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JOURNALISM OF COURAGE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2020, KOLKATA, LATE CITY, 12 PAGES SINCE 1932 `5.00/EX-KOLKATA `6.00 (`12 IN NORTH EAST STATES &ANDAMAN) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM BJP frowns, ‘tainted’ RACE FOR ACOVID-19 VACCINE JDU leader out 3days Newphase2trialresults after swearing-in ofOxfordvaccineshow Mewalal ChoudharyquitsasBihar Minister, says cooperating with probe successinolderpeople SANTOSHSINGH Hope forlarge,vulnerable group; Could seek govt &LIZMATHEW PATNA,NEWDELHI,NOV19 breakthrough immune response nod in Dec, may UNDER ATTACK from opposition cost Rs 500-600: parties over corruption allega- KAUNAINSHERIFFM tions againsthim, JD(U) leader At the siteofthe encounter near Nagrota, on the outskirts of Jammu city on Thursday. PTI NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER19 Serum CEO Mewalal Choudharyon ThursdayresignedasBihar THE OXFORD-ASTRAZENECA Education Ministerwithin an Covid-19vaccine candidatehas PRABHARAGHAVAN hour of taking charge. 4Jaish militants killed; foiled plan triggered arobustimmune re- NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER19 Choudharyisfacing charges Mewalal Choudharyafter sponse in older adultsinphase 2 regarding alleged discrepancy in taking charge on Thursday clinical trials, demonstrating its SERUM INSTITUTE of India (SII) the appointment of assistants to disrupt DDC polls: J&K Police potential usefulness in protecting will likelyapplytoIndia’s top and scientists during his tenure P5 asection of the population that is drug regulator next month for as Bihar AgricultureUniversity, city early Thursdaymorning. tion seizedfromthem, were plan- among the mostatrisk of illness During the phase 2trial, the emergency approval forlimited Sabaur,Vice-Chancellor be- ARUNSHARMA Twopolice personnel were ning "something verybig". Eleven from the novelcoronavirus. Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine use of 'Covishield' on frontline tween 2010 and 2015.Booked by JAMMU,NOVEMBER19 injured in the three-hour en- AK-47rifles, three pistols, 29 Preliminaryfindings pub- wasevaluated in 560 workers and the elderly,the CEO the police, he had gone abscond- counter near the Ban toll plaza, grenades and other devices in- lishedinThe Lancet medical healthyadult volunteers of the Pune-headquarteredvac- ing till he got bail. THE JAMMU and Kashmir Police on the Jammu-Srinagar national cluding mobile phones and med- journal showChAdOx1 nCov- cinemanufacturer said at ame- Sources said the BJP ex- claimedtohavefoiledaplan to highway,that involvedthe CRPF icines with Pakistani marking 2019 –technical name forthe dia summit on Thursday. pressedreservations over con- THEEXPRESS disruptthe District Development and Armyalong with police. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 vaccine candidatedevelopedby Keyto Covishieldisthe name in tinuance of Choudharyinthe INTERVIEW Council(DDC) pollsinthe Union IGP,Jammu zone, Mukesh scientists at the University of India’s India of the Covid-19vaccine Cabinet. The JD(U), however, territory, starting November 28, Singh, said the four,who areyet Oxfordand the British-Swedish E candidatedevelopedbythe ● Covidfight

10 YRS MORE IN JAIL EXPLAINED maintainedthat he resignedon MANOJ KUMAR JHA with the killing of four Jaish-e- to beidentified, were on their way pharma giant AstraZeneca –has University of Oxfordand his own. Choudharysaid, "I am RJD LEADER Mohammad militantsnear to Kashmir and, going by the FOR HAFIZ SAEED been found to besafe, well-toler- AstraZeneca. Promising results CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Nagrotaontheoutskirtsof Jammu quantity of arms and ammuni- PAGE 10 ated,and to produce asimilar im- SUCCESS OF the Oxford about the effectiveness of the mune response across age AstraZeneca candidateis candidateinvulnerable age groups afteraboostvaccination. especiallyimportant for groups were publishedinThe Importantly, “ChAdOx1 India because Serum LancetonThursday. China sees rising India as Need to reform banking, BUSINESSASUSUAL nCoV-19appears to bebetter tol- InstituteofIndia already The candidate, whichisbeing erated in older adultsthan in has 40 million shots manufactured by SII under an rival, wants to constrain be watchful on trade BY UNNY younger adults...,” the study said ready,and is licensedto agreement with Oxford- –“and has similar immunogenic- manufactureand distrib- AstraZeneca, is the frontrunner ity across all agegroups aftera uteitinlarge volumes. in India’s ownrace to find avac- ties with US: State Dept protectionism: NKSingh boostdose”. Triggering an immune cine to defeat the novelcoron- “Further assessment of the ef- response in the elderly is avirus. fewmonths. ficacy of this vaccine is warranted asignificant challenge Covishield is likelytobeavail- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE In NewDelhi lastmonth, ENSECONOMICBUREAU in all agegroups and individuals that the vaccine candi- able forthe rest of the public by NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER19 Pompeo said that Indian and US NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER19 with comorbidities,” the re- datehas overcome. March-April 2021, SII CEO Adar leaders and citizens see with “in- searchers said. Poonawalla said at the HT CHINAPERCEIVES a“rising India creasing clarity”that the INDIA NEEDS to be watchful of Dr Maheshi Ramasamy, an Leadership Summit. as arival” and wantstoconstrain CommunistParty of China (CCP) the “transient” tendencies of Investigator at the Oxford The vaccine, whichcan be itsstrategic partnership with the is “no friend to democracy and trade protectionism emerging Vaccine Group, said, “Older PUNE SURVEY SHOWS stored at temperatures between US, itsallies and other democra- rule of law”, and that the US globallyand the geopolitics sur- adultsare apriority group for ‘NEUTRALISING 2°C and 8°C, could costbetween cies, the US StateDepartment has would “stand with the people of rounding the recent trade group- NKSingh at the Express CONTINUEDONPAGE2 ANTIBODIES’: STUDY P4 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 said in areport. It has underlined Indiatoconfront threatstotheir ings, while keeping in mind that Adda on Thursday that China intends to displace the sovereignty and to their liberty". trade continues to remain an im- US as the world's foremostpower. The detailedpolicy docu- portant engine of growth, said The Chinese People's ment by the StateDepartment NKSingh, Chairman, Fifteenth Liberation Army, the reportsaid, highlightsthat China is under- Finance Commission. The future recentlyprovokedskirmishes mining the security,autonomy of trade policy should become along itsdisputed border with and economic interests of many clear from Januaryonwards India, whichkilleddozens on nations in the region. when the newUSgovernment both sides, and remains in atense “China perceivesrising India outlines itsstance. standoffwith India's military. as arival and seekstoimpel it to Speaking at the Express e- The StateDepartment’sre- accommodateBeijing's ambi- Adda (detailedtranscripttobe portcomes under the leadership tions by engaging economically publishednextweek) organised of SecretaryofState Michael R while constraining NewDelhi's by The Indian Express Thursday, Pompeo who has been critical of strategic partnership with the Singh stressedthat alot more Beijing’s aggression in the last CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CONTINUEDONPAGE2

THEEDITORIAL PAGE Malda factory blast kills five, REDRAWING THELINES sets off ‘conspiracy’ politics BY SYED ATA HASNAIN PAGE 6 Sujapur area at 11 am. Though it SWEETYKUMARI is said to be aplastic factorybut WEST BENGAL KOLKATA,NOVEMBER19 we also hear that bombs were being made herefor the FIVE WORKERS of aplastic fac- Assemblyelections. If police in- tory were killedand at leastfour vestigateproperly,theywill find others injured afteranexplosion out the TMC connection." rippedthrough the building in The StateHome Department Malda district’s Sujapur area on rejected the bomb-making Thursday. claim. "The Malda Sujapur plas- The injured were being TMC ministerFirhad Hakim ticfactoryaccident is related to SUVENDU KEEPS ALL treated at Malda Medical College with the familyofavictim. manufacturing process issues and Hospital. The explosion, and has nothing to do with illegal GUESSING: ‘STILL A whichoccurredat11.30 am bomb making, as suggestednon- MEMBER OF APARTY’ when workers were inside the ing thatthe factorywas illegally responsiblybysome quarters. TRINAMOOL WORKER factory, brought down amajor usedtomakebombs. BJP DM and SP on spothavebeen re- portion of the building, and parts National General Secretary porting to stateofficers afterur- STABBED TO DEATH, of machinerywent flung afew Kailash Vijayvargiyatweeted:“A gent enquiries and compensa- PARTY BLAMES BJP metres. blastataplastic factoryinMalda tion steps have been taken. A PAGES 3&4 The BJP demandedanimpar- district (WB) has killedfivepeo- senior ministerhas flown to the tial inquiryintothe blast, alleg- ple. The incident took place in CONTINUEDONPAGE2 To stop manual scavenging, Govt to amend law, makemechanised cleaning amust

PAGE1 sewerline in case of unavoidable ANCHOR emergency,proper gear and oxy- gentanks, etc., aretobeprovided. The challengewill offerprize moneyinvarious categories to- AVISHEKGDASTIDAR talling Rs 52 crore. “The actual NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER19 on-ground assessment of partic- ipating cities will be conducted AMEND THE Manual Scavenging in May2021byanindependent Acttomakemechanisedclean- agency and resultswill be de- ing of sewers and septic tanks clared on August15, 2021,”said mandatory, replace the word Durga Shanker Mishra, Secretary, “manhole” with “machine-hole” MinistryofHousing and Urban in official usage, setupanational Affairs. 24x7 helpline to reportviolations. Official records showthat These aresome of the key manual scavenging has ledto measures that arebeing imple- Word ‘manhole’ to be replacedbymachine-hole’. File 376deaths over the pastfive mented by the Government years, including 110in2019 with an aim to eliminateman- alone —ajumpof61per cent ual scavenging across the coun- On Thursday, as partofthis states to makesewer-cleaning from 2018. trybyAugust2021, according to initiative,the Government mechanisedbyApril 2021—if “Wehaveinstructed that the senior officials. launcheda“challenge”for all anyhuman needs to enter a CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Kolkata WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 2 THE SECOND PAGE THEINDIANEXPRESS,FRIDAY,NOVEMBER20,2020

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Malda believe he might have sought flows from the universal prin- Road Transportand Highways to “embarrass” the BJP with ciples on whichAmerica was and MSMEs Nitin Gadkari, siteand it is time to be factu- Choudhary’s appointment. founded, and advances US na- Union Ministerfor Education allycorrect. The government The case pertains to the ap- tional interests —but to fun- New phase 2trial results of Oxford vaccine Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, is helping the victims and pointment of 166assistant damentallyrevise the world AIIMS Director Dr Randeep their families," tweetedthe and junior scientists in Bihar order,placing the People's Covid-19vaccination, because hope that the vaccine will be action) in older adultsthan in moral or antibody-mediated Guleria, former Chief Home Department. AgricultureUniversity,Sabaur, Republic of China (PRC) at the theyare at increasedrisk of se- able to help the large older younger adults. immunity,and cellular immu- Economic Advisor Arvind District Superintendent of in 2012,when Choudharywas centreand serving Beijing's vere disease, but we knowthat adult population in the coun- Immunogenicity (ability to nity that occurs inside the in- Subramanian and UdayKotak, Police Alok Rajoria said the vice-chancellor.Itwas alleged authoritarian goals and hege- theytend to have poorer vac- tryagainstthe virus. generateimmune response) fectedcell and is mediatedby T MD &CEO of KotakMahindra blastoccurreddue to a“me- that those lesser qualifications monic ambitions. cine responses. wassimilar across agegroups lymphocytes. Bank have been guests at the chanical failureofa45-horse- got through aftertheywere –WITH PTI “Wewerepleasedtosee that Oxfordresearchers have said afteraboostvaccination,” the The vaccine candidateinduced e-Adda this year,asthese dis- powermachine”. Four of the given20marks out of 20 in the our vaccine wasnot onlywell- that“early efficacy readings” study said. “specificantibody response” to cussions movedonline during deceaseddiedonspotand an- powerpoint presentation and Militants killed toleratedin older adults; it also from ongoing phase 3trials are “Mostofthe reportedlocal and the SARS-CoV-2 spikeglyco- the pandemic. other on reaching hospital. interview. were seizedfromthem. It is stimulatedsimilar immune re- “possible in the coming systemic adverse events” were protein afterasingle dose Governor Jagdeep While achargesheetisyet the biggestsucharms haul in sponses to those seen in weeks”. Pfizer-BioNTechand mild to moderateinseverity, across all agegroups and, Delhi Covid Dhankhar asked Chief to be filedagainstChoudhary, recent times in the Jammu di- younger volunteers. The next Moderna have reportedwell the researchers said –inline specifically, the neutralising an- survey of private hospitals in MinisterMamataBanerjee to the onlyaccused, the police vision. step will be to see if this trans- over 90 per cent efficacy for with their previous phase 1 tibody titres “afteraboostdose their NCRdistrictstotackle prevent illegal bomb making. have framedchargesagainst The police said that due to lates intoprotection from the their mRNAvaccine candidates study.Serious adverse events were similar across all age the crisis. "Anguishedatdeaths in re- twoothers, RajbhavanVerma the amount of weapons, ex- disease itself.” in early resultsofphase 3trials. observedduring the trial “were groups”, the study said. The T- Addressing awebcast, portedblastthat rippedestab- and Anil Kumar,whose names plosivesand ammunition, the These preliminaryfindings are The Russian Sputnik Vcandi- judged to be unrelated to the cell responses “peaked at 14 Kejriwal said that apartfrom lishment apartatSujapur area came up during investigation. truckthe militantswerein significant forIndia, as this vac- date, manufactured by alab study vaccines”, theysaid. days afterthe prime vaccina- private hospitals, 663beds of Malda district. According to Bhagalpur DIG Sujit Kumar caught fire during the en- cine candidateisbeing put basedinMoscow, has also re- “Local and systemic reactions tion”, it said. “The robusthu- will be addedinDelhi govern- SP,fivekilled&fiveinjured. said, “The investigation is on. counter. through phase 3clinical trials portedexcellent phase 3trial were morecommon in partic- moral and cellular immune re- ment hospitals. The central Time @MamataOfficial to Asupplementarychargesheet In Srinagar,asper areport in the countrybyPune-based results. Although none of these ipantsgiven ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 sponses obtainedinour older government has also assured proactively contain illegal can be filed.” by PTI, Kashmir IGP Vijay vaccine manufacturer Serum studies have been peer-re- than in those giventhe control adult population were encour- “an additional 750 bedsinthe bomb making and ensurepro- Documentsavailable with Kumar said the four militants InstituteIndia (SII) and Indian viewedyet,hopes have risen of vaccine, and similar in nature aging giventhat anumber of Centre-run hospitals, which fessional non-partisan inves- The Indian Express showsev- were on their waytothe Council of Medical Research the imminent arrivalofashot to those previouslyreported studies have shown that de- means that we will have tigations @WBPolice." The CM eral discrepancies: Valley, and accusedPakistan (ICMR). SII has already manu- that can defeat the virus that (injection-sitepain, feeling creasing immune function around 1,413additional ICU ordered adetailedinvestiga- ■ Dr SKSingh, who got of trying to cause trouble in factured40 million doses of the has sickenedmorethan 56 mil- feverish, muscle ache, with ageleads to decreasedim- bedsinthe next fewdays in tion intothe case. 53.83marks against80for ed- the political process. vaccine candidateunder an at- lion people and killed1.35mil- headache), but were less com- mune responses to vaccines.” Delhi”, he said. Addressing media, Chief ucational qualification, got The police said the four risk manufacturing and stock- lion around the worldsofar. mon in older adults(aged =56 Dr Angela Minassian, While announcing the hike SecretaryAlapan just1markeachout of 10 for militantswerea"fresh group piling licencefromthe topna- During the phase 2trial, the years) than younger adults. Investigator at the University of in mask penalty,Kejriwal said Bandyopadhyaysaid that be- presentation and interview. of infiltrators" suspected to tional regulator,Drugs Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine “The severity of symptoms re- Oxfordand honoraryconsult- the decision wastaken be- sides the district magistrate He wasnot selected. have crossedoverthe evening Controller General of India wasevaluated in 560 healthy portedinthe standard-dose ant forinfectious diseases, said: cause “manypeople” were and the SP,Urban ■ Dr SanjeetKumar,who before at the international (DCGI), and will besupplying a adult volunteers in the age groups wasreducedafter the “Inducing robustimmune re- venturing out without wear- Development MinisterFirhad scored 53.80 foreducation border at Samba or the adjoin- large chunk of India’s domestic groups of 18-55 years, 56-69 boostvaccination, with only sponses in older adultshas ing them, putting livesatrisk. Hakim also visited the blast qualification and research,got ing Hiranagar sector of requirement forthe vaccine. years, and 70 and older,who re- one (1%) of 127participantsre- been along-standing challenge Delhi has been consistently site, metthe deceased's fam- rejected aftergetting 1mark Kathua. Their truckhad The findings reportedinThe ceivedeither twodoses of porting aseverereaction com- in human vaccine research.To registering over 7,000 new ilymembers and extended eachfor presentation and in- crossedatoll plaza in Samba Lancet(Safety and immuno- ChAdOx1 nCoV-19, or a pared with seven(5%) of 128 showthis vaccine technology dailycases, placing severe support. TMC leader Mausum terview. at 3.44am. genicity of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 placebo MenACWY vaccine. participantsafter the prime is able to induce these re- strain on critical carefacilities Noor also calledonthe injured ■ Santosh Kumar IGP Singh said theyhad vaccine administeredina “Our findings showthat the vaccination,” the study said. sponses, in the agegroup most andhealthcareworkers. at the hospital. Choudharygot 39.73marks been receiving inputsabout prime-boostregimen in young ChAdOx1 nCoV-19vaccine was On detecting apathogen, the at risk from severe Covid-19 The decision to direct pri- “As per the Disaster foreducational qualification infiltration attempts, with and old adults(COV002): asin- safeand well tolerated with a human body produces two disease, offers hope that vac- vate hospitals to reserveICU Management Act, acompen- and research,but wasselected weapons, since the announce- gle-blind, randomised, con- lowerreactogenicity profile types of responses within the cine efficacy will be similar in bedscomes afteralegal dis- sation of Rs 2lakh will be afterhescored the full 10 ment of the DDC polls, and trolled, phase 2/3 trial) brings (ability to produce adverse re- adaptive immune system: hu- younger and older adults.” putebetween the Delhi gov- giventothe kin of the de- marks in interviewand pres- vigilance had been stepped ernment and the Association ceasedand Rs 50,000 forthe entation each. up. According to officials, the of Healthcare Providers treatment of the injured,” the ■ Lakshman K, who got truckwith the militantswas Could seek govt nod in Dec, may cost Rs 500-600: Serum CEO (AHPI). The association had chief secretarysaid. 39.18 marks foreducational stoppedatapolice naka at the challenged the decision, Police personnel have been qualification, wasalso se- Ban toll plaza around 5am. Rs 500and Rs 600inthe private ties –the MHRA (Medicines probablywork,”hesaid. output, and to still have “a few whichwas firstannouncedon deployedinthe area and res- lected afterhegot full marks While itsdriverfled, the men market forthe general public, and Healthcareproducts “Weare basing the assump- hundred million” doses leftto September 12 to reserve80 cue teams were clearing the in interviewand presentation. inside openedfire, injuring Poonawalla said. RegulatoryAgency) –and the tion of an emergency licensure offertothe COVAXmechanism per cent ICU bedsin33private debris at the time of going to ■ Likewise, Babulal twoofits personnel, the po- The government, he said, European EMEA (European basedon positive UK results...if ledbyGavi, The Vaccine hospitals. press. Dadwal, who got 38.09 marks lice said. will getthe vaccine at “a much Medicines Agency) approves it we have agood UK result com- Alliance, Poonawalla said. The order wasstayedby foreducational qualification, The forces responded lowerprice” of around $3-$4 foremergency use, we will ap- ing in end of November-early “Atthe moment, we'reata the Delhi High Courton BJP frowns made it afterfull marks in in- swiftly, gunning down two (approximatelyRs225-300), plytothe Drug Controller December,weapplyfor an 50-60 million dose capacity on September 22. Following an notchargesheetedinthe case terviewand presentation. militants, the police said. The “because theywill be buying (DCGI) in India and, hopefully, emergency licensureuse. So, amonthlybasis as an output. appeal by the stategovern- and am cooperating with the Choudhary, who belongs other twowerekilledduring large volumes” of “hundredsof very soon, we can also getan youhavethe vaccine for–again By February, we will have gone ment, the stay wasvacated on investigation. Idecidedtore- to the OBC Kushwaha com- the encounter that followed. millions” of doses. emergency use authorisation,” –the vulnerable populations by to 100million doses per November 12. sign on my own.” munity,won from Tarapur de- The driverremains abscond- But “the general public, as I Poonawalla said. Jan-Feb and then...March-April month,” he said. “Afterthe Delhi High Court The RJD had been attacking feating the RJD’s Divya ing. mentioned, will probably have “Again, that will be –justto forthe general public,” The firm has already dedi- granted permission lastweek, Nitish, who sought re-election Prakash in the recent elec- Of late, therehas been a to payaround Rs 500-600,” clarify –alimited use forfront- Poonawalla said. “If all that goes cated twofacilities towards we had allocated 80 per cent on agood-governance plank, tions. spurtininfiltration attempts Poonawalla said, adding that line workers, the elderly...it’s according to plan, these arethe manufacturing this vaccine and of the ICU bedsacross 30-32 over the inclusion of Attacking Nitish after by militantsalong the interna- this would be “far cheaper and going to take another three to timelines we arelooking at.” will dedicatetwo moreby hospitals forthe treatment of Choudharyinhis Cabinet. RJD Choudhary's resignation, RJD tional border in the Jammu di- moreaffordable” than some of four months before it’s avail- With India seeking around Februarytodouble itsmonthly Corona patients. This order chief Lalu Prasad had ques- leader Tejashwi Yadavsaid: “I vision, and the BSF had earlier the other vaccines in the mar- able to the general public, be- 300-400million doses of a output forbothIndia and CO- has todaybeen implemented tionedthe BJP's silence on the had told youbeforethat you this month detected adam- ket today. cause that’sthe waythe emer- Covid-19vaccine by July2021, VAX. These additional facilities in all private hospitals in Delhi. matterinatweet. have gottired and lostyour aged tunnel-likestructurein “As soon as the UK authori- gency use licensurewill SII is “gearing up” to increase its arecurrentlygetting validated. Thiswillresult in the availabil- In 2017,beforeNitish ability to think.(You) deliber- the RSPuraSector. ity of 300to400 moreICU switchedfromthe Mahagath- atelymade acorruption-ac- beds. The reservation of non- bandhan to form agovern- cusedaministerand made Scavenging allyclean drains, sewertanks, Anant Goenka, Executive country, we needtobeactive and we needtomoveon,” ICU bedsinprivate hospitals ment with it in Bihar,the BJP him resign onlyafter youhad word manhole is nottobe septic tanksisanoffence pun- Director,The Indian Express; partners in the games of trade, Singh said. has also been increasedfrom had stalledproceedings in the to face hugeembarrassment usedanymoreand onlyma- ishable by imprisonment and and PVaidyanathan Iyer, we needtowatchthe tran- While Insolvency and 50 per cent to 60 per cent fora Bihar Assemblyoverthe alle- over it.” chine-hole is to be usedfrom fine under the Manual Executive Editor (National sient natureinwhichthe eco- Bankruptcy Code (IBC) and fewdays.All non-critical gations againstChoudhary, JD(U) spokesperson Neeraj nowon,” said Mishra. Scavenging Act, 2013.Asper Affairs), The Indian Express. nomics of value addedchain ending theculture of ever- plannedsurgeries will be vowing “nottoresttill Kumar said Tejashwi “has no The Ministryisalso tying the provisions of the law, “Who can disagree that plays itself out. We also need greening of bad loans have stalledorpostponedfor afew Mewalal wasarrested”. This moral authority to talk about up with MTNL to roll out ana- manual scavengers aretobe trade mustbeanimportant to be mindful of the ways in been goods moves, alot more days,” Kejriwal said. wassoon afterChoudharywas corruption”, and asked how tional 24X7 helpline number identifiedand rehabilitated. engine of growth,” Singh said, whichgeopolitics plays itself reforms arerequired forthe When contacted,AHPI booked forcheating, breachof he would continue as leader wheresuchcases can be re- However, the problem per- while responding to aques- out,” he said. sector including completion of Director-General Dr Girdhar trustbyapublic servant and of opposition giventhat he is ported. sists in urban areas, said tion from Acharya whether On the banking sector, the ongoing amalgamation of Gyani told The Indian Express criminal conspiracy by the chargesheetedinanIRCTC On the challenge, officials Subrahmanyam. “The amend- some of the recent tariffmeas- Acharya pointed out that dur- banks, implementation of that the organisation had op- Sabaur Police. Choudhary case. said that urban local bodies, ment in the lawwill make ures and India notjoining the ing the term of the govern- Indradhanush packageof posedthe move as some of went missing before he got statecapitals and smartcities mechanisedcleaningmanda- Regional Comprehensive ment ledbyformer Prime bank reforms, greater ac- these critical carefacilities are bail from Patna High Court. State Dept areeligible to participate. They tory.Itshould notbeop- Economic Partnership (RCEP) MinisterAtalBihari Vajpayee, countability forshareholders engaged in cancer care, kidney The matter waslater referred US, Japan, Australia and itsre- said the 243cities that areel- tional...some municipalities point towardsprotectionism, aproposal wasdrafted to re- and greater autonomyfor and livertransplants, and to the Vigilance Department. lations with other democra- igible to participatewill be likeHyderabad, etc., have whichcan affect economic duce the minimum govern- bank boards, Singh said. brain stroke and heartsurgery. Sources in the BJP said the cies," the reportsaid. split intothree sub-categories done wonderful work in growth. ment ownership from 51 per Singh, who recentlypre- "Howwill ahospital with party leadership told the CM “China is undermining the basedonpopulation: up to 3 mechanisingthe system. But “...Weshould ask ourselves cent to 33 per cent —which, if sented the Fifteenth Finance 40 ICU bedsearmark80per Choudharywould have to step security,autonomy, and eco- lakh, 3-10lakh and over 10 it should notbeabestpractice, the question…has the world enacted,would have been a Commission’s final reportto cent of those bedsfor Covid down. “It’s an open and shut nomic interests of manyoth- lakh, with prizes ranging from it has to be the onlypractice,” turnedincreasingly morepro- keyreform. Singh agreedwith President RamNath Kovind patientsand the rest fornon- case. Therewas no other way,” ers in the region suchasmem- Rs 8-12crore. he said. tectionist? Have the compara- Acharya’s assertion that bank- and Prime MinisterNarendra Covid patients? In the absence said atop BJP leader,pointing berstatesofthe Association of With Swachh Bharat According to an assess- tivefactor advantages and fac- ing sector reforms cannot Modi, said the Commission of proper segregation, the re- out that the party had also led SoutheastAsian Nations Mission identifiedasatop pri- ment by the Social Justice torefficiencies of reaching a happen overnight and the has “sought to balance the ob- maining 20 per cent bedscan- adelegation earlier to (ASEAN), including those in ority area by the 15th Finance Ministry, despitethe Manual better place in the value- government can startbypri- jectives” of the Centreand notbeusedfor non-Covid pa- Governor seeking action the vital Mekong Region, as Commission, and funds avail- Scavenging Actand addedchain yieldedplace to a vatising one or twobanksand states. No stategovernment tients. Instead, the againstChoudhary. well as the nations of the able forsmartcities and urban Prevention of Atrocities Act, different model of arrange- see the outcome of that deci- washappywith the 42 per government should designate Asked whythe BJP had not Pacific Islands,” it said. development, Union Minister 1989 being in place, FIRs are ment of the international eco- sion. Singh, aformer topfi- cent award(of taxdevolution) some moreprivate hospitals objected earlier,when The 70-pagereportstates of Housingand Urban Affairs seldom lodged in deaths nomic order? Multilateral in- nance ministrybureaucrat, and wanted 50 per cent, while as Covid facilities and spare Choudhary’s name wasin- that awareness has been Hardeep Puri said the money causedbythis practice, con- stitutions, including the World said the proposal of lowering the Central government had a some forother life-threaten- cludedinthe JD(U) listofmin- growing in the US —and in na- neededtoshifttomechanised victions arerare, and the Trade Organisation, arelan- the government's stakein different view. ing ailments," he said. isters, the leader claimedthe tions around the world—that cleaning would notbeacon- Supreme Court-mandated guishing. We maycontinue to state-ownedbanksto33per Singh wasspeaking days "The government of India party had receivedthe names therulingCCP hastriggered a straint. compensationofRs10lakh is believe that India believesin cent did notsee the light of afterthe release of his autobi- had issuedclear instructions the same dayasthe oath-tak- newera of great-powercom- The Social Justice and notpaid in all cases. multilateralism and multilat- dayastherewas stiffopposi- ography, PortraitsofPower: in March to notmix Covid and ing. “Wedid notask them be- petition. Empowerment Ministry, eral institutions, but the fact tion from the Congress party Half aCenturyofBeing at non-Covid patientsinthe cause we did notwant them “Yet fewdiscern the pat- meanwhile, has decidedtodi- NKSingh remains that suddenlyithas at that time. Ringside, ariveting account of same hospital or wards. We to ask us in turn whywerewe tern in China's inroads within rectlyprovide funds to work- needs to done in the direction become less relevant by the “…The path forward India's economic trajectory needtoenforce that as notdo- appointing twodeputy chief everyregion of the world, ers to purchase cleaning ma- of bankingand financial sec- very people who practiced would be at leastincase of one and his keyrole in the shaping ing so is also resulting in fur- ministers.” muchless the specific form of chines, instead of giving torreforms and it is nowthe virtues of this going backon or twobankstomoveforward of policy. ther spread of the infection. The incident might further dominance to whichthe party moneytocontractors or mu- time to move ahead in pri- this,” Singh argued. to do away with the kind of The Express Adda is ase- AHPI is all forusing the private strain ties between the JD(U) aspires,” the reportsaid. nicipalities, said R vatising one or twostate- He said "wemay have to present ownership structure, ries of interactions organised sector in full forcebut would and BJP,whichisnow the The CCP aims notmerelyat Subrahmanyam, Secretary, ownedbanks. wait till January" to see how whichwehaveinherited from by The Indian Express Group liketofollowdemarcation/ largerparty in the Assembly. pre-eminence within the es- MinistryofSocial Justice and At the e-Adda, Singh wasin the newUSgovernment out- adecision (of bank nationali- and features those at the cen- segregation on logical lines," With Nitish seen as retaining tablishedworld order —anor- Empowerment. conversation with Shankar lines itspolicy on trade. sation) and if youlook at, his- treofchange. Gyani said. the CM postdue to BJP der that is groundedinfree The employment or en- Acharya,economistand for- “While certainlywecannotaf- torically, maybethat decision External Affairs MinisterS FULL REPORTS ON “largesse”, manyinthe party and sovereign nation-states, gagement of people to manu- mer Chief Economic Adviser; ford to be aprotectionist mayhaveserved itspurpose Jaishankar,Union Ministerfor www.indianexpress.com

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COOCH BEHAR TMC and BJP TMCworkerkilled, workersclash in Tufanganj over 12-hourbandh partyaccusesBJP EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE KOLKATA,NOVEMBER19 popular," said stateminister EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE JyotipriyaMullick, who is also ‘NOSIGNOFSUCH THE 12-HOUR bandh calledby KOLKATA,NOVEMBER19 the TMC's North24Parganas VIOLENCEWANING’ the BJP to protestthe murder of district chief . aparty worker in CoochBehar A22-YEAR-OLD man waskilled Denying the allegations, BJP district turnedviolent on in Jaggdal in North24Parganas MP Arjun Singh said, “The BJP Kolkata:WestBengal Thursday. TMC and BJP work- districtonWednesday, police is notinvolved. He (Aakash) Governor Jagdeep ers clashedinTufanganj area, said. The TMC claimedthat the had severalcriminal cases Dhankhar on Thursday forcing the policetoresortto deceased, identifiedasAakash againsthim.One onehandthey said political killings are baton charge. Prasad, wasaworkerofthe saythe BJPhas no presence in continuing unabated in Sincemorning, BJP support- party and alleged that BJP sup- the area and on the other,they the state, andthe Chief ers put up road blockades at porters were behindthe crime. accused the BJP forsuchinci- Minister, chief secretary severalpointsonthe national The BJP deniedthe allegations. dents," said and the DGP have notis- highway,demanding arrest of Aakash wasstabbed multiple Police sources said Aakash suedany “firm directive” those behind the murder of 55- times and crude bombs were had got aphone call and the to the police and admin- year-old Kalachand Karmakar. hurledathim, police said. caller requestedtomeethim. istration to be “politically While BJP workers triedto Accordingtopolice sources, “A casehas been registered, neutral” despitehis insis- BUS FIRE stop shops and marketsfrom the incident took place effortsare on to nab the cul- tence. In avideo uploaded opening,the TMC workers tried on Jaggdal Palghat Road area prits,” said apolice officer. on Twitter,the Governor, Abus running on the Howrah-Harinavi routecaught fire on the Howrah Bridgearound 6pmThursday. Twofiretenders to keep the establishments in Bhatpara. The area has witnessedsuch who has been at logger- soon reachedthe spottocontrol the blaze. No casualtieswerereported. Express open, leading to the clash. Aakash wastaken to hospi- incidentsfor over an year heads with the TMC gov- Police and Rapid Action talbylocal residentswhere now. Jaggdal, Bhatpara, ernment claimedthat the Force(RAF) were deployed in doctorsdeclaredhim dead on Titagarh and other places in administration has be- large number to prevent any arrival. Barrackporehave also wit- come so politicisedthatit PANDEMIC IMPACT untowardincident. “TheBJP wanted to elimi- nessedseveral incidentsofpo- is difficult to uphold the Meanwhile, government natehim as he wasanactive litical violence in the past democratic system. PTI buseswereseen plying in the TMC worker and wasquite fewyears. CM: Perform Chhath Puja rituals district with very fewprivate buses and other public trans- portservices on the roads. Due to the road blockades, THE AKOLA URBAN CO-OPERATIVE at homes or neighbourhoodponds long queues of trucks were BANK LTD., AKOLA seen on the national highway, (MULTI STATESCHEDULED BANK) NOTICE "JANKALYAN" 58/59 TOSHINWAL LAYOUT NEAR GOVT.MILK SCHEME sources said. KNOW ALL MEN by this presents MURTIZAPUR ROAD AKOLA- 444 001 notcelebrateDurga Pujaand Kali Police later liftedthe road- that my client, AMARJYOTI Notice for the 57 th Annual General Meeting (OAVM) EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Puja the wayweusuallydo. blocks and cleared traffic INFRASTRUCTURE PRIVATE LIMITED, having ofice at Quarter (Only for the ShareHolders) KOLKATA,NOVEMBER19 Peoplecouldnotvisitpandalsdur- movement on the highway. No. 200R, Block -C,Sen Raleigh, Virtual 57th Annual General Meeting of the Bank is scheduled to be conduct- ingDurga Pujaandpeopledidnot Meanwhile, police said that Kanyapur,Asansol, West Burdwan ed as per the amended guidelines received from the Central Registrar,Multi CHIEF MINISTER Mamata burstfirecrackersduringKaliPuja. one person has been arrested intends to purchase an incomplete G+3 storied building being north State Cooprative Societies New Delhi. This meeting will be conducted using BanerjeeonThursday appealedto Some states have bannedChhath forthe murder of Karmakar, a side/part of Premises No.388B, the Other Audio Visual Means meeting will be held from Monday 21 st the people of the statetoperform Pujabutwe willappealthatthose BJP booth secretary, who died Prince Anwar Shah Road, P.S. - December 2020 to Friday 25th December 2020 everyday at 3.00 pm using ChhathPuja at their homes or who want to performpuja to do in ascuffle on Wednesday. Lake, Kolkata -700045, having Video Conferencing. In absence of the mandatory quorum the meeting will common stairs ,constructed on neighbourhoodpondsintheirlo- so from home. Our government While the BJP has accused adjourned and will be held at 3.30 pm &nomandatory quorum will be neces- aplot of land measuring more sary for the adjourned meeting. All members are requested to join meeting calities as Rabindra Sarovar and has dug 1,500pondsinand TMC workers of killing or less 4cottahs 8chittacks through link, which will be provided separately on your registered Mobile No. SubhashSarovarinthecitywould around Kolkata. Thosewho want Karmakar,the ruling party de- from its present owners, Pradip Chakraborty and Dependu OR recorded email address. be closed forsuchrituals. to go to pondscanusethesewater niedthe allegation, claiming Chakraborty,jointly inherited Notice of the Annual General Meeting (soft copy) is forwarded to all members HoursafterBanerjee'sappeal, bodies,"she said. that the killing wasthe result of the same after demise of their on their registered e-mail address/mobile numbers. Agenda of the meeting and theCalcuttaHighCourtrefusedto Banerjee added, "Those who aclash between twofeudinglo- mother,Archana Chakraborti alias Annual report for FY 2019-2020 is available on the website of the bank. Chakraborty,registered owner of (www.akolaurbanbank.com) allowChhath Pujarituals at wantto go to theriversmustgoin cal clubs at Tufanganj. the said property.Anybody having Subhas Sarobar in northern parts Workerscover part of the SubhasSarovor LakeinKolkataon small groups without crowding any claim or demand of any nature Members may send their suggestions and may send their questions on the whatsoever and in respect of the Agenda points through email ([email protected])7days before the of thecity,rejectingamodification Thursday. Partha Paul andadheringto theCovid-19pro- IManowara Bibi, W/o- Md Abdur said property may intimate me, scheduled date of the Meeting. application by the stategovern- tocol. Don't do anythingwhich Rasid SK. Vill- Sujapur- Uttarpara, his/her claim about the same Date:20-11-2020 By The Order of Board of Directors ment. Thecourthad earlier disal- posesathreatto yourlivesorlives P.O.- Mougram, P. S. Ketugram, with supporting documents within (Rajan M. Sontakke) 10days from the date of this notice lowedChhathPujaceremoniesat crowdmanagement to prevent seeking areviewofthe order of of others. Our police arethereto Dist-Bardhaman,W.B. Pin-713130. Chief Executive Officer failing which it will be presumed RabindraSarobar,another water the spread of Covid-19during theNationalGreenTribunal(NGT) helpyououtif youneedtheirhelp. My name mistakenly written on voter card as [No- FGN2670909] that there is no claim, demand or Note :-All members are requested to register their Mobile No.and email bodyinsouth Kolkata. Durga Pujaand Kali Puja. whereitdisallowedChhathPuja Our government has declared a objection existing and thus the ManuvarBibi. Thecorrect of address with the Share department Head Office ,Akola (Mob.No. 9923966166) Adivision benchcomprising The stategovernment on ritualsatthe RabindraSarovar. holidayfor ChhathPuja on Friday transaction will be completed at an earliest Members may send their personal details along with Mobile no. Aadhar Card [6747 7501 6558] is immediately. justices SanjibBanerjee andArijit Thursdaymoved the HighCourt, In avideo message, Mamata and Saturday. Celebratethe occa- Manowara Bibi. From now,onIam and Email via email ([email protected])toreceive the official link of Banerjeerejected the stategov- seeking modification of its appealedtothepeopleto perform sion with safetyand caution." known as Manuvar Bibiand SANATKUMAR PAL the Annual General Meeting. (ADVOCATE)ALIPORE POLICE ernment's application afterob- November 10 order banning ChhathPujaritualsattheirhomes During the day, thecivic au- Manowara Bibi as me Berhampur COURTKOLKATA -700027.PH. Magistrate Executive affidavit serving that thereare concerns Chhath Puja rituals at the two or at neighbourhood ponds. She thorities were seen constructing 9831686263(M) GOVERNMENT OF INDIA about Covid-19infection-related lakes. Earlier in the day, the also said that devotees mayeven barricades usingbamboo andtin [2838/20] on 23/08/2020. CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY healthissues,apartfrompollution SupremeCourtrefusedto perform rituals in the riverbut sheets outside the Rabindra KANKE, RANCHI-834006 (JHARKHAND) of thewaterbody.Sourcessaidthe passany order on apetitionfiled without anyprocession, as di- SarovarandtheSubhasSarovarto division benchpointed outthat by theKolkataMetropolitan rected by the High Court."Due to preventdevotees from using the ADMISSION TO THE POSTGRADUATE COURSES -2021SESSION restrictionswere alsoimposedfor DevelopmentAuthority (KMDA) theCovid-19pandemic,we could waterbodies. Applications are invited from eligible candidates for admission to the following postgraduate degree/diploma courses of Ranchi University commencing from May,2021 and conducted at this 3,620 fresh cases, 53 Institute. GROUP A 1. Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology -4 seats- (NO RESERVATION) more dieofCovid Duration -2years Qualification -M.Phil(Medical&Social Psyschology/Clinical EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE STATECOUNT Psychology) from a KOLKATA,NOVEMBER19 TOTAL CASES University recoznized by the UGC 2. M.Phil in Clinical Psychology -16seats (UR-06, EWS-02 ATOTAL of 3620 freshCovid-19 445505 OBC-04, SC-03, ST-01) cases and 53 deathswerere- INCREASE DEATHS Duration -2years portedinthe stateoverthe past Qualification -M.A./M.Sc.inPsychology 24 hours. As manyas3,990 per- 3620 7873 course from aUniversity sons were cured of theinfection 411759RECOVERED recoznized by the UGC with and the number of active cases minimum 55% marks for UR further decreasedand is now 5389944 SAMPLES and EWS and 50% marks for 25,873. TESTED TILL NOV 19 SC, ST &OBC in aggregate. The total death stands at GROUP B 7,873 on Thursday. The cumula- Kolkata, 833testedpositive in 3. M.Phil in Psychiatric Social Work-12seats (UR- 07, tive number of discharged per- North24Parganas, 291tested EWS-01, OBC-03, SC-01) sons is now4,11,759.The recov- positive in Hooghly, 229 tested (02 PH) eryratealsohas increasedto positive in Howrah and 228 Duration -2years 92.43 per cent. tested positive in Hoogly.Other Qualification -Master in Social Work course Te total number of cases in than these five districtsinSouth from aUniversity recoznized West Bengal has increasedto Bengal,217 tested positive in by the UGC with minimum 4,45,505. On Wednesday, the to- Nadia, 83 tested positiveinPurba 55% marks for UR &EWS and 50% marks for SC, ST talcaseload was4,41,885.Atotal Burdwan and 79 tested positive and OBC in aggregate. of 44,263samples were tested, in Paschim Burdwan. taking the total sample to In the past24hours, in North GROUP C 53,89,944.OnWednesday, it was Bengal, Jalpaigurirecorded 171 4. Diploma in Psychiatric Nursing-15seats (UR-08, EWS-01, OBC-03, SC-02, ST- 53,45,681. cases, Darjeeling recorded 128, 01) (02 PH) Kolkataand itsfour adjacent Maldah recorded51cases in last Duration -One year districtscontinuedtotakeama- 24 hours. Qualification -'A' GradeCertificate or jor shareofthe fresh caseload. Accordingtothe health de- Diploma in General Nursing Kolkatayet again toppedin partment, 93,044 personsare and Midwifery. terms of caseload. As manyas still in home quarantine. 1008 Group A&B: Selected candidates will get scholarship of Rs. 882persons tested positive in persons areinsafehomes. 25,000/- per month. Group C: Selected candidates will get scholarship of Rs. 2500/- per month. Case over remarks on cops: The application form is to be submitted electronically ONLY by internet to CIP website: www.cipranch.nic.in on or before December 28, 2020. Hard copy of the application form will Bengal BJP chief gets bail not be entertained. Payment fee of Rs.400/- for Unreserved, EWS and OBC candidates and Rs. 300/- for SC/ST Burdwan:AcourtinWest fore the trialcourt. candidates has to be made through online transfer.The Bengal's EastBurdwan district Theyprayedfor his bail, sub- amount should be paid online in the Bank of Baroda, Kanke on Thursday grantedbail to mitting that Ghoshisthe state Branch in favour of “Account Name:- Fellowship & BJP's state unit president Dilip president of apolitical party and Scholarship, Account No.:- 26260200000167, IFSC code is Ghosh in connection with al- is aLok Sabha MP and that he has BARB0KANKEE (Fifth character is Zero) and MICR code is leged “unsavouryremarks” appeared before the courtin 834012004. Please note that the examination fee is non- about the police. connection with the case. refundable. Chief Judicial MagistrateSujit The stategovernment lawyer Onlineform will be available on our website (www.cipranch.nic.in) from 28.11.2020. Examination and Kumar Bandopadhyaygranted told the courtthat acharge sheet interview/practical would be held at CIP between February bailtoGhosh on abond of has been submitted before the 21st to 27th 2021. Last date for joining the courses is May Rs 2,000. magistrate court in the case on a 31st, 2021. The BJP MP'slawyers submit- complaint filedbyalocal resi- Please visit www.cipranchi.nic.in for downloading the tedbeforethe courtthat the in- dent over Ghosh's comments prospectus with requisite details before filling the ONLINE vestigation in the case has al- againstthe statepolice while ad- application form. Sd/- Director ready been completedand dressing apublic meeting at Central Institute of Psychiatry acharge sheethas been filedbe- Raina in the district. PTI

Kolkata WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 4 EXPRESS NETWORK THEINDIANEXPRESS,FRIDAY,NOVEMBER20,2020 Mamata to launch Suvendukeepsallguessing: AIMIM sets its eyes drive to highlight on Bengal polls, BJP development works ‘Stillamemberofoneparty’ sniffs advantage Howrah and Nadia districtsare No one has forced to me to quit TMC nor have Idecidedtoleave,saysminister LIZMATHEW from the community. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER18 In the recent Bihar election, KOLKATA,NOVEMBER19 the AIMIM fielded20candidates, residence in Contai and report- AFTER MAKINGimpressive gains of which14wereinMuslim- TO COUNTER BJP's onslaught, EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE edly methis father and MP Sisir LEGALTROUBLE in the recent assemblyelection dominated Seemanchal region, Chief MinisterMamataBanerjee KOLKATA,NOVEMBER19 Adhikari. Suvendu wasnot at AWAITSSUVENDUIF in Bihar,Asaduddin Owaisi's All bordering Bengal. The party won is likelytolaunchacampaign, home at the time and reportedly India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul- five seats. ‘BangoDhwoni’, on November SENIOR TRINAMOOL Congress spoketoKishoreoverthe phone. HEQUITSTMC:CONG Muslimeen (AIMIM) is gearing According to sources, Owaisi 25 to reachout to people by list- (TMC) leader and ministerinthe Sources in the TMC said Kishor up to field candidates in the West is planning to field young Muslim ing development steps takenby West Bengal government, offeredSuvendu an important Kolkata: Congress Lok Sabha Bengal election, scheduledtobe faces in the Bengal election who her government, sources said. CM Banerjee is likelyto Suvendu Adhikari, on Thursday party post. Aclose associateof Leader Adhir Chowdhuryon held next year.With Owaisi ex- “will notdilutethe issues the mi- At atime when manyTMC launch‘BangoDhwoni’ dented speculation that he the ministerclaimed, “Dada Thursdaysaid senior TMC pected to field Muslim candi- nority community wantsthem leaders arelooking to switchside on November 25 might switchloyalties to the BJP, (Suvendu) did notcommit any- leader Suvendu Adhikari will dates and raise issues suchasthe to raise”. In Bihar,the party can- ahead of the Assemblypolls, the saying that he is “still aprimary thing to Kishor.Heisnot in a findhimself ina“legaltrouble” CAAand NRC, as he did in Bihar, didates had raisedissues suchas campaign will also focus on ar- member of one party”. mood to discount his differences if he leavesthe ruling party. BJP leaders assess that the move CAAand NRCwhile other oppo- resting “organisational erosion”. out different campaigns to reach Adhikari wasspeaking at a with the party.” In an apparent reference would be to their advantagein sition parties suchasthe RJD and Banerjee is expected to ad- out to the ScheduledCaste and function at Ramnagar,East In politics 24X7,not a Later,ataKali Puja inaugura- to Adhikari's alleged involve- consolidating Hindu votes in the Congress refrainedfromit, de- dress apublic rallyinBankuraon ScheduledTribecommunity and Midnaporedistrict. seasonal bird: TMC leader tion event in Nandigram, ment in the Narada sting op- state. spitehaving enjoyedthe com- November 25 —aday afterher sensitisethemabout theperilsof “I am still aprimarymember Suvendu told the gathering, “No eration, Chowdhurysaid, Although theyreject the al- munity's supportfor along time. scheduledadministrative meet- BJP's alleged"anti-Dalit ideology of one party.I’m still aminister one came to Nandigram after "Effortsare on to keep him in legation that AIMIM is its“B- In Bengal, Chief Minister ing with district officials. The and policies". The campaign is in the Cabinetofthe West Bengal his party “notgiving him” posts Cyclone Amphan. Ihavecome the party.Senior TMC leaders team”, the party leaders agree MamataBanerjee, considered a public rally, sources said, will be being conducted in twophases government. Chief Minister similar to those held by other running again and again. Ihave arepleading with Adhikari to that the presence of “hardcore Muslim-friendlyleader until re- held at Shunuk Pahari Hut and involvesmorethan 2,000 [MamataBanerjee] made me a senior members. According to stayed by your side.” remain in the party.Next, we Muslim faces” in the electoral cently, has been trying to em- Grounds. Asenior TMC leader grassroots leaders to connect minister. No one has forced to sources, he had also expressed At the cooperative move- will see MamataBanerjee do- fray would help the party to rally brace an imageofacentrist said, "MamataBanerjee will with approximately1.05 crore me to leave,nor have Idecided his reservations within the party ment programme on Thursday, ing the same. Atug of waris Hindu votes behind it. “AIMIM leader.The BJP's emergence and launchthe programme, which people from the SC/STcommu- to leave.” He added, “Thereare over the roles of the CM's Suvendu said, “I joinedthe coop- going on. But we feel that the candidates can do what the itscampaign against“vote-bank will coverall the 78,908 booths nity through targeted visitsto political differences. But as long nephew, MP Abhishek Banerjee, erative movement at ayoung moment Suvendu leavesthe Congress, LeftorTMC candi- politics or appeasement politics” in the state, and is likelytobe over 10,000 rural habitations. as Iamhere, nothing can be said. and the TMC's main political age. Iwas firstelected to Contai TMC, he will bebookedin sev- dates maynot be able to.The –with reference to the stategov- called'BangoDhwoni'." This campaign waslaunched We did notand will notdopoli- strategist, Prashant Kishore. cooperativebank in 1996. After eral criminal cases. He will party,its ideology and the issues ernment's welfaremeasures for "Our cadres and party leaders afterHome MinisterAmit Shah’s tics by abandoning ethics and Adhikari has been apparently that, Ihavebeen associated with find himself in alegal trouble." it raises can certainlykeep the the minorities –haveforcedthe will fanout in their respective ar- visit to Bengal earlier this month ideology.” distancing himself from the TMC manycooperative organisations On the upcoming Hindu votes, including the so- chief ministerand the TMC to eas and conduct adoor-door when he brokebreak with tribal He added, “I am in politics over the pastfew months and or- but in all of them, Iwas elected, Assemblypolls, Chowdhury calledmoderateones, with us,” tone down their pro-minority re- campaign about developmental and Matua families. 24X7.Iamnot aseasonal bird. I ganising programmes without notselected.” said it will notbeeasy forthe said aBJP leader who is involved marks. work done by the party and its To gain an upper-hand in the nevercame herefor one or two the party banner.The gap Reacting to Suvendhu’s re- AIMIM to repeat itsBihar with the party's electioneering “Now that the TMC and even polices. Partyworkers will also Assemblypolls, both parties are days.Istayedhereamid the lock- widenedwhen the Trinamool or- marks,TMC leader and Minister electoral success in Bengal. in West Bengal. the Congress adopting asoft listentogrievances of people and eyeing SC/STvotes. In lastLok down, afterCyclone Amphan ganisedaseparatemeeting on of StateChandrima "The AIMIM will weaken the According to the BJP leaders, Hindutvaapproach, the Muslim will trytoaddress them." Sabha election, the BJP prevailed and other crises. Inever did de- November 10,‘Nandigram Dibas’. Bhattacharya said, “He is our secular forces in Bengal by out of the total 294seats, there voters, especiallythe youth, Under the programme, work- in mostconstituencies with a structive politics.” Recently, political strategist Cabinetminister. He has notre- contesting elections. But peo- arearound 75-80 constituencies, could declaretheir allegiance to ers will note down feedbackand considerable shareofthe SC/ST Adhikari, who is Ministerin Prashant Kishor,who has been signedyet and he can participate ple of Bengal will notsupport spread largely in north and south Owaisi who speaksfor them assess the ground-levelsituation, community.Ofthe 18 seatsthe Charge of Transport, Irrigation hired by the ruling party in the in meeting of an apolitical organ- acommunal forcesuchas Bengal, whereMuslim voters brazenlyand bluntly. This will said another leader. BJP won, 12 were from the SC/ST- and WaterResources, has been run-up to the Assemblyelec- isation. So, we would notsay AIMIM..." ENS could swing the results. The BJP, certainlyalertthe Hindus,” said The TMC is currentlycarrying dominated areas. expressing disappointment over tions next year,visited Suvendu’s anything on that.” whichrecentlyemergedasthe aBJP leader. main rivalofthe ruling TMC af- Owaisi recentlyalleged that termaking significant inroads in the Muslim community has been Made to eraseAkhil Gogoi First signs of ‘herd immunity’ in the 2019 parliamentarypolls, has alienatedin West Bengal and that TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE already launchedanintense the social and economic condi- mural, sayartists;policedeny small population groups in Pune campaign in the state. tion of Muslims in the state“is CASES: RECOVERED:83,83,602 Muslims constitute27per worse than that of those” in 262 cent of Bengal's population. manyparts of the country. lic property without anypermis- tective’antibodies,asmallsub-set DAYSSINCE 89,58,483 DEATHS:1,31,578 DistrictssuchasMalda, North The BJP,whichcampaigned PANDEMIC TORAAGARWALA& sion is notallowed. We advised ANURADHA of antibodies. BEGAN TESTS: 1,28,508,389 | DOUBLING RATE: 161.55** Dinajpur and Murshidabad have heavilyonissues suchasCAA and ABHISHEKSAHA the artists againstdamaging pub- MASCARENHAS This is the firststudy that fol- morethan 50 per cent Muslim illegal Muslim migrantsfrom GUWAHATI,NOVEMBER19 lic property.Wehavenot cleaned PUNE,NOVEMBER19 loweduponanearlierserosurvey population while one-fourth of Bangladesh, had won18Lok the painting —the artists must to detectthepresenceof ‘neutral- the population in Birbhum, Sabha seatsinthe 2019 general ARTISTS WHO made amural fea- have realisedtheir mistake after INAfirst-of-its-kindfindingforany ising’ antibodies in infected per- Northand South 24 Parganas, elections. turing jailedpeasant leader Akhil our advice and then, removedit Indiancity,anew studyconducted sons.Andthoughtheresearchers Gogoi in Guwahati on Thursday themselves.” in Pune has revealedthat close to who carriedout the study are said police “made them erase it”. “Wepainted through yester- 85percentof thepeoplewhohad carefulnottosuggestthatthecity Police, however, maintainedthat day, no one said anything to us,” been found infected with coron- wasapproaching ‘herdimmu- KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG DOUBLING HC cites SC’s Arnab the artists were merely“advised” said Dhrubajit Sarma, partof avirusinanearlierserosurvey had nity’, this is the firstdocumented TOWATCH CASES 24HOURS GROWTH* TIME** againstdefacing public property. the 14-membered Collective developedprotective antibodies. case in the countrywherethe in- Gogoi is in jail afterhewas and among the four ques- In effect, theyhad acquired im- fection rate in apopulation group ■ Maharashtra 17,57,520 5,011 0.21% 341.95 order while granting booked by the NIA on chargesof tionedbythe police. “Justaswe munity from the disease. had gone up so high that the con- ■ Kerala 5,39,919 6,419 1.03% 70.24 sedition andunder provisions of were putting the finishing Thelatestfinding is the re- ceptofherdimmunity could al- ■ Delhi 5,03,084 7,486 1.29% 55.90 theUA(P)Aforhisinvolvementin touches this morning, the po- sult of afollow-up study done ready be playing out. bail to channel MD the anti-CAA movement. The lice arrived.” in five prabhags (comprising This is also supportedby ■ West Bengal 4,41,885 3,668 0.83% 86.53 painting —made by members of Sarma, visiting Assistant three or four municipal wards the fact that in Lohianagar,the ■ Haryana 2,07,039 2,562 1.21% 59.51 AngaArt Collective,aGuwahati- Professor,CollegeofArt,Delhi, each) of Pune whereaserosur- prabhag with the highestdis- has been conceptualisedunder basedartists’group foundedin said theywerequestionedat veyconducted earlier this year, ease prevalence detected in the *Compounded Daily Growth Rate over last7days**Calculated over 7-daygrowth EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Article 21 of the Constitution, 2010 —featuredGogoiatthecen- the Basistha police station. “We in Julyand August, had found serosurvey,the incidence rate CASEFATALITYRATIO POSITIVITYRATE DAILYIN,DAILYOUT BENGALURU,NOVEMBER19 whichrelates to personal liberty. tre, his arm raised, and sur- were told that we couldn’t that, on an average, about 51 has fallen sharplyinthe last The benchgranted anticipa- 7DAYSEARLIER: 7DAYSEARLIER: DETECTED TODAY roundedbypolicemen. paint on apublic wall without per cent of the people had been three months. This indicates THE KARNATAKA High Courthas torybailto Shettywithabailbond MPGupta,Commissioner of permission. We were shocked. infected with the virus. that theremay be population- 1.48 7.12 45,576 cited arecent Supreme Courtor- of Rs 2lakh. Police, Guwahati, told The Indian We have painted on walls be- Serosurveys, likethe ones levelprotection againstthe dis- NOW: NOW: RECOVERED TODAY: der granting bail to Republic TV The courtalso said that the Express, “Noartistwas detained fore too, but neverhas some- carriedout in severalother ease. “I don’t think we can still 1.47 6.97 48,493 editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami case againstShetty does nothave todaybypolice. Drawing on pub- thing likethis happened.” cities as well, estimatethe ex- saythat Pune has achieved, or Deaths as aratio of Positives against Becoming sick vs whilegrantinganticipatorybailto an impact on the country's fi- tent of the disease spread by is reaching, herdimmunity.But positive cases (in %); number tested recovering; more the managing director of alocal nancial status, unlikethe detecting antibodies among the study is important because indicator of progress (in %); indicator of recoveries for 14 days KannadaTVchannelwhowasac- Enforcement Directorate's case in averting deaths the spread of disease may signal the peak Government of Odisha “e” Procurement Notice surveyed population groups. it shows that wherever there cusedofextortion. againstformer Finance minister WORKS DEPARTMENT DataasonNovember18,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealth,ICMRandstates.Oftendailynumbers However, thepresenceof antibod- washigh sero-positivity,the includedatafrompreviousdays.Assuch,trendsbasedondailynumbersareindicative,notdefinitive Theaccusationcameafterthe PChidambaram, wherecourts Bid IdentificationNo. S.E.K.C., Keonjhar No. 16/2020-21 ies onlyindicates that the person incidence rate has fallen sub- channel –PowerTV–had aired a were slowingranting bail. e-mail :[email protected] B-431 Letter No. 3400 dt.16.11.2020 hadbeeninfectedwiththedisease sequently,”DrGagandeep Kang, series of programmes alleging Shetty wasaccusedofextor- at some point of time. It does not one of the co-authors of the study corruptionintheBJPgovernment tion in acase lodged with 1. No. of the work :- 09 Number of Building Works meanthattheinfectedpersonhas whose preprint wasreleasedon Army selects 422 women officers in Karnataka. Bengaluru police soon afterthe 2. Estimated cost :- Rs. 542.07 Lakhs to Rs. 579.00 Lakhs also acquired immunity against Thursday, said. The study is still to In an order issuedon channel telecastaseries of pro- 3. Period of completion :- 11 (Eleven) Calendar Months thedisease.Immunitycomesonly be peer reviewed. for permanent commission Wednesday, the benchofJustice grammes alleging corruption by 4. Date and Time of :- From 11.00 Hours of 10.12.2020 to if the infected person develops FULLREPORTON BAPatil granted anticipatory members of Chief MinisterBS availability of Bid 16.00 Hours of 22.12.2020 whatiscalled‘neutralising’or‘pro- www.indianexpress.com duct all eligible women short bail to Rakesh Shetty,MDof Yediyurappa's familyinthe document in the portal MANAMANSINGHCHHINA service commissionedofficers in PowerTVchannel, and asked awardofcontract forapublic 5. Last date /Time for receipt :- 16.00 Hours of 22.12.2020 CHANDIGARH,NOVEMBER19 permanent commission. him to cooperateinthe investi- housing project of Bengaluru of bids in the portal GovernmentofOdisha, “e” Procurement Notice The five-member boardin- gations. The courtstated, “It is Development Authority. 6. Date of opening of Bid :- 12.00 Hours on 23.12.2020 WORKS DEPARTMENT OUT OF the 615women officers cludedawoman Brigadier from the duty of the courttoexercise Shetty had movedthe HC in from Portal Bid Identification No. S.E.K.C., Keonjhar No. 13/2020-21 considered forpermanent com- the ArmyMedical Corps. itsjurisdiction in aproper wayto October afterBengaluru crime 7. Name and address of the :- Superintending Engineer,Keonjhar e-mail: [email protected] B-428 mission in the Army, 422 have According to the resultsofthe se- protect the personal liberty of a branchbegan probeintoacom- Letter No. 3280 dt.11.11.2020 officer inviting Bid (R&B) Circle, Keonjhar-758001. beenfoundfit,accordingto results lection board, 57 women officers citizen. If courts do notinterfere, plaintlodgedonSeptember24 by 1 No of the work: :- 09 Number of Building Works Further details can be seen from the e-procurement portal of aspecial selection boardre- who were found fitfor perma- then we aretravelling the path one Chandrakanth Ramalingam, “http://tendersodisha.gov.in” 2 Estimated cost :- Rs. 219.18 Lakhs to Rs. 579.77 Lakhs leasedbythe ArmyonThursday. nent commission have optednot of destruction. This proposition adirector with Ramalingam Superintending Engineer 3 Period of Completion :- 09 (Nine) Calendar Months to 11 (Eleven) Calendar Months The Armyhad constituted to take it. Sixty-eight women offi- of lawhas been laid down by the Construction CompanyLimited. Keonjhar (R&B) Circle, Keonjhar Number 5Selection Board, cers who have notbeen granted apexcourtinits decision in the Accordingto Ramalingam'scom- OIPR-34033/11/0017/2021 4 Date and Time of availability :- From 11.00 Hours of 27.11.2020 to 16.00 of Bid document in the portal Hours of 09.12.2020 whose proceedings were held permanentcommissionwillnow case of Arnab Manoranjan plaint, Shetty had coercedhim 5 Last date/Time for receipt of :- 16.00 Hours of 09.12.2020 from September 14 to 25, to bereleasedfromservicewithpen- Goswami vs the Stateof intosaying that he made pay- bids in the portal screen shortservice commis- sion. Atotal of 106officers who Maharashtraand others decided mentstopolitical persons for 6 Date of opening of Bid from :- 12.00 Hours on 10.12.2020 sionedwomen officers forper- have notbeen recommendedfor on 11.11.2020.” awardofcontracts,andthatthese Portal manent commission. This was permanentcommissionwillbeal- The courtcited other orders conversationswere recordedand 7 Name and address of the :- Superintending Engineer,Keonjhar (R&B) done following an order of the lowedtoservetill20yearsof serv- wheretheSChascalledforliberal telecastbyPowerTV. Officer Inviting Bid Circle, Keonjhar-758001. Supreme CourtinFebruary, ice to earn apension and then re- interpretation of the legal provi- FULLREPORTON Further details can be seen from the e-procurement portal whichdirected the Armytoin- leasedfromservice. sion foranticipatorybail since it www.indianexpress.com “http://tendersodisha.gov.in”

Superintending Engineer, MADHYA PRADESH Keonjhar (R&B) Circle, Keonjhar OIPR-34033/11/0014/2021 Unable to pay Rs 200 each for Durga Puja, 14 Gond families face social boycott for two weeks

whichresolvedthe issue this 3, when representativesofthe Mahasabha, submitted amem- IRAMSIDDIQUE week. villageunanimouslyissueda orandum to the police inspector November 20, 2020 BHOPAL,NOVEMBER19 On October14, local puja or- diktat for'paani-tanga'—no vil- at Lamtapolice station. As the TATA Power-DDL invites tenders as per following details: ganisers Sarwajanik Durga Puja lagerwas allowedtospeak to or villagers remainedundeterred Estimated Availability Last Date &Time FOURTEEN FAMILIES of the Sanstha held ameeting in Lamta visitthe 14 families. Theywere aftertwo rounds of meetings, Tender Enquiry No. Cost/EMD of Bid of Bid Submission/ Gond tribeliving in avillagein villageofBalaghat whereitwas notallowedtopurchase ration the families approachedthe Work Description (Rs.) Document Date and time of Opening of bids Madhya Pradesh's Balaghat dis- decidedthat all 170families in and even the villagedoctor—a Balaghat Collector along with TPDDL/ENGG/ENQ/200001257/20-21 trict had to face social boycottfor the villagewill contributeRs private practitioner—was the Superintendent of Police Rs.7.73 Cr./- 11.12.2020,1500Hrs/ morethan twoweeksasthey 200eachtowards the celebra- warnedagainsttreating them. and the Sub-Divisional Rfx- 5000001930 Rs.1.00 Lac/- 20.11.2020 Rate Contract for Miscellaneous 11.12.2020,1530Hrs could notaffordtocontributeRs tion. But as manyas40Gond According to Dhan Singh Magistrate. Civil Works in PANTPDDL 200eachtowards celebration of families, manyofwho worked Parte, amember of one of the af- Collector Deepak Arya told Durga Puja in the village. as migrant labourers and fected families, none of the The Indian Express:“Thesefam- Tender Enquiry No. Previously Revised Due Date &Time These families, who were walked fordays to reachhome workers at the Lakdi depot, ilies approachedusand we held of Bid Submission/ Date Work Description Published badlyhit by the Covid-19lock- afterthe lockdown, expressed wherehis father worked as a ameeting with the villagers. Date &time of opening of bids TPDDL/ENGG/ENQ/200001238/20-21 down, had volunteered to payRs inability to paythe money. labourer,wereallowedtowork Theyhavebeen warnedthat if 27.11.2020 ,1600Hrs/ 100eachinstead but it wasnot Under social pressure, 26 of with him. this continues, action will be For Supply of Underground Cable Fault 02.09.2020 27.11.2020 ,1630Hrs Location System considered. the families finallyrelented.The As the boycottcontinued takenagainstthem. The matter Deprivedofall facilities like remaining 14 families offeredto from November 3toNovember has been resolvedand situation buying ration and deniedwork, payRs100 but it wasrefused. 17,the families headedby has normalised.” the families finallyapproached Afterthe Durga Puja, another Radhelal Madsole, zilla presi- FULLREPORTON the district administration, meeting washeld on November dent of Gond Samajh www.indianexpress.com

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‘DELHI CHALO’ ON NOV 26-27 ‘We will be vigilant,

DELHI CONFIDENTIAL Punjab:472outfits demanding, and will hold backfarmprotestcall this govt to account’

BKU Haryana president Gurnam CM may meet RJD’S RAJYASABHA MP MANOJ thanidealsituationsitmaythrow EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Singh Chaduni and Swaraj India KUMAR JHA wasone of the upfromtimeto time.Thisisoneof CHANDIGARH,NOVEMBER19 president YogendraYadav. party’skeystrategistsfortheBihar them. Do people expect that the Addressing the media here, PM, Home Assemblypolls and the voice of chief ministerwill have afree THE PROTESTS againstthe three Yadavsaid theyhavedividedthe thepartywhoaddressedtheme- hand? Does he even have the central agri laws got amajor Delhi Chalo agitation in two Minister and dia prior to and afterthe election. moral authority to govern, given boostThursdaywith 472farm parts.Farmers from states near He speakstoDIPANKAR GHOSE the poor mandategiven to his outfitsfromacross the country Delhi, including Punjab, Haryana, farm unions on the pollcampaign, the results party...?We areenteringaverydif- extending supportto“Delhi Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and and the wayforward.Excerpts ficult phase, muchworse than Chalo” call by All India Kisan Uttar Pradesh, will reachthe what we have seen under Mr SUCH A LONG JOURNEY Sangharsh Coordination National Capital through five EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Afterthe counting day, RJD Kumar,asfar as governance and Committee (AIKSCC) under highways —Amritsar-Delhi na- CHANDIGARH,NOVEMBER19 went to EC, alleging electoral social fabric of the stateare con- AT AN event to release abook on acollection of President Ram whichagitating farmers will tional highway(Kundli border), malpractice. The party refused cerned. Having said that, we are Nath Kovind’s speeches on Thursday, Defence MinisterRajnath reachthe National Capital on Hisar-Delhi highway AMID SUSPENSION of goods to attend the swearing-in too. the opposition, astrong and re- Singh and I&B MinisterPrakash Javadekar recalledtheir long November 26-27topress the (Bahadurgarh), Jaipur-Delhi trains to Punjab, Chief Minister Is this petulance or is RJD sponsible opposition. And we are association. Singh said both of them have played“different central government to scrap the highway (Dharuhera), Bareilly- Amarinder Singh on Thursday taking these allegations goingto discharge ourdutieswell. roles in the country’s politics”, and before coming to the event contentious legislation. Delhi highway (Hapur) and Agra- urgedthe Centretoshowmag- forward? Areyou THEEXPRESS We willbevigilant,we willbede- were sitting together and discussing their association in poli- The AIKSCC, RashtriyaKisan Delhi highway (Ballabhgarh). nanimity and notlink restora- approaching court? manding, and we will hold this tics. “Wewererecalling,” Singh said, “when Iwas the all-India Mahasangh and various factions Farmers from other states tion of freight We would nothaveap- government to account. president of the party’s youth wing, we neededageneral sec- of BharatiyaKisan Union have would hold protests in their re- services with proachedthe Election INTERVIEW retary,and found Prakash Javadekar.” Both have been work- joinedhands and formeda spective states at district and vil- movement of Commission if we did nothave Therehavebeen controversies ing together since, he added. About his association with Kovind, 'SamyuktaKisan Morcha', which lagelevel. passenger substantial basis forraising con- WITH on the cabinettoo. Notasingle MANOJ KUMAR Singh said theycame to knoweachother in 1994,when both held ameeting in Chandigarh Mullah said if the govern- trains. He also cernsaboutthemalpractices.We JHA Muslim representative.And a filedtheir RajyaSabha nominations together. over the ‘Delhi Chalo’ march. ment stops the farmers from en- asked the areveryseriousabouttheseissues RJD RAJYA SABHA MP ministerwho steppeddown Aseven-member committee tering Delhi citing Covid-19, they Centretosup- and in the process of collecting following acorruption charge. has been formedtocoordinate would laysiegetothe highways portthe state dataandevidencefromreturning Howdoyou see this? HIT THE GROUND the operations of the ‘morcha’. leading to Delhi. “Wewill sit on Amarinder government officers.Oncewe have completed apartfromthe close seats It is all very unfortunate. The The members include Bharatiya an indefinitedharna at the bor- Singh in creating a our research,wewill decide on a issues, what arethe broad hollowness of the so-calledgood IN HIS firstmeeting with those recentlygiven charge of the Kisan Union (Rajewal) president der,” he said. congenial en- wayforward. takeaways foryou? governance promise/slogan party in different states, BJP president JPNadda had special in- Balbir Singh Rajewal, AIKSCC Lashing out at the Centrefor vironment for Ithink the analysis is going to stands exposed. structions forthose tasked to handle the party in poll-bound convenor VM Singh, "imposing economic blockade" ending the prolonged farmers’ Yousay thereisabasis for take some moretime as the dif- states —tosee that no section or group of voters areignored. Swabhimani Shetkari on Punjab, Yadavdemandedthe agitation. going to the EC. Therewere ferences in voteshareand mar- Therehas been criticism that All “prabharis” —state in-charges—havebeen askedto visit the Sangathana president Raju government to resume goods Agovernment statement narrowseatsyes. But these fell gins areverythin. Also, thereare the RJD mayhaveconducted a states under their charge frequentlytonot justsupervise organ- Shetty (represented by Hannan trains in the state. said that the CM is likelytohold both ways -- to the NDAand to somanyvariables.We ranaclean good campaign, but was isational activities but also to keep stateleaders and workers Mullah), Kisan Mazdoor Rajewalsaid if the Centrein- meetings soon with the farmer you. The datashows that there campaign and connectedvery missing in action before it. In in high spirits. Theyhavealso been asked to give honestfeed- Mahasangh president vites them fortalks, theywill go unions in Chandigarh, as well as is onlyone seat, Hilsa, where well with the people... Though fact, manybelieve that if the backfromthe states to the party's topleaders. BJP general sec- Shivkumar Kakaji, BKU (Ekta but will notwithdraw their the Prime Ministerand the the winning margin is smaller theyare neverareliable index, party and itsleaders were retary (organisation) BLSantosh has givenapresentation on Sidhupur) Jagjit Singh Dallewal, 'Delhi Chalo' protestcall. Union Home MinisterinDelhi. than the postalballotcount. mostexit polls favoured us. The morevisible during the Covid various tasksthese in-chargeswould have to take up. What is the evidence of broadtakeaway forusisthatpeo- migrant crisis, or on the streets wrongdoing? ple did repose their faith in us — before,this could have taken The evidence is scattered all we arestill the largest party... youoverthe line. NETWORK CHALLENGE over the public sphere. Our sup- Throughout the migrant crisis porterswhokeptakeeneyeonthe Your party colleague has during the lockdown, it wasthe AT THE launchofanovelchallengetofreethe cities of manual delayindeclarationof resultsasthe attackedthe Congress as a RJD rather than the Bihar govern- scavenging, ministerHardeep Puri threw a"challenge" to differ- dayprogressedhaveseen enough weak link,basicallysaying mentthatwasonthegroundhelp- ent states. Calledinalphabetical order,the officer of the state evidence. On what grounds were their leadership is not ing Bihari migrants... Our leaders concernedcameonscreen and said "weacceptthe challenge". suchalarge number of postalbal- committed.Theywon 19 out and our cadres workedtirelessly... When West Bengal's turn came, therewas no response. Even lots declared invalid? of 70 seats. Is that aproblem Our politics is humanitarian, not though therewas video of the officer on screen, it seemedasif youtoo have identified? justthat of hollowoptics. West Bengal wasrefusing to participateinthe scheme. Officials Youare aparty that says you Thosearepersonalviews of in- later explaineditwas justacase of poor networkconnectivity, believe in democratic ethos. dividuals. Ithink the alliance Lastly, with afractured and that therewas nothing moretoit. An election wasfought, one worked very well together,both mandate, these aretenuous side won, another lost, albeit on the levelofideas as well as the alliances. If yousay Nitish narrowly.What democratic execution, and we had alot going Kumar is cornered,istherea precedent did notattending forus. road backtothe the swearing-in set? Mahagathbandhan forhim in Despite calls for Democracy is notjustagame Youmustbelooking at the the next five years? of maths. When institutionsare cabinetformation closely. GivenMrKumar'spositionitis clearly shown to be abdicating Nitish Kumar is CM and there anideathatmaystrikehimsooner restraint, Pak forces proceduralnorms,ourclearstand aretwo Deputy CMs, none of or later.Humour aside... With the againstitwill go down in history whom areSushil Modi. How bettermentofBiharattheheartof as aremarkable moment of up- do yousee this government all that we do, letmesay this: providing support holding democratic values. functioning? thoughthechief ministermay find As muchasone understands the going difficult, we areand will Has the party done apost- the workings of democracy,one remaincloserto peopleandfirmly to infiltrators: India Defence MinisterRajnath Singh during the launchof‘The Republican Ethic’, abook mortemofthe results, and is also keenlyaware of the less on the side of the people. containing selected speeches of President RamNath Kovind, at South BlockinDelhi. PTI

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE India slams Tharoor, Lekhi NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER19 No difference in Kovind’s Pak for GB INDIA ON Thursdaysaid that de- in war of words spiterepeated calls forrestraint elections words and deeds: Rajnath and adherence to the ceasefire understanding of 2003, Pakistani NewDelhi: India on forces continue to provide sup- Thursdayslammed the Publications Division of the lifebasedonvaluesandethicscan as House panel porting coverfiretoinfiltrators. Pakistanfor holding elec- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Information and Broadcasting be seen,” he said. MinistryofExternal Affairs tions in Gilgit-Baltistan, NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER19 Ministry, said Kovind “made re- Kovind, he said, “considers Shivraj Singh Chouhan (MEA) spokesperson Anurag saying it wasaimedathid- lentless effortstoprovide justice public service the ultimatereli- questions Twitter Srivastavasaid the incessant in- ing Pakistan’s illegal occu- UNLIKE MANY other politicians to the common people” and “due gion,whichisevidentinhismany filtration of terrorists and induc- pation of the territory. and leaders, President RamNath to his suggestions to improvethe speeches”and“underlinestheim- MP announces tion of weapons to fuel terror ac- MinistryofExternal Kovinddoesnotallowany gapbe- judicial system, nowaverified portance of Indian values in his EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE tivities continue unabated. Affairs (MEA) spokesper- tweenwhathesays and what he copyofthe judgmentsinHindi addresses whichhaveagreater NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER19 200 days of Suchactivities arenot possi- son Anurag Srivastavaas- does, Defence MinisterRajnath andlocallanguagesisbeingmade impact because these values are ble without the supportof sertedthat Gilgit-Baltistan SinghsaidonThursday. Speaking available by the Supreme Court part of his personal life”. SOCIAL MEDIA giant Twitter was MGNREGA work Pakistani forces deployedalong wasanintegral partof at an event to launchabook of and manyhigh courts”. Issues suchasgirls education, inthecrosshairsof theMeenakshi the Line of Control (LoC), he said India since 1947. Kovind’s speeches, Singh said, He said the President, who is empowermentof women,welfare Lekhi-ledparliamentarycommit- in Maoist-hit dist at an online briefing. Asked at an online “When thereisadifference be- the Supreme Commander of of the weaker sections, find men- teeonpersonal dataprotection “Despiterepeatedcalls forre- briefing about elections tweenwordsanddeeds,itcreates India's armedforces, “has also tion in the speeches, which, Singh Bill once again on Thursday. The Lekhi, Tharoor EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE straint and adherence to the held in Gilgit-Baltistanand acrisis of credibility.” But the gone to areas suchasSiachen to said, “reflectshis elevatedmind”. panelaskedrepresentativesofthe BHOPAL,NOVEMBER19 ceasefireunderstanding of 2003... protests againstthe poll Presidenthas“neveralloweditto meetArmypersonnel, whichisa I&B MinisterPrakash micro-bloggingsiteastowhy it Pakistani forces continue to en- process there, Srivastava happen”, he said. symbolof affectionandrespectfor Javadekar,who releasedthe e- did notremove stand-up come- Thursday’s meeting .Heislearnt WITH Aviewtoboostemploy- gage in providing supporting said, “Elections in Gilgit- Thebook,titledTheRepublican the forces in his mind”. book,said Kovind “comes from a dianKunalKamra’stweets onthe to have askedhowTwittercanal- ment in Maoist-affected coverfiretoinfiltrators,” Baltistanare nothing but a Ethic and LoktantrakeSvarin Singh said the compilation of very common familyand has Supreme Courtand ajudge, and lowuse of abusive language Balaghat district, Chief Minister Srivastavasaid. He said the Charge sham and their aim is to Hindi, is acompilation of Kovind’s Kovind’sspeeches“presentsapic- reachedthecountry’stopposition sought areplyfromitinaweek. againstaConstitutional func- Shivraj Singh Chouhan on d'Affaires of the PakistanHigh hide Pakistan's illegal oc- 58speechesmadeinthethirdyear tureofhis work,personality and and is handling it well”. He said The move wasquestionedby tionary. He told the officials that Thursdayannouncedthat MGN- Commission wassummonedby cupation of areas of the of his presidency.Ithas been cate- values”. “the mission of India’s lifeisre- Shashi Tharoor,head of the India wasaconservative society REGAworkdays will be in- the MEA on November 14 and a Union TerritoryofJammu gorisedintoeight sections. “Inthesespeeches,theprefer- flected in the speeches of the ParliamentaryStanding Comm- anddoesnottoleratedisrespectof creasedto200 from the 100at strong protestwas lodged.over and Kashmir.” ENS Singh, who releasedphysical ences of asensitive and idealistic President,thePrimeMinisterand ittee on Information Technology. constitutional functionaries. present. unprovoked ceasefireviolations. copiesofthe book,publishedby publicservant,afairpersonliving other senior leaders”. “Dear @M_Lekhi, as farasIam Lastweek,AttorneyGeneralK The decision came afterare- awareyour Committee was KVenugopalhadgrantedconsent questfromthe district adminis- formedfor consultations on the forinitiationof criminalcontempt tration. “Balaghat has one of the Gold smuggling case: Voice clip DataProtectionBill&itsmandate of courtproceedings against highestnumber of people avail- Huge potential to expand economic is to reportonthe statutorypro- Kamraoverhis“highlyobjection- ing benefitsunder MGNREGA triggers political storm in Kerala visions continuedinthe draftBill. able” tweets on the Supreme and at leastfour of our blocks in engagement with Luxembourg: PM Couldyouclarifyif youhavetaken Courtand ajudge. Kamrahad the district areaffected by naxal ing that “they”—an apparent ref- onadditionalresponsibilities&on postedthe tweets the dayavaca- activities forwhichwehad re- SHAJUPHILIP erence to ED officials—did notal- whose authority?,” he tweeted. tion benchofSupreme Court questedthe work days to be in- Addressing the summit, Modi to attend THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, lowherto readherstatement,but Congress’s RajyaSabha MP granted interim bail to Republic creasedto200,” Balaghat EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE held through videoconferenc- NOVEMBER19 scrolledthrough it and asked JairamRamesh,whoisamember TV editor-in-chief Arnab Collector Deepak Arya told The NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER19 ing, Modi also talked about the G-20 summit her to sign it. of the Lekhi-led panel, agreed. “I Goswami in an alleged abetment Indian Express. common values suchasdemoc- ASHORTvoice clip, purportedly Swapna is lodged at asub- could notattend the meeting to- to suicide case. Kamrahas made Chouhan made the an- STRESSINGTHATtherewas a racy,rule of lawand freedom, NewDelhi:PM NarendraModiwill of gold smuggling case accused jail in Thiruvananthapuram. day, but had Ibeen thereIwould it clear that he does notintend to nouncement in Maharashtra's hugepotential to further ramp whichhavestrengthened the attend the 15th G-20 summit, Swapna Suresh who is nowin The voice clip emerged have raisedthis very issue Shashi retract his tweets or apologise. Gondia district, wherehere- up economic engagement be- bilateral ties. "Thereisahuge whichwill be held on November judicial custody,has kickedup hours afterBJP statepresident Tharoor.Itisnot the firsttime this Earlier,thepanelhadpulledup viewedthe arrangementsinthe tween India and Luxembourg, potential to expand economic 21 and22,attheinvitationof King apolitical storm. KSurendran alleged that many has happened,” he tweeted. Twitter forwrongly showing Maoist-affected areas with the the thirdlargest source of engagement between the two Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of In the clip put out by alocal persons close to Chief Minister Hitting back, Lekhi tweeted: Ladakh as apartofChina in itslo- Collector and Superintendent of Foreign Portfolio Investments countries. We have good coop- SaudiArabia,saidMEAspokesper- news portal, Swapna is pur- Vijayanand Finance Minister “TravestythatIhavetorespondto calsetting.Twitterhassubmitted Police of MP’s Balaghat district. (FPI) forthe country, Prime eration in areas likesteel, finan- son Anurag Srivastavaon portedlyheardsaying that she Thomas Isaac visited Swapna at people who arebusy exhibiting an apology to the panel. Chouhan said aspecial re- MinisterNarendraModi while cial technology,digital domain, Thursday. The theme of the sum- would be made an approver if jail without mandatorypermis- their lackofunderstanding. Ire- Speaking to reporters, Lekhi cruitment drive will also be con- addressing the firstsummit in but thereisamassive possibility mitis"Realisingtheopportunities she confessedthat she went to sion. He demandedthat the fuse to run lawtutorials specifi- said,“ItisshamefulthatTwitteris ducted locallyfor the Scheduled twodecades between the two of taking it forward," the Prime of 21st Centuryfor all". UAEwith MSivasankar—for- HomeDepartmentreleasethelist callywhen Sr Advocatefrom allowing itsplatform forobscene Tribes and the government will countries on Thursdaypitched Ministersaid at the meeting Srivastavasaid, "The focus of mer principal secretarytoCM of personswho visited her. Congress PartyMrVivek Tankha remarks likethe one by stand-up also chalk out aplan to improve forstrengthening of coopera- with his Luxembourgcounter- the summit will be on inclusive, PinarayiVijayan and an accused DGP (prisons) Rishiraj Singh waspresent in the committee & comedian Kunal Kamra....” road connectivity to LeftWing tion in arangeofareas suchas partXavier Bettel.Luxembourg resilient and sustainable recovery in the case—for financial negotia- saidcyberpolicehave beenasked has already concurredwith me.” When reachedout forareac- Extremism-affected areas, be- financial and digital technolo- is one of the mostimportant fi- from the Covid-19. ENS tionsmeantfortheChief Minister. to examinetheauthenticityof the Interestingly,Tankha grilled tion,aTwitterrepresentative said, sides carrying out askill devel- gies. nancial centresglobally. Sheisalsoheardpurportedlysay- clip. Twitter officials the mostat “Wehavenocomment to share.” opment programme. Kolkata WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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FIGHTING SMARTER Syed AtaHasnain

In itsbattle againstlatestwaveofCOVID, Delhi mustgobythe IN SECURITYISSUES involving Jammu & ciallyafter funerals of even local terrorists Thereisthe RashtriyaRifles deployment to Kashmir (J&K), eventsmoveatbreakneck were disallowedbythe police; these had been contend with as also amuchmorevigorous science, calibrateits response, resiststringent lockdown speedand with great intensity,drawing me- the source of inspiration to manyyoung CRPF,all backedbythe redoubtable J&K Police. dia attentioninDelhi and elsewhere. These Kashmiris. Up in the north, China’s PLAhad perceived IT BY AN alarming riseinCOVID infections over thepastthree weeks, Delhi eventsvanish just as soon as theycome. They The leadership, too, is virtuallynon-exis- acakewalk in terms of militarycoercion of a onceagainfacesthedifficultchallenge of balancinglivesandlivelihoods.The are, manyatime, seasonal andcalendar- tent with manyareas being served by rookie stretchedIndian Army, to rein in the gallop- Delhi governmenthas, so far, rightlyrefusedtoreimpose atotal lockdown. It based, making them seem predictable and local terrorists.With terroriststrengthreduced ing strategic confidence of India after2014. H thereforeless significant. The result is that due to failedinfiltration and poor recruitment, With the PLA’s strategic objectivesnot has,instead,talkedof increasingthenumberof tests,improvingcontacttrac- ingandscalingupitshealthinfrastructure—theCentrehasalsopitchedintosupportthena- public and institutional memoryofthem is networks that supportterrorunder strain achievedand clearly unlikely to be achieved poor,making quickmeaningful assessments withtheir finances stretched, thechallenge unless it decides to deployafar higher quan- tional capital’s endeavour.But withexperts blaming the current surge on crowding in mar- difficult and oftenendingintransactional and forthe separatists and their sponsors is in- tumoftroops,China is seeking options fora ketsduringfestivals, questions continue to be raisedaboutDelhi’scontainment methods. routine conclusions. That is howthe recent tense.Itisthe LoCtowhichthe target of the drawdown without loss of face.Pakistan’s col- Muchofthe criticism is valid —the Delhi government didnot read theearly signs of asurge spurtinactivity at the LoC whichcommenced Pakistani frustration and irehas shifted. The lusion can help if the situation in J&K is taken ininfection,itsinformationdrive duringthefestiveseasonleftmuchtobedesiredandthetask on November 7with an infiltrationattempt number of CFVs has gone up from 3,168in to ahigher pitchofresistance and turbulence. of rampingupmedical amenitieswas lefttoo late.But as it responds to the current emer- foiledinthe Machilsectoron theShamshabari 2019 to 4,052 in 2020, of which394 occurred What is currentlymanifesting at the LoC is a gency,theArvindKejriwalgovernmentshouldstay thecourseonitsstatedpositiononlock- range, is being viewed. in October and 128inNovember. Pakistani strategy in disarray.Itcannotcross a In the ensuing gunfights, we lostanofficer Four to five years ago, the international thresholdlevelof activity lestanintenseIndian downs. While it considers imposing selective restrictions —ithas reportedlysought the and twojawans and neutralisedthree terror- border (IB) between JammuandKathuacame response leads to an embarrassmentofthe Centre’s permission to shut down marketsinhotspots —the government would do well to ists.That led, aweek later,tothe triggering of alive withheavy exchanges of firing leading PakistanArmyatatime when internally sendout the messagethat the proposedmeasures do notportend areturn to thedays when some of the mostintense exchanges of fire on to mass rearward exodus of the mainlyHindu things aren’tlooking toorosy either; the businesses lost contact with customers and people were lockedout of the job market. theLoCallalongtheKashmirfrontier extend- populationofthe region. It wasthen assessed PakistanDemocratic Movement (PDM) has ing intothe Poonchsector.These continue to that Pakistanaimedatcreating acommunal found itsenergy and is moving with focus to- Lockdowns arebluntinstrumentsthatshouldnot be thefirstline of response in apublic It is true that with the health emergency.Theywerenecessarytocheckthe dangerous transmission of the coron- becalledcease-fireviolations(CFVs),although schisminJammu by targeting suchvillages. wardsits aimof removing the PakistanArmy’s the muchspoken of cease-fireofNovember quantum and qualityof Nowitistargetingdenselypopulatedvillages hand from governance. avirusduringtheearly days of thepandemicwhenverylittlewasknownaboutthepathogen. 2003 has remained in tatters forthe last six in Uriknowing fullywellthat those being Theseare complextimes, especiallywith The measures have unleashedacollateraltragedy that continues to take ahigh toll more terrorists in the Va lley,the years or so. Therehavebeen fatalcasualties of campaign by Pakistan to killedare Muslimswho have neversupported thechangedcontoursofinternationalgeopol- thanfour months afterthe easingofthe lockdown. Reports in this newspaper have shown soldiers and, forthe firsttime at the Kashmir Pakistan. UriiswhereIcommandedthe itics, anew leadership at the helm in the US howthe economic disruption dealt acruel blowtothe livesand fortunesofpeople ranging LoC segment after2003, of civilians. keep optimally high levels of brigade and am fullyaware of the patrioticna- and China’s renewedambitions. India’srole fromworkersatthelowest rungoftheeconomicladderto middle-classfamilies.Manywho Infiltration activity is expectedat this sea- turbulence in place isn’t tureofthe Paharicommunity whichoccupies in the emerging worldorder is likelytobeof hadleftsmalltownsto seekabetterlifeinthecountry’smetrosandbigcities,includingDelhi, sonal moment. It is also usual to have losses going to last long. In 1990-91, the LoC villages. muchsignificance, whichChina would liketo foundtheiraspirationsthwartedandsetback.AreportinthisnewspaperonThursdayshone from time to time due to the very nature of It is true that with the quantum and qual- see diluted;Pakistanisapartner in achieving operations and so we tend to relegatethe sig- it had faced asimilar ity of terrorists in theValley,the campaign by that intent. The waytoachieving this lies alight on the devastatingtoll on thecapital’s workingwomen, manyofwhomare first-time nificance of these events. However, the con- quandarywhen the local Pakistantokeep optimallyhigh levels of tur- through J&K and Ladakh. earners and sole breadwinners in their families. text and history arerelevant. resistance started to peter bulence in place isn’t going to lastlong. In AdvantagegainedbyIndia in either of the Thelatestsurge inDelhiisanotherindicatorof theunpredictableways of thecoronavirus. Importantly, this calendaryear hashadan out at the start of the 1990-91, it had facedasimilarquandarywhen standoffs with China or with Pakistanwill go assessed strength of just26-30 infiltrators the local resistance startedtopeter out at the farinenhancingits international role, itsworth Butwe aremuchbetterequippedtodealwiththecontagion,bothintermsof scientificknowl- campaign. Then the Afghan edge andmedicalcapabilities,comparedto fourmonthsago.Forinstance,thesuper-spreader confirmedtohaveentered intoKashmir. startofthe campaign. Then the Afghan and forthe US and itsallies, and itsfuturestanding. and other foreign theory—afew eventsorlocalitiesareresponsibleforcreatingwebsof transmission—isnow Comparethis to the2,000 or morethat used otherforeign mujahideenwerebrought in, Indiais notcomplacentin itspursuitof strate- to enter everyyear,20years ago. The infiltra- comfortablyinfiltrating through the sparsely gicaffairs butthe ability to wade through com- animportantpartof theanti-COVIDdiscourse.New learningshave openedpathways to cal- mujahideen were brought in, tion this year beganwith ahigh-profile en- comfortably infiltrating mannedLoC. That phase lastedtill1996when plexity will pose the biggestchallenge. Each ibratedandtargetedresponsesto thepathogen,thatcancontainitsspreadwithoutdestroy- counter in the Keransector on April 1inhigh the pipeline of foreign terrorists randry. shotfiredon the LoC and eachproposal on the ing livelihoods. It is this knowledge that theDelhi government mustturn to,and draw from, levels of snowinwhichfiveterrorists andfive through the sparsely Today, things aredifferent. Thereare no LACwill mean severalother dots have to be as it grappleswiththe virus. Special Forces personnel were killed. manned LoC. That phase foreign mujahideen available; the launchpads joined. Alargerconsultative approachunder Thereafter,ithas been asuccessful year in lasted till 1996 when the have only somePakistani fighters but the vigil these circumstances is the wayforward. terms of the number of terrorists neutralised pipeline of foreign terrorists by theIndian Armyisintense and the counter in the hinterland, almost200 of them. The infiltration measures arenot easy to getpast. The writer,aformer corps commander of the number of young locals getting recruitedinto randry.Today, things are Thereisdesperation across the LoC to do Srinagar-based 15 Corps, is chancellor,Central SHADOWINBENGAL “tanzeems” has witnessedadecrease, espe- different. something to keep the proxywar alive in J&K. University of Kashmir Ahead of acrucial assemblypoll, onus is on all parties to shunpolitical violence

ITH BIHAR IN itskitty,the BJP’s topbrass is turning itsattention to the next big electoral prize, West Bengal, whichisscheduledtogo W to polls in less than six months. Union Home MinisterAmit Shah TWO POLLS,ONE LESSON and party chief JPNadda will reportedlyvisit the stateatleastonce amonth till the elections to mobilise cadres,who arecurrentlyengaged in aviolent stand-offwith Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers.The BJP has been on the rise in West Bidenvictory,Mahagathbandhan tally in Bihar showright wing rise can be halted Bengal —itwon 18 seatsand over 40 per cent votes in the 2019 general election —and itssurge has soundedawarning forthe ruling TMC. What’s worrying, however, is that DRaja theintensifyingcompetition has oftenthreatenedtopush thestate to theedge, with murder and violenceall toooften usedtosettlescores —sinceJune 1, at leasttwo dozen WE JUSTwitnessed twoelectionresults. One stood firmlywithsecular-democraticforces. and racial lines. political workershavebeen murdered and manygrievouslyinjured. Thestakesare high, wasthe defeat of the blatantlyanti-people, Trump's presidency created much havoc In India, the pro-corporateBJP,bygetting and leaders should be extremelycareful about the messagetheysend out to thework- racist,right-wing,authoritarianDonaldTrump domesticallyand internationallyand divided manymoreseatsthanitsalliancepartners,will ersatthe grass roots. in the US presidential elections by Democrat the US along racial and classlines. Biden and nowclaimtobeapan-Indian party. However, This, of course, is notgoing to be easy in aclimateinwhichthereisincreasingpres- Joe Biden. This should send amessagetoall hisprogrammes will be closely monitored by it is clear that the BJP intends to convertthe sureonevery office and official to take sides. On Thursday, Governor Jagdeep Dhankar right-wing parties and leaders who trytodi- theleftistslikeSandersandAlexandriaOcasio- Indian republic intoaHindutvaRashtra. It has vide people basedonrace, religion and com- CortezwithintheDemocraticParty. Theworld already created dividesbetween religions, postedavideoonsocial media saying, “Thereisnosign of waning of politicalviolence, po- munity to capturepower. hopesnowforaUSthatworkstowardsamore castes, states and regions. liticalvendettaand political killings and Ifear thatthe number of suchdeathsmay go In Bihar,acoalition of secular,democratic stable international order forthe common The left, aftergaining significant seatsand upto threedigitnumbers.” Ominous words, whichall parties mustheed, notwithstand- forcesalmostdefeatedthecommunal,venom- good of all nations and apro-people adminis- vote shareinBihar,should focus on creating a ing the fact that the Governor’s office, too, has invited accusations of politicisation. By all spewing Hindutvamachineryofthe RSS-BJP tration domestically. largerunity of secular-democratic forces. Not accounts, ChiefMinister MamataBanerjeehas failedtoend the political violence that combine andtheir alliance partner,the Janata The left’s programmeinIndiahas been to onlyinBiharbut across the country, regional has been agrim hallmark of Bengal politicssince the 1970s. The Congress and the CPM Dal (United). The NDAhas managed to form be the voice of thevoiceless. It is certain that andnational-levelsecularanddemocraticpar- the government using all the resources at its ever since the RSS-BJP combine captured the tiesmustintrospectseriously concerningtheir have been seen to use violencetocaptureoffice and stay in power, andthe TMC is said to command,making Nitish Kumar -- whohad highoffice in India,the lefthas been uncom- ideological,politicalpositions.Theycannot af- have continuedinthe same vein. As the BJP hitsthe trail aggressively,sensing an oppor- announcedthat he would hang up his boots promisinglyopposing all their divisive,anti- ford to take right or right-of-centrepositions. tunity in the anti-incumbency that mayhavebuilt over Banerjee’stwo terms in office, it afterthe 2020 elections—the chiefminister. people policies andmoves andhas provided Evenif theydonot take left-of-centrepositions, seems keen on polarising voters around identity issues suchasthe CAAand NRC, more Boththeseelectionshave taughtmanylessons, leadershiptopopular movements. Be it the theyshouldremain centristatleast. Theyalso than questioning the government’s recordoncorruption and unemployment. openedopportunitiesand posed challenges discriminationagainsttheDalitsand women, should introspect on their positionsonthe It's disquieting that physical violencecontinuestobethe leitmotif of politics in the forleft-progressive and secularforces all over Theleft,after gaining presentingonecommunityasanti-nationalor neo-liberal economic policieswhichhave state. This is a paribortan thathas nothappened.Ifithas tainted Banerjee’srecordinof- the world, especiallyinIndia. Thesetwo elec- the anti-farmers, anti-worker, anti-student brought the country to the present disastrous tions exposedthe views expressedbymany significant seats and vote policiesof thegovernment,thelefthastriedto position and have pushed the economyintoa fice, she has no one else to blame. ideologues about the end of ideology and ide- share in Bihar,should focus galvanise popular protests againstthe right- recession. ology-basedpolitics. on creating alarger unityof wing communal forces. It wasthese move- The left, independentlyand along with What wasremarkableabout the US elec- mentsthatresultedinthespectacularelectoral othersecular-democraticforces,shouldinten- tion wasthe mobilisation of left-progressive secular-democratic forces. performance of theleftinBihar. sify the struggles againstthe destitution voters by BernieSanders,whichhelpedBiden Notonly in Bihar but across Thesevictorieshave enhancedthepeople’s brought on by those ruling with adisastrous PICTUREPERFECTPOLL capturethepresidencythroughvictoriesinkey the country, regional and expectationsfromtheleft.Biden’svictoryand agenda. The leftmustbringtogether and gal- states likeMichigan and Georgia. In India, the national-level secular and the impressive performanceofthe vanise popular movementsagainstthe anti- Campaigns forlocal body elections in Kerala focus on leftprovedits mettle by winning 16 out of the Mahagathbandhan have shown that the rise people andpolarisingpolicies of theBJP.The democratic parties must community —and appearance 29 seatsitwas allotted as apartofthe of right-wingforcesthroughouttheglobesince leftshould be thebindingelement of what is Mahagathbandhan in Bihar.Asmanyob- introspectseriously the financial meltdown of 2008 can be halted democratic,secularand pro-peopleinthe HEWRITINGHASbeenonthewallforawhilenowbuttheongoingcampaigns servershavepointed out, theseat shareofthe concerning their ideological, if progressiveforces come together.However, Indian political and social arena by rising leftwas much lessthan itsstrengthonthe with Trumpgivingatough fight to Biden and againstclass,caste andgender-baseddiscrim- forthe three-tier Kerala local body polls have underlinedit—ifyou hope to political positions. They ground. Still, the CPI,CPM and CPI (ML)joined theBJPemergingasamajorforceinBihar,there ination withmorevigour and sensitivity. T makeit, youhavegot to look it. Across districts, candidates of all the three ma- the Mahagathbandhan because of the grave cannot afford to take right or ismuchworktobedoneby progressiveforces jor political coalitionsinthe statehaveturnedtosleekdigital campaignsto en- dangeroftheRSS-BJPclaimingpower. Theleft right-of-centre positions. to undo the polarisation on communal, caste The writer is general secretary,CPI gage withtheirelectorate.Take DValsala,aCPI(M)candidate inthefifthwardoftheBedadka panchayatinKasaragod district.Inanalmostcinematic campaign poster, Vatsala is shown working on her sewing machine, areference to heremploymentwith atailoringunit in Kudumbashree. This trend is notentirelynew.Social media has shown time and time againthat thereis NOVEMBER 20, 1980, FORTY YEARS AGO no better waytodrawinanaudience than withsleek, well-shotphotographsthat establish immediaterecall value and emotional connect. As farbackasin2006, during the legislative FARMERS’ STIR VAJPAYEE’SCHALLENGE IRAN SPURNS PEACE assemblyelections in the state, candidates had givenintothe appeal of Photoshop,ironing NEARLY1,000PEOPLE were arrested in Nasik THE BJP PRESIDENTAtalBihari Vajpayeehas IRAN’S PRESIDENT ABOLHASSAN Bani Sadr out perceivedimperfections forpicture-perfect posters. What is different thistime, though, and helmetedpolice swung intoaction in challenged Union Home MinisterGiani Zail hasrejected the peace terms of Iraq and Vidarbha region rounding up anumber of Singhtoprove that his party wasinvolvedin vowedtocarry on the59-day PersianGulf is howthe campaigns, likethe now-ubiquitous weddingphotoshoots,haveturnedaritual people as the 10-dayfarmers’ agitation for fomenting communal discord, else with- wartovictory. With hisforces counter at- exerciseinto analmostcinematiccelebration.Insituatingcandidatesintheirmilieuxforthe remunerative prices continued to snowball draw his allegation. He demandedthat the tacking on the war’s twomajor theatres in shoots,the campaigns give them ownershipoftheir stories, and, by extension, an intimacy into other parts of Maharashtra. At least100 Home Ministergivethe names of the BJP Susengerdand Abadan, the Iran president withtheir target audience—theirelectorate. people including 10 directors of the Niphari membersinvolvedincreatingcommunal told arallythathewon’t acceptIraqpresi- Thereisanother subtexttothese campaigns that actsasameasure of political engage- Sugar Cooperative courtedarrestatNasik’s strifeand asked if theywerebeing prose- dent Saddam Hussein’soffer of withdraw- ment. Mostofthese digital campaigns focus on montages of community life—the founda- Panchavati Square. At least500people, most cuted.Hesaid notasingle member of the ing from western and southern Iran if Tehran tional wellspringofany democracy.Inthis year of social distancing, it is this community of them farmers, were arrested in Bolana. The party had been arrested under the National recognisedBaghdad’s claim over borderland agitators triedtotakeout processions to de- Security Ordinance. He saidaninquiry com- and the 190-km Shatt Al Arab waterway.Bani lifethat has been worstaffectedby COVID-19.But, as the recent Bihar electionshaveshown, mand the immediaterelease of their lead- mission setupbythe previous government Sadr said Iraq’s real objective had nothingto with ahigh female turnout and an overall 57 per cent polling —marginallyhigher than the ers. Prohibitive orders banning processions wassquashedonce it wasrevealedthat do with territorial disputes but wasabout state’s 2015 turnout—not even an ongoing pandemic can dampen the spirit of the people and assemblies have been put intoforce in Congress memberswereinvolvedinthe bringing down the Iranian revolutionary as theygotovote. the Vidarbha region. Aligarhriots. regime.

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THEINDIANEXPRESS,FRIDAY,NOVEMBER20,2020 WHATTHE OTHERSSAY ‘‘Itisarestive world,requiringconstant adaptationand engagement from its most powerful democracy.But the importanceofvision, expertise,honestyand simple 7 decencyinthe managementofworld affairscannotbeoverstated.’’ THE IDEAS PAGE — THE NEWYORK TIMES My friend, Soumitra Giving up the The basis of our friendship washis persona, his values, justthe inimitableway he was. Therewas so good fight muchtolearnfromhim, he leavesbehindarichlegacy Supreme Court’s recent orders underline this: It has been weighedinthe balance and found wanting

Thereisone common thread running throughallthesecases—theconcernedgov- ernmentsdonot want thesecases to be heard.Itsuitsthesegovernmentsiftheylan- SharmilaTagore guish foryearsonend. The history of these casesshows that theSChas been more than willingtooblige. That is the significance of ALTHOUGH IKNEW forsome time that thetitleof Mehta’sarticle,andthatiswhyhe Soumitrawas in BelleVue’sintensive careand NavrozSeervai refers to theCourt’s complicity. in acritical state, Iwas notprepared forthe fi- Equally disturbingisthe hypocrisy,dou- nality of the moment when the message ble standardand discriminatorytreatment flashedonmyphone screen: “Soumitradais PRATAPBHANU MEHTAistobecongratu- metedout to litigants—attributes that ill- no more”. Since then Ihavebeen trying to latedforhisexcellentarticle(‘TheirLordships suit anycourt, muchless aconstitutional makesense of this overwhelmingfeeling of andMasters’,IE,November18)andhisforth- court, but whichnow pervade the orders of loss. right condemnation of the Supreme Court the SC. On November 16,wherethe BJP-led Meanwhile, the phones continuetoring (SC) forwhat he aptlyterms“judicialbar- UP government wasconcerned, the Chief incessantly—news media asking formyre- barism”. Forjudicial barbarism is what we JusticeproclaimedinKappan’scasethatthe action. Understandably. Apur Sansar with its have witnessedoverthe years,withtragic Courtseekstodiscourage Article32peti- unforgettable onscreen romance of Apu and consequencesfor India’s citizens, itsinstitu- tions. The fact that Article32isafundamen- Aparnacapturedthecollectiveimaginationof tions and the survivalofdemocracy itself. talrightseems to have eludedthe Chief both theBengals and somewhereoverthe Theword barbarismisderivedfrom“bar- Justice —the same article to whichBR yearsthelineswere blurred.Youcannotthink barous”, and itsmeaning is worthnoting. Ambedkar accordedthe highestimpor- of Apu without Aparna. In the film, Aparna “Barbarous” hasbeendefinedvariouslyas tance. He also seems to have sufferedfrom dies during childbirth, but in lifeApu has pre- being “uncivilised; wild; savage,crude” and about of temporaryamnesia foron cededAparna. “savagely cruel or harsh”. Forexample, “the November 6, it wasperfectlylegitimatefor When yougrieve youare notalwaysco- prisoners of warweregiven barbarous Arnab Goswami to invoke Article 32 against herent,butinthe lifeof“news”,immediacyis treatment”. ashow-cause notice issuedbythe everything. Oncewe knowthemeaningof theword, MaharashtraLegislative Assembly. In fact, a Today, notjustinnews,thereisarush we canappreciate thethreesensesinwhich letter addressedtoGoswami by the everywhere. Everyone is in ahurry.How do CRSasikumar Mehta uses the phrase “judicialbarbarism” AssistantSecretaryclaiming abreachofpriv- we place “friendship” againstthis backdrop? Sadly, so manyofthem have passed on. writing till it methis standardofperfection. allthebetterfortheconductof itsjudgeshas ilegepromptedthe Chief Justice to observe Whilstworking on afilm one develops such Kaberi di, Robi Da, Subhendu, Shamit, Bansi He wasnot drivenbycommercial considera- indeedbeensavagely cruelandharsh,shorn in opencourt, “Noauthorityinthe country close friendships andafter the film is over da, Manikda and nowSoumitra.No oneisleft tions. He remainedsteadfastlycommitted to of anyvestigeofajudicious temperament, can penalise somebody forcoming to the everyone movesontothe next project. to recollectthe joyand exhilaration of those hisideology andloyaltohis friends.He firmly letalone amanifestation of judicial inde- Court! What is Article 32 for?” Friendships slowlyfade. Our busy schedules days and nightswespent together in that age- believedinhis vision of India whichmatched pendence in the face of amajoritarian, au- While the Sudha Bharadwajsofthis do notsupport friendships.Butthe “Soumitra- old forest under the vast limpid sky of my own. People likehim arebecoming in- thoritarian executive.Ithas been singularly countrylanguish foryears in illegal deten- Sharmila friendship” endured. Chhipadohar.Ibroughtbackabottle of mahua creasingly rare. lackinginhumanity,empathy, orconcernfor tion,Goswamiisreleasedatlightningspeed, ApurSansar wasourfirstfilm.Iwas 13 and as akeepsakebut the odour wasall toomuch On the evening of November 15,Kolkata thefundamentalrights andlibertiesof those with hollow, sanctimoniousproclamations Soumitrawas 23. Iwas theyoungest in the forthe other occupantsofthe house and ulti- bid himaheart-warming farewell withpo- citizenswhodaretostandupagainsttheex- indefenceof democracy, freedomofspeech, unit so Satyajit Raybecame Manik da, sound matelyIhad to getrid of it. etry,flowers, songs and tears. He wasdeeply ecutive andprotest againstits trampling of and about the impermissibilityofaperson recordistDurga da,DOPbecameSubratakaku Another suchoutdoor shootwas Goutam rootedinBengal and Kolkatawas his chosen democratic rights. languishing in jail foraday longerthan nec- but SoumitraChatterjee remainedSoumitra— Ghose’sAbar Aranye.Subhendu,Soumitraand city. His work wasintimatelytiedtothe city Thecomplicityof theSC,to whichMehta essary. It is in this waythat the SC uses its afriend. Someone with whom Icould chat, Isharedathree-bedroomdakbungalow com- so itis no wonder thatBengal wasdevastated. alludeswhenwritingaboutdemocraticbar- polyvocality to sayand do onething in one with whom Ifelt equal (later Irealised that plete with cooksand bearers in the middle of Idon’t think Soumitracan ever beyesterday’s barism being “aidedbyjudicial power”, is case, but to sayand do nothing in so many Soumitrahad this unique quality to attune atea estate.The old-worldambience suited news.Hisbodyof definitivework,hissoulstir- manifestinits recent actions and orders. others. Trulydid GeorgeOrwell say: All ani- himself with everyone). us, itsnew occupants. We re-arranged our ring recitations, in shorthis legacy,will con- Moresointhe cases in whichthe Courthas malsare equal; but some animals aremore Theoutdoorshootingof Days andNightsin rooms, swapping furniturewith eachother. tinue to inspireand enlighten manymoregen- deliberatelyrefusedtoact in defence of citi- equalthanothers. Mehtaspeaksof“creep- theForest remains so vivid in my memory. We Mostly, Igot my way. erations to come. The very ordinariness and zensand groupswho have been victimised ing hues of aWeimar judiciary”. That is a spent amonthinChhipadohar, asmall forest We had to wake up at the crackofdawn accessibility of Soumitraaddedtohis fortheirprotestanddissent,orwhoareonly damning indictment of theSC. town in the Palamauregion of Bihar.The forthe shootbut whilstIwould still be in bed charisma. He wasmodesty personified. exercising their fundamental right of free- Mehtabemoanstheacquiescenceof the month wasApril, the temperaturespiked to sipping coffee, Soumitrawould have already If thereisany regret Ihaveitisthat the dom of speechand expression. The listisa members of the Bar, withafew worthy ex- almost 48 degrees Celsiusduring theday.We been forhis morning walk and Subhendu legacy of Soumitra, likehis mentor Satyajit long and sordid one: Millions of migrants ceptionswho have notgiven up thegood worked forabout three hours early morning would bebusy giving breakfastand dinner in- Ray, is better known as partofworld cinema trappedbyathoughtless, heartlesslock- fight. He stops shortofdenouncing the Bar and thenthree againinthe early evening.The structionsto the bearer.Icould hearSoumitra than Indian cinema. Sadly, many outside of down; the stateofJ&K deprivedfor months as awhole forcomplicity with the Supreme rest of the time it wasjust“adda”. Sometimes singing in the verandah as he did his morning the twoBengalsare notaware of his contri- on end of the internet, the mostessential Court—akindnessthatIamnot surewede- Manik da woulddropintojoin us until he re- workout. It wassoblissful.Then aflurryof ac- bution unless theywerestudentsofcinema means of communication today; the same serve. He is right to call out the legal profes- alisedthateveryonewashidingtheircigarettes tivity andalong drive to location. Soumitrain or somehowconnected with filmmaking. stateofJ&K,wherehundredswhowere,and sion,forinbeingsupineandpusillanimousit and becoming overly respectful. Robi da had between work would scribble on little scraps Whenafriend reachedoutto Soumitra for stillare,illegallydetained,invokedtheirright has failedinits role of standing up to judges addedanepithet to everyone’sname.RobiPora of paperand read them out to me —lovelypo- asurprise film she wasmaking formy75th to habeas corpusinvainasthe SC resolutely when necessary. But Mehtashould know (burnt), Shamit Bhapa (steamed) Subhendu emsforhis grandchildren —and then wait ea- birthday, despitebeing very unwell, he made setitsfaceagainsthearingthesematters,thus that thereare afew more thanthose he sug- Bhaja (fried) etc. Iwas theonlyone who had a gerly formyfeedback.The look on his face was time. In fact, he said “you cannotdothe film ensuringthattheycontinueto languishinil- gestswho have stood up and denounced room withacooler —the prerogativeofbeing so childlikeand his smileimpish.Thethought without me. Iwant to be partofRinku’s spe- legal detention;the cases of Sudha erring judges, and in doing so signal to the awoman —and Inever heardthe end of it. of his familywould always light up his face. cial birthday.”What he said Iwill alwayscher- Bharadwaj,AnandTeltumbde,Varavara Rao public that theywill notcountenance judi- Nearer the full moon nights, the forest be- The day’s work behind us, we would If there is anyregret Ihaveit ish: “Ours is aspontaneousand organic bond. andtheothervictimsof theBhima-Koregaon cialmisconduct. camemagical.We couldhearthetrumpeting gather in the sittingroom chatting. Iwish Ihad is that the legacy of Even when we meet aftermonths, it seems incident,brandedas“urbannaxals”,though Speaking of the SC’s selectivity,Mehta of thefaraway elephantsand theintoxicating recordedthose conversations. Therewas so likeonlyyesterday.Wesimplystart from theyare distinguishedintellectuals, writers, says that claimstodiscouragethe use of rhythms of the Santhaldrums. Iremember muchtolearn from him. Iwas mostly asilent Soumitra, likehis mentor whereweleft.” poets,languishing in detentionfor months Article32isthe“perfectmetaphor,”demon- once, all of us, on awhim, went to meetthe listener as the two“Ss” carriedon, flitting from Satyajit Ray, is better known He wasmyfriend of 60 years. Formehis if notyears,withoutbail,withouttheircases strating that the Supreme Courtactslike Santhals and dancedwith them till lateinto one subject to another —theatre, art, sports, as part of world cinema than passing has been ahugepersonal loss. Iwill being heardand without the leastcareor thereexists astate of Emergencyevenwhen the night.Manik Da nevergot to know. One politics, philosophy, gossip. Soumitratrulywas Indian cinema. Sadly,many alwaysremember himinthose famous words concernfortheirageorrapidlydeteriorating theredoes not. Perhaps abetterindicator of evening, some rough characters came to aRenaissance man. Hours passedand much of Tagore: medicalconditions;theevenmoreshocking ourcollective despairliesinthefactthateven whereIwasstaying and created quiteanui- toosoon it wastime to have dinnerand get outside of the twoBengals Jibon moroner seemana charaye/ Bondhu he case of the 83-year-old Stan Swamy, suffer- an intellectual of Mehta’s statureseems to sance.Wewerefar away from the police posts ready forthe next day. are not aware of his aamarroyechedaraye (Beyond the arena of life ing from Parkinson’s disease, whose plight forget thatArticle32remainsaconstitutional and those days no onehad bodyguards. But The basis of our friendship washis per- contribution unless they and death/ Omyfriend, youremain does notmovethe Courttogrant him a refugeduringadeclaredEmergency.Ifthatis Soumitraand the other boys managed to sona, his values, justthe inimitable wayhe were students of cinema or standing) speedy hearing; the case of the journalist so,whatisitthatwe arelivingthroughnow? chase them away —bynomeans an ordinary was. His charm, his humour,his immense Siddique Kappan, detainedonhis wayto feat. Iknewthen that Iwas amongstpeople scholarship, his attention to everyfacetofhis somehowconnected with The writer,anactor,made her debut in Apur Hathras as farbackasinOctober. The writer is asenior advocate who cared formedeeply. being.Post Charulata,heworkedonhis hand- filmmaking. Sansar withSoumitraChatterjee Partnership in progress LETTER TO THE EDITOR OLD RHETORIC

THIS REFERS TO the editorial, ‘Diatribe IDEAS EastAsia Summit signals India will pursue bilateral pactswith ASEANcountries and distrust’ (IE, November 19). The Home Minister's old rhetoric againstJ& ONLINE Gurjit Singh K'smainstream leaders, calling them “Gupkar Gang”, is apollspeechtoscore ONLYINTHE EXPRESS browniepointsintheupcomingelection THEEASTASIASummit(EAS)isthemainsum- of 2015 and does notbuild on the progress ability,transnational crime and illicit drugs. (RVCs). This is probablyindeference to India to theDistrictDevelopmentCouncil.Had ● INDEFENCEOFTHE mit in the Indo-Pacific region, whereall the made by theEAS on avariety of functionalis- Over the years, EAS has been looking more at whichhas optedout of RCEP but is interested it been aserious consideration, the BJP SUPREMECOURT: powers that be gather annually in November. sues. If this is all that Vietnam as Chair can non-traditional threatsincluding illegal fish- in being apartofthe RVCs. would nothavebeen in alliance with SHIVAMSINGH It is aleaders-ledforum with informality built achievethennextyear,when Brunei is the ing, humanitarian assistance, disasterrelief Otherareasof interestforIndiaemanating National Conference.” intoit. It is usuallyheld justafter the second Chair,evenlessmay be expected. (HADR), migration and the like. fromtheleadersdocumentsare regionalcon- LRMurmu, Delhi ● PANICOVERPANDEMIC ASEAN summitofthe year when the ASEAN The EAS covers security,economyand In the absence of takingonthe Chinese nectivity with aperceptibleshifttothe mar- PRODUCTIVITY: also meets itsdialogue partners, including functional aspects, whichare reflected in the dragon, the focus has been on emphasising itime sphere, macroeconomic and financial SAD ABOUT-TURN India.PrimeMinisterofVietnamNguyenXuan Chairman’s Statement—asummaryand not ASEANcentrality.While this is agiven in al- stability effortsinwhichIndia has notsofar SARAMAHMOOD Phucwas thechair of the EAS. anegotiateddocument.TheHanoiDeclaration mostevery ASEAN partner’s statement, the playedamajorrole.Indiahasaroleintheideas THISREFERSTOthearticle'Standingwith In the virtualformat, EAS loses that infor- devotes severalparagraphstoregional issues reiteration in various documentsthis time behindthestatementonmarinesustainability MotherSuu',(IE,November19).Theland- www.indianexpress.com malitywhichisitshallmark.Leadersmadepre- uniqueto ASEANlikethemeetingwiththeam- givesthe impressionthatthe centralityof sinceithasdealtwithillegalfishingandrelated slide victoryofthe Aung San Suu Kyi-led pared statementswith no scope of informal bassadorsatJakarta,regionalconnectivityand ASEAN is actually under challenge. This is issuesandcouldbecomeapartoftheproposed NLD in the general electioninMyanmar chatting. As the EAS coincidedwith Diwali, the narrowing of developmentgaps within mainlybecause China has dealt with the regional cooperation formobility of skilled highlight the pointthatshe is an invinci- Paharpursanctuarycan be saved. Prime MinisterNarendra Modihad domestic ASEAN.These documentstend to look more ASEANcountries individuallyrather than as labour and services. These need to be better blechoiceforthemajorityinthecountry, Anil Kumar Jain, Jaipur commitmentswhich kept himaway andIndia likeadonor-donee relationshipdocument abloc. The Quad is also contacting interested coveredbyareviewedIndia-ASEAN FTA. her electoral acumen is nowbeyond wasrepresented by the External Affairs thanatrue partnership of equals, which ASEAN countries individually. The way India has an important role envisagedin question.SuuKyi'santi-juntaimageisstill IDEALSMATTER MinisterSJaishankar. ASEAN normallyseeks. ASEAN operates, it becomes necessaryfor the statement on dealing withepidemics, unscathed,butsheconsolidatedthema- Though the main threat in the region is The situation emanating from the pan- partners to act separately, like in the Indo both in itsability to provide capacitybuilding jorityBamarelectorate at the cost of her THIS REFERS TO the report, ‘Biden from China, this is rarely discussed openlyin demic wasthe immediatefocal point and the Pacificand the Quad.These detract from and crucial manufacturing bases forphar- international eputation. spoke of strengthening democracy in deferencetoASEAN views.The promise held Chinese conundrumwas ignoredbythe EAS ASEAN's centrality, whichistrulynot what it maceuticals as partofresilient supplychains Sudip Kumar Dey, Kolkata the US andabroad’ (IE, November 19). out at the September EAS Foreign Ministers documents.Onehasto readbetweenthelines usedtobeevenifeverydialoguepartner con- formedical supplies in the region. These Everycountry has adifferent agenda meetingthat“thefree-flowingconstructive di- of Dialogue Partner statements, including tinuestomention it. needtobeleveraged directlywithASEAN in the international field. Still, thereare alogueonstrategic issues amongstLeaders at India’s, to find some criticism of China. The in- TheEASprovidesASEANwithanopportu- countries. NOT FOR RAM some universal issues likedemocracy, theEASinorderto reinforcestrategictrustand formal consultations at physical summitsal- nity to becomemorerealisticbut internal dis- The India-Japan-Australia and India- equality,justice, whichnocountrycan to addresscommonchallenges” would lowedagreater voicing of concernregarding sensions over China witherits resolve. Australia-France agreementstopursuevalue THIS REFERSTOthe report, 'Ram temple openlydisregard. Does the MEA’s skip- strengthen EAS waslost. China. Interestingly,Chinese PM Li Keqiangwas the chainsintheregioncandraw sustenancefrom needs special stone, Rajasthan to free ping reference to the“democracy The HanoiDeclaration forthe 15th Traditionally, security aspectshavebeen one asking ASEAN to conclude the Code of thesedocumentsandmoveaheadwithinter- sanctuaryland'(IE,November19).Idon't abroad” in itsstatement amount to a AnniversaryofEAS has amere12paragraphs. confinedtoinformal discussions while the Conduct on the South China Sea. estedASEAN countriessince, likeChina, India think LordRam would be happytosee hinttoBiden that Indiadoesnot want This is because China, backedbyRussia, intro- functional aspectshavedominated docu- While the RCEP agreement wassigneda toowill nowput priority to bilateralrelation- that his temple is being built at the cost to be lectured? Butcan Indiaaffordto ducedseveralideasatthedraftingstagewhich ments. This year,the leaders had documents dayaftertheEAS,theleader’sstatementonthe shipswithselectASEANcountrieswhilemain- of wild livesthat he himself has created. paint itself intoacorner by taking such queeredthepitch.To remove these,othersub- forthe regional economy, marinesustainabil- regionaleconomymentions the WTObut not taining itsoverall commitmenttoASEAN as a It would be prudenttofind out some al- retrogradesteps. stantive ideasweredropped,leading to an in- ity,dealing with epidemics and the role of RCEP as it seeksatransparent, non-discrimi- community. ternative so that wild livesofBansi Tarsem Singh, Mahilpur nocuous document. This wassimilar to the women. Last year,the supporting documents natory and stabletrade and investment envi- 10th AnniversaryKualaLumpur Declaration had included leaders’ statementsonsustain- ronment to promote regional value chains Thewriter is former Ambassador to ASEAN

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600,000 Wheneverthe market hasscalednew highs in the past, as is happening now, investors have found it too 505,265 expensive to enter. Onlywith time have manyinvestors realiseditwas amistake nottohaveinvestedthen 443,303 500,000 market—but that does notmean it will not achieve newhighs. In fact, dips should be utilisedtoinvestfurther. CJGeorge,MD, Geojit Financial Services, LAST 10 DAYS said, “Weare advising our clientstonot get Nov9 Nov18 carriedawaybythe exuberance and, in- 400,000 stead of chasing the rally, theyshouldchase quality companies or invest through mu- Note:The Nov18figureinthis graphisbased on thegovernment update on Nov19 Sandeep Singh tual funds.” Caution is necessary, however, forin- vestors who arenearingretirement,and who INDIA TOTAL CASES WORLDTOTAL CASES THE RISE of equity markets over the last20 cannotaffordtoremain invested formuch 8,958,483 56,561,918 days has notonlytaken investors by surprise longer.Theywould do well to book some but also ledtouncertainty.Ifthereare some profitsatthese levels, and start parking them Source:MinistryofHealth&Family Source:JohnsHopkinsUniversity, whoare unsurewhether to remain invested in safedebt instruments. Welfare,updatedat11pmonNov19 updatedat11pmonNov19 or book profits, thereare manywho arewon- And even theyshould notpull out all their dering if they shouldenter the marketsat equity investments. Giventhe average suchhigh levels. longevity, if someone is 55 years old, they maystart booking profitsonsome invest- Who is doing what? mentsthatmay be criticalfor the post-re- Videos show how masks with Datashowthatforeign portfolioinvestors tirement monthlyincome, and leavethe rest (FPIs) aretaking medium- to long-term po- foranother 10 yearsor15years, and with- valves fail to filter exhaled air sitions in the Indian market. Theyhave draw whentheyturn, say, 65 or 70,depend- pumpedinanetofoverRs42,000 crorein Stockprices displayedatthe Bombay ing on the need. November alone, so far. In fact, FPI inflows SENSEX:NOVRALLY StockExchangelastweek. PTI Those who have been looking to book this year areset to be the highestever—the some profitstoutilise the moneyfor anyof netFPI inflowfor FY21 has already reached 43,599.96 their financial goals can do so at this time as 45,000 Rs 138,107crore,marginallyshortofthe Rs 44,180.05 sectors, etc—and so, investors needtodo the markets aretrading high. 140,032 croreinFY13. 44,000 their due diligence while parking their funds. It is important to understand that interest So,ifyou were to followFPIs, thereisa 43,593.67 Fund managers with mutual funds as ratesare certainlynot going to go intodouble clearsignal to invest or to remain invested. 43,000 well as brokeragehouses sayinvestors must digits,and so equities could be the best bet On the other hand, if youlook at the trend of 42,000 look at quality companies and notget forprotection againstinflation. domestic investors, it would emergethat 40,431.6 swayed by the rally. theyhavebeenbusy booking profitsamid 41,000 While FPIs have been investing, manysay What arethe concerns to keep in mind? the sharp rise in markets.Trade dataofdo- 40,000 that once retail investors startinvesting, so Even as three vaccines have reportedhigh (From left): Amannequin exhalingwithanexhalation valve,no mestic institutional investors including mu- 39,614.07 will domestic institutional investors. efficacy in phase 3trials, and areexpected to 39,000 exhalation valve,and no mask. MatthewStaymates/Physics of Fluids tual funds showthat theyhavepulledout a be made available over the next couple of 9 19 14 26 02 09

netofclose to Rs 30,000 croreinNovember. t1 So, should one invest at current levels? months,manyfeel that theimpactinIndia Oc Nov Nov It is important to note that DIIs don’t invest or Oct Investors should neverlook at levels to will be slowincomparison to low-popula- Nov Nov IT IS widelyunderstood whyhealth The videos bookprofits forthemselves—if mutual fund Source:Bombay StockExchange invest.While it matters fortraders, it does- tioncountries, as it will take alongertime to authorities aroundthe world, includ- Staymates createdtwovideos with investors startredeeming their units, the n’t matter fordisciplinedmonthlyinvestors coverthe massive population. Thereare also ing in India,recommend against us- mannequins, using different tech- fund house willhavetosell stocks in the who arewilling to invest for10, 15 or 20 concernsoverthe pace of economic recov- ing amask with an exhalation valve. niques. One video wascreated using scheme to honourthe redemption. in large sums of moneyintoIndian equities in years. Investmentsshould be done in adis- ery, as Indiaisamong the countries hardest Now, astudy hasusedvideos to show the “schlierenimagingsystem”, which November,and the Sensexhas ralliedbyover ciplinedmanner,and thereisnoharm in hit by Covid-19interms of economy. howmaskswith valves fail to filter ex- makes exhaledbreath morevisible be- What is fuelling the rally? 4,100pointsor10.6% in the same period. starting now. Onemustremember that While the marketshavehad asignificant haledair,thus protecting the wearer causeitiswarmerand less dense than The rallyisclearly drivenbypositive news wheneverthe Sensexhas hit anew high or rally, Georgesaid, “I do notsee that the econ- but notothers. the surrounding air.“The optical com- flows. The outcome of theUSPresidential Will the rise in marketscontinue? landmark—beit10,000,20,000,25,000 or omywill jumpinthe immediatefutureto The study is publishedinPhysics ponentsare fairly simple,exceptfor election in the firstweekofNovember fu- Fornow,the marketsare flush with liq- 30,000 —eachofthese levels has seemed justify the marketlevels… However, FPIs are of Fluids.The author,Matthew the large mirrorthat Iuse,” he said. elledFPI inflows intoemerging marketsand uidity—and sincemoneywillfind itsway expensiveatthat point of time. However, taking acallonthe Indian economyand in- Staymates, is aresearch Theschlierenimaging ledtoasharp rallyinequity markets world- intothe equity markets,theyare likelytore- with time, investors have concludedthat it vesting in the market.” physicistwith the US system shows themove- wide including in India. Thiswas followed main strong. Marketparticipants, however, wasamistake nottohavestartedinvest- In fact, areportbyOxfordEconomicson National Instituteof mentof theairitself,while by successive announcements of promising remain cautious, and thereisafeeling in the mentsthen. Thursday said that India’sgrowth equilib- Standards and the “fog visualisationsys- resultsinCovid-19 vaccine trails by Pfizer & market that the investment stories will keep With the Sensexhaving ralliedswiftlyby rium will worsenoverthe mediumterm,and Technology.Staymates, tem”, with whichthe BioNTech, Moderna and Russia, boosting eq- changing —fromlarge caps to mid- andsmall 4,180pointsor10.6% in amatter of 14 trad- potential growth would averageat4.5% over whose work involves other video wasmade, uity markets over thelast10days. caps, from pharma and IT to banking andfi- ingsessions,thereisalwaysapossibility of 2020-25, as opposedtoits pre-coronavirus flowvisualisation tech- showsthe movement of The result has been that FPIs have pumped nance,and then to infrastructure-oriented some profit-booking, and thus adip in the forecastof6.5% niques that capture the PAPER exhaled particles. “A fog movement of air on cam- dropletgenerator is used era, turnedthis expertise CLIP to producethe fogwithin toward masks. the ‘throat’ of the man- Why gangster Pujari doesn’t want to go to Mumbai “Our intuition was NEWRESEARCH nequin. Abright LED light that these valve masks is positionedbehind the arenot appropriatefor source control head of the mannequin,and this helps his custody notbegiven to an- Sources said one of the tipped offthe police about agang member. during this pandemic,” Staymates to brightlyilluminatethe droplets as MOHAMEDTHAVER other state policeforce till the main reasons whyPujari Pujari then startedworking in the gang at a told The Indian Express,byemail. “This theyexitthemouthofthemannequin,” MUMBAI,NOVEMBER19 trial is completedinthe main does notwant to be sent to time when Dawood Ibrahim and Chhota newworkwas designedtovisually Staymates said. cases againsthim in Mumbai is that he fears a Rajan were together. showwhy this is the case. The videos The second video shows droplets GANGSTER RAVI Pujari, who wasextradited Karnataka. threat to his life, especiallyin Later, afterthe 1992-93riots in Mumbai, arepowerful and easy to understand escape unfiltered through the valve of to India from Senegal in Februarylastyear, Mumbai. In acity markedby whenthe gang split and Rajan andDawood forabroad audience, and our hope is an N95 mask.When thereisnovalve, has so farbeen questioned by the Karnataka Howwas theMumbai intense gang wars overthe became enemies, Pujari sidedwith Rajan. that manypeople getachance to see no breath is visiblebecause the mask Police in casesregisteredthere. Mumbai police awardedhis years, aides of various gangs However, whentherewas an attackon this and realise whyvalvesare nota has filtered out the droplets. Police lastweek wonacourtorder forhis cus- custody? arekeptinseparatebarracks Pujari’s lifeinBangkok in 2000,hebecame good idea right now.” KABIRFIRAQUE tody,but the gangsterhas opposedthis. Asessions courtin in the same prison,orideally suspicious about severalpeople, including Bengaluru allowedMumbai in separateprisons so that Pujari, who might have leakedhis location. Howmanystate policeforces have Police to take his custody theydonot attackeachother. Pujari then startedhis owngang and mod- sought custody of Pujari? based on aletterand apro- In the past, an aide of Chhota elledhis personaasa‘Hindudon’, likeRajan. The police forces in Mumbai, Gujarat and duction warrant aspecial Ravi Pujara. Express Archive Rajan, OPSingh,was killedin Since then, he has functionedindependently. Kerala aretrying to getcustody of Pujari, who court in Mumbai.Thiscourt Nashik prison by rivalgang has cases registeredagainsthim there, be- is conducting the trial in a members in 2002. In 2013, When is Pujari likelytobesent to sidesinKarnataka. Mostofthese relatetoex- 2015 case involving acharge of conspiracy to gangsterAbu Salemwas attackedinTaloja Mumbai? tortion, andhis victims include actors and murder againstpoliticalleader Raju Patil. prison by another prisoner, DevendraJagtap, Whilethe Mumbai Police said theywill politicians. Mumbai Police plans to tryPujari Pujari tooisanaccused in that case. who had managed to smuggle in afirearm. trytoget him to thecityinaweek’s time, in 19 majorcases and hadapproached the Salem survivedthe attack. Pujari’s lawyer is likelytooppose the sessions Karnataka High Courtseveral timesseeking Whydoes Pujari notwanttobetaken in courtorder in the High Court. The lawyer is his custody,but had notbeen successful un- Mumbai Police custody? Which gangs Is Pujari affiliated to? expected to argue that the Raju Patil case was tillastweek. The Crime BranchinKarnataka In court, his lawyer Dilraj Sequeiraargued Rajan movedtoMumbai in his early notmentioned in thelistofcases he could is investigating him in 107cases. that sending him to Mumbai would delay years, living firstinDombivliand later in be triedfor in the extraditionorder by the Once the Mumbai Crime Branchstarted the cases in Karnataka. Sequeiraalso ex- Andheri. He caught the attention of Chhota Senegal governmentlastyear.Ifthe High seeking his custody,Pujari’s lawyer fileda pressed fears forPujari’s life owing to the Rajan following the murder of aman called Courtdoes notintervene, he should be in the writ petition in the High Courtprayingthat high number of Covid-19cases in Mumbai, Bala Zalte, whom Pujari suspected of having city by next week,anofficer said. Brokeneconomyorfamilyfeud:WhyhasErdoganson-in-lawquitgovt?

terErdoganhadfiredtheGovernorof Turkey’s That wasthe year when Albayrak took HowisAlbayrak’s tenureasFinance So, howshouldthe resignation be MEHRGILL Central Bank,Murat Uysal, 16 months after overasFinance Minister.Sincethen, the Minister perceived? understood? NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER19 he had takenoffice.Some believe this is the economyhas been markedbyslowdowns Due to highrates of unemployment, The news portal The Middle EastEye reason Albayrak resigned. Erdogan replaced and the weakening of the Turkish lira, both double-digit inflation and the declining wrotethat Albayrak’s resignation could EARLIER THIS month, Turkey president Uysal with former Finance MinisterNaci of whichhavebeen exacerbated by the value of the lira(it has lostmorethan 25% of have been prompted by arealisation from Recep Tayyip Erdogan’sson-in-law, Berat Agbal,whohasbeencriticalof Albyarak’seco- pandemic. And 2018 wasalso the year itsvalue sincethe beginning of this year and Erdogan about the unmanageable scale of Albayrak,announcedhis resignation as the nomic policiesoverthe lasttwo years. when the parliamentarygovernment sys- is one of the worstperforming currencies Turkey’s economic crisis, with the tipping country’s Treasuryand Finance Minister. The According to some media reports,Albayrak temwas replacedwith apresidential sys- of theyear), Albayrak wasconsidered an point being Albayrak’s decision to startus- question commentators areasking is wasnot briefed aboutUysal’ssacking. tem, concentrating powerinthe President, unpopularFinance Ministerofwhat was ing up foreign currency reservestokeepin- whether the move is related to the worsen- and giving Erdogan greater powers to in- once seen as one of the fastest-growing terest ratesdown. As per an estimateby ing Turkish economy, or whether it concerns Whyisthe resignation significant? fluence institutionssuchasthe country’s global markets. Goldman Sachs, Turkey has spent over $101 the powerequations within the family. Media reports have notedthat Albayrak Central Bank. However, as Gürses notesonhisblog,be- billion to interveneinits currency markets. wasviewedasErdogan’s heir apparent, and When AlbayraktookoverasFinance ing the President’s son-in-law “gavehim very From one perspective, Albayrak’s resig- What has happenedwith the President that he wasbeing groomedfor the role. Minister, hisearly initiativeswereaimedat solidpolitical supportand strength”,because nation can be seen as acase of “palace in- and his son-in-law? On his blog, the Turkish economistUgur Berat Albayrak wasseen as heir keeping interestrates lowand inflation in of whichhewas able to sign“wrongdeci- trigue” —asaWashington Post analysis has Albayrak announcedhis decision on Gürses has calledAlbayrak’s resignation “a apparent to Erdogan. AP check. This unorthodoxapproachissome- sions in ablindfold”.Some of thesedecisions calledit—and as an attempt by Erdogan to Instagram on November 8, saying he wasre- privilegeofhis own” since thereisnoexam- thing Erdogan is known to favour.Infact, include imposinginterestrestrictions on have thefinal sayinfinancial matters. signingfor health reasons. The resignation pleinthe 17-yearErdoganadministrationof one of the reasonsthat the lirahas been hit- bank depositsand loans, restrictions on for- From another perspective —that of fi- went largely unreportedbythe mainstream someone“who resignedwithpersonalpref- Howbad is Turkey's economy? ting recordlowsagainstthe dollarisbe- eign exchangetransactions, and pressuring nancial analysts surveyed by Reuters —this Turkish media, apparentlyfor fear of aback- erence”. He notedthatAlbayrak’s resigna- Erdogan has been in powersince 2003, cause of pressurefromErdogan on the companiestolower prices following the cur- series of eventscan be seen as ashiftto- lashfromErdogan. It took the President’s of- tion is an anomaly, considering allministers firstasPrime Minister, and then as President Central Bank nottoraise interest rates. rency shockinAugust2018. wardsmore“orthodox” and restrictive eco- fice over 24 hours to acknowledgeand ac- have so farbeen dismissedorrelocated at since 2014.Inthese years, Turkey’s econ- In September this year,however, the In contrast,new Central Bank Governor nomic policies,withhope placedinthe ceptthe resignation. On November 11, Erdogan’s will. omynearly doubled in size at an annual rate Central Bank raisedits benchmarkinterest Agbal andFinance MinisterElvan, in com- combination of Agbal and Elvantosalvage Erdoganappointed formerDeputy Prime Thatmakestheresignationespeciallysur- of about 5.6%,according to aBBC report, but rate by 2percentagepointsinthe hope that mentstheymade lastweek,havepromised the currency,and possibly stabilise it, by fo- MinisterLutfiElvan as Albayrak’s successor. prising, giventhat Albayrak is thought to be then it shrank in the thirdand fourth quar- this will bring down inflation and attract in- to improve the quality of publicfinanceby cusing on increasing interestrates and un- Albayrak’sannouncementcameaday af- the country’s second mostpowerful person. ters of 2018. vestors to buy the lira. maintaining fiscal discipline dertaking structural reforms.

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THENEWYORKTIMES TOKYORIASESVIRUS 10yearsinjail NEWYORK,NOVEMBER19 ALERTTOHIGHEST Tedros Adhanom WITH CORONAVIRUS cases on Ghebreyesus the rise in all but one stateand a ■ Tokyoraisedits toHafizSaeed newlyreachedAmericandeath coronavirus alerttothe toll of 250,000,this would not highestlevel on Thursday ETHIOPIA seem the moment forthe United as itsdailytallyofnew 26/11mastermindwas arrested in July2019 Armyaccuses States to take apatchworkre- infections rose to arecord sponse to the pandemic. 534and itsgovernor WHOheadof But that is what it has done, called formaximum MZULQERNAIN and that wasperhaps never caution.“The number of LAHORE,NOVEMBER19 backingrebels clearer than this week as mayors, coronavirus cases is rising Geneva: Ethiopia’s mili- schoolboardandgovernorsstrug- so we areconsidering MUMBAI TERROR attackmas- tary accusedWorld gled to fend offthe onslaught. whatsteps will be needed termind and Jamaat-ud-Dawa Health Organization In Ohio, it wasanightlycur- withthe viewthat (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeedwas on (WHO) head Tedros few. In Mississippi, it wasanex- infections could reach Thursdaysentencedto10years Adhanom Ghebreyesus pandedmask mandate, and in 1,000cases aday,” Tokyo in jail by an anti-terrorism court on Thursday of support- Iowa astatewide one —the Governor YurikoKoike in Pakistanintwo moreterror ing and trying to procure state’s firstever. In Maryland, all said cases. arms and diplomatic bars, restaurantsand night clubs AUN-designated terroriston Hafiz Saeedwas arrested in backingfor Tigray state’s were ordered closedby10pm. whom the US has placeda$10- Julylastyear dominant politicalparty, And in Pennsylvania, the author- CASESINRUSSIA million bounty,Saeedwas ar- whichisfighting federal ities said anyone traveling to the Business owners protesttoremain open despiterestrictions in San Diego, California. Reuters SURPASS2MILLION rested on July17lastyear in ter- troops. “This man is a statewould neededtobetested rorfinancingcases. He was has been announcedafter the member of that group,” before arrival. NewYorkCity,just ■Russia’s Covid-19case sentencedto11years in jail by statementsofwitnesses were armychiefofstaff eight weeksafter open its tallypassedthe 2million an anti-terrorism courtin cross-examinedbyNaseeruddin General Birhanu Jula said schools, said it wasclosing them Europe’s Black, Asian Covid toll markonThursdayasthe Februarythis year in twoterror Nayyarand Mohammad Imran in atelevisedstatement. again. number of dailydeaths financing cases. Fazal Gul Advocate,” the official An Ethiopian of Tigrayan Early in the week,Dr. and infections hit new He is lodged at Lahore's high- said. descent, Tedros servedas Anthony SFauci, the govern- shows issue with ‘non-race’ data highs. The coronavirus security KotLakhpat jail. Atotal of 41 caseshavebeen Ethiopia’s health minister ment’s topinfectious disease ex- crisis response centre “The Anti-Terrorism Court registeredbythe CTD againstthe and foreign minister from pert, said the nation needed“a munities, and therebyhelp in the United Kingdom, forex- reported23,610 newdaily (ATC)ofLahoreonThursday JuD leaders, out of which24have 2005-2016 in agovern- uniform approach,” nota“dis- REUTERS countries tailor testing and care ample, showedthat 60% of Black infectionsand 463 deaths sentencedfour leadersof been decidedwhile the rest are ment coalition ledbythe jointed”state-by-state, city-by- LISBON,NOVEMBER17 to better protect them. people did notfeel their health related to the coronavirus. Jamaat-ud-Dawa,including its pendinginthe ATCcourts.Four Tigray People’s Liberation city response. Thereisnoeasyfix. Even in wasequallyprotected by the chief Hafiz Saeed, in twomore cases have been decidedagainst Front (TPLF). REUTERS But therehas been anotable MANY EUROPEAN countries Britain, wheremoredetailed National Health Service as white cases,” acourtofficial told PTI. Saeedsofar. lackofnational direction. avoid breaking down dataalong data on race and ethnicity is people’s. MUTATEDMINKVIRUS Saeedand his twoclose Saeed-ledJuD is the front or- Even before theelection, racialorethniclines out of con- available, thereisdebateoverthe The UN High Commissioner ‘MOSTLIKELYEXTINCT’ aides, Zafar Iqbaland Yahya ganisation forthe Lashkar-e- therewas squabblingwithin the cern over privacy or discrimina- root causes of higher infections forHuman Rights, Michelle Mujahid, have been sentenced Toiba (LeT) whichisresponsible SRI LANKA Trumpadministration over how tion, but Covid-19’s outsizedim- among certain groups. Bachelet, said earlier this year ■ Anew,mutated strain of to ten-and-half years each, forcarrying out the 2008 to contain the virus. pact on Blackand Asian people The conditions people live thatfuller data in countriesin- the novelcoronavirus while JuD chief's brother-in-law Mumbai attackthat killed166 Eventsto On Wednesday,President- has exposedflaws in the ap- and work in explain mostofthe cluding Brazil, Britain and the stemmingfrommink Abdul Rehman Makki was people, including six electJosephR.BidenJr. asked proach, some scientists andac- disproportionateimpact, stud- United States served an impor- farmsinDenmarkis“most sentencedtosix months Americans. commemorate that the government give him tivists said. ies show. Whether minority tant purpose. likely” extinct, the health imprisonment. The US Department of the accessnow to federal resources Theywant morecompre- communities trusthospital staff “The datatells us of adevas- ministrysaid on Thursday, “JudgeArshad Hussain Treasuryhas designated Saeed LTTEbanned to help him plan acoronavirus hensive data collection across to treat them fairly,orhaveequal tating impact from Covid-19on amid fears the newstrain BhuttaofATC CourtNo. 1heard as aSpeciallyDesignatedGlobal Colombo: TwoSri Lankan response. “This is likegoing to the continent to improveunder- access to healthcare, could also people of African descent, as well could compromise the case No.16/19and 25/19 Terrorist. He waslistedunder the courts have bannedevents war,”hesaid. “You needacom- standing about howand why playarole. as ethnic minorities in some Covid-19vaccines. filedbyCounter Terrorism UN Security CouncilResolution commemoratingLTTE mander in chief.” Covid-19affectsdifferent com- Arecent survey by ClearView countries,” she said. Department in whichthe verdict 1267 in December 2008. PTI cadres who diedduring a 30-year armedcampaign foraseparateTamilhome- Boris Johnson landinthe north and east Imran in Afghanistan as US set provinces. “The magis- unveils largest trate’s courts of Vavuniya and Mannar have issued military spend for drawdown,peace talks stall restraining ordersonany- one trying to commemo- for UK in 30 yrs rate theLTTE," police REUTERS spokesman Ajith Rohana KABUL,NOVEMBER19 said Thursday. Before ADITIKHANNA 2009,the LTTE celebrated LONDON,NOVEMBER19 PAKISTAN’S PRIME Minister November 26, the birth- Imran Khan arrivedinKabul on Australian Defence Force dayofthe LTTE supremo BRITISH PRIME MinisterBoris Thursdaytomeetwith Afghan chief Gen Angus Campbell Velupillai Prabakaran, as Johnson laidout thebiggest pro- PresidentAshraf Ghani,atatime Hero's Day. Prabakaran gramme of investment in British when peace negotiations be- would makepolicy US Secretary of StateMikePompeoand Israeli PM defence sincethe end of the Cold tween theAfghan government Australian probe speechesonthisday. Since Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem. AP/PTI WarinParliament on Thursday, and Taliban representativeshave the end of the war, Tamil pumping in an extra4billion stalledand violence is rising. finds its special politicians organised pound ayear over the next four This will be Khan’s firstvisit eventstolightlamps. PTI years. to Afghanistansince assuming forces killed 39 Pompeo visits West Addressing the House of office over twoyearsago.Itisthe UNITED STATES Commons via videolink,hesaid highestprofile visit by aPakistani unarmed Afghans Bank, callsboycott that the move will"end the eraof official to Kabul since peace talks PakistanPrime MinisterImran Khan at thePresidential 1stambassador retreat,transform ourarmed beganbetween the Taliban and Palace in Kabul on Thursday. AP toVenezuela forces and bolsterour global in- the Afghan government in the REUTERS campaign ‘anti-Semitic’ fluence". Qatari capital of Doha. SYDNEY,NOVEMBER19 namedindecade The Opposition Labour Party And it comesdays afterthe greater than in neighbouring talkshas been key, according to leader,Sir Keir Starmer,said he Pentagon announceditwould Pakistan. Washington, particularly givenits AUSTRALIAN SPECIAL forces al- Caracas: Washington has ward Israel and the Palestinians. welcomedmoredefence spend- reduce the number of U.S. mili- Mistrusthas cloaked rela- influence over the Taliban leader- legedly killed39unarmedpris- itsfirstambassador for THENEWYORKTIMES “Wewant to stand with all ing but questionedhowitwould tary personnelinAfghanistan tions between the neighbours, ship, though Pakistansays thatin- oners and civilians in Afghanistan, Venezuela in adecade de- JERUSALEM,NOVEMBER19 other nations that recognize the be funded and asked whether from 4,500to2,500 by mid- due to Pakistan’s covert support fluencehaswanedoverthe years. with senior commandos report- spitethe U.S. having no B.D.S. movement forthe cancer the moneywouldberaised January. forthe Taliban during the past Washington’s special repre- edly forcing junior soldiers to kill diplomatsatits Caracas SECRETARYOFState Mike that it is,” Mr.Pompeosaid on through taxrises. Due to leave office on Jan. 20 twodecades. And as militants sentative forAfghan peace, defencelesscaptivesinorder to embassy amid abreak- Pompeo on Thursdaybecame the second dayofavisit to Israel The megainvestmentplan afterlosing this month’spresi- later beganlaunching attacksin- ZalmayKhalilzad has amade a “blood” them forcombat, afour down in relations. James the highest-ranking US official to as he stood alongside Prime will fund space and cyber de- dential election to Democrat Joe side Pakistan, it accused number of trips to Islamabadto year investigation found. Story’s nomination as visitanIsraeli settlement in the MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu, fence projectsand is expected to Biden, President Donald Trump Afghanistanofstirring trouble in discuss the peace process. Australia said Thursdaythat ambassador wascon- occupiedWestBank,shortlyaf- who calledthe decision “simply createthousandsofnew jobs, is seeking to end the19-year war itsborders. Ghani had lastvisited 19 current and former soldiers firmedWednesdaybya terhedeclared thatthe Trump wonderful.” Mr.Pompeo said the DowningStreetsaid. in Afghanistan, the United States’ “Focus would be on further PakistaninJune 2019,according will bereferredforpotentialcrim- U.S. Senatevoice vote. The administration nowviewedan US would denygovernment “The international situation longestconflict. deepening the fraternal bilateral to Pakistan’s foreign office. inal prosecution forallegedly South Carolina native internationalcampaign to boy- support to groups that partici- is moreperilous and morein- Critics slammedTrumpfor relationsbetween Pakistan and Aspokesman forthe Afghan killing the 39 Afghan locals. takesthe job that he will cott, divest from andimpose pated in the movement. tenselycompetitive than at any timing the withdrawal to his Afghanistan, the Afghan peace presidential palace, Dawa Khan Detailing the findings of a carry outfromthe capital sanctions on Israel as anti- On Thursday afternoon, he time since theColdWar and owncalendar as opposedto process, and regional economic Minapal, said the main purpose long-awaited inquiry intothe of neighboring Colombia Semitic. alsoplannedanother firstfor a Britain mustbetrue to our his- some kind of breakthrough in development and connectivity,” of the visit would be bilateral conduct of special forces person- as Venezuela endures a The secretary’s daywas a US secretaryofstate:Hewill take tory and standalongsideour al- Afghanistanthat would justify a Pakistan’s foreign office said in trade and economic relations, nel in Afghanistanbetween historic economic and whirlwindofwhatthe Trump ahelicopteruptothe long-dis- lies. To achieve this we needto major drawdown. astatement as Khan headedfor but the fightagainstmilitancyin 2005 and 2016,Australia’s political crisis. AP administrationisportraying as puted Golan Heights, along upgrade our capabilities across And outsideofAfghanistan, Kabul. the region would alsobeatthe GeneralAngus John Campbell victorylaps over itspolicy to- Israel’s frontier with Syria. the board,” Johnson said. PTI nowhereisthe risk of instability Pakistan’s role in the peace topofthe agenda. said therewas credible informa- GERMANY tionof39unlawful killings by 25 Australian Special Forces person- Parliament nel in 23 separateincidents. probesintruder Agroup of villagers,amigrantboat and adeadly end in Senegal “These findings allegethe mostserious breaches of mili- incident demic that has forced thousands trawlthe waters daily. passedinfront of the boat to cre- tary conduct and professional EDWARDMCALLISTER to seek abetterlife, around Foreign MinisterArancha atewaves to slowitdown. values,” Campbell told reporters Berlin:Germanparliamen- MECKHE (SENEGAL) 17,000migrants have arrivedon Gonzalez Laya is expected in Eventually, thecoastguard in Canberra.“The unlawful taryofficialsareinvestigat- NOVEMBER19 the CanaryIslands this year,an Senegal on November 21 to dis- rammedthe fishing boat, caus- killing, of civilians and prisoners inghowpeopleprotesting over1,000 percent increase cuss the issue. ing it to capsize, throwing about is neveracceptable.” againstgovernment lock- SEVEN NEIGHBOURS from avil- from 2019,according to Spanish In all, 21 mendeparted the 80 passengers intothe water, the The reportsaid the majority downmeasureswere able lageinwestern Senegal boarded Interior Ministrydata. villageofMeckhe, in north-west survivors said. When people of those killed, whichincluded to enter the Bundestag afishing boat crammedwithmi- The surge in migrantsto Senegal, together before dawn criedfor help, the coastguard prisoners, farmersand other lo- building and harangue grantsjustafter midnighton Spain’s autonomous community on October 25. Onlyseven made waited for15minutes before it cals, were captured when they lawmakersaheadof acru- October 26. Their destination: offthe coastofnorthwestern it on the boat, whichleftina pickedanyone up,theysaid. were killedand thereforepro- cial vote. Senior lawmak- Europe, 1,000 milesawayover Africa alarms observers who say hurry when it heardthe coast- In astatement on October 26, tected under international law. ers planned to meet open ocean. thousands could be dying en guardwas near. the Senegalese armysaid acol- Following the recommenda- Thursdaytoexamine Twoofthem arenow miss- routewithout detection. “I have always dreamedof... lision occurred and that it saved tions of the report, Campbell said claims that deputies from ing, presumeddead, afterthe Unlikethe Mediterranean Sea working in Senegal, creating 39 people. It did notsay how 19 current and former members thefar-rightAlternative for boat carrying dozens of people routefromLibya to southern jobs,” said Abdou Aziz, a22-year- manydrowned. An army of Australia’s militarywill be re- Germanyparty usedtheir capsized in acollisionwiththe Europe, the wooden fishing boats Reports indicatethat over 400migrantsfromSenegal are old shop owner from Meckhe spokesman declinedtocom- ferred to asoon-to-beappointed credential to help asmall Senegalese coastguard. on the choppyAtlantic do not known to have diedsinceOctober. Representativeimage/Reuters file who scrapedtogether $700 for ment on the migrants’ allega- specialinvestigatortodetermine number of protesters get One can barelywalkfromhis carrysatellitephones, and peo- the boat. “Since Covid-19, every- tions on Wednesdaybut said an whether therewas sufficientev- through security.Video injuries. Another is haunted by ple cannotmakedistress calls. thing changed.Everything has inquirywas underway. idence to prosecute. postedonsocial media the memoryofclinging to a Alarm Phone, ahotline serv- occur ... due to thelackofpossi- boats, aplane, ahelicopterand a become moreexpensive.” Meanwhile, the grouphas re- Australia’s Ministerfor showedafemaleprotester piece of flotsam. ice formigrantsstrandedatsea, bilities forboatstocommunicate submarine to slowthe flow. Afterleaving, the Senegalese turnedtoMeckhe,acollection of Defence Linda Reynolds said last accusing Economy “You seepeople die in front said reports indicate that over oncetheyare farfromthe coast,” However, it is unclearhow the coastguardordered the boat to single-storey housesandshopson week that Canberra had been MinisterPeter Altmaier of of youand youcannotdoany- 400fromSenegal areknown to said Paola Arenas from Alarm deployment willdrasticallycut stop, said four survivors, but the adusty highway surrounded by advisedthat local prosecution having “no conscience” thing,” survivorSidi Gaye said. have diedsince the beginning of Phone. departuresfromSenegal’s long captain spedup. During an hour- parchedsavannah-theplacethey would negatechargesatthe and insulting him. AP Drivenbyeconomichard- Octoberalone. Spanish security forces said coastlinewherethousands of long chase, the patrol boat fired tried to escape. Some arealready International Criminal Courtat ship during the coronavirus pan- “Invisible shipwrecks must theywill deployatleastthree identical looking fishingboats tear gasatthe migrantsand planningtotry again. REUTERS The Hague.

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Internationalmarket data till 1900IST WEAKFISCAL RESPONSE MAGNIFIES STRUCTURAL DRAGS: OXFORD ECONOMICS IL&FS Financial to auction ‘ProlongedCovidimpactinevitable, off `5K cr corporate loans Process to be launchedthis week; saletobeoncash consideration 2020-25growthtoaverage4.5%’ ENS ECONOMIC BUREAU LOANSTOOVER70COsHAVEBECOMENPAs MUMBAI, NOVEMBER19 ■ IL&FS Financial Services ■ According to theannual next four quarters and phasing IL&FS FINANCIAL Services is yettodeclare itsfinancial reportofIFIN for2018-19, it ENSECONOMICBUREAU INDIA:POTENTIALGROWTH2020-25 out the additional supportina Q2: ‘Contraction (IFIN) has proposedtoauction resultsfor fiscal year had anet loss of Rs 13,272 NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER19 gradual mannercan increase likely to have offits external corporateloan 2019-20. The sale of the croreascompared to anet Trend growth to settle substantiallylowerinthe 2021GDPby Rs19 lakhcrore(tril- book worthabout Rs 5,000 loans would be on cash profit of Rs 9.5 crorein THELONG-TERMscarscausedby aftermath of the Covid crisis lion)andbringitjust2percentbe- narrowed to 9.5%’ crorethrough abid process, in consideration. The 2017-18. IFIN’s total Covid-19pandemic,amidaweak lowpre-Coronavirus baseline. an attempt to reduce the over- company’s external borrowing as at end-March fiscalstimulusby thegovernment, ■ Capitalstock ■ Humancapital According to this model, the Mumbai: Contraction in the all debt of the IL&FS group. corporateloan book 2019 from various avenues would push India’s trend growth ■ Laboursupply ■ Totalfactorproductivity(TFP) government’s fiscal deficit will GDP mayhavenarrowedto The process will be includes loans to (debtsecurities, bank loans, substantiallylowerfrompre- balloon towards9per cent in 9.5 per cent in the second launchedthisweek,asource in morethan 70 companies commercial paper, Covid levels, causingalarge Pre-virus 2021, butwillfallto around4.5per quarterofFY21from23.9per the knowofthe development that have become inter-corporatedeposits) mediumtermoutputloss,accord- baseline cent by 2024. cent in the April-June quar- said. As of March 2019,the as- non-performing assets stood at Rs 14,916 crore ing to OxfordEconomics. It fore- Thereportprojectedacontin- ter, anIcrareportsaidThurs- sets under management of IFIN castthe potentialgrowth to aver- Current uation of falling investment rate, day. It said the year-on-year stood at Rs 18,000crore, which baseline agejust4.5 percent over ashighly leveragedbalancesheets contraction in GDP (atcon- includes external, internal rowing as at end-March 2019 Rs 99,000 croreasofOctober 2020-2025,asopposedtoits pre- notonlyimpingeonthe sectors’ stant2011-12prices)islikely loans and internal investments. from various avenues (debt se- 2018,bythe end of 2020-21. 012345678 virus forecastof6.5 per cent. appetiteforfreshinvestments,but to have narrowedto9.5 per The companyisyet to de- curities, bankloans, commer- Markets regulator Sebi re- Arguing that India’s weak fis- pptcontribution also makebanksincreasingly re- cent in Q2 FY2021from23.9 clareits resultsfor financial cial paper,inter-corporatede- centlydisposedofproceedings cal responseplays aroleinmag- Source:OxfordEconomics/HaverAnalytics/CEIC/CSO luctanttoextend credit to them. per cent in Q1 FY2021. PTI year 2019-20. posits)stood at Rs 14,916 crore. againstIL&FSFinancial Services nifying the structural drags, it The shareoftotal investment in The sale of the loans would IL&FS has resolvedRs19,100 without issuing anydirection notedthe“GDPpercapitatobe12 India’sGDP has trendedlower be on cash consideration. crore, or 19 per cent, of the againstitinamatter pertaining percentbelowourpre-virusbase- with itsaftermath. It’slikelythat “Despitehaving one of the since2012, ledbyadeceleration The company’s external group’s outstanding debt. to alleged violation of under- line even in 2025, implying the headwinds already hampering moststringent lockdowns glob- inprivate investmentgrowth,and corporateloanbook includes During the July-September writer norms.The firm is aSebi largest amountof scarringamong growth prior to 2020 —suchas allyinQ2,itsdirectfiscalresponse a“broad-based fall in futurein- Moody’sraises loans to over 70 companies that 2020 quarter, the newmanage- registeredunderwriter. major economiesglobally.” stressedcorporatebalancesheets, to Covid so faramountstojust vestment rates” is likely. growth forecast have become non-performing ment resolveddebt of approx- The order came afterthe India’sgrossdomesticproduct elevatednon-performing assets 2.5% of GDP,with the lion’s share TwoCovid-related develop- assets (NPAs). imatelyRs1,460 crorebyway MinistryofCorporateAffairs (GDP)growthcontracted23.9per (NPAs)of banks,thefalloutinnon- of the USD 230 billion fiscal pack- ments—suspensionof Insolvency to (-) 10.6% When contacted,aof saleofthe education busi- forwardedareporttothe cent in the April-June quarter, bankfinancial companies ageearmarkedforliquidityandfi- and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) and spokespersonfor Infrastructure ness, recovery from non-IL&FS Securities and ExchangeBoard whilevariousagencieshave proje- (NBFCs),andlabourmarket weak- nancing supportschemes. While loanmoratoriums—are expected NewDelhi: Moody’s Leasing &FinancialServices groupentities, increase in cash of India (Sebi) to ascertain if the ctedcontraction of around 10 per ness —will worsen,” Priyanka we forecastthe central govern- to prolong the investment recov- Investors Service on (IL&FS) said, “Thecompanyis balancesand debt repayment underwriter,whichisa100per cent forthe entirefiscal.The Cen- Kishore, head of Indiaand South ment’s fiscaldeficit will widen to eryprocess. ThursdayuppedIndia launching apublic process in green (solvent) entities. cent subsidiary of IL&FS, was trewillreporttheJuly-September EastAsia Economics, said in the 7% of GDP in FY21from4.7% in “With (IBC) avenuefor identi- growth forecastto(-) 10.6 this week to invite bids forthe However, the target fordebt qualifiedtobea“fit and proper GDP numbersonNovember27. reportreleasedThursday. FY20, it’s unlikelytodelivera fyingdistressedbusinessesclosed per cent forthe current fis- saleofIFIN external corporate resolutionduring the second person” to continue as aSebi “Thedeep economic damage Shesaidanadequateandwell- meaningful boost to growth be- forthetimebeing,banksare likely cal, from itsearlier estimate loan book.” quarterwas Rs 8,800crore, registeredintermediary. caused by the coronaviruspan- designedfiscal stimulus would cause it’s notthe result of asurge to exercisehigherdiscretioninex- of (-) 11.5 per cent, saying According to theannual re- whichthe group missedbya The Serious Fraud demic and lockdowns instituted halve this impact by limiting de- in spending,” as per the report. tendingcreditstocorporates,”the the lateststimulus priori- portofIFIN for2018-19, it had a wide margin of Rs 7,300crore. Investigation Office (SFIO) had to contain it makeaprolonged terioration in pre-Covid head- Using itsGlobal Economic reportsaid, addingthe bank- tises manufacturingand job netloss of Rs 13,272 croreas The group, however, main- conducted an investigation into growthimpactinevitable.Evenaf- winds.But India has faredpoorly Model, OxfordEconomics noted ruptcy process is expected to be creation, and focuses on compared to anet profit of Rs tainedits earlier estimates of the affairs of IL&FS and itssub- terthe pandemic is contained, in itsfiscal responseindealing that raising expenditure by slowerevenafter it is reinstated, longer-term growth. PTI 9.5 crorein2017-18. addressing morethan 50 per sidiarycompanies responsible India’s economywillhavetodeal with the pandemic. around5percentof GDPoverthe delaying recovery of bad loans. The company’s total bor- cent of the overall debt of over forthe credit crisis. Pradhan: 1K ‘Postunlock, sharp decline in Shareofdebtwith IC<1companiesdownto35% Tech adoption in last few months ■ %ofsampledebt with companies with IC<1 LNG stations stresseddebt across sectors’ ■ %notcoveringinterestinatleast4quarters more than that of adecade: PM along roads, The opening up of theeconomypostthe stringent 60 lockdown in March,April and Mayhas led to abetterthan EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE “Work from anywhere expected recovery in thesecond quarter.According to a 50 Reductionvspre-COVIDlevels BENGALURU,NOVEMBER19 has become the norm industrial & Credit Suisse report, India Inc has seen asharp decline in 40 and is going to stay. stressed debt across sectors by 37 per cent from Rs 23.8 PRIMEMINISTERNarendraModi mining hubs on Thursdayhailedthe contribu- We will see ahigh lakh croretoinQ1FY21toRs15lakh croreinQ2FY21 30 tion of the information technol- amount of tech adoption in the fields 20 ogysectorduringtheCovid-19 cri- ENSECONOMICBUREAU 1Q19 2Q193Q19 4Q191Q202Q20 3Q20 4Q20 1Q21 2Q21 sis of the lastfew months. of education, health, NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER19 Speaking virtuallyatthe opening shopping and more.” of the 2020 edition of the annual INDIAN COMPANIES areset to Shareofdebt with quarter-on-quarter and 8per Bengaluru Tech Summit, Modi NARENDRA MODI invest Rs 10,000 croretobring 35% companies having cent year-on-year said the amountoftechadoption PRIME MINISTER 1,000liquefiednatural gas(LNG) interest coverage (IC) ratio of seeninthelastfew monthswould stations along key roads, indus- less than 1inQ2fell sharply to Share of debt with nothavehappenedinadecade. trial hubs and mining hubs, 35 per cent —the best in five 23%loss making “Theamountof tech adoption their places of work.Atsucha tance in India, he added. UnionPetroleum and Natural years. The report said that the companies declined from that wouldnot have happenedin time,theresilienceof ourtech sec- Modi cited theAyushman Gas MinisterDharmendra drop was better than 28-30 per cent pre-Covid-19 adecadehappened in justafew torwasseen.Ourtech sectorcame Bharat healthcarescheme as an Pradhan said on Thursday, expected with aggregate Q2 to 23 per cent in the months. Work from anywhere intoaction and usedtechsolu- exampleof large scalerelief being adding that LNGcould be akey EBITDA up 54 per cent second quarter has become the normand is go- tionsto keepwork goingon,from providedtothe poor in recent energy source forasignificant ing to stay.Wewill see ahigh home and from anywhere. The months to access affordable proportion of trucks andheavy amount of tech adoptioninthe tech industry recognisedagreat healthcareusingtechnology.“Our machinery in the country. Covid impact contained: Whileincrementalstress on India Inc 45%: Year-on-year EBITDA growth of metal sector fields of education, health, shop- innovation opportunityinbring- local tech solutions have thepo- “In the next three years, an appears limited, amoderation in credit costs post the first which has seen astrong improvement in Source: Credit ping and more,” he said. ing people together,” the Prime tential to go global. India is at a expenditureofRs10,000 crore half spike, is expected to drive ROE recovery in banks like Axis, profitability on the back of rising prices and thereby Suisse “Global lockdowns, travel re- Ministersaid. During the Covid- sweetspot.Itistimefortech-solu- will be undertakentoset up ICICI, HDFC and SBI from second half, the report pointed reduction in share of debt of companies with IC <1 strictions have constrainedpeo- 19 lockdown,technologyensured tionsthataredesignedinIndiabut 1,000LNGstations to provide for pleinsidetheirhomes,away from thatthepoorreceivedquickassis- deployedfortheworld,”headded. LNGstations on everymajor road, industrial hub and mining centre,” said Pradhan duringthe BRIEFLY foundation-laying ceremonyfor CoC defers decision Sensex drops 580 pts on rising virus cases 50 LNGstations. NDB,govt inkloanpact on DHFL takeover, to Benchmarkrallied 4,565 ptsinlast13sessions;breached3milestones in 7sessions The Sensexhad rallied4,565 while defensive sectors suchas productislikelytocontract7.5per Google signs NewDelhi: Aloan agree- ENSECONOMICBUREAU pointsinthelast 13 sessionsaided FMCG and pharma faredbetter.” cent in the current financial year, ment for$500million take call after Dec 3 MUMBAI,NOVEMBER19 by strong portfolio inflows. The positivity in auto sales but could see adouble-digit copyright (about Rs 3,700 crore) was VinodNair,headof research at numberscontinuedandcouldbe growth in 2021-22, said signedonThursday DOMESTIC MARKETS plunged GeojitFinancialservices,said,“The an indicator of economicrecov- NarendraSolanki, head—equity pacts with between the government ENSECONOMICBUREAU In afiling, DHFL said the nearly 1.3per cent Thursday, fol- increasinginfectionsraisedfears ery. However, increasingvirus in- research,Anand Rathi Shares & and the New Development MUMBAI,NOVEMBER19 Administrator has lowing weak cues from global of additionalrestrictionsandcon- fections, whichisagain being re- StockBrokers. Bank (NDB) forfunding the peers as investors grappledwith sideringits impact on globaleco- portedinsome parts of India, can However, upside remained six French Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut THE COMMITTEEofcreditors receivedane-mail with rising coronavirus cases, freshre- nomicactivity,globalmarket sen- offset this nascent recovery. cappedasEuropean markets RRTS Corridor. (CoC) of DewanHousing Finance certain attachments strictions and economic worries. timentsturnednegative.Thiswas During theafternoonsession openedmixed amid concerns newspapers Corporation(DHFL) has deferred Afterhittinganew highof 44,230, in spiteofoptimism surrounding markets brieflyscaledbackand about risingCovid cases and new adecisiononselectingthe bidder from one of the PRA,the the benchmarkSensexplum- theadvancedstagesofvaccinede- touchedits all-time high levels shutdownworriesinmajorcities. RE-INVEST:PM fortakeoverofthemortgage firm. contentsofwhichare meted580 points to close at velopment. Indian marketsalso onceagainasmarketparticipants Onthesectoralfront,banks,finan- REUTERS toinaugurate “The CoC will take adecisiononly notyet known since the 43,599.96andtheNSENiftyIndex witnessedprofitbookingfromre- tooksomesolacefromtheformer cials and other rate sensitive sec- PARIS,NOVEMBER19 afterDecember3.Thematterhas fell 167pointsat12,771.70on cent highs, as investors turned chief economic adviser’s state- tors ledmarketslowerwhile NewDelhi: Prime Minister beendeferred,”saidaseniorban- e-mail has notbeen profit taking. cautious. Financials ledthe losses ment thatIndia’sgross domestic FMCGremainedslightly positive. ALPHABET’S GOOGLE hassigned NarendraModiwillinaugu- kingsource. The Piramal Group, openedbythe copyrightagreementswithsix rate the3rd Global oneof thefourbidders,hasprotes- Administrator Frenchnewspapers and maga- Renewable Energy tedagainstthe bidding process. zines,includingnationaldailiesLe Investment Meeting and In aletter, the Piramal Group BPCLsell-off: Why biddinghas been low profile Monde and Le Figaro,the US tech Expo (RE-INVEST2020) on said submission of aresolution the contentsofwhichare notyet companysaid in apostonits blog November 26 to wooin- plan, afterthe submissiondate, is known since thee-mail has not oilmajorsBritishPetroleum,Total, strictions on travel. ONGC and Indian Oil to partici- on Thursday. vestorsforinvestinginclean neither in accordance with the been opened by the KARUNJITSINGH Rosneft, ADNOC and Saudi “Dueto thecovid-19outbreak pateinanother round of bidding The announcement follows energy,aMinistryofNew & provision of therevised request Administrator.“The CoC during NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER19 Aramco, who were andcrashinglobaloil forBPCL, if it doesn’t receive ahigh months of bargaining between Renewable Energy state- forresolutionplandated16 Septe- theirmeetingdecidedtonot open said to be interested prices, global oil ma- enough valuationfromthe cur- Google, Frenchpublishers and ment said. mber2016 (RFRP)northeInsolve- anyofthe ‘Final Resolution Plan’ THE DISINVESTMENT processof in investing, have not jorshavecut their rent setofinterestedparties. news agencies over howtoapply ncyandBankruptcyBoardofIndia orthee-mailreceiveduntilacon- BharatPetroleumCorporationLtd submitted bids. capexplans in gen- Under the terms of the current revamped EU copyright rules, (InsolvencyResolutionProcessfor sensus by CoC is attainedcollec- (BPCL) has movedontothe sec- Experts notedthat eral, leading to a bidding process, PSUs were not whichallowpublishers to de- RBItoconduct CorporatePersons) Regulations, tively forthesame,”thefilingsaid. ond phase, with the Centrehav- giventhe lowlevel of loweremphasis on been permitted to participatein mandafeefromonlineplatforms OMOsnextweek 2016,(CIRP Regulations). TheAdaniGrouphadsubmit- ing received “multiple” expres- participation,BPCL acquisitions.Major BPCL’s disinvestment process. showing extractsoftheir news. We herebyreserve allour tedabid of morethan Rs 31,000 sions of interestfor its52.98per waslikelytowitness dealswhichwerebe- An expertwho did notwish to Theworld’sbiggestsearch en- Mumbai: The Reserve Bank rightsunderlaw and equity to crorefortheentire assets of DHFL. centstakeinthecountry’ssecond alow valuation. ing anticipated have be quotedsaid that if acombina- gine initiallyfought againstthe of India (RBI) on Thursday seek appropriateredressal, in- This bid had raisedeyebrowsand largest fuel retailer.The process is nothappenedsoin- tionof ONGC andIOC acquirethe idea of paying publishers forthe announcedtoconduct si- cludingwithdrawing from the PiramalGroupwrotealettertothe akey component of thegovern- Whyhas therebeen terest in newacquisitions is low”, government’s stakeinBPCL at a content, saying their websites multaneous purchase and current corporateinsolvency DHFL lenders protesting against ment’s plan to raise Rs 2.1lakh lowinterest? said Abhijit Bora, analystat higherpremium thanwhat is be- benefited from greater traffic sale of government securi- processforDHFL,if theunsolicited the offerbeing submitted after croreviadisinvestmentthisfiscal. Expertssay the impact of the SharekhanbyBNP Paribas. ingofferedby private sectorplay- brought by Google. ties underopen market op- offerofthe Offereeisconsidered November9,thesubmissiondate Covid-19pandemic and subse- PlannedinvestmentsbySaudi ers, theywould likelywitness a The agreementswith the six erations (OMOs) forRs and/orthe process setout the forthe resolution plan. Who arethe quent crash in global crude oil Aramco intoReliance Industries decline in their shareprices. Frenchnewspapers arebased on 10,000 croreeachon RFRP,the IBC and the CIRP As of now, Adani’sbid is the interested parties? prices has put astrainonthe fi- and the Ratnagirirefinerycom- Analysts said it wasnot likely criteria suchasthe publisher’s November 26. The decision Regulationsisnotdulyfollowed,” highest,trumpingthatof Oaktree Currently, onlythe Vedanta nances of mostglobal oilcompa- plexhaveseen delays. thatthe governmentwould put “contributionto politicalandgen- wastaken afterareviewof the letter stated. and Piramal.While Oaktreehad Group has been confirmedasan nies. offthe disinvestment process of eral information,”the dailyvol- the current liquidity and fi- In astock exchangefiling, submittedabidof Rs31,000crore interestedparty.Industrysources, Crude prices fell sharplyasa What’s next? BPCL because of alackofinterest umeof publications,themonthly nancial conditions, the RBI DHFL said the Administrator has forthe entirecompany, the however, said twoprivate funds resultof thefallinthedemandfor Experts notedthat the gov- as it neededthe proceeds internettrafficandtheuseof their said in astatement. PTI receivedane-mailwithcertainat- Piramal Group had bid Rs 25,000 have also submittedexpressions petroleum productsacross the ernment mayrope in other pub- from the sale to shoreupits content on Google’s platform, tachmentsfromone of the PRA, crorefor DHFL’s retail business. of interest(EoIs) forBPCL. Global worldascountries imposedre- lic sector undertakings (PSUs) like fiscal deficit. Google said. Kolkata WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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Rublev signs off from ATP Acoming-of-ageseason,unlikeanyother

Finals with win The quality of players in the newISL is better thaneverbefore, but the bio-bubble presents unique challenges over Thiem MIHIRVASAVDA NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER19 An impressiveensemble REUTERS NOT SO LONG ago, VicenteGomez enjoyed, LONDON,NOVEMBER19 very briefly, aviewfromthe top. Under Quique Setien, Las Palmas –the foreign players will DEBUT FOREB, BAGAN RUSSIAN YOUNGSTER Andrey Rublevsigned CanaryIslands club Gomez represented for 73featureinthis edition of This will also be the firstseason in offfromhis maiden ATPFinals in styleby eight years –had transformedthemselves the ISL. Eachofthe 11 the ISL fortwo of India’s oldest beating Dominic Thiem 6-2 7-5 on Thursday. frombeingthelaggardsof LaLigaintothelead- clubs is allowedamaximum of clubs, Mohun Bagan and East The aggressive 23-year-old took full ad- ers of the league in October 2016,ahead of sevenforeigners in their squad and Bengal. Bagan, who wonthe I- vantageofarather flat performance by Lionel Messi’s Barcelona and Cristiano one of them has to be from Asia. League lastseason, mergedwith Thiem who had already sealedhis place in Ronaldo’s Real Madrid. Twenty-one out of the 73 arefrom three-time ISL winners ATK. The the semi-finals with twowins in the London Their stay at the summit wasshort; very Spain, the most, followedby club will be calledATK Mohun Group. DefeatsbyRafaNadal and Stefanos short.ButLasPalmashadeveryone’sattention. Australia (10) and Brazil (8). Most Bagan. EastBengal, meanwhile, Tsitsipas meant Rublevcould notadvance And Gomez, acentral midfielder,was one of have experience of playing in the made alateentryintothe league but the $153,000and 200ranking pointsfor the pivotsofSetien’s daring and entertaining firstorsecond division leagues in aftergetting newsponsors. The agroup stageprovedasizeable carrot. side,barelyayearafterhehadmadehisLaLiga Europe and Australia.. season’s firstKolkataderbywill be But foradouble fault when he had a debut;coming on as alike-for-likesubstitute on November 27. matchpoint againstTsitsipas on Tuesday, forHernan Santana againstAtletico Madrid. FOREIGN ARRIVALS Rublevcould nowbelooking at aplace in the Beforetheyrubbedshoulderswiththebig VicenteGomez (Kerala Blasters), MIZORAM, ATALENT POOL semi-finals. Instead he will leave London full boys,Gomez and Santana had earnedtheir Igor Angulo and Edu Bedia (both FC Mizoram, once again, has proven of belief afterasuperb 2020 in whichhewon stripes under Sergio Lobera, who joinedLas Kerala Blasters’ VicenteGomez is one of the high-profile names to featureinthis Goa) aresome of the topnew to be one of the biggestcatchment aseason-leading five titles. Palmas afterspending morethan adecade at season's ISL, whichgetsunderwayinGoa on Friday. Kerala Blasters arrivals from Spain this season. A areas forthe clubs. Thirty players “I would maybestill have achance to be Barcelona –firstasayouth team coachand majority of the Spanish players from the north-eastern statewill in the semi-finals. But it’s partoflife.” then as an assistant to Tito Vilanova. come from the country’s second- take partthis season; FC Goa is the The worldnumber eight, playing again in This season, the trio will reuniteinGoa. ment destination forageing stars. competition that has wandered aimlesslyin tier.Some, likeGaryHooper onlyside without aMizo player. adrab-looking olive green tee-shirt, put the Gomez,afterspendingtwoyearsatDeportivo Take forinstance Gomez’s teammateat the lastfew years. (Kerala), AnthonyPilkington (East Mumbai City’s 18-year-old hammer down from the startand brokethe La Coruna, has become one of Kerala Blasters’ Kerala GaryHooper,who has scored close to Bengal) and Adam Le Fondre midfielder Vikram Pratap Singh, Thiem servetwice fora4-0 lead. mosthigh-profile signings. Santana, mean- 200goals altogether in the premier leagues of Rustylegs? (Mumbai City) have playedinthe Kerala Blasters’ Nongdamba Rublev, who delivers his forehand with while, has come in aloan deal from Sporting England and Scotland, and the Champions But this will also beaseason likenone be- premier leagues of England and Naorem, FC Goa’s Makan Chote brutish force, grabbed an early break in the Gijon to Mumbai City,wherehewill be League. Or SydneyFCstriker Adam Le Fondre, fore.Mostofthe players will beplaying acom- Scotland. and ATKMohun Bagan midfielder second setbut faltered at 4-3 when anetted coachedbyLobera. whofeaturedintheAustralianleague’steamof petitive matchfor the firsttime in eight Sahil Sheikh will be other young forehand allowedThiem to level. theseasonfortwo yearsinarow before agree- months because of the pandemic. The lock- SPANISH CONNECTION Indian players to watchout for. But Rublevbroke the Austrian world Toppicks ing to join Mumbai City on aloan deal. down and consequent travel restrictions Sevenout of the 11 managers arefrom number three again at 5-5 with ayet another Theyalso represent the twomoststriking Then thereisFCGoa’s Spanish striker Igor meant preparation forthe season has been Spain as well. Bengaluru FC (Carles forehand winner and finishedthe job agame themes of the newIndian Super League sea- Angulo,who ruledthe goal-scoring charts in farfromideal forall the teams, whichmeans Cuadrat) and ATKMohun Bagan ROUND 1FIXTURES: Nov20: Kerala later to recordathirdstraight win over son, whichbegins on Friday: the overwhelm- the Polish league and Finnish-German mid- even though the quality of players mayhave (Antonio Lopez Habas) arethe only Blasters vs ATKMohun Bagan; Nov21: Thiem. “I wassoclose in my second match. I ingSpanishinfluenceintheIndiantopdivision fielder Matti Steinmann, who playedinthe improved compared to previous seasons, it teams who haven’t changed their NorthEastUnited vs Mumbai City;Nov had matchpoint and Iwas serving, so it could andthehigh-classplayingfield,oneof thebest- German, Danish and Australian topdivisions is likelyalot of them will be rusty in the ini- coaches during the off-season. Sergio 22: FC Goa vs Bengaluru FC; Nov23: have been acompletely different storyifI ever in the domestic competition in terms of before agreeing to join EastBengal. tial partofthe campaign. Lobera(former Barcelona assistant Odisha FC vs Hyderabad FC; Nov24: wontwo matches,” Rublevsaid on court. quality.For the second season running, nearly “In my opinion, this ISL season is going to Living in the bubble, too, will pose some manager), Owen Coyle(ex-Burnley, Jamshedpur FC vs Chennaiyin FC. U.S. Open champion Thiem, runner-up to one-thirdofthe foreign players in the ISL will be morecompetitive and difficult than the uniquechallenges.Thepowerfulstarcastthat Blackburn and Bolton manager) and All matches liveonStarSports Tsitsipas in lastyear’s final hereinLondon, be from Spain. The Asian playerquota (as per previous ones,” Loberasaid. “The sides have has assembledinGoa will playinfront of Liverpool legend Robbie Fowler are Network,7.30 pm onwards nowhas aday offtoshrug offthe defeat and rules,atleastoneoutof thesevenforeignsign- made alot of effort to bring those players and emptystands because of the restrictions im- some of the big names. preparefor Saturday’s semi-final when he ings has to be an Asian) forall but twoout of the increasedcompetition will begood forall posed.Theplayerswillbeallowedtoleave their will face either worldnumber one Novak the11 teamshasbeentakenupbyAustralians, the teams.” hotelonlyfor training and matches, and their Football Confederation competitions. an audience, it seems likeafakeleague Djokovic or Alexander Zverev. who have flockedtoIndia by the dozen be- Addtothe mix some promising young physical contact with the outside world, in- Forthe players and coaches in the but youhavetoadapt,” Gomez, who also “It wasdifficult to keep the intensity like cause of the financial crisis clubs arefacing Indianplayers–fromuncappedinternationals cludingfamilymembers,willbecutoffatleast bubble, ‘adapt’ has become abuzzword. playedinfront of emptystands in Spain Ihad in the firsttwo matches,” Thiem, who Down Under. like18-year-old Vikram Pratap Singh of till mid-January. “You have to adapttothe challenges this during the lockdown, wasquotedassaying producedamasterful displaytobeat Nadal Theseplayersaren’tnecessarilyhousehold MumbaiCityandATKMohunBagan’s19-year- Afterthat, some of the bio-bubble rules season.Itisauniquesituation forevery- by Las Palmas-baseddailyLaProvincia. “I on Tuesday, told reporters. names. But theyhavetons of experience of old defender Sumit Rathi to the likes of might be reviseddepending on the Covid- one,” says Antonio Lopez Habas, the coach am ready forthis adventureand the new “When I’m notat110%atthis tournament playing in leagues bigger than the ISL and are Chennaiyin’s Anirudh Thapa and Sahal Abdul 19 situation, as FC Goa, Bengaluru FC and of defending champions ATKMohun Bagan, challenge.” In the canaryyellowcolours of thereisnochance againstany player, that’s stillintheirprime,unlikethecaseinyearsgone Samad of Kerala Blasters –and one gets afeel- ATKMohun Bagan mayhavetoleave the who will open their campaign on Friday Kerala, justlikehis boyhood club in the what happenedtoday.” by whentheISLwaslargely viewedasaretire- ing this could be acoming-of-ageseason fora cocoonedenvironment to playinthe Asian againstGomez’s Kerala Blasters. “Without CanaryIslands.

BRIEFLY NEWS AND VIEWS FormerLankapacer Why India dropped to 2nd Zeronew cases in South Australia, Zoysainfixingnet aNo. 4question forIndia Former Sri Lanka paceman Nuwan Zoysahas been found guilty of match- spot in Test C’ship table fixingby anindependentanti-corrup- Newand viewsaround India's tour down under tion tribunal and will be sanctioned, the sport’s governing International LOCKDOWN WORKSONDAY ONE and an averagenorth of 55. But not Cricket Council(ICC)saidonThursday. SHAMIKCHAKRABARTY The ‘circuit-breaker’ six-day onlyhis absence, the Aussie great The 42-year-old Zoysawas provision- NOVEMBER19 lockdown in South Australia yielded has suggestedthat the Indian team allysuspendedinOctober 2018 and positive resultsonthe very firstday. management might sweat over chargedwiththreeoffencesunderthe THE ICC BoardonThursdayratifiedits Afterrecording 21 cases over the last picking the right bowling ICC’s anti-corruption code, including Cricket Committee’s decision to changethe three days,the Australian statehad combination. “... Ithink India have “being party to an agreement or effort qualification structurefor the final of the zeronew Covid cases on Thursday, as gotafew morequestions to answer. to fix”amatch.."Zoysa...hasbeenfound WorldTestChampionship (WTC). Under the per the dataonthe Government of (Fastbowlers Mohammad) Shami, guilty on all chargesafter he exercised changed system, the WTCleague standings South Australia website. Active Jasprit Bumrah –will it be Ishant hisrightto ahearingbefore atribunal," would be determinedbythe percentageof cases, too, have reducedbyone to 34. (Sharma), with it be Umesh Yadav, the ICC said in astatement.“Zoysare- pointsearnedbyteams. Yesterday, while imposing the six- will it be ayoung guy like(Navdeep) mains suspendedand sanctions will daylockdown, the South Australian Saini or (Mohammad) Siraj? followindue course.” What is the change? premier,StevenMarshall, had said: “They’vegot alot of questions to ask The ICC Cricket Committee, headedby “The reality is youdon’t getasecond as well. And whichspinner? They’ve Anil Kumble, decidedtomakethe Covid- chance to stop asecond waveand so got afew spinners in their squad and Prajneshreaches forced cancelledmatches null and void and we aretrying absolutelyeverything they’vegot to figureout whichone Orlandoquarters determine the WTCleague standings only and we knowVictoria wasin to pickfor the pink-ball game in from the matches played. Although, the cur- lockdown for112 days and we want Adelaide,” Ponting said in the Prajnesh Gunneswaran reeledoff rent WTCregulation dictated forpointssplit to have six days.This circuit breaker interview. sevengames in arow before his oppo- forabandonedmatches, the global body’s is so we don’t have morepain down nent Tung-Lin Wu retired in the de- Chief Executives' Committee and the Board the track.” GREEN GOOD FORTESTS, NOT ODIS cider as the Indian tennis playeren- ratifiedthe change. Adelaide, South Australia’s capital, Cameron Green could be ashoo-in teredthe quarterfinals of the Orlando will hostthe India-Australia Test forthe Australian Test XI, but he Challenger event. Prajnesh waslead- So howwill the teams be ranked? series opener,apink-ball affair,from might notmakethe cut in the ing 5-7 7-5 2-0 when Wu optedout of According to the ICC, it will be deter- ViratKohli-ledIndia were the table-toppers in the old system, with 360 points December 17. limited-overs team. It usuallydoesn’t the second round contestthat had al- minedbythe percentageofpointsearned followedbyAustralia on 296 points. BCCI happen likethat, but according to ready spannedtwo hours 30 minutes. from the matches played. Percentageof PUNTER STARTS MIND GAMES Australia coachJustin Langer,the Prajnesh wastrailing 5-7 2-5 at one points(PCT) is the percentageofpoints It’samarquee Test series with two youngsterneeds to warrant his stageandtheTaipeiplayerwasserving wonout of total number of superpowers playing, and the Aussie selection in the limited-overs side as forthe matchbut the Indian kept his pointscontested. qualify forthe final, to be playedin mind games look to be already in full an allrounder,not purelyasa nervesandforcedadeciderintheUSD Forexample, India will be England in June next year. Rank Team Series PtsC Pts %Pts swing. Until about 10 days ago, Ricky batsman. “In one-daycricket he’ll 52nutes. Prajneshwastrailing5-72-5 facing Australia in afour-Test 1Aus 3360 296 82.22 Ponting waswearing the hat of Delhi onlyplayifhecan bowl afew overs at one stageand the Taipei playerwas series Down Under in What is the reason forthe Capitals head coachinthe IPL. As a because that’s howwe’ll setupthe 2Ind 4480 360 75.00 serving forthe matchbut the Indian December-January. Eachse- change? former Australia captain, he is now team,” Langer wasquotedassaying kept his nerves and forcedadecider in ries is allotted 120points. So, As per the ICC statement, “to 3Eng 4480 292 60.83 targeting India with ViratKohli’s by Cricket Australia’s website. The the USD 52nutes. forafour-Testseries, points date, justunder half of the World 4NZ3360 180 50.00 absence afterthe firstTest. head coachadded: "He (Green)

EXPLAINED E● allotted per Test are30, 15 Test Championship matches have 5Pak *3.5 420 166 39.52 Kohli has been granted paternity hasn’t had the white-ball experience and 10 forawin, tie and draw respectively. been played”. The pandemic forced the can- leave and will return home afterthe to come in as apurebatsman but if 6. Lanka 2240 80 33.33 BelgiuminNations If, forexample, India win the series2-0 cellation of six series this season –fiveseries firstTestinAdelaide, bestowing he can bowl afew overs, my gosh he Leaguefinalfour with another twoTests being draws, they and aTestbetween Pakistanand Bangladesh 7WI2240 40 16.67 captaincy to AjinkyaRahane forthe becomes agood prospect. “But Test will get80points; 66.67per cent of the to- to be precise –and the global body has arace 8SA2240 24 10 next three Tests. cricket is different. He’s earnedthe Romelu Lukakuunderlinedhis status talpointscontested. againsttime to complete the cycle by March 9B'desh *1.5 180 00.00 And Ponting feels that India will be right to playTestcricket on his as Belgium’s keyattackerwith two As on date, India have contestedfor 480 next year.The lateMarch to Maywindowis under pressurewithout their batting. Ilovewatching him bat. For *One game of thePak-Bangla series was goals to help his team book their place points, notching up 360 points. So their PCT reserved forthe Indian Premier League (IPL). talismanic captain. “India will feel suchatall batsman, he’s got so much cancelled in next year’s Nations League finals is 0.750 (75%). The final team standings will As per the original schedule, eachteam that without Kohli there(forthree time.” The 21-year-old Green is PtsC= Points contested witha4-2homevictoryoverDenmark be determinedbythe total number of in the ongoing WTCcycle wastoplaysix se- Tests), forhis batting and leadership, includedbothinthe limited-overs on Wednesday. Lukakuextendedhis pointscontestedand the total percentage ries. But now, onlyIndia arelikelytofulfil that’ll put all sorts of pressureon and Test squads. He had suffereda recordscoring form forhis country of pointswon. their quota, as afterplaying in Australia, they different players. You’d think second backstress fractureayear ago with asecond-half double as Youri will hostEngland forafive-Test series. India pointsearnedasthis reflectstheir perform- (Ajinkya) Rahane will take over the and has been managing his Tielemans and Kevin De Bruyne also Does the changeaffect India? so farhaveplayedfour series, winning three ance and doesn’t disadvantageteams that captaincy,whichwill put extra workload.A genuine allrounder and netted forBelgium. Denmarkscored Yes. In an updated league table, where of them. have been unable to compete all of their pressureonhim, and they’vegot to capable of bowling at 140kph, Green through Jonas Wind after17minutes, PCT is all-important, India have droppedto matches through no fault of their own,” ICC find someone to bat at that really bowled just12overs in his last heading home from close range, and second position in the team standings. They Does the changecreatealevel playing chief executive Manu Sawhneysaid. important No.4 spot,” Ponting said Sheffield Shield game, turning up for Belgium giftedthem asecond with a were the table-toppers in the old system, field? He added: “Weexplored awhole range in an interviewwith Cricket Western Australia againstVictoria. comical owngoal credited to Nacer with 360 pointsfollowedbyAustralia on 296 The ICC believes, it does. “Both the of options, but our Members felt strongly Australia’s (CA) website.In 12 Tests He scored 56 in the firstinnings, Chadli four minutes from time. points. But Australia’s PCT,0.822 (82.2%), is Cricket Committee and Chief Executives that we should proceedasplannedwith the Down Under,Kohli has six hundreds batting at No.4. ENS AGENCIES higher,for theyhavewon 296 pointsout of Committee supportedthe approachofrank- firsteverWorld Test Championship Final in 360 pointscontested. Toptwo teams will ing teams basedoncompletedmatches and June next year.”

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