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SOMEBODYHAS TO SUBSIDISE:JAVADEKAR Manifesto‘PromiseNo.1’: BJPinjectsfreeCovid vaccineinBiharelections Economy in Under fire,BJP’s defence: If parties can Opp parties promise farm loan waiver,why notthis slam politics mind, Govt DIPANKARGHOSE over pandemic, BUSINESSASUSUAL eases curbs &LIZMATHEW EC unlikely PATNA,NEWDELHI,OCT22 BY UNNY on visas THE BJP promised “residentsof to object Bihar” free vaccination against Covid-19inits Bihar assembly DEEPTIMANTIWARY election manifesto released MANOJCG NEWDELHI,OCTOBER22 Thursday, drawing sharp reac- &RITIKACHOPRA tionsfromOppositionparties, NEWDELHI,OCTOBER22 TAKINGAsignificant step to ease mostofwhichsaid it was “ap- visa curbs put in place to contain palling”that avaccinetofight THE BJP’S promise to provide the Covid outbreak,the govern- the pandemic wasmade being a free Covid-19vaccine to the peo- ment on Thursdaysaid that all poll agenda. ple of Bihar,made in itselection foreigners, exceptthose in the DURGA PUJA,DISTANCED Defending itsannounce- manifesto Thursday, triggered a touristcategory, willbeallowed ment,the BJP said it’s apledgeon political rowwith the RJD, to enter the country. Visitors outside apuja pandal in KolkataonThursday. TheCalcutta High Courthas declaredall pandals ‘no-entryzones’ in apublic health issue. Releasing Congress and otherOpposition The decision to open up will viewofCovid-19. Partha Paul the party manifesto in Patna, parties slamming the party,ac- also coverall Persons of Indian UnionFinance MinisterNirmala cusing it of politicising the pan- Origin (PIO) and Overseas Sitharaman said: “Aftercrossing DECISION demicand playing on the fears Citizens of India (OCI), it said. all the stages, thereare at least of the people. Since March,onlycertain cate- MAHARASHTRA DECISION TO WITHDRAW ‘GENERALCONSENT’ Row in Nepal three vaccines that have reached 2020 Reacting sharplytothe BJP goriesof OCIcardholdersand for- the laststage,and areonthe cusp promise,the RJD said, “Corona eignerswere allowedtoenter the Took step to ensure CBI is not used of production. Afterthis,ifscien- BIHAR vaccine belongs to thecountry. country. after R&AW tific people saythis vaccine is It does notbelong to the BJP.The Asenior officialtold TheIndian fine, production can take place. EDUCATION: UNDER political use of the vaccine shows Express that thelatestmoveis for political purpose: Home Minister chief meets Our production capacity,be- MOST HEADS, A that theyhavenooption but to aimedatfullyopening the econ- cause of thegovernment’s inter- POOR REPORT CARD sell the fear of the disease and omy “eventually”sothatinterna- registeredinUP, and it is possi- Oli,party vention,isverylarge.” PAGE 13 death. The people of Bihar have tional trade and commerce can MOHAMEDTHAVER ble that due to political pressures “So when the clearance self-respect, theydonot sell their be resumed “on afull scale”. MUMBAI,OCTOBER22 the CBI could take up this case as seeks details comes from scientists, our vac- THE EDITORIAL PAGE children’sfuture forafew pen- “Thegovernment has been well,” Deshmukh told reporters. cine production willbeatsucha nies,” the RJD postedonits graduallyliberalising visasforfor- ADAY afterMaharashtrawith- The Home Ministerwas re- levelthat whatweare promis- THEWRONGDOSE Twitter handle. eigners and OCI cardholders drew “generalconsent” givento ferring to the ongoing investiga- ing, everyone in Bihar will geta PAGE 8 Itssenior leader and Rajya throughout the pandemic period. the CBI to probecases in the tion by Mumbai Police, which CONTINUEDONPAGE4 CONTINUEDONPAGE4 It is in keeping with the intent to state, Home MinisterAnil has alleged that threechannels, fully open the economyeventu- Deshmukh Thursdaydescribed including Republic TV,were ally.Ifweintend to resume inter- the agency as “professional” but Anil Deshmukh at apress prima facie involved in manipu- TN, MP ANNOUNCEFREE VACCINE FORALL national trade and commerce on said “thereisadoubt in the conference in Mumbai on lating TRPs. On Tuesday, theCBI afull scale, we will have to allow minds of many that it maybe Thursday. Ganesh Shirsekar took over acase registeredbyUP To buy or not to buy: Why this foreigners to come in even as we usedfor political purposes”. Police against “unknown” chan- KPSharma Oli; maintain all Covid protocol,” the Deshmukhreiteratedthat nels and persons over alleged Samant Kumar Goel official said. the statewithdrew consentto “We all knowthatinthe past fudgingofTRPs. “The decision on restoringthe ensurethat “the agency is not CBI has done enquiries without “Everybody knows that comes as asurprise to states visa regime to pre-pandemic usedfor political purposes in taking approval from the MumbaiPoliceand Maharashtra YUBARAJGHIMIRE time will be takenindue course, Maharashtra”, adding that the Maharashtragovernment...even Police areresponsible forending KATHMANDU,OCTOBER22 vaccine conversation to asubject —Covid depending on the situation,” the CBI had earlier been referred to now, thereisaTRP case that is gang wars and shootouts. Despite KAUNAINSHERIFFM between the Centre management —that official said. as a “caged parrot”bythe being investigated by Mumbai this, due to political reasons, cases NEPAL’S EMBATTLED Prime NEWDELHI,OCTOBER22 and the states was has so farbeen largely CONTINUEDONPAGE4 Supreme Court. Police...a similar case has been CONTINUEDONPAGE4 Minister, KPSharma Oli, came around identifying framedbycooperative under freshattackThursday,in- THE BJP announcementpromis- who should receive it rather than competi- cluding from three former Prime ing free Covid-19vaccination for on apriority basis. tive federalism.

EXPLAINED E● ELGAAR PARISHAD CASE Ministers andhis ownparty lead- all in Bihar as partofits election So the announce- States aretryingto Dr Reddy’s isolates ers,for meetingIndian R&AW manifesto has takenseveral ment of afreevaccine figureout what the chief Samant Kumar Goel with- states by surprise. as an election promise singling implications are. Manysee this Special court rejects out keeping them in the loop. Especially, since until nowthe outone stateadds apolitical twist CONTINUEDONPAGE4 data centreservices Callingit “improper”and“ob- Stan Swamy’s bail plea jectionable”, former Prime Ministers Pushpa Kamal Dahal after cyber attack thatSwamyhadundergoneasur- Prachanda, who is also executive EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE gery and hospitalisation before chairman of the ruling Nepal Anti-Tank Guided Missile MUMBAI,OCTOBER22 his arrest andhad also suffereda CommunistParty,Jhalanath Comes days aftercompany got fall in jail. Shaikh submitted that Khanal and MadhavKumar ASPECIAL courtonThursdayre- therewas no bar on release of an Nepal, former Deputy Prime ‘Nag’ successfully undergoes approvalfor Russian vaccinetrials jectedthe interim bail plea of 83- undertrial on humanitarian Ministers Bhim Bahadur Rawal year-old Jesuit priestand tribal groundsoraspertherecommen- and NarayanKajiShrestha held Information Officer of the com- rights activistStanSwamy,ar- dations of the high-powered separategroup meetings, and PRABHARAGHAVAN pany, said. rested this monthinthe Elgaar committee appointed on orders some took to socialmedia to crit- final user trial in Pokhran NEWDELHI,OCTOBER22 The attack, the exact nature Parishad case. Swamyhad filed of the Supreme Courttodecon- icise Oli. Theyasked him to pro- of which is notyet public,has re- the interim bail application on gest jails. vide details of the meeting with Missile to enter production phasenext thelastone-and-a-half months, DR REDDY’s Laboratorieson portedlyalso forced the firm to medical grounds citing his age Opposinghis bailplea,the NIA the R&AWchief that lastedmore which, according to officials, is go- Thursdaysaidithad “isolated” temporarilyshutdownopera- andprevailing health conditions. had submitted that he was"try- than twohours, almosttill mid- ing to be on forawhile. Among itsdatacentreservices aftera tionsatits majormanufacturing Swamywas arrested on ing to take an undue benefit" of night Wednesday. SUSHANTKULKARNI these trials were twoother cyber attack. TheHyderabad- facilitiesacross the world. October 8bythe National the ongoing pandemic. "The ac- Goel and team had flown PUNE,OCTOBER22 ATGMs —the Laser-Guided headquartereddrug maker re- Pharma experts saidthisisnec- Investigation Agency (NIA) from cusedStanSwamy under the garb to Kathmandu on aspecial flight. ATGM, whichwas successfully portedthe databreachdaysaf- essarytominimise the impact of Ranchi, Jharkhand, and brought of the current situationonac- Theyweresaid to have also THE LONG-AWAITED third-gen- tested twice at afieldrangeat teritreceivedregulatoryap- abreachofcyber security. to Mumbai the next day. The count of the global pandemic metLeader of Opposition Sher eration Anti-Tank GuidedMissile Ahmednagar in Maharashtra, provals to conducthuman trials Besides India, Dr Reddy’s has agency did notseek hiscustody Covid-19istrying to take an un- Bahadur Deuba, former Prime (ATGM), Nag, successfullyunder- and the Stand-OffAnti-Tank of aCovid-19vaccine candidate manufacturing facilities in the and filedasupplementary due benefit of the situation...in MinisterBaburam Bhattarai and went itsfinalusertrialinPokhran Missile (SANT), whichwas tested developedbyaRussian re- United States, United Kingdom, chargesheetagainsthim and seeking bail...,” the NIA's replyto Madhes-basedleader Mahantha rangeinThar desertinthe early The trial at Pokhran range. offthe eastcoastonOctober 19. search institute. Mexico and China. It has research sevenothers. Swamyhas been in thebail plea states. It alsoclaimed Thakur separatelyduring their hours of Thursday.Nag is now Nag, developedunder the “In the wake of adetected and developmentfacilities in the jail since. that Swamywas booked under CONTINUEDONPAGE4 one step closer to being inducted Integrated GuidedMissile cyber-attack,we have isolatedall US, the UK, the Netherlandsand Lawyer SharifShaikh, repre- various seriouschargesincluding into the Armyfollowing itssuc- Undertaking (PSU) Bharat Development Programme of the datacentreservices to take re- India. The companyhas 29 global sentingSwamy, submittedto the the Unlawful Activities cessful winter and summer user Dynamics Limited (BDL), DRDO, sufferedasetbackin2012 quired preventiveactions,” Dr offices in variouscontinents. special courtthatSwamy is suf- (Prevention) Act, alleging that EXPRESSNETWORK trialsin2019,saidanofficial of the whereas Ordnance Factory, afteritfailedinsome field flight Reddy's told the BombayStock In response to an email sent fering from Parkinson'sdisease therewas adequate evidence to Defence Research and Medak,will produce the NAMICA tests. Agroup of DRDOfacilities ExchangeonThursday. to confirm whether it had shut and wasnot able to even sign the provethe case againsthim. HATHRASCASE: Development Organisation (Nag Missile Carrier),” read a continuedtoworkonthe project “We areanticipating all serv- down production operations, a vakaltnama due to it at the time The chargesheetagainst (DRDO). statement by the Defence and in February 2018,Nag was ices to beup within 24 hours and spokesperson said the company of hisproductionbefore the court Swamyclaims that he wasa AMUCALLSBACK “With this final user trial, Nag Ministry successfullytestedtwicewhenit we do notforesee anymajor im- had “no further comments” to by theNIA.The legal team took member of the CPI (Maoist) and DOCTORSWHOWERE will enter the production phase. The trial on Thursdaywas in accuratelystrucktwo targets pact on our operations due to this addtoits statement to the BSE. his thumb impression, it wassub- receivedfunds forits activities. ASKEDTOLEAVE The missile will be produced by continuation of aseriesofmissile placedatdifferent ranges. incident,” Mukesh Rathi, Chief CONTINUEDONPAGE4 mitted.The courtwas also told CONTINUEDONPAGE4 PAGE 12 Defence Public Sector testsconducted by the DRDO in CONTINUEDONPAGE4

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Surprise to the Government of India about Foreign nationals intending to in amarketplace calledBada the purchase of the vaccine. It visit India formedicaltreat- Ganesh,with afew sanitised states is notanissue if we (states) are ment can applyfor aMedical Free vaccine for all Biharresidents and masked devotees watch- asked to pay. If we have to pay, Visa including fortheir medical ing. “The Ramlila will happen as the firstindication that the we will...but vaccines should be attendants,” the statement free vaccine. This is the first demic apoll issue. Manoj Bihar,told The Indian Express. programme of government, as alwaysbut therewon’tbeas Centrewill procurethe vaccine made available in proportion to said. promise in our sankalp patra. Kumar Jha, RajyaSabha mem- “Howtofight againstthe somebody has to subsidise. If manyspectators as thereused -- or vaccines -- at ratesitne- the population. Avaccine can- The Government had sus- With responsibility,weare as- berofRJD said, “Iamshocked. pandemic is our pledgetothe thegovernment tries to sub- to be.This is the firsttime that gotiates and states maythen be notbeassuredfor aparticular pendedvisas of all foreigners suring the people of Bihar that In awelfarestate,promising a people of Bihar.Weare notsay- sidise, it’s adifferent question… the kingwill notbecoming. asked to purchase their own state. The Election Commission on March11, with the lastin- allofyou willget afreevaccine,” vaccine forapandemic, if it is ing it’s onlyfor the people who Letthe vaccine come, then This Ramlila is notthe same,” stocks. should take cognizance of this ternational flight landing in the she said. Of theelevencommit- partofanelection manifesto,it votefor us.It’s foreveryone in everystate will help itscitizens says Pandit Mukund Upadhyay, This is reinforcedbythe fact announcement.” countryonMarch 23. Aday mentsinthe manifesto,the first shows thelevelofdeterioration Bihar. We will seethat everycit- differently.” organiser of the Shri Chitrakoot thatthe National Expert Group Today’s announcement also later,Prime MinisterNarendra states: “The NDAgovernment in their thinking.” izen in Bihar gets it free of cost,” On the health sector,the Ramleela Samiti in Varanasi. on Vaccine Administration– comes when the expertvac- Modi announcedthe nation- in Bihar has setanexamplein The BJP defendedits prom- Yadavsaid. manifestostates, “Itisour com- partofthe Centre’s Covid task cine group is exploring multi- wide lockdown. thefight againstCorona. It is our ise. “Idonot understand whyit Speaking at the Idea mitment that tenthousand force--made it clear,inits very ple mechanisms including ad- Sincethen,the Government promise thatthat when avac- is becoming acontroversy. Exchangeprogramme of The doctors, fiftythousand para- ‘Nag’missile firstmeeting, that states should vance market commitmentsas has relaxed,inphases, restric- cine forCovid is available after Health is apartofpublic policy, Indian Express Thursday, medical staff, and in total one notcharttheir separatepath- has been done by US and tions on entryofforeigners and clearance from ICMR, every and all political partiesmake Information and Broadcasting lakhpeople will getjob oppor- successfully ways forprocurement. European countries. OCI cardholders. Itslastorder Bihar resident will begivenfree promises on public policies. Just MinisterPrakash Javadekar tunitiesinthe health depart- Also, significantly, minutes The viewinthe government in Augusthad allowedacertain vaccination.” likesome parties promising said: “If the vaccine comes, it ment.With this,the second AI- undergoes final afterthe statement made by is that “realistic prices” of the categoryofforeigners, includ- The Opposition RJD and farmloanwaiver,weare prom- will be forthe worldand forall IMS in Bihar in Darbhanga user trial Finance MinisterNirmala vaccine will be available only ing those arriving forbusiness Congress hit backatthe BJP,say- isingto keepthepeoplein Bihar of India, notjustfor one state. givenbythe Prime Minister Sitharaman, BJP IT cell’s Amit when theyare clearedbyreg- or medical reasons,toenter ing it is “appalling” to makea safe,” Bhupender Yadav, BJP Partygivesamanifesto with in- will be operationalised In February 2019,the mis- Malviyatweeted: “Likeall pro- ulators. India through air bubble vaccine againstthe Covid pan- general secretary in-chargeof tendedprogrammes… that by 2024.” sile underwent successful win- grams, Centrewill provide vac- “Anyindicative price fora arrangementswithcountries tertrials and in July, the Indian cines to stateatanominal rate. single dose or double dose vac- suchasthe US, the UK, Armysuccessfullycarriedout It is forthe stateGovts to decide cine becomes aplausible figure Germanyand France. summer trials of Nagin if theywant to give it forfreeor once the vaccine has been able ForOCI card-holders, the Opp parties slam politics over pandemic Pokhran, paving the wayfor its otherwise.Health being astate to demonstrate itssafetyand Government firstannounced productiononalarge scale and subject, BiharBJP has decided efficacy. Oncethatisdone by relaxations on May22. It al- Sabha MP Manoj Kumar Jha Nitish Babu had calledyou tion. He said it wasthe central BJP announcement: “What ultimateinduction intothe to give it free. Simple.” multiple vaccines, prices will lowedentryto“minor children said the BJP’s decision to make badka jhoota party ... but don’t government’s responsibilityto about non-BJP ruledstates? Army. In both these sets of It isn't so simple.Once the decline and decline drastically. born to Indian nationals abroad suchapromise in itselection makefun of the people of Bihar provide the vaccine to all Indians who didn't voteBJP tests, all themissiles metthe BJP – ruling both in Patna and Thereforewecannothazarda and holding OCI cards; OCI manifestowas an indication of and the people of the country... Indians. He said the Election will notget free Covid vac- mission objectivesincluding the Centre – hasannounced guess of howmuchthe outgo cardholders who wish to come the deterioration in itsthink- We take strong exception to it,” CommissionofIndia wasre- cine?”. minimum range, maximum free vaccines forall in Bihar, will be (until, possibly)July,” to India on account of family ing. He criticisedthe an- he said. fusing to take suo motu cog- Sources in the Election range, in directattackaswell as fewstateswill take acontrary Union Health SecretaryRajesh emergencies likedeathinfam- nouncement, saying it “GOI justannounced nizance of the BJP announce- Commission, however, said the topattackmodes. stand. Indeed,withinhours, Bhushan had said. The Centre ily; Couples whereone spouse amountsto“zindagi bachane India’sCovid access strategy. ment. BJP's promise of free Covid-19 In the topattackmode, the Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu, is actively in communication is an OCI cardholder and the ke liyebhi chunavi saudebaazi Kindlyrefer to the state-wise Targeting the BJP and the vaccine forthe people of Bihar missile is required to climb whichhas elections next year, with private health care other is an Indian national and (seeking votes even to save election schedule to know Prime Minister, CPI general does notviolatethe Model sharplyafter launchand travel and of BJP-ruledMadhya providers who have said they theyhaveapermanent resi- lives)”. when youwill getit, along with secretaryDRaja said, “Vaccine- Code of Conduct. at acertain altitude, then Pradesh announcedfreeCovid- areready to vaccinateattheir dence in India; University stu- Addressing apress confer- ahoardoffalse promises,” for- for-votepolitics is dirty,dubi- Asked whether the prom- plungeontop of the target.In 19 vaccination. Morestatesare hospitals. dentswho areOCI cardholders ence in Patna, Congress com- mer Congress president Rahul ous and dishonestpolitics. The ise could be construedasun- the direct attackmode, the expected to maketheir an- (notlegallyminors) but whose munication departmenthead Gandhi tweeted. people of Biharwillgiveabefit- due influence as mentionedin missiletravels at alower alti- nouncements. Visas parentsare Indian citizens liv- RandeepSurjewalasaid the ChhattisgarhChief Minister ting reply. It shows that the BJP the Commission's guidelines tude, directlystriking the tar- Forthe Centretoassurefree In astatement,the Ministry ing in India.” pandemic cannotbeatopic for BhupeshBaghelsaid the BJP’s is desperateand is jitteryabout on apoll manifesto,sources get. In 2019,the government vaccine across the nation, it of Home Affairs (MHA) said Following this, the the BJP to “lie” and “makefun” promise meant that people of the outcome of the polls. And pointed to Section 123ofthe had issued the 'Acceptance of mayhavetobebrought under that “this decision will enable Government allowedchar- of the people of Bihar. other states will have to payfor what about people in other Representation of the People Necessity' forthe induction of the flagship Universal foreign nationals to come to teredflightscarrying foreign- “When lakhs of migrants the vaccine. states? And if people of Bihar Actthat states “declaration of Nag. Immunization Program (UIP), India forvariouspurposes such ers forspecificbusiness pur- from Bihar were walking back “NDAmanifesto says free voteagainstthe BJP,willthey public policy or apromise of The Nagmissilehas been under the National Health as business, conferences, em- poses to arrive in the country. to the statewithoutevenfood vaccine forBiharis. This is apoll notgivevaccines to people of public action” cannotbeseen developedtostrike and neu- Mission, and the program will ployment, studies,research, and water… The sameNitish promise BJP &JDU have Bihar.” as undue influence. tralisehighly-fortifiedenemy have to be extendedtothe en- medicalpurposes, etc”. “The Maharashtra Kumar and Sushil Modi had made… theyare politicising Similar views were ex- The EC is learnedtohave tanks. It also has night strike tireadult population. Government has nowdecided were takenawayfromthem. said theywill notlet them en- the health of citizens with vac- pressedbyformer J&K Chief takenthis stand on acomplaint capabilities. It has aminimum The UIP is afullyfunded to makeagradedrelaxation in Hence, we took adecision to re- terthe state.And today, once cine electionism. With this poll Ministerand National receivedduring the Lok Sabha rangeof500 metres and max- Central government scheme visa and travel restrictions for scind the general consent given again, they aremaking fun of promise, the BJP has implied Conference leader Omar elections lastyear againstthe imum rangeoffour km. A that, currently, providesfree more categories of foreign na- to CBI,” Deshmukh said. the people of Biharand also the that the citizens of other non- Abdullah. “Will the BJP be pay- Congress’sNYAYscheme that third-generation 'fireand for- vaccination to all children – in- tionals and Indian nationals The state’s ruling alliance people of the country... What election states will have to pay ing forthese vaccines from the guaranteedminimum income get' categorysystem, Naguses cluding2.67crore newborns -- who wish to enter or leave partner ShivSena said the deci- wasthe situation in Bihardur- forthe vaccine,” he said. party treasury? If it’s coming of Rs 6,000 per month, or Rs an imaging infra-red seeker to and 2.9 crorepregnant women India. Therefore, it has been de- sionwas takento“protect the ing the lockdown? Over 1000 CPM general secretary from the government treasury 72,000ayear,for 25 crorepeo- lockontothe target before annually. cidedtopermit all OCI and PIO rights”ofthe statefollowing people have died. Is Nitish Sitaram Yechurycalledita then howcan Bihar getfree ple.The EC guidelines on man- launch. At present, under the UIP, cardholders and all other for- “interference”bynationalin- Babu bothered about it? Is “brazen violation” of the Model vaccines while the rest of the ifesto statethat political parties The missile is launched free vaccines areprovidedfor eign nationals intending to visit vestigative agencies in the past Sushil Modi bothered about it? Code of Conduct by the countryhas to pay? Thereisso should avoid making promises from the Nagmissilecarrier nine diseases at the national India forany purpose, except fewmonths. And those central ministers Finance Ministerwho, he said, much wrong with this blatant thatvitiatethe purityofthe (NAMICA), amodifiedBMP in- level: Diphtheria, Pertussis on aTouristVisa,” the state- “If someone is using the who arenow coming to Bihar, wasseeking to influence populismthat shamefullyex- electoral process or exertun- fantrycombat vehicle with (whooping cough), Tetanus, ment said. powers of investigative agen- did theypay anyattention ear- Bihar’s electoratewith the ploitsCovid fears,” he tweeted. dueinfluence on the voter to amphibious capabilities, which Polio, Measles, Rubella, ase- Those who areeligible can cies likeCBI,EDtoharass and lier... BJP... youcan lie... even promise of free Covid vaccina- The AAP tooquestionedthe exercise their franchise. is capable of carrying up to six vere form of childhood enter the countrythrough au- defame states that areruledby combat missiles. The imaging Tuberculosis, Hepatitis B, and thorised airportsand seaport non-BJP parties, then sucha algorithm usedwith the sys- Meningitis &Pneumonia. immigration checkposts,the decision has to be takentopro- The CBI is governedbythe Pharmaceuticals. and Nepal areattempting to re- and manner of the meeting temhelps the projectile hit the Regionally, and in select en- Ministrysaid. “This includes tect the rightsofthe state,” said Delhi Special Police “There is alot of informa- pair ties, severely strainedfol- was “notappropriate”. target at four-km distance even demic districts, free vaccines flightsoperated under Vande SanjayRaut, ShivSena MP. Establishment Actthatmakes tion thatgoes into the manu- lowing escalation of the in all-weather conditions, areprovidedfor three more Bharat Mission, AirTransport Raut said stateagencies are consent of astate government facturing of adrug, and if that boundarydisputeand Nepal’s The Ramlila making it fitfor deployment diseases:Rotavirusdiarrhoea, Bubble arrangementsorbyany capable of conducting any mandatoryfor conducting in- dataiscompromised, it be- publication of amap this sum- across India’s frontiers in both Pneumococcal Pneumonia, non-scheduledcommercial probe. “WheneverMumbai vestigation in thatstate.Since comesdifficult to releaseany mer to include areas of the that went on for eastern and western theatre. and Japanese Encephalitis. flightsasallowedbythe Police startinvestigating any the CBI has jurisdiction only drug... Critical process param- Indianstate of Uttarakhand. Defence MinisterRajnath Bringing Covid intothis list MinistryofCivil Aviation.All case, and theycome to the final over Central government de- eters (CPP) in pharmaceutical Prachanda, it is learnt, told his two centuries Singh congratulated DRDO and will needwork. suchtravellers will, however, conclusion, acase is registered partments and employees, it manufacturing arekey vari- followers that though he has But this year,the regaliais the Indian Armyfor thesuc- Said an expert, who has have to strictlyadheretoguide- in other states and the central can investigateacase involving ables affecting the production the responsibility to keep the missing. cessful trial of Nagmissile. worked closelywith the gov- lines of the MinistryofHealth agencies take over the case and stategovernment employees process. Hence protection of party unity intact, Oli’s “mis- When the ‘Ramayanis’or DRDO Chairman Dr GSatheesh ernment andhas been partof and FamilyWelfareregarding enter the state. Howlongwill or aviolent crime in astate only dataiscritical,”Vaidheesh said. deeds” maycompel him to take scholars recitefromthe Ram Reddy appreciatedthe efforts the National Immunization quarantine and other this last? The investigative afterthe government con- An executive at an Indian the government to task. Charit Manas in the evenings, of DRDO, Indian Armyand Technical AdvisoryGroup: health/Covid-19 matters,” the agencies in Maharashtraare cernedgives consent. pharma companysaid on con- “Suchameeting, keeping the erstwhile 'king' drives Industryinbringing the missile “This pandemic is the firsttime statement said. capable of conducting any (WITH INPUTS FROM dition of anonymity: “Over the the party and the ministrycon- down in asimple dhoti-kurta. up to the production phase. thatanentireadultpopulation Under the gradedrelax- probe,” Raut said. BJP VISHWAS WAGHMODE) last 10-15years, pharmaceuti- cerned in absolutedark, calls “Nobody else is present. The DRDOisalso currentlyin is atarget. Today’s statementis ation, the Government has also spokesperson Madhav cal companies have shifted foranexplanation from the district administration had said the final stages of the develop- political. But forittobetrans- decidedtorestore with imme- Bhandari, however, alleged mostoftheirdocumentation Prime Minister,”Prachanda that only100peoplewill be al- ment of the helicopter- lated into policyand forthe diateeffect all existing visas, that the ShivSena-NCP- and manufacturing process told agatheringthat included loweddue to Covidprotocol, launchedversion of NagATGM, adult population to be included exceptthoseinthe electronic, Congress government was Dr Reddy’s datatothe digital space,which twoministers. but howdoes one decide who calledthe Helina, whichhas in the UIP,modalities on pric- touristand medical categories. “scared that itsown wrongdo- Pharmaceutical industry leavestheir manufacturing op- Khanal and MadhavNepal, the 100should be?Thereare undergone successful testsin ing have to be worked outwith Fresh applications need to be ings will be unearthed” by the experts said databreaches at erations vulnerable to cyberse- it is learnt, also said sucha nemis or holymen, who have 2018. the states.” submitted in some of the cate- CBI. pharma companies often curity issues.” meeting betweenthe Prime alwaysbeenapartofthe Responding to theBJP’s an- gories. On allegations of interfer- turnedout to be “seriousand Dr Reddy's had told BSE on Ministerand the R&AWchief Ramlila from the time the first nouncement, Health Minister “If the validity of suchvisas ence in the state's police work, critical” eventsthat called for Saturdaythat it had received “in aclandestine manner was chaupaiisrecited and until the Stan Swamy TSSingh Deo from Congress- has expired,fresh visas of ap- Bhanadari said: “This is the measures suchashalting pro- approval from the Drug detrimental to national inter- lastaarti is performed.Then, ruledChhattisgarhreflected propriatecategories can be ob- government that rewardedthe ductionwhile the breachwas Controller General of India, the est”. thereare people who come deniedbail by the views of manystates: “We tainedfromIndian police officer who had given analysed and security issues country's topdrug regulator,to Meanwhile, the Prime onlyinthe evening forthe have notbeentold anything by Mission/Posts concerned. permission to the Wadhawan were plugged. conductmid- to late-stage clin- Minister’s press advisor,Surya Ramlila. Thereare others who special court brothers (accusedinthe PMC Pharma firmsrelyonthe in- ical trials forthe Sputnik V Thapa,said Goel had a “cour- onlycome forthe aarti. There It had alsoreferredtohis CLARIFICATIONS &CORRECTIONS scam) to travel during lock- tegrity of datatoensurethe Covid-19vaccine candidatede- tesy meeting” with Oli. He said wasnoway youcan allowonly work as partofthe Persecuted down. The officer wasgiven a quality of their medicines, the velopedbythe Gamaleya Goel had underlinedsmooth 100people,” says Ishaan. Prisoners Solidarity 22.10.20, PAGE 1 plum posting. One should learn experts said. In the eventofa Research InstituteinMoscow. Nepal-India relations, resolv- Everyyear,the 'Kashima- Committee. Swamy, in his from this government about breach, operationsare stopped The firm is expected to conduct ing pendingproblems through haraja' also crosses the Ganga statement,had saidthathis THE PHOTOGRAPH of women in aMumbai localtrain wasincor- howtointerfereinpolice until the companies can be cer- phase 2/3 trials on around dialogue, and continuation of to Chitrakoot, foranother work challenging indiscrimi- rectlyattributed to Ganesh Shirsekar. The photograph is by Amit work.” tain that their dataremain se- 1,500participantsacross 10 mutual cooperation. He did not Ramlila -- one whichhas been natearrests of thousands of Chakravarty.The errorisregretted. On Wednesday,anote is- cureand reliable. “At the endof sites, asenior government of- elaboratefurther. performedfor morethan 470 young Adivasis labelledas suedbythe stateHome depart- the day, whatever drugs you ficial told The Indian Express. Former Foreign Affairs years and is considered the old- "Naxals" wasthe reasonhewas PAGE 17 ment stated: “In exercise of the consume aredependent on the Ministerand NCPcentral sec- estinIndia. being implicated. powers conferredbysection 6 quality of databasedonthe retariat member NarayanKaji In Chitrakoot, the Bharat The NIA has also submitted THE ARTICLE ‘It’s notareferendumonModi,absolutelynot’men- of the Delhi Special Police regulatorynorm or GMP (good Row in Nepal Shrestha wanted to knowthe Milap -- the scene that cele- that while the committee's tionedincorrectlythat CPI leader KanhaiyaKumardid notsay any- Establishment Act, 1946, the manufacturing practices) re- nearly 24-hour stay in Nepal natureofGoel’s visit – if it was brates the reunion of Rama and guidelines recommend consid- thing following Umar Khalid’s arrest over the Delhi riots.Inastate- government of Maharashtra quirement – whether it is a where thereisfresh political in personal or official capacity Lakshman with Bharat and ering the grant of interim bail ment accusing the government of stifling dissent, twodays after herebywithdrawsthe consent batchrelease, pharmacokinet- turmoil. – and theagenda of the discus- Shatrughan--usedtobeheld to undertrials above 60 years of Khalid’s arrest,Kanhaiyahad mentionedthe student activistamong accorded to the Members of ics data, or datarelated to the The R&AWchief’s visit, sion with the Prime Minister. in alarge field with the age, it cannotbegranted me- severalothers arrested.The article also said Kanhaiyahad finished the Delhi Special Police material usedinthe drug,” said ahead of Indian Armychief Bhim Bahadur Rawal, for- MaharajaofBanaras in atten- chanically. Thecourtrejected thirdinthe 2019 Lok Sabha elections contesting from Begusarai seat. Establishment vide AVaidheesh, former managing GeneralMMNaravane’s mer Defence Ministerand dance. It will nowbeper- the plea, the detailedorder of He had come second. Government Order...dated director and vice president- scheduledvisitnextmonth, member of the party'sstand- formedonthe 50x50 sq ft ter- whichisyet to be made avail- The errors areregretted. 22nd February1989....” South Asia at GlaxoSmithKline comes at atime when India ingcommittee, saidthe timing race of Ayodhya Bhavan, ahall able.

Pune WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM THEINDIANEXPRESS,FRIDAY,OCTOBER23,2020 MAHARASHTRA 5 Two clinical trials initiated to assess efficacy of novel regimens for MDR-TB Khadse’sexitfrompartya The trialswill run in Pune andMumbai; 220 patients to enroll by end of 2021 closedchapter,saysBJP TB, said Dr Samiran Panda, head of whichapproximately1,30,000 unique opportunity to improve EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE of epidemiology andcommuni- aremulti-drug-resistant (MDR- MDR-TBtreatment,” Dr Panda PUNE,OCTOBER22 cablediseasesatICMR,andtheco- TB).Thecurrenttreatmentforthis said. “They’veshown promising ordinating principal investigator hasadurationof 18-24monthsfor resultswhen added to the EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Khadse arrives TWOMAJOR clinical trials have of the endTB trials. The firstpa- mostpatients. During treatment, standardMDR-TBtreatment. MUMBAI,OCTOBER22 beeninitiatedwithanaimto gen- tientinIndia(500th in the multi- patientsingestmorethan14,000 However, we knowlittle about in Mumbai erateclinical evidenceonthe countrytrial) wasenrolledat pills and, in some cases, have to howtooptimisetheiruseincom- ADAY afterformerMaharashtra safetyand efficacy of novel, short Aundh ChestHospital, Pune, on endurepainful injections every plexcases. Without further re- ministerEknath Khadse re- Mumbai: Eknath Khadse and all-oral regimens forstrains Wednesday. dayfor six to eight months. These search,we’reonlyscratching the signedfromthe party,the along with his wifeand of tuberculosis (TB) that aremost TheendTBtrialswillrunattwo injections have side-effectsin- surface,andpatientswillcontinue MaharashtraBJP on Thursday daughtertook achartered difficult to treat. sitesinMaharashtra—Puneand cluding acute psychosis andper- to suffer.” signalledthat it had turnedthe flightfromMuktainagar to These trials have been initi- Mumbai. Aundh ChestHospital is manentdeafness. “Adding India, which has a pageonthe veteranleader. Mumbai. Khadse arrivedin ated by the Indian Council of the firsttrial sitetobeactivatedin MostIndian MDR-TBpa- high burden of TB patients, to the With Khadse settojoin the Mumbai to preparefor his Medical Research (ICMR) — the country. Approximately220 tientspreferprivate practition- multi-countrytrial wasacrucial NCP, theBJP said it would hold a newinningsin the NCP. Due National AIDS Research Institute patientsare expected to be en- ers, and oftenfind the treatment step in helping build robustevi- meeting of party leaders shortly to Covid-19restrictions (NARI),Department of Health rolledatbothsites by theend of expensive,leading to interrup- denceaboutthe best therapeutic to draw up strategy to consoli- Khadse decidednot to bring Service, Government of 2021, by ateamof over30medical tions in the same. options forpatients that arethe dateits organisational basein alarge number of support- Maharashtra, and Doctors with- and paramedical staff, working The twoclinical trials, namely hardest to treat,” said Dr Stobdan NorthMaharashtra, aBJP strong- Eknath Khadse arrivesinMumbai on Thursday. Ganesh Shirsekar ers from his home turf. out Borders/MedecinsSans under joint coordination of NARI endTBandendTB-Q,willusenew Kalon, medical coordinator,MSF, hold. However, asmall group Frontieres (MSF). and MSF.Atleast 100people will generation TB drugs —be- India. “With itssupporttopublic “Whether it is theCentreor close to him will bepresent The trials arepartofaUNI- be enrolledatAundh Chest daquilineanddelamanid—tofind healthcare,MSFremainscommit- stateordistrict unit, the empha- checks andbalances.” While ac- decisiontoreinstate Khadsein to show solidarity. ENS TAID-fundedtransformative Hospital,saidDrSandipPatil,NARI radicallyshorter(sixtonine tedtooffer better treatment to all sis is on developing newand knowledging that the party will the cabinetwith agriculture (multi-country) project called scientists andprincipal investiga- months) ways of treatment, MDR-TB patients, bringing inno- younger leadership. And the have to confront newchallenges, portfolio. When the matter was endTB, whichaims to speed up toratthe hospital. whichare moretolerablefor pa- vationthroughresearch andcon- party is confident of findinga formerministerand leader from takenupwith the central lead- largerissues…” andexpandaccesstobettertreat- India accountsfor 27 per cent tientsand areinjection-free. tributing to India’sgoal to elimi- suitable replacement in Jalgaon Girish Mahajan said, “We ership theyweretold to keep it BJP general secretary ment fordrug-resistant forms of of the10 millionTBcasesglobally, “These drugs represent a nateTBby2025.” Muktainagar,whichwas the will have to cope with shortterm on hold.” BJP insidersmaintain Shrikant Bharatiyasaid the party electoral turf and constituency damage. But in thelongtermit Khadse has to explain whycen- allows individuals to express of Khadse,” said aBJP source. will notmakeany impact.” tral leaders were upsetwith him. their views provideditisatan FOR ‘ASSAULTING’ A StateBJP president Asenior BJP functionary, re- Political managers in theBJP appropriateforum.Ifone vio- TRAFFIC COP IN 2012 Chandrakant Patil is to hold a questing anonymity,said, “In said, “If Prime MinisterNarendra lates rules,the party refuse to meeting of the stateunit after 2018,atleastthree senior lead- Modiand Union Home Minister take cognizance, he said, adding Nagpur bench the Bihar Assemblyelections as ers—Fadnavis,Mungantiwar Amit Shah had notreconciled that everyworkerisimportant of BombayHC former chief ministerand and Patil —had takenacollective with Khadse it shows therewere and equal. Opposition leader Devendra suspends 3-month Fadnavis, who is Bihar poll in- charge,isbusy campaigning, DELHIJAL BOARD:GOVT.OFNCT OF DELHI RI awarded to sources said. Newlyappointed secretaryand former minister OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER (D) state minister Vinod Tawde is also in Bihar for VARUNALAYA PHASE-II: KAROL BAGH poll campaigning. NEW DELHI-110005 VIVEKDESHPANDE Senior leader and former NAGPUR,OCTOBER22 minister Sudhir Mungantiwar STOP CORONA said, “Wehavetolook foran- “WASH YOUR HAND” “WEAR MASK” “MAINTAIN SOCIAL DISTANCING” THE NAGPUR benchofthe swers within. And whereneces- Applications are invited for filling up the post of Law Officer on deputation in Delhi Jal Bombay High Courton sarytakecorrective measures.” Board in the PB-3 of Rs.15600- 39100 plus Grade payRs. 7600/- (Pre-revised) from Thursdaysuspendedthe sen- But he disagreedwith Khadse tence of three months’ rigorous holding Fadnavis responsible for the eligible officers. Last date of receipt of application is will be the date of completion imprisonment (RI), awardedto his exit. Mungantiwar, who is of 60 days from the date of publication of this advertisement in “Employment News”. Teosa Congress MLAand state partofthe corecommittee, said, The eligibility criteria and applicationformat can be downloaded from Delhi Jal Board Ministerfor Women and Child ‘JANATA RAJA’DHARNA: Representativesofthe RickshawPanchayatprotestoutside the “Acadre-basedparty always website i.e. “www.delhijalboard.nic.in” DevelopmentYashomati PuneNCP office to demand financialrelief forautorickshawservice providers. Arul Horizon takescollective decisions.There Sd/- Thakur by alower court, foral- is alwaysacentral team for ISSUED BY PRO (WATER) legedly assaulting atraffic con- Advt. No. J.S.V.197(2020-21) ASSTT.COMMISSIONER (D) stable in 2012. The courthas also scheduled ahearing on her conviction for October 27. Thakur and three others were convicted by an Amravati courtonOctober 15.While the courthad sentencedher to three-month rigorous impris- onment, it had granted her bail and liberty to move the Bombay High Courtagainstits verdict. The courthad reliedonthe testimonyoftraffic constable Ulhas Raurale, who wasal- legedly assaulted by Thakur and three others on March 24,2012, when the constable had stoppedtheir car,whichwas go- ing in the wrong direction on a one-way lane. The four were convicted undersections 353 (assault), 332and 186(both for obstructing public servant from discharging duty). Thakurwas represented by senior advocateSubodh Dharmadhikari and assistedby Aniket Ujjwal Nikam. “The benchcomprising Justice Vinay Joshi suspendedthe sentence and continued the bail. It has scheduledthe hearing on the conviction partofthe Amravati courtfor Tuesday,”said Nikam.

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users on social media platforms take effective measures available theURLs,morethan50innumber, Shestatedinthepleathateven from entering the city,whereshe Google,whichownsYouTube,told wouldberequiredto takedownor SOFIAHSAN without herconsent —including to ensurethat child pornographic forwardedtothemby thewoman, aftershe endedthe relationship, wasliving, fortwo years. the courtthe URLshavebeen re- remove unlawful content on re- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER22 aformerschoolmateinDelhiwho contentisnothostedontheirplat- she told the court. the accused continued to pursue In October-November 2019, moved,butthepicturescontinued ceiving information about it, the hadtravelledtoUKwhereshewas forms. It said police will identify In her plea, the woman said her,evenvisiting the UK afew the plea stated,the woman be- to surfaceontheInternetthrough court said the issue also was THE DELHI High Courthas di- studying and allegedly assaulted those re-uploading the offensive she had become “veryclose years ago, when he landedather came awarethat the accusedhad othermultipleusers.“Thisbrought whether Instagram and Google rectedGoogleandFacebooktore- her afew years ago. content in India and take action. friends”withaboy atherschoolin residenceandphysicallyassaulted posted her pictures on social me- intosharp focus the problem of arerequiredtoensurethat such move “objectionable” images of a The courtalso ruledthatitis The woman,now 24,had ap- Delhi in 2012,when she was16 her leading to alocal police com- dia platforms followingwhich an preventingcirculationof identified child pornographic (CP) material woman uploaded by multiple necessaryfor socialmedia sites to proachedthe High Courtseeking yearsold.Thepleadescribedtheir plaint.The plea stated that the ac- FIR wasregisteredwith Cyber objectionablematerialontheplat- is nothostedontheir platforms. directionsforremovalofthe“ob- relationship as “abusive”and cused pleadedguilty before a Police in Delhi. formsoperatedonthenet,”Justice ThecourtreferredtoSection20of jectionable photographs”from stated he compelledher to send MagistrateCourtintheUKin2017 In Julythis year,Facebook, Vibhu Bakhru said in the order. the POCSO Actand Rule 11 of the variousplatforms.Theplatforms intimatephotographstohim,and and wasrestrainedfromcontact- whichowns Instagram, and Observing that the platforms POCSO Rules, 2020. had allegedly failedtoremove lateremotionally blackmailedher. ing her by anymeans and barred SALUTE THE SOLDIER MAJOR SAJJAN SINGH GAHLAWAT, SC 9MADRAS (TRAVANCORE) All ranks of TRAVANCORE TERRORS payhomage to Major SS Gahlawat, SC who made the supreme sacrifice while fighting terroristsinSurankote (J&K) on this day in 1997. We salute his brave deeds on the 23th Anniversary of his martyrdom. Youwill always remain a source of inspiration for all of us. Commanding Officer &All Ranks 9MADRAS (TRAVANCORE)

EMPLOYEES’ STATEINSURANCE CORPORATION MINISTRYOFLABOUR &EMPLOYMENT,GOVERNMENT OF INDIA REGIONAL OFFICE DELHI, RAJENDRA BHAWAN, RAJENDRA PLACE, NEW DELHI –110008 Phone No. :011-25734381, 011-25745044 NOTICE INVITING EXPRESS OF INTEREST The Additional Commissioner &Regional Director,ESI Corporation, Regional Office Delhi invites open online bids from Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) set up by Central/State Government or any other Central/State Government Organisation/PSUsnotified by MoUD to carry out ARMO work (Civil &Electrical) on agency charge basis (in Single Bid System).

Sl. No. Location Tender ID Bid Submission End Date

1. ESIC Regional Office (Delhi) 2020_ESIC_591205_1 05.11.2020 (01:00 PM) 2. ESIC Hospital Rohini (Delhi) 2020_ESIC_591217_1 07.11.2020 (01:00 PM) 3. ESIC Hospital Sahibabad (UP) 2020_ESIC_591578_1 09.11.2020 (01:00 PM) 4. ESIC Hospital Noida (UP) 2020_ESIC_591565_1 10.11.2020 (01:00 PM)

Tenderers may submit online bids on the website http://eprocure.gov.in/eprocure/app. The tender documentsare also available on https://www.esic.nic.in/tenders.Nomanual bid will be accepted. All documents/bids should be submitted in the e-Procurement portal only. State :Delhi Date :19.10.2020 Additional Commissioner &Regional Director

Government of Odisha Office of the Executive Engineer Rural Works Division, Nabarangpur O-487 [email protected], Phone No. 222023 Letter No.3296 Date: 20.10.2020 e-Procurement Notice Name of the work :- Building Works TotalNo. of works :- 01 (One) Nos. Approx. Estimated Cost :- Rs. 233.63 lakhs Class of Contractor :- “A” “B” Class of Contractor Periode of Completion :- 12 (Twelve) Months Procurement Officer Bid Identification No. No of works Availability of tender Online for bidding Date &Time of From To Opening of Tender 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rural Works Division-I, Nabarangpur EERWNGP-Online-08/2020-21 01 (One) Nos. 05.11.2020 at 10.00 AM 23.11.2020 up to 3.00 PM 24.10.2020 at 11.00 AM For Details can be seen from the Government website: www.tendersorissa.gov.in Sd/- Executive Engineer, Rural Works Division, Nabarangpur OIPR-25092/11/0008/2021

GOVERNMENT OF MEGHALAYA DIRECTORATE OF ARTS &CULTURE SHILLONG MEGHALAYA DELHI JAL BOARD: DELHI SARKAR No. DAC/ARCH/26/2020/Pt.II/39, Dated: the 20th October,2020 NOTICE INVITING TENDER OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER (SOUTH) IV O.H.T O.l.A Ph-ll: OPPOSITE GOVIND PURI: NEW DELHI-20. Sealed Tenders affixing non- refundable court fee stamp of Rs. 2,000/- (Rupees Twothousand) e-mail: [email protected]/Tel. 011-26388976 only are invited from interested registered Class Icontractors for construction of the work "STOP CORONA; Wear Mask, Follow Physical Distancing, Maintain Hand Hygiene" mentioned below. Press N.l.T.NO: 23 S-lV (2020-21) Tender Fee non- Tender Earnest Money Name of the project S. Name of work Estimated Date of release of Last date/time of refundable (Rs.) Value Deposit(Rs.) No Cost tender in receipt of tender through (in Rs.) e-procurement solution e-procurement solution Construction of Hostel/ Residential block 1. Providing laying internal D.I. water distribution system in Shaheen Bagh(Abul 8,03,61,502/- 2020_DJB_195852_1 26.11.2020 16.39 1% for Tribals 2% Fazal Enclave Part-II) in Okhla Constituency AC-54 under EE(South)IV 21.10.2020 up to 3.00 pm in Tribal Research Institute at Babadam, Rs. 16,000/- crores for Non Tribals West Garo Hills District, Meghalaya. Further details in this regard may be seen at (https://govtprocurement.delhi.gov.in) 1. Tender documentscan be downloaded from the tenderingwebsite ISSUED BY P.R.O. (WATER) Sd/- (Rajeev Kumar Gupta) https://meghalayatenders.gov.in from 20/10/2020 To 10/11/2020 and to submit the Tender Advt. No. J.S.V.199 (2020-21) EXECUTIVE ENGINEER (SOUTH) IV fee receipt in the office of The Director Arts&Culture Shillong in the form of DD/Bankers Cheque issued in favor of “The Director,Arts&Culture, Shillong, Meghalaya” Payable at Shillong. 2. Bidders are requested to submit the Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) receipt in the office of The Director,Arts&Culture, Shillong, Meghalaya in the form prescribed in the tender document issued in favour of “The Director,Arts&Culture, Shillong, Meghalaya” Payable at Shillong, Meghalaya. 3. The last date for pre-bid queries is 28/10/2020 through the-mail on MUMBAI METROPOLITAN REGION DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY [email protected] and Pre-bid meeting will be held on the 30/10/2020 in (A Government of Maharashtra Undertaking) the Office of the Director,Arts&Culture, Shillong, Meghalaya. 5th Floor,MMRDA old Building, Plot Nos. C-14 &15, Bandra-Kurla Complex, 6. The deadline of online bid-submission is 11/11/2020 and deadline for hard copy of Tender Bandra (E), Mumbai –400 051. Tel. 022-26590001-04,FAX –022-26594182 Fees and EMD in original is 11/11/2020. E-mail: [email protected] Website: https://www.mmrda.maharashtra.gov.in 7. The Technical Bid Opening date is 17/11/2020. 8. Deduction like GST,Forest Royalty,Cess and Security deposit will be executed accordingly e-TENDERNOTIcE Name of Work : MMRDA/4/MMRP/L4C02: Supply of 9800 MT 60 E1 (UIC- as per the prescribed rate by the Government from time to time. 60), 1080 Grade Head Hardened (HH) Rails as per IRS T-12-2009 for Line-4 Brief eligibility criteria &terms and conditions. &4AExtension corridor (Bhakti Park- Kasarvadavali-Gaimukh) of Mumbai 1. The Bidders should have successfully completed similar works during the last 5years: Metro Rail Project of MMRDA, Mumbai (a) 01 (one) work costing not less than Rs. 13.11Crores of State/Central Government. 1) Estimated Cost : Rs. 80.46 Cr.(Inclusive of all Taxes) 2) Cost of Blank Tender Form : Rs. 10,000 +GST (b) 02 (two) works costing not less than Rs. 09.83 Crores of State/Central Government. (asapplicable)(non refundable) (c) 03 (three) works costing not less than Rs. 06.55 Crores of State/Central Government. 3) Earnest Money Deposit : Rs. 0.805 Crore 2. The prospective applicants/tenderers shall have their own necessary plantsand machineries 4) Contract Period :15months from establishment of for the execution of construction works. Letter of Credit /LOA (as applicable) • Bid Document download :23.10.2020 (18.01 hrs.) to 3. The tenderers shall have requisite Technical Personnel for the construction works. 02.12.2020 (16.00 hrs.) 4. The available Bid Capacity of the applicant shall be more than the total bid value. • Last date of onlinesubmission : 02.12.2020 (18.00 hrs.) 5. The Bid shall remain valid for aperiod of 180 days with effect from the date of opening of the Note: The e-Tender can be downloaded from e-Tendering Portal: https:// tender. etendermmrda.maharashtra.gov.in. Any additional information, Corrigendum &help for uploading &downloading the e-tender,may be availed by contacting 6. Earnest Money Deposit shall be in Bankers Cheque /Fixed Deposit Receipt drawn in favor MMRDA’s e-tendering service desk at the following id: etendersupport@ of the Director,Arts&Culture, Shillong, Meghalaya. mailmmrda.maharashtra.gov.in or call us on 022-26597445. 7. All bidders shall enclose Tender Fee Receipt along with their bid. For further information, if required you may please contact Shri. Sujith Marar, 8. For details contact phone number +91 94361-19181 EE (Track), Metro-PIU, MMRDA on Telephone number 022-26595973 or Sd/- email id: [email protected]

Director i Date : 21/10/2020 Sd/- Arts&Culture Place: Mumbai Director (Works) Metro-PIU, -PIU, MMRDA

MIPR No.1111 Dated 22.10.2020 Shillong, Meghalaya No. : MMRDA/4/MMRP/L4C02 Fulran

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PIMPRI-CHINCHWAD He wassuffering from general Policehas booked of- OF EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE weakness, Malik said, adding fice-bearersofahousing PUNE,OCTOBER22 that he didn'thaveany other society forallegedly or- health problems. ganisingadandiya pro- GOLD MAHARASHTRA DEPUTYChief NCPMPand Pawar's cousin, grammedespitethe ban Minister Ajit Pawar, who has SupriyaSule, said her brother imposedbythe govern- Farmers prepare been unwell forafew days,has has been feeling tired anddoc- mentonany such cul- to sell marigold been advisedrestbydoctors. tors had advisedhim to take tural activities due to flowers ahead of While he has tested negative rest forafew days. the Covid-19outbreak. Dussehra, in forCovid-19, he willremainin “However, he has been ac- According to police, Kamthadi village home quarantine as aprecau- tive and even participated in a three persons, including near Nasrapur on tionarymeasure, said family video-conference on the chairman, vice- Pune-Satara Road members. Thursday,” Sule told TheIndian chairmanand secretary on Thursday. The deputychiefminister Express. ofthe Jalram Park hous- Marigold will attend official meetings, Pawar's office said that he ing society,havebeen cultivation has including thoseofthe state had cancelledall his public booked under sections been lowerthis cabinet, via video-conferenc- meetings scheduledfor 188, 269, 270ofthe IPC year because ing forthe next fewdays. Thursday. Officials at the and sections of the temples were Pawar, who recentlyvisited Deputy Chief Minister's office National Disaster closeddue to the rain-affected areas in Pune and said it wasunlikelythat Pawar Management Act, foror- Covid-19 Solapurdistricts, had com- would physicallyattend meet- ganising a dandiya pro- pandemicand plainedofweakness.Hecon- ings in Pune on Friday. He will gramme on theprem- some crop was sulted doctors at aMumbai- attendonlinemeetings, said isesofthe housing damaged by rains. basedsuper-specialty hospital, his office. society at 9pmon PavanKhengre said sources. Hospital author- Pawar, the guardian minis- October 20. Police said ities, however, refusedtocom- terofPune district, usually 15 to 20 men and ment or release astatement. holds areviewmeeting on the women had gathered NCPspokesperson and Covid-19situation every forthe programme. stateMinority Development Friday. MinisterNawab Malik said “So far, thereisnosched- ThousandsofSPPUstudents‘miss’ Pawarhad tested negative for uledprogramme of the deputy Twoheldfor Covid-19 andondoctor'sin- chief ministerinPune on ‘manhandling’ structions, he hasbeen advised Friday,”said NCP's Pune unit copsinCamp onlineexamseveryday:portaldata to stay at homeand recuperate. president ChetanTupe. TWOPERSONS have State govt been arrested foral- legedlymanhandling prised. Yes, we have promisedto PANDEMIC introduces police personnel who ALIFIYAKHAN ONLINEEXAMS arrangere-exams but forthose were taking action THURSDAY,OCTOBER22 students who facedtechnical dif- takeaway againstthosenot wear- ficulties or suchissues, when INNUMBERS ing face masksinPune EVEN AS nearly 10 days have ■Totalstudentsregistered(online) theytriedappearing forexams Camparea. Police have passedsincethe Savitribai Phule ■ Totalappeared but couldn't. Mostofthese stu- service in Shiv identifiedthe twoac- Pune University (SPPU) started ■ Totalstudentsregistered(offline) 170909 dentshaveregisteredbut do not

154634 Bhojan outlets cusedasBabluAnwar holding, forthe firsttime, offline- ■ Totalappeared intend to take theexam.There 41 Sayyad (25)and Ayub online examinations, thousands aresome studentsfromprevious The number of JavedShaikh (20),both of studentsare missing the exam 125276 batches who thought there 119000 115233 114995 coronavirus deaths 106210

residentsofJan everyday. 106799 wouldn't be examsdue to the AJAYJADHAV Mohammed street in The reason: theysimply earlier decision. Theymaybe reportedinPune on PUNE,OCTOBER22

84283 Thursday. PuneCamparea. Police don'tlog in to the online portal. 80925 thought justregistration is Sub-Inspector Ganesh Acursoryglance at the data needed, so theyalso registered THE MAHARASHTRAgovern- 60822 58827 54384 Kulal has lodged thefirst of studentsregisteredtotakeex- 50791 forthe exams,and hence num- 7,600 ment has decidedtointroduce informationreport in ams over the last10days,vis-a- bers also went up,"hesaid. The death toll so farin takeaway serviceinitsShivBhojan 24818 20382 this case at the Lashkar vis the number of studentswho 20383 Explaining this further,SPPU outlets across the statefor safety 19724

17432 18141 the district. 15196 15423 13881 13501 12313 9072

police station. According successfullytook exams, shows 7268 Vice-Chancellor Dr Nitin of beneficiaries.The ShivBhojan 4368 to police, Kulal and his that at least 10 per cent students 3502 Karmalkarsaidthatwhentheon- scheme,whichprovides Rs 10 ,

4 832 17 21 16 19

team were on duty in are'missing' everyday. 18 line exam portal wasopenedfor meals, wasdiscontinuedinmost 22 20 Campareaon Even as SPPU authorities r1 thefirsttime, many 'old'students The number of fresh places across the statesince the ber ber Friday, Sunday,

Wednesdaymorning. have repeatedlyasserted that no Monday, had also doneso. "Thereare lockdownbeganin March,butof- Tuesday, coronaviruscases Saturday, Thursday, October October Octo Octo October Octobe October The duo allegedly man- student would be denieda October around 12,500candidates who reportedonThursday. feredatsome places forRs5.The Wednesday Wednesday, handled the cops on chance at appearing forthe arefromprevious batches,who governmentrecently allowed duty.Police have exam, it seems that theremight have also registered. It is most dine-infacility at restaurantsand booked thetwo persons be asecond chance forabsentee 8,036 studentsmissedthe ex- nearly 16,000 of the 1,70,909 tions and evaluation, SPPU,said likelyoldstudentswhoarenot ap- eating jointsbyrestrictingsitting under section 353 studentsasauthorities saythis ams, taking the absenteeism to registered studentsdidn't take that as ageneral pattern, 10 per pearing.Inanycase,ourhelplineis 3,17,608 capacityto50per cent. (causing disturbance in is a"usual" pattern. nearly 14 percent. the online exam. cent of studentsremain absent open.Ifany of these students The total positivecases An officer from the districtad- government work), 332 Forinstance, on October 14, On October 16,10per cent Asked about the 'missing' from exams. wantedto appearbutcouldn'tfor so farinPune district< ministration said newguidelines and 34 of the Indian of the 58,827studentsregistered studentsofthe 60, 822 regis- studentsand if therewill be re- "Usually, attendance forfinal- anyreason,theyshould inform as on Thursday. have been issuedtoShivBhojan Penal Code. Assistant to take onlineexams, 50,791ac- tereddidn't take the exam. exams forthem, Mahesh year examinations arearound 90 theuniversityandrequestforare- centres on howtooperateinthis PoliceInspector HM tuallyappeared,which means On Tuesday, October 20, Kakade,director of examina- per cent,soweare notthat sur- exam,"said Karmalkar. latest phaseofunlockdown. Shilamkar said, “The “The instructions arethat courthas remandedthe everybeneficiarymustbe twoaccusedtopolice PIMPRI-CHINCHWAD screenedwithathermalgunatthe custody forone dayfor entrance and anyone with body further investigation.” temperatureabove 100degrees ENS Positivecases&testingdown, more vacant hospital beds Fahrenheit should notbeallowed to dine in the outlet. The person city."We usedtoconduct 4,000 everyhour," Patil added. of non-Covid patients, espe- garding opening up of YCMhos- notamajor concern as theyare can howevertakeawayhis or her MANOJMORE testsevery dayuntil lastmonth, By Thursdayevening, there ciallythose suffering from pital fornon-Covid patients. "The getting treatment at affordable meal.” Beneficiarieswereearlier Former PUNE,OCTOBER22 but nowweconduct 2,200tests were 2,200 active cases in the heartdisease, paralysis and kid- festiveseason will be key to the rates," he said. notallowedtotakethe meal out- everyday.However, we are city of which500 areinhome neyailmentsisrising, but the decision. Onlywhen the twofes- Meanwhile,atleast37med- side the outlet. THE NUMBER of positive continuingcontact tracingof14 isolation. PCMC administration said it is tivals areoverwill we know ical staffhavebeen sackedfrom Theotherinstructionsinclude international Covid-19cases identifiedin people," said Additional In civic-run hospitals like tooearly to open up YCM what to do. If positive cases do the Nehrunagar jumbo hospi- maintainingadistanceof oneme- Pimpri-Chinchwad everyday Municipal Commissioner YCMHospital, whichhas aca- Hospital fornon-Covid pa- notrise then, we willbeinapo- tal. Hardikar said he had re- trebetween twotables and every water polo hasbeen less than 200for the Santosh Patil. pacityof600 beds, there were tients. "…weare treading cau- sition to open YCMHospitalfor ceivedcomplaintsregarding individual should be three feet pastsix days.The cumulative Vacant beds, however, have only187 patients, Patil said. "Of tiously.Inviewofthe experi- non-Covid patients," said non-payment of salaries and away from allothers. player Abhay positivity rate in the city has risen by 65 per cent. In all, these, 100are positive cases and ence of other cities where Municipal Commissioner has ordered an investigation in Those cooking and serving nowcome down to 10.5 per Pimpri-Chinchwad has 5,900 the rest suspected cases," he positive cases firstdroppedand Shravan Hardikar. the matter and sought areport. meals have to frequentlywash cent from ahigh of 22 per cent beds. "The number of vacant said. The Auto Clusterfacility, then suddenlyshotup, we are The PCMC has signedan PCMC House leader their hands with soap and using Dade dies recordedinthe firstfortnight of bedsinCovid hospitals in the whichhas capacity of 200beds, still monitoring the situation," agreement with the neigh- Namdeo Dhakesaid, "The masksiscompulsoryfor staff, he September. industrial city has gone up by has 40 patients. "Thesituation said Patil. bouring Dr DYPatil Hospital, jumbohospital is in direct con- said, adding that the entireoutlet Pimpri-Chinchwad 65 per cent. As of now, 35 per in the 800-bed jumbo hospital The civic administration be- whichistreating patientsat trol of PMRDAand the state has to be sanitisedevery dayand EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Municipal Corporation (PCMC) cent bedsincluding ventilator is no different as it has fewer lievesthatuntil Dussehraand rateschargedbyYCM Hospital, government. But if the employ- properventilationhasto bemain- PUNE,OCTOBER22 officials said testing has also bedsare occupied. But even than200 patients,"hesaid. Diwali end, it will notbeappro- Patil said. "So as of now, treat- ees aresuffering, the PCMC will tained.All cooking and serving come down in the industrial this situation keeps changing The demand fortreatment priatetotakeany decisionre- ment of non-Covid patientsis do itsbit forthem." utensils have to be disinfected,he FORMER INTERNATIONAL wa- added. terpolo playerAbhaySumant If possible,there shouldbesep- Dade died on Thursday aftera arateentrance and exit gatesfor brief illness. He was55. Army War Trophy beneficiariesatthe outlets and He is survivedbyhis wife theyshould be provided hand and twodaughters.Dade had wash facility with soap and sani- ledthe waterpolo team of T-55 tank installed tisers,hesaid. It is mandatoryfor Pune University in the All India beneficiariesto wearmasksexcept Universitycompetition. while eating food, he added. He wonabronze medal in The state government had waterpolo at the Asian Games, at PCDA(O)office startedtheShivBhojanschemeon and wasawarded the Shiv January1.Pune city along with Chhatrapati Sports Awardby under administrative controlof Mumbai suburban area has the theMaharashtragovernment EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE the MinistryofDefence. The mostbeneficiaries of the scheme in 1995. Afterhis retirement, PUNE,OCTOBER22 organisation is entrusted with in the state. It has 1,000 benefici- he worked as aswimming or- the pre-audit and payment of aries in Pune Municipal ganiser. AN ARMY WarTrophyT-55 payand allowances andall Corporation(PMC) area and 500 He alsoservedasthe presi- tank wasinstalled on the claims of over 53,000 officers in Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal dentofMaharashtraState premisesofthe office of of the Indian Army. Corporation (PCMC) area. Swimming Association, vice- Principal Controller of Defence Mittal said the displayof The Rs 10 meal underthe president of IndianSwimming Accounts(Officers), PCDA(O) armywar trophytank on the scheme includes two rotis,one Association and chairman of in Pune on Thursday. premises of PCDA(O) reflects vegetable, rice and daal.The gov- WaterPoloSub-Committee of The installation wasinau- synergybetween the Army ernmenthas declared that each Swimming Federation ofIndia, gurated virtually from Delhiby and DAD. districtwillhaveatleastoneoutlet along withPune District Controller General of Defence Kajla, in heraddress, and food will be served onlyfrom AmateurSwimming AccountsSanjivMittal, PCDA thanked Armyauthorities and noon to 2pm. Association. (O) Dr Nirupama Kajla and emphasised on the effort put The government provides a He wasalso the president of PCDA(SouthernCommand) in by thestaff and officers of subsidyofRs40per meal forthe Shikshan Prasarak Mandali. As Mayank Sharmaand other PCDA(O) to ensurethatthe 18,000 meals in the state daily. an organiser,Dade's efforts IndianDefence Accounts monthlypay,allowances and Stategovernmentemployeescan- contributedtomanypositive Service (IDAS) officers. retirement dues of retiring of- notavailthebenefitof thescheme. changes in Pune and in PCDA(O) Pune is aflagship ficers areremitted on time Everyoutletcanserveaminimum Maharashtra, said his close TheWar TrophyT-55 tank on PCDA(O) office premises. Arul Horizon organisation of the Defence even during the nationwide of 75 meals and amaximum of aides. AccountsDepartment (DAD) lockdown. 150per day.

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8 THE EDITORIAL PAGE —HARVEY MILK Politics of economics

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THE WRONGDOSE PratapBhanu Mehta

By making vaccine amanifesto promise, BJP in Bihargives WHATDOESINDIA’Spolitical economylook Haryana. In fact, forthose notinagriculture, because of existing high-profile transactional aself-serving response to agrave public health emergency likeinthe aftermath of aseries of high-profile the bills strengthen the government’s re- corruption. Structural corruption will be economic reforms that the NarendraModi formistcredentials. Ideologically, it is not harder to convert intoapolitical narrative. LECTION MANIFESTOES ARE notusuallyknown forprudence or their meas- governmenthas undertaken? The economic easy forthe Congress to mount an opposi- Fifth, thereisadeepening of the newwel- effectsofthese reforms will playout over the tion to the bills, because their policies were fare state. Interestingly,the Modi govern- ured useoflanguage. Yet, even in times when political parties playtosen- long run. This piece is notaneconomic as- headedinthe same direction, even if they ment’sfocus hereisonsix of the newindica- timentsand raise false expectations without compunction in the run-up to sessment of these policies. It is areflection on might have been morenuanced. Also, noth- tors that the OxfordMulti-Dimensional polls, the BJP’s manifesto promise forthe Bihar assemblyelections is re- the political economyofthe Modi model, inginthe billsprecludes the statefromcon- PovertyIndexuses to supplement traditional Emarkable. Itspromise of free vaccine againstCOVID-19toevery “Biharwasi” whichisnow acquiring systematic contours. tinuing with MSP.So, the whole argument indicators of health and education. Cooking is notjustanother instance of poll populism —it’sanattempt to manipulatethe anxi- First, broadlyspeaking, macro-eco- will turn on convincing affected farmers of fuel, water, sanitation, electricity,housing and eties causedbythe mostlethal pandemic to have ravagedthe worldinmorethan acen- nomic stability matters. But,politically, the the government’s intentions. The eventsin assets.These schemes have severalpolitical governmentremains convincedthatinfla- Punjab could yetspiral intoacrisisifnot advantages. These arevital initiatives. They tury. Union ministeroffinance, and senior party leader,Nirmala Sitharaman’s announce- tion carries serious politicalrisks. This is go- handledwell. Butthereislittle evidence of target women, and arevisible. The real ques- ment — “the people of Bihar will getvaccination forfreeonce the production in India is ing to remain acornerstone of macropolit- anational opposition to the bills. tion is whether outcomes aretranslating into on alarge scale. This is our firstpoll promise as mentionedinthe manifesto”—reeksof ical economy. Fourth, state-capital relations. Stateand results. Forinstance, the UjjwalaYojana was desperation, and shows theBJP to be cavalier to the demands of science or requirements Second,the relative bargainingpower of capital relations will remain very politically quitesuccessful in reachingits target of the of administrative protocols, and to theneedtorespond to the stress sufferedbysociety capital in relationtolabour will continue to cosy. In significant sectionsofIndian capital, number of newconnections. But, according in the past10months in large and compassionateways. radically favour capital. This has been the thereisadeepcommitment to theHindutva to government data,per capitacylinder use So far, the Centre and states have done agoodjob in pulling together forCOVID manage- trend forthe lasttwo decades. In emerging project. The government understands that under the scheme in 2019 was3.28 refills, economies, therewill bearace to thebottom control of the information order requires con- suggestingthatthe gapbetween the number ment and have largely insulatedtheprocess from politics, while sharing best practices. In the as farassensible protections forlabour go. trol of capital; so it will superintend it. of connections and theusageyou would ex- pastmonth,PrimeMinisterNarendraModi,hiscabinetcolleaguesandthegovernment’smed- Indonesia has, likeIndia, gutted labour pro- Corruption will be morestructuralrather pect basedonthose connections wasvery ical research agencies have indicated that apolicy to deliverthe vaccine is in the works. tections. The previous regime of labour laws than transactional.This has the advantageof wide. But theseare the six schemes to mon- Negotiationsareonwithvaccinemanufacturers;pricediscoveryisweeks,if notmonths,away, wasdeeply broken and it served neither the being able to mobilise all the necessaryfunds, itor closely. We needmoreobjective scrutiny giventhat no candidatehas clearedthe final hurdle yet. GivenIndia’s population,the govern- cause of capitalefficiency nor labour protec- and yetatthe same time giving the impres- of theseschemesofthe kind MGNREGA was ment needs to secureareasonable price formaximum public safety; it is expected to be free tion. So, it is politically pointlesstodefend the sion that transactional corruption has come subject to under UPA. Butalot will depend status quo. Politically,itwas easy to portray down. Thereare three areas of discretion that upon whether the government narrative on forvulnerablesections,subsidisedforothersandtheprivatesectorisalsobeingropedin.Union the small section of the economythat has will continue to be the subjectofstate-capi- theseschemes can be countered with some HealthMinisterHarshVardhanhas,rightly, cautionedthatthefirstlot maynot beavailableto protected labour as an aristocracy impeding talnegotiations. First, thereisnoevidence to real evidence that these schemes arenot de- everyone and hinted at the rudimentsofaprioritising strategy focusing on healthworkers the progress of otherexcludedlabour rather State and capital relations suggestthat the channelling of credit will not, livering. From apolitical point of view, the andpeoplewithco-morbidities.Conversationsoverothercriticalissueslikethecostof acold- than as abulwarkagainstcapital. But the mi- will remain verypolitically at the margins, continue to bedirectedto the challenge will bethat while some of the gov- chaininfrastructuretotransport,store anddistributethevaccineareatanincipientstage —early grant labour crisis throwsupanother puzzle. cosy. In significant sections favouriteplayers. The Insolvencyand ernment’s claims mayturn out to beinflated, reports indicatethat COVID-19 vaccines will need to be stored at temperatures lowerthan The degree of hardshipinflicted on migrant Bankruptcy Code wasagood legislation. But, will the shortfall besufficient to demonstrate labourisstill notshowing up in anyserious of Indian capital, there is a as Urjit PatelarguedinOverdraft,the govern- government failure? those of MMR and other traditional vaccines suchasthe BCG. Howwill resources be mo- political backlash. One explanation is the pol- deep commitment to the ment underminedits ownlegislation,largely Finally, thereisthe political economyof bilised? Will it involvethe privatesector,and in what capacity? Suchquestions areinextrica- itics of faith —likedemonetisation, this pun- Hindutvaproject. The it seems so that it could still exercisediscre- federalism that has come underimmense ble from thoseofequity and transparency in vaccine distribution and requirediscussion. To ishment has notdeeplybrokenfaith in Modi. tion. So the political economysuggests that strain because of GSTand thegovernment’s throw the complexmatter intothe hustle and bustle of electioneering,making the vaccine a But theremay besomething deeper:That mi- government understands we arenot going to see major financialsec- encroaching on the state’s rightsinrecent leg- poll sop, is arude ruptureinaconversation that has onlyjustbegun. grant labour has been always so radicallydis- that control of the torreforms soon. With Atmanirbhar Bharat, islation. But the blunt truth is that, in the final BJP leaders’ argument that this is the equivalent of a “loan-waiver” announcementis enfranchisedin political termsthat theyhave information order requires thereismorescopefor negotiation on tariffs analysis, the potency of this fault line depends specious, at best.Unlikeatargetedpollsop, aCOVID vaccine affectsthe entirepopula- little faith thatany alternative dispensation control of capital; so it will in different sectors. It will beinteresting to see on the states. If the BJP wins Bihar and Bengal, would have done better forthem. So no polit- if these negotiations aregovernedbyaneco- the potential of significant revolt on federal- tion, notjustasection; it is critical to thehealthofindividuals and the community.Singling ical strikeagainstModi. superintend it. Corruption nomic or apolitical economy logic. ism issues will diminish. out one stateasabeneficiaryjustbecause it is going to vote is bad science, bad politics— Third, in agriculture,the problem is sim- will be more structural Finally,this government is comfortable Despiteeconomic headwinds, it has not and plain wrong. ilar to labour —any position that simplyin- rather than transactional. with greater concentrationofcapital. The ar- been easy to use the economyasapoint with volves defendingthe status quoloses polit- This has the advantage of gument that thereisaneedtocreatenational whichtoattack the Modi government.Ithas ical support. Whether or notthese bills will champions who can leverage scale will be stillpositioned itself as abreaker of the sta- result in greater prosperity forfarmers is an being able to mobilise all usedtojustify the dominance of the Ambanis tus quo. The opposition will have to think open question. It depends on the follow-up. the necessary funds,and over the Indian economytoapoint that is un- moreintelligentlyabout the political econ- PUSHINGTHE BOUNDARY The political consequences of the agricul- yet at the same time giving healthy. But can this nexus beconvertedinto omyofprotest to counter the newpolitical turebills arefar-reachinginastate like the impression that apolitical narrative of corruption? This is go- economyofreform. Punjab whereMSP is very significant. But ing to be difficult. In the previousanti-cor- Pope’s remarks on same-sex civil unions illustratehow work the political effectswill be largelyconcen- transactional corruption ruption movement, the media wascomplicit The writer is contributing editor, of tolerance can sometimes proceedwithout confrontation trated in afew states likePunjab and has come down in the campaign and it acquired plausibility The Indian Express

OPE FRANCIS HAS become thefirstpontifftoendorsesame-sexcivil unions. Even if enormouslysignificant,this maynot be aradical break —the Roman Catholic church’s positions on homosexuality as “deviant” behaviour and marriageasasacramental union possible onlybetween “aman and a Pwoman” remain unchanged.But formillions of homosexual Catholics, who NOT MERE PLOT NUMBERS the pope acknowledged “have aright to be in afamily”, his remarks in anew documen- tary film open up abreathing space. Forthe church,itisanudgetobendthe arcofits practice to amoreexpansive andaccommodating viewofgay life. By relocating National Museumand IGNCA,we areletting go of our history,heritage Pope Francis’s tenureaspontiffhas been near-revolutionary, andequallypolarising. He has sought to claimdivine grace foreveryone, including atheists;hehas offeredprivate succour to atrans-couple and calledfor mercy forwomenwho chose to have abortions; Arpana Caur he has pitchedthe church intothe debate over climatechange,and calledpollutionasin. As Archbishop of Buenos Aires, too, he had advocated alegal shield forsame-sexcouples, IN ARECENT newspaper article, Iread how were enteringatemple of art. The charm of Molshree tree —and we don’tknowhow even while being opposedtohomosexual marriage. Sometimes,itislawsthat push soci- architectural plans forthe “other buildings” itsmagical courtyard, withlife-size sculp- manyofthem will berazed. Thearchitect in- eties towardsdisruptivechange; sometimes, institutionshavetocatch up and acknowl- under the Central VistaRedevelopment proj- tures and high-ceiling galleries, has not charge of the project has stated that manyof ect —after the Parliament—arebeing read- worn offwith time. Ihaveseen visitors of- these trees have outlivedtheir lives—that’s edge shifts that have already takenplace.While homosexuality,with itsdefiant critique ied, whichincludesthe IndiraGandhi fering flowers to the lying Vishnu in the cor- the firsttime Iamhearingofsomething like of theheterosexual “norm”, unsettles all shades of conservative attitudes, the idea of the NationalCentrefor the Arts (IGNCA) and ridor,others marvelling at the life-sizedKali that. We knowoftrees that have livedfor individual’s inviolable right to determine their desires is no longer possible to vilify in the National Museum. and Kubersculptures near the entrance. hundredsofyears —lookatthe Bodhi tree in modern world. The pope’sremarksareapragmatic acceptance of that. Theyalso illustrate Since March,Ihave been reaching out to Ihavebeen therethousands of times,but Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka) and Bodhgaya. howthe work of tolerance can sometimes proceedwithout abrasive confrontation—sim- the government to express concernsofthe Theidea of using the space Istill enter with asenseofwonder. Iwill never Under the newplan, the IGNCA will be plyacknowledging people, withall their differences, as “childrenofgod” can open doors. artistcommunityonthe relocationofthe two forget thebusloadsofschool studentsIinter- shiftedtoanother location,while the National cultural centresthat have playedsuchacru- foroffice buildings is actedwith when Iwas exhibiting my Nanaks Museumwill move to Northand SouthBlock, Despite alow-guilt pre-colonial history of sexual desire,Indiahas onlyjustabout cial role in the promotion of artinindepend- preposterous. There are in digital form early this year.Its collection whichisahigh-security area and so intimi- takenthe firststeps in this battle foracceptance. Adecades-long movement culmi- entIndia. Their central locationattractshun- more than 600 trees at the hasalso inspired much of my ownwork— dating. Our attempt should be to bring art nated twoyearsago in alandmarkSupreme Court decisionthat decriminalisedho- dredsofart lovers, who can justsaunter in IGNCA—including Delhi’s from theChola bronzes to the starving closer to people, nottakeitfurther away from mosexuality.Thereare petitions in the Delhi High Courtthat seek to expand the Special afterawalkinthe India Gatelawns. Icall them Buddha sculpturefromTaxila. Ihaveturned them.The footfalls arebound to benegatively oldest Molshree tree —and Marriage Acttoinclude marriagesofsame-sex couples. If the courtshavebeenhardto the mai-baap of Indian artists andmoving to the miniaturesinits famedgalleries so of- affected.Asartists,weare also concernedthat win over,the struggle foracceptance in religious institutions and families is going to be them would snatchtheseawayfromus. we don’t knowhow manyof ten, as have so manyotherartists.For me, it is mostofthe collectionisnot documentedand, My ownrelationship with these twoin- the Kohinoor of museumsinIndia. therefore, thereisnoguarantee that every- stiffer. ForIndia, withasizeableChristian population,the pope’swords will send out them will be razed. The stitutions goes backseveral years, when I architectin-charge of the It is the same with IGNCA,whichwas thing will be shifted safely. amuch-neededmessageand blunt the edge of prejudice formanymore. Forthat alone, wasaround eightand usedtostayon KapilaVatsyayan’s vision, who recently In March,justafter the lockdown, the land it is immenselywelcome. Curzon Road. Iwould look forwardtoweek- projecthas stated that many passedaway. She had conceivedofMati Ghar use laws were changedfrom public and recre- end outings when my mother(AjeetCour) of these trees have outlived with so muchaffection,and Iamsureitwould ational to “office”.It’s important to acknowl- would take me boating at India Gate, fol- their lives —that’s the first have hurther to see what is being planned edge this is also acultural land with twoma- lowedbyachildren’s film at Sapru House time Iamhearing of now. Ihaveparticipatedin severalexhibitions jor art institutions. During one of the or avisit to theNational Museum to view of women artists here, including one dedi- meetings of architects IattendedinMarch,I FASTER IN IPL artefactsthat introducedustothe rich her- something likethat. We catedtoNirbhaya in 2014.The majesticvenue wasrather appalledthat these buildingswere itageofIndia.This wasthe 1960s,when knowoftrees that have has hostedsomanyliteraryfestivals —mem- mentionedasmereplotnumbers. These Pace has been all the rage this season, changing games, Delhi wasstilluncongestedand innocent. lived forhundreds of years orable exhibitions like “Kaal” (1991) and mean muchmoretous. Theybelongtothe As achild, Iwas fascinated by the sheer —look at the Bodhi tree Satish Gujral’sretrospective (2017). artistsand by letting them go,weare letting mocking patterns and predictions magnificence of the National Museum,its The idea of using the space forofficebuild- go of our arthistory and heritage. round building with pillars, circular corri- in Anuradhapura ings is preposterous.Thereare morethan 600 DELIVERYTHATSouth Africa pacer Anrich Nortjebowledclocked dorsand sculptures. Youentered like you and Bodhgaya trees at theIGNCA —including Delhi’s oldest Caur is aleading contemporary artist 156.22 kmph, the fastestacross 13 editions of the Indian Premier League. At that speed, abatsman hasaround0.4 secondstoreact, the timeit takestoblink.Inthe same spell, againstRajasthan Royals, he touched A155.21kmphand 154.74kmph, the second and thirdfastest in IPL his- tory.The strapping South African is notalone in the pace race. His compatriot, Kagiso OCTOBER 23, 1980, FORTY YEARS AGO Rabada, and England bowler JofraArcher have been bowling in excess of 150kmph. Jasprit Bumrah and Lockie Ferguson, too, have revved up their pace and hostility quotients. ENCOUNTERS IN AP instant “face-to-face clashes” and discover tion by diplomatshere, came from The numbers, though,are inadequatetocapture the essence of fast bowling. Few AFTER AFAIRLYlong spell, news of bloody the reasons behind the re-emergenceof HojatoleslamMoussavi Kho’ini, one of thrillsincricket can comparetothe sight of atearaway fast bowler runningintobowl. But “encounters” betweenthe police andex- the encounter phenomena. But the effort sevenmembers of thespecial commission tremists have startedemanating from metthe same end, figuratively speaking, as setupby the Majlis (parliament) three T20 had hithertonever trulyappreciated genuinepace. Bowlers who were masters of Telangana districtsofAndhraPradesh. The the Bhargava Commission that inconclu- weeksago. “Probablyinthe Majlis session taking the pace offthe ball were considered superheroes. Forpace, even extreme pace, police headquarters in Nalgonda con- sively wound up itsenquiryintopolice ex- on Sunday,”Hojatoleslam told Reuters. needs some guile to be effective.Thereisonlyafine margin forerror.The IPLbatchof firmedtwo encounters in the district, re- cesses in the statetwo years ago. 2020 have marriedpace withdiscipline and smarts. sulting in the death of five Naxalites, in the IRAQ CONSOLIDATES Pace can induce terror,collapse, indecision, even fear forlife. Even batsmen likeVirat lastfortnight.The twoencounters occurred HOSTAGE RELEASE IRAQIINVADERS BATTLINGagainst snipers Kohli and SteveSmith,who usually seem to have so muchtime to work in, aresuddenly within an interval of aweek—the firstat AMEMBEROFthe parliamentarycommis- and dug-in machine-gunners consolidated so short of time thattheyare inducedintomaking last-minutedefensive adjustments or Matchineella Bavi 10 km from Nalgonda on sion in Tehran, which is proposingthe con- their grip on the war-ravagedIranian cities October 5and the second at Suryapeton ditions forthe release of the American of Abadan and Khorramshahr.Iran mistakes. It can changegames in an instant —lastSunday, KolkataKnight Riders’ Ferguson October 13.Three persons diedinthe first hostages, said it would probably announce admitted forthe firsttime that Iraqi demolished Sunrisers in asingle spell of sustainedhostility. Fast bowlers were expected encounter and twostudentsinthe second. itsterms on Sundayand if the US metthem, unitshad seizedlocations within to struggle, considering the heat and slownature of thesurface. But that’s what purepace An attempt wasmade by Express News the captivescould be freedonMonday.The Khorramshahr,capturing the city’s prison cando. It makesamockery of predictions and patterns. Service to find outthe factsbehind these prediction, whichwas greetedwith cau- and acity bridge.

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THEINDIANEXPRESS,FRIDAY,OCTOBER23,2020 WHATTHE OTHERSSAY “USefforts to cut Iran offfrom the rest of the world in the midst of the pandemic 9 THE IDEAS PAGE are cruel. So is Iran’s refusal to release political prisoners.” —NEW YORKTIMES Go well, hero of heroes Healthy and wise Promotion of the production and Priscilla Janafamously represented Nelson and Winnie Mandela, the Sisulus, Mbekisand other consumption of nutri-cereals is apolicy prominent politicalfamilies.But manyofthe peopleshe acted forwerestruggling and destitute shiftinthe right direction

costincentivesprovidedvia MSPs also favoured ahandfulofstaple grains. In parallel,India sawajumpincon- sumer demand forultra-processedand ready-to-eatproducts, whichare high in sodium, sugar,trans-fatsand even some carcinogens. This needwas again metby highly-refinedgrains. Contrarytothe pop- ular belief,this phenomenon wasnot re- Elinor Sisulu AnanyaAwasthi stricted to urban areas. With the intense marketing of processedfoods,eventhe ru- ralpopulation startedperceiving mill- “TELL MY PEOPLEthat Ilovethem.Theymust FORANYONE WHO wishes to understand processedrice and wheat as moreaspira- continue the fight. My blood will nourish the the complexinterplayofnutrition, food tional. This has lead us to thedouble burden tree that bears the fruitsoffreedom.” These systems and farmers’ welfare, the insights of mothers and children suffering from mi- were the lastwords of SouthAfrican freedom shared by PrimeMinisterNarendraModi cronutrient deficienciesand the astound- fighter Solomon Mahlangu, recorded by his on WorldFoodDay areacrash course ing prevalence of diabetesand obesity. lawyer Priscilla Jana,before he washangedon worthtaking. To address this situation, amulti- April 6, 1979. One of the mostimportant highlights pronged strategy has been adoptedfor Mahlangu’swords,which became arally- from the speech wasthe focus on the pro- the promotion of nutri-cereals by the ing cryinSouth Africa’s freedom struggle, are duction of millets,also nowknown as “nu- Modi government. the opening wordsofJana’s biography, tri-cereals”. Giving examples of nutri-cere- The firststrategy from aconsumption Fighting forMandela (2016). In the introduc- als likejowar,bajra andragi, PM Modi also andtrade pointofviewwas to re-brand tion of the book,she describes her utter de- shared howthe Food and Agriculture coarse cereals/millets as nutri-cereals. As of spair thatdespiteworldwide protests and pe- Organisation (FAO)has endorsedIndia’s call 2018-19, milletproduction hadbeen ex- titions from the United Nations and fordeclaring 2023 as the “International Year tendedtoover112 districts across14states. international leaders,the apartheid regime of Millets”. He spokeatlength about how Second, the government hikedtheMSP went on to executethe youngman. Priscilla the government is incentivising the produc- of nutri-cereals, whichcameasabig price spent the night before the execution, praying CRSasikumar tion of nutri-cerealstoincrease the intakeof incentive forfarmers.Aswecompare the and weeping with Mahlangu’s family. diverse and nutritious diets,improve their dataonMSPs forfoodcrops from 2014-15 When we receivednews of Priscilla’s availability in marketsand bring benefitsto against2020,wesee that the MSP forragi death on October 10,Ithought of Mahlangu’s dressedbythe charismatic SteveBiko, arising One day, Priscilla arrivedather office to small and medium farmers, who arethe has jumpedawhopping 113per cent, fol- wordsand howtheycould be adaptedtode- politicalstar who preachedunityamong black find afive-month-old baby. Priscilla wasrep- main cultivators of coarse grains. lowedbybajra andjowar at 72 per cent and scribePriscilla’s life. people. “Ilistenedtohis definitions and was resenting the baby’s father,PopoMolefe, one The three majormilletcrops currently 71 percent respectively.MSPs have been Priscilla wasalarger-than-lifecharacter in amazed. All of us thereinthat hall were op- of the accusedinone of the major treason tri- growing in India arejowar (sorghum), bajra calculated so that the farmer is ensured at South Africa’s anti-apartheid struggle. Best pressedand suffering. Therewas no needto als of 1980. Destituteand on the run from the (pearlmillet) and ragi (finger millet). Along leasta50per centreturn on theircost known as ahuman rightslawyer, she wasalso fumble with our identities. Indians likeme security police, the mother,Phinda Hashe, had withthat, India growsaricharray of bio-ge- of production. an underground operative forthe African could totallybeapart of this.” leftthe babywith Priscilla in desperation. By netically diverse andindigenous varieties Third, to provide asteady market forthe National Congress (ANC), amember of South Priscilla wasalways conscious of the in- the time Molefe wasreleasedfromjail after of “small millets”likekodo, kutki, chenna produce, the Modi governmentincluded Africa’s firstdemocratic parliament, South justice of apartheid, but it hit her in adeeply four years, he and Phinda were no longer to- and sanwa.Major producers include millets in the public distribution system. African ambassador to the Netherlands and personalway when thebelovedhome that gether.RecognisingthatlittleTina(namedaf- Rajasthan,Andhra Pradesh,Telangana, Fourth, the MinistryofAgriculture& Ireland, Deputy Chairperson of the South had been in their familyfor threegenerations terAlbertina Sisulu) wassoattachedto Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Farmers’ Welfareisrunning aRs600-crore African Human RightsCommissionand anac- wasbulldozedafter Westcliffwas declared a Priscilla and her husband, the biological par- Gujarat and Haryana. scheme to increase the area, production tivistfor children’s rights. Whiteareaunder the notoriousGroup Areas entsallowedher to remain with Priscilla. High in dietary fibre, nutri-cerealsare and yield of nutri-cereals. With agoal to Iloved Priscilla as afamily friendand ad- Act. Theylater realisedthataprecious fam- When she was16, Tina wasformallyadopted apowerhouse of nutrientsincluding match the cultivation of nutri-cereals with mired her as acourageous humanrights ac- ilyheirloom —aphotograph of hergreat- and became Albertina JanaMolefe,intouch iron, folate, calcium, zinc, magnesium, local topographyand natural resources, tivist. Shetranscended ethnic, religious and grandfather with Mahatma Gandhi —was with all her parentsand accepting of her com- phosphorous, copper, vitamins and an- the government is encouraging farmersto political boundaries and carved aunique lostsomewhereinthe rubble of the de- plexhistory. tioxidants. Theyare notonlyimportant align their local croppingpatterns to place in South Africa’s pantheonofanti- stroyed home. Tina grew up to beanaccomplishedyoung forthe healthygrowth anddevelopment India’s diverse 127agro-climatic zones. apartheid heroes. Priscilla sawher mother’s spirit destroyed woman who optedfor adiplomatic career. of children but have alsobeenshown to Provisionofseedkitsand inputstofarm- Priscilla wasborn Devikarani Priscilla by the loss of their home and it strengthened One of Priscilla’s proudestmomentswas reduce the risk of heart diseaseand dia- ers, building value chains through Farmer Sewpal in the Westville suburb of Durban on her resolve to study lawratherthan medicine. Tina’s marriage, afew years ago, to Frank betesinadults. Producer Organisations and supporting December 5, 1943. Aftershe completedhigh “As alawyerIwould notjustberepresenting Chikane, the sonofMoss Chikane,who had Usuallygrown by small and poor farm- the marketability of nutri-cereals aresome school in Durban, Priscilla’s father,Hansraj people treated badly: Iwould feel it all along- been one of the co-accusedwith Molefe. The ersondry,low-fertile, mountainous, tribal of the keyinterventions that have been put Sewpal, wanted her to study medicine in side them.” couple marriedaccording to Hindu ritesbya andrain-fed areas, millets aregoodfor the in place. Scotland, but Priscilla’s independent, some “ThisismylawyerPriscilla Jana. Sheisalso priestbrought from India by Priscilla.Isat next soil,haveshorter cultivation cycles andre- And finally, the MinistryofWomen and would saystubborn, temperament wasal- my daughter.” This is howmymother-in-law to Phindawho spokeabout howproud she quireless cost-intensive cultivation. These Child Development hasbeen working at the ready evident. She demandedtogotoIndia. Albertina Sisulu introduced me to Priscilla wasofTina and appreciative of theway uniquefeaturesmakemillets suitedforand intersection of agricultureand nutrition by Her father wasinregular correspondence duringmy visit to my futurein-laws in March Priscilla had raisedher.Ofcourse, therewas a resilient to India’s variedagro-climatic con- setting up nutri-gardens,promoting re- with IndiraGandhi aftermeeting her on a 1986. From the time Walter Sisulu wasincar- senseofloss —but also of immense love and ditions. Moreover, unlikerice and wheat, search on the interlinkages between crop passing visit to Durban in 1942. He sent a ceratedon Robben Islandin July 1963 until the generosity between the twomothers. millets arenot waterorinput-intensive, diversity and dietarydiversity and running telegram to herasking forhelp. In Priscilla’s release of JongumziSisulu in March 1990, Priscillawas always As Isat in thatroom, heavy withthe histo- makingthem asustainable strategy forad- abehaviour changecampaign to generate words: “My education wasthus arrangedper- therewas always at leastone member of the conscious of the injustice of ries of pain and loss experiencednot onlyby dressing climatechangeand building re- consumer demand fornutri-cereals. sonallybyIndia’s futureprime minister.” Sisulu familyinprison or detention through- apartheid,but it hit her in a Priscilla and Phinda, but also manyofthe for- silient agri-food systems. As the government sets to achieve its In 1963, PriscillatravelledtoIndia to study outthe tumultuous 1980s. Priscilla repre- deeply personal way when mer activists and political prisoners present In the 1960s before the Green agenda of amalnutrition-free India and at SophiaCollegefor Women in BreachCandy, sented them all. there, Ifelt that Tina and Frank,the twoac- Revolution, millets were extensively grown doubling of farmers’ incomes, the promo- Mumbai.She confesses to feeling likeanalien: Itook issuewith the title of Priscilla’s bi- the beloved home that had complishedyoungAfricans, whose parents, and consumedinIndia. Indian Council of tion of the production and consumption of “Ihadn’t come to my rootsafter all. Iwasn’t ography because although she famouslyrep- been in their family forthree both adoptedand biological, had sufferedso Agricultural Research datashows that ba- nutri-cereals seems to be apolicy shiftin going to fitinand be acceptedhereany more resented Nelson and Winnie Mandela, the generations wasbulldozed much, representedatriumphoverthe trauma jraconstitutednearly 46 per cent of the crop the rightdirection. Instead of working in si- than Ihad been in South Africa. Iwas neither Sisulus, Mbekisand other prominent politi- of the pastand the best of anew South Africa. production as opposedto13per cent for los, this multi-ministerialpolicy framework from the West nor the East.” Despitefeelings cal families, manyofthe people she acted for after We stcliffwas declared a Priscilla Jana continuedtospeak truth to rice in the kharif season. Similarly,chickpea is astrategic move towardsbuilding an of displacement, she made good friends in were struggling and destitute.Priscillafought White area under the powerinpost-apartheidSouth Africa. She de- stood at 42 per cent forthe rabi season Atmanirbhar Bharat whichresonates with India and ledanactive social life. She metand ferociouslyfor therightsofher clients. Shehad notorious Group Areas Act. criedthe fact that South Africa continues to againstameasly4.3 per centfor wheat. the globalcall forself-sufficiency andsus- fell in love with afellow South African student, no qualms about confronting the security po- They later realised that a be one of the mostunequal countriesinthe With the Green Revolution, the focus, tainable development. Forour part, we can RegJana, and marriedhim soon aftertheir re- lice and she paid aheavy price forit. In 1979, world. As we grieve herdeparture, all we can rightlyso, wasonfood security and high- beginthe janandolan by taking small steps turn home in 1965. The newly marriedcou- she wasservedwith aBanning Order,aperni- precious family heirloom — sayisHamba kahle, qhawe lamaqhawe.(Go yieldingvarieties of wheat and rice.Anun- towardschoosing healthier foods, which ple madetheir homein Johannesburgsuburb, ciousrestriction that preventedthe banned aphotograph of her well, heroofheroes). Mayshe rest in peace intendedconsequenceofthis policy was aregoodfor the environment and bring eco- Lenasia, designated forIndians. person from attending large gatheringsand great-grandfather with and her legacy live on. the gradual decline in the productionofmil- nomic prosperity to our farmers. The 1970ssaw the rise of the Black forced them to reportperiodicallytoadesig- Mahatma Gandhi —was lets.Unfortunately, millets were increas- ConsciousnessMovementand Priscillawas natedpolicestation.That did notstopher from Sisulu, awriter,human rights activist and inglyseen as “poor person’sfood” in con- The writer is assistantdirector,Harvard one of the manyyoung South Africans drawn continuingher work aspolitical repression in- lost somewhere in the rubble political analyst,isthe author of Walter and trasttothe consumer perception around School of PublicHealth-IndiaResearch intoits orbit. She attendedameeting ad- creasedinthe 1980s. of the destroyed home Albertina Sisulu: In Our Lifetime morerefinedgrains likerice and wheat. The Center.Views arepersonal In another time, arole model LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR ANANTIDOTE THIS REFERS TO the article, ‘The answer IDEAS StanSwamyhasstoodwiththeoppressed.Thestateconsidershimanenemy is fraternity’ (IE October,22). Understanding the significance of the ONLINE word “fraternity” becomes even more Harsh Mander important in the current scenario —re- ONLYINTHE EXPRESS pletewith communal issues and vitriol THE TRUE CHARACTER of astate is perhaps influences is the Brazilian Catholic Australia. He told us howenvironmental jail, with little prospect of an early release. againstfellowcitizens. One needs to ● NEPFOR best exposedbyits choice of enemies. In its Archbishop Helder Camara, who said, clearances were hastilyrammed through, Join the dots. search forcommon ground and person- THEELITE: lateststrike, theentire might of thestate “When Iask whytheyare poor,theycall me farmers did notget their due and how In thefirstraid on hiscentre, around 40 alitieslikeKabirandMeerabai,whotran- PREMSINGH has converged on an 83-year-old Jesuit acommunist”. forestswereravaged. police-persons overranhis greencampus. scendedthe narrowboundaries of their priest, who has devotedhis lifetostruggling Imet him twoyearsearlier,aspartofa It is adversaries as powerful as these Theyspent three hours searchinghis small time and shunnedconstructsofreligion ● GOINGGLOCALWITH withthe mostoppressed among theIndian solidarity delegationduring ajourneyofthe that Swamyand the young Adivasis, who and sparselyfurnished room and confis- or castewhichdivide people. WAREHOUSING: people —the Adivasis —againstcorporate Karwan-e-Mohabbat to Jharkhand, shortly he stands in unflinching solidarity with, are cated his laptop, phone, music cassettes and Sarthak Sonwalkar, Ujjain AMITESHBHARATSINGH and statepower.The government leavesno afterhehad firstbeen raidedand investi- fighting. Is it asurprise then that he is seen documents. The next day, localnewspapers doubtabout who it despisesand fears. And gatedfor thisconspiracy by thePunePolice as adangerous enemyofthis government? announced that he waspartofaplottomur- TOO LENIENT www.indianexpress.com who it stands with. in August2018. We methim in Bagaicha, the In his wordstous, “If youquestion this form der Prime MinisterNarendraModi. The sec- Father Stan Swamyhas been jailed, af- centrenear Ranchi he had establishedfor of development, youare anti-development, ond round wasbypersonnel of the NIA,who THIS REFERS TO the article, ‘The fault is terinvestigation, firstbythe Pune police, research andtrainingAdivasi youth. whichisequal to anti-government, which interrogatedhim for15hours. Afterhis ar- notinour stars’(IE,October 22). While and then by India’s premier counter-terror He spoke to us of his work and struggles. is equal to anti-national. Asimple equation. rest,hewas flowntoPune. He wassent into the depiction of our society in itstrue cases. Aphysical courtroom is irreplace- task force, the National Investigation Jharkhand, he said, is arichland compris- This is whythe government calls me a acrowdedjail, unmindful thatwithhis age coloursisright on the mark, thebenefit able,but virtual hearingcan be reserved Agency,ongrave chargesoftreason and ter- ing of very poorpeople.Fromcoal to gold, Maoist, although Iamcompletely opposed and illnesses, he would be especiallyvul- of the doubtgiven to Bollywood stars is forroutine cases. ror, of being aMaoist, being actively in- we have it. Those who exploit Jharkhand re- to Maoistmethods, and have nothing to do nerabletoCOVID-19.At83, his body has be- toogenerous. Sudip Kumar Dey, Kolkata volved in violentMaoist enterprises, and turn enriched, but the Adivasi residentsonly with them”. gun to showthe ravagesofage andalifeof BShubhada, viaemail receiving itsfunds, partofalargersinister becomeevenmorepauperised.Hehas care- It is notjustSwamy.Heresearched and austerity. Parkinson’sdisease hasset in. His NOREFORM MaoistBhima-Koregaon conspiracy. fullydocumented the monstrous profits found that large numbersofAdivasi and hand tremblesashepicks up acup. But his DIGITAL JUSTICE Anticipating his arrest,herecordeda made by big corporations, and the ines- Dalit youth had been jailedfor years, again spine —bothphysicallyand metaphorically THIS REFERS TO theeditorial, ‘On larger statement twodays before the police timable price that people dependent on the chargedasMaoists —inJharkhand, there —isupright and unbending. This refers to thearticle, ‘Nosoftwarefor stage’ (IE, October 22). It maybenoted pickedhim up. What is happening to him, land and forestspay. “If youhavesensitiv- were more than 3,000.Theyhad fought In the video he recordedbeforehis ar- justice’ (IE, October 22). Technology is that the Punjab farm bills offerlittle in he reflects, is notunique. Prominent intel- ity and aconscience,” he said, “youhaveno their illegal and brutal displacement, but rest,hedeclared quietly, “Iamready to pay shapingeveryaspectof ourlives.No arm terms of reforming the markets.Ifitre- lectuals, lawyers, writers, poets,activists option but to take sides withthosewho are by peaceful means, and by appealing to a the price, whatever it is.” In another coun- of the government canshy away from allywantstosupportfarmersand win and student leaders have been arrested — suffering,and resisting.” rangeofconstitutional provisions, laws,and tryoranother time, he would be anational adopting technological solutions to tra- the argument on the issue, the Congress all forone reason.Thattheypublicly dis- He spokeofthe manner in whichland the Samatajudgment of the Supreme Court hero, celebrated as arole model foryoung ditional and contemporarychallenges. government shouldmakethe function- sent with the policiesofthe government. “I wasacquired at dirtprices forthe Adani that theownerofthe land will be the owner people. He is older than the republic which The judiciaryinIndia wasmeasured in ing of the mandis transparentand non- am happytobepartofthis,”hedeclares, powerplant in Godda, and howthe bull- of minerals therein, all of whichthe gov- he fightstodefend. Forhim, the love of his the adoption of technology in itsevery- exploitative.Alegally-enforceableMSP because “Iamnot asilent spectator”. dozers destroyed the standing crop. Adani ernment had disobeyed.With Sudha country and the love of hisreligionisthe dayfunctioning.Ittookapandemicto re- won’t preclude distress sale unlessthe All those who know him arestruckby Powersignedin2016anagreement with Bhardwaj,heco-convenedthe Persecuted love of itspoorestpeople. alisethepotentialof inexpensive widely- Centreand the states work in tandem. the stubborn and steelystrength of convic- Bangladesh to build a1,600 MW power Prisoners Solidarity Committee and fileda useddigitalcommunicationtoolsto hear SSPaul, Nadia tion of this ageing priest, his indomitable plant in Godda. Jharkhand. The coal would petition in the Jharkhand High Courtseek- Mander is ahuman rights courageand his love forthe poor.One of his be importedfromAdani’s mines in ing their release. Both of them arenow in activist andwriter

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THE NUMBER of active cases of coro- whichhasseenits active casesgo down The banking sector has notyet recoveredfromthe pandemic blow. Is therestill an investment opportunity? navirus infection in the countryisnow by almost70% in thelastone-and-a- morethan 3lakhlowerthan the peak half months. The statehad morethan Whileconcerns over NPAs remain, fund managers believe the sectorholds out promise in the longterm that wasreachedinthe middle of one lakh active cases in the firstweek September.The totalis7.15lakh active of September,whichhassteadilycome cases now; at itspeak,ithad crossed downto just about32,000now. Forthe or that the stockprice of banksislower in re- 10.17lakh. Therehave lastone week,Andhra WHATHASRECOVERED,WHATHASNOT lation to their earnings, and hence thereis been onlyfivedays Pradesh has been con- possibility of arise in their shareprice. sinceSeptember 17 tributing less than Fund managers feel that while thereare when newinfections 4,000caseseveryday, a some concerns on account of NPAs, the sec- detected have ex- big improvement from torisundervaluedand throwsupanoppor- ceededthe number of the days it wasreport- tunity forinvestors. While the CEO of alead- recoveries. ing over 10,000newin- ing fund house said that smartinvestors have Wednesdaysaw fections daily. Sandeep Singh started taking aposition in banking stocks one of the biggestde- In thelastoneweek, and sector specific schemes, severalfund clines in active cases. CORONAVIRUS active cases have de- houses areadvising their investors to invest About 56,000 new COUNT clinedinevery major OVER THE lastsix months, the benchmark in sectoral funds focusing on banks. cases were detected state exceptDelhi and Sensex and Nifty regainedmostofthe losses “We believe that SIPs (systematic invest- while almost80,000patientswerede- West Bengal. Even Kerala, the fastest theyhad takeninFebruaryand March.But ment plans) should be started in sectors clared to have recovered. growing stateright now, hasseen a one keysector —banking —continuestotrail whichare undervalued. At this point in time, Almosthalf this reduction has small drop in the active cases in the last significantlyatthe stockmarkets.While it is we believethe banking and infrastructure comefromMaharashtra, wherethe ac- week.Bihar, whichhas sloweddown oneofthe key sectors thathas notyet recov- spaceisundervaluedand hence,investors tive cases have declinedfromover3 considerablyinthe lastone-and-a-half ered to itspre-Covid levels, does it throw up with a3-5-year horizon should consider SIPs lakh to less than 1.6lakh now. months, has also seen aslight rise in an investmentopportunity,oristherea in suchfunds,” said Sankaran Naren, ED and In relative terms, the biggest drop the active cases during this time. deeper issue the sector is sufferingfrom? CIO at ICICI Prudential AMC. has happenedinAndhraPradesh AMITABHSINHA It is also important to note thatifand THE UNDPERFORMANCE: On Wednesday, when the NPAs startrising, therewill be a the Sensexatthe BombayStock Exchange Sensexisbackatnearly the same levelasatthe end of January. Express Archive trend wheregood bankswill getseparated INDIAACTIVE CASES 715,812 closed at 40,707,whichisalmost thesame from those with aweaker quality of assets. levelasthe 40,723 it had closedatonJanuary That will result in arise in the shareprice of 31.Among the sectoral indices, severalsec- BSE INDICES 31 JAN2020 21 OCT 2020 CHANGE (%) better-run bankswith better quality assets. 850,000 tors have gone wayabove their Januarylev- Thereisabroadersenseamong fund man- Sensex40,72340,707 -0 els. While IT and healthcareindices areupby agers that if one investsingood banksfor the 38% and 41%respectively,the Teck indexisup Bankex 35,289 27,969 -20.7 next twotothree years, thereisahigh pos- 838,729 715,812 26 per cent. Severalother sectoral indices FInance 6,846 5,575 -18.6 sibility of good returns being made. suchasauto, FMCG and consumer durables Power1,899 1,638 -13.7 arewithin 6% of their January31closing level. What else should investors consider? 750,000 The twobig underperformersare the Telecom 1,1781,042 -11.5 Thecredit growth forscheduledcom- bank indexand finance index, down respec- Metal9,494 8,534-10.1 mercial bankshas been under pressurefor tively by 21%and 19%fromtheir January31 Consumer durables 26,14724,505 -6.3 some time now. Having alreadyslippedinto levels. Besides, metal, powerand telecomin- single digitsbeginning August2019, it weak- FMCG 11,641 11,001 -5.5 LAST 10 DAYS dices tooare down between 10%and 15%. enedfurther sincethe pandemic and impo- Oct 12 Oct 21 Auto 18,161 17,813 -1.9 sition of lockdown, as bankshavebeen tread- 650,000 Whyare banks lagging in performance? Teck 7,9119,982 26.2 ing very cautiously as to who theylend to in Barring sectors that catered to essential times of economic distress. Forthe month of IT 15,871 21,943 38.3 Note: The Oct 21 figureinthis graphisbased on thegovernment updateonOct 22 goods and services, the pandemic and the August2020,the year-on-year credit growth lockdown hit all other sectors of the econ- Healthcare13,95719,74841.5 slowedto6%, the lowest since October 2017, omyinvarying proportionsbetween March when it grew by 5.9%. INDIATOTAL CASES WORLD TOTAL CASES and June. While the relaxation in the lock- Experts say, however, that this can’t re- 7,706,946 41,396,754 down ledtorevival of economic activity and ketexperts fear that banksmay witness arise institutional investors has kept the share main lowforever and will eventuallyrise consumption demand across various sectors in delinquencies and non-performing assets price of banksunder check. over the next fewquarters. And when it does, Source:MinistryofHealth&Family Source:JohnsHopkinsUniversity, beginning June-July, the impact of the strin- (NPAs) in the quarterending December 2020. therewill be faster growth forbanks. Welfare,updatedat11pmonOct22 updatedat11pmonOct22 gent lockdown has been muchdeeper on This fear is keeping investors away from But, is thereawindowofopportunity for Whileabitof NPAsispartofthebusinessof small businesses, newenterprises, jobsand banks. In fact, the shareofequity allocation investors? banking, it is important to note that investors income levels of both the salariedand the by mutual fundstothe banking sector has In January, the price-to-earning (PE) ra- shouldnotbasetheirinvestmentdecisiononly self-employed. Manyfeel it is going to hurt declinedfrom24.4% in February2020 to tio forthe Sensexwas 25.6; in October,itis onNPAs.Whentheeconomyrevivesandstarts Vertebral fractures in Covid-19 the banksoverthe next couple of quarters. 17.8% in September. around 29. This means that the Sensexisal- witnessing private sector investment, the The six-month moratorium allowed by The CEO of alarge mutual fund said that ready trading in amoreexpensive zone than banking sector will be oneofthe biggestben- the RBI endedonAugust31, and that will as concerns remain over arise in NPAs, fund it wasinJanuary. By contrast,while the PE eficiaries. Investors must be careful, however, patients double riskofdeath mean borrowers who were shieldedfrom managers have notbeen putting fresh ratio of the bank index at BSE stood at 32 in abouttheirdirectstockpickingandlookforthe paying their EMIs will nowhavetoresume moneyintobanksand areinstead investing January, it is currentlyhovering around 21. ones that areadequatelycapitalised, have a COVID-19PATIENTS who 114Covid-19patients,and the monthlyrepayments. With businesses in sectors suchasIT, pharma and technology. This meansthat the PE ratio of the bank in- strong retail book and have traditionallyhad have vertebral fractures detected thoracic verte- hit, jobs lost, and income levels shrunk,mar- The reduction in fresh allocation of funds by dexisstill muchlowerthan it wasinJanuary, sustainedlowerlevelsofNPAs. aretwiceaslikelytodie bralfracturesin35%.These from the disease, accord- patientswereolder and ingtoastudypublishedin moreaffected by high the Endocrine Society’s blood pressureand heart What Maharashtramove means for CBI probes Journal of Clinical PAPER disease. Theyweremore Endocrinology& likely to needventilators Metabolism. CLIP and twice as likelytodie of conventional naturesuchasoffencesre- Can the TRP case still go to the CBI? The ED is probing the money laundering Vertebral fractures oc- compared to those with- MOHAMEDTHAVER lating to internal security,espionage, nar- One of the grounds forhanding over the aspectoftheirrigationscam,inwhichDeputy cur when the bonyblock NEWRESEARCH out fractures. The death MUMBAI,OCTOBER22 cotics, antiquities, murders, dacoities/rob- Rajputcaseto theCBIwasthatMumbaiPolice CM Ajit Pawarfaces allegations. This will not in the spine collapses. rate washigherinpatients beries, and cheating among others. It is this hadn’tregisteredanFIR(becausetheinvestiga- be impacted by the stategovernment’s latest While vertebral fractures aretypically with severe fractures. THE MAHARASHTRA governmenthas with- unit that has takenoverthe Sushant Singh tion pointed to suicide). This cannotapplyin decision as the ED conductsits probes under causedbyosteoporosis, suchfractures Asimple thoracic X-ray can detect drawn “general consent”given to theCBI to Rajput case. theTRPcase,inwhichMumbaiPolicehasreg- thePMLAandFERAAct,whiletheCBIdrawsits can lead to severe pain and deformity, these fractures, and the researchers probecases in the state. This means the cen- isteredanFIR and arrested eightpersons. powers from the DelhiPoliceSpecial theyare prevalent in Covid-19patients suggestedthatanevaluationshouldbe tral agency will have to getconsent from the What has ledtoMaharashtra’s decision? Republic TV Arnab Goswami Editor-in- Establishment Act. too—and can influence disease out- performedinCovid-19 patientsatthe stategovernment forevery case it registers The state government waswaryabout Chief had earlier approachedthe Supreme comes, the researchers said. time of hospital admission. in Maharashtra. the Special Crimes Division taking over the Courttotransfer the probetothe CBI. The Howwill this impact the CBI’s day-to-day The researchers studiedX-raysof SOURCE:ENDOCRINESOCIETY probeintothe alleged scam over television Supreme Court, however, askedhim to ap- functioning? What kinds of cases is the CBI involved in rating points(TRP) being investigated by the proachtheBombayHighCourt. Infuture,ifthe The decision will increase work forboth at astate level? Mumbai Police. On Tuesday, the CBI took SupremeCourt asks the CBItotakeoverthe theCBI and the state government. Everytime ThreeCBIdivisionsinvestigate differentcat- over asimilar case registeredbyUPpolice. MumbaiPoliceinvestigationintotheTRPcase, the CBI catches anycentral government em- egoriesofcases. TheAnti-CorruptionDivision MaharashtraHome MinisterAnil thestategovernmentcannot refuse.However, ployeetaking abribe, it will needtoseek ap- investigates cases againstpublicservantsun- Deshmukh said the stategovernmentbe- the SupremeCourt will have to be convinced provalfromtheMaharashtragovernmentbe- der the control of the central government, in- lievedthe CBI wasaprofessional and pre- aboutthereasonswhytheCBIshouldtake over fore registeringacase. The Maharashtra cluding those in public sector undertakings; mier investigating agency,but felt it could the MumbaiPolice case. government toowill be burdened with ap- cases againstpublic servantsworking under act under politicalpressure. One reason for proval requests. stategovernments,whichhavebeenentrusted the state’s anxiety wasthe wayinwhichthe What about keycases being probed by the In arecentjudgment(RameshChandra to theCBIby thestate;andseriousdepartmen- Sushant Singh Rajput case wastaken over by the National Investigation Agency and the Singhandanothervs CBI),however, theCalcutta talirregularities committed by the above. the CBI. EnforcementDirectorate? High Court had observed: “The courtisofthe The Economic Offences Division investi- The NIA has jurisdictionacross the coun- viewthatthecentralgovernment/CBI’spower gatesfinancial crimes, bank frauds, money Will the decision impact the CBI probein tryanddoesnotneedspecialpermissionfrom to investigateand prosecuteits ownofficials laundering, illegal moneymarket operations, the Sushant Singh Rajput case? stategovernments. This is whythe NIA was cannotbeinany wayimpeded or interfered and graftinPSUs and banks. No.Themove willnot impactcasesthatthe able to take over the Bhima Koregaon case by thestateeveniftheoffenseswere commit- The Special Crimes Division handles cases CBI is already investigating. without the state’sconsent. tedwithin the territoryofthe state.” ThelonghistoryofKeralaCongresssplits&factions,fromManitoson

diedin1964. Fifteen of Chacko’s colleagues loyalistTMJacob formedKC(Jacob) in 1993. (Democratic), and joinedLDF.Meanwhile, P arevolt, and nowasplit. In 2001,PCThomas has seen moresenior leaders suchasFrancis SHAJUPHILIP ledbyKMGeorge toppledSankar in ano- In the 1990s, PCThomas, son of the late CGeorge partedwayswithManiand wasoustedfromthe Mani group afterhe George,JohnyNelloor and Joseph M THIRUVANANTHAPURAM,OCTOBER22 confidence motion. George andR Chacko,emergedasaprominent figurein formedKerala Janapaksham (Secular). questioned the promotion of Jose, who be- Puthusseryjoining the UDF.The firsttestof Balakrishna Pillai formedKerala Congress the Mani camp, but differences aroseas Following KMMani’s death, Francis re- came an MP in 2009 while his father re- theirclout would be howmanyseatstheir AFACTION of the Kerala Congress(Mani), with the backing of Mannath Mani sought to promote his son. Thomas, turnedtothe Joseph camp, while afew oth- mainedanMLA.After Mani’s death, there respective nominees getfromUDF and LDF ledbyparty founder KMMani’s sonJoseK Padmanabhan, giving the upper caste then aLok Sabha MP,was oustedfromthe ers kept KC(D) alive within LDF. wasabid to give the bypoll tickettoJose's in the civic bodyelections. Mani, became apartner of the CPM-ledLeft Hindu Nair community afoothold in the party in 2001;heformed Indian Federal wifeNisha. Jose has been oftenblamedfor lackof Democratic Front(LDF) on Thursday, a primarilyCatholic party. Democratic Party(IFDP) and went on to be- Christian party &dynasts KC(B) has been reducedtoafather-son political acumen, although he is planning week afterithad broken away from the The firstcracksinKeralaCongress de- come aministerinthe NDA. Exceptfor afew leaders from the Nair affair afterBalakrishnaPillai handedover to ride his father’s popularity.Pala, the seat Congress-ledUnited Democratic Front velopedoverleadership in 1977,following In 2003, PCGeorge split with Joseph and community,all KC factionshavebeen domi- the reinstoson KBGaneshKumar.After the nurtured by KMMani fordecades, is signif- (UDF). The swiftdecision to take in the fac- George’sdeath. Pillai partedwayswith formedKC(Secular). Twoyears later, nated by Christian leaders, particularly death of TMJacob in 2011,his son Anoop icant forbothLDF and UDF.The incumbent tion ledbyJose, aRajya Sabha MP,was taken Mani, launched KC(B), and movedtothe Thomas mergedhis IFDP with KC (Joseph). Catholics,their votebank being farmers of has takenoverKC(Jacob). Afterthe death K MLA, Mani CKappan, of LDF partner NCP, in viewofupcominglocal body elections. Left. In 1979, Mani pulledawaywith PJ By then, George had wound up KC (Secular) Kottayam, Idukki, Ernakulam and Narayana Kurup, who represented the has said he would notsurrender it. To se- All this also continues adecades-long Joseph to form KC (Mani).Mani joinedthe and returnedtoMani’s KC(M). Pathanamthitta.Splitshaverestrictedthefac- HinduNair section, his son NJayaraj took curehis future, Jose faces the challengeof trendof theKeralaCongresssplitting,thenew LDF government in 1980, but toppleditin The Maniand Josephgroups mergedin tions within the boundaries of theircon- over and is nowalegislator with theJose notonlygetting the ticket but alsowinning groups splitting again, and merging. Each 1982, shifting to UDF.Bythen, Josephwas 2010,after Joseph ending his two-decade stituencies, whichinturn has limitedtheir faction. KMGeorge’s son Francis toohad the seat. The CPM’s decision would be cru- suchevent has givenrise to local satraps in with the Congress. Later (1982-87), the linkswith the LDF.But, within the Joseph politicalinterests to nursingandretainingthe floated KC (Democratic), but has nowre- cial and couldpossiblygoinfavour of Jose, Central Kerala, wherethe party’s manyfac- Mani,Pillai and Joseph groups would all be camp, PCThomas wasagainstthe merger seats.ThishelpssomeKC leadersweatherany turnedtothe Joseph group. considering the stakes involved. tions wield theirinfluence. in the UDF.Infact,in1985, all three merged and formedKC(Anti-merger) with Scaria political turmoil during anyelection. By roping in the Jose faction, the CPM backintoKerala Congres, but in twoyears Thomas, and continuedwith LDF.Later,they Dynastyrule is evident in all KC groups The split &after hopes to win moreseatsfromCentral Kerala All the KC groups Josephand Maniwouldsplit again. Pillaire- respectively formed KC (Thomas) and KC exceptthe Joseph faction; mostsplitshave In the disputebetween the Joseph and and retain powerin2021, bucking the trend The Kerala Congress wasfoundedin mainedwith Joseph until 1989, when he re- (Scaria Thomas). PCThomas eventually happenedhappened over denial of seatsor Jose groups, both sides have claimedsup- of alternategovernments.Crucial to this 1964from asplit in the Congress. Following vivedKC(B). In 1989, Josephleftthe UDF; in movedtoNDA, and Scaria Thomas to LDF. posts to prominent leaders or their protégés. portofthe KC(M) rank and file, but, Joseph would be Jose’s ability to bringthe KC vote ascandalin1963, Chief Minister RSankar 1991,heteamedupwith LDF. In 2016,former MP Francis George,son Jose KMani’s bid to take control of the is the morepopular and influentialleader. bank to LDF,considering that itsvoters are removedHome MinisterPTChacko, who The next split wasinKC(M), when Mani of the lateKMGeorge,floated KC party afterhis father’s death lastyear ledto AfterJose raisedhis revolt, the Joseph side traditionallypro-UDF.

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BRIEFLY FATF REVIEW OF SPOT ON GREY LIST MEA: Over PM addresses Bengal on Puja: Respect 3,800 ceasefire women of India like you respect Durga MEA:Pakhas violations by Pak thisyear

SANTANUCHOWDHURY KOLKATA,OCTOBER22 not completed EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE NEWDELHI,OCTOBER22 SHARING DURGA Puja greetings NNReddy in Bengali on the occasion of the PAKISTAN’S TROOPS have re- firstday of the puja – Shasthi – actionitems sortedtomorethan 3,800inci- PrimeMinisterNarendraModion dentsofunprovokedceasefire TELANGANA Thursdayassertedthatthe violations along the Line of Formerhome Centre’s vision of Atmanirbhar Control (LoC) in Jammu and Bharat (self-reliant India) will SHUBHAJITROY ED Spotonlist Kashmir this year and even sup- ministerdead NEWDELHI,OCTOBER22 grow in strength from West meansmore ported smuggling of arms and

Bengal and said that women in PLAIN narcoticsubstances, the Ministry afterinfection E pressure ● the countrymustbegiven the INDIA ON Thursdaypushedfor EX of External Affairs (MEA) said Hyderabad: SeniorTRS same respect people have forthe PakistantoremainonParis-based Thursday. leader and former Home Goddess.. globalwatchdog FinancialAction PAKISTANHAS been un- MEA spokesperson Anurag MinisterofTelangana Inavirtualaddressto thepeo- Task Force's (FATF) Grey Listsay- der the FATF’s scrutiny Srivastavasaid Pakistan's forces Nayani Narasimha Reddy ple,live-streamedinall 294 ingIslamabadhadaddressedonly forthe lasttwo years. have continued to engageinun- diedhereonThursday. He Assemblyconstituencies of the 21 of the27actionitemsonterror With half adozen com- provoked ceasefire violations, of- was76. Reddy,who state,Modimadeanappealto the financingand moneylaundering mitmentsleftunfulfilled tenincivilian areas, to support served as the firstHome people to adhere to physicaldis- BJPworkers at aDurga Puja, whichPrime MinisterNarendraModiinauguratedvirtually, issued to it by theagency. under the agency's action infiltration of terrorists across MinisterofTelangana af- tancing norms and wear face in KolkataonThursday. Partha Paul Pakistan's spotonthe listand plan, it would hope to get the LoC. terits formation in 2014, maskswhiletakingpartinthefes- itsprogresswithrespectto theac- out of the listsoon. Delhi, “This is aclear violation of the had been undergoing tivities in an effort to keep up the tion items is being reviewedata however, would want 2003 ceasefireunderstanding treatmentataprivate su- battle againstthe Covid-19pan- importantroleto makeourvision Noting that Durga is wor- thoughDurga Pujathisyearisbe- plenarysessionof theFATF,which Islamabad to stay on the between the twosides. This year, per-speciality hospital demic. asuccess,” the PM said in his23- shippedasasymbol of ‘Shakti’ ing celebrated on alimited scale beganonOctober21 andissched- Grey List —that would till date, Pakistani forces have herefor post-Covid com- He said: “In the 21st century, minuteaddress. (strength),Modi said his govern- dueto theCovid-19pandemic,the uledtoend on October23. pressureonPakistanto carriedout morethan3,800un- plications withlung dam- our vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat The event washeld at Eastern ment is consistentlyworking for “enthusiasmisstill unlimited”. Respondingto questions,MEA take moreaction against provoked ceasefire violations,” ageand the end came at – or self- reliant India – will ZonalCulturalCentreinSaltLake, theempowerment of women. He said: “Bengal’s Puja gives official spokesperson Anurag terror groups. Srivastavasaid at amedia 12.25 am, hospital sources strengthen from the landof whereaDurga Puja is organised He cited decisions suchas India anew colour.Weare cele- Srivastava saidonThursday, “FATF briefing. said. Reddy,asenior trade Bengal. We have to take Bengal’s by the BJP.The PrimeMinister, openingJanDhanaccountsfor22 bratingDurga Puja in times of has well laid out standards and Srivastavaaddedthat there union leader in culture,pride, progresstonewer whowasaddressingfromthena- crorewomen, givingsoftloans to Covid-19(and) devotees have procedures...Afteracountryisput viduals including those pro- have also been attemptstodrop Hyderabad, had playedan heights. We areensuring speedy tional capital, virtuallyinaugu- them under the MudraYojana, shown exemplaryrestrain.The on alist, an actionplan is givento scribed by the UNSC suchas arms and ammunition closeto active role in the separate development forthe people of ratedthe Puja. launching Beti Bachao-Beti number of people mightbeless itandthecountryconcernedisex- Masood Azhar,Dawood Ibrahim, the LoC underthe garb of civil- Telangana agitation.He Bengal through various schemes. BJP leaders Kailash Padhaoinitiative,grantingperma- butthegrandeuranddevotionare pected to fullycomplete the ac- Zakir-ur-Rahman Lakhvi,” ian activity. waselectedtothe We aredoing everything to re- Vijayvargiya, Mukul Royand nentcommission to women in the same; the happiness and joy tion plan within the stipulated Srivastavaadded. The FATF had “We have also witnessedthat Legislative Assemblyin duce problems of the people of Union ministerBabul Supriyo the armedforces, and extending arestill boundless. This is the real time.Thosefoundwantinginim- placedPakistanonthe grey listin Pakistan's aid and abetment to undividedAndhra the stateand improvetheir were amongpresentatthevenue. maternity leave from 12 to 26 Bengal. plementing their obligations are June 2018 and issuedthe plan. cross-border terrorism, smug- Pradesh forthree terms in lifestyle.” Theaddresswasprecededbycul- weeksand said, “we have takena “There is suchpower in devo- heldaccountableandsubjectedto In August, seeking to wriggle glingofarmsand narcotic sub- 1978, 1985 and 2004. “We have adoptedthe vision turalprogrammesandarendition numberof stepsfortheirempow- tionthereitseemsthatIamnot in appropriateaction.” out of the grey list, Pakistanim- stances have spilled over to the Reddy had servedasa of Purbadaytodevelop eastern of aRabindranath Tagore songby erment”. Delhi but todayIam present “ItisunderstoodthatPakistan posedfinancial sanctions on 88 International Boundaryinclud- ministerinthegovern- India. West Bengal has to play an Supriyo, who is alsoasinger. The Prime Ministersaid al- amongall of youinBengal.” has addressedonly21action bannedterrorgroups and their ing, through usageofdrones and ment of late YS items so farout of the total 27 leaders, including 26/11Mumbai quadcopters,” he said. RajasekharaReddy when point FATFAction Plan... Asiswell attackmastermind and Jamaat- Srivastavasaid suchviola- TRS,then an allyof WESTBENGAL known,Pakistancontinuestopro- ud-DawachiefHafiz Saeed, JeM tions areregularly highlighted to Congress, joinedthe gov- Pandemic, distress, abroken videsafehavenstoterrorist enti- chief Masood Azharand under- Pakistanthrough diplomatic ernment in 2004. PTI After HC order, ties and individuals and has also worlddon Dawood Ibrahim. channels and at the regular notyet takenany action against FULLREPORTON DGMO- (Director General of phone: How afamilyinGoa giant screens severalterroristentitiesand indi- www.indianexpress.com MilitaryOperations) leveltalks. and mobile apps UTTAR PRADESH lost their16-year-old son Kerala Bishops council: GUJARAT Illegalarms fordevotees Court extends factorybusted, ies of both the schemes. No change in Church SMITANAIR NorthGoa SP Utkrisht EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE remand of four 1heldinHathras SATTARI(GOA),OCTOBER22 Prasoon said, “The suicide is re- KOLKATA,OCTOBER22 Hathras: The police on lated to amobile phone that was stand, Pope didn’t justify accused in BJP Thursdayclaimedtohave AT PALvillageinGoa’s Sattari notrepaired.The boywas 16 AFTER THE Calcutta High Court bustedanillegal arms- taluka, afamilyisdistraught. The years old. We firstdetermined order bannedvisitors’ entryto same-sex marriage leader ‘murder’ manufacturing factoryin pandemic and itsaftereffects— the cause of death -- asphyxia Durga Puja pandals, organisers Hathras following the ar- reducedearnings, an uncertain causeddue to hanging. We are madelast-minutechanges.Giant rest of aman and seizure future—had already put them alsoinquiring with his school screenswere installedoutsidethe SHAJUPHILIP The Pope’s comments EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE of over adozen firearms through great hardship. Abro- teachers and others to ensure pandals for “darshan” (glimpse) THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, have evoked mixed VADODARA,OCTOBER22 along with ammunition. kenmobile phone wasseem- the circumstances.Statements andvirtual“pushpanjali”(ritualof OCOBER22 The police have seized14 ingly thelaststraw.OnOctober of parentshavealreadybeen offering flowers to god) will be response, but the ALOCAL courtinJhalod has ex- pistols of .315 bore, three 15,their 16-year-old son was taken.” arrangedfordevoteesto take part ADAY afterPope Franciswas fea- Vatican has notdenied tendedbyfourdaysthe police re- rifles, including twoof found hanging in the house. The school headmastercon- from home. turedinadocumentary, purport- his endorsement of mand of four accusedinthe al- .315 bore, andthree un- The father,who drivesapri- firmedtoThe IndianExpress Puja organisers also installed edly endorsing same-sexcivil leged contractkillingofJhalod finishedpistols of varying vate bus, says his son, aClass 10 The teenager’s notebook; he that classes were being held on- loudspeakersinthevicinityof the unions, Kerala Catholic Bishops same-sexcivil unions councillor and BJP leader Hiren capacities from the unit student of agovernment school wasaClass 10 student line. pandalstoplaymantrasforthelo- Council(KCBC) on Thursdaysaid Patel,inastaged “hit-and-run”in- besides equipment and in the village, usedasmartphone His class teacher is still in cal residents. thereisnochangeintheChurch's cident on September 27. rawmaterial, police said. to attendhis online classes. On shock. Of his 59 students, more “We will organise virtual standonsame-sex.Italsosaidthat Bishop Joseph Pamplani, Earlier,theywereremanded Kanchan, alocal, who has October 11,the phone screen day, butthe lockdown had left than half attend classes on their pushpanjali through Zoom. This “reports thatthe Pope had justi- chairman of KCBC's media com- to sevendays inpolicecustodyon been booked earlier in broke, but the boykeptittohim- him with no income forfour phones -- and the 16-year-old will also help us to connect with fied the same-sexmarriageare mission, said, “Pope Francis has October 15. over half adozen cases, self, telling his mother onlya months. Since July, he is back at wasone of them. “He wasa people staying in foreign coun- baselessand misleading”. notadoptedany stance that de- The district policeproduced has been arrested, couple of days later. work,but onlyearns Rs 500, that friendlychild... completedhis tries,includingtheUSandtheUK. Whilebeinginterviewedfora niestheChurch teachingsonsex- thefouraccused—IrfanPada,Ajay Hathras SP VineetJaiswal “We had been struggling for tooongooddays. homework andwas responding Also,wewill playthe mantras on documentary, whichpremiered ual morality.” Kalal, Sajjansinh Chauhan and said. PTI monthssoeveryone wasinabad The mother,abeneficiaryof to onlinelessons. He even got loudspeakers, so that people can at the Rome Film Festival on KCBC spokespersonFrJacob MohammedSamir Mujawar— mood. When he told his mother the Griha Aadhar Scheme, awel- good marks in atestwecon- offerpushpanjali at home,” said Wednesday, the Pope had pur- Palakkappalli said, “The Catholic before thelocalcourtviavidecon- MADHYAPRADESH about the phone, she said it can't fare scheme forhomemakers, ducted recently,”hesays. Subir Das, amember of portedlystatedthat“homosexual Church has notdiluted itsstand ference on Thursday,seekingex- berepairedimmediately,and he said she hadn't receivedany Studentswereallowedto Bhawanipore75Pally Puja people have theright to be in a on familylifeand homosexuality. tensionof remandonthegrounds Claimingto threw atantrum.When Icame moneysince the lockdown, ex- visit school if theyhad doubts to Committee. family. Theyare children of God.” TheChurch doesnotmakeexhor- that theaccused were “uncoop- be‘goddess’, backfromwork,he got intoanar- ceptfor aone-time payment of clear or needed help withwork- Even before court restrictions Hereportedly saidinoneof his tationsaboutmarriageandfamily erative”intheprobeandpoliceare gument with me and Iheld him Rs 1,500during Ganesh sheets givenduringonlinehours. were in place, Kolkata'sSantosh sit-down interviews forthe film, lifethrough documentaries. The yettotrace the vehicle that was womanaxesson by his collar. He stopped me say- Chaturthi. The grandmother,a The boy, theteacher said, had MitraSquarePujacommitteehad “What we have to have is acivil Pope hadtaught in the pastalso usedtomow down Patel. ing, ‘I have onlyone nice shirt’. He beneficiaryofthe Dayanand visited school to pickabook the decidedtolivestream all rituals. union law; that waytheyare that thoseinthe LGBT category Thepoliceremandapplication Panna:In asuspectedcase removedhis shirt,put it on a Social Security Scheme forwid- week he died. “He would come “Keepingthe pandemic in mind, legallycovered.” arechildren of God and theyde- also cited that the remand was of human sacrifice, a hanger and told me Icould beat ows, toohadn't got anymoney to school if he had doubtsto we haddecidedtorestrictvisitors' The Pope’s commentshave servespecial careand love.The neededastwo absconding ac- woman allegedlyaxedher him. By then, Ijustcouldn’t,” says formonths. clear,but henever told us about entryandmadeallarrangements evoked mixed responsefromthe Church is of the stand that same- cused—Imran Gudala and Irfan 24-year-old son to death, the father. Agovernment officer con- his mobilephone. If we had accordingly. We couldn't have Catholic Church,but the Vatican sexinclinations should be differ- Basti —wereyet to be appre- claiming that she felt like “Ithen told him IonlyhaveRs firmedthe payment has been known, we would have told him risked anyone's life,” said Sajal has notdeniedhis endorsement entiated from same-sexacts.” hended. agoddess,at Kohni village 500withmeand needittobuy stalleddue to the state’s depleted it wasok,”the teacher says. Ghosh, committeesecretary. of the same-sexcivil unions. The Catholic Church does not OnThursday, 15 councillorsof in Panna district on rice.Iasked him to wait forfour coffers. Backatthe 16-year-old's Organisers of Jodhpur Park TheKCBCisanorganisationof recogniselivingtogetherof same- Jhalod Municipality submitted a Thursday, police said. The days formetoarrangethe On Tuesday, however, Chief home, the father says that de- Sarbojaninhave cutdownontheir CatholicbishopsinKeralabelong- sexpersons as marriage. Some memorandum to Dahod SP incident took place Rs 2,000he neededtorepairthe MinisterPramod Sawant spitetheir hardships, he never budget and installed the idolsin- ing to rites of Syro-Malabar,Latin countrieshadacceptedsuchrela- HiteshJoysar,seekingsecurity,cit- around 4.30 am, when screen,” he adds. tweetedthat “despitefinancial cut corners when it came to his side acommunity hall. All their and Syro-MalankaraChurches. tions as civil union. The Church inga“threatto theirlife”.Theyhad Suniabai Lodhi, who is in Since the pandemic began, constraints”, the government children's education. eventswillbelivestreamedongi- Syro-Malabar Church head hastakenaseriousnote aboutthe handedthe memorandum to her 50s and claimedthat moneyhas been tight —the fa- has decided to release Rs 45.29 FULLREPORTON antscreensacrossastretch of one CardinalGeorge Alencherryisthe pastoralworkamong peopleliv- Deputy SP Paresh Solanki on she felt likeagoddess at ther usedtoearn up to Rs 700a croretoover1.7 lakh beneficiar- www.indianexpress.com kilometre. president of KCBC. ing in that manner,KCBC stated. Wednesdayevening. times, felt the sameway andattackedher sonwith an axe, said Arun Soni, in- Indigenous stealth charge of Panna Kotwali New cooksonmenu: 52-year run ends, police station. The police have arrested the corvette INS Kavaratti woman. PTI Rlys to exit Parliament canteens, kitchens MAHARASHTRA commissioned into Navy

25injuredas catering job. Food served in strength of 417catering stafffor lightningstrikes EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE AVISHEKGDASTIDAR Parliament has been highlysub- deployment in Parliament. NEWDELHI,OCTOBER22 NEWDELHI,OCTOBER22 sidised to keep the tarifflow for Usuallythe committee of villageinThane the MPs, House staff, and visitors. MPs, along with the Parliament CHIEF OF ArmyStaff General M AFTER 52 years of feeding India’s UsuallyacommitteeofMPs administration, decides the rates Thane: At least 25 people MNaravaneonThursday com- lawmakers, the Indian Railways oversees the catering arrange- and items of food served in were injured when light- missionedthe Anti-Submarine is settoexit the canteens and mentsinParliament. However, Parliament canteens of various ning struckaresidential Warfarestealth corvette,INS kitchens of Parliament complex the committee forthe current categories. However, Northern area at Umbarmalivillage Kavaratti, intothe Indian Navy. by next month to makeway for Lok Sabha has notyet been con- Railway is paid whatever costit in Maharashtra’s Thane INS Kavaratti is the lastinthe se- General MM Naravane anew agency to feed stituted.Officialssaid the deci- incurs from the Ministryof district, an official said on ries of four Anti-Submarine with other senior officers Parliamentarians. sion has been finalisedatthe Finance through Parliament. Thursday.Duringheavy WarfareCorvettesbuilt forthe at the commissioning Northern Railway,which levelofthe Secretariat adminis- Officials said the annual revenue rains in Thane on Navy by Garden Reach ceremony. Express provides the catering arrange- tration. from Parliament catering is to Wednesdayevening, a Shipbuildersand Engineers ment in all food-serving facilities Morethan 100Northern the tune of Rs 15 to Rs 18 crore. house in the locality was Limited (GRSE), Kolkata, alead- in Parliament House Estate—the Railway staff – cooks,servers, Officials maintainedthat the completely destroyed ing shipyard,underProject 28. A, wasindigenouslydeveloped canteens, annexe,librarybuild- Morethan 100NorthernRailway staffare postedin kitchen staffand others – are move to getanalternative to while some adjoining The timeline of the P28 class forthese ships’ construction. INS ing, various pantries —has re- Parliament. Renuka Puri/file postedinParliament.During Railways forcatering forMPs houses also suffered of shipsbuilt by GRSE wassyn- Kavaratti and INS Kiltan arethe ceivedacommunication from House sessions, around 75 addi- had been contemplated even damages, regional disas- chronised to factor in theunique firsttwo major warships in the the Lok SabhaSecretariat,asking tional personnel from Indian during the UPAtenure, when termanagement cell indigenisation efforts, according countrytohavethe unique fea- it to vacatethe premises and by November 15. latestproposal,Indian Tourism Railway Catering and Tourism MeiraKumar wasthe Speaker. chief Santosh Kadam to arelease. tureofsuperstructure made of hand over all equipment, suchas Officials in Parliament and Development Corporation Corporation (IRCTC) arede- “Therehaveoften been quality said. PTI Specialhigh strength war- Carbon FiberComposite computers, printers, furniture Railways confirmed the devel- (ITDC), whichruns the Ashoka ployedasreinforcement. The issues with the railway food,” a ship-grade steel type DMR 249 Material. and the like, andrecall all itsstaff opment and said that as per the Hotel, is settotakeoverthe Railways had asanctioned Parliament official said.

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Akbardefamation LAXMIVILAS SALE CASE ForJD(U), focus on technical caseagainst Priya HCstaystrialagainstShourie,others educationand financial Shourie also arguedthat the mendations of Disinvestment Yet, the trial “court, without con- Ramani sent back HAMZAKHAN trial court,without providing Committee, following whichthe sidering the said reasonsinright aid for girls JAIPUR,OCTOBER22 him ahearing, had made certain disinvestmentofLaxmi Vilas perspective,has illegallypassed Arun observations alleging that he is Hotelwas carriedout. the impugnedorder.” THE RAJASTHAN High Courthas Shourie of "dual character". Chaudharytermedthe CBI In an order on September 15, DIPANKARGHOSE to samejudge stayed proceedings by aCBI He said that while asubordi- court’s order as illegal and said SpecialCBI CourtJudgePooran PATNA,OCTOBER22 courtagainstformer Union min- natecourtmustfollowthe law BharatHotels Limited offereda Kumar Sharma had rejected the isterArun Shourie and others in conferencing,Shourie said the laid down by superior courts,the bidof Rs 7.52 crorefor LaxmiVilas CBI's application to file aclosure THE JANATADal (United)on acase pertaining to the sale of process of disinvestment of trial courtwhile passing the im- Hotel, whichwas 25 per cent reportinthe investigation intothe Thursday also announcedits EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Laxmi Vilas Palace Hotelin Laxmi VilasHotelhad been chal- pugnedorder had failedtokeep above thereserveprice,following sale of Laxmi Vilas Palace Hotel. election manifesto in Patna, sep- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER22 Udaipur in 2002. lenged twice by the same person in mind the specific observations whichits bid wasaccepted. RejectingtheCBI’spleathatithad aratefromits alliance partner BJP, Hearingthe case, Justice Vijay before theDivision Benchofthe made by theHigh Court. Additional Solicitor General notfound anyevidenceto launch with afocus on entrepreneurship ADELHI courthas sent backthe Bishnoi ordered “that thetrial Rajasthan High Court,but was Appearing forJyotsna Suri of of India SVRajutoo “strenuously prosecution,Judge Sharma said and technical education forthe criminal defamation case filedby courtshall notproceedagainst dismissedbothtimes—in 2002 Bharat Hotels Limited,which submitted” that the order passed that prima facie it had been youths of Bihar,and financialas- former MinisterofState for the petitioners pursuant to the and 2006. bought Laxmi Vilas Hotelin by thetrial court “is notliable to proved that the accusedhad sistance forgirls who graduate External Affairs MJAkbar against PriyaRamani and MJAkbar impugnedorder till further or- He said thatwhile dismissing 2002, senior advocatePP be sustainedinthe eyeoflaw”. abusedtheir posts to cause aloss school and college. Called‘Saat journalist PriyaRamani to aspe- ders”. The High Courtalso called the petitions, the High Court Chaudharysaid the Cabinet He said the CBI has filedclosure Rs 244crore to thegovernment Nishchay2’, the manifesto came cialMP/MLAcourtthathas been forrecordsofthe case from the made “specific observations that Committee on Disinvestment reports twice in the matter with of India in the sale of the hotel. with atagline that read, “Poore hearingthe matter fortwo years. tion had come to an end. trial courtand listedthe matter no material has been placedthat chaired by then prime minister detailedreasonsfor whynoof- The CBI courthad also directed hote vaade, ab hai naye iraade.” AdditionalChief Metropolitan He heardthe finalarguments forhearing afterthree weeks. fixation of reservepriceofshares Atal Bihari Vajpayeehad takena fence is made out againstany of thedistrictadministrationtotake While the BJP manifesto MagistrateVishalPahujahadsaid of both sides. Appearing through video wasarbitrary”. decision to acceptthe recom- the persons namedinthe FIR. possession of the property. speaksofcreating 19 lakh jobs, onOctober13: “Therehasbeendi- Aftertwo yearsof hearing,the and the oppo- rections from the Supreme case wasinits laststageswhen sition’s 10 Court…Thiscasehasto beplaced ACMM Pahuja—of the special lakh govern- before theDistrict and Sessions MP/MLAcourtatRouse Avenue Kashmir parties work to give alliance Days after Dalits took up ment jobs Judge forfurther directions. This DistrictCourt—saidthathecanno pitchhas been courtwill deal with casesagainst longer hear the matter.Hesaid formalshape, Farooq could be head Buddhism, they face FIR generating at- MP/MLAs.” thiswas notacase againstanMP DECISION tention, the District and SessionsJudge or MLA—itwas acase filedbyan person, general secretaries, a should have important roles. NC 2020 JD(U) mani- SujataKohli passedthe order on MP —and mustbetransferred. NAVEEDIQBAL chief coordinator,achief vice-president Omar Abdullah forconversion ‘rumours’ BIHAR festodoes not whether the case could continue This, he said, would be in line SRINAGAR,OCTOBER22 spokesperson, spokespersons will likelybepartofthe core put anumber of before Additional Chief withthedirectionof theSupreme from individual parties, and an group of the alliance. attempt to flarecaste-basedten- job opportunities but focuses Metropolitan Magistrate Vishal Court, and aFebruary 2018 ad- LEADERS OF the seven-party office-bearer from eachparty. At thefirstmeeting of the al- AMILBHATNAGAR& sions as per acriminal conspir- on issueslikebettertechnical Pahuja. On November 2, the next ministrative order of the High People’s Alliance forthe Gupkar Severalsources told The lianceonOctober 15,leaders of SOMYALAKHANI acy...” education. Under “YuvaShakti” dateofhearing, Akbar’s counsel, Court Declaration in Jammu and Indian Express that thereisbroad the NC,PDP,People’s Conference, GHAZIABAD,OCTOBER22 Rajratan Ambedkar saidcer- forinstance, the manifesto says, senioradvocateGeeta Luthra,will OnOctober14,DSJKohli,hear- Kashmir areworking to give the consensus that National CPI(M), and Awami National tificates were issuedto236 peo- “Arrangement forbettertech- makeher rebuttal to Ramani's fi- ing argumentsofthe twosides, group aformalstructure ahead Conference (NC) president Conference reiterated theircom- DAYS AFTERover230 residents of ple by The Buddhist Society of nicaleducation willbedone nal arguments. cautionedthat consequences of of their “constitutional battle”for Farooq Abdullah, the mostsen- mitment to the Gupkar aGhaziabad village, who are India, foundedin1955byDr whichwillhelp in better job Hearing in the case beganin thetrialcontinuingwithoutjuris- restoring to people “the rights ior leader in Jammu and DeclarationofAugust4,2019, Valmikis, said that theyconverted Ambedkar.The certificates bear opportunities...” October 2018 underACMM dictioncan be “very dangerous” theyhad before 5th of August Kashmir,should head the al- and discussedgiving their to Buddhism, UP Police on the signatureofRajratan, who is Samar Vishal, who presidedover because the entireproceedings 2019”. liance structure, and People's grouping formal shape. The ThursdayfiledanFIR against “un- the organisation's trustee-man- theproceedingsuntilOctober25, can beconstruedvitiatedand the The alliance will likelyhave Democratic Party(PDP) chief Congress and CPI were notpres- known persons" forallegedly ager,and Bhadant Arya Cop suspended 2019,whenexamination-in-chief trialdenovo (anew). an executive council consisting Mehbooba Mufti and People's ent, but have extendedtheir sup- “spreading false rumours about Nagarjuna Surai Sasai, chairman of defencewitnesseswereunder- Ramani had levelledallega- of the chairperson, avice-chair- Conference leader Sajad Lone porttothe alliance. religious conversion”. of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar over beardinUP way. Hewaslatertransferred,and tions of sexual misconduct and Members of the Valmiki com- Memorial Committee. ACMM Pahuja beganhearingthe harassment againstAkbar,who munity in Kareravillagesaid that He said, “Howcan theysay re- matter from November 21,2019, suedher.Heresigned as aUnion theyconverted to Buddhism in ligious conversion in Kareraon AMITSHARMA when Ramani's cross-examina- minister in October 2018. the presence of Rajratan October 14 is arumour? Iwas MEERUT,OCTOBER22 Ambedkar,great-grandnephew present there. ThereisaFacebook of Dr BRAmbedkar,onOctober Live video of the event;thereare ASUB-INSPECTOR (S-I) posted 14.OnThursday, an FIR wasfiled photographs of the event. What at apolice stationinBaghpat has Allahabad HC grants at Sahibabadpolicestationafter is the basis of this FIR?” been suspendedfor “keeping a acomplaint wasreceived from a Sahibabad circle officer beardwithout permission from 22-year-old “social worker”, KeshavKumarsaid, “We arein- the authorities concerned,” a bail to journalist Montu Chandel. The FIR has been vestigating the allegations. The seniorofficersaid. An inquiry has filedunderIPC Sections 153-A certificates onlybear the dateof also been initiated against (promoting enmity between dif- conversion. The allegation that Intesar Ali forallegedly “notpay- held over his tweets ferent groups on grounds of reli- the documentsare notauthen- ing heedtonoticesservedthrice gion, race,etc)and 505 (whoever ticwill be investigated.Noar- forflouting the statepolice uni- makes, publishes or circulates any restshavebeen made in the form norms,” the officer added. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE statement, rumour or report). matter so far.” Ali has been serving in LUCKNOW,OCTOBER22 The FIR states, “Some un- Pawan, aresident of Karera Baghpat forthe pastthree years Prashant known persons and organisa- village, who usedtoworkasa and wasatpresent postedat JOURNALISTPRASHANT Kanojia tions spread false rumours about housekeeping supervisor at an Ramala police station. “My re- Kanojia, arrested in Augustfor religious conversion of 230 peo- apartment complexuntil March, quests forkeeping abeardare “promoting enmity” through his ple. The certificates issuedinits had coordinated the October 14 pending in the offices of the SP tweets,was releasedThursday Tiwari that wasmorphedand TAKING STOCK connection bear no name and ad- event. Denying allegations made and the IG (Meerut zone) forthe afterthe Lucknowbenchofthe with intention to malignthe dress and thereisnodateofis- by Chandel, he said that religious pastone year but no decision has Allahabad High Courtgranted fame of Tiwari”. Maharashtraminister Eknath Shinde (left)assesses crop damagecausedbyrain in Thane suance, nor is therearegistration conversion did take place on been takenyet.Iamhopeful of him bail. AfterKanojiawas granted district on Thursday. DeepakJoshi number.Anyone's name can be October 14, FULLREPORTON gettingapositiveresponseinthis The benchofJustice Attau bail, his lawyer said there wasan- written on it. Therehas been an www.indianexpress.com regard soon,” Ali said. Rahman Masoodi, while grant- otherFIR registered againsthim ing bail to Kanojia, said he should in MayatAshiyana police station file an undertaking that he won't in Lucknowfor another tweet. HATHRAS CONTROVERSY seek anyadjournment on the “Though the court has granted Mumbai Police to transfer salary accounts dates fixedfor presenting evi- bail in both the cases, the order dence. “Theapplicant(Kanonjia) forthe Ashiyana one has notyet 2days aftertermination, shall remain present before the been uploaded. On August 19... of all personnel from Axis to HDFC Bank trialcourtoneachdatefixed,ei- he wastaken on remand forboth AMUdoctor duo ther personallyorthrough coun- the cases,” she said. on the then chief minister “We have been askedtosub- sel, and that the applicant shall The courtorder issuedon SAGARRAJPUT DevendraFadnavis forrenewing mitourdocumentto bankofficials remain present in person on the Wednesdaymentioned that the MUMBAI,OCTOBER22 afive-year contract with Axis inorderto openanaccount;how- called back to service dates fixedfor the opening of the counsel forthe accusedappli- Bank as his wifeAmrutaheld a ever,wehavenot beentoldwhen case, framing of charge and cant has said that chargesheetin THE MUMBAI Police have in- seniorpositioninthebank.When theywill startdepositing our come to thehospital. He said he recording of statement,”the the present case has already formeditspersonnelandstaff that contacted,JointCommissionerof salaries intoour newbankac- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE needs to take leave due to court's order stated. been filedand thereisnopossi- their salaryaccountsare being Police(admin)RajkumarVhatkar counts,” apoliceofficial said. NEWDELHI, OCTOBER22 health issues; Itoldhim Ican’t On August 17,anFIR wasreg- bility of the applicant tampering transferredfromAxis Bank to said, “The decision wasmade Sources in the department come to the hospital without isteredagainstKanojia at with the evidence or influencing HDFC Bank.With 50,000 salary purelyonmerit.” said thecontract of handling TWODOCTORS from Jawaharlal the V-C’s order,but he re- Lucknow's Hazratganj police sta- the investigation in anymanner. accounts, Mumbai Police wasa According to police sources, salaryaccountsofMumbaiPolice Nehru Medical College (JNMC), questedthatItakehis place for tion on acomplaintfiledbySub- Also, that the applicant has as- high-valuecustomerofAxisBank personnelwereinformedabout as well as home departmentstaff who were asked to leave the dayand promisedthatour Inspector Dinesh Kumar Shukla. sured that he shall notindulgein since 2003. The annual police The annual police salarybill theshifttoHDFCandaskedto co- working forthe police forcewas AligarhMuslimUniversity,have seniors would take us back. I As per the FIR registeredby the act of posting tweets that salarybillinthestaterunsupto Rs in the stateruns up to Rs operatewith bank employees with Axis Bank in 2003.In2015, been calledbackafter twodays haven't receivedajoining letter the police, Kanojia had tweeted mayhurtthe sentimentsofpeo- 3,000crore. 3,000crore. File who would visit them individu- the agreement wasrenewedand of termination. yet, but Iwent and completed apostonHinduArmy’s Sushil ple or anyspecific group. In 2015,the Opposition took allytoeffect the transfer. extendedtoJuly31, 2020. One of the doctors, Dr my duty.” Azeem Malik,had earlier told Earlier, citing the FSL report, The Indian Express that theFSL stateADG (Lawand Order) Nurse dies by reportinthe Hathraswoman’s Prashant Kumar had told the TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE IAVI, Merck, Serum Institute to case held “no value". He hadal- media thatthe 19-year-old Dalit suicide, note leged thatheand his colleague woman wasnot raped. CASES: RECOVERED:68,74,518 were “terminated”because Dr Malik had, however, told accuses seniors 234 jointly develop Covid antibodies theyspoketothe media about TheIndian Express: “Thesam- DAYSSINCE 77,06,946 DEATHS:1,16,616 PANDEMIC the crime. plesfor FSL were collected 11 of harassment BEGAN TESTS: 9,86,70,363 | DOUBLING RATE: 94.24** velopment plan is being ledby manufacturing, and distribution Along with Dr Malik,Dr days afterthe woman was EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE the three organisations in part- expertise, we arehopeful that Obaid Haque’s appointment raped, while thegovernment Surat: A28-year-old nurse serv- PUNE,OCTOBER22 nership. this partnershipwill result in wasalso rejected by the hospi- guidelines strictlysay forensic ing in the Covid ward in Navsari If the potent and broadly globallyaccessible antibodies tal. Dr Haque had attestedthe evidence can onlybefound up civil hospital allegedly diedby THE INTERNATIONAL AIDS cross-reactive SARS-CoV-2 neu- that areavailable to all whocan woman’s medico-legal report. to 96 hours afterthe incident. suicideafter leaving afive-page Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), anon- tralisingantibody candidatesbe- benefit from them,” said Mark On Thursday, AMU This reportcan’tconfirm rape note accusingher seniors of ha- profit scientific research organi- ing advancedthrough this part- Feinberg, president and CEO of spokesperson Omar Peerzada in this incident.” rassment, police said. sation dedicatedtoaddressing nership areshown to be IAVI, in astatement releasedon said: “As per requirement put On Tuesday, thetwo were is- MeghaAcharya wasfound KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG DOUBLING urgent global health challenges, efficacious in clinical trials, either Thursday. forwardbythe CMO in-charge, suedletters, signedbyCMO in- hanging at her house in Navsari TOWATCH CASES 24HOURS GROWTH* TIME** and Serum InstituteofIndia on as asingle antibody or apoten- Belén Garijo, vice-chair of the Dr Malik and Dr Haque have charge Dr SAHZaidi, which where she wasliving withher Thursday announcedanagree- tial combination of both candi- executive boardand Deputy been calledbacktooffer serv- stated, “This is to informyou parentsonWednesdaynight. ■ Maharashtra 16,17,658 8,142 0.57% 125.97 ment with Merck,aascience dates, Merck will lead commer- CEO, Merck,aswell as CEO ice to the hospital. We aregoing that as directed by Vice- She wasmarriedand has aone- ■ Andhra 7,93,299 3,746 0.47% 151.87 and technology company, to de- cialisation of the effort in Healthcare, said, “Together with through challenging times be- Chancellor,ProfTariq year-oldson. ■ Karnataka 7,82,773 5,872 0.90% 80.32 velop SARS-CoV-2 neutralising developedcountries. IAVI and Serum Institute, we cause of the pandemic and need Mansoor...your appointment on The deceased’s sisterTanvika monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), The Serum Institutehas a look forwardtodemonstrating doctors.” the postofMedicalOfficer, Hingrajiyasaid: “She wasmen- ■ Tamil Nadu 6,97,116 3,086 0.56% 128.58 co-invented by IAVI and Scripps trackrecordofmorethan 50 the potential application of these An officialatthe hospital Emergency &Trauma, JNMCH, tallyharassedbyher seniors and ■ Kerala 3,61,841 8,369 2.23% 32.33 Research,asinnovative interven- years in developing affordable monoclonal antibodies in the said, “The JNMC has Covid facil- is rejected withimmediate ef- it wasbecoming unbearable for tions to addressthe Covid-19 medicines and is the world’s management of Covid-19.” ity andweneeddoctors because fect. Therefore, youare re- *Compounded Daily Growth Rate over last 7days**Calculated over 7-daygrowth her.This forced hertotakethe pandemic. largest producer of vaccines. “Iamextremelypleasedthat another medical officer took questednot to perform anyfur- drastic step. We want police to CASEFATALITYRATIO POSITIVITYRATE DAILYIN,DAILYOUT The agreement builds on the Serum Institutewilllead global we have joinedforces with IAVI leaverecently. The twohave ther duties. carry out afreeand fair investi- advancedantibody discovery manufacturingaswell as com- and Merck in thefightagainst been appointed foranother While the doctors alleged 7DAYSEARLIER: 7DAYSEARLIER: DETECTED TODAY gation and find out the culprits and optimisation expertise of mercialisation in lowand mid- Covid-19with the aim of devel- month; we will see if there’s a theyweretold to go because responsiblefor her death.” 1.52 8.01 55,839 IAVI and Scripps Research, dle-low-income countries, in- oping monoclonal antibodies for requirement afterthat.” theyspoketothe media, Shafey Vejalpor police sub-inspec- NOW: NOW: RECOVERED TODAY: gainedfromyearsofexperience cluding India. global access... Iamconfident Dr Malik and Dr Haquetold Kidwai, member in-charge of torSFGoswami said: “In her 1.51 7.81 79,415 in HIV, neutralising antibody re- “We areacutelyaware of the that we andour partners areon The Indian Express that they publicrelationsatAMU,said: note,she accusedtwo of her sen- Deaths as aratio of Positives against Becoming sick vs search anddevelopment, and on tremendouspotentialfor mon- aproductive path that will lead have notreceivedanorder from “The university has notsus- iors of notgiving her an offfor positivecases (in %); numbertested recovering; more Merck’s and Serum Institute’s oclonal antibodies to be usedin to amuch-needed, globally the hospital about their pendedany doctor forgiving in- indicator of progress (in %); indicatorof recoveries for 14 days medical check-up. She has in averting deaths the spread of disease may signal the peak significant capabilities in design Covid-19 response.Bycombin- availabletool forCovid-19 treat- services. terviewrelatedtothe Hathras claimed that shewas discrimi- and scale-up of accelerated ing the scientificachievements ment and possiblyprevention,” Dr Haque said: “Iwas told to incident to themedia...f CMO DataasonOctober21,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealth,ICMRandstates.Oftendailynumbers nated and wasnot even given includedatafrompreviousdays.Assuch,trendsbasedondailynumbersareindicative,notdefinitive manufacturing processes for of IAVI and Scripps Research said Adar Poonawalla, CEO of go home, but yesterdaymysen- recommendstheir extension, scheduledoff from duty.” ENS mAbproduction. The global de- withour partners’ development, Serum Institute. iorcalledupand told me to the university mayconsider it.”

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Young voters, but undermost ● KEY PLAYERS heads,apoorreport card LEFTROLEINPOLLMATHS ● WHO’S WHERE TODAY NARENDRA MODI IN GAYA, Lowest in countryinyouthinhigher education, ASHOKCHOUDHARY BHAGALPUR; RAHUL GANDHI The picture of auniv: AMU FACEOFCONG,TO IN HISUA, KAHALGAON; numberofcolleges,higheststudent-faculty ratio Kishanganj centre flounders ITSLOSSOFFACE MAYAWATI IN BHABUA RITIKACHOPRA GROSSENROLMENTRATIO NEWDELHI,OCTOBER22 HASHTAG POLITICS IN18-23AGEGROUP WALIAHMAD FORAstatethat has had apredominantly KISHANGANJ,OCTOBER22 young electoratefor at leastthe lasttwo elec- ●PM Modi ahead of arrival in Bihar tion cycles (31% in the 2015 Assembly, and 15 SHAFEE Ahmad is nostalgic, reminiscing his PM @narendramodi tweeted: “Will have the opportunitytobeamidst brothers 24.61% in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections were 14.40% days at Insan School in Kishanganj. Founded under theage of 30), highereducation in 14.30% in 1966by educationistand Padma Shri Syed and sistersofBihar tomorrow. Will addressrallies in Sasaram, Gaya and Bhagalpur. Bihar remains neglected. According to the Hassan, the school attracted studentsfrom Will present the NDA’sdevelopment agenda and seek the public’sblessings for 14 13.90% 13.60% latestedition of the All India Higher Biharand Uttar Pradesh. “Syed Bhai chose the alliance.” Education Survey (AISHE), releasedin2019, 13.10% Kishanganj because he wanted to bring the Bihar’sGross Enrolment Ratio (GER) stands Muslimcommunity out of educational back- 22.3KLIKES,3.5KRETWEETSIN1HOUR 13 at 13.6%,the lowest in the country. 13% 13% wardness,” says Ahmad, 50. Morethan half- AISHE is the onlynational survey on the 12.50% a-centurylater,the institution is notevena ●@INCBihar tweeted status of higher educationinthe country. shadowofits past. “Apartfromfund crunch, Forevery hundredyoungsters in the age 12 thereare administrative issues,” says Ahmad. “Pehle do-crorerozgar de dete,toh 19 lakh 7 group of 18 to 23 years, only13are pursuing 2 At 57.04%,illiteracy in Kishanganj still Sevenyearslater,temporarybuilding, ka jumla nahin dena padhta (Had you higher education in Bihar,asper the survey. -13 stands farbelowthe national averageof curtailedcourses. Wali Ahmad kept your promise of providing 2crore

This is muchlower than the national aver- 2011-1 77.7%. Meanwhile, even as it grew intoade- 2016-1 2017-18 2012

2015-16 annual jobs earlier,there wouldn’t have 2018-19 2014-15 2013-14 ageof26.3%. gree college,Insan School has lostaccredita- been anyneed forafresh promise of Even neighbouring Jharkhandhas a **National GER 26.3% tion of the Bihar SchoolExamination Board The AIMIM, whichishoping Kishanganj 19 lakh jobs.”) higher GER, of 19%. and itsstudentsappear forboardexams un- will be itsspringboardintoBihar politics, says The numbers areevenworse forwomen population. der different schools. The degree coursesare AMU-K is one of their main poll issues. as their enrolment ratio stands at 12%as Also, the boom in the private education offeredunderMaulana Mazharul Haque Qamrul Hoda, who wonthe Kishanganj 907LIKES,314RETWEETSIN8HOURS against15% formen. The poor access to sector,whichhas contributed to improving Arabic and Persian University,Patna. Assemblybypoll lastyear,says, “TheCentre higher education amongst women in Bihar the country's GER, seems to have bypassed In 2013,Kishanganjsaw another ray of and statehavedeliberatelykeptthe region is also reflected in itsGenderParity Index the state. Bihar,whichhas 33 universities, hope when, in the backdropofthe Sachar illiterate, using Seemanchal as avotebank.” (female:male ratio in higher education), doesn't have asingle privatestate university Committee report, the UPAgovernment ap- The five VidhanSabha seatsunder DINARA whichstandsat0.79, the lowest in the or private deemeduniversity. proved astudy centreofAligarhMuslim Kishanganj will see acontestbetween the country. Few institutions of higher education University (AMU) in Kishanganj. The centre AIMIM,JD(U) and Mahagathbandhan. While Of the roughly16lakh studentsenrolled meanovercrowding of the existing colleges wasthe result of years of protests. the JD(U) has re-fieldedsitting MLAs Chup chaap bungla in higher education in the state, 6.8 lakh are anduniversities. Thereare roughly1,600stu- However, likeInsan School, the AMU cen- Mujahid Alam from Kochadhaman and female and 9.2 lakh aremale. dents enrolledper collegeinBihar. tretoo is struggling.Still functioning from a Naushad AlamfromThakurganj, also in the The lowenrolment stems from another Itsneighbour Jharkhand is the onlystate temporarybuilding, it is facing afund crunch race is AIMIM statepresident Akhtar-ul Iman. problem —too fewhigher education insti- thatranks loweronthis front in the country as well as legal issues over 224.02 acres given Mujahid, who looksset to win again, says chhaap: Veteran BJP tutions in the state. Thereare justseven col- with an averageenrolment per collegeof to it by theBihar government. the Nitish Kumar government is doing its leges in Bihar per lakh eligible population 1,875students. Says AMU-K Director Dr Hassan Imam, best to revive the AMU-K centre. “Bihar and (youngsters in the 18 to 23 year agegroup), The student-faculty ratio (calculatedas "The UPAgovernment approved Rs 136crore AMU have filedanappeal with the National whichisalso the lowest in the country. total number of studentsdivided by total and releasedRs10crore.Wehavenot re- Mission forCleaning Gangaoverthe NGTor- hand’snew LJP pitch What makes matters worse is that this teachers in the state) is yetanother front in ceivedany grant sincethen." der.Wehavealso filedapetition againstthe figurehas remainedunchanged forthe last higher education whereBihar rankslastin In 2018,the National Green Tribunal NCTE order,” he says,adding that should the six years. Bihar has figured at thebottom the national tally. It has astudent-teacher ra- (NGT)raisedared flag over land allotted to sitenot get clearance, aJD(U) government since 2011. tio of 61 forhigher education pursuedinthe the centrenear the Mahananda river. would sanction an alternative site. Forcomparison, the collegedensity in the distanceand regular mode.The national av- Even AMU-K’s courses have been cur- Shafee Ahmad, who sawthe Insan dream entire poll-boundstate is lessthan that of erageis26. tailedinrecent years. While it startedout of- dwindle and nowworks as alibrarianatthe Delhi, acity-state,whichhas eight colleges This is aparameteronwhichthe state’s fering MBAand B.Edcourses,the National AMU-K Centre, hangs on to hope. “Insaan per lakheligible population. The national av- performance hasdeterioratedoverthe last Council forTeacher Education(NCTE) halted school wasaprivate initiative," he notes, "but erageis28and Karnataka has the highest eight years, according to the AISHE data. In the B.Ed course in 2018,saying the institute the Kishanganj centrehas the backing of an number of colleges (53)per lakheligible 2012-13, the ratio stood at 53. had nottaken prerequisite approval. institution likeAMU."

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much-toutedSaatNischay(SevenResolutions) RITUJAISWAL SANTOSHSINGH include‘Gali Nali (drains in lanes)’ and ‘NalJal RashtriyaJanataDal, Parihar (Sitamarhi) DINARA,OCTOBER22 (water in taps)’. Asfour-wheelersstruggleto negotiatethe TOTALASSETS IT’S AN unusual situation forRajendra Singh. drains, Neeraj Shah says SaatNischayare `2.26 CRORE (with spouse) An RSS worker forthe past37years, he is this worthless. “Whereisthe waterinthe taps? *Contesting assemblypolls forthe firsttime time contesting on an LJPticket —the biggest Thisschemeisadenof corruption.”Shahisun- amongtheeightBJP leadersdoingso.The54- employed, likemanyyouth in Khairihi. Most MOVABLE ASSETS year-old crossed over afterthe Dinaracon- villagersareshare-croppersormigrantwork- `19.01 LAKH stituency went to theJD(U)’s sitting MLAand ers.Some130peoplereturnedduringthelock- Assets 2015 2020 Scienceand Technology MinisterJay Kumar down but nonestayedbacktocasttheir vote. Singh in the NDAseat-sharing. Says NarendraPathak, “Whyshould we Cashinhand -3.14lakh Considered theman behindthe BJP’s vic- votefor JayKumar,who barelyvisitsus?... Bankbalance -7.83lakh tory in Jharkhand in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Rajendra Singh shares our joys and sorrows. Jewellery -20.8lakh Rajendra Singhwaseventoutedastheparty’s He alsohelpedtreatment of Covid patients.” Vehicle -10lakh chief ministerialfaceforBiharinthe2015 elec- Yes,theysaw electricity,roadsunderNitish, tions.Whilethathopehadendedashelostthe admitsAmitaBachchan,butadds,“Howmany Other -3.6lakh polls from Dinara,hehad still got over 62,000 yearsshould we give to Nitish Kumar forjobs, TOTAL -45.64lakh votes and wasmade the statevice-president. qualityof education,addressingcorruptionin Vehicles requisitionedfor theBihar Assemblyelections parkedinPatna’s Gandhi Maidan. PTI However, in the wake of the LJP’slast- PDS? Even under mid-day meals, achild gets IMMOVABLEASSETS minutedecisionto leave theNDA inBihar,and 4kgriceinplace of 8kg...cutsgotothe top.” `1.8 CRORE itsfulsomepraise forthe BJP since, the lines His father had highhopesofhim, naming Assets 2015 2020 areblurred.One of the recent posts on Singh’s him ‘Amitabh Bachchan’ afterthe megastar. Facebook wasanadvice by asupporter: However, at school theyregisteredhim Agriland -50.25lakh “Lojapa Bhajpa ekke huawe,jhansa mein na wrongly as ‘Amita’, and nowfatehas lefthim Non-Agriland -28.5 lakh Destination work, migrants don’t aaiyah,abkiRajendraBhaiyake without ajob despitegraduation, he says. Residential -82lakh jitaiyah (LJP and BJPare the This is whyRJD leader Tejashwi Other -20lakh same, don’tget confused Yadav’s promiseof10 aboutit.Thistime,ensurevic- lakh jobs issoat- Total-1.8 cr stop for elections or festive season tory of Rajendra Singh).” Muzaffarpur tractive,villagers LIABILITIES NIL Singh’s campaign mes- Patna say. CRIMINALCASES No cases pending sageisavariation of the Begusarai At the village erageoccupancy of these trains in the past BJP’s poll line in the Lok DINARA schoolinKund,there AVISHEKGDASTIDAR OUTOFBIHAR sevendays is around 85 per cent,” said a Sabha electionsinWest Gaya is enthusiasmfor MIGRANTJOBS NEWDELHI,OCTOBER22 Railway spokesman. Bengal lastyear,whereits Tejashwi’spromise of pay BIHAR The approximately16other clone trains silent surge had takenthe parity forover4.5 lakh “Niyojit Sector-wise division of EVEN AS the Oppositionin Bihar tries to make areonroutesbetweenDelhiandVaranasi,Goa, TrinamoolCongress by surprise (contract)” teachers. migrant workers the plight of migrant workers an election is- AMRITSAR 7 LucknowandBengaluru.Notablyabsentfrom —“Chupchaapbunglachhaap(quietly, votefor Says ateacher,who refusedtobenamed, sue, outflowfromthe stateiscontinuing — 1 56 8 the listsofar areclones between Gorakhpur thehouse,theLJPsymbol)”,Singh’spitchgoes. “NitishsaidintheAssemblythatwe cannotbe 32 9 15,09,925 most‘clone’trains,whichtheRailways is run- DELHI 4 and Mumbai and Pune —aroutethat sawa The leader says BJP and RSS workers are givenequal payfor equal work.Wetell him workers ning to clear the rush on crowdedroutes, are hugenumber of Shramik Specials bringingin supporting him “on their own”. “It is because standingonthisschoolpremisesthatwe won’t surveyed from Bihar to big cities in other states. AHMEDABAD strandedmigrantsduringthelockdown.Even of our long association... It is very difficult to votefor him...Hewill payfor his arrogance.” The conceptofclone trains wasokayed 1.Chhapra from Bihar,the listhas no train connecting shedthe party youhavegrown up with.” The RJD Dinaracandidate, VijayKumar WHATTHEY DO latelastmonth,replicatingservicesthat have SURAT 2.Patna Maharashtrasofar. Belongingto GauravillageinRohtas,Singh Mandal, an old party worker known in the Skill Sector Count along waiting list. 3.Danapur Theclone trainsaremostlymadeof 12 air- wasknown to be aquiet,largely backroom area, is banking on Yadavvillages likePipra. Construction 965,709 Sincethen,accordingto Railways officials, SECUNDERABAD 4.Rajgir conditionedthree-tierandfournon-AC sleeper leader of the RSS till he wasmade the organi- Sporting ascarf with photosofthe RJD originatingstationsinBihar,suchasDanapur, 5.Muzaffarpur coaches.Bydesign,theyare fasterthanthereg- sation sectretaryofthe Jharkhand BJP and symbol, Rakesh Singh Yadav, astudent, says, General Services 293,150 Patna, Muzaffarpur,Katihar,Rajgir,Jaynagar, ulartrainsthey arecloningandrunwithfewer came to be known as Amit Shah’sman. “ItseemsTejashwiwillbecomeCMthistime).” BENGALURU 6.Darbhanga Mechanic 59,513 Chhapra,Darbhangaand Saharsa, areamong 7.Jaynagar stoppages. In fact, theyrun aheadofthe train Learningalessonfromthe2015 loss,when JD(U) candidateJay Kumar’s best hope is Textile/Handloom 26,172 thosethrowingupthehighestdemand,to des- 8.Saharsa theyclone.ThesearemostlyHumsafarExpress notmanyknewhim in Dinara, Singhisthis areaswithRajputs,OBCKushwahasandsome Electronics/Electricals24,260 tinationslikeSurat,Delhi,Ahmedabad,Amrit- 9.Katihar rakes, premium in naturewith amarginally timegoingdoorto door,“irrespective of caste”. EBC belts. He tells voters, “Recall what Bihar sar,BengaluruandSecunderabad.Clonetrains higherticketcost. Bookings canbemade 10 He refrains from attacking his JD(U)rival. had15 yearsago.Therewerenoroads,noelec- Agriculture 18,329 to these destinations arerunning with 104- days in advance. Whilethe Rajput votes might getsplit be- tricity.” He doesn’t mentionRajendraSingh. Computer/IT 16,589 134per cent occupancy, as per data reviewed Post the lockdown, Railwayshas been re- tweenSinghandJayKumarof theJD(U),Singh SundaramKumar,associatedwiththeBJP’s Food Processing 6,669 by TheIndianExpress.Onthesameroutes,they Out of the 40 clone trains running so far, suming services in acalibrated manner.Asof is expected to getthe substantial non-Yadav farmercellinRohtas,says thereisnocontradic- Financial Sector 4,221 arereturning with muchlower occupancy. around24are on theseroutes.Inaddition to now, 668trains have returned to tracks on OBC, EBC and ScheduledCaste including tion in them supporting Singh againstally Healthcare1,739 “Itwasinitiallythoughtthatmigrantswho this,thefestivespecialservicespostNovember routes with traditionallyheavy demand. Paswan vote. One suchvillagewith alarge JD(U). "Our ideologueDeendayalUpadhyaya have returnedtotheirvillages would probab- 15 from Bihar arealsobooked out. Additionally, 412festivalspecial trains have numberof thelatterisKhairihi.Ifitscemented oncesaidif thepartydoesnot fieldagoodcan- Source: Migrant report,asofJuly 2, 2020, Covid-19 Information Portal, Government of Bihar ly stay puttillChhath.Butdatashowthatisnot “Fortyspecialtrainshave beenintroduced been introducedtorun forafew days around roads stand out, so do the open drains that didate, itisthe job of workers to rectify it. We thecase,”saidaseniorRailway Ministryofficial. as clones of trains with long waitlists.The av- Diwali and Chhath. criss-crossthem.Chief MinisterNitishKumar’s aredoing preciselythat."

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on during open discussion, leav- MICHELLELPRICE ing it likelytherewill still be lots US intelligence WASHINGTON,OCTOBER22 of crosstalk during rebuttals. Since the last debate, Trump agencies say AFTER MEETINGlastmonth in wasdiagnosedwith and hospi- Iran, Russia have perhaps the mostchaoticdebate talisedfor Covid-19. The in modern history,President Republicanhas castthevirusand tried to interfere Donald Trumpand his his owninfection in positive Democratic rival, Joe Biden, will terms, resumed holding large in 2020 election NawazSharif take the stageThursdaytogive campaign ralliesand attackedthe it another go. government's topinfectious-dis- The bar to improveupon ease expert, Dr.AnthonyFauci. REUTERS PAKISTAN their lastprime-time meeting is Biden, who has portrayed WASHINGTON,OCTOBER22 GovttoBritain: low: Their firstdebatewas punc- the Trumpadministration's re- tuated by frequentinterrup- sponse as an abject failure, regu- US DIRECTOR of National DeportNawaz tions, mostlyfromTrump, leav- larly wearsamask,holds small Intelligence John Ratcliffe said on ing the twomen talking over in-person campaign eventsand Wednesdaythat Russia and Iran fromLondon eachother and Biden eventually releases his Covid-19testresults, have both triedtointerferewith Islamabad: Pakistanhasre- telling the president to “shut up”. whichsofarhavebeen negative. the 2020 presidential election. questedthe UK forathird Aplanned second debate Following asummer marked Ratcliffe made the an- time to deportformer PM didn't happen afterthe presi- by protestsacrossthecountryover nouncementsatahastily NawazSharif fromLondon dent wasdiagnosedwith the racialinjustice,Trumphasrepeat- arranged news conference that to servehis prison term in coronavirus and refusedtopar- edly portrayedhimselfasagreater also includedFBI Director Chris the countryafter being ticipateinavirtualformat. Biden champion forBlackAmericans Wray. sentencedincorruption and Trumpinstead participated than Biden is whileemphasizing The announcement two cases, according to ame- in dueling town halls on com- alaw-and-order theme. But dur- weeksbeforethe election dia reportonThursday. peting television networks. ing the lastdebate, Trumpgavea Donald TrumpspeaksatarallyatGastonia Municipal AirportinNorth Carolina. AP/PTI showedthe levelofalarm Sharif,oustedfrompower Thursday’s debatemarks the reluctantanswerwhenaskedif he among topU.S. officials that for- in 2017 by the Supreme candidates’ second and final face- wouldcondemnwhitesuprema- eign actors were seeking to un- Courtoncorruption to-face meeting, with Election cists,and he refusedtooutright dermine Americans’ confidence charges, is in London for Dayless than twoweeksaway. condemnafar-rightfascistgroup, Can’t afford 4more yrs: Obama shreds Trump in the integrity of the voteand medical treatment. Alet- Afterviewers of the lastpres- insteadtellingthemto “standback spread misinformationinanat- terforhisdeportationwas idential debate bemoanedthe and stand by”. tack againstTrump, whichis Chinese bank account. Howis tempttoswayits outcome. handedovertothe British moderator's in- Biden, LALITKJHA quiteunusual foraformerpres- thatpossible? Canyou imagineif “We have confirmedthat High Commissioner here abilitytocut off who fre- WASHINGTON,OCTOBER22 identagainstanincumbent one. Ihad hadasecret Chinese bank some voter registration informa- threeweeksago, Dawnre- the candidates' quentlyac- Barack “The idea that this White account when Iwas runningfor tion has been obtainedbyIran, ported.Theletterhascited microphones, knowledges FORMER US president Barack Obama House has done anything but re-election. Youthink FoxNews and separately, by Russia,” Britain'sownimmigration the nonpartisan systemic Obama deliveredadiatribe screw this up is just untrue," might have been alittle con- Ratcliffe said during the news laws of 1974 under which Commissionon racism,has againsthis successor Donald Obama said at adrive-in rally. cernedabout that. Theywould conference. anyperson sentencedto Presidential accusedthe TrumponWednesday,accusing the Biden-Harris team on “Tweeting at the television have calledmeBeijing Barry." Mostofthat voter registration imprisonmentofmore Debates re- RACE FOR presidentof him of mismanaging the pan- November 3. doesn't fixthings.Making stuff “Donald Trumpisn't going to is public. But Ratcliffe said that than four years had to be spondedwith encouraging a demic, as he appealedtothe "Theyhaveaplanfor the up doesn'tmakethings better. protect us. He can barelytakethe government officials “have al- deported. PTI an announce- THEWHITE rise of white people to come out and votein economyand the coronavirus You'vegot to have aplan. We lit- basic steps to protect himself. If ready seen Iran sending spoofed ment this week HOUSE supremacy favour of Democratic presiden- pandemic,"Obama said in his erallyleftthis WhiteHouse a he'd actuallybeen working the emails designedtointimidate that eachcandi- and armed tial candidateJoe Biden. maidencampaign appearance, pandemic playbook... Theyprob- whole time, it neverwould have voters, incitesocial unrestand date's micro- militias, while Jumping intothe electoral asserting that the "Biden-Harris ablyusedittopropupawobbly gotten this bad," Obama said. damagePresidentTrump.” THAILAND phone will beturnedoff while his Trumpcasts Biden as responsi- campaign in supportofhis for- team will bring character and table somewhere," he said. Describingitasthe "most im- U.S. intelligence agencies pre- Emergency opponentgivesatwo-minutean- ble forhelping sendmillions of mer vice president Biden and his leadership backtogovernment". Referring to arecent news re- portant election of the lifetime", viouslywarned thatIranmight swerto an initial questiononeach BlackAmericanstoprison with running mateSenator Kamala “We cannotaffordfourmore port that Trumpmaintainsabank Obama urgedhis countrymen to interferetohurtTrumpand that decreecancelled debatetopic. Afterthoseinitial a1994crime lawwhen Biden Harris, Obama appealedtothe years of this, Philadelphia," accountinChina, the former US go outandvoteandnottobecom- Russia wastrying to help him in tocalmprotests replies, the microphones will stay wasasenator. AP people to defeat Trumpand elect Obama said in his blistering at- president said, "He's got asecret placent liketheydid in 2016. PTI the election. Bangkok: Thailand's gov- ernmentThursday can- US proposes not celledastate of emergency Canada avoids snap polls forBangkok afterthe em- to issue business battledPMsuggestedthe gesturetocool massive visa for H-1B student-ledprotestsseek- after Parliament vote ing democracy reforms. speciality The revocation of the

ED Puttinghis occupations AGENCIES emergency decree was political publishedinthe govern- TORONTO,OCTOBER22 ment gazette, and took ef- PLAIN E survivalon ● fect at noon Thursday.PM LALITKJHA JUSTIN TRUDEAU'S Liberal gov- EX theline Prayuth Chan-ocha went WASHINGTON,OCTOBER22 ernmentavoidedbeingtoppledin on nationaltelevision on aconfidence voteWednesday af- THE CREATION of com- Wednesdaynight to ap- THE US StateDepartmenthas teramajorityof Parliamentmem- mittees is usuallyalow- peal to pro-democracy proposednot to issue temporary bers voted against aConservative key affair,but Justin protesters to reduce polit- business visas forH-1B speciality motionto createaspecialanti-cor- Trudeaupushedtomake icaltensionsandpromised occupations whichallowedsev- ruption committee. Justin Trudeau the Conservative pro- to liftthe emergency eral companies to send their The Liberal government had posal amatter of confi- measure. AP technology professionals fora declared the motion to be amat- dence,placing his politi- shortstaytocomplete jobson terofconfidence. Canadians rather than political cal survivalonthe line to POLAND siteinthe US, amovewhich Trudeau's Liberal party won games,” he told reporters, saying fight what he calledabid could affect hundredsofIndians. re-election lastyear but does not he had made no concessions to to paralyze the work of Topcourtrules The proposal, if finalised, will BACK ON EARTH have amajority of seatsin the NewDemocratstowin their Parliament. againstabortion eliminateany misconception Parliament and mustrelyonat support.Bothparties compete National opinionsur- that the "B-1 in lieu of Hpolicy" NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy shortlyafter landingnear Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstanon leastone opposition party to re- forthe same center-leftsegment veys have given forbirthdefects provides an alternative avenue Thursday. Cassidy,along with Roscosmos' AnatolyIvanishin and Ivan Vagner,safelyreturned main in power. The leftistNew of the electorate. Trudeau’s Liberals mostly Warsaw: Poland’s top forforeign professionals to enter to Earthafter asix-month mission on theInternationalSpace Station. Rosaviatsiya via AP Democrat party and Green par- Liberals would win 35%pub- good marks forhandling courthas ruledthat alaw the US to perform skilledlabour ties voted with the government lic supportand the Conservatives Covid-19, but the country allowing abortion of fe- that allows,and potentiallyeven to avoid an election. 31%ifavotewereheld today, are- has reportedanaverage tuses with congenital de- encourages them and their em- “It wasabout paralyzing the sult that could produce another of 2,401new cases aday fectsisunconstitutional. ployers to circumvent the re- Hariri back as PM in crisis-hit Lebanon government in the middle of a minority Liberal government, over the pastweek,and The decision by thecoun- strictions and requirementsre- pandemic," Liberal House leader said Frank Graves,president of the second waveis try'sConstitutional Court lating to the Hnon-immigrant Pablo Rodriguez said of the at- polling companyEKOSResearch. clouding the economic on Thursdayeffectively classification establishedby Saad Hariri theeconomic collapse,calling it tempttocreatethe committee. Morethan 70%ofCanadians say outlook. bans terminating preg- Congress to protect the US work- SARAHELDEEB will form a the "lastand only"opportunity. Rodriguez had said the mo- theydonot want asnap election nanciesincases where ers, the StateDepartment said. BEIRUT,OCTOBER22 government The task is enormous, amid tion would allowthe opposition during the pandemic, according birth defectsare found The move,made public on forthe an unprecedented economic cri- to pull Cabinetministers from to an EKOS Research poll. termoneytostudentshaving and will further limitac- Wednesday, less than twoweeks LEBANON'S PRESIDENT tasked fourth time sis and stiffopposition, includ- their work and requirethem to TheoppositionConservatives, trouble finding work due to the cess to abortions. The rul- aheadofthe November 3presi- former Prime MinisterSaad ing from formerpoliticalallies testify "dayafter day." the New Democratsand Bloc pandemic. ing came in response to a dential election, is likelytoim- Haririwith forming anew gov- and protesters who had been de- NewDemocrat leader Quebecois have arguedthat the The almostbillion-dollar pro- motion from right-wing pact severalIndian companies ernment Thursday, bringing back poverishedLebanon, devastated manding change. JagmeetSingh in announcing Liberals areavoidingscrutinyof gram came under scrutinyafter lawmakers who argued whichsend their technology the veteranpoliticianayear after by amassive Augustexplosion “Saad, don't dream of it,” read that his party would votewith contractsand programs setupto it wasrevealedthat We Charity, that terminating apreg- professionals on B-1 visas fora he wastoppledamid nationwide that defacedBeirut, but also a posters raisedbyprotesters, who thegovernment said the party deal with the pandemic. an organization Trudeau's fam- nancy due to fetaldefects shortstaytocomplete jobson protestsagainstwidespreadcor- moredeterminedopposition. see him as asymbol of an en- wantstofocus on whatCanada The Liberals temporarily ilyhas worked for, waschosen to —the mostcommon rea- siteinthe US. ruption and aflunking economy. The 50-year-old takesthe trenchedpolitical class they needs during the pandemic. closedParliament in August, administerit. son cited forlegal abor- According to the notification, President Michel Aoun desig- helm with asense of urgency and blame forthe country's woes. Liberal House leader Pablo whichshut down the work of Trudeau's wife, brother and tions in Poland —violates the StateDepartment estimates natedHariri to form the next gov- moreinvolvementbyinterna- In the pastyear,Lebanon's Rodriguez, in charge of negotiat- existing committees probing the mother have been paid acom- aconstitutional provision this proposal will affect notmore ernment afteraslight majorityof tional leaders who have warned currency has collapsed, losing ing with other parties, wel- We Charity deal. bined$221,000forspeaking at a that callsforprotecting the than6,000to 8,000foreignwork- votes from lawmakers,securing Lebanon is on theverge of col- nearly 80 per cent of itsvalue. comedthe end of what he called Trudeauhas said he should number of We Charityevents. lifeofevery individual.AP ers per year,specifically aliens in- the return of an oldnametolead lapse. Hariri pledged to quickly The gigantic Augustexplosion in aridiculous and abusive have recusedhimself from a The Conservativeshavesaid tending to provide services in a the countrydesperatefor change. form anew government-his Beirut's port, has compounded Conservative motion. Cabinetdecision to awardacon- the committeecould explore the specialtyoccupationintheUS.PTI Hariri nowfaces amoreim- fourth in the lastdecade -tohalt the crises. “Parliament chose to back tract to We Charity to adminis- We Charity deal. In tightly-controlled Azerbaijan, pain and loss drive war fever US Senate panel nod for subpoenas to Facebook, Twitter CEOs fore returning home in acoffin. claim the lands it lost. interviews,Azerbaijanis ex- THENEWYORKTIMES Azerbaijanhas notreleased Around the capital of Baku, pressedtheirfrustration that LindseyGraham said he hoped BAKU,OCTOBER22 numbers of militarycasualties, signs of warfever arenot hardto peace effortsled by France, REUTERS the subpoenas would give the but funerals areunderway, spot. The country’s bright three- Russia and the United States WASHINGTON,OCTOBER22 panel some “leverage to secure AS DUSK fell, the sound of wail- bringing the warhome to its colored flag hangs from every have neverbrought aresolution, (the CEOs’) testimony” if theydid ing carriedonthe softevening people. As well as Mr.Aliyev,a public building,while giant despite repeated United Nations THE US SenateJudiciary notcome and testify voluntarily. breeze. Women filledthe court- colonel of the armywas also screens along the main streets resolutions in Azerbaijan’s favor. Committee voted to subpoena The CEOs of Facebookand yard of asmall house, keening buriedinBakuonSunday. downtownplayhorrifyingvideo “This is notAliyev’s war,”said thechief executivesofTwitter Twitter will testify on allegations over acoffindrapedinthe na- “If the nation calls, he has to footageofprecision drone strikes Zaur Shiriyev,the South and Facebook afterthe social of anti-conservative bias at ayet- tional flag. Men clusteredin go,” said Mr.Aliyev’s father, on Armenian soldiers. Everyfew Caucasus analystfor the media platforms decidedto to-be-determineddate. The hushedgroups in the narrowal- Suleyman Eldar Aliyev,standing days, International CrisisGroup, in ref- blockstories from the NewYork companies have come under leyoutside. againstawalland leaning on a President Ilham Aliyev,who erence to the president. “It is all Post that made claims about heavy criticism from conserva- The working-class neighbor- crutch. “Long live thenation.” has ruledthe countrysince in- of the people’s war.” Democratic presidential candi- tivesovertheir decision to flag hood of Ahmedli, in the Azerbaijanisinfullwar mode heritingthe office from his father The declared captureofsome dateJoe Biden’s son. the twoNew York Post stories as Azerbaijani capital, Baku, was as it engages in the heaviest Azerbaijan armysoldiers fire an artillerypiece duringthe in 2003,speakstothe nation and of their home districtshas fired The votepassedalong party spreading disinformation and mourning itsfirstmartyred son fighting since the original con- fighting. Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry via AP announces the names of villages the refugees with excitement lines with 12 Republicans ap- their attemptstoclampdownon since warbroke out anewbe- flict with Armenia in the early and towns that have been newly but also brought painful emo- proving the motion. The 10 distributionofthe stories. tweenAzerbaijan and Armenia 1990s over the disputed territory “liberated.” tions flooding back. Democratsonthe committee The CEOs of Facebookand in the southern Caucasus three of Nagorno-Karabakh, an ethnic around 800,000 displaced. ers. But Azerbaijan, an oil-and- Azerbaijan is atightlycon- “We were crying and smiling were notpresent forthe session Twitter along with Alphabet’s weeksago.Eldar Aliyev,26, a Armenian district inside That’s wherematters stood gas-richformer Soviet republic, trolledsociety wheredissent is at the same time,”said Ulker over itsconsideration of Judge Google chief will also testifyin manager in one of Azerbaijan’s Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan suffered for26yearsofafrozen truce, in- has been quietlyrearmingfor quicklyquashed. Criticism of the Allahverdiyev,78, arefugee at AmyConeyBarrett’s Supreme front of the SenateCommerce biggestfinance companies and abitter defeat then, losing about terruptedperiodicallybyspasms years. When clashes brokeout war, whereitexists,ismuted.Yet the derelict school building who Courtnomination, whichthe Committee on October 28 about avolunteer soldier,had spent 13 percent of itsterritory, with of violence thatwerequickly three weeksago,the country the general mood is overwhelm- losther husband and ason in the panelapproved. akey lawprotecting internet barelytwo weeksatthe front be- as manyas26,000 dead and tamped down by outsidepow- plunged intoanall-out wartore- ingly supportive. In numerous war. Committee Chairman companies.

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Internationalmarket data till 1900IST COVID-19VACCINE NEW RETAIL INFLATION SERIES FOR INDUSTRIAL WORKERS CREDITSUISSE REPORT LATE-STAGE TRIALS ‘Despite Covid, wealth Baseyearshiftedto2016,no of Indian adultsrises ‘Committed’ to changeindearnessallowance marginally in 6months’ mass vaccination, ULTRAHNIs ENSECONOMICBUREAU of 2001.Under the newseries, the 2001 series, Labour Minister MUMBAI,OCTOBER22 govt yet to finalise ENSECONOMICBUREAU ED Weightage weightagefor thefood group has SantoshKumar Gangwar said. 4,593 NEWDELHI,OCTOBER22 forfood gone down to 39.17per cent from The number of selected mar- THE AVERAGE wealth of Indian PLAIN E 46.2 per cent in the 2001 series, ketsfor collection of retail price adultsrosemarginallyby$120 ● fundallocation THE GOVERNMENT on Thursday EX groupdrops while weight of miscellaneous datahasalsobeenincreasedto317 (about Rs 8,800) to $17,420(Rs ■With 4,593 ultra-high-net- launchedthe newseriesfor retail items, likeeducationand health under the 2016 series compared 12.77lakh) at end-June 2020,as worthindividuals in the inflation forindustrial workers UNDER THE newseries, has risento30.31 per cent from to 289 coveredinthe 2001 series. against$17,300asofDecember countryasof end-2019,India SUNNYVERMA& shiftingthebaseyearto 2016 from the weightagefor the food 23.26 per cent. The weightof The number of items directlyre- 2019,showing some growth de- came in fourth afterthe US, PRABHARAGHAVAN 2001.The government, however, group has gone down to housing and clothing and tainedinthe indexbasket has in- spitethe Covid pandemic and China and Germany. NEWDELHI,OCTOBER22 said that dearness allowance, 39.17 per cent from 46.2 footwear have changed to 16.87 creasedto463 items over 392 lockdowns, Credit Suisse said in a whichislinked to the Consumer per cent in the 2001 se- per cent from 15.27per cent and items in the old series. report. THE GOVERNMENT is “com- PriceIndexfor IndustrialWorkers ries,while the weightof to 6.08percentfrom6.57percent. Labour SecretaryApurva Over the firsthalf of 2020, “Annual growth of wealth per mitted”toprovidingthefund- (CPI-IW), will remain unchanged miscellaneous items, such Weightoffuel and light seg- Chandra said thatit’s been said whileaveragewealthroseby only adult averaged 9.7 per cent over ing required to vaccinate fornow. “As of now, therewill be as education and health ment will nowhaveaweightof that the dearnessallowance is 1.7per cent, Credit Suisse esti- 2000-2019 usingcurrentexchange India’s population against nochangeindearnessallowance,” has risento30.31per cent 5.5 per cent as against6.43 per linked to an outdated index,but mated that the full rise for2020 rates, and 12.1 per cent with con- Covid-19,butisyettoset aside AP file Labour BureauDirector General from 23.26per cent. cent earlier,whilepan, supari, to- hereon,theaimisto keeprevising will be 5-6 per cent and 2021will stant exchangerates,” it said. anyamount forthis purpose, DPS Negi said. bacco and intoxicantswill hold the series everyfiveyears. seegrowthof about9percent.The AnthonyShorrocks, econo- accordingtosenior governm- who areabove theage of 55 To makethe new series com- 2.07per cent weight as against As per the recommendations countryhad9,07,000adultsinthe mistand reportauthor,said: entofficials.Withvariousvac- being immunisedatleast... parable with the older one, the determining dearness allowance 2.27per cent. of the International Labour top1per cent of global wealth “Giventhe damageinflicted by cinecandidatesprogressingto then youcan saythatyou are Ministrystatedthatithasto becal- (DA) paid to central/state govern- Inthenew2016series,88cen- Organization(ILO), IndexReview holders,whichisa1.8per cent COVID-19ontheglobaleconomy, late-stage human trials here, likelytoachieve some degree culated usingalinking factor of ment employees andworkers in tres have been coveredasagainst Committee (IRC) and National share, it said. it seems remarkable that house- someexperts feelthecostthat of containment,” he added. 2.88. Taking this intoaccount, the the industrial sectors besides fix- 78 centres in the 2001 series. The Statistical Commission (NSC), the With 4,593 ultra-high-net- hold wealth has emergedrela- the Centre will bear maybe- According to Reddy, the CPI-IW forSeptember is 118, and ation and revision of minimum sample size forthe conduct of base year of price indexnumbers worthindividuals in the country tively unscathed. Wealthactsas come clearer by early 2021. costing will have to take into with linking factor it worksout to wagesinscheduledemployments. Working-ClassFamilyIncomeand should be revised at frequent in- as of end-2019, India came in aform of self-insurance that “We areyet to getthe ex- account the additional cold be339.8 as against322 in the cor- The newseries also incorpo- ExpenditureSurvey,onthe basis tervals,generallynot exceeding10 fourth afterthe US, China and householdscandraw uponwhen act estimates on the costof chain infrastructure and responding period lastyear in the ratesthechangesintheconsump- of whichweightingdiagramshave yearstoreflect the changes that Germany. India had approxi- times arehard. Initially, theim- vaccineshots.Atthis stage, no trainedpersonnelrequiredfor earlier series. tion pattern of the workingclass been derived, wasincreasedto takeplaceintheconsumptionpat- mately912,000 millionaires, ac- pact of the pandemic wasfelt amount has been setaside for vaccinating this population. It The CPI-IW is mainlyusedfor familiessincetheearlierbaseyear 48,384familiesfrom41,040inthe tern of consumers. countingfor2percentof 51.9mil- mainlyvia the sharp worldwide vaccination, but the govern- will alsohavetoaccount for lionmillionairesgloballyasatend decline in equity prices.” ment has committedthat theawarenessto begenerated 2019. “Household wealth in India In Asia Pacific, therewere whatever is required for the at acommunitylevel to pre- is dominated by property and 45,920 ultra-high-net-worth purposewillbeprovided.That parethe targeted population COVID-19IMPACT other real assets,althoughfinan- adultswithnet worthexceeding commitment is there,” asen- to be immunisedwhen the cial assets have grownovertime, $50 million as at end 2019.Asia ior Finance Ministryofficial time forvaccination arrives. nowforming 22 per cent of gross Pacificisthehighestcontributorof told The Indian Express. "Wedonot knowwhich ‘Outlookinreal estate sector optimistic fornextsix months’ assets.In2019, non-financial as- household wealth. Totalhouse- Accordingto HealthSecre- vaccine is going to come out sets rose by 12.5 percent com- holdwealth was$167,271billion tary Rajesh Bhushan, “suffi- first, whether it is going to be Sentiment in thereal estate industry remained pessimistic in July-September amid thepandemic, but theoutlook for pared to 8.6 per cent growth in fi- in June 2020, 42 per cent of the cient” financial resources are an Indian vaccine manufac- next six months is optimistic withsigns of revival in demand, asurvey by Knight Frank-Ficci-NAREDCOsaid nancialassets,CreditSuisseGlobal global total of $400,180billion, availablewiththegovernment turedonscaleoraforeignvac- Wealth Report said. Credit Suissesaid. to go in foraprocurement for cine commissioned to India Respondents 52 pts: ‘Future Sentiment attributed the revival in mass vaccination against. The and on whatterms of sharing ~57% who opined Score’, which is in optimistic sentiments to the “remarkable final costwilldependonava- atwhatprice,"saidReddy.Itis that the economy is going to zone, rising from 41 points in upturn seen in the real estate riety of factors, including how alsodifficult to speculate the grow and improve in next six previous quarter business, especially in the Adani takeover of manydoses aretobegiven of required budget forthe gov- months residential segment, in the thevaccinesthatareapproved ernmentatthispointbecause WHY IS IT IMPORTANT: third quarter of (calendar year) andhowthecandidatesunder it is alsonot clearwhether 40 pts: ‘Current Sentiments The survey — which took into 2020 as aresult of the three airports to be testing turn out. India will be exercising price Score’during July-September account developers, banks, unlocking process” “The price of asingle dose controls,hesaid. period, rising from record low of financial institutions and andpriceof two-dosevaccines While it is unclear how 22 points in previous quarter, private equity players Source: Knight Frank/ complete by Nov 11 —because mostofthe vac- muchadditionalcoldchainca- butstillinpessimisticzone operating in the sector — Ficci/NAREDCO/PTI cines that arebeing worked pacity is required,Bhushan acrossthe globeare two-dose earlier this week said the gov- At Mangaluru, Lucknowand Ahmedabad vaccines—is still evolving,” ernmentwaspreparedtovac- “The AAI and concessionaires Bhushan said on October 13. cinateatleast30million BIDDINGUNDEROPENACREAGELICENSINGPOLICY ENSECONOMICBUREAU of Ahmedabad, Lucknow and Until these candidates healthcareprofessionals, in- Any customer can NEWDELHI,OCTOBER22 Mangaluru airportswill be com- provetheirsafetyandefficacy, cluding 20 million frontline ONGC bags 7blocks, pleting conditions precedentsas whateverfigure is “bandied” workers and sevenmillion THE ADANI Group would be tak- prescribed in the concession around is “justafigure”, he doctors and paramedics, at a avail our horizontal 5G ing over the operations, manage- agreementsand the concession- said during abriefing on the moment’s notice. mentanddevelopmentof theair- aireswill betakingoverthe oper- effortsmade by the Health “Forthose 3crore (30 mil- OIL 4inlatest round portsatMangaluru,Lucknowand ations, management and devel- Ministry to tackle the pan- lion), we candovaccination platform: Qualcomm Ahmedabad from the Airports opment of airports as under: demic.Oncemultiplevaccines even today. We have thecold the previous round of bidding, Authority of India (AAI)by Mangaluru airport:31.10.2020; managetodemonstrate their chain, we have the vials, we ENSECONOMICBUREAU winning all six of the blocks of- avail themselvesofthis horizon- October 31,November2and Lucknowairport:02.11.2020; safetyand efficacy,the prices have syringes,we have every- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER22 feredinthe fourth round, offered NANDAGOPALRAJAN talplatform and then it is up to November11,respectively,saidan Ahmedabadairport:07.11.2020,” of thesevaccinesareexpected thing,” Bhushan said on the under the Open Acreage NEWDELHI,OCTOBER22 them to startbuildingthe soft- officialpressreleaseonThursday. theAAI press release said. to decline“drastically”,hesaid. sidelines of abriefing. STATE-OWNED OIL and Natural LicensingPolicy(OALP). ware andthe rest of thestack on The AAI, in itsrelease,added In February2019, the govern- Thegovernmentwillhave Accordingto him,Indiahas Gas Corp (ONGC) and Oil India Experts have said the lackof DURGA MALLADI, senior vice- topofitand come up with afull that the MinistryofCivil Aviation mentprivatisedsixmajorairports, to ensureitisfinanciallyand “surplus” domestic capacity, (OIL) have wonall the 11 blocks interestfromprivate players in president and general manager, blown solution,” he told indian- has signedMoUs (memorand- i.e. Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, logisticallyprepared to vacci- both forvials and syringes. offeredinthe latestbidding recent roundsofOALP bidding 4G/5G, QualcommTechnologies, express.com at aroundtable as umsof understanding)withthree Mangaluru, Thiruvanantha- nate“atleast”300millionper- “We areinconstant touch round foroil and gasexploration has been aresult of alackofpol- Inc on Wednesdaysaid his com- partofthe Qualcomm 5G entitiesof theAdaniGroupto pro- puram, and Guwahati. Aftera sons by mid-2021ifitwantsa with the manufacturers. We blocks,the DirectorateGeneral icy clarity from the government panywas “working with several Summit. videservicessuchascustoms,im- competitive bidding process, shotatcontaining the spread alsohave anexistinginventory of Hydrocarbons said on and unsuitable taxationand reg- partners in India” and around Aday earlier,the telecom migration andsecurity at the Adani Enterprises wonthe rights of the virus here, said Public within the MinistryofHealth Thursday. ulatoryconditions. Aproposalby the worldand anycustomer was major had announcedatie up above mentionedthree airports. to run all of them. WITHPTI Health Foundation of India and FamilyWelfare ... so, we ONGC wonseven blocks the Petroleum Ministrytore- free to build on the horizontal5G with Reliance Jio and itswholly president Dr KSrinath Reddy. willbeutilisingourinventory,” while OIL wonthe other four duce the oil cess charge on do- platform announcedbyit. ownedsubsidiaryRadisys “... We arereally lookingat said the secretary. blocks,with onlyone bid com- mestic production of crude has “Our solution is horizontal Corporation to “develop open Bureau of Investment Promotion alltheessentialservicesbeing Full report on ing from the private sector from been rejected by the Finance platform, so we arenot provid- and interoperable interface com- BIP/Info/889 Date: 16.10.2020 immunisedandallthepeople www.indianexpress.com InvenirePetrodyne Ltd. Ministry, accordingtogovern- ing acomplete solution anyway. pliant architecturebased5Gso- Notice Inviting Bid ONGC had also dominated ment sources. 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Other BRIEFLY CDSCO panel recommends nod particulars of the bid may be visited on the procurement portal (http://eproc.rajasthan.gov.in, http://sppp.raj.nic.in)ofthe ReserveBank state. for phaseIII trials of Covaxin UBN: BIP2021SI,OB00008 onQRcodes DIPR/C/8352/2020 Commissioner (Inv.&NRIs) Mumbai: The ReserveBank onceasuspectcaseisconfirmed, of India (RBI) has decidedto ENSECONOMICBUREAU CRITERIAFORCOVID the principal investigator at the phaseoutnon-interoperable NEWDELHI,OCTOBER22 POSITIVEPARTICIPANT trial site willevaluatethe clinical proprietary QR (quickre- information to classify it as a sponse) codes operated by ASUBJECT expertcommittee symptomaticcase. paymentsystemoperators (SEC) has recommendedthatthe ■ Thesubjectexpert The committee hasalso set (PSOs)and directed them to country’s apexdrug regulator committee hasalso variouscriteriaforaparticipantto shifttoUPI QR or BharatQR grant approval to Bharat Biotech setvarious criteria for beaconfirmedsymptomaticcase codesfor payments. 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EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE SYNOPSIS OCTOBER22 Pandeyorchestrates the perfect chase, afterRashid and Vijay CRICKET COMMENTATOR and former induce choke England international Isa Guha has hit back afterathinly-veiledbarb from Geoffrey Boycottwho claimedthat BBC chose “equal- ity over quality” by dropping him from its SANDIP G commentarypanel.Guhatook umbrageatthe OCTOBER 22 reporting of the newspaper Daily Mail which wrotethat former England opener Boycott MANISH PANDEY demonstrated that there wasdroppedfor a “younger multi-racial line- is moretoSunrisers Hyderabad batting up”. than the overseas big guns, thus keeping their slim knockout prospectsburning. Whydid Boycottaccuse BBC of ‘sacrificing They have sacrificed quality for ..To keep beingdragged into this Chasing 155againstRajasthan Royals, they quality forequality? lostDavid Warner and JonnyBairstowup- Boycott, 80, criticisedBBC afterthe net- equality. It is now allabout kind of conversation purely front, but Pandeyweathered theJofra work chose nottorenewhis contract earlier politicalcorrectness, about because of the colour of my skin Archer-storm and smothered the rest to this year. gender andrace.When youwork and gender is quite frankly carveaneight-wicketvictory. Vijay “Theyhavesacrificedquality forequality. for them, you are wary and tiresome and only serves to create Shankar playedthe accomplice role to per- It is nowall aboutpolitical correctness, about frightenedofsaying anything.It division. Ionly havesadness that fection, crunching ahalf-centuryhimself. genderandrace.Whenyouworkforthem,you is aminefield out thereand that this should be deemed arewaryand frightenedofsayinganything. It Pandey, the chase master is sad.” newsworthy over something more isaminefieldoutthereandthatissad,”Boycott, positive and inspiring.” Throughout the series, Pandeyhas who had worked as acommentatorwithBBC GEOFFERY BOYCOTT looked fluent butwithoutmaking it count. for14years, told the DailyTelegraph on FORMER ENGLAND OPENER ISAGUHA On Thursdaythough, he stampedhis Tuesday. His comment wasseenasabarb FORMERENGLANDINTERNATIONAL match-winning capabilities with a47-ball againstGuha, who played113 internationals 83,that steered Sunriserstoafacile victory. Hyderabad’sManish Pandeyhit an astonishing eight sixes in his 47-ball 83. BCCI forEngland across all three formatsand has opinions on the job Idoasapresenter/com- It’s the context that multiplies the value worked withthe BBC foradecade. She is cur- mentator.However, the idea that Ihave‘re- Australia’s former playerLisa Sthalekar. “It’s of theknock. Sunriserswerelanguishing rentlytheleadpresenterandball-by-ballcom- placed’ Geoffreyisabitodd, having worked time forhim to leave the game and let’sre- at seventh spotonthe pointstable, mak- runs per over in this edition. It’s notthat he mentator forBBC's Test MatchSpecial (TMS) on international men’s cricket at the BBC for member him as agreat cricketerofacertain ing alast-gasp effort to qualify forthe play- bowlsincrediblystifling lines and lengths, radioprogramme.Shealsoworks the best part of 10 years. generation,” shesaid then. “Talk about power offs.Pandeywalked intothe middle in the but the fear of deception he has infused POINTSTABLE with FoxSportsinAustralia. Furthermore, my role is com- – Ididn’t see much powerthat he displayed. firstovertoface atails-up Archer. intothem. Team Matches Won Lost NR Points In actuality,Boycott’s ‘expert ED pletely different to that of Let’s call up his strikerateand look at some of The England tearaway soon inflicted an- Rashid concededonly20runsinhis DC 10 73014 comments’ role has been filled Geoffrey’s. To keepbeingdragged the numbers compared to female Test crick-

other blow—bursting through the defences four over.But it wasnot him alonethatput RCB 10 73014 this summer by former England AIN intothis kind of conversation eters of even that generation. Ithink some of of Jonny Bairstow. At 16/2, their season was the brakes on Royals afterareasonably MI 9630 12 captain Alastair Cook and swing purelybecauseofthe colourof my the female cricketerswould have hadabet- slipping down the slope. But Pandeydid- brisk start. He had an unseemlysidekickin KKR 10 55010 bowler James Anderson. PL skin and genderisquitefrankly terstrikeratethan he did. n’t shrink.Helaunchedacalculatedassault Shankar.Heisnot quitereputed forthrift, SRH 10 4608 tiresome and onlyserves to cre-

EX E● —neutering Archer with caution and tear- as his career economyrateof8.60 suggests. KXIP 10 4608 WasitBoycott’s comments atedivision. Ionlyhavesadness Has Isa found supportfromother ing young Kartik Tyagi apart. He strucka But in the lastfew games forSunrisers, he RR 11 4708 that irkedGuha? thatthis shouldbedeemednewsworthy over players? brace of boundaries through the offside in has proved incrediblydifficult to hit. CSK 10 3706 Itwasn’tonlyBoycott butthewayhiscom- something morepositive and inspiring.” On Twitter,former Australian playerand his firstover, before thumpinghim fortwo Part of his revivalisdue to aconcerted ment wasportrayed by the Daily Mail, UK’s current commentator Mel Jones described sixes and aboundaryinhis next. In the end, effort to bowl back-of-length rather than highest-circulateddaily newspaper.Inanon- Has Boycottmade suchprovocative Guha's response as a"lesson in class and pro- he turned ashaky startintoastroll with fuller.Whereas in the pasthestrovetobowl listless Ben Stokes. His arrivalwas sup- line article thatreported on Boycott’scom- statementsinthe past? fessionalism", and calledfor an end to "low- amplehelp from Shankar,with whom he everydelivery as fast as he could, herehe posedtofuelRoyals’ knockout pursuits. On ment and also in the corresponding tweet, Yes. In June, he said thatwomen commen- brow,misleading and downrightrepugnant put on 140runs. It wasthe kind of author- wasdeliberatelybowling within himself, the contrary, he has inducedimbalance in DailyMail said that Boycottwas “dropped... tators should notcall men’s cricket. reporting". itative knockthat makes one wonder why notproviding batsmen the pace to ma- the batting order.Jos Buttler wasmoved forayounger multi-racial line-up”. “Youhavetoknowthe pressure, emotions AlisonMitchell, the firstwoman to com- his international career hasn’t quitesoared. noeuvre. The combinedfigures of Rashid down to No 4whichpushedSteve Smith to Guha took to social media on Wednesday. and technique required and Idonot believe mentateregularly on cricket at BBC, also and Shankar in the middle overs read 7-0- five and Rahul Tewatia to seven. "Some thoughtsonthe DailyMail article this youcan learn that from reading abook or be- tweetedout in support: “So maddenedbythe ARoyal choke 35-1. BRIEF SCORES: Sunrisers Hyderabad morn”,Guha wrote in anote to Twitter. “Itend cause youplayedclub cricket,second XI Mail piece &its framing. Inaccuracy is onlythe RashidKhanisthe masterofmiddle- As aconsequence, the Royals decided 156/2 (Manish Pandey83*, VijayShankar to ignorethese articles and realise that, by re- cricketor, with greatrespect,women’scricket. start. Justheardaradio presenter perpetuate overs choke. His very sight is enoughfor to target Jason Holder. SanjuSamson pulled 52; JofraArcher 2/21) beat Rajasthan Royals acting, it onlyfulfils the objectives of the head- As good as the women areattheir game, it the Mail’smyth saying “Boycottwas replaced batsmen, even the mostdaring ones, to dig him forasix but feathered an edge back 154/6(Sanju Samson 36, Ben Stokes 30; line; but having been subjected to this over bears no resemblance to thepower and pace by IsaGuha”. Ish ... is ahighly accomplished atrenchatthe crease and hide inside it.It’s ontohis stumps the next ball. And in the Jason Holder 3/33) by eightwickets. the lastfew yearsIjust wanted to sayafew of men’s cricket,” Boycottwroteinacolumn. broadcasterwho shouldn’thavetoput up the reasonthe Afghan has bledonly5.47 next over,Rashid came backtodevour a LIVE: MI vs CSK, Star Sports 7:30pm things”. “Iappreciatepeople have varying The column triggered criticism, ledby with this …you inspireevery dayIsh” BRIEFLY India’s elite swimmersfeel their Realcan’t WADAprobefinds helplosing, useofdoppelgangers Bayern can’t Athree-year investigationintothe way on return to the pool InternationalWeightliftingFederation (IWF)hasuncoveredcasesof suspected stop winning urinesubstitutionand“doppelgangers” heat,” he would say. The trio got them- beingusedto impersonateathletes,the SHIVANI NAIK selvestestedoncebeforeleavingand twice WADA,said. Eighteen weightlifters MUMBAI, OCTOBER22 on entryand exit from Dubai. fromsixcountriesaresuspectedof giv- ASSOCIATEDPRESS ing manipulated samples, WADA said, INDIA’S ELITE swimmers felt likefish out Backtohome base GENEVA,OCTOBER22 addingthatthecasesof urinesubstitu- of waterwhen theygot into the pool forthe Backathome now, the Swimming tion would be forwardedtothe firstfew days afterrestrictions putinplace Federation of India has drawnupits safety REALMADRID couldn’t halt itslosing streak International Testing Agency (ITA). due to the pandemic were lifted. guidelines pennedbyrenownedcoach in the Champions League and no one seems WADA said thatitfoundevidence of Kushagra Rawatfelt his head bouncing Nihar Amin. SFI recentlyspelt out itszero- able to stop Bayern Munich’s winningrun. “doppelgangers”beingusedtoimper- while breathingout of waterand knewhis tolerance policy on breaking safetyrules. Madrid’s 3-2 loss to adepletedShakhtar sonate athletes during thesample col- swimming rhythmhad gone haywire. President Jayaprakash said, “We’ll always Donetskteam wasthe mostsurprising re- lectionprocess.Thediscoverywaspart Backstrokespecialist SrihariNataraj had no put livesinfront of anysportsoIurge sult of Wednesday’s opening group games of multipleandongoingWADA probes awareness of howhis arms were moving in everyone nottogobackeven1per cent on -while Bayern delivered the most impres- thatbeganin2017, includingOperation waterthe first3-4 days on his return to the SOPs. We arerequesting state governments sive performance witha4-0 win over Arrow, acovertinvestigation intothe pool.Even18years spent withathousand to reopen pools forsportspersonsbut strict Atletico Madrid. practice of urine substitution at the repetitions dayin, dayout, could notensure action will be takenagainstanyone devi- It wasathirdstraight loss in the compe- pointofcollection. thatthe paddle would stay intact when ating from protocols.” tition forReal Madrid -its worstrun in 34 India’sthree eliteswimmers -Sajan Prakash With four swimmers in the world’s Top years. Fordefending champions Bayern, it also trainedinDubai -resumedtraining. 40, the SFIhas ambitious plans to kit out wasa12thstraightChampions League vic- Azerbaijanclub BackinIndianow,theyrealise hitting twopools -one in Delhi and the Dravid tory.Wins forLiverpool and ManchesterCity warnedforsalute pre-pandemic eraspeeds is going to be dif- Padukone centreinBangalore-with hi- cappedagoodround forEnglish clubs and ficult. “This is going to take longer.Two tech wearables to record parameters and Atalantaagain showedits free-scoring style PlayersandofficialsofAzerbaijaniclub months moreperhaps,” Srihari (19), said. high-end bio-mechanic equipment likeun- to win 4-0 at overmatchednewcomer Qarabag who made militarysalutes at Having campedinDubai on the backof derwatercameras forraceanalyses. Midtjylland. aEuropaLeaguegamewhilethecoun- as sturdy dry-land training as waspossible However, even as severalstatesexercise Real Madrid has been unconvincing, es- trywas inconflict withArmenia were at home, Srihari, dippedhis toes backinto caution in reopening pools forall racing peciallyathome in the Champions League, warned by UEFAonThursday. Thein- training happythat he wasbackinwater. swimmers above 12,the task is cut out for since lifting arecord-extending 13th cident on October 1came days after India’s topcompetitive pack. European title three seasons ago. Yet hostilities flared between Azerbaijan Uneasy at first Indianeliteswimmers (L-R) Kushagra Rawat, Srihari Natarajand Sajan Prakash Shakhtar wasmissing severalstarters after andneighboringArmeniaoverthedis- “It felt weirdfirst3-4 days and there duringtheir two-month Dubai stint afterresuming training. Stringent SOPs aCOVID-19outbreak at the club. The puted territoryofNagorno-Karabakh. wasnofeel of water. Ihad no idea whatwas Amin’s SOP specifies minimum chlo- Ukrainianchampions still led3-0 at half time UEFAlisted13players and14club offi- happening with my arms nor awareness of rine levels at 1.8-2 ppm at 7-7.4 pH and fil- exposingaMadrid defence missing injured cials who made the gestureinthe sta- wheretheyweregoing, though theywere makeshiftworkout equipmentinhis ter- trationtwo hours before and afterevery captain Sergio Ramos. diuminPoland. moving. Icouldn’t grab anywater.Itcame race). But initiallytherewas no tempoat It felt weird first 3-4 days session. Onlytwo swimmers per lane are “It’s my jobtofind solutions because backslowlyintwo weeks,” says the all. My head wasbouncing weirdlywhile and there was no feel of allowedwith outdoor showers, and they these kind of games can’t happen,” said Indiagetnodto Bangalorean backstroker.Hewill stay breathing. The hips were notalignedand I water. Ihad no ideawhat was have been instructed to use dead jumpor coachZinedineZidane, who leftveterans locked in his room fortwo moredays on wasleaning moreonthe right. And some- happening with my arms nor startblocks to enter waterand avoid touch- Toni Kroos and KarimBenzema on the bench quarantineinSydney his return, since he has grandparents’ times the lefthand wasgoing out too ing handrails and pool ladders. ahead of playing Barcelona on Saturday. safety(above70) to consider. “Afterthat much.Iwas justnot getting the stroke - awareness of where they were The SOP also spells out detailedmile- Few fans attendedthe eight games be- SydneyandCanberra areset to hostthe my parents aredecidingifIshould con- something that came so naturallyatthe going, though they were stones forresumption with emphasis on cause of the spiking coronavirus infections white-balllegof India'stourof Australia tinue in Bangaloreorlook at training startofthe year.”Srihariwould lend his moving...” shoulder injuryprevention and micro-cy- across Europe and therewerenone at aftertheNewSouthWalesgovernment abroad,” he adds. GoProsystemfor Rawattoanalysewhat cles of increasing load and reps. Olympiakos to see astoppage-time goal earn allowedthe visiting team to train dur- Srihari says he’s still amonth or twoout limb movementsweregoing astray. SRIHARI NATARAJ It’s onlyinthe thirdmonth that focus- a1-0 win over Marseille. ing itsmandatory quarantine uponar- from hitting toptiming. BACKSTROKE SPECIALIST ing on the target specialitystrokeisrecom- Only1,000were at San Sirotosee Romelu rival. 'ESPNcricinfo' on Thursdayre- Rawatconcurs. “Target wastoget as Safetyprotocols mended. “While returning to training, an Lukakuscoreinhis ninth straight European portedthatNew SouthWales close to previous bestsaspossible. But I’m Afine of 3000dirhams awaited anyone recalls. While the Delhi lad had online col- aerobic base endurance levelhas to be re- game, includinga90th-minuteequaliser to governmentandCricket Australiahave notveryclose to my best at all,” says the caught walkingaround without amask lege classestoattend, sparetime sawthe developed. This is usuallydone in the help Inter Milan draw 2-2 with Borussia struckadeal to allowIndian and 18-year-old, who is hoping Talkatorawa- anywhereoutside the perimeterofthe trio playtable tennis at the hotel. freestyleorfront-crawlstroke. As basic en- Monchengladbach. AustralianplayersreturningfromIPLto ters in Delhi areallowedtoopen at leastfor pool, Rawatsays. “And if someone wasn’t “Iwasn’tverygood.Hari (Nataraj)was durance improves overthe firsteight traininSydneywhilequarantining. The competitive swimmers in the coming following social distancing, then aftertwo the best,” he laughs. The hotelchef wasalso weeksorso, swimmers should swim of RESULTS: Indian team wasinitially supposedto months. “Or else I’ll go to Bangalore. I’ll warnings theywould justcancel the ses- sounded out on adding daaltothe menu their main stroke -butterflyfor example Real Madrid 2-3 Shakhtar landinBrisbanebut the Queensland needatleastamonth and half,” says the sion.Didn’t happentous, butitwas strictly forthe Indians, and ramping up on veggies willincrease gradually.Sharper focus on Bayern Munich 4-0 Atletico Madrid statehealth authoritiesdid notrelax 800-freestyle specialist. enforced,” he adds. in the salads. “Everyone had acouple of ex- main stroke volumeand intensity should Inter 2-2 Borussia Monchengladbach their 14-dayquarantine rule to allow On finding the elusive feel of wateraf- The Indians swam acouple of hours trakgs to lose,” Rawatadded. come in the thirdmicro-cycle. This is a ManchesterCity 3-1Porto ViratKohli and Co to train during that terfivemonths of training restricted to gym morning and evening. “But if the session ForSrihari, the weather wasthe big good waytobecautious and prevent injury Olympiacos 1-0 Marseille period. AGENCIES work,Rawat said, “Firstthree weeks, body startedat7.30, we hadtowalk in justbe- problem. “Put me in asub-zeroplace and I afteralong layoff,” Amin explained. Ajax 0-1 Liverpool wassorefromall the gym work (he’s setup fore the start, and vacateby9.30,” Rawat wouldn’t mind. But I’m notabig fanofthe Midtjylland 0-4 Atalanta

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