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REGULATOR TO MAKE ASTATEMENT TODAY KEYROUNDOFTALKSTOMORROW SUNDAY Farm groups warn: If STORY DayafterOxford’s,expertpanelclears PAGE 9 demands not met, will J&K:NEW FACES, NEWPOLITICS indigenousBharatBiotechvaccine enter Delhi on Jan 26 Meet some of the new DDCmembersinJ&K ANANYATIWARI Late-stage trial Won’ttake NEWDELHI,JANUARY2 data pending, WITH THE government still to Time to build ‘BJP vaccine’, decide on twooftheir four key decision in demands, farmer unions op- MNCs, spread ‘public interest’ says SP chief; posedtothe newagriculture laws Saturdaythreatenedtolead Farmer groups in Delhi on influence attracts flak atractor rallyintoDelhi on Saturday. Amit Mehra PRABHARAGHAVAN January26ifthe demandsare NEWDELHI,JANUARY2 notmet by then. in world: Modi ASADREHMAN Thegovernment and farmer of acentralMSP Act, covering 23 AN EXPERTpanel under India’s LUCKNOW,JANUARY2 unions arescheduledtomeet crops growninthe country. DIPANKARGHOSE topdrug regulator on Saturday again on January4to decide on At their lastmeeting on NEWDELHI,JANUARY2 recommendedrestrictedemer- SAMAJWADI PARTYpresident demandstorepeal the three December 30, the Centreagreed gency approval forCovaxin, Akhilesh YadavonSaturdaysaid newly enacted farm laws and to “decriminalise” stubbleburn- THE NEW decade is forthe Bharat Biotech’s Covid-19vac- he would nottakethe “BJP’s vac- provision of legal guarantee on ing by excluding farmers from “building of newmultinational cine candidatethat is currently cine”, and that when “our govern- the minimum supportprice for the ambit of the ‘Commission for companies within India”, and undertesting in the country. ment” comes to power, everyone procurement —farmer unions the Air QualityManagement in the time is perfect for“India’s in- The expertpanel has now would be vaccinated forfree. arepressingfor theenactment CONTINUEDONPAGE2 fluence to spread across the recommended restrictedclear- Following criticism, he sub- world”, Prime MinisterNarendra ance fortwo vaccine candidates Healthworkers during avaccinedry run at Guru TegBahadur Hospital, in NewDelhi on sequentlytweeted that he had Modi said on Saturday. in as manydays—onFriday,it Saturday. Praveen Khanna INDELHI,1LAKHVACCINESADAY:MINISTERPAGE3 “full confidence” in the ability of HowIndia managed the recommendedsimilar approval scientists, but he would nottake UP farmer kills himself Covid-19pandemicshouldbea forCovishield, the variant of the the BJP's “political vaccine”. subject of “documentation and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine that “Main tohnahi lagwaunga ‘to oppose bills’; third research”, the Prime Ministersaid is being manufactured under li- abhi vaccine.Maineapnibaat keh at the virtual foundation stone cence in India by Pune-based Free vaccine for 3crore di. Aurwoh bhi BJP lagayegi uska laying forthe permanent campus Serum InstituteofIndia. bharosa karungamain? Arre, jao suicide at protest site of IIM Sambalpur.Odisha Chief The recommendations in healthcare, frontline bhai. Arre, apni sarkar ayegi, sabko MinisterNaveenPatnaik wasalso favour of Covishield and Covaxin free vaccine lagegi. HumBJP kavac- sinceNovember28.“Wereceived present at the ceremony. pave the wayfor Drug Controller cine nahin lagwasakte (I will not SUKRITABARUAH information thatapersonhad CONTINUEDONPAGE2 General of India (DCGI) Dr VG Justastep staff: Health Minister getthe vaccine now. Iamtelling NEWDELHI,JANUARY2 diedatthe protestsiteinthe Somani to clear thetwo candi- awaynow youabout myself. Am Igoingto morning, following whichapo- dates foruse in the country’s im- of vaccinating thethirdpriority trustavaccine givenbythe BJP? AFARMER in his 70sfromUttar lice vehicle wassent. He wasde- INSIDE minentmass vaccination pro- KAUNAINSHERIFFM group —persons aboveage 50, Oh, getlost. When our govern- Pradesh’s Rampur district killed clareddeadon arrivalatthe near- gramme. CLEARANCE BY the NEWDELHI,JANUARY2 and persons belowage 50 with mentcomes, everyone willget himself Saturdaymorning at the esthospital,” said SP,City II FORMER HOME The DCGI is scheduledto CentralDrugs Standard associated comorbidities. the vaccine free),” the former Ghazipur protestsitenear the Ghaziabad, GyanendraKumar. makeastatement to the media Control Organisation's DAYS BEFORE the mass immu- “In 1stphaseofChief Minister saidatapress con- Delhi-UP border.Inapurported In his ‘suicide note’, Singh MINISTER BUTA on the Covid-19vaccine at 11 am expertpanel takesavac- nisation programme againstthe #COVID19Vaccination, free ference in Lucknow. suicide note,hewrote that he wrotethat his death would be SINGHPASSES AWAY on Sunday. cine candidate justastep novelcoronavirus is rolledout, #vaccineshall be provided Asked about Saturday’s vac- wastakingthe step “tooppose his contributiontothe agitation. PAGE 5 Since the beginning of the away from obtaining fi- Health MinisterDrHarsh across the nation to mostpriori- cination dryrun in the state, he the farm bills”. “I have come to Delhibecause pandemic in February, the novel nal regulatoryapproval. Vardhan announcedonSaturday tisedbeneficiaries that incl[ude] said mockingly,“What Corona? According to the Ghaziabad the three farm laws…are notin BCCI CHIEF SOURAV coronavirus has sickenedover1 Once DCGI takesthisfi- that healthcareworkers and 1crore healthcare&2crore Who has Corona here? The gov- Police, Kashmir Singh Dass, from favour of farmers. These arenot GANGULY SUFFERS crore, and killednearly 1.5lakh nal step, mass vaccina- frontline workers will getthe frontline workers. Details of how ernment is notacceptingthat Pashiapur villageinRampur, was beneficial to all farmers of India. ‘MILD’ HEARTATTACK people in India. tion can begin as soon as vaccine forfree. further 27 cr[ore] priority bene- thereisCorona. Then whyare foundedhanging from the ceiling Farmers want the government PAGE 18 The SubjectExpert the government is ready. The Ministersaidthe govern- ficiaries aretobevaccinated theydoing this dryrun? When inside atoiletatGhazipur, where to take these bills back. The CONTINUEDONPAGE2 ment is still working on details CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 farmers have been protesting CONTINUEDONPAGE2

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Won’t take ‘BJP tiful temple built by me. Thisis noticeafter protest nothing new.” vaccine’,says SP On lawand order in thestate, he said: “HasUPseenthe high- Expertpanel clears indigenous over ‘discrimination’ chief; attracts estnumber of fake encounters or not? Has the statenot seen “meanwhile, the advertisement flak fake encounters on the basis of ARUNSHARMA is deferred/withdrawn”. did the government accept religion and caste?Has the state Bharat Biotechvaccine JAMMU,JANUARY2 The Jammu Kashmir Service Corona? Theyonlyacceptit had the mostcustodial deaths or SelectionBoardhad on Fridayis- when the Opposition does not? Has the NHRCservedthe Committee’s (SEC’s) recom- “inpublic interestasanabun- tedtothe SEC overthe past24 doses aretobegiven 28 days FOLLOWINGPROTESTSbyun- suedanadvertisement for136 something.” mostnotices to the stategovern- mendation for“restricteduse in dant precaution, in clinical trial hours,or whether thepanel had apart. Covaxin has been devel- employedagriculturegraduates posts in Kashmir and 20 in On the arrangementsfor the ment or not? The UP govern- emergency situation” of mode”, the MinistryofHealth made itsrecommendation af- opedbyBharatBiotech in col- in Jammu, accusing the UT gov- Jammu. The advertisement trig- inoculation exercise, the SP chief ment has been instructed to give Covaxin came in light of “infec- and FamilyWelfareinastate- terperusing this information. laboration with the Indian ernment of discrimination in the geredsharp reactionsfromcrit- said, “This government,which compensation forfakeencoun- tion by mutant strains” of the ment issuedonSaturday Bharat Biotech did notre- Council of Medical Research distribution of vacancies be- icsofthe BJP. wasgetting rid of Corona by ters. Has this happenedornot? virus that have emergedinthe evening. The Ministrystate- spond to queries about whatin- (ICMR). Sources had told The tween Jammu and Kashmir di- “Jammu province votes for banging thalis and clapping, Has the court notsaidthat UP United Kingdom and several ment said the SEC had also rec- formation it had submitted to Indian Express earlier that, in visions,the government has BJP and ungrateful BJP despises whydoes it needtoarrange has jungle raj? Areour daugh- othercountriesin recentweeks. ommendedthatZydus Cadila, theSEC,andthenumber of par- applying formarketing ap- withdrawnanadvertisement her and appeases Kashmir and freezers and cold chains? They ters and sisters notfacing The decision wastaken af- whichhas been testing itsown ticipantsithad recruited and proval forCovaxininearly seeking applications forvacan- the privileged people it house,” should justbang thalis and clap. crime...? Neverbeforehas the terthe committee, whichhad candidate, ZyCoV-D, should be dosedinits phase 3trials so far. December,Bharat Biotech had cies of Agriculture Extension wroteHari Om, aretired Jammu Corona willgoonits own. Why stateseen suchinjustice.” earlier sought additional infor- allowedtobegin late-stage hu- The companyhadearlier re- submitted interim datarelated Assistants. University Professor and senior does agovernment that clapped mation from Bharat Biotech,re- man trials in the country. ceivedthe regulator’s green to the safetyand immunogenic- “Regarding leader of IkkJutt Jammu -- a and banged thalis andflewhel- Farm groups convenedonSaturdaytocon- The SEC had on Fridayasked light to conduct large-scale ity of itsvaccine from phase 1 #JammuAndKashmirSSB ad- Hindutvaoutfit seeking separa- icopters over hospitals, need sider the Bharat Biotech to expeditere- phase 3clinicaltrials of Covaxin and 2trials,whichwerecon- vertisement forAgriculture tion of as astate. suchanelaboratecold chain? warn: If Hyderabad-headquartered cruitment of volunteers forthe on around 26,000 participants ductedon around 1,000partic- Department posts,Ihavetaken He said the separation of Jammu Youand Iare sitting herewith- company's requestfor market- ongoing phase 3trials of across the country. It an- ipants. cognizanceofinputsfromaspi- as astate wasthe onlysolution. outmasks. Covid is onlyfor the demands not ing approval,eventhough the Covaxin and, in the meantime, nouncedonDecember 22 that The phase3trials areex- rant youth and discussedthe is- Severalothers said “it wasall Opposition, so thatweare un- vaccine is yettocomplete late- submit an interim analysis of it had successfullyrecruited pectedto give greater clarity on sue with Principal SecretarySh about the number of posts va- able to do anything.” met, will enter stagehuman clinical trials in dataonthe vaccine’s efficacy, around 23,000 of these volun- the vaccine’s efficacy and, on Naveen Choudhary,’’ tweetedDr cant in respective divisions”, Criticising the government's Delhi on Jan 26 India. that is, itsability to bring down teers. It is unclear howmany December 9,theSEChad asked JitendraSingh, Union Ministerof pointing out the difference in va- response to thepandemic, Afterthe deliberations, the the number of symptomatic participantsreceivedatleast the companytosubmit up- Stateinthe PMO. cancies fordrivers and police Akhilesh said: “What jobs have National Capital Region and SEC made itsrecommendation Covid-19cases. twodoses of the vaccine. The dated information from this “He (Choudhary) is examin- personnel this year and last year theygiven?The Chief Minister Adjoining Areas Ordinance to the Central Drugs Standard It wasnot immediatelyclear phase 3trial commenced on phase of itstrial, the sources had ing the matter,”hewrote,adding forthe twodivisions. firstsaid that4lakh jobswere 2020’, and drop those provisions Control Organisation (CDSCO) whether this datawas submit- November 16,and the two said. given, then 15 lakh, and then 1.5 of the draftElectricity crorejobs... No one got jobs.” Amendment Bill, 2020, which Adityanath, he said, wasonlyin- intendtochangethe existing augurating infrastructuresuch mode of subsidy payment to Freevaccine for three crore healthcare, as the Metrothat had been built consumers. by theprevious SP government. The Samyukt Kisan Union, “He is inaugurating the same the umbrella body of farmer frontline workers, saysHarsh Vardhan thing thrice,” Akhileshsaid. unions camping at the gatesof Reacting to theSPchief’s Delhi to presstheir demands, until Julyare being finalised,” firstdry run in four states on Significantly, the trial was will provide real-time infor- statement about the vaccine, BJP told the press Saturdaythatifall Vardhan postedonTwitter. December 28-29, the Centre held as the nationaldrug reg- mation on vaccine stocks,their statechief SwatantraDev Singh their demands arenot metby The Ministervisited two had identifiedfocus areas in- ulator considers granting storagetemperature,and indi- tweeted, “The ‘BJP’s vaccine’ to January26–British Prime mockvaccination sites in Delhi cluding better mapping of re- emergency approval to vac- vidual beneficiaries of the end gunda rajand corruption MinisterBoris Johnson is to be to reviewthe inoculation dry mote locations, real-time re- cine candidates manufactured shots,Vardhan said on has provedtobeeffective. chief guestatthe RepublicDay run on Saturday. The dryrun porting of adverse events, and by SerumInstituteofIndia and Saturday. Whichvaccine areyou talking celebrations this year –the wascarriedout at 285 session ramping up training, and had Bharat Biotech. The country’scold chain about, Akhilesh Yadavji?” farmers shall“peacefullyand sites in 125districtsofthe incorporatedchanges in the “The entireexercise of the infrastructurehas been suffi- Deputy Chief Minister non-violently”leadatractorpa- country. Feedbackfromthe nationwide dryrun. vaccinationprocessisbeing cientlyupgradedtoensure KeshavPrasad Maurya said, rade intoDelhi, andacross the states would be analysed for Saturday's exercise was systematicallytaken forward, last-mile delivery, and ade- “Akhilesh Yadavji, by refusing to country. “ironing out anyglitches” dur- carriedout in at leastthree includingtraining of person- quatesupplies of syringes and Ocean Dream cruise arrivedatAlang on Friday. Express getthe coronavirus vaccine, you The press conference was ing the actual rollout. session sites in all statecapi- nel foradministering thevac- other logistics have been have in away notjustdisre- addressedbyJagjit Singh “...Dryrun will end with re- tals. The Centrehad asked cine. Detailedguidelines have arranged,hesaid. spected the country’s govern- Dallewal, BKU (Sidhupur) pres- viewmeetings at district and states to also include districts been issued to multiple stake- The Ministerurged citizens ment, but youhavealsodisre- ident;Darshanpal, Krantikari statelevel to discuss the issues with difficult terrain or poor holders afterextensive delib- to notfall prey to rumours and Queuing up at Alang spectedthe country's scientists Kisan Unionpresident;Balbir and challenges encountered logistic supportinthe trialrun. erations, paying attention to disinformation campaigns re- and doctors who have worked Singh Rajewal, BKU (Rajewal) during the exercise. States States were directedtoen- eachand everyminuteas- garding the safetyand efficacy dayand nighttopreparethe vac- president;Gurnam Singh have been requestedtoshare surephysical verification of all pect,” Vardhan said aftervisit- of the vaccine. shipbreaking yard: cine, forwhichthe whole coun- Chaduni, BKU (Chaduni) presi- the feedbackwith MoHFW proposedsites foradequacy of ingGTB Hospital in Delhi. “I have ample personal ex- tryand the worldwas waiting.” dent;Ashok Dhawale, national whichwill be analyzedfor space, logistic arrangements, Some 96,000 vaccinators perience from the polio erad- Akhilesh subsequently president of Akhil Bharatiya ironing out anyglitches in the Internetconnectivity,electric- have been trained, including ication campaign of 1994 Covid-hit cruise liners tweeted: “I have full confidence Kisan Sabha; Abhimanyu Kohad final executionand further re- ity,and safety.Theyweretold 2,360 in aNational Training of about howthe peopleofthe in the ability of scientists,but I of Akhil BharatiyaKisan finementofthe operational that the model sites in the Trainers,and over57,000 in countryplacedtheir trustin that vessel at Portof Yokohama in do nottrustthe BJP’sunscientific MazdoorMahasangh; and procedures,”the Health statecapitalsshould have sep- district-leveltraining carried the scienceofthe vaccine AVINASHNAIR Japan and the outbreak eventu- clapping-and-banging plates YogendraYadav,president of Ministrysaidinarelease. arateentryand exit in a“three- out in 719districts. rather than [believing] the AHMEDABAD,JANUARY2 allyled to about 700infections thinking, and the BJP govern- Swaraj India. The Indian Express had re- room set-up”,with adequate Morethan 75 lakh benefi- falsehoods and canards being and sevendeaths, he added. ment’s arrangementsfor the dis- “If by January26, the de- portedonFridaythatbased on spaceoutside forawareness ciaries have been registeredon spread by some rumour-mon- OCEAN DREAM, a40-year-old OceanDream,the cruiseliner tribution of the vaccine, which mands arenot metbythe gov- the detailedfeedback from the generation activities. the Co-WIN platform, which gers,” he said. cruise ship sailing under the flag whicharrived at plotnumber 61 have remainedparalysed during ernment, then farmers protest- of Comoros, arrivedatAlang ship- in Alang Friday, wasbuilt in the pandemic. We will notget a ing at Delhi’s borders shall breaking yard Fridaytobedis- Denmarkin1981. The vessel, shotofthe BJP’s political vaccine. peacefullyand non-violently Governors in all statecapitals– howthe countryworkedduring work that is spread across cor- morning and told us what hap- mantled.Thisisthesecond cruise whichweighs 35,265tonnesand The SP government will give the lead atrolley/tractor parade into Governorsrepresent the central the Corona pandemic with tech- ners of the world, can help a pened.” ship to arrive at one of the world’s is 205-metrelong, has about 10- vaccine forfree.” Delhi. These marches shall also government in everystate,” nology and teamwork.How greatdeal in this. Until 2014, Singh is survived by three biggestship-breaking yardsin odd decks and can carry about At the pressconference, re- be heldinall state anddistrict Darshanpal said. steps were takenfor the protec- therewere13IIMs. Nowthere sons andadaughter,and five Bhavnagar within 40 days. 1,400passengersand 550crew ferring to the anti-conversion or- capitals,” Darshanpal said. Chaduni said enactment of a tion of 130crore people. are20IIMs. Suchabig talent grandchildren. On November 21,luxury members. It has 670passenger dinance brought by the state Balbir SinghRajewal said: central MSP Act, covering 23 Responsibilities were taken, jan pool can give alot of expansion In his note,Kashmir Singh cruise liner MV Karnika had cabins, asports deck, ballrooms, government to curb so-called “Our manner(of protest) will be crops growninthe country, is bhagidari schemes were to the Aatmanirbhar abhiyan,” also referred to "troubles" be- reachedAlang to be demolished lounges, abook corner,swim- “lovejihad”, Akhileshsaid, “In peaceful and non-violent, as we one of the main demandsofthe launched. On all these subjects, he said. tween his daughter,who is mar- afteraround ayear’s gap. mingpools,jacuzzis, coffeeshops, Uttar Pradesh, thereisascheme have been, and shall always be farmers. “In the lastfew decades, thereshould be documents, ried, andone of her relatives, and Haresh Parmar,the honorary bars, and asunbathing deck. by which youcan claim Rs so. If police want to use anyvio- farmers have lost 3-4 lakh crore thereshould be research.How UP farmer kills further asked that the "sangat" joint secretaryofShip Recycling “It wasnot being operated 50,000 foraninter-religious lent method on us when we en- as theyhavenot been paid as per did acountryof130 crorepeo- or Sikhcommunityarrangefor Industries Association of India since the pandemic beganlast marriageoraninter-caste mar- ter, theyare free to do so.” MSP.SettingupMSP,and buying ple innovatefromtimetotime? himself ‘to his twogrand-daughters to be (SRIA), said, “In last40days, MV year,” Nazir Kaliwala, aship- riage. Then what is this lawthat Aplan of action forthe as per MSP,are twovastlydiffer- Howdid India expandcapacity married. Karnikaand Ocean Dreamhave breaker at Alang who heads NBM youare bringing in?” month wasalso announced. “If ent things. We demand acentral and capability in averyshort oppose bills’; Those at Ghazipur remem- reachedAlang forbeingdemol- Iron and Steel Trading Pvt Ltd, Asked aboutthe suicides by talkswith the government do MSP Act,” he said. time? third suicide at berhim as someone who did a ished. We areexpecting at least said. protestingfarmers, he said,“I notsucceedonJanuary4,farm- “There is averybig lesson for lotofsewaatthe protest. twomorecruises to reachAlang The lastdecade of Ocean would liketocongratulateour erswill organise amarch or pa- management here. During protest site “Whenever therewas shortage fordismantling in Januaryitself.” Dream’s sailing career wasspent farmer brothers... The rade on the KMPExpressway Time to build Covid, apermanent solution for of anyitem—milk,besan, sugar, Athirdvessel,Soviet-built under the Japanese NGO Samajwadi Partyiswith the from Singhu border,and PPE kits, masks, ventilators, has government is notrepealing atta—atany of the langars, he Marco Polo, is expected to reach Peace Boat. The vessel, Kaliwala farmers at everystepoftheir Shahjahanpur protesters shall MNCs, spread been found.” them. Morethan 50 farmers would makearrangementsfor it Alang later this month. The said, had joinedPeace Boat in struggle. Our party is facing move towardsDelhi,” The “unprecedented re- from Punjab have already died to be brought here,” said European owner of the 14,000- 2012 and continuedtoconduct cases at severalplaces [for hold- Darshanpal said. India influence forms” from the “farm to the in this agitation. But no farmer GurpreetAtwaal,also from tonne ship, Parmar said, had gone worldvoyages and shorttrips in ing protests]. We will keep giv- Tractor/trolleyrallieswill be in world: Modi space sector” had created wide from UP and Uttarakhand has Rampur district. bankruptfollowingwhichalocal Japan till the onsetofthe pan- ing voice to the farmers of the held from January6to20aspart scope forstart-ups, Modi said. giventheir lives… (so) Iamsac- This is the thirdsuicide courtauctionedit. demic. “It wasstationednear country. of Desh Jagriti Abhiyan to In previous decades, multi- “For these newpossibilities, you rificing my bodytooppose the among protesters at the Capital’s “There is no hope forcruise Hiroshima when it retired.We “The farmers of Punjab, counter “lies that arebeing national companiesfrom“out- have to ready yourself. Youhave three farm bills,” read the note, borders. The firstwas of 65-year- vessels forthe next six to eight bought the vessel foraround Rs Haryana and other places are spread… on the aims and inten- side India” came to this country to join your career with India’s written in Gurmukhi script. old Sant Baba RamSingh, areli- months as the Americans and 52 crore,” he added. saying the right thing about MSP. tion of thefarmer movement. and grew here, Modi said. “This hopes and dreams. In the new Introducing himself in his gious leader from Haryana's Europeans, who form thebiggest The 70,310-tonne luxury The BJP had saidtheywould We will be busting lies that we decade, and this age, is of the decade, to give Brand India a note,hewrote:“Iwork24hours Karnal district. He had shothim- group of cruise travellers, arethe cruise linerMVKarnika, ship- double the income of farmers. areKhalistani, middlemen,” building of newmultinationals newglobal recognition is re- as ‘sevadar’ in the community self near Kundli stating that he mostaffected by the Covid-19. breakers said, wasthe firsttoar- Farmers aresaying that they Rajewalsaid. in India. That India’s influence sponsibility forall of us,but es- kitchen at GurudwaraSukh waspainedbythe plight of Since itsoutbreak,moreand rive at Alang in the lastone year. shouldget MSP whichwould On January13, whichis spreads across the world, this is peciallyfor the youth.” Sagar Sahib, Pipal Kotali, on the farmers. The second wasof morecruise liners arebeing sold The 14-deck vessel belongedto double their income. The way Lohri, copiesofthe three farms the perfect time forthat. Today’s The IIMs can “act as abridge” waytoHemkund Sahib”. AmarjitSingh Rai, a63-year-old as scrap,” he added. Jalesh Cruises, asistercompany this government liesand makes laws shall be burnt as asymbolic start-ups aretomorrow's multi- between the Aatmanirbhar Singh’s son Lakhvir Singh lawyer from Punjab's Fazilka dis- According to Parmar,thereare of Essel Group. Itsoperations had false promises... Ihavenever protest.Tohonourwomenfarm- nationalcompanies. Bharat programme and interna- Ladi said the familywould get trict, who diedafter consuming hardlyany cruise liners in opera- come to astandstill aftercreditors seen this before.” ers and protesters, January18 “And whichcities arethese tionalcollaboration, Modi said. the body transported to their vil- pesticide at the Tikri protestsite. tion afterthe pandemic. “The arrestedthe vessel through anor- Asked if therewill be prom- will be celebratedasMahila start-upsbeing built in? Those “Tomakelocal global, all of you lagefor final rites. He said, “My Niranjan Singh, a70-year-old Covid-19outbreakonDiamond der of admiralty courtonMarch ises relating to religion in the Kisan Diwas. whichwecall in our language and your IIM colleagues have to father wasatGhazipurfor farmer from Punjab's Tarn Taran Princess, acruiseshipdockedin 17 lastyear.Though attempts manifesto of the SP forthe 2022 “On January23, thebirth an- Tier 2, Tier 3cities. Todayyou get find newand innovative solu- around 20-25 days.Noone district, had attemptedsuicide Japan in February2020, causeda were madetorestart operations Assemblyelections, Akhilesh niversaryofNetajiSubhas to see the explosion of start-ups tions. Ibelievethatour IIMs,in knewhewas going to do some- at the Singhu border by consum- global scarewith regard to cruise postthe Covid-10 nationwide said, “I am very religious. Thereis ChandraBose, we shall celebrate in those places.” the mission of aatmanirbharta, thing likethis; he had notmen- ing tablets meant forpestcon- tourism,” Parmar said.Morethan lockdown, the companyofficially atempleinfront of my house, in- Azad Kisan Diwas. We will or- Modi said: “I want to askyou, can work as abridgebetween lo- tionedanything to us. We only trol, but survived. 3,600passengersandcrew mem- discontinueditinOctober side my house. The CM resi- ganise protestsbyfarmers out- other IIMs and other business cal produce andinternational found out when some of our (WITHINPUTSFROM bers were quarantinedonboard lastyear. dence thatIvacated has abeau- side official residences of management schools to study collaboration. Your alumni net- farmer brothers calledusinthe KAMALDEEPSINGHBRAR)

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THESUNDAY EXPRESS,JANUARY3,2021 ITO SIRIFORT SHADIPUR DWARKA-SECTOR8 SKYWATCH Severe Severe Very Poor Severe FORECAST: Jan 3 Generallycloudy sky. 406 427 394 439 Very light rain/ AQI AQI AQI AQI thundershowers PM: 2.5 05PM: 2.5 00 0500 05PM: 10 00 0 PM: 2.5 500 3 THE CITY MAX: 20 MIN: 8 0-50 Good 51-100 Satisfactory 101-200Moderate 201-300 Poor 301-400VeryPoor 401-500 Severe 0.4°Cabovenormal 0.8°Cabovenormal HEALTH MINISTER SPELLS OUT PLAN AFTER DRY RUN Vaccinations thrice 1lakhCovidvaccinesaday,freeforall, aweek in Gurgaon, 30minwaitingtowatchforside-effects 181 spots identified SAKSHIDAYAL Detailing the GURGAON,JANUARY2 vaccination process, ASHNABUTANI CORONAVIRUS IN THE CAPITAL GURGAON’S COVIDtask force officials said it will NEWDELHI,JANUARY2 has identified 181locations — initially be given to Total Vacant TOTALCASES including government and pri- “Covid warriors on the ADRY run of theCovid-19vacci- HOSPITALBEDS 14,531 12,546 vate schools, community cen- nation drive washeld across 6,26,448 VENTILATORS 1,457 957 tres, and communityhealth frontlines” such as three locations —agovernment centres —wherethe Covid vac- health workers and and private hospital, and adis- Dailycases RecoveriesDeaths Tests cine will be giventoresidents. those associated with pensary—inthe national capi- Jan1 585 7172180,565 According to officials, vaccina- talat9am on Saturday. tion will be carriedout in collab- health services Jan 2494 4961467,364 Inspecting the process at orationwith the Women and Maternity Motherand Child Total5,342* 6,10,53510,571 88,07,759 Child Development Department Welfare(MCW)CentreinDarya and the Education Department. and specific attention willbe *Total active cases Ganj, Delhi Health Minister “Theprocess of administer- paid to social distancing during Satyendar Jain saidthe Delhi gov- ing the Covid-19vaccine will be the task,” said Dr Yadav. ernment is preparedto vaccinate pared.Our target is to vaccinate Cases dip below500 startedinthe district soon. The Detailing the vaccination 1lakh residentsevery dayonce 100peopleevery day.” plan is to vaccinatepeople three process, officialssaiditwill ini- the vaccinationprocessbegins. The process wassimilar in The dailyCovid-19casecount days aweek—Monday, tiallybegiven to “Covid warriors “Fromstorage to application, the DEM building at GTB in Delhi dippedbelow 500 Thursday andSaturday. on the frontlines” suchashealth preparationshavebeen made in Medical volunteers in Hospital, where25hospital staff Saturday, afirstsince May17last Residentswill be notifiedon workers and those associated Delhi forthe rollout of the vac- the waiting room at the from across departmentsvolun- year.The positivity rate remained theirmobile phones via SMS two with health services. In the sec- cine. 1,000centres will be setup. vaccination centre in Guru teered forthe dryrun. It was below1%. Saturday’s Covid-19 days before their vaccination. ondphase,itwillbeadministered Today, dryrunsare being con- TegBahadur Hospital; (left) completed by 11.30 am.Beside bulletin put the daily case count Theywillreceiveanother SMS to policeandcivildefenceperson- ducted in three different settings Jain at the Darya Ganj the vaccination room wasastor- at 494, an outcome of 39,591RT- afterthe vaccination informing nelandthosein thearmedforces. —GTB, agovernment hospital; centre. Praveen Khanna ageroom withtwo ILRs and a PCRtests and 27,773 rapid anti- them about the next booster In the thirdphase, it will be given Venkateshwar,whichisaprivate deep freezer. gentests.Ittranslates to aposi- dose, whichwill be givenafter to people aged 50 years or above hospital; and at adispensary. The Anursingofficial explained tivity rate of 0.73%.Positivity rate 28 days,” said Civil Surgeon Dr afterwhichitwill begiventopeo- reason forthis wastoreviewthe Covid-appropriatebehaviour that the vaccines will be stored is the total number of positive Virender Yadav. ple belowthe ageof50orwho system at eachcentre. It looks and to ensuretheycomefor the in the ILR: “Conditionedice testsagainsttotal tests. Officialssaidthat to maintain have pre-existing illnesses. flawless,” he said. Union Health second roundofvaccination. The packs,whichwill be placed on “Firsttimelessthan 500 proper temperature, acold chain “As per the government’s di- MinisterHarsh Vardhan visited datefor thenextround willbe the vaccines once theyare taken cases in 7months (sinceMay 17). with acapacity to store2.5 lakh rections, planning has been the centres as well. sent on their phones. out, will be kept in the deep Positivity reducedto0.73% vaccines has been arranged in done to give the vaccine in dif- On preparations in case Thirty minutes later,they freezer.” Posters advising people from15.26% on Nov7.Positivity Pataudi. ferent phases to ensure vaccina- someoneexperiences anyside Amit Mehra went backtoofficer2,who up- to continuefollowing Covid-ap- less than 1% forlast11days. “Area-wise teams arebeing tion can be done systematically,” effects, Jain said, “Wehaveset up to nearby hospitals.” mentsofeachbeneficiary, after dated the details on the system. propriatebehaviourwerealso Active cases reducedto5,342 formedtoadministerthe vac- said Dr Yadav. monitoring stations at allloca- At thecentreinDarya Ganj, whichtheyweresenttothe vac- Forthe dryrun, the 25 bene- put up at the centre. from 44,456onNov 13.Though cine in the district. Eachteam Officials said aportalhas tions. Tenpatientswill be admit- five ‘vaccinationofficers’were as- cination room. The room com- ficiaries were chosenfroman- Jain said healthcareworkers thirdwaveisgoing down,be will have five members, includ- been created where dataofstaff tedatatime following all social signeddifferent duties to carry prisedanice-linedrefrigerator ganwadi number 36 in Darya will be firstinlinetoget vacci- careful and observeall precau- ing doctors; police, home guard at hospitals is to be uploadedfor distancing norms. Once the vac- out the process quicklyand effi- (ILR)and adeep freezer.Once the Ganj. Among them wasManju nated:“Afterhealthcarework- tions,” Jain tweeted. or civil defence personnel; avac- vaccination. So far, details of cine is given, theperson will be ciently. Twenty-fivebeneficiaries beneficiariesweregiven the shot Prasad (47). Shesaid, “The entire ers, other frontline workers like The toll reached10,571 with cinator;anoperator fordataup- “around 40,000-50,000 people under observation for30min- sat in the waiting area outside the by officer 3, theyhead to theob- process wasquiteseamless; it police, sanitation and JalBoard 14 newdeaths, the bulletin said, dation on the onlineportal; and from government and private utes. Everycentrehas been labasvaccinationofficer1—apo- servation room. took lessthan an hour.Once the workers willget the vaccine,fol- putting the death rate basedon one person formonitoring. Each hospitals” have been uploaded, linked to ahospital; mostcen- liceofficer,homeguard orcivilde- The purpose of this room is vaccine is out, Iwouldliketoget lowedbyall those over 50 and last10days’ data at 3.28per cent. team will vaccinate100 people, said officials. tres arehospitalsbut the ones fencevolunteer—checkedifthey to checkifthe beneficiaryhas vaccinated... it is forour safety.” those under50with co-morbid The number of containment that arenot have been duly had registeredfor the vaccine via anyside effectspostvaccination. Arvind Rana, SDM, Kotwali, conditions.” zones has also reducedconsid- linked.Anemergency room has the Co-Winapp. Beneficiaries Here,officers 4and 5observed said, “The centreislinked to Regarding the cost, he said, erably. By the firstweekof been setupfor patientswho have to carry the same ID card and tendedtobeneficiaries. SanjeevanHospital.Whenthe “Medicines and treatment are December,the city hadover Spate of thefts at showany kind of discomfort. If theyusedtoregister. Officer 4also instructed benefi- vaccine is rolledout depends on anyway free in Delhi. The vaccine 6,000containment zones, which needbe, the patient will be sent Officer 2thencheckeddocu- ciaries to continue following the government,but we arepre- will be free too.” has nowcome down to 3,751. facultyhomes, JNU Proposal delayed,Delhi failed to get AAPvsBJP on machines teachers worried subsidised foodgrains for welfare homes Year’sEve,and when we came at landfills EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE backthe next evening, we found NEWDELHI,JANUARY2 the house burgled.Itisverydis- from statesand UTs, whichare NewDelhi: AAP Saturday alleged turbing. We have filedanFIR,” SOURAVROYBARMAN to be backedwithutilisation cer- that wastemanagementefforts ASPATE of robberies at faculty she said, while refusing to share NEWDELHI,JANUARY2 BehindCentre’s tificates relatingtothe previous at landfills, whichcome under residences inside the Jawaharlal moredetails. batchofallocation. the BJP-ruledMCDs, aremiredin Nehru University campus since JNUTAclaimedthat aprivate THE DELHI government failedto pushtocarryout “Therewas considerable de- irregularitieswith machines be- last September has got teachers security agency wasbrought in procuresubsidisedfoodgrains auditsofscheme layinproviding utilisation certifi- ing engaged at “inflated costs”. worried. The mostrecent theft by the JNU administration late under aCentral scheme foroc- cates (UC) by the welfareinstitu- The claimwas rejectedby the BJP. took place on NewYear. 2019 “with halfthe number of cupantsofwelfarehomes and tions concerned as routine AAPleader DurgeshPathak at The JNU Teachers’ personnel employedand at a hostels due to adelayinsubmit- THECENTRE hadurged states andUTs in the pasttocarry out functioninginmostofthe de- apress conference claimedthe Association (JNUTA) hit out rate that wasfar abovethan ting proposals, inviting rebuke regular auditsofits WelfareInstitutions and HostelScheme, partments/institutions wasad- MCDs have engaged50machines at the administration for what JNU waspreviously paying from the Union Food Ministry, citing the absence of detailednorms and criteriaforallocation versely affecteddue to Covid-19. at landfill sites under a5-year its“repeated failures” and forsecurity services”. The four-storeybuilding at official records show. of foodgrains. It had pointed outthatutilisation of the alloca- Therewerealsovariations in UCs contract forRs6lakh per month asked that theytake“full respon- “The fact that (the security West Delhi’s Moti Nagar Under the Centre’s Welfare tionsmadeare oftenunmonitored. Even in this case, the delay submitted by the department’s per machine, despitethe market sibility” forthe issue. firm) has notreportedonaction Institutions and HostelScheme, in submitting proposals happened due to variations in utili- officers. Moreover, thedepart- pricebeing Rs 16 lakh per unit. Whencontacted,JNU takenonprevious burglaries nor foodgrains areallocated to states sation certificates made by twodifferent wings of the Delhi ment wasoccupiedwith various “This has been pointed outinan Registrar Pramod Kumar,how- strengthenedvigilance on Four rescued and union territories at BPL rates government. Delhi has severalsuchhomes, wherethe food- food relief measures during the audit report. This means the five- ever,said, “Our campus is big ground, leading to freshcases of foruse at shelter homes forthe grains aredisbursed, suchasAfter Care Home forWomen, Bal lockdown. Variousnew schemes year rent for50machines would and thereare manyhouses. We lawlessness, confirmsthe utter infirm, women, children and Niketan, WidowHome at Nirmal Chaya Complex,Nari Niketan. suchasPradhan Mantri Garib bearoundRs180crore.Instead of have askedthat those who are failureofthe agency to disburse from night club other vulnerable groups as well KalyanYojana,AtmaNirbhar paying rent, theycan buythe ma- leaving their homes unattended itsresponsibility in providing as hostels meant forSC/ST/OBC Bharat scheme, Mukhya Mantri chinesfor Rs 8.5crore.Delhi BJP shouldinformsecurity so we 24/7 security to residentson after building students. already been deprivedofthe and September 2020 also in- Corona Shayata Yojana were an- chief Adesh Gupta,EastDelhiMP can increase vigilance. But in campus. This lawlessness is also AccordingtoUniongovern- foodgrains. Therefore, it is not formedDelhi that the scheme nouncedtotackle the food secu- Gautam Gambhir andthe three these burgled houses, we indicativeofthe lackofcoordi- catches fire ment and Delhi government feasible to consider the request will onceagain covergovern- rity situation. Due to this,dis- mayors should come clean on this weren’t informed. Theyshould nation between different arms records, the allocation forthe pe- forallocation of foodgrainsfor ment-aidedinstitutions and posal of other routine matters massive scam,”healleged. also cooperatewithus. For of the university administra- NewDelhi: Amassive fire broke riod October 2019-March 2020 the firsthalf of 2020-21atthis hostels as well, whichwas dis- could notbefasttracked or pri- NorthMCD mayorJai Prakash thosewho have servants’ quar- tion,” claimedthe teachers’ body, out at afour-storeybuilding in and April 2020-September 2020 stage,” it said. continued in March 2019,and oritised,” the department told said Pathak’s claims were “lies”: ters, we’vealsoasked them to adding that manyroadsinside West Delhi’s Moti Nagarearly on will notbemade due to the delay. The requestfor allocation for sought details on the unspent The Indian Express. “The monthlyrent of atrommel getpoliceverification done.But campus were “poorly lit”. Saturday. The Delhi Fire Services The Union Food Ministry the second half of 2019-20 has balance of foodgrains. “Nocommunication/instruc- machineengaged at Bhalswa theydon't cooperateinthis It has demandedthat “the said 25 fire tenders were rushed wrotetothe Delhi Food also been rejected,saying the Asked foracomment,the tion wasreceived from the landfill is Rs 6.30 lakh... 21 ma- too.” administration bringout an ac- to thespotand four persons Commissioner on September 3, Centredoes notmake“retrospec- DelhiFood Department,ina Government of India regarding chines areatthe site; 16 work Mostburglaries,including tion takenreportonall the inci- were rescued. 2020, flagging the delay, afterthe tive allocation of foodgrains”. written statement, attributed functioning of the scheme dur- roundthe clockfor 28 days a the one at Professor Shefali Jha’s dentsoftheftoncampusinthe The fire had broken out on stateasked it to consideralloca- Forthe periodOctober 2020 the delaytoadministrative rea- ing the Covid-19outbreak or that month.Thesemachinesare be- residence on January1,have lasttwo years". the firstfloor of thebuilding, tion of foodgrains forthe second andMarch 2021, 1.976metric sons, saying the proposal could anyretrospective proposals will ing usedtoreduce the landfill’s happenedinthe Uttarakhand The JNUTAhas also where sidemirrors of cars and half of 2019 and firsthalf of 2020. tonnes of wheat and 0.503 met- notbefinalisedontimeasthe notbehenceforth entertainedby height on the NGT’s orders,for blockofthe campus. asked that the contract of the se- bikes were made. The ground Delhihad submittedits proposal ric tonnes of rice have been allo- utilisation certificates from cir- the ministry,”itadded. whichDelhi government had to Jha told TheIndianExpress curity agency be terminated, floor has aHarleyDavidson bike on September 1. “Itisnot under- cated,the departmentsaid. For cle food safetyofficers “werenot It said the Delhigovernment give funds. It has so fargiven only she wasout with her familyto compensation be giventoall af- showroom and the thirdfloor stood howthe government of thefirsthalfof2018-19, 42.53 cleared by the accountsbranch”. has written to the Centreagain to Rs 30 crore. The work is super- celebrateNew Year and returned fected faculty members, and a houses anightclub and arestau- NCTDelhi intends to utilise the MT wheat and 10.59 MT rice was As per guidelines, the Centre reconsider itsstand in view of the vised by the chief secretaryand, on Fridaytofind their home “newsecurity plan” be devised rant calledMarkaz. foodgrains nowand howitwill allocated forDelhi. makes the allocation on ahalf- “unprecedented circumstances till date,the MCD has notre- burgled. in consultation with all DFS director Atul Gargsaid, benefit beneficiaries who have The Centrehad in February yearly basis, basedonproposals and needs of the beneficiaries”. ceivedany audit report.” ENS “Wehad gone out on New stakeholders. “Wereceived acallabout the fire at 1.35 am. It brokeout on the firstand second floors. We res- cuedthe persons trappedinside the night club and dousedthe LAND ON YAMUNA FLOODPLAINS UNDER DDA’S RIVERFRONT PROJECT blaze by 5.50 am.” He said the club didn’t have an NOCfromthe fire department. Fearing demolition, Bela estate residents trytoget house in order TwoBrontoSkylifts were usedtorescue those trappedat 2.30 am. The rescue operation from Lohe-ka-Pul to the ITO habilitation. hired to go to the homes of all of their homes stood here,” said took morethananhour as there SUKRITABARUAH barrage. Since December 23, alittle those who have submitted their RinkuArya, avolunteer. wasonlyone entrance to the NEWDELHI,JANUARY2 The project aims to beautify desk has been setupbythe open formsand take photographs of Among those lineduptosub- nightclub, said Garg. the riverfront and promote river- fields at Bela Estate,where the residentsoutside their mit their forms wasHari Lal, DCP (West) Deepak Purohit UNDER THE shadowofapossi- side tourism with agreen buffer young volunteersand pradhans homes. whosehome had been demol- said, “Wehaveregistered acase ble demolition and to claim their zone,recreationalparks,walk- of bastishavebeenassisting res- “Wereceived98forms from ishedin2004, priortothe con- underIPCsections188(disobedi- compensation in theeventual- ways andcycle tracks. identstofill out forms —with de- Kanchanpuri, 80 from Bela struction of the Commonwealth ence to order dulypromulgated ity,one of most vulnerable com- Forthis purpose, ademoli- tails suchasthe year in which Estate,120 from Moolchand Games Village. by public servant), 285 (negligent munitiesinthe city is engaged in tion drive had been initiated in theiroldestdocument of address Colonypart1,and morethan “Atthattime, asurvey had conduct withrespecttofire),and an effort to provewheretheylive May2018and had continuedfor proof had been issued, whether 250 so farfromMoolchand been carriedout to rehabilitate 269 (negligent act likelytospread and forhow long. three days untilastay wasob- their jhuggi waseverdemol- Colonypart2.The aim of the people elsewhere, and since I infection of disease dangerous to Bela Estate on the Yamuna tainedinthe DelhiHigh Court ished, whether theywerefound survey is to collect all informa- have been living herefor 35 life) againstunknown persons at floodplains —whereseveral againstit. eligible forrehabilitation in the tion and documentation which years, Iwas found eligible and Moti Nagarpolice station.” Police farmers live in bastis and culti- As this case continues in lastgovernment survey,among will be required forthem to op- paid Rs 6,000 forrehabilitation. said the night club has alicence vate thefloodplains—falls court, volunteers of Bandhua other things. pose demolition and claim re- But it nevergot verifiedand Idid to function postmidnight, but under the firstphase of the Mukti Morchaare conducting a These forms arebeing at- habilitation. The photographs notget allottedthe rehabilitation theyare checking itsvalidity. Delhi Development Authority’s survey to compile proof of ad- Adeskhas been setup, whereyoung volunteers and tached withphotocopies of their arebeingtaken so thatevenin land in Bawana. Ihavebeen liv- The cause of the blazeisbeing (DDA’s) Yamuna Riverfront dresses from residents to supple- pradhans of bastis assistresidentstofill out forms. Tashi Tobgyal address proof documents. A case thereisademolition, they ing hereonrent afterthe demo- ascertained, said officials. ENS Developmentproject, stretching ment the case and applyfor re- photographer has also been will be available to showthat lition,” he said.

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PUNJAB REMOTE SENSING CENTRE NewDelhi: The DDAlaunchedits PAUCampus, Ludhiana-141004 newhousing scheme on Saturdaywith1,354 flatsonof- distractiontosome,routinetoothers (Advertisement No. 01/2021 -DT. 02.01.2021) ferfor various categories at loca- Applications are invited forthe posts of Research Fellows tions suchasDwarka, Jasola, and Jr.Research Fellows on contractual basis foraperiod of Manglapuri, Vasant Kunj and firstaid boxesand band aidsare six months likely to be extended based on candidate's per- Rohini. The costliestones arein AMILBHATNAGAR alsokept incasesomeonesustains formance reviewand Project Scheme/Centre's requirements. Forfurther details visit website www.prsc.gov.in or https://gis- JasolaVihar, priced at Rs 2.14 NEWDELHI,JANUARY2 aninjuryduringexercise.Thegym prsc.punjab.gov.in/recruitment. crore. equipmentincludesweightsfrom Sd/- This time the maximum APARTFROMmassive langars to 7.5kgonwards,manual tread- Director number of flats, 757, have been feed thousands and mattresses mills,cycles, barbells and butter- offeredinthe MIG (middlein- and blanketstokeepthem com- flymachines. At least10people comegroup) category, an official fortable in the biting cold, the canwork outatthesametime,the said. The scheme has been farmer protestatSinghu border volunteers said. launchedonline,for whichthe also has an offeringfor fitness At another suchgym,nearly DDAhas developedasoftware, enthusiastsinthe form of open 500metresawayand situated in AWAAS, to help people from air gyms. the middle of rows of tractor processing of applications to the As partofthe ‘seva’ by volun- trolleys,the dumbbells arethe possession of flats. teer groups, gym equipment has biggestattraction. Severalath- The scheme wasvirtually been transportedfromdifferent leteswho arecurrentlycamping launchedbyDDA vice-chairman parts of Punjab and setupfor use at the border use the weightsto Anurag Jain. by anyone at the protest. maintain their fitness schedule. ForHIG, LIG and EWS/Janta Accordingtofarmers, thegyms The machines have been laid out categories, the number of flats areanattempt to keep the pro- adjacent to thefootpathbe- on offerare 254, 52 and 291re- testers engaged forthe long haul. tween the service lane and the spectively. ENS One suchgym is located at a main highway road. petrol pumpnearly 3kmfrom "There aredozens of people the main police barricade — who visit the gym. We believe GOVERNMENT OF JAMMU &KASHMIR walking through the langars and this can benefit alot of people JAL SHAKTI DEPARTMENT across the servicelane of the GT At an open gymfor protesters at Singhuborder. GajendraYadav because it is ahealthydistrac- STATEMISSIONDIRECTORATE, JAL JEEVANMISSION J&K Karnal Highway,one can see tion. Besides, forseveral others, CIVIL SECRETARIAT, SRINAGAR/JAMMU metallic equipment from afar. it's away of life. We want to tell CORRIGENDUM/ADDENDUM-02 DATED: 01.01.2021 The machines have been placed gym, operated by avolunteer or- Punjab itself and brought them during the day. Mostpeople everyone thatweare here to stay Subject: NIT No. 04 of 2020, Dated; 16.12.2020 issued for"Engagement of PMC forimplementation of on small patches of gym carpets ganisation calledYour Seva,was here. We realisedthatmanypeo- come between7amand 11 am; and we will setupthingstohelp Jal JeevanMission in UT of J&K". Pleaseread the following ‘modified clauses/paras' stated against eachofthese 'original clauses/paras' of RFP docu- next to the filling stationsofthe setuponthe second dayofthe ple,includingsportsmen, will some keep coming through the everyone. We can getevenmore ment issued vide NIT No 04 of 2020,Dated; 16.12.2020for "engagement of Project Management Consultants forimple- nowdefunct petrol pump. The protests. jointhe protest. Plus, exercise day,"said GurtejSingh of Your equipment if needed," said mentation of JJM in UT of J&K”.These 'modified clauses/paras' shall be deemed to have replaced the corresponding clauses/paras in originallyfloated NIT/RFP. Further the newclauses/parasmentioned at Sr.No's 10, 11,12 &13below "Wepurchased keeps the mindfresh.The gym Seva organisation. Jagtar Singh, from Nadala's Ek shallbedeemed to have formed the partofthe NIT/RFPdocument; these machines in is usedextensivelybypeople Next to the gym, atable full of Noor foundation. Hubs for logistics, transport soon at Greater Noida

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GREATERNOIDA is soon expectedtobecome the hub of worldclass multi-model logistics with amulti model logis- tic hub (MMLH) and multi model transporthub (MMTH) coming up at acostofabout Rs 7,725crore. According to astatement issuedbythe stateinforma- tion department,alongwith reducing the costs,thesewill also provide rail, road and metrofacilities to commuters at one place. Anew authority,Integrated Industrial Township of Greater Noida Limited (IIT- GNL), has been formedfor this project in Greater Noida. It said that these projectsare expected to generateemploymentfor about 1lakh people and will also have apositiveim- pact on development opportunities in surrounding areas. The process to complete the project, coming in around 750 acres of land near Dadri, has startedand about 85 per cent of land forboththe projectshas been ac- quired. Allfacilities, including warehousing and cold storage, will be available for keeping the products. The entireareais being developedasafreight village. The CEO of IITGNL, Narendra CX.´fi.X ´ff½fSX MÑXfaÀfd¸fVf³f IYfSX´fûSmXVf³f TAMIL NADU WATER SUPPLYAND DRAINAGE BOARD Bhushan, said that the railway station of d»f. BÊX-d³fd½fQf Af¸faÂf¯f Àfc¨f³ff INVITATION OF BIDS –ITEM WAR(TWO COVER SYSTEM) Boraki is justthree kilometers from the Invitation for Bids 14 /DSP –VPM Pkg.II to VI /DO/CE/VLR /2020 /Dated: 30.12.2020. Greater Noida Authority office, and in the coming time, 15 trains willberunning A³fb·f½fe R¸fûÊa/ NZIZ QfS/ If¹fÊQf¹fe Setting up of 60 MLD Capacity Desalination Plant at Koonimedu near Marakanam in Villupuram District and Conveyance of Product Water to from this station andpassengers can go ÀfaÀ±ffAûÔ ÀfZ d½fôb°f ´ffSm¿f¯f ¸f¯O»f Villupuram and Tindivanam Municipalities, Vicravandi, Marakanam Town to anyplace in the country. 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THESUNDAYEXPRESS,JANUARY3,2021 5 GOVT &POLITICS Seeklawandorderreportfromme,not Cong rejig ahead of TN polls: 104 secys, DGPorCS:AmarindertoPunjabGovernor 32 vice-presidents PM had inaugurated another section of the Dedicated EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Farmers clash withcops during MANOJCG Freight Corridor lastweek CHANDIGARH,JANUARY2 NEWDELHI,JANUARY2

DAYS AFTER Governor VPSingh protestagainst BJP minister WITHBARELY fourmonthsleftfor Badnoresaid he would summon the Assemblyelections in Tamil PM to inaugurate the Punjab Chief Secretary and Similarly,aseparate groupbroke Nadu,the on Saturday DGP over damagetomobile EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE police barricades in announcedanew team of office- Rewari-Madar towers in the state, Chief CM Amarinder Singh, CHANDIGARH,JANUARY2 Bahadurgarh and marched to- bearers forthe stateunit and key MinisterAmarinderSingh on Governor VPSingh Badnore WCD wardsDelhi border. poll-relatedpanels in what section on freight Saturdaysaid the Governor ANGRYFARMERSonSaturday minister Dadri's Independent MLA seemedtobeamassive exercisein Jumbo committees serveno should have takenupthe matter brokebarricades and clashed Kamlesh Sombir Sangwan, who had with- accommodation. The Congress’s purpose: Karti corridoronJan 7 withhim as he is thecustodian served that it had takenjusta with the police during their Dhanda drawnsupportfromBJP in stateunitwill nowhave32vice- of the Home portfolio. dayfor theformer to react to the protest to gherao the residence Haryana in supportoffarmers' presidents, 57 general secretaries

“While thepropaganda of stateBJP leadership’s complaint of MinisterofState (Women and ongoing agitation, also released and 104secretaries. ED AVISHEKGDASTIDAR the BJP on collapse of lawand or- of purportedlaw and order col- Child Development) Kamlesh However, whentheywerenot a15-pagebookletonwhythe The party alsoannounceda Effortto NEWDELHI,JANUARY2 der in the statewas nothing lapseinPunjab. Dhanda in Kalayat. allowedtodoso, theybroke the farmers were seeking repeal of 39-member stateelection com- check morethanatactic to divert at- Amarinderslammedthe Kamlesh, aBJP leader,repre- barricades with theirtractors the three farm laws. mittee whichwill be headedby PLAIN E heartburn PRIME MINISTER Narendra ● tention from the farm laws issue stateBJP leadership for“adding sentsKalayatAssemblycon- and protestedoutsideDhanda’s Meanwhile, Haryana's stateCongresschiefKSAlagiri. EX Modi is likelytoinaugurate an- and the resultant farmers’ agita- fuel to fire,withtheirirrespon- stituency. residence. EducationMinisterKanwarPalde- The panelhas as members lead- otherstretch of the Dedicated tion, if the Governor neverthe- sible statements, in the already The incidenttookplace Alarge number of farmers fendedthenewlaws.“Itisanillog- ers suchasPChidambaram, IT IS notnew forthe Freight Corridorfor commercial less had anyconcernsonthe sit- chargedatmospheretriggered Saturdaymorning when alarge alsogatheredatShahjahanpur icalagitation.Thereisnoreasonfor AICC office-bearers suchas Congress to appoint operations, this time in itswest- uation,heshould have takenup by thedraconianfarm laws”. He group of farmers, who were on Rajasthan-Haryana border. agitation...Politicalpartiesareonly Manickam Tagore andAChella jumbo committees of of- ernarm,between Rewari and the matter directlywithhim termeditaviciousgameplanof marchingtowards theresi- The farmers whowereblocked misleading the naïvefarmers. Kumar,and MPs including Karti fice-bearers in states Madar on January7,days after (Amarinder)ascustodian of the the party to undermine the dence of Dhanda, were stopped by Haryana Police were adamant Thosewho areleading these Chidambaram, KJayakumar and keeping in mind caste,re- inaugurating the 351-km Home Portfolio,” said the CM in peaceful agitation of the farm- by the police who had put up on marching towardsDelhi bor- farmerprotestsare those who SJothimani.A19-memberelec- ligious, regional and fac- Khurja-Bhaupur section in the astatement. ers by calling afew minor inci- barricades. der.Eventually, another group of usedtosay thatifCAA is imple- tion coordination committee has tional equations, espe- eastern arm of the megaproject. Terming unfortunatethe fact dents of damagetosome mobile Farmers continuedtoshout farmers reachedRohtak-Sonipat mented, Muslims willlosetheir also been appointed,headedby ciallywhenpolls are In the 306-km Western that the Governor had bowedto towers as alaw and order anti-government slogans and border and beganmarching to- citizenship...theyonlygot silentaf- former stateCongress chief EV round the corner.Party Dedicated FreightCorridor,the the antics of the BJP,the CM ob- problem. triedtopush their waythrough. wardsthe Delhiborder. terriots brokeout in Delhi.” KSElangovan. leaderspoint toward both Rewari-Madar section stands Another former TNCC chief meritsand demerits. completed.Madarisnear Ajmer and MP S What is interesting is that in Rajasthanwhile Rewari is in Thirunavukkarasar will head the thereisnouniformity ei- Haryana. Can’t run on personal 38-member election propa- ther.For instance, in Uttar The eventwillalso see trains ganda/campaign committee. Pradesh AICC in-charge being flagged offfromAteli and agenda: Cong to Sena on Another former TNCC chief KV Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Kishangarh. “Arrangement of Thangkabalu will head a31- has optedfor amuch longhauldouble stackcontainer member publicity committee. smaller team of office- trains at Kishangarhand Ateli Aurangabad renaming While former MP Peter bearers. In Tamil Nadu, with tricolour paintedelectric Alphonse will head the mani- wherethe party will play loco withprominent displayof festocommittee, CLP leader KR second fiddle to the DMK, DFCfor both,” saidaDFC inter- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Ramasamywillhead an election the decision to appoint a nal notice on Saturday. MUMBAI,JANUARY2 Will sortthe management team. large team seems to be an Around 1,100kmofthe DFC’s issue with But the appointment has effort at ensuring that trackshave been laid since 2014. POLITICSOVER the renaming of allies: Sena triggered acontroversy with thereisnoheartburn During his inaugural address Aurangabadto Sambhajinagarin- MP Raut SivagangaMPKarti ahead of elections. lastweek, Modihad said that the tensifiedonSaturday, with Chidambaramsayingsuchlarge rest of the DFC work would be Maratha activists hitting the committees servenopurpose. expedited. streetsagainstthe Congress. Renaming Aurangabad is nota “These jumbo committees serve should be some criteria forse- The 46-km Khurja-Dadri link InAurangabad,MarathaKranti partofit. We willbeopposed to no purpose. 32 VP,57GS, 104 lecting.” will be ready by Marchand is 53 Morchaactivistsburnedtheeffigy suchthings,”ThoratsaidonFriday. Secretaries. None willhaveany However, Tiruvallur MP and per centcomplete. The127-km of MaharashtraCongress presi- On Saturday, another authority which means no ac- stateCongressWorkingPresident Rewari-Dadri line will be ready dent and state Revenue Minister Congress leader SanjayNirupam countability,”hetweeted,tag- KJayakumarpraisedtheappoint- by December next year,its tar- Balasaheb Thorat, who had op- firedasalvo at the ShivSena over ging Rahul Gandhi, AICC general ments. “Itisagood committee getadvancedbyseveral months. posedthe renaming. theissue. “The renaming issue is secretaryincharge of organisa- whichwill be effective and ade- The 335-km Madar-Palanpur Ahead of civic elections in anoldagendaof theShivSena.But tion KCVenugopal,and AICC in quatetofacethe coming section is 83 per centcomplete Aurangabad, the ruling this is athree party government. charge of thestate Dinesh Assemblyelections... It is abit de- and will be ready in the next has yetagain reignited itsthree ACMP has been formulated for Gundu Rao, among others. layed. We should have doneit three months. decadeolddemandforrenaming the functioning of government, Another MP,who did not threeorfourmonthsago.Buteven The Palanpur-Makarpura of Aurangabadto Sambhajinagar. andrenamingisn’tapartofit.The want to be named, said the listof then we have adequatetime to section will be ready by March Withaneyeontheupcomingpoll, government won’t work on per- office-bearers is a“joke”. “There prepare.” 2022 and is halfway ready. the ShivSenaiskeen to adopta sonal agendas, but on the basisof resolution in this regard in the the CMP,”saidNirupam. statecabinet. ShivSenaMPSanjayRaut, Whilethe NCPhas so far however, dismissedallegationsof GEN RAWAT VISITS ARUNACHAL PM’s high approval rating proof maintainedsilence, the Congress ariftinrulingcoalition.“Thereare is clearly notonboard. On Friday, nodifferencesbetweentheallies. ChiefofDefence StaffGeneral Bipin RawatonSaturdayvisited forwardareas in Arunachal Thorat had made it categorically We willsorttheissuewithoural- Pradesh as he completedone year in office. In astatement, the Armysaid he visited forward of leadershipamidCovid:BJP clear that his party wasopposed lies,” said Raut. The BJP has been Air Forcebases in the Eastern sector and interacted with Army, ITBP and SFF soldiers deployed to theproposal.“Therenamingis- tryingto exploitthewedgeforpo- at the “forward mostair maintainedpost” in DibangValleyand Lohit Sector. Photo:ANI pride forall Indians," Nadda sue is notapartofthe Common litical gains.The MNS is alsoput- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE added. Minimum Programme (CMP). ting pressure on the Shiv Sena. NEWDELHI,JANUARY2 According to Morning Consult's survey,German CITINGRESEARCHby aUS-based Chancellor Angela Merkel's ap- Suvendu: Didn’t form party as kin firm whichsaid Prime Minister proval rating wasat24per cent Maharashtra to penalise NarendraModihad the highest while UK Prime MinisterBoris approval rating among global Johnson's wasinthe negative. babus clocking in late would have headed it, like TMC leaders,theBJPSaturdaytermedit JPNadda, Prakash Javadekar At thepress conference, a"rare phenomenon" that the Javadekar attributed the Prime In cases wherethe employee “They(TMC) areasking what PM'spublicapprovalhasbeenris- Minister's high approval ratingto SANDEEPASHAR has no casual leave pending,paid EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE deal IstruckwithBJP forjoining? ingoverthepastsixyears,defying is higher than anyother world his foresight and ableleadership. MUMBAI,JANUARY2 leave will be deducted.Incases KOLKATAJANUARY2 Yes,Ihavestruckadeal.Thedealis the general trend of fluctuating leader the firm tracks. He said the government’s "suc- whereall balance leaveshave that afterBJP comes to power(in ratingsfor mostleaders. Referringto thesurvey,Nadda cessful"handling of the Covid-19 CRACKINGTHE whip on habit- been exhausted, the employee , former the state), (images of) Bengal’s The party convenedapress tweeted:"PM@narendramodiji''s pandemichasfurtherboostedhis ual latecomers,Maharashtra has will lose salary. transportministerwho leftthe prideIshwarChandraVidaysagar, conferencewhichwasaddressed popularitynotonlyrisesunabated popularity. decidedtostart penalising staff, The newcircular alsosaid Trinamool Congress and joined Swami Vivekananda, Netaji by Union MinisterPrakash across all demographic groups & He said the Morning Consult including senior stateemploy- that thosereporting an hour and the BJP recently, on Saturdaysaid Subhas Bose and Rabinbradanth Javadekar and attributedthe geographicregionsof thecountry survey follows similarsurveysby ees, whoturn up latefor work.It ahalf latefor more than twooc- that he did notformanother re- Tagore will adorn the walls near "achievement"toPrime Minister andhealsogetsathumbsupglob- global agencyGallup and India's has decidedtostart deducting casions will have to stay back af- gional party because his family ‘Afterme, nephewwould’ve schools and neighbourhoods. I Modi'shandlingof Covid-19situ- ally forhisdedicationto hiscoun- CVoter,whichalsorecordedahigh earnedleavesoflatecomers. teroffice hours to makeupfor members would have been at its been leader’ have struckadeal that afterBJP ation. BJP president JPNadda, try. PM Modi ranksNumber 1 approval forthe PrimeMinister. According to anew circular the losttime. The normal report- helm afterhim “likethe comes to power, therewill be no meanwhile, postedaseries of among all global leaders in this Asked aboutthe intensifying issuedbythe Uddhav ing time forMantralaya employ- Trinamool Congress”. Instead, he corruption...” tweets sayingthis wasatesti- (these) challenging times." protests by farmers againstthe Thackeray-ledGeneral ees is 9.45 am. Citing travel con- said,hechoseto jointhe“nation’s did notform aregional party. Yes, Suvendu alsotargetedthe monytohis ableleadership. Ever sincethe Modi-ledgov- farmlaws,Javadekarsaidthegov- Administration Department, straints, the government has largestpolitical party”. with your blessings, Icould have TMC over the newfarmlaws. American firm Morning ernmentcameto power, people's ernment is hopeful of resolving three or moredays of tardiness permitted agrace periodofan Adhikariwasaddressingapub- formedasmall regional party.I “They(TMC) aresaying farmers Consult, whichregularly tracks trustinthe government and the the issueand ending their agita- in amonth will lead to forfeiture hour.The time between10.45 lic meeting in Mahisadal, Purba had the capability.But then after arerejecting the farm laws.After approvalratingsof worldleaders, faith that the nation is progress- tion.Referringto DefenceMinister of aday’s casual leave.Those re- am and 12.15pmwillbetreated Medinipur,also attended by BJP me, my ‘nephew’would have the farm laws were passed, BJP said over 75 per cent people ap- ingintherightdirectionhasrisen RajnathSingh''soutreachtofarm- porting latetoworkfor over nine as latearrival, while those com- MPandMinisterofState(environ- been itsleader.Idecidedtojoin and NDAcame to powerinBihar. proveofPMModiwhile 20 per drastically, he said. "This rating is ers,Javadekarsaidwhatthesenior or moredays will see adailyde- ing later than that lose ahalf ment andforest) Babul Supriyo. the largest partyinthe nation — BJP woninpolls in Uttar Pradesh cent disapprove, putting his net testimony of his able leadership BJP leader had said is the view of duction of earnedleaves. day’s salary. “They(TMC)are asking whyI the BJP,” said Suvendu. and Rajasthan,” he added. approvalratingat55percent.This and hardworkand is athing of the government as well. Buta Singh,8-termLok Sabha MP and former Home minister, dies at 86

nearly sixdecade-long political 1970s, and when the Congress Rao, and that he wasonlya acquitted later by the High Court. Cabinetmet at midnightand , Prime Minister MANOJCG career,diedonSaturday. He was wasthrownout of powerafter member of that group. The deci- Singh returnedtothe faxedthe Governor’s report to NarendraModiand former PM NEWDELHI,JANUARY2 86. Emergency,hewas appointed sion, he had said, had Rajiv Congress during the Sonia President APJAbdul Kalam, who Manmohan Singh, amongmany Singh wasincomasince ageneralsecretaryofAICC in Gandhi's approval. Gandhi eraand wasrehabili- wasinMoscowatthe time. other political leaders, condoled AT ONE time, ButaSingh wasthe October 2020, whenhewas ad- 1978. He wasajunior minister Singh wasinductedintothe tatedinthe party –hewas sent Kalam approved the recommen- his demise. Home MinisterinRajiv Gandhi’s mitted to AIIMS aftersufferinga and then acabinetminister Narasimha Raocabinetin1995 as Governor of Bihar during the dation within twohours,and the Modi tweeted, "In the pass- government -- fightinghis brain hemorrhage. His family when Indirareturnedtopower and givencharge of civil supplies UPAera but controversy,ironi- Assemblywas dissolved. ing of ShriButaSingh, the coun- leader’stricky political battles, said Singh diedaround 7.10 am. in 1980 but hisglorious days and consumer affairs portfolio cally, remainedhis constant The Supreme Courtlater tryhas lostone of the longest he wascounted among the most Singh beganhis politicalca- came during the Rajivera, but had to step down ayear later companion. The Bihar Assembly camedownheavilyonButa serving parliamentarians with powerful of Rajiv's loyalists in the reer with the in the when he became the Home afterhis namecroppedupinthe electionsinFebruary2005 Singh. In itsinterim order,the richadministrative experience. Congress then. At another point, 1960s. He waselected to Lok Ministerin1986. Jain hawala case. Their ties also threw up afractured mandate. apexcourtheld the Assembly's He championedthe cause of the he wasaminister–although for Sabha forthe firsttime in 1962 It wasperhaps Rajiv’s at- soured andled to hisexit from With no party in aposition to dissolution as unconstitutional. oppressed and marginalized...” justamonth –in the Atal Bihari on an Akali Dal ticket from Moga tempttosend asignal to the Sikh BUTA SINGH the Congress. form the government, In itsfinal judgment, the court Kovind tweeted: "Saddenedto Vajpayeegovernment. in Punjab but switchedtothe community afterIndira’s assas- 1934-2021 In 1998,hejoinedthe President’s Rule wasimposedin held that the Governor had mis- learn about the passing away of And years later,Singh wasa Congress soon. He wasreelected sination, but Singh courtedcon- Vajpayeegovernment as the firstweekofMarch.Two ledthe Centre andpointed out Shri ButaSingh Ji. He wasanable controversialGovernorwho had to Lok Sabha in 1967,the second troversy by defending Operation Communications minister–he months later,the NDAclaimedit that the Union Council of administrator &parliamentar- to step down afterastrong in- time from Ropar on aCongress Blue Star.Hewas excommuni- had resignedfromthe Congress had the support of 115MLAs. The Ministers should have cross- ian...” dictment by the SupremeCourt. ticket. In all, he wasaneight- cated.Yearslater,heatonedfor disputed siteinAyodhya in 1989, by then. But Singh had to resign JD(U) and BJP had managed the checkedbeforeaccepting his Rahul Gandhi posted, "In the Singh’s career wasoften term Lok Sabha MP. his “sins”bywashing dishes and and his role in bringing down within amonth afterthe supportofsome LJP leaders and recommendation. demiseofSardar ButaSingh Ji, dogged by controversies but the He became aministerfor the cleaningshoesatgurudwaras. manyelected chief ministers,in- Supreme Courtordered that Independents. Singh had to resign. the countryhas lostatruepub- wilypoliticianhad an uncanny firsttime in 1974;therewas no Butmorethanthat, his term cluding in Tamil Nadu. chargesbeframedagainsthim Governor Singhalertedthe He waslater appointedhead licservant and aloyal leader.He instinct forpolitical survival. lookingbackafter that. as Home Ministerwill be re- Yearslater,Singh said that the in the JMM briberycase. In 2000, President that this could lead to of the National Commission for devoted his entirelifeinthe serv- Singh, the veteranwho had Singh wasadeputy minis- membered forthe RajivGandhi decision to allow shilanyaswas aspecial CBI courtconvicted horse-trading and recom- ScheduledCastes. ice of the countryand thewell- servedasaminister with four terfor railways in the Indira government'sdecision to allow takenbythe Cabinetsubcom- both Raoand Singh in the JMM mendeddissolution of the On Saturday,President Ram being of people, forwhichhewill Prime Ministers during his Gandhi government in the shilanyasofaRamtempleatthe mittee headedbyPVNarasimha briberycase but the twowere AssemblyonMay 21.The Union Nath Kovind, Vice President M always be remembered...”

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MURDER AT MUMBAIPARTY BRIEFLY MP:Comedian 2friends arrested, cops look HC grants parole to 1993 Mumbai blasts among5held at sexual assaultangle too convict to attend forensic testing,” said an officer. building afterwards. “Wehave EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE The police have learnt from witnesses who sawthemgoing MUMBAI,JANUARY2 statementsoffiveothers, alsoat down thestaircase afterthat,” a the party on the terrace of the police officer said. daughter’s wedding Goa Health Minister aftershow ADAY aftera19-year-old was eight-storeybuilding, that the The police said the teenager Vishwajit Rane found dead on the staircase of a victim and the twoaccused waslater found in apool of blood ter's wedding on October 8, building in Khar,the Mumbai came theretogether. by the staircase. She wastaken to OMKARGOKHALE 2020, however, no decisionwas Booked forhurting religioussentiments police arrested twopeople who According to police, the 19- ahospital whereshe waspro- MUMBAI,JANUARY2 takenonthe same exceptan GOA were present at the same New year-old accusedand the victim nounceddead at 2.15 am. “We email from the Divisional afterHindu outfitleader complains Year’s party with her. were neighbours, and the 22- found bloodstains on the staircase THE BOMBAY HighCourton Commissioner.The email stated Touristsmust The duo—a 19-year-old year-old accused had visited the railing and wall of the second Thursdaygranted the plea of that the Deputy Inspector followCovid on donations forthe Ramtem- woman and a22-year-oldman— victim’s home to celebratea floor.Forensic team has takenall 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blast General (DIG)would deal with EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ple in Ayodhya. were produced in courton birthdayparty on the nightof thesamples,” said the officer. convict, Rubina Suleman Rubina’s plea. norms:Rane BHOPAL,JANUARY2 Police said the five men were Saturdayand remandedinpo- the incident.“Later,the three The police suspect the heated Memon, who had sought release AdvocateShah submitted booked under IPC sections 295- lice custody till January7. went together to Khar forthe argumentinsidethe apartment on parole to attendher daugh- that she had made phone calls to Panaji: Predicting aspike STAND-UP COMIC Munawar A(deliberateand maliciousacts, The policehavebookedthem party,” said an officer. continuedoutside and turned ter’s wedding on January8. the Yerawada jail on November in Covid-19cases in Faruqui wasamong five come- intendedtooutrage religious under Sections 302 (murder) At around 1am, the 19-year- intoaphysical altercation. The courtdirected the 11,2020, to enquireabout the ap- January, stateHealth dians arrested Fridayevening in feelings or anyclassbyinsulting and 34 (commonintention) of old accused, who neededwater, An officer saidthe autopsy Yerawada jail in Pune to release plication’s status. Shewas in- MinisterVishwajit Rane Indorefor being partofashow itsreligionorreligious beliefs), the IPC. The twohavestatedthat wasreportedlyhelpedbyfriends, shows the victim’s skull was Memon, servinglifeimprison- formedthat areportfromthe on Saturdayappealed to wherealleged indecentre- 269 (unlawful or negligent act theyhavenorecollection of any- includingthe victimand the ac- fractured andshe sustainedin- ment,onparole from January6 Mahim Police station in Mumbai touriststotakeprecau- marks were made about Hindu likelytospread the infection of thing from the party as they cusedman, to the host’s flat. juries on her forehead, backof to January11(both days in- wasawaited afterwhichthe de- tions. The minister pre- deities. anydisease dangerous to life) were under the influence of al- Police said that the trio had a her head, hip and thighs. The po- cluded) to attend thewedding cision would be taken. As there dicted aspikeininfec- Policesaid the arrestswere and other relevant sections. cohol, police said. fight in the flat. Theyare trying lice said the accusedalso had in- and related functions, provided has been no further intimation tions in Januarydue to made following acomplaint by Acase wasregisteredat Police arealso investigating to ascertain the reason forthe al- juries on their head and backand shedeposits Rs 1lakh with the or order receivedfromthe au- NewYear celebrations. AklavyaLaxmanSingh Gaur of Tukoganj police station. whetherthe deceasedgirlwas tercation. Others at the party had gone to Sion and Hinduja Pune Police headquarters by thorities, the petitionwas filed “Tourists should realise the Hind Rakshakoutfit. He is Police station in-charge sexuallyassaulted.“Her vaginal said theysaw the victim sitting hospitals afterthe incident with- January5.The petitioner has before thehigh court. that although theyare the son of MLAand former Kamlesh Sharma said, “The FIR swabshavealsobeensentfor and crying on the staircase of the out informing anyone. been directed to report backto AdditionalPublicProsecutor heretoenjoy, theymust Indoremayor Malini Laxman wasregisteredfollowing video the jail on January12. PP Shindesubmitted apolicere- followsafetymeasures. I Singh Gaur. evidence submitted to us in Avacation benchofJusticeSS port,dated December 28,allow- saw60per cent of the Faruqui and four others –po- whichthe content wasfound to Shinde and Justice AbhayAhuja ing the petitioner two-dayparole people at the airportwere lice identifiedthemasEdwin be objectionable.” passedthe order on December leave to attend her daughter’s notwearingmasks,” he Anthony, PrakharVyas, Priyam Sharmasaid the video pro- 31 afterhearingRubina’splea wedding on paying the police said. “Weneedtobecau- Vyas and Nalin Yadav–were videdtopolice had one of the co- filedthrough her advocate forcechargesprior to her release. tious... Goa is notabanana producedincourtSaturdayand medians making objectionable Farhana Shah. However, the petitioner republic,” he said. The remandedinjudicial custody. remarks,but all five were Rubina is the sister-in-lawof sought at leastseven-dayparole ministerfurthersaid the One of them wasreportedly booked forbeing partofthe TigerMemon,one of theprime leave andsubmitted that she has health department will slappedoutside the court prem- show. conspirators of the March 1993 completedimprisonment of proposetoincrease the ises. In his complaint, Gaur also serial blasts thatclaimedover200 morethan 13 years and has not penaltyfor notwearing Theincident comes days af- said the showwas held without livesand injured severalothers. been releasedevenonceonfur- maskstoRs500.The tercommunal clashes took place prior permission. He said there Rubina, along with three lough or parole till date. ministersaid despiteap- in Indore, Ujjain, Mandsaur fol- wasnosocial distancing because otherfamily members,was sen- When the courtenquired peals ,people arenot tak- lowing rallies organised by right- therewere100people in asmall tencedtolifeimprisonment by about the petitioner's conduct ingprecautions. PTI wing groups to spread the word hall. aSpecial Terroristand Disruptive duringher imprisonment, the Activities (Prevention)Act Court government lawyer submitted in Mumbai in 2006.However, that it wassatisfactoryasper po- TMC cheated ‘Ma, Mati, her husband,Suleman, wasac- lice report. GUJARAT quitted due to lack of evidence. Afterhearing the examining Threecharred Rubina’s brother-in-law, Yakub material on record, the bench Manush’: Shekhawat Memon, wassentencedtodeath noted, “Considering the afore- todeathascar AHAZY SHADE OF WINTER on terror charges. said circumstances and keeping Jal Shakti ministersaid. Rubina’s counsel told the in mind thehuman rightsofthe catchesfire PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA The people of West Bengal Tourists at the north portalofAtalTunnel in Rohtang afterfresh snowfall on Saturday. ANI high courtthatshe had filedthe daughter,weare inclinedtoen- KOLKATA,JANUARY2 gave the Congress achance for leave application forher daugh- tertain the petition.” Rajkot: Three women three decades and34years to the were charredtodeath UNION MINISTER GajendraSingh communists.Mamata Didi also when the car in which ShekhawatonSaturdaysaid that ruledthestateforthelast10years, theyweretravelling the 'Ma, Mati and Manush' having cheated the people in the ‘Since Feb ’18, no action on violence against Bihar RTI activists’ caught fire aftercolliding (mother,motherland and people) name of development, he said. withacotton-laden truck of West Bengal have been Claiming that the people of informationofthe status of cases said Rai, citing information re- reachedthe DGP's level, no ac- In acase whichhad made at Gondal in Rajkot dis- "cheated"during the Trinamool the stateare nowtaking to the SANTOSHSINGH againstactivists, Iwas told that ceivedfromthe stateHome tion had been taken. headlines,aBuxar RTIactivist's trict early on Saturday, Congress rule in the state. streetsagainstthe Mamata PATNA,JANUARY2 184of213 cases have been dis- Department. Another pending case is that minor son waschargedunder police said. The mishap TheBJP leader,duringadoor- Banerjee government, he said, posedof. But Iwas nottoldwhat As per aHome Department of 70-year-old Girish Gupta of the Arms Actand put inside the occurredonGondal- to-door campaign in Habraas- "Didi has workedonlyfor the THERE HAVE been 213cases of action wastaken againstofficials order,allcasesof atrocitiesagainst Begusarai, allegedly beaten by adults' jail in Februarybecause Rajkot national highway semblyseat in North24 benefit of herown people,ignor- violence and harassment against and people responsible forha- RTIactivists mustbedisposedof block-levelemployees in May the father had sought details on around 6am, an official of Parganas district, accusedthe ing the masses who elected her Right to Informationactivistsin rassing them.” within amonthand an SP must a 2020. Gupta said: “I wasbadly paddy purchase by PACS in the Gondal taluka police sta- MamataBanerjeegovernment to powerfor twoterms." Bihar in the pastdecade withno Mostofthe 21 cases, lodged look into each matter.The order beaten up by governmentem- lasteight years. The minor was tion said. “The car carry- of working forthe benefit of its The Union ministerasserted action takenonthe 21 cases filed between February2018and hadsaidthatif thereisacomplaint ployees at my home during lock- releasedonbail afterThe Indian ing three womenpassen- "own people". that the rule of lawwill beestab- in the lasttwo years, an activist September,are relatedtopan- againstthe SP,the Inspector- down. Even though Ican barely Express publishedareport on gers and the truck "The BJP wantstomakeWest lishedinWestBengalafter the has saidciting an RTIreply. chayat-levelschemes, paddy Generalof Policemustlookintoit. walk because of geriatric prob- this in September. transporting cotton bales Bengal Rabindranath Tagore's BJP's victoryinthe assembly elec- Nagrik Adhikar Manchcon- procurementbyPrimary Acase filedbyRai is among lems, Ifacedacase of lockdown Bihar Additional Secretary collided. Both the vehicles 'Sonar Bangla' (Golden Bengal) tions due in April-Maythisyear. venor and leading RTIactivist AgricultureCredit Societies the pending ones. The activist, violation. Local cops and officers (Home) Amir Subhani told The caught fire afterthe colli- from the ruinedstate it has been "The BJPwill establish true ShivPrakashRai,55, who has (PACS), MNREGSand appoint- who had complained againstthe were incensedat my RTIqueryon IndianExpress: "Now thatpend- sion. The three passen- turnedintodue to thesuccessive democracy," he said. Over 200 filedover500 queries since the ment of primaryand secondary Buxar SP forallegedly "misbe- whether theymention expenses ing RTIcases have been brought gers could notget out of governmentsinthe past includ- TMC workers joined the BJP in Actcame intobeing, told The school teachers. Also, since 2008, having"withhim in 2017,said of ads theyget publishedontheir to my notice, the department the car on time and were ing that of the TMC," the Union Shekhawat's presence. Indian Express:“When Isought 17 RTIactivists have been killed, that even afterthe matter birthdays in their IT returns." will look intoit". charredtodeath,” the of- ficial said. PTI Four of familyfound HC nixes ‘deserter’ tag: ‘Missing JAMMU &KASHMIR dead in Gujarat,police 6peoplehurtin constable can be presumed dead’ grenadeattack suspectsuicidepact in Pulwama heardoffor sevenyears, upon The courtwas hearingaplea EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE the person who affirms it, Justice by Madhu Devi, whohad chal- Srinagar: At least sixcivil- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE JAMMU,JANUARY2 Dhar said. The court said that in lenged the declarationofher ians were injured in a AHMEDABAD,JANUARY2 the present case, respondent au- husband—Asha Ram—as ade- grenade attackbymili- SETTING ASIDEa10-year-oldor- thorities (CRPF) arenot in aposi- serterbythe CRPF.Inher peti- tantsinthe Tral area of TWODAYSafter four membersofafamily,includ- der of the Central ReservePolice tion to statethat the petitioner’s tion, Madhu Devi soughtthat her Pulwama district on ingtwo minors, went missingfromtheir residence, Forcedeclaring amissing head husband is alive. husband should be declared Saturday, police said. The their bodies were found hanging from atreeata constable as “deserter’’, the “In fact, the respondentshave dead in terms of Section 108of militantslobbed a villageinAravalli district on Saturday, the police Jammu and Kashmir HighCourt notdisputedthat the petitioner’s the Evidence Act. grenade towardssecurity said. The initial investigation suggestedthat it has ruledthat he can be pre- husband has remaineduntrace- The petitioner's case wasthat forces personnel at the could acase of “mass suicide”, an officer said. sumed“dead’’. able. Therefore, it is to be pre- her husband wasserving as Tral bus stand in the Kalusinh Parmar (32), Jyotika Parmar (30), and Referring to the Oxforddic- sumedthat petitioner’s husband Head Constable in 16 Battalion south Kashmirdistrict, a their sonand daughter,agedseven and five respec- tionary, Justice SanjayDhar said is dead as per Section 108of CRPF and waslastpostedatCivil police official said. He said tively,are residentsofGajan village in Modasa ru- that the word “desert’’, in the Indian Evidence Act,” he ob- Lines in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. the grenade missedthe ralarea, thepolice said. The family had gone miss- contextofthe present case, served. Thegroup centre of the battalion intendedtargetand ex- ing on December 31 evening. Asearch operation, would mean illegally running JusticeDhar heldthat the re- wasatBan Talab, Jammu, where plodedinthe market, re- however, waslaunchedSaturdaymorning aftera away from the militaryservice. spondents’ action in declaring Asha Ramlived. sulting in injuries to at complaint of missing persons wasfiled. “A person, whose where- the petitioner’shusband as “de- In June 2010,Madhu Devi got leastsix civilians. The in- “It wasonSaturdaymorningthatKalusinh’s aboutsare unknown and who serter’’, and thereafterhanding acall from the Company jured personsweretaken father filedacomplaint. In the evening, the four has notbeenheardoffor thelast down the punishment of dis- Commander of the Unit, inform- to ahospital, the official bodies were found hanging from atreeataniso- morethan 10 years, cannotbe missal to him, is unsustainable ing her that her husband had said. The area has been latedspotonthe outskirts of Gajan village.The stated to have illegallyrun away in law. gone to fetchvegetables and did cordonedoff and ahunt bodies have been sent forpostmortem. We sus- from hisservice,’’ Justice Dhar He also directed the respon- notreturn. The petitioner tried has been launchedtonab pect theydiedtwo days ago. We have notrecov- observed. dentstoreleaseall service/pen- to contact him, but in vain. the attackers, he added. ered anynote from the spotand further action will Section 108ofIndian sionbenefitsofthe petitioner’s Thereafter, she said,she in- PTI be takenafter investigation,” apolice officer said. EvidenceAct, the courtsaid, husband in favour of the rightful formedthe CRPF respondents. Police said Parmar wasfacing financial diffi- casts theburden of proving that claimant(s) in accordance with The familyhas notheardfrom MAHARASHTRA culties and wasunemployedsince the lockdown. aperson is alive and has notbeen the applicable rules. him since. ManushiChhillar chosenforUN campaign UTTARAKHAND GIVES TEAMS GREATER POWERS TO ACT AGAINST POACHERS Mumbai: Miss World 2017 pageant winner Paw patrol: Units formed to fight wildlife crime Manushi Chhillar has been ropedinbyUnited wildlifecrime history. fending party cites ajurisdic- anyofthe forest divisions of hencetheycouldnot pursue Nations Women fora LALMANIVERMA According to an orderis- tion issue. their jurisdiction area. acasefor rigorous punish- global initiative called DEHRADUN,JANUARY2 suedbyChief Wildlife “Now the stategovern- Assistant Conservator of ment...” #OrangeTheWorld to Warden JSSuhag announc- ment has expandedthe ju- Forest (Kalsi division) “But now,”hesaid, “infor- raise awareness on gen- FORFOCUSED effortstocon- ing the formation of the two risdiction by creating two Rangnath Pandey, who mationofcriminals and their der-basedviolence. The trol wildlifecrime and act units, these will also act as a separatededicated Wildlife headsthe Garhwal unit, said, crimes will be collected and 23-year-old model-actor againstpoachers, the consultancy forthe govern- Crime ControlUnitsfor the “If acriminalcommitsthe maintainedcentrallyatre- said women aremost Uttarakhand government ment on wildlifecrimes. entireGarhwal and Kumaun same offence underWildlife gional leveland will be susceptible to violence in has created twoseven- Theywillalso serveas regions... Eachunit can now ProtectionAct forasecond shared with all the divisional various forms every- memberWildlifeCrime nodal bodies sharinginfor- move in all the forest divi- time, punishment increases unitsconcernedwhen re- where. “Women across Control Unitsfor itsadmin- mation and coordinating sions of the region con- three times.But as forest di- quired.” all agegroups areatcon- istrative divisions of Garhwal with the Union govern- cerned. Theycan conduct visions were notsharing the While the Garhwal unit stant risk and it is heart- and Kumaun. Eachwill have ment’s WildlifeCrime raids in anydivision on infor- informationofcriminals and has members from Rajaji breaking to feel this as a jurisdiction -- spanning over Control Bureau. mation of wildlifecrime, reg- were maintaining records of TigerReserveand Kedarnath woman myself,” Chillar an entire region -- to take ac- According to an official, istercases, and pursue the local divisional jurisdiction wildlifedivision, the said. She said women tion againstpoachers, regis- jurisdiction remains achal- matter in the court,” an offi- areas only, they remained Kumaun unit has members mustraise theirvoice tercases and pursue them in lengeinprosecution in such cial said. clueless about the crime from CorbettTiger Reserve againstviolence and em- court, andmaintain records cases as theyare oftendis- These unitscan develop committed by the accusedin and Bageshwar forest divi- powerothers. PTI of criminals and their missedincourt when the de- an intelligence networkin other forest divisions, and sion.

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Gujarat:4UK returnees test Permissibleinemergencies:Jamaat TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE positive for new 306 CASES: ACTIVECASES:2,50,183 DAYSSINCE 1,03,05,788 DEATHS:1,49,218 Covid strain PANDEMIC weighsinon‘haraamvaccine’row BEGAN TESTS: 17,39,41,658 | RECOVERIES: 99,06,387 CASES DEATHS RECOVERIES TESTS RITUSHARMA JAN1 19,079 22422,926 8,29,964 AHMEDABAD,JANUARY2 ble substance is transformed lines regarding itsuse or non-use chimpanzees,and researchers Jamaat forthe spread of the LIZMATHEW intosomething completely dif- will be issued”. have geneticallychanged the coronavirus, “planned” commu- FOUR PERSONS who recentlyre- NEWDELHI,JANUARY2 ferent in termsofproperties and Asection of Muslim scholars adenovirus by addingthe ge- nal violence in NortheastDelhi, turnedtoGujarat from the UK characteristics, then it maybe in India and Islamic organisa- netic material of the spikeglyco- and the “police attack” on stu- have tested positive forthe new AMID CLAIMS by some Muslim considered as clean and permis- tions in countries likeUAE and proteins that arefoundonthe dentsofJamia Millia Islamia strain of coronavirus, the state scholars that the Covid vaccine sible. On this basis, the use of gel- Indonesia have declared that the surface of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. University and AMU.“Jamaat health department said cannotbeadministeredto atin derivedfromthe body part vaccines cannotbeadministered Spokespersons of Pfizer, feels thattheselawsare oneof Saturday. Thefour passengers members of the Muslim com- of aharam (unlawful) animal has to Muslims as theycontain pork Moderna and AstraZeneca have the manyways to keep the have been admitted to the munityasitcontains ingredients been considered permissible by gelatin.InIndia,the AllIndia clarifiedthat porkproductsare flames of ‘anti-minorityism’ or STATESWITHRISINGACTIVECASES Ahmedabad Municipal considered“haraam (unlawful)” Islamic jurists,” he said. “Even Sunni Jamiat-ul-Ulema Council notpartoftheir Covid-19vac- Islamophobia alive.Theyare be- ACTIVECASES RISEINLASTWEEK Corporation-run SVPHospital in forconsumption in Islam, the those jurists who disagree with and Raza AcademyinMumbai cines. But pork-derivedgelatin ing promulgated forstrengthen- Kerala 65,1311,035 Ahmedabad, officials said. Jamaat-e-Islami (Hind) on the above transformation rule have declared them as “haram” has been widelyusedasastabi- ing the agendaofhateand polar- Jharkhand 1,68295 GujaratHealthCommissioner Saturdaytried to clarify the the- sanction avaccine whichcon- and appealedtoMuslims notto lizer to ensurevaccines remain ization,”the organisation said. JaiPrakash Shivaharesaid,“Asper ological position, saying avac- tains prohibited substances in use the vaccine with pork safeand effectiveduring storage The outfit said that everyis- the test reports from theNational cine withunlawful substances case of unavailability of halal gelatin. and transport. sue is being looked through the STATESWHEREACTIVECASESAREDECLINING InstituteofVirology(NIV) inPune, will be permissible in emer- vaccines, in direand emergency The Oxfordvaccine uses At the press conference, the “communal prism” forpolitical ACTIVECASES DECLINEINLASTWEEK whicharrived today(Saturday), gency situations to protect hu- situations.” Chimpanzee adenoviral vector outfit alsoslammedthe “dicta- gains. It extendedits supportto Maharashtra52,0844,739 the four patientsare infectedwith man livesincaseofunavailabil- However, he addedthat“the while Bharat Biotech uses thein- torial approach” of variousBJP- the protesting farmers saying it Chhattisgarh11,3443,415 the mutant Covid-19strain.All ity of anyother vaccine source of ingredients of the pop- activatedSARS-CoV-2. The governedstatesoverpassageof agreedwith their “point-of-view West Bengal 11,616 3,133 four areadmittedat SVPHospital containing lawful substances. ularvaccines, whichhavebeen OxfordvaccineChAdOx1nCoV- ordinances in the name of “un- that the newlawswill end the and areunder continuous moni- Dr Razi-ul-Islam Nadwi, made public, is notyet known 19 is made from aweakened ver- lawful religious conversion” and MSP supportunless thereisale- STATESREPORTINGMAXIMUMCASES toring in aseparatewardand are Secretaryofthe JIH Shariah with certainty.After becoming sion of acommoncold aden- “deliberateefforts to polarise so- galguaranteeofprocurement at ONJAN1TOTAL doing fine.” Council, said, “If an impermissi- fullyaware of it,further guide- ovirus that causes infection in ciety” by blaming the Tablighi MSP”. Kerala 4,9917,65,925 The four passengers, Maharashtra3,52419,35,636 Shivaharesaid, had returned Delhi 1,1535,53,216 from the UK on the same flight 85 test positive India-UK flights on December 22 and arefrom STATESREPORTINGMAXIMUMDEATHS different parts of Gujarat. at Chennai hotel to restart Jan 6: ONJAN1TOTAL “As per the central govern- Maharashtra6350,727 ment's guidelines, thesefourpa- since Dec 15 Hardeep Puri West Bengal 26 9,738 tientsweretaken to SVPHospital Kerala 23 3,203 and kept in aseparate isolation Chennai: Atotal of 85 people at NewDelhi: Aviation Minister ward rightfromthe firstday.All ITCGrand Chola in Chennai, in- HardeepSingh Puri on Saturday DataasonJanuary1,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealthandFamilyWelfare,IndianCouncilofMedical the passengers returning from cluding staffmembers, have said flightsfromIndia to theUK Researchandstategovernments.Often,thenumbersreleasedeverydaycontaindatafrompreviousdays UK were retainedatthe airport tested positive forCovid-19since will resume from January6, aswell.Assuch,trendsbasedondailynumbersareonlyindicativeandnotdefinitive till their RT-PCRreportsarrived December 15,asenior official while services from that country and all those who tested positive said on Saturday. to herewould resume from were immediately senttothe Of the 609 samples collected January8. SVPHospital,” Shivaharesaid. till date, 85 were found to be pos- “Resumption of flightsbe- Vaccine trialrun Vaccination to Contactsofthe four passen- itive.Following this,the Greater tween India &UK: India to UK gers have been traced, including Chennai Corporation has been from 6Jan 2021. UK to India from in 6districts start around the passengers seated in their instructed to carry outsaturation 8Jan 2021. 30 flightswill operate vicinity on the flight. “All those testing of all the guests at the ho- everyweek. 15 eachbyIndian& of Jharkhand Sankranti: Yogi sitting in the surroundingrows tel, Health Secretary UK carriers," Puri tweeted. "This arebeingmonitored.The gov- JRadhakrishnan said. schedule is valid till 23 Jan2021. ernment will sharenoteworthy The hotelinarelease said all Further frequency will be deter- ABHISHEKANGAD EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE details as and when these are eventsatthe property have been mined afterreview.” RANCHI,JANUARY2 LUCKNOW,JANUARY2 confirmed,” Shivahareadded. conducted in adherencetothe On Friday, Purihad an- Sources in the health depart- norms mandated by authorities. nouncedthat only30flights per JHARKHAND ON Saturdaycon- UTTAR PRADESH Chief Minister mentalsorevealednearly adozen The firstcase wasreported week will operatebetween India ducted avaccination dryrun in on Saturdaysaid genome mappingtestreports Avolunteer participates in avaccinedry runatahospital in Jaipur on Saturday. Rohit Jain Paras afterachef got infected on and theUKwhen services re- six districts—Ranchi,East vaccination will be startedinthe from NIV Pune were pending. December 15. PTI sume from January8. PTI Singhbhum, Palamu, Pakur, statearound ‘Makar Sankranti’, Chatraand Simdega–and across celebrated on January14. 13 vaccination sites. Speaking at aprogramme to In all, 455 healthcarework- laythe foundation stone of a Held after 11 yrs: Man who changed BSY to discuss Cabinet expansion ers –25healthworkers persite– lawyer’s building in Gorakhpur were enrolledfor the trial run, it collectorate campus, Adityanath is learnt. reiterated the“success” of the identity, religion to evade police with BJP Karnataka in-charge “The objective of thedry run stategovernment'sbattleagainst wastoensurethat preparation the coronavirus. He said UP and MohamedRiyaaz Shaikh," said by BJP national president JP of session site, training of health the countryovercame thepan- SAGARRAJPUT an officer. PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA Nadda duringtheir meeting in workers availability of logistics, demic under the leadership of MUMBAI,JANUARY2 “Wewerecheckingthe reg- BENGALURU,JANUARY2 Karnataka NewDelhionNovember 18,to the functionality of cold chain Prime MinisterNarendraModi. isterinwhichwemaintain the CM BS wait forthe clearance from the system and COWIN softwareis Talkingabout the crisis faced IN DECEMBER 2010,a28-year- names of wanted criminals... DISCUSSIONS ON the much- Yediyurappa central leadership. working optimally.All possible by migrantworkers in theinitial old construction labourer was When we were going to find out awaited expansion or reshuffle The cabinetexpansionor scenarios of vaccination like stages of the lockdown, he said booked in Mumbaifor assault- about other accused, we visited of Karnataka cabinethaveonce reshuffle is expected to be a non-acceptance, adverse event over 40 lakh people from UP ing awoman. Theaccused was the rented placewhere Rampure again cometothe fore withChief Singh is on avisit to the state tightrope walk forthe CM, con- following immunization were working in other states returned untraceable. On Thursday, when used to live.During inquiry, we MinisterBSYediyurappa on to participateinthe special sidering that thereare toomany considered forthe dryrun to en- duringthe pandemic, and the the police finallyarrestedRaja befriendedafew locals,"said an Saturdaysayinghewill hold meeting of the stateBJP and also aspirants. sureanerror-free immunization stategovernment made all ef- Bhimrao Rampure, theyfound Raja Bhimrao Rampure, officer.“We managed to gethold talksinthis connection with BJP itscorecommittee in The cabinetcurrentlyhas 27 campaign wheneverthe vaccine fortstoget them employment that he had changed his religion who changed his name to of him and brought him to the national GeneralSecretaryin- ShivamoggaonSaturdayand members, and sevenberths are is available,” the source added. near their homes. and name, assuming anew iden- MohamedRiyaazSheikh police station forinquiry.” charge of the stateArun Singh. Sunday. still vacant. tity to evade arrest. He triedmisleading the in- Speaking to reporters, he Yediyurappa will be partof Ruling out leadership FormNo. 15 Rampure, now38, and offi- vestigators as he maintainedthat said, “He (Singh) has come, Iwill these meetings. change, Yediyurappa earlier this BeFore The DeBTs recoveryTriBuNal, paTNa ciallyMohamed Riyaaz Shaikh, trace the woman who had he wasnot the one the police discusswithhim.” The CM was Therehas been talk within the week had assertedthat he will a&BWingh, 2ndfloor,Karpuri Thakur sadan,ashiana Digharoad, Nearrajeev Nagar police station,patna 800025 wasarrestedfromthe Bhiwandi lodged acomplaint at the time. were looking for. "He kept telling responding to aquestion about stateBJP that theexpansion or remain in the postfor the re- o.a. No.98of2020 area, wherehehad been living The twootherworkers were us that he is Shaikh andthe per- the cabinet expansion. reshuffle waslikelythismonth. maining over twoyear period Between: since 2011.Policesaid in 2010, arrested andsubsequently sonwewerelooking forisa He later metSingh, who ar- Yediyurappa has been waiting for and complete theterm, and applicant:state Bank of india, ram Krishnanagar Branch, patna through cheif manager stressed assets resolution Branch (sarB) 2nd the accusedlived in Kurla(East) chargesheetedinApril 2011. Hindu,” said Patil.However, the rivedinthe statecapital, ahead some time nowtocarry outthe therewas no confusion regard- Floor,patna main Branch Building, West Gandhi maidan, patna. with his wifeand daughter. The police said thatRampure police then calledhis distant rel- of their travel to Shivamogga. cabinetexercise, as he wasasked ing this within the rulingBJP. versus "With twoother men, he had had escapedwith his family ativeswho identifiedhim. respondant/Defendants: M/s DaDajee PolyTube &oThers SummonS iSSued under rule 23 (Viii) of the debtS recoVery assaulted awoman.The three from his rented home in Kurla. “During sustainedinterroga- tribunal (Procedure) ruleS, 1993. were renovating her houseand TheywenttoSolapur,his home- tion, he confessedtothe crime to, therewas aheated argument be- town, forabrief while. When and revealedthat he had (i) M/s Dadiji Polytubes, proprietor rohit Kumar Jhunjhunwala s/o late Nawal Kishor Jhunjhunwala, r/o Karmalichack, Dhawalpura, tween them over payment.They theyreturned, he had anew changed his name andreligion Begampur, p.s. Bypass, Dist.-patna-800009. had beaten herwith bamboo identity.Rampurebecame to avoid arrest,” said senior po- (ii) rohit Kumar jhunjhunwala, s/o late Nawal Kishor Jhunjhunwala, and wooden sticks," said police Mohamed Riyaaz Shaikh. lice inspector Vilas Shinde. r/o Keshav rai lane, Near Janta hotel, chowk, patna city,Dist.- patna-800008. sub-inspector Dyaneshwar Patil "Wehaveseizedhis PAN The accusedwas produced in Whereas the applicant has instituted an application u/s 19 of the recovery of Nehru Nagarpolicestation. cardand Aadharcardand in both courtand remandedinjudicial of debts due to bank and financial institution act, 1993 against the defendants Thepolice arenow trying to his documents, his name is custody. for the recovery of asum of rs.36,05,329.47(rupees Thirty six lacs five thousand three hundred twenty nine &forty sevenonly). theabove mentioned defendants is are therefore hereby directed to appear before this tribunal in person or through an advocate or duly authorized agent, in support of his/their defense to show cause within 30 days from the date of publication or on 30/01/2021 at 10.30 a.m. (forenoon) as to why reliefs prayed for should not be granted. take notice that in case of default of your appearance on the day mentioned. herein before, the proceeding will be heard and determined in your absence. Given under my hand and the seal of the tribunal on this 17th day of december,2020 registrar Debts recovery Tribunal, patna

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Man stabbed to death in Panipat UP: Pak woman Classifieds whowon 2015 market, ‘honour killing’ suspected panchayat poll PERSONAL fied as Neeraj,23. He wasat- Preliminaryprobe revealedthat EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE tacked by his wifeKomal's twomen had attackedNeeraj I, Arunodaya kumar,s/o I,Bhupinder SinghS/o Prem in Etahbooked AcharyashreeSudarshanjee Singh R/oF-109 Sector-22 CHANDIGARH,JANUARY2 brothers in amarket. The inci- that resulted in hisdeath. Both Maharaj R/O A-29/19, DLF Phase Noida district- dent has been recordedonCCTV areyet absconding,” one of the forcheating 1, Gurgaon,Haryana 122001 have Gautambudhnagar have A23-YEAR-OLD MAN who re- cameras. investigating police officers said. Changed my name To Kumar change my minor son’s name centlymarriedawoman from a Neeraj wasrushedtothe According to the police, Arunodaya as perdocument. from Rishabh to Rishabh Singh different caste wasstabbed to hospitalwherehewas declared Neeraj marriedKomal, his MANISHSAHU 0070725962-1 0040559276-1 death allegedly by her two dead on arrival. The assailants neighbour,against thewishesof LUCKNOW,JANUARY2 I, VijayKumar S/oSh. Raghuvir I,Baleshwar Tiwari,S/o Chandra brothers lateonFridaynightin areyet to be nabbed. herfamily. Thecouple got mar- Sharan Pathak,R/o H. No. Bhan Tiwari,R/o-D-104/1, Haryana’s Panipat. “Wehaveregistered an FIR riedinNovember in acourt. ETAH POLICE have chargeda65- 52/36, D1, St. No. 16 New Basti, Mukund-Vihar,Karawal-Nagar, The victim has been identi- on chargesofmurder. Komal's father and her two year-oldwoman with cheating Anand Parbat, New Delhi- Delhi-110090,have changed my brotherswereupsetwithher afterthe district administration 110005 have changed my name to Raj Tripathi. name to Vijay Pathak. Government of Karnataka marriagetoNeerajashewas discoveredthat she had hidden 0040559298-5 (Infrastructure Development, Ports &Inland Water Transport Department) 0070725953-1 from adifferent caste.The trio her Pakistani nationality to con- I,Archana,W/o Vipin Office of the Marine Engineer,Department of Ports &IWT,Baithkhol, had threatenedNeeraj andeven test the 2015 panchayatelec- I PUBLIC NOTICE NO.ME/GNL/CR-03/2020 Karwar- 581302 Date: 01.01.2021 Kabir Singh Jolly S/oSh. Kumar,R/o-C-164,First- assaulted him in the past. tions from avillagehere. GagandeepSinghJollyR/o E- KNOW ALL MEN that my client Sh. Pradeep Floor,Dayanand-Colony,Lajpat Kumar Gupta S/O Sh. Rajender Kumar Gupta SHORT TERM TENDER NOTICE- 2nd Call (Only in E-Procurement) (TWO COVER SYSTEM) Neeraj hadthree siblings. His Bano Begum, who has been 22, Panchsheel Park, New Nagar-IV,New Delhi- along with his wife Smt. Priyanka Gupta both R/O SH 802, Ajnara land Marks, Sector 4 Tender is invited by the undersigned in e-Procurement portal for the Delhi-110017 have changed my 110024,inform thatmyname Vaishali ,Ghaziabad, U.P., has severed all brother Jagdishsaid the family living in India fornearly 40 years name to KabbirSingh Jolly for wrongly-mentioned Archana his relations with his brother Sh. Sandeep mentioned work. The registered firms/contractors who have executed had lodgedmultiple complaints on along-term visa, waselected Gupta and his wife Smt. Sheetal Gupta both and are having experience in similar nature of work can participate in the all purposes. 0040559271-1 Talwar in my minor daughter R/O A-407, High End Paradise, Raj Nagar with the police fearing an attack villagepanchayatmember.Later, Extension, Ghaziabad. U.P., and have Tender through e-Procurement portal. To obtain more information, I, Dhruv Parasher S/oSatish YashikaTalwardocuments but debarred them from all his movable and from Komal'sbrothers, but the shewas nominatedasofficiating my actual-name is Archana. immovable properties. Any one dealing with please visit the website: www.eproc.karnataka.gov.in (Work Estimate Parasher R/o527 Sector-21A them in any way or manner whatsoever shall No: KPWD/2020-21/PM/WORK_INDENT133116/CALL-2) police did notinitiateany signif- villagepradhan following the Faridabad, Haryana.Have 0040559296-4 be doing on his own risks and consequences. Sd/- Name of work: (1) Providing 2Nos. of minimum 30 TonBollard pull icant action. deathofthe electedvillage head. changed my name Dhruv Vikas Kumar Agarwal I,Ajit Reehal,S/o Ram Singh,R/o- Advocate capacity each Tugservice on hire basis for berthing and unberthing of Last week,she resignedfromthe Parashar, for all purpose. Enrol. No. D-277/E/07 WZ-283/170,UpperSecond- Resi. of J-12-A, 3rd Floor, Gali No. 4 ships, Search and Rescue (SAR) operations and other services for a post afterthe administration be- 0040559305-1 Floor,Front-Side Maddi-Wali Laxmi Nagar, Delhi-110092 Mobile- 9717771646 period of 3years with extension of 2more years, if required, (as per same gananinquiryintoacomplaint I, Md Ahzam Noor,S/o Md.Noor Gali.No-6,Vishnu-Garden Delhi- terms and conditions) by the port authority at Karwar Port, Uttara againsther. 110018,have changed my name Azlam,R/oH.No.P-127, PUBLIC NOTICE Kannada round the clock (24 hrs aday) -Fuel and fresh water supply to The authoritiesfound that Street.No.1,Near Al-Noor to Ajeet SinghReehal. the tug on Port account and nil charges towards mobilization/ My Client Sh. Mohit Jha S/o Sh. Shiv Pal Jha, R/o Bano wasstaying on along-term Masjid,Batla-House,Jamia- 0040559298-8 Flat No. 309, Dhruva Apartments, I.P. Extension, demobilization. (GST shall be paid separately). Nagar,Okhla,New Delhi- Patparganj, Delhi -110092. It is informed to the Amount put to Tender: Rs. 208050000.00, EMD Rs. 20.85 Lakhs visa in India and had hidden facts I, Vikas Sethi S/o.Roshan Lal General Public that some original Allotment Letter, 110025,inform that my name Possession Letter and Share Certificate dated (Rs. 1.00 Lakh in e-Payment +Rs. 19.85 Lakhs as mentioned in while filing her nomination pa- R/o-1/197, 2nd-floor Subhash 05.12.1983 issued by NAVKUNJ Co-operative and my fathernamehas been Nagar,Delhi-110027, have Group Housing Society Ltd. in favour of Sh. Baldev bid document). Last date for Quarries: 08.01.2021 @17.30 hours. pers forthe panchayatelections. wrongly-mentioned as Raj S/o Sh. Bihari Lal Sharma regarding property Changed my minor Daughter Flat No. D-5, Ground Floor, Block -D,Navkunj Last date for receipt for Tender: 11.01.2021 @17.30hours. “On the basis of acomplaint Ahazam Noor and Md Noor CGHS Ltd. IP Extension, Delhi 110092 has lost by Name from Abhinoor sethito For further details kindly refer the e-procurement portal for Addendum filedbythe district administra- Aslam in my marksheet and my client in the market of Madhu Vihar at about Abhinoorkaur sethi, forall 02:16 P.M. dated 23.12.2020. My client lodged a and other relevant information regarding this tender.For general certificates.The actual-name report LR No.860129/2020 dated 31.12.2020 tion, an FIR has been registered futurepurposes 0040559272-1 through online. enquiries, prospective bidders may contact the undersigned office of mineand my father areMd PUBLIC NOTICE Sd/- againstthe woman lateFriday. Phone No. 08382-295580 during working hours, before last date of Ahzam Noor and Md Noor I Jahan Singh Jolly S/oSh. KNOW ALL MEN thatmyclient Shri APRAJIT SINGH She has been booked under IPC Rajender KumarGuptaS/OLate Sri Advocate quarries. Azlam respectively. En. No. D-1153/2000 Sd/- Marine Engineer, Gagandeep Singh Jolly R/oE- Banarashi das Guptaaged about 70 years Section 420 (cheating and dis- Ch. No. 198-A, Western Wing and Smt.Ashok Bala GuptaW/o Sri DIPR/ADK/MCA/553/20-21 dt. 2.1.2021 Ports &Inland Water Transport, Karwar 22, PanchsheelPark,New Tis Hazari Court Delhi-110054 0040559305-2 Rajender Kumar Guptaaged about 68 honestlyinducing delivery of Delhi-110017 have changed my years both R/o House No-A-78, 3rd floor, I, PINKI D/oSUMAN PRASAD name to Jahaan Singh Jolly for Yojna Vihar,Delhi-110092 has severed all property),” said Etah Senior his relations with his son Sh. Sandeep MEHTAR/o HNO50, THIRD all purposes. Guptaand their daughter-in-law namely ''IMPORTANT'' Superintendent of Police Sunil FLOOR, BLOCK Q1, SOUTH 0040559271-2 Smt. Sheetal Guptaboth R/O A-407, High Kumar Singh. End Paradise, Raj Nagar Extension, Whilst care is taken priorto CITY-2, SECTOR 49, GURGAON, Ghaziabad, U.P., and have debarred them The policewillalsoinvesti- HARYANA-122018 have I,SAJJAD HUSAIN HAJI MULLA from all hismovable and immovable acceptance of advertising FIDAHUSAIN CHUDIWALA,S/O properties. Any one dealing with them in gate howBano, who is illiterate, changed my name to PINKI any way or manner whatsoever shall be copy, it is not possibletoverify MEHTA 0070725861-1 HAJI MULLAFIDAHUSAIN doing on his own risks and consequences. its contents. The Indian gotAadhaar and voter cards in CHUDIWALA,H.NO-199,2ND- Sd/- VIKAS KUMAR AGARWAL her name, the SSP added. I, Parveen Gupta S/oSh. Rana Advocate Express (P)Limitedcannot be FLOOR,BANK-ENCLAVE,LAXMI- J-12-A, 3rd floor,LAXMI NAGAR, NEAR On whether the woman vio- Kumar Gupta R/oB-3/46, NAGAR,DELHI-110092,have BANGALI SCHOOL, DELHI-92 held responsible forsuch Sector-6, Rohini, Delhi-85. due changed my nametoSAJJAD contents,nor for any loss or lated visa norms, Singh said: to clerical mistakemyold HUSSAIN CHUDIWALA. PUBLIC NOTICE damage incurred as aresult of “The investigation will find out passport written Parveen Public notice is given to the general transactions with companies, these factsand further action 0040559298-11 public that my clientess namely Mst. Kumar Gupta .Infuture Imust Rozina W/o Late Mohd Gulzar Khan associations or individuals will be takenonthe basisofthe be called, known Parveen I,JavedMehdiZaidi S/oLate R/o H. No.2736, Gali Chandi Wali advertising in its newspapers findings." Gupta for all purpose. Zafar Mehdi Zaidi R/oD-43, Pahari Bhojla Turkman Gate, Delhi-6, has severed her all relations with her or Publications. We therefore Sector 49, Noida U.P. Have Hername has been deleted 0040559259-1 son namely Mohd Saqib Khan and his recommend that readers changed My Name from Javed wife namely lqra W/o Mohd Saqib Khan from the voters' list, Sub- D/o Late Aziz She has disowned them This to declare thatI,Bharti Mehdi Zaidi to JawedMehdi make necessaryinquiries Divisional Magistrate(Jalesar) SP from all her movable and immovable beforesending any monies or Gautam, daughter of RK Singh, Zaidi for all future purposes. properties and my clientess shall not be Verma said. residentofC3/301; Capital 0040559099-2 held responsible for any act of their. entering intoany agreements Sd/- Meanwhile, adepartmental Apartments, Vasundhara withadvertisersorotherwise Surjeet Singh inquiryhas been ordered against Enclave have changed my Advocate acting on an advertisement in I, Om Parkash S/oMela Ram R/o name to Bharti Gautam Singh Ch. No. 127 CourtsDelhi-54 any manner whatsoever. villagesecretaryDhyan PalSingh for all purposes. 0040559277-1 RZ-16, Street No.14, Mob No. 9871830501 on whose recommendation Tughlakabad Extn. New Delhi- This is to declarethat I, Arun 110019 have changedmyname Bano wasmade the officiating Kumar,son of Dr (late) TP to Om Prakash Dhiman. pradhan. Notably, DhyanPal SINGH, residentof Singh is also the complainant 0040559179-5 C3/301;Capital Apartments againstBano. VasundharaEnclave Delhi 110096 have changed my According to the district ad- name to Arun Kumar Singh for LOST & FOUND ministration, Bano came to India all purposes. 0040559279-1 in the 1980s andgot marriedto I,VIRENDRA KUMAR YADAV,S/o- one Akhtar Ali, aresident of I,Yusuf Ali S/oJauddin,R/o Arun kumar yadav, R/o.h.no- POLICE HEADQUARTERS, CHHATIISGARH, KhasraNo.40,Main-Road, 35,Mohammadpur Bhikaji POLICE HEADQUARTERS, ATAL NAGAR, NAVA RAIPUR Gudahu. Aftermarriage, Bano Satbari, South Delhi,Delhi- cama,N.D-66,have lost my neverreturned to herhomein 110074,have changed my original-certificate class-10th NOTICE INVITING TENDER Karachi. She stayed in India on a name to Yusuf. 0040559298-2 year-2004 Rollno-6152953 No.PHQ/Sec.-10/Kit-Clo/14/5800/2020 Raipur, Dated :-30/12//2020 long-termvisa, whichwas reg- CBSE-DELHI. Sealed tendersare being invited by the Director General of Police, Chhattisgarh on behalf of Governor of Chhattisgarh I,Vipin Kumar,S/o Late.Kundan from manufacturers (OEM)for the following items. ularly extended, as she did not Lal,R/o-C-164,First- 0040559298-10 SI. Name of Item Qty Specification EMD in Rs Remarks getIndian nationality. Floor,Dayanand-Colony,Lajpat I,Usman zafar,S/o sulaiman No. Station House Officer of Nagar-IV,New Delhi- zafar,R/o-c-14,gururam das- 1 Combat 9625 As per section IV 1,63,700/- 2Mtr.advance Sample(STF Pattern), 110024,inform that my name Cloth(NYCO Mtr. (Tender document Page as per specification, must be submitted Jalesar,KPSingh, said the visa nagar,Laxmi-Nagar, Delhi- wrongly-mentioned Vipin Fabric) No. 12 to 14) beforeopening of bid. wasrenewedfor twoyears by 92,have lost my original- Talwar in my minor daughter 2 Combat Track Suit 2750 As per section IV 1,40,250/- 2set advance Sample, as per specifica- the government lastyear. certificateClass-10th(2008) Set (Tender document Page tion, must be submitted before opening YashikaTalwar documents Rollno-5304666,Class- No.15) of bid. Additional District but my actual-nameisVipin 12th(2010) Rollno-5797593 3 Ponchu 2750 As per section IV 1,65,000/- 2Nos. advance Sample, as per specifi- MagistrateVivek Kumar Mishra Kumar. 0040559296-3 CBSE-ALLAHABAD. Nos. (Tender document Page cation, must be submitted before open- No.16 to 20) ing of bid. said the reportonBano'scase I,Vijay Kumar Kaushik,S/o 0040559298-9 4 T-Shirt (OG) 5500 As per section IV 66,000/- 2Nos. advance Sample, as per specifi- hasnot been senttothe state Jagat Parkash Kaushik, Nos. (Tender document Page cation,must be submitted before open- government so far. H.No.445,Sector-9A,Gurugram I, Sunil Kumar Rajain S/oBhim No.21) ing of bid. (Haryana)-122001,have Singh Rajain R/oF-735, It wasfoundthat proper pro- AkshardhamApartments,PKT- Note -Lab test can be performed by the department from any government lab. changed my name to Vijay The tender offer in the prescribedtender form along with all the relevant documents sealed and completedinall the cedurewas notfollowedinde- Kaushik. 3, Sec-19, Dwarka, Delhi- respect, mustbesubmitted each item in separate envelop, as perthe schedulebelow - claring Bano the acting Pradhan. 0040559298-1 110075. Ihave lost my Demand SCHEDULE FOR TENDER NoticeBearing No. a) Address for submission of Tender Document - AIG of Police(P&P) ,Blockno03, Room No.309 Police I,Tabssum,W/o Yusuf,R/o F27(7)/2020/LBS(R)/1094 Khasra.No.40 Main-Road, Headquarters, Chhattisgarh, Sector 19,Nava Raipur. Dated 21.09.2020-30.09.2020 b) Last Date and Time of Submission on Bids 30/01/2021 till 03.00 pm Block no 03,Room No.309 Police Toddler’s Satbari,South/Delhi, Delhi- issuedfromDDA,Land Sales Headquarters, Chhattisgarh, Sector 19, Nava Raipur. 110074,have changed my branch (Residential), C-II c) Place,Time and Date of opening Technical Bid- Block no 03, Room No.309 Police Headquarters, Chhattisgarh, name to Tabassum. Block, IInd Floor, Vikas Sadan Sector 19, Nava Raipur.30/01/2021 at 4:00 pm headless body d) Place, Time and Date of opening Financial Bid- Shallbeintimated later. 0040559298-3 INA, New Delhi-23. Finder e) Date till which the Bid to remain valid- 120 days from the scheduled date of submission of the Bid. pleasecontact on abvoe foundinPunjab, I, SULEKHA RANI JAIN W/O address. Note:-1. ln case of tender opening date being declared as holiday,tenders will be opened on next worki ng day.2.Tender SUMATI JAIN, R/OH- documentscan be downloaded from our website www.cgpolice.gov.in and at the time of submission of document ten- 0040559300-1 34/42,SECTOR- der fee Rs.2000/- (for each item) will be paid in the form of DD of State Bank of India/Scheduled Bank (other than police suspect 3,ROHINI,DELHI-110085. I, S.SRathi S/oTikam Singh R/o Cooperative Bank) payable at Raipur in favour of Assistant Inspector General of Police (Accounts), Police Headquarters, Chhattisgarh, Atal Nagar Raipur Or State Govt. Challan of Rs. 2000/- to be deposited in the Head of A/c- 0055- Police- B-14/152, Himgiri Appartment human sacrifice CHANGED MY NAME TO 800- other receipt.Tender feeisnon refundableand can't be exempted in any condition.3. SULEKHA JAIN. Sector-34, Noida has lost Modification/Amendments/Corrigendum, if any shall not be advertised on the news paper but shall be published in the 0040559298-4 Allotment letter of my Flat aforesaid web site only.4.Ifany bidder sends tender documents through Courier/Speed post, the tender documents will No:152, Block-B-14, Himgiri be accepted till 03.00 pm on 30/01/2021 at Block no.3, Room No.309 Police Headquarters, Chhattisgarh,Sector 19, Nava I,Babu Ram Prajapati S/O EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Appartment, Sector-34, Noida. Raipur only.Received tender document in any other address at PHQ on stipulated date and time, will not be accepted. Sovalaji R/OB-142, 2nd Floor LUDHIANA,JANUARY2 If Found pls contact: sd/- SubhadraColonyDelhi- A.I.G.ofPolice (P&P) 9910157425 110035,changed my nameto 85984 For-Director General of Police IN Asuspected case of human 0040559262-1 Babu Ram. sacrifice, the Ludhiana rural po- 0040559296-2 I, Sukhbeer SinghR/o D-125, MAGH MELA 2020-21 lice found the beheadedbodyof (F/F), AjayEnclave,Ashok I,Parvej Alam,S/o Matiur atoddler from avillageherelate Rahman,R/o-C-259-260,Third- Nagar, Delhi-110018, would like Prayagraj Mela Authority on Thursday. Some locals had Floor,Chinyot-BastiMultani- to inform the generalpublic Triveni Bhawan, Triveni Bandh, Daraganj, Prayagraj Dhanda PAHARGANJ,New that Ihave misplaced my spotted adog carrying it . Delhi-110055,have changed original sale deed document +91 532 2500775 /+91 532 2504011, [email protected] As of Saturday, thebody of my name to Parvez Alam,S/o bearing no. 15887, registered the babyboy,estimated to be Motiur Rahman,for all at {SRO}.Finder kindly contact Short Notice Inviting E-Tender-For Scheme for allotment of around ayear old, has notbeen me at 9811048332 Purposes. shopsatQuila Ghat Road, Mahaveer Road and Parade Ground, identified. Police said the body 0040559296-1 0050173720-1 2020-2021 and Allotment of land for amusement zones in the had stab marks near the chest. I,Panchdeo Pandey,S/o-Late I Royston Mitchell S/oSh.Ralf Dakha DSP GS Bains said that Sh.Pranpati Pandey,R/o Anthani Mitchell R/oS- Mela area for Magh Mela, 2021 by Prayagraj Mela Authority soon afterthe body wasfound Village-Rasulpur,Nandlal, 141,Third Floor, Sunder Block, Thursday, the headwas foundin District-Azamgarh,Uttar- Shakarpur,Delhi-110092 have The Prayagraj Mela Authority Invites Bids for Tender No.18/MM- Pradesh,inform that lost Original Sale Agreement, avacantplot. “The head has been P.D.Pandey and Panchdeo Receipt&Affidavit executed in 2020-21 for “Scheme for allotment of shopsatQuila Ghat Road, recoveredbut the face of the tod- Pandey arethe one and same the name of Sambhu Nath Mahaveer Road and Parade Ground,2020-2021” and Tender dler is mutilated and eaten away person. Panja on 29.11.2004 and in the by animals. It seems the child is 0040559296-6 name of RamjiLal Gupta on No.19/MM-2020-21 for “Allotment of land for amusement zones in notfromany local villageorthe 08.04.2004ofProperty No.D- I,Jitendra Singh,S/o RAM the Mela area for Magh Mela, 2021”. The Request for Proposal district because no onehas to PRATAPSINGH,R/O-F.No-1805 305, Ganesh Nagar, Pandav come forwardtoclaim the body TOWER-22,LOTUS-BOULEVARD Nagar Complex, Delhi-110092. Documentsshall be made available from the Uttar Pradesh E- Sector-100,Noida, Finders maycontact at above yet. We have also recoveredthe G.B.Nagar,have changed my address. Procurement website Https://etender.up.nic.in on 04/01/2021 for child’sclothes whichwerelying name to JitendraKumar Singh. 0040559271-3 Tender No.18/MM 2020-21 and TenderNo. 19/MM 2020-21. near the body,” said the DSP. 0040559298-6 Interested parties may download/upload their proposal from 1630 hrs The officer said: “Maybe I,Jay Kumar S/oOmpal PUBLIC NOTICE some tantrik is involved and the Singh,R/oB-7,Sushant-Lok, 04/01/2021 till 1630 hrs 09/01/2021 for Tender No. 18/MM 2020-21 child wassacrificed. Thereare Phase-2,Sector-56, Gurgaon, PUBLIC NOTICE and Tender No. 19/MM 2020-21 via Digital Signature Certificate stab marks on the body near the Haryana-122011,have It is informed to the public at large that my chest. The child waskilledand changed my name to Jay client Smt. Sadhana Bhandoola W/O Late (DSC). The bids received by interested parties shall be opened in the Shri AshwaniKumar R/O 22/123, 2nd body wasdumpedherelater," Ambavat. Floor, West Patel Nagar,New Delhi- 0040559296-5 110008, has disowned his son Viraj presence of the respective bidders at 1700 Hrs on 09/01/2021 for The police have registeredan Bhandoola and his wife Kanika Bhandoola D/O Shri Sandeep Arora and has debarred FIR againstunidentifiedpersons them from her all movable and immovable Tender No. 18/MM 2020-21 and Tender No. 19/MM 2020-21. Details properties. She has severed her relations under the Sections 302 (murder) I,Imran Khan,S/o Md Shamim with them due to their non-cooperative, regarding the tendershall be made available on and 201(causing disappearance Alam,R/o-31,J-extension, insulting and disobedient behavior towards her and other family members. My client of evidence) of the IPC at Jodhan Gali.No.8, Laxmi-Nagar,Delhi- and her other family members shall not be https://etender.up.nic.in liable for their actsand anyone dealing police station. 110092,have changed my with them shall do so at his own risk and responsibility. District Magistrate, Prayagraj name to Imran Saifi,S/o Sd/- ANITAKAPOOR The DSP said the policewill Shamim Alam. ADVOCATE Lawyers Chamber No. 185-A, /Vice Chairperson, wait 72 hours foridentification 0040559298-7 Western Wing, TisHazari Courts, Delhi-110054 Mob #9811239339 before the body is sent forau- ´fÂf Àfa£¹ff 1653 /´f³QiW-¸ff. ¸fZ. (2020-21) dQ³ffaI 02 ªf³f½fSe, 2021 Prayagraj Mela Authority topsy and cremation.

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THESUNDAY EXPRESS,JANUARY3,2021 9 SUNDAY STORY New faces of J&K’snew politics

Therecent DDC polls, thefirstdemocratic exercise in J&K since the Centre’sAugust 5move, has seen the redrawingofpolitical lines and the emergence of anew leadership—fromalawstudentinNorth Kashmirtoadentist in theSouth, aschool teacher in Jammutothe wifeofaseasonedpolitician in Kashmir.BASHAARATMASOOD, NAVEED IQBAL in Srinagar &ARUNSHARMAinJammutell someoftheir stories

SHABIR AHMAD LONE, 45, PAGD (NC) ROHAMA, BARAMULLA

ANATIONAL Conference worker since 1999, Lone wasamong the mainstream politicians SHAZIA KOUSER, 33, INDEPENDENT arrested andbookedunderthe Public Safety BUDHAL OLD A, RAJOURI Actinthe aftermath of the constitutional changes to J&K. He spentsix months in KOUSER RESIGNED from her job as agovern- Masters’ in microbiology. Srinagar CentralJail, before the UT adminis- ment school teacher in Jammu city’s Sun- Ensuring children of her constituency get tration quashedhis detention. jwan area to contest the DDC polls. She de- to schools is among her priorities.“The gov- “This win is an opportunitytostrengthen feated theNC’s ShaheenAkhtar by amargin ernment scheme of having aprimaryschool the PAGD’s position so that we can take on of 2,446 votes, relegating her aunt and wife every3km and amiddle schoolevery 8km the challengeofrestoring J&K’s special sta- of former ministerZulfikar Choudhary(J&K exists only on paper.Eventoday, thereare tus,” he said. Apni Party), ZubedaBegum, to thirdplace. children in the constituency who have never Lone defeated J&K Apni Partycandidate “People reachedout to my husband been to schools,” says Kouser,who has Zahoor Ahmad Mir,who toowas booked un- JavedIqbal, who is chairman of Budhal Old shiftedher daughter,aClass 2student, from der PSA, by over 1,500votes. BlockDevelopmentCouncil, to field some- aschool in Jammu city to oneinRajouri to FIRSTONHIS LIST: “The last time these one from the familyafter theDDC con- ensurethat she is available to her con- roads were pavedwas in 2014.Thatwillbe stituency wasreservedfor women... Forme, stituents at all times. my firstpriority” this is an opportunity to servepeople living FIRSTONHER LIST: Kouser says her firstfo- in these tough terrains. Ihavemade it clear cus will be to ensureroad connectivity. to my husband thatIwill notsit at home and “Thereare villages wherepeople trek for IRFAN HAFEEZ LONE, 40, INDEPENDENT allowmale members of the familytowork nearly three to four hours to gettothe near- SANGRAMA, NORTH KASHMIR in my place,” says Kouser who holdsa estmotorable roads,” she says

IN THE winter of 2007,Irfan HafeezLone, then alaw student at Kashmir University, ASIM QURESHI, 45, NATIONAL CONFERENCE staged asit-in at Jantar Mantar to seek com- GUNDNA, DODA pensation forthe losses sufferedbyJ&K un- der the Indus WaterTreaty,marking the be- THEADVOCATEdefeatedformerministerand ginning of his politicalactivism. Thirteen vice-president of BJP’s J&K unitShakti Raj years and twounsuccessful electoral at- Parihar.Qureshisays hewillfocusondevelop- tempts later,hefinally managed to defeat a mentand promotecommunal harmony. former legislator,Shoaib Nabi Lone, who was “Villagesdon’thave roadconnectivity...The fighting on aJ&K Apni Partyticket. constituency has 15 panchayats under it and Aregular panellist on national television, onlytwo dispensaries...Schoolsdon’thave ad- Lone’sfirstbrushwith publiclifebegan early equateteachingstaff,” he says. when,asachild, he would accompanyhis However, adds Qureshi,the successofhis father Hafizullah Lone, aprominent activist, plans will depend on “howthe government to meetings and rallies. In 1991,atthe height behaves”. “Let’ssee if theyallow the DDCs to of Kashmir’s days of militancy,when Lone he says.“Nowitismyturn to fight forthe SAFEENABAIG, 47, INDEPENDENT work and allocatefunds to it. People arenot wasbarely12years old, his father was people, fortheir political rights, forthe spe- WAGOORA, NORTH KASHMIR happy over the waythingshappenedon gunneddownbyunidentifiedpeopleathis cial status. Ihavemanydifferences with the August5,2019(when Article 370was re- villageWagub. NC andPDP but on the Gupkar declaration, IN 2018,Safeena Baig wasappointed tested thepolls,” she says. voked),’’hesays. While in college,Lonewoulduse Right to we areonthe same page”. president of the PDP’s women’s wing. Alawyer, Safeena graduated from FIRSTONHIS LIST: Qureshiwantstobring Informationtoask questions of the govern- Lone hopes his victorywillinspireothers. Behind her sudden emergence were her AligarhMuslimUniversity.But being road connectivity to his constituency ment. He has also campaignedfor industry “Activists usually fail in electoral politics —be years of political experience as aback- the wifeofapolitician, it washardtoes- status to Kashmir’s apple business. is Yogendra Yadav, Medha PatkarorIrom stagemanager forher husband Muzaffar cape politics. In 2008, afterhis graduation, Lone unsuc- Sharmila. But my winasanIndependent can- HussainBaig, afounding member and Wagoorasaw atoughtriangular con- DR MANOHAR SINGH, 68,PDP cessfullycontested the 2008 and 2014 didateshould encouragemanyothers.” patron of the PDP who resignedfromthe test between Safeena, PAGD candidate NOWSHERA, RAJOURI Assemblyelections from Sangrama. FIRSTONHIS LIST: Widening of the party days before the DDC polls. Shaheena Begumand Apni Party’s Nas- “The goodwill my familyhas earnedand Srinagar-Baramulla highway.“It has become While Baig accused the party of not reena Firdous (mother of former legisla- APHYSICIAN, Singh polled 10,579 votes and my ownworkonthe ground have paid off,” adeath trap,” he says consulting him before leaders of the torShoiab Lone). wonthe Nowsheraconstituency,aBJP bas- People’s Alliance forGupkar Declaration But when the resultsweredeclared, tion and native place of J&K BJP president and (PAGD) finalisedthe seat-sharingdeal, Safeena had secured acomfortable lead formerMLA Ravinder Raina. His win on a POLLSINNUMBERS manybelieve he wasnot happyasthe over the PAGD candidateby1,491 votes. PDP ticketassumes significance in light of Spacefor seat Safeena wanted to contestwent to While she has notformallyquit the the BJP’s extensive campaign in the region, 20 DDCs IN J&K the National Conference. But Safeena de- PDP,she says,“My politics is linked to Baig including visitsbyUnion Ministers. democracy nies this. sahib.Any decision on my futurewould “Therehad been no development in “Members of the civil society came to be also linked to him.” Nowshera despiteitbeing aborder area. 10 10 Baig sahib and said we should contest FIRSTONHER LIST: The constituency People living along the LoC face Pakistani ELECTIONS TO the 20 DDCs across from there. Baig sahib hadmadeacom- has severalfar-offareas and she hopes to shelling everyday.Theyget injured,even Jammu &Kashmir has seen 278 IN JAMMU IN KASHMIR mitmenttothem and that waswhy Icon- startimprovingroad connectivity killed, and their houses aredamaged,but members, cutting across party nobody cares forthem,”says Singh, who lines,emerge victorious in the first ■ 14 is the number of members in each retired from government service eight democratic exercise sincethe DDC MINHA LATEEF,BJP,22 years agoand nowhas his ownmedicine Centrestripped the former stateof KAKAPORA II, PULWAMA practice in Nowsheratown. ■ In 8out of 10 DDCs,PAGDhas amajority itsspecial status and downgradedit “In the 2014 Assemblyelections, the (half-way markof7)onits ownoralong intotwo Union Territories. The fact THE 22-year-old contestedand wonthe present BJP president Ravinder Raina ment among people and “no BJP waveinthe with Cong that mostofthe DDC members are Kakapora II territorial constituency, giv- got elected due to the Modi wave, but he constituency”. political debutantsisasign that ■ In 6out of 10 DDCs in Jammu, BJPhas a ingthe BJParare win in South Kashmir. did notvisit the people hereafter that,” FIRSTONHIS LIST: As aDDC member,he J&K’s democratic space is still intact. majorityonits own; in at least3DDCs, Athird-year lawstudent, she is keen to he adds. says,myrole willbetoensurepower supply, PAGD is settowrest control with help finish her graduation while also ensur- Singh says he wassureofwinning be- better healthcare, and moresafetymeasures from Congress ing that the basic developmentalde- cause therewas already alot of discontent- in the constituency mands of her constituency aremet.“I wanted to makesureIhaveaback- ground that can supportmycareer in public service,” she says. Herfather, Lateef Bhat,isaBJP Pradesh unit functionary. With Kakapora one of the seatsreserved forwomen, Bhat urged his daughter to contest.Mihna secured a 14-vote lead, defeating herclosestoppo- nent, PDP’s Ruqaya Bano. FIRSTONHER LIST: Metalledroads for her village, Kakapora

HARBAKSH SINGH, 41, PDP TRAL, SOUTH KASHMIR

ASOCIAL worker and aqualifieddentist, Dr Singhwas elected as aDDC member from Tral,aseparatiststrongholdinSouth Kashmir’sPulwama. Infact,themostlyMuslimvotersof Tral had votedintwo Sikhcandidatestothe Pulwama DDC. “Kashmiriyatisall about communal harmony,” says Singh. Sonof aschoolteacher,Singhjoinedthe PEER SHAHBAZ AHMAD, 31, INDEPENDENT GovernmentDentalCollege inSrinagarfor KUMARI SHAVETA, 30, BJP VERINAG,ANANTNAG hisgraduation.Itwas here thathehad his KEERIAN GANDYAL, KATHUA firstbrushwithstudentpolitics.Afterbeing AFORMER sarpanchfromKapranand a has neverworkedonthe ground here”. associatedwiththeCongress’sstudentout- AHOMEOPATHY practitioner,she defeated light issues of rural areas and also help bridge former blockpresident of the Congress, Ahmad eventuallydefeated Pradesh fit, the National Students UnionofIndia, former MLAand DograSwabhiman the gapbetween Jammu and Kashmir.“The Shahbaz says it is the work he did as Congress chief GAMir’s son, Naseer Ahmad Singhsoonbecamestategeneralsecretary came to me with their problems, Iwould Sangathan PartycandidateKanta Andotra by twodivisions have always accusedeach chairman of the BlockDevelopment Council Mir,who fell shortby630 votes. of the Youth Congress. tryand help them,but having to deal with amargin of 1,675votes. other of taking away the major shareofde- over the lasttwo yearsthat propelledhim to “I have worked forthe development of In2011,SinghjoinedPDPasgeneralsec- the bureaucracy wasfrustrating,”hesays. “I hail from Jagatpur village. It is onlyone velopment funds. Nowthatbothhavean awin in theDistrict Council. However, his the area over the lastcouple of years and peo- retaryof theparty’syouthwing.“Iswitched “Butnowthatpeoplehave votedmetothe km away from the highway at Lakhanpur, equal number of DDC constituencies, there decision to contestmeant he had to go ple do seethat,”Ahmad added. to aregional party because youhad access DDC,Iwill fight forthem.” but thereisnoroad connectivity.Lastyear, will be real changeonthe ground,” she adds. againsthis party. FIRSTONHIS LIST: “About 80,000 people to theleadership —you could meetMeh- FIRSTONHIS LIST: when Igot married and movedout,Ialso had FIRSTONHER LIST: Shaveta says while cam- Ahmad says though he had been a of the area depend on asingle branchofthe boobaji whenever youwanted,” he says. Removing “commission culture”. Also, to walk to getanywhere... That’s when Ide- paigning she found that therewereveryfew ground worker of the Congress forlong, “yet, J&K Bank in Anantnag. Ihope to getabranch SinghhopestheDDCwinwillhelphim better electricity and safedrinking water cidedtocontest thepolls,”she says. government dispensaries in her area. Ensuring the party gave the tickettoacandidate who of thebank closertothe village” servepeople better.“Earlier,when people forvillages in hisconstituency Shaveta believesthe DDCpolls will high- better healthcarewill be herpriority

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WE ARE reminded of Gowalia Tank tween the protesting farmers and the un- WHAT CONSTITUTION againstanMSP of Rs 1,850per quintal), Maidan, Mumbai (then Bombay), on relenting government remains. letthemdoso. Whyshould the Central SAYS August7-8,1942. Mahatma Gandhi governmentbeconcernedabout the law Ayear of gave the clarioncall ‘Do or Die’, and Thereisamoreformidable argument prevailing in astate?Ifthe Central gov- asked the British to Quit India. Today, REFORMS NEEDED, in favour of the protesting farmers. The ernmentisconcernedthat the FCI should Singhu,onthe border of Delhi,isthe BUTWHATREFORMS? PrimeMinisterpaid obeisance to the procureenough grain to supply to the badchanges PCHIDAMBARAM Gowalia Tank Maidan. Thereisno ConstitutionofIndia. That is notenough. PDS(including the supplies under the Website:pchidambaram.in Mahatma, but everyfarmer is imbued All economistsare agreedthat agri- He should read thelittlebook everytime National Food SecurityAct), letthe Centre SOMETHINGfundamentalchangedfor Twitter@Pchidambaram_IN with the fervour of non-violent protest. culturalproduce marketing needsre- thereisadoubt. If he did and if he turned expand the reachofthe FCI and makeita the worseinIndia in the year justended. The call is the same ‘Do or Die’,and the forms. The APMC Acts aredeficient not to Schedule VII ListII, he will find the fol- moreefficientinstrument of procure- And, it had nothing to do with the pan- farmershaveasked the government to becausetheybenefit no onebut because lowing entries listedaslegislative sub- ment, storageand distribution. No state demic.The changewas notsubtle.Itman- repealthe newfarmlaws. theybenefit onlyasmall proportion of jectsreserved forthe states: is opposedtothe FCI’soperations. ifesteditself in the firstweeks of 2020 in Another round of talkshas failed. It is farmers nation-wide. The answer to the Entry14Agricultureincluding..... apoisonous newpolitical languagethat clear as daylight that the government has weaknesses of the APMC system is not Entry26 Tradeandcommercewithinthe spewedout of themouths of the Prime apre-determinedmind. It willnot coun- to debilitateit, but to create thousands Statesubjecttotheprovisionsof TRUMPISM WILL FAIL Minister’s closestassociates andhis most If the farmersofPunjab wish tenance repeal, it will onlypropose of lightly-regulated farmers’ markets entry33ofListIII (which reads: The Modigovernment seemsdeter- senior ministers. The Home Ministerset amendmentstomiscellaneous provi- across the countryinsmall towns and Trade and commerce in, and the minedtoassertits majority-inspired su- the tone by describing illegal immigrants to sell their produce at production, supplyand distribution regulated markets, let them sions other than the three keydemands, large villages to enable farmers to sell of,... (b) foodstuffs...... ) premacy.Itisaperverse application of the from Bangladesh as ‘termites’and then and it will notallow the StateLegislatures their produce at MSP and without being Entry28Marketsandfairs discredited slogan ‘Modi hai, to mumkin making aseries of menacingspeeches in do so. If the farmersofBihar to have their sayintheir respective states. exploited on non-price factors suchas hai’. Mr Modi cannothavehis wayin whichhemade it abundantly clearthat do not wish to have an Entry52Taxesontheentryofgoodsintoa On the other hand, the protesting farm- weight, moisture, quality etc. That is pre- localareaforconsumption,useor everything, howeverwrong the path may he intendedtouse citizenship as a APMC Actand wish to sell ers insist on three demands: ciselywhatthe Congress manifesto saletherein be.That is whatIcall ‘Trumpism’, and weapon. The discriminatorychanges to (whichthey do in the case of ■ do notallow unregulated private (2019)promised.The government is un- everyMrTrumpwillbebrought down the Citizenship (Amendment)Act (CAA) ‘markets’incompetition with APMCs; able to understand the distinction be- Once we read the entries, the solution sooner than later.Saint Thiruvalluvar said maynot have provoked suchanangryre- paddyatRs800 per quintal ■ give alegal guarantee forMSP; tween debilitating the APMC system and to the current man-made crisis suggests nearly 2,000 years ago“If thefarmers fold action from Muslims had those speeches against an MSPofRs1,850), ■ do notallow theentry of corporates expanding the APMC principle. itself: leave thesubject matter to the their hands, even thosewho have renounced notbeenmade. let them do so. Whyshould into purchase of andtrade in agricultural The same argument applies in the states.Let eachState Legislaturedecide lifecannotlive(Kural1036)”. When Muslims sawthattheircitizen- the Centre be concerned produce. case of MSP.MSP is adeficient tool, be- whatits peopleneedand whatlaw The coronavirushas taught the world ship could be questionedwhen the As the talksendedonDecember 30, cause onlyasmall proportion of farmers shouldbemade. LettherebeaPunjab manylessonsinhumility.Ibelievethat National RegisterofCitizens (NRC) came about the lawinastate? If the to be resumedonJanuary4,the govern- areable to sell at MSP and that tooonly model and lettherebeaBihar model. If the farmers’protests will teachour rulers and took to the streetsinprotest,senior Centre is concerned that the ment claimedithad agreedtotwo de- in the cases of wheat, paddy,soyabean, the farmers of Punjab wish to sell their (present and future) lessons in humility ministers calledthem traitors. The pro- FCI should procure enough mands: (1) powersubsidieswill notbe sugarcane and cotton. The answer is not produce at regulated markets, afterpay- in governance,passing laws in testersmade the National Flag and the forthe PDS, let it expand the affected and (2) no punishment to farm- to allowcorporates to buydirectlyata ing afee, letthem do so.Ifthe farmers of Parliament, and ruling according to the Constitution symbolsoftheirprotest,but ers forstubble burning. These twoissues so-callednegotiated price, but to legally Bihar do notwish to have an APMCAct at wishesofthe people. Mr Modi has in- it made no difference. When Covid ar- reachofthe FCI. No state is arefar away from the‘core’ of the de- ensurethat no one maysell or buy ano- all and theywish to sell (whichtheydo deedwon the right to govern India, let rived, the venomous political language opposed to FCI operations mands; consequently, the distancebe- tifiedproduce at less than MSP. in the caseofpaddyatRs800per quintal himdosowithhumility. transmuted into action. The firstresponse of senior ministers of the Government of India wastoblame the Chinese virus on a conferenceofthe Tablighi Jamaat that was being held in Delhi. The conference could the face of aformidableorganisedprotest. nothavebeen held without permission inside The PM does notwant to be perceivedas history from the Home Ministry, and those who TRACK anti-farmer. Amajor setbackthis year was 1974:Few clothestono came from abroad to attend it would have the stealthyChinese incursion intoeast- HEADLINE come intoIndia legitimately, but they COOMIKAPOOR ernLadakh,leadingtoacontinuing stand- BISHANSINGHBEDI were treated as criminals. Manyendedup offatthe border. runs, it allwentwrong spendingmonths in jail until the cases againstthemwereall declared spurious by Indian courts.Theyhavenow been able NEW POWER POINTS to return to their countries, but the polit- 2020: DOWN, YETUP In 2019, wasthe master IT WASeasilythe most forgettable cricket ical discourse remains poisoned. strategist, who as HomeMinisterand series Ihavebeen partof. However, it has Itsmostrecent manifestationcomes THE YEAR 2020 mayhavebeen disas- earlier as party chief, ensured that the been the mostdifficult to forget.The 1974 in the ludicrous ‘love jihad’ laws that BJP trous forIndia, but notfor Narendra PM wasalwaysastepahead of therest. tour to Englandwas adisaster, both on chiefministers arecompeting to pass as Modi’s ownimage. The PM’scarefully But, forsome weeksin2020 Shah van- and offthe field. soon as possible. These laws aresupposed cultivatedavatarofapaterfamilias pro- ishedfromthe public space. His absence So while this newlow of 36 all out at to protectHindu girlsfrompredatory videdareassuring presence when our wasattributed to Covid and along con- Adelaide might have replacedour 42 all Muslim men, but in fact arebased on that worldturnedupside down in the pan- valescence. But, Modi is notsolelyde- outatLord’s as India’sworstTestscore primitive assumption that women arethe demic. The economymay have hit an all- pendentonShah. New faces alsogained ever,itdoes notchangethe fact that1974 property of men and have no right to time lowand unemploymentand infla- prominence. Defence MinisterRajnath wasamiserable tour.Therewas ashame- maketheir ownchoices.Weshouldall be tion anew high, but Modi, withhis Singh, who wasonthe margins during ful shop-lifting episode and the public horrifiedbythis‘parivartan’, but we are hirsute sanyasi-likelooks and his air of Modi’s firsttenure,has emergedasa snub to our team by theHigh Commission. notbecause we have become so usedto calmassurance,exudes confidence and prominentvoice during the differences The dressing room atmospherewas ap- newpolitical realities. reassurance in thesedifficult times. withChina.SJaishankar,Hardeep pallingpluswewereill-prepared,ill-man- We have also become usedtothe idea Puri and GajendraSingh Shekhawat aged and playedplenty of poor cricket. that the Indian Statehas the absoluteright areothers whomthe PM has given Complacency wasalso areason. We to crush dissent no matter howbrutally INDIRA PARALLELS keyresponsibilities. had agreat starttothe ’70s, winning away this is done. We know nowthatthe Dalit The parallels betweenNarendra Modi Afterthe Bihar win, admittedlywith series in West Indies and England.Forty- teenager from Hathraswas gangrapedby and an authoritarian IndiraGandhiare anarrowmargin, Modi singledout twoall out in the second Test at Lord’s was the four men shenamedbeforedying. unmistakable. The pandemic provided JPNadda forspecialattention. The new actuallyaclimax of allthe miseries that Chargeshavebeen brought againstthem. the perfect pretextfor afurtherclamp- BJP president had ashaky startatthe end had been piling up. But, sinceher battered,brokenbodywas down on individual rightsand freedom of 2019,but this year,apartfromBihar,the Even before the tour started, we were burnedinthe dead of night without fu- of expression.Noone in his partydares BJP made impressive gains in Telangana, at adisadvantage. Unlikenow,backinthe neralrites, Yogi Adityanath’s officials were question the PM. The RSS is an ap- astate whereithad marginal presence. day, it wasthe home team that decided able(withthe help of the media) to per- pendage,Modi the driving force. The litmus test will be whether Shah’s the playing conditions.SoEngland came Captain ViratKohliwalks offafter beingcaught out forfour runs,inIndia’s petuatefor the longest time thelie that Consensus-building with the Opposition ambitious plan foroustingMamata up with anew rule that at no stagedur- lowest-everTestscoreof36runs, againstAustraliaatthe Adelaide Oval. AP she waskilledbyher brother in an ‘hon- or meaningfuldebates in Parliament are Banerjee will fructify.Nadda maybeoffi- ing amatch,therecould be morethan five our’ killing. Those who dissented were rare.Whetheritwas layingthe founda- cially in charge of the party but Shah con- players on the leg-side.Itwas theera chargedwith being partofaninterna- tion stone foranewParliament House or tinues to playanimportant role, oftenact- when England and Australia ruledworld abuses,fromthe crowd. A sardar watch- calling forreinforcements.“Pleaselisten, tional conspiracy of ‘leftists andliberals’ aRam Mandir at Ayodhya,the spotlight ing through general secretaryBhupender cricket, ICC stood forImperial Cricket ing the game from thestandswas moved listen... Ibought these trousers yesterday... to defame India’s fair name. wasonthe PM alone. Those who were ex- Yadavs,who has emergedasapower cen- Council. Now, we had twooff-spinners by our plight. He wasinthe business of yesterday, justyesterday”—Chandra kept Everytime thereisdissent an interna- pected to sharethe dais, suchasLK treinhis ownright. The BJP is abig bene- and aleft-arm orthodoxinme, five field- golf-wear.Heoffered us sweaters, some repeating. The lady smiledand told tional conspiracy suddenlyappears, as we Advani, who had been at the vanguardof ficiaryofthe Congress’s failuretoget its ers on theleg-side wasnot to ourliking. cashand even invitedushomefor dinner. Chandra, “Relax gentlemen, sinceIam sawmostrecentlywiththe farmers’ the Ramtemple movement, remained act together.The party drifts along, since We were wasting afielder on the off-side However, themostembarrassing busy,Iamcalling someonesothatyou protests.Modi’s ministers and BJP spokes- conspicuous by their absence. Rahul Gandhi neither wantstohandover because of the line we bowled.Our Board episode on that tour unfoldedone would be served.” That wasthe kind of menonlychanged their tune when angry responsibility to others nor take full officials who didn’t understand the finer eveningwhile we were playing atour paranoia we had to suffer. Sikh farmers startedsaying that if they charge himself. pointsofthe game agreedwithout con- game. Aclose friend of mine, atrue blue On that tour,the only time the entire were called‘Khalistanis’ one moretime, REFUSALTOBLINK sulting the players. Ihaveput it on record Punjabi, had ahabit of pulling my leg. Igot team backedAjit Wadekar waswhen he theywould stop sending their sons to die Modi’s imageasastrong andresolute thatafewaverage Englishplayers got acall from him.Hetold me that an Indian wasreducedtotears afterhewas snubbed defending our borders.But,the damage leadermeansheresists bending or back- PANDEMIC TRUTHS heaps of runs on that tour because of this cricketer had been caughtshop-lifting. forturning up lateatHighCommissioner is done.Yet againithas becomeevident tracking. He has been fairly successful in Perhaps history will largely judgethe ‘five-fielder’ rule. Afterashortburst of some endearing in- BKNehru’s residence foraparty.Itwasn’t thatinthe ‘newIndia’, anyone who ques- handling the falloutofthe abrogation of governmentsof2020 on howwell they In that infamous game at Lord’s, I vectives, he said: “Runhonahin rahe, ju- ourfault as we had to attendthree func- tions Modi’s policies will be treatedas Article 370, introducing the Citizenship tackledthe pandemic. Despiteanearly bowled 64overs, whereatone stageIhad raabeinchuknishuru kar din (you guys tionsonthatday.The storygoesthat ‘anti-national’. Dissent is the lifeblood of (Amendment) Actwith an obvious anti- and extremelyharsh lockdown, dooms- figures of 1for 220 odd. And Iwould fin- have been unable to scoreruns, nowyou Nehru told Wadekar that youpeople aren’t democracy,sothe harm done by this con- minority agenda, and stigmatising Hindu- daypredictors from the international me- ish with 6/226.Bowlingfromthe pavilion have startedstealing socks)”. He asked me justpoorcricketers but even poor guests. temptfor dissension is incalculable. Muslim marriages as “love jihad”.Despite dia and scientificworld from the US and end, with the Lord’s slope squareonthe to switchonthe television. Icame to know Iwas seething with anger when Iheard This should have been the year in the economicmeltdown,the government UK, were quicktoassume the worstcase leg-side,Iwould have liked onemore thatthere wasaplannedefforttobrush this. Iwas veryvocal in my demand to boy- whichthe Opposition parties found their continueswithits extravagant and ambi- scenario forIndia. Ironically,India even- fielder on bat-pad. Once the English had the issue under thecarpet. Iwas livid. An cott theevent. However, ourmanager Col chance to revive their dismal fortunes by tiousCentral Vistaproject, whichwill tuallyfared farbetterinhandling the virus piled600-plus runs, it wasour turn to bat. emergency meeting wascalledwhereI Adhikari put pressureonWadekar.Hetold standing up forthe values of the ‘old’India. changethe face of the Capital. than mostcountries. (India’s Covid- It wasabright sunnyday,the conditions told the manager,Col Hemu Adhikari, that him, ‘I am captain offthe field and youthe This did nothappen. The Congress party, Very rarely has the PM blinked. One related deaths per millionpopulation is were conducive to bat. But still we col- this had brought shame to everyone and leader on it’. Wadekar sadlyrelented.But whichisthe onlypolitical party capable occasion wasthe belated permission to around tentimes lowerthan thatofthe lapsed. Istill can’t getmyhead around it, the issue needs to be dealt with urgently. Itold the boys nottosocialise and refuse of takingonthe BJP nationally,has shown migrant labourtoreturnhome afterig- UK and US.) Similarly,our infection rates howwewereall out for42. That incidentimpacted theentireteam. drinks. But soon enough, Iheardawaiter that it is in the middle of yetanother nerv- noring their heartrending plight for aresignificantlyless, even aftermaking We didn’tevenhavethe rightclothing Mostplayers were spooked. Irecall asking Eknath Solkar if he wantedadrink. ous breakdown. There have been many weeks. Initially, concernedcitizens and an allowance forunder-reporting. to bear the brutal English weather.During accompanying Chandra(Bhagwath Solkar,not quiteacocktailconnoisseur, since that firstdefeatin2014, but it is clear NGOs alone extendedhelp, or the desper- Incidentally, our neighbours, Pakistanand atourgameatEastbourne,wehad to brave Chandrashekhar),the mildest manIhave said “Yes, Iwill have brandy with hotwa- thatnolessons were learnedfromlosing atemigrants pluckilyundertook the long Bangladesh,havefared even better than extreme cold. The Indian Boardhad given ever met, to ashop to return the trousers terand ice.” From Solkar’s drinkto42all twogeneralelections.The party’s most journeyhome on foot.Finallyofficialdom India. The biggestcasualty of the pan- us sweaters thatweren’t warm enough. It that he had brought the previous daybut out, Iamtelling youtherewas nothing important leader,Rahul Gandhi, contin- wasshamedintoarrangingtransporta- demic is the economy. Modi’s challenge wassocoldthat duringthe game, oneof didn’t fithim. We walked to the sales lady rightabout that tour. ues to treatpublic service as ahobby and tion forthose strandedinthe strict, long- in the newyear will be to revive an econ- our fielders whilebending down to stop who had attendedChandrathe daybe- notafulltimejob. So, aftermaking angry stretched-out lockdown. The latestchal- omywhich has slippedintodeep reces- the ball, took his freezinghands away at fore.She seemedbusy,soshe presseda The author,aformer captain, noises in supportofthe farmers, offhe lenge is whether Modi can pressahead sion andwill requireexpert handling to the lastminuteand concededafour.There bell. Chandrapanicked, he thoughtthe wasaseniormember of the1974 went foryet another holiday. What then with long overdue agricultural reforms in spring backtolife. were ripplesoflaughter, followedby lady had spotted something fishyand was Test team that toured England wasthe point in demanding aspecial ses- sion of Parliament? If Indian politics waspoisonedbyhate in 2020, the Indian economywas poisoned by neglect. It wasalready going downhill before the Chinese virus hit and it has, for She obvious reasons,continueddownthat SAID The baaghis of Bharat &their love stories road. The IMF recentlyannouncedthat of all the countries in the ‘emerging markets’ SHALINILANGER club, India had faredthe worst. Other sur- [email protected] of us of an older vintage—pre-mobile doingthis denouncing that Stateonme- all the resources at itscommand,how deepwithin us. Yet, perhaps oneofthe veys,including those by the Indian govern- phonesand pre-Uber,pre-sparefamily dia, in courts,inside lock-ups, from hos- manymorewould be out therewho,as mostmoving episodes in Bollywood’s long ment, showthatthe downward slideofthe cars and pre-datingapps —morethan pital beds, againstthreats.Inasociety we write this, aredefining their owndes- affair with star-crossedlovers is father economyhasbegunto manifest itself in the others. Love foruswas tricky territory, to wherelovemustfind andlurkinraresoli- tinies.Italso tells us that if governments Dalip Tahil embracing asobbingAamir health of our children. The National Health AGLANCE, aconnection. Asecond to last be navigated at ownperil, overcoming tude,theyare refusing to fade away when have to step in as monitors of love,and be Khan, who has justbeen foundout with FamilySurvey shows that India nowhas alifetime. Twohands breathtakingly short mundane odds, toomundane forevena forced,evendragged intothe light. forced to continuouslyamend their laws the daughter of their “sworn enemy”, in the largest number of stunted children in of eachother. Atouchtreasured,atouch notable mention. And look where they arefindingtheir so as to “tighten” them, always couched Qayamat Se QayamatTak.Hetells his son to the world, and the highestoutsidesub- lost. The endless conversations, the things So, it’s with wonder then that we can love too, across communities,across under othernames,how resilient love is. go to sleep,“we will talk tomorrow”. Saharan African countries. This cannotbe leftunsaid. The momentsstolen. The ache but viewthe Rashidsand the Pinkis of Uttar classes, in coaching institutes, at salons,at As Pinki returnstoRashid’s home in Releasedin1988, that film, with all its blamed on past negligence becausethe that won’t die, the ache whose memory Pradesh, fighting fortheir love againstnot work places, in small towns —defying Moradabad, as Rashid and his brother whiffofanewIndia, neverlived up to the children surveyed were born after2015. putsasmileonyour face. justtheir families, societies or the dime-a- boundaries that have forcenturies been Suleman arereleased from jail, as his par- promise held by those four words. But, as So, if 2020has been ahorrible year for Whatdoyou call alovestory like that, dozen Hindu outfits, but also the might of drawnfor them,the baaghis of Bharat entswelcome them back, thecouples of we enteryet another newyear,imagine the worldbecause of the Chinese plague, whereloveand storygotwo different Yogi Adityanath’s UttarPradesh.It’sastate sparking itsmanymillion mutinies. Uttar Pradesh must knowthatitisthey the powerthose four wordsstill hold in it has been amuchmorehorrible year for ways?Which doesn’t reallybegin,but that unerringlyfindsacause foritself that For, if the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of who will win eventually. vanquishing the bogey knownbythose India forreasons that have nothing to do doesn’t reallyend, whichisn’t happy has nothing to do with itsstatus as among Unlawful Conversion of Religion In the quietofour rooms, or in the twoincongruous words: love jihad. with the pandemic. At the end of this bleak enough or tragic enough to be immor- the worstfaring on all indices. Ordinance, 2020, tells us one thing,itis anonymity of darkcinema halls,all of us account of the year justended, Ifind it hard talisedinart?All that it is, is justenough? The Rashids and the Pinkisare notjust this: that if 14 cases arewhat the police have shedtears over forbiddenlove—a National Editor Shalini Langer curates to sayHappyNew Year,but definitely hope We all know love of that kind.Those proclaiming their love in public, theyare registeredinamonth of the newlaw,with themethat resonates with something thefortnightly ‘SheSaid’ column that 2021will be better.

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TOPOFTHE Provision Pakistan arrests WORLD RejectingTrump’sveto,US condemning China’s military 26/11 mastermind aggression to SenatebacksdefenceBill India made law Lakhvi on terror

CATIEEDMONDSON LALITKJHA WASHINGTON,JANUARY2 WASHINGTON,JANUARY2 financing charges

Alok Sharma THE US SenateonFridayvoted ABIPARTISAN Congressional overwhelmingly to override provision condemning China's MZULQERNAIN President Trump’s veto of the an- aggression towardsIndia has be- LAHORE,JANUARY2 UNITEDKINGDOM nual militarypolicybill as most come alaw as the US Congress Ministeroffers Republicansjoined Democrats overrode President Donald MUMBAI ATTACK mastermind to rebukeMr. Trumpinthe final Trump’s veto on the $740 billion and Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) opera- toresigntolead days of hispresidency. defencepolicy bill whichamong tions commander Zaki-ur- The 81-to-13votewas the otherthings includedcalling out Rehman Lakhvi wasarrestedon climatesummit firsttime lawmakershaveover- the Chinese government forits SaturdayinPakistanonterrorfi- London: UK Business ridden one of Mr.Trump’s ve- actions along the Line of Actual nancingcharges,amidstgrowing MinisterAlok Sharma of- toes. It reflected the sweeping Control(LAC). international pressureon Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi feredtoresign from his popularity of ameasurethatau- The National Defence Islamabad to act againstterrorists ministerial position in or- thorizedapay raisefor thena- Authorisation Act(NDAA) 2021, and terror groups in the country. der to take on afull-time tion’s military. whichbecame alaw on Friday Lakhvi, aUN-proscribed ter- nancing,planning, facilitating, role preparing forthe The margin surpassedthe afterCongress overrode Trump's roristwho wasonbailsince 2015 preparing or perpetratingofacts country’s chairmanship of two-thirds majority neededto veto,includedaresolution urg- intheMumbaiattackcase,wasar- by,inconjunction with, under United Nations COP26 cli- forceenactmentofthe bill over ing the Chinese government to rested by the Counter-Terrorism the name of, on behalf or in sup- matechangesummit, The Mr.Trump’s objections, and only US President Donald Trumpand his wifeMelania on the South Lawn of the White House. AP end itsmilitary aggression to- Department (CTD) of Punjab portof” both the entities. Times reportedSaturday. sevenRepublicansvoted to sus- wardsIndia along the LAC. province, according to an official Proscribed terrorists and en- Alok Sharma, who is also tain the veto.The House passed As Congress dealt ahumiliat- statement.Sources said Lakhvi, tities aresubject to an assets presidentofthis year’s cli- the legislation on Mondayina chairman of the ArmedServices what is known as Section230, a that the legislation will be en- ing blowtoTrumpinhis last 61,was arrested from Lahore. freeze, in whichall states arere- matesummit, has told similarly lopsided322-to-87 Committee, typicallyastrong legal shield forsocialmedia acted intolaw over Mr.Trump’s days in office, Indian-American “Following an intelligence- quired to freeze their funds and Prime MinisterBoris votethatalso musteredthe two- allyofthe president, took to the companies that he has tangled objections,including theprovi- Congressman Raja basedoperationconductedby other financial assets,atravel Johnson that he would thirds majority required. SenateflooronFriday to encour- with. Republicans and sion requiring the Pentagon to Krishnamoorthi said: “Through the CTD Punjab, proscribed or- ban that preventsentryintoor rather give up hisposition The voteendedadevastating agehis colleaguestooverride Mr. Democrats alikehavesaidthat strip the names of Confederates today'sNew Year'sDay vote in ganisation LeT leader Zaki-ur- transit through nations' territo- as business ministerthan legislativeweek forMr. Trump, Trump’sveto, callingthe passage the repeal, asignificantlegisla- from militarybases thatsoriled the Senate, Congress has made Rehman Lakhvi wasarrestedon ries, and an arms embargo. step down from his role in effectively denying him twoof of the bill “the mostsignificant tive change, is irrelevant to abill the president. The bill also takes the National Defence chargesofterrorism financing,” Lastmonth, the UN Security climatechange envoy,the the lastdemands of his presi- votelawmakers take.” that dictates militarypolicy. steps to sloworblock Mr. AuthorisationAct into law, in- the CTD said in astatement. Council's 1267 Al Qaeda newspaper reported. In dency.SenateRepublican lead- “This year especiallyso, in Mr.TrumptooktoTwitteron Trump’s planneddrawdown of cluding elements of my resolu- “Lakhvi is accusedofrunning Sanctions Committee allowed December,Johnson’s of- ers on Wednesdayhad declared light of all of the disruptions and Fridayshortlyafter thevoteto American troops from Germany tion calling on Chinatoend its adispensary, using fundscol- foramonthlypayment of fice deniedareportthat that therewas “norealisticpath” problemsthatwe’ve had,” Mr. registerhis anger at Republican and Afghanistan, and would militaryaggressiontowards lected forterrorism financing. He Pakistani Rs 1.5lakh forLakhvi he wanted his predeces- foravote on increasing stimulus Inhofesaid. lawmakers’ unwillingness to makeitmoredifficult forthe India and others in the broader and others also collected funds to meet his personal expenses. sor David Cameron to take checks to $2,000 from thecur- The main disruption Mr. meethis demands. president to deploy military per- Indo-Pacific region”. from this dispensary and used The LeT,led by JuDchiefHafiz over from Sharma as pres- rent $600, ameasureMr. Trump Inhofewas referring to wasthe “Our Republican Senatejust sonnel to the southern border. Krishnamoorthi said: “The thesefunds forfurther terrorism Saeed, is responsiblefor carry- ident of next year’s UN had pressedlawmakers to take president.Making good on a missedthe opportunitytoget rid All of the Republican confer- Chinesemilitary'sviolent ag- financing. He alsousedthese ing out the 2008 Mumbai attack COP26 climatechange up. monthslong series of threats, the of Section 230, whichgives un- ence leaders voted to override gression along the Line of Actual funds forpersonal expenses,” that killed166 people. summit. REUTERS Republicans have also di- president vetoed the bipartisan limited powertoBig Tech com- the veto on Friday, including Control with India and else- the CTD said, adding that the trial The global terror financing videdoversupporting the pres- legislation lastweek,citing a panies. Pathetic!!!” Mr.Trump Senator MitchMcConnell of whereisunacceptable, and the againsthim would be heldatthe watchdog FinancialAction Task ident’s determination to make shifting listofreasons, including wrote. “Now theywant to give Kentucky,the majority leader. passageintolaw of this legisla- Anti-Terrorism CourtinLahore. Force(FATF)isinstrumental in one lastand futile attempt to hisobjectiontoaprovisiondi- people ravagedbythe China He calledthe legislation “a tion sends aclear messageof Lakhvi wasdesignated as a pushingPakistantotakemeas- PAKISTAN overturn the 2020 election re- recting the militarytostrip the Virus $600, rather than the tremendous opportunity to di- supportand solidarity to India global terroristbythe UN in ures againstterrorists roaming Stategovttobuy sultsinCongress next week. names of Confederateleaders $2000 whichtheysodesper- rect our national security prior- and our other partners across December 2008 forbeingassoci- freely in Pakistanand usingits Senator James M. Inhofe, from bases. He also demanded atelyneed. Notfair,orsmart!” ities to reflectthe resolve of the the worldasweenter the New ated with the LeT and al-Qaeda territorytocarry outattacks in RajKapoor,Dilip Republican of Oklahoma and the that the bill include the repeal of The voteonFridayensures American people.” NYT Year.” PTI andfor “participating in thefi- India and elsewhere. PTI Kumarhouses Peshawar: Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Iran plans 20% Britainoptsfor mix-and-match government on Saturday approved the release of PakistanRs2.35crore to uranium enrichment vaccinations,confounding experts purchase the ancestral houses of legendary Bollywood actors Dilip ‘as soon as possible’ US virus Kumar and RajKapoor lo- KATHERINEJWU cated in the heartofthis NEWYORK,JANUARY2

ED cases surpass cityanddeclaredasthena- JONGAMBRELL Anotherblow Wang Yi DUBAI,JANUARY2 AMID Asputtering vaccine roll- tional heritages. Khyber to2015 20 million as Pakhtunkhwa Chief PLAIN E out and fears of anew and poten- ● MinisterMehmud Khan IRAN SAID Saturdayitplans to EX nucleardeal Hope Biden will tiallymoretransmissible variant deaths mount formallyapproved the enrichuranium up to 20 per cent of the coronavirus, Britain has proposal, allowing the au- at itsunderground Fordonuclear THOUGH 20 per cent pu- end Trump’s quietlyupdatedits vaccination thoritiesconcernedtopur- facility “as soon as possible”, rity of Uranium remains playbook to allowfor amix-and- REUTERS chasetheancestralhavelis pushing itsprogramme atech- well shortofthe 90 per Cold War:China match vaccine regimen. If asec- NEWYORK,JANUARY2 ataratedeterminedbythe nical step away from weapons- cent required to makea ond dose of the vaccine apatient Khyber Pakhtunkhwa gradelevels as it increases pres- nuclear bomb, it is much KJMVARMA originallyreceivedisn’t available, US CORONAVIRUS cases crossed Communication and sureonthe West over the higher thanthe standard BEIJING,JANUARY2 or if the manufacturer of the first the 20 million markonFridayas WorksDepartment afew tattered atomic deal. setinthe 2015 nuclear shotisn’t known, another vaccine officials seek to speedupvacci- weeksback. PTI The move comes amid agreement, under which AS JOE Biden is settoassume maybesubstituted, health offi- nations and amoreinfectious heightenedtensionsbetweenIran Iran wassupposedto powerthis month, China's cials said. Medics transportapatient from an ambulance to the Royal variant surfaces in Colorado, FRANCE and the US in the waningdays of keep enrichment below Foreign MinisterWang Yi on The newguidance contradicts London Hospital in London. Reuters California and Florida. the administration of President 4per cent. Saturdayhopedthat the US guidelines in the United States, The United States has seen a Policeshutdown Donald Trump, whounilaterally Iran's decision to be- President-elect would endthe wherethe Centers for Disease spikeinnumber of dailyCovid- ravepartydefying withdrew AmericafromTehran’s gin enriching to 20 per incumbent Donald Trump's ControlandPreventionhas noted Hospitals continue to strain un- Both Pfizer’s and 19 fatalities since Thanksgiving nuclear deal in 2018. cent adecade agonearly “Cold War” policy towards that the authorizedCovid-19vac- der acrush of coronavirus pa- AstraZeneca’s vaccines intro- with 78,000 liveslostin Covidrestrictions That setinmotionanescalat- brought an Israeli strike Beijingand return to a“sensible cines “arenot interchangeable,” tients, and tens of thousands of duce intothe body aprotein December.Atotal of 345,000 Paris: Severalhundred ingseries of incidents cappedby targeting itsnuclear facil- approach” by restoring normal and that “the safetyand efficacy newinfectionsare reported each calledspikethat,while notinfec- have diedofCovid-19since the Frenchpolice on Saturday aUSdrone strikethat killedatop ities. Aresumption of 20 ties. of amixed-product series have day. Schools in Londonand other tious itself, can teachimmune virusfirstemergedinChina late shut down an illegal rave Iranian general ayear ago, that per cent enrichment The Chinese side hopes that notbeenevaluated.Bothdosesof regions hit hardbythe virus will cellstorecognize and fight off in 2019. party in northwestern has American officials nowwor- could see that brinks- the next US administration will the series should be completed remain closedfor at leastthe the actual coronavirus. The US is averaging186,000 France that had been un- riedabout possible retaliationby manship return. return to asensible approach, re- with the same product.” next twoweeks, government of- While it’s possible that swap- cases aday,downfromapeak in derwaysince NewYear’s Iran. sume dialoguewith China,re- Some scientists sayBritain is ficialssaid on Friday. ping out one vaccine foranother mid-December of over 218,000 Eveindefiance of acur- Even Ali Akbar Salehi, the US- Iran to US: Avoid Israel storenormalcytothe bilateral gambling with itsnew guidance. The countryhas issuedan maystill school the body to rec- newinfections eachday.Health fewand coronavirus re- educated head of the civilian relations and restartcoopera- “Thereare no dataonthis idea emergency green light to two ognize the coronavirus, it is still officials have warnedthat cases strictions on large gather- Atomic Energy Organization of 'trap' to provokewar tion,Wang told the state-run whatsoever,”said John Moore, a vaccines, developedbyPfizer ascientific gamble. With differ- will likelyspikeagain afterholi- ings, officials said About Iran, offeredamilitaryanalogy Dubai: Iranian ForeignMinister Xinhua news agency. vaccine expertatCornell and AstraZeneca. According to ent ingredientsineachvaccine, daygatherings. Currently, there 2,500revellers from to describehis agency's readi- Mohammad JavadZarif urged “China-US relations have University.Officials in Britain Britain’snew guidance,“every it’s possible people will notben- aremorethan 125,000Covid-19 across France and abroad ness to take the next step. US President Donald Trumpon come to anew crossroads,and a “seem to have abandonedsci- effort should be made”tocom- efit as much from asecond shot. patients in hospitals, up 25% in attendedthe rave in adis- “Weare likesoldiers and our Saturday nottobe“trapped” by newwindowofhope is open- ence completely nowand are pleteadosing regimen with the Mixing and matching could also the lastmonth. usedwarehouse in fingers areonthe triggers,” an alleged Israeli plan to provoke ing,” he said. “Webelieve that as justtrying to guesstheir wayout same shotfirstused. But when make it moredifficult to collect While the US has approved Lieuron, near Rennes, and Salehi told Iranian statetelevi- awar throughattacks on US long as the United States can of amess.” “the same vaccine is notavail- cleardataonvaccine safety. twovaccines, rollout is going some clashedwith police sion. “The commander should forces in Iraq. draw lessons from the past and Health officials in Britain are able, or if the firstproductre- Without evidence to backit, moreslowlythan thegovern- soon afterthe party command and we shoot. We are “Be careful of atrap, work with China in the samedi- caught in adeadlyracewiththe ceivedisunknown, it is reason- the hybrid vaccinationapproach ment hoped. About 2.8 million kickedoff on Thursday ready forthis andwill produce @realDonaldTrump. Anyfire- rection, the twocountries areca- virus, whichissurging again, and able to offerone dose of the seems “premature,” said Saad Americans receivedaCovid-19 evening. REUTERS (20 per cent enriched uranium) workswill backfirebadly,”Zarif pable of resolving differences arestruggling to getasmany locallyavailable product” the Omer,avaccineexpert at Yale vaccine by December 31,falling as soon as possible.” AP wrote. REUTERS through dialogue...” PTI people vaccinated as possible. second time around. University. NYT farshort of a20million target. Report: Aviation deaths rose worldwide in 2020 VACCINE DOSES DISTRIBUTED TO 10% OF POPULATION AS NETANYAHU BOLSTERS HIS BATTERED IMAGE

dents per million flights in 2019. How Israel becamealeaderinvaccinating against Covid-19 REUTERS The decline in crashes came LONDON,JANUARY2 amid asharp decline in flights sources by Our WorldinData. million, Israel’s relatively small from Pfizer,along withModerna due to the coronavirus pan- ISABELKERSHNER By contrast, less than 1per- size has playedarole as well, said and other companies. THE NUMBER of people killedin demic. Flightradar24reported JERUSALEM,JANUARY2 cent of the population of the Professor Balicer. With Israel heading toward large commercialairplanecrashes commercial flightsittracked United States and onlysmall An aggressive procurement another election in March,the rose in 2020 to 299 worldwide, worldwide in 2020 fell 42% to MORE THAN 10 percent of fractions of the population in effort helpedset the stage. country’s fourth in twoyears, Mr. evenasthenumberof crashesfell 24.4 million. Israel’s population has receiveda manyEuropean countries re- The healthminister, Yuli Netanyahu has made the by morethan50%, aDutchcon- Morethan half of all deaths firstdose of acoronavirus vac- ceivedavaccine dose by the end Edelstein, said in an interview on prospect of aspeedy emergence sulting firm said Friday. in the To70 reviewwerethe 176 cine,arate that hasfar out- of 2020, according to Our World Friday that Israel had entered from the health and economic Aviation consulting firm To70 people killedinJanuary2020 strippedthe rest of theworld in Data, thoughChina, theUnited intonegotiations with drugmak- crisis wrought by the pandemic said in 2020 therewere40acci- when aUkrainian plane was andbuoyedthe battered domes- States and Britain have each dis- ers as an “early bird,” and that akeystone of his fight forpoliti- dentsinvolving largecommer- shot down in Iranian airspace. tic imageofthe country’s leader, tributed moredoses overall. the companieswereinterested cal survival. cialpassenger planes, five of The second deadliestincident Benjamin Netanyahu, at acriti- “It’s quiteanastonishing in supplying Israel because of its He has held out the prospect whichwerefatal, resulting in 299 wasthe Maycrash of aPakistan cal juncture. story,”said Prof RanBalicer,the HMOs’reputation forefficiency of Israel becoming the firstcoun- fatalities. In 2019 therewere86 airliner in Maykilling 98. Israel’s campaign, whichbe- chairman of the national advi- and gatheringreliable data. tryinthe worldtobefullyvacci- accidents, eight of whichwerefa- Over the lasttwo decades, ganDecember20, has distrib- soryteam of experts that is Mr.Netanyahu—who is on nated. tal, resulting in 257fatalities. aviation deaths have been falling uted the vaccine to three times counseling the Israeli govern- Aman receiveshis vaccination in TelAviv. Reuters trialonchargesofbribery, fraud Political motivesaside, the Large commercial airplanes dramatically. As recentlyas as muchofits population as the ment on itsCovid-19response. and breachoftrust—has made prime ministerhas wonpraise had 0.27fatal accidentsper mil- 2005, therewere1,015 deaths second-fastestnation, the tiny Israel’s heavilydigitized, the vaccination campaign some- forhis effortsevenfromsome lion flightsin2020, To70 said, or aboardcommercial passenger Persian Gulf kingdom of Bahrain, community-basedhealthsys- four HMOs —and itscentralized ulation campaign, according to thing of apersonalmission, tak- longtime critics, afterbeing one fatalcrash every3.7 million flightsworldwide, the Aviation according to figurescompiled tem—all citizens, by law, must government have proved adept Israeli health experts. ing credit forsigningagreements widelyblamedfor mishandling flights—upfrom0.18 fatalacci- SafetyNetwork (ASN)said. mostlyfromlocal government register with one of the country’s at orchestrating anational inoc- With apopulationofnine and securing millions of doses the crisis lastyear. NYT

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In canbetaken as atale “Subject to conditions of ap- ing in the industrial establish- needtobepaidwages on awork- employeradoptsmodel standing -60 of caution. itsjudgment, athree-judge pointmentoragreementbetween mentscovered underthe ing daybefore theseventh dayaf- orders of the central government -80 *Preliminary estimate, Source: Ministry of Commerce Benchofthe apexcourtruled employerand workers, employer Occupational Safety,Healthand terthelastday of thewage period, withrespectto mattersrelevantto that the DoT’s definition and ontheissueonMarch17, there mayallowaworkertoworkfrom Working Conditions Code, 2020. forwhich the wagesare payable. industrialestablishmentorunder- calculationofAGRwascorrect, wassomerelief when the top homeforsuchperiodorperiodsas Thedraftrulesprovideforflex- Italsoprovidesformedicalaid taking,then,suchmodelstanding and, therefore, thetelcos as courtsoughtapaymentsched- maybedeterminedbythe em- ibleshiftswithin the weeklyshift if aworkermeetswithanaccident order shall be deemedtohave 1.7per cent fall in November. well as others who held spec- ule from the DoTaswell as the ployer,”the draftmodel standing limit of 48 hours aweek.“More in the course of his employment, been certified. ENSECONOMICBUREAU ExportsinDecemberdropped trum licences wouldhaveto companies.Meanwhile,Covid orderfortheservicessectorstated. thanoneshiftmay beworkedina thentheemployer, athisexpense, TheIndustrial Relations Code NEWDELHI,JANUARY2 to $26.89billionfrom$27.11 billion paypending dues,penalty for entered India.Within days,it The Indian Express had re- department or departmentsor will have to makesatisfactory passedbyParliamentin ayear before.Imports rose to nothavingpaidtheirdues,and threw economic activities out portedonDecember11 aboutthe anysectionofadepartmentofthe arrangementsforimmediateand September had raisedthe thresh- CONTRACTION IN merchandise $42.60 billion lastmonth from theinterestonpenalty.TheSC, of gear.While manufacturing, government’s proposal to bring industrialestablishmentatthedis- necessary medical aid to the in- old forrequirement of astanding exports narrowedto0.8 per cent $39.59 billion ayear earlier. had then, notedthe said dues servicesandotherindicatorsof newrules through the model cretion of the employer. If more juredworkerandshallarrangefor order to over 300workers from year-on-year in December 2020, Already,hit by the pandemic, would have to be paid within the economytookabeating, standingorderfortheservicesec- thanone shiftisworked, the his further treatment, if consid- 100workers earlier.This implies compared to 8.7 per cent in the exports have witnessedaroller- the next three months. telecom racedahead. tortoincorporate, among other workershall be liabletobetrans- ered necessary. industrial establishmentswithup previous month, according to a coasterridethisfiscal.Havingrisen This year,however, the Dataconsumptionsky- things,flexibility of work timings ferred from oneshifttoanother. Thedraftorderfortheservices to 300workers arenot required preliminary estimatereleasedby by6percentinSeptember,thefirst Department of Telecomm- rocketed,withViclaimingthat and the option to work from No shiftworking shall be discon- sectoralsoprovidesthatinthecase to furnish astanding order – the CommerceMinistryon expansion since February, out- unications(DoT)willbebank- inthefirstthreemonthsof the home.Themodelstandingorders tinued without twenty one days’ of the IT sector,the working hour something that has been criti- Saturday.But, importsroseata bound shipmentsfalteredby5.1 ingonsellingspectrumto raise lockdown, the companyhad forthe services, manufacturing noticebeinggiveninwritingto the shall be as per agreement or con- cisedasgiving spacetocompa- faster pace of 7.6per cent in percentinOctoberand8.7percent money, with the hope that seen moredataconsumption and mining sectorswill be appli- workers prior to suchdiscontinu- ditions of appointment between nies to introduce arbitraryserv- December,the firstincrease since in November before the contrac- telecomcompanieswillevince than it had seen over the last cable to theindustrial establish- ance,” it said. employerand workers. “Habitual ice conditions. February, driving up trade deficit tionnarrowedagaininDecember. interestastheyneedspectrum three years. The call volumes to a25-monthhighof $15.7billion. Interestingly,coreexportshaveac- to expand services. of all telcos wasalso north- The rise in imports signals a celeratedataquickerratethanthat Thedirectimpactof theSC bound.Together,thethreetel- possible revivalofdomestic de- of overall merchandise exports judgment wasontwo major cos and their dormant net- accidentsinvolvinglarge sharpdeclineinflightsduetothe mand, whichwas battered by the month aftermonth since May privatetelcos,BhartiAirteland work capacities held fort as ‘Aviation deaths rise worldwide 40 commercialpassenger coronaviruspandemic Covid-19pandemic,asbusinesses 2019,accordingtoananalysis Vi (then VodafoneIdea). everything movedonline. planesin2020,fiveofwhichwere go through a‘reset’ phase follow- basedondatafromDirectorate Having weathered the low Moreencouraging news in 2020, even as incidentsfall’ fatal,resultingin299fatalities OVER 50%deathsintheTo70 ing the unlock. Generalof CommercialIntelligence price onslaught brought by wasonthewayforBhartiAirtel The number of people killed in largecommercial airplane reviewwerethe176peoplekilledin However, someamountof and Statistics. Reliance Jiooverthe lastfour and Vi.InSeptember,both accidentsin2019,eight January2020whenaUkrainian pent-updemandforrawmaterials Aditi Nayar,principal econo- crashes rose in 2020 to 299 worldwide, even as the years,bothBhartiAirtelandVi companies got one more 86 ofwhichwerefatal, planewasshotdowninIranian mayalsohavecontributedtothe mistwithICRA,said: “Therecov- had justabout startedgetting chance to fight in the ring, af- number of crashes fell by morethan 50 percent, resultingin257fatalities airspace rise in imports,analysts say, pre- eryinimports reinforces our ex- backontrack when the AGR terfervent requests from the Dutchconsulting firm To70 said ferringto waitlongerto pronounce pectationthatthecurrentaccount judgment derailedtheir wag- DoT, and the firms movedSC. percentfallincommercial 2NDDEADLIEST incidentwas anysustaineddemand recovery. surpluswill deflatetosub-$5 bil- onsagain.Thetwocompanies In an order,the SC allowed 42flightsto24.4million,as theMaycrashofaPakistanairliner Nevertheless,ifinbound ship- lion in the second half of this fis- were saddledwith dues in ex- them to paytheir AGRdues in perFlightradardata crashedinMaykilling98 mentscontinuetorise, import- cal.” The expansion in non-oil ex- cess of Rs 43,000 croreand astaggeredannualinstallment sensitive exports, too, will geta ports is enthusinginlightofthe Rs 58,000 crore, respectively. over the next 10 years starting 0.27 fatalaccidentspermillion FALLINGCASES: boost,butitwillalsomark areturn curbs imposedbymajor trading Intotal,thedueswere inexcess April 1, 2021. BhartiAirtel, flightsin2020forlarge Overthelasttwodecades,aviation to the usualhigh trade deficit partnersfollowingtheresurgence of Rs 1.47 lakh crore. Mostex- whichhas paid close to Rs commercialairplanes,oronefatal deathshavebeenfallingdramatically trend. The outbound shipment of of Covid-19cases, Nayarsaid. perts,CellularOperators 18,000croreofthe roughlyRs crashevery3.7millionflights—up coreproducts(goods excluding The commodities that wit- Association of India, and even 43,000 crorethat it oweshas from0.18fatalaccidentsper 14 FATAL accidentsonaverage petroleum and gems and jew- nessedsubstantial rise in exports the firmssaid this wasmost claimed amoratorium of sev- millionflightsin2019 forcommercialpassengerand ellery),whichreflect the econ- in Decemberincludedcertain ce- likelyend of the line forthem. eralyearsfromAGRpayments. cargoplanesoverthelastfiveyears omy’s competitiveness, grew 5.2 reals (262.6 per cent),oil meals The situationwas even On the other hand, Vi, which REASONS: percentinDecember,againsta0.4 (192.6 per cent), iron ore(69.3 per moredireforVi.Theleadership saidithaspaidnearly Rs6,900 Thedeclineincrashescameamida Source: To70/Reuters percentfallinthepreviousmonth. cent) and cereal preparations and of thecompany,including crore, claimed the same, al- Similarly,coreimportsrose8.4per miscellaneous processeditem chairman KumarMangalam though forasmallerperiod. centlastmonth,comparedwitha (45.4 per cent). FE Birla made an unprecedented For2021, DoT’sbiggest statement that if the govern- hope would be selling spec- ment did notprovide relief on trum.Ithasputonofferthesale Ombudsman paymentofpastAGR dues, Vi of 2251.25 MHz of spectrum What will be the guidelines once India-UK flights resume? would have to “shut shop”. across sevenfrequency bands In ararebrave affront on a atareserve priceof Rs3.92lakh fromtheUKwere operatingto var- them to boardthe flight. Upon ar- cluding home isolationortreat- guidelines. Forthis purpose, the asks Bajaj courtoflaw’sjudgment,Bharti crore. Along with the price, PRANAVMUKUL ious airportsinIndia, onlyDelhi, rivalatIndianairports,all passen- ment at facility as per casesever- contactswould includethe co- AirtelandVidecidednot to de- however, thetotalspectrumon NEWDELHI,JANUARY2 Mumbai,Bengaluru,Chennaiand gers coming in from UK in all in- ity will be followed. If the test re- passengers seated in the same Allianz to pay posit anymoney, andlet the offerhasalsobeenreducedby Hyderabadwillreceive passengers ternational flights would be portrevealsthatapassenger has row, threerows infrontandthree deadlineofJanuary23lapse. morethanathird.TheDoThas THE MINISTRYofHealthand from the countryfor the time be- mandatorilysubjected to self- tested positive forthe newvari- rows behindalongwithidentified medical bill of The bravado had some back- pinnedhopesonmakinggood FamilyWelfarehas issuedthe ing. Those wanting to flytoother paid RT-PCR tests. ant,thenthepatientwillcontinue cabin crew. ing withalastminuteDoT or- moneyfromtheauction,citing standardoperatingprocedurefor citieswill needtobook connect- to remain in aseparateisolation derthatsaidtherewouldbeno that the telcos would needto epidemiologicalsurveillanceand ing flightsout of these five hubs. What happens if apassenger unit. While necessarytreatment Whyisthe government Covid patient coerciveactionagainstthetel- buy spectrum in the 4G band response forthe newvariant of tests positive upon as per the existing taking these steps? cos,eveniftheydidnotpay any to expand their services. Covid in the contextofregulated What do passengersarriving arrival? protocol will be The mutated strain of coron- ENSECONOMICBUREAU duesbythedeadline.Theseac- The last auctions, held in resumptionof flightsfromtheUK from the UK needtodo? Passengers testing given,thepatientwill avirus,whichoriginatedinthe MUMBAI,JANUARY2 tions,however, didnotsitwell 2016,wherethe government to India January8onwards. In line with the guidelines for positive shall be iso- betestedon14thday, UK, has already spread across 23 withtheSC.Inahearingonthe offered2,354.55 MHz at are- other international arrivals, all in- latedinaninstitutional afterhaving tested countriesincludingthe US, China, IN Asignificant development for issueonFebruary14,2020,the serve price of Rs 5.60 lakh Whichflightswill resume bound passengers from the UK isolation facilityina positive in the initial Germany, France, the health insurance policy holders, three-judgeBenchcamedown crore,butmanagedto sellonly January8onwards? will have to submit self-declara- separate(isolation) test.The patient will Netherlands, Canada, Japan, who areundergoing Covid-19 heavilyonthe companies, the 965MHz,orabout40percent TheCentrehasallowedairlines tion form on the online portal unit coordinated by be kept in the isola- SouthKorea,and Singapore. In treatmentinbighospitals,Milind DoTand allother parties, of the spectrum, and mopup of bothIndiaandtheUKto resume (www.newdelhiairport.in)atleast the respective State tion facility till their India, at least29people, whoar- Kharat, Insurance Ombudsman, threateningeveryonewith onlyRs65,789crore,can be 15 flightseachevery week be- 72 hours before the scheduled Health Authorities. Theywould sample is tested negative. rivedfromthe UK between the Mumbai&Goa,hasdirectedBajaj contempt of courtfornot hav- takenasataleofcaution. tween January8and January23. travel. All the passengers arriving earmarkspecificfacilitiesforsuch time the suspension wasan- Allianz General Insurance to pay ing deposited anymonies. Despiteall forecasts,whether Airline officials said thatthe carri- from the UK alsoneedtocarry isolation and treatment and take What happens in case one has nouncedand implemented,were one of itscustomers the entire Bytheeveningof February or notitwill beagood payday ers arepreparing schedules and negative RT-PCRtestreport,for necessaryaction to send the pos- travellednexttoaCovid-19 found infectedwith this newvari- hospitalisation expenses, barring 14,mosttelecomcompanies forthe DoTcan only be ascer- will be reaching out to customers whichtestshould have been con- itive samplesto IndianSARS-CoV- positive passenger? ant. This variant is estimated by non-medicalitems, incurred for that owed anyAGR to the DoT tainedinMarchwhenauctions once the schedules areprepared. ducted within 72 hours priorto 2Genomics Consortium (IN- Forthe passengers who test European Center forDisease Covid-19treatment. said theywouldpay partof areheld. Until then, the tele- Air India said passengers who undertaking the journey. Airlines SACOG) Labs.Ifthe test report positive upon arrival, all the con- Control to bemoretransmissible AbhayChhapia, who had their dues in aweek’s time. com sector holds on and sur- were booked to flyonDecember have been asked to ensurethat a reveals that the the Covid19vari- tactsofsuchtravellerswillbesub- and affecting younger people. bought ahealth insurance policy And, so theydid. On ahearing vivestofight anotherday. 23,willbethefirstonestobeflown passengeriscarrying the nega- ant is notthe newone, then the jected to institutional quarantine Full report on from BajajAllianzGeneral outofthe UK.Whileearlier flights tive test reportprior to allowing ongoing treatment protocol in- and would be tested as per ICMR www.indianexpress.com Insurance, with asum assured of Rs 30 lakh, had availedofmedical treatment in Mumbaibased BRIEFLY Wockhardt Hospital forCovid-19. ‘Covid has accelerated how normal people consume AI’ However, Chhapiahad fileda 6.03croreGST complaint with theOmbudsman againstshort-settlementof aclaim e-invoicesinDec the mostsignificant impact. sandsof papersfromtheCovid-19 involvementand engagement in additionalparameters regarding lodged underthe policy by Bajaj NANDAGOPALRAJAN Natarajan cites the Indian OpenResearchDataset(CORD-19) amuchmorevaluedpartofthe Covid-19werefedin,we were able AllianzGeneralInsurance. He NewDelhi: As manyas6.03 NEWDELHI,JANUARY2 Council forMedical Research’s and licenseddatabases from workflow,”heexplains, adding to predictdemandinamoreintel- complainedthataclaimlodgedfor croreGST e-invoices were (ICMR’s)collaborationwithIBMto DrugBank,Clinicaltrials.govand howusers have also startedex- ligent manner, helping Parlere- Rs 3.1lakh forthe treatment of generated in December IBM, WHICHisworking on many implement the Watson Assistant GenBank,allowingusers to make pecting bots to respond to the ducetimetomarketandrightsize Covid-19(positive)undergone by 2020,higherthan5.89crore Covid-19projectsaround the (anAI-poweredquery-answering specific queries to extractcritical moremundane queries. the inventoryfor itsperishable him at Wockhardt Hospital was inNovember,accordingto an world,isconvincedthepandemic system)onitsportaltorespondto Covid-19knowledge. With large companies,the ac- goods. This AI-drive supply chain settledbyBajaj AllianzGeneral official release. The govern- hastriggeredanaccelerationinin- specific queries on Covid-19from “The adoption of AI has seen a ceptance,however, isnotthateasy. management will also be in play Insuranceoncashlessbasiswitha ment had made it manda- novation and adoption of tech- frontline staffand dataentryop- gradual metamorphosis ... What But Natarajan says it is “no longer when IBM helps governments deduction of Rs.1.3lakh, almost tory forbusinesseswith nologieslikeartificialintelligence, eratorsacrosstestinganddiagnos- thispandemichasdoneisacceler- achoice”.Heelaboratesontheex- rollout to the vaccines to millions. half theamountof claim.Hestated turnoverofoverRs500crore with newuse cases in retail and ticfacilities across India.“They atedhowweasindividuals,asnor- ampleofParle’s supplychain “The idea would be to clearly that he has been associated with to generateelectronicinvoice banking, but moreimportantlyin (ICMR) had aclosedset of health malpeople,consumeAI,”explains whichusedtobegovernedbycon- understand the different patterns the companyfor manyyears and ore-invoiceforB2Btransac- managing and nowmitigating a professionals, whether it is the Subram Natarajan, chief Natarajan. “Banking services, ventionalwisdom,morestatistics of the pandemic, wherethe den- further arguedthat he, as an indi- tions, from October 1. PTI global pandemic. front end, peoplewhoareadmin- technology officer of IBM India whichwas already in the vergeof drivenwith astraight away pro- sity is, wherethe vulnerable are, vidual,has no sayorbargaining Subram Natarajan, chief tech- istering the tests, doing the analy- gettingsortofdigitisedtosomede- jectionof howmuchgoodswould wherethe capabilitytodistribute powerinfront of thehospital and nology officer at IBM India, has sis, the supportstaff,orthe core gree,hasallof asuddengraduated be consumed. “But with the pan- thevaccineisveryhigh ...Onceyou hadto paywhateverwascharged. ‘Willtakeaction seen“dramaticchanges”thisyear, healthprofessionals at the back- virtual agent that disseminates intomorethan 90 per cent of all demic,nobodywasableto predict feed in awell-definedmodel of Afterscrutinising the docu- againstdelisting’ alongwitha“fairbitof confluence end.Theyweretryingto reallyfig- Covid-19-related information in transactionsbeinghandledbydig- howmuchinventoryone should what is the mostefficientway of mentsproducedonrecord,cou- of various technologies, AI being ureouthowtogettheunifiedmes- English, Telugu andHindi on the ital,” he says.Evenfromthe con- hold primarilybecause the con- distributing the vaccine ... apre- pledwith the depositions of both Shanghai: China will take oneof them”.Whilethelockdown sageacrosstothe wider response effortsand measures by sumer side, it has accelerated ac- sumptionpatternwascompletely scriptive wayofhandling the vac- the parties, Kharat observed that “measures”to safeguardthe forcedmanybusinessto go digital populationinIndia,”heremem- the Department of Health, ceptance of AI and otherdigital disrupted. Therewerelot more cine that can beprovided, and the the hospital has notadhered to interestsof itscompaniesaf- to survive andadopttechnologies bers atime when“therewere Medical and Family Welfare. technologies. “I don’tthinkwe factorsatplay,”hesays.This is AI plays avital role in this whole PreferredProvider Networkrates tertheNYSEbegandelisting likeAI,Natarajansays itwastheef- morequestions thananswers”. Globally, IBM Research has devel- would go back to aday when whereIBM’sWatson-powered‘in- distribution,” he explains. andoverchargedthepatientinvi- 3Chinese telcos. REUTERS fectivenessof artificialintelligence The AndhraPradeshNational opedacloud-based AI research things aremuchmorehuman telligent supplychain’ solution Full report on olation of their agreement with in citizen’s services that has had HealthMission, too, has aWatson service that has ingestedthou- driven...We wouldexpecthuman cameintothepicture.“Oncethese www.indianexpress.com theBajajAllianzGeneralInsurance.

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Boredom Made Me Do It GETTYIMAGES The pandemic revealed what researchers have long known —ennui could be the gateway to re-engaging with the world

Benita Fernando My favouritesix-year-old, the titular hero Eastwoodsays.“We don’t have alot of dataon of Bill Watterson’s comic strip Calvin and this. Generally, the moreactive aperson is —I Hobbes,isachampion daydreamer.When don’tmean physicallyactive necessarilybut Whydoes man create? Calvin is notwithHobbes but stuckathis self-determinedand mentallyactive —the Is it man’s purpose on earthtoexpress school desk,thereisapermanentscowl on his moretheyare doingsomething involvingcre- himself, to bring form to thought,and to face. The dreariness of lessons is broken only ativity and reflection suchasdaydreaming, discovermeaning in experience? by his adrenaline-fuelledspace fantasies, in- reading, journaling, the morelikelytheywill cluding apassagetoafifth dimension world be able to ‘do’ boredom well,” he adds. Or is it justsomething to do when he is bored? were “time has no meaning”. Despitethelayers of meaningwehaveat- —Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes Mumbai-basedfoodwriter and culinary tributed to it, boredom is in itself amoral. consultant Saee Koranne-Khandekar,38, says, Eastwood explains that howwerespond to EAD ANY number of it is important we don’tjudge ourselvesfor the signal of boredom is the key question.All SherlockHolmes’ adven- “wasting” time daydreaming. In 2008, feelings, negative or positive,“tell”ussome- tures and the fictional detec- Koranne-Khandekar worked as an instruc- thing important about howweare in the tive is oftenintroduced tional designer with an e-learning company. TARQ world.Pain,forexample, tellsus we areindan- lounging lazilyinhis dress- She had toomuchtime on hand at home, and, AND gerofdamaging ourbodyandwe needto stop

R ing gown at his Baker Street on a“bored afternoon”, she startedblogging OOR what we aredoing to protect our body. residence. Withhissuperior intellect, Holmes about it —kitchen tales and other anecdotes. DEKAR “Boredom is similar.Ittellsusweare stagnat- finds ordinarylifeboring,andordinarycrime, In time, the blog grew intoafood-ideasspace, KULAV ing; that we arenot using our cognitive abili- EER even moreso. His onlyescape from this dull- and she found her current vocation. Justbe- -KHAN ties and expressing ourselvesinthe worldin SAM ness —and his onlyvice —iscocaine. cause Koranne-Khandekar shiftedcareers, it ANNE our ownunique ways…it tells us we needto SY OR

Forthat matter, The Sign of theFour (1890) didn’t mean that she escapedboredom alto- RTE reclaim our agency,” he says.But what about EK begins with Holmes administering himself a gether.Workingwithfood can also getbor- those who areforcedintoboring situations, COU SAE cocaineinjection.Hisdefence:“Give me prob- ing, especiallywith one kind of cuisineortech- some that stretchfor years, with no endin lems, give me work,givemethe mostabstruse nique.Whilewritingherbook, Pangat,AFeast: sight? Thehomeless,the aged,thebedridden, cryptogram...I can dispense then with artifi- Food and LorefromMarathi Kitchens (2019), the imprisoned—their options arelimited. In cial stimulants. But Iabhor the dull routine of she wasstruckbythe limited interpretations aregion likeKashmir,wherecurfews were the existence...That is whyI of Marathi cuisine in eater- norm even before 2020, it’s hardtoimagine ●●● have chosen my ownpar- ies and homes. “If one tries that people will stay anxious forever. At some ticular profession —or, to eat Marathi food out, the point,anxiety givesway to boredom, as vigi- rather,created it.” Mann believesthat usual suspectsare misal, lance becomes normalised. “Boredom could The great consulting de- vada pao or chicken beseen asunproductive or as rustoverthe cre- tective was, like mostof there are anumber Kolhapuri, whichisjustan- ative mind. (But) building upon (Martin) modernsociety,justterri- other name forastandard Heidegger’s notion of boring yourself with blybored.Boredom pro- of reasons why we redgravy with extrachilli something,boredom… canhelpactively cre- SHAH I pelledhimto seekthe most are more bored than powder,” she says.Itforced AD atespaces forradical outbreaksinagiven sit-

fantastical cases, to leada her to reimagine the cui- AHM uation,” says Srinagar-based artistMoonis GANDH moreimaginative life, land- ever.One is the sine, to reinvent thalipeeth IS Ahmad Shah, 28. Shah, who is at present a RTHA MOON ing somewherebetween as crackers served with a TI doctoral candidateatthe University of cocaine and ambition. availability of more dip or tostadas with sea- Melbourne, recalls the times in Kashmir Boredom is whatmade the sonal toppings. ON BEING IDLE Saptaparni’s headyscent meantDiwali was is bored,hedaydreams.Kulavoor’s figure, on wheretherewerelong durations of curfews genius relatable. leisure time. The (Clockwise from near.Ordinarily, as apractising designer,she the other hand, appearsopiated,preferring enforcedonthe people.When people are It’s obvious, therefore, ■ ■ ■ would have sketchedthe garden, but she was to do anything notto“think”. forced intosuchexceptional situations, they above) Graphic whyboredom has abit of a other problem is so bored that she wanted to do something It’s also oneofthe keyreasonswhy peo- have to rethink their everyday,reimagine bad rep. It has long been as- One of the best ways to designer Tirtha newand challenging. That’s when Gandhi plefear gettingbored.Who knowswhat their lives. sociated with cautionary that alot of things understand boredom is as Gandhi with an turnedtoorigami, recreating the garden’s questions, what memories the mind will In an installation, Accidentally Miraculous tales of awastingmind, a“desireconundrum”, as origami champa; fruitsand flowers. She says,“Iamnot trying bring to thesurfaceinaquietmoment? The Everyday From That Heaven (2019), Shah used and, in an extreme sense, we do to engage our James Danckertand John D Notification (2019) to become an origami pro. It’s justmyway of pandemic, forinstance,has been alivelab photogrammetrytostitch3Dreconstructions with risk behaviours, Eastwood discuss in Outof by Sameer Kulavoor; preserving things in atangible way.” forresearchers, with lateststudiesshowing of Kashmiri people livinginastate of excep- trauma and addictions. In minds are the My Skull: The Psychology of Gandhi, unlikemany, managedto cureher the link betweenemotional trauma and tion. Broken andfractured,the figures often Saee Koranne- 2014,American social psy- Boredom (2020). To be boredom without the constant companyofa boredom, and howhighlyboredom-prone seem wearyorbored.Inone image, ageogra- chologistTimothyDWilson same activities caught in adesireconun- Khandekar’s smartphone and social media. Smartphones peopleare morelikelytoendorse that Covid- pher sleeps at noontime on aMondayinstead and team publishedtheir drum means “wanting to thalipeeth crackers; makeusthinkwe are“busy”andwe avoidthe 19 is ahoax. It’s whythe idea that boredom of working.“Rather than thinking of bore- ●●● findings on howpartici- do something but not an image from guilt of wasting time. It’s notthatweare less can be asource of creativity is atricky one. dom as apassive thing, resistance occurs — pantsplacedinaroom, with nothing to do, wanting to do anything”. Theywrite, “So our Moonis Ahmad bored;wehavejustbecome quicker, but not Eastwood, founder of Boredom Lab in it’s averyactive process. If youthinkabout it, preferredexternal stimulation than be left mind is unoccupiedand we want to do some- Shah’s installation necessarilybetter, at “fixing” boredom. Toronto, says that the link betweenboredom ageographer sleeping on Mondayafternoon alone with their thoughts. The participants’ thing,but we can’t figureout whatwewant Accidentally Mann believesthat thereare anumber and creativity is indirect,accomplishedifwe is arevolutionaryact,”Shah says.Seeninthis onlyoption in this room wastogivethem- to do —that’s boredom in anutshell.” It is this of reasonswhy we aremorebored than ever. allowfor constructive mindwandering. He light, daydreaming can beitsown virtue, with selvesmild electric shocks.The researchers search forstimulationand engagement that Miraculous Everyday One is the availability of moreleisuretime. explains that when bored, we disengage no goal of creativity,especially since we live in observed thatparticipantsdid notenjoy turns boredomintoaparadoxand transforms From That The other problem is that alot of things we from the world, and if we can toleratethe dis- culturesoftoxic productivity.Atthe startof spendingsix to 15 minutesbythemselves, idlers intoseekers. Heaven (2019) do to engageour minds arethe same activi- comfortofboredom long enoughtoturn in- the pandemic in 2020, people cited thege- with severalchoosing to administer the elec- If we weren’t bored before,lastyear en- ties. We areswiping or scrolling our bore- ward and reflect on whoweare and howwe niusesofpastscientists and writers who tric shockatleast once. sured it. Graphic designer Tirtha Gandhi, 28, dom away but thoseare all repetitiveactions. want to express ourselvesinthe world, then made path breaking discoveriesorcreated Researchers arelooking at howboredom wasamong those who were caught in the “The problemwith repetition is that it be- this might allowustoformnew ideas for masterpieces in similar conditions of lock- canalso sparkcreativityand problemsolving. pandemic’s boredom conundrum. In March comes boring,” she says.Ifyou look at the howwecan re-engagewith the world. downs and working from home. We insiston In TheScience of Boredom: The Upside (and lastyear,Gandhi packedanovernight bag for hashtags #boredom on Instagram, that has So, is therearight wayof“doing” bore- making everysecond count. Instead, Ioften Downside) of Downtime (2016), psychologist aweekend visit to Vadodaratocheckonher 3.6 million posts,or#BoredomMadeMeDoIt, dom? Canadian author Chris Bailey, known think of John William Godward’s womenlan- Dr Sandi Mann writes that boredom can be“a ailing father.Nearly ayear later,she is yetto amajority of them aresimplyselfies exper- forhis “productivityexperiments”(alifeofpro- guishing by serene Mediterranean waters, catalystfor creativity”. In 2014,Mann and return to Mumbai. That weekend, the first imenting with bizarre filters. In Sameer ductivity.com),spent amonth some years ago teasing akitten, playing with aparrot or twid- RebekahCadman,both from theUniversity of lockdown came intoeffectinIndia. Weekdays, Kulavoor’s ongoing exhibition in Mumbai, getting deliberatelybored foranhour every dling agrape between their fingers —theyare Central Lancashire, the UK, publishedare- spent working remotely,rolledby. Sundaywas “You AreAll Caught Up”, the artistshows a day. The boringhourwasfixedwithatask,like asking carpediem to go take ahike. Godward search paperonhow being bored can lead to adifferent story. She had lefther DSLR cam- number of workswith figures gluedtotheir reading iTunes’ terms and conditions,waiting waspainting his idling women, manyofthem increasedcreativity in terms of quantity,but eraand sketchbooksbackinMumbai. It phones. In onetelling work,titled Notification at ahospital, watching his girlfriend read, and called Dolcefar Niente (Italian for“thesweet- notnecessarilyquality.Theystatedthat if we helped, however, that her childhood home (2019), alone figurehangs by some railings, removingthe seeds of astrawberrywith ness of doing nothing”), at the turn of the 20th arelooking forcreative solutions, then under- came with agarden. Eventually, shebegan hand resting on chin and looking bored out tweezers. Some of these hours were morefun, century, aftermechanisationhad claimeda takingaboringtaskmight help. Mann says, strolling there, catching the afternoon light, of his mind. The other hand is engaged, wherethe mind wandered,without agoalor firm grip on Victorian societies. What better “Wethink the link between boredom and cre- observing the trees and the birds. In summer, though —thumb on screen. The figurehas intent. That smartphones areaneasy escape waythandaydreamingtoresistthe tyranny ativity is daydreaming.” she collected lemons. By October,the none of Calvin’s exasperation. When Calvin is abit of apersonal value judgement, of the clock? New Delhi EYE,THE SUNDAY EXPRESSMAGAZINE

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Indian arthistory and felt motivatedtomake work aboutbeing gayand Indian —itneeded DOWN IN to be placedinthe arthistorical context. What makes youkeep diving intoyour familyarchives? JUNGLELAND I’vebeen amigrant, staying at different places,people oftenask me whereishome, wherewould Irather be.Myfather comes from atypical Uttar Pradesh zamindar family. My TibetanmotherwasadoptedbyChristian missionaries and grew up in aboarding school in Amritsar.Every year,myfather would take RanjitLal me forHolito his villageMundia Pamar.Much later, whenIcameacross PaulStrand’sPortrait Ranjit Lal is an author, of An Italian Village,Idecided to go backto environmentalistand Mundia Pamar for Portrait of an Indian Village birdwatcher (2006). IrealisedIhad great access thereand that people were connected to the land in a waynot manyare.For Social Security (1988), I drew from our familyalbum to tell the storyof my family’s migration to Montreal. The Married From Exiles in the ’80s to numerousseries youmade duringyour Delhistay(2005- 12), howhas it been to shoot in India? In RoyalCollegeofArt (London), Iwanted Life of Birds to beadocumentaryphotographer who takes up issues of social justice.So, in the ’80s,Itrav- elledtoTilonia to document systemic rural povertyinRajasthan.Onmyway in and out When humans are beaten at their of India, Iwould photograph gaymen. My game of holy (unholy) matrimony friendsin thecountryatthe timelookedatbe- inggay as a‘bourgeois urban problem’ and not worthdoing.When Ireturnedtolive in Delhi, EHUMANS might think we have the mo- PHOTOSCOURTESY:THEARTISTANDHALESGALLERY,STEPHENBULGERGALLERYANDVADEHRAARTGALLERY things had also changed.People were meeting nopolyondifferent types of matrimony less in parks and moreonthe Netand at pri- and family: nuclear,joint, single-parent, vate parties. It’s howIconceivedMr Malhotra’s W or same-sex-parent families, communes, Party withportraitsof‘real’ people, who were etc., but we can’t matchuptothe wild, especiallybirds. willing to identify their sexuality as queer. Notonlydoes the statelySarus crane live in an ideal nu- ‘I didn’t find any reference clear family(at times following the “hum-do-humare-do” What prompted From HeretoEternity mantra), couples arerevered fortheir lifelongfidelity and (1999), made in response to the illness devotion to eachother.Ifone partner dies, the other will brought on by HIV? pine away till it joinsits partner.Hear alonely Sarus crane Ireallydidn’t want to deal with HIV/AIDS. call on amoonlitnight and you’ll knowwhat Imean. to gayIndian art history’ When Iwas diagnosedin’95,Iwas already Manyspeciesofbirds have nuclear families, where overloaded, being gayand Indian.Then in both mama and papa take care of their brood. Some cou- 1999, Iwasn’tfeeling toowell. It wasareally ples (verysensiblyyou might think) break up afterthe lowperiod.Having become ill, Icouldn’t familyleaveshomeand find newpartnersfor the next Photographer Sunil Gupta on documenting carry on doing my freelance work and de- nesting season. Alas,for us, this is notreallypossibleasour cidedtodosomething about the illness as broods only leavehome at around 21—and sometimes not ‘photo therapy’. Goingbacktothe darkroom even then! Some birds (likethe sarus and eagles) arefero- LGBTQ+ culture across the globe and his wasmagical. It wasmeplaying dead. The first ciouslyfaithful to their partnersthroughout theirlives.In picturewas of me naked, to see howthe ill- some cases, the mama birds stay on thenestand mind the ongoing retrospective in London ness wasaffectingmybody.Different aspects chicks —likewhat some of our honourable ministers of it, suchasmetaking medicines, were jux- would likewomentodo—while papa goes out hunting. Va ndana Kalra pology,but nowthe expectation that art taposedwith photographs of my local Among others,likethe devoted hornbills,the female is se- should come from all over the globeismore. London gayclubs, whichhad turnedintosex curely“lockeddown” in her hollow, withher eggs and, clubs. Afterthat, Ifelt alot freer talking about later,chicks.The entrance to the hollowissealedupwith HOWISthe feedbackfor From Hereto Could youtalk about discovering your HIV in my work. mudand dung,with justacrackleftinit. Her husband as- Eternity:Sunil Gupta.ARetrospective (till sexuality duringchildhood in Delhi and siduouslyfeeds herthroughthis “window” andwhen the 21 FebruaryatThe Photographers’ Gallery, the move to Canada at the ageof15? Your 2012 Delhishowwas shut down after chicks hatchand become demanding,the mother too London, thephotographersgallery.org.uk)? Ihadacharming,openandfreechildhood. acomplaint of obscenity. Howdoyou see breaksout, resealsthe entrance and both parentsnow feed It features16series over 45 years. In Nizamuddin, in my boygang, all kinds of the evolution of LGBTQ+ rightshere? theirfamily,until thechicks arebig enough to break out. Iworkedcloselywithcurator MarkSealy experimentation took place, alot of it wassex- Afterthe ruling, Idon’t think thereshould The sociable weaver bird—endemictoSouthAfrica — to present avariety —four videos, all photo- ual, but no one spokeabout it. The sudden be alegal problem in showing my work in livesinone enormous joint familyinamassive commu- graphs from Christopher Street (1976), works move to Canada came as ashock,allthe ways India. Therewas aplan to show Christopher nity nest, eachfamilyintheir ownprivate apartment and from Trespass (1990s), Mr Malhotra’s Party I’d learnt to find sexwerenot viable in that Street at Vadehra(Delhi) in October,but we entrance. But the whole edifice is likeamassive haveli. (2006-),Homeland (2001-03), amongothers. country. Coming from India wasuseless bag- could notowing to COVID-19. Next year,we Youmay dislikeliving cheek-by-jowl with hundredsof We’llhaveabigger showinTorontonextyear, gage because moststudentsinmyclass had- plan to showanearlier body of black-and- relatives, but the entireclan will rise up clamorouslyto but the retrospective is rather well-received n’t heardofIndia. Everything Iknewseemed whiteimages at Jhaveri Contemporary defend their young from external threatslikeanosey in London.Manypeopleare movedbyit, even irrelevant. When 17,Idiscoveredanew iden- (Mumbai). It’s notsomuchabout the gaycon- snake. Though agrass-firesparkorbolt of lightning can seemto relatetoit. Alot has changedsincethe tity of being gay. At McGill University,Ijoined tent as muchasnudity,with moral judgement setthe entire structureablaze, roasting chicks alive. mid ’80s. People aremoreconnected,doesn’t agay-student society whichwas involved in hanging over it.Unlikeanudesculpture,in Our ownbayaweaveralso livesincolonies, but each matter whereyou are. With the internet, noth- activism and became the photographer for SEEING ME,SEEINGYOU photography, it’s perceivedastoo close to ingseems toodistant.WhenExiles wasshown their newsletter.Iwas happyshooting gay pornography, theissue therehasn’t been re- (From To p) Untitled #13 (2008) from the series The New in the ’80s, London wasone of the centres of things. NotuntilIcame to London in 1977 did solved. The strikingdownofSection377 (of Westerncultural powerandit didn’tconsider Ibecome more awareracially. In the late ’70s- Pre-Raphaelites; Shroud (1999 )from the series From HeretoEternity, Indian Penal Code) is ahugerelief butthere’s material from outside Europe as art; it was 80s, being South Asian in the UK wasaracism featuring Gupta, 67, who was recently awarded an Honorary more work to be donewithregardtorights, looked on morelikeethnographyoranthro- problem. Ididn’t find anyreference to gay Fellowship from The Royal Photographic Society, London marriage…it’s important to remain vigilant. Big LittleSteps

RANJITLAL In his new book,actor Sonu Sood reflects on the impact of his relief work HOME ALONE Painted storks at home on those whose lives he touched, as well as his own

Pooja Pillai History professorSaroj and businessman COURTESY:THEORANGELANE nestisanindividual architectural masterpiece of the Shakti, Sood graduated as an engineer from WORK-LIFE BALANCE male. The gentleman baya is quitethe chhuparustam. the Yeshwantrao ChavanCollegeof Ahome design by Shabnam Gupta Afterbedding one wifeinapalatial structure, he sets SONU SOOD’S“Kalinga Moment”occurred Engineering in Nagpur.This waswherehe about building another and woos another till his stamina on April 15,2020, in the city of Kalwa, in methis wifeSonaliand also where he first lasts —eachwifeobliviousofthe others’ existence. Maharashtra’s Thane district. He had driven begandreaming of asilver-screen career. At Home The lovely burrowing owlofNorth andSouth America therefromhis home in Mumbai to help dis- Sood has chronicledhis early years as afilm- livescommunallyinprairie dog burrows in the ground — tributethe food packets he had arranged for industry struggler in great detail: the unwa- in fields, grasslands and open areas. Theyhaveawonder- the migrant workerswho were heading vering encouragement of his parents, the Five top changes in 2020 ful, Californian lifestyle. The mom in one burrowmight homeduringthe nationwide lockdown. But train ride to Mumbai in whichhehad to sit in checkout the beefcakeinthe neighbouring burrow, while as he stood among the thousands who were the passageoutsidethe “smellytoilet”, the Shiny Va rghese adudemay call on the cutelittle thing next door —all making their wayonfootdownNational manyrejections and tauntsfromthose who done clandestinely. The result:alotofhalf-siblings. Highway 48,whichleadssouthwards to said he wouldn’t makeitwithout agodfa- Severalspecies have single-parent families —where Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, he asked himself ther (in another partofthe book,hewrites GREEN SPACES: Balconies(with“air-con- one parent takescareofthe brood, while the other goes if he had done enough. In his just-released that buying awhole building in the city in ditioners, mop and buckets”) and terraces about philandering and having morebabies. And no, it’s book about his Ghar Bhejo relief mission, I 2018 wastohim likea“confirmation that I’d (with“watertanksanddishTVantennas”) notthe dude who’sout lap-dancing at nightclubs. In Am No Messiah (Penguin Random House), reachedaplace of worthinlife—anachieve- turnedintohot spotsfor“plantsandgreen- species likethe painted snipe, it is the lady who dons all co-written withjournalist Meena KIyer, ment that Ihad earnedand notinherited ery”, with morepotsand pools, “wooden the finery, settles her dowdy corduroy husband in the Sood writes: “If Ihad givenintothe celebrity from abig-name production house”). decks andgreen walls”, says Delhi’s nurseryand goes in search of other dudes. Other such syndromeofsittinginmyivory towerand Sood agrees that his relief work may NilanjanBhowal, principal architect, species include the jacanas and swamphens (wonder having my largesse deliveredtothe needy provebeneficial forhis career.“It’s agood DesignConsortium.Theyoung,too,sought what our ministers would saytothis). Chicks of single- by remote control,Iwould neverhavecome thing as Iwanted to playsomething new,”he “patio spaces”,and airy,well-lit rooms. parent families arepretty self-containedatbirth (nidifu- face to face with the trauma of the migrant says,“Earlier wasnot the right time to exper- gous), run about and feed themselvesassoonasthey workers or understood that afood packet iment but nowthe roles arerefreshing and WORK STATIONS: With WFH,sound- hatch. Parentsare neededonlyfor security. wasawoefullyinadequatesubstitutefor a youcan experiment.” But it’s an unexpected proof home offices or collapsible work ta- The notorious cuckoodumps itseggs (babies) in foster ride backhome.” bonus, he insists.“I’m abig believerofdes- bles became de rigueur.People collapsed homes. It can’t be bothered with parenting and would Even Bollywood couldn’t avoid the rav- tiny,”hesays,“Ibelieve that when youde- spacesto allowformultifunctionalrooms, rather party:for example, apint-sizedwarbler will find ages of 2020. Apartfromthe pandemic and cide to help someone and go out of the way partitioning“livingroomsintoformalstudy herself confronting ahulking hawk-cuckoochickinher lockdown, whichdepleted livelihoods and to do something good, things happen in life.” space,” says Mumbai interior designer nursery, whose mawisbig enough to swallowbothher bottom lines, the Hindi film industrywas also “Becomingfamous wasnot,asIhad ShabnamGupta,founder,TheOrangeLane. and papa and is scaring the daylightsout of them! Our hit by allegations of nepotism,drug abuse imagined, the end goal of my life,” he writes, mellifluous black koel is one suchculprit, though it gets and more. In asea of reputations thatwere “This celebrity face wasimperative forthe MINDFUL KITCHENS: “Self-cleaning ro- the better of that street smart“sab-jaanta”house crow! bruised—and even battered —Sood,47, Ghar Bhejo movement to succeed, fordoors bots,dishwashers and drying unitswere Alittle better arethe flamingos that nestincolonies seems to have emergedwithamorebur- to open and makethingshappen.” These heavilyinvestedin, to runhouses without thousands strong, wherebedlam prevails. Theysend their nishedimagethanbefore. He’s been de- declarations aretemperedbythe occasional external help,” says Pune-baseddesigner chicks to boarding school —hugecrèches at the edgesof picted as acapedsuperheroincartoons, de- complacent acceptance of the goodwill — Pratap Jadhav, former national president, the colonywithhundredsofdowdy grey-clad babies in scribed as “a real-lifehero”, “migrant and limelight —that he’s earnedinthe past InstituteofIndianInteriorDesigners.Many attendance, overseen by afew harassedadults. Mahatma” and “asli Bahubali” and awarded months, suchasinthe surprising frankness have movedtosmaller dining tables in the Occasionally, the juveniles turn rogue and charge through the SDG (Sustainable Development Goals) “In the pre-lockdown script, my role had MISSION of the chaptername, “UN Boosts theBrand”. kitchen forintimatefamilymealtimes. the colony, causing panic among adults. Special Humanitarian Action Awardbythe shades of grey.But in the ensuing seven POSSIBLE And, yet, philanthropyhas itslimits—it Agentlemencouple, the famous chinstrap penguins, United Nations Development Programme months, when Iswitched lanes in my per- can’t effect lasting changes. “Philanthropyis QUARANTINED SPACES: Certain corners Sonu Sood Royand Silo,wanted ababyand triedtohatcharock, until (UNDP) in September.Endorsement deals sonal life, my humanitarian work would no one waytoupliftlife, but again foralong- have been turned“intoisolatedspaces kind zookeepers in NewYorkgavethemagenuine pen- with brands have materialised, too. Last longer allowevenfictionalvillainytotaint lasting way, youhavetostructurethings (with kitchenette), in case aperson needs guin egg. On duly being hatched, their babygirlTango month, therewerereports of Dubba Tanda my name.” He writes that co-actor Prakash properly,whereeveryone as ateam should to self-isolate, without feelingclaustro- turnedout alesbian. Apparently, this is notthe firsttime villageinTelangana dedicating atemple, fea- Rajrefusedtograbhim by the collar,asone come forwardand trytodogood to others,” phobic or alone,” says Bhowal. that penguins have indulged in same-sexrelationships. turing abuff, T-shirt-clad bust, to theactor. scene required,saying “the Sonu he now Sood says.And, despite speculations, he adds, There’s one kind of matrimonial relationship in which But the mosttelling, andperhaps, with knewcouldn’t be treatedinsuchanuncouth politicsisnot his path —yet.“Politics is away HOMEGROWNFURNITURE: People, the birds can’t beat us —the hammering “love-jihadists” greater implications forhis film career,isan manner.” It endedwith a20-dayshoot be- to help moreand morepeople, it will have says Gupta,bought homegrownbrands, —because theyhaven’tevenheardofit. incident that Sood records in his book as hav- ing rescheduledbecause Sood’s role and all itsprosand cons,” he says,“butI’m enjoying and realised, “noteverything that looks ing happened whenhereturnedtoworkon his scenes had to be completely overhauled. my journeyasanactor,wanttocontinue be- good (chairs) mayfeel good (becomfort- the Telugufilm Kandireega2post-lockdown: Born in Moga, Punjab, to English and ing one, and keep on helping people.” able to sit in forlong hours),” adds Jadhav.

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SHELF LIFE THEDANCINGPOET: RABINDRANATH TheMan ForHis Time AFinal Chance TAGOREAND CHOREOGRAPHIES OFPARTICIPATION This is the decisive decade for BY RIMLI Anew book about BHATTACHARYA action against climate change. A TulikaBooks Vajpayee throws new book explains why 376 pages; `995 light on his Bijal Va chharajani Lifeasa turbulent 13 HATIShope? Merriam-Websterdefines it as “tocherish adesirewith anticipation: to months as prime want something to happen or be true/to Celebration Wdesirewith expectation of obtainment or minister in 1998-99 fulfillment/ to expect with confidence.” And right below Ta gore on the role of it:“hope againsthope: to hope without anybasis forex- pecting fulfillment”. joy in aworld riven KP Nayar That lastone made me pause. It definedwhat Ifelt about the climatecrisis, ahope fordecisive changes that with inequalities maystayunfulfilled, but whichwestill anticipate, expect, AJPAYEE: The Years That wish. In the face of the loss of Arctic sea ice, erratic mon- Kaushik Das Gupta Changed India wasnot an easy soons, forest fires, and chalking up the warmestmonths book forShakti Sinha to write. globallyevery year,wekeep our fingers and toes crossed. Sinha became Atal Bihari Whichiswhy whenIread Jonathon Porritt’s Hope in IN THE concluding partofthis book un- VVajpayee’s shadowin1996, Hell: ADecade to Confrontthe ClimateEmergency,Ihad that der review, Rimli Bhattacharya writes when he wasleader of the Opposition in the same feeling —hope and despair.“Runawayclimate about aletterRabindranath Tagore Lok Sabha. He remained with Vajpayeefor changeisundoubtedly ahellish prospect,” Porritt writes wrotetothe painter Nandalal Bose in three-and-a-half years, untilheleftNew in the section titled, ‘Reasons to be Cheerful’. “Despair of- the 1930s.Hetalksofpreserving all Delhi on deputation to the WorldBank in tenbeckons. But I’m also —strangely, and rather wonder- that is beautiful in the past, even if that Washington DC when Vajpayeebegan his fully—brimful of hope in away that Ihaven’t been fora pastwas oppressive.For what “was the thirdtenureasprime minister. long time.” He illustrates the problems and their urgency, preserveofthe few, reserved foran Vajpayeespent all his waking hours dur- and, also, the improbable hope that he has because of the elite…couldbeopentoall”. That, in- ing thosemomentous years witheither growing social and political transformation, newtech- deed, wasthe abiding concern of the Sinha or Ranjan Bhattacharya,afamilymem- nologies and innovation,the activism of young adults. poet, and manyofhis contemporaries. ber, justabuzzer away unless oneofthese ABritish environmentalistand writer,Porritt has been Sociologicalconceptslike“modernisa- twomen wasinthe latePrime Minister’s amember of the Green Partysince 1974,and in 2000,he tion of tradition” do notdojustice to company. Yet, in the book, Sinha is modest receivedaCBE forservices to environmental protection. thecreativityof thisendeavour.Scholar about the role he playedinhelping Vajpayee He brings his experience and observations in this latest RimliBhattacharya’s TheDancingPoet, in the discharge of his duties as head of book.Frombreaking down the science of climatechange RabindranathTagoreand India’s government and in his household. to explaining whyitisaClimateEmergency (with acapi- Choreographies of Participation is a Sinha admitsthat he wasan“ordinaryBJP tal‘C’ and ‘E’) to looking backathistory and towardsthe moreexpansiveexploration of the worker” when he became private secretary futurewith politics, social inequalities, technology and poet’s quest, one that tries to engage to VajpayeeonMay 16,1996.The author was science, Porritt builds acompre- with the diversity of Tagore’s experi- still acivil servant from the Indian hensive narrative forthe reader. ences, his predicaments, the contem- AdministrativeServiceand Vajpayee’s ele- Even his argumentsabout alter- poraryculturalandpoliticalmilieuand vation to the mostpowerful office in the native bio-geoengineering as part his constant search forthe linksbe- country“wasadream come true” forhim. of a“mutuallyreinforcing global tween pedagogy and performance. At the impressionable ageof14, Sinha rescue programme” arecom- Centralto thepoet’sendeavourwas wasimpressedbyVajpayeethe dayheheard pelling and reasonable. Alot of the the pursuit of joy, or ananda,not as a the rising star of India’s political opposition book is centred around UK poli- hedonist, but as aseeker forwhom ut- speak at an election rallyinRanchi. Likemil- cies and governance, but it givesa sav,orcelebration, wasfundamental lions of Indians, who have listenedtohis or- clear sense of worldpolitics, UN’s to life. She writes: “While affirming atory, the youngSinha, too, wasmesmerised Conference of the Parties (COP) Gandhi’s emphasis on ensuring that by Vajpayee. Despiteall this subjectivity,the negotiations, and policies. everyIndian should have enoughby book is an honestattempt to assess the his- Iloved the snippets he tosses the wayoffood,clothing,shelter, ac- toric,ifturbulent, 13-month tenureofthe HOPEINHELL:A in from different books, enhanc- DECADETO cesstoeducationandotheressentials, second Vajpayeegovernment in 1998-99. CONFRONTTHE ing my already bulging to-read Rabindranathwould continueto insist Having known Vajpayeeprofessionally CLIMATE list. He calls aspade aspade when that anna (basicfood) wasnot enough. since 1978 and Sinha since1997, Iwas curi- EMERGENCY it comes to climateconsequences Lifewas full of ananda,joy,something ous to find out howthe author woulddeal and the outside perceptions of en- that could notbelegislatedby anystate with his subject forwhatisessentially the BY JONATHON vironmentalists and the green —colonial or otherwise”. firstbook of recordabout Vajpayee’s prime PORRITT movements. In achapterwhere But the poetwas also awareofthe ministerial year as leader of the 12th Lok Simon &Schuster he discusses energy efficiency, materialimpoverishmentof thecoun- Sabha. As someone closelylinked to the pres- 384pages Porritt writes, “…I’venever un- try, itsglaringinequalities,theconstant ent dispensation in NewDelhi, would Sinha `699 derstood whyenvironmentalists faminesthatravagedit–Bhattacharya, choose expediency over objectivity in writ- find themselvessoregularly ac- in fact, has amoving prelude on ing about the BJP that wascastinVajpayee’s cusedofbeing ‘anti-technology’. We’renot ‘anti-technol- Tagore’s moral dilemmas as ascion of imagefor adecade, from the mid-1990s till ogy’. But we’recertainly‘anti-fantasy’.” one of Bengal’s premier zamindar fam- he announcedinDecember 2005 that he Towardsthe end, Porritt reminds us that “an environ- ilies. Ananda had to be sought amidst would retirefromactive politics? mental framing of climatechangeisentirelyunhelpful the vicissitudes of life. As the poet The book does notdisappoint on this anyway,and has contributed significantlytoalmostthree wrote afterhis wife Mrinalini Devi’s score. Sinha does notshy away from forth- PTIFILE decades of political indifference and neglect. Climate death: Aachedukkho,aache mrityu, bi- right references, morethan once, to the changeisbetterseen as adecadal, system-wide market ●●● rahodahano lage/Tobuo shaanti, tobu aphorism that Vajpayeewas the “right man failure, whichcomprehensively corruptedboththe way anando, tobu anantojaage (There’s sor- in the wrongparty.” Even thoughthe author we createwealth and the waywemeasureit.” It is amat- row, there’sdeath, thereare pangs of does notendorse thatview, the circum- The book is instructive for those Indians who believe that terofhuman rightsand social justice. It underscores what separation. Yetthere’s peace, joy, and stances whichrecall that axiom addvalue to he says in the Introduction about the ClimateEmergency lifeflows towardseternity”). Sinha’s narration of episodes thatshaped this country’s history beganin2014 and assiduously posing “an infinitelygraverrisk to humankind that Bhattacharya nudgesustoaccom- Vajpayee’s prime ministerial year in review. COVID-19but has warranted very little political engage- panythe poetasheengages in some of The book is instructive forthose Indians propagate such amyth ment over the years.” the debates of the time —the limitson who believe thatthis country’s historybegan ●●● But, possibly, the pandemic mayget people thinking the actor’s role, masculinity and femi- in 2014 and assiduously propagatesucha differentlyabout their future. It’s already evident in the ninity in performance. Shouldart be myth, especiallyinthe social media and pub- rising voices of the young people. It’s inspiring but sad caparisonedwithin thenorms of “clas- lic forums whichare immune from fact- and domestic policies,the BJPhas been con- The author writes as if he is talking to that the younger generation had to speak up about their sical” and “folk”. What about artand checking. Public memoryisfresh that one of sistent, whether under VajpayeeorModi. someone, whichmakes foreasy reading anger forthe worldtoacknowledge the climatecrisis. the national movement? Suchengage- ’s firstactsasprime minister VAJPAYEE: In the morecontemporarycontextofthe about statecraft, aheavy subject otherwise. Porritt says that all of us have adifferent role to playin mentsinevitablydrew,and were in- wastoshakethe handof NawazSharif,having THE YEARS ongoing farmers’ agitation, an observation The book could have done with better edit- the ClimateEmergency —and that the 2020s will be the formedby, Tagore’s interactions with invitedhisPakistani counterparttothe swear- THAT in the book is surprising. “In private,Vajpayee ing in places. Overall, the impression is that “decisive decade” in addressing it. He spends abit of time political and intellectual figures of the ing-in of the BJP-ledgovernment in 2014. CHANGED wasquiteappreciative of various aspectsof thereismuchthat is leftunsaid about in illustrating the how, but without laying down the law, time —Gandhi, Anna Pavlova, Rukmini MostIndians have forgottenthat one of INDIA Deve Gowda’s personality,especiallyhis Vajpayeegiven the deep proximity between with the hope that people will put intopractice simple Devi Arundale, Ramkinkar Baijand Vajpayee’s firstactsafter assuming office as stubbornness and defiance,” writes Sinha. the author and his subject. “Vajpayeede- things that can reduce their carbon footprints. Hope, as he manymore. It shows the poetasa prime ministerin1998was to inauguratean BY SHAKTI SINHA The Gowda government increasedfertiliser serves to be studiedalot more.” That is awel- pointsout, “can’t be built on the backofsomeone else’s seekerofdiversityand equality,even India-PakistanhockeymatchatDelhi’s Vintage Books prices in 1996 and all hell brokeloose. come hint from Sinha that another book on actions… the best wayofearning hope is rolling up our ashe is awareof,andgrapples with,the National Stadium. “Even before portfolio dis- 338 pages Virtuallyevery political party,including al- Vajpayee, perhaps, about his final prime- sleeves.” If we have ahope in hell, it’s in this decade. limitsposedbyhis position in society tribution and negotiations….,” recalls Sinha. Rs 599 mosttwo-thirds of the Prime Minister’s own ministerial tenure, maybeonthe cards. as alandholder,abhadralok. “When Vajpayee walked on theturf, there party MPs, demandedaroll back. “But Deve BijalVachharajaniisaBengaluru-basedauthorandeditor wasaroar from the crowd.” Manysuchan- Gowda held firm. He sawthis as achallenge KPNayarisastrategicanalystandcolumnist,who ecdotesremind readers that both in foreign to his authority as Prime Minister.” specialisesinforeignaffairs

Wilkerson quotes Ambedkar selectively mon core. Wilkerson recalls AlbertEinstein’s to argue that racial discriminationof the West wordsupon hearing that singer Marian Historiesof and caste prejudices in India aretwo sides of Anderson wasnot givenahotelroom in the same coin. Thereisnodoubt that theyare Princetononaccount of her colour:“Being a allpremisedon thenotion of social hierarchy. Jewmyself, perhaps, Ican understand and em- But, unlike, religious or racial discrimination, pathise with howBlackpeople feel as victims Discrimination caste prejudices drew their strength from of discrimination.” scriptures before becoming rigid social prac- Wilkerson’sbookis, withoutdoubt,anex- tices. Even Ambedkar didn’t traordinarycompilation of vari- Isabel Wilkerson lays bare deep-seated social equatecaste prejudices with racial ous instances of social prejudices discrimination. Thereisnothing of the rigidly-hierarchisedsocial prejudices but falters on caste in India commonin the depressedclasses orderof Europeandthe USwhose of north and south India,justas modernity has notyet come to Ajay Singh and his task wastoturn it horizontal. He the Scheduled Castesofeastern terms with theconceptofegali- would then turn his pen.“Aday will come India arequitedifferent from tarianism or social equity.She ex- when we will give youreservation,” he would those in western India. poses the base instinctsthat defy DESCRIBINGINDIA in his opening remarkson say. Thereisnodoubt that Kanshi Ram’s un- So, it seems far-fetchedwhen modernity and liberalism. the impeachment of Warren Hastings on derstanding of caste is superior to anyschol- EXPRESSARCHIVES Wilkerson writes of aUS-edu- The onlyproblem with the February15,1788, Edmund Burke said, “In that arly treatise written on politics of caste in India. NEW VISION ing, her conflation of caste withracialoreth- cated ScheduledCaste student book is itstitle, whichismislead- country, the laws of religion, the laws of the To borrowacliché, caste is an enigma Kanshi Ram’s pen nic prejudices is acleverspin to anarrative beingtreatedin India inthesame ing in the Indian context. The caste land,and the laws of thehonourareallunited wrappedinariddle.So, ahighly readable com- that would have otherwise lookedordinary. wayasAfrican-Americans in the complexity in India is fartoo enig- model of caste CASTE: THE andconsolidatedinone,and bindamaneter- mentaryonitbyIsabel Wilkerson in her Caste: Forinstance, she writes that when Martin US. On the faceof it, suchinstances LIES THAT matic ariddle to be explained nally to therules of what is calledhis caste.” The LiesThat DivideUs,came as asurprise. The hierarchy and his LutherKing JrvisitedIndia,aScheduledCaste appear improbable ascaste in the from the race perspective.At This description of India’s caste system is, per- book weaves together the contexts of India, promise to make leader introduced him as an “untouchable” Indian urban milieu does nothave DIVIDE US times it is more oppressive than haps, the best summary of ahighlycomplex Europe and the United States seamlessly. In society horizontal from the US. She also ignores the reform distinctive physicalfeatures like BY ISABEL racialand religious discrimination social phenomenon foraWestern audience. fact, Wilkerson expands the definition of caste remains profound movementsthat Hinduism incorporatedover race or religion do. WILKERSON and perverts the collective psyche Can caste be oversimplified? Perhaps, the to include racism and religious/ethnic divide. and impactful millennia. She seems ignorant of the Bhakti Perhaps, Wilkerson’s thrustis Allen Lane of society.Scholars and practition- reams of pages from ancient scriptures to She drawslargely upon the contextofthe US movementledbypoet-saintslikeRavidasand primarilyonhighlighting the hu- 496 pages ers of realpolitik in India have modernsocial research have fallen short of and Europe wherediscrimination on the ba- Kabir who steered asubversive spiritualism man sufferingsuchprejudices en- `999 dealt with it in theirownway.But givinganapt description of caste. But, Iwas sis of race and religion triggered barbarity of that attemptedtounshackle Hinduism from tail, irrespective of terminology. Kanshi Ram’s pen model of caste mesmerisedbythe explanation of caste by unprecedented scale. Jews have historically orthodoxy and placedemphasis on individ- She says,“Caste and race areneither synony- hierarchyand his promise to makesociety Bahujan SamajParty founder,Kanshi Ram. In sufferedhumiliation and persecution no less ual freedom, dignity and equality before God mous nor mutuallyexclusive.Theycan and horizontal remains profound and impactful. his inimitable style, he would hold his pen and than Blackpeople in the US. inthe 15th-16th centuries. Of course, in more do existinthe same cultureand servetorein- Thereisalotmoretocaste than dabbling in it explain to anyone willingtolisten—from Atal ButWilkerson’sunderstandingofcaste in recent times, BR Ambedkar’s dissatisfaction forceeachother.Race, in the United States, is justtomakeanattractive narrative. Bihari Vajpayeeand LK Advani to VP Singh and the Indian contextiswoefullyinadequate. with the reforms within Hinduism wasper- the visible agent of the unseen forceofcaste. Leftstalwarts,depending upon the situation Though, forthe narrative’s sake, she refers to fectlyjustified, and he emergedasaradical Caste is the bones, race is the skin.” AjaySinghispresssecretary –that Indian society wasorganisedvertically manyanecdotesthat makeher storyinterest- expression of Dalit assertion. The agonyofsuchprejudices has acom- tothePresidentofIndia

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JANHVI KAPOOR SHARAN SHARMA ACTOR DIRECTOR, GUNJAN SAXENA: How do you always remain THE KARGIL GIRL so calm on the sets? Have As an actor, you learn so you always been this way, many tricks of the trade, or did it come with and there are skills you pick experience? up which help you deliver Definitely with experience. certain performances. How In the beginning, Ididn’t have do you balance it with the this state of calmness, but innate honesty that you there was ample confidence. have as aperson? Some times, Iwould even play It’sdifficulttodissectit,to atthatconfidence. But with surgicallyoperatetheconcept. life, came experience,and one Asanactor,youlearnwherethe realises that peace ofmind is lightis,whatthegimmickis,and the mostimportant thing. wherethecamerais.Ikeepthe craft—thetricks,thepower— alltogether,butIdon’tleavethe truthbehind.Gimmickshelpin tellingthetale,butit’sonly whenitcomesfromtheheart thatpeopleseeitasthetruth. ‘A part of my soulgoesinto the VIDYANAND JHA PROFESSOR,IIM-KOLKATA Which school or tradition of acting of Hindi cinema do you hail from? And what making of asubtle performance’ roles do you prefer, serious ones or humourous ones? AASHNAWANDANI I’ve not seen too many RADHAKANHAI films,and have zero reference At an e-Adda heldearlier this week,actor PankajTripathi spokeonhis journey,keepingcalm, why AMBASSADOROFSURINAME of older actors. My training TOINDIA schoolwas the National OTTplatforms should duckformula, and Bollywood being ademocratic space We‘pravasiBharatiyas’feel SchoolofDrama,from where proudthatyouhavemadea peoplelike Om Puri, Pankaj On his roots ever Iwant to say, through my films. Apoet nameasaBhojpuriya—as Kapurand Naseeruddin Shah Icome from Gopalganj, adistrict in Bihar, says what he wantstosay through his poetry, KaleenBhaiyaandAdvocate came. It’s my gurukul.Irrfan in the very interiors. In my village, therewas apainter through his art, asculptorthrough Mishra.Also,ifthe saab left ahuge impression atraditionoftheatre, whichatpresent is dor- his creations. Without thought and thinking, opportunityarises,willyou on me thoughIdon’t know if I mant. We usedtodotheatrerightafter the no storyornarrative canbecreated.All our everjoinpolitics? hail from his schoolofacting, Chhath festival. ThereIdid acouple of plays. artforms —dance, drama and poetry—stem Therehasbeen ahuge but if Icome to be associated My father is apriest, he conductsreligious from deep thought. migration in Indiaofthe with his school, that would be rituals. Iremember,about10-12kmfrommy girmitiyas (indentured ahuge honourfor me. As for house there’s abazaarcalledBarauli and labourers).Ihaveahuge my choiceofroles, Ihave fun once therewas an inauguralpuja forthe On his nuancedperformances interest in all this that in all my roles,because if I opening of acinema hall calledBasant Over the years, Ihavedealtwithalotof happened 140years ago; it’s don’t,actingwill become like Talkies. My father took me along, and said, people, and those interactions have leftan an integral part ofBihari history. any otherjob, and then it will ‘Today’s the inauguration of the cinema hall, everlasting impression on me. Ihavemet a As for theother question, we’ll becomeboring. so you, too, enter the theatreand watcha wholerangeofpeople, rightfrommyvillage, see. Ihaveworked hard tobe an film.’ Beforethatday,Ihadseen acinema hall to thepeople in Mumbai, and Iconsider all of actor, and now people onlyfromthe outside. At thattime, how themmyteachers.I’m averyreceptive per- recognise me as an actor. It would Ihaveknown that oneday,I’ll become (Clockwise from top) PankajTripathiwas in conversation with National Features son, Ibelieveinlisteningmore. Ihad ateacher would seemabit strange if I apartofthe cinemaindustry.Frommyvil- Editor Devyani Onialand TheIndianExpress film critic Shubhra Gupta in NSD, BV Karanth, who usedtosay,‘Kansen shift careers fromabhineta to lage, Ithen went to Patna to pursue theatre, bano,Tansen matbano; through minimum, neta. Maybe, in thefuture, if and afterdoing afair bit of theatre,Ilearnt createmaximum.’Asfor theeconomical ges- theopportunitypresents itself. that acting needs to be learnt. Then Igot to wasnot justfreetime, Iwas actuallyworking On being involvedwith tures and the nuancedbits, it is averydelib- knowthatthe government runs the institu- on my craft. Iwas practising. student politics erateand averyconscious decisiononmy tion National School of Drama (NSD) in Delhi, part. Apart of my souland ahugeamountof and there, acting is taught forfree; in fact, On whether he ever felt Biharisaverypolitically awarestate.I,too, my life experience goes intomakingthatnu- people receive money (stipends)tolearn act- wasveryactive in politicsduring my student anced, subtle performance possible. ing.But to applythere,one had to clear grad- dejected in his early days days.Ihad cometoPatna from avillage, so I MUDIT JAIN uation, and Ihad droppedout of college. So, Inever felt thatway,perhaps, because I wanted to do something out of the routine, On the importance of research MD, DCW LIMITED Iwent backand rejoinedmygraduation hadn’t come to Mumbai thinking that I’ll be- but what that Ididn’tknow. Iusedtoread a Films are made in a course in Hindi literature, while preparing come ahero, or to launch myself. The money smallnewspaper column called‘NagarMein to playacharacter disjointed manner, the first forNSD on the side. Eventually Iendedupat and survivalinHindi theatrewas difficult for Aaj(TodayinTown)’, and got to knowabouta Manypeoplestill don’t understand the scene might be shot last, NSD. Afterthat, Icame to Mumbai in 2004, me, so Icame to Mumbai forsurvival. Ithought SPIC MACAYprogrammeinPatna, where importance of abackstory or the research for instance. But when it all because it’s very difficult foranactor to sur- acting is my passion, and perhaps, Ican run Bismillah Khan sahib wascome to playthe neededfor acharacter, especiallyinmain- comes together, how does vive in Hindi theatre. the house on it. WhereIcome from, our strug- shehnai. I, asimple 21-year-old villageboy,in stream cinema. It’simportant forme, as aper- PANKAJ MISHRA it feel creatively? gleistobecome a acottonpant, former.Icannotconstructabuilding without ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, Filmmakingisafascinating doctor or geta bush shirtand afoundation. Afoundation is nevervisible, ST STEPHEN’S COLLEGE process.Apersonhadanidea, On his journeyfromTVtofilms railway job. My gamchha,who but without afoundation, nothing of impor- We have seen anegative andstartedtowriteit.Then Ifirstdid television. Earlier,one didn’t get needs were very has no knowl- tance can ever bebuilt. Characters cannotex- side of the Hindi film cametheseconddraft,followed adirect chance to actinfilms. Foreight years, less. And, per- edge of classical istwithout abackstory,orabackground. For industry lately. There have bythescreenplay.Thensom- Ihad no clue about wherefilms aremadein haps, that’s why, I music, cycledto me, acharacter justdoesn’t materialise in thin been some stark eonecomesforwardtoinvest Mumbai, and nowthe situationissuchthat neverfeel de- the event at air and starts reciting dialogues wearing the statements due to which a money.Addedtothiscollabora- everyeighth day, I’m offeredanew film. In jected.Iknew, the MagadhMahila costume. He has to comefromsomewhere, section of the public has tionaretheheroandthehero- the initial days,Ihad no ideawhere and how dayIget achance, CollegeinPatna, from somecontext —he’scomingfrom sworn off watching the ine.Thisistakentotheediting films were made, so Istarted with TV.Idid I’ll somehow becauseentry someplace and he’s going somewhere. films of aparticular actor. room,wherethisisagain‘disjoi- about three dailysoaps: Bahubali, Gulaal and manage. And, wasfree. All Amidst all this, where do nted'.Ifyouarenotfromafilm Sarojini. I’ve done afair amount,about 500- neitherdid Iwant around me sat a you think the future of On aformula and aset theorybackground,youwillfind 600episodes, but luckily, noneofmyshows to become some well-dressed, dis- Bollywood lies? filmshootingveryboring.The became popular,and that’s whypeoplehad- hugepersonality. cerning audience, narrative with expletives Iamnoexpert, or a magicisnotinthepreparation, n’t reallyseen me before films! When Iwas Justyesterday, theywerealso emerging on OTT platforms spokesperson of the industry, I butintheexecution. doing the lastshow, Iwas very frustrated be- someone asked lookingatme, don’t understand the trade cause TVfelt very repetitive —everydaygo- meaboutmy leadrolein the forthcomingfilm happythatayoung chap lovesmusicso We should be awareofthistrap. We see aspect of it. Everyone has the ingtothe same set, meeting the same setof Kaagaz,that whether Ididn’t want to playthe much. But, what love?Ijust read the column that in the entertainment industry, if youhave right to form their opinion. But people, almostthe same storylines. Iwas fed lead all along. Isaid, of course, it (playing the and wantedto do something different and so, one hit story, thereisatendencytoreplicate at the same time, if the opinion up with it. In the meanwhile, Ireceived lead) wasadesirebut Iwas neverdesperate Iendedupgoingtothe show. That time, when it.Wedosomethingonce, it is anovelty, but is formed only through social Newton’s script, Amit Masurkar sent it over forit. Therewas chaahat (desire) not bechaini the young wantedto do something different, when we do it toooften, it losesimpact. Iself- media, one should be careful. I and Iread it. Once the scriptarrived,Ilefttel- (restlessness) that my tomorrowshould be theyengaged in student politics, attended censor,Ionlyuse expletiveswhen it’s ab- have seen this industry for the evision. But yes, TV is also averypowerful better than my today. classical musicand dance concertsinPatna. solutelynecessary. When we aresharing a last 15 years at all levels, right medium. Iknowits power. But Idid my share. Just that way, Iendedupdoing alot of things. storyofagangster drama, it becomes neces- from when Iwas turned away Itookhotel-training and worked at ahotel, saryaspeoplewho inhabit those worlds in from the gatesof aproduction On maintaining his composure and sold shoes, too, forsome days,evenabro- real life, don’t reallyuse anuanced, respectful house, tonow, whenImeetthe On his days of struggle in afrenetic city kergot me to sell apatchofland —Itried but dialect. Yes, people getbored (if it gets repet- CEOsof such companies. Don’t Idon’t have very manyunhappystories Isomehowmanage. Raftaar (speed) is couldn’t sell it. So, youwant to do alot of itive). But as actors,wealso getswayed. form your opinions only through NISHANT GAHARWAR in Mumbai because Ihad fallen in love with an external process, whichbasicallycomes things.Students’ unionwas onesuchthing I social media, analyse things, HEAD-HR, DISNEY+HOTSTAR and marriedanaccomplishedand beautiful from within.For the wheelstomove, the pursuedfor ayear-and-a-half. And then, Isaw and think. As for thefuture, 10 On his plans to direct films Whichexpression,foryou,is woman, Mridula, who usedtoworkasa work is done by the engine. Though we see alot of theatre. Iset my mind on pursuing it years ago, thefilms thatare themostdifficulttoessayon teacher in Mumbai and earnedenough thewheels, but it is the engine whichruns. as acareer. Ilefteverything else, students’ pol- Iget visualoflandscapes of various being made today, would have thescreen? salarytosustain the twoofus. But yes, more So, Ikeep my engine under control. Yes, itics and hoteljob, and did theatre24x7. places in my mind —right from Naugachia been impossibletomake. I Iamashy person, so if Ihave than the outer fight is the inner struggle, the sometimes Ifeel drained, and if this year- in Bihar,tothe fullmoonnight of Rann of could neverhave believed that to play aromantic scene on uncertaintythatcomeswith this profession. long lockdown hadn’t happened,Iwould Kutch, to the desolateNubraValley, or an an actor wholooks like me On whether artists should screen, Ifind it difficult. Each Youdon’tknowwhen youwillget an oppor- have fallen sick, because overnight, Iwas evening on the banksofSarayuriver.Ican could haveplayed themain emotionisdifficult to recreate. tunity, howlong will it take,and youare ab- takingflightsfromone place to another, voice their opinion onlysharethem with the worldwhen Idi- protagonistin aHindi film. In the performing arts, we solutelyuncertain about what will happen. one shooting to another.This lockdown Of course.Manyartists arefully awareof rect, notthrough speakingornarrating Bollywood is avery democratic recreate. In life, we allcreatethe Everyday, Iusedtogotocasting offices for break made me realise that Ishould pause what’s happening around them and they alone. Aftersome years, hopefully. space, it also breaks the emotions, as it’sall real. Here auditions, wherever theywereheld, and re- forawhile. It’s again about controlling my sharetheir opinions. The tools, the medium at Forlongerversion, go to existent hierarchy.Onafilm it’s all fictional. To portray turnedunsuccessful. Forme, that free time ownengine. my disposaliscinema, my films. Isay what- www.indianexpress.com set,everyone —from thehero, something over the top or loud, I tothelightman and makeup find that difficult as well. artist —are equal.

JITENDER DABAS Yes,Iworry about it, though Iamnotyet ANAND JHA Idon’t know,but it’ssurprising for me. Ihave had COO, MCCANN WORLD GROUP scared. It’slike yourepeat the same thing in CHIEF CORPORATE AFFAIRS, WALMART 11-year-olds telling me that they relatetomywork in Now,peoplecometoseePankajTripathiin season 1, 2and 3—Idothink about repeating Howisitpossiblethatpeoplefromallages,beit Stree and Gunjan Saxena,and then there are elderly theatres,andwritersanddirectorswillalso myselfand question myself ifIamdoing the mydaughterwhois17andmyteamwhorange peoplewho tell me thesame.Idon’t know if it’s my startwritingmaterialkeepingyouinmind. samething. Hence, Ilook for scripts where Iam fromtheir20stotheir30s,andevenmy hard work, or theblessing of my parents. Ifeel the Doesitworryyouthatallofitwillstart not repeating myself. Itry to create something parentswhoareintheir70s—theyallrelateto love Ireceive from the audience is like afixed deposit, lookingthesame?Areyouscaredofit? newinthe sameness aswell. yourperformances? which Iwill havetoreturn, with interest.

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SouThErn railway CORRIGENDUM Managing Director JammuKashmir Industries Limited Trivandrum (workS branch) Please read the last date of document Downloading and Old Secretariat Building, E-TEndEr noTicE no. v/w/Tvc/12/2020 Bidding &dateofbid opening on 12.01.2021 in place Srinagar,J&K-190001 dated: 29.12.2020 Phone: 0194-2457357,Mob: 9419445538, of 04.01.2021 of pressnotice inviting e-tender No.:- 13/ e-mail: [email protected] Divisional RailwayManager /Works Branch /Trivandrum Division, Tr ivandrum-14 NIT/EE/PWD/AMP/2020-21.Dated: 03.12.2020, DIPK-NB-4959/20 invites online tendersfor the following worksasper tender notice given in our e-tender portal www.ireps.gov.in.The tenderer(s) /contractor(s) to applyfor circulated vide Memo No. F.TC-I(P-I)/EE/PWD/AMP/ POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION &RESEARCH, CHANDIGARH e-tender forWORKS in Tr ivandrum Division, need to get enrolled in the e-tender 6918-985, dated, 03.12.2020, published in the portal www.ireps.gov.in and onlyonline tenderswill be accepted. E-Tender Notice No. PI(EP)/20-21/08 Phone No. 0172-2756469 SI. e-procurement System of Government of Tripura. Tender applications are invited forpurchase of various items against tender No.1-10 from the Manufacturers or their sole authorized description No. distributors/agents.The bidders can place their bids as per terms &conditions contained on https://eprocure.gov.in/eprocure/app 1 Brightening of Service Buildings,Gatelodges &pale fencing in Ernakulam - Sr.Equipment/Item Name Quantity EMD Bid submission Bid Opening Deptt. Name AlleppeySection and Special treatment to RCC buildings in Arur -Alleppey All other terms &conditionswill remain unchanged. No date Date Section; Approx.Value in lakh: ` 42.05;EMD: ` 84100;PeriodofCompletion Sd/- Non Pre Bid cases in Months: ThrEE 1Endowasher (Endoscope Reprocessor and Ultrasonic 01No.70,000/- 19-01-2021 21-01-2021 Hepatology Cleaner System)with essential consumables 2 Repairstoquarters in Alleppey-Type I-24 nos,Type II -14nos &Type III-7 Executive Engineer 2Padiatric Videoendoscope (On Compatibility Basis) 01No.40,000/- -do- -do- Hepatology nos;Approx.Value in lakh: ` 49.50;EMD: ` 99000;PeriodofCompletion in Amarpur Division, PWD(R&B) ''IMPORTANT'' 3Viscoelastic Global Coagulation Testing Device 01No.60,000/- -do- -do- Hepatology Months: ThrEE ICA-C-2649-20 Amarpur Gomati Tripura 4Completely Non-invasiveReal Time Cardiac Output 04Nos.1,00,000/- -do- -do- Pulmonary Whilst care is taken prior to 3 Ernakulam -Alleppeysection :Brightening of staffquarters and PF shelters; Monitoring System Medicine Approx.Value in lakh: ` 36.64;EMD: ` 73300;Period of Completion in Pre Bid cases acceptanceofadvertising Months: ThrEE PNIT NO: e-PT-XXVII/EE/RD/ABS/2020-21 5Human Dexa Machine 01No.4,40,000/- -do- -do- Endocrinology copy,itisnot possible to verify 4 Painting winch, Lifting barriers, opening &repairsofLCs,Warning boards DATED- 24/12/2020 6Endoscopic Ultrasound System with Linear and 01No.3,00,000/- 21-01-2021 22-01-2021 Hepatology etc. at LCs in AlleppeyP.Way section; Approx.Value in lakh: ` 44.98;EMD: Radial Scope its contents. The Indian ` 90000;PeriodofCompletion in Months: ThrEE On behalf of the ‘Governor of Tripura’ the Executive 7EndoscopyERCP System on Turnkey Basis 01No.1,10,000/- -do- -do- Hepatology Express(P) Limitedcannotbe 5 Improvement of road surface at LCs in AlleppeyP.Way section;Approx.Value Engineer,R.D Ambassa Division, Ambassa, Dhalai 8 EndoscopySystem with Gastroscope and Colonoscopy 01 No.1,46,000/- -do- -do- Hepatology held responsiblefor such (190 systems) –onTurnkey basis –01No. in lakh: ` 60.49;EMD: ` 121000;PeriodofCompletion in Months: ThrEE District, Tripura invites e-tender from eligible bidders contents, nor for any loss or 6 Ernakulam -AlleppeySection:- Clearing out of silt, muck,debris,etc. from 9High Throughput sequencer forexome sequencing 01No.8,00,000/- -do- -do- Pediatrics minor bridges; Approx.Value in lakh: ` 14.22;EMD: ` 28400;Period of up to 3.00 P.M. on 13.01.2021 for 01 (one) No 10 Pediactric ICU Beds 06No.1,10,000/- -do- -do- Pediatrics damage incurredasaresult of Completion in Months: ThrEE Construction work for Tertiary Waste Processing Tender List can also be downloaded from website www.pgimer.edu.in and can be applied on website www.eprocure.gov.in. 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The tenders shall be opened on the next date at 03:00 PM in the pres- advertisinginits newspapers Months: ThrEE ence of the authorized intending tenderers.Tenders not submitted on the prescribedform, not accompaniedwith valid Earnest Money website https://tripuratenders.gov.in and contact shall be summarily rejected straightway.The undersigned reservesthe right to accept or reject anyorall the tenders received without or Publications. We therefore 8 Brightening of bridges in Ernakulam -Alleppeysection;Approx.Value in lakh: at Mob. 08732042622 (during office hours only). Any assigning anyreason thereof. “PRE-BID CONFERENCE”WITH INTENDING BIDDERS FOR ITEM Sr.No. 05 to 10 shall be held on recommend that readers ` 8.30;EMD: ` 16600;Period of Completion in Months: ThrEE 08-01-2021 from 03:00 P.M. ONWARDS IN THE PI(EP), OFFICE, PGIMER, CHANDIGARH The intending bidder are free to join Pre bid Conference through video conference.For moredetails contact: 0172-2756469 at Procurement Branch (Import). make necessary inquiries Tender closing dateand time: SI.No: 1to8:12.01.2021 at 11.00hrs.; subsequent corrigendum will be available in the NOTE 1. The terms and Conditions of the original Notice Inviting Tender (NIT) available on PGIMER Website will remain same.However before sending any monies or Details of approximatevalue of tender,EMD &location aregiven on the websiteonly.Also everyone is requested to give up on switching over to e-tendering on e-Procurement, the bids will be received in electronic form on e-Procurement website and no bid will be received in Physical form. entering into any agreements e-portal, www.ireps.gov.in.For Details of bid submission,please referwebsite the use of plastic for the sake of the earth and also NOTE 2. If anyofthe tender opening dates happens to be aholidayinPGIMER, Chandigarh, then the same shall be opened on next portal www.ireps.gov.in. requested to use mask on face and to keep maintain full working day with advertisersorotherwise Senior divisional Engineer /co-ordination /Trivandrum-14 Additional Terms and Conditions. social distance to avoid COVID-19 pandemic. 1. The Institute has adopted amended Notice Inviting Tenders (NIT) which is available on e-Procurement website acting on an advertisement in (https://eprocure.gov.in/eprocure/app) and Website: www.pgimer.edu.in. Therefore the bidders are requested to go through the any manner whatsoever. ICA-C-2638/20 Instructions Carefully before submitting bids. PROFESSOR IN-CHARGE (EP) New Delhi THESUNDAY EXPRESS,JANUARY3,2021 I SL:MUMBAI BEAT KERALA; RECLAIM TOPSPOT Mumbai CityFCreclaimedthe topspot in theIndian SuperLeaguefollowinga2-0 win over Kerala Blasters FC at theGMC Stadium on Saturday. First-half goals from Adam 18 Le Fondre (3rd minute) andHugoBoumous (11th) ensured full points forthe Islanders SPORT who are nowunbeaten in their last seven games PTI Social media post raises fears of biosecurity breach by Indian players

Meanwhile, the man whose tweets gave rise EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE to thewhole controversy, beganadamage- JANUARY2 limitation exercise afterrealising the impli- cations of hispostings. Navaldeep now Players in soup aftercostlymeal ASOCIAL media postbyafansparkedcon- claimedthatPantnever huggedhim and “it cern on Saturday, withCricket Australia hint- wasall saidinexcitement”and “wemain- Cricketfan Navaldeep Singhtweeted about Indian cricketerRishabh Pant hugging himatthe restaurant ing at apossible breachofbio-security pro- tainedsocial distancing all thru.” in Melbourne,aclaim he has retracted since.His social media posts and thechain of events around the tocols by five Indian cricketers. The incident in Rohit had justemergedfromahardquar- mealhaveresulted in players beinginvestigatedfor breaching Covid protocols. question took place on NewYear’s Dayin antine, imposedeversince he landedin Melbourne, when Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Australia.CAisdesperatetoget throughthe ■ The tweetthatstarted it all wasuploaded forthe cricketers. ■ Seemingly afterbeingcriticisedbyother Pant, Prithvi Shaw,Shubman Gill and marquee serieswithout anyCovid-relatedhic- on January1.Ithad athree-secondvideo at- fans because of his actions, he tweeted: “Kya Navdeep Saini were showninaTwitter post cups.The matches so farontour have seen tached in whichRohit Sharma,Shubhman ■Accordingto the thread,whenthe cricketers karu main? Mar jau? Meri koifeeling nai h? by one Navaldeep Singh eating out at arestau- NavaldeepGill allegedthathehad hugged limited spectators at venues. But Sydney, the Gill, Rishabh Pant, Prithvi Shawand Navdeep gottoknowthat Navaldeep had paid the bill, (What should Ido? Kill myself?Don’t Ihave rant. Navaldeep claimedtohavepaid thebill RishabhPant,butlaterrescinded. Twitter venue forthe thirdTeststartingonJanuary7, Saini were diningindoors at aMelbourne theyinsistedthattheypay himback.Histweet anyfeelings?)” forthe cricketers, and even posted that Pant has seen afreshupsurgeincoronavirus cases, restaurant whereNavaldeep Singh was also mentionedthat Panthuggedhim. He also hugged him. with areas around the SydneyCricketGround seated at atable nearby. Thecaption along got aphoto clickedalong with the cricketers. ■ This wasfollowedbyanotherpost: Apparently, Cricket Australia’s strict biose- tocols. In the interim, on the advice of the toowitnessingalot of infections.CA arranged with the video read: “Bc meresaamne waale “Mujhe log galiyaderae h.. dekho curity guidelines stipulatethat players can Australian and Indian medical teams,the forDavid Warner and Sean Abbott, both based table par gill pant sharma saini ■Thelasttweet in the seriesread: “Pantto my gaaliyokafarak nai padtamujhehum onlydine in public outdoors, but the tweet aforementionedplayers have been placedin in Sydneyand in with achance to playinthe f********(Sitting in the table in frontofmeis wifebeforeleaving –Thank youbhabhiji(sis- punjabi h400-500gaaliyan dosto ke purportedly showedanindoor establishment isolation as aprecaution. This will include series, reachMelbourne ahead of the second Gill, Pant, Sharma,Saini)” ter-in-law) forthe lunch (laughing emoji)”. saath bethe to apas main de dete h with the five Indian cricketers without masks. separating the groupofplayers from the Test before anypossiblestate border closure. Afteritemerged that the five players in ques- (People areswearing at me. Look,it CA said that the five players will nowhaveto broader Indianand Australiansquads when Therewas doubtwhether the thirdTest ■ In the same postwhich became athread, he tion arebeing investigated foranalleged doesn’t makeadifference to me because trainseparatelytoprevent anyinteraction traveling andatthe training venue. Players would be playedinSydney, with Melbourne next addedaphotograph of adish he ordered breachofprotocol, Navaldeep posted: I’m aPunjabi. We cuss 400-500times withother cricketers. will bepermittedto train in accordance with and Brisbane–the venueofthe final Test – sohecouldcontinuebeingseatedattherestau- “Clarification –Pant neverhugged me it was justwhen we’resitting with friends).. “TheBCCIand CA areinvestigating the the strict protocols that have been put in place projectedaspotential venues before CA de- rant. He also postedlaughingemojis His next all said in excitement we maintainedsocial but iamreallysad that iamagainstmy matter and seekingtodetermine whether the to ensurethe ongoing safetyofall members creedthat therewill be no changetothe posthad aphoto of the bill of AUD118.69 (Rs distance all thru:) Apologies forthe countrypeople at themoment... (crying outing constitutes abreachofbiosecurity pro- of the Indian and Australian squads.” itinerary. 6693.20).Navaldeeptweetedthathehadpaid miscommunication” outloudemoji)” ENS Sourav Ganguly undergoes Thelegside trap angioplasty, Packing theonsideand starvingAussiebatsmenofscoring opportunities hasworkedfor India is stable shot isn’t flash either and keeps the floater SRIRAMVEERA in the deep square-legregioninterested. JANUARY2 MORE THE MERRIER With the risksescalating (he can’t pull or EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE flickwithout the fear of getting caught), the KOLKATA,JANUARY2 AT SOME point before the MelbourneTest, Fine leg dotballs andpressurejustkeepsbuilding Bharat Arun, India’s bowling coach, re- up. Indian pacers’ plan won’t be toodissim- BCCI PRESIDENT and former India cricket cap- minded his team of apoint he had made ilar to Smith, though he has alot wider tain Sourav Gangulyunderwent an angio- before the firstTest. ‘IfSteve Smith wantsto skillsettocounter it. plasty at Woodlands Hospital in Kolkataon score50runs, let’s makehim playatleast Leg Gully Saturdayafter he complainedofchest discom- 200balls. When we trytoaim forthe out- England’s plan to Smith fort.His conditionissaid to be stable. “Sourav side edge and bowl on the fourth or fifth India’s strategy is something that Joe is stable.Senior doctors arelookingafterhim,” stumplinewhenthereisnot muchmove- Root,England’scaptain, triedagainstSmith Ganguly’selder brother Snehasish said. Ahos- ment in these conditions, the Australians Squarish in the lastAshes series in England, although pital bulletin said that Ganguly,48, suffered keep scoring throughthe offside. Let’s Mid-Wicket sparingly. But something he hinted at,in from “chestdiscomfortwhile doing treadmill changethat this time’. Wordstothat effect. the podcastThe AnalystthisOctober,isthat at his home gym”. He came to the hospital at It wasasimple change: Pack the legside, Short he would use it forlonger and moreoften 1pm. The bulletin also mentionedthat bowl at the stumps. It came down to four or Mid-Wicket in the future. Gangulyhas “familyhistoryof Ischemic heart five men prowling on the onside. One at “You look at the field we had forhim at disease”. shortmidwicket; another squarer,closer (firstTestat) Edgbaston. We had aleg-slip. “When he came to thehospital at 1pm, his to square-leg; another at leg gully; and a The ball wastwo yardsawayfromBen pulse was70/min, BP 130/80 mm of Hg and fourth down at fine-leg. Often, afifth man (Stokes), and it ended up goingfor afour.If other clinical parameters were within normal floated some wayinfromthe boundaryat ■INDIA’SPLAN againstAustralia at we had him ayardortwo yardsfiner,we limits. His ECG showedhyper acuteSTseg- deepsquare-leg. ‘If youkeep more menon the MCG wastopackthe legside and would have had him in the shedfor a ment elevation in inferior leads and lateral the legside and in attacking positions, it can bowl at the stumps. It came down to naught. The series could look reallydiffer- leads. Echo showedmildinferiorwallhypoky- restrict the shots,’ wasIndia’s theory. fourmenprowlingontheonside.One ent,” Root says. naesia with preserved overall leftventricular Both attackingand defensiveoptions at shortmidwicket; another squarer, But England didn’t press on with the function,” Woodlands MD &CEO Dr Rupali forthe batsmen were made to feel likea closer to square-leg; another at leg field consistentlyenough or use it with the Basu stated. risk,afeeling producedbyrepetition from gully;and afourthdownatfine-leg. lines it needed. "He has receivedloading doses of dual the bowlers. As the ballspiled up on the ‘If youkeep more men on the legside “In the lastTest, we went backtoit-I anti-platelets andstatin and is undergoing pri- nagging line and the layers built up further and in attacking positions,itcan re- wasquitestrong that’s the thing Iwanted maryangioplasty,"the statement added. with the fields set, the batsmen startedto strict the shots,’ wasIndia’stheory. forhim with ourattack–and he endedup Gangulyhas been busy since he was checkthemselves. Especially, afterthe trap getting caught at leg-slip. When someone electedasthe BCCI president in October 2019. producedawicket.Likeitdid withMarnus bats likehim, quitedifferently, as acaptain Duringthe IndianPremierLeaguelastyear,he Labuschagne in the firstinnings at the squarish short-leg conjured catches off yougot to think differentlyand be quite travelledtothe United Arab Emirates (UAE) MCG. On 48,heflickedMohammedSiraj Azhar’s flickedblurs. Of course, it wasan open to go to different plans as abowling afterthe tournament wasshiftedout of India around the corner,onlytofind acouple of Australian Keith Carmody who even had a group …danger ball forsomeone with because of Covid-19. He had to undergo sev- Indian palms, cuppedand waiting. field-setting namedafter him–the moreorthodoxtechnique doesn’t seem to eral Covidtestsand underwent quarantinein The batsmen’s self-censurehardened Carmody field -when he pioneered an um- be an issue forhim,”Rootsays.“In thenext Dubai.Beforethat, in Julylastyear,Ganguly afterthat. What if Iflick and can’t keep it MohammedSiraj is cock-a-hoop afterdismissing Marnus Labuschagne in the first brella grouping in the late1940s, withmen couple of years, sides will starttodoalot had to self-isolateafter hisbrother Snehasish down? What if Imiss an attemptedflick innings in Melbourne.Siraj’s maiden Test scalp wasorchestratedby bowling from wide in the arcspanning from conventionalgully moredifferent things, trydifferent fields, tested positive forthe Coronavirus. West across the line and fall to theLBW trap? Is of the crease, to which Labuschagne glancedittoShubman Gill at square-leg. AP to leg gully. makehim think differentlyabout howheis Bengal chief ministerMamataBanerjee vis- thatdeepish square-leghovering fora Indians didn’t populatethe arcquitelike going to scoreruns.” ited the hospital and spoketothe doctors. weak hook offabouncer,oristhatadouble Carmody butusedthe leg gullyparticularly That’s what India have done to "Prayingforyour speedyrecovery.Get well blufffor the full LBWball? The negative to handle it as he got hishands aheadofthe well. In particular forthree batsmen – Labuschagne and Green; it’s also some- soon @SGanguly99," tweetedIndia skipper thoughtspiledup. As did dotballs and the The leg-side trap is quite pad and bunted theballtoshort mid- Smith, his shadowLabuschagne, and thing theywould have undoubtedly done ViratKohli,who is on paternity leave. pressure. Something had to give.Especially, challenging. Not only is it difficult to wicket. In his seventh over,Siraj startedto Green. Of the three, the taller Green with moretoSmith had he lastedlonger against Ganguly's longtime opening partner as modern-day batsmen’s temperament hit boundaries, but the rotationof reverse the ball away,and afteraseries of hislongerreachwas willing to keep tap- Ashwin, who usedasimilar strategy to an Tendulkar wrote: "Justgot to knowabout your isn’t exactlymade to outlast. Afalse shot strike also gets affected. Even if you sixaway-seamers, he tailedone in to nail ping to the onside. extent. ailment Sourav.Hope eachpassing daybrings comes toosoon. Often, theydon’t even want to remain positive,you cannot GreenLBW. Labuschagne wasmorecircumspect. He If it wasthe quickishskidder in the first youcloser to afull and speedy recovery!Get counterattack, unable to bring themselves be reckless.You have to give it to The simple plan of bowling straighter is similar to Smith in manyways,but there Test,itwas the ballspinning down leg that well soon.""Here'swishing the BCCI President to dare the what-if. Barring Smith, and in lines wasmadetofeel likeaprovocation. arealsoafewdifferences. UnlikeSmith, he lured Smith to trespass into areas from aspeedy recovery," BCCI postedinits official the absence of David Warner,probablyonly the Indians. They have come into doesn’t seem to likegetting on the front which he couldn’textricate his hands in twitter handle. MatthewWade could have thought about the series with precise planning.” Provocation foot,atleast on the evidence of this series. time. Warner comes in forthe thirdTestbut attacking but his first-innings dismissal in MARNUS LABUSCHAGNE In the past,it’s been theAussies who He prefers to either move sideways on the considering it’s atraditionallyspin-friendly Melbourne –when he chargedout at have used suchprovocation. In 2004,when crease or hang back. To spin and pace. Both trackinSydney, India could well attackhim Ravichandran Ashwin to holeout –put theyreturnedtoIndia without Steve movesmakethe straighter lines ideal and with Ashwin early on,liketheydid in the paid to that approach and he graftedalong Australia, incidentallyatthe MCG in the Waugh afterhis earlier failureatthe last morepotent. 2017 series in India. in thesecond dig. thirdTestwhenopener AaronFinchflicked frontier,the fast bowlers ledbyGlenn The sidewayshuffles of Smith and Under pressureontracksthat turned Thesimple plan gainedmomentum, as astraight one from IshantSharma to short McGrath and Jason Gillespie chalked out Labuschagne do makeittougher forthem, in that series, Warner turnedmute, pushing memories of pastdismissals (like midwicket. Theyseem to have usedthe the plan to bowl straighter lines. Twoshort theory. As they move towardsoff,the ball on andprodding –and perishing.Australia’s Labuschagne’s in the firstinnings) or fret- learnings from the previous tour andex- midwickets sprouted,often to thelikes of the stumps makes them arrest themove- batting fortunes could well come down to ful intimationsoffuturetrouble forced ten- tendeditfor longer periods now. VVSLaxman.Runs trickleddown. Aerial ment and hold balance. whether he has the confidence to counter- tativeness intominds. LikeSiraj’s spell againstCameron Green risk escalated.The noose tightened. Additionally, because of the close-in attackAshwin. Ganguly is being treated at the What’s mostunusual about India’s tac- in the firstinnings. Foreight overs,either Even further back, they have deployed catchers, theyneedgreater caretokeep the And of course, on howSmith and rest WoodlandsHospital in SouthKolkata. File ticwas howlong theymanaged to sustain side of the teabreak,hekeptatit. More it memorablytothe likes of Mohammad ball down when theytry to wristittothe tackle the bowl-straight-with-packed-leg- it.Theydid it briefly on the2018-19tour of than mostothers, Green seemedequipped Azharuddin. David Boon at deepish and onside on the move.Labuschagne’s pull side plan of the Indians.

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