Ayurveda in India, forallowing brations and we arestill formu- gaptopreparethe church forthe we cannot reallysay no since itspractitioners to perform gen- latinghow to organise it keeping next service. We arestill not people arecoming backafter a eral surgery suchasophthalmol- in mind that the virushas not keeping holywater to markone- long time,” said AhmedNadaf, ogy and dental procedure. gone yetand thesafetyofpeo- self before mass and also asking trusteeofInam Masjid. Dr Rajan Sharma, president, IMA,said theyhad condemned the "uncivil" ways of the Central CouncilofIndian Medicine to Post Covid,boy’s small intestine "arrogate itself to vivisect mod- ern medicine andempowerits practitioners with undeserving affected, undergoestransplant areas of practice". The government has brought Post removalofthe intes- Hospital. out anotificationthat will allow EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE tine, the boywas referred to Speaking about the surgery, Ayurvedadoctors to be trained PUNE,NOVEMBER22 Jupiter Hospital in Thane. Dr Gaurav Chaubal,chief and legallyallowedtoperform “Thrombosis and bowel multi-organtransplantsur- general, surgical, ENT,ophthal- WHEN NINE-YEAR-OLD Om perforation arewell known in geon, Jupiter Hospital, said, mology,ortho and dental proce- from Mahad complained of se- severe Covid-19cases; how- “Thechild waslistedfor a dures. TheIMA has urgedthe vere abdominal pain in August ever,massive bowelgangrene cadaveric small intestinal Counciltodevelop itsown sur- 2020, little did his parents is very rare,” explains infec- transplantand wasonthe gical disciplines from ancient PAWAR IN PUNE knowthathewouldend up tious disease specialist Dr Rajiv waiting listfor three months. textsand notclaim surgical dis- losing his entiresmall intes- Soman from Jupiter Hospital. Duringthis time, thechildwas ciplines of modern medicine as Deputy Chief MinisterAjit Pawaratameeting organisedbythe NCPatAnna Bhau Sathe Auditorium on Sunday. PavanKhengre tine. Investigations done in a “In this case, apartfromin- longing to eat and also started itsown. local hospital found thrombo- testinalgangrene,therewere developing complications re- sis and massive gangrene in his manysecondary infections in lated to parentalnutrition. The small intestine, acondition in the abdominal area -- making waiting period wasextremely 3arrested for assaulting doctor, security guard at Sassoon hospital whichthe blood supplytothe it acomplicated one,”headded. difficult forthe child as well as intestine is lostand the intes- On losing his entiresmall the family.” resortedtovandalism after accusedcame to the casualty asked them to keep their The three have been tine is dead. bowel, the child wasunable to The child’s father volun- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE hospital staffers asked them to ward with apatient, police footwear outside the ward and booked under IndianPenal An antibodiestestand eat anything and wasput on teered to donateapartofhis PUNE,NOVEMBER22 remove their footwear before said. adheretothe rule of onlyone Code sections pertaining to at- bowelRT-PCR showedCovid artificial nutrition, also called intestineand underwent as- entering the casualty ward,po- Sub-inspector Tukaram person visiting the patient at a tack on publicservant, physi- infection in the removedorgan. parenteral nutrition. sessment. THREE MEN were arrested for lice said. Phad of Bundgarden police sta- time, the accusedcreated a cal assault,damagetopublic This brought to light the His conditionwas labile as On November 5ateam of allegedly assaulting adoctor An FIR in this case has been tion said, "Thepatient wasad- ruckusatthe ward premises." property,criminal intimidation fact that the boyand his father therewerehigh fluid losses surgeonsled by Chaubalper- and security guardatSassoon registeredbyDrShankarlal mitted in theafternoon. Over Phad added, "Theyman- and relevant sections of The had tested positive forCovid- andelectrolytedisturbances formedthe surgery, wherein General Hospital wherethey Chaudhary, who wasChief the following couple of hours, handledthe doctor,assaulted MaharashtraMedicare Service 19 withmildsymptoms a and wasmanaged by chief pae- 200cmofintestine wascare- were visiting apatient. Medical Officer of the ward at the people who had accompa- the security guardand also Persons and Medicare Service month ago. diatric intensivistDrfullyharvested and trans- The accused, Sohan Pawar the time of the incident. niedthe patient kept coming vandalisedthe doctor's cabin. Institutions (Prevention of An immediatesurgery was ParamanandAndankar and plantedfromthe father to the (23),YogeshWaghmare(22) The incidenttookplace in and going out of the ward. We have arrested threeper- Violence and Damage or Loss conducted to remove his intes- paediatric gastroenterologist child. The surgery lastedfor and Suraj Waghmare(20), also Saturdayafternoon when the When the in-charge doctor sons afterthe incident." to Property) Act, 2010. tine to avoid further spread. Dr DimpleJain in Jupiter eight hours. Only 7-18% cyclistsincity use cycle tracks, finds survey

achieving modal shareof50per footpaths areatthe samegrade,” EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE cent fornon-motorisedtrans- said Harshad Abhyankar, PUNE,NOVEMBER22 port and 40 per cent forpublic founder of SPTM. transportation. The latestsurveywas con- ONLYONE out of everyfivecy- To achieve this goal, the PMC ducted on major cycle tracks in clists in Pune uses cycle tracks had devised‘Pune Bicycle Plan’ the city,whichincludedJangli while the rest use lanes meant in 2017.Though itsimplementa- Maharaj (JM) Road, Fergusson formotorisedvehicles, asurvey tion is yettogathermomentum, College(FC) Road, KarveRoad. At by acity-basedNGO has found. some cycle trackswere addedto least570 cyclists were inter- The studywas undertaken by the existing length of tracks and viewedbythe volunteersatdif- Save PuneTraffic Movement repairs were undertakeninother ferent time slots. (SPTM)and found that the pro- areas. “Itmustbenoted that only8- portion of cyclists usingcycle The design of thesetracks 18 percent cyclists using cycle tracksvaries between 7per cent wasexpected to followguide- tracks is afairly lownumber. and 18 per cent, depending on lines setforth by Pune’s Urban Factors suchasobstructions on the location and time of day. Street Design Guidelines or the the tracks,the walkability of ad- The Pune Municipal Urban Cycling Design Guidelines jacent footpaths, number and

Corporation (PMC) has made includedinthe Cycle Plan, which speedofvehicles on the car- 286500.00 manyefforts to makecycling differonlyslightlyfromeach riageway,availability of shade on easier and promote non-mo- other. the cycle trackand quality of the torisedtransport. The PMC has “The newcycle tracks and riding surface affect the choice constructed cycle tracks along adjacent footpaths largely con- of the rider to either use the severalmajor arterial roads in form to these guidelines, except tracks or thecarriageway,” said the city and has aCycle Plan and in one important design ele- Abhyankar. cell dedicated to resolve issues ment:asper these guidelines, If the issues facedbycyclists UnnaMotors facedbycyclists. the cycle tracks areexpected to in using the tracksareresolved, it Shiv Autowings Sahyadri MotorsPvt.Ltd. Pune, Nal Stop, Pune, Baner,Narayangaon, Silver Jubilee MotorsLtd.: Bharane Motors Afterdrafting a be 5cmlower than the foot- will notonlyimprove usageof Pune, P.C.M.C., Bhosari, Vimannagar,Shikrapur, Pune Camp, Satara Road, Barama, Indapur M.I.D.C., Chakan Khed,Mulshi, Manchar, ComprehensiveMobility Plan paths. However, it hasbeenob- cycle tracks but also encourage Chofula, Daund, Manjari : Talegaon :8929207406 Saswad, Bhor,Velha :7428391315 8329257688 (CMP) forPune in 2008, the city servedthat virtuallyall newcy- moreresidentstotakeupcy- 8929172554 8929207418 had setambitious targetsfor cle tracks and the adjacent cling, he added. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 4 MAHARASHTRA THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,NOVEMBER23,2020 Patil draws flak for remarks on Pawar Deputy Chief MinisterAjit leader.Butaftercomingto politics, Clashoverterritorybetweentwobigcats EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Pawarsaid, “I do notattachany Irealisedhewas asmall leader PUNE,NOVEMBER22 importance to his (Patil’s) state- whonever studies an issue.” ment.Ithas no meaning what- As forthe possibility of alock- NCPLEADERS on Sundaycriti- soever...” down in viewofthe predicted leavesonedead,miscarriageof4foetuses cisedstate BJP chief Chandrakant MP Amol Kolhe said Patil’s second Covid wave, Ajit Pawar Patil forhis remarks that “NCP remarks arehighlycon- said, “DuringDiwali, therewas a chief Sharad Pawarwas asmall demnable.“He is trying to pass hugecrowd on Bajirao Road... Karhandla (UPKWS) Wildlife pastthree months. Asub-adult the tigress had mated with it, it is Karoo said, "The sanctuary leader...” judgment on the Himalaya.” Predictionsare being made that VIVEKDESHPANDE Sanctuary,50kmfromhere. male waskilledinAugust. unlikelytohavekilledher.There that came into existence eight During campaigning forBJP asecond wavemay arrive.We NAGPUR,NOVEMBER23 The carcass of the tigress was This is also thirdtiger death arethree males in the sanctuary years agoafter the Tadoba- candidates contesting graduate will discuss with officials and re- found in the Tasbeat of the sanc- in the region in the pasteight who oftenstray intoeachother's Andhari TigerReservespillover andteachersconstituencypollsin viewthe situation in next eight- ATERRITORIALclash between tuaryonSundayalongwithits days. territories. So, it is likelythat the population startedcoming here Pune on Saturday, Patil had said, tendays... Afterthat adecision twobig catsleftone of them four foetuses lying nearby. The Earlier,onNovember 16,a tigress waskilledbysome other has onlyone good corridor, “Beforecomingtopolitics,Iused will be takeninregardtothe dead and the miscarriageofits foetuseswereatleast7-8 weeks tiger wasfound killedwith its male," said RoheetKaroo, hon- whichtakes it backtowhereit to thinkSharad Pawarwas abig lockdown." four foetuses, in UmredPaoni old. body parts strewnoverthree orarywildlifewarden of Nagpur came from. The other twocorri- "The tigress, aged 3-4 years, farms in avillageinGondia dis- who is acquainted with the sanc- dors, to PenchTiger Reserveand apparentlydiedinaterritorial trict. Beforethat,parts of atiger tuary. Bor Sanctuary, have big gaps. So, clash with another tiger,possi- electrocutedbysome villagers The 189-sqkmUPKWShas at tigers hereoften tend to cross blyamale. Alot of signs of the vi- were recoveredfrom least10tigers, including some eachothers' territories, giving olentclash, likeblood trail, dis- Brahmapuridivision. sub-adult ones. rise to possibility of clash." turbed forest floorvegetation, This is the firstknown time Asked if the twotiger deaths He said, "A large area of 160 drag marksandpuncturemarks that the foetuses of atigress got in territorial clash suggests sq km is vacant adjacent to the on itsneck, areindicative of the abortedinaterritorialclash. paucityofspace forthe tigers, west of the sanctuarydue to re- clash withanothertiger," said The tigress wasfirstspotted Govekar said, "Actually, thesanc- habilitationofover60villagesaf- PenchTiger ReserveField in UPKWSinMarch this year,in- tuaryisnot one integrated fected by Gosikhurd irrigation Director Ravikiran Govekar. dicating that it had recentlymi- wholeofforest. There aresome project. Wildlifeisslowlymov- "Partofits body wasalso grated to the sanctuaryand must breaches. Also, tigers herekeep ing in there...there is ample grass found eaten, whichstronglyin- have been struggling forspace. moving in and out. Sometimes and waterfromGosikhurdback- dicates territorialclash possibil- It also shows that it conceived theymovetowards Brahmapuri waters is available. Development ity as cannibalism among tigers from mating with amale after in Chandrapur district using a of thisareaintoatigerhabitat is aknown fact," he added. coming to thesanctuary. corridor.So, theremay notbe with protection being extended This is second tiger death in "This partofthe forest is the anyfixed territoriesofsome of could solve alot of territorial is- territorial clash in UPKWSinthe territoryofamale called T22. If the tigers." sues forthe big catshere."

INSSHIVAJI Webinar on management of structure-borne noise held form to near-design conditions to EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ensureoptimalacousticsignatures PUNE,NOVEMBER22 of ships and submarines.Healso urgedthe industry, academia and AWEBINAR on the subject shipbuilding industrytoseam- ‘Management of Structure-borne lesslycollaborate withIndian Noise’ wasconducted by Indian Navy,through strategicpro- Navy’sINSShivajionSaturdayun- grammes by theGovernment of der the aegis of Distinguished India suchas‘Make-in-India’ and Chair,CentreofExcellence(Marine ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’, to ensure Engineering).Thewebinarwasat- better designs forquieter ships. tendedbyover300 participants Papers on various aspectsin- comprisingFlag Officers, senior cludingmeasurement,prediction navalofficers,veteransandofficers andmitigationofstructure-borne from all branches of Indian Navy. noisewere deliveredbysubjectex- The one-daywebinar com- perts from various research and mencedwith the welcomead- developmentlaboratoriessuchas dressbyINSShivajiCommandant, NavalScience and Technology Commodore RavnishSeth.Thein- Laboratory, Visakhapatnam,Naval augural address wasdeliveredby Physical and Oceanographic Vice Admiral ICRao(Retd), Laboratory, Kochi, Indian Register DistinguishedChair,Centreof of Shipping, Mumbai, National Excellence (Marine Engineering). InstituteofOcean Technology, Vice Admiral AKChawla, Flag Chennai, shipbuilders suchas Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Design Directorates of Integrated Southern NavalCommand, deliv- HeadquartersMinistryofDefence eredthekeynoteaddressandem- (Navy) and the NavalUnderwater phasisedonmaintenance of plat- Ranges, Goa.

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THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,NOVEMBER23,2020 5 EXPRESS NETWORK Eyeon2024,Naddatobegin Despite Khattar appeal, farmeroutfits firm 120-daynationwidetourinDec on march to Delhi

MinisterAmitShah—had iden- central government schemes EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE tifiedaround 115seatsinstates and on to howtofurther raise EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Haryana NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER22 BJP wherethe party machinerywas awareness about them. CHANDIGARH,NOVEMBER22 CM president weak.The BJPmade consider- With assemblyelectionsin Manohar Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan celebrates the WITH AN eyeonimproving the JPNadda able improvement in itsper- four states –WestBengal, Kerala, DESPITE AN appeal from Lal Khattar ‘Gopashtami’ festival at his residence in Bhopal on Sunday. ANI party’s Lok Sabha tallyin2024, formance in these constituen- Tamil Nadu and Assam –set to Haryana Chief Minister BJP president JPNadda will em- cies in the pollsafter Shah went be held in the firsthalfofnext Manohar Lal Khattar to call off bark on a120-daynationwide units, the smallestorganisational on an extensive tour. year,Nadda will also review the their march to Delhi on Earlier,Khattar urgedfarm- tour from next month, focusing entity in the party,and meet Singh said the BJP would be party's preparedness, Singh said. November 26 to protest the ers to notbe“misled” by the ‘Gau cabinet’meets; on areas wherethe party did not everyparty MP and MLAbesides working hardand taking all He will spend three days in big Centre's newFarm laws,the Opposition, and “have faith” in do well in the 2019 elections. itssenior leaders, includingdis- measures to see to it that it wins states and twoinothers. BharatiyaKisan Union (BKU) the stategovernment.Citingthe Nadda will begin his tour in trict chiefs, in eachstate.Hewill the seatswherethe party had During his tour,the BJP chief said Sundaythat protesters from rising number of Covid infec- MP considers cow the firstweek of December and also visit some booths to inter- lostinthe lastLok Sabha polls. willinteract with allies and hold the statewillenter the capital tions and revenuelossofabout Uttarakhand will be the first act with ground workers, he said. Forthis, he said, the party would public programmes, Singhsaid. from five sides and come pre- Rs 10,000-12,000crorethis year state on his itinerary, BJP general “The BJP president will be the also take all programmes of the He will speak with personalities pared foralong haul with extra due to the pandemic, he said cess for gaushalas secretaryArunSingh told re- onlychiefofanational party NarendraModi government to from different fields in the re- clothing and food supplies. “this is notthe year of protests”. porters. December 5isthe likely who would be goingtothe states allparts of thecountry. spective areas. Apartfromas- “OnNovember26,we willen- Haryana’s roadways and workingonaproposalthatwillen- date forbeginningthe tour. and addressing even booth and In fact, the BJP-ruledstates sessingactivities, Naddawilldis- terDelhifromfive sides,including other employeeunions, too, IRAMSIDDIQUE able us to recoversome small Singh said the BJP president mandal leaders,” Singh said. willgiveapresentation to Nadda cuss futurestrategies with the four from Haryana and one from have announcedastatewide ag- BHOPAL,NOVEMBER22 amountsfromthe people in the will visit everystate,hold virtual Ahead of the 2019 election, on various aspectsoftheir work, coregroup members of the re- Uttar Pradesh. From Haryana, we itation on November 26. formof asmalltaxthatwillenable meetings with heads of all booth Nadda's predecessor—Home including implementation of spective states. shall enter Delhi from Ambala Meanwhile, stateofficials ONAday whenhechairedthefirst us to have enough funds forthe road, Rohtak road, Gurgaon road said theyare looking at the pos- meetingof therecentlyappointed upkeep maintenance of gausha- and Agra road, and from Bareilly sibility of reimposingthe lock- gaucabinet,Madhya PradeshChief las.” He said carewill be takento roadinUP.Thebiggestmarch will down in the wake of afresh MinisterShivraj Singh Chouhan ensurethat the cess does notcre- PM lays foundation for23rural drinking be on Ambala road. Forthis, we surge in infections. However, Sundayurgedpeopleto contribute ateadditionalburdenonthecom- aretouringHaryana andasking Chaduni calledit“another ploy” towardsgaushalasthroughasmall monman. Hesaidcowmilkislike peopletojoin this protest,” BKU's by the government to “scuttle cess the state is considering. “amrit” and children suffering water projectsinUP’s Vindhyachal HaryanapresidentGurnamSingh the agitation”. He also said that in abid to from malnourishment will be Chaduni said. “When we do arally,corona makegaushalas self-reliant,chil- givenmilk that will increase the The Prime Ministersaid that “Whatever modes areavail- awakens. The government had dren in anganwadis of the state saleof milkandbenefitgaushalas. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE despiteresources, the regions of able with the people, be it been usingthe coronavirusasan will be givencow milk procured The Chief Ministersaid he will LUCKNOW,NOVEMBER22 Vidhyachal and Bundelkhand scooter, motorcycle, car,tractor- opportunity to pass the three from the gaushalas. ensurethat Madhya Pradesh sets became deprivedofdevelop- trolley, anything that theyhave, draconian legislations and scut- Chouhanchaired the first an example in cowprotection in PRIME MINISTER Narendra ment work forlong and invoked theycan bring to participatein tle the farmers' agitation,” meeting of the gau cabinetvirtu- the countryand that the govern- Modi on Sundaylaidthe founda- poetRahimdas. this agitation,” he said. Chaduni said. allyfromhis Bhopal residence. At ment will makecompleteuse of tion of 23 rural drinking water “PoetRahimdas had said ‘jaa least five cabinetministers,head cowdung, milk and cowurine. schemes in Sonbhadraand par vipadaa parat hai, so aavat of thedepartmentsand14cow ex- Anactionplanwillbemadefor Mirzapur districtsofPM NarendraModi addresses people virtuallyduringthe yehi desh’ (a personfacing diffi- Railways plans to restartservices perts fromacrossthecountryhad protection and promotion of four Vindhyachal region of Uttar foundation stone-laying programme on Sunday. PTI culty comes to this place). The connectedviavideoconferencing. native breedsfoundinMP--Malvi, Pradesh via video link and reason forthis belief wasthe in Punjab with freight trains Chouhansubsequentlyflewto Nimari, Kankatha andGaolo, he praisedthe stateBJP government abundant resources and possi- Agar Malwatocelebrategopash- said. Gobar gasplantswill be in- of continuingwiththe develop- government and itsofficials is state, itsgovernment, and Yogiji's bilities present here... For in astatement that atentative tami at the cowsanctuary in stalledinvillagesandconnections ment work despitethe Covid changingcompletely,” the Prime team," Modi said. decades afterIndependence, if EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE plan forrestoration of train serv- Salaria. Addressing agathering will be giventohomes there, the pandemic. Ministersaid, praising Chief The Prime Ministeralso anyareahad fallen prey to neg- LUDHIANA,NOVEMBER22 ices has been formulated. there, Chouhan said, “Weare Chief Ministersaid. "Despitethe coronavirus MinisterYogi Adityanath. praisedAdityanath forbringing lect, then it wasthis area. Be it As per the plan, freight trains pandemic, this (rural drinking “The waythe fight against down encephalitis cases and Vindhyachal or Bundelkhand, THE RAILWAYS is looking to will startrunning from water) scheme will ensurethat coronavirus is being fought in said that the success of the state this entireareadespitehaving restartoperations in Punjab November 23 with amaximum Yogi giftscows to 11 Mirzapurfamilies the road to developmentisnot UP... Migrant labourers were government in containing the resources became an area of from November 23 withfreight speedof60kmph in viewof affected.Uttar Pradeshisalso an givenemployment, theywere disease “is being discussedfar scarcity.Despitehaving so many trains runningatalimitedspeed, safetyand security considera- Lucknow: Chief MinisterYogi on the occasion of Gopashtami, example... As comparedtothe takencare. This is notanordi- and wide”. rivers, this area wasidentifiedas astatement releasedonSunday tions. The plan is subject to track Adityanath on Sundaygifted said:“There aremorethan5lakh perception of Uttar Pradesh ear- naryjob that in suchabig state, “For saving livesofinnocent the mostthirsty and drought-af- said.This came afterPunjab safetyclearances. The railwaysis cows to 11 families in Mirzapur cows in various cowshelters at lier and the predictions made, so manythings arebeing done children, eachand everycitizen fected area. This wasthe reason, farmers suspendedtheir agita- looking to run 17 pairs of trains who have malnourishedchildren. present, and morethan 65,000 the wayinwhichprojectsare on all the fronts. UP has done ka- of UP is blessing the entireteam whichforcedmanypeople to tion againstthe contentious from the evening of November The Chief Minister, who offered cows have already been givento gettingimplemented one after maal (wonders). Iwould liketo of Yogi Aditynath,” PM Modi migratefromhere,” the Prime farm laws for15days 23 evening till November 29, as puja to the cows at acow shelter farmers.”ENS the other,the imageofthe UP congratulatethe peopleofthe said. Ministersaid. The Northern Railwayssaid per the schedule. Declared‘dead’, TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE Vacancies unfilled, Covid patient Karnataka ex-minister back home after 265 CASES: RECOVERED:85,21,617 minorities panel has DAYSSINCE 90,95,806 DEATHS:1,33,227 kin cremate body PANDEMIC held in IMA ponzi case BEGAN TESTS: 13,17,33,134 | DOUBLING RATE: 160.12** only one member of another man the alleged illegal payments EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE made by the firm. BENGALURU,NOVEMBER22 “Names of severalpeople are andtheirfindingswere submitted EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE mentionedasreceiving pay- ESHAROY to thegovernment.Yetnow,there KOLKATA,NOVEMBER22 THE CENTRAL Bureauof Roshan Baig ments—ranging from Rs 400 NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER22 iscleartargetingof aparticularmi- Investigation (CBI) Sundaynight croretoapoliticiantoRs30crore nority in Uttar Pradesh forinsta- IN Acase of mistakenidentity KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG DOUBLING arrested former Karnataka min- to apolice officer.The investiga- THE SEVEN-MEMBER National nce, but the Commission hasn’t due to the blunder of hospital au- TOWATCH CASES 24HOURS GROWTH* TIME** isterRoshanBaig, who shiftedal- 400crore,was Baig,who wasthe tions have notbeen able to find CommissionforMinorities(NCM) said awordabout it so far, which thorities, a75-year-old Covid-19 legiance from the Congress to then Congress MLAfrom trails forall paymentsseen in the isdownto justonemember.While is shocking,’’ said Habibullah. patientinWestBengal’s North24 ■ Maharashtra 17,74,455 5,760 0.24% 297.66 the BJP lastyear,inconnection Shivajinagar constituency in cen- records kept by the officialofthe five posts were lying vacant since “In 2004,the standing com- Parganasdistrict wasdeclared ■ Kerala 5,57,441 5,772 0.99% 72.98 with the Rs 4,000-croreI tral Bengaluru. firm. In the cases of some people May, thevice-chairperson,Manjit mittee on social justice and em- dead lastweek,and his family Monetary Advisory(IMA) Group During investigations in mid- atrail has been found,”asource Singh Rai, retired on October 25. powerment, headed by Sumitra ■ Delhi 5,23,117 5,879 1.17% 61.47 crematedanother man’s body ponzi scheme in whichheisal- 2019,police found documentsin familiar with the probehad said TheNCMismandatedto have Mahajan, had made specific rec- thatwas handed over to them. ■ West Bengal 4,52,770 3,639 0.79% 91.11 leged to have receivedseveral whichakey associateofKhanhad earlier. sevenmembers,includingachair- ommendationsto strengthenthe Shibdas Banerjeewas admit- ■ Haryana 2,15,021 2,666 1.19% 60.45 crores of swindledfunds. recordedpayments made to Baig, aseven-time MLA, was personandvice-chairperson,with NCM.Oneof theissueswasthein- tedtoBalrampur BasuHospital Baig, who wasarrestedafter politicians, policemen, and gov- deniedaBJP ticket forthe bypolls amembereachfromtheMuslim, sufficient investigative powers in Khardah on November 4, and *Compounded Daily Growth Rate over last 7days**Calculated over 7-day growth over sevenhours of questioning, ernment officials. It showedBaig held forthe Shivajinagar con- Christian,Sikh,Buddhist,Parsiand that the NCMhas... But these rec- declared dead on November 13. CASEFATALITYRATIO POSITIVITYRATE DAILYIN,DAILYOUT wasproducedatthe home of a as akey recipient of funds. stituency in December 2019 on Jain communities. ommendations were neverim- On Friday, his familywas told special CBI judge, who re- DespitebeingnamedbyKhan, account of his linkstothe IMA “Therehasbeensomedelayin plemented by the then UPAgov- 7DAYSEARLIER: 7DAYSEARLIER: DETECTED TODAY that he wasalive,while they mandedhim in 14 days’judicial Baighadmanagedto evadearrest scam. fillingthevacanciesbecauseof the ernment.Whichevergovernment were preparingfor his “shrad- 1.47 7.06 45,209 custody,sources said. in the early days of investigations The CBI has chargesheeted Covid-19pandemic, but the is in power, thereportstabledby dha” ceremony. NOW: NOW: RECOVEREDTODAY: More than40,000 investors, by aSpecialInvestigationTeamof twosenior IPS officers — process is underway,’’said Union the minority commission in Afour-member inquirycom- 1.46 6.90 43,493 mostlyfromtheMuslimcommu- thepolicesetupbythe Congress- Hemanth Nimbalkar,aninspec- Ministerfor MinorityAffairs Parliament arenever reallytaken mittee has been setupand the Deaths as aratio of Positivesagainst Becoming sick vs nity,weredupedoftheir savings JDSalliancegovernmentthatwas torgeneral of police, andAjay Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi. The min- up or debated,’’ said former Vice district health department has positive cases (in%); number tested recovering; more —tothe tune of Rs 4,000 crore— in poweruntil July2019. Hillori, asuperintendent of po- istryrecommends thenamesto PresidentHamidAnsari,whowas initiated aprobe. indicator of progress (in %);indicator of recoveries for 14 days by the ponzi scheme operated by Baig crossedovertothe BJP lice —and three other policemen the PrimeMinister’s Office. also NCMchairperson. in averting deaths the spread of disease may signal the peak “The inquirycommittee’s re- the IMA Group of arrested busin- alongwith16 otherCongressand who gave theponzi scheme Thisisn’tthefirsttimethatva- Section 13 of the NCMAct DataasonNovember21,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealth,ICMRandstates.Oftendailynumbers porthas been senttothe state includedatafrompreviousdays.Assuch,trendsbasedondailynumbersareindicative,notdefinitive essman Mohammed Mansoor JDS MLAs in July2019and helped clearances. The police officers cancies haven’t been filledinthe mandates thatthe annual report, health department. Necessary Khan. Baig’s name emerged theBJPformagovernmentunder arealleged to have received NCM—in2017, allsevenposts re- “togetherwiththememorandum action will be taken,” said district whenthescamsurfacednearly 18 BSYediyurappa by ousting the bribes in excess of Rs 30 crore. A mainedempty forovertwo of actiontakenontherecommen- Chief Medical Officer of Health months agoand Khanfledthe Congress-JDScoalition.Soonafter promoteeIAS officer,BM months. dationscontainedtherein’’,aswell (CMOH) Tapas Roy. HATHRASWOMAN’S DEATH countrybeforebeingarrestedand coming to power, the BJP handed Vijayshankar,who wasarrested The NDAgovernment faced asthereasonsfornon-acceptance According to officials, the brought back from Dubai in July over the IMA scam case to the CBI and chargedfor receiving abribe criticism fornot filling vacancies of the recommendations, if any, body that wascremated was CBI takes 4accused to 2019 by the Bengaluru crime in August2019. of Rs 1.5crore as the Bengaluru inthecommissionsforScheduled be tabledbeforeParliament an- that of 75-year-old Mohinim- branchpolice. An Excel document in which Urban Deputy Revenue Castes, ScheduledTribes,back- nually. Sources said these reports ohan Mukherjee. He wasadmit- In avideoreleasedwhile he Khan and one of his firm’s fi- Commissioner forclearing ponzi ward classesand minorities. The have notbeen tabledin tedtothe hospital on the same Gandhinagar for brain wasinhiding,Khan had claimed nance directors, Naveed Ahmed, scheme, committed suicide a same year,the Delhi High Court Parliament since 2010. dayasBanerjee. thatseveral state politicians and maintaineddetails of bribesthey fewmonths ago. Severalofficials soughttheCentre’sresponseona “Even when Itookoverin On November 7, he was officialshadcoercedhiminto pay- paid to people in government to from the revenue department pleaagainstthegovernment’s“in- 2006,thesereportswerenolonger transferredtoaCovid hospital in mapping, polygraph test ing bribes,causingthe IMA’s keep their ponzi scheme afloat have been chargesheeted. action”inclearing appointments being tabled. And Ihad to take up Barasat.However,the Khardah downfall.Oneof thepersons,who is one of the keydocumentsthat The Enforcement Directorate to theNCM. the matter with the minorities hospital sent the Barasat heclaimedhadreceivednearly Rs the CBI usedtotrack the trail of is also investigatingthe scam. “ItistruethattheCommission, ministerandrevive thepractice.It facility Banerjee’s medical re- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE The team took the even with allits members,isnot is notaccidental that the govern- ports,resulting in the case of AHMEDABAD,NOVEMBER22 accused to always effective.Butitisneverthe- ment is reluctant to scrutinise,’’ mistakenidentity. Odisha revises school merger decision less arepresentation forminori- said Ansari,who investigated the When Mukherjeedied, the ATEAM of the Central Bureauof Gandhinagar Saturday. ties and an important instrumen- Nandigram incident in West Barasat hospitalauthorities in- Investigation (CBI), whichis Datefor conducting the stance,SchoolandMassEducation the ruling BJD of depriving stu- tality of the government in a Bengal during his tenure. formedBanerjee’s familyand probing the alleged rape and AISHWARYAMOHANTY MinisterSamir Ranjan Dashsaid dents of their right to education. democracy that givesthem agen- “The Commission is meant to handedoverthe body to them. murder of a19-year-old Dalit testsisnot yetdecided BHUBANESWAR, closing down schoolswas never Governmentchief whipPram- cy,andwhentheNCMliesvacant, act on complaintsthatitreceives. The familysaw the body from a woman in Hathras district of NOVEMBER22 theintention.“Inscheduledareas, ila Mallickhad said the mergeris theyfeel excluded. The NCMisin Mostofthecomplaintsthatwe re- distance, and it waswrappedin Uttar Pradesh, has takenthe four onlyschoolswithlessthan15stu- importantto rationaliseresources. charge of ensuring that the Prime ceive areregarding service mat- protective layers as is mandated accusedinthe case to and brain-mapping test of the FOLLOWINGPROTESTSby theop- dentswillbemergedwith other In March,the education de- Minister’s15-pointprogrammeis ters,whereanindividualmayfeel incaseof Coviddeaths.Asaresult, Gandhinagar forbrain-mapping accused forwhichadatewill be positionintheAssembly, theOdi- schools.However, if anywhereany partmentissuedanotificationfor implementedand the pro- that he has been terminated or theydid notrealise the blunder. and polygraph test. decidedsoon. The accused were sha government Sundayrevised student facesdifficulties, theycan mergerof11,517schoolswithlow grammesforminoritycommuni- passedoverfor promotion be- AfterBanerjeerecoveredon The team took the accused, notbrought to theFSL today. ” itsdecision on mergerofschools, approachthe district administra- enrolment.Theprocessremained ties areactuallyfunctioning,’’ said cause of his religion. We also get Friday, thehospital staffcalled who were lodgedinAligarhjail The woman diedduring specificallyfor scheduledareas. tion or the ministrywith their incomplete due to the lockdown. WajahatHabibullah,whowasthe complaints of propertydisputes,’’ Mukherjee’s family, saying he in Uttar Pradesh, to Gandhinagar treatment at Delhi’s Safdarjung Areas declared scheduledar- grievancesandtheirconcernswill Earlier this month, the depart- NCMchairpersonin2011-2014. said BAnand,NCM Secretary. wasready to be discharged. on Saturdayand held discus- Hospital on September 29. easundertheFifthScheduleof the be lookedinto,” Dash said. mentissuedafollow-upto theno- “In the past, the Commission Former NCMmembers said When theysaw adifferent man, sions with officials of the Fore- The Uttar Pradesh govern- Constitution with apreponder- “A separatefresh listwill be tification,askingdistrictadminis- has investigated matters of com- therehasbeenashiftinthekindof theyraisedanalarm and the nsic Science Laboratory(FSL). ment had come under fire over ance of tribal population have a preparedagainto ascertaintheex- trationsto expeditetheprocessfor munalconflictandriots.Ihavevis- members appointed to the body. blunder came to light. The datefor conducting the the manner in whichthe vic- separatelegalandadministrative act number.The number of such 8,000schoolsin15districts. ited sites of suchconflict to inves- While pastappointments in- Banerjee’s familywas then testsisnot yetdecided. tim’sbody wascremated and framework.Three districts in the schoolswithlessthan15 students The mergerisbeing under- tigate. The 2011 Bharatpur cludedformer chief justices, civil informedthat he wasstill alive. An official of the Gandhi- the wayher familywas treated statefallcompletely under the will be around 3,000,” he added. takenunder NITI Aayog’s communalriotswere investigated servants,academiciansetc,there- The familyarrived at the hospi- nagar-basedFSL told TheIndian by local police, following which scheduledareas while nineoth- On Saturday, Oppositionpar- Sustainable Action for by the Commission. In 2012,ate- centappointeeswere mostly“so- tallateatnight and took Express,“The CBI officials came the case wastransferredto ers fall partiallyunder it. ties, including BJP and Congress, Transforming Human Capital in am wassent to Assam to investi- cialactivists”withlinksto theBJP, him home. foradiscussion on the polygraph the CBI. Clarifying the government’s had raisedthe issue and accused Education programme. gate theBodo-Muslimclashes, theysaid. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,NOVEMBER23,2020 6 EXPRESS NETWORK BRIEFLY SwapwithIndonesia:Indiato As Kerala brings in new hostG-20Summitin2023 gag law, recalling SC rap PM stressesonreforms in multilateral organisations forfasterpost-Covid recovery on another 5yearsago

Tarun Gogoi MEA said that the PrimeMinister tionstoensurebetterglobal gov- lead” the recipient. Penal Code. SHUBHAJITROY underscored the importance of ernance forfasterpost-COVID re- SOFIAHSAN Section 118A,whichwas “Quite obviously, aprospec- NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER22 the 2030 Agenda forSustainable covery,” Moditweeted. NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER22 addedtothe Kerala Police Actas tive offender of Section 66Aand ASSAM Development Goals aimedat Chinese PresidentXiJinping partofthe amendment cleared the authorities who aretoen- TarunGogoi’s INDIAISsettohosttheG-20sum- “leavingnoonebehind”.Withthe said the G-20 countries should KERALAGOVERNOR Arif by theGovernor on Saturday, forceSection66A have ab- mitin2023,insteadof 2022—the changing situation in the wake of take thelead in tackling climate Mohammad Khan on Saturday providesfor asimilar punish- solutelynomanageable stan- healthremains 75thyear of Independence. thepandemic,thePrimeMinister change,followtheguidanceof the approved an ordinance by the ment on conviction as thatof dardbywhich to bookaperson IndonesiawillassumeG-20pres- said the countryhas adoptedthe UN Framework Convention on stategovernment thatprovides Section 66Aand Section 118(d) foranoffenceunder Section ‘verycritical’ idencyin2022 afteraswapwith ‘Self Reliant India’ initiative,and ClimateChangeand push forthe forjail term forany communica- butisnot restricted to communi- 66A,”the courthad said,while India,Indonesianforeignminister PM Modi speaks during G-20 willbecomeanimportantandre- fullandeffective implementation tion or publication, including so- cation made through acom- holdingthe provision to be un- Guwahati: The health Retno Marsudi said, adding that Riyadh Summit, via video liablepillarof worldeconomy and of the Paris Agreement. cial media or cyber post, that is puter resource or acommunica- constitutionallyvague. condition of former the changeofplan wasagreed conferencing, in Delhi. PTI global supplychains basedonits AG-20 declaration said the deemed“threatening, abusive, tion device,asitexplicitly states Concluding that Section 66A Assam chief minister consideringthatIndonesiawould competence and dependability. leaders “arecommittedto leading humiliatingordefamatory”.In “through anykind of mode of takeswithin itssweep pro- Tarun Gogoi remained also chair the Association of At agloballevel,Indiaalsotook the worldinshaping astrong, sus- 2015,the Supreme Courtinits communication”, tected speechand “verycritical” on Sunday SoutheastAsianNations(ASEAN) NarendraModireiteratedtheim- theinitiative of establishing insti- tainable, balancedand inclusive landmark judgment on Section and is notre- speech that is inno-

although he responded to in 2023. “India also has had the portance of reforms in multilat- tutions suchasthe International post-COVID-19era”.Onterroristfi- 66Aofthe IT Acthad struck stricted to annoy- ED cent in nature,the alonger duration of dial- samerequesttochangethe G-20 eral organisations to ensurebet- SolarAllianceandtheCoalitionfor nancing,theG-20declarationsaid, down asimilar provisionofthe ing someone, like courthad said that is ysis, stateHealth Minister presidency in 2023,” the terglobal governance forfaster DisasterResilient Infrastructure. “Wesupportthe Anti-Money Kerala Police Actfor being viola- Section 118(d). liable “thereforetobe HimantaBiswaSarma Indonesian minister said. post-Covid recovery at the G-20 Addressing the side event— Laundering/Counter-TerroristFin- tive of the right to freedom of It says “who- AIN usedinsuchaway as

said. The Congress vet- “Welook forwardtoour next SummithostedbySaudi Arabia. ‘Safeguardingthe Planet: The ancingpolicyresponsesdetailedin speechand expression and forits ever makes, ex- PL to have achilling ef- eran’s health condition meetings in Italyin2021, The agenda of the second day CircularCarbon Economy FATF’s paperonCOVID-19, and vagueness. presses, publishes fect on free speech”.

EX E● deteriorated on Saturday Indonesia in 2022, India in 2023 of the summit focusedonbuild- Approach’, ModisaidIndia is not reaffirm our supportfor the FATF, Section 118(d) of the Kerala or disseminates... The then afternoon, following and Brazil in 2024," the G-20 ing an inclusive,sustainable and only meetingitsParisAgreement astheglobalstandard-settingbody Police Actprovidedfor impris- anymatter or sub- Additional Solicitor multi-organfailureand Riyadh Summit Leaders resilient futurewithasideevent targets, but alsoexceedingthem. forpreventing and combating onmentofuptothree years for ject forthreatening,abusing, General of India Tushar Mehta– he became unconscious Declaration said. on safeguarding the planet. “Reiteratedtheimportanceof moneylaundering,terroristfinanc- anypersonconvicted of causing humiliating or defaming aper- who is currentlySolicitor with difficulty in breath- Meanwhile, PrimeMinister An official statement by the reforms in multilateralorganiza- ing and proliferation financing.” “annoyance” to anyperson “in son or class of persons, know- General –had arguedthat the ing. Sarma said the doc- an indecent manner” by “state- ing it to be false and that causes fact the provision is capable of tors had initiallyplanned mentsorverbalcommentsor injurytothe mind, reputation being abusedisnot aground to forfour hours of dialysis, UP: Two-day RSS telephone calls or call of any or property of suchpersonor test itsvalidity and had assured but theycouldcontinue type or by chasing or sending class of persons or anyother the courtthat the government forsix hours. “Wecan say meet begins; ‘love messages or mail by any person in whom theyhavein- wascommitted to free speech this is apositive sign," he means”. terest”shall be punished with and the provision wouldbeused told reporters at Gauhati jihad’ on agenda The apexcourt, in the Shreya imprisonment extendingupto only“when excesses areperpe- Medical Collegeand Lucknow: Public contributions for Singhal case ruling, said that three years or withfine extend- trated by personsonthe rights Hospital. PTI RamTemple construction and what it has said about Section ingtoRs10,000 or withboth. of others”. “love jihad” were among the top- 66Awould directlyapplytothe The benchofJustices J However, thecourt had ob- ics discussed at aNational provision “as causing annoyance Chelameswar and RFNariman served that an assurance from Executive Committee meeting of in an indecent manner suffers in the rulingonSection 66Ahad the present government even if MAHARASHTRA the RashtriyaSwayamsevak from the same type of vagueness notedthat none of the expres- carriedout faithfully would not Comedianin Sangh (RSS) that beganSundayin and overbreadth...” sion usedinitare defined. bind anysuccessor govern- Prayagraj.The two-daymeeting Section 66Acriminalised Terms suchas“threatening, ment. judicialcustody forthe eastern Uttar Pradesh re- sending of acommunication – abusing, humiliating or defam- In the ShreyaSinghal case, gion wasattendedbyCMYogi via computer or acommunica- ing” arenot definedinSection the courthad notedthat the pro- tillDecember4 Adityanath along with Sarsang- tion device –whichcould be said 118A either but Section 2ofthe vision is notaimedatdefama- hchalak Mohan Bhagwat and to be “grosslyoffensive,has Kerala PoliceAct statesthat the tory statementsatall as for Mumbai: AcourtSunday SarkaryawahSuresh“Bhaiyaji” menacing character” or false in- wordsand expressions notde- something to be defamatory, in- remandedcomedian Joshi, sources said. Sangh sources formation intended at “causing finedunder the said lawshall jurytoreputationisabasic in- Bharti Singh and husband saidthatbesidesoutreachforcon- annoyance, inconvenience, dan- have the meanings as definedin gredient. Harsh Limbachiyaa, who tributions to RamTemple con- ger, obstruction, insult, injury, theIndian Penal CodeorCode of Section 66Adoes notcon- have been arrested by the struction and “lovejihad”, issues criminalintimidation, enmity, Criminal Procedure. cern itself with, it said. However, NCBfollowing seizureof suchasenvironmentconservation hatred or will” or anyelectronic Out of four actions crimi- Section 118A in particular en- ganja, in judicial custody and RSS’s role in village develop- mail or emailmessagesintended nalisedunder the latestamend- compasses both defamation and till December 4. The court ment forthe Atmanirbhar Bharat at “causing annoyance or incon- ment by Kerala, onlydefamation injury to reputation and men- willhear their bailpleas campaign were discussed. ENS venience or to deceive or to mis- is clearly defined in the Indian tions them explicitly. on Monday. TheNCB BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION sought Limbachiyaa’s custody forquestioning Samajwadi Partyleader Akhilesh YadavgreetsfatherMulayamSingh Yadavduring his 81st but did notseek Singh’s birthday, in LucknowonSunday. Express Fake Aadhaar, Facebookaccount: how custody and told the courtthat she maybe senttojudicial custody. gang posed as cops, targeted contacts Defence lawyer Ayaz GULMARGLAND SCANDAL Khan arguedthat thereis no question of custodial Arguments on charges against cardretailer and adistributor – urgent need,'' said MDSharath, awareofit. Manyofthose who interrogation as the al- JOHNSONTA had created hundredsoffake Superintendent of Police of the got themessages were people in leged substance recov- BENGALURU,NOVEMBER22 Aadhaar identities and issued CID cyber crime unit in my villageand theydid nothave ered is lesser than the SIMcards againstthe fake IDs Karnataka whichcarriedout the the newpayment systems. We ‘small quantity’ as pre- Lt-Gen’s Advisor begin today ON SEPTEMBER 15,asenior IPS whichwerethen usedtocreate recentarrests. were able to blockthe account in scribed under law. ENS officer in Karnataka, P social media accountstoimper- An FIR registeredonacom- quicktime,'' says Sharanappa. ther investigatethe case. Last Advisor by theCentreinMarch Harishekharan, filedacomplaint sonatethe police officers. plaint filedbyDSP Prakash In December 2019,Karnataka UTTARAKHAND EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE month, the agencyfiledareport, this year. withaCID cyber crime police The CID have arrested four Rathod said, "The miscreants IPS officer DRoopa, who is now NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER22 indictingKhan onceagain in the The newindictment by the station in Bengaluru, saying members of the gang – downloadedaphotograph (of the homesecretary, hadraisedthe is- Governor case. ACBleftred faces in the adminis- somebody had created afake Balwinder Singh, aSIM carddis- officer) in police uniform, along sue of afakeInstagram account testspositive, AFTER Afresh indictment by the In 2009, the StateVigilance tration, whichhas been claiming Facebook profile with his name tributor who activated fake ac- withonein plain clothes andcre- in hername.“This is notmyac- Anti-CorruptionBureau(ACB),the Organisation–now ACB–had successinitsfightagainstcorrup- and photographsand wasseek- counts; Ansar Khan, aSIM card atedfake profiles and startedim- count. I'm notonInstagram. This asymptomatic Special Judge(Anti-Corruption) registeredacase against20peo- tion,especially afterthe abroga- ing funds from his friends. retailer who sold SIMs against personating. Theystarted con- is broughttomynoticeonlynow. Baramulla is settohear on ple, including Khan, the then tionof J&K’sspecialstatuslastyear. Aday later,CID Deputy fake Aadhaar IDs; Saini, an ac- tacting Facebook friends and Will complain to Cybercrime po- Dehradun: Uttarakhand Mondaythe final argumentson BaramullaDeputyCommissioner, However, the government has Superintendent of Police MH complice who created the fake startedrequesting monetaryhelp lice station @CIDKarnataka. Governor BabyRani framingof chargesagainstBaseer and six other topbureaucrats, for maintainedacomplete silenceon Nagthe lodged asimilar com- Aadhaar ID; and Saddam, are- by quotingemotionalreasons.As Meanwhile requestthose on @in- Maurya tested positive to Ahmad Khan, Advisor to J&K allegedly misusing their official the issue. plaint. ceiverofthe funds obtained aresult, one of his Facebook stagram to reportthis issue,” she Covid-19onSunday. Sheis Lieutenant Governor, in the 2009 positions to transfer stateland in Though the RoshniAct was On October 5, another DSP in through the fraud–from friends transferredRs2,000to the had tweeted. asymptomaticandhasiso- Gulmarg land scandal. Gulmarg,earmarkedfordevelop- scrappedbythe then Governor the CID, Prakash Rathod, lodged Rajasthan and areonthe lookout designated account.'' Among other officers known lated herself under med- The case involving the top ment of touristinfrastructure, to SatyaPal Maliksoon aftercentral acomplaint saying afriendofhis forafifth suspect, Shakeel Some IPS officers like to have been recently targetedby ical supervision. On functionaryinthecurrentgovern- private parties. This, the agency rule wasimposedinJ&K in 2018, friendhad donated moneyafter Ahmed, who allegedly created Harishekharan, who is the the scamsters is Tamil Nadu Saturday, Maharashtra ment has grabbed attention, es- had said, wasinviolationofthe theJ&KHighCourtinitsjudgment being approachedbyafake fake accounts on Facebook and InspectorGeneralofPolice forpo- Additional Director-General of Governor Bhagat Singh peciallybecausetherulingBJPhas J&K StateLands(Vesting of lastmonth calledthe manner in Facebook account in the DSP's other social media. lice training in Karnataka, and Police (Crime againstWomen Koshyari had held acour- calledits government’s action to Ownershipto theOccupants)Act, whichownership of stateland name. "Thereisariseinthe number Deputy Commissioner of Police and Children) MRaviand the tesymeetingwithMaurya nullifyRoshniAct“asurgicalstrike 2001 or RoshniAct. wastransferredunder this law Investigations in over adozen of instances wheresocial media Bengaluru (East) SDSharanappa Madurai Police Commissioner at the RajBhavanin againstthe corrupt of J&K”. The Khan wasarrestedon “loottoown”. The court trans- similar complaints made by po- profiles of public figures and of- were abletoalert friends or get Davidson Devasirvatham. Dehradun.Maurya wason Gulmarglandscandalisoneof the September 23,2013oncharge of ferredtheprobetoCBIandspecif- lice officers in Karnataka, Tamil ficials, includingpolice officers, the fake accountsshut down The keyfinding from their in- aweek-long leaveinAgra high-profile cases wheretop offi- corruption and granted bailthe icallyaskedit to “fix the responsi- Nadu and Telangana have ledthe arebeing duplicated to cheat the quickly--beforethe scamsters vestigation, according to cyber and returnedFriday. A cialswere bookedforallegedly vi- same day. He went on to become bilityand culpabilityofthe Karnataka CID cyber unit to an or- public. The impostersends could have their way. crime SP MDSharath, is the large- statementsaidshehasnot olatingthe Roshni Acttotransfer Divisional Commissioner, personswho were at the helm of ganisedcybercrimenetworkop- friend requests to all the contacts "My profileis private butthey scale creation of fake AadhaarIDs come intocontact with statelandtoprivate persons. Kashmir.Hewas givenanexten- affairs...”.Thecurrentgovernment erating mostlyfromBharatpur and once accepted, theywould managed to source some of my and the issuance of SIM cards anysecretariatstaff in the InJunethisyear,SpecialJudge sion by the current government has announcedthatitwouldim- and other parts of Rajasthan. inducethe persons to transfer pictures to createanaccount. without verification. lastcouple of days. ENS (Anti-Corruption)NaseerAhmad aftersuperannuation. plementthe courtorder and ini- The networkofoperators – moneytovarious e-wallets/pay- Luckily, the account gathered FULLREPORTON Dar had directed the ACBtofur- Subsequently, he wasnamed tiated steps to retrievethe land. including amobile phone SIM ment bank accountsciting some only43followersbefore Ibecame www.indianexpress.com GUJARAT Manbeatsyouth todeathfor ‘Cold shoulder to Urdu’: Rajasthan teacher ‘Hurt sentiments’: MP may act ‘raping’daughter calls off march to Dandi after 9-point pact against kissing scenes in web series Ahmedabad: A30-year- old man has been ar- Khan,who claimedthatover130 pointed forthe sameinaschool. Mishra’s statement comes a rested forallegedly beat- HAMZAKHAN formerand current MLAs and The 2004 statepolicy had em- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE dayafter BJP youth leader ing to death a19-year-old JAIPUR,NOVEMBER22 nearly 200organisationshave ex- powereddistrict educationoffi- BHOPAL,NOVEMBER22 Gaurav Tiwari submitted awrit- youth who has been tendedtheir supporttohim. cers to administerprimaryedu- tencomplainttoSP, Rewa, booked forraping the for- TWENTY-TWOdays afterheset Forseveral years now, the cation in minority languages but ADAY afteraBJP youth leader Rakesh Kumar Singh. “Within a mer’s five-year-old out on ayatratoDandi in Gujarat Urdu teachers in Rajasthan have the September 2order ostensibly calledkissingscenes shown in ‘A single episode the Muslim boyis daughter in Bharuch, po- seeking better terms forUrdu beenmakingseveraldemands,in- altered this provision. Suitable Boy’, aweb series based seen kissing the Hindugirlthrice. lice said Sunday.The 19- teachers,ThakurShamsherBhalu cludingregularisationof madrasa Frustrated by the “cold shoul- on the novelbyVikram Seth, a And all the three times, the kiss- year-old man had al- Khan (45), an Urdu teacher and teachers—currentlyemployedon der to Urdu teachers, language wayofpromoting “love jihad”, ing scene is shown in the Shiv legedly luredthe child, his son of former Congress MLA Thakur Shamsher Bhalu acontractualbasisby theMinority and community”, Khan decided Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Mandir located in Maheshwar neighbour,tohis house BhaluKhan,called offhis march Khan (whiteturban) began Affairs Department —and more to undertakeaDandimarch on NarottamMishraSundaystated Ghat,” the complaint stated, on Fridayand rapedthe on the border district of Udaipur hisyatra on November 1 recently, forteachingUrduandap- November 1. that the stategovernment is ex- ABJP youth leaderhad adding that it is aplottopromote minor inside abathroom. late on Sunday, following ameet- pointmentofteachers forthe EducationMinisterGovind amining the scenesand consid- calledkissing scenes in A “love-jihad”. Gaurav has de- The child,policesaid,was ing with Rajasthan Waqf Board same forprimaryclasses under Singh Dotasraearlier said,“There ering action. Suitable Boy away of manded stringent actionagainst rescuedbythe youth’s ChairmanKhanuKhanBudhwali. Khan’s march united several the Education Department. is no thirdlanguageinclasses 1-5 Mishrasaidinavideo mes- promoting‘love jihad’ Monica Shergil, VP Content, elder sister. Afterthe mi- “Wehavereachedanine-point Muslim organisations and What acted as acatalystwere anywhereinIndia, but onlybe- sageshared on Twitter,“A Netflix and Ambika Khurana nor’s parentscame to agreementandinvitedhimtomeet broughtout the growingdiscon- twogovernment ordersby tween classes 6and 8. If primary Suitable Boyseries on an Over- who holds the designation of knowabout the assault, Education MinisterGovind Singh tent amongasection of Muslims PrimaryEducationDirector school itself had Urdu,thenwhy the-top (OTT) platform is highly of people.” Director of Public Policies. her father allegedly DotasrainJaipur on Monday. againstthe Ashok Gehlot-led Saurabh Swami on September 2 would the madrasas have objectionable. Kissing scenes He said he has instructed po- Asenior police officer said, nabbed the youth and Following the meeting, he has Congress government. Several andSeptember5.Theordersstate opened?Somepeopleare unnec- have been shotinsideamandir lice to examine the scenes and “Wewill have to look closelyat beat him up with a calledoffhisDandiyatra,”Budhwali Congress MLAs also wrotetothe that onlyone thirdlanguagecan essarilycreatingconfusion.” with background bhajan in it. what actions can be taken the content and the objections wooden stick. ENS told The Indian Express.Khanisex- Chief Ministerand Education be taught, between classes 6and FULLREPORTON Thereare severalofthese shots againstthe directors and pro- to ascertainifitisliablefor fur- pectedto arrive in Jaipur Monday. Ministeroverissues raisedby 8,andonly oneteachercanbeap- www.indianexpress.com whichIfeel hurtthe sentiments ducers of the series. ther action.” WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,NOVEMBER23,2020 EXPRESS NETWORK 7

Year’s second storm in Body of soldier killed in LoC firing flown Maharashtra: Arabian Sea, into Pune, wreath-laying ceremony held Cyclone Gati Twodead,eight tary honours. Patilhailedfrom to hitSomalia EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE NigaveKhalsa villageinKarvir PUNE,NOVEMBER22 taluka of Kolhapur district and injuredinsugar belongedtoafarmer family. He ANJALIMARAR AWREATH-LAYINGceremony is survivedbyhis parents PUNE,NOVEMBER22 washeld in Pune afterthe mor- Shivajirao and Satabai, wife talremains of 38-year-old Army Hemlata, six year old son factorygasleak THE INDIA Meteorological soldier from Kolhapur district, Shaurya,two year old daughter Department (IMD) on Sunday Havildar Sangram Shivaji Patil, Shivaswi and his brother announcedthe formation of who waskilledinceasefireviola- Sandeep's family. Cyclone Gati, the year's second tion by PakistanArmy, were The Southern Command of to develop in the Arabian Sea. In flown to thecity on Sunday the Indian Armytweeted,"Brig EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE June this year,Cyclone Nisarga evening. SanjaySaxena, Station PUNE,NOVEMBER22 had hit Alibag near Raigad dis- HavPatil wascriticallyin- Commander,Dehu Road, laid trict in Maharashtra. jured and later succumbed to his wreath on mortalremains of TWOWORKERS were killed and NamedbyIndia, Cyclone injuries in the unprovoked HavPatil Sangram Shivaji of eight others takenill or injured Gati, however, poses no threat to ceasefireviolation by Pakistan Maratha Light Infantrywho afteramethane gastank fell Indian coasts as it is headedto- Armyinthe form of mortar made supreme sacrifice forna- from the structureholding it, wardsthe Somalia coast. By shelling and small arms fire tion in an unprovokedceasefire leading to gasleakageatasugar Sundayafternoon, Gati had in- along the Line of Control (LoC) in violation by Pakistanin mill in Solapur district on the in- tensifiedintoaseverecyclonic Nowsherasector.Patil wasde- Nowshera, Jammu and Kashmir tervening night of Saturday- storm and is expected to hit ployedonaforward postinthe on November 21.Southern Sunday. Police have launcheda Somalia coastduringthe wee Nowsherasector.Heisthe sec- Command Salutes the probeintothe incident. hours of Monday. ond soldier from Kolhapur dis- Braveheart." The incident took place on Sea conditions during tricttohavelosthis lifeinthe Over aweekago,anothersol- the premises of Lokenete October-December makeitcon- ceasefireviolation in over a dier from Kolhapur district, 20- Bapurao Patil Agro Industries ducive forcyclone formation week's time. year-old Rushikesh Ramchandra Ltd, whichhas asugar factory whichhit Indian coasts.The His mortalremains were Jondhale, wasamong four Army and distillerylocated in Mohol Arabian Sea generallysees the flown from Jammu to Pune on personnel killedinunprovoked taluka of Solapur district. Police formationof onecyclonein ayear. Sundayevening and lastrites are ceasefireviolation by Pakistan said the factoryhas large tanks Normally, it follows awestward slated to be performedon At the wreath-layingceremonyinPune on Sunday. Twitter:Southern Command ArmyinUri andGurez sectors at wherewaste material is bio- Amethanegas tank came tracktowards theGulf region. Monday morning with full mili- multiple locations. chemicallytreated to produce offits structure. IMD's cyclone data between methane gas, whichisusedto 2015 and2020 shows that the fuel the boiler in the factory. frequency of development of cy- Police said on the interven- were said to be out of danger. clonesinthe Arabian Seahas TunnelBoring Machine stuckinslushinMumbai ing night of Saturday-Sunday, Inspector Ashok Saykar of seen an increasing trend. In 2019, the tank suddenlygot dislodged Mohol police stationsaid, "We four cyclones -- Vayu,Hikka, from itsstructureresulting in have launchedaninquiryinto Kyarrand Maha -- formedhere Engineering in January2012, roclastic ash, it is very loose in decide on the further course of the projectwas granted exten- heavy leakageofmethane gas. the incident. An investigationre- and remainedone of themost LAXMANSINGH with adeadlineof48months. nature. Thereare cavities near action. BMC officials and mem- sion, thecosthad gone up to Rs Twoworkers were killedand portfromthe office of Factory active cyclone forming years. In MUMBAI,NOVEMBER22 Thereweretwo arms of the tun- the TBM and duringthe rains last bers of the expertcommittee are 263 crore. eight morewereeither takenill Inspector is awaited and as part 2018,cyclonesLuban, Mekanu nel, withPowai being the central year,the tunnel wasflooded. The settomeetnextweek. So far, the BMC has success- or injured.The deceasedwork- of our inquiry, we arerecording and Sagar developedinthis re- IN Aone-of-its-kind incident, a point. One arm of 2.2 km from TBM is nowsurroundedby Speaking to The Indian fullyconstructed watersupply ers have been identifiedas statementsofemployees. If gion. In all, 12 cyclones formedin tunnel boring machine (TBM) PowaitoVeravali has been com- slush. It is adifficult terrain to Express, Additional Municipal tunnels spanning more than 80 Jyotiram Dada Vagere (45) and thereisprima facie negligence the ArabianSea in last sixyears drilling forthe Brihanmumbai pleted and commissioned. work at and this is the firsttime Commissioner (Projects) P km in abid to improvethe city’s Suresh AnkushChavan(22). The behindthe incident, acriminal withCyclone Okhi(2017)caus- Municipal Corporation's (BMC) The TBM had got stucklast we have come across sucha Velrasu said, “The TBM requires network.In Mumbai,18TBMs are other eight workers were being offence will be registeredand ing some devastation in India. ambitious Veravali-Powai- Augustduring tunneling forthe problem while constructing a basalt rock forboring. Here, since currentlybeing used forvarious treated at alocal hospitaland further action will be taken." Meanwhile on the eastcoast, Ghatkoparwater supplyproject, other 4.4-km stretch--from watersupply tunnel. Suchsoil the soil strata is loose in nature, infrastructure projectssuchas asimultaneouscyclone is brew- hasbeenstuckinitsownpartially- PowaitoGhatkopar -- after with pyroclastic ash has not we have to leave that particular Metro3(Colaba-Bandra-Seepz). ing in the southern region of the dug tunnel near Powaifor over a drilling about 1.2kmand 90 m been found anywhereelseinthe stretchof200m(wherethe TBM India's biggestTBM had ar- Five college students held for BayofBengal justoff Tamil Nadu year,withnorespiteinsight. deep.The tunnel wasflooded city,”hesaid, adding that the soil is stuck) and then continuework rivedinthe city in April forthe coast. Forovertwo days now, this The BMC is constructing a withaslush of soil and rainwater. strata in Mumbai is usuallyofa further.Weare working on coastalroad project. About 12.19 system has remainedalow pres- 6.6-km watersupplytunnel The soil strata at the location is basalt rock type. methodologytoremove the ma- mwide, this TBM will drill 3.4- beating man, leading to death suresystembut is nowset to in- from Veravali to Ghatkopar to softasagainstthe required rocky The TBM’s diameterisabout chine. These thingshappen km twin tunnels under Malabar tensify intoadepression. Further, improveMumbai's old supply patchand extricating the ma- 2.8 mand itslength is less than when we don't understand soil Hill and Girgaon Chowpatty.The followand harass a19-year-old it would strengthen to form acy- network, in order to preventwa- chine has proved to be an impos- 50 m. In the lastone year,the strata perfectly.The soil is ex- project will commence by the EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE woman, due to whichthe five clone mostlikelybyNovember tertheftand provide relief to res- sible task so far, officialssaid. civicbodyhas approachedsev- pected to be better in the rest of end of December. MUMBAI,NOVEMBER22 college studentsconfronted 24.Asaresult, the Metdepart- identsdealing with lowpressure Explaining the problem,chief eral TBM experts in the country the stretchtowards Ghatkopar.” Across the world, too, it is rare him,leading to his deathon ment has forecast widespread watersupply. engineerofthe BMC watersup- as well as across the world, in- The project wassupposedto foraTBM to getstuck.In2013, FIVE COLLEGE studentswerear- Thursdaynight. The policeiden- rain over Tamil Nadu, The TBM is of German make plyproject department, Shirish cluding those in Germany, seek- be completedin2016. However, the world's then biggestTBM, rested on Sundaybythe Vakola tified oneofthe accused as Puducherry,and Karaikal during -- Herrenknecht. According to Uchgaonkar,said that the soil ing help forremovalofthe ma- twoextensions have been 'Bertha',whichwas drilling fora police forallegedly beating a Manas More(19), the woman's November 23-26. Enhancedrain BMC officials,acontract of Rs 183 strata at the location is different chine,but in vain. The BMC has awardedtothe contractor to fin- highway project, wasstuck un- man, leading to his death. friend.“Theaccusedhad passed is forecastalong coastalAndhra crorefor the Veravali-Powai- when compared to other parts also formedanexpert commit- ish the work since. BMC officials derSeattlecity in the US aftera The police said that the de- commentsagainsther... she Pradesh, Rayalaseema, Telangana Ghatkopar watersupplyproject of the city.“The portion where teeunder the chairmanship of a said that the projecthas seen technical snag. It wasremoved ceased, identifiedasMayur went and complainedtoManas tillNovember 26. wasawarded to Patel TBM wasdrilling soil strata is py- professor from IIT-Mumbaito costescalations.In2016, while afterfour years. Giridhar Joshi (28), would often More,” said an officer.

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8 THE EDITORIAL PAGE the slaughter —GEORGE WASHINGTON Paying for poison

§ FOUNDED BY § RAMNATH GOENKA Theregime of subsidies is the mainreasonwhy BECAUSETHE TRUTH INVOLVES US ALL thereisstubble in the firstplace IRONINVELVET JessicaSeddon and Ashok Gulati Kerala government mustwithdraw social media ordinance. It violates Constitution, arms police with achilling newweapon IF YOUWERE being forcedto consume poison well as itsperpetrator. easy,and subsidisedasthe basicgranules. —and to payfor it —how would youreact? Particulatematterand ground-level We have to stop paying forpoison. An im- HE KERALAGOVERNMENT’S decision to amend the lawtomakeallegedly Notwell, forsure. It sounds abstract, far- ozone (formedfromindustrial, powerplant, portant element to correct in the policy ma- “threatening or abusive or humiliating” social media posts punishable by fetched, but this is one of the dynamics at play and transportation emissions among other trix is the policy of subsidies on power, fer- ajail term crosses manyred lines —and walksapath whichthe Supreme behind air pollution in Delhi and the Indo- ingredients) cause double-digit losses in crop tilisers and procurement. We needtoshiftthe Courthas clearly flaggedasunconstitutional. By pushingthrough an or- Gangetic plains at large. yields. Ozone damages plant cells, handicap- nature of supporttofarmers from input sub- Tdinance that makes suchadraconian change, the Leftgovernment not People in this highly-pollutedairshedare ping photosynthesis, while particulatemat- sidies to investment subsidies,say forthe con- choking toward aslowdeath. As winter terdims the sunlight that reaches crops. version of paddy areasinthis belt to orchards onlyadds to thesteady stateencroachment of free speechand individual liberties but it dawns,the wind slows,temperaturesdrop, AgriculturescientistTonyFischer’s 2019 esti- with drip irrigation,vegetables, corn,cotton, also sets aflagrant example of overzealous policing.Chief MinisterPinarayiVijayan has andsuspendedparticulatematter (PM) ac- mates of thetwo pollutants’ combinedeffect pulses and oilseeds, that consume much less defendedthe amendment in the name of the damagedone to “women, transgender peo- cumulates. The more-than-enough pollution suggestthat as muchas30per cent of India’s water, muchless powerand fertilisers and ple” and families who arethe targetsofscurrilous attackson online media platforms. The in Delhi and surrounding citiesfromcon- wheat yield is missing (SageJournals, Outlook don’t createstubble to burn. argument ignores the fact that thereare enough provisions in the IPC that can address such gestedtraffic, dust,construction,waste-burn- on Agriculture). Earlier,BSinha et al (2015), in Adiversificationpackageof, say, Rs violations. Indeed, manyofthese arebeing weaponisedbypolice across states, be it ing and powergenerationaccumulates and Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 10,000crorespread over the next five years, MaharashtraorUttar Pradesh. More worryingly, Kerala’s move is areflectionofasaviour gets atop-up from the burningofpaddy stub- Discussions,found that high ozone levels in equallycontributed by the Centreand states, ble in Punjab,Haryana andWestern Uttar parts of Haryana and Punjab could diminish maybethe best waytomoveforward in re- complexthat allows states and politicians to invoke arange of ruses —fromthe protec- Pradesh. This top-up varies daily—from 1to rice yields by aquarter and cotton by half. ducing agriculture-related pollution. States’ tion of the weak,tothe aggrievedsentimentsofcommunities, to national security and 42 per cent of the totalpollution, as per But the ironyofagricultural pollution is savings on powersubsidies and from reduc- fake news —toarrogatemorepower to themselvestoregulate and restrict free speech. SAFAR’sreading from October 24 to that taxpayers areessentiallypaying forit ing watertable depletion could payfor most It is an attempt to smuggle in the iron fist in the velvetglove of noble intentions. November 19.But it is, in general, abig chunk through asystemofsubsidies that actually of the package. The approachtodiversifica- But the Supreme Courthas calledout suchattemptspreviously. In 2015,the apexcourt of the poison, as growing research usinga motivatesthe very behaviours thatdrive the tion has to be demand-led, with aholistic struckdownSection 66Aofthe Information Technology Act, 2000,whichgavethe govern- rangeoftechnologiesand methods, from agricultural emissions that theybreathe. framework of the value chain, from farm to satellites to ground monitoring to chemical Muchofthe policy attention has focused fork and notjustfocusedonproduction. The ment powertoarrestand imprison an individual forallegedly offensive online posts.The analysis, concurs. on howtochangethe disposal of paddy role of the private sector in building value courtruledthat as it did notdistinguish between speechthat wasmerely“offensive or an- Agriculture’s contribution to air pollution stubble, but our current system of subsidies chains will be critical. noying” and that whichwas guilty of inciting adisruption of public order,Section 66Awas runsevendeeper thanwhat happens be- is abig reason that thereisstubbleonthese On the fertiliser front,instead of massive “liable to have achilling effect on free speech”. The same judgment also declared as invalid tween crop seasons. The Indo-Gangetic plain fields in the firstplace. Free power—and subsidisation of urea to thetune of almost75 Section 118(d) of the Kerala Police Act, whichprescribed ajail term forthose who caused is also one of the world’s largest and rapidly- consequently,“free” water, pumped from per cent of itscost, it would be better to give annoyance to others by “indecent” statements, comments, calls or messages. In effect, the growing ammonia hotspots.Atmospheric the ground —isabig partofwhatmakes farmers input subsidy in cashonper hectare ammonia, whichcomes from fertiliser use, growing rice in these areas attractive.Open- basis, and free up the prices of fertilisers com- newordinancetries to resurrect asectionstruck down as unconstitutional by the apexcourt. animal husbandry, and other agricultural endedprocurement of paddy,despitethe pletely. This would be in acrop-neutralway Despitethe guarantees in theConstitution, the Indian politicalclass, Left, Right, even Free power—and practices, combines with emissions from consequently,‘free’ water, bulgingstocksofgrains with theFood that would makeagriculturedemand-driven Centre, riding on the ballastofahyper-polarisedpolitics, increasingly looksatfreespeech, powerplants, transportation and other fos- CorporationofIndia,addstothe incentives. and also save the countryfromhigh costs of dissent and even legitimatecriticism as an exercise in bad faith, and projectsitasanattack sil-fuel burning to form fine particles.The pumped from the ground — Subsidies account foralmost15per cent of carrying excessive stocks of rice and wheat. on democraticallyelected authority.Asaresult, existing laws arebeing weaponisedtoar- preciseshareofthese “second particulates” is abig part of what makes the value of rice being producedinPunjab- Government procurement of paddy from rest journalists andcitizens foratweet or aslogan or aFacebook post, when institutions of (secondarybecause they areformed by mul- growing rice in these areas Haryana belt. farmers burningstubble in their fields may amaturedemocracy should have the broad shoulderstoshrug offsuchcomments. That tiple direct,orprimary, emissions reacting Similarly,the rootsofrising ammoniapol- also be restricted. in the atmosphere) has notbeen extensively attractive. Open-ended lution lie in the wayfertiliserisused. Fertiliser, Takentogether,these measurescould the avowedlyprogressive Leftgovernment in Kerala —seen by many of itsardent admirers studiedfor Indian cities but findings from procurement of paddy, particularly urea in granular form, is highly double farmers’ incomes,promote efficiency as alastoutpostofliberal values —also decides to strikeablowagainstliberty is asign of an China with similar emission patterns sug- despite the bulging stocks of subsidised. It is one of the cheapest formsof in resource use, and reduce pollution —awin- endemicintoleranceto dissent, cuttingacrossideologicallines.The PinarayiVijayan govern- gest that theycan account foraquartertoa grains with the Food nitrogen-basedfertiliser,easy to storeand win solutionfor all. TheModi government thirdofparticulatematter pollution even in easy to transport, butitisalso one of the first has already undertakenbold agri-marketing ment, astridentcritic of stateexcesses elsewhere in thecountry, mustholditself upto those Corporation of India,adds same standards —and withdraw an ordinance that does notpass the constitutional test. urban settings. to “volatilise,” or release ammonia intothe reforms. It is time to reform the input subsidy To besure, agriculturealone is notthe full to the incentives. Subsidies air.This loss of nitrogen, the main point of fer- regime and stop payingfor poison. story. The post-Diwali PM 2.5 levels of 1,970 account foralmost 15 per tilising in the firstplace, then leads to acycle in VivekVihar to 1,073inMandir Margin cent of the value of rice of more andmorefertiliserbeing appliedto Seddon is Fellow, ChadhaCenter for Delhi (againstasafevalue of 60) were clearly getthe intendedbenefitsfor crops. Thereare Global IndiaatPrinceton University,and MANY MORE BANKS being produced in acocktailofmanysources.Itisimportant to ways to reduce the nitrogen loss, and pollu- Gulati is InfosysChair Professor for note that agricultureisavictim of pollutionas Punjab-Haryana belt. tion consequences,but theyare notascheap, AgricultureatICRIER RBI panel proposal to allowlarge NBFCs to converttobanksis welcome. Need forbettersupervision mechanisms is urgent

NDIA HAS NO balance of paymentsproblem. Norisitconstrainedany longerby endemic shortagesoffood, fuel and other essential rawmaterials. Even govern- ment finances areonthe mend, with the goods and services taxregime stabil- POWER IN THE AIR ising and the worstofthe COVID lockdown-inducedrevenue shortfalls over.But Ithereisone unresolvedcrisis—ofabroken bankingsystem—thatcan hold back economic growth. Public sector banks(PSBs), in the lastfiveyears, have seen their share IAF has enhanced India’s deterrent and coercivepostureinLadakh in total advancesand depositsfall from 74-76per cent to 60-65per cent. But these arestill fartoo high andalso worrying, giventhe accumulation of bad loans, both pastand prospec- tive.The Centre cannotkeep recapitalising PSBs. While thereare well-run private sector Arjun Subramaniam banks, theycannotpickupthe slackfromthe vastly reducedlendingcapacity of PSBs. The solution is simple: India todayneeds morebanks. It is in this contextthat the rec- AFTER ALMOSTTWO decades, the wider cit- Fordecades, the airspace over Ladakh has space,bothprecision attacksandareabomb- ommendation by aReserveBank of India (RBI)-appointed internal working group to allow izenryhas been exposedtoseveral facets of remained muted withonlythe baremini- ing arenot likelytocause anycollateral dam- non-bankingfinancialcompanies (NBFC) with assetsize of Rs 50,000croreormoretocon- howIndia’s armedforces aredeployed in mum transportand helicoptersupportbeing age, therebyallowing airpowertooperate warlikeconditions in Eastern Ladakh. The de- undertaken forsustenance,stockingand ca- without anymajor shackles. vert to banks, is welcome. Such NBFCscould include those controlledbylarge corporate liberateand decisivedeployment of the sualty evacuation. Lulledand even intimi- Modern air powerisall about targeting houses, subject to their having aminimum of 10 years of successfuloperations and the pro- Indian Army, withits entirerangeofcombat dated fordecades by thestricturesimposed andtargeting is allaboutbuilding aproper moters being “fit and proper”. If the panel’s suggestions areaccepted, manyNBFCs —like and engineeringcapabilities including tanks, on it by the various border protocolsand con- intelligence mosaic. The principal medium to BajajFinserv, AdityaBirla Capital,L&TFinance,M&MFinancialServices andCholamandalam towedheavy artilleryguns, special forces and fidence-building measures, Sub-Sector North createthismosaicisspace andthe platforms Investment &Finance —would qualify.Their lending booksare already bigger than many hardy troops in protective wintergear,has and Eastern Ladakh were literallyquasino- used areimaging, infrared,communication banks. The integrity and reputation of the promoters in these cases, too, isn’t under ques- sent astrong messagetothe People’s flyzones forIAF fighters. Whatever little and navigation-enabling satellites. It will take Liberation Army (PLA). An even moredeter- fighter flying comprisedmainlyofCombat decades forIndia to matchChina’s superior- tion. If becoming banksgives them greater access to low-costpublic depositsand thereby rent signal has been the willingness of the Air Patrols over Siachen and some familiari- ity in this realm. While India has wiselycho- enables morelending, that is good forthe economy’s growing credit requirement. Indian Armytooccupytacticallyadvanta- Never has so muchloadand sation in other parts of Ladakh. sen nottoengageinaspace race withChina, Converting establishedNBFCs intobanksisdifferent from permitting large geous heightsalong the north and south The government seems to have realised thereisaneedtoacceleratethe military seg- corporate/industrial houses in general to setupbanks. The RBI panel has rightlyadopted banks of Pangang Tso. It has forced the so manypersonnel been twoimportant facets of anyfuturelimited ment of India’s space programme.The cre- acautious approachinthis regard.Banking as abusiness involvesdeploying others’ money. Chinesetoreevaluatetheir strategicgame- flown into Ladakhbythe conflict scenarios across the LAC, particularly ation of aDefence Space Agency is astepin India’s pasthistory is replete withinstances of business houses usingbanksascaptive plan, whichwas expected to unfold by the IAF,not even in 1962. The in Ladakh. The firstisgiven the dense and al- this direction. In the meantime, Unmanned time winter setin. This strategic pause has mostmirror-image ground deployments of Aerial Vehicles and other air-basedsurveil- fund poolsfor financing other group entities and related parties. Licencesshould, hence, helpedthe Indian Armydig in along the LAC skies over Ladakhnow the Indian Armyand the PLA, force-on-force lance systems needtofill the gap. Space- be issuedselectivelyand preference giventothose with aproventrack recordinrunning and consolidateits deterrent posture. reverberate with the sound engagementsare notlikelytolead to anyde- basedcommunication and signalintelligence NBFCs as independent, arm’s-length businesses. Bankingregulationsshould ensuread- However, whathas slippedunder the of Sukhois, MiG-29s, cisive outcomes that couldresult in an alter- satellites arekey to createanelectronic orbat equatesafeguards against“connected lending”, though one mustn’t forget that recent radar is the massiveeffortbythe Indian Air Rafales, C-17s, C-130s, ation of status quofor either side. With hu- (order of battle) of the adversary. Forceinenabling,supporting and comple- man capacity significantlydiminished by Whatever transpires on the ground dur- scams have been moreabout PSBs and so-calledprofessional-promotedentities (Yes Chinooksand Apaches as Bankand Global TrustBank). The need forbettersupervision mechanisms is as urgent as menting this effort,bothinreal termsaswell altitude and terrain, air powercan cause sig- ing thecoming weeks, theaerospacesegment Leh emerges as among the theneedfor morebanks, small and big. as coercive posturing. Neverhas so muchload nificant psychological degradation in an ad- of deterrence, intelligence gathering, surveil- and so manypersonnelbeen flown into busiest IAF airfields. versary. The Kargil conflict wasacase in point. lance and reconnaissance mustact as the Ladakhbythe IAF,not even in 1962. The skies Images of Special Forces Second, giventhat the PLA’s capacityto strategic establishment’s eyes and firstre- over Ladakh nowreverberate with thesound absorb punishment in alimited but high in- sponder in anyfutureresponses alongthe LAC, of Sukhois, MiG-29s, Rafales, C-17s, C-130s, training with aviation tensity conflict is untestedinrecent times, particularly in Ladakh. Air and space power Freeze Frame EPUnny Chinooksand Apaches as Leh emergesas elements of the armyand the the ability of airpowertocause significant at- areextensionsofthe same continuumand among the busiestIAF airfields. Imagesof IAF in the rugged terrain tritionand destruction of combat potential thatoughtto bereasonenoughto invest more Special Forces training with aviation elements bear testimonytothe mustbefactored in. Thisisessentialifa effort and resources in sharpening them. of the Army and the IAF in the rugged terrain weaker power(India) is to seize the initiative bear testimonytothe improving synergy be- improving synergy between early on in aconflict to shape adesirable out- Subramaniam, aretired Air Vice Marshal, is tweenthe twoservices. the twoservices. come. Giventhe sparselypopulated battle- theauthorofIndia’sWars

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ALLYING WITH FARMERS said he wasprepared to invitethe Union agri- tween India and the SovietUnion.Moscow’s THE FARMERS’ AGITATION in Western India cultureministerand arrangeameeting be- concern is on manypoints, particularly is poisedtoenter anew phase with tween him and the farmers’ leader. Afghanistan. Prime MinisterIndiraGandhi Opposition parties proposing to launchasus- has been telling foreign dignitaries that the tainedprotest in whichstudentshavebeen ASSURANCE FROM UP SovietUnion mustwithdraw from asked to boycottclasses. Meanwhile, Gujarat UP CHIEF MINISTER VPSingh has said that Afghanistan. MoscowisunhappyoverIndia’s Chief Minister Madhavsinh Solankihas given he has no apprehension about farmers in the “unofficialstance” that the SovietUnion an open invitation to thefarmers’ leader for stategoing on aWestern India-likestir. He must setadatefor the withdrawal of its talks. His MaharashtracounterpartAR said that it has been made clear to farmers forces from Afghanistan. Antulayhas appealedtothe Union agricul- that the government is on their side. Singh tureministerRao BirendraSingh to increase also said that the ban on exportofkhandsari RAJIV’S PLANS the prices of sugar andonion. He has also that wasplacedduring the festiveseason has RAJIV GANDHI, ELDER sonofthe prime asked theCentretodirect the National been lifted. minister,isundecidedonwhether he AgricultureCooperative Marketing wantstocontest elections, according to UP Federation to increase onion purchase and BREZHNEV VISIT Chief MinisterVPSingh. The CM added allowexportsonbehalf of the Maharashtra PRESIDENT BREZHNEV’S VISIT to India is ex- that personallyhewould welcome such a Cooperative Marketing Federation. Solanki pected to leadtoaneasing of differences be- decision. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,NOVEMBER23,2020 WHATTHE OTHERSSAY “Priti Patel, the home secretary, is abully.Her defence is that she had not the wits abouther to notice. If shehad anyshame,Patel would resign fromahigh- 9 THE IDEAS PAGE profile,high-pressure job” —THE GUARDIAN Aworldtowin Water bomb in

The timehas come to rallyaround anew ideafor the world—ademocratic the Himalayas globalgovernment that will notbeheld hostage to warand narrownationalsovereignty Chinese dam projectsonthe Brahmaputraare a threat to livesand livelihoods downstream

experience harsh and drysummer and the rainfall is scarce and erratic in the eastern coast. As in China, an equallyambitious north-south river-linking project has been proposedinIndia, though it has come un- der criticism forpotentiallydisturbing frag- Sudheendra ile ecosystems. Kulkarni Thereare nowmultiple operational dams in the Yarlung Tsangpo basin with moredams commissionedand under con- Christophe Jaffrelot struction. These constructions present a “I PLEDGE TO beapresident who seeksnot to and VijeyGanesh RS unique challenge forIndian planners. First, divide, but to unify;who doesn’t see redstates theywill eventuallylead to degradation of and blue states, onlysees the United States of the entirebasin: Massive amountsofsilt America.”ThusspokeJoeBidensoonafterde- WITH INDIA-CHINArelations hitting its carriedbythe riverwould getblockedby feating Donald Trumpand becomingthe 46th lowest point since the 1962 war, border in- dams leading to afallinthe quality of soil president of the US. Mayhesucceedin his dif- frastructurehas come under intense and eventual reduction in agricultural pro- ficult mission. scrutiny. The construction of severaldams ductivity.Second, the Brahmaputrabasin The US is notunique in being severely po- along the Yarlung (Brahmaputra) riveron is one of the world’s mostecologicallysen- larised. Corrosive social andpoliticaldivisions the Chinese side has been arepeatedcause sitive zones. It is identifiedasone of the arealso apparent in India, Pakistan, France, forconcern forIndian officials and the lo- world’s 34 biological hotspots.This region Turkey,Brazil, Ethiopia —indeed, in every cal people, whose livelihoods and security sees severalspecies of floraand fauna that countrytoalesser or greater degree. The an- dependonthe river. areendemic to onlythis partofthe world— tidotetopolarisationis reform of government The Brahmaputraisaperennial river, theKazirangaNational Park houses 35 and stateinstitutions in away that theywork with severalpeculiar characteristicsdue to mammalian species out of which15are forall citizenswithout discrimination and in- itsgeographyand prevailing climaticcondi- listedasthreatenedinthe IUCN conserva- justice. Societies arehealedwhen governance tions.Inhabitants alongthe riverhavetodeal tion list. The riveritself is home to the becomes fair and compassionate. with twofloods annually, onecausedbythe Gangetic riverdolphin, whichislistedas The largerquestionthe21st centuryis pos- melting of the Himalayansnowinsummer criticallyendangered. CRSasikumar ing with increasing urgency is: Howisour di- and the other due to the monsoon flows.The Third, the locationofthe dams in the videdworld going to be united and healed? wars. Hereare some radicalideastoavert nations. Furthermore, nations that wage of- frequency of these floods have increasedand Himalayasposearisk. Seismologists con- Not since the end of the Cold Warthree that danger. fensive wars or have failedtoresolve disputes aredevastating due to climatechangeand sider the Himalayasasmostvulnerable to decades agohas the worldbeen as fractured, First, if non-discriminatoryand justice- with their neighbours should stand disquali- itsimpact on high and lowflows.These pose earthquakes and seismic activity. and as besieged with uncertainty,asitisto- promoting governance is the remedy to heal fied/suspendedfromUNSC membership. aconcern forthe population and food secu- Landslides resulting from earthquakes pose day. Indeed, thereare fears of anew cold war the fissureswithin nations, the same is also Sixth, thereisastrong case formaking rity in the lowerriparian states of India and asignificantthreat—the 2015 Nepal earth- breaking out if US-China relations grow icier. necessaryfor creating amoreunited,safer and governance morebroad-basedand partici- Bangladesh. The riverisinitself dynamic as quakeand theresultant landslides wiped Theintensifying rivalrybetween the world’s better world. Therefore, the conceptofestab- patory. In ourincreasinglyinter-connected frequent landslides and geological activity out severaldams and other facilities. The largest and second-largest economiesisnot lishing ademocratic worldgovernmentmust and inter-dependent world, technology and forceittochangecourse very often. sheer size of the infrastructureprojectsun- the onlycause forworry.The militaries of the be brought to the centre of global discourse mobility have made it possible forartists,cul- As India and China continue to grow de- dertakenbyChina,and increasingly by world’s mostand second-mostpopulous na- and action. tural workers, educators, mediapersons, mographicallyaswell as economically India, poses asignificantthreat to thepop- tions —Chinaand India —havebeen engaged Second, nations and nation-stateswill, of writers,scientists,innovators, entrepreneurs, amid increasedconsumption among itscit- ulations living downstream. Close to amil- in atense standofffor the pastseven months. course, continue. But the paradigm of exclu- professionals, environmentalists,young peo- izenry, both nations face waterconstraints. lion people live in the Brahmaputrabasin Nearby, the armiesoftwo other nuclear- sive andparamount national sovereignty has ple,women andotherpreviously disempow- China, whichishome to close to 20 per cent in India and tens of millions further down- armedcountries —India and Pakistan—have becomethe greatestbarriertohumanunity ered communities, peace activists and spiri- of the world’s population, has only7per stream in Bangladesh. The projectsinthe remainedinanendless stateofconfrontation. and fraternity.When national sovereignty is tualseekers to have meaningful cent of itswater resources. Severe pollution Himalayasthreaten the existence of hun- Elsewhere, West Asia has seenfour externally invokedtothreatenpeace,well-being andde- conversationsand collaborations transcend- of itssurface and groundwater caused by dredsofthousands of people. instigatedcivil wars in Syria, Iraq, Libya and velopment of historicallyinter-connectedso- If non-discriminatoryand ing national barriers. Theyare creating an rapid industrialisation is asource of con- ForbothIndia and China, the Yemen. A“hotwar” of adifferent kind is be- cieties and regions,itbecomes amenace to ever-expandingreservoir of shared knowl- cern forChinese planners.China’s south- Brahmaputrapresents ageopoliticaloppor- ing wagedbythe greedy and reckless rulers humanity.Therefore,inthe ageofglobalisa- justice-promoting edge andwisdomcapableofaddressingthe ern regions arewater-richincomparison to tunity as damming this perennial river in Brazil, who have literallyset on fire parts of tion, we must embrace the virtues of shared governance is the remedyto mostcomplex challengesbeforethe world. the water-stressednorthern part. The would result in watersecurity in an eraof the Amazon forest,the world’s largest sink for sovereignty,inwhichconnectivity (physical, heal the fissures within Therefore, their empoweredparticipation, southernregion is amajor food producer unprecedented shifting climatepatterns. atmosphericcarbon dioxide.Thereisalso a digital, cultural and people-to-people) takes nations, the same is also and ending the monopolyofprofessional and has significant industrialcapacity as a This security extends beyond water, as there crisis looming over nuclear disarmament. priority over the fetish of territoriality.This politicians, in global governance is amust. consequence of morepeople living there. is the potential to significantly changethe Time is running out forthe extension of the will also makeitpossible forthe worldtocre- necessary forcreating amore Lastly, it is futile to expectmostnational China has an ambitious plan to link its flowrateduring times of standoffsand high onlyremainingnuclear weapons controlpact atereliablenewstructures forcollective global united,safer and better governmentsand political establishmentsto southand north through canals, aqueducts tensions. In fact, duringthe 2018 Doklam between the US and Russia —the New and regional security. world. Therefore,the concept embrace either the idea or the imperativesof and linking of major rivers to ensurewater border standoffbetween Indiaand China, StrategicArms Reduction Treaty —whichis Third, militarisation of international dis- of establishing ademocratic global governance. This is because theyhave security. In pursuitofthese goals, China, be- China stoppedcommunication of water settoexpireonFebruary5,2021. putes mustbecriminalisedunder the new become prisoners of sectional interests and ing an upper riparian stateinAsia, has been flowlevelsfromits dams, effectively render- We must add to thislistmanyotherpress- laws of global governance. Beforecynics dis- world government must be outdated patterns of thought and action. In blockingriverslikethe Mekong and itstrib- ing India blind to floods during the standoff. ing challenges —ensuringaffordable availabil- miss it as impractical, theyshould consider brought to the centre of human history,peoplealonehavebeen the utaries, affectingSoutheastAsian countries Thereare alternatesolutions to solving ity of the COVID vaccine to the entireglobal this: Haven’t nation-statesoutlawedand global discourse. Second, ultimatechange-makers.Historytakesanew likeThailand, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. the watercrisis. Both sides mustcease new population; making the worldeconomyin- criminalisedviolencebycommunities and in- nations and nation-states turn whenevermultitudes swing intoaction It has causedimmense damagetothe envi- constructionsonthe riverand commit to clusive,equitable and sustainable, with com- dividuals within their jurisdiction? If so, can inspired by newdreams and troubledbyan ronment and altered riverflows in the re- potentiallyless destructive solutions. plete eradication of povertyasthe foremost humanity notrisetothe next leveloflaw-gov- will, of course, continue. But awareness that old beliefsand systems area gion. China sees these projectsasacontin- Building adecentralisednetwork of check goal; achieving time-bound climateaction to ernedand trust-basedcoexistence? Yes, it can. the paradigm of exclusive hurdle to thefulfilment of their vital needs uation of their historic tributarysystemas dams, rain-capturing lakes and using tra- protect the planet; and stopping the militari- Fourth, anatural corollaryofthe above is and paramount national and aspirations. the smaller states have no means of effec- ditional means of watercapturehave sationof oceans,outer space and other global that the worldcommunity mustcompel all Hence,thetimehascometo rallythepeo- tively resisting or even significant leverage showneffective results in restoring the eco- commons. If we do so, twoquestions in- nations, especiallybig and powerful ones, to sovereigntyhas become the ple of all nations, racesand religions arounda in negotiations. Chinese projectsinthe logical balance while supporting the popu- evitablyconfront us. Do we have leaders with notonlydestroy alltheir weapons of mass de- greatest barrier to human NewIdea of the World. It is the idea that our Himalayashaveonlyrecentlybeguntoop- lationsofthe regions in asustainableman- aglobal vision, and notjustavision limitedto struction but also steeplyreduce their mili- unityand fraternity. When globalisedhumanfamily needsanew demo- erateamid protests from India. ner. It is in the interestofall stakeholders to making their ownrespective nations “great”? tary expenditures. national sovereigntyis cratically governingbodyto addressthechaos Indiaisseverelywater-stressedaswell. neutralise this tickingwater bomb. Arenationalgovernmentsshowing adequate Fifth, the United Nations has become in- and troubles causedbymyopic, self-centred In summer,avastmajority of urbanareas commitmenttointernational cooperation, so capable of discharging itsmandatedue to its invoked to threaten peace, and unaccountable nationalgovernments. face watershortage.Similar to China, India Jaffrelotissenior research fellowatCERI- essentialtotackleproblemsthat arecommon well-known structural defects. It mustbere- well-being and development Bringingsuchabodyintoexistence is notgo- has 17 percent of the world’s population Sciences Po/CNRS, Paris, and professor of to manyorall nations? The answers areobvi- formedand strengthenedtograduallyevolve of historically inter- ingtobeeasy.But then whichtransformative and 4per cent of water. Whileamajorityof Indian politics and sociology at King’s India ous, and deeplydisquieting. intoafuture worldgovernmentbody.Asakey connected societies and humanendeavourhaseversucceededeasily? India’s populationresideinthe Gangetic Institute. Ganesh is astudent of politics and Without effectiveglobal governance, the element of UN reforms,permanent member- plains, thesouthern andwestern regions governance at Sciences Po Paris worldfaces the real danger of lurching to- ship of itssecurity council mustbeabolished regions, it becomes a The writer wasanaide to former Prime wardsmoredisorder,divisions and even as it is repugnant to the tenetofequality of all menace to humanity. MinisterAtalBihari Vajpayee LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR The wide net of hunger FOUND WANTING THIS REFERS TO the editorial, ‘Fighting IDEAS smarter’ (IE, November 20).The COVID- 19 pandemic in India is an almostnine- ONLINE Hunger,nutrition areworse than before lockdown. PDS mustbeuniversalised month-old public health emergency. Despite the fact thatthe Delhi govern- ONLYINTHE EXPRESS ment,theCentre,theHCandtheSChave DipaSinha and Rajendran Narayanan takencognizance of the matter months ● SECURINGINDIA’SDAMS: ago,thecitycrossed5lakhcases,andthe GAJENDRASINGH THEEFFECTSOFthelockdown and the result- pre-lockdown compared to only2.4 per cent afford nutritious diets.Further,basedon everymonth). While on the one hand, it is deathtollper24 hourshasrecentlygone SHEKHAWAT ant economiccrisis continuetodisproportion- morethan Rs15,000.One-thirdofthem were leaked consumptionexpendituresurvey heartening to see that at suchatime when all up. The government’sact of balancing atelyimpact the poor and informal sector dailywageworkers. from 2017-18, SSubramanian, showedthat else seemedtofail, the PDS seems to have livesandlivelihoodhasnotbeenenough, ● THEDIRTYTRUTH workers.Sincethelockdown,theGovernment Although thereisanimprovement in the consumption declineduniformly acrossthe come to the rescuefor many, it is alsodaunt- giventhewoefullyinadequatehealthsys- ABOUTODF:PRAGYA of India (GoI) has announcedrelief packages current situation compared to what it was entirecross-sectionofrural India.Taken to- ing to imagine what the situation would be tem’s capacity. AKHILESH under the Pradhan Mantri GareebKalyan during the peak of the lockdown in April- gether,these studiessuggestthataffordabil- if even this support is missing. The PDS gives LRMurmu, Delhi Yojana (PMGKY) and Atmanirbhar Bharat. May, it is still muchworse than it wasbefore ity of nutritious dietsmighthaveworsened only5kgoffoodgrain per head eachmonth www.indianexpress.com However, numerous studies have showntheir the lockdown in February-March. before the lockdown and got further exacer- at subsidised prices and as part of Covid-re- EC’SCHALLENGE inadequacy. The Economist referred to India’s Widespread hunger continues even now. This bated since. Indeed, the statistics from our lief, an additional 5kgfor free and 1kgpulses lockdown as the “stingiest”. wasseen across the board, irrespective of the survey comparing the food situation before forthe entirehousehold. The demand forra- THIS REFERS TO the editorial, ‘Shadowin Whatismoreworrying is that eventhe few incomelevels. lockdown and in October indicate about71 tion cards amongstthose who didn’t have Bengal’ (IE, November 20). The cultureof by actively engaging withitinmultiple measures suchasfreegrains to those having Notonlydid thesehouseholds startoff per cent of ourrespondentsreportedthat the one wasalso high. violentelectionsinWestBengalwasnur- formats.India,oranyotherpowerforthat ration cards as per the National Food Security very poor,but theyalso face precariouscon- nutritionalquality of food worsened. Two- Although it has been over six months turedby theLeftpartiesduringtheirlong matter that has stakes in the region, Act(NFSA) arecoming to an end this month. ditionswith 27 per cent sayingthat theyhad thirds of households reportedthat the quan- since the SupremeCourtgavedirections that rule. MamataBanerjeehascontinuedthe shouldengagemorecloselywiththebloc While therehavebeen reports hinting at con- no income in the month before thesurvey tity of food consumption either decreased school meals should continue even though practice moreaggressively.The BJP is not fortangible outcomes both in the eco- tinuing the provision of free grains, it is yetto (compared to 43 per cent with no income somewhat or decreasedalot and 73 per cent schools areclosed due to thepandemic,less averse to suchacultureand has been re- nomic and strategic spheres. be announced. In this context, the Right to during April-May). Out of those who didn’t reportedthat their consumption of green than half the anganwadi children (47per taliating with increasing vigour.The Sudip Kumar Dey, Kolkata Food campaign in partnershipwithseveral have anyincome in April-May, 87 per cent vegetables decreased. cent) and 63 per cent of school children said ElectionCommissionwillfaceitsgreatest civil society organisations initiated “Hunger continue to have no income. One in three re- Giventhat Indian diets arealready known thattheyweregetting some sortofdry ra- challengewhenelectionstakeplacenext BANKING WOES Watch”, arapid survey across 11 states (~3,500 spondentsreportedmembers having to skip to be quitepoor on average, suchareduction tions and/or cash supportinlieu of the meals. year in Bengal. households) from mid-September to mid- meals “sometimes” or “often”. To cope with in consumption of foods is notonlyareflec- All indications showthataneconomic re- YGChouksey, Pune This refers to the editorial ‘Rescuingthe October.The objective wastoassess the situ- reducedincome and food insecurity,people tion of the current levels of deprivation but vivalwill take sometime —supportisre- bank’ (IE, November 2020). The banking ation of hunger among vulnerable groups, as have reduced theirfoodconsumption and also can be expected to have serious health quired during this period to at least prevent ASEANCHANCE businessisnot likeotherregularbusiness well as to take immediatelocal action to sup- compromisedonfood quality.Morethan half and nutrition effectsinthe longer term. starvation. Thereisnobettertimetouniver- enterprises. It is the people who lend portthose in extreme need. To thisend,we fo- the respondentssaid their current consump- The contribution of awell-functioning salise PDS. In addition, to resuscitatedemand, THIS REFERSTOthe article, ‘Partnership moneytothebankto enablethemto run cussedon the conditions among marginalised tion of rice/wheat wasless than whatitwas Public Distribution System (PDS)alongwith MGNREGAneeds to be strengthenedalong inprogress’(IE,November20).Thecoun- theirbusiness.TheReserveBankandthe communities suchasDalit/Adivasi house- pre-lockdown. The situation wasevenworse cash-supportmeasures through social secu- with an urban employmentprogramme.We triesinSoutheastAsiacoulddoverylittle government needtostepinand protect holds, daily-wage workers,households with in the caseofdal;almosttwo-thirds saytheir rity pensionscannotbeoverstatedinthis con- cannotpretend we arebacktonormal. intheirindividualcapacityto restrainthe thedepositors.Theyneedtounderstand singlewomen, agedor disabledand so on.The consumption of pulses reduced. Basedonthe text. Among the Hunger Watchrespondents, risinginfluence of the assertive big theirlives areatstake,aswecan see in survey wasconductedthrough physical visits 2011 National Sample Survey,arecent paper 70 percent had some kind of aration card. Of Sinha teaches in Ambedkar University Delhi brother in the region.ASEANhas been the PMCBank case,amongothers. to the householdsby localresearcher activists by Raghunathan, Headey, and Herforth, pub- thosewho had arationcard, 93 per cent said and Rajendran teaches in Azim Premji able to restrain the big bullytoanextent, Melville XD'Souza, Mumbai and 41 per cent of our sample reportedhav- lishedinthe Food Policy showedthat between that theyreceivedfreerations at leastonce University,Bangalore. Theyare both ing amonthly incomeoflessthan Rs 3,000 63 and 76 per cent of ruralIndianscould not (two-thirds said theyreceivedfreerations associated withthe Right to Food campaign WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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Howsoon canafirst-wavevaccine be realisticallyexpected in India? LAST 10 DAYS EXPERT The first-wavevaccines that aregoing to Nov12Nov 21 come out quickerthan others [globally] are 400,000 EXPLAINS the twomRNAcandidates and probably AstraZeneca’s. Note: The Nov21figureinthisgraph is based on thegovernment updateonNov 22 Dr Gagandeep Kang Concerning ramping up of manufactur- ing withAstraZeneca —though we'veheard From The Indian Express panel about howthey'regoing to makehundreds INDIATOTAL CASES WORLD TOTAL CASES of specialists, exclusive insight of millionsofdoses (ofCovishield) —[Serum 9,095,806 58,344,477 InstituteofIndia CEO] Adar Poonawalla said this monthwehave40million doses and, in Source:MinistryofHealth&Family Source:JohnsHopkinsUniversity, Howsurprising arethe findings subsequent months, we will have more. Welfare,updatedat11pmonNov22 updatedat11pmonNov22 announcedbyPfizer,Moderna and That's notthe message we got 3-4 months Russia that their respective vaccines ago, when we were told about hundredsof have over 90 efficacy%? millions of doses being made everymonth. All these vaccines offering protection at Ithink initial availability is going to be Scientistsprobe cell membrane ahigh levelwas surprising because, with limited and the trickle will become stronger mucosal infections, youusuallysee less pro- as production increases...weare notreally tection than forinfections at other sites. going to have serious amountsofavaccine defence against coronavirus Influenzavaccines, in agood season, offer even with the successful candidatesfor an- about 60%, and this can be muchlower when other three to five months. TO INFECTahuman cell,the novel lish amolecular understandingofthe the strains arenot matched. If we look at en- That's time to getlogistics fordelivery to- coronavirus needs to firstbind to the membrane properties that allowvi- teric (intestinal) infection vaccines, theycan OxfordUniversity-AstraZeneca vaccinePhase 2trials in Pune. Even with successful gether,because Idon't think we areasready cell membrane using itsspikeprotein. ralentry, howmembranes change be 85-90%protective,but notinall parts of candidates, availability is likelytobelimited initially. Arul Horizon/File photo as we shouldbe... Idon'tthink I'veheard The cell membrane is thus the cell’s when in contact withthe virus, and the world. With parenteral (non-oral) vac- enough about the planningtoknowmost outermost lineofdefence againstthe what membrane modifications could cines foramucosal infection, one example problems have been anticipated and the roll- coronavirus. Researchers arenow in- inhibit the infection process. Theteam we have is the polio vaccine —you can give actively seeking it out to destroy it]? Youwound up using moredoses of oral out will be smooth andashigh volume as is vestigating what treatmentscould is using ORNL’s liquids reflectometer an injectable polio vaccine, and it's pretty We have some of this datafromthe phase polio vaccine, but youstillgot to the same being projected. makethe membrane moreresistant (LIQREF)toexamine the conforma- good at preventing disease, but it doesn't re- 2studies, but thedetailedlookatimmunol- goal of trying to eliminatethe disease from to virus entry. Cell membranes serve tion of membranes andviral spike allyprotect againstthe mucosal component, ogy so farisinsmall numbers. It's good to see the country.Now,weare trying to eradicate What moreshould we knowtoget a as abarrier between the cell’s interior proteins, as well as the effectsofcer- whichisinfection of the enteric tract. validation of the vaccines in different popula- it by combining oral and injectable vaccines. senseofhow government is geared up? and itssurroundingenvironment. In tain therapeutic candidates. With the Idon't think we expected thesevaccines tions,but we also needtolearn moreabout Youwould needtostart communicating themselves, theyhost instrument, scientists to perform as well as theyare.Aswefollow the safetyissues —RNA,for instance, is very The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines don’t with groups likelytobevaccinated early. The manyactivities neces- canmeasurethe trajec- them forlonger, the efficacy is notgoingto inflammatory. We sawthereweremorereac- seem feasible fordeveloping countries. government could put out aplan telling us saryfor cell function. tories of neutrons as they be maintained... These areearly results, when tions in the peoplewho got thehighestdose What sortofvaccine would be better this is howsequencing of vaccination is go- Theyare justafew interact with different bi- the immune response has justbeen made. in the Moderna trial, forexample, and that suitedfor India? ing to be done —innot justthe big broad nanometres thick. ological materials. They That said, forareasonable timeframe, Idon't doseisnot being usedfor further studies. Agood vaccine forIndia is an affordable term of “these arethe 3-5 categories (of pri- Researchers from then use this information think the ratesare going to decline incredibly. The efficacy information releasedbythese vaccine that can be made in largenumbers ority groups that will getthe vaccine first)”, Virginia Instituteof to determine howasam- companiesare justheadline numbers in press and deliveredeasily—preferablyasasingle but alsohow theyare going to operate Technology and the US PAPER ple is organisedatthe What does it mean to have an efficacy releases. We haven’t seen dose. It should give long- within states. Department of Energy’s molecularlevel. rate of over 90%? the actualdata, so we term protection —I The big pictureisatthe Centrebut, at the Oak RidgeNational CLIP The researchers per- Let's startwith averysimple design, can’t saywhat protection would likelifetime pro- statelevel, therehas to be adelivery mecha- Laboratory(ORNL) are formedtheir experi- whichisa1:1 randomisation. This means lookslike. Companies are THEEXPERT tection. We don'tknow nism andclarity. We hearyou'regoing to have using neutron scattering mentswith amembrane half the people willget the vaccine and the going to have to publish this will happen, but one healthcareworkers, but is it private or public NEWRESEARCH to investigatehow the model that closelymir- other half will getaplacebo. If we’relooking this dataand submit it to DR GAGANDEEP KANG, dose eases the burden on healthcare? What's the sequence?How do cell membrane and the rors the shape and com- at avaccine trialwith 20,000 people in this the regulators. Professor at Christian the immunisation pro- youbreak down healthcareworkers? And, in virusimpact eachother.Bydetermin- positionofcell membranes within design, 10,000 would be vaccinatedand Medical College–Vellore, is gramme, because you our country, can youdelivertoall healthcare ing howthe coronavirus penetrates human lungs. Theymeasured how 10,000 would not. Earlier,expertssaid a one of India’s leading don't have the problem workers around the countryatthe same time the cell membrane, scientists can de- the membrane’sproperties change Let'ssay10% of peoplewouldnormallyget vaccine with 60-70% medical scientists.Dr of needing to trackthe or will some states be prioritised? veloptreatments that hinder this when exposedtoeither melatonin or the infection with averyhigh attackrate. So, efficacy wasdesirable. Kang’s work on vaccines person down forthe sec- We’venever seen this scale of activitybe- process. Manyresearchers areexplor- azithromycin —commonly available of the 10,000 people who have notreceived Howdesirable is this includes akey role in onddose. fore,soitwouldbereassuringtohaveapublic ing ways to combat the virus by tar- productsthat arecurrentlybeing in- the vaccine, 1,000 people will getthe disease cut-off now? development of India’s We don't have avac- plan forhow this is actuallygoing to be done. geting itsspike proteins,but fewerare vestigated as possible treatmentsfor withinadefinedperiod. Now, we also have If youhave90% effi- indigenous rotavirus cine as expensive as the paying attention to the sitewherethe mitigatingCovid-19symptoms. 10,000peoplewho have receivedthe vaccine. cacy,and it lasts six vaccine. She is the first AstraZeneca vaccine The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, both infection process begins: the cell In them,if the vaccine doesnot work at all,we months versushaving Indian woman inducted as (Covishield) in our pro- mRNA, needtobestoredatdifferent, membrane. Source: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, will get1,000infections, because 10%will get 60% efficacy that lasts 10 Fellowofthe RoyalSociety. gramme at the moment, lowtemperatures. Is it possibleto The newresearch looks to estab- US DeptofEnergy infected.Ifavaccinehas50%efficacy,500peo- years, whichone would She wasrecentlyChair of and that's at $3 adose — develop an mRNAvaccine that can be ple will getthe infection and, if it has 90% effi- youpick? We can't make an ICMR panel on Covid-19 the lowest price an- stored at warmer temperatures? cacy,only100people will getinfected. decisions basedonpress drugs and vaccines. nounced. It still means EverymRNAvaccine is different… releases. It's encouraging youneed$6justfor the Gennova Biopharmaceuticals(whichisalso Afterthe information releasedbythese information, but we vaccineand more to de- working on an mRNAvaccine) is planning to firms, what questions remain? have to wait forthe full datasets,analyse liveritincampaign mode. If you’retalking makeavaccine that can be stored at 2°C to Will it work in younger people? Will it them, and then decidehow we want to $10per person per setofvaccination,that al- 8°C.CureVac [of Germany] is also working work in people who areimmunocompro- move forward. ready makes it the mostexpensive vaccina- on a2°C to 8°C formulation. Even Pfizer is mised?Arethesevaccinesyoucangive to preg- It is about the performance characteris- tion program this countryhas ever had —at planning to modify itsformulation,but it will nantwomen?Whatwouldtheirsafetyrecord tics of the vaccine and the goals youare try- the individual, per person, costand notjust take them acouple of years to gettothat be?How longdoesprotectionlast?Whatdoes ing to achieve. in terms of the number of people that would point, whichisnot surprising, because the immune response look like? What is the If we look at othervaccines... In the case of needtobeimmunised. Moderna has been in the mRNAgamefor a B-cells component [a B-cellisatype of white the oral polio vaccine, immune responses in If we'retalking about national pro- long time,whileBioNTechand Pfizer's tie- bloodcell that helps createantibodies against low—and middle-income countries are grammesand immunising everybody in the up wasfairly recent. It takestime to develop apathogen while it is infectingthe body]? muchlower than forinjectable polio vac- country, we aregoing to needsomethingun- these morestable formulations. What'stheT-cellcomponent(T-cellsaretypes cines.But, adecisionwas made to go with deradollar adose, preferablyunder 50 cents. of whiteblood cells that arepartofthe body’s oral polio vaccines, because theyare much These arethe kindsofthings second- EDITEDEXCERPTS long-term immune responseagainstavirus, easier to delivertothe population. wavecandidates should be aiming for. Longerversion: www.indianexpress.com Riseofacleric:howdidKhadimRizvibecomesoinfluentialinPak?

blasphemy.The government served Rizvi evict the protestors, brokered adeal that The Islamist cleric diedonFriday. Hisabilityto severalwarnings over his utterances before waseffectivelyatotal surrender by the gov- arm-twistgovts standsout even in Pak. Alook at finallysackinghim.After this,hethrew ernment. Not only wasthe amendment himself intoacampaign in supportofblas- rolledback, theLaw Ministeralso resigned his meteoric rise, and whatnextfor his movement phemylawsand forthe release of Qadri. The afterissuing an apology.Asenior military PPP government wasthen considering are- officer wasseen distributing moneytothe Barelvi, whose practice of Islam is suffused peal or reform of the draconian laws,but protesters,whichwas explainedawayas ZEESHANSHAIKH morewith Sufitraditions prevalent across had to shelve this. ticketmoneyfor going home. MUMBAI,NOVEMBER22 SouthAsia, than with the Saudi Wahabism AfterQadriwas hanged in February When the TLP contestedthe 2018 gen- that reigns over jihadi tanzeems. 2016,Rizvi and his supporters swarmed eral elections, it positioneditself as the PAKISTAN’S HARD-TALKING, expletive- But Barelvis,likeevery other sect of Islamabad and sat on adharna on the dayof guardian of Hurmat-e-Rasool(Prophet spouting Islamist cleric Khadim Rizvi died Muslims, also have strong views about per- his chelum, the 40th dayafter death.There Muhammad’s honour) and the custodian of on Friday. His meteoric riseinPakistan'smil- ceivedblasphemy.Rizvi channelisedthe wasteargassing andrioting. Three people blasphemylaws. It polled4.21% of the votes itary-dominatedpolitical landscape and his common belief among amajority of died. The protestors demandedthe recog- countrywide and emergedthe fifthlargest powertobring governmentstotheir knees, Pakistanis that thereisnoforgiveness for nition of Mumtaz Qadri as amartyr,the con- party,betterthan theperformanceofLeT all in the spanofless than adecadeuntil his blasphemy, weaponised it forhis political versionofhis Adiala Jail cell intoanational chief Hafiz Saeed's party.Italso wonthree sudden death,are unique even by the stan- ends, and turneditintoraw street power. heritagesite, the execution of Aasia Bibi, the seatsinthe Sindh ProvincialAssembly. dards of howmuchthe country's historyhas He did nothavetoindulge in terroristvio- removalofAhmadis and other non-Muslims Afterthat, the TLP carriedout periodic been shapedbyradical Islamunderthe be- lence, yetwas moresuccessful than any in keyposts,and the assurancethat the blas- protests, paralysingthe government in nignand enabling gaze of itsarmy. other extremistgroup in getting hisway phemylawswould notbediluted.The November 2018 with ahugesit-in in Rizvi's abruptdeath has created confu- with those in powertoo. protests were held under the banner of Islamabad demanding the execution of sionandspeculationaboutitscause,although At the very least,heforcedsuccessive Tehreek-e-Labaik Ya Rasoolullah(TLYRA). Aasia Bibi aftershe wasacquittedbythe indications arethat it waslikelyacase of governmentstoperish thethought of re- Khadim Hussein Rizvi washead of Tehreek-e-Labaik, amovement and later a Awidelycirculated video of Rizvi weep- Supreme Court. The government signedan Covid-19.Tehreek-e-Labbaik(TLP),hismove- formingthe draconian blasphemylaws. political party. AP/File photo ing at the funeral, and putting his turbanat agreement withthe TLP thatshe would not mentandlaterapoliticalparty, hasgrownso And he wasrepeatedly able to target and the feet of Qadrifor notbeing able to save be allowedtoleave the countryasitwas be- muchandproveditself usefulsomanytimes undermine civilian governments. him, cemented his leadership of the move- lieved she would do afterthe acquittal. that Pakistan's permanent powerwielders In this way, he wasacounterpoint to allyofthe Pakistanmilitarywhichuses re- of working to theagendaofoutsiders. ment,whose declaredaim wastosafeguard areunlikelytolet it wither away. Saeedand otherjihadists who had been ligious extremism forits ownagenda. Fora the blasphemy laws.HeleftIslamabad with What now tagged as globalterroristsbythe interna- week immediately preceding hisdeath, Rise from nowhere awarning to Sharif that he would return, AfterRizvi'sdeath,his son SaadRizvi has What made him different tional community.Their work wassecre- Khadim had summonedhis followers to Rizvi literallycame out of the blue. His whichhedid in November 2017,when he been appointed as the head of the TLP.The The sheer street powerthat Rizvi com- tive and across borders. Rizvi, on the other march on Islamabad in protestagainst launchpad wasthe 2011 assassination of and thousandsofhis followers sat-in on an leaders of other parties, suchasthe Sunni mandedmade him different from the other hand,was out there, harnessing religion FrenchPresident Emmanuel Macron's Salman Taseer,the Pakistani politician who arterial road between Islamabad and Tehreek Pakistan, or the Jamiat Ulema e extremists who have risen to prominence across the countrywithout setting offlarge- stand in favour of free speechand the car- wasthen Governor of Punjab province, by Rawalpindi, paralysing lifeinbothcities for Pakistan, arealso likelytosee an opportu- in Pakistanoverthe lastthree decades. He scale violence.Plushehad no linkswith toons of ProphetMohammed. In his his bodyguard. Rizviwas then an unknown nearly amonth. nity –eithertorevivetheir ownoutfitsto wasnot aDeobandilikethe Taliban, nor an militant Islamists in Afghanistanorwith IS speeches at the protests,Rizvi also launched government-employedcleric in Lahore. He The trigger forthe protestwas an at- ride the current waveofBarelvi religious Ahle Hadees likeLashkar-e-Toiba's Hafiz or al-Qaeda. Moreimportantly, he wasa scathing attacks againstformer PM Nawaz took up the cause of Taseer's assassin tempttoreform the election laws,which extremism and political activism, or to try Saeed. Rizvi wasaBarelvi. Most Barelvisare populistwho knewthe pulse of the aver- Sharif who had accusedArmychief Gen Mumtaz Qadri, lauding him forkilling a Rizvi alleged wasaimedatdiluting the anti- andtakeoverthe leadership of the move- viewedasmiddle-of-the-road, moderate ageconservative Sunni Pakistani. Qamar JavedBajwa of conspiring with the man who had comeout in supportofAsia Ahmadi provisions. Finallythe Pakistani ment that Rizvi has leftbehind. Either way, Sunni Muslims. Half of Pakistanidentify as But likethe others, he wasalso anatural judiciarytoousthim. Rizvi accusedSharif Bibi, the jailedChristianwoman accused of Army, whichhad refusedtouse forceto theywill needpowerful benefactors.

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11 THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,NOVEMBER23,2020 IDEA EXCHANGE Newsmakersinthe Newsroom HIMANTA BISWA SARMA, ASSAMMINISTER OF FINANCE, HEALTH; CONVENOR, NORTH-EAST DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE ‘ NRC, CAA no longer the discourse...Issue now is conflictofcultures, this claim of Miya identity

Sarma says theBihar poll resultswill have apositive impact forBJP in both West Bengal and Assam, argues that his problem is notwith Assamese Muslims but the ‘threat’ to com‘positeAssamese culture, remains hopeful of Naga peace talks, and claims he has ‘no personal ambition left’. The session wasmoderated by AssociateEditor Liz Mathew

LIZ MATHEW:Doyou thinkthat the All private madrasas will continue. We Assamese culture. BiharAssemblyelection result will arenot touching them. It is apartoftheir influence the polls in Assam next year? constitutional right. And we respect that KRISHNKAUSHIK: When the Assam We should notsee the Bihar Assembly right...Butthesearticles(intheConstitution) NRCpanel submitted itsreport, the electionresultinisolation.Itshouldbeseen do notdirect the government to run reli- government contested it, amidst along with the bypolls in Uttar Pradesh, gious education. The minoritieshavethe rumours that it had excludedmore MadhyaPradesh,Telanganaand Manipur. right to run educationalinstitutions. But Hindu thanMuslim names. What was If youlookatthe country’s map, from east theydon’t have the the reason for to west and southtonorth, peoplehavere- right to impose their rejectingit? What iterated theLok Sabhaverdict once again. holyscripturesorliter- We requested 20 per cent ‘ will be different in a This reiteration is more vocal. The Biharre- WHY atureonthe newNRC? sult is acontinuation of Prime Minister government. re-verification in six border We arenot oppos- HIMANTABISWA SARMA NarendraModi’s Lok Sabha victory. districts and 10 per cent in ingorquestioningthe Although one stateelection doesn’thavea versatile politician, KABIR FIRAQUE: NRC.We arequestion- direct impact on the other,people’s faith in Youhavespoken other districts. If this ing certain processes PMModiwillhave ahugeimpactinAssam Sarma is BJP’schief about the clash of adoptedby(NRC) co- presents same picture,we and Bengal elections.The resultshaveled Atroubleshooter in the twocivilisations ordinatorPrateekHaj- to apositive psychologicaleffect on the and greater Assam- ‘ ela. He adoptedcer- are going to accept the NRC karyakartas in both Bengal and Assam. North East. With Assamgoing ese culture. Yousaid tain procedures and that AssameseMus- misledthe Supreme LIZ MATHEW:Inthe Biharpolls, the to pollsnext year,Sarma is lims areonyour Court. First, the NRC AIMIM spokeabout the Citizenship expected to play acrucial role in side.So, in your did notdelete more (Amendment)Act (CAA) and National vision of twocivilisations, wheredo Hindu names then Muslim.Itput 5,56,000 RegisterofCitizens (NRC). Do youthink BJP campaign to retain power youplace Assamese Muslims? And in Hindus and almost11lakh Muslims in the this issue holds appeal in the Assam the greater Assamese culture, wheredo doubtfullist.Butthatisnotourconcern.Our Assemblyelections giventhatthe state youplace MiyaMuslims and Bengali concern is that in the bordering districtsof has alarge Muslimpopulation? Hindus? Assamthereisatremendousgrowthinpop- The Assamese Muslim community Bengali Hindus arenot distorting ulation, whichisdisproportionatetoany will votefor us. But so farasMuslims who Assamesepoetry...Theyare notsayingthat otherMuslim-orHindu-dominateddistrict have migrated from Bangladesh at differ- Bengali is an Assamese culture. Theyare in the state.So, we had requestedMrHajela ent stages of time (areconcerned), they saying we have adistinct culture. We have to recheck20per cent of sample datafrom arenot going to vote forthe BJP.So, what the officer of aneighbouring district. But he theythink and do is an activity to be no- rejected the re-verification. We had pro- ticedbythe Congress and All India United duceddocumentaryevidence beforehim. Democratic Front. We arecontinuing our We also informedthe Centralgovernment development work because the govern- and brought to their notice that manyfake ment is forall. documentswereannexedalong with the NRCapplications... So, we justrequested20 LIZ MATHEW:So, does this mean that in percentre-verificationinsixborderdistricts the coming days the BJP will tryto and 10 per cent re-verification in other dis- consolidateHindu votesinAssam? tricts.If there-verificationpresentsthesame It is notaHindu-Muslim (matter). It is a picture, we aregoing to acceptthe NRC.... fight between twocultures.The so-called migrants—Bangladeshi Muslims —have TORA AGARWALA:Every time the CAA startedanewconceptinAssam. Theycall issue comes to the fore,Assam erupts. it Miyaculture, Miyapoetry... Miyalan- Nowwith Covid-19, theissue hastaken guage... We have to protect the composite abackseat. But when the CAAcomes Indian culture and moreparticularly intofocus again, howdoyou plan to Assameseculture...AndAssameseMuslims prevent violence? arefirmlybyour side. Yousaw (anti) CAAprotestson December29(2019).Butafterthat,yousaw LIZ MATHEW:Assam witnessed BJP rallies in support of the CAA. And you widespread protests againstthe NRC also sawthe kind of people who came out and CAA.Howwill this affect the polls? and supportedthe Home Minister’s move TherewereprotestsagainsttheNRCand on the amendment of the CAA. Of course, CAA. But afterthat, manythings have ontheissueoftheCAA,therewillbeaset of changedinthelandscapeof Assam.Thereis people who will keep on opposingand currentlynot toomuchtalk about the NRC therewill be another setwho will saythat and CAA. These issues arenolongerapart theCAAisimportantforAssam.Havingsaid of themainpoliticaldiscourseof Assam.But that,Idonot thinkthatinAssampeopleare if somebody from Delhi comes and asks currentlydiscussingtheCAA.We have been someone about whichside of the NRCand ableto largelyconvincethe people that the CAAtheyare on, then people have to tell CAAisnot anti-Assamese and that it will something.Butinthepoliticallandscapeor notharm Assamese culture. Idonot know thebuild-upto theelection,nobodyistalk- whether therewill be protests or not. ing aboutthese issues. Idon’t think these willbeapoliticalissue.Ofcourse,some(po- TORA AGARWALA:The Baghjan Oil litical) parties (or leaders) maymentionit Field wasonfirefor months. This has intheirspeeches.Ithinkthingshave already Illustration: Suvajit Dey adverselyaffected the environment takenadifferent turn —aconflictbetween even in the neighbouring areas.There cultures, the development work doneby Assamese culture. In Assam, the practice expect adramatic outcome. This will take An opportunitywas givenonlytoaclass of no issueaslong as youare saying that is alot of discontent regarding it on the ourgovernment. since500years ago, whichwas startedby time and will be discussed in afriendlyat- citizens to study their holyscriptureand BengaliHindusfollowBengaliliteratureand ground.... Mahaprabhu Sankardev,isthatyou assim- mosphere. Thereisnobreakdown of the then scoremarks.So, my opposition is culture...ButMiyacultureisdistortingAssa- Iamofthe viewthat it should have ABHISHEK SAHA: At leasttwo new ilate intoabroader Assamese cultureand Naga peace talks. becauseyouhavetoestablishparity.Either mese language... BengaliHindus arenot in been containedmuchearlier.Ifyou can- political formations (the KrishakMukti we will pickupyourpositive elements. But Thereare some proposals and youallowtheBhagavadGitaorBiblesothat confrontation with Assamese culture... So notcontrol the blowout on time, then Sangram Samiti and the Assam Jatiya hereisacommunity whichhas distorted counter-proposals. The Home Ministryis other studentsalso score200marks,orre- as longasyou don’t clashwith our civilisa- people will resistnew drilling. So, eco- Parishad)havemadethe CAAand NRC Assamese languageand created alan- in touchwith theManipur civil society, move theQuran. tion, we have no issue. nomicallyand environmentally, we have their main planks. guagecalledMiya... It is notanindepend- and Assam and Arunachal Pradesh gov- Ithink introducing the Bible or Bhaga- Today, AssameseMuslims arebeing to search fortechnology and alternative These twoformations haddeclared ent culture, theydistortedAssamese poet- ernments. We have to ensurethat any vadGitawillnotbeeasybecauseAssamhas exploited.Theydonot have anyrepresen- mechanisms so thatblowoutsare con- their intention to form apolitical party ry and startedMiyapoetry... So it is Naga solutiondoesnot createanother acompositecultureand thereare many tative in the Assemblyorany parliamen- tainedimmediately. We areintouchwith about five to six years back. In the context aggression. Theytell people that theywant counter-agitation in Assam, Arunachal smallreligions.Sothebest waytoestablish tary constituency... Nobody talksabout the local people in Baghjan. We have of Assam,Idon’tthinksomebodycanthink to assert their identity.What is the need Pradesh or Manipur. parityisto remove thesubjectontheQuran. them or their plight... So, the BJP is strongly startedvariousdevelopmentactivities. of getting anyseatorpercentageofvotes to assert identity? That means youwant We aredoing that this month. The Cabinet on the side of the Assamese Muslim com- And Ithink that publicanger is softening talking about the CAAand NRC. Alot of ru- to aggressivelycounterAssameseculture ABHISHEK SAHA: Howsuccessful has note is already in circulation and in itslast munity.Wehavealready ordered fortheir because theysaw that OilIndia Limited mours were spread duringthe CAAagita- by encroachingonlandofour mon- Assam been in managing the Covid-19 stages of approval. census and announcedaDevelopment worked dayand night to contain the tion.Peopleweretoldthat alot of Bangla- asteries... We will notacceptthis type of crisis? Then, we have another setofmadrasas Council forthem. We have allotted Rs 100 blowout. But the impact on the environ- deshis would come. assertion. This is not Ourdoctors,paramedics,nursesandthe whichimpartdeep crorefor their devel- mental is there. We needtoensurethat Theywerealso told acceptabletous. governmenthave doneacommendablejob religious or theologi- opment. this does nothappen again. that 500trucks were in combating Covid-19.Wehaveseenal- cal knowledge.And Private madrasas will ‘ Assamese Muslims will ‘ lining up at theBan- ESHA ROY: The Naga most2,10,000 positive cases. In astate like we give equivalenceof continue. Minorities have KABIR FIRAQUE: If ANANT GOENKA: What is your viewon gladesh border.But vote forus. Migrants from peacetalks seem to Assam,thisisahugenumber.Yet,today, our Standards10and 12 MiyaMuslims social media platforms havingthe peoplehaveseenthat have hit aroadblock recovery rate is 97.45 per cent. Our mortal- (tothem). This is not right to run educational agree to live as a powertocontrol content? Bangladesh, they are not all these things have formanymonths ity rate is just0.45 per cent. We have com- correct. Manystu- institutes. But they don’t separateculture, First,asacountry, we cannotopposethe nothappenedinthe going to vote forBJP. now. Therehave pleted5milliontests.Assamhasshownthe dentsafter complet- would the greater freeflowofinformation.Butthisshouldnot lastone year.Ithink if been reportsthat wayastohow by testing, tracking and iso- ing Standard10ask have right to impose their Assamese society become asource of misinformation. Iam somebody triesto What they do is forCong, the Union govern- lating,you can combat Covid-19.Inthe whether theywillbe ‘ accept them? notinaposition to suggestaway but the raise this issue, it will ‘ ment has now meantime,we have celebratedDurga Puja. able to study medi- holy scriptures on govt Whereisthe qu- government or an independent authority boomerang on them. AUDF to think about agreedtodiscuss We arealsoholding political activities for cine or engineering. estion of us accept- mustsee to it that social media is notmis- Imeetmanypeople. the Constitution the Bodoland council polls, wherethou- The decisiontosend ing or notaccepting usedfor supplying misinformation. Ithink Nobody is talking and separateflag sands of people areattending political ral- them to themadrasa them? The Constitu- graduallywecan thinkofanindependent abouttheNRCorCAA. that the National lies. In spiteofall this, our positivity rate is wastaken by theirparents.This wasnot an tion of India givesthem that right. Youare mechanism,out of the government’s con- So these twopoliticalformations will also SocialistCouncil of Nagaland (I-M) has justbelow1per cent. So, Ithink Assam has informedchoiceof thestudent.Astudycon- already in the Assembly. Youhavealready trol, to see thatsocial media contentsare eventuallydedicateonlytwo minutes for been demanding. Is it true? If not, how done acommendablejob... From Septem- ductedby GauhatiUniversityfoundthat90 said that Bengali is your mother tongue in notharming society,individual reputation these issues. Then theywill attackthe BJP is the governmentplanning to take the ber1,wehaveseenasteady decline. At percentof thestudentswantto studymed- the Census... But nowyou aresaying that or national interest. on other fronts. talksforward? somepointintime,ouractive casesperday icine and engineering and do notwant to Bengali is notyour mother tongue and Iwill notgointothe detailsabout the were about 36,000.Today, our active cases study in madrasas. But at that stage,they that youhaveaMiyalanguage. Is therea LIZ MATHEW:With the Assam Assem- TORA AGARWALA:The representatives flagandconstitution.ButIwouldlike to say per dayare just 200. realisethatthedoorsarealreadyclosed.So, languagecalledMiyalanguageinany dic- blyelections approaching, arewegoing of the Miyacommunity saythat they that the NDAgovernment’s policy is main- we have decidedtoconverttheseinstitutes tionary?Atsomepointintime, they(Miya to see youinthe topposition? arenot asserting an independent or a taining the integrity of the nation. That is ABHISHEK SAHA: Whyisthe govern- intoseatsfor general education. Now, 600 Muslims) will saythat their poetryisthe Ihavebeeninthe Assemblyfrom separate culture, but thattheyare part whatwesaw in Jammuand Kashmir... ment opposedtomadrasa education? madrasas will be closed(down). In these real Assamese poetryortheir cultureis 2001.So, Ihavealreadyrequested the of the greater Assamese culture. What However, theNagaissueisaverycomplex In 1955,the Assam government had madrasas, we aregoing to impart modern the real culturebecause theyare gaining party that Idonot want to contestthis is your opinion on that? issue. These issues need to be resolvedfor publishedaneducationrule where they education. This (is notto) save anyfinance. amajority.So, ours is adefensive mecha- election. Ihavedonealot formystate in In Assam, manypeople have come in largerpeace and stabilityofour region. made twoprovisions.Theycreated aset of We will keep spending Rs 300crore be- nism. We arenot on theoffensive.Weap- the last20years. So,now Iamatthe the last1,000 years. Sevenhundred years Under the supervision of (Union) Home schools calledhighmadrasa, whereastu- causewe arenot goingto take anybodyout prehend that at some point in time the party’s disposal. Whatever theydecide, I ago, my forefathers themselvesmigrated MinisterAmit Shah, ateam of officers are dent could appear forgeneral subjects. But of service... The madrasa education is op- Miyalanguagewill become the official will be fine with it...Idon’thaveany per- here... So, everybody has assimilated into engagingwithMrThuingalengMuivah(the theywerealso allowedtostudy asubject posedbythe student themselves. languageofAssam... So, the problem is the sonal ambition left. Ihavegot enough love the bigger cultural landscape. Nobody has generalsecretaryoftheNSCN).Thediscus- basedonthe Quran and can score200 aggressive attitude. If theywant to stick and affection from the people. It might triedtoassertanindependent culture. sions arepositive and both sides have re- marks in that. This has createdanimbal- LIZ MATHEW: Butthe Constitution to theirown culture, who is going to op- have been an ambition 10 years back. But They(MiyaMuslims) saythat we want re- alisedthattheyneedtoaccommodateeach ance as otherstudentsare notable to give givesrightstominorities to run pose them?... Do nottry to mainstream now, it is no longer an ambition. Iamina spect and space within the greater other.But,atthe same time, we should not answers on the Bibleorthe BhagavadGita. educationalinstitutions.... your cultureand impose it as the real flow. Let’s see what happens. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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AUSTRALIA’STOPmilitary suitsand mounted apressure declaredthe winner twoweeksago,Trumphas launcheda election,and alsoprevailed306- have criticisedTrumpvolunteers treofatwo-day summit under The meeting washeld by officialsaid on Sundaythe campaign to prevent states from barrage of lawsuitsand mounted apressurecampaign to 232 in the state-by-state forslowing apartial recount. the chairmanship of Saudi videolink,likemanysuchgather- country’s defence force certifying their votetotals. prevent states from certifying their vote totals. Reuters Electoral Collegesystemthat de- With recounts andlawsuits Arabia, whichwill hand the G20 ings this year.Saudi Arabia’s King must‘own’arecentreport So far, attemptstothwartcer- termines who will take the oath coming up short, Trumpisnow presidency to Italynextmonth. Salmansaidinhisclosingremarks on soldiers committing tificationhavefailedincourts in of office on Jan. 20. pressuring Republican-ledstate “The Covid-19pandemic thatthe grouphad “adopted im- crimes inAfghanistanand Georgia, Michigan and Arizona. ForTrumptohaveany hope “Thisshould put the nail in He has spent the pastseveral legislaturestothrow out thevote and itsunprecedentedimpact portant policies that will achieve pledgedchangesto ensure On Saturday, Matthew of remaining in the WhiteHouse, the coffinonany further at- weekspreparing to take office, totalsanddeclarehimthewinner. in terms of liveslost, livelihoods recovery allthe waytoanecon- thatatrocities do nothap- Brann, aRepublican federal he needs to eliminate Biden’s tempts by President Trumpto though Trump’s administration “Hopefullythe Courts and/or and economies affected,isan omythat is resilient,sustainable, penagain.Thereport,pub- judgenominated by former 81,000-voteleadinPennsylvania. use the federal courts to rewrite has refusedtoprovide funding Legislatures will have... the unparalleledshockthat has re- inclusive,and balanced”. lishedonThursday afteran President BarackObama, dis- The stateisdue to begin certify- the outcome of the 2020 elec- and security clearances to do so. COURAGE to do what has to be vealedvulnerabilities in our G20 leaders said that while inquiryintotheconductof missedasimilar effort in ing itsresultsonMonday. tion,” said KristenClarke,presi- Critics sayTrump’s refusal to done to maintain the integrity of preparedness and response global economic activity has par- specialforcespersonnelin Pennsylvania, writing that the Trump’s lawyers voweda dent of the Lawyers’ Committee concede have serious implica- our Elections and the United and underscored ourcommon tiallypickedupthanksthe grad- Afghanistanbetween case amounted to “strainedlegal quickappeal, but lawyers who forCivil RightsUnder Law. tions fornationalsecurity and States of America itself,” he challenges,” the final commu- ualreopeningof someeconomies, 2005and2016,foundthat argumentswithout merit and opposedhim in courtsay he is Some of Trump’s fellow the fight againstthe coronavirus, wroteonTwitter afterthe nique said. the recoveryis uneven, uncertain seniorcommandosforced speculative accusations.” out of time. 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AFRICA TURKISH PRESIDENT Recep EthiopiaPM Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday thathis country, an officialcandi- Supporters of the PakistanDemocratic Movement in givesTigray72 datefor European Union mem- PeshawaronSunday. Reuters bership,seesitself asaninsepara- Turkish President Recep hrstosurrender blepartofEuropebutwillnotgive Tayyip Erdogan regionalcapital into attacksanddoublestandards. “Wesee ourselvesasaninsep- Pak Opp alliance holds ETHIOPIAN PRIME arable partofEurope...However ing itsseparation” from the bloc. MinisterAbiyAhmedgave this doesnot mean that we will The EU will discuss Turkey’s Tigrayanregionalforces72 bowdowntoovert attacksto our pursuit of natural gasexplo- massive rally despite hours to surrenderbefore countryand nation, veiledinjus- ration in contestedwaters in the the militarybegins an of- tices and double standards,” eastern Mediterranean at their fensiveontheregionalcap- Erdogansaid in aspeechtothe next summit in December, ban on gatherings ital of Mekelle. “Weurge members of itsAKParty. German ChancellorAngela GUATEMALA’S CONGRESS BUILDING TORCHED youtosurrenderpeacefully Turkey’s drilling activities in a Merkelsaid on Thursday. government’s “lastmonth in within 72 hours, recognis- disputed partofthe eastern “Wedonot believe thatwe Aprotesterwaves aGuatemalan flag as apartofthe Congress building burns in the PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA power”andthepeoplewilldecide ingthatyouare atthepoint Mediterranean have raisedten- have anyproblemswithcountries background in Guatemala City on Saturday. AP PESHAWAR,NOVEMBER22 howPakistanwillbegoverned. of noreturn,”Abiysaidina sions with the EU as Turkey or institutions that cannotbe “Theywill go home in message postedonTwitter lockedinadisputewith and solvedthrough politics, dialogue PAKISTAN’S NEWLY-FORMED January,” he said. “Time is near on Sunday evening. Greece and Cyprus over the ex- and negotiations,” Erdogan said. ■Hundredsofprotesters broke ■ The amount of damageto ■Discontent had been building alliance of 11 Opposition parties when you, the people, would Tigrayan forces could not tent of their continental shelves Erdogan said thatthe EU intoGuatemala’s Congress and the building wasunclear, over the 2021budget on social on Sundayheld itsmassive anti- hold this selectedgovernment immediately be reached and hydrocarbon resources. should keep itspromises regard- burnedpartofthe building but the flames initially media. People were angered government rallyinPeshawar and itsselectors responsible for forcomment.Amilitary EU foreign policy chief Josep ingthemigrantsissue.Hewasre- Saturdayamid growing appear to have affected because lawmakers approved despiteaban imposedbythe current crises...,” he said. spokesmansaidadvancing Borrell said this month that ferringto a2016dealunderwhich demonstrations againstthe legislative offices, rather $65,000to payfor meals for city administration owing to a On criticism over PDM’s de- Ethiopian troops plan to Turkey’s rhetoric on Cyprus was Ankaracurbed migrantentries legislaturefor approving a than the main hall of themselves, but cut funding for spikeinCovid-19cases and se- cision to went ahead with the surround Mekelle with aggravating tensions withthe EU intoEuropeinexchangeforfinan- budget that cut educational Congress.Protesters also set Covid-19patientsand rights curity threats, with topcoalition rallydespitethe government tanksand mayshellthe and Ankarahad to understand cialhelpandvisa-freetravelinthe and health spending. some bus stations ablaze. agencies,among other things. leaders predicting that the Imran ban, Bilawalsaid the govern- citytoforce surrender. thatits behaviour was“widen- Schengen region. Khan government will“have to ment “onlyremembers Covid REUTERS go home by January”. when theywant to stop our ral- The fourth powershowby lies and your protest”. UNITED KINGDOM Nawaz Sharif’s the PakistanDemocratic “Theydon’t remember Covid Britainaimsto 52 yrs later, IBM sorry for firing trans woman Movement (PDM) washeld de- when it comestoregularising mother dies at 91 spitethe Khyber Pakhtunkhwa medical stafforincreasing easeCovidcurbs her“pioneeringwork”incomput- She wouldtakealeavefromIBM, government’s warning that it salaries,” he said. MARIACRAMER ers,acompanyspokespersonsaid. complete her transition and re- Lahore: Pakistan’s formerprime maylodge cases againstthe PDM In his speech, PDM chief and byChristmas NOVEMBER22 “It wassounexpected,” turn as anew employeewitha ministerNawaz Sharif’smother leaders if aspikeinCovid-19 Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Fazl) THE BRITISH government Conwaysaid in an interview, newidentity,Conwaysaid. Begum Shamim Akhtar diedin cases waswitnessedinthe leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman said on Sundayitwas IN AUGUST1968, Lynn Conway, Lynn addingthat she recalledblinking But companyexecutives London on Sunday. She was91. province afterthe rally. The al- said that all political parties working with Scotland, apromising computer engineer Conway backtears. “It wasstunning.” were alarmed, she said. Conway BegumAkhtarwasnotwellfor liance earlier held three massive agree and it is the movement’s Wales and Northern at IBM in Sunnyvale, California, in 2006 The apology wasmade four said she later learnedthat IBM the lastone month or so, accord- back-to-backgatherings in “clear stance” that the Imran Ireland to ease Covid-19 wascalledintothe office of Gene months afterthe Supreme Court executivesfeared “scandalous ing to PakistanMuslim League- Gujranwala, Karachi and Quetta. Khan government came to restrictionsoverChristmas Myron Amdahl, then the com- ruledthataperson could notbe publicity” if her storygot out. Nawaz(PML-N) party sources. Addressing the gathering, powerthrough a“rigged elec- to allowfamilies to getto- pany’s director of advanced supervisors.Thistime,thesetting firedfor being gayortransgender. Aftershe wasfired,Conway She had travelledtoLondon PakistanPeople’s Partyleader tion”. He said thatthe people gether.CabinetMinister computing systems. wasavirtual meeting witnessed Conwaywas hired at IBMin underwentgenderconfirmation in February lastyear and had BilawalBhuttoZardarivowedthat have “rejected the riggedgov- Michael Gove discussed Amdahl had been supportive by other companyemployees. 1964.She wasonthe vergeofa surgeryandbegan rebuilding her been living with Sharif and her January will be the incumbent ernment”. the issue with the first when he learnedthat she was Theywatchedlastmonth as breakthrough —working on the career.She worked at Memorex grandchildren. ministers of the devolved “undertaking agender transi- Diane Gherson, IBM’s seniorvice architectureteamof aprojectcen- in 1971,and in 1973,she wasre- Thepartysaidherbodyislikely administrations Saturday, tion,” Conwaywrote in an ac- president of human resources, teredoncreatingacomputerthat cruited by XeroxPalo Alto to be brought back to Lahoreon China to launch Moon the government said, and count, but the company’s chief told Conwaythat while the com- wouldwork attopspeed—when Research Center,whereshe de- Monday and buriednexttothe theyagreeditwas impor- executive,Thomas Watson Jr., panynow offeredhelp and sup- she beganundergoing medical velopedcomputer chip design graveofher husband Mian Sharif tant forfamilies and wasless tolerant. port to “transitioning employ- treatments.Inearly 1968,shetold methods that would eventually attheJatiUmra Raiwindresidence probe,seeking first lunar friendsto meet inacareful That summerday,Amdahl ees,” no amount of progress asupervisor thatshe wasunder- be usedbytechcompanies of the Sharif family. NawazSharif, way, while recognising it had grim news. could makeupfor the treatment taking agendertransition. worldwide. In 1985, she became whohasbeendeclaredan‘abscon- wouldnotbeanormalfes- “I wasfired,” Conwaywrote. she had receiveddecades ago. Her direct supervisors aprofessorof electrical engineer- der’by aPakistanicourt,isunlikely rock retrieval since 1970s tive period. REUTERS Fifty-twoyears later,Conway Conway, 82,was then givena wanted her to stay at the com- ing and computer science at the to returntothe countrytoattend wascalledbacktospeakwithIBM lifetime achievement awardfor panyand came up with aplan: University of Michigan. NYT the lastrites of his mother. PTI RYANWOO BEIJING,NOVEMBER22

CHINAPLANS to launchanun- THEY WERE KILLED IN THE 79 AD ERUPTION OF MOUNT VESUVIUS manned spacecrafttothe Moon thisweekto bringbacklunarrocks in the firstattempt by anynation Pompeii’s ruins yieldscalded bodiesofrichman and slave to retrievesamplesfromEarth’s natural satellitesince the 1970s. It will be thefirstattempt by The Chang’e-5 probe, named anynation to retrieve the 18th century. Thefinding is discoveredvictims. That brings afterthe ancient Chinese god- samples from theMoon ELISABETTAPOVOLEDO an “incredible font of knowledge the ranksofPompeii’s posthu- ED Window dess of theMoon,will seekto since the 1970s. Reuters ROME,NOVEMBER22 forus”, Massimo Osanna,de- mous effigies to morethan 100. intoancient collect material that can help sci- parting director of the Archaeologists posit that the PLAIN E entists understand moreabout ● Romanlife EXCAVATIONS AT asuburban Archaeological Park of Pompeii, twovictims had sought refugein EX the Moon’s origins and forma- have launchedMoon missions. villa outside ancientPompeii this said in avideo issuedbythe an underground corridor before tion. The mission will test In the Apollo programme, month have recoveredthe re- CultureMinistryonSaturday. being engulfed by ashowerof THE ANCIENT Roman city of China’s ability to remotely ac- whichfirstput men on the mainsoftwo original dwellers Forone thing, the twowere pumice stones, ash and lapilli. Pompeii wasburiedunder quiresamples from space,ahead moon, the United States landed frozen in time by an eruption of dressedinwoolen clothing, Pompeii officials believe the 10-20 feet of volcanic ash after of morecomplexmissions. 12 astronautsoversix flights Mount Vesuvius one fateful addingcredenceto thebelief that older man to have been 30 to 40 the eruption of Vesuvius in If successful, the mission will from 1969 to 1972,bringing back morning nearly 2,000years ago. the eruption occurredinOctober years old, and the younger be- 79 AD. The ash kept mostof makeChinaonlythethirdcountry 382 kg of rocksand soil. The unearthing of the victims of 79 AD rather than in Augustof tween 18 and23. the city,including itsinhabi- to have retrievedlunar samples, The SovietUnion deployed —whomarchaeologists tenta- that year,ashad previouslybeen The villa wherethe discovery tants, entombed andundis- following the United States and three successful robotic sample tively identifiedasaPompeian thought, Osanna said. wasmade is in CivitaGiuliana, turbed until 1748 when the the SovietUniondecades ago. return missions in the 1970s. The landowner and ayounger en- Using amethod refinedby an area about 750 yardsnorth- firstexcavations started. The Since the SovietUnion crash- last, the Luna 24,retrieved 170.1 slavedperson —offered newin- Italian archaeologist Giuseppe The casts of what arebelievedtohavebeenarichman and west of Pompeii’s ancient walls, buildings, artand human re- landed the Luna 2onthe Moon grammes of samples in 1976. sight intothe eruption that Fiorelli in 1863 and further hismale slavefleeing the volcaniceruption of Vesuvius whichhas already yieldedim- mains that arestill being found in 1959,the firsthuman-made China’s probe, scheduledto buriedthe ancient Roman town, honedwithmodern technology, nearly 2,000years ago, on theoutskirts of the ancient portant finds, including apure- therehavegiven us awindow object to reachanother celestial launchincoming days,will tryto whichhas been asourceoffas- archaeologists last week made Roman city of Pompeii. AP bred horse with abronze-plated intolifeinancient Rome. body,ahandful of other coun- collect2kg of samplesinaprevi- cination sinceits rediscovery in plastercasts of thetwo newly saddle uncoveredin2018. NYT tries including Japan and India ouslyunvisited area. REUTERS WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,NOVEMBER23,2020 MarketWatch FPISNET BUYERSINNOV SO FAR NewDelhi: Foreign portfolio investors(FPI) have pumped in anet sum of Rs 49,553 crore in Indian markets this month so far on back of high liquiditycoupled with improving global indicators 13 ECONOMY PTI and clarityafter the US presidential elections.

OVERDUE PAYMENTS WITH GOVTS, CORPORATES PEGGED AT OVER `4 LAKHCR LVB merger: Investors may Afterslightfall,MSMEduesofCPSEs& seek legal recourse, unions ministriesagainmountinlast5months questionDBS Bank selection bank’s hugebad loans and action to MSMEs afteraninitial markup. ties. On the balance Rs 4.5 lakh GEORGEMATHEW& ANNOUNCEMENTOF should be takenagainstthem. AANCHALMAGAZINE STATUSOFMSMEDUESASONSEPT12,2020 Almostevery stateinorder to fi- crore, some portion of about Rs SANDEEPSINGH As things stand now, share- NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER22 nance their Covid-relatedexpen- 40,000-47,000 crorecouldbein MUMBAI/NEWDELHI, PLANTHISWEEK holders of thebank will getzero ditureiscutting back on invest- EMD(earnestmoneydeposit) NOVEMBER22 compensation as the draft AFTERANinitialpush towards Reportedmonth Totaldues Paidduring Pending ment. So youare essentially payments, whichisgenerally2 ■Shareholdersof scheme announcedbythe RBI clearance of dues forthe micro, byclose themonth atthe end substituting relatively lowmul- per cent of the contract amount SHAREHOLDERS OF Lakshmi Lakshmi Vilas Bank are has proposed totalwrite-offof small and medium enterprises ofmonth ofmonth tiplier activities forhigh multi- and normallyexemptedfor SMEs Vilas Bank (LVB) who areupset waiting forthe final shares and debentures of LVB. (MSMEs), overdue payments May2020(25ministries 2,349.53 1,787.89 561.64 plier ones. So that’s an additional located within thestate. with the draftscheme, announ- amalgamation plan The RBI, whichwas to announce from states, Centreand corpo- &79CPSEsreported) source of contraction. Both states Performanceguarantee refunds cedbythe ReserveBank of India with DBS Bank to be the final schemelastweek,isex- rateshaveagain begun to pile up June2020(25ministries 2,553.94 1,905.11 648.83 and Centreare beingpro-cycli- would be about approximately (RBI), forthe mergerwith DBS announcedbyReserve pected to announce the final September onwards. Industryes- &86CPSEs) cal. Moreexpenditureisneeded Rs 70,000-75,000 crore,” KE Bankare waiting forthe final Bank of India this week amalgamation plan this week. timates peg the overdue pay- to reverse the trend,” Sen said. Raghunathan, convenor of amalgamation plan to be an- before they decide to The bank’s market capitalisa- mentstoMSMEs at over Rs 4lakh July2020(30ministries 4,124.34 3,155.16 969.19 Accordingtodatafromthe Consortium of Indian nouncedbythe central bank this take legal opinion tion, whichwas nearly Rs 500 crore, withexperts suggesting &108CPSEs) Controller General of Accounts, Associations, arepresentative week before theydecide to take ■Bankers and industry crorelastTuesday, fell 40 per thatless funds with governments August2020(25 3,527.33 2,696.97 830.36 capexofCentrerosetoRs33,067 body forMSMEs, said. legal opinion. On the other hand, insiders arealso cent to Rs 303 croreintwo days. and corporates could be behind ministries&91CPSEs) croreinJunefromRs26,900 In May, as partofthe bank unions have questioned questioning the “LVB has been givenvirtually the pile-up of dues. Allfiguresin`crore croreinMay and then reduced Aatmanirbhar Bharat package for the waythe RBI selected DBS different approach free to DBSBank.The draft As per government dataon on amonth-on-month basis in dealing with the pandemic, Bank forthe amalgamation. adoptedbythe RBI for scheme of the RBI indicates MSME Samadhaan portal, the July(Rs s23,576 crore) and Finance MinisterNirmala Interestingly,the RBI sought YesBank and LVB nothing is in storefor sharehold- online redressal system for This data, however, does not ture(capex) by governmentsaf- August(Rs 22,598crore)before Sitharaman had said steps were feedbackofthe LVBsharehold- ers,” said ashareholder who MSMEs, total dues forMSMEs re- reflect actual government dues teraninitialmarkupinJune risingagain to Rs 31,389 crorein being takentoclear duesof ers earlier lastweek afteritcame wrotetothe RBI. The central portedby25ministries and 79 as thereisreluctance among could alsobereflective of thede- September. MSMEs withonlythe litigated out with thedraft amalgamation peanuts,” according to him. bank had rejected aproposal by central publicsectorenterprises MSME unit ownerstowrangle layedpaymentstoMSMEsafter “In September and October, duesnot beingclearedand rest plan whereitdecidedtowrite- “If theyhad decidedtowrite DBS Bank foracquiring 50 per (CPSEs)havenearly doubled in with the government over pend- the initial payment drive,which dues have gone up tremen- all accumulated dues and the offthe equity shares of the bank down the equity value of LVBto cent stakeinLVB in 2018.RBI was the last four-fivemonths. ing payments as this mayhavea is adding to the already contrac- dously. About Rs 4-4.5lakh crore incrementaldues addedfor to zero. “Wesubmitted our feed- zero, therewould have been then againstgiving aforeign Pending dues surgedinJulytoRs negative impact on fresh order tionarycycle,former Chief would be the outstanding dues, clearance. backonFridayand arenow manybanks that would have bank higher stakeinabank.LVB 969.19crore,72per cent higher flows anddues of state govern- StatisticianofIndia Pronab Sen out of whichmaybe Rs 70,000- MSMEs areunder stress and awaiting forthe final amalgama- been interestedinacquiring a promoters holdonlyaround 6.80 than Rs 561.64 croreofpending mentsand statePSUs will beover said. 80,000 crorewould be normal, manybusiness owners arere- tion plan from the RBI,” said one bank likeLVB that has over 500 per cent stakeinLVB. duesinMay and continuedtobe and above this amount. In addi- “The expenditurenumbers payable dueswithinthe time sorting to gold loans and prop- of the key shareholders of LVB. branches.Theycouldhavecalled Depositors of LVBhavealso elevatedinAugust at Rs 830.36 tion, corporatesector’s payments arecoming down month-on- limit of 45 days.For material sup- erty sales to meetthe fund Bankers and industryinsid- forbids from other banksgiving turnedcautious. While LVBisof- crore. Totaldues in August were to MSMEs arestill weak,despite month since July. Whichmeans plies, state governments’ and crunch. The MSMEs have made ers arealso questioning the dif- them fewdays to do their due fering 6per cent interestonone- reportedatRs3,527.33 crore, the government’s nudgetothem rather than stepping up public stateundertakings’ dues would representations forremoval of ferent approachadoptedbythe diligence,” said abanker who did year term deposits, DBS Bank’s lowerthan Rs 4,124.34crore in to clear suchpayments. expenditure,the Centreisactu- be around Rs 2-2.5 lakh crore. capitalgainstax on such distress RBI forYes Bank and LVB. In the notwish to be named. Digibankoffers 4.05 per cent on July, but higherthan Rs 2,349.53 The month-on-month de- ally cutting it down. It could also Mostofthe localisedcontractors sales and alower interestratefor case of YesBank,while RBI pro- “Wehavebeen demanding one-year term deposits. On the crorereported forMay. clining trend in capital expendi- be reflecting delayedpayments deal with states andmunicipali- gold loans, Raghunathan said. tected the interestofsharehold- timelyaction by RBI on the dete- other hand, the terms of the ers, in case of LVB, it decidedto riorating health of LVBand LVB amalgamation of LVBwith DBS writeitdowntozero. to be mergedwith apublic sec- Bank have upsetstock investors. Thereare some who also torbank.Suchapro-active ac- DBS established21new Why Tamil Nadu, some southern raisedquestions on the wayRBI tion wasnot taken. Nowthis an- branches in India in 2019 forato- 437infra projectsshowcost came out with itsresolution plan nouncement has come as a talof33, but the proposedtrans- forLVB and announcedthat it shocktothe bank customers and action will add as manyas563 states have banned online gaming overruns of `4.37 lakh crore has decidedtomerge thebank general public. This will create branches, agreater number than with DBS. panic and doubt in the minds of that of all other foreign banksin Defenseofthe Ancients,PUBG the arrivalofmoneyhas further Amid delays in execution and other constraints, as many CH Venkatachalam, General people about the stabilityand India put together. AASHISHARYAN andCounterStrike,thoughfreefor complicatedmatters.Mostadver- as 437infrastructureprojects have been hit by cost Secretary, All India Bank dependability of banksbecause LVB’s networkisfocusedin NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER22 mostusers,give theoptionof buy- saries of online gamesand gam- overruns of overRs4.37lakh crore, according to the Employees Association (AIBEA), people keep their hard-earned south India, withthree-quarters ing in-game additions to the blinghave saidthatsincethereare said therewas no transparency savings in the banks,” he added. of itsbranches located in three MoSPI report forSeptember 2020 TAMIL NADU Governor player’savatar. Othermultiplayer no regulations, mostplayers end in theselection of DBS Bank for “The RBI whichisresponsi- states —Tamil Nadu, Andhra Banwarilal Purohit lastFriday cardgames like Rummy, and up spending alot of moneyfor the takeover.“RBI knewabout ble to maintain the stability of Pradesh and Karnataka. promulgated an ordinance that Pokerrequireusersto invest some buy-ing these games. the problemsinLVB forthe last banksand financialsector can- “WeregardLVB’sbranches as bannedonlinegaminginthestate, moneytoenterthegameandplay Criticshave alsosaidthatsince three years. When we have notescape itsresponsibility for one of itsmostcoveted residual with fine up to Rs 5,000 andim- withother players globally. thesegames areplayedbykids of manyIndian bankswith finan- nottaking timelyaction. Itsrole assets foraforeign buyer and be- prisonment of up to six months. allages, the lackofmoneytobuy cial capacity,why wasaforeign should be thoroughlyprobed,” lieve theready-made platform Whydid Tamil Nadu ban theseadd-onputsdifferentkinds bankselected?How were they Venkatachalam said, adding that that will enabledeeper market What constitutes online onlinegames? of peer pressure, leading to un- selected? It’s unfairtothe Indian some topmanagement officials penetration is the keydrawfor games and gambling? In the ordinance banningthe pleasant circumstances. public.Theyare getting LVBfor of LVBare responsible forthe- DBS,” FitchRatings said. The earliestversions of com- game, the Governor saidthat due munity-basedgamesweregam- to online gaming, innocentpeo- Whichotherstateshave ingarcadeswhichwereverypop- plemainlyyoungsters arebeing bannedonlinegames and INTERVIEWWITHMD&CEO, UNIONBANKOFINDIA ular in the United cheated andsome gambling? Total projects and above States and Japan in peoplehavecommit- While gambling and betting 1,663worth Rs 150 ■ 43.89 months: Average time overrun of all projects ‘Restructuring requestsquite theearly 1990s.These tedsuicide. The state as asportare bannedacross the crore and above monitored by arcades required the has thus decided to country, nearlyten states in India the Ministry of Statistics and gamer to buyin- banonline gamingto suchasAssam, Arunachal Programme Implementation `21,09,236.41crore: Total game time with “avoidsuchincidents Pradesh, Goa, Kerala, (MoSPI) original cost of low ... not muchtraction in somechips.Fromthe of suicideandprotect Maharashtra,Mizoram,Nagaland, implementation of arcade,the games the innocent people Punjab, Sikkim and West Bengal Projectswhose 1,663 projects movedtohouse con- from the evils of on- have their lotterysystems. These 924neither year of soles, and then fur- line gaming”. Any lotterieshaveverystrictcontrols commissioning nor tentative `25,47,057.52 crore: retail,seen some in MSMEs’ ther to personal computers. formof wageringorbettinginthe overthenumberof tickets printed gestation period has been Anticipated cost of With the invention of the in- cyberspaceby usingcomputersor and the prize moneydistributed. reported implementation of all projects UNION BANK of India MD and arenot in the formalstructure. ternetand the arrivalofconnec- anyothercommunicationdevice, Moststates, however, areop- CEO RAJKIRAN RAI says the loan Thereare issues but it is our en- tivity on personalcomputers, commongaminghouses,andany posedtoonlinegambling or bet- Number of projects `4,37,821.11crore: Overall restructuringschemehasevoked deavour to reachoutto everyone. these multiplayergames saw electronictransferof fundsto dis- ting as thereare very fewregula- 531that reported time cost overruns, i.e. 20.76 per averylow responseanditmayat- In our MSME book,wereached playershostinggamingpartiesus- tributewinnings or prizemoney tions to control the number of escalation, of which: cent of original cost tract only2-3 per cent, or even out to everycustomer whoiseli- ing local area networks.With the has also been banned. players and theinvestment that ■ 122: delayed by one to 12 lower, of theloan book.Inanin- gible.We have ensuredthatallel- arrivalofaffordable internet, all This effectively meansthat canbemadeinthegame.Byban- months `11,61,524.97 crore: terviewtoGEORGEMATHEW,Rai igible customers aregiven relief the arcade-based multiplayer playersinthestatewillnotableto ning online games andgambling, Expenditure incurred on all —also the Chairman of Indian under ECLGS and other schemes. games movedonline. Nowadays, purchase anyadd-on forthe Tamil Nadu joinedits neighbours ■ 128: delayed by 13 to 24 projects till September2020, BanksAssociation (IBA) —said, nearly allgamesareonlinewhere gamestheyplay, go to gamingar- Andhra PradeshandTelanganain months 45.60 per cent of “we’renot seeing muchstress What’s the IBAstand on users connect their devices to a cades or participate in online banning some form of online ■ 160: delayed by 25 to 60 anticipated cost building up.” Edited excerpts: setting up abad bank? IBAhad centralserverhostedbythegam- gaming tournaments. gamesandgambling.Meanwhile, months submitted ablueprint on the ing company. Mostofthem are While therehas been some Karnatakatoohasbeenmullinga ■ 121: delayed by 61 months Source: MoSPI/PTI What’s the status of loan creation of abad bank to the free and justfor entertainment. debateonwhether online games lawtobanonlinegamesandgam- restructuringplan approved government. Multiplayergames suchas areamatter of pureluckorskill, ing in the state. by the RBI? What has been the Rajkiran Rai Somehowwedidn’tgetmuch response from corporates and tractiononthissuggestion.Thisis retail borrowers? an important concept whichcan BRIEFLY IMF calls for On the corporateside,weare torium has givenalot of cushion be implemented anditwill help 737 MAX return: 24x7 effort notseeing muchtraction. We forretail borrowers. in big resolutions because these were initially expecting that 5-6 We have decentcollections arelarge NPAs. We can develop a Petrol,diesel expansion per cent of our book is likelyto andthere’ssomestressinMSMEs. specialisedagencywhichcanlook pricesrisefor underway to clearinventory seek restructuring. In the last Unitsmay go out of businessfor at resolutions and NPAs. This is a of G20 quarter, whenwe announcedthe various reasons. Ithinkthe guar- good ideaand hopefully, we 3rdstraightday results, our expectationwas anteescheme,especiallythegov- wouldliketotakeitupagain and around 2-3per cent. It canbe ernment guarantee, would have see that thereisaconsensusto NewDelhi: Petrolprice on REUTERS debtrelief loweralso.Asofnow,only12cor- helped. We don’tsee anystress in push this idea. On the bad bank Sundaywashikedby8paise WASHINGTON,NOVEMBER22 poratesapproachedusforrestruc- agriculture exceptfor the normal concept,somehowpeoplehave per litre anddieselby19 turing foranamount of roughly stress. On the corporate side,ex- that feeling that bankswill park paise, the thirdstraight day THE FUTURE of Boeing Co’s framework Rs 3,600 crore. Our loan book is ceptfor twoorthree sectors all theirbad assets andnothing of increase in ratesasthe freshlyapproved737 MAX is in around Rs 6.5 lakhcrore and out which aremajorly impacted,we will happen there. We needto firming international oil the hands of nearly 700workers REUTERS of this,large corporatebook may see almost 90 percent efficiency convince all stakeholders about ratesbroke anearly toiling behind the gray doors of a WASHINGTON,NOVEMBER22 be around Rs 3lakh crore. levels being reachednow.Ifthe thepurpose...,theactionplanand two-month-longhiatus in three-bayhangar at adesert air- Restructuring requests arequite courtdecision happens, the strategy behindthe ARC. pricerevision.Petrolpricein portinWashingtonstate. THEHEADofthe International low. In retail, we arenot seeing DecemberNPA numbers may Delhi washiked to Rs 81.46 Inside, over an endless 24- Monetary Fund on Sundaycalled muchtraction but in MSMEs, we alsoincludeSeptembernumbers. Bank frauds have increased of per litre from Rs 81.38, ac- hour loop, 737MAX planes are forpromptand effective imple- have seen some requests. We have sufficientlyfactoredin late, according to the RBI cording to aprice notifica- rolledinformaintenance,andup- mentation of anew G20 frame- Foraportfolio of Rs 1,30,000 the required provision. Annual Report. Do youthink tion from oil marketing gradesof software andsystemsas work setuptohelpthe world’s crore,restructuringof Rs500crore banksare lax in their risk and companies. Dieselrates mandated by the US Federal poorestcountriesreachperma- isalreadydone.It’snot abignum- Do youthink the banking system management? went up from Rs 70.88 to Rs Aviation Administration in this The Boeing facilities at Grant County InternationalAirportin nent debt relief, but said other ber, butinMSMEs,there is some sector profitswill be hit in The frauds reportedthis year 71.07per litre. week’s order lifting aflight ban Washington, US, whereroughly240 grounded 737MAX countries neededhelp as well. restructuringhappening and our fiscal year 2020-21 duetothe areold ones. While these frauds imposedaftertwocrashes,theair- aircraftare stored. Reuters “It is criticaltooperationalize expectation is amaximumofRs Covid-related issues? happened five or six years back, port’sdirectorsaid.Infront,work- thisFramework promptly andef- 5,000crore. We areverypositiveaboutthe theywerereportedonlyrecently. Growthtoturn ers in brightyellow vestsinspect fectively,”IMFManagingDirector waythings areturning around. During the lasttwo years, we had positiveinQ3: theroughly 240jetsstoredingi- While parkedonthe tarmac, The work at Moses Lakeisa Kristalina Georgieva said in a Areyou expectingasurge in Lookingatthewaycollectionsare gone forforensic audit andinves- ant grids at Grant County eachjet is fitted with redengine cornerstone of agloballogistical statementafter addressing the NPAs in the Decemberand improvingandcorporatesare be- tigation into these accounts. We AshimaGoyal International AirportinMoses and wheelcovers,awindshield and financialstrategy under way leaders of the Groupof20major March quarters following the having, we do notsee aproblem. found fund diversions and other Lake-morethanhalf of aninven- screentoblockout the sun, and a at Boeing to clear abacklogof economies. “Going forward, we withdrawalofmoratorium? Itistooearly to give afinalconclu- issues. Youhavetodifferentiate NewDelhi: India’s macro- tory worthabout $16billion, as small generator powering cycles morethan 800mothballed737 mustalsohelpthosecountriesnot It’s muchdifferent thanwhat siononwhethertheCovideffectis between when the fraudhap- economic situation is im- per investment firm Jefferies. of freshairandelectricitythrough MAX jets.About 450 areBoeing coveredbythe Framework to ad- we anticipated.Weexpected a over and it can still playout. penedand when it wasrecog- proving fast andthe coun- Analysts sayclearing the log- itssystems -the aviation equiva- property,and afurther 387were dress debt vulnerabilities so that hugerestructuringand that’snot nised.Inthe lastfour or five years, try’s GDP growth will turn jam of up to 450 stored jets in to- lent of lifesupport. in airline servicebeforethe FAA’s their economies can become crystallising. Even the perform- There’recomplaintsthat the thegovernanceandsystemstruc- positive in the thirdand taliscrucialbeforeBoeingcan re- “It’s an enormous undertak- grounding order in March 2019. moreresilient.” anceof thebookiscomparatively majority of genuine MSMEs tureshave evolved.We have done fourth quarters of the cur- sume meaningful production of ing,”the airport’s director,Rich Acrosstheglobe,Boeingteamsare The debt treatment frame- better.For the September and arenot benefiting from the arootcauseanalysisandbuiltsys- rent financial year,econo- itstraditional cash cow-atask Muller,told Reuters.“Butthis go- hammering out delivery sched- work endorsedbyG20leaderson Octobercollection,we didnotsee recastschemes launchedfor tems so thatlapses will notrecur. mistAshima Goyalsaid on complicated by the fact thatbuy- ahead from the FAAhas given ules,andfinancialterms,withair- Sundayappliesto73nations that muchstressbuildingup.Thismay them. What’s your view? We have takenalltheprecautions. Sunday. PTI ers have in some cases walked themarealshotinthearm.It’sre- lines who last year scaledback areeligibleforatemporaryfreeze be because of the steps thatwe While the MSME sector is a Full interviewon away during the grounding. allyenergizedeveryone.” schedules and flewold jetliners. inofficialbilateraldebtpayments. had taken. The six-month mora- verylargesegment,manyofthem www.indianexpress.com WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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UNDER THE CLOUD Facing domesticviolence allegations, Zverev gets Djokovic’s support

claim his innocence. way, andhehit my head intothe wall.” calledher claims “unfounded” and “simply “TheATPfullycondemns anyformof vio- SHAHIDJUDGE “WhatelsecanIsay?Ihave saideverything Sharypova laterclaimedthatafteranother nottrue.” lenceorabuse.We expectallmembersof the MUMBAI,NOVEMBER22 thatIcan,”Zverevsaid.“Youknow, it’sveryun- fight during the 2019 US Open,Zverevthrew At the Paris Masters twoweeksback, af- Tour to do the same, and to refrain from any fortunatethat these kinds of false allegations her down “ontothe bed,took apillow, and terfinishing runner-up, he said: “I knowthat conductthatisviolent,abusive,orputsothers AFTER DEFEATING Alexander Zverev on can put suchdamageand put the attention thensaton(her)face.”Eventually,shefledthe there’s gonnabealotofpeople that right now atrisk,”readthestatementasreportedbyThe Friday, worldno. 1Novak Djokovic posteda away from thesport.” hotel, barefoot, with justher phone. aretrying to wipe asmileoffmyface but un- Guardian.“Incircumstanceswhereallegations peculiarmessageonsocial media –peculiar Lastmonth, aday afterZverev’s ex-girl- Afew weekslater,atthe LaverCup in der this mask,I’m smiling brightly. Ifeel in- of violence or abuse aremade againstany because of the timing. “Always apleasure friend Brenda Patearevealedshe is pregnant Geneva,Sharypova claimed they had their credibleoncourt… everything is great in my member of the Tour,legal authorities investi- sharingthecourtwithyouSasha@AlexZverev. with hischild,another formergirlfriendOlga worstfight. “In other fights, he waspushing life. The people who aretrying can keep gate anddue processisapplied,wethen re- Greatendingof theseasonforyou.Bestwishes Sharypova took to Instagram to claim that me, shoving me, twisting my arms,choking trying.” viewthe outcome and decide the appropri- in what awaitsyou on and offthe court. Stay he had been physicallyabusive during their me.Butthiswasthefirsttimehepunchedme, At the startofthe Tour Finals in London, atecourseof action.Otherwise,we areunable strong.” relationship. reallypunchedme(in the face).” Sharypova his tone changed,asheread astatement off to comment further on specific allegations.” At anyothertime,thetweetwouldbecon- addedthataftertheGermanlefttheroom,she hisphoneduringapressconference:“We had In other words, the ATPwill take action sideredharmlessand motivational. But now, The incidents injected herself with insulin in asuicide at- our ups and downs,but thewayourrelation- onlyifthere’s alegal case. However, the gov- as allegationsofdomestic violence have Sharypova,also 23, wasabudding tennis tempt, whichforcedZverevtoseek an event shipwasdescribedinpublicisnothow itwas. erning body is still silent in the caseinvolving emergedagainstZverev, the Serb’s message playerfromRussia. Theystarted dating in official forhelp. That’snotwhoIam,that’snothow Iwasraised former worldno. 16 Nikoloz Basilashvili of is arguablytasteless, especiallysince he’s September 2018.But the domestic violence by my parents.” Georgia,arrestedinMayonchargesofdomes- claimedhedoesn’t know “what happened would startsoon too. “The firsttime wasin AlexanderZverev’sex-girlfriend Olga Zverev’s reaction ticviolenceagainstex-wifeNekaDorokashvili. truly.” Monaco in his apartment,”she told Racquet Sharypova claimed that the German SinceSharypova wentpublic–thoughnot ATP’s reaction Acourtcase is allegedly pending. But afterexitingthe ATPTour Finalson Magazine.“Iwas going to leave because we had been physically abusive during seeking to press chargesbecauseshe “does- Thetour’sgoverningbodyhasbeenlargely The ATPhas no specific policyregarding Friday, the 23-year-oldGerman continuedto hadareally bigfight.Iwasstandinginthehall- their relationship. Reuters n’t want anything from him” –Zverevhas silent. Onlyrecently did it issue astatement. domestic violence. BRIEFLY Waiting to pair in Test hunts Haalandgetsfour forDortmund ErlingHaaland scored four goals and Thoughthe contests againstAussies will startwithwhite-ball cricket,Shami focusing on Test series YoussoufaMoukokobecame the youngestplayerinBundesligahistory fromwhite-balllengthto itsTest-matchequiv- as Borussia Dortmund beat Hertha SHAMIKCHAKRABARTY alent. Little wonder then that he is focusingon Berlin5-2to move second.Thebuildup KOLKATA,NOVEMBER22 red-ball cricketatthe moment. had been all aboutMoukoko,who was eligibleforhisdebutafterturning16 on AFTERABOUTaweekof quarantineinSydney, On ahigh afterIPL Friday. But Haaland stolethe showbe- theIndianteamisnowtrainingeverydayahead It is very likelythat the Indian team man- fore makingwayfortheyoungster'sde- of thecontestsagainstAustralia.ThreeODIsand agementwillrotatehimandBumrahinthelim- butinthe85thminute."Ithinkhe'sthe three T20Is will precede amarquee four-Test ited-oversmatches.However, Shamiwillgo to biggesttalentinthe worldright now. series.AsforMohammedShami,heisconcen- the Test series still carrying the confidence of a 16 yearsandoneday, that'squiteamaz- trating moreonred-ball cricket. very good IPL forKings XI Punjab. ing.Hehas abig careeraheadofhim," “Weare going to have along tour starting He took 20 wickets in thetournament,but Haaland said about Moukoko to ESPN. with the whiteball followedbypink andred morethan that number,his bowling in the "I'm over 20 years, I'm getting old now. ball Tests. My focus area has been the redball Super Over againstMumbai Indians wasre- That's howitis." AP and Iamworking on my lengths and seam garded as one of the highlightsofthe IPL. movement,” Shami told bcci.tv. “Beingableto defendjust5runsagainsttwo The firstODI in SydneyisonNovember 27, most explosive batsmen (Rohit Sharma and AFI highperformance while the firstTestinAdelaide, aday-nighter, Quinton de Kock)isthoroughly satisfying. My directorHermannquits commences on December 17.Overthe past performancesforKXIPinIPLhasgivenmealot two-and-a-half months,Shamihadbeenplay- of confidenceandputmeintherightzone.The Athletics Federation of India's High ing white-ball cricketinthe Indian Premier biggestadvantageisthat Ican nowprepare for PerformanceDirectorVolkerHerrmann, League (IPL) and the limited-overs leg of the the upcoming series without anypressure. I whose contracthas been extendedby Australia tour will be asortofcontinuation. had worked hardonmybowling and my fit- the Sports Ministrytill the end of 2024 ness in the lockdown. IknewthatIPL would Olympics,hasquitfromhispost,saying Length is key take place sooner or later and Iwas preparing he "couldnolonger meetthe self-im- The Adelaide Test will be aplayedwith a myself forit,” Shamisaid. posedexpectations coming along with pink ball, whichswings morethan itsredvari- He compared it (Super Over) with his hat- therole."TheGermanwasappointedto ant.ThenextthreeTests,inMelbourne,Sydney trickagainstAfghanistan in the WorldCup last the postinJune 2019 foraterm till the and Brisbane respectively,are traditional red- year,whichhelpedIndia secureawin. “The endofthe postponedTokyoOlympics ballencounters.Forabowler, especiallyapacer, marginwasverylessagainstAfghanistan.Ihad in 2021. In September,the ministryex- adjusting lengths will be important. to getmyyorkers right. We were favourites to tendedhis contract till the end of 2024 “Ihave always feltthatonceyoustartpitch- win and the game had gone right down to the OlympicsbutAFIsourcessaidhedidnot ing the ball at the lengths youdesire, youcan wire.IamgladIcouldhelpIndiawinthatgame sign the newcontract. "Afterone-and- succeedindifferentformats.Whatyouneedis and, in the course, also got my hat-trick. Such Mohammed Shami took 16 wicketsinfour Testsat26.18 during India’s triumphant tour in 2018-19. Express file a-halffruitful and inspiring years in control. Ihavedone well with the whiteball momentsstaywith youfor along time.” India, the dayhas come when Icould and nowspending time in the nets bowling notany longer meetthe self-imposed withthe redball. Youdon’t bowl in the same Awell-roundedattack expectationscomingalongwiththerole area since both formatsare different, but your Statistics put out by the BCCI showIndian From Kohli to Zampa: $15 vegan food voucher of AFI's high-performance director, basicsdon’t changemuch,” Shami said. fastbowlers’supremacyoverthelasttwo years. whichiswhy Iresignedfrommyposi- Since2018,Indianfast bowlershave taken292 “Therewas acricket cliprecentlyfrom tionthreeweeksago,"Herrmannwrote Quicklearner wickets in 24 matches at an averageof21.33. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE cricket.com.au,therewas afunnyrun-out, he on Facebook. PTI His firsttourofAustralia in 2014-15wasn’t Thetrioof Bumrah(68),Shami(61)andIshant NOVEMBER22 waslaughingaboutit forthree weeksstraight. very successful, althoughShamiwas India’s Sharma (53) have accounted for182 scalps in He lovesholding ontojokes likethat.” highestwicket-takerwith15 scalpsfromthree thelasttwo years.Shamiattributedthesuccess AUSTRALIAN LEG-SPINNER Adam Zampa Zampa went on: “He talksabout coffee, Angulo’sbracehelps Tests. Arelative newcomer backthen, he was to the “camaraderie” in the bowling group. has providedaninsight intoVirat Kohli as a travelling,food –‘Zamps, do youwanta GoaholdBengaluru still learning the ropes as regardstohandling “Thesuccessofthisgroupislargelybecause teammateand howthe India captain is like Beyond Meat burger?’ –because he’s aveg- theredKookaburra,andhislengthwasn’tcon- of thecamaraderiewe share amongourselves. offthe field. Zampa and Kohli shared a etarian himself. He’s areally cultured guy. Spanish striker Igor Angulo’s double sistent. Twoyearsago,during India’s tri- Thereisnoreal secret as such but it lies in each dugout forRoyal Challengers Bangalorein He’s good to talk to,goodfun. strikescriptedFCGoa’scomeback as umphant tour in 2018-19, he took 16 wickets other’sstrengths.We have acommongoaland the IPL this year and talking to The Sydney “One night he took me aside andtalked to theyheldBengaluruFCto a2-2draw in in four Testsand his series averagewas 26.18 all of us look to collectively achieve that. There Morning Herald,the tweaker recounted how me about his travels through Nepal. He’s al- an Indian Super League encounteron compared to 35-plus in 2014-15. He bowled a is ahealthycompetition but thereisnorivalry on the very firstday,the skipper made him ways talking to me about his newcoffeema- Sunday. Bengaluru, happytosit back lotfuller,swung the ball, and wasrewarded. within the group...Wehavealotofdiscussion feel at home. chine. He’s apretty normal bloke. and maintain defensive shape, ledtill Shami targeted afew batsmen with bouncers, among ourselves. We hunt in pairs.” “It wasthe firstday Iarrived [and] he “The one thing youtakeawayfrom the hour markwithgoals from Cleiton but useditmoreasashockweapon. Twoyears ago, Australia sans SteveSmith WhatsAppedme. Ididn’t have his number. spending time with those guysisthey’reas Silva (27') and Juanan Gonzalez (57'). Somefastbowlers,especiallyfromthesub- andDavidWarnerwere depleted.Theywillbe He made it as if we’veknown each other for- Adam Zampa and ViratKohli shared muchofahuman being as youare.” Goa brought on Brandon Fernandes continent, tend to getalittle carriedawayon at full strength this time and the challengewill ever,” Zampa said. The message wasabout a adugout forRCB this year. Twitter Soon Zampa and Kohli would be oppo- and Alberto Noguera, and soon found hardand bouncyAustralianpitches andresort be bigger.Shami is game. $15voucher at avegan restaurant. nentsduring the forthcoming limited-overs their waybackintothe contestwith to anoverdoseof short-pitchedbowlinginTest “Our fast bowling group can bowl at 140 “Zamps, here’s the $15off voucher at a series and so farintheir duels, the leggie has twogoals from Angulo in the spaceof cricket. At 30 years of age, Shamiisnow one of kph-plus and youneedthat kind of pace in veganrestaurant from Deliveroo. It’s areally lovescompetition, he hates losing as much dismissedthe Indian batting great seven threeminutes.Angulofirstcutshortthe the senior bowlers in the group and India’s Australia.Evenourreservesare quick,youdon’t good restaurant,”itread. The Aussie spoke as anyone. He probablyshows it morethan times.“Iwould laugh at it. And reallyappre- deficitwithaneatfinish(66')following chancesto agreatextentwilldependonhowhe gettosee that kind of an attack. We thrive on about howKohliisacompletely different anyone. ciateit. I’vegot him outseven times, but link-up playbetween Fernandes and and Jasprit Bumrah perform as apair. challenges.We have varietyinourspinbowling person offthe field. “He’s absolutelynot what “Once he’s offthe park, he’sthe most they’reatagood click; the economyiswell Noguera, then chestedaball intothe Thenagain,evenforabowlerof Shami’sex- attacktoo. We can bowl fast but we areall dif- yousee on the cricket field. He always brings chilledguy.He’s watching YouTubeclips on and trulyoversix runs per over as well.It’ll be netfor the equaliser (69'). PTI perience,it’snoteasyto makeaninstantswitch ferent, our skills aredifferent.” his intensity to training and the game; he the bus, he’ll laugh out loud. interesting nowwe’recloser,” Zampa said. Why Grammy-winnerDua Lipa is in the new FIFA game Atletico in pole position after

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ED BARCELONAWOES SOON, YOUwillbeabletowatch pop star Dua sponse:“I’llgo‘OneKiss’byCalvinHarris Embiid. Other incoming celebritiesin- Saturdaybybeating Barcelona 1-0 and con- Lipagotoe-to-toe with the topfootballers;at and Dua Lipa.” clude DJ Snake,surfer GabrielMedina, signing theiropponentstotheir worststart to leastvirtually. According to adatamine of the PLAIN E footvolleychampNatalia Guitler, aleagueseason in 29 years. YannickCarrasco Barcelona areat11points Other notable additions? ● FIFA21’s latestupdate, Dua Lipawill beadded EX YouTuber Fred and the NFL Baltimore finishedbrilliantly from rangeafter mistakes aftereight games this fromGerardPiqueandMarc-AndreterStegen 11season, their worsttallyat to thevideogameasaplayable character. DavidBeckham willbethe cover Ravens’ Lamar Jackson. athlete forthe firsttime since FIFA98. leftthegoalgapingbutBarca,andabelow-par this stagesince 1991/92 season, What’s happening? WhileBeckham’sreturnwasfirstrevealed Howhavethe gamers reacted? LionelMessi, failedtorespond at the Wanda when theywon La Liga. Inabidto freshenuptheirlong-runningse- in the aforementioneddatamine,the former Largely with indifference.However,some Metropolitano. ries and increase crossoverappeal, developers ManchesterUnitedstarconfirmeditonhis fans have criticisedEASports’ decision to give Instead,Atleticorecordedtheirfirstleague Lionel Messi has scored one EA Sports addedtwo-time worldchampion Instagram.“23yearslater…soproudto beback Dua Lipaand other celebs detailedfacescans victoryoverBarcelona in 10 years, whichputs out of his last48directfree them three pointsahead of Real Madrid, with 1 boxerAnthonyJoshua and recording artistDJ onthecover…”hewrote.Accordingto reports, and photorealistic likenesses, while younger kicksfor Barcelona in all Diplo when FIFA21released last month. And PopstarDua Lipa, who will be playable three different likenesses of Beckham will be footballers likeManchesterUnited’s Mason agameinhand, and second in the table,level competitions (vsOsasuna lastJuly) theyseemtohavedouble-downedonbring- in FIFA21, got adetailed face scan. addedtothe game: rated87, 89 and 92, chart- Greenwood —who scored17 goals lastseason on points with earlyleaders Real Sociedad.It Stats: Opta ing non-footballing names to the game. ing the 45-year-old’s long career. —sport inaccurate, seemingly-random faces. alsoleavestheiropponentslanguishingin10th, Noteddataminer BladeJohnson went Othershave comparedLipa’sadditionto the withBarcelona’s11pointsfromtheirfirsteight through FIFA21’scode and uploadedthe PDFs vanceupdate,have uploadedvideoswhereDua Who all aregetting to the game? lackofwomen footballers in the game. While games their worsttallyatthis stagesince the time since2010–beforeSimeone arrivedas confirming the appearance of Dua Lipa, as well Lipa can be seenplaying as astriker forteams LipaandBeckhamwillbejoinedby Formula EA introducedplayable women footballers in 1991-92 season. coach–will do wonders forthe team’s belief as numerous other celebrities, as playable suchasLiverpool and Real Madrid along with 1world champion Lewis Hamilton. In real life, FIFA 16,therehaven’t been alot of updates in “Likeany coach, Iamresponsible,” said and extends what is nowaconsiderable ad- characters. ‘Love Is Religion’—atrack from the the real-world squads. the 35-year-old playedassociation football thefive yearssince.Onlymarqueenameshave coachRonald Koeman. “Weknowwehaveto vantageinthe table. It also extends Atletico’s Grammy-winner’s ‘Club FutureNostalgia’—is The 25-year-old performedatthe opening along with school schoolmateand eventual receivedfacescans, and one can onlyplayin- improvetheresults.Icontinueto trusttheplay- unbeaten run in the leagueto24matches. already featured on thegame’s soundtrack. ceremonyofUEFAChampionsLeaguefinaltwo England international AshleyYoung. ternational matches and women’s clubfoot- ers Ihave.” Earlier,apatched-up Real Madrid had to SeveralYouTubers, who receivedanad- yearsagoandisalsoafavouriteofEnglandand Australian Daniel Ricciardo will bethe sec- ball has been absent. AndbeatingBarcelonainLaLigaforthefirst hang on foradrawagainstVillarreal. AFP

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