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WORLD 3MORE COPS SUSPENDED; CM PROMISES EXEMPLARY PUNISHMENT As markets surge, Underfire,UPGovtsuspendsSP,orders govt flags concern: narcotestofaccused,victimfamilies dodgy transactions TRUMP,MELANIA may be slipping past TEST POSITIVE Narco, polygraph STRs fewand of poor quality,FIU tells FOR COVID-19 teststobedone over 20 brokerages; callsatleast four MACRONTOLAUNCH on policemen CRACKDOWN ON bigfirmsfor another meeting ‘ISLAMIST involved too SEPARATISM’ PAGE 13 SANDEEPSINGH AMILBHATNAGAR NEWDELHI,OCTOBER2 &ASADREHMAN HATHRAS,LUCKNOW, AMID Asurge in investor inflows In NCB shadow, OCTOBER2 that have pushedstock market in- Keytofight dices to newhighs over the past Karan Johar says UNDER FIRE forits handling of six months, the Finance Ministry laundering the murder and cremation of a has flaggedspecificconcerns over inspired by PM 19-year-old Dalit teenager in “lowfiling”and “poor quality” of THE FIU is an arm of the Hathras, the Uttar Pradesh gov- SuspiciousTransactionReports Finance Ministry's for I-Dayproject ernment Fridaysuspendedthree (STRs) by brokers. Department of Revenue; police officers, including Hathras The FinancialIntelligence the Indian counterpartof SuperintendentofPolice Vikrant Unit-India (FIU-IND), the agency the Financial Crime EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Vir. Agovernment spokesperson under the Department of Enforcement Networkof MUMBAI,OCTOBER2 said polygraph and narco tests Revenue that analyses informa- the US Department of would be conductedonthe action on suspect financial trans- the Treasury, whichleads DAYS AFTER he deniedlinks to cused, the victim’s relativesand actions, metwithmorethan20 the global battle against twopersons questionedbythe even police officers involved in leading stockbroking firms over moneylaundering. Narcotics Control Bureauinits on- the probe. video link in August. Reporting of suspicious going probeofBollywood stars — This came aday afterthe The FIUislearnttohavecom- transactions by financial one of the twowas laterarrested Allahabad High Court took suo municated that principal officers institutions to the FIU —filmmakerKaran Johar an- motu cognizance of the case and of at leastfour brokerages — leads agencies to investi- nouncedinatweet addressedto directed senior officials of the Zerodha Broking, Motilal Oswal gate and identify poten- Prime MinisterNarendra Modi stategovernment and policeto Police personneldeployedoutside the victim’s village in Hathras on Friday. Amit Bhatnagar MOREREPORTS,PAGE7 Financial Services, Reliance tial taxevasion and Fridaythatthe “filmfraternity” be presentatahearing on Securities, and RKSV Securities money laundering. willcometogetherto portray the October 12 and explain the se- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 “valour,values and the cultureof quence of eventsthat ledtothe India” forthe 75thIndependence cremationand the family's com- Suspicious action anniversarycelebrations. plaintsregarding the manner in 300 police personnel lock down Johar whichitwas done. of police dented 1lakh Coviddeaths in calledit"a It alsocame amidstachorus freshbegin- of outrageagainstthe Yogi grieving family, entire village your image, ningofthe Adityanath government forcor- India,Maharashtra grand eraof doning offthe teenager's village, Uma tells Yogi storytelling to turning away,amongothers, SOMYALAKHANI, cherish the Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi JIGNASASINHA has nearly 40 per cent soulofthe idea and Priyanka Gandhi Vadraon &AMILBHATNAGAR HARIKISHANSHARMA Karan Johar called‘India’”. Thursday, andTrinamool MP HATHRAS,OCTOBER2 NEWDELHI,OCTOBER2 In astatement Derek O'Brien on Friday. AMITABHSINHA STATUSREPORT postedon The government said the SP MORE THAN 300Uttar Pradesh SENIORBJP leader UmaBharti on PUNE,OCTOBER2 Twitter,Johar said:“Drawing in- wasbeing suspendedfor "negli- Police personnel, 17 police vehi- Fridayquestionedthe“suspicious” State Deaths CFR spiration from our Honorable gence and lax supervisionofthe cles, and five barricades. The vil- actionof policeinHathras,andsaid INDIA'S CORONAVIRUS- (in%) Prime Ministerfromwhomwe case". The other police officers lageofthe 19-year-old Dalit theincidenthad RELATED deaths crossedthe Maharashtra37,917 2.67 also seek sustainedguidance, we suspended, following areport by woman, who diedonSeptember “dented”the 1lakh markonFriday, threedays TamilNadu 9,653 1.58 the members of the film frater- the Special InvestigationTeam 29 aftershe wasbrutallyas- imageofChief afterthe global toll touched1 Karnataka 9,138 1.47 nity areprivileged to announce probing the case, include Circle saulted and allegedly gangraped, MinisterYogi million. This means India now our plantocelebratethe 75th Officer (CO) RamShabd, SHOof has been turned by the stategov- Adityanath,the accountsfor nearly 10 percent Andhra 5,900 0.83 year of Independence.” the police stationconcerned ernment into avirtual fortress, UP govern- of the world's Covid-19deaths. Pradesh The tweetcomes aweek af- Dinesh Kumar Verma, Senior to ensurenoone gets in. TMC MP DerekO’Brienfell when he waspushedbyofficials ment, and the Onlythe United States and UttarPradesh 5,917 1.45 terJohar,responding to the on- Sub-Inspector Jagveer Singh and In the village, thefamilyofthe BJP. Brazil have had more deaths. As on October 2 going NCBprobe,said he had Head Constable Mahesh Pal. The 19-year-old told The Indian UmaBharti Bharti told Morethan 2.12 lakh people have DeathCountReachedOn neverconsumednarcotic drugs SIT had been setupafter Prime Express theyhad been shut inside THE EDITORIAL PAGE Adityanath she diedinthe US, and about 1.45 norpromotedthem,and that he MinisterNarendraModicalled theirhomefortwo days,andthat wasnot aware lakh in Brazil. 1,000April28 did notknoweither of the two up Adityanath, following reports the authorities might bemonitor- of anyrule under whichthe Dalit India has of latebeen con- 10,000June16 OUTLAW THEGANGRAPE 25,000 July16 persons. He had also threatened on the cremation. ing their phones. “DM-ji aaye aur BARRICADINGVILLAGESHOWS BY MENAKA GURUSWAMY familycould be prevented from tributing between 15 per cent and legalaction against"slanderous The CM tweetedFriday kaha ki jab media yahan nahin to meeting anyone, and asked him 25 per cent of global deathsdaily. 50,000 August16 HOWINSECUREU.P.GOVTIS PAGE 8 and malicious" statementsand CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Between 4,000and6,000people 75,000 Sept9 news that had "unnecessarily have been dying everyday;and 100,000 Oct2 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CONTINUEDONPAGE2

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Rs 40-cr aerostatidle RAVIKBHATTACHARYA &JOYPRAKASHDAS SIMPLY PUT HOOGHLY,SOUTH CHINA’SCLIMATE MIHIRVASAVDA YOUR RIGHT 24-PARGANAS,PASCHIM COMMITMENT NEWDELHI,OCTOBER2 TO KNOW MEDINIPUR,OCTOBER2 PAGE 12 FIFTYPENDINGcasesof payment AN EXPRESS RTI ABOUT EIGHT months from disputes related to contracts. Assemblyelections, thereisan Nearly Rs 7crore paid by thegov- APPLICATION eruption of grassroots political vi- ernment to arbitrators. And a olence in West Bengal. Since the RUSSIA showpiece Rs 40-croreaerostat Responding to an RTIrequest beginning of the phased‘Unlock’ lying unusedinNew Delhi, de- from TheIndian Express seeking on June 1, at least12political ARED initiativeappears spitearequest from Sri Lanka. details of payment disputes re- DECISION 2020 workers —six from the BJP,five The families of Paban Jana,son of aBJP worker in Paschim Medinipur who waskilled in June in today’s edition of On October 3, 2010,the 19th lated to the Games, the Ministry from Trinamool, and one from (left), and TMC worker Israel Khan who waskilled in HooghlyinAugust. Partha Paul The Indian Express.This Commonwealth Gamesgot offto of Youth Affairs and Sports said the Socialist UnityCentreofIndia page is an initiative of the acolourfulstart at theJawaharlal thereare 50 cases pending be- OPPN CHALKS OUT (SUCI) —havebeen killed, and an marketing solutions team Nehru Stadium in the National fore various courts and in arbi- ROUGH SEATSHARE MLAand three workers of the BJP diedinhospitalafterbeinghacked South 24-Parganas SUCI leader, ■ July16: BJPworkerBapi of The Indian Express Capital. But exactly10years later, tration as on July27, 2020. IN BIHAR: RJD 138, have been found hanging. in aclashthe previous day. wasmurdered andhis home set Ghoshwas beaten to death in Group and contains the legal mess leftbehind by the In itsresponse dated CONG68, LEFT 29 ■ June 10:TMC worker ■ July3:TMC worker on fire,allegedly by TMC workers. Nadia. content paid forby scandal-ridden sporting event September 9, the Ministrydid Gautam Das wasbeaten to death Ashwini Manna wasbeaten to ■ July5:KrishnaDebnath ■ August6:TMC worker advertisers. The page hasn't been cleared,according to notdisclose the totalworth of LJP SET TO TAKE in Burdwan. death, allegedly by SUCI sup- wasbeaten in Nabadwip, Nadia; Israel Khan diedinacrude bomb should be read as an details obtainedbyThe Indian contractsinvolvedindisputes. CALL TODAY ■June 18:PabanJana, the son porters in Baruipur,South24- he diedinhospital in Kolkataaf- attack, allegedly by arival advertisement. Express under theRightto But it said in another RTI PAGE 6 of aBJP worker in Paschim Parganas. tertwo days.The BJP saidhewas TMC faction in Hooghly. Information (RTI) Act. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Medinipur (WestMidnapore), ■ July4:SudhangshuJana, a aparty worker. CONTINUEDONPAGE11

PAGE 1 ANCHOR MangoSpecial to Banana Special: Kisan Rail gets on track

fruit or vegetable. The plans also ■Sapota (chiku)Special from AndhraPradesh’sAnantapur farmers. Wheneverthereisde- howthe system worked so a AVISHEKGDASTIDAR include carrying fish and meat in Surat, Valsad and Navsari in travelledtoDelhi on Kisan Rail mandfor Kisan Rail, we will run special passenger coachwas at- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER2 refrigerated containers at some Gujarat to Delhi between April carrying mango, tomato, banana, it,” Railway Boardchairman VK tached to aparcel train. While point in the future, theysaid. and November. pomegranate, musk melon and Yadavsaid. half the consignmentwas from MANGO SPECIAL, Banana The service assumes signifi- ■ Protein Specialfor pack- watermelon.Another triponthe “This helps because afew farmers, the rest wasfrom Special, Onion Special,Sapota cance with the newfarm laws aged meat from the Dadri or same routearrived Monday but farmers can gettogethertobook traders who had procured the Special. that enable farmerstosell their Kanpur areasinUPtoportsin this time without anyfarmers. atrucktosendthe load to the goods from localfarmers,” said These aresome of the routes produce to buyers of their Gujarat and Mumbai —this is al- ■ Recently, atrain from railway station. No matterhow an official about the train from of KisanRail—special seasonal choice. So far, the identified ready an establishedroute. BengalurutoDelhi carriedmul- small the quantity,itgets trans- Anantapur. trains identified by the govern- routes and seasons include: Officials said the agriculture, tiple consignmentsoffruitsand ported,” said Mohammad R, If the initiative gains ground, ment forfarmers to sendfresh ■ Onion and Banana Special animal husbandryand fisheries vegetables. who waspartofthe group from the Railways planstocreatea fruits, vegetables and other per- from Nashik and Jalgaon to Delhi departmentsofstate govern- ■ In August, onions and ba- Anantapur. “hub andspoke”arrangement ishable goods to buyers across between March and December. mentsare being soundedout to nanas were brought from “Weweregiven contact wherein trains will bring in pro- India. ■ MangoSpecial from identify moreroutes and prod- Kolhapur and Devlali in numbers of wholesalers in duce from smaller pointstobig Officials said the Rail and AndhraPradesh to Delhifrom ucts. Maharashtra to Muzaffarpur in Azadpur Mandi, and everything stations from wheretheywillbe Agricultureministries arework- April to June. So far, officials said, at least Bihar. wasarranged.Wedon't have to transportedinone train. ing to institutionalise these “cor- ■ Banana Special forexport four test tripshavebeen com- “Another Kisan Rail willstart travel with the produce all the “Anylarge trader can book a ridors”, or dedicated routes, to from Anantpur to Jawaharlal pletedwithout anydelays: Fruits, vegetables being loadedinaKisan Rail train. Railways soon from Nagpur to Delhi. We waytoDelhi everytime,” he said. bulk consignmentoffruitsand makethem season-specifictoa Nehru Port TrustinMumbai. ■ Lastmonth, farmers in aregetting agoodresponse from “The farmers wanted to see CONTINUEDONPAGE2

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Uma tells Yogi Transactions broadexpectationsof FIUonSTRs matetheexactfinancialburden,” filedbybrokerage houses.While an officialsaid. to allowthemediaandmembers India —would be subsequently theconcernedofficialpointedout Under fire, UP Govt suspends SP The Indian Express had filed of other political parties to meet calledtoaseparatemeeting thatthereportingnumberswere multiple RTIapplications to the them. wheretheywouldhave to explain notinlinewithFIU'sexpectation, Sports Ministryand Sports “Wehaverecently laid the theireffortsonfilingfollowingthe therewas no specific concern afternoon that his government Hathras SP Vikrant Vir: A Home Ministry's Covid proto- venting people from proceed- Authorityof India(SAI)inJulyand foundationstoneof theRamtem- meeting in August. withregardtoSTRs filedby wasdeterminedtoensurethe 2014-batchUttarPradeshcadre cols. The decision had been ingtothe site. August, seeking information ple and claimedtobring Ram Sourcessaidsomebrokerages Zerodha.Ageneralguidelinewas "safetyand development" of officer,hetook charge in June overturnedbythe Allahabad Meena had told TheIndian aboutthependingcasesoverpay- Rajyatothe country, but the sus- had filedveryfew STRs.Financial laiddownforindustryplayersand women. “In UP,the destruction this year.Hewas earlier Unnao HighCourt, saying azaan "can- Express,"Thecremationwascar- mentsandcurrentstatusof items picious action of the police has institutionsaregenerallyrequired the effort that theyneedtoput in of those who merelythink of SP.InDecember lastyear,a23- notbehinderedunderthe pre- riedout with the consent of the purchasedfor the Games. The dented your image, that of to file an STRtothe FIU within forthat.” harmingthehonourandrespect year-oldwomanhadbeenburnt text of violationofthe guide- familyand.infact,weallowed replies were receivedinJuly, @UPGovtand@BJP4India,”Bharti sevendays of asuspicious trans- Upstox,the broking arm of of mothersandsistersisdefinite. alive inUnnao,allegedly by men lines...to containthepandemic”. them alot of time to carry out Augustand September. postedonTwitter, taggingtheof- action. RKSV Securities,said:“Asapolicy The punishmentgiven to them who had gangrapedher,while Laxkarwaspresentwith Vir therituals.Therewasconfusion On the aerostat, SAIre- ficial handles of the BJP and the “Thefact that brokerage we do notprefertodiscuss our will be quoted as exemplaryin she wasonher waytocourtfor when the body wasreleased and theoutsiders who were sponded on September 3that Uttar Pradesh government. houses with alarge number of meetingswithregulatorsinpub- thefuture.YourUPgovernment ahearing. The family had al- fromSafdarjung.Thefamilysaid presentpreventedproceedings “thematerial belongs to organis- Bharti is the firstsenior BJP clientshavereportedminuscule lic.Asaresponsiblecorporate,ad- is determinedtoensurethe leged that the SP had notlet he had deniedthem access to from being conducted ingcommitteeCWG but lying at leader to question the actions of numbers of STRs indicates that hering to ourduties towardsreg- safetyanddevelopmentofeach them have alastlookather the body one lasttime. Laxkar smoothly.” JN Stadium”.The Rs 40-crorehe- the UP government in the inci- brokers maybeshielding their ulatoryrequirementsisour top mother and sister. This is our body.Inthe Hathras case, it has claimedthecremationwascar- OnFriday, hewasamongthe lium balloon wasusedasthe dentthathas triggered protests clients transactions,” said an in- priority.Wealsowish to clarify oath and apromise,”hewrote. been alleged thatthe SP didnot riedout with the family's per- officialswhopushedTrinamool showpiece forthe openingand fromseveralpartiesandcivilsoci- dustryinsiderwho did notwish that we have all the necessary The government said poly- inform the familywhen the mission. MP O'Brien as he triedtomake closingceremonies. ety. Twodaysago,PrimeMinister to be named. proceduresand policies in place graph and narco testswill be body wasreleasedby On Thursday, avideo had his waytothe village, causing When contacted,former or- Narendra Modihad asked The reporting of suspicious in this regard.” conductedon"allpeopleonthe Safdarjung Hospital and sentto surfacedonsocialmediaof him himto fall.Meenadenieddoing ganising committee chief execu- Adityanath to take strict action transactions leads agencies to in- Motilal Oswal Financial accusedand victim side", apart her villagewithapoliceescort. purportedly tellingthewoman's so. tive JarnailSingh told The Indian againstthe culprits. vestigateand identify potential Servicessaid:“FIUhasbeeninthe from"policeofficersinvolvedin Virwas presentwhenthe familymembers in Hindi to not ADG, Lawand Order, Express that Sri Lanka Prime In aseries of tweets in Hindi, taxevasion andmoneylaunder- processofdiscussing with many the case andother persons re- womanwascrematedaround3 losetheir "vishwasniyata (cred- PrashantKumar: One of the MinisterMahinda Rajapaksa, Bharti also questionedthe cor- ing.TheFIUistheIndiancounter- broking houses on howtoim- lated to the case". am on Wednesday, even as her ibility)",andthatwhileitwasup mostsenior officers in the UP who wasone of the chief guests doning offofthe victim's family partofthe Financial Crime provethe number of STRfilings, Shamli Superintendent of familyremained locked inside to them to changetheir state- Police,hewasearlierADG,Zone forthe closing ceremonyasthe and village. EnforcementNetwork (FinCEN) including us. In fact, FIU will be Police VineetJaiswal will be their home.Heclaimed,"The ments, "kabhihum bhi badal Meerut.In2018,hehaddropped nation’spresidentatthetime,had “She wasthe daughter of a of the United States Department conducting regular meetings postedasHathrasSP. familywas involvedinthe last jaayen (theadministrationcould flowerpetals on some asked forthe aerostat. Dalit family. Police cremated her of the Treasury, whichleads the withmajor brokers. In the last Questioning the suspen- rites and we had been in con- changeaswell)". He had told Kanwariyaswhiledoinganaer- “Manypeoplewerewillingto in agreat hurry,and they have globalbattleagainstmoneylaun- meeting,wealong with other sions, Congress general secre- stant touchwith them. It hap- ANI, “I denythe negative ru- ial survey of oneofthe proces- take it,including the (then)Sri nowcordonedoff the victim's dering. brokers, explainedthe criteria tary Priyanka Gandhi tweeted, penedwiththeirconsent.Infact mours whichare rifeabout my sions. In Decemberlastyear,he LankanPresident.We hadalsoof- familyandthevillage,”Bhartisaid. Lastmonth, The Indian basedonwhich FIU reports are “On whose order wasthe we brought the ambulance till interactionswith them…Their wasin-charge when anti-CAA feredittothe DRDO(Defence “Tomyknowledge thereisno Express, as partofaglobal inves- filed, and theyweresatisfied.” Hathras victim and her family their house... but the family (the family's) main point of ap- protestsledto thedeathofseven Research and Development rule that the familycan't meet tigation on the 'FinCEN Files' re- An email sent to Reliance madeto suffer?Thecallrecords couldnotreachaconsensus(on prehensionisthattheconvicted in Meerut and Muzaffarnagar. Organisation) but theywerenot anyoneduringaninvestigationby portedonsuspicious activity re- Securities, the fourth brokerage of HathrasSPandDMshouldbe the cremation).” be punishedand hanged to At apress conference on willing (totakeit). So we putitin an SIT (special investigation ports (SARs) filedbybanksinthe learnt to have been calledfor a made public... Yogi Adityanath, DistrictMagistratePraveen death.Itriedtoallaytheir fears Thursday, Kumarsaidtheforen- itscontainerandkept itinsidethe team). This will onlyput the SIT's USwiththeFinCEN.Inmorethan separatereview, remainedunan- resign." Kumar Laxkar: A2012-batch and told them thatthe matter sic reportofthe Hathras victim stadium itself,” Singhsaid. investigation underacloud.” 2,100SARs,thebankshadflagged swered. Theadministration’srolehas IAS officer,hetookcharge in would be triedinafast-track ruledoutrape,asitfoundnose- Asked fordetailsofpayment “You areanadministrator suspicioustransactionsof over$2 been under acloud since the March 2019.Hewas earlier court.” men. This, despitethe victim’s disputes, the Ministry's RTIre- with averycleanimage,” Bharti trillion,including transactions Covid deaths woman’s bodywas released postedinRae Bareli, Aligarh, Joint Magistrate Prem statementbefore deaththatshe sponse dated September 9listed tweetedtoAdityanath. “I request worthatleast$1billionthatwere India has been reporting more from Safdarjung Hospital in LalitpurandLucknowinvarious Prakash Meena: A2018-batch had been raped. 33 vendors, individuals and au- youtoallow media persons and routed through 44 Indian banks. than1,000dailydeaths forovera Delhiafterherdeath,15 days af- administrative positions, and officer,hehad been posted The ADG claimedthat the thorities involvedin the 50 cases, otherpoliticalpartiesto meetthe These areconfidential filings–so monthnow. Thisisnotsurprising tershe wasassaulted,allegedly Hathraswashisfirstpostingasa brieflyinBasti before being mediahadcirculatedwrongin- including Customs and Taxde- aggrieved family.” secret that banksare notallowed giventhat Indiahas been discov- by four upper castemen. DM. In March this year,Laxkar movedtoHathras.Hewaspres- formation. “Wewill identify partments. Bharti, who said she wasad- to even confirm their existence – eringfar more cases thanany The officials involved in key had made news forbanning ent at the cremation, and in thosewhowere tryingto create Some of the major vendors mitted in AIIMS, Rishikeshafter and thereisnoway to establish other country. administrative and lawand or- reciting of azaan across videos, can be seen at abarri- amisinformedsituation and listedare Swiss Timing, whose having tested positive forCovid- whetherthesetransactionswere India'scasefatalityratio(CFR), derdecisionssincetheninclude: mosquesinthedistrictcitingthe cadeafew metres away,pre- willtakeaction.” contract wasworth Rs 135.27 19,saidshe was“extremelyrest- also flagged by Indian banksin orthenumberof deathsoutof to- crore,andNussliIndia,whichwas less in the corona ward”. “Had I their STRfilings with the FIU. talconfirmedinfections,hasbeen givenacontract of nearly Rs 140 notbeencorona positive, Iwould STRs with the FIU-IND are decliningfor over three months crorefor supplying portable cab- have been sitting with that fam- filedunderthe Prevention of now. CFRfellfrom1.76 percentto 300 police personnel lock down village ins, containers, tentsand other ilyinthat village,” she wrote. MoneyLaundering Act(PMLA). 1.56 per cent during September. items forsix venues. The listalso “When Ileave AIIMS Rishikesh, I Afteranalysing the suspicious Maharashtra accountsfor aapkevideo kaise viral ho rahe surethat no one enters—me- regardingthe investigation. (PAC)—around48men —were includes Electronics Corporation will definitelymeetthe victim's transactions, the FIU loopsinlaw morethan athirdofIndia's hain (The District Magistrate dia, party leaders, even locals. Thefamilysaidonlyofficials, alsodeployed. of Indiaforacontractapprovedat familyinHathras.” enforcementagenciessuchasthe deaths,having recordedalmost came and said when the media Thereisahospitalinsidesothere includingtheSIT,districtauthor- The Indian Express sawat Rs 346 crore. Bharti said shehad kept quiet EnforcementDirectorate,Central 38,000 fatalities so far. It alsohas is notbeing letin, howare our is aproblemifsomeone wants itiesandpolicepersonnel,were least 12 vehiclesof theUPPolice, The individual contract initially, “butthewayinwhichthe BureauofInvestigation, and averyhighCFR of 2.67 percent. videos going viral),” the brother to go there. We areletting milk being allowed to meet them. three trucks and twobuses of amountswereobtainedfroman policehavecordonedoff the vic- DepartmentofIncome-Taxtoin- Tamil Nadu and Karnataka said, in abrief and hurried vans go in," asenior officer told While The Indian Express the PAC, and twofiretenders. audit reportonthe Games that tim’s familyand thevillage,no vestigatepotentialmoneylaun- have recordedmorethan 9,000 phone conversation. “Lagtahai The Indian Express. mademultiplecallsonFriday, to Occasionally, privateand gov- wasreleasedbythe Comptroller matter what the justification, dering, taxevasion, or financing deaths each–but theirCFRs are unhone call detail pe lagadiye While Superintendentof the victim’s brothers, aunt, ernment vehicles with uni- and Auditor General(CAG) of raisesmanydoubts”. of terrorism. in line with the national average, (It seems theyare listening to PoliceVikrantVir, whowassus- cousins and uncles,onlyone of formed police personnelwere India in 2011. Bharti said she wassenior to India's stockmarketshave around 1.5per cent. ourphones)." pendedlater in the day, and the brothers pickedup. His allowed to pass. In itsRTI response, the Adityanath in the BJP,and like his seen vigorous investor activity Delhi,WestBengal, Uttar The firstbarricadesare up District MagistratePraveen phonetoo waslater switched Aresidentofthevillage,who Ministrysaid: “Paymentsare “elder sister”. “I urge younot to over the lastsix months. Investor Pradesh and AndhraPradesh roughly2.5kmfromthevillage, Kumar Laxkar did notrespond off. wasathisshopontheoutskirts, madeto theconcernedParty(ies) turn down my suggestion.” accountswithCentralDepository have hadmorethan5,000deaths located in Hathras district, to callsandmessages,IG,Aligarh Aboy,whoclaimedtobethe told The Indian Express: "There as and when due basedon The 19-year old Dalit woman Services (India) Limited (CDSL) each. blockingthree entrances. It is at Range, Piyush Mordia told the victim'scousin, managed to arepolicemen everywhere—in Arbitrationawards/Courtorders... wasassaultedandallegedly raped grew from2.12 croreattheendof Thecountry'shighestCFRisin one of thesethatTrinamool media, "Till thetime theSIT is climb over the barricades on a thefarms,ineachlane,onsome Interests arepaid, if any, to the by four upper caste men on March to 2.5 crorebythe endof Punjab –3per cent.The statehas Congress MPs Derek O'Brien, presentinthedistrict,itisasen- side road twice. He told The terracestoo."Helefthome at 7 concernedParty(ies)asandwhen September 14.She diedinDelhi August,anadditionof 7.6lakhin- arelatively lowcaseload of 1.15 Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, Pratima sitive matter.Assoon as the SIT IndianExpress,"Thereare alot of am on Fridayinstead of the due basedonArbitration onTuesday, andwascrematedby vestors everymonth on average lakh, but nearly 3,500deaths. MandalandformerMPMamata leaves,theblockadewillbelifted police inside, especially outside usual9.30amto ensure hecould awards/Courtorders.” policeinthefieldsnearherhome during this period. Almost 2,000 deaths were re- Thakur ranintoawall of police and youwill be free to visit." the house. Theyare asking us open his shop. "Wehavebeen Apartfromthe government, in the early hours of Wednesday. At the meeting, FIU officials portedinSeptember,whencases and district officials on Friday. Policemen wore riotgear nottotalkto anyone.Thefamily toldto commute early by thepo- the Ministry'sRTI replyshows, flagged both lowSTR filing num- rose by 60,000. Around 12.20 pm, as the and helmetsand carriedlathis. desperatelywantstospeak to lice,theyhavealsotoldusnot to onecase wasfiledbyavendor, Kisan Rail bersingeneralandthepoorqual- Kerala, Bihar,Assam,Odisha, MPstriedtoenter,O'Brien was "Apartfromall thepolice sta- the media. We haven’t even speak to the media... We have Premier Brands Pvt Ltd, over a vegetablesandtransportthemby ity of STRs filedbysome brokers. and even AndhraPradesh seem pushedbyofficialsbarring the tionsofHathras, police person- gone out to shop.Thereare po- been warnednot to congregate merchandising issue against train.Butthisnewprojectaccepts The wayforward wasdiscussed to be doing relatively well in pre- way, includingJointMagistrate nelfromMathura,Agra,Aligarh, licemen on the roof as well." as Section 144has been imple- Suresh Kalmadi who wasthe or- even the smallestofquantities in order to improvecompliance, ventingdeaths.Thesestateshave of Hathras Prem Prakash KasganjandEtahhave beende- Around4pm,apaternalun- mented.Noone is venturing ganisingcommitteechairman.In from small farmers, cutting out both qualitatively and quantita- among the lowest CFRs among Meena, and fell. "Wewere ployed. We have been on 12- cle and aunt of the victim,who out;manyare getting to know 2017,the Ministrydissolvedthe theneedforbusinessmenorbusi- tively,inthe filing of STRs. states with1lakhcases or more. shovedbywomen constables, hour dutyfor threedays now,” camefromanothervillage,were from the news about the heavy committee. nesshousestobeinvolved,” said Officialspointedoutthatcom- Deathspermillionpopulation we requestedthat onlytwo of the senior officer said. stopped.Theywereallowedin deployment." According to theCAG report, aseniorgovernment official. panieswere notputtinginthere- arestilllessinIndia –nearly half us be allowedtogo. Mamata The family'sfear thattheir onlyafter theaunt told the po- Around3pm,alinemanwas the committee had Officials estimatethat fora quired effort,and were hobbled the worldaverage.Onlyabout 72 Banerjeesentushereand we phones were being monitored lice: "Wehavenot been able to seentrying to convince the po- “‘purchased/leased3,302laptops distance of around 2000 km, by inadequatecapacityand sys- deaths per million population will be back,”Dastidar said. came aday afteravideo sur- speak to thefamily.Wecan't licemento lethimin,butinvain. and desktops forRs9.80crore in farmerswillsave aroundRs1000 temic deficiencies, sources said. have occurredinthe countryso Meena refusedtocommenton facedonlinepurportedlyfeatur- reachtheir numbers.Weare As it turneddark, therewas severalbatches during Aprilto per tonne whencompared to Theywereadvisedtocarry out far; globallythisnumber is 131. the episode. ingDMLaxkartellingthemthat worried." no let-up in the blockade.Apo- September 2010”. Asked about trucks,apartfromthe assurance greater due diligence on clients Thishasledtoquestionsaboutthe OnThursday, Congresslead- while it wasuptothem to Thevillageitself andthearea liceman said, "Duty changes at the statusofthese items, the of aset timetableandguaranteed fromsensitive locations,andto file authenticityof India'sdeathnum- ersRahulGandhiand Priyanka "changetheir statements", "the around held at least250 police 8pm. We have been ordered to MinistrysaidinanRTIreplydated schedule. anSTRifthere wasamismatchin bers. On Wednesday, US GandhiVadrahadbeenstopped administration couldchange as personnel. The senior officer patrol the village, lanes and August6:“Alarge number of Said asenior official of South income/networth and trade/in- PresidentDonaldTrump,inanef- from going to the village. well". Laxkartold ANI he had said at leastfour unitsofthe farms, and to maintainvigil at common use technologyitems CoastRailway:“From around30 vestment. fort to defend his owngovern- "Wehavebeen asked to en- metthefamilytoallaytheirfears ProvincialArmedConstabulary night too.” likedesktops, laptops, electrical per cent wastageintrucksthat Principalofficersof brokerage ment’s recordinminimisingloss equipment etcweretransferred takesseveral days to transport firmsarelearntto have saidatthe of lives, suggestedthatIndiawas to variousstakeholdersincluding fruitsfromAndhraPradesh to meeting that theyhad, indeed under-reporting deaths. Johar'sproductionhouseDharma Johar,too,isexpectedto helm are,andeverycornerof ourcoun- with hope &integrity! Jai Hind!" Ministries/Departmentsand Delhi,thewastageintrainshasso been adheringtoboththe SEBI Manyscientistsandhealthex- Productions, wasarrestedlater. some of the projects, whichwill tryhasanempoweringtaleto tell. AlsotaggingModiinhistweet, Govt.Bodiesandtheirpresentsta- farbeennexttonil, andgoods Act&Rules and the PML Act& perts do, in fact, believe that Anumberof Bollywoodstars, bepartoftheHirani-spearheaded Lastyear we made aspecial film Raiwrote thattheyare “humbled tus is notavailable in the have reacheddestinationswithin Rules–however, clientswere not deaths in India might be some- including Deepika Padukone, #ChangeWithininitiative to mark on the 150th birth year of &gratifiedtomakeour littlecon- Ministry.” twodays.” updatingtheirfinancials,andnot whatunder-reported,butnoone have beenquestionedsofarinthe the industry's commitment to Mahatma Gandhi,directed by tributionswithstoriesthatexem- Itsaidthatkitchenequipment However, basedonfeedback, cooperatinginenhancedduedili- is quitesuretowhat extent. The NCBprobethatgatheredpaceaf- "nation-building". Rajkumar Hirani. Followedby plify”the“integrity&prideofour procuredhasbeen“transferredto multiple rail divisions have pro- gence on their financials and dailyreporting of deaths re- terthe arrest of Rhea LastOctober,several variousmeaningfulinitiatives,we greatnationwhilstwecelebrate the Indian MilitaryAcademy”in posedatariffdiscountto convince sourceof income.Thenon-receipt mainedsteadybetween 1,000 Chakaraborty in acase related to BollywoodA-listershadtravelled have cometogethertocelebrate 75yearsof India’sindependence. Dehradun. According to the CAG, farmers to switchover. “Atleast of counter party details from de- and1,200inSeptember.Formost the suicide of Sushant Singh in agroup to Delhifor ameeting the spirit of the freedom move- JaiHind.” theequipmentwasairliftedfrom 50 per centdiscountshould be positories in off-market transac- of themonth,80,000-90,000new Rajput. with Prime MinisterModi and ment... Many morecreativecon- LondonatacostofRs8.59 crore. giventofarmers. We have con- tions toowas restrictingtheir cases were reported everyday. In his announcement Friday, agreedtomakefilms projecting tributors will be joiningusinthe CWG mess The CAGreport had also veyedthat in our meetings and viewofsuspiciousactivities,they Anysurge in cases is usuallyre- Joharsaid the film fraternity was Mahatma Gandhi'slifeand val- timestocome.” response datedJuly 31 that it had pointedthattheestimatedcostof alsoinwriting.Thisisnotend-to- said. Banking experts,however, flected in death numbers aftera “humbledand honoured to cu- ues. The #ChangeWithin initia- Kapoor and Rairetweeted paidRs6.92croretoarbitratorsin theGameshadballoonedfromRs end transportsowehaveto said that whereclientsdonot gapofabout twoweeks. rate stories of our greatnation tive wasdiscussedatthemeeting. Johar's tweet. Kapoor,apromi- relationto differentmattersason 297crore mentionedinaCabinet arrangetrucksatbothsourceand shareinformation, brokerage whilstwecelebrate 75 years of Johardid notparticipatebut was nentTVand film producer, March 31,2020. note of May2003toRs18,532.31 destination,” said KetanNayak housesmustflagthetransactions Karan Johar India'sindependence”.Hetagged present at an earlier suchmeet- tweeted:"Thankyouhonourable Officialsawareofthesituation croreasofOctober 2010”. The from Amalsad Vibhag Vividh in their reports without waiting. subjected me, my family, andmy other filmmakers suchas inginJanuary2019.Aselfietaken PM @narendramodiji! Justtobe told The Indian Express that the Ministry, however, did notre- Karyakari Sahakari Khedut Venu Madhav, COOat colleagues and Dharma Rajkumar Hirani, Aanand LRai, at the meeting with Modi was includedinyour vision of our value of contractsinquestion is spondto aseparatequestionnaire Mandali,acooperative societyin Zerodha, one of the at leastfour Productionstohatred, contempt EktaKapoor,Sajid Nadiadwala, usedwidelybytheBJPinthepre- countryissuchanhonour. Excited “closeto Rs700crore”.“Sincepor- sentbyTheIndianExpressonthe Gujarat withover3,000 active brokeragesthatarelearntto have and ridicule". Rohit Shettyand Dinesh Vijan as electionmonths. to be in suchaugust company, tionsof thecontracts,andnotthe final bill of the Games -- or members.Officialssaidadecision been calledfor another meeting, Oneof thetwo,KshitijPrasad, thosewouldbehandlingprojects Friday'sstatementsaid:“It is recreating&curating stories that agreementsinits entirety, arebe- whether it had anyplansfor util- is yettobetaken. said:“TheAugustmeetingwason anemployeeofasisterconcernof as partofthis initiative. our stories thatmakeuswho we made our great nation standtall ing challenged,itistough to esti- ising the aerostat.

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willbefocusedon“Unlock with thepandemic. Focus on Covid-19 surepeople do notlose their MALLICAJOSHI& Precautions”. The communica- appropriatebehaviour with eco- livelihoods, restarting economic ABHINAVRAJPUT tion strategy wasoutlinedina nomic needs. Continuous em- activity responsiblyiscrucial," NEWDELHI,OCTOBER2 presentation sharedduringthe phasis on the needtoembrace saidaseniorgovernmentofficial. video conference with the technology… Specific messages The Centrehas also asked APPEALSBYreligiousleadersdur- CabinetSecretaryRajiv Gauba. forsocial and religious situations states to look at the promotion of ing the festival season and roping The Delhi Chief Secretaryis- basedonSOPs,” the powerpoint the use of the AarogyaSetuapp in social mediainfluencers and sueddirections to allthe depart- presentation shared with state through pushnotifications and NGOs fortargetedmessaging— ments, corporations and au- government officials during the encourageits use through RJs and theDelhi government and vari- tonomous bodies, said PKGupta, The newplanwill look at the meeting said. Doordarshan. ous civic bodies will work to cre- principal secretaryofthe unlock strategy forOctober Delhi government officials Civic bodies and government ateanew awareness strategy on DirectorateofInformation and and November. Archive saidthestateisoftheopinionthat departmentswill also look at the Covid-19bySaturday, aftera Publicity(DIP),in acircular issued economic activity needs to restart use of government offices, milk meeting wascalledbythe union Thursday. Theaction plan is to be foroptimal functioning while booths, PDS shops and medical cabinetsecretarytodiscusstheis- submitted to the government by During lockdown: ‘StayHome, tackling the pandemic. stores foranintensive communi- sue. Saturday and thiswillbepre- Stay Safe.’ During unlock: “The Centre's strategy is very cation campaign, emphasising The newplan willlook at the sented to the CentreonMonday. Aatmanirbhar Bharat. Newstrat- close to whatthe stategovern- three basics —wearing masks, so- strategy forOctober and “The central messageinthe egy forunlockwith precautions: ment has been saying. If we have cial distancing and washing November and the messaging earlier communication strategy: Unlockdoes notmean the end of to fight the pandemic and also en- hands. ‘No UPSC candidate be stopped from reaching exam centre’

exams arenot stoppedorob- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE structed in anymanner from NEWDELHI,OCTOBER2 reachingtheircentres,evenifthe same arelocatedin containment THE DELHI High Court has di- zones,” the order reads. Thereare rected the Union Public Service 150sub centres in Delhifor71,378 Commission to requestthe Delhi candidates. The issue regarding government and police to ensure thelocation of centres in contain- that no candidateappearing in ment zones wasraisedinaplea the civil services(preliminary)ex- alleging that social distancing amination Sundayisstopped norms would be violated if more from reachingthe centres, evenif than 100candidateswouldbeal- theyare locatedinacontainment lowedtotakethe exams in each zone. On centres located in con- centreand it would bedifficult for tainmentzones,the courtsaidthe aspirantstoreachcentres in con- UPSCwillissue acommunication tainment zones. The UPSC told to Delhi’sChiefSecretaryand the courtthe Supreme Courthas Commissioner of Police about the already dealt with the issue, ask- exams to be held on October 4. ing to ensuresocial distancing is “The communication shall maintained, masksare worn and also requestthatproper direc- provision of sanitisers made. tionsare issuedtoauthorities The examshave beenpermit- concerned, including police offi- tedtobeheld as long as precau- cials, to ensurecandidates with tionsare takenandtheSOPis fol- admit cards forappearing in the lowed,notedthecourtin itsorder.

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179 207 185 196 AQI AQI AQI AQI Pollutant: 05PM: 10 00 0500 05PM: 10 00 0 PM: 10 500 OZONE 4 THE CITY 0-50 Good 51-100 Satisfactory 101-200Moderate 201-300 Poor 301-400VeryPoor 401-500Severe DeIMPACTlhOFi’FARMspFIRESooTOraBE FELirTAdaFTERysSECONDcouldWEEK OF OCTstartSunday

teriorate and reachthe higher on September 1was around 40 Areason foraccumulation of EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE end of the moderatecategoryto- micrograms per cubic metreair pollutantsinthe airisthe reduc- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER2 morrow. Further deterioration to (µg/m3), but it graduallyrose to tion of the atmospheric mixing the higher end of moderateor 196.3 µg/m3 as of 5pmon layer, or the vertical heightin LOWERINGTEMPERATURES lowerend of the‘poor’ category Friday. whichpollutantsare suspended. and reduction in wind speedare is likelybyOctober 4,” the fore- PM2.5 —causedfromcom- On cloudy days,with lower likelytopushDelhi’s air quality castadded. bustion activities includingbio- temperatures and calm wind intothe ‘poor’ categoryby The averageAQI on mass and wasteburning, vehic- speed, this height is reduced, Sunday, according to aforecast September 23 was76inthe ‘sat- ular emissions —also rose from therebyleaving pollutantssus- Senior transportdepartment officialssaidveryfew DTC by theCentre’s System of Air isfactory’ range, and this wasalso below20µg/m3 on September pendedclosertothe surface. buses have functional electronicticketmachines . Archive Quality and Weather Forecasting when dayand night time tem- 1to68.6 µg/m3 on Friday. Days with good amount of sun- and Research (SAFAR). peratures had peaked in the city On days with strong wind light, high wind speedand high The 24-hour averageair qual- afterasteady riseoverthe last speed, pollutantsinthe air are temperatures disperse the pol- ity index(AQI) of the city has month. The maximum temper- easilydispersed.However, after lutants. been rising foroveraweek, atureonSeptember 23 was37.1 the withdrawal of monsoon last As per IMD, wind direction Common mobility touching 180inthe ‘moderate’ degrees Celsius and minimum week,wind speeds have re- over the city is forecast to remain rangeonFriday, as per Central was27.6degrees Celsius. One reason foraccumulation of pollutants in the air is the ducedinthe city to 10-14kmph northwesterly till October 7, Pollution Control Board(CPCB) Mercurybegan falling after reduction of atmospheric mixing layer, or the vertical height and alsodropping further to be- whichisfavourable fortransport cards flatlining: data. this dateand the nighttimetem- in whichpollutantsare suspended. Archive ing ‘calm’ during parts of the day. of pollutantsfromstubble burn- The SAFAR’s forecastshows peraturerecordedonFridaywas Forthe next five days,calm ing states Punjab and Haryana. the leadpollutantinthe city’sair 20.6 degrees and that duringday wind speedisforecastinthe city “However, thefarm firesare Peak usage at 2.28% as of Fridaywas coarse dustpar- was36.4 degrees. It is forecast to particulatematterpollutants — enter the bloodstream through in the morning hours until lowormarginalatpresent.Their ticles, or particulatematterof10 fall further by adegreeinthe fine particles of 2.5 and 10 mi- breathing —has also been rising October 7, as per the India impact would be felt afterthe micrometres (PM10). coming week. crometres (PM2.5, PM10) that steadily. Meteorological Department second week of October,” as per of bus ticketsissued “DelhiAQI to marginallyde- Meanwhile, concentration of remain suspendedinthe air and CPCB datashows PM10level (IMD). aSAFAR forecast.

tions. An official said theywere BRIEFLY MALLICAJOSHI hopeful because of the success Sero prevalence NEWDELHI,OCTOBER2 of the DelhiMetro card. Cyclerides “InDelhi, the public transport DELHI GOVERNMENT’Scom- system is suchthat thedemogra- fromIndia higher in patients mon mobility card, supposedto phyusing buses and that using replicateLondon’s Oyster Card, the Metroisrarelythe same. Gate has seen apenetration of less When the Metrowas designed,it with diabetes,latest than 3% at itsbestoncluster bus wasnot done in conjunction with NewDelhi: New Delhi routes and the proportion of the existing bus routes because Municipal Council peopleusing it has fallen further the city’s bus service wascrum- Chairperson flagged off survey suggests over the pastsix months. blingunder issues suchasover- the ‘NDMC Cycle4Change’ LaunchedbytheDelhigovern- crowding and poor maintenance. —aprojectto promote cy- menttwoyearsago,theOneDelhi Thosewho usethe Metrowilluse cling on adedicated6-km cardcan be usedinDelhi Metro autosand e-rickshaws morethan pilot corridor—nearIndia ASTHASAXENA andseveralbuses.Accordingto of- theywould usebuses,” asenior GateFriday. Accordingto NEWDELHI,OCTOBER2 ficial data, electronicticket ma- department official said. officials,the cyclerides chines(ETM) arefunctional in The plan to extend the usage will start from Bikaner THE THIRD round of the serolog- 1,300out of almost1,700 cluster of thesecards to autosand cabs House (India Gate) and ical survey conducted on 17,409 non-AC buses. While the exact by installing ETMs wasalso an- pass through Humayun participants suggests that preva- number of DTCbuseswhere the nouncedlastyear.Ithas not Road, AmritaShergill lence of antibodies againstCovid- machines arefunctional is not takenoff so far. Marg, Lodhi Garden Gate 19 washigher in participants available,seniortransportdepart- Alook at the performanceof No.6, Lodhi GardenGate havingdiabetes mellitus (DM) ment officials said very fewbuses Oyster Cards in London shows No.11, Avenue Road-II, comorbidityascomparedtopar- have functionalETMs at present. that around 80% of public trans- Lodhi ColonyBlock-17, ticipantswithout it. The datawas Withcontactlessticketingthrough portjourneys arepaid forusing Lodhi ColonyCycle Plaza shared by the statehealth de- Serological survey being QR codes undertrial in many these cards. Theycan be used and Jor Bagh Metro partment in areport submitted undertakenatadispensary buses at present, officials said the seamlesslyinall buses,trams, Station. The rides willgo to theDelhiHighCourtthisweek. in Majnu Ka Tila. Archive popularityof thecommonmobil- trains and even ferries. on till Saturday. As per datashared by the ity cards could dip further. In Delhi, however, notall statehealth department, 793 out Datashows that when it was clusterbuseshaveaworking of the total participantshad dia- latestround, meanwhile,25% of launchedinAugust2018, only system. In mostDTC buses, Manarrested betesmellitus, and when tested, those who had antibodiesdid not 0.07%of allbusjourneys were paid sources said, the softwarehad forduping 29.1% of them turnedout to be have ILI symptoms. “This high- forusingthe OneDelhi card. This developedglitchesand the prob- IgG positive,indicating the pres- lightsthe asymptomatic status of sharewent up slowlyoverthe lem has notgoneawayentirely. NewDelhi: A28-year-old enceofantibodies againstCovid- manyparticipants who hadcon- nextfewmonthsandby July2019 “People acceptasystem if it man wasarrestedfor al- 19.Among the 15,022 partici- tractedthe SARS-Cov-2infec- it touched2.28% of all journeys— works. If ETMs will notwork, legedly posing as an pantswho did nothavediabetes tion” said asenior health official. over5.78lakhoutof2.5croretick- people have no incentive to use Armyman andduping mellitus, the antibodieswere The thirdround of thesurvey, etssold during the month. them. If similar machines in the people on the pretextof found in 24.1%ofthem. conducted in the firstweekof Since then, the numbers Delhi Metrowould stop work- seeking help in operating Diabetes mellitus is adisor- September,statedthat the city's have dippedwith alarge chunk ing, would people trustthe card ATMcardinATM booths. der in whichthe body does not overall seroprevalence has fallen of users dropping offinOctober and rely on it?” an official said. Accordingto police,theac- produce enough or respond nor- from around 29.1% in Augustto lastyear,whenfreebus rides for Over the pastyear,the gov- cusedallegedly stoleATM mallytoinsulin, causing blood 25.1% in September. women were introduced. ernment has also been in the cards of those trying to sugar(glucose) levels to be ab- The firstround of this exer- According to Transport process of introducing the con- helphim and later with- normallyhigh. cise, conducted between the last Department officials, around tactless QR Code enabledticket- drew their money. Police Patientswithhypertension week of June and firstweekof 30% of those who usedbusesin ingsystem. Apassenger can scan said he allegedly carrieda had ahigher seroprevalence July, had detected antibodies in Delhiare women. the QR code pastedonthe back fake ArmyIDtogain the compared to those without the about 23% of the volunteers, The continueddip in theus- of eachseat and buy aticket. The victims’ trust. comorbidity, but the difference while the second survey results ageofthesecards even after projectgainedimpetus because wasnot statisticallysignificant. suggestedaseroprevalence of October,however,isnot explained of the pandemic, and transport In September,1,556people with 29.1% —anincrease of disease by thefreebusridescheme.Since ministerKailash Gahlothad said Womanheld influenza-like-illness(ILI)were spread among the population. Januarythisyear,the usageofthe it could be introducedinall forcheating tested,out of which424 (27.2%) The difference between the cardhas been on aconstant de- buses by November. were found to have the presence firsttwo andthethirdsurveywas cline,andwithbusservicesbeing Gahlotdid notrespond to NewDelhi: A40-year-old of IgGantibodiesagainst the that theformer were carriedout affected severely during the pan- queries despiterepeated at- woman wasarrested 14,753 people who did nothave by sampling at the district level, demic,theusagereached0.38%of tempts. from Gujarat forallegedly ILI. Similarly,671 of the partici- and the thirdsaw samples col- allpaidticketsinAugust. DatafromTransportfor duping people on the pre- pantshad hypertension and lected from 272MCD wardsand The common mobilitycard London, the body that manages text of investing in vari- 26.1% of them were found to have four divisions each of NDMC and wassupposed to work along the public transportinthe city,show ous schemes forhigh re- antibodies againstCovid-19. Delhi Cantonment Board. “The GIVE &LET LIVE lines of similar cards in the de- that as contactless ticketing was turns.Police said the Patientswith ILI symptoms thirdsurveywasmuchmorerep- velopedworld to help make introducedinlate2014, theshare woman,along with an- had higher seroprevalence com- resentative of antibodies preva- Aman dressedasMahatma Gandhi distributes free maskstoshopkeepers at Connaught seamless transition between dif- of Oystercardtransactionsdipped other man, cheated peo- paredto those without ILI symp- lence at populationlevel,” aDelhi Place, on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti Friday. Praveen Khanna ferent modes of transport, with- andcontactlesstransactionsover- pleofRs2crore. toms in all three rounds. In the government spokesperson said. out the hassleofcash transac- took them by October 2018. 2heldfor IPL betting As labour returns, work on Positivity rate down from 6.7% to 5.2% Gurgaon: Twopeople were arrestedby Gurgaon Ashram-DND back on track over past 2weeks, activecasesalso dip Police on Thursdaynight forfacilitating betting on an Indian PremierLeague EXTENDINGTHEFLYOVER caseswere reported, nowthereis match.Officialssaid1LED ASHNABUTANI ASTHASAXENA INTHECAPITAL ■ Activecases aslowdown.” TV,fourmobile phones,a NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 2 NEWDELHI,OCTOBER2 ■ Positivityrate On September 18,the daily register,aset-top boxand Mathura ToSarai positivityratewas recorded at Road 40000 32,250 Rs 8,000 in cash were AFTER FACINGminor setbacks KaleKhan OVER THE pasttwo weeks, the 26,450 6.76% when the authorities had

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10000 5.47% 5.67% 5.48% An official of the Public tive cases in the city has also 5.46% active casesandpositivityrate has two-wheelers 5.19% WorksDepartment said, "Sofar dippedto26,000 cases, after 0 seenasteady decline. we were in preparation stages. peaking at around 32,000 afew “It is definitelyagood sign but recovered AshramMetro PROPOSED t ep ep But we areabout to startina station FLYOVER weeksback. ep ep we need to observefor afew 1-Oc NewDelhi: TheDelhiPolice fewdays.Wewillbeginby On Friday, Delhi recorded 2-Oct moredays,” said Dr Mahesh 21-S 19-Sep 18-Sep 27-Sep 22-Sep 25-Sep 23-Sep 26-S 29-S 28-S 24-Sep 20-Sep hasarrested14 peopleand widening the road." 2,920 newcases of Covid-19and 30-Sep Verma, chief of the Delhi govern- recoveredover100 stolen "Arranging skilledlabourers The project, officials said,is Kilokritowards Okhla will also 37 deaths in the last24hours, tak- ment's expert committee two-wheelersfromtheir amid apandemic is atask. But an important link between getsomerelief as theywillnot ing the total tallyto2,85,672 and positivity rate reached5.19% — Health MinisterSatyendar formedto assessthe Covid-19sit- possession.According to sincemostofthem have re- West,South, EastDelhiand have to take aU-turn from Sarai the death toll to 5,438. The daily lowest in lasttwo weeks. Jain had recentlysaid, “Wherever uationinDelhi. police, the accused con- turnedtothe city now, we can Noida. Kale Khan," saidthe official. sistedofautolifters, mid- getonwith the work.The in- The extension is aimedatre- The six-lane flyover, com- dlemen and snatchers. crease in labour rateshas notaf- ducingthe heavy flowoftraffic prising twothree-way lanes “The auto lifters usedto fected us since we already have from Noida to Lajpat Nagarin (oneupand one down), will New 10-km track open for cyclists in Gurgaon providethestolenbikesor contractswith companies," he the mornings and from Lajpat connect the existing Ashram scooters to middlemen said. NagartoSarai Kale Khan or flyovertoDND. Gurgaon: Gurgaon became the trackhas been developedbythe GMDACEO VS Kundu said, “The cycles to travel between their who further usedtopro- The project wasannounced Noida in the evenings. Further,athree-lanedown second city in Haryana to have a Gurugram Metropolitan 10-km-long trackhas nowbeen homes and workplaces. vide thestolen vehicles to in December 2019 andisex- Further, the Kilokri intersec- ramp will connect Ashram to cycle track,afterChandigarh, with DevelopmentAuthority (GMDA) setup, and Iappeal to allresidents Mahipal Dhanda, MLAof snatchersorrobbersforfa- pected to be completedbyits tion oftenchokes the roads, Sarai Kale Khan andanotherup- a10-km-longtrackbeing inaugu- and Municipal Corporation of of Gurgaon to makefull use of it Panipat Rural, who wasalsopres- cilitatingtheminthecom- initial deadline of June 2021, leading to jams on the Ring ramp willbebuilt from near the ratedonFriday.The event wasfol- Gurugram (MCG) on both sides to ensureitdoes notbecome a entattheinaugurationonFriday, missionof crimeonrentor said the official. Road. DND loop, shortening the route lowedbyacyclothon that sawthe of the stretchbetween the victim to encroachment.” said, “This is the firstcycle trackto commission basis,"said a The costofthe project is Rs "Ring Road-bound traffic forthe vehicles coming from participation of severalresidents GMDA’s office in Sector 44 and The CEO also said that all be made in Gurgaon... Over time, senior police officer. ENS 12,879 lakh, and it will coverap- willbereduced to acertain ex- Sarai Kale Khan towards and officials. Subhash Chowk. through October,officialsand severalothers likethis will bede- proximately1,450 metres. tent. Those traveling from Ashram. According to officials, the cycle Speakingat theinauguration, employees of GMDAwould use velopedacross the city.” ENS

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N2020, Russia’snuclear industry is economic growth directly depend on Icelebratingits 75th anniversary.The the dynamicdevelopment of the nu- main festive events will takeplace clear industry.The country begins cre- from May to December. atingits ownbrightchapterright now. 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It wasdevelopedjointly by the In 1933, Leningrad hosted the first tric power generation at NPPsin2019 All-Union conference on nuclear was208.784 billion kWh (for compar- Gamaleya Research Instituteand the Russian Defence physics,which gave aboost to further ison, in 2018 it was204.275 billion Ministry.In1957 the successful launch of the first space scientific research.Twoyears later,Eu- kWh). This is anew record in the his- satellite by the Soviet Union –Sputnik1–reinvigorated rope’sfirst cyclotron become operative, tory of the Russiannuclear industry, space research around the world.Thus,itwas decided to and scientists at the Radium Institute the share of NPPs in power generation name the new Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V. generated the first beam of accelerated in Russia has grown to 19.04%, and After the start of the COVID-19 pandemic Russian re- protons.In1939, YBZeldovich, YB in the European part of the country it searchers extracted afragment of genetic material from Khariton, AILeypunskyanalyzed the now exceeds 40%. novelcoronavirusSARS-COV-2, which codesinforma- theoretical possibility of anuclear Under currentconditions, nuclear tion aboutthe structure of the spikeS-protein, which chainreaction of uranium.In September power is one of the most important forms the virus’ “crown” and is responsible for connec- 1940,the Presidium of theAcademy of sectors of Russia’seconomy that is action with human cells.They inserted it intoafamiliar Sciences of the USSR adopted the work tively developing.Currently,six power adenovirus vectorfor delivery into ahuman cell creating programmetostudy the disintegration units in Russia areatthe active stage of the world’s first COVID-19 vaccine. of uranium. process has accelerated dramati- point in the history of the develop- construction.The high qualityofproducts and In order to ensure lasting immunity Russian scientists In the 1940s,with World WarII, much of the cally since July 1945,when the ment of the Russian nuclear in- services offered is also confirmed by the success in came up with abreakthrough idea to use two different research switched to potential militaryapplica- United States successfully dustry. internationaltendersfor NPP construction out- typesofadenovirus vectors(rAd26 and rAd5) for the tions.The topsecret USSR StateDefense Com- tested its own atomic In the 50s of the last side the country.The portfolioofRosatom’sfor- first and second vaccination, boosting the effectofthe mittee Order No.2352ss «Organization of the bomb. century the active explo- eign orders in 2019 exceeded $140 billion for vaccine.The use of human adenoviruses as vectors is Works on Uranium» wassigned on September TheState Defense Com- ration of the Northbegan, the next ten years. safebecausethese viruses,which cause the common 28,1942.Theorderinstructed the USSRAcademy mittee of the USSR (GKO) there wasaneed to create Today Russia is the worldleader in terms of cold, are not novel and have been around for thousands of Sciences to resume research on obtaining set up aSpecial Committee ships that couldwithstanda the number of units built abroad: the State of years. atomic energy and prepare areportabout the —aspecial management body long autonomous voyage.The Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom has signed Russian officials have said that the country is capable possibility of creating auraniumbomborura- that has been involved in the devel- engineering experience of the first contracts for the construction of 36 nuclear of producing500 milliondoses of the vaccine in the nium fuelinsix months. opment of research on uranium,consisting nuclear submarine wasusedfor their con- power units abroad.Which includes the Akkuyu next12months, with production expected to be con- LaboratoryNo. 2ofthe USSRAcademy of Sci- of senior statesmen and physicists.Bythe same struction.Asfor diesel-powered icebreakers, NPP (Turkey), the Belarusian NPP (Belarus), the ducted abroad as well.TheRussian Health Ministry has ences (now National Research Centre «Kurchatov order of the GKOdatedAugust 20,1945,the First which burneduptothree tons of oil in an hour, Kudankulam NPP (India), the Ruppur NPP said that the Gamaleya vaccine's two-stage plan can Institute»)was foundedonApril 12,1943.Later,it Chief Directorate (PGU)ofthe CouncilofPeople’s the fuelwas about athird of its weight and had (Bangladesh), the second stage of the Tianwan provide immunity to the coronavirusdisease for up to wastransferred to Moscow,where it washeaded Commissars of the Soviet Union wasestablished, enough only for amonth, their nuclear-pow- NPP (China),the Hankhikivi-1 NPP(Finland) and two years.The vaccine will be producedbythe Gama- by professor IgorKurchatov.However,the workin headed by Boris Lvovich Vannikov (1887-1962), ered brother spends only 45 grams of nuclear thePaksNPP (Hungary),that are currently under leya Centre and Sistema's Binnopharm. wartime conditions wasnot intensive enough — who in fact hasbecome the first head of the in- fuel per day that has asizeofamatchbox. construction. 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THEINDIANEXPRESS,SATURDAY,OCTOBER3,2020 6 GOVT &POLITICS Oppnsettocloseseatdeal: DELHI CONFIDENTIAL RJD138,Cong68,Left29

Winnability factor mayalter finalseat share numbers slightly, sayleaders

ing forone agreement broadlyinplace. seat-sharing formula because of MANOJCG,SANTOSH moreseat.” “The RJD, forinstance, at the hardbargaining by RamVilas SINGH&DIPANKAR Sources in momentwillhave138 seats. Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party Union Ministerand senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad GHOSE theLeftcon- Based on final, ground-level (LJP). The LJP has calledameet- addresses apress conferenceinPatnaonFriday. The Patna NEWDELHI/PATNA,OCTOBER2 firmedthatbe- checkson winnability,thiscan go ing of itsParliamentaryboard on Sahib MP said the party has tasked “three-four” people with DECISION tween the up oneortwo seats, or maycome Saturdaytodecide itsnext defusingthe tensioninthe coalition in Bihar. PTI AFTER DAYS of negotiationsand 2020 three parties down one,” asenior leader said. course of action. hardbargaining, theRJD-ledop- BIHAR theyhavebeen On Friday, CPI(ML)general Meanwhile,addressinga position Grand AllianceinBihar allotted 29 secretaryDipankar Bhattacharya “GandhiChetna Rally” to mark on Fridayseemedtohavemore seats. The CPI is settoget six and the party'sBihar unit secre- the birth anniversaryof LJP attacks Nitish CONSPICUOUS ABSENCE or less arrivedataseat-sharing seats, while the CPI(M) is likely tary,Kunal, metRJD leader Mahatma Gandhi, the Congress arrangement,although thepar- to fight on four.The CPI(ML), TejashwiPrasadYadavtodiscuss presidentlaunchedascathing at- WHILE LEADERS of the Congress, TMC, Left, AAP and other ties areyet to makeanofficial an- whichhas three MLAs in the cur- seat-sharing details. TheLeft tack on theBJP.“Today, some govt again, to decide Opposition parties have hitthe streetsagainst theHathras in- nouncement on the details, as rent House, is setcontest 19 party wasseeking20seats. people swear by Gandhiji’s name cident, twomajor Opposition leadersofUttar Pradesh—SP’s theyare said to bekeeping an eye seats, leaders said. Earlier,the RJD hadoffered it 15 but demolish his ideals and prin- AkhileshYadav (above) and BSP’s Mayawati—aremissingfrom on the developmentsinthe NDA. The RJD will contestaround seats. ciples through their actions,” on NDA stay today the scene. Their absence from the protests has raisedques- The development came on a 138seats, leaving half-a-dozen Kunal later said,“Ourtalks Sonia said. “Thereisviolence, an- tions. However, both former chief ministers have been active dayCongress president Sonia seatstoMukesh Sahni’s Vikas- with RJD went well.There will archy, atrocities…mistreatment on Twitter,onwhich theyhaveattackedthe Uttar Pradesh Gandhi addressedavirtual rally sheelInsaan Party(VIP). Two be final rounds of discussion be- everywhere. Deliberatelyanen- Ansari indicatedthat the government. SP workersprotestedagainst theincident on and launchedascathing attack seatscould be giventothe fore anyofficialannouncement vironment of discrimination has SANTOSHSINGH party would also discuss the op- Friday, but BSP members areyet to hit the streets. on the BJP-ledUnion govern- Jharkhand Mukti Morcha(JMM), is made.” been created in thesociety PATNA,OCTOBER2 tionof goingitalone, withthelist ment. it is learnt. RJD spokesperson whereatrocities arebeing in- of its143 probable seats settobe Sources in the Congress Sources said that the parties MrityunjayTewarisaid, “Weare flicted on innocent people. ADAY before the party takesafi- takenupinthe meeting. claimed the RJD has agreedto aretoresolve claims and coun- close to announcing our tie-up “Enough is enough. Iwant to nal callon whether to contestthe Bihar BJP president Dr Sanjay VISIT ON HOLD give it 68 to 70 seats. The terclaims on certain specific with Leftparties.The RJD- saythatsome people arerun- Bihar elections on itsown, or as Jaiswal said:“If RamVilas Paswan Congress had contested 41 seats seats. Thesedifferences, they Congress-Leftwould be aformi- ning the government by creating partofthe NDA,the LJP on Friday were notunwell,seat-sharing CONGRESS LEADER Rahul Gandhi’s decision to postpone his in 2015,winning 27. said, arenow basedonlyonspe- dable alliance againstNDA.” an atmosphereofemotion, con- again attackedthe Nitish Kumar would have done muchearlier. Punjab visit by aday has triggered speculation that he may While one Congress leader cific decisions on whichparty Asenior Congressleader said fusion and fear (bhavna, bhram government’s petscheme “Saat But we aretrying to sortitout be planning aprotest over the Hathras incident again. His trac- said 68 is the final number,an- best fits what seat, and that there the parties arekeeping an eyeon aur bhay). You(people) needto Nischay(SevenResolutions)”— soon and seat-sharing among the toryatrawas to begin on Saturday, but nowithas been post- other leader said, "The number is nowverylittlechanceofany- the developmentsinthe NDA, remain alert and cautiousand on villageroads and sanitation— three parties would be an- ponedtoSunday. The Punjab Congress leadership consulted we have is 69, but we arepush- one walking away,with an whichisyet to comeout withthe take the right decisions.” calling it “ill-plannedand ahub of nouncedsoon.” Chief MinisterAmarinderSingh whenthis wasconveyedto corruption”. But aPatna-basedLJP leader them by Rahul’s office. The querywas whethertostart theya- While he has metseveral top said the majority viewinthe traasscheduledsothatRahulcould join later.The CM told BJP leaders in Delhi overthe last party is to go it alone. “Afterall,we them to wait forRahul’sarrival. fewdays—including Home had done very well in 2005 MinisterAmit Shah, among oth- Februaryelections (when the ers, on Thursdayand his BJP party contestedonits ownand PAYING TRIBUTE counterpartJPNaddaforthesec- won29seats). We have party ond time this week—Lok workers in mostareas of Bihar. CHINESE AMBASSADOR Sun Weidong, who receivedExternal Janshakti Partypresident Chirag We have achancetowin anda Affairs MinisterSJaishankar’s wishes on the 71st anniversary Paswan is reportedlynot happy better potential to damageour of the founding of People’s Republic of China, paid his tribute withthe“kindofseats” it is being opponent.... Even if we walk out to Mahatma Gandhi on Friday. “Pay my respectstoMahatma offered. of NDA,we will notattacktheBJP Gandhi on his birth anniversary. His vision and wisdom will The BJP had reportedlyof- or PM NarendraModi,” this continue to inspireall of us today,”hesaid. fered27seats,including several leader said. Muslim-dominatedconstituen- According to the LJP leader, cies, to the LJP.The BJP and JD(U) the party has the strength to get TRIBAL BOOST have puttheir seat-sharing an- 6to12per cent votes, which nouncement on hold sincethe LJP could spoil the game forJD(U). UNION TRIBAL Affairs MinisterArjun Munda has launcheda taking itstime to take afinal call. But playing down the LJP's three-year initiative between his ministryand ASSOCHAM LJP spokesperson Ashraf wordsaspolitical posturing, a forTribalEntrepreneurship Development, whichhesaid was Ansari told The Indian Express: senior JD(U) leader said: “Chirag in line with the PM'scall forAtmanirbharBharat.The min- “Weare meeting tomorrowto Paswan looksaman in hurry.He istryhas been trying to push tribalproductsand linkages of discuss everything, including the is on waytocommitting political theseproductstodifferent markets. Athousand tribals will vision document of 'Bihar First, harakiri –once he teststhe polit- be identifiedtocreatea“brand identity” forthe scheme. Bihari First'.Wehavenever ap- icalwaters independently, he will preciatedthe muchtalked-about stand exposed.” 'SaatNischay'scheme, whichis The JD(U) leader added, “One ill-plannedandis ahubof corrup- has to makecompromise in a tion. NalJalscheme,in particular, coalition; that is the beauty of al- Akhil Gogoi’s KMSS involvesrampantcorruption.” liance.” announces political party PrimeMinisterNarendraModi pays tributetoMahatma Gandhi on hisbirth anniversaryatGandhi Smriti on Friday. Anil Sharma Fronttogive peopleachoice, againsthim continues. ABHISHEKSAHA “The KMSS along with 70 not split votes: RLSP chief GUWAHATI,OCTOBER2 other organisations represent- Need to amplify rich history of Indian science: PM ing ethnic communities came Patna: RashtriyaLok Samata have launchedafront of three THE KRISHAK Mukti Sangram together todaytoannounce the Speaking at the inauguration ing ahead with great hope." said, has takensteps to break "in- Partychief UpendraKushwaha parties to give apositive choice Samiti (KMSS) ledbyactivist newregionalpolitical party.Our EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE of the Vaishvik Bharatiya The three-week summit ertia in the system and boostsci- Fridaysaid he has formeda to the people,” Kushwaha told Akhil Gogoi on Fridayan- ideological line will be politically NEWDELHI,OCTOBER2 Vaigyanik Summit 2020, Modi aims to bring out aroadmapto entific innovation". three-party front to contestthe PTI Bhasha in an interview. nouncedanew political party federal, sociallyinclusive and said, "Weneedtoamplify rich leverage theexpertise and "Thelongbreak in vaccinein- Biharelectionstopresent to the Kushwaha has forged acoali- named“Raijor Dal” (which economicallyself-reliant,” KMSS WHILE BOOSTINGcuriosity history of Indian science... For knowledge of global Indian re- troduction wasbrokenin2014. people a“positivechoice” and tion with Mayawati's Bahujan translates to People’s Party) president Bhasco De Saikia said. about science among youths is long, youngsters were fedthe lie searchers foraddressing Four newvaccines were intro- nottosplit the Opposition votes. Samaj Partyand JantantrikParty ahead of Assemblyelections The KMSS had playedanim- important, the government also thateverythingbeforemoder- "emerging challenges foruniver- ducedintoour immunisation He also said the RJD does not (Socialist). Mayawati has an- early next year. portant role in the anti-CAA needstoamplify the "richhis- nitywas superstition and dark sal development". The delibera- programme. This includes an in- have a“strong” chief ministerial nouncedthather partywillproj- Gogoi is in jail afterbeing protestsinthe state. Raijor Dal is tory"ofIndian science to dispute ages. What is at the baseofall tion will focus on collaboration digenouslydeveloped rota vac- face, and people areyet to forget ect Kushwaha as the coalition’s booked by the NIA on chargesof the second political party to be the "lie" that "everything before computing? It is the binarycode opportunities between academ- cine...Our vaccine developers what happenedduring the 15 chief ministerial face. sedition and under provisions of formedrecently in Assam ahead modernity wassuperstition and 1and 0. When one speaksof ics and scientistsinIndia and have been active and competitive years of Lalu-Rabri dispensation. “The present leadershipof the UAPA over his involvement of the upcomingelections. darkages", Prime Minister zero, howcan we notspeak of abroad. duringthe pandemic,"hesaid. “Peoplenolongerhaveconfi- the RJD is notstrong enough to in the anti-CAAprotests. On Last month, the Assam Jatiya NarendraModisaid on Fridayin India? Zeromademaths and During his address, Modi He also referred to India’s denceinNitishKumar.... they remove Nitish Kumar from Thursday, an NIA court granted Parishad wasformedunder the an interaction with researchers commerce accessible to all... highlighted theworkdoneinin- major missions on supercom- also don’t want to go withthe powerand itscandidate him bailinone of the protest-re- aegisoftwo influential student- and academics of Indian origin Inspired by our glorious pastand digenous vaccine production. puting and cyber physical sys- RJD, as both aretwo sides of the (Tejashwi Yadav) is no matchfor lated cases, but another NIA case youth bodies—AASU and AJYCP. abroad. our achievements, we arelook- The incumbent government, he tems. same coin. In suchasituation, we him,” he said. PTI

AFTER PARTH SAYSWILL APPROACHSCOVER MARATHA QUOTA Amid EPS-OPS tussle, AIADMK may NCP stand clear, everyone defer announcement of CM candidate free to tweet: Ajit Pawar least6or 7, aseniorBJP leader ARUNJANARDHANAN said theyhad no role in the in- ED OPSseeks withmystatement. He said CHENNAI,OCTOBER2 MANOJMORE reservations should be givento ternal crisis.“He (OPS) is doing greaterrole

things on his own, we neverdis- PLAIN PUNE,OCTOBER2 all communities in need. He said E inparty ● WHILE THE AIADMK had earlier cussed…. He is totallyclueless EX Parth Ihaveanindependent stand and declaredthat the party's chief now,”asenior BJP leader said. ADAY afterhis son ParthPawar Pawar in ademocracy,you areallowed ministercandidatefor next “He triedfor appointmentsin WHILEADMITTINGthat announcedthathewillfile an in- to voice your opinion,” Parthtold year'sAssembly elections would Delhi but wasn’t granted one. their leaderisfar behind tervention plea in the Supreme TheIndian Express. be announcedonOctober 7, One topleader in CM EPalaniswami in the Courtoverthe stay on Maratha proachedthe court seeking ava- Askedabout political specu- Tamil Nadu CM Edappadi K Panneerselvamcampwants to party, leaders in the OPS reservation, Deputy Chief cation of the stay order.Speaking lation that he wasplanning to Palaniswami, who enjoys ab- join us before the elections.” campsay the problem is MinisterAjit Pawarsaid on at Vasantdada Sugar Institutein join BJP,Parth said, “I have an- solutemajority in the party hi- Aseemingconflict in the notaboutCMcandida- Fridaythateveryone wasfreeto Pune,hesaid: “The stategovern- swered all your rumours. Can’t erarchy, is likelytoseek defer- party unfoldedoveramonthago, turebut their representa- think and tweetonany subject. ment has already gone to the answer to anymoreofthem.” ment of the announcement as a when Panneerselvam's followers tion in the party.When NCPsupremoSharad Pawaralso courtonthe reservationissue. If NCPstate spokesperson “gesturetopacifyand convince” Tamil Nadu CM K. Palaniswamiwithdeputy O. Panneerselvam made attemptstocelebrate him the OPS and EPS factions signalledhis disapproval. anyone else wantstoapproach UmeshPatilsaid the party stand the rivalcampheadedbyDeputy at aGandhi Jayantievent in Chennai on Friday. PTI as the next CM candidate. Even if of AIADMK mergedin “My sisterSupriyaSule has al- the court, theycan do so... 10 peo- on the issuehad been very clear. CM OPanneerselvam, it is learnt. Panneerselvamhimself discour- August2017, theypoint ready made our stand clear and ple can go to court. The NCPand "Our party leaders, Ajit Pawar Atop source in the party, aged his followers from making out, therewas apromise that is NCP’s stand as well. Be it Maharashtragovernment’s stand and SupriyaSule, have made it who is close Palaniswami, said Aseniorministerclose to Panneerselvamtoavoid an inter- suchmoves, aparty executive to setupasteering com- Maratha, Dhangar or anyother is to getthe stay lifted.” clear that the party does not thereare chancestopostpone Palaniswami, who is also hold- nal crisis that could lead to committee meeting held on mittee. That, theysay,is community,everyoneshould get Asked about Parth's plan,Ajit agree with Parth's statement." the announcement to prevent an ing talkswith the AIADMK's political defeat,” the Monday witnessedsomere- the demandbeing raised their rightful reservation,”Ajit Pawarsaid, "Everytimethereis He said Parth’s entryintoBJP open clash. Panneerselvamcamp, said there ministersaid. marksbetweenrival camps—and by OPS now—to ensure PawartoldreportersinPune. atweet (from him), questions was‘impossible’. “It will never “In the present situation, is no question or debate over Earlier, The Indian Express had even betweenPalaniswami and due recognition and rep- On Thursday,Parth, aNCP arethrownatme, but that is not happen.” ShivSena MP Sanjay Panneerselvamisunlikelytoat- who the CM candidateis. reportedthatthe BJP leadership Panneerselvam. resentation of his close leader and grandnephewof my onlybusiness... Ihaveseveral Raut said he did nothave“any tend the October 7meeting, as it “Palaniswami, with the support in Delhi is talking to different On Tuesday, Panneerselvam aides. Besides, almost all party chief Sharad Pawar, had other responsibilities in the clue” about the issue. But an- wasslated to announce of amajority of MLAs and minis- groups to unitethe oustedVK wasabsent from aCovid-19re- prominent leaders who tweetedthat he would approach state..." other Sena leader saiditlooked Palaniswami as theCMcandi- ters, as well as the entireparty, Sasikalafactioninthe AIADMK viewmeeting calledby supportedOPS whenhe the Supreme Courttofile an in- “Everyone is free to think as if BJP wasinstigating Parthto date,” the source said. “The CM neednot go foranannounce- ahead of the polls. While this Palaniswami. Close aides of launchedthe internal re- tervention application seeking a whattheywantand tweeton makesuchstatements. doesn’t want to hurriedlygo ment.Itwould be amereritual. move wasseenasone that could Panneerselvamconfirmed he volt in early 2017 have vacation on the stay on Maratha anysubject,” he said. “I don't think he can make ahead with the announcement, Whywould should he createan benefit BJP,asthe saffron party skipped the meeting and was sincejoinedthe CM's reservation. The matter has been Parth, however, maintained such astatement on hisown. I as he wantstogive unnecessarytensionoversome- is expected to demand about 60 holdingtalkswith leaders in his camppost-mergerafter referred to alargerbench. that his father wasnot in dis- don’t think Ajit Pawarisprompt- Panneerselvamachance to re- thing that is so obvious? He will seatsinanalliance with camp. FULLREPORTON receiving key posts. Sharad Pawarsaid that the agreement. “He (Ajit Pawar) has ing him. 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We Sabha' meetings across Partytothe Leftparties–on arebeing targeted andwedon’t Tamil Nadu in place of the Fridaytooktothe streetscriticis- AROUND 500metresfromthe want to be called‘oppressors’-- customary'Gram Sabha' ing the Yogi Adityanath govern- villagewhere a19-year-oldDalit -thereisnosuchsituation here.” meets,cancelledbythe ment in Uttar Pradesh and de- woman wasallegedly rapedby VillagePradhan RamKumar stategovernmentdue to mandingjustice forthe Dalit four upper caste men, hundreds didnot respond to calls and text Covid-19situation, and teen, who diedafter shewas as- of people from the Thakur com- messages from The Indian resolutions were adopted saulted andallegedly gangraped munity staged aproteston Express foracomment. againstthreefarm legisla- by upper caste men. Fridayinsupportofthe accused Rana said,“We respectall tions of the Centre at the By evening, the Adityanath and demanded justice forthem. communities. Iamafarmer and gatherings. Cases were government suspendedthe dis- Beginning around 10 am, the labourer myself. Ican understand registered againstparty trict magistrate, superintendent Amit Mehra protesters said theydiscussed what the familyisgoing through, chief MKStalin, women's of policeand some officials. the case and aired some con- but theyshouldn’t makeallega- wing secretaryKanimozhi Congress general secretaryin cerns about the arrestsand the tions againstthe menand call it andothersforholdingthe charge of UP Priyanka Gandhi investigation. ‘caste-based violence.” meetings despitethe gov- Vadrajoinedaprayer meeting at One protester,OjvirSingh Local residentsfromnearby ernment barring such aValmiki temple in NewDelhi. Rana, said: “Werespectthe DM’s villages also came in supportof eventsand forviolating Ateam of Trinamool Congress orders(onprohibitoryorders)but the accusedand attendedthe curbs imposedinviewof MPs ledbythe party's Rajya we heldaprotesttoraiseourvoice protest. the coronavirus pan- Sabha leader Derek O’Brien trav- againsttheinjustice.Oneincident On Thursday,District demic, police said. PTI elledtoHathras butwas pre- has tarnished the imageofour MagistratePraveen Kumar vented from entering the village. community.The police and the Laxkarhad told the media that O’Brien waspushed and shoved authorities do nothaveenough thevillagewherethe woman as he and fellowTMC MPs Kakoli proof (againsttheaccused).If they livedhas been sealeddue to the TRIPURA Ghosh Dastidar, Pratima Mondal areguilty,punishthem,butif they SIT investigation and Section 144 Mediawears and former MP Mamata Thakur arenot,please releasethem.” imposedinHathras. triedtoenter thevillage. Prem Nath Pandey Amit Mehra Another local resident, The protesters were removed blackribbons In scenes reminiscent of the Clockwise from top: The protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on Friday; Delhi Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwaland senior AAP Govind Sharma, said: “My from the field within an hour and protests in 2012,hundredsgath- leadersatthe protestsite; seniorCongressleaderPriyanka Gandhi Vadraatthe Valmiki Mandir in Delhi. friends told me that amahapan- policedeployedinthe area. Local overCMremarks ered at Jantar Mantar in the first chayat will be held to discuss the police officials said therewere massgatheringinDelhiafter the case. We sat near afield where onlyafewprotesters who gath- Agartala: Alarge group of lockdown.Theydemandedresig- Mevani, Bhim Armychief portsthat the familywas being mand that the case be trans- (that girlwas notraped once. She the village pradhan and some ered on aground and were dis- Tripurajournalistsdonned nation or removalofAdityanath. ChandrashekharAzad and cordonedoff from all sides. ferred to CBI.” wasrapedrepeatedly by the UP other localsgavespeeches about persedafter officers intervened. blackribbons on Fridayto Delhi Chief Minister Arvind scores of AAP leaders, including Participatinginaprayermeet- Both KanhaiyaKumarand administration).” protestChief Minister Kejriwal,who joinedthe protest RajendraPal Gautam, Saurabh ing, Priyanka lashedout at the UP SushmitaDev spokeagainst In Pune, NCPchiefSharad Biplab Kumar Deb's com- along withseveral Opposition Bharadwaj and Atishi. Actor government:“Despite theatrocity politicising the crime. “When Pawartold the media, “The UP mentsagainstthe media leaders, demanded “strictest ac- SwaraBhaskar wasalsopresent. againstthegirl,sheandherfamily youcomparedatafrom government is adopting an ex- FSL got victim’s samples andhis alleged threat on tion”againsttheperpetratorsand Kejriwalsaid:“For manydays did notreceiveany aid from the Rajasthan and UP,Congress and tremeposture.Theyhavenovalue freedomof expression.On said theymustnot be “shielded”. therewas no FIRonrape, her government. Her familywas all BJP,that's the problem.It’snot forlaw....Theyshouldhave allowed 11 days after crime September 11,Deb had Kejriwalalsosaid,“Whoeverplays treatment could nottakeplace aloneintheirfight.Whateverhap- about statistics; it's about how Rahul Gandhi to go to Hathras.... saidthatasectionof "over- politics in thiscase, it’s wrong.” properly.Then at night, against penedagainstherandherfamily– we treat crime againstwomen. Whatever happenedwith them stick, perineal swab stick, anal excitednewspapers"were At Jantar Mantar,protesters Hindu rituals, her body wascre- we willfightagainstit.We willput It's notabout my rape and your (Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE swab stick, blood sample, control "trying to confuse people" held candles, placards and mated.Thereare manysuchinci- political pressure on the UP gov- rape –every incident of rape is Vadra) wasnot appropriate.” NEWDELHI,OCTOBER2 swab stick, twosalwar, atorn over the Covid-19situa- posters, and raisedslogans dentsdue to which people felt ernment,andeverywomanofthis condemnable...culpabilitylies ShivSenaMPSanjay Rautsaid kurta, adupatta, and underwear. tion,and that he would againstthe Adityanath govern- therewas an attemptatacover- countryshould speak up...” with the CM. He mustresign,” thebehaviourmetedoutto Rahul THE FORENSIC Science According to the report, hu- "notforgive"them. On ment in UP and the Narendra up and perpetrators were being YogendraYadavsaid, “There Devsaid. wasakin to the“gangrape of Laboratory(FSL) in Agra received man blood wasfoundonthe Friday, AgartalaPressClub Modi government at the Centre. shielded. This shouldn’t happen.” were multiple crimes here—the Citing delayedmedicaltreat- democracy”. 13 samples,includingclothes,nail vaginal, endocervical, perineal president Subal Kumar Among Opposition present “Letthe (victim's) familybe rape, murder and then the evi- mentandthevictim’sbodybeing NCPleader and Maharashtra clippings, hair,vaginal and anal and analswabs as well as on the Deysaid,"Wecarryoutour were CPI(M)'sSitaram Yechury, free to meet whomeverthey dence wasdestroyed;the body burntwithoutinformingthefam- Deputy CM AjitPawar described swabs of the 19-year-old Hathras clothes. No blood wasdetected duty on behalf of the peo- CPI’s DRajaand Kanhaiya want. At such atime theyneed wasbrunt without the family's ily, AAP leader Atishi said, “Uss the murder of the teen as a victimonSeptember25–11days in nail clippings, hair,and the ple.Butourrightsandright Kumar,Congress’s Sushmita peace. The behaviour they are permission.” bachchi ka balatkaar ek baar nahi “shameonhumanity”. aftershewasallegedly gangraped. control swab stick, it stated. to freedomandexpression Dev, Swaraj Abhiyan’s Yogendra being subjected to is notright,” Azad said, “The police tam- hua.UssbachchikabalatkaarUPke --WITHINPUTSFROM AccordingtotheFSLreport,13 The report also stated that se- arebeingtrampledinlast Yadav, Gujarat MLAJignesh the Delhi CM said, referring to re- pered with evidence. We de- prashasannebaar baarkiyahai ENS,PUNE exhibitswerepresented to the men or sperm were notfound in 30 months...” ENS team —nailclippings,hair,vagi- the exhibits, including in the nal swab stick,endocervical swab swabs and the clothes. MAHARASHTRA Bhim Army workers dump garbage Mamatasteps up attackon Ex-Bollywood Ensuring an equal post-Covid makeupartist outside Hathras DM’s Jaipur house UP govt, set to lead rally heldwithdrugs abrutalassaultand alleged gan- world for women, says Irani seen dumping the garbageand EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE grape in Hathras, without her ing women through the National Mumbai: Aformer EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Bhim Armysaid ateam pastingpamphlets on the house KOLKATA,OCTOBER2 family’s consent. “Have no words EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Nutrition Mission,whichalso Bollywoodmakeupartist JAIPUR,OCTOBER2 went to the house to and chanting slogans, “Naari ke to condemn the barbaric & NEWDELHI,OCTOBER2 aimsatimprovingthenutritional and his accomplice were sammanmein,BhimArmyMaidan RAMPINGUPher attackonthe shameful incident at Hathras in- statusofchildren and adolescent arrested in possession of MEMBERS OF Dalit rightsoutfit registerits protestfor mein (The Bhim armyisonfield Uttar Pradesh government, Chief volving ayoungDalitgirl. My INDIA IS fullycommitted to en- girls to makeIndia malnutrition 105grams of the syn- Bhim ArmyonFridaydumped ‘holding the familyof forthe honourofwomen)”. MinisterMamataBanerjee said deepestcondolencesto thefamily. suring amoreequal post-Covid freeby 2022,Iranisaidonthe25th thetic drug mephedrone garbageoutside ahouse in Jaipur the daughter of The video wastweetedby the she would lead aprotest march Moreshamefulistheforcefulcre- worldfor women, Union minis- anniversaryofthe fourth World in Mumbai on Thursday. that belongs to the District Bhim ArmyBharatEktaMission, in KolkataonSaturdayagainst mationwithoutthefamily’spres- terSmriti Irani said at ahigh- Conference on Women. The accusedwereidenti- MagistrateofUP'sHathras, Hathras hostage’ with aline in Hindi saying that a the Hathras “gangrape” and ence or consent, exposing those levelUNmeeting Friday. “India remainsready to work fied as Niketan Jadhav Praveen Kumar Laxkar. team went to the Hathras DM's murder case. whouseslogans&loftypromises Shesaidthecountrytookmul- with all internationalpartners to (30) and Parvez Halai “The incidenttookplace on house in Jaipurand registeredits The march is scheduledto forvotes,” she had tweeted. tiplestepsto ensure thesafety, se- build amorejustand equalpost- (30). Acrimebranchoffi- Fridayafternoonwhenpeople thatthegarbagewasclearedafter protestfor “holdingthe familyof startfromBirla Planetarium and Meanwhile, hours aftera curity and well-being of women Covidworldforusandourdaugh- cial said that Jadhav ridingtwo-wheelersdumpedthe the police were informed. the daughter of Hathras hostage conclude at the Mahatma TMC delegation, ledbyRajya duringthe pandemic period,in- ters,”shesaid.“InIndia,we recog- startedsupplying drugs garbageinfront of the house. “So far, we haven'treceived and forthreatening them.”This Gandhi statue at Mayo Road in SabhaMPDerek O’Brien, was cludingthe setting-up of “One- nise the centrality of gender to people working in the Laxkar or his familydon'treside anycomplaint and no case has tweetwas later quotedbyBhim central Kolkata in the afternoon. stoppedfrommeeting the fam- Stop Centres” to provide medical, equalityandwomen’sempower- Hindi film industryafter there.Itisrentedoutandthefam- been registered,” said Jaimani. Armychief ChandrashekharAzad Banerjee hadonThursdayhit ilyand manhandledbypolice on psychological, legal, police and ment in allaspectsofour devel- the lockdown afterthe ilyofthe tenant stays there,”said Invideosof theincidentbeing inhisowntweet,inwhichhesaid out at the BJP-ruledUPgovern- Friday, theTMC likened it to “a shelter facilities to women. opmental journey... We arenow lockdown in March. ENS Vaishali Nagarpolice station SHO circulatedonsocialmedia,several “it wasabeginningagainstthose ment forcremating the 19-year- reign of terror” unleashedbythe Effortshavealsobeenmadeto focusedoninclusive growth and Anil Kumar Jaimani. He added youths on two-wheelers can be who do injusticeagainstDalits.” old Dalit woman, who diedafter Yogi Adityanath government. take careofpregnant and lactat- deep reforms...” 8-yr-old raped ‘IN APMCS,THEY HAVE AMECHANISM TO ENSURE PAYMENT’ by teen neighbour, left For Nashikgrape growers, new law brings back aftertaste of sour frauds bleedingonroof

recalls Pagar, who stayed in alo- ticularly impressedwith the re- Gorade,whocultivatesonionand the dues owedtofarmers. PARTHASARATHI cal hotelfor sevendayswhile try- centlypassed law—the Farmers’ grapes on four acres eachinTakli “Thereisnoquestion of pay- AMITSHARMA BISWAS ingtotrace thetrader.His efforts ProduceTrade and Commerce villageofNiphad taluka. “In ment default by anytrader in an MEERUT,OCTOBER2 PUNE,OCTOBER2 provedfutile.“Afterspendingover (Promotionand Facilitation) Act, grapes,Ihavenooptionasthereis APMCoranadathiya(commis- Rs 50,000,Ireturnedempty- 2020 —that permits free sale and no APMC whereitistraded. But sion agent) running away.Where AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD girlwas al- DYANESHWAR PAGARrues the handed.AllIcoulddowaslodge a purchaseof cropsoutsidethephy- onions Iwill continue to sell at will theygo?,”saysGorade. legedlyrapedbyher 16-year-old dayaboutfouryears back when policecomplaintattheChandvad sicalpremisesofAPMC mandis. Lasalgaon (India’s largest whole- Under the newlypassedlaw,any neighbour on Thursdaynight, af- he sold 115quintalsof grapestoa station, but obviously nothing “It looksfine in theory. But salemandiforthebulb),thoughit disputearising outofatransac- terwhichheleftherbleeding,po- trader from Uttar Pradesh,who came out of it,”headmits. who will guarantee my payment is10 kmfrommy village.Forfarm- tion between afarmer and a lice said. The accusedwas appre- promisedarateofRs27per kg,as Forgrape farmers in Nashik even thoughthe Actsaysthatit ers, security of payment is most trader is to besettledthrough the hendedbypolice in the early againstthe Rs 25 or so others and pomegranate growers in has to be made within three important,”statesthe38-year-old. office of the SDM concerned. hours of Friday. were offering. Solapur and Ahmednagar,sell- workingdays? And what canthe InAPMCmandis,thefarmeris “Thiswillneverworkinpractice,” Accordingto police,thevictim The 34-year-old, who grows ing outside the Agriculture police or SDM (sub-divisional usuallyissuedatradeslipafterhis opines Garade. wasplayingwithherfriendsout- the fruitonsix andonions on Produce MarketCommittee magistrate)doifatraderdefaults produce gets auctionedbythe ManikraoPatil,secretaryof side her house in acrowdedlo- three of his total 9-acre holding (APMC) mandis is nothing new. or runs away?,” asksPagar,who commissionagent, whoguaran- the Nashik unit of the cality in the city when the 16- in Khadakozar villageofNashik Theyhavebeen doing this even Santosh Gorade, who cultivates onion and grapes, says that sellshisonionsatthePimpalgaon tees that the trader makes the MaharashtraState GrapeGrowers year-old luredher to his house. He district’s Chandvad taluka,was before the Maharashtra govern- forfarmers, security of payment is mostimportant. File Baswant APMC mandi, whichis paymentforthequantitiesbought Association,claimsthatpayment then took the girltothe roof and paidRs60,000 upfront. The ment,inJuly2016, “deregulated” around 20 km away in theneigh- at the bid price. Onlytraders li- defaultstofarmersinhis district rapedher andthenfled, leaving traderpromised to clearthe bal- fruits and vegetables, by allow- bouring Niphadtaluka. censedby theAPMCcanbuyfrom alone aretothe tune of Rs 10-15 the girlbleeding on the roof. anceRs2.5 lakh withinthe next ing their trade outside of these dis. Farmerstypicallyhavelong- bought is harvested. “Sometraders have sought to themandis.Intheeventofdefault, croreannually. “Weshould have Neighbours rescuedthe girlafter 2-3 days.Pagar realisedsome- regulated markets. standing relationshipswith All thesetransactionsare es- buydirectlyfrommyfield,butmy themoneycanberecoveredfrom asystemthatcompels traders to hearingher screams, police said. thing wasseriouslywrong when In grapes and pomegranates, traders with whom theystrike sentiallyunderwritten by trust. experiencewithgrapeshasmade the trader by encashing the bank registerdetailssuchastheirname, Asenior police officer said, the payment didnot happen the buyers —whether traders, deals.Thelattercometo thevine- Thereare no written documents me wary of suchdeals.InAPMCs, guaranteesthatheisrequired to address and bankaccountswith “She hasbeen admittedtothe even afteraweek andthe trader processors, organisedretailers or yards/orchards whenthe crop is herethatfarmerscanproduceif a theyhaveatleastamechanismto give forobtaining the APMCli- thelocalpolicestationbefore they government hospital in acritical stopped taking his calls. exporters —mostlycometothe almostreadyand make an initial traderwastodishonouranagree- ensurepayment even if theprice cence. The APMCalsohas the enterintotransactionswithgrow- condition. Theaccused has been “I had his address and after farm-gateand load the fruits di- part payment at the agreedprice. ment—orsimplyvanishasithap- maybeless and Ineedtohaulmy powers to seal the shops and of- ers. Otherwise, we willsee more arrested andwewill go forhis waiting foramonthwent to rectlyfromthere,withverylittle The remaining amount theypay penedtoPagar.Thatalsoexplains produce there,” he adds. fices of the commission agents cases of duping in the coming medical test also along with the Allahabadto getmymoneyback,” producebeingtradedintheman- afterthe totalquantity to be whysomeone likehim isn’t par- Echoing the viewisSantosh and auction offthese to recover days,” he warns. victim.”

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§ FOUNDED BY § RAMNATH GOENKA Hathras is partofalargerstory.It’snot justawoman BECAUSETHE TRUTHINVOLVES US ALL whowas brutalised —spine of Indian stateisbroken

OUTLAW Menaka Guruswamy

Barricading the villageofagrieving familyshows howinsecure the UP government is, and howcompromisedits police ON SEPTEMBER 14,2020, a19-year-old in Aligarhtorecordher statement but it is and death. Adecade ago, theyhad declared Dalit woman goes to work in the fields, unclear whether theypreserved sufficient that the right to life anddignity includes the close to her home, in the Hathras district of evidence foracasesuchasthis. right of adeceasedtohaveher body treated HATMAKES Apowerful government so insecurethat it must western Uttar Pradesh.Let us callthisyoung What followedsubsequently, tells you with respect, subject to hertradition,cul- build awallofpolicemen to barricade from public view—and woman —India. She livedwith her family even moreabout the stateofUttar Pradesh tureand religionpractised. The next dateof cut offaccess to —avillageinwhichatraumatisedDalit family across the street from their upper caste policeand those theyanswer to;bychain of hearing before the High CourtisOctober 12, grievesthe death of a19-year-old daughter brutalisedbyupper Thakur neighbours in this bustling town, direct command, to the Home Ministerofthe meaning that India’s familymustwithstand W caste men? That question is answered in the heavy-handed- that is 200kilometresfromDelhi. state—that portfolio is held by ChiefMinister the pressurebeing mounted on them to As Newslaundry reports,India’s mother Yogi Adityanath. Afterher deathinDelhi, changetheir story. nessofthe Uttar Pradesh government of Yogi Adityanath as it clumsilytries to brush, un- found her daughter’s body in the partofthe India’s body waswhisked away,and despite The historical reality of our countryis dercountless carpets,its callousness and ineptitude. Thecrime in Hathras washeinous. fields ownedbythe Thakur neighbours. She the fierce protests of her family, wascre- that events likethe gangrape of India have But what has followedinits wake,the hurriedcremation by the police in the dark, the de- is quoted as saying, “My daughter wasly- mated around 2:30 am/3:00ambythe po- been routine. In pre-constitutional feudal nial of the family’s right to perform the lastrites, followedbyboorish police action to pre- ingnaked with her tongue protruding from lice.The journalistTanushree Pandeyinher India, therewas sociallysanctionedcontrol vent anyone, including Opposition leaders of the Congress and TMC, from reaching the her mouth. Her eyes were bulging out and first-person account, captures the police of the upper castesonthe labour,bodies young woman’s family, hasaddeduptoasordidspectacle that should deeplyembarrass she wasbleeding from her mouth,her neck On October 1, the Additional telling India’s familythatmistakeshavebeen and aspirations of lowercastes, especially the Yogi Adityanath regime in UP.Reassuringly, thecourt has steppedintorestore asem- and therewas bloodnear her eyes. Ialso no- Director General of Police, made (galtiyahui hai) but it is time to “move Dalits.Our Constitution, recognising the ticedbleeding from her vagina. Iquickly on”, and familymembers lockedthemselves systemic degradation of lowercaste per- blance of civility,uphold the law. Taking suo motu cognisance of incidentsthat have coveredher with the palluofmysaree and Prashant Kumar,apparently in their home in fear while policeproceeded sons, mandated prohibition on caste and “shockedour conscience”, and calling it amatter of “immense public importance and startedscreaming.” relying on the FSL, said that to cremateIndia. The police then triedtopre- sexbaseddiscrimination. It also made repa- public interest”, the Allahabad High Courthas promisedtolookintoallegations of “vio- The lawisclear on howthe statemust India’scause of death was vent the press from taking anypictures or rations by providing forreservation in edu- lation of the basichuman and fundamental rights notonlyofthe deceased victim but respond. At this point, aFirstInformation injurytothe spinal cord,no recording their actions. cational institutions, political constituen- Report(FIR)mustbeimmediately lodged, Meanwhile, on October 1, theAdditional cies and public employment formembers also of her familymembers”. sperm wasfound and no It remains to be seen if the court’s rightful outrage, and mounting public indignation, and if the victim needs hospitalisation then Director General of Police, Prashant Kumar, of ScheduledCastesand Tribes. therequirements of amedico-legal case rape occurred. Theofficer apparentlyrelying on the FSL, said that But India’s case shows that no constitu- aresuccessful in making adent in awider cultureofimpunity that appears to be deepen- such as this, the preservationofclothing, India’scause of deathwas injurytothe tion has anymeaningifthose tasked with ing in UP.The police’s gravemis-steps in Hathras have been precededbyaseries of warn- would do well to note the recording of injuries, can be done at the Section 166 Aofthe Penal spinal cord, no sperm wasfoundand no enforcing it have alignedthemselvestoan ingsignals.The number of encounters growsinthe state—115 at lastcount —evenasthere hospital. Astatement as to theevents, under rape occurred. The officer woulddowell to unconstitutionalcaste-based code of loyalty. is no action againstany policeman forthe extrajudicial killings. Theyreceivepolitical sanc- Section 164ofthe Code of Criminal Code that makes it a note Section 166Aofthe Penal Code that As Cynthia Stephen, aDalit activistand tion,in fact, fromthe rulingparty.Two policeofficialshave been chargesheetedinthe Vikas Procedure, of the survivorinthe presence punishable offence forthe makes it apunishableoffencefor thepolice writer,asks, “Why on earth washer body Dubeycase —featuring the gangsterinwhose rise and death the police evidentlyplayeda of amagistrate,mustbeensured by the po- police not to register arape. nottoregisterarape. torn from the familyand burntinthe dark lice. It is expected that the police arrange That the body wascremated in ahurry somewherelikeit’s apiece of trash? In dubious role. Three police officials stand chargesheetedbythe CBIinthe Unnao rape case That the body wascremated forthe magistratetobetaken to the hospi- makes it easier forhim to spin this story. Bangaloreour garbagetrucks take the solid of 2017.The lines between those whoseresponsibilityit is to uphold thelawandthose who tal. Finally, if the survivorofthe rape should in ahurrymakes it easier for Reports indicatethat the FSL samples were wasteoutsidethe city and incinerateitinan break it have been blurring dangerouslyinUP. Here, the police routinelyinvites allegations pass away,thenthe body mustbehanded him to spin this story. takendays afterthe events,makingitim- open field. This is something likethat, no dig- of conductingitself as an armofthe rulingparty,not thestate.And of standing with the over to herfamily, afterpost-mortemanaly- Reports indicate that the possible forbodilyfluidslikesperm to be nity even in death.” powerful and targeting the vulnerable who mostneedprotection of the law—those who sis. Nowlet us examinewhat happened to FSL samples were takendays found. However, theamendments to our India’s violation is partofalargerstory of belong to alowercaste or class, aminority religion, or take adissenting political position. India and her family. rape lawmandate that onlypenetration is ourcountry.Itisnot just India’s spine that after the events, making it The Hathras case is atestfor the UP Police, and also forthe Yogi Adityanath govern- Post the assault,India wastaken to the required to establish rape or gang rape, and wasbroken—itisthe spine of the Indian Champa police station,and from thereto notpresence of sperm. Further,the nature stateand the police that is fractured.Itisnot ment that it reportsto. All of the government’s determinedefforts to project and pro- impossible forbodily fluids the hospital while her brother stayed back likesperm to be found. of the injuries, repeated statements by justIndia that wasbrutalised,itiseachand mote UP as awell governedstate will amount to naughtifitisunable to send out asim- to registeranFIR. At the hospital, despite India,makethe gang rape clear. everywoman whoisrapedand silencedthat ple message—that it is fullycommittedtoupholding the lawand bringingtobook those the trauma on September 21 and 22, she However,the amendments The Allahabad High Court, on October 1, screams out loudly.Inthe disregardofIndia’s who think theycan brutalise awoman and getawaywith it. clearly namedher uppercaste neighbours to our rape lawmandate 2020, shaken by thecourse of events, has body even in death, it is our collectivedig- and their friends as her assaulters. that only penetration is takensuo motu cognisance of the events— nity and decency that is erasedforever. Eventually, belatedly —overtwo weeksaf- required to establish rape or in Re:Right to decent and dignifiedlast Shame on all of us. terthe assault —Indiawas transferred to rites/cremation. The judges point to case Safdarjung Medical Hospital in Delhi, where gang rape,and not presence lawthatmandates that the right to dignity The writer is aSenior Advocateatthe LISTEN TO THE COURT she died. Amagistratecame to thehospital of sperm. and fair treatment is available to allinlife Supreme Court of India

Labour reform mustplace concerns of labour at centre, more so during aperiod of acutedistress

NTHE WEEKSafter theimposition of the national lockdown, and in the midst of the migrant labour crisis unfolding across the country, severalstate govern- mentshad issued notifications intending to provide industrywithaplethora AMOMENT OF SHAME I of exemptions and relaxations from the existing labour laws.Whilethe measures were ostensiblydesignedtoreduce the complianceand regulatorybur- den on firms during aperiod of acutefinancialstress, in mostcases the relaxations pro- In Pakistan,protest over arape turnedintoananti-governmentmovement posedbythe states endedupstrippingworkers of the basic forms of protection afforded to them.Theyhad the effect of chipping away at their bargaining power, anddoing away Khaled Ahmed with redressal mechanisms, at atime of greater vulnerability and deepeninginsecurity. While moststateshavewithdrawntheir proposals since, in awelcomemove, the Supreme Courthas steppedin. On Thursday, it quashedone suchnotification by the Gujarat gov- AN INDIANIgreatlyadmire,Kamla Bhasin, compelling the IG to resign his postknow- rape were reportedinLahore, including five ernment that granted employers temporary“relaxations”fromprovisionsofthe Factories whose indictment of the sickSouth Asian ing that Sheikh was“speciallychosen” by gang-rape cases —10cases of gang-rape Act, 1948,calling it “an affront to the workers’ right to lifeand right againstforcedlabour”. manhood is on record, will be happyto PM Khan. When the women’s protest were registeredinthe whole of 2019. The notification, issuedonApril 17,bythe Gujarat Labour and Employment knowthatone of the twomen whoraped a across the countrybecame tooinsistent, In 2002, Mukhtaran Mai in Punjab was Department under Section 5ofthe Factories Act, increasedthe dailyworking hours from woman on aLahorehighwayinthe second Khan’s ruling party, PakistanTehreek-e- calledtoa“council of elders”toapologise week of September has been apprehended. Insaf, gotsplitoverthe eventand some to akangaroo courtfor herbrother’s alleged nine to 12,while also requiring employers to payovertime wagesatarate proportionate As neverbefore, womenfromacross all so- leadersdenouncedSheikh andasked for sexual assault of awoman from alandlord's to theordinaryrateofwages, instead of what wasmandated under Section 59. The no- ciallevels hit the streetsand protested,ef- his removal“afterapology”. Soon, the family. On the orders of the council, she was tification wassubsequentlyextendedonJuly20. Thestate government sought to justify fectively puttingthe government of Prime protestprovedtoo muchevenfor the dragged to anearbyhut whereshe was the changes on grounds that COVID-19was a“public emergency”, and that it had caused MinisterImran Khan under challenge. misogynists of Pakistan. Sheikhwas forced gang-rapedinretaliationbyfour men while “extreme financialexigencies”.However, doing so, moresoinaperiodofextremeprecar- Significantly,theywereprotesting against From June 2013toFebruary to apologise. He did so, in amostinsincere 10 people watched. The case went up to the ity,was tantamount to placing the financial burden stemming from the pandemic on the the Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) of 2015,4,960 cases of rape manner,intensifying the women’s protest Supreme Courtbut Maiwas notgiven jus- shoulders of labour.Asthe Courtnoted, “the notifications, in denying humane working Lahore, one Umar Sheikh, who had come whichwas nownot onlyanti-rape but also tice “because shewas notavirgin”. on TV reprimanding the wrongedwoman were registered in Pakistan, anti-government. From June 2013 to February 2015,4,960 conditions and overtime wagesprovided by law, areanaffront to the workers’ righttolife for“coming outsolateinthe night”. with 6,632arrests. How Pakistan’s chief justice Gulzar Ahmed cases of rape were registeredinPakistan, and right againstforcedlabour”. Whathappened wasdifficulttotake. manyrapists were denounced the rape andquestionedImran with 6,632 arrests. Howmanyrapists were Both the controversial notifications in the states, and the pushing through of three Thewoman —probablyinsome kind of cri- Khan’s appointment of adisreputable offi- punished?Only219,and that toowith alot labour bills in Parliament lastweek, have raised an important concern. At atime of acute sis that no one has bothered to investigate punished?Only 219, and cer to the job of CCPO. The LahoreHigh of mitigation. Post the current incident, distress whichhas exposedthe absence of even the mostbasicofsocial security nets, —had put her three children in acar and that too with alot of Courtwas even moreoutspokenabout the Imran Khan has come on TV to saythathe and underlinedthe inadequacy of public health caresystems,and with the economyun- triedtodrive out of Lahorewhen she was mitigation. Post the current malpractice of appointing“trouble-shoot- would liketohavealaw that castrates the waylaid by rapists afterher car ranout of ing” officers with bad reputations. rapist;but thewomen protesting on the likely to recoverinthe near term, it is vital that the concerns of labour mustbeplacedat incident,Imran Khan has fuel. The firstreactioncame from CCPO At the popular levelwherePakistani streetsofPakistanwanthim to punish the the front and centreofany reform that takesits name. Sheikh, “victim-shaming” the woman. One come on TV to saythat he clergy rules, people tend to equaterape policeofficerwho believesinthe indict- website, Naya Daur,reported:“The would liketohavealaw that with sexual intercourse requiring four eye- ment of theraped woman “because she was Intelligence Bureauinanofficial reporton castrates the rapist; but the witnessesifyou want to convictthe rapist. driving lateatnight”. Umar Sheikh haddescribed him as awom- women protesting on the Arapedwomancan actually getintotrou- ThePakistani male, even when joining aniserwho wasfinanciallyand morally ble with the lawifshe reports the matter to the protest, doesn’treallybelieve thatrape IPL’SFAIRYTALE corrupt.” The IB reportfurther stated: streets of Pakistan want him the police.Inthe present case, the woman is endemic in Pakistan. It is his inborn “faith” “PostedasDistrictPolice Officer Sargodha to punish the police officer has reportedly refusedtobecomeaparty that women are“inferior”fromthe day ‘DoingaTewatia’ sneaksintocricketing lingo—areminder of (2006-2007)heremainedinvolvedincor- who believes in the to thecase forfear of beingdishonoured in Allah created Eveand thenpunishedAdam ruptpractices.” indictment of the raped the courtoflaw.Nowonder, Pakistanhas forEve’s disobedience in Paradise. what makes the IPL so entertaining Sheikh had insulted his boss, the become alaughable hunting-groundfor the provincial Inspector General of Police, woman ‘because she was “empowered” Muslim male.Inthe first60 The writer is consulting editor, AJASTHAN ROYALALL-ROUNDER Rahul Tewatia’s heroics lastSunday Shoaib Dastgir,and wasnot punished, thus driving late at night’. days of 2020, as many as 73 incidents of Newsweek Pakistan were thestuffIndian Premier League dreamsare made of.Anunknown cricketerfashioningthe unlikeliestofheists in themostdramatic of circumstances. It wasIPL’s pureBollywood moment, when therookie hero, R beaten to pulp, drags himself from the ditchand demolishes the goons. In the space of eight deliveries and 15 minutes, Tewatia became ahousehold name. For this one night alone, he will be remembered foralong time. ‘Doing aTewatia’ has already OCTOBER 3, 1980, FORTY YEARS AGO sneaked intothe IPL lingo. Onlytime will tell whether the talented all-rounder will be around foralongtime or BATTLE RAGES ON to rescue Khorramshahr.Iranian President aretoprotest againstthe pricerise, atrocities fade away,but he is the latestexample of the league’s capacity to create fairytales. Only IRAQI AND IRANIAN troopswerereportedly Abolhassan Bani Sadr said in amessagetohis on the weaker sections of society and the de- IPL could offersuchmomentsofinstant and dizzying fame. For, by the time acricketer lockedinsavagehand-to-handcombat for armedforcesthattheIranianshadalsochased terioratinglawandordersituationin the state. Iran’soilportofKhorramshahrandanIraqiair the Iraqis out of the border city of Susangers makes his international debut, theremightalready be awealth of dataand Youtube attackwas said to have heavilydamageda$-3 and forced them to retreat towardsthe Iran- J&K SPEAKER footage. The audience, to an extent, is well informedofits subject. But less so forsome- billion Persian Gulf petrochemical complex Iraq border. AFTER UPROARIOUS SCENESlasting fortwo body likeTewatia, whosenumbers in domesticcricket aren’t remarkable. under construction to theeast. Iraq said its hours, the Kashmir Legislative Assembly, The IPL is the universe wherethe rags-to-riches scriptbecomes areality. It’s the rea- shock troopswere battlingshock troopsof the BOMBAY SATYAGRAHA whichmet forits autumn session today, ad- son Kamran Khan, the slingy left-arm seamer of Rajasthan Royals, is remembered still. IranianRevolutionaryGuardsinafreshassault THE SATYAGRAHA BY Maharashtra’s opposi- mitted ano-confidencemotionagainstthe Khan hasnot played anycompetitive cricket in sevenyears, butintwo fieryovers in Cape to capture Khorramshahr. “Savage battles are tion parties turnedout to be amassive affair Speaker. Earlier, the House wasadjourned ragingfromhouse to house, street to street to with thousand of people defyingthe pro- brieflytoenable the Speaker to confer with Town, he held the IPL worldinthrall. Or hard-hitting Kings XI Punjab batsman Paul completethe liberation of the city,” thegov- hibitoryorder and courting arrest in Bombay theleader of the House, Sheikh Abdullah,and Valthaty, who raisedacenturyinbarely50balls andthen vanished even quicker. Or ernment-controlledBaghdad newspaper Al today. The mass satyagraha wasthe firstofthe leaders of opposition groups in the assembly. Manvinder Bisla, whose 89 from 48balls wonKolkataKnightRiderstheir maiden IPL sil- Gomhoria said in areport broadcastbyIraq's twomajor actions threatenedbythe opposi- When the House re-assembled. Sheikh verwarein2012. IPL has givencricketers the moment of fame that theymight nothave stateradio. Meanwhile, Iran claimedit tion parties, the other action being a Abdullah saidhehad askedthe Speakerto re- otherwise got —it’s the filminess of IPL that makes it mostentertaining. despatchedparatroopersto waveofjet attacks Maharashtra bandhonOctober 15.Bothsteps spect the wishes of the majority of the House.

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Government’sresponse to migrants’ plight,economiccrisis, has been to unilaterallybring changes in please labour laws.But industrialprosperity cannot be builtonarace to the bottom forworkers Broadcasting sector needs regulation to facilitate orderlygrowth, notmanagementofcomplex relationships amongmarketparticipants

gic, is bothdynamic and complicated.There areover900channels, 1,600DPOs,four DTH operators, oneHITS operatorand thousands Ravi Srivastava of last-mile cable operators representing a large,extensive and intricateweb. The legal challengestothis NTO, as well ONLYWEEKSAGO, India,and the entire as previous challenges to regulations, world, witnessedthe spectacle of the coun- demonstratethatifthe regulator chooses try’s employment precarity pour out on its to “manage” everyaspectofthe sector then roads and highways —men, women and UdayKumar Va rma the consequences will be unpredictable children, in distress of having lost jobs, in- and disruptive.The current stateofthe reg- come and shelter, with no recourse to social ulations, an attempt to “manage”itfor the security to protect them in thoseharddays. IN JANUARY2020,broadcasters approached public good, has leftbroadcasters unable The crisis of precarity,manifestedinthe the BombayHigh Courtafter the to increase revenues from consumers. Tariff plight of the circular migrants, wasnot cre- Telecommunications RegulatoryAuthority caps have ledtoexcessive dependence on ated in aday.Itgrew over aperiod of time of India (TRAI) notifiedanamendedNew advertising revenue, whichisalready the as scarce jobs in industryand services in- RegulatoryFramework,whichincludes a source of nearly 70 per cent of broadcaster creasingly became jobs whichdid notoffer NewTariff Order (NTO) forthe sector.The earnings. This has been institutionalisedby anyemployment security.Between 2004- broadcasters contended, inter alia, that be- the NTO. Broadcasters have therefore 05 and 2017-18, the shareofsalariedwork- cause of TRAI’s prescriptive channel pricing startedcreating content to maximise TRPs ers outside agriculturewithout anywritten rulesoutlinedinthe NTO,theyare unableto which, in turn, attract advertising revenues. contract increasedfrom60per cent to 71 earn revenue from consumers and have to What has resultedisaracetothe bottom per cent. Even in private and public limited rely on advertising revenue,affecting the amongchannels because baser and cruder companies, this shareincreasedfrom59per quality of the content theyproduce. content grabs moreeyeballs, and thus centto71per cent. The government and the In the next fewweeks, the Courtisex- higher advertising revenue. public sectordonot offeradifferent picture pected to deliverajudgment whichwill The latestNTO is well intentionedasit withthe shareofsuchworkers increasing hopefullyput an endtothisissue of chan- seekstoplace an “affordable” tariffregime. from 27 per cent to 45 per cent over the pe- nel pricing. However, this case is only one However, the practical difficulties in itsim- riod. We have estimated that the shareof of themanylegal webs that tie up India’s plementationand adisregardfor the crucial thecircular migrantsinall the precarious broadcasting sector.Acase filedagainst interplays within the broadcasting ecosys- jobs outside of agricultureincreasedover TRAI’s cap on duration of advertisements temnullifies this objective. thisperiod from 47 percent to 57 per cent. is pending before theDelhi High Court The question remainswhy TRAI is not Manyofthe wage jobs in the organisedsec- CRSasikumar since March2013. Between 2005 and2019, considering approaches apartfromissuing torcame through contractors. In organised tween the twoBills—one introduced in even be complaintsbased. broadcasting-related cases in India’s higher tarifforders, suchasgiving freedom to the manufacturing,the reported shareofcon- Parliament in the 2019 version, and the other Clearly,the government’s response to courts have tripled. According to theKoan industry to pricetheir channels as per mar- tractlabourincreasedfrom13per cent in introducedand approvedbyParliament in the migrants’ plight, the current economic AdvisoryGroup report, therewerefour ket forces. We need to remember that be- 1995-06to36per centin2017-18. 2020.Irefertochanges thatwereneither rec- crisis,and the opportunity presented by cases 15 years ago, now, thereare 12. tween 2004 and 2018 (when the newtariff Apolicy balm to the exposedblisters of ommendedbythe ParliamentaryStanding the multiple restrictionsimposed by the Tellingly,almost70per cent of the 70 reg- order wasbrought intoeffect),therewas no precarity wasmuchneeded. The response Committee nor discussedintri-partitefo- pandemichas been to unilaterallybring ulations issuedbyTRAIhavebeen chal- evidence that consumerswereexploitedas came in the form the three revisedlabour rums with workers and employers. Imen- about significant changes, all pointing in lenged before ajudicial body. faraspricingwas concerned. India has al- Code Bills —onIndustrial Relations, tion afew important changes between the one direction —that of creating more, not Entertainment is notapublicgood. ways had one of the cheapestchannel pric- Occupational Safety, Healthand Working 2019 andthe 2020 bills. less, precarity in the workplace. The Information is —likeclean water, pureair or ing across the world. The fierce and intense Conditions, andSocial Security—whichwere First, variousgovernmentspokespersons changes have also made legal industrial ac- education. Thereisjustificationforthe state competition in the sector explains this sta- introducedinParliament in the Monsoon had rationalisedfixed-termemployment by tion avirtual impossibility, and the pres- to regulatesectors dealing with public bility of channel pricingand thesewaters Session, and approved without anydiscus- arguing thatindustries had resortedtothe ence of unions —less than one in five em- goods. But entertainment, suchasthe price needn’t have been muddiedbyatariffor- sion or debateonSeptember 23. third-party engagement of contract labour ployees arecurrentlyrepresented by of acinema ticket,amusic performance or der.Likewise, terms of agreement among Thesethree labour codes, along with the to getaround therigidities in firingworkers. unions even in formal sector establish- an awardceremonycannot beregulatedthe various stakeholders should be lefttothem Code on Wagesapprovedearlier,touchthe But that has notstoppedthe Codes from fur- ments—less possible. Onemay addthat wayone regulates apublic good. Whilereg- to bedeterminedmutually. The NTOcannot livesofevery Indian worker,exceptatiny ther liberalising the provisions relatingto the Code on Social Security delivers the fi- ulating the price of news channels is per- take intoaccount all dimensions of these stratum of the public sector and manage- employment of contract labour and making nal blowinthe emerging architecture— hapsjustifiedasfallingunder “information” complexinterconnections and commercial rial employees. In the name of codification, their regulation applicable onlyinestablish- withnocommitmentsgiven to the infor- (mostofthemarefreeanyway), prescribing deals between broadcasters and DPOs. the Codeshaveimplementedradical mentsemploying 50 or more workers, in- mal workforce. channel pricing forall genres is problematic, Regulations and policies arenever static changes in the nearly century-old edifice of stead of 20 or more, as wasthe case earlier. Thesechanges mayappealtomyopicin- andonlymeritsinterferencewhen the mar- and mustrespond to ever-changingobjec- labour laws in this country.Yet,unlikethe Second, although nominal provisions, terests whichbelieve that industrial prosper- ket determinedpricing is so arbitraryand tivesandcompulsions.At theturnof thecen- farm bills, theyhavenot attracted muchat- with no teeth, have been mentionedfor mi- Thecrisis of precarity, ity can be builtonarace to the bottom for excessive asto deprive thecommon man of tury, policiesfavouringrapidexpansionwere tention of the stakeholders. If anything, this grant workers, the keyprovisionswhich manifested in the plight of workers. But as the National Commissionfor the basic needofinformation and entertain- required.This resultedinfastexpansion of maybeatelling commentary of the frag- regulatethe employmentofinter-state mi- Enterprises in the UnorganisedSector ment at areasonable cost. TV channels and introductionofnew plat- mented and insecurelandscape of indus- grant workers have been further diluted the circular migrants, was (NCEUS) has cogentlyargued, andthe cur- The issue before us is notthe efficacy of formslikeDTHandHITS.Digitisationin2011 trial relations in the country. and made applicable onlytoestablish- not created in aday.Itgrew rent crisis shows,informality contributes to TRAI or itsregulations. It is to understand the transformedthe broadcasting sector like ThereismuchintheseCodes that needs mentsemploying 10 or more suchwork- over aperiod of time as inequality and to conditionswhichmake expected role of aregulator in asector as neverbefore.Then technology became king to be discussedand debated.But the cen- ers, compared to five earlier. scarce jobs in industryand sustainable growth impossible, and eco- complexand dynamic as broadcasting. The andthe supplyofentertainment andnews tral touchstone is how, coming afterthe mi- Third, alongwith the provisions of re- nomic recovery more difficult. It also creates broadcasting sector in India, in terms of its wasabundant.This abundancy no longer is grant crisis, and perhaps the greatestre- trenchment, the applicability of the services increasingly became conditions in whichemployers under-invest composition andstructure,iscomplexby asurprise, rather it is the norm. Therefore, a cession ever,theyhavetreated the question Standing Orders, whichregulatethe cate- jobs whichdid not offer any in workers’ capacities and workersare not anydefinition.The interdependence of its seriouslookisneededtoensurejust“regula- of precarity. gorisation as well as the terms of employ- employment security. invested in acompany’s future—leading to constituentsisdeep, pervasive and to alarge tion” to facilitateorderly growth of this sec- We mightrecall that in 2018,the gov- ment of workers in establishments, has also lowproductivity and lackofcompetitiveness. extent, symbiotic. Thereare four ways to tor, not“management”ofcomplexrelation- ernmentamendedthe StandingOrders on been raisedfrom100 to 300workers. Between 2004-05 and 2017- The NCEUS, therefore, made astrong case for viewaprogrammeonTV—Cable, DTH, ships among market participants in the EmploymentAct andintroduced thecate- Fourth, thethresholdfor factorieshas 18, the share of salaried changes whichbalancedemployers’ inter- HITS and IPTV. Thereare at leastthreemajor sector.Without this, anyproposedremedy gory of “fixed term” worker.That category, nowbeen doubled—from 10 to 20 workers workersoutside agriculture ests with workers’security and rights. It is actors in the supplychain —content cre- will be worse thanthe malady. whichcreates apermanentcadre of tem- with power—therebyeliminating alarge without anywritten contract this thinkingthat hasled somewhat more ators, broadcasters and distribution-plat- poraryworkers, with no prospectsofcareer number of important regulatoryprovisions enlightenedgovernments,and industrialists, form owners (DPOs), among them cable op- The writer is former secretary,Ministry of growth and jobsecurity,will,after codifi- forthe smaller factories. increased from 60 per cent to in India and the worldover, to investing in erators. The interrelationship among the Information and Broadcasting and cation, be thecornerstone of the emerging Fifth, relevant governmentshavebeen 71 per cent. Even in private the long-term futureofworkers and revers- constituents, whether commercialorstrate- Ministry of MSME employment structure. givenmuchmoreleewayinexempting es- and public limited ing the tideofprecarity. The “fixed term”workeratleastfigured tablishmentsfromthe applicability of a companies, this share in earlier drafts of the Codes, althoughcon- whole rangeofprovisions in theCode. The writer is former member of the sistentlyopposedbythe workers’ organisa- Sixth, inspection provisions have been increased from 59 per cent to National Commission forEnterprises in the tions.But moreglaringare the changes be- diluted in allthe Codes and will no longer 71 per cent. Unorganised Sector LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR

GANDHIJI’SMESSAGE THISREFERSTO thearticle, ‘In themirror IDEAS of Hathras’ (IE, October 02). It is aptto Summer of 2020 quoteMahatmaGandhionhis birthday: ONLINE “Indiawillbefreewhenthewomenfeel safetowalk in the streetsofIndia atmid- ONLYINTHE EXPRESS Labour,farmBillssignaltheendof inspectorraj,freedomforfarmers night.” Increasingwomen harassmentis agrave concern forIndia. In this digitised ● GANDHIFORTHE era, even asmall shameful act of inhu- WORLD: Akhilesh Mishra man behaviour towardsawoman can PRAHLADSINGHPATEL catchthe attention of millions. “IF ONE WERE to view economic activity in tionsandclausesthat demandedcompliance also helpedlowerinterestrates. then he is free to take it else the security of Disrespectto womennotonlytarnished ● GANDHI,THE terms of factors of production —land, labour, if one even thought of becoming an entrepre- But this is the “summer of 2020”and the MSP anyhowexists.The stifling natureofthe the imageofIndia globallybut also puts COSMOPOLITAN: capital and enterprise —itcan be said that neur.Different inspectors and departments times arechanging. Reform nerds maylook Essential Commodities Actand the APMC Act aquestion mark on the country’s stand CHANDRACHURSINGH marketforces have been unleashedinthe last administeredthese laws andthe tyrannyof backatthisperiodas“thebest days of my life”. have both been neutered.Contract farming is asasociety thattreatswomenas equals. 25 years mainlyinthe lasttwo.The unfinished “inspectorraj” stuntedmanyentrepreneurial The bilateralbanking netting lawhas been nownationally enabled, allowing private in- Pradeep Kumar Ray, Delhi task of reforms is reallyinthe land and labour journeys from taking full flight while many passedandalarge corpusof unproductive cap- vestment to comein,whichwillbringin tech- www.indianexpress.com markets.” These wordsofwisdom,inanIndian were killed at the conception stageitself. ital has been freedtobedeployedinthe mar- nology,modern equipment,betterseeds, MIRROR IMAGE Express editorial (July2,2016), were as much The Companies Actof2013was onepe- ket.Cooperative banks will nowberegulated know-howforin-between-seasoncrops,im- advice as theywereananguishedappeal to culiarlaw whichsoon afterits passagehad by theRBIanditscustomerswillhave thesame provedyields, better logistics and freer access THISREFERSTOtheeditorial,‘Back to for- the country, raisesserious questions. No understand that “reforms arebroadlyabout parkeditself in the basket of “mustreform”. protectionsasthoseofotherregularbanks.The to nationaland international markets. The eign hand’ (IE, October 2). When the onehas raisedany concern over it, and leaving resource allocation and production The Bill had manyperverseprovisions,one perversesections of the Companies Act2013 Indian farm sector willnow finallybegin to Congress wasinpower,the BJP leader- thevideosof theOppositiondemanding decisions to marketforces rather than know- of whichwas to criminalise even otherwise have been done away with and the fear of see the benefitsofeconomies of scale. ship lambasteditfor policies that areof adivision votehavebeen ignored the all ministers and bureaucrats.” That is why, normal civil infractionsofroutine nature. criminalprosecutionthathungovereverycor- In amatter of justafewweeks, Prime the same natureasitisnow following in same waythe videofootage of political what has been achievedduring the justcon- The Bill completely paralysed risk-taking poratedecision is nowhistory. MinisterNarendraModihas achievedwhat office. No wonder that it has nowno leaderswaswhilegivingthefinalverdict cludedspecial session of Parliamentisnot just and quickdecision-making among the pri- The webof44central labour laws has five prime ministers before him could notat- qualmsinfollowinginthefootstepsof its of Babri demolition recently. momentous but in manyways historic. vate wealth creators. been dismantled. The Parliament has nowput temptinover25yearsfor multiple reasons — political bete noire, the Congress, by di- DakshSolanki, viaemail The Indian farmer,evenseven decadesaf- Therewerealargenumberoforganisa- in place four labour codes that aremuchsim- from lack to conviction to fear of political lutinglaws andprovisionsprotectingthe terIndependence,had been treatedin exactly tionsthatcalledthemselves“banks”butwere pler—the Code on Wages, the Industrial blowback.Whatis even moresignificant is all environment, humanrightsetc. STATE’SFEAR the same exploitative waythat the colonial completely outsidethe ambit of RBI regula- Relations Code, the Social Security Code and these reforms have been pushedinwhat are Tarsem Singh, Mahilpur Britishhadtreatedthem—ascaptive sources tion.They servedmillions of ordinarypeople, theOccupationalSafety,Health and Working still the early months of asecondfive-year This refers to the article,‘In the mirror of of producing cheap food grain while living at but had no standardgovernance norms or Conditions Code. On the one hand, theyuni- term forPrime MinisterModi.This givesam- LISTEN TO OPPOSITION Hathras’ (IE, October 2). The haste that subsistence levels. Therewas no freedomto binding regulations to protect customer in- versalise minimum and timely payment of ple time to usethe well-establishedexecution therepressive statemachinery showed choose the point of sale forhis produce,he terest.The politicians who controlledthese wagesamong ahostofother labour-friendly skills and ensurethat by 2024, the fruitsof THIS REFERS TO the editorial, ‘Hijacking incrematingthebodyshows thatitfears could notdecide the price of his product and bankswere theprimaryobstaclesinintroduc- measures and on the other,theyenable ease these reforms reachthe lastmile. While the the house’, (IE,October 2).Amajority of such“threat-abledbodies”, the ones had no sayinselecting the buyer.Atthe other ing anyreforms in these sectors. of doingbusinessbybringinginaregime of economyasawholewillget afillipfromthese the massmedia platforms have failedto whosemobilisationpotentialgoesmuch end of the chain, the end consumer was Indianmainstream banks, contrarytoin- one-registration, one-licence and one-return. reforms,the “summerof2020” definitelybe- coverthedictatorshiptherulinggovern- farthan what the statecould imagine. equally short-changed with frequentcycles ternational norms, had apeculiar practice of The tyrannyof“inspector raj” is finallyover. longs to the Indian farmer who finallyknows ment has been practising in the When it comes to caste atrocities or of persistent high inflation. The onlybenefi- “grossing” theirbilateral liabilitiesratherthan The Indianfarmer finallyhashis 1947 mo- what it is to live and breathe free. Parliamentoverthepastfew weeks.How crimes against women, public memory ciaries of this perverse system were middle- “netting”. As per estimates,thislockedany- ment in the truesense.Hecan nowsell his the anti-farmer bills were passedina is short. men who thrivedunder political protection. wherebetween Rs 50,000to Rs 70,000crore producewhereverhewants,towhomsoever The writer is CEO, hurryamidwide-spreadprotestsallover Aishwarya Shetty, Mumbai In the labour market,therewere44dif- funds, whichcould otherwise have been avail- he wantsand at whatever price he can com- BluekraftDigital Foundation and ferent labour laws with morethan 1,200sec- able forlending to consumers and would have mand. If he gets ahigher price in the market, earlier director (content) MyGov

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KARNATAKA TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE Govt offer to loan 214 CASES: RECOVERED:53,52,078 DAYSSINCE 63,94,068 DEATHS:99,773 PANDEMIC BEGAN TESTS: 7,67,17,728| DOUBLING RATE: 53.08** PM Cares ventilators to private hospitals finds few takers KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG DOUBLING PM NarendraModi. PTI TOWATCH CASES 24HOURS GROWTH* TIME** “Wehaveasked district offi- JOHNSONTA cials to callall privateplayers in a ■ Maharashtra 14,00,922 16,476 1.26% 56.94 BENGALURU,OCTOBER2 district and have asked forthe Modito ■ Andhra 7,00,235 6,751 0.97% 74.06 district healthofficial and sur- Swampedwith 2,025 extraven- geons to betakenintoconfidence ■ Tamil Nadu 6,03,290 5,688 0.97% 73.88 tilators under PM Cares, the so that theycan certify people inaugurate ■ Kerala 2,04,241 8,135 4.07% 17.68 Karnataka government intro- who have hospitals and can put ■ Delhi 2,82,752 3,037 1.17% 61.48 ducedascheme to loan them out ventilators to good use,” saidDr strategicAtal to private hospitals forCovid-19 Selvaraj.“These ventilators are *Compounded Daily Growth Rate overlast7days**Calculated over7-day growth treatment. However, the scheme brand new, yettobeunpacked.” Tunnel at CASEFATALITYRATIO POSITIVITYRATE DAILYIN,DAILYOUT has attracted little interestfrom According to Dr RRavindra, the hospitals on account of a president of Private Hospitals 7DAYSEARLIER: 7DAYSEARLIER: DETECTED TODAY Rohtang today shifttousageofhigh-flowoxy- and Nursing Homes Association, 1.59 8.44 81,484 genasakey recoursefor Covid- the hugedemand forventilators NOW: NOW: RECOVEREDTODAY: inducedbreathing trouble. seeninMay-June hassubsided. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE 1.56 8.33 78,877 Since September 23,when “Wereallydon’t needventi- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER2 AMID THE SURGE Deaths as aratioof Positives against Becoming sick vs the health department intro- lators now. We needhigh-flow positive cases (in%); number tested recovering; more ducedthe scheme, onlyfivepri- oxygen canules. Secondly, we do PRIME MINISTER Narendra Health workers sanitise abus standinKerala’s KozhikodeFriday.The stateiswitnessing asurge indicator of progress (in %);indicator of recoveries for 14 days vate hospitals have come for- nothavestaff.Weneedtrained in averting deaths the spread of disease may signal the peak Modi on Saturday willinaugu- in Covid-19cases.Accordingtothe stategovernment data, it reportedthe highestsingle-day ward to sign agreementsto nurses —since patientswho go DataasonOctober1,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealth,ICMRandstates.Oftendailynumbersinclude rate thestrategicallyimportant spikeof9,258 cases on Friday. The number of activecasesinthe statenow stands at 77,482. PTI datafrompreviousdays.Assuch,trendsbasedondailynumbersareindicative,notdefinitive borrowventilators. on ventilators arereally sickand Atal Tunnel in Himachal “Weconveyedthe messageto the staffhas to be very good,” Dr Pradesh, whichwill connect all districts, but the response is Ravindra said. Solang Valleynear Manali to notasexpected.Sofar five hos- The 2,025 ventilators pro- Sissu in Lahaul and Spitidistrict. pitals from around Bengaluru cured by the stateweresupplied The 9.02-kmtunnel —the MPracestofilloxygensupplygap, have signedagreements,” said Dr under the PM Cares fund, which longesthighway tunnel in the MSelvaraj, adeputy health direc- allocated Rs 2,000crorefor sup- worldabove the height of 3,000 torwho is in-charge of ventilator plyof50,000 ‘Made-in-India’ metres —cutsthrough amoun- and oxygen supplies to hospitals. ventilators to government-run tain west of the Rohtang La and The health department had Covidhospitals in allstatesand will shortenthe distance be- officialsandpolicemonitorcylinders announcedonSeptember 23 Union territories. tween Solang Valleyand Sissu by that private hospitals can reach In an effort to increase the around 46 km and will take out to the government forventi- number of ICU ventilator beds around 15 minutestocover. then filledingaseous stateinto bedsdedicatedforCovidpatients lators to treatCovid-19patients. available in Karnataka forCovid- Earlier, it would take nearly IRAMSIDDIQUE cylinders and suppliedtohospi- coveredunder the Ayushman “In viewofthe surge in Covid-19 19 patientsbyutilising the ven- 4hours to travel between the BHOPAL,OCTOBER2 tals by dealers. Bharat scheme, says his oxygen cases, the needofcritical carefor tilators supplied underPM twopoints. Gupta’sphoneringseveryfew demand has morethan doubled Covid patientshas also in- Cares, the Karnataka govern- The double-lanedtunnel — IN Acorner of his crampedoffice, minutes,mostlycallsfromhospi- to at least 35 aday.“Some days creased. Approval has been ob- ment supplied438 ventilators one of the longestroad tunnels amidstpiles of steel sheets,Ajay tals, some as faroff as Dewas, 150 morepatientsgoonventilators tainedtoprovide ventilators to 148taluk hospitals between in the country—can handle Guptaisinadiscussion with his kmaway.HisBharatiAirProducts, andwe sendourboys to theASUs wherevernecessarytoprivate Julyand August. around 3,000 cars and 1,500 staffonwaystojackupoxygen the onlyASU in Bhopal, caters to and getthe cylindersourselves.” medicalestablishments in the The government is also trucksper day, with amaximum production. about 70 hospitals. “Wehaveto Recently, therehasalsobeena state,” stateHealth scrambling to put infrastructure speedof80kmper hour. Until August, the Air turn down oxygen requests from crunchofcylinders,andhospitals Commissioner PankajPandey in place in government hospi- Calling it an “engineering SuppressionUnit(ASU)atGupta’s outside the district,” he says. arebeingtoldto procureownand said in arecent circular. tals so theycan be equipped marvel”, Defence Minister factoryinBhopal would run for Overseeingtheloadingof cyli- getthemfilled. Bhopal District The scheme involves signing with ICU ventilator beds. In RajnathSingh reachedthe site about10 hoursaday,usingatmos- ndersneartheASUisthedistrict’s Collector Avinash Lavaniya said, of an MoU betweenprivate hos- cities likeBengaluru, thereisstill on Fridaytoreviewthe prepara- pheric air to makeoxygen monitoring officer, Mohammad “These cylinders arebigger,with pitals and health officialstobor- abig shortageofICU ventilator tions, andtweeted,“Visitedthe amounting to 325 cylinders, of Sharik.“We areheretoensurethat 25 times the capacity.” rowventilators foraninitial pe- bedsingovernment hospitals, ‘AtalTunnel,Rohtang’ to review whichabout 250wouldbesup- At BharatiAir ProductsinBhopal,one of 10 suchunits across all the oxygen cylinders from the Principal Secretaryfor riod of six months to essentially with 16 hospitalshavingonly24 the preparations forthe inaugu- pliedto steel and other industries thestate,producing oxygen on asmall scale. Iram Siddique plantare sent onlytohospitals,” Industries Sanjay Kumar Shukla treat Covid-19patientsreferred bedsbetween them. As of ralceremonytobeheldtomor- in Bhopal.The rest he would use says Sharik.Police have also been said the stateisworkingtorevive to private hospitals by the gov- Thursday,onlytwo of the 24 row. PM Shri NarendraModiwill at his factoryfor thecuttingand ropedintoensurecylindersarenot atleastsixotheroxygenplantsthat ernment free of cost. bedswerevacant. dedicate theTunnel to the na- welding of steel sheets. running my plantfor atleast17 While the Central govern- diverted,andto provideprotection had gone defunct, mostofthem According to health depart- Out of atotal of 505 ICU ven- tion. This 9.02 Km long But,onSeptember17,thestate hours dailytoproduce about 700 ment on September 18 urged to officialsfollowingprotests by over the pastfiveyears, owing to ment officials, the scheme was tilator bedsavailable acrossthe ‘EngineeringMarvel’ will con- government directed Gupta and oxygen cylinders. We arelook- states nottoput anyrestrictions ownersof industriesoverthegov- poor demand and high mainte- drawnupaftertheKarnatakagov- 149government and private nect Manali to Lahaul-Spiti val- the 10 other ASU owners in ing at running the plant 24x7,” on movement of oxygen, supply ernment denying them oxygen. nance cost.Thatwill addanother ernment discoveredthat 2,025 sector hospitals,only110 were leythroughoutthe year.” Madhya Pradesh to increase ca- said Gupta. remains affected. Industrialunitssay thegovern- 30 metric tonnesofoxygen. ventilators(outof 2,149thatwere available as of Thursday The tunnel has the potential pacity and supply90per cent of With no in-house production MP’s 11 ASUs manufacture ment’sorderdiverting90percent Besides,storagetanksarebeingset requisitioned) were in excess of evening –with 108being in the to link Ladakh to Manaliand their oxygen to hospitals. of liquifiedoxygeninMadhya oxygen on amuchsmaller scale oxygen formedical usehas ledto up in all governmenthospitals thecapacitythatcouldbeutilised private sector. Chandigarhthroughout the year, The order came amidstrising Pradesh,muchofits medicaland and mostlytomeetthe needs of severe black marketing. Adarsh across the statefor liquid oxygen. in government hospitals. “In aworst casescenario, the as it would bypass Rohtang Pass, Covid casesinthe state, pushing industrialneeds aremet from local steel industries. Goswami, Presidentofthe In abid to ensureoxygenis “Wehavegot 2,025 ventila- ventilators we have on hand are whichissnowedinthrough the up demand formedical oxygen neighbouring states, primarily According to SDhanraju, who Federation of the Chamber for usedjudiciously, thehealth and tors under the central scheme. still going to be required.Weare winter months. However, passes from around 50 tonnes in Maharashtra. However, in early is partofthe stategovernment’s Commerce and Industries of medical department hasheld We have saturatedour intakeca- in therangeofaround 6lakh in- likeThanglang La and Baralacha Februarytoabout 130tonnes in September,Maharashtra—itself coreteamregulatingthe supply Madhya Pradesh,said,“Production training forhospital staff, afterit pacity in government hospitals. fections in Karnataka. Underthe La can still cut offroad access to September;it’sexpectedto reach dealing with rising Covidcases — of oxygen,of thetotalmedicalde- atfabricationandpharmaceutical wasfound that theywereusing We areassessing the oxygen and assumption thatthiswill be 7 Leh in the winters. about180tonnesby Octoberend. directed itsproducers to restrict mand of 120metrictonnes per industries is near standstill.” oxygen 1.5times the ICMR’s ad- other capacities at private hos- lakh by mid-October, we areina Namedafter former Prime The statehad about 20,473 active supplies outside the state. Since day, the ASUs provide 65 metric One of the cylinders from vice of 7.14 litres/perminutefor pitals and allotting theexcess position to take careofpatients. MinisterAtalBihariVajpayee, Covid cases as of Oct 1, of which then, hospitals in Jabalpur and tonneswhile the remaining is Bharati is headedfor Green City patientswith moderatesymp- ventilators to them,”said Dr Om However, theyhavetobede- construction on the tunnel took about 20 per cent needoxygen. Indore, among other districtsin brought as liquifiedoxygenfrom Hospital.DrRaviSaxena,Director tomsand11.9litres/perminute for PrakashPatil, stateDirectorof ployedfastinorder to be useful nearly adecade and costaround “Since August 21,Ihavebeen Madhya Pradesh, have been hit. Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh. It is of the hospitalthat has about 10 severe patients. Health Services. in emergencies,” said Dr Selvaraj. Rs 3,200 crore. The tunnelhas been constructed with15,000 tonnesofsteel,ofwhichthe Steel Goa manbeats daughter to deathwith stump Authority of India provided Assam: 2killed by neighbours over Pune: Sena 9,000 tonnes. Panaji:Afruit-seller in Goa bat- broughtinaseriousconditionand pital but she didn’t survive.” Union Steel Minister teredhis 20-year-old daughter to with a“badly bruisedbody”. The victim succumbed to her suspicion of practising‘black magic’ leader dies DharmendraPradhan on Friday death withacricket stumpover The police found the victim’s injuries on Thursday evening, said, “This tunnel will be of great her relationship with amarried father,mother, andtwo brothers he added. significancetothe localsaswell man, the police said Friday. at thehospitaland recordedtheir SunilKumarRanjan,thefather were attackedbytheirneighbours assaultsitewerecollectedinpres- after attack, as forstrategicmovements.It Accordingto MaheshGadekar, statements. “It wasthen that he of thevictim,hasbeenarrested.A ABHISHEKSAHA and killed, policesaid. enceof theExecutive Magistrate,” will boostconnectivityofthe inspector in charge of Bicholim confessed to having beaten her. localcourtsent him to police cus- GUWAHATI,OCTOBER2 Karbi Anglong SP Debojit apolice officer said. three held Spiti Valley. This is an achieve- policestation,thestationreceived Hegot to know of herhavingare- tody forfour days.Ranjan andhis Deurisaid,“Itwasacaseofwitch- In 2001,Assam Police had in- ment considering the very chal- acallfromaprimaryhealthcentre lationshipwithamarriedman in familyare fromUttarPradeshand AWOMANand aman in Assam’s hunting —aswehavefoundout troducedProject Prahari, acom- lenging conditions of the con- in Sanquelim, north of Panaji, the neighbourhood,” said Gade- theysell fruitsinthe local market KarbiAnglongdistrictwere killed tillnow in the investigation. Nine munity project againstkilling of EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE struction siteand weather.” whichsaid awoman hadbeen kar.“Hehadrushedherto thehos- at Bicholim. ENS by theirneighboursonsuspicion persons have been arrested.” women afterbranding them PUNE,OCTOBER2 of practising“blackmagic”,police “The perpetrators were kno- “witches”.Accordingto stategov- said on Friday. Nine persons have wnto thevictim.Thearrestedper- ernmentdatatillDecember2019, ALOCAL ShivSena leader has beenarrestedandeffortsareonto sonsconfessedthattheybelieved atotal of 107persons have been diedofinjuries he sufferedinan OFFICE OF THE nab sixmoreaccused,theysaid. thatthetwodeceasedwerespre- killed in “witch-hunting” inci- attackinBudhwar Peth area of EXECUTIVEENGINEER The incident occurredafter a adingdisease in thevillageand dentsinthe statesince 2011.The Pune lateonThursday night. JALSHAKTI (PHE) DEPARTMENT,DIVISION,QAZIGUND email :[email protected] Phone No: 01931-295040 kangaroo courtinthe district’s bringing misfortune,” Deuri said. Assam WitchHunting(Prohib- Deepak Maratkar (32) was TENDER DOCUMENT Rohimapur villagedecidedthat Sharp weapons were usedin ition,Preventionand Protection) the son of former Sena corpora- (Technical Bid-Volume-I), Ramawati Halua (50)and Bijoy theattack,whichhave beenrecov- Act, whichimplementsstringent torVijay Maratkarand an office- TOPSHEET Gour (28), who belonged to Adi- ered.Theyalsoburntthebodiesof punishmentandfineforbranding bearer of Yuva Sena, the party’s E-NIT S. NO: 25/PHEQ of 2020-21, vasicommunity,wereinvolvedin the victims. “The mortalremains and killingpeople afterbranding youth wing. E- TENDER FOR “blackmagic”. Subsequently,late of thevictimswere collectedfrom them as “witches”, is in effect in According to police, Deepak S. Name of Work No. on Wednesdaynight, the two thepyre andsoilsamplesfromthe the statesince 2018. wasattackedbyagroupof people 1. Retrofitting of water supplyscheme by wayofproviding laying and fitting of pipes construction of 0.45 lacs gallons capacity RCC Sump and pump operator Quarter including installation of 286 Nos FHTCs with Electro/Mechanical Components forLift WSS KewaMalikabad armedwith sharp weapons (Under JJM) (Rs.82.90 Lacs) around 12.15amFriday. He was nf{k.kkapy fo|qr forj.k fuxe fyŒ The Bidding documents consisting of eligibility criteria, specification, bill of quantities (B.O.Q) set of terms &conditions of contract and other details can vYidkyhu bZ&fufonk lwpuk CHHATTISGARH be seen/ downloaded from the e-procurement Portal “http://jktenders.gov.in ”as per schedule of dates given below:- CIN:U31200UP2003SGC027460 rushedtoahospital,wherehesuc- S. No. Description Date vYidkyhu bZ&fufonk lwpuk cumbed to injuries around 4am. DD MM YYYY Time v/kksgLrk{kjdrkZ }kjk fuEufyf[kr fooj.kkuqlkj nks Hkkxksa esa NIA files chargesheet against His relative Rahul Alam- 1Publishing date of NIT 30 09 2020 1700Hrs fnukad&15-10-2020 rd çfrf"Br ,oa ;ksX; Bsdsnkjksa/ khane (43), has lodged acom- 2Download startdate 30 09 2020 1700Hrs 3Bid submission startdate 30 09 2020 1700Hrs fufonknkrkvkas ls fuEu dk;Z gsrq bZ&fufonk vkeaf=r dh tkrh 33 Maoists in MLA murder case plaint at the Faraskhana police 4Bid submission end date 12 10 2020 1600 Hrs. gS ,oa fnukad&16-10-2020 dks le; 13%00 cts [kksyk station. 5Bid opening date (Technical Cover) 13 10 2020 1000 Hrs. tk;sxkA foLr`r tkudkjh mŒçŒ 'kklu dh vkf/kdkfjd Activities (Prevention) Act, Arms Basedonthis For and on behalf of the Lt. Governor UT of Jammu&Kashmir. bZ&çksD;ksjeaVS iksVZy https:/etender.up.nic.in ij miyC/k EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ActandExplosiveSubstancesAct. complaint, Dipk-6680 Executive Engineer,(JSD)PHE Div,Qazigund, gS%& ¼1-½ bZ&fufonk fof'k"Vhdj.k la[;k& RAIPUR,OCTOBER2 The arrested persons are police have 27/SE/EDCCkt/2020-21: dk;Zf: o|qr forj.k [k.M] Madka RamTati,Bhima RamTati, booked eight fp=dwV/jktkiqj ds vUrxZr çR;sd mi[k.M ds fy;s fo|qr THE NIAonThursdayfileda LingeTati,LaxmanJaiswal, persons, in- cdk;snkjks ds la;kstuksa dk çHkkoh :i ls foPNsnu gsrq çfr mi[k.Mokj 01 vn~n Mhty okgu ¼e; pkyd oMhty½ e; chargesheetagainst33cadresof Ramesh Kumar Kashyapand cluding a 01 xSx ¼01 dq'ky Jfed 02 vdq'ky Jfed½ miyC/k djkus the outlawedCPI (Maoist) forthe Haripal Singh Chauhan, all resi- woman, un- ds dk dk;ZA /kjksgj /kujkf'k& #Œ 12]000-00] fufonk 2019 murderof ChhattisgarhMLA dentsofDantewada, the NIA der sections 'kqYd&#Œ 3540-00 ¼thŒ,lŒVhŒ lfgr½A¼2-½ bZ&fufonk BhimaMandavi.Of the33 cadres, spokesperson said. 302, 143, 144, Deepak fof'k"Vhdj.k la[;k& 28/SE/EDCCkt/2020-21: dk;Z: 22 areabsconding. The NIA sub- Thecaserelatesto anIEDblast 147, 148, 149 Maratkar fo|qr forj.k e.My - fp=dwV ds v/khu fo|qr forj.k [k.M mitted the chargesheetinaspe- followedbyindiscriminatefiring of the Indian - fp=dwV/jktkiqj dh lhekUrxZr flaxy Qst vkbZŒMhŒ,QŒ cialcourtinJagdalpur.According on April9,2019, near Shyamgiri Penal Code. ehVjks dks cnyus dk dk;ZA/kjksgj /kujkf'k& #Œ 3]000-00] to theagency’s statement, 33 villageinDantewada district, in Police said the accusednam- fufonk 'kqYd&#Œ 1180-00 ¼thŒ,lŒVhŒ lfgr½ cadres—ofwhom six have been whichMandavi, the then MLAof ed in the FIR include Ashwini 824/foŒfoŒeaŒfpŒ//ih&1 ¼çdk'ku½ 2020&21 arrested —werebooked under Dantewada, and four police per- Kamble, MahendraSaraf, Sunny fnukad 01&10&2020 v/kh{k.k vfHk;ark sectionsofthe IPC, Unlawful sonnel of ChhattisgarhArmed Kolte, Sandip Kolte, Rohit Kam- jk"Vª fgr esa fctyh cpk;s Forcewerekilledallegedly by op- ble, Rahul Ragir,Niranjan Maha- eratives of CPI(Maoist). The arms nkale and one moreperson. of the securitypersonnelwere Police arrested Kamble,Saraf also lootedbythe assailants. and Mahankale on Fridayafter RISL invites ebids from the eligible bidders for the following: TheNIAteamconductedques- questioningthem and search tioning even aweek before sub- teams have been formedfor

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New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM THEINDIANEXPRESS,SATURDAY,OCTOBER3,2020 EXPRESS NETWORK 11 Mahoba trader’s Two cops among 36 J&K: Bypollsto death: Two held 99%ofIndiancitiesdeclared over 13,000 under abetment named in Kanpur panch, sarpanch to suicide charge seats in 9phases ambushchargesheet ODF,Bengaldatapending in November MANISHSAHU LUCKNOW,OCTOBER2 BrijeshSrivastava. Union MinisterofUrban Affairs, could notattendWestBengalin as ODF,whichis99per cent. Of EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Awoman, who is marriedto AVISHEKGDASTIDAR said on Fridaywhile commem- time. Overall our stateisdoing them 4,204(about 96 per cent) NAVEEDIQBAL DAYS AFTER the SIT probingthe LUCKNOW,OCTOBER2 one of the henchmen of Vikas NEWDELHI,OCTOBER2 orating six years of the govern- very well in SBM, whichhas stand as ODF verifiedcities. SRINAGAR,OCTOBER2 the death of businessman Indra Dubey,and wasrecentlyde- ment’sflagship Swachh Bharat been recentlyappreciated by Open defecation, however, Kant Tripathi said he wasshot TWOPOLICEMEN areamong clared juvenile by the courthas INDIA'S URBAN areas areatthe Mission. MoHUAsecretary and other offi- has been aproblemmainlyinru- BYPOLLSTOover13,000 vacant from aclose rangewith his lice- the 36 people namedinthe also been namedinthe doorstepofofficiallybecoming West Bengal government of- cials. In November,hepersonally ralareas,and India has claimed panchand sarpanchseatsin nsedpistol, Mahoba police Friday chargesheetthatwas filedby chargesheet. totallyopen-defecationfree— ficials said theywereready with came and appreciatedour ef- that as of lastyear,all 5,99,963 Jammu and Kashmir will be con- arrestedtwolocalbusinessmenon Kanpur police in connection All the 36 accusednamedin wherein notasingle personis all documentsbut the central fort.” villages of the countryhaveat- ducted in ninephases from early chargesofabetment to suicide. with the July2ambushatBikru the chargesheetare currentlyin found answering nature’s call in agencyengaged forthe survey Asenior stategovernment tainedODF status by construc- November. The police arrestedSuresh villageinwhich eight policemen, judicial custody,Srivastava the open forwant of access to could notcarry outthe jobdue official said, “Wewereready tion of the required toilets under The Administrative Council Soni and Brahm Dutt Tiwari after including Deputy added. toilets.The onlythingsstanding to thepandemic. with documents. NowQCI has Swachh Bharat Mission-Rural headedbyLieutenantGovernor amending the charge in thecase Superintendent of Police “Police arelookingfor two in the wayare the datafrom StateUrbanDevelopment startedits work afteralong gap, scheme. On Gandhi Jayanti last Manoj Sinha had lastweekap- from thatofmurder to abetment DevendraMishra,werekilled morepersons, whose role came West Bengal, and Covid-19. and Municipal Affairs Minister so the fault is notours.” year,Prime MinisterNarendra proved theproposal to conduct to suicide. Police areonthe look- when theyhad gone to arrest lo- to light during the investigation. As per the latestsurvey fig- Firhad Hakim said, “The West Union ministryofficialssaid Modi announcedthe achieve- the by-elections and the notifi- out forsuspended SP Mani Lal cal gangsterVikas Dubey in an Raids arebeing conducted to ures,99per centofthe Indian Bengal government’s recent per- the job will be done in amonth’s ment of this target. cation is likelybyOctober 10. Patidar and suspendedSHO attempt to murder case. trace them,” Srivastavaadded. cities under urban local bodies formance is exemplaryinSBM. time.“From apositionofzero Puri said that all the schemes In 2018,elections to 39,521 Kabrai DevendraShukla, who The twopolicemennamedin On thenight of July2whena have become open defecation In solid wastemanagement, it ODF states and cities in 2014,99 in the urban development space sarpanch/panchconstituencies were booked in the case along the chargesheetare the then sta- police team reachednear free (ODF).However, the survey has already ensured 90% door to per cent of our cities have today launchedsince Independence in 4,483 HalqaPanchayats were withSoni and Brahm Dutt. tion house officer of Dubey's house at Bikruvillage, of the urbanbodies could notbe door collection and the rate of becomeODF.After completing paledincomparisonwith conducted.Ofthese, 13,257po- The policeare also looking for Choubeypur,VinayTiwari, and assailantsfired on them from done in time in West Bengal due segregation is improving the assessmentsin45citiesof Swachh Bharat Mission. “In the sitions arecurrentlyvacant due constable Arun Kumar Yadav, Sub-Inspector KK Sharma. Both rooftops. Eight police personnel to the pandemic. steadily.” West Bengal(to be completedin six years of the Modi govern- to resignations, removals, elec- whose alleged role came to light were suspendedand laterar- were killedand severalothers in- “Afterthe pandemic, if co- He added, “As farasODF is about amonth’s time-pending ment,wehavespent morethan tion of sarpanchs as Block during investigation. rested forallegedly tipping jured. Later,policegunned down rona allows our colleaguesin concerned, Quality Council of due to Covid), it will become 100 Rs 11 lakh croreinthe urban Development Council chairper- “The investigating officer has Dubey about police raid. six persons, including Vikas West Bengaltoconduct the sur- India is visiting ULBs as third per cent,”said aspokesperson of space, whichisaquantum jump sons, deaths as well as non-avail- issuedarrestwarrantsagainstSh- “The chargesheetagainst36 Dubey and his five associates in veys,thatlittlegap -- between party and has declaredmore the MinistryofHousing and from Rs 1.55 lakh crorespent in ability of candidates at the time ukla, Patidar and Yadav,”said Ch- people, including twopolice- separateencounters. Police also 100per cent and what we have than 20 ULBs as ODF,and 75 Urban Affairs. the 10 yearsofthe previous po- of election. Among them, 1,089 itrakootDhamIGKSatyaNarayan. men, has been filedinthe razeddownaportion of Vikas registeredonthe 151st birth an- ULBs have been self-declared Ministrydatashowthatof litical dispensation,” he said. vacanciespertain to the office of Theattempt to murdercharge court," said Additional Dubey's house at Bikru villagea niversaryofMahatma Gandhi -- ODF.QCI inspection wasslowed the 4,372 citiesinIndia to be WITHINPUTSFROMENS sarpanch,whereas12,168are wasaltered to murder afterTrip- Superintendent of Police, Rural, dayafter theambush. will be made up,” HardeepPuri, down because of corona as they made ODF,4,323 stand declared KOLKATA panchvacancies. athi’s death. “Wehavenow al- While giving the go-ahead teredittoabetmentto suicideand forthe bypolls, the J&K adminis- other relevant chargesonthe ba- Kashyap was in Lanka when actor J&Kadmin launches phase3of‘Back tration had stated that “filling of sis of evidence collected so far,” the vacant constitutional posts addedNarayan. Otherchargesin- will ensure devolution of pow- clude criminal conspiracy,crimi- claimed assault happened: lawyer to Village’ public outreach initiative ers and proper grass-rootplan- nal intimidation, putting person ning in the 3rd-tier of the local infearordeathorofgrievoushurt Khimani, said her client had pre- mentaryproof of thefact that stakeholdersintheprocessof de- lastpersoninthe queue. self-government. It will ensure in order to commitextortionand EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE sented himself forquestioning throughoutAugust2013, he was EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE cision-making and public policy J&K administration that the non-functional intentional insult with intent to MUMBAI,OCTOBER2 before the police and had denied away in Sri Lanka in connection SRINAGAR,OCTOBER2 formulation to bring “a positive spokesperson Rohit Kansal told Panchayats become functional.” provokebreachofthe peace. The allwrongdoings in hisstatement. with the shooting of one of his socialandpoliticalchange”,Sinha TheIndianExpress,“Oneof thein- Elections to the vacancies no- police have also invoked ADAY afterAnuragKashyapwas She also said Kashyapin- films,” Khimani said in the state- THEJAMMUandKashmiradmin- said.“Thispracticeisthefirstsuch novations of this year’s outreach tifiedpreviously were post- Prevention of Corruption Act questionedfor morethan eight tends to “vigorouslypursue the ment. istrationonFridayinitiated the attempt ataconcentratedandde- wasthe organisationofajan-ab- poneddue to “security con- againstthe accused. hours by the Mumbai Police in legal remedies availabletohim” Khimani also said the“sud- thirdphaseof thepublicoutreach termineddevelopmental push. hiyan thatprecededthe third cerns” and the onsetofCovid-19. Soni and Brahm Dutt supply connectionwithallegations of and has sought action against den, belated”allegations were schemeBacktotheVillage(B2V3), The endeavour involves thevisit phase. This involvedablockor Priortothis, an apex commit- explosivestopeople involvedin rape levelledagainsthim by an the actor alleging that she had being widelypublicisedto“vil- with Lieutenant Governor Manoj of over 4,000 gazetted officers of sub-divisional ‘divas’ on teechairedby Principal Secretary mining. IG Narayan said that dur- actor,astatement issuedbyhis misusedthe criminal justice ify” Kashyap, irrespective of Sinha terming the commence- J&K to eachand everypanchayat Wednesdays.Inaddition,DCsand (Home)Shaleen Kabraand coming investigationitcame to light lawyer Fridaysaid the film- system and “hijackedthe Me what the outcome of the judicial ment the “perfect waytohonour so that theycan be well-versed SPsheardpublicgrievancesevery prising DG J&K Police Dilbag that the twohad introduced maker wasinSri Lanka in Toomovement”for her “ulterior processwill be.Kashyap, she said the Father of the Nation on his withlocal issues and develop- dayatapre-determinedtime.” Singh,AdditionalDirectorGeneral Tripathi to Patidar and were pres- August 2013,when the com- motives”. in her statement, wasapprehen- birthday”. mental needs,” he said. In the firsttwo phases of the of Police (CID) RR Swain and four suring him to paythe suspended plainant claimed the sexual as- “The materialprovidedby sive that the complainantmay FollowingtheGandhianideas Sinha saidthe programme is initiative,4,129 projectswere other members had been tasked SP.The police found constable sault had takenplace at his res- Mr Kashyapinsupportofhis “alter her version of events”af- of gramswaraj andpanchayatiraj alsoseenasaneffortto strengthen completedatacostofRs110 crore, with drawing aroadmapand Kumar allegedly playeda“media- idence in the city. statement demonstrates that the terthe submissions he made be- system, the J&K administration is newly constituted panchayats, while 1,607projects valuedatRs schedule forconductofelections tor” between police and business- The statementissuedby complaint is an outright lie. Mr fore thepolice about his where- making“untiringefforts”to reach and aims at ensuringthat benefi- 65 croreare in progress,asper a to the vacant panchayats and menin extortionracket,headded. Kashyap’slawyer, Priyanka Kashyaphas provideddocu- abouts. out to people and include all ciary-orientedschemesreachthe pre-thirdphasereview. BDCs acrossthe UT. FROMPAGEONE At least 12 killed since June as TMC vs BJP turns deadly in Bengal poll season

■ August15: BJPworkerSudarshan fewmonths —two eachinthe Hooghly and an SUCI mob. Thefollowing morning, SUCI dis- Paban receivedinjuries from sharp weapons. Pramanik waskilledafter aBJP-TMC clash over South24-Parganasdistricts,andoneinPaschim trictsecretariat member Sudhangshu Jana, 70, He diedinaprivate hospital in Kolkatathe next flag-hoisting in Hooghly. Medinipur.Ineachofthese places, the BJP is on waskilledallegedlybyTMC workers, who also day. Hehasawifeandayear-oldson,”Ajaysaid. ■ September 6: BJPworkerRobin Palwas theascendantandposesapowerfulchallengeto sethis home ablaze. Ajay,who switched to the BJP from CPM in killedinKalna, Burdwan, afteraclash over the Trinamool. Sudhangshu’s wifeGita, who nowlives in a 2014,saidhewas receiving callstelling himto NREGSwork,allegedlywithlocalTMCworkers. rented room in Jaynagarwiththeirdaughter withdraw thecomplaint. ■September17:GaneshSarkarwashacked Hooghly Sujata, said: “The TMC men bargedintoour In 2016,the TMC defeated the CPM by to deathnearhishomeinMathabhanga,Cooch SUDARSHAN PRAMANIK: Pramanik,40, home and startedtobeat up my husband.They 29,260votesattheDantanseatwheretheJanas Behar;hisparty,theTMC,accusedtheBJPof the amasonfromNotibpur underKhanakul police heldmeinone room, and killedmyhusband in arevoters. In the 2019 Lok Sabha election, the murder. station, had been with the BJP forayear and a another.Theythenhangedhisbodyandsetfire BJP ledthe TMCby6,689 votes in this segment. ■September 17:Sheikh Nasim, the brother half.DuringaclashbetweenBJPandTMCwork- to the house. Imanaged to escape.” TheLokSabhaseat(Medinipur)waswonby the of aTMC worker,was shot duringaclash be- ers who had gathered at theirparty offices in Sujata, aschoolteacher,said: “I want justice BJP’s West BengalpresidentDilip Ghosh by al- tweentwo TMCgroups in Keshpur,Paschim Sajarghat on IndependenceDay,the backofhis formyfather.Hewas ahomoeopathic doctor most89,000votes. Medinipur.A14-year-oldbystander,Sheikh neckwasslashedwithasharpweapon.Hedied andhaddedicatedhislifetotheparty.Hewasre- BJP’s Paschim Medinipur district president Majahar,was also killed. on the waytohospital;inretaliation,abamboo spected by all.” Samit Kumar Das said: “There have been over ■September 19:BJP worker Dipak Mondol bridge and homesofsome TMC workers were At Manna’s home, his youngestson 18 clashessince Unlock1in this district. We are waskilledinacrude bomb attackwhile on his setonfire. Haradhan said his father andhewereriding on prepared to give them abefitting reply. But the waybackhomeafter asports tournament. “Hesaid his party washoistingthe national different motorcycles when he heardgunshots police areontheirsideand we do notwant our Overthesameperiod,politicalworkershave flag and he took some biscuitstodistributeto and sawhis father fall offthe pillion. “He was workersto bejailedafew monthsbeforepolls.” clashedviolentlyatovertwo dozenplacesacross there. He nevercame back, andthe main cul- thenbeatento death.Notalltheguiltyhavebeen AjitMaity,theTMCdistrictpresident,denied the state, oftenafter local BJP supportershave prits arefree. Meninthe village don’t stay at arrested,” Haradhansaid. the party had ahand in the killing of anyBJP challenged Trinamool workers. On September home at night forfear of attacks. Police are In his complaint, Haradhan has namedone worker.HeblamedtheclashbetweenTMCfac- 14,BJP worker Sambaru Burmanwas found on postedatthe edge of the villagebut we do not Buddheshwar Naskar as the main accused. tions in Keshpur,inwhich the brother of aTMC the road near his home in CoochBehar with trustthem,”Pramanik’swifeMamonisaid. Naskar is alocalTMC leader,but Haradhan said worker waskilledonSeptember 17,ona“con- grievousinjuriesandwasdeclareddeadinalo- Pramanik has leftbehind his wife, mother, that was“justshow”, and Naskar wasactually spiracy hatchedbythe BJP”. cal hospital. Policesaid it wasan“unnatural and ason. with“theopposition”.Haradhansaidhisfa- death case”. Inthe2016 Assemblyelections,theTMCde- therandhehadworkedfortheCPMin2016, In July, thesittingMLA from Hemtabad in featedtheCPMby 43,487votesattheKhanakul but had switchedtothe TMC twoand ahalf NorthDinajpur,Debendranath Roy, who seat.Inthe 2019 Lok Sabha electionhowever, years ago. Naskar said he wasa“victimof switchedfromthe CPM to BJP lastyear,was the TMC’sAparupa Poddarcould barelyscrape factional feud” in the ruling party. “I have found hanging near his home. BJP workers through at the Arambagh (SC) seat of which beenwiththeTMCforthelast20years.They Gautam Patra, PurnachandraDas, andGanesh Khanakul is part, defeating the BJP’s Tapan (theMannafamilyandtheirsupporters)are Raitoo,were foundhangingneartheirhomesin Kumar Raybyjust1,142 votes. The BJP’s vote- newcomers who aretrying to sabotage the South24-Parganas, Purba Medinipur(East sharejumpedmorethan 32% over 2014,while party,”hesaid. Midnapore)and Hooghly respectively.Ineach the TMC’s fell by almost 11%. Police said five and eightpeoplehad case,theBJPallegedmurdersby theTMC,which ISRAELKHAN:Khan,38,waskilledoutside been arrested forthe killings of Manna and said all four men had diedbysuicide. hishomeinGholtajpurvillageafterbeinghitby Jana respectively. OnSeptember14,theSPsof Baruipurpolice crude bombs. Khan’sbrother Ismail is aTMC TheCPMwontheKultaliseatinthe2016 district and Hooghly(Rural) were replaced; the worker.The attackers threw bombsand fired Assemblyelection,defeat- government said the transfers were “routine”. fromcountrymadeweapons,andransackedhis ing the TMC candidateby TMC Lok Sabha MP SougataRay said the home and severalother homes nearby. Ismail 11,720 votes. In the Lok killings were notalwayspolitical. “Two groups said theybelonged to adifferent faction of the Sabhaelectionof 2019,the fought on local issues and unfortunately some- TMC, and were actually targeting him. TMC’s Pratima Mondal, one died. Thereisnoplanlikeweusedtosee “Around10.30am(onAugust6),arivalTMC ledthe BJP’s Ashok whenthe CPM wasinpower(before 2011). BJP groupattackedourhouse.Mybrotherwasazari Kandari by 8,449votesin leadersare giving provocativestatements, but worker,andwasnot involvedinpolitics.Hewas this segment. Kultali is that’s justshadowboxing; theyhaveneither hit on the headbyasplinter,and then in the partofJaynagar (SC) Lok workers nor amass baseinBengal.” chestbyabomb.Hediedatthespot,”Ismailsaid, Sabha seat, whichthe Kailash Vijayvargiya, the BJP’s central ob- andshowedbullet andbombmarksonthewalls TMC won. serverfor Bengal, accusedthe TMC of “conspir- of their house. ingto spreadterrorandfear”aheadof elections. Israel is survivedbyhis wife, ason and a Paschim “Thekillingsandviolencearepartofthat.Some daughter. Medinipur TMCworkers have diedbecause of theirinter- “Wehavearrestedsixpersonsinconnection nalfactionalfeuding.We arecapableofgivinga withthemurderinKhanakul,andsevenincon- PABANJANA: Jana, befitting reply, but as aresponsible party we nectionwith the Gholtajpur incident. We are 23,was theson of BJP have asked our workers to stay calm,” looking forthe other accused,” TathagataBasu, worker AjayJana, 55, and Vijayvargiyasaid. the nowtransferredSPofHooghly(Rural) had amigrant worker who BiswanathChakraborty, professorofpoliti- said earlier. had returnedhome fol- cal science in RabindraBharati University,un- In 2016,the TMC had defeated theCPM by lowing the lockdown. derlinedthat violence has been partofpolitics 36,457votes at the Arambagh Assemblyseat. “He and hisbrother in Bengal since the 1960s.“It wasthereduring TheArambaghAssemblysegmentispartofthe worked in ahotelin Leftrule, and Trinamool Congress came to ArambaghLokSabhaseat,andin2019,theTMC Mumbai, and had just powerinanenvironmentof violence.Underthe candidatewon only4,007 morevotesthan the completed14days of TMC, it has got astructural form. Violence and BJP candidateinthis segment. homequarantine.OnJune politics aresynonymous in Bengal.Havingavi- 17,Pabanand Ihad gath- olence-free election in Bengal is Utopia,”Prof South 24-Parganas ered in the villagewith Chakraborty said. ASHWINI MANNA&SUDHANGSHU otherBJPworkersto go on TheIndianExpressvisitedthefamiliesof five JANA: TMC worker Manna, 65, wasbeaten to aGrihaSamparkAbhiyan. of the 12 political workers killedoverthe past deathintheMaipithareaof Kultali,allegedly by We were attacked, and

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US effort to fast-track vaccine President Xi Jinping has promisedChina would be carbon net-zeroby2060, andapparentlyadvancedthe development is dominated deadline forreachingemissions peak.How significant arethesecommitmentsfor the planet, and India? by military personnel: report the developedcountries. AMITABHSINHA Until now, China had been making more OPERATION WARP Speed, aUSgov- Operation Warp Speedwas PUNE,OCTOBER2 or lesssimilar argumentsasIndia.The two ernment initiative to expeditethe de- launchedinMay this year with the countries have historicallyplayedtogether velopment and access of acoron- objective of making 300milliondoses IT’S THATtimeofthe year when countries at the climatechangenegotiations, even avirus vaccine forits citizens, is being available forAmerican citizensstart- startpreparing fornegotiations at the year- though vast differences have emergedin run mainlybymilitary leaders,in- ing from Januarynextyear. It hopes ending UN climate changeconference. This their emissions and development status in cluding four generals, revealedSTAT, to achievethisbyfast-tracking the de- year,the conference is nothappening be- the lastcoupleofdecades. anews websitethat focuses on velopment, manufacturing and dis- cause of the pandemic. Therefore, China’s decision is abig shot health-related information. tribution of the vaccines. It has already But lastweek,China made an unexpected in the arm forthe success of Paris Agreement. STAT said it had obtainedanor- providedabout US$ 10 billion in fund- announcement that ensured that therewas According to ClimateAction Tracker, aglobal ganisationalchartofOperation Warp ing to six of the leading vaccine candi- no lackofclimatechangeexcitement this group that offers scientific analysis on actions Speedthat revealedthe keypeople dates, and, in return, secured supplies season. Speaking at the UN General being takenbycountries, the Chinese goal, if who arerunning the initiative. It said of at least800 million doses of these Assembly, ChinesePresidentXiJinping made realised, would lowerglobal warming pro- nearly 60 militaryofficials, including yet-to-be-developedvaccines. twopromises that came as awelcome sur- jectionsfor 2100 by about 0.2° to 0.3°C, the at least four generals,werenamed on MODERNA TIMELINE: US pharma- prise to climatechangewatchers. mostimpactful single action ever takenby the chart, “manyofwhomhavenever ceutical companyModerna has said anycountry. worked in healthcareorvaccine de- itscoronavirus vaccine candidate What has China announced? velopment”. Only29ofthe 90 “lead- would notbereadyfor public useun- First, Xi said, China would become car- So, what arethe implications of China’s ers” on thechart did notworkfor the til the spring of next year,whichislate bon net-zerobythe year 2060. Net-zeroisa commitment forIndia? US Department of Defense. March,according to areport in the stateinwhichacountry’s emissions arecom- The Chinese announcement is naturally The involvement of FinancialTimes newspaper. pensated by absorptions and removalof expected to increase pressureonIndiatofol- Department of Defense in “I think alatefirstquarter, greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. lowsuit, and agree to somelong-term com- Operation Warp Speedis early second quarterap- Absorptioncan be increasedbycreating mitment even if it wasnot exactly2050net- notasecret.Itismentioned proval is areasonable time- morecarbon sinkssuchasforests,while re- zerogoal. That is something that India is in afact sheetonthe web- line, basedonwhat we movalinvolvesapplicationoftechnologies Acoal processing plant in Shanxi province. China is the world’s largest emitter, unlikelytodo. siteofthe Department of knowfromour vaccine,”the suchascarbon captureand storage. accountingfor morethan the combined emissions of US, EU and India. AP/File “It is the wrong kind of demand being put Health and Human Services newspaper quoted Second, the Chinese President an- on us. In fact, if youlook at the pledges that (HHS). Thefact sheetalso Moderna CEO Stephane nouncedasmall but important changein have been made in the Paris Agreement, mentions General Gustave Perna as Bancel as saying on Wednesday. China’s already committed target forletting Scientists andclimatechange campaign lowemissions because of which theirnet-zero India is the onlyG20 countrywhose actions the chief operating officer of Moderna is one of the four vaccine itsemissions “peak”, from “by2030” to “be- groups sayglobal carbon neutrality by 2050 status would nothelp the planet’s cause in a areontrack to meetthe 2° goal. The other Operation Warp Speed. candidates that arecurrentlyunder- fore 2030”.That means China would notal- is the onlyway to achievethe Paris big way. Thereal heavyweightswhose climate developedcountries actuallyhavetomake But STAT said the rest of the organ- going phase-3 trials in the US.Itisalso lowits greenhousegas emissions to grow be- Agreement target of keeping global temper- actions arecrucial to achieving the Paris effortstowards a1.5° world, but theyare fail- isation structure, whichshowedthe among the six candidates fundedby yond that point. Xi did notspecify howsoon atures from rising beyond 2°C compared to Agreement targetsare the Big Four —China, ing even to do enough to meetthe 2° target. extent of militaryinvolvement in the Operation Warp Speed. The spring “before2030” means, but even this muchis pre-industrial times. At thecurrent rate of the US, the European Union and India —who So, yes, therewouldbeenhancedpressure, initiative, had so farbeennot put in timelinewould putModernaatthe being seen as averypositivemovefromthe emissions, the worldisheaded fora3° to 4°C togetheraccount formorethan half the global and we will have to dealwith it. But it is an the public domain. STAT quoted Paul end of the queue of the four candi- world’s largest emitter. rise in temperatures by 2100. emissions,followedbycountries suchas unfair demand,and we will have to resistit Mango, deputychief of stafffor pol- dates expected to be the firstwiththe Russia, Brazil, SouthAfrica,Japan and Australia. as we have been doing all along,” said Ajay icy at HHS, as saying the military’s in- vaccine, the others being Pfizer, Whyisnet-zeroanimportanttarget? Howsignificant is China’s commitment? Aweek earlier,South Africadeclared its Mathur,head of Delhi-basedThe Energy and volvement wastosortout logistical AstraZeneca and Johnson &Johnson. Forthe last couple of years, therehas been China is the world’s largest emitter of intention to become carbon-neutral by 2050, Resources Institute. elements in making the vaccine avail- Pfizer has the mostambitious aconcerted campaign to getcountries, espe- greenhousegases. It accountsfor almost30% but other countrieshavebeen holding back. Mathur’s contention is corroborated by able to everyone, since health officials timeline right now. Thecompany has ciallythe bigemitters, to commit themselves of global emissions, morethanthe combined The United States, under the Donald Trump ClimateAction Trackeraswell, whichputs had neverdealt with suchacomplex said it expected to knowhow effec- to achieve “climateneutrality” by 2050. This emissions in the United States, the European administration,has walked out of the Paris India’s actionsas“2°C compatible”, while the logistical challengeearlier. tive itsvaccine is likelytobebythe is sometimes referred to as the stateofnet- Unionand India, the three next biggestemit- Agreement, and does notevenbelievein US, China and even the European Union’s On Wednesday, US President end of October,and if theresultswere zeroemissions thatwould requirecountries ters. Getting China to commit itself to anet- these targets. current effortsare classifiedas“insufficient”. Donald Trumphad, during his debate satisfactory, it would immediately to significantlyreduce their emissions, while zerotarget, even if it is 10 years later than Earlier this year,India wasinthe process with Democratic Presidential nomi- seekemergencyauthorisationfrom increasing land or forest sinksthat wouldab- what everyone hasinmind, is abig break- What is India’s commitment? of formulating along-term climatepolicy for nee Joe Biden, said the US military the US Food and Drug Administration. sorb the emissions that do take place. If the through, especially since countries have been India has resistedpressuretomakea itself, but that effort seems to have been would be involvedindistribution of AstraZeneca and Johnson &Johnson sinksare notadequate, countriescan com- reluctant to pledgethemselvestosuchlong long-term commitment, citing the fact that shelvedasofnow. vaccines, and would deliver200,000 areexpected to be ready with their mit themselvestodeploying technologies term commitments. developedcountries hadutterly failed in Another side-effect of the Chinese deci- vaccines in aday. vaccines by early next year. that physicallyremovecarbondioxide and So far, the European Union wasthe only keeping their pastpromises, and neverde- sion could be an increaseddivergence in the other greenhouse gases from the atmos- big emitter to have committed itself to anet- liveredonthe commitmentstheymade ear- positions of India and China at the climate phere. Mostofsuchcarbon dioxide removal zeroemission status by 2050. Morethan 70 lier.India has also been arguing that the cli- negotiations. China might nowhavefewer INDIA ACTIVE CASES 942,217 technologies arestill unproven and ex- other countries have also made similar com- matechangeactions it has been taking are, in grounds to align itself with India as adevel- tremelyexpensive. mitmentsbut mostofthem have relatively relative terms, farmorerobustthanthose of oping country. 1100,000 Worldwide gender skew in Covid-19 think tanks

968,377 reachtonational governments ship —evenasresult of inten- 1000,000 EXPERTNEWSSERVICE or WorldHealth Organization tionalselection or quotas -ben- 85%DOMINATEDBYMEN 942,217 NEWDELHI,OCTOBER2 (WHO) countryoffices. efitsgovernanceprocesses The datarevealed that men through the disruption of group- 87COUNTRIES AN ANALYSIS of available datahas found that predominateinmorethan 85% think,the introduction of novel 115EXPERTGROUPS,TASKFORCES LAST 10 DAYS men predominateinmorethan 85% of of expertgroups and task viewpoints, ahigherquality of Sept22Oct 1 Covid-19decision-making and key advisory forces; women predominatein monitoring and management, 11.5% 85% 900,000 bodies around the world. The analysis is pub- just11.5%, with gender parity in PAPER moreeffective riskmanagement predominantly predominantly lishedinBMJGlobal Health. amere3.5%. Again, 81%(65) and robustdeliberation.” women men Note:The Oct 1figureinthis graphisbased on thegovernment update on Oct 2 The authors collected information up to were headedbymen at the time CLIP The authors have notedthat June 2020 on the membership of Covid-19 of the search. countries with women at the global and national decision-making and ex- “Lackofrepresentation is NEWRESEARCH helm have been associated with INDIA TOTAL CASES WORLD TOTAL CASES pertbodies for193 UN memberstates. Most one symptomofabroken sys- particularly effective Covid-19 re- 6,394,068 34,411,708 of the information about membership, lead- temwheregovernanceisnot inclusive of gen- sponses, fewercases, and lowerdeathrates ership,and areasofexpertise wasnot easily der,geography, sexual orientation, race, so- fromthedisease.“Mendominatingleadership Source:MinistryofHealth&Family Source:JohnsHopkinsUniversity, accessible or publiclyavailable. The final analy- cio-economicstatus or disciplines within and positionsinglobalhealthhaslongbeenthede- Welfare,updatedat11pmonOct2 updatedat11pmonOct2 sis included115 expertand decision-making beyond health —ultimatelyexcludingthose fault mode of governing...This notonlyrein- 3.5% Covid-19task forces from 87 countries. This who offeruniqueperspectivesand expert- forcesinequitablepowerstructuresbutunder- gender wascollectedthrough acrowdsourcingeffort, ise,”the authors write. They recommend: mines an effective Covid-19response — parity targeted “greyliterature” searches, and out- “Reaching acritical mass of women in leader- ultimatelycosting lives,” theyconclude. AformerISrecruitinToronto,andhisarrestforlyingaboutexecutions

jihad to liberateMuslims from oppression”. viewedCallimachi.When Baksh tracked ming from “numerous media interviews newand important questions abouthim SRINATHRAO down the youngman at his father's wherethe accused,Shehroze Chaudhry, a and his motivations." MUMBAI,OCTOBER2 Whyisheaccusedoflying? shawarma shop, Chaudhryacceptedhaving 25-year-old from Burlington, Ontario, TheNYT defendedCallimachi and the Doubtsabouthis claimsarose in 2018, liedtoThe NYT.Baksh told CBC that claimedhetravelled to Syria… to join the podcastand said “the uncertainty about LAST WEEK,the RoyalCanadian Mounted after The NYT releasedweeklyepisodes of Chaudhrytoldhim: “I’ll submit to apoly- terroristgroup ISIS and committed acts of AbuHuzayfah’s storyiscentral to every Police arrested aToronto resident and dis- the 12-partpodcast whichchronicle both graph. Iembellished, Iwas on drugs, Iwas terrorism”. episode of ‘Caliphate’ that featured him”. illusionedformer IslamicState recruit, and the reporting of Callimachi and audio pro- self-medicating, this wasthree weeksafter TheRCMPsaid that the “primaryobjec- On Twitter,Callimachi welcomed thedeci- chargedhim with lying on the NewYork ducer Andy Mills and the time Chaudhry Icameback, Iwas so close to thesethingsI tive”for investigating individuals who have sion to re-examine the story. Times podcast ‘Caliphate’ about committing spent withthe IS in Syria. imaginedthat Iwas theperson doing them.” eitherleftCanada forcontributing to theac- twoexecutions in Syria. The arrest of Chaudhry’s accountstoThe NYT Callimachi told CBC that as Chaudhry tivitiesofaterroristgroup,orreturnedto What legal action does Chaudhryface? Shehroze Chaudhryaka AbuHuzayhfaal- (Callimachi firstinterviewedhim in 2016) facedaninvestigationandpossiblearrest,“we Canada afterdoing so,istoensurepublic GlobalTimesjournalistStewartBellwrote Kanadi, 25, has thrownthe spotlight on a contradicted versions he had givento need to look carefullyatwhatheissaying safetywhile deterring othersfromengag- lastweekthat the maximum sentence well-known journalist’s reportage andalso Canadian news organisations CBC and the now”.Inthenextepisode,shelaidoutincon- ing in similar criminalactivity. Chaudhryfaces if convicted forthe “rarely- on Canada’s treatment of personsreturn- Global Times.Fromahotelroom in Canada, sistencies she had foundinhis story, specifi- “Hoaxes can generatefear within our used” terrorism hoax charge is five years. ing from Syria. he told Callimachi on CaliphatethatinJune callywithregard to whenhesaidhewaspres- communities and createthe illusion thereis But academics Amarnath Amarasingam 2014,heshotamember of an Iraqi tribethat ent in Syria. Yetshe also reportedhaving apotential threat to Canadians,while we and Leah West arguedin The Daily Beast that Who is Shehroze Chaudhry? prevented theextremists marching to foundaphoto whichgeo-located Chaudhry have determinedotherwise,” proving that Chaudhryliedwillnot be easy. He is the elder one of twochildren of im- Baghdad, in the head. In another episode, on the banksofthe Euphrates in Syria. Ruins of buildingsdestroyed during Superintendent Christopher deGale, Officer “First, prosecutorswillneedtoprove a migrantsfromPakistansettledinaToronto he providedagraphicdescription of stab- fighting betweenforces and IS in Charge of the RCMP ODivision's negative —that he did notdothe things he suburb.His father runsashawarma shop. bing aman judged to have defiedthe ter- Howdid Canada reacttothe claims, militantsinKobani,Syria. Reuters/File Integrated National Security Enforcement claimed—which, givenCanada’s far-reach- In his interviewtothe NYT podcast, roristorganisation, multiple times in the leading to thearrest? Team, wasquotedassaying. ing disclosure obligations, could mean hav- Chaudhrydescribed his early years as bor- heartand leaving his dagger there. “The His claims outraged lawmakers. In May ing to reveal howsecurity services con- ing and his familyasnot very religious. blood was—itwas warm, and it sprayed 2018,Conservative House leader Candice this year,inwhatappears to be an overtwo- Howhas The NYT reacted? firmedthe lie. Second, prosecutors willhave Over the years, he has told various publi- everywhere," he had said. Bergenasked Public SafetyMinisterRalph year-long investigation by theRCMP,Canada The NYT said on Wednesdaythatateam to provebeyond areasonable doubtthat cations that he travelled to Syria in 2014 to But the twoCanadianpublications in- Goodale in the House of Commons whya Border Services Agency,Halton Regional of journalists would re-reportCallimachi's Huzayfah’s false commentscreated area- jointheIS,thenreturned.IntheNYTpodcast, sistedthatChaudhryhad deniedhaving “despicableanimal” like Chaudhryhadn’t Police Service, the Ministryofthe Attorney story. Aspokeswoman said the newspaper sonable apprehension of fear that death, he claimedtohavecarried out twoexecu- killedanyone in Syria. His accounttoThe been placedunder arrest.Goodale declined General, Canadian Air TransportSecurity had begun “a fresh examination of his his- bodilyharm, or property damagewould re- tions. He told podcasthostRukmini NYT forced Nazim Baksh, anews producer to discuss operational details but said po- Authorityand Financial Transactions and tory and the waywepresented him in our sult from terroristactivity.This means his Callimachi, widelyknown forher reporting with the CBC whose interviewofChaudhry lice were “taking the appropriateactionto Reports Analysis CentreofCanada. series and would makefurther comment allegedly falsestatements about what he on terrorism and IS, that he always wanted had aired in 2017,toquestion his ownre- makesurethat Canadians aresafe”. Chaudhryisscheduledtoappear in once the reviewwas completed. Whilethe did in the pastwouldcause fear about fu- "somethingbigger,not somethingsimpleand porting. “I wasshocked—wondering, did The RCMP visitedChaudhryin2018, the courtonNovember 16. uncertainty about AbuHuzayfah’s story tureharm. Finally,the Crown(prosecution) boring”. And in aSeptember 2017 interview, he lie to me?" Baksh said in an interviewto dayafter therelease of Episode 5, in which wasexplored directlyinepisodes of mustprove beyond areasonable doubt that he told the Canadian BroadcastingCorpo- CBC channel in May2018. Chaudhryclaimedtocommittedhis firstex- What arethe chargesagainst him? ‘Caliphate’ that featured him,his arrest and Huzayfah made those statementswith the rationthathefeltan“obligation”to “perform The CBC confrontedChaudhryand inter- ecution. He wasarrestedonSeptember 25 The RCMP described the charge as stem- the allegations surrounding it have raised intent to cause that fear,” theywrote.

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THEINDIANEXPRESS,SATURDAY,OCTOBER3,2020 USA MORE CHARGES AGAINST WEINSTEIN Disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein has been charged with six morecounts of forcible sexualassault in Los Angeles,the Los Angeles DistrictAttorneysaid on 13 THE WORLD Friday. Thecharges involve twovictims and stemfromincidents thatoccurred more thanadecade ago, DistrictAttorney Jackie Laceysaid in astatement.

TOPOFTHE ONE MONTH BEFOREU.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION France’s Macron to WORLD TrumptestspositiveforCovid-19 launch crackdown on ‘Islamist separatism’ in WhiteHouse says President has ‘mildsymptoms’, working in quarantine; FirstLady also testspositive Muslim communities JILLCOLVIN& ZEKEMILLER WASHINGTON,OCTOBER2 MICHELROSE DelphineBoel PARIS,OCTOBER2 THE WHITE House said Friday that US President Donald Trump PRESIDENT EMMANUEL BELGIUM wassuffering “mild symptoms” Macron pledged on Fridayto Formerking’s of Covid-19, making the stunning Senior Trumpadviser Hope fight “Islamistseparatism” announcement afterhereturned Hicks tested positive earlier whichhesaid wasthreatening daughterwins from an evening fundraiser with- to take control in some Muslim

outtelling the crowdhehad been ED communitiesaround France. longbattleto exposedtoanaidewiththe dis- Election France has struggledwith ease that has killedamillion peo- focusback homegrownIslamistmilitancyfor

becomeprincess PLAIN ple worldwide. E yearsbutMacron’sgovernmentis Emmanuel Macron ● onCovid ABELGIAN artistwho has The revelation thatthe US EX increasingly worriedbybroader fought aseven-year legal President and FirstLadyMelania signs of radicalisation —often battle to provethat Trumptestedpositive,tweetedby WHILE BIDEN’Scampaign non-violent —within Muslim Muslims to express their reli- Belgium’s formerKing Trumpearly Fridaymorning, sought to highlight the Trump communities,Frenchofficialssay. gious identity has shiftedthe fo- AlbertIIisherfathersecured plunged thecountrydeeper into administration’shandlingof Theycitethe refusal of some cus of balancing religious and aliterallycrowning success uncertainty justamonthbefore Covid-19, the President has re- Muslim men to shakewomen’s secular needs ontoIslam. incourtThursdaywhenshe thepresidentialelection.However, peatedly downplayedthe hands, swimming pools that im- ManyFrenchMuslims, officiallybecameaprincess. WhiteHouse aides said he wasin virus and sought to highlight DonaldTrumpand his wifeMelania arebothdoing well, their physician said. AP posealternatetime slots formen though, have long complained of Belgium’s appeals court good spiritsand working in quar- his lawand ordermessage and women, girls of as young as discrimination and marginalisa- granted Delphine Boel the antine in the familyquarters. amid massiveprotestsand four being told to wear full-face tion thathavecontributed to title “Princess of Belgium” Trumphas spent muchofthe unrest. The fight to fill the In profane rant, veils, and aproliferation of povertyand social alienation afterthe former monarch’s year downplaying the threat of Supreme Court seat after OTHERWORLDLEADERSWHOCAUGHTVIRUS ‘madrassa’ religious schools. within their communities. DNAtestprovedthathewas avirus that has killedmorethan Justice Ginsburg’s death fur- Melania takes Morethan 250people have At theheart of the matter is her father, Boel’s lawyers 207,000 Americans. ther took the focusawayfrom BORIS JOHNSON JUAN ORLANDO been killed on French soil over the question of what it means to said, adding Boel was“fully aim at migrant His diagnosis wassureto Covid. However, even GOP British Prime Minister HERNÁNDEZ the pastfiveyears in attacks by be Frenchinacountrywith satisfied” with the ruling. have adestabilising effect in strategists nowsay that with Islamistmilitantsorindividuals Europe’s largest Muslim minor- Johnson, 56, who had Honduras President The DNAtestrevealedin Washington, raising questions Trumpcatchingthe virus, vot- children, critics inspired by jihadistgroups. ity —numbering around 5mil- initiallyresistedalockdown Hernández, 51,tested JanuarythatAlbertIIisthe about howfar thevirushas ers’ attention will squarelybe “What we needtofightis lion or 7-8% of the population. and social-distancing positive in June along biologicalfatherof Boel,put- spread through the highestlev- on the pandemic, whichhas Islamistseparatism,”Macronsaid Macronsays assertive Islamist measures, contracted the with his wifeand two ting an end to Boel’s long- elsofthe US government. Hours killedmoreinthe US than MICHAELDSHEAR duringavisitto theimpoverished religiouspracticesare“separatist” virusinMarch.Hewas later aides. Fordays, he running paternity claim. before Trumpannounced he had anywhereelse, and this could WASHINGTON,OCTOBER2 Parissuburbof LesMureaux.“The becausetheythreateninhisview hospitalised,spending remainedina“delicate” Albert, who abdicated six contracted the virus, the White deal afurther blowtothe problem is an ideology which to secedefromFrenchinstitutions three nightsinanICU,and situation, doctors said, as yearsagoinfavourof hisson House said atop aide who had President’s re-election bid. US FIRSTLady,Melania Trump, claims itsown laws shouldbesu- and rules, his adviserssay. deputisedthe country’s he washospitalisedand Philippe, had contested travelledwith him duringthe deliveredaprofanity-laced rant perior to thoseofthe Republic.” Abill tackling Islamistsepa- foreign secretarytocarry neededoxygen. Boel’s claim. REUTERS week had tested positive. about Christmas decorations at France follows astrictformof ratism will be sent to Parliament out his duties. “Tonight,@FLOTUSandItested fore TrumpattendedaThursday theWhiteHouseandmockedthe secularism, known as “laicite”, early nextyear,thePresidentsaid. positive forCovid-19. We will be- fundraiser in NewJersey. NIKOL PASHINYAN plight of migrant children who whichisdesignedtoseparatere- Among the measures in the ginour quarantine and recovery Vice President Mike Pence were separatedfromtheirparents ligion and public life. The princi- draftlaw,Macron said home- MEXICO JAIR BOLSONARO Armenian Prime Minister process immediately,” Trump tested negative forthe virus on attheborderin2018 duringacon- ple wasenshrinedinlaw in 1905 schooling will be severely re- Brazil President Pashinyan, 45, went into tweetedjustbefore1a.m.“Wewill Fridayand “remains in good versation secretly tapedbyafor- afteranti-clerical struggles with stricted to avoid having children Topcourtbacks Bolsonaro, 65, was self-isolation in June after getthrough this TOGETHER!” health”, his spokesman said. mer aide and closeconfidante. theCatholic Church. being “indoctrinated”inunregis- cavalier about the he and close family referendumon While House chief of staff Trumpwas lastseenbyre- “I’mworkinglikea—my a**off In recent decades, the grow- teredschoolsthatdeviatefromthe coronavirus, calling it a members tested positivefor Mark MeadowsonFridaytriedto porters returning to the White at Christmas stuff,” Melania ing desireamong French national curriculum. REUTERS prosecuting “measlycold”. His case the coronavirus. Aweek assurethe public that Trumpwas House on Thursdayevening and lamentstothe former aide, appearstohavebeenmild. later and afterdisplaying no formerpresidents conductingbusiness as usual, didnotappearill.Heis74yearsold Stephanie WinstonWolkoff, who He said he experienced symptoms, he said he had even as he confirmedthat the and clinically obese, putting him has justpublished atell-all book MEXICO’S SUPREME Court aches and fever. tested negative. narrowly backed abid by WhiteHouse knewHope Hicks, athigherriskof seriouscomplica- MelaniaandMe,inarecordingthat President Andres Manuel the aide, had tested positivebe- tions from the virus. AP wasfirstbroadcastonCNN on Lopez Obrador to holdaref- Thursday. Melaniacontinued, erendum on whether to al- “You know, who givesaf*** about lowthe prosecutionoffive Christmasstuffand decoration?” of his predecessors, deliv- Big blow to campaign in crucial final stretch Later in the conversation, ering aboost to himahead whichoccurredinJuly2018, she of 2021midterm elections. even senior aides to Trumpsaid safetybutalsoinhisoverly rosyas- complainedabout criticism for The Supreme Courtsaid six JONATHANMARTIN, the President would face aharsh sessmentsaboutavirusthatkilled separating families in acrack- of 11 judges declared the MAGGIEHABERMANAND judgmentfromvoters. over 207,000people in the US. down on immigration.“Isay that referendum constitutional. MATTSTEVENS “It’s hardtoimaginethis does- It’salmostcertainthe remain- I’m working on Christmas plan- The President has unstint- WASHINGTON,OCTOBER2 n’t end his hopes of re-election,” ing twodebatesbetween Trump ningfor theChristmas, and they inglycasthis predecessors’ said RobStutzman,aRepublican and Biden will be cancelledor said,‘Oh,what about the chil- European CommissionPresident Ursula vonder Leyenand administrations as corrupt, PRESIDENTDONALDTrump’san- RACE FOR consultant, pointing to Trump’s drasticallychanged.And after dren?’Thattheywereseparated.” European Council President Charles Michel at apress blaming them foraggravat- nouncement early Fridaythathe “flouting of obviousprecautions”. having gone forwardwiththe Sheusedanotherobscenityto ex- conference in Brussels, on Friday. Reuters ing inequality,weak had contracted thecoronavirus THE WHITE Afterayear that beganwith rallies he craves,despiterules press her exasperation. growth and chronic vio- upendedthe presidential race in HOUSE Trump’simpeachmentandhasin- againstlarge gatherings in many The recording putsthe First lence in Mexico. REUTERS an instant, inviting significant cludedapandemic, an economic states, Trumpwillnot be ableto Lady’s frustrations on full display EU breaks diplomatic questions about his cavalier atti- collapse, protests andurbanun- leave Washington during afinal, onlyweeks before the election. LEBANON tude toward the pandemicand of voters.Hecompoundedhisdif- rest,thiscould prompt votersto crucial stretchofthe campaign. Inastatement,Melania’schief the futureofhiscampaign just32 ficultiesby disregardingandbelit- seekarespitefromthe tumult. Moreover, oneofhiscentralar- of staffaccusedWinston Wolkoff deadlock to impose BeirutasksInterpol days before the election. tlingthebasicprecautions,suchas WhiteHouse advisers ac- guments againsthis opponent is of seekingto profitby releasingthe toarrestship Trump, 74,had already been wearingamask,thathishealthad- knowledgedthepositive testmay that at 77,Biden is enfeebledand recording.“Heronlyintent wasto trailing in the pollstoJoe Biden, in visers were urging Americans to remindvoters of howdismissive unfit to lead the country. This has secretly tapethefirstladyinorder sanctions on Belarus captain,owner partbecauseof hismishandlingof take to protect themselves. Trumphad been about the virus, nowbeen underminedbyques- to peddleherselfandhersalacious overportexplosion avirusthat has unsettledthe lives Strategists in both parties and notonlywithhis ownneglectof tions about his ownhealth. NYT book,” the statement said. NYT terfraughtdiscussionsamongthe REUTERS 27 EU member states that LEBANON HAS asked BRUSSELS,OCTOBER2 dragged pastmidnight. “I think Interpol to issue arrest war- that is an important signal.” rantsfor the Russian captain EU LEADERS brokeadiplomatic While Britain and Canada and owner of the ship that Pak media watchdog bansspeechesof‘proclaimedoffenders’ deadlockonFridayand imposed have imposedsanctionsonMinsk brought the explosive ma- sanctions on Belarus afterhours to show supportfor pro-democ- terial that detonated at took cognizance of 70-year-old that anyone who fails to comply November when he wasre- of summit talks, assuringCyprus racy demonstrationsthere, the BeirutportinAugust, killing SAJJADHUSSAIN Sharif’s repeated attackonthe with the order would face action. leasedonbailtoseek medical thatthe bloc would also punish impasseinthe EU,wheredeci- nearly 200people, state ISLAMABAD,OCTOBER2 PakistanArmy, with the latest “If licensee fails to comply treatment abroad. At the time, a Turkey if it continues oil and gas sions aretaken by unanimity,has media reported. Abouttwo being on Thursday during which with the aforementioned direc- court permitted Sharif to leave drilling in disputed areasofthe dentedthecredibilityofthebloc’s months afterthe explosion PAKISTAN’S ELECTRONIC media he in atelevisedspeechsaid that tives, the authority shall take ac- the countryfor four weeks, but Mediterranean. foreignpolicy,diplomatssay. that injured thousands and watchdog has bannedthe the militaryhad riggedthe 2018 tion under Section 29 and 30 of he did notreturn. The deal on sanctions against Cyprus, oneofthe EU’ssmall- ravagedthe Lebanese capi- broadcast and rebroadcast of any votethat brought the country’s PEMRA Ordinance whichmay Acourtlastmonth issuedar- about 40 officials accusedofrig- estcountries,had blockedthe ac- tal, questions remain about speech, intervieworpublic ad- current prime ministertopower. result in imposition of fine and rest warrants forSharif, previ- ging August’s presidential election againstBelarus foramonth, whyand howthe cargowas dress of absconders or pro- “PEMRA has receivedacom- suspension/revocation of li- ously sentencedtosevenyears tion in Belarus means the EU can insistingthatsanctionsalsobeim- abandonedinBeirut. claimedoffenders, days afterail- plaint againstseveral news chan- cence," it warned. in prison on corruption and makegood on apromise to sup- posedonitsneighbourTurkey for Authorities have blamedit ing former prime minister nels airing speechofthat of an Ban comes days after Acourt in 2017 had ousted moneylaundering charges portpro-democracyprotesters oil and gasexploration alongthe on the hugestockpileof am- NawazSharif made speeches absconder and aproclaimedof- Sharif’s speechfromLondon Sharif from powerovercorrup- stemming from disclosures in in Minsk and regain some cred- coastoftheMediterraneanisland. moniumnitrategoing up in from exile in London targeting fender.Ithas bannedbroadcast tion allegations. Imran Khan, a the Panama Papers. ibility afterweeksofdelays. Germanypushedback flames afterbeing stored in the powerful Pakistani Army. and rebroadcast of anyspeech, former cricketer, became Prime Sharif’s remarks came days “TheEuropeanUnionistaking againstatough stand on poor conditions at the port The move by Pakistan intervieworpublic address of said in astatementonThursday Ministerin2018. afterPakistan’s opposition actionagainstthosewhostandin Turkey,fearingitwould disrupt foryears. REUTERS Electronic Media Regulatory suchabsconders or proclaimed with aclear reference to Sharif. Sharif spokefromLondon, vowedtohold rallies in October the wayofdemocracy,” German effortstocooltensions withEU Authority (PEMRA) came as it offender,” the media watchdog The media body also warned wherehehas been since last to pressure Khan to resign. PTI ChancellorAngelaMerkelsaidaf- member Greece.

WHEN NADEEN ASHRAF CREATED AN INSTAGRAM PAGE NAMING AMAN ACCUSED OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT,EGYPT’S #METOO MOMENT WAS BORN The 22-year-old force behind the growing #MeToo movement in Egypt

occupiedwith the fate of a “This guy had been getting sault cases. Powerful institutions account of agangrapebyfive the suburbs during the 2011 up- DECLANWALSH Facebookpostthathad myste- away withstuff since the 10th prefer to sweep accusations un- youngmen in afive-starhotel rising thattoppledEgypt’s long- CAIRO,OCTOBER2 riouslydisappeared. grade,” shesaid. “Everytimea der the carpet. Even the families overlooking the Nile. In recent timeruler,Hosni Mubarak. Days earlier,afellowstudentat woman openedher mouth, of victims, waryof scandal or feel- weeks, however, the case has be- Ashraf initiallyshieldedher NADEEN ASHRAF had aburning the American University in Cairo someone tapeditshut. Iwanted ing amisplacedsense of shame, comeclouded in amurkof activism from her parents, who secret.Earlier this summer,an hadpostedawarningonFacebook to stop that.” tend to hush it up. counter-accusations and leaked thought she waslockedinher anonymous Instagram page that aboutasexualpredator—abrash, Aftercreating the page, Ashraf’s bold pageoffered a images that threatens to over- bedroom to study.When she fi- namedand shamedaman ac- manipulativeyoungman from a Ashraffloppedintobed at 6am newway. shadowthe progress Ashraf has nally camecleantoher father cusedofbeing anotorious sex- richfamilysaidto beharassingand and sleptthrough herexam. But On September 1, theauthor- made—andpossibly evenreverse weekslater,hewas alarmed. “He ual harasser at Egypt’s most blackmailing women on campus. when she awoke, she found itieschargedZaki, 21,with three it.“It’s very worrisome,” she said. went silent forthree minutes,” prestigious university wascaus- Now, Ashraf realisedasshestared hundredsofnotificationsfrom countsofsexual assault against Ashraf, 22,isnot an arche- sherecalled.“Then he said, ‘You ing asensation among her at her laptop, the posthad been people who applauded herpost, Nadeen Ashraf, who startedthe @assaultpolice page. NYT underagewomen, as well as typalEgyptianrebel. She comes can’t tell anyone’.” Ashraf told friends. Unknown to them, she deletedwithout explanation. and about 30 messages from multiple countsofblackmail and from an apolitical family that him it wasalittle late forthat. wasrunning it. Enraged,shesetasidehertext- women who confidedthatthey, harassment. He remains in de- livesinagated community in Publicoutrage over sexual as- The experiment started, in a booksand created an Instagram too, had been assaulted by Zaki. counthadamassed70,000follow- Egypt—aUnited Nations study tention, awaiting trial. eastern Cairo—aplaceofmani- sault has been growing in Egypt flash of fury, in the dead of night. pageunderapseudonym —@as- Some said theyhad been raped. ersandthepagehadpromptedan in 2013 found that 99 per cent of Butthenasecondhigh-profile curedlawns and hushedstreets foraboutadecade,drivenbyhigh- On July1,Ashraf, a22-year-old saultpolice —that identified the An Egyptian #MeToo mo- outpouring of testimonies from women hadexperiencedharass- case came to light, also through linedwith luxuryvehicles. profile attacks and, harassment philosophymajor,was up lateto man,AhmedBassamZaki,along- ment wasborn. other Egyptian women fedup ment or violence —but reporting Ashraf’s Instagram page, that Herfatherowns asoftware accusationsagainstafamoussoc- cram foranexamthe next sidehisphoto andalistofaccusa- Within aweek, Zaki had been with being violated. it is notoriouslydifficult.Police of- complicatedmatters.Itpromised company, hermotherisanutri- cer player.Evenso, men continue morning when she became pre- tionsof misdeedsagainstwomen. arrested,the @assaultpolice ac- Sexual assault is endemic in ficials arereluctanttoregisteras- to be even moresensational—an tionist, and her familystayedin to assaultwith impunity. NYT

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Domestic equity,currency and bullionmarkets were closedonFridayonaccountofGandhi Jayanti; Internationalmarketdata till 1900IST SECTOR WATCH WRITE TO RESERVEBANK OF INDIA ‘Can’tdifferentiate AVIATION Ministry,IBBIbatforARCs between digital and India-Germany air non-digital... need bubble suspended; biddingonstressedassets converged regulator’ airlines from both participateinthe corporateinsol- KARUNJITSINGH Movewillhelp vency resolution processafter re- nations cancel flights NEWDELHI,OCTOBER2 ceiving representationsfromin- dustry, requesting that ARCs be THE CORPORATE Affairs Ministry distressedcosget allowedtodirectlybid fordis- and the Insolvency and tressedcompanies under the IBC. PRANAVMUKUL ARRANGEMENTS Bankruptcy BoardofIndia (IBBI) resolutionplans The official notedthat the RBI NEWDELHI,OCTOBER2 WITH16NATIONS have writtentothe ReserveBank should work with stakeholders of India (RBI), asking the central UNDER CURRENT regulations, AssetReconstruction to addressany concerns andal- INDIA’S AIR transport bubble ■Special flights bank to permit Asset Companies (ARCs) arenot allowedtobid forequity in lowARCstobid fordistressed with Germanyhas been sus- have been permitted ReconstructionCompanies(ARCs) stressedcompanies directly, though theycan acquire companies. pendedafter the European under air bubble to bidforstressedassetsunderthe equitythrough conversion of debt intoequity. Manoj Kumar,partner at law Former Trai ChairmanRSSharma at the Idea Exchange countryprohibited national arrangements, Insolvency And Bankruptcy Code Allowing ARCs to participatewould improve firm CorporateProfessionals, said programme, on Monday. Express photo carrier Air India from flying to whichIndia has (IBC), according to seniorgovern- the probability of distressedcompanies receiving allowing ARCs to participate itsairports,asenior govern- enteredintowith 16 ment officials. resolution plans. would improvethe probability of ment officialtold TheIndian countries, including TheRBIrecentlyrejectedares- distressedcompanies receiving Express.The ban succeeded Germany. olutionplanfordistressedtelecom resolutionplans,andthatthecon- ENSECONOMICBUREAU the Indian side asking playerAircel by UV ARC, noting cernsofthe RBI could be ad- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER2 Lufthansa to curtail itssched- that the acquisition did notcon- tressedcompaniesbecauseof the also written to theRBI, seekinga dressedbyamending regulations ule, whichled to theairline 23dueto thecoronaviruslock- form with the guidelines of state of the economy. To prevent clarification on whythe RBIre- to restrict the amount of time for MAKINGAfreshcaseforaconver- cancellingitsflightstoIndiatill down.However, specialflights SecuritisationandReconstruction ARCs from participating at this jected UV ARC’s resolution plan whichthe ARCcan hold equity in gedregulator,formerChairmanof October 20. have beenpermittedunderair of FinancialAssets and stagewould be counter-produc- forAircel. adistressedcompany. Telecom RegulatoryAuthorityof Air India, too, has conse- bubble arrangements, which Enforcement of Security Interest tive,” said agovernmentofficial, According to experts,under “ARCs can raise fundsfrom India(Trai)RSSharmasaidabody ThiswasaftertheTraiformally quentlycancelleditsflightsto India has enteredintowith 16 (SARFAESI) Act. The primaryrole notingthatARCswere apreferred current regulations, ARCs arenot outside and invest in stressed that looksatissues both digital proposedaconverged regulator Frankfurt from Delhi. “All our countries,includingGermany. envisagedforARCsundertheSAR- investmentvehicleforforeignin- allowedtobid forequity in companies.Thatshouldnotbeto- andnon-digitalcouldpreventde- forinformationandcommunica- flightstoand from Frankfurt Asenior governmentoffi- FAESI Actistoacquirebad loans vestorsand,thus,preventingARCs stressedcompaniesdirectly, tallyprohibited,”saidKumar,not- cision overlaps. Further,the for- tions technology,and broadcast had to be cancelleddue to cial said that one of the main from lenders and conduct recov- from directlyinvestingindis- though theycan acquireequity ingthattheRBIcouldpermitARCs mer director general of Unique sectors in itsrecommendations withdrawal of permissionby reasons forbehind the action eries,therebyhelpingbanksclean tressedcompanies would also through conversion of debt into to take over control with the con- Identification Authority of India fortheNDCP.Onwhetheralarger the German authorities.10 wasEuropeancarriersoperat- up their balance sheets and carry negatively impact the equity. ditionthattheyrelinquishcontrol (UIDAI)spokeabouthowtheuse- legal framework wasrequireto flightsonthe Delhi-Frankfurt ing sixth-freedom flightsby out normal banking activities. participation of foreigninvestors Anothersource awareofde- withinaspecifictimeframeto ad- casesof Aadhaarhave onlyscratc- keep internetcompanies and sectorandtwobetweenDelhi carrying passengers from “Thereare goingto beveryfew in the distressedassets market. velopments saidthe IBBI hadre- dressobjections thatthe purpose hedthe surface and therewas over-the-top(OTT)platformsun- and Bangalorewill notoper- Indiato NorthAmericandesti- resolution applicantsfor dis- The associationofARCshas questedthat ARCs be allowedto of ARCs is nottorun businesses. scopeforitsexpansionbothinthe dercheck, Sharmasaid alaw was atenow till 14th October,” an nations and notallowing Air government and private sector. neededtoensuredigital sover- Air India spokesperson said. Indiato dothesame.Thesixth SpeakingatTheIndianExpress eignty.Notably, theTrai,underhis An e-mailquerysent to freedomof flying—whichlets IdeaExchangeevent,Sharmasaid, chairmanship, took aposition to Germany’sFederalMinistryof an airline to flypassengers Crude prices slip, marketsweaken “Thereisageneralconsensusthat notregulateOTT platforms -the Transportand Digital from one countrytoahub in thereisaneedfor aconverged internetserviceslikevoicecalling, Infrastructure didnot elicit a itshome countryand from regulator,whichtakes careofall text messaging, social media, etc. response. theretoathirdcountry—is theseissues and preventsthese “I think thereshould be a OnTuesday, Lufthansahad notallowed underair bubble as Trump tests positive forCovid overlaps. Otherwise, if thereisa largerlaw thatensuresdigitalsov- said thatitwill have to cancel arrangements. Earlier this decision on voice and that deci- ereignty,orderliness and Ithink all plannedflights between month, the Centrehad for- areheading fordrops of around 9 sion is notgiven fordata, then it the dataprotection law, which is India and Germany between mallyaskedEuropeanairlines AGENCIES per cent and 7per cent, respec- becomes conflicting.But Iwould coming,shouldhopefullyaddress September30andOctober20 to stop their sixth-freedom BENGALURU,OCTOBER2 tively,thisweekforasecond con- liketoqualifythisby sayingthatit that.AndIthinkif thegovernment becauseof an“unexpectedre- flights. secutive week of declines. has to be dealt on acase by case thinksthereisaneedfor an over- jection” of itsflightschedule In itsstatement the OIL PRICES fell around 5per cent In Asian equity markets, basis to understand wherethe alldigital regulatorysystem, the by Indian authorities. The DirectorateGeneral of Civil onFriday, whileWallStreet’smain Japan’s Nikkei 225 indexerased balance lies”. Sharma retired as governmentcandothat,”hesaid. Indian sidehad respondedto Aviationhadsaid:“…thereare indicesfell aftertwo straightses- gains and fell 0.69 per cent as the Trai chairman on September 30. Replying to aqueryonwhet- Lufthansa’sannouncementby restrictions in place forIndian sions of gains as news that US TokyoStock Exchangeresumed “What has happenedisthat herAadhaarcouldhave beenbet- saying that the airline wasof- nationals desiring to travel to President DonaldTrumpcon- normal trading afterits worst- convergence has takenplace and terleveraged to attemptidentifi- feredacurtailedschedule to Germanywhich wasputting tracted Covid-19 stirreduppolit- ever outagebrought the world’s onedevicecanoffermultipleserv- cation of migrant workers in the mitigatethedisadvantagebe- Indian carriers at asignificant icaluncertaintyjustweeksbefore third-largest equity markettoa ices,andyoucan’treally differenti- post-lockdownsituation,Sharma ing facedbyIndian carriers disadvantageresulting in in- the election. standstill. Australia’s benchmark atebetweendigitalandnon-digi- said, “I believe we have only dueto inequitabledistribution equitabledistributionof traffic At 12:25 p.m. ET,the DowJo- AfteranoutageonThursdaythatshut down theTokyoStock S&P/ASX200slipped1percentto tal—broadcasting, scratchedthe surface as farasap- of trafficinfavourofLufthansa. in favour of Lufthansa,” the nesIndustrial Averagewas down Exchange, the Nikkei in Japan fell 0.69 percent on Fridayafter 5,815.90. Shares in Singapore, telecommunications, everything plications of Aadhaar arecon- TheGermancarriersaidin DGCAstated. “Asagainst 23.37points, or 0.08per cent, at US President Donald Trumptestedpositive forcoronavirus. AP Thailandand Indonesia also fell. is merging. So now, we need to cernedbothinthegovernmentas astatementthatithadapplied Indian carriers operating3-4 27,793.53,theS&P500wasdown The FTSEurofirst300 index lookatthisthingmoreholistically well as the privatesector.Where- forcontinuation of special flightsaweek,Lufthansaoper- 17.26 points, or 0.51per cent, at rose 0.22 per cent to 1,405.35and than we were earlier,” he said. veryou have arequirementfor flightsitwas allowedtooper- ated 20 flightsaweek.Inspite 3,363.54. The Nasdaq Composite the prospectthatlawmakers amillion people around the theSTOXXEurope600added0.25 IntheNationalDigitalComm- provingyouridentity,youcanuse ateuntilendof September,but of this disparity we offeredto wasdown173.53 points, or 1.53 would agree on along-awaited world. per cent to 362.69. FTSE 100de- unications Policy 2018 (NDCP), Aadhaar. “Itisautility,whichcan willnow have to cancel the clear 7flights aweekfor per cent, at 11,152.98. fiscalspendingbillbefore theelec- In the crude oil market,Brent clined1.0 per cent. However, theDepartmentof Telecommuni- be plugged into anyservice. The flights. Internationalpassen- Lufthansa which wasnot ac- US equities were still volatile tion. wasdown$2.05, or 5.01per cent, gold managed to cling on to the cations (DoT) had proposedre- government has usedAadhaar, gerflightshavebeensus- ceptedbythem. Negotiations on Fridaybut hadcut some of Whereinvestorsgo fromhere at$38.88abarrelby1324GMT.US $1,900-levelinachoppy trading structuring of legal,licensing and (but) thereismorescope forus- pendedinIndia since March continue,” it added. their losses in afternoon trade as could rest on howTrumpcopes oil wasdown$2.01, or 5.19 per session,with gains cappedbya regulatoryframeworksfor“reap- ingitandcertainlymorescopefor investors digestedthat news and withadiseasethathaskilledover cent,at$36.71. USandBrentcrude firm dollar. REUTERS&AP ing the benefitsofconvergence”. usingitinthe private sector.”

INDIANITWORKERSTOBENEFIT BRIEFLY Indian-origin COVID-19IMPACT Sebi imposes FinMinallows Issa brothers US federal judge bars authorities ‘Bank credit growth to plunge `6 crore UP,APtoborrow to buy Asda fine on NSE `7,376crmore from enforcing H-1B visa ban to multi-decadal lows in FY21’ from Walmart The banking system’s credit growth will plummettoa NewDelhi: The Centreon “national interest”. multi-decadal lowofupto1per cent in FY21, Crisil said ENSECONOMICBUREAU Fridaypermitted Uttar ENSECONOMICBUREAU Legislation to TheUSstate-departmenthad for $8.8 billion MUMBAI,OCTOBER2 PradeshandAndhraPradesh NEWDELHI,OCTOBER2 then allowedH-1B visa holders The banking system’s to go foranadditional bor- overhaul H-1B who were public or private 1% credit growth will THE SECURITIES and Exchange rowing of Rs 7,376crore to IN FURTHER relief forIndian in- visa system healthcareprofessionalsorwere ADITIKHANNA plummet to amulti-decadal BoardofIndia (Sebi) has slapped meetexpenditureneeds formationtechnology(IT)compa- engaged in medicalresearch “in LONDON,OCTOBER2 low of up to apenalty of Rs 6crore on the amidfallingrevenuesdueto nies, afederal judge of thenorth- Washington: US Congress- an area with asubstantial public 1per cent in FY21 National StockExchange(NSE) Covid-19. “The Ministryof erndistrictof Californiabarredthe man Mo Brookshas intro- health benefit” to come to theUS. INDIAN-ORIGINBILLIONAIRE forinvestinginsix companies Finance has granted addi- US government from enforcing a ducedalegislation in the IntheITspace,work visahold- brothers Mohsin and Zuber Issa fall: For non-banking unrelated or non-incidental to tionalborrowingpermission June 22 order banning the entry House of Representativesto ers whose services had been re- areset to acquireamajority stake 3% financial companies the stockexchange business to UttarPradeshandAndhra of H-1B visaworkers in the coun- overhaul theH-1B visasys- questedbyany US government in the leading UK supermarket (NBFCs), the shock will be without approval from the cap- Pradesh forsuccessfullyun- trytillDecember 31. temtoprevent thefiring of agency likethoseworking the in- chain Asda from itsUSowner more pronounced and assets ital markets regulator. dertaking reforms in PDS District JudgeJeffrey Whitein domestic workers. The formation technology and sup- Walmartafter a$8.8-billion deal under management (AUM) The exchangeinvestedin and ease of doing business,” his order barring the US authori- AmericanJobsFirstActseeks portservices had been allowed, wasstruck as partofaconsor- may declinebyupto3per cent PowerExchangeIndia (PXIL), astatement said. tiesfromenforcingtheJune22ex- to stop employers from hir- whereas non-government IT tium involving private equity during the fiscal, impacted Computer AgeManagement ecutive order issued by US ing foreignH-1B workers if workers were allowed to travel firm TDR Capital. majorly by wholesale segment RISEINDELINQUENCIES: Systems (CAMS), NSEIT,NSDL E- President Donald Trumpsaid he theyhaverecently,orplanto, backtotheUSto resumeemploy- The Issabrothers, whosepar- NBFCsarelikelytoseea Governance Infrastructure Tradeunions had “exceededhis constitutional furlough US workers. PTI mentwiththesameorganisation entsmovedto theUKfromGujarat NBFCsTOTAKEHIT:Froman 0.50to2.50percentsurgein (NEIL),Market SimplifiedIndia callforstrikeon authority”. The order wasmade theywerebeforethe June 22 inthe1970s,owntheEuroGarages assetqualityperspectiveaswell, delinquenciesthisfiscal,driven (MSIL) and Receivables available on Thursday. proclamation. chain of petrol stations as partof NBFCswillbemoreimpacted largelybysmallbusiness ExchangeofIndia(RXIL). November26 This is the second relaxation somerelaxationsontravelof such Thursday’sorder by Judge their EG Group business. The NSE held 25-100per cent on travel of H-1B and otherwork jobvisacurbholders,andhadsaid Whitewillbeenforcedacrossthe The supermarketdeal, valued stakes in these entities through NewDelhi: Trade unions visasuchasL-1 holders to the US. that it had decidedtoallowcer- United States. ataround6.8-billionpounds($8.8 Why is thisimportant? Bank creditgrowth is directly Source: itssubsidiaryNSE Investments Fridaygaveacallforanation- In August, the US State tain categories of workersand Full report on billion),follows anauctionprocess linked to economic activity, set to contract in FY21 Crisil/PTI without the Sebi approval as of widestrikeonNovember26 Departmenthaditself announced non-immigrant visa holders in www.indianexpress.com forAsdaoverseveral months. PTI September. to protestagainst government policies. The decision wastaken during avirtual National Convention of Exports rise in September, first Musk hints at India entry, says ‘next year’ WorkersonOctober2,asper adeclaration adoptedby10 governmentsupport to push central unions and their as- time since lockdown started REUTERS sales. sociates. PTI BENGALURU/NEWYORK, Musk commented last year OCTOBER2 about coming to India, in re- ENSECONOMICBUREAU EXPORTSGROWTO$27.4BN Export 5.3 sponse to someoneonTwitter RECfinalises NEWDELHI,OCTOBER2 TESLAINC chief executive Elon who asked “What about India FY21revenue ■Tradebalance($bn) (%changey-o-y)RHS MuskindicatedonFridaythatthe sir?”. “Would love to betherethis AFTER CONTRACTINGfor six US electriccarmaker will makea year.Ifnot,definitely next!” he monthsinarow,thecountry’sex- 4 18 foray intoIndiain2021.”Nextyear said in March 2019. target 0.8 ports grew by 5.27per cent year- 0 -6.57 -3.15 -4.83 -6.77 0 forsure,”Musk said on Twitter in Tesla Inc on Fridaysaid it de- NewDelhi: The Department on-year to $27.4billion in -4 -18 replytoapostwithaphotograph livered139,300 vehicles in the of Public Enterprisesfi- September,and the trade deficit -8 1 -36 of aT-shirt with the message: thirdquarter, aquarterly record nalisedtargetsforRECinthis narrowedtoathree-monthlowof -2.9 “India wantsTesla”.”Thanks for forthe electric carmaker,but

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Lost of PhotocopyofGPA,Sale Agg.,Receipt,Will,Affi, ETC.,DT. Àff½fÊªfd³fIY Àfc¨f³ff 20.03.1997,on 29.07.2020 on the Àf½fÊÀff²ffS¯fIûÀfcd¨f°f dI ¹ffªff°ff W` dI ¸fZSm Classifieds way of rani bagh to sector- ¸fb½fd¢I »f ßfe¸f°fe »fÃ¸fe QZ½fe´f°³feßfe ÀfbSmVf¨f³Qi ÀffWc, E½fa ÀfbSmVf¨f³Qi ÀffWcQû³fûÔd³f½ffÀfe Àfe-180, 16,Rohini,Delhi Executed by ªfZ.ªfZ. If»fû³fe VfIc S´fbS, dQ»»fe-110034, ³fZ A´f³fZ Narender AroraS/O Jugal ´fbÂfÀfaªf¹f ´fbÂf,½f²fc dI S¯fE½fa B³fIZ¶f¨¨fûÔ Sfd²fI f, JAMMU&KASHMIRPOLICE HEADQUARTERS KishoreArora IFOSunil Kumar Qe´ff ³ffSf¹f¯f, IÈ ¿¯ff, Aaªf»fE½fa A³f¸fû»f IûC³fIZ Phone/Fax No. :0194-2443031/2443032 (Sgr) Website: www.jkpolice.gov.in PERSONAL Sabharwal S/OC.P.Sabharwal Qb½¹fÊ½fWfS ½f ¦f»f°fAf¨fS¯f IZ IfS¯fA´f³fe ¨f»f- in respect of property No.WZ- A¨f»f Àf¸´fdØf ÀfZ ¶fZQ£f»f IS Àf¸¶f³²f d½f¨LZQIS 0191-2459029/2459255 (Jmu) E-mail: [email protected] I , DheerajS/O Sh.Vinod Kumar I, ARTI VATSW/O MR. MAYANK d»f¹fZW`ÔÜªfû ½¹fd¢°f C³fÀfZ dI Àfe·fe ´fiI fS If»fZ³f- 1578,RaniBagh,Shakur R/O-A-41,KunwarSingh Nagar VATS R/OSA-78/1, SHASTRI QZ³fB°¹ffdQS£f°ff W` ½fWÀ½f¹fa dªf¸¸fZ½ffS Wû¦ff, ·fd½f¿¹f Clarification/Amendment/Extension Notice Basti,Delhi-110034. ¸fZÔC³fIZ dI Àfe ·fe¦f»f°f If¹fÊIZd»fE ¸fZSm¸fb½fd¢I »f Nangloi, Delhi-110041,Have NAGAR, GHAZIABAD.HEREBY In response to queries received from different firms,clarifications/Amendment to 0040550268-10 dªf¸¸fZQfS ³fWeÔ WfZÔ¦fZÜ Changed My New Name DECLARE &CONFIRM KUSH Sd/- e-No: 36 of 2020 dated 29.08.2020 are herebyenclosed as Annexure A-1 forthe Dheeraj Kumar,For all Future VATS MY MINOR SON Lost of PhotocopyofGPA,Sale SANJEEV JAIN (Advocate) information of intending bidders. Purposes. 0040550268-1 (PASSPORTK8076893) HAVE Enrl.No. D-226/1991 Agg., Receipt, Will, Aff. ETC., Subsequently,the last of date for submission of on-line bids & CHANGEDHIS NAME TO I, Manitosh Narain R/o-House DT.03.03.1997,on 29.07.2020 on PUBLIC NOTICE opening of Technicalbids against NIT No: 35 of 2020 dated MADHAVVATSFOR FUTURE 27.08.2020 floated by this Hqrs forthe installation of CCTV Surveillance No.G-3, Milap Nagar- the way of rani bagh to sector- Notice is herebygiven to general public that Road,UttamNagar,New Delhi- 0040550255-1 16,Rohini,Delhi,Executed by my client Ms. Sanyogita Kaur W/o Late Sh. system in Police Stations and Police Posts are re-scheduled as under:- Manminder Singh, resident of A-8, J.J. Smt.Laxmi Devi W/OLate Shri 1. Last date of receipt of tenders =10.10.2020 upto 1800 hours 110001,HaveChanged ISagir Khan sonoflateDeen Colony,Khanpur,New Delhi,hereby disown my,son’s Name From Om Vishnu Dutt IFONarender theirson Mr.JasvinderSinghand his wife Mohammad Resident of C_131 Ms. Vaishali (Amrit Kaur) and, they stands 2. Date of opening of technical bids =12.10.2020 at 1100 hours. AroraS/O Jugal KishoreArora disinherited from my clients’ movable and NarayantoVihaan Lal Kuan PulPrahladpur The other terms and conditions of the NIT shall remain the same. in respect of property No.WZ- immovableproperties.Towhich they will Narayann,For All,Future Badarpur New Delhi Ihave hereafter have no claim. My Client have Purposes. 0040550276-9 1578,RaniBagh,Shakur beencompelled to take this step on account Sd/- changed my namefromSagir No. Prov-II//Elect-30/2020-21/42656-65 Basti,Delhi-110034. their contumacious and recklessconduct Rayees Mohammad Bhat, (IPS ) Khan to Sagir Khan Chisty for which has brought my client shame and Dated: 29.09.2020 I,MD Sadique Ali,S/o Abdul disrepute.Anyone dealing with them in any AIG (Provision/Transport) Azaz,R/o-36/4,Peeru-Vihar, all purposes in future. 0040550268-8 manner shall be doing so at their ownrisk For Director General of Police, 0040550045-6 and cost and my client shall not be J&K, Srinagar. Sadar-Bazar,Delhi- Lost of Orignal General Power of responsible for their actions. DIPK--6656/20 Cantt.,declarethat in my Sd/- Uma Sharma (Advocate) I, MamtaPandey D/oParas Attorney,Sale Agreement, Will Chamber No. 90 Lawyer’s Chamber minordaughter Farhat Nath Pandey W/oShashi Kant Receipt and Affidavit Etc.,On building, Sector-12, District Court Faridabad. Tarannum CBSE-Board record MishraR/o H. No-C-98 A, Rama 27-07-2020 in the way of Rani my name has beenwrongly- Park, Uttam Nagar, West Delhi- Bagh to Sector-16,Rohini,in mentioned as SiddiqueAli 110059, have changedmy Respect of Property Bearing correct-name is MD Sadique name and shall hereafter be No.B-545, area measuring 4-1/2 Ali. known as Mamta Mishra. SQ.Yards,Situated at Rishi 0040550268-2 Nagar,Shakur Basti,Delhi- 0070715948-1 I,HITHERTO KNOWN AS DHRUV 110034, exeuted by ShriBalkar GOYAL@SHIVANSH GOYAL,S/o I, ARTI VATSW/O MR. MAYANK Lal and Shri Anil Sethi in favour VINAYGOYAL R/o-126,AGCR- VATS R/OSA-78/1, SHASTRI of SMT.RamLubhai Puri W/o ENCLAVE,NEAR- NAGAR, GHAZIABAD.HEREBY Shri Raj Kumar puri. DECLARE &CONFIRM LUVVATS KARKARDOOMA- 0040550268-9 COURT,DELHI-110092,HAVE MY MINOR SON (PASSPORT CHANGED MY NAME AND NO.K8076699) HAVE CHANGED I, Gopal Krishna Garg, S/o SHALL HEREAFTER BE KNOWN HIS NAME TO KESHAVVATS R.C.Garg,have lost my Original- AS DHRUV GOYAL. FORFUTURE. General-PowerofAttorney- 0040550255-2 Deed of Flat.No.N-601,Area 0040550276-2 measuring 1565-SQFT,at I, MeghaChawla, W/o Aditya Prateek Laureal Sector-120 I, RAJNEESH BANSAL S/O Khurana, R/oG-75 Naraina NOIDA-(U.P), FinderContact. TARSEMBANSAL R/O Vihar, Delhi 110028,INDIA,have 965091118, fir.No.433061/2020 FLATNO.21, DEFENCE changed my namefrom APARTMENT,NEAR INDER- Megha Chawla to Megha 0040550267-1 ENCLAVE, PASCHIM Khurana for all future VIHAR,DELHI- purposes. 110087.CHANGED MY NAME TO 0040550269-1 PUBLIC NOTICE RAJNISH SUKHI BANSAL. I, Navraj Deepak,F/o-TiyaSingh, 0040550268-3 PUBLIC NOTICE R/o-787/7, Ground- It is notified for the I, Anurag Sharma, R/o1/4884, Floor,Govindpuri,Kalkaji,ND- Gali No. 8, BalbirNagar Extn, 19.have changedmyminor informationthat my Shahdara, East Delhi, Delhi- daughter’s name,fromTiya original property 110092 have changed my ChandratoTiyaSingh for,all documents of plot no.51 minor daughter’s name from purposes. sector-8, IMT,Manesar, ANSHI VATStoANSHI SHARMA 0040550276-1 Gurugram,Haryana has for all futurepurposes. been lost on Date- PUBLIC NOTICE 0040550272-1 LOST & FOUND 01/10/2020 Time- 12:30 Plot no.KachnarMarg-4, p.m. Owner name Manoj I Mujeebur Rehman Ansari S/o situated in DLF City Phase-1, I, Pooja D/oRamkishor, F-180G Gurugram, Haryana was Nisar Ahmed R/o1665, Gali Imli Khurana if found please Laxmi-park nangloi new delhi- call- 9811604964. registeredinthe name of Wali, HamdardDawakhana, 41, have lost my original 1) Mr.Ayush Jain, 2) Mr. Rodgran, Lal Kuan, Delhi G.P.O., certificateClass-10th Year- Samir Jain, 3) Mr.Sanjay Jain. North Delhi,Delhi-110006 2012 Rollno-8754338 CBSE- PUBLIC NOTICE Mr Sanjay Jainexpired declarethat name of my minor Delhi. 0040550268-7 intestate on 09.03.2020,The This is for information of General public following members of the sonMohammad Rafe Ansari that my client Sh. Vinod Kumar S/o Sh. aged 14 yearshas been I, Geeta D/oDev narayan, R/oB- Heera Lal he is absolute owner/allottee family arethe survival wronglywritten as Mohd Rafe 128, laxmi-park nangloinew of the property DDA JantaFlat No. 91, Members and Legal heirs, i.e. delhi-41, have lost my original- Second Floor in Block-B, Pocket-II, 1) Mr Ayush Jain, 2) Mr Samir Ansari in his School Records. Jasola, New Delhi-110025. Ihave lost certificateClass-10th Year- Jain &3)Mrs Lata Jain. Now The actual name of my minor my original Possession Slip issued by the above mentionedproperty son is Mohammad Rafe 2014 Rollno-8721495 CBSE- DDA in the of name Sh. Vinod Kumar if any persons finds the above stated is going in the name of all Ansari. Delhi. 0040550268-6 document, it is requested to hand over Threesurviving members i.e 0040550268-5 the same to the undersigned And If any 1) Mr.Ayush Jain,2)MrSamir persons have any claim whatsoever Jain, and 3) Mrs Lata Jain. It is need for the information with respect to the above said property, I SAMPAL SINGH/ SPSINGH,S/O If anybody has any objection that my original qualifying he/she is required undersigned within HARBANS SINGH KANWAL 10 days for the date of publication. to it, he or she may approach R/O.HNO.47/10,ASHOK- examination certificate of Sd/- M/s DLF Ltd. or the NAGAR,TILAK-NAGAR,DELHI- Secondary Examination of year Rahul Mishra undersigned within 21 days of Advocate 110018.CHANGEDMY NAMETO 2012-14 and Roll No. 8154551 the publication of this notice. issued by CBSE has actually Chamber No. G-611, 6th Floor, SAMPAL SINGH KANWAL. 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THEINDIANEXPRESS,SATURDAY,OCTOBER3,2020 ON THE TUBE INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE RoyalChallengersvsRajasthan Royals 3.30pm 16 SPORT Delhi Capitals vs KnightRiders7:30pm,StarSports Network Youngshoulderscarrytheload EMOTIONAL ROLLER COASTER Chennai Super Kings veterans shown up by Rashid after unheralded duo rescues Sunrisers Hotheads, calm minds and everything in between at the game.

SYNOPSIS Swag of youth, strangle of Rashid shove CSKtothird straight defeat.

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UNTIL THE 10th over of the firstinnings, the scriptflowedperfectlyforChennaiSuperKings, before PriyamGargandRashidKhanrewrote it, despiteMSDhoni’slateefforttotinkerwiththe climax. Swag of youth Priyam Gargistwo months away from his 20thbirthday, AbhishekSharmaisjustamonth intohis21styear.Together, theyposted77runs Watson’s wail of anguish wascertainlymaking the ball talk.Hekept in sevenovers to overturn apotential tragedy FORSOME years now, Watson’s problem has bending them back in, and then came the forSunrisers Hyderabad, enabling them to re- been the inswinger that threatens the front wicketball.Itcurvedinbut from atad wide coverfromaperilous 69/4 to postahealthier leg that he tends to plant across. From his outside offand atouchshortinlength.That 164/5,whichChennaifellshortof by sevenruns. firstdelivery,Bhuvneshwar Kumar started width and length made Watson tryfor the Theycame together in themostun- to induce claustrophobia with aseries of in- break-free cut shot but it went awry:the favourable of circumstances. Gargstrodeinat Priyam Garg(in pic) and Abhishek Sharma helpedSunrisers Hyderabad recoverfrom69/4 to 164/5. BCCI swingers. The firstfourproducedthree sti- feet,the head, the bat-face, the nipbacker, the departureofskipperDavid Warner,held fledlbw shouts. NotthatWatson doesn’t and the rushed-waftmeant he choppedit elasticallyinthe deep by FafduPlessis when when the opportunity presented itself. The knowhis problem.Infact, before the tourna- on to his stumps. The sound of leather on tryingto unshacklehimself fromtheclutchesof Amritsar-borncricketer’srolemodelisRavindra ment he said he wasn’t going to worryabout wood made Watson sing out adirge:acry Chennai’s parsimonious bowlers. Sharma Jadeja,but that did notcomeinthe wayof Fear factorlesswithlack of crowd: Buttler that lbwthreat, notfussabout his front-foot of anguish as he wafted his batoverthe joinedhim afteradelivery, when Kane thumping his idolovermidwicket or reverse- stride across but instead would hum asong, stumps in frustrationbeforehetrudged Williamson contrivedtorun himself out. At sweeping him foraboundary. NewDelhi: ENGLAND AND Rajasthan same but youlosethatreaction to an literally, and playitasifthere wasnoprob- back. best,Hyderabad would have prayed forthe Royals playerJos Buttlerfeels the ab- amazing shotorawicket or when the lem. Notsureifhewas singingbut Kumar SRIRAMVEERA youngsters to give their totalaresemblanceof Rashid’s strangle sence of crowds canhelp the young- ball goes intothe outfield that creates a competitiveness. Theygavemorethan that Dhoni and his battingcolleagues should sters lose fear factor when theyare up massive amount of volume in IPL. That’s with ablend of emphatic striking and acalm- knowall thereistoknowabout Rashid. After againstthe likesofMSDhoni or Virat adifference.” Iceman cracks Aggression. Disbelief. Relief nessofnerves that portends bigger featsfrom all, theyhavespent hours decoding his bowl- Kohli. He also felt the buzz and the atmos- IF KANE Williamson had to lose his cool DEEPAK CHAHAR’S designated four overs them in the future. ingthreadbare,devouringfootage of hisaction, “I alsowonder if over time, pressure pherevariedatdifferent grounds. did he have to,inanIPL league game in encompassed four emotions. The 28-year- Garg’s strokesare acollisionofmuscle and trying to work out away to playhim. Besides, will be alittle bit different. Ithink Dhoni “Sharjah seemedtohavemorenoise Dubai? Glaring at a19-year-old, the baby old reachedthe highofrattling Jonny sophistry. LikewhenhesweptSamCurranover theyhaveseveral first-hand accountsofhav- or aKohli,whentheystride to wicket, around the ground thanDubai.Dubai of the Hyderabad side, isn't what cricket- Bairstow’s bearings in justthe fourth ball of mid-wicket.Crouchinglow, heimpartedalot of ing playedhim in the middle. Yet, the Afghan the crowdisusuallygoing crazy. wasalot quieter.” ing yogis do. Mr Nice is expected to be Mr his firstover–pumping his fists,knowing powerintothe shot,beforethe whirl of the proved indecipherable, his four overs costing Obviously, that doesn’thappen behind Without thetraveland movement Nice always.Williamsonflickedthe ball that the ball wasswingingand it wasset to wristsensuredperfectplacement.Thenextball just12runsandeffectively winningthematch closeddoors. Maybethat might help in quarantine, the pre-game days have from leggie Piyush Chawlatothe mid- be his night. But fortunesswung too. In par- wasafloatycutter,whichhewaitedanddabbed forSunrisers. some of the younger guyswho areplay- been also different. wicket region and took off. Gargwas ticular, startofthe 17th over.Jadeja andhis between backwardpoint and thirdman. He Rashidisamasterofdisguise—it’sdifficult ing againstthemastheymight lose “All training arelateinevening. You caught ball-watching stead of scamper- reliable pair of hands were supposedtode- showedremarkablematurity to notget over- to differentiatebetweenagoogly andleg-break some of the fear factor as the crowd justlie in bed till 10 as opposedtoget- ing. Snapping out of his reverie, it wastoo liverChahar'ssecond,but he got giftedhor- awed or carriedawayafter hisbreezy start. He fromhisaction.Andif thatisnot deadlyenough, aren’t on their back,”Jos Buttler told the ting up early.Itry do some physical late. Atough run anyway,his non-re- rorasJadeja spilledthat. The next ball, exudedremarkablecomposure,indealingwith he varies his pace masterfully, whichmakes it podcast‘TheAnalyst inside cricket’. training of some sorts, go to gym. My sponse and poorly judged non-single to Shardul Thakur droppedanother regula- thebowlersaswellasthesituation,andbatted difficultto readhimoffthepitch. Histhreeovers Buttler also feels thereis“less emo- wifeishere, so doing alot of Pilates the quickprompt, sawWilliamson Hulk tion, in amoment of mangledmadness. naturally. He wasunfazedbyreputation—he thatconcededjustfiverunsupfrontwere soin- tion” in the game because of the lackof whichisgood forme. And then on out in ararelippyreply. The starefrom The TV cameras pannedfromChahar’s in- draggedaDwayneBravodeliveryfromoutside fluentialthatevenalatecharge by Jadejaand crowds. matchday,similar times youwakeup, the Kiwi would have unsettledany credulity to adead-panMSDhoni, taking it off-stumpand creameditonthe leg-side with Dhoni couldn’t prevent adefeat. Strangling by “There is probablyless emotion in do some mobility exercise likepilates, rookie. But notGarg. He madeanunflus- all in. Justwhenall thefighthad leftthe CSK ahintof arrogancethatsuggestshe’sarealdeal. spinisaveryChennaistrategy,butRashidbeat the game. It’s different. It’s notthat you have ateam meal and head to ground teredunbeaten 51 offjust26. Next time bowler’s body,his captain came to the res- Healsoseizedthemoments—heknewthe them at their owngame. lose intensity with the cricket but with in evening. Youtry to prepareyour youare under the pumpKane, use your cue, holding on to what could no longer be weaklinkinChennai’sbowlingmachinerywas BRIEFSCORES:SRH164/5in20overs(P Garg crowd, especiallyinIPL, creates abuzz body to playinevening. It’s along time feet and loftthe ball to the boundary. You calledaneasy catch, created from the last Curran and targeted him,resultingina22-run 51*off 26, ASharma31off 24;DChahar2/31) and everyball is amassive moment. You doing nothing.” won't have to run or stare. NIHAL KOSHIE ball of the 17th over. SHASHANK NAIR over.Sharma playedthe support act to perfec- bt CSK 157/5 (R Jadeja50off 35,MSDhoni 47* lose that reaction, almost. Cricketisthe EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE tion, rotating strikeand trading lusty blows off36; TNatarajan 2/43) by 7runs. Early bird Thiem,Halepadvance Out of the race:Honda to quit F1 BRIEFLY Messiplayingoutofhis Thiem wasbrokenonlyonce, when he to focus on zero-emission tech ASSOCIATEDPRESS sent aforehand wide to give Ruud a3-1 lead skin,saysRoberto PARIS,OCTOBER2 in the firstset.Heimmediatelybroke back Tokyo: JAPAN’S HONDAMotorwillend its Tokyo: Barcelona defender Sergi and converted sixofhis 15 break pointsin participation as an engine supplier in the Likeotherautomakers, Honda Robertopraisedhis captain Lionel WAKING UP early Fridayfor his third-round all. He also savedseven of the eight break FIA FormulaOne WorldChampionship at is rushing to build new-energy Messi forasensational displayinhis match at the French Open, Dominic Thiem pointshefaced.Ruud wasbidding to become the end of the 2021season to focus on zero- side’s 3-0 win away to CeltaVigoinLa wassurprisedtosee themorning skies were only the second Norwegian to reachthe emission technology,itsaid on Friday. vehicles in an industryshift LigaonThursday, as the Argentinean still dark. Yup, Roland Garrosinautumn, fourth round of aGrand Slam. The decision wasmade at the end of that chief executive Takahiro further demonstrated he has put his when the sun is slowertorouse itself than The firstwas his father and coach, September and the companydoes notin- HachigoonFriday described as troubles with the club behind him. duringthe usual May-June slot, takessome Christian Ruud, in 1997 at the Australian tend to return to F1,Chief Executive AfterAnsu Fati had openedthe scor- getting usedto. But, on court, the U.S. Open Open. He watchedonFridayonChatrier. TakahiroHachigo said in an online news “once in acentury”. ing, Messi helpeddouble Barca’s ad- champion is adjusting justfine to the pecu- It wasagain largelyempty forthat match, conference. vantageearly in the second half with liarities of what is the lastGrand Slam tour- victimof thedailylimitof 1,000spectatorsim- “This is notaresult of the coronavirus an unstoppable run down the right namentinapandemic-hityear. posedonthe clay-court Grand Slam tourna- pandemic but because of our longer-term soning behind this,” RedBull Team Principal hand side of the area and ashotthat The runner-uplastyear and in 2018,both ment.Thearenabuiltfor15,000rangoutlater carbon-free goal,” he said. Christian Horner said in astatement. bouncedoff Celta’s Lucas Olaza and times to Rafael Nadal, advancedtothe fourth in the daytoshouts of “Bravo!” and “Merci!” Likeother automakers, Honda is rushing Honda is launchingits firstmass-pro- intothe netfor an owngoal.Messi roundfor the fifthconsecutive time,withan- and sawfans in face masksjumping up and to build new-energy vehicles in an industry ducedall-batterycar this month -the Honda later had astrikeruledout narrowly otherstraight-setvictoryinthisweek’sfirsten- down in waves as Caroline Garcia of France shiftthatHachigoonFridaydescribed as e-and has announcedplans fortwo thirds of foroffsideand then createdBarca’s counterinParisbetweenseededmen.Thevic- beat 16th-seededElise Mertens 1-6, 6-4, 7-5. “once in acentury”. That race is accelerating the company’s output to be new-energy ve- thirdgoalinadded time, dancing tim of the third-seededAustrian’s fierce Thiem beat Ruud 6-4,6-3,6-1. Reuters “Thereare notmanyofyou but youmake amid the coronavirus outbreak as carmak- hicles by 2030. through Celta’s defenceand firing a backhandandsuper-quickcourtcoverage un- as muchnoise as when it’sfull,” Garcia told ers reviewproductionplans to capturemar- Domestic rivalToyotaMotor Corp last shotatgoalwhichkeeper Ivan Villar der the newroofonCourt Philippe Chatrier the crowd, whichsheltered under the arena’s ketsharewith newmodels including lowor week said it expectsannual sales of electric parried, leaving Sergi Robertotoscore wasNo. 28 CasperRuud by 6-4,6-3,6-1. Austrian with multiple Grand Slam titles, has newroof from astorm that interruptedplay zero-emission vehicles. vehicles to reach5.5 million in 2025, five on the rebound. “Leo is so firedup In the women’sdraw, top-seededSimona said he lovesthe chillyautumnal conditions on the outside courts. Honda, whichreturnedtoF1in2015in years earlier than initiallyplanned. rightnow,” Sergi Robertosaid. “Heran Halep defeated Amanda Anisimova 6-0, 6-1. that other players have grumbled about at The 45th-ranked Garcia advancedtoa partnership withthe RedBull Racing team, Honda supplies twoRed Bull ownedF1 so muchtoday and playedout of his The 19-year-old Anisimova beat the2018 this pushed-backFrenchOpen. Still, waking fourth-roundmatchagainst third-seeded said it willdivert theresources it usedtobuild teams —Red Bull Racing and Italy-based skin forthe team.” REUTERS champion in straightsetsinthe quarterfinals up in the players’ bio-secured hotelat7a.m. Elina Svitolina, who beat the lastof12 F1 engines towardsefforts to acceleratede- AlphaTauri (previouslyToroRosso). Both lastyear.Halep,aRomanian riding acareer- forthe firstmatchonFridayonChatrier,he Russians in the women’s draw,Ekaterina velopmentofzero-emission technologies teams have been grand prixwinnersthis sea- best winning streak of 17 matches, will next wastaken abackthatdawnhad to yetto Alexandrova, 6-4, 7-5. suchasfuel cells and batteries. son, makingHondathe onlyengine supplier Walshnamedcoach face another rematchagainstanother break,asitwould have done in May. Also advancing in arain-interrupted “Weunderstand howdifficult it has been to have wonwith twodifferent teams in the ofWIwomen’steam teenager:Iga Swiatek. “Everything dark.Winter is almostcoming,” matchwas Sebastian Korda, the son of 1998 forHonda MotorCompanytoreachthe de- V6 turbo hybrid erathatstarted in 2014. Thiem, bidding to become the first he said. “That wasalittle bit weird.” Australian Open champion PetrKorda. cision. We understand and respect the rea- REUTERS Kingston: Fast bowling great Courtney Walsh has been appointed as the newhead coachofthe West Indies women's cricket team. The Klopp wary of COVID-19 risks duringinternational break West Indies cricketlegend willlead the preparation and development of the women's ream at leasttill the dealingwithit,”Klopptoldanews conference Arsenal beat Liverpool on penalties ‘Fixture crunchnot an excuse’ end of 2022, includingcompeting in REUTERS ahead of Sunday’s league clash at AstonVilla. Arsenal edgedpastLiverpool 5-4onpenalties Tottenham Hotspur manager Jose the next ODI WorldCup and T20 LONDON,OCTOBER2 “SoIamslightlyconcernedbecauseitisdif- to advanceto theLeagueCupquarter-finalson Mourinhosays hehasalreadymoanedenough WorldCup. Walsh has served as an ficult to be in contact with all FAs(football as- Thursdayafteragoalless90minutes.Withthe abouttheclub’spackedfixturelistandwillnot assistant coachwiththe Bangladesh LIVERPOOL MANAGER JuergenKlopp ex- sociations) alloverthe world. “I understand it, Premier League champions making several use it as an excuse ahead of their Premier men's team, and subsequently pressedhis concerns about releasinghis Ireallyunderstand howdifficult the situation changes to theteam that beat Arsenal in the LeagueclashatManchesterUnitedonSunday. worked on ashortterm contract players forinternational duty amid the is but it’s notexactlyperfect, the information league 3-1 on Mondayand their opponents Spurs thrashedMaccabi Haifa7-2 on with the West Indieswomen's side, COVID-19pandemic, saying the club had we getfromcertain FAs.” also rotating, it wasalways unlikelytobea Thursday in aEuropa League playoff game to including at the T20 WorldCup held struggledtoget clarityfromnational teams KloppalsoaccusedthePremierLeagueand high-class encounter. reachthe group stageastheycoped with a in Australia earlier thisyear.Walsh over safetyprotocols. broadcasters of notprioritisingplayerwelfare Liverpool had the better chances and thirdhome game in five days including is thehighestwicket-taker in West PremierLeaguechampionsLiverpool,likesev- as anumber of his players will be expected to should have been awardeda44th-minute Sunday’s Newcastle United draw and Indies Test history with 519scalps in eral other eliteEuropean clubs, have begun return to league action againstrivals Everton penalty when DiogoJotawas brought down Tuesday’s League Cup shootout win over 132matches. "The experience I theirnewcampaignwithashortenedpre-sea- on Oct.17, lessthan48hours afterreturning in the box. The resulting free kickeventually Chelsea. Eric Dier,TobyAlderweireld and have,myknowledge of the game, son, acramped fixtureschedule and the risk from internationalduty. ledtoTakumiMinimino finding space and Steven Bergwijn have allstarted twice in 48 and my overall organisational skills of losing players to COVID-19. “Wesend the players away andthen we smashing his close-rangeshotontothe cross- hours this week,while ManchesterUnited will be keyaspectsaswetry to de- Next week’s international matches make have another challenge because we have to bar.ArsenalkeeperBerndLenomadetwocon- managerOleGunnarSolskjaerfieldedamuch- velop awinning team culture. 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