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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

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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 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- ratedand sent to different police inquireintothe matter,more with “improper clustering”, clustering of persons” as has diatelyproducedbeforethe HC stations -- Palanpur Eastand particularly,considering the con- until further hearing. been introducedand defined benchand releasedfrompolice Palanpur West.Theywerefor- duct of respondent Nos. 5and 6 The court’s direction came under the newlyaddedSection custody. mallyarrestedonJanuary15af- (police inspectors of Palanpur while hearing aspecial civil ap- 2(d). The division bench, ledby teranFIR waslodged on the ba- Eastand West police stations), in plication movedbyJamiat Petitioners also include Justice Sonia Gokani, recorded sis of acomplaint submitted by whose custody,the couple has Ulama-e-Hind Gujarat (JU-e-H) Jamiat Ulama WelfareTrustand the public prosecutor’s assur- the woman’s father at Palanpur been detainedfor all these days, and others challenging the Nisar AhmedMohammad Yusuf ance that the couple, who now Eastpolice station. and reporttothe DIG”. amendmentstothe Act Ansari who is the general secre- want to live in , shall be On January18, ahabeas cor- The courtexpressedits dis- The bench, headedbyChief tary of JU-e-H Gujarat. granted police protection “ini- pus petition wasmoved by the satisfaction with the overreach Justice Vikram Nath, also issued The2020amendmentalsore- tiallyfor aperiod of four weeks” brother of the 30-year-old man, wherethe police exercised“un- notice to the stateauthorities, di- sulted in the amendment of sec- by the Surat city police commis- who worksatthe Regional due fervour”, with the officials recting them to respond by next tion 3ofthe original Act. The sioner,whereafterthe police TransportOffice (RTO)inSurat, travelling to Kerala to take a dateofhearing on February3. amendment of section 3 commissioner shall decide stating that the latter wasille- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 The petitioners in the CONTINUEDONPAGE2 In heatedWest Bengal battle,anew boiling point: shrine headwill announcepolitical front today

PAGE1 mal announcement on Thursday Popularly knownas‘Bhaijaan’, ANCHOR announcingapoliticalfrontto con- Siddiqui these days is touring dif- test the stateAssembly elections ferentdistrictsofthestate,project- forthe firsttime. “Wewill have an ing himself as avoice of the alliance of 10 parties, and we will Muslims,tribalsandDalits,andat- RAVIKBHATTACHARYA contest60to80seatswherewe tackingtheTrinamool,accusingit FURFURASHARIF(HOOGHLY), have agood chance of winning," of helpingtheriseoftheBJPinthe JANUARY20 SiddiquitellsTheIndianExpresson state. He is expected to take away theeve of his entryintopolitics. abigchunkof theBengaliMuslim AHOUSE located in Taltolla in His coalition mayinclude voteinthe state, whichhas so far FurfuraSharif (Hooghlydistrict), AsaduddinOwaisi,whoseAIMIM beenwiththeTrinamoolinSouth withplacardshangingononeside is planning apoll debut in West Bengal and with the Congress in over aprotest againstthe new Bengal and who acknowledged North— queering the pitchfur- farm laws,the Hathras gangrape Pirzada Siddiqui at home in FurfuraSharif. Ravik Bhattacharya Siddiqui’sleadershipatameeting ther forthe ruling Trinamool as it and the recent attackonaconvoy with him on January3.One of the fightsthe BJP in afierce and in- of Jharkhand Chief Minister candidates will be Siddiqui’s 26- creasingly polarisedcampaign Hemant Soren, has emergedas The house belongs to Pirzada nent Sufi mazar or shrine in the year-oldbrotherPirzadaNaushad, Siddiqui adds, “Years of one of the theatres in the political Abbas Siddiqui, the 34-year-old countryafter Ajmer Sharif in who holds aB.Ed and aMaster’s Congress rule, then that of the changesweeping West Bengal. head of the second-mostpromi- Rajasthan,whoissettomakeafor- degree in History. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Ahmedabad WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 2 THE SECOND PAGE THEINDIANEXPRESS,THURSDAY,JANUARY21,2021

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Biden-Harris is looking at “fivebaskets” of en- tity,common religious practice, tioner,theywerebrought to gagement:Strategic, environ- sense of place -means there Palanpur on January12and Afteradeeplytumultuous ment, energy and climate mustbeatemple nearby, then continuedtobeinillegal deten- transition,includingthe storm- change, digital and IT,education Centre blinks: Will put laws on hold onlythose (Hindus), means tion until January15, when the ingofthe Capitol by supporters and health care. theremustbeaDerasar nearby, FIR came to be registered,” of former President Donald J Biden’s term in the Senate Singh Tomar,who has been “The government is ready MSP,Tomar said: “I said as- the Budget session begins. then onlyJains, mosque nearby Majumdar said. Trump, “democracy has pre- Foreign Relations Committee had leading the government dele- to put on hold the implemen- pectsrelated to the protests Section 14 (1) of the air then onlyMuslims -then only On January4,the woman vailed”, Biden said, in aspeech coincidedwith the transforma- gation at the talks, said: “We tation of the laws forone, one- will be discussed.” quality Ordinance provides for it will be proper clustering. This had also written to the police that immediatelylaid out the tion of the Indo-US relations expect to move towardsaso- and-half years. During this pe- On the January26tractor imprisonment up to five years is what this lawsays,” submit- authorities that she wasmar- contrastbetween himself and his starting with the Jaswant Singh- lution on January22.” riod, the government and rallyplannedbythe farmers, he and fine up to Rs 1crore or both tedJoshi. riedand had lefthome of her predecessor. Strobe Talbott talkspost1998- The Centremade the offer farmer representativesshall said: “Farmers aresitting in the foractswhichcontributeto “Proper clustering of per- ownvolition. “Hearing the “Few people in our nation’s Pokhran tests. Indeed, the key aday afterRSS Sarkaryawah find asolution. Whatever the cold and facing problems, and pollution. Farmers had ex- sons of one community”, as the habeas corpus petition, the history have been morechal- markers of Indo-US engagement (general secretary) Suresh solution, it should be takenfor- theyshould end the protestand pressedconcern that this pro- amendedact defines, “...with all courtdirected that the twobe lenged or found atime more took place during Biden’s chair- ‘Bhaiyyaji’ Joshi, in an inter- ward,” he said. return home. Government and vision maybeusedagainst grammatical variations and produced(before it). The bench challenging or difficult than the manship of the powerful Senate viewtoThe Indian Express, “I am happy. It is the effect farmer representativeswill find them over stubble burning. cognateexpressions shall mean, spoketobothofthem in confi- time we’reinnow,” Biden said, panel: Bill Clinton’s visit and the calledfor “sensitivity” in deal- of the birth anniversaryof asolution.” “The government is ready in relation to ageographical dentiality,firstseparatelyto before explicitlyacknowledging the India-US nuclear deal. ing with the farmer agitation Guru Gobind Singh that farmer Asked if the government's to makethose changes we area, asmall or large social unit eachofthe twoparties, and the devastating toll of the coron- Diplomatsrecall that for and said a“middle ground unions took this proposal very dialogue will continue along- have committed to farmers on or agroup of living things who then together,” Majmudar said. avirus in away Trumpnever did. Biden, the “guy on the other side mustbefound and both sides seriouslyand said theywill dis- side the work of the Supreme this and the amendmentswill have something in common, He went on, “Toovercome of the table in diplomatic negoti- mustworktofind asolution”. cuss among themselves, and Court-appointed committee, be brought during the debate suchasnorms, religion, values, Farmers don’t these challenges, to restorethe ations is notanidiot.” This is akey Joshi underlinedthat “it is meetagain at noon on January Tomar said: “The government and passageofthe Bill in or identity and oftensharea soul and securethe futureof quality,anofficial said, that New notgood forthe health of soci- 22 to letusknowtheir deci- is committed to the Supreme Parliament during the Budget sense of place that is situated in reject offer America, requires so muchmore Delhi hopes to build on especially etyfor anyagitation to run for sion,” he said. Courtand will remain so. The session,” an official source agiven geographical area” wasaveryimportant develop- than wordsand requires the as both work together with an ag- toolong… We justwant the “As earlier,the farmer committee appointed by the said. Joshi also objected to the ment in the tenth round. The mostelusive of all things in a gressive . agitation (to) end quickly”. unions were firm on their de- Supreme Courtisdoing itsjob, On Wednesday, senior amendmentsbrought to section ministers made aproposal of democracy:unity.” Rahm Emanuel, Obama’s Emerging from the talks, mand forrepeal (of the laws) the government toohas direct ministers and leaders of the BJP 5ofthe Actwhichnow permits notimplementing the farm “Wemustend this uncivil war chief of staff, once said that Biden Tomar said: “As youare aware, and the government wasready accountability towardsfarm- including party president JP thirdparties to raise objections laws foraperiod ranging from that pitsred againstblue, rural helps counter group-think,and the Supreme Courthas stayed to discuss and amend the pro- ers.” Nadda had adiscussion at to asale/transfer of immovable 18 to 24 months. MinisterSom versus urban, conservative ver- JayCarney, former WhiteHouse the agriculturereform laws for visions of the laws with an Meanwhile, the govern- Defence MinisterRajnath property.“Those groups which Prakash said the government sus liberal,” he said. “Wecan do press secretary, said that Biden ashortduration. Their imple- open mind and big heart. All ment is all settomakeamend- Singh's residence on the strat- should otherwise be dealt with will notimplement the laws for this if we open our souls instead playedthe role of the bad guy in mentationwillnot happen for sides expressedtheir views mentstothe Commission for egy forthe Budget session. by aheavy hand, arenow per- twoyears, but the twoother of hardening our hearts.” the situation room who always some time. In the pastand and the discussions sawsome Air Quality Management in “The leaders discussedall mitted alegitimateentry...by ministers (NarendraSingh And four years afterTrump asked tough questions and chal- even today, we told them that softening and hardening National Capital Region and issues that could come up dur- lawthen, it says...weare not Tomar and Piyush Goyal) said spokeof“American carnage” in lenged preconceivedideas. This, moretime is neededtocon- (naram aur garam)ofstand. Adjoining Areas Ordinance ing the session. Partyleaders supposedtobepluralistic one-and-half years. Theyalso his Inaugural Address, Biden officials said, will help in the dis- sider the laws in detail, discuss Severalrounds of talkswere 2020 to exclude the farmers areaware that the farmer issue democracy...wemustensure said theywill file an affidavit re- seemedtooffer adirect rebuttal. course on Pakistanand various aspectsrelated to the held,” he said. from itspurview. could be akey political point that ahomogenous community garding this in the Supreme “Politics doesn’t have to be a Afghanistan. agitation. And the required Asked if the proposedjoint The Ordinance will be on whichthe Opposition will stays together,” addedJoshi. Court.” raging fire,destroying everything According to Evan Osnos’s bi- time maybesix months, one committee will look intothe takenupfor passageinthe two trytocorner the government,” “This (law) brings in the doc- “On MSP (farmers areseek- in itspath,” he said. “Everydis- ographyofBiden, he wasagainst year or one-and-half years.” demand forlegal guarantee of Houses of Parliament when aparty leader said. trine of vicinage, whichwas ing legal guarantee on MSP), agreement doesn’t have to be a intervention in Libya,and felt that struckdownbythe Supreme theysaid letusmakeacommit- cause fortotal war. And we must the fall of Muammar Gaddafi Courtin1960s as vicinageen- teetodecide this issue, our reject the cultureinwhichfacts would lead to chaos. He wasalso Loans to street vendors in pandemic turning NPAs courages same kind of people to union members can also be part themselvesare manipulatedand againstthe Abbottabad raid ar- stay together whichdoesn’t en- of it. We did notgivethem any even manufactured.” guing that if it failed, Obama bank accountsofbeneficiaries queries sent by The Indian 10,000under the scheme to 50 couragefraternity....this (law) instant reply. Our 32 Punjab Biden also spoketothe world would be aone-term President. through Direct Benefit Transfer Express, an SBIspokesperson street vendors,” the commis- brings in by the backfoot, those farmer unions will be meeting beyond America's borders. But, on India, Biden wasone of on asix-monthlybasis. said that due diligence was sioner notedand addedthat kind of archaic principles which on Thursdaymorning and the “America has been tested.And the keyadvocates of strengthen- Despitethis interestsub- done. "As per the guidelines, the target has to be completed areunconstitutional...,” stressed SamyuktaKisan Morchawill be we'vecome out stronger forit,” ing the Indo-USpartnership, es- vention –making this an effec- Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) and by December 28, 2020. Joshi. meeting in the afternoon to dis- he said. “Wewill repair our al- peciallyinstrategic areas. tively interest-free loan -- many Town Vending Committees While both these instances cuss these crucial issues. We liances and engagewith the On Wednesday, Prime accountshaveturnedNPAs. Distressfor (TVCs) areresponsible foriden- pertain to Madhya Pradesh, Interfaith will getbacktothe government worldonce again, nottomeet MinisterNarendraModi tweeted, This has been red-flaggedin tifying eligible borrowers and bankers have told The Indian on January22. Iwould call this yesterday's challenges, but to- “I look forwardtoworking with arecent letter written by aState smallbusiness issue CertificateofVending, Express thatlocal authorities couple meeting averyimportant meet- day's and tomorrow's challenges. him to strengthen India-US Bank of India chief manager to Identity Cardand Letter of across states have been putting ing forall. Finally, the govern- We will lead, notmerelybythe strategic partnership…The India- the Municipal Commissioner Recommendation to them.” pressureonlenders to sanction consensuallymarriedcouple ment is in amood to resolve the example of our powerbut by the US partnership is basedon of Burhanpur in Madhya THE DEFAULT shows In another letter,written by and disburse loans under the intocustody. issue… As of now, our decision powerofour example. We will be shared values. We have asub- Pradesh. that even as liquidity of Indoremunicipal commis- scheme. The order further notesinits to hold aRepublic Daytractor strong and trustedpartner for stantial and multifacetedbilat- In the letter,the SBI official large and medium cor- sioner to private sector banks Under the scheme, all ven- direction to the RangeIG: parade stands,” he said. peace, progress and security.” eral agenda, growing economic hasstatedthat the bank sanc- porates improves, those in the city,the commissioner dors who have been vending “While conducting suchinquiry, Kavitha Kuruganti, leader of The ceremonyonachilly, engagement and vibrant people tionedmorethan 160PM- at the bottom of the said that while Indorewas tar- from or before March 24,2020 the RangeIGconcernedshall Mahila Kisan Adhikar Manch breezy daywith asmattering of to people linkages. Committedto SVANidhi loans to urban street pyramid continue to face getedtoprovide loans to 44,874 and with acertificateofvend- bear in mind that this is the case who also attendedthe talks, snowflakes brought to aclose the working with President Biden to vendors on the recommenda- deep distress.That’s why street vendors, till date(around ing can avail of the loan. whereundue fervour is shown said: “Farmer unions told them stormyand divisive four-year take the India-US partnership to tion of NagarNigam despiteaninterestsub- December 20) only13,000 Bankshavesanctionedato- on account of this being an in- (the Centre) that theywant the presidency of Trump. In charac- even greater heights.” Burhanpur. sidy of 7%, severalven- were beneficiaries. talnumber of 17.93 lakh loans ter-religion marriage, so also the laws repealed, but would still teristic fashion, Trumponce again South Blockisalready looking Of these,manyborrowers dors arestruggling to re- The commissioner pointed applications with sanction golden wordsofthe Supreme discuss this proposal tomor- defiedtradition by leaving at the diplomatic calendar ahead did notsubmit “a single instal- paytheir monthlydues. out that "dissatisfaction" was amount at Rs 1783.17crore till Courtinsuchmatters...” row.” Washington hours before the —apossible meeting at G-7 in the ment in their loan accounts,” raisedoverthe performance of December.Disbursements The couple tiedthe knotata “The government is talking swearing in of his successor UK in June providing an opportu- the letter said. As loans under cooperation in recoveryof NPA private banksatahigh-level have been made to 13.27lakh temple in Rajasthan as per about submitting an affidavit in rather than face the reality of his nity forthe twoleaders to getto- the scheme have no collateral, loan accounts,” the bank wrote meeting. “Everybank branch beneficiaries, with Rs 1306.76 Hindu rituals and the ceremony the Supreme Courtonsuspend- ownelection defeat, although gether.But fornow,Biden’s pri- bankstypicallyhavenore- to the municipal commissioner falling in the municipal border croreworth of loans disbursed, waspresidedoverbythe tem- ing the laws foramutually- MikePence, his Vice President, orities will be focusedon course in case of default. on December 19,2020. limitations (has) been givena as per latestavailable govern- plepriest. Acertificateofmar- agreedperiod and creating a did attend. managing the raging COVID-19 “Therefore, we needyour Responding to aset of target to provide loans of Rs ment data. riagewas also purportedlyis- committeetolook intoour “Recent weeksand months pandemic whichhas claimed suedbythe Registrar of pending demands,” she said. have taught us apainful lesson,” 400,000 livesinthe US, an eco- MarriagebyAbu Road authori- Prem Singh Gehlawat, Biden said in his address. “There nomic crisis and adeeplypo- and other parties which"played “The date, time and place for area of the Statehas become residentsorcitizens on commu- ties in Rajasthan. However, sub- Haryana president of All India is truth and thereare lies.” larisedsociety and politics as was with the votes of the minorities my sermons arebooked two prone to disturbance of public nal lines.” sequently, the priestdenied Kisan Federation, said: “Atthe But he sought to emphasize witnessedduring the siegeofthe and the poor", whichhad letthe years in advance. But now, since order”. The petition also pointsout ever being present at the cere- meeting, the government stand the long arcofhistory. US Capitol afortnight ago. BJP gain atoehold in Bengal and we will field candidates, Ithink I Apartfromthe clauses being from the Statement of Objects mony. wasverysoft... All protesting “Herewestand, looking out India will look towardsin- to win 18 Lok Sabha seatsinthe will have to speak at some polit- “vague” and “subjective”, it was and Reasons appendedthe The woman is employedas farmer unions will take acall on the great Mall whereDrKing creasing collaboration on the 2019 polls. ical rallies,” Siddiqui says. the case of the petitioner that amendedAct of 2020 that it de- asection officer on contract Thursdayonthis important pro- spokeofhis dream,” he said. “health carebasket”, as Biden About his meeting with In recent months, therehave clauses of “likelytoget dis- sires to “compartmentalise with the taluka panchayatoffice posal... It is asignificant pro- “Herewestand, where108 years goes forafederal mask mandate Owaisi, he suggests he has been severalincidentsof turbed”and “maygohaywire” communities basedonsocalled in Palanpur.Inhis complaint, posal.” agoatanother inaugural, thou- and vaccine mobilization that "guided" severalpolitical leaders. Siddiqui’s car being vandalised in the section further broadens common traits.” her father alleged that she stole Balbir Singh Rajewal, presi- sands of protesters triedtoblock will dominatehis first100-day “He is from Hyderabad. Iamfrom and his followers beaten up. the ambit of the provision, “Instead of rectifying with Rs 82,000from the family’s res- dent of BKU (Rajewal), said: bravewomen marching forthe plan. Bengal. Bengal is vast and itspol- Blaming local Trinamool leaders, whichwas otherwise meant for the authorities to implement idence before running away, “Wecame with the demand for right to vote.And todaywemark On the “climatechange, envi- itics is different." he says,“This will notstopus. If limited operation. the provisions of the Actinits getting marriedfraudulently total repeal of all farm laws,but the swearing in of the first ronment and energy” basket, On the charge that he would some leaders think that by at- Operation of both these pro- true spirit, the Acthas gone and obtaining afakemarriage we told the Union Ministers that woman in American history Biden’s intention to rejoin the divide Muslim votes and hence tacking me or my followers, we visions -Section 3(1) (ii) and ahead (through the new certificate. their proposal can be dis- elected to national office, Vice Paris Climateaccordiswelcomed benefit the BJP,acharge also lev- will stop, theyare wrong. Our or- 3(1) (iii) have nowbeen stayed amendments) and has institu- According to lawyer NK cussed… we can getbackto President Kamala Harris. Don’t by NewDelhi, and it will look to- elledatOwaisi, Siddiqui says,“I ganisation has been working by wayofcourt’s direction on tionalisedthis segregation, Majumdar,representing the pe- them with aconcretereplyon tell me things can’t change.” wardscooperation in the LNG, re- hadoffered to the Trinamool to silentlyatthe grass-rootlevel. I Wednesdayuntil February3. whichisnow partofthe titioner,the father of the January22.” Manyexpect Biden will also newable and solar energy sectors. join hands with me. Theydid have told my followers to protest As per government pleader Act...the segregation and uncon- woman wasopposedtothe Joginder Singh Ugrahan, rely on her prosecutorial chops With about 2lakh Indian stu- not... When Iwas notinpolitics, democratically and do the need- Manisha Shah’s submission, stitutionality is writ large...,” marriage. The FIR also names president of BKU (Ugrahan), and her personal energy as acru- dentsinthe US and the Trump didn’t the BJP win seatsinBengal ful on polling day." no notification under the said submitted senior counsel Joshi. the registrar as an accused, he said: “Weassumedthat cial member of the administra- administration’s progressively and other places? Wasthe provisions have been issued It wasalso pointed out that said. Wednesday's talkswill also end tion. And givenspeculation that hardening line on visas, Delhi will Trinamool sleeping?" Disturbed till date,since October 2020 while the initial Actborethe “Gujarat police went by with another meeting date. But Biden, whois78, maynot seek a look towardseasing of norms for He adds, "Some people ask when the amendmentswere provisions whereifanareais flight to Kerala to take the cou- afterthe lunchbreak,theycame second term, Harris is suretoface those aspiring to study and work whyaPirzada is getting intopol- Areas Act giventhe President’s nod. declared as disturbed area, it ple intotheir custody and then up with an important proposal intense scrutinyoverher ownpo- there. itics. Isay it is my constitutional subsection 1(ii) and (iii) now According to her,notifications maysubsequentlyberevoked. travelledbackbyroad to of staying the laws forone-and- litical future. right. It is time Idosomething for lays down that an area can be under the same areawaiting This howevernow stands Palanpur wherethe husband- half years and forming acom- But formany, it’s the voice she Bengal battle the deprivedpeople of the state... declared as disturbed area by the governor's assent at the changed,making suchadecla- wifewerekeptattwo separate mittee to look intorepeal of will offertowomen and people CPM and Trinamool in Bengal did Iusedtoguide people on the spir- the stategovernment if thelat- moment. ration as permanent. police stations. Both were these laws…Regarding the NIA of colour that wasbeing reflected nothing forthe Muslims or the itual side of life. Nowitistime terisofthe opinion that “polar- The petitioners, represented “The word usedinthe Actis namedasaccusedinthe FIR. notices, the ministers said they on as shetook office. poor.Iamspeaking notonlyfor that Iguide them on worldlyaf- ization of persons belonging to by senior advocateMihir Joshi, ‘improper clustering’. Theyde- The woman waspressured to will getthe notices withdrawnif (THENEWYORKTIMES) Muslims but also forthe poor fairs too." one community has takenplace submitted while relying on ear- fine proper clustering...the state notcontinue with the relation- these areconnected to the agi- tribals and the downtrodden in Siddiqui's daystartsat5am, or is likelytotakeplace disturb- lier landmarkjudgments, that will nowdecide what is ‘proper ship but she remained tation of farmers. This shows DC turns page the state. It wasthe NRCand CAA and he hitsthe road afteroffering ing the demographic equilib- “...the intent and purpose of the clustering of one adamant. Acontention was that notices were sent to administration; Deputy whichfirstmade me shiftfrom namaz. Crowds aregathered to rium of the persons of different Actclearly appears to be pre- community’....this goes against raisedbythe petitioner that weaken the agitation. This list SecretaryofState Wendy giving sermons to working to- receive him at different locations, communities residing in that vention of migration of resi- all notions of constitutional howcould his brother be taken will be giventothe government Sherman wasUnder Secretaryof wardsapolitical platform. Iam with Siddiqui delivering at least area or that improper clustering dentsinminority in one area morality,offraternity of broth- intocustody even before the FIR soon.” Statefor Political affairs under convincedthat we needtosend twosermons aday,with onlya of persons of one community and taking over of their proper- erhood… this is absolutesegre- wasregistered. As per the pros- Rakesh Tikait of the BKU Obama and Indo-Pacific coordi- our people to the Assembly, rais- shortbreak to eat. At home in the has takenplace is likelytotake ties by other communities un- gation on religious lines. Youare ecution’s case, theyweretaken said: “The government offered nator Kurt Campbell was ing the right issues and objecting evenings, thereare moremeet- place wherethe mutual and der coercion in the aftermath of absolutelyghettoising the en- intocustody in Kerala on to suspend the laws for1.5-2 Assistant SecretaryofState on to the wrongs. The BJP is an en- ings. On Fridayand Sunday, he is peaceful coherence amongst communal disturbances. There tirecity by saying that the state January12and brought to years. Theyalso said the govern- eastAsia under Obama. emyofthe country." at the mazar,meeting visitors different communities maygo is nothing in the Acttosuggest in itswisdom feels that only Palanpur and arrested on ment will be submitting an af- Officials said that NewDelhi He says it is the Trinamool, from different parts of the state. haywireinthat area,” or “...that that it wasintendedtodivide persons having common iden- January15. But as per the peti- fidavit in the Supreme Court.”

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Gujarat ATS KUTCH arrests Mumbai No Acacia at Kevadia zoo, but lone man with drugs giraffe never misses favourite meal 3copsbookedfor‘beating’ worth Rs 1crore leavesmaketheir favourite ADITIRAJA meal. “Giraffeshaveafondness theftcasesuspecttodeath EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE VADODARA, JANUARY 20 forAcacia leavesbecause they AHMEDABAD,JANUARY20 areextremelysweet and the Shaktisinh Gohil, Ashok Kannad meal and that policemen usedto IN ITS enclosureatthe Sardar trees grow very tall. In their nat- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE and Jaydevsinh Jhala. take turnsto beathimup,”Devraj THE GUJARATAnti-Terrorist PatelZoological Park,near the ural habitat, theychewonaca- ,JANUARY20 In his complaint, Devraj saidin his complaint. He added Squad (ATS) arrested aMumbai Statue of Unity at Kevadia in cia leaves. The tree and the gi- Gadhvi,adistantcousinof the27- that Arjan also showedthem his resident with methampheta- Narmada, the lone giraffe raffes shareaunique THREE HEAD constables of year-oldvictim,statedpolicemen swollen feet and said, “I (Arjan) mine drugs worthRs1crore from browses through abranchof relationship in the wild. Since Mundrapolice station in Kutch attachedtotheMundrapolicesta- have reachedmylimit. Iamun- Ahmedabad on Wednesday. Acacia leaves, located at a giraffeskeep eating up the districtwere Wednesdaybooked tion had calledArjan on January able to even walk”, the FIR states. According to ATSofficials, the height. It is acommon sight to leaves, the tree develops a forallegedly illegallyconfining a 12 evening, asking him to go to When the advocateenquired accused, Mohammad Sultan see giraffesusing their tongues mechanism of itsown to grow manandbeatinghimto deathaf- Pragpar approachroad to collect with Gohil if theyhad arrested or Shaikh, aresident of Jogeshwari to navigatethrough Acacia thorns to deterthe giraffe but terdetaininghimasasuspectina aparcel. When Arjan’s elder got remandof Arjan,thelattertold EastinMumbai, washeld outside leavesdue to itsfondness for the species has adaptedtothis house break-in case. The accused brother Hari went to Mundrapo- himthattheywouldreleaseArjan atemple near Sarthi Apartments the majestic tree known as aca- and has abetterskill to ma- policemenwentundergroundaf- lice station on January13, he was thatevening.OnTuesdayevening, in Shahibaug area of the city with cia auricuriformis. The onlydif- noeuver through the thorns and teranoffence wasregistered toldthatMundrapolicehadtaken fellowadvocateKailashdanGadh- aconsignment of meth weighing ference is that the enclosurein- eat the leaves. Theyuse their againstthem even as twoother hisbrotheraway forinvestigation viinformedDevrajthatArjanhad 1kg, valuedatRs1crore. side the Kevadia safari park long tongue to eat the leaves. So, men, who also allegedbeating by in acase of theft, the FIR quotes diedinpolicecustody.AtMundra Officials said Shaikh wasal- does nothavethe actual Acacia the trees release tannin to turn police, were hospitalised. Devraj,anadvocate, as saying. police station, he wastold that legedly sent to Ahmedabad from tree. Instead, the zoo manage- offthe giraffe and it moveson VijayGadhvi, president of Devraj statedintheFIRthathe, Arjan had been takentogovern- Mumbai as acourier to supplythe ment has been fetching the when it has finishedits meal,” Akhil KutchCharan Sabha, an or- Hari and Vijaysinh Jadeja of ment hospital. On reaching the contraband to an unidentified dailyquantity of acacia leaves The three-year-old giraffe at the Sardar PatelZoological Park he says. ganisation of Gadhvi community Samaghogh villagewent to hospital, Devraj wastold that person. “Wehad receivedatip- from trees from the fodder farm in Kevadia. BhupendraRana Acacia auriculiformis, com- in Kutchdistrict, said the family MundrapolicestationonJanuary Arjan had died. offthat aperson wearing blue run by the forest department, monlyknown as auri or earleaf membersof thedeceasedrefused 16 to look forArjan. “AtMundra Later,leaders of Gadhvi com- jeans, blue shirtand ajacket, outside the parkand fastening acacia is afast-growing, to claim the body until the three police station, we found munityassembledinMundraand would be waiting outside atem- it to another tree inside the en- because the animals grazedit. maize with natural grass at crooked,gnarly tree in the fam- constables were arrested.Hede- Shaktisinh Gohil sitting alone in thefamilyrefusedtoclaimArjan’s ple with drugs. Basedonthe in- closurefor the giraffe to geta Thereafterthe occupantsofthe times, but acacia is amusthave. ilyFabaceae. mandedaninvestigation intothe an office whereas Arjan was body.Onthe basis of Devraj’s formation, the accusedwas sense of its“natural habitat”. enclosurearrived and the sec- The management nowplans role of the police station officer of seatedonthefloor.Shaktisinhtold complaint, the Mundrapolice pickedupbyateam. The accused Everyday, close to 20 kilos ond attempt went unsuccessful The officer said, “Giraffes to plant the saplings in the en- Mundrabesides the arrest of the us to ask Arjan if he had commit- booked the three constables un- has told ATSthat the consign- of acacia leaf branches and as theywould graze on the cannoteat with their necks bent closureusing shield. “Weare three accusedconstables. tedany theftornot.Whenwe did der IPC sections 302 (murder), ment had arrivedatShalimar twigs maketheir wayintothe sapling. Acacia takesabout downward due to the waytheir hoping we will be able to add Accordingto anFIRregistered accordingly,Arjan told us that he 343(illegalconfinement)and114 HotelinMumbai on January18 enclosurefor the three-year-old three years to grow to adesir- body is made. Since theyhave some green fencing around it to at Mundrapolice station had notcommitted anytheftbut (abettorpresent when offence is night this year.Itwas sent al- female giraffe,whichisnow the able height forthe giraffe.So, onlyseven vertebrae in the long prevent the giraffe from com- Wednesday, Arjan Gadhvi, aresi- Shaktisinh Gohil, Ashok Kannad committed). SP,Kutch(west), legedly by one Waseem Khadim onlysurviving of the four that we have planted about 70 trees neck, the blood pressurelevels pletely devouring on it,” the of- dent of Samaghogh villagein and Jaydevsinh Jhala had brutally Saurabh Singh said that theyhad of Ajmer Sharif Dargahin were shippedintothe parkin from the forest department out- to the brain vary as compared ficer said. Mundrataluka, wastaken to a beatenhimupandhadevengiven launchedaninvestigation in the Rajasthan,” an ATSofficial said. October 2019 from Africa. side the safari and we fetch to the other body parts because One of the four importedgi- government hospital in Mundra him electric shock. He said that alleged murder and illegal con- Shaikh, the official said, had Officials at the zoo told The fresh branches to suffice forone the blood has to rise up to the raffes —two pairs —had diedin Tuesdayevening wheredoctors theyhad even pushedpetrol- finement of Arjan. been hired as acourier and he Indian Express that the attempts dayfor the giraffe.” brain through the long neck. A November 2019 shortlyafter its had pronouncedhim dead. After soaked pieces of cloth in his rec- Meanwhile, Shamla Gadhvi travelledfromMumbai to to grow acacia trees inside the The officer addedthat the giraffe can look down onlyfor a arrivalfromAfrica while the leadersof theGadhvicommunity tum,”Devraj,whopracticeslawin andHarjogGadhvi,bothresidents Ahmedabad in aprivate bus. “He enclosurehavefailedsofar thus branches of acacia as well as the fewseconds before the imbal- second giraffe diedinMarch last alleged that Arjan wasbeaten to Mundra, is quoted in the FIR as of Samghogha, claimedthat they has told us that Khadim asked giving rise to the needofbring- twigs aretiedonthe branchof ance due to blood pressure year —bothdue to peracute deathandfiledacomplaintinthe having stated in his complaint. toowerepickedupbypoliceinthe him to hand over the drugs to a ing in the fresh leaveseveryday. another commonlyfound tree changes clickin. Thereforeit mortality syndrome, whichaf- matter,Mundrapolice booked “Arjan told us that no one sametheftcaseandbeatenupse- person in a“redt-shirt” who An officer of the Sardar Patel inside the enclosureinorder to cannoteat from alowerposi- fectsgiraffesduring aseason threeofits head constables — askedhimif hewantedto have his verely by police. would approachhim outside the Zoological Park said, “Wehad allowthe giraffe to feed in tion.” change, official statement from temple from wherehewas planted afew acacia trees in the standing position with itshead The officer addedthat gi- the Safari parkhad said. The caught,”the official said. Further Safari parkwhen it wasbeing raisedtothe meal. The meals raffes arealways found near thirdgiraffe also diedshortlyaf- investigation is on in the case. developedbut it did notsurvive also include green fodder and acacia trees as the ear turned terlastyear. Mamlatdar held for DA case: Ex-deputy taking Rs 25 lakh bribe mamlatdar booked

latdar office, however, had ,wasbookedafterof- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE changed the status of the com- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ficials found properties and AHMEDABAD,JANUARY20 plainantasanon-farmerandland AHMEDABAD,JANUARY20 moneyinaccountsworthRs30.47 as non-farming without sending croreregisteredunderhimandhis THE GUJARATAnti-Corruption anynoticeto himfollowingwhich THE GUJARATAnti-Corruption familymembers whichis122.39 Bureau(ACB) arrested amamlat- thecomplainanthadsoughtasur- Bureaubooked aretired deputy per cent morethan known dar from Dholka in Ahmedabad veyofthe plot. Another land, mamlatdar in Gandhinagar on sources of income. district forallegedly accepting Rs ownedbythecomplainantinan- Wednesdayfor allegedly owning “Thetotalassetsof Desaiwere 25 lakh in bribefor conducting a other village, had been acquired assetsworthRs30.47crore,which found to be at Rs 55.45 croreout land survey of an applicant. forthe Dholka expressway and were disproportionatetohis of whichRs24.97crore worth Hardik Damor,agrade 2 the compensation forthe same known sources of income. properties areunder his legal in- mamlatdar,and one Jagdish wasawaited.The complainant “Thisisthebiggestdispropor- comeandDA worthRs30.47crore Parmarwere heldwithRs25lakh hadmovedthethreeapplications tionateassets (DA) case that has has been found,” said an ACBoffi- in cash from the mamlatdar's of- inthemattersandthemamlatdar been lodged by the ACBin cer.ACB officials addedthat the fice in Dholka afterafarmer had haddemandedRs25lakhinbribe Gujarat,” said the officials. proberevealednumerous prop- approachedthe ACBagainst through Parmar,anagent work- According to officials, this is erties namedafter Desai and his Damorforallegedly seekingbribe ing at government offices. We the biggestdisproportionateas- familymembers whichinclude forclearingthreeland-relatedap- held both the accusedwith Rs 25 sets (DA) case related to Mama- three flats, twobungalows,11 plications. lakh cash,” DP Vaghela, assistant ltdar office that has been lodged shops,oneoffice,twoplots and11 “Thecomplainant,whoisorig- director of ACBGujarat, said. A by ACBinGujarat.. luxurycars. “Wehavebooked inallyafarmer,had appointed a case wasregisteredagainstthe According to ACBofficials, Desai and six personsunder sec- private,non-farmer person as an twoundersectionsofthePrevent- ViramDesai,retireddeputymam- tions of the Prevention of Corr- in-charge of sale and purchase of ion of Corruption Actand further latdar(Grade3)postedatEDhara uption Act. Further investigation aland plotinDholka. The mam- probeison, Vaghela said. CentreKalol office in is going on,” said the officer.

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ANTI-LAND GRABBING ACT Septuagenarian held under new law was in WilldevelopJunagadh possession of land for 33 years, gets HC relief asheritagecity:Rupani Lays foundation stone of city-wide sewerage network producedvirtuallythrough the Pranavraisedanobjection to subsequent to whichAhmed Land Grabbing Actisanattempt EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Mirzapur courtand permitted Ahmed’s possession of the land wasdetainedand then arrested to makeaback-door entryin AHMEDABAD, JANUARY 20 to go home afterthe Gujarat and initiated proceedings un- on January14. He wasproduced the said land, as all claims to- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Foundation HC’s intervention. der the Gujarat Prohibition of before acourtbyJanuary15, wardsthe said land arebarred RAJKOT,JANUARY20 stone laid for ADIVISION benchofthe The petitioner,represented Transfer of Immovable Property wherein the courtremanded by the lawoflimitation.” Gujarat High CourtWednesday by senior advocateMihir Joshi and Provision forProtection of Ahmedtopolice custody forfive On Wednesday, the bench, CHIEFMINISTERVijayRupanian- Nava Bandar granted bail to aseptuagenar- and advocateMuhammad Isa TenantsfromEviction from days.This was, however, stayed ledbyJustice Gokani, while sus- nouncedWednesdaythe state ian arrested under the provi- Hakim, had submitted that his Premises in Disturbed Areas by the Gujarat HC on January19. pending the police remand or- government will develop fishing harbour sions of the recentlyenacted 72-year-old father wasinlegal Act, 1991,otherwise known as The keyargument made in der,also notedthat “in absence as aheritagecity offer- Gujarat Land Grabbing possession of aland parcel since Disturbed Areas Act, in 2018. the case wasthe principle of ad- of anycivil litigation forrecov- ing best facilities to tourists and (Prohibition) Act. 1987.The original owner of the In aseparatepetition, filed verse possession wherein it was eryofpossession of the land in residents. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE The relief comes aday after land, one Harish Ambalal Seth, by Ahmedbeforethe Gujarat highlighted that Ahmedhad wake of Section 27 of the The CM laid the foundation RAJKOT,JANUARY20 adivision bench, ledbyJustice had transferredthe land to two HC, challenging the proceed- been in legal possession of the (Extinguishment of the Rights stonefortheRs319.48-crorecity- Sonia Gokani, setaside afive- others in 1984 by wayofregis- ings initiated by Pranav, it was land sincethe last 33 years and of the Property)... read with wide underground drainagenet- CHIEFMINISTERVijayRupanilaid daypolice remand order passed teredagreement to sale, who in submitted that the Disturbed it is onlynow that criminal Article 65 (of the Lawof work and three sewage water thefoundationstoneof amodern on January15byaspecial court, turn had “transferred, conveyed Areas Actcame intoeffect in cases arebeing lodged “surrep- Limitation) and also noticing treatment plantsinJunagadh Mahabat Makbaraisone fishing harbour at Nava Bandar constituted under the Act, and assignedtheir rightsbyreg- 1991 while the land transfer titiously”. It wassubmitted that the provisions of the Land Wednesday. Junagadh is the only of the heritagestructures near UnainGir Somnath district against72-year-old Ahmed isteredagreement to sale” to took place in 1987,thus making “without having raisedany le- Grabbing Act”, read with earlier municipalcorporationareainthe in Junagadh. Express onWednesday. Fisheriesproduc- Patel, in Ahmedabad. Ahmedand four others in 1987, it ineligible to applythe Actret- gitimateclaim to title nor any Supreme Courtjudgments, it is statewithout amodernunder- tion in the state, he said, had The benchhad directed that the petition said. In 2006,after rospectively. legal challengetothe posses- onlyappropriatethat the police ground sewage network. touched8.58 lakh metric tonnes Ahmedbeproducedbeforethe Harish’s death, his son Pranav On January13, Pranavfiled sion of the father of the peti- authorities explain themselves. Addressing apublic meeting dueto thefriendlypoliciesandin- high courtWednesdayafter his Seth wasmutated in the rev- acomplaint againstAhmedun- tioner (Ahmed)overthe said Anotice wasissuedand is ex- from Police Parade Ground in We are committed centivesbythestategovernment. son, Raees Patel, filedahabeas enue records by wayofinheri- der the provisions of the Gujarat land foraperiod of 33 long pected to be respondedtoby Junagadh city,after laying the to ensure that the Rupani flewtoNavaBandar corpus petition. Ahmedwas tance. Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act years, the complaint under the next week. foundationstoneof thesewerage historic city of Junagadh and laid the ceremonial founda- project, Rupani announcedthat becomes as pride of tionstoneof themodernfisheries Rs88crorewillbeallocatedforthe . We will harbourwhichwillbedeveloped construction of twoflyover develop Junagadh as at the costofRs300crore. IIMA student found bridges near the Gujarat State Addressing apublic meeting Road TransportCorporation bus heritage city where all afterlaying the foundation stone, station and at Joshipuraareaof modern amenities will be Rupani said that the proposed dead in hostel room, Junagadh city. available” harbour would be aworld-class “ResidentsofJunagadhwould —VIJAY RUPANI facility forfishermen. “The gov- become free from trafficsnarls ernment is committedto welfare CHIEF MINISTER suicide suspected when these twobridges arecon- of sagarkhedu (fishermen) of the structed.Weare planningto make state. Work is in progress forde- Junagadh free from levelrailway velopment of , Mangrol, crossings.Weare committed to cities of Gujarat with morethan Sutrapadaand Modhwada har- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE One of her batchmates ensurethat the historic city of 2,300-year-long history. bours. Land allotted to GIDC AHMEDABAD, JANUARY 20 said the incident has Junagadh becomes as pride of Renovation of Uparkotfortcom- (Gujarat Industrial Development Saurashtra. We will develop plex, Majevadi Gate, and Sardar Corporation)hasbeentransferred A25-YEAR-OLD student of the lefteveryone at the Junagadh as heritagecity where Gateisalready underway. “We to the fisheries department and Indian Instituteofinstituteshockedand allmodernamenitieswillbeavail- shallalsothrow openIndreshwar clearanceshave beensoughtfrom Management, Ahmedabad that no one had any able,”anofficialreleasequotedthe Lion Safari Park in the forest of environmentdepartmentforfur- (IIMA), wasfound dead at her CM as saying. .Wehavealreadyissuedin- ther development,” he said. hostelroom on the institute’s idea if she wasgoing At theevent,Rupanisaidsince structionsto forest departmentin Thankstofavourable policy campus Wednesdayunder through anyproblem PrimeMinisterNarendraModiin- this regard.Development of environment createdby the state mysterious circumstances, po- augurated Girnar ropeway, the tourism would lead to economic government,fisheriesproduction lice said. world’slongestropewaytoatem- growth of Junagadh,” the release inthestatehadtouched8.58lakh Drishti Raj(25), anative of student. The body has been sent ple,inOctoberlastyear,morethan quoted the CM as saying. metrictonnesintheyear2019-20 Muzaffarpur in Bihar,was a forpostmortem. As of now, an 2.5 lakh pilgrims had paid their Earlier,anofficial release by andthatfisheriesproductsworth second-year student of post- accidental death reporthas obeisance at Ambaji shrine atop the stateinformation depart- Rs5000 crorewereexported, the graduateprogramme in man- been filed,” said an officer of the MountGirnar.“We willmakeJun- ment had stated that the city- CM added. agement (PGPM) course at Satellitepolice station. agadh atourism hub by develop- wide drainageand STPprojects “The government has in- IIMA.She had completedher An official communication MINISTER INAUGURATES PARTY OFFICE ing the Narsinh Maheta lake, Ma- would provide drainagefacility creasedsubsidyonkerosenefrom under graduation from the Shri issuedbythe IIMA authorities habat Makbara, and Uparkotfort to 3.5 lakh residentsinJunagadh Rs15per litretoRs25per litrefor RamCollegeofCommerce (SR- expressedgrief on the “un- Union MinisterRamdas Athawale at the inauguration of aparty office of the Republican complexamong others,” he said. city and will becompletedwithin fishermen,” an official release CCC) under the Delhi timelydemise” of the student. PartyofIndia (A), in VadodaraWednesday. BhupendraRana Junagadh is among the oldest 27 months. quoted the CM as having stated. University. “The instituteisdeeply Around 4pmWednesday, grievedtosharethe news about the Satellitepolice station re- the untimelydemise of our sec- ceived acall from the IIMA ad- ond-year MBAstudent Ms ‘FED UP WITH ONLINE CLASSES’ GPCL issued show-cause ministration afterthe student Drishti Rajinher room in dorm wasfound dead in her hostel 8todayevening. The institute Teen leaves home on cycle, hitch room on the institute’s old assures and is committed to notice over ‘non-compliance’ campus. overcoming this situation, deal- According to police, ing with compassion and offer- Drishti’s friends alertedthe ing enduring supporttothe be- rides on trucks, reaches Mumbai hosteladministration afterher reaved members of Ms Drishti’s with environmental norms door wasfound bolted from in- familyand the IIMA commu- schools across the stateare him forstudying,” the boy’s fa- side and repeated calls went nity at large,” the communica- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE holding online classes amid the ther told . As per the legal notice, a gional office. And further deci- unanswered.The guards at tion issuedbythe institute SURAT, JANUARY 20 coronavirus pandemic. According to the boy’s fa- PARIMAL DABHI copyofwhichisavailable with sion will be takensubse- IIMA then brokeopen the door read. Aprayer meeting has also On checking the CCTV ther,the teen had leftSurat on GANDHINAGAR, JANUARY 20 The Indian Express,the mining quently,”Patel said. and found her hanging inside been scheduledbythe institute A14-YEAR-OLD Surat boy, who footageofthe housing society, hisbicycle.“He rode around 20 unit does nothaveanEffluent Meanwhile, PSS has de- the room, said police. at the Louis Kahn Plaza on had gone missing from his police said, the father found that kilometres from Surat city and THE GUJARATPollution Control Treatment Plant (ETP) and mandedthat mining activities “The student wasenrolledin Thursday. home Monday, has travelledto the boyhad leftthe apartment reachedthe National Highway Board(GPCB) has issueda Sewerage Treatment Plant be immediatelystoppedand an online PGPM course cur- One of her batchmates told Mumbai’s Bhayander area, on his bicycle with awater bot- 48.Later,hetook lifts from truck show-cause notice to the (STP). It had also installedcoal cited a2017Supreme Courtor- rentlyand she usedtolivealone The Indian Express that the in- around 280-km from at his res- tle. Afterfailing to find him, the drivers, mostlyelderly ones, to Gujarat PowerCorporation crushing machinerywithout der that mandates all industrial in the hostelroom. We have not cident has lefteveryone shocked idence, partlybycycling and parentsfiledamissing com- reachNavsari, from wherehe Limited (GPCL), acompanypro- obtaining apermission from units, which require‘consent to found anynotefromher room as no one had anyidea if she was partlyhitching rides on trucks, plaint at the local Rander police again rode on his bicycle for motedbythe stategovern- the GPCB. At the time of the operate’, to be allowedtocon- and arespeaking to her col- going through anyproblem. police said. The boy, aresident station Tuesday, following some distance. He then took ment, afteritwas found oper- GPCB’s visit, coal crushing op- tinue activity onlywhen afunc- leagues to find out moreabout To seek help and coun- of Adajan, had leftbehind his whichpolice startedasearch lifts from trucks and reached ating alignitemining sitein eration wasonwithout any tional effluent treatment plant the case. The IIMA campus doc- selling on mental health, peo- mobile phone and anotestat- operation. Bhilad, on the border of Gujarat district allegedly in provision of air pollution con- is in place. torisalso being consulted to ple can reachout to AASRA ing that he wasfed up with the In his complaint to the po- and . He made a violation of various environ- trol measure. The notice also In arecent letter to various find out if therewas anymed- (9820466726) and Saath India online classes and wasleaving lice, the boy’s father had men- halt at dhaba whereanelderly mental rules, regulations and pointed out anumber of other stateand central authorities, ical history associated with the (079 26305544). home, police added. tionedthat theyhad come to truckdriveroffered him food as statutoryprovisions. violations at the mining site. Rohit Prajapati and On Monday, the Class 8stu- Surat five years agofrom he did nothaveany moneyon In itsnotice, the GPCB had The GPCB legal notice, ad- Krishnakant from PSS have de- dent, son of atobacco vendor, Mumbai, wheretheylived in him,” the father said. asked whythe GPCL should not dressedtoGPCL and itsman- mandedthat GPCB mustissue a had allegedly lefthome around Bhayander area. The truckdriver, the father be prosecuted foroffences un- ager (mines) DevendraKhot, closurenotice to GPCL while CASETRACKER noon when his parentswere On Wednesday, police said, added, had droppedthe boyat der the WaterAct, Air Actand stated:“Under the circum- immediatelystopping the min- away.Around 5pm, when his the boy’s uncle, who continues KashimiraareainMumbai, Environment Protection Act. stances, youare herebycalled ing activity at the site. Places ConfirmedDeaths Newcases parentsreturned, theyfound to live in Bhayander,informed from wherethe teen rode on his While the powercorporation upon to showcause, within a Referring to the rise of land Ahmedabad 58,7942,284105 the main door of the house the familythat the child had bicycle to Bhayander,covering has recentlysubmitted are- period of 15 days from the re- levelaround the mining site, Amreli 3,936 34 2 lockedfromoutside. reachedMumbai. The couple around 6kms, and reachedhis sponse in the matter,the GPCB ceiptofthis notice, as to how and calling it an “unfolding dis- Anand 2,455 17 4 According to the police, the later informedthe police and uncle’s residence Tuesday is expected to take further ac- have younot committed the aster”, theyhavealleged that it Aravalli 1,190261 teenager’s father had opened leftfor Mumbai in the after- night. “My brother calledme tion afterverifying the same. breachofprovisions of environ- has causedirreversible damage the door with asparekey and noon. Wednesdayand informedthat The lignitemining siteof mental lawand as to whyyou to the groundwater,farmlands, Banaskantha 4,704 38 2 had straight away entered the “A major reason behind him my son had reachedathis GPCL is located in Ghogha should notbeprosecuted for air,agricultureand health of Bharuch4,081185 boy’s room. While the boywas leaving the house wasthat he house,” the father said. tehsil of . The offences committed by you, un- the villagers and other living Bhavnagar 6,0837012 “missing”, police said, his father wasunable to understand the Rander police inspector JP area near the sitehas witnessed der WaterAct, Air Actand beings in the surrounding ar- Botad1,045 13 1 found his mobile phone and the subjectstaught online which Jadeja said, “The familyhad an unprecedented phenome- Environment (P) Act, 1986.” eas. Chhota Udepur 920 4 note that purportedlyread: made him tensedahead of the shiftedtoSurat from Bhayander non of rise in the ground level When contacted,Khotsaid, Theyclaimedthat 16 sam- “Mummy-Papa, Ihavetroubled final exams. We would keep a in Mumbai five years ago. The forthe pastfew months. “Wehavesubmitted our reply. ples of groundwater,collected Dahod 3,246 77 youalot.Now,Iamgoing far checkonhis mobile phone us- boywas missing his old friends Expressing concern, Paryavaran Work on STPand ETP has be- from sevenvillages near the Dang 177 away.Icannotunderstand any- age. He wasfond of playing at Bhayander.Heisinsafe Suraksha Samiti (PSS), an envi- gun and it will be completedin mining site, have shown high Devbhoomi Dwarka 9,836 53 thing through these online games, but we had strictlytold hands nowand his parentshave ronmental group, had written four months.” TDS (total dissolvedsolids), Gandhinagar 8,435106 14 classes. Sorry forthe trouble.” him nottoplaygames online. gone to Bhayander to bring him to the stateauthorities, includ- Asked if whythe company magnesium and chloride quan- Gir Somnath 2,430 22 7 Exceptfor classes 10 and 12, But we did notput pressureon backtoSurat.” ing the GPCB, about alleged “il- did nothaveSTP or ETP so far, tities and lowpH(indicative of legal and improper” mining ac- Khotsaid, “Thereweremanyis- higher acidity), making it unfit 10,423 35 8 tivities at the siteand sues involvedand it took time notonlyfor consumption of Junagadh 5,213 32 11 demandedthat it be stopped to clear it. We have givenour human beings and animals, but 3,119165 ‘Covid restrictions may give rise till necessarystudies were un- valid reasons (for the same in also forirrigation. Kutch4,259 33 14 dertaken. the reply).” GPCL wasgiven consent and Mahisagar 2,017 13 2 With reference to the PSS’ Unit head of GPCB for authorisation formining at the to more corruption in sports’ complaint, the GPCB had vis- Bhavnagar,Manoj Patelcon- sitebythe GPCB in May2018 6,8673810 ited the mining siteand had firmedthat the GPCL authori- under the provisions of the Morbi 3,208 21 3 nancial situations of anumber of tion. Sportorganisations arein- notedanumber of violations. ties have repliedtothe notice. WaterAct, Air Actand the Narmada 2,043 12 EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE sports.Alossof competitionsand centivisedtoconceal corruptac- Following the visit, the GPCB is- “In the reply, theyhaveput Hazardous &Other Waste 1,620 81 AHMEDABAD,JANUARY20 sponsorship revenues, means tivities,becauseinmy viewthatis suedalegal notice to GPCL on short-term action plan and Rules, 2016.The consent and Panchmahal 4,225 24 everyone is operating on amuch the best waytosalvage the repu- December 31 lastyear while re- long-term action plan. Now, I authorisation wastill RESTRICTIONS POSED due to the reducedfinancialbasisandmakes tation and integrity and protect ferring to various violations. will getitverifiedfrommyre- December 2022. Patan4,221513 Covid-19pandemic could possi- iteasyto cutcorners.Italsomakes their sportwhichImight add in 1,089 4 blygiveriseto morecorruptionin it moredifficult to do all kinds of quotations “business”. Many Rajkot 22,416 205 65 sportsandwouldmakeitdifficult auditsand investigations to pro- forms of corruption and corrupt SHOP OWNERS HELD IN GANDHINAGAR Sabarkantha 2,950 13 6 to monitor doping, said Richard tect the integrity of asporting or- activity arehidden from the pub- Surat 51,730 97598 McLaren, professor of lawatthe ganisation.” lic. It is easier to do because of the Counterfeit products of major brands seized Western University in Ontario, Speaking on the subject of absence of regulatoryoversight,” Surendranagar 3,517 14 1 Canada and one of the three “Sports autonomyand authority: he said during his interaction on The owners of the shop were seized. Tapi 1,0727 members who probed the state- post-Covid, will governance be the subject. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE detained. “Based on atip-off, we had Vadodara26,862 25194 sponsored doping in Russian different?,”theprofessorsaidwith McLaren,whowaspartofthe AHMEDABAD, JANUARY 20 According to CID Crime and conductedthe raid and seized 1,393 81 sports. acut in revenues and salaries due WADA (World Anti-Doping Railways officials, araid was total shoes and clothes worth During avirtual interaction to lackofcompetitions, the Agency) commission investigat- THE GUJARATCrime conducted at 'Kamal Sports Rs 21.46 lakh. The twoowners Other states 1483 with Gujarat National Law chancesof sportingorganisations ing the Russian doping scandal in Investigation Department (CID) World' garmentsshop in amar- of the shop- Kamal Peshwani University in Gandhinagar on indulging in corruption rises. 2015,said the travel restrictions Crime and Railways raideda ket complexinSector 24 of (41) and Sohan Lal Peshwani Cumulative Total New Cumulative Tuesday, McLaren said, “Covid “The self interestofsporting poseddueto thepandemicmakes garmentsshop in Gandhinagar Gandhinagar on Wednesday (44) -- have been detainedand discharge: cases: cases: deaths: also has apotential to makecor- organisations,inhibitssportingre- ithardtokeepatabonathletesin- and recoveredcounterfeit and counterfeit footwear and booked under sections of the 2,47,223 2,56,596 490 4,346 ruptioneasier.Thatisparticularly form.Ihavealsonoticedthatthere dulginginperformanceenchanc- shoes and clothes of famous garmentsoffamous brands Copyright Act,” said an official true because of the precarious fi- is an incentive to conceal corrup- ing drugs. brands worthRs21.46 lakh. suchasNikeand Adidas were of CIDCrime.

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Tourism Corporation of Gujarat Limited (TCGL) E-TENDERINGTENDER NOTIC NO. 23 OF 2020-2021 (A Govt. of Gujarat undertaking) Road and Building Department Address: BlockNo. 16, 4th Floor,Udyog Bhavan, Sector-11, Gandhinagar -382 011 On Behalf of Governor of Gujarat State the Executive Phone: +91-79-23222523/ 23222645/ 23220002 Engineer,Capital Project Electrical Division, 3rd Floor,''B'' Fax: 91-79-23238908 Block, Patnagar Yo jana Bhavan, Sector No.16, Gandhinagar (Ph. No.079-23248277) Pin Code No.382016 invites online TENDER NOTICE tender through E-Tendering System from the registered elec- Bids areinvited from reputed and experienced Agencies trical contractor forworkEstimate cost of Rs.152.23 Lakhs. for undertaking Public Relations &Media activities The Tender Documents can be downloaded and online for Tourism Corporation of Gujarat Limited.The submitted on website www.nprocure.com up to Dt. project scope, eligibility criteria, selection process, etc. 22/02/2021 till 12.00 hrs.Tender will be opened on 22/02/2021 areincluded in the Tender documents published on the at 12.05 hrs at circle ofifice,Gandhinagar. More details of work can be available from the above website websites: https://www.nprocure.com/and and our office's address. INF/1805/20-21 http://www.gujarattourism.com.The last date for submission of the Financial Bid is 08/03/2021 upto 3:00 pm. and Technical Bid is 10/03/2021 upto 3:00 pm.The Financial Bid shall be uploaded in n-procure website only. Managing Director

Tourism Corporation of Gujarat Limited (TCGL) GujaratWater Supply &Sewerage Board (A Government of Gujarat undertaking) E-tender Tender Notice No.28, of 2020-2021 Address: Nigam Bhavan Sector 16, Block CFirst Floor, Tender I.D.No.:-446165 Nr.GH4½Bus Stand, Gandhinagar -382 016 ExecutiveEngineer Public Health worksDivision, G.W.S.S.B., Old Phone: +91-79-23222523/ 23222645/ 23220002 Collector Office Building, 1st Floor,Near Old Civil Court, Circuit House Fax: 91-79-23238908 Compound, Anand. Phone No.: 02692-250453 invites online tender TENDER NOTICE through e-tendering from Registered contractors in AA class and above for(1) Name of work:ComprehensiveMaintenance for2year (24 Bids are invited from reputed and experienced Consultant for months) of Newand Old all civil structure,Rising main D.l. 400 to 600 "Comprehensive ConsultancyServices forDevelopment mm Dia and HDPE pipe 10 Kg/sqcm 90 to 250 mm dia. RCC Pump of Dinosaur Fossil Park at Raiyoli, Balasinor,Gujarat." The House 6Nos (At Isanpur,Moraj, Rangpur,Hariyan, Kanisa and Undel project requirements,technical specifications,eligibility criteria, H/w), RCC U/G Sumps at H/W site.-8Nos,R.C.C.Village LevelSumps selection process,etc. are included in the Tender documents -24Nos,R.C.C.ESR's 4Nos,Distribution Gravity Main pipe line of published on the websites: https://www.nprocure.com/and AC/PVC.Pipes of dia meters ranging from 90mm to 350mm., Staff Quarter.Store room, Compound wall, Other Misc. Work etc. with all http://www.gujarattourism.com.The tender documents shall associate components etc. Complete.Ta.Tarapur/Khambhat Dist. be available online from 22/01/2021. Anand forEstmated cost Rs.60.46 Lakh (2) Eligibility of Contractor as The last date forsubmission of the Financial Bid is mentioned in tender documents &having registration ''D" Class and 22/02/2021 upto 3:00 pm. and Technical Bid is 24/02/2021 above forfurther details of tender notice.Scope of work,tender fee, upto 3:00 pm.The Financial Bid shall be uploaded in EMD and specification etc. Please visit website n-procurewebsite only. https://www.gwssb.nprocure.com The last date of submission of Managing Director online tender is dt.11/02/2021 upto 18.00 hrs.ifany changes /corrigen- dum will be seen on above website. NOTIFICATION GWSSB has reserve right to reject anyorall tender without assigning REVENUE DEPARTMENT, anyreason. GWSSB Hel line No.-1916. (INF/ANAND/550/20-21) GOVERNMENT OF GUJARAT SECRETARIAT, GANDHINAGAR N.W.R.S&KALPSAR DEPARTMENT (The Right to Fair Compensation and TransparencyinLand Acquisition, "e" procurement Notice No.5 of 2020-21 Rehabilitation &Resettlement Act, 2013 (No. 30 of 2013) District :Valsad 1. Name of work: No. AM-2021-7-M-LBU-1418-1378-GH DT.:04-01-2021 Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) Contract Whereas it appears to the Govrenment of Gujarat that the land forM.S.pipeline project fortransmission of 100 cusecs of specified in the SCHEDULE annexedhereto,islikely to be water from JalampuraPumping station to Watrak dam required to “CONTRUCTION OF SANJAN BYPASS ROAD” (Pipeline 1600mm ID,9mm thickness,total length 18.80 km (hereinafter referred to as “The Requiring Body”) forthe public pur- with Operation and Maintenance for3years Est. Amount Rs. pose forthe purpose of construction of infrastructure project of 6375.296 lacs “Construction of R.O.B.inplace of existing Levelcrossing” (here- contractors registered in, Class "AA" inafter referred to as “The public purpose Project”). 1. Nowwhereas,the Government of Gujarat, Revenue 1. Downloading of Bid Document- Dt. 21/1/2021 to 06/3/2021 Department has,inexercise of the powers conferred, by sec- up to 18-00 Hrs. tion-10A [inserted by section 3ofThe Right to Fair 2. Last Date of online submission of tender -Dt.06/3/2021 up Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, to 18-00 Hrs. Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Gujarat Amedment) Act, 2016 3Pre Bid- Meeting -10/02/2021, HIPC Himatnagar (Gjarat Act No.12of2016)] of The Right to Fair compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilation and 4Last date of Submission EMD /Tender feeand other docu- Notification Resettlement 2013 (30 of 2013) (hereinafter referred to as ''The ments during office hours upto Dt.15/3/2021 upto 16-00 Hrs. Revenue Department, Act'') exempted, in public interest, by Notification No.AM-2018- Sachivalaya,Gandhinagar. 5. Date of opening of PQ bid Dt. 16/3/2021 at Superintending 588-M-LBU-14-2018-1378-GH, dated 31-07-2018 published in Engineer Himatnagar Irrigation Project Circle Himatnagar, (The Right to Fair Compensation and TransparencyinLand Acquisition, the ExtraordinaryGazette of Gujarat Government Dated 31-07- Sinchai bhavan, Chhapariya-Himatnagar Rehabilitation &Resettlement Act, 2013 (No. 30 of 2013) 2018 the belowmentioned Scheduled area of land, to be Dated 2-1-2020 6. Opening of Price Bid- Price Bid opening schedule will be No. AM-2021-2-M-LBU-1420-1125-GH acquired forthe infrastructure Project of The “CONTRUCTION intimated to qualified bidders after approvalofP.O. In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 11 of the OF SANJAN BYPASS ROAD” from the application of the pro- Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, visions of the powers,IIand III of The Act, and Further details can be seen at www.nwr.nprocure.com & Rehabilitation &Resettlement Act, 2013 (No.30of2013) (hereinafter 2. Nowwhereas,inexercise of the powers,conferred by sub-sec- www.state.tender.com INF/HMT/494/2020 Notification referred to as "the Act''), the Government of Gujarat herebydeclares that the tion (1) of section 43 of The Act.The Government of Gujarat has Revenue Department, land/Iands mentioned in the Schedule annexedhereto is/are required forthe appointed, by Notification No.AM-2019-33-M-LBU-1418-1378- Sachivalaya,Gandhinagar. purpose of acquisition forthe public purpose of ''State Highway Delopment GH Dated:09/01/2019, The Prant Officer,Pardi as the (The Right to Fair Compensation and TransparencyinLand Acquisition, Project Annuity Bot (N.H. 08 Maroli road K.M.0/0 To 15/6 Section 5/1 to 15/4 Administrator of Rehabilitation and Resettlement in respect of Rehabilitation &Resettlement Act, 2013 (No. 30 of 2013) sarigam GIDC Junction To Maroli Coastal Highway Via Sarai Junction'' the scheduled land to be acquired forconstruction of the cap- No. AM-2021-3-M-LBU-1420-1126-GH Dated 2-2-2021 tioned infrastructure project, and In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 11 of the [2] It is notified that, - 3. Nowwhereas,inexercise of the powers conferred by sub-sec- Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, (1) The area of land/lands required forthe above project is 03-40-90 tion (1) of section 11 of ''The Right to Fair Compensation and Rehabilitation &Resettlement Act, 2013 (No.30of2013) (hereinafter hector/ acre./sq.mtrs.and is at Village Manekapor of Umaragam Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and referred to as "the Act''), the Government of Gujarat herebydeclares that the Taluka of Resettlement Act, 2013 (30 of 2013) (hereinafter referred to as land/Iands mentioned in the Schedule annexedhereto is/are required forthe (2) The public purposes involved in the above project is construction of the Act), the Government of Gujarat, has notified, vide their purpose of acquisition forthe public purpose of ''State Highway Delopment the infrastructure project of ''State Highway Delopment Project Notification No.AM-2019-33-M-LBU-1418-1378-GH Dated: Project Annuity Bot (N.H. 08 Maroli road K.M.0/0 To 15/6 Section 5/1 to 15/4 Annuity Bot (N.H. 08 Maroli road K.M.0/0 To 15/6 Section 5/1 to 15/4 09/01/2019, that the said Scheduled land is required forthe public purpose specified here above. sarigam GIDC Junction To Maroli Coastal Highway Via Sarai Junction'' sarigam GIDC Junction To Maroli Coastal Highway Via Sarai 4. And whereas,the Government of Gujarat is satisfied after [2] It is notified that, - Junction)'' considering the reportmade by The District Collector,Valsad (1) The area of land/lands required forthe above project is 01-07-41 (3) The reasons necessitating the displacement of the affected persons under sub-section (2) of section 15 of the Act, that the said land hector/ are./sq.mtrs.and is at Village Maroli of Umaragam Taluka of are –Due to acquisition of the Land, specified in the SCHEDULE for is needed to be acquired for''The Public Purpose Project'' spec- Valsad District; public purpose of construction of the infrastructure project of ''State ified in the schedule hereto,and (2) The public purposes involved in the above project is construction of Highway Delopment Project Annuity Bot (N.H. 08 Maroli road K.M.0/0 5. Nowtherefore,inexercise of the powerconferred by sub-sec- the infrastructure project of ''State Highway Delopment Project To 15/6 Section 5/1 to 15/4 sarigam GIDC Junction To Maroli Coastal tion (1) of section 19 of The Act the Government of Gujarat Annuity Bot (N.H. 08 Maroli road K.M.0/0 To 15/6 Section 5/1 to 15/4 Highway Via Sarai Junction)'' herebydeclares that the said scheduled lands is required for sarigam GIDC Junction To Maroli Coastal Highway Via Sarai (4) Under Section 10A of the Gujarat Act of 12 of 2016, exemption is the public purpose specified in the schedule hereto. Junction)'' given under Section 10A of the Act vide Revenuedepartment, 6. In exercise of the powerconferred by clause-(g) of (3) The reasons necessitating the displacement of the affected persons Government Of Gujarat Notification AM-2020-423-M-LBU-1420- section-3 of The Act, the Goverment of Gujarat hereby appoints,Prant Officer,Pardi to performthe function of a are –Due to acquisition of the Land, specified in the SCHEDULE for 1125-GH dt.28/07/2020 it is not required forthe summaryofthe Collector,for all proceeding hereinafter to be carried out under public purpose of construction of the infrastructure project of ''State Social lmpact Assessment Report. Highway Delopment Project Annuity Bot (N.H. 08 Maroli road K.M.0/0 The Act, in respect of the said scheduled lands. (5) The particulars of the Administrator appointment under section 43 of To 15/6 Section 5/1 to 15/4 sarigam GIDC Junction To Maroli Coastal 7. The Plans of scheduled lands can be inspected at the Office of the Act are as under –Deputy Collector,Pardi, Prant Office,Pardi. the Competent Authority Land Acquisition &Prant Officer, Highway Via Sarai Junction)'' [3] All the persons interested in these lands are herebynotified not to Pardi. (4) Under Section 10A of the Gujarat Act of 12 of 2016, exemption is obstruct and disturb anySurveyororother staff to enter upon and sur- SCHEDULE given under Section 10A of the Act vide Revenuedepartment, veythe land. Anytransactions in respect of whole or partofthese lands District :Valsad Taluka: Umargam Village:Khatalvada Government Of Gujarat Notification AM-2020-428-M-LBU-1420- in whatsoevermanner including by sale,lease,mortgage,change of Sr Old SurveyNo. Area of the required 1126-GH dt.28/07/2020 it is not required forthe summaryofthe name,exchange entered into after the date of this Notification made No /BlockNo. land H.A.Sq.mt. Social lmpact Assessment Report. without permission of the Collector shall not be taken into consideration (5) The particulars of the Administrator appointment under section 43 of 1534/1/p1 0-26-12 by the officer assessing the compensation under section 27 of the Act for the Act are as under –Deputy Collector,Pardi, Prant Office,Pardi. 2534/2 0-09-77 aparticular portion of the land as maybefinally acquired. [3] All the persons interested in these lands are herebynotified not to 3534/3 0-18-34 obstruct and disturb anySurveyororother staff to enter upon and sur- [4] The Government of Gujarat, if satisfied about acquisition of the land for 4540 0-23-87 veythe land. Anytransactions in respect of whole or partofthese lands aforesaid public purpose,may publish final declaration under section 19 TOTAL 0-78-10 in whatsoevermanner including by sale,lease,mortgage,change of of the Act in this regard in the manner and timeframe so prescribed Nowwhereas,itappears to the Government of Gujarat, that below name,exchange entered into after the date of this Notification made under the Act. In case the acquisition is dropped partially or entirely,such facts shall be notified in aproper manner as provided under the Act. mentioned lands indicated against Serial Number of SCHEDULE without permission of the Collector shall not be taken into consideration appended with the Government Notification No.AM-2019-33-M- by the officer assessing the compensation under section 27 of the Act for [5] In exercise of the powers under clause (g) of section 3ofthe Act read LBU-1418-1378-GH Dated:09/01/2019 Government Notification in aparticular portion of the land as maybefinally acquired. with Collector Valsad Order CB/LAQ/vashi-1990/2015 Date-05/03/2015 the accompanying schedule,the acquisition of the above men- [4] The Government of Gujarat, if satisfied about acquisition of the land for the state Government is pleased to designate Deputy Collector,Pardi to tioned area is dropped forthe purpose indicated above.And the aforesaid public purpose,may publish final declaration under section 19 function and discharge the duties as Collector under the provisions of the government of Gujarat declares that notification in this regard will of the Act in this regard in the manner and timeframe so prescribed Act in respect of these lands. be cancelled in the land mentioned below. SCHEDULE under the Act. In case the acquisition is dropped partially or entirely,such Details of the Lands abandoned from Acquisition Village :Manekapore Taluka :Umaragam District :Valsad facts shall be notified in aproper manner as provided under the Act. District :Valsad Taluka: Umargam Village:Khatalvada [5] In exercise of the powers under clause (g) of section 3ofthe Act read Sr.SurveyNew Required Sr.SurveyNew Required Sr.No. NewSurvey/BlockNo. Area of Land H.A.sq.mt. with Collector Valsad Order CB/LAQ/vashi-4016/2011 Date-21/07/2011 No. Number SurveyArea of No. Number SurveyArea of the state Government is pleased to designate Deputy Collector,Pardi to Number SurveyNumber Survey 1538 0-20-87 function and discharge the duties as Collector under the provisions of the No. (HA. No. (HA. 2544 0-53-70 Act in respect of these lands. Ar.sq. Ar.sq. 3913 0-83-69 SCHEDULE Meter) Meter) 4548 0-04-42 Village :Maroli Taluka :Umaragam District :Valsad 127432 0-51-00 11 34/3 211 0-04-00 5547 0-09-37 Sr.SurveyRequired Area of Sr.SurveyRequired Area of 2168 -0-08-00 12 34/2/1 230 0-43-50 6725 0-06-31 No. Number SurveyNo. No. Number SurveyNo. 3269 -0-37-00 13 40/1/1 313 0-08-40 7512 0-09-44 (HA.Ar.sq.Meter) (HA.Ar.sq.Meter) 428431 0-08-00 14 42/1 215 0-03-00 1208 0-04-47 11 248 0-08-55 8514 0-17-31 228 9508 0-17-94 2210 0-06-08 12 247 0-01-20 531/1 360 0-17-00 15 43/1 223 0-10-00 3209 0-04-47 13 246 0-02-55 10 507 0-48-45 631/1/2 365 0-06-00 16 43/4 218 0-23-00 4196 0-02-80 14 245 0-04-85 11 502 0-10-46 732/1 389 0-05-00 17 43/5 239 0-09-00 5615 0-08-45 15 268 0-00-20 12 738 0-03-57 832/2/1 366 0-15-00 18 44 222 0-38-00 6614 0-29-85 16 242 0-07-88 13 907 0-15-81 7191 0-05-00 7272 0-06-96 242 14 581 0-03-08 8190 0-00-80 18 524 0-02-60 933/2/1 356 0-09-00 19 45 221 0-09-00 9215 0-00-90 19 679 0-06-50 244 15 530 0-03-73 10 217 0-03·30 -- - 10 34/2/2 309 0-10-00 16 972 0-58-29 Total 01-07-41 Total 03-40-90 Total 3-66-46 By order and in the name of Governor of Gujarat, By order and in the name of Governor of Gujarat, By order and in the name of the Governor of Gujarat. Sd/- Sd/- Sd/- (H. J. Rathod) (H. J. Rathod) (H. J. Rathod) No.INF/Valsad/644/2021 Under SecretarytoGovernment No.INF/Valsad/648/2021 Under SecretarytoGovernment No.INF/Valsad/642/2021 Under SecretarytoGovernment

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SHORT TENDER NOTICE No. 17 of 2020-21 ONLINE TENDER NOTICE No. 42 FOR2020-21 GUJARATWATER INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED Dr.Jivraj Mehta Bhavan, Block No·1 First Floor On behalf of theGovernor of Gujarat online Tender for Total 5(Five) work Executive Engineer,(R&B) Division, Panwadi, Bhavnagar,Phone No. Sector 10 AGandhinagar,Mo- No-9978441147-78 amounting between Rs.10.45 to Rs.49.19 Lacs from the contractors regis- 0278-2516899 invites online tenders for 2Nos.building work total Fax.: No· (079) 23222396 gtered in ''E-2'' Class and above are publically invited from the Executive estimated cost Rs.1443.06 Lacs.Tender documents downloading Email: [email protected] Engineer,Ver.II Project Division, Vyara, Dist Tapi, PIN 394650, Phone No. end date is 01/03/2021 on website: www.nprocure.com and also Tender Notice No- 02/2021 02626-222090. Thetender can be downloaded online from the website Chief General Manager (P), GWIL, Gandhinagar invites oniine tender for Works of www.nprocure.com. on Informaton Department website: www.statetenders.com Pre Bid Onshore &Off Shore Pipeline for Disposal of Treated Industrial effluent into Deep Sea 1. Thetenders for the works can be down loaded from the above website Meeting for Sr.No. 2held on Date: 19/02/2021 at 12.00 Hours in for Industrial Areas of Jetpur Project with below mentioned works from Dt. 21-01-2021 to 05-02-2021 upto 18 Hrs. the office of the S.E. (R&B) Circle No.2,Block No.1/7, Jilla Seva Sr.Tender Particulars Tender E.M.D Rs. 2. Tender fee,E.M.D.Registration Income TaxPan card /GST,Bank Solvency Sadan-2, Rajkot (Any modification /correction will be display on No ID No Fee Rs. 20% value of estimated cost put to Tender,Narmada Bond documents website only). 1445785 Survey,Investigation, Design, Engineering, 30,000/- 6,50,00,000/- duly attested in hard copies shall be submitted to the Executive Engineer, DDI/BVN/767/20-21 Procurement of Land, ROU, Obtaining all Ver.II Project Division, Vyara by R.P.A.D./Speed Post/ Courier only on or Clearances including CRZ and Environmental Clearance, Construction including 10 years before Dt. 11/02/2021 at 18.00 hrs. Operation and Maintenance of Pipeline for 3. Duly filled price bid will be opened in the office of the opened executive GUJARATWATER SUPPLY& Disposal of Industrial Effluent into Deep Sea Engineer,Ver.IIProject Division, Vyara on Dt. 12/02/2021 at 12.00 Hrs. fromIndustrial Areas of Jetpur.(Second 4. Required documents are to be submitted in electronic format also as a SEWERAGE BOARD Attempt) part of document. Failing which the tender will be rejected outright and GANDHINAGAR •Bid documents downloading start:-20/01/2021, 18:00 Hrs. will be considered as NON RESPONSIVE. •Pre Bid meeting Date- 01/02/2021, 12:00 Hrs. 5. Tender documents will be available online on website •Last date &time for online receipt of bids: 15/02/2021 up to 18:00 Hrs. www.nprocure.com from Dt. 21/01/2021 to 5/02/2021 upto 18.00 Hrs. (Govt. of Gujarat Undertaking) •Last date &time for physical submission of tender: at Next Working day after last E-TENDER NOTICE No. E-16 OF 2020-21 date of bid submission till 16.00 Hrs., i.e 16/02/2021 up to 16:00 hrs. Thedetailed tender notice of the work will be available on the notice board •Tender Opening-16/02/2021, 17:00 Hrs, of the office of the Executive Engineer,Ver.II Project Division, Vyara. Invites online tenders ID No.446070 through for the work of •Further information is available on site http://gwil.nprocure.com, All documents like No.Mahiti/Surat/1251/2021 (01) water supply scheme of taluka Vansda Dist. Navsari Tender Notice, Tender documents Amendment and any changes will be put on web site INF/1814/20-21 under Public Health Works Division, G.W.S.S.B, Navsari. An KAMDHENU UNIVERSITY Estimate Cost 969.86 Lacs for further details of tender Notes GOVERNMENT OF GUJARAT Karmayogi Bhavan, Block-1, Wing B1, 4th Floor, scope of work &specification etc. Please visit web site NARMADAWATER RESOURCES WATER SUPPLY& Sector-10A, Gandhinagar-382010 https://www.gwssb.org, www.gwssb.nprocure.com, KALPSAR DEPARTMENT Ph.No. 079-23220716/2320717, Mob-9723386599 www.statetender.com, www.tradereader.com. Upload 'E' Tender Notice No.41of2020-21 Online Tender Notice No.04of2020-21 ExecutiveEngineer,4th floor,Block-1, Wing B1,Sector 10A, Start Date 21/01/2021 and Last date for submission of online Sr. Name of work Gandhinagar Ph No.079-23220716/23220717 invites Online tender tender is 10/02/2021 upto 18.00 hrs.Ph. 02637-257066. Mo. No. from the experienced Contractor who are eligible forthis type of work 99784 06669. 1 1. Installation of foot bridge at various chainages of Ukai left bank high level and have experienced in such type of work. canal. Estimated Cost Rs.6,90,845.39 (II Attempt) Sr Name of Work (1) Estimated Cost (Rs) Forany complaints in Water Supply Pls. Contact Gujarat 2. Construction of RCC Road at Ukai left bank high level canal main HR @ch. Water Supply &Sewerage BoardHelp Line No.1916 No. (2) Tender Fee (Rs) 0.00 mt. Estimated Cost Rs.854220.41 (3) EMD (Rs) INF/NAV/484/2021 3. Construction Pankari-1 chekdam across local Kotar near village Pankhari (4) Qualification of Bidder Ta.Uchchal, Dist. Tapi. Estimated Cost Rs.1723212.27. 1 Construction of (1) 19,99,90,842.00 4. Renovation of OB-3, OB-6 and OB-1 Officers Quarters at Dasera Colony Fisheries Science (2) 18000.00 Songadh Dist. Tapi. Estimated Cost Rs.1572210.64 College at Rajpur(Nava) (3) 20,00,000.00 2 Tender Downloading & Dt. 22/01/2021 to Dt. Himmatnagar (4) AA Class &Sp. Category-1 (Building) Uploading last date /time 05/02/2021 upto 18.00 Hrs. The bid documents will be available on www.acd.nprocure.com from 3 Physical submission of tender Tender document, E.M.D.&Tender fee in to Dt.15/01/2021, 18.00 hrs and can be downloaded up to 18.00 hrs on document Date /Time original shall be submitted to the Dt.15/02/2021. Earnest moneydeposit, Tender Feeand other Executive Engineer,Ukai Division, No.1, Ukai on or before Dtd. 12/02/2021, 18.00 necessarydocuments such as copyofRegistration, Valid Bank hrs,byR.P.A.D./speed post/courier. Solvency Certificate,PAN No,GST number and all required documents and necessarydocuments mentioned in the tender must 4 Date of opening of price Bid Dt. 15/02/2021 at 12.00 Hrs. be scanned and uploaded with tender.Original DD (Tender Fee) & 5 Inquiry/Contact office address Executive Engineer,Ukai Division No.1, EMD must be submitted on or before Dt.18/02/2021 during office hours Ukai Ta.Songadh, PIN No.394680, Dist. in above mentioned office by RPAD/Speed post/Courier. Tapi, Ph. No.02624-233221. On the basis of Pre- Qualification criteria received on Dt.05/02/2021 up Further details are also available on website www.nprocure.com to 11.00 am &then the Pre Bid meeting will be held on Dt.05/02/2021 No.Mahiti/Surat/1255/2021 at 11.30 am in the office of ExecutiveEngineer,4th floor,Block-1, Wing B1,Sector 10A, Gandhinagar. Anychange in Tender Notice,will not published in newspaper butitwill be mentioned on above website.For further details &online submission of Tender please visit website mentioned above. Executive Engineer

Nara Village Water and Sanitation Committee Taluka: Lakhpat, District: Kachchh Tender Notice No:-40, Year: 2020-21 2nd Attempt NaraVWSC invites e-tender from eligible agencies/ par- ties forimplementation/execution of approvedcivil works Estimated cost of Rs.25.82 Lacs (e-tender I.D.No.- 445997) pertaining to in-village water supply scheme under "Augmentation in tap connectivity in ruralarea" /JJM programme.The last date of submission of bid for eligible bidders as per tender norms is 02/02/2021 up to 18:00 hrs.For further information the interested bidders Notification maycontact the Adyaksh/Sarpanch of NaraPani Samiti Revenue Department, on +9199095 27068. All the uploaded documents are to Sachivalaya, Gandhinagar. be sent/submitted to Unit Manager,WASMO-, Kachchh prescribed time limit through RPAD/ Speed (The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparencyin Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation &Resettlement Act, post only.Tender l.D.and name of work should be clear- 2013 (No. 30 of 2013) ly mention on envelop.Ifany changes in this tender will District: Valsad be uploaded online through concerned website.The ten- der submitted through post/offline will not be considered. No. AM-2021-4-M-LBU-1420-1225-GH Dated 2-10-2020 The authority to accept/reject all the bids without giving Whereas it appears to the Government of Gujarat, that the anyreason lies with NaraPani Samiti. lands specified in SCHEDULE annexedhereto,islikely to be WebSite: www.wasmo.nprocure.com needed forpublic purpose viz. forthe purpose of construction (DDI-KUTCH-1122-2021) of the infrastructure project of ''State Highway Delopment Project Annuity Bot (N.H. 08 Maroli road K.M.0/0 To 15/6 Section 5/1 to 15/4 sarigam GIDC Junction To Maroli Coastal Highway Via Sarai Junction'' 1. Nowtherefore in exercise of the powerconferred by sub- section (1) of section (2) of ''The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (30 of 2013) (herein after referred to as ''The Act'') and the Rules made there-under,itishereby notified that the said land forthe public purpose of the infra- structure project specified above. 2. Nowwhereas aproposal is made foracquisition of the above mentioned scheduled land forthe proposed project of ''State Highway Delopment Project Annuity Bot (N.H. 08 Maroli road K.M.0/0 To 15/6 Section 5/1 to 15/4 sarigam GIDC Junction To Maroli Coastal Highway Via Sarai Junction'' the bare minimum area of land to be acquired, as per SCHEDULE forthe Project is H.A. 00-23-48 Sq.mtr.and is situated within the boundarylimit of Village:- Mamakvada Taluka:- Umargam District:- Valsad and H.A. 00-23-48 Sq.mtr. 3. Nowwhereas it appears to the State Government, that it is expedient to exempt in public interest such area of H.A. 00- 23-48 Sq.mtr.ofland to be acquired, forthe above stated infrastructure project, from the application of the provision of chapter II and III of the Act. 4. Nowtherefore,inexercise of the powers conferred by sec- tion 10(A) of The Act [inserted by section 3ofthe The RFCTLARR (Gujarat Amendment) Act, 2016] (Gujarat Act No.12of2016) The Government of Gujarat, herebyexempt in public interest, the area of H.A. 00-23-48 Sq.mtr.land comprised in belowmentioned SCHEDULE to be acquired forthe ''State Highway Delopment Project Annuity Bot (N.H. 08 Maroli road K.M.0/0 To 15/6 Section 5/1 to 15/4 sarigam GIDC Junction To Maroli Coastal Highway Via Sarai Junction)'' from the application of the provision of chapter II and III of The Act. SCHEDULE Village :Mamakvada Taluka :Umaragam District :Valsad Sr.Old Required Area Sr.Old Required Area No. SurveyofSurveyNo. No. SurveyofSurveyNo. Number (HA.Ar.Number (HA.Ar. sq.Meter) sq.Meter) 130/p19 0-00-90 512/p6 0-08-10 2300-02-79 622/p7 0-06-18 330/p17 0-00-94 722/p3 0-00-80 430/p18 0-03-39 8220-00-38 Total 00-23-48 By order and in the name of Governor of Gujarat, Sd/- (H. J. Rathod) No.INF/Valsad/646/2021 Under SecretarytoGovernment

Ahmedabad WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM THEINDIANEXPRESS,THURSDAY,JANUARY21,2021 GUJARAT 7 Injured Houbara bustard Gangster, 26 others booked Demolition of illegal shrimp ponds in under GCTOC Act; first to begin from January 27 that may have migrated case under law in Vadodara detected at 17 villages in Olpad wherethe illegal shrimpponds EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE taluka and 16 others in arelocated in Olpad taluka. tion, cheating, fraudand land SURAT, JANUARY 20 Choryasi taluka. Thereare 64 owners who had from Kazakhstan dies EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE grabbing. The district collector had claimedownership of land VADODARA,JANUARY20 While 12 members of the THE SURATdistrict administra- formedatask forcecomprising lease to the Olpad mamlatdar gang were detainedon tion is settodemolish illegal prant officers and mamlatdars office. On the spot, our teams IN THE firstcase filedunder the Wednesday, Shaikh is said to shrimpponds at Mandroi vil- of Surat city,Olpad and Coryasi, had found that the actual lease EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE One of the legs of the Gujarat Control of Terrorism and have gone underground. lageinOlpad taluka from besides officials from irrigation, owners had extendedtheir GANDHINAGAR,JANUARY20 birdhad ametal tag OrganisedCrime (GCTOC) Actin DCP Jaydeepsinh Jadeja of the January27. fishery, and drainagedepart- holdings and encroachedon the district, the Vadodara VadodaraDCB said on The authorities have warned mentstoidentify and initiate other areas,” the Surat district AHOUBARAbustard withametal that wasinscribed with Detection of Crime Branch(DCB) Wednesdaythat the crime illegal ponds owners of legal ac- action againstillegal shrimp collector said. ringtagonitsleg,believedtohave ‘M20K-IFHC.SKHB.KZ’. on Wednesdaybooked gangster branchhad preparedareportre- tions under the Gujarat Land pond owners. “Wehavealready given migrated from Kazakhstan, was Aslam HaidermiyaShaikh alias garding sanction to file case Grabbing Act2020 if theyfailed The teams had reached general notices to all the gram rescuedinaninjured statebya The tagalso mentioned Aslam Bodiyoand 26 gang mem- againstthe gang Under Section 3 to complywith the order to de- some of 17 villages in Olpad panchayats in the 17 villages wildlifeenthusiastonthe fringe some telephone bers, who have been accusedin of the GCTOC Act, whichlays stroy suchponds. taluka whereillegal encroach- whichhavebeen identifiedin of LittleRannof KutchinPatandis- numbers multiple crime cases in the city. down punishmentsfor organ- Earlier,acting on aNational ment had been notedbut in ab- Olpad taluka asking illegal trict Tuesdayand handedoverto Infamous as the "bicchu isedcrime and terroristactivities Green Tribunal notice, Surat sence of supportfromlocal res- shrimppond owners to demol- forest officials of Wild Ass gang", the crime branchde- with death or lifeimprisonment; District Collector Dr Dhaval idents, theycould notidentify ish their illegal ponds. But no SanctuaryinDhrangadhraof Houbarabustard. File speciesandthereisadeclineinits scribed Shaikh and his gang and afine of Rs 10 lakh. Patelhad conducted asurvey, the illegal shrimppond owners. active steps have come from . The bird, global population. Pakistanhas members as an "organisedcrime Shaikh has 62 cases regis- through the district inspector Later,Surat district collector their side. Now, we will start however, diedduring treatment been afavouritedestination for syndicate" that has indulged in teredagainsthim since 1998 of land records, to identify ille- sought help from the superin- demolition of suchillegal in DhrangadhraWednesday. important areas forthe futureof Houbarabustard hunters where severalcrimes including mur- while his close aide Arun Kharwa galshrimpponds on govern- tendent of police’s office. shrimpponds, starting with PSThakker,abirdwatcher, theAsianHoubaraasitishometo authoritiesissuepermitsforhunt- ders, attempt to murders, abduc- has 48 cases forunder various ment land. “Wehaveidentifiedthe vil- Mandroi villagefromJanuary said, “The birdwas found on the 80 per cent of the wild breeding ing the birdinSindh province tion and kidnapping, loot, extor- crimes. So far, suchponds have been lages and areas in hectors 27,” the collector added. fringe of LRK by afarmer,Bharat population. “Abu Dhabi has col- everyyear. Jadeja, of ParvillageofSantalpur laborated with Kazakhstansince AssistantConservatorof Forest tehsil of Patandistrict. Jadeja in- 1994,conducting common field at Wild Ass Sanctuary, Pragnesh SARDAR SAROVER NARMADA NIGAM LIMITED formedalocal birdlover, studies.Thislong-standingcollab- Dave,said, “The bird’s leftwing (A wholly owned Government of Gujarat Undertaking) Kanubhai Rajgor,fromSantalpur. oration resulted in the establish- wasinjured.Itcould have been Rajgor rushedthe birdto ment of the Sheikh Khalifa trappedinsome wireorfencing 1) Esti. Cost (a) Pre-bid meeting Dhrangadhrawildliferangeoffice HoubaraBreeding Centre- accidentallywhichcould have (Rs.inlacs) (b) Last date foronline downloading/submission Tender Notice No. 2) Tender Fee of tender documents fortreatmentandforits releasein KazakhstaninShyann, near causedthe injury. It wasunder & (in Rs.) (c) Date forphysical submission of the wild aftertreatment.” Shymkent, in the south of treatmentbutdueto thetraumait Name of the work 3) EMD (Rs.) tender documents Thakkersaidoneof thelegsof Kazakhstan. The birdmay wasnot eating anything and died 4) Class (d) Online verification of tender documents the birdwas tagged with ametal have avoidedthe mountain mas- todayduring treatment.” 5) Time Limite (e) Opening of Technical bid ring that wasinscribed with sifsofHindukush,Pamir,Tianshan “Postmortemrevealedfatal (f) Online opening of Price bid “M20K-IFHC.SKHB.KZ”. The tag andHimalayasduringmigration,” traumatic injuryasacause of 1 2 3 also had telephone numbers in- he said. death. We have also sent itssam- Work under the Chief Engineer,(Dam &Vadodara), SSNNL, Vadodara scribed on it. “IFHC indicates The birdcan fly220 km/day plesto laboratorytoascertainpos- Tender Notice No-02 of 2020-21 (1) 489.97 (a) 22/01/2021 at 12:00 hrs International Fund forHoubara and travel morethan 75,000 km sibility of birdflu,” Dave added. Tender ID No.446026 (2) 14160/- (b) 28/01/2021 up to 18.00 hrs. ConservationandSKHBC.KZindi- in ayear.Its population is esti- The forest officials have also Construction of Crocodile Enclosure (3) 4.90 (c) 29/01/2021 to 02/02/2021 up to 18.00 hrs. cates Sheikh KhalifaHoubara mated to be between 50,000and contacted BombayNatural Gariyal Enclousure,Wolf Enclousure, (4) ''A'' Class & (d) 30/01/2021 at 11.00 hrs.onwards (if possible) Sloth Bear Enclousure and Wild Dog in Above Breeding CentreKazakhstan,” 1lakh in the world. History Society (BNHS) to for- (e) 30/01/2021 at 12.00 hrs.onwards (if possible) Sardar Patel Zoological Park in (5) 03 Months Thakker said. According to Thakker, mallyascertainthebird’soriginon (f) 01/02/2021 at 12.00 hrs.(if possible) Kazakhstanisone of the most Houbarabustard is avulnerable the basis of itsringed leg. Kevadia Colony. Note : The details regarding contact please forphysical submission and opening of tender,please visit website www.ssnnl.nprocure.com INF/1811/21 LOCAL BODY POLLS BJP declares observers’ teams to decide candidates Classifieds

polls in district panchayats, PERSONAL EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE taluka panchayats and nagarpa- GANDHINAGAR,JANUARY20 likas panels of three observers have been formed. The process GUJARATBJPonWednesdayde- to hear party workers forthe claredvariousteamsof observers panchayatsandnagarpalikaswill to decide the party’s probable betwo-tier.Firstly, theobservers candidates forthe upcoming lo- selectedatdistrictlevelwillhear cal body elections. Forgiving the the workers on January26and partyworkershearingondecid- 27.Secondly, the observers ap- ing the probable candidates for pointedatstatelevelwillhearthe the elections to six municipal workersonJanuary29,30and31. corporations, the observers will The StateElection Commis- meetonJanuary24, 25 and 26. sion Wednesdayheld ameeting An official release from the withofficialsof differentdepart- partystatedthatto expeditiously mentstodiscuss various issues complete theprocessof selection likemeasuresto betakentodeal of candidates forthe local body with Covid-19during the polls. Change of Name Change of Name Job fair in Surat Gujarat Water Supply &Sewerage Board IhaveChanged IhaveChanged E-tender Tender Notice No.27, of 2020-2021 My Name My Name Tender I.D.No.:-446163 Sucheta Mauliben on January 24 Deepakkumar Thakur Jikeshkumar Patel ExecutiveEngineer Public Health worksDivision, G.W.S.S.B., to NewName to NewName Surat: The Southern Gujarat Old Collector Office Building, 1st Floor,Near Old Civil Court, Mauli Jikeshkumar ChamberofCommerce and Circuit House Compound, Anand. Phone No.: 02692-250453 Sucheta Industry(SGCCI) has organized invites online tender through e-tendering from Registered con- Deepaksingh Patel job fair on January24atRander tractors in AA class and above for(1) Name of work :Providing, Thakur Address area in Surat, whichwill be at- Supplying, Lowering and laying of PVC Pipeline of Various dia for Address U/37 Someshwar Park tendedbyseveral private com- all Bhalpradesh RWSS un connected Zone under Missing Link J-108 Nandan Van-4, (Upendra Park) Society, panies related to textile, dia- Progralnme-2020-21 Bhalpradesh RWSS Ta.Tarapur/Khambhat Opp. Angan PartyPlot, Near Gulab Tower, monds, chemicals, marketing, Dist. Anand forEstimated cost Rs.111.46 Lakh (2) Eligibility of , Thaltej, banking and finance, real estate, Contractor as mentioned in tender documents &having registra- Ahmedabad-380015 Ahmedabad-380054, and engineering. tion "C" Class and above fur further details of tender notice. Interestedcandidates have to Scope of work.tender fee, EMD and specification etc. Please submit their resume on visit website https://www.gwssb.nprocure.com The last date PERSONAL ASTROLOGY EDUCATION https://rebrand.ly/27vly . of submission of online tender is dt.11/02/2021 upto 18.00 hrs.if I AnushkaShukla D/O, Mahakaal Astrology National Central coun- SGCCI president Dinesh anychanges /corrigendum will be seen on above website. Anant Kumar Shukla Love Problem special- cil of Vocational Navadia said, “Uver 100private Prebid Meeting will be held on Dt.29/01/2021 on 12:30 hours at R/oC-502, Pratishtha ist 24 Hours Training invited appli- firms from different sectors will Office of The C.E., Zone-2, Ahmedabad. Apartments, Judges Astrology on phone cation for start take partinthe job fair and we GWSSB has reserve right to reject anyorall tender without BungalowRoad, Nr. Matrimonial Training and Study assigning anyreason. GWSSB Hel line No.-1916. have fixedtargettogivejobs to Grand Bhagwati, Astrologer Magical Centrewww.nccvt.in 1200 people.” ENS (INF/ANAND/551/20-21) Bodakdev, Astrologer Horoscope Mob.7499647774/ Ahmedabad-380054 Match Making Vastu 9823647194 have changed my ShastraConsultants 0090280356-1 Administration of U.T.ofDadra &Nagar Haveli, Daman &Diu, Office of the Directorate of Medical &Public Health Department. name to Anoushka Numerologist AtoZ File No. DMHS/P&T/2020-21/231 Silvassa Date: 16/01/2021 Shukla for all purpos- all Astrology services e-Tender Notice es. Contact 9879953821 The Director of Medical &Health Services,Dadraand Nagar Haveli, Daman &Diu on behalf of , 0040560652-1 0050174232-1 invites online tender on https://dnhtenders.gov.in/nicgep/app from the Reputed Manufactures/ Authorized Dealers/ Suppliers forsupply of belowmentioned items. 1) e-Tender ID No. 2020_UTDNH_5087_1):-CMC forVRF Indoor/Outdoor units and Double skinned DX Air IMPORTANT Handling unit with condensing unit forSDH Khanvel. Estimated Cost: Rs.3.28 Lacs.Last date of submission of Bid: 08.02.2021. Tender can be downloaded from www.dnh.nic.in and www.vbch.dnh.nic.in. Whilst care is taken prior to acceptance of advertising copy,itisnot possible to verify its contents. The Indian Express (P) Sd/- Limited cannot be held responsible for such contents, nor for any loss or damage incurred as aresult of transactions with Director companies, associations or individuals advertising in its newspapers or Publications. We therefore recommend that readers No. IP/DNH/ADVT/2021/16 Medical &Health Services, make necessary inquiries before sending any monies or entering into any agreements with advertisers or otherwise acting on Silvassa U.T. of DNH &DD an advertisement in any manner whatsoever. Date: 20/01/2021 "Tel. No. 0260-2642940, 2640615'' e-mail Id: [email protected]

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India stands to enhanceits status as aresponsible nation by WHEN INDIANCRICKET history is discussed mostimportantlythe mental conditioning, when Ravi Shastri waschosen to bethe head it will be said of them that theytook all the have suchacritical role to perform. coachofthe team.“Superstarculture” and supplying Covid vaccines to countries in South Asia body blows butdid notlet the country Iwould believe that the initial moulding “captain choosing the coach” were thecom- ELHI’S DECISION TO startsending vaccines to itsneighbours in South down! The 11 in the firstTestatAdelaide, of these warriors has been sculptedbyRahul mon refrainofthose days.Shastri has were vastly different from the Dravid, himself acricketing legend.These moulded theteam to ensurethat it is awell- Asia and other countries who have asked foritisthe right step forward elevenwho handcrafted history on Tuesday youngsters have all been partofthe under- knit pack. He brooksnoidiots.Cerebral and forIndia in itsrelationswith itsneighbours. It holds immense potential at the Gabba. Theyfaced body blows,toler- 19 group of cricketers handpickedand trained strategic, he is hisown man. Amorale booster foranew kind of diplomacy in the region, one basedonthe common ated sledging and endured racistslurs from by Dravid.Shubhman Gill had spearheaded and mentor forthe squad and ensuringca- Dgood and common interests of theSouth Asian people. As of now, India the spectator’s gallery. But notfor amoment the Indian U-19 team’s batting prowess in the maraderie in thedressing room, therecould has shippedvaccines to Maldives, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Nepal, Myanmarand did theyallowtheir single-mindeddedica- 2018 worldchampionship. He turnedina notbeabetter testimonialfor himthan The Seychelles, and will send them to other countriesaswell, including Sri Lanka and tion to slacken. The team wassoheavilyin- splendid 91 in Brisbane. RishabhPant,a Indian Express proclaiming:“Shastri’s jour- juryridden that theyhad to fall backupon member of the U-19 squad of 2016,who ney: From Champion of Championstocoach Afghanistanonce approvals areavailable. “netbowlers” and rookie batsmen, who had startedhis Test career onlyin2018, brokethe of aChampion team.” Thereisthe stampof In doingso, Delhi is fulfilling itsroleasaresponsiblenation. With itsadvancedcutting- neverimaginedthat theywould be called great MSDhoni’s recordofthe fastest1,000 Kohli on the team. Aggressive,confident, edge healthcareinthe private sector,India attractsthousands of people from all countries upon, notonlytomakeaplaying XI in aTest runsbyanIndianwicket-keeper.Pant played physically fitand mentallyfocusedonthe job of South Asia formedical treatment, at afraction of what it costs in the West.Medicines match,but be the frontline warriors forthe asedateinnings, the likes of whichwould at hand. In partnership with the coach, Kohli manufactured in India have agoodreputation across South Asia, even in . It was same.Itspeaksvolumesoftheir aspiration, have thehallmarkofDravid or Dhoni. He has builtateam that can be world-beaters. natural then thatgovernments in the region would look to vaccines manufacturedin of their commitmenttothe cause, of their Many have derided the IPL. playedthe anchor at one end and speededup Manyhavederidedthe IPL.Manydonot India, especiallyCovishield, developedbyOxfordUniversity and AstraZeneca, as aviable focus (whichwas theirteam’s honour)that at will,with no tension or pressurefromthe even call it “cricket”. Theyneedtorealise that theysingle-mindedlyaddressedthe task at Many do not even call it sledgingofthe Aussies, who were finding it these arethe “finds” of the IPL. Howmanyse- option. In their recent visitstoneighbouring capitals, External Affairs MinisterSJaishankar hand. Theyfoughtbravely to ensurethat the ‘cricket’.Theyneed to realise difficult to digestthe treatment that this lectors gettosee Ranji or Mushtaq Ali tour- and Foreign SecretaryHarsh Shringla were askedabout and gave assurances on the pos- team romped home with one of the most that these are the “finds” of rookie team wasgivingit. Washington nament matches? HowmuchofTVcoverage sibilities of vaccine supplyfromIndia. It is commendable that Delhi has movedquickly magnificent victories in Indian cricketing the IPL. Howmanyselectors Sundar,another 2016 U-19squad member, is providedtothem? The youngsters have re- to deliveroncommitmentsmade to some of these countries. While the initial supplies history. whose commitmentwith the ball waswell mindedthe BCCI of itsresponsibility towards have been sentfreeofcost, it is possible that countries maychoose to enter intocom- Reams will bewritten on this match, giga- get to see Ranji or Mushtaq known but his 22 off29balls, brought fortha them. We needtoprovide them an alma mercial agreementswiththe manufacturers formorequantities. The governmentsof bytesexpendedin electronic media coverage Alitournament matches? comment from hisdad that he is 70 per cent mater —aworld-class CricketAcademyto and tonnes of hotair will beblown on the val- abatsman. The Palghar boyShardul Thakur, train in, undergo rehab in and be mentored Myanmar and Bangladesh arealready in suchnegotiations. HowmuchofTVcoverage is ourofthe team. All that will neverbeableto who travelled100kilometres to Mumbai for by the best that the “rich” BCCI can fetch. We Forittohaveany lasting value forDelhi’s relationshipswith itsneighbours,it isbest that portray what mayhavebeen passing through provided to them? The practice, is thediamond thatultimately needtoprovide them motivational speakers Indiarefrainsfrom chestthumping asaviourcomplex. It would alsobeunwiseto make this the mindofMohammad Siraj, who wept at youngstershavereminded shines when put to test.And he and Sundar and mind-conditioning professionals. IPL yetanother contestbetween India and China. Vaccines areaglobal common good, and the his dad’s memorywhile singing the national the BCCI of its possiblywereconsideredto beseeing action franchisees or stateassociations cannot pro- demand foranti-COVID 19 immunisation across the worldismassive.Itisthe responsibil- anthem, or the youngest memberofthe team responsibilitytowards them. only in the nets! vide them world-class facilities. These are ityof allcountrieswith thecapabilitytomanufacturethevaccineto make itavailableinter- who wasthe proud holderofthe Border- We needtomarvel the remarkable com- woefullylacking.The likes of Sachin Gavaskar trophythat his captain handedto We need to provide them an mitment of Siraj,son of an auto rickshaw Tendulkar,Dravid, Anil Kumble, Zaheer Khan, nationally, andequitablytoall. Thisis in everycountry's interest, as building aglobalimmu- him forthe all important photo-op. Yes, this alma mater —aworld class driverwho useduphis savings to letthe son Harbhajan Singh, Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj nity to COVID19iscrucialtorestoringthe movement of peopleand goodsacrossnations, to match will go down in the annals of Indian CricketAcademytotrain in, playcricket, who wasgiven the sad news of Singh should constitutethe resource to pro- lifeasitwas pre-pandemic. Even as theyget supplies from India, expect South Asian coun- historylikethe 1983 WorldCup or the 2007 undergorehab in and be his father’s demise the moment he landed vide the motivation.The youngsters needto tries to tieuppartoftheir supplies from China, whichhas already entered intoagreements ICCT20 trophyorthe 2011 WorldCup win. in Australia and who chose nottoreturn for beincubated. It is the crucible that is urgently to supplyits vaccines to severalcountriesinSouthEastAsiaand Pakistan. Eventually, it is the What we needtorecognisetoday is howdid mentored by the best that the funeral. TNatarajan is another wonder. required.Indiancricket needs to forgeahead efficacy of eachvaccine, irrespective of whereitismade, that will matter. this groupof“rookies”took on the mighty the ‘rich’ BCCI canfetch. We Son of apower-loom worker,hewas in- with the incredible storywhichhas justbeen Australians, especiallyafter the humiliating need to provide them cludedinthe squad to Australia as one of the scripted. 36 all out at Adelaide. We needtorecognise motivational speakersand four additional bowlers —and howhedeliv- that champions arenot made in aday.Inthe ered!Ajinkya Rahane, the stand-in captain, Rai, aformer Comptroller and Auditor General makingofsuchchampions,the sweat,the mind-conditioning ledfromthe front. of India, waschairman, Committee of LEGAL LOOPHOLE hardwork,the mentoring,the dedication and professionals. Muchwas spoken and morewritten Administrators, BCCI Furore over WhatsApp’s updated privacy policy terms underlines urgency foraregulatoryframework to protect data

ARLIER THIS MONTH, WhatsApp, the instant messaging platform, unveiled the updated termsofits privacy policy.Users were givenuntil February 8to agree to thenew terms if theywantedtocontinue using the messaging app. THE CYBER TAX CONUNDRUM EBut withprotests ensuing, and manyusers raisingconcerns over data privacy, WhatsApp announceddelaying the implementation of the changes to May Digital Service Tax(DST) could offeraninterim solution 15.OnTuesday, theMinistryofElectronics and Information Technologywrote to thecom- pany askingfor the withdrawal of itslatestprivacy and policy updates. In itsletterthe min- istrynoted thatthe newterms enabled WhatsApp and other Facebookcompanies “to Suranjali Tandon makeinvasive and precise inferences about users”, adding that the collection and sharing of sensitivedatawiththe Facebook ecosystem “has the potentialtoinfringeoncoreval- THE TAXATIONOFdigital companies has plicable, 72 per cent areUS-based. It cannot challenge,countries suggestedthatanew ues of dataprivacy,user choiceand autonomy of Indian users”. Facebookitselfisthe sub- been akey concernfor G20 countries. The be dismissedthat the taxcan result in over- basis to tax, say, thenumber of users in a ject of twolawsuitsfiledbythe US government and governmentsof48USstateswhichhave agenda to reform international taxlaw so taxation since the companywill notbeable country, could address the challengetosome put itsacquisitionofbothWhatsApp and Instagram under the scanner.WhileWhatsApp that digitalcompanies aretaxed where eco- to claim anycredit fortax paid on Indian extent. The EU and Indiawereamong the ad- has sought to allay the concerns surrounding the newpolicy terms, instances suchasthese, nomic activities arecarriedout wasformally sales. Further,the clarifications have notbeen vocates of this approach. In 2018,India intro- framedwithin the OECD’s base erosion and made available. However, it is predominantly ducedthe test forsignificant economic pres- bring to the fore,the contentious issues surrounding dataprivacy,and underline theur- profit shifting programme.Seven years since applicable to US companies since the mar- ence in the Income TaxAct. However, the gency of putting in placearegulatoryframework to deal with suchmatters. itsinception, it is still work in progress. ket fordigital services is dominatedbyUS- proposalofarevisednexus wasnot sup- The updatedpolicy delvesintothe sharing of datacollectedfromWhatsApp users with Worriedtheymight cede their right to tax based firms. The lawitself in no waydiscrim- ported widely. Moreover, to give effect to a the broader Facebook ecosystem. Reportedly,itseeksto differentiatebetween “messages incomes, manycountries have either pro- inates basedonsize of operations or newnexus would requirebilateral renego- withfriends or family” and “messages with abusiness”.However, even though mostof posedorimplemented adigitalservices tax. nationality,and has no retrospective ele- tiationoftax treaties thatsupersededomes- the datacollectedpertainstoaccount information, some information whichcan potentially India is amongstthe firsttohaveimple- ment. tic taxlaws. mented an equalisation levy in 2016,which Anycompanythat has apermanent res- Meanwhile, the OECD continuedtowork be shared,suchasdetailsoftransactionsand payments, can be sensitive.Tobesure, users sought to taxpaymentsmade foronline ad- idence in Indiaisexcludedsince it is already to find commonalities among arange of so- perturbedby the changes in the policy terms always have the option of opting outand mi- vertising services to anon-resident business subject to taxinIndia. Forexample, if com- lutions. In October 2020, it releasedablue- grating to other platforms. However, giventhe networkeffects—the instant messaging plat- by residents. In March2020, it expanded the Thecore problem that the panyAthat has alocal subsidiaryorisareg- print of the solution thatitseeksto finalise by form has morethan 400million users in India —suchasubstitutionisunlikelytobesmooth. scope of the existing equalisation levy to a international tax reform isteredentity,nolevyispayable.Iffirm Bop- June 2021. But consultations held with stake- rangeofdigital services that includes e-com- erates services in India, but itsbilling address holders this month do notinspireconfi- The absence of apersonal dataprotection architecture, and aregulatoryauthority, seekstoaddressisthat leavesindividuals vulnerable to exploitation.InIndia, if the dataprivacy lawwas in place, merceplatforms. Anypayment made by is registeredinIreland, then the levy will be dence. In itscurrent form, the solution is too non-residentsinconnectionwith an Indian digital corporations, unlike chargedonpaymentstothis entity from complextoadministerand proposes to allo- it is possible thatwhilethe messagingplatform could have limited the services provided user will nowattract a2per centlevy. Such India. Experts suggestthat suchtaxes can be cateresidualprofit—aterm that has no eco- to users, it maynot have been able to denyservices basedonanindividual’s dataprefer- their brick-and-mortar an approachisoften viewedascontraryto counterparts, canoperate in passed on to consumers. Whilethe Indian nomic definition—thus calling into question ences.Inthe European Union wherethe General DataProtection Regulation (GDPR)al- the ethos of international agreements. customermay notpay this as atax,this could the gains. It would also requirepolitical con- lows individuals greater sayovertheir data, the newWhatsApp rules will notapply. However, theproliferationofdigitalservice amarket without aphysical mean higher prices, contrarytothe claim sensus on multipleissues, including sensi- Putting in place aregulatoryapparatuswillnot only help monitor theflowofdata, butalso taxes(DSTs)isasymptomofthe changing presence. Thecurrent basis that it taxesthe company. TheUSTRinvesti- tive matters suchassetting up of an alterna- help address critical questions suchaswhat kindofdataiscollected,isitsensitive,where international economic order. Countries such fortaxing in aparticular gations pose athreat of retaliatorytariffs.In tive disputeresolution process comparable it is stored,among others. as India whichprovide large marketsfor dig- jurisdiction is anotion of asimilar investigation forFrance’s DST, the to arbitration. This can increase the compli- ital corporations seek agreater right to tax US respondedwith the threat to levy tariffs ance burden. The US has expressedits pref- incomes. fixed place of business. To on select Frenchexports,implementedin erence to apply this measureonasafehar- Apprehensive that DSTs could become overcome this challenge, January2021. However, these were sus- bourbasis, whichcan limit the companies to the norm, in June 2020, the US initiated USTR countries suggested that a pendedinlight of other ongoing investiga- whichitmay be applicable. THE GOODDOCTOR investigations under section 301ofthe Trade new basis to tax,say,the tions. It seems trade is anew collateral of tax As countries calibratetheir response to Act1974against 10 jurisdictions, including negotiations. competing demands forsovereignty to tax, VShanta, who passedawayinChennai, pioneered cancer India. This inquiryintends to find out if DSTs number of usersina The coreproblem that the international DSTisaninterim alternativeoutsidetax cureand research in India discriminateagainstUScorporations. The re- country, could addressthe taxreform seekstoaddress is that digital cor- treaties.Itpossesses the advantageoftaxing port releasedinJanuary2021confirmedthat challenge to some extent. porations, unlike theirbrick-and-mortar incomes thatcurrentlyescape taxand cre- OR 65 YEARS, VShanta livedinand worked out of TheCancer Institutein India’s equalisation levy is unreasonable for TheEUand India were counterparts, can operateinamarketwith- ates spacetonegotiate afinal, overarching Adyar, Chennai,treating hundredsofthousands of patientsoverthe years. itssudden implementation and retrospec- out aphysicalpresence. The current basis for solution to this conundrum. tive application, and is discriminatorysince among the advocates of this taxing in aparticular jurisdiction is anotion Early Tuesday, shepassedawayaged93, aftersuffering aheart attackthe of the 119companies to whichitislikelyap- approach. of fixedplace of business. To overcome this The writer is assistant professor,NIPFP previous night. Shantahad joinedthe Cancer Institutein1855, ayear afterthe Flegendarydoctor,activist, social reformer and legislator,Muthulakshmi Reddy,set it up. Reddy,who had losther sister to cancer,had setupthe institutetooffer specialtytreat- ment forthe condition, whichwas then seen as incurable and acurse of God. Shanta, a JANUARY 21,1981, FORTY YEARS AGO graduateofthe Madras Medical College, wasmentored by Reddy and her son, Krishnamurthi. Shaped by thelegacy of her famous uncles, Nobellaureates CVRaman US HOSTAGES FREE REAGAN SWORN IN problem should be according to the “Seven- and SChandrasekhar,she became the face of the instituteand turneditintoacentreof IRAN TODAYFREED the 52 American SEVENTY-YEAR OLD RONALD Reagan, for- Point VajpayeeFormula”, the outfit insisted. cancer careand research.Beforethat, the Tata Memorial Hospital in Bombaywas the only hostagesonthe 444th dayoftheir captivity mer Hollywood star,sportscasterand It hasasked the students to notboycott the hospital that providedexclusive specialty care forcancer.Under her,the Cancer Institute, in exchangefor areturn of eight million dol- columnist, wassworn in as America’s 40th university exams and requestedthe grew from a12-bed hospital intoSouth India’s premier cancer research centrewith fa- lars of assets giving Jimmy Carteradramatic president. He takesoverfromJimmyCarter government to postpone these examina- cilitiesfor over 500inpatient admissions. She ensured that the instituteoffered free treat- victoryinthe closing days of his presidency. who wasdefeated in the elections. Carter tionsbyamonthtoenable studentsmake The liberated captivesflewfromIranjustaf- stressedhuman rightsand as faraspossible preparations. ment to amajority of itspatients, mostlypoor people from rural areas. The Cancer Institute ternightfall aboardtwo Boeing 727aircraft. avoidedthe pompand ceremonyofoffice. also focussed on collating statistics, epidemiology and paediatriccancer,public education Iran’s official news agency Pars reportedthat He hated the pompof“inaugural balls” and SALAM MEETS TEACHER towardsearly detection of cancer etc. and itsimpact wasremarkable. the hostagesweretaken from abus and turnedthem into“parties”. Reagan in con- PAKISTANI NOBEL LAUREATE Abdus Salam Shantawas morethan adoctor,researcher and administrator —she sawherself as a loaded aboardaheavily-guardedplane to the trastbrings the glamourofHollywood to the methis ailing teacher professor Anilendra healer.Her home wasasingle room in The Cancer Institutepremises and she metpa- chanting by Islamic Revolutionaryguards. WhiteHouse. Gangopadhyayathis residence in Calcutta. tientsuntil her lastdays.She impartedher ownvision of selfless service and self-reliance Allah-o-Akbar,the crowds chanted as “Sir Ihavenot learnt anything morethan you AhmedAzizi, arepresentative of thePM’s of- AASU RELENTS taught me,” Salam told his teacher who that drew itsspirit from the eraofthe freedom movement and Nehruvian India to the fice ledthe hostagesaboardthe aircraft. THE ALL ASSAM StudentsUnionhas agreed taught him mathematics in Lahore. CancerInstituteasitexpandedasahospital and research centre. Healthcare, Shantabe- Slogans in English, Down with America, to sit in tripartitetalks to find asolution to Gangopadhyayheld the medal in his hand, lieved, had to be affordable and accessible to everyone. Down with Reagan, were also shouted. the Assam problem. The resolution to the looked at it intentlyand blessedhis pupil.

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THEINDIANEXPRESS,THURSDAY,JANUARY21,2021 WHATTHE OTHERSSAY “Ittook along timefor leaderstonotice, longer to condemn, and longer still to act. It took time forresearcherstoamassevidence of China’streatment of UighursinXinjiang —from massdetention to forced sterilisation —given the 9 THE IDEAS PAGE intensesecurity and secrecy in the north-west region.” —THEGUARDIAN After @realDonaldTrump, Democracy’s no easy answers moral foundations It’s notjustabout courts,Constitution and law. Trust, truthand the financialmodel of SiliconValley areatodds. Networkeffects Society’s values needtobeinformedby that make onlineplatforms popular remain in place asense of justice

notjusttothe cause of democracy but to its onward march.But when speechisdis- trusted, motivesare ascribed to the free ex- pression of views,and when laws aremis- usedand courts choose to ignore such onslaughts, we fail the test of democracy.A countrywhere protectorsoflaw invade such values and the courts do notbring them to account develops fault lines. Bhaskar Kapil Sibal Butdissentandthefreeflowofideascan neverbecome evergreen if the channels of Chakravorti information arepolluted with open biases IWONDERwhythe veryvaluesof ourrepub- or manipulations whichseek to support lic thatwecelebrateare also the oneswe thosewho needtobemade accountable. THE ROADS IN Silicon Valleyare pavedwith choose to wantonlydecimate. Politicians Therecould beinstances wherespeechmay irony. pretend to embrace the constitutional val- appear to befree but if the channels of com- Thetechindustryexists in aparalleluni- ues theyoften efface with contempt.The municationblock,distort,abuse ormockfree verseinwhichInstagramhead,AdamMosseri, freedoms we claim to cherish areleftonthe speech, thereisloss of freedom. cansay: “Thereisalot of misinformationabout statutebooksunprotected. Democracy needs to bepreservednotfor the WhatsApp ToS[termsofservice] right Letmeattempt to enumerate theindices perpetuation of powerbut forthe perpetu- now,”referringtoWhatsApp, the messaging to test the strength of afunctioning democ- ation of democratic values. If the agenda is platformalreadyknownasoneof themostef- racy.The values necessaryfor it being robust to win public supportand channels of com- ficient means of spreading misinformation. ultimately lie in the hearts of men and municationsallowthemselvestobemisused Mosseri was, of course, worriedthat women. In 1944,LearnedHand, the great forthatend, the political class succeedsin WhatsAppers—especiallyinIndia,thelargest federal judge, said,in the contextofourfree- devaluing democracy.Aculture in which market—would flee because of arecent an- doms: “I oftenwonder whether we do not people acceptthe inevitability of this conse- nouncementthatWhatsAppwouldbesharing rest ourhopestoo muchupon constitutions, quence and plead theirhelplessness in op- datawithFacebook,Instagramandotherpart- CRSasikumar upon laws andupon courts.” Those were posing it is leastsuited to democracy. ners. To add fuel to thefire, aJanuary7tweet down. And now, do youthink all those other freedom from liability givesthe platforms prophetic words. Societalbalance isbuiltuponinstitutional fromTeslafounderandmuch-lionisedSilicon powerTwitter users—headsofstates,celebri- the licence to freely hostuser-generated Public discourseinthis countryplaces frameworksthat ensurethatnoone institu- Valleylegend,ElonMusk,recommended:“Use ties and influencers (yes, youknowwho you content, whichcreates the richness of much toomuchstress on the values enshrinedin tionhas primacy overothers. That allowsfor Signal,” referringtoanalternative messaging are) —who use the platform to inciteviolence of the worldwideweb. Think of those TikTok our Constitution as if that, by itself,ensures managing contradictions and disagree- app.Inevitably, sign-upsonSignalsurgedwith and hateare quaking in their slippers? videos that got youthrough the months of their protection. We mistakenlybelievethat ments. Absent this, personal, partisan and some enthusiasts anticipating amass migra- Letmebethe firsttoassurethem to keep lockdown or of Bellingcat, that exposedthe those in government arecommitted to the political agendas run amuck, and the spirit tion at ascale notseensince the time of calm.Jackisinnohurryto comeafteryourhan- poison attackonAlexeiNavalnybyPutin’s values and democratic principles regarded of liberty gets devalued. That balance iscare- Partition. dle; notright away.@realDonaldTrump’s thugs or of the good morning messages that as the foundationofour republic.Welament fullyengraved in our constitutional edifice. ItisnosmallironythatthisisthesameElon 88,776,124 followers had made it ahandleof startyour dayonWhatsApp or of Wikipedia occasionallythat courts,when calledupon, Central to maintaining that balance arethe MuskwhoissountrustworthyonTwitterthat gold, valuedat$2billion in 2017.Jack’s new- that helpedyour kid finish their homework, failmiserably to upholdthe Constitutionand country’s courts —theyare the final fortress hehadto agreeto have allhistweets reviewed foundcouragemay have been helpedbythe even if theywerenot allowedtociteitasa law. Neither the Constitution, nor law, nor securing that balance. The quasi-federal by Tesla’s counsel before posting. This wasaf- reality that an ex-president, nowtwice im- source.Ifproposedchanges to 230 arenot the courts by themselvescan upholdtheval- structureofthe country’s polity is reflected terhis August2018tweet,“Am considering peached, who incitedamob to attack his own Trump’sreal Twitter handle, done carefully, only the large platforms ues of humanism, whichare at the heartof in the manner in whichpowers aredistrib- takingTeslaprivate at$420.Fundingsecured.” seatof government,maycommandfewerad- @realDonaldTrump, with might survive because theyare the only democracy. uted between the states and the Union. No,hedid nothavefundingsecured—and it vertisingdollars. In the meantime, it is com- ones that have thelegal and financialre- It is onlywhen the mindofthe public is Lately, that balance has oftenbeen seen to wasascandal. And that hasn’tstopped him forting that Facebook and other major plat- whichheruled forfour long sources to dealwith the surge of lawsuits. influencedbyvalues that ensureaccount- be disturbed by the Union’sattemptsto from spreading COVID-19misinformation. I forms had also decidedtodumpTrumpand years, had to be silenced after And, if youwereconcerned about the mo- ability of public institutions and areimbued destabilise stategovernmentsbyusing itsin- guess Tesla’s counselisokaywith that. Trumpists. 59,558 tweets. It is ironic that nopolypowerofBig Tech,this could make withasense of justice will democracy re- vestigative,political and fiscal clout. The del- But Idigress from the biggestnewsofthe And herein lies moreirony.Signal must Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey the problem even worse. side in people’s hearts —then alone will we icatebalance between thelargerinterests of day. Todaymarksamomentousdigitaltransi- preparetomakeroomfor awaveofdigital Youmustbeasking: What does this all elect leaders with statureand the capacity the state, under the guise of public interest, tion —and that, too, is lacedwith irony. The refugees —not onlythose fleeing WhatsApp, had not been particularly meanforme?Youmay have theurge to escape to govern by embracing the free flowof and constitutionallyprotected freedoms,is Twitter handles @POTUS and @WhiteHouse but the Trumpists escaping the inhospitable fussed about Trump being the good morningmessages or the perpetu- ideas. It is onlywhen our society’s culture occasionallydisturbed by oppressive state were transferredovertoJoe Biden. President climes of Facebookand the other major plat- named as the single-biggest allyforwarded badjokeorposts from that old imbibes a“moral universe”, the touchstone action by misusingthe law. Bidendid notinheritthe millions of followers forms.ItisnotSignalalonethatmustnow take classmatewhohasnowturnedoutto beaNazi on the basis of whichactionsofmen in Diversity—cultural, religious and lin- from his predecessor.Hewill startwithazero on this awe-inspiring responsibility.Other superspreader of COVID-19 sympathiser.Ifyou, likemanyothers, were powerwill be tested,will ourdemocracy guistic —that’s at the heart of thriving balanceand borrowfromahandle he had re- fledgeling sites arelaying out the redcarpet. and elections consideringachange to Signal,itturnsoutthat begin to flourish. It is onlywhen actsofall democracies, is victimised at the hands of a centlyset up with atinyfollowing. The prede- Getusedtoafewmorenames:Telegram,Gab, misinformation, according once the dustsettles, arelatively small num- public institutions arepegged to the same stateespousingmajoritarian agendas. cessor,DonaldTrump,hadconsideredsigning MeWe,CloutHub,Dlive,8kun,Peepeth.Asthe to some veryhardworking ber, at most15per cent of users, according to “moraluniverse”willtheybealignedtothe Institutional balance within Parliament and on to an alternative right-wing site, Parler,us- dominantplatformsfindtheirconscience,the onesurvey,planto breakfreeof WhatsApp.So valuesofour republic. It is onlywhenthe between Parliament, executive and the judi- ing the handle “Person X,”beforeParleritself extremists aremoving further intothe inter- Cornell and Harvard keep thatinmind;sadly, networkeffects– bureaucracy,industryleaders, professional ciaryisdestabilisedbyinvasive diktats both wentdarkbecauseGoogle,AppleandAmazon net’sdarkunderbelly,possibly to sitesthatare number-crunchers. But the whereeachuserbenefitswhenthereare more organisations areall brought to account, overtand covert.Ifcourtsstand by andes- shut offits oxygen.Ironic indeed: The new end-to-end encryptedorrun on blockchain. @realDonaldTrump-incited usersonthenetworktheyuse—cankeepyou will we see aray of hope fordemocracy to chew judiciallymanageablecorrective presidentstartswithzerofollowersandhasto This can helpthe mostextreme elementsto siege of Capitol Hill in bondedtothe status quo. On the other hand, take root.Itisthe deeper understandingof measures, democracy is notjustbruisedbut importthemfromotherhandlesto getstarted flybelowthe lawenforcement radar and cre- youcouldhave madeafortuneif onlyyouhad this “moral universe” that will makeusre- maimed. and theoutgoing presidentwas planning to atemischief. Ironically, today’s high-minded- Wa shington and Trump’s invested in acompanycalledSignal Advance, alisehow important it is forthis to be suf- EversinceDonald Trumpcame to power become “PersonX”onasiterendered home- nessmightcomeatahighpricefortomorrow’s expression of ‘love’ forthe atinycompanythat“temporallyadvancesana- fusedinthe minds of the young so that they in the US, that sense of balance basedonthe less on the internet. post-Trumpsociety. mob wasjust too muchand logue signaldetection”, whosestock trades grow up imbibing values of whichwecan touchstone of the “moral universe” wasab- And all this wasbecause Trump’s real Thereisnoeasy solution to this mess. Jack had to take the handle over the counter.When Elon Musk tweeted be proudofasanation. sent.Yetmenof statureand of commitment Twitter handle, @realDonaldTrump, with Thereisirony even in theveryserious ac- “UseSignal”,investors mistook the “Signal” to This “moral universe” will remain afar to democratic values ultimately wonbe- whichheruledfor four long years, had to be tions that lawmakers in Washington DC are down. Andnow,doyou refertoSignalAdvance.SignalAdvance’sstock cryunless people value and protect thefree- cause they stoodupto theonewhosoughtto silenced after59,558tweets. It is ironic that contemplatingfor reigning in social media. think all those other power rose 438 per cent. It has one full-time em- domof expression and celebratetheculture disturb this delicatebalance. HereinIndia, Twitter CEO JackDorsey had notbeen partic- Afterthe January6mob attackin Twitter users—heads of ployee. of dissent. Acountryintolerant of this cul- thebalance has been lostlong agoand the ularly fussedaboutTrumpbeingnamedasthe WashingtonDC, severallawmakersare states, celebrities and Occasionally,irony is justpuregold. turecannotcall itself ademocracy.Atthe spirit of liberty is slowlydying. single-biggest superspreaderof COVID-19 and planning to revise acritical law, Section 230 heartoftolerating dissent is the ability to elections misinformation, according to some of the CommunicationsDecency Actinthe influencers(yes, you know The writer is dean of Global Business at The trusteachother;the ability to presumethat The writer,asenior Congress leader,isa very hardworking Cornell and Harvardnum- US,sometimes called“the 26 wordsthatcre- who you are) —who use the Fletcher School at TuftsUniversity,the those who disagree areequallycommitted former Union minister ber-crunchers.Butthe@realDonaldTrump-in- ated theinternet”. It givesplatforms legal platform to incite violence founding executivedirector of Fletcher’s cited siege of Capitol Hill in Washington and protectionfrombeingsuedbecauseofthe Institutefor Business in theGlobal Context Trump’s expressionof“love”for the mob was content theycarry.Getting rid of the Section and hate are quaking in their and anon-residentsenior fellowatthe justtoo muchand Jackhad to takethe handle 230 shield altogether is anon-starter.The slippers? Centrefor Socialand Economic Progress LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR

A GREAT WIN IDEAS THIS REFERS TO the editorial, 'Cricket, Bengal’s minority report made in India’ (IE, January20). The ONLINE mannerinwhichthe Indianteam, with manyofits regular players sidelined, ONLYINTHE EXPRESS Muslim voteinthe stateseems to be consolidating behind Trinamool wasable to showgrit and gumption againstaformidable opposition like ● SOLVINGTHECHILD Australia at Gabba is likelytobecome MALNUTRITIONPUZZLE: Sajjan Kumar the stuffoflegend in the timestocome. HIMANSHU The editorial is right in giving credit for AS BENGALheads foranassemblyelection, interventionsinparticular.Second,itassumes newparty striking apopular chordwithelec- as in the southBengal, theymakeacleardis- this awesome win to thewaysinwhich ●WAGES FOR HOUSEWORK: thereisgrowingspeculationabouttheMuslim thevast majorityofMuslimsaregulliblesouls, torate —that, too, among the anxious Muslim tinction between following areligious figure Indian cricketers arenurtured by asys- ANUSHA voting pattern. The dominant political sense whoareunaware aboutthestakesintheensu- minorities—isasdelusionalapossibilityasthe in religious matters while rejecting him in the temthat has reliedonlong term plan- CHANDRASEKHARAN is thatthe combinedweight of AIMIMchief ingelectionand,therefore,likelytobeswayed chancesof theman-eatingtigerof Sundarbans political arena. ning. Let’s hope that moresuchfantas- Asaduddin Owaisi and AbbasSiddiqui, the in- by theallureoftwo Muslim leaders. The real- turning vegetarian. Of course, manyMuslims, especiallythe tic wins areinthe offing in the future. www.indianexpress.com fluential pirzada of FurfuraSharif shrine in ityisjusttheopposite.Muslimsacrossthestate Muslims areunequivocallyclear as to youth, go to listentohim and appreciatethe Kamna Chhabra, Gurgaon Hooghly, will split Muslimvotes. Hence, goes areconsolidating behind the TMC even in whichparty theywould votefor and offerthe issues he raises,particularly the ones pertain- the theory, that of all the detrimental factors Muslim-majority areas likenorth Dinajpur, underlying reasons persuasively.Barring ing to theweaker sections. This explains why BOLD MOVE whichmay preventtheincumbentTrinamool MaldaandMurshidabad,wheretheCongress around10seats, TMC hasemergedasthepre- asectionofminorities argue that he mayend Nandigram is the place whereitall Congressfromreturningto powerforthethird usedtohavegreater traction until recently. ferredchoiceevenamongtheminorities,who up being apart of the Left-Congress front THIS REFERS TO the editorial, started forthe TMC and Mamata, the consecutive term, the role of Owaisi and Indeed, the electionwill be about unprece- have beenhostileto thepartyuntilrecentlyas whereinhispro-poorrhetoriccouldbeoffered 'Battleground Bengal'(IE, January20). street fighter,isinnomood to letBJP Siddiqui is mostcrucial. This assumption is dented Muslim consolidation behind the in- theyfear the coming electionwillbeabipolar as ajustification forthe alternativesecularal- MamataBanerjee’s announcement to wrestthe advantageof“people con- sharedby amajority of both pro-BJP and anti- cumbent rather than asplit in their vote. contestbetween the incumbent and the BJP. liance.Inthefinalanalysis,hisinsubstantiality contestfromNandigram Assembly nect” from her. BJP respondents,asmyrecent fieldworkand Here, it is important to note that the Everywhere,TMCisgainingtheminorityvote is revealedbythe shifting areas of influence constituency againsther bete noire Vijai Pant, Hempur interactions in almostall the 294assembly AIMIM'svictoryinMuslim-dominatedareasin at the costofthe Leftand the Congress. This oneoffersinhis support,whichstart from SuvenduAdhikari,who asserted he will constituenciesshowed. Bihar'sSeemanchalregionwasnot aone-elec- bipolarity summarilyrules out anyflirtation Hooghlydistrict, then pass through parts of defeat her or quit politics, has turned GENDER FAIR PLAY Thislineof thinkingispremiseduponthree tiondevelopment.Thepartyhasbeenworking withthe newMuslimplatform in the state. HowrahandfinallystopatSouth-24Parganas. out to be ahigh-voltage contestoverthe reasonings: One, asignificantsection of consistently since2015 undertheleadershipof In none of the 20 seatsthat AIMIM con- Atestonthe ground reveals it being nowhere, claim over who spearheadedthe THIS REFERS TO the editorial, ‘The gen- Muslimvoters areasangrywiththe TMCas an extremelycapable leader,Akhtarul Iman, tested in Bihardid itsvoteshare accountfor includingtheBhangarassemblyconstituency Nandigram movement that brought der firewall’, (IE January19). It is quite different sections of the Hindus; two, post- who wastwo-term MLAfromthe RJD before the victoryofthe BJP.But the erroneousper- wherehehas ahugefollowing and Muslims Banerjee intopower in 2011. horrific to encounter the debilitating Bihar,OwaisihasprovedthatMuslimsarewill- joiningAIMIMin2015.Intheaftermathof CAA, ceptionthatOwaisiledtothedefeatof theRJD- constitutearound 80 percentofthe popula- SSPaul, Nadia condition of women everyday. Even in ing to votefor Muslim-centric parties, espe- theJD(U)'s complete loss of face in the com- ledalliancehasalready takenhold amongthe tion.Thisiswherewas attackedinAugustlast the modern era, equality isn'tavailable ciallyinconstituencies wheretheyconstitute munitycreated conducive ground forthe minorities.Thus,anAIMIMvictoryinBiharhas year,allegedlybythe Trinamool cadres, lead- THIS REFERS TO the editorial, to women. Furthermore, women are an electoral majority;three, the vacuum cre- AIMIMinMuslim-dominatedconstituencies, anegative connotationamongtheMuslimsof ing to statewide anger amongMuslims. 'Battleground Bengal' (IE, January20). tormented on online platforms likedat- atedby theLeftpartieswouldforceMuslimsto wherethe fear of aBJP victorywas absent. Bengalwhoareanxiousaboutitsintervention Hence, irrespective of avictoryorloss, the Mamata Banerjee’s announcement of ing apps. The lackofwomen in the cy- choose anew outfit in constituencies with a Lastly, unlikeBengal,Biharhasatrendof elect- in their state.This has made them morecau- TMC is expected to getthe highestshareof contesting from Nandigramisabold berspace makes them vulnerableto strong anti-Trinamoolsentiment, leading to ing independent or newparty candidates in tious about notsplitting their votes —afactor Muslim votesascommunity is consolidated move indeed,intendedtotakethe fight abuse and harassment. Women's safety split in the Muslim votes. everyelection. None of these factorsare com- advantageous to theTMC as farasMuslim behindthe party,all these split theories to theBJP.Itislikelytogalvanise the and equality should be apriority to Aclosescrutinyrevealstheseassumptions mon to Bengal. The state, being a“party soci- votesare concerned. Finally, the much-hyped notwithstanding. TMC cadre, whichhas, of late, been ad- makethem feel less vulnerable. as flawed. First, it fails to take intoaccountthe ety”, doesn’tget easilyfascinated by newen- AbbasSiddiquiisnothingbuthotair.Whilethe verselyaffected with defections. Aditi Seth, Jabalpur incommensurable specificities of Bihar and trants. Though the hold of the party-society followers of FurfuraSharif shrine areasnu- Thewriter is apolitical analyst, associated with Bengalingeneral,andthetrajectoryofAIMIM’s framework islooseningabit,theprospectof a merous in Dijanpur,Malda and Murshidabad Peoples Pulse

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RELEASES ASSISTANCE FOR PMAY-G SC-APPOINTED PANEL ON FARM LAWS ISSUE PM slams previous CJIobjectsto‘namecalling’ofexpertpanel govts in UP: the ‘Howcan youplaywith people's reputation likethis? We have serious objections to them being calledbiased’ poor bore brunt the Mahapanchayat’s plea that Thebenchsaidthecommittee said, mayhaveexpressedsome The CJI said the courtcan ANANTHAKRISHNANG the committee be reconstituted has notbeen givenany powerto opinion in the pastand maybe also setaside alaw and that the NEWDELHI,JANUARY20 in viewofthe recusal of one of its adjudicateand is onlymeant to doing something different now. farm laws were notinforce at members and the stand of the listentoprotesters and submit a Intervening, senior advocate the moment. of wrong policies TAKINGSERIOUS objection to members on the laws. reporttothe court. “Whereisthe HarishSalve,whoisappearingfor Bhushan submitted that the “name calling” and “branding” of Farmerunionshave refusedto question of bias in that? aDelhi resident seeking relief farmers “aretrying to put demo- Pradhan Mantri Awas Yoajna membersof theexpertcommittee appearbefore thecourt-appointed Somebodyhasexpressedanopin- againstthe protests,said the im- cratic pressure” and “fear what MAULSHREE SETH Gramin waslaunched. it constitutedto resolve the stand- committee, saying itsmembers ionsoyouthinkthereisbias.If you pressionthatthecourtpassedthe happensif theygetupandgoaway LUCKNOW, JANUARY 20 Targeting the previous offbetween farmer unions op- areinfavour of the newlaws. don’t want to appear,then don’t order to appease one section sincelawsarenotinforcenow,and Samajwadi Party-ledgovern- posedtothe newagriculturelaws Of the four members of the appear.But don’t brand people needs to be setaside. subsequentlyifthecourtconcludes RELEASINGASSISTANCEworth ment in the state, the Prime andtheCentre,theSupremeCourt committeeformedonJanuary12, and malign them. And on topof The court, he said, mustclar- thatthelawsareconstitutionaland Rs 2,691crore to over 6lakh Ministersaid, “I remember how Wednesdayleftittothe executive one has optedout. Bhupinder CJI SABobde that, youcastaspersions on the ify that the committee is onlyto interim orders arewithdrawn”. beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri problems were facedwhen this to decide the course of action on Singh Mann, president of BKU court,” the CJI said. assistit. The CJI said the courthas When the benchsaid peace Awas Yojna (Gramin) in Uttar scheme waslaunchedin2016.” the proposedtractor rallyby (Mann) and chairman of All India Choudharysaid committee already done that. has to be maintained, Bhushan Pradesh throughavideo con- The Prime Ministersaid sev- protesting farmers on January26. Kisan Coordination Committee, Thecounselsaidthattheother members had expressedtheir Turning to advocatePrashant repliedthat farmers onlywant to ference, Prime Minister eral letters were written to the “Howcan youplaywith peo- recusedhimself fromthepanelon three members have expressed views in leading newspapers. Bhushan, whoalong with senior celebrateRepublic dayonthe NarendraModi targeted previ- previous government and sev- ple'sreputationlikethis?We have January14.Theothermembersof views backing the farm laws.The Takingexceptionto this,theCJI advocateDushyant Dave ap- OuterRingRoadinDelhiandthere ous governmentsinthe state eral reminders sent by the gov- serious objections to them being the committee areShetkari number of members in the com- asked the counsel whether the peared foreight farmer unions is no attempt to disruptpeace. forthe condition of poor and ernment of India as well as his calledbiasedand in saying that Sanghatana president Anil mittee mustthereforebein- courtdecides on the basis of made respondentsinthe matter, AttorneyGeneral KK said the poor had to bear the office, seeking the listofbene- thecourthasaninterest.Youma- Ghanwatand agricultural econo- creased,hesaid,addingthatthose newspaper reports. the CJI asked what resolution can Venugopal, appearing forthe brunt of “wrong policies and ficiaries so that assistance could lign people according to majority mists Parmod Kumar Joshi and sitting in the committee should Choudharyrepliedthat their be found. The benchpointed out Centre, said 5,000 tractors com- intentions”. be sent to their accountsbut no opinion?... We don't understand Ashok Gulati. have open minds. stancedecidespublicopinion.The thatmerelysayingtheywon’tap- ingintothe city cannotbeman- He also questionedthe one responded. this.TheSupremeCourtappoints Eight unions told the court Respondingto this,theCJIsaid CJItoldhimthatthecourtdoesnot pear before the committee will aged and will go all over the city. quality of housing providedby “The assistance wasready acommitteeandtheirreputation that theywill notappear before aspersions were being castwith- decide matters on the basis of nothelpandaskedhimto counsel The benchsaid he should ask previous governmentsthrough but the letters and requests is torn to shreds,” Chief Justice of anycommittee as theydonot out thinking twice. Mann, the CJI, public opinion. his clientstobring peace. the authorities and unions howit housing schemes. “The situa- were ignored.This behaviour of India SABobde, heading abench want anyamendmentstothe said had calledfor amendments TheCJItoldChoudharythatthe Bhushan said the unions are isgoingto bepeaceful,addingthat tion during previous govern- that government has still not also comprising Justices AS laws,but their total repeal. inthelaw. “Youcannotbrandpeo- basisofhisapplicationisthatallfour “convinced”thatthelaws needed thesearematterspurelyinthedo- ments, Iamespeciallytalking been forgottenbythe poor of Bopanna and V ThebenchaskedadvocateAjay ple likethis. People should have people in the committee arenot to berepealedandsotheydidnot main of the executive.The court about Uttar Pradesh, the poor Uttar Pradesh,” he said. Ramasubramanian, said as he Choudhary, whoappearedforthe opinion.Whatpeopleshouldhave qualified.“Howdoyoucometothat wantto go intothequestionof any remarkedthat it is trusting neverbelievedthat the govern- Praising the work of the cur- heardapetition by the Kisan Mahapanchayat,whetherheonly no opinion? Even judges express conclusion?Theyarebrilliantminds amendment.Hesaidtheyare say- Bhushan’s statement that peace ment can help them in making rent government ledbyChief Mahapanchayat. wanted replacement of Mann or opinions.Thatdoesn’tmeanthey in the field of agriculture...” he said. ingthelaws were passedwithout will prevail. FULLREPORTON houses. The housing schemes, MinisterYogi Adityanath, he Thebenchissuednotice over reconstitution of the panel. can’t decide,” he said. Everyjudgeand lawyer,he discussion. www.indianexpress.com whichwerethereinthe past, said that todaythe target is to the kind of houses constructed build 22 lakh houses in Uttar arenot hidden from anyone,” Pradesh out of whichapproval he said. has been givenfor 21.5 lakh CWC to meet on “The mistake wasofwrong houses, and 14.5 lakh poor fam- policies but it wasmypoor ilies have already got their brothers and sisters who had to houses. Jan 22 to finalise suffer,”hesaid. He said that out of 6lakh At last, the Prime Minister beneficiaries, about 5lakh are said strictness againstcriminals getting the firstinstalment for and rioters and control on law their houses, and about 80,000 schedule for Cong and order along with projects aregetting the second instal- likeexpressways has attracted ment and would have Partho Dasgupta big companies to Uttar Pradesh their houses ready by the next chief’s election nowand has also openedup winter. opportunities forsmall units. “Nonepotism, no politics of The Prime Ministersaid that votebank,nocaste... if some- TRP scam case: MANOJCG considering the mistakesofthe one is poor,then theyare the NEWDELHI,JANUARY20 pastand in order to free the beneficiaries of the scheme,” Former BARC poor from the troubles, the said the Prime Minister. AMEETINGofthe Congress CEO’s bail Working Committee will take place on Fridaytofinalise the plea rejected schedulefortheelectionof anew Terrorists with AK-47, partypresident.Themove comes Congress leaders Salman Khurshid, Ghulam Nabi Azad, AKAntonyand Sushil Kumar Shinde at atime when manyopposition Khalistan flags: Dausa during apress conference in Delhi on Wednesday. Anil Sharma EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE parties areincreasingly feeling Sonia Gandhi MUMBAI,JANUARY20 that the grand old party is notbe- ing able to setits house in order BJP MP on farm protests ‘ARNAB’ CHATS ROW ASESSIONS courtonWednesday and provide leadership required rejected the bail application of to the opposition camp. Keydemand Partho Dasgupta,the former CEO Severalopposition leaders, oftheletter EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Cong: Leaking military secrets of the BroadcastAudience sources said, had been in touch E writers ● JAIPUR,JANUARY20 Research Council(BARC)whowas with eachother and exchanged EXPLAINED arrested by Mumbai police in the notesonstrengtheningtheoppo- AVIDEO of BJP's Dausa MP Jaskaur is treason, will raise in House alleged Television Rating Points sition voice. At leastone opposi- WHILE THE Congress is Jaskaur Meena, whereshe is re- Meena (TRP) scam. tionleadertoldTheIndianExpress settoannounce the portedlyheardcalling those ments…thewaytheleakedchats mention of operational details Dasgupta wasarrestedon that he had receivedacall from schedule forelection of a protesting againstthe farm laws EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE between and about the airstrikeinthe chats, December 24 on chargesofcrim- Congress president Sonia newparty president, it is as ‘terrorists’and those with BJPMLAandtheparty’sstategen- NEWDELHI,JANUARY20 Dasgupta…Threedays before the Congress spokesperson Pawan inal breachoftrustand cheating. Gandhi’s office lastweek inform- to be seen whether the ‘Khalistani flags’, has triggered a eralsecretaryMadanDilawarhad airstrike, howone jour- Khera, who addressedthe media Hispreviousbailapplication,filed ing him that she will talk to him leadership will be willing controversy with the Congress hit out againstthe farmers’ STEPPINGUPitsattackonthegov- nalistcame to knowthe details of along with the others, said, “If you before the metropolitan magis- and others and call ameeting of to hold elections forthe slamming the MP forher state- protests saying “so-calledfarm- ernment over purported the airstrike... Idon’t know aresaying that something big is trate's court, wasrejected earlier the opposition leaders. “That has CWC, ademand made by ment and the BJP trying to assert ers” were enjoying dryfruitsand WhatsApp conversations be- whether it affected or not... effec- about to happen three days in ad- this month following whichhe nothappened... Formal meetings the group of 23 leaders that Meena’s intention wasnot chickenbiryaniandotherluxuries tween Arnab Goswami and for- tiveness of the operation can also vancehoware yousharingit...who movedthe sessions court. do nottakeplace. That bothers who had written to Sonia to call farmers as terrorists. at protestsites and that it wasa mer CEO of BroadcastAudience be affected if in advance that de- shared it with you... howare you The special public prosecutor, everybody,” he said. Gandhi. Thereisalso sus- The official Twitter handle of conspiracy to spread birdflu. Research Council (BARC) Partho tails areknown to others...” sharing it with another unautho- Shishir Hiray,had objected to the Sonia’scallcameonadaywhen pense on what the letter- the Rajasthan Pradesh Congress BJP MLAand spokesperson Dasgupta,the Congress on Antonytold reporters. risedperson...Isitnotbreachofthe bail application saying that the some opposition leaders metNCP writers would do — Committee on Wednesday Ramlal Sharma said Meena’s in- WednesdayaskedPrimeMinister Arguing that only“four or five OfficialSecretsAct,isitnottreason probeisstill on. He also referred chief Sharad PawarinDelhi. There would theyfield or back shared avideo whereMeena is tention wasnot to call farmers as NarendraModi to come clean on people”inthegovernmentareex- on the partofthe person who to the chats, partofthe supple- wasalso atalk that Pawarshould anyone forthe postof seen making the remarks. terrorists. whatitcalledtheleakageofsecret pected to knowthese details be- partedwith this information...” mentarychargesheetfiledagainst headtheUPA.WhilePawarhasde- party chief or contest “Abye krishi kanoon ka hi dekh “Jaskaur-ji’sintentionwasnot information regarding military sides “militarypeople”, Antony Azad said the chatsreveal at- Dasgupta,claiming that the TRP niedreportsthathewaslikelytore- themselves—ifelections lijiye,kiatankwadibaithehuehain, to callfarmersterrorists.Whatshe operationandsaiditwillraisethe said, “Nomilitaryofficer will leak tempts to “manipulateTRP”.“The systemwasmanipulated.Hesub- placeSoniaastheUPAchairperson, to the CWCare held. aur atankwadiyon ne AK-47rakhi meantwasthatsomepeoplewho issue in Parliament. suchsensitive documentsorde- mostimportant partisthe mitted to the courtthat the con- Congress leaders believe pressure huihai,Khalistankajhandalagaya aredemanding Khalistanorrais- The Congress fieldedformer tails... so these documentswere nexusesbetweenthegovernment versationsbetweenDasgupta and is mounting on the party. hua hai...(Now consider the farm ingslogansof Khalistanzindabad DefenceMinisterAKAntony, for- leakedto themedia...nottotheen- and that particular individual.” Republic TV editor Arnab The CWCwould also discuss to thehelmandsaidtheincreased laws,thatterroristsaresitting,and and waving Khalistanflags have merHomeMinisterSushilKumar tiremedia but one journalist... Astatement issuedbythe Goswamirevealedtheir“proxim- the feasibility of holding an AICC activities of the former Congress the terrorists have A-47 and have infiltrated the farmers’ protests... Shinde, former External Affairs amongthosefour-fivecivilianpeo- Congress said it appears from the ity”,withthelatterofferingto me- plenarysessiongiventheCovidsit- presidentwasanindicationinthat putupflagsof Khalistan),”Meena If the Congress wasactuallya MinisterSalman Khurshid and ple who areinthe topposition in chatsthat “Goswami shared a diatewiththepoliticalleadership uation. It is to be seen whether direction. Ever since Rahul re- is heardsaying in the video. well-wisher of farmers, then it Leader of the Opposition in Rajya the government... either minister very comfortable access with the on Dasgupta’s behalf. Hiray said therewillbeanydiscussionsinthe turnedfromabroad earlier this “The people of Rajasthan are would have givenrelief to 7lakh Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad to take or one or twosenior officials who PrimeMinisterandsecuredhisin- thisshowedthatDasguptawasan CWConholding elections forthe month,therehasbeenaneffortto feelingashamedforelectingpeo- farmers in Rajasthan who arede- uptheissue.Thepartydemanded areconcernedwithnationalsecu- tervention in overcoming busi- “influential person” and if re- Working Committee. One senior increase his visibility. plesuchasJaskaurMeena-ji,who faulters and arenot getting loans. that an inquiryshould be an- rity...onlytheycanleakthesedoc- ness troubles and fixing rivals”. leasedonbail,nowwiththeprobe leadersaidtherecouldbeelections “It is high time the Congress has suchadisgusting mindsetas It would have restartedthe sub- nouncedimmediately. uments.” He said leaking official “Whywas the Prime Ministeral- is still on, it could lead to tamper- to theCWCthistimeasdemanded resolvesits internal issues... After anMP.ElectingpeoplelikeMadan sidy startedbyour government,” “It is very clear that classified secretsaboutamilitaryoperation, lowingGoswamisuchfriendlyac- ing with evidence and witnesses. by the group of 23 leaders in alet- all, it is the main opposition party Dilawar-ji as MLAs. The futureas saidSharma.Healso saidthatthe documents...that tooclassified especiallyanairstrike,is“treason”. cess to himself and his office?” Dasgupta’s lawyers had said tertoSonia Gandhi in August. and whatever said and done has well as history won’t forgive Haryana government is purchas- documentsconcerning the na- Askedhowthe Congress was It said it is clear from the chats his electronic devices have been The Congress central election apresence in mostofthe states... them,” stateCongress president ing bajraatMSP and asked why tional security and also concern- linking the chat to Balakot when that Goswami took Dasgupta in seizedandbankaccountsfreezed. authority,itislearnt, has sent a The opposition needs to be and education ministerGovind the Rajasthan government is not ing the mostsensitive secret the airstrikewas notspecifically 2019 to meetthe then BJP presi- Dasgupta had fallen unconscious proposal to the Congress presi- strengthened. Thereare no two Singh Dotasratold reporters on doing so. airstrikesarewithpeoplewhoare mentioned, Antony said, “That is dent Amit Shah and wasactively in jail lastweek and his health dent on the schedule of elections. ways about it,” an opposition Wednesday. Meenacouldn’tbereachedfor notexpected to knowit, who are leakedinformation in the chats.” securinghisinterventionto“influ- condition could deteriorateifnot Congress leaders remained leader said. FULLREPORTON Earlier this month, Rajasthan comment. notauthorisedtoget these docu- Pointed out that therewas no ence policy andcontrolling TRAI”. released, theysaid. hopeful of Rahul Gandhi’s return www.indianexpress.com Massive crop loss in rain, compensation Karnataka tops NITI Aayog to farmers likely to be poll issues in TN innovation index, Bihar ranked last by saying that theyare yettoas- “Wehad clearedcompensations ARUNJANARDHANAN sess the damage. worthuptoRs20,000per farmer According to annual report, southern states fare better thannorthern ones CHENNAI,JANUARY20 It is estimated that over 60 per forthose who sufferedlosses in cent of cultivation has been de- thecycloneinNovember.Wewill Innovation Index(GII), which Aayog, Wednesdaysaid there the establishment of newstart- THEMASSIVEcroplossdueto ex- stroyed.Incessant rainfall in delta soon complete the survey and ESHAROY rankscountries annually. were anumber of areas in which ups and companies in the lastfi- cess rain in Cauverydeltaregion regions, including Thanjavur, hand over the datatothe govern- NEWDELHI,JANUARY20 The framework of the index India neededtoimprove to meet nancialyear. is likelytobecome an issue in the Tiruvarur,PudukottaiandAriyalur, ment,” he said. includes globallyconsidered pa- globalcompetitivenessininnova- Amongstthe major states, upcomingelectionsinTamilNadu Palaniswami, Stalin also spoiledthe chances of sum- However, PRPandian, leader KARNATAKA HAS been ranked rameters formeasuring innova- tion, including increasedexpen- Karnataka toppedwith ascoreof with morethan six lakh farmers mer crop, farmers said. of Tamil Nadu Federation of All the mostinnovative among ma- tion, suchasthe percentageof ditureinR&D by the private sec- 42.5 forthe second year running. hit by the loss of samba paddy Farmersareexpectingimme- Farmers, one of the largest collec- jor states by the NITI Aayogwhile GDPspentonresearch anddevel- tor. The Innovation Indexis Thestate'ssuccesshasbeenattrib- crop that wasready forharvest. clared soon,” he said. diatecompensation. “Impact of tivesforfarmsectors,saidthecom- Delhitoppedthecategoryamong opment,whilekeepingthemspe- dividedintothree categories— uted to ahigh number of venture This comes months aftersimilar The Chief Minister’s remarks excess rain wasseverein pensation should be fixedonthe UnionTerritories.Delhialsostood cific to the Indian economy. majorstates,UnionTerritoriesand capital deals, registeredGIs and damagedue to Cyclone Nivar. camedays afterDMKpresidentM Thanjavur,Tiruvarur,Pudukottai basisof rainfalldataandthatfarm- out as the topperformer among In 2015,India ranked 81 hill and NorthEaststates. ICT exports,and high FDI inflow. Aftermeeting Prime Minister KStalinaccusedtheAIADMKgov- and Ariyalur.Wehope compen- ers are“demanding acompensa- both states and UTs. among141countriesintheGII.By Delhi has scored the highest Maharashtrafollows with a NarendraModi on Tuesday, Chief ernment of failing to reachout to sation is declared immediately,” tion of notless than Rs 35,000per These rankings were partof 2020 it ranked 48 among 131 on the indexinthe countrywith scoreof38, while Bihar finishes MinisterEdappadiKPalaniswami the farmers and claimedthat saidPAyyakannu,oneof thelead- acreconsidering the minimum NITI Aayog's India Innovation countries. ascoreof46.6, while lastat14.5.Foursouthernstates– said he conveyedthe seriousness manywereyet to receive fullcom- ers of deltafarmers. cost”. “A survey might showpor- IndexReport2020, releasedby Amit Kapoor,honorary Lakshwadeep has the lowest Karnataka,TamilNadu,Telangana of the issue to the Centreand pensationforcroplossesowingto Asenior agriculturedepart- tionssurvivedtherainbutretriev- Vice Chairman RajivKumar.The Chairman of the Institutefor scoreat11.7. Delhi recordedthe and Kerala—occupythe topposi- sought itshelp. “Weare estimat- the cyclone. He said the Chief ment official said asurvey is still ing survivedcrops is almostim- exercisewasinitiatedin2019 and Competitiveness,thatcarriedout highestnumberof trademarkand tions on the index, apartfrom ing the damage, relief will be de- Ministerwasaddingsaltto injury underwaytoassess the damage. possible in the current scenario.” is on the lines of the Global the study on behalf of the Niti patent applications, along with Maharashtra. Ahmedabad WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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Karnataka States can add unscheduled Health worker circlesabuzz in Telangana Licencewatch,school with talk of vaccine beneficiaries: Centre dies after jab; newfeaturewill onlybeappli- lessons:HowTNturned CD linked to KAUNAINSHERIFFM cable to additional beneficiaries state govt says NEWDELHI,JANUARY20 “whose name exists in the data- CM;Congress base”. “A person’s name can be unrelated WITH Atotal 7.86 lakh benefici- searched in the database by the callsfor probe aries getting the firstdose of the mobile number providedatthe acorneronaccidents Covid vaccine so far, the Centre time of uploading his/her datain EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Wednesdayinformedthe states the beneficiarydatabase.” HYDERABAD,JANUARY20 reaches accident victims within EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE that anew featurehas been The Health Secretaryalso AVISHEKGDASTIDAR ROADTOSAFETY the golden hour,when chances BENGALURU,JANUARY20 addedtothe flagship Co-Win said the newfeaturewill have to A42-YEAR-OLD ambulance NEWDELHI,JANUARY20 of saving alifeare the highest--in platform -- enabling asession be used“very carefully” and sug- driverinNirmal district who was ■TN has 2crore driver line with the Supreme Courtsug- OVER THE pastfew months, ru- sitetovaccinateadditional un- gested that the sitein-charge do vaccinated on Tuesdaydiedin ■Over 1.26 lakh driving licences licences, 3crore gestions. Road designs were rec- mours have been circulating in scheduledbeneficiaries for Amit Chakravarty a“careful assessment during the the early hours of Wednesdayaf- suspendedsince 2016 over driv- registeredvehicles, tifiedand around 500accident- Karnataka’spoliticalcirclesabout achieving better coverage. Awoman gets vaccinated at dayofnumbers of scheduled tercomplaining of chestpain. ers talking on the phone; around and one of the largest prone “blackspots”removed. aCDthat could be detrimental to Features of session schedul- Mumbai’s Rajawadi Hospital beneficiaries likelytoturn up The Telangana government has 50,000 suspendedorcancelled road networks in India Thankstothe measures, of- the political interests of Chief ing, beneficiaryallocation, and on Wednesday. during the day”. “...bettercover- said that primaryinvestigation fordrivers being under influ- -- over 66,000km ficials say, 76%ofthe 15,000-odd MinisterBSYediyurappa. In re- allocation of additional benefi- agewould be possible, but it may suggestedthat the death wasnot ence; asimilar number sus- ■ In 2016,TNtopped accident victims attendedtoby cent months, chatter about this ciaries at the session sitehave be ensured that those scheduled related to the vaccine. pendedfor jumping of redlights; countryintotal patrolling vehicles lastyear re- CDhaspeaked–especiallyaftera been “further refined”, Union turehas been addedtofacilitate to be vaccinated in asession may The health careworkerwas and 3.3 lakh suspendedfor six accidents, with over ceivedtreatment within the January13cabinetexpansion by Health SecretaryRajesh maximum utilisation of staffde- notbedeniedonaccount of oth- givenCovishield at Kuntala common trafficoffences. 70,000cases, seeing golden hour.While Tamil Nadu Yediyurappa whichleftseveral Bhushan wrotetothe states. ployedatthe session sites so that ers having being vaccinated.” PrimaryHealth CentreinNirmal ■ IT usedtocollect real-time over 17,000deaths sawonanaverage 82,000griev- BJPaspirantsforministerialberths “The featureof‘Allot theycan cater to the optimal The Health Ministrysaid “no district. “Atabout 2.30 am on dataonaccidentstohelp place ■ In 2020, accidents ous injuries annuallyinacci- disgruntled. Beneficiary’ in an ongoing ses- number of beneficiaries per ses- case of serious/severe AEFI is at- January20, he is said to have de- ambulances, patrol vehicles down to around dents, in November 2020, the The content of the CD, itsve- sion has been addedinthe vacci- sions,” Bhushan wrote. tributable to vaccination till velopedchestpain and was strategically. 40,000,fatalities to figurestood at amere3,205. racityandevenitsexistenceisnot nator module and is live...the fea- Bhushan, however, said the date”. brought dead to the District ■ 2,000-odd wine and beer little over 7,000, Asum of Rs 65 crorewas set clear from the chatter with per- Hospital at Nirmal around 5.30 shops along highways shut in despitetotal number aside annuallyfor suchmeas- sonsallegedto have obtained,cir- am. Preliminaryfindings sug- 2018 alone. of vehicles rising in ures, and wasdistributed culated and receiveditnot com- gest that the death seems to be ■Road safety-related work built 2016-20 through the district collectors to menting on it. unrelated to vaccination. As per intothe annual performance ap- departmentslikepolice, high- ThefirsttimetalkabouttheCD the guidelines, postmortemwill praisal of field officials, road ■ From annual ways,health, education. Officials emergedinthe public domain be conducted by ateam of doc- safetyincludedinschool cur- grievous injuries of said the funds areset to see ahike wasinNovember 2020 aftera tors. The district AEFI (Adverse riculum, and plans forroad 82,000-odd, the figure following an inter-departmental closeaide,grandnephewandpo- Event Following Immunization) safetyclubs in all 7,870govern- down to 3,205 in committee’s recommendations. litical secretaryofthe CM, NR committee is examining the ment and government-aided November 2020 AseniorCentral government Santhoshwashospitalisedfollow- matter and will submit itsreport schools. official said severalstateshad ingwhatwasbelievedtobeasui- to the stateAEFI committee ■ Awareness lessons fortwo- undertakensimilar measures, in cide attempt. whichwill submit it to the wheeler riders without helmets Manakumar,AdditionalTransport coordination with the Centre. Thereafter, stateCongress Centre,'' Director of Public at nearesttraffic police stations. Commissioner,Tamil Nadu. While giving the awardtoTamil presidentDKShivakumartoldthe Health, GSrinivasRao, said in a These areamong the meas- Around 11%ofall road acci- Nadu, Gadkari, in fact, an- mediaaboutaCDwhilespeaking statement. ures implemented by Tamil dentsinthe worldtakeplace in nouncedadvancement by five on the possible reasons forthe al- Later in the evening, the Nadu since 2016,bringing down India, killing over 1.5lakh people years, to 2025, of the dateto leged suicide attempt. Union Health Ministrysaid a itsroad accidentsby38% and everyyear.Itwas due to these halve road accidents. “Aspermy information,what “postmortemisgoing on”. It said deaths in the same by over 54%, alarming figures that aSupreme However, as the official Ihaveheardisthat aconfidential 82 adverse eventswerereported winning the stateanaward this CourtCommittee on Road Safety added, thereisalong road ahead. videowasdistributedby theChief till 6pmonthe fifthday of the week from the Centre. had setatarget of reducing fatal- "One thing to note is that num- Minister’s political secretaryNR vaccination drive from across the Commending the state, Union ities by 50% by 2020, with 2016 bers in Tamil Nadu aresohuge Santoshto anMLCandaminister. country. “Nocase of serious/se- Road Transportand Highways the base year.In2016, with over that even afterfall, it continues ThiswasalsolatergiventotheBJP vere AEFI is attributable to vac- MinisterNitin Gadkari asked 70,000 accidents, killing 17,000 to be at the top." high command,” Shivakumar cination till date,” the health everyone to follow"the Tamil people (as per the statedata), Other states arestruggling to said. VACCINES LAND IN BHUTAN ministrysaid. Nadu model". Tamil Nadu wasthe worstper- cut numbers. While Tamil Nadu “The MLCand ministerwere Telangana has so farinocu- With around twocrore driver former.But, in the pastfour brought down accidentsby blackmailing the Chief Minister Bhutan Prime MinisterLotay Tshering receivedthe firstconsignment of Made-in-India lated 69,625 people. According licences, alittle over three crore years, Manakumar pointsout, around 7,000 from 2018 to and leaders in the government. vaccines with 1,50,000Covishield doses being deliveredbyanIAF plane at the Paro Airport to the Director of Public Health, registeredvehicles and one of “While the committee had fixed 57,000-odd in 2019,No. 2-ranked It has been happening forthe Wednesday. “These will all translateintothe prayers and prosperity of the people of India, 77 people reportedAEFI, of the largest road networks in atargetof50% reduction, our Madhya Pradesh could manage lastseveral months.The suicide emanating from the grateful hearts of Bhutan,” he said. External Affairs MinisterS whichthree required hospitali- India -- over 66,000km -- Tamil stateachieved54.4% by afall of just730 to around 50,000 attempt by the Chief Minister’s Jaishankar tweeted: “#VaccineMaitri begins. Consignment arrivesinBhutan. Another sation and were stable. Nadu regularly tops states in November 2020." At the end of in that time. Uttar Pradesh, No.3, political secretaryisnot atriv- example of #NeighbourhoodFirst.” Twitter/@PMBhutan WITHINPUTSFROM number of annual road acci- 2020, the number of accidentsin sawafall of just4inaccidentsbe- ial issue. It needs to be investi- ENS,DELHI dents, and ranked second in total the statestood at around 40,000, tween 2018 and 2019,when it gatedproperly and notbythe deaths in 2019.Currently, the with fatalities little over 7,000-- sawover42,000cases (all figures state,” he said. Karnataka Home stateaccounts foraround 13.7% despitethe total number of ve- by the MinistryofRoad Transport MinisterBasavarajBommai, re- SC rules out review of of all road accidentsinIndia and hicles in the staterising by and Highways). sponding to Shivakumar’s alle- TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE around 11%ofroad deaths. around 30% in the period. In terms of reduction in acci- gations, had dared the Congress However, the statebelievesithas One of the successful meas- dents, Tamil Nadu wasfollowed to provide evidence forits Aadhaar order, with one turnedacorner. ures by the stategovernment has by Maharashtra, West Bengal, claims. NUMBER OF “The next aim is to have zero been using IT to deployambu- AndhraPradesh and Gujarat, Theissue,however, dieddown VACCINATIONS deaths.We have notset adate,but lances and patrol vehicles every whichsaw afall by around afterSanthosh, following his dis- dissent: on money Bill (JAN 20) we areworking on it,” says M 50 km, to ensurethat help 2,000-3,000 cases in ayear. charge fromhospital,claimedthat 1,12,007 he had notattempted suicide but thereof. In our opinion, no case for merelyconsumedawrong med- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE reviewofjudgment and order Total:7,86,842 icine. NEWDELHI,JANUARY20 dated26.09.2018 is made out. We Two snipped scenes in Tandav hastentoadd that changeinthe NUMBER OF ADVERSE THE SUPREME Courthas dis- laworsubsequent decision/judg- EVENTS AFTER Centre nod for missedpetitions seeking areview ment of acoordinateorlarger IMMUNIZATION mark govt’s entry into OTT space of its2018judgment upholding Benchbyitself cannotbere- 82 Chenab hydel the constitutional validity of the garded as aground forreview. before the firstFIR wasfiled movedand theydid notwant to Aadhaar Act, with Justice DY The reviewpetitions areaccord- Total:1,066 KRISHNKAUSHIK, againstit, in LucknowonSunday stir anyfurther controversy. Chandrachud dissenting saying ingly dismissed." OMKARGOKHALE&SAGAR night. Since then, severalother WhileseveralOTTshows have project despite the Courtshould wait till alarger In his dissenting judgment, CASES: ACTIVECASES:1,97,201 RAJPUT FIRs have been filedagainst been accusedofoffending reli- Benchdecides the question of Justice Chandrachud said twoof 324 NEWDELHI,MUMBAI,JAN20 Tandav, in UP,Madhya Pradesh gious sensibilities or maligning DAYSSINCE 1,05,95,660 DEATHS:1,52,718 Pak objections certification of aBill as moneyBill the “critical questions” dealt with PANDEMIC and Maharashtra. The com- politicalpersonalitiesearlier as before deciding the reviewpeti- by the Aadhaar ruling were BEGAN TESTS: 18,85,66,947 | RECOVERIES: 1,02,45,741 ONTUESDAY,Tandavbecamethe plainantsinclude BJP MLA well,thecomplainantshadeither tions. “whether the decision of the firstweb series streaming on a (Ghatkopar West,Mumbai) Ram goneto courtorfiledanFIRbefore CASES DEATHS RECOVERIES TESTS ARUNSHARMA The Aadhaar Bill had been Speaker of the House of People... JAN19 majorOTTplatformto edititscon- Kadam. MaharashtraHome the government’s stand was JAMMU,JANUARY20 certifiedbythe government as a to certify abill as a‘MoneyBill’ un- 13,823 16216,988 7,64,120 tentafterdirectinterventionfrom MinisterAnilDeshmukhsaidfor- sought.Amazon Prime, Netflix moneyBill, enabling it to getit der Article 110(1) is final and the government. Twoscenes re- mal action would be takeninac- and Hotstar, three of the largest THE CENTRE on Wednesdayde- cleared without getting the as- binding, or can besubject to judi- STATESREPORTINGMAXIMUMCASES garding whichcomplaintshad cordance with the law. OTTplayersinthecountry, didnot cidedtogoahead with the long- sent of amajority in the Rajya cial review; and... if the decision CASES(JAN19) TOTAL been made and were mentioned On Wednesday, the Bombay respond to queries from The pending 850 megawatt Ratle hy- Sabha. Afive-judgeBenchheaded is subject to judicial review, Kerala 6,1868,57,381 in an FIR filedinLucknowhave High Courtgranted three-week Indian Express on the govern- droelectric powerproject on the by then Chief Justice Dipak Misra whether the Aadhaar (Targeted Maharashtra2,29419,94,977 nowbeen edited out. transitpre-arrest bailto Tandavdi- ment’s direct intervention like riverChenab in Jammu and had upheld the Aadhaar Actina Delivery of Financial and Other Karnataka 6459,33,077 It wasalso the firstsuchinter- rector Ali Abbas Zafar,producer this, and itspotential impact. ’s Kishtwar district, de- 4:1 ruling on September 26, 2018. Subsidies, Benefitsand Services) vention by the Information and HimanshuKrishnaMehra,writer Beforeitbrought OTT plat- spiteobjections raisedbythe The January11order was Act, 2016 (the Aadhaar Act), had STATESREPORTINGMAXIMUMDEATHS(TODAY) Broadcasting Ministrysince OTT Gaurav Solanki and Amazon forms under itspurview, the gov- Pakistangovernment over the givenbyafive-judgeBench, com- been correctlycertifiedasa DEATHS(JAN19) TOTAL platforms and news on digital Prime content head Aparna ernmenthadaskedthemto come same. prising apartfromJustice ‘MoneyBill’”. Maharashtra 52 51,732 platformscameunderitspurview Purohit, as apolice team reached upwithaself-regulatorybodyand J&K Lieutenant Governor Chandrachud, Justices AM The issue whether judicial re- Kerala 26 3,554 on November 11,2020. Before from Uttar Pradesh foraprobe in code.However, amodelsuggested Manoj Sinha said the approval Khanwilkar,Ashok Bhushan, viewcan beexercisedoveradeci- West Bengal 11 10,074 that, no ministryhad direct over- connectionwiththeLucknowFIR by the Internetand Mobile forthe Rs 5,822 croreproject Abdul Nazeer and BRGavai. The sion of the Speaker had arisen sight over them. filedagainstthe four. Association of India, and apro- came at acabinetmeeting majority judgment said, “We subsequentlybeforeanother DataasonJanuary19,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealthandFamilyWelfare,IndianCouncilofMedical The I&B Ministrysummoned The four said theyfeared ar- posedDigital Curated Content Researchandstategovernments.Oftenthenumbersreleasedeverydaycontaindatafrompreviousdays chaired by Prime Minister have perusedthe reviewpetitions Constitution BenchinRojer aswell.Assuch,trendsbasedondailynumbersareonlyindicativeandnotdefinitive Amazon Prime and the show’s rest,and submitted that the con- ComplaintsCouncil, had notgot NarendraModi earlier in the day. as well as the grounds in support MathewvSouth Indian Bank Ltd. makers foranexplanation even tent in question has been re- government approval. To be built near Drabshalla villageinKishtwar,then Prime MinisterManmohan Singh had laid thefoundation stone forthe project on June 25, 2013. However, the Pakistangovern- Dilip Chhabria’s ride down fast lane before he went off track ment had objected to the con- struction of the dam, claiming during the course of atraffic vi- issuing aclarification," he says. auto industryinsider.The aver- waspunching wayabove his that it wasnot in conformity MOHAMEDTHAVER olation that his car wasalso reg- However, manyinChhabria's ageon-the-road price of asports weight. He knewhis craft with the Indus WaterTreaty. MUMBAI,JANUARY20 isteredinHaryana. inner circle saythe signs that the car in India is upwards of Rs 1 enough but notenough to do In August2017, the World Asecond FIR wasregistered "bubble would burst" had been crore. business.” Bank allowedIndia to construct AS Atwo-year-old, he had been on acomplaint from television around as farbackas2015, when Says Girish Karkera, One of the firstbuyers to the dam and the following year, photographedwith agarland of star Kapil Sharma, who accused he unveiledDCAvanti, dubbed Consulting Editor with an auto- complain wasIndian cricketer the erstwhile stategovernment toy cars around his neck, a Chhabria of cheating him of Rs as India's 'firstsports car'. The mobile magazine, “In the Indian Dinesh Karthik who had made approachedthe Centrewith a prophesy perhaps of his passion 5.7 crorebynot delivering acus- coupe wasnamedafter the market,asports car is notthat an advance payment forthe car. proposal to resume construc- forautomobiles. As ayoung en- tomisedvan he had paid for. Studebaker Avanti (Avanti in widelyaccepted. Even the In 2015,heapproachedacon- tion. trepreneur in post-liberalisation Chhabria's son, sisterand com- Italian means forwardoron- Porsche -- that is the benchmark sumercourt againstChabbria. Accordingly,anMoU was India, he gave India the wheels panydirectors have been named wards) in Tintin and The Land of forsports cars -- sells moreSUVs Karthik could notbecontacted signedbetween the National to escape from the drab as wanted accused. The police theBlackGold,and Chabbria ac- in India.” despiterepeated attempts. HydelPowerCorporation Padminis and Ambassadors. have also expandedtheir inves- knowledgedthe dream project Adds an insider,“The prob- Chhabria decidedearly on (NHPC) and the Jammu and Now, the man whose initials tigation to look intorole of em- as one of the biggestrisksofhis lem in Chhabria's case wasthat that his passion wascars. His fa- Kashmir StatePower 'D.C.' aresynonymous with car ployees at the finance compa- life. he wasaone-man gang. It was ther rananelectronics business, Development Corporation design in India finds himself be- Chhabria being producedincourtlastweek. Ganesh Shirsekar nies that extendedthe loans. However, was“adream ingrainedinhis psychethat 'I and aftergraduation in Limited (JKSPDCL) in the pres- hind bars, fighting chargesoffi- Chhabria's lawyer Vagesh without the foundation to suc- should makemyown car'. He Commerce, Chhabria headedfor ence of Modi at Vijaypur in nancial fraud. Mishradenies the charge of loan ceed”, says aperson who has did not, forexample, realise that the US to study transportation Samba district on February3, Lastweek,Dilip Chhabria, success, DC Avanti. around Rs 42 lakh); different fraud. "The entirecase is at the known Chhabria since the 1990s. getting the car parts and having design at the Automative Design 2019 and work on the project be- the car designer to Bollywood If Chhabria's ambition was loans were raisedagainstthe behestofabusiness partner of The reviews of the car were all parts matchthe others so that Arts Center,California. He briefly ganinDecember 2019. stars, industrycaptains and the audacious forhis times, so is the same car by registering it with Chhabria's who has also hardlyencouraging. “Lookslikea the sum total wasmorethan the worked forGeneral Motors, but Pakistanhas approachedthe high and mighty,was produced alleged scam in itssimplicity. the RTOindifferent cities; and proppedupthe complainant in Lamborghini but without itsper- parts wasimportant. He did not felt he could notgrowmuch WorldBank with fresh protests, in courtbythe police forre- According to the police, starting the vehicle eventuallysold to a the case. Manyofthe allegations formance,” wasthe general ver- getproper engineering consult- thereand decidedtoreturn to but the Centrehas nowdecided mand, barefootand dishevelled twoyears ago, DC startedfield- legitimatebuyer.The fraudcame likedual financing arefalse. We dict. "If youare going to sell a ants." India. to go ahead with the construc- -- done in by acar that wassup- ing ownemployees to getloans to light when the owner of aDC aregetting moredetails about sports car forRs35lakh, youare Says another,“Chhabria had FULLREPORTON tion. posedtobethe pinnacle of his to buy the DC Avanti (priced Avanti in Tamil Nadu discovered the allegations and will soon be going to cut corners," said one borrowedalot of moneyand www.indianexpress.com Ahmedabad WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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197,201 Five days intoIndia’s mass vaccination programme, thereare some concerns over vaccine hesitancy.Atthis crucial moment in the fight againstthe novelcoronavirus pandemic, twoofthe 200,000 country’s mosteminent vaccine scientists weigh in on some old and newquestions 222,526 uctsthat aretestedonanimals andthen on directlydeliveranmRNAfragment intohu- In India,the approval to Bharat Biotech’s EXPERTS humans forsafetyand effectiveness. Clinical man cells to producethe viral Spikeprotein Covaxin in “clinical trial mode” didleadto LAST 10 DAYS trials in human beings arecarriedout in three whichraisesanti-viral immunity. This tech- some confusion. It wasalsodescribed as a EXPLAIN phases to seek specific answers. nologyhad been in development forabout a “backup” vaccine, whichcould have sug- 195,000 PHASE 1 is done in typically20-100 decade foranti-cancervaccines. gested to some that it wassomehow inferior Jan 10 Jan19 Shahid Jameel & healthyvolunteers to see if the vaccine is safe, Similarly,non-replicating viral vectors had to theother vaccine. As we have already noted Note:The Jan 19 figureinthisgraph is based on thegovernment updateonJan 20 if itappearsto work,whetherthereare anyse- beenindevelopmentforyears.Anexperimen- above,Covaxin is basedonatime-testedtech- Virander SChauhan rioussideeffects,andif theseare relatedto the taladenovirus-basedEbola vaccine wasused nology, whichmostlikelymakes it very safe. size of the dose. to vaccinateabout60,000peopleinWestAfrica EUAtodrugs andvaccinesare legitimate INDIATOTAL CASES WORLDTOTALCASES From The Indian Express panel PHASE2usesseveralhundredvolunteers duringthe2014-16Ebolaoutbreak.Researchers methodstodealwithamedical emergency, 10,595,660 96,396,565 of specialists, exclusive insight to determine the mostcommon short-term atOxfordUniversityintheUnitedKingdomhad but the wayinwhichthis issue wascommu- sideeffects,andhowwelltheimmunesystem been using the chimpanzeeadenovirus plat- nicated in India leftmuchtobedesired. Source:MinistryofHealth&Family Source:JohnsHopkinsUniversity, respondstothe vaccine —whatisknown as formforseveralexperimentalvaccines,which Welfare,updatedat11pmonJan 20 updatedat11pmonJan19 ‘immunogenicity’. wasquicklyrepurposedtodevelop aCovid-19 Will the vaccines work against variant IT HAS been five days since India beganvac- PHASE 3 involves vaccine. Finally, vaccines viruses? cination againstthe novelcoronavirus dis- thousandsof volunteersin based on inactivated Thoughcoronavirusesmutateslowerthan ease. Morethan7lakh peoplehavebeen ablindedmanner to com- viruses is atime-tested otherRNAviruses,newvariantshaveemerged givenone of the twovaccinesapproved by parethose who getthe THEEXPERTS method, whichhas been independentlyinthe UK, South Africa, and THIS WORD MEANS the regulator.But severalpeople, including vaccineto thosewhodon’t SHAHID JAMEEL, one of usedinthe ICMR/Bharat Brazil thathavenow spread to over 50 coun- some doctors and other healthcareworkers, (theyget aplaceboor India’s best known Biotech vaccineasalsoinat tries, including India. These viruses have key KAMALAM continuetobehesitant. This has ledtocon- dummy) to re-confirm virologists, is currently leastthree vaccines from changesintheSpikeprotein,allowingthemto cernsover‘vaccine hesitancy’. safety, serious side-effects director of TrivediSchool China. better attachtoand enter cells. Theymultiply Vaccines areaproduct of science. If the if any, and mostimpor- of Biosciences at Ashoka It is important to also andtransmitmoreefficiently, estimatedat30% The name Gujarat govt scientific method and process is followed tantly, whetherthevaccine University.Hehas understand the limita- to 70%moreefficientlyfor the UK variant. scrupulously, basedondataand evidence, isefficaciousinpreventing previouslyworkedwith tionsof eachplatform.The Akey mutation calledN501Y is found in thereshould be little room fordoubt. This is infection and/or disease. the Delhi-based mRNAisafragilemolecule thereceptor-bindingdomainoftheSpikepro- wants for dragon fruit agoodtime to revisit some of the usual ques- Inthepresentcase,vac- International Centrefor that requires protection, tein, whichisalsothe target of virus-neutral- tions regarding vaccines, and to address fresh cines forCovid-19have Genetic Engineering and including frozenstorage, izingantibodies. Whileworkisoninmultiple questions that areemerging. beenreadiedwithinayear. Biotechnology (ICGEB), whichcomplicatesitsroll- laboratoriesto directlytestthis,someearly data Thereare currently68 and served as chief outlogistics. Viralvector showthatviruseswith or without this muta- GOPALKATESHIYA Howdovaccines work;and do theyhelp? Covid-19 vaccines in hu- executive of the Wellcome vaccinesaremorestable(2 tion areneutralizedequallywell by theblood &POOJAPILLAI Avaccine is asubstance that resembles manclinicaltrials,ofwhich Trust/DBT Alliance which to 8degCstorage),butthe serum of recoveredCovid-19 patients. AHMEDABAD,NEWDELHI,JANUARY20 the disease-causing agent (calledpathogen, 20 have reachedphase 3 funds health research. same vector cannotbe Variant viruses don’t always come from the coronavirus in this case) that trains the testing,eighthave received usedforanotherdiseasein foreign shores. Theycan also emerge within. GUJARATCHIEF MINISTER VijayRupani body’s immune system and creates a‘mem- limited or emergency use VIRANDER SINGH the same person because Increasedgenomic surveillance of infected hassaidthatthestateproposesto rename ory’. When the pathogen infectsinfuture, this approval, and twohave CHAUHAN is aformer anti-vectorimmunitywill persons within the country will provide early dragon fruit as ‘Kamalam’. Dragon fruit memoryisrapidlydeployedtodestroy it and beenapprovedforfulluse. director of ICGEB. He is makeitineffective. warningof this.However, oursequencingden- “doesnotsoundappropriate”,Rupanisaid; prevent disease. Thereare severalrea- best known forhis efforts Though inactivatedviral sityisverylow, withonlyabout5,000virusse- Kamalam wasapt becausethe character- Evidence shows that incidenceofanin- sons whyCovid-19vac- towardsdeveloping a vaccinesaregenerallysafe, quencesavailable from over10million con- istic fuchsia ‘spikes’ or ‘petals’ of thefruit fectious diseasegoes down rapidlyfollow- cines were developedso vaccine formalaria. similar vaccines against firmedcases in India. This has to increase, recall alotus in bloom. Dragon fruit:‘Lookslikelotus’ ing the deploymentofvaccinesagainstit; quickly. Scientificinforma- respiratorysyncytialvirus especiallynow that vaccines arebeing de- severalhuman diseasesare nowvaccine pre- tion has been shared and measles were with- ployed,whichwould put additional pressure Introduction to the fruit ventable. Besides the eradication of small- openly, and it helpedthat the virus wassimi- drawnastheyexacerbated thedisease. on viruses to mutate. Dragon fruit is the fruit of aspecies of “the very spirit of self-reliance”. poxand near eradicationofpolio, vaccines lar to the SARS-CoV-1 and MERS viruses on Anycasesof vaccinefailure—suchasthose wild cactus indigenous to South and On August6,Ram Kumar,additional have resulted in the preventionofover20 whichconsiderable work had already been Did the Covid-19vaccines getapproval whogetthediseaseevenaftergettingfully vac- CentralAmerica, where it is called pitaya principal chief conservator of forests(so- other life-threatening diseases, avoiding an done. It took just63days from the availability prematurely? cinated —should be investigated forwhatvi- orpitahaya.Thefruit’sfleshisusuallywhite cialforestry) in the Gujarat forest depart- estimated 2-3 million deaths annually. of thegenomesequence(onJanuary11, 2020), The pandemic has presentedaunique op- ralvariantstheyharbour,and if these can be or red—although thereisaless common ment, forwardedtothe IndianCouncil of India’s Universal Immunization Programme, fortheModernamRNA-1273 vaccinetoenter portunitytocompress the vaccine develop- neutralizedbythe seraofrecoveredpatients yellow pitaya too—and is studdedwith Agricultural Research (ICAR) aproposal among the world’s largest,immunizesabout phase 1trial in the United States. ment timeline without compromising on and vaccinated persons. tinyseeds rather likethe kiwifruit. on renaming the fruit Kamalam. This, 26 millionchildren everyyear.Itisestimated Regulatorshavealsoallowedparallel safety. Regulators have invokedEmergency The world’s largest producer and ex- Kumar wrote,would “boostawareness that everydollar spent on childhoodvaccines phasesof clinicaltestingandreviewingof data Use Authorization (EUA), whichisamecha- Shouldthosealready infected take the porter of dragon fruit is Vietnam, where and expansion”, “and contributetoreduc- adds $44tothe economybyensuring that to expeditethe process. Large investmentsby nismtofacilitate the availabilityofvaccines vaccine? the plant wasbrought by the Frenchin ing our importdependence in line with children grow up to be healthyadults. governmentsandinnovative financialmodels duringpublic health emergencies. EUAdoes It is advisable to take the vaccine because the 19th century. TheVietnamesecall it ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’”. allowedpharmaceuticalcompaniestowork notcompromise on safety, and includes are- we donotfullyunderstandthedurationofpro- thanh long,whichtranslatesto“dragon’s Kamalam is also the name of the BJP Vaccines take long to develop. Howcould on developing the vaccine without having to viewofall phase 1and phase 2dataand up to tectionfollowinganaturalinfection.Available eyes”, believedtobethe origin of itscom- headquartersinKobainGandhinagar,and the Covid-19vaccines be ready so soon? absorb all the financial risk. twomonths (for US FDA) or 70 days (for datasuggestthatneutralizingantibodieswane mon English name. the kamal —lotus —isthe BJP’selection It can indeedtakeseveral years to develop Anothercrucialreasonwastheuseof every European Medicines Agency) of phase 3fol- offin3to5months, but other arms of the im- Dragonfruitisalsocultivatedin—apart symbol. Rupani, however, said no politics avaccine. Afteraproof of concept has been availablevaccineplatformto produceaCovid- low-up, including an interim analysis foref- mune response arelikelytoprotect longer.If from itsnative LatinAmerica —Thailand, wasinvolvedinthe renaming. “Gujarat establishedinresearch laboratories,con- 19 vaccine, including those thathad so farnot ficacy.Itallowsvaccines to be used in an vaccinesuppliesarelimited,whichisunlikely Taiwan, China,Australia, Israel, and Sri governmenthasdecidedthatdragonfruit trolledmanufacturing processes aredevel- producedavaccine forhumans. The vaccines emergency in groups that areathighrisk of in India, people with prior infection mayde- Lanka.Itwasbroughtto Indiainthe1990s, isnotasuitableword.Acrosstheworlditis oped to makestable and highlypureprod- made by Pfizer/BioNTechand Moderna both infection, morbidity,and mortality. laytheir vaccination by afew months. and is growninKarnataka, Kerala, Tamil known as dragon fruit and one thinksof Nadu,Maharashtra,Gujarat,Odisha,West China.Sowehavegiven the name Bengal,Andhra Pradesh, andAndaman Kamalam.Itisafruitlikethelotus,”hesaid. andNicobarIslands.Itgrowsinallkindsof Why Jack Ma’s ‘return’ has spread cheer and relief soil,and doesnot requiremuchwater. Wherethe proposal stands ICAR sources said the Gujarat govern- Eating the dragon fruit ment’sproposalhadbeenforwardedtothe portedlystarted a“coordinated regulatory StockExchange in a$25-billionIPO that lifted To eat directly, halve thefruit and UnionMinistryofAgricultureandFarmers’ PRANAVMUKUL crackdown”ontheAlibabaGroup—mostsig- Ma’snetworthto $19.5billionandputhimon scoop out theflesh withaspoon. Or,cut Welfare. “ICAR does notdoeverything in NEWDELHI,JANUARY20 nificantlyhalting at the lastmoment in thetopoftheForbesChinaRichList.In2016,he the ends, pull offthe leatheryskin, and this respect.ICARisthe recommending November,the$34.5-billionpublicofferingof became the richestperson in Asia, with anet chop up the egg-shapedwhiteflesh to eat. body.Whatever nomenclature, release of AFTER MONTHS away from public view— Alibaba’sfinancialservicesarm,AntGroupCo. worthof$33.3 billion. In 2019,hestepped Dragon fruit canbemadeinto varieties, production,itisall donebythe whichfuelled speculation —Chinese billion- This, in addition to an antitrustinvestiga- down from the boardofAlibaba. smoothies or shakes. Despite itsspectac- Department of Agricultureand Cooper- aireJackMaresurfacedonWednesday, and tion that ChinalaunchedagainstAlibaba, led The companyhas been one of the most ular good looks, it has amild, almostbland ation,theotherwing,andnottheresearch wasseen addressing rural educators at an to a$140-billiondeclineinthegroup’smarket prominent posterboys of China’s digital flavour, whichmakes it adaptable forava- wing,”DrAKSingh,ICAR’sdeputydirector event thatwas streamedlive. value.TheantitrustprobeledtheChinesereg- prowess. Forthe 12-month period ending riety of sweetand savourydishes from general (agricultural extension), to whom ulatorsto orderAntto separateitslendingbusi- September 2020,Alibaba Group’s Chinaretail salads and relishestocakes and tacos. Kumar’s proposal wasaddressed,said. Ma goes out of sight nessfromits online paymentsdivision. marketplace had 757million annual active In Latin America, pitaya juice is popu- ICAR officers said such aproposal Ma wasnot seen in public afterhedeliv- Ant FinancialisaninvestorinIndia’sdig- consumers.Asof March 2020,Alipayhadover lar.Lastyear,aHoChi Minh City bakery would needapproval from the Botanical ered aspeechataconference in Shanghai in Went out of sight in October. file ital paymentsfirm Paytm and online food 1.3billionannual active usersacross the globe made bread withdragonfruitthatcould- Survey of India and the National October 2020, in whichhetook ajab at delivery platform Zomato. insegmentssuchaspayments,insurance,and n’t be solddue to Covid-19restrictions. Biodiversity Authority under the Union Chinese authorities. The absence wasfirst wealth management. MinistryofEnvironment, Forest and noticedearlier this month, afterthe outspo- China’s crackdown JackMa’s empire The idea of renaming ClimateChange. “Dragonfruit is nota kenbillionairefailedtoappear in the final At theconference in Shanghai, Ma called Ma co-foundedAlibaba in 1999 witha Cheer at his return In his broadcast on July species native to India and anychangein episode of Africa’s Business Heroes,aTVshow forreform in China’s regulatorysystem, de- groupof18friends as abusiness-to-business Alibaba’s Hong Kong-listed shares jump- 26 lastyear,Prime MinisterNarendra itsnomenclatureinofficial annals can in whichhewas to be ajudge. The Alibaba scribed the country’s financial watchdog as a marketplace. In 2003, he launchedthe retail ing over 6% on Wednesday, Reuters reported. Modi had laudedthe farmers of Kutchfor lead to international litigation. Hence, the Group, whichMaco-founded morethantwo “pawnshop”regulator, andsuggestedthatthe platformTaoBao,andpaymentsappAlipay,to The Alibaba Group plans to raise at least$5 takingupcultivation of dragon fruit and opinion of BSI and NBAmatters,” an ICAR decades ago, cited ascheduling conflictas system “stifledbusinessinnovation”. compete with eBayand Paypal in China. billion through sale of US dollar-denomi- adopting innovative practices, calling it official said. reason forhis absence. Followingthis,theChinesegovernmentre- In2014,AlibabawaslistedontheNewYork nated bondsthis month. HowBannonwalked:USPresident’spowertopardonandcommute

to violateforeign lobbying laws as part of a to Alice Marie Johnson, who receivedalife OMMARATHE scheme to influence the Trumpadministra- sentence forafirst-time drug offence and NEWDELHI,JANUARY20 SOMEOFTHOSEWHOBENEFITTED tion on behalf of Malaysian and Chinese in- whoseconcerns were firstraisedbybusi- STEPHEN KBANNON, 67 PAUL MANAFORT, 71 MICHAEL FLYNN, 62 terests, and KenKurson, afriend of Trump’s nesswomanand reality TV star Kim IN THE dying hoursofhis presidency, TRUMP’S FORMER CHIEF STRATEGIST; CHAIRMAN OF TRUMP’S 2016 CAMPAIGN; TRUMP’S FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY powerful son-in-lawJaredKushner who had Kardashian West.In2018, he issued a DonaldTrumpexercisedhis powerunder PARDONED ON TUESDAY PARDONED DEC 23, 2020 ADVISER, PARDONED NOV 25, 2020 been chargedwith cyberstalking. posthumous pardon to boxerJackJohnson, the US Constitutiontopardon or commute Arrested in Aug Sentencedin2019toseven anda Twice pleadedguilty to lying to FBI Afterhis defeat in November,Trumpfor- who wasjailedover ahundredyears agofor sentencesof143 individuals, includinghis 2020; chargedwith half years forhis role in adecade-long, aboutconversations with aRussian gave close aides PaulManafort, RogerStone violating the racistWhiteSlave TrafficAct one-time chief strategistSteve Bannon. defrauding multimillion-dollar financial fraud diplomat; wasthe onlyWhiteHouse and Michael Flynn, all of whom were in- by crossingstate lines withawhitewoman. Trumphas repeatedlyusedthe contributors to a scheme forhis work in the former official to be convicted as part of the dicted in the special counsel probeinto clemency powers enjoyedbythe President privately funded SovietUnion. Trump-Russia investigation. Russian meddling during the 2016 election. Other Presidents’ pardons to rescue corruptaides and supporters in effort to build Kushner’s father Charles, areal estate devel- Although Trumpdid breakmorethan a trouble with thelaw. Trump’s wall along ROGER STONE, 68 DINESH D’SOUZA, 59 oper,also got apardon in the same batch; he fewnorms while issuing clemency, he used TRUMP’S OLD FRIEND; COMMUTED JULY 10, FILMMAKER AND COMMENTATOR, PARDONED the Mexican border. had been convicted in 2004 of 18 countsof this powerlessfrequentlythanmanyother President’s clemency powers PARDONED DEC 23, 2020 MAY 31, 2018 taxevasion, witness tampering and making Presidents, including BarackObama, who Bannon allegedly Convicted of 7charges, including Pleadedguilty to makingillegal cam- The US President hasthe constitutional unlawful campaign donations. duringhis eight-year tenureissued212 par- usednearly $1 lying under oath to acongressional paign contributions in 2014.Provo- rightto pardonorcommutesentencesrelated In December,itwas reportedthat Trump dons and 1,715commutations. millionof$25 million collected to pay committee and threatening awitness. cateur who claimedhewas targeted to federalcrimes.TheSupremeCourthasheld wasconsideringissuing “preemptive” par- In his four years in the WhiteHouse, forpersonal expenses. Gotmorethan 3years in Feb2020. foropposing Obama. THENYT thatthispoweris“grantedwithoutlimit”and dons forhis closeallyRudy Guiliani, three of Trumpissued 89 commutations and 116 cannotberestricted by Congress. his children —Donald TrumpJr.,Eric Trump pardons, according to Forbes. Clemency is abroad executive power and Ivanka Trump—and the younger The highestnumberofclemency grants that is discretionary—meaning the apardonincasesofimpeachment of officials. Also,asstatedabove,the powerisnot Trump’s controversial pardons Kushner.ThePresidenthadalsomusedabout by aPresident in US history (3,796) came President is notanswerable forhis pardons, ArtII, Sec 2oftheConstitutionsays Presidents availablefor statecrimes.Thismeans that BesidesBannon, the listofbeneficiaries prospectivelypardoninghimself,sayingpub- during the tenureofFranklin D. Roosevelt, and does nothavetoprovide areason foris- “shall have Powertogrant Reprievesand those who have been pardonedbythe of the President’saction lateonTuesday in- liclythathehad “absolute right” to do so. the country’s leader during WorldWar II and suing one. But thereare afew limitations. Pardons forOffenses against the United Presidentcan still be triedunder laws of in- cludes Elliott Broidy, aRepublican operative Some pardons were also celebrated. alsothe longest occupant of the White Forinstance, the President cannotissue States, exceptinCases of Impeachment”. dividual states. who pleadedguilty lastyear to conspiring Early lastyear,Trumpgranted afull pardon House, serving 12 years.

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NEW U.S. PRESIDENT TO ‘REVERSE THE GRAVEST DAMAGES’ CAUSED BY PREDECESSOR OnDay1,BidenmovestoundoTrump’slegacy

Settosign ahostofexecutive orders aimedatreversing earlier policies on immigration, coronavirus, the economyand racial justice

MICHAELDSHEAR JOEBIDEN’SDAY1 WASHINGTON,JANUARY20 AGENDA:KEYPOINTS US PRESIDENT Joe Biden will un- WORLDREACTS leashafull-scaleassaultonhispre- decessor’s legacy on Wednesday, ■ End constructionon “I look forwardtoworking acting hours aftertakingthe oath Trump’s US-Mexico with him (Biden),and with of office to sweep aside former border wall his newadministration, President Donald Trump’s pan- strengthening the Staffcarry boxestoMarine demicresponse, reverse his envi- ■ End the ban on travel partnershipbetween our One before Trumpleavesthe ronmental agenda,tear down his from manyMuslim- countries and working on WhiteHouseWednesday. AP anti-immigrationpolicies,bolster majority countries our sharedpriorities.” the sluggish economic recovery BORIS JOHNSON, and restorefederal effortsaimed ■ Rejointhe Paris Climate They prepare BRITISH PM at promoting diversity. Accordand the World Moving with an urgency not Health Organisation White House for seen from anyother modern “The UnitedStates is back. President, Biden will sign 17 ex- ■ Revoke theapprovalof And Europe stands ready.To anew President ecutive orders, memorandums the Keystone XL oil reconnect with an old and and proclamations from the pipeline trustedpartner,tobreathe —injust 5hours Oval Office on Wednesdayaf- newlifeintoour... alliance. I ternoon, according to his top ■ Order areviewofall look forwardtoworking policy advisers. Trumpregulations and together with Joe Biden.” ANNIEKARNI Individually, the actions are executive actions that URSULAVONDERLEYEN, JANUARY20 targeted at what the President aredeemeddamaging views as specific, egregious to theenvironmentor EU COMMISSION PRESIDENT THE TIMEhas finally come for abusesbyTrumpduring four tu- public health Donald Trumptofind aperma- multuous years. Collectively,his “Todayisagood dayfor nent space at Mar-a-Lago forhis adviserssaid Biden’s assertive ■Order federalagenciesto democracy.Inthe US,ithas $50,000 room-sizegolfsimula- use of executive authority was prioritise racial equity and facedtremendous tor, nottomention the 60-inch intendedtobeahefty and visi- reviewpoliciesthat US President Joe Biden speaksduringthe 59th PresidentialInauguration at theUSCapitol in Washington on Tuesday. Reuters challenges –and endured... I television he proudlydisplayed ble down payment on one of his reinforce systemicracism am greatlyrelievedthat, above thedining room table, his primarygoals as President:to, as today, Joe Biden is being collection of Brioni suitsand the theysaid Tuesday, “reverse the sworn in as President.” firstlady’s matching Louis gravestdamages” done to the harshestimmigrationpolicies. FRANK-WALTER Vuitton luggageshe has hauled countrybyTrump. Among manyotherthings, STEINMEIER, around the globe. “We’ll press forwardwith he willsignanexecutive order By Wednesdayat12.01pm, GERMAN PRESIDENT speedand urgency,for we have revoking the Trumpadministra- hours afterTrumphimself plans muchtodointhis winter of peril tion’s plan to exclude nonciti- to leave Washington, all the first and significant possibilities,” zens from the censuscount and “The (election) victoryof family’s stuffwill have followed Biden during his inaugural ad- asecond order aimedatbolster- Biden representsthe him out the WhiteHouse door, dress at the Capitol,deliveredto ing the DeferredActionfor victoryofdemocracy over en routetohis newhome in acrowd shrunken by fear of the ChildhoodArrivalsprogramme the ultra-right and its Palm Beach, Florida. And by the coronavirus andthreatsofvio- thatprotects“Dreamers”from three methods, the end of the dayJoe Biden and his lence. “Muchtorepair.Muchto deportation. Biden will repeal massive deception, the wife, Jill, will arrive to adeep- restore. Muchtoheal. Muchto twoTrump-eraproclamations national division and the cleanedliving quarters where build, and muchtogain.” that establishedaban on travel abuse, even violent, of their bags will be unpacked, their He will work within four to the United States from several (From left)Former President George WBush, democratic institutions.” furniturearrangedand their fa- broad categories that his aides predominantlyMuslim and Speaker of the HouseNancy Pelosi,former PEDRO SANCHEZ, voritefoods stockedinthe fridge. described as the “converging African countries, ending one of President Joe Biden and his wifeJill Biden, along with Vice PresidentKamala President BarackObamaand MichelleObama It’s the awkwardpas de SPANISH PM crises” he inherited at noon his predecessor’s earliestactions Harris and her husbandDoug Emhoffwalkupthe stepsofthe Capitol. Reuters arrive forthe inaugurationceremony. AP deux performedevery four or Wednesday:the pandemic, eco- to limit immigration. eight years when one family nomic struggles, immigration Susan Rice, who will lead the movesinand another moves and diversity issues, and the en- president’s Domestic Policy out, an undertaking carriedout vironment and climatechange. Council, said Biden would also by the90-personWhite House In one of his firstactions, sign abroad executive order Trump leaves Washingtonafter pardoning several aides residence staffinabout five Biden is expected to sign an ex- aimedatrequiringall federal hours. Acomplicated,highly ecutive orderthatTrumphad agencies to makeequity acen- Biden, spent his final hours in Base Andrewsfor afarewell choreographedprocess is done steadfastlyrefusedtoissue dur- tral factor in their work.The or- THENEWYORKTIMES office to wipeout convictions event with administration vet- on atight schedule that often ing his tenure—imposingana- der will, amongother things,re- WASHINGTON,JANUARY20 and prison sentences of 143 erans and other supporters. requires boxing up whatever tionalmandaterequiring masks quirethat theydeliverareport corruptpoliticians and business “Have agood life, we willsee has been leftunpacked. and physical distancing in all fed- within 200days to address how DONALD TRUMP departedthe executives, and bestow pardons yousoon,” he told the crowd, This year,people involvedin eral buildings, on all federal to remove barriers to opportuni- WhiteHouse on Wednesday on allies likeStephen KBannon, adding: “Wewill be backin the process said, moving dayalso lands and by allfederal employ- ties in policies and programmes. morning forthe lasttime as US his former chief strategist, and some form.” involvesadditional cleaning be- ees, officials said. And he will ter- ManyofTrump’smostsignif- President afterfour tumultuous Elliott Broidy, one of his top Afterthat, he and wife cause of the coronavirus. NYT minateTrump’s effortstoleave icant actions as President were years that shook the nation. fundraisers in 2016. Melania TrumpboardedAir the WorldHealth Organisation. aimedatlimitingregulationof the Trump, who wasthe first Afterleaving the White ForceOne forthe journeyto Aides saidmanyofBiden’s environment. Biden’s earliestac- Presidentinmorethan150 House, reportedlyhaving lefta Florida, wheretheywill reside. TRUMPFREESEX-AIDES actions on Wednesdaywere tionsasPresident will takeaim at yearstonot attend the inaugu- Trumpand Melania boardAir ForceOne forthe lasttime. AP note forhis successor as is the The plane landedabout an hour FROMETHICSPLEDGE aimedatreversing Trump’s those policies, officials said. NYT ration of his successor Joe custom, he stoppedatJoint before Biden’soath of office. Washington: DonaldTrumphas releasedcurrent and former members of his administration Apresidential inauguration like no other Deepening schism, McConnell says from the terms of their ethics pledge, whichincludedafive- Senator AmyKlobuchar —the Trump ‘provoked’ Capitol mob year ban on lobbying their for- THENEWYORKTIMES topDemocratontheSenate Rules meragencies. Theethicspledge JANUARY20 Committee,which organisedthe could drag down the party. wasoutlinedinone of Trump's inaugural—told theassembled NICHOLASFANDOS ED Setbackto McConnell, who is said to pri- firstexecutive orders,signed on US PRESIDENTJoe Biden was dignitaries and TVcameras, “This JANUARY20 Trumpahead vately believe that Trumpcom- January28, 2017,aspartofhis sworn intoanoffice he has is the daywhen our democracy PLAIN E mittedimpeachableoffences,gave campaign pledgeto“drain ● sought formorethan 30 years, picksitself backup,brushesoffthe SENATOR MITCH McConnell EX ofSenatetrial noindicationof whetherhewould the swamp”. PTI and Vice President Kamala dustand doeswhatAmerica al- flatlyblamedDonald Trumpon votetoconvict Trumpathis im- Harris became the firstwoman ways does:goesforward as ana- Tuesday forthe violent rampage TRUMP’SPOLITICAL future peachmenttrial.But it wasano- to hold that title. But thereisno tion, under God, indivisible, with at the CapitolonJan 6, saying maydepend on whichway tablecondemnationfromthesen- TRUMPDAUGHTERTIFFANY crowdonthe National Mall to liberty and justice forall.” thatthe mob that stormed the the impeachment trial goes in atorwhowillplayaleadingrolein ANNOUNCESENGAGEMENT celebratethe moment. Many lawmakers and high- building had been “fed lies” and the Senate. The Republicans, determining whether enough Instead, thereisasea of flags profileguests were inattendance, “provokedbythe President” to ledbyMcConnell, made sure Republicans join Democratsto Washington: Donald Trump's representingthepeoplewhocan- Lady Gaga sings theNational Anthem at theinauguration. Reuters including formerPresidents carry out itsassault. nothing came of Trump’s first find Trumpguilty. youngestdaughterhasannounced notbetherebecause of the pan- BarackObama, George WBush McConnell’s remarks,onthe impeachment trial. But the “Themob wasfed lies,” herengagementonherfather'sfi- demic that has killedmorethan and Bill Clinton; the last eveofJoe Biden’sinauguration, topRepublican’sstatement McConnell said on the Senate nal full dayinofficeasUS 400,000 Americans, and the Capitol twoweeksago. monybegan, the latter accompa- Democraticpresidentialnominee, were theclearest signal yetfrom squarelyblaming Trumpfor floor.“Theywereprovokedbythe President. In apicturepostedon streetsofWashington arefilled It is, as Trumpmight put it, an niedby OfficerEugeneGoodman former SecretaryofState Hillary themostpowerfulRepublicanleft theCapitol violence could President... Andtheytriedtouse InstagramonTuesday, 27-year-old with 25,000 National Guard inauguration the likes of which of the Capitol Police, who has Clinton; and the twotop in Washington that afterfour pave the wayfor at leastsome fearandviolenceto stopaspecific TiffanyTrumpcan be seen with troops deployedtoprevent are- no one has seen before. been praisedfor leading rioters DemocratsinCongress,Senator years of excusing and enabling GOP Senators to turn against proceeding of the firstbranchof her 23-year-old “billionaireheir” peat of the riotformer President Biden and Harris were for- away from theSenatechamber ChuckSchumer and Speaker Trump,hehascometo regard the Trumpathis second trial. the federal government which fianceMichaelBoulosinoneof the Donald Trumpincited at the mallyintroducedasthe cere- aftertheystormedthe Capitol. Nancy Pelosi. departingpresidentasaforcewho theydid notlike.” NYT White House's colonnades. PTI

3dead after blast wrecks NEW ‘ANTI-REACTIONARY THOUGHT’ LAW Egypt and Qatar agree to building in central Madrid NKorea steps up war on outside influences, resume diplomatic ties discoveredunder the rubble, cracks down on foreign media, speaking styles tries agreedtoresume diplo- REUTERS raisingthe death toll to three. REUTERS matic relations,” aforeign min- MADRID,JANUARY20 “Firefighters still have to re- CAIRO,JANUARY20 istrystatement said. trieve the corpse,” he said, with- and punishmentsfor thepro- terms suchas“oppa” (older While steps have been taken AT LEASTthree people diedand outproviding further details. JOSHSMITH duction or distribution of brother) and “dong-saeng” EGYPT AND Qatar have agreedto to rebuild the relationships be- six were injured on Wednesday Earlier,aChurch official said SEOUL,JANUARY20 pornography, the use of unreg- (younger sister, brother) to refer resumediplomaticrelations, the tween Qatar and the three Gulf when abuilding in central one church volunteer wasmiss- isteredtelevisions,radios, com- to non-relatives,thesitereported. Egyptian foreign ministrysaid countries, Egyptisthe firstto Madrid belonging to theCatholic ing. One of the casualties wasan NORTH KOREA is imposing stiff puters, foreign cellphones or Kim vowedatarecent con- on Wednesday. makesuchamoveofficially. Church wasblown apartbyan 85-year-old woman, authorities fines or prison foranyone caught other electronic devices, Daily gressof therulingpartyto expand The move follows an agree- On Saturday, Saudi Arabia’s explosion,local authorities said. said. Twoofthe injured were enjoying SouthKorean entertain- NK reportedonMonday, citing wirelessnetworksandto upgrade ment betweenSaudi Arabia, the foreign ministersaid the king- Initial investigations sug- transferredtohospital, oneinse- ment or copying the waySouth explanatorymaterial forthe law, broadcastingto betterserve view- United Arab Emirates, Bahrain dom expectstoreopen itsem- gested that the blastinCalle riousconditionwithaheadinjury. Koreans speakasleader Kim Jong whichithad obtained. ers.“It is neededtoreadjust the and Egypt earlier this month to bassy in Qatar within days,and Toledo, astreetleading out from Smokebillowedout of the Un steps up awar on outsidein- Kim Jong Un Rimjin-gang,aJapan-based wirebroadcastingand TVbroad- end their boycottofQatar - full diplomatic relations be- thecitycentre, wascausedbya partlycollapsedbuilding and res- fluences and calls forbetter magazine that also cultivates casting systems, put the relevant whichbegan in 2017 over alle- tween the twowouldresume. gasleak,Mayor Jose Luis cue workers evacuated elderly homegrownentertainment. sourcesinNorth Korea, reported technology on ahigher leveland gations it supportedterrorism, a Egyptreopenedits airspace Martinez-Almeida said. people from anearbynursing Asweeping new“anti-reac- side NorthKorea. thismonththatthenewlaw bans provide full conditions forthe charge that Doha denies. to Qatari flightsonJan. 12. “The mostlikelyhypothesis home. The topfivefloors were to- tionary thought” lawwas im- Measures include fines for speaking or writing in South people in all parts of the country “The Arab Republic of Egypt The ending of the boycott is agas leak,therewas aperson tallydestroyed,with walls blown posedlatelastyear,and this parentswhose children violate Koreanstyles.Inwhatitsaidwere from citiestoremote mountain and the StateofQatar ex- wasone of aseries of Middle East working on the boiler,” the out, while the bottom twofloors week newdetails were reported the bans, up to 15 years in a written remarks by Kim, the villagestoenjoy better cultural changed,today,January20, 2021, deals by theTrumpadministra- mayortoldreporters as he an- were still mostly intact, but by DailyNK, aSeoul-basedweb- prison campfor those caught leaderhascriticisedthecommon andemotionallife,”Kimsaidinre- twoofficial memoranda, in tion aimedatbuilding aunited nouncedthatabody had been charredinplacesfromtheflames. sitethat reports from sources in- with media from South Korea, practice in the Southofusing marksto thegathering.REUTERS virtue of whichthe twocoun- front againstIran.

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Internationalmarket data till 1900IST BIDEN HAS LAID OUT A$1.9-TRILLION ECONOMIC PACKAGE PROPOSAL Future Group-Reliance NewUSPresident,newhigh:Sensex Retaildeal gets Sebinod

the apprehensions raised ENSECONOMICBUREAU As partofthe deal, the by Amazon. soarsagainonoldhopesofstimulus MUMBAI,JANUARY20 The companyshould ensure Futuregroup wastosell that theshares of the transferee THE SECURITIES and Exchange itsretail, wholesale, entity issuedinlieu of the up to 2.18 per cent, while utili- BoardofIndia (Sebi) has givenits logistics and locked-in shares of the transferor ENSECONOMICBUREAU NEARING50K-MARK ties, FMCG and telecom endedin Bidentakes oath,S&P 500, approval forthe takeover deal be- entities is subjected to lock-in for warehouse businesses NEWDELHI,JANUARY20 Sensex (intra-day) the red. tween KishoreBiyani’s Future the remaining period post 50,000 In the broader markets,the Nasdaq hit record peaks Group and Reliance Retail, partof to Reliance Retail scheme, Sebi said. DOMESTIC BENCHMARK indices 49,900 49,508.79 BSE midcap and smallcap gauges Reliance IndustriesLimited(RIL). It should ensurethat pro- 49,800 closedattheir recordhighs on 49,700 jumpedasmuchas1.08per cent. mirroredthat in Asia, where Amazon had writtentothe ceedingspending before the Sebi Wednesday, withthe Sensexjust 49,600 The rupee gainedfor the sec- REUTERS MSCI’s Asia-Pacific indexoutside Sebi, askingthe regulator to stop tail, wholesale, logistics and againstthe entities part of the afew pointsshy of the50,000- 49,500 ond straight dayand closed12 NEWYORK,JANUARY20 Japan rose 1per cent to itshighest the deal, saying the Futuregroup warehouse businesses to promoter/ promotergrouporare mark. The 30-shareindexrallied 49,400 49,792.12 paise higher at 73.05 againstthe ever.OnWall Street,the S&P 500 had violated certain agreement Reliance Retail. directors of the companies in- 393.8 points, or 0.8 per cent, to 49,300 US dollar.Atthe interbank forex GLOBALEQUITYbenchmarksrose and the Nasdaq hit all-time highs with the US firm. Futurehad en- In itsletterofapproval, Sebi volvedinthe scheme, should be 49,200 close at 49,792.12.The Nifty50 49,100 market,the rupee openedat to newrecordhighs and oil prices on Wednesday. At 11:54a.m.ET, teredintoaRs24,713crore agree- listedanumber of conditions in highlighted in the scheme docu- ralliedby123.85points, or 0.85 Open Close 73.11, andhit an intra-dayhigh of jumpedwhile US Treasurybonds the DowJones Industrial Average ment with Reliance Retail in accordance to the Composite ment filedbeforeNational per cent, to close at 14,644.7. 73.05 and alow of 73.14. dippedWednesdayasinvestors rose195.20points,or0.63percent, August2020. As partofthe deal, SchemeofArrangement.Thereg- CompanyLaw Tribunal(NCLT), The marketswerereacting to Equities continuedtoreceive weighedthe likelihood of further to 31,125.72, the S&P 500gained the Futuregroup wastosell itsre- ulatorybody has also referred to Sebi said. the strong cues coming from that the marketshavebeen mak- robustforeignportfolioinflows in US stimulusunder the newBiden 43.10 points,or1.13per cent, to globalmarketsaheadofJoeBiden ing fresh records forthree Januaryat$2.56 billion. Apart administrationagainstworsening 3,842.01 and the Nasdaq beingsworninasthePresidentof straightmonths. from lowinterestrates and high coronavirus outbreaks in China Compositegained227.78points, PILOT IN NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY theUnited States. He has laid out “AsofJanuary20,2021, clos- liquidity,the preference of global and the United States. or 1.73 percent, to 13,424.96. a$1.9-trillion stimulus package ing market capitalization of all investors foremerging markets President Joe Biden, who was Benchmark10-year noteslast proposalto boosttheUSeconomy. BSE listed equities Rs 197,70,572 hasalso contributedtothe robust sworn intooffice on Wednesday, fell2/32inpriceto yield1.0972 per Irdai committee proposes The markets have continued crore. At Rs 73.03 per USD, Indian inflows in the domestic markets. lastweek laid out a$1.9trillion cent, from 1.092 per cent lateon their strong rally, with theNifty market capitalization topped$2.7 Automobile companies drove stimulus packageproposalto Tuesday. Meanwhile, Brent crude risingasmuchas4.7 per cent in trillion firsttime ever,” tweeted the marketshigher on boost the economyand speedup wasup53cents,or1per cent,at trafficviolationpremium January.Domestic equities have Ashish Chauhan, CEO at the BSE. Wednesday, with stocks suchas the distribution of vaccines. $56.43abarrelat11:24a.m. EST been hitting recordhighs since Sector-wise, BSE auto,en- BajajAutoand Eicher Motors hit- TheEuroSTOXX600climbing (1624GMT). US WTIcrude lastNovember,whichmeans ergy,ITand teck indices climbed ting their 52-week highs. 0.7.per cent. The buoyant mood climbed 0.8per cent to $53.36. ing group on linking trafficviola- GEORGEMATHEW HIGH-POWEREDPANEL’S tions to insurance premium has MUMBAI,JANUARY20 RECOMMENDATIONS recommendedinserting afifth BRIEFLY section to motorinsurancecalled VEHICLE OWNERS maysoon ■ The High-Powered “trafficviolation premium” in ad- ‘States’ fiscal deficit likelyto 70% have to payinsurance premium committee forTraffic dition to motorown damagein- IRFCIPO:Govt OF THE FISCAL DEFICIT IS CONTRIBUTED BY dependingonthetrafficviolations Management in the surance, basic third-party insur- toget`1,544cr spiketohistoric high of 4.7%’ REVENUE DEFICIT, WHICH NORMALLY USED involving the vehicle. While a National Capital ance, additional thirdparty TO BE ONLY AROUND 15 PER CENT committee setupbythe Territory(NCT) of Delhi insuranceand compulsoryper- NewDelhi: The government The combined fiscal deficit of thestateswill hit a Insurance Regulatoryand has recommendedthis sonalaccidentpremium.Thissec- will receive Rs 1,544crore peak of Rs 8.7 lakh crore, or 4.7 per cent of their GDP, Development Authority of India proposal to be run on a tion will float over both Own from the initialpublic offer- this fiscal according to aCrisilstudy TAXCOLLECTIONSofstateshit lessvalue-accretivetowardsfuture (Irdai)hasproposedthata“traffic pilotbasis in the Damage(OD)andThirdParty(TP) ing (IPO)ofIndian Railway bypandemic,resultinginanear taxpotential violation premium” should be National Capital sections of motorinsurance and Finance Corporation (IRFC). four-foldspikeinrevenuedeficits addedtothe vehicle insurance Territory(NCT) of Delhi. can be attachedtoany section of The Rs 4,633crore IPO of thisfiscaloverFY20 REVENUEEXPENDITUREmay policy,the High-Poweredcom- motorinsurance, it said. IRFC wassubscribed 3.49 remainstickyastheseareeither mittee forTraffic Management in This will ensure, regardless of timesonthefinaldayofbid- EFFECT:Thiswillnotonlyexpand committed(relatedtosalaries, the National Capital Territory adequatesystemofcapturingand anyinsurance coveramotor ding on Wednesday. states’aggregategrossfiscaldeficit pensionandinterestcost),makingit (NCT)of Delhihasrecommended transmitting trafficviolationdata owner wantstobuy,the person "Bidding time forretail in- toanall-timehighofRs8.7lakh difficulttocutorhavebeen this proposal to be run on apilot of vehicles, it said. will be subjected to trafficviola- vestors in IRFC IPO wasex- crore,or4.7percentoftheirgross necessitatedbythepandemic(such basis in the NCT. All general insurers registered tion premium, unless he already tendedbeyond 5pmtotake statedomesticproduct,butalso asgrants-in-aid,medicalandlabour While the pilothas been dis- in thecountry willhavetomake has in forceamotorinsurance careofthe large number of skewitscompositiontowards welfare-relatedexpenses) cussed only forNCT,itmay berun changes in their IT systems to policy wherein trafficviolation applications. IRFC IPO had a revenuedeficit,whichisrelatively Source: Crisil/PTI in anystate with the consent of mandatorilycollect and account premium has already been paid. total size of Rs 4,633 cr of that StateGovernmentsand State forthispremiumasaseparateand Fullreport on whichIRFC would gettwo Police department if the statehas additionalfifthsection.Thework- www.indianexpress.com thirds of the proceedsand the Government one third (Rs 1,544cr),"DIPAM SC upholds IBC’s Section 32A: Why is it Ola partners SecretaryTuhin Kanta Pandeytweeted. important &what are the implications? Siemens for EPFOnetnew EV facility enrolmentsdip granted protectionfromany mis- applicable onlyifthereisanap- of Bhushan Powerand Steel. The AASHISHARYAN deeds of the pastsince theyhad proved resolution plan, and a debt-laden company, admitted NewDelhi: Netnew enrol- NEWDELHI,JANUARY20 nothingto dowithit.Suchprotec- changeinthe management con- intoinsolvencyin2017,owesmore mentswithEPFOslippedto tion, the courtsaid, mustalsoex- trol of the corporatedebtor. than Rs 47,000croretobanksand ENSECONOMICBUREAU 10.11lakhinNovember THE SUPREME CourtonTuesday tend to theassets of acorporate “The newmanagement can- otherfinancialinstitutions,andan- NEWDELHI,JANUARY20 from 10.56 lakh in October heldthatthesuccessfulbiddersfor debtor,whichformacrucialattrac- notbethe disguisedavatarofthe other Rs 780 croretoits opera- 2020, according to itslatest acorporate debtorunderthe tionforpotentialbiddersandhelps old management.Itcannoteven tional creditors. Afteraprolonged OLAONWednesday said thatit payrolldatareleasedon Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code theminassessingandplacingafair be therelated party of the corpo- bidding battle,JSW Steel wonthe has partnered withSiemens to Wednesday, providing a (IBC) would be immunefromany bid forthe company, which,in ratedebtor.Thenewmanagement rightsto takeoverBhushanPower build itsupcoming electric vehi- perspectiveonformal sec- investigationsbeingconductedei- turn, will help banks cannotbethe subject with abid of Rs 19,700 crore. cle manufacturing facility. toremployment amid the therby anyinvestigatingagencies cleanuptheirbooksof matter of an investiga- However, before theSajjanJindal- The scootermanufacturing Government Of India coronavirus pandemic. suchasthe Enforcement bad loans. “The extin- tion whichhas resulted ledcompanycould move to take unit wasannouncedasapartof Department Of Atomic Energy Directorate(ED)orotherstatutory guishmentofthe in material showing over Bhushan Power, the ED Ola’s memorandum of under- BoardofRadiation &Isotope Technology bodies suchasSecurities and criminalliabilityof the abetmentorconspiracy swoopedin, and attachedassets standing withthe Tamil Nadu ‘Availableto ExchangeBoardofIndia (Sebi). corporatedebtor is forthe commission of worthRs4,000crorecitingalleged governmentsignedlastmonthto NOTICE INVITING TENDER answerquery’ apparentlyimportant theoffenceand the re- fraudinabank loan takenbythe invest Rs 2,400crore towards TENDER NUMBER-BRIT/COF/2021/038 What did the Supreme Court to thenew manage- portorcomplaint filed company’s former owners and building the facility. Sealed tenders are invited from eligible contractors/reputed agencies NewDelhi: Aday afterIndia sayinits judgment? ment to makeaclean break with thereto,” theapexcourtheld. other cases underthe Prevention “Thefactorywillgenerateal- for “Supply,Installation, overhauling, Commissioning and testing of asked it to withdraw Initsjudgment,theapexcourt, the pastand startonacleanslate. of MoneyLaunderingAct(PMLA). most10,000 jobs and with an electrical system of 20/5 TEOT crane of using VFD at RAPPCOF-BRIT, changes to itsprivacy pol- while upholding the validity of Asfarasprotectionaffordedto the Whyisthe SC upholding With the Supreme Court up- initial capacity of 2million units RAPS plant site, NPCIL, Rawatbhata, Rajasthan” Estimated cost- icy,WhatsApp on Section 32 AofIBC, said it wasim- property is concernedthereis Section 32A important? holding the validity of Section 32 ayear,itwill be thelargest Rs 21.70 Lakhs, Duration of contract-4.5 month, EarnestMoney Wednesdaysaid the pro- portant forthe IBC to attractbid- clearly arationalebehindit,”itsaid. Since the IBC came intobeing A, the cases suchasthat of scootermanufacturingfacility in Deposit-With Bid Security Declaration, Date of Display of Tender posed changedoes notex- ders who would offerreasonable The protection to successful in 2016,the implementation of BhushanPowerare expectedto be the world. It will serve as Ola’s Document on Website-From January 20/01/2021 to 06/04/2021, pand itsability to shareuser and fair value forthe corporate bidders and the assets of acorpo- resolutionplanof severalbigticket completedsoon.Expertsalsosaid global manufacturinghub cater- Pre bid checklist issue/available on website —From 20 January datawith Facebookand debtor to ensurethe timelycom- rate debtor areprovidedbythe caseshasbeendelayedbecauseof thatthis willgiveconfidence to ing to itscustomersinIndia as to 10 February 2021, Pre bid checklist submission: 15 February to thatitisopentoanswering pletion of corporateinsolvency rulesunderSection32Aof theIBC. variouschallengesmountedby its otherbiddersto proceedwithcon- well as keymarkets across 28 February 2021, Tender Sale: 5March to 20 March 2021, Tender questions on the issue. resolution process (CIRP). Such The apexcourthas, however, also ownagencies and regulators. fidencewhilebiddingonsuchdis- Europe, UK, Latin America and Submission due Date: 06 April 2021 up to 1200 hrs at ofice of GM bidders, however, mustalso be saidthatsuchimmunitywouldbe Forexample,considerthecase putedcompaniesandtheirassets. Australia-New Zealand,” Ola said (ESSA)-BRIT,Mumbai, Date and Time of opening of Technical Bid- 06 in apress statement. April 2021 at 1500 hrs at ofice of PAO-BRIT,Vashi Complex, Contact Flipkart-ABFRL Under the partnership, Ola details for Clariication regarding tender documents - pauld.73@ dealgetsCCInod saiditwillhave accessto Siemens’ britatom.gov.in/[email protected], 01475242156, 9413346696, ‘Indian firms should haveenough reserves’ integrated Digital Twin design 9413351332 For other details, please Visit www.britatom.gov.in NewDelhi: TheCompetition and manufacturing solutions to OIC-RAPPCOF Commission of India on DeepKalra,founderandgroupex- to concretiselaws inthatspaceand hardfor the local players who do digitaliseandvalidateproductand For and on behalf of the president of india Wednesday saidithas ap- ENSECONOMICBUREAU ecutive chairman, MakeMyTrip theyare still “evolving”. nothavethe resources. Do not production ahead of actual oper- provedtheacquisitionof 7.8 NEWDELHI,JANUARY20 saidonWednesday. Kalrasaidthat “....Wehavearegime where think that youcan battle some of ations. According to Siemens, a VISVESVARAYA JALA NIGAM LIMITED per centminoritystake in unlikesome established everyone’s here, everyone’s in- the large players coming in and if production digital twin can help AdityaBirla Fashion by INDIAN COMPANIES should have economies likeEurope that have vitedornot but everyone’s here. theyget intoyourmarket,byjust validatehow well amanufactur- (A GovernmentofKarnataka Enterprises) FlipkartInvestmentsPrivate enough “reserves in the tank” to implemented stringent rules Foramarket (digital)whichtoday holding on to your old cus- ingprocesswillwork ontheshop Office of the ExecutiveEngineer,VJNL, Ltd (FIPL). PTI fight the deep-pocketedglobal aroundmonopolistic business is notthat large.That’s the scary tomers..no,” Kalrasaid at the 15th floorbefore anythingactuallygoes UBP Division No. 3, Ajjampura-577 547 players crowding the market, practicesand privacy,Indiaisyet part. Ithink it is going to be very India Digital Summit. FE intoproduction. Ph [email protected] CIN No: U41000KA2016SGC097260 NO:EE/VJNL/UBP/D-03/Ajjampura/PB-1/Tender Trump’s parting gifts to Biden: Roaring stocks, huge debt notification/2020-21/828 dated: 19.01.2021 CORRIGENDUM-01 Ultra-lowTreasuryyields — InJuly, FitchRatingsrevisedthe billion amonth maygivethe cen- REUTERS whichplungedaftertheFedcutin- THETRUMPERA outlookonthe United States’ tral bank less scope to maneuver Ref:1. EE/VJNL/UBP/D-03/Ajjampura/PB-1/Tender notificatn/ NEWYORK,JANUARY20 terest ratestonear-zero—have triple-Arating to negative from if the economyworsens or afresh 2020-21/791 dated: 29-12-2020 also increasedthe allure of stocks. STOCKSUNDERTRUMP DEBTPICTURE stable,citing eroding credit crisishits,puttinganadditionalfo- The tenders invited vide reference (1) for the work of US PRESIDENT Joe Biden has in- 4,000 +68% $tn28 $27.75tn strength. The US national debt is cus on fiscal policy. “Providing 11KV Power Supply to 11 No’szonal pumping herited astock marketnear all- Does thebuckstophere? COVID-19 likelytocontinuegrowingunder stations coming under Package II of Tarikere LiftIrrigation 3,500 26 Who declares Uncertain times time highs, along with agaping Bidenisalsoinheritingadollar SHOCK 24 Biden.JanetYellen,hisnomineefor Scheme. (I No:VJNL/2020-21/EL/2020-21/WORK_INDENT COVID-19 1552) Budgetdeficit,aweakeningdollar, that’s fallen 12 per cent from last 3,000 22 apandemic Treasurysecretary, urgedlawmak- The coronavirus pandemic elevatedeconomic uncertainty year’s highs. ers on Tuesdayto“act big” on the ratchetedupeconomic concerns 20 The PQ conditionsare modified earlier notifiedare modified andaFederal Reservethat may Rallying US yieldshavere- 2,500 next coronavirus relief package, during the lastyear of Trump’s 18 Trumpterm as follows: have less ammunition to fight the centlyliftedthe dollar offits lows, 2,000 addingthatthebenefitsoutweigh term. Earlier years of his presi- Sl No.1.SlNo. As mentioned in tender notification:Para 7

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BRIEFLY RR release Smith; CSK No pain, no gain Jadejaruledoutof TestseriesvsEng retain Raina Mumbai: All-rounder RavindraJadeja Pujara’s body is full of mementos of the fierce Gabba battle, and his couragehas made him acricketing hero hasbeenruledoutof thehomeTest se- THE IPL playerretention/release day ries againstEngland. Jadeja had dislo- doesn’toffertheexcitementof football’s cated his leftthumb in the thirdTestin transferdeadlineday. Thereleasedplay- SANDEEPDWIVEDI Sydney, underwentsurgeryinAustralia ersfromtheIPLfranchisesgo to theauc- NEWDELHI,JANUARY20 butwillneedsixweekstorecover. India tionpool–likelyinmid-Februaryforthe is scheduledtoplayfour Tests, five T20 2021edition –and some of them even WATCHINGHER father wince in pain at the Internationals and three ODIs starting acquirebigger contractsdepending on Gabba, mother cringing and taking her eyes February5.The firsttwo Testswill be the auction dynamics. Player away from the television, Cheteshwar playedinChennai while the next two retention/release,however, providesan Pujara’s daughter Aditi babbledout her two- will be in Ahmedabad. Sources in the idea about the thought process of the year-old wisdom. “When he comes home, I BCCIsaidthatadecisiononJadeja'spar- respective IPL franchises. will kiss whereheishurt, he will be fine.” ticipation in the T20Is and ODIs will be Sitting at Brisbane airport, with a takenlater."He is out of Test series and SAMSON TO LEAD ROYALS swollen finger and torso still blackand blue he will take morethan six weekstore- Rajasthan Royals have aftertaking 11 blows from the Aussie quicks covercompletely.The selectors will released SteveSmith on the final dayofthe ‘greatestTest’, Pujara take acalllater,whetherto includehim and appointed Sanju shares what his familywas going through in the team forthe shorterformats," a Samson as theirnew while watching the fiercestcricketing bat- BCCI official told The Indian captain, with franchise tle of his career. Express.Meanwhile, the BCCI has re- co-owner Manoj It’s noteven24hours since the time he questedthe Tamil Nadu Cricket Badale stressing upon “strong local and 10 others were in the ring throwing Association (TNCA)tocheckwith local Indian leadership”. Samson, 26, is not punches to avoid defeat and draw.Pujara authorities whether 50 percent of ca- newtocaptaincy.Hewas Kerala’s cap- says he couldn’t sleep muchsince his painful pacity at the Chepauk Stadium will be tain at the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. finger and throbbing shoulder didn’t allow allowedfor the Test matches Samson wasRoyals’ highestrun-getter him to toss or turn. But he sounds relaxed. lastseason. As forSmith, he had an av- Flying home afterajob well done is always eragelastseason by his lofty standards. therapeutic. EPLclubsagreeto Royals have released8players. He is amusedbyhis daughter’s home trialconcussion remedy.“That’s what Idotoher when she END OF AN ERA AT MI falls, so she believesthat akiss can heal every substitutes 122matches,170wicketsandfourtitles wound,” he says indulgently. with Mumbai Indians. Lasith Malinga Daddy’s little girlisn’t yetaware of the big London:Concussionsubstituteswillbe has been an MI and IPL legend. His de- bad worldofMRI scans, X-rays or the blind- trialledinthe Premier League in re- parturemarks the end of an era. ing pain when ahardcricket ball thuds Cheteshwar Pujaratook 11 agonising blows from Australian pacers on the final dayofthe Gabba Test. AP sponseto mountingconcernoverhead Malinga’s skippedlastyear’s IPL citing againstthe flesh. Her father,though, knew injuries.Teamswillbeallowedtomake personal reasons. MI confirmedthat all this very early in life. Forsomeone who, up to twoadditional substitutions for Malingahas decidedtoquit franchise unlikethe rest of the world, didn’t getiniti- So he would gethit on the shoulder,ribs, players with suspected or confirmed cricket.Hehas been aone-franchise ated intothe game by swinging abat at aten- backand chest. Those he wouldn’t even concussion.Thetrialwillbeginoncethe man, but afternine years, the associa- nis ball, cricket forPujarawas always about Arm, chest,back, fingers... Bodyline bother to rub. When hit on the backofthe leagueresolveswithFIFAandfootball's tioncomesto anendunlessMIbuyback facing that mean leather ball that couldn’t be helmet,the neckguardorwhen the metal global lawmaking body,IFAB, howto the 37-year-old at the auction. The de- trusted. It wasnofriend; aslight misjudge- Cheteshwar 50.5 visor got mangled, the doctors would rush deal with private medical information fendingchampionshave releasedseven ment and it could makeyou groan. Pujara Pujara was HELMET,NECKGUARD FALLS to the field as partofthe concussion protocol. fromplayers. "Withplayerwelfarethe players, including Nathan Coulter-Nile and pain go backalong way. struck11times (HAZLEWOOD) However, what hurtthe mostand when PremierLeague'spriority,theprotocols and James Pattinson. by Australian he could no longer push down the pain and will allowamaximum of twoconcus- No stranger to injury fast bowlers 30.1 letout aloud groan waswhen he got hurton sion substitutes to be usedper team, RAINARETAINED Over the years, he says,thereisn’t apart during his 56 off LEFT BICEP the already injured finger. withtheoppositionsideableto usethe Despitehis departurefromDubai of his body that hasn’t been dented by those (CUMMINS) At his home, PujaraSenior had ahand on equivalent number," the league said. before the lastyear’s IPL owing to per- missiles aimedathim from 22 yards. Sore 211 on DayFive his forehead. “Weall were worriedseeing "The additional concussion substitu- sonal reasons, CSK has kept faith with muscles, torn tendons, damaged tissues and at the Gabba. 16.5 OVS him jumping around in the crease and tions maybemade regardless of the Suresh Raina, who will be partofthe broken bones arestubborn guests in his slumping down on the ground. Ithought he number of substitutions ateam has al- 32.5 BOTTOM GLOVE team’s rebuild under MS Dhoni. body.Niggles, meanwhile, arepermanent might have to go inside and end the innings,” ready made." Withouttheirmostsuccessfulbatsman residents. He has playedsignificant Test in- BACK OF HELMET (STARC) he says. lastterm, the three-time champions nings with abrokenfinger -a70against (CUMMINS) 43.1 It wouldn’t turn out to be that bad but looked listless and failedtoqualify for South Africa in Delhi is one he can recall Pujara’s game did sufferafter that injury. TwomoreAusOpen 40.3 BOTTOM Playoffs. CSK, however, have aserious without mucheffort. 34.3 Being overly bottom-handed, the blowon GLOVE playerstestpositive rebuildingjobinhandafterreleasingsix Both his hamstrings have snappeddur- BOTTOM the right hand impacted his play. “It is tough BACK BELOW NECK (STARC) players, including Kedar Jadhav, Piyush ing agame. Athletesratethat as the worstin- GLOVE to hold the bat, the grip wasslightlyloose. So Melbourne:TwomoreAustralianOpen Chawlaand Harbhajan Singh. jury. Theytalk about babycuckoos dancing (CUMMINS) (CUMMINS) youcan’t hit the ball whereyou want to,” says players tested positive ,anofficial said Interestingly,CSKhave retained41-year- around their heads, sudden darkness engulf- Pujaraabout the toughestperiod of the slow- onWednesday, asthegovernmentcon- 36.2 old leggie Imran Tahir. ing their minds with twinkling stars. 36.5 est50ofhis career. firmeditwouldsendthequarantinebill That wasthe onlytime he hobbledout of BACK THIGH (CUMMINS) Though he couldn’t matchhis run tally forthetournamentto TennisAustralia’s KXIP RELEASE MAXWELL the ground. On other occasions, he has taken CHEST(CUMMINS) from lasttime, Pujarasays the 2020-21tour desk.VictoriastatepoliceministerLisa Kings XI Punjab had pickedthe adeep breath, gulpeddownthe pain and car- wasassatisfying as 2018-19. “That time it Nevillesaidtwoplayersandanon-play- Australian allrounder forRs10.75 crore riedon. Nevereverallowdiscomforttoman- From my early days, I wasthe firstwin in Australia but this one is ing Australian Open participant com- at the 2020 IPL auction, but Glenn ifestonthe face, it is something he learnt am not in the habit of 44.3 reallyspecial,” he says. prisedthree newinfections reported Maxwelldidn’thave agoodtournament from his father Arvind, ahardenedfirst-class on Wednesday. Atotal of 10 people as- ARM ABOVELEFT ELBOW lastterm, with just108 runs from 13 cricketer from helmet-less days.Bowlers, taking pain- killers. That’s Couragebestows respect sociated with the Grand Slam, includ- (HAZLEWOOD) matches and three wickets. But the 32- old-timers say, can confuse grimace forfear why my threshold to bear pain Likelasttime, Pujaraleavesthe Aussie ing four players, have nowtestedposi- year-old scored 167runs in three ODIs and it can fire them up. Whygivethose mean is pretty high. You play for so 48.2 shores as ahero. He is once again being hailed tive forthe virus. The has been againstIndiafollowedbyahalf-century men an inch? as the saviour of Test cricket,the reason for confusionovertheexactnumbers,with long, you get used to getting BOTTOM GLOVE, DROPS andintheT20Iseries.KXIPhave letgo9 people to fall in love with the longestgame severaltestresultslater reclassifiedby hit.” –Cheteshwar Pujara BAT(HAZLEWOOD) players, including allrounder Jimmy No pain-killers again. The Australians aregiving him their authorities as “viral shedding” from Neesham. Justtwice during that second innings ultimatecompliment;theyare calling him a previous infections. The viral shedders marathon, Pujaralet the worldknowthat he ‘F@#*@#g Legend’. The equivalent honour arenot contagious.Nevillesaidauthor- RCBRELEASE FINCH,UMESH wasseriouslyhurt. Rest of the time he stuck toogot embeddedinhis mind. “Onlyifthe tooagainst(Pat) Cummins. Therewas this backhome -SaurashtrakoSaavaj(Lion of ities were “veryconfident” one of the RCBhavereleasednine players, to his old routine -deep breath, the big gulp, doctors reallyinsistwill he take pain-killers,” crackonthe pitcharound the short- of- Saurashtra) –too is being bestowedonhim twonew playerinfectionswasacaseof whileParthivPatelhasretired.Thefran- asmall walk,alook at the bowler,backtothe Arvind says. length spotfromwherethe ball would just by the Gujarati media. viral shedding. “Of the other two, it’s chise had ropedin,Aaron Finch, forRs crease, marking the guardand ready to face take off. Cummins has the skill to makethe He is even inspiring WhatsApp jokes and less clearthatthey’re shedding. That 4.4 croreatthe 2020 auction. Finch the next ball. Body on the line ball rear up from thereand makeitfollow memes. “Pujarabatsfrom1pmto4pmin willbeworkedthrough, andthat’s one scored268runsin12 matchesinthelast “Frommyearly days,Iamnot in the habit Both father and son saythat Brisbane was you. In case Itook my hand up to defend it, Australia. Nowdon’t saythose from Rajkot playerandonesupportperson,”Neville year’s IPL but his strike-ratewas below of taking pain-killers. That’s whymythresh- averyunusual game. Pujarahas the defence there wasarisk that Iwould glovethe ball. can’t do without asiesta”–this one spread- said.ATournamentdirectorCraigTiley par,111.20. Fast bowler Umesh Yadav, oldtobear pain is pretty high. Youplayfor so to avoid physical injurythrough shortballs. Considering the matchsituation and howwe ing quickand fast on Gujarati groups. The saidtwoplayersreportedtohavetested too, has been released.RCB have letgo long, youget usedtogetting hit,” says the He climbs on his toes, rides the bounce, couldn’t afford to lose wickets, Idecidedto photoshoppedimageofagiant rock being positive on Tuesdaywerealso viral Chris Morris and Moeen Ali as well. man who, forthe second straight series in loosens his grip and drops the ball dead to letthe ball hit my body,” he says. surroundedbyAussie close-in fielders is also shedders. Morethan 70 players and Delhi Capitals tradedall-rounders Australia, playedclose to 1,000 balls in four his feet.Healso ducks,sways away or gets The other option wastocounter the short trending on Twitter. their entourageare confinedtotheir Harshal Pateland Daniel Sams to RCB. Tests. From Rajkot,Arvind says that he once inside the line of the ball. Pujarasaysthings ball with ahorizontal bat but the triangle of The cynical chatter about run rate has hotelrooms for14days and unable to DelhiCapitals, KolkataKnight Riders heardfromhis doctor friend that pain-killers were different at the Gabba. The pitchcondi- fine-leg, shortand deep squaremade it a stopped, fornow.Pujarasays it doesn’t mat- trainforthe AustralianOpenafterpas- and Sunrisers Hyderabad have re- fool your mind and delayhealing. tions, the game plan and the matchsituation risky shot. On the lasttour,hehad fallen play- ter. He is in the habit of getting caught be- sengers on three charterflightsre- tained their core. PujaraJrwas around, he overhearditand, made him put his body on the line. ing apull. Brisbane wastoo precious; Pujara’s tween agiant rock and ahardplace. But he turnedpositive tests. AGENCIES SHAMIKCHAKRABARTY likemanythings connected to his game, this “I mostlygot hit from one end and that cricket wasn’t dictated by egoorbravado. has survived, he has ahigh pain threshold.

HANUMA VIHARI INTERVIEW ‘The way Ibatted in Sydney sums up my career in anutshell’

Did youmiss being partofthe sibilities: adraworanAustralia win. But the What wasthe plan when Ashwin joined? Absolutely. If Ihavetosumupmy careerin VISHALMENON celebrations in Brisbane? wayPujji (Cheteshwar Pujara) and Rishabh When Ash (Ashwin) joinedmeatthe anutshell, Day5inSydney would be the per- NEWDELHI,JANUARY20 Yes. It would have been nice if Iwas partof (Pant) were batting, it gave us hope. But they crease, the onlything we talked about wasto fectexample.That’swhatdefinesme.It’sbeen the team when theyundertook that victory got dismissedinquicksuccession, and then survive the next three hours. Initially, we did- all about this grit and determination from my JUST OVER aweek afterhis epic rearguard lap at the Gabba. But then, Igot injured and Igot injured,Jadeja wasnot fittobat and n’thave anyplaninparticular.ButAshwinwas familywho helpedmereachwhereIamto- in Sydneythat helpedIndia ekeout adraw couldn’t do muchabout it. But certain things Ashwin also had adodgy back. It changed playing Nathan Lyon reallycomfortably, and I day. againstAustralia, HanumaVihari had to arenot in my control. the equation and we had onlyone option couldn’t stretchforward to playhim because watchhis teammates scriptamemorable left, whichwas to stone-wall our waytoa my hamstringwashurting.So,we decidedthat Looking back, howimportant wasthat series win at the Gabba, in Brisbane, from What wassaid in the dressing-room after draw.BothAshwin and Iwanted to draw the Ashwin would playout Lyon, while Iwould draw in Sydneyinthe contextofthis the confines of his living room in the Adelaide debacle? game badlybecause the series waslocked face the fast bowlers because Ididn’t have to series ? Hyderabad. Nothing much, actually. Idon’t think we 1-1,and if either one of us wasdismissed, it comeforwardtothemasthey(Australianpac- It wasatremendous result. The draw in The 27-year-old middle-order batsman, even had ameeting afterthe game. We had a would have exposedour lowerorder.We ers) were banging it shortofalength. Sydneywas the genesis of the Brisbane win. who is currentlyrecovering from aham- team activity dinner later than evening, and knewwehad to bat forthree hours. Sydneyinstilledconfidence and belief in us. It string injury, on the Adelaide debacle, and that’s about it. Ithink the team management What wasyour reaction when the match spurredustoremain positive and press fora howthe draw in Sydneyprovedtobethe took aconscious call to notmention 36/9. The What did youtell Pujarawhen you endedinadraw? win on Day5atthe Gabba. If we had lostin genesis of India’s greatestseries win. goodthingwasthatwe reallybondedwelland pulledahamstring? Ididn’t feel anything to be honest. Both of Sydney, the momentum would have shifted, that helpedustakeour mind offcricket fora It affected my mobility.The physio (Nitin us were reallyexhaustedand had even gone and we would have lostinBrisbane as well. Excerpts: coupleof days.Inthelead-upto theMelbourne Hanuma Vihari’s defiant knockof23 Patel) came out. Under the normal circum- numb afterstonewalling our wayfor so long. Test,Ravibhai (RaviShastri), our head coach, from 161balls helpedIndia rescue the stances, Iwould have walked offtothe pavil- LaterthaneveningwhenRavibhaisingledme Howwas the reaction amongstfans in Howwas it watching your teammates told us that what happenedinAdelaide wasa SydneyTest. AP ion retired hurt. But that would have ex- outandsaid:“Hatsoff to theresilienceandgrit Australia afteryour splendid rearguardin pull offanimprobable win at Gabba on one-offthing,anditwouldneverhappenagain posedthe rest of our batsmen. Ravichandran that youshowed,’ and Rahane also said that Sydney? television? on the cricket field. ‘Let’s forget about it and Ashwin had adodgy backand Ravindra my innings in Sydneywas muchbetterthan Iremember when Iwas waiting at the It’s surreal, actually. Hardtoput it in treat this as athree-matchseries’. Beforehis Could youtalk abit about Day5, Jadeja wasnot fittobat. So that wasnot an my centuryinWestIndies. That’s when the BrisbaneairporttocatchtheflightbacktoIndia, words. It’s the greatestseries win forIndia, departure, ViratKohli justasked us to believe Sydney? option. Pujji told me, ‘lets hang around fora enormity of the situation sunk in. some Indian fans came up and shook hands because of the circumstances. Playing in ourselvesand in our game. Looking back, Going intoSydneyonDay 5, nobody re- bit. The teainterval is just20minutes away, with me. Theyalso congratulated me formy againstaquality team, the injuries, and that loss in Adelaide wasablessing as it allygaveusachance. We neededtochase in and then we will take it from there.’ Wasthat the toughestspell of cricket that performanceinSydney. Itfeltniceto berecog- bouncing backfrom36/9 in Adelaide. brought us closer as ateam. excess of 400, and therewereonlytwo pos- Unfortunately, he got out in the next over. you’veplayedinyour career so far? nisedbyfans in Australia.

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