DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA

JOURNALISM OF COURAGE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2020, NEW DELHI, LATE CITY, 18 PAGES SINCE 1932 `6.00 (`8 BIHAR &RAIPUR, `12 SRINAGAR) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

GUNBATTLE IN MACHIL Ipledge to be aPresidentwho When she (mymother) came here seeksnot to divide,but to unify... from India... maybeshe didn’t Officeramong This is the time to heal in America. quite imagine this moment... foursecurity JOSEPH RBIDEN, PRESIDENT-ELECT KAMALA HARRIS, VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT personnelkilled inLoCgunfight

Three militantskilled;infiltration bid, covering fire from Pakposts:BSF

BASHAARATMASOOD SRINAGAR,NOVEMBER8 Winter here, no thaw

AN ARMY officer,two soldiers and aBorder Security Force(BSF) in India-China talks, personnel losttheirlives in a fierce gunfight early Sundayon the Line of Control (LoC) in another round soon whichthree militants, who were The Armytweeted a trying to enter the Valley photograph of arms and through the Machil sector in ammunitionrecovered US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-electKamala Harris with theirfamilies in WilmingtononSaturday. AP KRISHNKAUSHIK ED north Kashmir’s Kupwara, were NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER8 Longhaul killed, officials said.Two soldiers PLAIN E ● ahead were also injured in the firing, THE DEADLOCK between India EX MACHIL CHINA In first speeches, Biden Trump may ‘never theysaid. SECTOR and China over the military Chinar Corps,the official standoffineastern Ladakh con- THE LATESTround of Kupwara LADAKH Twitter handle of 15 Corps,iden- and Harris seek unity, concede’, but not likely tinues, with the eighth round of talkswas crucialwith tifiedthose killedasCapt Kargil meetings between senior mili- time running out foran Leh Ashutosh Kumar,Havildar Srinagar tary commanders from both agreement on thinning of Praveen Kumar and Rifleman J&K end of ‘demonisation’ to stand in Biden way sides failing to achieveany troopsfromthe treacher- RyadaMaheshwar.“The gallant PAKISTAN breakthrough. Both sides, how- ous peaksbeforewinter soldiers made the supreme sac- In remarks before adrive-in ever,"agreedtohaveanother fullysetsin. Troops from rifice in (the) line of duty at The BSF said itstrooper NYT&PTI audience in Wilmington brim- MAGGIEHABERMAN BUSINESSASUSUAL round of meetings soon”. both sides areset to spend Machil sector,Kupwaraon Constable Sudip Kumar (38), a WILMINGTON(DELAWARE), ming with longtime friends from &MICHAELDSHEAR Afterthe latestmeeting on the next fewmonths in November 8. Deepestcondo- resident of West Tripura, “at- WASHINGTON,NOVEMBER8 Delaware,his home state,and ac- WASHINGTON,NOVEMBER8 BY UNNY November 6, whichwas also at- areas wherethe tempera- lences to the bereaved families,” tainedmartyrdom” afterhe companiedbyVice President- tendedbydiplomatsfromIndia turecan drop to below the tweetsaid. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 ADDRESSINGTHE nationfor the elect Kamala Harris, Biden di- PRESIDENTDONALDTrump’s and China, both the govern- minus-30 degree Celsius. firsttimeasUS rectly appealed to motorcade wasjustpulling into mentsissuedajoint statement, President-elect, the tens of millions the TrumpNational Golf Club in whichsaid that theywill“push Joseph RBiden Jr of Americanswho suburban Virginia when news forthe settlement of other out- It said both agreedto deliveredamessage backedPresident organisations endeddays of standing issues, so as to jointly “earnestlyimplement the impor- EXPRESS NETWORK of unity,tryingto DonaldTrump’sre- waiting and declared that he had maintain peace and tranquillity tant consensus reachedbythe soothe theextraor- RACE FOR election. lostthe presidency to Joseph R in the border areas”. leaders of the twocountries, en- ARNABSHIFTEDTO dinarydivisions THE WHITE “For all thoseof Biden Jr. The statement said the “two sure their frontline troops exer- that have defined youwho voted for Aides calledTrumptolet him sides had acandid, in-depth and cise restraint and avoid misun- JAIL,POLICESAY the lastfouryearsin HOUSE President Trump, I know. But the President —who constructive exchangeofviews derstandingand miscalculation”. USEDCELLPHONE American politics. understand the dis- an hour earlier hadtweeted,“I on disengagement along the “Bothsidesagreedtomaintain INCUSTODY “Let this grim eraofdemonisa- appointment tonight,” Biden, 77, wonthis election,byalot!”— Line of Actual Control in the dialogue and communication PAGE 7 tion in Americabegin to end speaking at the conclusionofhis wasnot surprised, theysaid. And MORE REPORTS Western Sector of India-China through militaryand diplomatic hereand now,”hesaid. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 PAGE 15 border areas”. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Noteban cleaned up system, says PM; Suicide by LSR student in Telangana; family Opp allegesGovt kept shifting goalposts ‘Thereisadefinite says hit by lockdown, unable to fund studies fiscal space, to push curbing of counterfeitcurrency. ENSECONOMICBUREAU “Demonetisation has helped financial troubles in apurported hanged herself at her home in demand.And it can NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER8 reduce blackmoney,increase tax RAHULVPISHARODY, suicide note.Her father, who is a Shadnagar on November 2. The be done mainly compliance and formalisation SREENIVASJANYALA motorcycle mechanic in Ranga familyofthe 19-year-old, who through ON THE FOURTH anniversaryof and givenaboost to trans- &SUKRITABARUAH Reddy district, said she wasan had scored 98.5 per cent in Class infrastructure’ demonetisation, Prime Minister parency.These outcomes have SHADNAGAR(TELANGANA), IAS aspirant but the familywas 12,said she leftbehind anote KRISHNAMURTHY NarendraModiSundayshared CONTINUEDONPAGE2 NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER8 unable even to buy herasecond- written in Telugu.“Becauseof VSUBRAMANIAN, datatosuggestthatthe overnight hand laptoptopursue online me, my familyisfacing many fi- CHIEF ECONOMIC ADVISER scrapping of Rs 500and Rs 1,000 ASECOND-YEARstudentofLady classes during the pandemic. nancial problems. Iamaburden TO GOVERNMENT OF INDIA notesbrought in formalisation ‘Helped reduce blackmoney, CASH WITH PUBLIC Shri RamCollegefor Women According to localpolice, formyfamily. My education is a PAGE 14 and transparency along with a increase taxcompliance’. PTI UP 45.7%IN4YEARS diedbysuicide lastweekather Aishwarya Reddy AishwaryaReddy,aB.Sc. burden. If Ican’t study,Ican’t widening of the taxbaseand PAGE 16 hometown in Telangana, citing Mathematics (Honours) student, CONTINUEDONPAGE2 An offshoot of maize spurt in Bihar: a warehouse boom

Ahermetic structure setupinafield.This brings storageto the farm gate. Harish Damodaran

Since 2013-14, grain storagecapacity has gone up from 3-4 lakh tonnes to 13

Gulab Bagh, the country’s HARISHDAMODARAN biggestwholesale market for NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER8 maize —alone todayhas ware- houses that can together store WHEN FARMERS harvest some 6.5 lakh tonnes (lt) humungouscrops, as of the feedgrain. Other theyhavedone in Bihar districts with significant with maize since the estimated maize stor- mid-2000s, it generates agecapacities are opportunitiesbeyond Katihar (2 lt); Begusarai cultivation and sale of (1.5 lt); Araria, Khagaria, produce. Nowhereis DECISION Muzaffarpur and this moreevidentthan 2020 Vaishali(50,000tonnes in the business of ware- BIHAR each); Saharsa and housing and lending Samastipur (40,000 againstgrain stockedbyfarmers, tonnes each); Supaul (20,000 traders, feed millers and starch tonnes); and Madhepuraand manufacturers. Motihari (10,000 tonnes each). Purnea district —home to CONTINUEDONPAGE2

New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 2 THE SECOND PAGE THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,NOVEMBER9,2020

DOWNLOADAPP WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

■ VISUALSTORIES

■ DAILY BRIEFING

■ PODCASTS TRIPURA:SEVENARRESTEDFORBURNING6,000COPIESOFANEWSPAPER

■ CUSTOMIZABLE Whilethepoliceproducedthesevenaccusedbeforethecourt,theydidn’taskforremandandaskedthecourt HowJoe Bidengot NEWS EXPERIENCE toplacethemunderjudicialcustody.TheeditorclaimedSaturdaythattheattackonhisnewspapercame

WEB afteritpublishedreportsonanallegedscamofRs150croreintheagriculturedepartment. elected and what his Indian Express EXCLUSIVE ★★★★★■4.6 win means forIndia TECH PHOTOGALLERY NEWEPISODEEVERYDAY ABBOTT’S FREESTYLE LAMP VILLAGE NEAR Todayonthe 3Things podcast, we talk LIBRE KOLKATA about what ledtoBiden's win, the factors Apainless wayto Earthen lamps from that influencedthe US election, and what SCANTHISQRCODETO managetime in range Barasat competing the result means forIndia. DOWNLOADTHEAPP fordiabetes patients with Chinese lights FROMPAGEONE

Biden, Harris includingBlackwomen, who are etisation: 9.43 lakh in 2017 from cordingtohim,liesincreating toooftenoverlooked,butsooften 8.04lakh in 2016.The corporate storage-cum-financingsolutions thirdrun forthe presidency, said. provethattheyare thebackbone taxreturnsfiledincreasedfurther “closer to the farm gate”. This “I’ve lostacoupletimesmyself. of our democracy." 4securitypersonnel killed in LoCfiring to 9.65lakhin2018 butthenmod- would meanhaving smaller But now, let’s give eachother a Followingthespeeches,Biden erated to 9.34 lakhin2019, the warehouses than even the aver- chance. It’stimetoput away the and Harris were joinedonstage “keptonfighting tillhis last It said the second gunfight and the terroristmovement Rs 50,000 in cash from the datashowed. age1,400-1,500 tonnescapacity harshrhetoric,lowerthetemper- by their families. breath with exemplary brokeout aftermoretroops, wastracked by surveillance slain militants. operatedbyACWS. ature, see eachother again, listen courage” and “with utter dis- who were rushed in to comb devices,” aDefence spokesper- ABSF spokesperson said: Bihar maize One solution, whichACWS to eachotheragain...Ipledgetobe Trump regard to his personal safety”. the area, confrontedthe mili- son said in Srinagar. “On challenging the intruders, “Bihar’s available capacity to claims to have successfully tried apresident whoseeks nottodi- he did notchangehis plans to go It said Pakistani posts “started tants. In this exchange, the of- “Contact wasre-estab- theyopenedfire, which was storemaize is roughly13.2 lt. out with FPOs in Begusarai and vide,butto unify;whodoesn'tsee aheadwithlegalchallengesto the ceasefireviolationinsupport ficer,two soldiers and twomil- lishedat1020 hrs when heavy fittinglyretaliated by theBSF Much of it has come up since Samastipur, is flexible hermetic redstatesand blue states, only electionresults,thatseveralofhis of the infiltrating terrorists”. itantswerekilled. fire wasdrawn by ownsearch party.Inthe fierce exchangeof around 2013-14, by whichtime storagetechnology. This involves seestheUnitedStates...Thisisthe ownadvisers warnedhim were The Armysaid the face-off “Atabout 0100 hrs, aBSF parties approximately1.5 km fire,one terroristwas shotdead thestatewasalreadyamajorcorn storingbagsinsideflexibleairtight time to heal in America.” long shotsatbest, or to play golf. occurredintwo bursts,nine patrol noticedsuspicious from the LoC. In the ensuing immediatelyand others man- producer as well as exporter,” andmoisture-proof structuresor Biden’s optimistic speech, The aides said Trumphad no hours apart. LateSaturday movement near the Anti firefight, twomoreterrorists aged to hide behind the cover notesUnupomKausik,president “cocoons” made from special fleckedwith references to faith plans to immediatelydelivera night, theysaid, aBSF patrol Infiltration ObstacleSystem were killed.Own troops suf- of undulating terrain.” of the National Collateral polypropylene material.Each andAmericanhistory,camefrom concessionspeech.Inastatement spotted themilitantssneaking (AIOS)(LoC fence) about3.5 feredthree casualties and two The gunfight is the second Management Services Ltd suchhermeticallysealedcocoon aflag-bedeckedstage.The mes- issuedwhile he wasstill on the in from across the border and km from the LoC. Afirefight en- (were) injured.The injured sol- on the LoC this year of suchin- (NCML), India’s largest private canstockanywhere between100 sage, as it wasthroughoutthe golf course,TrumpsaidBidenwas challengedthem. The militants suedinwhichone terrorist was diers have been evacuated,” tensity afterfiveelitepara- sector agri-logistics company. and 6,000bags(5-300tonnes) of campaign, wasrootedmoreina tryingto “falselypose”asthewin- openedfireinresponse, trig- killed. ABSF soldier wasalso the spokesperson said. troopers and five militants NCMLhas2.16 ltof warehous- grainthatrequire no fumigation sense of values than in an espe- ner. “Thesimple fact is this elec- gering agunbattle in which killedinaction. The firefight The Armysaid it recovered were killedinthe neighbour- ing capacity in Bihar,bothleased or chemical treatment. ciallyideologicalviewpoint, an tionisfarfromover,”thepresident one militant and Constable stoppedat0400hrs. More twoAKrifles, apistol, aradio ing Keransector of Kupwarain and owned. The latter includes a “Soinsteadof buildingaware- approachthat has helpedhim said. "Beginning Monday,our Kumar were killed. troops were rushed to the area set, rounds of ammunition and April. 38,200-tonnestate-of-the-artsilo house,wecould simply setthese buildabroad coalition. He ac- campaign will startprosecuting complex,establishedinJune2017, up in an emptyfieldfor farmers knowledgedthis in his speech, ourcaseincourttoensureelec- with facilities forcleaning and in anyclustertostocktheir pro- saying he had earnedvotesfrom tionlaws arefullyupheldandthe cooling loose maize brought by duceandavailfinance,”addsRao. the "broadestand most diverse rightful winner is seated.” SuicidebyLSR studentinTelangana; family farmers. It also owns dryware- coalition in American history". However, Trump’sadvisers houses–thesestore grain in India-China YetBiden grew impassioned saidtheydonot believe hewilltry jute/polypropylene bags –of channels, and, taking forward asheinsistedthatforallof theten- in anyway to blockBiden from sayshit by lockdown,unable to fund studies 19,800tonnescapacityinPurnea the discussions at this meeting, sions in the country, Americans takingoffice,andsaidif hehasnot and another of 16,200tonnes at push forthe settlement of other still wanted to see their leaders deliveredaformal concession live,” the note reads. October 31,Aishwarya sent a Samastipur. outstanding issues, so as to find common ground. “Whatis speechbythe time he departs, Aishwarya's father Srinivas WhatsApp messagetothe hos- “Before2013-14, Bihar had jointlymaintain peace and tran- our mandate?” he said. “I believe pressuremay mountonhisallies, Reddy said that when telwardensayingshewouldva- hardly3-4 lt capacity.Eventhe quillity in the border areas," it it’s this: Americans have called familymembers and friends to Aishwarya got admissionto the catethe room by November 7. warehouses that existedwere said. upon us to marshal the forces of convincehimthathemustgivein prestigious collegelastyear,he “For twodays before killing smallandscattered.Thegrainthat The latestjoint statement, decency,the forces of fairness, to to theinevitable. had mortgaged theirone-bed- herself,shedidnoteatanything. farmersortradersbroughthadto, with no major deviation from the marshalthe forces of science and OnSaturday, theWhiteHouse room house forRs2lakh.“Iam Shefoughtwithhermotherand therefore, be straightaway dis- twoissuedafter twoearlier theforcesof hopeinthegreatbat- releasedatersestatementsaying still repaying the loan,” said wasworried about continuing patchedbyrail from rake points rounds, does notsuggest amajor tlesof ourtime...Thebattleto con- thepresident "willacceptthe re- Reddy,whoopenedhisownre- hereducation,”said Gandham (suchasPurnea, Jalalgarh, breakthrough in the standoff trol the virus. Thebattletobuild sults of afreeand fair election" pair shop this March. Navyashree, aBA(History and Ranipatra, Katihar,Semapur, that is nowinits seventhmonth. prosperity.The battletosecure and that the administration "is “I had to shut within a Sociology) student of LSR, who Khagaria,Mansi,Barauni,Saharsa, Beforethe eighth round, there your family's healthcare... The following all statutoryrequire- month due to the lockdown Her grieving family; father is amotorcycle mechanic. hails from the sametown. Forbesganj and Kishanganj). were some “feelers” from China battletoachieve racialjusticeand ments". and althoughIreopened, busi- Accordingto her,even10-15 Organisedwarehousing has forapossible thinningoftroops root outsystemicracism... The Even some of Trump’s oldest ness has been slow. My daugh- RahulVPisharody minutes before ending her life, made it possible to storegrain from some of the frictionareas. battleto save theclimate.Thebat- advisers, likeformer governor terhad returnedhome in bers.Thescholarshipsareavail- But the latestcrisis, Aishwarya hadaphoneconver- withinBiharand stagger sales. However, no such understand- tle to restoredecency,defend Chris Christie of NewJersey,have Februaryafter thecollege able foruptofiveyears. Aishwarya’sfathersaid,wasthat sation with aclose friend and Bihar corn alsofetches better ing wasreachedin Friday’s meet- democracy,and give everybody said publiclythatheneededto closed. In October,she asked if Whileher father said the shewasaskedto vacateherhos- discussedexam preparations. prices nowthanearlier,when ing. in this country afair shot.” have actualevidenceto make the Icouldbuy her alaptopason- scholarship wasdelayed, alet- telroominOctober.The LSR “Shehadsharedwithfriendsher findingrakes during thepeak This wasthe firstmeeting in CallingAmerica "a beacon for claimshehasbeenmakingabout line classes had startedand she terreceivedbyAishwayra in hostelisonlyavailable forfirst- inabilitytoperform well as she marketing season (April-June) whichthe Indian delegation was the globe", he added,"Isought the election. “Thiskind of thing, wasfinding it difficult to attend Augustindicatedthattherewas year students. “Arrangements wasusinghermobilephonefor wasitselfaproblem,”says Kausik. ledbyLtGeneral PGKMenon, this office to restorethe soul of allitdoes is inflame without in- them on her phone.She said stilltimefortheprocedure to be had to be made to move to a attending classes and doing as- Bihar produces 60-65ltof who took over as commander of America,to rebuildthebackbone forming,”ChristietoldABCNews. even ausedlaptopwould do. I completed.TheletterfromDST, hiredaccommodation.Itoldher signments,” she said. maize annually, nearly aquarter XIV Corps in mid-October.The of this nation, themiddle class, Anotherlong-timefriendand told her to wait forafewdays. datedAugust6,2020,informed nottoworryandthatIwillman- Asihwarya's parentssaid of the country’s total.Mostofits delegation also includedNaveen and to make America respected adviser RogerStone wasquoted She did notask again. Afew thatshehadbeen"provisionally agethe money, though Ihad no theyare unsurewhether the cropisgrownduringtherabiwin- Srivastava, joint secretary han- around the worldagain,and to by AssociatedPressassayingthat days later,she mentionedthat selected"for the higher educa- ideawherefrom.OnNovember suicidenote waswrittenjust be- ter-spring season and harvested dling EastAsia in the Ministryof uniteushereathome... We will he doubted Trumpwould ever the scholarshipamount she tion scholarship. It said the re- 2, sheinsisted on feedingme fore ending her life, or earlier. afterApril, whenthereisverylit- External Affairs. The Chinese del- lead notonlybythe example of concede. As aresult, Stone said, wassupposed to receive was lease of the annual fund of Rs withher ownhand. And then “Wewereall sitting here. She tle production in the rest of India. egation wasledby Major General our power, but by thepowerof Bidenwill have "a cloud over his delayed,” he said. 80,000 wassubject to submis- she took the extreme step,'' forced me to have my dinner Thereismoney, then, to be made Liu Lin, commanderofthe South our example." presidency with halfthe people LSRprincipal Suman sionof bankaccountdetailsand Reddy said. and went into the room. The from stocking Bihar’smaize and XinjianMilitaryRegion. Harris spokefirst, telling vot- in the countrybelieving that he SharmasaidAishwarya hadnot Aadhaar cardcopybefore “She wantedto beanIAS of- door wasnot latchedand we sellingthroughApril-October, be- In the lasttwo rounds of talks, ers that theyhad chosen “hope wasillegitimatelyelected". reachedout to the collegefor fi- December 31,2020. ficer,she had so manygoals.I thoughtshewasstudying,”said fore thearrival of the post-mon- China had insistedthat Indiava- and unity,decency,science and, The AP reportsaid Trumpal- nancial assistance:“It is ahuge Dr Sanjay Mishra,who took usedtoprivately grieve thatIdid her father.“Even in our worst soon kharif crop in South India, catethe heightsoccupiedby it in yes, truth”. The 56-year-old lies suggestedthat if he wantsto lossforusanditisveryunfortu- overasin-charge of theINSPIRE nothaveenoughmoney to help nightmare, we did notthink Madhya Pradeshand lateAugustonthe north and Senator from Californiainvoked launchamedia empireinthe natethat we were unable to Programmeatthe Department her realise her dreams...When about it.” Maharashtra. south banksof PangongTso,and her mother, Shyamala Gopalan, comingyears,hehasanincentive helpher.However, she had of ScienceandTechnology(DST) she toppedher Intermediate Earlier,afteractorSonuSood Besides NCML, another im- the Chushulsub-sector. whocameto theUSfromIndiaat to prolongthedrama.So,too,if he neverapproachedany teacher onNovember1, saidthatdespite fromVigyanJuniorCollege,Iwas had tweetedabouthis scholar- portant and rising warehousing However, India has been push- theage of 19,and paid tributeto intendstobid forthe presidency from the mathematics depart- financialconstraintsduring the the proudestfather in shipinitiative forstudents, playerinBihar is Arya Collateral ing forastatus quoante, for thewomen“whothroughoutour in 2024. ment or hostel authorities with pandemic,the department de- Shadnagar,” Reddy said. Aishwarya wroteanemail to Warehousing Services Ltd troops to go backtoApril-end nation’shistory have pavedthe Since resultsstarted veering herissues.Thecollegehasmany cidedthat “under no costwill To help Aishwarya,Srinivas himonSeptember14,attaching (ACWS).In2019-20,its220ware- positions -- notjustfromthe wayfor this moment tonight". towardsBiden,Trumphas split schemes and scholarships but this crunchbetranslated to any and his wifeSumathi had also her certificates as proof. “I don’t houses across the statestocked frontlinesbut also depthareas. “While Imay be thefirst histime between the Oval Office she neverasked forassistance. of thefellowships and scholar- pledged their gold ornaments have alaptopandIamunableto 3.14 lt,three-fourthof whichcom- Speaking at aseminarFriday, woman in this office, Iwill notbe and the presidential residence, We also have manymecha- shipsgiven outbyus”. and stopped sending their sec- do practical papers. Iamafraid I prisedmaize and the balance Chief of Defence StaffGeneral thelast,”shesaid.“Becauseevery watchingtelevisioncoverageand nisms formental healthhelp, “Sometimesadelaymay oc- ond daughter to school -- mayfail in these papers.Our wheat,paddyandrice.ACWS,un- BipinRawat hadstatedthat India little girlwatchingtonight sees brooding.Besideshischildren,he but unfortunatelyshe had not curincasesfortechnicalissues- Aishwarya’ssisterVaishnavi(16) familyiscompletely in debt so likeNCML, only leases and does willnot allowany changeinthe thatthisisacountryofpossibili- has spoken by phone and at the reachedout forthose either.” -suchasifthe student has not droppedout afterClass 7. thereisnoway to buyalaptop...I notown anywarehouse. Line of ActualControl(LAC). ties. And to the children of our WhiteHouse with advisers in- Aishwarya wasalsoarecip- uploaded allrequired docu- Sumathi, who worked as a am notsurewhether Iwillbe “Wealsopreferoperating in Both sides have positioned country, regardless of your gen- cluding formerWhiteHouse ient of the Ministry of Science mentsonthe scholarship web- tailorfromhome, said able to completemygradua- the interiors.Sincerenting space around 50,000troops alongwith der,our countryhas sent youa counselor Kellyanne Conway, andTechnology’sINSPIREschol- site, whether the previous Aishwaryawas depressedafter tion,”the emailread. ischeaperthere,we areabletoof- artillery, tanksand air defence clear message: Dream with am- campaignmanager Bill Stepien, arship, and her note states: moneyhas been used, or if the receiving aWhatsApp message In the purported suicide ferwarehousing services (inclu- assets in the region, and arepre- bition, lead with conviction and adviser Hope Hicks,and Ronna “EnsureINSPIRE scholarship is student has failedtomeetthe askingto vacateherhostelroom. note,she wrote: “Forgive me. I sive of storage, insurance and fu- pared fordeployment through see yourself in away that others McDaniel,thechairwomanof the givenatleast forone year.” minimummarkscriteria,which “Anyprivate accommodation am notagood daughter.” Said migation charges) at Rs 8-9 per the brutalwinter.Atseveral might notsee you, simplybe- Republican National Committee. INSPIREoffersthreescholar- is 60 per centfor asecond-year outside would costatleastRs her father:“We want authori- quintalper month, as againstRs heightsinthe PangongTso area causethey'veneverseenitbefore, Vice-PresidentMikePencespent shipschemes: forundergradu- student.Theprocessof disbursal 15,000 amonth. We did not ties to ensure that no other stu- 12-14inplaceslikePurneathatal- and in the Chushul sub-sector, and we will applaud youevery sometimeintheOvalOfficewith ateand postgraduate,aswell as of fundsis45days fromthetime have moneyeventobuy her a dentfaces asimilar fate.” readyhavesubstantialstorage ca- the troops from both sides are step of the way." Trump.Trump’sadvisersdidsuc- PhD scholars and faculty mem- of application,'' he said. trainticket to Delhi,”shesaid.On (WITHESHAROY) pacities,”says PrasannaRao,man- justafewhundredmetres apart. Biden saidhewas honoured ceedinpersuading Rudolph W agingdirector of ACWS. The Indiantroopsare in a to have Harris as his vice-presi- Giuliani, his personallawyer, to Rao’scompanygrossedabout dominatingposition in the dent "who will makehistory as stand down from some of his Note ban agepointscontractioninthe helping afew of thePrime the party's online Rs 125crore lastfiscalfromman- Chushul sub-sector,atheightson the firstwoman,first Black public allegations about election been greatlybeneficial towards quarterofdemonetisation (Oct- Minister’s “cronycapitalist 'SpeakUpAgainstDeMoDisaster' aging 1,300-odd warehouses Magar Hill, GurgunHill, Rezang woman,firstwoman of South fraud. nationalprogress,”Modi saidina Dec2016), it didpoint outthere friends” and had “destroyed”the campaign, former Finance with 21 lt aggregatecapacityall La and Rechin La, whichallows Asian descent,and firstdaughter Butthe presidentlet Giuliani tweet. maybelongerterm advantages Indianeconomy, Congressleader MinisterinUPA PChidambaram over India. Afifth of that revenue them adirect viewofChina’s of immigrantseverelectedto na- hold anews conference in ‘Operation Clean Money’,the in taxcollections, shift to savings Rahul Gandhi said. said, “The firstlessonevery ruler came from Bihar.ACWShas, Moldo Garrison and to dominate tional office in this country... It's Philadelphiaafter news outlets PrimeMinistersaid,increasedfor- infinancialinstrumentsandnon- The data shared by the Prime andeverygovernmentmustlearn morerecently,venturedintoagri- the strategicallysensitive 2-km long overdue... But once again, hadcalledthepresidentialracefor malisation. “17.92 lakh persons cash payment mechanisms. Ministersaid notesincirculation isthat-evenifyoudonotdogood lending through awhollyowned wide valley,Spanggur Gap. America has bent the arcofthe Biden.The former NewYork identifiedfor theonlineverifica- Finance MinisterNirmala increasedto22.35lakhcroreason to thepeople,donotdoharm.The subsidiary, Aryadhan Financial On the north bankofPangong moral universe towardsjustice." mayor, who has been promising tionprocessinthefirstphase.3.04 Sitharaman also cited increase in December2,2019,from17.74 lakh BJP-ledNDA government did Solutions Pvt. Ltd. The latter has Tso, Indian troops areatheights Harris thanked Biden for to provideevidenceof voterfraud, lakh personswho had deposited direct taxcollections, income tax croreasonNovember 2016,it greatharmto India'seconomyon cumulatively disbursedRs250 that putsthem in amoreadvan- choosingher, saying,"Whatates- again producedlittle. cashof10lakh or more,but had returns, and directtax to GDP ra- said.“Beforedemonetisation,the November 8th, 2016.” croreworthloans,atenthof them tageous position over Chinese tament it is to Joe's characterthat Some aideswere candidwith notfiledreturn till the due date tioastheoutcomesfromdemon- averageon-year growth rate of RahulGandhifurthersaidthe in Bihar. troops positionedonthe ridges he had the audacity to breakone Trumpthattherewas notmuch identified. 2.09 lakh suchidenti- etisation. In her tweets,she said notesincirculation wasat14.51% question is howBangladesh’s “Fiftypercentof ithasbeento connecting Finger 3, and Finger of the mostsubstantial barriers of apath forward, even though fied non-filers responded &paid directtaxcollectionsincreasedto from October 2014 to October economy“surpassed” theIndian farmers or farmer producer or- 4, whichis8km west of India’s thatexists in our countryand se- theysaid theywould continue self-assessmenttaxof6,531crore. Rs10.5lakhcrorein2019-20from 2016,” it said. economyastherewas atime ganisations (FPOs) and the re- perception of the LACatFinger8. lect awoman as his Vice- fighting. Onlyafewhad doubted Self-assessment taxofover Rs 6.95 lakh crorein2014-15, The number of counterfeit whenIndia usedtobeone of the maininghalf to smalltraders/pro- China has been blocking President...Nomatterwho you that Biden waslikelytowin, 13,000crorewas paid by the tar- while direct tax-to-DP ratioin- notesdetected increasedto7.62 mosthighperformingeconomies duce aggregators. We lend at Indiansoldiers at the bottleneck votedfor, Iwillstrive to betheVice amongthemthepresident’sson- getednon-filers,” another tweet creasedto5.98per centin2018 lakh in 2016-17from6.33lakh in of the world. “The government 13.5-14% annual interestpurely in the Depsang Plains from ac- PresidentthatJoewasto(former) in-law, JaredKushner,peoplewho of Modi stated. from 5.86 per cent in 2017,and 2015-16and5.94lakhin2014-15. says that the reason is COVID but againsttheir produce kept at our cessing Patrolling Points(PP) 10, president (Barack) Obama, loyal, spokewith Trumpsaid. Some re- WhileaDecember2018 NBER 5.53 per cent in 2016. The number of counterfeit notes if thatisthereason,thereisCOVID warehouses. Our averageloan 11,11A,12and 13.The area is honestand prepared." ports saidthatwhileTrump'ssons (National BureauofEconomic Opposition leadersfrom detected has,however, subse- in Bangladesh and elsewherein size is Rs 5lakhtofarmers, Rs 22 close to the strategicallyimpor- Harris thanked Asian, White, Donald Jr.and Eric have urged Research)paperauthoredby Congress, however, criticisedthe quentlydeclined to 0.90 lakh (till the worldalso. The reason is not lakh to FPOsand Rs 28 lakhtoag- tant DaulatBeg Oldiepostinthe Latina and Native American their father to keep fighting, Harvardprofessor Gabriel government over demonetisa- September-end ‘20) from 2.97 COVID, the reason is 'Notebandi' gregators,comparedto theRs1.5- north near the Karakoram Pass. womenwho had pavedthe way Kushner has told people he has Chodorow-Reich, GitaGopinath tion, alleging that the Modi gov- lakhin2019-20,3.17 lakhin2018- and GST,"Gandhisaid. 2crore that banksnormallyex- Thereare also asmall number of forthis moment. "Women who urgedthe president to acceptthe (nowIMF Chief Economist), ernment has continuously 19 and 5.23 lakh in 2017-18, the The finance ministeralso tendagainstwarehousereceipts,” Chinese troops near PP15 in the foughtandsacrificedsomuchfor outcome of the race. Prachi Mishra andAbhinav changedtheexplanatoryreasons. datashowed. shareddataonincreaseincorpo- states Rao. HotSprings area, and PP17A near equality,libertyandjusticeforall, NYT,WITHAPINPUTS Narayananestimateda2percent- Demonetisation wasaimedat In avideo releasedaspartof rate taxreturnsfiledafterdemon- Thefutureofwarehousing,ac- Gogra Post.

New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,NOVEMBER9,2020 3 THE CITY AQICapitalON SUNDAY AT’s42air6 qualityseverefor4thday inarow,norespitefromstubbleburning

tected on the system. Stubble fire countsover 22-yr-oldman dies while EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE The year 2016 is considered Punjab, Haryana, UP,Uttarakhand NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER8 amongthe worstyearsfor farm and neighbouring areas stood at fires, witharound 1.27 lakhinci- 3,780 onSaturday and itssharein taking selfie with gun WITH NO respiteinsight from dentsbeing reported by the PM 2.5 in Delhi's air wasesti- farm firesinneighbouring states, Indian Council forAgricultural mated as 29 per cent forSunday. Noida: A22-year-old man died to Saurabh’s relative.Saurabh and wind helping transportthe Research (ICAR) using satellitere- The MinistryofEarth while clicking aselfie with agun, amdNakullefttheformer’shouse resultant smokeand particulate mote sensing data. This has been Sciences' air quality monitor whichwent off, in Greater Noida in Acheravillageat3pm. At one matter to Delhi, the city spent the on adecline since then, and just System of Air Quality and Saturday. Police said the victim, point, Saurabhpulledout agun fourthdayinarowinthe severely over 61,000cases were recorded Weather Forecasting and Saurabh, wasdriving to afriend’s belonging to hisfather andbegan polluted category.The AQIisex- in 2019.This year,the counts are Research (SAFAR) said the situa- place with another friend, Nakul, taking pictures with it. However, pectedto dipfurther onMonday. nearing the 80,000markand the tion wasunlikelytoimprove un- when the incident took place. he allegedlydid notrealise the The air quality indexvalue farm fire season is notoveryet. less adrastic reduction takes Police said no complaint has gun wasloadedand the safety wasrecordedat426, apoint According to Jethwa,the to- place in stubble fire counts. been receivedbyBisrakh police valvewas open.The gun went off higher thanitwas on Saturday. talfirecountssurpassedthe "Surface winds have become yet. “Officers at Bisrakh police sta- andhewasinjurednearhischest, According to NASA scientist 2017 levels by November 4and calm,which were moderateso tion were informedthat aman police said. Saurabh diedduring Hiren Jethwa, who wasbeen were 32% higher than those in far, and areforecasttostaylow wasinjured while taking aselfie treatment at Sharda Hospital. studying farm firesand air pol- 2018-19. Mostfires arereported in magnitude forthe next two with aloadedgun, whichacci- Nakulwas initiallytaken for lution in the region forthe past from Punjab. days.This is the major factor due dentallywentoff,near AceCity questioning and waslater re- severalyearsusing the Fire BetweenSeptember 21 and to whichnoquick recovery is ex- Town. He diedduring treatment. leased, said police. Police ruled Information forResource November 6, Punjab recordeda pected unless adrastic reduction It appears to be an accidental out foul play, but said thegun Management System (FIRMS) total of 52,970 fire counts, as per in fire countstakes place. Air death,” said Ankur Agarwal, did nothavealicence.Police said software, the fire count in the re- At NH-24, Sunday.The AQIisexpected to dipfurther on Monday. Prem Nath Pandey satellitedatacompiledbythe quality is forecasttomarginally ADCP,GautamBudhNagar. Saurabh’s father runs aproperty gion has already touchedthe Punjab Pollution Control Board. deteriorateand stay at the severe Police said the twowere business in Greater Noida, and same levelasthose in 2016,as The figureinthe same period in to the higher end of very poor heading to visitanother friend — theywillinvestigate how per the ModerateResolution (MODIS) instrument. analysing satellitedatafromthe use it to comparethe number of 2019 was42,725 and 30,222 in categoryfor the next twodays," the three were to go forawed- Saurabhcametopossess the ImagingSpectroradiometer Scientists have been region forseveral years nowand fireseachyear,whichare de- 2018. the official forecastsaid. ding —inaBrezza car belonging gun. ENS Home guard dies in hit-and-run, driver arrested

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER8

A41-YEAR-OLD home guarddiedafter hewashit allegedly by aspeeding InnovainEastDelhi'sVikas Marginthe early hours of Saturday. The victim, Naresh Kumar,was on picket duty whenthe ac- cused, AjayGoyal,hit him with his car around 2.30 am and fled. Police Sundayarrested Thedeceased, Goyal, agarment merchant Naresh Kumar who has ashop in Chandni Chowk,and bookedhim for rash driving and attempt to murder.Policesaid he wason his wayhome to Ghaziabad at the time. Asenior police officer said Kumar wasonduty from 12 am to 5amonSaturdaywithpolicemenand Delhi Home Guardstaff.“Aspeeding car came from the ITO side and rammedintothe barricades. Kumar,who was standing near the barricades, washit by the car and the barricades. The accusedfledthe spotwhile Kumar was rushedtoanearbyhospital by his colleagues,” said the of- ficer.Kumar,however, wasdeclared dead on arrivalby doctors. DCP (East) JasmeetSingh said, "A head consta- ble gave us astatementabout the incidentand we regis- teredanFIR .” Police said theyfound cluesatthe spotwhich helped in identifyingthe accused.“We found pieces of the num- berplatefromthe offending vehicle. Soon, we gotthe car's number and seizedit,” said police. Police then ar- rested Goyalfromhis home. Kumar's familysaid he had worked withthe Delhi Home Guardfor 10 years. His wifeDeepa said: “Wehave twochildren,aged18and15.OnFriday night,hewentfor his duty,but didn't call aftermidnight. We askedhis col- leagues about him, but theydidn't sayanything. At 3am, Igot acall saying he had died. We want justice now.” BJP’s Mishra, Bagga detainedatRajghat

Theywerecalling forthe release of RepublicTV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami. Abhinav Saha

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER8

POLICE DETAINED BJP leaders Kapil Mishraand Tajinder Baggafor staging aprotest seeking the release of Republic TVeditor-in-chiefArnab Goswami, at Rajghat on Sunday morning.Earlier this week,Goswami was arrested in an abetment to suicide case registered againsthim in May2018. Police said Mishraand Baggaheld adharna near the Mahatma Gandhi memorial along with afew party members around 9am. Besides the duo, three-four other protesters were also detainedand takento Rajinder Nagarpolicestation, asenior policeofficersaid. Theywerereleasedinthe evening. No FIR has been registeredinthe matter. Baggaand Mishra took to Twitter to saythatthey were “arrested”for protesting at Rajghat. “Wetold them to conduct aprotest at adesignated spotand triedtoremove them, but theydidn’t listen. Theyviolated the government'sorders under CrPC Section 144, so we detainedthem in the morning. Later, theywerereleasedalong withthe other protesters,” the officer said.

New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,NOVEMBER9,2020 ANANDVIHAR SIRIFORT SHADIPUR DWARKA-SECTOR8 Severe Severe Severe Severe

462 406 419 428 AQI AQI AQI AQI PM: 2.5 05PM: 10 00 0500 05PM: 10 00 0 PM: 10 500

4 THE CITY 0-50 Good 51-100 Satisfactory 101-200 Moderate 201-300Poor 301-400 Very Poor 401-500 Severe

POSITIVITY RATE TOUCHES 15.26%ONSUNDAY Hospitals fill up,both non-Covidand Intwoweeks,activeCovid-19 Covid patients struggle to find beds

ANANYATIWARI casesincityupbyover16,000 NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER8

THE CITYisstaring at ahealth- carecrisis, with ICU bedsfor a ASTHASAXENA WEEKLYVIEW Active growing number of Covid as well NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER8 casesason as non-Covid patientsinshort Sunday: 31,721 38,729 ■Activecases supply. Families have been run- DELHI SAW7,745 newcases on 41,857 26,738 ningfromone hospitaltoan- Sunday—the highestnumber of 40000 26,669 21,567 other to getadmissionnot justin dailycases reported so farbyany 35000 11,271 22,605 ICUs, but also in general wards. city.This takesthe total number 30000 At Sir GangaRam Hospital in of cases in the cityto4,38,529 14,456 17,692 old RajinderNagar,Sameer 25000 10,348 while the death toll rose to 6,989 Narula (45), residentofRamesh 20000 3,983 with 77 fatalities. The city per- 15000 Nagarand ateacherataprivate formed50,754tests in the last24 10000 school,recountedhis struggle to hours, recording apositivity rate 5000 admit his 72-year-old father-in- of 15.26%. law—who washavingdifficulty 0 1

Over the lasttwo weeks, the 7 in breathing —atahospital. “On 2 5 3 6 9 8 4 11 17 21 15 13 16 18 14 10 27 22 25 23 29 28 24 20 numberofactiveCovid-19cases 30 Saturdaynight, we took him to Oct Oct Sep Aug July July May Nov Oct Sep June Sep Oct Aug Oct July Aug May Sep July June Aug has increasedbymorethan July Acharya Shree Bhikshu May May June 16,000—the highesteverinthe June Government Hospital at Moti lastsix months —owing to the Nagar, where he wasdeclareda rising number of daily infections. Delhi Health Minister Covid suspect afteranantigen Testing underway at ahospital in Defence Colony. Amit Mehra Lastweekalone, Delhi reported Satyendar Jain has been attribut- test.Theyreferredhim to Dr Ram over 6,000 dailycases,barring GURGAONSEESHIGHESTONE-DAYSPIKE ing the rise in dailycases to ag- Manohar Lohia Hospital (RML), Monday (November 2) which gressive contact tracing and but we wishedtoget him admit- Hospital.Butwe decidedtocome hear the matter.“Till then, our Northernrailway andSardarPatel saw4,000 cases. Gurgaon: With964 new month. The number of active ramped up testing facilities.The tedtoaprivate facility,” he said. to GangaRam—wereachedhere hands aretied. We have made Covid Armyhospitals. As of October 26, thecityhad cases, Gurgaon onceagain cases have also jumpedfrom stategovernment also said offi- Consulting the Delhi Corona at4.30amSunday, andthankfully our intent very clear,” said asen- But it is notonlyCovid pa- 25,786 active cases which recordedits highestsingle- 3,522 as of October 31 to cials arenow tracking almost15- App, theyleftfor MGS Super got abed,” saidNarula. ior government official who did tientswho arestruggling. soared to 41,857bySunday. dayjumpinCovid cases 5,183asofSunday. 20 contactsofeachperson who Speciality Hospital at Punjabi Dr Pawan, asenior medical notwanttobenamed. Babloo (42), who worksasa Active cases reflect the number Sunday. Prior to this, the high- With mostofthese pa- has tested positive forCovid-19. Bagh the same night, wherethey officer at RML, said, “Nobedsare Thereare 16,150 bedsfor sweeper and is aresident of of people who arepresentlyin- estnumber of cases stood at tients—4,865 —under home The number wasearlier limited were told bedswerenot avail- available rightnow,itisfull. The Covidpatientsinhospitals, out Mehrauli, took his 41-year-old fected withthe disease. 704onFriday. isolation, officials insistthat to three-four contacts. able. Hospital authorities told app is notreal-time. The situation of which8,064 (50%) areoccu- brother,asafai karamchari Of the total active cases, The number of cases in healthfacilities aresufficient “The pressurehas definitely The Indian Express theydid not at the hospital is dynamic, with piedatthe moment. Of 1,261ICU working forthe municipality,to 24,723 patients areunder home the district has been increas- to dealwiththe surge. gone up. With the government have vacant ICU beds. patientsbeing shiftedbetween bedswith ventilators,only240 Max Super Speciality Hospital, isolation while 8,072are availing ing steadily, with morethan Gurgaon has so farrecorded focusing on aggressivecontact The familythen went to the wardsasper requirement.” (19%) areavailable, while only Saket,onSaturdayafter he vom- treatment in hospitals. 500new cases emerging on 34,742 cases, 29,332 recover- tracing, it has been directed to Khetarpal Hospital, Bali Nagar The Delhi government had 403 out of 2,044 Covid ICU beds ited blood. On Sunday, he said, With an increase in the num- six of the eight days this ies and 227deaths. ENS trace almosteachcontact of (whichdoesnot have Covid facil- filedapetition in theSupreme without ventilatorsare available. “Doctors said he needs an ICU berofdailycases,the pressure those whotestedpositive.But, ities,aspertheapp),andcalledup Courtlastweek,asking it to allow Critical carefacilities are bed but thereisnoavailability till on the healthcaresystemaswell we have been doing this foral- KalraHospital, Kirti Nagar, which itsorder to earmark80% of all ICU largelyfullatmanytop private Mondayafternoon. We don’t as district officials trackingcases fewdays,cases of home isolation October 26,which increasedto mosteight months now; with a also said theydid nothaveany bedsinthe city forCovid patients. hospitals and at afew govern- knowwhat to do.” of home isolation has also dou- have also gone up. 24,723 as of Sunday—ajump rise in the number of cases, it is beds. “Wewent to RMLhospital, Theorder wasstayedbythe Delhi ment-run facilities as well. ICU The hospital said availability bled. While the demand forhos- Therewere16,396patients of morethan 8,300morepa- becoming difficult forall of us,” buteventheretheyhad no beds. High Court. Government officials bedswithventilatorsarenot avail- of bedsisindicated on the Delhi pital bedshas spiked in the last under home isolation on tients. said asenior district official. TheyreferredustoLok Nayak arenow waitingfor the court to ableatGTB, Safdarjung, DUU, Corona app regularly. BRIEFLY Kejriwal lauds people as Delhi records Domestic breeding EV policy to Sevenheldfor be featured sellingcrackers least number of dengue cases in 5years checkers take on NewDelhi:Delhi Police in dialogue has arrested sevenpeople aredirectlyproportional to the and recoveredalmost EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE amount of rain, wateraccumula- multiple roles series 600kilogramsoffire- NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER8 tion. This year,there has hardly crackers since lastweek. been anyrain in Delhi-NCR. Also, On Thursday, theDelhi WHILE THE number of dengue unless anew strain comes up, ABHINAVRAJPUT FROMJAN1-OCT31 EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE government bannedthe casesanddeathsinDelhihasbeen therewill notbeany substantial NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER8 NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER 8 sale and use of all fire- decliningconstantlyinthelastfive riseinthe number of cases. Cases Houses Prosecutions crackers, including green years, this year has seenthe low- peakedin2015,afterwhichthere FORSUNIL Kumar,adomestic sprayed launched DELHI'S NEWElectric Vehicle crackers in Delhi till estcasesand zero deaths. Data hasnotbeenamajorchangeinthe breeding checker(DBC)em- 12,59,877 9,785 (EV) policyisgarnering atten- November 30. Anil Mittal, sharedby theMCDshows thecity virusstrain. People have become ployedbythe South MCD for12 tion internationally with the Additional PRO, said that recorded612 cases of the vector- immuneto thepresentstrainand years, the daystartsaround8am Housevisitstocheck state government being invited sevencases have been borne disease betweenJanuary1 chances of getting infected are whenheclocks his attendance at mosquitobreeding to take part in aseries of dia- registeredsofar.“We and October 31 as compared to low. Wheneverthestrainchanges, the zonal office in Mehrauli. He 1,92,79,067 loguesorganisedbyThe Climate have also booked one 1,069cases and twodeaths dur- caseswillrise.Thestraindoesnot then visitshouses in the area — Group in collaboration with the person forbursting crack- ing the same time lastyear. CM Kejriwal checks formosquitobreeding spots at home have anyspecific cycle, it may distributing awareness pam- Housesfoundpositivefor UN High-LevelClimate ers in Delhi. The accused Chief MinisterArvind changeinayearornextfive years.” phlets,sprayingmedicinesinside mosquitobreeding Champions and the COP26 wascaughtwith 1kgof Kejriwal Sundayattributed the Casesare reportedfrommid- coolers duringsummers, check- 1,03,036 Presidency. firecrackers in theOuter decline to the effortsand initia- “Your participation and soli- as thecampaign ended. JulytoNovember-end.Depending ingfor mosquitogenic breeding Accordingtoofficials, the Northdistrict,” said the tivesofresidentsduring the state darity in the 10-week campaign Thereare four types of on the weather,this maystretch conditionsinwatertanks.The36- Legalnoticesissuedfor event, 'Race to Zero Dialogues: police. Earlier,the police government's 10-week dengue againstdengue has setanexam- dengue strains,with types II and up to mid-December.After the year-old typicallyinspect 50-60 mosquitogenicconditions Launching the global race to had issued 138licences to awareness campaign —‘10 Hafte plebydefeatingthediseaseforthe IV considered to be moresevere massive outbreak in 2015-2016, housesaday.“We put medicines 79,187 zero-emissionmobility',which firecrackershops who 10 Baje 10 Minute’. Under this, second year in arow.Not asingle andrequiring hospitalisation. the government has been focus- in the waterwhere we feel mos- will focus on climate change, metall therequirements people areasked to checktheir deathhasoccurredthistimefrom DrShobhaBroor,formerhead ing moreonawareness cam- quitoes could breed,” he said. will be held virtuallyfrom as prescribed by the houses forstagnantwater at 10 dengue.Isalutethecommitment of thedepartment of microbiol- paigns,whichstartsinMarch,as LikeSunil, around 3,500 sis by the MCD forchecking November 9-19. Delhiisamong Petroleumand Explosives am everySundayfor 10 weeks. of Delhipeople,”tweetedtheCM, ogyat AIIMS, said:“Dengue cases apartofpreventive measures. DBCs areemployedbythe North, mosquitobreeding. With vector- the four cities in theworld to SafetyOrganisation. On Southand EastMCDswhose ef- bornediseases spreading fast in have been invited to sharetheir Sunday, police said that fortshavecontributed to the the national capital, theywere experiences. The Delhi govern- all the licenses have been control of vector-borne diseases engaged round the year.This ment will be represented by suspendedand further Political scientist CP Bhambri dies at 87 in thecapital. year,DBC workers were also di- Jasmine Shah, Vice-Chairperson, action will be takenon Alarge partofSunil’s jobalso verted forCovid control exer- Dialogue, and Development NGTdirections. ENS ing to University of Michigan for JNU,saidhisacademicswaslinked involvesfacinguncooperative res- cisessuchassanitisation and Commission, who is expectedto ARANYASHANKAR hispost-doctoraltrainingin1969- with current affairs: “He had dis- idents whoshutthe door on his door-to-door surveys. explain howthe Delhigovern- NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER8 70.Hehad45yearsof teachingex- cussionsinclass,andalways asked face to avoid being challanedand Budh Ram, vice-president of ment plans to lead the transition PMtounveil perience including in JNU, meeverymorningif Ihadreadthe climbing atop tanksevenifthere the Anti-Malaria Ekta to zero-emission vehicles. statueatJNU RENOWNED POLITICAL scientist University of RajasthaninJaipur, newspaper,ifIwasaware of what arenostairs. “People in some ar- Karamchari Union, said, “Atpres- "Itisbecause of the bold and and Professor Emeritus at and Meerut College. He served as washappening in the political eassaytheyhavenooptionbutto ent, we have been engagedin too ambitious vision of CM Arvind NewDelhi: PrimeMinister Jawaharlal Nehru University Chairpersonof CPSforthreeterms scene...Hewas acommitted sec- storewater as supply is erratic... manyactivities.Indengue con- Kejriwal on pollution andspecif- NarendraModiwill unveil (JNU) CPBhambri (87), known andwasalsoDeanof JNU’sSchool ularistand wascritical of the this is notthe part of our job... but trol, we do fogging,put medi- icallyelectric vehicles,that alife-sizestatue of Swami as muchfor his staunchsecular of Social Sciences from 1984-86. Rightist, Hindutvamovement.” we listenpatiently,”hesaid. cines in nallahs to curbmosquito Delhi’spolicy is being hailedas Vivekanandaatthe and Marxiststance as his roaring CPBhambri. Samim AsgorAli His prominentwork, includ- Retd JNU Prof Anuradha South MCD MayorAnamika breeding. While on Covid duty, an example globally. We hope to JawaharlalNehru laughter,passed away in the ing 25 booksheauthored, wason Chenoy, who wasBhambri’s stu- Mithileshsaid controllingthe we hadtonegotiatealot to enter collaborate, learn and inspire University through video- early hours of Sunday. Indian politics. He focusedespe- dent, said he wasa“friend” to spread of mosquito-borne dis- ahouse... the natureofthe job is cities and regions across India conferencing on One of the founding faculty inrecentdays...hepassedawayat ciallyonHindutvapolitics seen students, had agreat sense of hu- eases has largely been due to the suchthat we tooare at riskofget- and globallytoadopt equally November 12,according members of JNU’s Centrefor 2am.Asateacher, hewentto JNU through acritical lens. mour and aloudlaugh:“... He put effortsofDBC workers: “We ting infected;two DBCworkers ambitious policies to reduce air to JNU Vice-Chancellor M PoliticalStudies,Bhambriwas even on weekends and never In the aftermathofthe 2016 lifeintowhatever he taught us. startedacampaign called‘dar- areinquarantine at present...” pollutionand take action on cli- Jagadesh Kumar.“The un- born in Multan in pre-Partition missedaclass,”his wifeKrishna incident on campus when three His humour wasgreat... Once in waza khatkhato, dengue bha- The workers earn around Rs matechange,” said Shah. veiling of the statue will PakistanonMarch 28, 1933,and Bhambri told TheIndian Express. studentswerearrestedfor sedi- our classroom, onlyone fanwas gao’ over amonthago...under 15,000 permonth. Debaband The policy, enacted in August be precededbyapro- movedtoKanpurwith hisfamily Theirsonstayswiththemattheir tion, Bhambri wasamong those working, so he said—‘let’shave whichDBC workers visited sev- Sharma, aDBC worker employed 2020, aims to makeDelhi theEV gramme on Swami postPartition.Heissurvived by Vasant Kunj home. Their daugh- who spokeagainstthe attack on socialism, put offall thefans’.” eral households even afterthe at Sangam Vihar,said, “Our posts capital of India by inducing Vivekananda," the V-C his wife, son and daughter. terlives in the US with her family. JNU and demandedtheir release. Bhambri wascremated pandemic brokeout...” arenot sanctionedsowedonot 35,000 electronicvehicle pur- said in an officialstate- “He wasbattling pulmonary He did hisBA, MA and PhD Prof Kuldeep Mathur,who Sunday. Avirtual memorial meet In 1996, hundredsofworkers getany facilities likemedical ben- chases in the next year and 5 ment on Sunday. issues foralongtime, it got worse fromAgra Universitybefore mov- taughtwithBhambriinJaipurand by CPS is scheduledfor Monday. were recruited on acontract ba- efit,gazetted leave or abonus.” lakh in the next five years. DDMA allows

busestorunat IN GURGAON fullcapacity tillNov30 Malls, marketsmissout on festivecheer amid coronavirusspike NewDelhi:The DDMA has allowedrunning of amount during festiveseason, it Earlier,the entire familyusedto theywould bereluctant to come. coming out unless theyneed public transportbuses in SAKSHIDAYAL will makeabig difference,” said come to celebrate, nowweare Now, restrictions have been lifted, somethingurgently. They arealso the city with full seating GURGAON,NOVEMBER4 Aman Bajaj, member,MGF seeingonlyoneortwomembers. cinema halls have also opened… apprehensive of being harassed capacity till November Metropolitan Mall Association. At the sametime, people arenot We still have to see howthings by policepersonnelsincethereare 30, officials said Sunday. WITH DIWALI less than aweek At Ambience Mall, an official coming forwindowshopping... progress,” he said. so manyrestrictions about social An order issuedbythe away,and amid aspikeinCovid said, “Wehaven’t reachedthe theyshop and leave,sosales are At markets, however, traders distancing and wearing masks,” chief secretaryonSunday cases, officials of malls and mar- footfall we were seeingpre-lock- increasing. Shopsare alsogiving arealotlessoptimistic. At the saidBabluGupta,president,Sadar stated that the DDMA’s kets said footfall is “verylow”for down, or even this time last year. offers that areattractingpeople.” usuallybusySadar Bazaar, asso- BazaarMarket Association. previous order allowing afestivalseasonascompared to But therehas been asignificant Bajajalso acknowledgedthe ciationmembers saidthefootfall “Around 20%ofshopsthat running of DTCand clus- the same time lastyear.The city improvementcomparedto when increase in footfall in the lastfew is 25% of normal. were on rent had already closed terbuses withfull capac- recorded964cases —the highest we hadre-openedpostlockdown. weeks, attributing this to reduced “The situationismarginally down afterthe lockdown. People ity on trial basis will re- so far—onSunday. We have achievednearly 65-70% restrictions as well as adesire better than twomonths agobut, don’thave jobssowhere willthey main in forceupto “As compared to the festive footfall of what would be normal among people to “goout”. “Malls even today, shopkeepersand have the moneytospend in mar- November 30. PTI season lastyear,footfall is at least on weekends,with 38,000- openedwith alot of restrictions traders cannotmeettheir ex- kets?Weexpect morejob losses 20% lesser. Manyare purchasing 40,000visitors.However, thena- Footfall is very lowfor this timeofthe year,manysaid. Archive earlier,interms of staff, timing. penses… 90%of smalltraders are afterDiwali…Itisunlikelythesit- items online… 20% is abig tureofclientelehaschangedabit. When people read about all this, operatingataloss.People arenot uationwillimprovesoon,”hesaid.

New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,NOVEMBER9,2020 GOVT &POLITICS 5

Acceptresult withhumility, no 1,100candidates FERRY SERVICE INAUGURATED IN GUJARAT had criminal firing in air: RJDtosupporters antecedents: EC DELHI CONFIDENTIAL simple manner and asked sup- trol, humilityand grace. NewDelhi: Over1,100candidates DIPANKARGHOSE porters nottogather at his resi- Inappropriatefireworks,firing in withcriminal antecedents con- PATNA,NOVEMBER8 dence on thatday.Counting of the air,improper behaviour tested the BiharAssemblypolls, votespolledintheAssemblypolls againstopponentsand their sup- according from the EC. ADAY aftermultipleexit polls is on November 10. porters will notbeaccepted...” Atotal of 3,733 candidates gave theMahagatbandhanan On Sunday,the RJD’s Asenior RJD leader were in the fray,according to the edge in the Bihar Assemblyelec- official handle tweeted, said, “Themessageisto dataputoutby theEConSaturday, tions, the RJD told itssupporters “All supporters of RJD our supporters to re- afterthelastphaseof pollingcon- Sundaytoaccept“whateverthe should remember: mind them that we cluded. Following aSupreme result” with “humility and grace” Whateverresultscomeon have to be happy, but Court directioninFebruarythis andsaidincidentsof“inappropri- 10 November,atthe core peaceful. Even if we year,the EC hadinMarch asked atefireworksandfiring intheair” of our politics, itstarget DECISION win, thereisalong way politicalpartiesto justifywhythey The RoPaxferry service between Haziraand Ghogha was would notbeaccepted. and direction is public 2020 to go... and we are chose candidates with acriminal launchedonSunday. Hanif Malek The party alsosaidsenior serviceand public better- BIHAR awarethe Opposition history to contestelections. The leaderandChief Ministerialcandi- ment andwill always be.” willbewaitingforaslip Bihar elections were thefirstfull- BACK TO BATTLEGROUND dateTejashwi Yadavhad decided It added, “Whatever the re- up... It is important forthe cadre fledgedpollsinwhich such details to celebratehis birthdayon sultsonNovember10,wehaveto and supporters to knowthis is of their candidatesweremade WITHAICCin-charge of BiharShaktisinhGohildownwithCovid, Monday—November 9—ina acceptthemwithcompletecon- what Tejashwi Yadavwants.” publicbyparties. PTI PM:Shipping the Congress has rushedRandeepSurjewala backtoPatna for the coordination on counting dayand after. Surjewalareturned fromPatnalastweekafterspendingoveramonththere.Heisone of the Congress leaders who has direct access to Rahul Gandhi. ABihar poll singularity, Plurals chief SeniorpartyleaderAvinashPande,itisheard,hasalsobeenasked ministryto to rushtoPatnaonMonday. With mostexit polls predicting an edge forthe Opposition alliance, the Congress campisupbeat. is counting on age, agenda, ambition BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION electionswere stilldistant,sheap- berenamed ANKITADWIVEDIJOHRI 57.05%TURNOUT pearedinfull-page newspaperad- ON SUNDAY,asLal Krishna Advani turned93, Prime Minister NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER8 FORBIHARPOLLS:EC vertisementsinDelhi,announc- NarendraModi,HomeMinisterAmitShahandBJPpresidentJP ing her political party and herself environment... but work with a Nadda visited his residence together to greethim.Theyspent IN AN ELECTION whereyouths NewDelhi:Alargerproportion aBihar CM candidate. KAMAALSAIYED holistic approach in this direc- some time with him and Modi cut achocolatecakeand fedthe and their aspirations took centre of voterscasttheirvotesinthe Her father Vinod Choudhary SURAT,NOVEMBER8 tion waspossible onlyafter party veteran. An emotional Advani gave apiece to thePrime stage, Pushpam PriyaChoudhary Bihar Assemblyelections this is aformer JD(U) MLC, and her 2014,” he said. Ministerand others. “It is always adelighttospend time with had justthe rightcredentials — time despitethe pandemic. eldersisterissettledinBritain.“In PRIME MINISTER Narendra “These rivers and the sea did him.Forkaryakartaslikeme,AdvaniJi’ssupportandguidancere- age(33), political lineage(family According to the Election Darbhanga,myliferevolved Modi has said the MinistryOf notemerge afterModi became main invaluable. His contributions to nation building areim- linkstoChief Minister Nitish Commission,thefinalturnout aroundhomeandschool.InPune Shipping will be renamedto the prime minister... theywere mense,”Moditweeted. Kumar), qualification (a London was57.05percent,asopposed formyMBA,Irealised howpoor MinistryofPorts,Shipping and always there... but this vision School of Economics education) to 56.66percentin2015.Chief the perception of people from Waterways to bring more“clar- wasnot there... that the country and promises (80 lakh jobs,mak- Election Commissioner Sunil Bihar is. Later,when Iwent to ity” in the work it does. startedexperiencing after COUNTING COUNTDOWN ing Bihar Europeby2030). Arorathis week had cited the study in the UK, Isaw howstrong He wasspeaking at the inau- 2014...” said the PM. Beyond that, Choudhary Choudhary aftercasting her successful conduct of the theirsystemsare,howequaltheir guration of the RoPaxferry serv- The ferryservice is slated to WITH SEVERAL exit polls predicting asetbackfor NDAinBihar, hardly playedbythe books. She vote,withmother. Express Bihar polls to urge others to societyis. Iwantthe same ice between HazirainSurat and reduce the distance between thereseem to be murmurs in the BJP.Party leadersare calling namedher outfit Plurals Party, to holdelections on time. ENS forBihar.” GhoghainBhavnagar districton Surat and Ghogha from 375km each other to blame ticketdistribution, the caste combination denote acaste-less inclusiveness Choudharyclaims to have Sunday. to 90 km and reducethe travel planandtheinitialstrategytokeepdistancefromChief Minister and“progressive politics”, desig- Choudharyhas 148candidates in raisedmoneyforhercampaignby Speaking at the event via time of 10-12hours to NitishKumar.Whileonesectionisoftheview thatfightingalone nated herselfthe CM candidate, the race, 35 of them as Department forawhile.) crowdfunding and pickedcandi- video-conferencing, he credited four hours. “In ayear,around would have helpedthe party,others sayconfusion within the ditchedIndianoutfitsforWestern Independentsafter PluralsParty In fact,Choudharyclaims, she dates after“rigorous interviews his government forrealisingthe 80,000 passenger vehicles and alliance has been damaging. Adefeat would be badnewsfor wearshewascomfortablein,was could notregisterintimefor the setthe agenda forthe polls.“The and background checks”. The potential of sea routes and re- 20,000 trucks will take benefit partychief JPNadda,whoisto leadtheBJPintoelectionsinWest aprominentpresence on social firstphase.Bankipur (held by the so-calledyoung leaders started PluralsPartysays ithasapresence sources in the countryand em- of the newservice...Farmerscan Bengal, Assam, TamilNaduand Kerala next year.Party insiders media with professionally-shot BJP)registeredadismal35.9%vot- talking about jobsand develop- in alldistricts, with “thousands of phasising on “vocal forlocal” as easilyferry their productsaswell said therecouldbecalls forintrospection if theexit pollpredic- photographs, cites Gandhi and ing, among the lowest in these ment, and notcaste,after Icame workers”.Butthe pollsdidstretch the mantrafor celebrating as cattle to Surat and south tions cometrue. Shakespeareinthe same sen- elections. intothe picture… One (Tejashwi theirresources, Choudharysays. Diwali with local products. Gujarat. Forbusinessmen from tence, countsMartin Luther King But,havingspentthepastfour Yadav) has been the deputy CM, “It is asystemofelimination, “This(RoPaxferry)isthe di- Surat, it will be easier to reach apartfromSubhas ChandraBose months in public meetings, she the other (Chirag Paswan) an MP. meant forbig parties...” wali gift to the Gujarati people. Saurashtra,” said Modi. as her hero, and she chose the tells TheIndian Express over the Agedoesnot makeone young.” About whether she “fitsin” The long-time dream of the peo- Modi addedthat to become Bihar’s Darbhanga airport begins ops Bankipurseatto contestfrom,de- phone from Patna, whereshe OnNovember7, aftervotingin intoBiharpolitics,the33-year-old ple of Saurashtraand Surathas ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ (Self-re- spiteanother high-profile scion stays onherown,sheisconfident. Darbhangainthe lastphase, she says,“Youdismisssomethingyou been fulfilledtoday, throughthis liant India), it wasimportant to Darbhanga: The Darbhangaair- forDelhi with180 passengers. (ShatrughanSinha’ssonLuv)try- “I am the onlyone talking about told reporters. “Wewillwin,we arescared of. Only misogynists ferryservice,” he said. boostthe “blue economy” and port in north Bihar beganoper- Darbhangawill be connected by ingtomakehis debut from there real issues… EverywhereIwent, willformthe government, and andcorruptpeopleare dismissive “Be it sea routeorriver route, strengthen sea-basedlogistics ations on Sunday. flightstoDelhi, Mumbai and along with athree-time BJP MLA, peopletold me no leader has therewill be no coalition...” of me...” Come November 10, India has no shortage of re- “because in oureconomy, the As the firstaircraftlandedat Bengaluru, officials said. Flights an OxfordUniversityalumnus come to meet them...Ihaveseen Thisconfidencewaswhatfirst Choudharysays,the resultswill sources or expertise. It is also maximumburden of expendi- the airportfromBengaluru, it will be operatedbySpicejetun- and 18 others. the system from within, Iknow brought Choudhary to notice “surprise everyone”. known that transportation by tureisonlogistics. With water wasgiven thecustomarywater der the Centre’s regional con- It’saday aftercampaigningfor theproblems.”(Sheworkedinthe wheneightmonthsago,onMarch FULLREPORTON sea is farcheaper than by road or transport,costoflogisticscan be salute. The aircraftthentook off nectivity scheme ‘Udan’. PTI allthe phases in Biharhas ended. Bihar Health and Tourism 8(Women’sDay),whentheBihar www.indianexpress.com rail and does littledamagetothe substantiallyreduced...”

ADVERTORIAL National Legal Services Day

First celebrated in 1995, National Legal Services Day aims to educate the weaker sections of our society regarding the various provisions under the Legal Services Authorities Act and the right of the litigants Celebratedevery year on 9th November, the National Legal ServicesDay (NLSD) is aday to spread legal awareness as well as providefree legal aid and advice to the poor and weaker sectionsofour society, so as to ensure fair and reasonable justice for all. These free legalservices are provided in matters beforeCivil, Criminal and Revenue Courts, Tribunals or any other authority exercising judicial or quasi-judicial function. Commemorating the enactmentofthe Indian Legal Services Authorities Act 1987, which came into force on 9thNovember1995, thisday was first started by theSupreme CourtofIndia in 1995. The day aims to educate citizens about the various provisionsunder theLegal Services Authorities Act and the right of the litigants.Under the LegalServices Authorities Act, 1987,the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) was constituted to establishanationwide uniform network forproviding free andcompetent legal services to the weaker sectionsofour society, which may include women, disabled persons, Scheduled Tribes, children, Scheduled Castes, human trafficking victims as well as natural calamities victims. On this day, avariety of legal literacy camps, legal aid camps and programmes are organized at many places in the capital city of the country. People from all walks of life take part in the functions and camps related to the Legal Services Day. It is unique effort to promote settlements of disputes through Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Mechanisms. This is ainitiative by Vivekananda School of Law and Legal Studies to raise public awareness about the significance of LegalServices Day.

INDIAN LEGAL ServicesAuthoritiesAct, Vivekananda School of LaL w and Legal Studies 1987 came into forceon9th Novem- ber,1995.Commemorating the same,Na- IVEKANANDA School of Law and Legal tional LegalServices Dayisobserved on Studies (VSLLS) is adepartment under 9th November every year.Access to Justice VVivekananda Institute of Professional Stud- is sine quanon for ensuring reasonable, ies (VIPS).It is committed to realising the words of fair and just procedure for all the citizens. Swami Vivekananda: “Man Making, Character No one should be priced out of the legal Building,and NationBuilding”. system becauseofrupee considerations. Dr.R.Venkata Rao VIPS is affiliated to Guru GobindIndraprastha Remedial jurisprudenceisasimportant as Chairperson,VSLLS University,recognised by Bar CouncilofIndia and rights jurisprudence.The avowed objective of theNational Legal UGC undersection2(f), with NAAC ‘A’accredita- ServicesDay is to providehelpand support to weaker sections of society tion.Itiswellknown for its robust efforts in legal by increasing theawareness of free legal aid and to spread legalliteracy education. It has produced more than 10 gold Dr.Rashmi Salpekar, Dean, VSLLS among the weaker sections.The Constitutional Mandateofsecuring medallists,more than 35 judicial officers, and years under Case StudyManualSeries.Thesecase ‘Justice toAll’ is thus sought to be fulfilled. lawyers placed with highlyreputedindustries,law study manuals cover excerpts of landmark and firms,and senior advocates in governmentand recent judgements pronounced by the Supreme ACCESS TO justice is constitutional man- non-governmentestablishments since itsincep- Court.Further,VSLLS has started publishingade- date,legislativeimperative, aright and not a tion, in the year 2000.VSLLSiscurrently running scriptive study on Parliament sessions covering Governmental charity.Inacountry where the B.A.LL.B.,B.B.A.LL.B.,and LL.M.in Corporate the bills introduced and passed in the Parliamentin legal systemisfactuallyunapproachable, Law andADRprogrammes in itsown hi-tech,Wi- one year.The lawstudentsassistthe editorial terribly cumbersome and expensively dila- Fi enabled campus in Delhi.Students with higher teamofone more publication of VIPS called the tory,acommitment to promote justice on rank in CET(conductedbythe GGSIP University) “VIPSStudent LawReview”journal. basisofequal opportunity andinparticu- prefer taking admission inVIPS. Oneofthe biggest strengths ofVIPS is its faculty lar free legal aid under Legal services Au- Student-centric teaching-learning members having distinguished academic achieve- thorities Act, 1987 is laudable.Following process, methods and Infrastructure ments to their credit.They have expertiseintradi- thecallofDrJustice AS Anand, former Dr.TSubba Rao Contemporary legal education is essentiallya tionaland contemporary law, including transna- Chief JusticeofIndia, November 9has Professor Emeritus, multi-disciplined and multi-purposeeducation tionalareas of law.Students are encouraged to come to be celebrated by all the Legal Ser- VSLLS system. It aims to prepare the professionalsfor undertakeresearchprojects under the guidance of viceAuthoritiesasLegal ServicesDay.The objectives set would go along multi-tasking roles as future lawyers, judges,pol- the faculty members. waytoachieve parameters set by SustainableDevelopment Goal –16. icymakers,publicofficials,legislators, advisorsto Interface with Industry and Society the industries and more.Therefore,VSLLShas not Considering the importance of synergy be- remained confined within the framework of the tween the law educationsector and industryand prescribed curriculum.The value-added courses, stakeholders in society,theVIPS creates opportu- bridge courses and various professional skills de- nitiesfor young mindsoflaw students to seethe velopment activitiesfocus on the activitiesto world. It invitesvarious academic experts and teach and enhance the skills of critical thinking, professionals from Indiaand abroad andalsoor- drafting,and mooting amongst the students.The ganises extension visits aiding theVIPS students to academic and non-academic infrastructure of get opportunities to interact with the professional VIPS supports multi-dimensional teaching world. method. Additionally,students engage in community Students of Vivekananda School of Law and Legal Research and Publications services through legal aid services and the NSS. Studies, VIPS, Delhi conducting an awareness programme about legal aid at aneighbourhood VIPS provides aconduciveatmosphere forre- They also collaborate withthe NGOs. In this way, government school in 2019 searchand publications. VSLLS has published the studentsknowthe ground-level issues and thirty-two Case Study Manuals in less than two contribute to constructive work forthe society.

New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 6 GOVT &POLITICS THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,NOVEMBER9,2020

‘Land encroachment’: Sonia sends AGstickstostand,doesn’tgiveconsent congratulatory Computer Baba held, letters to Biden, his ashram demolished forcontemptproceedingsagainstJagan Harris; looks forward to close IRAMSIDDIQUE cise statutorilyconferred discre- waswidelybeing reportedby lawyer had submitted afresh re- BHOPAL,NOVEMBER8 EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE tion notonlytodetermine the press,” he said. quest. In 2016,the lawyer had India-US ties NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER8 YS whether particular statements Venugopalsaid that “hence filedaPIL seeking the setting up NAMDEO TYAGI, aself-styled Jaganmohan or conduct would be prima facie thereisnoreason formeto of special courts to decide cases godman who is also popularly ATTORNEY GENERAL KK Reddy contumacious, but also as to ex- changemymind”. But the AG involving legislators within one EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE known as Computer Baba and Venugopal has declinedarequest amine if it would be in larger wrotethat his rejection “does year and debar those convicted NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER8 served as aMinisterofState un- to reconsider his decision refus- public interesttoplace the mat- notpreclude”Upadhyay “from from contestingelectionsfor life. der the Kamal Nath-led ing consenttoinitiatecontempt The AG conveyedhis decision terfound contumacious before bringing these factstothe notice Hearingthis petition on CONGRESS PRESIDENT Sonia Congress government, wason proceedings againstAndhra in alettersent Saturday to the Supreme Courtbyway of a of” the Supreme Court“with a September 16,abenchheaded Gandhi on Sundaysent congrat- Sundayplaced under preventive PTI Pradesh Chief MinisterYS AdvocateAshwini Kumar contempt petition”. prayer forinitiation of suo motu by Justice Ramana had asked ulatoryletters to US President- arrest with the Indoredistrict ad- AuthoritiesdemolishTyagi’s Jaganmohan Reddy and his Upadhyaywho had soughtthe The AG said he had watched action”. High CourtChief Justices to con- elect Joe Biden and Vice ministration demolishing Tyagi’s ashram in IndoreonSunday. Principal Advisor Ajeya Kallam consent. “Giventhat the Chief the video of the press conference Upadhyayhad earlier ap- stituteaspecial benchtomoni- President-elect Kamala Harris ashram that wasallegedlybuilt over Reddy’s letter to Chief Justice Justice of India is seizedofthe by Kallam on October10, when proachedthe AG seeking per- torthe progress of trial of crimi- fortheir victory in the US elec- on encroached land. of India SABobde levelling vari- matter,itwouldnot be appropri- the letter wasreleasedtothe missiontoinitiatecontempt, nal cases againstsitting and tions.India, Gandhi said, looks Tyagi, along with hissix as- Nath government, as “gaddaar”. ous allegations againstSupreme atefor me to grant consent and media. “I find that nothing extra stating that Reddy’s October 6 former legislators and to “forth- forwardtoaclose partnership sociates, washeld under section Accordingtoofficials from CourtJustice NVRamana and AP preclude the determination of wassaid other than what wasal- letter and itssubsequentrelease with”listall suchcases which with the US under the leadership 151ofthe CrPCtoprevent any the Indore districtadministra- High Courtjudges. the Chief Justice of India on the ready thereinthe letter,which to themedia by Kallam “scan- have been stayed anddecide of Biden and Harris. lawand ordersituation, said DIG tion,about46acres of landwas Venugopal said, however, matter,” theAGwrote. wasaddressedtothe Chief dalise the authority of the whether the stayshould con- In her letter to Biden,Gandhi (Indore) Harinarayan Chari allotted to Jamudi Hapsi gram that it is “open to the Supreme He also said in the letter that Justice. The letter releasedtothe Supreme Courtand theHigh tinue or not. praisedhim forhis stress on heal- Mishra. panchayatonthe outskirts of Court to take up the matter of “contempt is amatter between press and enclosed in your orig- Courtaswell as interferingwith It wasafter this orderthat ing divisions, saying the Indian Tyagi wasappointedasthe Indorefor the construction of a contempt suo motu as provided Courtand conternnor,and no inal requestfor consent was the course of judicial proceed- proceedings in adisproportion- peopleshare the concern. chairman of ariver trustduring gaushala in 2000.However, by the Contempt of CourtsAct” personasofright caninsist upon thereforethe subject matterof ings and the administration of ateassets case againstReddy re- “Weweregreatly reassured the Congress tenureand was Tyagi constructed an ashram on since“the very cruxofthe al- the initiation of contempt pro- the contempt.Nowhere,isthe justice”. sumedinaCBI Special Courtin by your measured speeches, also giventhe status of minister twoacres and allegedly en- leged contemptlies in thecon- ceedings”. letter... markedconfidential. In The AG had turneddown Hyderabad on October 9. The stress on healing divisions by theShivraj Singh Chouhan- croachedonnearly 40 acres of tentsofthe letter written by” Venugopalsaid as Attorney other words, the letter cannotbe Upadhyay's requestonnext day, Kallam made public the among the ledBJP government, but he the total land. Reddy to the CJI. General, he is “required to exer- described as aprivate missive.It November 2following whichthe Chief Minister’s letter to theCJI. people, and joinedthe Congress ahead of the “Wehad receivedcomplaints promotion of bypolls on 28 seatsinMadhya from the panchayatbasedon gender and Pradesh. He has been critical of whichanoticewas issued about racial equality, the BJP government and alleged twomonths agotowhichthe Amarinder speaks to Shah, again global cooper- thattheywereinvolvedinsand- ashram authorities failedtore- ation and sus- mining. He alsolaunchedacam- spond,and subsequently the tainable devel- paign forthe Congress terming demolition wascarriedout,” assures smooth train movement opment of all Sonia the 22 MLAs, who had switched IndoreCollector ManishSingh countries,” she Gandhi sidesbringingdownthe Kamal told TheIndian Express. The CM also said the agitat- said. “The EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ingfarmershavenot disturbed Indian people CHANDIGARH,NOVEMBER8 peace in anypartofPunjab. sharethese concerns and we are SALUTE THE SOLDIER Reiterating his earlier assur- confidentthat Indiaand the AMID THE prolonged suspen- ance to Railway MinisterPiyush United States will continue to CAPT GURJINDER SINGH SURI, MVC sion of train servicestoPunjab, Goyal, Amarinder told Shah he work together...” she added. (POSTHUMOUS) Chief Minister Amarinder Singh had directed the Punjab Police to Afarmers’ union protests againstcorporategroups outside a The letter is interesting as the (04 JUL 1974 -09NOV 1999) Sundaysaid he had sought extend allsupport to the Railway Ludhiana mall on Sunday. GurmeetSingh Congress,particularly former CAPT GURJINDERSINGH SURI, MAHAVIR Union Home MinisterAmit CM AmarinderSingh and Protection Force(RPF) in provid- party chief Rahul Gandhi, had CHAKRA LAID DOWN HIS LIFE WHILE FIGHTING Shah’s intervention in the issue. Union MinisterAmit Shah ing security on the tracks and slammedPrime Minister AGAINST ENEMY SOLDIERS DURING "OPERA- Amarinder,who spoketo platforms. NarendraModifor virtuallyen- TION BIRSA MUNDA" IN J&K WHILE ON ATTACH- Shah on Saturday,reiterated his He said it wasthe joint re- Farmers’ stir forces closure dorsing President Donald MENT WITH 12 BIHAR. IN THE TRUEST TRADITION OF THE assurance of smooth and safe Goods trains had resumed sponsibility of the central and Trump’s re-election bid at the INDIAN ARMY,CAPT GURJINDER SINGH SURI DISPLAYED CON- SPICUOUS BRAVERY, EXCELLENT PRESENCE OF MIND AND movement forgoodstrains in brieflyafter farmer unions on stategovernments to ensurethat of firm’s stores in Punjab mall 'Howdy Modi' event in Texaslast EXTRAORDINARYJUNIOR LEADERSHIP BY KILLING THREE the state. He said thereare no October 21 announcedexempt- the train services areresumedat year.Rahulhad Saturday DREADED ENEMY SOLDIERS PERSONALLY. HE WILL ALWAYS lawand orderconcerns to pre- ing them from their “rail roko” the earliest. three farm laws,soweare tweetedcongratulating both BE REMEMBERED AND MISSED BY ALL OF US IN THE ARMY vent the resumption of the serv- stir but the Railways suspended The state, said the chief min- RAAKHIJAGGA protestingagainst them,” said Biden and Harris, afternews of ORDNANCE CORPS FOR HIS SUPREME SACRIFICE AND GAL- icestofacilitate the supplyofes- them again, claiming farmers ister, is closelyengaged with LUDHIANA,NOVEMBER8 Saudagar Singh Ghudani, district their victorybroke. LANT ACT. sential commodities in Punjab were still blocking the tracks. farmer organisations to per- president, Bharti Kisan Union Sonia wrotetothe President- THE DG OS &COLONEL COMMANDANT AND and neighbouring states, includ- Amarinder said he informed suade them to lifttheir blockade PROTESTINGAGAINST thecen- (Ugrahan). Ghudani said dhar- elect:“Under your wise and ma- ALL RANKS OF THE AOC ing Himachal Pradesh, Ladakh Shah that the security concerns completely to allowpassenger tral farm laws,farmersinPunjab nas arealso continuing outside tureleadership, we look forward and Jammu &Kashmir,all of could be serious forthe nation if trains toosothatPunjabis, in- Sundaystarted an indefinite another 10 stores of corporate to aclosepartnershipthatwill whichare “suffering colossal essential supplies did notreach cluding the 1.5lakh soldiers sta- dharna outside amall at houses in Amritsar,Fazilka, be beneficial to peace and devel- losses” due to the suspension of the armedforces in Ladakhand tionedinvarious places, could Ludhiana-Ferozepur road and Sunam, Mansa,and Bathinda. opment in our region and trains. the Valleybefore snowfall due to come home forDiwali. forced closure of four stores of a BKU (Ugrahan) general sec- around the world,” she added. The Railwayshas declinedto the Railways’ decision. Punjab BJP president corporatehouse there. The farm- retary SukhdevSingh Kokrikalan In her letter to Harris, Sonia resume services in Punjab, say- He sought to counter the Ashwani Sharma, meanwhile, ersalsoquestioned the contin- said if farmers arenot heard, praisedthe “unwavering ing it will either operateboth “misinformation” being spread wrotetoAmarinder saying even uedsuspension of train services, theywillhavetointensify the courage” with whichshe fought (Capt Gurjinder (L/NkBirendraN (Sep Manoj (Sep Birendra freight and passenger trains or on this countand said alltracks afterRailwayBoardchairman R saying theyhad vacated all protests.Kokrikala alsoaccused the elections and expressedthe Singh Suri, athTiwari) Kumar,VrC) Kumar) MVC) none. have been clearedby farmers for KYadavhad said that the tracks days ago. the Centreof“defaming” farm- hope that the Vice President- Train services in Punjab have movement of freighttrains. The Railways wasreadytoresume “Wegot four stores of acor- ers over train services in Punjab. elect will strengthen the friend- ON THIS AUSPICIOUS DAY, WE PAYHOMAGE TO OUR COL- LEAGUES OF 12 BIHAR, WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE been suspendedsince situation on the ground is totally servicesanytime afterthe gov- poratehouseclosedand have "Wehavelifteddharna from all ship betweenUSand India. Sonia ON 9NOV 1999, WHILE BEATING BACK INTRUDERS WHO September 24,when farmers peacefuland conducive to safe ernment clears tracks,the startedindefinitedharna outside thetracks, but still Railwayshas also hailedHarris' success as a DARED TO SET FOOT ON OUR MOTHERLAND ON THE LOC IN startedtheir “railroko” agitation transportation of goods,hetold Punjab CM had continuedplay- the mall. The Centre is support- refusedtorun the trains,” he “triumph forBlackAmericans J&K. THEIR FORTITUDE, RAWCOURAGE, TEAM SPIRIT AND againstthe centralfarm laws. Shah. ing “anti-people politics”. ing corporates by enacting the said. and Indian Americans”. PROFESSIONALISM DEFEATED THE ATTEMPT AND CONTINUES TO SERVE AS AN INSPIRATION FOR US. WE, THE FRATERNITY OF THE VEER BIHARISSALUTE THEM. THE BIHAR REGIMENT ASSOCIATION Uttarakhand weighs denotifying elephant reserve 09 NOV cuss this. That area will remain a pansion of the airport.The forest On this day 5042033F Rfn Siri Bahadur Thapa of LALMANIVERMA reserveforestevenafter denoti- The matter,officials conservationdivisionofMoEF 5/1 Gorkha Rifles made the supreme sacrifice DEHRADUN,NOVEMBER8 fication as an elephantreserve. said, will be raised has made the observation in re- during 'OP PAWAN' Srilanka in Nov 1987 in atrue It willnot makeany big differ- sponse to astategovernment act of valour.The brave soldier will always be THE UTTARAKHAND govern- ence.” The official said an ele- before the state proposal fordiversion of 87 remembered for his enthusiasm. To this brave ment is considering denotifying phant reservehas “no legal sanc- WildlifeAdvisory hectareofforestland forthe heart we pledge that we shall always be guided by RFN SIRI the Shivalik Elephant Reserve. tity”. Boardfor discussionin project. BAHADUR his immortal spirit and make his name proud. The matter,officialssaid, will be The official said the Shivalik In alettertothe stateForest THAPA CO AND ALL RANKS, 5/1 GORKHA RIFLES raised before the stateWildlife Elephant Reserve, spread over itsnextmeeting. Department, MoEFsaid,“…The AdvisoryBoard fordiscussion in 5,000 sq km, wasnotifiedin entireproposedforestareafor itsnextmeeting. 2002, diversion falls within the Shivalik If theboardgives an in-prin- Another official said an ele- The official denied this mat- Elephant Reserve and elephant Classifieds cipleapproval, adetailedpro- phant reserveisunlikeatiger re- terhas anyconnectionwiththe corridors within its1km radius. posal willbetaken up and the servewherethereare certain re- expansion of the JollyGrant air- Moreover, the notifiedKansora- matter communicated to the strictions and provision of port in Dehradun. BarkotElephant Corridor is lo- PERSONAL PUBLIC NOTICE That My client Sumit Bajaj R/O MinistryofEnvironment, Forest punishment forviolatingthem. The MoEF lastmonth asked cated within5km radius.The I, Mohammad Saadullah S/o 16/96 Geeta Colony,Delhi-31, debarred and disowned his Grand and ClimateChange(MoEF). “Certain formalities of obtaining the Uttarakhand government to stategovernment shouldcon- Mohammad AsadullahR/o Mother Smt. Nirmala Devi, Father Asenior forest department clearances fordevelopment consider avoiding sensitive areas sider avoiding thesesensitivear- 390/228, 2nd Floor,Gali No -15, Mr.Rajesh Kumar Bajaj, Mother Smt. Anju Bajaj and Brother Mr. official told The Indian Express, work will getreducedafter de- of Shivalik Elephant Reserve eas and explorealternative Gaffar Manzil,Jamia Nagar, Amit Bajaj with respect to all New Delhi -110025 have movable and immovable “The statewildlifeboardwill dis- notification,” the official said. while exploring land forthe ex- lands.” changed my name to Md properties and inheritance of my client within India or in any country Saadullah. 0070720089-1 and my client has served all his relations with them and he is, not I Mayuree Bagchi W/O, Nikhil responsible for their acts or any Diwakar Sharma R/o60-a, kind of dealing with them. Satyam Enclave,Jhilmil, Dda RAHUL KAPOOR ADVOCATE Lig Fats, Delhi-110095 have X-1/108, (F.F.) WHS., NARAINA, NEW DELHI-110028 changed my name to Mayuree Sharma forall purposes. 0040554233-1 I, Jyoti Shukla W/o. Virender Shukla R/o. 3/599, Dakshinpuri, Ambedkar Nagar have changed my name to Urmila Shukla for all future purposes. 0040554105-1 I,hitherto known as Kavita Goswami,Daughter and,wife of Late.MN Goswami and Gp Capt Anil Bhatnagar employed as seniorMedical Officer in the IndianAir Force,Residing at,SP-22,Subroto-Park,New Delhi-110010,have changed my nameand shall hereafter be known as Kavita Goswami Bhatnagar. 0040554237-4 I, Ravinder S/oSh. Narender, R/oWZ-709, Badiyal, Palam Village, New Delhi-110045 have changed my name to Ravinder Solanki for all purpose. 0040554195-1 LOST & FOUND “It is notified for the information that my original qualifying examination certificates of main, secondary examination of year 2008 and Roll no. 5223009 and senior secondary examination of year 2010 and Roll No. 5710847 issued by CBSEhave been actually lost.Name of the candidate Shibun Dash, S/o Durga Charan Dash R/o: C-403, Homes 121, Sector-121, Noida 201307. Mob. 9582999594”. 0040554217-1

New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,NOVEMBER9,2020 7 EXPRESS NETWORK

BRIEFLY ABETMENT TO SUICIDE CASE Arnab shifted to Taloja jail, police Cadremergerofofficers: say he used phoneincustody Rlyconsidersselection

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Naik owed money to 2held Haryana Home MUMBAI,NOVEMBER8 panelfortopposts Minister Anil Vij with Arnab:initial probe REPUBLIC TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami wasshiftedto of abetment to suicide. ing lawsuitsagainstthe move. Taloja Central Prison in Navi MOHAMEDTHAVER The 25-page investigationre- AVISHEKGDASTIDAR ED Asperthenewproposalbeing HARYANA Resistance MUMBAI,NOVEMBER8 port, submittedto the magistrate NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER8 Mumbai on Sundaymorning forces considered,appointmentstoall Govtforms from amakeshiftCovid-19quar- court,hadformedthe basisof the PLAIN 650-oddgeneralposts orex-cadre E rethink ● antinecentreinAlibaug foral- THE INVESTIGATION reportsub- closurereportfiledlastApril. THE RAILWAYMinistryisrecon- EX posts in the Indian Railways SITtoprobe legedly using acellphone. On his wayfromaquarantine mittedby InspectorSureshVarade, Accordingto thereport,while sideringaplanto mergeeightdif- would be thrownopen to selec- ‘liquordeaths’ Goswami, who wasarrested centre. NarendraVasker whoinitially probedthe2018 sui- AnvayowedShaikhandSarda,all ferent cadres of serving Group A OFFICERSFROMthree tion by apanel. Apartfrom onNovember4forallegedlydriv- cidecaseinwhichArnabGoswami dues owed to hisConcorde officersto formacommonsenior- services who arepicked Chairman and members of the Chandigarh: ASpecial ing interior designer AnvayNaik wasarrestedlastweek, had said Designs Private Limited (CDPL) ity listofofficers.Under anew through UPSC entrance Railway Board,GeneralManagers, Investigation Team (SIT) to take hisown life in Alibaug in saulted at the quarantine centre. “I that interior designer AnvayNaik, were because of incomplete or plan, appointments to all general and aregenerally older Additional GMs and Divisional hasbeen formedtolook 2018,was sent to the quarantine am notallowedtospeak to my whodiedbysuicide,owedmoney poorquality of work. or “ex-cadre” posts,inwhichan had protestedagainsta Railway Managersfall in this cat- into40deaths across centreinamunicipal school run lawyers,my lifeisunderthreat.Iwas to thetwo other men who have Of the Rs 5.75 croretobepaid officer from anydepartment can cadremerger, fearing it egory. Haryana recentlydue to by thelocalprisonauthorities.The pushedandassaultedthismorning. been arrested along with the to Anvayaspertheworkorder,the be posted(Chairman, Railway would hit their promo- Sources said officers will con- suspectedconsumptionof policehadseizedhiscellphoneaf- At 6o’clock,they woke meup,they Republic TVeditor-in-chief. reportstatedthat Goswami's Board, forexample), might now tion prospectscompared tinueto getthepromotionsdueto spurious liquor.Haryana terplacinghim under arrest. saidtheywillnotletmespeaktothe The reportconcludedthat companyARG OutlierpaidRs5.21 be decidedbyapanel. to theircounterparts. them within the departmentsin Home MinisterAnil Vij Inspector Jamil Shaikh of the lawyers.Pleasetellthepeopleofthe therewas no evidencetoindicate crore, and Rs 41 lakh to vendors. The Indian Express had re- their respective cadresaspartof said the SIT will also in- Raigaddistrictpolice’sLocalCrime country, my lifeisunder threat. My abetment to the suicide, and “It appears from the documents portedinAugustaproposal to natural career progression. quireintothe reasons and Branchsaid thatGoswami had lifeisindanger,pleasetellthecourts Anvaytookhislife,ashehadbeen thatRs13lakh, whichisless than openupthesetoppoststo aselec- though no formal target is cur- However, theycan also choose to sources of spurious liquor. usedamobile phone inside the to helpme.TellthecourtthatIhave under financial strain forsix or eightpercent,wasowedtoCDPL,” tion process irrespectiveofcadre, rentlybeing followed. compete forex-cadrepostswhen- “The SITisempoweredto quarantine centre. “He usedthe been beaten in jail.” sevenyears. It addedthat Anvay the report had said. rather than promotion basedon Themergerproposalhadseen ever eligible and go through the co-optany officer,IPS or phone on Fridaytoprovide up- Aspokesperson forthe state firststrangulated his mother This has been challenged by seniority.This had been commu- resistance from Railway officers selection process. Theywillbe HPS, and seek assistance dates on his situation on social prisons department said that the Kumud before killinghimself. Anvay's lawyer VaibhavKarnik, nicatedto officers’associationsin belonging to three of the services termedIRMS officers, but they from them. The SIT will media.We cameto knowaboutit authoritieshave establishedvideo Anvayhad alleged in his sui- who told The Indian Express that meetings with Railway Minister --Traffic,PersonnelandAccounts will continue to performtheir re- also look intoall the com- on Saturday. We areconducting calling and coin boxfacilities for cide note thatGoswami, Feroz the documentation of these pur- Piyush Goyal. -- who arerecruitedthrough the spectivespecialisedjobsintheir plaintsreceivedinthis re- aninquirytofindwhosephonehe inmates inside jails and at quar- ShaikhofIcastx Technologies portedpayments have been Basedonthis, the earlier idea UPSC CivilServices examination. departments.“Thismove ismeant gard andtake measuresto used,” he added. antine centres. “Atthe Alibaug Private LimitedandNiteeshSarda signed onlybyone party. wastomerge around 8,400serv- Theofficersfearedthatacommon to ensurethat no one misses out checkillegal sale of liquor Arnabremainsinjudicialcus- quarantine centre, thereisaded- of Smartworktogetherowedhim The Naik familyhas alleged ing officers from various cadres seniority listwould place them at oncareerprogressionprospects,” in the state,” Vijsaid. The todyaheadof adecisiononhisin- icatedprison department-issued Rs 5.4 crorefor carrying out work that Varade triedtoscuttle the intoacommonseniority listand adisadvantageintermsof promo- said asenior Railway official. SIT has been asked to sub- terim bailpleawhichisset to be smartphoneentrustedtoaguard, on their office premises, forcing case andeventriedtoget themto foranIndian Railway tion as compared to their The newproposal will be put mit itsreportwithin15 announcedbythe Bombay High whichinmatescan use,” he said. him to take the extreme step. It signoffonastatementsothatthe Management Service (IRMS). Engineering Services counter- up before aCommittee of days.The SIT will be Courtaround 3pmonMonday. The spokesperson denied wasthis note that ledtothe three case could be closedlastJanuary. WhiletheIRMSisstillonthetable, parts.Civilservantsare typicallya Secretaries and then aGroup of headedbyADGP (nar- ARepublic TV videoshowed Goswami’sallegationsthatjailof- beingbookedandinvestigatedby FULLREPORTON and therewill notbeany future fewyearsolderthankstodiffer- Ministersheadedby UnionHome cotics) Shrikant Jadhav. Goswami alleging that he wasas- ficialsassaulted him. the Alibaug police on the charge www.indianexpress.com recruitmentintheexistingcadres, ent qualities and modes of en- MinisterAmitShahthathadbeen ENS serving officers won't bemerged. trance exams forthem as com- formed to implement the earlier Thedecisionto setupanIRMS paredtotheEngineeringServices. plan.Whilethesuccessof thenew wastaken by the Cabinetin Theyclaimtheymiss out on top proposal will eventuallydepend December2019,anditwastenta- posts as theyoften don't have ontheeligibilityfixedforselection TRIPURA tively targeted to be concluded enough service tenureleftorare to ex-cadreposts,giventhatthere 7arrestedfor andformalisedbyNovemberthis pastthe eligible age. is lesser complexity involved as year.Sources said technically, Therewas apprehension in compared to cadre merger,the burning6,000 thereistime till December,al- government circles of officers fil- process maybesmoother. copiesofdaily Ladakh area gets Agartala: Twenty-four J&K Police rescinds hours after6,000 copies The film producer wasalso 4G connectivity; of avernaculardailyof asked to join investigation Tripuraweresnatched order seeking details mobile tower and burnt by agroup of miscreantsatUdaipur Nadiadwala’s inaugurated city,policearrestedseven of house owners, persons in connection wife held for with the case. AnolRoy ARUNSHARMA Choudhury, theeditor of family in Jammu JAMMU,NOVEMBER8 Pratibadi Kalam, aver- ‘buying drugs’ nacular dailyofTripura, IN Asignificant boosttoinfra- had filedacomplaint ARUNSHARMA structuredevelopment in areas claiming that the assault EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE JAMMU,NOVEMBER8 of eastern Ladakh along the Line on his newspaper came MUMBAI,NOVEMBER8 of Actual Control, whereIndian afteritpublishedaseries JAMMU ANDKashmir Policeon and Chinese troops areina of reports on an alleged THE NARCOTICSControl Bureau Sundayrescindeditsearlierorder standofffor sevenmonths now, scam of Rs 150crore in (NCB)arrestedthe wifeoflead- UTTARAKHAND GETS NEW BRIDGE askinghouseownersinpre-dom- Changthang area on Sundaygot the agriculture depart- ing Hindi film producer, Firoz inantlyMuslim-inhabited areas 4G connectivity. ment, in whichagricul- Nadiadwala, on Sundayfor al- Uttarakhand CM TrivendraSingh Rawatinauguratedthe 725-metreDobra-Chanthi bridge heretogivedetailsoftheir family This followedthe setting up tureministerPranajit legedly buyingganja from adrug over Tehri lakeonthe eveofthe state’s formation day. Officials said it is the “longestmotorable membersaswell as tenants. of the firstmobile towerin Singha Roy’s name came peddler.Nadiadwala wasalso is- suspension bridgeinthe country”, constructed at acostofRs295 croreover14years. ANI In avideomessageonsocial Asking formoredatathan Tangste area that wasinaugu- up among others. ENS suedsummons to join the inves- media, IGP (Jammu)Mukesh required:Jammu IGP ratedbyTashi Namgyal Takzee, tigation on Monday. Singhsaidhehascomeacrossap- ExecutiveCouncilor forAnimal GUJARAT The agency searched prehensions amongpeoplein and Sheep HusbandryinLeh dis- Nadiadwala's home in Juhu on Bhatindiand Sunjwan areas re- tionedthe door-to-door exercise trict’s LadakhAutonomousHill 1heldforkilling Sunday following the arrest of HC quashes sedition case gardingaverificationexerciseand saying details of tenantsare re- Development Council. mother,sister drugpeddler Wahid AbdulKadir admitted that it “isasking for quired to be submitted at the po- Afterdedicating the mobile Shaikh in AndheriWestfivedays moredatathanthat is required”. licestation as per norms. towertopeople in the region, overmeal:cops ago.AninvestigationintoShaikh's against journalist in Gujarat Allyingapprehensions,hesaidthe Whencontacted,Jammu SSP Tashimadethe first4Gvideo call clientsled the policeto Jammu SSP “has been asked to ShridharPatiladmittedthathouse to Hill Council’s Chairman-cum- Rajkot: Afarmerhas been Nadiadwala'swife,ShabanaSaeed, and RajyaSabha MP Mansukh ment of the complaint(sic).” immediatelyrectify the format” owners usuallysubmit details of Chief Executive Councilor detainedfor allegedly who is alleged to have purchased EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE MandaviyareplacingRupani. The order alsoreferstothe whichheclaimedismeant for tenantsthemselvesbutpolicehad AdvocateTashiGyalson and BJP hacking his mother and 10 gm of ganja from Shaikh. AHMEDABAD,NOVEMBER8 Following the article, Dhaval journalist’s apology withoutad- tenant verification in the“entire startedtheverificationdrive asthe MP from Ladakh, JamyanTsering sistertodeath Saturday The NCBsaid it seizedthe wasbooked undersection 124a mission of guilt placedbefore Jammu district”. same had notbeendoneinmany Namgyal. nightafterthetwowomen ganja from Saeed's home on THE GUJARATHigh Court(HC) (sedition) of the IPC and section the courtbyPatel’s counsel. “I Police had circulatedtwo cases aheadofthe openingofof- He said the 4G connectivity did notcook thefamily’s Sunday. The agency issued her has quashedasedition case 54 (punishment forfalsealarm) tender my unconditional apol- forms in the areas -- one forten- fices afterthe durbar move on willbenefit peopleinthe region, evening meal afterhaving summons, recordedher state- againstajournalistfor writing an of DisasterManagement Act. He ogy forthe allegedly offending antsand the other concerning Monday. “Weare lookingintothe especiallystudentswho suffered an argument over the ment and arrested her, said an article in whichhehad stated wasarrestedinMay and sent to article... on the basis of whichthe “houseownerverification”. matter,”hesaidabouttheformon alot due to non-availability of in- same,police said.Police officer. that Chief MinisterVijay Rupani Sabarmati Central Jail for15days. impugnedFIR has been regis- Troublearoseaspoliceknockedat details of house owners, adding ternetfacility foronline studies said Devshi Bhatiya(46), a The officer addedsaid that waslikelytobereplacedowing He movedapetition before teredagainstme. My uncondi- the doorsteps to collect details of that field officials have been in- in the wake of the lockdown to residentofZinkyalivillage, Shaikh, who has modelledhim- to “his failure”. thecourt. tional apologyiswithout preju- house ownersand familymem- structed to confine their exercise curb the spread of Covid-19. wasunmarriedand lived self on Sultan Mirza –agangster Asingle judgebenchof In itsorder,dated November dice and without admission of bers, besides tenants. to collection of tenants’ details. withhismotherandsister, portrayed by actor Ajay Devgnin JusticeRPDholaria passedthe or- 6, the benchofJustice Dholaria anyguilt,” it stated. SheikhShakeel,asenioradvo- Apolice officer,who did not whowasdivorced.Thein- the 2010 film Once Upon ATime der afterthe journalist tendered stated,“The petitioner is work- Considering the arguments cate,saidcollectingdetailsof ten- wish to be named,said it wasthe Pak gurdwara cident came to light after in Mumbaai –supplied drugs to an unconditional apology “with- ing as journalistand it is alleged presentedby theadvocatesof the antsisunderstandable due to the specialoperations group of the neighbours heard cries customers working in the tele- out admission of anyguilt” for that he has publishedthe arti- respective parties,the courtde- lawand orderscenario but re- J&K Police that wascollecting all body to celebrate from Bhatiya’s home and vision and film industries. the “allegedly offending article”. cle... wherein he stated that look- cidedtoquash theFIR while ferredto theSupremeCourtjudg- the details of house owners, in- alertedthe latter’s cousin “Wehavealsoissuedsum- Thejournalist,DhavalPatel,31, ing to the failureofthe Chief recording, “…since the present ment on privacy to object to col- cludingGPS locations of their Kartarpur Sahib Mukesh, who livesat mons to Nadiadwala. He was editorof FaceofNation,anews por- MinisterofGujarat, he is likelyto petitioner is ayoung journalist lection of details of family property. Mahendranagar near supposed to come to the office tal, had written the article in May be replaced... he also namedthe and he has begun his career and members. He asked howthe de- Even the BJP objected to the corridor anniv Morbi town. ENS on Sundaybut did notturn up. mentioning thatdue to CM replacing of the Chief Minister, thatfromthedeepest cornerof his tails, whichare already with the exercise. The party’s chief We have issuedhim another Rupani’s alleged “failure” in man- whichled to filing of the com- heart,thepetitionerhastendered government in one form or an- spokesperson Sunil Sethi said “it ANDHRA PRADESH summons and asked him to ap- aging Covid in Gujarat, there was plaint againsthim by CID Crime apology as quotedabove... this other,will notland in the wrong wasimproperandwe requestthe KAMALDEEPSINGHBRAR pear forquestioningon speculationof aleadershipchange and therefore, the petitioner courtissatisfiedwiththeapology hands. administrationtostopitimmedi- AMRITSAR,NOVEMBER8 Govttiesupwith Monday,” said the officer. in the statewith Union Minister movedanapplication forquash- tendered by the petitioner.” Aresident of Bhatindi ques- ately”. Amultoboost PAKISTANSIKH Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (PSGPC) dairyfarming is all settocelebratethe firstan- After jail for stealing from kin to buy drugs, ahomeatpolice station niversaryofthe opening of the Hyderabad: The Andhra Kartarpur SahibCorridorevenas Pradesh government has ellery. He had movedintohis un- pendent on him and could not to Raiwala police station last cleared his Class 10 boards with the Shiromani Gurudwara tiedupwith Gujarat- LALMANIVERMA cle’splace with his mother and help. Islept on the roadside for month, Archit movedwith him. 8.8 CGPA. He later returnedto Parbandhak Committee(SGPC) basedAmultoprocure DEHRADUN,NOVEMBER8 younger sisterin2013after the four nights,” he said. The Inspector said Archit has quit Dehradun and got intodrugs has said that it has no suchplans milk from the state’s death of his father. “One night, he came crying to his addiction. again. He lefthome afterhegot a as visa-free passagetothe shrine dairyfarmers. Minister FIRSTRAIPUR, andnow Raiwala “Myfriends introducedmeto the policestation and said he Besides studyingfor the Class supplementaryinAccountsinhis on the other side of the border is forAnimal Husbandry policestationinDehradunhasbe- drugsandIhadbecomeanaddict wanted to change. Iallowedhim 12 exam, Archit has also takento Class 12 exam in 2017,but re- closed. and DairyDevelopmentS comehomeforArchitSharma,21, at 16.The pocketmoneymy to stay forthe night. Next day, I reading about IPC sections. turnedafterworkingindhabasfor The PSGPC's plan to organise Appalarajusaid that milk who wasarrestedlastyear for mother gave me wasnot enough foundhimhelpingthestaffindis- “WhenIget freefromstudies,Ien- twoyears, he said. theanniversary function comes procurement under the stealingornaments from his resi- to meetmysmackdemand. So I tributing food packetstopeople terofficesinsidethepolicestation Rawatsaidhehadtriedtocon- days afterIndian government project will startfrom dence to buy drugs. stoletheornamentsofmymother stranded during thelockdown.I and read booksonIPC andob- vince Archit’s familymembers to and the SGPC accused Pakistan November 20 in Archit, who wassentencedto andmaternalgrandmother.Their sawhope.Icametoknowthathe serve howpolice work.The staff take him back, but theyhad re- of taking control of the Prakasam, Chittoor,and ayear in jail, wasreleasedonpa- price in the marketwas over 3.5 wasagoodstudent. Iasked him memberstreat me likefamily. I fused. “I wastogobacktojail on GurdwaraDarbarSahib away Kadapa. “The stategov- role earlier this year amid asurge lakh but Isoldthemfor Rs 2lakh. Archit Sharma wasarrested what he wanted to do, he said he had receivedsimilar cooperation October 2tocomplete there- from the Sikhbody. ernment wantstobring inCovid-19 casesinUttarakhand. My uncle wassuspicious due to in June lastyear wanted to complete Class12and in the Raipur police station too,” mainingterm.ButGovernorBaby “Weare pained. Afakenews the majority of unorgan- Buthisfamilyrefusedtotakehim my addiction. When he beat me study law,”said police inspector Archit said. Rani Maurya ji pardonedmyre- that the control of Darbar Sahib iseddairy unitsintothe in.Thereafter, thepoliceprovided up,Iconfessed.Helodgedapolice AmarjeetSingh Rawat. He said he has also openeda mainingterm, considering my has been takenawayfromthe organisedsector by en- him shelter. complaint,” Archit said. fessedbeforethe magistrateand RawatsaidhepaidforArchit’s bank account to save theRs500 good conduct in the police sta- PSGPC wasspread and then couraging co-operative ArchitwasarrestedonJune25, Archit wasbooked under IPC wassentencedtoone year in im- enrollment forthe Class 12 exam he gets from Inspector Rawat tion,” Archit said. everybody reacted to that... At societies and women 2019,after hismaternal uncle sections 380 (theftindwelling prisonment. He wasreleased on and providedhim booksand a everyweekaspocket money. RawatconfirmedthatArchit’s leastSGPC should had cross- farmers,’’ he said. ENS lodged acomplaint againsthim house) and 411(dishonestlyre- paroleinApril.“Myunclerefused room on the policestation prem- Architsaidhisfamily hadsent remainingjailtermhasbeenpar- checkedwith the PSGPC,” PSGPC forstealing 120gmofgold jew- ceiving stolen property). He con- to take me in. My mother is de- ises.WhenRawatwastransferred him to Bengaluru, wherehe doned. president Satwant Singh said.

New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 8 EXPRESS NETWORK THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,NOVEMBER9,2020

Constablerun 13TH URBANMOBILITYCONFERENCE Deepotsava event 16-yr-old ‘setonfire’ TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE overduring Post-Covid solutions for in Ayodhya to go in Ballia,one held 251 CASES: RECOVERED:78,68,968 virtual this year, operation DAYSSINCE 85,07,754 DEATHS:1,26,121 transport to be awarded PANDEMIC PM to take part BEGAN TESTS: 11,77,36,791 | DOUBLING RATE: 128.77** against mining EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE The accusedhas been Then thereare states likeOdisha, LUCKNOW,NOVEMBER8 booked on attempt to AVISHEKGDASTIDAR whichusedits idle fleetofpublic mafia: Police NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER8 transportsystemsto transportes- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE A16-YEAR-OLDgirlwas allegedly murder charge and sentialsto thedoorsteps.Associal LUCKNOW,NOVEMBER8 setonfireonthe terrace of her under the Protection of FROMMOVINGscoresof migrant distancingrestrictedpublictrans- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE home in avillageinBalliadistrict Children from Sexual labourers to their villages to pro- portcapacity,thereare cities KEEPING IN mindthe ongoing LUCKNOW,NOVEMBER8 of Uttar Pradesh early on Sunday viding essential supplies during whichmadeextraeffortstode- Covid pandemic, the Deepotsava Offences Act, said the morning. KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG DOUBLING lockdown,Indiaisgoingto award marcate cycle tracks to makean event in Ayodhya to markDiwali A23-YEAR-OLD constable was The girlhas been admitted to Circle Officer TOWATCH CASES 24HOURS GROWTH* TIME** urbanmobilitysolutionsadopted enabling environment fornon- will go virtual this year.Devotees run over,allegedly on directions ahospital in Varanasi with 60 during the country’s struggle motorisedtransport. can attend virtuallyatthe “Ram of the mining mafia, when apo- per cent burn injuries and her ■ Maharashtra 17,14,273 3,959 0.30% 238.00 againstthe pandemic. “Weare goingtoaward those Darbaar” –aportalwhere they lice team triedtointerceptatrac- condition is said to be critical, in an attempt to dousethe flames, ■ Kerala 4,80,669 7,201 1.50% 48.01 As manyas45citieshavesent who have come up with innova- can light virtual lamps. tortrolley carrying miningma- said police. he had suffered burn injuries in in their entries to be considered tive urbanmobilitysolutionsdur- Accordingtothe UP govern- ■ Delhi 4,30,784 6,953 1.55% 46.33 terial in Saiyanpolice station Police have arrestedthe girl’s his lefthand. forthe 13th Urban Mobility India ingCovid times. Thereare plenty ment, the virtual Deepotsava area of Uttar Pradesh’s Agra dis- 22-year-old neighbour on the The girl’s father has told the ■ West Bengal 4,01,394 3,928 1.03% 70.04 conference starting Monday — of initiatives across the country,” “will be no less real than the ac- trict on Sunday. basis of acomplaintlodged by police that on Saturdayafternoon, ■ Karnataka 8,44,147 2,258 0.36% 202.29 through virtual mode due to the Durga ShankerMishra,Secretary, tual one” and Prime Minister The constable,Sonu Chaud- her family. the accusedharassedthe girland pandemic this year.The theme MinistryofHousing and Urban NarendraModiwill also take part hary, waspartofaseven- mem- The girl’s familyhas alleged threatenedtoruin her lifewhen *Compounded Daily Growth Rate overlast7days ** Calculated over7-day growth thisyearis‘emergingtrendsinur- Affairs,said. “Over the lastfew in it virtually. “Afteralong and ag- berpolice team ledbySub- that the accusedclimbed on the she wasreturning home from CASEFATALITYRATIO POSITIVITYRATE DAILYIN,DAILYOUT ban mobility’. Among entriesare months the worldhas also been onising wait of some 492years, Inspector (SI) Amit Kumar that terrace of their house, poured market, the Circle Officer said. the use of Intelligent Transport adapting to newwaysofmoving now, when the dream of agrand had reachedthe Agra-Rajasthan kerosene oil on her when The officer addedthat the 7DAYSEARLIER: 7DAYSEARLIER: DETECTED TODAY Management systems to aidthe withinurbanspaces...InIndia,we Ramtemple is being fulfilled, the border afterreceiving atip-off. shewas asleep andthen sether girl’s familyhas alleged that ac- 1.49 7.45 45,674 last-mile movement of migrant have also emphasisedonthe re- stategovernmentisensuring Police teams had been formedto on fire.The familyhas alleged cusedharassedher whenevershe NOW: NOW: RECOVERED TODAY: workers with GPS-enabledplat- vivalofnon-motorisedtransport that no oneisdeprived of thejoy identify,trace and arrest that girlhad been facing harass- steppedout of the house. 1.48 7.23 49,082 formsto tracktheentireoperation forpersonal mobility.” The of lighting alampinthe court of the accused. ment by the accused, police said. Police, however, said that they Deathsasaratioof Positives against Becoming sick vs —afirst in Independent India. keynote addressattheconference RamLalla.Atthe instructions of Marriedabout one-and-a- The CircleOfficersaidthatac- had notreceived anycomplaint positivecases (in%); number tested recovering; more Thereare also instancesofpublic willbebyJan Gehl, aDanish ur- Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath, half years ago, Choudharywas cording to the girl’s father,the en- from thegirl’sfamily aboutthe indicatorofprogress (in %); indicatorof recoveries for 14 days transportsystems being used bandesignexpert known forde- the government is getting apor- in avertingdeaths the spread of disease may signal the peak posted at Saiyan police station tirefamily wassleeping on the harassment earlier. withtechnologicalinnovationsto signinterventionsintocityscapes talmade, wherevirtual lamps DataasonNovember7,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealth,ICMRandstates.Oftendailynumbers since lastyear.Hewas a2018- terrace of the house on Saturday “Theaccused, who workedas includedatafrompreviousdays.Assuch,trendsbasedondailynumbersareindicative,notdefinitive enablesocialdistancingandmax- to makeurban areas morecon- can be lit,” read astatement is- batchconstable and aresident night. Around 3am, the girl’s fa- alabourer in Delhi and had re- imise contact-less experience. ducive forpedestriansandcyclists. sued by the stategovernment. of Aligarh. ther woke up on hearing his turnedtothe villageafter the Devotees can pickalamp “Tostopthe mining mafia, daughter screamandsaw heren- lockdown, has been booked on stand of their choice on the por- we have formedteams. Ateam gulfed in flames,said the Circle attempttomurder charge and UP Animal DEVAS-ANTRIXPMLACASE tal, the government said, adding of sevenpolicemenwas formed Officer. under the Protection of Children the portalwillbeupbeforethe under Saiyan policestationand Thegirl’sfather hastoldpolice from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Husbandry scam: main event on November 13. theygot information that around thathe sawtheaccusedfleeing to Act.We aretryingto collectinfor- Court issues fresh summons Meanwhile, Chief Minister 3am, some tractor trolleys will the adjoining house, the officer mationabouttheaccusedand the former Rajasthan Yogi Adityanath issuedinstruc- be comingtowards Saiyan with added. investigation is on,” said the Circle tionsto officialstomaketheevent mining material. Police went to The father hastold police that Officer. MLA’s son held to US-basedDevas founders granderthistime,andatthesame the spotand interceptedfive-six time,thereshouldbenobreachof tractor-trolleys,” said Agra (City) Lucknow:The UttarPradesh Spe- cusedofinvolvement in the over ance of the twoUS-basedoffi- Covid-19protocol. SP BotreRohan Pramod. cial Task Force(STF) has arrested JOHNSONTA Rs 500crore moneylaundering cials were notasper MHAguide- “As one of the tractors was 6-yr-old raped, killed thesonof aformerRajasthanMLA BENGALURU,NOVEMBER8 case,for the trial. linesfor legal assistance from the movingtowards Kheragarhfrom forallegedly duping aMadhya “SPP submitsthathehas re- US under amutual legal assis- Haryanatoallow Saiyan, the constable got down Pradesh-basedcontractorofRs9.2 ASPECIAL courtinBengaluru ceivedaletterfromthe Ministry tance treaty.The ED and the CBI, from his vehicle and triedtostop in Pilibhit, one held crorebyofferinghimatenderthat has issuedfresh summons —the of External Affairs... that the whichhas filedacorruption case firecrackers for it at BaraNagla. The tractor sped he claimedwas floatedbythe UP thirdissuedbythe court—seek- Department of Justice in the USA againstDevas and formerISRO up and ranoverthe constable. accordingly, we filedacase for Animal HusbandryDepartment. ing the appearance of twoUS- has informedthe Indian officials, have been attempting 2hours on Diwali He diedonthe spot. The body EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE kidnapping. On Saturdaymorn- SunilGurjarisson Ramnara- basedfoundersofthe Embassy that the summons to bring the US-basedofficialsto Chandigarh: Haryana Chief has been sent to SN Medical LUCKNOW,NOVEMBER8 ing, herbody wasfound by apo- yanGurjar,formerCongressMLA Bengaluru-basedstart-up Devas could notbeserved as per letter trial afterchargesheets were MinisterManohar Lal Khattar on Collegefor post-mortem. Teams lice team in asugarcane field in fromNasirabad in Rajasthan. Multimedia Pvt Ltd to com- of requestand seeksfor fresh filedintwo separatecases being Sunday said thegovernment has have been formedtonab the ac- ASIX-YEAR-OLD girl, who went the village,” the local SHO said. The police had announceda mence the trial of amoneylaun- summons/LR (letter of request),” prosecuted by the twocentral decidedtopermit use of fire- cused,” he added. missingonFridayfromnear her TheCircleOfficersaidthatthe rewardofRs50,000 forinforma- deringcase being prosecuted by the special courtobserved while agencies. crackers foronlytwo hours — An FIR againstthree-four home in Pilibhit district of Uttar postmortemreport has con- tion leading to Monty’s arrest.On the ED. orderingfresh summonstobe- Under the PMLAAct,the ED between 8pmand 10 pm —on unidentifiedpersons has been Pradesh, wasfound dead in asug- firmedrape. “Afterher post Saturday, hewasarrestedatJaipur The move —inthe case in gin the trial. had chargesheeted Diwali,inthe state. registeredunder chargesofmur- arcane field on Saturday. Police mortem report came, we added airport.AdditionalSP(STF)Vishal whichachargesheetwas filedin The case wasfiledovera Ramachandran Viswanathan The decision wastaken in der and illegalmining. said that the postmortemreport the sectionfor rape... The girlwas Vikram Singh said the accused 2018 by the ED —comes afterthe failed2005satellitelaunchdeal and MGChandrashekar,aswell viewofrising levels of pollution Agra(City) SP Pramod told The indicatedthat she wasrapedbe- strangled.TheFIRhasbeenlodged wasplanning to fleeabroad. The special public prosecutor’s office between thestart-upand ISRO’s as twoDevas CTOs Desaraju while adhering to guidelines is- IndianExpress thatthe policehave fore being strangulated.A25- againstunidentifiedpersons un- police said Monty had aproperty submitted during ahearing on commercial arm Antrix Venugopal and Nataraj suedbythe National Green identifiedsome of the accused year-old man from her neigh- dersections forkidnapping,rape, in Dubai and had plannedtoflee October 28 thatthe agency was Corporation. Dakshinamurthy, finance direc- Tribunal (NGT), officials said. A and will soon arrest them. bourhood has been detained. andmurder,” the officer said. there. Police said businessman unable to servesummons on the The special court forPMLA torRanganathan Mohan, four senior officer of the Haryana He said illegal mining in the “On Fridayevening, areli- The 25-year-old manwas de- ManjeetSingh Bhatiahad lodged firm’s CEO Ramachandran cases had ordered issuanceofa Devassubsidiaries in Bengaluru StatePollution Control Board Saiyan area,close to the Chambal gious programme wasbeing tainedfor questioning aftervil- acomplaint on the basis of which Viswanathan and senior official second setofsummons in and the US, and KR said the Punjab and Haryana region in Rajasthan, is rampant, held at the girl's home when she lagers told us that he wasseen an FIR wasregisteredatHazrat- MGChandrashekhar, who are Januaryafter theEDtold the Sridharamurthythe formerex- High Courttoo, in2018, hadal- and theyhavebeen conducting went missing around 5pm. The withthe girlonFriday evening, ganj police station in June on sev- among six individuals and four courtthatsummons issuedon ecutive director of Antrix, over loweduse of firecrackers fortwo operations to prevent it. familylodgedacomplaint and said the SHO. eralcharges,includingfraud. ENS entities linked to the firm ac- September 11,2019for appear- the 2005 satellitedeal. hours —from8to 10 pm. ENS

DAKSHINANCHAL VIDYUT VITRAN NIGAM LIMITED CIN:U31200UP2003SGC027460 3145/v/khŒvfHkŒ¼dk;Z'kkykŒ½nŒfoŒfoŒfuŒfyŒ/fufonk lwpuk fnukad 07-11-2020 e-Tender Extension Notice Revised Revised Tender Estimated Tender Earnest Tender Opening Short Description Cost in No. Money in Fee in Date & Rs. Rs. Rs. Time Supply of Stationary at CircleOffice, Division Approx. 11/ Rs. Rs. 1,000.00 28.11.2020 Office, Sub Division Rs. 2020-21 10,000.00 (GST Extra) 15:00 Hrs. Office &Workshop Office 10.00 Lac underEWC,Agra Approx. Cleaning of various Rs. Rs. 3,000.00 25/ workshop under EWC, Rs. 18.11.2020 20,000.00 (GST Extra) 2020-21 Agra 20.40 Lac 15:00 Hrs. Striping/Dismentaling of Un- Approx. 26/ Rs. Rs. 1,000.00 28.11.2020 Economical Transformer at Rs. 2020-21 8,500.00 (GST Extra) 15:00 Hrs. various workshops under 8.33 Lac EWC, Agra OtherTerms &Conditions have been given in detailed tender for which please visit at eprocurement portal of UP Government https://etender.up.nic.in or contact us at given address as follows :Urja Bhawan, 220 KV Sub-Station, Bye Pass Road, Sikandra,Agra-282007 (UP) Ph. No. 9068944455 SE (Workshop), D.V.V.N.L., Agra NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY (Ministry of Textiles, Government of India) NIFT Campus, Chheb Kangra, Himachal Pradesh-176001 Phone No. :01892-260874, FaxNo. 01892-260872 NIFT-KGR/Building/37/2020 9November,2020 E-TENDER NOTICE Sealed Tender is invited for Construction of Basketball, Volleyball &Badminton Courtat NIFT Kangra Campus from ContractorsofCivil Work.Last date and time forsubmission of tenders as mentioned in the tender documents is as under. Date of Publication of e-Tender 09.11.2020 Notification Sale of E-Tender Document 09.11.2020 Commences from Last Date forSale of E-Tender 07.12.2020 at 2.00 P. M. Document Last Date forReceipt of duly 07.12.2020 at 2.30 P. M. filled in E-Tender ''IMPORTANT'' Date and Time of the Opening 07.12.2020 at 3.00 P. M. of E-Tender Whilst care is taken prior to acceptance of advertising The interested Contractors mayvisit NIFT copy,itisnot possible to verify its contents.The Indian Campus on anyworking dayduring office hours Express (P) Limited cannot be and contact Administration or NIFTWebsite heldresponsible for such contents, nor for any loss or https://www.nift.ac.in/kangra/tenders forE-tender damage incurred as aresult of details.The detail of cost of the tender form is given transactions with companies, associations or individuals in each tender document. advertising in its newspapers The Tender is to be filled and submitted or Publications. We therefore recommend that readers online through the Website: make necessary inquiries https://nifttenders.eproc.in. before sending any monies or entering into any agreements Joint Director (I/c) with advertisers or otherwise acting on an advertisement in DONATION TO NIFTARE EXEMPTED any manner whatsoever. UNDER SECTION80G OF INCOME TAX

New Delhi New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,NOVEMBER9,2020 WORDLY WISE I’ve seen firsthand thatbeing president doesn’tchange who youare.Itreveals

10 THE EDITORIAL PAGE who youare. —MICHELLE OBAMA Biden’s challenge

§ FOUNDED BY § RAMNATH GOENKA US has vieweddemocracy promotionasaforeign BECAUSETHE TRUTHINVOLVES US ALL policy concern. It’s time it rebuilds democracy at home

NOT TRUMP Sanjib Baruah Biden begins with an advantageathomeand abroad. Howhe turns thatopportunity into policy outcomes remainstobeseen “WHATASPECTACLE!”mockedIran’s lionpeoplevotedforhimcomparedto 63mil- can differfromstate to stateand sometimes supreme leader,Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, re- lionin2016. Trumpmay have done slightly even within the samestate. ferring to thedevelopments in the US since better even with African American voters. In In manyestablisheddemocracies, voter LTHOUGHDONALDTRUMPhadmadeanameforhimself withthebook, lastweek’s presidential elections. “One says contests forthe Senateand the House of registration and votingprocedures arehan- The Art of theDeal,published in the late1980s, the skill of political bar- this is the mostfraudulentelection in US Representativesand formanystate andlocal- dledroutinelyastechnical and procedural gaining appears to have eludedhim during the four-year tenureatthe history.Who says that? The presidentwho leveloffices, Republican candidates did better matters. But in the US, theybecome highly WhiteHouse.Theoutgoingpresidenthadremarkablesuccessinpresent- is currentlyinoffice.” thanmostanalysts had predicted. politicised. Republicansand Democratsfight A ing himself as an outsider to thepolitical class. Hispromise to “drain the One doesnot have to gloat over these de- The Trumppresidency will soon be over. battles over voter registration, voter identifi- velopmentsthewaytheAyatollahdoes.Butto But Trumpism seems destinedtoremain a cationrequirements andvoting procedures. swamp”inWashingtonhelpedhimdefeatsuchestablishedpoliticalfamiliesliketheBushes see an incumbent Americanpresident claim politicalforce forsome time to come. With By and large,Republicansfavour rules that andClintonsinthe2016 elections.ButTrumpfoundithardtomakethetransitionfromcam- thattheelectionswere “rigged”andmakeun- his continuedappeal to nearly half the elec- makeitharder to registerand vote, while paigningto governing.Hecouldnotrisetothechallengeofco-optingkey sectionsoftheper- substantiatedchargesoffraudulentvotingand torate,Trumpism will probably continue to Democratsfavoureaseofregistrationandvot- manentestablishmentandfashioningastablepoliticalcoalitionthatwouldhelphimwinthe hisrefusalto committo acceptingtheelection have asignificant presence in the ing procedures foreligible voters. secondterm.Anexaggeratedfaithinhisown“naturalgenius”sawPresidentTrumpopenmul- resultsisanextraordinarychapterinthe his- RepublicanParty fornow. The pandemic forced states to adoptnew tiplefrontsofcontestationandalienatepowerfuleconomicandpoliticalconstituencies.That tory of the United States. It surelyhitsanew Trumpism’s resilience might revive ade- rules to enable early and absentee or postal made it easier forthe “swamp” to dissipate andeventuallydefeat the Trumpinsurrection. lowinthe imageofthe United States abroad. batewithin the Democratic Partythattook votingandto suspendsomeof themoreoner- The electionobserversfromthe Organisation place before JoeBiden became itsnominee. ousrules.Thisledtorecordlevelsofvoting.But Trump’s successor in waiting, former Vice-President Joe Biden, could notbemoredif- forSecurityandCooperationinEurope(OSCE) Thecandidatesdifferedfundamentallyonthe it has also become the source of the Trump ferent. Bidenisacreature of Washington, with 47 years of political experience in the American have cautionedthat “baseless allegations of It is in the nature of question of Donald Trump. Is he the cause or a campaign’sdubiousclaimsaboutwidespread capital.Bidenhasneverbeenacrusaderfor politicalcauses.Hisdefiningqualities were ide- systematicdeficiencies,notablybytheincum- democratic political life that symptomofthe dysfunctionatthe heartof voter fraudand aboom in electionlitigation. ologicalflexibilityandthecapacity to adapt to thechangingpoliticalcircumstances.Working- bentpresident,harmpublictrustindemocratic elections focus attention on American politics? Bernie Sanders and It is hardtodispute that this wayofelect- class rootsand folksy Irish ways addtoBiden’s imageasanaffableleader capable of find- institutions”. It is unlikely that the OSCE elec- results and not the process. ElizabethWarrenfavoured majorstructural ingitspresidentandmanagingelectionscould ing political compromises. President BarackObama, who oftenseemedtoo professorial tionobservershadusedsuchwordsinareport change. Biden wasthe onlycandidatewho benefit from fundamental reforms. Voting regarding an electioninamajor Western Nowthat the Biden-Harris seemed to arguethat replacing Trumpwill rightsintheUSarequite precarious;theyeffec- and detached,valuedVice-President Biden’s skillsinfinding muchneededcompromises democracy before. team is on course to win solve the problem. tively varyaccordingto jurisdictions;andthey with the recalcitrant Republicans in the Congress. Those skills will nowcome in handy,as Nevertheless,weare witnessingthe final both the popular vote and Itisinthenature of democraticpoliticallife areutterly reliant on judicial protection. One Biden inheritsacountrythat is splitdownthe middle. He is doing the right thing by being days of the Trumppresidency.Joe Biden and that elections focus attention on resultsand canimagineaconstitutionalamendmentrad- gracious and promising to unitethe countrybyreaching out to the Republicans. Kamala Harris arenow President-elect Biden the electoral college vote, notthe process. Nowthatthe Biden-Harris icallyreformingthe current wayofelecting Biden’s political malleability wasofgreat use in neutralising the militant progressive and Vice-President-electHarris.But as of interest in the institution of teamisoncourseto winboththepopularvote presidentsandtheadministrationof elections. factions in the Democratic Partythat derailedHillaryClinton’s presidential campaign four Saturday, Trumphas givennoindication that the electoral college will soon and the electoral collegevote, interestinthe But in apolitical system thathas had only 17 heispreparedtoconcededefeat.Hiscampaign institutionof theelectoralcollegewillsoondis- successfulconstitutional amendmentsinthe years agoand were promising to repeat the performance this year.AsBiden embracedthe dissipate. But this election has filednumerous lawsuitsinstateswhere sipate. But this election underscores deep past230 years, it is notsurprisingthat fewsee progressivestopreservepolitical unity of the party during the campaign,Trumpaccusedhim the contestremains close.Since the lawsuits underscores deep problems problems with the wayAmericans elect their it as arealistic course of political action. of being aprisoner of the socialistleft. Having wonthe election, Biden has begun to signal arenot backed by anyevidenceofwrongdo- with the way Americans elect president. Thanks to the electoral college, the In the debateamong Democratson that he would govern fromthe middle. Having promisedtobeaone-term president, Biden ing, theyhavenot mademuchheadway.But their president. Thanksto presidential elections have repeatedly come Trump, Lawrence Lessig of HarvardLaw is liberatedfrom the pressures of re-election. That giveshim unprecedentedleverage to ar- the magnifying effect of social media has the electoral college,the downto ahandfulofrandomly occurringbat- School favouredtheside of structural change. turnedtheselegalchallengesintoaformidable tleground states more or less evenlydivided In his book, TheyDon’t Represent Us: Reclaiming bitratebetween the big money, from Wall Street andSilicon Valley, that hasralliedround presidential elections have him, and the traditional base of the Democratic Party—the tradeunions and the middle disinformationcampaigncreatingabogusnar- between Democratic and Republic voters. It Our Democracy (2019), he wrote: “The crisis rative amongTrumpsupportersof Democrats repeatedly come down to a reducesthecitizenryintherest of thecountry in America is notits president. Itspresident is classes. Afterfour years of the Trumpdisruption, mostofAmerica’s allies arepining foran “stealingtheelection”raisingfearsthatitcould handful of randomly to therole of spectators. the consequence of acrisis muchmorefun- old-style professional politician in the WhiteHouse. MostofAmerica’s friends arefamiliar lead to outbreaksofviolence. occurring battleground TheUSdoesnothaveanindependentcon- damental… The coreproblem with our with Biden, who served formanyyearsasthe powerful chairman of the SenateForeign The elections, however, were notacom- stitutionalbody likethe Election Commission democracy todayisthatitisessentiallyun- Relations Committee, and want him to succeed. By simplynot being Trump, Biden begins plete repudiationofTrump. There wasno states more or lessevenly of India responsiblefor holdingelections.Its representative.” Forfar toolong, the US has with ahugepolitical advantageathomeandabroad. Howheturns that opportunity intoef- Bidenlandslide,contraryto theexpectationof divided between Democratic system of election management is hyper de- viewed democracy promotionasaforeign fective policy outcomes remains to be seen. Democrats and manypollpredictions. More and Republic voters. It centralised.Thefederalgovernmentplays very policy concern. It is time it looksinwards and people voted in thiselectionthan ever before. little role. Statelegislatures makemostofthe rebuilds itsdemocracy at home. Biden receivedabout 75 million votes. But reduces the citizenryinthe rules and stateand locallevel officials admin- Trumphad moresupportthanin2016. As per rest of the countrytothe role isterelections. The US has morethan 10,000 The writer is professor of political studies at MIXED SIGNALS figures available on Saturday, about70.6mil- of spectators. electionadministrationjurisdictions.Therules BardCollege,New York

PM’s address to investors is persuasive.But thereisagap between government’s policy and rhetoric

ASTWEEK,SPEAKINGatthe virtual Global Investors Roundtable,Prime MinisterNarendra Modi saidthat his government will do “whatever it ANEW DD FOR ANEW TIME takestomakeIndia the engine of global growth resurgence”. Modi urged global investors to invest in India, stating that “if youwantreturns with re- L liability,India is the place to be.” Coming from the prime minister, these Amakeoverfor thepublic broadcaster is urgent, necessary and possible commentsare reassuring, especiallyatthe current juncture. Yet, in reality,there exists a deep chasm between the rhetoric and actions of government. ShainaNC Take the case of onions. Onion wasrecentlyexcludedfromthe list of essential items in the amendedessential commodities act. Yetthe decisiontoblockexports, andimpose stock THECONTROVERSYTHATeruptedoverthelast tise the offerings with fairplay to all agencies. waythatIndia Stackhas done forfintech. limits, in line with pastpractices, which many had hopedwould fall out of favour afterthe fewweeksoverTRPsandIndia’struetelevision Thatisamountainto climb,becausePrasar Two, social media holds the key. recent reforms, signals agap between intentand action. Theverypurposeofthe much viewinghabitshashighlightedthefundamen- Bharatihasmultiple,overlappingofferings.Its Doordarshan/PrasarBharati’s presence on so- touted agriculturereforms wastoprovide farmers the freedom to sell their produce. But tallackofbothtrustworthydataand atrust- sevenkey offerings areAIR, AIR News, DD, DD cial media is minimal, and undifferentiated. such actions, in additiontocreatingpolicyuncertainty,end uphavingthe oppositeeffect — worthy voice in theIndianmedia landscape. News,DDFreeDish(DTH), DTT(Digital Agood branding agency canhelp build DD in hardlythe waytoattractmuch-neededinvestments in the sector.Lastweek, theBJP-ruled Thereis, however, onebroadcasterthat does Terrestrial Television),and adigitalapp called this space andtrain astrong in-house com- have public supportand dedicated, non-con- NewsOnAir.Thesearebroadcastinternation- municationsteam. This will help evangelise Haryana government pushedthrough the StateEmployment Local Candidates Bill, 2000, troversialviewership—Doordarshan.Nowisa ally too, reaching 120countries through vari- the brand at home and abroad. reserving75 percent of private jobs in thestate upto acertain salaryslab forlocalcandidates. good time to give this steady playeraserious oustie-ups.Doordarshancontinuesto produce Three,appsaren’tforeverybody,andthere The bill, whichisunlikelytobewelcomedbyindustry, is more likelytoact as adeterrent to andlong-overduemakeover, to pushitcloserto andbroadcastavastarray of programmesand areother smart options. AccordingtoNasrul fresh investment. Considering that the same party is in poweratthe Centreand the state, the realm of global public broadcasters. shows inalllanguagesinIndia,withmaximum Hadiof theInternationalCentreforJournalists, this is surprising considering that it is at odds with the Central government’s recent policy Tworeasons why. First, news has become reachacrossthecountry. Itssisterbroadcaster, in acountrylikeIndia where the vast number initiativesaimedatcreating moreflexible labour markets.Then thereisalsothe confusion entertainment notjournalism, and DD takes the AllIndia Radio,has increasedits listener- useAndroidphoneswithlimitedmemory, the itsviewers backtostaid but solid reporting of shipsincePrimeMinisterModi’s popular best option is aprogressiveweb app. It feels over the government’sstatedaim of atmanirbharta.The confusion is apparent in the chasm the news —essential in ademocracy.Second, MannkiBaatbeganbroadcastingsixyearsago. likeanapp but uses the browser,and elimi- betweenstatementsandaction—at one level,the governmenttalksaboutintegratingwith in 2022, Indiawillbeinthe global limelight — In these rockytimes forthe media, nates issues of privacy facedbymostgovern- global supplychains, yetatthe other it continues to erect tariffbarriers. The stellar export as president of the prestigious G20. India will Doordarshan andPrasarBharati is asteady ment apps. performance of countries likeBangladesh and Vietnam, who arearguablybetterplacedto also celebrate75yearsofIndependence in ship, with respect, reach, width and depth. Four,studybestpracticesofother public take advantageofsupply chains shifting out of China, should have reaffirmedthe critical- 2022. According to Gateway House,aforeign In these rocky times forthe Though tightonfunds,itwill continue to be broadcasters.France24’spresenceinAfricahas ity of an export-oriented growth strategy.Yet the signals emanating from the government policy think tank in Mumbai involved in the supportedbythe Centralgovernment. But its done muchtoretainthe country’s relation- global G20engagement, anew-agepublic media,Doordarshan is a datedtechnology,its oldlookandfeel anddis- ships from itscolonial pastinthe continent, —reversingthe decades-long policy of trade liberalisation —indicatethat atmanirbharta may broadcasterisneeded. Indianeeds to amplify steadyship, with respect, malsocialmediapresencemakesitunattrac- and the public broadcasterhas constantlyup- be descending intothe failedpolicy of importsubstitution. itsposition on the global stageonsubjects reach, width and depth. tive to India’s vast new-ageyouth,whichisthe gradedandexpandeditsFrancafriqueposition. Investors, both foreign and domestic, areunlikelytobeswayedbysuchrhetoric, es- rangingfromclimatechangetodigitalgover- Though tight on funds, it target audience of itscompetitors. Five,spreadtheword aboutDoordarshan. peciallywhen thegovernment’s actions speak otherwise. Reports that the government nance,bothduringthebuild-upto theG20and Alittle fixingcan help achieve thesegoals. Germany’s DeutcheWelle (DW) hosts an an- will continue to be plans to contest the Vodafoneaward will only signal the hollownatureofsuchtalk.At this afterthesummit.Thepublicbroadcasterhasits Doordarshan/Prasar Bharati can do the fol- nual media forum whichattractsmedia from critical juncture, what is neededispredictability of policies,and stability of regime. work cutout.Withsomestructuralchangeand supported by the Central lowing.One,India’svauntedsoftware experts alloverthe worldand discusses the impact of digital upgradation —starting now—DDand government. But its dated can give DD/PB the mostseamless, mostcut- the newest technologies on the media. Prasar Bharati can be ready forit. technology,its old look and ting-edge,mostforward-lookingwebapplica- Doordarshan can do the same,inviting public It doesn’t have to be abig investment. tion thattakesthe viewerthrougheverything broadcasting chiefsfromacrossthe worldto Freeze Frame EPUnny Prasar Bharati has made manychanges al- feel and dismal social media with clarity.Its news content should reflect sharetheir experiences. With the pandemic ready,likedigitisation of itsarchives, andisin presence makes it DD’s privilegedaccess to governmentofficials stillraging,asleek,virtualconferenceisagood theprocessofcleaninguptheagency’swaste- unattractive to India’svast and politicians. Tight security features and waytowelcome the worldtoIndia, in prepa- fulexpenditureanddrainingcontracts,likedif- new-age youth, whichis search engine optimisation will bring DD up ration for2022—and the future. ferentiated ratesfor producers,rationalising on everyGoogle search on India news —afea- existing vendorarrangements withnews the target audience of tureitcurrentlylacks.Aterrific DD website The writer is boardmember Prasar Bharati, agencieslikePTIandUNI,andislookingto digi- its competitors. will showoff India’s IT expertise, muchinthe and aBJP leader

NOVEMBER 9, 1980, FORTY YEARS AGO

ASSAM LEADERS RIGID NEW MEMBERS icisedthe statebroadcasting authority in are- THELEADERSOFtheAssam agitationoverthe NARENDRA SINGH, FORMER secretaryof cent TVdebate. Ghotbzadeh had leftthe min- foreign nationals’ problem rejected the Lok Dal and one-time confidanteof istryaftertheformationofanewgovernment Centre’s invitation forresumption of talks. ChaudhuryCharan Singh, is joining the under Prime MinisterAli Mohammad Rajai. Instead, leaders of the All Assam Students’ Congress Iwith some other colleagues. He Iraniannewspapersreportedthattheauthor- Union and the All Assam Gana Sangram is likelytobeinducted into the ruling party itiesalsointendtoarresttheformerdeputydi- Parishad demandedthat the talksbeheld in on November 14.NarendraSingh met rector of the broadcasting authority, Assamandonthebasisofthe1951 NRCofres- IndiraGandhifor half an hour.Hewas MohammadMoballeghiIslami,whoappeared idents. Nibaran Bora, the president of the All joinedbyJagbir Singh, former Union on the debatewith Ghotbzadeh. Iranian Assam GanaSangram Parishad, said that three Ministerand AasKaran Sankhwar,former President Abolhasan BaniSadr stronglycon- demands —detection of foreign nationals, MP.All of them had leftthe LokDal, afew demnedthe arrestsand said thathewill not deletion from electoral rolls and deportation months ago. be speakingonTV, reportedly controlledby fromthestate—are non-negotiable.Thepar- thefundamentalists.Healleged that Iran was ties also maintainedthat all forms of agitation FISSURES IN IRAN headedtowards acomplete censoring of the willcontinue even as negotiations with the THE FORMER IRANIAN foreign minister Presidentandsaidthatanationcouldnotcurb Centreare on. SadeghGhotbzadehwasarrestedafterhecrit- freedom of speech, even during wartime.

New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,NOVEMBER9,2020 WHATTHE OTHERSSAY “Biden’s problemsathomeare matchedbyTrump’sgrim global legacy.The big- picture,ideologicalchallenge is the globalrise of anti-democratic, authoritarian and rightwing populist leaders, whichTrump activelyencouraged.” 11 THE IDEAS PAGE —THE OBSERVER The good food fix On demonetisation,

Restoreagriculture’s broken linkwith nutrition —bybio-fortifying staples consumedbypoor and take the long view makingessential non-staples affordable. That is solution to India’s hiddenhunger The train of structural reforms setinmotion on November 8, 2016,has ledtoformalisation of economy, will yield long-term benefits

millionin2019-20.We cansplithairsandex- pend bandwidth in assigning causality to thesenumbers. Demonetisation wasacata- PLATETOPLOUGH lyst for, if notthe causeof, thedigitisation of financialtransactions that nowoffers atrail. by HowarthBouis Thetrailisbeneficialinmultipleways.Itraises the volume transacted,delivers payments and Ashok Gulati faster and safely, andhelpsintrackingcon- sumer behaviour.The pandemichas now come as aforce multiplier fordigitisation. ON OCTOBER 16,World Food Day, Prime VAnantha Sometimes, thelaw of unintendedconse- MinisterNarendraModiissuedacommemo- Nageswaran quencescanwork inourfavour,too,inmeet- rative coin of Rs 75 and dedicated 17 bio-for- ing certain objectives. tifiedvarieties of eight crops to thenation to Formalisationisnot aforce-fittedsolu- celebratethe establishment of the Food and THE DEMONETISATIONOFhigh-denomi- tionto theproblemof thepervasive informal Agriculture Organisation (FAO)75yearsago, nation notesinIndia took place on the same natureofproduction in the Indian economy. in 1945. Asmall plaque on the wall in the main dayasthe electioninthe United States — Informality is notacurse. It is afeatureof lobbyoftheFAOheadquarters in Rome reads: November 8, 2016.Therefore,the fourth an- Indian economic policymakingasitevolved “In this building, 16th of October 1945, repre- niversaryofdemonetisation happens to co- since Independence. Unintentionally, it sentativesof44nations metand established incide with the US’s election cycle.Evenas playedaroleinthe fragmentation of the the Food and Agricultural Organisation, the the US is coming to terms with the outcome Indianeconomy. Itisadisadvantageinamod- firstofthe newUnited Nations Agencies. For of the elections thatnominally concluded ernglobalisingeconomy, wherelarge sources the firsttime, nations organisedtoraise lev- on November 3, India is takingstock of the of capitalandlarge marketsrequire formality. elsofnutritionand improve production and scorecardconcerning demonetisation.Its Demonetisation wasone piece in the puzzle distributionof foodandagriculturalproducts.” objectives —stated, unstated and added— thatnotonlyfacilitatedbutalsoactively con- The point to benotedisthat even 75 years were several. Mainly,itwas about discour- tributedto formalisation.Formalisationisnot ago, agriculturepolicymakers, in setting pri- aging theuse of high-denomination notes about taxing productive activity and collect- orities, mentionedimprovinghuman nutri- forillegal transactions and thus curbing the ingvariousotherdues.Formalisationisabout tion before improving agricultural production. widespreaduse of blackmoney.Inthe enhancingtheproductivityof enterprisesand Afterall, aprimaryobjective of agricultureis process, it wasexpected that the ban on ensuringaccess to credit. to producefood that provides enough min- CRSasikumar high-denomination noteswould encourage Demonetisation playedanimportant erals and vitamins that sustain healthy hu- digitisation of commercial transactions,for- role in stirring adebateabout theen- man beings. This is oftenforgotten in ouref- malise the economy, and so,boost govern- trenchedinformality in the economy— fortstoimprove agriculturalproductivity and with the density.The firstterm in this mul- otherwise. This is well understood in litera- menttax revenues. what to do aboutitand how. In that sense, raise farm incomes. tiplication, quantities consumedoffoodsta- ture, but itsimpact on human nutrition is not Letuslook at afew indicators.Inthe last it playedabig role in focusingminds on the What we knowtoday is that almost2bil- ples, is ahigh number. well-quantifiedyet. three odd years, cash depositdatawas problem and, as one would expect, solutions lion women and children in lowand middle- The objective,then, within thesub-strat- Turningnow to vegetables,fruits, analysed to identifypersons whosecash turnedout to be multi-faceted. income countries (LMICs) areatrisk forvita- egy of focusing on food staples, is to increase pulses,animalproducts—foodsalready transactionsdidnotappeartobeinlinewith The debateoninformality spurredac- min A, iron, and zincdeficiencies, leading to densities of nutritious componentsand de- dense in minerals and vitamins—the fun- theirtaxpayerprofile.Thisanalysisresultedin tion on the discounting and factoring of moresickness, increasednumber of deaths crease the densities of undesirablecom- damental strategy should be to increase the theidentificationof about17.92lakhpersons trade receivables. Micro, small and medium and lowercognitive ability —all combining to pounds. One waytodothisisthroughcon- supplyofkey foodsthatcan contributeim- forthe online verification processinthe first (MSME) suppliers to large businesses and reduce economic growth significantly. The ventional plant breeding. Aterm hasbeen portantlytonutrient intakes.The supply phase.Largely,asaresultofthisandotherfor- governmentsare oftenhelplessinsecuring highestnumbers of womenandchildren suf- coinedfor this process, “bio-fortification.” can be increasedcost-effectively through malisationmeasuresthatcomplementedde- paymentsfor goods deliveredand services fering from this“hidden hunger”live in South From that standpoint, PrimeMinister public policy and investments. monetisation efforts, direct taxcollections rendered.That is slowlychanging.Itisstill Asia, especiallyIndia. Modi’s endorsement of eight bio-fortified Thereare twofundamental pointsto wentupby 17.9percentand13.5percentre- work-in-progress, but the government’s The primary underlying cause formin- crops is commendable. The credit forthis also make. First, the primaryobjective is to lower spectively in the financial years 2017-18and unwaveringattentiononfacilitating the fac- eral and vitamin deficiency is low-quality goes to the Indian Agricultural Research the real prices of these keyfooditems.Second, 2018-19. In this regard,along withdemon- toring and discountingoftrade receivables diet.The poor desire, but cannotaffordto Institute(IARI) andmanyagri-scientists of these food items will vary greatlybycountry, etisation, the introduction of the Goods and will result in an inflection point in their purchase sufficient quantities of vegetables, India, suchasMSSwaminathan, fortheir Theprimaryunderlying depending on dietary patterns. ServicesTax,the Insolvency andBankruptcy widespread acceptance. The sooner the fruits, pulses, and animalproducts, which, long-term vision and perseverance to de- Forexample,the majorpush by theIndian codeandnewlawsregulatingrealestate and government putsits ownprocurement and gram forgram, contain relatively high velop these bio-fortifiedcrops. These bio-for- cause formineral and government, calledOperation Flood, im- benamitransactionsencouragedcompliance paymentsinthe Trade Receivables amountsofbio-available minerals and vita- tifiedstaples needtobecloselylinked to vitamin deficiencies is proved the efficiency of milk production, a suchthatthe number of income taxreturns Exchange, the earlier will be the arrivalof mins, but whose prices have been rising India’s food-basedwelfareprogrammes in- low-qualitydiet. Thepoor highlynutritious and important food in Indian and the number of income taxfilers grew at this inflection point. muchfasterthan staples likewheat, rice and cluding the public distribution system (PDS) desire but cannot afford to diets.Supplywent upsharplyand the relative ahealthyratein2017and 2018. The second is the re-classification of corn over the pastseveral decades. No won- the mid-daymealand anganwadisand real price went down significantly. Milk con- Itisimpressive thattheseimprovements MSME enterprises. The fear of growth and der,poor people satisfy their hunger by con- shouldbecomeanintegral part of the purchase sufficient sumption increased. took placeevenaseconomicgrowth rates hence the reluctance to grow is being ad- suming large amountsoffoodstaples, which National Nutrition Mission (POSHAN quantities of vegetables, Investing in an efficient milk value chain peakedinline with trendselsewhere in the dressed. Thethird offshoot of demonetisa- onlychangesathigher levels of incomes. Abhiyan).Thiswouldalso help fightthe ad- fruits, pulses, and animal in Indiawas an incredibly“nutrition-smart” developedworld and due to theemerging tion is thede-criminalisation of violations Howtoaddress the problem of lowin- verse impact of Covid-19onthe nutritionof agriculturalactivity thatbenefitted millions and sustainedtightnessinfinancial condi- of manypenalprovisions of the Companies take of minerals and vitamins through agri- the country’s vulnerable population. products —which, gram for throughoutIndia.Asimilarpushis neededto- tions in Indiain2017and 2018,partlydue to Act, 2013.Demonetisation focusedminds culture? Thereare twobroad strategies. The But linking agricultureand nutrition only gram, contain relatively high dayfor fruitsand vegetables, and pulses. The the collapseofIL&FS and tight liquidity con- on the compliance burdenthatbusinesses firstistoimprove the densities of minerals starts with bio-fortification. We mustnot stop amounts of bio-available current reforms in farm laws offeranoppor- ditionsmaintainedbythe central bank in carry.Inthe lastweek,the compliance stran- and vitamins in thehigh amountsoffood there. Forexample, recent evidence demon- minerals and vitamins, but tunity to develop similar value chains for those years. Doubtless, structural reforms glehold on information technology enter- staples that the poor already consume. The stratesthat nitrogenous fertilisers increase the these, as wasdone in milk. have playedtheir role as theyrequiredthe prises has been eased. second is to increase their consumption of densities of proteins, minerals and vitamins whose prices have been rising Agricultural policymakers typicallyfocus publicto abandonoldmethodsandpractices Judgement on epochalpolicydecisions nutritious non-staple foods. This second in staple foods. Adding zinc and/or iodine to muchfaster than staples like on increasing productivity and farmers’ in- and adoptamorecompliantculture. Thatis cannot be rendered instantaneouslyorin broad strategy fundamentallydepends on fertilisers and foliar sprays will also increase wheat,rice and corn over the comes. Butinvestinginimprovednutrition along-term trend thatlooks irreversible. real-time. Bank nationalisation is an exam- raising incomes and lowering the real prices the zinc and iodinedensity in grains. Thereare past several decades. No through agriculturehas extremelyhigh eco- Oncethecurrentuncertaintyoverthelinger- ple. At the end of the firsttwo decades, its of non-staple foods. synergiesincombining these fertiliser strate- nomic payoffs. Prime MinisterModishould ing growth impact of the COVID-19pan- scorecard waspositive, on balance.Atthe Food staples arenot dense on minerals gies withbio-fortifiedcrops. Theevidencefor wonder,poor people be complimented fordrawingattention to demic abates, the benefits of these reform endoffivedecades, it is mixed to negative. and vitamins,but theydoprovideabroad these pathways wasdeveloped under the satisfy their hunger by bio-fortifiedbasic staplesand linkingitto pub- measures will shinethrough. Historianswillrecordthat theoppositeis rangeofessential minerals and vitamins — “HarvestZinc” programme by Ismail Cakmak consuming large amounts of lic food programmes. On digitisation, the volume of financial true of demonetisation. abase whichneeds to be strengthenedby of SabanciUniversityinTurkeyand his col- food staples, whichonly transactions done through the Unified non-staple foods. The absoluteintakeofmin- leagues in LMICs, including India. Bouis is aWorld Food Laureatefor his Payment Interface (UPI) jumpedfrom17.9 The writer is member (Part-time), Economic erals and vitamins from food staples is the Fertilisers also augment productivity, changes at higher levels work on bio-fortification and Gulati is Infosys million in 2016-17to915.2 million in 2017- AdvisoryCounciltothe PrimeMinisterof result of multiplying quantities consumed keeping food priceslowerthantheywould be of incomes. Chair Professor forAgricultureatICRIER 18,5,353.4 millionin2018-19and 12,518.6 India. Viewsare personal In search of dignity LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR UPHILL TASK THISREFERSTOtheeditorial‘Ridingwith IDEAS It lies within. Failureofour representativesand institutions cannotdeter us Murugan’(IE, November 6). The BJP’s one-size-fits-all approachmay notde- ONLINE livertheanticipatedoutcome.Theparty’s Ashwani Kumar so-called“Vetri Vel” yatracouldwellfail ONLYINTHE EXPRESS to capturepeople’simaginationasthecit- ON GLOBAL DIGNITYDay (October 21), India on asensitive subject under consideration of majestyofcourts is located in the objectiv- negationofthelegalprinciplesofproportion- izenryinsouth India is notsoeasily ● AFATHERHOODMORE joinedthe worldincelebrating human dig- the CJI, the chief executive of thestate has not ity,consistency,and intellectualintegrity of ality,neutralisation, necessity and postpone- swayedby tinkeringwithreligioussenti- FULFILLING:AYUSHI nity, about which ThomasPaine hadfa- done justice to his office either. their judgmentswhichmustremain open ment of publication enunciated by it (R ments. Perhaps,the BJPisunder the im- AGARWAL mouslywritten, “the sun nevershinedona Whether acriminal contempt action to public scrutinyand fair comment. Judicial Rajagopal,1962 and Sahara,2012) in relation pressionthatsincetheHindutvacardhas cause of greater worth”. Regrettably, more againstthe CMcanalone redeem the prestige dignity is afunction of the community’s re- to media coverage of casesundertrialisinex- yieldedrichpolitical dividendselse- ● LOSTINUTTARPRADESH: thanseven decades afterIndependence, we and dignityofhigher judiciaryisdebatable. sponsive chordtoits pronouncements plicable. This is particularly so because in where,thesamestrategywillwork inthe SANDEEPPANDAYAND face alegitimate interrogation aboutour fal- Judging from the public response to thecon- basedupon ashared sense of justice. Bhramajeet Singh Sharma (2005), the court southern states. But one swallowdoes KUSHAGRAKUMAR tering recordinthe advancement of adefin- temptproceedings in the Prashant Bhushan Judicialexcessivism or abdication areboth recognisedpresumptionofinnocenceasahu- notmakeasummer. Thepresentmisgov- ing national aspiration. Instances of rape, en- case, onlyanunanswerable case of criminal fataltojudicial prestige. man rightand declared unhesitatingly in ernanceattheCentreandBJP-ruledstates www.indianexpress.com counter deaths, custodial torture, abuse of contempt foundedonclear malafides on the Uncheckedmedia trials, especially on Sahara that the freedom of expression under has made it certain that the party faces elders and children,deprivation of basic hu- CM’s part would invest the punitivejudicial electronicand socialmedia, repeatedly trans- Article 19 (1)(a) is subject to the requirement anuphilltask.Itwouldbeprudentforthe man rightsand the resultant lossofdignity remedy with credibility and amoral appeal. gress constitutional boundaries with adev- of fair trial (Article21). Awelcome note of cau- party to hold itsgroundwhereitisslip- of the marginalisedand the suborning of fun- Whetherornot the case forcontempt is “clear astating infraction of the right to privacy and tion by Justice Chandrachud in his dissenting ping rather than making inroads in un- ative lack of homegrownjihadist terror- damentalfreedoms by amuscular statemock and beyond reasonable doubt” (Baradakanta mockthe promise of fair trialand legal due judgment in Romila Thapar is eloquent:“Lofty chartedwaters. ism in India? To believe that Islamisthe the constitutional promise of fraternity,with Misra,1974) will depend upon “a noetic look process under Article 21.Despiteseveral bind- edictsinjudicial pronouncements’’, declared Deepak Singhal, Noida causefor terrorism, livedorotherwise, individual dignity as itsprincipalconstituent. at the conspectus of the featuresand…acon- ing interdicts by the highestcourt againstpar- the judge, “can have no meaning to acitizen wouldbeakintoreducingIreland’shome Even though the SupremeCourt, as adesig- stellation of constitutional and other consid- allel media trials adverselyimpacting the unless the constitutional questforhuman lib- NOT RELIGION ALONE rule movement to Catholicism. nated guardian of the constitutional con- erations…”(Mulgaokar,1978). Acredibleres- course of justice (Mirajkar,1965, Sahara, erty translates intosecuring justice forindi- Biswadeep Chatterjee, viaemail science, has declaredthat the right to lifeun- olutionof acomplexsituation will indeedtest 2012), the brazen illegality continues. The viduals… [The Court] “…cannotbeoblivious THIS REFERS TO the article, ‘The root der Article 21,sans dignity,islike“asound the wisdom of the wise as well as the inter- SushantSingh Rajput and Kangana Ranaut to theoverriding constitutional concern to se- causefallacy’(IE,November6).Onepoint REGRESSIVE LAW that is notheard… ”(Navtej Johar,2018), a institutional capacity to advance constitu- episodes arejarring illustrations. curethe dignity of the individual’’. of thearticle —thatscriptureand some continuing lossofdignityinits various man- tional justice. Arestrainedand sparing use of The profound pronouncementsbythe The dignitarian Constitution’s custody is original essenceofIslamcannotbeused THISREFERSTOtheeditorial‘Lawofprej- ifestationsremains apainfulreality. unusual jurisdiction combining “the judge, courtinM. Nagaraj (2006), K.SPuttaswamy entrustedtothe joint endeavours of the three to absolve or understand the violence udice’, (IE, November 4).The modern Recent eventsinvolving the executive and juryandthehangman”(SCBA 2008),in aspirit (2017), Romila Thapar (2018), Nambi Narayan branches of government, but the recent done in itsname —iswell taken. statebasedonrational-legalauthority is judiciary have raisedconcerns about the in- of “majestic liberalism”addstothelegitimacy (2018), Navtej Johar (2018), Tehseen recordofour liberal democracy suggests an However, thearticle almosthintsatreli- expectedto riseabove societalbiasesand stitutionalrole in advancingthe of contempt jurisdiction and, till recently, such Poonawalla (2018), et al,espousinghuman institutional deficit in the advancement of gionasthecauseforviolenceinitsname. prejudices. The marital union between Constitution’s dignitarian promise. An un- has been the court’s preferredapproach dignityasthe foremost constitutional prin- constitutionalgoals.But we need notgivein Thereare indeedsocial, geopolitical and twoconsentingadultsshould be re- precedented communication by the Chief (Mulgaokar, VijayKurle,2020). ciple remain no morethan pious declarations to despair because we knowthatour dignity historicalfactorsatplaythatgivebirthto spected.Socialorevenfamilialhesitancy MinisterofAndhra Pradeshtothe Chief This is because the authority and dig- of constitutional intent. Questions about the lies within ourselves. The failureofour repre- nihilistviolence. Whyhas areligion to acknowledgeorevenacceptinter-faith JusticeofIndia,complainingabout interfer- nity of the higher judiciary as the custodian apexcourt’s vacillation and institutional inca- sentatives and democraticinstitutions to se- whosefollowersandstateswere oncethe alliancesisbasedontheirarchaicworld- ence by asenior SupremeCourt judgeinthe of constitutionalprinciplerests notonthe pacitytoenforce itsjudgmentswithout cureitcannotdeter us from pursuing the dig- pinnacleofscience and culturebecome, view, the statemustn’t encouragesuch administration of justicebycertain judges of “coercive powerofthe judgesbut the def- whichthe declarationoflaw is meaningless nitarian agenda. insomeplaces,soregressive?Whatdoes regressive voices. the AndhraPradeshHigh Court, has compro- erence and respect whichispaid to them have diminished judicial prestige. caste andpovertyhave to dowiththerel- Sudip Kumar Dey, Kolkata misedthe institutional integrity of the higher and theiractsfromanopinion of theirjus- Aseemingly resignedacceptance by the The writer is former Union minister forlaw judiciary. Making public his communication, tice and integrity”(BaradakantaMisra). The highestcourt of the routine and audacious and justice. Viewsare personal

New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,NOVEMBER9,2020 @ieExplained #ExpressExplained 12 If thereare questions of current or contemporaryrelevance that youwould like E EXPLAINED explained, please [email protected]

CORONAVIRUS DASHBOARD EXPLAINED THE PANDEMIC INDIAACTIVE CASES 512,665 Second wave, what next? 600,000 Large parts of Europeare in asecond lockdown as anew waveofinfection sweeps through the continent. Casesinthe US aresmashing newrecords. But overall numbers in India arefalling —for reasons notyet 594,386 fullyclear.What is the wayforward,given thecostoflockdowns?InaninterviewtoPRABHA RAGHAVAN, 550,000 Professor SunetraGupta,aproponent of herdimmunity, weighedinonthisand related questions. 512,665

areareaswhere peoplehavebeenrecentlyex- LAST 10 DAYS EXPERT posed, and it has overshot the levelrequired 500,000 (for)herdimmunity.Furthermore,notonlydo antibodies decay, another thing we knowis Oct 29 Nov7 EXPLAINS that noteverybody makes antibodies. Note: The Nov8figureinthis graphisbased on thegovernment update on Nov8 Isuspect in India, because of continuous Prof Sunetra Gupta exposuretocoronaviruses, peoplehavemore INDIA TOTALCASES WORLD TOTAL CASES From The Indian Express panel residual immunity from cross-immunity 8,507,754 50,052,204 of specialists, exclusive insight (whichmeans immunity developedfroman- othercoronavirus would help protect against Source:MinistryofHealth&Family Source:JohnsHopkinsUniversity, the newcoronavirus) In our cistern example, Welfare,updatedat11pmonNov8 updatedat11pmonNov 8 Is thereany precedent from previous the tank is already half full. pandemics that strengthen the argument The onlything thattells youwhat's going forallowing naturallyacquiredherd on is when infection and deaths starttocome immunity in Covid-19? down.Indiaisaverybigcountry,itwillhappen Antibodies developed during When anew pathogen entersaterritory region to region, but it will happen. Ihaven’t wherenobodyhasanyimmunity,itcancause lookedatallthedatacarefully, butIimagineby devastation.Assoonassomeimmunitybuilds now, most parts of Maharashtramustbe... But common cold found to target up in apopulation, our relationship with the then, therewill be other areas (whereimmu- pathogenchanges.Typically, immunitykeeps nity has notprogressedthat much). virus behind Covid-19 too theriskverylow.Agoodrecent example is of the Zika virus: it came to Brazil, therewas a Datasuggests around 10%ofdeaths in WHEN Avirus infectsaperson,their wasnot dependent on recent infec- spateofmicrocephaly, and nowthere’s wide- India areofthose aged 26-44. Whichage immune system creates antibodies to tion with acommoncoldcoronavirus. spread population immunity —this doesn’t groups should be allowedtolivetheir lives help fight it. Researchers have now Among children aged 6to16, such meanZikahasdisappeared,buttheriskislow. normally, and with what caveats? found that some antibodieswhichare cross-reactive antibodies were found To use the analogy of acistern, the lossof Thedataneedsto belookedatcarefully.We causedafter infection with common much more frequently. immunity is justhow leaky the system is,so With SundayMass taking place inside, worshippers stand outside achurch in knowthere’sanage link,and in terms of who cold coronaviruses, and whichremain “Our resultsshowthatchildren are youeither getalotofwater draining out or Athens afterthe Greek government imposedanationwide lockdown. Reuters shouldgo backtowork,certainlythedatafrom in the bloodfor some time, can also muchmorelikelytohavethese cross- morewater coming in, but the levelofimmu- theUKandmanyothercountriessuggestpeo- target SARS-CoV-2. The study,byre- reactive antibodiesthanadults. More nitystays thesame.That'sthescenarioformost pleinthatagebracket (26to 44)haveverylow searchersatthe Francis Crick Institute research is neededtounderstand why coronaviruses. youcan learn from what happenedthere. So, what approaches globallyare good risk.IntheUK,(Prof)CarlHeneghan(of Oxford and University CollegeLondon, is this is,but it could be down to children Youmight ask,“Whatabout thewater Denmark and Norway both managed to examplesofhow to best handle this University) has done athorough analysis of publishedinthe journal Science. being moreregularly exposed to other flowing in? Isn’tthatnew infections?” Well, controlthevirusand so, notsurprisingly,have pandemic, especiallyfor acountrylike deaths. Even in the elderly,the people who coronaviruses. These higher levels we typically, thosewillbereinfections.Ithink we had fewerdeaths. But,interms of economic India? have diedwerepeoplewithsome form of co- The findings observed in children can be fairly confident that, if SARS-CoV-2 be- losses,Swedenispartofanetworkoftheglobal Swedenisobviouslyagoodexample—not morbidity.The likelihoodofdying, if you’re fit The researchers could alsohelp explain haveslikeother coronaviruses, those reinfec- economy, so to say, “Theydid justasbadly as goingintofulllockdown,buttryingatthesame and healthy, is quitelow,evenamong theeld- made their discovery whytheyare lesslikelyto tionswon’tcarry the same risk of severe dis- we did,” is,Ithink,averyflawedargument. timeto institute measureswiththeideaof pro- erly.Butit’sgoingto varyfromregionto region. while developing highly become severely ill with ease and death. As Iunderstand from tectingthevulnerable.My Thereare allsortsof ways inwhichyounger sensitive antibody tests Covid-19. Thereisnoevi- Thereare strong paradigms and examples speaking to people in mother is in Kolkata. She people also need to think about protecting forCovid-19. Theycom- dence yet, however, that of howherdimmunity protectsthe popula- Sweden, their goal wasto and her sister areself-iso- themselves. Reducingexposure,evenamong pared the blood of Covid- these antibodies prevent tion. In the firstdays, you'redealing with an put in place something THEEXPERT lating as best they can. thosewhoareyoung,shouldstillbepartofthe 19 patientswith that of PAPER SARS-CoV-2infectionor emptycistern,soyougetthisbigrushofwater, sustainable... that’s what PROFESSOR SUNETRA Though these options are thinking. All of this needs to be discussed. patientswho had not spread,”leadauthorKevin but then that stabilises. we should be thinking GUPTA is professor of available to middle-class I’vebeen callingfor aperspective thatisn’t had the disease. They CLIP Ng said in astatement. about. theoretical epidemiology families, theycertainly centredonWestern,affluent countries who found that some people Howimportantisherdimmunity as a We’vealsoseen ap- at the University of aren’t in the slums. But can say, “Hey, we’regoingtolockdownnow have antibodies reactive NEWRESEARCH The biology solution, when we arestilllearningabout proacheslikethatofNew Oxford. Her research is then, lookatslums like because, otherwise, you'regoing to have to SARS-CoV-2 in their The spikeprotein of howlong antibodies againstCovid-19last, Zealand, whichimposed focused on theevolution Dharavi—theviruspassed deaths.”Let'sgetitinperspective—thisisater- blood, despitenot ever having being SARS-CoV-2 is made of twoparts or andsome countries arealready spotting stringentrestrictionsto of diversity in pathogens, through it, lots of people rible event, but we have to find solutionssus- infected withthis virus. Theseanti- subunits,S1and S2. The S1 subunit al- reinfections? eradicatecases. New especiallyinfectious got infected (but) the tainablefor notjustthose livinginluxury, but bodies arelikelythe result of exposure lows thevirus to latchontocells, Antibodies wane, so youcannotuse them Zealand’sstrategywas to disease agents. She has deathswere low, probably averyvastmajority of the worldthatisn’t. to other coronaviruses, whichcause a whereas S2 lets the virus intocells. to declarewhatproportion of the population closeits bordersand hunt been among themost because, among the in- Earlierthisyear,yousuggestedLondonhad common cold and whichhavestruc- The researchers found that the S2 sub- hasbeenexposedtothevirus.Theyare thefoot down and kill everyvirus quotedexpertsinreports, fected,mostpeople were possiblyalreadyachievedherdimmunity.Are tural similarities with SARS-CoV-2. unitincommon coldcoronaviruses soldiers and onlyapartofthe various things that managed to cross. research and commentary young. Ithink there’s a thereany additionallearningsthat strengthen To reconfirm, the scientists and SARS-CoV-2 is similar enough for we recruit to fight the virus. That isn’t sustainable, un- globallyonthe pandemic. possibilityinIndiathatthe or modifyyourviews?London, Iimagine be- analysed over 300blood samples col- some antibodies to work againstboth. Antibodiesareonlyamarkerthatyouhave lessitwishesforevertoex- Professor Gupta is one of oldergeneration is more cause of the lockdown, got close to herdim- lected before the pandemic, between The researchersstressedthatthere recentlybeen exposed. Theydonot reflect istinabubbleoutside of theauthors of theOctober protected because they munity, but didn't overshootitnecessarily. 2011 and2018. Nearly allsampleshad arestillmanyunknownswhichrequire what’sgoingonwiththeimmuneresponse,so the worldeconomy(un- 4Great Barrington have some immunity Ithink it's still the case that we don't antibodiesthatreactedwith common further research.Alarge study is now it’s wrong to saythatthe decay of antibodies less) avaccine becomes Declaration, whichcalls through regular exposure knowwhether Covid-19circulated in cold coronaviruses,whichwas ex- underway, in partnershipwithre- means that protective immunity is decaying. available. Youhavetoac- forallowingthose at to young people. Januaryand Februarybythe time we gotthe pected.Inaddition, about 1in20 searchers at Imperial College London Previous exposuretoother coronaviruses knowledge this is ex- minimalriskofdeath Shutting down the datainMay...It’slikelytherewas aconsider- adultsalso had antibodies that cross- and University CollegeLondon. alsogives yousome immunity to this new tremelynationalistic and from Covid-19 to live their economyis,almostevery- able contribution of population-levelimmu- reacted with SARS-CoV-2, and this MEHRGILL virus, so it’s acomplexlandscape. probablyonlyachievable livesnormally, while where,going to cause nity to theobservation. We observed infec- within very contained, better protecting those moreharm, and going to tion levels were very lowoverthe summer in When compared with Nordic neighbours, small, affluent states. who areathighest risk. disproportionatelyharm London, so that's notconsistent with there Sweden’s herdimmunitymodel had Ithink in developed the poor and the young. notbeing anyherdimmunity. limited dividendsinterms of economic countries likethe UK, the What’s happening nowisthe typical rise gain. Howdoesitlook now, as Europe costs of lockdown areprofound, but at least Howfar is Indiafromachieving herd yousee in the wintermonths forany respira- battlesasecondwave? theoptionof shieldingthevulnerableisareal- immunity? toryinfection. Whenstudents arrive from dif- It's unfair to judgethe Swedish model in isticone.That’swhatIthinkistherealityof the Manypockets inIndiahave alreadyclearly ferent parts of the country to universities, if comparisonto otherNordiccountries.It’salso situation, and I’m astonishedthat, instead of achievedherdimmunity,because infection they'renot immune, they’ll pickupthe infec- notfair to judgeitonthe basis of howmany considering the hugecosts of alockdown and levels arefallingnaturally. So, we go backto tion.It'snot at all surprising thatinfection lev- deaths have occurred withinthatpeak. The howit’s going to send 130million people into that question, “What do seroprevalence stud- elsaregoingupthistimeof theyear.Butdeaths truth is, followingthe same kindofstrategy, starvation (around the world), people have a iesindicateaboutexposure?”Thelessonto be aren’tgoingupquiteinthesameway, so,Ithink thelevelofdeathsSwedenachievedwassim- monocular vision focusedonthe virus and learnedfromthesestudiesisyoucan’ttellwhat thereisastrongcontributionatthemomentof ilar to theUK—amorefair comparison. stopping deaths from it. Unfortunately, you proportion of the population has been ex- herdimmunity. Sweden made the same mistakesofnot pro- have to consider the entire costataninterna- posed,and when. tectingits care homesaswell as it might have tional level, otherwise we’reindereliction of In India, thereare studies whereyou get EDITEDEXCERPTS done—theSwedeswouldbethefirsttoadmit our dutiesasinternational citizens. 60-70%antibodiesinparticularlocalities.Those Longer version on www.indianexpress.com Inamirrorofeconomy,agriculturalexportsgrowamidoveralldecline

Yemen), besidesthe US and UK. The desti- since resumedtheir earlier trajectory. HARISHDAMODARAN nations fornon-basmati aremainlyWest INDIA’SEXPORTOFAGRICULTURALCOMMODITIES FAOFOODPRICEINDEX This is capturedbythe UN Food and NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER8 Africa (Benin, Nigeria, Togo,Ivory Coast, AgricultureOrganization’s (FAO)Food Price Liberia, Guinea and Senegal), EastAfrica (INMILLIONDOLLARS) (2014-16=100) Index(baseyear:2014-16=100), whichrose INDIA’S AGRICULTURAL exports areup4.6% (Somalia and Djibouti), UAEand Nepal. 104 from 93.3pointsinSeptember 2019 to a61- year-on-year in dollar terms during April- Another agri-commodity that is on 2018-19 2019-20 Apr-Sep Apr-Sep % month-high of 102.5 in January2020. 102.5 100.9 September.Thiscomes even as the coun- course to postall-time-high exports in 2019 2020 Growth 100 Subsequently, it collapsedtoafour-year- try’s overall merchandise exports forthe 2020-21issugar.Indian mills shippedout Marineproducts6802.56 6722.07 3355.65 2709.98 -19.24 lowof91pointsbyMay.But since then, it same period have registereda21.2% annual almost$2billion worthofthe sweetener in 96 101.0 has risen everysingle month to touch100.9 decline.Italso mirrors alargertrend —of 2019-20, whereas theyhavealready done Basmatirice 4712.44 4372.00 2032.10 2123.49 4.50 pointsinOctober (see linegraph). 92 97.8 the farm sectordoing reasonablywellamid $1.4 billion during the firstsix months of Non-Basmatirice 3038.16 2031.25 1021.77 1953.70 91.21 The recovery in global prices —cour- 95.1 94.0 an economythat, according to the Reserve this fiscal. Buffalo meat 3587.15 3199.60 1599.87 1365.13 -14.67 88 tesy acombination of demand revivalfrom Bank of India, is likelytocontract by 9.5% in Both rice and sugar exports arebeing Spices 3322.45 3621.38 1962.34 1907.79 -2.78 91.0 unlockdowns (oppositetowhathappened 2020-21(April-March). propped up by rising global prices. Prices of RawCotton 2104.41 1057.34 226.44 464.58 105.17 84 in April-May), continuingsupply chaindis- Commodity-wise foreign trade data the mostactively-tradedraw sugar futures Fruits&Vegetables* 1732.211531.17 753.50 735.69 -2.36 ruptions (including from ashortageofship- from the departmentofcommerce shows contract in NewYorkare currentlyat14.91 80 ping containers), Chinese stockpiling (in Oilseeds 1156.76 1318.08 480.77 507.99 5.66 0 exports of farm goods from India during cents perpound,up18.7% from the 12.56 0 anticipation of afresh corona outbreak dur- 20 20 20 20 -19 -20 r-2 Oilmeals1508.65 827.90 430.11 460.04 6.96 r-2 April-September at $18.12 billion, 4.6% centsper pound ayear ago. Exportpricesof t-20 ing the winter) and dryweather in pro- Jul- Dec Ap Oc Jan- Feb Jun-20 Sep- Ma Aug- higher thanthe $17.32 billionfor the first whiterice with 5% broken grains content CastorOil 883.78 894.36 523.11 438.01 -16.27 May-20 ducer countriessuchasThailand, half of 2019-20. from Thailand aresimilarly at $472 per Coffee 822.34 738.86 392.64 367.54 -6.39 Argentina, Braziland Ukraine —isn’t bad tonne, compared to $420 levels at this time news forIndian farmers. Rice on top Tobacco 981.34 905.15 485.79 421.26 -13.28 last year.Indian rice of the same quality is ProcessedF&V 933.61 958.54 451.11 535.50 18.71 the highestsince 117lakh bales in 2013-14. India’sagricultural exportspeaked at The star performer has been rice, with quoting waylower at around $350 per The drivingfactors hereare the deprecia- $43.25 billion in 2013-14, before plunging to the value of shipments increasingbywell tonne, enabledpartlybydiversion of Cashew 658.30 570.07 282.85 169.75 -39.99 tion in therupee and global prices (of the $32.81billion in 2015-16. This period also over athirdto$4.08 billion in April- cheap/freegrain supplied throughthe pub- Tea 830.93 826.53 444.02 356.54 -19.70 benchmarkCotlook ‘A’ Index)recovering to sawthe FAOindexdip from an averageof September.The growth has come more lic distribution system (bit.ly/2JODFGk). Sugar 1360.29 1966.44808.32 1362.40 68.55 around 77 centsper pound, from their 119.1to90points. Farm exports recovered from the non-basmati rather than basmati Athirdcommodity whose exportshave Guargummeal 674.88 461.53 268.09 122.03 -54.48 early-April lows of below60cents. somewhat to $39.2 billion by 2018-19, but segment(seetable).Total exports this fiscal done well this year,and theprospectsalso TOTALEXPORTS** 39203.53 35600.47 17317.75 18116.00 4.61 declinedto$35.6 billion in the following areexpected to surpass the previous record look good, is cotton. In the 2019-20 season The broader trend fiscal. In the current fiscal, theyhavegrown of 12.7 million tonnes ($7.8 billion)achieved (October-September), India exported50 TOTALIMPORTS 20920.34 21859.99 11225.97 9543.45 -14.99 The generalstory in most agri-com- 4.6% even as imports aredown15%.Asare- in 2017-18. lakh bales of the natural fibre, compared to TRADESURPLUS 18283.19 13740.48 6091.78 8572.55 40.72 modities is that worldprices, whichwere sult, the overall agri-trade surplus has India exports basmati rice largely to the 42 lakh bales in the preceding year.There *Includesseeds;**Incudes other farm commodities hardening in the months justbeforethe widenedfrom$6.1billion in April- West Asian countries (Iran, Saudi Arabia, areprojections by thetrade of the newcot- Source: Department of Commerce pandemic and then crashedwith lockdown September 2019 to $8.6 billion in April- Iraq, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and tonyear’s exports hitting 70 lakh bales — measures imposedbymostcountries, have September 2020.

New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,NOVEMBER9,2020 13

ADVERTISEMENT

AVISIONARYGOVERNMENT FOR AFUTURISTIC STATE

“Muchdevelopment has taken place in Uttarakhand in the last Kedarnath 20 years but thereismuch morethatremains to be done. The presentBJP government is committed to the state's all-round development and Ican proudly say thatUttarakhandwill always PM MODI'S DREAM PROJECT be amongthe fastest-growing states in the country. Char Dham All Weather Roadsand RishikeshKarnprayag ALL SET FOR THE WORLD TO SEE Rail projects to link hills with plains are the twomajor under- construction projects thatmay provetobethe milestones on he Kedarnath and 50 metres. As part of the Uttarakhand's developmentfront during the three-and-a-half Badrinath Dhams rebuilding, work is under- years tenureofthe current government. Move to rebuilt T arespiritual cen- way for the lodging and Kedarpuri to make it amajor spiritual centre. This willhelp the tres for the world, but for food of 7000 pilgrims Himalayan state's overall development, help prevent migration the state of Uttarakhand, overnight. they arealso the econom- New Ghats have been from hills andevenpromote reverse-migration. Our people-first ic backbone of the state. constructed over policies, make sure thatUttarakhand becomes aself-reliant The state government is Mandakini and Saraswati state verysoon. Meanwhile,the government is also working on constantlyworking rivers. The facility of In keeping with PM Modi’sVision, conserving the environment by promoting greenenergy and towards modernisation changing room and sitting ways. The immense support from the centre andthe guidance and improving the area is now available at ‘dhams’ for abetter and these ghats too. CM Trivendra Singh Rawat’sGovernmentShows Impact of PM Modi, two are bound to achieve success and place comfortable spiritual Along with the Uttarakhand on the world map.” experience. construction of the Char nder the guid- highway to thestate. advanced-levelinstitutes Recruitment Centre, a -CMTrivendra Singh Rawat When PM Modi visited Dham All Weather Road, ance of PM Many of these projects like India's first Drone National Law University, Kedarnath in May last 210 new buildings are Narendra Modi arealready in progress Application Centre in COE of Natural Fibrein year,hehad avision of being built for the priests U like the Rishikesh- Dehradun, Central Almora. These have and the able making the ‘dham’ far for their stay.The leadership of CM Karnprayag Road Institute of certainly helped morecomfortable and reconstruction work of Trivendra Singh Rawat, Project, Namami Gange, Petrochemicals Uttarakhand and its the state in the past Dehradun Smart City, Engineering and citiesgain aprominent three-and-a-half years of Rishikesh-Karnprayag Technology at Doiwala, position on the governance has achieved rail project, the All Coast Guard Indian map. milestones that wereear- Weather Road, Jamrani lier adistant dream. The multipurpose project, Centrehas approved Bharatmala psroject, The Centre and projectsworth over `1 Kedarnath Shrine recon- state are working lakh crore. struction and so on. The Centreand state Other projects on the ambitious areworking on theambi- include the develop- tious AllWeather Road ment of 27 heliports All Weather Road project.Inthisproject, across thestatefor the governmentis betterair connectivity. project. In this upgrading and develop- Uttarakhand is also the ingthe road whichcon- first stateinIndia project, the govt is accessiblefor thepil- Shankaracharya's nectsall four ‘Dhams’ i.e wherehelicopter serv- grims. His dream project Samadhi will be Yamunotri, Gangotri, ices arebeing started upgrading and has now taken shape at completed by the end of Kedarnath and under the UDAN Kedarnath with the gov- 2020. The government is Badrinath. `12,000-crore scheme of theCentre developingthe ernment dedicatedly also planning to open a dream projectwillturn on the Dehradun-New working day in and out. museum in Kedarnath 1100kmofdamaged Tehri-Srinagar-Gauchar road which Thereisavisible differ- premises soon. highwaysofUttarakhand route. Today,Dehradun ence in the way leading PM Modi after into all-seasons road. is well-connected with connects all four to Kedarnath as well as meditating in the The project is divided over adozenstates. ‘Dhams’ the main monument. 'MeditationCave' for intoseven packages The Centrehas also Now,almost 3000 pil- 17 hours had given the which connectTanakpur helped in establishing grims can stand in the message of 'Safe temple premises, two Uttarakhand- Safe times the earlier num- Travel' and todaythe bers. The confluence of cave is one of the most rivers Saraswati and sought after places in Mandakini, that was ear- Kedarpuri. Considering lier inaccessible has now the growing popularity been opened and pilgrims of the meditating caves, can view Kedar Puri from the district administra- hereaswell. The 270- tion is working on mak- metres long path leading ing three morecaves in to the main temple has the nearby hills of the also been broadened to Kedarnath shrine. Badrinath TO GET AFACELIFT AS WELL norder to develop work on afool-proof the world famous work model for IBadrinath shrine on Badrinath basedonthe TSR Government gets praises and the line of Kedarnath, Kedarnath remodelling PM Modi recently asked plan on priority basis. top Uttarakhand state Badrinathwill be officials,including those rebuiltinabig way aid for the Namami Gange Project from tourismdepart- equipped with allkinds ment to preparethe of facilities for visiting roadmap for the pur- pilgrims all through the pose.Inavirtual meet- years.Some of the tasks Uttarakhand is known as the home to the holyriver Ganges, the Modi governmenthas sanctioned an amount ing with stateofficials, that would be undertak- the PM asked to start en arebeautificationof of `1370 croretothe Trivendra Singh Rawat government for its 74 different Ganga clean-up projects

smany as 62 areality after the 125 railway trackis Karnaprayag broad stations, 17 tunnels as gauge rail line in different kilometrelong completed in 2025. gauge Rail line will well as 16 bridges. An Uttarakhandwill be A Namami Gange Rishikesh Karnprayag The Rishikesh- have 12 new railway amountof`16,216 completedby related projects December2024. worth873 crores have The route will have already been According to 17 tunnels as well as completed in the state the Railway 16 bridges. 14.5 km whileremaining long tunnel willpass projects worth `521 ministry, the through Devprayag to crores wereunveiled JanasuinPauri by PM Modi inarecent upcomingbroad District.Anamountof video conference. gauge railline `16,216 croreislikely PM Modialso to be spent on this appreciated TSR for in Uttarakhand railwayline. providing drinking Under centre water,tap connection will be sponsored Bharatmala Badrinath will be the shrines and sur- for achargeofjust `1 completed by project, thecentre has rounding places,along per connection in the approved `2000 equipped with all with building cottages state. PM Modi praised December 2024. crores to build and guest houses. CM Trivendra Singh and Askote-Vasoola- kindsoffacilities for While the CM's office saidthatheisthe first The routewill Tawans- Malparoad, visiting pilgrims. hasstarted to keep a CM in the countryto have17 `1200crore forLipu track of the spiritual givetap connections for Lake road in Some of thetasks andreligious activities almost free. tunnelsaswell Pithoragargh, `4500 takingplace at crorefor Baijnath- thatwould be Badrinath, statetourism All-round as 16 bridges Bagwshwar-Kapkot- undertakenare minister,Satpal Maharja Infrastructure Ratapani-Munsiyari- is also taking the neces- development through Dharkhera-Seraghat beautification of sarysteps to start work RailwayProjects, croreislikely to be and Jauljeevi road in fullswing in orderto Bharatmala andAll spent on this railway network.Overall a the shrines and make Badrinath biggest Weather Road line. According to the stretch of 571 km of surrounding places spiritual centre in the The dreams of millions Railway Ministry, the road is being built comingyears. of people willbecome upcoming broad underBharatmala. New Delhi

WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

14 THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,NOVEMBER9,2020 IDEA EXCHANGE Newsmakersinthe Newsroom KRISHNAMURTHYVSUBRAMANIAN, CHIEF ECONOMIC ADVISER TO GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ‘ There is adefinite fiscal space, to push demand. And it can be done mainlythroughinfrastructure

Subramanian talksaboutthe reasoning behind govt’s economicresponse to Covid-19,highlightskey reforms that will help growth, remains wary of another virus peak and calls fo‘rnew entrantsand innovations in thebanking sector to introduce morecompetition. The session wasmoderated by ExecutiveEditor (National Affairs) PVaidyanathan Iyer

PVAIDYANATHAN IYER: It’s about of itisbecausetheneedforsocialdistancing million,hasabout25-26,000banks...Ithink sevenmonths intothe financial year. isnotasmuch,asinactivitiesliketraveland this one fact illustrates that we certainly Do youthink the worstisovergiven tourism,aswellasdueto thesectorgetting needfarmoreentriesinthebankingsector, thatthe firstquarter(Q1) wasverybad buoyant. This is becauseofthe seriesofre- and that will bring competition, and com- forthe corporatesector? forms that have been launched. petition willenable the banking sector... The recovery since Q1 andthe unlock Labour market reforms have thepo- Fintechissomethingthatwe mustenable... phase has been robust, withsome impor- tential to push manufacturing sector Iamsomeone who thinks that the combi- tant subtleties. Firstly, manufacturing re- growth. From about44laws, we have now nationoffinance and technology is some- coveryhasbeenmorerobustthantheserv- come down to fourcodes.Definition of thingthatIndiamustembraceto enablethe ice sector recovery.And this is displayed wages, salaries, bonus, strikes etc, were financialsector to grow. throughseveralindicators.If youlookatthe WHY written differentlyacrossthese 44 laws. manufacturingPMI(PurchasingManagers’ This made compliance difficult. The num- ANANT GOENKA:InAmerica, thereare Index)forSeptember,itwasataseven-year KRISHNAMURTHY V berofsectionshas come down signifi- alot of banks.But justsix bankscom- highand has since increased. The levels of SUBRAMANIAN cantlydue to this reduction... The ability to mand amajority of themarket share.... activity arenot onlybacktopre-Covid lev- cateremploymentto What youhaveto elsbutalsocomparedto thesametimelast demandconditions understand is that year,theyare doingwell.... sCEA,Krishnamurthy gets enhancedsignif- Thefinancial sector still ‘ small banksare the If youlook at the service sector,the VSubramanian is akey icantlythrough the onesthatenduplend- October PMI has come close to 53, which useoffull-time lags. Theaverage private ingto smallfirms.The suggeststhatapartfromacoupleof sectors, Ainfluencer on economic equivalent, whichis smallbank-smallfirm credit to GDP is 52%. whichare moreimpactedbysocialdistanc- contractual employ- linkageisveryimpor- ing,liketravelandtourism,othersectorsare policy-makinginIndia. Hisidea ment (in) which OECD’sis162%!... Small tant forcredit pene- improving. What we areseeing is two- of Thalinomics (akin to the Big workers have allthe bank-small firm linkage is tration... These small pacedrecovery with theV-shapedrecov- MacIndex)and push for benefitsofaperma- ‘ bankstypicallyuse a ery... Iwould, though, continue to be cau- nent worker,except vital forcredit penetration lotmore‘softinforma- tiouslyoptimistic, giventhe secondwave behavioural economics of nudge thatitwill be on (ba- tion’. Theyare on a thathascomeinEurope...Andgivenourfes- sis of) contracts, that first-name basis with tive seasonandtheonsetofwinter,itisone in Economic Surveys of the past can be tailoredbased thepromoter, thepro- downside risk that Iwant to be cautious twoyearshavebeen widely on timing. So, particu- prietor, and theyuse about... All necessary steps that we have lar industries can tailor their contracts that softinformation. So that linkageis been taking to control the pandemic must noticed. Post liftingoflockdown, basedondemand conditions. something that we needinIndia as well.... continuewithasmuchintensitysothatwe Another sector is agriculture,anarea don’t have arecurrence. Even without a he wasone of the first to project wherevalue-added growth has been low ANANT GOENKA: Going forward, would lockdown,if thepandemicnumbersdorise, aV-shaped recoveryin becauseofvariousrestrictions,of whichthe youadvise the government to be more thatwillbring backuncertaintyintermsof APMC ones were significant, and the liberal with platforms likeWhatsApp consumption. And thatissomething we September,now reflected in Essential Commodities Actwas another. Pay, PayTM, whichwanttoget involved have to guardagainst. economic data indicators Those have nowseenreforms as well.The in the financial sector in some form? primary andsecondary sectors, whichac- Technology in finance and fintechis PVAIDYANATHAN IYER: In Q1,urban count forsignificant employment, and, heretostay. Wheneveraninnovation growth had sloweddownbut rural thereby, demandcreation, nowhaveenor- comes in, whether it’s afirm or acountry, marketswerenot as impacted.But in mous potential. So, from the medium- to theytry and resistthat innovation... But Q2, the spread of thevirus has been long-term perspective,Isee growth being thereisarisk of fallingbehindand so we higher in rural areas than in urban robust,oncewe getthroughthepandemic. mustconsider these. We mustevaluate areas. Now, companiesare reporting If thereisone sector that still continues them forboththe costs andbenefitsand lowersalesinrural areas. Howdoyou to disappoint,itisthefinancialsector.Ifyou put in all the necessarymeasures to ensure seethe movementofthe virusinterms that thebankingsector retains itsstability... of it affecting economic activity? Thereiseasy opportunity forgrowth. Urbanareascontribute farmoretoeco- When other countries areable to do it, we nomic activity than rural areas. While one mustalso ponder over it. doesnot wantthepandemicspreadingany- where, from an economic perspective, the PRANAV MUKUL:WhereisIndia Inc impact willbelower in rural areas than in lagging behind now? And what more urban areas because the ability to socially can be done? distance tends to be,onaverage,harder in Think of the entirepopulation as an in- theurbanareas...So,fromthatperspective..., comepyramidwiththericherpeopleatthe unless we have asecond wave,weseemto topand thosethatare less privileged at the bepast thefirstpeak.Asaresult,theimpact bottom.If youlookattheproductsandserv- on economic activity will taper down.But, ices, theyhavebeenprimarilycatering to withinthat,urbanareasbeinglessimpacted the top15-25per cent of the populationin than rural areas will also help in termsof termsof theincomepyramid...Thisiswhat the impact on economic activity. is calledamargingame. Companies play themargingame,whichiswhenyoucreate PVAIDYANATHAN IYER: Duringthe productsand servicesfor the topofthe in- lockdown, the focusofthe government come pyramid. Youtypicallycan charge wastotakecareofthe mostvulnerable higher margins.And, thereby, your corpo- by ensuring cash transfers and rate strategy is focusedonthat. Then there provision forfood. Do youthink that is another model, whichisavolume game support has been adequatethrough the whereyourmargins aremuchlower but Pradhan Mantri GaribKalyanYojana youmultiplythat small margin by ahuge and Atmanirbhar Bharatpackage? scale...Youcreateproductsandservicesnot When youlookatthe Atmanirbhar Illustration: Suvajit Dey just forthe top15-25% of the pyramid, but Bharat package, thereisthe aspectof‘how forthe entire pyramid. much(is) fiscalspending?’. Within that(is) I’ll give youacoupleofsalient exam- ‘howmuchcashtransfersto thepoor?’.The global financial crisis. Giventhat economic unsustainable or adowngrade by credit The lastissovereign ratings. Theyare lookatthepenetrationof creditinIndia,the ples...FMCGs, and morebroadlyretail and thirdaspectisabout the seriesofreforms, crisesoriginatefromslackness in demand, rating agencies? Is this whythe definitelyimpacted by the fiscal situation averageprivate creditto GDPisabout52per microfinance.If youlookatthekindof prod- especiallylabour reforms, that have been theroleof fiscalpolicyinfurtheringdemand government has notaggressively gone but they’realso impacted by growth. So,in cent.TheOECD(OrganisationforEconomic uctsand servicesthat have been created in launched... Labour reforms were acondi- issomethingthateconomistsalways advo- ahead with fiscal spending? thistrade-offbalancebetweengrowthand Co-operationandDevelopment)averageis boththesesectors,theyhavebeentheones tionality as partofthe 1991 loan from the cate.So,fromthatperspective,thereisscope First,youhavetolookatdebtdynamics, fiscal spending, right now, we have to lean about 162per cent, almostthree times. In thatmatchthecashflowstreamof thoseat IMF.And yet, forthree decades, we didn’t forfiscalspendingintheremainingmonths, whichisaffectedby theinterestrategrowth ongrowthbecausethatiswhatismostim- the Northeast, the penetration of private thebottomofthe pyramid. The wayour have it.This is justone example. But these especiallygiventhefactthatthisyear,India rate differential. In otherwords,the extent portant... Even when asovereigndown- creditto GDPislessthan10 percent.So,we cash flowstream is... we getsalaries at the reforms arealso as important. We need to isgoingto have acurrentaccountsurplus.In to whichtheinterestratethatispaidondebt gradehas happened in India, the impact, have ahugedistance to cover. If youlook at end of the month, once amonth, but the lookatthegovernment’sresponseinitsto- Q1,wehad acurrent accountsurplus of is lowerthan the growth rate.Ifyou look at whether youlook at it in terms of foreign that lowamountofpenetration together typicalpersonatthebottomof thepyramid tality and notinapartial sense. If youtake $19.8 billion. Thatperformancewas partly Indiaoverthelast twodecades,theinterest exchangemarkets,equitymarkets,fixedin- with the quality of credit —whether it was either gets dailywages or weeklysalaries. thattotalperspective,thereare twoorthree because of the slackness in demand, and, rate growthrate differentialhasbeenabout come markets,orforeign portfolio invest- the 1998episode, wherewehad abanking Their amountsare lower, but theyget it

keyaspects that standout. therefore, imports being lower. But even if 4per cent, whichmeansgrowth rate has ment,has notbeenthatlarge...So, the bot- sectorcrisisortherecentone—mostofthe morefrequently. And so, amicrofinance First, facedwith the chance of the pan- thingsare notasrosyasinQ1fromthecur- been 4per cent higherthaninterestrate. tomlineisthatthisisacrisis,whereweneed NPAs (Non-Performing Assets)comefrom loan that makes yourepayonce aweekor demicexpanding, rentaccountperspec- This is what provides debt sustainability. to focus on growth. large corporateloans... maybetwice aweek...isaproductorserv- one of thekey princi- tive,itisquitelikely Thereisalot of research in this area which If youtakethetop100 ice that is catered to the kind of cash flow plesthatguided the that we maystill end shows that when the growth rate is much SANDEEP SINGH: In banksglobally,we stream that people at the bottom of the ‘ Govt policy in terms of the ‘ Products and services have government’s re- with about 1.5per higher than the nominal rate of interest, September and have onlyone bank, pyramid have. sponse wasthatwhi- lockdownwas humane, cent to 1.8per cent of debt sustainability is notaproblem. In fact, October,dataon been catering to top 15-25% the StateBankof So in the contextofthe Atmanirbhar le GDP growth will GDPasthecurrentac- higher the growth rate,lowerthe debt.... economic indi- India, ranked 55, fora Bharat push by the government, giventhe come back, andthe focusing on the long run. countsurplus.Andfor Second,foreignsavingsareprovidingus cators were looking in income pyramid... In the countrythatisthe large population that we have,and there- evidence is that it is TheSpanish Flutaughtthat an emerging country the opportunitytodofiscal spending. up. Howdoyou see context of Atmanirbhar fifth-largesteconomy fore,the potential demand forconsumer comingback, human likeIndia,acurrentac- Thethirdisimportantfromamacroper- thesustainability of in the world. We goods and services, thereisample scope lives, once theyare regions with lowdeath rates count deficit, notsur- spective,especially foremerging that beyond the push,firms canlook at should have had at forfirms to also playthe volume game, lost,cannotbebr- ‘ plus, of about 2% is economies. The 2013 ‘taper tantrum’ (the festiveseason?Also, ‘ least sixinthetop100. notjustthe margin game. Yes, thosefirms oughtback.That’sthe bounced back the fastest recommended.Acur- collective reactionarypanic that triggered despite the products forentire people If youlookatChinato- thatwant to play the margin game, fine, humaneprinciple... rent account deficit aspikeinUSTreasuryyields) is agood ex- government’spush day, they have 18 but theremightbelotsofother firms Second, we have means that you’rein- ample. It happens from overheating of the forcredit growth, banksinthe top100. whichcan playthe volume game, and, to tryandconvertthis vesting morethan economy; overheatingmanifestsinimports we arenot seeing Thefinancialsector thereby, notonlybenefit themselvesbut crisisintoanopportunityby launchingsem- you’resaving, whichiswhat emerging being excessivelyhigher compared to ex- banks pushing the envelope. What is has to startpunchingclose to the weight of also benefit the countrybycreating prod- inalreforms.Andthereformshave beenfo- economies mustdo. Thatmeans thereisa ports.Duringthetapertantrum,thecurrent your opinion about the same? the economy. uctsand services forthe entirepopula- cusedonenabling morejob creation by fo- definitefiscalspace, whichcan be usedto accountdeficit(CAD)reachedcloseto 6per Everyyear,thisistimeforthefestivesea- tion, and tapintoacompetitiveadvantage cusing on primary(agriculture) and pushdemand.Andthatcanbedoneprima- cent of GDP —averyhighand intolerable son. And year-on-year comparisons are ANANTH GOENKA: Do youthink we thatIndia has, whichisinterms of alarge secondarysectors (manufacturing).These rilybyfocusingoninfrastructurebecauseit level. (In suchacase) inflationgoes up be- done so that seasonality does notimpact should be encouragingall types of population.... createfarmore jobsespeciallyatthebottom has alarge multiplier (effect). causedemand outstrips supply. Thisgets growth numbers. So, Ithink to attributeit competition in the bankingspace? If youlook at the Chinesegrowth or the of the pyramid,whichisquiteimportant. Thegovernment’spolicyintermsof the reflectedininflationandCAD.So,duringthe onlytothe festiveseasonisconceptually Notonlyinbanking, in anysector... One growth of advancedeconomies, thosein The thirdaspect is fiscal spending. lockdown wasahumaneone,focusing not taper tantrum,the inflation wasinhigh quitenot right. In terms of sustainability,I of thekey thingsthatstandsoutacrosssec- Europe afterthe Second WorldWar,orthe Economic crises, ahealth crisis in this case, justonthe hereand now, butfor the long doubledigits.Thecombinationof veryhigh thinkthe only downside risk right nowisa torsisthat innovation isbrought alot more US afterthe Great Depression,all of them stem from demand. And demand is some- run because one of the pieces of research CADand inflationiswhatemerging possible second wave. If thatdoesnot hap- by newentrants,not as much by incumbe- grew by converting large sectionsoftheir thing that has to be worked on to getthe that got highlighted from theSpanish Flu economies become vulnerable to.Now, pen, Ithink recovery should continue.But nts,andtheyare theonesthatpush...Ithink population from low-income categoryto economybacktoits vitality.Fromthatper- episodewasthatgeographicalregionsthat lookattheCovidcrisis,whichisverydiffer- because we arestillamidstthe pandemic, I entryisaveryimportant partofdisruption middle-income category... Therefore, it is spective, fiscal spending is important... had the lowest death rateswerethe ones entfromthetypicalemergingmarket crisis. wouldmentionthatasabigcaveat...If pan- andinnovationinthebankingsector.Iquite important,forcorporatesto seethisoppor- Following the Asianfinancialcrisis,we had that bouncedbackthe fastest. Therefore, First,itisademandshock—decreaseinde- demic numbers startincreasing, uncer- agreethatwe needfarmoreentry, we need tunity, putontheircreativehatsintheir GDP growth ratesin2000,2001and 2002 from along-run perspective,that wasthe mand. This then leads to current account taintywillincrease...Anditwillhave itsim- farmorecompetition in banks.... boardrooms and come up with products of 3.8percent,4.8percentand3.8percent, right thingtodo. surplus... So in other words, the potential pact.Sothatisone keyareawherethereis Iwillgiveyou acomparison. We area and services that can be deliveredfor the respectively. Itwasfiscalspendingtogether impact on growth is something thatwe adownside risk.But from the medium- to population of almost1.4 billion people and entirepopulation. That’s the main sortof with reforms that endedupbringing PVAIDYANATHAN IYER: Areyou have to be wary of. Therefore, it is impor- long-termperspective,andespeciallyifyou we have about 500-600odd banks. The nudgeIwantto provide...somethingwhich growth backtoover8per cent up until the worriedabout debt levels becoming tant to do fiscal spending. seewhymanufacturingisdoingwell...apart UnitedStates,whichhasapopulationof 350 is good for the corporatesthemselves.

New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,NOVEMBER9,2020 15 THE WORLD

AFTER ELECTION WIN, U.S. PRESIDENT-ELECTLOOKS AHEAD World leaders hope BidensettorollbackTrumpagenda for fresh start after withblitzofearlyexecutiveactions Biden defeats Trump JOEMCDONALD TRUMPFOESCAUTIOUS Vows quickactiononrejoining Paris pact, strengthening fight againstCovid NOVEMBER8 Path to US citizenship ■ Iran PresidentHassan WORLD LEADERS on Sunday Rouhani said the next US utive orders on immigration and for 500,000 from India, cheered Joe Biden’s election as administration should use MICHAELDSHEAR bypass the Congress.” US president as achance to en- the opportunity to &LISAFRIEDMAN But thereisnoquestion that hance cooperationonclimate compensatefor Trump’s WASHINGTON,NOVEMBER8 Biden and members of his party more H-1Bs part of plan change, the coronavirus and mistakesinthe region. areeager to systematicallyerase otherproblems afterfour years US PRESIDENT-ELECT Joe Biden what theyviewasdestructive of PresidentDonald Trump’s re- ■ Chinahas notyet made is poisedtounleashaseriesofex- policies that the President pur- LALITKJHA NEWCOVIDPANEL jection of internationalalliances. an official statement, but ecutive actions on his firstday in suedonthe environment, immi- WASHINGTON,NOVEMBER8 Trumphad yettoconcede afterTrumpsaid he won the Oval Office, prompting what gration, health care, gayrights, defeat,but Western and Asian “byalot”,state-run paper is likelytobeayearslong effort to trade, taxcuts, civil rights,abor- US PRESIDENT-ELECT Joe Biden Indian-American allies expressedhopedfor a People’s Daily responded unwind President Trump’sdo- tion, race relations, military will work towardsproviding a physician Dr VivekMurthy fresh startfollowing Trump’s on Twitter with “HaHa”. mestic agenda and immediately spending and more. roadmaptoAmerican citizen- andand former FDAchief “American First” tradepolicies, signal awholesale shiftinthe If Republicans maintain con- ship fornearly 11 million undoc- DavidKessler areexpected withdrawal from the Paris cli- ■ Venezuela’s Nicolas United States’ placeinthe world. trol of the Senate, Biden’s umented immigrants, including to co-chair the newCovid mateagreement and attacks on Madurocongratulated Inthefirsthoursafterhetakes The number 46 is written in the sky using fireworks in Joe pledges to roll backTrump’s tax over 500,000 from India, and task forceunder Biden, The NATOand the WorldHealth Biden and Harris,and said the oathofoffice on theWest Biden’s home town of Wilmington, Delaware,onSaturday cutsare almostcertain to run willalsoestablish aminimum Washington Post reported. Organisation. he was“readyfor dialogue Frontof theCapitolatnoononJan night.Biden will become the 46th president of the US. AP headfirstintofierce opposition admission number of 95,000 In Asia, the elected leaders of and understanding” with 20, Bidenhas said, he will send a from that chamber.Efforts to ad- refugees annually, according to Japan,South Koreaand Taiwan the United States. letter to theUnited Nations indi- vance amoreliberal agendaon apolicydocument issuedbythe than 500,000from India,” it said. invoked“shared values” with catingthatthecountrywillrejoin deranew fightagainsthomeless- Following through on that civil rightsand race relations Biden campaign. Biden also plans to increase Washington and expressed hope theglobalefforttocombatclimate ness and resettlemorerefugees promise will requirehim to mayfalter.And his effortsto As alargely immigrant com- the number of high-skilled visas, forclose relations. nomic alliances. change, reversingTrump’s deci- fleeing war. He has pledged to demonstratesome respect for shape the newgovernment with munity,but in some cases with includingthe H-1B,and elimi- Therewas no immediateoffi- “Wewant to work in our co- siontowithdraw from the Paris abandon Trump’s travel ban on parts of the Trumpagenda that appointmentscould be con- Americanrootsreachingbackgen- natethe limit on employment- cialreactionfromChinaorRussia. operation foranew trans- climateaccordwith morethan mostlyMuslimcountries and to were fiercelysupported by the strainedbythe need to winap- erations,Indian-Americansknow basedvisas by country, both of British PM Boris Johnson had Atlantic beginning, aNew Deal,” 174countries. begincallingforeignleadersinan morethan 70 million people proval in aRepublican Senate. thestrengththatimmigrantsbring whichare expected to benefit agoodrelationshipwith Trump, said German Foreign Minister Biden’s afternoon will be a attempt to restoretrustamong who did notcastballotsfor him. But Biden maybeableto to theUS, the document said. tens of thousands of Indian pro- who had promisedhim abig HeikoMaas on Twitter. busy one.Hehas vowedthat on the US’ closest allies. “Howfar is he going to go?” achievesomeofhis goalswith “He (Biden) will immediately fessionals impacted by immigra- post-Brexit trade deal.On Sunday, Others expressedhope Day1hewillmove rapidlytocon- Having narrowly wonthe RickSantorum, aformer nothing morethan the stroke of a begin working withCongress to tion policies of the outgoing Johnson promisedtoworkwith Biden might revive cooperation front the coronavirus pandemic election in adeeplydividedna- Republican senator, asked on pen. Trumplargely failedtosuc- pass legislative immigration re- Trumpadministration. Biden. “TheUnited States is our afterTrump’s rejection of the by appointing a“national supply tion, the early signals Biden CNNonSaturday, hours after cessfullynegotiatewith House form that modernises our sys- Biden is expectedtoreverse closestand most important ally. Trans-Pacific Partnership trade chaincommander”andestablish- sends as the country’s new Bidenhad been declared thevic- Democratsduringhisfouryearsin tem, with apriority on keeping the move of the Trumpadminis- And that’s been the case under agreement and pressureon ing a“pandemic testing board”. leader willbecritical.Onthe trail, tor. “Ifyou want to showthat, office,leavinghimnochoicebutto families together by providing a tration to revoke work permitsto president afterpresident, prime Canada, Mexico, South Korea He has said he will restorethe he repeatedly said he wascam- youwanttoworkonabiparti- use executive actions to advance roadmap to citizenship for thespousesof H-1Bvisa-holders, ministerafter primeminister. It and other partners to renegoti- rightsofgovernment workers to paigning as aDemocrat but san basis. Then youdon’t go out hisagenda.Bidencanusethesame nearly 11 million undocumented whichhad adverselyimpacted won’t change,” he said. atetrade terms. unionise. He has promisedtoor- would govern “asanAmerican.” right away andsign allthe exec- tools to reverse them. NYT immigrants—including more manyIndianfamiliesintheUS.PTI MostWestern allies wel- Prime MinisterImran Khan comedafresh startwith of Pakistan said he lookedfor- Washington. Manyhavebeen ward to working together to end dismayedatTrump’scriticism of illegal taxhavensand on peace- DouglasEmhoff to decades-old militaryand eco- making in Afghanistan. AP be America’s first Supporters of Trump ‘Second Gentleman’ hold protests across US

YOSHITASINGH NEWYORK,NOVEMBER8 ASSOCIATEDPRESS NOVEMBER8 WITH THE historic election of KamalaHarrisastheUS’nextVice CHANTING“THIS isn’t over!” and President, her husband Douglas “Stopthe steal,” supporters of US Emhoffisset to becomethecoun- PresidentDonaldTrumpprotested try’s firstSecond Gentleman atstatecapitolsacrossthecountry whenHarris takesthe oath of of- Saturday, refusingtoacceptdefeat fice in January. and echoingTrump’s allegations The wifeofaUS presidentis that the Democratswon by fraud. Trumpsupporters pray at a addressedasthe FirstLady and From Atlantaand Tallahassee protestinMichigan. AP avice president’s wifeisknown to Austin,Bismarck,Boise and as the Second Lady.The US has Douglas Emhoff is US Vice Phoenix, crowds ranging in size neverbeforeinits history had a President-elect Kamala from afew dozen to afew thou- “Lockhim up!” rang out among female president or vice presi- Harris’ husband. AP sand —some of them openly car- around 1,000 Trumpsupporters. dent, so it remains to be seen rying guns —decriedthe news of Others chanted, “Thisisn’t over! what formal title will be givento JoeBiden’svictoryaftermorethan Thisisn’tover!”and“Fakenews!” the firstmale spouse of avice Emhoffproposed to Harris in three days of vote-counting put Noimmediateviolencewasre- president, though the term 2014 andthetwoweremarriedat the Democrat over the top. There ported,thoughatonepoint,police Second Gentlemanisalready be- the courthouse in SantaBarbara were skirmishes in some cities. movedtoseparateTrumpoppo- ing widelyused. later thatyear in aceremonyoffi- In Atlanta, outside the state nentsfromsupporters.Bidenheld Emhoff, 56, is asuccessful en- ciatedbyHarris’ sisterMaya. CELEBRATIONS CONTINUE: People gather in frontofthe WhiteHousetocelebrateJoe Biden’s victory. AP Capitol in the longtimeGOP aslimleadinGeorgia,whichhasn’t tertainmentlawyer,whohasbeen “Wemet,fell madlyinlove stronghold of Georgia, chantsof gone foraDemocratsince 1992. aconstant presencefor Harris (still are), got marriedand con- during the electioncampaign. tinue to live very happilyeveraf- “So proud of you,” Emhoff ter,”hetweeted early lastyear. tweetedonSaturday,withapic- “I love my husband. He is Across US,several electoralwins forIndian Americans ture of himand Harris hugging as funny, he is kind,heispatient, he TVnetworkscalledthepresiden- lovesmycooking.He’sjustare- tialracefortheBiden-Harristicket. allygreat guy,” Harris told woman and person of Indian ori- in Texas, MangaAnantamula in California,travelled to battle- AreportinCNN said Emhoff NowThisinaninterviewlastyear. gin to hold the post, 200to300 Virginia, and Himal Tiperni from ground states to campaignfor Joe usuallystays away from the During the election cam- other Indian Americans have se- Arizona. In the Senate,Rik Mehta Biden. Padma Kuppa, running in spotlight, oftenseenbackstage paign, Harris has repeatedly said cured electoral victoriesinthe in New Jerseyand Sara Gideon in Michigan, wasendorsedbyfor- or at the edge of the crowdat thatshe lovesbeing“Momala” RACE FOR US, to state legislatures, school Maine lost their races. mer president BarackObama. Harris’ eventssporting a to herstep-children, who came boards, and city councils, accord- At the stateassemblylevel, Severalseats were wonin “Kamala” t-shirt. up with the term as theypre- THEWHITE ing to theforum Indiaspora. severalwins have bolstered rep- communities that were notma- Emhoffgarnered attention ferred it over “stepmom”. HOUSE “Thatoldproverb(goes)if you resentation, especially forIndian jority Indian. Nima Kulkarniof lastyearwhenherushedonstage “Tomybrother and me, you’ll don’thave aseatatthetableyou’re Americanwomen. Kentucky woninaconstituency to protect Harris afteraprotester always be ‘Momala’,the world’s EXPRESSIN on the menu, and Ithink Indian Kesha Ram, who waselected thatwas predominatelywhite cameclose enough to thesenator greateststepmom,” Ella has said. Americans arerealisingthat nei- to stateassembly in Vermont, said and Blackworking classfamilies. to grab hermicrophone. “My familymeans every- THEUS thertheynortheirfamiliescanaf- Kamala Harris’ victorywas themosthigh-profile, but many she wasthe firstwomanofcolour Ghazala Hashmi, who wonin Harris oftentalksabout how thing to me.And I'vehad alot of ford to be on the menu. So,they other Indian Americans made amarkonthe election to be elevatedtostate senate. Virginia, said: “The fact that cen- she and Emhoffmet afterthey titles over my career, andcer- arepullinguptheseatsatthetable “MostpeopleinVermont arelike, tral Virgina wasreadytoelectan were setuponablinddatein tainly, ‘Vice President’ will be KARISHMAMEHROTRA and that meansvoting,but also reallywehaven’tdone that yet?... immigrant and aMuslim 2013 by Harris’ best friend when great, but ‘Momala’ will always NEWYORK,NOVEMBER8 running foroffice,” said Raja Krishnamoorthi, who coined Khanna from California, and To speak to abroad group of peo- American is reallyasign of the she wasCalifornia’s attorney be theone that means the most,” Krishnamoorthi,amemberof the the term ‘Samosa Caucus’, has PramilaJayapalfromWashington. ple as ayoung woman of colour kinds of incisive and welcoming general. Emhoffhas twochil- Harris had said in her firstspeech EVEN AS US VicePresident-elect USHouseofRepresentativesfrom been voted backintoCongress Severalother candidates did has takentime, so I’m glad to environment Virgina has.” dren, Cole and Ella, from aprevi- afterBiden choseher to run with Kamala Harris has drawnmuch Illinois,atapost-Election Day along with other long serving notmakethecut,includingheav- break this glass ceiling,” she said. FULLREPORTON ousmarriage. him forthe White House. PTI of the attention forbeing the first Indiaspora conference. RepresentativesAmi Bera andRo ily-watchedSri PrestonKulkarni Others, likeAsh Kalrafrom www.indianexpress.com

Suu Kyi’s party favoured to win as Myanmar votes Alex Trebek, long-running host of

She has the supportofapop- Sai Kyaw Latt Phyo,31, said it REUTERS ED Majorityof ulation that largely sees her as a washis firsttripoutside his quiz show ‘Jeopardy!’, dies at 80 NOVEMBER8 Rohingya heroine of democracyfor her home in three months. PLAIN E struggle againstdictatorship, “It is worththe risk,” he said. acalm, even tone as he revealed ● deniedvote MYANMAR VOTEDinageneral EX though her win will likelybe “Wemusttakethe riskinsucha LYNNELBER his illness and hopefor acureina electiononSundayseenasarefer- THOUSANDS OF Rohingya narrowerthanthe victorythat crucial situation forour country.” LOSANGELES,NOVEMBER8 video postedMarch 6, 2019. endum on afledgling democratic fled Myanmarafter an Army propelledher to power. Suu Kyi’s supporters saycrit- In the video, Trebek said he government that remains popu- crackdown in 2017 that the Morethan 37 million people ics areunrealistic to expectrapid ALEX TREBEK, who presided wasjoining the50,000other larathomebutwhichhasseenits UN has said wascarried out areregisteredtovote,but fears changeinMyanmarandareham- over the belovedquiz show Americans who receive sucha reputationcollapseoverseasamid withgenocidalintent. Apart about Covid-19may dampen pering effortstosecure gradual “Jeopardy!” formorethan 30 diagnosis eachyear and thathe allegations of genocide. from those who fled, mostof turnout, with Myanmar seeing progress. Among the obstacles to years with dapper charm and a recognized that the prognosis Leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s the RohingyastillinMyanmar an averageof1,100 newdaily some NLD reformsisaconstitu- touchofschoolmasterstrictness, AlexTrebek wasnot encouraging. National League forDemocracy willalsobeunable to vote af- coronavirus cases. tion that guarantees the military diedSunday. He was80. But Trebek said he intended (NLD)isexpected to win asec- Myanmar leaderAung San terelectionswerecancelled in In the biggestcity, Yangon, asignificantpoliticalstake,includ- Trebek,who announcedin to fight it and keep working, ond term, following a2015land- Suu Kyihad already casther Rakhine State, wherethey queues formedbeforepolling ing control of severalkey min- 2019 that he had advancedpan- studio Sonysaid. even joking that he neededto slide that endedmorethan a ballotduring advance live.Authorities cited security stations opened, with voters in istries and a25% quotaoflegisla- creatic cancer,diedathis Los TheCanadian-bornhost,who beat the disease because his half-centuryofmilitaryand mil- voting lastmonth. AP reasons forthe decision. maskswaitinginevenlyspaced tive seats, allowing it to veto Angeles home, surroundedby made apoint of informing fans “Jeopardy!” contract ranfor itary-backedrule. lines as the sun came up. constitutionalamendments. familyand friends, “Jeopardy!” about his health directly, spokein three moreyears. AP

New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,NOVEMBER9,2020 MarketWatch FPISINVEST `8,381 CR IN NOV SO FAR NewDelhi: Foreign portfolio investors(FPI) have put in anet Rs 8,381 croreinto domestic markets in first five trading sessions of November,with participants growing more confident in view of 16 ECONOMY PTI resumption of businessactivities and good quarterly numbers.

CURRENCYWITH PUBLIC RISESFASTERAMID PANDEMIC INTERVIEW WITH COUNTRY HEAD, INTEL INDIA ‘India has 8% of world’s AI talent Fouryearssincedemonetisation:Cash ... we can bringdifferent people insystemsteadilyrising,atall-timehigh togetherfor creatingsolutions’ BRINGINGTOGETHER of people canhelp us with thecloud, edge, fromtotalcurrencyincirculation. duringthesametimecurrencyin from non-conventional techno- compute, and optimisingfor the GEORGEMATHEW& RUSHFORCASHAMIDLOCKDOWN Currency in circulation refers to circulation to GDP ratio has in- logicalbackgrounds likemathe- differentverticals, Italkedabout SANDEEPSINGH cashorcurrencywithinacountry creasedinconsonance with the maticians and statisticians, in ad- —smartcities, health,education. MUMBAI/NEWDELHI,NOV8 ■ Currencywithpublic(`crore)onfortnightended that is physicallyusedtoconduct overall economic growth. ditiontoexpertsinverticalssuch We will be targeting fewofthose 30,00,000 transactionsbetweenconsumers “Severalanomalies, however, as education and healthcarewill population scaleproblemsand FOUR YEARS afterthe govern- 26,19,612 and businesses. arevisibleinthe trend: first,the be keytoIndia’s artificial intelli- some of themIalready shared mentannounceddemonetisation 28,00,000 23,91,299 25,76,289 Earlier,thesuddenwithdrawal spreadandintensityof useof dig- gence (AI) story, Intel Indiacoun- with you. Statisticians,mathe- on November 8, 2016,the cur- of notesinNovember 2016 roiled ital payments doesnot seemto tryhead NIVRUTI RAI told maticians,programmers,allthese 26,00,000 rencywithpublicforthefortnight 21,79,500 the economy, with demand have anyspecific relationship PRANAV MUKUL. She said these guyswill be hired forAIinaddi- endedOctober23,2020stoodata 24,00,000 falling, businesses facing acrisis withhowdevelopedacountryis,” aresome of the backgrounds in tion to experts in different verti- record highofRs26.19 lakhcrore andgrossdomesticproduct(GDP) theRBIstudysaid.“Anincreasein whichcompanies including Intel Nivruti Rai cals likehealth, smartmobility. —up45.7 per cent or Rs 8.22 lakh 22,00,000 growth decliningnearly 1.5per digitalpaymentstoGDPratioover arelooking to hiretosolve some Intel Israel andIndia aredoinga crorefromalevel of Rs 17.97lakh cent. Manysmall unitswerehit aperiodoftime does notseem to of thepopulation-scaleproblems lotofworkonsmartmobility. croreonNovember4,2016.Inthe 20,00,000 hardand shut shutters afterthe automaticallyimply afall in the using AI. Edited excerpts: poorbankingneedsafix,soitwill ’19 ’20 ’20 ’20 ’20 ’20 ’20 ’20 ’20 ’20 ’20 fortnightendedOctober23,2020, ’20 note ban. It also created aliquid- currencyto GDPratioof thecoun- begrey.Mybelief is,likeIsaid,any So when youtalk about 5, 3, 8, 17, 31, 13, 20, 14, 10, 25, 23, the currency with public rose by 28, ity shortage. try,”itadded. What aresome of the specific technology to getintoits full po- verticals likehealth and Jul Jun Jul May Jan Rs 10,441 croretohit anew high. Apr However, aseniorbankersaid Cash transactions through population-scale problems tential,full adoption takesmore education,you’re also looking Feb Dec Mar Oct Aug AfterRs500 and Rs 1,000 Sept therise in currency in circulation ATMs were alsorising steadily. that youare working to solve? than10years. to getindoctors and teachers? noteswerewithdrawnfromthe inabsolutenumbersisnotthere- FromRs2,00,648croreinJanuary Indiasees 17 deathsonthe Now, thingsaregettingbetter. Absolutely. They couldbeour system in November 2016,cur- transactions. spreadof theCovid-19pandemic. flection of reality. “What needs to 2017,debit cardtransactions roadeveryhour.Ourgoalorvision History tells us forautomobile partners or theycould be Intel rency with the public, which However, thepace of rise in As nations around the worldan- be takenintoaccount is the cur- through ATMs and PoS(point of is zerodeaths due to trafficacci- adoption, it took 10 years for80 people. In one of ourengage- stood at Rs 17.97lakhcrore on currencywiththepublichasbeen nouncedlockdowns in February rency to GDP ratio, whichhad sale)terminalsroseto Rs2,37,778 dents.And honestly, this is notan per cent adoption, smartphones, ments, we have PHFI (Public November 4, 2016,declined to Rs very sharpoverthat last10 and the Indian government also comedownafterdemonetisation. croreinAugust2020, as per the Indiaproblemalone.It’llbesolved 10 years for80per cent adoption. Health Foundation of India) as 7.8lakhcroreinJanuary2017soon months as it has risen from Rs preparedto announcelockdown, But this would have gone up of Reserve Bank data. forIndia, butwill be enabledfor Ifeelthingsarebecomingsmarter. partners, giventheir expertise in afterdemonetisation. 21.79 lakh croreasonJanuary3, people beganaccumulating cash latewith the decline in the UnifiedPaymentsInterface theworld,thatisthegoal.Andthat So maybeitwill take seven-eight health.IIIT Hyderabad have very Cash in the system has been 2020 to Rs 26.19 lakh croreason to meet their groceryand other growth,” he said. (UPI)transactionvolumedeclined is the reason that forthis effort — yearsfor80percentadoptionand smartresearchers. And we are steadilyrising, even though the October 23,2020. essentialneeds that wasbeing According to an RBI study on by 5.9percentinMarch 2020and theSmartMobilityinitiative —the 99 per centin20years. So, seven making allproductssmartby government and the Reserve The jump wasprimarily mainlycateredby neighbourhood digitalpayments,althoughdigital further by 19.8 per cent in April who’swhoof AIareworkingwith years is my goal. But even if Istart leveraging software, and Ireally BankofIndia(RBI) pushed fora drivenbyarush forcash by the grocerystores. payments have been growing 2020 to slightlyless thanone bil- us over the lasttwo years. this technologynow,when Isave believe hardwareand software, “less cash society”, digitisation of public betweenMarch andMay As per the RBIdefinition, cur- graduallyinrecent years, both in liontransactions.However, it re- We’vecollected so muchin- one death, it’s worthmyeffort. both will be very critical. AI will payments andslappedrestric- as the government announced rency with publicisarrived at af- value and volume terms across coveredasthe lockdown was formation, and theyhavebeen seegrowthfromsoftware,andall tions on the use of cash in various stringent lockdown to tackle the terdeducting cash with banks countries, the datasuggeststhat graduallylifted. presented with fantastic algo- Is India prepared to build of thiswill translateintovaluefor rithms, modelsinthe world’s AI in terms of havingaready people. And that’s the use case leadingconferences...paperideas talent pool? that I’m talking about. aremany. Everybody talksAIbut I’m reading offofaGartner ‘Discoms’ outstandingdues Q2: Sales remain weak, cos howmanyunderstand AI? Not analysis, okay. It talksabout three Youmentionedthat you’ve many. Our goal is to break the countries and these threecoun- been working on some of to gencos rise 28% in Sept’ mythsaroundAIto show thepos- tries areoften talked about, these projectsfor the lasttwo wary of spurt in consumption sibilitiesof AIandenablethrough whereasAIisconcernedandwho years. Now, as farasAIis Totaldues owed by distribution firmspower producers’ rose goodprocesses,systemsandplat- will be leadingthe global domi- concerned, what exactlydid quarter—-afallof 8.27percenty- forms, that everybody in India nance.Of totalworldwidepopula- Covidchangeinthat roadmap over 28% year-on-year to `1,38,479 croreinSeptember, ENSECONOMICBUREAU NOREASONABLE o-y for805 companies —stems shouldbeableto leverage AIif not tion on AI in terms of experts or of yours? amid stress in thesector,according to PRAAPTI portal data NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER8 RISEINREVENUES fromasharpfallreportedbysome makeAI. talent pool, US has the largest It didn’t changeanything,it large players and onlysmall in- about 17 per cent. China is next at onlyacceleratedand pushed. For `1,07,930cr:Amountowedby INDIA INC’S good headlinenum- creases forothers;a 24 per cent Howclose to reality is the zero 9per cent. Indiaisat8per cent. example, tele-health —people ■ Without a discoms(powerdistribution bersfortheSeptemberquarterare y-o-y fall in the revenues at road death goal and what are Even though youknow, we have were workingonalready,butnow meaningfulincrease in companies)togencos(power theresultof strongruraldemand, Reliance Industries, a12per cent the impedimentstoit? 60 per cent of our population, we have to do it faster.And,you revenues, it might be generationcompanies)in some pricegains, hugesavings y-o-y drop at Larsen &Toubro,a Thereare manyimpediments: whichisrural, we have 8per cent know, allthe10-yearadoptiontar- difficultfor companies September2019 and the stellar comebackbyIT 65 per cent y-o-y drop at whydotraffic accidentshappen? of world’s AI talentinIndia. gets,Ihavetalkedabout,how can to expandoperating majors. Aggregate revenues are ShoppersStopand a66per cent One is because of drivermistake. Andwhy?BecauseAIrequires we translatethose intothree margins furthersince `1,26,661cr:Totaloverdue weak but steep costcutshave y-o-y fall at InterglobeAviation. Second is infrastructuremistake. programmers,softwaredevelop- years.I’ll justgiveyou oneexam- purchasing powerin amountnotclearedbydiscoms `1,22,090cr:Totaloverdue helpedfirms protect margins. HUL’s organic volumes in- Now, drivermistake,Ican correct ers,mathematicians,statisticians, ple —typically vaccinestake10 urbandemand appears inSeptember,evenafterthe amountondiscomsthisAugust However, companies remain creasedbyjust1per cent y-o-y in with technology.For infrastruc- analysts and dataanalytics, and yearsormoretomake.Thefastest to be somewhat muted 45-daygraceperiodoffered cautious waiting to see whether the quarterand revenues by just turefixes, we will have to partner we have them all. Maybethey’re vaccine wasmadefor mumps, bygencos PRAAPTI:ThePayment thespurtinconsumption—much 3per cent y-o-y.ACC’s volumes, withthe government. So, we are doing different things but we can and it took four years. And think RatificationAndAnalysisin of ittheresultof pent-updemand were up 1per cent y-o-y leaving trying to do both. bring them together to drive AI of thevaccineweare aspiring to `85,790cr:Totaloverdueamount Powerprocurementforbringing and purchases forthe festiveand Thegoodnews isthatthefour revenuesflat.Althoughnetselling Now, whatare we going to do and lead the race of global domi- have by the end of the year.It’s inSeptemberlastyear TransparencyinInvoicingof weddingseasonssustainsbeyond tech majorsare adding to their prices at BajajAutowereup5per in terms of infrastructurefix, you nance.What India doesn’thaveis happened because we can do generators,orPRAAPTI,portal December. headcount and thatmarket —for cent yoy, revenues fell 7per cent arecreatingamapyouknow, let’s coming together forcreating so- gene sequencing, whichwould `1,34,928cr:Total waslaunchedinMay2018 Without ameaningfulin- both whiteand blue collar jobs— yoythankstoa10per cent yoy sayifyoulookatBangalore,anyx- lutions, whichiswhat Intelistry- take teraflopsof compute10years outstandingduesondiscomsin creaseinrevenues,itmightbedif- is looking up and thereseems to drop in volumes. ycoordinate, if thereisaroad ingtolead herewith partners. ago, we can do it very quickly Augustthisyear Source: PRAAPTI/PTI ficultforcompaniesto expandop- be arevival. Ruralconsumption Thegoodperformancescame there, we have calleditwecallit through reallysmall machines. eratingmarginsfurther since should remain reasonably good fromAsianPaints,whichreported grey zonemapping. We have Youtalkedabout people So,weare doing manythings purchasing powerinurban de- since the government continues astellar11 percentincreaseinvol- coloured themap in acertain with some of these with CSIR-IGIB (CSIRInstitute of Additional liquidity for discoms: In May, the government mand appears to be somewhat to spendoninfrastructureandaf- umes that droveuprevenues6 colour —black means adefinite non-conventional, Genomics and Integrative announced `90,000 crore liquidity infusion for discoms under muted.AtMarutiSuzuki, forex- fordable housing. Moreover, the percenty-o-y, aswellasBritannia accident has happened, grey non tech-related backgrounds Biology)andICMR(IndianCouncil which these utilities would get loan at economical rates from ample, rural retail volumes grew good monsoonshould resultina Industries, whichsaw arevenue means likelyaccidenthas hap- working in AI. Is Intel hiring of Medical Research)exactly in Power Finance Corporation (PFC) and REC Ltd. Laterthe by 10 percentyear-on-year,while strong kharif output. growth of 12.1 per cent y-o-y on penedand whitemeansperfect people with suchbackgrounds this area to expeditediagnostics liquidity infusion packagewas raised to `1.2 lakh crore urban and semi urban demand Thesubduedgrowthinaggre- the backofrobustvolumes in- infrastructure.There’sthis road, forits AI projects? and expeditepatient risk stratifi- wasflat y-o-y. gate revenues in the September creasesat9per cent y-o-y. FE whichisturning andhas very We arelookingatpeoplewho cation and build vaccines. BRIEFLY AUCTIONS FOR COMMERCIALCOALMINING Conservativebidding Amid updated GSTN infra, Oct returns post 36% jump FormerSBI rent fiscal, according to govern- lakh arecompositiontaxpayers current users if required,itsaid. and remove bottlenecks in the chiefKakodkar ENSECONOMICBUREAU ment data. whichare required to file asepa- GSTN’s capacity wasen- software,” the government said. in phase 1; low revenue NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER8 The GSTNetwork (GSTN) saw rate quarterly return while the hancedfrom1.5 lakh concurrent It addedthat GSTN performedre- passesaway an even bigger surge in return-fil- rest file GSTR-3B monthly. users in June in anticipation of a movalofredundant processing THE MONTHLYGST returns inginSeptember as the extended “It has been made possible as surge of taxreturns owing to the requiredof taxpayerrequests,op- Mumbai: PG Kakodkar,for- sharing welcomed (GSTR-3B) in October sawa36 deadlines forpreviousmonths the GSTinfrastructurehas been pandemic and subsequent defer- timisedtaxpayer workloadman- merChairmanofState Bank per cent jumpcomparedwiththe came to aclose. Over 1.68 crore upgradedtohandle up to 3lakh rals in the original deadlines. agementbycreatingdistinctpro- of India(SBI),diedon corresponding period ayear ago, returns were filedinSeptember, concurrent logged-in usersata “Taking the surge duringthe cessing pipelines depending SundayinPanajifollowinga KARUNJITSINGH Auctions of 18 coal as the collectionsgrewbymore an increase of morethan 88 per time,”thegovernmentsaidrefer- peak filing intoconsideration, upon the size of taxpayer’s upload cardiac arrest.Hewas 83. NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER8 than10per centinthe month, cent overlastyear. ring to the increasedload on the GSTN also took on the perform- of invoice data, tuning systemand KakodkarjoinedSBIin1957 blocksforcommercial and breachedthe Rs 1lakh crore- Over 1.3crore taxpayers are GSTN system. The system is also ance and stress testing of system database parameters among and retiredasChairman on THEFIRSTphaseof auctionof coal use have been markfor the firsttimeinthe cur- registeredwith GSTbut about 17 capable to handling 5lakh con- applications that helpedidentify other steps. FE March 31,1997. The bank blocks forcommercial use wit- completed,withexperts wasthefirstIndianlenderto nessedconservative biddingfrom entertheglobalcapitalmar- industryplayersdueto thetypeof noting that therevenue ‘Not fresh ketsthrough aGDR issue blocks on offerand potential is- shareoffered by bidders How new rules for otherservice providers during histenure. ENS suesaroundlandacquisitionsand waslower than expected forest clearances,accordingto ex- stimulus, perts.Auctions of 18 coal blocks could ease working of BPO, ITeS players IOC’sAKSingh forcommercial use have been percent,withtheUrmaPaharitola importantto tohead completed, withexpertsnoting blockinJharkhand attracting the As computersmade their were providing services to do- DoTonMarch 23, came out with that the revenue shareoffered by highestbid of 26.5 percent from spendamount AASHISHARYAN foray into theIndian IT space, a mestic firmsorinternational anew format in whichitsought PetronetLNG bidderswaslowerthanexpected. Aurobindo Realty and NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER8 number of suchOSPs, which firms, and the nature of services the details of the OSP,their regis- The government is settoan- Infrastructure Pvt Ltd. among the committed’ were either voice or non-voice being offered. The OSPs,which trationnumberand nameofthe NewDelhi: Indian Oil Corp nounce the resultsonNovember largercoal blocks on offer. NEARLYAyear-and-a half after based, came into the market.The had to registerthemselveswith telecom serviceprovider again. (IOC)director-pipelines 11.Ithad, in June,announcedthat The auctions have notgar- the TelecomRegulatory sector required minimalinvest- the CorporateAffairs Ministry, Subsequently, on April 15,tofur- AkshayKumarSinghwillbe coal blocks would be auctioned neredthelevelofinterestthatthe Authority of India (Trai) had sug- ment but gave great returns in also had to provide adetailed ther ease the work-from-home the newMDand CEO of forcommercial use, as partofthe Centrehad indicated while an- gestedrelaxations of registration, business, whichprompteda networkdiagram along with de- (WFH) processfor OSPs, theDoT PetronetLNG Ltd.Here- Aatmanirbhar Bharat package, nouncing the firstset of 38 coal submissionofbankguarantee large number of individuals and tails of the lines theyhad leased releasednew norms, whichsaid placesPrabhat Singh who withthe aim to reducecoalim- blocks to be offeredfor commer- and other norms forother service companies to float other service from an authorisedand licensed that OSPs no longer had to make completedhis term. portand increasing job opportu- cial mining. Only23ofthe blocks providers (OSP) in the business providing firms. telecomservice provider. asecurity depositorsubmitthe nities in coal-bearing areas. receivedbids, with only19which process outsourcing (BPO) and Since mostsuchfirms used Moreover, OSPs hadtofurnisha WFH agreement it had with its “My viewisthat therehas receivedtwo or morebids being information technology-enabled leasedtelephone lines,whichin bank guarantee to theDoT,which employees. These rules were first Unemployment been conservative bidding, the put up forauction. services(ITes), theDepartment turn usedthe telecom spectrum couldbeforfeited if the firm did extendedtill July31, andlater till benefit:‘Noneed premiums have been very low “The initialtrend of thesebid- Former ReserveBankofIndia of Telecom on Thursdayeased auctioned by the Department of notadherestrictlytothe norms. December31. and the benefittothe exchequer dings suggestthatcompanies are Governor BimalJalan File these rules. Telecommunications On November 5, theDoT foraffidavit’ will accordingly be less,” said an bidding conservatively,unlikein The newrules do (DoT), the newtele- Whyhavethese guidelines completely changed the guide- expertwithoneof thecompanies the2016 auctions.Althoughsome away withthe regis- com policy of 1999 been changed? lines and allowedpermanent NewDelhi: The Employees involvedinthe bidding process, competitionwasobservedincou- NewDelhi: FormerRBI Governor tration requirement suggestedthat all In order to prevent the spread WFH or work from anywherein StateInsuranceCorporation notingthatthesuccessfulbidders pleofsmaller blocks,evenready Bimal Jalan on Sundayopined forOSPs, with BPOs OSPsregisterthem- of Covid-19pandemic,the gov- India forOSP employees. (ESIC) has relaxed condi- would benefit significantlyfrom to operateblocks couldn’t attract againstafresh fiscal stimulus to engaged only in data selves. ernment in March decidedtogo tions forseekingclaims for revenuesharingagreements. aggressive bidding till now, “said boostpandemic-hit economy work having been foracompletenationwide shut- Howwill the newguidelines unemployment benefits, He also notedthat anumber Debasish Mishra, partner at saying it is moreimportant to takenout of the OSPs What were the down, in whichall companies, help OSPs? doing away with require- of the mines put up forauction DeloitteIndia. He also notedthat spend the amount already com- categoryaltogether. various barringthoseproviding essential The guidelines, releasedon ment to submit affidavit were inforestedlandsandthatis- therewas little interest from in- mittedby thegovernmentthanto registration norms forOSPs? services, were askedtoshutshop November 5, will make it easier form by claimants. Such suesaround obtaining forest ternational players as theywere increase the deficit. Whydid OSPs requireto To startservices in India, OSPs temporarily. Owing to this, the forBPOs and ITeS firms in many claims through affidavit clearances and landplayedarole movingtowards reducing their “... if youhavefinishedthe to- registerthemselvesinIndia? had to registerthemselveswith OSPs, likemanyotherfirms were ways,suchascuttingdownon form arenolongerrequired inlackofinterestfortheminesthe coal investments. talamountsofresources thatyou OSPs arecompaniesorfirms the DoTand declaretothe gov- unabletoprovideservices to thecostoflocation, rent for nowunderAtalBeemit governmenthadoffered.Therev- Another industry source said have already announced, then that provide secondary or terti- ernment as to howmanyem- their clientssuchasbanksand premises andotherancillary VyaktiKalyanYojana (AB- enue shareoffered by bidders for that manycompanies had wel- youshould increase the fiscal aryservices, such as telemarket- ployees were working in the firm hospitals, whichwereunder the costssuchaselectricityand in- VKY) of the ESIC, alabour large coalblockswithannualpeak comed the newauctionsystem deficit,” he added.Sofar,the ing, telebanking or telemedicine as well as the area of serviceit category of essentialservices. ternetbills. ministrystatementsaid. PTI ratedcapacity of over 3.0 million involvingrevenuesharinginstead Centrehas announcedthree forvarious companies, banksor wasengaged in. Further,OSPs In order to facilitatework- Full report on tonneshasrangedfrom12.5to 25 of fixedpaymentsper tonne. roundsof stimulusmeasures. PTI hospital chains, respectively. alsohavetodeclarewhetherthey from-home forsuchOSPs, the www.indianexpress.com

New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 17 SPORT THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,NOVEMBER9,2020 BRIEFLY From manning traffic to Medvedevbeats Closetoaperfect10 Zverevtowin throwing down to Indian ParisMastersfinal 2,000fans, no cheering: gymnastics test event in Japan a success ahead of Olympics Paris: DaniilMedvedevwon theParis stars: Garani’s journey Masters forthe firsttimebybeating Alexander Zverev 5-7,6-4, 6-1 Sunday EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE forhis eighth career title and thirdata NOVEMBER8 Masters event. The third-seeded EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Russian secured justhis second win SOCIALLY-DISTANCED fans, no shouting KOLKATA,NOVEMBER8 againstthe fourth-seededZverevin from the stands, aPCR test everymorning sevenmatches,andhispreviousvictory and staying inside thebio-securebubble: DAYANANDAGARANI still doesn't "know againstthe imposing Germanwas also Japan,onSunday,provided aglimpse into howithappened". Sevenyears ago, while in aMasters final lastyear in Shanghai. whatnextyear’s TokyoOlympics maylook playing forKolkataPolice, he wasmanning The battle between first-time finalists likeifavaccine isn’t available by the time trafficonbusyKolkatastreets as aCivic hereandthelasttwo U.S.Openrunners- the Games areopenedonJuly23. Police Volunteer.Three years down the up went with serveand with no break The countryhostedaninvitational line, he waswith the AndhraRanji team, pointsuntil Zverev brokeMedvedevin four-nationgymnastics test event, which firstasamasseur and then also doing duty the12th game to take theopening set. wasattended by 2,000 fans. It wasthe first as athrowdown specialist.Duringthis edi- WhenMedvedev hitaforehandlongon international tournament to be held in tion of the IPL, Garani wasgiving throw- thatpoint,Zverev letoutaloudroarthat Japan since the Games’ postponementin downs to KL Rahul and his teammates as a piercedthe silence at aBercy Arena left March due to the Covid-19pandemic. Kings XI Punjab supportstaff in the Indian emptybythe coronavirus pandemic. Organiserssaid the one-offfriendly Premier League (IPL). Medvedev's relentless accuracy from event wasa‘crucial trial run’toshowthat In afew days,Garani would be flying to the baseline induced alooseshotfrom theGames, whichwill bring some 11,000 Australia from Dubai as apart of the tour- Zverev in the ninth game of the second athletes to Tokyo, can go aheadasplanned. ing Indiancricket squad. With the Indian setwhenhehit long from the backof team’s regular throwdown specialist thecourt.Medvedev'spinpointreturn- The invitees Raghu being ill, Garani has been draftedin ing is among the best on theATP Tour, Japaninvited32gymnasts,eighteachfrom as areplacement. and that chippedawayatZverev'scon- four countries. Besides the hosts,gymnasts Judgeswearingprotective maskswatchChina’sRuiyuZhou’sperformonthebalance “A fewdays back, KingsXIPunjab man- fidenceashewononly57%of pointson from the USA, Russia and China participated. beamatFriendshipandSolidarityCompetition,thefirstinternationaleventataTokyo ager Avinash Vasantrao told me notto firstservecompared to 75% for Each countrywereallowedto senduptoeight OlympicvenuesincetheGameswere postponedinMarch dueto thepandemic. Reuters break the bio-bubble, forIwould be going Medvedev.Heheldto love andclinched athletesbut theUSA sent asmaller team as from our franchise’s bio-bubble to the the second setwithhis 13th ace, then onlysix were confident of making the trip, Indianteam bio-bubble. Idon’tknowwho took control when Zverev paddeda Japanese dailyAsahi Shimbun reported. The tition venue. Shopping requests,ifany,wereto afalsepositive. recommendedmyname but it’s adream weakforehandintothenetandwasbro- gymnasts were dividedintotwo teams – be handedtothe hotelstaff,Asahi said. However, since theJapanesestar hadbeen come true,” Garani told The Indian Express kentolove. AfterZverevmissedfour Solidarity andFriendship–regardlessof their Everymorning,eachpersonrelatedto the practising withtherest of theteam at Tokyo’s from Dubai.The Indian squad members Dayananda Garani wasdraftedin as a break-point chances in the next game, nationality or gender.Therewerenoindivid- eventhad to undergoaPCR test.After arriv- National Training Centre, his ‘positive’ result forthe Australia tour,startingNovember replacementfor Team India’s incumbent he waspunishedwhen Medvedev ual or all-around winners, with the top-three ingat thevenue,theyhadto gettheir temper- forcedthe gymnasticstrainingareasto becor- 27,are camping in the United Arab throwdown specialistRaghu. brokehim fora3-0 lead. scores on eachapparatus per team counting aturecheckedand use sanitizers regularly.In donedoff while his teammates and the coach- Emirates at the moment. towardsthe final team score. fact, everyone entering the venue,including ing staffhad to undergo testsaswell. Garani’sfather Lakshmi Kanta is a The event washeadlinedbyJapanese star the 2,000spectators, wassprayed with adis- farmeratJamityavillage. Cricketcame to fitness training andmasseur courses. Idid HarryKanestrikes Kohei Uchimura, the two-time Olympic all- infectant mist. On the competition floor,the Glimpse intothe Games his lifevia Kolaghat CricketClub 80, where adiplomaonnature therapyapart from lateasSpurswin around champion. Reigningworldchampion gymnasts did notsharepowder chalk. The organisers of the TokyoGames have he waspaidRs80per month forplaying. doing acertificatecourses on strength and NikitaNagornyy and 2019 World According to AFP,the spectatorshad to hinted that these measures could also be ap- Still it wasexpensive for afamily that conditioning.Ialsoearned adegreein atWestBrom Championship bronze medalistAngelina wear face masksonSunday. “Theysanitised pliedatthe Olympics.Officialsfromthe or- struggledtomakeends meet. “Dr Malay massagetherapy,”Garani elaborated on Melnikova, both from Russia, were also there theirhands regularly,checkedtheir bodytem- ganising committee, as well as the interna- Paland Koushik Bhowmik of Cricket Club his journey. London: Tottenham Hotspur striker along with Chinesesensations Ma Yueand Yin peratureand remainedsociallydistanced at tionalgymnasticsfederation,arelikelytomeet 80 helpedmealot, both financiallyand by In 2015,former Bengal batsman Harry Kane chalked offyet another Dehang, and American WorldChampionship the 8,700-capacity Yoyogi No.1 Gymnasium, later this week to discuss lessons learnedfrom encouraging me to go to Kolkata to have a Alokendu Lahiri,who wasplaying for milestone as his150thPremier League medalistYul Moldauer. whilebeingencouragednot to shout support the competition. cricket career.One-wayjourney from KolkataPolice Club then,introduced goal earnedhis side a1-0 win at strug- to avoid spreading droplets,” the agency As perreports, thedraftcoronaviruscoun- Kolaghat to Kolkatatookmorethanthree Garani to Bengal Ranji team trainer Sanjib gling West Bromwich Albion on The protocols added. termeasures forthe Games suggestthata hours.Iusedtoreturn aroundmidnight Das. The latter helpedhim getintothe Sundaytosendthem topofthe table. As an exception to thecountry’s pandemic ‘generalprinciple’could be adoptedtolimit and thenextday the alarm wasset for4 AndhraRanji team as amasseur in 2016. It looked as though West Brom had regulations, the Japanese government ex- False positives the rangeofathletes’ movement to facilities am. Manyanoccasion, Istayedattheir “I startedtogivethrowdowns at the nets as successfullystifledTottenham’sfor- emptedthe travelling contingentsfromthe Afew medical experts as well as adminis- managedby Tokyo2020,suchascompetition (MalayPal and KoushikBhowmik)places,” well.Myclub cricketbackgroundhelped midablefront trio of Kane, GarethBale otherwise mandatory14-day quarantine.But trators of afew sports have remainedscepti- venues and training facilities, and also limit Garani recounted. and graduallyIbecame good at that,” said andSon Heung-min, starting together the other rules were strict. cal about whether the Olympics can be held the use of public transport. He cycled10kilometresevery dayfrom the 28-year-old, who gave throwdowns to in the leaguefor the firsttime, but The gymnasts had to take aPolymerase safelyifavaccine isn’t available. While the IOC International Olympic Committee presi- his villagetotakeatrain from Kolaghat to the likes of India batsman Hanuma Vihari Kane headedhome in the 88th ChainReaction (PCR) test within72 hours be- said Sunday’s eventhas giventhem ablue- dent Thomas Bachwas quoted as saying that Kolkata. Kolaghat is atowninEast at the Andhranets. minute. Tottenham movedtop, tem- fore theirdeparturefor Japan. Theytravelled print fornextsummer,but the organisers Sunday’s event was“giving us confidence in Midnaporeabout 65 kilometres offthe During aRanji Trophymatch, Punjab porarilyatleast, with 17 points from by charteredplanes and upon their arrivalat facedascare in the build-up to the event and our preparations forfutureeventsinparticu- statecapital. coachMunish Bali liked what he sawand eight matches whilewinless West theairport, theywereseparated from other were lefttodealwiththe problem of a‘false lar of course with aviewtothe postponed He wasamedium pacer.After playing recommendedGarani’sname to the KXIP Brom, whocouldcount themselves passengers. The gymnasts and other officials positive test’. Olympic Games Tokyo2020.” forBaranagar SportingCluband White management. “Yes, he wasthe reason why unfortunate, remainedthirdbottom were directlyescortedtothe hotel, whereeach Days before the event, Uchimura’s partic- Uchimura, also called‘King Kohei’, told The Border Sporting Unioninthe CABleague, Igot theKXIP job this year.Therehave of the standings. Liverpool and nation had reservedits ownfloor thatwas ipationwas in doubt afterhetestedpositive Japan Times: “I think this event is agood Garani joinedKolkataPolice in 2013. been alot of pleasant memories from the LeicesterCity couldbothgoabove monitored by security guards. forCovid-19. However, the 31-year-old re- model case forothersports and other athletes. “Financialconstraintsstoppedmycricket IPL, sharing the dressing-room withthe Tottenham if theywin later on Sunday. The countries were givenseparate buses, turnedthree negative testsatthree different Ithink we have to go from thinking we can't afterthat. Debraj Nahata, the secretaryof players and Anil bhai (Kumble). Of course, AGENCIES whichweredisinfected eachnight,tomove hospitals,leading the test event’s medical hold the Olympics to howcan we do it. Ireally the KolkataPoliceClub, helped me getthe Iwasn’t expecting the India call-up. But between the hotel, training base and compe- team to conclude that the original result was hope we’ll be able to do that somehow.” CivicPolicejob. He alsoadvisedmetodo I’m ready forthe challenge.”

OVER THE HEDGE by Michael Fry &TLewis CROSSWORD 4271 DAYTODAY BYPETERVIDAL

ARIES (Mar 21 -Apr 20) LIBRA (Sep 24 -Oct 23) Seeingasthe Moon Venus is is alignedwith one magnificently of your relationship alignedwith a houses early this number of serious morning, you’d better wake up planets,anexcellent long-term and realise that everything indication forthe Libran depends on howwell youget lifestyle, bringing emotional on with other people. This is no warmth, creative fulfilment time to tough it out by yourself. and pleasures of the most Afterall, youdoneedpartners cultured variety.But Ihavea on your side. feeling that it’s your fantasies whichcount formost. TAURUS (Apr 21 -May 21) If Imay use a SCORPIO (Oct 24 -Nov 23) thoroughlyTaurean Mercury, ruling your metaphor,now is mind, is still a the time to take the deeply-helpful CALVIN &HOBBES by Bill Watterson Bull by the horns. In fact, even presence, leisured Taureans mustset encouraging youtoviewthe about achieving their worldly worldthrough your imaginative ambitions with slightlymore Scorpionic spectacles. vigour than usual. If youdon’t Unfortunately, your unique getahead of the game now, vision is all tooeasilyswamped then partners will overtake by the rigours of dailyexistence. younextweek. Perhaps youneedtogive ACROSS DOWN yourselfalittle more space? 1Ahandy man? (11) 2Upsetagirland suffered GEMINI (May 22 -June 21) 9Not asunnygreeting? (5) Youmay have little SAGITTARIUS (Nov 24 -Dec 22) (3,4) 3Rainstorminthe country choice but to relax Muchofwhathas 10 Relish apiece of impudence (4) this week.Irealise occurredrecently, (5) 4Freeofcharge (6) that this maybe or happens now, 11 Capricious youngsters? 5Dog Latin as acomposition (8) difficult advice forsome of you mayappear to have (4) 6Use over-producedworks of highly-strung Geminians to been designedwith your 12 Little causes of great ill-feeling art(7) follow, but the fact is that you special needs in mind. (8) 7Bet on songs being out-of-date will getnowhere by However, it maybeyour 14 Optimistic sign giventothe (4,7) confronting people or taking weaknesses as well as your orchestra(6) 8Not an offence, but alawyer risks. Plus, youneedtoget strengths whichare coming 16 Unaisbad with sea sickness maybeconsulted about it partners on your side. under scrutiny. Youmight have (6) (5,6) to getagoodstory ready. 18 Reportthe rifleisloaded 13 Happy-go-lucky benefit of a MARVIN by Tom Armstrong CANCER (June 22 -July23) (8) welfarestate?(8) Benevolent planets CAPRICORN (Dec 23 -Jan 20) 19 Fixedinhaste (4) 15 Brace of fresh lobster areall lined up with Thereare still some 22 It movesthe helicopter (7) lucrative, if bumpy moments— backwards or forwards 17 The pound is good in France extravagant, and you’ll handle (5) and capital elsewhere regions of your solar chart. them justfine.The 23 Stop forJacktorevive (6) Youmusttherefore turn your comingperiod shouldbe (5,2) 20 Abrief, forexample, is forthe energiestothe very simple relatively smooth, and you’ll be 24 Informaldescription of many defence (5) matter of earningasmuch free from manyofthe pressures commercial competitions? 21 She maylookafter thehomeif moneyasyou can and then of the recent past. That has to be (4-3-4) we go out (4) disposing of your gains as good news —doesn’t it?You wiselyaspossible. should even have more space forafavouritehobby. SolutionsCrossword4270:Across: 1Cleave,4She-devil,9Meadow,10Flamingo, LEO (July24-Aug 23) 12Opus,13Lady’smaid,17Nutsandbolts,20Eveningclass,23Axis,24Share,25 An emotional tie AQUARIUS (Jan 21-Feb 19) Etui,28Innuendo,29Dahlia,30Gunsmith,31Chaste.Down:1Compound,2 has been going Changes areafoot on Evacuate,3Viol,5Hillycountry,6Damp,7Vandal,8Lloyds,11Paidonthedot,15 through arather the home front and Carve,16Stock,18Tantalus,19Estimate,21Baring,22Finnan,26Team,27Hath. testing phase. at work,and you However, Venus and Mars, the needtobewell- twoplanets of physicaland organised and consistent. Ideal emotional attraction, are conditions shouldhelpyou ready to createthe conditions gain from newly-formed JUMBLEDWORDS DifficultyLevel5s forreconciliation. One gives social liaisons. Youshould also Instructions youextracharm, the other maximise anyand all financial Givenbelowarefourjumbledwords.Solvethejumblestomakeproperwordsandmovethemto TosolveaSudokupuzzle, enablesyou to figureout commitmentswithout

therespectivesquaresbelow.Selectthelettersintheshadedsquaresandjumblethemtoget everydigitfrom1to9 4287 the details. further delay. theanswerforthegivenquip. mustappearineachofthe ____iswontto___herself-Heraclitus(6,.,4) VIRGO (Aug 24 -Sep 23) PISCES (Feb 20 -Mar 20) nineverticalcolumns,in It maynot be Youare nowinthe eachoftheninehorizontal entirelyobvious, driving seat and you SETAE AADLNU 4288 rowsandineachofthe butyour knowit. Over the nineboxes. determination to next week or so, your

SUDOKU have your ownway in energy levels should increase, as personalmatters is mayyour ability to charm and DYIRT DOSYDH DifficultyLevel succeeding. However, what woopeoplewhose support for youmustask is whether you youinthe pasthas notalways

SUDOKU 1s=Veryeasy;2s=Easy; trulywanttoforce other been wholehearted.The 3s=Medium;4s=Hard; people to acceptyour ways.If downsideisthat youmay have

5s=VeryHard;6s= youknowwhat’s good for to listenpolitelywhile partners

us aclit er -H lf rse he e hid to nt wo is e tur Na r: we Ans Genius you, you’ll turn up thecharm. saytheir piece.

SOLUTION

Y HODD ,S AU AND ,L TY DIR TEASE, SOLUTION:

New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 18 SPORT THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,NOVEMBER9,2020 MaximumCityvsCapitalCity Selectors told‘fit’ Varun Chakravarthy can’tthrow Delhi Capitals quell Sunrisers to march intotheirfirstIPL final and setup adatewith 4-time champions MI

SYNOPSIS With 606runs, this season has DEVENDRAPANDEY TEAMINDIA:INJURY-LIST Delhi’s demolition men -Dhawan MUMBAI,NOVEMBER8 and Stoinis -shut out Sunrisers. already been Shikhar Dhawan’s mostprolific ever in the IPL. JUSTDAYSbeforeIndian team’s departure Rohit Sharma: hamstring Central to his resurgence has to Australia, the cricket boardhas learnt Ishant Sharma: rib-cageinjury that the newly selectedspinner Varun Wriddhiman Saha: hamstring SANDIPG been an improved ability to Chakravarthycannotthrow as he is af- Bhuvneshwar Kumar: NOVEMBER8 rotatestrikeand adding flicted with ashoulder problem. thigh muscle injury The 29-year-old leg spinner has a Shreyas Iyer: shoulder IN THE end,the victorywas astagger than a deftness to his leg-side game. labrumtear in his shoulder that doesn’t af- stroll. In the end, thedifference wasjust The slog-sweep to spinners has fect his bowling but hinders his throwing. Rishabh Pant: hamstring RAshwin: shoulder Marcus Stoinis. His cameo poweredDelhi always been his staple stroke, It’saninjurythat he has had forawhile Capitals to arocket-fuelledstart before his but has aggravatedasthe IPL progressed, Varun Chakravarty: shoulder seemingly- innocuousmediumpace struck so proficient that he could play according to sources in KKR. Mayank Agarwal: hamstring at the mostcritical junctures of the match. this with eyes blindfolded. The Indian Express spoketoafewoffi- But Sunrisers Hyderabadfoughtvaliantly till cials and twoselectorswho said that the end while chasing 190—another day, the Chakravarthywas declared fitinplayers comes on the backofthe Rohit Sharma’s herocould have easilybeenKane Williamson showedDhawan’simprovedstrike-rotating fitness report submitted by the Indian injurythatcontinues to kickupastorm in or maybethe energetic Abdul Samad —leav- prowess. team’s physio Nitin Patelbeforethe selec- Indian cricketfraternity. Sharma wasnot ing Delhi with morerelief than joyafter the Dhawan, thus, embodiedDelhi’s belliger- tors pickedhim in India'sT20 squad. namedinthe squad and wasalso replaced 17-run victory, as they encounterMumbai ent approach. He, though, wasthe only sur- "Theselectorsweren't informedabout as ODI vice-captain afterselectors were Indians in the IPL final on Tuesday. vivorofthe tweakedtop three afterthe ca- the injury. Nowit's up to theselectors to under the impression thathemight need pitulationagainstMumbai Indians. As much pickVarunfor the Australiantour or not. afew weekstorecoverfromaleg injury. Stoinis, the charm as achangeinpersonnel, their approachwas It willbeselectors call," aBCCI official said. The BCCI president Sourav Gangulyand It wasone of those days when Stoinis markedlymoreaggressive.The decision to The shoulder niggle has been the rea- Indian team’s coachRaviShastripublicly could do no wrong. Aday that wasjustmeant openwithStoinis telegraphedtheir intent. son forKKR makinghim largelyfield in- shared their hopes that Sharma won’t ag- to be.After thecameo upfront with the bat, The 86-runfirst-wicket alliance wasrope-a- sidethe 30-yardcircle to stop the injury gravate his injury by playing in the IPL but the robustly-built Australian vindicated his dope stuff. Thrustwiththe openingduties, in from worsening. He did bowl in the he continues to feature in the games. bowling utility by nailing threewickets,in- the wake of Prithvi Shaw’s sustained patchi- Indian team nets in Dubai wherehehas WriddhimanSaha, India’sTestwicket- cluding twoinanover, and literallyblowing Marcus Stoinis’ all-round brilliance floored Sunrisers Hyderabad. BCCI ness, the burly Aussie batted uninhibitedly joinedIndian team bubbleafter theIPL keeper,isalsoinjuredand didn’t feature Hyderabad’s chase. likeabullgiven the licencetorun amok. campaign ended. in the qualifier game between Sunrisers AfterKagiso Rabada had disturbed David Droppedon3by Holder at sillymid-on, This newspaper understands that KKR Hyderabadand Delhi Capitals on Warner’sstumps, Priyam Gargand Manish of improbability,the Kiwi maestrohad providedDelhi Capitals both strength and he fleecedfour boundaries and asix in the informedthe Indian team physio about the November 8. Pandeywerecounterpunchingwhen Stoinis brought theequation within thesphere of stability,though the paceofscoring tapered next eight balls. Twodays ago, Delhi were status of the injury aftertheir IPL cam- “Wehavenochanges, Wriddhiman strode in. It seemedablunder when Pandey possibility.But Stoinispushed in another off- offtowards theend. three down without arun on the board, here paign ended, and afterselection of the na- Saha has ahamstring tear,” confirmedSRH whippedhim foraboundary, forintroduc- cutter,fulland wide, whichWilliamson With 606runs, this season has already theyraged to 50 in only 4.5 overs. The mo- tional team wasdone. Kamlesh Jain is the captain David Warner at thetoss.In ing apart-time seamer at acritical juncture could onlymistime to deepcover.Some days been Dhawan’s mostprolificeverinthe IPL. mentum wasirresistible, and theymanaged physio with KKR who also have aOlympic January2018, Sahawas ruled out of aTest seemedadefensive move.But in three balls, arejustthere to be.Stoinis would agree. Central to hisresurgence has been an im- to sustain the tempountil the very lastover, sprinter ChrisDonaldsonastheir strength in South Africadue to ahamstring injury Stoinis changed theperception with the proved abilitytorotatestrike and adding when TNatarajan deliveredaterrific no- and conditioningcoach. and aspate of injuries followed, forcing scalps of Gargand Pandey. Gargwith un- Dfor Dhawan, destruction deftness to hisleg-side game. The slog- boundary gig. him out of action formorethan ayear. cannyinwardmovement —whenhebowls On the thirdball offJason Holder’s first sweeptospinnershas always been his sta- The hithertounderwhelming Shimron Managing playerfitness IshantSharma wasruled out of the IPL full,hedoes purchase ahint of seam move- over,Shikhar Dhawansashayeddownthe ple stroke,soproficient that he could play Hetmyerprovided death-over fireworks,his According to afranchise chief execu- with an abdominal muscle tear and ment —and the latter with an off-cutter that track, manufactured room by sliding leg-side, this witheyesblindfolded. Justsample the 22-ball 42 notout afusion of powerand flair. tive,the fitness of BCCI-contracted play- Bhuvneshwar Kumar wasruledout with stoppedonPandey. and flung his bat at ashort-of-length ball that brace of sixes he struckoff Shahbaz Nadeem Aslashedsix offNatarajan wasathrowback ers in IPLismonitored by thephysiosof athighmuscle injury. Both Sharma and Both batsmen had clearly underesti- crashedbehind point. Astrokefull of mus- —justpicking thelength, bending, and to theGuyanesetradition of batting. He just the respectivefranchises. If there’s an in- Kumar arenow doing their rehab at the mated Stoinis’ bowling and his ability to steal cle and authority.OnlythatwithDhawanit’s bludgeoning them over midwicket. sizedupthe length and smacked it, atwirlof jury, it is reportedtothe Indian team/BCCI National Cricket Academy (NCA). wickets. He doesn’t possesspace or toomany notastrokethat reflectshis confidence, but But these days againstseamers, the left- the wrists at the lastmoment providingthe physio. Chakravartycame to limelight this sea- variations, but is cerebral, mixes his length, his nerves. It’s his get-out-or-get-into-form hander has learnedsophistry, as exemplified necessaryelevation and placement. He then From thenon, the franchisephysio son forKKR afterhetook five-wickethaul slips in the odd cutter and has asurprise ef- stroke.One that he dials in an emergency. by aflickoff Holder. tore apart West Indies skipper Holder,plun- monitorsthe player’sfitness in coordina- forDelhi Capitals and also whenhe fort ball that skids ontobatsmen. The deliv- Afterthree blobs in the lastfouroutings, He justshuffled across, crouchedabit, deringfour boundaries in the 18th over. tion with the BCCI physio. bowled MS Dhoni, the second time he re- erythatrattledGarg’s stumps wasacouple Dhawanwas understandablynervous, and slappedthe ball through squareleg. In BRIEF SCORES: Delhi Capitals 189for 3 The franchise physio sendsreportsto movedthe formerIndian captain in this of yardsquickerthan his usual speed. whichmanifestedinhis twitchy footwork in the past, he would have triedtoheave those (Dhawan78, Hetmyer42*, Stoinis38) beat the BCCI physio who follows it with his ad- IPL. India’s Australia tour starts with three Then came the mostvital of all blows. thefirstover. But the aforementionedstroke deliveriesthrough midwicket, whichhedid Sunrisers Hyderabad 172for 8(Williamson vice in terms of deciding the futurecourse ODIs from November 27,followedbyT20s That of Kane Williamson,whose 67 sparked settledhis nerves, as he beddedinand employfor acoupleofboundaries early on. 67,Samad 33,Rabada 4-29, Stoinis 3-26) by of action. from December 4beforethe firstofthe hopesofaHyderabadheist.Fromthe realms strokedhimself to asublime 78, aknockthat That he did notscoreoff only 10 deliveries 17 runs. Thenews aboutChakravarthy’s injury four TestsstartsonDecember 17.

VolLXXXVIIINo. 312Regd.No.DL-21046/03-05 R.N.I.No.506/57. Printed andPublishedbyR.C.Malhotraonbehalf of TheIndian Express (P) Limited and Printed at The Indian Express (P) Limited Press, A-8, Sector-7,Noida -201301and PublishedatThe Indian Express(P) Limited,Mezzanine Floor,Express Building,9&10, Bahadur ShahZafar Marg,New Delhi-110002. Editorial office:The Indian Express (P) Limited,Mezzanine Floor,Express Building, 9&10,Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi-110002. Phone: 0120-6651500.Advertising office:The Indian Express (P) Limited,B1/B, Sector -10, Noida -201301. Phone: 0120-6651291.Chairman of the Board: Viveck Goenka, Chief Editor:Raj Kamal Jha, Editor:Unni Rajen Shanker,Editor (Delhi): Rakesh Sinha****Responsiblefor selectionofNewsunder the PRB Act. Copyright:The Indian Express (P) Limited.All rights reserved.Reproduction in anymanner,electronic or otherwise, in whole or in part, withoutprior written permission is prohibited. The Indian Express ®

New Delhi