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OUTGOING ITBP CHIEF:CAN BE MORE calibratesstand HOSTILEONCHINA BORDERIFNEEDED Russian reminder, statementsonPutin PAGE 6 calls amplify urgency of newreality BENGALI WRITER BUDDHADEB GUHA RAKESHSINHA BUSINESSASUSUAL DIES AT 85 PAGE 6 NEWDELHI,AUGUST30 BY UNNY CALIBRATINGITS response to overtures SundaybyTaliban Delhi schools, leader Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, New Delhiiskeenly SHOPPING ONLINE colleges open awareofthe powerstructure emerging in the region. tomorrow: 50% Officials told The Indian Express that muchbeforethe Amidcriticism, Taliban takeover,India wasbe- class strength, ing remindedbyRussia of the staggered needtocome to terms with the shifting sands in Afghanistan. Govtrelookat China made itsstand public lunch breaks when Foreign MinisterWang Yi metaTaliban delegationled by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar in THE EDITORIAL PAGE SUKRITABARUAH Tianjin on July28. “The Afghan draftrulesfor NEWDELHI,AUGUST30 Taliban,” Wang said, “is an im- TALIBANANDNEW portant political and military REALPOLITIK ONLY50per cent studentsper force… expected to playanim- BY CRAJA MOHAN class, staggered lunch breaks, portant role in the country’s e-commerce mandatorythermalscreening, peace, reconciliation and recon- PAGE 8 alternateseating, aquarantine struction process.” room —these aresome of the On August11, four days be- WORLD Unhappiness over definitions and guidelinesthat schools and col- fore the fall of Kabul, the leges in Delhi will have to follow ExtendedTroika on Afghanistan, SEVEN CHILDREN ‘overreach’ by consumeraffairsdept when theyreopen on comprising Russia, China, Wednesday. Pakistanand the US, metin AMONG 10 KILLED IN While schools forClassesIX- Qatar’s capital Doha. U.S. DRONESTRIKE, PRANAVMUKUL XII, colleges and coaching insti- That India would notfind a SAYS FAMILY NEWDELHI,AUGUST30 tutions will reopen, it will notbe place at this table wasmadeam- compulsoryfor studentstoat- plyclearbyZamir Kabulov, WHITE HOUSE: WE FACINGApushbackfromnot tend physical classes. Online Russian President Vladimir CAN EVACUATE ALL DAY BEFORE DEADLINE onlythe industry butalso some learning will continue forthose Putin’s special envoy on AMERICANS sections of the government,the Rulesinlast who optout. Those who choose Afghanistan. PAGE 10 The United States said itsmissiledefencesysteminterceptedrockets firedfromcars towards Department of Consumer Affairs offline classes will have to getthe CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Kabul’s internationalairportonMonday. Aamaj News Agencyvia Reuters is learnttoberevisitingsome stagesof permission of their parents/ provisions pertaining to defini- notification guardians. tions suchas‘related party’ and The Delhi Disaster ‘e-commerce entity’ proposedin Management Authority on the drafte-commercerulesit THE DRAFT e-commerce Mondayissuedthe standardop- publishedinJune, multiple rules were announcedon eratingprocedure(SOP) to be Anti-conversion law 13-year-old Dalit girl from Delhi sources involved in the exercise June 21,and invitedcom- followedbyinstitutes whichde- have told TheIndian Express. mentsfromstakeholders cide to open. The schedule has to raped, killed; landlord’skin held The mostsignificant criticism by July6.However, multi- be staggered to avoid crowding in process, deterrent from within thegovernment is ple contradictions flagged in classrooms and outside; class related to the perception of by theindustry had size has to be limited to 50 per Father says calledcops afteraccusedpushedtocremateher “overreach” by theConsumer promptedthe Consumer cent of the total strength.Apart needed, says Khattar Affairs Department —venturing Affairs Department to ex- from standardprecautions on had dieddue to illness and pres- home in Gurgaon. intoareas whereother depart- tend the datetoJuly21. sanitisation, masksand physical JIGNASASINHA suredhim to cremate the body, “The landlord’s wifetold me mentssuchasthe Department Stakeholder views have distancing, instituteshavealso NEWDELHI,AUGUST30 until neighbours intervenedand thather brother had ayounger forPromotion of Industryand been received, and the de- been directed to maintain a got him to call the police.The daughter and my daughter can Internal Trade (DPIIT) and the partmentisinthe final ‘quarantine room’ on campus in A13-YEAR-OLDDalit girlfrom post-mortemreport revealed playwithher and stay with the MinistryofElectronics & stages of notifying the case astudent or teacher dis- West Delhiwas allegedlyraped that the girl, who had suffered familyfor sometime. She took Information Technology (MeitY) rules governing the sector. plays symptoms. and killedbyarelativeofher severe injuriesonher face and her on July17,”the father stated arealready working. In case of adouble-shiftsys- landlord, according to thevic- private parts, had been raped. in the FIR. Severalcontradictions in the tem, the instituteswill have to tim's parentsand an FIR regis- Speaking to The Indian Speaking to this newspaper, draftrules that have triggered by the industry, the“broad defi- maintain agap of at leastone teredbypolice. The relative has Express,the victim's father, who he said thataround3pm on confusion among sectoral play- nition” of ‘relatedparty’ has been hourbetween the twobatches been arrested andpolice said is adaily wage labourer,saidthat August23, he receivedacall from ers have also been flagged,in- flagged —asone “thatcan poten- of students. Further,students, theyare investigating the alleged lastmonth, on the recommen- the landlord, saying his daughter cluding some provisions that run tiallyinclude all entities suchas teachers and employees living in involvement of the landlordand dation of the landlordwho “was had diedoffoodpoisoning. Four contrarytothe rules governing those involved in logistics, any containmentzones willnot be his wifeinthe case. likefamily”, he had allowedhis hours later,Praveen,the land- the sector issuedearlier by the joint ventures, etc.”, thereby permitted to the institutes. According to thegirl's father, daughter to go with the arrested lord’s wifeand twoothers DPIIT,officialssaid. vastly expanding the remit of the Meanwhile, severalprivate Manohar Lal Khattar in ChandigarhonMonday. Kamlesh Singh the accused claimedthat the girl accused Praveentoworkathis CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Among the concerns raised CONTINUEDONPAGE2 schools in the city said they would notre-open on Wednesday, andwould first EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE SPORT gauge parents' response, assess CHANDIGARH,AUGUST30 CMDIFFERSWITH Goa rammed through land ownership Bill howmanystudentswould opt DEPUTY,BACKS foroffline classes, and formulate HARYANA CHIEF Minister CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Manohar Lal Khattar said on KARNALOFFICER despite objectionsbyRevenue, Law,Finance Monday that alaw to target the ADAY afterDeputy CM increasing incidentsofforcedre- Dushyant Chautala YOUR RIGHT PushedbySawant, the Bill finance, also raisedred-flags, the CITY ligious conversion was“in promisedaction MAYURAJANWALKAR wasintroduced on July29. The RTIdocumentsrevealed. process”. againstIAS officer PANAJI,AUGUST30 TO KNOW day’s session spilledovertoJuly Among the eight points re- “Lawisenacted to createa Ayush Sinha for 30, and, according to documents quiring detailed examination, deterrent forpeople when a ordering police to IN THE crucial hours before the AN EXPRESS RTI obtained by The Indian Express Monserrate said, wasthe inter- wrong thing starts getting into “break the heads” of Goa Legislative Assemblypassed APPLICATION under RTI, at 2.12 am that day, estofowners who had rented their behaviour.Suchincidents farmer protesters, Chief the controversial Goa Bhumiputra Revenue SecretarySanjay out their houses that would not have startedtakingplace in afew MinisterManohar Lal Adhikarini Bill, 2021, the Revenue Kumar advised“caution as haste be protected if theBill was places in Haryana,” Khattar said Khattarsaid on Ministerwho introducedit, bhumiputra (son of the soil) to can lead us to some unseen passedinits present form. in response to questions at a Mondaythatwhile Jennifer Monserrate,raised eight persons living foratleast30 repercussions” in his file noting. “Government servantsstaying in MOST PVT SCHOOLS press conference he addressed Sinha mayhavechosen issues that required scrutinyand years in Goa. Chief Minister But then it waspassedinthe quarters will claim right to quar- at ChandigarhPress Club on his wordsbadly, asked forits introduction in the Pramod Sawant told the House Assemblyinthe evening of July ters while staying in the said PUT OFFREOPENING, completion of 2,500days of his “strictnesshad to be INDIAWINSGOLD IN next session. Revenue Secretary it would allowthe “mool Goenkar 30 amid awalkoutbythe quarters,” she wrote. CITE LOGISTICAL government. ensured;law and order JAVELIN, SHOOTING SanjayKumar advised against (original Goans)” the right to Opposition afterbeing intro- She raisedthe issue of regu- ISSUES,EXAMS “As long as therewereonly had to be maintained”. AT PARALYMPICS haste,evenwarnedof“unseen stakeclaimtoownershipoftheir ducedinthe early hours. larisationofproperties up to 250 PAGE 3 one-twoincidents,therewas no REPORT,PAGE5 PAGE 14 repercussions”. house on land measuring up to In the previous twodays,the sq m, “whether it will include CONTINUEDONPAGE2 The Bill accords the status of 250 squaremeters. state’s departments of lawand CONTINUEDONPAGE2

PAGE1 ANCHOR Memorial to amassacre: StarkJallianwala passage gets amural makeover

From the time schoolchild- crowdedwith ashinymural of British Sikh MP PreetKaurGill DIVYAA renfirstlearn about the mas- dozens of humanfigures, sym- tweeted: “Our history being &KAMALDEEPBRAR sacrethat took place at the Bagh bolising the common people erased. Why?” NEWDELHI,AMRITSAR, on Baisakhi day, 1919,theyare who fell to Dyer's bulletsthat day. Therewas theother viewas AUGUST30 told about this lane —byblock- “Devastated to hear that well. BJP MP Shwait Malik,who ing whichthe troopsofGen REH Jallianwala Bagh...has been re- is also atrusteeofthe Jallianwala JALLIANWALABAGHacentury Dyer cut offescapefor the crowd vamped —whichmeans thatthe Bagh Trust, argued: “These ago, the historian Kim AWagner assembled inside, and mowed lasttraces of the event have ef- sculptures in the lane will make wrote in his 2019 book of the down hundredsatpractically fectively been erased,” Wagner visitors conscious of those who same name, wasarighttrape- pointblank range. postedonTwitter on Saturday. walked in on that day... Earlier, zoidabout 200yards long and On Saturday,whenPrime He calledita“partofthe general peoplewalked this narrowlane 150yards wide,“entirelyen- MinisterNarendra Modi inaugu- Disneyficationofthe old city of without knowing itshistory, closed by the backs of houses ratedthe revamped Jallianwala Amritsar”. nowtheywillwalkwith history.” and brickwalls”, themainen- Bagh, the narrowlane with stark Wagner's tweetset offa Asenior official of the trance to whichwas “a longnar- brickwallshad transformedinto storm of outragefromhistorians, Archaeological Survey of India rowpassage, wide enough for something unrecognisable —a cultureaficionados, and ordinary (ASI) told TheIndian Express that people to pass in both directions, tunnel partiallyclosedto thesky, Rana Simranjit Singh tourists who hadvisited the project wasexecuted en- thoughnot so wide as to accom- completewithanew floor, and The passageleading to the Jallianwala BaghinAmritsar as it wasearlier (left) and afterrenovation Jallianwala Bagh before it was tirelybythe Union Ministryof modatevehicles”. with the walls on eitherside shut forrenovation in 2019. CONTINUEDONPAGE2

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UrbanLadder,Milkbasket,etc.sell would be considered arelated entity itselfcannotdo. Sources But the Russian President’s couragereligiousconversions willget the rightsofpremises, 2019.Theymet at everystage of “Thedefinitionof relatedparty on their super-apps,” aDelhi- party under the proposedprovi- said the provisions might be statement pointed to “theirde- onlyfor the purpose of marriage. including govt premises if any. the project, and laboriously certainlyneeds some moreclar- basedretailexecutive saidoncon- sions,andwouldnotbeableto sell changed to have certain exclu- termination to increase cooper- Hindutvagroups have coinedthe In viewofabove,the proposalis went through drawings and ity,otherwiseitwillbedifficultnot dition of anonymity. 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DEPARTMENT commercecompanies that dis- Khan.Theseexchangestookplace November 2020, acommittee had stirredupsentimentsofthe onbothsides.Now, whenvisitors DISPUR ::: GUWAHATI-6 allows thesefirmsfromhaving aday later —onAugust25. comprising IAS officer TLSatya- state’s tribal population, would willwalkin,theywilllookatboth control over their inventory. Russia underlinedthat Putin prakash,IPSofficerNavdeepVirk, be dropped. The contentious Bill, sides and understand howordi- ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE POST OF MANAGING DIRECTOR, Industryplayers have argued and Xi “intend to use the poten- andAdditionalAdvocate General that maynow be renamedGoa narymen, women and children ASSAM ELECTRICITY GRID CORPORATION LIMITED, ASSAM that on the one hand the FDI pol- tialofthe SCOasmuchaspossi- DeepakManchandawasset upto Bhumi Adhikarini Bill, 2021, hadwalkedincheerfullyonafes- icy prohibitscompanies suchas ble” and step up cooperation study the issue.Vij had then said however, continuestofuel apo- tive day, and the fate theymet.” Power (Electricity) Department, Government of Assam invites application AmazonandFlipkartfromhaving “above all between the foreign the committee would study the litical storm in the poll-bound ConservationistGurmeet from eligible candidates with outstanding career having at least 20 years of controlovertheinventorysoldon ministries”. anti-conversion laws enacted by state. The Opposition had ac- Sangha Raiexpresseddisap- relevant experience and proven managerial and leadership quality for the theirplatforms,whileontheother, On Putin’s conversation with other states. cusedthe rulingBJP of “election pointment with the “drama” that the e-commerce rules of the Imran, Russia flagged theneed On November 6, Vij, while engineering” and raisedcon- had been brought to the lane. post of Managing Director,Assam Electricity Grid Corporation Limited. Consumer Affairs Department to establish an “inter-Afghan di- speaking in the Assemblyonthe cerns over illegal structures be- “The spirit of the space has About the Organisation: holdstheseplatformsliableincase alogue that would facilitatethe murderof FaridabadwomanNiki- ing regularisedunder the pro- been compromisedtocreatea Assam Electricity Grid Corporation, aState Public Sector Enterprises of aseller fails to delivergoods or formation of an inclusive gov- ta Tomar by her alleged stalker, tection of the Bill. kindof dramaby installingsculp- Assam, having annual turnover of Rs. 1296.49 crores and Annual Net Profit servicesdueto negligentconduct, ernment” and underlinedthe Tausif, said the government was Urging the house to passthe turesetc.,”shesaid.“Japanhasnot whichcauseslossto thecustomer. agreement to “coordinateap- considering alaw to checkforced BillonJuly30, Sawant hadsaid converted Hiroshimaintoa of about Rs. 145.94 crores, was incorporated in 2003 as aLimited Company “Provisions likefall-back lia- proaches to the Afghan issue”. religious conversions. it wasinthe interestofthe ‘mool themepark.They have preserved under Companies Act, 1956. {Presently Companies Act, 2013} with its bility areantithetical to the way Even Putin’s conversation Earlier in June lastyear,Chief Goenkar’ and people who had the half-burntstructuretotell its registered office at Bijulee Bhawan, Paltan Bazar,Guwahati-1, Assam. e-commerce business models with Iranian President Ebrahim MinisterKhattarhadsaidthat the been living in their homes for history.When yougotoHirosh- have evolvedandtheyare evenin Raisi —and this took place on government had decidedtopass generationsbut did nothave ima, youcomeout with asense Job Description: The Managing Director is the Chief Executive of the contravention of the existing August18, three days afterthe a‘Right to FreedomofReligion ownership of the house. thatitshouldn'thappen again.” Company and accountable to the Board of Directors and the Government of rules,” an industryofficial said. fall of Kabul —focusedonthe Bill’ to stop forced conversions. Opposition parties including The government,she said, Assam. He/She will be responsible for day to day operation, efficient and An e-mail querysent to the road ahead in Afghanistan. Asenior Haryana govern- Congress, Goa ForwardParty, could have held an international effective functioning and management of the Company for achieving the Consumer Affairs Ministryseek- Clearly,reaching out to these ment officer privy to the devel- Maharashtrawadi Gomantak competition with international ing commentsonthe issuedid leaders,Putin, officialssay,isam- opmentsonthe Bill told The Partyand independentMLAs had jury“to choose the best idea so corporate goals and performance parameters. The Managing Director will notelicit aresponse. plifyingthe urgency of the new Indian Express on Monday, “A metGovernorPSShreedharan that the real messageofJallian- also be responsible for strategic planning for Company’scontinuous growth, The cross-indexingofrules reality —and anew regional ar- draftBillisready, but therewere Pillai days afterthe session and wala Bagh wasconveyedwith capacity augmentation and modernization of the grid and transmission governingthe e-commerce sec- chitecture, one that requires certain provisions on whichdis- urgedhim nottogrant hisassent sensitivity.Installing sculptures network besides expeditious and time bound project implementation. toramong various government countries to have “permanent cussions arestill on. The provi- to the Bill and tenother Bills that doesn't make visitorsfeel any- departmentshas also been consultations”,“usethe potential sions arebeing examinedbyall theysaid had been passed“in a thing.” Eligibility:- flagged. The mostsignificant in- of the SCOasmuchaspossible”, legal experts of the stategovern- haste”bythe government that The Rs-20-croreupgradation 1. Qualification and Experience: The minimum qualification of the candidate terventionhas come from the “coordinateapproaches” and re- ment. Objections that were was“election engineering”. project forthe Jallianwala Bagh for the post should be graduation from arecognized Unviersity with Niti Aayog, whichislearnt to main in “personal contact”. raisedearlier arebeing ad- 13-yr-old raped monument wassanctionedin excellent academic record and adequate experience at senior level of have flagged in an office memo- ForIndia,officials say, this is dressed; certain provisions and 2019 under the National randum that manyofthe provi- the newchallenge: Choices will clauses arebeingmodifiedto broughtthe girl’s bodyinapri- Implementation Committee to management in reputed organization in the Power Sector.He/She should sions were “beyond the realm” have to be made and positions meetlegal scrutiny. Hopefullythe vate ambulance to Delhi, he said. mark100yearsofthe massacre. have aproven track record of performance in design, planning project of consumer protection. calibrated irrespective of ties final draftshall be ready soon.” TheFIRstatesthatthegirl’sfa- The advisorycommitteehad implementation and administrative function for aminimum period of 20 Some of the proposedprovi- with the US. The return of the ther wasasked to perform his senior officials from the sions likehavingacompliance Taliban, as German Chancellor Goa daughter’s final rites. “Theyhad Ministries of Cultureand (twenty) years. Persons with Technical/Engineering/Post Graduate officer,adherence to lawenforce- Angela Merkelsaid, is “bitter,but multi-storeybuildings or only1 wood and pooja items, and they Tourism, besides the ASI and Management Qualifications (MBA or PGDM) or professional qualification ment requests,etc.,followinthe we have to deal with it”. floor is notclear. The disputethat were ready to cremateher.We NBCC Ltd, whichfloated aten- of CA/ICWAand having experience in the fields of Finance, HR, footsteps of theInformation Delhi schools mayarisedueto thehousesinset- were clueless... Our neighbours der and engaged Ahmedabad- Marketing, Technical Services etc. will have added advantage. The Technology(Intermediary) backareaisnot clear… Whether stoppedthe cremation. They based Vama Communicationsto Rules,2021issuedbyMeitY. their time-tables whichwill the restriction on construction in asked us to examine my daugh- execute the project, officialssaid. Company is looking for leadershipquality in acandidate who will be These IT rules arefacing legal have to be ahybridofoffline and CRZ, eco-sensitive zone etc. will ter’s body.When we saw, we Vandana Raj, founder of capable of leading the Company,motivatingall engineers and employees challenges in severalcourts. online classes. Some said they applyornot while regularising were shocked.Shehadinjurieson Vama, said, “The idea wasnot to to achieve high standards in performance. An official of aBengaluru- maywait as longasamonth to these dwelling unitsunderthis herfaceandback.We didn’tknow change, but to enhance. Forin- 2. Government Officers not below the rank of Additional Secretary to the basede-commerce company see howthe reopening process Billisnot clear,”she wrote. theywouldkillher.Wegot scared stance, the superstructure notedthat the noise over the FDI plays out in other schools. The Revenue Ministersaid and called the police,”the father around the Matryrs' Well that Government of Assam or itsequivalent rank with adequate experience in policyof theDPIIT,whichwasseen Thereare manygovernment practical implementation of the told thisnewspaper. has been removedwas nevera the relvant field will be eligible. in the US as India adding non-tar- schoolswhich arefunctioning as Bill by August1was notpossible DoctorsatBabuJagjivanRam partofthe heritagestructure. It 3. Candidates from privatesector,CPSE and State Government ifftrade barriers, couldhavebeen vaccination and ration distribu- even if theAssemblypassed it. Hospital, wherethe autopsy was came muchlater,inthe 1960s, areasonwhythegovernmentde- tion centres. These services will Attaching the draftBilltohis conducted,statedinthe report when the Bagh wasturnedintoa Company/Undertaking in the rank of General Manager Engineering cidedtoroute the newe-com- notbehalted at these schools. note of July 27 to the Revenue thatthegirldiedof“asphyxiacon- monument. Now, theglasswalls Discipline) and above also will be eligible for above post and may apply. mercerules throughthe Consu- According to the SOP,the section Department, Sawant had said sequentuponantemortemman- offeramuchbetterviewtovisi- Age mer Affairs Department. of the school usedfor these ac- the BhumiputraAdhikarita ual smothering”. The reportsaid tors while also retainingthe orig- Minimum age of the candidate should not be less than 50 years and tivities will be demarcated and scheme wasannouncedinhis thereis“positive evidenceof vagi- inalityofthe well from 1919.” Russia, China separated from the rest of the Budget speechfor 2021-22 and nal and anal sexual assault” with The widespread seepageand maximum age should not exceed 57 years as on 31.03.2021. Upper age Officialspointto anonlinedis- building. had to be takenupinthe current all injuries being “antemortem” in-growth of weedsand algae limit is relaxable by another one year in case of in-house candidate. cussion, reportedbyRussian The SOP also requires teach- session.The note wasreceived and “recent in duration”. have been fixed, and the dilapi- Age of Superannuation: 60 (sixty) years. news agency Tass on July20, in ers to speak to each student to by theRevenue Departmenton “The landlordand his wife dated andill-keptbuildings have Tenure of Appointment:- whichKabulovsuggestedthat checkontheir well-being, and July28, the daythe Assembly’s liedtous. We respectedthem and been turnedintoviewing gal- India couldnot participatein provide emotional supportas three-daysession commenced. theykilledmydaughter. Iwant leries, Rajsaid. Unusedstore- Subject to the terms and conditions issued by Government of Assam the these talksbecauseitlacked“in- well as mentallyprepare them In his file noting on July30, them to be arrested.OnRaksha houses have been turnedinto initial tenure of appointment will be for aperiodof3(thee) years. The tenure fluence” over theTaliban —and to resume academicactivities Revenue SecretarySanjayKumar Bandhan, Icalledand begged administrativebuildings and a may be extended by another two years or up to superannuation whichever thatonlycountries with “un- offline.Theymusttry and un- saidtheBill “hadnot beenadmin- them to give me the address so 100-seat theatre. equivocalinfluenceonbothsides” derstand the current academic istratively approved by therev- that Icould see my daughter but The ASI official said that the is earlier,subject to satisfactory performance of the incumbent. could participate. levels of the studentsand enue minister”. The file wasnev- theyrefused. Iwish Iknewwhat famous and evocative bullet Salary and Perks: According to officials, “bridgethe learning gaps to ertheless submitted to Revenue theyweredoingtomydaughter,” marks on thewalls have been The post carries afixed payofRs.1,60,000/- (Rupees one lakh sixty Kabulovwas pointing to the strengthen and recapitulatethe MinisterMonserrate stating: saidthe girl’smother, whoworks conserved by the local circle of thousand) per month (without grade pay) plus other allowance admissible as newregionalstructuretaking foundational subject-specific “Due to shortage of time, the Bill as adomestic help. the Survey “under direct super- shape —Russia, China and competency of previous class”. has notbeenexaminedthor- The girllived withher three vision from Delhi”. per company Rules. Higher starting paymay be given considering the Pakistan, all eyeing stakes in a oughly andmayhaveunforeseen younger siblingsand parents, Ex-serviceman, environ- qualification, experience. Moreover payprotection to successful candidates Taliban-controlledAfghanistan. Khattar wider ramifications.Hence, con- who hail from Bihar,atarented mentalist, and writer Parkash under govt. service/regulatory service etc. may be provided. He remindedIndia that it requirement forsuchalaw. But sidering the impactof the Bill, the accommodation. Singh Bhatti (83), remembers Submission of Application: could playarole oncethe US ex- nowseveral incidentsofforced samemay be publishedfor ob- Asenior Delhi Police officer the wayJallianwala Bagh was ited the country—“post-con- religious conversion by wayof taining public comments.” said: “Wesent all details of the before the firstround of renova- Eligible candidatesmay submit their applications duly signed along with a flict” wasthe term he used. coercion, allurementshave On itspart, the Law PCR call made by the familyand tionsinthe 1960s. photograph of the applicant, full bio-data/C.V,email address, self attested “India’s futureefforts,ina cometolight. To prevent these Department notedonJuly29that post mortemtoGurgaon Police. “TheCongress government copies of testimonials/certificates, payslip etc. may be submitted online vide moreexpandedformat will only incidents, suchlawsare re- theBillwouldrequirethe consid- It wasfound thatthe girlwas sex- wasthe firsttorenovate the email ([email protected]) on or before 25.09.2021 be welcomed.Thisexpanded quired.That is the reason we re- eration of the President of India ually assaulted in Gurgaon and Jallianwala Bagh in the late format will involve Afghanis- cently passedthe anti-copying afteritispassedinthe Assembly her body wasbrought to Delhi.” 1950s,”Bhatti said.“Before that, Application sent after last date shall be liable for rejection. tan’s post-conflict development. Bill. To ensure that suchinci- “as the provisions of the Bill seek ACPWest, Gurgaon, Rajinder, thereusedtobemilkand lassi Candidates serving in Government, Public Sector Enterprises or Statutory Here, India’scloutand itsrole are dentsdonot increase, it be- to deprivethe owner from his said, “On the complaint of the shops on the right side of the en- Bodies should apply through proper channel with ano-objection from their rather significant,” Kabulovsaid. comes imperative to enact laws property due to whichprovisions parents, we registered amurder trance lane, and private property Officials point to statements to preventthem,”hesaid. of Bill attractsArticle 300A of the case againstPraveen andhis rel- on the leftside.” present employer at the time of interview. issuedbythe Russians in the last “The lawshall be enacted in Constitution of India”. The de- atives. The girl's body wassent TheCongress,Bhattisaid,“had TA &D.A for appearing for interview: one week following Putin’s calls Haryana. What Ihavelearnt from partmentalsoadvised that pro- forpostmortemtoaDelhi hos- politicsonitsmind,andnoobjec- Single to and from economy class airfare by shortest route from to leaders of countries that will the Home Minister(Anil Vij) is visions of the Goa Mundkars pital. We receivedareportfrom tive to protect the history of the residence/place of present posting to the place of interview would be shape the newstructure. These that ateam has been constituted (Protection from Eviction) Act, them saying the girlwas sexu- Bagh”.Bythetimetherenovation highlight,theysaid, the nuances to study the aspectsofsuchalaw. 1975, be considered to ensure allyassaulted.Wehavenow reg- wascompletedin1961, theBagh reimbursed to the candidates called for the interview subject to production thatdistinguisheachrelationship. Very soon, adraft shall be pre- thereisnooverlap. isteredacaseunder sectionsof had already lostmuchofits orig- of original travel documentsand receipts. On August24, the daythe G7 pared,and we shall see if we The next day, Pranab GBhat, rape and under POCSOAct. inal character,hesaid. “The well Other Conditions. ForeignAffairsCommitteeChairs needtobring an Ordinance or Under-Secretary, Finance Praveen has been arrested.” wascovered,the landscape was The selected candidate shall have to join the assignment within one month issuedastatement callingfor a table it in the next session of the Departmentwroteinthe file An FIR wasregisteredin changed,and some newstruc- framework to deal with the Tali- Vidhan Sabha.Weare consider- that the introduction of the Bill Gurgaon on August25, initially tures were constructed.” from the date of issue of appointment letter and an undertaking to that effect banandsaid“wewouldliketosee ing these possibilities. It shall also wasnot recommended. under sections of murder and And now, “the BJP govern- shall have to be submitted at the time of interview. India invited to this G7 meeting”, be sent to Legal Remembrancer Referring to the provisions criminal conspiracy,and under ment has made it very clear that Sd/- Putin wasonthe line with Prime (LR)who shall examine it. It is in which allowabhumiputrato the SC/STAct. theytoo have only politics on MinisterNarendraModi. process.The lawshall be en- stakeclaim to theownership of their mind and no intention to Principal Secretary to the Govt. of Assam, New Delhi’s statement on acted,” Khattar said. house built before April 1, 2019, Jallianwala Bagh preservethe history of Power (Electricity) Department, theconversation emphasised “it Severalstatesincluding, of he pointed out: “Thisimplies Culture, with the ASI supervis- Jallianwala Bagh,” Bhatti said. 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DU’s Ramanujan DDMA NOD FOR CLASSES TO RESUME FOR SENIOR STUDENTS Deploy women college looks to introduce mass Mostpvtschoolsputoffreopeningon officers across all media diploma beats: Police chief EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Sept1,citelogisticalissues,exams dent with the district police and NEWDELHI,AUGUST30 EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE heads to the spot. NEWDELHI,AUGUST30 As per the newplan, an offi- DELHI UNIVERSITY’S gear to offline classes.“Wewere cer said, “PCR vans will now RamanujanCollege is looking to SUKRITABARUAH planningtoconduct theseexams DELHI POLICE Commissioner merge with the district police, introduce a‘skill-oriented’ NEWDELHI,AUGUST30 offline forclasses Xand XII, but Rakesh Asthanahas directed and personnel from the localpo- diploma programme in mass we might convertthe exams to the 15 DCPs to deploywomen licestation will travel with the media. This will be thefirst MOSTPRIVATEschools in the offline mode forclasses IX and XI officers in all beats, especiallyin PCR van.” diploma programme run from capital won’t be reopening for too. It might serveaspreparation areas thathaveschools, col- Chauhan further states, “Beat the DU’s undergraduatecolleges. senior studentsfromWednesday fortheir return to offline mode. leges, and whichsee ahigh foot- MPVs will have to resume pa- Aone-yeardiploma course as theyare stillworking out the We will notbere-opening forof- fall of women. This comes as the trollingafter handing over any in Mass Media and Film Studies logistics of classroom seating, fline classes this week as we don’t Delhi PolicePCR unit is settobe call that mandates registration to be run from Ramanujan running both online and offline disruptthe current preparations integrated withthe district of crime to thestaff of theinves- Collegewas approved by the classes, and other infrastructure and classes happeningonline,” teams from September 1. PCR tigation wing of the policesta- Faculty of AppliedSciences and arrangements. said principal Rashmi Biswal. vans will also be known as beat tion. We should preparealistof Humanities lastmonth and has The Delhi Disaster Meanwhile, Mount Carmel vans from now. all beats, the number of MPVs, been run through the Academic Management Authority in an or- School, Dwarka has decidedto Thestandardoperatingproce- and namesofthe buddy pair of Council. It will nowhavetobe der Mondaypermitted schools, adoptamorecautious approach. dure, issued by DCP (headquar- officers of the beat and their approved by the Executive colleges, technical and training in- School authorities said theyare ters) ShwetaChauhan, said, “JCPs shifts.Special attentionmustbe Council, following whichthe stitutes, coachinginstitutes, and willingtowait foruptoamonth of ranges withtheir counterparts paid to deployment of women collegewill formulatebasic libraries to re-open forstudents to assess the re-opening process inPCRandcommunicationwings officers in the beats, particularly guidelines forthe course. from class IX and above,and is- Schoolshavebeen directed to design their time-tables and staggertimings in suchaway and learn from others. will mergeexisting PCR beatsof those whichhaveschools, col- Ramanujan Collegeprincipal suedadetailedSOP forthe same. that amaximum of 50% studentsare in class at atime. Archive “Weare happy forthe gov- mobile patrol vans (MPVs) and leges,and other areas havinga Dr SPAggarwalstatedthat this Schools have been directedto ernment to take theleadand motorbikepatrols intoexisting heavy footfall of women.” willbethe firstdiploma course design their time-tablesand stag- showushow theyimplement beatsofpolice stations. This im- Beat MPVs will also have a forundergraduate-levelstu- gertimings in suchaway thata they’ll have to be split up in entsfor classes IX and XI. We had parentsofthat grade. We’ll start the StandardOperating Protocol plies that post-integration, each newuniform, whichwill be dentstoberun from aDUcol- maximum of 50 per cent stu- groups. This will mean that teach- already done it forclasses Xand testing the waters with parentsof in their schools. We don’t want beatwillhave apatrolvehiclewith communicated by the PHQ in lege.It will be open to everyone, dentsare in classatatime. Only ers will have to repeat the same XII when it wasallowedfor some other grades this week and pre- to rush and cause anyconfusion aminimum of twopersonnel pa- the coming days. notrestrictedtoDelhi University those studentswritten consent lesson fordifferent groups. We studentstocome to schoolfor pareour time-table keeping in as of now. Wherever therehas trolling24x7inshifts.Theywillat- “Call sign of the reorganised students. “This is basicallyaskill- from their parentswill return to will also have to run both online practical and exam-relatedwork. mind the hybrid model we’ll have been arushtoopenschools, tend PCR calls, other minor law PCR vehicles,whichwill also have oriented course aimedatgener- school while online classes will and offline classes simultane- At that time, we had got consent to follow,”the principal said. therehas soon been arush to and order issues in the beat, and vehicles of the policestation, will ating employment. It is for10+2 continue forthe rest.Schools ouslyand monitor both.Thisis from around 45% parents.” Otherschools cited different close them backagain. India’s ensuresurveillance overunlaw- beassignedbyDCP/PCR.All vehi- students, studentsofB.A. have cited challenges of working notsimpleand is alot morefor The principal of aprominent reasons forputting offre-open- Covid cases arerising again, we ful activities and other issues that cles of PCR and police stations to Programme and other pro- aroundthesevarious necessities. teachers to handle. We aremore private schoolin South Delhialso ing fornow. don’tknowwhichway it will go. arecurrentlythe responsibilityof be merged intoacommonpool grammes to equip them to geta Said Suruchi Gandhi, princi- than preparedwith our infra- citedthe same challenges. DAVPublic School, We willtakeatleast another thebeat,divisionofficers,andPCR so that all beatshaveatleastone job in media. Therewill be pal Bal Bharti Public School, structurearrangements,wejust “The school is already ready PushpanjaliEnclave,isset to hold month; we’realsoworkingtoget MVPs respectively.” patrol vehicle. Response time of around 40 sears and formostof Dwarka,“Social distancingmeans need to plan forour logistics. We because we hadclass XII students internal examinations in the all our staff, including class 4em- Usually, on receiving acall on PCR vehicles mustbemonitored the classes, we willbeinviting we can’t put manystudents to- areinthe processofcollecting coming forpracticals.We hadre- comingfortnightandhas decided ployees, vaccinated,” said Dean 112atthe control room, aPCR and maintainedfor citizen’s satis- membersofthe media,” he said. gether in one classroom and submissions of consentfrompar- ceiveda50-50 response from to focus on these before shifting Michael Williams. vanshares brieffactsofthe inci- faction,” she said. HC directs parking dispute accused to perform social service at Lok Nayak

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE The accusedand NEWDELHI,AUGUST30 complainant are QUASHINGANFIR relatedto acar relativesand parking dispute, the Delhi High neighbours and had Courthas directed twobrothers, who were accusedinthe case, to settledtheir disputes perform social service forone in February2021 month at Lok Nayak Hospital. Theaccusedhad approached the court forquashing theFIR pletion of one month to show registeredatGokul Puri police compliance with the order. station in 2017.The accusedhad “In case of anyabsenteeism/ abusedand hitthe complainant default or anymisbehaviour on with an iron rodoveradispute the partofpetitioners, the same related to car parking. Both the shall be conveyed immediately accusedand complainant are by the Medical Superintendent, relativesand neighbours and Lok NayakJai Prakash Narayan had settledtheirdisputesin Hospital,tothe SHOconcerned, February2021. who shall, in turn, informthe Observing that continuation learnedASC forthe State, for of the proceedings will onlyag- bringing the same to the notice gravate thebad bloodbetween of the Courtand forseeking re- the parties who live in the same call of orders passedtoday,”said locality,JusticeSubramonium the courtinits order. Prasad quashedthe FIR and or- The courtalso imposeda dered the accusedpersons and costofRs10,000eachonthe six complainant to remain bound personsofthe familysothat by the terms of the settlement. theydonot repeat such activi- JusticePrasad asked theac- ties in the future.The court di- cusedtofile acertificatefrom rected that the costbedeposited theMedical Superintendent of with the “ArmyWelfare Fund Lok Nayakhospitalafter com- Battle Casualties”.

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IN THE CAPITAL Total375* 14,12,280 25,0812,56,23,431 *T BRIEFLY NCR POPULATIONTOOVERTAKE TOKYO BY 2030: DRAFT REPORT 21% staff shortage across 15 Woman attacked, Rapidrail,newtownships:NCR police districts, audit shows robbedin Narela boardtodiscussregionalplan Special Cell onlyunit with more personnel than sanctioned NewDelhi :A60-year-old woman wasallegedly at- MAHENDERSINGH STAFFCRUNCH tacked androbbed by an Meerut corridor is expected to MANRAL unidentifiedmaninOuter SOURAVROYBARMAN be completedby2023. NEWDELHI,AUGUST30 District /SanctionedPresent Variation Delhi’sNarela.Avideo of NEWDELHI,AUGUST30 Thereportsuggeststhepossi- Specialisedunit strength strength the incident in whichthe bilities of increasingthe speedof DELHI POLICE has astaff crunch South 3,5412,567 28% woman is seen resisting AN AMBITIOUS plan to make Metrorail from existing average of 21.03 per cent across its15dis- the robberybid went viral Delhi-NCR futurereadyenvis- of 32-35km/hr to about50km/ tricts —33,833 personnelagainst Central 3,271 2,444 25% on social media. Rajiv ages high-speedrail trackscapa- hr by 2022 and up to 70 km/hr by asanctionedstrengthof42,847— Northeast3,302 2,487 25% Ranjan,DCP(OuterNorth), ble of handling bullettrains, he- 2025 be explored.Currently, the revealedanaudit conductedear- Rohini 2,988 2,18627% said, “She withdrew litaxi services, expansion of Metronetwork in Delhi-NCR lier this month by thepolice New Delhi2,759 1,95729% moneyfromabankinthe airportnetwork,and develop- spans 396 km, including 291km headquarters. It also shows that area and put it in her bag. ment of 5-8 townships,with the in Delhi, 34 km in Haryana cities the SpecialCellisthe onlyunit Traffic5,948 5,015 15% She waswalkinghome projection that the population of suchasGurgaonand 71.6 km in wheresanctionedstrengthis722 Metro954 59138% whentwo boys on abike the region will overtake Tokyo UP citiessuchasNoida. but total strength is 1,336, as com- Railways 668488 27% followedher.One of them by theyear 2030. The report alludes to inter- pared to the districts,security got down and tried to The draftRegional Plan-2041 staterestrictionsonmovement wings, and specialisedunits. snatchher bag. The is likelytobetaken up by the Thereportsuggests exploring possibilitiesof during the pandemic by suggest- Police chief Rakesh Asthana, is 50,969,and there are41,488at bureau(crime),” asenior police woman resistedthe at- NationalCapitalRegion Planning increasingthe speedofMetro rail ing thatsteps “shallbetaken to who took charge of theforce on present,” said the officer. officer said. temptbut thebag gottorn Board(NCRPB) Tuesday. The prevent closure of interstate bor- July28, hadtoldthe DCPsinhis The officer saidthereare more “Nanda also showeddata and cash fell on the road. board, whichcomes under the KEY PROJECTS ders by states in NCRarea, except firstmeetingthathewantstoim- officers in higher posts as com- from 16 specialisedunits,includ- The accusedtook the cash MoHUA,has entireDelhi,14dis- inemergencysituationslikecrime plementathree-shiftdutysystem pared to the lowerconstabulary: ingspecialcell,crimebranch,traf- and ran.”Raids areonto trictsofHaryana, eight districts controletc”.Italsounderlines the andenforceseparationof lawand 16 SpecialCPsagainstsanctioned fic, PCR. She said amongother nab the accused. of Uttar Pradesh and twodis- 87 `19,56,164 cr needtoreviewtaxes imposedon order over the next twomonths. vacancy of 13;63DCPs and addi- units, special cell has the highest trictsofRajasthan under itsfold Projectswherecostisestimated Estimatedcost commercial passenger vehicles. “A fewdays ago, Asthana re- tional DCPs against54total posts. numberof personnelat1,336,ex- Seniorcitizens —collectively covering an area BREAK UP On air connectivity,itspells viewedapresentationbythe PHQ Nanda informedthe police cluding strength of the cyber cell of about 55,083sqkm. Economicgrowthandincomegeneration `3,44,084cr out the needtohaveone airport that wasprepared by Special CP chief that South district is facing unit. As per data, total sanctioned cannominate The draftreportstates that the Transportandmobility `12,07,574cr in Karnal or Panipatand Meerut (headquarters and general ad- the highestshortage of 974per- vacanciesof inspectorsinthespe- population in NCRisexpected to or Muzaffarnagar, alongwithde- ministration) Sivagami Sundari sonnel. “Sanctionedstrengthof cial cell is 32, but theyhave45; Tourismandheritage `3,500cr othersto grow to around 7crore by 2031 velopment of proposedinterna- Nanda, in whichshe claimedthat South district is 3,541 andthey sanctionedstrengthforheadcon- and to about 11 croreby2041. It Water,drainageandsanitation `3,13,841cr tional airportatJewar andanavi- the total sanctionedstrength of have only2,567 personnel.Itisfol- stables is 131and they have 331; getration alsosaidtheregionwillbehighly Housingandheritage `10,900cr ation hub at Hisar “on priority”: Delhi Police is 94,353, but they lowedbyCentraldistrict,whichis sanctioned posts of constables is urbanised, around 57%ofthe to- Ruraldevelopment `7,951cr “Thesix-existingunserved/small have 78,985 personnel —ashort- facing shortage of 827personnel 227, buttheyhave650,”anofficer NewDelhi:The Delhi talareaby2031and 67%by2041. Futurereadycitizeninfra `52,508cr airports/airstrips in NCRnamely, ageof15,368,” asenior police of- againstsanctionedstrengthof said,addingthatsanctionedposts Food Department has is- Among keytransport-related Environment `15,806cr Karnal,Bhiwani,Narnaul,Meerut, ficer said. 3,271.The thirdisNortheast, forpersonnel in crime branchis suedanorder allowing proposals in the reportisthe Alwar &Baratapurand Bareilly, As per the report, the actual whichhas ashortageof815 980, and theyhave962. senior citizens, differently needto“minimise journeytimes PROJECTSWHERECOSTYETTOBEESTIMATED: 94 Kota and Patiala should be devel- shortage is from the levelofin- personnel againstsanctioned Asthana wasinformedthat abledpeople, and those across NCRand make travel opedby2025and made fully op- spector to constable. “Thereare strengthof 3,303,”saidtheofficer. the security units, including the unable to authenticate times across NCRlimitsunder 30 erational. Private players should 1,455 sanctionedposts of inspec- Nanda also told the police Prime Minister’s security wing,is their biometrics (thumb minutes by superfast trains and per-fasttrainswithmajor cities NCR,” proposes the report. beincentivisedtodevelopthese...” tors, but only1,427 arecurrently chief that 12 proposals arepend- also facing ashortage —25,620 impression)tonominate heli-taxis, within 60 minutes by of NCR. “All RRTS tracks should Currently, the three RRTS It also identifies industries employed; 6,237sub-inspectors ing with the MinistryofHome personnel againstsanctioned others to collect ration on othertrains, and twotothree be Fast Track. Further possibili- corridors that arebeing imple- and MSMEs, economic corridors, againstsanctioned strength of Affairs. “Some of these proposals strength of 27,368. In all the bat- their behalf. The order hours by carpreferably”. ties be explored to utilise fast mented areDelhi-Alwar (164- skilling and employment,farm 8,096; 20,355 head constables aretoincrease staffstrength,cre- talions of Delhi ArmedPolice, has been issued to ensure It says Delhishould have 30- trackRRTSlines for‘BulletTrains’ km),Delhi-Meerut (82-km), and incomes, and traditional econ- against23,717sanctionedposts; ating posts forCyPad (cyber unit thereare 7,739staff against8,189 that no PDS beneficiary minuteconnectivity through su- thus enabling the 30 Minutes Delhi-Panipat (103-km). The omyaspriorityareas. sanctionedvacancyforconstables of special cell),andforfingerprint sanctioned posts,datarevealed. drops out of safetynet due to biometric failures. AquaLine’s North MCD to move Get old vehicles ‘fasttrains’ proposal to hand scrapped: Transport tohaltat morestations hospitalstoCentre dept issues advisory Noida:Noida Metro’s fast posal,” he said. train will stop at moresta- ABHINAVRAJPUT Seniorofficials said though tions,asdemandrises,said NEWDELHI,AUGUST30 the proposal would be defeated, EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE NMRCofficials. Areview the corporation is notinaposi- NEWDELHI,AUGUST30 meetingonthe non-stop- THE NORTH MCD plans to move tion to hold on to the hospitalsin pagestationsoffasttrains aproposalinthe standing com- itscurrent financial situation NOTALLprovisionsof theCentre’s washeldtodecide on in- mittee to hand over hospitals whereithas abudget deficit automobile scrapping policy, un- cludingmorestations.Fast under itsjurisdiction to the leading to delay in salaryand derwhicholdvehiclesclearingan trains functionduring Centre, citing fund constraintsin pensionsbecomingaregular automatedfitnesstest areallowed peak hours between managingthem. feature. “These hospitals are to ply, will be applicable in Delhi Sector 51 andDepotin This comes afterthe Delhi from the time when the MCD as existing provisions mandating Greater Noida and do not High Courthad pulledupthe cor- wasunifiedand had sound fi- phasing outdiesel vehicles older haltatall10 stations.Asper poration lastweek, saying it did nances,” said asenior official. than 10 years and petrol vehicles officials, it willstopat notexhibitasense of urgency in Asimilar proposal was older than 15 years will remain Existing provisions mandate Sector 50, Sector 101, considering the proposal of placedduring astanding com- enforcedinthe city. phasing out diesel vehicles Sector 83 andSector 143 handing over itssix hospitals and mittee meeting in 2018,but it RAZED The Delhi Transport older than 10 yrs and petrol stationsfromTuesday. medical collegetothe Centre or wasnever executed. Department has issuedapublic vehicles older than 15 yrs Delhi government, and warned The six hospitals under the Slums demolished at Dhobi ghat in Jamia Nagar’s Batla House area last week. Gajendra Yadav notice,advising owners of such thatany default in timelypay- civic body areHindu Rao, vehicles nottotakethem out on Administration ment of salaries and pensions to Kasturba, Rajan Babu Instituteof the roadsand getthemscrapped levels of air pollution. ofSputnikV itsemployees will lead to attach- PulmonaryMedicine and underthe endoflifevehiclespol- Authorities are, however, not ment and sale of itsproperties. Tuberculosis, Girdhari Lal, MVID, icy notifiedbythe Delhi govern- yetcrackingdownonold vehi- stayslimited Standing committee chair- and Balak Ram. Hindu Rao, the HC declines to hear plea on EWS ment in 2018.There aresix au- cles, deciding to raise awareness personJogi RamJain said the biggesthospital, has 900beds. In thorisedcentres whereold first. Such vehicles,including to4districts proposal has been put up by the comparison, the Eastand South vehicles arescrapped. two-wheelers, number around executive wing but the delibera- corporations have justone hos- beds not reserved during2nd wave Under the Centre’spolicy,ve- 37 lakh out of over 1crore regis- NewDelhi:Despite almost tive wing is notinsupportofit. pital each—whichare smaller in hicles areclassifiedintocom- teredvehicles.The Transport twomonths having gone He said the proposal wasplaced size,with370 bedsand 100beds to the hospitals wasfirstaccom- IPD and 25 per cent of patients mercial and personal categories, Department has also clarified by since the rollout of following the courtobservation. respectively. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE modatedand attendedto. Not in OPD. unlikeDelhi where classification that notwithstanding the fact Sputnik VCovid-19vac- The development has ledto While annual expenses of the NEW DELHI,AUGUST 30 doing so would have been The courtin2007had passed is done basedonfuel type. The that Registration Certificates are cine in Delhi, thereare sharp reactions from AAP with hospitals amount to Rs 500crore, againstthe medicalethics,” said the directionsinapetition filed Central policy states that com- validfor 15 years, dieselvehicles onlyfourdistricts whereit spokesperson SaurabhBhardwaj another Rs 40 croreisspent on THE DELHI HighCourthas de- Justice Najmi Waziri in an order. by Social Jurist,alawyers’ group, mercial vehicles over 15 years cannotply beyond 10 years. is beingadministered.It saying that“afterpushingthe medicines, and thereare main- clinedtoentertain acontempt The plea before thecourt al- which alleged that thecondi- old and personal vehicles over However, no-objection cer- wasinitiallybeingadmin- MCDs to bankruptcy,the BJP-led tenance costs as well,said asen- petition alleging that the re- leged that government hospi- tions of allotmentofland to hos- 20 years old aremarkedfor tificateswill be issued to diesel isteredinafewprivate NorthMCD nowplans to sell iorofficial in theadministration. quirement of reserved beds tals and thoseprivate hospitals, pitals and nursing homesinre- scrapping if they fail an auto- vehicles aged between 10-15 hospitals, including hospitals and medical colleges... Health staff of NorthMCD forEWS patientswas notad- whichhavebeen allotted land spect of providing free treatment mated fitness test.However, in years old forre-registration in Indraprastha Apollo, theyhaveemptiedthe MCD’s as- have gone on strikemorethan heredtoduring the Covid-19 at concessional ratesbythe to the poor and indigent persons Delhi’s case, diesel vehicles over certain states. “NOC can be ob- Madhukar Rainbow sets to suchanextent”. five times since the Covid out- pandemic. State, were in violation of a wasnot being compliedwith. 10 years oldand petrol vehicles tainedfor diesel vehicles beyond Children’s Hospital, Action Jain said the AAP has forced break over salarydelays.The “It is common knowledge March 2007 HC order.The or- The contempt petition alleg- over 15 years old “shall notply” 10 years but less than 15 years for Cancer Hospital, Batra MCDs to take suchsteps. “It has civicbody employs at least1,000 that during the second phaseof derhad said that these hospi- ing non-adherence of the 2007 andare “liable to be impounded states whichhaveconveyed Hospital and Sarvodaya curtailedfunds foryears lead- senior doctors, 500resident doc- the pandemic therewas ab- tals shall provide free treatment directionswas withdrawnbythe and invitenecessarypenalac- their concurrence forregistra- Medicentre. ENS ing to suchsituations.However, tors, and 1,500nursing officers soluteemergency and dearth of to indigentpersons to theex- petitioner afteritdid notfind tion under MotorVehicles Act, tion of suchdiesel vehicles,” says we aregoing to reject the pro- across five medical facilities. beds, therefore, whoevercame tent of 10 percent of bedsinthe favour with the court. 1988” due to thecity’s hazardous the notice.

‘DON’T WANT THE SAME TO HAPPEN TO MY CHILDREN’ Among Afghan refugees outsideUNHCRoffice, woman assaulted by Taliban

the assault in June 2020. She and in their rented home in Ghazni. work as ashopkeeper.Theygot ASHNABUTANI her husband suspected that She says,“Iusedtoget compen- their UNHCR refugee cards afew NEWDELHI,AUGUST30 Khatera’sfather, who wasaTalib, sation of around 13,000 AFN days ago. Theyhavealsobeen had aroleinorderingher assault (Afghan Afghanis) from the gov- getting monetary assistance KHATERA HASHMI (32), an as he did notapproveofher ernment because Iservedinthe from afamilyinAmerica. Afghan refugee living in Lajpat working as apolicewoman. police force... but ever since the Khatera says that while her Nagar, has afaint recollection of LastNovember,the couple Taliban came, Ihavenot been mother and sistervisit her chil- what happenedonJune 7, 2020, cameto Indiafortwo reasons: be- getting anything.” dren to help them with food, the dayshe losther eyes. She cause theyhad been shaken up She hopes to go backto cleaning, and laundry,ithas be- says she wasassaulted by the by theattacks,and because they Afghanistanortoathird country come tougher now: “My eldest Taliban while she wasthree hopedthat Khatera could un- with her entirefamily.Her hus- sonis15. He takescareofthe months pregnant, and then her dergo eyetreatment in India af- band,Nabi(36),spendstheentire younger ones...hetellsmethat eyes were removedbecause she terithad been unsuccessful in head, chest, neck, and back. The some operative history’. daytakingcareofthe baby. He peoplewith guns take roundsof sawtheirfaces. Outside the UN- Afghanistan. At thetime, she was records read that she had ‘evis- Holding her daughter,Bahar, says,“We came to India by our- thehouse.Theyare very scared HCR office in Vasant Viharon sevenmonths pregnant. Doctors cerated eyes’ and that she under- she says,“This is notthe lifeIhad selves... backthen, we felt unsafe of guns and want me to go back Monday, she says,“Idonot want in Delhi toosaidtherewas no way went acraniotomy.While the imaginedfor her... Ispeaktomy but we thought we would return so thatIcanprotect them.” the same to happen to my chil- forher to see again.InJanuary, she In November lastyear,KhateraHashmi and her husband scars on her face have healed, five other children; three sons to getourchildren aftermywife’s SeveralAfghans have been dren. Iwanttogobacktothem, gave birth to her youngestchild came to Delhisoshe could undergo eyetreatment. They she has been on medication fora and twodaughters, over the treatment.Littledidwe knowthat asking the UNHCR to help look or Iwant them to come here...” at Indraprastha Apollo in Delhi. were unable to return. Herfivechildren arebackinGhazni; frontalheadache. Anothermed- phone. Theycry alot... theyask the situationwould worsen and forjobs forthem or to send them Khaterausedtoworkfor the According to her medical re- (right) outside the UNHCR office in Vasant Vihar. AbhinavSaha ical recordstatedthat she had a me to come backtoget them." we wouldnot beable to go back.” to other nations withmoreop- Afghan policeinGhazni before ports,she wasassaulted on her ‘history of bullet injurywith The children continue to stay In Afghanistan, he usedto portunities.

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Assam Cong decides to split ties FARMERSSET DEADLINE FOR ACTION

DELHI CONFIDENTIAL with AIUDF over ‘praise for BJP’

AIUDF’s Aminul Islamsaid it was Congress Odisha TORAAGARWALA avery“immature”decisionby the GUWAHATI,AUGUST30 AIUDFMLA: Congress, and astepthat would in-charge steps What about “ultimatelybenefit theBJP”. “The CITINGTHE All-India United 2Cong MLAs onlyway we can edge out the BJP in to solve feud DemocraticFront’s(AIUDF)“con- who joined in Assam is by thesmaller parties tinuousandmysteriouspraise”for BJP? allying,”hesaid.OntheCongress’s the BJP,the Congress in Assam allegationthattheAIUDFhasbeen AISHWARYAMOHANTY Mondayannounced that it will “praisingthe BJP”, Islam said that BHUBANESWAR,AUGUST30 severtieswithitsMahajotalliance “The AIUDF leadership's and “onlyone AIUDF politician had partner,whichithad paired up seniormembers' continuous and complimented the CM”. “But at ALL INDIA Congress Committee FarmersatamahapanchayatbySanyukt Kisaan Morchain withinJanuary2020aheadof the mysterious praise of the BJP party least twoCongressMLAshaveleft (AICC) Odisha in-charge AChella Karnal on Monday. PTI Assemblyelections. andtheChief Ministerhasaffected the party to join the BJP.What do Kumar reachedBhubaneswar on ON HIS MARK,GET SET... The resolution waspassedaf- the public perception of the theyhavetosay to that?” Mondayamidreports of faction- terafour-hour corecommittee Congressparty,”thestatementsaid, Congress leaderand Lok alism and rifts spiralling in the WITH THE BJP national leadership eyeing Telangana as itsnext meeting of the party in Guwahati addingthatanintimationwouldbe Sabha MP Gaurav Gogoi party'sstate unit andheldameet- focus state, stateparty chief BandiSanjayKumarhas em- onMondayafternoon.Acommu- sent to the All IndiaCongress Wednesdaysaid it wastimefor ing with senior stateleaders. DayafterDyCM barkedonthe tried-and-testedmethodofmass mobilisation nique from Assam Pradesh Committee(AICC)onthematter. It the Congress “tobeindependent Kumar's visit comes in the —padayatra—to begin his preparations forthe next elections. Congress Committee (APCC)said saidthehighcommandwouldtake of the Mahajot”. backdropof remarksbyCongress's Kumar,who has receivedthe go-ahead from both BJP chief J thatitwas“unanimously decided adecisionontheBodolandPeople’s Bypolls to at leastfivecon- chief whip in the stateAssembly, PNadda and Home MinisterAmit Shah, is on awalkathonto- that AIUDF can no longerremain Front, another Mahajotpartner stituencies (Tamulpur, Tara Prasad Bahinipati, holding wards‘Democratic Telangana’. StartedfromHyderabad's analliancepartnerof Mahajot”as whichhas in thelastfew months Gossaigaon in Bodoland, and Odisha Pradesh Congress soughtactionon Charminar on August28, theyatra, covering 750 km in the its“behaviourandattitudeinrela- expressed itsreluctancetoremain Mariani, Majuli, ThowrainUpper Committee president Niranjan firstphase, will be completedin55days.Around 300BJP tionto BJPparty”had“baffled”the withthe alliance. Assam) arescheduledinthe next Patnaik responsiblefor the down- karyakartashaveenrolledthemselvestowalk alongwith members of the Congress. Reacting to thedevelopment, couple of months. wardtrendoftheparty'sperform- Kumar on the firstday.Heisexpected to highlight various ance in the state. Thefriction is a SDM,Haryana welfareschemes introducedbythe Centre, besides listening matter of concern forthe party as to people's grievances. Partyleaders saythiswill be the be- thestateisgearingupforruralbody ginning of BJP’s election preparations in the southern state. Selection of district party chief polls scheduledfor early2022. Reacting to the fallout be- CMdefendshim tween Patnaik and Bahinipati, ONWARD JOURNEY exposes rift within Kerala Cong Chella Kumar said suchactivities would notbetolerated in the SENIOR DIPLOMATPHarish has been namedIndia's ambassa- theycriticised the newlist, while party.After ameeting convened EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Lathicharge: dor to Germany. Harish has been Indian envoy to Vietnam and SHAJUPHILIP KPCC secretaryPSPrasanth was with the senior Congress leaders CHANDIGARH,AUGUST30 is nowasenior official in SouthBlock.As Indian envoyinBerlin, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, expelledafter he wrotetosenior of the state, ChellaKumaralso as- Opp Cong to he will have to navigatethe relationship with Germany, where AUGUST30 party leader Rahul Gandhi, rais- sured that thediscordhas been ADAY afterHaryana DeputyCM GermanChancellorAngelaMerkelisslatedtoleave office. ing allegationsagainst AICCgen- mended. “Party would nottake Dushyant Chautala said that the move NHRC DISQUIETISbrewingintheKerala eral secretaryKCVenugopal. anydisciplinaryaction against stategovernment will act against unit of the Congress over the ap- Prasanth had comeout Bahinipati as he has already ac- the KarnalSDM forhis contro- Chandigarh: Adelegation FAREWELL TO ARMS pointment of party chiefsin14 againstthe appointment of Palod ceptedhis mistake,” he added. versial remarks,purportedly of HaryanaCongresslead- districtsinthestate.Theselection Oommen Chandy, Ravi as DCC president in 2UPCong leaders quit asking the police to beat up ersundertheleadershipof OUTGOINGITBP D-G SSDeswal, who retires on Tuesday, has of anew crop of leaders has Ramesh Chennithala Thiruvananthapuram and called protesting farmers, Haryana stateCongress In-charge the unique distinction of having headedevery Central Armed demonstratedthedecliningsway Venugopal aCongress“termina- Meanwhile, twosenior AICC Chief MinisterManohar Lal VivekBansal will submit a Police Force(CAPF) barring the CISF.AsITBP D-G, he wasgiven of senior leadersOommen tor” in Kerala. members from Uttar Pradesh, Khattar Mondaysaid that “al- complaint to theNational additional charge of various forces in the absence of regular ChandyandRameshChennithala, DCC presidents, senior Congress Kerala Congress presidentK ShailendraSinghandRajeshSingh, though the officer's choice of HumanRights chiefssix times —twice forBSF and NSG, and once eachfor who would sharethe party slots leader AVGopinath, who lost Sudhakaransaid,“Till now, deci- have resignedfromtheparty'spri- wordswas notcorrect,strictness Commission Tuesdayre- CRPF and SSB. At one point duringhis tenurehewas com- at all rungs betweenthem for the race forthe Palakkad district, sions had been takenbythem marymembership, allegingthat had to be ensured at the venue garding the “barbaric” manding CRPF,BSF and ITBPtogether, puttinghim next only nearly twodecades. quit the party on Monday. (Chandy and Chennithala) with- old and loyalCongress leaders are (of BJP meeting), wherelaw and lathicharge on farmers in to the Armychief as commanderofsomanypersonnel (close Aday afterChandy and Former party legislator K out anydiscussions... It is quite being neglected.Congress state order had to be maintained". Karnal on Saturday. to 7lakh).Manyinthese forces will likelyheave asigh of re- Chennithalaopenlyexpressed Sivadasan Nair and KPCC general natural that theyget uneasy secretaryRaghavendraPratap Farmerunions condemned Congress MLAs ledby lief on Tuesday, as wheneverhetook charge of anyofthese their displeasureovertheir nom- secretaryKPAnilKumarwere when that practice is over...only Singh deniedthe allegations. Khattar’s “soft stance”onIAS of- former CM Bhupinder forces he made all officers and personnel walk hundredsof ineesnot beingconsidered as suspendedfromthe partyafter merit would matterinCongress.” WITHPTIFROMLUCKNOW ficer AyushSinha’s action, and Singh Hooda will meet kilometers, leading the contingent himself in abid to keep the Samyukt Kisan Morcha Haryana Governor everyone fit. (SKM) expressed“deep shock In itsmeetingwith the ‘Vindictive and objection againstthe Chief Governor,the Congress Minister’s defence of the officer”. will seek ajudicial probe politics’: BJP The Karnal SDM had earlier intothe lathicharge. Afghan situation shouldn’t told The Indian Express that the The complaint to the MLA joins TMC videoclip of his remarks that NHRCwill demandaction went viral on social media “was against thosewhoordered be allowed to promote Kolkata: BJP MLATanmoy Ghosh doctored”, and that “onlyase- andcarriedout the action. joinedthe Trinamool Congress lected portion” of his briefing to ENS cross-border terror: Rajnath (TMC) on Monday, andalleged the police personnel deployedat that the saffron party wasin- his naka wasmade viral. dulging in vindictive politics and Replying to questions on farmers. “I am getting phone KRISHNKAUSHIK attempting to triggerchaos in Monday, Khattarsaid: “If anyac- calls that they(farmers) needto NEWDELHI,AUGUST30 the state. tion has to be taken(against the be dealt with strictly. But, we are Afterbeing inducted intothe officer), it would firsthavetobe exercising restraint.” THE SITUATION in Afghanistan party,Ghosh told reporters, “The assessedbythe district admin- The SKM, meanwhile, de- has brought up newissues from BJP is practising vindictive poli- istration.The DGPisalso looking mandedthat amurder case be the nationalsecurity perspective, tics in Bengal. During the intoit. We shallsee it later.To registered againstthe officer.A andIndiaismonitoringthedevel- Assemblyelection,theyeven maintain lawand order, strict- Kisan Panchayatorganisedin opmentsthere, Defence Minister RajnathSingh triedtowin Bengalbyforce. The ness had to be ensured.” Gharaunda grain market also is- RajnathSinghsaidonMonday. He BJP is also using government “Also, the lathicharge took suedanultimatum to the said India is alsoconcernedthat machinery to meddle intomat- place at Bastara toll plaza, while Haryana government, by setting “anti-national” forces should not lengesposedbyChina.Referringto ters of the state and ruin the his- the videoofthe officer thatwent aSeptember 6deadlinefor act- take advantageofthe changed the nearly 16-month military tory and cultureofBengal.” viralwas at adistance of 15 km ing againstall police officialsin- scenario and promote cross-bor- standoffineastern Ladakh, which StateBJP spokesperson from the place wherelath- volvedinthe lathicharge. der terrorism. beganinMay2020,hesaidtherea- Shamik Bhattacharya said, “Not BJP DEMANDS REOPENING OF TEMPLES: BJP workers protestinThane,Maharashtra. The icharge took place. Thereisnore- At Gharaunda meeting, “What is happening in neigh- son behind the “controversy” was all peopleare capable of han- BJP on Mondaystagedprotestsinseveral cities of the stateagainstthe government's standto lation between the twoinci- farmers asked thestate govern- bouring Afghanistanisraising that the “Chinese forces had ig- dling the pressureOpposition notreopen temples, which remain shut due to Covid-19restrictions. Deepak Joshi dents. It is notdue to the officer's ment to lodgeanFIR againstof- newquestions from the security nored the agreedprotocols”. “It is leaders have to face. ENS briefing that the lathicharge took ficers responsible forthe lath- point of view. Our government is true that therehas been apercep- place,” Khattar said. icharge,orface an indefinite constantlymonitoring thesitua- tionaldifferenceregardingthebor- “AtBastara toll plaza, where gherao of Mini Secretariat on tionthere.Alongwiththesecurity derwithChinaforalongtime”and lathicharge took place, another September 7. of Indians, our government also “despitethis, thereare some such ED searches 7locations linked to Sena MP duty magistratewas posted,” he BKU leader Gurnam Singh wantsthatbytakingadvantageof agreements, protocols, following said. Chaduni demandedcancella- the situation being createdthere, whichthearmiesof bothcountries “a Rs 100-crorefraud”. tution.But,pickingupasinglesen- Khattaralso said that public tion of all“false”cases lodged anti-national forces should not do patrolling.” But, he said, “we EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Somaiya's car wasattacked tence and single number from it sentiment wasturningagainst againstthe protesting farmers. encouragecross-border terror- cannotallowthe Chinese Armyto NAGPUR,MUMBAI,AUGUST30 with stones and ink lastweek andmakingitlooklikeabigthing ism,” Singh said. act on the LACinaunilateral man- ShivSena when he wasinWashimdistrict is being done by some political “Atthe same time, there are ner under anycircumstances, and THE Enforcement Directorate MP Bhavana to visitShri Balaji Particle Board leaders.Childrenfromruralareas AT UNSC CJI to administer some other concerns as well, will neverallowittohappen.” (ED) on Monday carried out Gawali Limited unitatRisod, whichisat have beenstudyinginmy institu- whichcan become achallenge Ever sinceIndiabecame searches at sevenplaces, includ- the center of the allegedfraud. tion forthe last20years,”said Concerned over oath of office fromthepointof viewofnational Independent, “it has been acon- ing an educational institute, con- Gawali, the five-term Sena Gawali, while speakingwith me- securitybut ourgovernment is stant attempt by manyanti-India nected to ShivSena MP Bhavana conducted at sevenplaces in ParliamentarianfromYavatmal- diapersons,after the ED raids on Gaza escalation, to nine new SC alert, and is capable of facing any forces to createanatmosphere of Gawali in Washim in reference to Washimdistrictinconnection Washim, said the ED raid “is akin her institution. kindofsituation.” instability within India, either on an offence registeredatRisod withtheoffence,”EDsourcessaid. to theEmergency and all the Shiv “I wasnot givenany notice by need to address judges today Delivering the thirdBalramji the borders, or through the bor- town in the district lastyear. Lastweek, senior BJP leader Sena leaders arebeingtargeted”. theED.TheEDofficialshave come causes: India DassTandonmemoriallecturevir- ders”, Singh said, and added, “a “The offence wasinconnec- Kirit Somaiyahad told The Indian “Whentherewassomemismatch to my institutionsandareinvesti- tually, theDefence Ministeralso massive effort has been made for tion with alleged misappropria- Expressthatactionwouldbetaken in the accounts,Imyself had gating.This is akin to the PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA spokeabout the security chal- this from Pakistan’s soil.” tion of Rs 16 crore. Searches were againstGawaliinconnectionwith lodgedanFIR regardingmyinsti- Emergency,” shesaid. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE NEWDELHI,AUGUST30 NEWDELHI,AUGUST30 NINENEWjudges,includingthree INDIA ON Mondayexpressed women, will be administered Probe into Lanka boat intercepted with drugs, rifles concern over the escalation at oath of office as judges of the the Gaza Strip and calledfor re- Supreme CourtbyChief Justice of straint on the partofall parties IndiaNVRamanaonTuesday. saying theyshould refrain from It is forthe firsttime that nine may suggest LTTE revival: Kerala, TN officials actsthat could worsen the secu- judges will be taking oath of of- rity situationofthe region. fice at one go.The swearing-in The mastermind behind the op- arrested from Angamaly, Kerala including booksrelating to LTTE Rajan metSri Lankan drug lord Central agencies to explorethe Speakingatthe UN Security ceremony willbeheld at the au- ARUNJANARDHANAN eration wasSri Lankan Tamil in Augustand waslater takeninto and severalcellphones,gadgets Madhush Lakshitha alias LTTE angle. “Wecannotascertain Council meeting in NewYorkon ditoriumofthe SupremeCourt’s CHENNAI,AUGUST30 Suresh Rajan, aresidentof custody by the Tamil Nadu Q- and SIM cards were seized. 'Makandure Madush’,who was at this moment whether thereis the Middle EastPeace Process, additional building complex. Colombo who had been living at branchfor his linkswith LTTE According to the officer,the killedinashootout in the island already arevival (of LTTE) in Sri including the Palestine Question, Traditionally, the oath of of- AN ONGOINGNational Kundrathur,aChennaisuburb,for groups still active in Tamil Nadu March 18 incident wasnot an iso- nation in October 2020.“Rajan LankaorTamilNadu, or if it is a Foreign SecretaryHarsh Vardhan fice fornew judges wasadminis- InvestigationAgency(NIA) probe some time. and Sri Lanka. lated case.“Evidences collected also wasintouchwith Salim,” group earning moneyinthe guise Shringla also expressedhope for teredinthe CJI’scourt room. intothe seizureof300kg heroin, Multiplesources in Kerala and But afterthe NIA steppedin from Rajan afterhis arrest,includ- said the officer. of reviving the group,” said an of- early commencement of high- Withthe swearing-in of the five AK-47riflesand 1,000 live Tamil Nadu intelligence agencies and took over the probe, they ing thoseoftransactions worth Therewas also evidence that ficer. levelnegotiations between Israel newjudges on Tuesday, the rounds of 9mmammunitionoff said theyfailedtocloselylook at found scientific evidence of a crores, shows that he wasanin- Rajan and Soundarajan worked Twosimilar seizures of Sri and Palestine. strength of the Supreme Court the coastofVizhinjamnear the caseasitwas being probedby Dubai link from aThurayahand- ternational drug smuggler with closelywithindividuals who are Lankanboats—beforeand after “Weare concernedbythe re- will rise to 33,including the CJI. Thiruvananthapuram has ledto the Narcotics Control Bureau set(considered an advanced active linkswith Pakistan-based being monitoredfortheir sympa- theVizhinjam incident—are still cent escalation in the Gaza Strip, “This is forthe firsttime in the speculationthataninternational (NCB). “The NCBwas aboutto satellitephone) whichwas seized drug runner Haji Salim, whoof- thiesforLTTE andits reportedre- being probed by the NCB. In whichonce again underscores history of the SupremeCourt of drugrunning and weapon trad- chargesheetsix Sinhalese who from the boat. “That wasthe cru- tenshuttledbetween Dubai, vivalmission. “If drugs were to March,the CoastGuard inter- the fragility of the ceasefireand Indiawhenninejudgeswillbetak- ing racket is aimedatrevivingthe were on boardwhen NIA stepped cial evidence thatledto the arrest Pakistanand Iran. Rajan held a earn money, the five AK-47rifles ceptedaSri Lankan boat off theurgentneedfor addressing ing the oath of office in one go.In Sri Lankan Tamil separatistgroup in and probedfurther,” said an in- of Suresh and his associate prominentrole in drugs andarms seizedfromthe boatsweresup- Minicoywithsix crew members the underlying causes that have anotherfirst,thevenueof thecer- LTTE. telligence officer attachedto Soundararajan,” the officer said. trafficking to Sri Lanka through posedlyforLTTEsleepercells,”the and seizedanother Sri Lankan triggeredthe escalation,” said emonyisshiftedtotheauditorium. The case relates to the March Kerala Police. During searches conductedby the backyardofIndia,”the officer officer said. boat offKanyakumari in Shringla, who chaired the UNSC This is done keeping in viewthe 18 interception of aboat with the The NIAprobe wouldlater NIA at premises linked to the ac- said. Officers in Kerala and Tamil November with 120kgofnar- meeting as president of the needfor strict adherence to Covid contraband by the CoastGuard find that six Sinhalese were cusedinKeralaand Tamil Nadu, ATamilNadu intelligence of- Nadu familiarwiththe NIAprobe cotics worthapproximatelyRs Security Council forthe month norms,”saidapressreleaseissued following an intelligenceinput. labourers. Meanwhile, Rajan was severalincriminating documents, ficer said therewas evidence that saidtheyare closelyworking with 1,000croreand five weapons. of August. by theSC’s public relationsoffice.

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andtheembassyinKabul.Deswal ing hostile towardsthem.” India's evacuation effortsfrom Waze wasallowedtobe DEEPTIMANTIWARY isa1984-batchHaryana-cadreIPS He said Indiawas increasing Afghanistan, Deswal said: cases,got bail in Feb admitted to hospitalto NEWDELHI,AUGUST30 officer,who served as ITBP chief the capabilities of itsforces at a “Hostile elementshavealways treat aheartcondition fortwo years and 10 months. faster pace thanearlier. threatenedour embassy there. INDIANFORCEScan be “more Describingthe India-China “Sometimes, it is deceptive of our It wasacollectivesecurity envi- Chirag MehtaonJuly9-10night. hostile” to Chinese troops if border as an “active border” from counterparts to showstrength ronment created mainly by US KIRANPARASHAR Bhupathi waslinked to the MAHARASHTRA needed“in case of national in- 2020,the ITBP chief said: “Anyat- that theyactuallymay nothave. and NATOforces on whichour BENGALURU,AUGUST30 2019 and2020 cases afterhis ar- Courtrefuses terest andtoprotect our bor- tempttodisrupt theequilibrium We areenhancing our capabili- assessment of what would hap- rest this January. While he got ders”, and areenhancing their betweenthe twocountries will ties irrespectiveofwhat our pen (as the Taliban advanced) AKEY accusedinthe Mysuru bail in the latestsandalwood NIAcustodyof capabilities regularly to face any notbepermitted.Wehavethe Kabul airlift aresultof counterpart is doing...” wasbased. It wasnot underour gangrape casewas linked to at theftand smuggling case on situation, according to Indo- capabilities and thosecapabili- multiple steps: SSDeswal Asked whether India losta control. Our control wasonlyon leastfoursandalwood theftand January30, he waswas released Waze,Mane TibetanBorder Police (ITBP) ties...werereflectedlastyear also. chance to negotiateonthe howtoprotect our embassyin smuggling casesinthe region on bail in the earlier three cases Mumbai: Aspecial courton chief SS Deswal. Wherever such attemptsto Depsang Plains issue while it had the givensituation.” since 2019,withthe latestof on February26thisyear. Mondayrejected an appli- Speaking to The Indian changethe ground situation Asked about the delayin leverage on the southbankof However, he said, the “total those filedinJanuarythisyear,it Avital clue that ledtothe ar- cation filedbythe National Express on Monday, aday before were made, our forces gave com- talksonfrictionpoints afterthe Pangong Tso, Deswal said: “You system changed in the pastone has emerged. rest of Bhupathi and four other Investigation Agency (NIA) he retires from service, DGP plete resistance. Galwan wasan PangongTso disengagement this can’tnegotiatejustone point. It month sincethe US withdrew”. Policeare nowlooking at the suspects from Tamil Nadu on seeking custody of dis- Deswal also said that forces un- example. We have bravesoldiers year,Deswal said: “Wecan’t be is always give and take during “Wehavetaken steps on adaily possibilityofthe sandalwood August28—four days afterthe missedMumbai Police of- der his command had to “take who arealways willingtosacri- tired out as anation (byChinese the negotiations, whichare go- basis in viewofthe emerging sit- theftgang's involvement in gangrape of astudentand as- ficers Sachin Waze and multiplesteps on adailybasis” fice their livesfor the country.” delays in negotiations). In case of ing on successfully.” uation. That is howwewereable other attacks and robberies in sault on her male friend in Sunil Mane in connection to secureIndia's embassy and Deswal wasreferringtothe national interest and to protect He pointed outthatdisen- to successfullyevacuateall our Mysuru,whichmay have not Lalithadripuranear Chamundi to the Ambani terror scare consulates in Afghanistanand border clashinJune lastyear in our borders, our securityforces gagement at Pangong Tsowas people in the embassy,” he said. been reportedonaccount of fear Hills road of Mysuru —was abus case. Special JudgePrashant ensurethe evacuation of its the Galwan valleywhere 20 can be morehostile to them. achievedalso due to “diplomatic Incidentally, Deswal's daugh- amongthe victims. ticket fortravelbetween Talavadi RSitre, meanwhile, allowed diplomatsand nationals. Indian Armypersonnel andan Hostility is notone-sided. It is and political efforts”. “Urgency terYashaswini wasamemberof Bhupathi, aliasKeeri,24, a in Tamil Nadu and Waze to be admitted to a ApartfromguardingtheIndia- unconfirmed number of Chinese need-based. When it is needed to complete negotiations is not the Indian contingent at the resident of Talavadi town in Chamarajnagar,Karnataka. hospital to undergo treat- China border,the ITBP had been troops were killed. Since then, by ourcountry, our forces can be the issue. The issue is thatour TokyoOlympics, participating in Tamil Nadu’s Erode district, akey Police sources said the ticket ment forhis heartcondi- responsible forsecuring Indian the ITBP has been apartofCorps extremelyhostile. We should not claims mustbeacceptedbythe the 10 mair pistolevent. accusedheldinthe August24 found at the crimescene, the tion. With justafewdays missions at Jalalabad, Herat, Commander-leveltalksto fear the hostility of our counter- counterpart,” he said. FULLREPORTON gangrape case, wasarrested, languagethe suspects spokein, lefttofile itschargesheetin Mazar-e-Sharifand Kandahar, achieve disengagement. part.Weare morecapable of be- Speaking on ITBP'srole in www.indianexpress.com along with three others, on and cell towerinformationof the case, the NIA had January8after Mysuru police Tamil Nadu phones that were in sought Waze’s custody for seized40kgsandalwood pieces useatthe crime spotled police twodays andMane’scus- ANTI-ENCROACHMENTDRIVE from acar with Tamil Nadu reg- to the suspects. tody forfivedays. ENS Numbers will not be a istration.Asenior officer said the Bhupathiwas akey link in seized sandalwood wasworth the case, leading to the arrest of Thane civic official loses fingers problem if Nitish Kumar Rs 5.5 lakh. “He wasonthe (po- four others. lice) radar,but notfor crimes Police sources said Bhupathi JAMMU &KASHMIR againstwomen. He wasout on and asecond person allegedly 2killedduring in knife attack by street vendor becomes PM:Kushwaha bail,” the officer added. involved in thegangrape were Beforethat, in 2019,Bhupathi also involved in the sandalwood ‘infiltrationbid’ Municipal Corporation, rushed and an associate, PraveenKumar, theftand smuggling cases. Jammu: Twomilitantswere VALLABHOZARKAR to save Pimple, but the vendor PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA alias Thambi, 20, were accused “Theywould come to Mysuru killedduringaninfiltration MUMBAI,AUGUST30 attackedhim too, and he losta PATNA,AUGUST30 of stealing sandalwood treeson oftenand visit the banana mar- bid from across the Line of finger.Two policemen and three November 29 and December 1, ket. Their recent visit, when the Control(LoC)inPoonch dis- THANE ASSISTANT Municipal policewomen were deployedfor THE JD(U) on Mondaysaid that from the premises of crime wascommitted,was also trictofJammu and Kashmir Commissioner (AMC) Kalpita the anti-encroachment drive, Nitish Kumar is “Prime Minister Sandalwood Oil Factoryand the to the market,” asource said. during the early hoursof Pimple and her security detail but accordingtotheir seniors, it material”, and while the party forest department, respectively, Bhupathiand Praveen Kumar Monday,the Army said. were grievouslyinjured Monday happenedsoquicklythatthey wasnot stakingclaimto thehigh- in Mysuru. were duetoattend acourthear- Defence PRO, Lt Colonel when astreetvendorattacked had no time to react. estseat of powerfor the Bihar UpendraKushwaha In another case registered ing in connection with the san- Devender Anand, said Army them with aknifeduring an anti- The police were abletoover- chief minister, numbers would lastyear,Bhupathi is accused, dalwood theftcases of 2019 and troopsdetected theinfiltra- encroachment drive. powerhim afterafewminutes, notbeaproblemifsuchasitua- along with Praveen,ofstealing a 2020 on August27thisyear. tionbidby effectiveuseof the Pimple losttwo fingers in the Thane AMC KalpitaPimple and took to himstationwhere he tion were to arise. The former Unionminister, sandalwood tree from the home FULLREPORTON integrated surveillance grid, attack, and Somnath Maruti afterthe attack. Deepak Joshi wasbookedand subsequently The statement wasmadeby however, hastenedtoadd,“We of aMysururesident named www.indianexpress.com On being challenged by the Palve, her security guard, lost placedunder arrest. JD(U) parliamentary boardchief arenot making aclaim to the troops,the infiltratingmili- one finger,asbothusedtheir Apolice sourcesaid Yadav UpendraKushwaha,whobrushed PM'spostatpresent.We arewith tantsopenedfire,leadingto a hands to fend offthe attacker. ment drive againststreetven- had no pastcriminal record, and aside remarks by some Bihar BJP the NDAand acknowledge the fierce firefight, he said. ENS Both areinhospital undergoing dors. Her team had upended said that he wasangry that his leaders that one neededthe sup- leadershipof NarendraModi.But, TRACKING THE SECOND SURGE treatment. Yadav's vegetable kiosk. kiosk had been upended. portof272 MPsto becomethePM, if peopletalk aboutahypothetical NEW DELHI The attackerwas identified As Pimplemovedonfrom Kiran Khairnar,Senior Police and that the JD(U) wasunlikelyto future, then nothing can be dis- NEWCASES:29,606 as AmarjeetSingh Yadav, aveg- Yadav's scattered vegetables, he Inspector of Kasarvadavali police win as manyseatsonits own. missedasimpossible.” 547 Thakurlaunches etable vendor.Hewas arrested came at her with asharp knife. station, said,“The accusedhas “Kyun nahin ho saktahai (why Nitish, however, sought to DAYSSINCE ACTIVECASES:3,70,385 on the spotevenashethreat- Pimple triedtoblockthe knife been booked under relevant sec- can’tithappen)?”Kushwahasaid makelight of Kushwaha’s re- PANDEMIC BEGAN FitIndiaapp enedtoharmhimself with the with her hands, and twofingers tions of Indian Penal Code forat- when asked if Kumar could marks.OnSundaytoo, the CM TOTALVACCINATION:63,43,81,358 NewDelhi:MinisterofYouth knifeifthe police came near him. from her hand got cut off. She temptedmurder,assaulting and musterthe requisitenumbers in hadrefusedtorespondtoqueries DAILY DEATHS TOTAL DEATHS WEEKLY CFR OVERALL CFR Affairs and Sports Anurag Accordingtothe police,the also sufferedinjuries on her head. deterring public servant while viewofthe limited reachofthe by journalists, who askedhim for 206 4,38,416 1.31% 1.36% Singh Thakur launchedthe incident took place when Pimple The police said hersecurity performing duty.Hewillbepro- JD(U), which has littlepresence his take on theparty’s projection FitIndia mobile application wasleading an anti-encroach- guard,attachedwith the Thane ducedinthe courtonTuesday.” outside Bihar. of him as averitable cult figure. at the MajorDhyan Chand National StadiuminNew Delhi on Sunday, on the oc- casionof NationalSportsDay Thinc sessionexaminesneed forjobswith dignity as well as the second an- TESTS TODAY: 15,84,531 | TOTAL TESTS: 52,17,31,056 niversaryofthe FitIndia | Movement. “The FitIndia for migrants in urbanareas,policy changes needed WEEKLY POSITIVITY: 2.37% OVERALL POSITIVITY: 6.28% mobileapp brings ease of STATES REPORTING MOST CASES checking fitness levels right intothepalmof everyIndian. thoughtsfromkeynote speaker man of TeamLease;Radhicka weaker... so wherewerepeople STATE NEW ACTIVE WEEKLY TOTAL It has some unique features EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Meher Pudumjee,chairperson of Kapoor,fellow at ICRIER and being employed?... The fact that CASES CASES POSITIVITY VACCINATION like‘fitness score’, animated NEWDELHI,AUGUST30 Thermax Limited.InSeptember Deepak Mishra,professor at JNU. citiesweregenerating relatively ■ Kerala 19,622 2,09,96118.57% 2,81,52,494 videos, activitytrackersand lastyear,Thermax joined hands Mishra, who has recently lacklustreemploymentopportu- ‘myplan’cateringto individ- SINCETHEpandemicbegan,“mi- with like-mindedcorporates come out withavolume on con- nitiesmeant much of this migra- ■ Maharashtra3,741 51,834 2.37%5,71,66,822 ualspecificneeds,”the min- gration”inIndiahasgainedaneg- across Mumbai, Puneand temporarymigration in India, tion wascircular...”she said. ■ Tamil Nadu 1,523 17,085 0.98% 3,16,02,266 istersaid. ENS ative connotation. Butthe prob- Ahmedabad, in partnership with shedlightonwhat’sholdingback Looking at policy changes, ■ Karnataka 97318,418 0.66% 4,10,47,158 lem maynot be migration itself, NGODasra,to launchaninitiative employment generation. “The Sabharwalsaid: “...Urbanisation but the fact that large chunksof calledSoCoorSocialCompact.The firstthingfor apolicymaker is to isn’t shoving morepeople into ■ AndhraPradesh 87814,862 2.21%2,89,39,289 migrantscomefromsource re- initiative aims at assuringstan- move away fromageneralisedde- [existingcities].It’screatingmore Uttarakhand: 5 gions facing economic distress. dardsfortheworkforce,including scription of migrant workers to cities with morethanamillion STATES REPORTING MOST DEATHS In the destination areas, there safetyand social security cover. look at specificities of groupsand people.Weneedbettercities...” STATE TODAY’S TOTAL WEEKLY OVERALL dead in heavy istheproblemof findingjobswith Speaking about SoCo, howtheyare incorporated in the Khandelwal, the founderof DEATHS DEATHS CFR CFR dignity,coupledwithstatespolit- Pudumjee said: “... It’saself- largerlabour market,” he said. Aajeevika Bureau, whichhas col- rain following icallydriventokeepmigrantsout. drivenjourney by companies getinsurance forthatperiod? Assessing the impact of Covid laboratedwithSoCo,saidif Covid- ■ Kerala 13220,752 0.80% 0.56% It mayfall on the private sector, as committing to ensure aset of Similar concerns setthe tone on India’s already strainedmi- 19 addedtoanexisting migrant ■ Odisha 67 7,9545.70% 0.80% cloudburst muchasthe government, to fig- standards fortheir workforce.” forapanel discussion,hostedby grant workforce, Kapoor said it crisis lastyear,thisyear,people ■ Maharashtra551,40,734 2.97%2.20% urehow to changethis. Hecitedtheexampleofhealth Udit Misra, Deputy Associate was“thecircularmigrant who wentbacktocitiesquickly. “There The latestedition of Indian insurance -- usuallyset forone Editor, The Indian Express. borethe brunt lastyear”. wasnoemploymentcrisis.Itisac- ■ Tamil Nadu 21 34,899 1.23% 1.35% EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Express Thinc, presented by year,despitethe fact that some Pudumjee wasjoinedbyRajiv “Basically,the ability of the man- tuallyawage,qualityof work and ■ Assam 15 5,655 1.25% 0.97% DEHRADUN,AUGUST30 Omidyar NetworkIndia, focused employees arefor six months. Khandelwal,founderof Aajeevika ufacturingsectorto exerciseapull work conditioncrisis, whichex- Note:DataasonAug30;vaccinationnumbersasofAug29.Deathsincludethosecausedbycomorbidities. on this subject, starting with Howcan companies ensurethey Bureau;ManishSabharwal,chair- from agriculturalsector has been isted,andhascontinued,”hesaid. AT LEASTfivewomenwere killed and twoothers were reported missing aftertheyweretrapped in aflood of debris following a ‘Generous, encouraged peopleto Noted Bengali author diesat85: ‘His works cloudburstinJumma villagein Dharchula tehsil of Uttarakhand's be comfortable withtheirsexuality’ Pithoragarhdistrict lateSunday, displayed great sensitivity to environment’ officials said Monday. Five bodies were recovered to contradictthisideathathomo- adeep imprint on him, which away is abig loss to the literary from the debris and sludgeby ASADREHMAN sexuality as aconceptemerged EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE were reflected in his works. world. Condolences to hisfam- Mondayafternoonduringthe LUCKNOW,AUGUST30 from the West andwas adopted KOLKATA,AUGUST30 His novels and short stories ilyand admirers.OmShanti.” search and rescue operationrun by Indians...itwastheBritishwho have been highlyacclaimed by Banerjee said, “I am deeply by NDRF,SDRF,SSB, revenue de- THE CONSENSUS among those cameto IndiawiththeirVictorian NOTED BENGALI writer criticswhichhelpedhimwin sev- saddenedbythe demise of the partment and police personnel. who knewhistorian, scholar and values who villainisedit,” said BuddhadebGuha, who authored eral awards, including the Ananda eminent writer Buddhadev Among the bodiesrecovered queer rightsactivistSaleem Lucknow-basedauthor and jour- severalpopular booksincluding Purashkarand Sharat Puraskar. Guha. He passedawayinKolkata were those of siblings Sanjana Kidwai is that he neversaidnoto nalistMehruJaffer,aclosefriendof Madhukari (HoneyGatherer), He wasalso anoted classical lastnight. He was85yearsold. (15),Renu(11)andShivani(9).The sharethe “wealth of knowledge Kidwai. “I think one of his bigger diedofpost-Covid complica- singer and proficient illustrator. BuddhadevGuha, the promi- otherdeceasedwereidentifiedas he possessed”. “He wasvery contributionswasthatheencour- tions aftercardiac arrest at apri- Besides Madhukari,some of nent authorofBengali literature, SALEEM KIDWA I BUDDHADEB GUHA SunitaDeviand Parvati Devi. generous with his knowledge, aged people to be comfortable vate hospital on Sundaynight. Guha’s notable worksinclude has written notable books, in- PithoragarhDMAshish whichwas immense and he was 1951-2021 with their sexuality.” He was85. Guha had contracted 1936-2021 Koeler Kachhe, SobinoyNibedon cluding ‘Koel’, ‘Kojagar’, Chauhan said twopeople arestill one of the mosthumble people I Born in Lucknowin1951, Covid-19inApriland washospi- and Baba Howa.Hewas also ‘Madhukari’,‘Jangalmahal’, missing and search and rescue have known,” said author Rana Kidwai belonged to an influen- talisedfor 33 days.Earlier this popular among children as he ‘Charibeti’ etc. He is also the cre- operationswill continue. He said Safvi, speaking afterKidwai’s Badagaon in Barabankidistrict. tial familyfromBadagaon. He month, he washospitalisedaf- said on social media, “Buddhadev wasthe creator of the fictional ator of twopopular fictional ex-gratia of Rs 4lakh has been death due to heart-related com- Kidwai wasone of the firstac- also knewBegum Akhtar very tercomplaining of breathless- Guha is no more. He wasblessed character Rijuda, ahunter- characters in Bengali literature- sanctionedfor the next of kin of plications at his residence in ademics to publiclyspeak as a closelyasshe washis neighbour. ness and urinaryinfection. as to be one with the Divine on turned-conservationist, and his Rivu and Rijuda.” eachdeceased. LucknowonMonday morning. member of the LGBT commu- Kidwai’s friend Askari Naqvi, Prime MinisterNarendra the night of Janmashtami (Lord side-kickRudra. Mostofhis Dhankhar tweeted, “Fivebodies, includingthose Kidwai, who wasopenlygay, nity.Heco-edited thebook who is aperforming artiste,said, Modi, West Bengal Chief Krishna's birthday) 2021. Do join worksfocusedonthe theme of “Saddenedatpassingof eminent of three children, have been re- taught medievalhistory at Delhi Same-SexLove in India: Readings “When Kidwai sahab wasalive, MinisterMamataBanerjeeand his familyand friends in celebrat- natureand forest. Bengaliwriter Buddhadeb Guha, covered, while the search fortwo University’s Ramjas Collegefor in IndianLiterature withRuth he told me howithad rainedthe West BengalGovernor Jagdeep ing his life.” PM Modi tweeted, “Shri author of manynotableworks morestill missing is underway,” 20 years till 1993, when he re- Vanita, an Indian academicwho dayBegum Akhtar diedand that Dhankhar all condoled his death. Born on June 29, 1936 in Buddhadeb Guha’s writings suchas'Madhukari' (Honey SSB commandant MPSingh said. turnedtoLucknow aftertaking teaches at University of Montana. wasawayfor naturetomourn Guha is survivedbyhis two Kolkata, Guha had spent his were multifacetedand displayed Gatherer). His worksoffiction re- Chief MinisterPushkar Singh early retirement to focus on It wasacollectionofwritings on her death. Today, when Iam daughters. His wifeRitu Guha, childhood in Rangpur and great sensitivity to theenviron- flectedhiscloseness to natureand Dhami spokewith Pithoragarh scholarship. He is survivedbyhis same-sexlovefromover2,000 heading forhis burial, thereisin- an eminent RabindraSangeet Barisal districtsofEastBengal ment.His workswereenjoyed forestsofeastern India. Pray districtofficialsand took stockof three sisters. His burial wascon- yearsofIndian literature. tense rain and Iamremindedof exponent, diedin2001. (nowBangladesh). His child- across generations, particularly Almighty to bestow eternal peace damageand rescue operations. ducted in his ancestral village “Theideabehindthebookwas what Kidwai sahab had told me.” Guha’selder daughter Maleni hood experiences and travels left among youngsters. His passing on the departedsoul.”

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SIMPLY PUT QUESTION &ANSWER CORONAVIRUS DASHBOARD TOTAL VACCINATED IN INDIA (at least one dose) Is Covid now endemic in India? 48,88,28,085 ■ Firstdose ■ Seconddose

80,00,000 28,17,431 26,15,646 WHO chief scientistDrSoumya Swaminathan has said India seemstobeentering some stageofendemicity. If the virus is present all the time, what arethe implications forimmunity,futurewaves, and vaccination? 40,00,000 dren, have IgG antibodies. “As the antibody 10,18,431 ANURADHAMASCARENHAS levels wane over time, the immunity persists 10,25,461 PUNE,AUGUST30 due to memoryand Tcells.Wecan assume 0 that amuchlargerproportion beyond this LAST 10 DAYS (daily) AS INDIA gets ready to face apossible third 67 %haveencountered the virusand would Aug20Aug 29 waveofSARS-CoV-2,World Health have had immunitydue to natural infection. Organization (WHO) chief scientistDr Thereisaneedfor moreserosurveysfor IgG Soumya Swaminathan has said that “India levels to be carriedout,” Col (Banerjee said. TOTAL DOSES COVISHIELD COVAXIN seems to be entering some stageofCovid-19 87.7% 12.2% endemicity wherethereislow-tomoderate- Cananadditionalvaccine dose help? 63,34,71,925 leveltransmission”. Earlier this year,scientists Whether or notabooster doseofavac- had indicated in asurvey carriedout by the cine is required,Professor Majumder said, (SputnikV’s7,38,777doses journal Nature thatthe SARS-CoV-2 virus is dependsonhow quicklythe antibody level settobecomeendemicandwouldcontinueto comes down in the averageindividual. notrepresentedinpie) circulateinpockets of the global population. “There arewidevariations in the trend of waning of antibody levelamongpersons; DOSES ON AUG 29 36,41,107 What is endemicity? sufficient datahavenot yetaccumulated to Endemic means something that is pres- definitively determine the needfor abooster AUG 28: 68,41,684 (1ST DOSE: 53,35,740; 2ND: 15,05,944) ent allthe time.For example, said leading vi- dose,” Professor Majumder said. rologist Dr Shahid Jameel, influenzaisen- “While vaccineeffectiveness doesappear demic, unlikesmallpoxwhichhas been to declineovertime, thereisstill expected to INDIAACTIVE CASES 3,76,324 eradicated. be substantial protection. It is likelythata “Onlythose pathogenscan be eradicated thirdshotorboostermight be necessary in that don’thaveanimals (another species) as Peoplewait foraCovid-19vaccinedose at ahospital in Noida on Monday. the futureand in fact, aregular boostershot, 4,00,000 areservoir. Smallpoxand polio arehuman Scientists believe alarge section of the populationhas developedantibodies justlikefor influenza, might be indicated,” virusexamples, rinderpestisacattle virus. againstthe virus, either due to vaccination or naturalinfection. Reuters said Professor Gautam Menon, Professor of This means if thereisavirus/pathogen that Physics and Biology at Ashoka University, 3,61,340 is present in some animal reservoir likebats, 2,00,000 3,76,324 camels or civetcats, then it can transmit on vaccination and limit transmission. It is Howlong can the antibodies be expected Shouldweworry about numbers rising again once the levelofimmunity wanes in notpossible to predict when the virus is go- to last? again? the population againstthe disease causedby ingtobeendemic,” Prof Jameelsaid. It is an open question, said Professor According to Professor Menon, one can it,” Dr Jameel said. The lastserologicalsurvey by the Indian Partha Majumder,National Science Chair, expect amoreorless constant levelofinfec- 0 “Inthe case of coronavirus disease,itwill Council of Medical Research (ICMR) had Government of India. “Mosteverybody now tion within the population,withthe likeli- LAST 10 DAYS continue to circulate as it is present in the an- shown from arepresentative sample of the has antibodies that likelyreduces the chance hood of severe illness, hospitalisation or Aug20Aug 29 imal reservoir.This also means that it will population —70districtsout of 718—that of infection and even if infected maynot de- death becoming increasingly small as peo- Note:The August 29 figures in these graphs arebased on thegovernment updates on August30 cause diseasetothe extent that peoplehave roughlytwo-thirdsofthe population have velopseveredisease. This virus is goingtostay ple arevaccinated. had no vaccinationagainstorexposure.If, antibodies. Again, out of those two-thirds, with us. We mayalready have developed The Deltavariant nowdominatesnew in- however, enough people arevaccinated or some would have had the antibodies be- herd immunity, which indicatesthatmostof fectionsaround the country. Virusesmutate INDIA TOTAL CASES 3,27,37,939 have been exposedtothe infection, then the cause theyhavenow been fullyvaccinated. us have antibodies —either due to infection constantly, but the question, ProfessorMenon Source: Ministry of Health &Family Welfare, updated at 11 pm on August 30 viruswill cause symptomaticinfection but However, sincevaccinationrates arestill or vaccination —and henceifinfectedwe said, is whether anew variant will come along notdisease. So, thatiswhatisconsideredbe- fairly low, the general assumption is that maynot developseveredisease,” he said. that is muchmoretransmissiblethan Delta coming endemic –itistherebut notcausing mostpeoplewho have antibodies have been “Fromits rate of spread and itsrateofmu- and can evade aimmuneresponse from ei- disease,” Dr Jameel said. infected but notall have had disease. This tation, manyofusindeed expectthatthis ther apriorinfection or vaccination. means amajority willbeprotected from coronavirus will neverbeeradicated–not “As long as it does not, we might expect Combo antibody treatment When is SARS-CoV-2 likelytobecome symptomatic disease later on, Dr Jameel ex- justinIndia, but globally–and will become that asmallbackground of reinfections and endemic? plained; theymay getinfected but arepro- endemic to stay with youwithout causing vaccine breakthroughs will help maintain reduces hospitalisation: study That will depend on howfastitspreads tected. major health problems, since the vast major- numbers of infected at alow,constant level. andmutates. Thereare manyvariables that “Again, that is assuming the virus is not ity would have developedprotective anti- It is morelikelythatthere will be asteady IN AN observational study,Mayo 4.2, respectively. At day28, 1.6% of the have to be considered,DrJameel said, and going to changetoaform that transmitseas- bodies,” he said. levelofcases,with some regions, especiallyof Clinic researchers have found that a treated patients were hospitalised thereisnoclear answer regarding when the ilyand evades immunity.One cannotpredict Clinical epidemiologistColonel (retired) lowprior seroprevalenceand lowvaccina- combination of casirivimaband imde- compared to 4.8% of the non-treated virus is likelytobeendemic. “Instead of get- if and when the virus mutates intosome- Dr Amitav Banerjee, too, referred to country- tion rates, seeing spikes. It is completelyun- vimab —two monoclonal antibody patients. ting boggeddownonwhether the virushas thing wherevaccinesstart failing,” Prof wide serosurveysthat indicatealmost67% likely that we willsee case numbers compa- treatments that have emergency use From this data, it can be inferred become endemic or not, the needistofocus Jameel said. Indians, including alarge proportion of chil- rable to thesecond wave,” Prof Menon said. authorisationfromthe US Food and thatthere was60%-70% relative re- Drug Administration—keep high-risk duction in hospitalization among patientsout of the hospital whenin- treated patients, Mayo Clinic said in a THIS WORD MEANS: VACCINE TRAVEL LANE fected with mild to moderate Covid- press release. 19.The study has been publishedin The release quoted Raymund The Lancet’s Razonable, aMayoClinic Singapore’s latest concept for vaccinatedfliers EClinicalMedicine. infectious disease special- Of the nearly 1400 istand senior author of Mayo Clinic patients en- the study,assaying that —Germanyand Brunei Darussalam—allow- vaccinated—anindividual will beconsidered fullyvaccinated? rolledinthis study,696 when acombination of PRANAVMUKUL ing fullyvaccinated passengers from these fullyvaccinated 14 days aftertheyhavere- Designated flights between Germany receivedthe drug combo monoclonal injections is NEWDELHI,AUGUST30 twoplaces to arrive in Singaporefor any ceivedthe full regimen of avaccine author- and Singapore (byLufthansa andSingapore between December2020 PAPER usedtotreat patientswho travel purpose without quarantine require- izedbyWHOforemergency use. This includes Airlines) and Brunei Darussalam (byRoyal and early April. An equal areathigh risk due to a SINCE THEend of last year,several countries ments, whichare otherwise mandatoryfor the Serum InstituteofIndia’s Covishield. BruneiAirlines and SingaporeAirlines) will number of patientsdid- CLIP rangeofcomorbidities, have experimentedwith variousconceptsto those flying to Singapore. Applications foraVTP must be made be- onlycarry passengers with aVTP.However, n’t receive thedrug and contract amild or allowinternational travel in the aftermath of tween 7to30calendar days before the in- in additiontothese, usual flightsfromthese combo. Upon evaluation moderatecase of Covid- Covid-19. These have includedair bubbles, Howwill these VTLs work? tendeddateofarrival in Singapore. countries and others underagreements NEWRESEARCH of their status at 14,21 19,theyget an opportu- vaccine passports,travelcorridors and even Singaporewill designatespecific flights Quarantine requirementshavebeen done with Singaporewillalso be allowedtofly.In and 28 days aftertreat- nity to recoverwithout atraffic light system. The latestadditionto withthe countryonthe other sideofthe lane away with forpassengersarriving on VTL those flights, passengers without aVTP can ment, the numbers forhospitalisation being hospitalised. this listisVaccinated Travel Lane (VTL), in- onlyfor passengers who have aVaccinated flights. However, they muststill getanRT-PCR travel but theywillbesubject to stringent were found to be significantlylower “Our conclusion overall at this troduced by Singapore. Whilestillinits early Travel Pass (VTP)issuedbythe Singapore gov- test done 48 hours ahead of the scheduled quarantine requirementsupon arrivalin forthe treated group, at eachstage. point is that monoclonal antibodies days,experts believe it could become apro ernment. Fullyvaccinatedpassengers will be departuretimeand prepayfor theirpost-ar- Singapore. At 14 days,1.3% of thetreated areanimportant option in treatment forma forjurisdictionsopening up to vacci- abletoapply foraVTPfromSeptember 1for rivalDay 3and Day7Covid-19PCR tests German carrier Lufthansa will startop- group washospitalised, while 3.3 %of to reduce theimpactofCovid-19in nated travellers. travel from September 8onwards on the des- when applying forthe VTP. It is also impor- erating itsVTL flightsbetween Frankfurtand the non-treated group washospi- high-risk patients,” Dr Razonable was ignated flights. Singaporecitizens and per- tant to note thattravellers to Singaporemust SingaporefromSeptember 16,flying twice talised. At day21, the percentages of quoted as saying. What areVaccinatedTravelLanes? manent residentsdonot needtoapply forthe have onlybeentotheir countryorregion of aweekonThursdays andSaturdays. people hospitalisedfromthe treated VTLs arebasicallyanextensionoftravel VTPtotravelbackhome under the VTL. departureand/or Singaporeinthe last 21 con- Singapore Airlineswill operate itsVTL flights and non-treated groups were 1.3and Source: Mayo Clinic corridors,albeit onlyfor travellers who have secutive days before departing forSingapore. between Frankfurtand Singaporeon been fullyvaccinated.Asofdate, Singapore What do travellers needtodo? September 7and between Munichand has establishedVTLswith twojurisdictions To apply foraVTP,travellersmustbefully What about passengers who arenot SingaporeonSeptember 8. Howpandemicchangednatureofpolicework,relationswithpublic

(56%) witnessedthe policeprovidinghelp — per cent resortedmanytimes to detaining or VIBHAATTRI but at the same time, about 1in3(30%) re- FIGURE 1 TABLE1 arresting people. About aquartersaid they portedthe police were rude, and anearly had done so afew times. THE NATIONAL Covid-19lockdown wasim- equal proportion (36%) said they sawthem HOWPEOPLESAWPOLICE HOWPOLICEDEALTWITHPEOPLE The evidence from police interviews sug- posedwith afour-hour notice in March 2020. use forceagainstcivilians (Figure1). geststhe police got the mostsupportfromaf- WHENLOCKDOWNWASINPLACE,DIDYOUWITNESS… Howmanytimesdid youVeryAfewRarelyNever The stringent curbs on movement were in- Increasedrestrictions ledtoconfrontation fluent localities, followedbythe middle class, or your team have to…often times tendedtostemthe chainofinfection. The betweenpeopleandpolice—33%saidthiswas Police helping a 40 56 and then from thepoor—probablybecause lockdown wastoughonthe community. acommon sight. But asignificant majority civilian in need Impose penalty on people50241014 the lockdown wasthe harshest on the low- Manysections of society facedpoliceac- (40%) reportedtheydid notcome across such Police using force who violated lockdown rules eststrataofsociety,whichwas,therefore, 60 36 tion in an unusual context. And the police incidents, or witnessed them rarely (20%). on acivilian Letthem go after34321317 moreanxiousand less supportive of police. themselvesfacedanenormous challenge— The use of forcebypoliceinsomecases Police speaking minor punishment theywerethe authority entrusted with pre- resulted in fear of arbitrarystate violence. 66 30 Shiftincrime dynamics rudelytopeople Use force727 27 35 venting panic and main- Datarevealthat the fear of With fewerpeople venturingout, asub- taining normalcyinnot- police (‘alot’and ‘some- ■Yes ■ No Allfigures in % Detain/arrest them 12 25 25 35 stantial dip wasreportedinthe crime rate. so-normal circumstances. what’ combined) washigh Note:Rest did notanswer.Figures in % However, this is notofficial,countrywide The nature of policing amongpeople. Among the FIGURE 2 dataprovided by the government;itisbased changed during the lock- biggestoffearsand anxi- TABLE 2 on accountsofpolice personnel. down, reveal datafromthe eties were those of fines DIDPEOPLEFEARPOLICE? An overwhelming proportion of police recentlyreleased Lokniti- TELLING (57%),followedbythatof DURINGLOCKDOWN,HOWMUCHDIDYOUFEARPOLICE… WHATPOLICESAWCHANGING personnel (79%) reported adropinthe over- CSDS and Common Cause police beatings (55% ). all crime rate.Alook at individual crimes NUMBERS 39 report. Nearly 9out of 10 Morethan 2out of 5peo- 37 Police perception of complaintsIncreasedDecreasedNo shows that while police personnelreported FROM LOKNITIARCHIVES 31 29 29 policepersonnel (88%) felt ple (43%) reportedthey 26 26 and crime ratesduring lockdown change that general crimes suchastheft, robbery, AN EXPRESSSERIES 24 24 25 that the natureofpolicing were afraid the police 19 17 18 ComplaintsorFIRs/NCRs in your PS 10 78 7 kidnapping, and murder seemedtohavere- wasdifferent compared to normal times. would forcethem to undergotesting for 16 13 13 ducedsignificantlyduring the lockdown, of- Enforcing alockdown wasawhole newball Covid-19, or detain or arrest them (Figure2). Theft, murder,kidnapping, 7819 fences committed in the private space—such game, forwhichIndia’s police forces were Imposing Beating Takingyou Detaining/ murder etc as cases of domestic violence againstwomen neither well equippednor trained. Howpolice sawthings afine or you to hospital for arresting Trade of alcohol or tobacco products176513 and incidentsrelated to cybercrime—saw The ‘Policing in the Covid-19Pandemic’ Morethanaquarter(27%) of police per- confiscating coronavirus you an upwardtrend.(Table2). your vehicle testing Cybercrimes 30 48 15 study wasconducted among 2,409 civilians sonnel reported that managing pandemic- The ‘stayathome’ restrictions brought to and 1,198policepersonnel in 19 cities spread strickenpeople duringthelockdown wastheir ■ Alot ■ Somewhat ■ Alittle ■ Notatall Domestic violence againstwomen 27 48 20 lightthe dynamics of interactionbetween across10ofthe worstaffected states after biggestchallenge.Two in five (45%)saidthere Note:Restdid notanswer. All figuresin% Note:Rest didnot answer.Figures in % citizens and police. Although the majority of the firstwaveofCovid-19. were confrontationswith peoplewhile check- people ratedthe behaviour of the police as ing their travel passes, and in containment good, thereweremanyinstances of con- Fear of police zones (42%). Confrontations at localshops sell- half the police personnel said theyoften im- viewedsaid theylet people go afterminor (32%) claimedthis had happenedafew times. frontations and altercations as well. The lock- The general public expressed asome- ing essential food items (38%) and during food posedfines;about one-fourth (24%) reported punishments(at their discretion) foroffences. Sevenper cent reportedhaving used down notonlyled to asuddenchangeinthe what mixed opinion of the police’s behav- distribution (37%) were also reported. having done so afew times (Table 1). One out of three (34%) said theyortheir team forcefrequently, andabout one fourth (27%) pattern of dailylife, but also triggered ashift iour during the lockdown. Morethanhalf Askedabout the actions theyhad to take, Twoout of 3(66%) police personnel inter- had done this often, and another one-third claimedtohavedonesoafew times.Twelve in crime dynamics and policing duties.

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§ FOUNDED BY § RAMNATH GOENKA ForDelhi,Panchatantraoffers asensible strategy —divide BECAUSE THE TRUTH INVOLVES US ALL potential adversaries and strengthen internal unity

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SDM’s brutish diktat highlightshow the official machineryhas ASTHELAST Americansoldiersfly outof Kabul interests.Considerreportsthatthe US is pro- reographyofthe unending terror balletinour airportand the worldadapts to thereturn of vidingintelligenceinputstotheTalibanonthe region. But Delhi shouldnot rule out contra- switchedoff farmers’ protests,sees them as enemy the Taliban, three uncomfortable but endur- terror threats from ISIS-K. dictions between Pakistanand the terror OBODYMUSTBEallowedtobreachthe security cordon without a“broken ingfeaturesof internationalpoliticshavecome Although these reports aredisconcerting groups it has spawnedaswell as amongvari- intosharpfocus.Thehumantragedyunfolding to many, theconditions on the groundmean ousjihadi organisations. head”.Thatwasthebrutish,illegalinstructionsub-divisionalmagistrateAyush in Afghanistan, India's enormous emotional theUSneededtheTaliban'ssupportforthesafe Differences even among the closestof Sinha —caught on camera— gave to the police on Saturday in Karnal,where investmentintheKabulgovernmentthatcol- evacuation of itscitizens in the lastcouple of friendsare naturaland always offeropenings N farmers had gathered to protestagainstaBJP meetingled by Chief Minister lapsedthismonth,andDelhi’sstrongconcerns weeks, as well as in the future. When asked to adversaries.Historytellsusthatmovements Manohar Lal Khattar. In the aftermath of alathicharge that leftseveral farmers injured,the that the Taliban’s connections with Pakistan whetherhetrusts theTaliban,USPresidentJoe basedonideology—eithersecularorreligious officer has claimedthe video recording wasselective andthatnocrackdown on protesters shouldnotmuddyourthinkingabouttheways Biden told the press that “It’s notamatter of —are especially prone to internecine conflict. happenedinhis vicinity.The chief minister says theofficer’s “choiceofwords” wasnot cor- of the world. trust—it’s amatterofmutual self-interest.” Ideologicaloutfitssquabbleovertheinterpre- Thatvictoriesonthebattlefieldhave polit- “It’s in their self-interestthatweleave when tation of the scripture and on the appropriate rect,butthat“strictness”wasrequiredtomaintainlawandorder,evenashisdeputyfroman- icalconsequences is oneofthe fundamental we said (August31) andthat we getasmany strategies forrealising the declared goals. other party has promisedappropriateaction againstthe SDM. The question forthe Haryana featuresof internationalpolitics.Governments people out as we can,”Bidenadded. Recallthatinthelate1960sandearly 1970s, Chief Ministeristhis: Howcan anynotionof“strictness” in ademocracy getawaywithbe- have no option but to come to terms,now or The convergence of US and Taliban inter- PrimeMinisterIndiraGandhiexploitedthedi- ingsoflagrantlyanti-people?AndwhatdoesitsayabouttheHaryanagovernmentif thelaw later,withthe victor.Thereisnoreason, then, ests maybemorethan tactical. The US would visions in the Indian Communistmovement and order machinerytreatsthe farmers as the enemy, notcitizens with agrievance and a forthe Indian discourse to be surprised at the want to exploreifthe Taliban can help secure forpromoting her dominance over the constitutionalrightto protest?Thelargerquestionisthis:Whereispolitics,andthepolitician? rapid normalisation of the Taliban by the in- long-term American interests in preventinga CongressandreorientingIndia'spolitics.Inthe The scenesfromKarnalonSaturdayhaveonce again underlinedthatpoliticianshaveall but ternational community. regrouping of international terror outfitslike US, President RichardNixon and his adviser OnAugust2,the UNSCwarnedtheTaliban the al Qaeda and ISIS in Afghanistan. The HenryKissinger activelyexploitedthe differ- abdicated their responsibility to play the mediating and moderatingrole vis avis the farm- againstpursuingamilitarysolutionto thecon- Taliban on the other hand would want ences betweenRussianand Chinese commu- ers’movementagainsttheCentre’sthreefarmlaws.Politicalinterventionsareactuallyreac- flict and establishing an IslamicEmirate; on Americanand Western supportinrebuilding nists.Across Asia, conservativesactively used tions,aftertheevent.Forthemost part,protestingfarmershave beenlefttoconfrontastone- August16, both the referencesweredropped Afghanistan. It is by no means clear if sucha splitsinthe communist parties to establish walling and quelling police force—evenaswhat is mostneededare notcheck-postsand as theTalibantookcharge of Kabul.And last dealcanbeclinched,giventhebigrisksitpres- theirpolitical dominance. barricades but outreachbythe people’srepresentatives, and alisteningstate. week,the UNSC stopped referring to the entstobothsides.Butthetwosidesseemready Despite itspowerful appeal, religiouside- It is true that the Centrehas conducted11roundsoftalkswith the farm union leaders Taliban by name and movedtoageneral ap- to explorethe possibilities. ologyhasfailedtobuilddurablepoliticalcoali- peal againstletting Afghan territorybeused The same canbesaidabout theprospects tions within and across nations. Pan-Islamist and thatinround 10,the NDAgovernmentbentenough to place on the table an offertosus- by terror groups. forlong-term cooperation betweenIndia and movementshavequicklysplintered amidst pendthefarmlaws.AndthatthedialoguebrokedowninJanuarybecausethefarmersrefused The UNSC's sensitivity to the rapidly- the Taliban-led government. ForDelhi, the sectariantensionsaswellastheclashbetween to relent from their maximalistdemand of acomplete repealofthe laws,and alegal guaran- changing ground situation reminds us of the maininterestisinpreventingAfghansoilfrom nationalismandethnicityontheonehandand teefor MSP,and then, duetothe movement’sbrief lapse intoviolenceonJanuary 26.But legendaryheadlinesof aFrenchnewspaperas beingusedbyanti-Indiaterrorgroups.At least the calls forreligioussolidarity on the other. whatisalsotrue is thatthe Centre’s dialogue had come toolate, and aftertoo much name- Napoleon escapedfromconfinement in Elba asectionof theTalibaniseagerto continuepo- Afghanhistory,too,bearswitnessto peren- calling.Bythenthemovementhadalreadysurgedandstrengthenedonthebackoffearsand and marched on Paris in March 1815.Hereisa liticalandcommercialengagementwithIndia. nialpoliticalschisms.TheAfghancommunists rough senseand sequence of the headlines: Lastweek, in amajor speechonthe whoseizedpowerinKabulinthe1978revolu- insecurities of farmers, mainly in Punjaband Haryana, over the newlegislation shortchang- “The Cannibalhas lefthis den”. “The Monster Taliban's approachtodomestic andinterna- tion could notovercometheir internal differ- ingthem while benefiting bigcorporates.That the Centrewas seen to push through the has landed”,“TheTyrant haspassedthrough tional issues, the head of the Taliban political encesonhowtomodernisetheirnationorthe changes lastyear,firstasordinance amidpandemic, without consultation, and thenaslaw Lyon”;“TheUsurperis60leaguesfromParis”; commission Sher Mohammad Stanikzai un- role of the SovietUnion. through Parliamentwithout adequatedebate, laidthe ground forthe distrustthathas only “Bonaparte is advancing, but will neverenter derlinedthe movement'sinterestincontinu- The variousreligiousgroupsthat Pakistan thickenedsince. Paris”; “Napoleon will be belowour ramparts ing the partnership withIndia. This is partofa supportedcouldnotunite aftertheSovietarmy Now, ninelongmonthsafterthemobilisationmovedtoDelhi’sborders,andwithassem- tomorrow”; “TheEmperor has arrivedat natural questfor adiversified setofinterna- wasoustedfromAfghanistan. It had to create blyelectionsto Punjabonlymonthsaway,itisessentialthatpoliticsfindsitsway backin.The Fontainebleau”;“HisImperialMajestyisinthe tional partnerships. Delhi would be right to the Taliban to counter the Mujahideen. The RoyalPalace”. Differences even among the keepitsfingerscrossedontheTaliban’sability Taliban's captureofpowerin1996 produced farmers’ problem cannotbekickeddownthe road, it is notgoing to go away by astrategyof Allstudentsofpoliticsknowthattotalwars closest of friends are natural to deliveronthese promises and stand up anew setofethnic and religious divisions wearing them out. Thereisnoalternative to the governmentengagingthe farmers through of the kind that we have seen in Afghanistan and alwaysoffer openings to againstthe Pakistanarmy'spressures to keep withinAfghanistan. their representativesand leaders, and persuading them about the benefits and efficacy of changethe domestic and international poli- India out. But it would certainlywanttofind Giventhis history,itisunwise forDelhito the newlaws. tics of anation. Whether it likes the newand adversaries. Historytells us out if the Taliban means what it says and if paint the external challenges arisingfromthe victorioussovereign or not, agovernment has that movements based on thereare anycracksinPakistan’srelationship Afghan tumult as asingle coherent force; and the obligation to secure itsnationalinterests ideology —either secular or with Kabul'snew rulers. to believe in leveraging the external threat for —ranging from the protection of itscitizens religious —are especially Finally,the US engagement with the domesticpoliticalends.ThePanchatantrahas and property to maintaining the regional bal- Talibanto countertheISIS-Khasbeenmetwith amoresensible strategy to offer—try and di- AAP’SJOURNEY ance of power. India is notimmune to this es- prone to internecine conflict. derision across the world. Critics sayall these videyourpotentialadversariesandstrengthen sentialprincipleof internationalrelationsand Ideological outfits squabble groups arepartofthe same school of terror, your internal unity. Tirangayatraisanattempt to take the fight to the BJP.But AAP will find ways to protect itsstakesin over the interpretation of the drivenbysimilarreligious zeal and nurtured Afghanistanunder Taliban rule. scripture and on the in Pakistan’s sanctuaries. Thewriterisdirector,InstituteofSouth Asian will also have to navigatestrategy’s pitfalls That brings us to thesecondenduring fea- India’sextensive experienceof dealingwith Studies,National University of Singapore and appropriate strategies for HE BJP'S SUCCESSinframing nationalism and aligning it to itspolitics of tureofworld politics —that thereare no per- Pakistan-supportedterrorlendscredence to contributing editor on international affairs for manent friends or enemies,onlypermanent the narrative on Rawalpindi’s masterful cho- The Indian Express Hindutvahas been remarkable. On the other side of the political fence, is the realising the declared goals. T Opposition's failureinseparatingHinduismfromHindutva, or demarcating a moreencompassing notion of patriotism that also appeals to the people. The AamAadmiParty'sdecisiontotakeout a“TirangaYatra” in Ayodhya on September 14,with likelystop-oversattheRamtempleandHanumangarhi,isclearly anattempt to take thebat- tle to theBJP on both fronts. To do so successfully, however, the AAP will needideological AFRIEND OF INDIA clarity and politicalfinesse—else, itsexperiment riskssuccumbingto the failuresof the me- too“softHindutva” strategies thathavebeen triedbynon-BJP parties in the past. The TirangaYatraisevidently aculmination of aseries of symbolic and policy actions by In themid-1990s, StanleyWeiss wasawiseand empathetic ally India could rely on the AAP.InNovember 2020,asthe pandemic raged, Arvind Kejriwal conducted a“Diwali Pujan”. His government introduceda“Deshbhakti”curriculum in the city's schools, “em- CUdayBhaskar beddedinconstitutional values”,and is puttingup500 national flags across the capital at a costofRs85crore.Announcing former Colonel AjayKothiyal as the AAP’schief ministerial INDIA ANDthe US were “estranged”democ- later in the year and that we (I wasthenthe lead storyofThe Telegraph (Calcutta), which candidatefor the upcoming Uttarakhand assembly elections,Kejriwal underlinedhis cre- raciesformanydecadesandgraduallymoved deputytoAir CommodoreJasjit Singh, who notedinits September 26,1997report: “Why dentials as a“deshbhakt fauji (patriotic soldier)” and the party has publicised his work in re- towardscautious“engagement”aftertheend wasthe director) were to coordinatethe visit. did theUSPresidentBillClinton,undoubtedly building the Kedarnath temple, devastated by the 2013 floods.The AAP has made it clear of the Cold War, during the Narasimha Rao- What seemedlikeone more foreign delega- one of the busiestheads of state, seekameet- thatitwill contestelections in UP,Uttarakhand and Gujarat and thatpartofits strategy to BillClintonphase.Amongthemanyindividu- tionacquiredadifferenttexturewhenthethen ing with the Indian PrimeMinister, IKGujral, challenge theBJPisto draw associationsbetweenpatriotismwithgovernance,andhighlight alsand institutions who were part of the vast Indianambassadorto theUS,NareshChandra, in NewYork(at the United Nations)? The an- itsown recordineducation and healthinDelhi as evidence of itssuccessinthe latter. bilateral ensemblethat contributed to this metSubbu and Jasjit and indicated that this swer is afour-letter word:BENS. Business transformation wasStanley AWeiss, former wasmorethan aroutine visitand that thePM Executivesfor National Security.” This experiment of wedding patriotismwith development and moving the conversa- chairman of BENS (Business Executivesfor would also meetthe BENS team. Subsequenteventsmoved in aroller- tion around nationalism beyond demonising the “Other” could be awelcomeadditionto NationalSecurity)whopassedawayinLondon Eventsmovedswiftlyafter that andIwas coastermanner afterPrime MinisterAB the political repertoireand conversation. However, the strategy also has potentialrisksand on August26. Weiss playedacritical role as a nominatedassherpafromtheIndiansideand Vajpayeetook office in Delhi and India con- pitfalls. The AAP's temple visitsand flag marches could have the unintendedeffect of en- discreetenablerbothinthe Beltway andcor- tasked to plan the BENS visitwiththe US em- ducteditsnucleartestsinMay 1998.Whenthe trenching and solidifying the terms of political debateset by theBJP.Unlessitisspecifically porateAmerica of the mid-1990s. bassy,ablyled by ambassador Frank Wisner India-USrelationshiphitrock bottomafterthe guardedagainst,thispoliticscouldnormalisetheinvisibilisationof minoritiesandhardencat- At thattime—whentheIndia-USrelation- andRaphaelBenaroya,theIndiaexpertassist- testsand the WhiteHouse was“mad” with egories like“anti-national”. The AAP has shown an innovative streak with apolitics of civic ship wasestranged —IDSA(Institutefor ingWeiss.Most membersof theBENSdelega- India forcrossing thenuclear Rubicon, Weiss Defence Studies and Analyses) wasoften re- tionwere CEOsoftopUScompanies.Theyhad wasthe solitary American voice to provide an governanceearlier.How itnavigatesthesepitfallsgoingaheadwillbecloselywatched.Itwill, ferred to as the “lion’sden”byAmerican aca- nevervisited India and were exploring busi- empathetic interpretation of the Indian forbetterorworse, have abearingonthe robustness of Opposition politics. demics and analysts forits fierce defence of When the India-US nessoptions aftereconomic liberalisation. decision. whyIndiaremainedoutsidetheNPT(Nuclear relationship hit rockbottom The result wasaverysuccessful BENS visit To theircredit,theapexpoliticalleadership Non-proliferation Treaty). In alightervein, to Delhiin1997. The team metthe topbrass of onbothsidesandtheirtirelessdiplomatswere India experts alludedtothe late K after the tests and the White theMinistry of Defence and the military, and ableto reacharapprochementaftertheKargil Subrahmanyam, long-time director of the in- House was‘mad’ with India finallycalled on Prime MinisterIKGujral. warof1999 andBill Clinton's visit to India in JHAJHARIA’SFEAT stitute, as the “lion king”. But it wasalso forcrossing the nuclear Weiss conveyedtothe PM thatthe real India early 2000wastestimonytothetentative “en- deemedmandatoryfor members of the Rubicon, We isswas the storywas notbeing heardinthe Beltway and gagement” between the twopricklydemoc- His gold in 2004 had markedaturning point forIndian para Americanstrategic communityontheir first Gujral suggestedthat he (Stanley) could tell racies.Stanley AWeiss,aWorldWarIIveteran solitaryAmerican voice to sport. His silvernow shines even brighter visittoIndia to stop by at SapruHouseand be the storyinhis widelyread columninthe and mining tycoon, will be long remembered “givenastern tutorial by Subbu” —asthe late provide an empathetic International Herald Tribune. as awise and empathetic friend of India. SteveCohenusedtoquip. interpretation of the Indian What wasthe outcomeofthe quietrole OKYOCONTINUESTObring happytidings forIndia as the Paralympics take off In early 1997,the IDSA wasinformedthat playedbyBENSaproposthebilateralrelation- Thewriterisdirector,Society forPolicy Studies, fromwheretheOlympicsleft.At halfway mark,Indiahavegonepast theirbest- abusinessteamfromtheUSwouldbeinIndia decision. ship? In response, Weiss would point to the NewDelhi T evermedalcount,securingtwohistoricgoldmedalswithaworldrecordtoboot. Shining in that glittering star castisjavelin para-throwerDevendraJhajharia whosesilverisasbrightasanygold.Jhajharia,40,wonhisfirstgoldmedalattheParalympics in 2004atAthens,and17 yearsandonepandemicpostponementlater,returnedtoTokyo to AUGUST 31,1981, FORTY YEARS AGO win his thirdParaGames medal to become one of India's greatestsportspersons. In what is atestamenttothe Rajasthan legend's longevity,resilience and continuedcommitment to T EHRAN BOMBING Iran since abomb killedmorethan 70 of the employees have rejected thegovernment of- excellence, his latestsilvercame on the backofhis personal best throw of 64.35metres—a Iran’s religious and politicalleaders in Tehran. ferofmerging apartofthe dearness allowance progression from his historic hurls that fetchedhim gold medals in Athens and at Rio. APOWERFUL BOMB rocked the prime min- with basic payiftheyagree to the impound- Jhajharia'sgoldin2004hadmarkedtheturningpointforIndianparasport,andithadowed ister’s office in Central Tehran on August31 ADVANTAGE URS ingof the50per cent of instalmentsofthe DA almostentirelytothe effortsofhis mother to bolsterhis confidence when he wasyoung. woundingthe PresidentMohammadAliRajai payable. The matter came up at an informal and the Prime MinisterMohammad Javed DDEVARAJURS wasunanimouslyelected meeting of the representativesofthe stand- Undeterred by the accident thatled to amputationofhis leftarm as achild, she told her son Bahonar,the official Iranian media reported. president of the state unit of Karnataka ing committee of the Joint Consultative that therewas no reason to fear the outdoors and reinforcedinhim the self-assurance that Pars, the official Iraniannewsagency,reported Congress (U). Beforethe meeting, DChandra Machinery(JCM) calledbythe Cabinet he belonged on the sports field. No impairment could pull him backfromselfbelief as one thatatleastfivepersons were killedwith some Gowda and his followers resolvedtojoin the Secretary. of India's mostinspiring figures aiming forand achieving the very best in global sport. and 15 woundedwith some of the bodies Congress (I) at aparallel meeting of the KPCC On Monday, Jhajharia wouldachieve success again on the javelin field, the scene of burnt beyond recognition. The Iranian cabi- (U). Gowda had to be content with very little NIHAR RAY DEAD Neeraj Chopra's gold afortnight ago. Having spent years taking the help of scientific ad- netheld an “emergency meeting” and supporteventhough he had claimedsupport adoptedcertain decisions to cope with the of 150members of the party. INTELLECTUALSAND EDUCATIONISTSbade vances in training techniques and seeking expertise from some of the best coaches in blast’s aftermathandcondemnedtheepisode atearfulfarewell to Nihar RanjanRay,histo- Europe,Jhajhariawould also raise the bar of excellence. The countrywilldowell to as a“lastditchattempt by Americanhirelings”. IMPASSE ON DA rian and artcritic.Ray,ICHRchairman, wasa learnfromJhajharia that smartsolutions existtohelp thedifferentlyabled to notjust Theblast, whichsent afireraging through the staunchcritic of the LeftFront government’s survive,but excel —onthe field, and offit. building,appeared to be the mostserious in REPRESENTATIVESOFCENTRAL government education policy.

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No single actor hasthe powertocontroleventsinAfghanistan. matters That’swhy the Talibantakeoverbodes ill forthe world He lostthe battle forMughalempire, but wonthe warofideasfor India

ditionstoEuropeand the West.During thoseyears, the Europeans didnot read Sanskrit butwereabletoread Persian, and so theyread thetexts in Persian that were later translatedintoLatin. This is howa Anju Gupta newmovement of studying India’sreli- gious and cultural textsspreadinthe EVER SINCE THE fall of Kabul alittle more world. Afterthis,the Europeans also than twoweeksago,the long-anticipatedcol- Tariq Mansoor startedtostudySanskrit. In this way, it was lapse of the Afghan NationalDefence and DaraShikoh’s pioneering work that ledto Security Forces (ANDSF), a“half-determined” AT ATIME when incidents of intolerance the dissemination of India’s cultureout- President Ashraf Ghani fleeing the country, in thename of faithare beingreported side the Subcontinent. This is his outstand- the “mightier” Taliban walking intoKabul and from Afghanistan, DaraShikoh, one of ing contribution to India’s intellectual and the “muchweaker”Panjshirholding outhave India’s mostenlightenedthinkers, needs religious heritage. Subsequently, it became dominated the narrative on Afghanistan. to be remembered.Hewas achampion of fashionable among the philosophical cir- Amidst tragic events, severalpuzzles remain. interfaith understanding, philosopher, cles to admirethe Upanishads. Theyhold the keytoaproper appreciation of artist, architect, translator,poetand admin- Dara Shikoh had akeeninterestinthe thethreatsthat Afghanistan, the region and istrator.Although in 1655 his father and fine arts and architecture. An album he the worldcouldface in thenextdecade. Mughal emperor Shah Jahan declared him dedicated to his wifeisatreasure of Indian All stakeholders have oftenrepeatedthat the CrownPrince,hewas assassinatedby art. Arareminiaturepainting showing the ANDSF wasexpectedtotakeonthe his younger brother,Aurangzeb,inabitter him with his spiritual masters is preserved Talibanbut failedtodoso. Underanelected struggle forthe throne on August30, 1659. in the libraryofthe AligarhMuslim government, with funding up to 2024and as- DaraShikoh was44atthe time of his University (AMU). As atalented architect, surance of off-shoretraining and mainte- death. Even though he lostthe battle he designed thebeautiful Pari Mahal nance, over-the-horizon supportfromthe US againstAurangzeb,hewon the warfor GardenPalace in Srinagar, and many other Central Command forcommoncounter-ter- India. It is that victoryweare celebrating monuments. rorism targets, diplomatic and humanitarian as aproud nation, representing the best Theimportance of interfaith connec- assistance and securityofKabulairportby example in the worldfor unityindiversity. tionscannot be overemphasisedinour Turkish forces, the ANDSF did conduct itself Though DaraShikoh had very little mil- multi-religious and diverse society.Atthe professionallytillearly August. It is widely itaryexperienceasShah Jahan had kept centenarycelebrations of AMU recently, known nowthatthe unspokenWestern as- him in the court, his father chose him as Prime MinisterNarendraModi, likeatrue sessment wasthatdespite all support, the successoroverhis other sons who were statesman,deliveredaspeechthathas ANDSF couldholdout forone or twoyears. sent as governors of various states. Shah been muchappreciated globally, wherein The earnestrecruitingand training of the Jahan wasaware that due to India’sdeep he portrayed AMU as aunique symbolof ANDSF by the US-NATO startedaround 2009, CRSasikumar spiritualroots,itcould notbegovernedby India’s compositeculturebylabelling it as when the US initiatedatroop surge to reverse forcealone, but onlybyupholding the “Mini India”. Modi also exhortedAMU to the Taliban’smomentum and give time and or reverse to help the ANDSF push the Taliban writingonthe wall and movedout of ideals of peaceful coexistence, tolerance undertake study and research in India’s space to the ANDSF to grow.OnJanuary1, to negotiateonreasonable terms. However, harm’s waywellintime. and winning theheartsofpeople. It is richcultural heritagetogivenew energy 2015,total security responsibilities were the April16announcementofcomplete The pro-withdrawal narrative that the these values that bind the people of ana- to India’scultural relations with the world. handedovertothe young security outfit, withdrawal by September gave afillip to the region wasa“free beneficiary” of the secu- tion together.What might have been the AMUiscommittedtothe development whichhad 3,00,000 troops, according to the Taliban. According to SIGAR, by June-end, less rity providedbythe US and NATOhad history of the Indian subcontinent had of interfaith understanding among all the US auditor SIGAR. Sincethen, the ANDSF has than 1,000 foreign personnel remained. gainedcurrency.Was the narrative so DaraShikoh prevailedoverAurangzeb in religions of the world. To foster aculture been at the forefront of the conflict, suffering Thousands of contractorsweregone, severely strong that it disregardedthe potential re- the battle forsuccession has been debated of tolerance and national integration by heavycasualties. disablingthe Afghan Air Forceand jeopardis- versalofgains made over 20 years? Or has forcenturies. Though he could notbecome bringing communities together,AMU,in Till the signing of the Doha agreement, ing the transportoffrontline special forces — the Great Powercompetition with China an emperor,his imprint on Indian civilisa- itscentenaryyear,has startedthe Dara the ANDSF prevented the fall of provincial whichheld the keytodefeatingthe Taliban and Russiatippedthe balance withthe ex- tion is no less than that of anyemperor in Shikoh Centrefor Interfaith Dialogue and capitals and border crossings, stoppedthe —across Afghanistan. pectation that these powers will have to get the Subcontinent’s history. Understanding. While history maynot Taliban from taking permanent control of Still, between April16and July2,the suckedintoAfghanistan? DaraShikoh, who had adeep under- have givenDaraShikoh his due, AMU has highways,maintainedcontrol over more ANDSF ensuredthat provincial centres were Recent eventshavethrownupmanysuch standing and knowledge of major reli- initiatedcourse correction by taking up the than 250 district centres —though some dis- notoverrun and bordercrossings were safe. puzzles. Won’t Afghanistanbecome opaque gions, particularly Islam and Hinduism, is task of popularising his legacy.The Centre trictsdid changehands —and did notallow The withdrawal from Bagram on July 2sent to the worldthe daythe evacuations areover? known as apioneer of the academic move- has startedundertakingimportant mile- ISIS or Pakistanproxies likeISKP or AQIS to the final signal that the ANDSF wasonits own. With the internet, airportand borders shut, ment forinterfaith understanding in India. stones suchastranslation of DaraShikoh’s increase their footprint across Afghanistan. The Pakistan-Taliban combine begana Recent events have thrown the onlyaccess to Afghanistanwill bethrough He strove to develop cordial relationships worksinother languages, creation of a The outfit facedcomplexchallengesinman- forcibleoccupation of border crossings,high- up manypuzzles. Wo n’t the Taliban. Will Russia-China or the West between people by finding commonalities repositoryofwritingsand research under- aging policefunctions, safeguarding borders, ways and provincial capitals. Notably, even in Afghanistan become opaque contemplate supporting resistance move- between Hinduism and Islamand bring- takeninIndiaand abroad on thelifeand protecting people and fighting Pakistan- July,the ANDSFprovedits mettlebypushing to the world the daythe mentstokeep theTaliban in check? Will the ingtheircultures intodialogue. His most worksofDaraShikoh, formulation of bib- backedinsurgency.The terrain in backthe Taliban in keycapitalsofLashkargah ANDSF become part of this resistance? important works, Majma-ul-Bahrain liographies of worksdoneonHindu reli- Afghanistandid notpermitpermanentposts and Kandahar. evacuations are over? With Will the bigpowers rely on theTaliban — (Mingling of TwoOceans)and Sirr-i-Akbar gious textsbyMuslim authorsand vice- and patrols across manyparts.Suchareas be- However, between August 6and 15,all the internet,airport and an entity lackingprofessional skillsand one (Great Mystery), aredevoted to the cause versa, among others.This is an initiative came the Taliban's bastions. Since the ANDSF provincial capitals fell without muchfight. bordersshut,the only access that needs to proveits intentions—for of establishing connections between undertakenwith aliberal mind and vision. wasdependentonforeign funds, financial Did the ANDSF sense that political manoeu- to Afghanistan will be counter-terrorismoperations? Can big pow- Hinduism and Islam. He notonlydiscov- AMU’s founder Sir Syed AhmadKhan, compulsions mayhaveprevented mobilis- vres were overtakingprofessional assess- ers afford to give legitimacy and aid to the ered commonalities but even said that the himself undertook the work of under- ing troopstodefeat theTalibanatseveral mentsand that itsown government was through the Taliban. Will Taliban and ensurefunds arenot used by ex- foundation of the tworeligionsisthe same, standing scriptures of other faiths by writ- places. The stakeholders, therefore, resolved powerless to influence external actors? The Russia-China or the We st tremists?Will the Talibanbeable to show whichisthe belief, “One Reality and One ing commentaries on them. that anegotiated political settlement wasthe pictures of Mullah Baradar as astate guest at contemplate supporting “absence of corruption” in itsdealings with God”. He had apluralistic outlook and un- DaraShikoh, as atrue child of India, is onlyway to endthe insurgency. Doha and elsewhereinthe region signal the resistance movements to citizens, akey yardstickfor Western aid? derstood India’s syncretic culture. an icon fortolerance, harmonyand togeth- The Doha agreement disregardedthe fact lackofreal involvement of Afghanistaninde- Will Pakistanbecomfortablewith a DaraShikoh acquired proficiencyin erness. It is due to these values that we thatthe foreignforces andthe ANDSF had ciding itsown future.The ANDSF musthave keep the Taliban in check? Pashtun Amir-ul-MomineeninAfghanistan Sanskrit and Persian, whichenabled him Indians, despite many diversities, have teamedupsuccessfully, forcing the Taliban been acutelyaware that retributionwas are- Will ANDSF become part of gaining traction in itstribal belt? Will to play akey role in popularisingIndian been living in unity and onenessfor cen- to the peace talks—thisimplicitly allowed ality,should the Taliban join an interimgov- this resistance? Will the big Pakistanallowall keyTaliban leaders, such cultureand Hindu religious thought. He turies. India’s neighbours and their Pakistantotakeall the credit. The agreement ernment or form one. Did the agency feel that as Qayyum Zakir and Maulvi Kabir,tomove translated the Upanishads and other im- regimes can learn from this. negotiated adeal for“no attacks”onforeign political, moral and functional supportfor it powers rely on the Taliban — their families and assets to Afghanistanand portant sources of Hindu religion and spir- forces, leavingthe Taliban with morere- had become onlynotional? Therewas no an entitylacking professional losefull control? ituality from Sanskrit to Persian. Through The writer is Vice-Chancellor and sources to take on the ANDSF.The ANDSF’s Northern Alliance, nor wasany significant skills and one that needs to Muchmoreislikelytoemergefromthis these translations, he wasresponsible for Chairman, BoardofManagement,Dara demoralisation startedfromthispoint.Post- countryoffering help. prove its intentions —for conundrum in the coming weeksand taking the Hindu cultureand spiritual tra- ShikohCentre, AMU Doha,the ANDSFand civilians facedvery On August14, many embassies started months. Thereisnosingle actor —including high levels of violence. The reduction of for- emergency evacuations and the next day, counter-terrorism the Taliban —who knows it all or can guide eign forces from Januarythis year further de- the Taliban wasatthe gatesofKabul. They operations? Can big powers eventstocome. This means that the fall of moralisedthe ANDSF,giving theTalibanan looked equallyunprepared,clueless about afford to give legitimacy and Afghanistanisabad omenfor countries far LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR incentive to notnegotiatewiththe Afghan managing even trafficorcrowds.Itap- aid to the Taliban and ensure beyond the region. government at all. pears that, though powerless, the Afghan The changeofregime in the US had raised topbrass directlysupervisingthe ANDSF funds are not used by The writer is an IPS officer. hopes that the drawdown could slowdown —and the ANDSF itself —could seethe extremists? Viewsare personal UNIVERSITY, CENSOR THIS REFERSTOthe editorial,‘No sin- IDEAS glestory’(IE, August30).Delhi University's decision to remove texts ONLINE basedonthe fear thatitwill corruptthe minds of studentsasitgoesagainst ONLYINTHE EXPRESS ethics and culturetakes me backtothe eraofVictorianmorality when several ● HOWGOVERNMENTIS My competitor, my comrade FAILINGPARLIAMENT: voices like thefamous Hardy(forexam- pleinTess)werecensored.The trend BINOYVISWAM continuedeveninthe modern era Neeraj Choprashows respect forrival is mostimportant lesson of sports when greatwriters likeJamesJoyce ● TRUTH ABOUT ASSET were forced to change“explicit content” MONETISATION: to moreeuphemistic writings. In the HARDEEP SPURI JeevMilkha Singh Indiancontext, this trend seems to con- tinue even todayasthe literatureofthe www.indianexpress.com SPORTSPERSONS RESPECT eachother,re- from manydifferent cultures. The experi- their personalequipment in tournaments, as the Flying Sikh foraslong as the worldre- past is seen with the lens of cultureand gardlessofgender andnationality.Were- ence taught me to conduct myselfwell, to with the difference being that others arenot membershim. The name wasgiven to him morality to weigh whether it deserves spect eachother forour achievements, no appreciateeachcompetitor,tothank every- allowedtouse theequipment. Buthaving by Pakistan. Aftermyfather’s death, Ihad a to be taught.Indoing so, the decision- matter howbig or small. That’s one of the body on the golf course as well as in life. playedonthe PGATour, European Tour, conversation with Mohammad Ejaz, son of makers areforgetting that “offensive” story‘Sadgati’. mostimportant thingsthatsports teaches That wasthe best education. At thattime, I Asian Tour and JapanTour,apart from major Abdul Khaliq, one of my father’s biggest is asubjective word and can be inter- LRMurmu, Delhi you. Yourespect apersonfor what he or she looked up to Fred Couples, who went on to championships, Ihavetried or got to know competitors on the worldstage.Ejaz made preted by anyone according to their is and forwhat he or she has achievedor win the 1992 US Masters. Idid notrealise about the clubs usedbydifferent players. I suretothankmebecause my father had ownbelief systems. ENEMIES TO FRIENDS done. That’s what Neeraj Chopra has done this at that time, but Iliked howhecon- remember taking advice from golfer Daniel asked about his father’s well-being when AnamikaPriyadarshani, Delhi by speaking up forwhat is right and stand- ducted himself on the golf course, taking Chopraand even askingFredCouples about the latter wasaprisoner of warinMeerut THIS REFERS TO the article, ‘Let’s say ing up forArshad Nadeemafter people on the time to talk to the galleries. It mademe his clubs. Ihavealsoasked younger players, afterthe 1971 war. Itold him that someday, THIS REFERS TO the editorial,‘No sin- neveragain’ (IE, August30).India and social media went afterthe Pakistani javelin aspiretobelikehim some day. Over time, likeShubhankar Sharma,about theirchoice if IweretoplayinPakistanand gettaken as gle story’ (IE, August 30).The Delhi Pakistanare the keyplayers,without thrower forpickingupChopra’s javelin in he has become agood friend andweplayed of clubs. But eachone of us plays on hisown aprisonerofwar,somebody therewould University registrar defending the re- whose cooperation therecan be no the final at the TokyoOlympics. in Dubai some years ago. Itold him that to and it’s our effort whichrewards us. give me respectasasportsperson. That’sthe movalofworks by twoDalit authors peace in the South Asian region. We While Neeraj became the Olympic teeoff along with himisaprivilege and it is Having travelledand playedaround the powerofsports. Bama and Sukritharani, and thatof mustlookatthe other nations, which champion, Arshad finished fifth. He kept one of the things that has made me the world, Ihaveseen thatevery countrycheers Forme, Neeraj is atrue champion. He did MahaswetaDevi's 'Draupadi' on the had once been inflicting sufferings of pushing Neeraj to do his best.Athletes mostnervous in my whole career.WhenI and looksout forits ownsporting heroes in notthink abouthis parents or coaches; he specious ground of “cultureand titanic proportions upon eachother, should respect their competitors because see Neeraj or Arshad or other athletesad- acompetition. But it dependsonyou to find dedicated hisgold medal to my father mo- ethics” smacks of bias. According to and arenow living in peace. An ap- theyhaveall proved themselvesgood miring eachother’s efforts, Ican onlythink aplace foryourself. Being agood humanbe- mentsafter he became the Olympic cham- him, the syllabus can't have content propriateexample is that of France enough to be there. Anyofthe 12 athletesin of howgood the sporting worldis. ing, performing well and conducting your- pion and spoke about my father’sdream. His that “hurtthe sentiments of anyindi- and Germany who had along the finalcouldhavewon on that dayand I During my amateur days,Imade many self well —these things win youthe respect gestureand the wayinwhich he has sup- vidual”. Is the university advocating blooded history finallyconcluding give fullmarks to Neeraj forappreciating trips to Pakistanand made friends with of different countries and different cultures. portedArshad makehim atrue champion. that literaryworks originating from intothe invasion of the former by the eachofhis competitors, including Arshad. golfers likeTaimur Hassan Amin,a16-time That’s what my father Milkha Singh got Idon’t knowifmyson HarjaiMilkha inequitable exploitative caste-based latter duringthe Second WorldWar, That’s the wayitshould be.Who knows,to- Pakistannational champion. Over the years, from Pakistan, acountryhehad to flee dur- Singh will makeacareer in sports.But Iam society,should be sensitive towards but nowstand together as the friend- morrow Imay miss aputt, while my com- we have played together in Dubai and we ing Partition, afterseeing many deaths and surehis time in sports has taught him to be sentimentsofoppressor class? By this liestofthe neighbours. Hatred and petitor sinkshis and wins the tournament. oftenmeetand shareour memories of our much tragedy. But then, as he would say, fair and to respect his competitors —and to logic,the greatMunshi Premchand's vendettaonlysinkthe ties to Ican’t belittle his effortsorspeakagainsthim amateur days.Itwas because of golf that we “Halat mande hunde ne, bande nahi (The con- applaudtheir effort. work needstobebanned—hepor- abysmallyhorrible depths. justbecause he is of adifferent nationality. became friends and we arecompetitors only ditionsare bad,not the individuals)”. The trayed Brahminsinpoor light in the VinaySaroha, viaemail During my timeinthe US,while on a on the golf course. kindoflovemyfather got from Pakistancan- The writer is a14-time international golf scholarship, Imet players andpeople Likejavelinthrowers, golfers toouse notbedescribed in words. He will be known winneringolf

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Youtuber ShadiSrour US has capacity THENEWYORKTIMES Students at aschool in BayHarbor Islands, Florida.Florida AUGUST30 to evacuate all school districtscan legallyrequiretheirstudentstowear EGYPT masks, ajudgehas ruled. AP Aftermonths, AS THE US militaryracedtoward Americans from aTuesdaydeadline to withdraw Egyptfrees from America’s longestwar,spo- Afghanistan: NSA radic violence in the Afghan cap- US records adaily reporter,activist, ital underlinedthe perils ahead Washington: The United States YouTubestar foracountryalready buffetedby has the capacity to evacuatethe insecurity,ahumanitarian crisis approximately300 US citizens average of 100,000 EGYPT HAS releasedan andaterroristthreat. remaining in Afghanistanwho online comedian, ajour- The US militaryshotdown want to leave before President nalistand apolitical ac- rocketsaimedatthe Kabul air- Joe Biden’s Tuesdaydeadline, Covid hospitalisations tivistafter they spent portonMondaymorning, aday senior administration officials months in pre-trail de- afteritsaid that one of itsdrones said, as rocket fire in Kabul and tention, twolawyers said struck avehicle full of explosives. another US drone strikeagainst DANLEVIN EU recommends on Monday. It wasthe The US has warnedthat moreat- suspected Islamic Statemilitants AUGUST30 latestinaseries of recent tacks, likethe one lastweekout- underscored the gravethreat in travelcurbs releases amid concerns side the airportthat killed nearly the war’s final days. THEDAILYaverage forhospitalised on US visitors by the United States and 200people, arepossible before Biden’s nationalsecurity ad- Covid-19 patients in the United international rights it withdrawsonTuesday. Islamic viser,JakeSullivan, said Sunday States is nowmorethan 100,000. Brussels:TheEuropeanUnion groups over the arrests StateKhorasan claimedrespon- that forthose US citizens seek- That average, calculated over the recommendedMonday that and harassment of rights sibility forthat bombing, which ing immediatelytoleave lastseven days,ishigher than in its27nationsreinstate restric- advocates and critics of also killedUStroops. Afghanistanbythe looming anyprevioussurge exceptlastwin- tionsontouristsfromthe US President AbdelFattah AUSofficial said the rockets deadline,“we have the capacity ter’s,before mostAmericanswere becauseofrising coronavirus el-Sissi’s government. aimedattheairportwerebrought to have 300Americans,whichis eligible to getvaccinated. infectionsthere.Thedecision Youtuber Shadi Srour, downby acounter-rocketsystem, Children walk in an area between tentsatthe Ramstein US Air Base in Ramstein, Germany, roughlythe number we think The influx of patientsis by theEuropeanCouncilto re- journalistShaimaa Sami and that therewerenoinitialre- on Monday. The largest American militarycommunity outside the US houses thousands of areremaining,come to the air- straining hospitals and pushing move theUSfromasafelistof and activistZiyad Aboel- ports of casualties.Itwas notim- Afghanevacuees in atent city at the airbase. AP portand getonplanes in the health careworkers to the brink countries fornon-essential Fadel walked free late mediatelyclearwhowasrespon- time that is remaining”. AP as deaths have risen to an aver- travel reverses advice that it Sundayfromapolice sible forthe rockets. The airport ageofmorethan1,000 aday for gave in June,whenthe bloc headquarters in Cairo, remainedopen,accordingtothe the firsttimesince March. recommendedliftingrestric- said the twolawyers, official, who spokeonthe condi- Hospitalisations nationwide tions on US travellers before Khalid Ali and Ismael el- tion of anonymity to discuss op- Seven children among 10 killed have increasedbynearly 500per- the summer tourism season. Rashedi. AP erational details. cent in the pasttwo months, par- The guidance is non-binding, It followedanother US strike ticularly across Southern states, however, and US travellers on Sunday, whenthe US military whereICUbedsare fillingup,acri- shouldexpectamishmashof said it conducted adrone strike sisfueledbysomeof thecountry’s travel rules across the conti- SOUTH KOREA in US drone strike, family says thatblewupavehicleinKabulthat lowest vaccination ratesand nent.“Non-essential travel to Lawmakerstovote officialssaidwasladenwithexplo- widespread political opposition theEUfromcountriesorenti- sivesand headedtowardthe air- childrenwere killedinsidehiscar; to public health measures like ties notlisted... is subject oncamerasin port.Afghanssaidthedronestrike MATTHIEUAIKINS others were fatallywoundedin mask requirements. to temporarytravelrestric- operatingrooms killedasmanyas10civilians, in- AUGUST30 adjacentrooms,familymembers In Florida, 16,457peopleare tion,” the council said in a cluding children, and the US mili- said.AnAfghanofficialconfirmed hospitalised,themostofany state, statement. AP aftersurgerydeaths tary said it wasinvestigating. HOURSAFTERaUSmilitarydrone that three of the dead children followedbyTexas, according to SOUTHKOREANlawmakers Even as violence gripped strikeinKabulonSunday, Defence were transferredbyambulance datafromthe US Departmentof will vote as early as Monday Kabul, the United States was Departmentofficialssaidthat it from the home on Sunday. Health and Human Services. ceeded95per cent of bedsfull. onwhetherto requirehospi- scrambling to preparefor itsde- hadblownupavehicleladenwith Ahmadi’s daughter Samia, 21, With the surgepummeling Alabama wasone of the first tals to place surveillance parture, including the evacuation explosives,eliminatingathreatto wasinside when she wasstruck the nation and overwhelming statestorun out, and the crisis is cameras in operatingrooms of the300Americanswhoremain Kabul’s airportfromthe Islamic by theblastwave.“AtfirstIthought hospitals, ashortage of bedside concentrated in the South, with afteraseriesof medicalacci- in the Afghan capital. StateKhorasan group. it wasthe Taliban,” she said. “But nurses has complicatedefforts small pockets of high occupancy dentsinvolving unqualified The US is unlikelytokeep But at afamilyhome in Kabul the Americans themselvesdid it.” to treat hospitalised coronavirus elsewhereinthe country.Ascases staffwho stood in forsur- diplomatsinAfghanistanafterthe on Monday, survivors and neigh- Samia Ahmadi’s (right)fatherand fiancé were both killedon Samia said she staggered patients, leading to longer emer- and hospitalisations surged,the geons. If the Bill is approved US militarydeparts,Secretaryof bours said the strikehad killed10 SundayinaUSdrone strikeinKabul. NYT outside,choking, and sawthe gency room waitingtimes and University of Tennessee Medical by parliament, South Korea StateAntonyBlinkensaid. people, including sevenchildren, bodies of her siblings andrela- rushed or inadequate care. Center in Knoxville on Thursday willbethe firstdeveloped Officials said theyexpected an aid worker foranAmerican tives. “I sawthe wholescene,” This month, one in five requestedassistance from the countrytorequire closed-cir- that the US would open adiplo- charity organisation and acon- leagues interviewedinKabul. intothe courtyardoftheir home. she said. “Therewereburnt AmericanICUshadreachedorex- National Guard. NYT cuitcamerasto recordsurgi- maticmission forAfghanistanin tractorwiththe US military. As he pulledintothe narrow It wasthen that theysay the pieces of flesh everywhere.” cal procedures. The push for acountryelsewhereintheregion, Zemari Ahmadi, who worked street wherehelived with his drone struck. Among the dead washer fi- havingcamerasinoperating in parttocontinue helping the forthe charity organization three brothers andtheir families, The missile hit the rear end of ancé, Ahmad Naser,30, aformer Demand surges in US for theatresintensifiedafter a surge of expectedrefugeesobtain Nutrition and Education the children, seeing his white the Corolla in the narrow court- armyofficerand contractor with case in 2016 in whichsur- necessarydeparturedocuments. International, wasonhis way Toyota Corolla, ranoutside to yard inside the walledfamily the US militarywho had come geonsatclinicswere accused Thateffortcould be basedin home from work afterdropping greethim. Some clambered compound, blowing out doors, from Herat, in western deworming drug despite no of assigningnursesorunder- Pakistanorthe United Arab offcolleaguesonSundayevening, aboardinthe street,others gath- shatteringwindows andspraying Afghanistan,inthehopesofbeing qualifieddoctorsto perform Emirates, an official said. according to relativesand col- ered around as he pulledthe car shrapnel.Ahmadiandsomeofthe evacuated from Kabul. NYT evidence it can treat Covid procedures,sometimeswith fatalresults. REUTERS compared the phenomenon to Worry over leading broadcaster’s survival under Taliban EMMAGOLDBERG lastyear’s surgeofinterestinhy- USA AUGUST30 droxychloroquine, though there aremoreclinical trials evaluat- USaimsstartto pop music and female television Talibanfighters hunted ajour- manyother journalists. PRESCRIPTIONS FORivermectin, ing ivermectin. Balibombingwar DANBILEFSKY hosts will survive in the Taliban’s nalistfromDeutscheWelle, the ManyAfghan social media in- adrug typicallyusedtotreat par- While sometimes givento AUGUST30 newIslamic Emirateof German broadcaster, who had fluencers have also deactivated asiticworms that has repeatedly humans in small doses forhead crimescaseat Afghanistanwill be abarometer already leftthe country, shoot- their Facebookand Twitterac- failedinclinical trials to help lice, scabies and other parasites, OVER THE pasttwo decades, the of the insurgents’ tolerance for ing dead amember of his family countsand gone underground. people infected with the coron- ivermectin is morecommonly Guantanamo Afghan broadcasterTolo has dissenting views and values. and seriouslyinjuring another, Khadija Amin, an anchor avirus, have risen sharplyinre- usedinanimals. Physicians are THREE PRISONERS at the been known forprovocative pro- “Tobehonest, I’m still sur- according to the broadcaster. with the public broadcaster, said cent weeksinthe US, jumping to raising alarms aboutagrowing Guantanamo Baydetention grammes like“Burka Avenger,” prisedweare up andrunning,” MohsenisaidZiarKhan Yaad, in aphone interviewthat, on the morethan 88,000 per week in number of people getting the centreare expected to get in whichananimated super- said Saad Mohseni, Tolo’s co- aTolojournalist,and acamera- daythe Taliban entered Kabul, mid-Augustfromaprepan- drug from livestocksupply cen- their firstday in court after heroine uses martial arts to van- owner,anAustralian-Afghanfor- man were beaten by five Taliban one of the militantstook her demic averageof3,600per tres, whereitcan come in being held for18yearsin quish villains trying to shut mer investment banker who Saad Mohseni, Tolo’sco- at gunpoint while out reporting place at the station. week,accordingtothe Centers highly concentrated paste or connection with the deadly down agirls’ school. startedMobyGroup, which owner,said, “Tobehonest, on Wednesday. He said the The Taliban also warnedthe forDiseaseControl and liquid forms. 2002 Bali bombings and Millions of Afghans have also owns Tolo, in 2002. “Weknow I’m still surprised we areup Taliban jumpedout of aLand women of Afghanistanthat it Prevention. Calls to poisoncontrol cen- otherplotsinSoutheastAsia. tunedintoits racy Turkish soap what theTalibanstand for.” and running.” NYT Cruiserand confiscatedtheir might be safestfor them to re- Ivermectinwas introduced ters about ivermectinexposures Indonesian prisoner Encep operas, itspopular “6 pm News” Keen to gain international le- equipment and cellphones. main home until rank-and-file as aveterinarydruginthe late have risen significantly, jumping Nurjaman and two andtherealityshow “AfghanStar,” gitimacy,the Taliban have been The Taliban have also barred Taliban fighters have been trained 1970s, and the discovery of itsef- fivefold over their baseline in Malaysians aretobear- featuring female singers. seeking to rebrand themselvesas spokesman even appeared on a at leasttwo female journalists hownot to mistreat them. fectiveness in combating certain July, according to CDC re- raigned Monday before a Since the Taliban captured moremoderatesince they Tolonews programmehostedbya from their jobs at the public “Weare in averybad situa- parasitic diseases in humans searchers, who cited data from militarycommissionon Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, on stormedKabul,offeringformerri- female anchor justdays afterthe broadcasterRadioTelevision tion,” Amin said, addingthat wonthe 2015 NobelPrize for the American Associationof chargesthatincludemurder, Aug15, however, Tolo’s usual vals amnesty and urging women group captured Kabul. Afghanistan. And the female an- male journalists were nowafraid medicine. Poison Control Centers. conspiracy and terrorism. It lineup is being supplemented by to jointhegovernment.Theyhave But journalists and human chor at Tolo, who grabbed global to sit next to theirfemalecol- Though it has notbeen Mississippi’s health department isthefirststepinwhatcould something else: educational vowedtosupportmediafreedom, rights advocates saythereare headlines when sheinterviewed leagues or even talk to them. shown to be effective in treating said this month that 70 per cent be along legal journeyfor a programming about Islamic on the condition that outlets sub- ominous signs that aviolent me- aTaliban spokesman,has since “Thereisnolongerspace forus Covid-19, people arenow clam- of recent calls to the statepoison case that involves evidence morality. Whether itsmenuof scribeto“Islamicvalues.”ATaliban dia clampdown is underway. fledthe country, along with here,” she said. NYT ouring to getthe drug,trading control centrehad come from tainted by CIA torture. AP tips in Facebook groups and on peoplewho ingestedivermectin Reddit. Some physicians have from livestocksupplystores. NYT China limits children to three Renewed activity at Hurricane Ida traps Louisianans, hours of onlinegaming aweek NKorea nuclear reactor millions lose access to electricity hour and ahalf per dayand three deeply troubling: IAEA tised, unfortunately,”Louisiana ASSOCIATEDPRESS ED Partof hours on public holidays. REBECCASANTANA, Gov. John Bel Edwards said. BEIJING,AUGUST30 broader The newregulationaffects “Since early July2021, there KEVINMCGILL&JANET All of NewOrleans lostpower PLAIN E some of China’s largest technol- REUTERS have been indications, including MCCONNAUGHEY rightaroundsunsetSundayasthe ● crackdown CHINAISbanning children EX ogy companies, including gam- VIENNA,SEOUL,AUGUST30 the discharge of cooling water, NEWORLEANS,AUGUST30 hurricaneblewashoreonthe16th from playing online games for ing giant Tencent, whose Honor consistent with the operation,” anniversaryofKatrina,leading to morethan three hours aweek, THE LIMITS on gaming time of Kings online multiplayer NORTH KOREA appearstohave the IAEA reportsaid of the reac- RESCUEWORKERSsetoutinhun- an uneasy night of pouringrain the harshestrestriction so far come amid abroader crack- game is hugelypopular glob- restartedanuclear reactor that toratYongbyon, anuclear com- dredsofboats and helicopters to and howling wind. The weather on the game industryas down by the Chinese govern- ally,aswell as gaming company is widelybelievedtohavepro- plexatthe heartofNorthKorea's reachpeopletrappedbyfloodwa- dieddownshortlybeforedawn, Chinese regulators continue ment on technology compa- NetEase. ducedplutonium fornuclear nuclear programme. ters and utility crewsmobilised Acollapsedbuilding in New and people begancarefully walk- cracking down on the technol- nies,whichhavecometobe Tencent’s stockprice closed weapons, the UN atomic watch- Moreplutonium couldhelp Mondayafter afurious Hurricane Orleans on Monday. AP ing around neighbourhoods with ogy sector. seen as havingtoo biganin- down 0.6% at 465.80Hong Kong dog said in an annual report, NorthKoreamakesmallernuclear Ida swampedthe Louisiana coast flashlights, dodging downedlight MinorsinChina can only play fluenceonsociety.China has dollars on Mondayaheadofthe adding that the findings were weapons to fitonits ballistic mis- and shatteredalarge swath of the poles,piecesof roofsandbranches. games between 8pmto9pmon also recentlyimplemented regulator’sannouncement. Its “deeplytroubling”. siles, said David Albright, presi- state’s electrical grid in the swel- Idawasblamedforatleastone “I had alongmiserable Fridays,weekends and on pub- regulations that target anti- marketcapitalisation of $573 bil- The signs of operation at the dent of the Institutefor Science tering, late-summer heat. death —someone hit by afalling night,” said Chris Atkins, who lic holidays starting Sept. 1, ac- competitivebehaviour lion is down morethan $300bil- 5-megawatt (MW) reactor, and InternationalSecurity.While One of the mostpowerful tree outside Baton Rouge—but wasinhis New Orleans home cording to anoticefromthe among the country’s rapidly lion from itsFebruarypeak,ade- whichisseen as capableofpro- intelligence on NorthKorean nu- hurricanes ever to hit the US with manyroads impassable and when he hearda“kaboom” and National Press and Publication growing tech sector. cline equal to morethan the total ducing weapons-grade pluto- clear weapons is limited,making mainland weakenedintoatrop- cellphoneserviceknocked out in all the sheetrockinthe living Administration. value of NikeorPfizer. nium, were the firsttobespotted it impossible to know their num- ical storm overnight as it pushed places, the full extent of itsfury room fell intothe house. Ashort That limitsgaming to three NewYork-listed NetEase’s sincelate2018, theInternational ber, Albright estimated the coun- inlandoverMississippi with tor- wasstillcomingintofocus. time later,the whole side of the hours aweek formostweeks of restriction setin2019thatal- stockwas down about9%atthe Atomic Energy Agency said in its tryhad the capacity to produce rential rain and shrieking winds, The hurricane“came in and living room fell ontohis neigh- theyear,downfromaprevious lowedminors playgamesfor an market’s open. report dated Friday. materialforupto sixbombsayear. itsdanger farfromover. did everything that wasadver- bour’s driveway. AP

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Internationalmarket data till 1900IST SECTOR WATCH GDP DATA FOR JUNE QUARTER TO BE RELEASED TODAY ‘Ola readies AUTOMOBILES Growthlikelybetween18-29%:Exports, for up to $1 bn ‘High input costs’ IPO; scanning govtspendingkeysupportsonlowbase for banks’ weigh: Maruti to ADITISHAH& SCOTTMURDOCH The GDP,however, is expected verely dented,” it said. NEWDELHI/HONGKONG, raise prices for ENSECONOMICBUREAU ‘GDPEXPECTEDTOSTAYBELOWPRE-COVIDLEVEL’ to stay belowthe pre-Covidlevel. The impact of the pandemic AUGUST30 NEWDELHI,AUGUST30 “... the double-digitexpansion ex- on GDP growth this year has been ‘DECEPTIVELYHIGH’: The pectedin YoYtermsinQ1FY2022 moresevereinviewofthe spread RIDE-SHARINGCOMPANYOla INDIA’S GROSS Domestic Product GDP,however, is expected is deceptively high, as it benefits of the pandemic to rural areas. plans to raise up to $1 billion third time in 2021 (GDP) growth is seen growing to to stay belowthe pre- inordinatelyfromlastyear’scon- “UnlikeCovid 1.0, whichwas through an initialpublic offering arecordhigh forthe April-June Covidlevel. “…thedouble- tractedbase. We forecast the GVA largelyanurban phenomenon, (IPO) and is finalising banksto September hikecould be up to 4% quarterasthe lowbaseeffect of digit expansion expected and the GDP to have shrunk by Covid 2.0 spread to rural areas as advise on the fundraise, three last year’s sharp contraction of in YoYtermsinQ1FY2022 around 9per cent eachinQ1 well. Even if the agricultural out- sources told Reuters,becoming 24.4 per cent afterthe outbreak is deceptively high, as it FY2022, relative to the pre-Covid put/income remains intact in the lateststartup to jointhe cap- SANDEEPSINGH of the Covid pandemic comes benefitsinordinatelyfrom expected damagefromthe levelofQ1FY2020, highlighting viewofthe progress of monsoon ital markets boom. Ola, backed NEWDELHI,AUGUST30 intoplay. Mosteconomists have last year’s contracted base” second waveofthe thetangibledistress being expe- so far, rural households areun- by Japan’s Softbank Group, has projected GDPgrowth forApril- Icra said pandemic has been less rienced by economic agentsin likelytoloosentheir purse strings ropedinCitigroup, twopeople IN Amovethat maydampen June ranging from 18-29.4 per RECOVERYUNDERWAY: and, hence, arecovery is thelessformalandcontact-inten- in viewofthe Covid inducedrise with direct knowledge of the consumersentimentaheadof cent,the datafor whichwillbere- Some economists said the nowunderway sive sectors,” Icrasaid. It expects and/oralikelyrise in the health matter said. the festiveseason, Maruti leasedofficially by theMinistryof GDPinApril-June to have grown expenditureasalso the uncer- It has alsobrought Kotak Suzuki India Ltd announced Statisticsand ProgrammeImple- by 20 percent. tainty/insecurity associatedwith MahindraandMorganStanleyon thatitwillincreasethepriceof mentation on Tuesday. lowashouseholds savings have eryisnow underway. Barclays India Ratings said thatthe the likelyfuturewaves of Covid. board,saidtwo othersources.The itsvehiclesinSeptember,fol- Maruti Suzuki plant in The country’s GDP growth dwindledand disposable in- India, whichhas projectedaGDP Indian economyhad begun to In fact, the largest chunk of the ru- company, whichcompeteswith lowing the sharprise in input Manesar. File had been slowing foreight quar- comes have shrunkwith high growth rate of 21.2 per cent, said, witness aconsumption slow- ralpopulationconsists of daily Uber Technologies, is alsointalks costoverthe last15months. ters afterthe January-March expenditureonhealth andjob “The second Covid waveacted as down even before the COVID- wage earners and notfarmers. with Bank of Americaand JP Thiswillbethethirdpricehike quarterof2017-18financial lossesinthe aftermath of the astumbling blocktothe robust 19 pandemic hit it. “On an an- Ruralwagegrowth both foragri- Morgan, oneofthe people said. announcementby themarket he said. Commodityprices year,whichwas exacerbated in pandemic. recoverythatwasunderway. Still, nualisedbasis,PFCEgrowth cultural and non-agricultural ac- Ola, JP Morganand Kotak leader this calendar year. have been rising over the last the April-June quarterlastyear, Healthy Centraland stategov- the economic damage appears to had declinedto5.5 per cent in tivities has declinedlately. Wage Mahindradidnotimmediatelyre- Whilethe companyhad one year and it has been put- amidthe impactofthe nation- ernmentcapitalspending,strong belessthanpreviouslyexpected. FY20 from 8.1per cent in FY17. growth even in urbanareas has spondtoarequest forcomment. announcedahikeof1.4 per ting pressure on vehicle man- wide lockdown imposedagainst merchandise exports and de- With the second outbreak The decline wasevensharper been muted.Infact,urban house- Bankof America,CitiandMorgan centinJanuary, inAprilitraised ufacturers.Almostallautomo- the outbreak of the Covid-19 mandfromthe farm sectoralong brought under control, arapidre- on aquarterly basis wherePFCE holds, besides the rise in health Stanleydeclined to comment. the price of itsvehicles by an- bilemanufacturershave raised pandemic. Even though the first with the lowbaseeffect areex- coveryappears underway.”State growth declinedto2per cent expenditure, arefacingthe dou- Meanwhile, as per aseparate other 1.6per cent. While the pricesof theirvehiclesoverthe quarterGDP datafor this fiscal pected to supportthe GDP Bank of India has projected a in 4QFY20 from 11.2 per cent in ble whammyofincome loss/ report,MapmyIndia,whichpow- companydid notdisclose the lastsix months on account of will showarecordhigh number, growth.Some economists stated growth rate of 18.5 per cent for 3QFY17. The lockdown caused stagnationcoupledwithhigh ers Apple maps in India, will file quantum of increase in the rising input cost. economists saidthe numberis thatthe expecteddamagefrom April-June, while Nomurahas by Covid in FY21onlyaggra- consumer inflation. All this has draftpapers foranIPO worth September,sourcessayitcould Srivastavasaid prices of deceptively high as private con- the second waveofthe pandemic projected agrowth rate of 29.4 vateditasjobs, livelihoods and severely dented their disposable Rs10-12billionthisweek,asource be 3-4per cent. steelandcopper,whichare key sumption expenditureremains has been less and hence, arecov- per cent. household budget were se- income,” it said. said. REUTERS In itscommunication to inputmetals,have nearly dou- the stockexchanges, the com- bledoverthe last15months panysaid, “Wewish to inform and even the price of precious youthat over the pastyear the metals, such as rhodium,has RiseinjobpostingsinIT PPP model of BharatNet: DoT costofcompany’svehicles risen from around Rs 18,000 ‘Overall hiring has touched sectorbetweenJuly2020 continue to be adverselyim- pergramto overRs64,000per andJuly2021amid pacted due to increase in vari- gram now. “While prices of pre-pandemic level’ digitisation: likely to float bids by Sept-end ous input costs.Hence, it has preciousmetalshave goneup, become imperative to pass on it is important to note the Overall hiring activity has reached pre-pandemic baseline 19%: For software roles The implementation of some impact of the additional quantum of precious metal (February 2020) leveland consumption economywill be AASHISHARYAN The DoThas conducted BharatNet under PPPmodel is es- costtothe customers through usedinvehicleshas gone up keyindriving job growth further,anIndeed report said 8-16%: For other roles NEWDELHI,AUGUST30 2meetings and hopes timatedtocostRs29,432 crore, of aprice rise.The price rise has sinceBS-VIswitch-over, thusit such as project head, engineer whichthe government will spend beenplannedacrossmodelsin has been adouble whammy,” THEDEPARTMENTof Telecomm- to conduct some more Rs 19,041 croreasviability gap September 2021.”Following he said. OTHERMAJORSECTORS Fallinjobseekers’interestin unications (DoT)has startedpre- before releasing the funding. The PPP model will ini- thestockexchangeannounce- At atime when steep rise industriesorfunctionsin THATSAWRISEINJOB bid meetings with various stake- final bids, said senior tiallybelaunchedinKerala, ment, the shares of MSIL rose in fuel prices have hit the af- ROLESBETWEENJULY July2020-July2021: holders with respect to the Karnataka, Rajasthan, Himachal on Mondayand closedat fordability of running avehi- 2020ANDJULY2021: public-privatepartnershipmodel government officials Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, UP,MP, Rs 6,797, again of 2.9 per cent. cle, Srivastava feels that the (-)25%: Aviation implementation forBharatNet. Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Speaking to The Indian price hikeofvehicles will also Food 52% The DoThas so farconducted two Manipur,Mizoram,Tripura,Naga- Express,Shashank Srivastava, have an impact on consumer Retail 39% (-)19%: Media meetings and hopestoconduct later by September end,the offi- land,andArunachalPradesh,with seniorexecutive director,mar- sentimentand revivalofde- Human resources 27% some moretounderstand the cial said. Earlier this year in June, anaimtoconnect3.61lakhvillages. keting and sales at MSIL, said mand. “There hasbeensome (-)8%: Accounting Finance 27% needsof theprojectsbeforereleas- theUnionCabinethadapproveda The government has created 9 while input costpressurehas revivaloverthe lastcoupleof ing the final bids, senior govern- planto ropeintheprivate sectorto packages among these 16 states, been therefor last15months, months but it is still farfrom (-)7%: Customerrelations ment officials said. completethe pending work on andnoplayerwillbeallowedtobid MSIL did notraise prices pro- wherewewerein2017-18and “Wehavealsobeentaking BharatNet,the Central govern- foroverfour packages.Apackage portionatelyandtriedtoavoid 2018-19.Whilethereare wor- Growth in Recoveryinjobmarket: The (-)6%: Administration feedbackfromsome of thestates ment’sflagshipschemeto provide will be roughlyequal to atelecom passingtheinputcostontothe riesoverthethirdwaveandris- 60% demand for reopeningoftheeconomyand whichtook the lead on the PPP internetconnectivityto all2.5lakh licensedareaoracircle,whichcan consumer as it hurts afford- ingcasesinKeralaandpartsof housekeepers, caretakers, and theeffortsbybusinessestowork Reopeningboostsjobs: model underBharatNet phase gram panchayats in the country. either be astate or group of states. abilityanddemand.“We tried Karnataka,monsooninAugust cleaners amid sharpened aroundthechallengespresented Sectorstiedtothereopeningof two.Thereisaneedtounderstand Aspartoftheplan,underaPPP The Indian Express, in January improving our efficiency and hasalsoraisedsomeconcerns. focus on hygiene and byCovid-19havepushedthe thelabourmarketareleadingthe what will work andwhatare the model, the concessionairewill be 2020, reportedthat with the pan- manageithoping that the Thepricehikewillalsohave its sanitization for both Indianjobmarkettowards way,givingsomehopethatthese hindrancessothatoptimalutilisa- selectedthroughacompetitive in- chayat internetconnectivitysche- priceswould soften. But they impact. On the positive side employers and job seekers recovery gainscancontinuegoingahead tion of funds can be done to com- ternationalbiddingprocess and me floundering at the lastmile have been hardening and we though,wehavebeenencour- pletetheprojectby August 2023,” will be responsible forcreation, due to failureofimplementation areleftwithnochoicebutto go agedby ruraldemand,”hesaid, Consumption economy vital: While techjobs continue to be of high relevance, the renewed asenior DoTofficial said. upgradation, operation, mainte- agencies, the DoTwas looking to foranother hike. This time it adding the chip shortage has demand for retail and food jobs indicates that the consumption economy will play avital role The DoThopestocomeout nanceandutilisationof BharatNet. ropein theprivate sectortocom- would be asubstantial hike,” been another area of concern. in driving job growthfurther Source: Indeed/PTI withthebidforthePPPmodeim- The revisedstrategy will be fol- plete pending projectsunder plementation of BharatNet not lowedin16statesfor now. Phases 1and 2ofBharatNet. BRIEFLY FUTURE-RELIANCE DEAL Dovish Fed stance gets Sensex thumbs up HSBC Asia names AY21refunds Amazon to Sebi: Direct Rajnish Kumar Wall St at record independent dir NewDelhi:TheI-TDepartm- 8.2% jump in Aug so far:What next? ent has asked taxpayers to exchanges to withdraw “quickly”sendanonlineres- ENSECONOMICBUREAU indexonFriday rose 0.7per cent ENSECONOMICBUREAU 57,200 ponseto expeditiouslyproc- MUMBAI,AUGUST30 SANDEEPSINGH Sensex to closeat35,455,and,onMonday, MUMBAI,AUGUST30 ‘observation letters’ Intra-day, Aug30 ess their pending assess- NEWDELHI,AUGUST30 57,000 wastrading in thegreen.Almost mentyear2020-21 refunds. under Section 17(1) of the Arbi- DOMESTIC STOCKmarkets on 56,889.76 allAsianmarketsendedhigheron HSBCHASappointedformerState ENSECONOMICBUREAU trationandConciliation(A&C)Act. Mondayralliedby1.36percentaf- WHILETHEanxietyaroundtheUS 56,800 Monday. On thedomestic front, a Bank of India Chairman Rajnish NEWDELHI,AUGUST30 Thus,thearbitrationordercan terthe US Federal Reserve Federal Reserve’s Jackson Hole control in riseofnew Covid cases Kumar independent non-execu- 56,600 Bankdirectors be enforcedunder the provisions Chairman Jerome Powell said the symposiumhassubsided,follow- andanuptick invaccinationshave tive director of itsAsiaentity.He Mumbai: The RBI said the AMAZONHAS writtentoSebi re- of Section 17(2) of the Act. central bank is notinahurry to ing the chairman’s remarkonno 56,400 liftedsentiment. The anxiety will also be amember of HSBC’s fairvalueof share-linkedin- questing the regulator to direct In January, Sebi hadgiven its raise interestrates. Whilethe rushoninterestratehikes,experts 56,329.25 around the Fed’s Jackson Hole Audit Committeeand Risk centivespaid to CEOs, who- stockexchanges to withdraw the go-aheadto FutureGroup’ssaleof benchmarkSensexsurgedby765 said domestic factors suchasrise 56,200 Symposium has alsosubsided. Committee. Kumar retired from Previous close : le-time directors and other ‘ObservationLetters’thatwere is- assets to Reliance with some rid- pointstoanew peakof 56,889.76, invaccinationsandcontrolinfresh Even as inflows by foreign portfo- SBI in October 2020. 56,000 56,124.72 keyfunctionariesbyprivate suedrelatedtothe proposedRs ers, basedonwhich the BSE the Nifty50 shotup226 points, or cases would lead to consumption Open Close lio investors have remainedweak He is currentlyadirector of banksshouldberecognised 24,713-croreFuture-Reliancedeal. granted its“no adverse observa- 1.35 per cent, to 16,931.05 on sus- demandandfasterrecoveryof the andtheyinvestedanet of only Rs India’s Lighthouse Communities asanexpenseintherelevant IthasalsourgedtheSecuritiesand tion” reportfor the Rs 24,713- tainedbuying support. overall economy, whichwas pro- firsthalf of themonth.SinceAugust 986crore inAugust(tillFriday),do- Foundation,anindependentdi- accounting period. ExchangeBoardofIndia (Sebi) to croredeal.TheBSE,initsobserva- The rupee also surgedby40 viding freshimpetus to 18,the mid- and small- mesticretailandinstitutionalpar- rector of Larsen &ToubroInfotech take necessaryaction to comply tionletteronJanuary20,saidithas paise to closeat73.29againstthe the markets. cap indices have risen ticipationhas been very strong. Limited, asenior advisor of Baring with the recent Supreme Court “no adverse observations with US dollar. 2.3 per cent and 1.7per Private Equity Asia PteLtd in Depositinsurance judgment related to the deal. limitedreferencetothosematters Meanwhile, US andglobaleq- Howmuchhavethe cent,respectively,inline Will the momentum continue? Singaporeand an advisor of Kotak NewDelhi: Depositorsof In itsletterdated August17, havingabearingonlisting/de-list- uitybenchmarkshitall-timehighs marketsrisen? with Sensex’s gain of If strongearningsinJunequar- Investment Advisors Ltd in stressedbankswillgetupto Amazon.com NV Investment ing/continuous listing require- onMonday, asperaReutersreport. While the Sensex 2.3 per cent. terprovided aboost, an uptickin Mumbai. Rs5lakhbackfromNovem- Holdings LLCnotedthat the SC mentswithin the provisions of The DowJones rose 0.02 per cent has jumpedover4,300 vaccination,alongsideacontrolin PeterWong,chairmanof Board ber30asthe government had on August6held that the or- ListingAgreement,soastoenable to 35,461.80 and the S&P 500 points,or8.2percent,in What is providing freshriseofcases, is adding to the of HSBC,said:“Rajnish’sbreadthof hasnotifiedtheamendment derof theSingapore-basedEmer- the company(Future) to file the gained0.56percentto 4,534.56by Augusttodate, broader indices strength to the markets? improved sentiment. experience will be an invaluable to the DICGC Act. gency Arbitrator in the case was scheme with Hon’ble National 02:50pmET. 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Follow us on @SCRailwayindia Details of the Tender Notices of S.C Railway can be seen on our I, YogendraSingh Yadav, S/o “IMPORTANT” website :www.scr.indianrailways.gov.in e-TENDER NOTICE No.03/CAO/C/ Ram KaranSingh, R/oE-130/1, PUBLIC NOTICE Whilst care is takenpriortoacceptanceof MY CLIENT RAVI ARORA S/O LATE SH. G.M. SC/ST/21-22 Dated:27.08.2021 Lajpat Nagar, Sahibabad, ARORA,R/O 2/86, 2ND FLOOR, ROOP

advertising copy,itisnot possible to verify its PUB/0603 lassifieds NAGAR, DELHI-110007 WOULD LIKE TO C The following tenders are invited by Ghaziabad U.P.,declarethat in INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE contants. The Indian Express (P) Limited cannot ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS OF MY CLIENT'S the undersigned for and on behalf of my ArmyDocuments my Son’s PROPERTY BEARING NO.2/86, IIND FLOOR, be held responsible for such contents, nor for any name is wrongly mentioned as ROOP NAGAR, DELHI-110007 HAS BEEN the President of India for Manufacture PERSONAL LOST ANYWHERE. MY CLIENT HAD NOT loss or damage incurred as aresult of PrashantKumar instead of TAKEN ANY LOANAGAINST SAID and Supply of the following track PROPERTY FROM ANY GOVT. OR PRIVATE transactions with companies, associationsor I Amit Khurana S/oLate PrashantYadav. 0070751939-1 AGENCY OR ANY PERSON, IF ANY material to South Central Railway PERSON MISUSE THE SAME OR CLAIM individuals adversing in itsnewspapers or Sh.Ramesh Khurana R/oB-546, AGAINST THIS PROPERTY. MY CLIENT (Construction) throughe- I, Vinkal Kumar, R/oFlat C-602, Publications. We therefore recommend that First Floor,AvantikaSector-1, SHALL BE LIABLE AND RESPONSIBLE FOR procurement. The Crescent, Plot F2, Sector THE SAME IN FUTURE OR IF ANY PERSON readers make necessary inquiries before sending Rohini, Delhi-110085 have FOUND THE SAID DOCUMENTS, PLEASE 50, Noida,UP-201303, have RETURN THE SAID DOCUMENTS IN THE any monies or entering into any agreements with e-Tender No. 03-SCRCON PWST- changed the name of my ABOVE MENTIONED ADDRESS, IF ANY changed my minor child’s OBJECTION RAISED BY ANY ONE WILL BE advertisers or otherwise acting on an 2021. Description of Material & minor son from Kavya ENTERTAINED WITHIN 15 DAYS. name from Tanisha to Tanisha Sd/- PRADEEP KUMAR MAURYA advertisementinany manner whatsoever. Quantity: Supply of At welding Khurana to Kavyansh Khurana (Advocate) Kumar 0070751968-1 porting (with standard set of for all purposes. 0040582320-3 (M) 9810286220 consumables) for welding of 60 Kg I, Ramneet RayChaudhari, D/o- I PradeepKumar Aggarwal S/O, (UIC)/60 E1, R260 rails with 60 KG Late Satnam Singh Bhatia,R/o- PUBLIC NOTICE Shri Ratan Lal Aggarwal R/oB- (UIC)/60E1, 90 UTSrails Plot No-1069, Flat.No-G-1,Niti Be is known to all that, my clientsMr. Amit 61 1st Floor.Pradhan Shaw S/o Sh. Raja Ram and Mrs. Sangeeta (Combination weld) as per RDSO Khand-I, Devi W/o Mr.Amit Shaw both R/o H. No. Appartments, Central Park, Dlf 2382/178, 2nd Floor,Ganesh Pura-B, Tri specifications - 1000 Nos. Tender Indirapuram,Ghaziabad, U.P- Colony, BhopuraGhaziabad Nagar,Delhi- 110035 have disowned & 201014.have changed my name served their all relations with their son Mr. Value (in Rs.) :35,00,000.00. Due UP have changed my name to Arnav Guptapresently resides at H. No. date of closing &Time:20.09.2021 to Ramneet Kaur 2382/178, 2nd Floor,Ganesh Pura-B, Tri Pardeep Kumar Aggarwal Nagar,Delhi- 110035 due to his bad, anti- @15.00 hrs. Bhatia,forever. 0040582354-3 social &uncivilized behavior and attitude 0040582332-1 towards my clientsand other family The above tender has been floated I, Nirana Ram R/oVill and Post- members. My clientshave also debarred through e-procurement. I Jammala Ramadevi W/O, B. him from all their moveable and immovable Bharang, distt-Churu, assets&properties. Anybody deals with Benjamin Rao R/oRzf -10, Gali Rajasthan-331302 have him shall be responsible him/her self and Offersreceived from vendors my clientsshall notberesponsible forhis approved by RDSO only will be No 22, Sadh Nagar, Part -ii , changed my minor daughter actsand omissions of whatsoever,nature. Palam Colony, Delhi 110045 name aged 14 years from Sd/- SACHIN VATS(Advocate) considered. Ch. No. 185, Civil Wing, have changed my name to Pratibha Choudhary to TisHazari Courts, Delhi-54 All the vendors are requested to Beulah Jasmine Rao for all PRATIBHA SAHARAN obtain Class-3 Digital Signature purposes. 0040582331-1 0070751942-1 PUBLIC NOTICE Certificates from any licensed I Karthiyayini Angiah Muthu certifying authority and register with I, Mohit Kumar, S/oHari Krapal Be it known to all that my client Shri Shanmuga Sundaram W/O Naresh Kumar s/o Shri Mohan Lal IREPS. For this purpose, they have to Singh,R/o Village- Kayatha, Angiah Santhanaswamy R/O R/o F2/238,239, Mangol Puri, Delhi- log on to www.ireps.gov.in. Post- Kayatha, Firozabad, UP- 110083 has severed his relations with B-85, Sector-41 Noida. Have Vendors are requested to visit the 283203, have changed my name his son VIKRANT aged about 24 Changed My Name to years and his daughter in law to MOHITCHAUHAN for all website www.ireps.gov.in. Karthiyayini Angiah ForFuture RACHNA WIFE OF VIKRANT aged SCRly./Con and submit their offers. future purposes. 0070751940-1 about 25 years and debarred and Purposes.image.gif disowned both of them from all his It may be noted that offers submitted I, Harpreet Singh Arora,S/o- moveable and immoveable properties 0070751943-1 manually or on paper will not be Parminder Singh Residing- due to their unsocial and misconduct behavior.That my client will not accepted. I ManavS/o Late Ram Mohan 10A/31,Upper Ground responsible in future for their any act. R/oF-235-A,MIG Flats, GTB Floor,East Patel Nagar, Sd/- Sandeep Dabas (Advocate) Offers sent by post also will not be Enclave,Mandoli, Delhi-110093 20, Dharma Complex, Main Rohtak entertained. Delhi.have changed my name Road, Opp. Nangloi Metro Station, have changed my name to to Harpreet Singh,for all Nangloi, Delhi- 110041 Tender closing time is 15.00 hrs of the ManavVasanfor all purposes. purposes. 0040582354-2 due date of tender i.e. 20.09.2021. 0040582320-4 I, Hari Kripal Singh S/oRam PUBLIC NOTICE Note: New vendors, wherean application for registration with IREPS I,Vandana Gargya W/o Babu Singh R/o. Village- PLEASE TAKE NOTICE TO GENERAL PUBLIC THAT MY CLIENT SH. KARTAR SINGH S/O, SH. will appear. In case of any difficulty in Abhishek Shukla R/oD-1404, Kayatha, Post -Kayatha, SUNDER SINGH R/O, F-15, BACK SIDE, VISHNU GARDEN, NEW DELHI-110018, HAVE registering, they can contact the ‘Help Prateek Wisteria Sector-77, Firozabad, UP-283203, have DISOWNED HIS SON MR. JASVINDER SINGH S/O, SH. KARTAR SINGH AND HIS WIFE SMT. Desk’ in the website. Noida(U.P)have changed my changed my nametoHARI GURPREET KAUR RESIDENTS OF HARI NAGAR, NEW DELHI, FROM ALL MOVABLE AND Chief Administrative Officer/Const./ name to VandanaShuklafor KRAPAL SINGH for all future IMMOVABLE PROPERTIES, SAID MR. JASVINDER SINGH AND HIS FAMILY MEMBERS Stores/Secunderabad. all futurepurposes. purposes. 0070751941-1 ARE LIVING SEPARATELY FROM MY CLIENT FOR THE LAST MORE THAN EIGHT MONTH BECAUSE OF DIFFERENCES AND TENDER NOTICE No.48 to 51- 0040582333-1 I, Azra,W/o ImranBaig,R/o MISBEHAVIOUR ATTITUDE WITH MY CLIENT. MY CLIENT HAD SEVERED ALL HIS RELATIONS DRM-W-HYB dt.27.08.2021 1390,Haveli KalukhawasChitli WITH THEM AND SHALL NOT BE HELD LIABLE

I,Tarlochan SinghS/o Gurbax PUB/0604 Qaber,Delhi-110006,have FOR ANY KIND OF ACTS AND MISDEEDS OF On behalf of the President of India, Singh R/oD-89,Sudarshan ABOVESAID PERSONS, IF ANY COMMITTED BY changed my nametoAzra THEM. ANY PERSON DEALING WITH THEM IN Divisional Railway Manager/Works, Park Ramesh Nagar Delhi- ANY RESPECT WHATSOEVER SHALL DO SO Begum,for all futurepurposes. AT HIS/HER/THEIR OWN RISK, COSTS AND Hyderabad Division, South Central 110015,changed my nameto CONSEQUENCES. 0040582354-10 Sd/- SATNAM SINGH (ADVOCATE) Railway, Secunderabad invites Open Trilochan Singh. D/2443/2006 Tendersfor thefollowing works 0040582354-4 I Vijaya BhandariS/o Ram PUNJAB HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION through e-procurement upto 15.00 I,Smt.Taja, W/O-Late Ghulam Prasad R/O-63-A, SuryaVihar PUBLIC NOTICE E-Block, 2nd Floor, Phase 8(Sector 62), SAS Nagar hours of 20.09.2021. Rasool Malik,Ex-Hav,No- Part-2,Faridabad-121003 have General publicisherebyinformed that Phone: 0172-2232243, 2232245 &2232247, S.No.1.TenderNo: 48-DRM-W- changed my nametoBijaya our clients Mr.Jugal KishorChawla and 1513635, R/O/,P/O-Sonerwani Ms. MamtaChawla bothresident of HYB. Name of work: HYB Division: Bhandari. 0070751981-1 Visit us at: punjabhealth.co.in Bandipora, Tehsil/District- SatyaNiketan Moti Bagh, New Delhi E-mail: [email protected] and SC -DHNE section: Ancillary works Bandipora. in my husband’s have disowned their son Mr.Hitesh I Tarun S/O, KailashYadavR/o Chawla andhis wife Ms. Sonam Chawla [email protected] for working with BCM under the service records my name and H.no 128, Gali No.26 Block B from their movableand immovable jurisdiction of DEN/Lines/HYB (20 propertiesand havecut offtheir family (DoB) has beenwrongly Jawahar ColoneyNit Faridabad relationsfrom both due to their Notice Inviting Proposals Kms). Approx. Value Rs. : mentioned as Taja Begum (D o With Affidavit No.49aa 903785 disobedient andquarrelsome nature and 10394246/-. B- 04-02-1943 instead of Taja our clientswill/shall notberesponsible For hiring of Service provider for have changed my name to for any actsand actions of Mr.Hitesh S.No. 2.Tender No : 49-DRM-W- (D oB-16-06-1944 as in TarunYadav 0040582330-1 and Ms.Sonaminany manner. That Biomedical Equipment Maintenance. HYB. Name of work: Annual Aadhaar card.It needs anyone transacting any businesswith maintenance of existing lawns/garden I AmitS/o Anup Singh R/oHno Mr.Hiteshand Ms. Sonam shall be 1. The Managing Director,Punjab Health Systems Corporation correction. Objections be filed doingathis/her own risk. in Central Hospital/Lallaguda, 56 ,Prahladpur bangar delhi- 42 to concerned authorities Sd/- VIDUR SIKKA (Advocate) (PHSC) herebyinvitesonline bids from eligible biddersfor Jogging Park area, IRISET Eco park D-1036/02 within seven days. have changed my name to Amit hiring of Service provider forMaintenance of Biomedical area,Kalarang area and Lancer Kumar 0070751984-1 0020426044-1 Equipment installed at various government health facilities colony park etc. for aperiod of 2years. PUBLIC NOTICE across the StateofPunjab upto thelevel of the PHCs. Approx. Value Rs.: 6657853/-. I,PARVEEN JOSHI,W/oSUNIL LOST AND FOUND Be it known to the PUBLIC at S.No. 3.Tender No : 50-DRM-W- JOSHI,R/OPLOT.NO.F-21,WZ- large that Ms. Shipra Arora 2. Further details regarding the eligibility criteria and other HYB. Name of work: Annual 76, THIRD FLOOR,STREET.NO.1, Lost oringinal sharecertificate D/o Sh. PK Arora R/o No. Termsand Conditions forthe above Rate Contract are no- 380/22 Phase value of N-115, 2nd Floor Northern maintenance of existing lawns/ OPP.METRO PILLAR.NO.345, Side, Greater Kailash Part-I, given in the Tender Document, which can be downloaded rs.100/-ofTej palsinghS/o garden in officers bungalows No.102 RATAN-PARK,RAMESH- New Delhi-110048 (OWNER) from the website https://eproc.punjab.gov.in. The ten- to152, 99/1, 302, 303, 92, 22,1003, Shri.Nathu Ram mamber.no-72 is selling the said Property.A NAGAR,NEW DELHI- dering process shall be carried out online through https:// 410, 411,1001,1002, 531 at SLGD, D-19 Adarsh-BhawanCGHS public notice dated17.08.21 110015,HAVE CHANGEDMY B.N.606/1 at Lancer colony B.N.607 Ltd.sector-9, Rohini, Delhi- was published seeking written eproc.punjab.gov.in. Forany clarifications/difficulty NAME,FROM PARVEEN objections. In the absence of to 614 at GOC area B.N.615 to 110085on.25/8/21FIR regarding e-tendering process,please contact 0172- KUMARI TO PARVEENJOSHI. any written objections having 622,625/2 &626/1 at Rail Nilayam registered online vide S.ONo 2791326, 0172-2791226. been received, the Owner is Colony for aperiod of 2years. 0040582378-3 430/2014,Delhi proceeding with the sale of 3. Corrigendum/Addendum/Corrections,ifany,will be pub- Approx. Value Rs.: 9126860/-. I,Jaspreet Singhs/o Jasbir police.on.27/8/21.If found call- the said property. Pranav Proothi,Advocate lished on the website https://eproc.punjab.gov.in. S.No. 4.Tender No : 51-DRM-W- Singh Tikka,R/OA-274Defence 9968070760. 0040582378-6 Ph. No.: +91-9560205151 4. The schedule of major activities/ KEY DATA in this regard is HYB. Name of work: Mudkhed Jn.- colonyNew Delhi-110024,have I have lost my IDBI Bonds.(1) changed my name to Jaspreet as under :- Secunderabad Jn.- TRR(S) -2.100 Folio No. -DDO-0494386,DDO- km, Secunderabad Jn.-Dhone Jn.- Singh Tikka,permanently. 0674440,DDO-0494384, DDO- Availability of the RFP document on From 01.09.2021 to 22.09.2021 CTR(S) -0.200 km, TRR(S)- 4.880 km 0040582354-7 0494383, DDO-0494385. If Found website https://eproc.punjab.gov.in till 11:00am &TSR(S) -0.660 km (Yard Lines) and pleasecontact Ravinder Wadi -Secunderabad Jn. (Yard Lines) I,Harjinder PrasadPawar S/o Date,time and place of Pre-bid 07.09.2021 at 11:00 am in the Kumar Bhatia. email- -CTR(S) -1.570 km TRR(S) -0.760 Ram Jeevan R/o-329/20,Gali conference Committee Room of PHSC and [email protected], Mob- km (Work to be executed for No.4,Nai Basti Bahadurgarh through V.C 9810980868 0050183307-1 Secunderabad Jn.-Dhone Jn. TRR(S) Jhajjar Haryana-124507 Last date &time forSubmission of 22.09.2021 till 11.30 am. of 07 Loop Lines for alength of 4.88 changed my name to I PAWANCHOWDHRI W/OMR. Bids online Km only) Approx. Value Harjinder Pawar. BHUPINDERCHOWDHRYhave Rs.:5046183/-. 0040582354-5 lost the Original General Power Last date and time forsubmission 22.09.2021 till 04:30 pm in of Attorney dated 9th February, of hard copies of EMD and Tender procurement section of For further details visit the website I,Gobinda Agarwalla,S/o 2005 of my property feeinthe PHSC Office.this office. www.ireps.gov.in Hariram Agarwalla,R/o SPACE/UNIT NO.D-16-A, ON Time &date of opening of Bids 23.09.2021 at 11:30 am. Divisional Railway Manager/Works/ House.No.3A/81,WEA, Sat- FIRST FLOOR,PLOT NO.3, IN BLK- (technical bids) A0975 Hyderabad. Nagar,Karol-Bagh,New Delhi- D, CONNAUGHTPLACE, NEW 110005,have changedmy For further tender conditions / DELHI in case found, please The Managing Director,PHSC,Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar name to Gobinda PUBLIC NOTICE:- details and for downloading the contact at above address. (Mohali) reservesthe rights to accept/reject anyorall the bid(s) Agarwala,S/o Hariram That my client Smt.Saroj Malik Wife tender documents, of Sh.Dalveer Malik ResidentsOf without assigning anyreason. Agarwala,For all,future 0040582320-1 Please visit website at RZ-62, 03, Dabri Extn, Main Palam, Sd/- purposes. I Kamlesh Chawla D/oMohan Palam Village, New Delhi-45, have https://www.ireps.gov.in or 0040582378-5 disowned and debarred her son 7290/Pb Managing Director www.scr.indianrailways.gov.in LalAjmani have lost my Share Naveen Malik with his wife Kavita I,FAIZAAN KHAN,S/o Firoz CertificateofProperty No. 430 from all myself acquired, movable and immovable properties have Khan,R/o A-446,DDA- BheraEnclave Paschim Vihar severed all relation with him with Colony,Khyala,District-West Delhi issued in the nameof immediate effect and all marital Delhi,New Delhi- SatishKapoor, and obligation stands suspended since long due to their wrong activities. 110018.Declarethat name of SanctionedLetter of Building Any persons dealing with him shall My father and mothername Plan Property No.430 Bhera do so at their own costsand risk. Enclave,PaschimVihar, Delhi AJAYKUMAR ADVOCATE wrongly-written as FEROZ OFF: RZ-19, NEW UTTAM KHAN &AYESHA in my Dt 29/11/2004 issued in the NAGAR, NEW DELHI-59 12”ClassSecondary-School name of kamlesh chawla by the Examination,2019 MCD vide LR Certificate.No.2268103.The number:631733/2021 DT actual-name of my father and 29/8/2021 Finder Contact my mother as Firoz Khan & 9811821430. 0040582354-11 Asha. Which maybeamended I BHUPINDER CHOWDHRI S/O accordingly. MR. SUNDER CHOWDHRI have 0040582378-2 lost the Original General Power I, R.A Singh R/o-6-A MIG,Flats of Attorney dated 9th February, Ashok Vihar-3 Delhi- 2005 of my property 52,changed my minor SPACE/UNITNO.D-16-B, ON granddaughter’s name Baby FIRST FLOOR,PLOT NO.3, BLK-D, SisodiyatoBhaanu Sisodia. CONNAUGHTPLACE, NEW DELHI, in case found,please 0040582354-9 contact at above address. I,Ashok Kumar alias Ashok 0040582320-2 Kumar Tara,S/o Sh.Narain PUBLIC NOTICE Das,R/oI-45Lal Kuan,MB My client Sh. Alok Pahouja S/o Sh. Ashok Pahouja has lost the original last page of Sale Deed dated Road,New Delhi-110044,have 04/10/2016 registered before the concern registrar OFFICE OF THE ADDITIONAL PROJECT DIRECTOR PUBLIC NOTICE vide Document no.10598 in Addl. Book no. 1, changed my name to Ashokk Volume no. 11660 on page 397 to 462 registered PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT,PIU on dated04/10/2016 executed by M/s Gaursons Tara. 0040582354-6 India Limited in favour of Sh. Alok Pahouja S/o Sh. NIRAMAN BHAWAN, Plot No. 27-28, Area Hills, BHOPAL Ashok Pahouja &Smt. Geetanjali Pahouja W/o Sh. Alok Pahouja, in respect of Property i.e Residential PHONE No. 0755-2559571 I,Anjali Kumari,W/OAbhishek Flat/Apartment No. 1226 on 12th Floor,Super area 1190 Sq. Ft or 91.10 Sq. Mtrs. Tower/Block-D, E-mail:- [email protected] Kumar Shukla,R/OA-045, ‘GAURCASCADES” situated in Raj Nagar Extension area of Village- Noor Nagar,NH-58, Omicron-2, Greater Noida, Ghaziabad Tehsil &District- Ghaziabad. Any NIT No. 18/2021/Tender/G/APD/ BHOPAL DATE 23/08/2021 person possessing the above said lost documents Online bids for the following works are invited from registered contractors and firms of repute fulfilling registration criteria: GautamBuddha-Nagar, Uttar- and using them in any manner will do so at his/ Pradesh-201308,Have her own cost and are legally liable. My client S. Tender Portal Name of work District Probable Earnest Cost of Period of shall not be responsiblefor thesaid documents No. No. Amount Money Bid completion Changed my NameAnjali in any manner at any point of time. if Any person/ corporation/ bank etc. hasany claimtowordthe Contract Deposit Document (In months Shukla. 0040582354-1 above said relevant property,the same should (Rs. in (EMD) (in Rs.) i/c Rainy be lodged to me and also with the above stated branch of state bank of India, karkardooma within lakhs) (in Rs.) Season) I,ASHA SHARMA,W/O PRADEEP 15 days from the date of this publication, post 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 expiration of which, any claim, right, title, interest KUMAR SHARMA,HO.NO.201, or objection, if resected of received shall be treated 1 2021_PWPIU_ CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDING Harda 1478.25 1000000 30000 18 month i/c as null and void and shall be treated as waived 156339_1 PROJECT OF 100 BEDDED DISTRICT Rainy SAINIWARA BHARAT NARENDRA KUMAR, ADVOCATE CH.NO. F-321, 3RD FLOOR, DISTRICT COURT HOSPITAL AT HARDA IN DISTRICT season VIHAR,SECTOR-14,DWARKA, KARKARDOOMA, DELHI HARDA OF M.P. 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VASOO PARANJPE 1938-2021 Pantincorridorofuncertainty Indian cricket losesits margdarshak Indecision aboutwhentoattackand when to defend has leftyoungsterconfused SRIRAMVEERA MUMBAI,AUGUST30 SANDIPG AUGUST30 OF ALL the vignettes that capturethe influ- ence of Vasoo Paranjpe, aclub cricketer, WHATISeatingRishabh Pant? It could be mentor,coach, and margdarshak to so many Ollie Robinsongetting him four times in cricketers from Sunil Gavaskar to Rohit five outings.Orthe back-of-lengthtrajec- Sharma, it’s Ramesh Powar’s tears that tell tory from over the stumps that slants the story. It appears in JatinParanjpe’s heart- across him. Or could be his decision to sta- felt ode to his father,‘The Cricket Drona — tion himself toofar outside the crease. Or forthe love of Vasoo Paranjpe’,abookof it could be his eagerness to influence a gratitude from manycricketers whose lives match. Or it could be one reason leading he touched, shapedand formedbeforere- to another. treatingsilently intothe shadows. Let’s startwithPant’s travails against Powarbreaksdownasherecountshis Robinson.Onthree of the four occasions, emotional debtstohis “sir”. Theyoung he got out prodding at aback-of-length de- Powarhad losthis father,his brainaddled livery angledacross him. Often, he got out withself-doubts, his soul wearyofthe game to balls he could have left alone. With when Paranjpe came calling. “While I Vasoo Paranjpe wasinstrumental in shaping the careers of Dilip Vengsarkar, Robinsonbowlingquitewideoff the thought Iwas anobody,Vasoo Sirhad faith Sanjay Manjrekar and Rohit Sharma. PTI crease therewas slim chance of theball in me. Iwon’t call him my guru, because a creeping back or even holding itsline. Yet, guru is someone whojustteachesyou. To the batsman couldn’t resistthe attempts me, he is muchmorethan that:aguiding West Indiesin1983. OnlyParanjpe can com- Iasked where?Hesaid at Azad Maidan, he at playing at those. light that appeared in my life at the right ment with authority about Gavaskar,agreat is playing Harris Shield School final. If Vasu Pant wasdealingwith similardeliver- time. Without him, Iwould have been batsman with almostunparalleledachieve- has spotted him thatmeans he has to be spe- ies, albeit at aquickerpace, in Australia nowhere,” Powarsobs in thepresenceofthe ments:“He still couldn’t do justice, Ibelieve, cial. Iwent and sawSachin bat and later he fairly comfortably. Maybe, an adjustment co-author Anand Vasu. to his stroke-making talents.” Or …“It has waspickedinthe Mumbai team. Vasu's best that severalbatsmen makeinEngland— It’s afamiliartheme in the lifeof been remarkedthat Sunnydid notalways artwas howhewould addhumour to convey standing outside the crease to smother the Paranjpe: Aflamboyant character who first face the best bowling attacks.For my part, I amessage. It washis best quality.Ihave swing better —might have contributed to Ollie Robinson has dismissed Rishabh Pant four times in five innings. AP awes people and later becomes their always believedSunnycould play aconvinc- known him since Iwas 15 years old. He was exacerbating this vulnerability. Jambavan, themythical character from ing innings againstany formidable attack.” Dadar Union coach, Mumbai coach. He is the The benefitsofthisployare many—the Ramayana who made Hanuman realise his Acompliment that almostreads likeasigh lastman of that erawho were mad about ball has less distance to traverse before or brazenlycomedownthe tracktoKyle those innings. Of those 34 balls, he de- capabilities and motivatedhim to flyacross about what couldhavebeen aboutabats- cricket.Theydid without expectinganything reaching the batsman, whichcould reduce Jamieson. Pant veered between extremes. fended14times, leftseven times, andthe oceans. man who firstbroke the 10,000-run barrier. in return. Aselfless man with agreat sense the assistance abowler gets in theair.It rest comprisedtaps anddabs to point and It wasParanjpe whoSachin Tendulkar He knew whichbuttons to press, howtotai- of humour.” could forcethe bowler to shorten his length Man of his ownmethods coverand nudges to mid-on. He playedand thanksfor his early climb up the cricketing lor it according to the statureofthe players. Thereissomething so ‘MalgudiDays’ as well as changethe trajectoryand there- Someone likePantshall alwaysliveand missed, but notwhenattempting an ex- ladder. “Yeh lagne wala playernahi, Lagane Whom to inspirebytalking them up,who about the lifeofParanjpe as described in the lease point of the ball. The flipside is that it die by thesword,his best and worstmo- travagant shot, but when looking to defend. wala playerhai,” Tendulkar recalls to inspire by reminding theycould do more. book.The thumbs up beverage that Paranjpe makes batsmen, especiallyleft-handers,just mentswould be entwinedinhis shot- Noteventhe offieNathan Lyon, against Paranjpe’s wordstothe lateRaj Singh sipped afterthree of his teethwereknocked atouch unsureofthe off-stump. Moreoften happyways,but herehehad lookedtoo whom he eked out tworuns off16balls in Dungarpurwhichconvincedthe board Father figuretoRohit Sharma out by abouncer in aclubgame, the old rick- thannot,abatsmanends up playing at de- hurriedand jumpy,going either toohard the phase, brokehis resolve to stickaround. president to take aleap of faithona16-year In his tributeinthe book, Rohit Sharma etycar he would drive to matches, the spot- liveries, he would have otherwise leftalone. or tootimidlyatthe ball,asifthe old de- Notasingle reckless stroke he contrived. old. It wasParanjpe whotolda14-yearold calls Paranjpe as his“father figure”. Impressed less cricketingattire that even Gavaskar Maybe, that explains Pant’s indecision fend-or-destroy dilemma had relapsed. Later in the innings, Pant didn’t sparethe Rahul Dravid, whowas playing as asecond with what he sawinthe nets,Paranjpe hada would admire. The little momentsinaclub outside off-stumpand theconsequentflir- Justatatimewhen it had seemedthat he off-spinner though, and launcheda wicket-keeper who could bat abit, that quietwordwiththe captain and drafted game forhis beloved‘Dadar Union’, the en- tations withdeliveriesthat he could have left. had crackedthe code of batting in Tests and scathing onslaught on Australia’s second- “you aregoing to play for India but notasa Sharma in the U-17team.And kept shaping dearing cussedness of aVijay Patil, Paranjpe’s Morethan atechnical glitch, it’shis seemedtogenuinelyenjoythe challenges mostprolificspinner ever.InBrisbanetoo, wicketkeeper”. his game in the ensuing years. Sharma writes friend and team-mate whowouldn’tlet the frantic approachthat has been at the heart it threw up. he attemptednothing extravagant until the It wasParanjpe whofirstrecognised and about howhewould ask, “anything?”,and players celebratewith beer,AjayJadeja’s hi- of his slump. The seven-ball blowout in the Even beneath his audacious strokes, like 41st ball he faced, when he triedtoswing made Anil Kumble, who had cometoa would eagerly await Paranjpe’s feedback lariousfirstmemoryof“buddha pagal hai” second innings in Leeds wasaclassic case reverse-lapping James Anderson over the wildlyatatossed-up Nathan Lyon ball. campasabatsman,realise that he could be about his game even in the latter days.“When (the old man is mad)… the listisendless. study.The very firstballhefaced, he slip cordon en routetohis last Test hun- He did counterpunch, but pickedthe agood legspinner instead. The book has an Ilook back, Irealizehow shrewdlySir had Notmanysportsbooks whisk us to our sashayeddownthe trackand attempted to dred,therewas genuine method in his ap- situations and the bowlers. extremelycuteletterfroma17-year old forgedthepath that ledmetothe worldstage childhood days.Jatin Paranjpe’s Cricket Drona heave Andersonout of the ground. He proach. Even in that innings of blinding It’s this clarity of thought, the aware- Kumble to his “dear sir” whereheinforms of cricket.Iwas notfromabig club or abig isoneofthehappyexceptions.Page afterpage, missed, yetdid notsurrender.The next stroke-play, he bade his time. It wasnot ness of the ripestmoment to dialthe big about his admission to an engineering col- school or acollege team. Iwas an outlier.But famouscricketersacrossIndiaandevenabroad over,hepulledout arepeat, offRobinson, chancy chancing of arms but an intelli- shots,thathas been missingfromPant’s lege–“One of the best in Bangalore”, an an- Sir’s recommendations to Pravin Amre, Kiran paytheir guru-dakshina to the popular cricket and gloriouslyfailed.Fourballslater,he gently-constructed innings.Hehad ab- game in England. It’s notthatheshould kle injuryand typhoid that disruptedhis Moreand Dilip Vengsarkar got people talk- mentor but the aftertaste that lingers is some- reachedout to awideball and edgedto sorbed 82 wary balls to reachhis half-cen- temper his batting,eschewriskscom- cricketing season and ends with “I hope I ing about me,and Ideliveredonthatprom- thing beyond even Vasoo Paranjpe. thirdslip. If counterpunching washis in- tury, before accelerating and rounding off pletely, but reacquaint with the maturity will makeupfor theloss thisyear.Wishing ise. Without Sir by my side in those early By conveying his unadulterated love for tention, Pant failedmiserably. his second half-centuryin33moredeliver- that hisbatting had blazedinAustraliaand youaveryhappy New Year”. It tells so much years, Iwould nothavebeenable to achieve the game and his hand in their fate,the Since landing in England forthe World ies. It washis rewarding blueprint in later againstEnglandinIndia. about trust, love,and openness in the rela- as much as Ifortunately have.” cricketers yank us to astate of cricketing Test Championship final, Pant has struggled. Australia too. In Brisbane, he was11off 33 Atime when the madness and methods tionship. Former India batsman and selector Dilip adolescence. If he could do thattous, mere The 41 in the second innings of theWTC balls, then 34 off72, before endingupon of his batting alignedinharmonious sym- Hopeful novices and grizzlyveterans Vengsarkar shared his memories of Paranjpe. fans of this great game,imagine the effect matchbestsumsuphis neither-here-nor- 89 off138 balls. Therewas aparticular metry. It’s this harmonious symmetrythat turnedtohim forvalidationand direction. “He has agreat knackofspotting talent. Istill on thecricketers who playit. No wonder, thereapproach. Thereweretimes in that phase when he blocked20scoreless balls. he would look to reconquer when he reaches It’sParanjpe whom Gavaskar turnedfor clar- remember Iwas playing Times Shield final he has earnedsuchlove, respect, and grat- innings he looked to knuckle down, even In Sydneywhere he scored 97 off118 balls, the venue of his firstTesthundred,three ity in his career,apologising forabad shot at Parsee Gymkhanaand he came and said, itude from all cricketers. He sawinthem resisting boundaryballs, before,inaburstof he wasatone stagejustfiveoff 34. yearsago.And it’s notRobinson that’seating with apromise he would makeupinthe “Ek ladka hai Sachin, tu uski batting dekhne what theycouldn’t see, amarkofatrue madness, he would attempt areverse-lap Moreinstructive is howhewent about him, rather his owncluttered mind. next –acrackingdouble hundredagainst chal.’(there is aboy Sachin, come watchhim) margdarshak.

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Why was discus thrower Kumar’s Spear mints medals bronze cancelled Big dayinjavelin as Sumit Antil winsgold,DevendraJhajharia silver and SundarSingh Gurjar bronzeinrespectivecategories at Paralympics MIHIRVASAVDA NEWDELHI,AUGUST30

PARA-ATHLETE Vinod Kumar,who had won the bronze medal in the discus throw event (F52 category) at the TokyoParalympics on Sunday, had his result declared void follow- ing are-assessment by aclassification panel. Kumar,41, producedabestthrow of 19.91m to finish thirdbehind Piotr Kosewicz (20.02m) of Poland and Velimir Sandor (19.98m) of Croatia. Kumar wasfound to be ineligible forthe men’s F52 discus medal as the classification panel was‘unable to allocate’ him a‘sport class’ afterobservation and re-assessment, astatement issuedbythe Games’ technical delegates read. The decision meant Kumar did notwin amedal.

What is classification in Para sports? The purpose, according to the (L-R)SumitAntil International Paralympic Committee (IPC), brokethe world is to makesurethe best athletewins, based recordthree times on criteria suchasskill, fitnessand tactics, before winninggold instead of the athlete with the ‘lowest level in F-64 class with a of impairment.’Athletes areclassifiedac- throw of 68.55m; cording to the impact their impairment has DevendraJhajharia on keysporting activities. To ensureafair bagged asilver(F-46) , and levelplaying field all athletescompet- his third medalatthe ing mustbegiven asportclass andsport GameswhileSundar class status. SinghGurjar finished thirdinthe same Howare athletesclassified? event. The athletesundergo evaluation on-site AP/Reuters/ @ParaAthletics by classifiers who aretrainedbyevery sport’s respectiveinternational federation and they decide on the clas- sificationstatus terIcamehome and got the prosthetic leg basedonthe sport NITINSHARMA from Pune,” Antil had said on Sundaybefore Paralysed from waist down, and impairment CHANDIGARH,AUGUST30 his event. type. It wasAntil'smeetingwithparaathlete AINED APARALYMPICSdebutant who hadcompeted RamKumar, whichledhim to 2018 Asian Para What happens with able-bodiedrivals including Neeraj Games silvermedallistVirender Dhankar in Jaipur’s rifle ace Avani wins gold afterthe athletes Chopraearlier this year;aninspirationfor a Sonepat before training under Dronacharya

EXPL E● areclassified? generationof paraathletes;and,anathlete on awardee NavalSingh. Initially, Singh made Afterthe evaluation is over,the classifi- amissionto wipeout heart-breakingmemo- Sumit trythediscusthrow, butwasimpressed Fine-tuning cation panel designates ‘sports class status’ ries -- three javelin throwers withunique sto- by his action and startedtraining him in NITINSHARMA to everyathlete, whichindicates if evalua- rylines wonagold, silverand bronze forIndia javelin, even renting aroom forhim near the CHANDIGARH,AUGUST30 In2018,Avaniwouldalsostarttrainingun- tions arerequired on the same athlete in the in different categories MondayinTokyo. Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi. dercoachSumaShirurattheLakshya Shooting future. This haul from trackand field came on “He had aprosthetic leg and Iinitially AS 19-YEAR-OLD Avani Lekharawon the gold ClubinMumbaioronlinesessionsandpractis- the dayIndia got ahistoric shooting gold, made him practice throwsinthe long jump medal in women’s 10mair rifle Standing ingwithacomputeriseddigitaltarget athome What happenedinKumar’scase? with Avani Lekharawinning the10m air ri- pitfromadistance of 25-30m.Iwould tell him event in the SH 1categoryatthe Tokyo providedbythe Sports Authority of India.She Kumar wasevaluated on August22and fle event, and itsParaGames medal count to walk andnotrunasrunningledtobleeding Paralympics, father Praveen wasfilledwith wouldwinthesilvermedalintheWSPCworld cleared to compete in theF52 categoryatthe reachedabest-everseven.Havingwon four with the prostheticleg rubbingagainstthe emotions. Cup in Croatia in 2019 before another one at time. According to the IPC, athleteswho take medals lasttimeinRio, Indiaisnow 26th on knee. Suffering pain, he would trythe throw In 2012,the wholeLekhara familymet theWSPCWorldCupinAlAinearlierthisyear. part in the F52categoryhave‘good shoulder the medal ladder. while lying down in ahammer throw net,” withanaccidentontheir waytoDholpur “Initiallywhen shecame to train with me, muscles and mildlyweaktofullelbowand The day's showstopper wasSumit Antil, said NavalSingh. from Jaipur.The then 11-year-old Avani suf- we worked upon having consistency in her wristmuscleswhichare required forthrow- 23, who brokethe worldrecordthrice before In the lastthreeyears, Antil has broken the feredaspinal cordinjuryand wasparalysed shooting.Itwasamixof offlineandonlineses- ing an implement’. winning gold in the F-64category(basedon worldrecordseveral times.Atthe Paris Grand belowthe waist. As the teenager became sions. It wasverydemanding to train apara “Fingerflexorand extensor muscles are levelofdisability) with athrow of 68.55m -- Prix in 2019 he setanew markof61.32m and Paralympic champion with arecord score of shooter. Theshootingremainsthesamebutas non-functional making grip of the imple- about twometresmorethan his effort at the later betteredit with athrow of 62.88m at the 249.6 in the final, Praveen-who worksinthe acoach,Ihadto improvise.Itwasaboutunder- ment difficult. The non-throwing hand usu- March 2021Indian GP,whichalso had Tokyo WorldParaChampionshipsinDubai.“In 2017, RevenueAppellate Authority-remembered standing the best load position forher and allyrequires strapping to the throwing Olympics gold-medallistChopra. we took him to theFinland trip and it helped the fatefulday. amalgamation of her technique and biology. frame,” the IPC rule states. DevendraJhajharia, 40, wonhis third his technique too... nowAntil does notfall due “I waspostedasADM at Dholpuratthat Avani Lekharahas wonIndia’s first We alsohadto makeadjustmentstoestablish Paralympic medal with asilver-medal win- to theprostheticblade,” the coachsaid. time and we were travellingfromJaipurto Paralympic gold in shooting. Reuters herbasewithonlytheupperbodywhichisnot If Kumar wascleared on August22, why ning throw of 64.35m in the F-46 category. Jhajharia, meanwhile, dedicated his sil- Dholpur when our car skiddedand turned the case withanormal shooter, who uses the washeclassified again afterSunday’s And his fellowRajasthan athlete Sundar Singh vermedal to his father who succumbed to turtle. Avani sufferedspinal cordinjuries and feet forbalance,” says Suma. event? Gurjar claimedthe bronze in the same cate- cancer lastyear.“My father had wanted to wasparalysed from waistdown,” Praveen In 2016,Avani startedtrainingunder The academyand itsother trainees also According to the WorldParaAthletics gory with athrow of 64.01m. see me win another medal but sadlyIlost told The IndianExpress. coachChandra Shekhar and he made herfo- needed to go the extramile forAvani. database, Kumar’s classificationstatus for Later,Antil's mother Nirmala recalled him lastyear due to cancer.Idid my best to- In TokyoonMonday,Avani firedaround cus on 50m rifleeventsapart from 10mair ri- “Theothershootersliftherwheelchairwith the current year wasalreadyunder review. those tough days of struggle. “I still remem- dayand Iamhappyhaving wonmythird of 621.7inqualification afterashaky startbut fle events. Apart from winningtitles in the her in it. When the academywas built (first PCI president Deepa Malik could notbe berthedaySumit losthis leftlegafterhisbike medal,” he said. recoveredtobeplacedseventh afterthe qual- NationalParaShooting Championship, she floor),wewereshort of funds and didn't have reachedfor acomment on this. However, washit by atractor nearSonepat (Haryana) ForGurjar,who hails from avillageonthe ification round and makethe final. In the final, would win asilvermedal withajunior world alift.Sheisthe‘JaipurkiMaharani’forallof us, she wasquotedassayingbythe Press Trust as he wasreturning from tuition classes. Jaipur-Bharatpur NH-11highway,itwas re- she ledfromthe starttowin gold. recordatthe WSPS WorldCup in Al Ainin simply becauseshe’ssoadorable.Wehadalso of India: “Classifications done previouslycan When the doctorsdecidedtoamputatehis demption afterheart-break in Rio in 2016 Afterthe accident, Avani spent morethan 2017 and abronze at theWSPSWorld Cup in redonethe washroom at the club to makeit be challenged during competitions and can leg, Iaskedmyself what my son’sfuturewould when he missedthe final due to a52-second three months at SMSHospital in Jaipur be- Bangkok the same year.Ittookthe coach para-athlete friendly,”Sumasays. be overruledalso. Thereisnothing that India be like. But the waySumit made his recovery delayinreporting at the venue. fore another four at the Indian Spinal Injury some time to work on Avani’stechnique but She considers Monday’s performance as can do now.” andstartedanew lifeinsport wassomething Gurjar wasoncearegular on the able-bod- Centre(ISIC) in NewDelhi. Forthe next two- he found Avani’s mentalfortitude as her oneofAvani’s best.“Iamhappythe wayshe Icould notimagine. To see him win gold has iedcircuit, winningbronze in the 2013 na- and- a-half years, the family would take her biggeststrength. held her nerve in the final and displayed con- Whyare athletesre-evaluated? made us forget that fateful dayfinally,” tional youthAthleticschampionship where fortreatment at varioushospitals in Delhi, “Besides the physicalortechnical aspects, fidence.Shemadeashakystartinqualification Nirmala told The Indian Express. Neeraj Choprahad wongold. However, Mumbai and Ahmedabad. shootingremainsamental sport at the core but afterafew shots,wehad atalk andonce As per the WorldParaAthletics classifi- Antil'sfatherRamKumar, whohadserved Gurjar's lifechangedonaholidaytoanearby In 2014,Praveen took his daughter to the andthat’s what made Avani agoodshooter shefoundhertechnique,therewasnolooking cation rules,aclassificationpanel can de- in the IAF,diedin2004due to cancer.Sumit, villagein2015, when he lost his lefthand af- JagatpuraShooting Rangetokeep the even in her initial days.Iunderstood that I backfor her,” shesays. cide to conduct further evaluation sessions the youngestoffoursiblings, initiallytrained teratin fell on him from aroof. youngsteroccupiedaswell as setting atar- cannotput herunder morephysicalloadso Afterthe disappointment at the Tokyo on an athlete ‘basedonanumber of factors.’ as awrestlerathis villageKhewrabeforejoin- “Those were not52seconds (inRio),those getfor herself. “I wasinhospital when doc- we would work on the basics in small ses- Olympics, SumareturnedtoIndia before go- These, the rules state, include but arenot ing the SAICentreatBahalgarh.Itwas on were like52years forSundar.That night, he tors told me that Avani has been paralysed sions apart from training with aFeinwerkbau ing back forthe Paralympics. Indian shooting limited ‘tosituations,wherethe Athlete has January5,2015,that he metwith the accident contemplated suicide andIwas with him belowthe waist. Afterinitial treatment in 800junior rifle, whichwas much lighter com- had been looking foramorale-booster, and onlyrecentlyentered Competitions, sanc- and spent morethan 53 days at the Base everynight in the following months. Iwould Agra,she wasshiftedtoSMS Hospital in pared to otherrifles.Once she wascomfort- Suma said Avani’s achievement has comeasa tionedorrecognised by WorldPara Hospital at Delhi Cantt. tell him that he could do better and when he Jaipur before spending time at ISIC in Delhi. able shooting in the wheelchair andthe ad- breath of fresh air.“AfterIcamebackhere Athletics; has afluctuating and/or progres- “I remember being consciousandmaking resumedtraining, he would tell me that in Doctors had told us that we have to keep her justments, we went from 50 shots to 200ina (Tokyo), Iwas feeling so muchbetter. Ifelt this sive Impairment/Impairmentsthatis/are the call to theambulanceonmyown. Each Tokyo, he would win the medal and end the physicallyaswell as mentally fittohaveany session. Slowly,she built accuracy. Later,she wasnecessaryand important formetocome permanent but notstable; and/or has not day...in hospital waslikealong wait but then agonyofthose 52 seconds. To see himdothat chance of recovery andthat’s whyIgot her practisedfor 3-4hours in the 50m rifleevent backherebecause Ididn’t want to leave this yetreachedfull muscular skeletalorsports Iwould see videosofParalympianOscar todayfeelsspecialfor both him and me,” enrolledatthe shooting rangeinJaipur,” re- tooand it showedher physicalstrength too,” placeonabadnote.I’mgladIgot achanceto get maturity.’ Pistorius. Imade surethat Ijoinedsports af- Gurjar's coachMahaveer Singh Saini said. members the father. remembers the coach. back here.”

NOVAXCLUB Despite alot at stake, players havebeen stubbornly slow to get the jab

with L’Equipe that he wasremovedbecause to getvaccinated in April at atournament in nis, however: The PGAsaidearly this month search work that would allowhim to form an BENROTHENBERG he hadn’t been vaccinated.Simon’s coach, Charleston, South Carolina. Beforeshe did, that itsplayervaccination rate was“above opinion” about the necessity forvaccination, AUGUST30 Etienne Laforgue,testedpositive forthecoro- Barty madesurethat she wasn’tcuttingin line. 70%.” andadded that peoplelikeathleteswho are navirus afterarriving in NewYork,and Simon “That wasimportant to me, knowing that “While we respect everyone’s right to free widely admired should be “doublycareful in When the U.S. Tennis Association an- wasdisqualifiedbecause he wasdeemeda those who were themostvulnerable were choice, we also believe that eachplayerhas a expressing suchviews.” nouncedFridaythatproof of coronavirus vac- “close contact.” able to getitfirst,”she said in April. role to play in helping the widergroup achieve Top-ranked NovakDjokovic has drawn cination would be required forall spectators “I wasnot against it to the pointofnever Simon’scontentionthatvaccinationshould asafelevel of immunity,” the ATPsaidina scrutinyfor his approach to health issues 12 and older to enter the grounds of the Billie being vaccinated,I’m justsaying Ididn’t feel remain achoice is supported by both tours, statement. “Doing so will allowustoeasere- throughout the pandemic,and hasdeclined Jean King National Tennis Center,itwidened the needorthe urge,” Simon told L’Equipe. even as theyurgeplayers to choosevaccina- strictions on-sitefor the benefit of everyone to disclosehis ownvaccination status. agulf between the spectators and the players Simon would have remainedeligible to tion.Othersportshavebeenmoresuccessfulat on Tour.” Djokovic said it wasa“personal decision” they’ll be watching at the U.S. Open. competeinthe tournament, with increased gettingtheirathletestoget theshot.TheWNBA The WTAsaid it “strongly believesinand when asked about vaccine protocols Friday. Adultsinthe stands will nowberoughly testing, if he had been vaccinated. said in June that 99% of itsplayers were vacci- encourageseveryone to getavaccine,” and “Whether someonewants to getavaccine or twice as likelytobevaccinated as the players “I’mnot very scared of COVID, actually,” nated.TheMLSPlayersAssociationsaidinJuly has setagoal for85% of players to be vacci- not, that’s completely up to them,” Djokovic on court:The WTAsaid “nearly 50%” of its Simonsaid.“Mybasicphilosophy is:‘If you’re Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece causedan that it was“approaching95%.”Thisweek,the nated by the end of the year.But it is “notre- said. “I hope that it stays that way.” players were vaccinated,while the ATPsaid afraid of it, youget vaccinated;ifnot,no.’It’s uproar aftersayinghewould onlybe NFLannouncedithad reachedaplayervacci- quiringplayers to getavaccineasthis is aper- Andy Murray, amemberofthe ATPplayer itsvaccination rateswere“justabove 50%.” still achoice.” vaccinated if it were required to compete. nationrateofnearly 93%.MicheleRoberts,ex- sonal decision, and one whichwerespect.” council, said that “there’s going to have to be Despitethe possible consequences of not Simon mustnow isolateinhis hotelroom ecutive director of the NationalBasketball Third-rankedStefanos Tsitsipas causedan alot of pretty long, hardconversations with being vaccinated —illness,ofcourse, but also for10days,according to federaland NewYork PlayersAssociation,saidinJulythat90%of NBA uproar in his native Greece earlier this month the tour and all of the players involvedtotry the inability to playand make money—ten- City guidelines. Simon, 36 and ranked 103rd, on either tour under the pandemic-adjusted playerswere vaccinated.Thismonth,theNHL afterhesaidthathe would getvaccinatedonly and come to asolution” on the high number nis players have been stubbornlyslowonthe ruedthat his hotelroom, where he will stay rankingsystem. Kenin said she had testedpos- saiditsplayervaccinationrate wasat85%,and if it were required to continue competing. of players holding out on vaccination. He said uptake,evenasmanyhavelostopportunities during what he admittedmighthavebeenhis itive despitebeing vaccinated. itsunion warnedthat unvaccinated players “I don’t see anyreason forsomeoneofmy he appreciated the privilegesNew York City to playinmajortournamentsbecauseofpos- lastU.S. Open,lacks anice view. “Fortunately Iamvaccinated,and thusmy might losepay if theytestedpositive. agetodoit,” said Tsitsipas, 23. “It hasn’t been regulationsaffordedhim as avaccinated per- itive tests. While some players areopenly “IfyourlastmemoryofaU.S. Open is 10 symptoms have been fairly mild,” shesaid. In tennis, whereeachplayerisaninde- tested enoughand it has side effects. As long son, suchaseating indoors in restaurants. skepticalof theneedfor avaccineas ahealthy days in aroom, it is notone youwant to keep,” Many tennisplayershave been able to take pendent contractor, thereisnoplayerunion as it’s notmandatory, everyone can decide for “I feel likeI’m enjoying afairly normal life, youngperson,some simply haven’tprioritized he said.The highest-profile tennisplayerto advantageofon-sitevaccination programs set to encourageunifiedbehaviorand no general themselves.” whereas forthe players that haven’t, it’s dif- it. Frenchveteran Gilles Simon, whowas dis- miss this year’s U.S. Open is fifth-rankedSofia up by tournamentsastheytravelontour.Top- manager or team owner to encouragevacci- Giannis Oikonomou, aspokesperson for ferent,” Murray said.“I’msurethey’ll be frus- qualifiedfromthe U.S. Open on Fridayfor Kenin, who,despitedisappointing results this rankedAshleigh Barty,whose native Australia nation forthe team’s competitive benefit. the Greek government,saidTsitsipas “has nei- trated with that.” “medical reasons,”confirmedinaninterview year,remains the highest-ranked American has lagged in itsvaccination rollout, wasable Other individual sports arestill ahead of ten- ther theknowledge northestudiesnor the re- THENEWYORKTIMES

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