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JOURNALISM OF COURAGE SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2020, PUNE, LATE CITY, 14 PAGES SINCE 1932 `5.00 WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM THE CITY MODI,DaySHAHafteHOLDrJSECURITYammMEETufiring, PMsaysplottoderail CPR PUNE GETS SCULPTURE ON FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN ‘COMMON MAN’ & grassrootsdemocracy COPS PAGE 3 DespitePak bid, Pakistan fingerprints Electoralbonds of DDC polls as per Rs 282 cr sold ahead schedule: official all over: Phones, DEEPTIMANTIWARY medicines, weapons of Bihar elections COVID CURFEW BACK,AHMEDABAD NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER20 Amid rising Covid-19cases, the Gujarat government has imposedaweekend curfew in ADAY afterfour terrorists were DEEPTIMANTIWARY OnlyRs80lakhfromPatna; funding to Ahmedabad, and night curfew in Surat, Vadodaraand Rajkot. Nirmal Harindran REPORT,PAGE 11 killedand acache of arms and ex- NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER20 plosivesrecoveredinJammu, parties via bonds in 3yrs is Rs 6,493 cr Prime MinisterNarendra Modi “Kaha Phnche KiaSorateHal Hai Fridaypointed to cross-border KoiMushkil To Nahi,2Baje,Phir YOUR RIGHT terror from Pakistanwhile thank- BtaDan Gy (Wherehaveyou GEORGEMATHEW UP govt on Kappan: Had India’s ing the security forces forhaving reached? What’s the situation? MUMBAI,NOVEMBER20 TO KNOW “defeatedanefarious plot” to tar- Is thereany problem?, 2O’clock, getgrassroots democracy in J&K. Will letyou know)." THE STATEBank of India (SBI) AN EXPRESS RTI daughter pamphlet, riot plan With the District These were some of thetext sold Electoral Bonds worth APPLICATION DevelopmentCouncil(DDC)elec- messages receivedbythe four Rs 282 croretofundpoliticalpar- through suchkind of websites tions scheduledtotakeplace in Jaish-e-Mohammedterrorists, ties in October ahead of the KAUNAINSHERIFFM viz. propaganda relating to inci- the Union Territoryfrom who were gunned down by se- Assemblyelections in Bihar. According to thedata, the NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER20 dentsofmob lynching, migra- November 28, Modi postedon curity forces in an encounter in Atextmessagereceived by With this, total donations to bank’s main branchMumbai is- tion of labours in recent times” Twitter:“Oursecurityforceshave Nagrota, in Jammu, Thursday, on the JeM terrorists political parties through suedbondsworth Rs 130crore in ■ The “pamphlets so recovered These submissions of the onceagaindisplayedutmostbrav- aDigital Mobile Radio manufac- Electoral Bonds have touched the 14th tranche while the New i.e. AM INOT INDIA’S DAUGH- Uttar Pradesh Police in official eryand professionalism. Thanks tured by Pakistani company Rs 6,493 crorefromthe time the DelhibranchissuedRs11.99crore TER... etchaveaneffectofampli- records —the FIR, remand appli- to theiralertness,theyhavede- MicroElectronics. made in Pakistan. scheme wasintroducedin2018. bonds.TheSBIbranchinPatnasold fying social hostility and public cations seeking custody—regard- feated anefarious plottotarget The terrorists had been in J&K Police investigations The bank sold 279bonds onlyRs80lakhworthofbonds.Its revolt”. ing the case registered against grassroots leveldemocratic exer- touchwith their handlers in have revealedthatthe Jaish ter- worthRs1crore each, 32 bonds Bengalurubranchdid notsell any ■ Accused have revealedthey Siddique Kappanwas Delhi-basedjournalistSiddique cises in Jammu and Kashmir.” Pakistanoversmartphones rorists had been sent with the worthRs10lakh eachtodonors bonds. Encashment of bonds “gathered funds” to “instigateri- arrested on Oct 5. PTI file Kappan and three others, arepart The Prime Ministerwrote: manufactured by QMobile, a specific task of carrying out a in the 14th tranche, whichwas worth Rs 237crore were done in oting on basis of caste”incon- of the stategovernment’saffidavit “Neutralising of 4terrorists be- Pakistani company. They were large attackahead of theDistrict open from October 19 to 28, the threecities—Bhubaneswar(Rs67 nectionwiththe Hathrascase, before the SupremeCourtinre- longingto Pakistan-basedterrorist carrying medicines manufac- Development Council (DDC) SBI said in itsreplytoaRight to crore), Chennai (Rs 80 crore) and “as theyhavedone on the basis ing webplatform ‘Carrd’; “Many sponse to apetition seeking re- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 tured in Karachi, and wore shoes CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Information application filedby Hyderabad (Rs 90 crore). of religion in protestofCAA”. kinds of anti-national propa- lease of Kappan from custody. The Indian Express. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 ■ Accusedcreated awebsiteus- ganda arebeing spread in India CONTINUEDONPAGE2

GOVT &POLITICS UP to bring ordinance, FPI inflows highest ever, over FAVOURITISMAND Jharkhand changes process, MANIPULATION: non-BJP state govts INQUIRYREPORTON Rs 1.4 lakh cr in eight months physical checks must for all BIHARMINISTERWHO slam ‘love jihad’ law nancial year.In2012-13, netFPIs RESIGNED PAGE 11 SANDEEPSINGH stood at Rs 1,40,033crore (the ED FPIssee schools and applicants NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER20 second highestnow). valuein EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Foreign portfolio investors PLAIN E ● recovery verify” all schools and applicants LUCKNOW,NEWDELHI, FOREIGN PORTFOLIO investors include both foreign individuals EX THE seeking to avail scholarships un- NOVEMBER20 Gehlot: Word have staged aremarkable come- and foreign institutional in- der the Union Ministryof BUSINESSASUSUAL manufactured backafter pulling out arecord vestors (FIIs). AFTER A23.9 per cent con- SCHOLARSHIP Minority Affairs for2020-21. NEARLY Ayear afterthe amend- by BJP Rs 61,973 crorefromIndian eq- In the first20days of traction in GDP growth SCAM In aletterdated November BY UNNY ment in the citizenship Actand uities in March 2020 dragging November,net inflowsaddedup rate in April-June 2020, the 19,and sent to all Deputy talk of an all-India National down the benchmarkindices to Rs 44,378 crore, whichhas led reopening of the economy Commissioners, Welfare RegisterofCitizens provoked Haryana as an encroachment on Sensexand Nifty by 23 percent. to a4,267point or 10.8 per cent in the following months ABHISHEKANGAD SecretaryAmitabh Kaushal also severalChief Ministers to declare personal liberty,and an attempt In justeight monthsofthe surge in Sensex. has ledtoasharper than NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER20 directed that necessarysteps be theywould notimplement the to create acommunal divide in current financialyear,net foreign Inflows startedpicking up in expected recovery.This takentorecoverthe scholarship CAAand NRCintheirstates, the country. portfolio investment (FPI) into Augustwith moreliberal unlock has attracted FPIs to see DAYS AFTERitregisteredFIRs to disbursedtofakebeneficiaries in movesbythree BJP-ruledstates Lateinthe evening, the Uttar equities jumpedbyRs1,40,295 guidelines, and afasterand value and re-enter. probethe illegal diversion of the "previous years". to bring alaw to checkwhat they Pradesh government announced crore, the highest-everinany fi- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Centre's pre-Matricscholarship The letter referred to The sayis“love jihad”, has once again it had initiated theprocess to forpoor minority students, Indian Express investigation, split the nation down the middle. bring an Ordinance to checkun- basedonthe findings of an in- whichfoundthat the scholar- At leastfiveOpposition-ruled lawful conversions in the state. Since 2001 vestigation by The Indian Express, ship wasbeing siphonedoff by states on Fridaycondemnedthe The UP StateLaw the Jharkhand government has anexus of middlemen, school announcementsbyMadhya Commissionhad submitted a ordered itsofficersto“physically CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and CONTINUEDONPAGE2 ONLINE OFFLINE THE EDITORIAL PAGE On abench, under atree... jobs gone in time www.ambitionlawinstitute.com COURSE WAYTOGROW: Yo ur KeytoRSuccess equires Ambition LEARNFROMPAST, of Covid, Mumbaihospitals their new home NEIGHBOUR BY AMARTYA LAHIRI and then quietlyclaiming cor- LAW IS NOTHING PAGE 8 TABASSUM ners in corridors and waiting ar- BARNAGARWALA eas, clinging on forsurvival, BBUT COMMON SENSE MUMBAI,NOVEMBER20 nowhereelse to go. WORLD That's howthe green bench AND LOGIC SINCE EARLY lastmonth, when became his home, says Kumar. “I he visitedLokmanya Tilak have neverbeen homeless be- –Alok Kr. Ranjan MunicipalGeneral (LTMG) ON THE BRINK fore.Iusedtoworkand stay at a Hospital to treat aleg injury, restaurant in Virar, earning Shakti Kumar has made abench IN THE CITY Rs 15,000 amonth, sending JUDICIARY at the facility his home. Vishal AN EXPRESSSERIES mostofittomyfamilyinUP. Pawarand his mother have Covid forced therestaurant FOUNDATION :25NOV Kind Attention : been living in ashednearbyfor MUMBAI owner to shut in March,leaving WEEKEND :20DEC DOUGLASSTUART the lastthree months. Vijay me and five other staffers jobless Law Book WINSBOOKERPRIZE Boiteand his daughter stayed less. Theylosttheir livelihoods and homeless,” he says. Laxmi Gangadhar Parate,60, 8800662140, 8800660301 FORSHUGGIEBAIN underatreeinKEM Hospital for during the Covid lockdown and “Imet withanaccidentand is afamiliarfaceatBYL Nair PAGE 12 three weeks. nowseek shelterinthe city's wasadmittedfor aweek here. Hospital. TabassumBarnagarwala Sellers &Readers MeetMumbai's newhome- hospitals, arriving fortreatment CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CLAT FOUNDATION :4DEC Prebook Bare WEEKEND :5DEC With distancing, ghatart, pollution measures, 8800660380 Acts of AMBITION Haridwarpreparesfor Covid Maha Kumbh PUBLICATIONS in new form which PAGE 1 Officials have ruledout the pos- ment of the crowds is being ANCHOR sibility of the mega-event — plannedinaccordance with so- whichwill begin on January14 cialdistancing norms, and will be are full of recent and continue until the end of enforcedthrough surveillance by 8800662130 April —being cancelled on ac- anetwork of CCTVcameras. A cases, amendments, ESHAROY count of the Covid-19outbreak. 1,000-bedprefabricatedhospital NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER20 “The Kumbh Mela in is being put in place forCovid-19, Haridwar takesplaceonceevery and aseparate, 50-bed hospital IAS (LAW) simple meaning. LESS THAN twomonths from 12 years. In 2021it’ll be taking forother ailmentsand emergen- now, theMahaKumbhwillreturn place after11years, aphenom- cies. The Uttarakhandgovern- FOUNDATION :15JAN,2021 to Haridwar,bringingwithitasea enon that is happening after80 ment will acquireanadequate TEST SERIES :8NOV of pilgrims andenormous logis- years. Of course, with the Covid- number of masks, he said. 9312548656 ticschallengesinthemiddleof the 19 pandemic, the management The Kumbh Mela also pres- 8800662140 novelcoronavirus pandemic. of theKumbhMela is tricky,and ents achallengeintermsofcon- The lastMaha Kumbh in we areplanning according to the trolling pollution in theGanga, FEE TILL NOV.END IS HEAVILYCONCESSIONAL DUE TO COVID-19 Haridwar in 2010 wasattended guidelines issuedbythe govern- the responsibility forwhichis by 1.62 crorepilgrims according ment,’’ Kumbh Mela Adhikari Besides Indianartists,streetart practitioners from Malaysia, withthe National Mission for to estimates by the Indian Space Deepak Rawatsaid. 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Pak fingerprints (NSP) before disbursal through number of homeless, unem- againsttheElectoralBonds,saying Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT). ployedmen in the hospitalwait- “anonymous financing by Indian polls to derail the entireelection Butinseveralcases,TheIndian ing area, corridors and benches as well as foreign companies can process. Policehaverecovered11 Expressfound,middlemeneither Plot to derail grassroots democracy: PM has increased. When thereisex- have seriousrepercussionsonthe AKassaultrifles,24 magazinesand convincedschoolownersornodal cessfoodleftinwards,Idistribute Indian democracy”. The Finance 7.5kgofRDX along with 20 mof officers to provide the NSP login organisation Jaish-e- ationintheValleyanddiscussed pistols, 29 grenades, explosives Declaration(PAGD)--acoalition itamongthem,”says Mohammed Actof2017introducedthe use of IED wireand six detonators. IDs and passwordsorusedfake Mohammedand the presence ways to put further pressureon andotherdevices,includingmo- of sevenpolitical parties of Shaikh, awardboy. “We keep Electoral Bonds whichisexempt Recoveries include one Under school letter pads to obtain them. of large cache of weapons and Pakistaninforums, suchasthe bilephonesandmedicines,with Kashmir -- and the Congress, turning them away,but theyre- from disclosure under the BarrelGrenade Launcher (UBGL), Then, theyinvolvedbanking cor- explosiveswith them indicates FinancialAction Task Force Pakistani markings. leavingtheBJPwithatoughbat- turn,” says Sunil Patil, asecurity Representationofthe People Act, 29 grenades, five rifle grenades, respondentstoopen accountsof thattheireffortstowreakmajor (FATF), to stop backing terrorist The policedescribed the tleahead. On Wednesday, NC guard.At BYLNairHospital,Laxmi 1951,openingdoorsto unchecked, three pistols with six magazines, prospective beneficiaries using havocanddestructionhave once activity in the newly created movementof terroristsaspartof leaderOmarAbdullahtweeted: GangadharParate isafamiliarface. unknownfundingto politicalpar- awireless setand aGPS. their Aadhaarcards andfinger- again been thwarted.” UnionTerritory. “Despitetheten- aplottotargetthe DDC polls “Whatsortofelectionsarebeing The 60-year-oldwas an unofficial ties. Theamendmentsremoved “Inputsindicatethatthe elec- printsbeforeapplyingontheirbe- The tweets were posted af- uous securitysituation and with an attackthat could coin- heldinJ&Kwherecandidatesare caretaker,charging “Rs 200-300 thecapof 7.5percentof netprofit tions scheduledinthe Union half withhelp from district offi- terModiheldahigh-levelmeet- Pakistan’s efforts, the DDC polls cide with the anniversaryofthe being stoppedfromcampaign- perdaytochangediapers,assistin inthelastthreeyearsoncampaign Territorytoestablishthethirdand cials.Lastweek, the Dhanbad ing withHome MinisterAmit will be heldasscheduled,” a 26/11Mumbai terror attacks. ing?Isthis the safe,terrorfree taking patients to the bathroom”. donationsby companies.TheADR finaltierof thelocalbodiesforgov- administrationfiled11FIRsnam- Shah, National Security Advisor Home Ministryofficial said. Securityhas been enhanced J&K the Home Ministerwas “Since March,the hospital has had earlier filedtwo applications ernancehave unnervedterrorists ingseveral accusedfor theirrole Ajit Doval, Foreign Secretary On Thursday, ajointteam of aheadoftheDDCpollswithcan- tweeting about yesterday?” stoppedpeople likeus. NowIam in March 2019 andNovember and Pakistani agencies. The elec- inthescam,includingmiddlemen HarshvardhanShringla,andthe J&K Police, CRPF and the Army didatesputupinclusteraccom- Home MinisterAmitShah heretoask anyone who comes to 2019 forgrant of stay on imple- tions have already seen massive who allegedly “lured innocent chiefsofthe Intelligence Bureau gunneddownthefourterrorists modationandtheCentredecid- had earlier attackedPAGDand give mework ortakemeto ashel- mentationofthe bond scheme. participationintermsof nomina- people”to become“fakebenefici- andResearchandAnalysisWing. who openedfireonsecurity ingto dispatch25,000additional theCongressinaseriesoftweets terhome,” she says. tions and enthusiastic response aries”,“submittedfakeKYCdocu- Sources told The Indian forces near Nagrotaonthe out- troopstoKashmir. callingthemthe“GupkarGang” At theKEM Hospital, Dean Dr ‘Love jihad’ fromthepublic.ThePakistaniter- ments” at the welfareoffice and Express that the meeting as- skirts of Jammu city.The police Thepollsarebeingfoughtby thatwantedto “take J&Kback to Hemant Deshmukh says there report on the subject to Chief rorists andthe hugequantity of bypassedverification with help sessedthe overall security situ- recovered11AK-47 rifles, three the People’s Alliance forGupkar the eraofterrorand turmoil”. have been “casesinwhichafew MinisterYogiAdityanathlastyear, weapons were to be usedto from officials to getschoolsregis- homelesspeopletriedto seekad- along with adraft ‘Uttar Pradesh thwartthisprocessof democratic teredonthe NSP. missionwhentheirillnessdidnot Freedom of Religion Act, 2019’, decentralisation,”anofficialof the The latestorder said: “During tody/confinement but is in judi- “Thisinformation has also capacityislikely to takecare of the marketswilllikelyrise further. merithospitalisation”.Boite,who proposingthat “Conversion done Union Home Ministrysaid. physical verification, it should be cial custody”; and the petition di- beenreceivedthatnovalidproce- sewage treatmentdemandforthe “Thereisahugeamountof liquid- livedunder atreeatthe hospital forsole purpose of marriagetobe Ever since August2019, over made clear whether that student rectlyunder Article 32 of the dureisbeingadoptedinreceiving next15 years,andwe areinavery ity,andsavingshave alsorisensig- withhis daughter,isone of them. declared null and void”. 200terrorists have been gunned is from the instituteconcerned Constitutionof Indiais“notmain- suchkindofdonationamountand goodpositiontohandlethewaste nificantlyoverthe lastfew “Ihavebeen out of regular work Theprocessto bringalaw was down, including over30foreign- and if theyare eligible.” tainable and it is forthe personin the medium through suchdona- generated duringthe Kumbh months. Asizablepartofthat forseven months, and had to give speededupafter Adityanath re- ers,inintelligence-driven precise It directed Deputy judicial custody who can ap- tionamountisbeingreceivedand Mela,’’ NMCG Director General moneywill come to equity mar- up our rented home. My wifeleft centlysaid at apublic meeting in operations by securityforces. Commissionersto deputeofficers proach the jurisdictional High thisamountisworthconfiscating. RajivRanjan Mishrasaid. ketsasthereare notmanyoptions me,leaving our twodaughters in Jaunpur that thosewaging “love According to initial investiga- forphysical verification who will CourtnamelyHighCourtof Inthisway, abovewebsiteisusing “We have also givenRs85 asof nowandthatislikelytokeep my care.Idroppedone daughter jihad” should either mend their tions by the J&K Police, the terror- submit areport with recommen- Allahabad”. donations receivedfromforeign croretothe stategovernment for themarkets strong,” said the CEO at afriend’s house and took the ways orbepreparedfortheirfinal ists crossed the International dations to theDistrict Welfare “Theperson in custody countries.”“Theorganisationsand infrastructuredevelopment such of aleadingfinancialservicesfirm. other to the hospital. We stayed journey – “Ram naam satyahai ki BorderinJammuandwere metby Officer (DWO). Basedonthe re- namelySiddique Kappan is the activities connected with the as construction of toilets,acquisi- News around the pricing and under apeepaltree. Ithought if yatranikalne wali hai”. acourier in atruckatapre-desig- port, the DWO will verify the ap- Office SecretaryofPopular Front above websiteare doing so in or- tionof around6,000dustbins,em- timelineof ‘Covishield’,aCovid-19 theyadmit me, my daughter can The criticism of the movesby nated spotonthe national high- plicantsonthe NSP.The listpre- of India (PFI) using ajournalist der to gather crowd, spread ru- ployment of additional sanitary vaccine being manufacturedby sleep on the floor,” he says. UP,MP, andHaryanato bringalaw waysouthofSamba. pared by the DWO will be further coverbyshowing identity cardof mour,collectdonationinthecover workers,and recruitment of vol- SerumInstituteofIndia (SII) un- Everyday,Boite triedtogetad- against “love jihad”was ledby The truckwas supposedto reviewedbyaseniorofficerunder aKerala-basednewspapernamed of proving justice. Anti-national unteers forthe Mela,’’ Mishra der an agreement with Oxford- mitted for “weaknessand back Rajasthan Chief MinisterAshok ferrythem to Kashmirbut was “intensesupervision”. as‘Tejas’whichwasclosedin2018. sentimentsare being inculcated added.IndianOilCorporationhas AstraZeneca,has also perkedup pain”, says adoctoratthe hospi- Gehlot.“Love jihadisawordman- stoppedatthe Ban toll naka in Anyirregularity found willre- It is revealedduring investigation in youths through suchkind of fundedthe upgradationofHar Ki the markets. At aHTLeadership tal. Finally, thehospital admitted ufactured by BJPtodivide the na- Jammu, basedonspecific inputs sultincancellationoftheregistra- that he along with other PFI ac- websites.” Pauri,andanew,1-kilometre-long Summit, Adar Poonawalla, CEO, him forsix days,administered tion and disturb communalhar- generated by intelligence agen- tion of institutes, the order said. tivists and their student wing “Manykinds of anti-national ghat calledChandighat has been SII, Thursdaysaidthat Covishield saline and dischargedhim. Boite mony.”hesaid. “Marriage is a cies. When the police triedto “Regarding the renewalofappli- (Campus Front of India) leaders propaganda arebeing spread in built near Haridwar. “Chandighat willbemadeavailableto thepub- movedbackunder the tree with matter of personal liberty (and) checkthe truck, the terrorists cations...if foundduringthephys- were going to Hathras under the India through suchkind of web- willtakethe pressureoff the licbyMarch-April 2021. his daughter before theguards bringing alaw to curb it is com- openedfire,leadingto twoinjuries icalverificationthattheapplicants garbof Journalismwithaveryde- sitesviz.propagandarelatingtoin- Haridwar ghatsduring Kumbh,” asked them to move out.Today, pletely unconstitutional &itwill amongthepolicemen.Inthegun- anddocumentsare notaspersub- termined design to createacaste cidentsofmob lynching, migra- Mishrasaid. As the central and Jobs gone the 40-year-old livesonthe street notstandinanycourtoflaw...,”he fightthatfollowed,allfourterror- mitted,then cancel the registra- divide and disturb lawand order tion of labours in recent times, stategovernmentsenter the When theydischargedme, I outside his old home in said on Twitter. ists were killed. tion...and ensurenecessarysteps, situation were found carrying in- extensive advertisementinsup- home stretchofpreparations, had nowheretogo,” he says. Ulhasnagar with his daughters Chhattisgarh'sHealthMinister “It has been clear forsome as per rules, to getbackthe schol- criminatingmaterial,”theUPgov- portofseparatists elements in signs of beautification arevisible Kumar bathes in apublictoilet, who have droppedout of school. and seniorCongressleaderTS time that Pakistani agencies have arship moneypaid to suchappli- ernment submitted. Kashmir etc.” in Haridwar. Chandighat hasa eatsmeals providedbyNGOs or He is still jobless. Singh Deo said on Twitter: ““Love been disconcertedbythe lackof cantsinthe previous years,” it Intheaffidavit,thestate made “Thiswebsitealsoexplainsthe 100-metrepaintingof aturtle,in- leftoverfood from the hospital. Jihad” an exhaustingly bigoted disruption in Kashmir following stated.Under thescheme, stu- twokey submissions: first, that methods forspreading violence... digenous to the Ganga, by the “Everyday,Iwalkoutlookingfora Poll bonds term coinedbyBJP carriedfor- the constitutional changes of dentsfromClass 1to5receiveRs “duringthe investigationcon- and it also encourages common renownedMexican street artist job. Iamreadytocook forRs ElectoralBonds, whichare ward through the media propa- August5,2019. Ever since, there 1,000 peryear,and studentsof ducted so far, the evidence of the public in participating riots… Senkoe. Mojarto,anart platform 3,000,” he says. purchasedanonymously by gandistshasnowreachedlevelsof have been desperateattemptsby Class6to10receiveRs5,700ayear accusedhavinglinkswithbanned Through aforesaid website, infor- that wasgiven the responsibility Pawarwas asecurity guard donors, arevalid for15days from severity.The hatred andintoler- Pakistantouse terroriststostrike if theyare dayscholars or Rs organizationshasemerged”;sec- mation that howidentity of the of implementingapublicartproj- who stayed in aKurla slum and thedateofissue.Thebondscanbe ancehascreptsodeeplythatthey at vulnerable and softtargets like 10,700if theyare inahostel.Most ond, “as the investigation is going personcanbehiddenduringriot- ect in Haridwar and Varanasi two worked as apart-time helper in redeemedonlybyaneligiblepo- arenow brazenlyplanning laws political leaders and civilians. All of thecorruptionisrelatedto these on by the Special Task Force, the ing,to participateinviolence...this years ago, has brought in, apart LTMG. “When the lockdown be- litical party by depositingthe againstconsensualinterfaithmar- suchattemptshavebeensuccess- lasttwo categories. factswhichhaveemergedsofar websitealsoprovideswayshow fromIndianartists,streetartprac- gan, Ilostbothjobs. The landlord same in itsdesignated bank ac- riages.” The convener of Kerala's fullythwartedwith the coopera- “It should be also checked arenot filedinthe present to come outeasilyfromthe area titioners from Malaysia, Japan, asked us to leave and since then, countmaintainedwithanautho- rulingLeftDemocratic Front and tion of the people of J&K,” the whether or notthe institutesap- Affidavit”. Thepolice have also afterbreachofits lawand order.” Australia,Switzerland,France,and we have been living in this shed. risedbank.The bonds, meant for secretaryoftheCPM'sKeralaunit, MHA official said. Medicines re- plying forhostels have hostelin- filedlowercourtrecords, the FIR On Friday, Solicitor General Nepal. Mostofthe paintings and My mother visitsthe ward every fundingpoliticalparties,areissued AVijayaraghavan, said the pro- coveredfromtheterroristsinclude frastructure,” the Welfare andthegeneraldiaryentrywhich Tushar Mehta, appearing forthe murals arelinked to Hindu afternoonwhereanursegivesher by SBI in the denomination of Rs posedlegislation is an infringe- painkillers,antibioticstofightdiar- Secretary's letter stated. provide details of howthe prose- UP government before the bench mythology. leftoverfood,” he says. “These are 1,000,Rs10,000,Rs1lakh, Rs 10 ment on fundamental rights. rhoea,Unanimedicines,injections ItpointedoutthattheDisaster cution has built itscase. headedbyCJI Bobde,denied people who were justabove the lakh and Rs 1crore.Anelectoral “Thereisnosuchissueasloveji- and surgical gauze. Theyhaveall ManagementDepartmenthador- ■ “...investigating officer...has claimsmadeby thepetitionerthat FPI inflows povertyline before the lockdown bond is adebt instrument, which had, whichisaconcept being been manufactured by Pakistani deredhostelsinthestate to beva- presented an application... ac- Kappanhadbeendeniedaccessto wider reopening of the economy. began, and have nowbeen peoplecanbuyfromthebank,and highlighted by forces of extreme companiessuchasLahore catedinviewofthepandemic,and cusedpersonshave revealedover his lawyer.Mehtasaid therewas Accordingly,FPIs duringAugust- pushedbelow,”saysMohammed donatetoapoliticalparty. Thepo- Hindutva... The legislation pro- MedicalInstrumentsPvt Ltd directed that all applications un- to theformerinvestigationofficer no objection to Kappan meeting November add up to Rs 1,03,216 Tarique, from NGOKoshishthat litical party then encashes the posedbythe states,going by me- (Kasur),QarshiIndustries(Khyber der the categoryshouldbere- that theyhavegathered funds hislawyerinjailforthepurposeof crore, almostthree-fourth of the worksfor the homeless. bondby sellingitbacktothebank. diareports,wouldonly helpboost Pakhtunkhwa), Sami jected. from various known, unknown signing the vakalatnama. total inflowsofRs1,40,295crore The 2011 Censuspegged the Withthelatesttranche,donors thatHindutvaagenda.Itisananti- Pharmaceuticals (Karachi), Aspartof itsinvestigation,The sources wantstoinstigaterioting Senior Advocate KapilSibal, in the financialyear till date. number of homeless in Mumbai have givenRs6,493croretopolit- Muslim agenda,” he said. RehmanRainbowPvtLtd(Lahore) IndianExpressmatchedentrieson onthebasisof casteinconnection representing the petitioner,told FPIshavetaken apositive call atjust57,415.Beforethepandemic ical parties through Electoral In Trinamool Congress-ruled and Sanofi-Aventis PakistanLtd theNSPwithbeneficiarybankac- with Hathrascasethrough the bench: “We went to the mag- on Indiadespiteits economybe- hit,areportcommissionedbythe bonds. Donors gave Rs 1,056.73 West Bengal, Ministerfor Science (Karachi). counts in the PublicFinance print/electronic medium, as they istrateand requestedtoallow us ing one of the hardesthit due to Brihanmumbai Municipal crorein2018, Rs 5,071.99 crorein and Technology and Bio- Management System (PFMS)to have done on the basisofreligion to meetthe accused... the magis- theCovid-19pandemic,saidmar- Corporation this year came up 2019 and Rs 363.96crorein2020, Technology Bratya Basusaid: Scholarship scam findcasesof thescholarshipbeing in protestofCAA,” Chief Judicial tratetoldustogotojail authori- ketexpertspointingto theall-time withanestimateof11,915.“Butac- the SBI said in itsRTI reply. “Love is personal.The twowords staff anddistrictofficials that ei- illegallydivertedinJharkhandand Magistrate,Mathura,statedinor- ties, who then sent us backtothe highs that benchmarkindices cordingto us,Mumbaihasatleast Theextantinstructionsissued do notgotogether.” ther setupfakebeneficiaries or Bihar. Itfoundthatthescamroped der dated November. magistrate.” During the hearing, have touched.Therallythismonth 2lakh homeless people. This by theReserveBank of India re- Jharkhand Ministerand state dupedstudentsintolettingthem inschoolsfromPunjabandAssam “Accusedperson have admit- Mehtaalsotoldthebenchthatthe is drivenbyaseries of good news. countmay have increasedfurther garding ‘knowyour customer’ Congress presidentRameshwar applyontheirbehalf andpocketa as well. tedthat theyare member of petitioner should approachthe The outcome of US Presidential duringthelockdown,”says Brijesh (KYC)normsof abank’scustomer Oraon said: “What is the BJP try- shareofthe money. PFI/CFIandthisfacthasalsocome High Court. “Their bails were elections in the firstweek of Arya of NGOHomelessCollective. will applytoall applicantsofthe ing to do? Love doesnot happen Itsaidthatphysicalverification Kappan to lightfrominvestigationthatac- heardfor nine days.Ihavefiled a NovemberfuelledFPIinflows into ShyamTagade, principal sec- Electoral Bonds. “However, SBI as according to one's religion... This is neededtoprevent “recurrence Thefourmenwere arrestedin cusedpersons have relationship detailedreply, they should ap- emerging marketsand ledtoa retary,Social Justice and Welfare authorisedbank maycall forany willnot standinlaw. TheBJPistry- of irregularities and embezzle- MathuraonOctober 5whileon with the former members of proachthe High Court,” Mehta sharp rallyinequity markets Department, says thereare no of- additional KYCdocuments, if it ingtocommunalise.” ment”. The latest decision as- their waytoHathraswherea19- bannedSIMI organization,” the said. The matter will be listedfor worldwide, including India. ficial records of those rendered deems necessary,”the SBI said. Punjab Congress chief Sunil sumessignificancesinceeventhe year-oldDalit girlhad been al- CJM recordedthe submissions hearing next week. Successive announcementsof homeless during the pandemic. Onlypoliticalpartieswhichare Jakharhit out at the BJP-ruled Minority Affairs Ministry, which legedly gangraped, leading to her made by the STF. Covid-19vaccinebyPfizer and “Police areresponsible forbring- registered under Section 29A of states. “Areweliving in the Stone administers the scheme, has not death in aDelhi hospital. They “Thereare alsoallegations Kumbh BioNTech, Modernaand Russia, ing the homelessand destituteto the Representation of the People Age? Letusbehave likeacivilised mandated aphysical verification. were booked under theUnlawful againstaccusedpersonof spread- Union MinistryofJal Shakti. The providedcomfortand buoyed our institutions.But since the po- Act,1951 (43of1951)andsecured society... We should keep away The Centrehad disbursedRs61 Activities(Prevention)Actandvar- ing caste basedand community NMCG has worked on several marketsentimentsoverthelast10 licehave beenoccupiedwithpan- notlessthan oneper cent of the from people’s personal lives. It is croretoJharkhandunderthepre- ious sections of the IPC including based hatred in the society by large religious eventsaround the days.Atopstrategistwithalead- demic arrangements, theyhave votes polledinthe lastgeneral suchananachronisticstep...Today Matricschemefor2019-20--over one relating to thecharge of sedi- makingawebsiteontheInternet,” Gangaoverthe pastfew years. ing global financialservices firm notbeenable to do this,” says electionto theHouseof thePeople it is antilovejihad and tomorrow 2lakhstudentsappliedandmore tion.Thepolicesubmissionsform the CJM courtorder stated. Since 2014 – when Haridwar said that “as longer term uncer- ShobhaShelar,Deputy Women ortheLegislative Assemblyare el- therewill be an anti love cam- than 84,000got the scholarship. partofanaffidavitfiledbySenior ■Detailsof thiswebsite,atthe hadtwosewagetreatmentplants taintygetsaddressedbyvaccines, and ChildDevelopment Officer, igibleto opencurrentaccountsfor paign,” he said. ButTheIndianExpresstracked Superintendent of Jail,DistrictJail heart of the prosecution case, are (STPs) with acombinedcapacity some capitalisbound to flowin.. Mumbai, adding that the num- redemption of Electoral Bonds. The BJP's Rajasthan unit pres- hundredsofapplications from 15 Mathura, Uttar Pradesh,after a in the FIR (translated copy)an- to treat just45million litres/day Marketsprice in big changes bers of homeless"mayhavegone According to corporate ident Satish Poonia said Gehlot’s schools in six districtsand found benchheadedbyChief Justiceof nexedtothe affidavit before the (MLD)ofsewage,andabout60per rather rapidly.”While FPIs seem up" in the pastfew months. sources, business houses in commentswere “shameful”, and howmultiplelayersof verification, India SABobde sought responses Supreme Court. centof the110MLDof sewage was to have consideredamedium-to- “TheBMCwillinquireifhome- Mumbai arebig purchasers of that “everyone knows that in the from the school to the state level, from theCentre and UP govern- TheFIRstates:“Thepamphlets dumpeduntreated in the river – longtermhorizonintheirIndiain- less people aretaking shelter in ElectoralBondsdueto theanony- tradition of sanatan Bharat, mar- failedtodetect thescam despite ment lastMonday. so-recoveredi.eAMINOTINDIA’S five newSTPs have been built in vestment decisions, domestic in- anyofthe hospitals that the civic mous natureoffunding. riage isareligiousandsociallyap- checks like Aadhaar IDs and fin- In itsaffidavit, the UP govern- DAUGHTER, MADE WITH Carrd the town. Alarge STPof68MLD vestors seem to be in a bodyruns.Iftheyneedtreatment “Theinformationfurnishedby proved sanskaar andisnot re- gerprints. Norms forthe scheme ment mentionedthree broad etchaveaneffectof amplifyingso- capacity wasinaugurated by the profit-bookingmode. Domestic we will hospitalise them, if they thepurchasershallbetreatedcon- stricted to individualfreedom.” statethat applications needtobe grounds on whythe petition for cial hostility and public revolt.” PrimeMinisteratJagjitpur last institutionalinvestors(DIIs)pulled arehomeless we will take help fidentialby StateBankof Indiaand UPAdditionalChief Secretary, verifiedfirstbydesignated nodal Kappan’s release wasnot main- “These peopleare indulged in month. The twoolder STPs have out anet Rs 32,649 crorein frompoliceandreferthemto shel- shall notbedisclosedtoany au- Home, Awanish Kumar Awasthi officers in schools who areregis- tainable: It said the Kerala Union collecting donation in itscover. beenrepairedaswell–andtheto- November alone. The total out- terhomes,” says Suresh Kakani, thority forany purposes, except confirmedthe government is set teredwith District Welfare of Working Journalists has no lo- Thisfacthasalsocometo lightthat talsewagetreatment capacityis flowbyDIIs from domestic equi- Additional Municipal whendemandedbyacompetent to bring the anti-conversion Officers.Theapplicationsarethen cusstandito filethepetitionsince the people who arerunning a nowupto145 MLD. ties over the lastfour months be- Commissioner.AtLTMG,DeanDr courtoruponregistrationofcrim- Ordinance. As per the Ordinance, checkedbythe district and state the accusedis“already in touch websitenamed‘Carrd.com’, are “Thiswill take careofthe tween Augustand November till Mohan Joshi says he has “notno- inal casebyany lawenforcement conversion done forthe sole pur- nodalofficersbefore beingsentto withhislawyersandrelativesand directlyindulged in flaring up ri- wastegenerated by the floating date amountstoRs60,903 crore. ticed” suchcases. But staffpoint agency,” operating guidelinesis- pose of marriagewillbedeclared the Minority Affairs Ministry, he himself can file proceedings otsbyaffectinglaw andorder...and population of tourists and pil- Marketparticipantsfeelthatonce out that the facility is close to suedby SBIstate.NGOAssociation null and void, and violation will whichverifies and uploads them throughhislawyers”;Kappan,the social harmonyusing donations grims. We have also linkedthe 20 domestic investors, sittingonthe Dharaviand Chembur,whichare forDemocratic Reform (ADR) re- lead to threetosix months in jail ontheNationalScholarshipPortal statesaid, is “notinanillegal cus- receivedfromforeign countries.” nallasinHaridwarto theSTPs.This sidelines, alsostart investing, the hubs of migrant labourers. “The centlymovedthe Supreme Court and afine of Rs 10,000.

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THEINDIANEXPRESS,SATURDAY,NOVEMBER21,2020 3 THE CITY PHASEEarly3TtreRIALatmentwith Favipiravirshowsfaster viralclearanceinmild Covid-19cases:Study JUST Showsmarkedimprovement in time takenfor infection FRIENDS to be cured,approvedfor treatment in Japan and China (Left)The sculpture at the CPR premises; said. DGP Subodh Kumar ANURADHA Dr Zarir Udwadia said The median time to clinical Jaiswal (first from MASCARENHAS availability of an cureofthree days in the favipi- left) at the Police PUNE,NOVEMBER20 ravir group was40per cent VastuSangrahalay. effective oral antiviral faster than in the control arm PavanKhengre FAVIPIRAVIR, AN oral antiviral likeFavipiravir would (fivedays)and within the range drug approved forthe treatment considered clinicallyrelevant for of Covid-19inJapan and China, allowfor earlier antiviral therapy. City gets asculpture depicting friendship maybesafeand effective for administration in The primaryendpoint of me- mild to moderatecases. patientswho are dian time to RT-PCRnegativity Treatment with this drug has led was28.7 per cent earlier for between RKLaxman’s‘commonman’ &cops to significantimprovement in mildlytomoderately favipiravir plus standardsup- He also inaugurated the have losttheir livesduring the the time takenfor the infection symptomatic portive carecompared with sup- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE 'Police VastuSangrahalay', Covid-19pandemic. to be cured,asper resultsofthe portive carealone. PUNE,NOVEMBER20 whichisanexhibitionofvari- The DGP also releasedthree first-everrandomisedcontrolled The median time to cessation ous items usedbythe police booksincluding Police trial of the drug. and significantly, decrease time of oral shedding of the novel DIRECTOR GENERAL of Police department over the years, Netrutvachi Kala authored by re- The Phase III study has been forclinical cure. coronaviruswas five days in the (DGP) Subodh Kumar Jaiswal on such as weapons, replicasof tired DGPVasantSaraf, publishedinthe International Favipiravir is an oral RNA-de- favipiravir group compared with Fridayinaugurated asculpture police vehicles, transportand Gunvattapurna Tapasachi Journal of Infectious Diseases.Dr pendent RNApolymerase in- sevendays in the control group. depicting the friendship be- communication systems. Checklist by retired special in- Zarir Udwadia, consultant chest hibitor,and thedrug is under in- Dr Udwadia said availability tween 'the common man', im- Jaiswal appealedtolocal spector generalofpolice physician at Mumbai's PD vestigationinmanycountries for of an effective oral antivirallike mortalisedbylatecartoonistRK residents, mainlystudents,to Prakash Mutyal and Arthik Hinduja Hospital and Research the treatment of Covid-19. favipiravir wouldallowfor ear- Laxman, and police, on the visitthis exhibition. Gunhe Ka?Kase? Upay by senior Centre and main author of the From May14toJuly3,150 lier administration in patients premisesofthe Centrefor Police In his speech, he said 295 po- lawyer and Special Public study,said the resultsshowed patientswererandomisedto mildlytomoderatelysympto- Research (CPR), Pune. lice personnel across the state ProsecutorShishir Hiray. thatearly treatment with favipi- favipiravir (n=75) or control matic but notseverelyill requir- ravir might be associated with (n=75) in this randomised, open- ing hospitalisation. morerapid viral clearance. label, parallel-arm, multicentre, Study researchers also said Webinar series Numerous antivirals, im- Phase III trial. availability of an oral medication Police retrieve Rs 3.14 lakh transferred to munotherapies, and vaccines are Adults(18 to 75 years) with wasalso expected to improve at SPPU on being investigated to combat RT-PCR-confirmedCovid-19and patient compliance and reduce this global health crisis. mild-to-moderatesymptoms burden on already stressed two banks in China in cyber crime case antimicrobials However, to date, onlysome (includingasymptomatic)were healthcaresystems. have demonstrated efficacy in randomised1:1 to oral favipi- Therewerenoadverse Acomplaint of online cheat- email address resembling the ness deal. Afterrealisingthey Pune: On the occasion of World randomisedand controlledclin- ravir plus standardsupportive eventsleading to drugdiscontin- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ing wasreceivedfromthe com- email of this Chinese company have been defrauded, company Antimicrobial AwarenessWeek, ical trials forthe treatment or careversussupportive care uation or changeindosing regi- PUNE,NOVEMBER20 pany, NasanMedical Electronics and using this emailaddress, officials filedacomplaint with SavitribaiPhule Pune University's prevention of Covid-19. alone. "The primaryendpoint men; asingle patient in the con- PrivateLimited,onNovember5, theysent acommunication re- the cyber police station of the Department of Microbiologyis Favipiravir wasfoundtobe wastime to cessation of viral trol group experiencedanSAE, THE PUNE City Police has man- stated apress release by Deputy garding changeofbank accounts Pune City Police. organising awebinar series, safeand well toleratedinthis shedding; time to clinical cure acuterespiratorydistress syn- aged to retrieve money to the Commissioner of Police (cyber forbusiness transactions to Police communicated with Antimicrobials: Handle with study fundedbyGlenmark also wasmeasured," Dr Udwadia drome, whichled to death. tune of Rs 3.14 lakh, whichwas and EOW) Bhagyashree Navtake. Nasan Medical Electronics the authorities of the twobanks care'. The webinar will beorgan- Pharmaceuticals Limited.The transferredbyaPune-basedpri- The companyhas been im- Private Limited. in China through official chan- isedfromNovember 23 to 28 study found that early adminis- vate company,which deals in porting machines usedfor The Pune-basedcompany nels. The moneytransferredto from 11 am to 1pm. Thewebinar tration of oral favipiravir mayre- medical instruments, to two checking oxygen levels from a then transferredUSdollars these bankswas frozen and later, is open forstudents, facultyand duce the duration of clinical bankslocated in China in acase firm basedinChina. 4,200, or over Rs 3.14 lakh, into it wasreturnedtothe com- others from SPPU and itsaffili- signs and symptoms in patients of cyber fraud. Onlinefraudsters created an these bank accountsfor abusi- plainant company. ated colleges. ENS with mild to moderateCovid-19, 4-month-old girl kidnapped Convict escapes from openjail Pune: Amanconvictedof murder hasbeenservinghistermatYerw- by bus passenger, rescued escapedfromYerwada open jail adaCentralPrison.Hewassentto at 11 am Thursdayafter pretend- theopenjaildueto goodconduct, by cops; woman arrested ing to go to thetoilet,police said. police said.After knowing he es- The convict, AjayPeter Topan, caped, the prisondepartment food stall in Hadapsar,and of- who is from Jharkhand, wassen- were informed. Ajail guardfiled EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE feredthem food. While the tencedtolifeimprisonment in a the FIR at Yerwada police station. PUNE,NOVEMBER20 mother waseating, Pawaral- 2012 murder case. Sincethen, he PolicearesearchingforTopan. ENS legedly kidnappedthe babyand PUNE CITYPolice have rescued escaped. The mother then ap- afour-month-old girlwho was proachedHadapsar police sta- kidnappedfromHadapsar, al- tion forhelp. legedly by aco-passenger who According to police, she did wastravellingonthe same bus notknowthe kidnapper’s iden- as the child’s mother.The tity or anyother details. Asearch woman, identifiedasAruna forthe child waslaunched, and RajendraPawar (36), has been local residentsand others arrested. around the area were contacted. Police said Pawarisaresident “We obtainedfootage cap- of Sai Samarth Society in Manjari tured by CCTV, alongwith other Budruk.Theyaddedthat the leads, and confirmedthat one baby’s mother is aresidentof Aruna Pawarwas involved in the Ahmednagar,and that she had kidnapping. Our teams picked lefther home with the child, her up and rescuedthe baby. Pranjali, on Tuesdaymorning Pawardoes nothaveany crimi- following afight with her hus- nal history,and wasliving in a band. She wasgoing to arela- rented house with aman,” tive’s place in Sataravia abus. Deputy Commissioner of Police, During the journey, shemet NamrataPatil said.Pune Police Pawar, and the twobegan talk- CommissionerAmitabh Gupta ing, police said.The mother told said the motive behind the kid- Pawarabout thefightwith her napping is unclear so far. husband. Theyaddedthat Pawar The policehandedthe baby found out the woman had no over to her mother.Meanwhile, money, and asked her to get Pawarwas produced before a down with her at Pune. courtonFriday, whichre- Police said Pawartook the mandedher to police custody till mother and child to aChinese November 24.

PANDEMIC INNUMBERS 23 Covid-19deaths in Pune on Friday. 8,254 Toll so farinthe district. 785 Fresh Covid-19cases reportedFriday. 3,34,511 The total positive cases so farinthe district.

Pune WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 4 EXPRESS NETWORK THEINDIANEXPRESS,SATURDAY,NOVEMBER21,2020 Weekend cold WHO suspends Remdesivir Indianseas become simultaneously wave as Delhi active,tobring heavy rain: IMD sees frostiest from list of medicines Nov since 2006 November reporting multiple and Sri Lanka coastby paniedbythunder and light- patients in the hospital. effect on mortality or on other ANJALIMARAR cyclones. November 25," the release ning.Heavy rain is predicted ANURADHA On Friday, theWHO important outcomes forpa- PUNE,NOVEMBER20 In ayear,this region experi- stated. hereonNovember 23 and 24. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE MASCARENHAS Guideline Development Group tients, suchasthe need forme- ences five cyclones, out of Itsfurther course or inten- Meanwhile,inthe Arabian NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER20 PUNE,NOVEMBER20 (GDG) panel of international ex- chanical ventilation or time to FORTHE firsttime in the ongo- whichfour arecommonly sity,however, remains unclear Sea, alow pressureareaexists perts also said Remdesivir is not clinical improvement. ing post-monsoon seasonthis formedinthe BayofBengal. from the weather models, and it is expected to intensify ACOLD waveisforecastinDelhi WORLD HEALTH Organisation suggestedfor patientshospi- "Because of all these nega- year,the Arabian Seaand Bayof According to the special bul- though IMD officials have ruled during the next twodays and on Saturday andSundayasthe (WHO) chief scientistDr talisedwithCovid-19, regard- tive recommendations, WHO Bengal have simultaneously letin issuedbythe Regional out formationoffresh system move away from India's west minimumtemperature onFriday Soumya Swaminathan on lessofhow severely ill they are, has decidedtosuspend become activewith the likely SpecialisedMeteorological afterNovember 27 in the Bayof coast. droppedto7.5 degrees Celsius, Fridaysaid that antiviral drug because thereiscurrentlyno Remdesivir from the prequali- development of cyclonic dis- Centre of the India Bengal. "The system is likelyto lowest forthe season so farthis Remdesivir,often usedinthe evidence that it improves sur- fication list," Dr Swaminathan turbances in both seas during Meteorological Department The Northeastmonsoon move west-northwest and con- year and five degrees belownor- treatment of coronavirus infec- vivalorneedfor ventilation. told The IndianExpress. the next 48 hours. (IMD) on Friday, alow pressure continuestoremain belownor- centrateonlyintoadepres- mal. Forthe monthofNovember, tion, has been droppedfromthe This wasreported in the BMJ on Earlier interim results(yetto The period between will develop over South Bayof mal and, during the coming sion," IMD officials said. this is the lowest reading of mer- prequalification list-an official Friday. be publishedinapeer-reviewed October and December re- Bengal around November 23 days,itwill revive.Rainfall over October did notexperience cury at night time since 2006,as listofmedicines -because of The recommendationis journal) of the Solidarity mains the mostactive forcy- and strengthen sometime in the southern peninsula will en- anycyclonic disturbances, per India Meteorological negative recommendations. basedonnew evidence review Therapeutics Trial -- alarge- clonic activity in the North the next week. hance from November 23. mainlycausedbycoolerthan Department (IMD). Thesuspension is asignal to comparing the effectsofseveral scale global trial studying the Indian Ocean region compris- "The system will move Tamil Nadu will experience usual sea surface temperatures Minimum temperaturelast countries that WHO, in compli- drug treatmentsfor Covid-19. It effectivenessofrepurposed ing these twoseas, with westward towardsTamil Nadu fairly widespreadrain accom- reportedinthe Pacific Ocean. fell belowthis markatthe IMD’s ance with thetreatment guide- includes datafromfour interna- therapies in Covid-19treatment Safdarjung observatory,whichis lines,does notrecommend tional randomisedtrials involv- -- indicated that none of the representativeofthe city,on countries procurethe drug for ing over 7,000 patientshospi- treatments, including November 29, 2006 when it was Covid-19, WHO spokesperson talisedfor Covid-19. Remdesivir, wasbeneficial. 7.3degrees Celsius. Tarik Jasarevic said in an email Afterthoroughlyreviewing Dr Srinath Reddy,president Kuldeep Srivastava,head of response to The Indian Express. the evidence, the WHO GDG ex- of the Public HealthFoundation the IMD’s regional weather fore- Remdesivir has received pertpanel, whichincludes ex- of India, said aWHO expert casting centreinDelhi, said, “We worldwide attentionasapoten- perts from around theworld in- panel has basedits conclusion arereceivingcold winds from tiallyeffectivetreatment forse- cludingfour patientswho have on moreevidence and is justi- northern areas that have wit- vere Covid-19and is increas- hadCovid-19, concludedthat fied in itsdecision to suspend nessedsnowfall in the pastfew ingly being used to treat Remdesivir had no meaningful Remdesivir. days.Delhialso has clearskiesat present, whichiscausing higher radiation and faster cooling at nighttime.” After student suicide, LSR College Srivastava addedthat areas in Himachal Pradesh, announces fee cuts, hostel relaxation Uttarakhand and Jammu & Kashmir had witnessedsnowfall 12-point memorandum to the Arevisedfee noticestates earlier this week and winds from EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE principal in light of the suicide that the annual feefor all these regions were influencing NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER20 of Aishwarya Reddy (19), asec- courses forsecond- and third- Delhi’s temperature. He said that ond-year student of the college year studentswill nowbe by Sunday, the minimum tem- MORE THAN aweek afterthe due to financial hardships, col- Rs 7,970. peratureisexpected to reach7 LadyShriRam (LSR)College legeauthorities Fridayan- LSRStudents’ Union general degrees Celsius. Students’ Union submitted a nouncedtheyhad accepted secretaryUnnimaya said the some demands, including re- feerangedfromRs12,000to Rs ducing the feefor courses, set- 26,000 depending on the ting up acommitteetoprovide course. SALUTE THE SOLDIER laptops to students, and allow- “While the feehas been re- ing some second-year students vised, it is nottransparent un- to reside in hostels. der whichheads the charges The Union calledthis a “par- have been waived off. Thecol- tial victory” but said manyde- legeauthorities should clarify mands were yettobeachieved. that,” she said. Adocument titled “re- LSRalso decidedthat “keep- sponse to thedemands metby ing in mind the exceptional cir- students”, uploaded on thecol- cumstances of the Covid pan- legewebsite, read, “Giventhe demic, and forone year only”, Gunner Kaware Baba Saheb Gunner Arjinder Singh fact thatstudentsare notable current second years “who (01 Jun 1976 to 21 Nov 2000) (15 Aug 1979 to 21 Nov 2000) to avail certain facilitiesofthe livedinthe hostel, upon fresh collegedue to being off-cam- application” and “on the basis Twenty years ago yo made the supreme sacrifice for the pus, the Collegehas removed of need”, will be allowed to stay honour of the Regt and Country while combating insurgents suchchargesfromthe fees this in the hostel “afterthe Hostel’s in South Assam. Your heroic deeds epitomized valour and year.This has ledtoasubstan- commitmentstoincoming first self sacrifice that actsasasource of inspiration &strength to tial reduction in the fees… In years and the current third us. addition, it is possible to pay years, who already areinthe CO and All Ranks 17 Para Fd Regt (8 RAJPUT) the feeininstallments.” Hostel, have been met”.

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INTERNATIONAL SURVIVORS OF SUICIDE LOSS DAY State’sWhatsAppinitiativetoassesse-learning ‘Need for psychological support to ward off suicidal thoughts’ outcomesamongstudentsgetspoorresponse to Suicide Survivors (SSP-TESSS). EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE “Many of them do notget the PUNE,NOVEMBER20 supporttheyneed... But now getafairidea of the effectiveness ConnectingTrust, in collabora- ALIFIYAKHAN of online education as well as PEOPLE WHO have survivedsui- tion with Pune Police and PUNE,NOVEMBER20 suggestremedial measures. But cide attemptsneedpsychologi- Sassoon Hospital, has reached it’s true that in thefirstcouple of cal support so that theydonot out directlytothe victims. OVER TWOweeksafter the weeks, therewas notmuchre- have suicidal thoughtsagain af- Without giving anyadvice, with- Maharashtragovernment sponse.Ithinkitwill pickup,” he terafailedattempt.This year, out forming anyopinionabout launchedthe Swadhyayinitia- said. November 21 willbeobservedas the suicidal person, the grief of tive to assess online learning out- According to thelatestavail- International SurvivorofSuicide the person is heardand under- comes of studentsacross the able data, the maximum re- Loss Daytofocusonthe issue and stood with empathyand com- statethrough WhatsApp-based sponse to testscame from SSC- give people, who have suicidal passion,” said Liyan Satarawala, tests, the response from students boardstudents in Sataradistrict thoughts, hope forsurvival. CEO of the trust. has been poor. where24.59 per cent -1,24,599 Afree-of-costhelpline, run “We want to tell them that Dataofthe firsttwo weeks of the 5,06,678 registeredstu- on behalf of the Connecting NGO theyare notalone. Connecting shows that an averageofless dents-took thetests.But in big- TrustinPune, aims to help peo- Trustistheretohearyou, to un- thanone studentacross the state gercities likeMumbai, Pune and ple suffering from suicidal derstand you. We aretaking this took the tests. Nagpur,the datawasn't very en- thoughtsdue to financial crisis, mantra to the people who are The programme, whichwas couraging. unemployment, familydisputes suffering from this,” Satarawala launchedinthe beginning of In Pune, wherethereare and depression. The Trustisnow said, adding, “If youwant to November,aims to evaluatethe 20,01,323 eligiblestudents, implementing the Survivor speak urgently, youcan call our performance of studentsinstate 12,610 (0.63per cent)took the SupportProgramme (SSP), and distress helpline - board-affiliated schools from tests. In Mumbai city,of anew initiative called 9922004305/9922001122(from classes ItoX.Studentswould be 12,63,394studentsonly0.51per Telephonic Emotional Support 12 noon to 8pm).” sent weeklytests thattheyhave cent (6,402) took the tests.At to solve,whichwouldthen be least0.24per cent students assessedbysubject teachers to (2,121students) of 8,87,511reg- understand howmuchlearning isteredtook the exams in Nagpur is taking place through online while 7,006of13,03,625 in teaching. Nashik took the tests. Vikas Garad, deputy director, Accordingtosources, though StateCouncil of educational thetests arebeing conducted Research and Training (SCERT) onlyfor Englishand who is heading the programme, Mathematics so far, other sub- Housekeeping staffcleanthe premisesatRamanbaug school on Friday. Schoolsinthe city areset to reopen on Monday. Ashish Kale said, “Westarted this initiative jectswould also be included both forstudentsand parentsto gradually.

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THE GOREWADAInternational Zoo in Nagpur has gotits first tiger forthe Indian safari, work for whichhas almost been com- pleted. Rajkumar, a5.5-year-old male captured from Tumsar in Bhandaradistrict lastyear,was transferredtothe newzoo on FridayfromGorewada Rescue Centre, whereithas been stay- ing since itscapture. "Rajkumar is afriendlytiger and cooperated well,ensuring that the move wassmooth," said Gorewada Divisional Forest 5.5-year-old Rajkumar wascaptured from Tumsar in Bhandaralastyear. Express Officer Pramod Panchbhai. The Central Zoo Authority (CZA) has granted permission will be movingeight-year-old ti- have an African safari in the ment in Maharashtra, thejoint fortwo tigers, sevenleopards gress Lee, bred in captivity in the next phase of development. venturehas notbeen working and six sloth bears initiallyfor city's Maharajbagh zoo," adding, The zoo's further progress well. "Itsfatehangs in the bal- the Indian safari, whichislikely "other animals will also be hingesonEsselworld, the joint ance, but technicallyit's still a to be inaugurated next month. movedone by one." venturepartner,continuing as joint venture," said asenior Panchbhai further said, "We The Gorewada zoowill also partner.With the newgovern- forest official. Puneauto driverwho ´Fb¯FZ ¸FWXF³F¦FSX ´FiQZ¾F d½FIYFÀF ´FiFd²FIYSX¯F, ´Fb¯FZ ÀF.³Fa.rvs-rvt, ¸FWXFSXFªFF ÀF¹FFªFeSXF½F ¦FF¹FIY½FFOX CXôFû¦F·F½F³F, Aüa²F, ´Fb¯FZ-urrqwx helped many during Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority,Pune. S.No.152-153, Maharaja Sayajirao Gaikwad Udyog Bhavan, Aundh, Pune -411067 lockdown to be featured Phone no.020-25933333/44/56Email: [email protected] Public Notice on Bharat Ke Mahaveer (Under Section 23 of Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966) Declaration of Intention forthe preparation of Development Plan of Loni Kalbhor &KadamWak wasti. Whereas,Government in Urban Development Department vide its Notification No.TPS/1899/1191/CR- 80/99/UD-13, dated the 23rd July 1999 issued in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (c) of Article 243-P of the Constitution of India read with clause (c) of Section 2ofthe MaharashtraMetropolitanPlanning Committees (Constitution and Functions) Ordinance,1999, (Mah. Ord. XII of 1999) acertain area, in and around the City of Pune has been declared as the “Pune Metropolitan Area” forthe purposes of Part IX-A of the Constitution of India; And whereas,the Government of MaharashtrainUrban Development Department, vide Notification No. PMRDA-3316/CR-54/UD-7, dated the 11th July 2016 had established the Metropolitan Region Development Authority to be called “the Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority” forthe Pune Metropolitan Region more specifically described in the Schedule appended hereto,excluding the area declared as the Scheduled areas by the Hon’ble President of India from time to time; (here in after referred to as “the said Authority”) And whereas,the Government in Urban Development had appointed the said Authority as the Special Planning Authority under section 40(1)(d) of the said act vide notification No.TPS-1817/CR-173/2017/UD-13 dated 18th January2018 with retrospectiveeffect from 31st March 2015 forthe notified area; And whereas,Metropolitan Commissioner and Chief ExecutiveOfficer,PMRDAinexercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 23 of the MaharashtraRegional and Town Planning Act, 1966, pub- lished apublic notice dated 19/06/2017for the declaration of intention of the said Authority as Planning Authority to prepare the Development Plan forthe area in and around the City of Pune and Pimpri– Chinchwad Municipal Corporation comprising the whole area of Maval, Haveli, Mulshi, Pune City and partof AkshaySanjayKothawale. Express Velhe,purandar,Bhor,Daund, Shirur and Khed Talukas of Pune District within the notified boundaries (Excluding Pune and Pimpri–Chinchwad Municipal Corporations,TalegavDabhade,Lonavala, Alandi, Shirur,Chakan, Rajgurunagar,SasawadMunicipal Counsils and Pune,Dehuroad and Khadki Cantonment Boards,Village Gaothans and other Planning Authority Areas). And whereas,the Government in Urban Development Department, under section 2(15)(c)(i) of the said act EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ‘When Isaw that so had appointed the Pune Zillha Parishad as the planning authority forthe partrevenue area of village Loni PUNE,NOVEMBER20 manypeople were out Kalbhor &Kadam Wakwasti vide Notification No.TPS-1869/16045-w dated 13th June 1969; (here in after referred to as said area) AKSHAYSANJAY Kothawale, an of work and theycould And whereas,the Government in Urban Development Department had sanctioned the Development Plan for JALANDHAR SMART CITY LIMITED auto-rickshawdriverfromPune neither go backhome the said area vide Notification No.TPS-1875/1602/w-02, dated 13th March 1975 and which has came in force MIDLAND FINANCIALCENTRE from Date 1st June 1975 (here inafter referred to as said sanctioned Development Plan) who has been feeding 400mi- nor had the moneyto Plot No. 21-22, 2nd Floor,G.T Road, Jalandhar Punjab-144001 grant workers dailyand provid- And whereas,since ZP Pune has not started the revision of the Sanctioned Development Plan of Loni PH: +91-181-5017417, E-mail: [email protected] ing them shelterduring the pan- survive here, Idecided Kalbhor &Kadam Wakwasti, the Government in Urban Development Department issued directives under section 154 of the said act to Pune Metropolitan Regional Development Authority vide Notification No.TPS- NOTICE INVITING TENDER (NIT), NATIONAL COMPETITIVE BID (NCB) demic, will be featured in an to step up,’ said Akshay 1819/VIP/205/CR-148/19/UD-13 dated 11th September 2019 to prepare planning proposal forthe said area; REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) episode of Bharat Ke Mahaveer And whereas,inexercise of the powers conferred by section 2(15)(c) of the said Act and all other powers BID REFERENCE NO: 44/JSCL/2020 on Discovery India. He is among enabling him in this behalf,the Director of Town Planning, MaharashtraState,Pune has withdrawnthe pow- Jalandhar Smart City Limited (JSCL) invitesonlineunconditionalbids through e-procurement portal http://eproc.punjab.gov.in from eligible bidders under National CompetitiveBidding (NCB) with Single Stage -two the 12 selfless heroes from across and theycouldneither go back ers given under notification dated 13th June 1969 to Zillha Parishad Pune as Planning Authority forthe said envelopes bidding procedure forthe following works. India—who have gone out of home nor hadthe moneytosur- area; Name of Work Estimated Earnest Money Tender Fee Period of their waytohelp those in need vive here, Idecidedtostepup. I And whereas,the Hon. Chairman of the Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority and Chief Minister, Cost (Rs.) (Rs.) (Rs.) Completion MaharashtraState on dated 21st October 2020 has accorded sanction to the Metropolitan Commissioner during the Covid-19pandemic did notthink twice before using Supplyand DeliveryofExcavator Rs. 67,33,633/- Rs. 1,35,000/- Rs. 10,000/- For Supplyand —tobefeatured in the three- my wedding funds to arrange and Chief ExecutiveOfficer,Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority to declare the intention forthe (Poclain) Machine forCleaning of (Rs. Sixty (One Lakhs plus GST Delivery-60days partseries, hostedbyactors food and shelter forthese mi- preparation of the Development Plan forthe Lonikalbhor &Kadam Wakwasti. Kala Singhian Nallah/ for Seven Lakhs and from placement of Sonu Sood and Dia Mirza. grant workers. Ifelt reallyhappy Nowtherefore,inexercise of the powerconferred by sub-section (1) of Section 23 of the said Act, anotice Maintaining of Waryana MSW Thirty Three Thirty Five Confirmed Supply of declaration of intention of the said Authority as Planning Authority to prepare the development plan forthe Dumping site along with service Thousand Six Thousand Order along with Throughout the lockdown, when Iwas giventhe donation partrevenue area of the villages Lonikalbhor &Kadam Wakwasti alongwith the development plan of notified maintenance contract forFour Year Hundred and only) Service Kothawale has been offering free of Rs 6lakh because that meant area of the said Authority,isherebypublished forinviting suggestions and /orobjections,ifany,from public in Municipal CorporationJalandhar Thirty Three Maintenance auto rides to pregnant women Icouldhelp even morepeople,” to the proposed preparation of the Development Plan forthe partrevenue area of villages Lonikalbhor & under SmartCity Mission Only) Contract for4Years and the elderly so that theycould said Kothawale. Kadam Wakwasti. The suggestions and /orobjections,ifany,should reach the Metropolitan Commissioner Important Date of the RFP are as below: visit hospitals forcheck-ups. He Applauding Kothawale, Sood and Chief ExecutiveOfficer,Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA), Sr.No. 152-153, Availability of Tender Online forBidding Last Date &Time forDate &Time of Opening of Tender even spent Rs 2lakh from his said that while the auto driver Maharaja Sayajirao Gaikwad Udyog Bhavan, 4th Floor,Aundh, Pune –411067 within aperiod of 60 (Sixty) Online Submission of Bids wedding fund to help others andhis fiance had savedupfor days from the date of publication of this notice in the MaharashtraGazette. From To Technical Bid Financial Bid during the lockdown. He later re- their wedding, when the lock- The Suggestions and /orobjections received within the stipulated period shall only be considered. 23.11.2020, 17.00 hrs 14.12.2020, 17.00 hrs.14.12.2020, 17.00 hrs.15.12.2020, 10.00 hrs.Tobeintimated later Acopyofthe plan showing the partrevenue area of Lonikalbhor &Kadamwakwasti is kept forthe inspection ceivedadonation of Rs 6lakh, down ledtoPune closing down, 1. Pre-bidmeetingwill be held on 30.11.2020 at 11.30A.M. in the officeofCEO,Jalandhar SmartCity Limited, of the public at the office of the Metropolitan Commissioner and Chief ExecutiveOfficer,Pune Metropolitan whichheisusingtoreachout to with fewersupplies and alot of Midland FinancialCentre, Plot No.21-22,2nd Floor, G.T Road, Jalandhar-144001, Punjab and the lastdate for Region Development Authority,Pune (PMRDA), Aundh, Pune –411067 on all working days during office receipt of queries is 03.12.2020 till 5:00 P. M. through e-mail on [email protected]. morepeople in need. hungrypeople, he decidedtouse hours. 2. DetailedNIT &Bid Documents can be seen at the website http://eproc.punjab.gov.in and maybedownloaded “These arereallydifficult the moneytohelp them instead. free of cost from https://eproc.punjab.gov.in. No. PL/DP/Loni-Kadam/11-2020/294 (Dr.Suhas Diwase) 3. Anysubsequent addendum/corrigendum shall be publishedonly at the website https://eproc.punjab.gov.in. times foreveryone.Asahuman "He could notbear to seethis and 4. Formore detailscontact Chief ExecutiveOfficer,JSCL,Address: Jalandhar Smart City Limited,Midland Financial being, it is our duty to help oth- decidedtodohis bit as aciti- Place :Pune Metropolitan Planner and Centre.Plot No.21-22,2nd Floor, G.T Road, Jalandhar-144001, Punjab Contact No.+919888143591 and Date :20/11/2020 Chief ExecutiveOfficer, throughmail at [email protected] ers who areinneedand that was zen...His auto-rickshawbecame Sd/- Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority, my aim too. When Isaw that so avehicle that brought smiles to Chief Executive Officer, Pune Jalandhar SmartCity Limited manypeople were out of work many...” said Sood. 106766/Pb

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aplan to absorb aportion of the Mumbai-Delhi EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE payables of residentialcon- MUMBAI, NOVEMBER20 sumers forthe ApriltoJunepe- riod. The Congress minister’s IN Abid to blunt BJP’s attack department had even submit- over high electricity bills re- tedaproposal in this regard for rail,airservices ceivedbyresidentsduring the Cabinet’s approval. lockdown,the Uddhav But amid queries raisedby der discussion at this stage. But Thackeray governmenton the NCP-ledfinancedepart- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE it is yettobefinalised. No pro- Fridaylaunchedaprobe into ment,itcould notgoahead. MUMBAI,NOVEMBER20 posal has been readiedsofar,” MaharashtraState Electricity With his proposalstonewalled, Kumar said. He added that this Distribution CompanyLimited’s Raut, on November 17,cited AS COVID-19cases surge in Delhi, wasone of severalmoves under (MSEDCL) soaring bill arrears MSEDCL’s mountingarrearsto Maharashtraisconsideringcur- considerationasthe stategears and risingdebt. rule out anyrelaxation forthe tailing or discontinuing flights up to tackle asecond wave. On “Till March 2014,MSEDCL consumers forthe time being. and trains to the national capital. Thursday, Maharashtraalso wit- had arrears totalling Rs 14,154.5 Sensing friction between the The national capital has seen nessedajumpincases, record- crore. By the end of October, ruling allies,the BJP has asurge in cases postDiwali. ing 5,535cases, a15-dayhigh. 2020, it hassoared to Rs launchedanoffensive against Delhi added7,546 cases on Cases in Mumbai also soared 59,149.8 crore,” EnergyMinister the government,with Leader Thursday, taking itstotal tallyto from 541onTuesday to 924on Dr Nitin Raut told the media of Opposition Devendra 5,10,630 cases. Till Thursday, the Thursday. whileannouncingthe probe. Fadnavis even accusing it of be- number of active cases in Delhi Kumar also said that the state PUJA FESTIVITIES While recounting that the BJP traying themasses. stood at 43,221. Mumbai, which will be furthergearing up its wasinpower andhad held the Countering the offensive, wasatthe centreofthe pan- Covid health infrastructure and ResidentsofAkurdiconduct Chhath Puja at home, due to the ongoingCovid-19pandemic,onFriday. Rajesh Stephen energy portfoliofrom Raut blamedthe BJP rule forthe demic notsolong ago, had spreading moreawareness October 2014 to October 2019, current stateofaffairs. “The 11,694active casesincompari- among people to contain the Raut said the arrears had risen profitsofthe (powercompa- son. Sources said that Chief spread of the virus. “We are to Rs 51,145 crorebyMarch this nies) gradually decreasedunder MinisterUddhavThackeray has muchmoreprepared this time. year itself. itswatch,” he said. directed officials to “act fast”to But we aretakingnochances,” To stop Mumbai Police from takinghim in “The issue of electricity ar- Asked aboutBJP’s protests, contain afresh waveofinfec- Kumar said, adding that the rears wasdiscussed during Raut said that he will be happy tions in the state. state’s anti-Covid-19commu- Thursday’s Cabinet meeting if the protesters also led Sources said that the CMO it- nity campaign, My Family, My custody, Pujari moves Karnataka High Court and the chief ministerhas or- demonstrations againstthe self has directed officials to ex- Responsibility,will be intensified dered aprobe intoit,” he added. Centre,whichhas been sitting plorethe option of curtailing in the coming days. addingthatthecourthasdirected teredinMumbaiagainstthegang- titioner (Pujari) and he cannotbe As per the minister’s own on the stategovernment’sre- train and air services to Delhi to In Mumbai, the civic body MOHAMEDTHAVER that utmostsecurity be provided ster,who wasextradited to India triedfor other offences than admission, the MSEDCL has questfor aRs10,000 croreloan checkasecond waveofinfec- has already undertakenadrive MUMBAI,NOVEMBER20 to thegangster. from Senegal lastFebruary. those specifiedinthe extradition facedacash shortfall of Rs subsidy to tide over the crisis tionsinthe state. When con- to test roadside vendors, people If theMumbaiPolice takes In the petition filedbefore order,” it added. 15,065 croresofar in 2020-’21 and is alsoyet to pay tacted,Chief SecretarySanjay working in marketplaces, bus AWEEK afteraBengaluru ses- Pujari's custody before the HC, Pujari has said that The plea argued that as in andnow has committedliabil- Rs 28,000 croreinGST dues. Kumar confirmedthat the move conductors and drivers to check sions courtgranted custody of November 27,the petition seek- therewas athreat to his life, as Karnataka, wherePujari is being ities totalling Rs 77,180 crore, Raut further said that the wasunder discussion. “It is un- potential spreaders. gangsterRaviPujari to the ing setting aside the lowercourt peoplefromrival gangs, lodged questionedinjail and the trial with borrowingsalone protesting BJP leaders were free Mumbai Police so that he could order willbecomeinfructuous. in prisons across Mumbai, conductedthrough video confer- amounting to Rs 45,885crore. to visit hisoffice andhewill get be takentothe cityfor 10 days, AMumbai Police officer said that want to eliminatehim. The ence, the same could bedone for Earlier in the day, the BJP the bills theysubmit checked. WorkshopforPMCsanitationworkers forframing of chargesinacon- theyhavenot been intimated writ petition also mentioned the trial in Mumbai as well. “The held ademonstration outside “But theyshould promise to pay spiracy case, the gangsterearlier aboutthe petitioninthe HC and that the extradition order of very purpose of establishinge- MSEDCL’s office in Mumbai, the billamount if thesewere Pune: The Pune Municipal the viral infection and keeping this week movedthe Karnataka will soon be going to Bengaluru Senegal wasnever produced courts and videoconferencing is with party MLAAtul Bhatkalkar notfound to be inflated,” he Corporation (PMC) has organ- the city clean," said Additional High Courtopposing the order. to take Pujari's custody. by theprosecution in connec- being defeatedby the impugned threatening to hold protests in- said, adding that “politicising isedaworkshop till November Municipal Commissioner Kunal Pujari's lawyer Dilraj Pereira TheMumbaiPolice,whichhad tion to anyofthe cases in order (of allowing Mumbai Police side the Mantralaya if conces- the issue” waswrong. 24 forsanitation workers on Khemnar. The workshop is be- said, “The hearing forour prayers been trying to getPujari’s custody whichPujari is an accused. taking his custody),” it said. sions in powerbills were notex- Raut, meanwhile, reiterated safetymeasures to be taken ing organisedinfivedifferent seekingthatthelowercourtorder fornearly twoyears, waslast Alleging that the particular The pleaalso said that the tendedtoconsumers for his previous commitmentof while performing theirduties. zones of the civic body till be setaside has been postedfor Fridayallowedbythe Bengaluru caseofconspiracytokill Raju trialinthe cases in whichPujari the months of April, Mayand providing free electricity to res- Among the civicstaff infected by November 24 and awareness is November 27.” In the hearing on courttotakehim to Mumbaifor Patil wasnot mentioned in the has been booked in Karnataka June in the next three days.Raut idential users whose monthly Covid-19, manyhavebeen sani- being created on usingsafety Friday, the HC also said that after 10 days anytime before from extradition order,the plea also would be delayedifheissent to hasbeenatthe centreofBJP’s consumption wasupto100 tation workers. "The civic sani- kits. The workshop has been or- his 10-daycustody,the Mumbai December10inconnection with soughtthatthe police be asked Mumbai. “The petitioner is suf- attack. unitsafter tiding over the pan- tation staffhas been working ganisedwith the help of ISKCON Police should send Pujari backto acaseof conspiracyto allegedlykill to produce the order before the fering from various ailmentsand In August, following com- demicand improvement in the hardduring the pandemic. It has Services Foundation. the Karnataka prison where he is MNS leader Raju Patil in 2015. court. “The rules of specialty is is directed to undergo surgery by plaints of high powerbills by financialcondition of the power helpedinchecking thespread of ENS currentlylodged,the lawyer said, Thereare at least49cases regis- very muchapplicable to the pe- doctors at jail hospital,” it added. residents, Raut had announced discom.

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

spondingperiod of the lastyear, EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE datashows.However, theincrease BSY asked to wait, Cabinetexpansion stuck in party-govt gap NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER20 is sharpestincase of pulses. The area under rabi pulses This is amarkedchangefrom claimedthatthe BJP will affect a CROPSOWINGintheongoingrabi suchasgram, lentil, field pea, EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE howYediyurappa has been uni- changeinleadership in season is on track, with 265.43 kulthi,urdbean,moongbeanand BENGALURU,NOVEMBER20 Karnataka NED BSY’spromise laterallymanaging the affairs of Karnataka afterthe Bihar polls. lakh hectare(ha) area sown till lathyrus has been reported82.59 Chief torebels the government ever since he BJP MLABasavarajYatnalhad November 20, according to latest lakhhatilldate,whichis27.91 per AN EXPANSION of the Karnataka MinisterBS E wasreplacedasthe state party also said Yediyurappa will not ● datareleased by theUnion cent higher than 64.57lakh ha CabinetproposedbyChief Yediyurappa EXPLAI chief in 2019 by Kateel, who was continue to be thechief minister Ministry of Agricultureand during the corresponding period MinisterBSYediyurappa hangs ONE OF the things Chief MinisterBSYediyurappa is keen handpickedbythe central lead- forlong. Farmers’ WelfareonFriday. lastyear. in the balance with the party to complete while he is in powerisaccommodation in the ership, although Yediyurappa Ano-confidence motion was “As on 20.11.2020, totalrabi According to theministry, the leadership yettoapprove it de- isterial aspirants, who were ear- Cabinetofrebels from the Congress and JDS who helped waskeen on keeping agrip on movedagainstYediyurappa by crops has been sown on 265.43 higherareaunderpulseshasbeen spitehim dashing to Delhi on lier at his doorstep, have begun the BJP come to powerin2019. Whileseveral BJP veterans both the government and party. the Congress in September fol- lakh ha area against241.66lakh reportedfromMadhyaPradesh, November 18 to meetBJP na- approaching BJP statepresident likeUmesh Katti, Murugesh Nirani and Arvind Limbavalli The delayinthe BJP over the lowing allegations of corruption haareaduringthecorresponding Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, tional president JPNadda to ob- Nalin Kumar Kateel forhis inter- have been pushing forthe sevencabinetvacancies, Cabinetexpansion has ledtothe and nepotism around his family period of lastyear,thus increase Gujarat, Rajasthan, Karnataka, tain clearances. vention in accommodating Yediyurappa is keen on keeping his 2019 promise to opposition Congress targeting members. in area coverage by 23.77lakh ha Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Assam, According to sources, the BJP them in the Cabinet. rebels—suchasMunirathna Naidu, who recentlywon the the ruling party. “BJP wastarget- Themotion wasdefeated but comparedto last yearinthecoun- Telangana, West Bengal, Odisha centralleadershiphas directed Soon afterthe BJP wontwo RR Nagarbypoll, veteranHVishwanath, the wealthyMTB ing the Opposition with jibes like therehavebeen persistent ru- try,”the ministrysaid in astate- and Uttarakhand. Yediyurappa to hold consulta- bypoll seatsinKarnataka on Nagarajand MLCRShankar—of making them ministers. high-commandculture, family mours of the BJP notbeing keen ment. “Thereisnoimpact of However, AndhraPradesh, tions with the newBJP in-charge November 10,giving him apo- politics, etc. It is nowdoing the on continuing withhim as the Covid-19onprogress of area cov- Bihar,Haryana, Tamil Nadu and forthe stateArun Singh to fi- litical boostamid speculation same and also ignoringadmin- chief ministerfollowing the al- erageunderrabicropsasondate.” Nagalandhavereportedless area nalise the proposed Cabinetex- that the centralleadership was expandingthe Cabinet,” meeting. istration,” said former chief min- legations. Rabi–orwinterseason–crops under rabi pulses duringthe cur- pansion. Yediyurappa has, how- looking forachangeofguard, the Yediyurappa had said. Eight days On hisreturn, party leaders isterand Congress leader BJP sources, however, said an aresownaroundmid-November, rent season. About 97.27lakh ha ever,suggestedadecision will be chief ministerhad announced later,hetravelledtoDelhi and suggestedthat Yediyurappa had Siddaramaiah on Friday. immediatechange in leadership and harvesting begins in April- area has been reportedunder takeninafew days time. his decision to seek aCabinet ex- metNadda. been asked to wait forawhile “Administration in Karnataka is is unlikelyonaccount of the May. Theoverallareasownunder wheatasof November20,against Since Yediyurappa's return pansion. “Iwill go to Delhi or talk “We held discussions on and involve theparty in the deci- suffering due to confusion party notfinding asuitable re- total rabi crops till Fridayis9.84 96.77lakhhaareaduringthecor- from Delhiwithout obtaining to our national president and Cabinetexpansion anddevelop- sion-making process forthe within the Karnataka BJP.” placement forthe veteran per cent higher than the corre- responding period lastyear. the clearance some of the min- Amit Shah over the phone about ment matters,” he said afterthe Cabinetexpansion. Earlier this month, he had Lingayat leader.

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RESCUING THE BANK AmartyaLahiri The DBS-LVB deal ensures protection of depositors’ interest, WHATDRIVES ECONOMIC growth?Itisa per cent poorer thanthe averageIndian in while Pakistan, under the militaryrule of Ayub whichissupreme in banks question that preoccupies policymakers,aca- 1965. The phase wasmarkedwith increasing Khan, openeduptoforeign capital which demics, commentators and analysts.The an- statecontrol of the economy, nationalisation fundedaperiod of rapidindustrialisationand NVESTORS IN LAKSHMI Vilas Bank (LVB), especiallyminorityshareholders, have valid swers, unfortunately, areelusive.Examining of industry, closingofthe economytotrade economic growth,albeit at the costofworsen- reasonsto beunhappyoveritsamalgamationwiththewholly-ownedIndiansubsidiary the experiences of different countries may through tariffand non-tariffbarriers, and a ing inequality.By1984, Pakistan’s per capita of Singapore’s DBS Bank.Their grouse is specificallyoverthe ReserveBank of India’s seem likeapromising approach.However, systematic weakening of institutions. income wasmorethan double that of India’s. I(RBI) proposal to writeoff LVB’s entirepaid-up equity capital and reserves, resultingin generalising from specific experiencescan be The thirdphase is 1984-91when the Rajiv Pakistan’s slowdown beganinthe 1980s azerovalue of itsshares. The situationissimilar to that of YesBank’s AT-1 (additional tier-1) misleading since ground conditions vary Gandhi government ushered in thefirst duringthe militaryregime of Zia-u-Haq. Zia hugelyacross countries. roundofeconomic reforms by liberalising enabledand institutionalisedIslamic nation- bondinvestors,whosufferedatotalwrite-downof theirRs8,415 croreholdingsaspartofares- Thereare twowaystoavoid the pitfalls of capital goods importsaswell as starting in- alism in Pakistan. This period coincidedwith cueplanforyetanotherprivatesectorlenderinMarch.TheLVB’sshareholders,likeYesBank’s generalising from specific cases. The firstisto dustrial de-licensing. These reforms were re- the reforms in India. As aresult, theincome AT-1bondholders,are demandingcompensationfortheforcedextinguishingof theirinvest- examine the same countryovertime to look warded by agrowth take-off. India’s annual gapbetween the countries begannarrowing ments.WhilethereconstructedYesBankhasnewmajorshareholders,inLVB’scase,thebank forchanges in outcomes at specific pointsin per capitaGDP growth averaged 3.1per cent sharply. Nevertheless, itwasn’ttill as recently itself would cease to exist. The RBI’s scheme envisages all itsassets andliabilities—from563 time. If one can correlatethe changes in out- while aggregate GDP grew at 5.2per cent dur- as 2010 thatIndia’spercapita GDPfinallyover- branches,974 ATMS and Rs 20,973 croredeposits(as on September 2020), to landand build- comes with measurable policies or events, ing 1984-91. tookPakistan. Put differently,starting in 1985, then one can potentiallydrawsomeconclu- The period 1991-2004 is typicallyclassi- it took 25 years of faster growth forIndia to fi- ings —tobetransferredtoDBS Bank India from the dateofamalgamation. sions.Asecondapproachistocompare coun- fied as the liberalisation phase, during which nallyundo the damageinflicted by thein- Whilethe disquietofequity and quasi-debt investors is understandable,the RBI’s con- tries with shared history, cultureand geogra- India dismantledmuchofits industrial licens- ward-looking, anti-industry, anti-trade and cernasabankingsectorregulatoristo firstsecuretheinterestofdepositors.Banks,unlikereg- phy. If thereare starkdifferences in outcomes ing infrastructureand acceleratedthe removal anti-foreign capital economic regime thatwas ular companies, makemoneynot from owning plants, machinery andproperty. Their busi- between them, then theremay be some pol- In 1950, Pakistan’s per of tariffand non-tariffbarriers to trade. The erected by the IndiraGandhi government. ness,instead,isderivedfromdeployingotherpeople’smoney—primarilydeposits.No bank, icy lessons to be drawn. person GDP wasUS$1268, reform effort wasreflected in the 4.9 per cent From the specific perspective of India, the howeverwell-capitalised, can survive if depositors decide to pull outmoney. Theregulator, TheIndiansubcontinentprovideslessons annual per capitaGDP growth during 1991- trends reveal three keyfacts. First, Indiadid from both approaches. The 73 years of post- almost 50 per cent greater 2004.Viewedinconjunction with the reforms reasonablywell during the Nehru era. This then, has to intervene to ensurenobank fails or at leastnot allowittotrigger runsinother Independence India has generatedalot of ev- than India that year. that were introduced in the1984-91phase, is at odds withthe increasingly strident re- banks.India,overthepasttwo yearsorso,hasseenthecollapseoffourfinancialfirms:IL&FS, idence across different political-economic However,inthe backdrop of thisperiod is perhapsbetterclassifiedasape- cent criticisms of the Nehru years. Second, DewanHousingFinance,PunjabandMaharashtraCooperative BankandYesBank.LVB’sbad regimes. This periodhas also provideduswith riod of reform consolidation. the biggestdamage to the Indian economy loans have mounted to about aquarterofits gross advances,whiledeposits have shrunkby the contrasting experiences of India and sustained political upheaval, India embarkedonadistinctive phase of wasdone during the IndiraGandhi years, nearly Rs 6,900crore in the lastone year.The bank’smanagement failedtocome up with a Pakistan,twocountriesthat sharehistory,ge- Pakistan stagnated faster growth post-2004 on thebackoflarge whichsaw negative growth over two crediblecapital-raisingandrevivalplan,forcingtheRBIto seekitsmergerwithanotherbank. ographyand socio-cultural mores. throughout the 1950s while a investmentsininfrastructure.Per person GDP decades. Bizarrely,her administration ap- The choice of DBS cannotbefaulted.Unlikepublic sector banks, saddledwith stressed Analysing India’s real Gross Domestic politically stable India grew. growthin the period2004-2015 averaged7.7 pearstohaveescapedthe virulent criticisms Product(GDP)per person(in 2011 dollars, per cent. The corresponding aggregateGDP that have been directed at the Nehru years. loans and requiring fund infusion themselves, it has committedto bringing in additional cap- purchasing powerparity) since1950reveals As aresult,by1960, India growthaveraged9per cent. Therapidgrowth Third, the RajivGandhi government deserves ital of Rs 2,500crore upfront. Also, despitebeing aforeign bank,ithas chosen to operatein five distinct economic phases. The firstphase hadalmost caught up with pick-up wasfinancedthrough the public-pri- waymorecredit forushering in the first India through awholly-ownedsubsidiary, as opposedtojusthaving branches. By submit- wasthe period1950-65.This wasthe Pakistan with the per capita vate partnershipmodel forinfrastructurein- growth turnaround of the economy. In some ting itself to theRBI’s morestringent regulatoryrequirements, DBS will, nevertheless, now Nehruvianperiodofstate-ledindustrialisa- income gaphaving shrunk to vestment. This came at acost, as anumber of senses, the post-1991reforms were acon- tion. Whiletherewas creeping protection- theseinfrastructureprojects later caused solidation of aprocess that beganunder the beableto add550-plus branches to itsexisting 33.Thatshouldsendastrongsignalto other 15 per cent. From 1964, India foreign bankstopursue greater growth opportunities by becoming desi in the manner of a ism during this phase on account of abal- problems in the banking sector on account of RajivGandhi government. ance of payments crisisin1956,the economy went into twodecades of burgeoning NPAs, aproblem that continues The trendsalso suggestfour generaltake- HindustanUnileverorNestle India. Indian banksneedmorecapital —and foreign as desi is on the whole remained fairly open.Starting till today. aways.First,opennessto tradeandprivate en- mostwelcome. economic stagnation while in 1950 withaGDP per person of US$841,an- Pakistan, under the military To putIndia’s economic recordinperspec- terpriseusuallyhaspositive effectsongrowth. nual per person GDP growth averaged 2per tive,itisuseful to comparewith Pakistan. In Second,rapaciousandexploitative democratic cent during this period. This translatedtoag- rule of Ayub Khan,opened 1950, Pakistan’s per person GDP wasUS$1268, systems do notnecessarilypromote growth. gregateannual GDP growth of around 4per up to foreign capital which whichwas almost 50 per cent greaterthan Pakistaninthe 1950s, 1990 and post-2010 is a cent since the population wasgrowingat funded aperiod of rapid India that year.However, in the backdrop of good example. Third,the socio-economic en- MACHINE HOLE close to 2per cent. sustainedpolitical uncertaintyandupheaval, vironment surrounding religious fundamen- The second phase of post-Independence industrialisation and Pakistanstagnated throughout the 1950s talism maybeinimical to growth. Fourth, Government move on mechanisation of sewage cleaning is Indiawas the IndiraGandhi-ledyears, 1965- growth, albeit at the cost of while apoliticallystable Indiagrew.Asare- degradationof institutionsthatregulate,arbi- long overdue. Muchmoreneeds to be done 84.This period wasanunmitigatedeconomic worsening inequality. By sult,by 1960,Indiahadalmostcaught upwith trateandenforcelaws canbecostly. Theremay disasterwith negative per capitagrowth. 1984, Pakistan’s per capita Pakistaninper capitaGDP terms with the per be lessons in thesefor Indian policymakers. India’s per capitaGDP in 1984 wasUS$1041 capitaincome gaphaving shrunk to 15 per ORE THAN 375workers diedwhile cleaning septic and sewertanksbe- whichwas lowerthan its1965level of income wasmore than cent. Unfortunately, from 1964,India went The writer is RoyalBank Research Professor, tween 2015 and 2019,according to the MinistryofSocial Justice and US$1134: The averageIndian in 1984 was8 double that of India’s. intotwo decades of economic stagnation University of British Columbia MEmpowerment’s data. This, by allaccounts, is aconservative estimate. Anumber of independentsurveys have talked about thecontinuedre- luctance on thepartofstate governmentstoadmit that the practice prevailsunder their watch. Unwilling to invest in technology and the rehabilitation of workers, municipal- ities live in denialinstead of acting to endthe practice.The Centre’s decision to give more teethtothe Manual Scavengers and Their Rehabilitation Act, 2013,therefore, waslong AN ‘INSHA ALLAH’NAT ION overdue. Mechanisedcleaning of sewers and septic tankswill be mandatory, the word “manhole” will be replacedwith “machine-hole” in official usage, and a24×7national helpline will be setuptoreportviolations. But correcting aproblem that is closelyin- Ajournalist’s account describes theexasperation, and hope, in Pakistan tertwinedwith social hierarchies requires morethan technological or legal solutions.The measures announcedonThursdayfall short in notgiving adequateattention to the so- cial conditions that forcepeople to plumbtoxic cesspools. Khaled Ahmed The 2013 Actprohibitsmanual scavenging. It asksstate governmentsand municipal bodiestoidentify manual scavengers and rehabilitate them. But alarge body of reportage JOURNALISTDECLAN Walsh, who wasin Japanese puzzle boxes, comprisedofsecret But Naipaul wasindespair about the has shown that local bodiesoutsource sewercleaningtaskstoprivate contractors, many Pakistanfor over adecade and covereditfor compartmentsand hidden traps, whichcan worldingeneral tooand if India took it ill, so TheGuardian and TheNew York Times, has only be openedinaunique, step-by-step se- mustthe others: “Asia todayisonlyaprim- of them fly-by-night operators, who do notmaintain proper rolls of sanitationworkers. written Nine Lives of Pakistan: Dispatches from quence. One afternoon, as Isat in my garden itive manifestation of along-dead culture; In case aftercase of workers being asphyxiated to death,thesecontractors have denied aDividedNation.Its firstchapteristitled with afriend, consideringthe latestconvul- Europe is battered intoaprimitivism by ma- anyassociation with the deceased. In fact, MinisterofState forSocial Justiceand ‘Insha’ Allah Nation’.In2013, according to the sion, he suddenlythrew up his hands in ex- terial circumstances; America is an abortion. Empowerment Ramdas Athawale admitted in theLok Sabha in Julylastyear “that there Times,hewas ordered to leave the country asperation. ‘That’s the difference between Look at Indian music.Itisbeinginfluenced have been no reports from states of peoplebeing convicted foremploying manual scav- within 72 hours “in view of your undesirable us,’hesaid. Youare alwayslooking foran- by Western music to an amusing extent. engers”. Civil society organisations have,for long, arguedthat fixing accountability is dif- activities”. Plainclothes intelligence officers swers. Ihavetrouble with the questions.’ In Indian paintingand sculpturehaveceased had accompaniedhim to the airport, mak- my darkermoments, it seemedthe only to exist.” ficult in asystemthat operates at the intersection of caste,economic inequality and the ing sureheflewout of Pakistan. Beforehis thing holding all together wasblind faith. Then came the offensive passages on inadequacy of India’s sewerage systems: The design of septic tanksinlarge parts of the departure, Walsh postedonTwitter: “72 ‘Insha Allah it will happen,’ peoplesaid, all India: “Indians defecateeverywhere. They countryisnot amenable to technological intervention andmachines aretoo big to enter hours, wheels up. To allfriends, especiallyin the time. ‘Insha Allah’ translates as ‘If God defecate, mostly, beside the railway tracks. narrowbylanes,especiallyindense urbanareas. Pakistan, who offeredoverwhelming sup- Wa lsh sums up likethis: “To wills it’, and Ihearditeverywhere... Sure, But theyalso defecateonthe beaches; they The Social Justice Ministryhas decidedtodirectly provide fundstoworkers to purchase portinrecent days,thankyou so much.” me,Pakistan resembledone things were hard, people admitted.But defecateonthe hills; theydefecateonthe cleaning machines, instead of giving moneytocontractors or municipalities. This is astep The troubled times in Pakistanthat Walsh of those old Japanese puzzle Pakistanwould stumble through, as it had riverbanks; theydefecateonthe streets; they in the right direction. Forittosucceed, states needtoaccuratelyenumeratethe workers coveredwerebad by anyPakistani yardstick always done —Insha Allah.” neverlook forcover…Muslims, with their too. Onlyheexplaineditgraphically, witha boxes, comprised of secret Walsh reminds one of the NobelPrize tradition of purdah, can at times be secretive. engagedincleaningtoxic sludge. Systems needtobeput in place to preventpilferage, wealth of information basedonthe “nine compartments and hidden winnerVSNaipaul. He wasaWestIndian But this is areligious act of self-denial, forit ensurethat the machines reachthe right hands. This will requirepolicymakers and local- lives” he nowexamines in his book.Perhaps, traps, whichcan only be whose Indian parentshad leftIndiaahun- is said thatthe peasant, Muslim or Hindu, levelofficials to firstacknowledge andthen understand howand whymanual scaveng- no other journalisttodatehad the kind of ac- opened in aunique,step-by- dred years earlier.Heprobablyhad romanti- suffers from claustrophobia if he has to use ing continues to be embeddedinthe caste system. cess to people and places; and sincePakistan cisedIndia as achildbut had the ill-luckof an enclosed latrine.” is run by meninpowerratherthan the law, step sequence. One visiting India in 1975, at the height of Indira India reacted angrily, but it wasin2019 it is astounding howmuch “inside informa- afternoon, as Isat in my Gandhi’s Emergency.Out of this traumatic that the government of Prime Minister tion” he had on everyone, from the clerics of garden with afriend,he encounter came India: AWounded NarendraModi changed India forever. It built Islamabad’s RedMosque, who owed alle- suddenly threw up his hands Civilisation,whichcontainedparagraphs of astaggering 111 milliontoilets,mainlyinru- COMING OF AGE giance to Osama bin Laden, to Colonel Imam, lyricalbrilliancethat pleased no one in India. ralIndia, at acostofmorethanone trillion the man who trainedthe Afghans to fight in exasperation. ‘That’s the He planneditquitedeliberately: “Adead rupees ($14billion). It became the largest toi- Indian Super League is awinner.Now it mayneed againstthe invading Soviets but endedup difference between us,’ he countrystill running with the momentum let-building projectinthe world, splittingthe being the father of terrorism that wastode- said. Yo uare alwayslooking of itsheyday… Iamplanningtowriteabook funding with the WorldBank 60:40. to also put down roots stroy normallifeinPakistan. foranswers.Ihavetrouble about these damnedpeopleand the Walsh sums it up likethis: “To me, wretched countryoftheirs, exposing their The writer is consulting editor, TISAsign of amaturing league whenclubs see morevalue in relatively unknown Pakistanresembledone of those old with the questions’”. detestable traits. Grill them on everything.” NewsweekPakistan playerswhoareintheirprimeinsteadof splurginglarge amountsonageingstarsbe- causetheyweregoodonceuponatime.TheIndianSuperLeague—thecountry’spre- I mier football competition, whichbegan on Friday —iswitnessing suchatransfor- mation. This season, players with experience of playing in the toptwo tiers of Spain, Britain, Germanyand Australia, among others, have flockedtoIndia —partlybecauseofthe pan- NOVEMBER 21,1980, FORTY YEARS AGO demic-induced financialstress in those leagues andpartlybecause of the ISL’s growing rep- utation. The clubs believe,and rightly so, that this is the best ensembleofforeign players to F ARMERS’ STIR SPREADS spread to other parts of Gujarat and the state BILL ON JUDGES landonIndian soil. THE FARMERS’ AGITATION, whichstarted in government will notbeabletosuppressit. THE GOVERNMENT CAME in forsevere But luring players to India is theeasy bit. The time has nowcome to focus on bringing up Pune-Nasik region of Maharashtra11days criticism in the LokSabha forits move to ago, turnedviolent as it spilledoverintothe MARUTI LIABILITIES transfer judges and forkeeping several local talent. The clubswill eventually have to build long-lasting systems to scout, develop Vidarbha region and spread to neighbouring THE LIABILITIES OF Maruti Ltd,whichwas judges’ posts vacant in the Supreme Court andencourage Indianplayers,whostruggleforplayingtimeintheirownleague.Theymight Gujarat adding anew dimensiontothe nationalised last month amounttoRs628 and statehigh courts.Theywerespeaking notbeduty-bound to do so. But legaciesaren’t builtmerelybywinning championships. protestfor remunerative prices.Violence lakh, according to informationproducedin on abill that allows paid leave to judgesfor BarcelonaandManchesterUnited—orevenMumbaiIndiansintheIPL,forthatmatter—have brokeout in Mehsana district in day-long Parliament. This is nearly Rs 200lakh more 120days and exemptsrent-free accommo- become dynasties notjustbecause theyhavewon titles,but also because theyunearthed demonstrations. Twopersons were killed than the information on the small car com- dationfromtaxes. BiplabChatterjiofthe gems and polished them through robustscouting and coaching mechanisms. whenpolicefired tworounds on amob af- panygiven by officialsources. The amount CPM and Bapusaheb Parulekar did notop- Thereisnodoubtthat foreign players raise the standard of the domestic league signifi- tertear-gassing had proved ineffective.Civil includes Rs 177lakh owed to the Punjaband pose the bill but usedthe occasion to cas- hospital sources said that 113people were Sindh Bank and the Central Bank.The gov- tigatethe government on itsoverall ap- cantly. Butto leave atangibleimpact,theclubswillalsohave to designsystemsto identifyand admitted forthe treatment of injuries. ernment has concededthat Rs 100crore proachtothe judiciary. Parulekar nurture Indianplayers,whichwillalsobecost-effective inthelongrun.Tomakethathappen, Chimanbhai Patel, former Chief Minister, said would be neededfor the firstphase of man- wondered if thegovernment wasfinding the clubs, the league and the All IndiaFootball Federationwillhavetoworkinsync. For, foot- that the police had openedfirewithout ufacturing the small car.About one lakh au- it difficult to find the kindofcommitted ballmight be global in naturebut at averybasic level, it is ahyper-local sport. provocation. He addedthat the agitation will tomobileswill be manufactured everyyear. judges it wanted.

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

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

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AFTER 47 days,India on Thursdayre- moreremarkable since the reduction Out of those foundinfected withnovel coronavirus in aserorsuveyinPune, 85% developedneutralising portedmorenew cases of coronavirus hashappenedduring the festival sea- infection than recoveries. The result son, and has also survived astate elec- antibodies. Whatdoes this mean, and what does it tell us about progress towards‘herdimmunity’? wasaminor increase in thenumber tion in Bihar. of active cases,whichhas been falling Thebreakinthetrend,ashappened steadilyfor almosttwo months now. on Thursday, can onlybeseen as an reason theydonot createthose specific pro- Atotal of 45,882 newcases were de- aberration right now. Dailydatare- ANURADHAMASCARENHAS teins. No biology thatweknowofcan explain tected on Thursday,slightlyhigher leasedbythestategovernmentsare not PUNE,NOVEMBER20 this as of now,”Bal said. than the 44,807who were declared uniform. Theydonot necessarilycon- to have recovered. tain numbers onlyfromthe daythese ANEW studyin Punehas revealedthat nearly What about vaccine-induced Recoveries exceeding newcases is arereleased. Forexample, many states 85% of the peoplewho had been found in- immunity? the clearestsign that release their datain fectedwithnovelcoronavirusin aserosurvey, Asinthecaseof naturally-acquiredimmu- the spread of the dis- early afternoon, and conducted earlier,had developedneutralis- nity,wedonot know, as of now, howlong the ease is being contained, most probablyhave ing antibodies. In other words, these people immunity providedbyavaccinewould last if the trend is main- numbers from the pre- haddevelopedimmunity againstthe disease. againstthe novelcoronavirus. Dr Aarti tainedoveralong time. vious day. Also, thereis It is sometimes thought that everyone Nagarkar,oneof theinvestigatorsforthePune In India, this trend has alagineverystage of re- who is infected with adisease-causing virus, study, saidthelevelofimmunitygeneratedby been holding since the porting, because of and recovers, becomes immune to the dis- avaccineisusuallyexpectedtobelonger and thirdweek of whichthereisadelayof ease, because theybuild antibodies againstit. better.That is because the vaccine is designed September.Thereisno twotothreedays,some- But that is notthe case. While the creation of to triggerastrong immune response with a guarantee that the timesevenmore,before antibodies is necessaryfor the recovery high fraction of neutralisingantibodies. number of newcases CORONAVIRUS acase gets reported. process, it does notguaranteeimmunity Butsincethevaccinescurrentlyunderpro- would notrise again, as COUNT That is why, it is much againstafutureattackfromthe same virus. duction have been under trial foronlyafew has happened in theUS better to look at trends Immunity comes from what areknown as months, the duration of immunitytheypro- and Europe, and even than at individual day’s “neutralising” or “protective”antibodies. videisnotknown.Ifthevaccinesthatareeven- in Delhi and Kerala, all of whichare datatoget amoreaccuratepicture. In the serosurvey in Pune (left), about tuallyapproved foruse do notprovide long- experiencing asecond or thirdwave With Thursday’s addition of nearly So, whatare these? 51%ofthose tested were found to have lasting immunity,theyare unlikelytohave of infections. But until the time this 46,000newcases, the total number of Neutralising antibodies, likeother anti- antibodies;among these, 85% had high acceptance among the general public. trend holds,itgives much-needed confirmed infections in the country bodies that arecreated to fight the disease, neutralising antibodies. Express breathing space to healthcare author- hascrossedthe 90-lakh mark.Of these, arenothing but proteins. Theseare asmall Is Pune approaching‘herd immunity’? ities, because the number of active morethan 84.28 lakh, or nearly 94%, subsetofthe disease-specific antibodies that That is something that scientists arecare- cases begins to go down. It also pro- have recoveredfromthe disease, while aregenerated once an infection has occurred. antibodies (or specific protein molecules) ful nottoassert. The serosurvey wascon- vides hope to people that if theycon- over1.32 lakh patientshavedied. The neutralising antibodies become special could be expected to remain immune to the ducted on about1,650individualsinfive tinue to take protective measures, Delhi and Kerala continuetocon- because theyhavethe ability to thwartthe disease foralongertime. prabhags (eachconsisting of three to four theycould keep the disease at bay. tributethe highestnumber of cases.On entryofthe same virus inside humanbod- “Thereare manyimportant caveatsto municipal wards) of thecity.About 51%of In India, active Covid-19cases have Thursday, Delhi reported over 7,500 ies in the future.The other antibodies help this, and the amount of neutralising antibod- those who were tested,orabout 850, were become less than half of whatthey newcases, and Kerala about 5,700. in fighting offthe virus once the infection has ies would be justone factor,but in general found to have antibodies. Of thosewith an- were twomonths ago. This is all the AMITABHSINHA already happened. one can saythat higher quantities of neutral- tibodies, now85% have been found to have Serosurveys, likethe ones thathavebeen isingantibodies would be associated with developedimmunity. conducted in Delhi, Mumbai,Pune and other longer-lasting immunityagainstthe disease,” Disease prevalence in Pune, likeany other INDIA ACTIVE CASES 443,794 cities, onlylook forthe presence of antibod- said Vineeta Bal, an immunologistwho is a city,isnot uniform. But the findings of the ies in people. Their purpose is to find out rent epidemic, it cannotberuledout. That is co-author of this study. study could be appliedwell in the smallpop- whetherapersonhas been infected with the whypeople who have recoveredfromthe This is because neutralising antibodies, ulation groups within the prabhags where 500,000 virus or not, and through random testing of disease arealso urgedtocontinue to take as also other antibodies, decrease with time. the serosurvey wasconducted.The findings people, estimatethe extent of spread of the protective measuressuchaspractice physi- The rate of decline varies in different diseases do suggestthat the disease prevalence disease, or prevalence,inapopulation group. cal distancing and wearing amask. and individuals. So, in the same time that within these population groups had reached Detection of disease-specific antibodies con- people withlow neutralising antibodies see suchlevelsthat the conceptofherdimmu- 494,657 443,794 firms that the person had been infected with Is immunity permanent? their immunity becoming ineffective,those nity could be playing out. the virusinthe past. It can be againstsome infections, but in with higher levels could still have enough to This is also supportedbythe fact that in 450,000 But afurther test needs to be carriedout the case of the novelcoronavirus, it is notyet continue to fend offthe virus. Lohianagar, the prabhag withthe highest dis- to detect the presence of neutralising anti- known whether the immunityacquired In general, those with higher amountsof ease prevalencedetected in theserosurvey, bodies. This is whathas happenedinthe case through natural infection lasts forweeks, neutralising antibodies arealso better pro- the incidence rate had fallen sharplyinthe of Pune.Sofar,thisisthe onlystudy that has months or years. The longevity of the immu- tected.What is difficult to ascertain, how- lastthree months. LAST 10 DAYS looked forneutralising antibodies. nity againstadisease depends on avariety ever,especiallyinthe case of anew virus like “Idon't think we can still saythat Pune Nov10Nov 19 The study shows that while amajority of of factors,including the quantity of neutral- the one behind the present epidemic,isthe has achieved, or is reaching, herdimmunity. 400,000 infected people do develop immunity,asig- ising antibodies generated by apatient. optimum levelabove whichaperson would But the study is important because it shows nificant proportion (15% in this case)who do In the Pune study,for example, about half be definitelyimmune to the disease. that wherever therewas high seropositivity, Note: The Nov19figureinthis graphisbased on thegovernment update on Nov20 notbecome immune even aftergetting in- the people with neutralising antibodies had Also, scientists do notfullyunderstand incidenceratehas fallensubsequently,” said fected.That would mean that theyare at risk generated high levels of these antibodies, whycertain people do notgenerateneutral- Dr Gagandeep Kang,aprofessor at Christian of reinfection.Although very fewcases of re- while the others had relatively lowlevels. ising antibodies. “Their immune system Medical College, Vellore, and one of the co- INDIA TOTAL CASES WORLDTOTAL CASES infection have been documented in the cur- Those with ahigh quantity of neutralising seems to be working fine,but forwhatever authors of the study. 9,004,365 57,204,849

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

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

Pune WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM THEINDIANEXPRESS,SATURDAY,NOVEMBER21,2020 EXPRESS NETWORK 11 BRIEFLY After Ahmedabad curfew, Gujarat imposes PMholdsreviewmeet night curfew in Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot onvaccinationstrategy EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE AHMEDABAD,VADODARA, NOVEMBER20 EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE WITH THE statereporting 1,420 NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER20 At the accident site fresh Covid-19cases on Friday, in Pratapgarh. PTI the Gujarat government decided PRIME MINISTER NarendraModi to impose nightcurfew in Surat, on Fridayheld areviewmeeting Vadodaraand Rajkot from Satur- with keyofficialsonIndia's vacci- UTTAR PRADESH day. This came on aday com- nationstrategy forCOVID19. 6kids among plete curfew – from Fridaynight “Held ameeting to review tillMondaymorning – wasim- India’s vaccinationstrategyand 14killedasSUV posedinAhmedabad. the wayforward.Important is- PM NarendraModi during thereviewmeeting. ANI During the curfew,essential sues related to progressofvac- ramsintotruck services such as medical shops, cine development, regulatory Lucknow: Fourteen peo- hospitals,clinics, dairybooths approvals and procurement platform forvaccine roll-out. ing, filling vials fordistribution ple,including six children, and petroleum/CNGpumps will were discussed,” PM Modi said In the lastreviewmeeting, and ensuring effectivedelivery were killedafter their remain open. Rail and air pas- in atweet. the PrimeMinister had taken were discussedindetail. SUV rammedintoasta- sengersaswell as candidates ap- During the meeting, he re- stockofthe Union Health Minis- The PM had suggestedthat tionarytruckonthe pearing forvarious competitive viewedvarious issues likepriori- trymechanisms being planned keeping in viewthe geographi- Lucknow-Allahabad exams willbeallowedtocom- tisation of population groups, fordistribution and delivery for cal span of the country, the vac- highway in Pratapgarh muteiftheypossess valid travel reaching out to HCWs, cold- the vaccines; issues related to cine delivery system could likely district lateThursday. ticketsand admit cards respec- chain infrastructureaugmenta- adequateprocurement, and be developedonthe lines of con- Policesaid thedeceased tively,said officials. AmarketinAhmedabad ahead of the weekendcurfew from Fridaynight. PTI tion,addingvaccinators and tech technologiesfor bulk-stockpil- ducting elections. were returning from a Addressing apress confer- wedding at Sheikhapur in ence in Gandhinagar Friday the district. Five bodies evening,DeputyChief Minister cation duringDiwali and hospital bedcapacity, whichwas mart thatsaw overcrowding. Madhya Pradesh were initiallypulledout. Nitin Patelsaid the decision to Gujarati NewYear... During the cut down when the cases went AMC officials,along with po- TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE Amachine had to be used imposenight curfew followeda meeting, it wasdecidedtotake down, have been increased lice, detained256 commuters announcesnight to extricatethe vehicle meeting of the coregroup with steps to reduce risingcases of again.” who were found without masks. CASES: RECOVERED:84,28,409 from under the truckand ChiefMinisterVijay Rupani,and coronavirus infection,” said Patel, When asked if therewould Theyweretestedfor Covid-19. 263 curfew pull out the remaining senior police and administrative who holds the health portfolio. be alockdown across the state, Nine who tested positive were DAYSSINCE 90,04,365 DEATHS:1,32,162 PANDEMIC nine bodies. ENS officials. It wasdecidedtoim- Rupani,who wasinAmbaji he said, “Thereisnotalk of lock- isolated at Samras Covid care BEGAN TESTS: 12,95,91,786 | DOUBLING RATE: 161.79** in five cities pose total curfew from 9pm earlier in the day, said, “During down... onlyaweekend curfew centre, according to an official. Fridayto6am Monday in holidays,the corona infection forAhmedabadand generally The remaining 247werepe- MAHARASHTRA Ahmedabad and night curfew — has seen arise and the stategov- stricter policing.” In Ahmedabad, nalisedRs1,000 each.In EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE from 9pmto6am —from ernment has takencertain deci- ahead of the 9pmcurfew dead- Vadodaratoo,asspeculation of BHOPAL,NOVEMBER20 Mankillspartner, Saturdayuntil further notice in sions in the past2-3 days... as a line, people resorted to panic apossiblecurfewspread, people Vadodara, Rajkot and Surat. precautionarymeasure, we have buying, turning out in large queueduptobuy essentials. The THE MADHYA Pradesh govern- diesbysuicide “Thisisthe time when thou- imposedacurfew in numbers to stockessentials.The district tallyis16,940 positive ment on Fridayannounced sands of families in Gujarat travel Ahmedabad. Surveillance and Ahmedabad Municipal casesuntil Fridayand 1,135ac- KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG DOUBLING night curfew in five cities. The Mumbai: An electrical en- to theirnative places or go on va- testing have been increased... Corporation(AMC)had to seal a tive cases. TOWATCH CASES 24HOURS GROWTH* TIME** curfew will come intoforce gineer allegedlykilledhis from November 21,from10pm girlfriend with ametal ■ Maharashtra 17,63,055 5,535 0.22% 329.59 till 6am. powergrinder before tak- ■ Kerala 5,45,651 5,732 1.02% 70.63 AfterChief MinisterShivraj inghisownlifeinThaneon Enforcement Directorate launches money Singh Chouhan held areview ■ Delhi 5,10,630 7,546 1.28% 56.11 Thursday. Thepolicefound meeting with heath officials, it thebodiesof SandeepSax- ■ West Bengal 4,45,505 3,620 0.82% 88.13 wasannouncedthat night cur- ena (36) and Jayanti Saha laundering investigation into TRP ‘scam’ ■ Haryana 2,09,251 2,212 1.15% 62.43 fewwill be imposedinBhopal, (33)athishome.They said Indore, Gwalior,Ratlam and Saxena and Saha were earnedthrough theallegedly basedonacomplaint filedbythe *Compounded Daily Growth Rate over last 7days**Calculated over 7-daygrowth Vidisha. However, the night marriedbuthadseparated EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE So far, Mumbai Police manipulatedTRPs. rating agency Broadcast CASEFATALITYRATIO POSITIVITYRATE DAILYIN,DAILYOUT curfew will nothinder move- from their spouses. Saha’s MUMBAI,NOVEMBER20 The Mumbai Police's case is Audience Research Council ment of transportation vehicles has arrested 12 people 7DAYSEARLIER: 7DAYSEARLIER: DETECTED TODAY husbandwas acolleague that Republic TV and two (BARC), throughHansa Research andlabour working in factories. of Saxena’s. Apower grin- THE ENFORCEMENT Directorate in the TRP scam case Marathi channels had allegedly Group, alleging that certain TV 1.47 7.09 45,882 Schools up to ClassVIII will der plugged into asocket (ED)has initiatedamoneylaun- paid to illegally boosttheir TRPs channels were rigging TRPs. NOW: NOW: RECOVEREDTODAY: remain shut in Madhya wasalso found at the resi- dering probeintothe alleged and thus earnedprofits illegally So far, MumbaiPolice has ar- 1.47 6.95 44,807 Pradesh. dence,saidanofficer.Pras- manipulation of Television basedonthe firstinformation re- by getting higher ratesfor adver- rested 12 people in the TRP scam, Deathsasaratioof Positivesagainst Becoming sick vs Night curfew will continue hant Mohite, DCP (Zone Rating Points(TRP) by some port(FIR) registeredbythe tisementstheyearneddue to the latestbeing Ghanshyam positive cases (in %); numbertested recovering; more until Covid cases have sta- IV),saidSaxena hadaccess news channels. Mumbai Police lastmonth. high TRPs.All channels named Singh, of the Republic News indicator of progress (in %);indicatorof recoveries for 14 days bilised, said Chouhan. On in averting deaths the spread of disease may signal the peak to the grinder,asheused Sources said the ED has regis- Accordingtosources, the ED in the FIR have deniedany Network.Singh, 44,was arrested November 20, 1,529 newcases DataasonNovember19,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealth,ICMRandstates.Oftendailynumbers one in his factory. ENS teredanenforcement caseinfor- will probewhether illegal assets wrong-doing. from his Thane residence on includedatafrompreviousdays.Assuch,trendsbasedondailynumbersareindicative,notdefinitive of COVID-19wererecorded in mation report (ECIR), whichis were acquired using money The Mumbai Police's case is November 10. the state.

HIMACHAL PRADESH 41of42villagers Indiatosend Bhutanesesatellite to space: PM Actor assault case: Kerala testpositive HC refuses plea for transfer He said he is happythat laudedModi's effortsintack- Shimla: Of 42 residentsofa EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Modi said he is happythat 11,000transactions 11,000 transactions took place ling the pandemic. "The ment)—had allegedthat thetrial villageinHimachal’s NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER20 took place through RuPaycards in Bhutan, and if through RuPaycards in Bhutan, Excellency's (PM Modi) leader- SHAJUPHILIP courtwas biasedand hostile. Lahaul-Spitidistrict, 41 and if the Covid pandemic had shipintackling thepandemic THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, Justice VGArundismissed have tested positive for LAUNCHINGTHE second phase the Covid pandemic had nothit, the volume could nothit, the volume could have at home is highlycom- NOVEMBER20 the pleasand said therewas no Covid-19,officialssaid. of RuPaycard, Prime Minister have been greater been greater. mended," LotayTsheringsaid. merit in the contention that it Theyhavebeenisolatedat NarendraModi on Fridayan- “From my visit to Bhutan, in “I am sureIndia willcome THEKERALAHighCourtFridayre- would be appropriate forthe home and the area is a nouncedthat India will soon the phase-1 of RuPaycard out muchstronger from the fusedto transferthecasepertain- special trial court judgetostep containment zone.Amid- be sendingaBhutanese satel- fast," he said. in India from December by launch, till now, 11,000 suc- pandemic. The lead that India ingtothe alleged abductionand backfromthe case. dle-aged man is the only litetospace. "Likeother Indians Ihave ISRO. Icongratulatethese cessful RuPaytransactions is takingindeveloping vac- sexualassaultof anactressfroma JusticeArunsaid:“Beingacase resident of Thorang to test "India openedits spacesec- greatloveand friendship with Bhutanese nationals,” Modi have takenplace in Bhutan. cines is asource of hope forall trial court currentlyhearing it. transferredbytheHighCourtand negative.AreaMLA Ram torfor privateenterprises. It Bhutan, whenImeetyou all it's said. Todaywith the launch of of us," he added. MalayalamactorDileepisone the Supreme Courthaving pre- Lal Markanda said resi- will boostinnovation, capacity likemeeting our own," he "The relation betweenIndia phase-2, we welcome Bhutan The Bhutanese Prime of those accused in the case, re- scribed atimelimit forcomplet- dentshad notparticipated and skills. ISROwill be sending added. and Bhutanisanimportant as afull-time partner in the Ministeralso thanked India for portedinearly 2017. ingthe process, the judgecannot in anygathering. ENS Bhutan's satellitenextyear and “Forthis, four Bhutanese and best examplefor the RuPaynetwork," Modi said. promising to provide avaccine The petitioners —the actress be expected to recuse, as longas work on that is progressing space engineers will be trained world," the PM said. The Bhutan Prime Minister when it is ready. andtheprosecution(state govern- her conscienceisclear.” RAJASTHAN INQUIRY REPORT ON BIHAR MINISTERWHO QUIT NHAI collaborates Labourers’ daughters wait As then BAU V-C, JD(U) MLA with IITs, NITs NewDelhi:ThebestbrainsinInd- years for Rs 55,000 under ia’sreputedtechnologyinstitutes will “adopt” highwaysand work empowerment scheme with National Highways Author- ‘responsible for bungling’: investigation ityof India(NHAI)initsendeavour to createanetwork of world-class ed at leastClass 8, and their pare- highways.Eighteen IITs, 26 NITs DEEPMUKHERJEE ntshad to be registeredwiththe copy–states: “Ihavecome to remained"mutespectators". Choudhary, the reportnoted. and190othercollegeshave agreed JAIPUR,NOVEMBER20 Building andOther Construction SANTOSHSINGH conclusion that large-scale Mewalal In his inquiry, Justice Alam The inquiryreportstated: "All to collaboratewith the highways Workers’ (BOCW) Board. PATNA,NOVEMBER20 bungling, favouritism, interpo- Choudhary found “disparity” in the number circumstancesindicatethatitwas builderunderaninitiative wherein SANTOSH KUMARI was18when Dataonpendency underthe lation, manipulation, addition resigned as of candidates selected forap- doneattheinstanceofDrMewalal theyadoptastretch of nationalhi- she submitted an applicationin schemeontheonlineportalofthe IN Asevereindictment of and subtraction in academic Education pointment as per meritand se- Choudhary...who wassingle- ghway nearbyandexchangenotes June 2016 under Rajasthan gove- stateLabour Department show Mewalal Choudhary's role in ap- pointsofcandidates, overwrit- Minister lectionlist, and the listofcandi- handedlydealingallcandidatesat withNHAI on the latesttechnolo- rnment’s Shubh Shakti scheme. that in the lastfiveyears, around pointmentsduring his tenureas ing in remarks column, and dates appointed. the time of interviewand per- gies in makingand maintaining She is 22 now, and still waiting for 22 per cent of applications were vice-chancellor of Bihar therebychanging remarks and The reportstated: “Theap- forming the job of posting of highways.About 200institutes moneypromisedunder the approved.Officialssaidthemoney AgricultureUniversity (BAU), violation of provisionofStatute, histenure as BAUV-C between pointmentlistsuppliedbythe marks to candidates in interview, have signedtheMoU.Over300in- scheme.The Shubh Shakti Yojana undertheschemecomesfromthe Sabaur,the inquirycommission had been done in the selection 2010 and 2015 . university shows that 161candi- doingtabulationwork andthenal- stitutesareexpectedto collaborate wasstartedinJanuary2016 by the BOCWWelfareFundcreatedfrom of retired Patna High Court and appointment of assistant The Justice Alam Commission dateswereappointed against lotting total marks to candidates, to adopthighway stretches, NHAI previous BJP government to em- cess collected under the Building judge, Justice Syed Mohammed professor/junior scientists forex- wasset up by the Governor,who theadvertisements,but from and finallygivingremarks to can- said in astatement Friday. powerunmarrieddaughters of and Other Construction Workers Mahfooz Alam, has held him “re- traneous consideration in order is alsoChancellor of stateuniver- meritlist, Ifind namesofonly115 didates fortheir performance.” Theinstitutes will study im- building and other construction (Regulation of Employment and sponsible forlarge-scale to appoint favouritecandidates. sities, afteracomplaint against candidates appear among candi- The Vigilance Department is provement prospectsinroadsaf- workerswithagrantof Rs55,000. ConditionsofService) Act, 1996. bungling, favouritism and ma- Since Dr Mewalal, then VC-cum- Choudharyheld him mainlyre- dates 'selected forappointment', yettofile achargesheetagainst ety, maintenance, riding comfort, Santosh,who livesinDevdungri Activists saythe delayinthe nipulation”. chairman of Selection Board, was sponsiblefor "bungling, againstwhom remarks 'SL forse- Choudhary, who is out on bail. In removalofchokepointsandusage village in Rajsamand district, had disbursement denies better op- An FIR wasregisteredby in aposition to influenceevery- favouritism and manipulation" lected'havebeen incorporated in itscase (4/2017), the Vigilance, of newtechnologies on the beenbankingonthemoneytoch- portunities to women from eco- Sabaur policein2017based on one, as suchIholdhim responsi- in those appointments.The BAU handwritingofthe chairman of however, has filedchargesheet adoptedstretches andgivesuit- aseherdreamof studyingnursing. nomicallyweakfamilies.“Thefact the commission's 2016 report. ble forsuchlarge-scale bungling, had advertised281 vacancies for the board, Dr Mewalal againsttwo others. able suggestionstoNHAI. ENS “I had hopedthat Icould go to that manyeligible beneficiaries On Thursday, Choudhary, favouritism and manipulation.” these posts in 2011. Choudhary.”Thereportstatesthat Bhagalpur DIG Sujit Kumar acitysuchasUdaipurto studynu- have receivednomoneydespite newlyelected MLAfromTarapur The case againstChoudhary The reportaskshow and why Choudhary, in his testimonybe- said, “A supplementary rsing,” she said.Her parentsare applying three-four years agore- on aJD(U) ticket, resignedas –ofcheating, breachoftrustby Choudharyappointed 161can- fore thecommission,had"admit- chargesheetmay be filedinthe No issueinjail dailywagelabourers,andhermo- flects incompetenceof theadmin- Bihar Education Ministerwithin publicservant and criminal con- didates when the selection tedthathehimself hadfilledupre- case.” The investigation is de- ther’s labour cardmade her eligi- istration,”MukeshGoswami,joint an hour of taking charge. spiracy –relates to appointment boardhad cleared only115 marksandother columns". Other layedbythe pandemic. except malicious bleforthescheme.Waitingforthe secretaryofRajasthan Unorga- The inquiryreport--- The of 161assistant professors and names. It also askswhy other witnesses have admitted that FULLREPORTON money, Santosh delayedtaking nised Workers’ Union, said. Indian Express has accesseda junior scientists in 2012 during members of the selection board thesecolumnswerefilled up www.indianexpress.com probe: Umar to admissionincollegebyayearafter Labour Department officials Delhi court Class 12.“Ididn’t want the money saidthemoneyintheBOCWFund to getmarried. Iwantedtostudy is spent“priority-wise”. NewDelhi: Former JNU student and help my parents withmyin- “Resourcesarelimited,andthe Article 370 buried, will never return:Shahnawaz Umar Khalid, arrested in connec- come as anurse. But Ihad to final- moneyisspend priority-wise af- tion with aNortheastDelhi riots ly take admission in aBAcourse.” teritisdecidedwhichperson DistrictDevelopmentCouncils referendum. This is alocalbody Article 370cannotbescrapped case, informedaDelhi courtthat Santoshisnow inthefinalyear needsitthemost.Moneyfromthe EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE (DDC)wouldwill be areferen- BJP national election, about local issues. This and even stated that nobody in hewasnot facinganyissuesinjail, of college.Thephysicalverification Fund provides help to many wor- SRINAGAR,NOVEMBER20 dum on the Centre’s August5 spokesperson is notabout national politics.” J&K will raise the Tricolour if it is apartfromcurbingoflibertiesand required under the scheme was kers sufferingfromsilicosisand decision to strip Jammu and Shahnawaz Hussain said that parties un- scrapped. However, thepeople amalicious investigation. recentlycompleted,butsherecko- other illnesses along with other ARTICLE 370, whichwas revoked Kashmir of itsspecial status. Hussain der the banner of “Gupkaral- arenow raisingthe Tricolour Khalid made thesesubmis- nsitwillprobablybetoolatebythe welfareschemes,”LabourComm- by the Centrelastyear,“could “Webelieve that when liance” were “misleading”peo- without anyobjection,” he said. sionsafter Additional Sessions time she gets themoney, if ever. issionerPrateekJhajhariasaid.“We neverberestoredinJammu and someone dies,hecannotreturn ple by making promises of its The BJP national spokesper- Judge AmitabhRawat askedhim, Manyyoungwomenandtheir have seenirregularitiesinthepast. Kashmir”, BJP national from the grave. Article 370has When asked if the BJP loses restoration. “They areshowing son, who has been designated "Areyourproblemsnowsolvedin parentsacross the statehavesto- That is whyweconduct social au- spokesperson Shahnawaz alsobeen buriedand it will never the DDC polls,would it mean the people dreams and mislead- election in-charge forJ&K, said the jail?" Khalid replied, “Except ries similar to Santosh’s. Women dits, and 50 per cent physicalver- Hussain said on Friday. He also return. It can neverberestored that the people of Kashmir have ing them. Thereisnobig alie the people of J&K do notneedto forthecurbingoflibertiesandma- applyingundertheschemeneed- ification has been made compul- deniedclaims that the resultsof and no worldpowercan helpin notaccepted the abrogationof than that. These arethe same fear fortheir land, “it is all prop- licious investigation in the case I edto beat least18years old, pass- sory.This requires time.” the upcoming polls to the itsrestoration,” Hussainsaid. Article 370, he said: “This is nota leaders who were claiming aganda”. have no other problems.” ENS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Internationalmarket data till 1900IST INTERNALWORKINGGROUPSUGGESTSRAISINGPROMOTERSTAKEINPRIVATEBANKS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY, HEALTH ANDWORKINGCONDITIONSCODE Cap on weeklyworking time RBIcommitteeforconversionoflarge retained, spread-over time NBFCsintobanks,entryofcorporates hiked to 12 hours in draft rules lowance forinter-state migrant ratesand industrial houses may maybelistedwithinsix years neutral status, all bankslicensed ENSECONOMICBUREAU In the OSH Code, passed workers stating that the al- ENSECONOMICBUREAU CORPORATEENTRY NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER20 beallowedaspromotersof banks from the dateofreaching net before 2013 should move to the in Parliament in lowance would be providedonly MUMBAI,NOVEMBER20 onlyafternecessaryamendments AFTERAMENDMENTS worthequivalentto prevalenten- NOFHCstructurewithinfive years if theworkerhasworkedforape- to the Banking Regulation Act, trycapitalrequirementprescribed from announcementoftax-neu- THEGOVERNMENThasproposed September,the daily riod of notless than 180days in IN Aseries of proposals, an 1949”and strengthening of the foruniversal banksor10years trality,ithas proposed. to increasethemaximumlimitfor theconcernedestablishmentdur- ■ TheInternal working hour limit had Internal Working Group(IWG) of supervisorymechanism forlarge fromthedateofcommencement According to the committee, potentialworking hours or ingthepreceding12 months.This Working Group of the theReserveBankof India(RBI)has conglomerates,includingconsol- of operations,whicheverisearlier, till the NOFHC structureismade spread-overtimeto 12 hoursfrom been setateight hours is expected to lead to exclusion of RBI, headed by PK recommendedtheguardedentry idatedsupervision. This is to pre- it has proposed. feasibleand operational, the con- 10.5hoursearlierinthedraftrules alarge number of migrant work- Mohanty,has said of corporates intothe banking vent connected lending and ex- The minimuminitial capital cernswithregard to banksunder- forOccupational Safety, Health ers as theydonot work with “largecorporates and space, conversion of big NBFCs posuresbetween the banksand requirement forlicensing new takingdifferentactivitiesthrough and Working Conditions (OSH) the Rules couldhavesome ad- longer tenure work contracts. industrial housesmay intobanksandhikeinpromoters’ other financialand non-financial banksshould be enhancedfrom subsidiaries,jointventuresandas- Code. The weeklycap of working verseconsequencesforthework- “...itwillbehardtoimplement be allowedas staketo26per cent from 15 per group entities, it added. Rs 500crore to Rs 1,000 crorefor sociates needtobeaddressed hours,though, has been retained ers.Bymaking 12 hours as a and will even affect employment promoters of banks cent.The group also proposeda The RBI has been againstal- universal banksand from Rs 200 throughsuitable regulations. at 48 hours in the rules. spread-overtime,employerswill chances by another employer onlyafter necessary hikeinminimum capital fornew lowingcorporatehousesto setup croretoRs300 crorefor small fi- BankscurrentlyunderNOFHC “No worker shallberequired beincentivisedtokeepthework- shouldtheworkerleave theprevi- amendmentstothe banksfromRs500 croretoRs or run commercial banks. nancebanks. The initialvoting structureshould be allowedto orallowedtoworkinanestablish- ersonworksitefor the entirepe- ousemployerinthemiddleof the Banking Regulation 1,000crore. “Well-run large non-banking capital shouldberaised from Rs exit from suchastructureifthey ment formorethan forty-eight riod.Butonedoesnotknowwhat eligible period forjourneyal- Act, 1949” “Thecap on promoters’ stake finance companies (NBFCs),with 150crore to Rs 300crore in five do nothaveother group entities hours in anyweek.The period of theworkerswillbeexpectedtodo lowanceormaybeforcedtowork in the long run —15years—may an assetsize of Rs 50,000 crore years, it said. in their fold. work of aworkershall be so for90minutesof extratime?If the forthe original employertobe beraisedfromthecurrentlevelof andabove,includingthosewhich Non-operative financialhold- The ReserveBankmay take arranged that inclusiveofhis in- employers keep the workers for able to avail the allowance,” 15 percent to 26 per cent of the areownedbyacorporate house, On non-promotersharehold- ing company(NOFHC) should steps to ensureharmonisation tervals forrest, shall notspread thefull12 hoursandif we include Sundar said. paid-upvoting equity sharecapi- maybeconsideredforconversion ing,thepanelhassuggestedauni- continuetobethepreferredstruc- anduniformityindifferentlicens- over formorethan twelve hours travel time whichinmetros The draftrules, whichhave talofthe bank,”the group pro- intobankssubject to completion form cap of 15 per cent of the turefor allnew licenses to be is- ingguidelines,to theextentpossi- inaday,”thedraftrulessaid.Inthe would easilybeanother 60 min- been placedinpublicdomain for posed.This stipulation should be of 10 years of operations and paid-up votingequitysharecapi- suedfor universal banks. ble,itsaid.Whenevernew licens- OSH Code, whichwas passedin utes,thenthework-lifebalanceof 45 days,also propose asingle na- uniformforalltypesof promoters meetingduediligencecriteriaand talofthe bank maybeprescribed However, itshouldbemandatory ing guidelines areissued,ifnew ParliamentinSeptember,thedaily the workerswillbeadversely af- tionwide licence forcontractors and would mean that promoters, compliance with additional con- forall types of shareholders. onlyincaseswheretheindividual rules aremorerelaxed, benefit workinghour limithad been set fected.Also,itwill incentivise the and settingupofsafetycommit- who have already diluted their ditions specifiedinthis regard,” it Forpaymentsbanksintend- promoters, promoting entities shouldbegiventoexistingbanks, at eight hours. employers to go fortwo shifts in tees forestablishments employ- holdingsto below26percentwill said. The IWGwas constitutedby ing to convert to asmall finance andconvertingentitieshave other and if newrules aretougher, Experts said the extension in place of three shifts.Then,em- ing over 500for normal ones and be permitted to raiseitto26per theRBIonJune12 to examineand bank (SFB),track recordofthree group entities, the IWGsaid. legacybanksshouldalsoconform thespread-overtimewillhave ad- ployment numbers might also over250 forthose engaging in centofthe paid-up votingequity reviewthe extant licensing and years of experienceaspayments While bankslicensedbefore to newtighter regulations, but a verseconsequencesonthework- probablydecline,” XLRI Professor hazardousprocesses, ameasure sharecapitalof thebank,itadded. regulatoryguidelines relating to bank maybeconsideredassuffi- 2013 maymovetoanNOFHC non-disruptive transition path ers. “The increase in spread-over KR ShyamSundar said. whichexperts saidcould exclude Thecommittee,headedbyPK ownershipandcontrol,corporate cient, the working group said. structureattheir discretion, once maybeprovidedtoaffected time from 10 ½hours as in the Thedraft rules have also pre- alarge number of workers in Mohanty,has said “large corpo- structure andotherrelatedissues. SFBs and paymentsbanks theNOFHCstructureattainsatax- banks, the panelsaid. Factories Act, 1948 to 12 hours in scribed conditions forjourney al- smaller establishments.

Sebi moves Supreme Court,seeksmore ‘Tax abusebyMNCs, individual CCI nod than `62K crore from two Sahara firms evasions causing $10.3 bn loss per year’ to Future, hearitsapplicationforappointing passedbythe apexcourtin2012. India is losing over $10.3 billion in taxes eachyear due to global taxabuse by MNCs and Reliance EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE areceiverto overseetheentire bu- TheSC,inAugust2012,hador- Large cos: Sebi for evasion by individuals, aState of TaxJustice report, published by TaxJusticeNetwork,with MUMBAI,NOVEMBER20 sinessof theSaharaGroupasithas dered theLucknow-basedcon- easier IPO norms global union federation Public Services International and Global Alliance forTax Justice, said failedtogarnermoneythatwasto glomeratetodepositwiththereg- Retail deal THE SECURITIES and Exchange be deposited withSebi in 2012. ulator over Rs 25,781.32 crore Mumbai: Sebi hasproposed BoardofIndia (Sebi) has moved The marketregulator’s peti- collected from nearly threecrore equity dilutionrequirement HOWTAXMONEYIS 34million:Numberofnurses Whyitisimportant:Thesocial theSupremeCourtaskingitto dir- tion in the apexcourtsaid SIRECL investors through issuanceof from10 percentto 5percent LOSTBYINDIA: whoseannualsalariescouldbepaid impactofthelosttaxinIndiais ENSECONOMICBUREAU ect twoSaharafirms—SaharaIn- and SHCIL have “notbeen com- bonds by SIRECLand SHCILinvi- forinitialpublicoffers (IPOs) ■ >$10billion:Taxabuseby withtheamountthatcountries equivalentto44.70%ofthe NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER20 dianRealEstate CorpLtd(SIRECL) plying”withtheorderspassedby olation of Sebi norms,along with of over Rs 10,000 croreas multinationalcorporations globallyloseintaxeseachyear healthbudgetand10.68%of and SaharaHousing Investment theSC“despitethelongropepro- aninterest of 15 percentfromthe post-issue capital. ■ $200million:Taxevasionby educationspending.Italso THE COMPETITIONregulator on Corp Ltd (SHICL) —that illegally videdtothem”and even as their date of subscription of the bonds. Meanwhile, aSebi panel privateindividuals equalspayingyearlysalariesof Fridayapproved theacquisition raisedmoneyfrominvestors to liability has increasedoverthe It also asked Sebitorepaythe in- recommendedthat listed over42.30lakhnurses of FutureGroup’sretail, whole- payRs62,602 croretothe regula- years, Royand other topofficials vestorsof Sahara oncethemoney companiesshould make billion:Amountin sale, warehousing logisticsbusi- tor, in compliance with the apex of thegroupare“enjoying”there- is depositedbythe group. available audio and video $427 taxeslostperyear Source: TaxJustice Network, ness by Reliance Retail Ventures courtorder of August31, 2012 or lease from custody that is being Subsequently, Roywassentto recordingsofpost-earning bycountriesduetocorporate Public Services International, Ltd (RRVL). cancel the parole of SubrataRoy, extendedbythecourt“fromtime jail on May4,2014, fornot com- conference calls on their taxabuseandprivateevasion Global Alliance forTax Justice/PTI The Rs 24,713-croreacquisi- chief workerof theSaharaGroup. to timewithoutevenanyattempt plying with the SC order.Hehas websites and bourses. ENS tion has facedstiffresistance Sebi has also asked the SC to at compliance with the orders” been outonparole since 2016. from Amazon, whichappealed to theSebi, BSE and NSE to not approvethe deal. “Commission approves ac- Hong Kong bans flights from Apr-Oct: EPFO settles claims worth`55.9K cr quisitionofretail,wholesale, lo- gistics &warehousing busi- teesonFridayshowed.Exempted count, whicheverisless. scribers who have been unem- nesses of FutureGroup by India for 5th time, now till Dec 3 AANCHALMAGAZINE establishmentshavesettled Theschemeallowingadvance ployedformorethan amonth can Reliance Retail VenturesLimited NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER20 3,89,178Covid-19advanceclaims, withdrawal wasnotifiedon withdraw up to 75 percentof and Reliance Retail and Fashion NewDelhi: The Hong Kong ad- statementsaid,“AirIndiahasbeen domestic destination.” disbursingRs3,782.83crore to its March 27 and the online facility their balance. Lifestyle Limited,” the ministration has banned flights barredfromoperatingbetween FlightsfromIndia to Hong THEEMPLOYEES’ProvidentFund members,the letter stated. launchedonMarch 29. The Covid-19pandemic and Competition Commission of from Indiafor the fifthtime after Delhi and Hong Kong from 20th Kong have been barredfor afort- Organisation (EPFO) has settled In the wake of the pandemic, The earlier withdrawal condi- subsequentlockdownsacrossthe India (CCI) said in atweet. passengerswhoflewtothecityon November till 3rdDecember,‘20. night on four prior occasions in 149.31lakhsettlementandadva- thegovernmenthadinMarch an- tions allowedsubscribers to take countryhad adverselyaffected Amazon has wonaninjunc- Air IndiatestedCovid-19positive Air India does nothaveany flight the lastthree months —every nce claims during April-October nouncedanonlinefacilitytoallow non-refundable advance or with- the enrolmentsunderthe EPFO tion,barringFuture Retail and its upon landing. The ban has been scheduledtoHong Kong during time afterpassengers carriedby amounting to Rs 55,900.88 crore. withdrawalnot exceedingtheba- draw moneybeforeretirement duringthe firstquarter, the letter promoters from executing its implementedfor twoweekstill this period. Air Indiahas always AirIndiatestedpositiveforcoron- Of this,47.58lakhwere Covid- sic wagesand dearness allowan- forspecifiedpurposes, suchasa stated,addingthattheprovisional deal with Reliance Retail from an December 3. been adheringtoall themanda- avirusupon arrival. 19 advance claims worthRs ces forthree months or up to 75 medical emergency,marriage, figures of subscribers forJulyand emergency arbitrator of the Confirmingthedevelopment, tory safetyprotocols forits flights The firstsuchban wasim- 12,220.26 crore, alettersent by per cent of the amount standing higher education or purchase of August indicateagradual recov- SingaporeInternational an Air India spokesperson in a operating to anyinternational or posed from August18-31. ENS EPFOtoits Central BoardofTrus- to amember’screditintheEPFac- ahouse, etc. Moreover, sub- erytopre-Covid levels. Arbitration Centre(SIAC). BRIEFLY IBBI amends liquidation Rajasthan State Road Development And Construction Corporation Ltd., JAIPUR OneWebexits No. NIT/2020-21/14932-40 BÊ-d³fd½fQf Àfc¨f³ffÀfa£¹ff 273/20-21 Date: 19.11.2020 d³f¸³fd»fd£f°f If¹ffZÊ IZ d»fE IZ ³Qi/Sfª¹f ÀfSIfSIZAd·f¹ffadÂfI ed½f·ff¦fûÔ õfSf ´faªfeI È°f E½fa A³fb·f½fe Àfa½fZQI ûÔ ÀfZ d³f²ffÊdS°f ´fi´fÂf ¸fZÔ BÊ-´fiû¢¹fcS¸fZ³M ´fidIi ¹ff WZ°fb Afg³f»ffB³f d³fd½fQf¹fZÔ Af¸fadÂf°f Ieªff°fe W`: bankruptcy norms: Who will benefit most IYf¹fÊ IYf d½f½fSX¯f A³fb¸ffd³f°f SXfdVf (÷Y.) 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Among all,the changes to ex- October 2021the company India (IBBI)has IBBIhasalsosaid pediteliquidationnormsarelikely willlaunch360satellites. FE amendedthe regula- thatthedefinitionof to benefit real estate companies tions forliquidation “anot readilyrealis- the most, legal experts said. One under the Insolvency ableasset” would of thefirstchangesto speedupthe DGGIonthree and Bankruptcy Code includeanyassetsof liquidationprocessisallowingthe arrestedCAs (IBC),by which iteffec- the corporate liquidatorto assignortransferany tively allowedthe liq- debtor,whichcould notreadily realisable asset. NewDelhi:GSTinvestigation uidator to assign or transfer a‘not either notbesoldthrough the arm DGGI will writetothe readily realisableasset’to anyper- availableoptions. Further,IBBIhas What arethe likelychallenges InstituteofCharteredAcco- soninconsultationwiththestake- saidfinancialcreditorscan,forthe forthe newamended untantsofIndia to take ac- holders’consultationcommittee. purpose of furnishing arecordof regulations? tionagainst3charteredacc- This move has sparkedoff ade- default, submit their ownbook Though the intent of IBBIin OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, ountantswhowere arrested bateamong stakeholders. whichestablishedlapse of pay- amendingtheregulationsisright, PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION, PURI, ODISHA in alleged GSTfakeinvoice ment of debt by thecorporate the newregulations will have to Phone: 06752-223447/ e-Mail: [email protected] cases, sources said. PTI What arethe newregulations? debtor.The insolvency regulator be tested by acourt of laworan C-221 INVITATIONS FOR BIDS (IFB) In the latestregulations, the has also amended theregulation appropriateforumasitsdefinition Government of Odisha “e” Procurement Notice IBBIhas said that to ensurequick to allowcertain creditors, who of ‘a notreadilyrealisable asset’ is Bid Identification No. EEPHPURI-45 of 2020-21 Dated. 19.11.2020 J&Jorderedto liquidation of companies that are don’twantto waitfortheliquida- contentious. unabletofind bidders under IBC, tion process to be over,toexit the Full report on 1Name of the Work :- Civil, Electrical, WTP and pay$120mn pipe line work. theliquidatorcan‘assignortrans- process by assigningortransfer- www.indianexpress.com NewYork: Johnson &Johns- 2. Estimated Cost :- Rs. 278.33 Lakhs on has been ordered by a 3. Period of Completion:-12(twelve) Months NewYorkstate judge to pay 4. Date and time of availability :- 26.11.2020 (11.00 A.M) to $120 million to awoman, Oil &gas cos, tech providers to invest of bid documentsinthe portal 10.12.2020 (5.00 P.M) who blamedher cancer on 5. Last Date/ Time for receipt :- 5.00 PM of 10.12.2020 of bids in the Portal asbestosexposurefromits `30,000 cr to set up 900 bio-gas plants babypowder. REUTERS 6. Date and time of :- 12.30 P.Mof11.12.2020 opening of bids NewDelhi: The central govern- setupinIndiabyFY24, with ap- “Rs 30,000 croreofinvest- 7. Name and address of :- Executive Engineer, Backendcode ment and oil and gasmarketing proximateinvestment of Rs 2 ment is envisagedinthese 900 the Officer Inviting Bid P.HDivision, Puri companies and technology lakh crore. plants.Atotal of 5000CBG plants Phone: 06752-223447 ofAarogyaSetu providerswill invest Rs 30,000 The move is part of the with an approximateinvest- Fax: 06752-223447 croretoset up 900compressed Centre’s Sustainable Alternative ment of Rs 2lakh croreare en- E-mail: [email protected] NewDelhi: The government bio-gas(CBG) plants, under a TowardsAffordable Transpo- visaged.Biofuels have the poten- 8. The bidders have to participate in ONLINE bidding only. has releasedthe backend memorandum of understanding tation initiative,aimedatcutting tial to reduce ourfuel importbill Sd- 19.11.20 codeofAarogya Setu in the (MoU) signedonFriday. dependence on imports andpro- by Rs. 1lakh crore,” said petro- EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, (P.H, PURI) opendomain. PTI The Centrehas envisaged a viding cleanand affordable leum ministerDharmendra OIPR-13010/11/0005/2021 total of 5,000 CBGplantsbeing transportfuels. Pradhan. ENS

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BRIEFLY EPLmanagers Suryamovesfromdarknesstolight want heading curbed if it leads Dejected at theIndia snub, amessage from Tendulkar quoting his guru Achrekar wastochangeYadav’s perspective towardsthe game to dementia London: Players should stop head- DEVENDRAPANDEY MI understood why ing the ballintraining if research MUMBAI,NOVEMBER20 proves it leads to dementia when theyare older,several Premier “If youare honestand sinceretothe game, the League managers have saidsince game will look afteryou,” flashedamessage family wasimportant the topic came to theforefollow- on Suryakumar Yadav’s phone, afew days af- ingthe deathofEngland’sNobby terhewas ignored for the tour to Australia. Stiles. Stiles and manyofhis 1966 The messagewas from Sachin Tendulkar.And From putting up atentfor trainingduring monsoon to WorldCup winning team mates the well-wornpieceof advicefromhis coach, getting familyonboard, MumbaiIndians went theextramile had been diagnosedwith demen- the latelegendaryRamakantAchrekar. tia before theirdeaths while Excitementstill ringing in his tone, he re- ManchesterUnited greatBobby countsthe rest of Tendulkar’smessage: “This SURYAKUMARYADAV Charlton, 83,also disclosedhis di- might well be your final hurdle. Your dream NOVEMBER20 agnosis recently. Stiles’ family of playing forIndia is aroundthe corner. Stay hoped it would be acatalystfor ad- focusedand surrender yourself to cricket.I AFTER THE lockdown, it took me 30-45 dressing dementia while Geoff know youare notone of thosewho will be days to getbackinmyzone. Theway Hurst, England’shat-trickhero disheartenedand give it up.Keep goingon Mumbai Indians plannedour preparation, from the 1966 final, said heading and give us many morereasons to celebrate.” it wasunbelievable. It wasraining herein the ball ofteninpractice wasdan- Yadav, nursingthe wounds of yetanother Mumbaiwhenour camp resumed. There gerous and kids should notbedo- omission, despitearichhaulofrunsindo- waswaterlogging in Mumbai,but despite ing it at all. mestic cricket andIPL, felt overwhelmed. The those conditionswemanagedpractice at “Iftheyfind out through the re- disappointment vanishedand optimism theReliance ground. search that heading theball 10 kicked in. He could seebeyondthe immedi- We were batting under agiant tent times during training is goingto aterejection. “He (Tendulkar) made me un- whichwas put up. So bowlers were run- causeyou dementia, then let’s stop derstand in one single messagethat this is ningoff their full run-ups and bowling to it,” West BromwichAlbion boss howitshould be.Ihavebeen fair to cricket, us on aturf wicket.Thereweredayswhen SlavenBilic told reporters. “For me, cricket will be fair to me someday. The man, it wasraining outside and we were bat- the great thing is theyare talking who for24years gave reason to the worldto ting in the tent made especiallyfor us. about it and recognising it.” celebratebecauseofhis cricket,and has en- Iknowmanyplayers whom Iusedto Chelsea’s Frank Lampardsaidheis dured severalups and downs in his career, talk to going to theIPL without anyprac- nowconsidering howhis players has sent me this lovely message. Idon't think tice. The best part of MI is that theyalways Mumbai Indians allowedfamilieswith trainand favoured rules to curb Ineedtosay anything further,” he says,a want to stay one step ahead. We had three children forthis IPL. MI/Instagram heading in youth football before streak of excitement still lingering in his tone. kinds of wickets forpractice. We had a implementing guidelines higher Thedays thatpreludedweretoughthough. With 480runs, thiswas Suryakumar Yadav’s mostprolificIPL season. BCCI blacksoil wicket, ared soil wicket, and one up the pyramid. “The rules needto Beforethe selection day, friendsand team- completely batting-friendlywicket.Bythe In normal times, we usedtoreturn be stronger to makesurewe’renot matestoldhim,“deemagpematrakhna”. That time we reachedUAE, we were all pre- from agame and sit in our rooms. Maybe making younger children head it if thingswill fall in place whenthe time comes. machine. Whereas in the past, abulk of his foritwith impactful knocks. “Everyyear,Idid pared mentally. go out. Familieswereallowed earlier too theydon’t need to,” Lampard said. But he wasafter allhuman. “It'sahuman ten- runs came in front of the wicketorthrough well.Buttherewashardly anyimpact(knocks). forabrief period, but theyusedtoleave dencythatthingswillkeeprunningintheback the midwicket, this term he expandedthe Aisa koi knocknahi thakesab uskebarebaatein Comfortfood later on. Manyatime when we had bad REUTERS of my mind.Thoughtskeepontrespassing,re- rangesoeffectivelythat he wasaMr360 in kare(therewasn'taknockwhichpeoplespoke Theykepteveryonesafe, which was game,wedidn’tfind someonetotalk to in mindingmethat team selection is around the his ownterms. about).ThisyearIhadfewknocksthatwonthe important. From food and entertainment the room. corner,Ihave to do well,” he pointsout. Nothing moreillustrated his fine-tuned game forthe team,” he says. to the guy who wasdriving us, everything This time we couldn’t go anywhere as Dortmundextend Then, as wickedfortune would have it, he batsmanship than the reverse-scoopedsix off Likethe unbeaten 79 off43balls against wasquarantined. At the same time, the we were partofthe bubble, so it gave us Americanteenager didn’t gettobat in thematch the daybefore tearaway Jofra Archer.The ball before arguably RoyalChallengers Bangalore, or the 51 in hotelstaff waslikeanextendedfamily. time to understand everyone. We dis- the selection. In the previous outing, he had the mostoutrageous stroke of thisIPL edition, Qualifier 1against Delhi Capitals.Herecol- MI had arranged achef foruswho cussed everything with otherfamilies, Reyna’sdealto2025 made aduck. To it, Ithought ke arre yehkya he wasbanged on hishelmetbyArcher.The lectsthe Bangalorematch, wherein Mumbai could cook food likewehaveatour and these things reflected on the ground. hogaya?Scorelaganahi.Onthedayoftheselec- twodeliveries dulycapturethe inner steel as were 72 for3at onestage,chasing 165: “I homes. Many atime,players do getbored These small thingsmatter alot. Berlin: Borussia Dortmund’s tion, Ipretendedtobecalm,” he recollects. muchasthe daring of Yadav. Abatsman who couldn't have askedfor abetterstage to show afterapoint eating the same food. So People go by what theysee on the teenageattacking midfielder Beneath the sheet of pretence, lurkedanerv- mostlydrove and pulled, he has learnedto what Ihave. RCBisone of the best sides in the whatever dish one wanted to getcooked ground but what happens behind the Giovanni Reyna has signedacon- ous mind. harness the pace of the bowlers too. tournament. Iwanted to finish the game.” likehome, the chef used to cook it that scenes matters. Icould feel the difference tractextension that will keep the The next evening, his worstfearswere Another quick, Kagiso Rabada, toowould And finish he did. way. in our performance because we were all United States international at the confirmed.Hewas yetagain overlooked.He testify about Yadav’s skills. In their lastgroup Be it ghar ki dal or chicken. In the team happy. club until 2025, the Bundesliga brooded: “Howlongwill Icarrythis burden?” game, he steeredafourpastthe thirdman, be- Various roles room everyalternateday,weusedtohave At thesame time,mywifeensuredthat outfit said on Friday. Reyna, who CoachMahela Jayawardene and Zaheer Khan fore flicking him backwardofsquareleg fora He straddledvarious roles too—some- a chaat corner.Ifanyone wanted to have Iswitchedoff from cricket. We never celebrated his 18th birthdaylast asked whether he wasdisappointed.Yadav six aball later.Itwas all fast hands andfaster times, he wasthe innings stabiliser,around pani-puri, therewas aseparatecounter. talked cricketonce Iwas back. week,progressedfrom had no answers. Adefeatedstarespokemore bat-swing. And justtoprove his abilityagainst whom the rest flourished; at times, he was On Dussehra, we had all kinds of sweets Onceweentered the team room, we Dortmund’s under-19team to link than words. “Ididn't go to practicefor the spinners,helaunchedYuzvendra Chahal for the finisher,and oftenhewas the middle-or- in the team room.Wealso had abarber neverdiscussedcricketthere. We never up with the senior sideinJanuary next twodays.Iwas completely quiet,”he asix overlong-offwith nothing but an exten- derdestroyer.The stroke-playwas immacu- from theUAE. If anyone had abirthday, we carriedittothe next game. and has made 22 league appear- adds. The team gave him abreak to fight and sion of his follow-through. No frills, no fuss. lateasitalways had been, nowhehas forged all celebrated together.These aresmall We were always fresh. Forthe first ances, scoring twogoals with five vanquish the demons all by himself. Some of his Mumbai (domestic side)team- it with inner steel and ice-cool temperament. things whichmattered alot. sevengames, we had sevendifferent play- assists. At thattime, all the hardworkhehad put mates consider him the finestplayerofspin- Another significantimprovement in his ers gettingthe Manofthe Matchaward. “Gio’s development in recent in duringthe lockdown seemedwasted. In bowling in the domestic circuit. batting has been his strikerate(145),his IPL- Get-togethers And in those sevengames, it’s the other months has been incredible. He’ll thosefour months of uncertainty, he under- His wagonwheel betrayedno preferences best,and phenomenal forsomeone who usu- Manyteamsdidn’t allowfamilies but players’ families who enjoyedthe success. definitelybeanimportant partof took an intense fitness regimen, shedding 14 —hescoredall around the wicket.Tosurvive allybatsinthe middle overs, wherethere’s MI even allowed kids to be there. MI un- Theyusedtopush other players. Such Borussia Dortmund's sporting fu- kilograms and adding shredsoflean muscles. in the league, he neededtobeproficient all neither the field restrictions of the powerplay derstood whyfamily wasimportant. They wasthe environment. ture,” the club's sporting director He gave up rice, chaat, friedstuff and reduced around thewicketsothat bowlers can’tsize nor the liberty of death overs.Thus ticking understood that playersneedsomeone Afterevery game, we usedtoget to- Michael Zorc said in astatement his dinnertojustsoup and salad. The fitness him up easily. Or as he says: “Ididn'twant one boxafter theother,heisinching closer to who can give them themental support gether and watchother IPL games, some- on their websitehere. Reyna,who helpeddeal with the intensity of aT20 game. them to getintoazone where theycan block being ignoredno longer.Hecould wait, score oncetheyare backfromthe game. It was times movies, in the team room. When we also hasChampions league expe- “Lasttwo seasons, Iusedtoget tired after me,”hesays.The retooledand renewedap- runs and keep knocking on the selectors’ door. abig group. were in theUAE, we usedtosometimes rience, said he wasdelighted to playing some 30 balls. Iwantedtoplayatleast proachhelpedhimachieve theforemostofhis “Iknowthe doors would soon open forme,” Wheneverweusedtomeetinour miss home but nowthat we arebackhere continue his development at 40-50 balls before Igot tired,” he admits. pre-season goals, whichwas to scoreimpact- he says.And nowinthe darkest hours, he has team room, it usedtobelikeamela. We (in India), we aremissing UAE. Lifehas Dortmund. Leaner and lighter, he wasadifferent bats- ful knocks,those in crisis and those that have Achrekar’s messagetospread lightonhis life arebackhome nowbut everyone is still suddenlybecomeslownow.Iamgetting REUTERS man. Yadavwas alwaysanelegant stroke- recallvalue.Theotherwastoscorearound550- and career. “If youare honestand sincereto in touchwith eachother.It’s abond which the same feeling Ihad in March-April. player, this edition he wasafearless stroke- 570runs. He managed 480, but he made up the game, the game will look afteryou.” Ididn’t find in the previoustwo years. (As told to Devendra Pandey) Djokovic beats Zverev, advances to semifinals at ATP Final

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NOVAKDJOKOVIC reachedthe semifinals at the ATPFinals and eliminatedAlexander Zverev on Fridaybybeating the German 6-3,7-6(4),ensuringthetopfourplayersintheworldadvanced at the season-ending event forthe firsttime since 2004.The top-rankedDjokovicsetupamatchagainstDominicThiemon Saturdayashegoes forarecord-tyingsixth title at the tourna- ment, and afirst since2015. RafaelNadalwilltake onDaniilMedvedev intheothersemi- final match. Djokovic pulledout some big servesinthe impor- tantmomentsinanemptyO2Arenatoreachthesemifinalsfor the ninth time, notablyinthe tiebreaker when he recovered from a2-0 deficit. “Contrarytothe lastmatchagainstDaniil,” said Djokovic, referring to astraight-setloss to Medvedev on Wednesday, “Imanagedto findtherightshots attherighttime.” DjokovicbrokeZverevtotakea2-0leadinthefirstset when hisopponentdouble-faultedonthesecondbreakpoint.Hethen savedtwo break pointsat4-2 before clinchingthe setwith a backhand down the line as he closedinonthe netfollowing a serveout wide. Zverev’s groundstrokes and powerful serve posedmore problemsforDjokovicinthesecondset,andtheGermangained anearly advantageinthetiebreakerby reachingadropshotbe- fore hitting an unreturnable smash to lead 2-0. Djokovicthenwonfiveofthenextsixpointsand,onhisfirst match point, found the baseline with apenetrating forehand whichZverevcould onlyslice intothe netonthe stretch. “It reallywas anyone’s game,” Djokovic said. “In the tiebreaker,again Iservedwell when Ineededtoclose out the match.” Thiem, the U.S. Open champion, wonathird-set tiebreaker to beat Djokovic in group playlastyear,helping to eliminate the Serb before the semifinals. “Itwasreally athrillingmatch,”Djokovicsaid,“sohopefully we canhaveanothergreatmatch,thistimewithadifferentout- come.”Medvedevwill be going forathirdstraight group vic- torywhen he plays already-eliminatedDiegoSchwartzman in the latematch.

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