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DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 2021, AHMEDABAD, LATE CITY, 16 PAGES SINCE 1932 `4.00 WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM We must end this uncivil war...we must reject I’mheretodaybecause of the women who came NEXT MEETING WITH FARMERS TOMORROW the cultureinwhichfacts themselves are before me. Andtothe woman most responsible manipulated and even manufactured formypresenceheretoday—mymother... Centreblinks:Letus —JOSEPH RBIDEN Jr, PRESIDENT, U.S., IN HIS INAUGURAL SPEECH —KAMALA HARRIS , VICE PRESIDENT, U.S.,BEFORETHE INAUGURATION keeplawsonholdfor18 AmericaAfresh months,formjointpanel We expect to move towardsa solution, says MinisterTomar HARIKISHANSHARMA& LIZMATHEW NEWDELHI,JANUARY20 IN Asignificant initiative to end farmer protests over the new Farmer leaders aftertalksonWednesday. Prem Nath Pandey agriculturelaws, whichmoved from Punjab to the gatesofDelhi lastNovember,the Centre Wednesdayoffered to keep the First time, farmers don’t Joseph RBiden Jr.being sworn in as the 46th President of the US and Kamala Harris as Vice President, at the Capitol in Washington Wednesday. AP/PTI laws in abeyance for18months. With farmer unions refusing reject offer: Will discuss to appear before aSupreme Court-appointed committee of the Centre’s offertokeep the Biden-Harris in charge: BUSINESSASUSUAL As DC turns page on experts,the Centre, during talks RAAKHIJAGGA, laws in abeyance for18months. with the unions, offeredtoform AMILBHATNAGAR& Theyagreedtodiscuss the offer BY UNNY ajoint committee of government HARIKISHANSHARMA Thursdayand return to the talks ‘We will lead not by Trump, Delhi works and farmer representativestoad- LUDHIANA,NEWDELHI, table Friday. dressgrievances. It proposedthat JANUARY20 Kulwant Singh Sandhu, gen- the laws be kept in abeyance for eral secretaryofJamhoori Kisan example of our power on reopening chapter ayear-and-a-half or till suchtime FORTHE firsttime since they Sabha who participated in the that the proposedcommittee brought their protestagainstthe talksWednesday, said: “For a but power of example’ stints—responsible forliaison submitsareport. newagriculturelawsfrom change, today's meeting was SHUBHAJITROY with the US Congress from 1997 The twosides agreedtomeet Punjab to the borders of Delhi, heldinacordialatmosphere... NEWDELHI,JANUARY20 to 2000 as FirstSecretary again on Friday. Union leaders of farmer unions, while we hardlyhad aconfrontation completing the process at 11.49 (Political); Deputy Chief of AgricultureMinisterNarendra notgiving up their demand for with the Union Ministers. There PETERBAKER, am, 11 minutes before the au- PROMISINGTO“repair our al- Mission from July2013to CONTINUEDONPAGE2 repeal of the laws,did notreject CONTINUEDONPAGE2 MAGGIEASTOR& thority of the presidency for- liances and engagewith the January2017. THOMASKAPLAN mallychanged hands. worldonce again,” Joseph Biden, Officials said that Sandhu’s WASHINGTONDC,JANUARY20 The ritual transfer of power sworn in as the 46th President of experience during the Clinton GUJARAT came shortlyafter Kamala Devi the United States Wednesday, and Obama administrations will Banks red-flag: Loans JOSEPH ROBINETTE Biden Jr.was Harris wassworn in as Vice THE WORLD signalledhewas turning atrou- help him navigatethe newad- sworn in as the 46th President of President by Justice Sonia bledpageonthe Trumpera. ministration, mostlystaffed by to street vendors in the United States on Wednesday, Sotomayor, her hand on aBible Forthe establishment in New Obama-Biden administration taking office at amoment of pro- that once belonged to Thurgood Delhi, along with Indian veterans. found economic, health and po- Marshall, the civil rightsicon and Ambassador to the US Taranjit Biden’s incoming team is fa- pandemic turning NPAs litical crises with apromise to Supreme Courtjustice. Singh Sandhu —who wasat- miliar,too, to manyhere: seek unity afteratumultuous Harris’s ascension made her tending the inaugural —the task SecretaryofState Antony banksare asking local authori- four years that tore at the fabric the highest-ranking woman in is cut out. Blinken wasBiden’s aide in the SANDEEPSINGH& ties —who pushedfor these of American society. the history of the United States Sandhu’s predecessors in US Senate20years agoand then SUNNYVERMA loans —tohelp recoverthem. With his hand on afive-inch- and the firstBlackAmerican and Washington, External Affairs Deputy SecretaryofState in NEWDELHI,JANUARY20 LaunchedinJune to help ven- thickBible that has been in his firstperson of South Asian de- ministerSJaishankar and Foreign Obama administration; NSAJake dors amid the pandemic, the PM familyfor 128years, Biden re- scent to hold the nation’s second TRUMP PARDONS SecretaryHarsh Vardhan Sullivanwas partofthen AFTER BEINGnudged by munic- SVANidhi scheme is amicro- AT KEVADIA ZOO, cited the 35-wordoath of office highestoffice. OVER 140 PEOPLE, Shringla, all arebanking on their SecretaryofState Hillary ipalities to step up loan disburse- credit facility that provides street LONE GIRAFFE NEVER swearing to “preserve, protect “This is America’s day,”Biden INCLUDING FORMER significant experience of dealing Clinton’s team; CIA Director mentsunder the PM Street vendors acollateral-free loan of MISSES FAVOURITE and defend the Constitution” in said as he beganhis Inaugural STRATEGIST BANNON with Washington DC’s Beltway William JBurns wasDeputy Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi Rs 10,000 at concessional rates ACACIA MEAL aceremonyadministeredby Address.“Thisisdemocracy’sday.” PAGE 14 politics –and itskey interlocutors. SecretaryofState in Obama (PM SVANidhi) programme, of an estimated 7.25%. Chief Justice John GRoberts Jr., CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Sandhu has had twoearlier CONTINUEDONPAGE2 banksare writing backtoreport On timelyorearly repayment 3COPS BOOKED FOR that manyofthese collateral- of the loan, an interestsubsidy at ‘BEATING’ MAN TO free loans areturning intonon- 7% per annum is credited to the DEATH PAGE 3 performing assets (NPAs). Some CONTINUEDONPAGE2 ORDERS TO RELEASE THEM IMMEDIATELY Disturbed Areas Act: HC Gujarat HC pulls up police for ‘undue stays fresh notifications fervour’ in arresting interfaith couple on amended sections whether the same requires to be gallydetained, arrested and re- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE continuedornot. mandedtopolice custody,fol- Disturbed Areas Amendment AHMEDABAD,JANUARY20 The couple had got married lowing his recent marriagetohis EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Act, 2020 or what is formally on December 30 lastyear at a 29-year-old childhood friend AHMEDABAD,JANUARY20 known as Gujarat Prohibition of ADIVISION benchofthe Gujarat temple in Rajasthan’s AbuRoad from another community. Transfer of Immovable High Courthas come to the res- and subsequentlytravelledto Hearing the petition Tuesday, THE GUJARATHigh Courton Properties and provision for cue of an interfaith couple from Kerala forhoneymoon. In the division benchquashedand Wednesdaydirected the state Protection of Tenantsfrom Banaskantha who had married Januaryfirstweek,the Gujarat setaside the four-dayremand government to notissue any Eviction from Premisesinthe allegedly againstthe wishes of police, however, travelledto order,dated January18to22. fresh notification in operation of Disturbed Areas (Amendment) the woman’s father and sent to Kerala and brought them backto The courtdirected the RangeIG the amendedsections of the Act, 2019,haveprimarilychal- police custody.The court Palanpur.The twoweresepa- of the jurisdiction concerned “to Disturbed Areas Act, whichdeals lenged the conceptof“proper Tuesdayordered theybeimme-