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MEASURES TO BOOST CONSUMPTION THE CITY GovttargetsRs1lakhcrspendbyMarch-end, ` 110 per kilo HOW AGROUP OF ` 138 per kilo FRIENDS FEEDING announcesnewLTCvoucher,festivaladvance THE HUNGRY ` 171 per kilo TURNED INTO A MOVEMENT FOR But experts saydemand impetus will Bid to put FOOD SECURITY PG 5 PROJECTED be small, needbigger stimulus CONSUMPTION/ money in Finance MinisterNirmala CAPEXBOOST Cremation against SUNNYVERMA& Sitharaman said supplycon- LTCvoucher 28,000 hand, then AANCHALMAGAZINE straintsinthe economyhad scheme NEWDELHI,OCTOBER12 easedoverrecent months, but our wishes, Hathras consumer demand remainedaf- Festival 8,000 tying it too TO STIMULATEgrowth in the fected —and these measures advance economy, the government on were aimedatadvancing con- scheme victim’s family to HC Mondayannouncedatwin setof sumer spending and capexina Centreand 37,000 PVAIDYANATHANIYER measures to boostconsumption “fiscallyprudent way”. Capital statecapex NEWDELHI,OCTOBER12 cremation.TheDistrictMagistrate demand and capital expendi- expendituresteps are “directly Est. private 28,000 MANISHSAHU deniedhaving sought anydirec- ture, whichalong with partici- linked to increase in economic sector spend JUSTTHREE DAYS ago, acon- LUCKNOW,OCTOBER12 tion from Lucknoworgot any pation of the private sector,are output (GDP), giventheir high sumer confidence survey by the TOTAL1,01,000 guidancefromLucknowinthede- estimated to result in quick multiplier effect”, she said. ReserveBank of India said dis- THE FAMILYmembers of the 19- cisionregardingthecremation.He spending of morethan Rs 1lakh Some economists argued Figures in Rs cr Sitharaman in NewDelhi on Monday. Prem Nath Pandey cretionaryspending wasex- year-old Dalit woman, who died told the courtthat the decision crorebyMarch-end. that the amountsweretoo small pected to remain lowinthe near afterbeingassaultedandallegedly wastaken(byofficials)locally, in- Through the Leave Travel to have anymeaningful impact futureeven gangrapedbyfour upper-caste cluding him,” said Mathur. Concession (LTC)voucher on economic growth, and that though peo- meninHathras,toldtheLucknow A PTI reportquotedSeema scheme, whichcan be availedby therewas no additional spend- ple expected benchoftheAllahabadHighCourt Kushwaha, counsel forthe fam- private sector employees as well, ing push from the government GST deadlock on, Centre says can an improve- on Mondaythat the district ad- ilymembers, as saying that and afestivaladvance forgov- itself. In response to aquery, ment notjust ministration carriedout her cre- theywanted the case to be ernment employees, the Finance Department of Economic Affairs E in economic ● enable borrowing for Option 1states EXPLAINED mation “againsttheir wishes”. transferredout of the state. Ministryhas triedtoadvance SecretaryTarun Bajajsaid these situation but “Her familytold the court “The familywantsthe case to consumption of non-essential, measures would notrequireany also in employment conditions that the cremation wasdone by be transferredtoDelhi or relatively high-value goods and extraborrowing by the central sus on the borrowing options Stating that borrowing by and income scenario. Finance the Hathras district administra- Mumbai,” she wasquotedas services in the economy. government. ENSECONOMICBUREAU made available. the Centrewill lead to arise in MinisterNirmala Sitharaman’s tion againsttheir wishes,” said saying. According to the PTI re- Likeinthe earlier leg of itsre- An additional Rs 25,000crore NEWDELHI,OCTOBER12 The Centrestatedits intent to G-sec yields and borrowing announcement on measures to senior advocateJaideep Narain port, she said the familyasked lief packageinMay,the series of is being providedfor capital ex- facilitateborrowing under costs forstatesand the private boostconsumer spending is Mathur,who wasappointed am- forsecurity and also did not announcementsmade by the penditureonroads, defence in- THE STANDOFF between Option 1—Rs1.1 lakh crore sector,Union Finance Minister clearly an acknowledgement icus curiae in the case. want the reportofthe investi- Finance MinistryonMonday frastructure, watersupply, urban Opposition-ruledstatesand the through aspecial windowfacil- Nirmala Sitharaman said that that people going out and spend- “In his statement, Hathras gation so fartobemade public. continuedwith the basic design development, and domestically Centreovercompensation itated by the RBI and Finance borrowing falls under Article ing is keytoafasterturnaround District MagistratePraveen CONTINUEDONPAGE2 of leveraging adegree of stimu- producedcapital equipment. shortfall in Goods and Services Ministry—for the 21 states that 293 of the Constitution, and it is of the economy. Kumar Laxkar told the courtthat lus with minimal fiscal costto This is expected to come through Taxcontinuedatthe GSTCouncil agreedtothis routewhile the “astate’s right to decide what But then, twothings stand theyhad inputsabout ahugelaw the exchequer. re-allocation of resources. meeting Mondaywith both other states termedthe process theywant to do”. out in the announcement:One, and order problem the next JOURNALIST HELD Announcing the package, CONTINUEDONPAGE2 sides failing to arrive at aconsen- as illegal. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 morning, following whichthey UNDER UAPA: MOVE took the decision to carry out the HC, SAYS SC PAGE 7 AN EXPRESSINVESTIGATION Pak, China are In pandemic, Centre waved creating border red flag on trafficking, but key disputes under a states yet to take action mission: Rajnath From UP to Maharashtra, ChhattisgarhtoJharkhand, eight states fall shortinsetting up anti-trafficking units DEEPTIMANTIWARY NEWDELHI,OCTOBER12 —UP, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Mizoram AMID TALKSwith the Chinese to BUSINESSASUSUAL and Nagaland —havenot setup resolve the militarystandoff BY UNNY asingleunitsince March, when along the Line of Actual Control thelockdownwas imposed. in Ladakh, Defence Minister This inaction by the states is Rajnath Singh said Mondaythat COVID ABUSE—2 glaring as cases of child traffick- POLLS &PANDEMIC China and Pakistanhavebeen ing have surgedoverthis period. creating border disputes “under Singh at the inauguration of On Monday, The Indian Express Volunteers packCovid-19kitsfor poll officers, in Patna Monday. ANI DECISION2020PAGE12 amission”. the bridges on Monday. ANI DIPANKARGHOSE reportedthat officials manning Inaugurating 44bridges built NEWDELHI,OCTOBER12 Childline’s 1098,the national by the Border Roads Organisation helpline fordistress calls, tracked (BRO) in sevenborder states and mission, firstbyPakistanand THREE MONTHS ago, the 1.92 lakh interventions by res- EXPRESS NETWORK Union Territories, and signalling nowevenChina.” MinistryofHome Affairs sent an cuers and lawagencies between More supercomputers, AI the startofworkonthe Nechiphu “The twocountries share advisorytoall states laying down March and August. In those six tunnel on the road to Tawang in 7,000 km of border with us and severalmarkers to combat hu- months, the helpline logged 27 training mark beginning POWEROUTAGE Arunachal Pradesh, Singh said, ofteninsome sector or the other, man trafficking —especiallyof lakh distress calls. BRINGSMUMBAITO “Youare awareofthe situation on thereistension. Despitesuch children from families leftinthe The Home Ministry’s letter, ASTANDSTILL our eastern and northern bor- problems, the nation, under the lurch by the economic distress signedbyDeputy SecretaryArun of phase II of National PAGE 11 ders. It appears as if border dis- able and visionaryleadership of triggered by the lockdown. The Sobti and dated July6,warned: putes arebeing created under a CONTINUEDONPAGE2 key, it said, wasthe creation of SETTINGUP “Traffickers oftenexploit the vul- Supercomputing Mission Anti Human Trafficking Units ANAHTU nerabilities of people by making (AHTUs) in everydistrict on a false promises of anew job, bet- Top Bollywood producers move “mosturgent basis”. An Anti Human terincome, better living condi- ANJALIMARAR But official records investi- Trafficking Unit includes: tions and supporttotheir fami- PUNE,OCTOBER12 gatedbyThe Indian Express show lies, etc. While suchpromises of that eight states, including Covid POLICE: 1Inspector,2 perpetrators appear legitimateto THE CENTRE forDevelopment of HC for curbs on 2news channels hotspots UP and Maharashtra, Sub-Inspectors, 2Head people, unfortunatelyitmakes AdvancedComputing (C-DAC) and J&K areyet to put these units Constables, 2Constables manymen, women and children on Mondaylaunchedthe Namedinlawsuit, editors of Republic, Times Nowhit back in place. STATEGOVT: When re- easy prey forexploitation.” second phase of the ambitious In fact, records show, UP and quired,1representative It also indicated to DGPs and National Supercomputing Mondaymoved the Delhi High Editor-in-ChiefArnab Goswami Maharashtraare amongsixstates eachfromthe depart- Chief Secretaries that lackof Mission (NSM). SOFIAHSAN CourtagainstRepublic TV and and Consulting Editor Pradeep inthisgroupthathave notreached mentsofWomen and funds can no longer be usedas Launchedin2015and jointly Supercomputers deployed NEWDELHI,OCTOBER12 Times Nowand their senior ed- Bhandari; and, Times Now, its abasic norm firstmappedout ten Child Development, an excuse. fundedbythe Department of in the firstphase. Express itors, seeking “perpetual and Editor-in-Chief Rahul Shiv- yearsago:setupAHTUsinatleast Health and Family CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Science and Technology (DST) THIRTY-EIGHT LEADINGcinema permanent” injunction against shankar,and Times Network 50 per cent of police districts. UP Welfare, and Labour and and MinistryofElectronics and associations and production them from making or publishing Group Editor,Navika Kumar. had only35unitsfor 75 districts, Employment, apartfrom Information Technology (MeitY), and connecting them ontoa houses, including Karan Johar's “irresponsible, derogatoryand Social media platforms have also andMaharashtrajust12for36dis- aprosecution member PART3:SOURCE TO the seven-year mission aims at National Knowledge Network Dharma Productions, Ajay defamatoryremarks”againstthe been addedasparties to the case. tricts. and acounselling expert DESTINATION: WHAT establishing supercomputer fa- (NKN). DevgnFilms, and those owned film industryand those partofit. The petitioners have sought And, exceptfor J&K and Source: Ministry of Home Affairs NEEDS TO BE DONE cilities across 70 national re- Thirteen national institutions by Salman Khan, Aamir Khan The civil suit, filedvia DSK the court’s intervention to ensure Jharkhand, the others on the list search and academic institutions CONTINUEDONPAGE and Shah Rukh Khan, on Legal, is againstRepublic TV,its CONTINUEDONPAGE2

EXPLAINED PAGE1 ANCHOR To save their trees, Bastar’s tribals stand up to tradition

year’s celebrations because the language) thaunka”. elders locallyreferredtoas us long ago.” GARGIVERMA villagecustodians of another Foryears, trees from the for- ‘siyaan’, described howthe tree- In the face of the villagers’ de- BASTAR,OCTOBER12 patchofforestsome 5kmaway estwerecut forthe Dussehra felling tradition came to be. “The cision, the Dussehracommittee as the crow flies, whichhas sup- chariotofJagdalpur,Rambati royal house (of Bastar) assigned of Bastardecidedtorespect the LESS THAN 4kmfromthe road- pliedthe chariot’s timber forthe said. Another villager,Ramuram eachvillagespecific tasksfor boundaries of the village, and cut SIMPLY PUT side memorial to the victims of past20years, decidedtono (30), said, “We appliedfor com- Dussehra. Forthe cutting of trees from adifferent partofthe the 2013 Maoistattackin longer allowthe practice. munity forest rightsin2017, but trees, sevenvillages were iden- forest —around Jhiram Ghati. THEECONOMICS Chhattisgarh’s Jhiram Ghati lies On September 1, the gram we neverheardbackfromthe tified, from wherepeople would There, villagers of Kakalgud OFAUCTIONS agiant sal,its full 150feet sabha of Kakalgud resolved government. But we do know gather at GadiyaMalaang, and pointed to at least10smaller, PAGE 13 sprawledonthe forest floor.Off theywould notgiveany more that we can take decisions about the trees would be cut. The tradi- leaner trunksofsal lying aban- the road that winds through the trees from the forest around our partofthe forest.Wewill not tion continuedevenafter the donedbythe road. “The smaller jungle, severalsmall and big trees their village. letany trees be cut.” royals were no longer there, as a tree trunksare notevencounted, THE EDITORIAL PAGE bear signs of recent hacking. On “The 1,000-odd acres of jun- Sadhu (28) said the villagers form of respect to the king.” so manyofthem areusedasjust October 5, at least108 trees in glearound our villageiscalled had submitted alettertothe col- However, “respect should not levers (topull down and roll big- this forest were felledtobuild the GadiyaMalaang. The name was lector of the district. Theyhad become acause fordestruction”, gertrees),” Sadhu said. THEHATHRAS chariotthat is traditionallyused givenbyour forefathers be- tried “everything”, he said, but Bhagwan said. “The villagehas The huge150-foot sal wasnot ‘CONSPIRACY’ during the Dussehrafestivities in cause it wasfull of sal trees,” all theygot from government of- unanimouslydecidedtonot give takenawayapparentlybecause BY ALOK RAI Bastar, local people said. said Rambati, aformer ficials wastalk about “right and ResidentsofKakalgud in Bastarhaveresolvednot to letany the trees. We arenot disrespect- the trunk’s corewas found to be PAGE 8 Trees in the area around sarpanchofKakalgud — “gadh wrong, tradition and disrespect”. of the trees around their villagebecut. Gargi Verma ing tradition, and arestill giving hollow. But Kakalgud’s villagers Jhiram Ghati were cut forthis (home or bastion in the local Bhagwan, one of the village rope, whichtoo wasassignedto CONTINUEDONPAGE2

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Govt target optimum outcome in terms of its Bollywood impact on growth. PHASEII Special assistance will be pro- Theheadlinenumberslooked that the channels and their jour- videdtostatesintheformof inter- good: total Rs 73,000 crorede- Centre waved red flag on trafficking nalists abide by provisions of the DEPLOYMENTSOF est-free50-yearloansof Rs12,000 mandinfusion,of whichRs36,000 ProgrammeCodeundertheCable SUPERCOMPUTERS crore, whichcan be usedonlyfor croreisadditional demand from “An amount of Rs 25.16 of existing AHTUs in all dis- ago. Another proposal wassent up soon,” said asenior police Television NetworkRules, 1994, capex purposes,withcertaincon- consumer spending, and the bal- crorewas releasedtostates trictsoftheir statewith the fi- twoweeksago to setup29 officer. and withdraw,recall and take ditions. ance Rs 37,000croreisadditional from 2010 to 2019 forsetting nancial assistance providedby moreunitsafter the central downallallegeddefamatorycon- ■IISc -2.6 PetaFlop “It(thepackage)willhelpalit- Centralandstatecapitalexpendi- up AHTUs in 332districts. the Central government and government releasedfunds of Jammu &Kashmir tent publishedbythem against ■ IIT -Kanpur -1.3 tle bit on the demand side, but ture.Butintermsof additionalfis- Recently, adecision wastaken makethese unitsfunctional on Rs 4.62 crore,” said Pratap DISTRICTS: 20. AHTUS: 8 Bollywood. PetaFlop amountsare very small... There cal spending, it is just0.2 per cent to establish AHTUs in all dis- a‘mosturgent basis’.” Dighavkar,special IG UNITS SINCE MARCH:1 Those who have movedthe ■ IIT -Roorkee-1.3 will be some demand impetus, of GDP. trictsofstatesand UTsand also And yet, these administra- (Prevention of Atrocities SevenAHTUs areopera- HC arethe Film &Television PetaFlop but howmuchitwill be,Idon’t It is also interesting howthe establish AHTUs under the tions have failedtoget their act AgainstWomen), the nodal au- tional currentlywith anew Producers Guild of India (PGI), ■ IIT -Mandi -650 know. ItwillbeverysmallIguess... government chose to packagea border guarding forces suchas together: thority. unit setupinGanderbal in Cine &TVArtistes’ Association PetaFlop AlsotheRs12,000crore,whendi- largesseto itsownemployeesdur- BSF and SSB in border areas to August, officials said. (CINTAA), Indian Film and TV ■ IIT -Hyderabad -650 videdamongallthestates,comes ing times of Covid-inducedfiscal checkand curb transnational Uttar Pradesh Chhattisgarh Producers Council (IFTPC), TeraFlop to nothing,” Pronab Sen, former and economic stress. While an- trafficking. Rs 100crore were DISTRICTS: 75. AHTUS: 35 DISTRICTS: 29. AHTUS: 8 Uttarakhand ScreenwritersAssociation(SWA), ■ IIT -Guwahati -650 Chief Statistician of India, said. nouncing the measures, the allocated from the Nirbhaya UNITS SINCE MARCH:0 UNITS SINCE MARCH:0 DISTRICTS: 13.AHTUS: 7 AamirKhanProductions,Ad-Labs TeraFlop “Thisisreallynot thestimulus FinanceMinistersaid,“They(gov- Fund forsetting up newAHTUs DGP Hitesh Chandra Senior police officers said UNITS SINCE MARCH:0 Films, AjayDevgn Films, Andolan ■ IIT -Gandhinagar - that is required.Now we needa ernment employees) needtobe and forstrengthening existing Awasthysaid therewere “just work is still on to setupthree DG (lawand order) Ashok Films, Anil Kapoor Film and 650 TeraFlop muchstronger stimulus. This in- incentivizedtocontributetothe AHTUs, covering all districtsof 16-17unitsseven-eight years moreunitssanctionedin2018- Kumar said that aproposal has CommunicationNetwork,Arbaaz ■ NIT -Tiruchirappalli - volvesvirtuallynoadditional ex- revivalofdemand forthe benefit states/UTs,” the letter said. ago”. “These unitsrequireve- 19.InJune 2020, the central been to the government to set Khan Productions, Ashutosh 650 TeraFlop penditurefor the central govern- of the less fortunate.” AHTUs were initiated in hicles, infrastructureand government issuedRs3.6 crore up AHTUs in the remaining six Gowariker Productions, BSK ■ NABI -Mohali -650 ment. Afterall, somebody has to But will the 35 lakh-odd gov- 2006,tobeset up by the states workforce, and everything forsetting up of 16 moreunits. districts. The lastAHTUs were NetworkandEntertainment,Cape TeraFlop maketheadditionalexpenditure,” ernment employees spend the with funds from the Centre. cannotbeobtainedinone go, “Setting up anew unit depends setupin2015inDehradun, of Good Films, Clean SlateFilmz, Sen said. moneygiven the manyrestric- Eachunit typicallycomprises so we have been developing in on the central government Pithoragarhand Uttarkashi. Dharma Productions, Emmay Sitharamanarguedstepswere tions the ministryhas proposed? sevento12trainedpersonnel phases. The scheme is Centre- budget allocation. We didn’t Entertainment&MotionPictures, der this mission (see box). being takenkeeping in mind that Allowing payment of cash in from the police and statead- funded, and we will keep in- have moneytoset up more Nagaland Excel Entertainment, Filmkraft SanjayDhotre, MoS in the these “mustnot burden the com- lieu of Leave Travel Concession ministration, and is usually creasing the numbers basedon than eight from 2010-2013. DISTRICTS: 12.AHTUS: 6 Productions, Hope Production, MinistryofEducation, moncitizenwithfutureinflation”, (LTC)entitlement forthe 2018-21 headedbyapolice officer. resources provided. To cover The state’s ownanti-human UNITS SINCE MARCH:0 Kabir Khan Films, Luv Films, Communications,Electronicsand and “mustnot put government block(airorrailfare plusleave en- The Home Ministry’s letter moreareas, unitsare some- trafficking unit has been work- Asenior official said that MacguffinPictures, Nadiadwala IT,Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary, debt on an unsustainable path”. cashmentfor10days),theFinance followeddirections from the times givencharge of more ing to stop trafficking,” said RK the statehas got approval for Grandson Entertainment, One DST, officials of C-DAC and direc- Central government employ- Ministrysaidemployeesmustbuy Supreme Courttoframe guide- than one district, and the areas Vij, Additional DG. upgrading the existing six India Stories, RSEntertainment torsandheadsof theparticipating ees will be providedtax benefits goods and services worththree lines afterthe Bachpan Bachao leftout arecovered by the lo- AHTUs and creation of five (Ramesh Sippy Entertainment), institutions attendedthe online on LTCcomponent without hav- times the fare (air or rail depend- Andolan (BBA), foundedby cal police,” he said. Jharkhand newunits. “EachAHTU is RakeyshOmprakash Mehra programme on Monday. ingto actuallytravel.Theemploy- ing on their slabs) and as muchas NobelPrize winner Kailash DISTRICTS: 24.AHTU: 12 headedbythe Additional SP of Pictures, RedChillies Entertain- At the end of the firstphase of ees would be required to spend theleave encashment.Theymust Satyarthi, filedawrit petition Recently, the Indian Council SINCE MARCH:4 the district, and thereare 15 ment, Reel LifeProductions, thisRs4,500-croremission,super- three times the LTCfarecompo- do it before March 31 next year, on April 29 flagging the crisis. of Social Science Research (IC- Since the lockdown came police personnel, including five RelianceBigEntertainment,Rohit computershave beendeployedat nentto purchaseitemsthatattract andfurthertheymustspendonly The petition warned: SSR) selected six districts— intoforce, unitswereset up in women police officers,” the of- Shetty Picturez, RoyKapur Films, IIT-BHU-Varanasi,IndianInstitute 12%ormoreGoods and Services in goods attracting GSTof12per “Once the lockdown is lifted Bahraich, Lakhimpur Kheri, Sahebganj, Giridih, Latehar and ficial said. Salman Khan Films, Sikhya of Science, Education and Tax(GST). What this effectively cent or morefromaGST-regis- and normal manufacturing ac- Shravasti, Gonda, Maharajganj Godda. “We have submitted Entertainment,SohailKhanProd- Research -Pune, IIT-Kharagpur means is that if your fare compo- teredvendor through digital tivity resumes, factoryowners and Pilibhit —tolaunchthe ini- applications forAHTUs in the Mizoram uctions, TigerBabyDigital, Vinod and Jawaharlal Nehru Centrefor nentof LTCisRs40,000,youneed mode. Theywill also have to pro- will look to covertheir finan- tial phase of astudy on human other 12 districtsaswell. Since DISTRICTS: 11.AHTUS: 4 ChopraFilms, Vishal Bhardwaj AdvancedScientific Research - to spend Rs 1.2lakh on goods that ducetheGSTinvoiceforthegoods cial losses by employing cheap trafficking, child labour and the funds have onlybeen re- UNITS SINCE MARCH:0 Pictures and Yashraj Films. Bengaluru.Themaidenphasealso fall in the 12%ormoreGST slab in or services purchased. labour,the easiestofwhichis child marriage. leasednow,wewill work on Asenior police officer said Seeking direction to restrain saweffortsto createanecosystem order to save taxonRs40,000. The strategic intent seems to children. Numbers of street setting them up,” said Anil that steps arebeing takentoes- the twochannels from conduct- forassemblyofsystemcompo- As forthe leave encashment bedirect spending towardsitems children pushedintobegging Maharashtra Palta, ADG (CID). tablish unitsinall districtsaf- ing “media trials of Bollywood nentswithin the country. component of LTC, the employee forwhichdemand had slumped will also spike...Underagegirls DISTRICTS: 36. AHTUS: 12 terthe statereceivedmore personalities”andinterferingwith Addressing the meeting, will have to spend an equivalent during the period of lockdown. will be bought and sold into UNITS SINCE MARCH:0 Haryana central funds recently. theirrightto privacy,thesuitstates Hemant Darbari, director general amount towardspurchase of Butthismaydefeatthelargerpur- prostitution.” Officials said the stateplans DISTRICTS: 22. AHTUS: 7 ithasbeenfiledinthewake of the of C-DAC,said, "Weare nowen- goods that attract GSTof12% or pose of reviving demand. “The In itslettertostates, the to have 47 AHTUs in place that UNITS SINCE MARCH:0 (WITHAVANEESHMISHRA, channelsusing“highlyderogatory tering the second phase of the more.ThroughtheLTCconsump- choiceordecisionof howtospend HomeMinistrywrote: will covercommissionerates in “Recently, we got approval SADAFMODAK,GARGI wordsandexpressions”forthein- mission, wherein moreinstitu- tion boostplan, the government and wheretospend is best leftin “States/UTsare advisedtoim- cities as well as the 36 districts. from the stategovernment to VERMA,VARINDERBHATIA, dustry. tions will be supportedbysuper- expectsademand generation of thehandsof theconsumer…This mediatelyset up newAHTUs “We sent aproposal to setup setup15moreAHTUs to cover LALMANIVERMA,NAVEED Thechannels,itstated,are con- computing facilities. Nodal train- Rs 28,000 croreinthe economy. isnotreallyacashtransfer,it’stheir and upgrade the infrastructure sixmoreAHTUs four months everydistrict. Theywill be set IQBAL&ABHISHEKSAHA) ducting and publishing “parallel ing centres would be established While it expectsadditional de- entitlement that is being paid in private ‘investigations’”andeffec- in this phase." mand creation of around Rs advance. True, the government is tively actingascourtsto condemn While procurement of afew 19,000 croreonaccount of de- being sensitive to the conditions opinion. No suchdecision has HecomplimentedtheBROfor root small, lean trees, and leave king held courtwith the siyaans persons associated with systemswasplannedintheinitial mand from central government thatduringthepandemic,people been made in the Council,” Isaac workingtirelesslyevenduringthe themby theroad.Whyshouldwe and manjhis,the villageelders, at Bollywood as guilty. phase of the mission, going for- employees,anotherRs9,000crore maynot travel, but by specifying postedonTwitter. pandemic. allowour jungles to sufferinthis the MudiyaDarbar.The celebra- “Bollywood is unique and ward,allcomponentsandsystems is estimated from stategovern- conditions,itmayendupholding “It is unfortunatethat Union “Everysector of the country, way?” tion and the Darbar arestill there, stands on adifferent footing from will be indigenouslybuilt. ment employees. Private sector them backfromspending,” said a FMdoesnotproposeadecisionin from agricultureand industryto Tribal activistArjun Nagex- butthevillagers,whoareexpected anyother industryinasmuchas Soon, afullyindigenisedsys- employees can also avail of this senior government official, who theCouncil or even makeastate- oursecuritysystem,hasbeenim- plainedthe deep emotional con- to keep doing their duty,haveto it is an industrythat is dependent temcomprising the server board, scheme. did notwish to be named. ment (about) what she is goingto pactedby Covid-19...TheBROhas nectthattribalpeoplefeelwiththe payanentryfee.” almostsolelyongoodwill, appre- networkcardand the system de- “The AtmaNirbhar package Thecapitalexpenditureforthe do but chooses to makethe an- continuedoperationsintheNorth forest: “Theyhaveco-existedfor ciationandacceptanceof itsaudi- sign done by C-DAC will be ready that wasannouncedearlier ad- Centreand states will certainly nouncement in the press confer- Eastern states, Uttarakhand, so long, otherwise we wouldn’t Hathras family ence.Thelivelihoodof personsas- foroperations. The C-DAC head- dressedtherequirementof essen- help,giventhemultipliereffectof ence. Whydoes the Centrerefuse Himachal Pradesh and the Union have the jungles in the firstplace. Besides the victim's parents, sociated with Bollywood is being quarters in Pune has receivedap- tialgoodsforneedysectionsof the spending in infrastructureproj- to takeadecisioninCouncil?Total Territories of Jammu &Kashmir, The adivasi takesonlywhat he hertwobrothersandsister-in-law severely impacted by the smear provalforsettingupa20PetaFlop society.Now these measures aim ects, and itsimpact over the disregardfor democratic norms,” and Ladakh. The BROcontinued needs, and ensures that it is given were alsopresentincourt.Alltheir campaign being run by the system and another 650 TeraFlop at promoting consumption of longer-term. “But this is toosmall hewrote.PunjabFinanceMinister itsworkwhileensuringthatsnow backtothejungle.Thecommittee statementsweretaken. Defendants,” the suit contended. system at itsBengaluru centre, high-value items by those em- to makeany meaningful differ- ManpreetSinghBadalsaidthat10 clearanceisnotdelayedatremote has been cutting trees around The19-year-oldwasattacked, It also stated that the pan- both of whichwill be connected ployees whose salaries and jobs ence. The economycontracted opposingstatesaskedforadispute locations,” he said. Kakalgud foryears, but has not allegedly by fouruppercaste men demichasresultedinextremerev- ontothe NKN. have notbeen affected by Covid- 23.9 per cent in the April-June resolutionmechanismandforma- “Iamhappytoknowthatover planted asingle tree yet.” onSeptember14,andadmittedto enue loss and work opportunity "All system deploymentsthat 19 pandemic,” asenior Finance quarterthisfinancialyear,andthe tionof aGroupof Ministersonthe 2200kmofroads have been cut On October 5, when the tree- ahospitalinAligarh.Sheregained loss forpeople associated with were partofphaseonehave been Ministryofficial said. RBI has estimated GDP for2020- issue,buttherewasnoagreement by the BROduring the lasttwo cutterscameintheir23trucks,the consciousness on September 22 Bollywood. “The privacy of the completedand deployments Since mostemployees have 21 will contract 9.5 per cent. Only at the meeting. years, using the latesttechnolo- villagers of Kakalgud were out on and recordedastatement before members of Bollywood is being plannedinthe second phase will notbeen able to travel afterthe big fiscal intervention by the gov- Sitharaman said thereare dif- gies, and state-of-the-artequip- the road. Local officials had as- amagistrate,followingwhichsec- invaded,andtheirreputationsare be takenupsoon. C-DAC has al- startofpandemic, the shifting of ernment in the infrastructure ferences but theycannotbe ment. Also, surfacing wascarried suredthemthattheirforestwould tionsof rapewere addedtotheFIR. being irreparablydamaged by readyinitiatedactivitiesof design theLTCbenefitisexpectedto gen- space or direct supporttothose termedasadispute.“Therewasn’t out on about 4200kmofroads,” notbetouched, and that trees Allthefouraccusedhavebeenar- painting the entireBollywood as and manufactureplannedinthe eratedemand elsewhere, al- who lostjobs during the pan- anybattle there. The GSTCouncil he said. Amid the border standoff wouldbetakenfromelsewhere— rested. criminals, seepedindrug culture, thirdphase," said Darbari, speak- though it mayimpact the travel demic can be meaningful,” an- isaveryrespectedfederalinstitu- with China, India is expediting but the villagers were still fearful. The victim diedatDelhi's and making being partof ingabouttheprogressof theNSM. andtourismindustry—wherede- other policy expertwho advises tion. Alot of discussions happen, work on severalkey projects, in- “We decidedtofollowthe ve- SafdarjungHospitalonSeptember Bollywood as synonymous with IITsinKharagpur,Madras,Goa mand has already been severely the government said. definitelytherecanbedifferences. cluding astrategic road linking hicles. Formorethan eight hours, 29.Herbodywastakento Hathras, criminal actsinthe public imagi- and Palakkad will soon house the dented —negatively. Butwhereunanimityisnotthere, DarchainHimachalPradeshwith everyman, woman, and child andahurriedcremationwasheld nation,” the lawsuit stated. National Centrefor Human Under the festival advance GST deadlock that doesn’t mean thereisgoing Ladakhthatwillcriss-crossanum- stood on the road, covering our alittle before 3amonSeptember Responding to this, Arnab Resource Development. At these scheme, all central government “No consensus has been ar- to be adispute...I have also said berofhigh-altitude snow-bound forest,waiting to see howmany 30 – none of her immediatefam- Goswami, on ashowonthe centres, skillingandtrainingfacil- employees will getinterest-free rivedonoptions presented to whoeverwantstotalk,please passes. The nearly 290-km-long trees theywould carry away this ilymembers were present at the Republic,said:“Ourpursuitof the ities will be providedtothe user advance of Rs 10,000 that will be states in meeting the GSTcom- talk,” she said. road will be crucial forthe move- time,” Rambati said. In the end, lastrites. truth will onlybecome stronger, communitiesaimedatfamiliaris- recoveredin10instalments.Itwill pensation shortfall...While con- ment of troops and heavy theycounted the trunksofmore Takingsuomotucognizanceof moreintense,andmorefocused.” ingthemselveswithnext-genera- be giveninthe form of apre- cluding, Isaid that while Irespect Rajnath weaponryintothe frontier bases than ahundred trees. the case, especiallythe hurried RahulShivshankar,inaTwitter tion technology,high-perform- loadedRuPay cardoftheadvance thereisnounanimity,Iasked the Prime MinisterNarendraModi, is of theLadakhregion,andwillpro- At Jagdalpur,morethan 50 cremation,theLucknowbenchof post, said the case wasa“bad ance computing and artificial value.Thegovernmentexpectsto Council whether members can notjustdealing with these chal- vide acrucial link to the Kargil re- men from twovillages in the Allahabad High Courthad di- precedent” and will not “weaken intelligence. disburseRs4,000croreunderthe stop other members from doing lenges with great determination, gion. Singh also laid the founda- Bakawand blockwerelabouring rected senior officials of the state theresolve”ofTimesNow. Navika Apartfromacademia and re- scheme by March 31. what theywant to do. Can the but also bringing about crucial tion stone of the strategically on the Dussehrachariot. One of governmentandpoliceto bepres- Kumar,taggingactorsAamirKhan search institutions, Sharma sug- According to the Finance Council stop amember from changes in all sectors,” he said. important Nechiphu tunnel on them, BaldevBhagat of Jharumar ent at the hearing on October 12. and Shah Rukh Khan and pro- gested that open access of super- Ministry, if all states provide sim- wanting to borrowand saythe ThebridgesinJ&K(10),Ladakh the road to Tawang in Arunachal in Bastar, said: “This year we have The courthad also asked the vic- ducer Karan Johar in her tweet, computing facilities be extended ilar advances, another Rs 8,000 cess will repaythat borrowing?” (8), Himachal Pradesh (2), Punjab Pradesh.This450metre,two-lane been brought to work four days tim's familymembers to be pres- said, “If fighting forjustice invites even to industries and start-ups. croreislikelytobedisbursed. Sitharaman said. (4), Uttarakhand (8), Arunachal tunnel will ensureall-weather late, because the trees were cut ent to give their version. courtcases, bring it on.” "Wemustknowthe uses of the “We areopen to anyone who Pradesh (8) and Sikkim (4) were connectivity,besides providing late.We areworkingdayandnight Besidesthevictim'sfamilyand computingfacilitiesandmustlink Money in hand wantsustofacilitateany loan...a dedicated to the nation by Singh safeand securepassagethrough on astrict deadline.” theHathrasDistrictMagistrate,UP Supercomputer it with all stakeholders, including muchofit(the consumerspend- lotofpeople have already said at avirtual conference. accident-prone areas. Bhagat has another concern. AdditionalChief Secretary(Home) including IITs—Madras, industries and start-ups," said ingpart)isfront-loadingof expen- about Option 1, todayalso they Hesaidthesebridgeswill help “Traditionally, we arenot paid for AwanishKumarAwasthi,Director Kharagpur,Kanpur,Guwahati, Sharma. diture, or in other words, repur- said we areapproaching tomor- in the movement of ration and Bastar’s tribals this work.Weare fedand givena General of Police HCAwasthy, Hyderabad, Roorkee, Mandi, MoS Dhotresaid, "Sectors like posing of government spending, rowmorning, so we areready to militaryequipment forsecurity believe it wasstrong and had place to sleep, and at the end, the Additional Director General (Law Gandhinagar,GoaandPalakkad— health, climatemodelling, oil ex- andthesizeof theoverallpackage deal with it,” she said. forcespostedinremote borderar- manyyears to live. entirevillagemight getagoat or a and Order) Prashant Kumar and along with Indian Instituteof plorations and morewill enjoy is nothing muchtotalk home The Opposition-ruledstates eas even during winter when “Salgrowsslowly, andthistree fewhundred rupees. But Ineed Superintendentof Police,Hathras, Sciences (IISc), Bengaluru; benefitsofsupercomputers, about (compared with the Prime objected to the process, with heavysnowfalloftencutsoff sup- had grownfor decades. We wor- moneyfor my children’s school VineetJaiswal were also present NationalAgri-FoodBiotechnology whichwill in turn contributeto- Minister’s Garib KalyanYojana Kerala Finance MinisterThomas plylines.Hesaidthe bridgeswill ship thesetrees,and to see them fees. Whycan’t we be compen- in court. Institute(NABI), Mohali and NIT, wardsthe socio-economic uplift- and the AtmaNirbhar Bharat Isaac saying that the announce- also ease thelifeofcivilians living destroyed is painful,” Ramuram satedforbeing partofthis big tra- The case is being heardbya Thiruchirapalli inked MoUs with ment of the nation.” package); and, two, by specifying mentthat21 stateswillbeallowed in remote border areas. said. Sukaru, one of the younger, dition?” he asked. DivisionBenchofJustices Pankaj the Centrefor Development of Supercomputers will be a howand wheretospend, the to choose Option 1is“illegal”. “These roads arenot onlyfor college-going villagers, said, his Nag, who has been working Mithal andRajan Roy. Additional AdvancedComputing (C-DAC), common facility available forall Finance Ministryjustdousedany “Option one involvesdeferment strategic needs, but theyalso re- voicerisinginagitation:“Theycut with Bastar’s tribals formany AdvocateGeneral VKShahi, who whichalong with IISc, is leading researchers in the country, added excitement among the 35 lakh- of compensation payment be- flect equal participation of all the trees and leave them to rot or years, said: “As partofthe tradi- represented the stateauthorities, the mission. Manyofthese insti- the C-DAC director general. oddCentralgovernmentemploy- yond 5years forwhichaCouncil stakeholdersinthe development shrink if theyare nottotheir lik- tion,villagerswere assignedtasks, said the next hearing has been tutions will soon be supported FULLREPORTSON ees, and almostensured an sub- decision is necessaryasper AG’s of the nation,” Singh said. ing. Theydamagetreebarks,up- andattheendof thefestivities,the fixedfor November 2. withsupercomputerfacilitiesun- www.indianexpress.com

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TECHNICAL GLITCHES HIT EXAMS ‘SC order in Dr Payal Tadvi case deeply disappointing’

Onfirstdayofonline-offlineexambySPPU, tion in the SC and appoint asen- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ior lawyer to argue itscase. PUNE,OCTOBER12 “It is …unfortunatethat the Supreme Courtinits order, THE AKHIL BharatiyaJanwadi dated October 8, 2020, has per- missingquestionsanddelayeddownloads Mahila Sanghatana (AIDWA)on mitted the accusedtoreturn to Monday expresseddeep disap- the collegeand pursue the re- studentscould onlyviewthe pointment at the order of the mainderoftheir studies,” Kiran ALIFIYA KHAN answer keyoptions while the Supreme Courtallowing the Moghe, statevice-presidentof PUNE, OCTOBER 12 questions itself were missing. three doctors accusedofabet- AIDWA,said in astatement is- Suchwas the situation that ting the suicide of junior resi- suedonMonday. ADELAY of over twohours in the exam department an- dent, Dr PayalTadvi, to continue Dr PayalTadvi diedbysuicide downloading offline question nouncedthat the examinations with their post-graduatestudies on May22, 2019,inthe TNM papers and multiple-choice an- forBSc Algebrapaper would be at Topiwala National Medical Collegepremises aftershe faced swer options given, but ques- conducted again on October 17. Collegeand BYLNair Hospital, severe harassment and humili- tions missing from the question As manyas12,000students Mumbai. ation, allegedly by her three sen- paper —these were some registeredfor the online exams Theyhavedemandedthat ior residentsinthe OB-GYde- of the glitches which did nottakethem, and many the Maharashtragovernment partment, on account of her studentsfacedonthe firstday registeredfor offline exams immediatelyfile areviewpeti- belonging to atribal community. of the online-offline final year also gave it amiss. degree examinations con- Mahesh Kakade, director ducted by the Savitribai Phule Final year of the boardofexaminations Pune University (SPPU) on exams were and evaluation, SPPU, Monday. held at said, “This is the firsttime for The examination depart- SP Collegein the university administration ment of SPPU,however, Pune on as well and we aredoing our claimedthat the exams went Monday, best forstudents. Theyshould moreorless smoothlywith with due notpanic even if thereare mi- 17,118 studentsofthe 29,236 precautions nor glitches, we will get registeredcandidates foron- in place. them resolved. All students line examinations taking the Ashish Kale will be able to take the test,and 1,811ofthe 4,881stu- exams.” dentsscheduledfor offline exams (in classrooms) taking the scene on Mondaywas quite the test. the opposite. This is the firsttime the Studentswho had regis- SPPU is conducting online ex- teredfor offline examinations ams forfinal-year degree stu- reachedthe allotted centres by dents, and the university has 10 am, when the exams were appointed an independent scheduledtobegin. agency forthe same. However, due to technical While it wasexpected that glitches likequestion papers giventhe total number of stu- notgetting downloaded, the dentsscheduledtotakeonline studentshad to wait fornearly exams —4.5 lakh across all two-and-a-half hours before courses, over the next fewdays the examinations actually —the problems in online ex- started. aminations would be greater Even during the online ex- than the offline examination, aminations, certain group of Man from Pune held for making derogatory remarks against leaders on social media

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE The accused was brought MUMBAI,OCTOBER12 to Mumbai for questioning to find out THE MUMBAI Police Crime the reason behind the BranchonMondayarresteda obscene messages man from Pune forallegedly posted online.” making derogatoryremarks againstMaharashtraHome AKBAR PATHAN MinisterAnil Deshmukh and DCP (CRIME BRANCH) other leaders on social media. The Mumbai Police has also begun investigations intovarious Crime Branch(unit VI) began fake accountsthat had been abus- technical investigations in the ing Mumbai Police and the state matter.Basedonthe investiga- government, especiallyafter the tion, twoteams were sent to Navi death of actor Sushant Singh Mumbai and Pune. “One Shrishail Rajput on June 14. Khajje (26) has been arrested An officer said that aFacebook from Pune in connection with the user profile ‘Appa Keaserjavalgekar’ case,” an officer said. had been abusing severalpolitical The police said Khajje, who leadersfromMaharashtra, includ- hails from Osmanabad, was ing some women leaders. The working in Chikli area of Pune Mumbai Cyber Police registeredan from wherehewas arrested. “The FIR in the case on October 9under accusedwas brought to Mumbai sections of the Indian Penal Code forquestioning to find out the and IT Act. reason behind the obscene mes- Ateam ledbyAssistant Police sages postedonline,” said DCP Inspector Anil Gaikwad from the (Crime Branch) Akbar Pathan. Maninjured after assailant opens fire at him in broad daylight

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE According to police, the PUNE,OCTOBER12 victim wasunloading a ASAND supplier wasinjured after sand truck, when an ayoungsteropenedfireathim in young man opened broad daylight, near Shri Ram Chowk on Handewadi Road on fire at him around Monday. 12 noon Police said the victim wasiden- tifiedasMayur VijayHande (29), a resident of Handewadi in Hadapsar. waswaiting at some distance from He wasadmitted to ahospital for wherethe incident took place. treatment forhis injuries. Police suspect the assailant An offence of attempt to murder had been visiting Hande’s work- waslodged at the Wanavdi police place forthe lastcouple of days, station. Twopersons have been de- basedonCCTVfootage captured tainedoversuspicions of being con- around the crime scene. nected to the case. Police teams were dispatched According to police, Hande was to search forthe accused, and two unloading asand truck, when a suspectswerenabbed and young man openedfireathim takenfor questioning. Police said around 12 noon. investigation to ascertain the mo- Theyaddedthat the accused tive is on. firedatleasttwo bullets at Lastweek,aproperty developer, close range. Hande managed to Rajesh Kanabar,was shotdead in push him away,but one bullet broaddaylight near StateBank of brushedhis face, injuring him. India’s main branchinthe city. Meanwhile, the man who shot Four persons were arrested,and Hande fledthe spotonhis two- acase of murder wasregisteredat wheeler with his accomplice, who the Bundgarden police station.

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e-mail id [email protected] initial probe points to Naxals Superintending Engineer,Southern Irrigation A-239 Circle-I, Berhampur. e-Procurement Notice No. SE, SIC -05/2020-21 firing at them. But that has to be VIVEKDESHPANDE Firstspotted in GattaareaofEtapalli tehsil on carefullydone. If drones arehov- 1 Type of Work - Flood Control &System Improvement works NAGPUR,OCTOBER12 September 14,while another over Jimalgatta, ering over villages, it is risky to 2 TotalNoofWorks - 08 (Eight) Nos fire,but if theycome over police 3 Amount put to tender - Rs 15949 to Rs 28192 Iakhs THE SIGHTINGofdrones over Repanpalli and Zinganur villages on October 10 stations, our men can definitely 4 Period of completion - 11 (Eleven) calendar months sensitive Gadchiroli areas, in- respond by firing." cluding remote police outposts, Superintendent of Police Ankit arebeing flown at night, mak- Asked whyNaxals would Availability & Procurement Bid Amount Bid identificationNo Submission of has raisedanalarm. Adrone Goyalsaid, "Weare keeping an ing it look suspicious. We are possiblyuse drones, Patil said, officer (Rs to lakh) Bid On-line wasfirstspotted in Gattaarea eyeasofnow and trying to taking steps to deploytechnol- "Reconnaissance is one. Also, it SE, SIC, (BNID)-11/2020-21 199 36 of Etapalli tehsil on September study various aspectslike ogy to counter drones likeuse of could be adiversionarytactic SE, SIC, (BNID)-12/2020-21 207 96 14,while another wasspotted height, timing, flight path, etc. radar and high-energy source to to facilitatesafepassageto Superintending SE, SIC, (BNID)-13/2020-21 207 62 From over Jimalgatta, Repanpalli and We will formulateastrategy to damageits circuit. Also, we are some topcadres passing Engineer, 19.10.2020, Southern SE, SIC, (BNID)-14/2020-21 207 94 Zinganur villages on October 10. counter once we do this study." trying to zeroinonsources, if through the area." The alleged 10.00 AM to Irrigation Circle-I SE, SIC, (BNID)-15/2020-21 165 51 03.11.2020, When it wasseen hovering Deputy Inspector General of any, in the region, from where use of drones by Naxals is one Berhampur, SE, SIC, (BNID)-16/2020-21 165 17 5.00 PM close to Jimalgattapolice sta- Police (Gadchiroli range) Sandip these drones could have been of the latestchallenges facedby Ganjam SE, SIC, (BNID)-17/2020-21 159 49 tion, police personnel fired Patil, who had also earlier served acquired." police in affected areas, with SE, SIC, (BNID)-18/2020-21 281 92 shots in the air forcing the drone as Gadchiroli SP,said, "Initial as- He added, "The standardop- Chhattisgarhalso reporting to stay away. sessment is that the drones are erating procedureregarding similar sightings in affected Date of opening of the Technical Bid -04.11.2020 at 11.30 A.M. Further detail can be seen from the Govt website www.tendersorissa.gov.in Gadchiroli's new being deployedbyNaxals. They countering drones prescribes parts over the pastyear. Sd/- Superintending Engineer, Southern Irrigation Circle-I, Berhampur. GREATER CHENNAI CORPORATION OIPR-32061/11/0004/2021 Parks Department P.D.C.No.P2/132/2020 SHORTeRE-TENDER NOTICE Tendersare invited by the Superintending Engineer /Parksfor the following work as per details furnishedbelow: Forma�on of newparksinGreater ChennaiCorpora�on (3 Packages) Approx.value of work in Rs. 877.48 Lakhs-E.M.D.:1%ofTender Value Formoreinforma�on see www.tntenders.gov.in and www.chennaicorpora�on.gov.in Due Date and Time of Submission of tender : 28.10.2020 upto 3.00 p.m. Tender opening date and �me: 29.10.2020 at 3.30 p.m. Pre-bid mee�ng date and �me: 19.10.2020 at 3.00 p.m. DIPR/3809/Tender/2020 Superintending Engineer /Parks SALUTE THE SOLDIER

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WITH FLASH MOBS, COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION ICMR-NIV AT THE FOREFRONT OF COVID TESTING IN PUNE Two, including Over 14.8L samples tested in 60 labs one involved in ‘People’scampaign’tohaltCovid 41 crimes, held; across hospitals, diagnostic centres goods worth their firsttestreportonMarch ANURADHA 23 . “Till date, we have tested Rs 1.11 cr found tobelaunchedonOctober16 MASCARENHAS INNUMBERS 1.04 lakh samples,” said Dr PUNE,OCTOBER12 Karyakarte. motesthe conceptthat it is our He pointed out that the sin- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ANURADHA city and we needtobecareful to ATOTAL of 60 laboratories across 37 gle-tubetestdevelopedbyNIV PUNE,OCTOBER12 MASCARENHAS break the chain of transmission, government-run medical col- has helpedreduce the time in- PUNE,OCTOBER12 said Chikarmane. Forinstance, leges, national institutions, de- Covid-19deaths reportedin volved. “Daily, 1,000-1,200sam- PIMPRI-CHINCHWADPOLICE PMPML bus drivers, conductors fence institutes, civic and private Pune on Monday. ples arebeing processed, of have arrested aman allegedly in- HOLDINGFLASH mobs with ad- and commuters mustensure hospitals, and diagnostic centres which200 aredone via antigen volvedinasmanyas41serious equatephysical distancing and that before boarding the bus, and have been engaged in testing as test kits,” said Dr Karyakarte. crimes, including murder,attack guiding PMPML bus drivers to aftergetting offit, theywear a manyas14.8 lakh samples till 7,204 At the National Centrefor Cell on police personnel, robberies, stop commuters from boarding mask and sanitise their hands. datefor coronavirus disease in Death toll so farinthe Science, senior scientistDr and jewellerystore heists. the bus if he/she does notwear While dailyprogrammes Pune, of whichICMR-National district. Arvind Sahu said that theyhad Theaccusedwas identifiedas amask,these initiativesare part have been chalked out from InstituteofVirology has per- tested at least25,000 samples. Vickysingh Jalindersingh Kalyani of apeople'scampaign that is October 14,the campaign will formedthe highestnumber of “Therehas been adecrease in the (31), aresident of Ramtekdi in being launchedonOctober 16. be officiallylaunchedon testsat2.4 lakh, followedbyBJ 988 number of positivesacross sam- Hadapsar.Police also arrested his The campaign entails people October 16. Medical College, whichrecently Covid-19cases reportedin ples from Pune and nowweare allegedaideVijaysinghJunni,alias owning up to their responsibil- crossedthe one lakh mark. the district on Monday. getting moresamples from the Shikalkar(19),aresidentof Kalyan. ities to keep the city safeand ‘Bestvaccine is Eight months intothe pan- Sataracentre,” said Dr Sahu. According to police, gold and sil- break the chain of transmission SRPF personnel undergo Covid testsatWanowrie before behavioural change’ demic, ICMR-NIV —whichhas At the Agharkar Research verornaments,firearmsandother of Covid-19. heading offtowork. The testsare conducted before theyleave itsheadquarters in Pune —has 3,07,852 Institute, senior scientistDr items worthRs1.11crore were re- The task forceonsocial action forwork, and aftertheyreturn, officials said. Arul Horizon Dr Samiran Panda, head of been at the forefront of testing Totalcases reportedinthe Jyutika Rajwade said theybegan coveredfromtheir possession. to control Covid-19, setupre- the Epidemiology and samples forcoronavirus infec- district so far. testing in Julyand till date, have In apress release issuedon cently, will focus on behavioural Communicable Diseases divi- tion, and along with itsthree completedtesting 7,000 sam- Monday, police stated that three changes and appeal local resi- 3.6 lakh Covid-19cases, of which “Women’s groups, health sion of the Indian Council of field unitsatMumbai, Bangalore ples. “We aremaintaining our shops —PRJewellers, Navkar dentstoget actively involvedin 2.68lakh patientshaverecov- groups, NGOs working in slums Medical Research,said the and Kerala, is moving towards Kolhapur and other neighbour- testing capacity and nowweare Jewellers and Durga Jewellers — the Pune campaign. ered.Thereare 31,282 active will be involvedinencouraging downward trend of newCovid- the 5-lakh mark. ing districts. The positivity rate getting samples from Satara,” had been burgled in Wakad area Dr Subhash Salunkhe, who cases and till 3pmonMonday, a communityparticipation,” said 19 infections wasencouraging. Till October 3, the three field is approximately20per cent, said Dr Rajwade. between September 20 and 26. heads the task force, said the aim total of 7,056 deaths have been Dr Shukla. “Thereare indications about unitsatNIV-Bengaluru have said Dr Abraham. In the private sector,thereare Twopolice teams were is to encouragecommunity par- reporteddue to the infection. “We have to learn to live with adownwardtrend but we tested 1.19 lakh samples, NIV- The apexvirology institute at least25laboratories across di- formedtoarrestthoseinvolvedin ticipation. “The downward trend “We have tiedupwith more Covid-19and peopleneedtoun- should also take lessons learnt Kerala tested 94,960 samples undertook the job of validating agnostic centres and private hos- these thefts.Police said theyas- of newinfections is apositive than 30-35NGOs and have been derstand this fact. This is acam- from the Kerala experience, and NIV-Mumbai tested 23,346 alarge number of commercial pitals that areinvolvedintesting sessedCCTVcamerafootage and sign but this needs to be sus- actively working on howtoget paign that cutsacross all classes. whichsaw asurge afterOnam. samples, said Dr PriyaAbraham, reagents, real-time RT-PCR kits samples fordetection of SARS- identifiedthevehiclestheaccused tainedtill the end of the month, people to changetheir behaviour Be it Swachh workers, domestic With the festiveseason round director of ICMR-NIV. and rapid diagnostic test kitsfor CoV-2. Krsnaa Diagnostics has usedtocommit the crimes. when asignificant plateauing of and ensurethat theyadhereto workers, bank employees, ven- the corner,anoteofcaution What has been agame SARS-CoV-2 detection to en- notchedupthe highestnumbers Subsequently, Kalyani's involve- cases can be registered,” he said. norms likewearing amask,sani- dors at the Gultekdi marketyard needs to be sounded. Vaccine changer is the development of a hance testing capacity. and tested over 3.5 lakh samples ment, as well as that of his gang, Along the lines of the state tising handsand maintaining so- and others, all these messages studies aretaking an interesting single-tubemultiplexassaythat The NIV director said that from mid-Maytill date. wasdiscovered. government’s campaign of ‘My cial distance,” said Dr Salunkhe. will be communicated via vari- turn, However, presentlythe enhancedthe testing capacity within aweek's time afterde- Pallavi Jain, managing direc- Police conducted asearch op- family, my responsibility’, the Dr AbhayShukla, amember ous platforms,” said Poornima best vaccine is behavioural across government laboratories. tection of the firstcase, ICMR- torofKrsnaa Diagnostics, said, eration in Wagholi, Chandan Pune-specific campaign is de- of the task forceand convenor of Chikarmane, another member changeand taking appropriate “It is vital to look forall four NIV empowered13virus re- “We startedtesting in mid-May Nagarand Kharadi areas, laid a voted to keeping the city and her apublic health sub-group, said of the task force. intervention measures to con- genes of the novelcoronavirus search diagnostic laboratories and soon we startedgetting trap and arrested Kalyani and people safe. theyhaveworkedout adecen- Different groups should tain the spread of Covid-19,” said and hence eachgene was (VRDLs) across the country. “We samples from Malegaon, Dhule, Junni basedonatip-off. Pune has registeredatotal of tralisedapproachtothe issue. “own” this campaign whichpro- Dr Panda. tested separately. With each shared testing protocols, Jalgaon —and other districts. Policerecovered750gramsof gene being tested separately reagents/kitsand till datehave From testing 400samples ini- gold,andabout100kgofsilveror- earlier,the RT-PCR machine been able to equip 109VRDLs tially, at one point we reached naments, as well as three cars, a Oppn parties, could test only24samples at and severalgovernment labo- the highestnumber of 11,000 country-made pistol, five car- State govt suspends PCMC one go.With the newmethod, ratories using ICMR-NIV proto- samples that were tested in a tridges, and other items worthRs activists hold we could test 96 samples in one col,” said Dr Abraham. single day. Nowwehavefive 1,11,37,000.The courtremanded candle march over go,” said Dr Varsha Potdar,head According to Dr Rajesh labs in Maharashtraand three the duo to police custody for12 resolution rejecting proposals of the nationalinfluenza centre Karyakarte,deputy dean of BJ outside the state. As partofour days.Police said theyhavecon- Hathras incident at ICMR-NIV. Medical Collegeand head of the quality control, we send sam- firmedtheir involvement in 23 Mostsamples tested at NIV Department of Microbiology,af- ples everyweek to NIV forval- crimesinPunecity,Puneruraland arefromPune, Sangli, terthe initial meetings with ex- idation. However, therehas Pimpri-Chinchwad so far. They for two road projects in Wakad EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Ahmednagar,Jalna, Mumbai, perts from NIV and stateHealth been adecline in the sample addedthat Kalyani is currently PUNE,OCTOBER12 Latur,Nagpur,Ratnagiri, Satara, department, theycame out with load...,” said Jain. wanted for15crimes. The road works were MANOJMORE POLITICAL PARTIES, activists and PUNE, OCTOBER 12 rejected by the civic NGOs in the city,including Amhi UNDER FIRE FOR HATHRAS INCIDENT standing committee. Punekar,continuedtheir demon- THE MAHARASHTRA govern- The civic administration stration on Sundayagainstthe al- ment has suspendedaresolu- has been asked to reply leged gangrape and murder of a ‘CM, state home minister not taking crimes tion by the Pimpri-Chinchwad in 30 days.” 19-year-old Dalit woman in Municipal Corporation, which Hathras, Uttar Pradesh. had rejected proposals fortwo SHRAVAN HARDIKAR against women seriously’: BJP protests road projectsinWakad area. MUNICIPAL COMMISSIONER “The stategovernment has suspendedthe resolution re- ‘increasing’ incidents under MVA govt jecting the plan fortwo road civic panelhad rejected the res- projectsinWakad area. The olution and directed the civic road workswererejected administration to firsttakethe women.Themandateforgovern- by the civic standing commit- road in itspossession... some EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ment formation wasfor the BJP tee. The civic administration patches of the road arenot in At the march. Express PUNE,OCTOBER12 but the ShivSena wasatraitor.” has been asked to the civic body’s possession. Bapat said the stategovern- replyin30days,” Municipal PCMC carriedout Civic officials have atendency AS THE ruling BJP faces criticism ment was “playing politics” over Commissioner Shravan temporaryrepair work on to proceedinahaphazardman- Acandle-light march was overtheHathrasincidentinUttar crimes againstwomen. “State Hardikar told The Indian Express the roads in Wakad recently. ner.Theyimplement projects held on Sundayevening, organ- Pradesh,theparty’sstateunittook ministers don’t have time to visit on Monday. half-heartedly. Manytimes, af- isedbyformer legislator Mohan to the streetsinprotest on victims... Onlythe Opposition Hardikar said afterthe civic terthe road work has started, Joshi of Congress. The march be- Mondayallegingthat crime leader and BJP office-bearers are standing committee rejected projectsworth Rs 50 crore.” local residentsgotocourtand ganatLal Mahal with the gar- againstwomen wasonthe rise visiting victims to extend sup- the proposal, aShivSena corpo- Kalatesaid afterthe stand- the work then come to a landing of the statue of Rajmata under the Maha Vikas Aghadi port. It is necessarytowakethis ratorcomplainedtothe state ing committee rejected the pro- halt.This leads to wastageof Jijauand Chhatrapati Shivaji (MVA) government. government up...” government. posal, he had complainedtothe time, moneyand energy.” Maharaj,and endedatMandai Leading the protest, stateBJP Khapresaid NCPMPSupriya The Sena has alleged that stategovernment. Dhorehas written aletterto aftergarlanding the statue of chief ChadrakantPatilallegedthat Sule expressedanger over the the ruling BJP has notbeen al- “The government has now the stategovernment on theis- Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak. crimes againstwomen had in- Hathrasincidentbutdidnotspeak lowing anyworks proposedby suspendedthe move... Even if sue. Kalate, however, said Joshi said therewas so much creasedsincetheMVA,analliance Members of BJP’s city unit, lead by statepresident about crimes againstwomen in Sena or opposition corporators the PCMC does notrespond, I the roads were in possession of anger over the Hathras incident of ShivSena, NCPand Congress, Chandrakant Patil and MP Girish Bapat, stageaprotest at the thestate.“If thestategovernment to be implemented. am confident the stategovern- PCMC and the docket across the countrybut Prime had come to powerinthe state. Collector’s office againstthe stategovernment,inPune on is notable to provide asecureen- ShivSena corporator Rahul ment will order implementa- wasmoved by the civic admin- MinisterNarendraModi was “Thereare incidentsofrape, sex- Monday. Ashish Kale vironmentforwomeninthestate, Kalate, who had been elected tion of the road projects.” istration. silent on the issue. “Beti Bachao, ual assault and murder.The chief then the ruling alliance should from Wakad in the 2017 civic Kalatesaid the roads were in “The tender process has Beti Padhao has remainedjusta minister, statehome ministerare step down,” she said. elections, said lastmonth, a poor condition and neededto been completedfor the road slogan as women keep suffer- nottaking crime againstwomen MuktaTilak and Sunil Kamble, allianceismerelylootingthestate. The city BJP also held demon- road project and aschool proj- be repaired. “Wakad is close to projects. When it wastime for ing,” he said. NCPlegislator Sunil seriously. If women do notfeel former legislators Medha Theyare insensitive towards strations at Karvestatue in ect worthRs42crore were ap- the IT hub Hinjewadi and thou- the work order to be issued, the Tingre, city ShivSena chief Sanjay safeinthe state, then BJP will not Kulkarni,YogeshTilekarandDilip crimesagainstwomen.TheUnion Kothrud, whereMayor proved by the civic standing sands of commuters use these standing panel stalledthe proj- More, AAP convenor Mukund letthoseinpowerrelax,”Patilsaid. Kamble,DeputyMayorSaraswati governmenthasissuedguidelines Murlidhar Mohol joinedprotest- committee. “This wasafter tworoads. Idon’t understand ects. The problem is that they Kirdat, Lokayatrepresentative The BJP held demonstrations Shendge,andpartycorporatorsas over investigation of crimes ers, Good LuckChowk in members in the civic standing whythe BJP is againstprojects (BJP) have notread the docket.It Alka Joshi, former mayors in front of the collector’s office as well as leaders took partinthe againstwomen, but the stateis Shivajinagar,Utsav Chowk in committee, who areloyal to BJP whichare in the interestofthe wasput forwardbythe admin- DattatrayaDhankawade and wellasindifferentAssemblycon- protestnear the collector’s office. notmaking laws accordingly.” Parvati, Mundhwa-Keshavnagar leader Mahesh Landge, voted in public,” he said. istration onlywhen the roads Kamal Vyavhareand former leg- stituencies in the city.City BJP Patil said, “The Hathras inci- Mulicksaid, “The chief minis- Chowk in Hadapsar,Vimannagar my favour.However, in the next BJP leader and MayorUsha were in itspossession and the islator Dipti Chowdhurywere chief Jagdish Mulick, Pune MP dent is painful. But the stategov- terisnot steppingoutof hishouse. Ganpati Chowk in Vadgaonsheri, meeting, all members teamed Dhoresaid, “The party is not road development plan was among the people who partici- Girish Bapat, statewomen BJP ernmenthasturnedablindeyeto The stategovernment does not Bramha hotelinKhadakwasla up and rejected twomoreroad againstthe road projects. The ready,” he said. pated in the demonstration. chief UmaKhapare, legislators crimesagainstwomen.Theruling have time to give justice to Assemblyconstituency. How agroup of friends feeding the hungry turned into amovement for food security

number of requests begantoin- Kailash Nawlani. Patil and Deputy SP Sandeep with 18 kg of provisions to lasta Amritsar and 1,200packetsof her everyday. “Icalledand asked DIPANITANATH crease —from1,350 calls on The food crisis wasone of the Mitkegaveusthe Ahmednagar familyoffour amonth —inthe food were neededin40min- whyshe neededfood and she PUNE,OCTOBER12 March 23 to 5,000 on April 1. biggestproblems of the pan- Police lawns foroperations. Food remotest areas, including utes. “We calledthe station and said that she had neverlearnt to Since the firstfood packet was demic, with students, travelers, begantobecooked in-house at Harishchandragad, atribal area. found that the train wasrun- cook.She couldnot even light the ON THE evening of March 22, as deliveredtoapatient at Booth migrant workers and senior citi- Ahmednagar Police lawns by With Maharashtraemerging ning late. By the time, it arrived stove. As her cook could not India observed ‘janatacurfew’, a Hospital in Ahmednagar,the zens among the mostvulnerable. three chefs—Karan Dhuppar, as one of the states worstaf- an hour later,wehad waterbot- come during the lockdown, she phone number begantocirculate group has delivered4,16,900 As businesses shut down, daily- Rohit Tekwani and Tony Kukreja, fected by Covid-19inthe coun- tles and 1,200packetsofcooked wasdependent on us forfood. over WhatsApp that promisedto food packets—making it one of wage workers and their families who had joinedthe Sewa volun- try, the group decidedtostart food ready.The travellers said She readilyate whatever we gave deliverfood to the doorsteps of the mostextensive food security were leftwithout moneyfor food tarily. Thousands of packetsof the Guru Arjan DevCovid Care theyhad lasteaten in Amritsar and, everyweek,donated large the needy in Ahmednagar.Itbe- effortsinthe stateduringthe forthemselvesand their chil- rice and vegetables begantobe Centreonlyfor women, where and didn't have even wateraf- sacks of rice,” says Wadhwa. longed to an engineer called pandemic. dren. Studentswerestrandedin sent out as volunteers on scoot- theysupplyfreefood, arrange terthat. Afew people cried; sev- Today, the work continues at HarjeetSingh Wadhwa, who had “People kept joining us to hostels with the kitchen closed. The group has delivered ers and personal vehicles games as well as organise yoga eral moretook selfies with us,” afrenetic pace. formedanimpromptu group help, from individuals to gurud- The groceryshops were either 4,16,900food packets. Express maskedup and spread across the sessions forpatients. says Wadhwa. The group is also working calledLangar Seva Group with waras, Lions Club, the Jain, shut or had run out of stock. city,” says Wadhwa. “When the Shramik trains be- Sometimes, the demand with schools to spotchildren half adozen friends. Gujarati, Sindhi Committees Housing societies closedtheir “We have also been serving gantoleave from Ahmednagar, wasfor morethan the 7,800 who were regular in school but “In acouple of hours, we had and Punjabi Samaj. We did not gatestohouse help. demands from groups of weak mansoora and kunani kadhak for we usedtoget calls forfood. In all, packetsofcooked food they droppedout afteronline classes 350people messaging forfood. have aplan and took eachday as Initially, volunteers from and hungrytravellers soared.The the past70days at 13 locations in we have handedout 2,300boxes could supplyper day. “At those started. “We have helpedout Howcould we deliverfood to 350 it came,” he adds. The group ex- Langar Seva Group suppliedfood group stationedvolunteers at Ahmednagar,tothe tune of 200 of waterbottles and 11,000 times, we handedout farsaan, suchchildren by enabling them doorsteps? It wasdifficult but we pandedto65, with members if acallerlived near them. As the thoroughfares through the day litres per day, to increase immu- food packets. Then, the buses chips and water, among other to continue studies by giving managedby calling in help on all suchasPrashant Munot, numbers increased, an office at and night to cater to those walk- nity,” Wadhwaadds. startedplying and that brought items,” he adds. them mobile phones as well as fronts, from preparing food to Prithpalsingh Dhuppar,Kishore TopUppetrolpump, run by Janak ing hundredsofkmhome to Anumber of labourers from moreinstances of hunger and Hidden aspectsofsociety re- study material. This is apartof transporting it,” says Wadhwa. Munot, SunnyWadhwa, Rahul Ahuja, wasusedasacollection their villages. the city could cook at home but thirst,” says Wadhwa. vealedthemselves, suchasa our effort to makeadifficult year By the next morning, the Bajaj, Raja Narang, Sunil point. When the migrant crisis “We neededabig kitchen and had no supplies, so the group dis- Once, theyreceivedacall manager with abank who re- alittle easier to bear,” says messagehad gone viral. The Chhajed, AjayPunjabi and blewupacross the country, the abig place. Additional SP Sagar tributed 2,300ration kits—each that atrain wasarriving from questedfood to be deliveredto Wadhwa.

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SOPA seeks CORPORATISATION OF OFB suspension of New farm laws: FPCs futures contracts How3ideologicallydifferent in soyabean now able to ink business

PARTHASARATHI workers’bodiesformedan deals with private players BISWAS PUNE,OCTOBER12 director of MahaFPC, whichis AHEAD OF alikelytight soy- PARTHASARATHI Since the three farm the consortium of FPCs in abean season, the Soyabean unitedfronttoputupafight BISWAS laws were passed, FPCs Maharashtra, said increasing Processors Association of Indian PUNE,OCTOBER12 number of FPCs, likethe Latur- (SOPA) – the umbrella body of in Maharashtrahave basedDeoni FPC, aresigning soyabean processors in the Thecentral government'smove Sabha elections, together they missilesystems,militaryvehicles, nouncedbythe three federations IN THE lasttwo months, Deoni seen newermarkets contractswith private players country – has written to the to corporatise Ordnance Factory approachedall major political armouredvehicles,opticaldevices, following astrikeballotinJune Agro Farmer Producer opening up that were to produce oilseeds likemaize. Securities and ExchangeBoard Board(OFB)hasfacedstrongoppo- parties seeking supportondif- parachutes, supportequipment, amongworkersvotinginfavourof Company(FPC) has delivered In the lasttwo months, of India (SEBI) to suspend futures sition from federations of workers ferent workers' issues and other troop clothing and general store acountrywide strikeagainstthe 350tonnes of soybean to the inaccessible till now Thorat said 12 FPCs in Latur trading in soyabean on the from 41 ordnance factories and al- issues related to defence pro- items. government move.Inthe first Latur-basedoil extraction plant and Osmanabad suppliedover National Commodity and liedunitsacrossIndia.Theiropposi- duction industry. Having notre- Corporatisation will result in week of July, the Department of of ADM Agro Industries India 1,200tonnes of soybean to Derivative Exchange(NCDEX). tion has brought together an un- ceivedconcretesupportfrom conversion of OFB intoone or DefenceProduction(DDP)of MoD Private Ltd. This would be the he said. ADM Agro Industries Private In his letter,Davish Jain, SOPA likely front of federations affiliated anypolitical party,theydecided more100 per cent government- had invited expression of interest firsttime this FPC, whichislo- The Farmers Produce Trade Ltd. "Talksare nowonwith ITC, chairman,claimedexcessive spec- to theRashtriyaSwayamsevak to put up aunited fight. The fed- ownedentities under the (EOI)-cum-requestfor proposal cated in Walandi villagein and Commerce (Promotion COFCOInternational and many ulation in soyabean and soya oil Sangh (RSS), theLeftand the erations have since been united Companies Act, 2013,likeother (RFP)fortheselectionof aconsult- Deoni taluka of Latur district, and Facilitation) Act, 2020, local solvent extraction plants contractshas disturbed function- Congress. Howhavethe ideologi- during agitation, negotiation public sector undertakings. ant forstrategising and imple- has managed to directlypro- whichhas allowedcess-free forsimilar contracts," he said, ing of soya processors. callydistinctoutfitscometogether? and representation to the While at leastthree commit- menting the proposedcorporati- cureoilseeds from itsmembers trade in agricultural commodi- adding that since the lock- “In the lastweek,soybean Whatistheprocessofthecorporati- MinistryofDefence (MoD). The teesondefencereformssetbygov- sation.OnSeptember10,MoDsaid and supplytothe private com- ties outside APMCs, and for down, FPCs had supplied3,000 prices have increasedbyRs sation they arefighting and where three federations went on a ernmentsbetween2000and2015 it had selected KPMG Advisory panywithout anyhelp from players likeBhosale this has tonnes of oilseedtocorporate 2,500/MT and soyoil prices by Rs does theprocess stand at present? countrywide strikeagainstcor- have recommendedcorporatisa- Services-ledconsortium as acon- Deno Agricultural Produce come as ablessing. "Wedonot companies. 2,840/MT,because of whichar- poratisation in September last tion,ithadnotbeenimplemented sultant forcorporatisation. Marketing Committee (APMC). needtopay cess to the market Thorat also said FPCs sup- rivals have also stoppedasfarm- Howdid the three federations year.This year,the strikewas to date. The notion of corporatisa- On September 11,MoD an- Bibhishan Bhosale, director or worryabout notices from pliedplayers inputsatex-fac- ersdon'tbringtheirproducewhen join hands? scheduledfromOctober 11 but tion waslistedasone of the 167 nouncedthatthe government of the company, attributes this market committees," he tory prices declared by proces- marketpricesareincreasingdaily. The three main federations of wasdeferredpending concilia- "transformative ideas" to be im- has formedanEmpowered to the farm laws implemented pointed out. sors afterdeducting handling Futures contracts, instead of act- recogniseddefenceworkers'trade tion talkswith the MoD. plemented in the first100days of Group of Ministers (EGoM) for earlier this month. "Weare in Since the three farm laws and transportation costfrom ing as abenchmarkprice forspot unions that have come together At present, suchaunited front the NarendraModi-ledgovern- corporatisation, under Defence business since 2017 but were were passed, FPCs in farmers and in return earn a1 markets, have become spotmar- arethe All India Defence from central trade unions across ment's second term. It can be re- MinisterRajnath Singh, "toover- concentrating mostlyonpro- Maharashtrahaveseen newer per cent service charge. ket disruptors,” the letter said. Employees' Federation (AIDEF), a the ideological spectrum is also calledthatinthefourthtrancheof see and guide the entireprocess, duction of seedand selling agri marketsopening up that were "For the farmer,itisawin- Even before the oilseed’s ar- federation of Leftunions; the seen in opposition to the govern- Atma-NirbharBharatinitiative,in including transition supportand inputs. Our companyissitu- inaccessible till now. win situation as theyare able rival, soyabean prices in futures IndianNationalDefenceWorkers' ment's decision to open the coal May, Finance MinisterNirmala redeployment plan of employees ated in the oilseedcapital of Technically, FPCs or anyother to offload at their farm gate and marketshavebeen trading below Federation (INDWF) affiliated to sector to private players. Sitharaman announcedthe deci- while safeguarding their wages India but giventhe regulation trader arefreetobuy directly therebysavetransportcost. theirgovernmentdeclaredMSPof the Indian National Trade Union sion of corporati- and retirement benefits". While in agricultural marketing, we from farmers, but the APMC Also, the FPC manages to estab- Rs 3,880 per quintal. October’ de- Congress (INTUC); and the What does sation of OFB for MoD wastaking these steps to- were notable to buy or sell had the powertolevycess lish newermarketsthat will liverable contractsonNCDEX’s BharatiyaPratiraksha Mazdoor corporatisation of "improving au- wardsfinallyimplementing cor- oilseeds directlyfromfarmers (ranging from 1.05 to 1.5per help them diversify their busi- platformaretradingatRs4095per Sangh (BPMS), whichisapartof OFB entail? tonomy, account- poratisation, the federations kept to the processors. But now, cent) on the transaction. ness,"Thorat added. quintal while January’s contracts the BharatiyaMazdoor Sangh The OFB, an um- ability and effi- opposing everymoveand said since outside mandi trade is In Maharashtra, manyma- This newmarket has also aretrading at over Rs 4,100per (BMS) of the RSS. brella body forord- ciency in theywerefirm on their strike. free, we areable to ink con- jor processors have adirect seen players likeBhosale talk quintal, according to data. Theprocessof thethreeunions nancefactoriesandre- ordnance suppli- On October 1, responding to tractswith private players and marketing licence (DML) but about reorienting business At Latur’s wholesale market, comingtogetherissaidto have be- lated institutions, is a ers". the notice of strike, MoD directlypass on benefitstoour were still required to paymar- strategy.Shivaji Petha, director

EXPLAINED E● theoilseedistradingatanaverage gun around September 2017, subordinateoffice of One of the termedit"invalid and illegal" on members," he said. ket cess. In the past, FPCs have of Anantpal FPC, nowsays this price of Rs 3,870 per quintal with whenleadersmetinKolkataatthe the MoD. The organi- main apprehen- various grounds, especiallythe The company, whichhas an directlyprocured from mem- business will allowthem to di- arrivalsyettopickup.SOPAhases- OFB headquarters. In the follow- sation dates backover200 years sions of employees is that corpo- ongoing conciliation talksme- annual turnoverofRs25crore, bers or farmers in their area, versify.Located in Shirur timated anational production of ing months, these federations, andisheadquarteredatKolkata.It ratisation would eventuallylead diated by chief labour commis- triedentering suchagree- but these were limited onlyto Anantpal taluka of Latur,this 104.552 lakh tonnes (lt) of soy- whichtogether represent close to is aconglomerateof41factories, to privatisation. Another keycon- sioner (central). On October 9, mentsinthe pastbut had at- government-run procurement FPC till nowwas mainlyfo- abeanasagainst93.062ltlastyear. 85 per cent of 82,000 workers nine training institutes, three re- cern is that corporateentities afteramarathon meeting be- tracted notices from the APMC under the Price Support cusedonthe business of agri Thespeculationinfuturescon- from41 ordnancefactoriesandits gionalmarketingcentres,andfive would notbeable to survive the tween three federations and that had the powertolevycess Scheme (PSS) when commodi- inputsintheir area. tracts, Jain said, has hurtthe busi- alliedunits,startedcomingonthe regional controllers of safety. unique market environment of MoD officials, the indefinite on suchtrade. ties trade belowtheir govern- Since the newfarm laws, nessandwillharmtheindustryin sameplatformfordifferentissues, Amajorchunkof weapon,am- defence productsthat has unsta- strikewas deferredpending "Mandis levy 1.05 per cent ment-declared minimum sup- however, theyhavealone sup- the newseason. includingsomepoliciesof thegov- munitionandsuppliesfornot just bledemandandsupplydynamics. conciliation talkstoresolve is- as market cess, but whyshould portprice (MSP). Aftermandis plied600 tonnes of soybean to “ItisunfortunatethatNCDEXis ernment on defence production, thearmedforcesbutalsoparamil- Theyalso fear loss of jobs. sues. The ministryhas agreed players likeus, who do notuse were limited to exercising their ADM Agro Industries India asilentspectatorandhasnottaken National Pension Scheme imple- itaryandpoliceforcescomesfrom nottoproceedwith corporati- anyofthe infrastructure, powerwithin their perimeter, Private Ltd. Thorat said this anysteps to checkspeculative ac- mentationandcompassionateap- OFB-run factories. Their products Howhas MoD movedforward; sation till talksare on and top paythat? We had suspended manyFPCs have startedbuying season theyaimedtosupply1 tivity...” the letter read. pointments. includecivilianandmilitary-grade wheredothe twosides stand? MoD officials and EGoM our private procurement as directlyfrommembers and lakh tonnes of soybean to var- FULLREPORTON Leaders from the three fed- armsandammunition,explosives, Thedecisionto go onindefinite will discuss the matter with the the cess and the related paper- supplying to end processors. ious processors in the state www.indianexpress.com erations said before 2019 Lok propellants, and chemicals for strikefromOctober 12 wasan- federations. work wastoo muchtohandle," Yogesh Thorat, managing through FPCs alone.

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MEA: 7Indians Jhansi: Eight abducted in ‘Judgemebymywork’: Nitishsticks Libya released todevelopmentmantrainvirtualrally students held for EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ‘blackmail and NEWDELHI,OCTOBER12 antinecentres. “Over 15 lakh peo- THE MINISTRYofExternal SANTOSHSINGH ple stayed in quarantine centres. BJPEXPELS9REBELS gangrape’ of teen Affairs (MEA) on Mondaysaid PATNA,OCTOBER12 We have givenfoodgrain (5 kg WHOMOVEDTOLJP that sevenIndian nationals, who rice and 1kgpulses) to eachof were abducted at Asshwerif in ADDRESSINGHISfirstvirtualrally over 20 lakh people who returned Patna: BJP Mondayexpelled reachedthe spot. Libya on September 14,werere- aftertheannouncementof aseat- home (during the pandemic). nine leaders who switchedto AVANEESHMISHRA Seniorpoliceofficialssaidthat leasedonOctober 11. sharingformulaby theNDA,Bihar This wasbesides advance PDS ra- the LJP and will be contesting LUCKNOW,OCTOBER12 thepresenceof semeninthehos- “We arehappytoinform that Chief Ministerand JD(U) national tion that wasdistributed,” he said. the polls, said the party’s na- telroom confirmedthat the girl the sevenIndian nationals who president Nitish Kumar on On the Covid-19issue, which tional spokesperson Sanjay EIGHT STUDENTS of acollegeal- wassexuallyassaulted. had been abducted at Asshwerif Mondaycautionedvotersagainst Opposition RJD says has been Mayukh.Thenineleadersare: legedly blackmailedand gan- The reportofthe girl’s med- in Libya on 14 September were those out to createill-will and handledbadlybyhis govern- RajendraSingh (Dinara), grapeda17-year-old girlin ical examination is awaited.The finallyreleasedyesterday practising familypolitics, and ment, Nitish said, “We arenow Rameshwar Chourasia Jhansi district. semen has been sent forDNA (October 11). Our Ambassador to asked them to judgehim by his testing 3,000 (samples) more (Sasaram), Usha Vidyarthi According to senior police of- test,said the ASP. Tunisia Shri PuneetRoy Kundal work over the last15years. than the national averageper 10 (Paliganj), RavindraYadav ficials, the accusedusedavideo An FIR wasregisteredonthe spoketothem over phone after Monday's rally, the firstof lakh population,” he said. (Jhajha), ShwetaSingh to extort Rs 2,000 from the girl. girl’s complaint againstone theywerehandedoverbythe Nitish's suchaddresses, focussed Bihar Chief MinisterNitish Kumar addresses avirtual rallyin With virtual rallies becoming (Bhojpur), Indu Kashyap Theyalso allegedly beat up an- namedaccusedand at least10 abductors to the companyAl on 12 constituencies in Banka, Patna on Monday. PTI anecessity in the coronavirus (Jehanabad), Anil Kumar other student the girlwas going unidentifiedpeople under Shola Al Mudia. All of them are Munger and adjoining districts times, the JD(U) has engaged an (Patna rural), Mrinal Shekhar to meet, afterhetriedtostopthe Sections 376D (gangrape), 120B in good health and arecurrently thatvoteonOctober28.Therewill auditorium forall suchrallies. Six (Amarpur) and AjayPratap accusedfromsexuallyassault- (criminal conspiracy), 395 (da- staying in the company’s prem- be be similar virtual rallies for Nitish told the people that Nitishsaid:“Thereare peoplewho peoplewere allowedonthestage (Jamui). ENS ing her on Sunday. coity), 386 (extortion by putting ises in Brega. We aretrying to othersets of constituenciesgoing plans forthe next phase of devel- areout to createspiteand ill-will. during Nitish's speech. While the FIR in the case aperson in fear of death or griev- complete requisiteformalities to to the polls in the firstphase. The opmentof thestate,espe- Thereare people who On the technical front three 52,000OPTFOR namedone accusedand 10-15 ous hurt) and 323 (voluntarily enable their return to India.” JD(U)chief spokeatlengthonde- ciallyunder his pet think onlyabout sons, high-speedinternetlines were POSTALBALLOT unidentified people, eight stu- causing hurt) of the IPC along It also said, “We conveyour velopment work done over the scheme “Saat Nischay”, brothersanddaughters. neededtoair the rally. The party dentsincluding the namedac- with section of the Protection of sincerethankstothe Libyanau- last15years under his govern- hasalreadybeenlaidout. Forme, the whole of circulated the rallylink to do a NewDelhi: Morethan52,000 cusedhavebeen arrested. Children from Sexual Offences thorities and the tribal elders mentsand said, “People arethe He promisedwater to Bihar is my family. You Facebook live.The party also put voters, who areeither senior “Thegirl—astudent —had (POCSO) Act. from the region fortheir stead- masters in ademocracy.Please everyagricultural field if have to take acall (on up at leastseven LED screens in citizens above 80 years of age come to meetanother student. DM Vamsi told The Indian fast cooperation in securing the judgemebywork.Always bearin voted backtopower. DECISION who to vote for): ask everyAssemblysegmentto watch orarepeoplewithdisabilities, The accusedsaw them meeting Express that the collegehostel release of our nationals un- mind what wasthe situation be- NotnamingeitherLJP 2020 yourself whether Ihave the virtual rally. have optedfor postalballotin and recordedtheir video to wasshut but the premises were harmed. Both our Ambassador fore Itook over as CM in 2005.... president Chirag Paswan BIHAR done agood job or not.” the firstphase of Bihar elec- blackmail them. Using the video, open that daybecause an exam- to Tunisia and our local consular Whetheritisroadsandbridges,or or Leader of Opposition Nitish reiterated that tionsto beheldonOctober28, theymade the girltransfer Rs ination wasgoing on. staffwereinconstant touchwith electricityto everyhomenow, the and RJD leader Tejashwi Prasad the stategovernment spent BATTLE FOR BIHAR theElectionCommissionsaid 2,000 to alocal shop and took SSP Dinesh Kumar Psaid that them and the companyall situationhaschangeddrastically,” Yadav, who have routinelycriti- Rs 5,300oneachreturning mi- FULLCOVERAGE on Monday. PTI that moneyfromthe shop- theyhaveseparatelyquestioned through the crisis.” he said. cisedhim and his government, grantworkerwhostayedinquar- PAGE 12 keeper.Asthe girlwas already in the eight arrested persons, and panic, theyfurther blackmailed further investigation is on. her and took her to ahostel The StateHuman Rights Bihar minister room. When the boytriedtoin- Commission took cognizance of J&K cops: Three tervene, theybeat him up,” said the matter.Inanorder letter to dies of District MagistrateAndraVamsi. the Jhansi SSP,commission SP City VivekTripath said member Justice KPSingh said, post-Covid that awireless department con- “Prima facie the incident appears school teachers stable waspassing by when he to be aclear example of human noticedthat the accusedwere rightsviolation, and the commis- complications beating up aboy.When he in- sion is taking suo motu cog- tervened, the accusedran nizance. In the incident, the SPP heldunder PSA away.The constable then in- should getaninvestigation con- PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA formedthe control room ducted and submit the reportto Former student link to Pulwama blast PATNA,OCTOBER12 and additional police forces the commission in four weeks.” put Shopian instituteonpolice radar BIHAR MINISTER forbackward and extremelybackwardclass ARRESTED ON WAY TO HATHRAS Uloom runs asenior secondary welfareVinod Kumar Singh died EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE school that imparts religious and on Mondayatahospital in Delhi Go to HC: SC to SRINAGAR,OCTOBER12 modern education and is recog- due to post-Covid-19complica- nisedbyJammu and Kashmir tions, sources said. He was55. He THREE TEACHERS of aschool in BoardofSchool Education. issurvivedbywifeNishaandtwo union seeking release Shopian in south Kashmir have While some of the members of daughters. Singh, aBJP MLAfrom been detainedunder the Public the school areaffiliated to the Pranpur constituency in Katihar SafetyAct (PSA) and moreare bannedJamaat-e-Islami district,hadtestedpositive forthe of Kerala journalist under surveillance, one year af- (Jammu and Kashmir), it is run virus on June 28 and recovered. terthe institutecame on the po- by aseparatebody under the Smokebillows out of ahouse during the encounter at old Barzulla in Srinagar on Monday. PTI Shortlyafter,however, he suf- approachthe HC”, and sought to lice radar when one of itsalumni Siraj-ul-Uloom Educational feredabrain haemorrhageand EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE allayhisconcernssayingtheapex wasfound involvedinthe Trust. hadto beairliftedtoaprivate hos- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER12 courtisthereincase something Pulwama blastwhichleftnearly The school firstcame under pital in Delhi, wherehebreathed goeswrong.Kappanwasarrested 40 CRPF personnel dead, police the scanner in 2019 when Sajad 2LeT militants killed in encounter his last. THE SUPREME CourtonMonday onOctober5alongwiththreeoth- said. Ahmad, one of itsformer stu- Mourning Singh’s demise, asked the Kerala Union of ers, with the police alleging that “The name of the school is dents, wasfound involvedinthe tantsopenedfireonthe team, well,” DGP Singh added. President RamNath Kovind Working Journalists (KUWJ), theywereassociated with the Siraj-ul-Uloom,” said Inspector car blastatLethpora—hepro- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE leading to the gunfight. This wasthe eight encounter tweeted,“Verysadto knowabout whichhad filedaplea seeking re- Popular Front of India (PFI). General of Police (IGP) Kashmir videdthe vehicle forthe blast SRINAGAR,OCTOBER12 J&K DGP Dilbag Singh told re- in Srinagar this year,hesaid. “In thedemiseof Bihargovernment’s lease of their member Sidhique The KUWJ said that Kappan is VijayKumar when asked about that killed40paramilitaryper- porters, “The important thing these eight encounters, we killed CabinetMinisterShri Vinod Kappan —who wasarrestedby “amember” and “journalistwith the school. “We have already sonnel. Police said some other ACOMMANDER of Lashkar-e- about today’s operation wasthat 18 terroristssofar,”DGPSinghsaid Kumar Singh. He wasapopular Uttar Pradesh Police while al- morethan 10 years’ experience booked itsthree teachers under studentsand alumni of the Taiba (LeT) from Pakistan, who atop Lashkar commander in response to aquestion. public representative and strug- legedly on the waytomeetthe presentlyworking with” a “news the PSA. Theyare Abdul Ahad school have also been found in- wasresponsible forseveral re- (Saifullah) waskilledinit.” “Lashkarandothersaretrying gledforthedevelopmentof Bihar Hathrasvictim’sfamily—tomove portaland amember of the peti- Bhat, Abdul Rouf Bhat and volvedinmilitant activities. cent attacksonsecurity person- “Saifullah waspartofthree to getafootholdinthecitybutour and the well being of the people. the Allahabad High Courtfirst. tioner union”. It said Kappan was Mohammad Yousuf Wani.” “All militantsare studentsof nel in Kashmir,and his associate major attacks —anattackon int(elligence)networkisgoodand Mycondolencestohisfamilyand “Please approachthe on his waytoreportonthe Answering another query, he one or the other educational in- were killedonMondayinan CRPF some days agoat quiteeffective.Becauseof that,our supporters.” Allahabad High Court,” Chief Hathras incident when he was said, “Around five to six other te- stitute,” said asenior police offi- encounter in Srinagar,J&K Kaisermulla, Budgam, in which troops areable to take careof Prime MinisterNarendra Justice SABobde told Senior pickedup, and sought his release achers of the school areunder cer. “Over the lastthree-four Police said. our ASI wasmartyred.Some them,” he added. Modi also took to Twitter to ex- AdvocateKapil Sibal, who ap- from “illegal detention”. surveillance. We have warned years, over 500boys have be- Theyidentifiedthe militants days ago, another CRPF party Singh said that 180militants press grief at Singh’s death and peared forthe journalists’body. The journalists’body con- them under 107CrPC…The come militantsinsouth Kashmir. as LeT commander Saifullah and wasattackedatKandizal in have been killedin75operations said the BJP leader also playedan Sibal said it wasahabeas cor- tendedthat the arrest is in viola- school is basicallyaffiliated with It is true that 10-15might have his associateIrshad Ahmad Dar whichtwo jawans were mar- acrosstheValleyinthisyearsofar, important role in strengthening pusmatterwhenthepetitionwas tion of earlier guidelines by the Jamaat-e-Islami (Jammu and been studentsofthis school, but of Pulwama. tyred and three others injured. and 138militantsand their asso- the party in the state. He also of- filed, but the police later added Supreme Courtand “waswith a Kashmir).” Section 107ofthe others were from other schools. According to officials, ajoint Afterthat, another attackona ciates have been arrested. feredhis condolences to the de- chargesunder the Unlawful viewtoobstruct the discharge of Criminal ProcedureCode deals Thereare morestudentswho team of J&K Police and CRPF cor- convoy in Kandizal that wasre- TheValleyhasseenasteeprise ceased’sfamilymemberandsup- Activities Prevention Act(UAPA). duty as ajournalist”. with anylikelybreachofpeace were graduates or studentsof donedoff the city’s Barzulla pelled. Also, the attacknear in ‘shoot-and-run’ attacks by the porters. Bihar Chief Minister “No courtinUPwill grant us Kappan writes fora or public tranquility. engineering colleges who have neighbourhood basedoninputs Nowgam in whichtwo police- militantsinrecentmonths.Police Nitish Kumar announcedthat bail. Letusapproachyou under Malayalamnews website.Heear- One of the biggestseminar- joinedmilitantsthan the reli- about the presence of militants. men of armedpolice were mar- saySaifullah wasbehind mostof Singh would be cremated with Article32of theConstitution,”the lierworkedwithMalayalamdaily ies in south Kashmir,Siraj-ul- gious schools.” While asearch wason, the mili- tyred,hewas involvedinthat as these attacks. full statehonours. seniorcounseltoldthebench,also Thejas,whichwas run by the PFI. comprising Justices ASBopanna The paper shut itsprint edition and VRamasubramanian. since December 2018 citing lack Changes to disturbed areas law Pilot aide Kerala 1st in country with But the benchtold him “you of advertisementrevenue. moves HC, high-tech classrooms in in Gujarat get President nod TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE seeks quashing govt, aided schools: CM aproper balance of people’s of FIR against CASES: RECOVERED:61,49,535 EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE clusters in adisturbed area. The 224 DAYSSINCE 71,20,538 DEATHS:1,09,150 GANDHINAGAR,OCTOBER12 committee mayalso give sug- him in phone determinedtogivequality edu- PANDEMIC gestions to the stategovern- SHAJUPHILIP cation to all sections of people. BEGAN TESTS: 8,78,72,093| DOUBLING RATE: 69.34** PRESIDENT RAM Nath Kovind Pradeepsinh ment foreffective implemen- tapping case THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, The government envisagedto en- has givenhis assent to the Bill Jadeja tation of the Act. OCTOBER12 suredigital facilities forchildren amending the Gujarat Jadeja said that earlier, in rural areas tooand facilities at Prohibition of Transfer of while giving approval forthe HAMZAKHAN KERALAHAS become the first schoolsinrural areas arebeing Immovable Property and Himmatnagar,Godhra, transfer of aproperty in adis- JAIPUR,OCTOBER12 stateinthe countryto have high- improvedso that theyare on apar Provisions of Tenantsfrom Kapadvanj and Bharuch. Under turbed area, the collector had tech classrooms or high-techlabs with those in anyhigh-end Eviction from Premises in the Act, the transfer of anyim- to checkonlytwo aspects-if RAJASTHAN’S FORMER deputy in all government-run and aided school,hesaid. Disturbed Areas Act, passedby movable property in disturbed the seller has sold the property chief ministerSachin Pilot’s me- schools,Chief MinisterPinarayi “In reviving the state’s public KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG DOUBLING the Gujarat Assemblyin2019, areas cannotbedone without on free volition and if he has got dia manager LokendraSingh has Vijayansaid on Monday. education, the government has TOWATCH CASES 24HOURS GROWTH* TIME** statedanofficial release from permission of the district col- areasonable price forthe same. movedRajasthan High Court Under the stategovernment’s ensured people’s participation. MinisterofState forHome, lector concerned. Now, he added, the collector seeking quashing of the FIR high-techclassroom scheme, The three-tier local bodies have ■ Maharashtra 15,28,226 10,792 0.82% 87.91 Pradeepsinh Jadeja, on The release quoted Jadeja also has to ascertain if transfer lodged againsthim. 16,027schools from primaryto been entrustedwith the task of ■ Karnataka 7,10,309 9,523 1.49% 48.48 Monday. saying that the amended Act of the property resultsinpolar- “We have prayedforquashing higher secondarylevel have been reviving the public education sys- ■ Andhra 7,55,727 5,210 0.71% 101.54 The amendedAct will help provides to declareany area of isation of aparticular commu- of the FIR. Isay thereisnoof- equippedwith 3.74lakh digital tem. Severalgovernmentschools prohibit the transfer of immov- the stateasadisturbed area, nity in the area or has the pos- fence,” SSHora, the counsel rep- gadgets, according to the project on the vergeofclosurehavebeen ■ Tamil Nadu 6,56,385 5,015 0.82% 88.01 able property in disturbed ar- wherein the tranquility and sibility of the same. resenting Pilotincourt, told The document. revived. Kerala schools nowhave ■ Kerala 2,89,202 9,347 3.33% 21.60 eas and protect tenantsfrom public order has been dis- The amendedAct has also Indian Express. As partofthis flagship project world-class facilities and this has *Compounded Daily Growth Rate over last7days**Calculated over 7-daygrowth vacating the properties, the re- turbed due to riots or mob vio- enlargedthe scope of the term The case relates to the state of the LDF government, high-tech brought in changes in the aca- lease added. lence. The amendedAct has pe- “transfer of property” in the police’s FIR on October 1against labs have been setupinprimary demic sector also,’’ he said. CASEFATALITYRATIO POSITIVITYRATE DAILYIN,DAILYOUT ABill amending the Actwas nal provisions of three to five disturbed area, while bringing LokendraSingh and AajTak’s and upper primaryschools and The Chief Ministersaid that as 7DAYSEARLIER: 7DAYSEARLIER: DETECTED TODAY passedinthe Gujarat Assembly years of imprisonment and fine the transfer of property Jaipur-basededitor Sharat Kumar, 40,000classrooms in high school partofthe project, 2lakh laptops by amajority lastyear.The rul- of either Rs 1lakh or 10%ofthe through gift, exchange, lease or accusing them of spreading “mis- and higher secondaryschools have been distributed in schools. 1.55 8.28 66,732 ing BJP had brought the jantri rate (ready reckoner of sale under itspurview. The leading and fake news”regarding have been converted intosmart “We haven’t so fartaken sole NOW: NOW: RECOVERED TODAY: amendment Bill to plug the property prices in different amendment allows the state tapping of phones of MLAs se- classrooms. High speedbroad- credit forall these achievements. 1.53 8.10 71,559 loopholes in the Actand check parts of the state), whicheveris government to reviewthe de- questeredatahotel in Jaisalmer. band internethas been ensured Others might have done some- Deaths as aratio of Positives against Becoming sick vs polarisation of different areas higher. cision of concernedcollectors Horasaid their case is a “de- in 12,678 schools. thing and this government could positive cases (in %); number tested recovering; more indicator of progress (in %); indicator of recoveries for 14 days in the state. It also said that the granting approval of transfer of murrer – take their case to be The Chief Ministersaid all stu- complete that. It should be seen in averting deaths the spread of disease may signal the peak The Actisinforce in various amendedAct has aprovision to aproperty in adisturbed area, completely true as it is,” but even dentsinKerala can nowuse mod- as the achievement of the state. DataasonOctober11,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealth,ICMRandstates.Oftendailynumbers parts of the state, including constituteanadvisorycommit- even if thereisnoappeal then the offence as claimedinthe ern technology fortheir studies. No needfor trying to coverupthe includedatafrompreviousdays.Assuch,trendsbasedondailynumbersareindicative,notdefinitive Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, teewhichwill assess if thereis againstsuchanapproval. FIR is notmade out. The government, he said, was achievements,’’ he said.

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THEINDIANEXPRESS,TUESDAY,OCTOBER13,2020 WORDLY WISE Youcan’tput alimit on anything. Themoreyou dream, thefarther youget. 8 THE EDITORIAL PAGE —MICHAEL PHELPS The Hathras Conspiracy

§ FOUNDED BY § RAMNATH GOENKA ‘Conspiracy’ is the oxygen that keepsbankruptregimes BECAUSE THE TRUTH INVOLVES US ALL alive.Minus that, one confrontsamiscellany of horrors

FIRSTSTEPS Alok Rai

Finance Minister’s packagetoreviveconsumptionand investment is modest, raises expectations of moretocome THE BARE FACTS of the Hathras incident,the nowblowing in the wind. Iamremindedof governance,through being perceivedbythe factsattendant and consequent, beggar lan- SubhadraKumari Chauhan’slines, admon- people theygovern as acting in their inter- guage. Mererape, even gangrape, is hardly ishing the very Springtoenter Jallianwalla ests,and notinthe pursuitofsectarian and NMONDAY,UNIONFinanceMinisterNirmalaSitharamanannouncedaset of news in our India. Thereneeds to be some- Bagh but respectfully: Aaopriyarituraj, kintu nefarious agendas. And while legitimacy measuresaimedatrevivingconsumptionandinvestmentactivityintheecon- thing special about the rape forittoevenbe dheereseaana/ Yehhai shok-sthaan, yahaan cannotbechallenged,since it reststoasignif- omy. They followatwo-prongedapproach:First,puttingmoneyinthehands noticedabove the dailynoise of atrocity.A mat shor machaana. icantextentonperformance and perception, O child, maybe? The morning paper has afour- Onecould be legalistic about it —thereis it can be eroded, it can drainaway. Now, there of governmentemployeessoasto incentivisespending,andsecond,increas- ing capital expenditurebybothcentral and stategovernments. According to the govern- year old, kept in captivity,raped and, forgood muchsportfor lawyers here. Thereisthe might well be people who argue that the per- measure, starved.Anold woman of 90? fudging of the medico-legal evidence, the de- formance of the Adityanath government has ment’s estimates, these measuresare expectedtoboostdemand by Rs 73,000 crorebythe But even in this challengingenvironment, layedsamples submitted forforensicevalu- been spectacularly good, etc—certainlyitis- end of this financial year.Seenagainstthe scaleofeconomic destruction, the measuresan- is theresomething about the Hathras inci- ation; the bureaucratic alacrityinobfuscat- n’t safetosuggest otherwise in UP itself, for nouncedonMonday, whilelimiting the fiscalcosts,are modestfirststeps. Theyare unlikely dent that compels attention? ing the narrative — “no rape”, trumpetedthe fear of attracting the dreadedprovisions of to provideanymeaningful,durablepushto economicactivity.Yet they signalanacknowledge- It couldn’t be the familiar and character- policemen, this was “merely” murder; the the NSAand the UAPA,reportedly at the ment on the partofthe government of theneedfor measures to boostdemand —and raise isticallyHindu hybrid of caste arrogance and DM bullying the familyintosilence, on whim of the Chief Minister—“NSAlagado!” expectations thatmoremeasures areinthe offing. toxic masculinity —although the local politi- record; and perhaps mostegregiously, the The case of Dr Kafeel Khan, whosedetention cians did hold meetings in supportofthe sus- rushedcremation —the callousness of waseventually ruledtobeillegal by the High The provisions to boostconsumer spending areoftwo kinds. First, the “Leave Travel pected rapists and some of the village course, but also the forensic complicity,the Courtis, well, exemplary. Concession Cash Voucher Scheme” provides central government employees moneyinlieu Thakurs stationedthemselvesoutside the Those who rule us are eager destruction of vital evidence. Those who rule us areeager to makeex- of leave travel concession forthe 2018-21period.Employees can utilisethis amount to pur- house of the grieving family, and broadcast Eachofthese meritsfull and separate amples of sundrypeople, “to teachalesson,” chase goods and services, subject to thespending being done through digital channels. insultsand threats, on loudspeaker and viral to makeexamples of sundry treatmentbut, fornow,Iwill followthe lead theysay.But through longyearsofteaching, Alongside,theCentrewillrevive aone-timefestivaladvanceschemegivingRs10,000to gov- videos, underthe benign supervisionofthe people,‘to teachalesson,’ of the CM, UP,and take offonwhat might be Ihaveacquired the sobering knowledge that ernment employees.Conditional upon their adoption, thesetwo measurestogether areex- police. Or could it be the extravagant cruelty they say. But through long calledthe Adityanath Tangent. Afterreluc- the lessons learnt arefrequentlydifferent of theoriginal incident,the bruisedtongue tantlyhanding over the investigation to ano- from the lessons that aresought to betaught. pectedto boostdemandby aroundRs36,000crore.However, notonlydotheconditionsim- yearsofteaching,Ihave of the rapedwoman, the broken spine? tionallyindependent agency,the CBI, the And the lesson that Iderive from the para- posedbythegovernmentrestricttheavenuesof spending,themeasuresarefairly limitedin Could it be thepalpable complicity of the lo- acquired the sobering governmentofUPhas launchedmultiple in- noia that is evident, in stateand Centre, in their scope, and don’t address the distress in large partsofthe labour market,especiallythe caladministration in the ultimately botched knowledge that the lessons vestigations —21FIRs and counting —inpur- the perceived “challenges” to legitimacy,and informalsector.The second setofannouncementsthataim to spur capitalspendinginclude attempt to coverupthe crime —the lyingpo- learnt are frequently suance of the claim that while the original the consequent resorttoallegations of con- a50-year interestfreeloan of Rs 12,000croretostates, and the enhancement of central gov- licemen, the uncivil civil servants? different from the lessons Hathras incident mayormay notbecom- spiracy and sedition by the exponentsofsuch Unfortunately, noneofthis is news. mon or garden rape —bemere murder—the pedagogic “nationalism” —essentially, ernment capital expenditurebyRs25,000crore. Considering thatthe totalcapital outlayof that are sought to be taught. states waspegged at Rs 5.81 lakh crorein2019-20(BE),these loans to states areunlikelyto Instanceseven moreextremecan bemul- outrageoverHathras is partofaninterna- “teaching alesson”, generallywith sticksand tiplied—andperhapswill be,byadepts atthe Andthe lesson that Iderive tional conspiracy,noless,todestabilise the stones, to people who aredeemedtobe boostcapital spending, and will be inadequatetooffsetthe shortfallintheir taxdevolution, whatbouterygame, in the bizarre belief that from the paranoia that is provincialgovernment. “anti-national” —might well be different though theycould be usedfor clearing pending bills. Further,considering that the Centre’s matching atrocities, from oppositesides of The uniquelyhorrible natureofthe events from the one intended. capital spendinginthe firstfivemonths of the year has been marginallylower thanlastyear, some ideological divide, cancel eachother out, evident,instate and Centre, at Hathras has evoked widespread condem- “Conspiracy!”confers akind of retrospec- to what extent this additional allocation can be releasedquicklyisdebatable. rather thanadding up. But, to be fair,the in the perceived ‘challenges’ nation,nationallyaswellasinternationally. But tive,derivedlegitimacy in situations where The GDP datareleased by the National StatisticsOffice(NSO) had revealed theextent rushed cremationwas rather special. It isn’t to legitimacy,and the to interpret thiswidespreadcondemnationas the real thing is perceived, with justification, of the collapse in household consumption and investment in the economyinthe firstquar- everydaythat the members of thegrieving consequent resort to evidenceofconspiracy requires genius. to have drainedaway. Afterall, if thereisa family—the mother prostrating herself be- Nefariousactors,we areledto believe,are seek- “conspiracy”, theremustbesomething there terofthe current financial year.For the fullyear,the RBInow expects the economytocon- fore theambulance, the father begging to see allegations of conspiracy and ing to “challenge” the legitimacy of the duly to be conspired against—in other words, re- tract by around 9.5per cent. While the measures announcedonMondaywill notbeenough the face of hismurdereddaughterforone last sedition by theexponents of electedgovernmentby“defaming”it—butthe calling Descartes, conspiracy ergosum. to offset thisloss,theydoindicatethe intent of the government to push both household time —lockedininfear,evenasthe body of suchpedagogic ‘nationalism’ government of UP is, evidentlyquite capable “Conspiracy” is the oxygen that keeps bank- consumption and public investment at this juncture. These announcementsshould be theirdeaddaughter,crucialevidenceof atroc- —essentially,‘teaching a of defamingitself. Arguably, it does little else, ruptregimes alive.Minus that, what one con- ity,isburntin thesmallhoursof the night,un- lurchingfromoneoutragetoanother.Now one frontsisamiscellanyofhorrors, lies and in- the firststeps of abroader,moreambitious fiscal package,thataddresses the needs of lesson’, generally with sticks stressedsegmentsofthe economy. der police guard. Atrocity upon atrocity. maygrant the “dulyelected”part, albeitwith competence.Behind the bizarre “international How, then, mayone approachthe mat- and stones, to people who somereservations,soitistruethatitisproperly conspiracy” generated by the Adityanath terofHathras, approachthe makeshiftpyre, are deemed to be ‘anti- legal. But “legitimate” is an altogether trickier Tangent, that pile of ash, whichwas once a hastilyassembledonwaste land, and now national’ —might well be matter thansimple legality. young woman, awaitsour attention. strewnwith afew,sad flowers? Perhaps in a To putitbluntly, legitimacy cannotbe OPEN THE CONVERSATION respectful, awed silence, baffledbythe enor- different from the one challenged,legality can. Legitimacy,onthe The writer taught in thedepartment of mity of what oneconfronts —apile of ash, intended. other hand, has to be earned—through good English, Delhi University Vaccine allocation will pose difficult questions, call forchoosing between vulnerabilities. Letthe deliberations begin

ASTMONTH,UNIONHealthandFamilyWelfareMinisterHarshVardhantoldthe RajyaSabha that he expectsavaccine againstCOVID-19tobeavailable by early L 2021. But he added anote of caution about the time it could take to reachevery- WE’LL ALWAYS HAVE PARIS one. On Sunday, he spokeagain on theissue: “Prioritisationofgroups forthe COVID-19vaccineshallbebasedontwo considerations—occupationalhazardsandtherisk TwoFrenchOpen champions, Nadal and Swiatek,restore order to an anxious year of developingsevere diseaseandincreasedmortality.”Theministerhasdonewellto indicate the government’s priorities at an early stage—avaccine formass use is, by mostestimates, at least threemonths away.But in the comingweeksand months, as the government gives GauravBhatt shapeto itsplans,narrowingdowntheprioritylist,itwillneedtoanswermore questions.For instance,if thestrategyisto give precedenceto healthcareworkers,shoulddoctorswhodeal IT WASinmid-March,withsportingevents men. The lasso-likeforehand is another aside queries about the 20-Grand Slam with infectious diseases getthe firstshot? Or should nurses, ward attendants, ambulance cancelledand organisers scrambling, that shared trait. Butunlikeayoung Nadal, markshared with RogerFederer: “It’s all drivers be higher on the prioritylist? Among those withcomorbidities, shouldthe health of FrenchOpen ditchedits usual May-June slot Swiatek already lookslikeaWimbledon con- about RolandGarrostoday”. the elderly be secured first, or do relatively younger people,who needtotravelmore, have a and flung ahandkerchief on the September- tender,and it isn’t justthe sparklingwhite Offcourt, the twochampions couldn’t be more urgentclaim?Shouldthosewholive inslumsandcongestedareasgetpriority?Choosing October dates. At thetime, the unilateral post- garb. On clay, where only fools rush in,the anydifferent. Swiatek spent the enforced from among different sets of vulnerabilities is nevereasy.Itisimportant, therefore, thatthe ponement irkedall tennis bodies. But this Pole won57net pointsatasuccess rate of 78. break doing homework in aunicorn onesie, year has underlinedthat hindsightis20/20. Yes, women’s singles tennis has long sharing BabyYodamemes and booting up government opens the conversation to avariety of specialists —epidemiologists, ethicists, Looking back,therecouldn’t have been abet- been acarousel. Swiatek is the ninth first- the PlayStation. Nadal struggledwith ordeals economists,patientgroups, social scientists. terend to theGrand Slam tennis season than time championinthe last14Grand Slams, likehow to add aperson to avideo call. The WHO’s preliminaryguidelinesfor vaccineallocation underlinethe significanceofa the heady mixofemotions we got in Paris on and the fifthfirst-timer to win the French CommentsspammedNadal’s feed as he deliberativeprocedure:“Employbestavailablescientificevidence,expertise,andsignificant Sunday—theexhilarationofthe unknown Open in as manyyears. Shewoulddowell to triedfor minutes to setupanInstagram ses- engagement with relevant stakeholders forvaccine prioritisation… using transparent, ac- and the comfortofthe familiar. take another pageout of her idol’s playbook. sion withfellowelder Federer. One, from a countable and unbiasedprocesses to engender… trustinprioritisation decisions”. Acon- In an anxiety-filledworld,itwas arelief Comingintothe FrenchOpen, the odds certain Andy Murray,read: “This is brilliant... that IgaSwiatek and Rafael Nadal wonthe were againstNadal—concerns about the 34- he can win 52 Frenchopens but notwork sensus also seems to be emerging globallythat allocation strategies should be informedby French Open with absolute authority. year-old’slonglayoffand indifferent form, Instagram.” Murray’s comment reads alot wide-rangingdiscussions.IntheUS,theCentersforDiseaseControlandPreventionaskedthe Dominic Thiem’sUSOpenwin lastmonth about the heavier balls and colder Parisian likethe running gagonWikipedia, where National Academies of Sciences,Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) to develop aplan “to wasmarredbyasub-parfinal.Naomi climes, both of whichcould, in theory, ad- fans edit the “Roland Garros” entrytoread: fairly allocate” avaccine.NASEM reportedlyconducted apublic hearinginthe firstweek of Osaka’striumphwas aboutamessagebig- verselyaffect his game. Nadal answered with “FrenchOpen is amajor tennis tournament September before releasingits firstdraft. gerthanthe sport. The fortnightinFrance, anear-perfect campaign that endedbydis- heldovertwo weeksatthe Stade Roland- TheDrugsControllerGeneralof Indiasaid,lastmonth,thatitwouldapproveavaccine“of however, wasabout twoathletesattheir mantling nemesis NovakDjokovic. Garros in Paris,beginning in lateMay and ruthless best. Coming into the French It’s fitting that the twolosing finalists — ending afterRafaelNadal kisses the trophy.” atleast 50percentefficacy”.Giventhemagnitudeof thecrisis,thislowbarisunderstandable. “Congratulations Rafael Nadal! It’s amaz- Open, the odds were against Djokovic and Sofia Kenin —werechampions The dates were different, but Nadal But aless than 100per cent sure inoculation could mean thatplans to trackthe initial recip- ing to kind of sharethis experience with you. Nadal —concerns about the at the year’s firstGrand Slam. The Australian brought some semblance of order to a ients will have to be developedintandemwith the allocation strategy.It’simportant that a Am Ievenallowedtosay this?” tweeted Open nowseems ages ago. Happier times? chaotic year.Swiatek made it better by rangeofspecialistsare calledintojoin the dots,think through the difficultissues. Swiatek minutes afterthe Spaniard’s 13th 34-year-old’slong layoff and Perhaps not, seeing howthe tournament was restoring faith in the future. FrenchOpen title on Sunday. There’s area- indifferent form, about the playedinthe backdrop of the bushfires crisis. Fornow,it’s au revoir.The Paris Masters sonbehind the politeness. Swiatek wasfour heavier balls and colder Simpler times, though. Theygot to lifttheir is scheduledfor next month, but COVID-19 when herfavouriteplayerlaid the firstbrick Parisian climes, both of trophies in front of an audience, their wide cases in France have been on an uptick. Our to hiskingdom of clay. On Saturday,she grins notconcealedbymasks. champions return to theirrespective rou- whichcould,intheory, GAME, SET, MATCH pickedupher firsttitle in Rafa-likefashion: Afterher triumph,Swiatekwas arat in tines. Swiatek doingwhat she loves, solving Showing no respect to thestatusquo of adversely affecthis game. amaze. She sprinted up and down the math problems in Warsaw, while Nadal will There’s aNadal-sized FrenchOpen asterisk against seeds, pastwinners,runners-upand reign- Nadal answered with anear- stairs, climbed over barriers beforemaking trytofigureout technology in Mallorca. ing champions.Bothwere19and the simi- perfectcampaign that ended it to thebox and the arms of herteam. She “But what about us,” youask? Federer’s GOAT claims larities onlybegin there. fumbledher waythrough the speechbe- We’ll alwayshaveParis. The dizzyingRPMs Swiatek putsonthe by dismantling nemesis fore admitting, “Idon’t knowwhat’sgoing T’LL DO THE men’s singles final at FrenchOpen an immensedisservice if it is reduc- ball farexceedmostwomen and rivalmany NovakDjokovic. on.” Nadal wasathis regalbest, swatting [email protected] tively recounted as Rafael Nadal’s 100th matchwin at Roland Garrosor13thGrand Slam title on clayor999th career win. Nadal’s 6-0, 6-2, 7-5 triumph over Novak I Djokovic wasaclassic whichremindedthe worldthatepic encounters don’talways needtogotofivesets. Nadal winning the firstset 6-0 againstanopponent who hadn’t lost hislast38matcheswasn’tsomeone-sidedsavagedismantlingby theSpaniardonwhatishis OCTOBER 13, 1980, FORTY YEARS AGO stomping ground. It wasariveting shortstory with twists andturns. This wasn’t Nadaltrying to extract errors from Djokovic. He wasthinking hard, stretch- W AR RAGES ON AASU ON MIGRANTS mean the migrantswho came to India before ingeverysinew, exploringallanglesonthecourt.Thedrop-shotthathadworkedforDjokovic IRAQI JETS ROCKETED Abadan as tanksraced THE ALL ASSAMStudentsUnion hasdescribed that date cannotbetaken back, the booklet all week wasalsoonshow. AgainstNadal on theday,itdidn’t work.Hewouldread hismind, to closeinonthe gutted oil refining city in as fallacious the interpretation that the mi- claimed. southwestern Iran. Iran’s President Abol- grants who came to India before March 25, reachthe ball and place it across the net. Even when Nadal’sdominance grew,the presence HassanBani-Sadr said his country’sforces 1971 could notbesentback.The Indira-Mujib J&K HAILSTORM of Djokovic on the oppositeend leftatantalising possibility of acomeback. Djokovic wasn’t were wearingdowntheIraqisandwillmount pact of 1972 or thejoint declaration of March THIRTY-FIVE BAKARWALS AND Gujjars giving up, Nadal wasn’t giving in. It wasthat kind of aSunday. acounter-attackto“recoverevery inchofter- 1972 did notsay anything about refugees or were killed in ahailstorm whichswept the The 2020 Nadal win wasnothinglikehis 12 previous triumphs at Paris. NotFederer's ritory” takenoverbyIraq. He said Iran was migrants, the AASU contendedinaleaflet mountainous rangeofPeer Panjal in the roasting of 2008, nor the titanic triumph of 2011 wherethe Spaniarddrew thebestout of agreeableto aUNsponsoredceasefire limited broughtout on the Nehru-Liaqat Ali Khan border district of Poonchand Rajouri. The Federer on clay, could matchthis one.The Spaniardunleashedanuncharacteristic geomet- to theShatt el Arab estuarytoallowanesti- agreement and the Indira-Mujib pact. parties of Gujjars and Bakarwals were on mated 60 strandedforeign ships to leave.But However, the India-Bangladeshjoint state- their waybacktothe plains from the moun- ric game,not beholden to percentageplay, leavingDjokovicwithnoanswers.Serving up a therewerenosigns that Iraq would agree to ment in February1972 did talk of migrants, tain pastures, wheretheyhad gone to graze masterclass without being aslave to afive-setscoreline, while equalling Federer's 20, Nadal the localisedstand down afterits infantry and Sheikh MujiburRahman had expressed their cattle.According to reports,hailstones cannowstake legitimateclaimtohisfriend’sGreatestOfAllTimehonour.Forwithallthings stormedacrossthestrategicKarunrivertowin his resolve to take backall migrantswho came the size of table-tennis balls beat down on being equal now, there’saNadal-sizedFrenchOpen asterisk againstFederer’s GOAT claims. total control of the 120-mile shipping lane. to India afterMarch 25, 1971.This does not them,killingatleast10onthe spot.

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THEINDIANEXPRESS,TUESDAY,OCTOBER13,2020 WHATTHE OTHERSSAY “The choice of winner (Nobel Peace Prize) indicates the seriousnesshunger 9 THE IDEAS PAGE poses to world peace.” — DAWN Quad and the global churn Never waste acrisis Instead of focusing on non-issues and fixing Engaging QuadpartnersonreformingChina-centred economic globalisation is arare opponents, government should borrow opportunity forIndia. But it also involves engineering internal change andspend the moneywisely

ernment. And lastly, theonlything whichis flourishing is the stockmarket,whichhas been firmlyinthe grip of speculators during the pandemic.But all this will notfill the emptystomachs of people. Theseare truths, which cannotbecon- cealeddespitethe Goebbelsian effortsof RAJA MANDALA the government. The bigger reality is that thepeopleare undergoinguntold suffer- by CRajaMohan Ya shwant Sinha ing and paying aheavy price forthe fol- lies of the government. Acrisisshouldneverbewasted;thisone THE QUAD, OR the quadrilateral security dia- ITHASBECOMEtheprimarydutyof thegov- in particular.Itisagolden opportunity to logue between India, US, Japan and Australia, ernment of the daytoobfuscate issues build. Whydid John MaynardKeynes sug- is nowemblematicofthe geopoliticalchurnin through acocktail of untruths, half-truths, gest that people should be engaged in dig- the eastern hemisphere. Less notedbut innuendos and purelies.Yet,likethe sun’s gingditchesandthenfillingthemup?Itwas equallysignificant is itsgeo-economic agenda raysthrough adarkcloud,some factspeep in order to ensurethatmoneyreachedpeo- that has drawnSouth Korea, Vietnam and out. As farasthe Indian economyiscon- ple’s pocketssothat demandcouldacceler- NewZealand intothe post-pandemicconsul- cerned,thesearethefacts.First,theeconomy ate. In ourcontexttoday, it meansproviding tationsinthe so-called “Quad Plus”format.In wentintoatailspinatleasteightquartersbe- gainfulemployment,creatingdurableassets both thedomains, China is the natural focus. fore thefirstquarterofthe current fiscal,in and strengthening physical infrastructure. The policy discourse is about blunting Beijing’s whichthe growth rate declinedby23.9 per We still needtobuild millions of miles of ru- ambition to exercise regional hegemonyand cent.Justtorefreshourmemory, thegrowth ralroads, provide housing to all,build new preventing it from bending the global eco- rate recordedinthe firstquarterof2018-19 citiesandvillageswithmodernfacilities,im- nomic order in China’s favour. was8.2 percent. It crashedto3.2 per centin provehealthand educational facilities, con- India finds itself at the frontline on both. quarterfour of 2019-20 —adecline of 500 struct national highways,railway lines, air- Confrontingan expansiveChineseaggression basispoints.Second,thismassive declinewas ports,ports, promote defence and tourism on itsfrontiers and Beijing’s growing strategic notdue to “an actofGod” but due to people infrastructure.These arethe “ditches”we influence in the subcontinent and the Indian who thought theyweregods. must startdigging today. Ocean, Delhiis ready to exploresecuritycoali- Third, the prescription forgettingout of Whereare the resources forall this? tion-building with itsQuad partners. theslowdownwassuggestedbymanyecon- Again, my simple logic is this: Taking aloan India has also been apioneer in economic CRSasikumar omists,but the government hadnouse for is notsuchabad thing, providedyou create decoupling from China —recall itswithdrawal it.Itrefusedtobelieve thatdemanddeceler- thecapacity to repay. Forexample, if Iwere from the Regional Comprehensive Economic “climatehawks”inthe Bidenteam might have marginalising the WTO. ation wasthe root causeofthe malaise and to take aloan to setupabusiness and asuc- Partnership in 2019 and itsopposition to no time forthe “China hawks”. Theywantto Some advisers of the Biden campare echo- kept tryingotherexpensive measures,which cessful one,Ishall have no problem in re- China’s Belt and Road Initiative firstarticulated endthe confrontation with China and begin ing Trump’s call forconstructinganew net- had no bearing on the problem at hand. paying the loan out of itsincome. But if I in 2017.Inthe wake of the Ladakh aggression, collaborationto addressthe greatestthreatto work of supply chains among America’s Naturallyitdidnotwork.Fourth,itwascrys- were to wastethat moneyoncurrent con- Delhihastakenupactive economicmeasures humanity.The liberal human rightscaucus trustedfriends and partners.India’scurrent tal-clearthattheproblemwascreatedby the sumption, Ishall find it difficult to repaythe againstChina to limit trade and investment wantsatough line on China’s treatment of its participation inthe economicinitiativesofthe thoughtless step of demonetisation which loan. Iappliedthis simple logictogovern- links. It wasnatural, then, forDelhi to take part ethnic and religious minorities, but wantsto Quad might augur well forDelhi’s engage- dealtabodyblowtotheeconomy. Nobodyin ment’s borrowings also while designing the in the economic initiativesofthe Quad and its avoid anew Cold Warwith Beijing. ment with the incipient debateonreimagin- the government todaytalks anymore of the Fiscal Responsibilityand Budget extendedformat. But the apparent clarity in Powerful economic interestsinthe US — ing the global trading system. India might also wonders it did as it failedtoachieve itsob- Management Bill. India could live with Delhi on the geopolitical imperativesofthe includingWall Street and SiliconValleythat hopethat an “Atmanirbhar America”might jectives. According to the latestreport, the small doses of deficitsonthe capital account Quadstands in contrasttothe continuingam- aremajor contributorstotheBidencampaign createroomfor domestic industrial policy in cash-to-GDP ratiohas increased to 15 per but the revenuedeficit had to becompletely biguityregardingthe geo-economicinitiatives —would prefer areturn to apolicy of engage- areformedtrading order. cent—the highestsince Independence. eliminated.Weare still pursuing thatgoal of the newforum. ment. Theywould hope Biden would use the ButisDelhi ready foracomprehensive re- Fifth, as if the damagetothe economy whichremains elusive to thisday. Indiaisnot alone here.Mostchancelleries leverage generatedbyTrumptorepackage form of theglobal trading rules? It is one thing wasnot extensive enough,the government So, letthe government go ahead and of the worldare deeplydividedonhow to commercial ties with China, declarevictory But is Delhi readyfor a to be partofQuad’s diplomatic consultations came out with an ill-advisedand badly borrow, even print notestogarner re- managethe relationship between the two. and end the talk of economic decoupling. comprehensive reform of the on reorienting supplychains. But it is entirely craftedGST,which,insteadof beingashining sources. This moneyshould be spent, not Theyare alllookingto seehowtheUS resolves Countervailing pressures comefromthe global trading rules? It is one another to reform India’s economic policy to exampleof cooperative federalismforwhich recklessly, but wisely. Some of the steps the dilemmas involved.That, in turn, hinges progressiveand labour wings of the cope with the unfolding disruption in the Ihadlaidthefoundationby creatingtheem- will createjobssorelyneededinthese dif- alot on the outcome of the US presidential Democratic Partythat want Biden to continue thing to be part of Quad’s global trading system. poweredgroupof statefinanceministersfor ficult times. Some maytaketime until the elections early next month. If Donald Trump Trump’s reorientation of the economic en- diplomatic consultations on If India has had difficulties doing even a VAT, has nowdegenerated intoadangerous plans arefirmed up. Demand forbothcon- has pushedthe US in one particular direction, gagement with China. Morebroadly, they reorienting supply chains. minitrade deal withthe Trumpadministra- showdown betweenthe Centre and the sumption and investment goods will go it is notclear where Jo Biden, whose prospects wantabreakfromtheexcessive globalisation But it is entirely another to tion, the going could bealot tougherwith the states. Sixth, despitebeingfullyaware of the up, leadingtobetterutilisation of existing forvictoryseemedtohaveimprovedsignifi- of thelastfew decadesthat has deindustri- Bidenteamthatwilllinkcommerceto human delicatehealth of the economy, the govern- capacityand creation of fresh capacity. cantlyinthe lastfew weeks,mightwant to go. alisedAmerica and off-shored jobs. reform India’seconomic rights, labour rightsand environmental stan- ment imposedamindless lockdown which Better infrastructurewill also reduce the In the lastfew months, topofficials of Biden, once the champion of free trade policy to cope with the dards. MostofIndia’s partners in the “Quad sappedtheeconomy of whateverlifewasleft transactioncosts in the economy, making the Trumpadministration have laidout a with China,has significantlymodifiedhis unfolding disruption in the Plus” grouping, including Japan, South Korea, in it. Seventh, the decline in growth rate it morecompetitive.Itwill unleash avirtu- comprehensive framework foraddressing stanceduringthe campaign.Hehaspromised global trading system. If Vietnam, Australia, and NewZealand, areall recordedinquarterone of thecurrent fiscal ouscycle, leading to full revivalinquick the ideological, political, economic, techno- nottosignany newfreetrade agreements pro-trade and will find ways to work with the is the highestamongstall majoreconomies. time. Paying the debt will pose no prob- logical and securitychallenges posed by without firstinvesting in American workers. India has had difficulties US and eachother. Eighth,the governmentisbankruptand lem when it becomes due. Is the govern- China. But disentangling the webofeco- Some of Biden’s plans do look likeparts doing even amini trade deal India’s current focus is on drawing foreign if it had notbeen forthe extortionarylevies ment game forit? nomic interdependence wovenoverthe last from Trump’s “America First” policy. Biden with the Trump investmentintodomestic manufacturing; but on petroleum products in theface of crash- The nation is in peril on multiple fronts. four decades is noteasy. wantsto“makemoreinAmerica” and “buy administration, the going Delhi has been unable to clinchbilateral trade ing internationalcrude oil prices, the posi- The governmentisbusy with non-issues Pessimists worrythat Biden might sim- moreAmerican”. Biden has also unveiledan deals or articulatethe case forrejigging the tion wouldhavebeen worse.Ninth, healthy with the sole intent of keeping the people in plyabandon Trump’s challengetoChina expansiveagendaof“industrial policy”— could be alot tougher with globaleconomic order.Engaging the Quad agricultural output as aresult of successive atrancewiththeheadywineof religiousna- and return to the pastpolicies of accommo- whichwas derideduntil recently—tore- the Biden team that will link partners on reformingtheChina-centredeco- goodmonsoonshassustainedtheruralecon- tionalism.The ruling party maygoonwin- dation. Optimistsbelieve theUSestablish- build American industryand regain commerce to human rights, nomic globalisation of the lastthree decades omy, though the farmers continue to suffer. ning elections, toppling elected govern- ment nowhas aclearappreciation of the American technological leadership. is araregeo-economic opportunity forIndia. The government cannotclaimany credit ei- ments, misusing the agencies of the challenges posedbyChina. While there Biden says his administration would in- labour rights and But it is also abig challenge, foritinvolvesen- ther fordeclining global crude prices or for government to fixits opponentsand estab- might be achangeinthe tone andstyle of vest nearly $2 trillion in revamping manufac- environmental standards. gineeringmuchinternalchange. Meanwhile, the good monsoons. Tenth, fudging of fig- lishingitsmonopolyoverpower,fromcricket the Biden administration, theyhope, it is turing, developing newtransportation tech- Most of India’spartners in Beijinghasbegun to teasetheBiden team with ures,suppressingunwelcomedata,opaque- to courtsoflaw.But what about India? likelytobedisciplinedand organisedwith nologies, including high-speedrail and electric the Quad Plus grouping, offers of a “fresh start” and “newbeginning” on ness likeinthe PM CARES fund, electoral the China challenge.Theyalso expect Biden cars, moving towardsagreen economy, and trade and climatechange. Beijing’s objective is bonds and foreign contributiontopolitical The writer is aformer Union to take the allies and partners intoconfi- steppingupresearchonartificial intelligence. including Japan, South to favourablyinfluence America’s internal partieshave becomethehallmarkofthegov- finance minister dence in dealing with China. Biden’s industrial policy will surelyrun Korea,Vietnam, Australia, contestation on China policy. Realists,including policymakers in Delhi, counter to the rules of the WorldTrading and NewZealand,are all pro- musttakeamoredifferentiated view.They Organisation. If he does followthrough on the trade and will find waysto The writer is director,InstituteofSouthAsian mustpreparefor aseriouscontestationwithin declaredagenda, Biden might beas unforgiv- Studies, National University of Singaporeand theBiden administration on theChinapolicy. ing of the WTOasTrump. ManyDemocrats work with the US contributing editor on international affairs for LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR On the liberal side, thegrowing band of areeager to join Republican nationalists in and eachother. The Indian Express

CRIME DURING CRISIS THIS REFERS TO the report, 'Untold story IDEAS of lockdown' (IE, October 12).It is shock- ONLINE Aprize for waging war on hunger ing that child trafficking hawksare on the prowlevenduring ahealth crisis. ONLYINTHE EXPRESS Ironically, child trafficking that should have slackenedfollowing the cancella- ● NAGORNO-KARABAKH PeaceNobeltoWorldFoodProgrammerecogniseshungerasviolationof humanrights tions of trains that usuallyare misused ANDINDIA: forthis nefarious purpose.Hopefully, this ACHALMALHOTRA paper’sinvestigation will makestate SwatiParashar and CamillaOrjuela governmentstakeaserious viewofthe matter and theywill notonlybook the ● SAVINGBASTIS: IN MAY2018, aremarkable addition was further stressedthe link between armedcon- cus in itsown right.Amidst all the media at- cides. Statepolicies and accountability arethe culpritsbut also take pragmatic initia- MUKTANAIKAND made to the UN SecurityCouncil resolutions flict and hunger —something that the WFP tention to theexceptional violence of wars, bigger partofthe problem, along with the oc- tivestonip the problem in the bud. SWATIJANU on civilian protection in armedconflicts. also recentlyremindedusof. Almost 80 per terrorism andgenocides, we tend to forget currence of frequent natural disasters and Azhar Ali Khan, Rampur Building on previous UN resolutions on hu- cent of all chronic malnourishedchildren in- the millions of hunger victims who dieina lackofpublicattention to this issue. The on- www.indianexpress.com manitarian laws,human rights and protect- habit countriesaffected by armedconflict. slower, less spectacular form of violence. going coronavirus pandemichas further ex- HISTORIC TIES MATTER ing civilians and vulnerable populations, The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has ex- Hunger is notinevitable: It is man-made and acerbatedthethreat of hunger,eversince the Resolution2417, forthe firsttime, recognised acerbatedtheproblem of food insecurity and thereare victims and perpetrators. Those per- lockdown wasintroducedand millions of THIS REFERS TO the editorial,'Talking Delhi’s pollution problem is to sum- the needto“break the viciouscycle between famines. It is anticipated that the number of petrators include —but arenot restrictedto — daily-wage earners losttheir livelihood, giv- peace' (IE, October 12). India’s official rep- mon political will. But all political par- armedconflict and food insecurity”. This hungrypeople could increase to 270million stateactors who, through what theydoor ing rise to massivereverse migration. To add resentation to theConference on Intra- ties seemtolackconviction. Stubble pathbreaking resolution also addedcredence underthe impactofthe pandemic,with the what theyfail to do, contributetostarvation. to these knownprecarities, theimpactofcli- Afghan Peaceand theministerial address burning has become an intractable to theSustainable Development Goal of erad- mostacute sufferingand starvation experi- Hunger has been India’sbane in colonial matechangeonthe futureofcropproduc- at the meettestifies NewDelhi’s broad phenomenon, while pollution control icating hunger adoptedbythe UN in 2015. encedinconflictzones. times and also since Independence. While tion is notevenfullyknown yet. agreement on the contours of the Doha agencies seem to be always on amon- The recent announcement of the 2020 Wars constrain people’s mobility, create debates about the Bengal and other British- The WorldFood Programme has deliv- peace process. US special envoy Zalmay itoring mode sans anyimplementation NobelPeace Prize to theWorld Food black marketsand restrict people’s access to erafaminesare getting some attention now, eredfood aid and workedto alleviatehunger Khalilzad and Afghan envoy Abdullah plan to improveair quality. Programme(WFP),oneof thelargest human- food, making it either unavailableortoo ex- we need to focus on the hunger threatsand in manyparts of the world, including India. Abdullah's visit to Indiawithin aspan of Deepak Singhal, Chennai itarian organisationsaddressinghungerand pensive.War-related displacement causes food insecurity that independent India con- Recognising itsworkatthis critical juncture amonth to brief India'sleadership on the promoting food security, is astepforward in people to be removedfromtheir cultivable tinues to face. In 1947,India’sbiggestchal- is notonlyamuch-neededact of apprecia- developmentssignify India'sgrowing SON’STASK recognising the seriousness of the global food land so that theycannotgrowfood, and it di- lengewas to find enough grains to feed its tion, but an urgent warning thatweall need statureinthe region. crisis.Itdraws attentiontothe sustained ef- vertsresources from people’s welfareto- population of around 300million, when to heed. Theworld facesasevere food crisis as Sudip Kumar Dey, Kolkata THIS REFERS TO the editorial, “The fortstofighthungerandfaminefromthegrass- wardsthe wareffort. Warparties control only10per cent of thecultivatedareahad the threat of famines and starvationismag- Bridge” (IE, October 10). LokJanshakti rootstothehighestlevelsofglobalgovernance. whatgoes in and outofareas undertheir ju- access to irrigation, and mineral fertilisers nifiedduring the ongoing pandemic. This POLITICAL WILL FIRST PartyfounderRam Vilas Paswan en- Whilerecognising thosewho struggle to ban risdiction, and can use withholding of food were an unaffordable luxury. Though a slowviolence on vulnerable populations will joyedmass supportamong the Dalits, nuclearweapons,restrictarmsproductionand as aweaponofwar.Providing people with modern, technology-driveneconomywas weighonour collective conscience, if we do THIS REFERSTOthe editorial, ‘Pollution especiallythe Dusadh (Paswans).His armstrade,andpreventconflictthroughdiplo- food in an emergency situationmay seemlike introduced, thelackofdomestic food pro- notrecognisehunger as the ultimateviola- amid Covid’ (IE, October 12). It’s quite deathjustafew weeksbeforepolling macymayseemdirectly relevantforthepeace averyshort-termmeasure. At thesame time, duction continuedtobesupplemented by tion of basichuman rightsand dignity,and evident that all stakeholders areaware in Bihar will definitelyhaveanimpact prize, putting focus on the consequences of providingfor basicneeds is necessaryforpro- importing grains from all over the world— join hands to eradicate it. of the causes of pollution in Delhi and on the results. Afather' deathisalways warisalso an important partofworking to- moting trustinsociety and forthe focus to an embarrassing situation foraproudlynon- NCR. The Delhi government’sresorting an irreparableloss forason,but for wardspeace and the well-being of people. shifttoeducation, work and rebuilding lives. alignednation that became the largest im- Parashar is AssociateProfessorinPeace to stop-gap measures suchasodd-even Chirag, Paswan's demise is apolitical UNSCR 2417 had veryclearly preparedthe This is also important forpreventing the out- porteroffoodaid, especially from the US. andDevelopment Research at theSchool of and nowthe Supreme Court-man- loss as well. It will be interesting to see ground to focus worldattention on the after- break of newhostilities and armedconflicts. The Green Revolution changed the situ- Global Studies, Gothenburg University, dated EPCAdiktattostopthe useofDG if he managestotranslate the sympa- effectsofwar,including continuedsuffering Apartfromthe significance of the connec- ationdrasticallysince the late1960s butacute Sweden. OrjuelaisProfessor in Peace and sets will exacerbatethe inconvenience thyfactor to translate to votes. of food-insecurepeopleand severely under- tions between warand hunger,wealsobe- hunger crisis,famines and malnourishment Development Research at theSchool of Global of people. The firststeptowards solving SanjayChopra, Mohali nourishedchildren. TheNobel committee has lieve that eradicating hunger needs to beafo- arereportedregularly,along with farmer sui- Studies, Gothenburg University,Sweden

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THEINDIANEXPRESS,TUESDAY,OCTOBER13,2020 10 GOVT &POLITICS KhushbujoinsBJP,says HC ordersCBI probe into YSRCP DELHI CONFIDENTIAL ‘pushed,suppressed’inCong leaders’ ‘derogatory

Very well spoken. Isecond what MANOJCG& he said about Pilotand Scindia,” comments’ on court ARUNJANARDHANAN Khushbuhad tweeted. NEWDELHI,CHENNAI, In Chennai, StateCongress OCTOBER12 chief KSAlagiri said Khushbu's SREENIVASJANYALA exitwouldnotaffectthepartyand HYDERABAD,OCTOBER12 HOURS AFTERshe quit the “she wasjustseen as an actress, Congress, saying some senior notaleader”. THEANDHRAPradeshHighCourt leaderswere “dictatingterms” But with the Assemblypolls onMondaydirectedtheCBIto in- and “people likeme...are being dueinTamilNadunextyear,many vestigatesome allegedlyderoga- pushed and suppressed”,actor- in the BJPsee her entryasanad- tory commentsabout the court turned-politician Khushbu vantage. Asenior party leader andsomejudgesmadeby leaders Tammineni Sitaram, SundarjoinedtheBJPonMonday. fromCoimbatoresaidshewasthe of the ruling YSRCongress Party Narayana Swamy “Afew elementsseated at mostpopularface to have joined on socialmedia. ALL FOR ALLIANCE higherlevelwithintheparty,peo- the party recently. The HC had earlier directed ple who have no connectivity Anotherpartyleadersaidstate theRegistrarto lodgeacomplaint “Their comments areperilous to BHUPENDER YADAV, BJP general secretaryin-charge of Bihar, with the ground reality or public BJP chiefLMuruganwas instru- with the CID to investigatethe democracy and amounted to an is taking pains to dispel the impression that the party has recognition aredictating terms, Khusbhu at the BJP office in NewDelhi Monday. Anil Sharma mental in gettingher to switch commentsafterthecourtgranted attackonthe judiciary. In adem- proppedLJP separatelytodent the JD(U) in the Assemblypolls. and people likemewho wanted sides.“Muruganwasconsistentin astayondecentralisation of the ocraticStateifsuchwarisinitiated And ameeting withBJP workers in Jamui, LJP chief Chirag to work forthepartysincerelyare pursuing her entryintoBJP,” he statecapital. againstthejudicialsystemby per- Paswan’s Lok Sabha constituency,was one waytodispel the being pushed andsuppressed,” In April 2019,following the when actor-turned-politician said. Murugan, who wasinDelhi OnMonday, abenchcompris- sons holding high positions, cer- speculation before the firstphase of the polls itself. Yadavmet Khushbu said in her resignation SupremeCourt’sverdictallowing Urmila Matondkar leftthe on Monday, wasn’t available for ing JusticeRakesh Kumar and tainlyitwill createunnecessary ground-levelworkers of BJP and assertedthat the NDAwould letter to Congress chief Sonia leaked documents to be relied Congress. comment. JusticeUma Devi observed that doubt in the mind of citizen getathree-fourth majority in the Bihar elections. Gandhi. The Congress then an- upon by petitioners seeking re- “People who have loyally “Talkswereonfor several the CID’s probewas notsatisfac- againstthejudicialsystem,which nouncedher removalasparty viewofits Rafale judgement,she stood by anyparty tend to get weeks. The BJP approachedher toryanddirectedthe CBI to regis- maycrippleentiresystemifsome spokesperson. said this proved that “chowkidar overlooked in favour of political sometimeago.Sheneversaidno, teranFIR and submit areportin ordinarypersonmakes anycom- TRUST IN TEMPLE Later in the day, afterjoining chorhain”.Shehadalsocalledthe tourists,” AICCmedia panelistCR but Delhi leaders didn’t want to eightweeks. The courtobserved ment againstthe government, the BJP in New Delhi, PTIquoted BJP “BharatiyaJumla Party”. Kesavanhad tweetedthen. And give her anypromise on posts — thatinspite of lodgingacomplaint cases arepromptlyregistered... FACINGFLAKoverthe Hathras crime, in whichaDalit woman herassaying:“Youhave128crore In2018,Khushbu,whoismar- Khushburesponded. “Youand I neither aRajya Sabha berth, nor a with CID, no case wasregistered When personsinpositions made wasallegedlygangrapedand subsequentlydied, theBJP seems people actuallybelieving in one riedtoTamilfilmmakerSundarC, areloyal fools." key postinthe national leader- againstany YSRCPleaderwho al- commentsagainstthejudgesand to be trying to woothe community elsewhere.Delhistate BJP man and that’s our Prime had brieflychangedher Twitter In Julythis year,she openly ship.Thatiswhytalkswere incon- legedlymade the comments. the courts, whyhavecases not leaders Vijender Guptaand Ramvir Singh Bidhuri metUnion Minister. Ithink they’redoing profile to “khushbusundar... and backedtheNew EducationPolicy clusive untilFriday. At herend,the The HC had directed the been filed? Looking at things, we Housing and Urban Affairs MinisterHardeep Singh Puri on something absolutelyright.” it's NAKHATKHAN forthe BJP.” unveiledbythe BJP government. pressurewas building,she wasin Registrar to lodgeacomplaint arelefttoinferthatawarhasbeen Mondaytothank him forthe Delhi Development Authority al- Tilljustaweekback,Khushbu, Shesaidshehadto dothisbecause But even then she tweeted: distress, howlongcouldshe fight with the CID afterittook cog- declaredonthe judiciary.” lotting land to build atemple forpoetand mystic saint Ravidas, who wasone of the Congress’s BJP trolls were claimingthat her “Sanghis can relax, pl(ea)s(e) do rumoursand questions,” said a nizance of allegedly derogatory WhiledirectingtheCBIto reg- who is worshippedbyDalits. spirited voices on social media, real name wasNakhatKhanand notrejoice.Iamnot movingto BJP. seniorBJPleader.HesaidKhushbu posts againstsome judges and isteranFIR, the courtobserved wastargeting PrimeMinister she washiding it. My opinion might be different maybemade national spokeper- the judiciaryfollowing judg- that since April theyhavenoticed NarendraModi.“APrimeMinister In September 2019,she from my party butIam an indi- son, apostshe held in the mentsthat were seenasaset- that HC judges and the judiciary NO COMMUNICATION who canfeedpeacocks cannot tweeted:“Sadly,onceagainIhave vidualwithathinkingmindof my Congress. backtothe government. The were beingabusedonvariousso- feedthepoorinthiscountry,”she to edit my profile. Sanghi dumb own....” BJPinsiderssaidKhushbuwas Registrar submittedevidence of cial media platforms,and even in AMONTH afterhewas appointedCongress general secre- had tweetedsix days ago. idiots aresophysicallyretarded In July, she also came out in expected to draw the crowds at commentsallegedly made by interviews in electronicmedia. tary in charge of Karnataka, Randeep Surjewala was Khushbu,wholefttheDMKto that theydonot understand sim- supportofSanjayJha, who, after their poll campaigns. “Maybethe AssemblySpeaker Tammineni According to the FIR lodged Mondaynamedhead of the party’s electionmanagement jointheCongressin2014,hadalso ple basics... theyare calling me a he wassackedasCongress nationalleadership will send her Sitaram, Deputy Chief Minister with the CID, the alleged deroga- and coordination committee forBihar. He will be stationed slammedthe BJP government Muslimwhodoesnothaveaplace spokesperson,saidyoungleaders to campaign in Bihar too,” said a Narayana Swamy, MPs V tory commentsonthe HC and its in Bihar until theend of polls. Surjewala is also in charge of over the Rs 20 lakh crorepackage in my country, my India. YesIam —likeSachin PilotorJyotiraditya party leader. Vijayasai Reddy and Nandigam judges startedwhen the HC set Congress’s communication department, and has already announcedtotideovertheimpact aKhan,IamaMuslimandIndiais Scindia—shouldhave helmedthe ACongress leader and former Suresh,and other leaders of the asideagovernment order mak- conveyed to the party leadership to relieve him from that of the lockdown. “So finallya my country... Koishaq?” Congress. Scindia had leftthe Unionministersaidhewouldnot ruling YSRCP. ing English the medium of in- post. Partyleaders arewondering whythe central leader- package... 10%ofGDP.Beready... But she has been unhappy Congress by then. blameKhushbu.“Shewastiredof Takingupthematteragainon struction in all government ship is delaying the appointment of his successor.Itis we have along road ahead of with the Congress forsome time “SanjayJha speakshis mind theindifferenceandinactive lead- Monday, thecourtasked why schools. Moreposts allegedly fol- learnt thatthe leadership is thinking about handingover steepriseintaxes,taxesandmore now. In fact, the firstindication without fear.And that’s what ership of the Congress party,” he caseswere notfiledagainstthem. lowedwhenthe HC setaside an the reinsofthe communication department to aveteran. taxes,” shehad tweeted. came in September lastyear, makes him strong. Not arebel. said. Whilereferringthecomments order removing the stateelec- Names of heavyweightssuchasPChidambaram and forinvestigation by theCID last tion commissioner NRamesh Jairam Ramesh arebeing talked about in this connection. week,the courthad observed, Kumar. Also in contentionare Congress spokespersons Pawan SC noticeto Kheraand SupriyaShrinate. Farm unionsmeet today: one Centre on Plea in SC seeks TAKING IT EASY outfitset to go, another to skip pleas against WEEKSAFTER an orderwas issuedtotransfer out several action against Jagan officials from the Railway Ministry, it seems manyofthem were present theretill the end of lastweek.Officialssaid the RAAKHIJAGGA farm laws thing about the big transfer order wasthat no onefromthe LUDHIANA,OCTOBER12 over letter to CJI topwas really“chasing” it forstrictimplementation, so the message that formedaroundthe order wasthat it wasper- ADAY before the scheduled EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE hapsalright to take it slow. meeting of 29 farmer unions in NEWDELHI,OCTOBER12 EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Punjab to take acall on attending NEWDELHI,OCTOBER12 the October14meeting withthe THESUPREMECourtonMonday YSJagan Centreoverfarm laws,amajor issuedanotice to theCentreona AN ADVOCATE has movedthe Mohan PROOF OF GOVT FAILURE ON COVID: CONG farmerunion in the statehas an- clutchofpetitions challenging the Supreme Court seeking action Reddy nouncedthat it will attend the constitutional validity of thefarm againstAndhraPradesh Chief Sudhakar gets health, Delhimeeting, while another sig- laws enactedbythe Narendra MinisterYSJagan Mohan Reddy nificant outfit said it will skip it. Modi government. formakingpublichis“unsubstan- or within hours, it can affect the BKU (Ugrahan), one of the The petitions came up before tiatedallegations”againstasenior imageofjudiciary andhence the largest farmer unions in Punjab, athree-judgeheadedbyChief judgeofthe court, stating that confidence of the general public Sreeramulu social has announcedthat it will attend Justice SABobde whichsought “what is at stakeisthe confidence in the judiciary.” the meeting calledbythe Union Protesters gheraoedAshwani Sharma’s vehicle at Cholang the Centre’s response within whichthe courts in ademocratic It also questionedthe timing MinistryofAgriculture. toll plazanear Tanda in Hoshiarpurdistrict. Express four weeks. societymustinspireinthepublic”. of the allegation, calling it “highly welfare charge in However, KisanMazdoor The bench, alsocomprising The plea by Noida-based suspicious”. Sangarsh Committee (KMSC) — Justices ASBopanna and V lawyer Sunil Kumar Singh re- Reddy’slettertothe CJIhad another major union represent- Ramasubramanian, washearing ferredto anOctober10 presscon- come at atime when abench BSY cabinet reshuffle ing farmers and workers in petitionsfiledbyRashtriyaJanta ference by Reddy’s Principal headedbyJusticeRamanaishear- Majha region —statedthat it will Punjab BJP chief blames Dal RajyaSabha MP Manoj Jha, Advisor Ajeya Kallam. At the ing aplea seeking fast-trackingof notbepartofthe meeting. Dravida MunnetraKazhagam event, he had releasedaletter criminal cases againstsitting and EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE BKU (Ugrahan)’s decisionis Cong govt for attack on car RajyaSabha member Tiruchi written by theCMtoChief Justice formerMPs and MLAs. The BENGALURU, OCTOBER12 significant as it amajor partici- Siva,and another by agroup of of IndiaSABobdeallegingjudicial AndhraCM, too, is facing some pantinthe ongoing protests. been farmers. Chhattisgarhresidents. impropriety on the partofJustice cases and the proceedings in one KARNATAKA CHIEF Minister B KMSC president Satnam ANJUAGNIHOTRICHABA BJP’s national general secre- The petitions claim that the NVRamana, who is next in line of them had resumedinaCBI SYediyurappa on Mondayef- BS Singh Pannu said, “Our core JALANDHAR,OCTOBER12 tary Tarun Chug later alleged laws act againstthe interestof to be CJI. courtonOctober 9. fected aminor reshuffle in his Yediyurappa committee has decidednot to be that Youth Congress workers farmers and put them at the The petition, movedthrough Thepetition forfast-tracking cabinet by giving Medical partofthis meeting as farmers PUNJAB BJP chief Ashwani were behind the attack. mercy of corporates by disman- AdvocateMuktiSingh,saidReddy cases wasfiledbyAdvocate EducationMinisterKSudhakar from all across the countryare Sharma’svehiclewas attacked Condemning the attackina tlingthe Agricultural Produce “has crossedthe limit whichhas Ashwani Kumar Upadhyayin the charge of the health port- Dr Sudhakar said on Monday. affected... Agriculture Secretary allegedlybyprotesting farmers tweet, Punjab CM Amarinder MarketCommittees (APMC) been prescribed by the 2016. folio too, amid rising Covid-19 “My toppriority is to con- has invited only 29 farmer at around 7.15 pm Mondaynear Singh directed the DGP to imme- mechanism. Constitution” and that what has Hearing it on Monday, the cases in the state. trol Covid-19inthe stateand unions of Punjab... BJP leaders in the Cholangtoll plaza in Tanda diatelyidentify the culpritsand Farmers' (Empowerment been done is “nothing but an at- benchheadedbyJustice Ramana Adoctorand first-time to reducethe mortality rate,” Punjab aregiving repeated state- in Hoshiarpur district. act againstthem, but dismissed and Protection) Agreement of tempttode-stabilise the duly es- sought moreinformation from minister, Dr Sudhakar has been he added. mentsthat no changewill hap- Windowpanes of Sharma’s car the allegation that Congress was Price Assurance and Farm tablisheddemocraticsetupof our theHighCourtsonthenumberof akey figureinthe stategovern- The Congress termedthe pen in theselaws.” were damaged,though he did behind it. Services Act, 2020; Farmers' country”. SpecialCourts required forexpe- ment’s effortstocontrol the reshuffle asign of the failureof The remaining 27 farmer notsustain anyinjuries. Ashwani Sharma claimed Produce Trade and Commerce The plea said that “todaycrit- ditious disposal of the pending spread of Covid-19. the BJP government.“Thecab- unions will take adecision on the While Tanda SHO Bikram that baseball bats and stones (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, icism againstthe judiciaryisex- criminal cases. In what is beingwidely inetreshuffle is proof of this issue on Tuesday. Singh said that protesting farm- were usedtodamagehis vehicle 2020 and The Essential pressedwithless deference and On Monday, the benchalso seen as ademotion, ST com- government’s miserable fail- Meanwhile, the BJP has ers were behind the attack, and his gunmen took it to safety. Commodities (Amendment) Act morereadiness thaninthe past... asked the Centretosubmit by munity leader BSreeramulu ureinhandling the pandemic. plannedtwo programmes re- Sharmatermedthe incidentas “Theattackwas onlytodefame 2020 —took effect from In the society of today, wherethe October19 thestatusof investiga- lostthe health and backward Thefact that thehealth minis- lated to farm laws in the stateon “state-sponsored”, adding that the farmers' ongoing agitation,” September 27 afterPresident discussioninthemediaandonso- tionsbyspecial agencies in cases classes portfolios and was terhas been changed adds cre- October 13 and October 14. the attackers couldnot have he said. RamNath Kovind's assent. cialmediacango wildwithindays againstlegislators. made in charge of the social dence to our charge that this welfareministry. government’s incompetency The reshufflecomes at a has ledtomassive loss of life Students who missed time whenthe Congress is de- and livelihood,” stateCongress Sexual violence against transgenders: SC manding Yediyurappa’s resig- president DKShivakumar nation over allegations of cor- said. NEET due to Covid can ruption againsthis family The BJP’s decisiontoput notice to Centre on plea for changes in law members. Sreeramulu in charge of social The social welfareportfolio, welfareministryisaneffortto assault by anymale, female or gender,violating Articles 14 to 16 in the definitionsandto directthe take it on Oct 15: SC earlier held by Deputy Chief build up alargerpolitical base EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE transgenderonatransgender.It and 21 of the Constitution of government to make gender- The NEET wasdeferred Ministerand SC leader Govind among the ST community in NEWDELHI,OCTOBER12 said that Section 354ofthe IPC India,” the petition contended. neutral laws on sexual harass- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE twice due to the pandemic be- Karjol, wasgiven to the stateand should notbe dealing withoffence of sexualas- The bench, also comprising ment. NEWDELHI,OCTOBER12 fore being finallyheld on Sreeramulu and thebackward seen as ademotion,party THESUPREMECourt onMonday sault does notextend to transgen- Justices ASBopanna and V The plea also said that statis- September 13 afterthe apex classes portfolio he held was sources said. issued noticetothe Centreona ders. Ramasubramaian, asked Senior tics showshockinglyhigh levels THE NATIONAL TestingAgency court rejected aplea to postpone takenoverbyYediyurappa. Ahead of the 2018 plea seeking changesin thecrim- “The Indian laws arefor men AdvocateVikas Singh, who ap- of sexual abuse and assault will conduct National Eligibility it further.The courthas said that “Technically, both health Assemblyelection, Sreeramulu inal lawtoprotect transgender and womenand therefore, con- peared forthe petitioner,toalso againsttransgenders. It claimed CumEntrance Test (UG) exams life mustgoonnotwithstanding and medical education areone had been consideredacon- people from sexual violence. sidering transgender...theygen- apprise it about issuesinwhich thatonein twotransgendershave againonOctober 15 forstudents Covid-19and that “career of stu- department. Other states and tenderfor theDeputyChief “Thisisagood petition,” Chief erally could notget justice from thecourthas “legislated”andlaid been sexuallyabusedorassaulted who could nottakeitthe first dent cannotbeput in jeopardy”. the Centre arealsofollowing Ministerpost, but he wasside- Justice of India SABobde re- the authorities due to lackof down rules and guidelines in the at some point in their lives. time, and the resultswill be an- “Theresultmaybedeclaredon the same model. It wasdifficult linedafter theparty failedto markedasthe plea by Advocate law/Act. The thirdgender...arebe- past. Pointing out that the right to nouncedonOctober 16. 16.10.2020,”abenchofChief Justice to managethe departments come to poweronits own— Reepak Kansal came up before ing deprivedofmanyofthe rights The petition has sought ap- lifeincludes the right to live with The Supreme Court on SABobdeandJusticesASBopanna separately. TheChief Minister losingground in manySTcon- the three-judgebench. and privileges which other per- propriate amendments in IPC dignity,itsaid this wasnot possi- Monday allowedthe agencyto andVRamasubramanianordered has takenthis decision to hand stituencies in regionslike The petitioncitedthe absence sons enjoyascitizens of this provisions dealing with sexual as- ble fortransgenders due to the holdtheretestforthosewhocould afterSolicitor General Tushar over responsibility of both the Ballari whereSreeramulu was of anyprovision in theIndian country. The Statecannotdis- sault to include sexual and other crimes against nottakethe September 13 test as Mehtasought the court’s nod for departmentstoone minister,” expected to deliverseats. PenalCodethatdealswithsexual criminatethem on the ground of transgender/transsexual/kinnar members of the community. theywereincontainment zones. the proposal.

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notbeen restored lateintothe forit, astatement from the Chief statement from Central Railway stockexchangewereunaffected. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE evening.The last time Mumbai Minister’s Office (CMO)said. (CR) said train services were re- Hospitals,withICUsfilledwith MUMBAI,OCTOBER12 experiencedsuchalong outage The outagebegan at 10.05 stored at 12:26 pm. Western Covid-19patients, switchedto wasin2018. am. Powerdisruptions were re- Railway (WR) said train services generatorsimmediately. Inprepa- AMASSIVE poweroutagecaused Fortypatientswereshifted portedfromall parts of the resumedfrom12:20pm. ration forapotentiallylong wait by grid failuredisruptednormal from ApexHospital in Mulund Island city and itssuburbs, as The outage, at leasttwo forpowerto berestored,Mumbai lifeinthe Mumbai Metropolitan afterthe generator caught fire well as from Thane, Panvel, hours in manyplaces but municipal commissionerIS Region (MMR)and beyond on due to overheating. The fire was Dombivili and Kalyan, and even stretching to as long as five,six Chahal asked allhospitals to Jai RamThakur Monday, bringing to astandstill extinguishedinthe evening. as farawayasLonavala. and even eight hours in others, arrangefor sufficient supply of forafew hours at mid-morning Chief MinisterUddhav Suburbantrain serviceswere causeddisruptions in watersup- dieselfor at leasteighthours. severalessential services, includ- Thackeray orderedaninquiryinto hitimmediately, withcommuters plyinsome areas. Astatement from CMO said HimachalCM ing suburban trains ferrying es- the gridfailure. He also held a strandedintrainsinbetweensta- The ongoing final-year online the powersupply to Mumbai testspositive sential services workers, online meeting with Energy Minister tions. As thetrains areopen only examsinMumbai colleges had wascut offataround 10 am due exams and watersupply. Nitin Raut, senior government foressential services workersbe- to be put offtoanother day, and to breakdown of the powerline. forcoronavirus While powersupply in many and energy officialsonMonday cause of the Covid-19 pandemic, hearings at the BombayHigh However, thepowersupplywas partswas restored withintwo evening. The probewill look into Commuters wait at MumbaiCentral stationafter train thepowercuthadadominoeffect Courtand lowercourts resumed restored,inmajor parts,within Shimla:Himachal hours,insomeparts of suburban technicalfaultsbehindtheoutage services were stalledduring apoweroutage. Ganesh Shirsekar onessentialservicesasstafffailed aftertwo hours. Equippedwith three and ahalf hours on “awar- Pradesh Chief MinisterJai Mumbai and Thane, supply had inMumbaiandthoseresponsible to turn up forworkontime.A solidback-ups, the airport and footing”, it said. RamThakur on Monday said he has tested positive forCovid-19. Thakur TOP US OFFICIAL SAYS CHINA ‘ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM’ PAC to visit tweetedhehad quaran- India, China military tinedhimself at his resi- dence lastweek after Leh, meet coming in contactwith commanders meet someone infected by Canexploremoreissuesin coronavirus. Earlier,ten soldiers MLAs in the 68-member for 7th time over Assemblytestedpositive MANOJCG forthe infection. Urban coming2+2talks:Biegun NEWDELHI,OCTOBER12 Development Minister Ladakh standoff Suresh Bhardwaj tested AMID THE standoffwith China positive on October7. along the Line of Actual Control Beforehim, PowerMini- SHUBHAJITROY Ministry. (LAC)ineasternLadakh,members ster Sukhram Chaudhary NEWDELHI,OCTOBER12 KRISHNKAUSHIK Sources in the government of Parliament’s Public Accounts and Jal Shakti Minister NEWDELHI,OCTOBER12 said therewas another senior Committee(PAC)headedby Adhir Mahender Singh Thakur CALLING CHINAthe “elephant in Armyofficial, representing the Ranjan ChowdhurywillgotoLeh tested positive forCovid- the room”, visiting US Deputy INDIAN AND Chinese Corps headquarters from theoperations later this monthand undertake a 19 —bothministers have SecretaryofState Stephen E. Commanders metfor the sev- branchaspartofthe delegation. field visittoaforwardarea. nowrecovered. PTI Biegun on Mondaysaid that the enth time on Mondaytodiscuss Similarly,the sources said, the Chowdhuryhad earlierthis Quad is apartnership drivenby the ongoing militarystandoffin Chinesedelegation also included month written to Lok Sabha shared interests,not binding ob- eastern Ladakh, whichhad be- an official representing their Speaker Om ligations, and is notintended to gun in early May. MinistryofNational Defence. Birla seeking CHHATTISGARH be an exclusive grouping. The meeting startedatnoon In the lastmeeting both sides permissionfor 19-year-old Biegun also made it clearthat and took place on the Indian side had agreedthat neither will take the commit- the security partnerships the of Chushul-Moldo Border steps that can lead to further es- teetovisit abducted,raped; United States and itspartners ex- PersonnelMeeting (BPM) point calation. Ladakh to ploretodaydonot necessarily – it lasted lateintothe evening. Indiahasbeendemandingsta- meetsoldiers twoarrested needtofollowthe model of the Sources in the defence establish- tus quoante, fortroops from both deployed Adhir lastcenturyofmutual defence ment suggestedthat no major sides to go backtotheirpositions thereand un- Ranjan Jashpur:A19-year-old girl treaties with aheavy in-country breakthrough wasexpected. asof April-end.Inthelastmeeting, derstand first- Chowdhury wasabducted and gang- presence of US troop. ExternalAffairsMinister SJaishankar withUSDeputy SecretaryofState Stephen Biegun. Twitter It wasthe lastmeeting of XIV China had insistedthat Indian hand their raped, allegedlybythree Speaking at the Ananta Corps Commander Lt General troops should step backfromthe working con- men, in Chhattisgarh’s CentreIndia-US Forum in New Harinder Singh, as he would positionsoccupiedbythem in ditions, given Jashpur district, twoof Delhi, Biegunsaid, “Anycountry militarysales and intelligence curity partnershipsthe United hand over the command to Lt August-endinChushulsub-sector, the fact that aCAG report-- whom have been ar- that seeksafreeand open Indo- sharingwith India. But thereis ED Signalto States and our partners explore General PGKMenon on October allowingIndiato dominatethere- whichthe PACisperusing now- rested,police said on Pacific, and is willing to take morethat we can do,including Beijing:India todaydonot necessarilyneedto 14.LtGeneral Menon waspartof gion,asthepositionsoverlooknot -had said that troops stationed

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Arun Lakra, Sushil welcome to work with us.” defend itself andbypromoting EX tury... Todaywebenefit from sixth round of talkson China’s Moldo Garrison. Siachen and Ladakh facedacute Chauhan andFiroz Bekal- On Monday, Biegun met interoperabilityamong our mil- forging close linkswith countries, September 21. India had insistedthat the shortage of high-altitude cloth- legedly abducted the girl Foreign SecretaryHarshVardhan itaries through regular exercises FIVE MONTHS intoIndia's like India, that share our vision of The Chinesedelegation was entire eastern Ladakh region be ing and equipment including from her village, said Shringla and subsequently and exchanges,common defence standoffwith Chinese afreeand open Indo-Pacific...” ledbyMajor General Liu Lin, discussed, wherebothsides snowgoggles because of delay JashpurSPBalaji Rao. External Affairs ministerS platforms, and co-development. PLAinLadakh and the Biegun said, “Of course, as we Commander of the South have around 50,000troops each in procurement. “She wasfound uncon- Jaishankar,amongother sched- “Theupcoming2+2 ministe- Quad meeting in Tokyo, advance in this direction, thereis Xinjiang MilitaryDistrict. along with additional artillery, Birlahasgivenpermissionand scious the next morning, uledmeetings in the govern- rial meeting between Secretary the commentsby an elephant in the room: China.” The Indian delegation also in- tanksand air defence assets. the committee will be in Ladakh gagged andboundbyher ment during his three-daytrip Pompeo and MinisterJaishankar Stephen Biegun area He said that “recent eventsinthe cludedNaveen Srivastava, joint With no solution to the stale- on October 28 and 29. Sources ownclothes,” he said. to India. Hisconversations are and theirrespective defence clear messagetoan region” reflect that the Indo-US secretary,MEA (handling East mate,evenastheyagreedtonot said the MPs will have informal On hercomplaintmade expected to setthe stagefor counterparts will bean excellent aggressive China. New work together in the Quad and in Asia), who has been represent- send additional troops, both sides discussions with representatives from thehospitalbed,a Indo-US 2+2 ministerial meeting opportunity to explorenextsteps Delhi, too, is taking the other multilateral groupings are ing India in the Working have also prepared fordeploy- of theDefence Ministryand the gang-rape and abduction between Jaishankar and Defence on some of these issues,” he said. step to signal to Beijing “critical pillars”, as “is formalis- Mechanism forConsultation and ment of additional troops NorthernArmyCommandinLeh case wasregisteredand MinisterRajnath Singh on the Stressing that the US post- that it is notalone. ing our cooperation —bilaterally Coordination on India-China through the harsh winters. While on October 28 on “provisioning, the twoaccusedwereap- Indian side, and US Secretaryof WorldWar II Pacific treaty al- Beigun's visit sets the and with others—inmoreregu- Border Affairs (WMCC). He was theymay needtopull backsome procurementandissueof highal- prehended, saidthe SP, StateMichael RPompeo and liances contributed to security stagefor apossible India- lar and systematic ways that offer also partofthe lastmeeting. troops from their positions,espe- titudeclothing,equipment,ration adding that effortsare on Defense Secretary MarkEsper. and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific US 2+2 in-person meet- benefitstoour nations’security”. Forthe firsttime, the Chinese ciallyonthe heights, sources said and housing”.Itwill also visit the to nab the third. ENS Biegunsaid the US has al- forseven decades, he said, “But I ing later this month. FULLREPORTON sidealso had arepresentative India will only reduce troop DefenceInstituteofHighAltitude ready begun “increasedforeign should also be clearthat the se- www.indianexpress.com from the country's Foreign strength onlyifChina does. Research of the DRDO in Leh. Tweetsagainst TRP ‘scam’: Key Why no statutory mechanism to BREACH OF PRIVILEGE NOTICE Thackerays: HC SC: Arnab’s plea can be directs man to accused arrested regulate TV media: HC to govt entertained if action taken deposit phone as if the government is notdoing other PILs filedbyeight former the plea could be entertainedbut from UP’s Mirzapur OMKARGOKHALE anything. It does take action on senior police officers from EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE notwhen onlyshowcause no- with police MUMBAI,OCTOBER12 complaintsreceivedagainst Maharashtraand an NGO, seek- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER12 tice is issued,” the benchsaid. English.... Howcould he carry channels. Thereare other mech- ing restraining ordersagainst Senior Advocate Harish Salve, MOHAMEDTHAVER this outonhis own? His father THE BOMBAY High Court anisms. It is to ensure that the “media trial” in the case. CHIEF JUSTICE of India SABobde appearing forGoswami, said as EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE MUMBAI,OCTOBER12 Vedworksas adriverand is gen- Mondayasked the Centrewhy it media remains independent. In their plea, the activists sub- on Mondaysaid that his father per the office reportinthe matter, MUMBAI,OCTOBER12 erallyout all day.”The police had doesnothaveastatutorymecha- But ultimately, the government mitted that news channelsneed ArvindShrinivasBobde and ju- the noticeissuedon the previous THE MUMBAI Police crime found twobar-o-meters in- nism forcontent generated on cannotcontroleverything. The to followthe Programme Code ristNani Palkhiwala had re- dateofhearing wasnot served THE BOMBAY High Court on branchonMondaysaid theyar- stalledatBhandari's residence electronic media similar to the press has freedom and itsrights.” as per the Cable Television ceivedbreachofprivilegenotices upon the AssemblySecretary. Mondaydirected a32-year-old rested Vinay Tripathi, aformer afterhis arrest. Press Council of India, whichreg- Seeking responses from the Networks(Regulation) Act, 1995, from the MaharashtraAssembly TheCJIaskedSalve to saysoin man booked forposting tweets Hansa Research employee, alleg- “We arehoping that the ulates print mediainthe country. Centreand the broadcasters' as- and the Centre has to issue rele- during their time. an affidavit. “In the House, if one againstChief MinisterUddhav ing that he playedakey role in questioning of Tiwari will help Referring to absence of action sociations, the courtpostedfur- vant directionsinthis regard. The CJI recalledthis while member alleges astatement Thackeray and his son and min- what the Mumbai Police is them clarify whichchannels over media trial, the courtsaid, ther hearingtoWednesday. Senior counsel Kamat argued hearing aplea by Republic TV againstanothermember,thenthe isterAaditya Thackeray to appear terming the “TRPscam”. Police were involved in rigging TRP's,” “Thereare so manyorders The division benchishearing that when amatterispending Editor-In-ChiefArnabGoswami Speaker takesnote of it and for- before the Cyber Cellofthe believe that Tripathi, arrested the official said. The police are passedbythe Supreme Court. multiple PILs related to media investigation, or is at thestage of againstashowcause noticeis- wardsittothe Privileges Mumbai PoliceonOctober 16 for from Mirzapur in UP,was the still on the lookout fortwo others Nobody cares.” coverage in the probeintoactor trial, publishing material that suedtohimby thestateAssembly Committee.Myfatherandlate Mr questioning. The courtalso di- onewho paid 21-year-old Vishal in the case. The divisionbenchofChief Sushant Singh Rajpuit's death, tends to portray aparticular out- forinitiation of breachofprivilege NaniPalkhivalawere onceserved rected the Nagpurresident, Bhandari —the firstarrestinthe The police also seizedfour Justice Dipankar Dattaand includingone by activists Nilesh come amounts to contempt, and motion againsthim in connection suchanoticebythe Maharashtra Sameet Thakkar, to handoverhis case —tofudge TRPs. bank accountsrelatedtoFakt Justice Girish SKulkarni asked Navlakha, Mahibub DShaikh action is required againstsuch with reportage on actorSushant Assembly,”the CJI said. mobile phonetoinvestigators. Police also recordedthe Marathi and BoxCinemas -- two the Centre: “Is thereastatutory and Subhash Chander Chaba acts. He said that when com- Singh Rajput death case. Senior AdvocateAbhishek Adivision benchofJustice S statementsoftwo seniorHansa of thethree channels namedby mechanism forbroadcasters? throughseniorcounsel Devadatt plaintsweremade to the Centre Takinguptheplea,theCJIsaid Manu Singhvi, appearing forthe SShindeand Justice MSKarnik officials in connection with the Mumbai police as allegedly rig- When youhaveaPress Council Kamat along with advocates regarding TV media'scoverage thecourt’s understanding is that AssemblySecretary, agreedwith washearing aplea filedby scam. Hansa is the agency that ging TRPs. of India forprint media,why do Rajesh Inamdar and Shashwat of theRajput death case, instead it couldbeentertainedonlyif the CJI and added onlywhenthe Thakkar through advocate measures TRP of various chan- “Afterscrutinizing the bank notyou have asimilar mecha- Anand. Their PIL states that the of complying with itsown thereisany action on the recom- complaint of breachofprivilege AbhinavChandrachud, seeking nels forBroadcastAudience details, we found therewas nism forelectronic media? Why natureofreporting by TV chan- mechanisms to deal with viola- mendationoftheHouseprivilege is made to theSpeaker in Lok to quash an FIR registered Research Council(BARC)that de- moremoneyinthese accounts should theyhaveanopen hand?” nels is one of “sensationalism”, tion of Programme Code the committeepursuantto thenotice. Sabha or Chairman in case of againsthim over his tweets. termines advertisementrev- than what could be substanti- Additional Solicitor General whichisadverselyimpacting the government sent them to private “Our understanding of lawis RajyaSabha does the committee Thakkar had sought interim pro- enues forTVchannels. ated prima facie.Aforensic au- Anil Singh, representing the gov- ongoing CBI probeintothe case. organisations suchasthe News that onlywhen anyaction has submit itsreportrecommend- tection from arrest,pending Acrime branchteam that diting of these accountswill be ernment, told the court, “It is not The courtisalso hearing Broadcasters Association (NBA). been takenbythe committee, ing action if any. hearing in the case. had gone to UP looking for carriedout to ascertainthe However, Publicprosecutor Tripathi arrested him on moneyflow,”anofficer said. A Deepak Thakare forMumbai Monday.Asper police, Tripathi police team is already studying Police told the court that Thakkar has worked with Hansa forfour the bank account details of NBSAfines Aaj Tak Rs 1lakh forattributing ‘fake did notcooperatewith the po- years as arelationshipmanager. Republic to seeifthereare any lice and failedtocomplywith the “As soon as he came to know transactions relatedtothe TRP previous court orderasheran about the arrest of Bhandari, he scam being probed by them. tweet’ to Sushant, groupurges to reconsider order away from theVPMargpolice fled,” said an officer. TheMumbai police has also station withoutsigning the As per the remand, Tripathi ropedinthe Economic Offences sider itsorder. accountable. RetiredJustice AK “We areinprocess of filing a of the deceased”. Theyhavebeen statement. It wasdone at the be- paidBhandari Rs 1,000-2,000 Wing (EOW) to study theseac- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE The NBSAalsoordered Aaj Sikri is itscurrent chairperson. representation before NBSA ordered to apologise on air. hest of alawyerwho waspres- foreachofthe five households to count details and also look into NEWDELHI,OCTOBER12 Tak, Zee News,News24and In itsdetailedorder dated while requesting to reconsider its Sudhir Chaudhary, editor-in- ent with Thakkar at the police watchaparticular channel—as anypossible incidentsofmoney India TVto air an apology forvi- October 6, NBSAfound that Aaj directions issuedvide itsOrder chief of Zee News, did notre- station, said Thakare. commissiontobepaid to the laundering. THE NEWSBroadcasting olating itsguidelineswhile cov- Tak, in attributingfaketweetsto bearing No.73(2020)onthe is- spond to amessageseeking his Thakkar told the courtthat households. Bhandari himself Thepolice had said that they Standards Authority (NBSA) has ering Rajput’s death. AajTak was Rajput, had violateditsguideline sue of jurisdictional overreach,” commentonNBSA’s order. he should be allowedtohavean waspaid Rs 5,000. were also writing to BARC to imposed afine of Rs 1lakh on found in violationofNBSA on gatheringinformation first- the corporatecommunications AajTak andIndia TV have advocatealong with him when At Bhandari’s home in checkiftherewas anyunusual news channel AajTak forat- guidelines in four separatecom- hand and from multiple sources. team of India TodayGroup said also been asked to apologise for he will go to the police station. Mumbai, The Indian Express activity in the TRP's of India tributing “fake tweets”toactor plaintsand will have to air an Afterdiscovering that it had been in an emailedresponse. showing visuals of Rajput’s body. Afterhearing submissions, found onlyhis grandmother.A Today in theMalad area where Sushant Singh Rajput in abroad- apologyfor each violation. misled, the news channel deleted In adecision on another com- Chairmanand editor-in-chief of the courtdirected Thakkar to at- neighbour requesting Bhandari wasthe relationship castrelated to his death. NBSAisanindependentbody the tweets and took down itsar- plaint, AajTak, ZeeNews and IndiaTV, Rajat Sharma, did not tend the policestation on October anonymity said, “He is justa21- manager.Sofar none of the five The India TodayGroup, setupbythe News Broadcasters ticle. NBSAwas of the view that News24 were pulled up forairing respond to amessageseeking his 16 and asked himtodeposit his year-old who kept to himself. He households have namedIndia whichruns AajTak,told The Association(NBA) and tasked AajTak shouldhaveverifiedthe offensive headlines while report- comment. cell phone with police and posted wasone of the fewyoungsters Todayduring their interrogation Indian Express on Monday that withdeciding complaints about information before airing the ingRajput’sdeath,whichtheNBSA FULLREPORTON further hearing to October 23. from our area who can speak by thepolice. it will requestNBSAtorecon- broadcasts and hold itsmembers news reportand notafter. order notedaffected the “dignity www.indianexpress.com

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BIHAR: ECONOMY FORMORELOGONTO INDIANEXPRESS.COM/ELECTIONS Dragged by legacyissues, ● INTERVIEW WHATCONSTITUTESNDAIN BIHARANDWHATISITS aslow, steady progress SOCIALCOMPOSITION? ● THE KEY PLAYERS KCTYAGI,JD(U) AND WHAT’S AT STAKE FORTHEM, Nitish’s 15 yrs have seenhigh growth, especiallyinwelfareindices, spending;industriesslowertocatchup SPOKESPERSON THE STATE

AASHISHARYAN NEWDELHI,OCTOBER12 HASHTAG POLITICS AS BIHAR heads intoanelection that prom- ises to be abattle of proxies fought between ● former and present allies, on the state’s eco- RJD releases campaign song nomic conditions alone, Chief MinisterNitish Kumar seems to have aclearedge. The state has improved in the lastfiveyears in terms of growth of thegross statedomestic product (GSDP), agriculture, expenditure on health and education, as well as infrastructure. However, Bihar’slegacy problems such as minimal industrialisation, clean water, sanitation, open defecation,rural housing, and microfinancefor smalland marginal farmers continue. In the firstdecade of Nitish as CM, be- tween2005-06and 2014-15, the GSDP of Biharatconstant prices grew annuallyat 10.5%. While this spikewas attributed to a low-base effect, the GSDP continuedtogrow at an averagerateof9.8%, higher than the na- tional growth rate,evenbetween 2010-11 and 2014-15. RJD on Mondayreleased the party’scampaign song Iss baar Te jashwi tayhai Beforethe 2015 Assembly elections, (Tejashwiiscertain this time). Theclip,meant to circulate on social media, Kumar calledoff his decade-old relationship Cycles forschoolgirls wasone of Nitishgovt’s schemes. For2020-21, it hasdoubledbudget forhealth,familywelfare. File especially WhatsApp, projects partychiefLalu Prasad’syounger son as with the BJP-ledNDA and optedtogotopolls Bihar’s CM face. The3.57-long clip has twoshots of Lalu Prasad withhis long-timepolitical foeLalu Prasad’s Mahagathbandhan.The alliance got elected, seen adecline over the pastfiveyears. 6.7 KLIKES, 1.4 KSHARES, 539 COMMENTS IN 4HOURS ON RJD’S FACEBOOK PAGE but could notlastthe term. Twoyears later, Microfinance to small and marginal in 2017,Kumar walked out of the ASTORYINNUMBERS farmersremains an issue -- despitethem Mahagathbandhan partnershiptoreturn to makingup91% of the state’s farming com- ● PM Narendra Modi pays homage to the NDAand continue as CM. GDP (in %) PER CAPITA INCOME* munity,holding an averagelandholding of Dr Ram Manohar Lohia on his death anniversary The politicalsee-sawseemedtohavehad *Inrupeesatconstantprices 0.4 hectares. itseffect on the GSDP.In2015-16, the growth 11.3 (2011-12) He tweeted that the socialist ideologue (who died aged 57 in 1967) wasan rate fell to 7.6%,muchlowerthanNitish’s pre- 10.3 Boosttowelfare inspiration forthe countryand “dedicated (his) life to strengthening vious twoterms, albeit still higher than the 10.5 On the other hand, Bihar, historicallyin national growth rate. the lowest rungs of human development in- democracy”, and “put ideology above power” 91,921

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82,931 dexessuchashealth and education, has been 77,659 19.8 KLIKES, 2,845 RETWEETS IN 3HOURS Struggling industry 8.3 33,629 31,316 catching up on spending in the social sector 29,178 7.6 29,190 However, Bihar continues to remain 7 under Nitish. For2020-21, Deputy CM and plaguedbynegligibleincome and growth in 6.1 Finance MinisterSushil Kumar Modi has al- itsindustrial sector -- reflected both in itsli- located Rs 39,351crore foreducation, sports, 2015-16 2016-172017-18 2018-19 2015-162016-17 2017-18 2018-19 ● abilities and revenue receipts.Inhis 15 years, arts and culture. This is substantiallyhigher FB ENGAGEMENT Nitish has notmanaged to makeamajor dent ■ Bihar ■ India than the Rs 22,027.9crore allocation in 2015- ONFACEBOOK,532POSTSON‘BIHARELECTIONS’ in the outstanding liabilities -- in justthe pe- 16 (17% of the statebudget), of whichBihar riod between 2015 and 2019,these grew BIHAR’SEXPENDITURE ON KEYSECTORS managed to spend Rs 19,385.6 crore. The GENERATED142,400LIKES/COMMENTSIN24 from Rs 1.16 lakhcrore to Rs 1.68 lakh crore. statehas been trying to stem itshigh dropout Bihar’s revenue receipts,meanwhile, have Sector/Year 2015-162016-172017-182018-192019-20* rates, whichstood at 52.5% forgirls and 59% HOURSTILL7PMONOCTOBER12 consistentlyfallen short of budgetedesti- Education 19,385.6 19,713 23,65628,080 35,942 forboysatthe secondaryschool levelin mates.The highofRs14,823 crorein2017-18 2015-16. Public Health 4,571 5,4936,5357,318 9,157 had fallen to less than half, Rs 6,897crore,in Similarly,the Nitish goverment’s budget 2018-19. Social Services 38,684 44,329 58,492 58,284-of Rs 10,602 crorefor health and familywel- At the beginning of this Assembly’s term, All figures in rupees crores *Budgeted Estimate fare programmes in 2020-21ismorethan 2015-16, when the industrial sector grew at double the Rs 4,971.6 croreallocationin Source: BiharEconomic Survey,RBI study of statebudgets BIHARELECTIONSATAGLANCE 7.1%, it contributed only 19%ofthe GSDP.This 2015-16. The spending on healthand family wasfar belowthe national averageof30%, welfarein2020-21islikelytobeconsider- and nearly half the averagecontribution of ablyhigher duetothe Covid-19pandemic, TOTALPOLLINGSTATIONS BIHAR ELECTION the industrial sectoreveninneighbouring ble, 77 workers. The averagesalaryper an- growth rate of 4.4% over the pastfiveyears, apartfromthe expenditureasBihar tries to (Abigjumpthistimetospaceoutvoters PHASES Jharkhand (when Bihar and Jharkhand split num per worker in Bihar then wasadismal the production of major cropslikemaize, rice ramp up itsdistrict and referral hospitals, as becauseofCovidprecautions) intotwo states, the smaller partner cornered Rs 1.2lakh, again less than half of the national and wheathas growndespiteafall in the net well as the number of health centres from (shortestpollsince2005) the lion’s shareofits industries). averageofRs2.5 lakh. sown area. 114per 10 lakh people currently. 2005: 56,442 2005 4 While rising since then, the contribution Agriculturehas alsodone well despite the The progress has been slow. Only one dis- 2010:58,694 of the industrial sector to theGSDPwas still Growth in farming government’s ownfluctuating contribution. trict hospital wasconstructed andmade onlyaround 20% in 2017-18(the nationalav- The growth in agricultureand alliedactiv- In 2015-16, the totalexpenditureonagricul- functional by the state government between 2015:65,367 2010 6 eragewas 31.2%, while the Jharkhand figure ities, on the contrary, apriority forthe JD(U) tureand allied activities stood at Rs 4,119.9 2012 and 2019,whereas the number of re- 2020: 1,06,526 stood at 37.1%). government, has been slowbut steady. crore, or 11%ofthe state’s total spend on eco- ferral hospitals has remainedstagnant at 70. 2015 5 At theend of 2016-17, onlyabout 2,900 About 70%ofBihar’s workforceisdepend- nomic services.In2016-17, this came down The number of primaryhealth centres also (Average number of voters at apolling stationhas been of Bihar’sestimated 3,531factories were op- ent on agriculture. The shareofagriculture to Rs 2,414.4 crore, while in the following fis- has unremainedvirtuallychanged,with the brought down to 684in2020, from 1,026in2015, 939 in 2010 2020 3 erational, employing on an average40peo- in the GSDPstood at 20% in 2017-18, up from cal, it jumpedbacktoRs5.724.1 crore. Public last count 533in2019, sameasfor the previ- and 910in2005) ple each.The national averageisnearlydou- 18%fiveyears ago. With an averageannual expenditureonagricultural research has also ousseven years. Only21of70seats decided, suspense KEY PLAYERS in Cong over RJD’s plans foritgrows The rise and rise of

MANOJCG Nityanand Rai NEWDELHI,OCTOBER12

OVER Aweek afterthe RJD and Congress an- AmitShah’s deputy in Home Ministry, nouncedaseat-sharing pact forthe Bihar Assemblyelections, the parties areyet to re- the 54-yr-oldisBJP’sYadav face in veal the full listofseatsthattheywill con- test,triggering confusion and growing re- Bihar, heads its70-member poll panel, sentmentinthe Congress ranks. and proved hisworth in aLalu bastion The Congresshas so farannouncedcandi- datesfor 21 seats,butmostofthe seniorlead- ers areclueless about the rest of thecon- stituencies that the party will contest, SANTOSHSINGH prompting manytowonder at the reason for PATNA,OCTOBER12 the unusual secrecy.Several middle-rung leaders claim that the RJD has succeededin TejPratappostedthis photo on Facebook, “of receivingRJD symbol forHasanpur CAMPAIGNING FORthe 2019 Lok Sabha polls giving the Congress “difficult” seats. seat” from mother Rabri Devi, adding “Miss YouPapa”. He lastfought from Mahua inUjiarpurconstituencyinBihar’sSamastipur “We focused on thenumbers... insisted district,thenBJPnationalpresidentAmitShah on 70 seats. Butthe quality of the seatsthat promised “giving some important” job to BJP we have been given... at leastthat is what I seat-sharing arrangement. “Our candidate, the CPI. Theseathad been wonin2015by candidateNityanand Raiifhewon and the have heardsinceIhavenot seenthe full list... senior leader RanjeetRanjan, came thirdin veteranCongressleader Ramdeo Rai, who NDAreturnedtopower. Shah kept his word, is doubtful. Ihavebeen told that seatswhere 2010,” aleader said, adding, “Thereisspecu- diedlastmonth. The Congress leadership making RaiaMinisterofState in the Union Illustration:Suvajit Dey the RJD has strong candidates have been lation that Sharad Yadav’sdaughter could had promisedhis son the seat. HomeMinistry. FromjustanotherBJPMLAun- takenbyit. Idon’t knowwhy the listhas been contestfromthere.”With SharadYadavhav- The Digha seat from wherestate Youth til 2010,Rai became Shah’s official deputy last Eventually, Raiwould end the Congress’s an OBC leader forthe postafter continuous kept asecret,”asenior leader said. ing floatedaparty of his own(it announced Congress presidentGunjan Patelwanted to year.His meteoric risehas stunnedall. influence in the area, and repeatedly wonthe terms at the topofupper-caste leaders like Forinstance, sources said, the Congress is plans to contest51seatsonits own, on contesthas gone to another ally, CPI(M-L). Rai, 54,has emergedasthe BJP’s Yadav Hajipur Assemblyseat between 2000 and Radha Mohan Singh, Dr CPThakur and settoget the Supaul seat. StateEnergy Monday)that would further splitthe votes. Aleader said the fact is thatevery dayof face and itsleading contender forchief min- 2010.The wins particularly counted as Mangal Pandey. MinisterBijendraPrasadYadavisthe sitting Another leader said, “Iamtold the silence is making matters worse. “One day ister’s chair,should it come to that,inBihar, Hajipur is aconstituency surroundedbyRJD Havingaffirmed his position among lead- MLAfromhere, having wonin2015asacan- Sonbarsa reservedseat is being giventothe we aretold that the Govindganjseat in wheretraditionallythe saffron party has bastions Raghopur (Rabri Devi’s three-time ers suchasSushil Kumar Modi, Prem Kumar, didateofthe JD(U) that wasthen with theRJD Congress. We had polledless than 11,000 Motihari is coming to theCongress. One day been associated with upper castesand winning seat until 2010), and Mahua, Ashwini Kumar Choubey,Nand Kishore and Congress. In 2010,when Yadavhad won votes therein2010. The RJD-LJP alliance can- it is said that the RJD will contestit.” Yadavs have supportedLaluPrasad’s RJD. Sonepurand Parsa (the lasttwo constituen- Yadavand Giriraj Singh in the Bihar BJP,Rai is aswell,the RJDhadcontestedthe seatandhad didate had come second then.” Onceits issues with partners aresettled, The son of afarmer, Raihas been associ- cies represented by Lalu). nowthe lead face among the second-gener- come secondand the Congress third. “It is a On the other hand, Alamnagar in the the Congress will have in-house problems to ated with the Sangh Parivarsince 1981,join- In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Raicontested ation party leaders in the state, ready to take tough seat forus,” aCongress leader said. same district,wherethe Congresshad come resolve.Recently,party workers sat on a ingtheABVPthatyearasastudentactivist.He from Ujiarpur and again won, in an election over from the older clique. Lastmonth, seal- Similarly,leaders saythe Bihariganj seat second in 2010 andwhereitfancies its dharna at the Congress headquarters over attendedRSSshakhaswhiledoinghisgradua- thatthe BJP had sweptinthe state, winning ing that further,the BJP appointedhim head in Madhepuraiscoming to theCongress. The chances, is likelytogotothe RJD. the decision to give Gajanand Shahi the ticket tion from RNCollegeinHajipur,and first 31 of 40 seats. of the 70-member election steering commit- RJD had come second in that seat in 2010.In Thereisalready muchresentment in the from Barbigha. Therehavebeen protests caughtattention of BJP patriarch Kailashpati In 2016,Shah chose Raitoheadthe state teefor thepolls. Raiisalso the chairman- 2015,ithad gone to the JD(U) as partofthe Congress over the Bachhwaraseat going to with slogans like “Stop thesale of tickets”. Mishra, who noticedand groomed him. BJP,the firsttime thatthe party had chosen cum-convenor of the committee.

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WHILE THE number of active cases of The epidemichas notended. In fact, The Economics Prize in Memory of Nobelhas gone to Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilsonfor their work on novelcoronavirus infections contin- the chances of the numbers going up ues to fall everyday,the government again areveryhigh. It is notatime, auctiontheory and newauctionformats. What is auction theory, and what wasthe winners’ research? is concernedthat gains made over the therefore, to lowerour guards, or be lastone month mightbesquandered casual or relaxed aboutit,” Science if people lettheir guarddownand do and Technology secretaryAshutosh the question is howdoes eachbidder value nottakeadequateprecautions during Sharma told The Indian Express. UDITMISRA THE AUCTION WINNER’S CURSE an item. This is notalways easy to ascertain. the upcoming festival season. “Thefestivalseasonisparticularly NEWDELHI,OCTOBER12 Themostoptimistic In terms of telecom spectrum, it might be Less than 67,000 newcases were critical.Numbers arereducing, and 10 50 bidderoften easier to pegthe right value foreachbidder discoveredacross the countryon people might be temptedtocelebrate ON MONDAY,the RoyalSwedish Academy 20 because mostbiddersare likelytoput the overestimatesthe Sunday, thelowest thefestivalsastheyhave of Sciencesawarded this year’s Sveriges spectrum to thesame use. This is calledthe non-Monday count done everyyear.But Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in commonvalueofan “common” value of an object. But this may since August23, while crowdingisthemostse- MemoryofAlfred Nobel—popularly,albeit auctionedobject,so notbethe casewith some other commodi- morethan 71,000peo- rious source of infec- incorrectly, referred to as the NobelPrize for that‘winning’the ties, sayapainting. Person Amay derive con- ple were declared to tion… On the other Economics —toPaulRMilgrom and Robert auctionturnsoutto siderablymore “private”orpersonal value — have recovered. It was hand, if we areableto BWilson. Both winners arecurrentlywith WINNER’S causealoss—the justbylooking at it endlessly—than person ESTIMATE CURSE the ninth consecutive tide over the next two StanfordUniversity,wheretheyteachindif- winner’scurse. B. In mostauctions, bidders allocateboth MEANESTIMATE YES! daywhen recoveries monthswithoutanybig ferent departments. REALVALUE NO? Johan Jarnestad/The “common” as well as “private”values to the have exceededthe new CORONAVIRUS surge,then thereis In itsannouncement, the Academysaid RoyalSwedish object being auctionedand this affectstheir detection of cases. This hope,”Sharma said. the pair were receiving the awardfor “forim- PRICE AcademyofSciences eventual bids. has nowhappenedon COUNT Asimilar appeal provementstoauction theoryand inventions The thirdvariable is uncertainty.For in- 19 out of the last24 wasmade on Sunday of newauction formats”. They will equally stance, whichbidder has what information days,bringing awelcome reduction by Health MinisterHarsh Vardhan. sharethe 10 million Swedish kronor award PRIZE IN PaulMilgrom about the object, or even the value another in the number of active cases from Asking people to continue to practice money—roughlyRs8.33crore. ECONOMICS and Robert bidder associates with the object. 10.17lakh to about 8.62 lakh. physical distancing norms and cele- Wilson, “for But therehas been agrowing bratethe festivals in asimplemanner, What is auction theory? improvementsto What wasMilgrom and Wilson’s work? worrythat the falling numbers might the ministersaid, “thereisnoneedto Essentially,itisabout howauctions lead auction theory Milgrom and Wilsonhavedone pioneer- leadpeople to believe that the epi- congregateinlarge numberstoprove to the discovery of theprice of acommodity. and inventionsof ing work on auction theoryand muchofour demic wasnearing itsend. your faith or your religion. If we do this, Auction theorystudies howauctions arede- newauction current understandingisdue to their re- “Peopleare seeingthe numbers go we maybeheading forabig trouble”. signed, what rules govern them, howbid- formats”. search. down. What manydon’t realise is that ders behave andwhat outcomes are As the Academynotes, “Wilson devel- it can starttogoupany time, anyday. AMITABHSINHA achieved. opedthe theoryfor auctions of objectswith When one thinksofauctions, one typi- trum, agovernment could either think in But even when abeauty contest approach acommon value—avalue whichisuncer- cally imagines the auction of abankruptper- terms of maximising itsrevenuesoraim at wasreplacedwith an auction, it mattered tain beforehand but, in the end, is the same INDIAACTIVE CASES 861,853 son’sproperty to payoff his creditors. Indeed, making telecom moreaffordable to every- howthe auction wasdesigned. Forinstance, foreveryone”. Wilson showedwhat the this is the oldest form of auction. This sim- one. If it wantstomaximise revenues, the if spectrumisauctionedatthe regional level, “winner’s curse”isinanauction and howit ple design of suchanauction—the highest auction has to be designedone way, butdo- national players maynot getseamless access affectsbidding. As shown in the illustration, 950,000 open biddergetting theproperty (orthe ing so will implythatthe companyeventu- to optimum quality of spectrum across the it is possible to overbid—$50 whenthe real commodity in question)—is intuitively ap- allywinning the contractwillmaketelecom country; as aresult,theymay notbid as ag- value is closer to $25. In doing so, one wins pealingaswell. services costlier and, in the process, deprive gressively.Inthe US, suchamistake ledtoa the auction but loses out in reality.The win- 944,996 But over time, and especiallyoverthe last the poorestsections of affordable telephony second-hand marketwherecompanies ner’s curse explains “whyrational bidders three decades, moreand moregoods and and Internetaccess. The up-side, however, is tradedamong themselveswith little revenue tend to place bids belowtheir ownbestesti- services have been brought under auction. that thegovernment will getmoremoneyin accruing to thegovernment. mateofthe common value: theyare worried 900,000 The natureofthese commodities differs itskitty andcan use it whicheverway it likes Howanauction is designed, therefore, about the winner’s curse —that is, about pay- 861,853 sharply. Forinstance, abankruptperson’s —possiblyevensubsidise the telecom costs has atremendous impact notjustonthe buy- ing toomuchand losing out”. property is starklydifferent from the spec- of the poorest. ers and the sellers but also on the broader so- Milgrom “formulatedamoregeneral the- trum forradio or telecomuse. Similarly,car- On the other hand, if the government’s ciety. oryofauctionsthat notonlyallows common LAST 10 DAYS bon dioxide emissioncredits arequitedif- goal is to enable the broader society to ac- values but also private values that vary from ferent from the spotmarketfor buying cess the benefitsofthe telecom revolution What arethe keyvariablesthat bidder to bidder”. He “analysed the bidding 850,000 electricity,which, in turn, is quitedifferent and alloweventhe poorest to use the determine the outcomeofanauction? strategiesinanumber of well-known auc- Oct 2Oct 11 from choosing whichcompany shouldget Internet at an affordablerate, it maywant to Three keyvariablesneedtobeunder- tion formats, demonstrating that aformat the righttocollect the local garbage. focus moreonhow best acompanycan en- stood while designing an auction. will give the sellerhigher expected revenue Note:The Oct 11 figureinthis graphisbased on thegovtupdateonOct 12 In other words, no one auction design fits surethat. In fact,beforeauctions became the One is the rules of the auction. Imagine when bidders learn moreabout each other’s all types of commodities or seller. norm forlimited resources suchasradio participating in an auction. Your bidding be- estimated values duringbidding”. This is also true because the purpose of waves, governmentsusedtoallocatethem haviour is likelytodifferifthe rules stipulate With eachpassing year,associeties have INDIA TOTAL CASES WORLD TOTALCASES an auction also differs withthe commodity as one would conductabeauty contest. This open bids as againstclosed/sealedbids. The become morecomplexMilgrom and Wilson 7,120,538 37,614,668 andthe entity conducting the auction. More would involveasking howacompanymight same applies to single bids versus multiple respondedbyinventing newformats “for oftenthannot,private sellers want to max- usethe spectrum and assessingwhichcom- bids, or whether bids aremade one afteran- auctioning offmanyinterrelated objects si- Source:MinistryofHealth&Family Source:JohnsHopkinsUniversity, imise their gains while public authorities panyisbestsuited to receive the license. This other or everyone bids at the same time. multaneously, on behalf of aseller motivated Welfare,updatedat11pmonOct12 updatedat11pmonOct12 mayhaveother goals in mind. approach, however, ledtoaproliferation of The second variable is the commodity or by broad societalbenefitrather than maxi- Forinstance, when selling telecom spec- lobbying. service being put up forauction. In essence, malrevenue”. In Apple Watchdata, theimpact of lockdown on noise exposure What govt has proposed in new LTC scheme providedtax benefitsonLTC without having scheme and employees decide to avail it. What arethe measurestoboostcapital DURINGTHE early mentsabout social dis- SUNNYVERMA, to actuallytravel. These employees would, expenditure? months of the coron- tancing and issuedstay- AANCHALMAGAZINE however, be required to spend three times Howdoes it help governmentrevenue? Specialassistance will be providedto avirus pandemic, peo- at-home orders in March &SANDEEPSINGH their LTCfarecomponent forpurchasing While GSTcollections have been severely states in the form of interest-free 50-year ple’s exposuretoenviron- and April, compared to NEWDELHI,OCTOBER12 items thatattract 12%ormoreGST.What this impacted in the firsthalf of the fiscal dueto loans of Rs 12,000 crorewith certain con- mental noise dropped Januaryand February. means is that if your fare component of LTC the pandemic, aconsumption boostfromthe ditions.Stateshavebeen categorisedinto nearly by half, according The four states had FINANCE MINISTER Nirmala Sitharaman is Rs 40,000,you needtospend Rs 1.2lakh LTCmovewill liftGST collections in the sec- three groups: Group 1comprising to anew study by differing Covid-19re- Monday announcedtwo sets of measures to on goods that fall in the 12%-or-moreGST ond half as the scheme calls forexpenditure Northeaststates(Rs 1,600crore)and University of Michigan PAPER sponses in terms of stay- generateconsumption demand and boost slab in order to save taxonRs40,000. to be done until March 31,2021. If private sec- Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh (Rs researchers in four US at-home orders, which capital spending in the economy. These If youdon’t spend that amount,you may toremployees also participate, it maylead to 900crore), Group2ofother states thatwill states. The study,pub- CLIP showedthrough the measures, along with participation of states have to paytax as per your marginal taxrate asignificant jumpinoverall consumption getRs7,500crore in proportion of their lishedinEnvironmental data. Californiaand New and theprivate sector,are projected to cre- on the LTCcomponent. So if youfall in the and rise in GSTcollections. shareasper the Finance Commission’s de- Research Letters, is an NEWRESEARCH York both had reallydras- ate “additional demand” of Rs 1lakhcrore, 10%tax slab,you will have to payadditional volution, and Group 3ofstateswhichwill analysis of datafrom tic reductions in sound according to thegovernment. taxofRs4,000on the LTCfarecomponentof What is the special festival advance getRs2,000 croreiftheymeet3of 4re- Apple Watchusers in Florida, New that happenedveryquickly, whereas Some proposalsare aimedatadvancing Rs 40,000. scheme? forms, including One Nation One Ration, as York,California and Texas. Florida and Texashad somewhat less expenditurewhile others aredirectlylinked As forthe leaveencashment component, The government hasrestoredfestivalad- outlinedinthe Atmanirbhar packagean- Calledthe Apple HearingStudy,it of areduction.Later,levelsdropped to increase in GDP (Gross Domestic Product), the employeewill have to spend an equiva- vance, whichwas abolishedinline with rec- nouncedinMay.The funds, whichneedto collectsdataovertime to understand drasticallyinFlorida and Texastoo. shesaid.The ministry will allow government lent amount towardsthe purchase of items ommendationsofthe7thPayCommission,for be spentbyMarch 31,2021, can be usedfor howeverydaysound exposurecan Initially, the largest drop in envi- and private sectoremployees to use their that attract 12%ormoreasGST. one time untilMarch 31,2021. All central gov- ongoing and newprojectsand settling con- impact hearing. ronmental sound exposurewas seen Leave Travel Concession (LTC)tax-free ben- ernment employees will getaninterest-free tractors' bills on these. The funds provided The publishedanalysis included on the weekends. Butafter the lock- efit forvarious types of purchases subject to Howwill it benefit the economy? advanceof Rs10,000thatthegovernmentwill to states will be over andabout theirbor- morethan ahalfmillion dailynoise downs,when people stopped physi- certain conditions while giving an interest- Through the LTCconsumption boostplan, recoverin10instalments.Itwillbegiveninthe rowing ceilings. levels measured before and during callygoing to work,therewas no free festival advance of Rs 10,000to govern- the government expectsademandgenera- formof apre-loadedRupaycardoftheadvance Forits part, the Centrehas proposedan the pandemic.Daily averagesound longer alarge distinction in exposures ment employees. Measures have been an- tionofRs28,000 crore—Rs19,000 croreon valueandthegovernmentexpectstodisburse additionalbudget of Rs 25,000crorefor cap- levels droppedapproximately3deci- between the traditional five working nounced to step up capital expenditureby accountofdemandfromcentralgovernment Rs 4,000 crore. Accordingtothe Finance ital expenditureonroads, defence infrastruc- bels duringthe time that localgovern- days versus the weekend. the Centre and the states. employees, and Rs 9,000 crorefromstate Ministry, if allstatesprovideasimilaradvance, ture, watersupplyand urban development. mentsinthe US made announce- Source: University of Michigan government employees. Besides, the same another Rs 8,000 crores is likelytobedis- Allocations will be made to various min- Howdoes the LTCbenefitimpact you? benefitswill be available to private sector bursed.Thisisexpectedtogenerateconsump- istriesinthe upcomingdiscussions forfor- Centralgovernment employees willbe employees if employers decide to offerthe tion demand aheadoffestivals likeDiwali. mulating revisedestimates. AfterbattlingBJPforlong,KhushbuSundarjoinsparty:why,whatnow

although she herself exhibitsnorigidity one of the mostpopularfemale actors of leaders acknowledgedher then forthe suc- and opinions were till yesterday. She ARUNJANARDHANAN againstanyone’s beliefs. South Indian cinema with over 100promi- cessfulcampaignshe ledfor Congress can- neededabetterplatform,” she said. CHENNAI,OCTOBER12 An actor friend jokingly said “her prob- nent films. At onepoint, fans had even built didatesinsouthernTamil Nadu. The friend said both DMK and BJP have lem is thatshe is aworkaholic”. “She may atemple to her in Tamil Nadu. rigid disciplinaryrules that prevent leaders THE TAMIL actor KhushbuSundar joined be simple in her ideological argumentsbut When she joinedDMK, Karunanidhi Whyshe has quit and cadres from crossing the party line. the BJP on Monday, having constantly she is aggressive towardsher work.” said Khushbu wasknown forher progres- What has made her quit the Congress is “Even if her previous disagreementswith fought the same party on social media for Even before she entered politics, she sive views in films.She hadalsoacted as seeminglysimilar to thereasons forwhich BJP can be resolvednow,Khushbu’s truth- severalyears. Previouslyinthe Congress, kickedupacontroversy —in2005—with Maniyammai, partner of social reformer she hadquit theDMK.She wassidelinedby ful and spontaneous reactions makeher she usedtoreplytoevery rivalindividually, remarks about premarital sexinaninter- Periyar,inabiopic on him. topleaders of both parties, although she was morevulnerable in BJP,” she said. and oftentagged andnamedNarendra viewinTamil. Her remarkthat “our society But sidelinedbyMKStalin, morethan just acelebrity-turned-politician. Asenior BJP leader from Tamil Nadu, Modiand AmitShah in her tweets. “She was should come out of the thinking thatatthe Karunanidhi’s son and the current party The Congress did give her space to ex- who had notknown about Khushbu’s de- an untiring fighter forCongress in social time of the marriage, the girls should be chief, she quit the DMK to join the Congress pressher opinionsinpublic, even if they cisionuntil Sunday night, nowsaid she media, almostevery minuteand hour,and with virginity…” ledtoseveral cases being in November 2014. were sometimes different from party would be the party’s star campaigner in astarcampaigner,areal crowdpuller and filedagainsther.Ittookalegal battle of This wasatatime the Congress wasfac- stands. In the DMK, in contrast, her vocal Tamil Nadu. “AwinnableMLA seat can powerful orator duringpollsinpublic ral- about five years before she wasclearedin ing acrisis within, and whennot manyca- natureprevented her from advancing her makeher an MLA… or even aRajya Sabha lies,”saidasenior Congress leader. twodozencases by the Supreme Court reer politicians would have been expected career.For instance, astatement she made MP postwhenthe time comes,” he said. So, what explainsher move? sometime in early 2010. to join the party. about Karunanidhi’s successor upsetStalin. Asenior Congress leader,who felt that The then Congress chief in Tamil Nadu, E Khushbu wasalwaysefficient, ambitious and Her background In DMK &Congress VKSElangovan,tappedher politicalskills to What to expect in BJP arrogant, said her presence would help BJP Born intoaMuslim familyinWest In May2010, shejoinedthe DMKin the party’s benefitfor over twoyears, until Her actor friend said: “The Congress was gettwo votes extrainTamilNadu. “Nothing Andheri in Mumbai, Khushbu startedout Chennai, in the presence of the then party he himself wasoustedfromthe post. She was the best space forher,not even DMK... She moreorless.Nothing happenedwhen she as achild actor in the 1980s. Known as hard- chief and Chief Minister, thelateM the star campaigner of the Congress in the Khushbu Sundar, formerlyinCongress, maybehopingthat the BJP will provideher worked with DMKand Congress, the plat- working, she comes across to manyasara- Karunanidhi. This markedher entryinfor- 2014 Lok Sabhapolls and in the 2016 joinedBJP on Monday. Twitter/@BJP4India avibrantworking space to do something in forms thatsuitedherprinciples best.Nothing tionalistwho would call herselfanatheist mal politics afteracareerthat had made her Assemblypollsaswell.Evensenior DMK social life, howeverdifferent her convictions morewill happen in BJP either,” he said.

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TOPOFTHE WORLD Asia-Pacificcountries begintoeasetravel bansrelatedtoCovid MarkZuckerberg Singapore, Australia, Japanallowsomeinternational travel SOCIAL MEDIA Facebooktoban JAMIEFREED contentthat SYDNEY,OCTOBER12 ASIA-PACIFICCOUNTRIESinclud- deniesordistorts ingSingapore,AustraliaandJapan theHolocaust aregraduallyeasing some inter- nationaltravelrestrictionsascoro- FACEBOOK SAID on navirus cases slow, in hopes of Mondayitwas updating helpingto revive theireconomies. itshatespeechpolicy to InternationaltravelinAsiahas ban anycontent that de- US SupremeCourtnominee JudgeAmy ConeyBarrett (centre) at her confirmation hearingbeforethe SenateJudiciary collapsedduring the pandemic nies or distortsthe Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Monday. Reuters due to border closures, with pas- Holocaust. The move senger numbers down 97%in comes twoyears after August, accordingtothe Facebook Chief Executive Associationof AsiaPacificAirlines. At the Beijing Railway Station. Reuters MarkZuckerbergsaid in Confirmation hearing for Trump’s SC Although European coun- a2018interviewwith tries that had been moreopen tech websiteRecode said add fresh travel restrictions as Johnsonshuts pubs in parts of that while he found nominee kicks off in adivided Senate cases rise,inAsia the trend is to- Holocaustdenial deeply ward easing, though notalways offensive,hedid notthink on abilateralbasis. England with newCovid curbs Facebook shoulddelete Kamala Harris says processillegitimateasitcomes so near presidential election Fornow,few peoplearelikely Liverpool, London: BritishPrime suchcontent. “I’ve strug- to travelbecause of testing and in- MinisterBoris Johnson imposed Boris gled with the tension be- ready killedmorethan 214,000 surance requirements, and in atiered system of further restric- Johnson tweenstanding forfree LAWRENCEHURLEY& Americans,” Harris said, speak- some cases the needtoquaran- tions on parts of England on announced expression and the harm PATRICIAZENGERLE ing via avideo link. tine upon return home, meaning Monday, including shutting a3-tier causedbyminimising or WASHINGTON, OCTOBER12 “Aclear majority of the deals offerlimited hope for pubs, as the Covid-19outbreak system of denying the horrorofthe Americans want whomever airlines and the tourism industry. accelerates, though anger is ris- restrictions Holocaust,” said DEMOCRATIC SENATORSinclud- wins the election to fill this seat ASingapore-Indonesia deal ing at the costofthe curtailment Zuckerberg, who is ingvice presidentialnominee and my Republican colleagues announcedonMonday fores- of freedoms. Jewish, in aFacebookpost Kamala Harris on Monday knowthat.Yet theyare deliber- sential business and official Johnson announcedthe new centres therewill also close, on Monday. REUTERS painted US PresidentDonald atelydefying the will of the peo- travel will requireanapplication three-tier system in an attempt to Johnson said. Trump’s Supreme Courtnominee ple in their attempt to roll back and Covid-19swabtests both be- standardise apatchworkofoften “We mustact to save lives,” AmyConeyBarrett as athreat to the rightsand protections pro- fore and aftertravel. complicatedandconfusingrestric- Johnson told Parliament, adding the Obamacarehealthcarelaw videdunder the Affordable Care Singapore had established tions imposedacross England. he did notwantanother national PAKISTAN during adeadlypandemic and Act,” Harris said. similar agreementswith China, Lawmakerswillvoteonthemove. lockdownandthatheunderstood ImranKhan’stop denouncedthe Republican drive Barrett, aconservative appel- SouthKorea,Japan,Malaysia,and The lockdowns will include the frustrations of those chafing to approveher before the Senator Michael Lee (standing,left), whohad tested positive latecourtjudgenominated to re- openedunilaterallytogeneralvis- shutting pubs and bars in areas at the “repressions of liberty”. aidequitsamid November 3USelection. forCovid-19onOctober 3, talkswithSenate Judiciary place the lateliberal Justice Ruth itors from NewZealand, Brunei, placed intothe “very high” alert “If we letthe virusrip,then the As the SenateJudiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham. Reuters Bader Ginsburg, sat at atable fac- Vietnam and mostofAustralia. levelfromWednesday. The other bleak mathematics dictatethat graftallegations Committee beganits four-day ing the senators wearing ablack NewZealanderswillbeableto levels in the newsystemare we wouldsuffernot onlyanin- PAKISTANPRIME Minister confirmation hearing forBarrett, face mask amid the pandemic. travel to some parts of Australia “medium” and “high”. tolerable death toll from Covid, Imran Khan’s Special Democratsvoicedtheir strong Whyhealthcaretookcentrestage Her husband and sevenchildren startingFridaywithoutquarantin- So far, Merseyside in north- but we would put suchahuge Assistant on Information opposition to Trump’s nominee sat behind her, also wearing pro- ing. However, New Zealanders west England —whichincludes strain on our NHS with an uncon- and Broadcasting Lt Gen even though theyhavelittle hope tective masks. who returnfromAustraliamust the city of Liverpool —isthe only trolledsecondspikethatourdoc- (retd.) Asim Saleem Bajwa of derailing her nomination in the DEMOCRATS FEAR that become amajor elec- Barrett couldbeonthe quarantine fortwo weeksunder area in the highestrisk category. tors and nurses would simplybe resignedonMonday, Republican-ledSenate. JudgeBarrett would tilt toralissue, especially Supreme Courtintimetopartic- government supervisionatthe Gyms, leisurecentres, casinos, unable to devote themselvesto amid allegations that he Barrett’s confirmation would the US topcourttoo far duringthe pandemic. ipateinacase due to be argued costofNZ$3100($2,064.91) for betting shops and adult gaming other treatments.” REUTERS usedhis offices to help give the courta6-3 conservative to theright and put gay With the electionjust on November 10 in whichTrump thefirstpersonandmoreforaddi- familyset up severaloff- majority. marriage, abortion weeksaway, Democrats and Republican-led states are tional familymembers. Australia shorebusinesses. “Ire- But it wasthe fate of the2010 rights andgun control, among aretrying to draw focus on seeking to invalidateObamacare. is also in talkswith Japan, South Everyone in China’s Qingdao city questedthe honourable Affordable CareAct (ACA), other things, at risk.But the Trump’s failures in managing The hearingstarted with sen- Korea,SingaporeandSouthPacific prime ministertorelin- Democratic former President Democratic senators’ main the Covid outbreak,whichthey ators making opening state- nations on reopening travel as to get tested after new outbreak quish me from the addi- BarackObama’s signaturedo- point of attackonMondaywas saywillhit Americans even ments. Barrett will makeher coronavirusinfections ease. tional portfolio of SAPM mestic policy achievement that regarding the Affordable Care harder if the ACAisscrapped. ownopeningstatement later on Japan and Vietnam will allow Beijing: Chinesehealthauthor- matic cases. The ruling on Info&broadcasting.He has enabledmillions of Act(ACA), whichisalso at risk With the outcome of the hear- Mondayand will face question- short-termbusiness travel with ities will test all9million peo- CommunistParty hasliftedmost very kindlyapproved my Americanstoobtainmedicalcov- of being repealedbyaconser- ings almostaforegone conclu- ing from senators on Tuesday eachother,the Yomiuridailysaid pleinthe eastern city of curbs on travel and business but request,” Bajwa, the for- erage, that wasthe focus of Harris vative-majority court. The ACA sion, the party is trying to use and Wednesday. onSaturday. Japanisalsoplanning Qingdao forthe coronavirus this still monitors travellers and vis- mer PakistanArmy and her fellowDemocrats. Barrett is the source of health carefor the platform to getits message The hearing is akey step be- to remove abanontravelto China week afternine caseslinked to itors to public buildingsfor signs spokesman who also has criticiseda2012Supreme millionsofAmericans, and has across to voters. fore afull Senatevote by the and11 othercountriesandregions ahospitalwerefound, the gov- of infection. served as Commander of Courtruling authoredby conser- end of October on her confir- includingTaiwan, Australia, New ernment announced Monday. Authorities were investigat- the Southern Command, vative Chief Justice John Roberts mation to alifetime job on the Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, The announcement brokea ing the source of the infections tweeted. PTI that upheld Obamacare. firmation processsonear the Supreme Court nominee who court. Republicans have a Vietnam and Malaysia next two-month streak with no virus in eight patientsatQingdao’s Harris, the running mateof election “illegitimate”. willtakeawayhealthcarefrom 53-47Senatemajority so month,theYomiurisaid,thoughit transmissions reported within Municipal ChestHospital and TANZANIA Trump’s Democratic election op- “Idobelieve this hearingisa millions of people during a Barrett’s confirmationseems wouldstilladviseagainstnon-es- China, though China has aprac- one familymember,the National Largefirebreaks ponent Joe Biden, calledthe con- clear attempt to jam through a deadlypandemic that has al- almostcertain. REUTERS sential travel. REUTERS tice of notreporting asympto- Health Commission said. AP outonMount Kilimanjaro EU agrees to sanctions on Russians China announces new regulations TANZANIAN RESIDENTS, studentsand firefighters over Navalny poisoning: diplomats for pilgrims going to Saudi for Haj were battling on Monday to contain afirethat broke out SundayonMount that the poisoning could not “re- stipulates that Chinese citizens’ Kilimanjaro,Africa’s high- REUTERS main without consequences”. KJMVARMA People who go on the pilgrimage shouldbeorganised estmountain, the LUXEMBOURG,OCTOBER12 EU diplomatssaid therewas BEIJING,OCTOBER12 Hajpilgrimageshould in accordance with Chineselaws, The Polarstern returns to broad supportamongthe 27 for- and the ChineseIslamic Bremerhaven, Germany, National Parksservice abide by Chinese rules (TANAPA) said.Hard EUROPEAN UNIONforeign min- eign ministers forassetfreezes CHINAHAS releasednew regu- Association is the onlyorganisa- Monday. AP winds on Sundayhelped isters backedaFranco-German andtravelbansonseveralRussian lations forMuslims visiting and oppose religious tion that is authorised to arrange fanthe fire,but thewinds plan on Monday to impose sanc- GRUmilitaryintelligenceofficials. Saudi Arabia forannual Hajstip- extremism, according forChinese Muslims to go to tions on Russianssuspected of The sanctions arenot ex- ulating that the pilgrimage Mecca to perform Haj. Largestever have dieddown. So far, no to the regulations injuries or deaths have poisoning Kremlin critic Alexei pected to be approvedimmedi- should be organisedonlybythe People who go to perform been reported and no Navalnywith anerveagent, AlexeiNavalny ately, as legaltexts mustbepre- country’s Islamic Association Hajshould abide by China’s and Arctic science property damaged. diplomatssaid. pared andcleared by experts. and pilgrims should follow the destination country's laws, expedition ends Kilimanjarorisestonearly Berlin and Parismade their Navalnyfell ill on aflight in Chinese laws and oppose reli- Uyghurs and Hui Muslims have and oppose religious extremism, 6,000 metres abovesea proposalatameeting of EU for- said wasthe presenceofthe Siberia on Aug20, and wassub- gious extremism. apopulation of about 10 million according to the regulations. level. Around 50,000 eign ministers in Luxembourg. bannedSoviet-eranerveagent sequentlyairliftedtoBerlin for Thereare 20 millionMuslims each, according to an official Variousgovernmentdepart- touristsclimb it every Theysay theyhavenot hadacred- NovichokinNavalny’s body. treatment. Blood samples taken in China, mostlyUyghurs —an whitepaper. mentshavebeenrequestedtoful- HENRYFOUNTAIN year. REUTERS ibleexplanationfromMoscowfor German Foreign Minister from him confirmedthe pres- ethnic group of Turkic origin — The newregulationissued filtheirresponsibilitiesandbanil- OCTOBER12 whatthe Organisation forthe HeikoMaas said as he arrivedat ence of anerveagent from the and Hui Muslims, who areof forHaj pilgrimage has atotal of legal Hajactivities, the state-run Prohibitionof ChemicalWeapons the meetingearlier on Monday bannedNovichok family. Chinese ethnic origin. Both 42 articles, includingone that GlobalTimes reported. PTI AFTER Ayear spent drifting across the topofthe world, frozen in sea ice, aGerman re- search ship returnedhome on Monday, ending the largest AHEALTH CLUB IN KANDAHAR CHALLENGES CONSERVATIVE AFGHAN TRADITIONS THAT VILIFY EXERCISE FOR WOMEN Arctic science expedition in his- tory,one aimedatbetterunder- standing aregion thatisrapidly In former Taliban stronghold, defiant women hit the gym changing as the worldwarms. The ship, the Polarstern, dockedatits home portof But ultimately, he relented, aseamstress centrethat sells workoutsfromtheir families, media posts from outraged res- Bremerhaven13monthsafter it DAVIDZUCCHINO and Yusafzai nowworks out six clothing made by women. Durani said. Membership had idents.Theycalleditahouse of leftNorway. InOctober,itbecame &FATIMAFAIZI days aweek,straining through It is rare forAfghan women droppedfrom60inthe spring to prostitution. Mockedand vili- deliberatelyfrozen intothe ice KANDAHAR,OCTOBER12 hand-weight repetitions and to exercise, though several 30 now, because of athree- fied,Durani wastold to close the north of Siberia, 350miles from pounding atreadmill. In six women’s health clubs and even month Covid-19closureand be- club andsend the women home the NorthPole,and driftednorth HOMA YUSAFZAI felt terrible. months,she said, she had shed twowomen’s swimming pools cause some women feared their to their husbands. and west forthousands of miles, Her weight wasup, she had dia- almost50pounds, loweredher have opened in Kabul. But in families would find out. “Iwasshockedthattheycalled leavingthelittleremainingicefor betesand high blood pressure, bloodpressureand brought her conservative strongholds like “My father and brothers said my daughter aprostitute—that good latelastmonth between andatjust27she felt lethargic diabetesunder control. Kandahar,manymen disap- theywouldkill me if Iwent to a theysaid no man with dignity Greenland and Norway. and depressed. The healthclub wasopened proveofwomen trying to take health club,” said agym member, would allowsuchathing,” said The expedition, with arotat- Then she heardthat latelastyear by MaryamDurani, control of their ownbodies. whoaskedto beidentifiedonlyby Durani’s father,HajiMohammad ingcontingentof about100scien- Kandahar’s firsthealth club for 36, an indomitable women’s “Kandahar is averydifficult her nickname,Tamana.Tamana, Essa, 82, aformer teacher who tists andcrew,encounteredpolar women had justopened—the rightsadvocatewho has sur- environment forwomen,” 33,wasdressedinwhiterobestra- ownstheplotthathousesthegym. bears, storms that damaged miracleshe hadbeen waiting for, vivedtwo suicide bombings, an At the fitness club. NYT Durani said. “The club is as much ditionallyworn forstudying the Club members saythey’ve equipment, thin ice conditions she thought. Her husband at first assassination attempt and forwomen’s mentalhealthas Quran at amadrasa —the excuse been harassedand propositioned and, mostcritically, thecoron- refusedtolet her join. Kandaharis countless death threats—not to their physicalhealth. Almost she givesher familyfor leaving by men outside. Afew have been avirus pandemic that scrambled adeeplyconservative city,afor- mentionharsh publiccondem- inside alockedcompound, by Durani with her father’s help everywomanwho comes here home to exercise at the club. struckbystones thrownbymen logistics. But the leaders of the mer headquarters of the Taliban nation foropening the club. shieldedfromprying eyes. It is the since 2004.Itincludesaradiosta- is depressed.” But the gym is constantly in onmotorbikeswhothreatenedto $150 million projectwithpartic- wheremen still dictatethe most The gym has survived, tucked latestaddition to the Khadija tion, English and literacy classes Roughly40% of club mem- jeopardy.Soon afteritopened, it kill them if theycontinuedtovisit ipantsfrom20countries, noted prosaic details of women’s lives. away in awindowless basement KubraWomen’s Association, run forwomen,anIslamicschooland bers exercise secretly,hiding wasdeluged withprofane social the club, Durani said. NYT it as asuccess. NYT

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Internationalmarket data till 1900IST SECTOR WATCH FOOD INFLATION RISES TO DOUBLE-DIGIT LEVELS INDIAAMONG SIGNATORIES TO LETTER LOGISTICS Retailinflationat8-monthhigh Seeking way around Yet to be roped in, encryption, leading pvt cold chains start inSept;AugIIPstaysinnegative intelligence agencies

preparations for termtargetof 4+/-2percent.Core arelative improvementintheeco- ED write to tech cos ENSECONOMICBUREAU AboveRBI inflation,whichexcludesimpact nomic activities by varying de- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER12 comfort of foodandfuelinflation,however, grees as well as in datareporting,” TheCentre,lastOctober,while Covid immunisation PLAIN E softenedto5.67percentinSepte- the NSO said. Manufacturing sec- AASHISHARYAN presenting itsstanding in acase ● levels RETAIL INFLATION jumpedtoan EX mberfrom5.77 percentinAugust. tor, whichhas aweight of 77.6 per NEWDELHI,OCTOBER12 related to WhatsApp, had said eight-month high of 7.34 per cent The RBI in itsMonetary Policy cent in IIP,contracted8.6 per cent that social media and communi- PRABHARAGHAVAN OVER27KCOLDCHAIN in September,primarilydrivenby AT 7.34 per cent, the infla- statement lastweekhad said that in August, an improvement from AN ALLIANCE of intelligence age- cations platformslikeWhatsApp NEWDELHI,OCTOBER12 POINTSSUPPORTUIP higher food inflation, whichrose tion print is muchabove pricesof keyvegetablesliketoma- 11.6 per cent contraction in July. nciesfromtheUS,theUK,Austra- andFacebookcouldnotclaimthat to double-digitlevels, datare- the RBI’s medium-term toes, onions and potatoes should Consumer durables andcon- lia,Canada, and NewZealand theyalso did nothaveaccess to ■ India’sUniversal FROM PLANNINGtoconvert leasedbythe National Statistical target of 4+/- 2per cent. ebb by October-December with sumer non-durables ouput, indi- along withsignatories from India “users chats”if the matter related Immunisation food processing refrigerated Office (NSO) on Mondayshowed. Coreinflation, whichex- kharif arrivals,eventhoughprices cators forconsumption demand, andJapanhave writtento technol- to national security. Programme (UIP)is unitsintovaccinestoragefacil- Factoryoutput continued to cludes the impact of food of pulses andoilseeds arelikelyto contracted10.3 per cent and 3.3 ogy companies whichprovide Thegovernmenthadthentold supportedbyover itiesto rampingupthevehicles decline forthe sixthconsecutive and fuel inflation,softened remain firm due to elevatedim- per cent, respectively,inAugust. end-to-end encryption in their theSupremeCourtthatsuchplat- 27,000functional to transportthem,privatecold month in August, recording an 8 to 5.67per cent in portduties.IthasprojectedCPIin- Outputof capitalgoodscontracted communication platforms to forms musthelp the Centrede- cold chain points. chain anddistribution firms percent contraction, mainlydue September from 5.77per flationto averageat5.4percentin 15.4 per cent during August. “workwith the government” to- cryptmessages from terroristor- have begun preparing capaci- to degrowth in manufacturing, cent in August. October-December and 4.5 per Economists said though eco- wardssolutionswhichcouldhelp ganisation, hardenedcriminals ties ahead of India’s July2021 arm of logistics giant Gati Ltd, capital goods,and consumer cent in January-March. nomic activity has pickedup, it is lawenforcement agencies better and others. It had then also said target to beginimmunisingits says it hasalready initiated durablesoutput,butshowedase- The IndexofIndustrial yettoreachper-Covid levels and pursuehardened criminals. that newrules to govern social populationagainstCovid-19. talkswiththegovernmentand quential improvement from 10.8 ConsumerFoodPrice Indexrose Production (IIP) has shown se- the road to full recovery is distant In alettersignedbythe UK’s media wasbeingplanned by the While the government is ready to collaboratewith per cent contractioninthe previ- to 10.68per cent in September quentialimprovement,butcumu- andwillalsobelargely contingent SecretaryofState forthe Home respective ministries.Ontheother continues to map cold chain other industryassociations ousmonth,separatesetof datare- from9.05percentinAugust,with latively,ithascontractedby 25per upon the infection rate. “Though Department Priti Patel, Attorney hand, companies including capabilitiesforaCovid-19vac- andlogisticsplayers“to ensure leasedbythe NSO showed. urban food inflation at ahigher cent forApril-August againsta economicactivitiesareyetto reach General of the US William Barr, Facebook,Twitterandothershave cinerolloutnextyear,somein- thesafeandefficientdelivery” Theinflationratebasedonthe print of 10.94per cent compared growthof 2.4percentinthesame the pre-Covid level, it is gaining AustralianMinisterforHomeAff- repeatedly said theyhavealways dustryexpertsfeelthatthecur- of Covid-19 vaccines. The firm ConsumerPriceIndex(CPI)wasat with rural inflation print of 10.60 period lastyear.The IIP had con- tractionwitheachpassingmonth airs Peter Dutton, and others in- complied withcountries’ lawen- rent capacity will have to at is “already geared up” witha 6.69 per cent in Augustand 3.99 percent.At 7.34percent,theinfla- tracted by 1.4per cent in August albeit at areducedpace,” Sunil cludingsignatoriesfromIndiaand forcement agencies when legiti- leastbedoubled.Giventhede- fleetof120 trucks —bothpri- per cent in September lastyear. tion print is muchabove the lastyear. “With the gradual relax- KumarSinha,principaleconomist, Japan,thecountriessaidthatwh- materequests have been made mand, India’sexisting maryandsecondary—to meet Food inflationbasedonthe ReserveBank of India’smedium ationof restrictions,therehasbeen India Ratings and Research,said. ile theysupported encryption’s through properchannels”. UniversalImmunisation “emerging requirements” role in personal dataand privacy IntheOctober11 letter,thesig- Programme (UIP) infrastruc- ahead of the commercialisa- protection, it also posed“signifi- natorieshavesaidthatthesecom- ture—whichwill be usedto tion of the Covid-19 vaccines. cantchallenges to public safety”. municationplatformsshoulden- vaccinatethe prioritygroups “... Warehousingstaff will COVID-19IMPACT “Weurgeindustrytoaddress able access forlaw enforcement identifiedby thegovernment- needtobetrainedtohandle our serious concerns whereen- agencies“inareadableandusable —may needmoreprivate sec- temperature-sensitive vac- cryption is appliedinawaythat format whereanauthorisation is torinvolvement, some feel. cines.Stringentmonitoringca- ‘School closuremay cost whollyprecludesanylegalaccess lawfullyissued, is necessaryand Whileprivate firmswaitto pacitieswillneedtobeputinto $622BILLION: Loss that South Asia region may to content. We call on technology proportionate,and is subject to be ropedin, theyhavealready place to ensureadherence to over $400billion to India’ suffer from school closuresinthe presentscenario, or up to companies to work withgovern- strongsafeguardsandoversight”. begunpreparingforsuchasce- compliances,” thefirm added. $880billioninamorepessimistic scenario mentstotakethefollowingsteps, “Integratingsuchafeatureinto nario. Forinstance, Snowman DHLisalsolearntto becon- The prolonged closureofschools due to Covid-19 maycause focusedonreasonable,technically the existing end-to-endencryp- Logistics has undertakenan ductinganassessment of aloss of over $400billion in thecountry’s futureearnings, $4,400: Loss in lifetime school closures in all South feasiblesolutions,”theletterdated tion mechanismcould be ex- exercise to understand what India’soverall cold chain ca- earnings of an average South Asian countries October 11,read. tremelycomplexconsidering would be required if thefirm pacity.India’sUIP—oneof the besides substantial learning losses, aWorld Bank report said Asian child, due to school Themoveislikelytoput pres- these laws would vary between had to convertover30ofits largest in the world—issup- closures, after entering labour 0.5 years: Projected learning sureoncommunications plat- countriesandregions.Also,ensur- coldchainunitsforstoringfood ported by over 27,000 func- market; i.e. 5% of total loss in terms of learning- forms suchasWhatsApp, itspar- ing that these hooksprovidedto intoavaccine storagefacility. tional cold chain points, as per earnings adjusted years of schooling ent Facebook’s Messenger,and securityagenciesarenot misused “We have mappedout our theHealthMinistry’scompre- (LAYS); thus taking years others suchasSignal and canbequitecomplex,”saidKunal capacity in the countryand hensive multi-yearUIPplanfor 391 million: Students who gained in school learning from Telegram, all of whichoffer end- Kislay, co-founderand CEO of othercapacitiesby otheroper- 2018-22. Of this, 3per cent are have been kept out of school in from 6.5 LAYS to 6.0 LAYS, to-end encryption to customers. IntegrationWizards Solutions. atorsto findoutwhatcapacity locatedatthedistrictleveland primaryand secondary an enormous setback from In nations suchasIndia, Other experts,however, say isavailableimmediately,”said above,whileabout95percent education due to temporary recent advances in schooling WhatsApphasbeeninvolvedina thatthe proposal to decryptwill Snowman Logistics CEO Sunil arelocatedbelowdistrictlevel. prolonged legal debatewith the give thepowersthatbe“excessive Nair.Thefirmcurrentlyhas33 “Idon’tbelieve thereare governmentandtheSupremeCo- powers”. “This proposal is prob- coldstoragefacilitiesacrossthe constraintsonthe quality of Why is it important: The report ‘Beaten or Broken? Loss driven by India: While the loss in the urt, wherethe platform has tried lematicbecauseitgivesexcessive country, of whichtwo areal- the cold chain infrastructure... Informality and Covid-19 in South Asia’ says the region is South Asia region is largely driven by India, Source: World defending itsstance thatend-to- powers to thelaw enforcement ready dedicated for pharma- it’sonly thecapacityof thecold set to plunge into its worst-ever recession in 2020 as all countries will lose substantial sharesof Bank/PTI end encryption meant thatnot agencies of thesecountries,”said ceuticalproducts.Whilethere chain infrastructure,” said devastating impacts of the pandemic on the nationslinger their GDP eventhecompanyhadanyaccess Prasanth Sugathan, legaldirector is no clarity on the packaging BiologicalEmanagingdirector to thechatsbetween users. at SoftwareFreedom LawCentre. forthese Covid-19vaccines, Mahima Datla. The UIP cur- going by athumbrule of rentlyrequires thestorage of, around7,000dosesonapallet, “at best”, around 300million Snowman has the capacity to dosesof thevaccinesthatitad- Sajjid Chinoy is guest at Explained.Live tomorrow RBI reallocates Deputy storearound 650million ministers, according to her. doses.Withthesameassump- “But, in contrast, forCovid, to expeditegrowth, The Indian tion with PVaidyanathan Iyer, tion, itsnetwork partners you’retalking about apopula- Express has invited Sajjid Executive Editor, National Governors’ portfolios would have another 400mil- tioncohortof1.3billionpeople, Chinoy, Chief India Economist, Affairs, The Indian Express,on lion dose capacity,said Nair. andifthat’satwo-dosevaccine JP Morgan&Part-Time Wednesdayevening. Deputy Governor MD Patra “At thesametime,wehave —whichmajority of them are ENSECONOMICBUREAU Member,Economic Advisory Explained.Live is aunique ENSECONOMICBUREAU willlookaftertheMonetaryPolicy alsoinvolvedour technical —you’retalkingaboutnow2.5 NEW DELHI, OCTOBER12 Council to the Prime Minister, seriesofexplanatory conversa- MUMBAI,OCTOBER12 Department. His other portfolios team in terms of finding out if to3billiondosesannually. Now, to talk on the theme of ‘What tions that The Indian Express includedepartment of economic we have toconvertafoodfacil- it’s adifferent storythat you IN SEPTEMBER, severalkey eco- shouldbedone’. hosts from time to time. THE RESERVE Bank of India (RBI) and policy research,Deposit ityintoapharmafacility,what maynothavetheavailabilityof nomic indicators including au- At atime when India has a ExpertGuests at onMonday reallocatedportfolios Insurance and Credit Guarantee does it take forus. Those sorts 3billion annually... but even if tomobile manufacturing sales, current account surplus, record Explained.Live sessions since of Deputy Governors with the Corporation,financialmarketsop- of thingsare(now)done...if the it’s half of that, even if it’s a powerdemand, toll collection DATE:14October2020 foreignexchangereserves,and the lockdown beganhavein- Department of Regulation en- erationsdepartmentandfinancial vaccine comestotwo to eight fourth, it would mean youstill and petrol consumption surplus liquidity in the system, cludedIIT-Delhi Director trustedtothe newly-appointed marketsregulation department. degrees centigrade, whichis need(capacityfor)500million reachedpre-Covid-19levels of TIME:7pm Chinoywill be able to explain Ramgopal Rao, Kerala’s Health MRajeshwar Rao. DeputyGovernorMKJainwill whatisbeingtalkedabout,we doses,” she said. February 2020. TOREGISTER: what India should do to create MinisterKKShailaja,Public Raowasappointedtothepost lookafterthecentralsecuritycell, canquicklyconvertthesefacil- “Youneedn’t even do it This cameafter a23.9 per SMS-IEXP“IE” multipliers forthe economy Health Foundation of India vacated by NS Vishwanathan, corporatestrategyandbudget de- ities—itisjustasettingthatwe across the whole country. You cent GDP (gross domestic pro- “Yournameand withthesestrengths. president Dr KSrinath Reddy, whosteppeddownthreemonths partment, consumer education needtochange,” he said. can even have hubsinthe duction)contraction in April- emailID”to56161. He brings to thetable his industrialistDrNaushad Forbes, aheadof hisextendedtenure.Rao and protection department, de- As per him, suchaconver- north, south eastand west,or June quarter. ConfirmationSMSwillbe vast economic expertise from capital markets expertNilesh wasExecutive Director of the partment of supervision, and hu- sionwouldhelpthefirm“fully justgetmanufacturerstostock- The quantum of contraction yourregistration. the private sector,combined Shah, medical scientistDr ReserveBank before being ele- man resource management de- prepare”toengageinthe pri- pileinventoryforyou...theseare means that alot moreneeds to withhis experience and under- Gagandeep Kang, former vatedtothe postofthe Deputy partment, amongothers. BP maryandsecondarylegof dis- notinsurmountable prob- be done forasustainedeco- pacity utilisation. standingofthe innerworkings Foreign SecretaryShyam Saran, Governor.Hewill look afterthe Kanungo, Deputy Governor,will tribution of aCovid vaccine lems,” she added. nomic recovery,including job Againstthe backdrop of of the government —aperfect and Mahesh Vyas, managing di- departmentsofcommunication, oversee coordination, currency “anywhere” in the country. Full report on creation, boosting the informal what we have regainedoverthe balance to ideate on whatthe rector and chief executive offi- enforcement,inspection, legal, management, external invest- Gati Kausar,the cold chain www.indianexpress.com sector,crowding in private in- lastsix months, whereweare economyneeds going forward. cer of the Centrefor Monitoring and risk monitoring, the RBI said. mentsand operations, etc. vestments, and enhancing ca- lagging, and what can be done Chinoy will be in conversa- IndianEconomy.

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BRIEFLY NBA CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL FormerIndiafootball HEPROMISED,HE captainCarlton LeBron James Matters DELIVERED:KINGJAMES Chapmannomore ■LeBron James joinedMichael Jordan in being the onlyplayerto Kolkata: Former India football captain have wonfourNBA Finals MVP and mid-fielder Carlton Chapman, who Lakers star and league MVP strikes the right chordonand offthe court awards. LeBron also has the unique formedadeadly trioattheclublevelwith distinction of having wonthis Bhaichung Bhutia and IM Vijayaninthe idential elections. awardwith three different teams. 1990s,diedonMondayfollowingaheart SHASHANKNAIR Now, twentyNBA teams have giventheir attackinBengaluru.Hewas49.Chapman NEWDELHI,OCTOBER12 arenas to either become avoting precinct, an JAMESAVERAGED washospitalisedonSundaynight at a early voting site, apolling siteoravoting cen- 29.8 11.8 8.5 hospitalinBengaluru and passedaway ACONSTANT theme follows LeBron James tre, the nudgecoming from the topstars in points rebounds assists early this morning. “Igot acallfrom as he passes through lifeinand outside the NBA,with James cruciallylending his name. Bengaluru from one of hisfriendsthat NBA.It doesn’t matter if he’s ateenager from Outside of it, the group donated $100,000 over the six NBAFinals games. Chapman is no more. He passedaway Akron who’s justbeen draftedintothe NBA to registerdisenfranchisedvoters from earlythis morning. He wasahappy-go- or aleague veteran17years later,who yester- Florida who couldn’t votebecause of felony lucky man, always smilingand ready to daywas namedthe NBA2020 Finals MVP at records by paying their outstanding fees. It helpothers,”Chapman’sone-timeIndia the ageof35–therehas always been asense helped1.4 millionformer felons regain their LeBronmade59.1%ofallhisshots team-mateBrunoCoutinhotoldPTIfrom of burden that he has had to carry. right to vote. Goa. Acreative midfielder,Chapman And that weight over theyears has in- playedforIndiabetween1995and2001 creased. Theydon't justexpect him to be the VFOR VOTE and the countrywon the1997SAFF Cup greatestbasketball player, but also the voice Ninetyper cent NBAplayers have been Hewas41.1%fromthree-pointrange under his captaincy. of his oftenmarginalisedcommunity in registeredtovotethis time around, with 15 these polarisedtimes in the US. teams showing 100% registration, according Since his rookie days,James wassup- to OKCguardand National Basketball Players FranceandPortugalin posedtobethe answer to thequestion, Association president Chris Paul. 67.1%fromthefreethrowline goallessstalemate ‘Who’s next afterMichael Jordan?’ Rarely are “(Wehaveto) continuetounderstand athletesable to carry that levelofresponsi- howimportant voting is. Forustobeable to Milan: France drew 0-0athometo bility upon their shoulders at that early an have theNBA arenas as polling sites foralot Portugalinthe UEFANations League on age. And yet, he sitsinOrlando, smokingaci- of communities, that is unbelievable. We Sundayinacagey clashbetween the garand drenchedinchampagneafter his want to continue that. November is right worldand European champions which fourth title this time forthe LA Lakers, know- around the corner and we all knowhow big Big Big Congrtsto@KingJamesHis largely failed to live up to itsbilling. The ing that he has surpassedanything anyone thatis,” James said to reporters duringthe legacy is still being written..... teams could onlymanageone shoton could have ever imaginedabout him –on the NBAPlayoffs. -@DWYANEWADE target in the firsthalf, ahopeful attempt courtand offit. James has also spoken his Even before today, where the BlackLives by AntoineGriezmannfromthetightest mind on pricklyissues, unlikeseveral popu- Matter movement has become the force Laker Nation, LeBron James made of angleswhichstung the hands of lar sporting stars. that it is, James’ work in his communityis good on his guarantee that he keeper RuiPatricio. CristianoRonaldo On Sunday, the Lakers beat Miami Heat what has sethim apartfromsome of the would take the@Lakers to the NBA came closesttoscoring whenhefired a 106-93 in Game 6ofthe 2020 NBAFinals to greatestathletesofall time.Hehas on reg- Finals and bring achampionshipto left-footedstrikeatgoal in addedtime complete a4-2 win forthe NBA ular occasion comeout in support of justice Lakers fans all around the world. but his deflected shotwas well savedby Championship. Likesoccer empress Megan forblackpeople who have been shotor Mission accomplished France goalkeeper HugoLloris. Rapinoe during the FIFAWomen's World Los Angeles Lakers’LeBronJames celebrates the championship win. AP killedinAmerica. @KingJames!! Cup lastyear,James had brought his 'A' game He has providedmillions in support to -@MAGICJOHNSON on both fronts. the city of Akron in Ohio through funding Ricciardohappytobe Blazers. The commentswereinresponse halfofhis community wasachoice James tuition forcountless collegestudentsand Congrats to the leavingRenaultonahigh MOSTVOCAL PLAYER TOO to the shooting of Jacob BlakebyKenosha made, knowing anyslip-ups on the court openedhis ownschool called, ‘I Promise’ @Lakers and @Seattlestorm James at the startofhis career wasnot police officers in Wisconsin and have been could snap the attention he commandedof for‘at risk’ thirdtoeighthgrade students. on their championship wins! London: Daniel Ricciardo says he feels someone associated withbeingpolitical. And one of the severalsound bytesmade by millions, as NBA's biggeststarright now. James has nownot onlysurpassedwhat Proud of all the NBAand WNBA happierleavingasuccessfulRenaultthan yet, his growth as aplayerhas been less im- James in the NBAbubble, in favour of the Immediatelyafter thekilling of George anyone thought he wascapable of on abas- teams and players who've been astrugglingoneaftersecuringtheFrench pressive compared to his growth as an influ- BlackLives Matter movement. Floydwhichtriggered the BlackLives Matter ketball court, but has become asocial jus- using their platforms to take a manufacturer’s firstFormula One ential representative of his community – a “Because youdon’t know. Youhaveno movement to acrescendo, Jamescreated the tice icon the likes of whichmostofhis stand forracialjustice and podiumsince2010.TheAustralian,who callingthat has onlygottenstrongeroverthe idea howthat cop that dayleftthe house. ... “MoreThan AVote” group – aplatform that peers could neverfathom.Hehas advo- encouragecivic participation this is moving to McLaren at theend of the pastfew years as the countrygoesthrough Youdon’t knowifhewokeuponthe wrong lookstomobilize blackvoters and fight voter cated highervoting numbers and put his season. season, finishedthirdinSunday’s Eifel intenseracial turmoil. This COVID-19bub- side of the bed.You don’tknowifhehad an suppression. In the bubble, the group has moneyand his mouth forthe cause of cam- -@BARACK OBAMA GrandPrix at theNuerburgring. “Next ble and election campaign though –has seen argument at home with asignificant other,if been working towardsturningNBA arenas paigning to an endtopolice brutality,un- year’sanotherstory, Iammovingon,but the makings of James as aleading voice ad- one of his kids said something crazy to him intovoting booths and voter-related activi- likeany athlete in American history.And Congrats to my brother Ithink this reallydoes cap apretty cool vocating and creatingpathwaysfor change. and he leftthe house steaming. Or maybehe ties. The Georgia primaries wheremany as the euphoria of ahard-fought NBA @KingJames on winning his 4th storythatwe’vehadandsharedforthese “People gettired of hearing me sayit, justleftthe house saying todayisgoing to be Blackscouldn't makeittothe polling booths Championship victorydies down, his real- championship. Notbad fora twoyears,” he told Sky Sports. but we arescared as Blackpeople in the end forone of these blackpeople. That’s fearing fortheir safetyordue to crowding worldcontributionswill continue to shine. washedupold guy! AGENCIES America,” James said to reporters after whatitfeels like,” addedthe Ohio-native. constraintsatthe peak of the pandemic had It'saburden onlysomeone the likes of -@TOMBRADY- their Game 4win over the PortlandTrail Embodying and vocalising this fear on be- been abruising trial forthe November pres- James could carry andfulfill. ABDspecialknocks IPL transfer window: HowRahane Pant out for canmovetoCSK and Tahir to DC aweek, Smith outtheKnights hails return SHAMIK CHAKRABARTY South African rises above conditions and KOLKATA,OCTOBER 12 of Stokes opposition before RCBspinners sealthe deal IT’S ALMOSTthe halfway stageinthis IPL, and the tournament’s mid-season transfer windowisaround the corner.Unlikelast REUTERS/PTI season, the IPL Governing Councilhas per- OCTOBER13 SYNOPSIS mitted loan transfers of cappedplayers this AB de Villiers explodes. RCBare term. DELHI CAPITALSwicketkeeper Rishabh Pant upwardlymobile will miss aweek’s actioninthe Indian What is the IPL’s mid-season Premier League (IPL) aftersustaining aham- transfer window? string injury in Friday’s victoryoverthe Rajasthan Royals, his captain Shreyas Iyer SHAMIKCHAKRABARTY Franchises can loan out capped – both said. Pant wasseen limping towardsthe end KOLKATA,OCTOBER12 Indian and overseas – and uncappedplay- of thematch and sat out of Sunday’s loss to ers during this window. Theloan process – Mumbai Indians, with Australian AlexCarey FORAchange, RoyalChallengers Bangalore expression of interest, paperwork etc. – has replacing him behind the stumps. rolledoverKolkataKnight Riders – usually been applicable from October 7, but the “Ispoketothe doctor and he said he is go- their bogey team in the IPL. The twoRCB windowwill be openedexactlyatthe ing to be resting foraweek,”Iyersaid after spinners, YuzvendraChahal (1/12) and halfway stage, when all teams have played Sunday’s five-wicketloss in AbuDhabi. WashingtonSundar (2/20), strangulated AB de Villiers setupRCB’s win with sevenmatches each. The IPL had intro- “Hope he comes backstrongly afterthis their opponents in the middle overs afteran an unbeaten 73. BCCI/IPL ducedthe mid-seasontransfer windowlast break.” Pant’s absence disrupts the team bal- AB de Villiers evening showatSharjah. season and openedupafive-daywindow ance forDelhi, who aresecond behindfour- Chasing 195for victory, KKRlostby82runs. forloan transfers of uncappedplayers.This time winnersMumbai. POINTSTABLE year,evencappedplayers can be loaned With Carey the onlyother wicketkeeper AB de Villiers explodes out. in the squad, West Indian batsman Shimron Team Matches Won Lost NR Points Abraham Benjamin de Villiers made a Hetmyerislikelytosit out twomore mockery of aslowSharjahpitchand astrong MI 7520 10 Whichplayers areeligiblefor matches. IPL teams areallowedtofield a KolkataKnight Riders bowling attack.Atrack DC 7520 10 transfers? maximum of four overseas players in their bereft of shineispretty uncommon here. RCB752010 playing XI and Marcus Stoinis, Kagiso Rabada Even againstthe newball, RoyalChallengers KKR 7430 8 The IPL loan rules AjinkyaRahanehas featured in justone matchfor Delhi Capitals. BCCI and AnrichNortje look certaintoretain their Bangaloreopeners were walking down the SRH 7340 6 say: “Anyplayerwho places forDelhi. pitchfor better timing. On thatsurface, de RR 7340 6 has played(in XI or as England all-rounder Ben Stokes made his Villiers explodedtoremain unbeaten on 73 CSK 7250 4 concussion substi- belated appearance in this year’s tournament off33balls, hitting six sixes. He didn’t mind KXIP 7160 2 tute) less than two POSSIBLE TRANSFERS on SundayinRajasthan Royals’ five-wicket hitting through the line. RCBhad agoodstart, matches.” The lend- victoryoverSunrisers Hyderabad. but as the ball got older, their runrate ORANGECAP:KLRahul(KXIP),387runs ing franchise will get PLAYER: IMRAN TAHIR (CSK) PLAYER: DEEPAK HOODA(KXIP) Stokes endedhis international season af- dropped. In fact, in the middle overs,the PURPLECAP:KagisoRabada(DC),17 the mutuallyagreedamount between two terthe ManchestertestagainstPakistanin wickets WHOWOULDWANTHIM: WHOWOULDWANTHIM:SRHORRR game wassomewhat meandering along. But franchises, whichisnot subject to asalary DELHICAPITALS August and travelled to New Zealand to be in the final five,theyplundered 83 runs.De cap. Fiftyper cent of the loan feewill have REASON: It’s alittle surprising that the withhis father,who has brain cancer. Villiers accounted for65ofthem. to be paid “within 7days of registration” REASON: The leg-spinner had 26 wickets experiencedspin-bowling all-rounder The29-year-old bowled only one wick- Kamlesh Nagarkotiwas effectively serv- eschewedhis egoand didn’t mindplaying and the rest “within 7days of thefinal lastseason, but is yettoget agamethis hasn’t yetplayedagame this season. etless over,conceding sevenruns,and made ing an overdose of cutters. De Villiers took 18 second fiddle. During the association, the matchofthe season”. season. DC lostthe injuredAmit Mishra Both SRH and RR have been searching five in opening the batting but skipper Steve runs of his final over,asthe youngsterfin- RCBbatting royalty completed3,000IPL runs forthe season and might beinterested forthe required balance in their Smith washappywith his overall impact. ishedwith 0/36 offhis four overs. The over together.Earlier,a67-run opening stand be- Is this likefootball’sJanuary in alike-for-likereplacement. middle-order,and Hooda offers “With Stokesy back,itbrings anice bal- turnedthe game on itshead. Until then, RCB tween AaronFinch and Devdutt Padikkal laid transfer window? versatility. ance to us.Hebowledonlyone over tonight were going at under eight runs per over. the foundation fortheir team. PLAYER: AJINKYARAHANE (DC) but he justgot out of lockdown yesterday. It PatCummins next, and acouple of sixes Notreally. During football’s January PLAYER: CHRIS LYNN (MI) helps our balance forsure,” the Australian RCBupwardlymobile WHOWOULDWANTHIM:CSK and afour followed. De Villiers hit almosta transfer window, both permanent and loan WHOWOULDWANTHIM:KXIPORRR said. block-hole delivery over wide long-onfor a When Padikkal droppedRussell on one, transfers areallowed. The IPL’s mid-season REASON: Loan signings usuallyaren’t maximum. Thatone over ruinedCummins’ it felt likeadéjà vu moment. Lastyear, transfer windowrestrictsmovements to part of the CSK culture. But this year, REASON:Aset Mumbai Indians KKR hopeful of resolution to figures as well – 0/38 offfour. Russell’s13-ball48atChinnaswamyStadium loan signings only, through mutually as admittedbyMSDhoni, their playing XI is areason whythe opening Narine action KKR droppedSunil Narine, reported had causedheartbreak forKohli’steam. But agreedloan fees. batting has been struggling. Rahane batsman is sitting out. Very unlikely againstbyon-field umpires forasuspect ac- this is adifferent RCB, with aswagger and Forexample, if AjinkyaRahane of Delhi has morethan 3,800IPL runs to his movement, but teams likeKXIP and Sharjah: Two-timeIPL champions Kolkata tion in their previous game. Opener Tom collective effort. Their openers aretaking Capitals – who has playedonlyone match credit. CSK might justbeinterestedin RR, with their inconsistent batting Knight Riders on Monday hopedthatthere Banton made his IPL debut. In hindsight,KKR pressureoff Kohli and de Villiers. Their so far – is loaned out to ChennaiSuper aproventop-orderperformer. performances, might makeinquiries. would be an "appropriateresolution"tothe were aspinner short,asattestedbyVarun bowlers aredefending totals. On Monday,as Kings by mutualagreement, the playerbe- issue of their spinner Sunil Narine being re- Chakravarthy’s impressivebowling. But Russellwas getting intothe groove,Isuru comes apartofthe Chennai-basedfran- portedfor asuspect bowling action,express- AndreRussell wasfit and bowled beautifully Udana removedhim withafull and wide de- chise forthe rest of theseason, but Capitals ing surprise at the development. upfront. ButagainstDeVilliers, hislasttwo livery.KKR slumpedto85/6. Game over. remain his parent team. It meansthatit’s Yes, the IPL rules bar him from playing sign injuryreplacements? The franchise, however, did notsay overs accounted for34runs. BRIEF SCORES: RCB194/2 in 20 overs ahalf-a-season arrangement and the loa- againstthe lending franchise. It means that Notreally. Teams can replace an injured whether he will be leftout of the team. Thepartnership between De Villiers and (AB de Villiers 73*, AFinch47, VKohli33*)bt nee returns to his parent team next season. the loanee will have to sit out the return- player whoisruledout of the tournament Narine has been placedinthe warning list ViratKohli yielded100runs off7.4 overs. The KKR 112/9 in 20 overs (S Gill 34;CMorris legfixture againsthis parent team. by picking unsold players at base price.This and one morereporting of his action by the RCBskipper (33*) contributed 22 off14balls 2/17, WSundar 2/20) by 82 runsPlaying Will the loaneehaveany is, of course, subject to the IPLGoverning on-field umpires could lead to him being to the partnership. Agreat team player, Kohli tonight:SRH vs CSK, 7.30pm game restrictions? Is this the best opportunity to Council’s approval. barredfrombowling in the ongoingevent.

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