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THE EDITORIAL PAGE SLAMS JD(U), PRAISES PM; WILL FIGHT POLLSONITS OWN Winter coming, no ADYSTOPIAN ELECTION LJP’sbalancingact:BreaksfromNDA sign of thaw, 7th BY ASHUTOSH VARSHNEY PAGE 10 round of military inBihar,willremaininallianceinDelhi talks on October 12 Paswan’s party says split due to ideological differences Chirag’s long play:Cut on September 21 wasalso the with JD(U), ‘will form LJP-BJPgovernment’ afterpolls KRISHNKAUSHIK firstsince Mayinwhichadiplo- JD(U), help BJP get more NEWDELHI,OCTOBER4 mat waspresent from the Indian by Union MinisterRam Vilas side —Naveen Srivastava,Joint DIPANKARGHOSE Paswan took pains to reiterate EVEN AS the armies of both sides Secretary(EastAsia) in the NEWDELHI,OCTOBER4 that itsalliance with BJP at the —and be itsfuture ally preparetodig in forthe winter, MinistryofExternal Affairs. Centrewas “firm”,that its with no sign of anymajor break- Srivastava has been repre- AFTER WEEKSofspec- MLAs would backthe theAssemblyelections: itis sens- through in border talks, the sev- senting India at the Working ulation and posturing, BJP in apost-poll sce- SANTOSHSINGH ing an anti-incumbency against enth meeting of senior military Mechanism forConsultationand the LJP said Sunday, af- nario,and thatthe split PATNA,OCTOBER4 Nitish and is helpingthe BJPlever- commanders of India and China Coordination on India-China teraparty meeting in forthe Biharpolls was agethattoaim forthe will take place on October 12 in Border Affairs(WMCC),which ‘Amazon,Facebook the National Capital, due to “ideological dif- BY SLAMMINGNitish single largest party slot. afresh bidtofind aresolution to has metfivetimes since May. At areexclusive, not that it would fight the ferences”with the JD(U). Kumar while exiting the Both the JD(U) and the five-month standoffineast- itsprevious meeting on interoperable...Need Bihar Assemblyelec- DECISION Formanymonths, NDAalliance in Bihar the BJPdownplayedthe ern Ladakh. September 30, the WMCC had tionsnextmonth sepa- 2020 LJP president Chirag and yetpraising Prime exit but the sequence of ForIndia, it will be the last decidedthat the next meeting of creativedestruction, rately —and notaspart BIHAR Paswan has been attack- MinisterNarendraModi eventsshows that the time that Lt General Harinder Senior Commanders “shouldbe morealternatives’ of the ruling JD(U)-BJP ingChief MinisterNitish LJP president Chirag Paswan and the BJP,the Lok BJP has looked the other Singh, the XIV Corps held at an early datesothatboth RSSHARMA alliance. Kumar forhis performance over afterthe meeting in New Janshakti Partyhas sent twokey wayasthe LJP campaigned Commander who ledthe firstsix sidescan work towardsearly and FORMER CHAIRMAN, TRAI However, the party founded CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Delhi Sunday. AbhinavSaha signals in the final countdown to CONTINUEDONPAGE2 rounds of discussions, will be a complete disengagement of the PAGE 12 partofthe engagement. Hisone- troops along the LAC(Line of year tenurecomes to an endon Actual Control)...” October 14 following which he The Chinese delegation has will take charge of the Indian so farbeen ledbyMajor General GRANTTHORNTON’S REPORT MilitaryAcademy(IMA). Liu Lin, commander of the South FSL report (sayingnorape) used samples Lt GeneralPGKMenon, who Xinjiang MilitaryRegion. In a will take over from Singh, was joint statement afterthe last Fake accounts, fraud partofthe lastmeeting of Corps meeting, the twosideshad 11 days old, has no value: Aligarh CMO CommandersonSeptember 21 agreedtonot escalatethe situa- and will be present at the latest tion on the ground and borrowers used to round too. The previous meeting CONTINUEDONPAGE2 divert funds in DHFL, JIGNASASINHA HATHRAS,OCTOBER4 Bitter start to sugarcane finds forensic audit THE CHIEF Medical Officerof AligarhMuslim University’s season: `8,400 cr in dues (AMU’s)Jawaharlal Nehru maniakumar in Februaryand MedicalCollege, where the19- RITUSARIN takesforward the modus year-old Hathrasvictimwas ad- from mills to farmers NEWDELHI,OCTOBER4 operandi of “round-tripping” of mitted fortwo weeks, has told funds via fake loans. The Indian Express that the FSL re- HUNDREDS OF fictitiousloanac- Referring to the case as Bandra port —whichUttar Pradesh HARISHDAMODARAN counts, depositsroutedthrough Books, the reporthighlightshow Police has reliedontosay she was NEWDELHI,OCTOBER4 an imaginaryentity in Bandra namesoffakehousing loan “bor- notraped—“holds no value”. and ademand forrecoveriesto- rowers” were collected —details “The samples were collected Police personnel on duty at the village of the Hathras victim. Praveen Khanna EVEN AS the new2020-21sugar taling Rs 14,046 crore–these are were “randomlypickedfroma 11 days afterthe woman wasal- year has started, millsinUttar among the keyfindings in the fi- database that appears to be cre- legedly raped, while govern- Pradesh oweastaggering nal forensic reportsubmitted by ated from the details pertaining ment guidelines strictlysay Ex-BJP MLA holds meeting Rs 8,400crore-plus of payments auditor GrantThorntoninthe to the closedloan accounts”. forensic evidencecan only be BUSINESSASUSUAL to farmers againstcanesupplies DewanHousing Finance Corpo- In all, 2,60,315“fake and fic- found up to 96 hoursafter thein- made during2019-20. ration Limited (DHFL) scam. titious” home loan accounts cident. This reportcan’t confirm BY UNNY in Hathras to back accused In 2019-20 (October- By Sep 30, onlyRs27,451cr Submitted to the RBI-ap- were createdinthe non-exis- rape in this incident,” Dr Azeem September), UP mills crusheda hadbeen paid. Arul Horizon pointed administrator on August tent BandraBranchbetween Malik,the CMO,told TheIndian nessedaflurryofvisitsand record1,118.02 lakh tonnes (lt) 27,the reportcomes when 2007-2019 and Rs 11,755.79 Express. AMILBHATNAGAR protests,including ameeting of cane worthRs35,898.15crore DHFL’s proprietors Kapil Wadh- crorewas depositedtoBandra The Dalit woman had been &JIGNASASINHA calledbyformer BJP Hathras at the stategovernment’s ‘ad- for2020-21 aretobeginbythe awan and his brother Dheeraj Book entities. assaulted,allegedly by four upper HATHRAS,OCTOBER4 MLARajveer Singh Pehelwan in vised’ price (SAP) of Rs 315-325 month-end afterDussehra. Wadhawanare out on bail after As manyas91entities are CONTINUEDONPAGE2 supportofthe four upper-caste per quintal. The lastsugar year had also being arrested by investigating the focus of the auditor’s final ADAY afterthe UP government men arrested in the case. But as on September 30, the openedwith cane arrears, though agencies in Januarythis year. forensic report, wherein it was said it would hand over the Over 500people attended end of the lastsugar year,they theseweren’t ashuge. In 2018-19, The 98-pagereport follows found that no security or collat- ADITYANATH: EXPOSE probeintothe alleged gangrape the meetingheld on the prem- had paid farmers onlyRs the state’s mills crushed1,031.67 the preliminaryreport submit- eral wasobtainedbeforegrant and death of the 19-year-old ises of aguesthouse where 27,451.05 crore. That translates lt of cane valuedatRs33,048.06 tedbyGrant Thornton to RBI-ap- of these loans. THOSE TRYING TO Dalit woman in Hathras to the Pehelwan wasstaying on the into dues of Rs 8,447.10crore – crore, but had managed to pay pointed administrator RSubra- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 INCITERIOTS PAGE 7 CBI, the victim’s villagewit- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 even before crushing operations CONTINUEDONPAGE2

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PAGE1 provide them sanitarynapkins, UPSC 2019 RESULT :13% of TOP300 ANCHOR and setupadolescent centres to help them on issues of physical 9ofTOP 100; 22 of TOP 200; 40 of TOP 300 andmentalhealth. Pandeysanctionedboth— "Note:Consistent Performance -10% of Final Selected Candidates in CSEare SRIASClass Students". ESHAROY and the government procured NEWDELHI,OCTOBER4 sanitarynapkins thatweredis- tributed in villages in these dis- OUR ALMOSTAyear ago, 40 teenage tricts, said Bijit Roy, associatedi- TOPPERS AIR 6 AIR 30 AIR 31 AIR 33 AIR 37 AIR 38 girls from Bihar’s Nawada and rector forcommunity actionand VISHAKHA YADAV PARI BISHNOI SIMI KARAN NAVNEET MANN NATISHAMATHUR ABHISHEK AUGUSTYA Darbhanga districts showedup accountability at the NGO at the office of stateHealth Population Foundation of India. DELHI [email protected] ;+91 9910812719 ;011 -45612719 JAMMU MinisterMangal Pandey, de- Foundedhalf acenturyago, OUR [email protected]; +91 8082048324;011 -45612719 CENTER LUCKNOW [email protected]; +91 9807105725; 011 -45612719 manding that the government CONTINUEDONPAGE2

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FSL report hair,clothes, nail bed andvagi- filedawrong complaint,” said Forits project in Darbhanga nal-anal orifice; the samples Pehelwan, who waselectedonce and Nawada, forexample, caste men, on September 14,and maynot showpresence of se- from Hathras in 1993, and has Population Foundation partners wasabletoprovidethe details of men because of urination,defe- since been involvedinthe party's LJP’s balancing act in Bihar and Delhi with four grassroots NGOs that the alleged sexual assault after cation and menstruation.” activities in theregion. implementtheproject,andatech- she regainedconsciousness at On September 22, adoctor Pehelwan claimedthat the thelastfiveyears, with the party Indian Express: “Even if the among DalitsinBihar,thusfar said. nicalorganisationthatcollatesin- the AMU hospital on September had conducted amedicolegalin- accused—Sandeep (20), Ravi nowreiteratingthat it was numbers had been offered, backingthe party.Inthe last as- Another LJP leader said that formation on the effectivenessof 22. Afterher statement was vestigationonthe woman and (35),Luv Kush (23) and Ramu ready to field candidates against Chirag Paswan's idea has been sembly elections in 2015,LJP while it wasunusualfor the statehealth schemes –which recordedbeforeamagistrate, givena“provisional opinion” (26) —werebeing framed. Asked JD(U) but notBJP. to expandthe party.Heisfirm wontwo seats, with 28.79 per party to be ostensiblybacking Population Foundation hands police hadaddedrelevant sec- that “on the basis of local exam- about the participation of Dalits So far, LJP hasfloated the in his belief that there is anti- cent votes in the 42 it contested the BJP but fighting apartfrom over to theBihar government. tions of rape to the FIR. ination,Iamofthe opinion that in the meeting, he said, “Noone idea of contestingfrom143 incumbency againstNitish -- itsoverall votesharefor the the alliance, it wasnot un- “Workers of the grassroots Following her statement, thereare signs of use of force”, representing the familyofthe seats, but no official announce- Kumar,and always wanted to statewas 4.83 per cent. In 2010, precedented. “Theremay be NGOs belong to the community, sampleswere sentto theForensic reports show. The doctor had victim waspartofthe meeting.” ment has been made yet. fight alone. This will nowbe the party wonthree seats, with friendlyfights between BJP and live in the same area, and can im- Science Laboratory, whichre- added: “However, opinion re- Another,smaller,protestwas Elections to the 243-member our test.” 21.78 per cent votes in the 75 it LJP in some seats. Even in plement andmonitorthe proj- ceivedthem on September 25 – gardingpenetrative intercourse heldinsupport of the accused assemblywillbeheld in three In an official statement, contested, and an overall share Manipur and Jharkhand, LJP ect round the clock,”Roy said. 11 days afterthe attack. It was is reservedpending availability outside the villageamidstheavy phases, starting October 28. LJP's chief generalsecretary of 6.74per cent. fought separatelyfromBJP.In “Under the changed law, we can basedonthis FSL reportthat the of FSL reports.” police presence. Giventhe LJP's move, Abdul Khalique said: “The LJP These numbersshowthat Manipur,whereitwon some onlydoprojectsofdirect service UP Police claimedthat the The September 22 report The villagewas alsovisitedby sources told The Indian has itsown idea of thedevel- outside the big four parties on seats, we joinedthe BJP gov- delivery –suchasdistributing woman wasnot raped. At apress also mentioned, basedondetails Bhim Armychief Chandra- Express that JD(U) and BJP are opment of Bihar,whichiswhy eitherside,theBJP-JD(U)andthe ernment,” he said. food or blanketstothe needy, but conference on Thursday, providedbythe woman, that shekhar Azad,RLD leader Jayant likelytoevenlysplit the num- the'Bihar FirstBihari First' vi- RJD-Congress, it is the LJP that On Saturday, the notcapacity-building projects Prashant Kumar,ADG (Law& therewas “complete” “penetra- Choudharyand thenew berofseatstheywould con- sion document has been pre- had the highestvoteshare. LJP Opposition alliance an- likeinBihar whichledto the girls Order), had said, “As per the FSL tion by penis” of the “vagina”. SuperintendentofPolice Vineet test.The twoallieswill contest pared.Atthe national level, leaders have already indicated nouncedits seat formula with organising themselvesand de- (forensic sciencelaboratory) re- The report said, basedonde- Jaiswal. Azad claimedlater that 119seatseachand give five thereisafirmalliancebetween thatthe partyhopes to play the RJD getting 144seats and manding the sanitarynapkins. port, no semen or sperm secre- tails providedbyher,thatshe he had wanted to take thevic- seatstoJitan RamManjhi’s LJP and BJP.Atthe statelevel, role of kingmakerthis time. Congress 70.Besides, atotal of Forthatyou need apresence on tion wasfound in the viscera was“gagged”and “strangulated tim's familyawayfromthe vil- Hindustani Awam Morcha, and in the assemblyelections, Khalique said in thestate- 29 seatshavebeen allocatedto the ground,’’ he said. sample. The postmortemreport by dupatta”. The section in the lage, on theirrequest, but was sources said. because of ideological differ- ment that LJP is committed to three Leftparties--CPI-ML The project,whichhas been states that the cause of deathwas report, verbal threats, mentions: stoppedbythe administration. The LJP's decision comes ences with JD(U), adecision the path of Prime Minister (19), CPI (6) and CPM (4). running forfiveyears, wastobe due to trauma causedbythe as- “Yes, threat to kill.” Thereport Meanwhile, members of the twodaysafter Chirag Paswan has been takentofight the NarendraModi, andits win- The relationship between extendedfor another three years sault. Despitethe statementsby also mentions the “assailants” as SP and RLD ledbyChoudhary, took partinthe last of many elections separatefromthe al- ning MLAs would backthe BJP. JD(U) and LJP had nosedived –but that is no longer possible, officials, some wronginforma- “Sandeep, Ramu, Luv Kush, Ravi”. were lathichargedbypolice as meetings with BJP president JP liance.Therewillbeideologi- “Atthe Centre,wehaveafirm over the lastfew months, with Roysaid. Population Foundation tion wascirculatedin the media.” The woman’s postmortem theytried to enterthe village. Nadda and Union Home cal fightsinmanyseatswith alliance with BJP,and we the party taking potshots at the gave grants of Rs 49lakh to each On October 3, the reportfromSafdarjung Hospital Chandrashekhar reachedthe MinisterAmit Shah. While JD(U) and the peoplecan de- wanted that forthe statelevel, Bihar government over itshan- of itsfour grassroots implement- Department of Forensic had also stated that her “hymen villageSunday afternoon and de- thereare indications that LJP cide whichcandidateisbetter too. There is no bitternessbe- dling of Covidand themigrants ing NGOs forthe project. Medicine at Jawaharlal Nehru showedmultiple old healed mandedsecurity forthe family wanted at least36seats in the forBihar.” tween LJP and BJP.After the crisis that followedthe lock- Poonam Muttreja, executive Medical Collegewrote to the tears”, and that the “anal orifice of the victim. His motorcade was alliance, the numbers being of- The LJP's move is signifi- election results, the winning down. director of Population Circle Officer of Sadabad police showedold healedtear”. brieflyhaltedby UP Police before feredweremuchlower. cant, with the Paswan commu- candidatesofLJP will form a (WITHSANTOSHSINGH Foundation, said muchofthe station in Hathras withthe sub- he reachedHathras, but he was Asenior LJP leader told The nity,whichisthe largest BJP-LJP government,” Khalique INPATNA) nonprofits' work supplements ject, “Final opinion in response to Hathras meeting later allowedtomeetthe family. stateprojectsand ensuresthat your letter”. SignedbyAssistant outskirts of thevillage. They “The familyisnot safeinthe government schemes areprop- Professor Dr Faiz Ahmad and raisedslogans in supportofthe village. When (actor) Kangana erly implemented. Chairman Dr Saeed, it gave a“fi- accusedand demanded"justice" Ranaut can getYsecurity, why Chirag’s long play: To cut JD(U),helpBJP get more “Our work is evidence based, nalopinion”withreferenceto the forthem. can't this family? Maha- involving research and datacol- circle officer's letter “and the FSL Pehelwan said the meeting panchayats arebeingheld every to pull the JD(U) afew notches that the RJD-ledOpposition al- that,partyspokespersonAshraf would have OBC or EBC candi- lection,whichwill be severely report”, stating that “thereare no washeld to “welcome” the de- 2kminfavour of theaccused. down. Evenif thismeansgiving liance will use everyopportu- Ansari said: "Thereare several dates.” impacted if sub-grantingisnot signs suggestive of vaginal/anal cision to hold aCBI inquiryinthe Thereisstone-pelting happen- theOpposition ammunition to nityto twisttheknifebyplaying seatswheremarginof victoryis In fact, LJPhad done so suc- allowed, and we areunable to intercourse” and “thereare evi- case and narco testsofall in- ing,” he said. target the Chief Minister. this LJP “back-stab” to the hilt. between5,000to 10,000.Thisis cessfullyin2005Februarypolls partner withuniversitiesorre- dences of physical assault (in- volved,including the accused, Chandrashekhardescribed Notonce has LJP’s Chirag The BJPhas alwaysbeen the where we canhurtthe chances in whichithad won29seats, search organisations,” she said. juries over the neckand back)”. the victim’s familyand police. the government'smovetohand Paswan blamedthe BJP fornot second party in the alliance –it of JD (U) and can win agood said aparty leader.Ofthe 178 Giving an example of the way Dr Hamza Malik, president “Weheldameetingofall over the investigation to theCBI offering it "desired number of has 53 seatsinthe outgoing number in athree-wayfight". seatsitcontestedinthoseelec- Population Foundation collabo- of the Resident Doctors’ castestodaywhereitwas dis- as a“smokescreen”. "They use seats". Houseascomparedto JD(U)’s69 WhenaskedaboutLJP’sexit, tions, LJPpolled13.62 per cent rateswiththe government, Association at Jawaharlal Nehru cussed that it wasagood deci- the CBI when theyhavetosup- The LJP,whichwon justtwo –and many in the party hope BJPnationalspokespersonGuru votes. Muttreja said: “In2016, we col- Medical College, called the FSL sion by the governmenttocall for press opposition. This case seatsinthe House of 243inthe LJP’s exit could help it gain over Prakash said: "It would notbe In the 2005 October lectedinformation and dataon report“unreliable”. aCBI enquiryand anarco test.If shouldbeinvestigatedbyretired 2015 Assemblypolls and got itsally. appropriatefor us to comment Assemblypolls, it won10seats (methodsof family planning)and “How will the FSL team find the familyofthe victim has noth- judges of the Supreme Court. 4.83percentof thevote,wonall Notmanyare surprisedhere, on the decision of the LJP. We of the 203 it contestedand submitted it to then Health evidence of rape 11 days later? ing to hide, theyshould notbe Especially, if the judgesrepre- sixseatsitcontestedin2019Lok though. willgotoelections in the name polled11.10 per cent votes. In MinisterJPNadda. He foundit Sperm doesn’t survive after2-3 afraid of it. Strict action should sent our community,” he said. Sabha polls –this wasseen as Thefirstsignof LJP'sdisquiet of developmentinthe last 15 2010 Assemblypolls (in Grand convincing and the government days.Theytooksamples from also be takenagainstthose who Describing the victim's fam- the Modi factor at work. came early this year when years under the leadership of Alliance), it got threeseatsof75 eventuallyintroducedinjectable ilyashis own, Chandrashekhar By contesting143 seatsthis Chiraglaunchedhis"BiharFirst, Chief MinisterNitish Kumar contestedand polled6.74per contraceptivesinthepublichealth tweetedSundayevening: “I have time,ithopesto helpBJPbycut- Bihari First" yatrawithaveiled with the guidance of Prime cent votes. system.Thisishowwework...this justleftafter meeting my fam- ting intoJD(U) votes and re- attackonNitish Kumar's gov- MinisterNarendra Modi". These numbers aresmall turnaroundby thegovernment(in ily. Iamstunned. My sister’s par- buildingitsorganisationalstruc- ernment –heunderlinedhis The JD(U) put up abrave and LJPleaderssaid theyare the newFCRA) is baffling.” entsjustasked me to take them turewithaneye to thefuture. “YuvaBihari”identityto contrast face. Stateworking president looking at the long game. The In Nagaland's Tuensang, away from the village.Myfamily An LJP leader said that the with what he indicatedwasthe Ashok Kumar Choudhary said: partybelievesthatthisisthelast Mon, Longleng, and Noklak dis- EXPRSESEDUCATION is beingthreatened, Iwantto best casescenarioforthepartyis old and tired leadership (read "LJP leaving the NDAalliance stateelection of the older gen- trictsalongthe Myanmar bor- take them but the administra- to win“even10-15seats”byus- Nitish). will have no impact. But Iwant eration of Lalu Prasad, Nitish der,the grassroots NGOECS tion has stoppedus. We will file ing the imageofPMNarendra At that time,hehad told The to knowwhat ideological dif- Kumar and even SushilKumar workswith the global nonprofit an appeal in courttomorrow.” Modi and working with the BJP Indian Express: “Whensome- ferences LJP has with us. We Modi. ActionAid. Mon and Tuensang NIRVANA IAS ACADEMY Around 4pm, RLD leader to grow intoitsnextally. This,the thingasbasicasDial100(anum- have increasedbudget forDalit With RJD’s Tejashwi Prasad have amongthe country's low- Choudharyarrived to meetthe source said, could become cru- bertoseekpolicehelp) doesn’t welfaremanifold. It is the same facinghisacidtest thistimeand estimmunisation rates, and ECS STANDS WITH YOUINTHESE familyalong withpartyworkers. cial if BJP and JD(U) fail to get work in the state, what’s the LJP who insistedonNitish Kanhaiya Kumar unclear about founder Chingmak Kejong, used Initially,ascufflebroke outaspo- simple majority of 122. meaning of good governance?” Kumar campaigning fortheir hisrole,Chirag,sourcessaid,sees aRs15lakhgrant from DIFFICULTTIMES lice triedtopush the workers be- TheJD(U),hopingthatitcan The LJP’s plantocontest143 candidates in the lastLok hisopportunitytoemergeasa ActionAid to setupTuensang's hind the barricades. Soon, the sit- repeat 2010 –alignedwiththe seats includesfielding acandi- Sabha polls.” Bihar leader.For that, he may firstpublic health centre. CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE HAS NO uation escalated as the police BJP it won dateineachseat being con- However, some JD(U) lead- have to live in BJP's shadowfor The project wassosuccess- wielded lathis againstChoudhary 206of243 seats–iswaryof testedby JD(U).Ithasn’tdecided ers said the LJP could adoptits awhile —and this exit could be ful thatthe Nagalandgovern- and his party workers. LJPhurtingitschancesinatleast onwhatto doinseatswherethe previousstrategyof fieldingup- an important firststeponthat ment approachedKejong fora ALTERNATIVE “If youhavethe right to beat adozen seats. It is also aware BJP is contesting. Asked about per-caste candidateswhere “we long road. “partinit” –and the project now th us, Ihavethe right to be with my covers 73 villages in the four dis- BATCHESSTART:10OCTOBER people. Beat us as muchasyou tricts, with sevenPHCs along the want, our resolve will notbebro- tanksand air defence assets. of just Rs 245.5 per quintal. whichcontributed to the insol- whichare then implemented by Myanmar border.“We told the WITH JUST35STUDENTS ken,” Choudharysaid in atweet. “ForgetSAP,weare notget- vency crisis in DHFL. their smaller partners on the government thatthe villagers Sugarcane ting even the FRP fixedbythe The linkages withthe Bandra ground, oftenincollaboration would be in charge of appoint- IN ACLASS SO THAT Military talks Rs 28,106.23 crorebyend- Centre. Mills arerequiredtopay Bookentities areclear in several with stategovernments. ingthe staff, including doctors, “earnestlyimplement the im- September. within 14 days of the dateofcane cases. Forinstance, the Wadha- It is an effective model that nurses,sanitation workers and PERSONALISEDCOACHING portant consensus reachedby The outstanding dues, then, delivery,whilecrushing ended wanbrothers or their relatives has over the yearsgiven some of ambulance drivers. Thatway the leaders of the twocountries”. came to Rs 4,941.83crore. by May-end,” addedHooda. were found to be Directors or India's mostvulnerablegroups theywillbeaccountable to the &SOCIAL DISTANCING China and India have hard- “Lastyear,itwas a khaaii promoters of severalofthese ahand. However, the model is community,” Kejong said. enedtheir stances since (ditch). This time, theyhave Funds in DHFL companies. nowunderthreat, the nonprof- In Jharkhand, LifeEducation September 21.China had said pushed us to a kuaan (well). The financialsof50ofthem In his ownreport,the RBI- itssay –fromanew amendment And Development Support GO lastweekthatitdoes notrecog- Worse, the government does not —whichreceived 70%ofthe to- appointed Administrator has to TheForeign Contribution (LEADS) receivesRs8lakh annu- nise the newUnion Territoryof care.Despitethe SAPbeing talBandraBookdisbursements notedthat funds disbursedby (Regulation) Act(FCRA) that allyfromGermany-basedBread HAND IN HAND Ladakh, and thatitisopposedto raisedbyjustRs10/quintal (from —havebeenexaminedto expose the CorporateDebtor (Wadha- Parliament passedinits ForThe Worldtostrengthen the India buildinginfrastructure Rs 305 to Rs 315for normal and the nexus between thepromot- wans) to BandraBookEntities Monsoon session. school system. LEADS runs the WEEKEND BATCHESAVAILABLE there“formilitarycontrol pur- from Rs 315toRs325 forearly- ers of DHFL and theseborrowers. were “diverted to entities hav- The amendedFCRA,which project through four sub- poses”. China had also stated maturing varieties)since 2016- The conclusion: “It wasob- ing connection with Promo- wasnotifiedonSeptember 29 af- grantee organisations. that the “China-India border LAC 17,theyaren’t forcing mills to pay served that 34 entities have in- ters/Directors.” teritreceivedthe President'sas- “Weensurethat government is very clear,thatisthe LACon even these rates,” said Jitendra vested aportion of the amount And thatBandraBookenti- sent, makes sub-granting –asys- schools have management com- November 7, 1959”. Singh Hooda,an8-acre cane receivedfromthe Corporate ties were usedasa“conduitfor tembywhich abiggerNGO can mitteesthatincludeteachers,par- Reacting sharply, the External growerfromKheri Bairagivillage Debtor (the Wadhawans) in carrying out these fraudulent ac- pass on funds that it has received ents, and astudent...The schools Affairs Ministryhad stated that in Shamli district and tehsil. companies, whichare related tivities…theseindividualsare from foreign donors to smaller thatwedeal with cater to adivasi Indiahas “neveracceptedthe so- The Yogi Adityanath govern- parties or directlyorindirectly henchmen of the grassroots NGOs –illegal. andDalitstudents.Wekeeptrack called unilaterally defined1959 ment’s SAPofRs315-325 per linked to the promoters…” promoters/Directors and have “This (the newlaw)makes of whether the teachersturn up, LineofActual Control”, and that quintal for2019-20 washigher The amount of fake loans acted as accessoryfor commis- it absolutelyimpossible forus howclassesarerunning,whether ROHINI: H-17/262, Near Rohini West MetroStation, it is “untenable”. than the Centre’s ‘fair and remu- disbursedtowhat the auditor sion of fraudinrelationto to implement theseprojects,” thereare toilets andrunningwa- Even afterfiveroundsof nerative price’ (FRP) of Rs 275per has described as “potentiallydi- BandraBookdisbursements....’’ Roysaid. “Population ter, whether dropoutsare hap- (Opp. MetroPillar No.424),Sector -7,Rohini, NewDelhi -85. WMCC talks, six rounds of dis- quintal, linked to a10% basic rectly/indirectly” linked to the Foundation has the capability pening,etc.,”LEADS founder-di- TILAK NAGAR: 30/4, Ashok Nagar,NearTilak Nagar cussions between Corps sugar-to-cane recovery ratio. At promoters is Rs 1,554.51crore. FCRA change of raising fundsand conceptu- rector AKSingh said. Commanders, and meetings be- UP’s averagesugar recovery of In severalcases, the report Population Foundation seeksto alising projects, and we then Singh said he has been ap- MetroStation, Gate No- 3, NewDelhi -18. tweenthe defence andforeign 11.3% recordedlastyear,the cor- said, funds disbursedweredi- build capacities in panchayats in give thegrassroots NGOs the proachedbythe Jharkhand gov- Ph: 011-47032447,9990471004, 9990471005 ministers of both sides, no fur- respondingFRP wouldbeRs verted to entitieshavinglinks Bihar,and educatewomenand funds to implement these proj- ernment to scale up from the ther disengagement and even- 310.75 per quintal. As against with the promoters. girls on health services available ects. The grassroots NGOs do current 50 schools in Latehar, Contact forAdvt. 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Hospital beds free GST COLLECTIONS DOWN BY 62%: SISODIA 15-yr-old ‘raped’byneighbour Gurgaon:A15-year-old girlwas "The victim has alleged that allegedly rapedbyaneighbour when she wasreturning from up as Covid cases Govtbanksonfestiveseason in Gurgaon lateonSaturday the bathroom, the accused night, said police. The accused, grabbed her,put hishand over who worksasadriverin her mouth, and dragged her into Gurgaon, is absconding. his room, wherehesexuallyas- continue to fall According to police, the incident saulted her," said Subhash salestooffsetrevenueloss occured when the victim, who Boken, PROofGurgaon Police. resides in ashanty with her fam- "An FIR has been registered CORONAVIRUS IN THE CAPITAL ily, went to relieve herselfinthe under the POCSO Act," said the telsand weeklymarkets,evenaf- middle of the night. PRO. ENS TOTALCASES Total Vacant MALLICAJOSHI terobjections from L-GAnil Baijal HOSPITALBEDS 15,819 10,027 NEWDELHI,OCTOBER4 because of high case count. While 2,90,613 VENTILATORS 1,321 530 the elected government had al- THEDELHI government is hoping lowedbothtoreopen, theL-G Dailycases RecoveriesDeaths Tests forfestivalseasonsales at par stayedthe decision saying the sit- Oct3 2,258 3,440 34 39,306 with lastyear to makeupfor lost uation wasnot conducive.Sisodia revenue this year.Deputy Chief had then written to the Union Oct 42,683 3,1263850,832 MinisterManish Sisodia said Home Minister, asking himtodi- Total24,753* 2,60,350 5,510 32,81,784 while the averagereduction in rect the L-Gtoallowreopening. GSTcollections nation-widewas He had said this wascrucial as the *Total active cases around 56%, the same in Delhi service sector,whichwas hit wassharper at 62%. hardestbythe lockdown, pro- of 1,500bedsare vacant. Similarly, “Weare banking on the festi- videdclose to 60% of alljobsinthe ASTHASAXENA 342bedsout of 500atRajiv valseason.Evenifbusiness is at The Delhi govt has pushedfor reopening businesses. Archive city.Permissionto open bothwas NEWDELHI,OCTOBER4 Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital par with what it wasinprevious later granted. areunoccupied. years, it willbeagood deal. We Facing financial hardships, the WITH DELHI witnessing adip in “The trend has once again arenot expecting abetterseason,” Kejriwal has been avocal sup- pening through Delhi. Now, we government had in Augustalso daily Covid-19 cases foralmost changed over the lastone week. he said. porterofreopening the cityand areseeing alot of directtrading issuednotices to severaltraders twoweeks, manyhospitals have Dailyadmissionsaregoing down Likeinotherstates, GSTcol- businesses and has said, since happening… In Delhi, taxeshave afteritwas found manyhad not reportedadip in bed occupancy and bed availability is going up. lectionsdippedsignificantly in May, that people will have to largely been softbut alltaxes are paid taxesevenfor the months of as well.Almost 63% of bedsear- Since the caseload washigher a the city,with onlya10th of taxes learn to live with the virus and similar across the country now.” January, Februaryand March. Of markedforCovid patients in hos- fewweeksago,wehavepatients being collected in April as com- restartwork whiletakingprecau- Sources said in Augustand the 15,000 taxpayers registered pitals arevacant at the moment. admittedto ICUs only,”said Dr BL paredtothesameperiodlastyear. tions suchaswearing masksand September,tax collections have with the government under GST, As perdatauploadedonthe Delhi Sherwal, medical director of Rajiv Since then, thenumbers have maintaining social distancing. been almost60-70%oflastyear. whose returns were analysed by government’s Delhi Corona app, Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital. risen slowly, with collectionsin Sisodiasaidthatover thepast Exact figureswerenot immedi- the government, 10,800orover of 15,819 bedsavailable in hospi- However, afew private hospi- Julyreaching almost40% of that fewmonths, the natureofbusi- atelyavailable. two-thirds paid either lowertax tals, 10,027are vacant. tals likeMax Super Specialtyat the year before. ness and trading in the cityhas In the past, the government or no taxbetween Januaryand On Sunday, thecity saw2,683 Saket,Sir GangaRam,BLKapoor, Chief MinisterArvind changed:“Earlier,trade washap- has pushedfor reopening of ho- March 2020. newcases of Covid-19 and 38 Max, Shalimar Bagh, still have deathsinthe last24hours,taking high bed occupancy. thetallyto2,90,613 andthedeath On Saturday, Health Minister toll to 5,510.The dailypositivity Satyendar Jain had said the situa- rate fell to 5.28% and the death tion in Delhi has improved.“The rate,basedonthe last 10 days, Covid-19situation in thecityisfar wasrecordedat1.29%. Thereare better nowascompared to 24,753 active cases, out of which September,and dailycases have 14,700areunder home isolation. also begun to showadownward At Lok Nayak Hospital, Delhi trend…the situation in Delhihas government’s biggestCovidfacil- also stabilised,” he said. ity with 2,000beds, almost1,487 Meanwhile, the city per- bedsare vacant. At GTB, 1,310out formed50,832 testsonSunday. 25-year-old woman ‘gangraped’, 4held

torcycle and theyheadedto- SAKSHIDAYAL wardsthe office. GURGAON,OCTOBER4 Upon reaching the office, however, she found three other A25-YEAR-OLD woman, aresi- men thereaswell. dent of Delhi, wasallegedly gan- “The four mentried to force grapedand beaten up by four themselvesonher and, when men in Gurgaon on Saturday she protestedand resisted, they night.The men, police said, hit beat her up and banged her head SAFETY FIRST her head againstthe wall when againstthe wall. Theythentook she resistedtheir assault and left turns sexuallyassaultingher,” Acandidatesprays disinfectant on her admit cardbeforethe UPSC examination at UPSC Bhawan, Sunday. AbhinavSaha her outside an office on the road said the ACP. before escaping. Following the incident, the According to police, the inci- accusedleftthe victim on the dent took place around1am. All road outside the office, and fled four men involved in the inci- the spot. It wasprivate security CM to chair meeting on air pollution today denthavebeen arrested.They guards in the area who came to have been identifiedasRanjan her aid upon hearing her sponsibility to prevent dumping Research Institute(IARI). (23), Pawan(24), Pankaj(26), screaming forhelp and crying, EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE of wasteonroads and on vacant This fungi-basedsolution is and Govind (20). and alertedpolice. NEWDELHI,OCTOBER4 plots,” an official said. expected to be sprayedover800 “While Ranjan worksasan She wasfirsttaken to apri- “Dustisamajor source of hectares of farmlandinDelhi, office boyataproperty dealer's vate hospital that waslocated CHIEF MINISTER Arvind Kejriwal pollution and thereare studies whichwouldhelpdecompose office, the other three work as close to the spotofthe crime, will chair ameeting on Monday that vary in terms of the sources paddy straws leftafter harvest, delivery boys with online food from whereshe wasreferredto to discuss the prevention of sus- of it. Roadside dustissuspended to prevent farmers from burning platforms in Gurgaon. All four the Civil Hospital in Gurgaon. pension of dust—one of the ma- 10-12feetinthe air through ve- them. IARI scientists would as- hail from Banka district in Bihar On Sundayafternoon, she jor sources of air pollution in hicles if it is notcontrolled,” the sistthe government in produc- and were living on rent in wasreferredtoMedanta-The Delhi —along with other air pol- official said. ing the solution. Chakkarpur,” said ACP(DLF) Medicity,whereshe is nowad- lution control measures. In the meeting, discussions Environment MinisterGopal Karan Goel. mitted."The womanisstable. In the meeting, discussions ArvindKejriwal will also be held on howtokeep Raihas earlier said that farmers Speaking to The Indian She has sufferedahead injury will be held on the role each various sources of pollution wishing to use this technology Express,police officers saidthe and is undergoingtreatment," agency can playinkeeping air within Delhi under check, “asex- can fill aform,mentioning their incident took place at the prop- said ACPGoel. pollution levels in the capital un- meeting. ternal sources from stubble address and details, and the date erty dealer's office whereRanjan Police said an FIR has been der check, officials said. “MCDs have amajor role to burning arenot in our control,” theywant the solution to be wasemployed, and to whichhe registeredregarding the matter Senior officials from the three playinkeeping air pollution lev- the official added. sprayed on the field. “Basedon had akey. under sections 376D(gangrape), municipal corporations, Delhi Jal els undercheckbymaintaining The Delhi government is also this form the Delhi government The victim, who police 323 (voluntarilycausing hurt) Board, Delhi Development cleanliness of roads through setting up acentralisedsystem will sendofficialstospray the claimedwas asex worker,first and 506(criminal intimidation) Authority,the trafficpolice, proper sweeping and sprinkling at Kharkhari Nahar villagein chemical at the designated farm- metRanjan at the Sikanderpur of the IndianPenal Code, adding Public WorksDepartment and of watertocontrol dustlevels. Najafgarhtoprepareastubble land. Agricultural Development Metrostation on Saturday night, thatthe woman's sisterhas been the Environmentand Transport The DDA,being the largest land- decomposer solution developed officers of all the districtswill afterwhichshe got on his mo- contacted. departmentswill attend the owningagency,alsohas are- by the Indian Agricultural lead this work,” Raihad said. BRIEFLY DJB togive connections tonew sewagelines NewDelhi: DJBwillgive householdsewerconnec- tionsinareas where sewage linesarebeinglaid andproposedtobelaid,as per adecision takenina meeting by waterminis- terSatyendar Jain. 4arrestedfor discommeter extortionscam NewDelhi:Fourmenhave beenarrestedforallegedly posing as staffof fapower discom and extorting moneyfromamanonthe pretextof afakecomplaint againsthimfortampering withthe electricity meter in Uttam Nagar. ENS

New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 4 THECITY THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,OCTOBER5,2020 ‘PARENTS UNAWARE OF PROCESS’ Schools to remain shut till month end To counterfarm bill CovidhitsEWS as parents voice concerns over safety protests, BJP plans

sions with school principals who outreach events admissionsin EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE areinclose touchwith parents. NEWDELHI,OCTOBER4 The overwhelming response fromparentsisthat thereisalack ABHINAVRAJPUT SCHOOLSINDelhi will continue of confidence their children will NEWDELHI,OCTOBER4 to remainclosedfor all students besafe. Withthelarge number of privateschools till the end of the month, with reportedcases as well, we FACINGAbacklash in several government officials statingthe thoughtto take anothermonthto states over thethree farm bills decision has largely been based see if it will be moreamenable to recentlypassedinParliament, on feedbackfromschools and open up then.” the CentralBJP unithas asked all SUKRITABARUAH principals. “ShriArvind Kejriwal has said sevenMPs in Delhi to startan NEW DELHI,OCTOBER4 TheDirectorateofEducation that as aparent, he understands outreachprogramme in the vil- issued an order on Sundayafter- the seriousness of the situation. lages, outskirts and neighbour- WITH JUSTafraction of EWS noon,stating that all schools will During this Covid-19crisis, it ing areas of the capital to con- admissionsinprivate schools remain closedfor all studentstill would notbeappropriatetotake vincethe farmer community of completedbythe last week of October 31.This is the second anyrisk regarding children’s the benefitsofthe bills. West Delhi MP Parvesh September,efforts areontotry time the Delhi government has health,” read astatement from The MPs have been asked to Sahib Singh at thekisan andget as manystudents who chosen nottotakeupthe option ADelhigovtofficial said the move comes afterfeedback DelhiEducationMinisterManish submit areport in the next 15 panchayatinVikaspuri have been allotted schools via offeredbythe Union government from parentsexpressedlackofconfidence that their Sisodia’s office. days to the Centre,aBJP MP said. draw of lots admittedtothem forschools to open in alimited children would be safeinschools, amid rising cases. Archive While Assam, Haryana and Theyhavealsobeenasked to as possible. manner. Jammu&Kashmir hadopenedin postvideos and pictures of feed- has eliminatedthese problems. On September 23, the edu- As per Unlock4guidelines, alimited manner forsenior stu- backreceivedonsocial media. Now, they canget ahigherrate cation department passedan theUnionHealthMinistryhadal- tendanceby studentsistobeona forstatestoopentheireducation dentsunder Unlock4guidelines, To this end, West Delhi MP fortheirproduce.” He also gave order stating that the lastdate lowedfor schools outside con- voluntarybasis if theywant guid- institutions in aphasedmanner the Uttar Pradesh government Parvesh Sahib Singh held kisan the famers aletterexplaining foradmission of candidates — tainment zones to reopen from ance from their teachers. from October 15. has allowedschools to openina panchayatsinNajafgarh, the benefitsofthe bill. who had successfullybeenal- Lastdatefor admission of September 21 forstudentsof As per the Unlock5guide- ADelhi government official phasedmannerinaccordance Vikaspuri and Matiala,EastDelhi In the coming days,Delhi BJP lotted an EWS/DG seat in apri- candidatessuccessfully Classes IX to XII, stating that at- lines, the Centrehas nowallowed stated,“Therehavebeen discus- with the Unlock5guidelines. MP Gautam Gambhir held onein vice-president Ashok Goel said vate schoolafter thedrawoflots allotted an EWS/DG seat in a Old Seelampur and Northeast programmes suchas‘kisan sam- process —has been extendedto private school afterdrawof Delhi MP Manoj Tiwari held a vad, khat sammelan, chaupal October 15. lots has been extendedto To help students pay board fee, IGIA sets aside meeting in Sabhapur village near and atractor rally’ will be This came afterthe first October 15. Archive Karawal NagarSunday.DelhiBJP launchedbythe Delhi unit dur- round of draw of lots and allo- batchofink after president Adesh Gupta also held ing whichfarmersof100villages cation of these seatstochildren ameeting with farmers at Puth will be calledtoalocation in had already been completedin offices to deal with such teacher’sson gives b’day money complaints of Khurdvillage, while New Delhi Central Delhi. “Thereafter, a February. grievances. MP Meenakshi Lekhi went to door-to-doorcampaign will be By the time the lockdown “Wehavecirculateda aDelhi governmentschool in 2,000 formoststudents.Last adverse reaction PilanjivillageandSouthDelhiMP launched next week in whichall wasimposed, only around helpline number and an e-mail EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE South Delhi’s Begumpur. year,thisfee had been paid by RameshBidhurito HarkeshNagar. senior leaders will participate. 11,000 outofover40,000 of addressfor parentstoreachus NEWDELHI,OCTOBER4 On Sunday, The Indian the Delhi government but it will NewDelhi: Abatchofink,usedto Singh said, “The billhas been Severalpeople who live in urban these seatshad been filled,as through if theyare having is- Express hadreported that since notbedoing so this year. stamparmsorhands of interna- brought with the intent of one villages of Delhi have land in the per officials. sues... We areobserving three HEARINGTHAThis mother's manyDelhigovernment school In themeantime,some stu- tional passengers arriving at IGI country-one market,whichwill outskirts and relativeswho are “Wereceived alot of com- major issues. Thefirstisparents studentswerefinding it difficult studentsare finding it hardto dentscontinue to appeal to the Airport, wasset aside by airport help farmers getthe correct farmers so the party is reaching plaintsabout parentswho were saying that afterthe lockdown, to paytheir CBSE exam fee, the paythe heftyCBSE exam feethis Delhi government to coverthe fee authorities afteracomplaint of price fortheir product and wipe out to them as well," he said. unabletocompletethe admis- theydonot know whenand eight-year old son of aDelhi gov- year,different stakeholders such forthem. On Saturday, agroup of adverse reaction wasmade by out intermediaries. Farmers The target is to reachout to sion process despitetheir wards howtoapproachthe schools, as ernment school teacher gave as teachers,principals,School around 30 studentsparticipated Congress spokesperson and na- would even be able to sell their 300villages by October 15,said having been allocated schools forthis matter,schools have not away his birthdaymoneytopay ManagementCommittee (SMC) in aprotest at Jantar Mantar in tional secretaryMadhu Goud productonline.” Goel. “The idea is to convince through draw of lots long ago. allotted anyhours or days. the fees forfiveofthem. members and parent associa- their school uniforms, demand- Yaskhionsocialmedia. Yaskhi, Speaking at the meet, Tiwari farmers that the bills will in- Then,the lockdowncameand Secondly, manyparentsare not “My son Adhiraj heardme tions,are trying to raise fundsto ing that either the fees bewaived who travelled to DelhiSaturday, said, “Farmers who producedfor crease agricultural production parentswereunable to go even awarethat the datefor re- speaking to my studentsonthe help the neediestofthese chil- offorcovered forthem. had his hand stampedonarrival. others had to sleep on empty through newtechnology,and through with the reporting porting has been extended. phone and asked me what it was dren. Agroup of 15 class XII girlstu- Aday later,hesaid,theskinstarted stomachs, were forcedtosell paymentfor agricultural pro- process and didn’t know what Thirdly, manyfamiliesare still about.When Itold him, he asked Among the five studentswho dentshavealsodrafted an open to swell. He uploadedaphoto on theirproducetomiddlemen duce to farmers will be guaran- to do afterthat,” said Ranjana notinDelhi. MLArepresenta- me howwecan help.Sowhile receivedhelp from Adhiraj is one letter to Education Minister Twitter asking MinisterofCivil and selected markets.This bill teed within three days,” he said. Prasad,member of the Delhi tivesinsome constituencies — we have juststarted afundraiser whoisstillwithher familyin Manish Sisodia. Aviation HardeepSingh Puri to Commission forProtection of suchasKondli, Burari, with Milaap, he also said he Bihar wheretheyhad returned “Dear Education Minister, I look intoit. The minister said: Child Rights(DCPCR). Seemapuri, Matiala and Hari would give the moneyinhis pig- during the lockdown, another pray to youthat youwill waive “Thankyoufordrawingmy atten- DU mullsearly cut-offs for She statedthatthe child Nagar—are actively trying to gybank.Hehad gottenmoney who does nothaveasmartphone our fees this year,also because tion to this. IhavespokentoCMD rightsbody is in the process of trackdownparentswho have from us,his grandparents and to attendher onlineclasses, and this time manyparentshavelost AAI.” bringing together all suchcom- notyet reportedtoschools, and other relativesonhis birthdayin twoothers whose mothers are their jobs in lockdown and at this The Delhi Airportsaid, “We students to weigh options plaints they have received, and foundparents responding to April in lieu of abirthdayparty. domestic helps and areleftwith- time, the basic needs of the house deeplyregret inconvenience willforward themtothe educa- calls saying theyare notinDelhi Since Iknowthe circumstances outworkafter thelockdown. arebeingmet with great diffi- caused. The ink usedfor stamp- listreleasedalittleearlier than tion department next week to at all while the process needs to of my students, Imade sureit Sejwal said around90% of culty.Ifyou do so,Iand manyof ing is standardindelible ink. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE usual to give studentsmoretime getthem resolved. be completedinperson,” said went towardsfivestudentswho her class have notyet paid their my friends will beable to give our We’vereportedthe issuetoDelhi NEWDELHI, OCTOBER4 to weight their options and de- Meanwhile, in various as- VaibhavSrivastava, amember have themostdifficult condi- fees, and manyare paying in in- class 12 papers and fulfill our stateauthorities.”Handsof those cide before taking admissions. semblyconstituencies,coordi- of the Delhi government’sedu- tions,” said Meenakshi Singh stallments. The fees, whichwere dreams,” read the letter,shared travellers who’vebeen pre-ap- THE DELHI University adminis- Usually, the firstcut-offlists nators have been placedinMLA cation team. Sejwal, aclass XIIclassteacher at increasedlastyear,isoverRs by Laxmi, one of the students. proved forhome quarantine tration said it is trying to ask col- arereleased lateinthe night be- through the Air Suvidha portal leges to release their cut-offlists fore the firstday of admissions. arebeing stampedatthe airport. by October 11 or 12. “Weare going to request Calling it a“serious issue”, As per the admission sched- principals to release the lists a E-Tender Notice E-Tender Notice DelhiInternationalAirportLimited ule releasedbythe varsity,stu- little earlier.Our endeavour is for Ãlhvkj&lh,vks&d‚u&mÙkj&Ã-fufonk E-TENDER NOTICE NO. SG-664- officials said the batchofink has dentswill begin taking admis- them to be releasedby10th or @mÙkj&38&20&21 fn- 01-10-2020] E- 04-Tele-2020-21, Dhanbad,dt- beensetaside.However, theysaid sions on October 12. 11th, but of course it is finallyup TENDER NOTICE NO. -ECR-CAO- 01.10.2020, E-TENDERIS stamping is done by Delhi health DU’s Dean of Admissions to the principals. We also want CON-NORTH-ETN-38-20-21 E- INVITED ON BEHALF OF THE department. Delhi government Shobha Bagai said the admistra- forthem to have enough time to TENDER IS INVITED ON BEHALFOF PRESIDENT OF INDIA FOR THE did notrespondtoqueries. ENS tion is trying to getthe cut-off decide on their lists,” she said. THE PRESIDENT OF INDIA FOR THE UNDERMENTIONED WORK. UNDER MENTIONED WORK. SI. No. SI.No. 1Name of the work: S&T 1. Name of work: Supplying, stacking, spreading, rolling of Pakur work related with -Upgradation of Range/Sahebganj loop machine Control Office of Dhanbad under crushed stonetrack ballastasper RVNL's 3rd Line Project. SI.No. 2 railway/RDSO specificationoncess Appox. Cost of the work: Rs. for Harinagar(Excl) to Valmikinagar 49,76,553.24/- SI.No. 3 Earnest road station (Inc) section in connection Money: Rs. 99,500.00/- with doubling of Narkatiaganj- SI.No. 4 Date &time for closing of Valmikinagar doubling project under tender: 22-10-2020 (12:30 hrs). DY.CE/C/NKE. SI. No. 2. Approx cost SI.No. 5 Any E-Tenders which is of the work: Rs. 14,99,52,320/- SI. No. 3. Earnest money: Rs. 8,99,800/- sent by Post/Courier/FAX or self, SI. No. 4. Date and time for closing Manual proposalsalthoughthe of tender: 28.10.2020 at 14.30 hrs. SI. letter is on firms letter pad or No. 5. Website particular,Notice received in time will not be boardlocationwhere complete accepted. 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After hard bargain, BJP, JD(U)may contest DELHI CONFIDENTIAL equalnumberofseats

The JD (U) and BJP were en- SANTOSHSINGH gagedinhardbargaining over PATNA,OCTOBER4 seatswith the former trying its best to remain the senior partner THE RULINGJD(U) andBJP may in the alliance. The JD(U), it is contest119 seatseachinthe up- learnt, waspushingfor the 2010 comingBiharelectionswhileset- Assemblyelectionformulawhen ting aside five seatsfor their ally it contested141 seatsand the BJP Hindustani Awam Morcha contested102seats.TheBJP,how- (Secular) ledbyformer CM Jitan ever,citedthe2019LokSabhafor- RamManjhi,accordingto sources. mula of contesting on an equal Manjhi is reportedly number of seats, it is asking forafew more learnt. SETTING AN EXAMPLE seats. Accordingto sources, Meanwhile, interna- the JD (U) couldnot bar- UNION CABINET MinisterDharmendraPradhan, whorecently tional shooterand gain on eight seatsofits recoveredfromCovid-19, became the firstUnion ministerto daughter of former choicefromtheBJPto ac- donateplasma.Pradhan urgedothers who had recoveredfrom Union ministerDigvijay DECISION commodatefivesitting Covid-19todotheirbit as well afterdonating plasmaatthe Singh, Shreyasi Singh, 2020 MLAs who had joined SCB Medical Collegeand Hospital in Cuttack. The minister joinedthe BJP with her BIHAR JD(U) afterquittingRJD. calledthe experience “extremelysatisfying”. mother and former BJPislearnt to have denied Rahul Gandhi,Amarinder Singh and Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar (driving the tractor) duringarallyagainst the farm Banka MP Putul Singh, in Delhi. the requestand decidednot to laws,atBadhniKalan in MogaSunday. GurmeetSingh Shreyasi is likelytocontestfrom swap anysitting seat. PAT FROM PM Jamui.PutulSingh,whowasinthe ABJP source said, “While BJP BJP,hadcontestedunsuccessfully wasrepresented by outgoing PRIME MINISTER NarendraModiexpressedhis affection for as an Independent in the lastLok deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi, MinisterofState,Finance,Anurag Thakur during his trip to Sabha election from Banka. Bihar BJP in-chargesBhupendra Thakur’s home stateHimachal Pradesh. The Prime Minister AtCongPunjabtractorrally, The seat-sharing formula YadavandDevendraFadnavisand called Thakur “Himachal ka Chhokra” over twodifferent en- withinthe NDAhas almostbeen BJP statepresident Dr Sanjay gagementsonSaturdaywhen he had gone to inauguratethe finalisedandtheJD(U)andtheBJP Jaiswal,JD(U)wasrepresentedby Atal TunnelatRohtang.HereferredtoThakur by the same term arenow holding internal deliber- MPs RajivRanjanSingh andRCP at anothermeetinginSissuvillage. The phrase hadbeen used ations to choose their candidates. Singh, Speaker VijayChoudhary by Congress leader AdhirRanjan ChowdhurytotargetThakur Rahulvowstoripfarmlaws TheBJP’scentralelectioncom- and minister Bijendra Yadav.” in Lok Sabhalastmonth,but the Prime Ministerusedit mittee metSundaytofinalisethe Senior BJP leader and Union endearingly. party’scandidates.PrimeMinister ministerNityanandRai is also Monsoon session amid massive laws areamended to include an Rahul visit only NarendraModi, BJPpresident JP learnt to have playedakeyrole. KANCHANVASDEV protests,would be scrapped. He explicitguaranteeonthecontinu- Nadda and other topparty lead- AJD(U)leadersaidtherewere IN OR OUT &DIVYAGOYAL describedtheNarendraModigov- ation MSP and FCI. The verbal as- for political ers attendedthe meeting. JD(U) “tense moments” but the seat- CHANDIGARH,OCTOBER4 ernmentasa“kathputli”(puppet) surances of the BJP-ledgovern- leaders metinPatnalateon sharing issue was“resolved ami- THE CONGRESS’S central election committee will meet whose stringswereinthe hands mentcouldnotbetrusted,hesaid. tourism:BJP Sundayevening. cably”. Monday to finalise the firstlistofthe party’s candidates forthe THENDA governmentisapuppet of Adani and theAmbani. AmarinderaccusedtheAkalis Bihar Assemblyelections. But manyofthe members maymiss in the hands of some corporates, “TheModigovernmentwants of “selling” the interests of farm- the physical meeting. Ahmed Patel, forinstance, has tested RahulGandhisaidonSunday, and to destroythe threepillarsof ers, with Harsimrat Badal, who EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE positive forCovid-19and is in isolation. MVeerappa Moilyisin promisedtorepeal the three Indian agriculture–minimum subsequentlyresigned, having CHANDIGARH,OCTOBER4 Paswan undergoes heart quarantine afterhis son tested positive. Rahul Gandhi is in “black” farm laws when the supportprice (MSP),foodgrain been party to the decisionasa Punjab leadingakisan yatra. Former PM Manmohan Singh, Congress returns to poweratthe procurement,and mandis. What CabinetMinister. ASKED about Rahul Gandhi’s surgery, PM calls Chirag who stayedaway from the Monsoon Session of Parliament last Centre. wasthe hurrytobring these laws Rahul and Amarinder Singh “Adani Ambani ki sarkar” re- month, has notyet decidedonattending the meeting. Oscar Rahulkick-startedthe ruling inthetimeof Covid-19?Whywas sat on atractor,asymbol of farm- mark, Punjab BJP president Fernandes is alsosaidtobeunwell. Congress’s three-dayKisan therenoproperdiscussion in Lok ing,withspecially designedseats, Ashwani SharmaonSundaysaid EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Bachao rallyfromBadhani Kalani SabhaandRajyaSabha?”heasked. as PPCC chief Sunil Kumar Jakhar the Congress leader’scomment NEWDELHI,OCTOBER4 in MogaonSunday. “Kisanonkepaiseaurzameenka droveitfromMogatoLudhiana, reflectedalackofknowledge RamVilas Thepartyputupaunitedfront maamlahai.Deshkedo-teen arab- where therallyended. about farmers’ issues. UNION MINISTER RamVilas Paswan with Navjot Sidhu, who has been pati kisanon ki zameen aurpaise ko Sidhu, the Congress's Punjab “He has just come hereto Paswan underwent heart sur- BJP MP’s aide shot keeping away from political harapna chahtehai (Thisisabout in-charge HarishRawat, and gain some political mileageand gery on Saturday,evenasthe eventssince resigning from the themoneyandlandoffarmersthat CabinetMinisterSukhjinder is notwell-versedwiththe PrimeMinistercalledhis son, LJP been admitted foroveramonth. CaptAmarinderSingh govern- two-threesuper-richpeoplewant Singh Randhawa sat on the next ground issues. Congress itself President Chirag Paswan, to en- In astatement on Twitter, dead in Bengal, party ment, ralliedbehind Rahul, who to grab),” he said to cheers. tractor,whichwas driven by made promisesregardingopen- quireabout his health. Chirag Paswan saidhis father addressed twopublic gatherings The newlaws, Rahulsaid, Haryana Congress leader ing up marketsfor farmersinits An LJP Parliamentaryboard will requireanother operation in andtookpartinatractorrallywith were aimedateventuallydisman- Deepender Hooda. Severalparty manifestosin2014and 2019... BJP meeting scheduledfor Saturday afew weeks. Sources said that blames Trinamool over 5,000 tractors. This wasthe tlingthe MSP and FCI procure- MLAs and MPs followedonother has gone one step forwardand wasputofftoSunday,withChirag the Union ministerremains in firsttimesincethe2019 LokSabha ment system, and would break tractors. deliveredmore,” said Sharma. Paswan rushing to Fortis Escorts criticalcondition withmultiple elections that the state Congress the backbone of the farmers, just Rahul and Amarinder waved BJP national general secretary Hospital wherehis father has organcomplications. SWEETYKUMARI BJP put up suchamajor showof as the British had done to seize at crowds on the way, and the Tarun ChughsaidGandhi had KOLKATA,OCTOBER4 councillor strength. controlof India.“TheCongresswill Chief Ministerpatted afew peo- come forpoliticaltourism.“He Manish At thewell attendedrally at stand with the farmers in their ple who came closetohis tractor. should tell the farmers of Punjab ABJP councillor wasshotdead by Shukla Badhani Kalan, Rahul promised fightand will notmovebackan TherallypassedthroughLoponin whythe Congress government in Dalit leader shot dead in unidentifiedassailantsinNorth24 farmers that wheneverthe UPA inch,” he promised. Moga, and Chakar,Lekha,and Punjabhas notdelivered on its Parganas’TitagarhareaonSunday. returns,the farm laws,which The Chief Minister pledged ManokeinJagraon, culminating promise of waiving offRs90,000 Purnea, Tejashwi booked Following the death of Manish chestrated theattack. “Hewas were passedbyParliament in the nottoleave thefightuntilthefarm in Jattpura(Raikot). croreworth of farm loans.” Shukla,theOppositionpartycalled with me till 7.30 pm. Just near asanIndependent.ShesaidMalik a12-hourbandhinBarrackporeon Titagarh police station theyfired EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE had been threatenedbyAnil Monday, while Governor Jagdeep 12 shots.Hewas declareddead at PATNA,OCTOBER4 Kumar Sadhu, Tejashwi and Tej. Dhankharsummonedthe state Apollo Hospital. He wasmyclose SAD announces high-powered committee The familyalsoreleased a home secretary, andDirector friend,andhasbeenkilledinfront DALIT LEADER Shakti Kumar video of the Dalit leader in which GeneralofPolice Virendra,tothe of the police.” Malik (40),whowaspreparing to he is seen alleging that Sadhu and RajBhavanat10am. Following the attack, BJP sup- to ensure ‘genuinelyfederal structure’ contestasanIndependent from Tejashwithreatenedhimwithdire “ACSHome@MamataOfficial porters gathered outside the po- Raniganj afterbeing expelled consequences “if he did notde- and DGP @WBPolicehavebeen lice station andprotestedagainst member Naresh Gujral. ing out of controversial laws. from the RJD, wasshotdead on positRs50lakhinthepartyfund”. summonedat10amtomorrowin Barrackporepolice chief Manoj EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE “The panel will coordinate The SADcorecommittee also Sundaybythree men at his resi- Khajanchi Haat police station the wake of worsening lawand Verma,whenhereachedthespot. CHANDIGARH,OCTOBER4 withleaders of other regional decidedset up athree-member dence in Bihar’s Purnea district. in-charge Sunil Kumar said, “We order situation leading to das- In avideo message postedon parties as well as those who have committee to coordinatewith Following acomplaint by his have booked six people formur- tardly killingofManishShukla, Twitter,BJP nationalgeneral sec- SHIROMANI AKALI Dal (SAD) been consistentlyadvocatingfor farmers organisations and oth- wife,policehave lodgedamurder der,includingTej, Tejashwi and Councillor,TitagarhMunicipality retaryKailashVijayvargiya named president Sukhbir Badal on morefiscaland political auton- ers on the strategy to getthe caseagainstRJDleaderandLeader Sadhu.Wewillinvestigate if these in political party office.” VermaandJointCommissionerof Sundayannounced the setting omytothe states,”said the SAD farmers’ demands fulfilled. of the Opposition in Assembly leaders had anyrole...” Aclose aide of BJPMPArjun PoliceAjayKumarThakur.“Arjun up of "a high poweredcommit- release, adding that Sukhbir told Stop cheap tamasha: Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, former The Dalit leader had been Singh,Shuklawas shotafter re- Singh has been saying from the tee” comprising senior leadersof the corecommittee that “the healthministerTej Pratap Yadav preparingtocontest as an turning from ameetinginHabra beginning that police officials his party to coordinatewith re- needfor strengthening the fed- SADtoRahul andRJDleaderAnilKumarSadhu Independent from Raniganj (re- withother party leaders. He was have been hired by Mamata gional and other like-minded Badal: Need to strengthen eral structureofthe countryhas Stating that “farmers of —son-in-law of LJPfounderRam served)seatof Araria.Hiswifesaid, chattingwithafew peopleatatea Banerjeetokill him. This requires parties in the countryto“ensure federal structurehas become morepronouncedinthe Punjab would neverforgive Vilas Paswan —and three others. “Asmy husbandwasbeingthreat- stall around 8.30 pm, whenthe aCBI probeand the role of police the setting up of agenuinelyfed- become morepronounced wake of threatsbeing posedtoit Congress leader Rahul Gandhi RJD spokesperson Mrityunjay enedbyRJD leaders fordaringto masked gunmen opened several mustbeinvestigated.” eral structure". in recent times”. forstriking adeal to selloff the Tewari said,“These arebaseless contestasanIndependent,hehad rounds of fire,saidlocal sources. TMCleadersdismissedtheal- The decision wastaken at the The party on Sundayurged interests of farmers by facilitat- allegations and could be partofa recordedavideo message,which The assailants’ bullets struck legations.“Itisafightwithintheir party's corecommittee meeting BalwinderSingh Bhunder and the Centretoimmediatelycon- ingthe passage of the agriculture political conspiracy.” we releasedtodayasaproof.” Shuklaonthechestandforehead. party and everyone knowsinthe heldhereSunday,accordingtoa will include former Lok Sabha vene ajoint meeting of all stake- Acts”, senior Akali leader Prem Malikwasthe former general JD(U)stateworkingpresident Hewastakento aprivate hospital vicinity,”saidarulingpartyleader press release. MP Prem Singh Chandumajra, holders in the ongoing farmers’ Singh Chandumajraasked Rahul secretaryofRJD’sSCcell.His wife Ashok Kumar Choudhary said, inKolkata,butwasdeclareddead on the condition of anonymity. SAD's principal advisor Delhi Sikh Gurdwara struggle, including representa- to “stopcheap tamashas and di- KhushbuKumari alleged that he “Thisisthe RJD model...acase of at 9.20 pm. TMC leaderNirmal Ghoshac- Harcharan Singh Bains said that Management Committee (DS- tivesoffarmers,farm labourers, rect his party’s government in waskilledbecause he refusedto atrocity againstDalits... thereare Arjun Singh alleged that the cused theBJP of "trying to malign the panel will be chaired by the GMC) president Manjidner shopkeepers and all political Punjab to fulfill the promises payRs50lakh to the RJD and had alot of differencesbetween what TrinamoolCongress(TMC) or- the imageofthe TMC”. party’s secretarygeneral Singh Sirsa and RajyaSabha parties, to resolve thecrisis aris- made to the annadaata”. announcedthathe would contest RJD says andwhat it practises.”

COMPENSATORY AFFORESTATION IN HIMACHAL’S KINNAUR Only 10% saplings planted on paper found at site, survival rate low: study

area demarcatedfor compensa- which867 ha of forest landhas afforestation areactuallygrass-

ESHAROY tory afforestation was1,930 ha in ED been transferredfor 10 big proj- lands. These grasslands areused

NEWDELHI,OCTOBER4 lieu of 984haofforestland di- IN Implementation ects,12 smallhydroelectricpower by thevillagersforgrazingcattle... vertedfornon-forestactivities,in- plantsand 11 transmission lines, in manyinstances the villagers

PLA issuesonground ASTUDYthatlooksatcompensa- cluding roads, hydro-projects, E as of 2014. uprootthe saplingsbecause they ● tory afforestation in lieu of forest transmission linesetc. EX The total diverted forest land don’t want the grassland con- diversionfordevelopmentof proj- Between2002and 2014,of AS DIVERSIONofforestland leads to alossofbiodiversity,itis in Kinnaur had 11,598standing verted to aforest,’’says author ectsinHimachal Pradesh’s the Rs 162.82crore collected un- mandated under lawthatcompensatoryafforestation be car- trees,belongingto 21 species,says PrakashBhandari. Kinnaur district has found that der Catchment Area Treatment riedout in lieu of the forest that hasbeen cleared in double thestudy.Themajorityof thetrees “The conceptualisation of only10percentof saplingssaidto (CAT)planfundsofKinnaur’sproj- the area. Stategovernments have on severaloccasionsbeen felledwereconiferous,dominated CAMPAisfaulty. The authorities beplantedwere actuallyfoundon ects, only36per cent had been unabletoutilise CAMPAfundsornot made proper plansfor by cedar (3,612felled)and rare only look at identifying plots of the site. spent till March 31,2014, says the afforestation. Union Environment MinisterPrakash Javadekar and endangered chilgoza pines land...The socio-economic needs The study also found that the study.CAT plan funds arebud- earlier this year mandated that theCAMPAfunds were to be (2,743). arenot considered.Thereisalso survivalrateofsaplingsinsome getedasmitigation measuresfor usedstrictly forafforestation andnot forsalaries of forest “One of the reasons whythe nomonitoringof theafforestation plots wasaslow as 3.6per cent. hydroelectric powerprojects. Kinnaur is Himachal’s hydropowerhub. PrernaNair staff, an issuethe Ministryhas been raising withstates. forest departmentisunabletoful- whatsoever,’’ says authorManshi The study,conducted be- Kinnaur Forest Division re- filthe target is because there’s Asher. tween2012and 2016,has been ceivedanother Rs 11.50 crorebe- simplynoland available... Alarge Rapidlyrunning out of space carriedout by Himdhara tween1980and 2013 forcom- diversion of forest in Kinnaur of hydropowerprojectsof10,000 According to Compensatory ‘degraded’ landsare usedassites partofKinnaurisrocky...Around forcompensatoryafforestation, EnvironmentResearchandAction pensatoryafforestation after takesplace forthe development MWinthecountry, andlocatedin Afforestation Management and for‘compensatoryafforestation’. 10 percentof thedistrictisalready the Forest Department has now Collective andisbasedongovern- forest land wasdiverted forhy- of hydropowerprojectsandtrans- Sutlej basin,Kinnaur is the state’s Planning Authority (CAMPA) In Kinnaur,atotal of 984haof forestsand the rest is eitherused decidedtocarry out plantations ment dataand ground research. dropowerprojects. mission lines. Himachal Pradesh hydropowerhubwith53planned rules,for everyhectare of forest forest landhas been diverted for foragriculture or aregrasslands... in other districtsinlieuofforest As of March 31,2014, the total Morethan90per cent of the has the highestinstalledcapacity hydropowerprojects. land diverted,doublethe area of development activities out of manyofthe plotscarvedout for land diverted in Kinnaur.

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RAJASTHAN CRIME RATE Police attribute AfghannegotiatorAbdullahtovisitIndiathisweek tested election. He has visited man rightsand democracy”. phasisedin“messagescommuni- India’spresenceinDoha,along surge to order SHUBHAJITROY India earlier as Chief Executive Addressing both the Afghan del- cated to Taliban”, he had said. with a21-member Talibandele- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER4 Abdullah Officerof theAfghangovernment. egation and the Taliban, India, the region’s largest gation,had signalledasignificant maymeet Inacarefullycalibratedshiftin Jaishankar had saidthatthe new provider of development aid to nuancing of India’s position, and THE TOPAfghan negotiator in PM, Doval, itspositionasitengages with the dispensation that emergesfrom Afghanistan, has expressedcon- reflected SouthBlock’s apprecia- making registering peace talkswiththe Taliban, Jaishankar Taliban,New Delhi had partici- thedialogueprocessmustensure cernattherecentspikeinviolence tion of ground realities in AbdullahAbdullah,willvisitNew patedinthecommencementcer- thatAfghan soil is neverusedfor by the Taliban, and terror attacks Afghanistan. While India’s then Delhi in the coming week foran emonyofthe intra-Afghan talks anti-India activities. on minorities suchasSikhs. It has ambassador to Qatar PKumaran FIRs mandatory intensive two-dayengagement intra-Afghannegotiationsthatbe- on September 12.India had sent SeniorAfghanleaderMarshal saidintra-Afghan talksmusten- had attendedthe signing of the with the Indian leadership. ganinDoha, Qatar,lastmonth. an official delegation ledbyJoint AbdulRashidDostumhadvisited sure thatinterests of minorities, US-Taliban pact on February29, Abdullah is likelytomeet “Thereisnoambiguity about Secretary(Pakistan-Afghanistan- India on September 25,and held women, and vulnerable sections the participation by the minister At apolice department re- Prime MinisterNarendra Modi, India’s Afghan policy,whichis Iran) JPSingh to Doha,and talksonthe peaceprocesswith of society areprotected,and re- and asenior officialfromNew HAMZAKHAN viewmeeting in June 2019, External Affairs MinisterS transparent,andisto engagewith External Affairs Minister Jaishankar.The ministerhad told duce violence in Afghanistanand Delhi indicated astep-up in the JAIPUR,OCTOBER4 Gehlothad said everycom- Jaishankar, and National Security all sidesofthe political spectrum Jaishankar had addressedthe DostumthatIndiaremainedcom- itsneighbourhood. engagement with the Taliban plainant arriving at apolice sta- Advisor Ajit Dovalamong others in Afghanistan. Abdullah’svisit event virtually.Singhhad met mitted to Afghan-led, Afghan- Since 2001,India has under- whoarenegotiatinganew power- AS CRIME and violence against tion be heardpatientlyand “reg- on October7and 8. should be seen in thatcontext,” a Abdullah in abilateral meeting in owned, and Afghan-controlled takenprojects worth$3billionin sharingarrangement. women sets offapolitical istration of FIR should be The visit, whichcould begin source told The Indian Express. the Qatari capital. negotiations. Afghanistan, including$1billion Abdullah’svisitmarkscontin- firestorm in the country, the lat- ensured.” He said that “com- from October 6, will be very im- Abdullah,61, chairman of the Jaishankar had told the gath- Abdullahhadtoldreportersin pledgedin2016under the “new uedIndian effortsatengagement estNational Crime Records plaintsabout hesitation in regis- portant in India’s strategiccalcu- High Council forNational eringthatthepeaceprocessmust Islamabad thatPakistanand developmentpartnership” to protect itsstrategicinterests Bureau(NCRB) dataplacing tering FIR or about behaviour (of lus, as the country's leadership ReconciliationinAfghanistan,vis- be “Afghan-led, Afghan-owned Afghanistanwereon“the same scheme forfiveyears. amid Pakistan’s growing influ- Rajasthan at the second spotin police) will notbetolerated.” willbebriefedonthelatestround ited Pakistanlastweek. This will andAfghan-controlled”,must“re- page”onquestionsof reducingvi- The US envoy on Taliban rec- ence. South Blockwill trytoun- terms of crime rate,has put the Importantly, he said that “there of talks. Sources said that be his firstvisittoIndia afterthe spect national sovereignty and olence and showing flexibilityin onciliation ZalmayKhalilzad too, derstandinthemeetingsthered- Ashok Gehlotgovernment in the is no needtoworry if moreFIRs Abdullah’s visitsignals that India formationof thenewgovernment territorial integrity of the negotiations underwayin had visited India lastmonth to lines that the Kabul government crosshairs of the BJP,whichsaid ledtoriseincrimefigures.” is “verymuchinthe loop”inthe inKabulfollowinglastyear’scon- Afghanistan”, and “promote hu- Doha.Theseviews shouldbeem- brief NewDelhi on thetalks. is negotiating with the Taliban. the statehas become the crime So, when it comes to IPC sec- capital of the country. tion376(rape),Rajasthantopsthe The Crime in India —2019 list, with an incidence (FIRs regis- BABRI DEMOLITION CASE datareleasedbyNCRB shows tered) of 5,997and 6,051victims, TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE that the number of cases regis- translating intoacrime rate of teredfor crime againstwomen 15.9. The national averagecrime What Liberhanpanel’s report CASES: RECOVERED:55,09,966 in Rajasthan has shown asharp rate forrape is 4.8. Forattempt to 216 49.10per cent jumpin2019to commit rape (Sec 376/511 IPC) DAYSSINCE 65,49,373 DEATHS:1,01,782 PANDEMIC 41,550 compared with the pre- too, the statetops the listwithan BEGAN TESTS: 7,89,92,534 | DOUBLING RATE: 56.36** vious year. incidence of 1,019and 1,030 saidabout Uma Bharti’s role The number of cases in 2018 victims. —27,866—was 7.21 percent But the registration of FIRs in higher thanthe previous year. the stateiscomplementedby self does notsay “she took re- movalofbarriers,removalofhur- Gehlotwas elected Chief disposal of crimes (against DIPANKARGHOSE sponsibility”; it outlines her al- dles, handing over the acquired MinisterinDecember 2018,and women) at policelevel in the NEWDELHI,OCTOBER4 legedrole in repeatedreferences. landetc. were metbythe Kalyan therise in crimerateinhis first state. At 8.7 per cent, Rajasthan Consider these: Singh government.” (60.19) year in office, has giventhe BJP a has the lowest pendency rate ADAY afterall 32 accusedinthe In chapter4,“Sequence of The same chaptersaysthat on KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG DOUBLING handle to nowcall forastate- among allstates, compared with Babri Masjid demolition case Events”, the reportsays that on the dayofdemolition, Sadhvi TOWATCH CASES 24HOURS GROWTH* TIME** wide ‘Halla Bol’ campaign the nationalaverage,which is were acquitted,formerBJP MP December 5, 1992, Bharti and Ritambharaand Bharti apartfrom againstthe failing lawand order 32.4 per cent, according to NCRB. and Additional Solicitor General someothersadvisedkarsevaksto “going along going along with the ■ Maharashtra 14,30,861 14,348 1.15% 62.83 situation. NCRB itself says that “the pri- of India SatyaPal Jaintook issue be“disciplinedandtolerant”,and Karsevaks on demolition, them- ■ Andhra 7,13,014 6,224 0.92% 78.28 Also, cognisable crimes in marypresumption thatthe up- with Justice MSLiberhan, author theyweretold “what theywill selvesbecame belligerent and ■ Tamil Nadu 6,14,507 5,622 0.95% 75.52 Rajasthan rose from 2,50,546 in ward swing in police dataindi- of the Liberhan Commission re- have to do” the next day(43.37). militant”.(61.25)Chapter10, “The 2018 to 3,04,394in2019oranin- catesanincrease in crime and port, alleging that BJP leader The next point (43.38) says these Joint Common Exercise” says ■ Delhi 2,87,930 2,258 1.04% 69.26 crease of 21.49per cent. thusareflectionof theineffective- UmaBharti had takenresponsi- speakers said theywere“thereto Bhartistatedthat she triedto per- ■ Kerala 2,21,333 7,834 4.02% 17.90 Police officials, however, ex- ness of the police is fallacious.” bility forthe demolition. construct atemple and nottode- suadekar sevaksto descendfrom plain the sharp rise in the crime ‘Riseincrime’and‘increaseinreg- In the one-man inquirycom- molish amosque”. “It wassaid the disputedstructure but she *Compounded Daily Growth Rate over last 7days**Calculated over 7-day growth to theChief Minister’s clear em- istration of crime by police’ are mission’s report, Justice Liberhan UmaBharti. File that,“As longas the Ramidolsare was“taunted”(124.15). Thesame CASEFATALITYRATIO POSITIVITYRATE DAILYIN,DAILYOUT phasisonthe needtomandato- clearly twodifferent things,afact had said the demolition was there, it is aRam temple and we chapterrecordsMadhav Godbole, 7DAYSEARLIER: 7DAYSEARLIER: DETECTEDTODAY rilyregisteranFIR. AJanuary31, whichisoften confused,it “meticulouslyplanned”. will notdemolish it.” the then Union Home Secretary 2019,circular by then Director pointsout. Speaking to The IndianExpress Liberhan himself mentions what The report details how opining that the demolition was 1.58 8.41 75,289 General of Police Kapil Garg, said “Thus, an oft-repeated ex- the dayofthe verdict,hestood by Istatedabout UmaBhartijiin Advani reportedlymade requests aculminationofefforts of leaders NOW: NOW: RECOVEREDTODAY: “registration of FIR is the funda- pectation from certain quarters his report and said,“Allofthem, para124.15inChapter10ofthe over the public address system likeMMJoshi, Advani, Bharti and 1.55 8.29 82,260 mental duty of police.” In ade- thataneffectivepolice adminis- Advani, Vajpayee, appeared be- ReportofLiberhan Ayodhya forkar sevaks to come down others (124.19). Deaths as aratioof Positivesagainst Becoming sick vs tailednote,hewrotehow an im- tration will be able to keep the fore me,and what Ifound,Ipre- Commission of Enquirysubmit- from the dome. Bharti wasone of RNSrivastava, then DM positive cases (in %); number tested recovering; more mediateregistration of FIR fora crime figures lowismisplaced. sented in my report, but they tedbyhim. Justice Liberhan’s those he deputed to persuade Faizabad, had said that on the indicatorofprogress (in %);indicator of recoveries for 14 days in averting deaths the spread of disease may signal the peak cognisable offence “reflectssen- Increase in crimenumbersina can’t be awitnessagainstthem- statement made todaythusruns them but she wastold that the morning of December6,there DataasonOctober3,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealth,ICMRandstates.Oftendailynumbersinclude sitivity and efficiency of police Statepolice datamay in fact be selves… Some of them took re- contrarytoevenhis ownre- sewaks had notcometo“eat wasameeting at the house of datafrompreviousdays.Assuch,trendsbasedondailynumbersareindicative,notdefinitive before the complainant,”and on account of certain citizen cen- sponsibility forthe demolition. port!” halwapuri” butto"face fir- VinayKatiyar,whichBharti was howadelay aggravates the pain tric police initiatives, likelaunch- UmaBharti categoricallyclaimed Asked about Jain’s tweet, ing".(44.25) Thenextpointcalls apartof. Katiyar deniedthere of the complainant and worksto ing of e-FIR facility or women responsibility…ifthe judgesays Justice Liberhan said, “...Ask Jain this a“charade” as it was“in stark wassuchameeting. the benefit of the accused. Helpdesks, etc,” it notes. she is notresponsible, what can I to give youacopyofthe full contradiction to their ownprior The reportalsorecords that Rise in bookings, new do…,” he had said. statement made by UmaBharti.” conduct and their public posture, Bharti “statedthat she did notre- Aday later,Jain, who wasan Jain said he hadtweeted the “op- incitement and exhortations to member anypolitical or reli- advocatefor LKAdvani and erative part” and did nothavethe the crowdtobuild atemplein gious leader or anyone from the rules: Oct is ‘litmus Classifieds Bharti tweeted, “Justice M. S. full statement. Asked again place of the disputedstructure”. administration,evenmaking an Liberhan’s statement ‘Uma whetherheremembered Bharti (44.26) The same chapterrecords attempt to defuse the situation PERSONAL Bharti categoricallytookrespon- taking onus forher role in the Bharti’s jubilation “during and af- or moving towardsthe crowdto test’ for Goa tourism sibility forit’ reportedinthe print demolition, Justice Liberhan terthe demolition” saying she prevent their entryintothe dis- I AishwaryaGurung W/O, Dhruv I PlamthoothilMathai Thomas media todayisnot true. As the said, “She has said so anumber along with other leaders claimed puted structureofclimbing the reopening of Dudhsagar Falls Dhankhar R/oC-9, Vasant Kunj S/O, Plamthottathil Khosy counsel representing Advani ji, of times in manynewspapers.” it wastheirsuccess and “went domes forcarrying outthe dem- SMITANAIR next week. have changed my name to MathaiR/o 76, New Four Storey, AishwaryaDhankhar for all VishalEnclave,New Delhi- Joshi ji &Uma Bharti ji before the Speakingtojournalists in intoecstasy along with their fol- olition”. (130.54) While saying PANAJI,OCTOBER4 Theindustry canalsobeex- purposes. 0040550373-1 110027 have changed my name Liberhan Commission, Iwas April 2017,Bhartihad said she lowers”. (44.51) that the plan fordemolition was plainedthroughthe demo- privy to eachand everystate- had “neverapologised, or ex- InChapter5,“Theadministra- “conceivedand executed”atthe WITH THE firstlongweekend graphics. While annual footfall I BushraArman W/O, Faiyaz to Plamthottathil Mathai Ahmad Neyazi R/o Thomas. 0040550371-1 ment recordedbythe pressedremorse”for herinvolve- tion”, Liberhan says that in re- highestpoliticaland govern- havingshown more than 50 per is 80 lakh,only10to12lakhare Town/village:Kasbe Ahar, I, DhanendraMohanSharma S/o Commission over 14 years. Uma ment in the Ayodhya movement. sponse to aquestion on whether mental levels, the reportalso cent bookings forstarred hotels, foreign tourists,who usually Anchal/thana: Tajpur District: Sh. Khairati Ram Sharma R/o Ji nevermade anysuchstate- “Koisaazishnahi thi, sab kuchkhu- the management of karseva was said leaders likeBharti were the month of October will bealit- stay through charterrates and Samastipur Bihar-848130 have 429, Gali No. 5A Govindpuri, ment taking anyresponsibility lam khula tha. Saazish tohtab hogi in the hands of volunteers,Bharti “positivelyecstatic during the mus test for Goa’stravelsector, foralongerperiodofminimum changed my name to Bushra Kalkaji, New Delhi-110019, Neyazi. 0040550370-1 forthe demolition. In fact, she jab man mein kuchaur ho, bahar said“mayhavebeen”(54.13).One demolition”and that “Nonehad sayindustry stakeholders. 14 days. have changed my name from stated that she wassent by kuchaur ho.(Therewas no con- chapterlater,called“Mobilisation anyremorse over the demoli- Whilehoteltabs, whichoth- This means that while the I,NEHA D/oGanesh Pratap DhanendraMohan Sharma to Singh R/O,B-35,Gali No.-1, Dhanender Mohan Sharma for Advani ji to the crowdtoper- spiracy,everything wasinthe of Kar Sevaks”, the reportrecords tion.”(132.5) erwise could shootuptoRs domestic touriststays foramax- NearGurudwara, Sadh Nagar, all future purposes. suade them againstdemolishing open. Therewould have been thatthefeelingof thegovernment WITHNAVJEEVANGOPAL 18,000 anight duringpeak sea- imum of 4days,abulkofthem Palam Colony, New Delhi- 0040550313-1 the structurebut Kar-Sewaks conspiracy if therewas some- beingwiththesupportersof con- ANDMANRAJGREWAL son, aregoing forascheap as “actuallybring morerevenue 110045, permanent residentof sent her back,asking her to go thing else in the mind, something structionwasreaffirmedbyBharti FULLREPORTON Rs 4,000 with manyevenpick- compared to the foreign tourist V.P.O.SultanpurVia Nagra, LOST & FOUND Distt.-BALLIA(UP)- away &tonot come again. Justice else in the open.) The reportit- stating that “demands likere- www.indianexpress.com ing the airfare, the bookingsin who is mostlyabudgettraveller 221711,have changed my It is notified for the information October arelike“green shoots”, if he has chosen Goa”, according namefromNEHA to NEHA that my original according to GoaTourism to an official from the Travel and SINGH,vide AFFIDAVIT no.-IN- qualifying,examination Development Corporation’s MD Tourism Association of Goa . certificateofmain Decideoncases againstTablighisin8weeks: HC DL87784811672535S dated 03, Nikhil Desai. Industrystakehold- Tourism Director Menino Oct 2020. 0040550364-1 secondary,examination of year-2019,andRoll.No.8746752, courtswithin eight weeks. plementaryaffidavit by the state, of coronavirusindifferentparts of ers will be looking to ensure D’Souza said thebulk of 33 per I,GAURAV S/oGanesh Pratap issued by CBSE,has been EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE The courtdirected that cases it said that of the total 188cases the country. Severalforeigners everymethodtoconsolidate cent GDP of the statecomesfrom Singh,R/o,B-35, Gali No.-1, actually destroyed.Name of Near Gurudwara,Sadh Nagar, LUCKNOW,OCTOBER4 pending in Kanpur,Gorakhpur, lodged againstJamaat members, were also booked under the later but look to stay afloat as tourism, of which“domestic condidate.DevSolanki, Palam Colony, New Delhi - Prayagraj,VaranasiandLucknow 15 cases at Sultanpur,Meerut Passport Actand Foreigners Act “these arenot times to look for tourists will be thebiggestfactor Address-Shahabad 110045, permanent residentof Mohammad Pur, New Delhi- THE ALLAHABAD HighCourt has Zones be transferredtothe and Jaunpur had been decided apartfromother chargesrelated profit”, Desai said. this year”. D’souza said the VPO- Sultanpur, Via-Nagra, ordered thatcriminalcases LucknowCJM. Cases pending in by the magistrates concerned. to notfollowing quarantinerules. According to Desai, thenext amendedTouristTrade Rules, Distt.- BALLIA( UP)- 221711 110061.Mob-8527909172. have changed my name from 0040550386-1 againstmembers of the Tablighi Agra and Meerut zones should be The courtdirected the state Apetitionhad been filedby step will be to open up activities. 2020, also have been put in place GAURAV to GAURAVSINGH I declarethat beloworiginal Jamaat registeredindifferent dis- transferredtoCJM,Meerut.Cases chief secretarytotransfer the Maulana Ala Hadrami and oth- “Tourists will notprefertojust from October,whichmeans sev- vide AFFIDAVIT No.- IN- documents of Mr. Balraj has trictsofUttar Pradesh be heard pending in BareillyZone betrans- cases pending againstthe mem- ers in the Supreme Court. It had laze in the rooms howevergood eral inspections areexpected. DL87783851981936S dated been misplaced and arenot by the Chief Judicial Magistrates ferred to CJM, Bareilly, it said. bers of Jamaat to the three CJMs challenged criminal prosecu- the service is. This is achicken D’souza said the old system 03,Oct 2020. 0040550365-1 traceable. FIR NO.618853/ 2020 (CJM) of Lucknow, Bareillyand The courtsaid records of all of Lucknow, Meerut and Bareilly. tions institutedagainstmem- and egg situation and we are of “one room rented by 10 trav- I, Harish Soni R/o14/25b 2nd dated: 30-09-2020 is registered Meerut. Adivision benchcom- cases againstJamaat members Severalcases were registered bers of the Jamaat. One of the looking to see when the situa- ellers” forashort stay also will with Delhi Police.1.Allotment Floor, Opposite Ashutosh prising Justices Shashi Kant be transferredtothe respective againstJamaatmembers across grievances wasthat criminal tion will be better to open activ- have to stop. “All in allseveral is- Medicose ,MunshiRam letter of flat at JasolaDelhi in BabbarMargTilak Nagar favour of Mr. Balraj dated Gupta and Shamim Ahmedob- CJM courts within twoweeksof the countryafter it wasalleged cases arepending againstJamaat ities and onlythatwillpush the sues have to be solvedsoon. This 110018 have changedmy 23/02/2004 2.Possession letter served that all thecases against filing of the order,whichwas is- that acongregation held by the members across Uttar Pradesh productive numbers,” he said. season is crucial,” he said. minor son’s namefrom dated16/04/2004. the Jamaat members be heard sued on September 30. Tablighi Jamaat at NewDelhi’s and courts aregranting bail and The first“chickenand egg sit- FULLREPORTON BhavyaSoni to Bharat Soni 3.Acknowledge letter and decidedbythe three CJM The courtsaid that in asup- Nizamuddinarealedto thespread imposing different conditions. uation to break” is the expected www.indianexpress.com 0040550367-1 29/12/2003. 4.Challan dt. 17/07/2003. 5.Money Deposit I JUGNU DEVI, w/oARVIND slip dt.29/12/2003, issued by KUMAR SINGH, M/oARYAN SINGH, residentsinarmy DDA. If found informMr. Hera GOVERNMENT OF JAMMU &KASHMIR 9716855070 . 0040550362-1 Endangered tree species rediscovered in hospital R&R, p-22/8jco colony, New delhi Ihave OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER change my name form JUGUNUDEVI to JUGNU DEVI JALSHAKTI PHE DIVISION CHADOORA Kerala grove 184 yrsafter first collection for all Futurepurposes 0040550361-1 E-mail ID:[email protected] Prakashkumar said this tree scribed by Robert Wight, asur- I Sangeeta Sahu W/oMitthu Lal Gist of EOI No.01 of 10/2020 Sahu R/oGramKachaura,Post SHAJUPHILIP is the onlyknown individual geon-botanistofthe EastIndia Kachaura, Tehsil Palera, Empanelment of third partyverification THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, from the species. It is believed Company, basedonhiscollection Kachhaura,Khas, Tikamgarh, agencies to check the quality of worksexecuted by the OCTOBER4 that the species wasahighlylo- from Kollam in 1835 which com- Madhya Pradesh -472221 have cal endemic with afew individ- prises three specimens with im- changed my name to Aneeta agencies,quality of materials used forconstruction Sahu. 0040550363-1 and quality of machineryinstalled in each Scheme RESEARCHERS AT theJawaharlal uals in the past, whichwerein- matureflowerbuds. Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden advertentlyremoved fortemple This tree is about 4-metres I RuqaiyaBano W/o Dr. of JalShakti (PHE) Department, Kashmir. Khursheed AhmedR/o E- and Research Institute (JNTBGRI) expansion in recent years. “We tall, itsbarkfissured, and leaves 249/2, Fourth Floor,AbulFazal SCHEDULE OF EVENTS (TIME LINES) inKeralahave rediscoveredanen- observed aname boardonthis spirallyarranged and crowded Enclave Part -II, Shaheen S. Event Date Time Venue dangered tree species 184years tree denotedasMadhuca neri- towardsthe branchtips. “Since Bagh, Jamia Nagar,Okhla, No. afterits firstcollection. ifolia during our initial surveys. itsoriginal collection, individu- New Delhi -110025 have 1. Notice Inviting Expression of Interest (EOI) 01-10-2020 4.00 pm changed my name to Ruqaiya Atreefromthe species has This indicated that the temple als of Madhuca diplostemon 2. StartDate fordownloading of EOI 02-10-2020 11.00 am Khursheed. 0040550366-1 been identifiedinfront of authorities might have over- were nevercollected again, nei- 3. End Date fordownloading of EOI 15-10-2020 5.00 pm Jktenders.gov.in Koonayil Ayiravilli Siva temple at The tree in front of aKollam looked this endangered species ther from itslocality nor else- I Rekha Rani W/O, Lovekesh 4. StartDate foruploading of EOI 02-10-2020 11.00 am ParavurinKollam district. temple. Express as being from the common where, and botanical explo- YadavR/o 185, Lane 1, Opp 5. End Date of uploading of EOI 15-10-2020 5.00 pm Munjal Showa Ltd, Sec 18, 6. Opening of EOI 16-10-2020 11.00 am ExecutiveEngineer Madhuca diplostemon, a Attilippa (Madhuca neriifolia) rations in Eastern and Western Gurgaon-122015 have changed JalShakti PHE species of flowering plant from and cleared therestofthe indi- Ghatshavefailedtofind the my name to Rekha Yadav Division Chadoora Sapotaceae family, has been Shailajakumari,SanthoshKumar, vidualsfor thetemple expan- species. The present collection 0040550368-1 on behalf of Chief Engineer. listedasendangered by the Sreekala AKand Parthipan B sion.Since the speciesisrepre- henceforms arediscovery of this I Prity Rani W/O, DeepakKumar 7. Interested Bidders are advised to enclose demand draft of Rs.5000 International Union for have written abouttherediscov- sented by asingle mature species afterahiatus of 184years PanwarR/o 884/2, Ganga with EOI pledged to (ExecutiveEngineer JalShakti (PHE) Division Vihar,Behind Mamta Hospital, Chadoora without which EOI will not be considered. Conservation of NatureRed List eryofthe species in the latestis- individual in asinglelocality,it since itsfirstcollection,’’ said the Gurgaon have changed my No: PHEDC/3757-86 of ThreatenedSpecies. sue of RHEEDEA,ajournal pub- is assessedhereascriticallyen- JNTBRI director. s/d- name to Prity Panwar for all Dated: 01-10-2020 JNTBGRI director Dr lishedbythe Indian Association dangered,asper IUCN criteria” The instituteisnow planning ExecutiveEngineer, purposes. 0040550372-1 DIPK-6766 Prakashkumar and his colleagues forAngiosperm Taxonomy. This species wasfirstde- conservation activities.

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At the crash site. PTI EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE incitecaste LUCKNOW,OCTOBER4 KERALA TwoNavymen THE LUCKNOWPolice has regis- teredanFIR againstaFacebook riots,saysYogi killedasglider user forallegedly spreading ru- mours and making casteistre- crashesinKochi marksto “defame” thestate gov- ernment in connectionwith the EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Kochi: ANavyglider on a alleged gangrape of the 19-year- LUCKNOW,OCTOBER4 routine training sortie old Hathras girl. crashedinKochi on According to Lucknow DCP CAUTIONINGBJP workers of Sunday,killingtwo crew (Central) Somen Barma, the FIR “conspiracies” againstthe gov- members, aDefence has been registeredagainst ernment, Uttar Pradesh Chief spokesperson said. The Munna Yadav"as his postap- MinisterYogi Adityanath on powerglider took off peared to be an effort to disturb Sundayasked them to “expose from INS Garuda, aNaval lawand orderand disrupt com- those who want to incitecaste air stationinKochi, and munal and social harmony" in and communal riots”inthe Yogi Adityanath crashedclosetothe naval the state. Bhim ArmychiefChandrashekhar Azad addressesthe media in Hathras on Sunday. Praveen Khanna countryand thestate. base at around 7am. Both “Those who do notlikede- the crew members of the As per reports,Yadav velopment, theywant to incite saulted—leading to her death. glider—Lt RajeevJha (39) had postedamorphed Congleader puts caste and communal riots in the All the accused in the case and Petty Officer Sunil Police probe into Priyanka countryand state and want to belong to the upper caste.The Kumar (29)—were pulled statement of the Chief up rewardfor stop development,” Adityanath government on Saturdayor- out from thewreckage Ministerwith the name said afterattending areview dered aCBI probeintothe inci- and rushedtothe Naval beheading meeting forupcoming byelec- dent afterwidespread outrage and logoofanews hospital INHS Sanjivani. manhandling incident tions to sevenAssembly con- and criticism. Theyweredeclared channel accused, held stituencies. Adityanath also told party brought dead, the “These peoplewanttogain workers thatthe upcomingby- spokesperson said. A EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE politicalmileage in thebackdrop electionswould be different due boardofinquiryhas been The FIR has been registered NOIDA,OCTOBER4 NEWDELHI,OCTOBER4 of riots,and that is whytheyare to ongoing Covid-19pandemic ordered by the Southern under sections including153 A hatching newconspiraciesevery as large public meetings would NavalCommand. PTI (promoting enmitybetween dif- NOIDAPOLICE has starteda THEDISTRICTcoordinatorforthe day,”headded. nottakeplace. ferent groups on grounds of reli- probeinthe manhandling of Congress Minorities Cell wasar- During his interaction with He directed booth-levelBJP gion, race, place of birth, resi- Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi rested by Bulandshahr Policefor party workers, Adityanath said workers to instead focus on dence, language, etc, and doing whenshe andher party mem- announcingarewardfor the be- that alot of development work “door-to-door” campaign and ODISHA actsprejudicial to maintenance bers were brieflystoppedfrom heading of the accusedinthe has takenplace,especiallydur- reachout to people with the wel- Seven-timeBJD of harmony), 153B(imputations, crossingthe DND Flyoverontheir Hathras gangrapecase. ing the pandemic, whichtheir fare schemes launchedbythe assertionsprejudicial to national waytoHathras on Saturday. In avideo that has nowgone political rivals “arefindingitdif- Central and the stategovern- MLA diesafter integration), 420 (cheating and As their car wasstoppedand viral,NizamMalikcanbepurport- ficult to digest”. ment. He told them to form dishonestly inducing delivery of party workers gathered around, edly hearddemandingviolentac- As aresult, people who don't committees foreachand every Covidinfection property), 465 (forgery), 468 the police pushedbackafew of tion againstthe accusedduring a want development arehatching booth in the constituencies and (forgery forpurpose of cheating), them and also hit afew of them Congress leader PriyankaGandhi Vadratries to stop UP protestinKhurjaNagar. conspiracies, he said, and urged four to five teams fordoor-to- Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata 469 (forgery forpurpose of withbatons. Priyanka got out of Police personnel from lathi-charging her party workers at “The monsters who carried party workers to stay alertofany door campaign. Dal MLAPradeep harmingreputation), 500 her car and triedtoshield afew the Delhi-Noida border on Saturday. PTI outtherape,thereshouldbeacall suchconspiracies and “expose Earlier in the day, he met Maharathydiedatapri- (defamation), 505(statements workers. Apolice officer pushed forhangingthem. Ispeak on be- them”. The Chief Minister’s re- partyworkers from Naugawan vate hospital hereon conducing to public mischief) of her and also grabbed herkurta half of my community.Whoever marks come amid the Sadat Assemblyseat whereby- Sunday, familysources the IPC and sections of the during the incident. brings theheads of the accused, Opposition's protest againstthe election will be held on said. He was65. The Information Technology Actand Both Rahul and Priyanka Editors Guild condemns we willrewardthem with Rs 1 government’s handling of the November 3—neccesitated by seven-time MLAfrom the Copyright Act. were eventually allowedtoleave crore,” Malik told reporters dur- Hathras incident in whicha19- the death of sitting MLAand Pipili in Puri district is sur- Barma told TheIndian Express forHathras to meetthe victim’s initial barring of media ing the protest. year-old Dalit girlwas allegedly ministerChetanChauhan. vivedbywifePrativa,son that the FIR wasregisteredon familyalongwith5others. Congressworkers have been gangrapedand brutallyas- Chauhan had diedofCovid-19. RudraPratapand daugh- the complaint of aSub-Inspector “Noida Police profoundlyre- NewDelhi: The Editors Guild of the manner in whichthe lawen- staging protests againstthe gan- terPallavi. Maharathy, of the local police station who gretsthe incident with Priyanka Indiahas condemnedthe UP forcement agenciesofthe UP grapeincidentindifferentparts of who had tested positive came to knowabout the Gandhi whilehandling an un- government forinitiallybarring government... have prevented WesternUP.“TheCongressleader BALRAMPUR forCovid on September Facebookpost. As per reports, rulycrowd at the DND. The DCP journalists from reporting from media persons from reporting on on Sundaycalled forbeheading 14,was discharged from Yadavhad postedamorphed HQ has takensuo motu cog- Hathras and termed the tapping developmentsinand around the accused during aprotest.We hospital afterrecovery statement of the Chief Minister nizance of it and ordered an in- of areporter’s phoneas“repre- Hathras afterabrutalassaulton tooktheremarkseriouslyandim- ‘Will seeknod for fast but wasadmitted again with the name and logoofa quirytobeconducted by asenior hensible”. awoman leading to her death mediatelyanFIRwasfiledagainst as his condition became news channel. Barma addedthat lady officer.Noidapolice is com- Such actions undermine and and the hurriedcremation of her the leaderfor promoting enmity. critical. He wasonventi- the investigation is ongoing and mitted to ensuresafetyand dig- obstructthe functioning of the body by the authorities without The accusedhas been arrested trackcourt’: Officials lator since Friday. The the personwould be arrested nity of women,” said Noida media, it said. thepresence of the family of the and sent to judicialcustody,” said Odisha Assemblywas ad- soon. Police in astatement. TheGuild said it “condemns deceased”. ENS SSP Bulandshahr. meetvictim’s family journedfor theday after legislators observed a minute’s silence in his 2019 UNNAOGANGRAPE-MURDER complaintby thevictim'sbrother, memory. PTI Sengar seat bypoll: Cong AVANEESHMISHRA she lefther house forher job on Victim’s nephew missing: LUCKNOW,OCTOBER4 September 29 morning and re- PUNJAB turnedonarickshawinanuncon- Police file abduction case, ADAY aftervisiting thehouse of sciousstate around 7pm. Twomembers raises pitch over Hathras the 19-year-old Hathras “gan- ThefamilyallegedthatShahid ofKhalistani grape”victim,Additional Chief andSahilkidnappedher,tookher three cops suspended been aggressive against the Yogi dentsofrapeand assault during Secretary (Home)Awanish to theirgeneralstorearound2km outfitarrested LALMANIVERMA Adityanath government over the her campaigning, Vajpayeedoes Kumar Awasthiand ADG (Law from her house and sexuallyas- cusedwhodeniedany knowledge DEHRADUN,OCTOBER4 Hathras incident. nottakename of the former and Order)Prashant Kumaron saulted her. According to the FIR, Chandigarh: Punjab Police EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE about the missing child, aClass 1 “I startmyevery speech in MLAdirectly. Sundaymet the familyofa22- before being sent home home, Sundayclaimedtohave LUCKNOW,OCTOBER4 student. THE HATHRAS incident has be- nukkad sabhas with aconver- She onlyrefers to his alleged year-old woman, who wasal- shewastreatedby anunqualified busted amodule of the SP Unnao, Sureshrao A come apollissue forthe sation on the Hathras incident rape of aminor forwhichhehas legedly gangrapedand killed,in man, identifiedasMohammad bannedKhalistan THREE CONSTABLESwho were Kulkarni said the five suspects Congress at avacant Assembly and Italk about this matter dur- been awardedlifesentence. Balrampur. Sageer. She diedonher waytoa Zindabad Force(KZF) by deployedforthesecurityof afam- namedinthe kidnapping case — seat 400kmaway, one that it last ing door-to-door campaign too, “I do nottakehis name. But I Promisingstrictactionagainst hospital.Therickshawpullerwas arresting twoofits cadres ilywhosedaughter wasallegedly CaptainBajpai,SarojTrivedi,Anita held in 1991.The reasonisn’tsur- especially while interacting refertothat incident. Itell peo- theaccused,Awasthisaidpermis- identifiedasRafeeq alias Gutte. in Hoshiarpur district. gangrapedand burntalive have Trivedi, Sundara Lodhi and prising—this is the Bangarmau with women and young girl ple that he (Sengar)was notsuit- sion forafasttrack court hearing Addressingthe media in Makhan Singh Gill alias been suspendedfor “negligence” HarshitBajpai—were family seat in Unnao whose rape-ac- voters. Inarrate howa19-year- able forelection as mukhiyaof wouldbesoughtandtheNational Balrampur,AwasthiandPrashant Amli and Davinder Singh afterhersix-year-oldnephew was members of the gangrape-mur- cusedMLA,Kuldeep Singh old Dalit daughter sufferedbru- the assemblyconstituency,” Security Act(NSA) invokedifre- Kumarsaidtheyweredirectedby alias Happy, were resi- “kidnapped” outsidehis housein deraccused. Sengar,was disqualified afterbe- tality and wascremated with- Vajpayeesaid. quired. Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath to dentsofHoshiarpur, DGP an Unnao villageonFriday.Police As manyas14police teams ing sentencedtolifeinprison. out the permission of her When the Congress won The medical test of the meetthe family. Dinkar Gupta said. One have launchedasearch operation have been formedtolocatethe The Bangarmaubypoll is parents. Also,how Rahul from Bangarmauin1991, woman has confirmedsexual as- “Thefamilyhasrequestedthat MP5 sub-machine gun to tracethe child. child and theyare conducting scheduledfor November 3. Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vajpayee’s father,Gopinath Dixit, sault, and semen sampleshave theaccusedget strictpunishment. (with twomagazines and The three policemen were raidsatdifferentplacesto tracethe With the other political par- Vadrafacedhurdles in meeting wasthe candidate. senttoForensic Science We have declared thatwewill 30 live rounds)and one identifiedasNarendraYadav,Anuj boy. Police have already scoured ties yettodeclare theircandi- the victim’s family,”Vajpayee In the 2017 Assembly polls, Laboratory (FSL) in Lucknow for take permission forafasttrack 9mm pistol(with two and Rajesh Kumar. the villagewhile one team has dates, Congress's AartiVajpayee said. She is counting on women the Congress supporteda moretests. courthearing and invoke NSA magazines and 30 live The 23-year-old woman was been sent to RaeBareli. (54) is lone candidatecanvass- to vote forher. Samajwadi Partycandidatefol- Twomoremen — againsttheaccusedifneeded.The rounds), besides acar, allegedly gangrapedbyfivemen Circle Officer,Unnao, Kripa ing in the area. And the issue of She addedthat farmers and lowing apre-poll alliance. In MuhammedSageerandRafeeq— familyhas requestedthatwe four mobile phones and in December lastyear.She was Shanker Kannaujiasaidthe child mahila suraksha finds promi- employment foryouths are 2012,2007and 2002,itstood were arrested on Saturday foral- shouldagainquestiontheaccused an internetdongle were later setablaze by the accused went missing around 4pm on nentmention, both in her pub- other issues in her agenda. In her fourth. legedconspiracyandnotinform- to find out if morepeople arein- seizedfromthem, the whenshewasheadingforacourt Friday. licity material and her public publicity material, she also high- Congress district president ing police about the incident. volved.Wehavedirectedpoliceto DGP said. ENS hearinginthe gangrape case. She His familysearched forhim speeches. lightsthat she distributed over SubhashSinghsaid the party Earlier,Shahid (23) and his investigateit. We willtakestrict diedafter the attack.The accused and contacted the securityteam Congress's topleaders, in- 2.5 lakh masksduring Covid-19 wasavoiding targeting Sengar nephewSahil had been arrested action againstthe accused. We ARUNACHAL PRADESH areinjail and the trialhas begun. whichinformedthe nearbypo- cluding Rahul Gandhi and pandemic. directly because the locals in forallegedkidnapping, gangrape will leave no stone unturned in Police have questionedthe ac- lice station. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, have But while speaking on inci- general were notagainsthim. and murder. the follow-up and prosecution of AssamRifles As per the FIR registeredona the case...” he said. jawankilledin SEEKING JUSTICE FORHATHRAS VICTIM attack:Police Gujarat: 17-yr-old‘gang-raped’, Guwahati: Asoldier of the Over 5,000 safai karamcharis on strike in Agra three arrested, one on the run Assam Rifles soldier was killed and another wasin- the city.Overthe weekend, tional turn on Saturday, with Nearly allsanitation workers safai karamcharis and explained rapedher.Subsequently, three jured in an attack by un- DIVYAA tourists visitingtheTajMahaland members of the Valmikicommu- employedbythe MC come from to them that due process of law EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE of hisfriends, including the one known persons in NEWDELHI,OCTOBER4 Itmad-ud Daulah tomb had to nitydamagingeightof thecorpo- the Valmiki community. takestime in suchcases. In the RAJKOT,OCTOBER4 who staysinthe house, took Changlang district of navigate theirwaythroughheaps ration’s garbagecollection vehi- One of the safai karamcharis, meantime,theyshouldcontinue turns to rape her,” apolice offi- Arunachal Pradeshon ASECTIONof safaikaramcharisof of garbage. Even the team of 15 cles and pelting stones at who did notwanttobeidentified, to do their essential job. In fact, A17-YEAR-OLD girlwas al- cer associated with the investi- Sunday,officialssaid. theMunicipalCorporation--from sweepers designated to collect policemen near the Kothi Meena said, “Our communityhas been some of the sweeping staff legedly gang-rapedbyfourmen gation said. Changlang Superinte- the Valmiki community -- have garbagefromcontainmentzones Bazararea,wherethecorporation insulted.The police misbehaved wantedto reporttoworkthrough in Jamnagar city on September The girlreturnedhome but ndentofPoliceMihin been on strikeinAgrasince didnot showup. office is located.Some protesters with the familyofthe victim and the strikebut were obstructedby 28, police said on Sunday, didn’t tell her familymembers Gambo said the injured September 30 to demandjustice As per an estimatebythecor- were injuredaspolice resortedto aremisbehaving with us...They leaders of their community.” adding three of the accused out of fear. soldier wasunder treat- forthe Hathras rape-murder vic- poration, the city churns out no lathicharge. didn’tallowthefamilytoperform He said officials have assured were arrested, whileone wason “A couple of days later,her ment. He did notcom- tim,leadingtopilingupof garbage less than 800tonnes of garbage Afterthe incident, five work- the lastrites as per Hindu rituals. theywillreconsider the sacking the run. cousincame to know about the ment on whether the at- in containment zones and tourist everyday -- approximately2,200 ers were sacked. Municipal We demand immediatehanging of the five sweepers. Jamnagar policesaid that the incident and he told the girl’s tack wascarriedoutby any sites across the city. metric tonnes of garbagewas lit- Commissioner Tikaram Funde forthe accused.” Therewas asimilar situation incident took place on mother about it... The girlfiled particularinsurgentoutfit. Accordingtocorporation offi- teredonthe city’s streetson maintainedthat onlyasection of However, thereweresigns of in the neighbouringtownof September 28 afternoon when apolicecomplaint on October Sourcessaidtheattackwas cials,theValmikicommunitygave Gandhi Jayanti on Friday. the workforcewas creating nui- thawonSundayevening. Vinod Mathura. one of the four accused, who 2,”the officer said. targeted at awater tanker acallfor strikeonSeptember 30, Agrahas so farrecorded sance. “Some outsourcedsafai Allahabadi, regional head of the ShyamKumar Karunesh,a wasknown to the 17-year-old Police booked the man of the force. No outfit has afterwhich5,000of itsmembers, around 6,000 cases,ofwhich44 karamcharis have been sacked Uttar Pradesh SthaniyaNikaya prominent Valmiki leader from girl, asked hertoafriend’s known to her and his three claimedresponsibility for employedassweepers, garbage were reportedinthe last24 while others have been identified Sangh,aworkers'union, said, theregion, calledameetingofthe house. friends forgang rape and under the attacksofar. ENS collectorsandgarbagevandrivers hours. and would be dealt with firmly,” “Wehavetried to mediatebe- community on Sundayevening “When the girlwenttothat the Protection of Children from refusedtoreporttoworkacross The striketook aconfronta- he said. tweenthe senior MC officials and to assess the situation. man’s friend’s house, the man Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

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MAGGIEHABERMAN FRANCE REPORTED nearly An official countsballots &KATIETHOMAS 16,972 newconfirmedcoron- forthe independence OCTOBER4 avirus infections on Saturday,and referendum. AP Britain reported12,872 —record US PRESIDENT Donald Trump’s Questions over dailyfiguresfor both countries. medical team acknowledgedon The newcases take the to- Iknow people are furious SOUTH PACIFIC Sundaythat theydeliveredan time of diagnosis talnumber of coronavirus in- at me and they’re furious NewCaledonia overly rosy description of the fections in Franceto606,625, at the government, but President’s illness on Saturday. IN Abriefing to reporters on the health ministrysaid. The I’ve got to tell you, in all votestostaya “I didn’t want to give anyin- Saturday, WhiteHouse physi- number of deaths increasedby candour, it’s going to formation that might steer the cian Dr Sean Conleysaid 49 to 32,198. continue to be bumpy partofFrance course of illness in another di- Trumpwas 72 hours intohis Therewere4,087new cases AMAJORITY of voters in rection, and in doing so, you diagnosis,whichwould have of people being hospitalisedover through to Christmas...” New Caledonia, an archi- know, it came offthat we were meantthe President wasdi- the last sevendays in the coun- BORIS JOHNSON trying to hide something, agnosedonWednesday,even try, including849 in intensive pelagoininthe South BRITAIN’S PRIME MINISTER Pacific, chose to remain whichwasn’t necessarilytrue,” though thenews wasmade careunits.However, these fig- part of France instead of Dr Sean Conley, the White public onlyonFriday. Trump ures arerelatively stable com- backing independence House physician, said in abrief- attendedeventsonboth pared with the previousreport Sunday, leading French ing with reporters. Wednesday and Thursday, on Friday. morethan 200,000 Covid-19 President Emmanuel However, the doctors said and this raisedquestions The rate of positive coron- testsadaycompared with Macrontocallfor dialogue, Trumpwas doing better and about whetherthe President Trumpatthe Walter Reed National MilitaryMedical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, on avirus testsinFrance rose to 7.9% fewerthan100,000 at the start as the referendum marked might be dischargedfromthe put others in danger despite Saturday. Reuters from 7.7% on Friday. of the pandemic. acrucialstepinathree- hospital and return to the White knowing he had Covid.Conley In Britain, the government BritishPrime Minister Boris decade long decolonisa- House as early as Monday. later clarifiedthat he had got blamed the sharp increase in Johnson said on Sundayheex- tion effort.Inatelevised Theysaid Trumphad a“high the timeline wrong. However, cases on areporting delay, say- pected the next fewmonths of address from Paris, French fever” on Friday, and that there another doctor treating Campaign launches ‘Operation ing the numbers in coming days the pandemic to be bumpy,but President Emmanuel had been twoincidentswhen Trumpsaid Saturdaythathe would include additional cases. that things would look radically Macron welcomed“an ex- his oxygen levels dropped—one wasgiven an experimental The government’swebsite different in the spring. pression of confidence in on Fridayand oneonSaturday. therapy48hours ago, which MAGA’ in bid to revive fortunes said atechnical issue had de- “In these areas, and Iappre- the Republic with adeep Theysaid Trumpreceivedoxy- would have been middayon layedpublishing anumber of ciatethe fatigue that peopleare feeling of gratitude... and genatthe WhiteHouse on Thursday. This further contra- Vice President, Trumpfamily settohold eventsinkey states newCovid-19cases. experiencing, but we have to modesty”. Macron prom- Friday. Trump’s oxygen levels dictsthe official stance on “This means the total re- work together, followthe guid- isedpro-independence droppedto93% at one point, when Trumpwas diagnosed. Center in Bethesda. Trump, 74, portedoverthe coming days will ance and getthe virusdown supporters “this is with theysaid; thatisbelowthe 95% LALITKJHA and FirstLadyMelania Trump, include some additional cases whilstkeeping the economy you, all together,that we levelthat is considered the lower WASHINGTON,OCTOBER4 50, tested positive forCovid-19 from the period between 24 moving, that’s the balance we’re will build NewCaledonia limit of the normal range. Sept2recommendingthesteroid on Friday, adevelopment that September and 1October,in- trying to find,” he saidinanin- tomorrow”. AP Conleysaid that the president onlybegivento patientswith“se- WITHDONALDTrumpinthehos- upendedhis election campaign creasing the number of cases re- terviewonBBC television. hadbeengiventhesteroiddexam- vere and critical Covid-19”. pital, his campaignhas launched justweeks before thepresiden- ported,” it said. “I knowpeopleare furious at ethasone on Saturday.The drug Trumpofferedhisownassess- ‘Operation MAGA’, whichitde- RACE FOR tial polls on November 3. At 12,872,the number of me and they’refuriousatthe has been shown to helppatients ment of his status on Saturday scribes as “a full marshalling of “OperationMAGA isafullmar- dailycasesreported almost dou- government, but I’vegot to tell USA whoareseverelyillwithCovid-19, nightinavideofromhis hospital top-levelsurrogates, campaign THE WHITE shalling of top-levelsurrogates, bledfromthe 6,968reportedon you, in all candour,it’s going to Clinicaltrialshit but it is typicallynot usedinmild suite, saying he wasbeginning to coalitionsandTrumpsupporters” campaign coalitions and Trump Friday, smashing the previous continue to be bumpy through or moderatecases of the disease, feel better and hopedto“be back to rallybehind the president un- HOUSE supporters to rallybehindthe biggestdailytollof7,143, which to Christmas, it mayevenbe byransomware and in fact could be harmful early soon.” Andhewas backonsocial tilhecan return to the trail. Presidentandcarrythecampaign wasrecordedonTuesday. bumpy beyond, but this is the in the course of the illness, when media early on Sunday, sharing a Operation MAGA (MAGA campaignappearancesinkey forwarduntil he returns to the Britain is nowprocessing onlyway to do it.” attackonhealth steroidscoulddampenthebody’s videoofflag-waving supporters, stands forMakeAmerica Great battleground states. trail,” Trumpcampaign manager techcompany immune response to the virus. mostnot wearingmasks,gathered Again), will see VicePresident The President is currentlyun- Bill Stepien, who alsotestedposi- The WorldHealth outside Walter Reed National MikePence and members of the dergoing treatment forcoron- tive forthe virusFriday,said in the APHILADELPHIA company Organisationissuedguidelineson MilitaryMedical Center. NYT Trumpfamily makingin-person avirus at Walter Reed Medical press release Saturday. PTI that sells softwareusedin hundredsof clinicaltrials,in- cludingthecrasheffortto de- Maulana Fazlur Xi callsfor closer veloptests,treatmentsanda vaccine forthe coronavirus, Rehman to head Bangladesh ties, washit by aransomware at- tack thathasslowedsomeof anti-government joint promotion thosetrialsoverthepasttwo weeks. The attackon alliance in Pak of BRI projects eResearchTechnologybegan twoweeksago when em- ployeesdiscoveredthatthey SAJJADHUSSAIN KJMVARMA were lockedoutof theirdata ISLAMABAD,OCTOBER4 BEIJING,OCTOBER4 Muslimsatthe Grand Mosque during the firstday of Umrah by ransomware, an attack in theholycityofMecca, Saudi Arabia, on Sunday. AP that holds victims’ data FIREBRANDCLERIC-CUM-POLITI- CHINESE PRESIDENT Xi Jinping hostage untiltheypay to un- CIAN Maulana Fazlur Rehman said he stands ready with lockit. ERTsaid clinical trial wasunanimouslyappointed as Bangladesh leaders to better align patientswere notatrisk.NYT chief of the PakistanDemocratic the twocountries’ strategies and Pilgrims return to Mecca Movement (PDM), an anti-gov- jointlypromote the construction KYRGYZSTAN ernmentalliancelaunchedby11 of his multi-billion dollar Belt and as Saudi eases restrictions Establishment Opposition parties to oustPrime Road Initiative (BRI) to take the Minister Imran Khan. Aftershellinginthe Karabakhcapital, Stepanakert. Reuters strategic partnership of the two sprawlingGrand Mosque in partiessweep The decision wastaken on countries to newheights. ASSOCIATEDPRESS Mecca. OnlySaudi citizens and Saturdayduringavirtualmeeting Xi made the remarks in an RIYADH,OCTOBER4 residentswill bepermittedto en- elections of theOppositionpartiesattended exchangeofcongratulatory terthe mosque duringthis first TWOESTABLISHMENTpar- by PakistanMuslim League- Azerbaijan says Armenia attacked messageswith his Bangladesh AVERYsmall,limited number of phaseofreopening, and each ties looked settodominate Nawazsupremo and three-time counterpart, Mohammad peopledonning the whiteter- person has up to three hoursto Kyrgyzstan’s Parliament af- formerPMNawazSharif,Pakistan Abdul Hamid, on the 45th an- rycloth garment symbolicofthe complete the pilgrimage. terSunday’s election, but it PeoplesPartychief BilawalBhutto city, threatens to strike back niversaryofthe establishment Muslim pilgrimagecircled The Grand Mosque, whichis remainedunclear if they Zardari, BalochistanNational of the bilateral diplomatic rela- Islam’s holiest siteinMecca on being sterilisedand cleaned could form agrand coalition Partychief Sardar Akhtar Mengal and Nagorno-Karabakh,aneth- in other regional powers as tionshiponSunday. Sunday afterSaudi Arabia lifted multiple times aday,housesthe afteraseries of internal rifts among other senior politicians. NAILIABAGIROVA& nic Armenian enclave inside Azerbaijan is supportedby In his message, Xi hailedthe coronavirus restrictions that had cube-shapedKaaba that obser- plaguedthe previous ruling AccordingtoPDM’s steering NVARDHOVHANNISYAN Azerbaijan, but it nowthreatens Turkey,while Armenia has ade- steady and long-term friendship been in place formonths. vant Muslims pray toward five alliance.The Birimdik party committeeconvenerAhsanIqbal, BAKU,YEREVAN,OCTOBER4 to spill over intoadirect war fence pact with Russia. saying he is ready to work with The kingdom had takenthe times aday. of President Sooronbai Sharif proposed67-year-old with Armenia itself. Turkey’s Foreign Ministry Hamid to better align develop- rare step of suspending the Beforevisitors canenter the Jeenbekov’sclosestsupport- Rehman’s name as the alliance AZERBAIJAN SAID on Sunday “Azerbaijan will destroy mili- said:“Theattacksof Armenia tar- ment strategies with smaller “umrah” pilgrimagethat mosque to pray or performthe ersledthecountwith24.45% presidentand it wasendorsed by thatArmenianforces had fired tary targetsdirectlyinside geting the civilians in Ganja...are Bangladesh, step up cooperation drawsmillions year-round from umrah,theyhavetoapplyandre- of thevote,accordingto pre- PPPchairmanBilawalandothers, rocketsatits second city of Armenia from which shelling of anew manifestationofArmenia’s under the framework of theBRI across the worldinearly March serveaspecifictime and date liminarydata. Just behindit Dawn newspaper reported. Ganja, killing one civilian and itspopulation centres is taking unlawful attitude. We condemn and push forwardthe China- as the coronavirusmorphedinto through an online application to with 23.95% wasMekenim Sharif had initiallyproposed wounding four,and threatened place,” presidential aideHikmet these attacks.” Bangladesh strategic, coopera- aglobal pandemic and avoid crowding and maintain so- Kyrgyzstan, whose ticket in- thatRehman be appointed as to retaliatebydestroying mili- Hajiyev said. He said therewere Ganja, with apopulation of tive partnership to anew level, prompted countries to impose cialdistancing.Visitorscanalsose- cludes former coalition president permanently, but the tary targetsinside Armenia. also civilian casualties in another 335,000,isabout100kmnorth of official mediareported. lockdowns and curfews to slow lect via the app their means of membersandex-opposition idea wasopposed by Bilawaland The developments markeda Azeri region,Beylagan,which the Karabakh capital Stepanakert With over $26 billion Chinese down transmission. transportand meeting points. MPs,andwhichhasavoided AwamiNationalPartyleaderAmir sharp escalation of the warinthe borders Nagorno-Karabakh. and 80 km from the Armenian investmentsand $38 billion dol- But as nations begin to ease StateTVshowedonSunday positioningitself aseitheral- Haider Hoti, who suggestedthe SouthCaucasus that brokeout Armenia denied it had di- cityofVardenis. Azerbaijan has lars funding commitments, thoserestrictions, the Saudi gov- what appeared to be fewerthan liedwithoropposedtothe office should be givenonarota- one week ago. rected fire “of anykind” towards previously accusedArmenia of Bangladesh is one of the largest ernment on Sundaystarted al- 50 people circling the Kaabaat President. REUTERS tional basis to leadersofthe con- Until now, the mainfighting Azerbaijan. firing intoits territoryfrom recipientsofChina’s massive in- lowing amaximumof6,000pil- the same time and walking sev- stituent parties. PTI has been between Azerbaijan The conflict threatens to drag Vardenis. REUTERS frastructure project. PTI grims aday to enterthe eral metres apart.

SANDA DIA’S DEATH AFTER AN INITIATION RITUAL WAS REGARDED AS AN ACCIDENT,BUT RECENTLY EMERGED VIDEOS RAISE QUESTIONS ABlack Belgian student saw awhite fraternity as his ticket; it was his death

twootherpledgesto drinkalcohol sages, recoveredbythe police, ther,Ousmane Dia, speaking oftenfocus on itsbloody past, Senegal as an asylum-seeker in MATTAPUZZO& excessively,chug fish oil until he showfraternitymembers —the French. “‘Weare powerful and rather than itspresent. 1994.HesettledinAntwerp, STEVENERLANGER vomited,swallowlivegoldfishand sons of judges, business leaders nothing can happen to us.’” Dia’s death, however, high- wherehefound work at the port GHENT,OCTOBER4 stand outside in an ice-filled and politicians—scrambling to Eighteen members of the lightsBelgium’s current problem and then in atruckfactory. He trench,DiadiedinDecember2018 covertheir tracks. now-disbandedfraternityare with racism and far-right, identi- learnedDutch. He and his wife SANDADIA sawafraternityasa of multipleorganfailure.Hisdeath “Thiswas notanaccident,” underinvestigation,withpros- tarian politics.The countryisdi- raisedafamily. An ambitious first- doorwayintoadifferent life. The wasseen as atragic accident, an said Dia’s brother,Seydou De Vel. ecutors recommending charges videdbetweenFrenchspeakersin generation Belgian, Sanda thrived son of an immigrant factory example of hazing gone wrong. The details, uncoveredre- of involuntarymanslaughter,de- the south and Dutchspeakers in in school, his father said. His ac- worker,hewas an ambitious20- In recent weeks, however, an centlyinastring of localnewssto- grading treatmentand neglect. the north, eachwith their own ceptance to KU Leuven wasa year-oldBlackstudentatone of even uglier storyhas emerged. ries, have forced the nation’s Those who have notalready governments,lawsand culture. milestone forfather andson alike. Belgium’smostprestigious uni- Fraternity members had useda Dutch-speaking region, Flanders, graduated remain allowedto The wealthierDutchregion is Sandawasbeginninghisthird versities. The fraternity, racial slur as theyordered Diato to confront rising racism and take classes online while the in- hometo asizableseparatistmove- year of school when he pledged Reuzegom, washome to the cleanupafteraparty.Aphoto sur- xenophobia, even at such Sanda’s stepbrotherSamuelLabenne,inwhite,and vestigation continues. ment that wantstobreak away in Reuzegom,anunsanctionedclub scions of Antwerp’s whiteelites. facedpurportingto showafrater- renowneduniversitiesasthisone, stepsisterSarah, in the foreground, being comfortedby No evidence has emerged the name of preserving itsculture foryoungmen from Antwerp. Access to that rarefied world, nity member wearing Ku Klux the Catholic University of Leuven, friends afteraprotest in Leuven, Belgium. NYT thatDia waskilledintentionally. and wealth. Lately, thatcampaign “Theyrepresent atype of social he decided, wasworth enduring Klanrobes.Afraternityspeechref- nowknown as KU Leuven. But of the three studentsunder- has takenasharply anti-immi- class,”saidKennyVanMinsel,for- the fraternity’s notoriouslyvi- erenced“ourgoodGermanfriend, Belgian universities aregen- goinginitiation that night, he grant and anti-Islamtone. merpresidentofthe campusstu- cious hazingritual. Hitler.” Avideo showedthem erallyseenasleft-leaning. But servatism of Flanders, wherea migrant—andgrowingin power. wasthe onlyone who wasBlack OusmaneDia,now51, wasun- dent association.Itisalsonotori- He did notsurvive it. singing aracistsong. campuses and clubs here have nationalistmovement is increas- “Theythought, ‘He’s just and the onlyone who died. awareofthese cultural divisions ous forits hazing rituals,known Afterbeing forced alongside And deletedWhatsApp mes- alsoreflectedandfueledthe con- ingly openly racist and anti-im- some Blackguy,’”said Sanda’s fa- Discussions of racein Belgium when he arrivedinBelgium from as “baptisms”. NYT

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CORONAVIRUS DASHBOARD EXPLAINED HEALTHCARE How the novel coronavirus Why you must mask up, now reverses the sensation of pain Until an effective coronavirus vaccine arrives, masking is one of our lastdefences. Yetarecent observational THE NOVEL coronavirus can relieve one is through aprotein namedVEGF- pain, according to anew study pub- A19. When VEGF-A binds to neu- survey acrossIndia found mostpeople noteffectively masked.Whatcan be donetoensure compliance? lishedinPAIN,the journalofthe ropilin,itinitiates aseriesofevents International Association forthe resulting in the hyper-excitabilityof Study of Pain. The finding, the re- neurons, whichleads to pain. OBSERVEDMASKINGRATES searchers say, mayexplainwhy so The research team found that the EXPERT ATLOCALMARKETS manypeoplewho getCovid-19 SARS-CoV-2 spikeprotein binds to showfew or no symptoms, although neuropilininexactlythe same loca- EXPLAINS Aurangabad (MH) theyare able to spread the disease. tion as VEGF-A. Theteam used “It made alot of sensetomethat VEGF-Aasatrigger to exciteneu- Dr Satchit Balsari Baramati perhaps the reason forthe unrelent- rons, whichcreates pain, then (MH) ing spread of Covid-19isthat in the theyadded the SARS-CoV-2 spike From The Indian Express panel Bhagalpur early stages, you'rewalkingaround protein. of specialists, exclusive insight (BH) all fine as if nothing is wrong be- “The spikeproteincompletely Borivali, cause your pain has been sup- reversedthe VEGF-inducedpainsig- Mumbai (MH) pressed. Youhavethe virus, but you nalling. It didn’t matter if we used AT THE six-month anniversaryofthe largest Chennai don't feel bad because your pain is very high doses of spikeorex- Covid-19-related national lockdown, the (TN) gone. If we can prove tremelylow doses –it pandemic theatre is winding down —the Gangapur Rd, that this pain relief is reversedthe pain com- bizarre night curfews,the state-sanctioned Nashik (MH) what is causing Covid- pletely,” Dr Khanna distribution of Ukalo, the colour coding of Gurgaon, 19 to spread further, said. India intored,yellow andgreen patches (HN) that's of enormous Scientists willnow apropos of nothing, the Covid-busting apps Kurla(E), value,” researcher continue research into that were supposedtodeliver thenation,and Mumbai (MH) Rajesh Khanna of the the role of neuropilin in even the blind faith in the cure-all hydroxy- Ludhiana UniversityofArizona thespread of Covid-19. chloroquine,are all losing steam. But the pan- (PB) CollegeofMedicine PAPER Theywillexamine neu- demic is not, and continues to ruin livesand Varanasi said in astatement ropilinasanew target livelihoods. While quarantining, isolation (UP) 0% 20% 40%60% 80% 100% It is well-known that CLIP fornon-opioid painre- and treatment arecritical forthose exposed SARS-CoV-2 spikepro- lief. During the study or infected,atthis late stagewhen contagion ■Percentageofallcustomerswearingmasksproperly tein uses the ACE2 re- NEWRESEARCH justpublished,the re- has spread across the nation, thereseems to ■ Percentageofallcustomerswearingmasks ceptortoenter the searchers tested exist- be diminishing attention to the twovital yet ■Percentageofallvendorswearingmasksproperly body.But in June, two ing neuropilin in- simple interventionsthat can still help mit- Commuters boardabusinKolkata. An observational study across the country ■Percentageofallvendorswearingmasks papers pointed to neuropilin-1 as a hibitors developedtosuppress igatespread: masking and handwashing. found nearly half of 4,500people were either notwearing masksorwerenot Source: Graph based on data provided by the second receptorfor SARS-CoV-2. tumour growth in certain cancers, Lastmonth,anetwork of medicalstudent wearingthemproperly. AP Rotaract Club of theCaduceus “That caught our eyebecause forthe and found theyprovided the same volunteers across the country steppedout of last15years my labhas been study- pain relief as the SARS-CoV-2 spike their homes to observe howafewhundred ing acomplexofproteins and path- protein when binding to neuropilin. fellowcitizensmasked while shopping at the doctors, or co-workers aremostlikelytobe none —for justany intervention. The “some- scientists is one of manysuchexamples. ways that relatetopainprocessing The research wasfundedbythe local market. Theyfound wide variation in getinfectedandbecome sick.Afterthe initial thing is better than nothing” attitude that that aredownstream of neuropilin. NationalInstituteofNeurological whether or notcustomers and vendors were toll on healthcareproviders in NewYorkCity, maybeanokay-ish lifephilosophy but ater- Nowwhat? So we steppedbackand realisedthis Disordersand Stroke,aunitofthe masked properly by visiting 30 local markets other cities in the United States that had the riblepublichealth strategy resulted in a Grand gestures arenot entirelyunjusti- could mean that maybethe spike US National Institutes of Health across 19 cities on ninedifferent occasions. time to preparefor the surge,likenearby rangeofpredictionmodels and apps based fied —sometimesthe theatrics areneeded protein is involved in some sortof (NIH), and the National Instituteon Of nearly 4,500peopleobserved,nearly one Boston, did notexperiencethe same mortal- on incomplete testing-dataand poor under- to galvanise the public’s attention. But having pain processing,” Dr Khanna said. Drug Abuse, also an NIHunit. in four were notwearing masks, and of those ity in healthcareproviders. Theyhad time to standingoftransmission dynamics, dracon- lostpublictrust,now asking people to sim- One of thebiological processes who were,nearly one-thirdtoone-halfdid ensurenot onlythatclinicians were ade- ian isolation strategies that instilledfear,and plymask up, is acommunicationsnight- through whichthe body feels pain, Source: University of Arizona notwearthem properly.Ineffect,nearly quatelyprotected at work,but also that the hospital-building when therehavenever mare. The greatestsuccesses in public health 2,528 of the 4,548 people (morethanhalf) public were masking at all times. been enough doctors to even staffthe facili- howeverhavehad very humble origins. were noteffectivelymasked. ties we have.When intervention afterinter- Advancesinsanitation in London resultedin This should worryevery single one of us. Howtomask? ventionfailstodeliver, public health author- some of the largest gains in lifeexpectancy INDIA ACTIVE CASES 937,625 Masking is one of the lastarrowsleftinour Thereare literallyhundredsofvideos out ities risk erodingone of the mostcritical in the 19th century. In the 20th century, in quiver,ifand until an efficacious vaccine thereabout what kinds of maskstouse.This elementsofeffectiveresponse —trust. the choleracamps of Bangladesh, the con- arrives. is notrocketscience: the firstgoal is to pre- Blaming the state, however, hardly ab- coction of apinchofsaltand atea-spoon of 1050,000 vent breathing in the virus, by eliminating solvesusfromindividual responsibility.How sugar with aglass of waterallowedresusci- Whymask? direct inhalation and many middle class Indian tating deathlyill cholerapatientsbacktolife 970,116 Afew months intothe pandemic, it be- minimising anychance households that have so at little cost, when it wasimpossible to pro- came apparent that we were notdealing thatwedeposit alarge impatientlyawaited the vide thousands of patientsintravenous flu- 937,625 with avirus that spread as easilyasmeasles quantity to ourface by THEEXPERT return of domestic ids. Those of us from that grew up in the sin- or Ebola.Covid-19ismostlyspread by an in- touching it with our helpers have bothered to gle-channel Doordarshan eraremember DR SATCHIT BALSARI is 950,000 fected person, whether symptomatic or virus-coated hands! The provide them an extra television campaigns wherewomen would assistant professor of asymptomatic, whentheyspeak, cough, second, and perhaps even boxofmasksorsanitisers go doortodooradvising neighbours on how emergency medicine, sneeze or perhaps even when theyeat, in moreimportant, is to pre- or even soap fortheir to makeoralrehydrating solutions at home. and of global health and company. We also knowthat inoculum vent infected individuals families of theiremploy- This simple unsung intervention continues population at Harvard’s (dose) plays arole: howmanyviral particles from spreading infection, ees? These areall prohib- to be ahighlyeffectivetreatmentfor millions LAST 10 DAYS medical and public Sept24Oct 3 an infected person sprays intothe air mat- while breathing out. itively expensive on the around the world, ensuring that the right health schools.His 850,000 ters, and even moreimportantly, so does Some covering is bet- meagrewages that our concentration of ingestedglucoseand interdisciplinary howmanyofthose particles we inhale.Of terthan no covering, a domestic workers make, sodium triggers specific cells in the intestine research is at the Note: The Oct 3figureinthisgraph is based on the government updateonOct 4 course, ageand underlying health will surgical mask that fits but costafraction of what to absorb water, compensating forthe life- intersection of mobile greatlyinfluencethe ability to fight the virus: properly with no gaps at ventilators do. It has al- threatening waterlosses cause by the bac- technology,disaster the majority of Indians areintheir 20s and the side is even better, ways been convenient to terium, Vibrio cholerae. response, and population INDIA TOTAL CASES WORLD TOTAL CASES while theyhavenot diedfrominfection de- and an N95 respirator is blame India’s woes on its The paradeofleaders thatgoaded folks health. He currently 6,549,373 34,986,505 spitemillions having contracted it, theycon- perhaps the best,but an illiteratemasses. But to stay at home,giveuptheir jobs, and down- directsthe India Digital tinue to pass it on to others who maybemore overkill in mostcasesand Covid-19was notincu- load apps,mustnow resurface, acknowledge HealthNet at Harvard’s Source:MinistryofHealth&Family Source:JohnsHopkinsUniversity, susceptible. Transmission through contact notfeasible to wear all bated in our slums or hin- the stateweare in —widespread commu- Mittal Institute. Welfare,updatedat11pmonOct4 updatedat11pmonOct4 with contaminated surfaces seems to be less the time. The N95 is a terland —itwas brought nity transmission —and explain whythe of aconcern than originallyestimated, mustfor allup-close to India on flights, and onlyeffectiveway forward, until the vaccine though abandoningcaution is notwarranted. nurse-patient or doctor- spread through our cities arrives, is to continue social distancing (for Arecentarticle in the NewEngland Journal patient exposures, and preferably with ac- and then across India through colossal mis- the fewthat canaffordthe luxury), and of Medicine went so farastosuggestthat companying eyeorfacialprotection, likegog- calculations by theurban elite. Leaving masking and handwashing foreveryone. masking, by reducing inoculum, mayinfact gles or ashield. Frequentlyresting the mask everyone to fend forthemselvesisnot just Policing is notthe only waytoensurecompli- be inadvertentlyresulting in asymptomatic on the chin is abad idea, as youmay breathe cowardly but amoral. ance; re-energising our largely pliant popu- infections, and subsequently, immunity.We in what your mask had onlyjusteffectively Wearing masksinhot and humidIndiais lation to make maskingthe norm, and un- in India should knowthis. Afterall, the story filtered out. It is standardpractice among my noteasy.What is neededisathoughtful ag- masking sociallyunacceptable,wouldbe of Shitaladevi is notamyth.For centuries, peers to instead remove the maskentirely gressive mass-media campaign “in mission wise. Widespreaddistribution of soap and “tika”was practicedinIndia,whereasmear and hang it on ahook,orplace it outside-face mode” to demonstratehow to makesimple effective maskswill be exponentiallymore of fluid from the pustules (boils) of patients down, when it mustberemoved. facecoveringsathome,andreinforcewhythey beneficial than distributing potions. Howin- with smallpoxwas appliedtothe prickedskin arestillimportant,despitetheoppressive real- crediblypowerful would it be if the nation’s of ahealthyperson underthe watchful eyeof So, whyaren’twemasking? itiesoflifeinadenselypopulatedandpoorna- highestofficesinspiredpeople to collective the “cooling goddess”, with the effect —then Folksare fatiguedespeciallywhen noth- tion —the commuteinpackedbusesand action —this time, in the service of science. unbeknownsttothem—oftriggering a ing seems to have worked.Scientists have trains, crowdedliving conditions, and work- milder form of infection, and, consequently, been warningabout the danger of pseudo- inginswelteringhotspaceswithpoorventila- Acknowledgements: Ithank the medical immunity! Dose-modifiedexposure explains science: while the pandemic calledfor ur- tion. Billionsocialmasks.org whichbrings to- student volunteers from theRotaract Club of the whyunprotected family members, nurses, gent interventions, therewas no place— gether women’s empowerment groups and Caduceus fortheir contribution to thearticle. WhathappenstoelectionifCovid-19putsTrumpoutofthecontest

thepresidentialcandidateifTrump has to marybecause of 9/11, andthe 1992 Florida President will take over his position. MEHRGILL withdraw.Thereare twowaysthe RNCcan President primarybecause of Hurricane Andrew. In the unlikely scenario that the Vice Pr- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER4 choose areplacement:byasimplemajority Trumpworks esidentisalsoincapacitatedordies,asperthe vote,orby reconveningtheparty convention in a And what if Trumpcontinues, but is Presidential Succession Actof1947, the Spe- SINCE US President Donald Trumpan- —whichlooksunlikelynow with the elec- conference incapacitated due to the illness? akerof theHousewillberequiredto take over. nouncedthat he and Melania Trumphave tion less than amonth away.These rules are room at Thereisaconstitutional provision un- The 25th Amendment wasinvoked by tested positive forCovid-19, it has ledtoun- applicable in case of apresidential or avice Walter Reed der Section 3ofthe 25th Amendment that President Ronald Reagan in 1985 and twice certainty about howthe presidential elec- presidentialcandidate’s withdrawal or death. National can be invokedifTrump’ssymptoms by President George WBush, in 2002 and tion of November 3willnow playout. If Trumpdoes end up withdrawing from Military worsen or he needs oxygen support, mak- 2007. Trumpisbeingtreated at Walter Reed the race, his running mate, current Vice Medical ing it difficult forhim to work.The amend- MilitaryHospital in Maryland. While his President MikePence, seemstobethe most Center. ment wasproposedbyCongress in the af- Arethereany other scenarios? physician Sean Conleyhas maintainedthat likelyreplacement. TheWhite House termath of theassassination of President Acouple of other scenarios can playout. the President is doing well and is fever-free, viaReuters John FKennedy and provides the proce- One, if apresidentialcandidatediesafter White House Chief of Staffhas said Trump’s If thereisanew candidate, howwillthe dures forreplacing the President or Vice Election Daybut before the Electoral College vital signs have been “veryconcerning”. voting process work? President in the event of death, removal, votes on December 14,then the party will This is where thingsget complicated their mind, in some states theywouldbe Even then, the Constitution has seta resignation, or incapacitation. have to coordinatewith itselectors so that So, what happensifthe illness forces sinceover2million votes have already been allowedto“spoil their ballot” and casta harddeadline and the President’s term Forthisprovisiontobeused, Trumpwill theyvotefor the replacement. While most Trumpout of the race? castand millions of ballotshavebeen newone. mustend by January 20 —whichiswhen needtosign adeclaration stating his inabil- electors typicallyvotefor the candidatewho No rules about apresidential candidate’s printed and mailedout withTrump’s name the winner is officiallysworn in —ofthe ity to discharge thepowers and duties of his has wonthe popular voteinastate,some replacement arementionedinthe US on them. It is unlikelythatballotswill be Canthe election itself be delayed? year following ageneral election.Ifa office and unless he mentions otherwise, states allowthe electors to vote foranyone Constitution. This is decidedbythe candi- reprinted at so lateastage.Therefore, even Delaying the elections is one wayby President is notchosenbythis date, the his positionistaken over by theVice theychoose. date’s party itself. Therefore, if Trumphas if Trumpwithdraws, it is possible that the whichthe logistics of acandidatereplace- Speaker will be required to take over. President until he recovers. The other scenario can playout afterthe to withdraw,itwill be up to theRepublican ballots willcontinuetogivevoters the same ment could be sortedout. But thatisnot If the President is so sickastobeunable ElectoralCollege votes. The votes arecounted party to decide who replaces him. choice —between Trumpand JoeBiden. easy and requires the supportoflegislation. Have elections ever been postponed? to invoke thisprovision, then underSection by theCongress and needtobecertified. So The Republican Party’s rules empower Again, Trump’spossible withdrawal Congress decides the dateofthe election According to a2004CRS report, over 4ofthe Amendment, the Vice Presidentand if thewinning candidate were to die after the Republican National Committee, which maycause achangeofmindinsome voters. and as per law, presidential elections are morethan 150years, therehavebeen afew amajority of the Cabinetcan send anotice December 14 but before the swearing-in, comprises 168members who aresenior of- An article in TheAtlantic says that if people held on the firstTuesdayafter thefirst instances whereelections have been post- to theHouse and the Senateonthe thenas perthe20thAmendment,theelected ficials from eachstate,todecidewho will be who have already voted want to change MondayinNovember everyfouryears. poned, suchasthe 2001 New York statepri- President’s behalf. 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MeetinginTokyocouldwellbethe momentwhen Quad begins THE TERM “DYSTOPIA”isoften overused. arrive afterthe election day. SupremeCourt, whichmight enduphaving to turn from abstract idea to credible politicalcoalition But, givenwhat is happening in the US, it This state-levelcornucopia has always the lastwordonwho thevictor is. The US can legitimatelybedeployedfor the up- mystifiedforeigners, as well as the Americans SupremeCourt currentlyhas onevacancy, coming presidential election. We arewit- themselves. Samuel Huntington,aleading whichTrumpistrying to fill with aconser- SEXTERNALAFFAIRS MinisterSJaishankar travels to Tokyofor the meet- nessing the makings of adisasterinthe post-1945American politicalscientist, called vative nominee, openlysaying that to win ing of the so-calledQuad —orthe quadrilateral forum involving India, world’s oldest democracy,and perhaps America a“Tudor polity”, referring to the the election, he might needher.Ofcourse, the US, Japan and Australia —Beijing andits official media areletting nothing less than afrontal assault on the 16th-centuryEnglishpolitical institutions, judges nominated by Trumpand approved the politicalbileflow. If Chineseleaderslookedinthe mirror, theywould democratic process itself. whichwereimportedinthe US but never by aRepublican-majority Senatemay not AseethatitisBeijing’s overweeningstrategicambition that is driving the Aftercavalier defiance formonths, fullymodernised. In contrast, in Britain and decide in favour of Trump, but their ideolog- President Donald Trumphas tested positive also on the Continent, thelatemedievalor icalstances, if notoutright personal loyalty, consolidation of the Quad. The accidental origins of the Quad go backtothe BoxingDay forCOVID-19. The electoral implications of early modern institutions were rationalised couldwell serveTrump’selectoralpurpose. tsunami in the eastern Indian Ocean at the end of 2004,when the navies of the four na- this development areentirelyunclear.The by the 19th century. In 1968,Huntington In other words, duetothe institutional odd- tions cametogetheronshort notice to coordinatethe regional relief efforts. Soon after, in political logicofwhathewas doingthusfar, wrotethat America had a“political system ities of aTudor polity,Trumpcould actually 2007,Shinzo Abe, the then prime ministerofJapan,articulatedthe concept of the Indo- however, is evident and canbeanalysed. whichremains as baffling to understand as it win an election he lost. Pacific and urgedthe collaboration between the US and the three Asian democracies — On November 3, thenight of theelection is impossible to duplicate”. As if this is notbefuddling enough,one India, Japan and Australia —tostabilise thenew strategic geography. It is only in the last day, it is quitepossiblethatTrumpwillbe While these underlying features of morepolitical twisthas comeintosharp fo- couple of years that the Indo-Pacific geographyhas gainedwidespread political accept- ahead of JoeBiden and will also claim victory. American polity have existedfor along cus. America hasahistory of voter suppres- But days later, it is equallylikelythatBiden time, the threat of their perilous usage sion, aphenomenon most observers of estab- ance. This week’s meeting in Tokyocould well be themoment when the Quad begins to will be the winner.Why? comes entirelyfromTrumptoday. lisheddemocracies find incomprehensible turn from an abstract idea intoacredible politicalcoalition. Surveys showthattakingthe pandemic Assuming that mostDemocratswould vote today. Afterthe 1870s, Democratsinthe South Over the years, Beijing has reacted with condescension and hostility to theQuad.Itof- seriously, mostDemocratswish to vote by by mail and mostRepublicansinperson, he used to suppress Republican-leaning Black tendismissedthe Quad as apitiful effort to contain arising China and occasionallypainted mail,whereasled by Trump, most has relentlesslyarguedthatmail-in ballots vote. Today, it is Republicans who do so, tar- it as agreat threat to global peace and security.Asthe casefor the Quad gainedground Republicans,trying to provethat the virus is would leadtoafraudulent election. His own geting Democrat-leaning minoritiesinthe amidstChina’s post-pandemic aggression on multiple fronts, Beijing is trying to demonise notaserious matter,willvote in person. FBI director has testifiedunderoath that states theygovern. One suchmethodofvoter Trump’s COVID-19infection maynot alter mail-in voteshavehistorically witnessed suppression,among several, is makingvot- the forumandgenerate oppositionacrossthe regionandwithinthefour members.Chinese this logic much. Counting of mail-in ballots no great fraud. But Trumpwould rather ing ID requirementstougher,whichdifferen- argumentsobfuscatethe cause and effect in the transformation of the Quad. Until recently, will take time,for their authenticity requires have mailedballots declared invalid than tiallyexcludes poorer Blacks andHispanics. therewas much reluctance in all the four capitals againstembarking on anyventure that official verification. That is whywhathap- While these underlying believe thehistorical evidence. Another is simplythe threat of violence by would give political offence to China. All four had serious economic stakes in China and a pens on November 3and the final results features of American polity Trumpisbehindinall popularpolls thus Whitesupremacist vigilante groups. The Ku stronginterestinbuildingsustainable politicalrelationswithBeijing.Allfourtriedto down- might seriouslydiverge. have existed for a long time, far, including those conducted by FoxNews, Klux Klan usedtodo it historically. Today, grade the Quad at different points.Resultantly, the Quad seemedaless-organisedcousinof In mostdemocracies, this would simply the threat of their perilous whose admiration forTrumponlygrows fur- thereare manysuchgroups. notbeanissue. Independentnational elec- ther as he defies norms and evidencemore Among the mostalarmingparts of the the BRICS forum that brings together Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. What is tion commissions, as the oneinIndia, would usage comes entirely from fervently. Since presidential elections in the firstpresidential debate,heldonSeptember transforming the Quad todayfromatalk shop intoapurposefulstrategic framework is firstcount allballotsand then announce re- Trump today. Assuming that US arenot decidedbypopular votebut by an 29, wasTrump’srefusaltodenounce White China’sgrowingunilateralismandbrazen effortto establishregionalandglobaldominance. sults. Remarkably, thereisnonational elec- most Democrats would vote electoral college, another political peculiar- vigilantism. Indeed, he effectively askedsuch China seems to believe thatitcan keep pushing India on arangeofissues —fromag- tion commissioninthe US.State-level offi- by mail and most ity,the real question is whether Trumpcan groups to watchpolls in areas wherethe vote gression on the Ladakh frontier to deepening militarypartnership with Pakistanand from cialscertify elections in their respective states. win the so-calledbattleground, or swing, againsthim will be massive.Vigilantevio- blocking India’s membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group to refusing to address the These officials arenot independent. Being Republicans in person, he states. These arestatesthat arenot reliably lencemightalsobedeployedafter theelec- mounting tradedeficit —and yetclaimavetooverIndia’s relations with other powers, in- partofstate governments, theyare partisan. has relentlessly argued that Republican or Democratic, and canfliptoei- tion, if it is contested. Trumphas heavilycri- Notably, different stateshavedifferent ther side. In this election, thereare at least tiquedleft-wing violencesince the summer cluding the US, Japan and Australia. Until recently, India has been the mostcautious in mail-in ballots would lead to rulesfor voting and counting.Somehave nine swing states and depending on how protests began, but has neverspoken aword imagining arobustfuturefor the Quad. But Delhi’s attitudes have begun to evolve as China’s allowedmail-in votingfor long years, and a fraudulent election. His much youbelieve thepollsters, the number againstright-wing violence, sometimes call- pressures on Indiaintensified. No country, certainlynot alarge onelikeIndia, likes being forsome, mass voting by mail, made nec- own FBI director has couldrise to 11 or 13. ing it whollyunavoidable. cornered. Delhi maynow be ready to contributetothe consolidationofthe Quad. essarybyCOVID-19, is arelatively new testified under oath that The attitude of governors, or legislatures, In Trump’s America, dog whistles have game in town. Moreover, some states allow mail-in votes have in these states —depending on whicharm of become bull horns. Those groups that wish early voting,and hundredsofthousands,if the governmentisauthorised by state laws to preempt adystopia have ahugetask notmore, have already voted.Counting historically witnessed no to have greater sayinawarding thestate to a aheadofthem. HowTrump’sillness will af- READING THERAIN rules also differ. Michigan, whereroughly3 great fraud. But Trump presidential candidate—thusbecomes crit- fect the emerging lines of the political battle million out of 5million voters arevotingby would rather have mailed ical.Will theygowith Trump, accepting his is unpredictable at this stage. mail, forbidsthe startofvote-counting un- ballots declared invalid argumentsabout mail-in fraud, or with Biden, Twoconsecutive above-normal monsoonsmeanagriculture til 7amonthe final votingday.Incontrast, embracing mail-in ballots as legitimate? The writer is SolGoldman Professorof than believe the growth amideconomicdecline.Morereason to focus on reform some states can notonlystart counting Whicheverway these states go,their de- International Studies and Professor of votes earlier,but also allowmailedballots to historical evidence. cisions will likelybechallenged in the Political Science at BrownUniversity HE RECENT SOUTHWESTmonsoon season (June-September) has ended with an 8.7 per cent cumulative rainfall surplus forthe countryasawhole. This comes aftera10.4 per centsurplus in 2019,making it the firsttime since1958 and1959 thatIndia has recorded twoconsecutive significantly Tabove-normal monsoons. Moreover, rainfall has been above the longpe- riod averageinasmanyas13out of the 15 months from July2019. Anditmay even pro- THE WAY OF THE SCHOOL long, especiallywithglobal weather models forecasting the current La Niña conditions, favourable forrains in India,tocontinue through the winter months.Simplyput,the rain gods couldn’t have been kinder, amidthe economic andpublic health devastationwrought Quality of education, notreligiosity,mustberoad ahead forMuslim community by the novelcoronavirus. The farm sector has since the October-December 2019 quarter—evenbeforethe pan- demic—beenfaringbetter thanthe rest of the economy. Therechargedgroundwater tables JSBandukwala from the rain bounty,plus major reservoirs being 14.1 per cent morefull than the last10- years’ averagefor this time, would contributetoabumperrabi (winter-spring) crop on top THE FIRSTBONDS betweenIslam and India over ahouse of godruinedcountless families. Muslims. We live in an integratedworld, .This occurredduring the lifetime of the Prophet. In The tragedywas compoundedbypoliticians wasbestreflected by Time magazine,which of the monsoon kharif produce whose harvesting has juststarted.Itmeans agricultural 631CE, amosquewas established in Kerala. who sought powerbyinflaming passions on highlighted both Modi and Bilkis —are- growth will outpace that of other sectors forthe next couple of quarters as well. This defies ProphetMuhammadwas awareofIndia as both sides. Iwas avictim of this mad fury. I minder that if onlybothcan communicate the historical trend. Past GDP de-growth episodes were always accompanied, if notled,by canbeseen by hiscomment that apleasant sufferedheavily, financiallyand emotionally. civilly, ourcountrycan gain alot. drought-inducedfarmoutput contractions. What’s being seen now—recordfoodgrain, breezeisblowing from India.Eventhe God alonesaved my onlydaughter from a The wayout lies with the Muslims of India. oilseeds and possiblyevencottonproduction even as factories, restaurants, malls and air- Karbalatragedy hasreferences to India — tragedy. What did these politicians gain by Theyhavetoovercome their bitterness of the ports arestillgrappling with the fallout of the COVID-19-inducedlockdown —isunprece- Imam Hussain urgeshis opponents to stop destroying the livesofinnocents, who had no last73years. Jinnahwill notcomeback. We the killing and lethim migratetoIndia. link to the Babri Masjid? have to lowerthe levelofreligiosity withinthe dented.Yes,thereweresome greenshoots in September:Exports growingforthe firsttime Today, thereare about172millionMuslims It has been along time sincethe Britishleft. community.Itisnot conducive to good citi- since February, the manufacturing purchasing managers’ indexpointing to expansion for in India. That makes it the countrywiththe Howdoweprevent such Jinnah got his Pakistan, but that toobroke up zenship.The focus hasto bequality education, asecond successive month and auto salesrising year-on-year.But whether one month’s second-largest Muslim population. Muslims on linguistic grounds, creating hell formillions business and industry, and mostimportantly, data is suggestive of atrend isn’t clear.Nosuchdoubtsexistwithregardtoagriculture. arespreadalloverIndia.Theyrange fromAzim tragedies?Onthe Muslim who had to migrate, mostly on foot,across gender equality within the community.We The three reform laws enabling free marketing, movement and stocking of agricul- Premjiof WiprotoDilipKumar.ThreeMuslims side,they have to accept the hugedistances in search of peace and sanctu- made asmall beginning in Gujaratbyform- tural produce should be viewed in this context. Forone, theyare well-timedand send have been President. Thereare countless oth- realityofPartition. Equally, ary. Iwonder if politicians likeJinnaheverfelt ing Zidni Ilma CharitableTrustin2005. It sup- outthe right signals forattracting private investment —whether in direct procurement ers who have occupiedthe highestposts — our Hindu brothersand sorrowfor what theyinflicted.Tragically, we ports theeducation of Muslim boys and girls IdrisHasanLatif wasAirForceChief of Staffand arestill producing moresuchpoliticians. studying medicine, engineeringand the sci- and aggregation, coldchain and warehousing, processing or organisedretailing and ex- Zafar Saifullah wasCabinetSecretary.MF sistersmust accept that Howdowepreventsuch tragedies?Onthe ences. Lastyear,wecollected and distributed ports.Secondly,theyrecognise the reality that India has transitioned from being astruc- Hussain is among our favouritepainters, Muslims are apartofthis Muslim side, theyhavetoacceptthe reality of about Rs 80 lakh, benefiting over 540students. turally-deficit to asurplus farm producer.The challenge of finding markets forproduce whose painting aresold formillions. country. There is no way we Partition. Equally, our Hindu brothers and sis- This year we have started anotherscheme, is qualitatively different from that of managing shortages. The NarendraModigovern- Incidentally, hewashoundedoutof thecoun- canremove suchahuge tersmustaccept thatMuslimsare apartofthis with supportfromthe NobelLaureateVenki ment should stay the courseonreforms and trustthe ability of farmers and private en- tryasone of his paintings wasdisliked by our country. Thereisnoway we can remove such Ramakrishnan. We identified10girls, four population. No countrywill trepreneurs to face up to the challenge. religiouscensors.Yet,thecommunityislargely ahugepopulation.Nocountrywillacceptsuch Hindus and six Muslims, from aslum in uneducated and poor.Why areMuslims cut accept suchahuge migrant ahugemigrantinflow. We can see on our TV Vadodara. Theywerestudying in municipal offfromcommercial and academictrends? inflow. We cansee on our TV news the horrorofpeopleonboats trying to schools at the secondarylevel.Wegot them Part of the problem is Partition. We are find safetyinEurope. TheCAA andNRC will admitted to agoodschool. Iconfess the task still paying the price forJinnah’s folly. The vi- newsthe horror of people on onlyprolong the tragedy. Narendra Modiand wastough. But the name of aNobel winner Freeze Frame EPUnny olence spawnedreligious hatredand revived boats trying to find safetyin AmitShah mustrealise this. counts. We payfortheir school fees and trans- old conflicts concerningmosques and tem- Europe. TheCAA and NRC The sight of 80-year-old Bilkis leading the portation. It is costly. But it is an experiment ples. In asense, this religious madness has will only prolong the tragedy. Shaheen Bagh agitation wasnot aproud mo- worthcompleting. paralysed ourcountryall these 73 years. ment forour country.Itreflectsour sharpdi- Onesuchconflict wasoverthe Babri NarendraModi and Amit visions, whichhavebeen made worse by the The writer is aformer Physicsprofessorand a Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi. Asickening clash Shah must realise this. BJP leaders usingfoullanguage against human rights activist based in Vadodara

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PM’S LETTERS friendly ties with both countries and as monitored in LondonquotedKhomeini.as PRIME MINISTER INDIRA Gandhi, is under- such, it is amatter of concern forher to see saying. The messagewas addressedtothe stood to have written separate lettersto that twoofits good friends areengaged in “Iraqination and Muslimcountries, especially Iraqi President SaddamHussainand Iran’s bitter fighting over matters that can be sheikhdoms, in the region”. PresidentBaniSadr makinganimpassioned sortedout amicably. plea forapeacefulresolution of theprob- INDIRA’S CAUTION lemsbetween the twocountries. Available NO CEASEFIRE PRIME MINISTER INDIRA Gandhi cau- information suggests that Mrs Gandhi’slet- IRANIANRELIGIOUS LEADER Ayatollah tionedagainst the country’s twin menaces ters areidentical in content. Ever since the Khomeinirejected Iraqiceasefireoffers and —subversion from outside and politics of conflict brokeout between Iran and Iraq 10 threatenedIraq’sArabs supporters withre- violence within. Addressing amammoth days ago, the Indian governmenthas ob- taliationasthe undeclared Iraqi-Iranian war public meeting at Sujapur,12kmfrom servedstrict neutrality.This is mainly be- continued intoits 13th day. “The Iranian na- Malda, Mrs Gandhi said both these threats cause India enjoys afriendship with both tion and armedforces will revengethe crimes could be metthrough adeterminedunited Iran and Iraq. Mrs Gandhi in herletters to of the bloodthirstyBaath Party(of Iraqi national approachbypatriotic-minded Hussainand Bani Sadr is understood to have President Saddam Hussein) and continue people rising above petty political consid- underscored thefact that Indiaenjoys their battle until final victory,”radio Teheran erations.

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The newordinariness is the basis of majoritarianism. The ordinary personisno longeranempirical entity

pirical victims from the imaginedones. Courtsoflaw arethe most significant.A courtisintendedtobeasocial sieve,in- tendedtosiftand evaluateclaims of injury and harm. Of course, theydonot always work in anything likeaperfect manner,but in societies wherepublicopinion tends to be both undemocratic and inclinedto- Sanjay Srivastava wardsthe status-quo, their role as social scrutineers is invaluable. Judgesare human but the mostadmirable among themare THENATUREOFIndiandemocracy—itscon- those whose humanity lies in notbeing stitutionalguaranteesandthedutiesof those swayed by majority public opinion. CRSasikumar whogovern—isbaseduponthefigureofthe However, whenthe legal system un- ordinary person.Historically, the personifi- criticallyaccepts imaginedrather than em- cationofordinarinessemergedfromthena- pirical definitions of ordinariness and vic- tional movement and took concreteshape timhood, it takespartinthe processof in the immediatepost-colonial period. institutionalising social myths. It becomes Stepping out of the frame IndependentIndia’spoliciesof development complicitintolerating asituation where andgrowth—whetherthe“socialist”model the newordinarycitizens —politicians wasflawedornot is adifferent issue —were who might inciteacrowdtokill those of specifically focussedonthoseatthemargins another religion —become exempt from COVID couldintroduce anew pressurepointongovernmentsthat compels them to look at inherited of economic and social boundaries. acts of law. It simultaneouslycreates apop- structuralproblems through adifferent prism, amorecollaborative and networkedmodel of governance Ambedkar spokeout on behalfofwomen ulationofpseudo-citizens who, becauseof and Dalits, Lal Bahadur Shastri coined“Jai their “false” claims to being ordinary, are Jawan, Jai Kisan” and IndiraGandhi’s slogan seen to deservethe violence that might governmentportal, PRAAPTI, indicates arethe derlying messageinthis study,severalgeneric “Garibi Hatao” foregroundedaveryspecific come their way. Those whomight speak dues owed by discoms to the powergenera- questions needtobeasked.Isthere anyreason Indian as the object of statepolicy. Theordi- on their behalf also becomeliable to be de- tors. The CSEP study suggests,however, that to hope that thegovernment might indeed narycitizen wasanempirical entity. niedthe protection of the law. these aregross underestimates and that this pickupthe cudgels forwholesale structural In the present time, the ideaofthe or- In the eraofthe newordinarycitizen— liquidity infusion will be inadequate. They reform? Might it be that in apost-COVID dinaryIndian has shifted. He (wecontinue emboldenedbecause he is nowconvinced point to the figureput out by the Power world, the government will find itself under to imagine citizenshipingenderedterms) is that pastgovernmentshavetreatedhim un- FinanceCorporationforMarch 2019 of Rs 2.27 pressuretostepout of theframe withinwhich nowpartofanewimaginationand his or- fairly —matters that affect everydaylifebe- lakh crore. Moreinsightful,perhaps, is their itsresponses have been traditionally devel- dinariness is quitedifferent from that of the come irrelevant. Jobs, economic growth and OVER THE BARREL suggestion that, were all the stakeholders in- oped? Mightwesee anarrowing of the gulf earlier one. The making of anew idea of the welfare, and issues of improved accessto volved in the electricity value chain (genera- between theprescription of asolutionand its ordinarycitizen also lies at the heartof resources no longer occupycentre stage. by Vikram Singh tors, transmission companies, discoms, con- implementation? some of the mostsignificantpolitical and The newnationalism is everything: It is a Mehta sumers, regulatorsand stategovernments)to Idonot have answers, but Irecentlyheard culturalprocesses of our time. salve forapparent pastwrongs andpoliti- clear their dues to eachother,the discoms anew word —geo-civics. It wasusedbyAnn The firstaspectofthe newordinarycit- cians who wish to areeasilyable to use it would look muchstronger.Discoms areowed Marie Slaughter,CEO of the thinktank,New izen is the changing natureofperceptions of towardspolitical gain. OUR DECISION MAKERS arefocused, under- approximatelyRs1.8 lakhcrorebyconsumers America, to suggestthatthe problemsofthe victimhood. It is nowmiddle-classpeople Following historian Benedict standably, on containing the pandemicand alone, of whichathird is due from stategov- worldare planetary and therefore, require who tend to thinkofthemselvesasvictims: Anderson’s lead, it has become common to rekindling economic growth. But, in the ernmentsthemselves. This latter payableis globallynetworked solutions unconstrained Theypay taxesand the poor don’t;theypay acceptthatnationalismcomesabout midstofthese immediatepre-occupations, over and above the subsidy shortfall of Rs by the limitsofnationalboundaries,econom- forelectricity and the poor steal it;and that through “imagining” acommunityof theyare also confronted by the structural 70,000 crore, cumulative over a10-year pe- ics, technology or social identity.She alluded theyhavebeen victims of both the reserva- shared identity.However, it is, actually, the impedimentsthat have held back growth riod, that stategovernmentshad committed specificallytothe pandemic and globalwarm- tion policies and “minority appeasement”. newnationalism of ordinariness that is gen- pre-COVID, and whichifnot addressed, will to paybut neverdid. ing, but she could justaswell have been talk- The empiricallypoor arenolongerregarded uinelyanexercise in nationalismofthe be adragongrowth post-COVID. One such The discomsare, no doubt,inefficientand ing about racism, refugees, inequality and/or as victims of social and historical circum- imagination. Through multiple processes long standing structural issue is the finan- the losses on account of aggregatetechnical fundamentalism. She made afurther point stanceorasdeservingofany special meas- of re-defining those who have “actually” cial plight of the StateElectricity Distribution and commercial (ATC)leaksare avoidable. But thatGenerationZand the millennialshavedif- ures to improvetheir lot. Thereare unlikely sufferedand otherswho have benefitted Companies (discoms) that deliverpower to when these lossesareset againsttheamounts ferentprioritiesfromtheir parentsandarein- to beanypolitical consequences forthe gov- from false claims to suffering, it imagines consumers. owed to them by various stategovernments creasingly impatient to seeprogress on these ernment’s stand that it has no dataon intorealityanentirelynew subject around My colleagues in CSEP,Rahul Tongia and andthe “opportunity losses”thattheyhave planetary issues. COVID-relatedjob losses. Or,when the body whom anew national consciousness is to Rajasekhar Devaguptapu, have recentlycom- incurredbecause of the failureofthe regula- Idonot wantto make toomuchofaword, of aDalit rape victim is cremated without be built.And the historicallymarginalised pletedadetailedanalysis of the finances of tors to fixcostrelatedtariffs, it is clearthatthe but Iwill admit,itdid trigger the thought that, her family’s permission.Theyare no longer become pretenders to ordinariness. these discoms and Iwantto, in this article, financialplight of discoms hasmoretodowith perhaps,COVID will introduceanew pressure the ordinarycitizens. The newordinariness is the basis of ma- draw on their findings (https://csep.org/im- political and regulatoryissues than opera- point on governmentsthatwould compel We areinthe middle of anew nation- joritarianism in the name of the ordinary pact-paper) to throw further light on these en- tional dysfunctionalities. Under suchcircum- It is clear that the financial them to look at the inherited structural prob- alism of ordinariness, drivenbyanaltered person. It has historical precedence as well tities but moreimportantly, use it as an illus- stances,the infusionof liquidityand/or single plight of discoms has more lems through adifferent prism. This pressure politics of victimhood. Within this logic, it is as contemporaryresonances in other parts trative exampletoshowupthe inadequacy of pronged solutionslikeprivatisation would point could be our youthful population who possible to convincearound 85 per centof of the world. It is popular because it does single-pronged economic,financial or tech- simplynot address the underlyingreasons for to do with political and mustrealiseincreasingly that their future the population thattheyare —ormay be- notask that we undertake the difficult task nical solution forremoving the structural im- the malaise. What is required is amulti- regulatoryissues than hingesonthe effectivenessofthe govern- come —the victimofculturalassault and of thinking about what makeseverydaylife pedimentstofastergrowth. The problemsof pronged and networkedoverhaulofthe dis- operational ment’s policy response to the uncertain and that the majority religion is under threat. difficult and material advancement slow land acquisition, labour markets,urban con- com sector and, in particular,the regulatory evolvingpressures of changingeconomic and So, the next categoryofnew victims are and unequal. It simplyforegrounds the idea gestion, air pollution, farmers remuneration, structureand deliverables. All stakeholders dysfunctionalities. Under industrialstructures, job profiles and social Hindus. Theyare also the newordinarycit- that someone else has benefittedat our cost. subsidies —the listofthe structural strains will have to take ahaircut. suchcircumstances, the dynamics. This youthful bulgeshould be less izenswho have,thus far, had to put up with Anditdoes this in thenameofpersonal coursingthrough ourpolityislong—can only The study forewarns that the financial hole infusion of liquidityand/or accepting of entrenchedvestedinterests,sta- “minority appeasement”. Muslims who identity. Apolitical strategy that seeksto be tackledthrough multi-prongedand net- intowhichthe discoms have fallen will single pronged solutions like tus quoism and incremental change. Iwon- protestagainstalaw they maydisagree counter the politics of social and religious worked responses. deepen in light of COVID. This is because of the dered —admittedly an academic and some- withare no longer acategoryofordinary divisiveness mustbothunderstandthe new The financial problems of discoms are sharp decline in the demand forelectricity by privatisation would simply what abstractreflection —whether such citizens withgrievances.Theyand those politics of ordinarinessaswell as find ways well-known and longstanding. Theyhave the industrial and commercial entities who not addressthe underlying pressure willmoveustowards amorecollab- who supportthem arethe opposite of citi- of dealing with it. The commitment to con- been the subjectofmuchdebate, study and pay“full price”tothediscoms and whoserev- reasons forthe malaise. orativeand networkedmodel of governance zens —anti-nationals.Inthis climateofnew stitutionalvaluesand safeguards is only one controversy.Governmentsateverylevelhave enue cross-subsidises agriculturaland rural What is required is amulti- built on the platform of “civitas” (the social ordinariness —whichislinkedto anew na- side of understanding the functioning of a soughtto clean up the mess but withlittle suc- households. It avers that even when demand body of the “cives” or citizens). And if so, tionalidentity—filmmakers,activists and democracy.The other is an understanding cess. NDA1introducedthe UDAY scheme to picks up,these entities maynot return in full pronged and networked whether that might notbeareason to expect academics can be investigated forholding of the natureofthe “people” and the shift- paredowntheirdebtand rationaliseelectric- measuretodiscomsbut mayinstead turn to overhaul of the discom sector an affirmative response to the above ques- opinions that do nottallywithofficial ones. ing claims of ordinariness. ity pricing. It didnot makeamaterial dent. renewables to meet their requirements. The and,inparticular,the tions. Theytoo arenot ordinarycitizens. Morerecently, the finance ministerallocated consequent loss of revenues would pitchthe regulatorystructure and The cult of newordinarinessappears to The writer is British AcademyGlobal Rs 90,000 crore(later raisedtoRs1.25 lakh discoms over the edge unless thesector is The writer Chairman and Distinguished have takenastrong grip across anumber Professor University CollegeLondon and crore) to discoms in her Rs20-lakhcrore stim- overhauled. deliverables. Allstakeholders Fellow, Centrefor Social and of institutions that, in ademocracy,have Professor of Sociology,Instituteof ulus package. This is roughlythe amount the Looking ahead and picking up on the un- will have to take ahaircut. Economic Progress (CSEP) the serious responsibility of protectingem- Economic Growth,Delhi Awoman’s woman LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR BEING PRACTICAL THIS REFERS TO the article, ‘Moral is po- IDEAS ThecamaraderieIsherAhluwaliasharedwithwomenwasrichandfulfilling litical’ (IE, Oct 02). In our enthusiasm to deify Gandhi, we tend to overlook his ONLINE Madhu Trehan sense of the practical while approaching politics.Hehadverycarefullystudiedthe ONLYINTHE EXPRESS negative impact of history on the Indian GRIEFISPOSSIBLYthe most personal and formidableintellect and the usual political would have simplyignored it to keep a vation, sanitation, wastemanagement, characterand,therefore,promotednon- ● ATMANIRBHAR lonelyofall emotions.Insharing it, one fears discussions, therewas aside to her where “happy” atmosphereatakid’s birthdayparty. though basedonafoundation of economic violence as apolitical cult because that WITHOUTSHORTCUTS: losing itsdepth that youwant to preserve for- she wasasenthusiastic in talking about par- Nother.She roundlyeducated that hapless research,werealways solution oriented and wastemperamentallymostsuitedto the SANJIVKUMAR ever.But afterreading all the tributestoIsher enting, grandchildren, sarees, and yes, hair. magician. Her grandchildren will grow up that to me,isintrinsically feminine. Shecon- Indianwayofthinking.Hisuseof civildis- Ahluwalia, Ifeel compelledtobring forward She wasdeterminedtolook her best with her unmistakable influence even nected with other women because she obedienceandnon-cooperationshowed ● ROADMAPTOMAKE essential componentsofher persona. All that through her radiationtreatmentsand though she maynot be physicallypresent. lovedthe feminine in herself and in other anastuteunderstandingthatunlikeother MSMESRESILIENT, has been writtenabout herprofessional plannedher African themedturbansand When her son wasgetting married, she women. She totallygot therolling of the eyes imperial powers, the Britishwould not SUSTAINABLE: achievements, her determinedacademic ad- caps. She turnedtoher love of Hindustani told me howdelighted she wastohavean- we women do when we say, “Men”! She descendbelowaparticularlevel.Gandhi SHUBHAMGUPTA ventures starting from afinanciallychal- classical music and Gurbani while recover- other woman in her house afterliving with genuinely celebrated thesuccess of other mostintelligentlymixedhispoliticswith lenged background to scoring all her goals, is ing from tough cancer treatments. She was her brood of three men. Ahluwalia invested women. She lovedthat the newnormal was ethicsandmoralitywhileallthetimere- an important messagefor today’s youth in amagnettoyoung professional women. It in her relationships. It is notbyaccidentthat that women worked and were greatmoth- taining asense of thepractical. www.indianexpress.com similar predicament. That storycannotbe wasnosurprisetomethat ayoung dentist her listoffriends is long and deep, spanning ers. She wasdelighted that today’s young BShubhada, viaemail shared enough. But, forthose who had the has awall with Ahluwalia’s article clippings around the world. Despite debilitating women could take forgranted what our privilege of knowing her personally, what she in her clinic dedicated to her.She told me treatments, she travelled with her husband generation had to fight for. Idon’t recall her HARMING INDIA brought to herrelationships will remain as that Ahluwalia waslikeamothertoher. to other cities forhis bookevents. She was ever extolling “what we hadtogothrough”. of Hathras’ (IE, October 2). The promise the mostindelible, extraordinarypartofher. Ourrelationship then spanned threegen- determinedtoexperience everymoment She simplyrejoiced in the present. THISREFERSTOtheeditorial,‘Back to for- of our Constitution —equality before the Ahluwalia wasawoman’s woman. A erations when our children then grandchil- to itsfullestdespitethe challenges of being Isher knewshe wasleavingthisworld. eign hand’ (IE, October 2).Amendments lawand equalprotection in both lifeand true feministdoesnot compete withmen. dren became friends.Ahluwalia would take in the midstoftreatment. In Delhi, in She calledmetotalk abouther book.Itismy to FCRA further clip the wingsofIndia’s death—failedaDalitwomaninHathras. Yet, the camaraderie she shared with the little ones foramealtothe India February this year,she wasthe undisputed favouritememory, thatIspontaneouslyand battered civil society.Amnesty The free run of the culprits establishes women wasrichand fulfilling. International Centre andpaid as muchat- star at her husband’s book launch, her brav- nowIthink appropriately, sat on the carpet International’sIndiaofficehadto stopop- an administration-police nexus and the Notwithstanding her breaking the glass ceil- tention to their viewsonsubjects as she eryoutshining all of the political and eco- at her feet as shenarratedher lifestory to me. erations because itsbank accountswere Yogi Adityanath government needs to ings in the bastionedmacho worldofecon- would to seriousintellectuals.She spent nomic discourse. Afterthe book launch, She decidedshe wasgoing to finish her au- frozen. Suchinstances areharmful to answer forthis. The UP Police oftenjus- omists,Ahluwalia enjoyed andrevelledin valuable time with her grandchildren and friendsjoinedthem at theirhomefor din- tobiography, courageouslypulling it together India’s internationalreputation. tifies excesses in the name of maintain- whatcan be called “feminine” areas. Despite oftenincludedmine. She mentionedthe joy ner. There, Iwentintoshame-facedshock despiteextreme healthchallenges. By gift- SSPaul, Nadia ing lawand order, but what lawwas pro- being ahighachieving working woman,her she felt when my granddaughter calledher whenshe had herhusbandread out, in pub- ingher book to the world, she bequeathed tected by violating the sanctity of focus on motherhood wasascrucialtoher as “dadi”. At oneofthe grandchildren’s birth- lic,three pagesshe had writtenabout me. It her strength to all those who lovedher to YOGI MUST ANSWER undertaking the lastrites of a19-year- her profession. We were of the generation dayparties, she roundlytickedoff amagi- wastotallyundeserved. Shesaw morein hang on to.Awoman’swoman. Isherwas old in the middle of the night? when the bulk of parenting wasthe respon- cian, who in the midstofhis magic show, youthanyou reallywere. that. TatTvamAsi. Thou artthat. THISREFERSTO thearticle, ‘Inthemirror RajivBoolchand Jain, Zirakpur sibility of the mother.And, therewas great blithelymade acomment about girls that Ahluwalia lovedbeingawoman.Idobe- joyand humour in it. Keeping in mind her she deemedassexist. Even manyfeminists lieve, that her articles about waterconser- The writer is ajournalist

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12 THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,OCTOBER5,2020 IDEA EXCHANGE Newsmakersinthe Newsroom RSSHARMA,FORMER CHAIRMANOFTELECOMREGULATORY AUTHORITY OF INDIA (TRAI) ‘ Amazon, Facebook are exclusive, not interoperable... Need creative destruction, more alternatives’ Sharma‘calls foraconverged regulator forbothdigital, non-digital platforms, says steps have been takentoensure Internetdoes notturnintoa“walledgarden”, and insists that whileTRAI maycommit mistakes, can’t be said it’s “againstaparticular operator”. The sessionwas moderated by Principal Correspondent PranavMukul

PRANAV MUKUL: Youhavespoken service providers themselvesare tuallyare inclusive…Ihadarguedfor an al- about the use of technology in suffering. Whyisthat? ternative.Ihad said letusdoacreative de- governance.However, when it comes Idon’t agree that the natureofthe dig- structioninthe sense that we provide al- to public projects, especiallyinthe ital space makes it monopolistic. Look at ternativesand then letitbecome bigger. digital space,whether it wasAadhaar it this way. TheInternetisanetwork of Therecould be multiple such protocol- or theAarogyaSetunow,peoplefrom computers through whichyou arecon- basedplatforms whichwill flourish. the private sectorget involvedand necting billions of systems. Some use (On telecom service providers suffer- makesignificant gains. Do youthink Apple, some use Windows... Essentially, ing) As atelecom provider,ifyou provide thereisaconflict of interest here? whyisitable to connect disparatesys- banking services, that is notcorrect, right? Idon’t think so... It is fine if the gov- tems? It is because If youwant to be- ernment makes asystemand theentire the guyswho in- come abanker,you countrymakes use of it. In the technol- vented this thing, There should be alarger law ‘ take abanking li- ogy space, mostofthe services that are built an open API to ensure digital cence. So manytele- built, it is notthatonlyXcan use it and (application pro- com service if Yusesitthenits useability forXwill gramming inter- sovereignty... If govt thinks providers have taken reduce. Forexample, the authentication face)-basedsystem. abanking licence services providedbyAadhaar can be Anybody who had there is aneedfor an overall also… Nobody is usedbyanybody and we have been hav- those APIs could con- digital regulatorysystem, barring people... For ing about one billion authentications per nect to the system. ‘ example, let’s talk month. Now, if youhavetwo billion au- So, the system is very thegovt candothat about WhatsApp thentications per month, it does notput open, democratic free calls on the tele- anyrestrictions or burdenonAadhaar. and inclusive.That is com infrastructure. Ultimately, what we have to understand whynobody owns Manypeoplesay is thatthe benefitispassedontothe cus- the Internet. Everybody owns it. The that we arelosing moneyand WhatsApp tomers only… If the private sector ben- Internethas notcoalesced intoamonop- is makingmoney.Now,telecom providers efitsfromacertain government project, oly. Some people triedtodothat... They arealso free to makeWhatsApp type of so be it, as long as it does notleadto said InternetisonlyFacebook,and calls. WhatsApp is converting voice to losses foranybody.That’s my position. thereare countries wherepeople dataand thatishow communication is feel the Internetisonly happening... Idon’t agreewiththis phi- PRANAV MUKUL: In the pastfew Facebook because in the losophythatothersare earning money. years, therehavebeen allegations Operating System itself Theyare selling data,right?Voice rev- that the decisionsyou made as enues arefalling, anddatarevenues are chairperson of TRAI endedup increasing. Anycustomer of dataistheir favouring acertain operator and led client in some sense. So youshould not to disadvantagesfor theothers. Also, saythatthe customer is making money. someofthe decisions suchas Yes, the customer (Amazon etc) is mak- allowing Reliance Jio to provide ing moneybut he has allowedthem (serv- introductoryservicesbeyond the 90- ice providers) to makemoneytoo.They dayperiod, thetariffbeinglower than have freedom to pricetheir data. Interconnect Usage Charge(IUC),had to be deliberated upon by TRAI KRISHN KAUSHIK: Goingforward, following complaints. WasTRAI WHY what kindofregulatory framework unprepared forsuchasituation? do yousee platforms suchasNetflix, Well, Idon’tthink it is appropriatere- RSSHARMA Hotstarand Amazon Prime come ally to discussthese issuesbecause they under? Do we needmorelaws? have been deliberated anddecidedbyvar- fter afive-year stint …Ithink thereshould be alargerlaw ious courts.So, therefore, to justify some- as chairperson of that ensures digital sovereignty,orderli- thing whichhas already been justifiedby ness and Ithink the dataprotection law, Athe Telecom the courts is notrequired at this stage. whichiscoming, should hopefullyad- Secondly, it is very easy to saythat RegulatoryAuthorityof dress that. AndIthink if thegovernment somebody is in favour of somebody else. thinksthereisaneedfor an overall digital It is ageneric allegation, thereare no India,RSSharma,anIAS regulatorysystem, the government can specifics. Youmentionedallowing free do that… Over the years, convergence has services by acertain operator.Let me re- officer of the Jharkhand takenplace. One device can offermulti- spond to that first. In anyregulatorysys- cadre,retired last month. ple services and one service can be offered tem, youare regulating on the basis of on multipledevices.You can’t really dif- rules and laws made forthat system... The During his tenure,the ferentiatebetween digital and non-digi- regulator comes in when the system is al- regulator’s scope expanded tal… Thatbeing the case, we nowneedto readyfunctioningand if thereare any look at this moreholisticallythanearlier. aberrations, marketdeviations or distor- from merely telecom to tions.The regulatoryrole or response is a digital services. Hisnew KRISHN KAUSHIK:Doyou think it little bit reactive ratherthanproactive.For makes sensetohavealargerregulator example, somebody starts offering free book, The Making of forall broadcasters, whether theyare services today. If thereisnolaw whichhad on TVor digitalplatforms? envisaged that onecannotoffer free serv- Aadhaar: Wo rld’sLargest Onething Iwould saythatnow,be- ices, can youjuststopthat service? No,if Identity Platform, talks cause of the convergence, thereisaneed thereisnolaw,you justcan’tstopit. So es- to have aconvergedregulator too. If youar- sentially, when someonestarted provid- about his experience as tificiallydivide things in dataand voice, ing promotional services free of cost, we director-general of UIDAI, wherevoiceisjustaderivative of data, then had no wayofstopping them because it’s verydifficult to actuallydifferentiateas therewas no law. We consulted the the body behind Aadhaar to what is data andwhatisvoice in some AttorneyGeneral of India, and we said Illustration: Suvajit Dey sense…Thereisageneral consensus that look,thisiswhat is happening, what do thereisaneedfor aconverged regulator, we do?Hesaid this is notpossible,and so whichtakescareofall these issuesandpre- we did notintervene. Wherewehad to in- ventsoverlaps. Otherwise, if thereisade- tervene, we did, and then the matter went explanatorymemorandum. It is an ex- The very nature of these platforms is ANIL SASI: Could Aadhaar have been youput Facebook and thatisthe way cision on voice and thatdecisionisnot to court, whichinour case is TDSAT,the tremelytransparentprocesswhich is also that winner takesall. Therewas once a better leveragedtoattempt through whichyou access the Internet. givenfor data, then it becomes conflicting. Telecom Disputes Settlement and judiciable. These allegations areunfortu- platform calledOrkut, andtherewere identification of migrant workers in That is what wastriedfour-fiveyearsback But Iwould like to qualify this by saying that

Appellate Tribunal. The TDSAT decided… nate. Everydecision of TRAI maybenefit manyothers too, but ultimatelyonlyone the post-lockdown situation? in India, wheretheysaid Free Basics will it has to be dealt on acase-by-case basis to

Youwill see in that decision that the TRAI somebody,itmay harm somebody... and platform survived. Similarly,inevery Ithink this government has used provide youfreeInternetservices, pro- understand wherethe balance lies. did commit no wrong in notstopping the so thereare some who aretempted to space youwill find that onlytwo-three Aadhaar to averysignificant extent, and videdyou go throughthis route. (Steps free services. The decisionwas notap- makeallegations thatthe regulator is players aresurviving. Forexample, we are certain statisticswillprove that. One is have been taken) to ensurethatthe UNNI RAJENSHANKER: When you pealedinthe Supreme Court. Nowtosay favouring someone else. all on WhatsApp. Now, somebody wants that the authentications per month stands Internetdoes notget cannibalised, that it look backonyour four-decade-long

thatyou did this and youdid that is not to come on some other platform suchas at onebillion.The number of Aadhaar-en- does notget demarcated intocertain career,what have been someofyour correct. (Incumbent telecom operators SUNNYVERMA:Thereare concerns Telegram etc. Some people mayjoin it for abledpayment systems is about 700mil- walledgardens. most memorablemoments? Are had made represen- aboutthe telecom specific reasonsbut forall others one plat- lion per month. Nowthe second thereany regrets? tations to TRAI ask- sectorturning into form becomes the default platform. That Similarly,UPI question is that if the Working on Aadhaar wascertainlythe ing it to stop Jio from atwo-threeplayer being the case, onlyone or twoplatforms (UnifiedPayments Internetwas based mostmemorableperiodinmy career.Itwas ‘ If the private sector ‘ We have only scratched the offering tariffs below market.Isitagood aresurviving and it is natural forthese Interface), wheretoo on these open plat- alsoveryinteresting…WhenIcameto TRAI, the IUC —whichis benefits from acertain situationfor a platformstobecome very big. Their reach sometimes the au- surface on Aadhaar... It can forms, whyhavethe itwasalreadyawell-establishedinstitution. the basic costin- countrylikeIndia is trans-national, and their whole ap- thentication is based Amazons and Aadhaar waslikeastart-up. Imet Nandan curredbyamobile government project, wherethere are proachmay become arrogant, if Imay use on Aadhaar,has be plugged into anyservice. Facebooksofthe Nilekani (former chairman of the Unique companyfor acallto so be it,aslong as it does over a100crore that term.Theysay thatweare notgov- clockedabout 1.25 Thegovt hasused Aadhaar, worldbecome big IdentificationAuthorityofIndia) …Hebe- complete.However, customers? ernedbythis country’slaw becausewe billion transactions players and whyhas came thechairperson and afterone week,I TRAI said that tariffs not lead to losses Worldover, in sta- arenot here, we just have users in this per month. Ithink (but) there is more scope for everybody else got wasappointedtheCEO…Ihadnoroomand were under forbear- ‘ bilisedand mature country... That is the approach. Aadhaar transactions ‘ finished? It is essen- Nandan had abig room because he held a ance and that it foranybody telecommunication Ithink the arbitrariness of these plat- have increasedsig- using it in private sector tiallybecause they Cabinetminister rank.Iwent to his room would notinterfere markets,the number forms is something that people arereal- nificantly. Ibelieve have their ownAPIs and said, “Nandan, wheredoIsit?” He said, with companies set- of players typicallyis ising. Ihavewritten aboutitinThe Indian we have only and these arenot in- “Ram Sewak, pull achairand sitwith me.” I ting tariffs.) 3+1.Telecom every- Express, about howweshould develop a scratchedthe surface teroperable. Today, if saidministersandsecretariesdon’tsitinthe Everydecisionof TRAI, or non-decision whereemergedfrombeing apublic utility languageofprotocols fore-commerce as farasapplications of Aadhaar arecon- Iwanttoget my data backfromFacebook sameroom,to whichhereplied,“No,no,we or non-intervention, is also judiciable. For run by the government to autility which and other areas, whichare inclusive, cernedbothinthe government as well as andgotosome other platform, Ican’t do areagovernment start-up.” It wasafasci- example, initiallywestarted issuing wasprivatised.The‘one’in3+1refersto the democratic… It is required.Ifyou ask the private sector.Wherever youhavea that. Theyare open, in the sense that you nating four years Ispent in Aadhaar.Likein penalty on call drops. It wasupheld by the governmententitywhichinsomeplacesis these platforms to do so, theywillsay this requirement forprovingyour identity,you can latchontoany othersystembased on TRAI, Ilearnt the powerofconsultation, I highcourt buttrashed by the Supreme extremelystrong.InIndia the shareofthe is notour policy.Sowhatistheir policy? can use Aadhaar.Itisautility,whichcan your Facebookidentity.Imagine! At a learnt the powerofprivate andpublicsec- Court... We do commit mistakes, but you government BSNL and MTNL is notvery It is wheretheyare the ultimatearbitra- be pluggedintoany service... The govern- globallevel, someplayers areactuallyop- tors working together. cannotsay that the regulator wasagainst large. But 3+1 is actuallythe norm every- torofthatpolicy. Unfortunately, no laws ment has usedAadhaar,(but) thereis posing India’s Aadhaar system because Iwouldnot call it regret,but when I aparticular operator or againstthe indus- where. If youask anyexpert on telecom- existinthisspace.Thereis, Ifeel, inade- morescope forusingitand certainlymore theyare saying we will provide identity, worked in Bihar and later in Jharkhand, tryasawhole. In our ownfairjudgment munication, theywilltellyou that this is an quacy... These things aretoo newand the scope forusingitinthe privatesector. whydoweneedthe Indians forthat. sometimes Irealised that if youare being we thought that the customer neededto optimal number because the more(play- legal system forthem is alsoevolving. The (Theysay)you should use Facebook or upright and if youapplyrules and regu- becompensatedforinadequacy in service. ers) youhave, themorefragmented the lawfor dataprivacy is about to come. It SANDEEP SINGH:You said that only Google identity.Because of the nature of lations… youare shunted out. So by the Thatishow we decided on afine forcall spectrumbecomes,especially mobilecom- has takenalot of time and it is still nota one or twoplatformssurvive in the theseprotocols, they(theseplatforms) are time youlearn something, youare moved drops. But it wasdeclared that youdon’t munication;Iamnottalkingabouttheland- law... These things aretakingtimeand ac- digital space becauseofthe nature of exclusive,theyare notinteroperable, they out. Iwas transferrednine times in seven have the authority to do that. line. tuallythere is agap between develop- thenetwork.Then, is it by nature that areproprietary,and that is the problem. years in Jharkhand… It becomes abit of a TRAI as an organisation is unique be- ment in the virtual space and develop- this business is going to be Now, it is possible to have protocols disappointment.Italso givesyou the la- cause our decisions arenot takenjustsit- PRANAV MUKUL:Doyou think our ment in the legal space, and sometimes monopolistic? Secondly, in thelast similar to TCP/IP (the Transmission Control belofaguywho cannotadjust…That, I ting across atable. We have consultation regulatorysystems arestrong enough one finds that laws of the physicalworld fewyears, we have seen that while Protocol/InternetProtocol). Let’s go backto think,isabit of the bad part. But overall, papers, we have open house discussions, to dealwithissues such as dominance arenot reallytranslatable to or applica- firms such as Amazon, that make use the Internet again. Let’s reinvent Internet when Ilook backatthese 42 years, Ithink when we give adecision, we also give an of one platform in the digital space? ble in the virtualworld. of telecom services, arethriving,the andlet us have high-levelAPIs whichac- theyhavebeenfantastic.

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GSTCOUNCIL MEET LENDERS COME OUT WITH SEVERAL FESTIVE OFFERS Resumption of air COMPENSATION ISSUE Amidslowcreditofftake,banks bubble: India to hold Some states may talks with Germany seek borrowingplan aimtowoomoreretailborrowers sons forthe action wasEuropean PRANAVMUKUL carriers operating sixth-freedom head—payment business, mer- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER4 flightsbycarrying passengers revamp, mechanism GEORGEMATHEW LENDERSHOPEPENT-UPDEMANDWILLHELP chantacquiringservicesandmar- fromIndiato NorthAmericandes- MUMBAI,OCTOBER4 keting,HDFCBank. INDIA AND Germany, whichre- tinations and notallowing Air ■ While banksare averse to ■ The growth in “Inthe past 2-3months we cently hadafallout over interna- India to do the same. The sixth to resolve disputes BANKSARE gearingupwith vari- go forrisky project loans, retail/personal loan have seen renewedcustomer in- tional flight operations leading to freedom of flying —whichletsan ous festival offers to wooretail lenders ledbyState Bank of segment bouncedbackin terest andbuyingpatterns.Wesee suspension of the air bubble airlinetofly passengers from one customersatatime when the-19 India, HDFC Bank and ICICI July2020,and on ayear-on- this continuing through the fes- arrangement between the two countrytoahubinitshomecoun- AANCHALMAGAZINE& At Monday’s meet, Covidpandemic is still raging Bank have already year basis, it registereda tive season as well,”hesaid. countries, areexpected to hold tryandfromthere to athirdcoun- LIZMATHEW across the country andcredit off- announcedplans to push growth of 11.2%. However, ICICI Bank toounveiledahost discussions this week in an effort try—isnotallowedunderairbub- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER4 Opposition-ruled take hasremainedsluggish.While retail credit hoping that in August2020, thegrowth of schemes, including attractive iron out their differences, The ble arrangements. Earlier this states arelikelyto banksare averse to go forrisky purchases held backduring rate in retail/personal interestrate(repo rate linked) Indian Express has learnt. month, the Centrehad formally WITH THE pending compen- raise objections project loans,lendersledby State the lockdown will nowlead loan segment starting from 6.90 per cent and On October 2, Air India an- asked Europeanairlinestostop sation issue continuing to fes- Bank of India (SBI), HDFC Bank to apent-up demand contracted to 10.6% processing feestarting from Rs nouncedcancellationof itsflights their sixth-freedom flights. terasadiscord between the to the calculation and ICICI Bank have already an- 3,000;EMIs starting at Rs 1,554 to FrankfurttillOctober 14 after When Lufthansaannounced statesandtheCentreaheadof of estimates nouncedplansto pushretailcredit per Rs one lakh foratenure of 84 Germany withdrew itsapproval cancellation of itsflightsand said the 42nd Goods and Services givenfor the hoping that purchases held back bureauTransUnion Cibil said. “Therewould be acomplete wai- monthsonauto loans;andEMIof granted to the airline to operate itwasonaccountof an“unexpec- Tax(GST) Council meeting on during the lockdown willnow HDFCBankhas launched veronprocessing fees on home Rs36perRs1,000for tenure of 36 underthe air bubble arrange- tedrejection”of itsflightschedule Monday, opposition-ruled borrowing options leadtoapent-up demand. ‘Festive Treats’ wherecustomers loansforhomebuyersinapproved months on two-wheeler loans. It ment. This wasprecededbythe by Indian authorities, India’s avi- states plan to raise concerns The retail push by banksfol- can avail of special deals on all projects. The bank is also provid- has also offeredinterestrates Indian side asking Lufthansa to ationwatchdogDirectorateGene- about bifurcation of revenue rectly appropriated asum of lows adeceleration in non-food banking productsfromloans to ing specialconcessions up to 10 starting from 10.50 per cent on curtail itsschedule, whichled to ralofCivil Aviation (DGCA) said flag on account of GSTimple- Rs88,344.22croreinFY18and bankcreditgrowthto 6.0percent bankaccounts,with1,000plusof- bpsontheinterestrateforthecus- personalloansandnocostEMIon the German airline cancelling its therewererestrictionsinplacefor mentationandthepandemic. Rs 13944crore in FY19 from in August2020from9.8 per cent fersfromleadingplayersandover tomersbasedontheircreditscore consumer durables. flightstoIndiatill October 20. Indiannationalsdesiringto travel Alongside these issues, IGSTaccount by crediting it to inAugust2019.DuringtheMarch- 2,000hyperlocaloffersviatie-ups and loan amount,”itsaid. Credit growth remains slow Inresponseto ane-mailquery to Germany, whichwas putting thereislikelytobeapush for the Consolidated Fund of Augustperiod, overall credit out- with localmerchantsacross semi Additionally, homebuyerscan despiteavailability of liquidity in sentbythis newspaper,the Ger- Indiancarriersatasignificantdis- institutingadisputeresolution India (CFI). standing fell by Rs 165,217 crore urban and rural locations, it says. avail 5basis pointsinterestcon- the bankingsystemalong with mantransportministrysaid,“The advantageresultingininequitable mechanismand the appoint- Thecontinuedadoptionof to Rs90,46,327crore andpersonal In lightofthe unprecedented cession if theyapplyfor ahome rate cutsbybanksleadingto lower GermanMinistryofTransportand distribution of trafficinfavour of mentof Vice-chairperson.The the erroneous process of de- loans fell by Rs 5,539crore amid situationdueto Covid-19,alldeals loan via YONO, it said. Forgold interestrates forfresh loans (re- Digital Infrastructure(BMVI) and Lufthansa. “AsagainstIndiancar- opposition-ruledstatesare volutionofIGSTtostatesand the uncertaintycausedbyCovid- and offers this year can also be loancustomers,ithasofferedflex- ductionininterestratesof 127bps the Indian MinistryofCivil Aviat- riers operating3-4 flightsaweek, also likelytoraise objections retentionofunapportioned 19 alongwith lockdowns im- availedofdigitallyfromthesafety ible repaymentoptions forupto as compared with August2019), ion confirmedtohold bilateral Lufthansa operated 20 flightsa to thecalculationof estimates balance in the CFI instead of posedonthe containment zones customers’homes, in addition to 36monthsataninterestrateof7.5 areport CareRatingssaid. “Banks talkson6October.These will be week.Inspiteofthisdisparity we givenfor the borrowing op- firstapportioningIGSTbetw- to curb the spread of thevirus. overthecounteratbranches,part- per cent. The state-runbankisof- arebeingveryselectivewiththeir held as avideoconference. The offeredtoclear7flightsaweekfor tions,whichassumesahigh10 eenthe Centreand states/UTs Theeconomicuncertaintyhas nerstoresand dealerships. fering personal loans with lend- creditportfoliosdueto assetqual- aim is to find asolution on howto Lufthansa whichwas notac- per cent growth forthe com- and then devolvingstates’ causedbanks and consumers to It expectsmobiles, consumer ing ratesaslow as 9.6per cent. ity concerns and the overallbank restorecivilairtransportbetween ceptedbythem.Negotiationscon- pensationcess deficit projec- sharefromtheamountappor- take acautious approachtobor- durables, and electronics cate- CS Setty,MD(Retail &Digital credit is expected to remain GermanyandIndiainthespiritof tinue,” the DGCAhad said. tions,alongwithapushforde- tionedtotheCentre,stateshas rowing.“However, this alsoresu- goriesto dowell,inadditionto ap- Banking),SBIsaid,“Withtheecon- slowerinthe near term,” it said. theexistingairtransportagreem- The BMVI said thatthe linking of the borrowing lead to overallfunds received ltedinalevelof pent-updemand, parels, jewelleryand dining-in omyrecovering gradually, we The growth in retail/personal ent betweenour twocountries”. German authorities, likethe options from the normal bor- on account of IGSTbeing less whichour analysis shows has due to thefestive season. hope to see aboostinconsumer loan segment bounced backin Internationalpassengerflights Indian authorities have adopted rowing limitsofthe states. than what wasmandated. nowstarted to come through. Al- SBI has announceda100 per spends and at the sametimeen- July2020, and on ayear-on-year have been suspendedinIndia specialentryrequirementsdueto The stateofKerala is likely Punjab and Chhattisgarh though notbacktothe pre-Covid cent waiver in processing feefor sureSBI’shelpinghandto allthose basis,itregisteredagrowthof 11.2 since March 23 duetothe coron- the Covid-19pandemic. “These to putforththeviewthatthere have alreadyvoicedtheircon- levels seen in Januaryand Febr- all customers applying forcar, inaddressingtheirfinancialneeds percent.HoweverinAugust2020, avirus lockdown. However, spe- entryregulationsapplyregardless is no scope fordistinction of cernsthatthemajorityview of uary2020, inquiryvolumeshave gold, andpersonal loan through to have apleasantfestiveseason.” the growth rate in retail/personal cial flightshavebeen permitted of whichairlinecarriespassengers revenue shortfalldue to pan- therulingpartyattheCentreis startedtorecoverfromtheir tro- YONO app. It has alsooffered the “Consumers have held back loan segment contracted to 10.6 under air-bubble arrangements, entering Germany.Germanair- demic and GSTimplementa- being adoptedasthe choice ughsinAprilandMay2020,andin lowest interestratestarting from on purchases during the lock- per cent. In absoluteterms,ithas whichIndia entered intowith 16 lines and their passengers must tion, and the entirecompen- forall,evenastheopposition- JulyandAugust2020were similar 7.5per cent to customers opting down and thereisalot of pent up increasedfromRs25.3lakhcrore countries,including Germany. alsocomplywiththeregulations.” sation shortfall needs to be ruledstateshavestillnotopted to levelsseenduringthesamepe- forcar loanand100 percenton- demand thathas built up in the on July31, 2020 to Rs 25.4 lakh Asenior Indian government Full report on compensated.Itislikelyto forthe borrowingoptions. riod in 2018,” credit information road finance on select models. system,” said ParagRao,country croreonAugust28, 2020. official said one of the main rea- www.indianexpress.com submit the viewcoercion to Punjabhasaskedfor activation makethe states acceptone of of the disputeresolution the twoborrowing options is mechanism, stated in Article Irdaipanel the lowest point in Centre- 279ofthe Constitution, while Ink used for stamping statefiscal relations. The state Chhattisgarhhas been of the ‘Regional rural banksincur Shareofvariousasset suggests broad is likelytosubmit andalso viewthatGST-related deci- asofendMarch2020: passengers at Delhi raisetheissueofstates’limited sions should be takenbycon- netloss of `2,206crinFY20’ 89.6%:Standard framework to borrowingcapacityto bearthe sensus and notmajority. assets full burden of borrowing to The Centre’s estimates Regional rural banks(RRBs) as agroup reported netloss of Airportraisesred flag `2,206 crorein2019-20,asagainsta`652-crorenet loss in 3.6%: Sub-standard insure drones meetthe compensation defi- have peggedtheGSTcompen- assets: cit,thatatpresentisindepend- sationrequirementataround FY19, datauploaded on theENSURE portal of Nabardshowed this. Ahavespoken to CMD AAI”. ent of GSTcompensation. Rs3lakhcrorethisyear,while 6.5%: Doubtful assets ENSECONOMICBUREAU When reachedout to,an PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA Kerala is of the viewthat thecesscollectionisexpected `2,203 cr: Profit earned by 26 `4,409 cr: Loss incurred by 0.3%: Loss assets NEWDELHI,OCTOBER4 Airports AuthorityofIndia (AAI) NEWDELHI,OCTOBER4 theoptionsofferedto statesfor to be around Rs 65,000 crore RRBs during FY20 19 RRBs last financial year spokesperson directed the mat- borrowing infringeupon the —anestimatedcompensation RED-FLAGS HAVE been raised tertoDelhi International Airport AWORKINGgroup setupbyreg- principleof compensationde- shortfall of Rs 2.35lakh crore 10.4%: Gross non-performing Why it is important: Despite over the qualityofink being used Ltd (DIAL), which saidthatthe re- ulator Irdai has recommendeda finedinthelaw. KeralaFinance (assuming a10per cent rev- assets (GNPAs) as a losses mounting last fiscal, at Delhi Airport forstampingof sponsibilityofstampingpassen- broadpolicyframework andpro- MinisterThomas Isaac plans enue growth over lastyear). percentage of gross loans RRBs, at aggregated level, passengers. Sunday, Congress gers upon arrivallies with the cedurefor providing insurance to raisetheissueto clarifywh- In the previous GSTcoun- outstandingofRRBs as on achieved agrowthof8.6 per leader Madhu Goud Yakshi stateauthorities-in this case the covertothe drone industry and ether interestwillbepaidfor cilmeetingheldon August27, March31, 2020, fallingfrom cent in their business in FY20 postedapictureofhis hand on Delhigovernment. also suggestedvarious risksasso- twoyearswhenthe compen- the Centrehad proposedtwo 10.8 per cent as on compared to agrowth of 9.5 Twitter with smudged ink from Responding to Yakshi’s tweet, ciated with the useofRemotely sation due to Covid-19would options to the states: to either March31, 2019 per cent in the previous year Source: Nabard/PTI what he said wasastamp put by Delhi Airportsaid: “Wedeeply PilotedAircraftSystems (RPAS). be deferred to year 2022. borrowRs97,000crore (short- authorities upon his arrivalat regret the inconvenience caused. The workinggroup,set up by The incorrect apportion- fallonlyonaccountof GSTim- Delhi Airport. The ink usedfor stamping is a the InsuranceRegulatoryand mentof IntegratedGST(IGST) plementation) from aspecial “Dear @HardeepSPuriJi, can standard indelible ink.We’vere- Development Authority of India andcompensation payments windowfacilitated by the youplease look intothe chemi- portedthe issue to theDelhi State (Irdai)inJuneto recommendsuit- whichweredue to states in ReserveBank of India or the Puri’s comments on ‘problems’ for calbeing usedatDelhi airportfor Authorities…Currently, this able insurance products for 2017-18and2018-19willalso complete shortfall of Rs 2.35 stamping on passengers coming batchofink is being kept aside drones,suggestedvarious proce- beraisedby statesinthemeet- lakh crore(including Rs 1.38 AirAsia ‘unfortunate’: CAPA India from abroad? YesterdayIwas fortesting by thesupplierand dures to befollowedand the doc- ing. Since cesses arekeptout- lakhcrore shortfall due to stamped at @DelhiAirportand further desiredaction. Thank you umentationrequiredintheevent side the divisible pool, the Covid-19 pandemic) fromthe NewDelhi: TermingCivilAviation ChandigarhonSaturday, Purisaid: That maybeindividual specific. this is howmyhands look now,” forhighlighting this issue”. of aclaim. states being givenonly32per market. While 21 states have MinisterHardeep Singh Puri’s “AirAsiakidukaanbandhorahihai But Chandigarh ki connectivityki the National Secretaryand Passengers arriving at air- Among other things, the cent of the Centre’s resources optedfor option 1among the commentsonAirAsia India “un- ... matlab unki parent company koi problem nahi hai.” Spokesperson of the Congress ports arestamped with group in itsreporthas come out againstthe promised 42 per twoborrowingoptions,10op- fortunate”, aviation consultancy mein problems hain.(AirAsiais In response to aquerybyThe Partywrote.Inresponsetohis indelible ink as per the quaran- with SpecimenPolicyWording cent, states likeKeralaare of position-ruledstateshavestill firm CAPA India said that the en- downing itsshutters ... thereare Indian Express, an AirAsia India tweet, Civil Aviation Minister tine rulestoensurethat theyun- (DroneInsurance)whichincludes theviewthattheCentreincor- notmade achoice. tireindustryisunderstress. problemsintheparentcompany). spokesperson said: “Wedecline HardeepSingh Puri said: “Thank dergothe necessary duration of variousdefinitionsandcoversvar- Speaking to reporters in Theymay be in financial stress ... to comment”. ENS youfor drawing my attention to quarantine. ious aspects. BRIEFLY Sustained spread of As investors oustCEOs of Dhanlaxmi Bank PFRDAto virus poses downside engage and LVB, old privatebanks come under scanner consultancy risk to growth:FinMin forward. Twoother 17.30 per cent ayear Bankhasbeenwitnessingadiffer- sions had to be reviewedand the NewDelhi: The Pension mayhavecrossedthe peak case- GEORGEMATHEW South-basedbanks— ago,andtotaldeposits ent battle, with some high net- bank has already closedmanyof Fund Regulatoryand ENSECONOMICBUREAU load.“Thesustainedspreadof the MUMBAI,OCTOBER4 SouthIndian Bank were pegged at Rs worthinvestorsopposingchanges thosebranches.“Butwe learnthat Development Authority NEWDELHI,OCTOBER4 virus posesadownside risk to and Federal Bank — 21,161 crore. beingbroughtaboutby theboard attemptsare againbeingmadeto (PFRDA) will engageacon- short-term and medium-term THE FUNCTIONING of old gener- have been operating What’s the way ledbyGurbaxani, whoinciden- open morebranches in northern sultancythatwillmakesug- THEECONOMICrecoveryinIndia growth rate.Tocombatthese ationprivate bankshas come un- as board-driven forward?“TheRBIhas tallywas appointedbythe RBI. states while the bank has inade- gestionsfor itsorganisa- has gainedmomentum after risks, the Government hasstrate- der the spotlight with sharehold- bankswithout apro- approvedthatday-to- MAYusuffAli—thepromoter quateinfrastructuretomanage tional structuring as it seeks opening up and aseries of meas- gicallyundertakenvariousimpor- ers of twoprivate sector banks, moter. All these dayaffairsofthebank of Lulu Mall group of Kochiand the business in thoseareas,” to segregatethe National urestakenbythegovernment,but tant structural reformsencom- Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB) and banksare prime willberun by acom- Dubai —who holds nearly 5per AIBEA Secretary General CH PensionSystem(NPS)Trust. sustainedspread of the virus passingvarioussectors.Thesewill DhanlaxmiBankfiringtheir chief takeover targetsifthe RBIagrees, mittee of directors(CoD) com- cent stake, Gopinathan CK with Venkatachalam said. The move is in line with the posesadownside risk to short- strengthen the fundamentals of executive officersinthe spanofa as takeover or merger of abank is posedofthreeindependentdirec- 9.79 per cent and DHFL group’s If thecentralbankdoesnotef- 2019-20 UnionBudget pro- term andmedium-term growth the economytowards astrong week and the ReserveBankof notpossiblewithouttheapproval tors. This CoD will exercise Kapil Wadhawan(4.99 per cent fectively interveneintheaffairsof posal. PTI rate,the Finance Ministrysaid in and sustainablelong-term India (RBI) taking aclosescrutiny of the central bank. discretionarypowers of MD and stake) arethe topshareholders of this bank now, onceagain it will itsmonthly (September) eco- growth,” the ministry said. of theiroperations. Whilethere CEOinthead-interim,”saidShakti thebank.YusuffAlialsoholdssig- run intoproblems. nomic reviewreport on Sunday. Datafor the 14-dayperiod arenostrongpromotersforthese Lakshmi Vilas Bank Sinha, independent director. nificant stakes in South Indian “Slowly,the people and cus- Lloyd’sIndia “With India unlocking by the from September 17-30 suggests banks,aclutchofpowerfulinves- Problems in Chennai-based While Meeta Makhan is the Bank and Federal Bank. tomersof thebankhave regained unveilsrisk day, consequent demandresur- thatIndia mayhavecrossed the tors arecallingthe shots withthe LVBweresimmering forquite chairperson of the CoD, Shakti In alettertothe RBIGovernor, their confidence about the bank genceispalpableinmanysectors. peakof Covid-19caseload.During stageset foratakeover or merger sometime.“TheRBIhasletthesit- Sinha and Satish Kumar Kalraare theAllIndiaBankEmployeesAss- and anyreversalofthe same coverproducts Economic indicators allude to a this period, the seven-daymov- of these banks, sources said. uation linger at Lakshmi Vilas the othermembers. With liquid- ociation (AIBEA) had said, “In the would be suicidal forthe bank,” steady recovery in almost allsec- ing averageofdailypositive cases On Wednesday, shareholders Bank linger fortoo long. It cannot ity coverage ratio (LCR) of about beginning of this year,the top Venkatachalam said. NewDelhi: Lloyd’s, the wo- tors, with some sectors shooting hassteadily fellfromabout93,000 of Kerala-basedDhanlaxmi Bank afford another accidentinthe fi- 262 per cent as on September 27, managementhaschangedandin Totaldeposits of Dhanlaxmi rld’s biggestreinsurance above their previous-year levels to 83,000 while the seven-day votedagainsttheappointmentof nancialsector afterIL&FS, PMC 2020, againstminimum 100per recent months we areconcerned Bank stood at Rs 10,904.07crore market,has developedpro- aswell.Thisisdespiteheadwinds movingaverageofdailytests rose SunilGurbaxani as managing di- and YesBank,” said Institutional cent required by the RBI, the de- to observethatperhaps thebank as of March 2020.Itmade anet ductstohelp Indiacompa- of increasing Covidcasesinnon- from about 1,15,000 to 1,24,000. rector and CEO, though the RBI Investor AdvisoryServices India posit-holders, bond-holders, ac- is once again heading in the wr- profit of Rs 6.09 croreand arev- niesofall sizestomitigate metrocities and rural areas and Thepandemichoweverisfarfrom hadapprovedhisappointmentfor Limited (IiAS), an advisoryfirm, count-holders and creditorsare ongdirection.Insteadof consolid- enue of Rs 236.65 crorefor the their exposuretoanumber rising food prices,” it said. In its over.Yet,the declining positivity aperiod of three years from the thatadvisedshareholders to vote well safeguarded,Sinha said. ating the gains and further stren- quarterendedJune 2020. Gross of risksinvolving Covid -19 Augustreview, the ministry had rate at theall Indialevel sets the dateoftaking charge.Lastweek, againstthere-electionof directors. The mostrecent merger pro- gthening the bank,weobserve NPAs fell from Rs 495.84crore as pandemic. Shankar Garigi- notedthat India imposedthe stagetofurtherpushupthe fron- shareholdersof thestrugglingLVB LVBpostedanet loss of Rs posal has come from AION- that effortsare on to changethe on March 31,2019toRs401.22 parthy, countrymanager moststringentlockdownsamong tiersof economicrecovery,itsaid. votedagainsttheappointmentof 112.28croreintheJunequarterof backedClix Capital and discus- business profile whichare bound croreasonMarch 31,2020 and CEO, Lloyd’sIndia arm, thecountriesmostaffectedby the The reviewstatedthat record sevendirectors to itsboard, in- FY21, asagainst alossofRs237.25 sionswiththemarereportedly on. to land the Bank intodifficulties.” Accordingto bankunions,the said the firm is developing Covid-19pandemic,resultingina kharif crop production ledtoan cludingthatof SSundarastheMD croreinthe same period lastyear. LVBwas earlier wooedbySREI AIBEA said severalbranches RBI’srole in theboardofdirectors tailored products and com- sharpcontractionof 23.9percent expansion rural demand, which and CEO, and the promoters KR ItsEPSwas-3.33percent. Almost Capital. It almostmergedwith were earlier opened in north of Dhanlaxmi Bank should be re- mittingresourcesto helpor- in the GDP growth rate in the isisreflectedinregistrationof two Pradeep and NSaiprasad. onefourthof thebank’sadvances IndiabullsHousing Finance, but Indianstatesandthebankgot into viewed,asotherwisethe central ganisations mitigatetheir April-June quarter. wheelers/threewheelers/passen- Although these bankshave have turned badassets.Its gross the RBI objected to the proposal. problems due to inadequatecon- bank would become answerable exposuretoriskand speed Theeconomicreviewpointed gervehiclesalong with tractor been in existence forseveral non-performing assets (NPAs) trol and supervision. Hence, the if things go bad. up economic recovery. ENS outrisksfromspreadofvirus, sales reaching/surpassing previ- decades, theyhavenopromoter stood 25.40 per cent of the ad- Dhanlaxmi Bank situation arose, including in the Fullreporton even thoughitarguedthat India ous year levels in August. groups who can take thesebanks vances as of June 2020,asagainst Thrissur-basedDhanlaxmi viewofthe RBI, and thesedeci- www.indianexpress.com

New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 14 SPORT THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,OCTOBER5,2020 BRIEFLY Swiatekpolishes Why have drop shots become Kitataupsets Kipchogetowin offHalepchallenge popular at the French Open? LondonMarathon London:EliudKipchoge’sfour-yearwin- ning run at the London Marathon SHAHIDJUDGE endedSundayasShuraKitataemerged 19-year-old packs off Romanian 6-1,6-2, a year MUMBAI,OCTOBER4 fromtherainandthegloomto become the newchampion. Therewas no up- after losing 6-1,6-0 to her; Trevisan ousts Mertens FORAGrand Slam known forits baseline setinthe women’s race with world slugfests,it’sthe delicatedinks over the net recordholderBrigidKosgeiwinningher that have caught the eyeatthe FrenchOpen duel with fellowKenyanRuth ASSOCIATEDPRESS this year.The drop shot–ahigh risk slice –has Chepngetich,theworldchampion,who PARIS,OCTOBER4 become the go-toshottochangethe pace waseventuallypippedfor second by and setupawinneratthe rescheduled SaraHall of the United States.The race, ON ASundayofupsets among the women at Roland Garros. In his firstround match originallyscheduledtoberun in April, theFrenchOpen,revengewasadishservedup againstMikael Ymer, WorldNo1Novak wasadaptedto19.7 lapsofStJames’s in an autumnal chill by aPolish teenager.But it Djokovic playedthe drop shot25times. Park rather than the traditional street wasbusiness as usual forthe men, with Rafael Givenyou needaminimum 24 pointstowin route, and wasrestrictedtoeliterun- Nadalreachinghis14thquarterfinalonthered aset in amatch, that's one setpocketed nersonly, due to the coronavirus pan- clayofParisthat,by now, must runinhisveins. through justthe drops. demic. Kipchoge,the Kenyan who has The 12-time FrenchOpen champion ranupa Andit’s no coincidence that the number had notlostamarathon in sevenyears, —excusethepun—practically purrr-fect6-1,6- of attemptsatthe drop shothas increased droppedoff the pace around the 22- 1, 6-2victoryagainstaplayerwhoidolizeshim per match,asafairfew factors have aidedthe mile mark. The 35-year-old world so much that he namedhis cat “Rafa.” temptation of playing the deceptive shot. recordholderhadnoanswerasaseven- “All of our generation, we tryveryhardto strong lead group edgedawayfrom be passionate,” Nadal said afterseeing off What is adropshotand whyisithigh-risk? him, and he endedupfinishingdown Sebastian Korda, a20-year-oldqualifier who IgaSwiatek turnedthe tableson It is aslicedshotoff either side (forehand in eighth. hassethissightsonwinningatleasttwo Grand SimonaHalep. Reuters or backhand) that is played withbackspin In his firstround matchagainstMikael Ymer,Novak Djokovic playedthe drop Slam titles, one morethanhis dad, 1998 and sometimes sidespin. The shotisin- shot 25 times. Reuters Federer,Serena Australian Open champion PetrKorda. tendedtobounce close to thenet on the op- confirmedforOzOpen “If that’s agood inspiration forthe young the FrenchOpen’s second week has already ponent’s half and die down inside the serv- generation,that’s good,” addedthe winnerof been one of newfaces. Halep andBertens had ice line. The reason this becomes high risk is should have played. But Ithinkitworked but it’s hardtotell because the conditionsare Melbourne: RogerFederer and Serena 19 majortitleswho has yettodropaset in his beenamongjustsixseededwomenwhomade that the shotneeds to have alow netclear- well in the momentswhenIneededtoget alot different thanwhat it would have been Williams have confirmedtheywill pursuit of arecord-tying20th. Ayoung gener- the last16. Andsixth-seededSerena Williams’ ance,whichmeans that there is achance it the point Idid.” likeinthe spring. We’vehad tons of rain, so take partinthe 2021Australian Open, ationismakingits markatthis FrenchOpen pursuitof arecord-tying24thmajortitleended maycrash into the net. At the same time, if the clayisreallyclumpyand slow becauseof with the year’s firstGrand Slam in pushedbackbythe coronavirus from itsusual withanAchillesinjuryafterherfirst-roundwin. the shotisover-hit slightly, it gifts the oppo- Is the drop shotraretothe FrenchOpen? the moisture.” Melbourne expected to allowfans to May-Junespot,especiallyinthewomen’sdraw. “Atthis levelnobodysurprisesanybody any- nent aharmlessshort ballperfectly in the Drop shotscan be playedonany sur- Due to the conditions, the claytendsto fill up to 50% of seats,Tennis Australia Againsttheplayerwhohumbledher6-1,6- more,” said Halep.“Everyone has abig level.” slotthatcan be easily putawayfor awinner. face. But on clay courts it can be aclever sticktothe ball whenitbounces, making the (TA) boss CraigTileysaid on Sunday. 0atthe same stagelastyear,19-year-oldIga The 159th-ranked Trevisantossedher It also needs to be playedatthe righttime, tactic to use. The natureofclaycourtsis ball heavier.Asaresult, aplayerwould need “Thereturn of fans will markabig Swiatek(Shwee-on-tek) turnedthe tables on racketindelightaftersealinghervictorywitha when theopponentisdeepbehind that the ball slows down andsitsup to generatemorepower to play ashotfrom changefor Melbourne, whichhas been top-seededSimona Halep, sending the 2018 backhandlobfromthebaselinethatherDutch the baseline. Otherwise thereisa afterthe bounce, meaning players thebaseline. Forthat power, youneedalit- under astrict coronavirus lockdown champion packing 6-1,6-2 with powerful foe, who’d been servingtostayinthe match, chance the opponent will reachthe can retrieveshots easily and results tle moretime to load intoashot, andso fornearly three months. The stateof groundstrokes and exquisitenet playtoad- couldonlywatch asitsoaredoverherheadand ballintimeto playaneffective return. in longerrallies at the baseline.Clay there’s aslight push further behind the base- Victoria, of whichMelbourne is the vance to her firstGrand Slam quarterfinal. ploppedin.Trevisandidn’tseetheballlandbut courtspecialists particularly tend to line in order to getthe precious split-second. capital, accountsfor 90% of Australia’s Halep,whoalsoliftedthetitleatWimbledon Bertens’ reaction told her the matchwas won. Whydoesitworkwell hug the baseline and shyawayfrom At thesame time though, moving backwards 894COVID-19-relateddeaths. Federer lastyear,nevergotintoherstrideundertheroof “Isawthefaceof Bertensthatwasalittlebitsad, tactically? coming toward the net. makes it that muchmoredifficult to spring reachedthe semi-finals of this year’s on CourtPhilippeChatrier and wasunableto so Isaid, ‘Yeah, it is in,’” she said. “Thereason(Djokovichasattempteddrop Hence, playing adropshotbreaksthe forwardtoretrieve adropshotwhen sud- Australian Open but the 20-times exertany pressureonthenow-confidentyoung- Trevisan droppedtennis forabout 41/2 shots so often) is he hits (at allnormal times) rhythm, shortens arally,and drawsanoppo- denlysummoned. Grand Slam winnerhas missedthe ster who wilted with nerves in their fourth- yearsfromlate2009toearly 2014,andrecently with great depth and pace,” explains former nent forwardand out of their comfortzone. rest of theseason afterundergoing a roundmeetinglastyearthatwasoverinjust45 wroteinablogpostthat she haddealt with doubles WorldNo1MarkKnowles, athree- “It’s agreat changeofpace because these Has there been an increaseinthe secondprocedure on his right knee. minutes. Swiatek usedthat defeat as fuel. anorexia afterher father,aformer professional time men’s doubles Grand Slam champion guyshit with great power,”Knowles says. amount of clayused? “Ahugelesson,”shesaid.“IknewthatIcan, soccer player, battledmedical problems. whoiscurrentlyinParisoncommentary-duty. “Anyway,alotofplayers todaystrugglewith The claycourts at the FrenchOpenare like,playdifferentlyand Ican finally showmy Swiatek,the only teenager who reachedthe “If you’repushingyour opponent deepand the north-south (up and down) movement – coveredwith twomillimetresofred brick Weathertakesatoll besttennis.”Haleplastedjust23minuteslonger fourthround,andTrevisan,oneoftwo qualifiers realising that they’recontinuing to retreatfur- coming forwardsooner in the rallythanthey dust(clay). This year however, due to the onShubankar this time. She neverhad abreak point against who got that far, willnow playeachother in therand further behind the baseline, it’san ef- would have liked. It’s areallygood strategy to dampconditionswith the rain, ground-staff her opponent who racked up 14 againsther, what will be afirstGrand Slam quarterfinal for fective shottousethen.Ifyouthink howhard employ.”Dropshots arenot alien to the have to add moreclaytonegatethe mois- NorthBerwick: Battling the “most breakinghertwiceineachset andkeepingher them both. Novakhitsitonbothwings, mostplayers want FrenchOpen,but this year conditions have ture. Moreclayadded means agreater challenging conditions” that he has serveunder near-constant stress. to give themselvesalittlemoreroomtocoun- promotedtheir use. amount of cushioning on the surface. playedin, Indian golfer Shubhankar “Shewaseverywhere,”saidHalep,whohad Sinner sails intolasteight teract, so theymoveback.And then if youplay And the greater the cushioningresultsin Sharma struggled to afive-over76 been on acareer-bestwinning streak of 17 Italian teenager JannikSinner neverlosthis the drop shot, it’s very effective.” Howare the conditions helping the drop theheavier ballstaying lowonthe bounce – that lefthim tied47thafter the matches. “I will have achocolateand Iwill be coolashebecamethefirstdebutanttoreachthe Djokovic himself, afterthe match, as- shot? ideal forthe drop shot. “I think in thesecon- thirdround of the rain-hit ASI bettertomorrow.”Addingtoasensethatwinds FrenchOpen quarter-finals since Rafael Nadal sertedthat the shot is great to use tactically The FrenchOpen is normally held in the ditions the ball is bouncing super low, so it’s ScottishOpenhere. Sharma wasgo- of changeare blowing across women’s tennis, in 2005 with a6-3 6-3 4-6 6-3 victoryagainsta as asurprise kill.“Ithink it's agreat variety spring,inthe May-June window. Due to the even tougher to getitback,”said 2017 French ing along fine till midway through Italian qualifier Martina Trevisan oustedfifth- feverish Alexander Zverev on Sunday. shot,” Djokovic said afterbeating Ymer.“I Coronavirus pandemic though, the French Open champion Jelena Ostapenkoafter her the back-nineashewas even par seededKikiBertensmomentslater,winning6- The 19-year-old, who will also be the think it'simportant tacticallytohaveitand Tennis Federation (FFT) decidedtoresched- win over second seed KarolinaPliskova in through 12 holeswiththree birdies 4, 6-4 on CourtSuzanne Lenglen. With three youngestmale playersince NovakDjokovic in to use it at the righttimesothat youcan ule it to lastweekofSeptember,inautumn. the second round. and three bogeys, but then the Roland Garrosdebutants—Trevisan, 2006tofeatureinthelasteightatRolandGarros, keep your opponent alwaysguessingwhat “The conditions arereallyheavy,” “(The drop shotis) useful becausethe weather changed dramatically. ArgentinianqualifierNadiaPodoroskaandPaula willface 12-timeschampion Nadal foraplace the next shotis. Imay have playedtoo many Knowles says.“Therehas been some discus- bounce is muchlowerbecause it’s much AP, PTI Badosa of Spain —playing in the fourth round, in thesemi-finals. today, Iagree.Maybe IexceededwhatI sion that theballs areabit heavier this year, colderthis year.”

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The reunification of Germany would never have come about without the courageous, peaceful protests of citizens in aMiracLe former East Germany,nor without the support and trust of the former Allied Powers, the countries of Europe,and the international community,says Walter J. Lindner, German Of unitY Ambassador to India HISyEAR,OnOCTOBER3, community.Germany’s unification went Our historical experience has taught us, Every year,wecelebrated this the Germans celebrate aturning hand in hand with an ever-closer European thattoachieve this,weneed creativity, historical event with manyofyou, point in their history: 30 years of Union, delivering unprecedented wisdom, and, aboveall, public engagement at our Embassies and Consulates,at reunification of East and West peace and prosperity forour continent. and multilateral cooperation. our Oktoberfest, and various other TGermany. On this day, in 1990, nothing symbolises this morethan Germanyand India enjoyastrong events.During Corona times,this is not Germanywas finallyreunited, after thereconciliation between France and strategic partnership, driven by regular possible.Sothe Embassy and our four 40 years of separation and Cold War. Germany, whohave, respectively,become consultationsatthe top level. We work German Consulates have come up with a This ‘miracle’ of unity would not have eachother’sclosest friends and partners. together in many areas, from trade and rather unique surprise: are-makeofthe been possible without the courageous, During the present time of great investment to climate change, education, epic Scorpions song ‘Wind Of Change’, peaceful protests of citizens in former uncertainty,asthe whole worldistaken to science,and development.Wealso performed by German and Indian East Germany, nor without the support task by aruthless pandemic and is facing cooperateonthe worldstage suchasthe musicians.you can find it on youTube and trust of the former Allied Powers,the direeconomicfallout,wedrawinspiration United nations,the G20 and theWorld under https://www.youtube.com/c/ countries of Europe,and the international from the strength thatcomes from unity. Health Organisation. GermanyinIndia. SWEET, SWEET MEMORIESARE MADE OF THIS! As Germany celebrates 30 years of reunification, the four Consul Generals of the German Missions across India look backatthe eventful time that finds itsplace not only in historybooks but is also etched boldly in their ownminds and hearts On October 3, 1990, everything 1989 and 1990 werebreathtaking wasjust fantastic… years… “The Fall of the Berlin Wall and the German Reunification coincided with my decisionto join theGerman Foreign Service.1989 and 1990 were breathtaking years.Itwas history in the making. Looking back, Iamvery happy thatthe reunited Germanystayedand stays firmlyrooted in Europe.Cooperation and partnershipfor peace and prosperity are lasting pillars of our foreign policy. They also shape our closerelationship with India.” —Karin Stoll German Consul General in Chennai

Aunited Germany can only prosper by striving for an ever closer EU… “I wasbornin1960inBonn, West Germanyduringthe Cold Warera. “A saBerliner, Ihavethe most vividmemories TheBerlin Wall and thedivision of the shortperiod of time,fromthe fall of of Europe seemed absolute and the Berlin Wall in 1989, to the reunification unchangeableevents to me. of GermanyonOctober 3, 1990. That night, At the timewhen people were celebrating with thousands of Germans and protesting on thestreets in East non-Germans in front of the Brandenburg Germany, Iwas alaw student Gate just reinforced my conviction: Aunited in themidst of writingmyfinal Germanycan only prosper and live up to her exams. It wasnearly impossible historic responsibilitiesbystriving foran to concentrate on my exams. ever-closer European Union.” Things were happeningsofastand —Manfred Auster suddenly,one day, the Berlin Wall German ConsulGeneral in Kolkat fell!Imustadmit Icried when Isaw the pictures,and Istilldosotoday. When Iremember this time,Iam The moments of joywill be filledwithsomuchemotion.On enshrined, forever,inmymemory… theday of reunification, Iwas in Helsinki, Finland,asaninternat “October 3, 1990! Iwas posted in Tokyo theGerman Embassy and Icould at thattime.Hence,Iwas unfortunately seeupclosewhatthe final days of only adistant spectator of this historic theGDR looked like as they were event.But Iwas overwhelmed by the closingtheir Embassyand Cultural wide sympathy and the excellent media Institute.OnOctober 3, 1990, coverage of the celebrations at the everything wasjustfantastic and a Brandenburg Gate,Berlin, in Japan on ride into the unknownfutureofa this occasion. Thevivid momentsofjoy at reunitedGermanybegan.” the celebrations will be enshrined forever —Achim Burkart in my memory.” German Consul General —Dr. Juergen Morhard in Bengaluru German Consul General in Mumbai

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Just as areunified Germanywas LetUsBe possible with the courage,strength and Fast Facts resilience of the people, Dr.Juergen Morhard, Consul General of Federal strong And Republic of Germany in Mumbai, says that another kind of strength, resilience resiLient and unity is the need of the hour reedom is the most precious possession.And although we commemorate thirty years of areunified Germany Fthis year,the pandemic has unfortunatelydrivenusintoastate of temporaryconfinement. We areall Brandenburg Gate, West Berlin adjusting to what some people liketocall thenew normal:atime characterised Germany (officially the Federal Republic of Full Name: Federal Republic of Germany by masks,sanitizers,and gloves. the Germany) is acountrylocated in Central Capital: Berlin (also the largest city) elegant and safe namaste has replaced Western Europe, which lies between the the firmhandshake, the home space has Baltic and North Seas to the north; and the Other Major Cities: Munich, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, replacedthe office,and while the virus Alps, Lake Constance, and the High Rhine is runningwild, the worldistrying Dresden, Leipzig, Cologne to the south. It borders Denmark to the hardtoget backonits feet. theGerman Government: Federal ParliamentaryRepublic embassies and consulates have been north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the busy,too –fromarranging repatriation east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, President (Head of State): Frank-Walter Steinmeier flights to facilitating exports of France to the southwest, and Luxembourg, medicines,fromassisting German Belgium, and The Netherlands to the west. Chancellor (Head of Government): Angela Merkel companies in india to startanewto Afounding member of the European Reunification of Germany (National Day): October 3, 1990 reopening our rangeofservices in a Economic Community in 1957 and the gradual and cautiousmanner –taking European Union in 1993, Germany is apart Anthem: Das Lied der Deutschen (The Song of the Germans) careofour staff members and the visa applicants by adoptingsafesops,also Another milestoneinthe field of and beenapartofmanyconversations of the Schengen Area, and abecame co- Area: Total 357,022 sq km (137,847 sq mi) in linewith government restrictions,so education is the diamond anniversary and discussions on the impact of founder of the Eurozone in 1999. Germany thatnobody catches the virus. of dAAd (deutscher Akademischer coVid-19 on indo-German trade and the is amember of the United Nations, NATO, Population: 83,166,711 (2019 estimate) As we takeinour stride the virus Austausch dienst) or the German challenges faced by German companies the G7, the G20, and the OECD. GDP (PPP): Total $4.444 trillion and its impact, we arealso excited Academic exchangeservice that in india. these aretesting times,but it Known for its rich cultural history, Per capita $46,653 (2019 estimate) about favourabletimes.Later this turns sixty this year.the organisation is in times likethese thatpartnerships Germany has been continuously the year,the dsB international school has done significant work since its and cooperation shine.itakethis home of influential and successful artists, Currency: Euro (German school mumbai) will have a inceptioninindiain1960. Abrieflook opportunity to thank all levels of indian 1Euro =1.17 USD newaddress.the school is relocating backathistory shows thatdAAd has state governments in our jurisdiction who philosophers, musicians, sportspeople, 1Euro =86.20 Indian Rupees to anew purpose-builtcampus,which along tradition of unitingpeople and guided us well and continue to do so in entrepreneurs, scientists, engineers, and will ensureasustainablelearning academia. dAAd provides information these challenging times of coVid-19. inventors. National Flower: Blue Cornflower (Knapweed) environment and allowfor modernand about higher education and research in so while Germanycelebrates thirty Germany has over 2millennia of history. innovativeteaching: custom-designed Germany,administers alarge variety years of reunification, today, there’sa Berlin, its capital, is home to art and Official Bird &Animal: Bundesadler (Black Eagle) spaciousclassrooms,asportsarea of scholarships to students, scholars, need foranother kind of global unity nightlife scenes, the Brandenburg Gate, –for nationstocome togetherfor a Time Zone: GMT +1 with aswimming pool, and carefully post-docs,and senior researchers from and many sites relating to WWII. Munich planned internal spaces will provide for both india and Germany. greater good: to fight globalissues like is known for its Oktoberfest and beer halls, Internet TLD:.de and .eu arichlearning environment. With the on the tradefront,the past three months climate change, and of course,the Frenchinternational school and dsB sawusmoreengagedwiththe German pandemic.Weremain optimistic that including the 16th-centuryHofbräuhaus. Calling Code: +49 international schoolunderone roof, industry than ever before. together this,too,weshall overcome.After all, it Frankfurt, with its skyscrapers, houses the one can look forwardtoahi-tech euro- with the German businessand industry is said thattough times don’t last. And European Central Bank. Driving:Onthe right campus in theheartofmumbai city. associations,the consulate has initiated we’d liketohold on to thatthought.

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Berlin Hydrogen Energy – APolitical Centre Even in the Unification Treaty it ARoadmap To TheFuture was determined that Berlin be the capital. On June 20, 1991, the Deutsche Bundestag passed a In the post-COVID-19era,dramaticchanges will be the need of resolution to also move the Seat of Government and Parliament the hour if we aretowin against climate change.Germany has from Bonn –since 1949 the capital of the Federal Republic –to taken the first big step by announcing an ambitious hydrogen Berlin. Since the move in 1999, roadmap.India is following suit, slowly but surely,and has the Germany once again has in Berlin a pulsating political centre that bears promisetoleapfrog to thewaste-to-wealth and hydrogen reality, comparison with the major cities of the big European neighbouring says Siddharth R. Mayur states. In addition to the newly People from East and West Germany gathering at the Berlin Wall designed Reichstag building, YDROGEN,THEY SAY, is counterparts.Asamatter of fact, symbols of this are the Chancellery the newoil, and thatbeing therealreadyexist successful and the open Brandenburg Gate, true,Germanyisgoing to be ventures of German companies OctOber 3, 1990 which represents the overcoming the newMecca forenergy. with Indian entrepreneurs in the of the country’sdivision. For a HGerman engineering’s field of hydrogen and fuel cells. while, there had been fears that contribution to building abetter It is an idea whose time has the Government’smovetoBerlin worldand furthering human come.Inthe post-COVID-19 era, Ared LetterdAy progress is indispensable, and the dramatic changes will be the need could become an expression of new newinnovations on the hydrogen of the hour if we aretowin against Just under ayear afterthe destruction of German megalomania, with which pathwaybyGermancompanies and climate change. Germanyhas taken the country’seconomic and political institutes promise to usher in anew the first big stepbyannouncing an the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, East weight would upset the status quo energyrevolution in theworld. ambitious hydrogen roadmap. India and West Germany reunited after 45 years, in Europe again. These fears proved Thedynamic transition from a is following suit, slowlybut surely, to be wrong. Rather,German Unity fossil-basedworldtoade-carbonised and has the promise to leapfrog to on what is known today as ‘Unity Day’ was to be the initial spark that led one adopted by Germanywill be a the waste-to-wealth and hydrogen to the overcoming of the division of role model forthe rest of the world. reality. INCE1945, when Soviet in East Germanybegan to lose its Europe into east and west. India, whichisemerging as one of These areexcitingtimes, forces occupied eastern grip on power. Tens of thousands As such, Germany actually played the largest emitters of greenhouse despitethe gloom of the virus. Germany; and the United of EastGermans begantoflee the apioneering role in the political gases,has alot to benefit from Theworld aroundusisready States andotherAllied nationand by late 1989 theBerlin and economic integration of the the close ties thatitenjoys with forafundamentalchange. On Sforces occupied the Wall started to comedown. continent. In addition, it gave Germany. October3,wecelebrate 30 years western halfofthe nation at the Shortlythereafter, talksbetween up one of the most important Technologies in waste of the reunificationofGermany. closeofWorld WarII; divided East andWest German officials, management, the powertofuels, renewablepotential, and an even This month also marks thebirth Germanyhad come to serveas joined by officials from theUnited instruments and symbols in green hydrogen, fuel cells,solid- biggermarketfor energy needs,can anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, one of themost enduring symbols States,Great Britain, France,and the unification process, the state and salt batteries hold avery benefit from importing hydrogen whoencouragedeveryonetobe the of the ColdWar. theUSSR, begantoexplorethe Deutschmark, to create aEuropean largepotential forcooperation. generation, storage,dispensation, change.Germanyand Indiamust Someofthe most dramatic possibility of reunification. Two MonetaryUnion, the Eurozone, Germanyasatechnology provider, and utilisation technologies from unite to be thechange,and bring episodes of the ColdWar took months followingreunification, which would not exist without and India as an inexpensive Germany, and in turn, provide about acleanernew world. place there. TheBerlinBlockade all-German elections took place Germany.Nor,despite their being manufacturing hub and one of the green hydrogen to Germany. India (June1948–May 1949), during and HelmutKohl became the heavily involved in the unification largest markets to commercialise, has the advantage of largemarket Theauthorisaparticipant of whichthe Soviet Union blocked firstChancellor of the reunified process, have the various federal these technologies present avery size, and emerging technology the ‘Energy Transition–German all ground travelinto West Berlin, Germany.Although thisaction governments since 1990 ever lost interesting synergy. companies likeEnapter,Sunfire, Hydrogen Policy’ themed-trip andthe construction of theBerlin came more than ayearbeforethe sight of European integration, but German technology clubbed and mPower, together with German organised by the German Federal Wall in 1961 were perhaps the dissolutionof theSovietUnion,for have played an active role in its with Indian entrepreneurship institutes likeFraunhofer Institute, Foreign Office, and founder of h2e most famous. With thegradual manyobservers the reunification development, which culminated in can create asustainablehydrogen can playanimportant role in the Power Systems,India’s first Fuel waningofSovietpower in the of Germany effectivelymarked the Lisbon process. economymodel. India, with its vast technology exchangewith Indian Cell &Green Hydrogen company. late 1980s, the CommunistParty theend of theCold War.

New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 18 SPORT THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,OCTOBER5,2020 Spurspump in six goals The 80s show against 10-man United Veterans Watson (83*) and du Plessis (87*)power Chennaito10 wicket-win over Punjab REUTERS/AP SYNOPSIS MANCHESTER,OCTOBER4 CSK thrive on changed approach. Ashambolic ManchesterUnited suffereda KXIP lose the plot. club record-equalling defeat in the Premier League eraastheycrashed to a6-1 lossat home to Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday. Son Heung-minand Harry Kane each SHAMIKCHAKRABARTY scored twice forSpurs while United’s OCTOBER4 AnthonyMartial wassent offinthe 28th minuteasJoseMourinho celebrated astun- CHENNAISUPERKingstop-ordersprangtolife, ning victoryonhis return to theclub which allowing the team to getbacktowinning ways sackedhim 22 months ago. afterthree consecutive losses. Kings XI Punjab Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side had takena putonadecenttotal—178wasn’tabadeffortat second-minutelead through aBruno theDubaiStadiumwithlongerboundaries.But Fernandes penalty but Spurs responded Shane Watson and FafduPlessis madeshort quickly, taking advantageofsome awful SonHeung-min’s brace sawSpurs lead workof atoughishchasetosecureanemphatic United defending as Tanguy Ndombele and 4-1atthe end of firsthalf. 10-wicketvictory. Son put them 2-0 ahead. United went down to 10 men afterMartial wassent offfollow- CSK’s changed approach ing aclash with Erik Lamela at acorner and Juventus-Napoli matchtomorrow at 20:45, In their previous four matches, CSK’s starts then Harry Kane made it 3-1. as foreseen by the Serie ALeague calendar,” hadbeendodgyandcircumspect.DuPlessishad Son addedhis second shortlybeforethe read astatement by Juventus on itswebsite been playing lone ranger while acautious ap- Shane Watson (left) and FafduPlessis put on the highestpartnership forCSK in IPL history. BCCI break as United concededfourgoals in the andsocial mediachannels. proachwasn’tservingWatsonwell.OnSunday, firsthalf of aleaguegame forthe firsttime Napoli midfielder Eljif Elmas tested pos- theAussiewentonattackmodeintheveryfirst since 1957 —also to Spurs. Serge Aurier made itive forCOVID-19onSaturday, just aday af- overwithback-to-backboundariesoffSheldon it 5-1 in the 51st minute before Kane com- terteammate Piotr Zielinski and asquad staff Cottrell;elementaryforhimto regainhisconfi- pletedthe rout from the penalty spot. member tested positive.Therehas been con- dence. In Cottrell’snextover, Watson strode Mumbai pick up steam with win over Hyderabad United also lost6-1 to ManchesterCityin stant testing at the club afterNapoli played down the pitchand hit agood length ball over October,2011. Genoa lastweekend. Morethan 20 Genoa covers foranother four.CSK racedto60/0, their mastery.Justsix of de Kock's 67 runscame target seemed aways defendable, despitea players and staff members have tested pos- bestPowerplayscoreinthisIPLyet.Top-orderis SYNOPSIS throughthe off-side:all of them singles, spirited half-centurybyDavid Warner. Napoli will nottraveltoJuventus itive.Genoa’s matchatTorino on Saturday CSK’sstrength, forsaveSam Curran’s exuber- de Kock’s leg-side brilliance, mostlyataporanudge. Napoli couldbeforcedtoforfeit itsSerie A had already been postponed. ancetheydon’thavemuchfirepowerattheback Boult’s slower-ball mastery propel When the line is outside the off-stumpor Slowand slippery, Boult matchatJuventus. Defending champion Juventus has reportedthat twostaff end of the innings. Dhoni is yettoregainhis Mumbai. thereaboutsand the length shortofshortof Midway throughtheir chase, Sunrisers Juventus issued astatementSaturday saying members have coronavirusbut that “these mojo. Du Plessis maintainedhis habitofscor- length, he targetsthe arcbetween long-on were in with asniff, moresowithWarner itsplayers willgoontothe field forthe game areneither players nor members of the tech- ing half-centuries (87*) —his thirdinfive and mid-wicket. When the bowler wavers scratchinghis waybackintoform. After12 againstNapoli despiteits opponentsreport- nical or medical staff.” matches. Together he and Watson (83*) added SANDIPG to the leg-side, he movesacross and clips or overs,theywere115/2, requiring another 94 edly being bannedfromtraveling because of arecord181 runsinanunbrokenopeningstand. OCTOBER4 glidesthe ball behind the fine-leg. To the runs from 48 balls.Jasprit Bumrah had fin- coronavirus cases. Real gets Courtois helping hand spinners, he sinksonhis kneesand sledge- ishedasecond over thatconcededjustsix. Serie A’s governing body also said on Goals from Vinicius Jr.and Karim KXIP lose the plot WHEN THE stars align, Mumbai Indians be- hammers it over their heads. Holding his spearhead backfor the death Saturdaynight that the matchwas still Benzema plus some topclass savesfrom The conditions offeredverylittle assistance comeanindestructible forceastheywere Thereisadisdainful grace and alaugh- overs, Rohit Sharma rang in Trent Boult. scheduledtogoahead thefollowingevening. Thibaut Courtois gave Real Madrid a2-0 win to thebowlers.Once again, KL Rahul and when theythrashedSunrisers Hyderabad able lightness about de Kock's stroke-mak- With his second delivery,Boultnailed This could forceNapoli to forfeit the at LevanteonSunday forathird consecutive Mayank Agarwalhad agoodopening stand. by 34 runs.For the thirdtime in five ing, traitsthathaveinspired comparisons compatriotKaneWilliamsonwith an inch- match3-0.Two Napoli players have tested La Ligavictory. Rahulwentontoscoreahalf-century, albeithis matches, theypostedmorethan200 runs, with Aussie great Adam Gilchrist. perfect slower-ball bouncer angledacross positive forCOVID-19and Italian mediare- Brazilian forwardVinicius, Madrid’s slowestinthisIPL.ButNicholasPooran’spower- and unlikeagainstRoyal Challengers Notjustintheir smouldering brilliance, him that he couldn’t but nickbacktothe portedthat local health authorities prohib- match-winner in Wednesday’s 1-0 win over hitting and Sarfaraz Khan’s cheeky innovation Bangalore, their bowlersput on atidyshow but the devil-may-careattitude and the ‘keeper.That wasthe Kiwi pacer'ssecond vi- ited the team from traveling on Saturdayand Real Valladolid, also gave his side thelead at notwithstanding, Kings XI failedtotakethe to defendthe score. lightness theycarry in shoulderingthe dou- talstrike of theday;the firstwas whenhe ordered theteam and stafftoself-isolate. Levante, controlling aloose ballinside the gameawayfromtheiropponentsbecausethey ble burden of opening the innings and deceivedthe rampaging JonnyBairstowwith Sunday’s matchinTurin has notbeen area and taking his time to curlintothe far lost wicketsatcrucial moments, losing the plot Leg-side brilliance keeping the stumps, even in the exhaustive awideslowerdelivery that he dragged to officiallypostponedand the Italian league's corner in the 16th minute. intheprocess.ShardulThakurdismissedPooran Left-handers have off-side divinity thrust heat of the Emirates. And of course, their Hardik in the deep. protocol forCOVID cases is the same as Real missedchancestoextendtheir lead and Rahul in consecutive deliveries in the 18th upon them, but some likeQuinton de Kock leg-sidemastery. BRIEF SCORES: Mumbai Indians 208/5 (de UEFArules.Ifateam has13available play- but in the end had to rely on another excep- over.That turnedout to be the game-changer. areleg-side bullies. As with severalofhis His firsthalf-centuryofthe season’s IPL Kock 67,Krunal Pandya20, Rashid Khan 1- ers, including at leastone goalkeeper,the tional performance from goalkeeper BRIEF SCORES: CSK 181/0(Shane Watson 83 knocks,the 67 off39deliveries that rocket- setthe stagefor Pandyabrothers and Kieron 22)beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 174/7 (David game can go ahead. Courtois to seeout the victory, before notout, FafduPlessis 87 notout) beat Kings fuelled Mumbai Indians to theimposing to- Pollard, who plundered 59 runs in the last Warner60, Trent Boult2-28, James “Juventus Football Club announces that Benzema addedtheir second goal deep in XI Punjab 178/4 (KL Rahul 63) by 10 wickets. talof208 for5,was allabout his leg-side four overs. With their bowling ammo, the Pattinson 2-29) by 34 runs. the FirstTeam will take to the field forthe addedtime on the break.

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