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HIMACHAL PRADESHPUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ☎% 01905-272269 Fax:- 272862 Email: [email protected] POLICE HEADQUARTERS JAMMU &KASHMIR,JAMMU No: PW-DPD-CB-Tender/2020:4627-29 Dated: 07/07/2020 Phone/Fax No. 0194-2443031/2443032 (Sgr.), Website:www.jkpolice.gov.in 0191-2459029/2459255 (Jmu.) E-mail: [email protected] INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) CANCELLATION OF TENDER The ExecutiveEngineer,Dharampur Division, HPPWD Dharampur ,Distt: Mandi (H.P) on behalf of Governor of H.P Subject: This Hqrse-NIT No. 22 of 2020 dated 29.04.2020 invites the item rate bids,inelectronic tendering systems from the eligible class of contractors registered with HPPWD for The e-NIT No.22of2020dated 29.04.2020 floated by this Hqrs forpurchase of Stationeryitems, is here- the work as detailed in the table. by cancelled in terms of Clause (V) of General Terms&Conditions of e-NIT due to administrativereasons. No. Prov-I/UE-03/2020-21/30064-74 Sd/- (Rayees Mohammad Bhat) IPS S. Name of Work Estimated Cost Starting Date Earnest Deadline for Dated: 10.07.2020 AIG (Provision/Transport), No (In Rs.) fordownlo- Moneysubmission DIPJ-2371 For Director General of Police,PHQ,J&K- Srinagar ading Bid (inRs.) of Bid. 12 3456 13ConstructionofAtalAadarsh VidyalyaatMarhi in Tehsil 2,87,40,708/- 21/07/2020 500000/- 06/08/2020 Dharampur Distt. Mandi (H.P.) (SH: C/O School and Office Building, Mutli purpose Hall, Boys and Girls Hostel, Residential Accomodation (Type-I, Type-II, Type-III and Type-IV) Boundary wall and gate and rain Harvesting System) 24Construction of Govt Degree College at Dharampur Distt. Mandi ,39,70,820/- 21/07/2020 500000/- 06/08/2020 (H.P.) (SH: C/O Residential accommodation (6 Nos Type-II, 6 Nos Type-III, 6Nos Type-I and iNoType-V) The bidders are advised to note other details of tender from the department website www.hptenders.gov.in. Executive Engineer, Dharampur Division, HPPWD Dharampur, Distt: Mandi (H.P) 1528/HP on behalf of Governor of H.P

HIMACHAL PRADESH PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT e-Procurement Notice INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) 1.The Executive Engineer HPPWD Kotkhai Distt Shimla H.P on behalf of Governor of H.P invites the online bids on item rate, in electronic tendering system, in 2Cover System forthe under mentioned work from the eligible and approvedcontractors/Firms PROCLAMATION REQUIRING THE registered with HPPWD Department. Sr.Name of Work Estimated EMD Cost of Time Eligible APPEARANCE OF ACCUSED PERSON No Cost Tender class of Contractor See Section 82 Cr.P.C. 1RC/o Divisional Office building of HPPWD at Kotkhai Distt. Shimla, s. Rs.Rs. 2Year Class B Whereas complaint has been made before me that accused person H.P.(SH:- Civil worksW.S.&S.Isite development septic tank i.e. 1,26,02,558/-1,66,100/- 5000/- soak pit and rain water harvesting tank etc.) namely Arif, S/o Yakub, R/o: Alvi Nagar,Lal Mandir,Loni, 2. C/O Health Institute level-II (PHC) with Doctors residence at Deori Rs.Rs. Rs.2Ye ar Class C Khanety,Tehsil Kotkhai, Distt. Shimla, H.P.(SH:- Civil work,site devel- 57,57,946/- 90,100/- 2000/- Ghaziabad, U.P., has committed (or is suspected to have opment, W.S. &S.I with septic tank and rain harvesting tank etc. ) 3. C/o Type-II Qtr.4Nos at Police Station Kotkhai (SH:- Civil worksat Rs.Rs. Rs.2year Class C committed) the offence in case FIR No. 149/16 u/s 392/411/34 IPC site development septic tank i.e.soak pit &rain water harvesting 45,80,345/- 76,250/- 2000/- registered at P.S. Karawal Nagar,Delhi and it has been returned to tank etc. Tender document and other instructions can be downloaded or viewedonline from the portal https://hptenders.gov.in by the firm/individual awarrant of arrest thereupon issued (unexecuted), stating that the registered on the website which is free of cost. said Arif cannot be found and whereas it has been shown to my Key Dates: 1. Date of Online Publication 20.07.2020 11:00 HRS satisfaction that the said Arif has absconded (or is concealing him 2. Document Download Startand End Date 20.07.2020 1130 HRS upto 17.08.2020 1730 HRS self to avoid the service of the said warrant). Proceeding u/s 82 3. Bid Submission Startand End Date 20.07.2020 1130 HRS upto 17.08.2020 1800 HRS 4. Physical Submission of EMD and Cost of Tender Document 18.08.2020 upto 1030 HRS Cr.P.C. has been initiated in this case. Proclamation is hereby made 5. Date of Technical Bid opening, 18.08.2020 1100 HRS that the said Arif accused of FIR No. 149/16 u/s 392/411/34 IPC , 6Evaluation of Technical Bid followedbyOpening of Financial Bid. Date to be announced Executive Engineer P.S. Karawal Nagar,Delhi is required to appear before this Court to Division Kotkhai, HPPWD Kotkhai, Distt Shimla H.P answer said complaint on or before 20.08.2020. 1525/HP on behalf of Governor of Himachal Pradesh By Order Mr.Pawan Singh Rajawat Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DP/182/NE/2020 Karkardooma Court, Shahdara, Delhi MINISTRYOFRAILWAYS GUJARAT MEDICAL SERVICES CORPORATION LIMITED RESEARCH DESIGN &STANDARDS ORGANISATION (A Government of Gujarat Undertaking) MANAK NAGAR, LUCKNOW-226011 Regd. Office: BlockNo. 14/1, Dr.Jivraj Mehta Bhavan, Sector-10, Gandhinagar, Notice for inviting E-Tender Ph. 079-23250767, 23250766, 23257696 For and on behalfofPresident of Union of India,Jt. Director Testing/Labs, RDSO, Manak TENDER NOTICE :D-06/2020-2021 Nagar,Lucknow invitesopen E-Tender(online) for the following work Open Tender NO. and Name of work Approx. Cost of Tender Earnest Contract Date &time Tenders are invited online from reputedManufacturers/Formulators/Direct cost of document Money period of closing Importersfor purchase of Hydroxychloroquinetablets200mg and work (Rs.) (Rs.) (Rs.) of tender TST-1_ BDL_RodentControl 6,03,938.00 2,000.00 12,100.00 36 Months 20.08.2020 Itolizumab Injection 25mg/5ml on rate contract basis and detailsofspec- Comprehensive pets&rodent control (Thursday) ification, quantityisavailable on https://gmscl.gujarat.gov.in and in 20 RailwayAC/Non AC Coaches at 15.00 hrs. and rodent control in four Laboratory www.statetenders.com.All tender documentscan be downloaded free buildings of Testing Directorate, on the website: https:gmscl.nprocure.com &Tender Notice.Interested R.D.S.O., Manak Nagar,Lucknow Details of abovethe E-Tenderare availableonweb site (www.ireps.gov.in) bidders are requestedtosubmit the tender through e-tender process. Bidding start date: 06.08.2020 Duration of downloading of tender document (online) :- The aboveE-tender willbeopen on 20.08.2020 at 15.30hrs. in the office of the Jt. 14/07/2020 to 21/07/2020 upto 18.00 Hrs. Director Testing/Labs, RDSO, Manak Nagar, Lucknow. Amendments/corrigendum, if any,would be hosted on the website (www.ireps.gov.in) Last date forsubmission (online): 21/07/2020 upto 18.00 HRS. only. Last date forsubmission of physical document: Sd/- 22/07/2020 upto 18.00 HRS. Jt. Director Testing/Labs. Opening of Technical Bid Date (online)22/07/2020 at 15.00 HRS. Testing Directorate, RDSO, Lucknow, INF/446/20-21 MANAGING DIRECTOR For and on behalf of President of Union of India

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JOURNALISM OF COURAGE WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2020, NEW DELHI, LATE CITY, 18 PAGES SINCE 1932 `6.00 (`8 PATNA &RAIPUR, `12 SRINAGAR) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM REMOVEDCongresAS DEPUTYssCM,tripsPCC CHIEFSachinPilotandloyalists ofallposts,hesaysyoucan’tdefeattruth

PartyaccusesPilot of gettingcaught BJP attacks in BJP trap; he responds: Satyako Gehlot, says pareshan kiyajasaktahai, parajit nahi Pilot welcome

HAMZAKHAN to join party JAIPUR,JULY14 Pilotthanks THREE DAYS afterthe show- those who LIZMATHEW down between ChiefMinister came out in NEWDELHI,JULY14 Ashok Gehlotand hisdeputy his support NORTH-EAST DELHI RIOTS Sachin Pilottriggeredacrisis in FORTHE lastthree days,asthe Rajasthan, the Congressmoved Congress crisis unfoldedin swiftlyonTuesday, removing Rajasthan, the BJP watchedfrom Resentmentin Pilotfrombothhis posts —as BUSINESSASUSUAL CM Ashok Gehlotoutside RajBhawaninJaipur Tuesdayafter the CLP meeting. Rohit Jain Paras the sidelines. But on Tuesday, deputychiefministerand state with the Congress taking action PCCchief. BY UNNY againstSachin Pilot, senior BJP Hindus on arrests, The party also crackedthe leaders reachedout to him. whip on Pilot's loyalists: Cong waves disqualification While some saidPilot was Vishvendra Singh and Ramesh “welcome to join theBJP”, oth- Meena were removedfromthe ers saidthe party would con- take care:Special statecabinet,and the statepres- threat, braces for legal battle sider “all options to overthrow” identsofthe Youth Congress and the Ashok Gehlotgovernment. Seva Dal were replaced. Senior BJP leaders, who had CP to probe teams The decision wasannounced qualification of rebelMLAs. maintainedsilence so far, came afterPilot andhis MLAs skipped MANOJCG THE EDITORIAL PAGE And the firsthintswere out in supportofPilotand sharp- the Congress LegislatureParty NEWDELHI,JULY14 droppedbyChief Minister enedtheir attackagainstGehlot. (CLP) meetinthe morning —the GOODBYE, Gehlothimself. Sources said “in- “Anyleader who has the Orderdated July8asksofficers to second in twodays —atahotelon THE SACKINGofSachin Pilot and SACHINPILOT tense legal consultations” have mandateofthe people is wel- guide Investigating Officers ‘suitably’ the outskirts of Jaipur,wherethe twoministers loyaltohim from BY MANI SHANKAR AIYAR been held over twodays to fi- come to join the BJP.Ifone is in Gehlotcampiskeeping Congress the Ashok Gehlotcabinet PAGE 10 nalise the contours of adisqual- agreement withour ideology, and other supporting MLAs. tweeted: “Satyakopareshan kiya Tuesdayhas setthe stagefor an- ification battle. Sources said we willwelcomehim,”Union withoutany evidence and are The party issuedanotice to all ja saktahai,parajit nahi (Truthcan otherbattleinRajasthan —one Gehlotand AICC observers Ajay Ministerand BJP leader from MAHENDERSINGH even insinuating that suchar- Congress MLAs who skippedthe beharassed, notdefeated).” In an- thathas all the signs of apro- as much: it has or is in the Maken and Randeep Surjewala Rajasthan, GajendraSingh MANRAL restsare being made forsome CLP meeting. other tweetatnight, hesaid: “My tracted legal and technicalfight. process of moving apetition to held manyroundsofdiscussions Shekhawat, said. NEWDELHI,JULY14 personal reasons.” Soon afterhewas sacked,Pilot CONTINUEDONPAGE4 The Congress has indicated Speaker CPJoshi,seekingdis- CONTINUEDONPAGE4 CONTINUEDONPAGE4 The order goes on to name THE ARRESTS of “some Hindu twoMuslim men and states: “In youth” from riot-hit areas in the same area, resentment NortheastDelhi has ledtoa“de- among Hindu communityisalso gree of resentment among the reported foralleged police inac- AN EXPRESS INVESTIGATION —PART 1 Hindu community” and “due care tion” againstthe two, “who are TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE and precaution” mustbetaken alleged to have been involvedin while makingarrests,the Special mobilising members of Muslim CASES: RECOVERED:5,71,459 Commissioner of Police(Crime) community during Delhi riots 134 Guess which of these houses got has written in an order to senior and anti-CAA protests”. DAYSSINCE 9,06,751 DEATHS:23,727 officersheadingprobeteams and “Due careand precaution be PANDEMIC BEGAN TESTS: 1,20,92,503| DOUBLING RATE: 21.45** asked them to “suitably” guide takenwhile arrestingany per- the Investigating Officers. son. All evidences including di- cleared for Cyclone Amphan relief? The order comes amid the rect and technical evidences be ongoinginvestigation, arrests properly analysed and that all and prosecution by the Delhi the arrestsare backedbysuffi- The one on left, of aPanchayat member.Inrural Bengal, the politicallyconnected—mainly Police in aslewofriotcases. cient evidence be ensured.No TMC, some from Opposition —are jumping line forrelief even if there’s littledamage to show Dated July 8, the order,signed arbitraryarrestshould be made by Special CP (Crime &Economic in anycaseand all evidences Offences Wing) Praveer Ranjan, must be discussed with Special KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG DOUBLING Parties begin cites an “intelligence input” PPs (public prosecutors) as- TOWATCH CASES 24HOURS GROWTH* RATE** about the riot-related arrestsof signedfor eachcase,” it states, ■ Maharashtra 2,60,924 6,497 3.01% 23.91 crackdown, “some Hindu youth from Chand adding:“Supervisoryofficers ■ Delhi 1,13,740 1,246 1.74% 41.45 Bagh and Khajuri Khas areas of ACPs/DCPs —SIT &Additional NortheastDelhi”. CP/Crime(Headquarters) may Tamil Nadu 1,42,798 4,328 3.14% 22.90 ■ ask errant The order says that “commu- guide the IOs(investigating offi- ■ Karnataka 41,581 2,738 7.35% 9.80 nity representativesare alleging cers) suitably.” ■ Telangana 36,221 1,550 5.01% 14.39 membersto that these arrests aremade CONTINUEDONPAGE4 *Compounded Daily Growth Rate overlast 7days**Calculatedover7-daygrowth return money CASEFATALITYRATIO POSITIVITYRATE DAILYIN,DAILYOUT First intel onPLA 7DAYSEARLIER: 7DAYSEARLIER: DETECTED TODAY RAVIKBHATTACHARYA, 2.80 7.05 28,498 ATRIMITRA&SANTANU came mid-April, long NOW: NOW: RECOVERED TODAY: CHOWDHURY 2.62 7.50 17,989 The house of Dhirendranath Patra, whose sevenrelativesare on relief list; (right)Purnima KOLKATA,JULY14 Deaths as aratio of Positives against Becoming sick vs Douli, with son at their damaged house in Howrah district, is missing from the list.Partha Paul positivecases(in %); numbertested recovering; more ASANGRYvillagersdefylockdown before Pangong clash indicator of progress (in %); indicator of recoveries for 14 days curbs to protestagainst alleged in avertingdeaths the spread of disease may signal the peak and six members of his family PanchayatSamiti member and misappropriation of Amphan re- DataasonJuly13,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealth,ICMRandstates.Oftendailynumbersinclude RAVIKBHATTACHARYA appliedand have been cleared TMC member Rimpa Roy. Again, lief, the Trinamool Congress and SUSHANTSINGH INSIDE datafrompreviousdays.Assuch,trendsbasedondailynumbersareindicative,notdefinitive &ATRIMITRA forcompensation at the rate of thereare fewsigns of damagein evenOppositionparties,including NEWDELHI,JULY14 KOLKATA,SUNDARBANS, Rs 20,000 per head (for com- her house but she and five mem- the BJP and CPM, arecracking MEETINGOFCORPS NORTH24PARGANAS,JULY14 pletehouse damage)—invio- bers of her family, including her down on their errant Panchayat THE FIRSTreports on sighting of COMMANDERS He fed thousands over 3 lation of rules setdownbythe in-laws,husband, father and members, making some of them PLAtroop movement on the LASTS12HOURS THE TWO-storied, blue and West Bengal government. brother,applied forcompensa- return the moneyreceived. Chinese side of the Line of Actual PAGE 12 whitehouse stands in sharp con- Rules under whicheachwill tion —and have been cleared. Days afterWestBengalChief Control came in mid-April, al- months till Covid got him trasttothe clusterofsquat,brick- also getRs28,000 per head as Asked if they have received Minister MamataBanerjee mosttwo weeksbeforeChinese tiledhutsinNamkhana in wagesfor 100days’labourfor the money, both Patraand Roy promisedpunitiveaction forfil- andIndian soldierscame to blows itaryvehicles,moving north- Sundarbans. This is home to reconstruction. decline to answer.Theirs aren’t ing false claims, the TMC sent on the northbankof PangongTso ward from areas opposite SOURAVROYBARMAN PanchayatSamitimemberand About125 km away,in isolated cases. show-cause notices to nearly 200 on May5-6.But the Armysays Demchok. NEWDELHI,JULY14 ruling Trinamool Congress Panchla village in Howrah dis- The Indian Express visited sev- party members and Panchayat these reports neverreachedit, These reportshavestrength- member Dhirendranath Patra trict, is the two-storiedhouse of eral villagesinthe cyclone-hit functionaries in Nandigramand and the firstreports it receivedin enedthe viewatthe highest lev- ON APRIL 20, ARUN Singh, acivil and has, clearly,withstood districtsofHowrah, North24 EastMidnapore, Hooghly, North Mayonlymentionedinfrastruc- els of the intelligence set-up that defence volunteer,worked Cyclone Amphan when it tore Parganas, East Midnapore,South and South 24 Parganas. tureconstruction activity. significant details, thoughavail- through the day, but stayed on through the villageonMay 20 TOMORROW:BOGUS 24 Parganas and Sundarbans, to On July7,the party sus- An intelligence official told able, were glossed over as the through the evening and single- right in the middle of the Covid CLAIMSCLEAREDIN investigatebeneficiary claims pended25leaders forallegedly The Indian Express that morespe- crisis brewed in Ladakh,leaving handedlymanagedfoodatshort lockdown. againstrecordsofdamage, spoke misappropriating relief funds. cific inputscame afew days af- the government in ablind spot. notice forover1,000 labourers ArunSingh,acivil defence The onlysign of damageis THENAMEOFTHE to manyresidentswho have ap- These includedthree Panchayat terthe firstreports mid-April. The Army, however, says it strandedatSector 25, Dwarka, volunteer, diedMonday the rippedcorrugated sheet DEADANDMISSING pliedand arewaiting forrelief, Samiti members, seven aanchal The inputswereonsightingsof carriedout matching build-upof CONTINUEDONPAGE4 over the roof but Patra’s son CONTINUEDONPAGE4 CONTINUEDONPAGE4 hundredsofChinese heavy mil- CONTINUEDONPAGE4

INSIDE PAGE 1 KILLING OF DUBEY, ANCHOR As migrant workers returned home, rural data usespiked AIDES: SC HINTS MAY SET UP PROBE PAGE 12 speedbroadband to all2.5 lakh ralBihar,these numberswere cess pointsfor suchdatapacks April 1and June 30, according to HRD GUIDELINES ON AASHISHARYAN gram panchayats in the country. 17,868.11 GB and 7,635.25GBre- becausetherewas no other vi- official data. ED Behaviour NEWDELHI,JULY14 Dataconsumption in rural spectively.Rural areas of UP and able alternative. The CSCs pro- As of February, rural India SCREENTIME PAGE 7 linkedto areas of Bihar,Jharkhand, Uttar Uttarakhandconsumed3.1 lakh videdcoupons in severalde- had 51.9 croresubscribers to PLAIN E ● lockdown THE CONSUMPTION of mobile Pradesh, and Uttarakhand, GB and79,389.50 GB of datare- nominations from Rs 5toRs wireless and wireline services EX THE WORLD and broadband datainrural wherethe highestnumbers of spectively under BharatNet be- 100, and sometimesRs500,” and ateledensity —the number India under the BharatNet migrantsand blue-collar work- tween April andJune. Dinesh Tyagi, CEO of CSCe- of connections per 100popula- THE INCREASE in data scheme morethan doubled in ers returnedfromthe bigcities The dataalso show that rural Governance Services India Ltd, tion —of58.61, according to consumption in rural ar- the three months from April to following the nationwide lock- broadband consumption spiked told TheIndian Express. Telecom Regulatory Authority of eas coinciding with the June compared to the preceding down, increasedbetween three the mostduringthe full lock- The rise in dataconsumption India (TRAI) data. return of migrant work- three months from Januaryto and five times on averageinthe down months of April and May. in rural areas hasbeen accompa- Although growing, rural data ers can be correlated to March 2020. April-June period as compared Illustration:Suvajit Dey These twomonths accounted for niedbyanincrease in the num- consumption is asmall fraction the absence of employ- Dataconsumption under to January-March,dataaccessed 3.18 lakh GB of the quarter’s total beroffibre-to-the-home (FTTH) of India’s total dataconsump- ment in the lockdown. It BharatNet across the countryin by The Indian Express show. In rural Jharkhand, mobile of 5.52 lakh GB.Incontrast, rural connections providedbyCSC tion, whichwas 68.2 croreGB— is logical that big spikes the April-Junequarterwas 5.52 Overall, rural areas ac- and broadbanddataconsump- dataconsumption under and the state-ownedBharat or 682petabyte—in2019. There in dataconsumption US REJECTS CHINA’S lakhgigabyte(GB) as compared counted for83.3 percent of the tion under BharatNet in April- BharatNet during Februaryand Broadband NetworkLtd (BBNL). areanestimated 22.7crore ac- were seen in states to CLAIMS IN S. CHINA SEA to 2.47 lakh GB in January-March. total 6.58 lakh GB datacon- June was1,547.06GB, morethan March was1.97lakhGB. Atotal 1.1lakh FTTH connections tive Internetusersinrural India whichlarge numbers of PAGE 15 BharatNet is thecentral govern- sumedunder BharatNet across 10 timesthe 146.69 GB con- “TheCommon Service have been givenunder the —10per cent morethan in the migrantsreturned. ment project to provide high- India during April-June. sumedinJanuary-March.For ru- Centres(CSCs) became easy ac- BharatNetscheme between urban areas.

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Congressstrips Poonia,presidentofthe state NSUI unit, resigned. “Wecannot Pilot of allposts work with achiefministerwho has worked to send the heads of Opp leaders say we were not kept in the loop heartfelt thanksand gratitude to JatandBishnoifamiliesto jail,”he all those who have come out in tweeted. my supporttoday.” Pooniaclaimed400-500post- interviewedlocalofficials and “trying to tarnish my image.” Mujibar Rehman, Pradhan of Gehlot, who metGovernor holding members of the Youth politicians and found glaring ir- PURSE-STRINGSSOFAR In Howrah, about5km from Panchla Gram Panchayat. Kalraj Mishraafter theCLP Congress,NSUIandSeva Dalhave regularities in the waymoney Rimpa Roy’s house is the three- On June 22, in alettertothe meeting, claimedthe party was resigned.Pilotloyalists have also has been paid —orclaims HOUSE BUILDING storiedhouse of Selima Begam, Howrah District Magistrate, he forced to take this decision when resigned en masse in Ajmer divi- cleared forpayment. ASSISTANCE: another PanchayatSamity couldn’t be moredirect:“Most it “sawthatthey(Pilotcamp) sion and other parts of thestate. Relativesofpoliticallypow- `2400CRORE member (Panchla) at of the names in the listsent by had struckadeal with BJP and At least59office-bearers have erful members of Gram (5 lakhbeneficiaries) Bikihakola village. Thereare no Panchla Gram Panchayatare of decidedtoformanew party”. submitted their resignationsin Panchayats,PanchayatSamitis AID TO FARMERS: signs of damage andyet the richand influential. Those “Wegavethem full opportu- Tonk –Pilot’s constituency. and Zilla Parishads have been `300CRORE Selima’s son Hasibulisonthe peoplewho have genuinelysuf- nity.WekeptaCLPmeeting yes- Lateinthe night, Rajasthan approved forcompensation (20 lakhfarmers) listofbeneficiaries. fereddamage, majority of them terday,but theydidn’t come. Congress in-charge Avinash even if there’s no damagetotheir REPAIR & “I did notapplyfor compen- arenot on the list.” Today’s meeting wastogive Pande dissolvedthe party’s state homes while deserving appli- RECONSTRUCTION: sation, Idonot knowhow my Speaking to The Indian them another chance... that executive andall departments cantswait.Manyofthese bene- `1550 CRORE namecame up.Itislikelythat Express, Rehmaniswary of giv- maybeGod will give them good andcellsofthePCC.Hesaidallap- ficiaires arefromTMC sinceit Oppositionparties want to ma- ingdetails.“In my position Iam TOTAL DEATHS: 98 sense and they’ll come, but even pointmentswould be made dominates the Panchayats but lignmymotherand put my unabletosay who these influen- then theydidn’t,”hesaid. afresh.Healsoissued agag order thereare alsocasesfrom BJPand Geetu Biswas, BJPBagdah PanchayatSamiti member,ather name on the list,” said Hasibul, tial peopleare.The villagers He said Pilot had “played on party leaders,barring them CPM. Source: Govt data,asofMay 29 family’s houseinChoatia village, North24Parganas. Partha Paul who is acomputer teacher in a knoweverything. Ihavedone intothe BJP's hands” andthe from communicating withthe That’s notall, The Indian localschool. my duty my alerting notonlythe conspiracy wasbeing planned media without permission. Express investigation also found In the Kakdwip Namkhana administration but also my party forsix months. Gehlotsaid the Congress MLAChetanDudi that approvals have gone to bo- In manycases, however, The her familyonthe listwhenthere genuine. It is apractice that area in Sunderbans, the com- higher ups.” Congress has 107MLAsinthe said the Gehlotgovernment has gusclaims with the same name Indian Express found, no meet- wasnodamage to herhouse,Roy Opposition leaders areincluded pensation listfeatures Gram The have nots and the 200-member Assembly. Citing thesupport of 109MLAs—“102 as father and husband or some- ingswereheld,nofield visitstook is unusuallydirect:“The BDO in the meetingsand field visitsfor Pradhan Champa Bairagiwho the anti-defection law, he said: Congress,2BharatiyaTribalParty, onewho diedyears ago.In many place, the Opposition leaderwas- calledmeand askedfor alistof relief. We were notevenin- has her husband, twodaughters, waiting “You can break offfromaparty 1CPI(M), 4Independents.” But cases, compensation specifically n’t kept in theloop. Inshort, these peoplewhose houses were dam- formed. “ brother,sister-in-lawand Offthe National Highway 6, when youhavetwo-thirdsma- BTPMLA from Chorasi in markedfor those who work on rules existed-onlyonpaper. aged.Itwas notpossible forme This is atextbook case that is brother’sson on the list. Echoing TheIndian Express metseveral jority... Twenty people don’t Dungarpur,Rajkumar Roat, betelvines has been paid to those Thereisnolistyet of exactly to do asurvey in suchashort playedout in villageafter village. Hasibul, she blames the families whose houses have break aparty…And then you postedvideos to claim he was who do notqualify. who all have been paid but by the time. So Iput the namesofmy Listofnames: the haves Opposition fortrying to “malign been severely damagedbut they areblackmailing.” stoppedbypoliceandhiscarkeys The process and howit firstweekofJune,forwhichdata relativesand their bank account me” by “puttingmyrelatives’ arenot on the listofbeneficiar- Gehlotclaimedthat 8-10 takenaway. On Monday, BTP is available, the stategovernment numbers and submitted it.” and the have-nots names on the list.” ies. Congress MLAs from the Pilot president MaheshbhaiVasava wasshort-circuited had releasedRs6250croreasre- Said BDO, Panchla, Esha Many TMC members, asked Geetu Sarkar,BJP Panchayat Take dailywageworker camp wantedto return,but were had issuedawhipasking both Right next door to Roy’s lief. Of this, Rs 2400crorewas for Ghosh:“Theblockdevelopment to explain, claimthe Oppositin Samiti member of Bagdah, KhokanDolui. His wifePurnima being guardedataresortman- party MLAstonot supportthe house in Howrah, is claytiledhut house-building assistance with office did notmakethe list.SoI has sneaked their name intothe North24Parganas, has got her Dolui sitsinfront of their mud aged by the BJP.“I’m sad that for GehlotorPilot camps, or the BJP. wherethe roof has been blown an initial beneficiaryestimateof cannotcomment.” list, aclaim hardtobelieve given husband Bidyut’s name on the house whereonlythe bamboo the firsttimeafterIndependence, Pilotloyalists Vishvendra away.This is the house of 5lakh; Rs 300crore forfarmers’ The Opposition leader in thattheapplication needs details listalthoughtheir two-storied frame of the roof is intact. “I have thereisagovernment whichis Singh, Ramesh Meena and Niranjan Roy, azari worker,who assistance and Rs 200crore for Roy’s PanchayatisForward Bloc’s likebank account and Aadhaar concretehouse shows no signs heardweare on the listbut no breaking governments through DeependraSingh said in astate- liveswithwifeMithu and their help fordamagedPaanboroj (be- Farid Mollah. “Panchayatmem- cardnumbers. of damage. one has contactedus, no money moneypower… crores of rupees ment:“We aretaking astand to twosons.Theyapplied forcom- telvines). bers made the listsitting in their Patraclaimshis name on the Ironically, one of thefirst to has come,” she said. arebeing traded,” he said. protect our dignity and self-re- pensation but still do notfigure Askedto explain howshe got homes and BDO accepteditas listisa“conspiracy” by some flag these complaintswas This is the samestory for Later in the day, Gehlot spect... when our leader is in the listofbeneficiaries. Jhuma Pandit(35), wifeofAlok chaired acabinetmeeting at his threatenedwith noticesfrom “When we approachedher Pandit, also adaily wage residence.Sources said he dis- the SOG under the chargesof (Rimpa Roy), she said we arenot Partiesbegin crackdown, ask errant members to return money labourer.“No ruling party lead- cussed cabinetexpansion – sedition and criminal conspir- entitledfor compensation. But ers have visited us, our names nine departmentsare now acy.This is unprecedented....” she includedher relatives.Ihave presidents, twoGram creantsand the corruptinour showcause noticestoafew or Panchayatmember Pintu arenot in the beneficiary list. without aminister. Followingthe action against appliedtothe BDO, but nothing Panchayatmembers, four party.Wehavesuspended asking them to returnthe Biswas got compensation in We got onlyaplastic sheetfor Earlier,announcing thedeci- him, Singh,who held the Tourism happened so far. Just look at her booth presidents, and one manyparty workers and lead- money. But whatabout inves- the name of his wifeand son the roof but nothing else.” sion afterthe CLP meeting,AICC and Devasthan portfolios, said: house and look at mine”, said Pradhan. ers and we aretrying to prose- tigation? FIRs should be lodged whenhis house had little dam- At the NamkhanaBDO of- spokespersonRandeepSurjewala “When did we make anti-party Niranjan. Said one of those sus- cutethem as per law.” investigations should start,” he age. “I don’t knowhow Igot on fice, five local youths have got said: “All of us have aregret:that statements? We onlywanted to At the heartofthe contro- pended, Nandigram-based At Konaria-2 Gram said. the list. Inever stole asingle temporaryjobs as dataentry Rajasthan’s Deputy CM, our draw theattention of the high versy,isthe short-circuiting of TMC’s Bana Behari Pal: PanchayatinSouth24 When asked aboutexam- pennyfromanyone in my life. operators. Officials said they young colleagueSachin Pilotand command,thatweare notable due process. “I have acceptedthe deci- Parganas, TMC panchayat ples of BJP leaders pocketing But when locals pointed fin- were revising the claims and some Congress MLAs and minis- to deliverour manifesto.” To ensurefairnessand accu- sion of the party.Imade some member Bikas Biswas, whose relief, Ghosh said: “In afew gers at me, Idecidedtoreturn making house visits. ters were caught in the webofa Meena said the work doneby racy,the committee to decide on mistakeswhile creatingthe list wifeand mother-in-lawgot panchayats,allegations are the moneywhich came into “Butitisdifficulttoget conspiracyweavedbythe BJP.” hisFood and Civil Supplies applications has the Block of people who would getrelief compensation, has returned againstBJP leaders. Notonly bank accountsofmyrelatives,” moneybackonce it gets intothe Surjewala said Pilothad en- Department waspraisedby Development Officer,represen- fund,” he said the money. Bikas who has a the party will take action, po- said Biswas. accounts. We arealso accepting joyedthe “love andblessings” of many, includingPrime Minister tativesofthe Panchayatand one Education Ministerand two-storiedconcrete house in lice should startcases against In the same Panchayat, fresh applications.About 8000 the party leadership, which NarendraModi.“Andthisiswhat representative of the Opposition SecretaryGeneral of TMC Harinathpur village that has suchpersons.The sametreat- Dipali Biswas, sister-in-law of newapplications have poured made himanMP, Union minis- Iget.When didwegoagainstthe whoexaminethelistofbenefici- Partha Chatterjee admitted to fewsigns of damage. mentshould be forTMC pan- CPM Panchayatmember Kiriti in. We have hiredhands to help ter, andstate party chief at avery partyorindulgeinirregularities?” aries sent by Panchayatmem- mistakes. “The lawwill follow DilipGhosh, state BJP chief, chayat pradhans.” Biswas, too, got compensation us with dataentry,”said an offi- young age. He said theyhad spo- StateBJP leaders, including bers. itscourse. The CM has already says this isn’tenough. In the Koniara-2 Gram but following public pressure, cer attachedtoBDO.“Let’s hope kentoPilot half-a-dozen times Leader of Opposition Gulab The committee is supposed said thereisno place formis- “Trinamool is onlysending PanchayatinBagdah, BJP she returnedit. this time thereare no com- since Saturdayand emphasised Chand Kataria and statepresi- to do door-to-door inspections. plaints.” thatdifferences should be re- dent SatishPoonia, held ameet- solvedwithin the family. ing at the party office on “TheBJP challenged thehon- Tuesday. Theylater demanded a While one senior Congress afterPilot tooktheinitiativetopull initialresponse to thecrisis — troops, whichwerepartofanon- can bedetected.The official, who Volunteerdead our of eight crorecitizens (of floor test.“Cabinetexpansion leader said the party willseek down the government, like whetherithad more to do with going training exercise,were hasbeenapartoftheintelligence the project site of aconstruction Rajasthan)... By misusing money should take place onlyafter disqualificationofall MLAs with JyotiradityaScindiadidinMadhya the inability to read Chinese ac- later divertedto the standoffsites set-up formorethanthree company. The 48-year old was powerand muscle power, the ED proving majority,” said Kataria. Pilot, another leader said the Pradesh. But Pilothas said that tions from the informationavail- on the LAC. These exercises are decades, said “this wasreminis- oneamongthethousandsof such andIT, theBJPhascommittedthe Former CM Vasundhara Raje party could sparesome of them. joiningtheBJPwasnot anoption. able or wasitbecause of the sys- routine everysummer and there cent of the Kargil incursions in volunteersformingthebackbone unpardonable crime of buying is expected to arrive in Jaipur “Somedonot want elections, He does nothavethe numbers to temicchangesinthe way has been along understanding 1999 where themechanism of of Delhi’sCovidresponsesystem. the loyaltiesofCongressand in- from Dholpur on Wednesday andsomedonotwanttogotothe engineer asplitinthe party. stakeholders shareintelligence that the twoarmiesmove back analysingthe inputshad failed”. Having tested positive for dependent MLAs,” he said. and meetstate party leaders. BJP….Onlyahandfulof themwill However, senior party lead- following the disbandment of to their bases afterthe exercise. It is afterthe abolition of JIC in Covid earlier this month, Singh Education Ministerand OBC stand by him,” the leadersaid. ers cautionedthat with Gehlot the Joint Intelligence Committee It is an established norm.” 2018,aspartofthe reform of the washospitalisedonJuly4.He leader Govind SinghDotasrahas Cong battle Sources said the dissident parading his majority,the BJP (JIC)two yearsago. “This year again, we were national security council secre- breathedhis last around 9.30 been madethe newPCC chief; withAbhishekSinghvi, party MLAs can challengethe petition would have to weigh alloptions The intelligence official re- awareofthese exercises but there tariat structure, the officialsaid, pm Monday. GaneshGhograhas replaced leader and lawyer,todrawupa in the court.“It is notgoing to be before making itsnextmove. A ferred to Army chief General M wasbreachoftrustand faith by that the process forjoint assess- Forthelast fewmonths,Singh Ladnun MLAMukeshBhakaras plan forthe legal battle. easy.The Speakerwillissue no- senior BJP leader attackedGehlot MNaravane’s statement on May the Chinese, as theydiverted ment and sharingofinformation had been toiling forhours every the stateIYC chief;Hem Singh Non-attendance at the CLP ticesfirst,hewillhearyou.Andaf- “for imposing his ownshortcom- 15 that clashes between Indian these troops to thestandoffsites. at cutting-edgelevel between day, handingoverpackets of food Shekhawathas replacedMLA meeting and “hobnobbing” with terhearing from you, he will take ing on others and imposingforce andChinesetroopsalongtheLAC The distance from the exercise stakeholders has changed. along serpentine queues. Away Rakesh Pareek as the statepresi- the BJP,sources said, will be the acall… Iftheyare disqualified, on party MLAs to quit.” in eastern Ladakh and Sikkim area to thesesites is some 200 In2018,thecentralinstitution from his wife, son, astudent of dentofthe Congress Seva Dal. grounds forthe disqualification theywillgotocourt,”aleadersaid. Union Ministerand Barmer were “a routine happening” and km, and it does nottakemuch ofJICwasreplacedbytheofficeof Class IX, and daughter,who Meanwhile, Abhimanyu battle. At the same time, the The BJP,meanwhile,will go MP Kailash Choudharysaid: “Do notpartofa“bigger plan”. time to do this,” the officer said. DeputyNationalSecurityAdvisor cleared Class XII boardexams. threat of disqualification, intoahuddle Wednesday. Senior the jackals have theaudacity to Thefirstclash at Pangong Tso The Armyusedtobring forinternalsecurity, alongwith “He wasamong our most sources said, can be usedto leaders including former Chief suppress the voiceofalion?” wasonthe intervening night of brigades of itsreservedivision in twootherDeputyNSAsandamil- valuablestaffers.Frankly, hisper- bring backsome of the MLAs MinisterVasundharaRaje,BJPna- Union MoS Arjun Ram May5/6 in which both Indian Ladakh fortraining exercises itaryadvisor. The meeting for formancewasoutstanding.Singh from the Pilotcamp. And per- tionalvicepresidentOmMathur, Meghwal, also from Rajasthan, and Chinese troops were in- everysummer but that was analysis of intelligenceinputs, excelledatany and everytask.Be haps this is whythe Congress is statepresident Satish Poonia, added: “Coterie over hardwork.” jured.Another clash took place shelvedthis year due to the whichhas replaced theJIC meet- it distribution of food at the notwillingtoreveal whether Leader of Opposition Gulab Shekhawatalleged that at Naku La in Sikkim on May9. Covid-19lockdown. ing, is nowchairedbythe three hungerpointsorworkinsidecon- it has movedthe petition. Chand Katariya, national joint GehlothadplannedPilot’souster. The official said the firstac- Whiletroopsof Leh-baseddi- Deputy NSAs in rotation. tainment zones,” Sub-Divisional Speaking to reporters after general secretary(organisation) “The eventsthat have unfolded knowledgement of the serious- vision and independentinfantry Magistrate(Dwarka) Chander meeting Governor Kalraj VSatish and stateorganisation in the state areakin to a ness of the situation by the Army andarmouredbrigadesmovedin Delhi riots Shekhar told The Indian Express. Mishra,Gehlot said partyMLAs secretaryChandrashekharareex- Bollywood trend: when afilm wasonlyafter May17/18, when quicklytorespond to Chinese in- Thereare threeSITs,orSpecial The active civil defencevol- can express lackofconfidence pected to attend the meeting to doesn't seem to be doing well, a Chinesetroops had movedinto gresses, additional troops were Investigation Teams,currently unteerswith theDelhi govern- in the Chief Ministerand seek decidethefuturecourseof action. controversy is spun around it to Foxhole Point, the southernmost transportedto theareathereafter probingriots cases. ment, numbering around his removalatthe legislature makeitexciting. This is what hap- tip on the north bank at Finger 4, in the second halfofMay. TheIndianExpressreachedout 13,000,takehome around Rs party meeting, but if theyde- BJP offer penedinRajasthan, wherethe and at GreenTops on the ridge- “Ab initio,wehad adequate to Special CP Ranjan as well as 18,000 amonth. “He wasthe mandafloor test,thentheycan With the battle likelytoshift government wasunabletopro- line in the Pangong area. This was reservesineastern Ladakh and DelhiPolice PROMSRandhawa. lone earning member of his fam- attract disqualification since it to theRaj Bhawan—state BJP vide good governance,” he said. followedbythe firstmeeting of carriedout matchingbuild-up of The newspaper sent ames- ily.”said his brother ML Singh. shows their intention to topple leaders in Jaipur have raisedthe the high-poweredChina Study troopsasperoperationalrequire- sagetoRanjan asking him about The familystays at Som Bazar the government with BJP help. demandfor afloortest—BJP Intel on PLA Group on May18, wherethe sit- ment. Other than at the faceoff theallegationsmadeby “commu- Road area of Uttam Nagar. Sources said the draftofthe leaders indicated that they troopsthroughout the crisis on uation wasdiscussed. sites, the Chinese build-up of nity representatives,” and “On April 20, the labourers disqualificationpetition, read- would nothesitate to use “all theLACinresponseto Chineseac- Asenior Armyofficersaid troopsalong the LACalsohap- whether his order put aquestion had startedagitating. We gotto iedTuesdaymorning, has been democratic ways”toremove the tions, essentiallya“breach of “therewas no reportofany mas- penedtowards the end of May markonthe nature of theprobe. know late, and reachedthe site handedovertochief whip Gehlotgovernment. trust” by thePLA whichdiverted sive PLAtroop movement and and early June, whichwas again No response wasreceived. onlyaround 8pm. The task was MaheshJoshi. Asked whether they were troops from atraining exercise to deploymentwithusinApril. The matchedbyus,” the officer said. In atweet on April 20, the cut out—to arrangefoodfor so While one central leader ready to work with Pilotevenif the standoffsites on the border. firstreportabout movement of Asecond intelligence official DelhiPolice had written: “While manypeople. Singh put to- said it has already been moved, he doesn't join the party,asen- The suddenmovement of some Chinese military vehicles said the question is notofanin- investigating Jamia and NE riot gether all the arrangements,” Joshi told TheIndian Express he ior BJP leader said theywere massivenumbers of Chinese wasreceived onlyinMay,which telligenceinputof massive move- cases,DelhiPolicehasdoneitsjob Shekhar said. cannotdisclose whether it has considering “all options”. troops along the Ladakhborder pertainedtoinfrastructurecon- mentof PLAtroopsinTibetbutof sincerelyand impartially. All ar- The labourers were finally been movedor, if moved, Earlier,the BJPhad indicated and multiple ingresses across the struction activities”. analysis and assessment of such restshavebeen made basedon sent backtotheir destinations againsthow manyMLAs. that it would makeamove only LAChaveled to adebate on the The officer said that “Chinese an input where“hostileintent” scientific and forensic evidence.” on May12.

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Noida: Owners of over 2,000 ve- poundedfor asimilar violation ple, is in forceinGautamBudh were impounded," police said in Capitalgetssecondplasma hicles were penalisedacross during a24-hour period till Nagar, whose urban areas fall in astatement. Altogether,Rs Noida and Greater Noida on Tuesdaynight in Gautam Budh the 'RedZone' forCovid-19. "Six 1,73,900werecollected in fines Tuesdayand sevenpeople ar- Nagar, whichhas recorded3,614 FIRs were registeredand seven during the action, the police said. rested forallegedly violating positive cases of Covid-19and 33 people arrested forviolatingthe The Noida-Delhi border remains curbs imposeddue to the Covid- deaths linkedto thedisease so far, curbs. Atotal of 4,839vehicles sealedfor movement exceptfor bank,atbiggestCovidhospital 19 pandemic, Gautam Budh according to official figures. were checkedacross 200barrier essentialservicesandpeoplehav- Nagarpolice said. CrPC section 144, whichbars points in the districtand challans ing passes issuedbythe district Five vehicles were alsoim- assemblyofmorethan four peo- issuedto2,040 of them, while five administration, officials said. PTI ASHNABUTANI NEWDELHI,JULY14

“WE ARE notclaiming that 100% of liveswillbesaved through plasma but it has been effective in treatingpeopleuntilnow,” Regional office, Gaya: 2nd floor, N.P.Tower, Kankarbagh Main Road, Patna (BIHAR), Pin-800 020 said Chief MinisterArvind E-AUCTION –SALE NOTICE KejriwalonTuesday, inaugurat- E-Auction Sale Notice for Sale of Immovable assets under the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement ing the capital’s second plasma of Security Interest Act, 2002 read with proviso to Rule 6(2) &8(6) of the Security Interest (Enforcement) Rules, 2002. bank at Lok Nayak Hospital. Notice is hereby given to the public in general and in particular to the Borrower(s) and Guarantor(s) that the below described immovable property The CM also said the recovery mortgaged/chargedtothe Secured Creditor,possession of which has been taken by the Authorised Officer of Bank of Baroda, Secured Creditor, rate in the capital has increased will be sold on "As is where is", "As is what is", and "Whatever there is" for recovery of below mentioned account/s. The details of Borrower/s/ and fatalities have reduced: Guarantor/s/Secured Asset/s/Dues/Reserve Price/e-Auction date &Time, EMD and Bid Increase Amount are mentioned below- “Earlier,in100 tests, 35 usedto Sr/ Name &address Reserve Price Status of Property come positive;now,only7or8 Lot of Borrower/s/ of the Property Possession Inspection No. Guarantor/s Date &Time EMD of the (Constructive/ date & Description of the Properties Total Dues peopleout of 100are found to be of E-auction Property Physical) time positive.The number of fatalities Bid Incremental due to Covid-19 has decreased. In Amount mid-June, therewereabout 101 CM Arvind Kejriwal, Deputy CM Manish Sisodia congratulateMukesh Kumar on donating 1. M/s Baba All the part and parcel of the property `72,85,364.00 27.08.2020 `97,20,000/- Physical On or deathsper daybut there are plasma at Lok NayakHospital, Tuesday. Praveen Khanna Poultry Feed consisting of M.S. Plot No. 2143 &2144 from 11:00 `9,72,000/- before about 40 now. All of us together and Chicks in Survey No. 44 M.S. Khata No. 587, AM to 4:00 25.08.2020 Centre, Khasra no. 19, Mauza –Hetimpur ,Thana PM `50,000/- have to reduce it further.” Prop.-Shri No. 124,Under Nagar Parisad ,Sasaram He said over 200people have cistatthe hospitalwho recov- Nursing orderly Mukesh machine is designedinsucha Shailendra Kumar within the registered sub-district –Sasaram takenplasma from ILBS, the ered from Covid in Mayand was Kumar also donated plasma. “I waythat it collects blood, retains Srivastav and District- Rohtas in the name of Shri city’s firstplasma bank, so far. the firsttodonateplasma. work in the blood bankand got the plasma, and sendsthe re- Base Branch: Shailendra Kumar Srivastav S/o Sri Gourakshni Yogeshwar Prasad Srivastav.Bounded by: “Wehavethree counsellors “It will notcostmeanything Covid in March.Ihaveseen peo- maining componentsbackinto North -M.S. Plot No. 2143 &2144, South whoare trying to motivate pa- to donateplasma but it will save ple struggle with the disease and the body:“We arecollecting 400 -M.S. Plot No. 2132 &2133, East –Rasta, tientsdischargedfromthe hospi- the livesoftwo people suffering this is my wayofpaying the hos- ml of plasma from one person. It West –Late Belash Mahta &ors. M.S. Plot taltodonateplasma. Manyofour from Covid. From my experi- pital back,”hesaid. is then giventotwo people who No. 2141. staffwho have recoveredare will- ence, Ihavelearnt nottopanic Dr Sunil Kumar,in-charge of needit—200 ml each.” 2. M/s Vaishnavi Equitable mortgage of Land in the name `93,01,946.00 27.08.2020 `91,32,000/- Physical On or Enterprises, Smt. Binda Devi w/o Sri Arun Kumar Singh from 11:00 `9,13,200/- before ingtodonate. On the firstday,four when youare in asituation like the plasma bank, said patients “Previously, we were con- Prop.-Mr.Sanjay situated at Khata No.68, Plot No.Old 542 AM to 4:00 25.08.2020 employees of Lok Nayak donated this. Ialso encourageothers to who comeunderthe moderate ducting plasma trials along with Kumar Ka Ansh/New Plot No.2319 Ka Ansh, PM `50,000/- plasma,” said Lok Nayak Medical come forwardtodonate category areadministeredthe ILBS. Now, we want to makeit Base Branch: Block No.30 &31, Area-2249 Sq.ft, Mauza Director Dr Suresh Kumar. plasma,” he said, afterdonating therapy: “It keeps them from en- available to anyone who needs it Gaya Main Nauranga, PS Mofassil, Thana No.316, Khewat No.01, Tauji No.3202, Ward Among them wasVirender plasmaaround 11 am. By noon, tering intothe severe category.” and have startedthe plasma No.10 (O)/32(N), Anchal Manpur,Dist Kumar Basoya (44), apharma- he wasbackonduty. On the process,hesaid the bank,” said the Lok Nayak MD. Gaya, Acquired by Sale Deed No.4587 dated 08.05.2008. Bounded by: North-15 ft proposed Road, South-Nij Lekhyakari & Block No.31A, East-12 ft. Proposed Road, West-Plot No. 116. In South, New Delhi,1in4Covid 3. M/s Jai Maa 1. All that part &parcel of the property of `1,41,20,885.00 27.08.2020 `65,70,000/- Physical On or Mangla Industry, Land &Bldg. in the name of Mr.Umesh from 11:00 `6,57,000/- before Prop.-Umesh Kumar S/o Ram Sewak Prasad at Vill.- AM to 4:00 25.08.2020 Kumar Dhanawan, PS-Bodhgaya, Distt.-Gaya. PM `50,000/- patients were admitted to hospital Guarantor: Smt. a) Khata No.24.91, Plot No.192, 191, Ranjana Devi Thana No.351, Area-6.243 Decimal (2720 Base Branch: Sq.ft.) vide Sale Deed No.2151, Bounded Gaya-E-vijaya by: N-Sonu Babu, S-Abhishek Bhardwaj, datashows.The district, which E-Gopal Prasad, W-Niz Lekhyakari. b) TESTINGANDHOSPITALISATION* Khata No.24, Plot No.192, Thana No.351, MALLICAJOSHI has apopulationdensity of 36,155 Area-0.826 Decimal (360 Sq.ft.) vide Sale NEWDELHI,JULY14 persons per sq km, conducted a Deed No. 4376, Bounded by: N-Sonu District RT-PCR Rapid total of 26,425 testsinamonth. Babu, S-Niz lekhyakari, E-Umesh Kumar, ONE IN four peoplewho tested tests antigen HOSPITALISATION Of these 3,532 were RT-PCR tests W-Proposed Rd.20 feet. c) Khata No.24, tests PERCENTAGE* Plot No.192, Thana No.351, Area-2.295 positive forCovid-19intwo dis- while the rest were antigen tests. decimal (1000 sq.ft) vide Sale Deed trictsinDelhi over the pastmonth Central 16,748 26,176 Central 19.7% The district with the highest No.9631, Bounded by: N-Niz Lekhyadhari, had to be hospitalised, dataac- East34,989 18,852 East15.4% number of testsconducted was S-Abhishek Bhardwaj, E-Niz Lekhyadhari, cessedbyThe Indian Express South Delhi, whichcarriedout W-Proposed Rd. 20 feet. All situated at New 18,03421,603 NewDelhi25.3% Vill.-Dhanawa, PS: Bodhgaya, Distt.-Gaya. shows. 72,500tests in amonth. Of these, Delhi 4. M/s Aman Box All that part and parcel of the Equitable `86,86,048.84 27.08.2020 `55,58,400/- Symbolic On or According to district-wise North10.9% over40,000 were RT PCR tests. Prop.: Mr. Mortgage of Land &Building situated at from 11:00 `5,55,840/- before databetweenJune14 andJuly12, NorthNA33,350 NorthEast9.5% SouthwestDelhi,meanwhile,has Virendra Kumar Mouza-Kandi Nawada, PO.-Chandauti, AM to 4:00 25.08.2020 the highestpercentage of hospi- conducted over 43,000 antigen Base Branch: KhataNo.386,PlotNo.-766,P.S.-Chandauti, PM `50,000/- North3,532 22,893 NorthWest12% talisation wasseen in NewDelhi tests. G.B Road, Gaya Thana No.189, Ward No.-05, Area-1284 East Sq.ft. (2.94 Dec.) standing in name of Mr. and South Delhidistricts.Both Shahdara 13% NortheastDelhi District North21,30919,243 Virendra Kumar S/o Rajendra Prasad, districtsalso have alarge number MagistrateShashiKaushalsaid West South25.2% acquired from Sale Deed No.598/2017. Bounded by: North-Babita Devi & of hospitals and clinics. SouthEast23.7% the lowtesting rateswerere- While in NewDelhi,25.3%of Shahdara4,18029,518 flected because thereare no big Sumitra Devi, South-Bullu Yadav,East- 16 ft. Rasta, West-Prabhachand Yadav. the 3,536 people who testedpos- South 40,247 32,190 South West 12.2% hospitals in the district. Along itive in the corresponding dura- West 10.5% with having the highestpopula- 5. Mr.Anil Prasad All that part and parcel of the property `10,79,266.00 27.08.2020 `18,98,000/- Symbolic On or South 16,30126,190 Gupta S/o Sri consisting of Khata No.-64 Old/119 New, from 11:00 `1,89,800/- before tion were hospitalised, South saw *PercentageofCovid tion density,the district is also the Ram Sewak Plot No.114 Old/260 New,Area-10 Dhur AM to 4:00 25.08.2020 East `20,000/- 25.2%of6,533 patientsbeing sent patientssent to hospitals poorest in the stateand has the Prasad Gupta & situated at Mauza-Panchanpur,P.S-Tekari, PM to hospitals. SoutheastDelhi also South 8,659 43,044 the leastnumber of bank Mrs. Shushila Dist.-Gayaadmeasuring 810 sq.ft in the West against the numberthat Devi W/o Mr.Anil name of Mr.Anil Prasad Gupta S/o Sri Ram saw23.7% patientsbeing sent to tested positive branches. Prasad Gupta Sewak Prasad Gupta, acquired by Sale hospitals. West 37,95126,640 “If youlook at the infrastruc- Base Branch: Deed No.3043 dated 08.07.1994.Bounded The districtswiththe lowest tureinthe district, yourealise Tekari by: North-Road, South-Muniv Khan, East- hospitalisation rateswere *DatafromJune14-July 12,2020 thereare no bighospitals in the Lav KHalwai Jo Plot No. Haja Kpurb hai, West-Shiv Nandan Mahto. NortheastDelhi at 9.5% and West area and notasingle government Delhi at 10.5%. The city’s average hospital.GTB andRajiv Gandhi 6. Mr.Jitendra All that part and parcel of the landed `7,75,000.00 27.08.2020 `15,89,625/- Symbolic On or Kumar And property situated at Mauza-Mohania from 11:00 `1,58,962/- before hospitalisationratefor those test- thosewithsymptoms,the higher tainment zones. In anycase, the SuperSpeciality hospitals (both Mr.Pappu bearing Khata no.164, Plot no.535, Area- AM to 4:00 25.08.2020 ing positive forthe disease is rate wasnot out of the ordinary. number of people being admit- of whichare Covid facilities) are Kumar 3.00 Decimal, Thana no.537, Ward no.16, PM `20,000/- 21.6%. “Those withpersistent symptoms tedtohospitals per dayisdeclin- nearbybut indifferent districts. Chaudhary Pasi standing in the name of Mr.Jitendra Kumar Base Branch: and Mr.Pappu Kumar Chaudhary.Bounded Hospital admission rate in the and co-morbid conditions are ing in the city over the pastthree People living in the area who are Mohania by: North-Rest Plot Nij, South-Fakirana, city remainedhigher forthose sent to hospitals. In case of RT-PCR weeks,” saidaseniorofficial mon- tested arecounted in otherdis- East-Plot No.531, Jayshanar Singh, West- who tested positivethrough the tests,thisrateisbound to be itoring testing in the city. trictsasaresult. We aremaking Rasta 2Ft. RT-PCR test at 19%, as opposedto higher as those who arebeing NortheastDelhi, meanwhile, genuineeffortstotests as many 7. Shri Avinash (A) All that part and parcel of the property `7,51,107.32 27.08.2020 `12,91,325/- Symbolic On or thosetesting positive through tested areusuallythe ones ex- the mostdenselypopulateddis- people as we can. We have alim- Kumar consisting of Khata No.165, Plot No.10, from 11:00 `1,29,132/- before rapid antigen testsat6.3%. hibiting symptoms. Forantigen trictinthe country, has conducted ited number of people in the Base Branch: Mauza-Chauram, Thana-Daudnagar and AM to 4:00 25.08.2020 Daudnagar District-Aurangabad, Area-2 Decimal PM `20,000/- Experts said that since most tests, manywho have no symp- the leastnumber of Covid-19 team but we areworking to the (bearing Sale Deed No.1995 Dated testedthrough RT-PCR testswere toms arealsobeing testedin con- testsbetween June 14 and July12, best of ourability,” Kaushal said. 07.06.2013)inthe name of Avinash Kumar. Bounded by: North-Rasta 10ft., South- Brijnandan Singh, East-Nij Vendor,West- Nij Vendor.(B) All that part and parcel of Govt to hire pvt firm Open book exams at DU the property consisting of Khata No.165, Plot No.10, Mauza-Chauram, Thana- Daudnagar and District-Aurangabad, Area- to begin from August 10 2Decimal (bearing Sale Deed No.4536 to fact check, cites Dated 12.08.2013) in the name of Avinash Kumar.Bounded by: North-Rasta 10ft., South-Brijnandan Singh, East-Madan Sao, PRITAMPALSINGH West-Nij Vendor. Total Area- 4Decimal = Covidmisinformation NEWDELHI,JULY14 1742.08 sqft =1.28 Katha. 8. M/s Bee Smart All that part and parcel of the property - `19,69,973.00 27.08.2020 `26,25,000/- Symbolic On or Partner: 1. Mr. Equitable Mortgage of Land in the name from 11:00 `2,62,500/- before stories and social media con- DELHI UNIVERSITY(DU) agreed Khwaja Saman of Smt. Renu Devi W/o Baidehi Prasad, AM to 4:00 25.08.2020 SOURAVROYBARMAN tent"and the task of fact check- to schedule theonlineopenbook Sharique, 2. Mr. Mauza/Village-Mahuwan, Thana No.452, PM `50,000/- NEWDELHI,JULY14 ers will be crucial as "severalru- examinations (OBE) forits final Baidehi Prasad & Khata No.36, Plot No.652, Area-52.5 mours and myths areprone to go semester/year studentsofunder- 3. Mrs. Renu Devi Decimal,Po-Sherghati, PS-Amas, Distt.- Base Branch: Gaya, Bihar-824211. Bounded by: North- THE DELHI government is hiring viral about anew disease likeco- graduateand postgraduate The exams were initiallyset Hamzapur Munni Devi &Malti Devi, South-Wife of private firmsfor"real-timetrack- rona whichcan be detrimental coursesaweekinadvance on to begin on August17. Archive Yadu Yadav,East-Yogendra Singh, West- ingandmonitoring" of news cov- to public health". The firm will August10,afteritfacedquestions Nij Bikreta. erageonTV, print and digital plat- also be entrustedwith hiring from the Delhi High Courton 9. Mrs. Kiran All that part and parcel of the property `17,88,817.16 27.08.2020 `17,32,500/- Symbolic On or forms, fact checking, and roping media consultantsfor eachcab- Tuesday. DU had initiallypro- July10. Nowyou arecompletely Kumari W/o Ajay consisting of Properties in the name of from 11:00 `1,73,250/- before Kumar Singh & Mrs. Kiran Kumari W/o Ajay Kumar Singh. AM to 4:00 25.08.2020 in agencies forlivestreaming inetminister, translators, graphic posedtoholdthe exams from unprepared tillmid of August," Mr.Ajay Kumar Properties is situated at Geeta Ghat Colony PM `20,000/- press conferencesand generating designers, content creators and August17toSeptember 8. Now, The benchaskedDU to compress Singh. Sasraram Bihar-821115, Village-Kanserwa, video content forpublicity. senior mediaprofessionals. theyare settobegin onAugust10 the schedule, "keeping in mind Base Branch: Fajalganj, PO &PS-Sasaram, Thana The government has floated Bidshave alsobeeninvitedfor and end by August31. that on passingout, many final Sasaram No.130, Ward No.-10(new), 02(old), Khata No.1577, Survey Plot No.324, M.S. Plot twoseparate tenders forthe ini- hiring alivestreamingand pro- AbenchofJustice HimaKohli year-studentswill have to apply No.994, Area-02 ½decimal, Bounded by: tiative,observing it is "extremely duction agency.The scope of and Justice Subramonium Prasad forpost-graduatecourses in var- North-Umeawati Devi and other and Om difficult"for agovernment to set work of theproposedinitiative remarked, "Whydoyou find the ious universities within the coun- Prakash Dubey,South-Rasta 4feet, East- up and maintain suchaninfra- pointsout that thereis"asenseof middle of Augustverysacro- tryand abroad and their career Nij, West-Pawan Kumar. structure, especiallyinlight of panic amongstpeopleduetolack sanct?...You were so confident, prospectswould beadverselyaf- 10. Smt. Manti Devi All that part and parcel of the property `1,85,287.00 27.08.2020 `5,50,800/- Symbolic On or W/o Awdhesh consisting of Properties Land &Building from 11:00 `55,080/- before the fact that Covid "is hereto of information or spread of misin- that youweretoconduct exams fected if theprocess is stretched Kumar & Sri in the name of Mr.Awadhesh KumarS/o AM to 4:00 25.08.2020 stay". The DIP currentlyhas eight formation" over the pandemic. from July 1... Later youpushedto to suchanextent". Awdhesh Kumar Nathuni Ram, Khata No.44, Plot No.582, PM `20,000/- separateunitsfor information The government has been live S/o Nathuni Ram. Thana No.113, Halka No.8, Area-01 dissemination and publicity. streaming briefings of Chief Base Branch: Decimal,situated at Mauza-Khaira, PO- Sasaram Sikariya, PS-Sasaram, Dist.-Rohtas, As per the tender document, Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Bounded by: North-Sudama Ram, South- the PR agency will be entrusted Deputy CM Manish Sisodia ever Ram Prawesh Ram at present Imrauja, withnine tasks. "A dedicated sincethe nationwide lockdown East-Rasta, West-Surendra Ram. No.1-47/Estt.I/15/529 Dated Aizawl, the 14th July,2020 team of media professionals for beganinMarch.The work of the 11. Sri Pradeep All that part and parcel of the property `4,27,621.00 27.08.2020 `18,00,000/- Symbolic On or real-time tracking, monitoring, agency will also involvecreating Applications are invited for filling up of various Teaching Kumar Bhagat consisting of Flat No.NA/ Plot No.1310 in from 11:00 `1,80,000/- before Base Branch: Tauzi No.91/City or Town Pakur Survey AM to 4:00 25.08.2020 documentingand reporting of news-basedvideos fordissemi- PostsinMizoram University (Central University). The Pakur No./Mauza No.128 within the registered PM `20,000/- news mediacoverageonelec- nation across multiplenews por- details of vacant postsand other terms and conditions sub-district Pakur Town and District-Pakur, tronic news platforms. Separate tals, "especiallyondigital media will be uploaded in the website of Mizoram University Area: 3.33 Decimals (2 Katha). Bounded by: North-Seller Nij, South-Dashrath teams of media professionals to and social media networks www.mzu.edu.in latest by 17th July,2020. Subsequent be engaged forsimilar dailyex- wherecontent likethis is highly Ghosh, East-Common Road 10', West-Late addendum/corrigendum in connection with the Umacharan Dutt. ercise forprint and digitalnews consumed", and deputing amin- advertisement shall be posted in the University website For detailed terms and conditions of sale, please refer to the link provided in https://www.bankofbaroda.in/e-auction.htm and https://ibapi.in. Also, media," it says.Itadds adedi- imum of five video coverage prospective bidders may contact the authorized officer on Mob. No. 9264429601, 9264429614. cated team of fact checkers will teams to covereventsand press only. Sd/- Registrar Date :15.07.2020 Authorised Officer also be engaged to "verify news conferences of the government. Place :Patna Bank of Baroda New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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ANALYSING THE CLASS XII RESULT ment schools, with modelcondi- SUKRITABARUAH tions and resources. Of five of out,HCrapsinstitute NEWDELHI,JULY14 these schools, three got a100% NO.OFSCHOOLS passpercentage.Twoothershada WITH 100% PASS ADAY afterthe CBSEclass XII re- student eachwho could notpass. PERCENTAGE sultswere declared,abreakdown Another development wasa of the performance of Delhigov- 2020396 sharp hikeinpasspercentageof underCentrefordelay ernment schools showedthat 2019 203 evening-shiftschools run by the therewas notonlyariseinthe government. These boys-only overallpass percentage,but also NO.OFSCHOOLS schoolsusuallylag behind in aca- an improvement in scores of stu- WITH OVER 90% demicperformancebut this year, PRITAMPALSINGH CORONAVIRUS IN THE CAPITAL dents. At apress conference PASS PERCENTAGE theyregistereda96.53%passper- NEWDELHI,JULY14 Total Vacant Tuesday, Chief MinisterArvind 2020897 centage,upfromlastyear’s89.69%. TOTALCASES Kejriwalhighlightedthatgovern- Kejriwal said the govern- THE DELHI HighCourt Tuesday HOSPITALBEDS 15,353 11,321 mentschoolshadregisteredabet- 2019 732 ment’s education department expresseddispleasureoverdelay 1,15,346 *Total activecases VENTILATORS 1,080588 terpasspercentage,atalmost98%, would help those studentswho on part of the National Centre for than private schools forthe fifth 99.92% had notpassedinthe compart- DiseaseControl(NCDC)insupply- Daily cases Recoveries DeathsTests year in arow. mentexams:“Iwantto tellthe2% ing resultsofaserological survey July 13 1,2461,3444012,171 “Atonepoint,studentsstudy- Pass percentageof of children who either failedor of morethan 21,000 peoplecon- July141,6061,9243521,063 ing in government schools were 3,450 studentsscored above 90% this year. Archive RPVVs have got compartment,pleasedo ducted by the Delhi government. considered incompetent. Today, notbedisheartened. We arewith AbenchofJusticesHima Total18,664* 93,236 3,446 7,13,908 governmentschoolstudentshave NO.OFSTUDENTS you.We willconductextraclasses Kohli and Subramonium Prasad WITH OVER 90% proved theyare no less than any- TOTALSTUDENTS WHO PASS PERCENTAGE foryou. I’m surethis 98%passing directedthe NCDC, whichcomes *Total active cases one else. Theyhaveprovedthey GAVE EXAMS FROM DELHI 2020 2020:3,450 resultwillturninto100%afterwe under theMinistryofHealth and arenolessinintelligence,andthat GOVT SCHOOLS Delhi East: 97.68% 2019:1,088 obtain compartment results.” FamilyWelfare,toplace before it instead of the counsel”. Anurag Ahluwalia, appearing for intelligenceof apersoncannotbe DELHIWEST DELHIEAST Later in the evening, Kejriwal the reportrelatedto the serosur- “What kind of behaviour is the Indian CouncilofMedical measuredby moneyhe/shehas... Delhi West: 97.91% EVENING and Deputy CM Manish Sisodia veybyWednesday.The court’s this,” the benchremarked, while Research (ICMR), contendedthat 48,474 64,539 Thisisnotacompetition...butun- 2019 SCHOOLSPASS interacted with principals of directions were issuedafter also stating that theDelhigov- 450applications have been re- tilyesterday, governmentschools PERCENTAGE schools whichhad a100%pass Delhi government’s additional ernment has been mentioning ceivedfromprivate hospitals were considered inferior,looked DELHI 2020 96.53% percentage. Among these was standing counselSatyakam ap- the serosurvey to determine the and labs in Delhi seeking autho- down upon. People wanted to 94.29% Sarvodaya KanyaVidyalaya, prisedthe benchthat the state extent of the virus spread, but its risation to undertakerapidanti- 2019 89.69% send their children to private Dharampura,Najafgarh,inwhich had concludedsample collection resultsremain unknown. gentest, outofwhich 150have schoolsif theyhadmoney. Butto- QI SCORE allstudentspassed,andtheschool forthe survey, but wasawaiting Satyakam submitted:“We been allowed, and 300applica- day, theresultshaveoverturned 916 had aQI(Quality Index) score — areportfromthe NCDC. areState.Weweresupporting tions arepending on account of 2020: 341.79 suchinferior feelings forgovern- Number of schools from the averagemarksscoredbystu- He furthersubmitted that this kind of research,sowehave certain procedural formalities. mentschools...studentsstudying whichstudentsgaveexams 2019:306.53 dentsout of 500—of 381.18. the Delhi government had by collected the dataontheir To which, the benchdirected ingovernmentschoolsarefeeling “Starting from July, we startto July4collectedabout22,000 (NCDC’s)behalf andsent itto thatanupdated affidavit be filed muchmoreconfident,” he said. work withchildren andidentify samples, out of whichabout them. Nowthey(NCDC) have to by ICMR before thenextdate. An analysis of the Boardper- 203 schools. The number of Therewas also asignificant riesfortheAAPgovernment.This ‘low-performing’students.We try 21,300samples had been se- do the study and getbacktous.” formanceshowedthatof 916gov- schools whichhad morethan a increase in the numberofstu- wasthe firstclass XII boardexam to understandwhatisnot work- lected for study and sent to Listing the matter forJuly16, Healthworkers to be ernment schools whichhad stu- 90% pass percentagehas also dentswho scored above90% — givenbystudents of Schools of ing forthem —ifit’s school or NCDC. The survey wasunder- the benchstatedthat“theaffi- assignedtocritical dents appearinginthe exam,396 climbed up from 732to897 — it rose from 1,088 studentsin Excellence,thefirstofwhichwere home-related.Ifitisthelatter,we takentoassess the spread of davit to be filedbyNCDC shallre- patients registereda100%passpercentage meaningthatonly19schoolshad 2019 to 3,450 studentsin2020. startedbyitlastyear.These are counsel parentsand the child,” Covid in the national capital. veal the analysis arrivedatonthe —almostdouble from lastyear’s less than a90% pass percentage. Therewereothersmall victo- supposedtobepremier govern- said head of school SarojBala. Satyakam further apprised basis of serosurvey sample test- Eachcritical Covid-19 patient the courtthat thereport was ing undertakenall over Delhi”. in the city will have to be as- sought from the NCDC on July11 It also directedtheDelhi gov- signedone healthcareworker and an email wassent as well, but ernment to file abrief affidavit eachround the clock to ensure From student who took 2exams Noida’s identical twins it has notbeenprovidedsofar. clarifying petitioner-advocate close monitoring, Delhi princi- The advocatealsocontended Rakesh Malhotra’s contention pal secretaryhealth Vikram Dev that he had personallycalled the that the statement filedbythe Dutt said in an orderTuesday. to son of driver, they beat odds bag identical marks NCDC Director on the evening of Delhi government does notre- The city recorded1,606new July12enquiring about the re- flect howmanypersons whohad casesonTuesday, takingthetotal The son of adriverinBihar, port, onlytobetold that he had takenrapid antigen test (RAT) to 1,15,346. The death toll rose to SUKRITABARUAH Shailja Kaushik (17), he has been living with his uncle PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA no business to call him up. andtestednegativeweremade 3,446 as35 morepeoplewere re- NEWDELHI,JULY14 in Delhi ever since he wasachild. NEWDELHI,JULY14 Hearing this, the benchre- to undergothe RT-PCR test. porteddead. The city’srecovery scored 98.2%, making However, forthe last year,hehas markedthat in caseof“this kind Additional solicitor general rate hasrisentoalmost81%. 4,194 AMONGTHE Delhigovernment her the humanities been living by himself in arented TWINS MANSI and Manya not of red-tapism” from the NCDC, it ChetanSharma and central gov- peopleare stillhospitalisedwhile school studentswho scored well topper across all the room, working to payfor his rent only lookalike,theyalso man- will get“the officer to assist us ernment standing counsel 10,695 areunderhome isolation. in the CBSE exams were those and meals. Balancing studies and aged to scoreidenticalmarks in who battled different odds to RPVVs. She could, work in the run up to theboard their class 12 examination, re- achieve what theydid. however, onlywrite examinations meant that his sultsofwhich were announced BRIEFLY One of the highestscorers is twoofher papers schedule wasagruelling one. by the CBSE on Monday. Mansiand Manya Man granted bail Shailja Kaushik (17), ahumani- “Since Istudiedinanafter- The Noida-basedidentical ties student from RPVV Yamuna noon-shiftschool, Iusedtowake twins scored 95.8 per cent each, DDAmodifies Vihar who scored 98.2% —which pers. This feels incomplete even up at 4amand study till 8am. I and also receivedthe same Sharing the excitement, in riots case,court made herthe humanitiestopper though the formulaworkedwell used to spend the afternoon in marks in each subject.Bothof Manya said, “I had read two MasterPlan across all the RPVVs. forme,” she said. school. Afterthat,Iwouldtake them plan to pursue engineer- years backabout identical twins fortraders She could onlywritetwo of AresidentofLoni,she now tuitions foryounger children in ing and arewaitingtoappear for scoring identical marks.But then says evidenceweak her papers because the Delhi ri- looksforward to studying Madanpur Dabas till around 11 JEE Mains, whichhas been post- Ithought it wastoo muchofaco- NewDelhi: The Delhi otsand then the coronavirus GeographyatDelhi University. pm and return to my room to ponedtoSeptember because of incidence. Stillcan't believe we Development Authority pandemic brought her exams to RaghavKumar (17) scored cookfor myself. Iwould go to the coronavirus pandemic. scored exactlythe same aswell.” (DDA) Tuesdayapproved ahalt. “I could writeonlymy high with 93%, but nothigh bed at around 12 am,” he said. The sisters, who alsohave The sisters, who studiedat twomodifications in the History andPolitical Sciencepa- enoughtofeatureinalistof He said he is happywithhis similar habits, said theywere AsterPublic School in Greater MasterPlan of Delhi pers, in whichIscored 97 and 99. highestscorers. However, this result:“Ihad notexpected more sureabout performing well in Noida, scored 98 in English and (MPD) 2021tohelp Iamquitesatisfiedwith my re- student of GBSSS Mundka had a than 92%. My aim is to crackthe the exams but had notimagined computer science, and received traders. The DDAhas sult, but Ican’t help but wish that difficult and oftenlonelyjourney UPSC exams, so nowIwanttodo theywould end up scoringiden- 95 eachinphysics, chemistry givenpermission to in- Icould have written all my pa- to achieve that score. BA Programme at DU.” tical marks. and physical education. crease maximumground coverage of warehouses in integratedfreight com- plex(IFC)and wholesale Faridabad: 2 markets from 30% to 40%, andfloorarearatio (FAR) mobilevans from 80% to 100%. The de- Accusednot seen in anyofthe CCTVfootage,his call detail cision wastaken during to ensure records notbeen placed on record, said the court. Archive the boardmeeting of the authority chairedby Delhi Lt-Governor Anil Baijal. quick testing and had identified theapplicant ANANDMOHANJ as one of the rioters,then the NEWDELHI,JULY14 leastheshould have done wasto 3arrested SAKSHIDAYAL have reportedabout him at the formurderof GURGAON,JULY14 ADELHI court, while granting policestation, whichhedid not bail to a34-year-old man ac- do. Secondly,his namingthe ap- securityguard WITH THEnumber of Covid-19 cusedofsetting aschool on fire plicant in his statement dated cases in Faridabad continuingto during the NortheastDelhi riots, 07.03.2020 is averyweak kind of NewDelhi: Three men surge this month, the Haryana observedthat naming of the ac- evidence. The applicant wasar- have been arrestedforal- government has deployedama- cusedbyaconstablewas “a very rested in this matteron legedly killing a62-year- chine RT-PCR vanand an antigen weak kind of evidence”. 16.03.2020. At leastatthat time, security guardofaniron diagnostic test vaninthe district Shamim Ahmedwas granted the IO (investigatingofficer) factoryatWazirpur to ensurequickertesting and iso- bail by Additional SessionsJudge should have gotthe judicial TIP Industrial Area forresist- lationofthose infected. Vinod Yadavonfurnishing aper- (testidentification parade) of the ing arobberybid.DCP As per health bulletins re- sonal bond of Rs 20,000 with applicant conducted in the mat- (Northwest) Vijayanta leasedbythe district health de- one suretyofthe likeamount. ter. The applicant is admittedly Arya said the accused, partment daily,Faridabadhas On February 25, aPCR call notseeninany of theCCTV identifiedasSurender recorded1,931ofits 5,662cases wasmade to Dayalpur policesta- footage. His CDR locations arenot (25), Ajay(20)and Ankit in this monthalone, despiteonly tion informing them about an in- thereonrecord,” the order read. (24), were arrested from afortnighthaving passed,with cident of arson at Arun Modern Shamim’s lawyer Abdul the area around Wazirpur 26 people dying from the virus. Public Senior SecondarySchool. Gaffararguedthat therewas a Industrial Area. “Wehave The district has seen asurge since UNDETERRED The school principal, Jyoti delayinregistering the FIR, in alsoarrestedascrap June, with the number of cases Rani,had givenawritten com- whichthe accusedwas not dealer forpurchasing the jumping from 360inMay to During apoweroutageataCovid screening centreinagovernment schoolinMunirka, Tuesday. Tashi Tobgyal plaint to the police on February named. robbed articles from 3,731 by June-end, and 69 new 26, reporting that therewas a He also submitted before the them.The guard’s body fatalitiesalsobeing recorded. loss of Rs 1-1.25 croretothe courtthat Shamim was“ar- wasfound on the prem- As of this month, however, the school. Shamim has been rested in the matter merelyon isesonJuly12,” shesaid. doublingrateofthe infection has chargesheetedalong with two the basis of him having been improved—from14.6daysonJune In 21 areas, noise levels higherthan normal others. namedbyconstable Piyush in 30 to 19.3 days now. Officials say While granting bail, ASJ hisstatement recorded under 2heldfor the district currentlyhas a13.3% hensive status of noise pollution riainJune. hearing apetition on noise pol- Yadavstatedthatthe constable section 161CrPC”. dupingbanks positivityrateand1.9%fatalityrate. SHIVAMPATEL in the city forthe firsttimeasthe “Noiseisanunderestimated lution. who identifiedthe accused Special public prosecutor Recoveryrateis81.02%,with4,533 NEWDELHI,JULY14 five monitoringstations in- threat that can cause many As per the Noise Pollution should have reportedabout him DKBhatia arguedbeforethe NewDelhi: Police has ar- people having recoveredasof stalledinDelhiin2013had be- short- and long-term health (Regulation and Control) Rules to thepolice stationifhewas court that Piyush wasthe beat rested twomen who al- Mondayevening. Atotal of 2,164 NOISE LEVELSat21locationsin come “inadequate,” as per the problems, suchassleep distur- 2000,the standardnoise limit present at the spot. The court constable of the area and he legedly forgeddocuments testsare beingconductedperlakh the capital, covering residential, DPCC, following arise in urban bance, cardiovascular effects, forsilent zones during daytime, also said that the accusedwas knewthe applicant to be aresi- to getloans forcarsand population, sayofficials. commercial and silent zones, and industrial activities. poorer work andschool per- between 6amto10pm, is 50 notseen in anyCCTVfootage and dentofthe same area. later filedafakepolice “TheHaryanagovernmenthas were found higher than pre- The 26 newmonitoring sta- formance, hearingimpairment dB(A) Leq. During night time, be- his call detail records have not “On 07.03.2020, his state- complainttoclaim insur- deployedthe latestmachine RT- scribed limitslastmonth,data tions installedinMay cover etc,” said acompliancereport tween 10 pm and 6am, the limit been placedonrecord. ment wasrecorded by the IO in ance forthe vehicle. The PCR vanfor Covid testing and an from 26 newmonitoring sta- five silentzones —educational submitted by the DPCCtothe is 40 dB(A)Leq. “In my opinion, namingofthe the matter wherein he named accused,RajKumarGupta antigen diagnostic test van. The tions of the Delhi Pollution institutesand hospitals —five National Green Tribunal (NGT). None of the five silent zones applicant by constable Piyush in the applicant and twoother per- (36)andSunilJaiswal(26) former will give resultswithin 4- Control Committee (DPCC) industrial areas, sevenresiden- In Augustlastyear,the NGT coveredbythe newstationsat the matterisprima facie avery sons to be partofunlawful as- had cheated banksof 5hours,whilethe latter’s results shows. tial areas and nine commercial had directed thepollution con- Alipur,Bawana, Sri Aurobindo weak kind of evidence. Firstly, sembly,whichhad causeddam- around Rs 42 lakh, police will become clear within 15 min- Analysis of datafromthe areas, of whichonlythe indus- trol body to improvethe city’s Marg, Rohini and Najafgarhmet constable Piyush, if he waspres- agetothe school of the said. ENS utes,”saidadistrictspokesperson. newstations presentsacompre- trial zones metthe noise crite- noise monitoring networkwhile thedayandnighttimestandards. ent at the time of riots at the spot complainant,” Bhatiasubmitted.

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SAYS MADE NOREQUEST TO RETAIN LUTYENS’ ACCOMMODATION HRD Ministry issues guidelines advising Priyankaspars with Puri over bungalow states to cap online classesat3hrs per day forthemselves! Apowerful advisor who speaksand actson EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Congress leader with muchclout your family’s behalf...” be held forClasses 9to12. the coming week”. Teachersand imum screen time wasdis- NEWDELHI,JULY14 in the Partycalled me on 4July He also asked her to “firstsort EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE The ministryhas also cau- students should notbedeprived cussedbythe school education 2020 at 12:05 pm to requestthat outthese issueswithinyour own NEWDELHI,JULY14 tionedagainstoverburdening of vacation during the lockdown secretaryAnitaKarwalwiththe CONGRESSLEADER Priyanka 35,Lodhi Estate be allotted to an- party before venting in public” teachers.“School heads should period,itstates. stategovernmentsinameeting Gandhi Vadraand UnionUrban otherINC MP so that Priyanka and addedthat “streak of enti- THE HRD Ministryissuedde- notexpectteachers to be en- The guidelines, whichhave held on June 8. In this meeting, Development MinisterHardeep Vadracan stay on. Let’s notsen- tlement and playing victim don't tailedguidelines on online gagedinsix to eight hours of on- come following concerns raised Karwalhad informedstates Singh Puri on Tuesdaysparred Priyanka Gandhi Vadra; sationalise everything please.” go well together”. classes on Tuesday, capping line teaching in aday.Rather by parents over schools forcing about capping online classes at overvacatingthebungalowallot- Hardeep Singh Puri Priyankahitback,“If someone The Congress came out in maximum screen time for theymay be engaged forabout studentstospend long hours be- three hours per day. tedtoher in Lutyens’ Bungalow calledyou Mr Puri, Ithank them supportofPriyanka. school students at three hours twotothree hours of online ac- fore computers and tablets for The classroom shutdown Zone. This comes days afterthe fortheirconcern, and thank you “Dear Mr.Puri, Priyankaji per day. tivities per dayfor theclasses online classes, areadvisoryinna- sinceMarch 19 owingtoCovid- government asked hertovacate “ThisisFAKENEWS.Ihavenot foryourconsiderationaswellbut fightsfor the cause of people and The Union government has theyteach, the guidelines, titled ture. “States/UTsare required to 19 hasupended the academic the bungalow, saying herallot- madeanysuchrequestto thegov- it still does notchange the facts: I needs no favours from your ilk. recommendeda30-minute ‘Pragyata’, states. come out with their ownde- calendar,forcing schools ment stands cancelledsince she ernment.Aspertheevictionletter have made no suchrequest, and I So,stopbragging unwarrantedly. session, at most, forguiding Further,stateshavebeenad- tailedguidelines by adapting/ and higher education institu- is notanSPG protectee anymore. handedtomeonthe 1stofJuly, I am making no suchrequest. As I The issue is closed. Andsothat parentsofchildren in thepre- visedto schedule live classes only adopting/modifying these tions to move all classes The rowbegan afterPriyanka willbevacating the government said,Iwill be vacating the house all know, did youallot35, Lodhi primarygrade. Studentsin on the weekdays onlyand that guidelines in accordancewith online overnight. rejected amedia reportwhich accommodationat35 LodhiEstate by the1stofAugust asrequired...” Estate to aCongress MP or BJP Classes 1to8should attend a the weekend should be “utilised their requirementsand assess- The HRD Ministryhas ad- said Prime MinisterNarendra by the1stof August,”shetweeted. Puri retorted,“The leader Spokesperson? So pl stop sensa- maximum of twosessions of 30 forthe assimilation of learning ment of the local situation,” the visedschools to planclasses after Modiagreedtoarequesttoallow Union Ministerfor Housing who calledme, &manyothers, tionalingurlies,” said the party’s to 45 minuteseach, and not on partofstudentsand parents document further states. conducting aproper survey of her to retain the 35,Lodhi Estate and UrbanAffairs HardeepSingh is at the very topofthe Congress communication department morethan four online classes, and planningonpartofteachers, As firstreported by The Indian students’ access to digitalde- Bungalowfor some more time. Puri thentweeted,“Factsspeak hierarchy… the same political head Randeep Surjewala. of 30 to 45 minutes each,should and unwinding themselvesfor Express,the suggestion on max- vices and internetconnection. ADVERNGOsNGOsTORIAL –T–TheheFaceFaceofofHumanityHumanityAn initiativeby *

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NGOs are also rendering greatservice in restoring delhilangarsevasocietyDelhi Langar Seva Society spiritualsalvation and sometimes to atonementfor any inginthe country. dignity to the deprived and discriminated sections of the sinful act. Spiritofcharityand altruismguided thevol- Role of NGOs in development: people in the society likewomen suffering fromgender ADVERRTTORIALORIAL untaryactioninthe past, whichhad found expression NGOs have immense role in bringing about social discrimination,lower castepeople sufferingfromcaste in diverseforms even outside the formal establishedre- change and developmentand it is beingexperienced segregation andthe status of untouchable,racialand ligious channels.Manypeople including rulers have trod fromdifferent parts of the country. Development,aswe religiousdiscriminations. the path of service to their fellow beings and adopted it as have read earlier,isa their life mission. multi- faceted process, Floods,fires,earthquakes,epidemic outbreaksand which essentiallyinvolves ADVERTORIAL other kinds of calamities were the occasions which mo- the aggressiveparticipa- tivated people to voluntary help thosewho were trapped tion of thepeople that in disastrous situations. Community life wasverystrong wouldnot be possible un- andpeople were guided by the‘we’ feeling andselfless- less they are educated, ness in extending their individual support.Thehelpand awakened andmotivated. THE reverse migration due to the COVID-19 lockdown has created ADVERTORIAL Tan unprecedented crisis for over 80 Crore migrants across India. With a lack of livelihood that basic needs of food, SMALL STEPS,BIG IMPACT health and safety, and a major concern in their present and transit locations, espe- ROJECT Sunshine has been cially for children and women. The dis- around since 2002 helping the ARKSHALA is an NGO dedicated towards the uplift- Pslum children to getabetter life ruption of access to basic needs is ex- ment and holistic education of underprivileged P pected to be prolonged for millions of andabright future. It startedwith a children. families. With the high prevalence of Yamuna Khadar, Akshardham handful and now takes care of 267 Havingstudied abroad, boththe trustees PriyaGupta& kids.Itprovides all basic needs to Mudit Aggarwal,understand the educational gapthat needs malnutrition and its impact on health and them like food, education, clothes, to be bridged forchildrenwho don'treceive quality education immunity, Responsenet has worked with sports snd other extra curricular activ- and exposure.Since August 2017, Parkshalahas positively over 25,000 families to provide with impacted morethan750 children, includingdeaf &mute. these basic needs with partnerships like ities. They are givenasafe space to TheUSP is thefocus on holistic education covering KFC India through their KFC Cares Initia- spend their day where they can read physical, mental, emotional and spiritual wellbeing tive, Feed a Million and Beyond across 12 books, playgames or just learnabout alongwith academic education. The financial and emo- states of India, that was implemented the world around via access to the tional support continues evenafter the beneficiaries com- during COVID-19 Lockdown. computers. There are many who have talent andjustneededaplatform to plete school. PARKSHALA Responsenet is working to help rehabil- launched its initiative “Ittu Si bring it out, so they havereached With the currentCOVID-19pandemic,all operations Khushi”, on July 2, with avirtual summer itate migrant workers to get back on their statelevel competition in sportslike have been moved online to ensure seamless remote work- camp. Here are some highlights: feet at the soonest. 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These kids ing the guidelinesofsocialdistancing to children:foodand fun. overcome data usage issues. belong to differentfaithsand spend and hygiene. Theyhave had aregular Ration Drives: Ration has been distributed to families working with the migrant communities. ment sector to enhance rural supply The dream and vision is classic Ikigai. timetogether here as onebig family. supply of dry rations as well as cooked within Noida, Greater Noida and Gujarat. The organization These unprecedented times require an chains that will help enhance employ- To givechildren aplatformtohonetheir unprecedented response. We are work- ment opportunities across geographies COVID times have been tough for food. Kuku and Priti Arora alongwith has directly tied up with smallshops from thoseareas. All natural talents and abilities to an extent measuresare being taken to maintain social distancing. ing with our partners to map industry of India. Responsenet is working collabo- everyone,but these kids moresodue theirdedicated team continue to pro- where it turns into entrepreneurship. needs to reskill and upskill migrants to ratively with the private sector in the to their background. The Project made vide these kidseveninthese unprece- To become apart of Parkshala’s initia- Families Number Number help find livelihoods near them. Our ongo- space of Corporate Social Responsibility sure that they continue to getfood, dented times. Served of People of Meals tives and to jointheir tribe,pleasereach ing skill development programs assure (CSR) advisory and implementation 297 1,470 44,100 outthrough the channels mentioned. 70% of employment for those that across sectors and geographies of India. Plot-5, Kehar SinghEstate, Saidulajab,New Delhi-110030. 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promise made public,” the MANOJCG leader said. NEWDELHI,JULY14 TheCongresstoohadacondi- VOICES FROM tion. Pilot, sources said, wastold WITHIN THE SWIFTNESS with whichthe to make apublic statement that Congress acted againstSachin he was,and would remain, in the Pilot, removing him as Rajasthan Congress. This wastoclear the air Deputy Chief Ministerand PCC that he wasintalkswith the BJP. president, has no parallel in the “Once he givesastatement recent history of the party.The thathewas andwill remain in the decision, described as “a difficult Congress… then it becomes our one” by oneand allinthe party, internal matter… we will sortit WELCOME REMARKS came after72hours of hardbar- out... but he wasnot willing,” an- gaining by both sides at the top other leader said. “I am sad to see THE STANDINGCommittee on InformationTechnology that level. Pilotalso wanted achangein @SachinPilotleave metonTuesdayhad sevenout of eight attendeesfromthe And despitethe action and portfolios and posts forhis loyal- @INCIndia. Iconsider ruling party and panel chairman Shashi Tharoor wasthe only showofstrengthbyChief istMLAs. “That couldhavebeen him one of our best & Opposition member.BJP members usedthe opportunity to MinisterAshok Gehlot, asenior agreedtowithoutmuch problem. brightest, and wish it had underline Tharoor’s initial remarks welcoming the ban on high command leader conceded Buthewasnot willingtosay pub- notcome to this.Instead apps and requestedhim to sticktothe stand. When amem- it will be a“difficult journey” for liclythathe is in theCongress and of parting, he should berraised the issue of Chinese app CamScanner being usedby the Gehlotgovernment from will remain with the party… have joinedthe effort to the CBI and statepolice and asked whether their documents nowon. Howcan youholddiscussions Congress chief spokespersonRandeep Surjewala announces thedecision to remove Sachin makethe Partyabetter& would be accessedbythe Chinese,another is learnt to have So, what transpiredinthe last with him beyond apoint when Pilotfromthe postofRajasthan DeputyCM, in Jaipur on Tuesday. Rohit Jain Paras moreeffective said in jestthattheirdocuments were aboutcriminals and it 72 hours? DespitePilot’s postur- he is notwillingtosay he is in the instrument forhis, and mayjustfrightenthe Chinese if theyaccess them. ingthathis fight is for“honorand Congress while sitting in aBJP- our,dreams.” justice” —inthe contextofthe FIR ruledstate,enjoying thehospital- SHASHI THAROOR, andthe SOG notice —sources ity of the BJP government and in Counselfrom Pilot colleagues: CONG MP QUARANTINE TIME said the postofthe CM wasatthe theprotectionof HaryanaPolice,” heartofthe negotiations. one of the leaders said. WITH THE resumption of physical meetings and statevisits,a An MLAatthe Manesarresort, The AICC observers in Jaipur show patience, wait for turn number of senior BJP leaders aregoing intoquarantine.Party who is with Pilot, told TheIndian —in-charge Avinash Pande and general secretaryRam Madhavand Union ministerJitendra Express that theywanted Pilot as senior leaders Randeep Surjewala nificanceof patience:“Thereisno fight with them. Singh have gone intoself-isolation afterreturningfromJammu CM, replacing Gehlot. and AjayMaken —got the green MANOJCG harm in having aspirations but Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot, and Kashmir because the party’s statechief Ravinder Raina Sources said Pilothad two signalfromthe highcommand to NEWDELHI,JULY14 thatshouldnot exceedwhat you againstwhomPilotisseenashav- tested positive forCovid-19. Madhavwas in Tripurabeforehis main demands: replace Gehlot initiatedisciplinaryaction against deserveand when.” ingrebelled, also hadtobattle it Kashmirvisit. Another general secretary,Bhupender Yadavhas and makehim the CM, or give a Pilot Monday nightitself butwere THE REBELLION by former JakhartoldTheIndianExpress: outinhis earlydays in the Youth beenquarantinedafterhisvisit to Bihar,whereBJP office-bear- public commitmentthathewill told to wait since the channel of Rajasthandeputychief minister “One shouldlearn to wait. This Congress, the veteran politician “Sachin is atall leader ers have tested positive.Yadavwas also part of the Public bemade CM at leastayearbefore communication with him and state unit chief Sachin Pilot generation…should knowthat said.“KamalNathwasmuchsen- and his exit willcause AccountsCommittee meeting in ParliamentBuilding lastweek. the next Assemblyelectionsin wasopen. has put the focus backonthe politicsisnotfastfood.Patienceis ior(in politics) to Digvijaya Singh immense loss to PartyMPRajeevChandrasekhar has tweetedthat he was 2023. The demands,accordingto Sources said the message young-olddivideintheCongress, required.” Indicating Pilotand butDigvijaya became chief min- Congress... Congress will headedfor aseven-day quarantine afterastaffer in the com- aCongress leader who waspart from Rahul Gandhi wasclear:try andthemessagefromsomeof the JyotiradityaScindia,whorecently ister(of MP) muchbeforehim. have to change its mittee secretariat testedpositive.Around half adozen other BJP of the talks, were “unreasonable”. to bring him backbecause the party leaders who have spoken joinedtheBJP,Jakharsaid,“Ithink When Kamal Nath became im- mindset. People who members also attendedthe PACmeeting. AICC general secretary party has invested alot in him. out is clear:showpatience and theyhad great potential,great fu- portant (leader) duringSanjay have amass base among Priyanka GandhiVadra, sources “Wehaveidentifiedthe five- wait foryour turn. turebecause of the confidence Gandhi’stime,Digvijaya wasano- the public…people who said,spoketoPilot twice Tuesday six eventualities that we mayface WhilePunjab Congress presi- andtrustRahul-ji(RahulGandhi) body,”Gogoi said. “So my advice understand today’s WELFARE FUND morning as well. Rahul Gandhi, andidentifiedthelegal andpolit- dent Sunil Jakhar,formerLok had in them…(he) promoted is,ifyou can manageyour major- politics, Congress will AhmedPatel, PChidambaram, ical steps that needtobetaken in SabhaMPandsonof lateCongress them and gave them opportuni- ity then alright, otherwise you have to bring their faces THE FAMILYoflateUnionministerand seniorBJP leader Arun KCVenugopal toowereintouch thatcase. We have preparedour- leader Balram Jakhar,toldthe ties. Theyshould have waited...” wait foryour turn.” at the forefront.” Jaitleyhas decidedtouse thefamily pension foraformer with him. selves. But the ballisinhis(Pilot’s) youngerlotthat“politicsisnotfast Gogoi said the old versus Dev, alsofromAssam,differed. KULDEEP BISHNOI, Parliamentarian to aid junior employees of the RajyaSabha. One senior leader told The court.Wewillwait forhis move food”, former Assam Chief young battle is notnew in the “I don’tbelieveinthis youngver- CONG MLA IN HARYANA Basedonarequest by Jaitley’s wife, Sangeeta Jaitley, the Rajya Indian Express he wasaware that as well as that of the BJP,” asenior Ministerand Congress Working Congress,andevenIndiraGandhi sus old(comparison). Look at the Sabha Secretariat has approved anew welfareschemetitled apromisewasmadeto Pilot at the leader said. Committee(CWC)memberTarun hadfacedit.Indira,thethree-time AICC —thereisme, Gaurav Gogoi, Shri ArunJaitleyFinancialAssistance forGroup CEmployees highestlevelsometime ago,per- The party’s central observers Gogoi said, “If youcan manage formerAssam CM said,had to RPNSingh, Jitendra Singh, Rajeev Scheme. It will awardthree scholarships to children of such haps ayearago,thattherewillbe will remain in Jaipur forthe next majority(in CLP), then alright. fight againstthe likesofKKama- Satav;thereisKuldeepBishnoiand employees, or financial assistance in case of medical emer- achange of guardinRajasthan be- three-four days.“We have to be Otherwisewaitfor your turn.” raj, Prafulla Ghosh and SNijalin- Deepender Hooda in CWC[allyo- gency or death. Sangeeta Jaitleydiscussedtheidea in aletterto fore the Assemblyelections. “But extra-vigilant. We apprehend MahilaCongresschief andfor- gappa. Givingapersonal experi- ungCongressleaders]....Everybody Vice-President MVenkaiah Naidu lastyear,saying she did not howcan we makeitpublic? He poaching attempts… but we are merLokSabhamemberSushmita ence, Gogoi said he faced whoisyoungandhasafacehasgot want to “undermine thenoble sentiment” behindthe pension could have waited,” the leader in touchwith MLAs who arewith Dev, one of the party's younger resistance from senior leaders something(responsibility).Itisnot butaskedthat it bedeployed“towardsthe welfareofthe most said. “He perhaps wanted that him too.” leaders, also emphasisedthe sig- during his early days and had to that we have been kept idle.” needy segmentofthe institution whichArun served foral- “Sachin Pilotisnot justa mosttwo decades”, andhas already donated Rs 3lakh. colleague but my friend. Cong suspends No one can take away the Pilot loyalists stay firmonsupport: fact that all these years Baghel finds postsfor 15 Sanjay Jha he has worked with dedication forthe party. for ‘anti-party Sincerelyhopethe MLAs, BJP sees Jaipur effect activities’ Leader’s humiliation unacceptable situationcan still be salvaged. Sad it has Pilot, who wasremoved as Mumbai:The Congress on come to this…” GARGIVERMA RajasthanDeputyCMonTuesday Tuesdaysuspendedformerparty Who is Ashok Gehlottoremove JITIN PRASADA, RAIPUR,JULY14 aftergoing publiconhis differ- spokespersonSanjayJhawithim- DEEPMUKHERJEE me?” FORMER UNION MINISTER enceswiththeparty,fortheirnew mediateeffect “for anti-party ac- JAIPUR,JULY14 MLARamniwasGawriya CHHATTISGARH CHIEF Minister appointments. BJP leader Rajesh tivities and breachofdiscipline”. shared apoem on Twitter and Bhupesh Baghel Tuesdayan- Munat said, “The Congress, while Theparty’sMaharashtraunitma- TERMINGTHE politicalcrisis in wrote(translated), “Under the nounced the appointment of 15 inopposition,hadchallengedsuch de the announcement afterpa- Rajasthanasastandtoprotecttheir leadership of Rajasthan’s Pilot, the Congress MLAs as parliamentary appointmentsintheChhattisgarh rty’sstatepresidentBalasahebTh- “dignityandself-respect”,closeas- youth will end the oppression of secretariesattachedtoofficesof HighCourt.Whathappenednow? orat issued thesuspension order. sociates of former Rajasthan themagicianbytakingrevengefor cabinetministers in the state. CM Baghel has made these ap- Jha’s removalcame on aday DeputyChief MinisterSachinPilot the insult and rightsofancestors.” WiththeCongresshavingcrit- pointmentstopacify dissidents.” whenhetooktotwittertocriticise onTuesdaysaidinastatementthat Gehlotisoften calledamagi- icisedthe practice while in oppo- While dismissing apetition the party action againstSachin their leader’s “humiliation” is “to- VishvendraSingh Ramesh Meena cian due to hisfather’s profession, sition in the state,the BJP said the againstthe appointmentsunder Pilot. “For five years Sachin Pilot tallyunacceptable”. andhis ownpolitical acumen. “Another friend leaves party wastryingtoquell anycha- the BJP government in April 2018, gave hisblood,tears,toilandsweat Pilot, removedasdeputy CM Former minister Meena put the party.BothSachin nceof dissidenceintheranks,giv- the highcourthad maintainedits forthe Congress party between and stateCongress chief, is under- Special Operations Group] under bemadeaccountable,”theystated. out avideo on Twitter,speaking of (Pilot) and Jyotiraditya enthedevelopmentsinRajasthan. 2017 interim order that parlia- 2013-18.TheCongresscameback stoodtohavethesupportofatleast chargesofsedition and criminal PilotonTuesdaytweeted, work done by the Food and Civil (Scindia) were colleagues The 15 appointed MLAs are mentarysecretarieswillnot been- from awretched21seatsto100. 18 legislators. And mostofthem conspiracy.This is unprecedented “Satyakopareshankiyajasaktahai, SuppliesDepartment under him &good friends. mostlyfirst-timers —with OBC titledtopowerandfacilitiesatpar We justgavehim aperformance stoodbyhimontheday, criticising in Indian democracy and the parajitnahi (Truth can be troubled and asked whathis mistake was. Unfortunately, our party andScheduledTribeleadersmak- with ministers. bonus.We aresomeritocratic.We hisbetenoire,Chief MinisterAshok Congress,”MLAsandPilotloyalists but can’t be defeated).” VishvendraSingh also up- has lost2stalwartyoung ingup10 of them.Fourof themare Baghel said he had wanted to aresotransparent,”hetweeted Gehlot,andaskingonsocialmedia VishvendraSingh,RameshMeena In the evening, he posted, “My loadedavideo on Twitter and leaders with great dividedbetween the offices of fill the positions foralong time, Jhahadearlierresignedaspres- whereand when did theyact and DeependraSingh said in a heartfeltthanksandgratitudetoall wrote: “...wheredid we give any potential. Idon’t believe HomeMinisterTamradhwaj Sahu to give opportunities to the next ident of MaharashtraunitofAll againstthe party. statement. those who have come out in my statement againstthe partyor being ambitious is andHealthMinisterTSSinghDeo, lotofleaders. “In ordertosucceed, IndiaProfessionalsCongressconte- “Wehavefor years worked Vishvendraand Meenawere supporttoday.Ram RamSa!” againstinterests of the party? We wrong. Theyhave both contenders forthe CM’s post publicrepresentativesneedto ndingthat“mypoliticaloutspoke- with dedication, devotion and removedasCabinetministers on Removedasstate Youth onlywanted to draw attention of worked hardthrough the in the stateafter theelections. have ahold on their areas, have nnessconflictswithmy officialpo- service towardsthe party.And we Tuesday. Deependraisaformer Congress president, MLAMukesh thehighcommandtoissuesinour mostdifficult times.” Baghel’s office gets no parliamen- knowledge of administrative sition”. In June, Congress dropped aretaking astand to protect our AssemblySpeaker. Bhakar,another Pilotloyalist, manifesto—electricity,water,loan PRIYA DUTT, tary secretary. work and getproficientin the ac- Jha as aspokesperson following dignity andself-respect at atime “Public humiliation of our tweeted(translatedfromHindi):“I waiver —for whichthe public had FORMER CONG MP BJPMPSunilSonisaidthenew tivities of the Legislative anewspaper article he wrotethat whenourleaderisthreatenedwith leader is totallyunacceptable; became state president of Youth electedus.We haven’tbeenableto appointees should thank Sachin Assembly,”hesaid. wascritical of the party. ENS noticesfromtheSOG[statepolice's thoseresponsible(for)thisneedto Congress afterwinning elections. deliveronthem...”

DISTRESS SALE IN NORTH BIHAR Unpaid school fee, mortgagedornaments: Farmers suffer due to dip in maize prices

at Rs 1,100per quintal to meet later.Others who have no option at leastget the MSP rate?” Khagaria, said, “Weunderstand Affairs,Food and Public SANTOSHSINGH dailyneeds and have another 25 but to sell the crop fortheir daily Dinesh said he had failedto the farmers’ concerns, but we are Distribution RamVilas Paswan KHAGARIA,SAHARSA, quintalsstoredinthehopeof get- needs areselling it at Rs 1,050-Rs payhis son’s engineeringcollege notgetting enoughorders from told The Indian Express, “Wehave BEGUSARAI,JULY14 ting abetterprice in near future,” 1,150per quintal,evenbelowthe feeofRs80,000andhis sonAmit largemaize tradersinUP, oftendiscussedif we can add dis- he said. He also said he has not farmers’ costofRs1,213.The MSP Anandhadrecentlyreturnedfrom Haryana, West Bengal and tributionof 1kgmaizeunderPDS. “ATTIMES, Ifeellikecommitting beenableto payhissonMuskan’s this year is Rs 1,850 per quintal. Delhibecause he had no money Odisha wheretheyneedmaize Severalstates, includingmaize- suicide but then the faces of my school feeofRs12,000. Lastyear,the farmers sold to send him. forpoultryand animal feed.No growingones,shoulddiscussand children flashbeforemyeyes. Jaiswal is notalone. Several maize at Rs 1,900toRs2,400 per Saharsa farmers RanjeetJha transportation in the lockdown see if theycan helpusprocure On one hand, private maize farmers across Khagaria,Saharsa quintalandtheMSPwasRs1,760. and Rajkumar Poddar have pro- and poor demand noware fac- maize.Weare awareofthe dis- traders have opened hundreds and Begusarai, three of the 18 Aftergettinggoodprices,farmers duced400quintalsand500quin- tors behind the lowprice andthe tresssaleandhowfarmersarenot of godowns to stockmaize after north Bihar districtsthat account intheregionincreasedmaizecul- tals of maize, respectively,but distress sale.”. gettingMSPthisyear.Weare tak- purchasing it at lowprice from for40per centofnational maize tivation this year over wheat and have been able to sellonly25per Bihar Kisan Manch president ing this up with the Union us and on the other,the govern- production, have similar ac- vegetables, hoping it would help cent of theirstocks. DhirendraSinghTuddusaid,“We AgricultureMinisterandcantake ment is notensuring sale at MSP countstoshare. them payoff loansand plan for Overall,farmers of Bihar have wanttheCentretobringalaw en- up the matter with the Prime (Minimum SupportPrice),” said Onesays hehasmortgagedhis the future. so farsold lessthan 40 per cent of suringnobuyercanofferlessthan Minister. Since Ideal with distri- Vinod Kumar Jaiswal, afarmer wife’s ornamentstoarrange This year,Bihar produced 60 Farmers take partinahavan as asymbolicprotestagainst theproducethisyearascompared MSPto farmers.We aresurprised bution, anypolicydecision on from Alauli in Bihar’s Khagaria moneyfor her treatment, others lakh MMT maize as compared to the distress sale, in Khagaria to lastyear’s sale of about 80 whythe Centrecannotpurchase maize is the prerogativeofthe district. saytheycannotpay school and 40 lakh MMT lastyear. per centofproduce till around maize and whythe Primary cabinet andthe PM.” “I had takenaloan of Rs 1.75 collegefees of their children as Dinesh Singh, afarmer from this time. Agriculture Society of Bihar can Bihar AgricultureMinister lakhfromamoneylenderatthree theyhavenot been able to sell Sonbarsa in Saharsa, said, “I sold 100godowns in Saharsaalone Theyare notgivingusgoodprices, The dealers cited theirown purchase wheatand rice but not Prem Kumar said, "Weare aware per cent interestrate.Ihad hoped their crop. 32 quintals at Rs 1,100per quintal wheretraders from Haryana, UP, saying the priceislow becauseof reasons. maize, whichisthe backbone of of the distress sale. We have agoodcropwould help me pay Some farmersare stockingup to meet the basic needs of my NepalandWest Bengalandsome the Covid-19 crisis.Why can’t the Amar Kothari, adealer with north Bihar’s economy?” brought it to the Centre’s backtheloan.ButIsold25quintal inthehopeof gettingbetterprices family. Iwasappalledtoseeabout localpeopleare storing maize. government ensurethat farmers KanhaiyaTrading Companyin Union Ministerfor Consumer attention.”

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SANTOSHSINGH As cases rise in Bhagalpur, hospitals PATNA,JULY14 side-effects, WITH BIHAR witnessing asurge in Covid cases since July1and under pressure, oxygen aconcern with some of the highestoffices govtsayscould in the state, including that of the doctor said. CM, affected by the virus, the ASADISTRICT Meanwhile, the number of stategovernmentonTuesday UNLOCKS patientsdying has risen from 7 announcedalockdown from to 12 in the previous month. Dr issueguidelines July16toJuly31. Amunicipal worker sprays Sharma said thatsince June 15, While Patna and sevenother disinfectantsoutside the AN EXPRESS SERIES the natureofpatientscomingto districtshad already been under JD(U) office in Patna. PTI hospitalhas changed.“Earlier pa- who have severepneumonia, lockdown since July9,thishas DIPANKARGHOSE tientswerecoming in stageone, KAUNAINSHERIFFM wherelungs gettotallyscarred. nowbeen extendedtocover the BHAGALPUR,JULY14 withalittle cough or cold,fever, NEWDELHI,JULY14 Although theycomeout, some of entire state. ment of private vehicles will be alittlebreathlessness,wegavea them requireoxygenathomeaf- Covid cases have gone up restricted. ONTHEnightof July11, Bhagalpur little oxygen andtheywerebet- WITH HOSPITALSnow reporting terrecovery.Threemonthsdown, from 10,205 on July1to 18,853 All construction-related and DistrictMagistratePranavKumar ter. Patients arenow coming at long-termcomplicationsinrecov- CT Scans have shown lungsare in on July14. Thestate has 5,690 ac- agriculturalactivities willbeal- issuedanorder handing over Covid isolationwing of JLNhospital. Dipankar Ghose 50-60 per centoxygen. Patients eredCovid-19patients,theCentre bad shape.” tive cases (recovery rate of 69 per lowed. Educational institutions charge to ADM RajeshJha.Itsaid aredying in six to eighthours. Or on Tuesdaysaid it has starteda Dr Guleriaalsosaid that the cent against78per cent afort- and centres of training, research, Kumar had tested positive for theyare co-morbid. With the consultative processinthisregard team at AIIMS is studying night ago),with143 deaths so coaching etc. will remain closed. Covid-19andhadbeenadvisedto JLN Medical Collegeand in the male section. “Thereare lockdown ending, socialdistanc- and could likelyissue guidelines whethersuchpatientsneedtobe far. Threelakh samples have The lockdown “willremain go to Patna fortreatment. Aday Hospital—adedicatedCovidhos- three components, ICU,male and ing and maskshavealmostdis- based on experts’advice. put under arehabilitation pro- been tested so far, with 9,500- in forceinState HQ, District HQ, later, ADM Rajesh Jhaand other pital thatcaters to severaleastern female. In the male ward thereis appeared... But the death rate is On Monday, AIIMS director gramme aftertheir discharge 10,000 samples being tested Sub Divisional HQ, BlockHQand senior district officials also tested Bihar districts—has less than 20 some congestion, while the fe- still low,”DrSharmasaid. Dr Randeep Guleria had told The from hospital. eachday since lastweekas all Municipal areas in the stateof positive,signallingtherisingCovid critical patients, and less thana maleward isalittleempty,”adoc- He added, “Weare trying to Indian Express that datafromre- “Some patientskeep com- against4,000-5,000 aday ear- Bihar foraperiod of l6 days with curveinBihar, with Patna and 100requiring hospitalisation. torsaid. pushpeopleto go intohomequar- covery of patientswith severe plaining of drycough,whichis lier.Patna, Bhagalpur, Begusarai, effect from 16.07.2020,” the Bhagalpur being the worsthit. Under the rules,onlythose who Dr Sharma said that the need antine. People think Ijustwantto infection showedthat their due to scars in the lung. Some pa- Munger,EastChamparan, West order read. Bhagalpur,adistrictwith a requirehospitalisation aretaken foradditional bedsisbeingtaken release beds. ButIdon’t have an lungscontinued to be in “bad tients, over weeks, have com- Champaran, Nalanda and The stategovernment has ‘SmartCity’ and morethan1,500 to theMayaganj hospital, while care of.JLN hospitalhas 600beds issue with beds. With alittleim- shape”,and in some case pa- plainedofweakness and of not Gopalganj areamongdistricts declared AIIMS-Patna as the villages, is recording an increas- therest areputinconvertedCovid that can be readiedatany point, provement,we willbefine,thatis tientscontinuedtohaveneuro- having the energy to go backto with the highestcase load. fourth Covid hospital in the state ing number of cases, whichis CareCentres liketeachertraining hesaid.“Thirtybedswillbeready in terms of theoxygen.” logicaldisorders. work.Insomecase,thereare seri- According to the order issued twodays agoand also directed strainingthe hospitalsystem. On institutes.DrHemshankar in twodays, 60 bedsinthe medi- The local MLA, AjeetSharma On Tuesday,answering ous neurological problems,” Dr by theBihar Home Department, six other medical colleges to set June 8, as ‘Unlock’ began, the dis- Sharma,incharge of theCovidiso- cinedepartmenthave beenread- from the Congress, said, “Thereis whether the government is con- Guleria said. all government and privatees- aside 50 per cent of itsbedsfor tricthad 245cases and one lation ward at JLN Hospital, said ied. Ninety bedsare connectedto nocontrol.Firsttherewasnotest- ductingastudyon long-term im- Meanwhile,theCentresaidon tablishments,excepthospitals Covid patients. death.Amonth later,onJuly8, that mostpatientsare asympto- oxygenpipeline,60have acentral ing.Now that there is some test- plicationsofCovid-19being re- TuesdaythatICU doctors from and other essential services such Earlier,over50staff in CM the case load was693 withseven matic.“About 14-15patientsare line, andfor theother30Ihave ing, thereisno sanitisation. The portedinthe country, Rajesh acrossthecountrytreatingcoron- as groceryshops,dairy, telecom, Nitish Kumar’s residence and deaths. Barelysix days later, the serious. Thereare about 76 pa- 200cylinders.” NagarNigam isnot even sanitis- Bhushan, OSD to theMinistryof avirus arenow being connected municipal services, police, banks seveninDeputy CM Sushil number has increasedby441, tientsinthe hospital now, with However, doctors admitted ing areas wheretherehavebeen Healthand Family Welfare, said to AIIMS, Delhi, to improveclini- etc, would remain closed. Kumar Modi’s office had tested adding up to 1,134cases, and 12 some moretobeadmitted,” that roadblocks in acquisition of cases. Officers arenot following theDirectorateGeneralOf Health cal management of severe pa- Trains and flightswill con- positive.Fivestaff members in the deaths, the second highestinthe Sharma said on Sunday. centralpipelines foroxygenhad orders. JLN Hospital is dirty,pri- Services, under the Health tients, therebyreducing fatality tinue as usual and taxis and auto office of the Chief Secretaryhad stateafter Patna. Of these cases, AnewlyconstructedMaternal hamperedan upgrade in bedsfor vate doctors arenot treating any- Ministry, has startedaconsulta- rate in the country. “The national rickshaws will be permitted also tested positive.Sofar,overa 625 have been discharged, and and Child Healthcare, whichhas the “lasttwo to threemonths”. one. The system has collapsed. tive exercise. fatality rate is at 2.6 per cent and across the state. All government dozen Bihar politicians, including 437are active. 100beds,isalsoservingasaCovid “Supplies from Kolkataare on The DM got corona and leftfor “Doctors from centralgov- is rapidlycomingdown. vehicles and private vehicles car- Bihar Legislative Council chair- OnJuly8,thedistrictadminis- isolation ward.Adoctoratthe hold because of the lockdown. Patna. If thereisgood treatment ernment hospitals —Safdurjung, Compared to the global fatality rying government staffwillbe man Awadhesh NarayanSingh, tration announcedalockdown hospital, however, saidthe wing Copper wiring etcfor acentral here, whydon’t youget treated RML ,and Lady Hardinge—and rate it is significantlylower,” allowedtorun. However, move- have tested positive. from July9to16. isfacingovercrowding,especially pipeline is notbeing delivered,” a here?” six AIIMS outside Delhiare pro- Bhushan said. viding information about com- On the government’s special plication developedbyrecov- intervention, “nowtwo weeks ered Covid-19patients. On the old”, he said, “EveryTuesdayand SC refuses to cap basis of that information, we Friday, the group of doctors from may, in future,issue guidelines AIIMS, through teleconsultation in the matter.” and videoconsultation, engage Covid treatment cost In an interviewtoTheIndian with ICU doctors in various Express,DrGuleria, one of the states andtry to resolve prob- country’sleadingexpertsincoro- lems theyare facing in saving at private hospitals navirusresponse,hadsaid:“There criticallyill patients.” Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, arepeoplewho have residual On Tuesday, he said,hospi- Om Birla hospitals were charging exorbi- damage.People who have had a tals from Assam, Kerala, Andhra EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE tantratesforCovidtreatmentand stroke (are)neuro-deficitinterms Pradesh,Karnataka, Biharand NEWDELHI,JULY14 soughtregulationofthe same. of paralysis, or some partofthe West Bengal had ateleconsul- The courtasked Solicitor body notfunctioning. We have tation with the team of AIIMS Adhirwritesto THE SUPREME CourtTuesdayre- General Tushar Mehta, who ap- alsoseen anumber of patients doctors. LS Speaker after fusedtofixanupperceilingonthe peared forthe Centre,toarrange costofCovid treatmentinprivate ameetingofthe petitioners with bid to discuss hospitals across the country, say- officials of the health ministry on ‘Trying to fast-track vaccine ingthesituationisdifferentindif- July16sothattheycan give their pandemic impact ferent states and the Centremust suggestions. do the needful. Asking the Centretoact,the without compromising at PAC meet AbenchofChief JusticeSA courtdirected thatthe outcome Bobde and JusticesRSubhash ofthe meeting be placedbefore science, quality, ethics’ Reddy and ASBopanna said, thebenchfor further action. MANOJCG “Wecompletelyagree thatthe Appearing forsome private NEWDELHI,JULY14 costofmedical treatmentshould hospitals,SeniorAdvocateHarish KAUNAINSHERIFFM notact as adeterrent againstac- Salve claimedthatinsurancecom- BIRTHDAY EVE: Arjun Govind Naringrekar,aretired government school headmasterwho NEWDELHI,JULY14 ICMR DG DAYS AFTERBJP membersinthe cess to medical care... no one panieswerebehind the paranoia will turn 100onWednesday, wasdischargedfromthe HinduhridaySamrat Balasaheb Professor PublicAccountsCommittee(PAC) should be turned away from the surrounding treatment costs. Thackeray hospital in Mumbai afterreceiving treatmentfor Covidoverthe lasttwo weeks. DIRECTORGENERALofICMR Balram of Parliamentopposedaproposal doorsteps of ahealthcareinsti- Salve saidthesituationisdifferent He receivedasurprise on Tuesdayashospitalstaff gathered to celebrate his birthday. Express Professor Balram Bhargava on Bhargava by thepanel’s Chairman, Adhir tution because costoftreatment in eachstate and theyare trying Tuesdayunderlinedthatthe RanjanChowdhury, to take upfor is toohigh.” to buildtheirownmodel.“If there processofdevelopment of an in- discussion the pandemic and its However, thecourtagreed iscomplaintagainstany particular digenous vaccine forCovid-19 countryhasestablisheditself over impact on various sectors, the withthe contentionraised by hospital… letthe High Courtde- should be fast-trackedbut with- the years... An important fact that matter hasnow reachedthe SeniorAdvocatesHarishSalve and cide,” saidSalve. Kerala study finds major gains from out “compromising on the sci- is notknown is that 60 per cent of doorsteps of Lok Sabha Speaker Mukul Rohatgi that it’s notpossi- The CJItold the petitioner, ence, quality and ethics partofit”. vaccines suppliedinthe world, Om Birla. bleforthecourttolay downorde- “Theyare sayingcircumstancesin HCQ, azithromycin in first 500 cases His remarks come less than a whether it is Africa or Europe, are Chowdhury, it is learnt, has termine the costofmedical care different states aredifferent… fortnight afterhewrote to all the of Indianorigin.Indiaisperceived writtentothe Speaker informing acrossthecountry“particularly as These areall economic realities. ing 9.2%withdiabetes mellitus hospitalisation inKerala is only principal investigatorstofast- as and is important forvaccine himof whattranspiredatthePAC conditions and availability of Treatment costislikelawyers’ SHAJUPHILIP and 9% with hypertension. 1.7days and 3daysrespectively. trackclinical trial approvals, say- supplyfor the world... So anyvac- meetingonJuly10. medical facilities determine cost fees.Suppose we askalawyerto THIRUVANANTHAPURAM,JULY14 The study found that the The early administration of ing it is “envisaged”tolaunchthe cinecandidate thatisproducedor While he has notmade any of treatmentinall states”. charge reasonable amount, you mean ageofpatients in Kerala HCQ+Azithromycin to these high Covid-19vaccine forpublic health developedinany partoftheworld demand, Chowdhuryislearnt to The courtwas hearingaplea knowhow theywilldoitindiffer- THE FIRSTeverclinical manage- was34, while the figurefor all- risk groups maybeafactorpre- use by August15. Aftersome of will ultimatelyhavetobescaled have broughttothe Speaker’s at- whichpointed out that private entstates.” ment study of Covid-19 patients India was37and Italy63. Also, venting progression from mild to the country’stop scientists and up by India or China,”hesaid. tentionthatthere have been sev- in Kerala, by thestate medical Kerala had afar less proportion moderate-severe diseaseinthe medicalexpertsdescribed the Bhargavasaid that besides eral occasions when the board, has reportedthatthe ad- of patients withmoderatetose- criticallyill,” says the study. timeline as “unreasonable” and fast-trackingthe early phase hu- Committee had takenupfor ex- ministration of hydroxychloro- vere symptoms. The study found that the “absurd”, the ICMR had said that man clinical trial of twoindige- amination subjectsfollowing a WeddingatAssam quine and azithromycin in early “Thispartlyexplains the mean durationofhospital stay in itsletter“wasmeant to cut un- nous vaccine candidates, there- referencemadeby theSpeakeror stages improved both their lowercase fatality rate in Kerala. patients who receivedHCQ+ necessaryred tape”. search body is also conducting Chairman of the RajyaSabha. chances of getting better andthe Even among high-risk groups... azithromycin was13.51days, Addressingapress briefing preclinicalstudiesforotherpoten- It is learnt that Chowdhury,in resort triggersCovid timetaken forit. Covid-19isnot progressing to se- comparedto 14.45 days forthose on Tuesday, Bhargava reiterated tial candidates.“As farasthe vac- his letter,haspointedout that the As apartofthe exercise, to vere-critical disease when com- who did notreceive the two that all effortswould be madeto cine development is concerned, issue of Public Accounts concerns in Meghalaya help improvehandling of the pared to China and Italy. This is drugs. The coronavirus also fast-trackthe developmentofin- we expect it to be complete as Committees of Parliament and pandemic, the 500cases re- probablydue to very early ad- showedupinRT-PCRtests in the digenous vaccine candidates. soon as possible. We don’t want stateAssemblies taking up mat- Meghalaya’s Commissioner and ported tillMay firstweekin missionofconfirmed cases of firstcategoryofpatients forlesser “India is considered thephar- to wasteasingleday on the regu- ters independent of the reports ABHISHEKSAHA Secretary, Health Department, Kerala were studied. Of the 500, Covid-19inKerala. Themean time (12.47days)comparedto macy of the world. Sixty per cent latoryfrontorapproval;however, and observations of the CAGwas GUWAHATI,JULY14 Sampath Kumar,said. three died, while 95.8% had only number of days from symptom the second (14.33days). This ob- of the drugsutilisedinthe US are it willbedone without compro- discussedatameeting of “This wedding could have be- mild symptoms. Around 18 per onsettonasopharyngeal swab servation wasstatisticallysignif- of Indian origin. Theseare gener- misingonthescience,quality,and Chairpersons of PACin2015. AWEDDINGataluxuryresorton come a‘super-spreader’ kind of cent had co-morbidities, includ- collection (for RT-PCR test)and icant, said the study. icsproduced in India,where the ethics partofit.” He is said to have pointedout theoutskirtsof Guwahatihastrig- incidenthadwe notactedontime. that the PAChas in the pastse- geredconcernsoverthespreadof It is agood case study forevery- lectedissueswhichwerenot part Covid in Shillong, prompting au- onetolearn that we have to fol- of the CAG’s report, and that he thorities in Meghalaya to book all lowprotocols otherwise anyone wantedtheCommitteeto discuss attendees andinitiatearigorous canget infected.” FOOT-OPERATED BASINS,MODIFIED AIR PURIFIERS the entire gamutofthe issues re- contact tracing exercise. Meghalaya’s Covid numbers lated to the pandemic. On June 27,atleast 41 resi- areone of the lowest in thecoun- At themeeting of the PACon dentsofMeghalaya attendeda try—therewere268active cases Rlys develops prototype coaches for safe travel July10, Chowdhuryhad to relent wedding at the Greenwood as on Monday.Under suchcir- as amajority of the members, ResortinAssam’s Khanapara, cumstances, 10 patients—and growth, saidofficials. RCFofficial. fitmentshavebeen installedata mostfromtherulingBJP,opposed next to the Assam-Meghalaya in- the highpossibility of morecases IRAMSIDDIQUE The twoLinkeHofmann Withthatinview, saidofficials, costofabout Rs 7lakh. his proposal saying that thecom- terstate border. Three days later, —fromasingle wedding has MUMBAI,JULY14 Busch(LBH) coacheswerede- washbasinswereequipped with The RCFbegan developing mittee can discussonlyexpendi- astaffer at theresort,who had turnedout to be amajor concern signedbythe Rail CoachFactory leg-operated soap and waterdis- these coachesasatop priority af- tureauditedby theCAG.Theyhad givenhis sample on June 25 and forthe state. ADAPTINGTOthe postCovid (RCF) at Kapurthala to ensure pensers. Toiletshavebeen in- terameeting with Railway urgedhim nottoset newprece- had lastworkedatthe resort on “Theweddingwasheldbreak- world,theIndianRailways (IR)has commuters have “confidence” stalledwithapedal thatenables MinisterPiyush Goyaland senior dentsbytakingupissues that are June 23, tested positive. ing rules. It washeld at aresortin developedtwo prototypecoaches whiletraveling in trains.RCF offi- apassengerto usetheflush,while officials from the Railway Board. outside the panel’s scope. Despitethis, areception was Assam...atatimewheninterstate that will allowcommuters to cialssaidthechangesstartedwith the latchtothe toilethas been The twocoacheshavebeen dis- Chowdhurytried to counterby held on July2in Shillong and two travelwasstrictlyrestrictedother travel in asafeand hygienic envi- the door handles of coaches as placedatthe foot of thedoor, al- patchedfor Jaipur,the headquar- sayingthatthepanelhadtakenup weddingattendeessubsequently than medicalpurposes. Onlyfive ronment, ensuring minimal con- well as toiletdoors,whichhave lowing commuters to openand ters of NorthWestern Railway, fordiscussionseveralissueswith- tested positive. of the attendees had passes but tactwithfrequently-touchedsur- been coated with aform of cop- closethe doors withtheir legs. whereitwill see atrial over the out aCAG report, suchasthe pri- “Atleast 41 persons attended over 40 people went...Itneeds to faces suchasbasins and toilets. per that doesnot allowgerms to Inadditiontomodifyingairpu- nextfewdays.Thecoachesareex- vatisation of Bailadilaironore the wedding. Till nowwehave be investigated,” said Meghalaya Thetwocoaches—oneAC and thrive on the surface. rifiers,thecoacheswillcontaintita- pected to be revisedbasedon mines in 1995-96, pilgrimageto traced198 of theircontacts. As of Health MinisterALHek. the othernon-AC —havebeen “Weoften got feedbackfrom niumdioxide,which,officialssaid, feedbackafter thepilotrun. Sabarimalaandhumanproblems now10persons related to the Meanwhile, Shillong re- equippedwithfoot-operated passengers that theywerereluc- gets activatedwithillumination, “Wehavedesignedthese onecologyin2003-04,anddevel- wedding party have tested posi- mainedunder complete lock- wash basins and toilets while the tant to touchthe washbasin and killing viruses and germs. “It does coaches so that passengers can opmentsintelecomsector,includ- tive —fourfromthe 41 attendees down on Mondayand Tuesday. air purifier has been modifiedto toilettaps even during normal Foot-operated watertap notcauseanyharmtohumansbut travel in asafeenvironment with ing allocation of 2G and 3G spec- and six from their contacts. FULLREPORTON ionisetheair, ensuringanon-con- times but with Covid-19, it was inside amodifiedcoach doesnotallowbacteriaandviruses confidence...” said Ravinder trum, in 2010. 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§ FOUNDED BY § RAMNATH GOENKA Congressmen have leftCongress earlier.But theywere BECAUSE THE TRUTH INVOLVES US ALL different leaders,and it is notthe same party

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Google’s proposed$10 billioninvestmentunderlines global THERE IS SOMETHINGofKing Lear about with the unequal crutchesofthe Leftand the gets badthatisthe real test of integrity —to Rahul Gandhi. Thoseheloves the mostare Right, and stumbledand collapsedinjust “meetwithTriumph and Disaster/And treat appealofIndia's digital story, unfolding shiftintechworld the firsttobetray him. Those who he loves about the time it takestomakeababy. That, those twoImpostors justthe same”(Kipling). the leastare those who remain with him. I in summary, is the fate of thosewho walk Theyare welcome to wend their way NMONDAY,THE US tech giant Google announcedplans to invest $10bil- should know… out of the Congress. wheretheywill(or backintothe Congress, lion in India overthe coming five to sevenyears through the “Google for His twobestfriends when he entered So, Pilotand Scindiamay sing,“Cryfor me, whichis, afterall, likeadharamshala) but the India Digitisation Fund”. Operationalisedthrough acombination of part- Parliament in 2004were JyotiradityaScindia India”, and the media mayjoin them, but the lesson forthe Congress is thatweneeda Onerships, equity,infrastructureand ecosystem investments, the focus will and Sachin Pilot. He wasalways closeted Congress is going to wipe itstears and walk hands-on leader who enjoys the confidence reportedly be on bringing morehigh-quality low-costsmartphones to enablegreater with them. Remember the famous wink? away from them to itsown Destiny.That will of the party.That boils down the options to And Rahul’s statement that the onlyone who be moredifficult than ever before forthe re- three: Sonia or Rahul Gandhi or Priyanka Internetaccessinthe country, building newproductsand servicesinconsumertechnol- could wander intohis home at anytimewas mainingGandhi-Vadras, as the Congresshas Gandhi Vadra. This is written intothe party’s ogy,education, health and agriculture, and empowering small and medium businesses Scindia? It wastheir proximity to him that neverbeforebeen as reducedasitisnow.But DNA. Anyone of them will do. Whoeverof to transform digitally. The move signals astepping up of engagement between Indian created the mythology of the oldergenera- that does notmean it is going to nurse vipers these three chooses to run the gauntletmust and US tech firms and underlines the continuedattractiveness of the country’s digital tion versus the younger,engaged in alife- in itsbosom. Pilotmay have pulledoff asen- then accept, as Isaw RajivGandhi do, and as economy, even in the midst of asevereglobal economic slowdown. and-death tussle to climb the maypole of sational (but marginal) victoryinthe assem- Iunderstand Nehru and Indiradid, the Google's decision is also indicative of awider shift, with eventsoverthe pastfew weeks prominence in the Congress. Therewere blypolls but he fell on his face when it came rigours of a16-to-18hour day, and the pa- other youngsters who were moremodestin to besting Modi in the Lok Sabha elections. tience to listentothe same pleading over and or so signalling asplit in the tech worldbetween the US and China. Following India’s deci- their ambitions and in their achievements. So, Pilot and Scindia may He wasnot pippedatthe postbecause he was over again from athousand tongues: sion to ban thewidelyusedChinese appTikTok,inthe aftermathoftheclash between Indian Theyare the ones who remain in the ranksof sing,“Cryfor me,India”,and “young”. Norwas Scindia becauseofhis “Humein bhi kahin adjustkijiye”. That is the and Chinese soldiers on the the LAC, MikePompeo, US secretaryofstate,has indicatedthat the faithful. It is the high achievers who leave the media mayjoin them, but handsome, baby-youthful mien. Theywere inescapableconsequence of charisma. A the US administration is considering following suit. With Washington also putting pres- forwhat theybelievetobericherpastures. notpreferred becauseGehlothad the num- leader who cannotdispensepatronageor the Congressisgoingtowipe sureoncountries to keep Chinese companyHuawei’s equipment out of their 5G networks, Theyare by no means the firsttoseek bers and Scindia wasdefeatedat the hustings denypatronagewith asmile cannotbe the UK, on Tuesday, bannedthe purchase of newHuaweiequipment by itstelecomopera- their fortunes elsewhere. My generationre- its tearsand walk away from while Kamal Nath won. leader forlong. members JayaprakashNarayan (who Nehru In avenging themselvesonthe party that The Nehru-Gandhi-Vadra“dynasty” has tors afterthe end of 2020, reversing Prime MinisterBoris Johnson's earlier stance. Meanwhile, them to its ownDestiny. That desperatelyhopedwould succeedhim), will be more difficult than nurtured them,theycan take what satisfac- been uniquelyabletoindicate“No”with a in the aftermathofChina passing the newnationalsecurity lawinHong Kong, major US Acharya NarendraDev,and Asoka Mehta tion theywish, butitrequires something of grin of reassurance foroverseven decades. tech companies suchasGoogle, Facebook and Twitter have announcedthat theyare paus- who desertedJawaharlal —but their depar- ever before forthe remaining aflexibleconscience to reconcile years of lux- That is whytheyare so necessarytothe ing requests foruser datafromHongKong authorities. Even as these shifts areunderway, turewas occasioned by ideology.They Gandhi-Va dras, as the uriating in allthe rewards fedthem by Rahul Congress ethos. The task is that muchmore however, reducing theworld’sdependence onChinese manufacturingwillbeacomplex and thought Nehru wasinsufficientlysocialist. Congresshas never before and Sonia Gandhi when theywerestill in difficult nowthatthereisnospace leftinthe costlyaffair. Reconfiguring of the supplychains, mostofwhichare centred around China, Rajaji leftbecause he thought Nehru wasway been as reduced as it is now. their twenties and thirties, and then, as they central government andverylittleinthe is unlikelytobeachievedinthe shortrun. ForIndia, whichimports asignificant shareofits toosocialist. It wasnot forloavesand fishes enter middle-age, bitethe hand thathas thus stategovernments to accommodate all am- that theywalked out buttofind their wayto But that does not mean it is farfed them so abundantly. Consider.Pilot bitions and yearnings.The leadershipwould mobile/internetequipment requirementsfromChina, and has also seen hugeChinese in- what theybelieved would be abetterIndia. going to nurse vipersinits joinedthe party when his father waskilledin be best advisedtonot decideonthe basis of vestmentsinthe tech space,especiallyincompaniesthat have attainedthe haloedunicorn Then came the Syndicate. Theyleftwhen, to bosom. Pilot mayhavepulled aroad accident. He was23. By the time he young or old or even talented or not, buton status, disentangling the relationship will be difficult. their horror, they discoveredthat Indira offasensational (but was26, he had succeededhis mother as MP. divining thefidelity of the Congressperson Foragovernment that has been aggressively courting foreign investment, the sheer Gandhi wasnoone’s puppet—and trekked At 32, he waselevatedtothe postofcentral concernedtothe ideology and programme size of the Google outlaywillbeheartening, especially at atime when the economyisin the long road intoobscurity. Chandra marginal) victoryinthe minister. Iwatchedhim with admiration pi- of the party over impatient personal ambi- the midstofadeepslowdown. The move signals the tech major’s commitmenttothe Shekhar and his team of “Young Turks” broke assembly polls but he fell on loting the Companies Actthrough tion, and by having the instinct to tell the dif- ranksoverpolicy:Theydid notfind Indira Parliament. He waspresident of the ference between dissent and dissidence — Indian market, underlines the hugeopportunity that exists,and signalsthe continuing his face when it came to Gandhi radical enough. Theyalso com- Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee at for, everylivingorganism needs the stimu- global appeal of the India digital story. The governmentshould do everything it can to plainedthat she wasnot secular enough. But besting Modi in the Lok 36. By the time he was40, he wasdeputy CM. lus of the free and frank airing of clashing deepen and widen this burgeoning market. once theycompromised on principlesand Sabha elections. He wasnot Of course, his abilities had agreat deal to do viewswithin ademocraticallyelected or- lent respectability to the saffron brigade, pipped at the post because he with his dizzyingrise. But patronage toowas ganisation. their Janataexperiment collapsedlikea was‘young’.Nor wasScindia working. Ditto, moreorless,Jyotiraditya Goodbye,Sachin and Jyotiraditya. “See house of cards. Scindia (with the difference that his father’s youlater,alligator”. Or,totakealine from ahit Rajiv, too, went through this. His favourite because of his handsome, death in an air accident pavedthe son’s way song when Iwas in my twenties: “I begyour ministerwas undoubtedlyVishwanath baby-youthful mien. They to Parliament). Both were willing to sharein pardon/Inever promisedyou arosegarden/ PERFECT 100 Pratap Singh. His Scindia and Pilotrolledinto were not preferred because the good times. It says something about their Along with the sunshine/ There’s got to be a one wasArif Mohammed Khan. His “pow- Gehlot had the numbersand upbringing as spoilt children that theywere little rain sometimes…” System basedoninflated marks and high cut-offs is designed erful” cousin wasArun Nehru. Together,this notabletotakeadversity on the chin. To be merry band formedthe Jan Morcha, then the Scindiawas defeated while cheerful in politics when winning is child’s The writer is asenior Congress leader and to exclude. Itneeds to be re-evaluated National Front, then formedagovernment Kamal Nath won. play.Itistoremain cheerful when the going former Union minister HE TOPPER IN this year’s Class 12 examinations conductedby the CentralBoard of Secondary Education has scored100per cent. Her achievement is even more notable giventhat notall thesubjectsshe optedfor arethe traditionallyhigh Tscoring ones —History,English,Geography, Insurance,Economics and Sanskrit. She is amongstthe 1,57,934 studentswho have securedmorethan 90 per cent. In fact,the numberof thosewho scoredin excess of 90 per cent has increasedbymorethan 65 per cent this year.And the number of studentswho have scoredmorethan95per cent has doubled. IN THE LINE OF DUTY Thepersonalaccomplishmentsofthesestudentsshould,nodoubt,becelebrated—especially since severalofthemhave, reportedly,overcomedifficult odds. But alsospare athought for thosewho have notgot suchhigh marks.Does asystembased on “perfect” marks offerfair Phenomenon of high casualties among police personnel mustbeprobed and addressed opportunities to students from diverselearning environments? Does scoring well in board exams necessarilymean learning well? Dheeraj Sharma Principals of DelhiUniversitycolleges have indicated that the high marks will leadtoin- creasesincut-offs forundergraduatecourses.Thisisnothingnew. Thecut-offs have beenin- RECENTLY, WE haveseentwo major police- Stress is another important reason forthe trine of minimum proportionateforce,itbe- creasingvirtuallyeveryyearforthepast30yearsinmostparts of thecountry, leadingto asit- related incidents. First, twoHaryana Police high casualtyamongpolice personnel. Stress comes even moreimportant to emphasise uation whereevery decimal point scored in thesenior secondaryexamination becomes constables were murdered.Second, eight po- maybecategorisedalong twodimensions — personnel bearing as aforce multiplier and critical forcollegeadmissions. But thereissomething terriblywrong with an educational licepersonnel of Uttar Pradesh police were job stress and situational stress. Stress has a deterrent. systemwhenastudentwith95percentmarksgetsadmissionto aninstitution,whiletheone killedinthe line of duty in the Vikas Dubey curvilinear relationship with jobperform- Fifth, the fear of collateral damageisan who secured94.5 per cent is leftinthe lurch.Itspeaksofasystem designedtoexclude while case. ance. In other words, acertain degree of important reason forthe high casualty rate in Dataindicates thatbetween 1947 and stress resultsinpositive performance but be- police personnel. It is reportedthat police fostering an illusionofmerit.The problem becomes graver giventhat good institutions of 2019,morethan 35,000 police personnel yond that, it has the oppositeeffect.Also, pos- personnel areusuallyveryreticent in using higher learning aresofew in the country. Thefrantic competition to getintoagood college have losttheirlives in the lineofduty.Ateam itive stressors and negative stressorsact dif- firearms in neighbourhoodoperationsasit —whereevery markcounts—makeparentsenrol their students intotutorial “institutes”, of researchers of IIMRohtak conductedin- ferently. Negative stressors in the form of mayresult in damagetocivilianlifeand whichhavemushroomedalloverthecountry. Thisbizarre stateofaffairs,whenevenabright terviews and interacted with 104policeper- departmental inquiries and general work- property.The outcomes of collateral dam- student does notfeel assuredabout getting admission to agood institution, is also the cause sonnel between the ranksofconstable and IG place maltreatment onlyresult in reduced ageare oftenattributed to the police, which of mounting anxietyamongstchildren. to inquireabout the reasons forthe high ca- performance outcomes forpolicepersonnel. mayresult in negative career outcomes and sualty rate.The following major themes Third, mostoperations sufferfrominad- acumbersome litigation process. In 2008, less than 500studentsgot morethan 95 per cent marks in the Class 12 exami- emergedfromthe analysis of the interview equatepreparation forlow probability Finally, acrucial reason forthe high casu- nationsconductedby theCBSE.In10 years,thisnumberincreasedtomorethan15,000.And data. events. Threatsare very oftenunderesti- alty rate is the breachofconfidentiality this year,thisnumber has gone up to 38,686. But all thisdoesnot necessarilysignify an im- First, inadequatetraining is possiblythe Most operations suffer from mated.Criminals can usuallypredict typical within the force. Criminals having prior ac- provement in the learningenvironment. There areenoughstudies to showthatthe evalua- mostimportant reason forthe high casualty inadequate preparation for policetactics. Planningoperations mustalso cess to information makethe police’s task rate among police personnel. The results are involveassessing unique scenarios caused moredifficult. Identifying and markingthe tion criteria of the boardexaminations do notencourage studentstogobeyond arudimen- lowprobabilityevents. tary understanding of the subject, at best.This system needs to be re-evaluated. also supportedbyanother study conducted by novelthreats—forexample, cybercrimes, “canaries” in the system is essential for by Lokniti-CSDS on the status of policing in Threats are veryoften use of sophisticated gadgetsfor crime, and counter-intelligence also. India in 2019,whichreported that only6.4 underestimated. Criminals superior intelligence-gathering by criminals. Increased emphasis on training,psycho- per cent of police constables had received canusually predicttypical Striking abalance between tech-intelligence logical assessments, creation of specialised training in the lastfiveyearsand this number and human intelligence is integral to opera- units,positive reinforcement, motivation con- has constantly decreased over the years. police tactics. Planning tional preparation. Alackofspecial drills and tagion modules, separate legalinsurance, and BEING AND NOTHINGNESS Giventheir inadequatetraining, the opera- operations must also involve greater reliance on district police instead of afocus on bearing aresome important inputs tional capability of police personnel may the abilitytoassessunique special unitssuchasarmedbattalions and forthe government and police departments. Argumentsaboutthe utility of the weekend lockdown fail to have been impacted. outcomes arising from novel STF(special task force) compound the issue We mustrecognisethat police personnel Second, fatigue among police personnel of high casualties. areworking againstthe odds whiledealing registerthat it is epistemicallymeaningless is another important reason. Police person- threats stemming from Fourth, reducedforce visibility is another with hardenedcriminals. We mustall recog- nel, on average, remain on duty formorethan cybercrimes, sophisticated important factor.Bearing is an important de- nise their work andmournwith the families HE PEEVISH BEASTknown to theadept as the government is shambolic in 13 to 14 hours, dayafter day. Fatigue has been gadgetry, and superior terminant of howthe policeisperceived. of those who losttheir lives. everydayoperations, but ever-alerttoopportunities to deprivepeopleoftheir negatively associated with reaction time, Attire, perceivedpreparedness to act, and pleasures. It censors cinema, taxesfuel sinfully to prevent people from gadding watchfulness, focus, situational awareness intelligence-gathering by weapon visibility arecritical deterrents. The writer is director,IIM Rohtak. T and psychometric synchronisation. criminals. Giventhat the police usuallyfollowsadoc- Viewsare personal about, and punitivelytaxes substances whichexcitethe pleasurecentres. Now, under coverofthe coronavirus crisis, it is robbing people of the simplestpleasure—the weekend. Lastmonth, Ludhiana andcitiesinAssam experimented with aweekend curfew. Chandigarhistoying with the idea. AndUttar Pradeshhas just implementedit —or, to put JULY 15,1980, FORTY YEARS AGO it bluntly, weaponisedit. This boostershot—atinylockdown to achievewhatthe bigone could not—has no scientificbasis.Neither doesthe nightcurfew, since thevirus is notbe- A GHA SHAHI VISIT to Pakistanwherethe twohad talkswith tiatesteps forsolving anyburningproblem, lieved to freshen up and shakealeg at night or on the weekends. These arejustkeepalive ALTHOUGHTHEINDIANgovernmentissome- Pakistani leaders on bilateral relations. he added. whatsurprisedatthelatestreportsinthegov- signalstoremind thepeople thatthe government is in charge,and in full control. ernment-controlledPakistanipresscriticising AASU STIR DEADLYDOWNPOUR Poor,deludedgovernment! Forweekend lockdowns to exist, weekends mustexist. India,aspokesmanof theMinistryofExternal The All Assam StudentsUnion(AASU) reiter- HEAVY RAINAND floodshave takenatollof 30 And forweekends to exist, weeksmustexist. Thepandemic has obliterated theseancient Affairs expressedhope that thetalksinDelhi atedthat it would continue the current agita- livesindifferent parts of India duringthe past institutionsofBabylonian vintage.The days pass in ablur,likethe lightsofanovernight ex- beginning on July15with Pakistan’s foreign tion againstthe foreign nationals till an accept- 24 hours. While Punjab, Haryana, Uttar presshurtling throughalocked-down station. Aprelapsarian time is dimlyremembered, minister, Agha Shahi, will lead to greatercon- able solutionwas reached. The AASU Pradesh and Bihar areas receivedtorrential before aturning point marked by the lightingoflamps and the cacophonicclangourof fidence and trust betweenthe twocountries. president,PrafullaKumar Mahanta, saidif the rain, floodedriversinUP, Bihar and Assam kitchenutensils.Beforethe janatacurfew, weekends existed. Now, to paraphrasethe pre- That India is attaching considerable impor- government failedtosolve thevexed prob- continuedtorise. Amonsoon Nullah in Ballia tance to the talksisindicated by thefact that lem,the people of Assam shouldhavetomake district became awaterygrave for21people scient Bard of Avon,life“creeps in this pettypacefromday to day,”and will perhaps do so PrimeMinisterIndiraGandhipresidedovera preparations to solve the problem in their own who were crossing it in acountryboat. In the to “the last syllable of recordedtime”.The historicallyspecial weekend has recededinto specially-convenedmeeting to finalise New way: ‘‘Suchadecision should notbeundemo- Uttarakhandarea, sevenpeople have been the vast nothingness of Mahakal, or Deep Time, and the conceit of the weekend curfew only Delhi’sstand.Shahi’s visit follows thevisitof cratic.” If the government did notlistentothe killed, and three children diedinChandigarh reveals that the peevish beastknown as government has lostthe plot,and all control. ForeignSecretaryRDSatheandSwaranSingh voice of the people, theyhad the right to ini- due to aroofcollapsecausedbyheavy rains.

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From economic package by government to RBI'smoratorium to borrowers, therewillbeconsequences Atmanirbhar Bharat To remain globallycompetitive in apost-Covid world, we needtofocus on skill, scale and speed

skilling low-skilledyouth. Muchbeforethe current pandemic, the fourthindustrialrevolutiontriggeredapar- adigmchangewith digital technology driv- ing the job market.Remote working with MadanSabnavis increasing adoption of digital technology might continue to be the modus operandi forthe foreseeable future. TODAY, IT IS hardfor one to saywhetheritis Ahostofskill sets —listening and com- morechallenging to optfor “unlocking” the MVenkaiahNaidu munication,cross-cultural sensitivity, adapt- economyascomparedto“locking” the coun- ability to changingworkenvironments, try. Inaway,theformeroptionlooksmoredif- emotional intelligence and social etiquette ficult because when the countryoptedfor the IT IS COMMON knowledge that lifeinthe along with agood academic record—are lockdown, thereseemedtobelittle choice. It post-COVID erawillnotbethesame.Theef- important forthoseseeking employment in wasbased on the assumption that liveswere fectsofthe pandemic areexpected to have the emerging job scenario. Artificial intelli- moreimportant than livelihoods. But as the alastingimpact on everysphereofactivity, gence,machinelearning, datascience, cloud decision sank in, and itsimpact playedout, it even as various nations aretrying to revive computing and InternetofThings, among wasrealised thatthe lockdown ledtothe im- their economies and protect livelihoods. others,will be reliedupon by companies. poverishment of enterpriseand that the epi- As pandemic-inducedlockdowns bat- With peopleincreasinglyresorting to online demicwas spreading. The decisiontounlock teredeconomies, disruptedglobalsupply buying,companies will seektoadoptnew the economyinphasesposes amajor conun- chains and affected livelihoods across dif- online marketing strategies. drum forthe government. Unlocking also ferent sectors, Prime MinisterNarendra The India Skills Report-2020saysthat means getting backtoastate of normalcy at Modigave aclarioncallto makeIndiaself-re- currently, millennials constitutenearly half some time, whichwillbeproblematic. liant.Heannouncedthe Atmanirbhar Bharat (47per cent) of the country’s working pop- First, the steps involved in unlocking the Abhiyan to propel the countryonthepath ulation. This is likelytoremainthe largest economy. Openingupofnon-essential pro- of self-sustenance. chunk of the Indian workforcefor the next ductionhas been allowed, though it'sfraught With the twin objective of reviving dif- 10 years. Another important issue that needs with ambivalence at the state level. But, this ferent spheres of the economyinthe short to beaddressedbyall stakeholders is ensur- willbeironedoutinthetypical“jugaad”man- term and insulating India from anyfuture ing equitable employment through higher ner over time. But whatabout services? This global economic downturn, in the long run, participation of women in the workforce. isprobably themostcrucialelementof unlock- theAbhiyan seekstobuild capacities across In the backdropofthe callfor ing the economyatatime when the number sectors and promote local products.Atthe AtmanirbharBharat, therehavebeen of infected has crossed25,000 aday and is sametime, Atmanirbhar Bharatisnot meant some reassuring developments with an moving north. Howdoes the government to promoteprotectionism or isolationism accenton“local to glocal”.The production agree to allowpublictransporttofunction? by erectingtrade barriers. Rather,itseeksto of severallakh PPE kits, collaboration of Andwhenwilltherailwaysandairlines’oper- makethe Indian economyrobustinthe long automobileindustriestoproduce venti- ationsberestoredto normalcy?Thetruncated run by scaling upmanufacturing, accelerat- lators, manufactureofmorethan 70 Made services have complex“standard operating ing infrastructuredevelopment, attracting in India productsbythe DRDO, develop- procedures”, whichdeter travel. But once investmentsand promoting aconsumption- mentofthe low-costventilator Prana- openedup,theSOPswillleadto chaosasthere ledgrowth. Vayu by IIT Roorkee, theproductsdevel- wouldbemillionsof peopleonthemove every The youth arethe futureofany country. opedbystart-ups in Karnataka to tackle day. Therefore, the doorhas to remain closed But India can take the lead over manyother COVID-19 arejustafewexamples of the foralongerperiod. nations becauseabout 65 percent of itspop- capability of Indian scientists,ITprofes- Second,afterthreemonthsof thefirsteco- ulation is below35yearsand 50 per cent is sionals and technocrats. nomic packagethat offeredfreefoodgrains to below25years. With ahuge, educated Basedonthe locallyavailable re- CRSasikumar the poor elapsed, the Prime Ministeran- young population, India is uniquelypoised sources, talent, and skills of the human nouncedits extension foranother three torium, whichislogical.But,atsome time, forquantitative easing in different forms while to realiseitsdemographicpotential. The fact capital, we must aim to graduallyreduce months, whichwould costthe exchequer Rs moneyhasto berepaidto thebanks,andif not, the RBI has usedlong-term repo operations that Indians areheading severalMNCs imports in everysector from crudeoil to 90,000 crore. But what happens afterthree theloanshave tobeclassifiedasNPAs.Thereis andmeasureslikefacilities forNABARD, SIDBI, shows that thereisnodearth of knowledge heavy machinery. months?Canonereallywithdraw thescheme, already talk of restructuring loans but which targetedlong-term repo operations and open andtalentinthe country. However, theneed While remainingvocal about local, there giventhatmostsectorsintheeconomywould, partoftheassetportfoliowouldqualifyforthe market operations to ensurethat thereisalot of the hour is to upgrade the skills or upskill has to be aparadigm shiftinall areas for atbest,begettingback ontheirfeet ratherthan same?Shoulditbeonly theSMEs,whichare on of moneyinthe system. But with subdued the youth to meet the employment needs Indian productstobegloballycompetitive. walking? Withdrawing anyscheme forthe theradarallthetime,andalsosectorsthathave production (supply) even in 2021-22, the gen- of technology-driven21stcenturyand ac- We mustendeavour to stay ahead in the in- pooristough, though retaining the samewill been deeplyimpacted,especially in the serv- eration of excessdemand across the world celeratethe pace of self-reliance. novation-ledknowledge economy.PSUs addanother Rs 90,000 croreor0.45per cent icessectorsuchastourism,hospitality,airlines, leading to higher inflation cannotberuledout. Oneof themostprofoundimpactsofthe and the private sectormustnot onlyplaya of GDP everythree months,adding pressure and entertainment? While restructuring is a The puzzle is what will happentothe loans pandemic has been on workplaces. Offices complementaryrole in building aself-re- on the fiscal deficit. short-term measure, bankswill be keen on that have been takentodayatavariable rate, straddlingmultipledomains,particularly IT, liant India but collaboratewhereverfeasi- Thirdisthe moratorium providedbythe knowing howthe RBI willbelooking at these whichwill become moreexpensive in future. arefunctioningwith minimum staff ble. Undoubtedly, the private sector must RBI to borrowersfor sixmonths beginningin assets because when forbearancebecomesa This canaffect theeconomicviability of units strength. Mostorganisationsare allowing massivelystepupinvestmentsR&D.PSUs March.The lingering question is: What hap- badwordtherecan be aballooning of NPAs. Clichéd arguments of there in the second round. theiremployeesto work fromhome.Theun- tooneedtomodernise in terms of technol- pensafterthesix-monthperiodends?Thefirst- Thisisproblematicforthesystemandthegov- being no free lunches are a Clichéd argumentsofthere being no free certainty created by the pandemic is being ogy.Inareas likehi-techmedical devicesand quartercorporateresultsare abysmal,withneg- ernmentbecauseitwouldmeantheprovision lunches areafactinthe presentcontext. seen by manyasanopportunity to upgrade equipment, India has to drasticallyincrease ative growthinsalesandasharpdropinprofits. of more capitalto supportpublicsectorbanks. factinthe present context. Someone has to payfor thispackageand their knowledge and acquirenew skills. manufacturing to cut down importsand This will getreflectedintheir abilitytoservice Fifth, and related to the previous point, is Someone hastopay forthis while the government will find itself fiscally The UN has quiteappropriatelychosen save precious foreign exchange. their debt commitments. The Purchasing the outcomeoflending basedonguarantees package and while the strained,itcouldcollect revenuethrough the theme “Skills foraResilient Youth” for This is the time for130 croreIndians to ManagersIndexforJunealsoindicatesthatac- givenbythegovernmentforSMEsandNBFCs. government will find itself moretaxes —the dividend distributiontax, WorldYouth Skills Daytoday, whichisbe- showcase the country’s collective resolve to tivityissluggishanditlooksunlikelythatthere This wasauseful step announcedbythe surchargesonhigher incomes or aCOVID cess ing observed by holding virtual events. overcome the setbacks causedbythe pan- willbeaturnaround in July. With output Finance Minister—inline with what several fiscally strained,itcould —but this willbeintrusive. The RBI will have According to the UN,the pandemic and demic. We needtoforge ahead by harness- growthbeingstifledinthisperiod,itisimprob- governments in the West have announced to collectmore revenue through to move away from theaccommodative lockdown measures have ledtothe world- ingIndia’s humanresources andtechnolog- able that those who took the moratorium can supporttheir economies. While it would be more taxes —the dividend stanceand rein in inflation. wide closureoftechnicalandvocational ed- icalcapabilities. To remain globally actuallystartservicingtheirdebt.Additionally, toopessimistic to saythatalarge partofthe distribution tax,surcharges The scenario paintedhereisnot without a ucation and training (TVET) institutions, competitive with awell-assured future, we the retail portfolio is filled with mortgages of debtcouldgobad,defaultsintheregion of 10- sense of déjà vu as the post-Lehmandrama threatening the continuity of skill develop- needtofocus on “skills, scale and speed”. borrowerswith“nojobsorlessersalary”(NJLS). 20percentcannotberuledout.Hence,anSME on higher incomes or a playedout, whichthough wasofasmaller ment. It is estimated that nearly 70 per cent India has the potential to emerge as the Theseindividualshave beenaffectedforatleast packageofRs3lakh croreofguaranteesmay COVID cess—but this will scalethanthecurrentpandemic,wasnot with- of theworld’s learnersare affectedby school globalhub forproviding skilledmanpower ayear.The question is: Howlong will one ex- have to be forgiven (waivedoff)and paid be intrusive. TheRBI will out repercussions. We needtobeready with closuresacrosseducation levels.TVET insti- to other nations. We can provetothe world tend this facility and, moreimportantly, what through the budget. havetomove away from the answers now. tutions playanimportant role in equipping thatthe 21st century belongs to India happens when it ends? Sixth, the curse on all central banksthis the youth with the skills foremployment, throughself-belief,dedicationanddiscipline. Fourth, the RBIhas tweakedthe NPAclas- year has been the provision of liquidity to the accommodative stance and Thewriter is chief economist, CARE Ratings. including those neededfor self-employ- sificationnormsinconjunctionwiththemora- system. Central banksintheWest have opted rein in inflation. Viewsare personal ment.Theyalso helpinupgradingorre- The writer is Vice-President of India Lessons from Covid,China LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR CONGRESS’SWOES IDEAS Indianeedsanew paradigmfortrade,industry, anddevelopment THIS REFERS TO the editorial, ‘Sachin autopilot’ (IE, July14).The Congress is a ONLINE three-ring circus managed by Sonia ArunMaira Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka ONLYINTHE EXPRESS Gandhi. Itsbandwagon is pulledby PROMOTERSOFFREEtrade saycountries that In fact, afterIndia fell in line with the strategicallyevenweaker.Merelyincreasing newskills. Theymustlearn as theyearn. To Kapil Sibal, Manish Tiwari, P ● ROADMAPFOR tradewith eachotherare unlikelytogotowar Washington Consensusinthe 1990s, indus- thesize of India’s economy to $5 trillion will earn theymustbeengaged in industries that Chidambaram etc. At least these UNIVERSITIES: with eachother. The volume of India-China trialpolicytobuild domestic capabilities was notmakeIndia adevelopedcountry. India’s will employthem with whatever capabilities warhorses should tell the managers to JYOTHIS trade hasbeengrowingfor many years. Yet frownedupon.Ambitionsofself-reliancewere policymakers mustchangethe approachto theypresently have.And, to learn at the same take abreak and letthemsteer the soldiers of the twocountries areskirmishing dismissedasautarkic.Indian consumers economicdevelopmentfocusedonthetopline time,theymuststayonthe joband theymust party.Otherwise, therewill be more ● DECENTRALISE along their borders. Tenyears ago, the Indian would benefit if theycould obtain products thattheyhavefollowedinthe lastthree be trainedwhile theywork. Mostofall, they Sachin Pilots jumping the sinking ship. DEVELOPMENT: ambassador to Chinapointed outthat while from the cheapestsources in the world, free decades.Theymustfocus on the bottom line mustbetreated as humanbeings who have a Tarsem Singh, Mahilpur AASTHASHARMA the volume of trade wasgrowing no doubt, trade theory said. Assemblers of products forall citizens, whichisdecent jobs, with bet- will to learn;and notastemporary hands to thepattern of tradewasworrying.China’sex- would also benefit, and their customers too, if terwages.Anew approach,combiningindus- be merelyusedand discarded. THIS REFERS TO the editorial, ‘Sachin ports to India were many times India’sexports. theycould buytheir inputsfromthe cheapest trialdevelopment,trade,anddiplomaticpoli- What has been done over the last30 autopilot’ (IE, July14). It is unprece- www.indianexpress.com Moreover, while India wasexporting more sourcesintheworld.Thus,barriersto imports cies is necessarytocreatemillions of decent years cannotbeundone. China holds dented in Indian political history that a rawmaterials, China wasexportingmanufac- were reduced, whiledomestic capabilities jobs,withbetterwages, alloverthe country. stronger cards than India on the industryand chief ministerofastatesends asedition tured goods. This wasthe tradepatternbe- were notbuiltupasfast. Between 1990 and Only then will India become a“developed” trade fronts.India’s economywillbevulner- noticetohis ownpartymenand deputy By invitingAustralia as apermanent tween acolonialpoweranditscolony,the am- 2010,China’s economybecame five times as countryfor all itscitizens. able in atrade war. However, India’s con- chief minister. Though the relationship participant to the Malabar Naval bassador said. large as India’s,and itsproduction of machine Thereisnopointinmoaningoverthetime sumers and industries mustbepreparedto betweenSachinPilot and Ashok Gehlot Exercise, India will be puttingforth avi- The contrast betweenIndia andChina’s tools50times as large. lostwithanapproachtodevelopmentthathas tightentheir belts,justasour soldiers are wasfrostyfromthe beginning, this no- sion on the security architectureofthe growth since 1990 is stark.In 1990, India’s per China did notfall in linewiththe rules notworkedwell; nor in debatingwho is to along the border.India needs jobs to provide tice mayhaveprovedtobethe last nail Indo-Pacific and beyond. capitaincome was$368, with Chinalagging of tradethat WTOwantedall countries to blame.Indiamustmoveon,andmove fast.The incomes forits citizens, and it needs indus- in the coffin. No one can denythatPilot Sudip Kumar Dey, Kolkata at $318.By2019, China’s per capitaincome follow. In fact, China is accusedofflouting potential size of the Indian market— acoun- tries to provide the jobs. India needs to bal- hasworkedhard. But Congress leader- was$10,276,fivetimes largerthan that of the rules,“stealing”technology,and protect- trywith1.2 billion people —can be atempta- ance its trade with China to make it atrade ship chose to ignorehis contribution. GOOGLE IN INDIA India’s. In 1990, India’s industrial capacity was ing itsdomestic industries. India tried tion forinvestors.However, the market will between equals. Atmanirbhar Bharat is es- Bal Govind, Noida the same as China’s and in some sectors, ma- hardertocomply with therules, andyet was grow only if incomesof citizensgrow. Thesuc- sential. Otherwise, “interdependence” will THIS REFERS TO the report, ‘Google sets chine toolsand powerequipment,for exam- accusedofflouting them when it triedtoen- cessofIndia’sindustrial policymustbemeas- be acolonial-likeinterdependence as our STRATEGIC SIGNAL up India fund, plans to invest $10bn ple,India wasahead.Whereas, by 2010,India couragedomestic productionofelectronic uredby thenumberandthespreadof jobscre- ambassador astutelypointed out. over 5-7 years’ (IE, July14). Something wasimporting sophisticated powerequip- items, or grow itsgeneric drugsindustry, or ated.Therefore, attracting investmentsfor Indianeeds anew paradigmfor trade, in- THIS REFERS TO the editorial, 'Malabar less than $2 billion ayear is notabig ment, machine tools, and electronic items supportits domestic producers of power large factoriesusingautomatedmachines,and dustry, anddevelopment.Theonlysilverlining moment', (IE, July13).India'sjoint mil- amount in absoluteterms. But that in- from China, in addition to toys,footwear,and equipment rather thanimportingequip- therebyincreasing the shareofmanufactur- of theCOVID-19pandemicforIndiaisthatthe itaryexerciseswith itsclosepartners vestment is going to be in broadening simple products. ment from China. ing in India’s GDP,cannotbeIndia’s strategy. needtoadoptanew paradigmhasbecomeob- conveyastrong messageofdeepening the base of digital access and in the India’sandChina’sgrowthtrajectoriesbe- Trade policy mustbelinkedwith foreign MorejobsmustbecreatedinIndia’sheartlands vious.Itisneedednot onlytostrengthenIndia of understandingbetween the partici- overall digital ecosystem. The netresult gantodiverge sharply from 1990 when the policynodoubt.However, foreignpolicymust and itsrural areas, notonlyinits citiesand vis-à-visChina,butto maketheeconomygood pantsonissuesofshared strategic in- would be to drive in muchlargerinvest- twocountries adopteddifferent policies for be linked with industrial policytoo; and, to around itsports. forIndia’s poorer citizens too. terest. Such exercises should be attuned mentsand createnew businesses. trade andindustrial growth. Chinahas built completethecircle,tradepolicymustbelinked MostIndian citizens do nothavethe skills to ourlong- term diplomatic ambitions. SanjayChopra, Mohali strongindustrialcapabilitiessince1990.India’s with industrial policy.Otherwise, as the am- formodernindustriesyet.Nor can they afford The writer is aformer member of the industrialpolicy, if ithadone,hasclearly failed. bassadorhad suggested, India will become to lose theirincomes to take time offtolearn Planning Commission

New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 12 EXPRESS NETWORK THEINDIANEXPRESS,WEDNESDAY,JULY15,2020 Maldives ex-President KILLING OF VIKASDUBEY, AIDES Corps Commanders meet Nasheed calls for SCdrawsHyderabad closer ties with India goes on for nearly 12 hours the meetings on June 30 Tuesday ploymentofadditional divisions, parallel,hintsatprobe KRISHNKAUSHIK tookplaceontheIndiansideof the artillery guns,air defence assets NEWDELHI,JULY14 BPM at Chushul. TopArmy andmoreequipment,inthedepth NIRUPAMA sources had said thatthe officers areas. Reduction of these addi- SUBRAMANIAN Mohamed THE FOURTH round of the Corps were to discussmodalitiesforfur- tionaldeploymentswasalsoto be MUMBAI,JULY14 Nasheed EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Commanders meeting between ther disengagement, which takenupbythe twoCorps NEWDELHI,JULY14 India and China that started wouldincluderelocationoftroops Commanders on Tuesdayaspart FORMER MALDIVIAN President around 11 am at Chushul on andmarkthesecondphaseof dis- of the de-escalation. MohamedNasheedhasurgedthe Nasheed, despiteholding no of- THE SUPREME CourtTuesday Tuesdaylastedover12hours,with engagement, in the four friction In Depsang Plains,whichis governmentof PresidentIbrahim fice in the government, remains hintedthat it will appoint acom- no details available till late points— Patrolling Point 14 close to the strategicallyimpor- Solihto buildclosertieswithIndia, an influential voice. His speech, mittee to inquire intothe killing evening. (PP14) in Galwan Valley, PP15 in tantDaulatBegOldiebaseof India, whichhedescribed as the “clos- tweetedonTuesdayfromthe of gangster Vikas Dubey and his WhilebothIndian and HotSprings area, PP17A in Gogra near the Karakoram Pass in the estand dearestofour neigh- Maldivian parliamentTwitter associatesinalleged encounters Chinesetroopshave shownsome Post Sector, andFinger 4onthe north, Chinese troops have bours”, in order to safeguardthe handle,wouldbemusicto Delhi's by the Uttar Pradesh Police. pullback atthefourfrictionpoints, north bank of Pangong Tso. blockedaccess of Indian soldiers country's sovereignty as well as ears at atime whenmostSAARC “Wewill tell youwhatweare including the north bank of Troops from both sides have to theirtraditional patrolling lim- benefit from India'seconomy. countries arewalkingafine bal- going to do. This is something we PangongTso,furtherreductionin stepped backtoavoid anydirect its. In Pangong Tsoaswell, while Nasheed, the founder of the ancebetween Beijing and Delhi. have already done in the thenumberof troopsandthedis- confrontation, as partofthe first China has movedits troops to- ruling Maldivian Democratic “Wemustbewise, andjoin Hyderabad matter,” Chief Justice tance between them were to be phaseofdisengagement. Troops wardsFinger5,fromFinger4,they Party, who wasbarredfromcon- hands with India,sothatwemay of IndiaSABobde,heading a discussedbythe Corps from neither side areallowedto continuetobeconsiderablywest testingforthepresidencybecause enjoy similar growth and devel- three-judgeBench,saidastwope- UP ADG (Lawand Order) Prashant Kumar holds up the Commanders on Tuesday, along patrol on these four pointsas of Finger 8, whichiswhereIndia of hisconviction by the previous opment (as India). It is my opin- titionsseekingacourt-monitored policerifles recoveredafter the arrest of gangsterVikas withthe Chinese presence in diplomatic and militarydiscus- says the Line of Actual Control government,contestedtheparlia- ion, and my firm belief that we probeintothe deathscame up. Dubey's aideShashikant Pandey, in Kanpur on Tuesday. PTI Depsang Plains as well as de-es- sionsbetweenboththecountries passes through.The distance be- mentaryelections in 2019 and cannot grow or develop beyond On December 12,2019, the calationfromthe depthareas in continuetoresolve the 11-week- tween Finger 4and Finger 8is8 waselected Speaker. what we arenow,ifweabandon SupremeCourthadorderedanin- the region. longstandoff.While the troops km. However, the Chinese forces He made the remarks in a ourcloserelationshipwithIndia... quirybyathree-membercom- Dubey’scousin arrested in LtGeneralHarinderSingh,the have disengaged mutuallyatall continueto maintainpresenceon speech at an event in whichIndia Iamalsocertain thatMaldivians mission headedbyits former XIV CorpsCommander,led the thesepoints,sothatarepeatofthe the ridgelineatFinger 4, looking giftedoutdoorfitnessequipment and their elected leaders will be judgeJustice VSSirpurkar into Indian delegationtomeetMajor June15 eventsdoesnottakeplace over the Indian positions on the to the Maldives. This is the first wise and makeshrewdand sen- “circumstances in which” four Kanpur, 2rifles recovered GeneralLiu Lin, theCommander when violentclashes at PP14left west. time during India's present mili- sible decisions regarding our for- menaccusedof rapingandkilling of SouthXinjiang Militaryregion. casualtiesonbothsides,including Indian troops have also tarytensionwithChinainLadakh eignpolicy and our closestallies aveterinary surgeon had been sailantshad allegedlytaken While the firsttwo meetings be- 20Indiansoldiers,Indiawantssta- movedback, towardsFinger 3, as thatahigh-profilepoliticalleader and neighbours,the closestand killedinan“encounter”withthe EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE away afterkilling the police per- tween them, on June 6and June tus quoanteatall locations. partofthe mutual disengage- in anyofthe SAARCnations has dearestofwhomisIndia.Iamsure police afew days earlier.The LUCKNOW,JULY14 sonnel. 22,hadtakenplaceontheChinese Another major concern has ment discussedbetween the spokenunequivocallyinfavourof that the government elected by Bench, also comprising Justices R “Shashi wasarrestedfrom side of the Border Personnel been the massive military build- Corps Commanders at their last strengtheningties with Delhi. theMaldivianswillchooseto em- Subhash Reddy and ASBopanna, THE UTTAR Pradesh Police on Mela Chauraha of Chaubeypur Meeting (BPM`) point at Moldo, up by both sides, including de- meeting. From2015 untilmuchof2018, brace India andworkwith them howeveraddedonTuesday that Tuesdayarrestedgangster Vikas area in Kanpur,and during ques- duringthepresidencyof Abdullah to join in their successes and de- it did notintend to monitorthe Dubey’s cousin Shashikant tioningheconfessedhis involve- Yameen,Maldives-Indiarelations velopments,” said Nasheed, probeasitwouldthenmakeitim- Pandey,who went on the run af- mentinthecrime.Shashikantsaid House panel on were at an all-timelow,asthe speakinginDhivehi. possibleforcourttohearappeals. tereight policemenwere he had hidden the lootedpolice Maharashtra college pass strategicallylocatedIndianOcean In his speech, Nasheed spoke Appearingfor the UP govern- gunneddownatBikru villagein weaponsonVikas’sbidding.Later, IT discusses atollnation forged close ties with of theage-old linksbetween the ment, Solicitor General Tushar Kanpur district on July3. using Shashi’s information, the certificates say ‘Covid-19 Beijing,invitingmassive Chinese twocountries,andsaid“Indiahas Mehtasaid the state had taken Dubeywas shotdead in an policerecoveredanAK-47 rifle Aarogya Setu, investmentininfrastructureproj- alwaysbeen apartner in our steps in the matter.The Benchal- alleged encounter on July10 andlive 17 cartridgesfromVikas’s ectsandsigningafreetradeagree- growth”. He said relationswith lowedtime till Thursdayfor the while being brought backtothe house, and Insas rifle and live 20 promoted’, probe ordered ban on apps ment.BeijingseestheMaldivesas Indiawere importantto maintain statetofileareply. Itwillnexttake state from MP,while five other cartridges from Shashi’s house,” sensitive”towards students. an important link in itsBelt and Maldiviansovereignty.“Andwhat up the matter on July20. One of assailants have been killedin said Additional Director General EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE The “Covid-19promoted” tag Road Initiative. we mustacceptisthat the best the petitionersisadvocate separatesuspected encounters. (Lawand order) Prashant Kumar. MUMBAI,JULY14 on certificates, studentsalso KARISHMAMEHROTRA DelhiwasrelievedatPresident waytomaintain Maldivian inde- Ghanshyam Upadhyay, who had The police claimedPandey Shashikant, alias Sonu claimed, would have an adverse NEWDELHI,JULY14 Solih'selectionattheendof 2018. pendence, freedom and sover- filedaplearaisingthe apprehen- confessedhis role in the attack. Pandey, is the 30-year-oldson of STATEAGRICULTURE Minister impact on their career,making eigntyisto sustainaclosebilat- sion Dubey might be killed in an Theylater recoveredanAK-47 ri- Vikas Dubey’s maternal uncle DadasahebBhuseorderedaprobe them seem less proficient and DURINGAmeetingofthe Stan- eral partnership,” he said. encounter. fle and an Insas rifle thatthe as- Prem Prem Kumar Pandey. Tuesdayafteraprivate agriculture employable. The four stateagri- ding Committee on Information college inAmravatistampedpass cultureuniversities—BalaSawant TechnologyonTuesday, thecom- certificates of first- and second- Konkan AgricultureUniversity at mitteemembersheardpresenta- Govthikes ex-gratiafor kin of yearBScagriculturestudentswith Dhapoli, Mahatma Phule tions from the IT and Home ‘Covid-19promoted’. AgricultureUniversityatRahuri, Ministries regarding the Aarogya In alettertothe director-gen- Marathwada Agriculture Setu application and the decision deceased MGNREGA workers eral of MaharashtraCouncil of University at Parbhani, and Dr to ban 59 apps, it waslearnt. NewDelhi: With asurge in de- an MGNREGAworker’s family AgricultureEducation and PanjabraoDeshmukhAgriculture Onlyeightof the29members mand forunskilledworkunder will getex-gratia of Rs 2lakh for Research and vice-chancellors of University at Akola —this year of the committee attended the MGNREGAinwakeofCovid-19, accidental death/fulldisability agricultureuniversities, Bhuse conducted exams onlyfor the fi- meeting due to travel restrictions the government has increased and Rs 1lakhfor partialdisability said,“Therewerenodirectives nal-yearBScagriculturestudents. related to Covid-19. compensation forfamilies of de- under the Pradhan Mantri fromthestate governmentto cer- The studentsfirst- and second- During the meeting, officials ceasedworkersunderthescheme SurakshaBimaYojana (PMSBY). tify ‘Covid-19promoted’ on the year studentsofagricultural uni- told the committee —chairman from Rs 75,000to Rs 2lakh. “If aperson employedunder certificates issuedtostudents. versities were to be promoted- ShashiTharoor wasthe only Anotificationissuedbythe the Scheme meetswith death or Who hastaken theinitiativeand withoutanyexaminationinview Oppositionmember —that the MinistryofRural Development becomes permanentlydisabled why?” of the Covid-19pandemic. decision to ban the apps came af- statedthatincaseofany accident, by accident arising out of and in The matter, asenior officer in Taking serious cognizance of tersecurity agencies forwarded the courseofemployment, he or the Agriculturedepartment said, the issue, Bhuse on Tuesday the listtothe MHA,itwas learnt. IHQ OF MoD (ARMY)/QMG’sBRANCH his legal heirs, as the case may cameto lightonMondayafterthe sought areportinthe matter TheITMinistrysaidatthemeeting be,shall be paidbythe imple- private collegereportedly readied within aweek andurged the ad- that theyweresimplyanimple- DGST/ARMY PURCHASE ORGANISATION menting agency an ex-gratia as passcertificates for242 of itsstu- ministration to “rectifytheir mentation agency. 3RD FLOOR, CWING,SENABHAWAN, NEW DELHI- 110011 per entitlement under PMSBYor dentsstamped with ‘Covid-19 blunder”. Onecommitteemember, BJP’s e-Mail: [email protected] Tele No: 23014517 as maybenotifiedbythe Central promoted’. The certificates,ex- Criticisingthegovernmentfor NishikantDubey, saidthattherea- NOTICE OF TEC DATES OF APO Government,” says the newpro- pected to be distributedafter July its“insensitivity” towardsstu- sons behind the app ban cannot Army Purchase Organization intends to inform prospective bidders that tenders for the under vision. ENS 15,triggeredahugefuroreafter dents,BJPleaderandformerstate be elaboratelydiscussed at the mentioned item has been uploaded and can be accessed through the mentioned tender ID’s theBJPcalledthegovernment“in- educationminister, AshishShelar, meeting.HereferredtoRule 270 on the Govt website http://defproc.gov.in/eprocure/app. tweeted, “It has come to the fore of the Rules of Procedureand SI No Items Quantity (in Tender ID on CPP Portal Last date of Bid thatthemarksheetsof agriculture Conductof BusinessinLokSabha, MT) Submission universities have ‘promoted whichstatesthataparliamentary 1. Pulses 4386MT 2020_ARMY_359386_1 29 Jul 2020 Covid-19’ stamps. This is wrong committee has the “powerto and unjusttostudents.” send forpersons, papers, and Founderpresident of record” but with the disclaimer: Sd/- xxx AgricultureGraduate's “Providedfurther thatGovern- Chief Director of Purchase (CDP) Association,Mahesh Kaduspatil, ment maydecline to producea Army Purchase Organisation meanwhile,said, “Since the start, document on the groundthatits davp 10602/11/0006/2021 we had been demanding evalua- disclosure wouldbeprejudicialto tion and promotion of students the safetyorinterestofthe State.” CHENNAI METROPOLITAN WATER SUPPLYAND SEWERAGEBOARD without the tagofpasseddue to TheMPsaidthatMHAofficials NOTICE INVITING TENDER Covid-19... This move is the doing should notbecalled to thenext of someoneattheuniversitylevel. meeting,whichthe panellargely NATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING MaharashtraCouncil of agreedupon, TheIndian Express Sealed bids are invited from the eligible bidders for the following work as per AgricultureEducation and has learnt. the procedure of CMWSSB under two cover system conforming to the Tamil Nadu Research has assured us thatno FULLREPORTON Transparency in Tenders Act, 1998 and Rules 2000. suchdirectiveshavebeen given.” www.indianexpress.com S.No Details of the Tender 1. 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BUND OFFICE COMPLEX; SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER (CONTRACTS &MONITORING) on Monday issuedanotifi- SHASTRI NAGAR, DELHI -110031 DIPR/ 2622 /Tender/2020 1 BCB/VELF/2020- Collection of Licence Fee on Rs.5,600/- Rs.2,75,000/- 364 days cationpublishingthe draft NOTICEINVITING 2021/Revenue/E-3 the EntryofCommercial (Cost of Tender (Rs.Two lakh (Pl. refer clause 59, Transgender Persons e-TENDERS Vehicles in Cantonment Area, Fee -Rs.5,000/- Seventy five 60 &61ofAnnexure (Protection of Rights) Badaun Road, Bareilly Cantt. +GST 12% - thousand) only Ill) Rules, 2020, and sought The Executive Engineer,Civil Division Rs.600/-) No. III, l&FC, Delhi invites on behalf of “objections and sugges- the President of India, online tender The Schedule of Dates for E-Tendering are follow :- tions” within a30-daype- for the following works. riod before the official 1. NIT NO.: EE/CD-III/NIT/02/2020-21 Sr.No. Activity Date Time HOA: MLALAD FUND Nameof gazetted notification. work:- Providingand fixing of 1 Publishing date of E-Tender 15-07-2020 1200 hrs The Transgender stainless steel three seater benches 2 Document Download start date (sale of Tender) 15-07-2020 1200 hrs Persons (Protection of at different Park/locations in Trilokpuri 3 Bid submission start date (cover-1 &2) 15-07-2020 1200 hrs Rights) Act, 2019,was (AC-55). EstimatedCost:Rs. 30,96,130/-, Earnest Money: Rs. 4 Document Download (sale of Tender) end date 06-08-2020 1200 hrs passed lastyear in 61,923/- Period of completion : 120 5 Bid submission end date (cover-1 &2) 06-08-2020 1200 hrs Parliament amid criticism Days: Last date &time of 6 Technical bid opening date &time (cover-1) 07-08-2020 1200 hrs from transgender rights submission of tender: upto 3:00 P.M activists and protests by on 21.07.2020. Note : the LGBTQ community. (Tender ID 2020_IFC_192496_1). 1. 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New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM THEINDIANEXPRESS,WEDNESDAY,JULY15,2020 EXPRESS NETWORK 13 As Iran starts KERALA GOLD SMUGGLING CASE Bihar gangrape case: Chabahar-Zahedan Accusedwereintouchwith Woman booked for rly project,India ‘misbehaviour’ while hints: May join later minister,official:callrecords recording statement theminMayandJune.Jaleel’stwo However, therewereseveral Suresh wasabsorbed with an will beagateway forthe country's SHAJUPHILIP personalstaffmemberswerealso calls between Jaleeland Swapna entity under the stateITdepart- ficer and were sent to jail.” SHUBHAJITROY trade,and developing this re- THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, in touchwith Suresh, who is the even afterRamzan. ment allegedly at the behestof SANTOSHSINGH The FIR —lodgedbythe court NEWDELHI,JULY14 gion's infrastructureisanecessity JULY14 second accusedinthe smuggling According to theCDR, Sivasankar,who wasITsecretary. PATNA,JULY14 clerkatthe firstclassjudicial to createmorejob opportunities of 30 kg gold from the UAEto Sivasankar wasintouch with Suresh wasseen in the power magistrateofAraria —said the IRANSTARTED work on the and promote economic growth. TROUBLE DEEPENED forthe Thiruvananthapuram viadiplo- Sarith PS,the firstaccused. There centres heresince 2016 even as AWOMAN whowas allegedly activists started"asking fora Chabahar-Zahedan railway proj- Sources in Iranian govern- CPI(M)-ledgovernment in Kerala matic cargo. were severalcalls between she facedacriminalcaserelated gangrapedhas been booked copyofthe victim's recorded ect lastweek since it wantsto ment told TheIndian Express on afteritcame to light that Minister Jeleel told the media that he them, mostlylengthy ones, days to forgingafalse sexualabuse along with twoactivists andsent statement from the presiding of- complete asectionbeforeIranian TuesdaythatonChabahar port, KTJaleel and senior IAS officer M spoketoSureshonlyaboutoffi- before the matter came to light. complaint againstAir India staff. to jail on chargesofstopping ficer and also threatenedthat PresidentHassan Rouhani faces Iran has always been “commit- Sivasankar, who wasrecentlyre- cial matters as per the directive Sivasankar toocalledboth Meanwhile, CPI(M)leader public servantsfromdoing their theybelongedtoJan Jagran elections next year. tedtoits common vision and movedasprincipal secretaryto of the Consul-General. “I got a Suresh and Sarith. and AssemblySpeaker P duty while recording her state- Shakti Sangathan".Itaccused India is notpartofthis project partnership with India to de- the chief minister, had been in messagefromthe Consul- Customs had earlier found Sreeramakrishnan facedflak for ment before amagistratein them of threatening the presid- as of now, since thereislackof velop the portfor the sakeof touchwith the accusedinthe General sayingthat Ramzan that Suresh, Sarith and Sandeep havingopenedaworkshop of Araria. ing officer to "re-recordthe vic- clarity on whether the railway peace, sustainabledevelopment gold smuggling case. food kitsare readywiththem for Nair (another accused) fre- Sandeep Nair in December. The woman allegedly raised tim's statement", calleditan project will attract US sanctions. and economic integration in the Accordingtothe Call Detail distribution. He wanted me to quentlygathered at Sivasankar’s Suresh wasalso present at the her voice and insistedthatshe "open threat to judiciary" and While Chabahar portdevel- region”. The country,asource Record (CDR) shown by TVchan- getbackifIwasinterested. apartment in the statecapital. inauguration and wasseenwith would sign the statement only demanded aprobe intothe so- opment has been exempted said, is “happytosay that even nelsonTuesday, HigherEducation Subsequently, Iwas asked to The flat near the statesecretariat the Speaker.Sreeramakrishnan afterone of the activists read it cial organisation. The three were from US sanctions, sources said during this Corona Pandemic, MinisterKTJaleel made several contact Suresh as per the direc- wastaken on rent by Sivasankar. latertold the media that he did out to her. booked under IPCSections in- thereisambiguity over the rail- goods transiting via Chabahar lengthycallstoSwapnaSuresh, tion from the Consul-General. Suresh and Sarith worked notknowthatSuresh had been The woman, who worksasa cluding 353(assault or criminal waylink. Port,whichisoperatedbyIndia, the second accusedinthe gold The conversations were purely with the UAEConsulateasexec- removedfromthe Consulate. cook and is illiterate, wasal- forcetostoppublicservant from As India talkstothe US and is flourishing daybyday”. smuggling case whichisbeing official,” he said, adding that he utivesecretaryand PRO, respec- The Speakerhad gone forthe legedly gangrapedonJuly6and doing their duty), 229 (person- awaitsclarity,ithas conveyedto Iran has also offeredmany probed by NIA and Customs. wasnot awarethat Suresh was tively,until lastyear.Soon after inauguration following an invi- she filedacomplaint on July 7 ationofjuror), 188(disobedience Iran that it is opentojoining the moreinvestmentopportunities Therewereseveral calls between notaConsulatestaffer anymore. she losther job at the Consulate, tation from Suresh. with Araria women police sta- to order), 180(refusing to sign projectatalater stage, once the –including in road and railway, tion.AnFIR wasregisteredon his/ her ownstatement made) geopolitical situation becomes power, petrochemical, steel and July9.Calledtorecordher state- and forcontempt of court. clearer —possiblybythe end of fertilisersectors–inChabahar RAPE ACCUSED ON THE RUN GUJARAT ment before the magistrate un- While the woman’s medical the year when the US elections Free Zone as well as on Makran der Section 164ofCrPC, she ap- reportisawaited,the police have take place. coast, including to India during Newspaper owner Policewoman whotook peared with twosocialactivists. arrested one of the five accused Sources pointed out that the pastdecades, the source said. When the magistrateasked her in the gangrape case. Theysaid India had allocated Rs 100crore “Chabaharport, togetherwith to sign her statement, the theyhavenosubstantial details forthe Chabaharproject in this itsunder-construction railway took minor victims on on minister’s son seeks woman reportedlyshoweddis- on the other four. year’sBudget.The allocationof line to Zahedan(also offeredto sent and insistedthat one of the Ashish Ranjan, Secretary, Jan the funding signals India’sdesire Indian companies IRCONand activists firstread it out to her. Jagran Shakti Sangathan, told The and commitment to be partof Rites forsome years), arepartof trips abroad: police to resign; gets protection Araria Sub Divisional police Indian Express:"Thesurvivorwas the project, but it has to under- the International North-South officer Pushkar said:"As per rule, well within her rightstoask fora take “due diligence” before Transit Corridor, which signifi- from Bhopal —asthe man who no one can accompanyacom- confidant.The court mistook her spending the money. cantlycutsshortthe traditional MILINDGHATWAI allegedly exploited them in his KAMAALSAIYED plainant during recording of her agitationasapersonalaffront.The As reportedbyIranian news traderoutesbetween Indiaand BHOPAL,JULY14 flatsafter offering them food and SURAT,JULY14 statement before themagistrate. focus seems to have shifted from agency IRNA,the projectisaimed the European and CIS countries' drink.The police had arrested a Sunita The woman and two activists therapecaseto themisbehaviour at connecting Chabahar with [post-SovietEurasianrepublics] EVEN AS newspaper owner 21-year-old woman, an alleged THE SURATcitypolicehavepro- Yadav face chargesofstopping public allegations on the survivor. We Zahedan, the capital of southeast- markets,” the Iranian source said. PyareMiyan, who has been ac- associate, while Miyan managed videdprotection to Lok Rakshak servantsfromdoing theirduty have full faith in the judiciary and ernSistan-Baluchestanprovince. The source said, “It wasex- cusedofraping minorgirls,con- to escape. Dal (LRD) jawanSunitaYadav, and threatening the presiding of- arelooking forlegal remedies." Iran plans to completeitbythe pected that in addition to invest- tinues to be on the run, police On Tuesdaythe administra- whosaid she facedthreat to life seekingpoliceprotection.Thecall end of Iranian calendar year of ment in Chabahar port, India have arrested three persons in- tion demolished aproperty adja- aftershe took on the son of seemsto befromoutsideGujarat,” 1400(March 2022), it reported. could alsoplayamorecrucial cluding his manager and a cent to aweddinghall, ownedby Gujarat MinisterofState for Yadavtold TheIndian Express. ELGAARPARISHAD CASE Speaking at the event, role in fundingand constructing woman who allegedly helped Miyan, that wasdemolished on Health Kishore Kanani forviolat- The inquiryintothe July8 Khademi notedthat the total this strategic transit routefrom him procurethe children. Monday. Miyan had allegedly ing curfew. episode involving Kanani’s son Special court extends lengthofthis railroad is 628 km, Chabahar to Zahedan, and from The police have searched the encroached on apiece of govern- Claiming that she was“under Prakash and Yadav, whichwas 150kmofwhich will be laid by Zahedan to Sarakhsatthe bor- 68-year-old’s flat and reportedly ment land near his flat. The au- pressure”, Yadavtold TheIndian with Assistant Commissioner of the end of the current Iranian der with Turkmenistan, whichin recoveredchildpornography, thorities cleared the encroach- Express that she sought to resign Police (ACP) Adivision CK Patel, Navlakha, Teltumbde, calendar year (March 2021). the absence of active Indian en- sextoys,antlers and expensive ment on Tuesday. from the policeforce andcon- washandedovertoACP F Referring to the importance of gagement and partnership is liquor.Theyalso collecteddetails SP (South) Sai Krishna Thota veyedher intention to the Division JKPandya,bypolice Chabahar-Zahedan railway line, currentlyunder construction by about his tripsabroad, wherehe told The Indian Express that higher-ups, adding that she commissioner RB Brahmbhatt. detention by 90 days Khademi said that due to its Iranian funding and engineering would allegedly take theminor Miyan had travelledabroad in wanted to prepare to become an Meanwhile,former Surat NCP strategic position, Chabahar port capacities.” victims, and the propertieshe the lastfew years and wasal- IPS officer and return to theforce. chief Rajubhai Godhani gave an owns in Bhopal and Indore. ways accompaniedbyhis minor “My fight is notfor Sunita application, alleging that on July SADAFMODAK Varavara Rao Agroup of girls who report- victims who would call him Abu. Yadav, my fight is forthe khaki 5, Yadavstoppedhim during the MUMBAI,JULY14 edly losttheir wayonSunday Some foreign visitswereos- uniform.Ihavereceivedcoupleof dayfornotwearing amask prop- undergoes tests India-EU summit morning namedMiyan —who tensiblyfor treatment of his threatsonphone... Iapproached erly while driving his car,and de- OBSERVINGTHATdue to the at hospital; stable has been bringing out Afkar daily ailments. the Surat police commissioner mandedthat she be suspended. lockdown, the investigating offi- cer in the Elgaar Parishad case Mumbai:Writer-poetVarvara today likely to see could not“investigatethematter RaoonTuesdayunderwenta effectively”, aspecial courthas ex- batteryoftests at JJ Hospital Bengal MLA founddead:Preliminary tendedthedetention of academic in Mumbai. According to political talks on Dr AnandTeltumbdeandactivist dean Dr RanjitMankeshwar, Gautam Navlakha by another 90 Raoisstablebut no definitive autopsy report says death due tohanging days.The NIA, probing the case, line of treatment forany ill- trade, investment cannowfileachargesheetagainst ness has begun. “Weare still hanged at the public spot. the twomen in 180days since investigating his health con- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE The stategovernmenthas their arrest on April14. ditions. Thereare fewmore SHUBHAJITROY KOLKATA,JULY14 asked the Criminal Investigation “The courtisnot obliviousto testsremaining.Once we NEWDELHI,JULY14 Department (CID) to probethe thefactthatdueto theimposition have all resultstherewill be THE PRELIMINARYpost- case, but the BJP has demanded of lockdown the entireprocess clarity on treatment,” INDIA AND theEuropeanUnion mortemreportofDebendra aCBI investigation. wasstalled... it wasnot expected Mankeshwarsaid.Rao (80), (EU)arelikelytoannounceahigh- Nath Ray, MLAfromHemtabad The preliminaryautopsy re- from the investigation officer to behindbars since 2018 in the levelpoliticaldialogueontrade in West Bengal’s NorthDinajpur portstates, “Death wasdue to ef- puthislifeandthelivesof theother Elgaar Parishad case, was andinvestmentswith aviewto district, has stated that he died fectsofhanging as notedabove- assistant investigation officers at takentohospital on Monday resume the negotiations on the “due to effectsofhanging”. antemorteminnature. Further stakeand proceedthe investiga- afterhecomplained of long-pendingBilateral Tradeand The body of 65-year-oldRay information if anywillbepro- tion...,” special judgeDinesh E dizziness. ENS Investment agreement at the PM Modi to co-chair meet wasfound hangingabout akilo- videdafter receiptofthe chem- Kothalikar saidintheorderpassed India-EUsummitonWednesday, metrefromhis house in Bindal ical examiners report.” Sunday. Thedetailedorder was EU sources said on Tuesday. villageMondaymorning. Addressing the media on made available Tuesday. Of the 11 accusedbehind The leadersare also likelyto between CBI and Europol. His wifeChadima has written Kailash Vijayvargiyaled aBJP delegation to meet President Tuesday, Home SecretaryAlapan Navlakha and Teltumbdehad bars in the case, Teltumbde (70), discuss China’s role in the global These will be among the key to the police, naming twopeople RamNath Kovind, seeking aCBI probeintothe deathof Bandyopadhyaysaid, “On read- filedseparateapplications seek- Varavara Rao(80), Shoma Sen order. expectedtakeaways from the who allegedly owed moneyto Hemtabad MLADebendraNath Ray. Twitter/PTI ingthe postmortemreportand ing default bail on the ground (61) and Sudha Bharadwaj (58) The dialogue will be setup India-EU summit, whichwill be Rayand would threaten him on examining attendant circum- that the NIA did notfile a had sought interim bail since the between Commerce Minister co-chaired by Prime Minister when he askedthem to return it. stances of witnesses and evi- chargesheetagainst them within lockdowncitingtheir suscepti- Piyush Goyaland EU Trade NarendraModiand European She has also statedthat local TMC polls on aCPM ticket but joined She statedthat she strongly dences, the West Bengal Police is the stipulated 90 days.The ap- bility to Covid-19considering Commissioner Phil Hogan. Council president Charles Michel leaders had approachedRay, the BJP in 2019,and askedhim to believesthat Raywas strangled prima facie of the opinion that plications were,however, re- their ageand other comorbidi- Besides this,the twosides andEuropeanCommission pres- who waselectedin the 2016 state join the party. to death and his body then this is acase of suspectedsuicide.” jected by the special court. ties. The bails were rejected. will also unveil ajoint road map identUrsula vonder Leyen. to 2025, as theymaketheir am- EU sources said theywould bitious projections to the next liketohavea“comprehensive” Government of India DEBTS RECOVERYTRIBUNAL, DEHRADUN GOVERNMENT OF INDIA five-year time-frame in the cur- trade agreement, instead of an Ministry of Electronics &Information Technology(MeitY) GovernmentofIndia, MinistryofFinance, Ministry of Electronics &Information Technology rent challengingcircumstances “early harvest” trade deal. But Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) UNIQUE IDENTIFICATION AUTHORITY OF INDIA (UIDAI) 4th floor,Bangla Sahib Road, Behind Kali Mandir,Gole Market, New Delhi-110001 (DepartmentofFinancial Services) duetothe Covid-19 pandemic. theyare also remindedofIndia's 2Fnd loor,Paras Tower, Mazra, Saharanpur Road, Dehradun,UK. 248171 4th floor,Bangla Sahib Road, Behind Kali Mandir,Gole Market, New Delhi-110001 The twosideswill also an- “protectionisttendencies”, with Vacancy circular for filling up the post of Assistant Director General PUBLICATION NOTICE IN O.A. No. 343 OF 2019 Filling up the postsofAssistantDirector General (Technology) on deputation basis at UIDAI. nounceanew maritime security the MakeinIndia programme SUMMONS UNDER SUB-SECTION (4) OF SECTION 19 OF THE RECOVERYOFDEBTS (Technology) on deputation in UIDAI. dialogue,since the EU has been and the “self-reliant” (atmanirb- UIDAI, invites applications for filling up 06 posts(likely to vary) of Assistant Director AND BANKRUPTCYACT,1993, READ WITHSUB-RULE (2A) OF RULES 5OFTHE Reference is invited to UIDAI vacancy circulardated 20.05.2020 (https://uidai.gov.in/images/ quiteactive in the Indian Ocean har) India campaign. General (Technology), in the Pay Matrix Level-13 Pay Band Rs. 1,23,100-2, 15,900) on DEBTRERCOVERYTRIBUNAL (PROCEDURE) RULES, 1993 AS AMENDED FROM career/VC_for_the_posts_20_of_ADG_Technology_on_deputation_in_UIDAI_21042020.pdf) and deputation basis in UIDAI at Bangaluru, New Delhi and Manesar (Gurugram). TIME TO TIME) 24.06.2020 inviting applications for 14 anticipated posts(likely to vary) of Assistant Director General region and had displayed con- On contemporaryglobal is- The application may be furnished in the prescribed proforma and forwarded to ADG (HR), Dy.No. 240 Dated :13/07/2020 in the Pay Matrix level-13 (pre-revised Pay Band Rs. 1,23,100-2, 15,900/-) on deputation basis at siderable amount of skilland ca- suesofinterest, Indiaand theEU Unique Identification Authority of India, 4th Floor,Bangla Sahib Road, Behind Kali Mandir, UIDAI offices at Delhi, Guwahati, Lucknow,Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chandigarh and Bangaluru. pacity while combating piracy in will discuss China, besides rela- Gole Market, New Delhi-110001. The last date for receipt of application complete in all Oriental Bank of Commerce Vs. M/s Great Indo Risers P. Ltd &Ors. In this regard, it is hereby informed that last date for submission of applications through proper the western Indian Ocean region. tions with the US and Russia, respectsis12.08.2020. Sincethis vacancy is to be filled up on deputation basis, To, channel is extended upto 15.07.2020.Those who have applied against circular dated 20.05.2020 and private candidates are not eligible. 24.06.2020 through proper channel need not apply afresh. However,new applicantsand applicants Sources said the twosideswill sources said. Both sides have “in- who have submitted only advance copy of the application may submit their applications complete in Application received after the last date or otherwise found incomplete shall not be 13/1. Hasina, W/oLateBundu Khan, R/oG-195, Dilshad Colony, Delhi-110095. decide to push forstronger de- tense” relations with China, and all respect through proper channel within the extended date. Since this vacancy is to be filled up considered. Further details may be obtained from the website www.uidai.gov.in. 13/2. Abbas, S/oLateBundu Khan, R/oG-195, Dilshad Colony, Delhi-110095. on deputation basis, private candidates are not eligible. fence and security cooperation, theEUhasreceiveddetailedinfor- Assistant Director General (HR) 13/3. Akhtar,S/oLateBundu Khan, R/oG-195, Dilshad Colony, Delhi-110095. Assistant Director General (HR) and one of them will be to mationfrombothsidesonwhat’s Now Aadhaar Enrollment &Updation Facilities can also be availed at Aadhaar Now Aadhaar Enrollment &Updation Facilities can also be availed at Aadhaar launchnegotiations forapact happeningatthe LACinLadakh. Seva Kendra (ASK). To locate one near you, visit UIDAI.GOV.IN or Call 1947. Whereas, the abovenamed Applicantbank has institued OA No. 343 Seva Kendra (ASK). 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3,374,654 291,691 262,173 738,787 How immunityisdeveloped US United Kingdom Iran Russia Anew antibody study suggests immunity to Covid-19may be lostinmonths, yetnotes antibodies arenot the onlyway the bodydevelops immunity.What is the other way, and does it put alimitation on thestudy? 304,435 Mexico During the process of activation, some of 330,123 KAUNAINSHERIFFM theTcells remain inactive as memorycells. Peru NEWDELHI,JULY14 These produce moreTcellsifthe infection 1,884,967 returns. Therefore, memoryplays acrucial Brazil 906,752 287,796 India ALONGITUDINAL study by the researchers role in providingcell-mediated immunity. 317,657 SouthAfrica from King’s CollegeLondon —firstreported Thereare also helper Tcells, whichfunction Chile by TheGuardian on Sunday—has suggested indirectly by communicatingtootherim- thatimmunity to Covid-19 might be lostin mune cells about potential pathogens. TOTALCONFIRMED:13,145,302 DEATHCOUNT:574,072 months.The suggestion is basedonasteep Source: Johns Hopkins University,updatedat11pmonJuly 14 . JHU’s India tally and Health drop in patients’ antibody levels three months What is the evidence so faroncell- Ministry’s tally (below) maynot match if these areaccounted at different times. afterthe infection. Alook at the findings, im- mediated immune response to infection plications and limitations of the newstudy, with SARS-CoV-2? andthebroader question of howthebodyde- AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria said velops immunity againstaninfection: dataemerging on immuneresponse shows Acommon molecular featurein that cell-mediated immunity is also acti- What arethe findingsofthe study? vatedinsome cases and is givingprotection The researchers analysed theimmunere- through Tcells in the blood. antibodies that fight coronavirus sponse of 90 recoveredCovid-19patients Antibodies, if detected,provide evidence that apathogenhas causedaninfection In astudy publishedinthe journal Cell, and healthcareworkers. In their study,which and thebody’s immune system has responded. Partha Paul researchers from Germanyfoundthat Tcell SCIENTISTS HAVE re- erful at neutralising the is notyet peer-reviewed, theyfound that an- clusters emerge over thecourse of diseasein portedthe discovery of a virus—and these potent tibodies that specificallyhelp in neutralising recovering patients. It said Tcells reactive to common molecular fea- antibodies areall en- the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 decreased2- who ledthe study,said “further research is son wasexposedtothe virus. SARS-CoV-2 have been identifiedin“indi- turefoundinmanyofthe coded, in part, by the 23-fold during an 18-65 dayfollow-up pe- neededtodetermine the levelofantibodies The researchers flagged the fact that an- viduals exposedtoother common cold coro- human antibodies that same antibody gene, riod. This is similar to the decrease in anti- required forprotection from infection.” “We tibodies arejustone of the ways in whichthe naviruses”, thereforesuggesting that T-cell neutralisethe novelcoro- IGHV3-53. bodies seen in seasonal coronaviruses also needtoknowmoreabout the titre of an- body can fight avirus suchasSARS-CoV-2. response detected in healthyindividualsis navirus SARS-CoV-2. Led PAPER The scientistsusedX- associated with the common cold. tibody that is required to prevent re-infec- likelytobeactivatedfromthe memoryTcells by scientists at Scripps raycrystallography to im- Theysuggestedthat immunity devel- tion in humans,”she said. So, what is the other way? derived from this earlier exposure. Research,the team has CLIP agetwo of these antibod- opedbythe formation of antibodies against The researchers makeanobservation: “... In acommentary publishedinNature on reportedits scientists in ies attachedtotheir SARS-CoV-2 lasts only afew months, and re- Doesadropinantibodiesresult in losing the role T-cell responses generated through July7,researchers from the US said T-cell re- the journal Science. NEWRESEARCH target siteonSARS-CoV- coveredCovid-19patients arelikelytore- immunity againstthe virus? either infection or vaccination playincon- activity againstSARS-CoV-2was observed in Theyrevieweddata 2. They said the resulting main susceptible and could getre-infected. Notnecessarily. Antibodiesare likefinger- trollingdisease cannotbediscountedin unexposed people. “However, thesourceand on nearly 300anti-SARS- atomic-structuredetails The analysis found “a potent” levelofanti- printsthat give us evidence that apathogen these studies”. clinical relevance of the reactivity remains CoV-2 antibodies that their labs and of this interactionshould be useful to bodiesproducedin60%of participantsduring (the coronavirus in this case) has causedan Tcells areakey component of the im- unknown. It is speculated that this reflectsT others have found in convalescent vaccine designers and scientists hop- thepeakof theirinfection;andthatonly16.7% infection and thatthe immunesystem hasre- mune response againstavirus. Ahuman cell memorytocirculating ‘commoncold’ Covid-19 patients over the pastfew ing to develop antiviral drugs that tar- retainedthat levelofpotency65days later. sponded. The antibodiesusuallyremaininthe body has twomechanismsofimmunity re- coronaviruses. It will be important to define months. Theynotedthat asubsetof getthe same site on SARS-CoV-2. While the levelofantibodies wasatahigher bloodfor aperiodof time and quicklyactivate sponse within the adaptive immunesystem. the specificities of these Tcells and assess these antibodies is particularly pow- Source: ScrippsResearch Institute levelinpatientswithsevere symptoms,there- the immunesystem when the body is ex- Firstisthe humeral immune,whichisalso their associationwith Covid-19disease searchers said it is notclear whyantibodyre- posedtothe pathogen again. Some antibod- calledantibody-mediated immunityand has severity and vaccine responses.” sponsecorrelateswithdiseaseseverity. There- ies notonlyrecognise when the pathogenre- been discussedabove.However, when a In another article, publishedinthe journal searchersnotedthatasymptomaticindividuals turns,but also protect the body foralifetime virus enters acell and can no longer be de- Immunity,researchers from the US reviewed INDIA COUNT: 9,06,752 (23,727 DEATHS) also generate antibodies againstthe virus. from re-infection, as in the case of measles. tected by antibody-mediated immunity,a the immunology of Covid-19and posedtwo However, in thecase of seasonal flu, the anti- cell-mediated immune responsecan take questions relating to T-cell response: first, RESTOFINDIA What arethe implications and the bodiesgiveprotectionfor averysmall period. over to kill the virus. what is the contribution of Tcellstoinitial TOP10STATES AndamanandNicobarIslands 166 limitations of these findings? In the case of the novelcoronavirus, it is Cellularimmunity occurs inside the in- viruscontrol and tissue damage in the con- ArunachalPradesh387 The researcherssaid the study has impor- notyet clear howlongthe antibodies pro- fected cell, and aremediatedbycells calledT text of Covid-19;and second,how do memory Assam 16806 Bihar 17959 tant implications when consideringwide- vide arecoveredperson protection. “Further lymphocytes. These arethe Tcells,which Tcellsestablishedthereaftercontributetopro- Chandigarh 588 spread serological testing, antibody protec- studies areneededtodetermine the recognise the infected cell. Beforethat, these tective immunity upon reinfection. The re- 24,936 1,13,740 Delhi Chhattisgarh 4217 tion againstre-infection with SARS-CoV-2, longevity of the antibody response and what cells have to be activatedbyinteracting with searchers wrote: “While the induction of ro- Rajasthan DadraandNagarHaveli495 38,130 UP Goa 2583 and the durability of vaccine protection. levelofantibodies is required to protect an antigen (virus)-presentingcell. Once the bustTcellimmunityislikelyessential for Haryana 21894 In aseparatestatementissuedbyKing’s againstre-infection,” the researchers said in Tcells areactivated,theyclonethemselves efficient virus control, dysregulated Tcell re- HimachalPradesh1243 JammuandKashmir10827 CollegeLondon, Dr Katie Doores from the astatement.Until then, the presence of an- generating numerous Tcells, and destroy the sponses maycause immunopathology and Jharkhand 3898 School of Immunology&Microbial Sciences, tibodiesonlygives us the evidence that aper- infected cells. contributetodisease severity in Covid-19.” 31,448 Kerala 8322 42,722 West Bengal Ladakh 1093 Gujarat MadhyaPradesh 18207 36,221 Manipur 1626 Telangana Meghalaya 318 2,60,924 Mizoram 233 Maharashtra 31,103 Nagaland 845 The language of railway station signboards Andhra Pradesh Odisha 13737 Puducherry 1468 41,581 Punjab 8178 1,42,798 Karnataka Sikkim 192 TamilNadu Tripura 2080 the stategovernment concerned. When a Even then, it is notsosimple.Paragraph Paragraph 424ofthe WorksManual has Uttarakhand 3608 AVISHEKGDASTIDAR stategovernmentwantstochangethe name 424ofthe Manual says that Railways should aseparatesection that lists districts across NEWDELHI,JULY14 of acityand wantsthattoreflect on sign- obtain approval of the stategovernmentcon- India whereall stations aretohavenames in Union Health Ministryupdateasof11pm, July14. Somestatesmay have boards includinginrailway stations, it writes cernedonthe spelling of the names (in all Urdu along withother languages. This listhas reportedhigher numbers. Onlystates/UTswith at leastone case listedabove. ON MONDAY morning, BJPnational vice pres- to theMinistryofHome Affairs, the nodal three languages) before putting them on sign- been updated over time. Todayithas close 5,71,460 PATIENTS DISCHARGED IN 35 STATES ANDUNION TERRITORIES identVinaySahasrabuddheretweetedahan- ministryfor suchmatters. boards. “The station names shall beexhibited to 100districtsfromSouth Indian states to dle called@SortedEagle that had postedapic- When the UP government wanted to in the following order: RegionalLanguage, MaharashtratoBihar. ture,purportedlyofanewsignboardshowing changethe name of Mughalsarai station, the Hindi and English, exceptfor Tamil Nadu Evenafter this,ifthereisalanguagethat Have aquestion on the COVID-19outbreak and whatyou should/shouldnot do? the names of Dehradun railway station writ- Railways waited forthe Home Ministry and wherethe use of Hindi will be restricted to locals feel should be represented on station [email protected] teninHindi,English andSanskrit, withthe last the stategovernment to work out the formal- important stations and pilgrim centres as de- signboards, concernedRailwaydepartments having supposedlyreplacedthe Urdu name ities and notifythe transporter.Itwas onlyaf- terminedbythe Commercial Department. aremandatedtoinclude it afterdiscussions ontheoriginal signboard. “Dehradunam”,the terthat, that the name wasofficiallychanged Wherethe Regional languageisHindi, the with theZonal Railway Users’ Consultative newnameread.Minuteslater,BJPspokesman to Pandit Deen DayalUpadhyaya Junction on name boards will be in twolanguages,Hindi Committee and the stategovernment. Sambit Patratweeted twophotos—asign- station signboards and tickets. The samewas and English…,” the Manual says. boardwithDehradun written in English, Hindi thecase when Allahabad became Prayagraj. Is the Urdu name being replacedwith and Urdu, and the one retweetedby Which signboardsinclude Urdu? Sanskrit in Dehradun? Sahasrabuddhe. “SANSKRIT,” Patrawrote. Howare the languagestobedisplayed In UP,Urduisone of the official languages ABJP MLAhad written to the Railways Naming of railway stations is basedona on the signboarddecided? and inscribed on station signboards. Ministrytoget thenamewritten in Sanskrit, setofcodesand manuals that has evolvedover This aspect is governedbywhatisknown Uttarakhand wasonce apartofUP, so the while alocal group locally objected to the acentury.Itevenprescribes what colour, as the Indian Railway WorksManual— a260- Dehradun station continues to have Urdu on Urdu scriptbeing removed, sources said. shape and size the namesare to bewritten in. odd-pagedocument thatcodifies everything the signboards. Local railway offices wrotetothe district au- related to civil engineering construction That is notall. Urdu being auniquelan- thorities to obtain the official Sanskrit name Howisthe change of nameformalised? works. Traditionally, station names were guagethat is notaregionallanguage con- last September and also in February this year. While Indian Railways mayown the sta- written only in Hindi andEnglish. Over time, finedtoaparticularstate,Indian Railways Fornow,Railwaysmaintains that signboards tion, it does notget involvedinthe business it wasinstructed that athirdlanguage, which has separaterulesfor writing station names in Uttarakhand would continue to display of naming it. This is lefttothe discretion of is the local language, should be included. in this languageonits signboards. names in English, Hindi and Urdu. Doesopeningwithwhiteinchesshaveanythingtodowithracism?

air that “Well, Ithink we can conclude that whitehas been linked with racism? ple changetheir minds in real life.” rulesofthe FifthAmerican Chess Congress volved in it. In Indianchess nobodywas NIHALKOSHIE chess is notracist, it's traditionand no more In agame playedwith Grandmaster UNESCO’S InternationalCoalition of of 1880, whichare available as an ebook on- bothered who playedfirst, theentire NEWDELHI,JULY14 than that”. However, by that time, ABC was Anish Giri in March last year,World Inclusive and Sustainable Cities (ICCAR) line. Rule no. 9under the ‘Rules To Be arrangement wasdifferent here. Theydid getting pilloriedonsocial media, including Champion Magnus Carlsen openedwith supportedthe campaign. Observedinthis Grand Tournament’ states: notcareifthe right-handcorner wasblack ARADIO showonAustralia's national fortrivialising the problem of racism at a blackaspartofthe campaign forthe UN’s “In eachround theplayers shall have the or whiteinIndian chess. From India [an early broadcasterfaced flak around the worldre- time of BlackLives Matter. International Dayfor theElimination of What is the international chess firstmovealternatively;inthe firstgameit form of the game] went to Persia and from centlyafter aformer Australian Chess RacialDiscrimination (March 21). As he sat federation’s(FIDE) rule on the opening shall be determinedbylot.The one having Persia to Europe.” Federation official who had declinedanin- Howdid the chess worldreact? down to play,Carlsen said the rule “was move? the move in everycase is to play with white In Satyajit Ray’s Shatranj Ke Khilari,the vitation to go on air postedhis outrageon TwolegendaryRussiangrandmasters neverabout race or politics”, but addedthat Article 1.2ofthe Rules of Playsays “the pieces.” twochess addictsMirza Sajjad Ali (Sanjeev Twitterabout the topic of discussion. rejected the idea that opening with white “wecan break it to send amessageto playerwith the light pieces (white)makes Until the late19th century,recordsof Kumar) and Mir Roshan Ali (SaeedJaffrey) “ABC (Australian Broadcasting wasracist. Russia'sstate-controlledweb- everyone who believescolour should the firstmove,then theplayers move al- games showthatthe player who startedfirst areseen playing with whiteand red. In the Corporation) have takenthe view that chess siteRTquotedAnatolyKarpovassaying: “A grant advantageinchess or in life”. ternatively, withthe player with the would choosethe colour of thepieces. The mid-nineteenth century, where the film is is RACISTgiven that whitealways goes first!” period of total insanity has begun. What Giri underlinedthe needto dark-coloured pieces, makingthe periodical The Chess Player,whichdocu- set, chess piecesweremade of clay,stone, John Adams,the formerchess representa- does it have in common with the centuries- changeattitudes–usingthe hash- next move.” mentsaseries of games from 1851,records and ivory. tive who describes himself as a“professional old game?” Garry Kasparov tweeted: “Ifyou tag‘Moveforequality’,hesaid,“Itis thatthe German KarlErnstAdolf Anderssen, economist”, tweeted. “Theyare seeking areworriedthat the game of chess is racist, difficult to changeyour mindsetina But did chess always open with widelyconsideredthe best playerofthat Does the playeropeningwith white comment from achess official as to whether please take up Go, whereblackmoves first, chess game with adifferent start, white? decade, openedwith blackagainstthe Baltic have an advantage? the rules of chess needtobealtered!Trust instead of looking foolish by wasting tax- but if we can changeour minds in One of the earliestknown men- German masterLionel Kieseritzky. Along-held belief is that whiteplays to the taxpayer fundednational broadcaster to payermoneyatastatebroadcasterto'in- the game we can surelyhelp peo- tions of the whiteopening is in the Manuel Aaron, India's firstInternational win while blacktries foradrawbut hopes applyideological Marxistframeworksto vestigate' it.” Master and co-authorofthe book Indian foramistake from the opponent to turn the anything &everything in Australia!” InGo,anancientChineseboardgamethat Chess History,saysthosewho made the rules tables. In his book BlackisOk! the Hungarian James Valentine, the hostofthe after- alsobecamepopularinJapan,theblackpieces influencedwhichcolour would startfirst. GrandmasterAndras Adorjan wrote: “In my noon showonSydneyradio,said the idea move first.Shogi,theboardgamethatisoften “These rulesweremade by Europeans opinion, the onlyobviousadvantagefor of the showhad arisen out of atweet by afa- called‘Japanese chess’ because of shared and notAsian or Africans.Theyhad Whiteisthat if he or she plays foradraw, ther who said he had wondered whether roots,doesn’thave blackandwhitepiecesbut to bringsome kind of uniformity to and does so well, then Blackcan hardly chess rules had racistorigins afterhewas thefirst(Sente)andsecond(Gote)playersare the game. Probably if we had made avoid this without taking obvious risks.” asked by his daughter whywhite always commonlyreferredtoas‘black’ and ‘white’ the rules, we would have said black Adorjan dedicated over 30 years to looking movedfirst. respectively, and‘black’ starts the game. movesfirst. In Europe naturally, they at the game from the pointofviewofblack In astatement releasedafter the show, will saywhite movesfirst,”Aaron said. “But”, pieces, and also pennedbookstitledBlack Valentine clarifiedthathehad quippedon Is this the firsttime that openingwith Getty Images he added, “I don'tthinktherewas racism in- is Still Ok! and BlackisOkForever!

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Beijing’s ‘campaignofbullying’ forcontrol in theregionunlawful, says Pompeo THE US government on Tuesday UK excludes Huawei carriedout the firstfederal exe- cution in almosttwo decades, The cartuses cameras, HUMEYRAPAMUK, puttingtodeath aman who killed sensors andascale to ARSHADMOHAMMED from 5G network role an Arkansas familyina1990s in automaticallydetect &YEWLUNTIAN aplottobuild awhites-onlyna- what shoppers drop in WASHINGTON,BEIJING,JULY14 tioninthe Pacific Northwest. Dramaticworsening ASSOCIATEDPRESS The execution came over the THE UNITED States on Monday LONDON,JULY14 objection of the victims’ family. USA rejected China’s claims to off- ofUS-Chinaties DanielLewisLee,47,ofYukon, Amazonunveils shoreresources in mostofthe BRITAIN’S GOVERNMENT on Oklahoma,diedbylethalinjection South ChinaSea,drawingcriti- IN JANUARY, the US and Tuesdaybacktrackedonplans to at the federal prison in Terre shoppingcart cism from China whichsaid the China signedamajor trade give Chinese telecommunica- Haute, Indiana. The decisionto US position raisedtension in the deal, and Trumprepeatedly tions companyHuaweialimited move forwardwiththeexecution thatknowswhat region, highlighting an increas- defendedXiJinping’s han- role in the UK’s newhigh-speed —thefirstbytheBureauofPrisons you’rebuying inglytesty relationship. dling of the coronavirus out- mobile phonenetwork in ade- PM Boris Johnson has been since 2003 —drew scrutinyfrom China has offerednocoher- break.However, as the virus cision with broad implications under pressuretoscrap civilrightsgroupsandtherelatives NewYork: Amazon hasa ent legal basis forits ambitions On the USSRonald Reagan in the South ChinaSea. The US has spread across the US, Trump forrelations betweenLondon plans to give Huaweia of Lee’s victims, who had suedto newcurefor long super- in the South China Sea and for sent warships regularly through the strategic waterway to begantoblame China’s re- and Beijing. limited role in the UK’s new trytohaltit,citingconcernsabout marketlines: asmart years has been using intimida- demonstratefreedom of navigation there. AP sponse to thevirus, even sug- Britainimposedthe ban after 5G mobile phone network the coronavirus pandemic. shoppingcart. The cart, tion againstother Southeast gesting that it wasadeliber- the US threatenedtosever an in- Thedecisiontomove forward whichAmazon unveiled Asiancoastalstates, US ateploybyBeijing to telligence-sharing arrangement with the execution —and two on Tuesday, uses cam- SecretaryofState MikePompeo ularly through the strategic wa- Chineseforeign ministry destablise the US. China’s because of concerns Huawei Huaweialimited role in Britain's otherslater inthe week—during eras, sensors and ascale said in astatement. terway to demonstrate freedom spokesman ZhaoLijian con- tighteningofcontrol in Hong equipment could allowthe 5G network, excluding the com- apandemic that has killedmore to automaticallydetect “Weare making clear: of navigation there. Monday’s demned the US rejection of Kong, and itsaggressive ac- Chinese government to infiltrate panyfromcorecomponentsof the than 135,000 people in theUS what shoppers drop in. Beijing’s claims to offshorere- commentsreflect aharsher tone. China’sclaim. “It intentionally tivities in itsneighbourhood UK networks. system andrestricting itsinvolve- and is ravaging prisons, drew It keeps atallyand then sources across mostofthe South “The worldwill notallow stirs up controversy over mar- further worsenedrelations Prime MinisterBoris Johnson ment to 35%ofthe overall project. scrutinyfromcivil rights groups chargestheir Amazon China Sea arecompletely unlaw- Beijingtotreat the South China itime sovereignty claims,de- with the US. This followed wasunderpressurefromrebelsin But the move setupadiplo- as well as familyofLee’s victims. account when theyleave ful, as is itscampaign of bullying Sea as itsmaritime empire,” stroys regional peace andstabil- sanctions and penaltiesbeing his ownConservativeParty who maticclash with the Americans, “The government has been the store. No cashier is to control them,” said Pompeo, a Pompeo said. ityand is an irresponsibleact,” he imposedbybothcountries criticisedChina's newHong Kong whothreatenedtocut offsecu- trying to plow forwardwith needed. It’s the latestat- prominent China hawk within The US statement supports a said at aregular briefing.China on eachother,promptingthe security lawand itstreatment of rity cooperation unless Britain theseexecutions despite many temptbyAmazon to the Trumpadministration. rulingfour years agounder the claims 90% of the potentiallyen- Chinese foreign ministerto ethnicUighurs,aswellasHuawei's dumped Huawei. The US in May unanswered questions about the shakeupthe supermar- The United States has long UN Convention on the Lawofthe ergy-richSouth China Sea, but sayrelationswereattheir linkstothe Chinese government. imposedsanctions that bar com- legality of itsnew execution pro- ket industry andoffer a opposed China’sexpansiveter- Seathat invalidatedmostof Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, worstpoint sinceties were Johnson in Januarysought to panies from using US-made ma- tocol,” said Shawn Nolan, one of solution to long check- ritorial claims on the South China’sclaims formaritime Taiwan andVietnamalsolay reestablishedin1979. balance economic and security chineryorsoftwaretoproduce the attorneys forthe men facing out lines. China Sea, sending warshipsreg- rights in the South China Sea. claim to parts of it. REUTERS pressures by agreeingtogive chips forHuawei. federal execution.

COVID-19 PANDEMIC: COUNTRIES IMPLEMENT NEW MEASURES TO FIGHT VIRUS PAKISTAN Courtgives‘last New Japan outbreak traced chance’forSharif toappearin to Tokyo boy-band show corruptioncase cautionand prevent the further REUTERS spread of infections,whileatthe APAKISTANI anti-corrup- TOKYO,JULY14 same time pursue economic ac- tion court has givenafinal Publisher Raymond Yeung tivity,” Chief CabinetSecretary chanceto formerPMNawaz poses withadraft of To TOKYOHEALTHofficialsappealed Yoshihide Sugasaid. Sharif, currentlyinLondon Freedom. Reuters on Tuesdayfor morethan 800 The latestclusterhas been formedical treatment, to theatregoers to gettestedfor the tracedtoTheatreMoliere, which appearbeforeitonAugust novelcoronavirus afteraproduc- staged aplayfor six days starring 17 in agraft case, failing Publishers in tion starring Japanese boy-band boy-band members earlier this whichhemay bedeclareda members wasfoundtobethe month. The Tokyogovernment proclaimedoffender.The Hong Kong source of at least20cases. saiditlearnedofthefirstinfection 70-year-oldthree-timepre- The Tokyogovernmentsaidit among acastmember on July6, mier is currentlyinLondon self-censor after wasfocussing on a190-seat the- afterwhichtesting found 20 re- fortreatment afterhewas atreinShinjuku,abusyentertain- latedcases by Monday. diagnosedwithanimmune new security law ment area and home to one of The producers of the play, system disorder.Heleftfor Asia’sbiggest red-light districts Werewolf,releasedastatementon the UK in November after whichhasbeenthecentreofare- Mondayalso asking audience he wasgranted permission SARAHWU&JOYCEZHOU cent spikeininfections. members to seekhealth advice. to go abroad fortreatment HONGKONG,JULY14 Japan is pushing ahead with “Following alarge number of forfour weeks. Acourtlast opening up parts of thecountry, infections seen among our spec- month issuedanon-bail- INTHElasttwo weeks,HongKong with plans to reopenarunwayat tators, we have been informed able arrest warrantagainst publisher RaymondYeunghas one of the country’sbiggestair- that all 800spectatorswho came Sharif in the Toshakhana hastilymade changes to adraft ports,evenasinfectionspersistin to seetheperformancehavebeen case.Sharif isaccusedofob- paper copyofabook entitled To the capitalaswell as some rural identified as high-risk contacts,” tainingluxurycarsfromthe Freedom,replacingtheword “rev- Circles were painted at IbirapueraParkinSao Paulo, Brazil, to help visitors maintain social distancing. Reuters areas and US militarybases. Rise Communicationssaid on its treasuryhouse by paying olution” with “protests,” tweak- “It’s crucialthatwemaintain website. just15per centofthe price. ingabannedslogan and cutting passagesthatadvocateindepend- USA encefor the Chinese-ruledcity. £100 finefor shopping without masks BurgerKing The changes were hardto UK tables ‘cheaper, quicker, easier’ make, he told Reuters, but im- changescows’ possible to avoid since China in England; US statesmulllockdowns passedanational security lawon visas for overseas doctors, nurses dietoverclimate June 30, making the broadlyde- enforcement process. health and careprofessionals Washington: BurgerKingis finedcrimesofsecession, sub- AGENCIES Meanwhile, leaders in the ADITIKHANNA The visa, welcomedby from around theglobe to work staging an intervention version, terrorism and collusion LONDON,JULY14 United States’three mostpop- LONDON,JULY14 Indian professional in our brilliant NHS,” she said. withitscows.Thechainhas withforeign forces punishable ulous states acknowledged on “Our health and caresystem rebalancedthedietofsome by up to lifeinprison. THE UK government endeddays Mondaythatthe outbreaks THE UK government tableda groups, will be has always hadaproud tradition of the cows by adding “This is reallypainful,” Yeung of speculation and declared on they have been battling for new“cheaper,quickerand eas- launchedfromAugust of welcoming overseas staffto lemon grass in abid to limit said as he flippedthrough pages Tuesdaythat wearing aface months were on the rise and ier” Health and CareVisa in work,train andliveinthe UK, bovinescontributionsto cli- of the collection of essays by 50 mask or face coveringwill be- mayrequire areturn of stricter Parliament on Tuesday, aimedat and I'm proud that the NHS is a matechange. 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THE EMIRATI GOVERNMENT HOPES IT WILL INSPIRE FUTURE SCIENTISTS United Arab Emirates sets its sights on Mars, with aspacecraft namedHope

therewerefew opportunities in launchpadpostponedthe sched- Tianwen-1,inabout aweek. About thesize of aMini face speedorslowthe loss of the KENNETHCHANG West Asia to pursue studiesof uledliftoff Tuesday. The UAE Afourth mission,which Coopercar,Hopeisto arrive inor- planet’s atmosphere intospace. JULY14 the universe, and al-Amiri ma- Space Agency announcedthat would put aRussian-European bit around Mars in February.The That, however, is notthe jored in computer sciencein- the next launchattempt would be Sarahal-Amiri is rovernamedRosalindFranklinon spacecraft—which costabout main reason that the Emirates ASAgirlgrowingupinAbuDhabi, stead. But now, the UAEisaim- on Friday. the head of science Mars, waspushedoff thecalen- $200milliontobuild and launch government built Hope. one of the United Arab Emirates, ingtoinspireits youth to pursue The launchwill be the bold- operations and dar because of technical hurdles —willcarrythreeinstruments:an “A lotofyou might askus, Sarah al-Amiri looked at an as- science and technology careers, estmoveyet by acountrythatis deputy project thatcould notbecleared in time. infraredspectrometer, anultravi- ‘Whyspace?’ ”Omran Sharaf, the tronomybookwithaphotograph and al-Amiri has forged acareer looking to establish afuturethat manager forthe Preparations forHope,the olet spectrometerand acamera. Hope project manager,said dur- of Andromeda, the giant galaxy pursuing the heavens. will longoutlive itsoil wealth, Emirates Mars smallestofthe bunch, pro- From itshighorbit—varying ing anews conference Thursday. neighbouringour MilkyWay. Just33years old, she is the and sees aspace programme as Mission, the UAE’s ceededsmoothly, andwas now from12,400milesto 27,000miles “It’s notabout reachingMars.” “I can’t describeit,” al-Amiri head of science operationsand one waytoaccomplishthat goal. firstspace mission. thefirsttobeready forliftoff. above thesurface—Hopewillgive Rather,Sharaf said, the coun- saidinaninterview,“but just to the deputy project manager fora Marswillbemuch inthenews Twitter/@UAEEmbassyUS Because the UAEdoesnot yet planetary scientists theirfirst try’s primaryaim is to inspire realise that something thatwas space probethat the UAEis forthenextmonth,aonce-every- have itsown rocket industry, it globalviewofMartianweatherat schoolchildren and spur itssci- printedon apagewas larger than about to send to Mars. 26-month interlude when Earth bought the launchfor Hope alltimesofday.Overits two-year ence and technology industries, anything that I’veeverseen and Arocketliftingaspacecraft and Mars line up to allowrobotic NASA’s next Mars rover, life,isscheduledtolaunchJuly30. aboardaH-IIA rocket from mission, it will investigatehow which, in turn, will enable the dwarfsthe planetthatIliveon.” calledHope isto beginits journey spacecrafttomakearelatively Perseverance,with instruments China will alsotry to launch an Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, a duststorms and other weather Emirates to tackle critical issues When she wasincollege, to Mars soon. Bad weather at the quicktrip. Afterseveral delays, to search forchemicalsignsof past ambitious missiontoMars, machinerymaker in Japan. phenomenaneartheMartiansur- like food, waterand energy. NYT

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Sd/- For Right &Remedy Law Firm 110077 Changed My Name as A, Pocket B, VasantKunj, New Lokesh Baimad Managing Partner Avnish Kumar 0130015975-1 Delhi 110070, have lost my CBSE Office : 36 Lawyer’s Chamber, IYf¹ffÊ»f¹f ³f¦fSX d½fIYfÀf´fi³¹ffÀf,CXQ¹f´fbSX (SXfªf.) Supreme Court of India I KIRORI LAL S/ORADIKARSHAN school certificates of ClassX No.:F-2(01)Acct/Contract/2020-21/106-108 Date: 13-07-2020 R/O3D/52C,B.PNIT FARIDABAD and XII.Ihave also lost my BA (Hons) degree Issuedin1988. 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I, Shri Kant s/oHari Chand 0040541856-10 Verma r/oA-17,HILL Apartment, Sector-13, Rohini, Delhi-110085 have changedmy name to SHRIKANT VERMA. 0040541839-1 Andhra Pradesh Medical Services &Infrastructure Development Corporation, I, SUSHIL KUMARS/O ANANDI LAL BHALOTIA R/O- APMSIDC, Plot No. 9, Survey No. 49, IT Park, Mangalagiri, Guntur District-522 503 FLATNO.167,BHAGYALAXMI Tenders are invited through e-procurement platform (online). APARTMENT,SECTOR- Tender No :63(20-21)/APMSIDC/Medicine Wing/2020-22, Dt: 14.07.2020. 9,ROHINI,DELHI- Tender is invited through e-procurement platform (online) for Procurement of 110085.CHANGEDMY NAMETO Viral Transport Media from Manufacturing Units/Distributors on Rate contact SUSHILKUMAR BHALOTIA. for aperiod of two years. 0040541856-4 Tender No :64(20-21)/APMSIDC/Medicine Wing/2020-22, Dt: 14.07.2020. Tender is invited through e-procurement platform (online) for Procurement of I, Ram Sagar S/OGuruPrasad Iron with Folic Acid Small sugar coated Tablets(pink) from Manufacturing R/O333,Sri Nagar, Shakur PUBLIC NOTICE UnitsonRate contact for aperiod of two years. Basti, North West Delhi, Delhi- For complete details, please visit Website: My CLIENT SHRI KAILASH CHANDER 110034, have changed my name SHARMA SON OF LATE SHRI SOHAN LAL https://tender.apeprocurement.gov.in from 14.07.2020. SHARMA AND SMT. KAMLA SHARMA to Ram Sagar Sharma. WIFE OF SHRI KAILASH CHANDER APMSIDC will reserve the right to cancel the tender at any time without SHARMA BOTH R/OD-14, OM VIHAR, assigning any reasons. 0050166282-1 UTTAM NAGAR, NEW DELHI, have disowned/ debarred their SON SHRI ANIL Sd/- SHARMA AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW SMT. RO No :178PP/CL/ADVT/1/1/2020-21 Managing Director I, Rahul s/oHareshwar SIMRAN SHARMA AND GRAND SON DIVYANS SHARMA, MANTHAN SHARMA Singh,H.No.336, Gali.No.2, from all their movable and immovable properties due to their misbehavior, Bhood Colony, Amarnagar, quarrelsome nature &out of control towards NOTICE INVITING e-TENDERS Faridabad-121003, have my client and other family members and severed all their relations with them. My client The ExecutiveEngineer,Mechanical Division No. II, Irrigation &Flood changed my name to Rahul shall not be responsible future for any acts and deeds of them. Control Department, Govt. of NCT of Delhi I&FC Wing, Vikas Bhawan- Singh permanently. Sd/- A.K. SHARMA II, Civil Lines, Delhi-110054. Invites on behalf of the president of Indian 0040541874-1 Advocate S.I.C. Building, Distt. Center Janak Puri from vendors empanelled /registered with Authorized Department / New Delhi-58 Ministry,Govt. of NCT of Delhi/ Govt. of India for the following works:- I, Pryangshu Pals/o Sunil Kumar Pal,H.No.13,Block.No.14, N.O.W:- R&Mof Govt. Consumer Petrol Pumps- Mall Road &Mughal PUBLIC NOTICE Bund (Shanti Van) under Petrol Supply Scheme for the year 2020-21. Spring-Field Colony, Sector-31, Amarnagar, Faridabad- My client BAL KRISHAN GUPTAS/O Sub Work:- Providing of Manpower for operation &maintenance of P. O.L. LATE NARAYANDASS &NEERA DEVI 121003,have changed my name GUPTA@NEERA VARSHNEY W/O billing Software &related works etc. for Govt. Consumer Petrol Pumps. to Priyangshu Pal. BAL KRISHAN GUPTABOTH R/O 878, (H.O.A:- MH 2075 Revenue (Petrol Supply Scheme) GALI NO. 57, LEKHU NAGAR, TRI 0040541874-2 NAGAR, DELHI-110035 have severed Estimated Cost: Rs. 7,88,464/- offall their relations with their son Earnest Money:Rs. 15,769/- SUMIT GUPTA, aged 30 years. My I, Pravin Kumar S/oMahavir client have debarred him from all their PUBLIC NOTICE Period of completion :(365) Days, Last date &time of submission of Singh R/o.RZ-131, movable/ immovable properties. Be it known thatmyclient MR. DURGA Anybody dealing with him or dealt with PRASAD S/O SH. CHEDI LAL &SMT. tender:upto 3:00 p.m on 17/07/2020. Gali.No.6/2,Gopal Nagar, him regarding any matter shall have RAM KUMARI W/O SH. DURGA PRASAD (Tender I.D 2020_IFC_192519_1) Najafgarh,New Delhi- his/her/their own responsibility. BOTH R/O 90, AMBEDKAR CAMP Sd/- HAIDER PUR VILLAGE. DELHI-110088, Note 1) The Tender forms and other details can be obtained from the 110043,Confirm that in-my AJAYKUMAR disowned and severe all relationship with website http://govtprocurement.delhi.gov.in IYF¹FFÊÕX¹F A²FeÃF¯F Ad·F¹Fa°FF, Daughter’s(Khushi) School Advocate their son namely SH. HARI SHANKAR,and Enrl.No. D/2032/2008 debarred him from all their moveable and DIP/Shabdarth/0150/20-21 recordmyname has been RU-367, PITAM PURA, immovable properties acquired or to be ÕXûIY d³F¸FFʯF d½F·FF¦F,SXF¹F´FbSX ¸F¯OXÕX IiY¸FFaIY 1(LXØFeÀF¦FPX) DELHI-34 PH. 9811140559 wrongly,written as Rajiv Kumar acquired because of his misbehavior & conduct and his nature is being disobedient Chaudhary instead of Pravin with my client,somyclient have broken all d³Fd½FQF ÀFc¨F³FF PUBLIC NOTICE relations from him. Any person dealing and Kumar.Correct name of havingrelation with him in any mannershall IT IS FOR INFORMATION OF GENERAL be at their own risk, cost &consequences EIYeIÈY°F´FaªFe¹F³F´Fi¯FFÕXe Aa°F¦FÊ°FÀFÃF¸F ßFZ¯Fe ¸FZÔ ´FaªFeIÈY°F NZXIZYQFSXûÔÀFZ d³F¸³FdÕXdJ°F mine,is Pravin Kumar. PUBLIC THAT MY CLIENTS SOHAN LAL and my client shall not be responsible for MEHRA S/O LATE SH. CHARAN DASS d³F¸FFʯFIYF¹FÊ WZX°Fb AFG³FÕXFBʳF(Online)d³Fd½FQF AF¸FadÂF°F IYe ªFF°Fe W`X:- 0040541828-1 MEHRA AND SMT. SATYA DEVI W/O SH. any act and deed of the aforesaid SOHANLAL MEHRA BOTH R/O B-31/2, SURENDER KUMAR (Advocate) SAWANPARK, ASHOKVIHAR PH-3, DELHI, PUBLIC NOTICE Enrl. No. D/152/88 E³F.AFBÊ. MXe IYF¹FÊ IYFd½F½FSX¯F A³Fb¸FFd³F°F I, Prabhat Shekhar S/oShri Nain HEREBY DECLARE THAT THEY HAVE Singh R/o165-A, Nayay Khand- SEVERED OFF ALL THEIR SOCIAL, This is to certify that Mr.Bharat Bhushan IiY./dÀFÀMX¸F ÕXF¦F°F IiY. FAMILY AND FINANCIAL RELATIONS WITH S/o Late Shri J.C. Sharma, R/o Raj kunj, PUBLIC NOTICE III, Indrapuram, Ghaziabad,U.P THEIR SON SUNIL KUMAR &HIS WIFE 413 Dr.Mukherjee Nagar,Delhi 110009 Be it known to the public at MZX³OXSX ³Fa. (ÕXFJ ¸FZÔ) SMT. MEENAKSHI MEHRA, AND HAVE desires to disown and disinherit his son Mr. large thatmyclient Sh. Raj Kumar have changed my name to DEBARRED THEM FROM ALL THEIR Vansh Bhushan (D.O.B 14th July 1993) Bhasin S/o Late Sh.Gian Chand 1 2 3 MOVABLEAND IMMOVABLE and his wife Meenakshi from his properties Prabhat ShekharAryafor all PROPERTIES, AS THEY ARE NOT UPTO which are earned by Mr.Bharat Bhushan Bhasin R/o B-2/15, Janak Puri, 62/65616 ProposedConstruction of Ground Floor of ÷Y. 76.45 THEIR EXPECTATIONS. ANYONE Delhi-110058 has disowned and futurepurposes. DEALING WITH THEM, WILL DO SO AT (movable and immovable) and also from School of Studies for Library &Information HIS/HER RISK AND MY CLIENTS WILL NOT the ancestral (movable and immovable) severe his all relations withhis ÕXFJ 0040541852-1 BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SAME IN ANY properties. Accordingly he desires that the daughter Smt. RamitaSarin, her Science Building at Pt Ravishankar MANNER. public is put to notice that Mr.Bharat husband Sh. Sandeep Sarin S/o Sd/- (AJAY KUMAR) Sh. AshokSarin andtheir children I, Pinku Bajaj W/o Sunil Bajaj R/o ADVOCATE Bhushan will not be responsible for any University,Raipur (C.G.) (´Fi±F¸F AF¸FaÂF¯F) RU-367, PITAMPURA, DELHI-34 debtsrelated to Mr.VanshBhushan or any Master VanshSarinand Ms. Ekta 25/76, West Patel Nagar, ND-8 9811140559 of his actions henceforth. Sarin all R/o WZ-279, First Floor 63/65617 Proposed Boundary Wall from Hindi Granth ÷Y.54.63 herebydeclarethat Pinku Bajaj Sd/- Gali No.16, above Optico Eye MOHIT BHARDWAJ (ADVOCATE) Care, Shiv Nagar,New Delhi- to Power Grid Boy’sHostal, Life Science to ÕXFJ and RomikaBajaj arenames of PUBLIC NOTICE Office. 18 Radhey shyam park gali no. 110058 fromthe right of 1, parwana road, near preet vihar, inheritance in respect of his all Regional Study Building At Pt. Ravishankar the same person, that’s me. DELHI-1100051 This is for information of General public movable and immovable University Raipur (C.G.) (´Fi±F¸F AF¸FaÂF¯F) 0040541838-1 that my client’sManoj Gupta&Sanjay properties, at presentheld or to Guptaboth S/O Jwala Prasad Gupta, be heldand purchasedinfuture 64/65618 Special Repair work to roadunder Sub ÷Y. 50.00 I, 3739, Netaji Subhash Marg, and they shall have no concern, Naitik Deep S/oTrirattan R/o- Daryaganj, New Delhi -110002 right,interest or lien in the same Division No-4 (Arang) Raipur (C.G.) ÕXFJ LP-48Block-LP Pitampura Manoj Gupta&Sanjay Guptaare in anymanner whatsoever for all (´Fi±F¸F AF¸FaÂF¯F) Delhi-110034 changed my absolute joint owners of the oneshop the time to come. The otherfamily bearing Municipal No. 3738 (Part) membersofmyclient i.e. his two 65/65619 Special Repair Grill and Median of Vidhan ÷Y. 30.00 name to Tathaghat,for all ground floor,situated at Netaji Subhash sons namely Sh. Rajesh Bhasin and Sh. Sanjay Bhasin and their Sabha-Dhaneli Fourlane Road (Ring road No. ÕXFJ Marg, Daryaganj, NewDelhi -110002 futurepurposes. respective families, all R/o B-2/15, andhavelost the original sale deed 3), Raipur (C.G.) (´Fi±F¸F AF¸FaÂF¯F) Janak Puri, Delhi-110058 have Delhi Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd. 0040541856-5 with otherrelated documentsofthe also severe their relationships 50/65620 Ordinary Maintenance Work on Various Road ÷Y. 50.00 above saidshop, if any persons finds withthe above named Smt. An Enterprises of Govt. of NCT of Delhi. I, the above stated documents, she/he is under Vidhan Sabha Sub Dn., Raipur (C.G.) MANJU RANI W/O-ADESH RamitaSarin and her family ISBT Kashmere Gate Delhi-110006 ÕXFJ KUMAR R/O-D-82, GALI.NO.1, requested to hand over the same and to members. My client as well as his (´Fi±F¸F AF¸FaÂF¯F) contact undersigned within 10 days of other familymembershas no NOTICE INVITING TENDER SWAROOP NAGAR, DELHI-42, the publicationofthisnotice. concern with the above named 66/65889 Construction of Additional One Room in G.F. 91.68 have changed my name to Sd/- Aman Goyal (Advocate) Smt. Ramita Sarin and her family The Executive Engineer,DTIDC invite tenders on behalf of MD, DTIDC Ltdfor the following works through e and seven Nos. Class Rooms in first floor Delhi high court in future as they all have severed procurement solution only. ÕXFJ MANJU GARG. Ch no- 498 western wing their relations, scocialy and 1. NIT No. :11/2020-21 withGirls &BoysToiletinGovt.B.P. TisHazari court economically with them. Any Tender ID No. :2020_DTIDC_192477_1 0040541874-4 Mob no. 8459169033 body dealing with the above Name of work :Construction of Five Nos. Mild Steel Galvanized &Powder College at Arang, Dist.- Raipur (C.G.) named Smt.Ramita Sarin and/or Coated Bus Queue Shelter at Janakpuri Constituency I, Kajal R/oThirdFloor Flat No-8, her family members in any (AC-30) New Delhi. d³Fd½FQFOXFDY³FÕXûOX IYSX³FZ IYe Aad°F¸Fd°Fd±F E³F.AFBÊ.MXe.IiY.-50 IZYdÕX¹FZ dQ³FFaIY Plot No-104,Khasra No-77, manner shall be doing at their/his/ Estimated Cost :Rs. 47,50,000/- PUBLIC NOTICE herown riskand my client or his Earnest Money :Rs. 95,000/- 20.07.2020 ÀF¸F¹F17.30 ¶FªFZ °FIY W`X E½FaA³¹FÀF·Fe IZYdÕX¹FZ dQ³FFaIY Green BuildingOpposite PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that my other family members were not Time Allowed :60Days 25.07.2020 ÀF¸F¹F 17:30 ¶FªFZ°FIYW`XÜ client/s Sh. Shyam Sunder Jain &Smt. heldresponsible for any Last date of receipt of Tenders :24/07/2020 PhogatLane, Maidan Garhi, Raj Bala Jain R/o 22/23, IIIrd Floor Old Arjun Nagar,New Delhi have severed all misconduct/offence/action/act 2. NIT No. :12/2020-21 CX´FSXûöY d³F¸FFʯF IYF¹FûÊ IYe d³Fd½FQF IYe ÀFF¸FF³¹F¾F°FZʲFSXûWXSX SXFd¾Fd½FÀ°FÈ°F d³Fd½FQF South Delhi 110068 have their relations with their son ANUJ JAIN done or conducted by them in any Tender ID No. :2020_DTIDC_192499_1 changed my name to Kajal and his wife Ms. PRIYANKA JAIN who PUBLIC NOTICE manner. Name of work :Construction of Three Nos. Mild Steel Galvanized & d½FÄFd´°F,d³Fd½FQFQÀ°FF½FZªF½FA³¹F ªFF³FIYFSXe https://eproc.cgstate.gov.in have become disrespectful and Harnarendra Singh (Advocate) Powder Coated Bus Queue Shelter at Gandhi Nagar Arora. 0070708600-1 disobedient towards my client/s and are This is to inform the public at 98-B,DDA Flats, Gulabi Bagh, Constituency (AC-61) New Delhi. ´FSXQZJe ªFF ÀFIY°FeW`X E½Fa OXFDY³FÕXûOX IYe ªFF ÀFIY°Fe W`XÜ indulging in untoward behaviour towards my client/s, thereforemyclient/s, large that Sh Anand Prakash Delhi-110007 Estimated Cost :Rs. 28,50,000/- I, Hemant Kumar Sharma S/oSh. henceforth, severs all their relations from S/o Late Sh Rattan Singh and Earnest Money :Rs. 57,000/- WXÀ°FF/- Yogender Mohankanwar, R/o them for all purposes and disowns them Smt PushpaW/o ShAnand Time Allowed :60Days from all their movable and immovable PUBLIC NOTICE Last date of receipt of Tenders :24/07/2020 A²FeÃF¯F Ad·F¹Fa°FF properties and any person dealing with Prakash are the title holder(s) in Flat No. A-48, Vrindavan “My clients, Jaidyal Katyal S/o Lala 3. NIT No. :13/2020-21 them shall be dealing at his/ her own risk, possession of DDA built up Firaya Ram&Smt. PushpaDevi 82304 ÕXû.d³F.d½F.SXF¹F´FbSX ¸F¯OXÕXIiaY-1 SXF¹F´FbSX (LX.¦F.) Apartment, Plot No. 01, Sector- cost and consequence and my client/s Freehold property bearing Flat Tender ID No. :2020_DTIDC_192500_1 shall not be held responsible for the same. Katyal W/o Jai DayalKatyal, R/o W- Name of work :Construction of One Nos. Mild Steel Galvanized &Powder 6, Dwarka, New Delhi- 110075 Sd/- Ganpat Singh No 28, 3rd Floor,Category-II, 190A, Gali No. 11,Shiv Nagar,New Coated Bus Queue Shelter at Deoli Constituency (AC-47) have changed my name from Advocate Block/Pocket- GH-13, Zone-17, Delhi- 110058, hereby severs all New Delhi. RZ-9/70 G.F. Gali No.12 Paschim Vihar Residential Estimated Cost :Rs. 9,50,000/- HemantKumar to Hemant Tughlakabad Extn., New Delhi-19 relations with their daugthers (1) Mrs. M: 9891774116 Scheme, Paschim Vihar,New Anjana Sharma, her husbandHarsh Earnest Money :Rs. 19,000/- Kumar Sharma for all future Delhi-110087 with Scooter Vardhan Sharma, her children Janhavi Time Allowed :30Days purposes. 0040541803-1 Garage, hereinafter referred to Sharma &Drishti Sharma R/oR-37, Last date of receipt of Tenders :24/07/2020 as Schedule Property vide Sale Gali No., Ration Card wali Gali, New The Tender forms and other detail can be obtained from the website: https://govtprocurementdelhi.gov.in Roshan Pura,Najafgarh, New Delhi Sd/- I, Fehmida W/o Mohammed Certificate dated 19.12.19 duly Executive Engineer registered as Registration No and (2) Narbada Maggo, her husband DIP/Shabdarth/0151/20-21 Yamin R/o-1249 Gali Jamun Sh.RakeshMaggoo, her children, DTIDC LtdISBT Kashmere Gate, Delhi 7060, Book No. 1, Vol. No. Wali Kalan Mahal Darya-Ganj Dinesh Maggoo, VinitaMaggoo, 3786, Page 120-128 on Harshali@Pari Maggo, R/o 103-R, Delhi-2,have changedmyname 20.12.19 in the office of Sub Model Town, Rohtak, Haryana and to Fehmida Begum. Registrar-IIA, Punjabi Bagh, debar anddivestthemfromclaiming New Delhi. That the Original or inheriting their movableand 0040541856-1 allotment letter dated 30.04.91, immovable properties. Any body NOC for water and electricity dealing with them shall be doing at I, Devender s/oRakesh Chauhan dated 20.08.91, Offer to his/her/their own risks and coststo R/o-B-344, Mandoli Road, Possession dated 28.08.91, which in any mannermyclientsor Possession Slip issued by DDA their property shall not be answerable Ashok-Nagar, Nand-Nagri, to any extent or in anymanner.” in favour of Smt Shiv Shakti Delhi-110093,have changedmy Sd/- M.G.VACHER (Advocate) Madan and Sh JCMadan and Chamber: 234, CivilWing, name to DevenderChauhan Letter for Conversion dated TisHazari Court, Delhi- 110054 permanently. 0040541874-3 07.11.01 w.r.t. the Schedule Flat, have been lost/misplaced I, BASU DEV PARSHADS/O in lieu of which Information PUBLIC NOTICE ALKHA PRASAD R/O-683, PUBLIC NOTICE Report (NCR) dated General Public is informed that 11.07.2020 with DelhiPolice H. No. A-119, Sector-22 Noida BLOCK-B, PART-1, MUKUNDPUR Be it known that my client (1) Sh. bearing LR No. 408025/2020 Nand KishoreS/o late Sh. Nanak which was owned by Late Sh. EXT., DELHI-42.have changed has also been filed. Chand &(2) Smt. Babli W/o Sh. Nand Ramel Das Kalra. After his my name to VASUDEV PRASAD Kishore both R/o 29/3B, Gole Market, Therefore, any Person(s) New Delhi, have debarred and Company(ies), Authority(ies), death this property is inherited 0040541874-5 severed all their relation from their son Society(ies), Organization(s), by Late Chander prakash Kalra, Mr.Rajesh and their daughter-in-law Financial Institution(s), Bank(s) I, AjitSingh Khadin,S/o Gaini Late Neena Kalra, Mrs Saroj Mrs. Sonia, and their two children etc having any knowledge of the Thukral &Mrs Veena Chawla as Ram,Resident of,House.No. Somya &Somyansh,and also above mentioned lost disowned them from their all movable legal heirs. After death of 828, Village-Chawla,New Delhi- documentsorhaving any claim, and immovable properties. Chander prakash Kalra & 110071.have changed my Anybody dealing with them in civil and right, title interest or possession of the Schedule Property,by Neena Kalra the said property Name,fromAjit Singh Khadin to criminal matter shall be doing at his/her/their own risk, cost and way of Ownership, Succession, is owned by Mrs Saroj Thukral Ajit Singh vide-Affidavit responsibility. Inheritance, Sale, Mortgage, &Mrs Veena Chawla. All the No.1323,dated-10-07-2020at SURENDER KUMAR (Advt.) Exchange, Charge, Lien, Gift, tenants living in the said property Badli. 0040541856-6 Enrl. No. D/152/88 Trust, Encumbrance etc. may come forward with supported are informed that in future they I PradeepKumar S/oVed Pal documents, to be delivered to should pay Rent of the said the undersigned within 15 days property after calling on mobile Singh R/o-H-16/550 Sangam PUBLIC NOTICE from the date of this Publication. &discussing with Mrs Saroj Vihar,New Delhi,have changed Public at large is informed thatMs. Post expiration of which, any Thukral &Mrs Veena Chawla to my name to Pradeep,for all Purnima Sharma D/o Shri Prabhu Saran claim(s) or objection(s), if raised Sharma has entered into Agreement To or received, shall be treated as their Bank Accounts. purposes. Sell And Purchase Dated 21st March, 2020 with my client Shri Shivam Jain S/o null and void and shall be Phone nos of Mrs Saroj Thukral 0040541856-2 Shri Anil Jain in respect of Property No. treated as waived, and the Title is 9871317383 &Mrs Veena J-1/86, Fourth Floor,DDA Flats, Kalkaji, Holder(s) shall proceed to Chawla is 9911029664 I Chander MohanS/O,Mr New Delhi-110019 and has received part complete the transaction of sale consideration amount from my If Rent of any tenant is overdue Raghubir Prasad Gupta R/oFlat procuring loan with State Bank client. Anyone dealing with Ms. Purnima or in future Rent not paid on time No A201 ,Philips Towers ,Plot Sharma in respect of this property shall of India. be doing so at his/ her own risk, cost and for V.R. Law Associates by tenants are liable for legal No 3,Sector 23 ,Dwarka,New consequences and no right/ interest/ Sd/- Dincur Bajaj action by the said legal heirs. Delhi -110077 have changed my title/ benefit in respect of aforementioned property will accrue to such person. Advocate Shikher Thakral (Adv.) name to Chander Mohan Gupta Sd/- Ruchir Batra CHAMBERS:419, Lawyers Ch. no. 762 Civil Court, for all purposes. Advocate Chamber,Delhi HighCourt, Enrl. No. D-158/2000 Surajpur,Gr. Noida 0040541805-1 P-15A, Jangpura Extension, Sher Shah Suri Marg, New Delhi-110014. New Delhi-110003 Dist Gautam Budh Nagar Moblie no 9811402596 New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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Internationalmarketdata till 1900IST COVID-19, LOCKDOWN HAVE LED TO DEEPENING OF ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN Banks, RBIdeployclose to Flipkart raises `8K cr to easeMFliquidity $1.2 billion PMOmeetsNITI,FinMinofficials;Centre from Walmart GEORGEMATHEW MUMBAI,JULY14 ENSECONOMICBUREAU NEWDELHI,JULY14 assessingwaystoboostnon-taxrevenues BANKSAND the ReserveBank of India (RBI) have deployed close to FLIPKARTGROUP Tuesdaysaid it “The PMO also held two seenasasignofpent-updemand. Mayoverthe previous month. Rs8,000croretoeasetheliquidity has raised$1.2billion in afunding

ED Focuson SUNNYVERMA& rounds of meetings with topNITI “ThePMwouldwantto assess Even though the government has pressureinthemutualfundindus- round ledbyits majority owner IN raising AANCHALMAGAZINE Aayogofficials lastweek on the whetheranother round of stimu- notreleasedtheheadlinenumber, tryinApril andMay. Walmart, valuing the companyat NEWDELHI,JULY14 LA demand stateoftheeconomyandto review lusmeasureswillbeneededifthe theindexvaluesforIIPreflecta57.6 The datacompiled by the RBI $24.9billionpost-money. In2018, E● EXP progress with regard tosustain- pickup in economic activity does and 34.7 percent contraction in shows banks deployedRs5,522 RBIheadquarters, Mumbai. US-basedretail giantWalmart THE PRIME Minister’s Office IN THE backdrop of the able development goals. Thereis notsustain, and howtofund it,” Apriland May, respectively. crorefromtheirownresourcesun- On April27, RBI introduced boughtamajoritystakeinFlipkart (PMO)is learnt to have takenase- economylikelyhaving focus on both short-term and another official told TheIndian Fiscal measures from the gov- dertheSpecialLiquidityFacilityfor SLF-MF,with several for$16 billion but the latestround riesof meetingssincelastweekto contracted significantly medium-termaspects of the Express.Alongside, thereismoni- ernment have been so farlimited. MutualFunds (SLF-MF)scheme regulatorybenefits, to ease of funding follows aseries of in- assesstheoveralleconomicsitua- in April-June,the govern- economyandthekindof interven- toringof progressandimplemen- With ashrinking revenue stream, forRs50,000croreannouncedby liquidity pressureonMFs. File vestment announcementsmade tion. Discussions were held with ment needs to lookfor tions thatwillberequired,” asen- tation of measures that have al- the governmenthas already put the regulator. This is in addition to by US-basedcompaniesinIndian NITI Aayogofficialslastweek.Top ways to boostits rev- ior government official said. ready been announced. The expenditurerationalisationmeas- Rs2,430croreavailedfromtheRBI digitalspace.“(The)$1.2billionin- Finance Ministryofficials are enues thatcan help en- The outbreak of COVID-19 government earlier announceda ures in place forthe firsttwo quar- under the SLF-MF scheme. debentures held by MFs. vestment will support Flipkart’s meeting with the PMO this week. hance overall demand. pandemic and the subsequent Rs 20 lakh crorepackage, which ters of this financial year cutting In March-April 2020, mutual On April 30, the regulatory ongoing effortstodevelop India’s In the backdrop of the steep eco- suspension of economic activity comprisedsome fiscalrelief, liq- down on all non-essential expen- funds facedredemption pressure benefitsannouncedunder the homegrowneCommercemarket- nomiccontractionexpectedinthe duringthelockdownledto theex- uiditymeasuresannouncedbythe ditureofvariousdepartmentsand duetovolatilityincapitalmarkets. SLF-MFschemewere extendedto place as countryemerges from April-June quarter, thegovern- ing through sale of government acerbation of the economic slow- RBI and lending activity by banks, ministries along with directing Theirwoesintensifiedafterclosure banks, whichdeployedtheir own pandemic,” the companysaid. mentistryingto assessitsrevenue stakeinvariousstate-ownedcom- down. Manyrating agencies ex- especiallytoMSMEs. them nottopropose anynew of sixdebtMFschemesby Franklin resources.While easing the re- In January,Amazon an- position,howitcanbeaugmented panies. The offerfor sale (OFS) pectGDPto contractby morethan While the mostdistressed scheme forthis fiscal. Direct taxes TempletonMF. OnApril27,theRBI demption pressureonMFs,these nouncedanadditional $1 billion andwhatmorewillberequiredto routeisbeingseen as the fastest 5per cent this year. were catered to in earlier meas- havedeclinedbyabout30percent introducedSLF-MF with several measuresalso helpedtoincrease investment in India operations. supporteconomicactivityinthese waytoraisefunds by cutting gov- With theeasing of lockdown ures, thereisnow growing de- in the firstquarterand GSTrev- regulatorybenefitsinorderto ease thetradingvolumeinthesecond- This wasfollowedbyFacebook’s uncertain times, sources familiar ernment stakes at least in those measures, economic activity mandforreductioninGSTratesfor enueshavecontracted41 percent. liquidity pressureonMFs. The arymarket forcorporatebonds. $5.7billioninvestmentinReliance with the matter said. companies wherevaluations are showedanuptickbut with fresh automobile andothersectorsand LowerGST revenues have trans- funds availedunder SLF-MF were TheRBI’sliquidityofferbrought Jio in April, and apartofthe deal On Tuesday, Prime Minister supporting,thesourcessaid.Stake state-levelcurbs,manyindicators awiderincomesupporttoprovide lated into delayedand pending to beusedbybanksexclusivelyfor somedegreeof comfortinthedebt wasacollaboration between NarendraModimet Finance sales arebeing planned through arenow plateauing. Datafor elec- ademand stimulus. compensationpaymentstostates, meeting the liquidity require- marketwhich wasunder huge re- Facebook-ownedWhatsApp and MinisterNirmala Sitharaman to OFS in MIDHANIand Garden tricity consumption,unemploy- Factoryoutput has contracted anissuewhichwillbecentraltothe mentsofMFs by extendingloans demptionpressure. Facedwith Reliance’s e-commerce venture take stockofthe economy. ReachShipbuilders &Engineers ment rate,mobility forretail and forthree consecutivemonths of discussions of the GSTCouncil and undertaking outright pur- hugeredemptions, Franklin JioMart.Lastly, searchgiantGoogle While taxrevenues arebelow Ltd and morecompanies arebe- workplace have shown aflatten- March,April, and May, even meetingslatedforlaterthismonth. chase or repos againstthe collat- Templetonhad closed six credit announcedMondaythatitplans estimates,thereare discussionsto ingpreparedintheagricultureand ing trend since mid-June with the thoughthe rate of contraction Full report on eralof investmentgradecorporate schemes, effectively locking up Rs to invest $10billion in India over pushupnon-taxrevenuesinclud- chemicals sector,sources said. initialspurtinconsumptionbeing showedsome improvement in www.indianexpress.com bonds, commercial papers and 28,000croreofinvestors’ money. the next five to sevenyears. NCLAT clears New SIP registrationsjump by 9.13L in June ‘Googlein Govt considering hike in API import duties HDIL insolvency Redemptions,too, on the rise amid closureof6.58 lakh accounts ered in ordertoensurea“level talks to invest PRABHARAGHAVAN The move aims to give a playing field” fordomestic man- proceedings NEWDELHI,JULY14 ufacturers. witnessing fresh inflowsand re- counts. By comparison, the aver- boosttothe bulk drug SANDEEPSINGH demptionatthesametime.While agemonthlyinvestoradditionfor $4 bn in Jio’ “Thereisaconcern about the ENSECONOMICBUREAU NEWDELHI,JULY14 anincreaseinsavingspoolandde- CDSL in 2019-20 stood at 3lakh. WITHTHECentrepushingforself- manufacturingindustry impactof increasingdutiesonthe NEWDELHI,JULY14 clineindiscretionaryspendingfor Over the three months, even the relianceinseveral industries, the costofmanufacturing finished IN LINE with the sharp rise in certain investors is resulting into shareofretail investors in cash REUTERS Department of Pharmaceuticals bhar Bharat. We can makemany formulations using these APIs. If THE NATIONAL CompanyLaw number of retail investors in the fresh inflows intomutualfunds segment volumejumpedtohit a BENGALURU,JULY14 (DoP)ismullingtheoptionof hik- APIs,but thereisacostdisadvan- the duties arehiked,the corre- AppellateTribunal (NCLAT)has stockmarketsoverthe lastthree andstockmarkets,financialemer- decadehighof68percentinJune. ing importdutiesonactive phar- tage.Themanufacturingcapacity sponding pricesofthe medicines upheldtheinitiationof insolvency months, theretail entryintothe gency situation formanycus- ThoughSIPnumbersrosesig- ALPHABET INC’S Google is in ad- maceuticalingredients(APIs),The here is smaller right nowcom- will also be increased. It will be proceedings againstMumbai- capital marketsthroughmutual tomers is resulting intoredemp- nificantlyinJune, the SIP contri- vancedtalks to invest $4 billion Indian Express has learnt. While pared to some other countries takenintoaccount in the discus- basedHousingDevelopmentand funds witnessedasignificant re- tionandclosureofaccounts,”said bution fell to a21-month lowof forastake in the digital arm of still in early stagediscussions, the wherethe industry is manufac- sions,” the personadded. Infrastructure Ltdand held that vivalasnew systematic invest- Nilesh Shah, MD of Kotak 7,917inJune. In April and Mayit Indian conglomerateReliance move aims to give aboosttothe turingatalargerscale,making it However, itislearntthatsome HDIL had defaulted despitemul- ment plan (SIP) registrations MahindraAMC and Amfichair- amounted to Rs 8,376 croreand Industries Ltd, Bloomberg re- bulk drug manufacturingindus- difficult forour manufacturers to industryexecutivesinvolvedin tipleopportunitiestoclearitsdebt. jumpedto9.13lakh in June. The man. He added that manyin- Rs 8,123crore respectively. portedonTuesday, citingpeople try, which has been claiming dif- compete as it is cheaper to im- thediscussionshavesuggested Bank of India had approached registrationshad droppedto7.5 vestorsinTier-2 andTier-3 cities The averagemonthlySIP familiar with the matter. ficultiesincompeting with port,” said the sources. that the hikes be imposed on 53 theMumbaiBenchofNCLTin2018 lakh in April and 8.08 lakh in May who transactphysicallythrough contribution forFY20 wasRs An announcement could cheaper imports,sources said. Indiacurrentlyimposesabasic APIs already targeted by thegov- with aplea to initiate insolvency 2020 afterthe COVID-19pan- their distributorwerenot able to 8,340 crore. come as soon as the next few “This is still in the idea stage, customs duty of around 10 per- ernment through itsbulk drug againstthe firm fordefaulting on demic resulted in asharp fall in do so in Apriland May, however, AsSIPregistrationswitnessed weeks, according to the report. but informal discussions have cent on APIs. “The proportion of parksand production-linked in- debt payment of Rs 616.91crore. the marketsinMarch.The aver- asthingsopened,theycameto in- an improvement month-on- Google declinedtocomment, been heldbetween DoP and the thehikehasnotbeendecidedyet, centive schemesannounced in agemonthlynew SIPregistra- vest in May. month, industryinsiders saythat while Reliance didn’timmedi- industry,”saidone of the sources as thediscussions arestillinthe March. NCLAT asks Bharti tions forthe 12 months in FY20 “Besides the cash flowissues the situation is better nowas atelyrespond to arequestfor onconditionof anonymity. “Thisis early stages,” the personsaid, Full report on stood at 9.82 lakh. that has ledtomanyinvestors to manyinvestorsseeCOVID-19asa comment. one of the ideasunder Atmanir- adding the move is being consid- www.indianexpress.com Airtel to return `112 cr Accordingto thedatareleased stop their SIPs, alarge number of short-termeventandalsoseethe Investors, including Facebook NewDelhi: The NCLAThas asked by industrybodyAssociation of investors, especiallythose in fall in marketsasanopportunity and KKR&Co, have already Bharti Airteland Bharti Hexacom Mutual Funds in India (Amfi)on smaller towns and cities, who in- to invest. poured in acombined$15.64bil- ‘TVs, ACs self-reliance focus areas in electronics’ to returnRs112 croretothe reso- Tuesday, while the fresh registra- vest by physical visiting the Investor sentiment has also lion forjustover25per centinJio lution professional of Aircel and tions rose, the industryalso wit- branches,have notbeenableto re- improved following asharp re- Platforms. The funding spree, equipment, where there’s no DishnetWireless Limited. nessedarise in number of SIPs registertheir SIPs aftertheir SIP vivalinmarketsoverthe lastcou- whichbegan lateApril,and a ENSECONOMICBUREAU rocket science. And Iknowfor a Athree-member Bench gettingdiscontinued. The indus- period,” said asenior officialwith plethreemonths.Inlinewithand sharesaleby Reliancehave helped NEWDELHI,JULY14 factthatdigitallensesaremadein headedbyJusticeJaratKumarJain trywitnessed 6.58 lakh SIPs get- another leading fund house. 18 percent rise in benchmark makeIndia’sbiggest company by India whichare being (exported) held that the Insolvency and tingdiscontinued,resultingintoa Thetrendofinflowofnew SIP Sensexbetween April 1and June market value net-debt free. THE CENTRE has identifiedtele- even to the United States ... ButI Bankruptcy Code would super- netaddition of 2.55 lakh SIPs in registrationsisinlinewiththeris- 30, the SIP AUMhas also risen The reportcomesadayafter visionsetsand ACsamong the don’tunderstandwhyweare still sede accounting laws and itscon- June.ThenetadditioninApriland ingretailparticipationinthestock from Rs 2.39 lakh croreinMarch Google said it would spend electronics it wantsIndiatobuild Commerce &Industry dependentonimportedproducts ventionsandthatsincebothAircel Maystoodat2.1lakhand1.56lakh market trade. Over thelastthree 2020 to Rs 3lakh croreinJune around $10billioninIndia over self-relianceandboostexportpo- MinisterPiyushGoyal. File forsuchveryelementarystuff,”he and DishnetWireless were under SIPsrespectively.Thenetmonthly months the Central Depository 2020.Thisisbotharesultof risein the next five to sevenyears tentialin,accordingto Commerce said at avirtual interaction with corporateinsolvency resolution averageSIP addition for2019-20 Services Limited (CDSL)added marketsand continuing fresh in- through equity investmentsand &IndustryMinisterPiyushGoyal. on and see howwecan getback. the Electronics and Computer process, the order of moratorium stood at 4.14 lakh. 19.6 lakh investor accountsata flows thatamounttoRs24,416 tie-ups, in itsbiggestcommit- “Television is one of theareas Televisions, air conditioners, SoftwareExportPromotion would be applicableonall. ENS “Thefactisthattheindustryis monthlyaverage of 6.5 lakhac- crorebetween April and June. ment to akey growth market. identifiedbyourministrytofocus closedcircuit TVs—all of these Council on Tuesday. BRIEFLY TDSAT: No interim stay INTERVIEWWITH MANAGINGDIRECTOR, INDIAN METALS ANDFERROALLOYS SBIplans ‘work Sensexplunges on Trai direction to telcos ‘Investment in infrastructure should be fast-tracked’ from anywhere’, 661points INDIANMETALSandFerroAlloys’ pragmatic aboutsaving livesand omywhile also improving the to save `1,000cr to stop premium services export-heavybusinessmodelhas livelihoods.Therewas some anx- landscape to attract investors Mumbai: Worriedoverris- helpeditthroughthenationwide UNLOCKING THE iety in the firstcoupleofweeks ing COVID infections de- ices on itspremium plans. lockdownbrought aboutbythe about logistics and parts of the What areyour expectations on layedeconomicactivitydue AASHISHARYAN On Monday, Vodafone Idea ongoingCOVID-19outbreakinthe ECONOMY supplychain but subsequentlyit the performance of your to localisedlockdowns,stock NEWDELHI,JULY14 had approachedthe TDSAT country. SUBHRAKANT PANDA, WISHLIST&ROADMAP all settleddown. companyand the industryin marketsTuesdayplunged againstaletterwritten to it and the company’s MD, in an inter- the current financial year? close to twoper cent.The THETELECOMRegulatoryAutho- BhartiAirtel,inwhichtheauthor- viewwith PRABHARAGHAVAN, ANEXPRESSINTERVIEWSERIES What would be the three basic Theferroalloys industrywent Sensexfell 661pointsto rityof India(Trai)Tuesdaysought ity had asked them nottogo discusses the needforabetterin- aspectsonwhichgovernment through arough phase in FY20 36,033.06, while the Nifty aday’s more time from the Telec- ahead with their premium serv- vestment infrastructuretoboost can supportyou and the and things were expected to be StateBankofIndia Chairman fell 195pointsto10,607.35. om Disputes Settlement Appe- ice offerings forthe time being as theferroalloys industryinthepost industryinthese times? better this year before COVID-19 RajnishKumar. File llate Tribunal(TDSAT)tofilearep- it had receivedcomplaints of the COVID-era.Edited excerpts: Whilethegovernmenthasan- skewedtheoutlook...Istillexpect ly to Vodafone Idea’splea newplans“violatingexisting nouncedfiscal measures in con- our performance in the firsthalf WPIinflation challenging alettersent by Trai quality norms”. Howhas COVID-19and the sonancewithmonetarymeasures of the current fiscal to be notice- askingthe telcoand BhartiAirtel Initsletter, Traihadalsosenta subsequent lockdown SUBHRAKANT PANDA announcedbythe RBI, Ithink ably betteraswe leverage ourfully ENSECONOMICBUREAU fallsinJune MANAGINGDIRECTOR to withholdtheirpremium serv- ‘questionnaire’ to bothtelcos and affected the operationsofyour INDIANMETALSAND FERRO ALLOYS thereisaneedfor demand side integrated business model along MUMBAI,JULY14 NewDelhi:Overallpricelevel ices.The case will be nowheard sought response within aweek, companyand itspersonnel? measures.Ifirmly believe invest- with forwardlinkages through a of wholesalegoodsfell1.81 onThursday. Therewill,however, basedonwhichtheywouldtake a Actually, we have been oper- continuous processindustries. In ment in infrastructureshould be joint venturewith alarge cus- STATEBANK of India (SBI) Chair- per centinJune as against be no interimstayonTrai’s direc- call on the whether the premium atingrightthroughthelockdown that respect, both the central and fasttrackedasitwill provide an tomer and long-term contracts manRajnish Kumar Tuesdaysaid 3.21per cent in Mayonthe tion to thetelcos to stop the serv- services could continue or not. underthe exemption available to stategovernmentshave beenvery immediatestimulus to theecon- withassured offtake. thebankwillinstituteaworkfrom backofcontinueddisinfla- anywhere(WFA)infrastructure to tionof fuelandpower, asper facilitateworkfromany location, Commerce and Industry while taking careofthe social as- MinistrydataTuesday. ENS ‘Buy local’ sentiment, shift to e-learning open newavenues for Indian PC makers pectsofwork-lifebalance in the ation(KSIDC),andprivate compa- segment in the long term,” withcompaniesadvising their hardlyany suppliesorsales hap- wake of the COVID-19pandemic. ‘Apr-JunPV PRANAVMUKUL nies USTGlobal andAcceleron Coconics,aJV between International DataCorporation’s employeesto work fromhomein pening at the time,” Singh said. “The measureisexpected to NEWDELHI,JULY14 Labs,whichhold51percentstake. Kerala governmentand (IDC)associateresearch manager March.Further,inanticipation of However, giventhelowerdis- save Rs 1,000 crorethrough cost salesfall78%’ The sharp increase in queries Jaipal Singh, who has been track- anationwide lockdown, many posableincomesinIndia, Singh optimisation andwill be akey ON JUNE 9, an eight-month-old forCoconics’ productshas been a twoprivate companies, ing the India devices market for businesseshadincreasedtheiror- believesgovernment support component of our business con- NewDelhi: Passenger vehi- originalequipmentmanufacturer function of risinginterestamong is getting specific queries the lastfiveyears, told The Indian ders fornotebooks, whichre- through various public initiatives tinuityduringthetimesof COVID- cle (PV) salesplunged78.43 (OEM)of laptopcomputersbased variousgovernmentagenciesand Express.Hepointedout that most sultedina7.1 percent on-year in- willbefundamentalforthepene- 19,” he said at SBI’s virtual annual percentintheApril-Junepe- in Thiruvananthapuram witnes- bodiestowardsIndia-madegoods about itsproducts use-cases suchfinancial services, crease forthissegment. tration of personal computers to general meeting. riodthisyearhitby thecoro- sedits websitecrash aftertraffic as well as ashifttowards online entertainment,etcare metthrou- “The personal computing increaseinthe country. The bank’s focus going for- navirus pandemic, making surgedtolevels itsservers could educationand work from home greater consumption of e-learn- gh smartphones, butnewer use- market hastwo main demand Accordingto Nair,thisiswhere ward willbeoncostreduction,ra- it the longestslowdown in nothandle,drivenprimarilybyin- in aftermath of the nationwide ing content could drive sales of cases likeonline learning arede- components —commercialand acompany likeCoconicsisaiming tionalisation and reskilling of 20 years, Society of Indian stitutionalbuyers seeking alter- lockdown imposed to contain personal computers (PCs), espe- velopingandareexpectedto buck consumer.ForApril-June2020,in to fill the gap. “In the firstfew workforce, improvingstaff pro- Automobile Manufacturers natives to Chinese products. COVID-19outbreak.Areportby ciallylaptops,whichhavebeenon the trend forPCmakers. commercial,wehaveseen very months of operation, we man- ductivityand redeploymentof (SIAM) said on Tuesday. “Weare receivingenquiriesfor KPMG and Google titled‘Online adownturnforthepastfew years As per latestavailable data strong uptake from large enter- aged to sell closeto4,000laptops workforcefromadmin offices to our products from alloverIndia... Education in India: 2021’ even with mostuse-cases being suf- from IDC, India’s traditional PC prises because lotofthese com- to thestate government, IT com- sales roles, Kumar added. thereisabig sentiment towards pegged thelaptopasapreferred ficedonsmartphones. marketinclusive of desktops, panies were thinkingaboutbusi- panies, engineering colleges and He said an elaborate business ‘18%GSTon anythingthatismadeinIndia.We device forconsumption of online “The buyingpowerofIndians notebooks, and workstations fell ness continuity.Alot of their we were poisedtogointotheB2B continuityplanisalreadyinplace. sanitisers’ have beengettingspecificqueries education in India across almost is still comparatively lowerthan 16.7percentyear-on-yearduring employees were stuckathome and B2C market.Then the whole “Business continuity hub bran- about howmuchofour product everycategory, including casual the US or China, whichhavevery January-March 2020, withatotal and theyhad amobilitydevice COVID-19situation startedand ches have been identifiedtocater NewDelhi:TheAuthorityfor is made in China,” saidSreejith learning, primary andsecondary high penetration of PCs. 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SomdevDevvarman says number of players in the countrythat have remainedquietonissues infuriates him quickerand is usedalong with other perform- MIHIRVASAVDA ance-enhancing drugs forbetterresults. NEWDELHI,JULY14 Singh’s bloodsample wascollected in a EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE surpriseout-of-competitiontestduring a JULY14 IN Afirst-of-its-kind case, a2018Common- campatthe National InstituteofSport in wealth Games silvermedallistand reigning Patiala lastDecember.The sample wasthen ASPEARHEAD of Indiantennis formany nationalchampion weightlifterhas tested sent to aWADA-accredited laboratoryin years, SomdevDevvarman has also been vo- positivefor human Growth Hormone (hGH). Doha,given thesuspension of the Delhi- cal forthe cause of players in the country. In Pardeep Singh, who representsRailways on basedNational Dope Test Laboratory. acandidchat with The Indian Express,the for- the domestic circuit, has been handedapro- In the meantime, in February, Singh won mer Indiano1talksabout the needfor ath- visional four-yearsuspension afterhis blood the gold medal in the 102kgcategoryatthe letestospeak up about issues in their sport, sampletestedpositivefor hGH,whichispro- National Championship in Kolkata, lifting a the riftinthe team causedbythe relation- hibited in andout of competition by the total of 346kg (151kg in snatch-apersonal shipbetween doubleslegendsLeander Paes WorldAnti- Doping Agency. best -and 195kginclean and jerk). He was, and Mahesh Bhupathi and the inefficiency According to National Anti-Doping however, 5kgshy of his overall personal best of former All IndiaTennis Association(AITA) Agency (NADA) director general Navin that wasset at the Asian Championship in president AnilKhannaindeveloping the Agarwal, this is the firstin- China lastyear,whichwas also sport. Excerpts: stanceofanIndian athlete test- an Olympicqualifying event. ing positive forhGH. Singh was In March,however,NADA Players maynot want to expressviews informedabout the failedtest informedthe weightlifting fed- publicly, but is therean in March,but the result was erationofSingh’sfaileddope acknowledgement of issueswhen they made public onlyonTuesday test.Accordingtoafederation areamong themselves? owing to theprocedures in the official, the Jalandhar-based Ithink so. At theend of theday,atleast optional B-sample testing, lifter wasimmediatelyreleased formepersonally, if Iaminaliving room whichgot heldupdue to the from the camp. situation or having ameal withsomeone,I pandemic-inducedlockdown. Agarwalsaid the anti-dop- don’t see the point of notbeing honest.But “This is the firstinstance of detecting ing watchdog had receivedatip-offthatsome youcan’tdoitsilentlyespecially whenyou this in ablood sample from the time NADA athletes were using hGH to enhance perform- aredealing withanorganisation thathas a has startedtesting,” Agarwalsaid. “Wehad ance. “The usageofthis drug wasn’t thereear- history likethe Khannas at the AITA. This SomdevDevvarman said the tennis administrators have notcared about developing the sportinthe country. File informedthe concernedfederation and the lier.But we had receivedsomereportsstat- guy named astadium on government land weightlifterinMarch justbeforethe lock- ingthat it is being usedinIndia. So we were the RK Khanna TennisStadium. Andno down. Because of the Bsample issue, on the lookout forquitesometime,”Agarwal one’s talking about it. Then yougoout there, the coaches and captains we wanted but whethertheywantedtodoitornot,we said. “The athletehas been handedaprovi- shake his hand and pretend likehe’s the But you can’t do it silently As long as players remainquiet, I therewas basicallyanegotiation thatwas couldnot disclose it publiclyimmediately.” sional suspension of four yearsright now.” saviour of tennis. Andnow his sons arebe- especially when you are dealing don’t see change happening, in any happening. So it is possible to go outthere hGH,asper aresearch paper titled The Use ApartfromSingh, twoathleteswho took ing groomedfor the same thing. It’s non- with an organisation that hasa sport. Are players, across all andmakeachange. and Abuse of Human Growth Hormone in partinthisyear’s Khelo India University sense. These guysdon’t careabout tennis. I historylike the Khannasatthe sports, happy with the way things The 2013 tie that we boycottedwas alot Sports,‘increases lean body mass and de- Games have also tested positive,a meantheynever have. AITA.Thisguy named astadium on are runin the current system? If about the moneythatwas being distributed creases total body fat.’ AWADAstudy also weightlifter(methandienone and oxan- The otherday Iwas talkingaboutage government land the RK Khanna the answer is yes,makes sense. If but also about who wasgetting theseposi- notedthathGH alsohelpsinrepairingtissues drolone) and boxer(methandienone). fraud. Forme, it comes down to incompe- tionsand whytheyweregetting them. Iwas tence. These guysatthe tophavenomotiva- Tennis Stadium. And no one’s the answer is no, then why are you under the impression that it should be fair tion to work.Theyhavenoideatoworkand talking aboutit. Then you go out quiet? What are you so scared of? and the players should have asay.And keep SIMPLY PUT QUESTION &ANSWER theydon’t care if thesystemgetsbetter. So there,shake his hand and pretend Look atthe number of players in in mind that by this point, we were the ones whywillit? If theplayers don’t stand to- like he’s the saviour of tennis. And Indian tennis that have remained playing singles. The timesthat India has gether and sayenough is enough then noth- now his sons are being groomed for quiet and haven’t made anything made the WorldGroup in Davis Cup, myself Messi used hGH as amedication ingisgoingtochange.Lookatthe captain the same thing. It’s nonsense.” out of it. It infuriates me.” and Rohan Bopanna were the singles play- (Rohit Rajpal) right now. What businessdoes ers. And Idon’tneedtoremind everybody he have in international tennis basedonhow SOMDEV DEVVARMAN SOMDEV DEVVARMAN that in Davis Cup, four pointsare forsingles when he was ateenager long he has been out of it? Imean it is ajoke. ON FORMER AITA PRESIDENT ANIL KHANNA ON THE NEED FOR THE PLAYERS TO SPEAK UP andone point fordoubles. Despiteall of this, It’sanabsolutejoke. Andifyou can’t call a it seemed likeall the attention wasgoing in spadeaspade then what is the point of being oneinIndian tennis, in my opinion, would to seewhat Sumit (Nagal) is thinking of this the other direction and Ididn’t think that was Diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, mus- agood player. have anything negativetosay againstthis situation. He’sgone intoties thinking he’s fair,soIfelt it wasfair to speak up. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE cle, jointand bone pain and hypertension are guy.But youdothe math –Leander’sdad going to playand he’s notplayed. And now You’retelling me that in the middleofa NEWDELHI,JULY14 the side effectsofhGH abuse,according to Wasthereadivide in theDavis Cupteam wasthe team doctor, SanjaySingh (Paes’ he’s gone from thattie to Godknows where Leander and Maheshcrisis if people in the the WADA website. In some cases, abnormal when youstarted playing? trainer)was theteam masseuse but he was- foratournament. DavisCup team areall proLeander,you think WHATISHuman Growth Hormone? growth of organs is also observed. Basically, before the DavisCup ties in n’t aphysio,which is the problembecause that’s notgoing to createarift? I’m notpro- Human Growth Hormone (hGH) is pro- 2008, it’s no secret that therewas almost a in atie, let’ssay Iturn my ankleormyknee Has thereeverbeenacasewhere players Mahesh or pro-Leander but it seemedpretty ducedinthe body and secreted by the pi- Howisitdetected if an athletehas taken rebellion againstLeander Paes, who wascap- or my shoulder, youneedaphysio andnot stood up together foracause? clear to me that achange neededtobemade. tuitarygland near the base of the brain. hGH? tain at the time. IthinkMahesh Bhupathi, amasseuse. There’s abig difference be- If yougobackto2013, the Davis Cup tie HGH helps in bone,organ andcartilage One of the ways to checkistotrack pro- Rohan Bopanna, Prakash Amritraj and tween the two. Nandan Bal wasthe coach between Indiaand SouthKorea inDelhi,it Whenyou firstjoinedthe team, were growth and also helps in repairing dam- tein levels found in blood plasma. maybesomeone else,said theydidn’t want who at the time –iftherewas aLeander- wasthe firsttimeinthe historyofIndianten- youhappywith the composition of the aged muscles. Leander to be captain. Theyhad asked me to Mahesh camp, Bal wasonthe Leander nis that 11 players boycottedthe Davis Cup team in terms of supportstaff? When the gland releases thegrowth hor- Howmanyathleteshavebeen caught join in at the time as well but Iwas still in col- camp. It didn’t seemtomethatthingswere tie. We boycotteditnot because we did not When Iwas in the Davis Cup team, cer- mone,itresultsinthe secretion of aprotein usinghGH forenhancing performance? legeand Itold them straight up, ‘Guys, Ihave being fairly doneand Ispokeout afterabout want India to win, but we boycottedbecause tain members were told to juststayaway calledIGF-1 from the liver, according to the According to theWadawebsite,since neverbeen afan of the Lee-Hesh kind of sit- twoorthree ties. we were sickand tired of theway theAITA from me. Therewerecertain peopleinthe US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) website. 2010,there have been 15 adverse analyti- uation and I’m still in collegesoplease keep wasbehaving. Sickand tired. training staffthat Isaid Idonot want to have “The IGF-1 protein is what ultimatelystim- calfindings.Two athletesalsoreceivedbans me out of it. Youguysgoahead anddowhat With all the mess and controversy that We would go up to theAITAand ask for anything to do withyou guys. And that was ulates the growth of bones, muscle,and other aftertheytestedpositive forhGH during youwant to do but keep me out of it.’ has surroundedDavis Cup tiesinIndia, transparencyinmoneylikeamillion times. it. We got them outofthe team. Keep in tissues,” USADAstates. testsconducted at the2012London This wasinFebruary2008, against especiallywith team selection, do you Every time allthe players would getdiffer- mind, these people had kept their positions Paralympic Games. Uzbekistanongrass in Delhi.The next tie feel that amongthe younger players, entamounts. Whywas it happening?Were in the team foryears and years. HowdoeshGH help improveathletic theyplayedagainstJapan, Prakash and theremight be areluctance to play theytryingtodivideand rule?Well,wejust But basedonwhat? Howdoweactu- performance? Is hGH prescribed by medical doctors Rohan won(the firsttwo singles rubbers, and becauseofsuchthings happening? felt that enough wasenough and we boy- allyget better? None of these people had hGH is known to increase musclemass, and what is the Messiconnection? Leander and Mahesh wonthe doubles), but It might happen. All these problems we’re cotted.Moreimportantly, afterthe boycott, anysortofexperience in international ten- strength as well as tissue-repairingeffects, hGH is giventobothchildren andadults right afterthat tie (was secured) theysaid talking about aren’t India-centric. If youfol- we losttoKorea. But lo and behold, rightaf- nis and neither did theywant to.Aslongas whichaccordingtothe WorldAnti-Doping with hormone deficiency.Itisgiven as an theywon’t playwithLeanderanymore. And lowworld tennis, and Davis Cup stories terthe loss everything changed, untilnow players remain quiet, Idon’tsee change Agency (WADA) website‘mayexplain the at- injection. One of the mostfamous stars to Iwas still this guy who wascoming in and worldwide, it’s happening in alot of coun- obviously. Nowithas gone back to the old happening, in anysport. This actually begs traction forits use as adoping agent in power take growth hormone treatment as a out of the team –Iwasn’t apermanentfix- tries. DudiSelafromIsrael, who hasmade system as clearly thereseems to be alackof agood question.Are players, across all and endurance sports’. youngsterisArgentina and Barcelonastar tureonthe team. the semis with his country,has had problems leadership amongstthe players. sports,happy with theway things arerun Lionel Messi. In an interviewtoMatchof Ijoinedthe team at the end of 2008 in a with his federation foryears. Koreawas the tie we playedinFebruary in the current system? If the answer is yes, Is hGHbannedbythe WorldAnti- the Daymagazine and reportedby tie againstRomaniaand then in 2009, we Getting on flightsfor 15-16hours isn’t 2013,weplayedatieinApril against makes sense. If the answer is no, then why Doping Agency (WADA)? Guardian, Messiisquotedassaying:“It playedatie againstChinese Taipei. It became easy and keep in mind players aren’t play- Indonesia, and by that time all the players areyou quiet? What areyou so scared of? Yes, hGH is bannedbothin-competition wasn’t difficult formetomove to Barcelona very clear to me that the entireDavis Cup ingten tournamentsayear –they’replay- were getting paid the same. Thereweresix Look at the number of players in Indian as well as out-of-competition. because IknewIhad to.Ineededmoney team wasaLeander team. ing 30-35tournamentsayear.Alot of times players in the squad and the top-4 flewbusi- tennis that have remainedquietand formymedicine to help megrowand One of the people Ihavethe utmostre- these players don’t have anyguarantee that ness class and everybody got astipend. We haven’t made anything out of it.Itinfuri- What arethe sideeffectsofdoping with Barcelona wasthe onlyclub that offered. spect forisVece Paes (Leander’s father),no they’ll play, so in some cases I’d be interested got the physios we wanted.Wedidn’tget ates me, to be honest. hGHoroverdosage? So as soon as theydid, IknewIhad to go.” JasonHolderplaybook:Killingitsoftlywithseam,swingandbounce

wasinfirst-classdays. armdownoverthe top, and resultantly, the as Holder in the lasttwo years. SANDIPG Ollie Pope, who nicked behind, would at- ball hardly wobblesand landsonthe seam. JULY14 test.Acocktail of angle, seam movement ANGLE AND CREASE: Manipulating the and bounce deceivedhim.But it wasthe SEAMINGATTHE BURSTS: If he swings crease has been oneofthe vital assets be- THERE’S Anuancedoperator lurking be- bounce troubledhim the most. Pitched the ball intothe right-hander,heseams the hindhis transformation. Five-sixyears ago, neath the unassuming disposition of Jason slightlyfurther up thanthe usual back-of- ball away from them. He could do this, stag- he would joginstraight, looking to getas Holder.Heclassifies himself as an end-to- length space, he hardlyexpected theball to geringly, from asimilar length, but wider close to thestumps as possible, as the clas- end stockbowler.But your garden variety bounce as high as it did. Neither did he ex- offthe crease to magnifythe angle. Atext- sicalbowlingtenetgoes. Butoflate, he stockbowlers can’t be wheeling away with pect the ball to nibble away,ever-so-frac- book case wasJos Buttler,who pre-empted keeps moving around. Even forregular de- 60 wickets at an averageof14inthe lasttwo tionally,asitdid.AlzarriJoseph toowas that the ball wasbending backintohim, liveries, he maintains asafedistancefrom years, or striking every34th delivery,or plugging away at asimilar length, but he onlytosee it hold theline by notmorethan the stumps. To Crawley, he driftedafew racking up six five-wicket hauls in this span, wasn’t extracting as muchbounce as Holder awhisker. inches wide. To Pope, he veered further hidingthe swagger in his smile, deception was. ASky Sports stat showedhehas been It’shis chief strategy againstleft-handed away.Buttler read toomuchintothe an- in his demeanour.Fromabit-partbowler leveraging an averagebounce of around of batsmen from around the stumps—a diffi- gle and expectedmore(non-existent) in- in his early days,hehas transformedintoa .99mfromgood length, whereasGabriel cult artasbestbowlerswould confide. The ward movement. “Using the crease is multi-skilledoperator. wasgetting around .94m. The millimetres ball, usuallydeliveredfromwideoff the something Istrivetodoand using the an- makeamassive difference. crease, would seem to slant in before it de- gles at thepoint of delivery,” Holder him- VERTICAL LIMITS: It’s thesix feet eight viates by aminutest of metres.Ben self had explainedonDay Twoin frame thatfirststrikes mostbatsmen. The SWINGING MENACE: Tall fast bowlers Stokes’s wicket is an ideal case steady. The Southampton. height—and arelease from 2.31metres— of this generation aregenerallynot mas- Jason Holder has taken60wickets at an averageof14inthe lasttwo years. Reuters England skipper triedtoworkoff his pads cajoles awkwardbounce from the surface. terful exponentsofswing. Theyare hard- but it seamedbackatrifle andclippedthe LENGTHPERFECT: He’sadeptatbowling In the incipience of his career,inthe fine wired intoback-of-length destroyers. But edge of his bat. anylengths, and as importantlyknows tradition of heydayCaribbean quicks,he Holder clearly is. A Cricviz statistic reveals mostamong West Indies quicks. whichhehadn’t anticipated.Hedoesn’t whichlength to bowl on whichpitchon wasoverzealous in bouncing out bats- that no other bowler has managed to Generally, he procures swing intoright- bowl as fullasJames Anderson or Trent SEAM MOVEMENT is histrustedallyin whichday.It’sanacquired sensibility,oras men.But the lackofpacemadehim im- swing the ball as consistentlyasHolder in handedbatsmen. The firstofhis six wick- Boult, nonetheless gets considerable inward Asia whereheaveragesastellar 17.95 (14.60 Holder would say, “When you'renot as minentlyhittable. So, he startedhitting thelasttwo years. (1.68degree). Noteven etsinSouthampton, Zak Crawley, wasthus movement. Anear-replica accounted for in India, 23.66inUAE and 22.33inSri quickassome people, you'vegot to be skil- the backoflength and good length areas Kemar Roachwith the newball managed manufactured.The Englishman wasfed a JofraArcher.Likewithall swing-merchants, Lanka). So clearly,hehas transcendedcon- ful.” It’s wise to put forththat combining moreoften. Theend product:Amore to swing the ball as constantlyasHolder, string of back-of-length balls angling away he has aneat release. The wristcomes down ditions too. As with swing, no one has smarts and skills,hehas more than com- dreadedproposition to negotiatethan he who managed amean of 1.7degree, the before he slippedinafullerin-swinger, nice and straight, whichbrings the bowling seamedthe ball (.72degree) as prodigiously pensated forthe lackofpace.

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