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MAHARASHTRA MODI, SHAH HOLD SECURITY MEET COVID SURGE: STATE CONSIDERS DayafterJammufiring, SUSPENDING MUMBAI-DELHIRAIL, AIR SERVICES GOVT LAUNCHES PMsaysplottoderail PROBE INTO HIKE IN ELECTRICITY ARREARS grassrootsdemocracy PAGE 4 DespitePak bid, Pakistan fingerprints DDC polls as per Jharkhand changes schedule: official all over: Phones, DEEPTIMANTIWARY medicines, weapons process, physical COVID CURFEW BACK,AHMEDABAD NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER20 Amid rising Covid-19cases, the Gujarat government has imposedaweekend curfew in ADAY afterfour terrorists were DEEPTIMANTIWARY Ahmedabad, and night curfew in Surat, Vadodaraand Rajkot. Nirmal Harindran REPORT,PAGE 6 killedand acache of arms and ex- NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER20 checksmust for all plosivesrecovered in Jammu, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi “Kaha Phnche KiaSorateHal Hai Fridaypointed to cross-border KoiMushkil To Nahi,2Baje, Phir terror from Pakistanwhile thank- BtaDan Gy (Wherehaveyou schools, applicants UP govt on Kappan: Had India’s ing the security forces forhaving reached? What’s the situation? “defeatedanefarious plot” to tar- Is thereany problem?, 2O’clock, getgrassroots democracy in J&K. Will letyou know)." THE daughter pamphlet,riot plan With the District Theseweresomeofthe text DevelopmentCouncil(DDC)elec- messages receivedbythe four SCHOLARSHIP through suchkind of websites tions scheduledtotakeplace in Jaish-e-Mohammedterrorists, SCAM KAUNAINSHERIFFM viz. propaganda relating to inci- the Union Territoryfrom who were gunneddownbyse- NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER20 dentsofmob lynching, migra- November 28, Modi postedon curityforces in an encounter in Atextmessagereceived by tion of labours in recent times” Twitter:“Oursecurityforceshave Nagrota, in Jammu, Thursday, on the JeM terrorists ABHISHEKANGAD ■ The “pamphletssorecovered These submissions of the onceagaindisplayedutmostbrav- aDigital Mobile Radio manufac- NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER20 i.e. AM INOT INDIA’S DAUGH- Uttar Pradesh Police in official eryand professionalism. Thanks tured by Pakistani company TER... etchaveaneffectofampli- records —the FIR, remand appli- to theiralertness,theyhavede- MicroElectronics. made in Pakistan. DAYS AFTER it registeredFIRs to Letter refers to The Indian fying social hostility and public cations seeking custody—regard- feated anefarious plottotarget The terrorists hadbeen in J&K Police investigations probethe illegal diversion of the Express reports revolt”. ing the case registered against grassroots leveldemocratic exer- touchwith their handlers in have revealedthatthe Jaish ter- Centre's pre-Matric scholarship ■ Accused have revealedthey SiddiqueKappanwas Delhi-basedjournalistSiddique cises in Jammu and Kashmir.” Pakistanoversmartphones rorists hadbeen sent with the forpoor minority students, “gathered funds” to “instigateri- arrested on Oct 5. PTI file Kappan and three others, arepart The Prime Ministerwrote: manufactured by QMobile, a specific task of carrying out a based on thefindings of an in- disbursedtofakebeneficiariesin oting on basis of caste”incon- of the stategovernment’saffidavit “Neutralising of 4terrorists be- Pakistani company. They were large attackaheadofthe District vestigation by The IndianExpress, "previous years". nection with the Hathras case, before the Supreme Courtinre- longingto Pakistan-basedterrorist carrying medicines manufac- Development Council (DDC) the Jharkhand government has The letter referred to The “as theyhavedone on the basis ing webplatform ‘Carrd’; “Many sponse to apetition seeking re- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 tured in Karachi, and wore shoes CONTINUEDONPAGE2 ordered itsofficers to “physically Indian Express investigation, of religion in protestofCAA”. kinds of anti-national propa- lease of Kappan from custody. verify” all schools and applicants whichfound that the scholar- ■ Accused createdawebsiteus- ganda arebeing spread in India CONTINUEDONPAGE2 seeking to avail scholarships un- shipwas being siphonedoff by der the Union Ministryof anexus of middlemen, school Minority Affairs for2020-21. staffand district officials that ei- THE EDITORIAL PAGE In aletterdated November ther setupfakebeneficiaries or UP to bring ordinance, FPI inflows highest ever, over 19,and sent to allDeputy dupedstudentsintoletting them WAYTOGROW: Commissioners, Welfare apply on theirbehalfand pocket non-BJP state govts SecretaryAmitabh Kaushal also ashareofthe money. LEARNFROMPAST, Rs 1.4 lakh cr in eight months directed that necessarysteps be Itsaidthatphysicalverification NEIGHBOUR takentorecoverthe scholarship CONTINUEDONPAGE2 BY AMARTYA LAHIRI slam ‘love jihad’ law nancial year.In2012-13,net FPIs PAGE 8 SANDEEPSINGH stood at Rs 1,40,033crore (the ED FPIssee NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER20 second highestnow). valuein EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Foreign portfolio investors PLAIN E ● recovery Electoralbondsof LUCKNOW,NEWDELHI, FOREIGN PORTFOLIO investors include both foreign individuals EX NOVEMBER20 Gehlot: Word have staged aremarkablecome- and foreign institutional in- BUSINESSASUSUAL manufactured backafter pulling out arecord vestors (FIIs). AFTER A23.9 per cent con- Rs 282 cr sold ahead NEARLY Ayear afterthe amend- by BJP Rs 61,973 crorefromIndian eq- In the first20days of traction in GDP growth BY UNNY ment in the citizenship Actand uities in March 2020 dragging November,net inflowsadded up rate in April-June 2020, the talk of an all-India National down the benchmarkindices to Rs 44,378 crore, whichhas led reopening of the economy of Bihar elections RegisterofCitizens provoked Haryana as an encroachment on Sensexand Nifty by 23 per cent. to a4,267point or 10.8 per cent in the following months severalChief Ministers to declare personal liberty,and an attempt In justeight monthsofthe surge in Sensex. has ledtoasharper than theywould notimplement the to create acommunal divide in current financialyear,net foreign Inflows startedpicking up in expected recovery.This OnlyRs80lakh from Patna; funding to CAAand NRCintheirstates, the country. portfolioinvestment (FPI) into Augustwith moreliberal unlock has attracted FPIs to see movesbythree BJP-ruledstates Lateinthe evening, the Uttar equities jumpedbyRs1,40,295 guidelines, and afasterand value and re-enter. parties via bonds in 3yrs is Rs 6,493 cr to bring alaw to checkwhat they Pradesh government announced crore, the highest-everinany fi- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 sayis“love jihad”, has once again it had initiated theprocess to YOUR RIGHT split the nation down the middle. bring an Ordinance to checkun- GEORGEMATHEW At leastfiveOpposition-ruled lawful conversions in the state. Since 2001 MUMBAI,NOVEMBER20 TO KNOW states on Fridaycondemnedthe The UP StateLaw announcementsbyMadhya Commissionhad submitted a THE STATEBank of India (SBI) AN EXPRESS RTI Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and CONTINUEDONPAGE2 ONLINE sold Electoral Bonds worth APPLICATION Rs 282 croretofundpolitical par- OFFLINE ties in October ahead of the www.ambitionlawinstitute.com COURSE Assemblyelections in Bihar. According to thedata, the 3daysbefore reopening, BMC shuts With this, total donations to bank’smain branchMumbai is- Yo ur Key to Success Requires Ambition political parties through suedbondsworth Rs 130crore in allschoolsinMumbai till December 31 Electoral Bonds have touched the 14th tranche while the New Rs 6,493 crorefromthe time the DelhibranchissuedRs11.99crore dardoperatingprocedure(SOP) jurisdiction will notreopen till scheme wasintroducedin2018. bonds.TheSBIbranchinPatnasold EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE forfunctioning of schools and December 31.The order will be LAW IS NOTHING The bank sold 279bonds onlyRs80lakhworthofbonds.Its MUMBAI,NOVEMBER20 other crucial things like Covid- applicablefor government, pri- worthRs1crore each, 32 bonds Bengaluru branchdid notsell any 19 testing of teachers and sani- vate andBMC-run schools. BBUT COMMON SENSE worthRs10lakh eachtodonors bonds. Encashment of bonds ANTICIPATINGAsecondwaveof tising the premises. The circular addedthat tak- in the 14th tranche, whichwas worthRs237 croreweredone in Covid-19infections in Mumbai, On November 6, the ing note of second waveof AND LOGIC open from October 19 to 28, the threecities—Bhubaneswar(Rs67 the Brihanmumbai Municipal Maharashtra government had Covid-19infection in other parts SBI said in itsreplytoaRight to crore), Chennai (Rs 80 crore) and Corporation (BMC) on Fridayan- announced that it wasplanning of the country, themunicipal –Alok Kr. Ranjan Information application filedby Hyderabad (Rs 90 crore). nouncedthat all schoolsinthe to reopen schools in thestate for commissioner has decidedto The Indian Express. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 city will remain shut till students from classes IX to XIIon shut all schools till the end of the December 31.Schoolswill be November 23. Severalschools in year as aprecautionarymeasure. JUDICIARY shut till the end of the year in the city, including private and “Thenextfour to six weeks Kind Attention : WORLD neighbouring Thane as well. thoserun by thegovernment, areverycrucial, as the festival FOUNDATION :25NOV Schools and junior colleges had startedpreparations to re- season continues. Now, we are WEEKEND :20DEC DOUGLASSTUART were earlier scheduledtoreopen sume classes from Monday. expecting an increase in the Law Book WINSBOOKERPRIZE forstudentsfromclasses IX to XII The BMC's education depart- number of infections.So, this 8800662140, 8800660301 FORSHUGGIEBAIN on November 23. ment on Friday, however, issued step is being takentoensurethat Sellers &Readers PAGE 11 The BMC said that in the acircular announcing that the spread forCovid-19is meantime,itwill prepareastan- schools within thecivic body's CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CLAT FOUNDATION :4DEC Prebook Bare WEEKEND :5DEC On abench, under atree... jobs gone in time 8800660380 Acts of AMBITION PUBLICATIONS of Covid, Mumbai hospitals their newhome in new form which during the Covid lockdown and leftoverfood from the hospital. TABASSUM nowseekshelterinthe city's “Every day, Iwalk out looking for BARNAGARWALA hospitals, arriving fortreatment ajob. Iamreadytocook forRs are full of recent MUMBAI,NOVEMBER20 and then quietlyclaiming cor- 3,000,” he says. 8800662130 ners in corridors and waiting ar- Pawarwas asecurity guard cases, amendments, SINCE EARLY lastmonth, when eas, clinging on forsurvival, who stayed in aKurla slum and he visited LokmanyaTilak nowhereelse to go. worked as apart-time helper in IAS (LAW) simple meaning. Municipal General (LTMG) That's howthe green bench ON THE BRINK LTMG. “When the lockdown be- Hospital to treataleg injury, became his home, says Kumar.“I gan, Ilostbothjobs. The landlord FOUNDATION :15JAN,2021 Shakti Kumar has made abench have neverbeen homeless be- IN THE CITY asked us to leave andsince then, at the facility his home. Vishal fore.Iusedtoworkand stay at a we have been living in this shed. 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Pak fingerprints officers to provide the NSP login 5,071.99 crorein2019and Rs thatHindutva agenda.Itisananti- IDs and passwordsorusedfake 363.96 crorein2020, the SBI said Muslim agenda,” he said. polls to derail the entireelection school letter pads to obtain them. in itsRTI reply. In Trinamool Congress-ruled process. Policehaverecovered11 Then, theyinvolvedbanking cor- Plot to derail grassroots democracy: PM The extant instructions is- West Bengal,MinisterforScience AKassaultrifles,24 magazinesand respondentstoopen accountsof suedby the ReserveBank of India and Technology and Bio- 7.5kgofRDX along with20mof prospective beneficiaries using organisation Jaish-e- ationintheValleyanddiscussed pistols, 29 grenades, explosives Declaration(PAGD)--acoalition regarding ‘know your customer’ Technology BratyaBasu said: IED wireand six detonators. their Aadhaarcards andfinger- Mohammedand the presence ways to put further pressureon andotherdevices,includingmo- of sevenpolitical parties of (KYC)norms of abank’s cus- “Love is personal. The twowords Recoveries include one Under printsbeforeapplyingontheirbe- of large cache of weapons and Pakistaninforums, suchasthe bilephonesandmedicines,with Kashmir -- and the Congress, tomerwill applytoall applicants do notgotogether.” BarrelGrenade Launcher (UBGL), half withhelp from district offi- explosiveswith them indicates FinancialAction Task Force Pakistani markings. leavingtheBJPwithatoughbat- of the ElectoralBonds. “However, JharkhandMinisterand state 29 grenades, five rifle grenades, cials.Lastweek, the Dhanbad thattheireffortstowreakmajor (FATF), to stop backing terrorist The policedescribed the tleahead. On Wednesday, NC SBI as authorisedbankmay call Congress president Rameshwar three pistols with six magazines, administrationfiled11FIRsnam- havocanddestructionhave once activity in the newly created movementof terroristsaspartof leaderOmarAbdullahtweeted: forany additional KYCdocu- Oraon said: “What is the BJP try- awireless setand aGPS. ingseveral accusedfor their role again been thwarted.” UnionTerritory. “Despitetheten- aplottotargetthe DDC polls “Whatsortofelectionsarebeing ments, if it deems necessary,” the ing to do? Love doesnot happen “Inputsindicatethatthe elec- inthescam,includingmiddlemen The tweets were posted af- uous securitysituation and with an attackthat could coin- heldinJ&Kwherecandidatesare SBI said. according to one's religion... This tions scheduledinthe Union who allegedly“lured innocent terModiheldahigh-levelmeet- Pakistan’s efforts, the DDC polls cide with the anniversaryofthe being stoppedfromcampaign- Onlypoliticalpartieswhichare willnotstandinlaw. TheBJPistry- Territorytoestablishthethirdand people”to become“fakebenefici- ing withHome MinisterAmit will be heldasscheduled,” a 26/11Mumbai terror attacks. ing?Isthis the safe,terrorfree registered under Section 29Aof ing to communalise. ” finaltierof thelocalbodiesforgov- aries”,“submittedfakeKYCdocu- Shah, National Security Advisor Home Ministryofficial said. Security has been enhanced J&K the Home Ministerwas the Representation of the People Punjab Congress chiefSunil ernancehave unnervedterrorists ments” at the welfareoffice and Ajit Doval, Foreign Secretary On Thursday, ajointteam of aheadoftheDDCpollswithcan- tweeting about yesterday?” Act,1951 (43of1951)andsecured Jakhar hit out at the BJP-ruled and Pakistani agencies. The elec- bypassedverification with help HarshvardhanShringla,andthe J&K Police, CRPF and the Army didatesputupinclusteraccom- Home MinisterAmitShah notless than one percentofthe states. “Are we livinginthe Stone tions have already seen massive from officials to getschoolsregis- chiefsofthe Intelligence Bureau gunneddownthefourterrorists modationandtheCentredecid- had earlier attackedPAGDand votes polledinthe lastgeneral Age?Letusbehave like acivilised participationintermsof nomina- teredonthe NSP. andResearchandAnalysisWing. who openedfireonsecurity ingto dispatch25,000additional theCongressinaseriesoftweets electionto theHouseof thePeople society... We should keep away tions and enthusiastic response The latestorder said: “During Sources told The Indian forces near Nagrotaonthe out- troopstoKashmir. callingthemthe“GupkarGang” ortheLegislative Assemblyare el- from people’spersonal lives. It is fromthepublic.ThePakistaniter- physical verification, it should be Express that the meeting as- skirts of Jammu city.The police Thepollsarebeingfoughtby thatwantedto “takeJ&Kbackto igibleto opencurrentaccountsfor suchananachronisticstep...Today rorists andthe hugequantity of made clear whether that student sessedthe overall security situ- recovered11AK-47 rifles, three the People’s Alliance forGupkar the eraofterrorand turmoil”. redemption of Electoral Bonds. it is anti love jihad and tomorrow weapons were to be usedto is from the instituteconcerned According to corporate therewill be an antilovecam- thwartthisprocessof democratic and if theyare eligible.” sources, business housesin paign,”hesaid. decentralisation,”anofficialof the It directed Deputy tainable and it is forthe personin suchkindofdonationamountand ing global financialservices firm At LTMG, Dean Dr Mohan Mumbaiare big purchasers of The BJP's Rajasthanunitpres- Union Home Ministrysaid. Commissionersto deputeofficers judicial custody who can ap- the medium through suchdona- said that “aslonger term uncer- Joshi says he has “notnoticed” ElectoralBondsdueto theanony- ident Satish Poonia said Gehlot’s Ever since August2019, over forphysical verification who will proachthe jurisdictional High tionamountisbeingreceivedand taintygetsaddressedbyvaccines, suchcases. But staffpoint out mous natureoffunding. commentswere “shameful”,and 200terrorists have been gunned submit areport with recommen- CourtnamelyHighCourtof thisamountisworthconfiscating. some capitalisbound to flowin.. that the facility is close to “Theinformationfurnishedby that “everyone knowsthatinthe down, including over30foreign- dations to theDistrict Welfare Allahabad”. Inthisway, abovewebsiteisusing Markets price in big changes Dharaviand Chembur,which thepurchasershallbetreatedcon- tradition of sanatan Bharat, mar- ers, in intelligence-driven precise Officer (DWO). Basedonthe re- “Theperson in custody donations receivedfromforeign rather rapidly.” arehubs of migrant labourers. fidentialby StateBankof Indiaand riageisareligiousandsociallyap- operations by securityforces. port, the DWO will verify the ap- namelySiddique Kappan is the countries.”“Theorganisationsand While FPIsseem to have con- “The numberofhomeless, un- shall notbedisclosedtoany au- proved sanskaar and is notre- According to initial investiga- plicantsonthe NSP.The listpre- Office SecretaryofPopular Front activities connected withthe sidered amedium-to-long term employedmen in the hospital thority forany purposes, except stricted to individual freedom.” tions by the J&K Police, the terror- pared by theDWO will be further of India (PFI) using ajournalist above websiteare doing so in or- horizon in their India investment waiting area, corridors and whendemandedbyacompetent UPAdditionalChief Secretary, ists crossed the International reviewedbyaseniorofficerunder coverbyshowing identity cardof der to gather crowd, spread ru- decisions, domestic investors benches has increased. When courtoruponregistrationof crim- Home, Awanish Kumar Awasthi BorderinJammuandwere metby “intensesupervision”. aKerala-basednewspapernamed mour,collectdonationinthecover seemtobeinaprofit-booking thereisexcess food leftinwards, inal case by anylaw enforcement confirmedthe government is set acourier in atruckatapre-desig- Anyirregularityfound will re- as‘Tejas’whichwasclosedin2018. of proving justice. Anti-national mode. Domestic institutional in- Idistributeitamong them,” says agency,” operating guidelines is- to bringthe anti-conversion nated spotonthe national high- sultincancellationoftheregistra- It is revealedduring investigation sentimentsare being inculcated vestors (DIIs) pulledout anet Rs MohammedShaikh,awardboy. suedbySBI state. Ordinance. As per theOrdinance, waysouthofSamba. tion of institutes, the order said. that he along with other PFI ac- in youths through suchkind of 32,649crore in November alone. “Wekeepturning them away, NGOAssociation for conversiondone forthe sole pur- The truckwas supposedto “Regarding the renewalofappli- tivists and their student wing websites.” Thetotaloutflow by DIIsfromdo- but theyreturn,” says Sunil Patil, Democratic Reform (ADR) re- poseofmarriagewillbedeclared ferrythem to Kashmir but was cations...if foundduringthephys- (Campus Front of India) leaders “Manykinds of anti-national mestic equities over the lastfour asecurity guard. centlymoved the Supreme Court nulland void, and violation will stoppedatthe Ban toll naka in icalverificationthattheapplicants were going to Hathras under the propaganda arebeing spread in months between Augustand At BYLNairHospital, Laxmi againsttheElectoralBonds,saying leadtothree to six monthsinjail Jammu, basedonspecific inputs anddocumentsare notaspersub- garbof Journalismwithaveryde- India through suchkind of web- November till dateamountstoRs Gangadhar Parate is afamiliar “anonymous financing by Indian and afine of Rs 10,000. generated by intelligence agen- mitted,then cancelthe registra- termined design to createacaste sitesviz.propagandarelatingtoin- 60,903crore.Marketparticipants face. The 60-year-old wasanun- as well as foreign companies can cies. When the police triedto tion...and ensurenecessarysteps, divide and disturb lawand order cidentsofmob lynching, migra- feel that once domestic investors, official caretaker,charging “Rs have seriousrepercussionsonthe checkthe truck, the terrorists as per rules, to getbackthe schol- situation were found carrying in- tion of labours in recent times, sitting on the sidelines, also start 200-300per daytochangedia- Indian democracy”. The Finance Mumbai schools openedfire,leadingto twoinjuries arship moneypaid to suchappli- criminatingmaterial,”theUPgov- extensive advertisementinsup- investing, the marketswilllikely pers, assistintaking patientsto Actof2017introducedthe use of curbed,” said aBMC official. amongthepolicemen.Inthegun- cantsinthe previous years,” it ernment submitted. portofseparatistselementsin rise further.“Thereisahuge the bathroom”.“Since March, Electoral Bonds whichisexempt “With morethan amonth in fightthatfollowed,allfourterror- stated.Under thescheme, stu- Intheaffidavit,thestatemade Kashmir etc.” amount of liquidity,and savings the hospital has stoppedpeople from disclosureunder the hand, the civic body can prepare ists were killed. dentsfromClass 1to5receive Rs twokey submissions: first, that “Thiswebsitealsoexplainsthe have also risensignificantlyover likeus. NowIamheretoask any- Representation of the People Act, aSOP,testall teachers and sani- “It has been clear forsome 1,000 peryear,and studentsof “duringthe investigationcon- methods forspreading violence... thelastfew months.Asizablepart one who comes to give me work 1951,openingdoorsto unchecked, tise all school buildings before time that Pakistani agencies have Class6to10receive Rs5,700ayear ducted so far, the evidence of the and it also encourages common of thatmoneywillcometo equity or take me to ashelter home,” unknownfundingtopoliticalpar- theyreopen,” the official added. been disconcertedbythe lackof if theyare dayscholars or Rs accusedhavinglinkswithbanned publicinparticipatingriots… marketsasthereare notmanyop- she says. ties. The amendmentsremoved MayorKishoriPednekar said disruption in Kashmir following 10,700if theyare inahostel.Most organizationshasemerged”;sec- Through aforesaid website, infor- tionsasof nowandthatislikelyto At the KEM Hospital, Dean Dr thecapof 7.5percentof netprofit that since manyschools were the constitutional changes of of thecorruptionisrelatedto these ond, “as the investigation is going mation that howidentity of the keepthemarketsstrong,”saidthe Hemant Deshmukh says there inthelastthreeyearsoncampaign usedasCovid-19quarantine August5,2019. Ever since, there lasttwo categories. on by the Special Task Force, the personcanbehiddenduringriot- CEOof aleadingfinancialservices have been “cases in whichafew donationsby companies.TheADR centres, theyneedtobeproperly have been desperateattemptsby “It should be also checked factswhichhaveemergedsofar ing,to participateinviolence...this firm.News aroundthepricingand homelesspeople triedtoseek had earlier filedtwo applications sanitisedbeforetheyreopen for Pakistantouse terroriststostrike whether or notthe institutesap- arenot filedinthe present websitealsoprovideswayshow timelineof ‘Covishield’,aCovid-19 admission whentheir illnessdid in March2019and November students. Currently, in many at vulnerable and softtargets like plying forhostels have hostelin- Affidavit”. Thepolice have also to come out easilyfromthe area vaccine being manufactured by notmerit hospitalisation”. 2019 forgrant of stay on imple- schools, the civic body has political leaders and civilians. All frastructure,” the Welfare filedlowercourtrecords,the FIR afterbreachofits lawand order.” Serum Institute of India (SII) un- Boite, who livedunder atree mentation of the bond scheme. startedmass testing forschool suchattemptshavebeensuccess- Secretary's letter stated. andthegeneraldiaryentrywhich On Friday, Solicitor General der an agreement with Oxford- at the hospital with his daugh- staffers. fullythwartedwith the coopera- ItpointedoutthattheDisaster provide details of howthe prose- Tushar Mehta, appearing forthe AstraZeneca, has also perkedup ter, is one of them. “I have been ‘Love jihad’ However, theBMC said that tion of the people of J&K,”the ManagementDepartmenthador- cution has built itscase. UP government before the bench the markets.AtaHTLeadership out of regular work forseven reportonthe subject to Chief supplementaryboardexams for MHA official said. Medicines re- deredhostelsinthestate to beva- ■ “...investigating officer... has headedbyCJI Bobde, denied Summit, Adar Poonawalla, CEO, months, and had to give up our MinisterYogiAdityanathlastyear, classes Xand XII studentswill be coveredfromtheterroristsinclude catedinviewofthepandemic,and presented an application... ac- claimsmadeby thepetitionerthat SII, Thursdaysaid that Covishield rented home. My wifeleftme, along withadraft ‘Uttar Pradesh held as per the time table re- painkillers,antibioticstofightdiar- directed that all applications un- cusedpersonshave revealedover Kappanhadbeendeniedaccessto willbemadeavailableto thepub- leaving our twodaughters in my Freedom of ReligionAct, 2019’, leasedbythe stateboard. Friday rhoea,Unanimedicines,injections der the categoryshouldbere- to theformerinvestigationofficer his lawyer.Mehtasaid therewas lic by March-April 2021. care. Idroppedone daughter at proposingthat“Conversiondone wasthe firstday forthe exams and surgical gauze. Theyhaveall jected. that theyhavegathered funds no objection to Kappan meeting afriend’s house and took the forsolepurposeof marriagetobe forthe studentsofclasses Xand been manufactured by Pakistani Aspartof itsinvestigation,The from various known, unknown hislawyerinjailforthepurposeof Jobs gone other to the hospital. We stayed declarednull and void”. XII, whichwill continue till companiessuchasLahore IndianExpressmatchedentrieson sources wantstoinstigate rioting signing the vakalatnama. says MohammedTarique, from underapeepal tree. Ithought if Theprocessto bringalaw was December 5and December 10, MedicalInstruments Pvt Ltd theNSPwithbeneficiarybankac- onthebasisof casteinconnection Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, NGOKoshish thatworks forthe theyadmit me, my daughtercan speededupafter Adityanath re- respectively. (Kasur),QarshiIndustries(Khyber counts in the PublicFinance with Hathrascasethrough representing the petitioner,told homeless. sleeponthe floor,” he says. centlysaid at apublic meeting in According to civic officials, Pakhtunkhwa), Sami Management System (PFMS)to print/electronic medium,asthey the bench: “Wewenttothe mag- The 2011 Census pegged the Everyday,Boitetriedtoget Jaunpur that those waging “love Covid-19testing will be in- Pharmaceuticals (Karachi), findcasesof thescholarshipbeing have done on the basisofreligion istrateand requestedtoallow us number of homelessinMumbai admitted for“weakness and jihad” should either mend their creasedfromnow on, as till RehmanRainbowPvtLtd(Lahore) illegallydivertedinJharkhandand in protestofCAA,” Chief Judicial to meetthe accused... the magis- at just57,415. Beforethe pan- backpain”, says adoctor at the ways or be prepared fortheir fi- December 15,number of cases and Sanofi-Aventis PakistanLtd Bihar. Itfoundthatthescamroped Magistrate,Mathura,statedinor- tratetoldustogotojail authori- demic hit, areportcommis- hospital. Finally,the hospital ad- naljourney–“Ramnaamsatyahai areexpected to rise. The BMC (Karachi). inschoolsfromPunjabandAssam der dated November. ties, who then sentusbacktothe sionedbythe Brihanmumbai mitted him forsix days,admin- ki yatranikalne wali hai”. willalsohold adoor-to-door as well. “Accusedperson have admit- magistrate.” During the hearing, Municipal Corporation this year isteredsaline and discharged The criticism of the movesby survey of itshealth workers un- Scholarship scam tedthat theyare member of Mehtaalsotoldthebenchthatthe came up with an estimateof him. Boitemoved backunder UP,MP, andHaryanato bringalaw der 'My Family, My is neededtoprevent “recurrence Kappan PFI/CFIandthisfacthasalsocome petitioner should approachthe 11,915.“But according to us, the tree with his daughter before against“love jihad” wasled by Responsibility' forthe next one of irregularities and embezzle- Thefourmenwere arrestedin to lightfrominvestigationthatac- High Court. “Their bails were Mumbai has at least2lakh the guards asked them to move Rajasthan Chief MinisterAshok moremonth. So far, civic health ment”. The latest decision as- MathuraonOctober 5whileon cusedpersons have relationship heardfor nine days.Ihave fileda homeless people. This count out. Today, the 40-year-old lives Gehlot.“Love jihadisawordman- teams have screened35lakh sumessignificancesinceeventhe their waytoHathraswherea19- with the former members of detailedreply, they should ap- mayhaveincreasedfurther dur- on the street outside his old ufacturedby BJP to divide the na- residents. Minority Affairs Ministry, which year-oldDalit girlhad been al- bannedSIMI organization,” the proachthe High Court,” Mehta ing the lockdown,” says Brijesh home in Ulhasnagar with his tionand disturb communal har- The BMC's decision, how- administers the scheme, has not legedly gangraped, leading to her CJM recordedthe submissions said. The matter will be listedfor Arya of NGOHomeless daughters who have dropped mony.”hesaid. “Marriageisa ever,has confused students,said mandated aphysical verification. death in aDelhi hospital. They made by the STF. hearing next week. Collective. out of school. He is still jobless. matter of personal liberty (and) Prashant Redij, the secretaryof The Centrehad disbursedRs61 were booked under the Unlawful “Thereare also allegations ShyamTagade, principal sec- bringingalawtocurb it is com- Mumbai Principals' Association. croretoJharkhandunderthepre- Activities(Prevention)Actandvar- againstaccusedpersonof spread- FPI inflows retary,Social Justice and Welfare pletelyunconstitutional &itwill “Since the orders aremeant only Matricschemefor2019-20--over ious sections of the IPC including ing caste basedand community wider reopening of the economy. Department, says thereare no Poll bonds notstandinanycourtoflaw...,”he forstudents,what should the 2lakhstudentsappliedandmore one relating to thecharge of sedi- based hatred in the society by Accordingly,FPIs during August- official records of those rendered Electoral Bonds, whichare said on Twitter. teachersdo? If students do not than 84,000got the scholarship. tion.Thepolicesubmissionsform makingawebsiteontheInternet,” November adduptoRs1,03,216 homeless during the pandemic. purchasedanonymously by Chhattisgarh's Health cometoschools, whyshould ButTheIndianExpresstracked partofanaffidavit filedbySenior the CJM courtorder stated. crore, almost three-fourth of the “Police areresponsible forbring- donors, arevalid for15days from Ministerand senior Congress teachers maintain a50per cent hundredsofapplications from 15 Superintendent of Jail,DistrictJail ■Detailsof thiswebsite,atthe total inflows of Rs 1,40,295 crore ing the homelessand destitute thedateofissue.Thebondscanbe leader TSSingh Deo said on attendance record? Considering schools in six districtsand found Mathura, Uttar Pradesh,after a heart of the prosecution case, are in the financial year tilldate. to our institutions. But since the redeemedonlybyaneligiblepo- Twitter:““Love Jihad”anexhaust- the current situation, if school howmultiplelayersof verification, benchheadedbyChief Justiceof in the FIR (translated copy)an- FPIs have takenapositive call police have been occupiedwith litical party by depositing the ingly bigoted term coinedbyBJP management committees do from the school to the state level, IndiaSABobde soughtresponses nexedtothe affidavit before the on India despiteits economybe- pandemic arrangements, they same in itsdesignated bank ac- carriedforward through the me- notrequire the physical pres- failedtodetect the scam despite from theCentre and UP govern- Supreme Court. ingone of thehardesthit due to have notbeen able to do this,” countmaintainedwithanautho- dia propagandists has now ence of teachers,theyshould be checks like Aadhaar IDs and fin- ment lastMonday. TheFIRstates:“Thepamphlets theCovid-19pandemic,saidmar- says Shobha Shelar,Deputy risedbank. reachedlevelsof severity.Theha- allowedtoworkfromhome,” he gerprints. Norms forthe scheme In itsaffidavit, the UP govern- so-recoveredi.eAMINOTINDIA’S ket expertspointingto theall-time Women and Child Development The bonds, meant forfund- tred and intolerancehas creptso added. statethat applications needtobe ment mentionedthree broad DAUGHTER, MADE WITH Carrd highs that benchmarkindices Officer,Mumbai, adding that the ing political parties, areissuedby deeplythattheyare nowbrazenly Speaking to mediapersons verifiedfirstbydesignated nodal grounds on whythe petition for etchaveaneffectof amplifyingso- have touched.Therallythismonth numbers of homeless "may SBI in the denomination of Rs planninglawsagainstconsensual on Friday, SchoolEducation officers in schools who areregis- Kappan’s release wasnot main- cial hostility and public revolt.” is drivenbyaseries of good news. have gone up" in the pastfew 1,000,Rs10,000,Rs1lakh, Rs 10 interfaithmarriages.” MinisterVarshaGaikwadreiter- teredwith District Welfare tainable: It said the Kerala Union “These peopleare indulged in The outcome of US Presidential months. lakh and Rs 1crore.Anelectoral The convener of Kerala's rul- ated that the decision to reopen Officers.Theapplicationsarethen of Working Journalistshas no lo- collecting donation in itscover. elections in the firstweekof “The BMC will inquireif bond is adebt instrument, which ingLeftDemocraticFrontandsec- schools forsenior classes will be checkedbythe district and state cusstandito filethepetitionsince Thisfacthasalsocometo lightthat NovemberfuelledFPIinflows into homeless people aretaking people can buy from the bank, retary of the CPM's Kerala unit, A takenbythe local administra- nodalofficersbefore beingsentto the accusedis“already in touch the people who arerunning a emerging marketsand ledtoa shelter in anyofthe hospitals and donatetoapolitical party. Vijayaraghavan, said the pro- tion.“While reopening schools, the Minority Affairs Ministry, withhislawyersandrelativesand websitenamed‘Carrd.com’,are sharp rallyinequity markets thatthe civicbody runs.Ifthey The political party then encashes posedlegislation is an infringe- the localadministrationcan take whichverifies and uploads them he himself can file proceedings directlyindulged in flaring up ri- worldwide, including India. needtreatment we will hospi- the bondbyselling it back to the ment on fundamental rights. the necessaryprecautions... ontheNationalScholarshipPortal throughhislawyers”;Kappan,the otsbyaffectinglawandorder...and Successiveannouncementsof talise them, if theyare homeless bank. “There is no suchissue as love ji- Keeping in mind students' (NSP) before disbursalthrough statesaid, is “notinanillegal cus- social harmonyusing donations Covid-19vaccine by Pfizer and we will take help from police With the latest tranche, had, whichisaconceptbeing health and academic welfare, Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT). tody/confinement but is in judi- receivedfromforeign countries.” BioNTech, Moderna and Russia, and referthem to shelter donors have givenRs6,493 crore highlighted by forces of extreme district collectors and education Butinseveralcases,TheIndian cial custody”; and the petitiondi- “This information has also providedcomfortand buoyed homes,” says SureshKakani, to political parties through Hindutva... The legislation pro- officers should take adecision Expressfound,middlemeneither rectlyunder Article32ofthe beenreceivedthatnovalidproce- market sentimentsoverthelast10 Additional Municipal Electoral bonds. DonorsgaveRs posedbythe states,going by me- on whether schools should be convincedschoolownersornodal Constitutionof Indiais“notmain- dureisbeingadoptedinreceiving days.Atopstrategistwith alead- Commissioner. 1,056.73crore in 2018,Rs diareports,wouldonlyhelpboost reopened.” WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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No visitors allowed at Chaityabhoomi on Dec 6 Aheadof26/11anniversary,NSG pected,the BMC has said that no The BMC usuallymakes EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE visitors willbeallowedthis year. arrangementsfor the followers MUMBAI,NOVEMBER20 However, an online broadcast at Shivaji Park andrailway sta- will be arranged forthe same. tions. However, no sucharrange- THIS YEAR, followers of Dr BR Everyyear on December6, ment will be made this year. Ambedkar will notbeallowedto lakhs of Ambedkarites across the On Friday, BMC Additional carriesoutlate-nightmockdrill visit Chaityabhoomi in Dadar to countryvisit Chaityabhoomi to Municipal Commissioner payhomageonhis death an- paytheir respectsonhis death SanjeevJaiswal visited hostages, terrorists andrescuers. years in prison in twoother ter- Anti Terror Cell of the police sta- however, assured them that it niversary. Amidthe Covid-19 anniversary. The dayisobserved Chaityabhoomi to take stockof EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Panic grippedthe neighbour- rorcases. tion also took partinthe drill. wasall amockdrill and there pandemic and asecond waveex- as 'Mahaparinirvan Diwas'. arrangements. MUMBAI,NOVEMBER20 hood, whichhas some residen- An official said the NSG car- “The mockdrill wasfrom12.30 wasnothing to be worried tial buildings plus afivestarho- ries outsuchmockdrills twoto am to 3.33amand some of our about,”anNSG official said. AWEEK before the twelfth an- telinamostlycommercial area, three times amonth at spots ATCofficials also participated in He addedthat normallythe niversaryofthe 26/11terrorat- when the commandos setoff wheretherecould be asecurity the drill,” said an officer from time theychoose depends upon tacksinMumbai, the National dummyexplosives. breach. Marine Drive police station. the vulnerability assessment Security Guard (NSG) late NSGofficials said theywere Severalofthese drillsare req- The officer addedthatthe and in this case the latehour was Thursdaynightcarriedoutamock approachedbypanic stricken uisitionedeither by the state drill includedsome officials chosen to getafeel of howsecure drill of ahostage situation in the people, and had explainedto government or other agencies to playing terrorists,others playing an area is during that time of the Nariman Point area, one of the them that mockbombs were ensurethat the security pre- victims and ateam of NSG com- night. An NSG official said, “We spots targetedduring the attacks. partofadrill and notanattack. paredness is high at spots that mandos rescuing the victims. carry outthesemockdrills at The drill near the National The drill took place hours af- could be targeted by terrorists. “As partofthe drill we also used various locations across the city Centre forthe PerformingArts, teracourtinPakistansentenced As per norm, NSG officials dummyexplosives.Asaresult justtoensureproper security whichbegan shortlyafter mid- LeT leader Hafiz Saeed, master- said theyinformedthe local some locals feared that some- measures areinplace at night, includeddummy mind of the 26/11attacks,to10 Marine Drive police station. The thing direhad happened. We, crowdedlocations.” Man kills girlfriend with metal power grinder, dies by suicide

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AN ELECTRICAL engineeral- legedly murdered his girlfriend withametalpowergrinder and took his ownlifeatAmbernath in Thane on Thursday. The police, who found the bodies in the evening, said the couple wasinvolvedinanextra- marital relationship. The motive behind their deaths is yettobe ascertained. The bodies of the deceased, Sandeep Saxena (36) and Jayanti Saha (33), were found in Sandeep's apartment at Prasadam Residency. He wasfound sprawledon the floor while Jayanti waslying on amattress on thefloor,said The Central Railway (CR) has said suburban train services will be suspendedbetween Dombivali and Kalyanrailway stations police. Apower grinder plugged on November 21 and 22,asitwill launchgirders forthe Patripool road overbridge(ROB) at the Kalyanstation. The CR has intoasocket has been found, said decidedtotakefour trafficblockstoinstall a76-m-long beam on the bridge. Deepak Joshi an officer. While Sandeep worked at a factory, Jayanti wasthe wifeof his colleague Ajit Saha. The po- lice said that the Sahas had been Bell’spalsy: Facialnerve paralysis separated and that Sandeep was also living separatelyfromhis wife. The deceasedgot to know found in coronavirus patients eachother well, as Sandeep would frequentlyvisit the Sahas at theirhome. Aftershe sepa- Doctors in private hospitals terCovid-19infection,” he said. ratedfromAjit, Jayanti entered TABASSUM The nerves can no areseeing morecases than gov- He addedthat the virustriggers intoarelationship with Sandeep, BARNAGARWALA longer control the ernment hospitals perhaps due inflammation in facialnerves that the officer said. MUMBAI,NOVEMBER20 to awareness among patients cause temporaryparalysis lasting “Saha wasaware of the rela- muscles in the face seeking private healthcare. Dr forthree to sometimessix weeks. tionship between his wifeand CASES OF facial nerveparalysis, leading to drooping Rahul Pandit, intensivistinFortis “Initiallywethought it was friend," said Senior Inspector M or Bell’s palsy,are gettingmore face from one side, hospital, said alot of Covid-19 incidental, but nowweknow SBhogeofShivaji Nagarpolice common among Covid-19pa- confirmedcases have returned Covid-19isassociated with Bell’s station. tients. Patients, even withno loose or weak muscles afterdischarge with neurologi- palsy,” Makhija added. The Ajit registeredamissing per- confirmeddiagnosis of Covid-19, and distortion in face calcomplications likeGuillain British Medical Journal has re- son's complaint withthe police arereporting facial paralysis, in- Barre Syndrome, Bell’s palsy,de- portedBell’s palsy in pregnant on Tuesdaywhenhis wifedid dicating the possibility that albeit temporary mentia,encephalitis. Research women withCovid-19too. notreturn home and could not asymptomatic patientsmay also showsinsome cases facial paral- Doctors aretreating suchpa- be reachedonher phone. On be suffering from itscomplica- Dr Rahul Chakor,head of ysis maybethe firstsymptoms tientswith anti-virals like Thursday evening, thepolice tions. neurology in Nair hospital, of Covid-19, even before feveror Valaciclovir and corticosteroids found the bodies aftervisiting Bell’s palsy is causedbyviral whichfunctionedasaDedicated loss of smell and taste. to reduce nerveswelling. Sandeep's home to inquireabout infections. The coronavirus can Covidhospital, said the number NeurologistDrPrashant Beforethe Covid-19pan- Jayanti's whereabouts. “Weare attacknerves in the face leading of suchcases although rare have Makhija sawthree cases of Bell’s demicbegan, Herpesinfection recording statementsofthe to theirinflammation, swelling become morefrequent now palsy lastweek.“Some mayde- wasthe mostcommon cause of woman's husband and other or compression. The nerves can apartfromother neurological velop facial paralysis before they Bell’s palsy.DrNitin Dange, neu- familymembers to find out what no longer control the muscles in problems. “But notall cases have areevendiagnosedwith Covid. I rologistinKEM hospital, said happened,” Bhogesaid. the face leading to drooping face aCovid-19positivereport,sofor sawafew cases, and we did a Bell’s palsy cases arealso known Prashant Mohite, Deputy from one side, loose or weak us to draw adirect relation in all Covid test which came positive. to riseduring winter when viral Commissioner of Police (Zone muscles and distortion in face al- cases, we needtodemonstrate In other cases, patientsdevelop infection spikes. “But theyare IV), said that Sandeep had easy beit temporary. the virus causedit,” he said. this syndrome about 10 days af- notfatal,” he said. accesstothe powergrinder,as he usedone in his factory. “It ap- pears that he firstkilledthe woman before taking his own As WHO advises against Remdesivir life. Fornow we have registered acase of accidental death,” he use, Mumbai doctors plan to stick to it added.

proves,” said Dr Balkrishna Trial had opinedthat “thereisno EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Adsul, Dean of SevenHills hos- evidence basedoncurrently MUMBAI,NOVEMBER20 pital -- BMC’s firstdedicated 17.68lakh available datathat it Covid hospital. TOTALPOSITIVECASES (Remdesivir) does improvepa- THE WORLD Health SevenHills hospital is using INMAHARASHTRA tient-important outcomes”. Organisation (WHO) on Remdesivir on 150to160 pa- “The panel placedlow value ThursdayrevisedCovid-19 tientsonadailybasis. It has over Active Cases 78,272 on small and uncertain benefits treatment protocol, advising 4,000vials in stockfor futureuse. New Cases 5,640 in the presence of the remaining againstadministering “Remdesivir should be used TotalDeaths46,511 possibility of important harms,” Remdesivir to patients. The within four to five days of devel- it hadadded. move comes over amonth after oping symptoms. If used after10 New Deaths 155 The WHO also considered WHO’s 'Solidarity Trial' found to 20 days,ithas little effect,” Quarantined5.63 lakh contextual problems of availabil- the anti-viral showednoevi- Adsul said. Tested 1crore ity and access to thedrug. dence of impact on mortality, Government and private Lastmonth, the US Food and faster clinical improvement or hospitals in the city arecurrently Drug Administration had other outcomes. In Mumbai, using this drug forall hospi- 2,73,486 granted approval to Remdesivir however, doctors plan to con- talisedCovid-19patients. In St TOTALPOSITIVE forCovid-19treatment. tinue itsuse fornow. George’s hospital, the drug is CASESINMUMBAI In astatement issuedon The stateCovid-19task force usedfor moderatetoseverelyill New Cases 1,031 Thursday, Remdesivir manufac- is going to discuss the fresh patients. turer Gilead said, “Weare disap- WHO guidelines in itsmeeting “As scienceand knowledge is TotalDeaths10,639 pointed the WHO guidelinesap- on Monday. Currently,the Indian advancing, research is providing New Deaths 12 pear to ignorethis evidence at a Council of Medical Research newerevidence about drugs in time when cases aredramati- (ICMR) is continuing with this pandemic. But clinical trials callyincreasing around the Remdesivir as apartofthe treat- produce different resultsbased He addedthat WHO has givena worldand doctors arerelying on ment protocol. on specificobjectives. We have “weak and notstrong advisory Veklury(brand name) as the first “Wehaveadministeredthe very fewtreatment options againstRemdesivir”, indicating and onlyapproved anti-viral anti-viral to 1,200patients. Our available, so we continuetouse that the evidence is notstrong treatment forpatientswith evidence suggests that if used Remdesivir,” said Dr Rahul againstthe drug. Covid-19inapproximately 50 early,the patient’s conditionim- Pandit, member of the task force. In October, WHO’s Solidarity countries.” WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 4 MAHARASHTRA THEINDIANEXPRESS,SATURDAY,NOVEMBER21,2020 COVID SURGE Govt launches Stateconsiders probeinto hike in suspending electricity arrears

to absorbaportionof thepayables Mumbai-Delhi EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE of residential consumers forthe MUMBAI,NOVEMBER20 Aprilto Juneperiod.TheCongress minister’s department had even IN Abid to blunt BJP’s attackover submittedaproposal in this re- high electricity bills receivedby gard forCabinet’s approval. rail,airservices residentsduring the lockdown, But amid queries raisedby the UddhavThackeray govern- the NCP-ledfinancedepartment, derdiscussion. “Itisunderdis- ment on Fridaylaunchedaprobe it could notgoahead. With his EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE cussion at this stage. But it is yet intoMaharashtraState proposal stonewalled, Raut, on MUMBAI,NOVEMBER20 to be finalised. No proposal has Electricity Distribution Company November 17,cited MSEDCL’s been readiedso far,”Kumar said. Limited’s (MSEDCL) soaring bill mounting arrears to rule out any ASCOVID-19casessurge inDelhi, He addedthat this wasone of arrears and rising debt. relaxation forthe consumers for Maharashtraisconsidering cur- severalmoves under considera- “TillMarch2014,MSEDCLhad the time being. tailingordiscontinuingflightsand tion as the stategears up to tackle arrears totalling Rs 14,154.5crore. Sensing frictionbetween the trains to thenational capital. asecondwave. On Thursday, By the end of October,2020, it has ruling allies, the BJP has launched The national capital has seen Maharashtraalsowitnesseda soared to Rs 59,149.8 crore,” an offensiveagainst the govern- asurge in cases postDiwali. jumpincases, recording 5,535 EnergyMinisterDrNitinRauttold ment, with Leader of Opposition Delhi added7,546 cases on cases,a15-dayhigh.Cases in the media while announcing the DevendraFadnavis even accus- Thursday, taking itstotal tallyto Mumbai also soaredfrom 541on probe. While recounting that the ing it of betraying the masses. 5,10,630 cases. Till Thursday, the Tuesdayto924 on Thursday. BJPwasinpowerandhadheldthe Countering the offensive, number of active cases in Delhi Kumar also saidthatthe state energy portfolio from October Raut blamedthe BJP rule forthe stood at 43,221. willbefurthergearingupitsCovid 2014 to October2019,Rautsaidthe current stateofaffairs. Mumbai, whichwas at the healthinfrastructure andspread- arrearshadrisento Rs51,145crore “The profitsofthe (power centreofthepandemicnotsolong ingmoreawareness among peo- by March this year itself. companies) graduallydecreased ago, had11,694activecases in ple to contain the spread of the “The issue of electricityar- under itswatch,” he said. comparison. Sources said that virus. “Weare muchmorepre- rears wasdiscussedduring Asked about BJP’s protests, Chief MinisterUddhavThackeray paredthistime.Butwe aretaking CHHATH Thursday’s Cabinetmeeting and Raut said that he will be happyif has directed officials to “act fast” no chances,” Kumar said, adding the chief ministerhas ordered a theprotestersalsoleddemonstra- to containafresh waveofinfec- thatthe state’s anti-Covid-19 probeintoit,” he added. tions againstthe Centre, which tions in the state. community campaign, My PUJA As per the minister’s ownad- has been sittingonthe stategov- Sources said that the CMO it- Family, My Responsibility,will be mission,the MSEDCL has faceda ernment’s requestforaRs10,000 self has directed officials to ex- intensified in the coming days. cashshortfallofRs15,065croreso croreloansubsidyto tideoverthe plorethe option of curtailing In Mumbai, the civic body FESTIVITIES farin2020-’21and nowhas com- crisis and is also yettopay train andair servicestoDelhi to has already undertaken adrive mittedliabilitiestotallingRs77,180 Rs 28,000croreinGST dues. checkasecond wave of infections to test roadside vendors, people Women celebrateChhath crore, with borrowings alone Raut further said that the in the state. When contacted, working in marketplaces, bus Puja at an artificial pond in amounting to Rs 45,885 crore. protestingBJPleaderswere freeto Chief SecretarySanjayKumar conductors and drivers to check Walkeshwar,Mumbai, on Earlier in the day, theBJP held visit his office and he will getthe confirmedthat the move wasun- potential spreaders. Friday. Ganesh Shirsekar ademonstration outside bills theysubmit checked. “But MSEDCL’soffice in Mumbai, theyshouldpromiseto paythebill BJP plans protest against power dept (Left)Avolunteer measures with party MLAAtulBhatkalkar amountif thesewere notfoundto body temperatures of threatening to hold protests in- be inflated,” he said, adding that Mumbai:TheMaharashtraBJPhas duesarenot beinggivennew con- devotees in Thane. Everyyear, side the Mantralaya if conces- “politicisingtheissue”waswrong. threatenedastatewide agitation nections forpumps. The decision around 10,000people gather sions in powerbills were notex- Raut,meanwhile,reiteratedhis from Mondaytoprotestagainst has adverselyhit small and mar- at Upvan, Kolshetand tendedtoconsumers forthe previous commitment of provid- theMVAgovernment’sapathyto- ginalfarmers following crop loss Railadevi lakesinthe city to months of April, Mayand June in ing free electricity to residential wardsfarmers,industriesanddo- and mounting dues,” he said. celebratethe festival. the next three days.Rauthas userswhose monthlyconsump- mestic powerconsumers. Powercompanies have sent However, only20per cent of been at the centreofBJP’s attack. tion wasupto100 unitsafter tid- BJP general secretaryand for- highlyinflated bills to commer- the estimatedcrowdshowed In August, following com- ing over the pandemic and im- mer powerministerChandra- cial and domesticusers,he added, up thisyear. Deepak Joshi plaintsofhigh powerbillsbyres- provement in the financial shekharBawankulecomparedthe askinghowcome suchhigh bills idents,Rauthadannouncedaplan condition of the powerdiscom. MVAgovernment to afusedelec- were generatedwhenshops were tricity bulb.“Farmers withpower shut during the lockdown. ENS ED launchesmoney laundering To stop MumbaiPolice from takinghim investigation into TRP ‘scam’ in custody,Pujari moves Karnataka HC to thegangster. Alleging that the particular MOHAMEDTHAVER If theMumbaiPolice takes case of conspiracytokill Raju EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE So far, Mumbai Police has arrested 12 people in MUMBAI,NOVEMBER20 Pujari's custody before Patil wasnot mentioned in the MUMBAI,NOVEMBER20 the TRP scam case, the latestbeing Ghanshyam November 27,the petition seek- extradition order,the plea also AWEEK afteraBengaluru ses- ing setting aside the lowercourt soughtthatthe policebeasked THE ENFORCEMENT Singh of the Republic News Network sions courtgranted custody of order will become infructuous. to produce the order before the Directorate(ED) has initiated a gangsterRaviPujari to the AMumbai Police officer said that court. “The rules of specialty is moneylaundering probeinto Mumbai Police so that he could theyhavenot been intimated very muchapplicable to the pe- the alleged manipulation of report(FIR) registeredbythe FIR have denied anywrong- be takentothe cityfor 10 days, about the petition in the HC and titioner (Pujari) and he cannotbe Television Rating Points (TRP) Mumbai Police lastmonth. doing. forframing of chargesinacon- will soon be going to Bengaluru triedfor other offences than by some news channels. According to sources, the ED The MumbaiPolice's case is spiracy case, the gangsterearlier to take Pujari's custody. those specifiedinthe extradition Sources said the ED has reg- will probewhether illegal as- basedonacomplaint filedby this week movedthe Karnataka TheMumbaiPolice,whichhad order,” it added. isteredanenforcement case in- sets were acquired using the rating agency Broadcast High Courtopposing the order. been trying to getPujari’s custody The plea argued thatasin formation report(ECIR), which moneyearnedthrough the al- Audience Research Council Pujari's lawyer Dilraj Pereira fornearly twoyears, waslast Karnataka, wherePujariisbeing is based on thefirstinformation legedly manipulated TRPs. (BARC), through Hansa said, “The hearing forour prayers Fridayallowedbythe Bengaluru questionedinjail and the trial The Mumbai Police's case Research Group,alleging that seekingthatthelowercourtorder courttotakehim to Mumbai for conductedthrough video confer- is that Republic TV and two certain TV channels were rig- be setaside has been postedfor 10 days anytime before from ence, the same could bedonefor Marathi channels had al- ging TRPs. November 27.” In the hearing on December10inconnection with the trial in Mumbai as well. “The legedly paid to illegallyboost So far, MumbaiPolice has Friday, theHCalso said that after acaseof conspiracyto allegedly kill very purposeofestablishing e- their TRPs and thus earned arrested 12 people in the TRP his 10-daycustody,the Mumbai MNS leader Raju Patil in 2015. courtsand video conferencing is profitsillegallybygetting scam, the latestbeing Police shouldsend Pujaribackto Thereare at least49cases regis- being defeatedby the impugned higher ratesfor advertise- GhanshyamSingh, of the the Karnataka prison where he is teredinMumbaiagainstthegang- order (of allowing Mumbai Police mentstheyearneddue to Republic News Network. Singh, currentlylodged,the lawyer said, ster,who wasextradited to India taking his custody),” it said. high TRPs. 44,was arrested from his Thane addingthatthecourthasdirected from Senegal lastFebruary. The plea also said that the All channels namedinthe residence on November 10. thatutmost security be provided In the petition filedbefore trial in the cases in whichPujari the HC, Pujari has said that has been booked in Karnataka therewas athreat to his life, as would be delayedifheissent to U.T. Administration of Dadra &Nagar peoplefromrival gangs, lodged Mumbai. “The petitionerissuf- Haveli and Daman &Diu, in prisons across Mumbai, fering from variousailmentsand Department of Fisheries, Daman want to eliminatehim. The is directed to undergo surgeryby writ petition also mentioned doctors at jail hospital,” it added. Nani Daman/, Tele No.0260 2255166, [email protected] that the extraditionorder of The petition arguedthat NO.SFD/3/31/PMMSY/2020-21/672 Date:- 19/11/2020 Senegal wasnever produced Pujari's custody is being sought by theprosecution in connec- basedonconfessionalstatements ADVERTISEMENT tion to anyofthe cases in of other accused, whichhas no The Joint Secretary&Director (Fisheries), Dadraand Nagar Haveli and whichPujari is an accused. sanctity in law. Daman &Diu invites applications in prescribed format from eligible candi- GOVERNMENT OF INDIA dates forthe one post of i.e. State Programme Manager(SPM)/ Union TerritoryProgamme Manager(UTPM) and twoposts of i.e.District Poor response to govt’s MINISTRYOFHEALTH ProgramManager (DPM) to be filled on ShortTermContract Basis under &FAMILY WELFARE Department of Fisheries,Daman. The last date forsubmission of applica- WhatsApp initiative to tion is 03/12/2020. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH TRAINING &RESEARCH, 332, SVP ROAD, KHETWADI, MUMBAI-04 The details are available on website www.daman.nic.in assess online learning RECRUITMENT ADVERTISEMENT Sd/- both forstudentsand parentsto No.IP/DMN/2/5/20-21/296 (N. G. Gandhi) ALIFIYAKHAN getafair idea of the effective- NATIONAL Institute of Public Health Training &Research, Dtd:- 19/11/2020 Deputy Director (Fisheries) PUNE,NOVEMBER20 ness of online educationaswell Mumbai, aCentral Training Institute of Ministry of Health and as suggestremedial measures. OVER TWOweeksafter the But it’s true that in the firstcou- Family Welfare, Government of India is involved in teaching Maharashtragovernment ple of weeks, therewas not and training of Medical &Paramedical personnel in Public launchedthe Swadhyayinitia- muchresponse. Ithink it will Health and conduct research in key public health areas. Online tive to assessonline learningout- pickup,” he said. applications are invited from eligible Indian citizens for the comes of studentsacross the According to the latestavail- statethrough WhatsApp-based abledata,themaximumresponse recruitment of the following posts on regular basis. tests,the response from students to testscamefromSSC-boardstu- has been poor. dentsinSataradistrict where Sr. Post No. of Pay Scale Dataofthe firsttwo weeks 24.59 per cent -1,24,599 of the No. posts (As per 7th CPC) shows that an averageofless 5,06,678 registered students - than one student across the state took the tests. But in bigger cities 1. Store Keeper 1 Level 4, index 1 took the tests. likeMumbai, Pune and Nagpur, 2. Hindi Translator 1 Level 6, index 1 The programme, whichwas thedatawasn'tveryencouraging. launchedinthe beginningof In Pune, wherethereare Online application process will start on 24.11.2020 and last November,aims to evaluatethe 20,01,323eligiblestudents,12,610 performance of studentsinstate (0.63 per cent) took the tests. In day for receipt of online application will be 19.12.2020.For board-affiliated schoolsfrom Mumbai city,of12,63,394stu- further details regarding eligibility criteria, procedure to apply, classes ItoX.Studentswould be dents,only0.51per cent (6,402) application fees and other information please visit our website- sent weeklytests that they have took the tests. At least 0.24 per to solve,whichwould thenbeas- cent students(2,121students) of http://www.fwtrc.gov.in/content/recruitment or sessed by subject teachers to un- the 8,87,511registeredtookthe fwtrc.mahaonline.gov.in. derstand howmuchlearning is exams in Nagpur,while 7,006of Sd/- takingplace via online teaching. 13,03,625inNashiktookthetests. DIRECTOR Vikas Garad, deputy director, According to sources, though StateCouncilofeducational the testsare being conducted National Institute of Public Health Research and Training (SCERT) onlyfor English and Mathematics Training &Research, Mumbai who is headingthe programme, so far, other subjectswould also said, “Westarted this initiative be includedgradually. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM THEINDIANEXPRESS,SATURDAY,NOVEMBER21,2020 MAHARASHTRA 5

50-year-old Founder of Mumbai-based NAGPADA BUILDINGCOLLAPSE arrested for NGO among three nominated demanding for Global Citizen Prize Courtsaysownermusttakeprecautions bribe, two EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE tosafeguardtenants’lives,rejectshisbail others booked MUMBAI,NOVEMBER20 SUHANI JALOTA, founder of the Theapplicant(Qureshi), building by the contractor as aspecial case since it wasdi- same. The courtsaid this EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE MynaMahila Foundation, which SADAFMODAK beingproprietor/owner whichresulted in the present lapidated.However, in 2019,he counted as an omissiononhis MUMBAI,NOVEMBER20 workstowards providing men- MUMBAI,NOVEMBER20 mishap…Evenifthe deceased wasinformedbyMHADAofficials part, as he knewthe condition strual healthproductstowomen ofthebuilding,is areoccupying the unauthorised that he wouldhavetocarry out the building wasin. Residents THE ANTI Corruption Bureau in Mumbai’s slums and creates ASESSIONS courthas rejectedthe responsibleforthework structure, then also (it is) nec- the repairs himself within three of the building alsoclaimedthat (ACB)onThursday arrested a livelihoodopportunitiesforthem, bail pleaofGufran Qureshi (36), carriedoutinthesaid essarytotakeall precautions to days.Claiming innocence, once demolition work wasini- 50-year-old agent forallegedly has been nominated forthe Suhani Jalota the owner of aNagpada building buildingbythe safeguard the lifeofhumanbe- Qureshi told the courtthatthe tiated,itwas done without ask- accepting abribeofRs2,000for Global CitizenPrize: Cisco Youth —partofwhichhad collapsedin contractorwhich ings,”the courtsaid. tenantshad begun the repairs ing the tenantstovacate. amarriage certificate. ACBoffi- LeadershipAward.Twenty-six Augustand lead to the death of resultedinthepresent Qureshi had submitted that themselvesthrough acontractor, The court further notedthat cials said twowomen employ- year old Jalota,pursuing herPhD girlsinNatwarParekhCompound twopersons —observing that mishap…Evenifthe the building, constructedin 1940, adding that the incident took investigation in the case wasstill ees, aregistrar and aclerk, at inHealthPolicyandEconomicsat in Govandi in 2015.In2017, even if the tenantsinquestion wasinadilapidatedcondition.He place at that time due to thelat- in progress, and if Qureshi wasre- the Old Customs office have StanfordUniversity in California, Meghan Markle visited the NGO were occupyingthe dilapidated deceasedareoccupying addedthat he had approached ter’s negligence.The contractor leasedonbail, therewas apossi- also been booked. istheonlyIndianamongthethree and became an advocatetobreak structure, it wasnecessaryfor the theunauthorised the MaharashtraHousing and has also been namedanaccused bility of him tampering with the According to the ACB, the finalists forthe Global Citizen down the taboo surrounding owner to take precautions to safe- structure,thenalso(itis) Area Development Authority in the case. evidence, and deniedhim bail. complainant had appliedfor a Prize: Cisco Youth Leadership menstruation in India. The foun- guardtheirlives.Thecourtfurther necessarytotakeall (MHADA)for itsredevelopment The courtsaid that Qureshi MHADAhas 14,704 build- marriagecertificateatthe Old Award2020,thatcelebrates dationaims at providing men- statedthat the twolives were lost precautionstosafeguard under provisions of the wasdirected by MHADAto ings in south Mumbai, between Customs office. young activists working towards strualhealthproductsandservices as adequateprecautions were not thelifeofhumanbeings.” Development Control carryout repairs in 2019,but 90 and 100years old, which “The accused, Dattatray ending extreme poverty, and to 2millionwomen by 2025. takenwhile carrying out repairs Regulations. ANoObjection therewas nothingonrecord to provide residence to about Jadhav, told the complainant awards USD 2,50,000 to support Jalota’s fellow nomineesfor of the building. SESSIONS COURT Certificate(NOC) forthe same indicatethat he had done the 53,000 people. that he could arrangethe mar- the winner’s organisation. the awardinclude Christelle On August27, Noorbanu had been granted in 2017,but riagecertificatefor Rs 3,000,” The winner will be deter- Kwizera, Founder and Managing Qureshi (70) and her grand- the demolition of the building an ACBofficial said. minedthrough avoting process Director,Water AccessRwanda, daughter Arisha (12) had died cluding culpable homicide not forredevelopment purposes When the applicantsaid he thatiscurrentlyunderway. who workstowards solving the whenaportionof atoiletblock at amounting to murder.The pros- washalted as part of an ad-in- had all the documents, the ac- JalotastartedtheMynaMahila watercrisis in Rwanda and creat- Mishrachawl building in ecution had submitted that terim injunction givenbythe cused allegedly told himthat Foundation in 2015 andworked ing employment foryoung peo- Nagpada had collapsedonto Qureshi had nottaken precau- smallcausescourtonacasefiled he had to paythe money to reg- towardsencouraging women in ple. The other nomineeisRyan them. The FIR, basedonthe com- tions at the time of repairs being by an occupant. Qureshi said istrar Shweta Chaudharyand Mumbai’s slums “tospeak about Gersava,founder president of plaint of afamilymember of the carriedout on the ground-plus- that the work could, therefore, clerkYogashree Gaikwadtoget the issues theyare mostafraid Virtualahan, setupin2015with victims, had namedpartners of two-floors structure. notcommence. the certificateready,the ACB to discuss aloud.” Her foundation the mission to breakdownem- Sirsiwala Realty,who ownedthe “The applicant (Qureshi), He toldthecourtthathe had official added. The complainant has distributed sanitarypads to ployment barriers forpeople building, as the accused. being proprietor/ownerofthe approachedMHADAand re- then approachedthe ACBhead women across slums and held a with disabilities and otherdisad- Police had arrested Qureshi building,isresponsiblefor the questedthe housing agency to office in Worli. menstrualhygienesurveyon1,100 vantaged groups in Philippines. on November 2onchargesin- work carriedout in the said consider repairing the building CM launches scheme to build nwUo µNmdZr n[afX PUNE CANTONMENT BOARD 8.82lakh homesinrural areas PUBLIC NOTICE Mumbai: Chief MinisterUddhav launchedinMumbai during a ENGAGEMENT OF ADDITIONAL PART-TIME LEGAL ADVISOR Thackeray on Fridaylaunched workshop, whichwas also at- AND the Maha Awas Yojana, under tendedbyRural Development ENGAGEMENT OF PANEL ADVOCATES FOR CIVIL COURT, which 8,82,135homes aretobe MinisterHasan Mushrif, and PUNE AND HIGH COURT,MUMBAI. built in rural areas in senior officials. Applicationsare invitedfrom interested practicing Maharashtra. Thackeray said “Allshouldensure pucca and Advocates /Law Firms for working as Panel Advocates for Pune therewouldbenoshortage of strong homes arebuilt under Cantonment Board. fundsfor the plan, whichisex- this initiative...” Mushrif said. He Applications are also invited from practicing Advocates for pectedtocostRs4,000 crore. added that the construction of engagement asAdditional/Second Part-Time Legal Advisor. The projectwillbeimple- thesehomes would costRs The interested Advocates/Law rms fullling the following mented over aperiod of 100 4,000 crore, andthat“notasin- requirements may apply to the Chief Executive Ofcer,Pune days,till February28, 2021, an glefamilyinrural areas willbe Cantonment Board, Shankar-seth Road, Golibar Maidan, Pune- official statementread. It was without ahome”. PTI 411001 within 15 (fteen) days from the date of publication of this notice along with testimonials/certicates duly notarized. The interested Advocate must be aMember of the Bar Nagpur’s Gorewada zoo gets Council of Maharashtra &Goa. The Advocate/Firms should be well conversant with the Cantonment Laws/Cantonment Act, first tiger for Indian safari Regulatory matters, Constitutional/Service Law,Transfer of property Act, Contract Act, Labour Laws, Contract Law, the city’s Maharajbagh zoo,” Commercial Laws, Property laws, Taxation, Civil Procedure VIVEKDESHPANDE adding, “Other animals will also Code, Criminal Procedure Code, Hindu Laws, Muslims Laws, NAGPUR,NOVEMBER20 be movedone by one.” other Civil Laws and otherrelevant Laws-Practice and Procedure. THE GOREWADA International ELIGIBILITY FOR PANELADVOCATE: Zoo in Nagpur got itsfirsttiger Advocateshaving degree in Law and aminimum practice of forthe Indian safari, work forwhichhas almostbeen 4-7 yearsare eligible to apply.Advocates having prociencyin completed. English,knowledge of Cantonment Laws with ahigher practice/ Rajkumar,a5.5-year-old experience will be given preference. The Advocate shall prepare male captured from Tumsar in Para-wise replies/Say/WrittenStatementand shall attend the Bhandaradistrict lastyear,was Court on every hearing. Advocates will be responsible for transferredtothe newzoo on handling the casesofthe Board diligently to secure the interest of FridayfromGorewada Rescue the Board andthe Government. The Advocate shall visitthe Centre, whereithas been stay- Ofce of Pune Cantonment Board at least once in aweek. The ing since itscapture. Advocate willalso attendthe Board Meeting, if required “Rajkumar is afriendlytiger concerningany legal issue. The Advocate will not be allowedto and cooperated well, ensuring appear against the Pune Cantonment Board/Government. thathethe move wassmooth,” said Gorewada Divisional ELIGIBILITY OF ADDITIONAL PART-TIME LEGALADVISOR: Forest Officer Pramod Advocates having adegree in law with aminimum practice of Panchbhai. 4-7 years are eligible to apply.Advocates having prociency in The CentralZoo Authority English, knowledgeofCantonmentLawswith ahigher practice/ (CZA) has granted permission experiencewill be given preference. The Legal Advisor will have fortwo tigers, sevenleopards to attend the Ofce on each workingday between10.00 to 1.30. and six sloth bears initiallyfor The Legal Advisor will renderadvice/opinion to the CEO/Board the Indian safari, whichislikely and various departments. The Legal Advisor will appear before to be inaugurated next month. Judicial/quasi-judicialAuthority/AppellateAuthority Panchbhai further said, “We will be moving eight-year-old CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER tigress Lee, bred in captivity in PUNE CANTONMENT BOARD Dated:12, November,2020 (AMIT KUMAR) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 6 EXPRESS NETWORK THEINDIANEXPRESS,SATURDAY,NOVEMBER21,2020

RAJASTHAN PM holds Labourers’ daughters wait years for Withdistancing,ghatart, review Rs 55,000under empowerment scheme meeting on aseherdreamof studyingnursing. be toolatebythe time shegets pollutionmeasures,Haridwar DEEPMUKHERJEE “I had hopedthat Icould go to themoney, if ever. vaccination JAIPUR,NOVEMBER20 acitysuchasUdaipurtostudynu- Manyyoungwomenandtheir rsing,” she said. Her parentsare parentsacross the statehavesto- SANTOSH KUMARI was18when dailywagelabourers,andhermo- ries similar to Santosh’s. Women preparesforCovidMahaKumbh strategy she submitted an applicationin ther’s labourcardmade her eligi- applyingundertheschemeneed- June 2016 under Rajasthan gove- bleforthescheme.Waitingforthe edto beat least18years old, pass- rnment’s Shubh Shakti scheme. money, Santosh delayedtaking ed at leastClass 8, and their pare- forthe next 15 years, and we are EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE She is 22 now, and still waiting for admissionincollegebyayearafter ntshad to be registered with the ESHAROY in averygoodposition to handle NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER20 moneypromisedunder the Class 12.“Ididn’t want the money Building and Other Construction NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER20 the wastegenerated during the scheme.The Shubh Shakti Yojana to getmarried. Iwantedtostudy Workers’ (BOCW) Board. Kumbh Mela,’’ NMCG Director PRIMEMINISTER NarendraModi wasstartedinJanuary2016 by the and help my parents with my in- Dataonpendency under the LESS THAN twomonths from General RajivRanjan Mishrasaid. on Fridayheld areviewmeeting previous BJP government to em- come as anurse. But Ihad to final- scheme on the online portalof now, theMahaKumbhwillreturn “Wehavealso givenRs85crore with keyofficials on India's vac- powerunmarrieddaughters of ly take admission in aBAcourse.” the stateLabourDepartment to Haridwar,bringingwith it asea to the stategovernment forinfra- cination strategy forCovid-19. building and other construction Santosh is nowinthe final showthat in the lastfiveyears, of pilgrimsandenormouslogistics structure development such as “Held ameeting to review workerswithagrantof Rs55,000. year of college. The physical ver- around 22 per cent of applica- challenges in the middle of the construction of toilets,acquisi- India’s vaccination strategy and Santosh,who livesinDevdungri ification required under the tions were approved. novelcoronavirus pandemic. tion of around 6,000 dustbins, the wayforward.Important is- village in Rajsamand district, had scheme wasrecentlycompleted, FULL REPORT ON The lastMaha Kumbh in employment of additional sani- sues related to progress of vac- beenbankingonthemoneytoch- but she reckons it will probably www.indianexpress.com Haridwarin2010wasattendedby taryworkers, and recruitment of cine development, regulatory 1.62crorepilgrimsaccordingtoes- volunteers forthe Mela.’’ approvals and procurement timates by theIndian Space Indian Oil Corporationhas were discussed,”PMModi said Naval Materials Research Laboratory (NMRL) Research Organisation (ISRO). fundedthe upgradation of Har Ki in atweet. Defence Research &Development Organisation (DRDO) Officials have ruledout the possi- Pauri,andanew,1-kilometre-long During the meeting, he re- Ministry of Defence /Government of India, bility of the mega-event —which Besides Indian artists, street artpractitioners from Malaysia, ghatcalled Chandighathas been viewedvariousissues likepriori- Ambernath (East), Thane, Maharashtra-421 506 willbegin on January14and con- Japan, Australia, Switzerland, France, Nepal have been ropedin built near Haridwar.“Chandighat tisation of population groups, Telephone/Fax No. :0251-2623131, 2623004 (Fax) tinue until the end of April —be- will take the pressureoff the reaching out to HCWs, cold- E-mail :[email protected] ing cancelledonaccount of the Haridwar ghatsduring Kumbh,” chain infrastructureaugmenta- Advt. No. :NMRL/ADMIN/RECRU/APPRTRN/2020-21 Covid-19 outbreak. is being put in place forCovid-19, to treatjust45million litres/day Mishrasaid. tion, adding vaccinators and tech APPLICATION FOR ENGAGEMENT OF APPRENTICES FOR THE FY 2020-21 “TheKumbhMelainHaridwar andaseparate,50-bedhospitalfor (MLD)of sewage,andabout60per As the central and stategov- platform forvaccine roll-out. (Under Apprentices Act 1961 as amended in 1961, 1973 &2014) takesplaceonceevery12 years.In other ailmentsand emergencies. centof the110MLDof sewage was ernmentsenter the home stretch In the lastreviewmeeting, NAVAL Materials Research Laboratory (NMRL), Ambernath apremier institute under aegis of 2021it’ll be taking place after11 TheUttarakhandgovernmentwill dumpeduntreated in the river– of preparations, signs of beautifi- the Prime Ministerhad taken Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is in process of recruitment of apprentices years, aphenomenon that is hap- acquireanadequatenumber of five newSTPshavebeenbuilt in cation arevisible in Haridwar. stockofthe Union Health Minis- for one year for the financial year 2020-21. peningafter 80 years. Of course, masks, he said. the town. Alarge STPof68MLD Chandighat has a100-metre trymechanisms being planned Applications for Apprenticeship are invited for one year training in following disciplines : with the Covid-19pandemic, the The KumbhMela also pres- capacity wasinaugurated by the painting of aturtle,indigenous to fordistribution and delivery for Apprenticeship Essential Qualification Total Stipend management of the Kumbh Mela entsachallengeinterms of con- PrimeMinisteratJagjitpur last the Ganga,bythe renowned the vaccines;issues related to Category Vacancy (Rs.) is tricky,and we areplanning ac- trolling pollution in theGanga, month. The twoolder STPs have Mexican street artistSenkoe. adequateprocurement, and cordingto theguidelinesissuedby the responsibility forwhichis beenrepairedaswell–andtheto- Mojarto, an artplatform that was technologiesfor bulk-stockpil- Graduate Apprentice B.Sc. in Chemistry 04 9000 the government,’’ Kumbh Mela withthe National Mission for talsewagetreatment capacity is giventhe responsibility of imple- ing,filling vials fordistribution BA/B.Com., Any Subject with computer knowledge 04 9000 Adhikari Deepak Rawatsaid. Clean Ganga(NMCG) under the nowupto145 MLD. mentingapublic artproject in andensuring effective delivery Diploma Apprentice Diploma in Mechanical 02 8000 According to Rawat, manage- Union MinistryofJal Shakti. The “This will take careofthe Haridwar and Varanasi twoyears were discussedindetail. Diploma in Electronics 02 8000 ment of the crowds is being NMCG has worked on several wastegenerated by the floating ago, has brought in, apartfrom The PM had suggestedthat Diploma in Computer Science 01 8000 plannedinaccordancewithsocial large religious eventsaround the population of tourists and pil- Indianartists,streetartpractition- keeping in viewthe geographi- Diploma in Paint Technology 01 8000 distancing norms, and will be en- Gangaoverthe pastfew years. grims. We have also linkedthe20 ersfromMalaysia,Japan,Australia, cal span of the country, thevac- ITI Apprentice ITI (Pump Operator) 03 7000 forced through surveillance by a Since 2014 –when Haridwar nallas in Haridwar to theSTPs. Switzerland, France, and Nepal. cine deliverysystemcould likely ITI (Fitter) 03 7000 networkofCCTVcameras. A hadtwosewagetreatmentplants This capacity is likelytotakecare Mostofthe paintings andmurals be developedonthe lines of con- ITI (Electrician) 02 7000 1,000-bed prefabricated hospital (STPs) with acombinedcapacity of thesewagetreatment demand arelinked to Hindu mythology. ducting elections. ITI (Laboratory Assistant) 02 7000 ITI (Welder) 01 7000 ITI (Office Assistant -Computer Operator) 01 7000 TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE 10+2 Apprentice 10+2, Any Subject with computer knowledge 04 7000 Application Procedure: CASES: RECOVERED:84,28,409 ● Application form can be downloaded from the web site www.drdo.gov.in.Candidates are required 263 to send scanned copies of their applications along with desired documents/ certificates in PDF DAYSSINCE 90,04,365 DEATHS:1,32,162 PANDEMIC format through e-mail only to [email protected]. BEGAN TESTS: 12,95,91,786 | DOUBLING RATE: 161.79** ● Last date for the receipt of application : 15 days from the date of advertisement in Employment News. ● All Correspondence with candidates shall be done through e-mail only.Responsibility of downloading and printing of letter shall be that of the candidates. NMRL will not be responsible for any loss of e-mail sent due to invalid/ wrong e-mail ID provided by the candidate or delivery e-mail to SPAM/ BULK mail folder etc. Selection Procedure: ● No Interview will be held due to ongoing pandemic. Board constituted by the Director,NMRL for the purpose will go through the applications and shortlist the candidates (as per the vacancies KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG DOUBLING indicated above). TOWATCH CASES 24HOURS GROWTH* TIME** ● Candidates will be selected strictly on the merit basis (percentage/ marks of essential qualification). Only selected candidates will be informed through offer letter. ■ Maharashtra 17,63,055 5,535 0.22% 329.59 Terms &Conditions for selection of Apprentices : ■ Kerala 5,45,651 5,732 1.02% 70.63 1. Candidates must have registered their names at www.mhrdnats.gov.in &non-registered candidates are likely to be rejected. ■ Delhi 5,10,630 7,546 1.28% 56.11 2. The fresh pass-out candidates (passing their respective courses in 2017, 2018, 2019) only can apply; ■ West Bengal 4,45,505 3,620 0.82% 88.13 candidates who have passed the qualifying examination earlier than 2017 are not eligible. Haryana 2,09,251 2,212 1.15% 62.43 Candidates with post-graduation are not eligible to apply. ■ 3. Those candidates who have completed the qualifying examination as regular candidates are only *Compounded Daily Growth Rate over last 7days**Calculated over 7-daygrowth eligible to apply. 4. Graduate degree holders who had training or job experience for aperiod of one year or more after CASEFATALITYRATIO POSITIVITYRATE DAILYIN,DAILYOUT attaining the essential qualification shall NOT eligible for being engaged as an apprentice under the act. 7DAYSEARLIER: 7DAYSEARLIER: DETECTED TODAY 5. The period of training will be 12 months commencing from execution of the contract of 1.47 7.09 45,882 Apprenticeship. NOW: NOW: RECOVERED TODAY: 6. Reservation will be applied as per the provisions of the Apprentices Act, 1961 and Apprenticeship 1.47 6.95 44,807 Rules 1992 as amended from time to time. Applications belonging to SC (Scheduled Caste)/ ST (Schedule Tribe)/ OBC (Other Backward Classes)- Non Creamy Layer shall produce their caste Deaths as aratio of Positives against Becoming sick vs positivecases (in%); numbertested recovering; more certificates in prescribed format issued by the competent authority. indicator of progress (in%); indicatorof recoveries for 14 days 7. Selected candidates have to submit the ''Medical Fitness Certificate'' at the time of joining. in avertingdeaths the spread of disease may signal the peak 8. The selected candidates must execute acontract for aperiod of one year of training as per provision DataasonNovember19,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealth,ICMRandstates.Oftendailynumbers of the Apprentices Act, 1961 and rules framed there under. includedatafrompreviousdays.Assuch,trendsbasedondailynumbersareindicative,notdefinitive 9. Before applying, the candidates should ensure that he/she fulfills the eligibility criteria and other norms mentioned in the advertisement. 10. It shall not be obligatory on the part of the Naval Materials Research Laboratory,where training is imparted, to offer any employment to any apprentice after completion of period of his/her apprenticeship training. After Ahmedabad 11.Suppression of facts will lead to disqualification at any stage of the selection process. 12. NMRL reserve the right to increase/ decrease the number of seats for apprenticeship training. 13. Any canvassing or personal follow up with an intention for inducting the process of selection of curfew, Gujarat govt apprentice by and on behalf of any candidates shall lead to immediate cancellation of candidates. 14. NMRL reserves the right to withdraw/ cancel the advertisement/ selection process if circumstances so warrant without assigning any reason thereof. imposes night curfew in 15. The apprentices will not be provided any quarters/hostel accommodations/ transport by this establishment during the training period. Note :i.For details, please log on to ''What's new'' at www.drdo.gov.in Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot ii. For any queries, applicant may contact to [email protected] Sd/- NewYear... During the meeting, it SAO-I EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE wasdecidedtotakesteps to re- For Director,NMRL AHMEDABAD,VADODARA, ducerisingcasesof coronavirusin- NAVAL MATERIALS RESEARCH LABORATORY (NMRL), AMBERNATH-421 506 NOVEMBER20 fection,” said Patel, who holds the (DEFENCE RESEARCH &DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION) health portfolio. APPLICATION FORM FOR APPRENTICESHIP WITHTHE statereporting 1,420 Rupani,who wasinAmbaji Advertisement No. :NMRL/ADMIN/RECRU/APPRTRN/2020-21 freshCovid-19casesonFriday, the earlierintheday, said,“Duringhol- 1. Name : Gujarat government decidedto idays,the corona infection has 2. Father's Name : Affix Recent impose night curfew in Surat, seenarise and the stategovern- 3. Nationality : Passport Size Vadodaraand Rajkot from Satur- ment has takencertain decisions 4. Date of Birth : Photograph day. This came on aday complete in the past2-3 days... as aprecau- 5. Age as on 30.09.2020 : curfew –fromFridaynight till tionarymeasure, we have im- 6. Category :(UR/SC/ST/OBC/PH) Mondaymorning –was imposed posedacurfew in Ahmedabad. 7. E-mail Address : in Ahmedabad. Surveillanceandtestinghave been 8. Phone No./Mob. No. : 9. Correspondence Address : During the curfew,essential increased... hospital bed capacity, services suchasmedical shops, whichwas cut down when the 10. Permanent Address : hospitals,clinics,dairyboothsand cases went down, have been in- petroleum/CNGpumps will re- creasedagain.” 11.Educational Qualification :(In Chronological Order) mainopen.Railandairpassengers When askedif therewouldbe Sl. Examination/ Board/ Subject Year of Class/ Marks/ aswellascandidatesappearingfor alockdown across the state, he No. Degree University Passing Division GPA variouscompetitive examswillbe said,“Thereisnotalkof lockdown... allowedtocommuteiftheypos- onlyaweekendcurfew forAhme- sess valid travel ticketsand admit dabadandgenerally stricterpolic- cards respectively,said officials. ing.” In Ahmedabad, ahead of the 12. 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AFTER 47 days,India on Thursdayre- moreremarkable since the reduction Out of those foundinfected withnovel coronavirus in aserorsuveyinPune, 85% developedneutralising portedmorenew cases of coronavirus hashappenedduring the festival sea- infection than recoveries. The result son, and has also survived astate elec- antibodies. What does this mean, and what does it tell us about progress towards‘herdimmunity’? wasaminor increase in the number tion in Bihar. of active cases,whichhas been falling Thebreakinthetrend,ashappened steadilyfor almosttwo months now. on Thursday, can onlybeseen as an reason theydonot createthose specific pro- Atotal of 45,882 newcases were de- aberration right now. Dailydatare- ANURADHAMASCARENHAS teins. No biology thatweknowofcan explain tected on Thursday,slightlyhigher leasedbythestategovernmentsare not PUNE,NOVEMBER20 this as of now,”Bal said. than the 44,807who were declared uniform. Theydonot necessarilycon- to have recovered. tain numbers onlyfromthe daythese ANEW studyin Punehas revealedthat nearly What about vaccine-induced Recoveries exceeding newcasesis arereleased. Forexample, manystates 85% of the peoplewho had been found in- immunity? the clearestsign that release their datain fectedwithnovelcoronavirusin aserosurvey, Asinthecaseof naturally-acquiredimmu- the spread of the dis- early afternoon,and conducted earlier,had developedneutralis- nity,wedonot know, as of now, howlong the ease is being contained, mostprobably have ing antibodies. In other words, these people immunity providedbyavaccinewould last if the trend is main- numbers from the pre- haddevelopedimmunity againstthe disease. againstthe novelcoronavirus. Dr Aarti tainedoveralong time. vious day. Also, thereis It is sometimes thought that everyone Nagarkar,oneof theinvestigatorsforthePune In India, this trend has alagineverystage of re- who is infected with adisease-causing virus, study, saidthelevelofimmunitygeneratedby been holding since the porting, because of and recovers, becomes immune to the dis- avaccineisusuallyexpectedtobelonger and thirdweek of whichthereisadelayof ease, because theybuild antibodies againstit. better.That is because the vaccine is designed September.Thereisno twotothreedays,some- But that is notthe case. While the creation of to trigger astrong immune response with a guarantee that the timesevenmore,before antibodies is necessaryfor the recovery high fraction of neutralisingantibodies. number of newcases CORONAVIRUS acase gets reported. process, it does notguaranteeimmunity Butsincethevaccinescurrentlyunderpro- would notrise again, as COUNT That is why, it is much againstafutureattackfromthe same virus. duction have been under trial foronlyafew has happened in theUS better to look at trends Immunity comes from what areknown as months, the duration of immunitytheypro- and Europe, and even than at individual day’s “neutralising” or “protective”antibodies. videisnotknown.Ifthevaccinesthatareeven- in Delhi and Kerala, all of whichare datatoget amoreaccuratepicture. In the serosurvey in Pune (left), about tuallyapproved foruse do notprovide long- experiencing asecond or thirdwave With Thursday’s addition of nearly So, whatare these? 51%ofthose tested were found to have lasting immunity,theyare unlikelytohave of infections. But until the time this 46,000newcases, the total number of Neutralising antibodies, likeother anti- antibodies;among these, 85% had high acceptance among the general public. trend holds,itgives much-needed confirmed infections in the country bodies that arecreated to fight the disease, neutralising antibodies. Express breathing space to healthcareauthor- has crossedthe 90-lakh mark.Of these, arenothing but proteins. Theseare asmall Is Pune approaching‘herd immunity’? ities, because the number of active morethan 84.28 lakh, or nearly 94%, subsetofthe disease-specific antibodies that That is something that scientists arecare- cases begins to go down. It also pro- have recoveredfromthe disease, while aregenerated once an infection has occurred. antibodies (or specific protein molecules) ful nottoassert. The serosurvey wascon- vides hope to people that if theycon- over1.32 lakh patientshavedied. The neutralising antibodies become special could be expected to remain immune to the ducted on about 1,650 individualsinfive tinue to take protective measures, Delhi and Kerala continuetocon- because theyhavethe ability to thwartthe disease foralongertime. prabhags (eachconsisting of three to four theycould keep the disease at bay. tributethe highestnumber of cases.On entryofthe same virus inside humanbod- “Thereare manyimportant caveatsto municipal wards) of thecity.About 51%of In India, active Covid-19cases have Thursday, Delhi reported over 7,500 ies in the future.The other antibodies help this, and the amount of neutralising antibod- those who were tested,orabout 850, were become less than half of whatthey newcases, and Kerala about 5,700. in fighting offthe virus once the infection has ies would be justone factor,but in general found to have antibodies. Of thosewith an- were twomonths ago. This is all the AMITABHSINHA already happened. one can saythat higher quantities of neutral- tibodies, now85% have been found to have Serosurveys, likethe ones thathavebeen isingantibodies would be associated with developedimmunity. conducted in Delhi, Mumbai, Pune and other longer-lasting immunityagainstthe disease,” Disease prevalence in Pune, likeany other INDIA ACTIVE CASES 443,794 cities, onlylook forthe presence of antibod- said Vineeta Bal, an immunologistwho is a city,isnot uniform. But the findings of the ies in people. Their purpose is to find out rent epidemic, it cannotberuledout. That is co-author of this study. study could be appliedwellinthe small pop- whetherapersonhas been infected with the whypeople who have recoveredfromthe This is because neutralising antibodies, ulation groups within the prabhags where 500,000 virus or not, and through random testing of disease arealso urgedtocontinue to take as also other antibodies, decrease with time. the serosurvey wasconducted.The findings people, estimatethe extent of spread of the protective measuressuchaspractice physi- The rate of decline varies in different diseases do suggestthat the disease prevalence disease, or prevalence,inapopulation group. cal distancing and wearing amask. and individuals. So, in the same time that within these population groups had reached Detection of disease-specific antibodies con- people withlow neutralising antibodies see suchlevelsthat the conceptofherdimmu- 494,657 443,794 firms that the person had been infected with Is immunity permanent? their immunity becoming ineffective,those nity could be playing out. the virusinthe past. It can be againstsome infections, but in with higher levels could still have enough to This is also supportedbythe fact that in 450,000 But afurther test needs to be carriedout the case of the novelcoronavirus, it is notyet continue to fend offthe virus. Lohianagar, the prabhag withthe highest dis- to detect the presence of neutralising anti- known whether the immunityacquired In general, those with higher amountsof ease prevalencedetected in the serosurvey, bodies. This is whathas happenedinthe case through natural infection lasts forweeks, neutralising antibodies arealso better pro- the incidence rate had fallen sharplyinthe of Pune.Sofar,thisisthe onlystudy that has months or years. The longevity of the immu- tected.What is difficult to ascertain, how- lastthree months. LAST 10 DAYS looked forneutralising antibodies. nity againstadisease depends on avariety ever,especiallyinthe case of anew virus like “I don't think we can still saythat Pune Nov10Nov 19 The study shows that while amajority of of factors,including the quantity of neutral- the one behind the present epidemic,isthe has achieved, or is reaching, herdimmunity. 400,000 infected people do develop immunity,asig- ising antibodies generated by apatient. optimum levelabove whichaperson would But the study is important because it shows nificant proportion (15% in this case)who do In the Pune study,for example, about half be definitelyimmune to the disease. that wherever therewas high seropositivity, Note: The Nov19figureinthisgraph is based on thegovernment updateonNov 20 notbecome immune even aftergetting in- the people with neutralising antibodies had Also, scientists do notfullyunderstand incidence rate has fallensubsequently,”said fected.That would mean that theyare at risk generated high levels of these antibodies, whycertain people do notgenerateneutral- Dr Gagandeep Kang, aprofessor at Christian of reinfection.Although very fewcases of re- while the others had relatively lowlevels. ising antibodies. “Their immune system Medical College, Vellore, and one of the co- INDIA TOTAL CASES WORLD TOTAL CASES infection have been documented in the cur- Those with ahigh quantity of neutralising seems to be working fine,but forwhatever authors of the study. 9,004,365 57,204,849

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pricepaid washeavy:AIADMK lost38of39 ers have stressedthattheywillnot allowany these videos oftenresemble film song se- ARUNJANARDHANAN seatsitcontested. But whilepeople voted attempt to fancommunal tensions. quences with superstars. Study suggests deliriumcan CHENNAI,NOVEMBER20 againstthe AIADMK-BJP alliance in Lok Senior AIADMKleaderssaidallissueswill Sabha sets,the AIADMK faredbettergoing it be resolvedifthe Governor clears the state Recruitment drive predictCovid in the elderly WITH ABOUT six months to go forthe alone in simultaneous bypolls to 22 Cabinet’s decisiontorelease the sevencon- The BJP hasbeen recruitingcontinuously Assemblypolls, Union Home MinisterAmit Assemblyseats: it wonnine seatswhich victsinthe RajivGandhiassassination case. since 2014,bringing in celebrities, bureau- ANEW study supportsevidencethat older areatgreatestrisk of severe dis- Shah is scheduledtovisit Tamil Nadu on savedthe Edappadi KPalaniswami govern- This has been pending formorethan two crats, politicians from other parties, and even delirium can predict coronavirus in- ease, and death. Saturday,apparentlytodiscuss the BJP’s poll ment from losing itsmajority. years at RajBhawan. “A decision at the earliest afew individuals with criminal backgrounds. fection in olderpatientswho showno The newstudy examined 817eld- plans with alliance partners AIADMK and In the 2016 Assembly polls, the BJP had fromtheGovernorwillbeagame-changer;it Recent recruitsinclude actor-turned-politi- other typical symptoms erly patients of Covid-19. PMK. The BJP has growninthe stateoverthe polled2.86%,. In 2021,the BJP is hopeful of will favour the prospectsofthe AIADMK-BJP cianKhushbu and Karnataka-cadreIPS offi- of Covid-19. Publishedin The researchers found years but is yettotranslate that growth into winning 5to10Assemblyseats. Morethan alliance,” said an AIADMK minister. cer KAnnamalai, 35. the journal JAMA Network that almostathirdofthe electoral victories. the number of seatsitdoes win, however, Until afew years ago, the actor Open,the study is by re- patientshad delirium. A whatissignificant nowisthe numberof Growing visibility Rajinikanthwas seen as keyfor BJP. Today, searchers at Hebrew delirium diagnosis was Growth since 2016 seatsthe BJP gets to contestinthe alliance. While it continues to struggle in elections, Rajinikanth, 70,isthinking twice about SeniorLife, ahealthcare, the main presenting In the months followingthe death of the BJP’s visibility in the media has been in- launching his ownoutfit before thepolls, education and research symptomfor 16%of AIADMK chiefJJayalalithaa in December Bickering allies creasing since Jayalalithaa’s death. No polit- considering the pandemic and health risks facilityaffiliatedto thosepatients,and 37% 2016,the BJP wasaccusedoforchestrating a The AIADMK leadership has confronted ical debateonpopular Tamil TVgoes without —heunderwent akidney transplant in 2016. HarvardMedical School. PAPER had no typical COVID-19 number of events:asplit in AIADMKthrough the BJP on severalissues —mostrecentlyover aBJP representative. Therehas been speculation around MK Delirium is an acute symptoms. Deliriumwas arevolt by then Chief MinisterO the BJP’s attempt to take out amonth-long The BJP has also startedinvesting more Alagiri, DMK chief MKarunanidhi’s elder son stateofconfusion, CLIP the sixth mostcommon Panneerselvam; aseries of high-profile raids VelYatrathrough six abodes of the popular in itscampaigns. Forinstance, it released who has proposedanewparty,and around markedbydisorienta- presentingsymptoms in by central agencies targeting topbusiness- Tamil deity LordMuruga. BJP leaders arestill nearly adozen teaser videos forVel Yatra— Alagiri’s son Dayanidhiwho is reportedlybe- tion, lackofattention etc. NEWRESEARCH all patients. The re- men, bureaucratsand senior cabinetmem- being arrested while trying to defy the ban one of which,controversially,usedAIADMK ing offeredaBJP position. “Karunanidhi’s Even beyond Covid-19, searchers stressed the bers linked to AIADMK; and amergerofrival on the Yatra. founder MGRamachandran’spicture. The grandchild cannotbeonthe BJP stage. He will delirium is acommonsymptomin importance of includingdelirium on AIADMK factions leading to the ousterof This week,AIADMK mouthpiece com- BJP videos aremarkedbyhigh-quality edit- have thespace he deserves in the DMK fam- older adultswith severe disease. And the checklistofCovid-19symptoms. Jayalalithaa aide VKSasikala and her family. pared BJP withKarupparKoottam, aYouTube ing and graphics, oftenprojecting stateparty ilyitself,” said asenior DMK leader,referring in Covid-19, adultsaged65yearsand Source: Hebrew SeniorLife Lacking the skills to countersuchaggres- channel chargedunder the Goonda Actfor a chief LMurugan prominently. Celebrating to Dayanidhi.Ahead of Shah’s visit, veteran sion,the AIADMK leadershipchose to ally videohurting religious sentimentsofHindus. the BJP leader’s devotion forLordMuruga DMK leader Duraimurugan is said to have withthe BJP in the 2019 LokSabha polls. The In multiple statements, senior AIADMK lead- and calling him the saviour of Tamil Hindus, been urging Alagiri to take backhis decision. WhyconflictinEthiopiahasstartedtocreateripplesinitsneighbourhood

security forces,and therighttoareferen- jectivesinTigray “byitself”. had been crossing over the border and arriv- ties between the twocountries.According NEHABANKA dum forindependent rule. According to ob- Sudan Eritrea ing in Sudan. An Associated Press report to aReuters report, the “International Crisis KOLKATA,NOVEMBER20 servers of the Horn of Africa,the Tigray re- Whyisthere animositybetween Tigray suggestedthat morethan 200,000refugees Group,athink-tank,warnedonNov.5that gion is wealthier than other parts of the and Eritrea? fleeing Tigray could enter Sudan following anyinvolvement by Eritrea in the conflict CONFLICTWITHINEthiopiabetween the country, andhas awell-trainedarmy. TIGRAY This can be tracedtothe Ethiopian- the outbreak of the conflict. couldinturn draw in Sudan.” federal government and forces in thecoun- The ongoingconflict can be tracedto Djibouti Eritrean wartwo decades ago, in which In the aftermath of the Ethiopia-Eritrea The United States and China have sev- try’s Tigray region has been unfolding over when Prime MinisterAbiyAhmedcame to thousands were killed.According to are- war, severalthousand civilians were already eral strategic militarybases in the Horn of Ethiopia Somalia the lastseveral months, and nowthreatens powerin2018. AReutersreportdescribes South portinThe NewYork Times earlier this internallydisplacedinTigray,researchers Africa region. On November 16,Reuters re- to impactthe Horn of Africa region at large. howAbiy has detained, firedand reduced Sudan AddisAbaba month, “manyveteransfromthe TPLF who say. Now, this latestconflict has increased portedthat Russian President Vladimir Neighbouring Eritrea has already been the importance of severalTigray officials. participated in the Ethiopian-Eritrean war the number of displacedpeople. Putin had approved the creation of a drawninand observers arewaryofthe pos- While Abiy had calleditacrackdown on between 1998 and 2000arenow part of the Russian navalfacility in Sudan earlier this sibility of Sudan toogetting involved. corruption,Tigray officials and their sup- forced intoamilitaryconfrontation.” Tigray region’s paramilitaryforces”. The an- In what ways can this impact the larger week that would be “capable of mooring On Friday, Reuters reportedthat rebels porters had calleditanattempt to curb po- Following the startofheavy fighting, imosity between these TPLF veterans and Horn of Africa region? nuclear-poweredsurface vessels, clearing from Tigray had firedrockets at Bahir Dar, tential opposition. telephonelines were blockedand Internet Eritrea has continued. With Ethiopian civilians escaping in the wayfor Moscow’s firstsubstantial mil- the capital of the neighbouring Amharare- services shut down. Therehavealsobeen Lastyear,Abiy wonthe NobelPeace large numbers to Sudan, the neigbouring itaryfoothold in Africa since the Sovietfall”. gion in Ethiopia. Howhas it escalated in recent weeks? reports of injured soldiersonbothsides. Prize because of his effortsthat resulted in countrymay find itself inadvertentlydrawn If these militarybases and facilities were to Earlier this month, the Prime Minister’s The conflict escalated when Tigrayan peace with Eritrea’s leadership. While intothe conflict. Earlier this year,inthe be impacted in anyway,itmay cause for- What is the conflict about? Office said the Tigray People’s Liberation forces firedrockets across the border into Eritrea has made peace withthe govern- midstofEthiopia’s long-standing conflict eign powers to getmilitarilyinvolvedinthe The conflict escalated in September, Front(TPLF),the ruling partyinthatregion, Eritrea, claiming thatthe Ethiopiangovern- ment in Addis Ababa, it remains hostile to with Egyptoverthe construction of the region and the conflict. when Tigray heldlocal elections which had “triedtosteal artilleryand other equip- ment wasusing an Eritrean airporttoattack Tigrayans and their leaders. Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam over the “The stability of Ethiopia is important were considered “illegal” by the federal gov- ment from federal forces stationedthere”, Tigray.Tigrayan leaders have also accused Blue Nile, Sudan had founditself involved forthe entireHorn of Africa region. Icall for ernment, according to aReuters report. according to aReuters report. Abiy’s office Eritrean forces of entering Ethiopia to sup- Has the conflict affected civilians? in the dispute. an immediatede-escalation of tensions and Ethiopia’s federal system allows the releasedastatement:“The lastred line has portthe federal government againstTigray. International observers saycountless Lastweek,Sudan and Egypthad engaged apeaceful resolutiontothe dispute,” UN country’s tenregions significant autonomy. been crossedwith this morning’s attacks Abiyhas denied this, tweeting that Ethiopia Ethiopian civilians have been displaced. The in joint militaryexercises in what observers SecretaryGeneral AntónioGuterres Theyhavetheirown parliaments, their own and the federal government is therefore wasmorethancapable of achieving itsob- UNHCR reportedthat thousands of refugees have said wasanindicationofdeepening tweetedonNovember 6. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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RESCUING THE BANK AmartyaLahiri The DBS-LVB deal ensures protection of depositors’ interest, WHATDRIVES ECONOMIC growth?Itisa per cent poorer thanthe averageIndian in while Pakistan, under the militaryrule of Ayub whichissupreme in banks question thatpreoccupies policymakers,aca- 1965. The phase wasmarkedwith increasing Khan, openeduptoforeign capital which demics, commentators and analysts.The an- statecontrol of the economy, nationalisation fundedaperiod of rapidindustrialisationand NVESTORS IN LAKSHMI Vilas Bank (LVB), especiallyminorityshareholders, have valid swers, unfortunately, areelusive.Examining of industry, closingofthe economytotrade economic growth,albeit at the costofworsen- reasonstobeunhappyoveritsamalgamationwiththewholly-ownedIndiansubsidiary the experiences of different countries may through tariffand non-tariffbarriers, and a ing inequality.By1984, Pakistan’s per capita of Singapore’s DBS Bank.Their grouse is specificallyoverthe ReserveBank of India’s seem likeapromising approach.However, systematic weakening of institutions. income wasmorethan double that of India’s. I(RBI) proposal to writeoff LVB’s entirepaid-up equity capital and reserves, resultingin generalising from specific experiencescan be The thirdphase is 1984-91when the Rajiv Pakistan’s slowdown beganinthe 1980s azerovalue of itsshares. The situationissimilar to that of YesBank’s AT-1 (additional tier-1) misleading since ground conditions vary Gandhi government ushered in thefirst duringthe militaryregime of Zia-u-Haq. Zia hugelyacross countries. roundofeconomic reforms by liberalising enabledand institutionalisedIslamic nation- bondinvestors,whosufferedatotalwrite-downof theirRs8,415 croreholdingsaspartofares- Thereare twowaystoavoid the pitfalls of capital goods imports as well as starting in- alism in Pakistan. This period coincidedwith cueplanforyetanotherprivatesectorlenderinMarch.TheLVB’sshareholders,likeYesBank’s generalising from specific cases. The firstisto dustrial de-licensing. These reforms were re- the reforms in India. As aresult, theincome AT-1bondholders,are demandingcompensationfortheforcedextinguishingof theirinvest- examine the same countryovertime to look warded by agrowth take-off. India’s annual gapbetween the countries begannarrowing ments.WhilethereconstructedYesBankhasnewmajorshareholders,inLVB’scase,thebank forchanges in outcomes at specific pointsin per capitaGDP growth averaged 3.1per cent sharply. Nevertheless, itwasn’ttill as recently itself would cease to exist. The RBI’s scheme envisages all itsassets andliabilities—from563 time. If one can correlatethe changes in out- while aggregate GDP grew at 5.2 per cent dur- as 2010 that India’s percapitaGDPfinallyover- branches,974 ATMS and Rs 20,973 croredeposits(as on September 2020), to landand build- comes with measurable policies or events, ing 1984-91. tookPakistan. Put differently,starting in 1985, then one can potentiallydrawsomeconclu- The period 1991-2004 is typicallyclassi- it took 25 years of faster growth forIndia to fi- ings —tobetransferredtoDBS Bank India from the dateofamalgamation. sions.Asecondapproachistocomparecoun- fied as the liberalisation phase, during which nallyundo the damageinflicted by thein- Whilethe disquietofequity and quasi-debt investors is understandable,the RBI’s con- tries with shared history, cultureand geogra- India dismantledmuchofits industriallicens- ward-looking, anti-industry, anti-trade and cernasabankingsectorregulatoristo firstsecuretheinterestofdepositors.Banks,unlikereg- phy. If there arestark differences in outcomes ing infrastructureand acceleratedthe removal anti-foreign capital economic regime thatwas ular companies, makemoneynot from owning plants, machinery andproperty. Theirbusi- between them, then theremay be some pol- In 1950, Pakistan’s per of tariffand non-tariffbarriers to trade. The erected by the IndiraGandhi government. ness,instead,isderivedfromdeployingotherpeople’smoney—primarilydeposits.No bank, icy lessons to be drawn. person GDP wasUS$1268, reform effort wasreflected in the 4.9 per cent From the specific perspective of India, the howeverwell-capitalised, can survive if depositors decide to pull out money. Theregulator, The Indiansubcontinentprovideslessons annual per capitaGDP growth during 1991- trends reveal three keyfacts. First, Indiadid from both approaches. The 73 years of post- almost 50 per cent greater 2004.Viewedinconjunction with the reforms reasonablywell during the Nehru era. This then, has to intervene to ensurenobank fails or at leastnot allowittotrigger runsinother Independence India has generatedalot of ev- than India that year. that were introducedinthe 1984-91phase, is at odds withthe increasingly strident re- banks.India,overthepasttwo yearsorso,hasseenthecollapseoffourfinancialfirms:IL&FS, idence across different political-economic However,inthe backdrop of thisperiod is perhapsbetterclassifiedasape- cent criticisms of the Nehru years. Second, DewanHousingFinance,PunjabandMaharashtraCooperative BankandYesBank.LVB’sbad regimes. This periodhas also provideduswith riod of reform consolidation. the biggestdamage to the Indian economy loans have mounted to aboutaquarterofits gross advances,whiledepositshaveshrunk by the contrasting experiences of India and sustained political upheaval, India embarkedonadistinctive phase of wasdone during the IndiraGandhi years, nearly Rs 6,900crore in the lastone year.The bank’smanagement failedtocome up with a Pakistan,twocountriesthat sharehistory,ge- Pakistan stagnated faster growth post-2004 on thebackoflarge whichsaw negative growth over two crediblecapital-raisingandrevivalplan,forcingtheRBIto seekitsmergerwithanotherbank. ographyand socio-cultural mores. throughout the 1950s while a investmentsininfrastructure.Per person GDP decades. Bizarrely,her administration ap- The choice of DBS cannotbefaulted.Unlikepublic sector banks, saddledwith stressed Analysing India’s real Gross Domestic politically stable India grew. growthin the period2004-2015 averaged7.7 pearstohaveescapedthe virulent criticisms Product(GDP)per person(in 2011 dollars, per cent. The corresponding aggregateGDP that have been directed at the Nehru years. loans and requiring fund infusion themselves, it has committedto bringing in additional cap- purchasing powerparity) since1950reveals As aresult,by1960, India growthaveraged9per cent. Therapidgrowth Third, the RajivGandhi government deserves ital of Rs 2,500crore upfront. Also, despitebeing aforeign bank,ithas chosen to operatein five distinct economic phases. The firstphase had almost caught up with pick-up wasfinancedthrough the public-pri- waymorecredit forushering in the first India through awholly-ownedsubsidiary, as opposedtojusthaving branches. By submit- wasthe period1950-65. This wasthe Pakistan with the per capita vate partnership model forinfrastructurein- growth turnaround of the economy. In some ting itself to theRBI’s morestringent regulatoryrequirements, DBS will, nevertheless, now Nehruvianperiodofstate-ledindustrialisa- income gaphaving shrunk to vestment. This came at acost, as anumber of senses, the post-1991reforms were acon- tion. Whiletherewas creeping protection- theseinfrastructureprojects later caused solidation of aprocess that beganunder the beableto add550-plusbranches to itsexisting 33.Thatshouldsendastrongsignalto other 15 per cent. From 1964, India foreign bankstopursue greater growth opportunities by becoming desi in the manner of a ism during this phase on account of abal- problems in the banking sector on account of RajivGandhi government. ance of paymentscrisisin1956,the economy went into twodecades of burgeoning NPAs, aproblem that continues The trendsalso suggestfour generaltake- HindustanUnileverorNestle India. Indian banksneedmorecapital —and foreign as desi is on the whole remained fairly open.Starting till today. aways.First,opennessto tradeandprivate en- mostwelcome. economic stagnation while in 1950 withaGDP per person of US$841,an- Pakistan, under the military To putIndia’s economic recordinperspec- terpriseusuallyhaspositive effectsongrowth. nual per person GDP growth averaged 2per tive,itisuseful to comparewith Pakistan. In Second,rapaciousandexploitative democratic cent during this period. This translatedtoag- rule of Ayub Khan, opened 1950, Pakistan’s per person GDP wasUS$1268, systems do notnecessarilypromote growth. gregateannual GDP growth of around 4per up to foreign capital which whichwas almost50per cent greater than Pakistaninthe 1950s, 1990 and post-2010 is a cent since the population wasgrowingat funded aperiod of rapid India that year.However, in the backdrop of good example. Third,the socio-economic en- MACHINE HOLE close to 2per cent. sustainedpolitical uncertaintyandupheaval, vironment surrounding religious fundamen- The second phase of post-Independence industrialisation and Pakistanstagnated throughout the 1950s talism maybeinimical to growth. Fourth, Government move on mechanisation of sewage cleaning is Indiawas the IndiraGandhi-ledyears, 1965- growth, albeit at the cost of while apoliticallystable Indiagrew.Asare- degradationof institutionsthatregulate,arbi- long overdue. Muchmoreneeds to be done 84.This period wasanunmitigatedeconomic worsening inequality. By sult,by 1960,Indiahadalmostcaught upwith trateandenforcelaws canbecostly. Theremay disasterwith negative per capitagrowth. 1984, Pakistan’s per capita Pakistaninper capitaGDP terms with the per be lessons in these forIndian policymakers. India’s per capitaGDP in 1984 wasUS$1041 capitaincome gaphaving shrunk to 15 per ORE THAN 375workers diedwhile cleaning septic and sewertanksbe- whichwas lowerthan its1965level of income wasmore than cent. Unfortunately, from 1964,India went The writer is RoyalBank Research Professor, tween 2015 and 2019,according to the MinistryofSocial Justice and US$1134: The averageIndian in 1984 was8 double that of India’s. intotwo decades of economic stagnation University of British Columbia Empowerment’s data. This, by allaccounts, is aconservative estimate. MAnumber of independentsurveys have talked about the continuedre- luctance on the partofstate governmentstoadmit that the practice prevailsunder their watch. Unwilling to invest in technology and the rehabilitation of workers, municipal- ities live in denial instead of acting to endthe practice. The Centre’s decision to give more teethtothe Manual Scavengers and Their Rehabilitation Act, 2013,therefore, waslong AN ‘INSHA ALLAH’NAT ION overdue. Mechanisedcleaning of sewers and septic tankswill be mandatory, the word “manhole” will be replacedwith “machine-hole” in official usage, and a24×7 national helpline will be setuptoreportviolations. But correcting aproblem that is closelyin- Ajournalist’s account describes theexasperation, and hope, in Pakistan tertwinedwith social hierarchies requires morethan technological or legal solutions.The measures announcedonThursdayfall short in notgiving adequateattention to the so- cial conditions that forcepeople to plumb toxic cesspools. Khaled Ahmed The 2013 Actprohibitsmanual scavenging. It asksstate governmentsand municipal bodiestoidentify manual scavengers and rehabilitate them. But alarge body of reportage JOURNALISTDECLAN Walsh, who wasin Japanese puzzle boxes, comprisedofsecret But Naipaul wasindespair about the has shown that local bodiesoutsource sewercleaningtaskstoprivate contractors, many Pakistanfor over adecade and covereditfor compartmentsand hidden traps, whichcan worldingeneral tooand if India took it ill, so TheGuardian and TheNew York Times, has onlybeopenedinaunique, step-by-step se- mustthe others: “Asia todayisonlyaprim- of them fly-by-night operators, who do notmaintain proper rolls of sanitationworkers. written Nine Lives of Pakistan: Dispatches from quence. One afternoon, as Isat in my garden itive manifestation of along-dead culture; In case aftercase of workers being asphyxiated to death,thesecontractors have denied aDivided Nation.Its firstchapteristitled with afriend, consideringthe latestconvul- Europe is battered intoaprimitivism by ma- anyassociation with the deceased. In fact, MinisterofState forSocial Justiceand ‘Insha’ Allah Nation’.In2013, according to the sion, he suddenlythrew up his hands in ex- terial circumstances; America is an abortion. Empowerment Ramdas Athawale admitted in the Lok Sabha in Julylastyear “that there Times,hewas ordered to leave the country asperation. ‘That’s the difference between Look at Indian music.Itisbeinginfluenced have been no reports from states of peoplebeing convicted foremploying manual scav- within 72 hours“in viewofyour undesirable us,’hesaid. Youare alwayslookingfor an- by Western music to an amusing extent. engers”. Civil society organisations have,for long, arguedthat fixing accountability is dif- activities”. Plainclothes intelligence officers swers. Ihavetrouble with the questions.’ In Indian paintingand sculpturehaveceased had accompaniedhim to the airport, mak- my darkermoments, it seemedthe only to exist.” ficult in asystemthat operates at the intersection of caste,economic inequality and the ing sureheflewout of Pakistan. Beforehis thing holding all together wasblind faith. Then came the offensive passages on inadequacy of India’s sewerage systems: The design of septic tanksinlarge parts of the departure, Walsh postedonTwitter:“72 ‘Insha Allah it will happen,’ peoplesaid, all India: “Indians defecateeverywhere. They countryisnot amenable to technological intervention and machines aretoo big to enter hours, wheels up. To allfriends, especiallyin the time. ‘Insha Allah’ translates as ‘If God defecate, mostly, beside the railway tracks. narrowbylanes,especiallyindense urbanareas. Pakistan, who offeredoverwhelming sup- Wa lsh sums up likethis: “To wills it’, and Ihearditeverywhere... Sure, But theyalso defecateonthe beaches; they The Social Justice Ministryhas decidedtodirectly provide fundstoworkers to purchase portinrecent days,thankyou so much.” me,Pakistanresembled one things were hard, people admitted.But defecateonthe hills; theydefecateonthe cleaning machines, instead of giving moneytocontractors or municipalities. This is astep The troubled times in Pakistanthat Walsh of those old Japanese puzzle Pakistanwould stumble through, as it had riverbanks; theydefecateonthe streets; they in the right direction. Forittosucceed, states needtoaccuratelyenumeratethe workers coveredwerebad by anyPakistani yardstick always done —Insha Allah.” neverlook forcover…Muslims, with their too. Onlyheexplaineditgraphically, witha boxes, comprised of secret Walsh reminds one of the NobelPrize tradition of purdah, can at times be secretive. engaged in cleaning toxic sludge. Systems needtobeput in place to preventpilferage, wealth of information basedonthe “nine compartments and hidden winnerVSNaipaul. He wasaWestIndian But this is areligious act of self-denial, forit ensurethat the machines reachthe right hands. This will requirepolicymakers and local- lives” he nowexamines in his book.Perhaps, traps, whichcan only be whose Indian parentshad leftIndiaahun- is said thatthe peasant, Muslim or Hindu, levelofficials to firstacknowledge andthen understand howand whymanual scaveng- no other journalisttodatehad the kind of ac- opened in aunique,step-by- dred years earlier.Heprobablyhad romanti- suffers from claustrophobia if he has to use ing continues to be embeddedinthe caste system. cess to people and places; and sincePakistan cisedIndia as achildbut had the ill-luckof an enclosed latrine.” is run by meninpowerrather than the law, step sequence. One visiting India in 1975, at the height of Indira India reacted angrily, but it wasin2019 it is astounding howmuch“inside informa- afternoon, as Isat in my Gandhi’s Emergency.Out of this traumatic that the government of Prime Minister tion” he had on everyone, from the clerics of garden with afriend,he encounter came India: AWounded NarendraModi changed India forever. It built Islamabad’s RedMosque, who owed alle- suddenly threw up his hands Civilisation,whichcontainedparagraphs of astaggering 111 milliontoilets,mainlyinru- COMING OF AGE giance to Osama bin Laden, to Colonel Imam, lyricalbrilliancethat pleased no one in India. ralIndia, at acostofmorethanone trillion the man who trainedthe Afghans to fight in exasperation. ‘That’s the He planneditquitedeliberately:“Adead rupees ($14billion). It became the largest toi- Indian Super League is awinner.Now it mayneed againstthe invading Soviets butendedup difference between us,’ he countrystill running with the momentum let-building project in the world, splittingthe being the father of terrorism that wastode- said. Yo uare alwayslooking of itsheyday… Iamplanning to writeabook funding with the WorldBank 60:40. to also put down roots stroy normallifeinPakistan. foranswers.Ihavetrouble about these damnedpeopleand the Walsh sums it up likethis: “Tome, wretched countryoftheirs, exposing their The writer is consulting editor, TISAsign of amaturing league whenclubs see morevalue in relatively unknown Pakistanresembledone of those old with the questions’”. detestable traits. Grill them on everything.” NewsweekPakistan playerswhoareintheirprimeinsteadof splurginglarge amountsonageingstarsbe- I causetheyweregoodonceuponatime.TheIndianSuperLeague—thecountry’spre- mier football competition, whichbegan on Friday —iswitnessing suchatransfor- mation. This season, players with experience of playing in the toptwo tiers of Spain, Britain, Germanyand Australia, among others, have flockedtoIndia —partlybecauseofthe pan- NOVEMBER 21,1980, FORTY YEARS AGO demic-induced financialstress in thoseleagues and partlybecause of the ISL’s growing rep- utation. The clubs believe,and rightlyso, that this is the best ensembleofforeignplayers to F ARMERS’ STIR SPREADS spread to other parts of Gujarat and the state BILL ON JUDGES landonIndian soil. THE FARMERS’ AGITATION, whichstarted in government will notbeabletosuppress it. THE GOVERNMENT CAME in forsevere But luring players to India is theeasy bit. The timehas nowcome to focusonbringing up Pune-Nasik region of Maharashtra11days criticism in the LokSabha forits move to ago, turnedviolent as it spilledoverintothe MARUTI LIABILITIES transfer judges and forkeeping several local talent. The clubswill eventuallyhavetobuild long-lasting systems to scout, develop Vidarbha region and spread to neighbouring THE LIABILITIES OF Maruti Ltd,whichwas judges’ posts vacant in the Supreme Court andencourage Indianplayers,whostruggleforplayingtimeintheirownleague.Theymight Gujarat adding anew dimensiontothe nationalisedlastmonth amounttoRs628 and statehigh courts.Theywerespeaking notbeduty-bound to do so. But legacies aren’t builtmerelybywinning championships. protestfor remunerative prices.Violence lakh, according to information producedin on abill that allows paid leave to judgesfor BarcelonaandManchesterUnited—orevenMumbaiIndiansintheIPL,forthatmatter—have brokeout in Mehsana district in day-long Parliament. This is nearly Rs 200lakh more 120days and exemptsrent-free accommo- become dynasties notjustbecause theyhavewon titles,but also because theyunearthed demonstrations. Twopersons were killed than the information on the small car com- dationfromtaxes. BiplabChatterjiofthe gems and polished them through robustscouting and coachingmechanisms. whenpolicefired tworounds on amob af- panygiven by officialsources. The amount CPM and Bapusaheb Parulekar did notop- There is no doubtthat foreign players raise the standard of the domestic league signifi- tertear-gassing had proved ineffective.Civil includes Rs 177lakh owed to the Punjab and pose the bill but usedthe occasion to cas- hospital sources said that 113people were Sindh Bank and the Central Bank.The gov- tigatethe government on itsoverall ap- cantly. Butto leave atangibleimpact,theclubswillalsohave to designsystemsto identifyand admitted forthe treatment of injuries. ernment has concededthat Rs 100crore proachtothe judiciary. Parulekar nurtureIndianplayers,whichwillalsobecost-effective inthelongrun.Tomakethathappen, Chimanbhai Patel, former Chief Minister, said would be neededfor the firstphase of man- wondered if the government wasfinding the clubs, the league and the All IndiaFootball Federationwillhavetoworkinsync. For, foot- that the police had openedfirewithout ufacturing the small car.About one lakh au- it difficult to find the kindofcommitted ballmight be global in naturebut at averybasic level, it is ahyper-local sport. provocation. He addedthat the agitation will tomobileswill be manufactured everyyear. judges it wanted. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,SATURDAY,NOVEMBER21,2020 WHATTHE OTHERSSAY “The US is leading the Five Eyes alliance to counter China,building up afalse appearance that they canoverwhelm China with numerical strength. Another of their illusions is that they think they are the world, whilethey are only a 9 THE IDEAS PAGE ‘handful’ of theworld.” —GLOBAL TIMES, CHINA Right climate for ahandshake Supremely

India must reachout to theBiden administrationand propose abilateral deal injudicious that shifts focus from political rhetoric to climateaction Judiciaryisnot slipping into‘barbarism’. Rather,disgruntledindividuals cannot move beyond selective outrage

However, theyfailedtocomplywith the order andwereagain granted aweektosur- render on April 8. The SC observed, “though we expected that the accusedwould sur- render, honouringthe orderofthis court, Arunabha Ghosh theyhavenot done so. We aretold that in Bombay, thecourts arefunctioning.It would have been appropriatefor the ac- SIX YEARS AGO, on November 12,2014, cusedtosurrender as thecourts areopen President BarackObama and President Xi and notclosed. However, since the petition- Jinpingstruckadealonclimatechange.Itmade GauravBhatia ers have enjoyedthe protection forlong, by sensethenforthelargest historicalcarbonpol- wayofalastopportunity,weextend the luter and the largest current polluter to agree THE FRAMERS OF the Indian Constitution time granted to surrender forone week.We to acttogether.But the dealalso disruptedde- reposedtheir faithinthe judiciary as the makeitclearthat thereshall notbeany fur- veloping countryunity.Caught in a“climate custodian of theConstitution and protec- ther extension of time.” chakravyuh”, India wasencircledbylarger toroffundamental rightsofthe citizens. The Supreme Court evidentlyheard economies demanding moreclimateaction But since NarendraModi took over the the parties and extended their interim fromit—afarpoorercountrybut,inaggregate reins of government, adisgruntled“secu- protectionfromarrest. Ajudiciaryslipping terms,amajor emitter. Theascent of US lar brigade” has been selectively targeting into“judicial barbarism” will notgrant President-elect Joe Biden raises the prospect the country’s institutions, including the suchreliefstopeople accusedofserious of renewedefforts againstthe climate crisis. It SupremeCourt. It is alleged by Pratap crimes. Umar Khalid hasbeen portrayed alsooffersastrategicopportunityforIndia—an Bhanu Mehta(‘Their Lordships&Masters’, as ayoungstudentwhereas the fact is that historic Biden-Modi deal in 2021. IE, November 18)that the SC is slipping he is beingprobed forhis role in the Delhi The biggestdamagePresident Donald into“judicial barbarism”. Manylikemefail riots.The chargesagainsthim arealso very Trumpdid to the fight againstclimatechange to agree withthis selective andunfaircrit- serious, as he allegedlytriedtoincitevio- wastoremove trustbetween major icism.The authorconvenientlyomitsim- lence during the Delhiriots,whichcost economies. The Paris Agreement painstak- portant factsand facets of lawtopaint a morethan 50 lives. inglycreated the conditions forbuilding trust gloomypicture of the judiciary,whichre- The thirdcharge he makesagainstthe incrementallyafter morethantwo decades mainsthe mostvenerated institution of judiciaryisscurrilous.Hestatesinthe con- of fractiousclimatenegotiations. By with- the country. text of “love jihad”, that “the judiciaryabets drawing, Trumpthreatenedtofatally The firstcharge made is that “the court legitimising this newest assault on liberty”. weaken those foundations. He also elevated has refusedtodotimelyhearings of cases Mehtaconvenientlyomitted thefact that denialofclimatescience intohigh art. And that go to the heartofthe institutional in- the Supreme CourtinShafin Jahan v. his actions gave other major polluters an ex- tegrity of ademocracy”. The author cites Ashokan KM(Hadiyacase) observed that cuse to slowdowntheir efforts. the example of the electoral bonds case. Hadiya, being a24-year-old adult, had the ABiden administrationpromisesto Whydoes he notcitecases directlyrelating powertomakeher owndecisions, and the changethis. At home, it intends to spend to personal liberty likethe Prashant courtcould notcompel her to go to herfa- morethan $2 trillion on energy and infra- Bhushan case and the case of journalist ther or husband againsther will.Was the structure to achieve net-zero emissions by Vinod Dua? Arethose notreflective of the honourable Supreme Courtnot protecting 2050. This includes the aim to have zero- fact that the SupremeCourthas always the personalliberty of an individualirre- CRSasikumar emissionpower generation by 2035, stronger cometothe rescue of citizens?Not onlydid spective of her caste,religion or creed, or regulationofpolluters,and focus on climate the hugetargetof4,50,000megawattsofre- amassive $300billion push on climate-re- these individuals getanearly and effective wasthat judicial barbarism? risksfor companies and theirsupply chains. newable energy capacity. lated R&D. Twocritical areas in whichthey hearing but also relief from the court. Both The fourth charge that the author Abroad, Biden plans to bring the US back Since Biden does notintend to pursue a could collaborateare green hydrogen and had criticisedthe government. Whydoes makes againstthe incumbent Chief Justice intothe Paris Agreement and wishes to host second term, his climatelegacy would be carbon dioxide removal. AGlobal Green the authornot makeamention of historic of India is that he has been selectiveinhis aworld summit to ask other countries to contingent on him pushingactions now, HydrogenAlliance,spearheadedbyIndia and verdictsbythe SC suchaswhen nine judges approachand cites the example of Arnab ramp up their climatepledges.Hewillcer- rather than later.This is whereIndia can be- the US, would galvanise global attention to- held that the right to privacy is afundamen- Goswami and an accusedjournalist tainlyput pressureonIndia to announce its come astrong ally. If India and the US worked wardsabreakthrough technology-trans- talright or when it held thatthe CJI is apub- chargedunder serious provisions of the mid-centuryplans. Moreominously, with together,theycould put China in aspot, ask- forming industrial production processes. lic authority under the RTIAct? UAPA Act. Whydoesn’t the author men- the EU already promising to introduce acar- ing it to give details about itsroad to 2060 or Equally, theroad to net-zeroemissions The second criticism made by theau- tion that in Goswami’s case,whichprima bon border adjustment mechanism by 2021, calling out itsfunding of thermal poweras- would be near impossiblewithout remov- thor has been regarding the action takenby facie appearstobeacaseofmalafide pros- the US could also bring in border tariffs sets in the Belt and Road Initiative countries. ing carbon dioxide from the atmosphereto the investigating agency in the Elgar ecution,Goswami approachedthe trial (something on whichthe Democratsand Theycould also simultaneouslyratify the some degree. This is atechnological frontier Parishadcase, wherein severalarrests were court first, then the high courtand onlyaf- TrumpRepublicans might converge), poten- Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol, in whichIndia would do well to engageand made aftercareful consideration of the terhis petition wasdismissedbythe HC, tiallytriggeringaslewofclimate-related injecting newenergy intothe global phase- design collaborative research programmes available evidence.Inthe article, the did he approachthe Supreme Courtlike trade disputes. Against such compulsions, down of highlypotent hydrofluorocarbons. and governance protocols. Supreme Courthas been blamedfor deny- anyother citizen? Indiacould changethe game and shiftfocus India has hugedemand forinstitutional Another area of critical importance is the ing bail to SudhaBharadwaj,who has been In the case of the accusedjournalist, on climate action rather than politicalrhet- investment (domestic and foreign) forits potential to collaborateonrising climate hailedasa“patriot”. The SC, while hearing the chargesare very serious in natureand oric.Itshould reachout to theBiden admin- low-carbon growth.Atthe height of the pan- risks. Both countries have been hit by un- Bharadwaj’s bail plea, had rightlyobserved his matter is pending before theAllahabad istrationearly on and propose abilateraldeal, demic, it sanctioned12,000 MW of renew- Both countries have been hit precedented extreme weather eventsin that her bail plea waspending in the high High Court. The Supreme Courtrightlyre- drawing out four contours —changing nar- ables capacity (15,000 MW since January), by unprecedented extreme 2020, from cyclones to forest fires, causing court.The courtthen said, “either youwith- markedthat the accusedshould pursue ratives, facilitating investment, developing even as thermalpowerassets were lyingidle. weather events in 2020, from billions of dollars in damage. India and the draw it or we will dismiss it” and suggested his remedy before the high court. Any technology and increasingresilience. Despitesuchsignals, it gets investmentsof US could begin to rebuild multilateralism that aregular bail plea could be filed. The lawyer will testify that this is the regular The narrative around climateambition is about $10-11billion forrenewables annu- cyclones to forest fires, centred around chronic risks. This would plea wasthen withdrawn. practice as per procedure followedinthe increasinglycrowdedwith terms suchas ally, whenitneeds upwardsof$30 billion. causing billions of dollarsin mean deeper cooperation via the India- Anand Teltumbde has been eulogised Supreme Court. net-zero, carbon-neutral and climateposi- When combinedwith investments in EVs, damage. India and the US sponsored Coalition forDisaster Resilient as athinker and the charge that he wasnot The foregoing factsmakeitamply clear tive.Recent announcements by China industrialenergy efficiency,appliance effi- Infrastructure, developing financial solutions granted ahearing or relief is also miscon- that it is notthe judiciarywhichisslipping (2060), the EU (2050) and Japan (2050) for ciency (including sustainablecooling), and could begin to rebuild to upgrade older infrastructure(power, ceived. In 2018,Teltumbde wasgranted in- into“judicial barbarism”, but it is agroup net-zeroemissions aretoo farintothe future, newapplications of smart distributed en- multilateralism centred roads/bridges, telecom), and designing new terim protection from arrest by the Bombay of disgruntledindividuals thatsuffers from highlyunlikelytohaveany seriousaccount- ergy,the demand forcapital is muchhigher. around chronic risks. This climaterisk insurance schemes. High Court. SubsequentlyinMarch,the SC selective outragesyndrome. In thiscase,the ability and reduce growth opportunities for Yet, clean-techcapital mostlycirculatesin would mean deeper Rather than feel cornered andreact un- observed,“since the protection has been criticism of the judiciarystems notfrom developing countries. Lesser the action in the richcountries. As,respectively,among the der pressure, India mustseize the moment. enjoyedbythe petitioners approximately factsorevidence but from ideological incli- pastornear futuremeans tighter the carbon largest demandersand suppliers of capital, cooperation via the On the US side, thereismainlyalot of inten- forone-and-a-half years, three weeks’ time nation and utter dislikeofparticular polit- budget in the futurefor them. India and the US should cooperate to bridge India-sponsored Coalition tion and expectation right now. On theIndian from todayisgranted to them to surren- ical leaders. Achanged narrative mustdiscount dis- the supply-demand gap, lowerrisk percep- forDisaster Resilient side, thereisalready alot of climateaction. der”. Thus, it is evident that Teltumbde and tant promises and laypremium on proxi- tions, de-risk investments andpromote Infrastructure,developing These interests canconverge. India’s public Gautam Navlakha got relief from the The writer is asenior advocateand mateaction. ForIndia, this would be achance state-levelinvestment relationships, which communicationonclimatechangeneeds Supreme Court. national spokesperson of theBJP to showcase itsclimate actions morerobustly could democratise and decentraliselow-car- financial solutions to sharper focus and raiseddecibels. Itsdiplo- to the world: Hundredsofmillions getting bon pathways. upgrade older infrastructure matic outreachneeds deftalliance-building, access to electricity and clean cooking en- The twocountries should leverage their (power, roads/bridges, starting with aclimatehandshakebetween ergy,massive reductions in costs of LEDlight R&D priorities. India’sScience, Technology telecom), and designing Biden and Modi. bulbs, the firstcountryinthe worldwith a andInnovation Policy 2020 (onlythe fifth LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR cooling actionplan, aims to have 30 per cent sinceIndependence) nowhas an explicit fo- new climate risk The writer is CEO, Council on Energy, electric vehicle sales by 2030 and, of course, cus on low-carbon technologies. Biden wants insurance schemes. Environmentand Water THE THINKER THIS REFERS TO PRaman’s ‘When IDEAS Oppositionasked (November 15)’, for whichthe writer ought to be congratu- ONLINE lated.Nehru wasafollowerofHarold Laski and thereisaparticular passagein ONLYINTHE EXPRESS Astar goes out of style their conversation that Iwould liketo sharewith readers. Nehru: “I have acon- ● MAKINGOFA fession to make. In the last15years, my BIOTECHHUB: The rise and spectacular fall of designer Manish Arora ideashave becometheexactoppositeof RENUSWARUP all youpreached”. Laski: “Itaught youno ideas. What Itaught youwas to think for ● THEFRIENDLYROBOTAND Leher Kala yourself.If your ownexperiences...have THEFUTUREOFWORK: causedyou ... to conclusions different NDAYASINDHU IT WASWITH some astonishment that Iread this country. In an interviewinthose early across the sky.But that’s the thing with me- asmall bubble of elites in Delhi and from my own,Iamhappy. ForIhavesuc- the piece ‘For aLeading Light of Indian days,when asked whether therewas amar- teorites, one minutethey’relighting up the Mumbai.Tohis credit, Aroramade it to ceeded. Ihavetaughtyou howtothink”. www.indianexpress.com Fashion, All That Glitters Is NotGold’ in The ket forhis unapologeticallyflashyclothes, he universe, the next they’recrashing down to Paris, he justdidn’thavethe wherewithal The significance of this passagewas NewYork Times that details the rise and fall of repliedunfazed, “If nobody buysthem, I’ll earth, burnt out, washedupand over. to survive there. Laski’s perception of Nehru as athinker. Paris-based Indianfashion designer, Manish wear them myself.” Aroradrove abubble- History is replete with examples of foot- What’s amplyclear is that behind allthe Nehru’s colleague,Sardar Patel, wasa Arora. In the midstofapandemic and right gum pinkAmbassador and whenhefound ball legends turnedpenniless and pop stars glitz and glamour,India’s fashion industry doer, and itis afact of modern Indian his- afteracontentious election, the mightyNYT outthat the Ambywas going out of produc- running through afortune because of bad is largely amom-and-popenterprise, oper- torythat the establishment and survival justplaying to thegalleryand the con- deems him worthy of a2,000 plus word ar- tion, he bought asecondone as spare, saying decisions and megalomania. Fame is afunny ating in ahaphazardand unstructuredman- of our democracyin thecriticalyears af- stantappearances of the Delhi Chief ticle (evenasitholds him up as ashining ex- he couldn’t imagine himself in anyothercar. beast. Thereissomuchpressuretobethe ner.Itisamatter of national shame that terIndependenceowesasmuchtothe MinisteronTVjustaim to further his ample of spectacular failure). No Indian I’m notsurethis provides asense of star the worldthinksyou arethatyou lose crores of talented people employedinun- thinkerasto thedoer.Itwould beagood visibility.Itshall be better to paymed- newspaper would have givenhim so much Arora’s unique sensibility but he did what no trackofwhat’s important. organisedsectors (notrestricted to fashion) thing if those presentlyinmanagement ical stafftheir salaries thantoindulgein space. However, the professional obituaryit othertextiledesigner has managed to do: Arora’sclothes aredramatic showstop- lead desperatelyprecarious lives, entirelyat of our great countrynever forget this! self-promotionexercises. wroterequired amorenuancedframing, in Take ancient Indian embroideries, jazz them pers but they’renot sexy.Onlythose blessed the mercy of whimsical bosses; who, de- Fali S. Nariman, NewDelhi DeepakSinghal, Noida the largercontextofinternational fashion. up, and find them acentrestage in the global withslim good looksand apenchant forthe pending on their mood and their ownex- Forthe uninitiated, before leavinghis marketplace. Twoofhis creations were extraordinarywill gravitatetowards them. penses, mayormay notclear dues. This ap- STOPSERMONISING SHOWRESTRAINT business in tatters and accumulating atrail showcasedatthe WorldofWearable Artex- Whenyou’rerunning abusiness, youcan’t pears to be adeep-rootedcultural malaise. of debt,Arora had been atrailblazer forIndian travaganza held in New Zealand. One of afford to be so stratosphericallycool that It is common practice forevent companies THIS REFERSTOthe editorial, ‘Fighting THIS REFERS TO the editorial, ‘Shadow fashion, his vividly theatrical outfitsblending those caught the eyeofKaty Perry, who wore onlyLadyGagagetsit(She is afan). Arora’s to employone persondedicatedtochasing smarter’ (IE, November 20). The Delhi in Bengal’ (IE, November 20). Therehas the best of Indian tradition with an aura of ec- hiscarousel dress,shaped likeacircus merry- biggestblunder wasnot hiring abespecta- payments. Justweeks ago, aprominent TV government’s approachofrunning with been an alarmingamount of violence static rebellion. The firsttime Imet him was go-round, to the MTVawardsin2008. It was cledIIT/IIM grad, the kind who’d sit behind anchor wasinjail because an interior de- the hareand hunting with the hound across thestate foralmostayear now in 2001,when he ranuptomesquealing, mad and it is unforgettable. Iremember aglass cubicle and sip green tea, to decide signer he owedmoneytodiedbysuicide cit- has boomeranged.Experts had warned and with assemblyelections approach- since Iwas wearing awhiteshirtwith ared meeting his Japanese buyers from Tokyo, his business plan. He neededapartner ing financial difficulties. Will the wealthy thatfestivals and Delhi’s pollution shall ing, it is boundtogrow. The responsibil- leather-embossedrose, his interpretation of dressedhead to toebyhim,proud to be iden- who’d complement his creativity,not a and privileged ever stop asserting them- increasethe spread of virus, but the ad- ityofensuringpeace lies with both the Nehruvian style. Arorahimself waswearing tifiedasManish groupies. Arora’sfashion combustiblealter ego. It mustbesaidthat selvesoverthe downtrodden? No.Weare ministration failedmiserablytotake ruling and opposition parties. blackjeans and ablackT-Shirt that said shows were reminiscent of the Aurora noneofthe other Indian designersrefer- likethis only. proactive measures. The government is Bal Govind, via email “LadiesTailor”,awry ode to the anonymous Borealis, aspectacle of dazzling neon on the encedbythe NYTand benchmarkedagainst tailors operatinginevery crowdedgully of ramp,exactlythe waythose stars dance Aroraare relevant anywhere, exceptamong The writer is director,HutkayFilms WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,SATURDAY,NOVEMBER21,2020 10 GOVT &POLITICS Soniaforms3panelstosteerpartyposition, DELHI CONFIDENTIAL packsthemwitholdhands—and‘dissenters’

union ministerJairam Ramesh MANOJCG will be theconvener of the NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER20 SONIA,RAHULFLYDOWNTOGOA group. NewDelhi: Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul flew Sharma, Tharoor,former ex- CONGRESS PRESIDENT Sonia down to Goa on Fridayonapersonal visit. While the party officially ternal affairs ministerSalman GandhionFridayset up three wastight-lippedabout their travel plans and duration of their Khurshidand young Lok Sabha committees comprising top stay in Goa, sources said Sonia will be in the statefor afew days MP from Odisha Saptagiri Ulaka party leaders to help her formu- since her doctors have advisedher to beaway from the heavy pol- have been made members of the latethe party’s position on eco- (Fromleft) Ghulam Nabi Azad, ShashiTharoor,Anand lution in Delhi in viewofher chronic chestinfection. Soniawill panel on foreign affairs. nomic issues, foreign affairs and Sharma and Veerappa Moily, allpartofthe ‘group of 23’, be in Goa tillthe airquality in Delhiimproves, leaders said. ENS Khurshid will be theconvener of national security.Barring one or were accomodated in the panels. the panel. Sharmaisthe head of two, the panels arepackedwith the party’s foreign affairs depart- the old guard, including former the letter to Gandhi arenot en- ise to give inputstothe Congress ment. GRAND SLAM TIME Prime MinisterManmohan position of the panels signals By including four senior lead- thusedbythe move.“Iamnot presidentonany development Azad, Moily, former Lok Singh, Leader of the Opposition Gandhi’s continued reliance on ers, whohad raisedserious ques- enthusedbut amused... the is- and involving the former Prime Sabha MP Vincent Pala and Lok IN WHATwill be afirstfor aGovernor of West Bengal, in RajyaSabha Ghulam Nabi veteranand experiencedleaders tions on the functioning of the sues thatwehad raisedremain Ministerinthis exercise is belit- Sabha MP and former chief min- Jagdeep Dhankhar on Fridaytookpart in apaneldiscussion Azad and manyformer Union when it comes to deliberating on party in the letter,Gandhi has unaddressedand the party is in tling the office he held.” isterofPuducherry V on anews channel, and vehementlycriticisedthe stategov- ministers. serious policy matters. once again signaledthat she astate of drift,” one of the senior Former Prime MinisterSingh Vaithilingam have been named ernment over ahostofissues. Appearing on adebate on Among the members are The settingupofthe panels, doesnot hold anyill-will against leaders who has been included has been includedinall three members of the panel on na- NDTV, Dhankhar slammedthe MamataBanerjee-led TMC Azad, former union ministers significantly, came days aftertop them. It is also seen as an at- in the panels told The Indian panels. Besides him, the mem- tional security. government on lawand order issues, accusedgovernment Anand Sharma, MVeerappa party leaders spokeindifferent tempttoensurethat the rum- Express. bers of the committeeoneco- The notable omissions from officials of acting in the interestofthe ruling party,spoke on Moilyand Shashi Tharoor,who voices on India staying outofthe blings in the party,whichresur- When contacted,another nomic affairs areformerfinance the panels areformer Defence atrocities on leaders and workers of Opposition parties, es- were signatories to the unprece- RegionalComprehensive facedafter the Congress’s poor leader said, “Instead of address- ministerPChidambaram, for- MinisterAKAntonyand veteran peciallythose belonging to the BJP.Noprevious Governor dented letter agroup of 23 lead- Economic Partnership (RCEP) performance in the Bihar elec- ing organisational matters, we mer leaderofthe Congress in Lok Congress leader Ahmed Patel. of the statehas takenpartinsuchapanel discussion before ers had written to Gandhi in agreement. Even on the issue of tions and the assemblybye-elec- areasked to look at policy is- Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge,for- Both aremembers of thecom- while holding the constitutional post. Other panelists in the Augustseeking sweeping restorationof Article370,theview tions,donot gathermomentum. sues... the party already has the mer Madhya Pradesh chief min- mittee setupbythe Congress programme includedLok Sabha MP and West Bengal BJP changes in the party.The com- in the party had been divided. But the leaders who wrote forumsand the in-house expert- isterDigvijaya Singh. Former president to assist her. president Dilip Ghosh, stateWomen andChildWelfare Ministerand TMC leader ShashiPanja andBJP leader ChandraKumarBose, among others. FARM LAW PROTESTS IN PUNJAB Kamra tweets on CJI: It’s amatter POLL-BOUND PARTY of security, AG grants consent FORTHE firsttime, the Congress has decidedtoissue digital identity cards to the 1,500-odd AICC delegates. The revamped we won’t be for contempt action central election authority of the party is working overtime to finalise the revisedlistofAICC delegates, whichforms the electoral collegetoelect the party president and half of the dictated, says EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Congress Working Committee. The move by the authority to NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER20 issue digitisedidentity cards comes at atime when manyin Railways Stand-up the party believe Rahul Gandhi wouldreturn as Congress pres- ATTORNEY GENERAL KK comedian ident. But if thereisacontestfor the postofparty president, Venugopal has granted his con- Kunal Kamra and if thereisadecision to hold elections forthe CWC, then the AVISHEKGDASTIDAR sentto initiatecontempt proceed- digital ID cards will ensureaglitch-free process. But manyin NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER20 ings againststand-up comedian the party believe convening an AICC session to elect anew Kunal Kamra in connectionwith Kamrahad postedthe tweets the president could be difficult giventhe coronavirus protocols. THE INDIAN Railways insisted atweet he postedonChief Justice dayavacation benchofthe court Since SoniaGandhi hasexpresseddesiretonot continueas on Fridaythat services through of India SABobde on November granted interim bail to Republic interim president, the party has to soon elect aregular presi- Punjab would resume onlyafter 18. TV editor-in-chief Arnab dent forthe rest of her term. the stategovernment provides Theconsentcameonarequest Goswami in an allegedabetment an assurance of security to all made by Allahabad-based to suicide case. trains. AdvocateAnuj Singh. The consent followedmulti- IGNORANCE IS BLISS? At the protestoutsideShambhu railway stationinPatiala on Thursday night. GurmeetSingh The unprecedented stoppage Granting consent under pleletters of requests to the AG, of all train services in Punjab Section 15 of the Contempt of including those from Shrirang NOT EVERYONE seems convincedthat the coronavirus is still completedits 56th dayonFriday. Courts Act, Venugopal wrotethe Katneshwarkar,alaw student raging in the national capital—or,for that matter,inthe coun- Atotal 2,352 passenger trains tweetwas“grosslyvulgarandob- from Aurangabad; Rizwan try. During ameeting of aministrythis week,adiscussion was With tents and langar, farmers have been cancelledordiverted noxious”. Siddiquee,anadvocate;andPune- going on about whyacertain job wasnot done yet. When of- since farmersbegan aprotestin “...and Ihavenodoubt that it basedlawyers AmeyAbhay ficials said thatthe work wasgetting affected by the pandemic, September againstthe Centre's would tend to lowerthe author- Sirsikar and Abhishek Sharad the Cabinetminister concernedsurprisedeveryonewhenhe newfarm laws. ity of the Supreme CourtofIndia Raskar. remarked: “What Covid?Covid is over.” The officials present take over station parking area “Lawand order is thesubject as well as undermine the confi- “Ihave gonethrougheach one were particularly surprisedbecause the ministryconcerned of the stategovernment. It is up dencethatthelitigantpublichave of the tweets which youhavean- is dealing with severalofficers currentlyaffected by the in- Question of pride, theysay as logjam with Railways drags on to them howtheywant to deal in the instituteofthe Supreme nexedfor consent to proceedby fection. with the protesters. We have Courtitself,” he wrote. wayofcriminalcontempt against Facedwith an unprece- took astepforward. said to the stategovernment On November 12,Venugopal Sh. Kunal Kamra. The tweets RAAKHIJAGGA dented situation, the state gov- “Kisan di moochh da sawaal time and again that thetracks had granted his consent foriniti- whichIam extracting beloware SHAMBHU(PATIALA), ernment urgedthe unions to hai (It’s aquestion of afarmer’s should be handedovertousto ation of criminal contempt of notonlyinbad tastebut clearly Onion, potato prices rise; NOVEMBER20 clear the platforms as well. “On pride). Our leaders have already safelyrun all kinds of trains. That courtproceedings against cross the line between humour November 5wemoved to the saidthat if they run goodstrains, is the stand,” Arun Kumar, Kamrafor histweetsonthe and contempt of the court,” IT IS 4am, the air is chilly, the parking lot, nowwedon’t ever we will allowpassengertrains Director General of Railway Supreme Courtthe daybefore. Venugopal had then said. House panel to take up issue town of Shambhuisfastasleep, enter the platform, notevento the very next day, if notonthe Protection Force(RPF), who is in but the moonlit parking lotatthe drink water. But the Railways same day,”Ranjit said. touchwithhis counterparts in KERALA GOLDSMUGGLING CASE of Consumer Affairs, Food and railway station is rifewith activ- still accuse us of obstructing The farmers have put up tents Punjab Police, told The Indian EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Public Distribution (Department ity. Protesting farmers aregetting trains,” said Nathu Lal, former in the parking space, and spread Express. NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER20 of Consumer Affairs) on the sub- ready forachangeof'shift'. sarpanchofGharma village. out bedding on the ground. Forthe Railways,aslong as ED to seek info on how ject ‘Price Rise of Essential Farmers from 10 unions have As asolitarylocomotive Punjabi languagenewspapers are protesters were sitting in the AMID SOARINGpricesoffood Commodities –Causes &Effects’, been camping in and around roared past the station that usu- everywhere. Amotleygroup of vicinity of the tracks or on sta- audio clip recorded in jail items suchastomato,onion and sources said. Shambhu railway station for allysees the movement of 200- Railway and Punjab Police per- tion premises, therewas no potato,aParliamentary standing The meeting comes at atime over 50 days now. HazuraSingh odd goods and passenger trains sonnel keep awatchonthem. guarantee theywould notmove CM PinarayiVijayan andanac- committee is going to deliberate when retail prices of essential (57), blockpresident of BKU everyday,aRailway employee, At the station, twopersonnel to thetracksasatrain ap- DEEPTIMANTIWARY cusedinthe case —for financial on the “causes and effects” of food items suchastomato, onion (Rajewal) and chief organiserof requesting anonymity,said the from the Railway ProtectionForce proaches. “Manytrains that NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER20 negotiations meant forthe Chief price rise of essential commodi- and potato arehovering around the morcha, recounted theyhad engineering wing is “deep and three from the Government carry ourstaff formaintenance Minister. ties. Rs 50 per kg across the country. startedout by descending on the screening” the tracks.The criti- Railway Police areonduty.GRP and other duties looklikepas- THE ENFORCEMENT She is also heardpurportedly According to sources, the According to dataavailablewith tracks on October1. cal Delhi-Ludhiana-Jammu line ASI Jarnail Singh said: “This senger trains. We needtohave Directorate(ED) is writing to saying that “they” did notallow Standing CommitteeonFood, the Department of Consumer Protesting againstthe three passes through Shambhu. dharna has been peacefulsince the confidence that protesters prison authorities in Kerala to her to read her statement, but Consumer Affairs &Public Affairs, the modal retail prices of central farm laws,farmers across Outside, overabreakfastof the beginning but we have to re- will notharm them thinking seek details of howanaudio clip scrolledthrough it and asked her Distributionisscheduledtodis- potato,onion and tomatowere Punjab blockedrailtracksfor al- aloo parantha and tea, afarmer main alert.” RPF Head Constable theyare passenger trains,” in whichakey accusedinthe to sign it. cuss theissue on November 27. Rs 50 per kg,Rs60per kg and Rs most 21 days.“Therewas alot of asked,“If these locomotivescan Suresh Kumar said: “Theyhave Kumar said. gold smuggling case is purport- ED sources on Fridaysaid it The committee has called 50 per kg,respectively,atna- anger and the crowdwould run round the clock, whycan’t notdamagedanyproperty of the On November 6, Chairman edly heardsuggesting that she wasaploybythe accusedtogive representativesofthe Ministry tional levelonFriday. swell to over 5,000 during the the goods trains?” railway station.” Railway Board VKYadavhad is underpressuretoimplicate political colour to thecase and dayhere,” Hazurasaid. The Railways have refusedto At lunch time, some Railway said that running onlygoods Chief Minister PinarayiVijayan wriggle out of trouble. “First, the On October 21,however, 30 run justgoods trains, as has been staffsit down forthe langar trains as per the wishes of the wasrecorded. clip nowherementionedthe farmers’ unions decidedtoclear proposed by the protesters –and along with the70-odd farmers protesters wasnot possible. In the shortvoice clip, EnforcementDirectorate. Two, Rabi crop sowing on the tracks forgoods trains, and have takenthe position thatboth and children from the Railways “Nowhereinthe countrycan Swapna, who is in judicialcus- howwas this clip recordedin movedtothe platforms. Goods goodsandpassengertrainswould quarters nearby. On Friday, it was anystate governmentoranyother tody,ispurportedly heardsay- jail? We arewriting to the chief trains ranfor three days before runsimultaneously. FarmerRanjit rumali roti with soya nuggets agency dictatetermstoRailways. ing she would be made an ap- of prisons in Kerala to give us de- track, increase in the Railways stoppedthem on Singh said it wouldbedifficult for and potatoes. On Diwali there It is ournetwork and we decide prover if she confessedthat she tails of circumstances in which October 24,saying theyfeared them to backdown, but they wasabig spread of sweets,the whether to run goodstrains or went to UAEwithMSivasankar this clip wasrecorded,” asenior coverage this yr: govt forthe safetyoftheir staff. would reciprocateifthe Railways children said. passengertrains,”Yadavhadsaid. —former principalsecretaryto ED official said.

spondingperiod of the lastyear, EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE datashows.However, theincrease BSY asked to wait, Cabinetexpansion stuck in party-govt gap NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER20 is sharpestincase of pulses. The area under rabi pulses This is amarkedchangefrom claimedthatthe BJP will affect a CROPSOWINGintheongoingrabi suchasgram, lentil, field pea, EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE howYediyurappa has been uni- changeinleadership in season is on track, with 265.43 kulthi,urdbean,moongbeanand BENGALURU,NOVEMBER20 Karnataka NED BSY’spromise laterallymanaging the affairs of Karnataka afterthe Bihar polls. lakh hectare(ha) area sown till lathyrus has been reported82.59 Chief torebels the government ever since he BJP MLABasavarajYatnalhad November 20, according to latest lakhhatilldate,whichis27.91 per AN EXPANSION of the Karnataka MinisterBS E wasreplacedasthe state party also said Yediyurappa willnot ● datareleasedbythe Union cent higher than 64.57lakh ha CabinetproposedbyChief Yediyurappa EXPLAI chief in 2019 by Kateel, who was continue to be thechief minister MinistryofAgricultureand during the corresponding period MinisterBSYediyurappa hangs ONE OF the things Chief MinisterBSYediyurappa is keen handpickedbythe central lead- forlong. Farmers’ WelfareonFriday. lastyear. in the balance with the party to complete while he is in powerisaccommodation in the ership, although Yediyurappa Ano-confidence motion was “As on 20.11.2020, totalrabi According to theministry, the leadership yettoapprove it de- isterial aspirants, who were ear- Cabinetofrebels from the Congress and JDS who helped waskeen on keeping agrip on movedagainstYediyurappa by crops has been sown on 265.43 higherareaunderpulseshasbeen spitehim dashing to Delhi on lier at his doorstep, have begun the BJP come to powerin2019. While severalBJP veterans both the government and party. the Congress in September fol- lakh ha area against241.66lakh reportedfromMadhyaPradesh, November 18 to meetBJP na- approaching BJP statepresident likeUmesh Katti, Murugesh Nirani and Arvind Limbavalli The delayinthe BJP over the lowing allegations of corruption haareaduringthecorresponding Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, tional president JPNadda to ob- Nalin Kumar Kateel forhis inter- have been pushing forthe sevencabinetvacancies, Cabinetexpansion has ledtothe and nepotism around his family period of lastyear,thus increase Gujarat, Rajasthan, Karnataka, tain clearances. vention in accommodating Yediyurappa is keen on keeping his 2019 promise to opposition Congress targeting members. in area coverage by 23.77lakh ha Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Assam, According to sources, the BJP them in the Cabinet. rebels—suchasMunirathna Naidu, who recentlywon the the ruling party.“BJP wastarget- Themotion wasdefeated but comparedto last yearinthecoun- Telangana, West Bengal, Odisha centralleadershiphas directed Soon afterthe BJP wontwo RR Nagarbypoll, veteranHVishwanath, the wealthyMTB ing the Opposition with jibes like therehavebeen persistent ru- try,”the ministrysaid in astate- and Uttarakhand. Yediyurappa to hold consulta- bypoll seatsinKarnataka on Nagarajand MLCRShankar—of making them ministers. high-commandculture, family mours of the BJP notbeing keen ment.“Thereisnoimpact of However, AndhraPradesh, tions with the newBJP in-charge November 10,giving him apo- politics, etc. It is nowdoing the on continuing withhim as the Covid-19onprogress of area cov- Bihar,Haryana, Tamil Nadu and forthe stateArun Singh to fi- litical boostamid speculation same and also ignoringadmin- chief ministerfollowing the al- erageunderrabicropsasondate.” Nagalandhavereportedless area nalise the proposed Cabinetex- that the central leadership was expandingthe Cabinet,” meeting. istration,” said former chief min- legations. Rabi–orwinterseason–crops under rabi pulses duringthe cur- pansion. Yediyurappa has, how- looking forachangeofguard, the Yediyurappa had said. Eight days On hisreturn, party leaders isterand Congress leader BJP sources, however, said an aresownaroundmid-November, rent season. About 97.27lakh ha ever,suggestedadecision will be chief ministerhad announced later,hetravelledtoDelhi and suggestedthat Yediyurappa had Siddaramaiah on Friday. immediatechange in leadership and harvesting beginsinApril- area has been reportedunder takeninafew days time. his decision to seek aCabinetex- metNadda. been asked to wait forawhile “Administration in Karnataka is is unlikelyonaccount of the May. Theoverallareasownunder wheatasof November20,against Since Yediyurappa's return pansion. “I will go to Delhi or talk “Weheld discussions on and involve theparty in the deci- suffering due to confusion party notfinding asuitable re- total rabi crops till Fridayis9.84 96.77lakhhaareaduringthecor- from Delhiwithout obtaining to our national president and Cabinetexpansion and develop- sion-making process forthe within the Karnataka BJP.” placement forthe veteran per cent higher than the corre- responding period lastyear. the clearance some of the min- Amit Shah over the phone about ment matters,” he said afterthe Cabinetexpansion. Earlier this month, he had Lingayat leader. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,SATURDAY,NOVEMBER21,2020 11 THE WORLD

TOPOFTHE UK PM Johnson backs WORLD Trump,hisalliesstepupeffortsto Home Secy Priti Patel overturnBiden’selectionvictory over bullyingreport Independent adviser who reportedthat Hand tallyofGeorgia ballotsreaffirms president-elect’s wininthe state Patelbroke theMinisterial Code resigns

secretaryofstate. Ajudge whorefusedtoblock JolovanWhamwithhis COLLEENLONG,ZEKE Trumpappears intent on certification of Detroit-area re- MICHAELHOLDEN smileyface sign. Reuters MILLER,JILLCOLVIN& pushing the issue. He has in- sultsnoted that Jacob’s claims in- LONDON,NOVEMBER20 DAVIDEGGERT vited Michigan’s Republican cludedno“date,location,fre- WASHINGTON,NOVEMBER20 legislative leaderstothe White quency or names of employees”, BRITISH PRIMEMinisterBoris SINGAPORE House, according to twooffi- and that she onlycame forward JohnsononFridaybackedone of Activistfaces US PRESIDENT Donald Trump cials familiar with the matter. afterunofficial resultsindicated Joe Biden his senior ministers afteraninde- and his allies aretaking increas- It’snot clear what the purpose Biden had wonMichigan. pendent inquiryconcludedshe British Home Secretary fineoversmiley ingly frantic steps to subvert the of the meeting is. In Pennsylvania, wherethe hadbrokenrulesfollowingallega- Priti Patel Biden turns 78, facesignprotest resultsofthe 2020 election, in- The Michigan Legislature Trumpcampaign is challenging tions of bullying of her staff,

cluding summoning statelegis- would be calledontoselectelec- the election resultsinfederal promptingthereport’sauthorquit. ED SINGAPORE IS setto lators to the WhiteHouse as part tors if Trumpsucceededincon- court, alegal team ledbyGiuliani set to be oldest Home SecretaryPriti Patel, Whatisthe charge an activistwith of alongshotbid to overturn Joe Trump’s personal attorney vincing the state’s boardofcan- suggestedinafilingWednesday one of themostsenior figures in Ministerial

US President PLAIN staging aone-man Biden’s victory. Rudy Giuliani at apress vassers nottocertify Biden’s that the judgeorder the the government,had notmet the E ● Code? protestwithout apermit Among other last-ditchtac- conference in Washington 154,000-vote victoryinthe state. Republican-ledstate legislature Washington: US president-elect standards setunder Britain’s EX over an incidentinwhich tics: personallycallinglocal on Thursday. Reuters Trump’s personal attorney to pickdelegates to theElectoral JoeBiden turned78onFriday. In Ministerial Code whichstates he held up asign bearing election officials who aretrying Rudy Giulianiand othersheld a College, potentiallythrowing the twomonths, he’lltakethe reins ministers should treat officials BRITAIN’S MINISTERIAL Code acrudelydrawn smiley to rescind their certification pressconferenceto allegeawide- state’s 20 electoral votes to of apoliticallyfractured nation with respect, independent ad- is aset of rules and standards face outsideapolice sta- votes in Michigan, suggesting in Michigan’s Wayne County spread Democratic election con- Trump. Ajudgecancelledanev- facing the worstpublic health viser AlexAllan concluded. that government ministers tion. Police told Jolovan alegal challenge that blockedthe certification of votes spiracy involving multiple states identiaryhearing in the case. crisis in acentury, high unem- However, agovernment areexpected to adhereto. It Wham, 40, on Thursday Pennsylvania setaside the pop- there. Theylater relented andthe andsuspectvotingmachines.But Meanwhile,inGeorgia, an ploymentand areckoning on statement said Johnson noted includes treating colleagues that he would be formally ular votethereand pressuring resultswerecertified.But aper- electionofficials across the coun- audit of the resultsofthe presi- racial injustice. that concerns had notbeen with “consideration and re- chargedincourt Monday. county officials in Arizona to de- son familiar with the matter said tryhavesaidrepeatedly therewas dential race, including are-count As he wrestles with thoseis- raisedatthe time and that Patel spect”, and Boris Johnson has The city-state tightlycon- laycertifying votetallies. Trumpreachedout to the can- no widespread fraud. of ballots by hand, confirmed sues, Biden will be attempting to wasunaware of the impact of written in the forewordto trols publicassembly, the Election lawexpertssee it as vassers, Monica Palmerand Giulianicited afew swornaf- that Biden had wonthe state’s 16 accomplish another feat: her actions. She apologisedfor the latestedition of the Code media and free speech. the last, dying gasps of the Trump William Hartmann, on Tuesday fidavitsthathesaidshowedavast Electoral Collegevotes. demonstratetoAmericans that anyupsetshe mayhavecaused. that theremustbeno“bully- The charge relates to a campaign and sayBiden is cer- eveningafter the revisedvoteto Democraticconspiracy, butadded Georgia SecretaryofState ageisbut anumber and he’s up “The Prime Ministerhas full ing or harassment”. Ministers March incidentinwhich tain to walk intothe Oval Office express gratitude fortheir sup- that he could notreveal muchof Brad Raffensperger, aRepublican, to thejob. confidence in the home secre- usuallyresign if foundto Whamdemonstratedhis come January. But thereisgreat port.Then,onWednesday,Palmer the evidence. One he cited was announcedthe result of the re- Biden will be sworn in as the tary and considersthismatter have been in breachofthe support forayoung cli- concern that Trump’s effort is do- and Hartmann signedaffidavits from Jessy Jacob, identifiedasa count, saying: “The numbers re- oldestPresidentinthe nation’s nowclosed,” the government Code, but it is notmandatory mateactivist,who said he ing real damagetopublic faith in saying theybelieved the county cityemployeeinDetroitwhosaid flect the verdictofthe people,not history,displacing Ronald statement said. and the Prime Ministerhas had been questionedover the integrity of US elections. vote“shouldnot be certified”. she sawother workers coaching adecision by thesecretaryof Reagan, who leftthe White However, Allan immediately the final sayinthe matter. asimilar protestdaysear- Earlier this week,two Theycannotrescind their votersto cast ballots forBidenand state’s office or courts,orofeither House in 1989 when he was77 quit, with opponentssaying lier.Wham had posteda Republicans canvassers in votes, according to the Michigan the Democrats. campaigns.” AP years and 349daysold. AP Johnson wasgiving the green pictureofhimself holding lighttobullying. Patelhad been accusedofde- the sign on his social me- The issue comes at adifficult meaning treatment of her staff, dia accounts. REUTERS time forJohnson, whoistrying prompting Johnsontolaunchan to resethis government afterhis inquiryinMarch. topadviser Dominic Cummings The government statement leftDowning Street lastweek saidAllanhadfoundPatelhadbe- PAKISTAN and the PM grapples with divi- come “justifiablyinmanyin- Ancienttemple sions in his ruling Conservative stances”frustratedby herdepart- discoveredin Partyoverhis Covid-19policies. ment’slackofsupport.REUTERS SwatDistrict Lord Meghnad Desai AHINDUtemple,believed to have been constructed 1,300yearsago,has been resigns from Labour Party discoveredbyPakistani Pfizer worldheadquarters in NewYork. Pfizer had and Italian archaeological announced on Wednesdaythat moreresultsinits ongoing experts at amountain in coronavirusvaccinestudy suggestedthe shots were 95% ADITIKHANNA northwestPakistan’sSwat effective amonth afterthe firstdose. AP LONDON,NOVEMBER20 Lord District.Thediscoverywas Meghnad made during an excava- INDIAN-ORIGINECONOMIST, au- Desai tion at Barikot Ghundai. thorandpeerLordMeghnadDesai Announcingthediscovery, Pfizer applying for has resignedasamember of the Fazle Khaliq of the Khyber UK’soppositionLabourPartyover and slightly ashamedthat the Pakhtunkhwa Depart- itsfailuretoeffectively tackleanti- party has been injected withthis ment of Archaeologysaid emergency use of its semitism within itsranks. sortofracism. Jewish MPs were thatthetemplediscovered IOTA WREAKS HAVOC The 80-year-old said he was abusedopenly,andfemalemem- is of LordVishnu. It was forced to take the decision to bers were trolled. It is out and out built 1,300years agodur- Covidvaccine in US Vehicles submergedataplotflooded by the Chamelecon Riverdue to heavy rain causedby cancel his membership of the racism,” he said. ing the HinduShahi pe- Storm Iota,inLaLima,Honduras, on Thursday. Authorities in Central America recovered Labour PartyonThursdayafter The Labour Partyhas been riod, he said. PTI morebodies on Thursdayfromlandslides triggeredbyhurricane Iota,which battered the former party leader Jeremy plaguedbyallegations of anti- LAURANNEERGAARD The US Food and Drug impoverishedregionthis week,the second deadlystorm to roar through thismonth. The Corbyn wasreadmitted follow- semitism over the years. Sir Keir THAILAND NOVEMBER20 Administration can death toll rose to 40 across Central America, withthe number expected to rise. Honduran ing just19days of suspension Starmer,who took over as party President JuanOrlandoHernandez issuedanurgent plea forinternational help. Reuters despitefindings of “unlawful leader this year,had suspended Policetocharge PFIZERSAID Fridayitisasking US grant emergency use acts”bythe country’shuman Corbyn lastmonth afterhe schoolstudents regulators to allowemergency authorisation before rights watchdog. seemedtodownplaythe find- use of itsCovid-19vaccine, start- final testing is complete “Itwasaverypeculiardecision ings of the Equality and Human overprotest ing the clockonaprocess that 37 killed in Ugandaprotests after to allowhim backwithout any RightsCommission. TWOTHAI high school couldbring limited firstshots as apology.Hehas been refusedthe The watchdoghad found that student leaders willbe earlyasnextmonth and eventu- been moreurgent,” Pfizer CEO party whip in the House of Labour had broken the lawinits chargedfor joining a allyanend to thepandemic —but AlbertBourlasaid in astatement. presidential candidate Wine’s arrest Commons forafew months, but failuretohandle anti-semitism bannedprotestlastmonth, notuntil afteralong, hardwinter. With the coronavirus surging that is averylame response to a complaintsand therewere“seri- police saidonFriday,aday The action comes days after around the US and the world, the very big crisis,” LordDesai said. “I ous failings” by itsleadership at afterembattledPrime Pfizer and itsGerman partner pressureisonfor regulatorsto Thepop star-turned-politicianwas releasedonbail Friday have been very uncomfortable the time. PTI MinisterPrayuth Chan- BioNTechannouncedthat itsvac- makeaspeedy decision. ocha threatenedtougher cine appears 95% effective at pre- “Help is on the way,”Dr mass rallies in violationofrestric- venting mild to severe Covid-19 AnthonyFauci, the topUSinfec- ELIASBIRYABAREMA action againstprotesters. tions on gatheringsimposedto China’s Defence Minister Thestudentssaidtheyhad disease in alarge,ongoing study. tious disease expertsaid on the KAMPALA,NOVEMBER20 curbthespreadof thecoronavirus. been summonedfor vio- The companies said that pro- eveofPfizer’s announcement, “It is Museveni who is sup- latinganemergency de- tection plus agood safetyrecord adding that it’s tooearly to aban- UGANDAN POP star and presi- posedtobeinthis dockfor set to visit Nepal soon creeby joiningaproteston meansthe vaccine should qual- don masksand other protective dential candidateBobi Wine, killing innocentcitizens,” Wine Oct.15,whentensof thou- ify foremergency use authorisa- measures. “Weneedtoactually whose arrest this week triggered said afterhewas chargedinatel- year.The visit also coincides sands of people defieda tion,something the Food and double down on the public protests that ledtoatleast37 evisedcourt appearance, refer- YUBARAJGHIMIRE with aseries of high-levelvisits ban by Prayuth aimedat Drug Administration can grant health measures as we’rewait- deaths, wasreleasedonbail on Bobi Wine inside a ring to incumbent leader KATHMANDU,NOVEMBER20 from India —recently by R&AW halting protests demand- before the final testing is fully ing forthat help to come.” Fridayafter being chargedwith courtroom in Iganga, President Yoweri Museveni. Chief Samant Goel, and Army ing his removaland re- complete.Inaddition to Friday’s Friday’sfiling would setoff a holdingrallies likelytospread Uganda, Friday. Reuters Police on Fridaysaid the CHINA’S MINISTER of National Chief General MMNaravane. forms of the monarchy. FDAsubmission, theyhaveal- chain of eventsasthe FDAand its the coronavirus. death toll sparkedbythe DefenceWeiFenghe,whoisalsoa Also, Indian Foreign Secretary “Thereisnot enoughspace ready started“rolling” applica- independentadvisers debate if Authorities have deployed protests had jumpedto37. member of the Central Military Harsh Vardhan Shringla is ex- in prisonbecause hun- tions in Europe and the UK and the shots areready.Ifso, still an- the militaryacross the capital and arrested hundreds. Uganda is due to hold presi- CommissionheadedbyPresident pected to visit Nepal next week. dredsmorewill rise up,”a intendtosubmit similar infor- othergovernmentgroupwillhave Kampala and surrounding areas Wine, whose real nameis dential elections on Jan 14,with Xi Jinping, will visit Nepal soon. No datehas been officiallyset studentssaid. REUTERS mation soon. to decide howthe initial limited to help police forces disperse Robert Kyagulanyi, wasarrested Wineemergingasaseriousthreat Weiwillbethe highest forthe Chinese Defence “Our work to deliverasafe supplies arerationedout to anx- protesters. Theyhaveusedlive while campaigning on to veteranMuseveni, 76,who ChinesedignitarytogotoNepal Minister’s visit, but it is likelyto and effective vaccine has never iouslyawaiting Americans. AP bullets,teargas, watercannon Wednesdayfor allegedly holding aimsto extendhisrule.REUTERS afterXi’s visit in October last take placeonNovember29.

THE AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL TELLS THE STORY OF THE LONELY GAY SON OF AN ALCOHOLIC MOTHER IN 1980S SCOTLAND DouglasStuart wins Booker Prize for his debutnovel ‘Shuggie Bain’

Now, his debut has wonthe neverfeel the same.” and daughter who apollutedcity quel to her 1985 dystopian clas- mony—spokeabout some of his ALEXANDRAALTER Booker Prize, one of the most ForStuart, working on Shuggie forthe lastswath of wilderness; sic, The Handmaid’s Tale,and favouriteBooker-winningnovels, NOVEMBER20 prestigiousliteraryawardsin Bain gave him away to process and Avni Doshi for Burnt Sugar, Bernardine Evaristo,for her andthe solace he takesinreading the world, cementing Stuart’s the trauma of his childhood and about an artistinPune, India, novel Girl,Woman, Other.She be- fiction.The DuchessofCornwall WHEN DOUGLAS Stuartbegan reputation as ablazingnew lit- to paytributetohis mother,who whose mother abandonedher to came the firstBlackwoman to described howpeople can forgea writing afictional account of his erarytalent. The award, which diedwhen he was16. joinanashram. win the BookerPrize. sense of connection by reading childhood, growing up in wasannouncedThursday, will Shuggie Bain unfolds in 1980s The twoestablishedauthors This year,the judges were duringthe pandemic. Previous Glasgow with an alcoholic likelydrawalarge newaudience Glasgow andcentres on aboy on the shortlistwereMaaza able to come to aunanimous winners,includingKazuoIshiguro, mother,hewasn’t sureitwould to the novel, whichcame out nicknamedShuggie,whoisstrug- Mengiste,for hernovel The consensus. Theyincluded Atwood and Evaristo,alsospoke. ever be published. earlier this year. gling with beinggay and his ShadowKing,set during Italy’s thriller writer Lee Child, poet During anews conference, “Iwouldn’tallowmyself to be- In avideo news conference, mother’saddiction.Shuggieispre- invasion of Ethiopia in the 1930s, LemnSissay, classicistand trans- Booker representativessaid lieve Iwaswritingabook,because Margaret Busby,thisyear’s chair cociousandsensitive,makinghim and Tsitsi Dangarembgafor This lator EmilyWilson, and British ShuggieBain hadprevailedbe- it wastoo intimidating,” he said of judges, said the votewas atargetfor school bullies. He de- Mournable Body,whichcentres author and critic Sameer Rahim. cause of the strength of the nar- during an interviewlastmonth. unanimous and quick, and she votes himself to caring forhis Douglas Stuart’s novelhas drawncomparisons to DH on amiddle-aged woman strug- Thisyear’sceremony, heldon- rative andthe prose. Early responses from editors notedthat she believedthe book mother,Agnes, sometimes skip- Lawrence, JamesJoyce and Frank McCourt. NYT gling with lifeinHarare. line because of the pandemic, in- “Itappears to be averyclassi- were equallydiscouraging: More is destinedtobecome aclassic. pingschoolto makesureshedoes- Lastyear,the Booker judges cludedastar-studdedlineup of cal novelonafirstreading,”said than30publishersrejected the “It’s challenging, it’s intimate, n’t harm herself and checking on made the surprising decision to guestspeakers. Former President GabyWood, the literarydirector book.Hefinallysold it to Grove it’s gripping, it’s daring,” she said her when she passes out drunk. The otherswereBrandonTaylor whitecampus culture; Diane flout their ownrules and award BarackObama —whose memoir of the Booker Prize Foundation. Atlantic,and the novel, Shuggie of the novel. “Tosomeextent, I Stuart wasone of four debut for Real Life,whichfollowsaBlack Cook forher dystopian novel The the prize jointlytoMargaret came out this week,prompting “But actually when yourereadit, Bain,drew rapturous reviews. think anybody who reads it will novelists on this year’sshortlist. gaygraduate student navigating NewWilderness,about amother Atwood, for TheTestaments,ase- the Booker to reschedule itscere- youfind it’s quitedaring.” NYT WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 12 CALENDAR THEINDIANEXPRESS,SATURDAY,NOVEMBER21,2020

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Internationalmarket data till 1900IST INTERNALWORKINGGROUPSUGGESTSRAISINGPROMOTERSTAKEINPRIVATEBANKS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY, HEALTH ANDWORKINGCONDITIONSCODE Cap on weeklyworking time RBIcommitteeforconversionoflarge retained, spread-over time NBFCsintobanks,entryofcorporates hiked to 12 hours in draft rules lowance forinter-state migrant ratesand industrial houses may maybelistedwithinsix years neutral status, all bankslicensed ENSECONOMICBUREAU In the OSH Code, passed workers stating that the al- ENSECONOMICBUREAU beallowedaspromotersof banks CORPORATEENTRY from the dateofreaching net before 2013 should move to the NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER20 lowance would be providedonly in Parliament in MUMBAI,NOVEMBER20 onlyafternecessaryamendments AFTERAMENDMENTS worthequivalentto prevalenten- NOFHCstructurewithinfive years if theworkerhasworkedforape- to the Banking Regulation Act, trycapitalrequirementprescribed from announcementoftax-neu- THEGOVERNMENThasproposed September,the daily riod of notless than 180days in IN Aseries of proposals, an 1949”and strengthening of the foruniversal banksor10years trality, it has proposed. to increasethemaximumlimitfor theconcernedestablishmentdur- ■ TheInternal working hour limit had InternalWorking Group (IWG) of supervisory mechanism forlarge fromthedateofcommencement According to the committee, potentialworking hours or ingthepreceding12 months.This Working Group of the theReserveBankof India(RBI)has conglomerates,includingconsol- of operations,whicheverisearlier, till the NOFHC structureismade spread-overtimeto 12 hoursfrom been setateight hours is expected to lead to exclusion of RBI,headed by PK recommendedtheguardedentry idatedsupervision. This is to pre- it has proposed. feasibleand operational, the con- 10.5hoursearlierinthedraftrules alarge number of migrant work- Mohanty, has said of corporates intothe banking vent connected lending and ex- The minimuminitial capital cernswithregard to banksunder- forOccupational Safety, Health ers as theydonot work with “largecorporates and space, conversion of big NBFCs posuresbetween the banksand requirement forlicensing new takingdifferentactivitiesthrough and Working Conditions (OSH) the Rules couldhavesome ad- longer tenure work contracts. industrial housesmay intobanksandhikeinpromoters’ other financial and non-financial banksshould be enhancedfrom subsidiaries,jointventuresandas- Code. The weeklycap of working verseconsequencesforthework- “...itwillbehardtoimplement be allowedas staketo26per cent from 15 per group entities, it added. Rs 500crore to Rs 1,000 crorefor sociates needtobeaddressed hours,though, has been retained ers.Bymaking 12 hours as a and will even affect employment promoters of banks cent. The group also proposeda The RBI has been againstal- universal banksand from Rs 200 throughsuitable regulations. at 48 hours in the rules. spread-overtime,employerswill chances by another employer onlyafter necessary hikeinminimum capital fornew lowingcorporatehousesto setup croretoRs300 crorefor small fi- BankscurrentlyunderNOFHC “Noworkershall be required beincentivisedtokeepthework- shouldtheworkerleave theprevi- amendmentstothe banksfromRs500 croretoRs or run commercial banks. nancebanks. The initialvoting structureshould be allowedto orallowedtoworkinanestablish- ersonworksitefor the entirepe- ousemployerinthemiddleof the Banking Regulation 1,000crore. “Well-run large non-banking capitalshould be raisedfromRs exit from suchastructureifthey ment formorethan forty-eight riod.Butonedoesnotknowwhat eligible period forjourneyal- Act, 1949” “Thecap on promoters’ stake finance companies (NBFCs),with 150crore to Rs 300crore in five do nothaveother group entities hours in anyweek.The period of theworkerswillbeexpectedtodo lowanceormaybeforcedtowork in the long run —15years—may an assetsize of Rs 50,000 crore years, it said. in their fold. work of aworkershall be so for90minutesof extratime?If the forthe original employertobe beraisedfromthecurrentlevelof andabove,includingthosewhich Non-operative financialhold- The ReserveBankmay take arranged that inclusiveofhis in- employers keep the workers for able to avail the allowance,” 15 percent to 26 per cent of the areowned by acorporate house, On non-promotersharehold- ing company(NOFHC) should steps to ensureharmonisation tervals forrest, shall notspread thefull12 hoursandif we include Sundar said. paid-upvoting equity sharecapi- maybeconsideredforconversion ing,thepanelhassuggestedauni- continuetobethepreferredstruc- anduniformityindifferentlicens- over formorethan twelve hours travel time whichinmetros The draftrules, whichhave talofthe bank,”the group pro- intobankssubject to completion form cap of 15 per cent of the turefor allnew licenses to be is- ingguidelines,to theextentpossi- inaday,”thedraftrulessaid.Inthe would easilybeanother 60 min- been placedinpublicdomain for posed.This stipulation should be of 10 years of operations and paid-up votingequitysharecapi- suedfor universal banks. ble,itsaid.Whenevernew licens- OSH Code, whichwas passed in utes,thenthework-lifebalanceof 45 days,also propose asingle na- uniformforalltypesof promoters meetingduediligencecriteriaand talofthe bank maybeprescribed However, itshouldbemandatory ing guidelines areissued,ifnew ParliamentinSeptember,thedaily the workerswillbeadversely af- tionwide licence forcontractors and would mean that promoters, compliance with additional con- forall types of shareholders. onlyincaseswheretheindividual rules aremorerelaxed,benefit workinghour limithad been set fected.Also,itwill incentivise the and settingupofsafetycommit- who have already dilutedtheir ditions specifiedinthis regard,” it Forpaymentsbanksintend- promoters, promoting entities shouldbegiventoexistingbanks, at eight hours. employers to go fortwo shifts in tees forestablishments employ- holdingsto below26percentwill said. The IWGwas constituted by ing to convert to asmall finance andconvertingentitieshave other and if newrules aretougher, Experts said the extension in place of three shifts.Then,em- ing over 500for normal ones and be permitted to raise it to 26 per theRBIonJune12 to examineand bank (SFB),track recordofthree group entities, the IWGsaid. legacybanksshouldalsoconform thespread-overtimewillhave ad- ployment numbers might also over250 forthose engaging in centofthe paid-up votingequity reviewthe extant licensing and years of experienceaspayments While bankslicensedbefore to newtighter regulations, but a verseconsequencesonthework- probablydecline,” XLRI Professor hazardousprocesses, ameasure sharecapitalof thebank,itadded. regulatoryguidelines relating to bank maybeconsidered as suffi- 2013 maymovetoanNOFHC non-disruptive transition path ers. “The increase in spread-over KR ShyamSundar said. whichexperts saidcould exclude Thecommittee,headedbyPK ownershipandcontrol,corporate cient, the working group said. structureattheir discretion, once maybeprovidedtoaffected time from 10 ½hours as in the Thedraft rules have also pre- alarge number of workers in Mohanty,has said “large corpo- structure andotherrelatedissues. SFBs and paymentsbanks theNOFHCstructureattainsatax- banks, the panelsaid. Factories Act, 1948 to 12 hours in scribedconditions forjourney al- smaller establishments.

Sebi moves Supreme Court,seeksmore ‘Tax abusebyMNCs, individual CCI nod than `62K crore from two Sahara firms evasions causing $10.3 bn loss per year’ to Future, hearitsapplicationforappointing passedbythe apexcourtin2012. India is losing over $10.3 billion in taxes eachyear due to global taxabuse by MNCs and Reliance EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE areceiverto overseetheentirebu- TheSC,inAugust2012,hador- Large cos: Sebi for evasion by individuals, aState of TaxJustice report, published by TaxJusticeNetwork,with MUMBAI,NOVEMBER20 sinessof theSaharaGroupasithas dered theLucknow-basedcon- easier IPO norms global union federation Public Services International and Global Alliance forTax Justice, said failedtogarnermoneythatwasto glomeratetodepositwiththereg- Retail deal THE SECURITIES and Exchange be deposited withSebi in 2012. ulator over Rs 25,781.32 crore Mumbai: Sebi has proposed BoardofIndia (Sebi) hasmoved The marketregulator’s peti- collected from nearly threecrore equity dilutionrequirement HOWTAXMONEYIS 34million:Numberofnurses Whyitisimportant:Thesocial theSupremeCourtaskingitto dir- tion in the apexcourtsaid SIRECL investors through issuanceof from10 percentto 5percent LOSTBYINDIA: whoseannualsalariescouldbepaid impactofthelosttaxinIndiais ENSECONOMICBUREAU ect twoSaharafirms —SaharaIn- and SHCIL have “not been com- bonds by SIRECLand SHCILinvi- forinitialpublicoffers (IPOs) ■ >$10billion:Taxabuseby withtheamountthatcountries equivalentto44.70%ofthe NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER20 dianRealEstate CorpLtd(SIRECL) plying”withtheorderspassedby olation of Sebi norms,along with of over Rs 10,000 croreas multinationalcorporations globallyloseintaxeseachyear healthbudgetand10.68%of and SaharaHousing Investment theSC“despitethelongropepro- aninterestof15percentfromthe post-issue capital. ■ $200million:Taxevasionby educationspending.Italso THE COMPETITIONregulator on Corp Ltd (SHICL) —that illegally videdtothem”and even as their date of subscription of the bonds. Meanwhile, aSebi panel privateindividuals equalspayingyearlysalariesof Fridayapproved theacquisition raisedmoneyfrominvestors to liability has increasedoverthe It also asked Sebitorepaythe in- recommendedthat listed over42.30lakhnurses of FutureGroup’sretail, whole- payRs62,602 croretothe regula- years, Royand other topofficials vestorsof Sahara oncethemoney companiesshould make billion:Amountin sale, warehousing logistics busi- tor, in compliance with the apex of thegroupare“enjoying”there- is depositedbythe group. available audio and video $427 taxeslostperyear Source: TaxJustice Network, ness by Reliance Retail Ventures courtorder of August31, 2012 or lease from custody that is being Subsequently, Roywassentto recordingsofpost-earning bycountriesduetocorporate Public Services International, Ltd (RRVL). cancel the parole of SubrataRoy, extendedbythecourt“fromtime jail on May4,2014, fornot com- conference calls on their taxabuseandprivateevasion Global Alliance forTax Justice/PTI The Rs 24,713-croreacquisi- chief workerof theSaharaGroup. to timewithoutevenanyattempt plying with the SC order.Hehas websites and bourses. ENS tion has facedstiffresistance Sebi has also asked the SC to at compliance with the orders” been outonparole since 2016. from Amazon, whichappealed to theSebi, BSE and NSE to not approvethe deal. “Commission approves ac- Hong Kong bans flights from Apr-Oct: EPFO settles claims worth `55.9K cr quisitionofretail,wholesale, lo- gistics &warehousing busi- teesonFridayshowed.Exempted count, whicheverisless. scribers who have been unem- nesses of FutureGroup by India for 5th time, now till Dec 3 AANCHALMAGAZINE establishmentshavesettled Theschemeallowingadvance ployedformorethan amonth can Reliance Retail Ventures Limited NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER20 3,89,178Covid-19advanceclaims, withdrawal wasnotifiedon withdraw up to 75 per centof and Reliance Retail and Fashion NewDelhi: The Hong Kong ad- statementsaid,“AirIndiahasbeen domestic destination.” disbursingRs3,782.83crore to its March 27 and the online facility their balance. Lifestyle Limited,” the ministration has banned flights barredfromoperatingbetween FlightsfromIndia to Hong THEEMPLOYEES’ProvidentFund members,the letter stated. launchedonMarch 29. The Covid-19pandemic and Competition Commission of from Indiafor the fifthtime after Delhi and Hong Kong from 20th Kong have been barredfor afort- Organisation (EPFO) has settled In the wake of the pandemic, The earlier withdrawal condi- subsequentlockdownsacrossthe India (CCI) said in atweet. passengerswhoflewtothecityon November till 3rdDecember,‘20. night on four prior occasions in 149.31lakhsettlementandadva- thegovernmenthadinMarch an- tions allowedsubscribers to take countryhad adverselyaffected Amazon has wonaninjunc- Air IndiatestedCovid-19positive Air India does nothaveany flight the lastthree months —every nce claims during April-October nouncedanonlinefacilitytoallow non-refundable advance or with- the enrolmentsunderthe EPFO tion,barringFuture Retail and its upon landing. The ban has been scheduledtoHong Kong during time afterpassengers carriedby amounting to Rs 55,900.88 crore. withdrawalnot exceedingtheba- draw moneybeforeretirement duringthe firstquarter, the letter promoters from executing its implementedfor twoweekstill this period. Air Indiahas always AirIndiatestedpositive forcoron- Of this,47.58lakhwere Covid- sic wagesand dearness allowan- forspecifiedpurposes, suchasa stated,addingthattheprovisional deal with Reliance Retail from an December 3. been adheringtoall themanda- avirusupon arrival. 19 advance claims worthRs ces forthree months or up to 75 medical emergency,marriage, figures of subscribers forJulyand emergency arbitrator of the Confirmingthedevelopment, tory safetyprotocols forits flights The firstsuchban wasim- 12,220.26 crore, alettersent by per cent of the amount standing higher education or purchase of August indicate agradual recov- SingaporeInternational an Air India spokesperson in a operating to anyinternational or posed from August18-31. ENS EPFOtoits Central BoardofTrus- to amember’screditintheEPFac- ahouse, etc. Moreover, sub- erytopre-Covid levels. Arbitration Centre(SIAC). BRIEFLY IBBI amends liquidation Rajasthan State Road Development And Construction Corporation Ltd., JAIPUR OneWebexits No. NIT/2020-21/14932-40 BÊ-d³fd½fQf Àfc¨f³ffÀfa£¹ff 273/20-21 Date: 19.11.2020 d³f¸³fd»fd£f°f If¹ffZÊ IZ d»fE IZ ³Qi/Sfª¹f ÀfSIfSIZAd·f¹ffadÂfI ed½f·ff¦fûÔ õfSf ´faªfeI È°f E½fa A³fb·f½fe Àfa½fZQI ûÔ ÀfZ d³f²ffÊdS°f ´fi´fÂf ¸fZÔ BÊ-´fiû¢¹fcS¸fZ³M ´fidIi ¹ff WZ°fb Afg³f»ffB³f d³fd½fQf¹fZÔ Af¸fadÂf°f Ieªff°fe W`: bankruptcy norms: Who will benefit most IYf¹fÊ IYf d½f½fSX¯f A³fb¸ffd³f°f SXfdVf (÷Y.) 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Amongall,the changes to ex- October 2021the company India (IBBI)has IBBIhasalsosaid pediteliquidationnormsarelikely willlaunch360satellites. FE amendedthe regula- thatthedefinitionof to benefit real estate companies tions forliquidation “a notreadilyrealis- the most, legal experts said. One under the Insolvency ableasset” would of thefirstchangesto speedupthe DGGIonthree and Bankruptcy Code includeanyassetsof liquidationprocessisallowingthe arrestedCAs (IBC),by which iteffec- the corporate liquidatorto assignortransferany tively allowedthe liq- debtor,whichcould notreadily realisable asset. NewDelhi:GSTinvestigation uidator to assign or transfer a‘not either notbesoldthrough the arm DGGI will writetothe readily realisableasset’to anyper- availableoptions. Further,IBBIhas What arethe likelychallenges InstituteofCharteredAcco- soninconsultationwiththestake- saidfinancialcreditorscan,forthe forthe newamended untantsofIndia to take ac- holders’consultationcommittee. purpose of furnishing arecordof regulations? tionagainst3charteredacc- This move has sparkedoff ade- default, submit their ownbook Though the intent of IBBIin OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, ountantswhowere arrested bateamong stakeholders. whichestablishedlapse of pay- amendingtheregulationsisright, PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION, PURI, ODISHA in alleged GSTfakeinvoice ment of debt by thecorporate the newregulations will have to Phone: 06752-223447/ e-Mail: [email protected] cases, sources said. PTI What arethe newregulations? debtor.The insolvency regulator be tested by acourt of laworan C-221 INVITATIONS FOR BIDS (IFB) In the latest regulations, the has also amended theregulation appropriateforumasitsdefinition Government of Odisha “e” Procurement Notice IBBIhas said that to ensurequick to allowcertain creditors, who of ‘a notreadilyrealisable asset’ is Bid Identification No. EEPHPURI-45 of 2020-21 Dated. 19.11.2020 J&Jorderedto liquidation of companies that are don’twantto waitfortheliquida- contentious. unabletofind bidders under IBC, tion process to be over,toexit the Full report on 1Name of the Work :- Civil, Electrical, WTP and pay$120mn pipe line work. theliquidatorcan‘assignortrans- process by assigning or transfer- www.indianexpress.com NewYork: Johnson &Johns- 2. Estimated Cost :- Rs. 278.33 Lakhs on has been ordered by a 3. Period of Completion:-12(twelve) Months NewYorkstate judge to pay 4. Date and time of availability :- 26.11.2020 (11.00 A.M) to $120 million to awoman, Oil &gas cos, tech providers to invest of bid documentsinthe portal 10.12.2020 (5.00 P.M) who blamedher cancer on 5. Last Date/ Time for receipt :- 5.00 PM of 10.12.2020 of bids in the Portal asbestosexposurefromits `30,000 cr to set up 900 bio-gas plants babypowder. REUTERS 6. Date and time of :- 12.30 P.Mof11.12.2020 opening of bids NewDelhi: The central govern- setupinIndiabyFY24, with ap- “Rs 30,000 croreofinvest- 7. Name and address of :- Executive Engineer, Backendcode ment and oil and gasmarketing proximateinvestment of Rs 2 ment is envisagedinthese 900 the Officer Inviting Bid P.HDivision, Puri companies and technology lakh crore. plants.Atotal of 5000CBG plants Phone: 06752-223447 ofAarogyaSetu providerswill invest Rs 30,000 The move is partofthe with an approximateinvest- Fax: 06752-223447 croretoset up 900compressed Centre’s Sustainable Alternative ment of Rs 2lakh croreare en- E-mail: [email protected] NewDelhi: The government bio-gas(CBG) plants, under a TowardsAffordable Transpo- visaged.Biofuels have the poten- 8. The bidders have to participate in ONLINE bidding only. has releasedthe backend memorandum of understanding tation initiative,aimedatcutting tial to reduce our fuel importbill Sd- 19.11.20 codeofAarogya Setu in the (MoU) signedonFriday. dependenceonimports andpro- by Rs. 1lakh crore,” said petro- EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, (P.H, PURI) opendomain. PTI The Centrehas envisaged a viding cleanand affordable leum ministerDharmendra OIPR-13010/11/0005/2021 total of 5,000 CBGplantsbeing transportfuels. Pradhan. ENS THEINDIANEXPRESS,SATURDAY,NOVEMBER21,2020

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BRIEFLY Djokovicknocksout Suryamovesfromdarknesstolight Zverev,advancesto ATPFinalssemis Dejected at the India snub, amessage from Tendulkar quoting his guru Achrekar wastochange Yadav’s perspective towardsthe game London: NovakDjokovic reachedthe semifinals at the ATPFinals and elimi- nated Alexander Zverev on Fridayby DEVENDRAPANDEY MI understoodwhy beating the German 6-3, 7-6 (4), en- MUMBAI,NOVEMBER20 suring the topfour players in the world advancedatthe season-ending event “If youare honestand sinceretothe game, the forthe firsttime since 2004.The top- game will look afteryou,” flashedamessage family was important rankedDjokovic setupamatchagainst on Suryakumar Yadav’s phone, afew days af- Dominic Thiem on Saturday ashe goes terhewas ignored forthe tour to Australia. forarecord-tyingsixth title at the tour- The messagewas from Sachin Tendulkar.And From putting up atentfor trainingduring monsoon to nament, and afirstsince 2015.Rafael the well-wornpieceof advicefromhis coach, getting familyonboard, MumbaiIndians went theextramile Nadal will take on Daniil Medvedev in the latelegendaryRamakant Achrekar. the othersemifinal match. Djokovic Excitementstill ringing in his tone,here- pulledout some big serves in the im- countsthe rest of Tendulkar’smessage:“This SURYAKUMARYADAV portant momentsinanempty O2 might well be your final hurdle. Your dream NOVEMBER20 Arena to reachthe semifinals forthe of playing forIndia is aroundthe corner.Stay ninth time, notablyinthe tiebreaker focusedand surrender yourself to cricket.I AFTER THE lockdown, it took me 30-45 when he recoveredfroma2-0 deficit. know youare notone of those who will be days to getbackinmyzone. Theway “Contraryto the lastmatch against disheartenedand give it up.Keep goingon Mumbai Indians plannedour preparation, Daniil,” said Djokovic, referring to a and give us many morereasons to celebrate.” it wasunbelievable. It wasraining here in straight-setloss to Medvedev on Yadav, nursingthe wounds of yetanother Mumbaiwhenour camp resumed. There Wednesday,“Imanaged to find the omission, despitearichhaulofrunsindo- waswaterlogging in Mumbai, but despite right shots at the right time.” Djokovic mestic cricket andIPL, felt overwhelmed. The those conditionswemanaged practice at brokeZverevtotakea2-0 lead in the disappointment vanishedand optimism the Reliance ground. firstset when hisopponent double- kicked in. He could seebeyondthe immedi- We were batting under agiant tent faulted on thesecond break point. He aterejection. “He (Tendulkar)made me un- whichwas put up. So bowlers were run- thensavedtwo breakpointsat4-2 be- derstand in one single messagethat this is ningoff their full run-ups and bowling to fore clinching the setwith abackhand howitshould be.Ihave been fair to cricket, us on aturf wicket.Thereweredayswhen down the line as he closedinonthe net cricket will be fair to me someday. The man, it wasraining outside and we were bat- followingaserve outwide.Itreally was who for24years gave reason to the worldto ting in the tent made especiallyfor us. anyone’s game,” Djokovic said. “In the celebratebecauseofhis cricket,and has en- Iknowmanyplayers whom Iusedto tiebreaker,again Iserved well when I dured severalups and downs in his career, talk to going to theIPL without anyprac- neededtoclose out the match.” AP has sent me this lovely message. Idon't think tice. The best part of MI is that theyalways Mumbai Indians allowedfamilieswith Ineedtosay anything further,” he says,a want to stay one step ahead. We had three children forthis IPL. MI/Instagram streak of excitement still lingering in his tone. kinds of wickets forpractice. We had a EPLmanagerswant Thedays thatpreludedweretoughthough. With 480runs, thiswas Suryakumar Yadav’s mostprolificIPL season. BCCI blacksoil wicket, ared soil wicket, and one headingcurbedifit Beforethe selection day, friends and team- completely batting-friendlywicket.Bythe In normal times, we usedtoreturn matestoldhim,“deemagpematrakhna”. That time we reachedUAE, we were all pre- from agame and sit in our rooms. Maybe leadstodementia thingswill fall in place whenthe time comes. machine. Whereas in the past, abulk of his foritwith impactful knocks.“Everyyear,Idid pared mentally. go out. Familieswereallowedearlier too But he wasafter allhuman. “It'sahuman ten- runs came in front of the wicketorthrough well.Buttherewashardly anyimpact(knocks). forabrief period, but theyusedtoleave London: Players should stop heading dencythatthingswillkeeprunningintheback the midwicket, this term he expandedthe Aisa koi knocknahi thakesab uske barebaatein Comfortfood later on. Manyatime when we had bad the ball in training if research proves of my mind.Thoughtskeepontrespassing,re- rangesoeffectivelythat he wasaMr360 in kare(therewasn'taknockwhichpeoplespoke Theykepteveryonesafe, whichwas game,wedidn’tfind someone to talk to in it leads to dementia when theyare mindingmethat team selection is around the his ownterms. about).ThisyearIhadfewknocksthatwonthe important.Fromfood and entertainment the room. older,several Premier League man- corner,Ihave to do well,” he pointsout. Nothing moreillustrated hisfine-tuned game forthe team,” he says. to the guy who wasdriving us, everything This time we couldn’t go anywhereas agers have said since the topic came Then, as wickedfortune would have it, he batsmanship than the reverse-scoopedsix off Likethe unbeaten 79 off43balls against wasquarantined. At the same time,the we were partofthe bubble, so it gave us to the fore following the death of didn’t gettobat in thematch the daybefore tearaway Jofra Archer.The ball before arguably RoyalChallengers Bangalore, or the 51 in hotelstaff waslikeanextendedfamily. time to understand everyone. We dis- England’s NobbyStiles. Stiles and the selection. In the previous outing, he had the mostoutrageous stroke of thisIPL edition, Qualifier1againstDelhi Capitals.Herecol- MI had arranged achef foruswho cussed everything withotherfamilies, manyofhis 1966 WorldCup winning made aduck. To it, Ithought ke arre yehkya he wasbanged on his helmetbyArcher.The lectsthe Bangalorematch, wherein Mumbai could cook food likewehaveatour and these things reflected on the ground. team mates had been diagnosed with hogaya?Scorelaganahi.Onthedayoftheselec- twodeliveries dulycapturethe inner steel as were 72 for3at onestage,chasing 165: “I homes. Manyatime, players do getbored These small thingsmatter alot. dementia before their deaths while tion, Ipretendedtobecalm,” he recollects. muchasthe daring of Yadav. Abatsman who couldn't have askedfor abetterstage to show afterapoint eating the same food. So People go by what theysee on the ManchesterUnited great Bobby Beneath the sheet of pretence, lurkedanerv- mostlydrove and pulled, he has learnedto what Ihave. RCBisone of the best sides in the whatever dish one wanted to getcooked ground but what happens behind the Charlton, 83,also disclosedhis diag- ous mind. harness the pace of the bowlers too. tournament. Iwanted to finish the game.” likehome,the chef used to cook it that scenes matters. Icould feel the difference nosis recently. Stiles’ familyhopedit The next evening, his worstfearswere Another quick, Kagiso Rabada, toowould And finish he did. way. in our performance because we were all would be acatalystfor addressing de- confirmed.Hewas yetagain overlooked.He testify about Yadav’s skills. In their lastgroup Be it ghar ki dal or chicken. In the team happy. mentia while GeoffHurst, England’s brooded: “Howlongwill Icarrythis burden?” game, he steeredafourpastthe thirdman, be- Various roles room everyalternateday,weusedtohave At thesame time,mywifeensuredthat hat-trickherofromthe 1966 final, CoachMahela Jayawardene and Zaheer Khan fore flicking him backwardofsquareleg fora He straddledvarious roles too—some- a chaat corner.Ifanyone wanted to have Iswitchedoff from cricket. We never said heading the ball ofteninpractice asked whether he wasdisappointed.Yadav six aball later.Itwas all fast hands and faster times, he wasthe inningsstabiliser,around pani-puri, therewas aseparatecounter. talked cricketonce Iwas back. wasdangerous and kids should not had no answers. Adefeatedstarespokemore bat-swing. And justtoprove hisability against whom the rest flourished; at times, he was On Dussehra,wehad all kinds of sweets Onceweentered the team room, we be doing it at all. than words. “I didn't go to practicefor the spinners,helaunchedYuzvendra Chahalfor the finisher,and oftenhewas the middle-or- in the team room.Wealso had abarber neverdiscussedcricketthere. We never “If theyfind outthrough the re- next twodays.Iwas completely quiet,” he asix overlong-offwith nothing but an exten- derdestroyer.The stroke-play wasimmacu- from theUAE. If anyone had abirthday, we carriedittothe next game. search that headingthe ball 10 times adds. The team gave him abreak to fight and sion of his follow-through. No frills, no fuss. lateasitalways had been, nowhehas forged all celebrated together.These aresmall We were alwaysfresh. Forthe first duringtrainingisgoing to causeyou vanquish the demons all by himself. Some of his Mumbai (domestic side)team- it with inner steel and ice-cool temperament. things whichmattered alot. sevengames, we had sevendifferent play- dementia, then let’s stop it,” West At thattime, all the hardworkhehad put mates consider him the finestplayerofspin- Another significantimprovement in his ersgettingthe Manofthe Matchaward. BromwichAlbion bossSlavenBilic told in duringthe lockdown seemedwasted. In bowling in the domestic circuit. batting has been his strikerate(145),his IPL- Get-togethers Andinthose sevengames, it’s the other reporters. “For me, the great thing is thosefour months of uncertainty, he under- His wagonwheel betrayedno preferences best,and phenomenal forsomeone who usu- Manyteamsdidn’t allowfamilies but players’ families who enjoyedthe success. theyare talking about it and recognis- took an intense fitness regimen, shedding 14 —hescoredall around the wicket.Tosurvive allybatsinthe middle overs, wherethere’s MI even allowed kids to be there. MI un- Theyusedtopush other players. Such ing it.” Chelsea’s FrankLampardsaid kilograms and adding shredsoflean muscles. in the league, he neededtobeproficient all neither the field restrictions of the powerplay derstood whyfamily wasimportant. They wasthe environment. he is nowconsidering howhis players He gave up rice, chaat, friedstuff and reduced around thewicketsothatbowlers can’tsize nor the liberty of death overs.Thus ticking understood thatplayers needsomeone Afterevery game, we usedtoget to- train and favoured rules to curb head- his dinnertojustsoup and salad. The fitness him up easily. Or as he says:“Ididn'twant one boxafter the other,heisinching closer to who can give them the mental support gether and watchother IPL games, some- ing in youth football before imple- helpeddeal with the intensity of aT20 game. them to getintoazone wheretheycan block being ignoredno longer.Hecould wait, score oncetheyare backfromthe game. It was times movies, in the team room. When we mentingguidelines higherup the pyra- “Lasttwo seasons, Iusedtoget tired after me,”hesays.The retooledand renewedap- runs and keep knocking on the selectors’ door. abig group. were in theUAE, we usedtosometimes mid. “The rules needtobestronger to playing some 30 balls. Iwantedtoplayatleast proachhelpedhimachieve theforemostofhis “I knowthe doors would soon open forme,” Wheneverweusedtomeetinour miss home but nowthat we arebackhere makesurewe’re notmaking younger 40-50 balls before Igot tired,” he admits. pre-season goals, whichwas to scoreimpact- he says.And nowinthe darkest hours, he has team room, it used to be likeamela. We (in India), we aremissing UAE. Lifehas children head it if theydon’t needto,” Leaner and lighter, he wasadifferent bats- ful knocks,those in crisis and those that have Achrekar’s messagetospread lightonhis life arebackhome nowbut everyone is still suddenlybecomeslownow.Iamgetting Lampardsaid. REUTERS man. Yadavwas alwaysanelegant stroke- recallvalue.Theotherwastoscorearound550- and career. “If youare honestand sincereto in touchwith eachother.It’s abond which the same feeling Ihad in March-April. player, this edition he wasafearless stroke- 570runs. He managed 480, but he made up the game, the game will look afteryou.” Ididn’t find in the previoustwo years. (As told to Devendra Pandey)

AUSTRALIAN WIRES ISL SEASON OPENER Adelaide Oval likely to remain In arusty start, Krishna shows the way for ATK Mohun Bagan

venue forthe first Test match clearly the better team. SHASHANKNAIR Therewas but arareoccasionwhen the News and viewsaround India’stour Down Under NOVEMBER 20 Blasters triedtoliveuptotheir name and getrid of the ball. Instead, theyplayedout LOCKDOWN TO BE LIFTED AN EIGHT-MONTH layoff,the country’sfirst of theback, rarely kickedthe ball away un- WITH SOUTH Australia’s lockdown setto MATCHES SOLD OUT attempt to organiseamajor tournament in der pressurebut were eventuallyvictims beliftedon Saturday, the firstTest FIVE OF the six limited-overs abio-secureenvironment and alook at one of notbeing able to create anyreal possi- between India and Australia at Adelaide matches betweenIndia and of the oldestIndian clubs in anew avatar– bilities to score. Oval is expectedto beplayedas per Australia were soldout after the newseason of theIndian Super League Bagan on the other hand, touted to be schedule, from December 17,reported tickets went on sale Friday (ISL) on Fridaymarkedthe return of foot- thefavourites to defendthe title, mayhave Cricket Australia’s (CA) website. “Next morning.Onlyafew seatsare ball in acountrythat continues to grapple to look at that abysmal 59 per cent pass month’s day-night Test had lookedin available forthe firstODI, the with the conceptofnormalcy in aCovid- completion rate thattheyhad,thentakea some jeopardy following South seriesopener,inSydneyon strickenworld. look at PronayHalder and then take one Australia’s COVID cluster, withthe state’s November 27.“Thesecondand But it wasn’t asmooth start, as manyhad morelookatjusthow bad theywereat chief public health officer admitting this thirdDettolODIs at the SCG and expected.The wayclubshad to go through keepingthe ball lastnight. week therewas no guarantee theycould Manuka Oval respectively have their pre-season training, with manyof The quality that theyenjoyinastriker host,” CA’s websitementioned. It added: been exhausted, while the them playing their firstcompetitive match of the calibreofRoy Krishna savedthem “That promptedsome belief that either Manuka Oval T20 INTL and two sinceMarch,made surethe players would- from adrawbecause it seldom happens SydneyorMelbourne could step up if SCG T20s aresoldout,” stateda n’t be at their peak right out of the game. that ateam completesonly132 successful required,inwhat would likelystill bea Cricket Australia press release. Addtothis the complexities of living in a passes in agameand comes away with all pink-ball fixture. “But Friday’s news of It added: “Limitedticketstothe bubbleand playing in frontofempty stands. three points –and usuallyit'shardtocom- the easing of restrictions from midnight firstDettolODI on November 27 Yet, Bambolim’sGMC Stadium hosted prehend those teams vyingfor titles. Saturdaywill go along waytoallaying at the SCG remain, with the Season 7between Kerala Blasters and those concernsoverthe December 17 approximately1,900public seats ATKMohunBagan, withthe Mariners edg- Krishna’s momentofquality fixture.” South Australia had zeronew left.”BothSCG and Manuka Oval ing their opponents1-0 thankstoanoppor- All through the game, amistake being Covid cases on Thursday, and although at Canberrawillbeat50per cent tunistic second-half goal by RoyKrishna. capitaliseduponwas howitseemedagoal the staterecordedthree newcases on capacity forthe series. might come about –whichhappenedinthe Friday, as per the dataprovidedbythe Ring rust 67th minute. Kerala’s Jose Vicente Gomez Government of South Australia, the state Teams will take acoupleofgames to truly Prabir Das and RoyKrishna (right) celebratethe winning goal. ISL and Sergio Cidoncha attemptedtoclear the government has decidedtoliftthe during India’s triumphant tour two getintothe thickofmatters and that was ball from aweak attempt at across from lockdown early.Schools will reopen on years ago. And already Australian players apparent justthree minutes intothe new ManvirSingh. Monday. and media alikeare going to town on season.Aroutinecorner,directed intothe no tackle or interception in sight. The and the coachingstaff,mostofwhomwere Whether it wasalackofcommunication howtodismiss the India captain. Fast six-yardbox,saw no attempt at aclearance Kerala-nativeresponded with apoorly wearing masks –albeit incorrectly. or justpoor contact, the clearance from MISSION ‘TARGETKOHLI’ bowler PatCummins has calledKohli by Kerala defenders and the ball fell kindly judgedsliceatthe ball that once again Thereisplenty at stakeand alot of per- Cidoncha didn’t end up beingworth much This is an age-old tactic by the Aussies – the ‘big’ wicket. “I think everyside has to Krishna. But the Fijian,who netted 15 showedthe effectsofnofootball foreight sonal freedoms have been flung out the and the ball landedsquarelybetween both ahead of amarquee series, target the that one or twobatters and theyare the goals in his debutseason in 2019-20, fluffed months. windowinanattempt to createabio-se- players. Krishna, who at the moment, was- biggestthreat in the oppositionranks. big wickets.Mostteamshavetheir his attempt at atap-in and somehowthe curebubble. The ISL rules on social distanc- n’t enjoying the best of games,found him- ViratKohli will return home after captain –Joe Root forEngland, Kane scoreremainedgoalless. Living in theirown bubble ing and wearing amask even in the bubble self in the middle of both culpritswith playing the firstTest, but as long as he is Williamson forNew Zealand. Youfeel The game wasariotofpoor decisions, Bagan coachAntonioHabas has always is afail-safe for, if by someaccident, aplayer space. there, Australia will trytoget under his like if youget their wickets that goes a passes and missed opportunities. Indianin- been alivelyfigure. Hisscreamsand hisges- or staffmember contractsthe virus. The Fijian took aswipe withhis wrong skin. The firstTestcould setthe tone for long wayinwinning the game,” ternational Sahal AbduSamad had asimilar ticulationsdominatethe touchlinepro- foot on the half volleyand expertlyput it the entireseries, as it did to some extent Cummins told FoxCricket. ENS chance to score in the second half with the ceedings in mostmatches –asitdid on Bagan’s case forchampions pastKBFCgoalkeeper AlbinoGomes’ right ball landing nicelyathis feet in the boxand Friday. But behind him were the substitutes Kerala mayhavelostbut they were side forthe winning goal.

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