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DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2020, KOLKATA, LATE CITY, 18 PAGES SINCE 1932 `5.00/EX-KOLKATA `6.00(`12INNORTHEASTSTATES &ANDAMAN)WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM Kolkata WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 2 THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,OCTOBER19,2020 Kolkata DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2020, KOLKATA, LATE CITY, 18 PAGES SINCE 1932 `5.00/EX-KOLKATA `6.00 (`12 IN NORTH EAST STATES &ANDAMAN) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM Punjab farm fires FINDINGS OF GOVT COMMITTEEOFEXPERTS send smog signal Indiawentpastpeak to Delhi; hope in inSept,Covidmayrun panchayat action itscoursebyFeb:panel forsowing wheat, we can’t wait ANJUAGNIHOTRICHABA in queue forastubble manage- ‘Timelylockdown JALANDHAR,OCTOBER18 ment machine,” shrugged No explanation,but panel Bheera. “This (burning the stub- flattenedcurve; LATE ON Saturdayafternoon, ble) is the onlyway.” expertsindicate reasons farmer BheeraSingh and his Despiteastatewide ban on sticking to masks, brother walked out to their ad- burning straw, fields have been jacent fields in Jandiala Guru of on fire every100-200metresin distancing is key’ for bothhopeand caution Amritsar district with abox of Jandiala Guru, Tarsikka, Tarn matches. Sowing of the early va- Taran, Khadur Sahib, and Ajnala AMITABHSINHA Therehas also been no re- riety wheat will begin in the last blocks of Punjab's Majha belt. GAYA,OCTOBER18 AMITABHSINHA duction in the number of tests, week of October,and the broth- Satelliteimages from NASA have ACOVID TEST GAYA,OCTOBER18 nor has the disease prevalence ers had onlyalittle morethan a been showing large clusters of THE CORONAVIRUS epidemic in in the population reachedastage week to gettheir fields ready for farm firesinAmritsar,Patiala, An entrance exam being held forrecruitment to the BSF and CISF,atHumhama near India mayhavealready peaked THE REASONS forthe continu- where'herdimmunity' would the rabi crop. Tarn Taran, and Firozpur in Srinagar,Sunday. Over 5,000youth across Kashmir appeared forthe test. Shuaib Masoodi and, if the usageofmasksand ous decline in coronavirus infec- have to be factored in. The use of Soon, the drygolden stubble Punjab, and Ambala in Haryana. physical distancing measures tion numbers since last face masks, and physical on the entire15acres ownedby The Punjab Remote Sensing continue at the current level, the month have notbeen distancing arefar from the brothers wasablaze with CentreatPunjab Agricultural disease will likely“run its clear.The numbers have being universal. leaping flames, and giant plumes University,Ludhiana,whichtracks Redeem your constitutional THE EDITORIAL PAGE course” by Februarynextyear,a fallen sharply–even The government- of thickblacksmokerose high in satelliteimages of stubble-burn- government-appointed com- though travel restric- appointed scientific the air.Farmers can be fined ing, has recordedthe mostfarm mittee of scientists has said. tions have eased, eco- committee has notspelt heavilyfor setting their fields on firesinfour years this season. oath: Governor tells Mamata HATHRASANDTHE The committee, headedby nomic and other activi- out the possible reasons fire,but the brothers had de- Incidentsare up morethan three TRUTHMACHINE Prof MVidyasagar of IIT ties have resumedand, to alarge forthe decline in coronavirus cidedtodoitanyway. timesoverlastyear:the27-daype- BY JINEE LOKANEETA Hyderabad, usedanew model to extent, normalcy has returned. CONTINUEDONPAGE4 “Wehad adelayed(kharif) riod between September 21 and EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE PAGE 8 map the trajectoryofthe epi- crop due to ashortage of labour October 17 has seen 5,552 fires, KOLKATA,OCTOBER18 demic in the country. Itskey (because of the Covid-19lock- compared with 1,695 in 2019, finding is that the disease seems down) at the time of sowing in 1,533in2018, and 3,822 in 2017. WESTBENGALGovernor Jagdeep to have peaked in the middle of Learn from Onam surge June. Nowwith just10days left CONTINUEDONPAGE4 Dhankhar has said it is “high DECISION CONTINUEDONPAGE4 time” Chief MinisterMamata in Kerala: Harsh Vardhan Banerjee kept her “constitutional Governor Dhankhar wrote 2020 oath”. In alettertothe CM on to CM MamataBanerjee DAILYACTIVECASES, Sundayoverthe allegedcustodial BIHAR PEAKINGAT10.17LAKH KAUNAINSHERIFFM IDEA EXCHANGE death of aBJP worker,Dhankhar &SHAJUPHILIP said, “Madam Chief Minister, high jib (just)”, giventhe lawand or- NEWDELHI, CHALLENGEISTO time youredeem your constitu- der situation, while adding that 10,17,754 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, BUILDANADULT tional oath and enforce rule of anyaction by the Centrewould OCTOBER18 VACCINATION law, ensuredemocratic gover- be as per the Constitution. SYSTEM:NILEKANI nance in the state, makepolice Dhankhar said what hap- 7,83,311 REITERATINGTHATpeople PAGE 12 and administration politically penedwith Madan Ghorai alias should avoid large gatherings neutral and accountable.” Kalipada, of villageKanakpur in during the festival season that is The Governor’s letter came a EastMidnapore, was“yetan- ‘YES, ECONOMIC coming up, Union Health price forits gross negligence” dayafter Union Home Minister other horrifying instance of de- DISTRESS... BUT NOT 26,163 MinisterDrHarsh Vardhan during the week-long festivities Amit Shah said in an interview humanising torture, assault and POLL ISSUE’ PAGE 6 Sundaypointed to Kerala, which to markOnam in the end of 17Sept to CNN-News 18 that the de- death in custody”. “Thereisout- FULL COVERAGE, VISIT had controlledthe spread of August. Stubble on fire near Amritsar on Saturday. Rana Simranjit Singh. mand forPresident’s rule in rage at suchlawlessness in the WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 1-May 17-Oct Covid initiallytobetagged as a During his weeklyinteraction Bengal by BJP workers was“wa- CONTINUEDONPAGE4 model statebut then “paid the CONTINUEDONPAGE4 BUSINESSASUSUAL Ed tech firms corner almost all BY UNNY $100 mn bracket funds post Covid ed-techcompanies likeByju’s, ■Higher education platform PRANAVMUKUL& Vedantu, Unacademyand Eruditus raised$113million in SANDEEPSINGH Eruditus. According to data AugustfromNaspers, Chan NEWDELHI,OCTOBER18 sourcedfromVenture ZuckerbergInitiative,Sequoia Intelligence, one-thirdofthe $1.5 Capital and other investors. FROM SCHOOL studentsto billion raisedinthese eight in- ■ Remote tutoring start-up working professionals, the pan- vestment rounds wasbyByju’s. Vedantu raised$100million in demic has created alarge ad- Consider this: JulyfromOmidyar Network, dressable market forstart-ups in ■ Byju’s Classes raised$500 TigerGlobal, Coatue education tech,ored-tech, million in tworounds in June and Management and others. whichsaw asignificant interest September from investors,in- According to India Brand from private equity and venture cluding TigerGlobal, General Equity Foundation, with more capitalistinvestors over the last Atlantic, SilverLake, DSTGlobal. than 250 million school-going six months. ■ Unacademyraised$153 students,thereisahugedemand- EXPERT Among the eight funding million in September from supplygap in the education sec- rounds of $100 million and SoftBank,IIFL VC,Sequoia Capital, torwith an estimated additional EXPLAINS above in Indian start-ups during General Atlantic, Nexus Venture requirement of 200,000 schools, April-September,fiveinvolved Partners and other investors. CONTINUEDONPAGE4 Amitabh Mattoo FromTheIndianExpresspanel ofspecialists,exclusiveinsight 5Maoists killed in Gadchiroli encounter nation exercise in the area. The side,” Kalwaniyaadded. VIVEKDESHPANDE firstround of fire came from the Police said that theyrecov- TRUMP,BIDEN, NAGPUR,OCTOBER18 Maoists.Our men retaliated.The ered five rifles, including an IN- exchangecontinuedfor about 45 SASrifle, from the spot. &THEWORLD IN Amajor encounter,five minutes, killing at leastfive “Therewas agathering of How do the candidates for Maoists,including four women Maoists,four of them women. about 40 to 50 Maoists belong- the White House see the world cadres, were killedinthe Kosmi- No policemen were injured in ing to Tipagad Dalam, Platoon 15 and issues of shared global Kisneli forest in Dhanoratehsil the operation,” Additional SP and Company4ofCPI (Maoist)," concern? Part 2ofaseries. of Gadchiroli (Maharashtra) on (Operations) Maneesh the officer added. Sundayafternoon, police said. Kalwaniya, who ledthe opera- With this, the total number “The encounter started tion, told The Indian Express. of Maoists casualties in 18 en- EXPLAINED around 4pmwhen the C60 “Our parties arestill search- counters this year has gone up to PAGE 14 commando party of Gadchiroli ing (the area). Therecould be nine. Three police personnel police wasdoing an area domi- morecasualties on the Maoists have also been killedthis year. Grocery store, restaurant, some fans: Indian shuttlersnegotiate DenmarkOpen bio-bubble PAGE1 cusedonthe Indian on court. But ANCHOR this time, theystayedawayfrom thestands forfear of exposureto untestedspectators whotrooped in through the turnstiles. SHIVANINAIK “Usually, we would be at the MUMBAI,OCTOBER18 stadium an hour before and watchpotential match-ups as THIS BIO-BUBBLE allowedshut- preparation. The biggestchange tlers in Odense forthe Denmark is we couldn't watchothers’ Open to step out to agrocery matches as organisers did not storeorarestaurant —and up to want players and supportstaff to 500spectators inside the com- be anywherenear the specta- petition hall. tors,” says India trainer and The unique arrangement was physio