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JOURNALISM OF COURAGE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2020, PUNE, LATE CITY, 14 PAGES SINCE 1932 `5.00 WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM LJP to prop up its COURT ASKS IF WITNESSES HAVE SECURITY leaders, BJP rushes Hathras:SCcallsithorrible,UP to calm JDU anger saysstepintostopnarratives Nitish will remain CM, says BJP,asboth settocontestfrom115 seatseach CJI says courtwill Journalist, ensurethat probe SANTOSHSINGH BUSINESSASUSUAL PATNA,OCTOBER6 partissmooth three others BY UNNY ON Aday of heated political ac- detained tion in Bihar with three weeks ANANTHAKRISHNANG leftfor the firstphase of the as- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER6 semblypolls, the BJP scrambled on way to to reassureits senior partner CALLINGTHE Hathras incident JD(U) afterthe LJP,whichhad “horrible… extraordinaryand Hathras exited the alliance in the state, shocking”, the Supreme Court poachedatleasttwo BJP lead- Tuesdayasked the Uttar ers —and floated the possibil- Pradesh government if wit- ity of fielding them as candi- nesses in the case of the alleged SOMYALAKHANI, dates againstthe JD(U). rape and murder of a19-year- AVANEESHMISHRA With afurious Chief Minister old had been providedprotec- Security at the villageofHathras victim Tuesday. AbhinavSaha &AMILBHATNAGAR Nitish Kumar delaying his ap- tion and if the familyofthe vic- NEWDELHI,LUCKNOW& pearance at ajoint press confer- tim had alawyer. MATHURA,OCTOBER6 ence Monday, the BJP issueda RamManjhi-ledHAM will get The stategovernment,onits hurriedstatement reposing faith sevenseatsfromthe JD(U) quota, part, urgedthe Supreme Court Facing flak, CM cites CAA THE UTTAR Pradesh Police de- in him and declaring and Mukesh Sahni’s VIP to supervise the probeintothe tainedfour men —including a41- that he would continue six from the BJP. incident. crackdown, accuses Opp year-old Delhi-basedjournalist in the postifthe alliance In effect, the JD(U) The benchofChief Justice of working with Malayalam news returnedtopower, irre- and the BJP will contest India SABobde and Justices outlets —fromatoll plaza in spective of their seat from 115seatseach. ASBopanna and VRamasubra- of using Hathras to ‘divide’ MathuraonMondayafternoon. strength. With matters com- manian, hearing awrit petition Police claimedthe men arelinked The party also sent a DECISION ing to ahead mid- seeking aprobe by the CBI or a to the Popular Front of India (PFI) symbolic signal by seal- 2020 Monday, and the press court-appointed Special LIZMATHEW NCW SENDS NOTICES and itsstudents’ organisation ing aformula that gave BIHAR conference delayed, Investigation Team, said it &MAULSHREESETH TO AMIT MALVIYA, Campus Front of India (CFI), and one additional seat to the BJP’s Bihar president Dr RAFALE REHEARSAL wanted to hear from the par- NEWDELHI,LUCKNOW, OTHERS were on their waytoHathras. JD(U). According to the final SanjayJaiswal issuedastatement ties on the scope of the pro- OCTOBER6 The journalisthas been iden- arrangement, the JD(U) wasallot- reiterating the alliance’s faith in Rafale jets during arehearsal forthe 88th Air ForceDay on ceedings in the matter already UP TO SC: VICTIM’S 2 tified as Siddique Kappan, secre- ted122 seatsand the BJP 121. As Nitish Kumar’s leadership. October 8, at Hindon base in Ghaziabad Tuesday. Praveen Khanna before the Allahabad High FACINGquestions over his gov- STATEMENTS, ON tary of the Kerala Union of forthe other partners, the Jitam CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Courtand “howwecan make ernment’s handling of the RAPE, MOLESTATION Working Journalists (KUWJ) them morerelevant”. Hathras case and with some crit- PAGE 11 who writes forMalayalam news On October 1, the Allahabad ical voices within, Uttar Pradesh websites like azhimukham.com. SUSHANT RAJPUT CASE High Court, taking suo motu cog- Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath He is currentlyinpreventive cus- nizance of the case and the hur- struckbackTuesdayinvoking his spread the disease…who triedto tody of Mathurapolice. Apart CBI probe matches AIIMS find, riedcremation of the victim’s crackdown on the anti-CAA spread anarchyatdifferent levels from Kappan, CFI office bearers body,ordered senior officers of protests to underline his resolve in the state…notonlydid the gov- Atiq-ur-Rahman and Masood the stategovernment andpolice to counter what he calledan ernment unmask them but also Ahmedhavebeen detained no red flags in accounts audit to be present at the next hearing Opposition conspiracy. took steps to counter these ele- along with another person iden- on October 12. “Youmusthaveseen their ments,” said the Chief Minister. tifiedasAlam. The High Courtbenchof faces, those who protested He alleged therewas aplotto While Kappan hails from under scanner forabetment to Justices Rajan Royand Jaspreet againstthe CAA; those who, dur- malign his government’s image Kerala and has been living in DEEPTIMANTIWARY suicide. But it is true CBI hasn’t Singh said the officers mustbrief ing the corona pandemic, shel- by whipping up “animosity” in Delhi's Nizamuddin area for NEWDELHI,OCTOBER6 yetfound anymotivefor abet- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 teredTablighi Jamaat to tryand CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 ment. Therewas aforensic audit THE AIIMS reportdeclaring the done of Rajput’s account. There death of Bollywood star Sushant is nothing concreteinthe audit THE CITY Singh Rajput a “case of suicide” reporttosuggestthat Quad meet: Eye on China, matches the conclusion the Chakraborty siphonedoff funds Timingkey RHEA’S JUDICIAL CBI’s investigators reachedafter and this ledtothe actor’s suicide. India seeks ‘respect E ● forIndia ‘PM has taken EXPLAINED their reconstruction of the inci- CUSTODY EXTENDED Theexpenses incurredbyRajput dent. And aforensic audit of TILL OCT 20, PAGE 7 on her arecomparatively small good steps... Rajput’s bank accountshas not and can easilybeexplainedas for territorial integrity’ THE QUAD meeting sig- thrownupanything “suspi- fessional rivalryand nepotism in expenses on afriend. However, nals aclosing of ranks have ties with cious” to suggestthat his friend Bollywood; effect of drug abuse thereare manyangles to the sui- and sovereignty” and “peaceful by the US, India, Japan Rhea Chakraborty could have and Rajput’s mental health. cide and our investigation is still SHUBHAJITROY resolution of disputes”. and Australia against BJP, but it pushedRajput to suicide forfi- Of the over Rs 70 croreworth on,” said an official privy to probe NEWDELHI,OCTOBER6 US SecretaryofState Michael what theyperceive is ONEDEADAFTER nancial gain, agency sources of transactions through Rajput’s details. RPompeo wasthe onlyone to rising Chinese belliger- have confirmedtoThe Indian accountsinthe pastfiveyears, Rajput’s father KKSingh, in IN ARARE “in-person” meeting name China at the meeting. ence —and the value of HEAVILY-LOADED ignored allies’ Express. onlyabout Rs 55 lakh have been the FIR registeredbyBihar po- during the pandemic, the During his opening remarks,he acoordinated response. TRUCKRAMS So the CBI, sources said, is found to have been associated lice, had alleged that Rs 15 crore Foreign Ministers of the said that “as partners in this ForIndia, the timing of 14VEHICLES nowfocusing on the gamut of with Chakraborty.Mostofthese, had been siphonedoff from the Quadrilateral grouping —US, Quad...it is morecritical nowthan the in-person meeting is reasons that could have ledto sources said, were expenses on actor’s bank accountsand had India, Japan and Australia —met ever that we collaboratetopro- an important markerof KOREGAONBHIMA the actor taking his ownlife: any travel, spas and gifts. blamedChakraborty forit. in Tokyoamid the five-month tect our people and partners from supportamid the con- role playedbyChakraborty;pro- “Chakraborty continues to be CONTINUEDONPAGE2 border standoffbetween India the CCP’s (CommunistParty of tinuing border standoff PROBEPANELGETS and China, with External Affairs China) exploitation, corruption, with China in eastern ‘FINAL’EXTENSION Sukhbir MinisterSJaishankar seeking and coercion”. Ladakh. PAGE 6 Badal at the “respect forterritorial integrity CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Idea Will go after those who maligned Exchange on Tuesday Mumbai Police, says Deshmukh Central parts of Pune report fewer cases, admn to

NAVJEEVANGOPAL Trackingfakeaccountsthat defamed; have filed2FIRs: Commissioner focus on checking Covid-19 spread in peri-urban areas CHANDIGARH,OCTOBER6 Commissioner ParamBir Singh EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE said police have been tracking Commissioner Saurabh Rao. bilised. Therehas been adecline needsto bestrictmonitoringthat SHIROMANI AKALI Dal president MUMBAI,OCTOBER6 StateHome the “fake accounts” that have AJAYJADHAV Raoaddedthat the adminis- in the number of newpatientsin guidelines arebeing followedto and MP Sukhbir Singh Badal Minister been “defaming” the force, and PUNE,OCTOBER6 tration wasworriedabout the in- the lastfew days.The positivity avoid another surge," he added. Tuesdaysaid the BJP had been TWODAYSafter amedical board Anil have already registeredtwo FIRs. creasing number of cases in rural rate is23percent,muchlessthan Going by the PMC datainthe cold-shouldering allies since it at AIIMS confirmedthat actor Deshmukh “Our social media labs have THE PUNE administration on parts of the district, and control- lastmonth's 30 percent,"hesaid. lasttwo weeks,thespreadismax- wonabrutemajority in 2019,and Sushant Singh Rajput had diedby been tracking these fake ac- Tuesdaysaiditsmainconcernwas ling thespreadofthe viral infec- The divisional commissioner imum in the suburban area that that from India-China standoff, to suicide, MaharashtraHome countsthat have been defaming to control the spread of Covid-19 tion waspossible onlyifguide- said thereweregood signsofa comesundervariousward offices controversial legislation likethe MinisterAnil Deshmukh on allegations on social media that us since August,” Singh told The in the peri-urban area of the city, lines were strictlyfollowed. changing scenario with fewer of Dhankawadi-Sahakarnagar(in- Citizenship(Amendment)Actand Tuesdaysaid action would be the actor,who wasfound hang- Indian Express. as the peth, whichisthe central "Lessons from other areas cases of infection, but nowwas crease of 20.3 per cent), Sinhagad therecentfarmBills,theModigov- takenagainstsocial media ac- ing in his home on June 14, “Our cyber police have regis- partofthe city,isrelatively sani- wherethe spread has been notthe time to be overconfident, Road (increase of 20.2 per cent), ernment didn’t take them into countsthat had maligned had been murdered – and that teredtwo FIRs in the case. There tised. brought under control will be andmoredeterminedstepswere Warje-Karvenagar(increaseof 20 confidence. Mumbai Police online. the stateadministration, includ- arethousands of suchaccounts "The old partinthe centreof usedinthe newareathat is wit- being takentofurther checkthe percent),Aundh-Baner(increase However, he refusedtocom- “We have asked the Mumbai ing Cooper Hospital, wherethe including some that were being the city,whichisthe peth area,is nessing an increase in number of spread.Raosaidtherewasasurge of 19.9 per cent), Hadapsar- mentonwhethertheBJP’sactions Police to investigatethe accounts autopsy wasconducted, operatedfrom outside the coun- relatively sanitised.Ithasreached cases,"Raosaid.Hesaidthenum- in patientsafter Ganesh festival Mundhwaand Nagar were asign of its “arrogance”, that malignedthe imageof and Mumbai Police, were trytocarry out this smear cam- astable position... and the new berofpatientsgetting cured is and nowitseemedthe second Road-Vadgaonsheri (increase of saying, “Idonot want to getinto Mumbai Police on social media,” trying to falselyportray the death paign againstthe police,” the concern is nowperi-urban areas, morethan newlyinfected pa- surge wasover. "Bars and restau- 18.3 per cent and 18.2 per cent, this... We still have personal Deshmukh told reporters. as suicide. commissioner said. whichhaveemergedasCovid tientsinthedistrict."Thesituation rantshavereopened. Also, festi- respectively). CONTINUEDONPAGE2 The Ministerwas referring to Mumbai Police CONTINUEDONPAGE2 hotspots," said Pune Divisional inthePMCisbecomingmoresta- vals areround the corner.There CONTINUEDONPAGE2 London Marathon marks avirtualfirst —outside Mumbai apartment

PAGE1 running career.Hewas among drainage. “Iwas to startwith a1- the true victory, he says. Hesaraghatta. Jayaramalso weeks, next being “Chicago” in ANCHOR the 70 Indians, from Mumbai to km stretchinfront of my apart- Missing the atmospherics of arrangedforhydration, nutrition, twoweeks. And different run- Bengaluru, who strappedon ment complexand Ihad to im- the thousands who line up along pace setters and adedicatedpho- ners have reacted differentlyto their timer watches to run the provise. Rains and poor drainage London roads to cheer up the tographer.The event waslive- these offshoreruns. first-evervirtual London forcedme to go to-and-fro500m runners, Sareen washappyhis streamedonFacebook. Bengaluru’s topamateur run- SHIVANINAIK marathon. eachway,” he says. wiferose early to makeupfor “Ifinishedin3hours 48min- ner,AnubhavKarmakar,who MUMBAI,OCTOBER6 While Sareen hit the high Later,hewould have to tackle that crowd. “My wifeShwetain utes,whichwas alright forone- runs in the 2hours 30 min bracket road around Wadala, therewere anotherdetour. “It wasaconvex- previous years has actuallytaken month training cut shortbylock- usually, felt he justcouldn’t feel NOT QUITE the final turn at the those who were looping 800m shapedobstacle, whichI’ll call a the London tubetomeetmeat downs. But it wasabeautiful the competitive juices flowing at BuckinghamPalace before the laps around their residential reverse speed-breaker,” he says, different pointsinthe London personal race formewith col- the 30km mark,missing the buzz iconic finish at The Mall in complexestocompete in this laughing while describing the 2- race to cheer forme. This time, leagues, friends cheering forme of London. On the other hand, London, but the luminairelights pandemic time “offshorerun” — metrejumbo puddle that made she didn’t miss anypartofmy and my wifefollowing me in acar Nanjundappa M, arelative rookie, of the BPCL refinerydotting around 43,000runners from 109 him brieflyforgetthat this was race helping with hydration sup- lighting up the route. Theyeven ranunflusteredtoset anew per- Mumbai’s eastern freewaydid countries ranLondon “virtually”. “London”. port,” he says. arranged afinish tape foreachof sonal recordwith 2.37:10. blink at the crackofdawnat Mumbai’s extendedmon- “I’verun all the majors in the Himanshu Sareen running in Wadala, Mumbai, as partof In Bengaluru, Harish Vasishta us so that felt great,” says “Mostrunners, who travel Himanshu Sareen during his soon ensuredthat the “long-dis- past--Boston, NewYork, Berlin, the London Marathon on Sunday joinedfour others on aroutethat Vasishta, a44-year-old software around the worldfor races, had 42.195-km run this Sunday. tance” participantsgot afeel of London and Tokyo. And even wascrafted by the head of their professional with adoctorate in thought the pandemic would When the 36-year-old ranhis London, although the potholes at some exotic races likeAntarctica. running group Pacemakers and operations engineering. clear out by September-October second virtual marathon in three Wadala’s Bhakti Park were an un- But running Mumbai in off-sea- but satisfying. At 2.52 hours, this Keeping up self-motivation, the lead marathon tour operator, In fact, the topinternational and theywould be able to travel, weeks—after “Boston”— it wanted addition along with the son, at atime when we usually wasmysecond fastesttime,” he when the temptation to quit was Gauri Jayaram. It wasa10-km virtual marathons have arrived so this wasstill shocking. markedaunique milestone of his overnight rain and the notorious starttraining, wasuncomfortable says. strong due to the pandemic, was looparoundthe scenic lakeat bunchedup--fiveineight CONTINUEDONPAGE2

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Four detained agencies will be added,” he has gainedincreasingly wider ing in Maharashtra,” said. He said Ahmeddoes not acceptance.” Deshmukh said. years, Rahman is from have anycase againsthim in The Indian side, in itsread- “Iwant to knowifFadnavis Muzaffarnagar,Ahmedfrom the past. Hathras incident horrible: SC out about the meeting, said the (who is overseeing the BJP's Bahraich, and Alam from Speaking to The Indian Ministers “calledfor acoordi- campaign forthe Bihar Rampur. Express, Ahmed'selder brother, nated response to the chal- Assemblyelections) will be Police said the four men Mohsin, said theydidn't know it on the status of the investi- tershould be transferredto this”, he said, adding “thereare filedinthe same matter and lenges including financial campaigning forformer Bihar were on their waytoHathras, whyhehad been detained. "He gation in the case and explain Delhi and the familygranted narrativesand narratives, but said, “please understand that problems emanating from the DGP Gupteshwar Pandey – wherea19-year-old Dalit wasinBahraichfor the lastfew the sequence of eventsthat led witness protection. the sad truth is that ayoung girl thereisnoneedtoduplicate pandemic”. who took VRS and joinedCM woman wasassaulted and al- months, preparing forUGC- to the cremation and the fam- Intervening, Solicitor has losther life... letusnot sen- concerns in the courtoflaw”. Japan's Foreign Ministry Nitish Kumar-ledJD(U) – who legedly gangraped. “Theysaid NET,but leftaround 10 days ily’s complaint about the man- General Tushar Mehta, appear- sationalise”. The CJI said “please under- said the Ministers welcomed insulted Maharashtra?” theywanted to raise the voice backfor lackofadesired envi- ner in whichitwas done. ing forUP, said the witnesses Mehtasaid people and po- stand that we areinnoway “proactive effortsbyother In response, BJP leader Atul of the familyand provide them ronment... He did his Master's The petition in the were already under police pro- litical parties were providing condoning the incident. It is a countries including those in Bhatkhalkar tweetedavideo in 'justice’,” said asenior police in Mass Communication from Supreme Courtwas filedbyac- tection. Asked by the CJI to their ownnarrativesand urged horrible incident but the ques- Europe toward a “Free and whichhesaid, “The govern- officer in Mathura. Delhi,” said Mohsin. tivistSatyama Dubey and ad- place this on record, Mehta the courttomonitor the probe. tion is howmanysimilar argu- Open Indo-Pacific”. Australian ment should carry out an in- "During acheckatMaant Ahmedisthe youngestof vocates Vishal Thakreand said he would file an affidavit He said “supervision of this mentsshould we hear? ... Foreign MinisterPayne said "it quirysothat it is proved that toll plaza on Mondaymorning, three brothers; Mohsin runs a RudraPratapYadav. by Thursday. Courtisimportant forruling Courtneednot hear the same wasvital that states work to theyhaveleviedfakecharges we found the movement of a Jan Sewa Kendra, while the “Thereisnodoubt that this The CJI said “the incident is out” the different narratives. argument by different parties”. ease tensions and avoid exac- againstthe BJP and Fadnavis. SwiftDzirecar suspicious. We oldestbrother,Monis, worksin is shocking,” the CJI remarked extraordinaryand shocking”. To backhis argument, He clarifiedthat “this is nota erbating long-standing dis- Once it is establishedthe questionedthe four persons Delhi. Their father runs agen- when Dubey’s lawyer referred He said this waswhy the bench Mehtasaid avoice clip ap- comment on the incident”. putes, work to counter disin- chargesare fake,theyshould and theyweretaken intopre- eral storeinthe locality. to the incident and said it had washearing the intervenors peared to suggestthat are- The Allahabad High Court, formation, and refrain from apologise to the people of ventive arrest.... While no FIR "The illegal detention shockedthe petitioner. though it wasnot sureifthey porterwas instigating the fam- the CJI said, is aConstitutional malicious cyberspace activity”. Maharashtra.” has been filedagainstthem, shows that under the Yogi gov- Senior advocateIndira had anylocus in this criminal ilyofthe victim to put fortha courtalready seizedofthe In atweet on his meeting Asked whether the theysaid theyare related to PFI ernment, even intending to Jaising, appearing forlawyers case. Mehtatold the benchthat specific account. matter.Hesaid the Supreme with Jaishankar,Pompeo said: Mumbai Police would, based and CFI,” Gaurav Grover,SSP meetfamilyofvictims is con- who had expressedconcern the statewas notopposing the The benchtook exception Court “will ensurethe investi- “Together we areadvancing on Deshmukh's statements, Mathura, told The Indian sidered acrime.... The BJP gov- over the incident, said the mat- petition. “We arenot opposing to multiple applications being gation partissmooth”. U.S.-India relations, combat- registeranFIR againstmem- Express. ernment has triedtolink the ting COVID-19, and ensuring a bers of anypolitical party, MathuraPolice claimedto PFI to the protests that arehap- secureand prosperous Indo Commissioner Singh said: have seizedmaterial from lap- pening across the country... PFI Another party leader from working president Ashok manager;staff at bankswhere passedand the decision on Pacific.” “The investigation is at an ini- tops, phones as well as litera- will notbeintimidated by such Uttar Pradesh said: “The CM Kumar Choudharyofthe he held accounts; his psychia- Article 370was taken, we were tial stageand we do notknow tureonprotestswhichcould tactics,” said PFI's general sec- relies on bureaucratic advisors. JD(U). tristand some friends and ac- notaparty to it," Badal said. Marathon whose role will come to the have "impacted"law and or- retary Anis Ahmed. But what he glosses over are “Letmemakeitclear once quaintances. The agency also Asked if the SADcould re- While it gave purpose to fore now. However, whoeveris der. In aseparatecase, an FIR the political inputs. He had not and forall that Nitish Kumar is questionedstaff at aPavna align with the BJP in the future, some runners in aseason with responsible forthis campaign Speaking to The Indian wasregisteredinMathuraon takenany political feedback the NDA’s CM candidate,” said dam resortwhereRajput had Badal categoricallysaid "no". no runs and meant many will be chargedbyus.” Express, KNAshok,editor of MondayagainstCFI members over the (Hathras) develop- Sushil Kumar Modi. Asked if gone foraholiday. Speaking about the new things -- improved timings, Singh added: “From day the news portal under CrPC Section 151,ac- mentsuntil the drama of the Kumar would be CM even if The agency has also probed farm laws,Badal said, "They comebacks -- manyofthe sea- one we have been saying that azhimukham.com, said: cording to which “apolice offi- cremation.” the BJP gets moreseats, “He is the suicide of Rajput’s former maybegood forsome other sonedrunners spokeofmiss- apartfromthe five-six police- "Kappan has been writing for cer,knowing of adesign to At leastthree MPs and two our CM candidateinall cir- managerDisha Salian who al- states, Idon’t know. Theyare ing the real deal whichaffected men involvedinthe investiga- us since January. On Monday, commit anycognizable of- MLAs said that the Chief cumstances. It does notmatter legedly jumpedoff abuilding notgood forour state... And if timings,” says Jayaram.Backin tion, no one has even seen he texted me saying that he is fence, mayarrest, without or- Ministerwasn’t kept briefed whichparty gets what.” days before Rajput’s death. youlook at it, amajority of the Mumbai, Sareen, asenior VP at what we have investigated, going to Hathras forastory.I ders from amagistrateand on the “actual” ground situa- Asked whythe LJP contin- Salian’s death came under the laws aremade keeping in mind atrading &financial institu- and yettheyconsider them- don't knowwho the three peo- without awarrant, the person tion. ues to be apartofthe NDAat CBI scanner as Rajput had Uttar Pradesh, Bihar,from tion, had invested around Rs selvescompetent to makeal- ple with him are." so designing”. Said asenior BJP leader: the Centre, he said: “RamVilas Google-searched the incident whereamaximum chunk of 60,000 forthe latestrace legations againstus. It was Kappan and his wife, “No one seemedtohavetold Paswan is the Ministeratthe of her death before allegedly the MPs come... Has alaw ever watch, with an ancillary foot- onlythe Supreme Courtjudge Rehana, have three children. Facing flak the Chief Ministerthat police Centre, and he has been ail- killing himself. been made forNagaland or the pod as therewas a0.01pc – Justice Hrishikesh Roy, who Speaking to The Indian Express society. “The Opposition has pushing forthe cremation of a ing.” Sources said the agency has Northeast? Punjab has only13 chance the GPS watchlinked heardthe plea by Rhea from Mallappuram, Rehana no other issue to raise than in- Dalit girlatnight, all captured The tension between the found no concreteevidence of people (MPs)." to the London Marathon app Chakraborty to transfer the FIR said: "I lastspoketohim late dulgeinnegative publicity. on camera, sends averynega- JD(U) and the BJP had started anyconnection between the On aquestion on Anandpur could crash.While being an againsther registeredbyBihar Sundaynight. On Monday, I Theyare constantlytrying to tive signal…theyhad con- simmering Fridaywhen the twodeaths. Sahib resolution dating backto important pit stop on his fit- Police to Mumbai Police – who calledhim and leftWhatsApp createdivides...createhin- vincedthe CM that it was LJP declared that it had per- As farasRajput’s financial 1973,Badal, underlining that ness journeyfrom100 kg to sawour investigation report, messages. Around 8am drances (in development),” the neededtoavoid lawand order suadedthe BJP’s statevice dealings areconcerned, inves- federalism be strengthened running all majors, London re- and he wassatisfiedwith what Tuesday, astaffer at CM said. incident... it hurtus.” president RajendraSingh to tigations have found that ama- and states be givenmoreau- mains an important boxticked we had done. We do notneed azhimukham.com informed His remarks came hours af- The waythe police handled switchsides and stand as its jor partofhis expenses were tonomy, said, “That time eachyear.However, he says, anyone else's approval.” me he had been detained." terthe BJP,for the firsttime political leaders and asection candidatefromDinara. On on purchase of property,cars everyone thought we areanti- neverinhis wildestdreams The Mumbai Police had Kappan wasdetainedfrom from itsnational platform of the media also has come un- Monday, another BJP leader and bikes apartfromsalaries nationals. Todayevery stateis did he think he’d be running filedanaccidental death re- the toll plaza around 2pm, said since the Hathras incident, ac- der fire from some party lead- Barun Paswan switchedsides of staff, paymentstoPRagen- asking forthe same thing." pasthis ownhousing complex portafter Rajput's familydid journalistManikantan, former cusedthe Opposition of ers. Former Union Minister and is likelytocontestfor the cies and taxes. He had once On Punjab Chief Minister and jumping over puddles notinitiallyfile acomplaint. secretaryofthe KUWJ. cherry-picking cases for “vote UmaBharti, an OBC, and Union LJP from Kutumba. The JD(U) asked abank stafffor achange Amarinder Singh’s remarks while competing in an official Subsequently, the actor's fa- "Kappan has no affiliation with bank” reasons. MinisterSadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, feels the BJP is using the LJP “as in access to his bank accounts that Pakistanagency ISI may international marathon. ther approachedBihar Police, the PFI. Earlier,heusedtowrite Said BJP general secretary aDalit, have questionedthe itsdummy” in case of an anti- but the reason forthe same has take advantageofthe unrest whichregisteredanFIR against for Thejas,amouthpiece of the Dushyant Gautam, himself a government’s handling. incumbency vote. notbeen ascertainedyet. causedbythe farm laws,Badal Will go after actor Rhea Chakarborty and PFI whichshut in 2018 due to a Dalit leader: “Anycrime -- The timing couldn’t be Sources in the LJP camp Sources said the CBI is also said, "Yes we areaborder members of her family, among financial crisis. Then he started rape, murder -- is committed morecrucial, with less than said moreleaders from the BJP investigating if professional state... that does notmean the those who others. working fornewspaper againstadaughter,whether three weeksuntil the Bihar mayfollow, LJP principal gen- reasons – anymissedopportu- ISI can take advantageof The case waslater handed Thalsamayam, whichtoo shut Dalit or poor,isabhorrent irre- elections, said asenior leader. eral secretaryAbdul Khalique nities – could have triggered everything. People of Punjab maligned over to the CBI. The post down," said Manikantan. spective of whichgovernment Astate whereDalit/backward hinted at this: “Our workers the suicide. But the agency is want peace.” Mumbai Police, mortemexamination at The Delhi unit of the KUWJ is there. It is sad when people class supportbase is signifi- will remain the toppriority but yettoquestion anyproducer or Cooper Hospital in Mumbai has written to Prime Minister pickacrime looking at who is cant and whereananti-Dalit winnability is always the director in this connection. Quad meeting says Deshmukh ruledout murder.The report NarendraModi and Chief in powerand whichcommu- signal can have abig political prime factor.” “We arealso looking at “We have seen it in the washandedovertoamedical MinisterYogi Adityanath. "We nity the murderers or rapists cost. “That explains our deci- Sources in the JDU camp, drug consumption and the im- south, in the EastChina Sea, Deshmukh told apress boardatAIIMS by CBI. have filedahabeas corpus pe- belong to.” sion to seek aCBI probe…we meanwhile, also pointed to pact it mayormay nothave the Mekong, the Himalayas, conference that arecent study The CBI is investigating the tition in the Supreme Court These comments, in have even urgedthe Supreme claims by the LJP campthat had on the actor’s mental the Taiwan Straits,” he said. hadfound the hand of the BJP abetment to suicide case, againstthe illegal detention of Lucknowand NewDelhi, are Courttosupervise the probe, theywould use posters featur- health. Whether the consump- Afterthe three-hour meet- and some news channels in while the ED is investigating ajournalist... TheConstitution partofthe BJP’s campaign to thereisnothing to hide.” ing Prime MinisterModi as tion wasvoluntaryorpartofa ing, Jaishankar metPompeo “hyping conspiracy theories”. allegations of moneylaunder- protectsthe freedom of press,” underline that the same setof theyremain an NDApartner design as alleged by the actor’s separately, and the four mem- “Michigan University had ing againstRhea. The NCBhas the Delhi unit of the Union protesters, from political par- BJP calms at the Centre. Sushil Kumar family,”the official said. bers —including Australia's reviewedthe Sushant Singh arrested Rhea in connection said. ties and civil society,flit from Modi said: “We will request Marise Payne and Japan's Rajput case and found the BJP's with anarcotics case. The letter to the UP CM, issue to issue -- CAAorfarm Nitish the Election Commission to Sukhbir Badal Toshimitsu Motegi —had a hand in hyping conspiracy the- signedbyKUWJ president Miji Bills or Hathras —and their ob- Sources said that it was ensurethat onlythe NDAcan relationships with them... The meeting with newlyappointed ories around the Sushant Singh Central parts of Jose, said, the Hathras police jective is to attackagovern- onlyafter this move that use posters of the PM and CM.” PM took certain very good de- Japanese Prime Minister case,” he said. has notprovidedany informa- ment theycannotcounter po- Kumar agreedtoattend the cisions also.”Warning the BJP Yoshihide Suga. “Some news channels too, Pune report tion regarding Kappan. “We litically. press conference. Sushant case of afatesimilar to the Congress The fact that all four have been namedinthis study. urge youtoget him released.” But what has slightlycom- At the conference, both Sources said the AIIMS re- if it continues with itsattitude Ministers flewtoTokyoissig- Thereisanational party that fewer cases The Press Club of India too plicated this narrative in sides declared their support portconfirms itsown initial towardsregional allies, Badal nificant amid rising tensions has been responsible forthis The central partofthe city releasedastatement saying Hathras is the fact that the foreachother."Some people findings. Afterittook over the said at an Idea Exchangeses- with China. “We remain com- campaign to malign had the leastincrease in new Kappan should be released. “It woman is aDalit and the BJP, derive pleasurefromcriticis- case in Augustonorders of the sion with The Indian Express, mitted to upholding the rules- Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's patients. The Dhole-Patil Road is our apprehension that the of late, has been underlining ing me,” said Nitish, in an indi- Supreme Court, the agency "The success of the countryhas basedinternational order,un- Maharashtra. Therewas asu- ward recordedanincrease of Yogi Adityanath government, the tension between Dalitsand rect reference to LJP president had takenits forensic team to been different voices of differ- derpinnedbythe rule of law, pari giventodamagethe pres- 9.4 per cent, 9.6 per cent in in line with itsclearly stated Muslims – severalarrests have Chirag Paswan. Responding to Rajput’s Mumbai residence. ent regions being heard, and it transparency,freedom of nav- tigeofMaharashtra,” Bhawani Peth, 11.5 per cent in conspiracy theoryasexplana- been made in aseries of aspecific question on Chirag, The team had takenstock of is very important to have re- igation in the international Deshmukh said. Kasba-Vishrambaugwada, and tion forthe tragic Hathras in- clashes -- and is awareofthe Kumar said: "I have along as- the circumstances in whichhis gional forces as partofthe seas, respect forterritorial in- The study that Deshmukh 12.9 per cent in Shivajinagar- cident, will employdiversion- costofseen as insensitive to sociation with(Chirag’sfather body wasfound hanging and whole system. The minuteyou tegrity and sovereignty and wasreferring to,'Anatomyofa Ghole Road. arytactics to take the focus Dalits. Moreso, when Bhim and Union Minister) RamVilas had re-created the scene with startdominatingeverything, peaceful resolution of dis- Rumour:Social Media and the The PMC's revisedlistof away from the manysuspi- Army’s Chandrashekhar Azad Paswan. He is unwell, we wish alife-size dummy. yousee things collapsing... We putes,” Jaishankar said. Suicide of Sushant Singh containment zones on cious, possiblycriminal actions very visiblyjoinedthe protests. him aspeedy recovery.But one “The crime scene recre- tried(till the end) to save this While the Ministryof Rajput', has been postedona Mondayhad maximum from of itspolice and administra- This narrative,tolink the would recall that the JD(U) and ation fitwith the idea of asui- alliance." External Affairs calledita“sec- preprint server,and is notpeer the suburban area that has tion,” it said. Hathras protests to the larger the BJP had helpedhim be- cide.There wasnoevidence of The SADquit the NDA ond Australia-India-Japan- reviewed. It has been done by witnessedmaximum increase In Bahraich, Additional SP K pushbackbyOpposition par- come aRajya Sabha MP.Even forced entry, no signs of strug- while Harsimrat Kaur Badal re- United States Consultations on five individuals who have de- in number of patients. Thereis GyananjaySingh said: “The ties and activists,came up for during the 2019 Lok Sabha gle(during ascuffle) on the signedasUnion ministerof regional and global issues of clared their affiliation with no strict implementation of youth identifiedasMasood discussion at the firstmeeting polls, we campaignedtogether body and initial forensic re- statefollowing the passing of common interest”, Jaishankar “MicrosoftResearch,India”. norms in containment zones, Ahmed(23) is aresident of of the newlyappointed na- in constituencies and the LJP ports did notsuggestpoison- the Bills, whichhas ledto did nothesitatetodescribeit Therewas no immediate exceptfor partial barricading Jarwallocality.Organisations tional office bearers takenby wonall itssix seats.” ing or sedation. The circum- protests by farmers across as aQuad meeting. “Delighted clarity on the association of the of roads to indicatethat it is a suchasthe PFI, CFI and SDPI party president JPNadda Speaking forthe BJP,Jaiswal stances pointed towardsa Punjab. to join my QUAD colleagues at University of Michigan in the containment zone. Thereis, work on similar ideology of in- Tuesday. reiterated the party’s faith in suicide. But to be doublysure, Badal said the NDAhadn’t our Ministerial consultations United States with the study. however, no checkonmove- citing religious tension, con- This is also meant to Kumar. “Those notaccepting the matter wasreferredtoa held ameeting in six years, in Tokyo,” he tweeted, al- “It is disheartening to see ment in and out of the area. spiretoriots,disruptpeace. counter disquietwithin the his leadership cannotbepart panel of doctors from AIIMS, since it firstcame to powerin though the government has that even someone who led According to guidelines, This person has been detained party againstthe waythe ad- of the NDA,”hesaid. whichhas nowcome to the 2014."Idon’t remember them been hesitant to use the term the statefor five years like thereshould be restrictions on in Mathura; in the pasttoo, we ministration handledthe The press conference was same conclusion,” said the of- calling the Akali Dal leader- in official statements. DevendraFadnavis too non-essential commercial ac- have made severalarrests from Hathras incidents. “Some MPs, attendedbysenior leaders ficial. ship, the ShivSena leadership With an eyeonamoreag- doubted the very Mumbai tivitiesincontainmentzones Jarwallocality of people con- MLAs and even Ministers don’t from both sides: Deputy Chief The CBI, sources said, ques- (whichpartedways earlier). gressive and assertive China, Police that wasunder him for with strict instructions to fol- nected to PFI and SDPI fortry- agree with howthings un- MinisterSushil Kumar Modi, tionedovertwo dozen people (Nodiscussions have been Jaishankar stressedonthe all these years. Nowthat lowdistancing and stay home ing to initiateriots.Wewill folded. Manyofthem feel the Bihar in-charge Bhupendra in the case. These include held on) Howtotakethe al- needtohave “coordinated re- everything is clear theyshould unless therewas amedical also establish linksofthe per- Chief Ministerisill-advisedby Yadavand DevendraFadnavis Chakraborty and her family liance forward, what issues we sponses”. apologise to the people of emergency. sons arrested.Ifwefind any officials around him,” said a forthe BJP,and statepresident members; Rajput’s family have,how do we solve them... “It is amatter of satisfaction Maharashtra. If not, theywill FULL REPORTS ON link of foreign funding, the senior party MP. Bashistha Narayan Singh and members; his staffand house Even when the CAAwas that the Indo-Pacific concept neverbeforgivenbythose liv- www.indianexpress.com

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Sugar mills clear HEALTH DEPT COVID DATA Pune division over 99% dues Minister reviews preparations reports decline to farmers, but Nearly13khealth in positivity rate: delayed start to for online-offline exam at SPPU Divisional season likely workersinfected, Commissioner

PARTHASARATHIBISWAS PUNE,OCTOBER6 144deadinstate EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE PUNE,OCTOBER6 UNLIKE UTTARPradesh, sugar mills in the stateare starting off IMA claims no PUNE DIVISIONAL 2020-21sugarcane crushing sea- Commissioner Saurabh Raoon son with aclean slateafter clear- relief forpvt ‘Mask most Tuesdaysaid theyhad ob- ing 99.51per cent farmer dues. important’ served adeclining trend in As on September 30, mills that doctors dying Covid positivity rate in the last were to payRs14,055.27crore to on Covid duty Pune: Dr ISGilada, secre- fortnight but cautionedagainst farmers in lieu of cane purchased tary general, People's anycomplacency. have effected payment of Rs Health Organisation In Pune division, too, dis- 14,099.42 crorewith some mills ANURADHA (PHO), said amask is the trictsthat have 23 per cent pos- paying morethan government MASCARENHAS mostimportant tool till itivity rate arePune, Sangli and stipulated FRP.InUttar Pradesh, PUNE,OCTOBER6 thereisacureorvaccine Kolhapur,while positivity rate however, mills have paid farmers forCovid-19, in astate- is 25 per cent in Satara. onlyRs27,451.05 crorewith dues AS MANY as 12,729 healthcare ment. "India passedits In Pune division, 3.8 lakh to the tune of Rs 8,447.10crore. workers, including 3,756 doc- peak by mid-September, persons have recoveredfrom For2019-20 season, 145mills tors, have been infected with and the worstsofar is Covid-19and thereare 61,868 in the statehad crushed 550.29 coronavirus across over," Dr Gilada said. He, active cases across Pune, Satara, lakh tonne (lt) of cane. At the start Maharashtrainthe lastsix however, saidtherecanbe Sangli, Solapur and Kolhapur of the next season, mills have months. StateHealthdepart- asubsequent surge in the districts. cleared almostall farmer dues. ment datashows that atotal of country, as seen in several "Wehavesufficient hospi- Some mills have paid in excess of 144healthcareworkers have European countries. "As talbedsand, in Pune too, major their FRP to the tune of Rs 113.66 succumbed to the viral India is avastcountry, hospitals have startedreport- crore, as per the sugar commis- infection. some states mayhavedif- ing adip in newinfections," Rao sioner’s office. Of the 145mills The statehas reportedmore ferent peaks. Still, we can- said, adding, "this has come as that have takenseason, 134have than 14.5 lakh cases and over notlet down our guard, arelief, but we cannotbe cleared 100per cent dues with 38,347 deaths. An analysis of and(must)continuewear- complacent." just11reporting cumulative dues Covid-19deaths across the ing masks," he said. of Rs 69.51crore. stateshows that 41 doctors, 11 Sugar Commissioner nurses, and 92 other healthcare Higher Education MinisterUdaySamant interactswith studentsand management at SPPU on Tuesday. Ashish Kale Shekhar Gaikwad told The Indian workers have died. Of the surance scheme of Rs 50 lakh Express thatmills arebeing is- 12,729 healthcareworkers af- fordoctors providing medical suedcrushing licence onlyif fected,3,145 arenurses, Dr services during the pandemic. negative,was on avisit to the uni- the offline examination. Since theyhavecleared previous sea- Pradeep Awate, statesurveil- "The Maharashtragovernment ALIFIYAKHAN versity to reviewSPPU's prepara- currently, the stateisunder the Nodistancing son’s dues. “To date, we have re- lance officer,told TheIndian had initiallyincludedonlydoc- PUNE,OCTOBER6 tions to conduct the final-year on- DisasterManagement Act, an in- ceived160 applications and on- Express.Asmanyas5,828 other tors under stategovernment line-offline exam. dependent cell is being setupto normsfollowed line crushing licence has been healthcareworkers have been service. However, at least57 EVERYSTATE university is Afterthe reviewmeeting, he coordinatebetween the district granted to 46 mills,” he said. infected. private doctors have suc- equippedtoconduct final-year addressedapress conference administrations of Ahmednagar, As acrowd of students, Balasaheb Patil, ministerofco- Dr Avinash Bhondwe, pres- cumbed (tothe virus)," Dr degree examinations in the next wherestate Director of Higher Pune and Nashik under the uni- staffers and members of col- operation, had earlier declared ident, IMA's Maharashtraunit, Bhondwesaid, and addedthat couple of weeks, assured state Education Dhanraj Mane, SPPU versity,"hesaid. legemanagement crowded that the crushing season will said across their branches, applications made by the rela- Higher and Technical Education Registrar Prafulla Pawarand The minister, who also re- the hall at SPPU to meetstate startonOctober 15 but most morethan 45,000 doctors - tivesofthese doctors arebeing MinisterUdaySamant, who vis- Mahesh Kakade, director of ex- viewedonline classes for Higher and Technical mills areexpecting adelayed government and resident med- rejected by the Health ited the Savitribai Phule Pune aminations and evaluation, SPPU, newly-inducted students, said Education MinisterUday start. The sugar commissioner’s ical —havebeen working to Department. University (SPPU) on Tuesday. were present. since colleges across the state Samant over various issues, office says that at least25-30 treat Covid-19patients. As per a "In the lastfour weeks, de- He also said that if astudent is "All stateuniversities have can't be openeduntil the pan- social distancing norms were mills areexpected to startonthe meeting held on August11, spiterepeated reminders, no unable to take the exam, or fails completedpreparations forthe demic situation stabilises, stu- throwntothe wind. It has scheduleddatewith mostmills stateHealth MinisterRajesh response has been received in it, theywill be givenanother examinations but afew arefacing dentsand universities should barelybeen eight days since starting towardsOctober end. Tope had agreedthat private from the stategovernment," he chance soon. technical difficulties... we will en- be prepared foronline classes Samant had tested positive Maharashtraisexpected to doctors will be givenaninsur- said. He urgedChief Minister Samant, who had tweetedon surenostudent is leftout. Even at this year.Further examinations forthe infection and only crush 900ltofcane this season ance of Rs 50 lakh. UddhavThackeray and state September 29 about testing pos- Pune University,2lakh students and assessmentsfor this year twodays since he tweeted and produce over 100ltof The central government had Health MinisterRajesh Tope to itive forCovid-19, and tweeted will take the online examination would be plannedaccordingly, about his negative report. sugar. announcedapost-mortemin- look intothe matter. again on October 4that he tested and 50,000 studentswill take he said. ‘Problem’ tiger claims 8th victim in Chandrapur, forest dept faces challenge similar to Avni case causedbyany tiger in The task,however, is proving possible, it should immediately VIVEKDESHPANDE Maharashtra. The previous to be difficult forthe tracking be put down in the largerinter- NAGPUR,OCTOBER6 recordwas of five deaths caused teams. The tiger kills the bait but estoftiger conservation. The be- by T1 (Avni) from onlyduring the night when tran- haviour of one rogue tiger is THE "PROBLEM" tiger of Rajura Pandharkawada in Yavatmal dis- quilisation is notallowed. bringing disreputetoall wild in Chandrapur district claimedits trict. The tigress with twocubs Mundhe said,"Twodaysago, tigers. Even if caughtalive,it eighth victim on Monday, and wascontroversiallyshotdead by we came close to catching it. Our would servenopurpose toward has raiseddoubtswhether the sharpshooterAsghar Ali from menwerewaiting in acagenear conservation." forest department would beable Hyderabad on November 2, 2018, abait. He came and killedthe bait Desai added, "The call to to catchit. Officials said the tiger, afterthree months of an inten- and even as we firedadart, it ran eliminateAvni wasdifficult as namedRT1,had killedasenior sive pursuit. away within seconds." she had twocubs. That's notthe citizen from Khambada villagein It lookslikeRT1's case is also Twoleading wildlifeactivists factor in this case." Rajuratehsil. proving to be achallengefor the feel the option of elimination Kishor Rithe, member of state The deceasedwas identified forest department as it has been could be exercisedifcaptureis WildlifeBoard, said, "Wemust as MarotiPendam. "Pendam had unable to tranquilise the tiger de- notpossible. Nitin Desai, central tryand safelycapturethe animal. gone to the forest,when the tiger spiteanine-month pursuit. Four India director,WildlifeProtection If forest officers feel it is difficult pouncedupon him," said Deputy teams have been trying to corner Society of India, said, "This tiger to captureitdue to itsunique be- Conservator of Forest Arvind the six-year-old tiger,whichis has attacked11people, killing haviour or field situation, they Mundhe, adding, "wefound pug wandering over avastarea eight of them. It appears that it should plan forelimination. marks suggesting it could be the spread over three forest ranges of has notonlylostits fear of hu- However, it should be strictly same tiger.Wehavetaken swabs Virur,Rajuraand Kothari. mans but is attacking and eating done by expertforestofficers and and sent them forforensics.” Principal Chief Conservator of victims. If tranquilising it is im- notbytrigger-happyhunters." Mundhe also said the tiger Forest (PCCF,Wildlife) Nitin had largely devoured Pendam's Kakodkar,lastweek,renewedits body during the intervening captureorder forthe fourth time night of Mondayand Tuesday. since January. Kakodkar said, This tiger has attackedeleven "Wewill have to examine all people so far, leading to eight cases carefullybeforethinking deaths and three injuries. As re- of anysuchterminal remedy.We portedearlier,this is the highest will trytoadoptsome other number of human casualties strategy to catchit."

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POULTRY on 07.10.2020 in Pune I, SS Phansalkar/ ¹FF¶FF¶F°F ÀFd½FÀ°FSX ¸FFdWX°Fe ´FbdÀ°FIYF, ¦FF¼¹FFa¨FF °F´F¾FeÕX, AMXe ½F ¾F°FeÊ, without tray is Rs.577 - Sharmila Phansalkar, (FiveHundred and Seventy spouse of Wg Cdr SB RYFG¸ÀFÊ B°¹FFQe BÊ-d³Fd½FQZ¨Fe ¸FFdWX°Fe https://mahatenders.gov.in Seven Rupees only) Phansalkar, Retired ½F ÀFd½FÀ°FSX BÊ-d³Fd½FQF ÀFc¨F³FF www.msamb.com ¹FF Phone:NECC 24270724, (Personal No 7344) ÀFaIZY°FÀ±FTF½FSX CX´FÕX¶²F AFWZX. 26336377, Dealer: resident of A4-404 -IYF¹FÊIYFSXe ÀFa¨FFÕXIY 24332689, 24455130, Florida Estate, Keshav Nagar, Mundhwa,Pune 24265787. 90272256-1 have changed my Name The Brihan Maharashtra Sugar Syndicate Limited Pimpri-Chinchwad from SS Phansalkar/ Regd.Office :‘Chandrashekhar’, 242 Shaniwar Peth, Sharmila Phansalkar to Near Omkareshwar Mandir,Pune-411030 Tel.: 020-24454491, Broilers Traders’ Association “Rate On Sharmila Surendra Email: [email protected] CIN: U15424PN1934PLC002169 Phansalkar vide ForLiveBig NOTICE 07.10.2020 Affidavit dated Birds Rs-130 LiveSmall 25/09/2020 at Haveli, Notice is herebygiven that: Birds Rs-137 Al-Taqdeer 1. The 86th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the members of The Brihan Pune. 0050169981-1 Broiler (Siraj Shaikh) Maharashtra Sugar Syndicate Limited (the 'Company') will be held on Old name- Dinesh Verma 9822931357, 9767869302. Thursday, October 29, 2020 at 11:30 a.m. through Video Conferencing / New name- Dinesh Other Audio Visual Means (VC) ONLY.Incompliance with General Circular 0090273225-1 Kumar Verma Aadhaar numbers 20/2020, 14/2020, 17/2020 issued by the MinistryofCorporate Vencobb today’s ex- no. 539541606890 Affairs (MCA), companies are allowedtohold AGMs through VC,without the shop delivery rate at 0090276387-1 physical presence of members at acommon venue. Hence,the AGMofthe Pune Rs.104 per kg. Companyisbeing held through VC to transact the business as set forthinthe Contact (9522) My old Name Sonali Datta Notice of the AGMdated October 03, 2020.The requirement of sending 22872417, Pune (9520) Mahanovarchanged to physical copies of the Notice of the AGMhas been dispensed with vide MCA new name as Mudrika 24269414. 0090272255-1 I vidyasagar yadav Ihave Changed my old Circulars. Datta MahanovarVide Name Rupal Kumari Sheetal Agro Traders serving in indian Navy as 2. In compliance with the Circulars,electronic copies of the Notice of the AGM Adhaar CardNo Jindal to New Name as Today’sEx-Shop Ex MCMECH l(Hon. Lt.) and Annual Report2019-20 have been sent to all the members whose email delivery for livesmall 438017598575 Rupal Agrawal. Affidavit IDs are registered with the Company/DepositoryParticipant(s).The dispatch Service number 173892k birds sizebetween1.3 to Dated.05/10/2020 No. 4145/2020 Dt . of Notice of the AGMthrough emails has been completed on October 06, in the INS Shivaji 1.5 rate at PuneRs. 137/- 0090276445-1 5/10/2020. 0090276385-1 2020. Lonavala, Pune- 410402 per Kg.7776024132, I, Rohini spouse of Army declares that, my name 3. Members holding shares either in physical form or dematerialized form,ason IJC–771272W Sub Sayyad 7588532184. 90274713-1 no. 14424480-XRank HAV in my service recordis the cut-off date i.e.October 19, 2020, maycast their votes electronically on Rajjak Jamal At/Post– Pune Broilers Traders’ (OPR) Bhosale Arjun wrongly recorded as the business as set forthinthe Notice of the AGMthrough the electronic Chachegaon, TalKarad, Association Rate On Dattatray Residing of VidyaSagar corrected to voting system of CDSL ('remote e-voting'). Members are herebyinformed that: Satara– 415122,declare 07.10.2020 ForLiveBig Village Kolgaon, Tal: Vidyasagar yadavvide i. The business as set forthinthe Notice of the AGMmay be transacted that my Son’s Name is Birds Rs-129 Live Shrigonda, Dist : Affidavit number. through remote e-voting or e-voting system at the AGM; wrongly Mentionedas Tandoori Birds Rs-136 Ahmednagar 470/2020 dated- ii. The remote e-voting shall commence from 7:00 a.m. on Saturday, October Arman R. Sayyad, 24, 2020 and ends on Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. Momin Poultry (Asif 05/10/2020. (Maharashtra)have whereas her Correct iii. The cut-off date fordetermining the eligibility to vote by remote e-voting or Momin) 26336349. 0090276412-1 WATERPROOFING changed my name from Name isArman Rajjak by e-voting system at the AGMshall be October 19, 2020; 0090273461-3 Rohini Ramdas I have changed my old Sayyad. Afft. No iv. Remote e-voting module will be disabled after 5:00 p.m. on October 28, 2020; Without Breaking Toilet, Sonawane to Rohini New Bhairavnath name Ramesh Sonraj 105/2020, Dated: 3rdOct v. Aperson who becomes the member of the Companyafter dispatch of the Trading Lonikalbhor Arjun Bhosale vide Bathroom, 5years Bhurat To 2020. 0090276388-3 Notice of the meeting and is holding shares as on the cut-off date may Today’s Ex shop affidavit dated 18August Gurantee, Terrace 10yrs RameshchandraSonraj obtain the user id and password by writing to the company's email ID at Delevari for live Gurantee,All Leakage 2020 name and place of [email protected] or contact the registered office of the Company. Bhurat Aadhaar CardNo. I, 13890767M, Naik Nagoji Meduim SizeRate-1.5 To Work, Free Visit court- (Taluka- vi. Members maynote that: a) The remote e-voting module shall be disabled by 405703524497 Bhau Kasalkar retired 1.8 Rate Pune-115/-Per kg Authourised Applicator Shrigonda Dist- CDSL beyond 5:00 p.m. on October 28, 2020 and once the votes on a 9822808181/7020616869 0090276411-1 from Army. Hereby Dr.Fixit7666729911/9225 Ahmednagar change my wife name resolution is cast by the member,the member shall not be allowedto 0090275215-1 Maharashtra) I have changed my name change it subsequently; b) The facility forvoting will also be made available 534110. 0090271273-1 from kumari vimla to Madina Poultry Traders, 0090276421-1 from SHAURUB SINGH to during the AGM, and those members present in the AGMthrough VC facility, Vimal Nagoji Kasalkar Pune.Paper rate on SAURABH SINGH due to who have not cast their vote on the resolutions through remote e-voting and I, Jaishri SanjaySargar, (DOB-25/04/1969) 07.10.2020 for LiveBig SERVICES mismatch in service are otherwise not barred from doing so,shall be eligible to vote through the spouse of ArmyNo. Affidavit dt-01/10/2020. Birds Rs. 129/- Kg .Shop recordofmyfather .That e-voting system at the AGM. c) The members who have cast their votes by Fruits, Vegetables, Eggs, 1588241Y ,Rank-CHM, The information above is DeliveryContact my date of birth is nine remote e-voting prior to the AGMmay also attend the AGMbut shall not be Milk, Grains, Pure Ghee Name- SanjaySambhaji correct. 0090276419-1 9763333335. 90273396-1 august twothousand entitled to cast their votes again; and d) Only persons whose name is Vegetarian home-made Sargar residing At Post JC – 771272W Sub Sayyad Archana Poultry farm. two.That,I am producing recorded in the register of members as on the cut-off date shall be entitled meal. Saffolacontaining Kargani, Teh. Atpadi, Rajjak Jamal At /Post– Available wholesale live this Affidavit for the to avail the facil ity of remote e-voting or e-voting at the AGM. oil various Non- Dist. Sangli -415306, Chachegaon, TalKarad, broilers 1.3-1.5kg; 2kg& purpose evidence for my vii. The manner of voting remotely formembers holding shares in Vegetarian Konkan Maharashtradeclares Satara– 415122,declare above.Eggs at name . 0070716196-1 dematerialized mode,physical mode and formembers who have not cuisine Fishfood with my old name Jaishri that my Wife’s Name is registered their email addresses is provided in the Notice of the AGM. attractiverates. Shop unappeasable plates. SanjaySargar changed I have changed my name wrongly Mentionedas viii. Members who have not registered their email addresses are requested to delivery available. Place order daily.Home to Jayshri SanjaySargar from Ramzan Ali Asma R.Sayyad, register their email addresses,and members holding shares in physical 9767101013/ vide Affidavit No. Shaukat Ali to Ramjan whereas her Correct mode are requested to update their email addresses with Company's Email 9552525315/ 9552525316 /Office Contact : 1823/2020. 0090276417-3 Shaukat Ali Sayyed by Name isAsma Rajjak ID i.e. [email protected] to receivecopies of the Annual Report2019- 0090272941-1 8625949963 / 8626099963. Notary no. 449/2020 Sayyad. Afft.No 20 along with the Notice of the AGM, instructions forremote e-voting and A Pune Broiler Traders I, JC-353664N, Rank-SUB 0070715544-2 0090276416-1 103/2020, Dated: 3rdOct instructions forparticipation in the AGMthrough VC and further Association Rate on (DSV), Name -Mude 2020 0090276388-1 communications. 07.10.2020 for Livebig Padmakar Rajeramji I No. 13968569W Rank Ex- ix. In case youhaveany queries or issues regarding e-voting, youmay refer birds Rs -132 LiveSmall CHANGE OF BIRTH DATE declares following name HavName -Patil Maruti IJC- 771272W Sub Sayyad the frequently asked questions ("FAQS")and e-voting manual available at Birds Rs- 134 contact - corrections in my Parasu herebypublish I, Vijaya YadavMorey Rajjak Jamal At/Post- www.evotingindia.com under help section or write an email to 869584268. service record. Son- for the information of all wife of ArmyNo. Chachegaon, TalKarad, [email protected] 0090265628-21 Shubham Mude that the name of my son x. The members who require technical assistance to access and participate in 4564725-H Rank Ex-HAV Satara- 415122,declare A Pimpri Chinchwad corrected to Shubham Akash Maruti Patil is that my Son’s Name is the meeting through VC or anyquerymay contact the helpline number Name Yadav Broiler Traders Padmakar Mude vide wrongly mentioned in wrongly Mentionedas 020-24454491 RamchandraMorey By order of the Board Association Rate on Affidavit No.1517/2020. my Armyrecordbut his Aman R. Sayyad, declares my wrong Date 07.10.2020 for Livebig Son- Shivam corrected ture&correct name is whereas her Correct AshutoshAgashe birds Rs -134 LiveSmall of Birth 25/12/1983 to Shivam Padmakar Patil Akash Maruti (DOB- Name isAman Rajjak Place :Pune Managing Director Birds Rs- 136 contact- corrected to 25/10/1983 Mude vide Affidavit 06/04/2001) as per Sayyad. Afft.No Date :07-10-2020 (DIN :00017505) 7720828080. vide Affidavit No. 423. No.1518/2020. affidavit dt. 05Oct.2020 104/2020, Dated: 3rdOct 0090271130-18 0090276417-2 0090276417-1 0090276414-1 2020. 0090276388-2

Pune WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM THEINDIANEXPRESS,WEDNESDAY,OCTOBER7,2020 MAHARASHTRA 5 Fortnightdipfrom40% To minimise economic losses &damage to property to12.5%:InSolapur, during cyclones, IMD to launch ‘dynamic’ warning system of October and November offer theaffectedfamilies,localadmin- "World over,the damage cation or district-specific tailored EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE favourable sea conditions forthe istrationsandstategovernments. causedtoinfrastructuredueto cy- warnings, whichfactor in the lo- PUNE,OCTOBER6 occurrence of cyclonic storms, With improved technology clones is increasing. With India's calpopulation,infrastructure,set- contacttracinghelpsbring whichmainlyaffect the liveli- and increaseduse of satellite- growing economy, we aim to re- tlements, land use and other ele- The India Meteorological hoodsof peopleof coastalAndhra guideddatainrecent years, IMD duce the damageand economic ments, will be prepared and Department (IMD) will soon Pradesh,OdishaandWest Bengal. hasmanagedto betterforecastcy- losses causedtoproperty and in- disseminated.All these agencies launchadynamic, impact-based Because cyclones aremulti- clones and issue warnings. frastructure. The dynamic,im- will makeextensive use of carto- downCovidpositivityrate cyclonewarningsystem,aimedat hazardousinnature—theycause Advanceandaccuratecyclone pact-basedcyclone warning will graphic,geologicalandhydrolog- minimising economic losses and heavy rain, strong winds and predictions, combinedwith ef- be commissionedfromthis sea- ical dataavailable forthe district damagetopropertydueto thecy- storm surge over the affected re- fortsfromdisastermanagement son,"saidDirectorGeneralof IMD, concerned. takenupand follow-ups were forprivate doctors to setupaddi- clonesthathitIndiancoastsevery gion simultaneously—the asso- agencies, have also significantly MrutyunjayMohapatra. The IMD is partnering with ANURADHA maintained. In Solapur city,the tionaldedicatedCovidhospitals." year.TheeastcoastofIndiaispar- ciated property loss can be huge. contributedinbringingdownthe He wasspeaking on the topic National DisasterManagement MASCARENHAS positivity rate has come down to He added, "For instance, awed- ticularly vulnerable to cyclones This can be in the form of cyclone mortality rate to below of 'ChasingtheCyclones',organised Authority (NDMA), Indian PUNE,OCTOBER6 10 per cent, and teams were set ding hall wasgiven at Barshi, and experience three out of the damagetohouses and roads, 100per event in the lastone as partofWorld Space Week cel- National Centrefor Ocean up at urban public health centres while at other places likeAkluj four cyclones formedannuallyin farmsandagriculturelands,pub- decade. Deaths reportedduring ebrations by the Indian Society of InformationServices(INCOIS)and SOLAPUR DISTRICT,bordering to ensurecontact tracing," and Pandharpur,private doctors the NorthIndian Ocean region lic infrastructure, and powerand some cyclones since 2013 are— Remote Sensing's Delhi chapter therespective stategovernments Karnatakaandwell-knownforits Shambarkar said. have made their ownset-ups in (the BayofBengal and Arabian telecommunication lines, adding Titli (78), Fani (64), Hudhud (46), on Tuesday. forthis newest warning system, textile industry, wasamassive Thethendivisionalcommis- the space provided." Sea). The post-monsoon months to theoveralleconomicburdenfor Mekanu (26) and Bulbul (25). As partofthe newsystem, lo- using real-time data. causeforconcernastheCovid-19 sioner Dr Deepak Mhaisekar Dr Sandip Holkar,anephrolo- positivityrate hadclimbedto well had intensifiedthe contact gistbasedinSolapur,has been over 40 per cent in the district. In tracing strategy as Solapur has treatingCovidpatientsatgovern- the lastfortnight, however, the morethan twolakh labourers in- ment as well as private hospitals. Fadnavis meets Shah over restructuring of loans for sugar mills positivityrate hasdeclinedto12.5 volvedinbeedi making and tex- "Therewas an outbreak at and remunerative price (FRP) for SourcesintheBJPclaimedthe hold over 20 sugar cooperatives Rs 390 croreloan guarantee to 32 per cent. Sustainedand effective tile industry. Akalkot and mostpatientsre- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE sugarcane farmers and apackage meetingwasanattempt to create and the BJP over 12. sugar mills wastaken by the contact tracing has been the key "Labourers were exposedto portedtoSolapur from there. MUMBAI,OCTOBER6 forthe sugar industry. apressureonthe stategovern- An NCPstate Cabinetminis- Cabinet. Those who failedtoget to break the transmission chain, toxic conditions and had pre-ex- Osmanabad had another out- According to party sources, ment to ensureitdid notadopt ter, meanwhile, said, “The sugar government supportmay have said Pune Divisional istinglungandrespiratoryissues," break and we sawpatientsfrom LEADER OF Opposition in state lastmonth Kul’s Bhima Patas “selective approach” in standing mills were shortlistedonthe ba- to complywith required norms, Commissioner Saurabh Rao. said Dr Pradeep Dhele, Solapur theretoo. Patientsfromseveral Assembly, DevendraFadnavis,BJP Sugar Cooperative Mill could not guarantor formills. sis of the proposals receivedfrom or maynot be eligible, therefore, Accordingto data,onTuesday, district's civil surgeon. Dr Dhele adjoiningareas cametoSolapur MLARahul Kuland MLCRanjit makeittothelistof32sugarmills InSeptember,theMahaVikas sugar mills. Adecision to extend kept on hold.” out of 38,700 reportedpositive also said the testing capacity was and even from places closer to MohitePatil on Mondaymet that receivedsupportfromthe Aghadigovernmenthadagreed cases,31,600haverecovered.The increasedfrom90samples daily Sangli,"hesaid,adding,"however, Union Home MinisterAmit Shah stategovernmentto availpre-sea- to bethe guarantor for32sugar total number of active cases in to 600atSolapur district, which we arenow reportingvacantbeds in Delhi to discuss the challenges son loans. During the meeting mills, of the 38 proposals it re- Solapurdistrictis4,500,whilethe hasanestimatedpopulationof 45 sincethepastfew days aspatients before theMaharashtrasugarmill with Shah, the BJP delegation ceived, so that the financially district has reported1,191 deaths lakh. Those with co-morbid con- arerecovering." ownersaheadof thecrushingsea- sought restricting of loans and stressedmillscouldaccessloans so far. Solapur District Collector ditionswere identifiedandtested son, settobegin from October 15. governmentguaranteesforsugar from the MaharashtraState Milind Shambarkar told The and, in rural areas, therewereef- Slight drop in testing In aspan of four months, the millsthatare“financiallyweaker” Cooperative Bankordistrictco- Indian Express that the adminis- fortstotrace as manyas20peo- Therewas aslight drop in BJP-ledsugar barons have twice or “negative worth”, to facilitate operative banks.Of 32mills,the tration had distributed workload ple if aperson tested positive. number of samples being tested, urgedthe Centretotakeupthe themto begincrushingfrommid- Congress and the NCPhavea among three officials –taluka Accordingto Shambarkar,few said Pune Divisional problems pressing the sugar sec- October.Theyalso sought the health officer to ensurecontact deaths arebeing reportedinthe Commissioner Saurabh Rao. torinthe state. In July, Fadnavis Centre’s intervention in restruc- tracing, blockdevelopment offi- city and the case fatality rate has "Laboratories areunder tremen- had ledabigger delegation of turing loans forsugar mills. cer to carry out surveysand iden- come down from 20 percentto3 douspressureand,atcertainswab partyleaders,includingJaiprakash “Home MinisterAmit Shah tify persons with co-morbid con- percent."Still,itisamatterof con- testing centres and some labora- Gore, Harshvardhan Patil and gave audience to the problems ditions, and tehsildars. cern and we have identifiedpri- tories, technicians have been in- DhananjayMahadik,toDelhi to and reassured to help the sugar "Wehad dailyvideoconfer- vate hospitals as dedicated Covid fected...therehas been aslight discussvariousissuesof thestate’s mills. The details will be worked encing wherereports were hospitalsandalsoallocatedspace dip," he said. sugarsector,includingabetterfair out shortly,”Fadnavis said.

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SEVENTH EXTENSION KoregaonBhima probepanelgets ‘final’extension Commission seeksbigger place to conduct hearings amid pandemic

dateofhearings,” said VV CHANDANHAYGUNDE Palnitkar,secretaryofthe PUNE,OCTOBER6 Commission of Inquiry. “We have written again to the THE MAHARASHTRA govern- government...thatconsideringthe mentonTuesdaygrantedthesev- current Covid-19situation, either enth and ‘final’ extension to the the dates should be postponedor Koregaon Bhima Commission of proper arrangementslikeaspa- Inquirytill December 31 this year. cious place forconducting the AGLOW The commission, whichis hearings,safetravelandresidence probingthereasonsbehindthevi- facilities forstaffers should be Deccan College olencethatbrokeoutinKoregaon made,” said Palnitkar. Post-Graduateand BhimaonJanuary1,2018,hasbeen The two-member commis- Research Institute, asked to submit itsreporttothe sion,headedbyretiredHighCourt the third-oldest government by that date. JusticeJNPatel,wasconstitutedby collegeinthe Commission members, how- the then DevendraFadnavis-led country, ever,havesought abigger siteto stategovernment on February9, lightsuptomark conduct the hearings, in viewof 2018.The Commission wasini- itsbicentenary the Covid-19pandemic. tiallygivenfourmonthsto submit year. Arul Horizon “Hearings of the commission itsreport, but itstenurehad to be were postponedearlier… but the repeatedly extendedtoallowitto pandemic is still here. The places complete itswork. Sofar, ithasre- wherethe commission had been ceivedthree extensions of four Three incidents DINE-IN FACILITY OPENS conducting itshearings in months each, one extension of PMC to Mumbai and Pune aresmall and three months, one of six months, of successful congested. Notonlyour staffers, and asixth extension of two Flouting SOP to cost restaurants and bars sign MoU but also some of the lawyers and months from February8,2020 to re-wilding of witnesses appearing before the April 8, 2020. commission areofadvancedage Hearings of senior officers as Chinkara fawns dearly: May face Rs 50,000 fine, lose licence for setting andaresufferingfromvariousail- well as NCPchief Sharad Pawar ments.So,we hadsubmittedalet- were scheduledbeforethe com- reported meetings senior administration from the Excise department, lo- tertothe government on July7, mission between March 30 and ATIKHRASHID officials have already held with calpolice, Revenue department up medical seekingabiggerplaceforthehear- April 4. But due to the Covid-19 PUNE,OCTOBER6 INNUMBERS representativesofsuchassocia- and municipal bodies, as well as ings, whereitwill be possible to outbreak,the commission had EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE tions in Pune and Pimpri- representativesoflocal restau- maintain social distancing and postponedthe hearings. PUNE, OCTOBER 6 APPREHENSIVE ABOUT apos- Chinchwad, to discuss meas- rant and bar associations. college take necessaryprecautions, in Meanwhile, the extension sible surge in coronavirus infec- ures that theyneedtotaketo “If arestaurant or bar is viewofCovid-19. We had sug- granted to the commission ex- PUNE ORNITHOLOGISTS and tions due to the opening of 58 ensurethat restaurantsand found notfollowing the SOP is- gestedtheauditoriumof Sahyadri pired on April 8. The commission researchers have reportedthree dine-in facilities at restaurants Covid-19deaths in bars don’t end up becoming suedbythe municipal corpora- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE GuestHouse in Mumbai forthis hadthensoughtfurtherextension successful incidentsinwhich and pubs here, the Pune district Pune on Tuesday. places that spread the virus. tion and the stategovernment, PUNE,OCTOBER6 purpose.Aformaldecisionregard- of atleastsixmonths,sayingthatit Chinkarafawns were rescued, administration on Tuesday “We arenow seeing the kind theywill face financial penalties ing the venue... is pending. So, we intendedtoexamine nearly 40 to examined, treated,and re- warnedthat establishments 6,925 of plateauinfresh cases and whichcould go up to Rs 50,000, WITH THE Maharashtra have notyet scheduledthe next 50 morewitnesses. wildedduring foaling season. whichdonot followthe stan- positivity rate that wasseen just as well as punitive action from University of Health Science This wasstatedinThe Re- dardoperating procedure Toll so farinthe district. before Ganesh festival in the Excise department or mu- (MUHS) asking the Pune Wilding of Rescued Chinkara (SOP) will face hefty cash fines, August. At that time, during the nicipal corporation. The action Municipal Corporation (PMC) PUNE AIRPORT Gazella bennettii Fawns in up to Rs 50,000,and legal ac- 1,739 festival, therewerealarge num- will be takenunder the State to getthe requisiteapproval for Western Maharashtra, which tion. Repeat offenders mayface berofviolations whichresulted Excise Actand Disaster starting itsmedical college, the Thirteen night flights to be Newcases on Tuesday waspublishedonSeptember 28 suspension or cancellation of in asurge in cases, which Management Act,” said Rao. civic body on Tuesdaydecided in EC VeterinaryScience, an in- their licence. causedalot of problems forlo- He said repeat violators may to sign amemorandum of un- affected by carpeting work ternational peer-reviewedopen District health officials are 2,96,990 cal residentsaswell as health even see suspension or outright derstanding with the PMC access journal. worriedthat patrons visiting The total positive cases authorities. We aredetermined cancellation of their licence. Medical Education Trusttoget tor, said, “We have 12 hours with Dr Satish Pande, Pune-based Pune restaurantsfor dining and so farinthe district. to avoid arepeat of the situa- “Although the decision to open the necessaryinfrastructurefor EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE usand,withthedistancingnorms, radiologist, ornithologist, and socialising maylead to another tion...,” said Rao. restaurantsand bars has been setting up itsmedical college. PUNE,OCTOBER6 we can operateabout four flights medical director of the Ela surge in cases, similar to the one He said the ‘corecommittee’ takentoreviveeconomic activ- The PMC had formedthe inanhourand,currently, we have Transit Treatment Centre seen in the days following the situation further. to tackle Covid-19inPune has ity,wecan’t allowlocal resi- PMC Medical Education Trust CARPETINGWORK at Lohegaon about 42 flightsand acapacity to (ETTC) of Ela Foundation Pune, Ganesh festival this year. On Tuesdayevening, offi- decidedtotakestrong measures dents' health to be compro- afterthe stategovernment ap- airportfromOctober26willaffect run 48.Wecannotsqueeze in worked with ateam of re- The case positivity rate has cials of the Revenue depart- to prevent violation of social dis- misedfor the sakeofbusiness. If proved it in May. It had applied 13 nightflightsastherunwaywill moreflightssince we have to fol- searchers and the stateForest finallystabilisedinthe lastfew ment, police, Excise depart- tancing and sanitation norms at the restaurantsdonot comply to MUHS forthe affiliation cer- remain shut from 8pmto8am. lowdistancing norms. Although Department to re-wild three weeks, said Pune Divisional ment and municipal bodies restaurantsand bars. The ad- with the SOP,itwill costus tificatefor the collegein These flightshavebeen resched- the airportwill be open through Chinkara fawns by returning Commissioner Saurabh Rao, held avirtual conference with ministration will form twosur- dearly... it will costnot onlythe August. Aproposal will nowbe uledto flyintheday, saidAirports the night, flight operations will them to their parents. adding that the administration representativesofrestaurant veillance squads eachfor rural residentsofPune but also submitted to the Medical Authority of India (AAI) on continueonlyfrom8amto8pm.” The Indian Gazelle, or wasserious about keeping the and bar associations. and urban areas of the district. health authorities fighting the Council of India forpermission Tuesday. Owing to distancing Bapat said expanding cargo Chinkara, is an antelope en- rate down and improving the This is the latestinaseries of The squads will have officials pandemic,” said Rao. to startthe medical college. norms to be followedatairports, capacity at Pune airportwas top demic to the Indian subconti- The MUHS asked the PMC theLohegaonairportisoperating priority,aslackofcapacityto meet nent. It is protected by the to sign MoUs to setupinfra- at areducedcapacity.Presently, thedemandwasnot onlycausing WildlifeProtection Act, and is structurefor the college, in or- 35 to 42flightmovementsare tak- inconvenienceto traders,butwas listedunder Schedule 1. The der to getthe affiliation certifi- ing place daily, whichisadrastic also acause of massive revenue foaling or delivery season cate. “Therewi;; be three MoUs reduction from over 160move- loss forthe airport. falls twice ayear,between between the PMC and its mentsbeforeMarch. “The airportislosing March and July, and September Medical EducationTrustfor Afterameeting of the airport income of about Rs 2.5 croreon and October. requisiteinfrastructurefor the advisorycommittee chaired by adailybasis. We aretrying hard Various threatstothis ante- medical college. The standing PuneMPGirishBapat,AAIofficials to acquireland forcargo facility. lope include habitat loss, hu- committee has givenpermis- said 13 flights, whichare nowop- Local industries notjustfrom man encroachment, getting sion forit,” said Hemant erating between 8pmand 8am, Pune but nearbydistricts, includ- snared in barbed wirefencing, Rasane, chairperson of the civic will be rescheduledduring the ing Sataraand Ahmednagar, falling in open wells, road traffic standing committee. daytime and runwaycarpeting transporttheir goods to Mumbai accidents, trapping, hunting, in- work will be startedbyAir Force airportand, so, if Pune’s cargo fa- gestion of pesticides and insec- forabout ayear on October 26. cility is improved we can tapa ticides, and predation by stray The PMC had formed Theyaddedthat although the dailybusiness of about Rs 2.5 dogs. Another threat is the en- the PMC Medical airportdirector said none of the croreinfreight. The Mahratta thusiasm in rescuing Chinkara Education Trustafter night flightswould be cancelled, Chamber of Commerce, which fawns out of ignorance, when it dueto distancingnormsadditional wasalso partofthe meeting, said is found on grasslands or scrub- the stategovernment slots fornew flightsdid notseem with increasedcargo facility, lands, Dr Pande, who is the approved it in May possiblewiththecurrentcapacity. therecould be an increased main author of the paper,said. Kuldeep Singh, airportdirec- trade,” he said. The rescuedChinkarafawns, likeother ungulates, feign limp- ing, refuse to stand and prefer to lie on the ground in the pres- As Covid cases dip, demand for ence of humans. This can lead to the mis- takenconclusion that theyare oxygen from city hospitals falls paralysed or have weak legs. The fawns areoften erroneously unitsinPune district produce 229 Therefore,thedemandformedic- “rescued” and arethen inadver- MANOJMORE metric tonne oxygen everyday. inaloxygenhascomedowninru- tentlydeprivedofparental care. PUNE,OCTOBER6 “Besides, we get80-90 tonne ralhospitals,” he said. Cameratrapstudies reveal The truckhit at leastsix four-wheelers and eight-twowheelers on Tuesdaymorning. Ashish Kale oxygenfromThaneandnearbyar- Sassoon Hospital dean Dr theywalk normallywhen there WITH THE number of Covid-19 eas.Punedistrictprovidesmedic- Murlidhar Tambesaid till last is no human present. patientsfallinginPunedistrict,the inal oxygen to all districtsinwest- week,the hospital wastreating Due to this, the authors kept the demandformedicinaloxygenhas ern Maharashtra, Marathwada over 450 Covid-19patientsata “rescued” fawns in the same One dead, 8injured after heavily-loaded truck also seen adecline. According to andevenNashikandAhmednagar time. “By Tuesdaymorning, the place within 12 hours and mon- officials of the Food and Drug districts,” he said. patient count stood at 143. Of itored the outcome using trap Administration (FDA), the de- SadashivSurvase, joint direc- these, 54 were on ventilator or cameras. rams 14 vehicles on Katraj-Dehu Road bypass mand formedicinal oxygen has torofIndustries department, said high-flowoxygensupport. As a It wasobserved that the as- droppedfromnearly 230 to 200 as per his information, the de- result, the demand foroxygen sumedparentsapproachedthe Shubham Supekar (24), was lice stations rushedtothe have serious injuries and they metric tonne everyday. mand formedicinal oxygen in hasalso reducedconsiderably,” fawns and acceptedthem. The EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE killedonthe spotwhile eight spot...” said Assistant arebeing treated in nearbyhos- “Comparedto thefirstweekof the firstweek of September had he said. fawns were subsequentlyseen PUNE,OCTOBER6 people from the other vehicles Commissioner of Police (ACP) pitals,” said Senior Inspector September,the demand in the reachedahigh of 290 tonne per According to YCMHospital to be healthy, Dr Pande said. were injured.Atleastfiveof Sarjerao Babar of Swargate Vasant Kunvar of Bharti firstweek of October has come day. “It has come down below dean Dr RajendraWable, the hos- He addedthat this method IN AN accident that involved them arereportedlyinserious DivisionofPune City Police. Vidyapeeth police station. down. The demand has dropped 200inthe lasteight days as the pital has treated as manyas550 is cheap and avoids ex-situ care over adozen vehicles during condition, said police officials. The injured were takento Officials said the accident led in the lastone week or so...” said S number of patientsrequiring Covid-19patientseveryday. “But humans, allowing these fawns peak traffichours, one person “As per our preliminaryin- nearbyhospitals by local resi- to heavy trafficcongestion on Pratapawar, assistant commis- oxygen has seen adip in Pune as of Tuesday, we have 285 pa- to gettheir natural livesback. diedand at leasteight persons formation, the driverlostcon- dentsand passers-by. the busy road and teams from sioner of FDA. hospitals,” he said. tients. We usedtorequire4tonne Hence, this is asimple conser- were injured afteraheavily- trol of the heavily-loadedvehi- “The truckwas loadedwith TrafficControl branchwerede- In the lasttwo days,the de- PuneZillaParishadCEOAyush oxygen everyday.Now we re- vation solution forfawns res- loadedtruckrammedsix four- cle, possiblybecause of atyre rice bags and wascoming from ployedtostreamline the vehicle mand formedicinal oxygen from Prasad said therehas been a40 quired 4tonne oxygen over two cuederroneouslybywell-in- wheelers and eight two-wheel- burst. It hit at leastsix four- AndhraPradesh. It washeaded flow. “Because it waspeak traf- hospitals in Pune district has per cent dip in Covid-19patients days,” he said. tentionedpeople, he said. ers on Katraj-Dehu Road bypass wheelers and eight two-wheel- forMumbai to deliverthe goods. fictime, therewas atraffic jam droppedbelow200 tonne. On in rural areas of the district. “In 26 FDAofficials said the demand All three incidentsofthe res- on Tuesdaymorning. ers from the rear as the driver The driverofthe truckfledfrom afterthe accident. The damaged Tuesday, 199tonne oxygen was ruralhospitals,asmanyas75ven- formedicinal oxygen has also cuing were successful, The accident took place next failedtocontrol it. One person the accident spot. We have con- vehicles were takenoff the road suppliedtoCovid-19hospitals tilator bedsare vacant due to fallenintheneighbouringdistricts said Rahil Lonkar and to the premises of aschool, near waskilledonthe spotand at tacted the owner of the trucking with the help of acrane and af- and on Monday, 197tonne oxy- fewerpatientsandonly12are oc- of Sangli, Satara, Solapurand Rajkumar Pawar, co-authors of Navale Bridge, around 10.30 am. leasteight moresustainedin- companyand launchedasearch terthat, the trafficflowre- genwas supplied. cupied. In bigger rural hospitals, Kolhapur,whichcome under the paper. One biker,identifiedas juries. Our teams from local po- forthe driver. Five of the injured sumed,” said an official. Pratapawarsaid 11 industrial severaloxygenbedsare vacant. Pune division.

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EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE UPA will scrap allocationscam PATIALA,OCTOBER6 KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG DOUBLING farm laws, will TOWATCH CASES 24HOURS GROWTH* TIME** REJECTINGTHE suggestion that the Central government wasable throw China ANANDMOHANJ ■ Maharashtra 14,53,653 10,244 1.05% 68.57 to take unilateral decisions be- out: Rahul at NEWDELHI,OCTOBER6 ■ Andhra 7,23,512 4,256 0.87% 83.20 cause of aweak opposition, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on ASPECIAL CBI courtonTuesday ■ Tamil Nadu 6,25,391 5,395 0.92% 77.93 Haryana rally Tuesdaysaid “give me free press convicted Dilip Ray, the then ■ Delhi 2,92,560 1,947 0.99% 72.85 andotherkeyinstitutionsandthis Pehowa: Afterentering UnionMinisterofState forCoalin ■ Kerala 2,34,928 5,042 3.88% 18.54 (NarendraModi)governmentwill Haryana on Tuesday, for- thegovernmentunderAtalBihari notlastlong”. mer Congress president Vajpayeein1999, forhis alleged *Compounded Daily Growth Rate over last7days**Calculated over 7-daygrowth Pointing out that the opposi- Rahul Gandhi said his involvementinthecoalblockallo- CASEFATALITYRATIO POSITIVITYRATE DAILYIN,DAILYOUT tion in anycountryfunctions party will scrap the con- cation scandal. The courtob- Dilip Raywas aUnion withinaframework,includingthe troversial farm laws served that Ray“abusedhis offi- ministerunder Atal Bihari 7DAYSEARLIER: 7DAYSEARLIER: DETECTED TODAY media,thejudicialsystemandin- “within 10 days”ofbeing cial position”, as his decision of Vajpayeein1999 1.57 8.41 61,267 stitutionsthatprotectthevoiceof voted to power. He also “relaxation of policy without any NOW: NOW: RECOVERED TODAY: the people, he added: “In India, launchedabelligerent at- logical or legal basis amountsto 1.55 8.25 75,787 that entireframework has been Kumari Selja at the wheel with Rahul Gandhi and other tack on PM Narendra gross abuse of his powers by the five accusedpersons...conspired Deaths as aratio of Positives against Becoming sick vs controlledandcapturedby theBJP Congress leaders on atractor,asthe rallyreachedthe Modi over his govern- minister”. together to procureallocation of a positive cases (in %); number tested recovering; more government, the entirearchitec- Punjab-Haryana border on Tuesday. Jasbir Malhi ment’s handling of the Thecasepertainsto allocation captive coal blockinfavour of M/s indicator of progress (in %); indicator of recoveries for 14 days turedesignedfor giving voice to stand-offwith China. of Brahmadihacoal blockin CTL and finallyachievedthe said in averting deaths the spread of disease may signal the peak the people has been captured." Afterbeing briefly Giridih, Jharkhand, to Castron object of criminal conspiracy by DataasonOctober5,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealth,ICMRandstates.Oftendailynumbersinclude datafrompreviousdays.Assuch,trendsbasedondailynumbersareindicative,notdefinitive “Give me free press and free whichiswhat the Congress is forall to see now, he said, adding stoppedatthe Punjab- Technologies Ltd (CTL) in 1999. undertakingvariousactsofcheat- institutions and this (Narendra fighting,” he said. that six months on, everyone will Haryana border,Rahul Thecourtwillhearargumentson ing MOC [MinistryofCoal], Modi) government won't last Rahul notedthat no other knowthe truth of what he is say- addressedtwo rallies at the quantum of sentence on Government of India...byvarious long,saidRahul,whileaddressing countryintheworldtodayisfaced ing nowonthe farm laws too. Pehowa and Thanesar in October 14. actsconstituting the offence of the media hereonTuesday. with asituation whereeventhe Recalling achildhood mem- Kurukshetra, marking the Raywas convictedalong with criminal misconduct as defined Govt issues SOPs for “The Modi government has mediadoesnotquestionthegov- oryofhow ahandful of Sikhs had end of his Punjab, five others: CTL; itsdirector under PC Act, 1988..." takencontrol of all the keyinsti- ernmentwhenits land hasbeen protected the familywhen his Haryana tour. “When our MahendraKumar Agarwalla; Thecourtheldthemguiltyun- tutions, and it has done so not seized by another nation. grandmother IndiraGandhi lost government comes to Castron Mining Ltd; then addi- der IPC Sections 120-B (criminal cinemas, festivals democraticallybut forcibly,” In response to aquestion on the parliamentaryelection in power, we will throw tional secretary, Coal, and chair- conspiracy), 409 (criminal breach Rahultoldapressconferencehere the BJP making fun of his protests 1977,Rahul Gandhi Tuesdaysaid away this legislation man, 14th Screening Committee of trustbypublicservant),and420 on the thirdand final dayofhis in Punjab and Haryana, Rahul he felt he owedadebt to Punjab within 10 days.But, be- PradipKumarBanerjee;andNitya (cheating and dishonestlyinduc- KRISHNKAUSHIK& Kheti Bachao YatrainPunjab shrugged it off, pointing out they andPunjabis.“Therewasnobody fore our government Nand Gautam, the then adviser ing delivery of property) and KAUNAINSHERIFFM againstfarm laws. had done that in Februarytoo, in the house exceptthese Sikhs comes to power, we will (projects), Coal Ministry, and Section 13 (1) (c) and 13 (1) (d) NEWDELHI,OCTOBER6 “TheBJPgovernmenthascap- when he had firstwarnedabout whoprotectedmy grandmother,” struggle...” he said. ENS member-convenor,14th Preventionof CorruptionAct,1988. tured the soul of the country, coronavirus.Butthetruthisthere he recalled. Screening Committee. The courtalso held CTL, AMIDFEARSthatthecomingfes- In his judgment, Special CBI Agarwalla and CML guilty forthe tive season could see asurge in JudgeBharatParasharwrote,“Itis offence under IPC Section 379 Covid-19cases, the Health SC: Police clear on the face of recordthat (theft)and34(commonintention). MinistryonTuesdayissuedguide- Dilip Rayabusedhis official posi- As per CBI's case, acriminal lines fororganising eventswhich reluctance to tion in taking various decisions, conspiracywashatchedbyprivate see large gatherings. These in- SOPs forcinema halls and in doing so he notonlyacted parties and public servantsin- cludeensuringadequatespacefor include: alternateseatstobe arrest, produce beyondhiscapacityasministerof volvedintheprocessof allocation sucheventswith adetailedsite leftvacant;onlypackaged acaretaker government but also of Brahmadihacoal block, which map and markings to maintain food to be allowed; and in contravention of the unam- was"notanidentifiedcaptive coal distancing,notallowingtouching physical distancing of at least lawmakers biguous provisions of CMN blocktobeallocated to private of “statues, idols and holybooks”, six feet outside auditoriums. Act,1973.Itisalso clear that he so parties, so even the screening and thermal screening. AbhinavSaha/file serious matter actedwith aviewtofacilitateand committeewasnot competentto With cinema halls settoopen obtain allocation of impugned consideritsallocationto anycom- from October 15,the Information non-nationalisedBrahmadiha panymuchless to M/s CTL." and Broadcasting Ministryalso wearing of masksateachvenue,” PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA coal blockinfavour of M/s CTL...” Ray's counsel, Abhishek releasedaset of Standard it said. “All eventsmustplan for NEWDELHI,OCTOBER6 The judgment stated, “The Singhvi, told the courtthat Ray Operating Procedures (SOPs): medicalcarearrangementswith very relaxation of policy without had “no role in the decision of cinema halls to operateathalf linkages to nearesthospitals to THE SUPREME Courton anylogical or legal basis amounts (the)screeningcommittee,which their capacity maintaining “one- attend to health emergencies,” it Tuesdayvoicedconcern over to grossabuseof hispowersby the primarilydecidedtoallocate seat distance”, no food to be de- said. “The structure/ space/ reluctance of the police to arrest Ministerand...thedecisionto allo- Brahmadihacoal blockinfavour liveredinside, onlypackaged venue forthe event mustalso en- and produce lawmakers against catethe impugnedcoal blockin of CTL”. food allowed, mandatoryface sureadequatenatural cross-ven- whom criminal cases arepend- favourof CTLwasalsowithoutany The allegations againstRay masksand thermal screening, tilation,” it said. ing and termeditasa“serious” public interestand wasinfact pertain to the period when the staggeredshowtimings, contact “In case of rallies and proces- matter. againstpublic interest." Vajpayeegovernmenthadlostthe number to be takentofacilitate sions, routeplanning, identifica- The topcourtsaid a “number The order said, “It has been voteofconfidence in Parliament contact tracing later,ifrequired. tion of immersion sites, ensuring of cases arepending” against nowconcludedbeyond shadows andwasactingasacaretakergov- The Health Ministrysaid fes- caponnumbers,physicaldistanc- MPs and MLAs, as police officers of allreasonabledoubtsthatallthe ernment. tive eventswillbepermitted“only ing etc. mustbeplannedbefore- oftendonot enforce laws due to outside containment zones”. hand and measures forenforce- pressurefromthe legislators. “Eventsplannedtolastfor many ment outlined,” it said. “We have been told that days orweekssuchasexhibitions, The I&B Ministry’s SOPs for sometimes the police is noten- fairs, puja pandals, RamLila pan- cinema halls include: alternate ABDULLAH IS HERE forcing the laws,inlight of pres- dals,orconcerts andplays should seatstobeleftvacant, to be sureoflegislators accused. We have adequatemeasures to en- markedas“nottobeoccupied”; Abdullah Abdullah, chairman of the High Council forNational Reconciliation in Afghanistan, understand this is aserious mat- sureacap on physical numbers. onlypackagedfoodandbeverages reachedDelhi on Tuesday. He will meetPMNarendraModi on Wednesdayand External ter,”observed abenchheadedby Staggered timings and restricted to beallowed;physicaldistancing Affairs MinisterSJaishankar on Thursday. He will also meetNSA Ajit Doval. Abdullah will Justice NVRamana. entrymay be considered,” it said. of atleastsixfeet outsidetheaudi- exchangeviews with the Indian leadership on the Afghan peace process, peace talksinDoha, The benchalso notedthat “Asfarasfeasible,recordedde- toriums,commonareasandwait- regional supportfor the process, and overall bilateral relations between the twocountries. ANI various High Courts have been votional music/songs maybe ing areas; mandatoryuse of face asking forvideo conferencing playedandchoirorsinginggroups masks; availability of hand sani- facilities fordisposal of shouldnotbeallowed,”itsaid.“In tisers, preferablyintouch-free pending cases. religious places, touching of stat- mode;digitalno-contacttransac- The bench, also comprising ues/idols/holybooksetcshallnot tions should be the preferred Gujarat HC advocates’ panel chief Justices Surya Kant and be allowed,” it added. mode forissue/ verification/ pay- Aniruddha Bose, also sought JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar with BJP leaders Bhupender Yadav, It said that people residing in- mentsfortickets,foodandbever- fresh details of cases againstlaw- Sushil Kumar Modi, and DevendraFadnavis in Patna. PTI side containment zones “maybe ages;contact numbertobetaken found guilty of criminal contempt makers, and HCs have to provide encouraged”toobserveall festi- at the time of booking ticketsto the details on number of video vals inside their homes and “not facilitatecontacttracing;thermal to acceptOza’s apology. conferencing facilities in states move out”.Theeventsitesshould screening; staggered entryand EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE HC took Legal representativesofOza forspeedy disposal of cases. BJP first list names 27, have adesignated isolation room exit to avoid crowding. AHMEDABAD,OCTOBER6 cognisance areexpected to makeacase for Senior advocateVijay or space forisolating anyperson The I&B Ministrysaid states of apress the minimum possible sentence Hansaria, who has been ap- found to be symptomatic. and Union Territories “maycon- THEGUJARAT High Courton conference on Tuesday, highlighting that he pointed amicus curiae, said de- shooter Shreyasi “Close circuit cameras maybe sider proposing additional meas- Tuesdayheld Yatin Oza, president by Yatin Oza has been an esteemedmember spitemonitoring of cases, the considered to monitor compli- ures as per their field of the Gujarat High Court of the legal profession. number of cases pending against ance of physical distance norms, assessment”. Advocates’ Association (GHAA), The division benchofJustices legislators is increasing and Singh to contest Jamui guilty of criminal contempt of the false and contemptuous allega- Sonia Gokani and NV Anjaria monitoring at micro-level, by courtand pronouncedhim con- tions of corruption, malpractices reasonedthat Oza’s apology HCs, is necessarytoensureex- victed.Argumentsonsentencing against the administration of the was “notbona fide” and lacked peditious disposal. SANTOSHSINGH Judicial custody of Rhea will continue on Wednesday. High Court”. Oza alleged the sincerity,while noting that his AdvocateAshwini Kumar PATNA,OCTOBER6 The courttook cognisance of courtregistryofindulging in pastrecordreflects “repeated Upadhyay, the original peti- extended till October 20 apress conference held by Oza “favouritism, nepotism and fo- actsand conduct of contempt”. tioner,urged the benchtoissue SHOOTER SHREYASI Singh, Shreyasi on May5that waslive-streamed rum shopping”. These include instances of initi- notice on the issue of "life-time daughter of former Union min- Singh through Facebook,and issued In July, the full courtof ation of suo motu criminal con- ban" on legislators accusedofse- isterDigvijaySingh, is the BJP EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE notice againsthim forcriminal Gujarat HC strippedOza of his temptproceedings in 2006 and rious crimes. However, the court candidatefor Jamui. MUMBAI,OCTOBER6 contempt later.The courtob- “senior advocate” designation, 2016 and apology tendered by said that it is currentlydealing Singh’s name wasincluded Prem Kumar (from Gaya Town) served that Oza had “levelled and in Augustthe courtrefused Oza both times. with the issues at hand. in alistof27candidates that the have been retainedasBJP candi- Aspecial Narcotic Drugs and BJP releasedonTuesdayfor the dates. The former Gaya MP will Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) firstphase of polling in contestfromBodhgaya ActcourtonTuesdayextended Bihar on October 28. (reserved)seat. the judicial custody of Rhea Ghosh says Bengal turning into mafia-ruled Singh joinedthe BJP The BJP has strucka Chakraborty,her brother Showik twodays ago. Her social balance by giving and others arrested in the drugs mother Putul Devi had ticketstoOBC Yadav case till October 20. Rhea Chakraborty UP, Bihar; Trinamool hails ‘admission’ quit the BJP to contest (Pawan Kumar Yadav The accusedwerepreviously unsuccessfullyasanin- DECISION from Kahalgaon, sent to judicial custody till partner Nitish Kumar in Bihar wayacouncillorwasshotdeadin dependent candidate 2020 PranavKumar Yadav October 6. The special courtex- Sushant Singh Rajput’s cook ENS&PTI have establishedmafia raj,” front of apolice station by using a from Banka in the last BIHAR from Munger and tendedtheir custody by another Dipesh Sawant and his domes- KHARAGPUR,KOLKATA Banerjee tweeted. sten gun is shameful,” he said. Lok Sabha election. SatyendraNarayan Yadav twoweeks. Rhea wasarrested tic help Samuel Miranda. Their OCTOBER6 TMC leader and minister Shukla,acouncillorof Titagarh This will be Singh’s debut in from Dehri), upper caste Rajputs on September 8bythe Narcotics bail pleas were rejected by the FirhadHakimsaid,“Itisgoodthat municipality,was shotdead on politics, though she had cam- (RaghvendraPratapSingh from Control Bureau(NCB). Her bail special courtonSeptember 11. WESTBENGALBJP president he has acceptedthat mafia rajex- Sundaybytwo assailants. paignedfor her mother in 2019. Barharaand AmrendraPratap plea wasrejected by the special The high courtTuesdayad- Dilip Ghosh on Mondayalleged ists in BJP-ruledUPand Bihar.We “The lawand order situation She mayface resistance from the Singh from Ara) and EBC, SCs court, following whichshe filed journedhearing on aplea filed that the lawand order situation arehappythatatleastforonce,he of Bengal is worsening with each familyofformer minister and STs. an appeal before the Bombay by Rajput’s sisters Priyanka and in West Bengal is worsening and Dilip Ghosh, Abhishek has spoken the truth.” passing day. The police arehand NarendraSingh, whose son Ajay BJP ministerRamnarayan High Court. Meetu seeking to quash the FIR graduallyitisbecoming amafia- Banerjee Ghosh made the remarks in gloveinthe conspiracy to kill a Pratap Singh wasanMLA from Mandal will again contestfrom Justice Sarang VKotwalofthe againstthem following acom- ruledstate likeUttar Pradesh while talking to the media on the mass leader likeShukla,” Ghosh 2010 to 2015.AjayPratapislikely Banka, despitereports of anti-in- BombayHigh Courtwill pro- plaint by Rhea to next week,cit- and Bihar. killingof BJPleaderManishShukla claimed. to contestasthe RLSP nominee. cumbency againsthim. BJP’s nounce Wednesdayorders on ing ‘no urgency’. Adivision TMC leader and Diamond in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. “Iam at Titagarh in North24Parganas Ghosh wondered whether The RJD has fieldedVijay Prakash Shahpur candidateMunni Devi the bail pleas of Rhea and benchheardthe plea through Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee verygratefulto DilipGhoshforad- district. “West Bengal is slipping freeandfairpollswouldbepossi- from Jamui. will be up againstsitting RJD Showik along with alleged drug videoconference filedthrough onTuesdaytookadigatGhoshfor mitting that Yogi Adityanath in intoamafia-raj likesituation like ble in the stateifsuchan“anar- Almostall sitting MLAs, in- MLARahul Tiwari, son of former peddler Abdel Basit Parihar, advocateMadhavThorat. “admitting”thatthereismafiaraj Uttar Pradesh and their alliance in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.The chic” situation continues. cluding AgricultureMinister MP Shivanand Tiwari.

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§ FOUNDED BY § RAMNATH GOENKA Whyachief justice adviseddissolutionof BECAUSE THE TRUTH INVOLVES US ALL Parliament. WhatIndia can learn from Kenya

CONSPIRACYTHEORY Upendra Baxi

With aflurry of FIRs, UP governmentcriminalisesprotest,takes a THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION is among the members, whereas India peaked to itshighest “thedissolutionof Parliamentwillcauseincon- vengeful viewofits mandate world’sleading modernandpostcolonial con- number in the 2019 elections with 62 women venienceandeveneconomichardship”in“the stitutions. In itsmaking, womenmembersof (around14.58percent),outof atotalof 542Lok midstofthe coronaviruspandemic”. He said the Constituent Assembly, thoughminuscule, Sabha seats. In the Kenyan Senatewomen further: “We…mustneverforgetthatmoreof- HATKINDOFaregimewouldsee,afterthedeathof the19-year-oldDalit madeasignificantcontribution.Theyhadasub- number only21(or 31 percent) of the67- tenthan not, thereisnogain without pain.” woman assaulted by upper caste meninHathras,not the griefofthe stantial presence in the freedom movement memberHousearefemale;intheIndianRajya His Lordship said thatpeople “clearly un- familythatlostitsdaughterandwasdeniedeventherightto conducther and their numbers grew,with asignificant Sabha women comprise 25 out of 243elected derstoodthepossibleculturalresistanceto the W voice, in Parliament and statelegislatures. Yet, members. transformational ideas on gender equality the lastrites,andhearnot theringingdemandsforlawfuljustice—butonly aconspiracytodefameits ownreputation? As Chief MinisterYogiAdityanath spokeof“an- atrocities againstwomen continuetorecur,as Moreover, inbothsocieties,women’srepre- Constitution would face”: Even so, they “care- theHathrashorrorunderlines, whichentails sentationhasalways been“pyramidical”,most fullydesignedenforcementmechanism… ir- archists”and “conspiracies” againsthis government by those“whowanttoincitecaste and an almostcomplete amnesia of the Actpenal- womenremainbelowtheconstitutionalradar respective of itsconsequences”. A “clearly rad- communal riots”, hispoliceforce, in the dockthemselvesfor their brutish action, obediently ising atrocities againstScheduledCastesand at the bottom, even when afew scale national ical remedy”was desiredto“incentivisethe took their cue and registeredaspateofFIRs —21and counting. Againstthe BJP’s political op- Tribes. It is doubtful whether enhanced heights. In both societies, as concerns women political elites to adhere to andfullyopera- ponentsand others who have protestedinthe wake of Hathras or have triedtolend ashoul- women’s legislative participation will amelio- and other sexual minorities, sacrificial politics tionalisethe transformational agenda of the dertothe family. TheFIRsfiledacross the statetargetthose belonging to theCongress, SP, rate thesituation. But one maybask in the continuesto prevail,asviolenceagainstwomen Constitution…” RLDand theBhimArmyamong others, and invoke sections of the Information Technology emancipatoryhopethatgreatersenseandsen- andsexualminoritiescontinuestobeasadso- This wasagreat victoryfor the Kenyan sibilitywillprevail,lesseningthe dominant cial spectacle. women.Forexample,MarilynKamaru(onbe- Act, sedition, criminal conspiracy,promotingenmity betweengroups apart from violation caste-basedpolitical practices. Thelearned chief justice Asymmetric representation in both soci- half of acollective of activistswhich had peti- of Section144thathas so insidiouslybecome aubiquitous feature of the UP landscape. This Indiahasnothinglikethetwo-thirdsrulein etieshasgeneratedalongandcomplexdebate tionedtohaveparliamentdissolvedthreeyears criminalisation of protestmakes the UP government look even moreill at ease in aconstitu- Kenya’s newconstitution; itsArticle 27(8) re- memorably delineates the concerning women’s representation. But the ago)said“Whetherthepresidentdissolvespar- tionaldemocracy,evenmoreoutof stepwiththetemperof ayoungandquestioningnation, quires the statetotakelegislative andother idea of constitutionally constitutionalhistoriesandjudicialactionvary. liament or illegallyretains it in violation of the thanitdidafterthehurriedcremation, thebarricadingof thefamilyandtheattempt to deny measures to implement the principle that not justified elite pain and social In Kenya, the 2010 constitutional norm of a Constitution”, aconstitutional moment was or downplaythe crimeinHathras. more than two-thirds of the members of elec- suffering entailed in putting “two-thirdsgenderrule”,buttressedbythere- “madepossibleby thework of womenactivists, tive or appointive bodies shallbeofthe same quirementthattheelectoralsystemshallcom- feminists and the queer community.” The crime in Hathrasmakes foraparticularlypoignant setting,but therehavebeen grim gender.Manypolitical, and even some cam- constitutions to work: ‘In plywiththisrule,havebeenmorehonouredin Thelearnedchief justicememorablydelin- warnings of the institutionalisation of the Yogi Adityanath government’sintolerance of any paign, promises have been made in seven the circumstances, let us the breach rather than observance. eates the idea of constitutionallyjustifiedelite and everyexpression of dissent or protest, and in acting on it, itsscant regard fordemocratic decades of the working of the Indian endure pain, if we must, if Indeed,thejudicialorders(from2012)giv- painandsocialsufferingentailedinputtingcon- nicety or rule. Mostrecently,beforethe pandemicstruck, the wayinwhichittargetedthose Constitutionregarding33 percentreservation only to remind ourselves, as ingvarious timeframes to enact legislation to stitutionstowork:“Inthecircumstances,letus whoprotestedagainstadiscriminatorycitizenshiplawshowedthatitwasfollowingitsown in Parliament. But the twobills, introducedin implementgender parity have found endurepain, if we must, if onlytoremind our- acountry, that choices, and copybook and pursuing itsown fantasy of an Opposition-mukt state. Posters were putupin 1996 and 2010,havebeen allowedtolapse, Parliament unresponsive.Itwas unmovedby selves, as acountry, that choices, and particu- public places,naming and shaming the protesters,violating the right to privacy and the pre- even when hailedasa“historic step” thatwill particularly choices on high judicial directions, women and human larly choicesonconstitutionalobligations,have ensure significantrepresentation forthe rightsmovements, and the voices of suffering. consequences. Letusendurepain if onlytore- sumptionof innocenceuntillawfullyprovedguilty.Now,anargumentbeingmadeby theUP constitutional obligations, women of India. The stage wasthus setfor the exercise of con- mindtheelectoratetoholdtheirparliamentary government,includinginitsaffidavitto thecourt,isthattheissueisbeinggiven“caste-com- Everypoliticalparty endorses the idea but have consequences. Let us stitutionalpowerandfunctionbythechief jus- representativesaccountable.Letusendure pain munalcolour”.The bigger question, surely, forany sensitive government is this: Whydo thebattlewithinpoliticalclasseshasbeenover endure pain if only to tice to advise the president to dissolve if onlytoremind ourselvesthat, as acountry, crime and impunity have acaste andcommunal colour,why does thepolice responsehave “quotawithinaquota”.Somehave arguedthat remind the electorate to hold Parliament.ThetaskwassimpleforChief Justice being ademocracy that has chosen to be gov- acaste andcommunalcolour in UP? ways shouldbefoundto ensurethatthisreser- their parliamentary DavidKMaraga.Inonesense,hehadjustto fol- ernedbythe rule of law, we mustsay no to im- Today, theBJP-ledgovernment in UP,asatthe Centre, has alarge majority, and the vation should contain 33 per cent reservation lowthis provision. But the decision to advise punityandholdeveryoneaccountablefortheir withinforSCandSTwomen.Somehave cham- representatives accountable. dissolutionwasconfrontedby COVID-19times; actionsoromissions”. Oppositionpartyandviewisstrugglingforavoiceandtoe-holdinthestateandattheCentre. pionedasystemicpracticeof reservationatthe Let us endure pain if only to the learnedattorneygeneral argued that fol- These wordsshould be music to all consti- Intimeslikethese,ifthepoliticalexecutive weaponisesitsnumbers,astheYogigovernment stageofdistributing party tickets.Some con- remind ourselves that,asa lowingtheconstitutionnowwilltriggeracon- tutionallysincerecitizens,particularly those is doing, if it does notlistento, leavesnospaces for, thosewho question and protest, it does tinue to fight forunderprivileged andrural country, being ademocracy stitutional crisis. engagedinholding “everyone accountable”. disservicetothe trust reposed in it.Inasystemthat abides by as large-heartedadocument women; and somemaintain that aconstitu- It required considerable judicialcourage And Indian sisterhood can yearn wistfully, but that has chosen to be as the Indian Constitution,agovernment takesanarrowand vengeful viewofits mandate tionalconventionmandatingincreasedrepre- and crafttoorder adissolution of Parliament valiantly, foranother Vishakha moment in the at itsown peril. sentationfor women by parties will be more governed by the rule of law, butthisiswhatthelearnedchief justiceaccom- demosprudential leadership of the nation by appropriatethanaconstitutionalamendment. we must saynotoimpunity plishedbydeprecating “Parliament's lack- the apexcourt. Kenyadoes better than India. While both and hold everyone adaisical attitude and conduct in this matter” fallshortinequitablerepresentation,Kenyahas (nine years elapsed without taking anystepto The writer is professor of law, University of secured76 (orabout22percent)womeninthe accountable fortheir actions fulfiltheconstitutionalmandate).Heruledthat Warwick, and former vice chancellor of SPIRIT OF MUTUALITY present National Assemblycomprising 349 or omissions.’ the constitution mustbeobeyedevenwhen Universities of SouthGujarat and Delhi

To break impasse in GSTCouncil, Centremustlistentoall states. Both politics and economics arekey

HE IMPASSE IN the GSTCouncil on the issue of compensating states forthe shortfall in their protected revenuesremained unresolvedatits 42nd meet- ON HIS WATCH T ing on Monday.The divisionsbetween theCentreand thestatesseemtobe drawnalong political lines, withstatesruledbythe BJP and itsallies opting for SinceYogi Adityanathbecame CM, cultureofviolence and impunity has taken root in UP one of the options proposedbythe Centre, while Opposition-ruledstatescontinue to op- pose the Centre’s formulation. Thisisunfortunate. The GSTCouncilhas long been held up as an example of the spirit of cooperative federalism the NDAgovernment professes com- AratiRJerath mitment to.Yet themannerinwhich this issue has been dealt with suggests that thecon- sensual decision-making process that has largely guidedthe Council’sdeliberations so far UTTAR PRADESH is India’s badlands,both ever been takenagainsterrant officers even rested protestors along with their names is being giventhe go-by. in terms of crimeand police atrocities. But when the encounter wasobviouslystaged. and addresses.Thiswas aclear violation of The twooptions presentedbythe Centre place the burden of theshortfall in GSTrev- even by itsabysmal standards, the statehas The mostnotorious suchincident was personalfreedom andprivacy.Ultimately, enuessquarelyonthe states.Opting foreither of themabsolvesthe Centreofany obligation plumbed newdepths with the Hathras rape the killing of Vikas Dubey,asmall-time the Allahabad HighCourtintervenedand of havingto protectthestates’revenues—indirectcontraventionof thegrandbargainstruck caseand itsaftermath. gangsterfromKanpur. He hadsurrendered ordered theremovalofthe banners. ALakshman Rekha wascrossedthat but wasshotdead anyway on the excuse Lawand order in UP has been in steep de- between the Centre andthe states in order to shifttothis newindirect taxarchitecture. night in Boolgarhi village whenthe police that he wastrying to escape from police cline fordecades. But today, the stateisrap- Moreover, thecomplicationsarisingoutof theshortfallare unlikelytobelimitedto thisyear. seemingly connivedwith the district ad- custody.His death raisedquestions about idlydescending intochaosunderaforce that It is likelythat collections through the compensation cesswillnot be enoughtobridgethe ministrationtodenythe victim’s family the anexus betweenhim and the police. The does everything but police. Rapes, murders shortfallnextyearaswell.Thus,theCouncilwillalsohave to deliberateonwhetherthesame righttocremateher and burntthe body matter has been hushedup. and caste atrocities bloody the landscape on formulationwill be adoptednextyear.This will also have abearingonthe extent to which themselvesinthe weehours of themorn- The police wasencouraged to flexits adailybasis with UP topping the listof the GSTcompensation cessisleviedbeyond the five-year period. ing.Therewerenorituals to dignify the cre- muscles withordinarycitizens too, through crimesinseveral categories, according to If by the next Council meeting,scheduledfor October 12,anacceptable resolution is not mation; justapile of burning logs to remove “anti-Romeo squads’’. The ostensible rea- National Crime Records Bureaustatistics. everytrace of evidence that therewas once son wastostopinter-faith marriagesand This is hardlysurprising whenthe man found,itcould well mean that the Council is headedfor voting on the issue. Votescastalong agirlwho wasgang-rapedand viciously the squads were empoweredtopickupany in charge is himself atainted figureand political lines will onlydeepen thechasmbetween the Centreand states and makesuchne- tortured before she died. couple on meresuspicion.The operation doesn’tbelieve in the dueprocessoflaw or gotiations in the future, neededinafederal polity, increasingly difficult.Itisstill nottoo late Since then, the policeand other author- turnedsourveryquicklyasthe police went respect forhumandignity.Adityanath was forthe Centretoadoptamoreconciliatoryapproach. The solutionhas to be both political ities have thrown cautiontothe windsto overboard withsuchunfetteredpower. acontroversialfigurelong before he be- andeconomic:Inafederalpolity,decision-makingshouldbeconsensualinnature,ratherthan beat backnational outrageoverthe inci- Theyforcedtheir wayintoprivate resi- came chief minister. He came to the job being driven by theforce of brute majority,and at the sametime, the Centreshould assure dent. Theyhaveresortedtoagrotesque dis- dences, rounded up marriedcouples and withcriminal cases pendingagainsthim. playofmuscle power, brandishing liesand arrested even abrother and sisteronthe It has become commonplace forMPs states, who areatthe forefront of fighting the COVID pandemic,ofadequateresources. lathistointimidateopposition leaders, the mistakenassumption that theywerelovers. and MLAs to have arecord of criminal cases. media and the victim’s family. Notasingle policeofficerhas been hauled But political parties usuallydrawaredline In retrospect, the Hathras horrorwas up forharassmentorpunished forwrong- when it comes to choosingsomeone to waiting to happen. The seeds were sown ful confinement. head agovernment. The BJP erasedthat line A NEWWIND the dayYogi Adityanathwas sworninas By the time protests againstthe withAdityanath. chief ministerin2017. Oneofhis earliest Citizenship AmendmentBill spilled outon One of the firstthings the CM did after decisions wastogivethe police afreehand One of the first things the thestreets of UP lastwinter,the police was assuming office wastohaveall the cases Likeeverything else in this year of change, diplomacy,too, may on the plea of restoring lawand order, CM did after assuming office on ahighthankstothe nod-and-wink atti- againsthim withdrawn. And ever since, he needanemotional upgrade. Ambassador Lindner shows the way whichheclaimedhad broken down in five tudeofthe leadership. It manhandledthe has turnedthe police intoatool to run UP as years of SamajwadiParty’s “jungle raj”. wastohaveall the cases protestors, behavedinavulgar manner his personal fiefdom wherelawscan be against him withdrawn. And RAYOFwarmth shaftedthroughdiplomacy’s customarystiff upper lip when He gave the green signal forpolice en- with women, arrested whomsoeverit broken. counterstocleanse UP of criminals. The or- wanted andframedprominent activists in With assemblyelections looming in the Germanambassador to India, Walter JLindner,collaborated with Indian ever since,hehas turned the der was “thokdo(hitthem)”, no questions police into atool to run UP criminal cases. early 2022,Adityanath could provetobean musiciansto comeupwithanIndianisedversionof metalbandTheScorpions’ asked.UPset anational record. In three Police impudence went severalsteps albatross aroundthe BJP’s neck. A iconic 1990 song, Wind of Change.Ananthem of hope, the original number as his personal fiefdom years, the statehas reported6,145 encoun- further with the forceputting up banners wascomposed at thecusp of monumental political change, that included theunification of ters with 119accuseddead. No action has where laws canbebroken. in Lucknowthat carriedphotographs of ar- The writerisasenior journalist Germany, theendof theColdWarandthedissolutionof theSovietUnion.Standingatthecusp of another momentous stretchofhistory,Lindner has said that his coverisnot apolitical statement but areiteration of thenecessity of hope in the bleakest of times. Adiplomat’s forteinkeeping communicationsneutral has long made foreign affairs re- semble abloodless game of chess, or,ifyou areinclined to somethinglivelier, then avery OCTOBER 7, 1980, FORTY YEARS AGO slowwaltz, perhaps. The word games arelong and inscrutable, the photo-ops and dinner parties the architectural motif of adelicate balance.But, likeeverythingelse in this year of I RAN PORTCITYFALLS of the Gulf war, strikingatthe capital’s air- anyarrestsofar.Yadav giving information change, diplomacy,too, mayneedanemotional upgrade.Or, as Lindner says in an interview THE IRANIAN PORTcity of Khorramshahr portand vital oil refinery, andindustrial tar- about the incident under rule 301said that fell to attacking Iraqi troops,marking gets stretching severalkilometres around thepolice firsttriedtohushupthe case as to thispaper,itneedssomethingthatmovesbeyond“just cocktailpartiesandreceptionsand Baghdad's firstmajor victoryofthe two- it. some influential persons of the same vil- secretivemeetingsbehind closeddoors”;something akin to sympathyfor one another.And week-old war, theBBC reported.BBC cor- lage were involved in this heinous crime. whatbetterway to communicatethatother than with afull-throatedbelcanto,oraharmo- respondent Christopher Morris, reporting UP RAPE COVER-UP Howeverwhen the condition of the girl nious jugalbandi,reaffirming the sentimentsofKlaus Maine, Scorpions’frontman’sfamous from the front, said that although some A15-YEAR-OLD Harijan girlwas raped, worsened, the police registeredthe com- lines: “The worldisclosing in/ Did youeverthink/That we could be so close, likebrothers/ small arms and artilleryfirecontinued,the made blindand one of her breasts chopped plaint with great difficulty. Thefuture'sinthe air/ Ican feel it everywhere/Blowing with the wind of change”? port was “firmlyunderIraqi control”. He offinvillage Khanpur GurailainLakhimpur Lindner’smusicalperformanceislikelytoremainadiplomaticasideinthelargerscheme said the Iraqisadvancedmorethanamile Kheri districtonSeptember 28 last. This MSP RAISED overnight witharmour and droveIranian startlingrevelation wasmade in the Vidhan THE UNION GOVERNMENT raisedthe sup- of things. But the possibilities it throwsupinimaginingabetter-calibrated worldtakes one defenders from their positions in Iran’s ma- Sabha todaybyPradeep Kumar Yadav, portprice of paddy to Rs 105aquintalfrom backtoanother personaland rather unorthodoxexplanation of diplomacy offeredbythe jor portunder aheavy artillerybarrage. leader of theJanata(S) group who said that Rs 95 last year.The decision wastaken by flamboyant American diplomat, RichardHolbrooke: “Peacemaking is likejazz, youhaveto Meanwhile, Iraqi planes deliveredtheir the condition of the girlwas very serious in the Economic Affairs Committee of the listentothe other instrumentsand improvise”. In 2020, both sound rather likesoul music. heaviestattackonTeheransincethe start the hospitaland the policehad not made Cabinet.

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Poorestdistrictswiththe largest number of migrantworkers arethe onesthat most needtogenerate code employment —and have the least capacity to deliver Reforms introducedinthe three labour codes address basic needs —torevivethe economyand tackle barriersinthe expansion of firms

thereisastrong needtostrengthen employ- ment and social protection systems. The in- clusionofthe gigand platform workers in FarzanaAfridi, theSocial Security Code2020 is astepto- wardsstrengthening the formal economy. AmritaDhillon and The provision forinsurance coverage has been extendedtoplantation workers, and Arka RoyChaudhuri free annual healthcheck-ups and abipar- Sanjiv Bajaj tite safetycommittee has been introduced forestablishments suchasfactories, mines DUE TO THECOVID-19crisis, the pastfew THE ECONOMIC CRISIS createdby the pan- and plantation sectors in place of hazardous months have seenlarge flows of migrant demic has threatenedthe long-term busi- factories. The ESIC and EPFOrequirements labour from urban centres backtotheir nesssustainability and livelihood of mil- will nowapplytoestablishmentsemploy- home states. To reduce the hardship of these lions of workers aroundthe world. The ing less than 10 and20workers respectively workers the central government launched situationdemands ajob-richapproach, on avolunteer basis. the Garib KalyanRozgar Abhiyan (GKRA) on backedbystrongeremploymentpolicies Falling women’s workforceparticipa- June 20, with the twin objectivesofprovid- and institutions, better resources,compre- tion in India has been amatter of concern ing employment and benefitstovillages hensive socialprotection systems and in- foralong time.Female labour forcepartic- throughthe developmentofrural infrastruc- ternational cooperation.The three labour ipation is adriverofgrowth and, therefore, tureusing returning migrants’ skills. The codes, passedbyParliamentafter yearsof participation ratesindicatethe potential for GKRA covers 116districtsinsix states over stakeholder consultations, replace many acountrytogrowmorerapidly.The new 125days,eachwith alarge concentrationof old laws and could be transformational in Code ensures the employment of women returning migrant workers. But it is basically their potentialimpact. in nightshiftsfor all types of work. an umbrella scheme of 25 different govern- Governments, workers and employers The OccupationalHealth, Safety& ment schemes under 12 ministries with the needtoplayacrucial role in combatingthe Working ConditionsCode expands the def- aim of better implementation via acen- outbreak,ensuringthe safetyofindividu- inition of amigrant worker,whichincludes tralisedchainofcommand (the Ministryof als and the sustainability of businesses and workers who would be directlyemployed RuralDevelopment).Moreover, thealloca- jobs. Reforms that ensurethe smooth work- by the employer besides those employed tion of Rs 50,000 crorerepresentsafront ing of business enterprises and the health through acontractor.Further, it has also loading of the outlays whichhad been and safetyofevery worker were trulythe been made possible that amigrant, who plannedoverthe next financial year. needofthe hour. comes on his owntothe destination state, Interestingly,out of 25 work typesunder the Mostofthe enterprisesinIndia stay can declare himself amigrant worker by GKRA scheme, 11 of them arealready cov- small foryearsintermsofthe number of registering on an electronic portal basedon ered under MGNREGA. people employedincomparison to the other self-declaration seededwithAadhaar. While the objectivesofthe scheme are CRSasikumar countries. The compliance burden on estab- Registrationonthe portal has been simpli- laudable, especiallyinaclimateofuncer- lishmentshas always been aroadblockin fied andthereisnorequirement of any tainty wheremigrant workers’ livelihood is programme participant benefitted from the basedonthe NSS data, suggestthat states creatingemployment opportunities.The otherdocument exceptAadhaar.For de-li- under severe stress, is this expenditurelikely programme). Thus, “demographic coverage” likeJharkhand, Bihar,Orissa, UP and Industrial Relations Code 2020 addresses cencing/de-registration, it is mandated to to yield resultsinterms of the main objec- is the yearly averageemployment as apro- Uttarakhand reveal largergaps between of- the matter of expansion of firms by increas- notify registering officers about the closure tives? If yes, we shouldexpect that the choice portion of the 2011 Census rural adult pop- ficiallyreportedemployment generation fig- ing the threshold forretrenchment/closure of theirestablishment and certify payment of districtswas guided by:One, the number ulation belowthe povertyline and “finan- ures and the NSS-basedestimates which or lay-offwithout requiring governmentap- of dues to allemployedworkers, whichwill of migrantsfromthat district;two,how poor cial coverage”isthe inflation-adjusted mayreflect irregularities. On the other hand, proval,from100 to 300workers.In2014, ensurethat workers will notbeexploited those districtsare relative to others and; averageyearly expenditureper rural adult states likeAndhraPradesh, Himachal Rajasthan had addressedthis by increasing even during the closure of the concerned three, howefficient these districtsare in belowthe povertyline on the programme. Pradesh,Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan have well the threshold of taking prior permission of establishment. The introduction of acon- terms of delivery of the programme objec- The “demographic/financial intensity” is the matched figures. It maynot be acoincidence the government before retrenchment. The ceptofconducting web-basedinspections tives. averagenumber of days worked/annual that social audit processes have been docu- reform has helpedfirms to setuplargerop- can be seenasanattempt of matching cor- The firstcriterionisdifficult to test be- (real) paymentreceivedper programme mented to work especiallywell in Andhra erations in Rajasthan, that is, with morethan porateneeds in the digitalworld. causeofthe paucity of recent data on district participant. Pradesh and Rajasthan. 100employees, and the same amendment Under Industrial RelationsCode 2020, wise migrant workers. While the GKRA The pattern that emergesisthat the Together withotherevidence on state wasfollowedby15states. the provision fora14-daynoticeperiod be- scheme onlyapplies to districtswhichhad GKRA districtsfareworse on averageonan levelimplementation of MGNREGA, state Considering the unpredictable fluctua- fore strikes andlockdowns would allow at least25,000returningmigrants,wedonot overall compositeindexofcoverageand in- levelirregularitiesand administrative capac- tions of the global market, thereare many both workers and employers to attemptre- reallyknowwith anycertainty the universe tensity than the other districtsoverthe pe- ity,the success of GKRA schemes maybe jobs whereemployees arerequired fora solving the issues. The codes also promote of suchdistrictsinthe country. However, riod2011-2019.However,theyfarebetteron tightlylinked to pastperformance of MGN- fewmonths suchasinfrastructureprojects, lifelong learningmechanismthrough the based on existing estimates, it is highly likely demographic intensity,and no worse than REGA,and basedonthat, the prognosis is not textiles and garments, food and agro-pro- introduction of areskilling fund. The life- that the states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar ac- non-GKRAdistrictsonfinancial intensity. good. By the end of August2020, atracker cessing, etc. An adjustableframework is re- long learning opportunity is provided to count foralarge part of the out migration Hence, the better overall performance of the releasedbythe Peoples Action for quired forhiringworkers thatcan adaptto matchthe evolving skill sets required for and the GKRA has 63 out of 116districtsin non-GKRA districtsisbeing drivenbytheir Employment Guarantee (PAEG) showedthat the marketchanges. The contractual em- technology and process changes. UP and Bihar. better performance in coverage.Interms of in the stateofBihar,therewas no observable ployment workforceisquite oftenex- CII believesthat the reforms introduced Regarding the second criterion, we com- SC/STcoveragetoo, the GKRA districtsdo While the objectives of the difference between MGNREGAemployment ploited with respect to wages, social secu- in the three labourcodes —the Code on parethe GKRA districtswith non-GKRA dis- worse on demographic coverage.One inter- generationinthe GKRA districts as against rity,and working conditions as well as Occupational Health&Safety, Social trictsinthe country(across 19 majorstates) pretation of this analysis is that in the GKRA scheme arelaudable, the others. Moreover, out of 12 districts that welfarefacilities. Security Code and Industrial Relations Code on some socioeconomic measures: GKRA districts, benefitsofMGNREGAare highly especially in aclimate of reported ahigher materials-to-labour ex- FixedTerm Employment is an interven- —are progressive.Beyond the current re- districtsare on averageless developedbased concentrated on some selected beneficiar- uncertaintywhere migrant penditureonMGNREGA(the materialsto tion to enable the hiring of employees di- covery,theywill help to build afutureof on night lights data (a proxyfor GDPper dis- ies to the detriment of themajority of the tar- workers’ livelihood is under labour ratioismandated by the government rectlyinstead of hiring through contractors, work that is safer,fairer,greener and more trict), povertyrates (from the NSS, 68th getedpoor population. It couldalso be that to be below40per cent), nine out these were whichwill ensureflexibility.For employ- resilient. The reform measures address ba- round, 2011-12), literacy ratesand the pro- some districtshavemoreunionisedwork- severe stress, is this the GKRA districts. Our analysis shows that ees, all statutoryentitlementsand service sic needs—torevivethe economyand portion of ScheduledCastesand Scheduled ers. expenditure likely to yield the poorestdistrictswith the largestnum- conditions equivalent to those of aregular tackle barriers in the expansion of firms. Tribes population(from theCensus 2011), The patterns of higher demographicand results in terms of the main berofmigrant workers arepreciselythe ones employeehavenow been made applicable. Moreover, theypromote the employment and hence the emphasis on these districts financial intensityand lowercoverageare thatneedtogenerateemployment, but have The Code on Industrial Relations alsoex- of women as well as reskilling of the work- seems justified. replicated across states —while poorer states objectives? If yes, we should the leastcapacity to deliver. The Centrehas tends the benefit of gratuity even foranFTE forcefor the deployment of migrants. In order to saysomething about thethird likeBihar and UP areamongstthe worstper- expect that the choice of created abureaucratic structureaccountable contractofone year,whichisfiveyears in criterion, we use existing publiclyavailable formers in access measured as person days districts wasguided by:One, to theMinistryofRural Development and thecaseofregular employees. The writer is vice president, administrative dataonpastdistrict-level generated, theyimplement MGNREGA with the number of migrants from that maydeliverthe right outcomes in the Due to thechanging natureofwork, Confederation of Indian Industry performance indicators in the MGNREGA as muchintensity as richer states. It is widely shortrun, but it remains to be seen howto (theNationalRural Employment Guarantee acceptedthat statecapacity influences the that district; two, howpoor managethis in the longer run. Scheme) over the period 2011-19fromthe delivery of public programmes. However, it those districts are relative to MinistryofRural Development. We divided canalso be that corruption is higher in these othersand three,how Afridi is associateprofessor at Indian LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR our performance indicators into twobroad states.Figuresonirregularities across all dis- efficient these districts are in Statistical Institute, NewDelhi, Dhillon is categories: Coverage (thedegree to which trictsare notoriously hardtoobtain dueto professor at King's College, London and the programme reachedthe intendedben- social auditsresults notbeing reportedby terms of deliveryofthe Chaudhuri is assistant professor at Shiv eficiaries) andintensity (howmucheach states. But some estimates of irregularities programme objectives. Nadar University BLOWTONITISH THIS REFERS TO theeditorial, IDEAS 'DownsizingNitish'(October6).Howas- tuteapoliticianRam Vilas Paswan is has ONLINE been made visible by his “match-fixing” deal with the BJP.With the exit of the LJP ONLYINTHE EXPRESS from the Bihar alliance, and continuing Twentyyearsofleadership withtheBJP-ledNDA,thefather-sonduo ● MYVICTIM,YOUR have hintedthatgovernancefailuresand VICTIM: the pandemic-ridden remittance econ- VIVEKDESHPANDE ReasonforModi’slongevityasanelectedleaderishisabilityto challengehimself omy, will be abig blowtoNitish Kumar. RajivBoolchand Jain, Zirakpur ● ISNOBELPEACEPRIZE JPNadda RELEVANT?: REGULATION NEEDED JAYANTAGOPALBORPUJARI THE SEEMINGLY INNOCUOUS date of well-known globallyamong investors. His governance -- both at the statelevel eventuallyoutlasts allnegativity.That has THIS REFERSTOthe editorial, ‘Goalsand October 7, 2001,isamilestone in Indian po- Similarly,asprime minister, he has ensured and the national level--has been efficient, alsobeen the storyofModi’s rise. Awhole penalties’ (IE, October 6). Since the www.indianexpress.com litical history.That wasthe dayNarendra recordFDI inflows. effective and reformist. However, whileitis ecosystem made him amarkedman and has Industrial Revolution, that in-charge of Modi wassworn in as Chief Ministerof The famedGujarat model needs no intro- tempting to go on and on about governance, been out to damage his reputation fortwo varioussectorshave avoidedregulations Gujarat forthe firsttime. Since then,hehas duction. The statesaw bumper growth in Modi, since his ascendance in 2001 to the decades. Even asmall indiscretion would andethicallimitsintheirpursuitof prof- fromtheruraleconomyandlastmonth's neverlostanelection as theheadofagov- agriculturedespitehaving semi-arid regions chief minister’s post, needs to be celebrated have meant the endofhis political journey. its. Facebook, andothertechgiants, are GSTcollectionhasalsogivensomehope. ernment and takenonanational role as andrapid growth in infrastructure. Modi has foradifferent reason. In the face of suchintense -- mostlyunfair -- no different. As the editorial hints, “self- Butwe shouldbereadyforthelonghaul. PrimeMinister. As aresult,onOctober 7, ensured freedom forfarmers afterdecades Modi representsvalues that arebeyond scrutiny, he hasgone about working towards regulation”andinternaloversightare no Thegovernmentwillhave to sheditsfear 2020, NarendraModienters his 20th year as as Prime Ministerand India’s infrastructure, governance and politics. He appeals to the achievinghis goals forhis stateand later,the solution. The damagebeingdone by so- of increasingthe fiscal deficit and accel- thehead of agovernment. It speaksvolumes whichhas already grownmassively under best in India and Indians, and manages to nation. His composureand focus made him cial media,bothtothe mentalhealth of erateonpublic spending. about his ability to win the people’s confi- Modi,ispoised to grow even more. bring outthe best from them.Hebrought out unstoppable. young people as individuals and society Bal Govind, Noida dence over and over again, in greater magni- Modi’semphasisuponsavingthegirl child the best in people andtheymade cleanliness Often, those who are “big picture” people asawholeneedsmoredrasticaction.For tude everytime. and educating her through Beti Bachao Beti amass movement. In anation wherethe aregrand visionaries but cannottranslate example, whynot remove social media HURDLES REMAIN However, the electoral victories and mas- Padhaohasbeenwidelyappreciated.However, prevalent political culturewas about giving that vision intothe relentless action neces- appsfromsmartphonesby law?Thatwill sive popularity arethe effectsthat getnoticed this wasalogical extension of his Kanya moreand moresubsidies, he inspired peo- saryfor achieving it. Then thereare those automaticallyreducetheamountof time THIS REFERS TO thearticle, 'She is asci- often. The tirelessworkand peerlessvision Kelavani programme in Gujarat forgirlchild ple to give up their subsidies so that the poor who aregood at achieving pre-set targetsbut spent on social media as well as ensure entist' (IE, October 6). Another challenge that arebehind thesevictories arethe traits education, wherethe wholegovernment, led could getfreegas connections. cannotgrasp the largerpicture. However, thatmorepeoplerely oncrediblesources women scientists face is the ongoing that makeModi what he is. by the chief minister, usedtostayinvillages India is adiverse and accepting civilisa- Modi combines both in himself. He is both a fornews andinformation.Regulatingso- bias againsttheir capabilities even Right from his days as Chief Ministerof andencourage theschool enrollment of girls. tion that, at itsbest, knows howtotranscend visionaryand aworkhorse.Hehas the nec- cial media has twochallenges.Itisim- among the well-informed—intellectu- Gujarat, Modi stood out among his peers. At The reason forModi’s longevity as an identities. Modi, aGujarati, representing a essary mindsettocome up with agrand vi- portant to temper the profit motive as als likeAlessandroStrumia of Pisa atime when powerreforms meant political elected leader is his ability to challengehim- constituency from Uttar Pradesh, doesnot sion as well as the precision and persistence well as the powerofalgorithms. University and Lawrence Summersof suicide, he took farmers into confidence, re- selfcontinuously, moreaggressively than pander to anypartisan caste,community, to handle the dryness of quotidian tasksthat MritunjayaChatterjee, via email Harvardquestionedwomen’s talent in formedGujarat’s powersector,took electric- anyoutside challenger would tryto. He class or regional considerations. His appeal act as steps to achievethe vision. science. And in matters of young ity to everyGujarati villageand made it a takesthe risk of settingtargets openlyand transcends these divisions and unites people As he enters his 20th year as the head of SPEND NOW women conducting research under powersurplus state. As PM,hetook electric- audaciously. Despiteinheriting an admin- across the nation towardsone purpose — agovernment, staggering as his pastachieve- senior scientists or professors the inci- ity to everyvillageand everyhousehold. istration known forpolicy paralysis, Modi India’s greatness. mentsmay already have been, his best is yet THISREFERTOtheeditorial,‘Readingthe dentsofsexual harassment continue to When even national-levelinvestorsum- setspecifictargets foreachofhis flagship The best of Indian tradition teaches stoic to come and it will be themaking of an rain’ (IE, October 5). Thankstoagood haunt the aspirants. mitswererare, Modi startedthe Vibrant schemes,beitsanitation,rural electrifica- dignity in the face of hatred and calumny. It Atmanirbhar Bharat. monsoon, thereissome positivenews YGChouksey, Pune Gujarat investor summit in 2003. Since then, tion,housingfor all, potable waterfor allor also teaches that suchsilent, steelyand dig- both the summit and state have become doubling farmers' incomes. nifieddeterminationpoweredbythe truth The writer is BJP president

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SIMPLY PUT CORONAVIRUS DASHBOARD At 61,000, lowest count of Nobel for black hole physics new casesinsix weeks RogerPenrose,89, bagslong overduePrize forproving blackholes exist. He sharesitwithAndreaGhez NEWLYDETECTED coronavirus cases have recoveredfromthe disease. fell further on Monday(figuresup- It is alwaysbettertolook at the and ReinholdGenzel,who established thereisamassive black holeatthe centreofthe Milky Way dated by the government on overallpositivity rate,that is, the ratio Tuesday), this time aidedbythe low of totalnumber of positive cases and tories andthe speedofthe stars could onlybe testing that happens on Sundays.Just total number of testsconductedtill AMITABHSINHA explainedbythe presence of averymassive about 61,000newcases were discov- now. This overall positivityratehas PUNE,OCTOBER6 BLACK HOLES &SINGULARITY but invisible, heavenlybody. This is now ered across the country, the lowest in been falling since thesecond week of Singularity knowntobethe Sagittarius A* supermassive about six weeks. It wasinAugustthat August, whenithad reachedapeak of IN 1997,the famous Indianastrophysicist CROSSSECTIONOFABLACKHOLE Observer blackhole,whichhasamassfourmilliontimes India had been reporting between about 9%. But in the last fewdays,the JayantNarlikarorganisedapublictalkforavis- Whenamassivestarcollapsesunderitsown thatofthe Sun and is confinedtoanarea 60,000 and70,000 cases aday. reduction has been muchmorerapid. itingBritishmathematicalphysicistinanaudi- gravity,itformsablackholethatcaptures roughlythe size of our Solar System. Maharashtra reportedjustabout Thefall in positivity rate had begunon torium in central Pune. Contrarytoexpecta- everythingpassingitseventhorizon.Noteven Event 10,200cases on Monday,its lowest August 10,after reaching 9.01%,and it tions, over 5,000 people turneduptolisten. lightcanescape.Attheeventhorizon,time Horizon Sagittarius A* since August17. Andhra Pradesh had droppedto8.44% on September 27. Withtheauditoriumpackedbeyondcapacity, replacesspaceandpointsonlyforward.The Time Theworldcouldsoonseewhatitlookslike. onlyabout 4,200cases, the The steadybut slowdecline has quick- doors had to be shut. But people brokethe flowoftimecarrieseverythingtowardsa SagittariusA*isone of twoblack holeswhose lowest since July 20. Biharreported enedinthe week afterthat, and the doors to getinside,resultingincommotion. singularityinsideblackhole,wheretimeends. Space photographshave beencapturedby theEvent lessthan1,000cases forthe firsttime positivity rate is 8.25%now. Policehad to intervene, and threatenedtoar- Horizon Telescope project. Black holes do not sinceJuly11, while Delhi had lessthan It’s been one month nowsince the rest Narlikar forcausingpublicunrest. emitorradiateanything,evenlight.So,thereis 2,000 cases afteral- lastbig surge in cases The speaker that daywas none other than no waytheirimagecan be captured.But the mostamonth. happened, and Indiafirst RogerPenrose, the hugelypopular, now89- Time areajust outsideitsboundary, calledtheevent What is also re- reportedmorethan year-old,theoreticalphysicist,mathematician, Singularity Event horizon,whichhasvast amountsofgas,clouds markable wasthatthis 90,000 cases in aday. sciencephilosopher and bestselling author Horizon and plasma swirling violently, doesemit all Sunday’s testing num- Within the next few who,onTuesday, wasrewardedwiththe kinds of radiations, even visible light. bers were notsignifi- days,alevel of 98,000 NobelPrize in Physics forhis work on black Time Throughanetwork of gianttelescopes,sci- cantlylowerthanon cases per daywas holes. Penrose wonhalf the Prize. Matter Collapsing entists have collected radiations from outside other days.Almost 9.9 touched, and it seemed In the second consecutive year whenthe star the event horizon of the blackhole, and recre- lakhsamples were onlyamatter of timebe- PhysicsPrizehasgoneto astrophysics,theother Future ateanimage.Theblackholecanbe“seen”only tested thisSunday, CORONAVIRUS fore dailynew detec- half issharedby AndreaGhez,55,of theUSand becauseitisenclosedwithin averybright, or- while on eachofthe tions crossedthe one GermanastronomerReinholdGenzel,68,who Space ange-reddoughnut-shapedringintheimage. previoussix days, COUNT lakhmark.However, the have been working independentlyattwo dif- Present Thelightconeshowsthepathsoflightrays Images of twoblackholeswerecapturedthis about 11.7 lakh tests dailynumbershavere- ferentobservatories.Theirwork overtheyears, forwardandbackwardintime.Whenablack way. One of them,that of the blackhole at the were carriedout on an average. We mainedsurprisinglystable afterthat, basedonindependentobservationsby twodif- holeforms,thelightconesthatcrosstheevent centreofthe Messier 87 galaxy,55lightyears have seen testingnumbersfall much dropping down in the 80,000sand ferenttelescopes,hasprovidedcompellingev- horizonwillturninward,towardthesingularity. fromEarth,wasreleasedby scientistslastyear. lower, to alevel betweenseven and even lower. During this time, the daily idenceof thepresenceof asupermassiveblack The imageofSagittarius A* wasstill being eight lakhs, on previous Sundays,and recoveries have gone on to exceedthe hole at thecentreofour Milky Waygalaxy. processed;itwill bereleasedinafew months. the Mondaycasecount has been detection of newcases,leadingtoa Ghez and Genzel,whosemain work came NOBEL IN PHYSICS muchhigher thanthis. welcome fall in the active cases in the in the1990s and early 2000s, have been con- The Kolkataconnection Thedailypositivity ratio, or the ra- country. sideredNobelcontendersformanyyearsnow. Dibyendu Nandi of IISER, Kolkatapointed tio of positivecases to the total tests In fact, in the lastthree weeks, ac- to the contribution of Indian physicistAmal on anyday,was just5.62% on Monday. tive cases have come down by almost Long overdue Kumar Raychaudhuriinthe work of Penrose This levelofpositivityhas notbeen one lakh, almosta10% drop from a ForPenrose, the honour has been long and Hawking on blackholes. Raychaudhuri, seensince May. But it must be said levelof10.17 lakhonSeptember 17 to overdue.Hiswork which hasbeenmentioned basedatPresidency CollegeinKolkatainthe this is misleading, mainly because the 9.19 lakhnow.Ofcourse, the 20,000 inthecitation—aconfirmationthatblackholes 1950s, hadproducedtheoreticalresults while resultsofthe PCR testsusually arrive deaths in these three weekshavealso indeeddoform,andtheirdetaileddescription One half to RogerPenrose “forthe Other half jointlytoReinhardGenzel working on general relativity and come up aday or twolater. contributed to the reduction in active —was completed in waybackin1965. discovery that blackhole and Andrea Ghez “forthe discovery of a withanequationthatisnamedafterhim.That The total number of peoplewho cases. But suchconsistent and signif- “The awardtoPenrose is abit of asurprise formation is arobustprediction supermassive compactobject at the equation, and his results, provedcritical in the have so farbeen found infected with icant decline in active cases has never because it has come so late. In fact,Ihad of general theoryofrelativity”. centreofour galaxy”. work Penrose and Hawking laterproduced. the virus has nowreached66.85 lakh, happenedduring this pandemic. thought he would neverbegiven theaward, Illustrations: nobelprize.org “Infact,whenIfirstaskedPenroseif Icould of whom 56.62lakh, or about 85%, AMITABHSINHA justlike(Stephen) Hawking,his collaborator attendoneof thecoursesbeingofferedby him, on the work on blackholes, neverwas. Most heaskedmewhereIwasfrom.AndwhenItold of his work on blackholes came in collabora- Penrosehas come justtwo years after Theyhavebeen running twodifferent exper- him Ihad comefromPresidency, Kolkata, tion with Hawking. The twohavehad along Hawking’s death. Ideally, the twoshould have iments, using twodifferent telescopes, in two Penrose asked whether Iwas related to Amal INDIAACTIVE CASES 919,023 association over severaldecades. It’s difficult beenrecognisedtogether,”saidRaychaudhury, different countries,and have essentiallycome Kumar Raychaudhuri.Itold himIwas not, but to separateone’s work from the other,” said whohadtakencoursesfrombothPenroseand aroundtothe same conclusion,” he said. Ihad been taught by him. Hawking toowas in SomakRaychaudhury, director of the Pune- Hawking as astudent at Oxford in the 1980s. Ghez, who spends alot of time popularis- the room,” recalledSomak Raychaudhury. 1050,000 basedInter-University Centrefor Astronomy ing science and talking about blackholes, “Idon’t know whether Penrose andAKR and Astrophysics (IUCAA). Ghez &Genzel worksatthe Keck Observatory on Hawaii’s (Amal Kumar Raychaudhuri) ever met, be- “ButPenrose has so manyother contribu- “Thankfully, Ghez and Genzel have been MaunaKea, and Genzelatthe Very Large causeAKR wasalways basedinKolkata. But 956,402 tionsaswell,inmathematics,inphysics,inphi- recognisedontime. People likemehavebeen TelescopefacilityonParanalmountaininChile. AKR’s resultsweresomething that wascriti- losophy.Blackholesform averysmall part of quiteconvincedthat theywould certainlybe Theymade precise measurementsofthe caltotheir ownwork, and theydid acknowl- 919,023 hiswork. It’s reallysurprising whyhedid not honoured... Theirs is another case where you orbitsofthe brighteststars in the area consid- edge that severaltimes,” he said. 950,000 gettheNobelalltheseyears.ButHawkingwas cannotrecognise one withoutthe other,even ered the middleofthe Milky Way, andtheir ignored as well, and nowthe recognition for though theyhavebeen working separately. studiesshowedthattheslightlyunusualtrajec- TOMORROW:CHEMISTRY

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Note: The Oct 5figureinthis graphisbased on thegovtupdateonOct 6 DevelopmentLaboratory(DRDL)and demonstrationinanti-submarinewarfare. SUSHANTKULKARNI Research CentreImarat(RCI), both in India’s anti-submarine warfarecapacity PUNE,OCTOBER6 Hyderabad; Aerial Delivery Research and building is crucialinlight of China's growing INDIATOTAL CASES WORLDTOTAL CASES Development Establishment (ADRDE) in influence in the Indian Ocean region. 6,685,082 35,601,426 ON MONDAY,India successfully conducted Agra; andNavalScienceand Technology Assets of such warfareconsistofdeploy- the flight test of aSupersonic Missile Assisted Laboratory(NSTL) Visakhapatnam have de- ment of submarines, specialisedanti-subma- Source:MinistryofHealth&Family Source:JohnsHopkinsUniversity, Release of Torpedo (SMART) system devel- velopedthe technologies requiredforSMART. rine ships, air assets andstate-of-the-artre- Welfare,updatedat11pmonOct6 updatedat11pmonOct6 opedbythe Defence Research and connaissanceanddetectionmechanisms.The Development Organisation (DRDO). What happenedatthe test? Navy’s anti-submarine warfarecapability got It wasconducted from Wheeler Island off aboost in June afterthe conclusionofacon- What is SMARTsystem? the coastofOdisha around noon.DRDOhas tract forAdvanced Torpedo DecoySystem Torpedoes, self-propelledweapons that said all mission objectivesincluding the mis- Maareech,capableof beingfiredfromallfront- travel underwatertohit atarget, arelimited sile’s flight up to thedesignated rangeand linewarships.Indiahasbeenindigenouslyde- by theirrange.Inthe mid-2010s, DRDO un- altitude, separation of itsnose cone,release velopingandbuildingseveralanti-submarine dertook aproject to build capacity to launch of the torpedo and deploymentofVelocity systems andvessels in the recent past. torpedoes assistedbymissiles; Monday’s ReductionMechanism (VRM) were metper- In January, DRDO conducted twosuccess- wasthe firstknown flight test of the system. fectly. An anti-submarine torpedo of the fultests of the KFamily's K-4missiles. The ca- This SMARTsystemcomprises amecha- lightweight categorywas used. pability of launchingnuclearweapons from nismbywhich the torpedo is launchedfrom The test follows another crucial test two submarine platforms has great strategic im- asupersonic missile system with modifica- SMARTlaunches on Monday. days agoofthe nuclear-capable Shaurya mis- portance in light of the “no firstuse” policy of tionsthatwouldtake thetorpedoto afarlonger @DefenceMinIndia /Twitter sile.Shaurya is aland-basedparallelof thesub- India. Thesesubmarines can notonlysurvive rangethan itsown. Forexample, atorpedo marine-launchedK-15missile. afirststrikebyanadversarybutalsocanlaunch with arangeofafewkilometres can be sent a astrikeinretaliation. The nuclear-powered distance to thetune of 1000km by themissile of the missie system’s launch platform,DRDO Whyisitsignificant? Arihantsubmarine and itsclass members in system from wherethe torpedo is launched. officialssaid. Anumber of DRDOlaboratories DRDO Chairman Dr GSatheesh Reddy thepipeline areassets capable of launching The system also givesflexibility in terms including Defence Research and said SMART is agame-changing technology missiles withnuclear warheads. AproposedroadtunnelbeneathWesternGhats:purpose,concerns

at MaripuzhainThiruvambadyvillagepan- pose vehicle forthe survey,DPR and proj- So,willitnot face achallengeingetting SHAJUPHILIP chayat (Kozhikode) and Kalladi in Meppadi THROUGHHILLS&FORESTS ect execution on aturnkey basis. The gov- environmental clearance? THIRUVANANTHAPURAM,OCTOBER6 panchayat (Wayanad). At present,Wayanad ernment gave administrativesanction for Proponentsofthe projecthavebeen WESTERNGHATS plateauislinked to the rest of Kerala viafour KERALA the project earlier this year and promised stressing that the tunnel will notdestroy for- ON MONDAY,Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi roads,allwithhillysections,thelongest being Rs 658crore from Kerala Infrastructure est(trees).The MoEFCCguidelinesstate that THAMARASSERYCHURAM(GHAT)

Vijayan “launched”atunnelroadprojectthat the 13-kmThamarasseryGhat Road along Sea Investment Fund Board(KIIFB). theForest Actwouldapplynot only to surface (Narrow,busy,windingroad) would connect Kozhikode with Wayanad. the Kozhikode-Mysuru NH 766. WAYANAD area, but the entireunderground area be- Thelaunchactuallymeantthebeginningof a The tunnel road is an outcome of a Howwill the road impact the ecology? neath the trees. Fortunnelprojects, condi- survey andfixingthefinalalignmentaheadof decades-long campaign foranalternative Arabian Meppadi The Forest Departmenthas identified tions relating to undergroundminingwould Thamarassery the detailedproject report, whichshould be road as the ThamarasseryGhat Road is con- Kalpetta the proposedrouteasahighlysensitive beapplicable.Astheproposedtunnelis7km followedbysteps suchastechnicalsanction, gested andgets blockedbylandslides dur- Kalladi patch comprising evergreen and semi-ever- long,itwillrequireemergencyexitpointsand Koduvally environmental impact assessment report, ing heavy monsoon. Aproposal forwiden- NH766 SwargamKunnu (DistWayanad) greenforests,marsh lands and shola tracts. air ventilation wellsamongother measures, and seeking mandatoryclearance from var- ing the road has been pending clearance (DistKozhikode) This region is partofanelephant corridor whichwould impact the forest further. ious agencies including the Union Ministry from the MoEFCC. Twoalternative routes spread between Wayanad and Nilgiri Hills Kunnamangalam of Environment,Forestand ClimateChange have been suggestedconnecting different KOZHIKODE in Tamil Nadu. Twomajor rivers, Chaliyar Howmuchhas actually been cleared? (MoEFCC).Vijayan promisedthe survey parts of Kozhikode district to Wayanad, but Proposedtunnel (7km) and Kabani that flows to Karnataka, origi- With an eyeonelections early next year, would be over in three months and work thoseproposals did notmakemuchhead- natefromthese hills in Wayanad. thegovernment“launched”theprojectwith wouldstartnextMarch withadeadlineof 34 wayeither, mainlybecauseofforestpatches Map nottoscale;Google Earth image;Graphic: Ritesh Kumar Eruvazhanjipuzha, atributaryofChaliyar severalprocedurespending:asurveyreport, months forcompletion. that would needtobecleared. landwasinvolved.In2015,thepreviousgov- Afterthe current government came to and the lifeline of settlementsin DPRand even environmental clearance. The ernmentfinallyorderedasurvey by aprivate powerin2016, the project got apush. When Malappuram and Kozhikode, begins in the twoentrypointsofthe tunnelare in What is this tunnel road? Howdid this plan foratunnel road agencyforaroadthroughtheforest between Metropioneer ESreedharan wasap- other side of the hills. The region,known for Thiruvambadyand Kalpetta constituencies, The 7-km tunnel, being described as the emerge? MaripuzhaandKalladi.Theagencyfoundthe proachedfor support from Delhi MetroRail torrentialrain during monsoon,has wit- bothheldby therulingCPI(M).Forest officials, thirdlongestinthe country, is part of an 8- At theveryroute of the proposedtunnel surfaceroadanuphilltask,butsuggestedcut- Corporation, he suggestedKonkanRailway nessedseveral landslides,includingin2019 meanwhile,are yettoget applications from kmroadcuttingthroughsensitiveforestsand road,asurfaceroad had been debated since tingatunnelwithentryandexitpointsinpri- Corporation (KRC) take it up. In 2019,the at Kavalappuranear Nilambur and at KRCfor conducting the survey,which is now hills of the WesternGhats.Its endpointsare the 1970s, but did nottakeoff because forest vate lands close to the forest. governmentengaged KRCasaspecialpur- Puthumala, Meppadi in Wayanad. outside the forest land.

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Alwar HATHRAS WOMAN’S DEATH gangrape: Victimgave2statements,alleged NCW notice to Four get Malviya, Digvijaya, life, court says society molestation,rape:UPgovttoSC Swara for revealing Sandeepthenstrangulated me puts victims MALLICAJOSHI& withdupatta’,”theaffidavitstates. victim’s identity RAHULSABHARWAL Acopyofthe original state- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER6 ment (in Hindi) that has a on trial thumbprint attributed to the vic- TWOSTATEMENTS of the 19- tim, along with atranslation has EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE year-old Dalit woman were been annexedwith the affidavit. NEWDELHI,OCTOBER6 Whatthe DEEPMUKHERJEE recordedand videotapedafter It says: “Victim wasenquired E lawsays ● JAIPUR,OCTOBER6 she wasadmitted to Jawaharlal in form of questionnairethat in THE NATIONAL Commission for EXPLAINED Medical CollegeinAligarhon your earlier statement youhave Women (NCW) has served no- ASPECIAL courtonTuesday September 14,according to an stated that Sandeep has onlymo- tices to Congress leader Digvijaya IPC SECTION 228 (A) says awardedlifeimprisonment to affidavit filedbythe Uttar lestedyou,butnowyouaresaying Singh, BJP IT cell chief Amit whoeverprintsorpub- four Gurjar men forgangraping Pradesh government in the rape being committed upon you Malviyaand actor SwaraBhasker lishes the name of arape a19-year-old Dalit in Rajasthan’s Supreme Court. by all four accusedpersons, on forallegedly revealing the iden- victim, or anymatter Alwar lastyear.The fifthaccused The woman diedon whichthevictimstatedthatatthat tity of the 19-year-old Hathras whichmay makeknown wasconvicted under the IT Act September 29, twoweeksafter timeIwasnotcompletely inastate victim on Twitter and sought an the victim's identity,can along with sections of the she wasassaulted and allegedly of consciousness.Allof themhave explanation from them. be punishedwith impris- Indecent Representation of gangrapedinHathras. also committedrape on me. And I The Commission has di- onment of up to two Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986, According to the UP govern- do notwant to sayanything else.” rected the three to remove the years as well as afine. The and wassentencedtoimprison- ment's affidavit, filedbystanding The affidavit also states that posts and refrain from sharing NCWhad so farwithheld ment up to five years. Another counsel Garima Prashad, the the complaint submitted by the suchinformation in future. notice on the ground that accused, aminor,isbeing tried woman’s firststatement was victim's brother to the police on Disclosureofthe identity of therewereconflicting re- separately. recordedbyawoman constable September 14 said Sandeep tried avictim of certain offences are ports on whether the 19- The verdict waspronounced in the hospital on September 19, to “strangulatemysisterwith the CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechuryand CPI general secretaryDRajaatthe Hathras village. AbhinavSaha barredunder IPC Section 228(A) year-old Hathras woman by aspecial courtset up in Alwar in whichshe said that Sandeep, intention to kill her”. and whoeverisfound to have had been raped. But the to hearcasesundertheScheduled one of the four accusedwho was “The girlalso stated that flouted it can be punishedwith probesofar has notruled Castesand Tribes (Prevention of arrested the next day, had “also Sandeep had made an attempt to imprisonment extending up to out rape, whichmakes it Atrocities)Act.SpecialSC/STCourt molestedher and triedtokill her strangulateher throat by hand Sedition case: UP Police probe twoyears, and will also be liable asuspected rape case. JudgeBrijesh Kumar said the by strangulating her with acloth and therewas pain in her neck. to fine. The same principle ap- male-dominated Indian society (dupatta)”. Both the victim and the mother Despiterepeated attempts, plies even afterthe vic- madethefightforjusticeforarape “That on 19.09.2020, the clearly stated (video recorded) ‘tutoring’ of family by journalist Malviya, Singh and Bhaskar were tim's death – the law victimdifficult.LikeSita,whohad statement of the victim under that she wasnot injured any- unavailable foracomment. mandates that her iden- to undergo agni pariksha (testof Section 161CrPC wasrecorded whereother than the neck, that out with astatement saying they structions reads, “If yousee black The Dalit woman wasal- tity needs to be protected. chastity), he said, "Even today, in by awoman constable, Ms accusedwas onlySandeep and AMILBHATNAGAR arenot satisfiedwith the govern- people, run with them.” Another legedly rapedbyfour upper sexual crimes suchasrapes com- Rashmi, while the victim wasstill that nothing else had happened,” HATHRAS,OCTOBER6 ment's actions in the case. Even instruction says, “Please do your caste men in UP’s Hathras village mitted againstIndian woman, it admitted in the ICU of the neuro the affidavit states in the section when the familyhad gone on research in case the place youare on September 14.She later suc- used. “In viewofthe above,you is the woman who has to prove ward at bed no. 09, in the pres- ‘brief chronology of events’. THE UTTAR Pradesh Police is in- recordtosay theyweresatisfied protesting is aset up or not, for cumbed to injuries at aDelhi arerequired to provide asatis- herselfcorrect, even todayques- ence of the victim’s father… and It says doctors at Aligarh “re- vestigating an unnamedjour- with the government's actions. It example San Diegoand Phoenix hospital. According to the fam- factoryexplanation to the tions areraisedonawoman's the mother… whichwas also peatedly advisedthe parentsto nalistfor allegedly trying to tu- wasfurther asked of the brother have been debunkedas whitesu- ily, the local police cremated her Commission on receiptofthis character,eventodayawoman videotaped. The victim stated give their consent to shiftthe girl torthe Hathras woman’s family to reiteratethat the girlhad told premacists luring people.” in the dead of night without in- notice and shall remove and re- has to proveher character." that the accused, Sandeep alias to aspinal injuryspecialisthospi- intomaking astatement against him about the rape, even when Instructions further statethat the forming them. frain from transmission of such Five bike-borne men had ab- Chandu, had also molestedher talsothat the victim could be the government, according to an an initial FIR had onlybeen filed “NewYorkPolice Department” On Friday, Malviyahad pictures/ videos on social media, ductedthewomanalongwithher and triedtokill her by strangu- treated better.However, the par- FIR filedatChandpa police sta- forassault.” The FIR goes on to say will “film” people at everycorner. tweeteda48-second video clip as theyare widelycirculated by husband on April 26 lastyear on lating her with acloth (dupatta). entsrefusedtogivetheirconsent”. tion here. that the medical reports and the The websitehas since been and wrote, “Hathras victim’s in- your follower(s), whichispro- the Alwar-Thanagazi highway, On the basis of the said state- Annexedisastatement pur- The FIR, filedunder several FSL examination ruledout rape. takendown. teraction with areporteroutside hibited by existing law,”the no- and gangrapedher by the road- ment, the police immediately portedlysignedbythe father and sections including sedition, also “An audio of apolitician has ED probes ‘Justice for AMU whereshe claimedthere tice stated. side in front of him. Theyhad addedSection 354ofthe IPC to brother,saying, “Iam…(the pointstothe alleged role of an also gone viral and afemale rela- wasanattempt to strangulateher NCWchairperson Rekha robbed the couple, as well as the FIR,” the affidavit states. woman’s)brotherandwe aresat- unnamedpolitician in coercing tive of the victim wasbeing pres- Hathras’ website neck. None of it is to take away Sharma told The Indian Express: filmedthe act and later black- Acopyofthis statement has isfiedwiththetreatment.We will the family. The FIR, accessedby suredto convince the familythat Lucknow: The ED has begun pre- from the atrocity of the crime but “The people who have been mailedthe familyfor money. The notbeen annexedwith the affi- keep our patient hereitself. If The Indian Express,isone of 21 theyshould appear dissatisfied liminaryinquiryintoallegations unfair to colour it and demean the served notices have ahugefan Ashok Gehlotgovernment had davit. somethinghappensto thepatient, filedacross the stateciting al- with the government's actions that awebsite‘Justice for gravity of one heinous crime following, and theymustlead by comeundercriticismfordelaying The affidavit states that two doctors and the hospital will not leged conspiracy. and the Rs 20 lakh compensa- Hathras victim' wascreated to againstanother…” example. If theyare doing some- theFIRandnotmakinganyarrests days later,onSeptember 21,the beresponsible.VerifiedbyDrSahil “Some anti-social elements tion. Forthis the familywas of- raise funds forfuelling caste- In the video, the woman thing whichisnot onlyillegal but till the Lok Sabha elections were woman’s parentssaid they 24/9.20 @7.10pm.” triedtotakeadvantageofthe sit- feredRs50lakh as incentive.This basedprotestsinUP. could be seen lying on the also very sensitive,theyare set- over on May6. wantedherstatementto betaken It wasonSeptember 28, ac- uation as per apre-plannedcon- wasdone to defame the govern- “We will see who transferred ground, her face clearly visible. ting awrong precedent.” Special Public Prosecutor again. “On 21.09.020, the investi- cording to the annexeddocu- spiracy.With the intention of cre- ment and generateasentiment funds and how, and who the ul- The video is no longer available Sharma had earlier pointed Kuldip Jain said that Hansraj gatingofficerwasinformedbythe ments, that adecision wastaken ating caste-basedtensions across of distrustinthe administration,” timatebeneficiaries of the on Malviya’s timeline. out that the video tweetedby Gurjar,20, Chotelal Gurjar,22, victim’s parentsthat theywanted to shiftthe woman to Delhi. Are- the stateand challenging the rule the FIR filedbySub-Inspector moneyare,” said an ED official. Congress leader Singh’s Malviyawas “unfortunate’’ and AshokGurjar,19,andIndraj Gurjar, thepoliceto takethevictim’sstate- portbytheJNMedicalCollegeand of lawand also tarnishing the im- Awdhesh Kumar reads. The agency is also looking tweetisalso no longer available, “absolutelyillegal”, but the NCW 22, were sentencedtolifeimpris- mentagainon22.09.2020.Inview Hospitalreads:“Referralto higher ageofthe government, these Meanwhile,inanaffidavitfiled intothe detention of four men, but actor Bhasker’s tweet, which did nottakeimmediateaction onment, "till the end of their nat- of suchrequest,theI.O.reachedthe centre(AIIMS) on request." people triedtoincitethe family intheSupremeCourt,theUPgov- including aDelhi-basedjournal- shows the protestatDelhi's giventhe “uncertainty of whether ural life". Mukesh, 28, wasjailed Aligarhhospital with awoman “Poor prognosis has been ex- and triedtoinfluence their state- ernment has flagged awebsite, ist, in Mathura on Monday. Jantar Mantar on Fridaywith this is acase of rape or not”. forfiveyearsforcirculatingavideo head constable, Ms Sarla… and plainedtopatient’s attendants ment. The familywas offeredRs justiceforhathrasvictim.carrd.co, Police claimedtheyare partof some placards carrying the vic- Aday aftertaking cognizance of the incident. Hansraj wascon- again recordedthe victim’s state- during course of treatment and 50 lakh to changetheir statement to bolsteritsclaimof aconspiracy. the PFI and CFI and have seized tim’s photograph and the actor of Malviya’s tweet, the NCWalso victed under aSection covering ment in Ward no. 4ofthe ICU transportation.Patientattendants and speak againstthe govern- As reportedbyThe Indian material from laptops, phones herself in the frame, wasstill took cognizance of tweets by repeated rape. whichwas also videotaped. The wantreferralto highercentre(AI- ment so that therecould be un- Express,the websiteappears to and literaturerelated to protests available on her handle latein Singh and Bhasker. The victim, who is working as victim,forthefirsttimestatedthat IMS) forfurther management,” rest and situation of lawand or- have borrowed, and at times di- whichcould have “impacted” the evening. On Tuesday, Sharma said the apoliceconstable,ajobofferedby ‘...whenmy motherandIhadgone the document reads. der in Hathras," the FIR reads. rectlycopiedfrom, instructions lawand order. In separatenotices to the decision forany criminal pro- the government, told The Indian to fetchfodder,then Sandeep, The woman waseventually “Forselfish intentions, ajour- tailored forBlackLives Matter “UP Police provideddetails of three, NCWsaid it has come ceeding will take place onlyaf- Expressjusticewasn't"complete". Ramu,LuvkushandRaviof my vil- admitted at Safdarjung Hospital, nalisttold the brother of the vic- protesters in the US. all four persons to us and we are across severalTwitter posts in terthe NCWreceivesreplies to "The accusedshould have gotthe lagecommitted rape upon me, whereshe died. tim that his parentsshould come Forinstance, one of the in- looking intoit,” said an ED official. whichthe victim's picturewas itsnotices. death penalty.Ifweneedtogoto the Supreme Court, we will," said the victim's father. Welcoming the order, Rescued from kin’s home, 4-yr-old dies; police say was raped Gehlottweeted that it "... sets an example howswiftinquirycan While the 14-year-old boy, to her aunt's place six months ago He also said that the missing assaulted the child once. The lead to justice being delivered ASADREHMAN who has been accusedofraping afterthe death of their mother. 15-year-old sisterofthe victim Juvenile Justice Boardsent him to in ashorttime". LUCKNOW,OCTOBER6 the child, has been detainedand Meanwhile, AligarhSSP could be with her aunt. ajuvenile home the same day.” JudgeKumardrew parallelsto has been sent to ajuvenile home, Muniraj Gsuspendedthe SHO of Sharing the sequence of the The officer said the child was the Ramayanand Mahabharat AFOUR-YEAR-OLD malnour- his mother is absconding. the police station concernedfor incident, the local Circle Officer referred to Safdarjung Hospital and calledthe crime worse than ishedgirl, who wasrescuedtwo The girl's father,afarmer in “laxity in handling the case”. The said, “On September 17,the child in Delhi whereshe diedon 'SitaHaran' and 'Cheer Haran of weeksago from her aunt's house Hathras, said his 15-year-old SSP said that the child diedprob- wasadmitted to adistrict hospi- Sundaynight. “The child wasnot Draupadi'."Accordingto thehum- in avillageinAligarhand wasal- daughter,whoalsolivedwithher ablyofstarvation and exploita- talinAligarh. The next day, she able to sayanything and was bleopinionof thecourt,thisactof legedly rapedbyher 14-year-old aunt,hasgonemissing.Healleged tion and sexual assault that took washandedovertothe father, having breathing trouble,” said the accusedissomething that cousin, diedinDelhi’s Safdarjung negligence on the partofthe po- place at her aunt’s house. “We and he wasadvisedtoadmit her the CO,adding that teams had shames humanity,iscowardly Hospital on Sundaynight. liceinhandlingthecase.“Theson will knowthe exact cause of the to JN Medical College, Aligarh been formedtotrace the aunt. and hateful, something whichis The child wasrescuedon of my daughter’s aunt (mausi) death once we getthe post- Muslim University.On The victim’s familyon even moreserious than the Sita September 17 afterpolice re- rapedher... My elder daughter is mortemreport. The medical ex- September 21,hecomplainedto Tuesdaysat with her body on the Haran of Ramkal and Draupadi ceivedinformation through the still missing. All the accused amination conducted at an police about exploitation by the main road in Hathras in protest APrabhu, AIADMK’s Kallakurichi MLA, marriedSoundarya Cheerharanof Krishnakal.Rapeis child helpline number that she should be arrested.The SHO did Aligarhhospital showedinfec- child’s aunt and sexual assault by againstthe failureofthe police on Mondayathis residence. notaproblem of anyparticular wasbeing starved.Police said her notheedtomycomplaintsand tion in private parts,” said her cousin. Acase waslodgedthe to arrest the aunt and alleged caste orreligionbutisaproblemof private parts were infestedwith misbehavedwith me,” he said. Muniraj,adding that adepart- same day. On September 24,we laxity in investigation. They entirehumanity,"thecourtsaidin worms. However, the police reg- According to the police, the mental inquiryhad been ordered questionedthe accusedand he agreedtocrematethe body after its91-pagejudgment. isteredanFIR on September 21. child and her elder sistermoved intoalleged police negligence. confessedthat he had sexually assurances from senior officers. Priest tries to immolate himself as daughter Drugs case: ED questions MONEY LAUNDERING CASE ED files prosecution complaint marries Dalit MLA Kerala CPM gen secy’s son girl’s parentscomplainedthat ARUNJANARDHANAN the MLAwas in love with her for against ex-minister’s nephew CHENNAI,OCTOBER6 four years (since she wasami- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE nor), while the MLAclaims that BENGALURU,OCTOBER6 and M/s VenkateshwaraRail Manjunath,who wasfurther in The marriageofaDalit MLAwith their affair washardlyfour EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Nirman Pvt. touchwith Sandeep Goyal, a aBrahmin woman in months old.” THE ENFORCEMENT Directorate NEWDELHI,OCTOBER6 “The Prosecution Complaint friend of VijaySingla. VijaySingla Kallakurichi sawthe bride’s fa- Soundarya’s father said that (ED) on Tuesdayquestioned has been filedwith aprayer to demandedRs10Crore through ther —atemple priest—barging Prabhu grew up with them for Binish Kodiyeri, the son of Kerala THE ENFORCEMENT Directorate punish the accusedinaccordance Sandeep GoyalfromN intothe venue, dousing himself severalyears at their home and CPI(M) general secretary has filedaprosecution complaint to the lawand to confiscatethe Manjunath... While delivering a with petrol and threatening to that theyalways considered him Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, in con- —equivalent to achargesheet— assetattachedunder PMLA,”the tokenamount to VijaySingla and sethimself on fire. as their son. nection with alleged financial againstthe nephewofformer ED said in astatement. Sandeep Goyal, the CBI team APrabhu (36), AIADMK’s He alleged that Prabhu had transactions he had with asus- Railway MinisterPawan Bansal The ED had earlier attached raidedthe premises of office of Kallakurichi MLA, married “broken that trust”. pect arrested by the Narcotics in connection with amoney cash close to Rs 90 lakh belong- VijaySingla at Sector 28, Soundarya,a19-year-old stu- He claimedthat his daughter Control Bureau(NCB) forped- laundering case. ing to Singla in the case. The ED Chandigarhand recoveredRs dent, on Mondaymorning at his waslured intoarelationship and dling drugs in Bengaluru. Bansal’s nephewVijay Singla investigation is basedonaCBI 89,68,000/-. During the relevant residence. Soundarya’s father, that she wasn’t prepared fora Asenior ED official said Binish has been chargedwith money FIR againstSingla, Mahesh time PawanKumar Bansal was who did notagree to the wed- wedding as thereisanage gapof wassummonedand questioned Binish Kodiyeri in Bengaluru, Tuesday. PTI laundering along with Mahesh Kumar and others. the Railway Ministerand his ding, bargedintotheir residence 17 years between the couple. on Tuesdaywith regard to his Kumar,aformer officer of Indian According to the ED, the CBI nephewVijay Singla wascaught and accusedthe MLAofabduct- Denying the allegations, linkstoMohammedAnoop, 38, Railway Service of Signal proberevealedthat Mahesh redhandedwhile accepting the ing his daughter and “violating Prabhu releasedavideo along who wasarrestedbythe NCBon that Binesh had givenfunds to racket in the state. Engineers, and nine others foral- Kumar,a1975-batchofficer,was bribe,” an ED statement said. his trust”. with Soundarya to claim that August22. Anoop and twooth- Anoop to help him startahotel Incidentally, aprobe into legedly taking bribes. postedasgeneral manager, The probealso found that the As he threatenedtoimmo- theyhad been in arelationship ers had been arrested on the ba- business in Bengaluru. drug usagebytop celebrities and Others chargesheetedin- Western Railways and wanted to firstinstalment of the bribewas latehimself, police steppedin forfour months and that he did sis of information that theywere Binish wasearlier questioned film personalities in Karnataka clude NManjunath, Sandeep gethimself appointed as contributed by Manjunath, MV and took him intocustody. notabduct her.Prabhu said he involvedinsupplying drugs at by the ED in Kerala over alleged by the Bengaluru crime branch Goyal, AjayGarg, Rahul Yadav, Member (Electrical), Railway Murli Krishna, Sushil Dagaand Asenior police officer said: “It had sought permission from the rave parties in Bengaluru. linkstopersons arrested in con- begansoon afterthe NCBarrests Sameer Sandhir,Sushil Daga, CV Boardinstead of Member (Staff). M/S VenkateshwaraRail Nirman is afact that the MLAand the girl’s parentstomarry her but The NCBprobe has revealed nection with agold-smuggling of August22. Venugopal, M.V.Murali Krishna “Forthis he wasintouchwith N Pvt. Ltd, the agency said. woman had arelationship. The theyrefused.

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Colleagues, theysaid, the agency.Asenior administra- Mediterranean shore, ap- House, he continuedtoplay mostpopulationsfarlesslethal!!!” thepeoplearoundhimwhocould with morethan adozenknown areangry, butfeel there’s little tionconfirmedthemove Monday Sen RonJohnson, who tested parentlyswept down the down the virus. “Don’tbeafraid Covid-19has proven to be a be further exposedifhedoesn’t cases this week alone. theycan do. Onesaiditfelt like evening, saying the White House positivefor Covid-19, said mountainby rain.Atotalof of it,” Trumpsaid. “You’regoing morepotent killer than flu, and abideby strictisolationprotocols. Trump, still contagious, has he and some of hiscolleagues believedtherewas “no clinicalor he’llgo‘in amoonsuit’tovote 12 deathswerereported to beat it.Wehavethe best med- could have long-term impactson Throughout the pandemic, made clear that he has little in- had been spared only by ameas- medicalreason”fortheadditional forTrump’s SC nominee since the storm pounded icalequipment, we have the best the health of people it infects. AP WhiteHousecustodians,ushers, tention of abiding by best con- ureofgoodluck. AP requirement. AP France’s Alpes-Maritimes region and Italy'snorth- westernregionsofLiguria Kyrgyzstan in chaos after protesters seize In sign of progress, Afghan, Pak court acquits and Piedmont starting Christianwho got lastFriday. AP Taliban teams set rules NETHERLANDS govt buildings, free Opp leaders from prison death sentence in Gynaecologist to safeguard talks: officials blasphemy case fathered17 Under pressure, authoritiesannulresults of Sunday’s polls ED Allegations children:hospital IVANNECHEPURENKO PLAIN E RUPAMJAIN The breakthrough MZULQERNAIN ● ofrigging AGYNAECOLOGISTwho MOSCOW,OCTOBER6 EX OCTOBER6 came as Afghan LAHORE,OCTOBER6 worked at an artificialin- President Ashraf Ghani semination program at a KYRGYZSTANDESCENDED into THE MASSIVE protests in TALIBANANDAfghanpeacenego- APAKISTANI court on Tuesday Dutchhospital fatheredat political chaos Tuesday afterop- Kyrgyzstankickedoff after tiators have agreed on acode of held talkswith topUS acquitted aChristian man who least17children using his position groups seizedcontrol of the opposition said Sunday’s conduct to safeguardagainstthe officials in Doha wassentencedtodeathonblas- ownspermwithout in- Parliament and releasedtheir election wasrigged. riskof anybreakdownintalksthat phemychargessix years ago. forming the parents, the leaders from prison in protests International monitors also beganlastmonthinQatarto bring SawanMasih wassentenced hospital announcedon over parliamentaryelections said these claims were credi- anendto decadesofwar,threeof- proves that both sides arewill- to death by atrial courtinLahore Tuesday. Gynaecologist theyhavedenouncedasrigged. ble. This happenedafter only ficialsourcestoldReutersTuesday. ing to continue talksevenaswe forallegedly insulting the JanWildschut, whohas Under pressurefromprotest- four out of 16 parties got the The breakthrough was see that violence has notre- Prophetduring aconversation since died, worked at the ers,thecountry’sCentralElectoral required 7% votes to getinto achievedwith the help of US of- ducedonthe ground,” said one with aMuslim friend in Joseph Sophia Hospital, now Commission annulledthe results Parliament, and all four had ficials, as the twosidesdrew up senior Western diplomat on Christian colonyinMarch 2014. known as Isala Hospital, in of theSundayvote,aday afterde- At aprotest in Bishkek,Kyrgyzstan, on Monday. AP ties to President Jeenbekov. 19 ground rules that their nego- conditions of anonymity. He had filedanappeal againsthis the eastern cityofZwolle claringthatestablishmentparties tiators should observeduring The breakthrough came as death sentence. from 1981 through to had sweptthe election. talks, the sources said. Afghan PresidentAshraf Ghani “ALahoreHigh Court division 1993. “From amoral per- Overnight, asmall group of control, according to photosand around the offices. In the city,res- had competedinthe election, in While the talkshavebeen held bilateral discussions in benchheadedbyJustice Syed spective,Isala finds it un- protesters brokeawayfromthe video footagefromthe scene. idents begantoformvolunteer an effort to ease the tensions. taking place in Qatar’s capital Qatar’s capital of Doha with Shehbaz Ali Rizvi acquitted acceptablethat agynecol- mainbodyandtriedtogainentry On Tuesday, the streetsof brigades to deterlooters. The opposition freed Doha, scores of Afghan soldiers ZalmayKhalilzad, the US Special SawanMasih,”acourtofficial ogist-fertility doctorwas to theWhiteHouse,themaingov- Bishkekwerelitteredwithburned One personwas killedand Jeenbekov’s predecessor, and Taliban fighters have been Envoy,and Gen. Austin Miller, told PTI on Tuesday. both practitioner and ernment buildingthathosts the outcars and piles of stones.Inside 680injured duringthe protests. Almazbek Atambayev,who was killedinclashes and suicide at- the topcommander forUSand He said the LHC admitted the sperm donor,” the hospi- Parliament and the presidential the building, videos and photos President Sooronbai jailedoncorruptioncharges.They tacksinwhichdozens of civilians NATOforces in Afghanistan. application of Masih and or- talsaid in astatement. AP administration. Afterpolice tried showedbrokenglass and piles of Jeenbekov’s office said Tuesday alsofreedseveralotherprominent have also diedinrecent weeks. Theintra-Afghantalksare part dered his release. to dispersethem,hundredsmore debris, including government pa- that he waswilling to meetwith politicalfigures,includingtwofor- “Firming up code of conduct of adeal signed betweenthe US Morethan 3,000 people joinedintheassaultandsoontook pers, with protesters wandering the leaders of all 16 parties that mer primeministers. NYT wasextremelycrucial as it andTalibaninFebruary. REUTERS rampaged through Joseph Colony, torching some 100 Christian homes in Pakistan's second-largest city,after the alle- gations againstMasih emerged. ACCUSATIONS SURFACE THAT ABUSE CASE AGAINST PELL WAS PUSHED BY RIVAL CARDINAL The Christian families had to flee the area to save their lives. Masih had filedanappeal in Vatican intriguegrows as Cardinal Pell returns amid conspiracy theories LHC againstthe deathsentence raisingobjectionsonpolice inves- tigation and prosecution. He in Vatican moneytoabank ac- statement releasedbyhis Vaticanapartment,butsaidhein- Pell’s lawyers argue Victoria pleadedthat the blasphemy NICOLEWINFIELD countinAustralia,and whether lawyer,Fabio Viglione. tendsto makehishomeinSydney. Police setupa“GetPell” opera- chargeswerefabricatedbythe el- &RODMCGUIRK that moneywas tiedtoPell’s sex Vivian Waller,alawyer forthe Australianprosecutors’starac- tion at leastayear before any ementswho wanted to occupy VATICANCITY,OCTOBER6 abusetrial. prosecution’skey witness whose cuser, knownincourtas“Witness complaint wasreceived about the property of the Joseph Colony. Pell, brought in by Pope testimonyled ajurytoinitially J,”firstwentto policewithallega- him. His supporters sayheulti- His lawyer told the courtthat AN AUSTRALIAN man who ac- Francis to bring accountability convict Pell in 2018,said Monday tionsagainstPell on June 18,2015 matelybecame the fall guy forall the businessmeninthe area had cusedCardinalGeorge Pellof sex- and transparency to the herclienthadn’t been bribed. —only18monthsafterFrancisap- the failings of the Australian exploited the blasphemy allega- uallyabusing him denied Vatican’s opaque finances, was “My client denies anyknowl- pointed thecardinal as Prefect of Catholic Church. tions forseizing the land. He said Mondayhewas bribedforhis tes- convicted but ultimatelyab- edge or receiptofany payments,” the Secretariat forthe Economy Vatican prosecutors have therewerecontradictions in the timony, shooting down the latest solvedbyAustralia’s High Court Waller said in astatement. “He and well before hisfriction with been investigating the secre- storyofthe FIR and the one nar- conspiracy theorytoroil the of allegations he molestedtwo won’t be commenting further in Becciu reachedcrisis point. tariat of state’s 350million-euro ratedbythe complainant before Vatican amid acorruption inves- choirboys in St.Patrick’s responsetotheseallegations.” VictoriaPolice were under investment in aLondon real es- the trial courtasthe FIR had been tigation intoits shady finances. Cathedral in Melbourne while Pell wasforcedtotakealeave pressureatthe time to the bring tate venturefor over ayear. registeredwith malafide inten- Italian newspaper Corriere he wasarchbishop in the 1990s. Cardinal Pell at acafeinthe Vatican on Sunday. AP of absence from his job as Pope church pedophilesto justice after Becciuwasinvolvedintheini- tion. Afterhearing both sides, the della Sera has speculated in re- CorrierespeculatedthatBecciu Francis’economyministerin2017 astate inquiryand then afederal tialinvestment,buthasdeniedany LHCobservedtheprosecutionhas cent days that Vatican investiga- might have “bought” thetesti- to return to Australia to face the inquiryintoinstitutional abuses wrongdoing. He wasfired last failedtoestablish involvement of tors were looking intowhether monyofPell’s accuser to getPell effortsatthe HolySee. publishedbysome organs of in- chargesandultimatelystandtrial. of children exposedthe extent to week by Francis over another the convictinblasphemy. Pell’s nemesis at the Vatican, out of the Vatican. Becciu and Pell Becciuhas stronglydenied formation, Icategoricallydeny AfterAustralia’s HighCourt ab- whichclericshadperpetratedand scandal:allegationsthat he wired Pakistanhas extremelystrict oustedCardinal Angelo Becciu, were knownto have clashedover the allegations. anyinterference in the trial of solvedhim in April, Pell returned enabled the molestation of chil- 100,000euros in Vatican funds to laws againstdefaming Islam, in- wired 700,000euros ($823,000) theAustralian’sfinancialclean-up “In relation to what has been Cardinal Pell,” Becciusaid in a to Rome last week to clean out his dren over decades. acharityheadedbyhisbrother.AP cludingthe deathpenalty. PTI

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Internationalmarket data till 1900IST STALEMATEOVER GOODS ANDSERVICES TAXCOMPENSATION OCT 7-9 MEET AFTER GOVTFILLS VACANT POSITIONS TELECOM WATCH Inflation weighing, RURAL NET CONNECTIVITY NextCouncilmeetsetforvoting Punjab close to RBI’s MPC likely to BharatNet phase 2 asOppnstickstoitsdemands maintainstatus quo

Non-BJP states to explorelegal option if in-Council resolution does notworkout GEORGEMATHEW ED Uncertainty work completion, MUMBAI,OCTOBER6 overgrowth give fullcompensationorwillgive thenlookatotheroptions,”hesaid. PLAIN E ● AANCHALMAGAZINE Unfair to ask lessortheseare theoptions.They’ll Inthe42ndGSTCouncilmeet- THE REVAMPED Monetary EX tobekey other states lagging NEWDELHI,OCTOBER6 have to amend the GST ing held Monday, 10 non-BJP- Policy Committee (MPC) of the states to borrow: (Compensation to States)Act and ruledstatesrejectedthe twobor- ReserveBank of India (RBI), WITH THE current levelof netdoesnotworkforthem,”a AS THE stalematebetween the Chidambaram theyneedtogotoParliament to rowing optionsfloated by the whichisscheduledtomeetthis inflationand prevailing AASHISHARYAN state-level BBNL official,said. states and the Centrerefusesto amendit. This (compensation) Centre, whilereiteratingthatthe week,islikelytokeep the main uncertainty over the NEWDELHI,OCTOBER6 Under BharatNet phase endoverthecompensationshort- NewDelhi: Senior Congress wasthe constitutional guarantee Centreneededtoborrowmoney, policy instrument —repo rate,or growth outlook,the RBI two, BBNL wastaskedwith fall under the Goods and Services leader PChidambaramon giventothe states,” he said. instead of states,tobridgethe the rate at whichthe RBI lends MPC is expected to adopta EVENASmanystatescontinue connecting GPs in 17 districts Tax(GST) regime, non-BJP-ruled Tuesdaycomplimented the “Whatever they(Centre) aredo- compensationdeficit of Rs 2.35 funds to banks—unchanged at wait-and-watchapproach to struggle to completethe suchasBathinda, Tarn Taran, states will explorethe legal route states that rejected thetwo ing,itwillnotstandupinthecourt lakh crorethis fiscal—and not 4per cent on Friday, as retail in- and hold the repo rate at 4 work onBharatNetphasetwo, Amritsar,Ludhiana, Pathan- of approachingtheSupremeCourt options givenbythe Centre of law,”hesaid,addingthathewill makeany distinction in revenue flation has been above the upper percent, and continue the rural broadband internet kot,Gurdaspur,andtenothers. on the matter if the options fora to bridgethe gapinthe GST recommend to his state’s Cabinet shortfallonaccountof GSTimple- band of the RBI’s inflationtarget withits accommodative connectivity scheme, Punjab The benefit that Punjab resolution within the Council do compensation cess and andtheChief Ministertoconsider mentationandthepandemic.The of 6per centfor five consecutive monetary policy stance in became the firststate to con- had, BBNL officials said, was notworkout, statefinance minis- asked them to standfirmat exploring the legal option. Council, however, okayed exten- months. itsOctober meeting. nectallof itsgrampanchayats active support from the state ters (FMs) said. Avoting on the is- thenextGSTCouncilmeet.“It ChhattisgarhHealth Minister sion of levy of compensation cess Afteradelay of over aweek, (GPs) under the scheme, ac- government. sue in the next GSTCouncil meet- is unfair and unjusttoask TSSinghDeo,whorepresentsthe on luxury andsin goods beyond the government on Mondayap- cording to the latestdataac- “So if yousee other state- ingonMondaylooksmorecertain stategovernmentstoborrow stateinthe GSTCouncil,said the June2022,implyingthatcompen- pointed Shashanka Bhide, cessed by The Indian Express. ledmodels or models where with the Opposition-ruledstates themoney. Statesmuststand issue is about abiding with the sation will continue to be funded Ashima Goyaland Jayanth R currency. Asurprisecut should Under BharatNet phase BharatNet is being imple- sticking to their stance of not firm at the next meeting on tenetsof theConstitutionandif the through levy of cess beyond the Varmaasindependent members be immediatelynegative forthe two, Punjab had connected mented in PPP mode, the agreeingto theborrowingoptions 12th October,” he said. PTI concernsof theopposingstatesare five-year transition period. to the six-member MPC of the Indian rupee,” said Jeffrey Halley, and made all of its4,754 GPs progress is slowdue to multi- offeredbythe Centre. nottaken note of,thenitwill seta The Opposition-ruledstates RBI.Bhide is currentlyasenior senior marketanalyst, Asia servicereadyasof September plefactors.Oneisbureaucracy. Punjaband Chhattisgarh trend of decisionsbeing taken askedforadivision on the issuein advisor at the National Council Pacific, OANDA. 30,whileithadlaid11,807km Toomanyagencies have been statedthatcompensationto states that states areentitled to receive throughmajorityonly. “Thenature Monday’s meeting afterthe forAppliedEconomic Research, According to CARE Ratings, of optical fibretoconnect th- involvedfromthe planning is guaranteedinthe Constitution full compensation in accordance of theCouncilwassuchtotakede- FinanceSecretaryislearntto have while Goyalisaprofessor at the therewouldbeastatusquo in ese areas, the datashowed. A stageitself.Then, theydonot and theyshouldn’t be burdened with the provisions of the Act, ir- cisions through consensus with stated that the states whichhave IndiraGandhi Instituteof this monetary policybut given service ready GP is definedas have theexperience of han- withloans. The opposing states, respective of theshortfall.Also,the states having givenuptheir taxa- optedfor theborrowing options Development Research in the concerns around economic one that has been connected dling suchprojects,” another theysaid, willsticktotheirstance compensationisto bepaidduring tionrightsfor70-80percentof the can begin borrowing via the spe- Mumbai. Varma, who wasear- growth, the RBI is likelytoretain by opticalfibretothemainin- BBNL officialsaid, requesting in the next meeting, and though the transition period, notlikeI’ll goods and services. No state cialwindowtobefacilitatedby the lier awhole-time member of the monetary policy stance at ternetgridof thestateandhas nottobenamed. theywantconsensusontheissue, paywhen Ihaveit, twoorthree shouldfeelthatitdoesn’thave the RBI, in coordination with the Sebi, is currentlyaprofessor at “accommodative”. The RBI is active usersinthe villagesad- As reportedearlier by The if thereisany difference of opin- yearslater,”Punjab’sFMManpreet right to say. The decisions should Department of Economic Affairs IIM,Ahmedabad. Therevamped likelytoensuresurplus liquidity joining the gram panchayats. Indian Express,atleast eight ion, then it should be recorded SinghBadaltoldTheIndianExpress. notbethrough majority.It’s not and Expenditure.Statestook MPC will meetonOctober 7, 8 in thebanking system primarily OtherthanBihar,Punjabis statesincludingAndhraPrad- throughavoting processwithin Badal said Centrewill needto tenable. If youare violating what strong objectiontothis, given10 and 9tofinalise the monetary via open marketoperations and theonlystate wherestate-run esh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, the Council. The next stagecould bringinamendmentstotheexist- is mentionedinthe Constitution, stateshave notchosenany option, policy,the RBI said on Tuesday. specialOMOs withadual objec- Bharat Broadband Network Telangana, Odisha and Tamil bethento explorechallengingitin ing GST(Compensation to States) thencanavote evenoverridewhat following whichFMNirmala The central bank wasforced tive of improving financial con- Limited (BBNL)isresponsible Nadu arelagging behind on court,hesaid. Actifany of the conditions forthe ismentionedintheConstitution... Sitharamangave statesawindow to postpone the bi-monthly ditions and managing the yield forworking on implementa- theirschedulesforcompletion “The legal opinionfromthe compensation payment is to be the firstprocess would be to re- of one week andscheduledthe meeting of the MPC scheduled curve, it said. tion of BharatNet.Moststates of work on BharatNetphase Attorney GeneralofIndiastated tweaked. “To saythat we cannot solve it within the Council and next meeting forOctober 12. forSeptember 29, 30 and With the current levelofin- have either optedtolead the two. These eight states had in October 1asthe government flation and prevailing uncertainty projectsthemselvesorcomp- 2018 optedtocomplete the failedtonominateits three over the growth outlook,the RBI lete theworkinapublic-pri- work on BharatNet them- Global economy members to thesix-member MPC is expectedto adoptawait- vate partnership (PPP) mode. selvesinstead of outsourcing COVID IMPACT panel. MPC is the statutorycom- and-watchapproachand hold Apartfromconnecting it to BBNL,the central agency is facing‘long mittee that fixesthe keypolicy the repo rate at 4per cent, and Punjab’s GPs via optical fibre, overseeing the implementa- REASONS: interestrateand monetary pol- continue with itsaccommoda- BBNLalsomanagedto keepat tion of the project elsewhere. Hit to worldtrade reviseddown ■ Theearlierforecastwasin ascent’: IMF MD icy stance of the country as well tive monetarypolicy stanceinits least4,630, or 97 per cent, of “This is notaproject that April,whenCovidcaseswere as the inflation target.The tenure October meeting, Brickwork them connected under phase hasto bedoneoverafixedarea to 9.2%,longer recovery:WTO soaringintheEuropeUnionand ASSOCIATEDPRESS of the three members appointed Ratings said in areport. two, up andrunning through of land likeconstruction of a theUnitedStates WASHINGTON,OCTOBER6 by the government in 2016 ex- If thereisnoconsensus on regular operations and main- building complex. It requires The World Trade Organization (WTO)ispredictinga9.2 ■ Therevisionfollowsimproved pired afterthe previous policy on the rate or policy in the MPC tenance,the datashowed. constant co-ordination from per cent drop in merchandise trade this year,though the tradeperformancesinJuneand THE HEAD of the International August6,when the repo rate meeting, therewill be avoting “Some of the gram pan- severalagencies suchasthe recovery maybeslowerthananticipated July,thankstorisingdemandfor MonetaryFund(IMF)said the waskeptsteady at 4per cent. process. MPC members differed chayatswherethe network road, transport andhighways healthcaregoodsandelectronic global economyhas startedona With Covid-19dealing acrip- on acouple of occasions on the does notworkaseffectively is department, the state-level equipment longclimbto strongergrowthwith pling blow to the economyand quantum of Repo rate changes mostlydueto powersupplyis- roadway departmentsand Economists from the prospectslooking alittle better an already weak financial sector but eventuallywent by majority sue or when old lossy cable thenthemunicipalities.State- 12.9%Geneva-based trade 7.2% rise in trade likely next than four months ago. reeling, Indiaisscreaming out for decision. Though the MPC hasto bereplaced.Thebenefit ledmodels will have to im- body on Tuesday revised their earlier year, far more pessimistic IMFManagingDirectorKrista- easier monetary policy. slashed thekey policy rate — is that with lockdown and proveonthesefactorsto catch prediction of a12.9 per cent plunge than the April forecast for a linaGeorgieva saidTuesday global “However, India is suffering from repo rate – by 250 basispointsto work from home norms, we up withthe schedule,” an of- in merchandise trade this year 21.3 per cent bounce back economic activity sufferedanun- rising prices, leaving it in a 4per cent, the rate cut transmis- arealertedofthesediscrepan- ficial of the Department of precedented fall in the spring stagflationarygrip. The RBI will sion has been rather slowwith cies by users when the inter- Telecommunications said. Note: Theforecasts exclude trade in services, and focus only on merchandise Source: PTI when 85 per cent of global econ- likelyhavenochoice but to leave bankstaking their ownsweet omywas in lockdown forweeks. ratesunchanged to defend the time to pass on the benefits. BRIEFLY ThreeApple suppliers among 16 DineshKhara to take over as SBI Chairmantoday

Noexportcurbs companies. The soft-spoken of advances (Rs1,29,661 crore) as onN-95masks cos that get nod under PLI scheme ENSECONOMICBUREAU Khara, who joinedSBI as aproba- of June2020. MUMBAI,OCTOBER6 tionaryofficerin1984,hasover35 Kharaled the SBI initiative to NewDelhi: The government Micromax’s parent company years of experience in banking. merge five associatebankswith onTuesdayremovedexport ENSECONOMICBUREAU BhagwatiProducts, Padget THE GOVERNMENT on Tuesday Khara is taking over at atime SBIin2017.AstheMD,heoversaw curbsonN-95masks.Earlier, NEWDELHIOCTOBER6 ❸ KEYPOINTS Electronics, UTL Neolyncs, and announcedthat Dinesh Kumar whenthebankingsectorisfacing the internationalbanking book, exportershadto seeklicence Optiemus Electronics were Kharawill take over as thenew manychallengesdueto theCovid- corporatebanking book &treas- fromgovernmentforexport THE MINISTRYofElectronicsand ApartfromApple’s granted approvalbythe IT Chairman of StateBankofIndia 19 pandemic. As the moratorium uryoperationsofSBI.Additionally, of these masks. Commerce Information Technology, in an of- 1contract manufacturers Ministry, the release said. (SBI), India’s largest bank,on on loan repaymentsendedon he supervisedthe businesses of and IndustryMinisterPiy- ficialrelease,saidonTuesdayitap- Foxconn Hon Hai, Wistron In the specifiedelectronic October7. RajnishKumar, wholed Khara’s name was August31, SBI is nowtackling the SBI’s non-banking subsidiaries, ush Goyaltweeted, “India is provedplansof16companies,in- and Pegatron, global firms componentsegment,Austria’s the bank forthe lastthree years, recommended by theBanks loan restructuring proposal. The engagedindiversefinancialactiv- makingfor the world: N95 cludingApple’s contract likeSamsung and Rising AT&S,US-basedVisicon,aswellas demitted theoffice on Tuesday. Board Bureau. File newChairman will also have to ities suchasasset management, andFFP2 maskscannowbe manufacturers Foxconn HonHai, Star also got approval for others suchasAscent Circuits, Khara,previouslyaManaging tackle the menace of non-per- insurance, custodialservices, pri- exportedfreelytocountries WistronandPegatron,forstarting making mobile phones in Walsin, Sahasra, and Neolync DirectoratSBI,wasselectedby the formingassets(NPAs)astheecon- marydealership, broking, credit acrossthe world.” PTI work undertheproductionlinked the Rs 15,000andabove were granted approval to setup Banks BoardBureau(BBB) —the the selection of the chiefsofpub- omyisinacontractionmode.SBI’s cards, pension funds and factor- incentive(PLI) scheme. value segment unitsunderthe PLI scheme. body entrustedwith the task of lic sector banksand insurance gross NPAs were at 5.44per cent ing services. Apart from the three contract The PLI scheme, open forato- CNGstations manufacturers of Apple, other Among domestic taloffiveyears, aims to give out inaugurated global companies suchas 2players, Lava, incentivesworthRs5,334crorein GOVERNMENTWORKING ON INTERESTSUBVENTION SCHEME, SAYS POWERMINISTER SamsungandRisingStarhave also Bhagwati Products, Padget totalinthefirstyear,tobedivided been givenapproval formaking Electronics, UTL Neolyncs, among all the successful appli- ‘Incentives for solar equipment makers on anvil’ mobile phones in the Rs 15,000 and Optiemus Electronics cants. The total incentivetobe and above value segment. got the nod giventoeachcompanywillbede- “We have some schemes on the anvil wherein we up manufacturing capacity The Indian Express had, in July, cidedbyanempoweredcommit- ENSECONOMICBUREAU would give interest subvention for setting up here,” saidSingh. “We willgive reportedthatSamsung,Pegatron, The PLI scheme aims to tee, whichwillhavesecretaries NEWDELHI,OCTOBER6 manufacturing capacity here” additional incentive formanu- and RisingStarwerethe first 3give out incentives from the Department of facturingwith latestoradvanced global applicantsfor the govern- worthRs5,334 crorein Economic Affairs,Departmentof AS INDIA continuestofocuson RK SINGH technology or futuristic technol- ment’s PLI scheme. The Centre total in thefirstyear Expenditure, Department of increasing itsshareofclean en- MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY ogy,” he added. via Twitter:@dpradhanbjp had, in April,notifiedthe newPLI Revenue, Department for ergy,futurepowerbids herewill The ministersaid anybody scheme,underwhichcompanies Promotion of Industryand be plannedtoencouragemanu- The government has also al- said at the India PV Edge2020 using advancedorfuturistic NewDelhi: Torrent Power thatset up newmobile and spec- per cent on incremental sales Internal Trade, Directorate facturing using “latest” and “fu- ready been working on an inter- conference Tuesday. technology to make renewable saidTuesday itwouldinvest ifiedequipment manufacturing from goods made in India. General of Foreign Trade, apart turistic”technology,according estsubvention scheme forman- “We have someschemes on equipment herewould getan Rs8,000croretoexpandcity units or expandedtheir present Among the domestic players, from the MeitY secretaryand the to MinisterofPowerand New ufacturing solarequipment like the anvil wherein we would give additional quantum of interest gasdistribution operations units would getincentives of 4-6 companiessuchasLava, CEO of the NITI Aayog. and Renewable Energy RK Singh. cells and wafers, the minister interestsubvention forsetting subvention. over the next five yearsand aimedtoset up500CNG di- spensing stations by March ADIA to invest 2023. Petroleum and Natu- Sensex rallies 601 pts US recovery to be fasterwith more aid: Powell ralGas MinisterDharme- ndraPradhaninaugurated waste. The recovery willbe have “supported astrongbut in- `5,512.5 cr in 42TorrentGasCNGstations to seven-month high REUTERS strongerandmove faster.”Powell completerecoveryindemandand and three city gate stations WASHINGTON,OCTOBER6 did notmention anyfurther Fed have —for now—substantially Reliance Retail spreadacrossUttarPradesh, programs beyond the roughly muted the normal recessionary Maharashtra, Gujarat, ENSECONOMICBUREAU THE US economic recovery re- dozen rolledout in the spring, dynamicsthat occurinadown- Mumbai: Abu DhabiInvestment Punjab, Telangana and MUMBAI,OCTOBER6 mains farfromcomplete and manystill largelyuntappedand turn,” with fewerbankruptcies Authority(ADIA) has proposedto Rajasthanviavideolink.ENS could still slip into adownward puttingpotentiallytrillionsof dol- andfewerpermanentlayoffs than investRs5,512.50croreinReliance DOMESTIC BENCHMARK indices spiral if the coronavirus is notef- lars at the disposal of firms and would have occurredotherwise. Retail Ventures Limited (RRVL), a Tuesdayendedhigher forfourth fectively controlledand growth credit markets. Powell said the pace of im- subsidiaryofReliance Industries. ‘Servicessector straight day, aided by positive sustained, Federal ReserveChair Howevermembers of provement “has moderated,” Theinvestmentby asubsidiary incontraction’ globalsentiment, good corporate Jerome Powell warnedon Federal Reserve Chair CongressandtheTrumpadminis- with slowerjob growth and “no- of ADIAvalues RRVL at apre- results,improvementineconomic Tuesdayinacallfor morehelp to Jerome Powell. File tration remain stalemated over table” layoff announcements moneyequity value of Rs 4.285 NewDelhi: The servicessec- dataand reports that newCovid businesses and households. furtherdirectfederalgovernment fromlarge companies.There is,he lakhcrore.ADIA’sinvestmentwill toroutputbroadlystabilised cases in India arefalling.The The BSE Sensexrallied “Theexpansionisstillfarfrom supportforhouseholds,firmsand said, a “risk that the rapid initial translateintoa1.20percentequity butremainedincontraction, Sensexrallied601 pointsto to 39,574.57. File complete.Atthis early stageI in prepared remarks fordelivery local governmentsthat manyat gainsfromreopeningmaytransi- stakeinRRVLonafullydilutedba- withtheseasonallyadjusted 39,574.57tohit a7-monthhigh would argue that the risksofpol- onlineto theNationalAssociation the Fedand elsewherefeel is vital tion to alonger-than-expected sis.Withthisinvestment,RRVLhas IndiaServicesBusinessActi- and the Nifty50 rose 159pointsto icyinterventionarestillasymmet- forBusinessEconomics.“Therisks at this stageinthe US recovery. slog backtofull recovery.” That raisedRs37,710crore from lead- vity Indexrising to 49.8 in 11,662.40 on buying support. in anticipation of better second ric. Toolittle supportwould lead of overdoing it seem, fornow,to Sofar, Powellnoted,theworst sortofprolonged slowing,he ing global investors including Septemberfrom41.8inAug- Vinod Nair,head of research, quarterresults,clearimprovement to aweak recovery,creating un- be smaller.Evenifpolicy actions has been avoided. 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BRIEFLY Investigationopened ‘Whenwill the Aussies learn? It was intomatch-fixingat FrenchOpenmatch Brown in 1947, and we are in 2020’ The Paris prosecutor's office has openedapolice investigation intosus- picions of match-fixing at the French Open. The office said the investi- In an interviewwith Express, Gavaskar calls the gation is being conducted by aFrench FinchdoesaButtler, police unit that specializesinbetting spirit of cricket amythicalconceptand also fraudand match-fixing probes and Ashwindidn'tdoanAsh which, amongotherinvestigations,has explains whywhile calling Monday’sgame,hesaid previouslyworkedwithBelgian au- “Ashwin hadtriedto‘Brown’ Finch”. Lastyear,when Ravichandran Ashwin thorities in investigating suspected ranout JosButtleratthe non-striker’s fixedmatches at the lowerlevelsof end forbackinguptoo farout of the professional tennis. But match-fixing crease, thecricket community got into probestargeting GrandSlamtennisare SRIRAMVEERA an intensedebate.This season,it's his comparatively rare.The Paris prosecu- MUMBAI,OCTOBER6 non-execution that's splitting opinions. tor's office said theinvestigation is cen- teredonsuspicionsconcerningone BATTINGLEGEND SunilGavaskar wasonair What wasthe incident? matchatRoland Garrosand also cast- when Delhi Capitals off-spinnerRAshwin Justbeforehereleasedthedelivery, ing abroader look forany other evi- stoppedinhis delivery stride on spotting the fifthofthe third over in Delhi dence. It did notspecify the match. RoyalChallengersBangaloreopener Aaron Capitalsmatch against Royal Finchway outside the crease. Though Ashwin Challengers Bangalore, Ashwin stopped didn’t run him out, the seasonedcommenta- in his delivery stride. AaronFinch, the UnitedropeinCavani torfeels that batsmen who trytotakeunfair non-striker, wasway outofthe crease. ondeadlineday advantage should paythe price. Ashwin didn't break the stumps as he haddone lastyear.Later,hetweeted: MANCHESTER UNITED’S search fora Whyhas this issue promptedsuchmoral “Let’s makeitclear!! Firstand final striker endedwith the signing of vet- outrageinthe cricketing fraternity? warning for2020. Iammakingitoffi- eran freeagent striker EdinsonCavani, The reason whythis has become amoral cial and don’tblamemelater on.” while Arsenal secured midfielder issue is this so-calledspiritofcricket, whichis Doesthebatsmenwarnthebowler Thomas Partey from Atletico Madrid mythical. Just likethe line the Australians say thatheisgoingtohithimforasix? What arethe implications of the before the summer transfer window theynever cross on the field. Even thatis Ordoesabowlerwarnthatheis warning? closed.The 33-year-oldCavani is pro- mythical; no one knows wherethatline is. Theclearestimplication is thathe lific, scoring 200goals in 301games It’s beyond me whygetting the batsmen out goingtobowlabounceroragoogly? for, whatislooked at by the cricketing world, handle subsequent criticism. So, can’t would nothesitateto during sevenyears at Paris Saint- at the bowler’send -one who is tryingtotake Whyshouldthebatsmanbe as unsportsmanlikebehaviour –that’s notac- Mankading be aform of tribute? run out anon-striker Germain but he wasreleasedatthe undue advantagebysteppingout -becon- warned?Asacaptain,Iwouldleave ceptable to me. Idon’t want an Indian leg- Youmustbeinagroup of half adozen who steals ground in end of his contract in June. And the sideredunsportsmanlike. ittothebowler.It’shiscall.Iwill end’s name to be disparaged.Itbaffles me who thinksthat way! Also,moreimportantly, the future. He has Uruguayforward has notplayedsince Theyhavefielding restrictions that stip- supportmybowler100percent.” whysomanyinthe Indian media keep using that is notthe waythe cricketing worldsees clarifiedhis stance

EXPLAINED E● March and struggledwithinjuryprob- ulate aminimumnumberofplayers within thatwordasiftheydon’thaveany respect for it. It has aclearnegative association. with Capitals head lems in his final season at PSG.It took the 30-yardcircle and if someone stands SUNILGAVASKAR anyIndian legends. As Indians, we should be Gundappa Vishwanath famously recalled coachRicky Ponting, Arsenal meeting a50million euro justafoot outside, then that’s ruledano- INDIABATTINGICON the lasttoencouragesuchusage.That’s why Bob Taylor in aTestinBombayin1980. Is any who had made his disapproval of this (USD 59 million) release clause to sign ball. If someone gets out that ball, it’s not yesterdayontelevision, Isaid Ashwin triedto sportsmanlikeact on the field afterthat called mode of dismissal clear. But nowthey the 27-year-old Partey,who anchored out. Ihavenoissues with it, as that’s the bowler warn that he is going to bowl a Brownhim. Because Bill Brownwas at fault in hishonour, do we sayhedid aVishwanath? areonthe “samepage”. “He (Ashwin) Atl?tico's midfield with his strong de- rule. Whyisitokayifabatsman does it at bouncer or agoogly? Whyshould the bats- in 1947 and notVinoo Mankad. Whycontinuetouse adisparaging term for made me getonapodcastwith him fensive skills.Mixing speedand the non-striker’s end?Intoday’s time, man be warned? As acaptain, Iwould leave Sir Don Bradman, Australia's captain then, Mankad? when Ifirstarrived heretohavea strength, the Ghanaiancan provide a thanks to technology,abatsman is run out it to the bowler.It’s his call. Iwill supportmy toosaid: “For the lifeofme, Ican’tunderstand When abumpcatchistaken and we good openchat about it. He feels he shield forthe Arsenal defense and has even if it’s justmillimeters and we fuss so bowler 100per cent. why[the press] questionedhis sportsman- knowwho firststarted appealingfor a did everything in the rules and laws an eyefor goal. muchwith endlessreplays to rule it out. It’s ship. The laws of cricket makeitquiteclear bumpcatch, do we take that players’ name of the game and he’s absolutelyright.” because of the mythical spirit of cricket, ap- What’s the wayout? Do yousuggesta that the non-striker must keep within his when something likethatisdone?When a Ponting said in an interview to aus- pliedarbitrarily. AaronFinchwas almost a waytopenalisethe batsman? ground until the ball has been delivered. If frivolous appeal is being made, and we traliacricket.com.au.The onlyrider SerieApresident yard or yard-and-a-half down before Therecan be one deterrent. Nowthat a not, whyisthe provision therewhichenables again knowthe bowler and the country wasthat he should warn the batsman. testspositive Ashwin had releasedthe ball. Just imagine TV umpireisalways looking whether a thebowler to run himout?Bybackinguptoo from wherehecomes from, do we take that the advantagethe non-striker has. bowler has bowled ano-ball,hecan also look farortoo early, the non-striker is very obvi- player’s name wheneverafrivolous appeal What were the observations of the SERIE APresident Paolo Dal Pino has The firstthing that struckmewhen Isaw if the batsman has leftthe crease before the ouslygaining an unfair advantage.” is made?When abatsman staysthereafter commentators? tested positive forCOVID-19, Italy’s that waswhen will the Aussies learn? ball has been released. It shouldbecalledone By all means, don’t go by whatSunil edging behind, apractice that firststarted in Former NewZealand commentator topflight football league said in a Because it happenedtoBill Brownin1947 run short. He needs to call it straightaway. Gavaskar says,but at least go by what Sir Don English county cricket, do we take that Simon Doull said:“It’s fair enough.I statement on Tuesday, days before an and we arein2020; theystill haven’t learnt. The same cameracan catchthis. Even if the says anddon’t question Vinoobhai’ssports- player’s name in similar cases? Whythen know people who frownupon him, but October 9meeting to assessbids by The simple thingisyou have to look at the bowler hasn’t triedtorun (the non-striker) manship. Justbecause some journalistin use Mankad’s name in this case? My appeal Igot no problem. When abowler errs private equity funds forastake in its bowler and move out whenhereleases.You out and has releasedthe ball, the thirdum- Australia usedthe word Mankad, why to all Indian media and Indians is, if you his front-footjustamillimetreoverthe media business. Aformer telecoms can’tlook at the batsman, likeFinchwas do- pireshould call it one-short everytime. shouldweIndians use it? It’s clearly dis- have to use aname forsuchadismissal, line, it’s calledano-ball. So he (Finch) executive,Dal Pino wasappointed at ing and walk out of the crease. The lawis paraging our legend. then use BrownasIdid on television. has no right to be out of the crease.” the helm of Serie AinJanuary, shortly clear.It’s as simple as that. Youhaveopposeditbeing referred to as Some Australianjournalistcalled Sunil Gavaskar,interestingly, usedthe before theCOVID-19outbreak Mankading. Could youdetailout your Can some see it as atribute? As abowler, Harbhajan Singh the Turbanator: he wasn’t world“Browned” and notthe more brought the championship to athree- Should the bowler warn once?Ifyou objections? youneedtobeimmenselyaware,alert, even wearing aturbanonthe field but apatka. popular ‘Mankaded’ because “it’s put- month standstill. were the captain, what would youdo? Vinoo Mankad is alegend of Indian have thepresence of mind to abortyour Just becauseitrhymedwithTerminator,we tingone of India’s cricketing legends in Does the batsmen warn the bowler that cricket,one of the great all-rounderswho has action, the skill to quicklywhip offthe all startedcalling it. We shouldstopcopying abad light,” he hadsaid in the past. Ozilofferstopay he is going to hithim forasix? Or does a wonmatches forIndia. And youuse his name bails, and have thestrength of mind to foreigners and be proud of ourIndians. Gunnersaurus Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil roared Is Sunil Narine Relentless Mumbai steamroll Rajasthan to go atop table to the rescue of the club’s recently made redundant employeewho openingworth it? dresses up as the Gunnersaurus mas- his tallyto10wickets from sixgames in this scoring forabrief periodinthe middle overs. cotonTuesday, offering to payhis Preview: CSK vs KKR SYNOPSIS tournament. What makes Boult’s achieve- Yadav’s unbeaten 79, hishighest scoreinthe salaryaslongas he remains at the club. CSK:WLLLW; KKR: LWWL Pacers swings it MI’s wayafter mentsevenmoreimpressiveisthatthere’s IPL,saw him scoreasmanyas51runsbehind Jerry Quy, who had aroleasanaway Under-fireKolkataKnight Riders cap- Suryakumar comes to theparty. hardlybeen anylateral movement on offerin the wicket.Hewas involved in twokey part- supporters liason as well as entertain- tain Dinesh Karthik will have to figure thethreevenuesattheUAE.Instead,hehasre- nerships-a39-runstandforthesecondwicket inghome fans at theEmiratesStadium out urgent fixesfor hisstar-studded liedonyorkers, cleveruse of the crease, and with captain Rohit Sharma and an unbeaten as the green dinosaur,was recentlyleg team's faltering performances when slowerdeliveriestofox batsmen. 76-runalliancewithHardikPandya-thatwere go by the club due to theimpact of the it takesonaresurgent Chennai Super VISHALMENON instrumental in propelling Mumbai to 193/4, COVID-19pandemic, according to Kings in the IPL on Wednesday. KKR OCTOBER6 Suryakumar blazes amatch-winning total. British media reports.However, acquired Eoin Morganbut the man- In the five gamesbeforeTuesday, This knockalso showcasedYadav’s men- Arsenal said that the mascotwas not agement reposedconfidence in THERE WERE twoswashbuckling half-cen- SuryakumarYadavhadregisteredscoresof 17, talfortitude in equal measure. In the penulti- extinctand wouldreturn once sup- Karthik and asked himtoleadthe turies–fromSuryakumarYadavandJosButtler MumbaiIndians’ Trent Boult finished 47,0,10and 27.Nothing muchtowritehome mateover, helookedrattledafterbeingstruck porters were allowedbackatEnglish side. However, afew of his baffling de- -and twoout-of-the-world catches –byMI with figures of 2/24. BCCI aboutfortheMumbaiIndians’batsman.Itwas on the helmetbyaJofra Archer bouncer. soccer games aftercoronavirus safety cisionsapartfromhis ownpoor run substituteAnukul Royand Kieron Pollard -in notasifhewasstrugglingforform.Infact,bar- However, on the very nextdelivery,heun- measures were eased,although they with the bat has put the Indian wick- thegame.Butultimately, onaslowAbuDhabi ring the game againstRoyal Challengers leashedasensational reverse lap against did notclarify whether Quy would etkeeper-batsman in the lineoffire. pitch,thedifferencebetweenMumbaiIndians Mumbai Indians this season. The left-arm Bangalore, Yadavhas looked in pretty good Archer’s expresspace that sailedoverwicket- continue in the role. “Gunnersaurus Promotinghimself ahead of the star andRajasthanRoyalswasintheirpaceattacks. pacerhasmadeitahabitof gettingwicketsup- touchineveryouting. Butasizeablescorehad keeper Buttlerfor asix. Surya’s acttonight is will always be an important partof duo of Morganand AndreRussell and WhiletheRoyalspacersstruggled,theircoun- front.TheKiwiprisedoutYashasviJaiswaland eluded him. But againstthe RajasthanRoyals thefinalpieceinMumbaibatting’sjigsaw puz- Arsenal andwelook forwardtohim preferring SunilNarine in the open- terpartsturnedthe tide in theirfavour.Trent SanjuSamsoninthefirsttwo oversofhisspell on awarm, humid eveninginAbu Dhabi, his zle.Inhalf adozengamessofar, alltheirtopsix entertaining our fans when they’real- ing slotoverBig Bashsensation Tom Boult,JamesPattinsonandJaspritBumrahtook that leftthe Royals with amountain to climb. stars finallyaligned. The 30-year-old unfurled batsmenhavecomegoodandlookinominous lowedbackatmatches,” the club said Banton has put 35-year-old Karthik in eight of the 10 wicketstofall. Boult’sincisive starthasgivencaptainRohit hisimpressive arrayofstrokes.Infact,hehardly form. BRIEF SCORES: Mumbai 193/4 in an emailedstatement. AGENCIES the dock. Resultantly, Royals, in pursuit of 194, went SharmatheluxuryofholdingbackBumrahfor put afootwrong on aslowish trackwherethe (Suryakumar Yadav79not out, Rohit Sharma 7:30 pm: Star Sports network down by 57 runs. later in the innings. The 31-year-old New twoRoyals leg-spinners Shreyas Gopaland 35,ShreyasGopal2/28)beatRajasthan136(Jos Boult has been abrilliant acquisition for Zealanderfinishedwithfiguresof2/24,to take RahulTewatiahadputthebrakesonMumbai’s Buttler 70,Bumrah4/20,Trent Boult2/24). Jabeur ignites tennis’ ArabSpring Djokovic battles past

“This year is thefirsttime we sawtwo France,butinsteadoptedtostaybackinTunisia, Khachanov in firstreal test GAURAVBHATT women in the main draw of aGrand Slam,15- Jabeur has astrong sense of pride in her iden- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER6 20yearsafterIwasthefirsttodothat.Andhow tity.And it’s notgone unnoticed. lonely Iwas.Totally alonenotjustfromTunisia, Afterahardfought win, in frontofTunisian PARIS: TOPSEED NovakDjokovic passedhis aged to break his resistance towardsthe end THETEARSrollingdownhercheekscaughtthe butfromtheArabworld,”says Sfar.“Youhave no supporters, overPliskovaatthe Qatar Open in firstreal test at this year’s FrenchOpen with of eachset but it wasacloseone definitely. I’m usuallystoicSelimaSfarby surprise.Itwasdur- ideahowimportantthisis.Notonlyforwomen, February, Jabeur said,“It waskind of tough flyingcoloursashebattledpastRussia’sKaren happythe wayIcloseditout.” ing the first-round clash between Egyptian but men also. She has so manymale support- sometimes because theydidn’tknowthe rules Khachanov6-4 6-3 6-3onMonday to reach Djokovicisthroughto his47thGrandSlam MayarSherif andKarolinaPliskovaattheFrench ers, and these fathers, these brothers, theysee of tennis! Theythought it wasafootball the quarter-finalsfor the 14th time. quarter-final and 11th in succession at Roland OpenwhentherealisationsunkinandleftSfar, Ons Jabeur and her husband and trainer and realise their daughters can do the same.” match, but it wasamazing,seeing all the It wasfar from plain sailing forthe 33- Garrosand will face either German qualifier the formerTunisia No 1, jumping out of the Karim Kamounare good friendswith Andit'shardnot to watchJabeur'sgameand Tunisians who made the effort to come and year-old Serb though and therewas an anx- Daniel Altmaieror17th seedPablo Carreno commentarychair. formerTunisiaNo1Selima Sfar. becomeasupporter. Shepossessesallthetrap- see me with all the Tunisian flags... seeing that ious moment when aball flewoff his racket Busta of Spain. Carreno Busta wasthe player “IwasoverwhelmedwhenIsaw Mayarand pings of the modern game: hugeinside-out, Ihad this impact on people following more during the firstset and hit aline judgeinthe who benefitted from Djokovic’s indiscretion realisedthattwoofourArabwomenareinthe cross-court forehands,jumpingbackhands, tennis makes me proud.” Sfar though agrees head, reviving memories of his default at the in the U.S. Open fourth round. GrandSlam,”SfartellsTheIndianExpress.“Once, ing the run at the Australian Open in January, passing winners on the stretch. But Jabeur that there's moretoJabeur that has made her U.S. Open. nobody believedit. And this happenedfast when she became the firstArabwoman to stands outfor hertrickery. Theslices, the vol- anationalhero. In 2017,Jabeur had said: Djokovichadconcedednosetsandonly15 Resilient Kenin enough.” reachaGrand Slamquarterfinal. The 26-year- leys,tweener lobs and, of course, her special- “When Iwin, Irepresentthe Arab world. games in his firstthree rounds but the power- AmericanfourthseedSofiaKeninappeared Sherif,whoblastedthroughthreequalifiers old'shistoricyearof firststhoughwillcontinue ity, the drop shots.Her success on the big stage When Ilose, Itry to be justOns Jabeur.” But ful15thseedKhachanovprovidedamuchbet- to beunnervedbythecheersof thesparsepar- and drew praise from her famous compatriot next week when she cracks the top30. wasalways in theoffing.She made it to the fi- despiteherexitfrom theFrenchOpen,sheal- terbarometerofhisforminhisquestforasec- tisan crowdasshe recoveredfromawobbly MohamedSalah,lostthatfirst-roundmatchto BeforeJabeur,the 423-million strong Arab nalof theJuniorFrenchOpenin2010 and2011, ready put Tunisia, and the Arab world, on the ondFrenchOpen and 18th major title. starttoreachthe Frenchopen quarter-finals the second-seed Pliskova. The other woman worldhad accounted forfivetop-100 players; winning it on the second occasion to become tennis map.Aftertheteary-eyedcommentary “Itwasdefinitelycloserthanthescoresug- with a2-6 6-2 6-1 victory over France’s Fiona fromtheNorthAfricanregionfaredmuchbet- the onlywoman being the Sfar.The 43-year- the firstArabplayertowin ajunior Slam since session on Tuesday,Sfarsays: “It gets stressful gests,” Djokovic, who has bouncedback FerroonMonday. ter. Tunisia'sOnsJabeur—thefirstArabwoman old former worldNo. 75 wasthe firstArab 1964.By2017, thecurrentworldno35became sometimes. Ikeep reminding myself that it's strongly fromtheignominyofbeingdefaulted The Australian Open champion, who next to reachthepre-quarterfinalsatRolandGarros woman to reachthe second round at aMajor the firstArabwoman to reachthe third-round onlyatennis match. But at the same time, it is attheU.S.Openforinadvertentlystrikingafe- faces compatriotDanielle Collins or Tunisian —losttoAmerican Danielle Collins 4-6, 6-4,4- (twice at RolandGarros, thrice at Wimbledon at aMajor,helping her break intothe top100. amessage.There'ssomething very important male line judge in the throat with aball,said. Ons Jabeur,broke intotears afterendingthe 6onTuesday. Shefellonestepshortof replicat- and once at the US Open). Just like Sfar,who could have represented behind it.” “It wasquiteevenall three sets and Iman- contestwithaservicereturnwinner.REUTERS

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