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SENDINGAtough messageto table in Nov, first China amid the Ladakh crisis, Air Chief Marshal RKS Tight security at the village of the Hathras victim, on Bhadauria said Monday that the meet since standoff Monday. Praveen Khanna RELATEDREPORTSPAGE12 IAF is “determinedtohandle EXPLAINED anycontingency” and its “de- holdsthe BRICS chair, an- ployment of combat-ready SHUBHAJITROY nouncedMondaythat the 12th HATHRAS PROTESTS unitsinresponse to thestand- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER5 BRICS Summit —ofBrazil, offalong the LACinthe Northis Russia, India,China, South Africa indicative of our operational IN WHATcould be the firstinter- —isgoing to be held via video statetoday”. action between PrimeMinister conference. Conspiracy,says Stating “we areverywell po- NarendraModi and Chinese Modi and Xi, who have met sitionedand there is no question President Xi Jinping since the at least18times in the lastsix MEDICINENOBEL that in anyconflict scenario there Air Chief MarshalRKS Bhadauria in NewDelhi Monday. PTI start of theborder standoffin years, have notspokentoeach that China can getthe better of Ladakh this May, the twolead- other or metsince the border CM,policefile21 FORHEPATITISC us”, Air Chief Marshal Bhadauria, ers arescheduled to attend the standoff. VIRUSDISCOVERY responding to aqueryon China afterthe Galwan Valley pared forit? Yes.” BRICSsummitmeeting via vir- No meeting or phone call be- PAGE 10 whether the IAF had comeclose clashes, said: “Did we comeclose Addressing the pressahead tual mode on November 17. tween the twoleaders is to carrying out strikes against to striking? No.But were we pre- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Russia, whichcurrently CONTINUEDONPAGE2 FIRsacrossUP, GST deadlock: Opp states sixinHathras Charges include sedition,criminal reject compensation plan conspiracyand promoting enmity He reiterated this on Monday, Next meeting Oct 12;needtotalk further:Sitharaman AVANEESHMISHRA saying “someanarchists who LUCKNOW,OCTOBER5 can’t bear to see development in During the meeting, the stateare conspiring to pro- AANCHAL MAGAZINE BUSINESSASUSUAL Opposition-ruled states reiter- FACINGCRITICISM forits han- mote communal frenzy and vio- NEW DELHI, OCTOBER5 ated that the Centreneededto dling of the murder and alleged lenceoncaste lines”. BY UNNY borrowmoney, instead of gangrape of the 19-year-old Dalit The FIRs, filedinthe last24 THE DEADLOCKovercompen- states,tobridgethe compensa- woman in Hathras, the Uttar hours,include six in Hathras – sation between states and the tion deficit of Rs 2.35lakh crore Pradesh Policehas filed21cases four at Chandpa police station, Centreremainedunresolvedat this fiscal —and notmakeany across the stateagainst,among and one eachatSasni and the 42nd Goodsand Services distinction in revenueshortfall other charges, attemptsto“incite Hathras Gatepolice stations. TaxCouncil meeting Monday, on account of GSTimplemen- caste andcommunal tension and “We have registered21 FIRs in with10non-BJP-ruledstates tation and the pandemic, The defame the stategovernment” the state, outofwhichsix arein rejecting the twoborrowing Indian Express haslearnt. using social media platforms and Hathras district. The sixmain FIRs options floated by the Centre. Acallfor voting,too, was public meetings. The chargesin- in Hathras have unidentifiedper- The Council, however, ap- learnt to have been proposed cludesedition, criminal conspir- sons as accused. The rest of the proved extension of the levy of by Kerala, Jharkhand, acyand promoting enmity. FIRsin otherdistrictshavenamed compensation cess on luxury Maharashtra, Delhi, Punjab, POSITIVE,NEGATIVE This comes aday afterChief persons as accused. Among the and sin goods beyond the five- Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, MinisterYogi Adityanath alleged FIRs in Hathras, one is against year transition period ending Telangana, West Bengal US President Donald Trumpoutside the Maryland hospital, where he is beingtreated for “conspiracies” againsthis gov- Samajwadi Partyand Rashtriya June 2022. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Covid.Hemade asurprise drive-bytowaveathis supporters. Reuters REPORT,PAGE14 ernment by “those who want to LokDalworkersforascufflewith incitecaste and communal riots”. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 MAHARASHTRA JDU hits back at Study: Sudden micro LJP, says exit from lockdownsled to spike INSIGHTSIAS SIMPLIFYING IAS EXAM PREPARATION alliance suicidal act in unemployment We have faith in NitishKumar:BJP ior minister. SANDEEPASHAR According to afinance de- We Don't Just Guide, We ‘EQUIP’ YoutoSucceed MUMBAI,OCTOBER5 partment report, the latest SANTOSHSINGH uptickinunemployment was PATNA,OCTOBER5 ASPIKE in Maharashtra’s unem- due to imposition of microlock- ployment rate in Augustis downs in severalparts of the 160+ RanksinUPSC CSE 2019 SLAMMINGTHE LJP’s move to threatening the revivalofthe state, the loss of work underthe leave theNDA forthe Bihar polls Covid-hit economy,agovern- Mahatma Gandhi National Rural as “overambitious and mis- PutsNitish ment reporthas said. Employment Guarantee Scheme 5RANKSinTOP 10 ||26 RANKSINTOP 100 25 RanksfROM Karnataka placed”, and “asuicidal act”, the In apresentationmade to (MGNREGS) and end of the Nitish Kumar-ledJD(U) said inaspot Chief MinisterUddhav kharif sowing season. Monday thatthe political re- Thackerayand seniorministers “Sudden microlockdowns alignment THEJD(U) mayput up a in ameeting on Monday, the have affected normal function- withjustthree braveface but LJP's open statefinance department ingoffirmsinthe supply chain weeksleftfor defiance of NitishKumar claimedthat the unemploy- and also the small and medium voting will —withthe BJP tacitlyen- ment rate hadclimbed from 3.9 enterprises. As the result, the de- have “no im- dorsing it —has put it in a per cent in Julyto6.2 per cent mand forlabour has declined,” pact”onthe re- spot. It has also giventhe in August. the reportstated. JeydevC.S. Sanjita M. DECISION sults. Opposition ahandle to “Therehas been an uptickin Post lockdown, the unem- Jatin Kishore Himanshu J. Abhishek S. 2020 “The LJP has playupanti-incumbency. the unemployment rate since ployment rate had peaked at 2Rnd ank 4Rth ank 5Rth ank 8Rth ank 10th Rank BIHAR committed a August. Unemployment has 20.9 per cent in April from 5.8 suicidal act by peaked to 20.9 per cent in April per cent in March.Itsubse- coming out of theNDA in Bihar Reiterating that the JD(U) is but had since declinedto3.9 quentlyimprovedto15.5per while sticking on in thealliance “unaffected”bythe move,Tyagi per cent by July due to meas- cent, 9.2 per cent and 3.9 per at the Centrefor itspolitical sur- said: “We (JDU and BJP) will ures being takentogradually cent in May, June and July, re- YOUCAN BE NEXT ON THE LIST! vival,” KCTyagi, JD(U) national swim or sink together.Thereare reopen economic and public spectively.InAugust, it rose to spokespersonand formerRajya no contradictions between us. In activities. 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IAFchief gentlyremindedthat Ican’t take anybody Sudden lockdown forgranted.Idon’t take anybody for of the IAF Day, he said the situation along the LACover granted... Ihavealwaysbeen open formore UP policefile 21 FIRs for ‘bid to incitetension’ Sources said that during the meet- the next three months willlargely depend on howtalks and moretalk,” she said. ing,some ministers opposedimposition between the twocountries progress. “10statesdemand that full compensa- of the microlockdowns. “Talkstowardsdisengagement followedby de-esca- tion should be paid to thestatesduring the the police while attempt- cialtonationalintegration), fringe elementswho triedtoin- In Lucknow, forinstance, Earlier,the Centre, too, hadcautioned lation areon. And we do hope that thetalksprogress current year as per clauses in the lawand ing to enter the village. 420 (cheating and dishonestly citethe victim's family, put pres- police said an FIRwas regis- states againstlocalisedlockdowns. along the lines that areexpected.The current progress Centreshould borrow. Decision waspost- Another FIR has been regis- inducing delivery of property) sureonthem and offeredthem teredatHazratganj police sta- The meeting discussedthe reporton is slow. Whatwe seeis anincrease ineffortstodig in for ponedtothe next meeting...,” Kerala’s teredagainstsome Congress of the IPC. Other sections in- Rs 50 lakh to makefalsestate- tion againstformer Congress the health of the state’s economythat the winter,intermsofforcesonground, in terms of de- Finance MinisterThomas Isaacpostedon members forcirculatinga vokedare forfabricating evi- ments, and circulated objec- councilor Shailendra Tiwari for Uddhavhad sought ahead of firming up ployment of air assets in the airfields close by.” Twitter. video. An FIR at Sasni police dence with intent to procure tionable audios on social media. allegedly putting up inciting planstoroll morestimulus packages for HesaidIndianforces arealso takingactions accord- Bihar Deputy Chief MinisterSushil station is againstBhimArmy conviction of offence punish- The second and thirdFIRs at posters. He has been arrested, businesses. Macroeconomicindicators, ingly. “Thewholefocus is on talks… ourfurther actions Kumar Modi told TheIndianExpress that members forblocking the ablewithimprisonment for the police station, againstSP police said. both at the national and the statelevel, will depend upon the ground realities”. He said “there therewas consensus among morethan 20 road. Therewas an FIRat lifeorimprisonment,threat- and RLD members respectively, An FIR at the Rampur po- were also evaluated. is no step-upintermsofair assets deployment” by states in favour of Option 1. “We wish to Hathras Gatepolice station ening aperson to give false ev- areunder sections of rioting, lice station of Saharanpur has Incidentally, stateFinance Minister China. avoid division, so another week wasgiven. If where aformer MLAhad or- idence, forgeryfor the purpose voluntarilycausing hurttoa been filedagainst twopersons, AjitPawarwas notpresent forthe meet- “Our offensive strikecapability hasbeen honedwith theydon’t agree, then voting can happen. ganisedapublic meeting,” said of harming reputation, and public servant and assault to de- identifiedasAbhishek ing. Pawarhad also skippedMonday's upgradationsand newinductionsof weapons and plat- Those states who have giventheir options, Additional Director General printing or engraving matter terapublic servant. Shekhawatand Thakur GSTCouncil meeting where forms,ablysupported by combat enablers and anet- theyshould notsuffer...It’s been six months (ADG), Lawand Order, known to be defamatory. The fourth FIR at Chandpa SatyamChauhan,for allegedly Maharashtrawas representedby former worked decision-makingenvironment,including an now, we needthe money. States should not Prashant Kumar. Sections of the Information police station has been filed puttingupobjectionableposts finance ministerJayant Patil, who cur- integrated approach to handle incoming threats. We hijack the agenda,”hesaid. Astatement issuedbythe Technology Acthavealso been againstaCongress party mem- on social media. rentlyholds the waterresources portfo- have the largest strategic airliftcapability in our region In the previous meeting on August27, StateDGP's office saidthe FIRs invoked. berfor allegedly promoting en- Ayodhya DIGDeepak lio. Patil briefed Uddhavand other sen- comprising IL-76, C-17and C-130 platforms. We have the Centrehad proposedtwo optionsto hadbeen filedagainst individ- Police sources said the mity between different groups Kumar said an FIR wasregis- iorministers aboutthe developmentsat significantly enhancedourheliliftcapabilities withour states: borrowRs97,000 crore(on account uals and organisations forfor- sedition FIR filedinHathras, by circulatingan incitingvideo. teredatKhandasa policesta- the meeting. helicopterinductions,” he said. of GSTimplementation) from aspecial win- warding fake information to basedonapolicecomplaint,is The FIR at Sasni police sta- tion againstone Gayadeen Sources said the finance department “Ourairliftcapabilitywasalsobroughtintofocus as dowfacilitated by the RBI or the complete incite people, violating Section exploring an allegedinterna- tion is againstBhimArmy Chaudharyfor Facebook posts. hassaidthatthe“risingunemployment we supportedthe Indian Armyinrapid mobilisation of shortfall of Rs 2.35lakh crore(including Rs 144CrPC and Covid-19guide- tional conspiracy to instigate members forgathering a He, too, has been arrested. andjoblossesremain amajorconstraint troops and equipmenttooperationalareas at apace 1.38 lakh croredue to Covid) from the mar- lines amongother charges. riots along caste lines and de- crowdof400-500inviolation In Prayagraj,officials said, in the revivalofthe state’s economy”. whichour adversarydidn’t expect,” he said. ket. “Even though the local ad- fame the stategovernment. of Section 144CrPC. At Hathras three separateFIRs have been Maharashtracontributes to nearly 14 per “Ourpositionasacrediblecombat-readyforceisvi- Sitharaman, meanwhile, said cess col- ministration, keeping in mind Sources said investigating Gatepolice station, an FIR for registered at the Naini, cent of India’s gross domestic product. talgiven the role the air forcewill playtowards ensur- lection this year so far, amounting to Rs the Covid-19protocol, had agencies have found awebsite allegedly flouting Covid norms Karnailganj and Utraon police State’s fiscal managers areworried ing victoryinany future conflict…we have grownfrom 20,000 crore, would be disbursedtostates givenpermission to five per- that went by the name justice- has been filedagainstformer stations. Twoofthe three ac- as the mostrecent economicindicators, being atactical forcetoastrategic onewith trans- Monday. The Council also decidedtodis- sons eachofpolitical parties to forhathrasvictim.carrd.co had BJP MLARajveer Pahalwan. cusedhavebeen arrested.In suchasGST collections and electricity oceanic reach,” the IAF chief said. burse Rs 24,000croretostatesbynextweek visit, members and leaders of comeup, and wasgiving infor- “Ithas been brought to our Bijnor,one AjeemChaudhary demandamongothers, suggestthat the “The emerging threat scenario in our neighbour- as the sharefromIntegratedGST (IGST)from different political organisa- mation on howtoprotest notice that thereare several wasarrestedfor an alleged ob- recoveryseen afterthefirstphaseofthe hood and beyond mandates the needtohavearobust the firstyear of implementation. tions gathered in largenum- safely and avoid police. people online who have been jectionable postagainstPrime reopening in Junemay have lostmo- capability to fight across the entirespectrum of war- GSTcompensationhasbeen pendingfor bers and initiated violence, Sources claimedithad copied posting content to specifically MinisterNarendraModi and mentum. fare.Weconduct bilateraland multilateral exercises this financial year,amounting to Rs 1.5lakh while breaking down the sys- informationfromprotestsgo- createcaste-basedtensions. Chief MinisterYogi “StateGST collectionhas declinedby withleading air forces of the world. And letmeshare croretill July. Of this, thestateswiththe temset up by thepolice. The ing on in the US, particularly These have been forwardedto Adityanath. The district police almostRs18,420crore in April- with youwith confidence, that operationally, we are biggestchunkofpending paymentsare: policehad to use minor force the 'BlackLives Matter' the Cyber Cell and FIRs have said the FIR wasregisteredon September as comparedto the same pe- among the best,” he said. Maharashtra(Rs 22,485 crore), Karnataka to bring the situation under protests.The dos and don'ts, been filed,” said SP Jaiswal. thecomplaint of aBJP leader, riod lastyear.This indicatethe weakness The IAF deploymentinLadakh, he said, is a “very (Rs 13,763 crore), Uttar Pradesh (Rs 11,742 control,” said the statement. sources said, includedsteps on According to Hathraspo- and theaccusedhas been ar- in the economy,”the reportsaid. A small partofour deployment. We have deployedacross crore), Gujarat (Rs 11,563 crore) and Tamil The firstFIR, at Chandpa howtostaysafeduringriots lice, theCyber Cell is making rested.AnFIR has also been source addedthat the “totalrevenue allrelevantoperationallocationsrequiredto accessthis Nadu (Rs 11,269 crore). policestation in Hathras, has and in situations when teargas note of those whoshared fake registeredinMathura against growth between April and September area”. Among other decisions, the Council an- been filedagainstunidentified shelling and arreststakeplace. photographs of abody,claim- members of the ‘Campus this time wasdown33.5 per cent over “Be rest assured,” he said, “we arefirmlyinplace to nouncedrelaxationin compliancemeasures persons underSections 109 “The main FIR filedat ing it to be the victim's. It was Front of India’ under CrPC this period lastyear”. handle anycontingency.” forsmaller taxpayers with annual turnover (abetment if the act is com- Chandpa policestation willlook alsobrought to the noticeof Section 151.Under this section, The report, meanwhile, projected “We areaware that China and Pakistanare cooper- of less than Rs 5crore who arerequired to mitted in consequenceand intothe overall conspiracy re- police that therewerevideo “apolice officer knowing of a that“theindustriesandtheservices sec- ating closely, and Pakistannow is increasinglydepend- file GSTreturns onlyonaquarterly basis wherenoexpress provision is garding the incident. There is clips attributing wrongful design to commit anycogniz- torisexpectedto remain under pressure ent on China fortheir defence supplies, and theyare do- withmonthly taxpaymentsfromJanuary1, made forits punishment), plenty of evidence -- forin- statementstothe chief minis- able offence mayarrest, with- owing to ademand contraction”. With ing alot of exercises together... this activity,interms of 2021. Theywill, “forthe firsttwo months of 120B (criminal conspiracy), stance, call detail records of ter. Complaintsalsoinclude outorders from amagistrate abumper crop expected this year,the theirbilateral exercise, is on the increase.” But, he said, the quarter, have an optiontopay 35 per cent 124A (sedition), 153A(pro- those trying to offermoneyto copies of medical reports that and without awarrant, the reporthas forecastthat the “agriculture “it is nottosay thereisasignthat it is acollusive threat… of thenetcashtax liability of thelastquarter moting enmity betweendif- the woman’s parents. All these were notfound to be authen- person so designing”. growth will remain strong”. we aredeployedfor atwo-front war”. He said, “thereis usinganauto-generatedchallan,"aFinance ferent groups on grounds of things will be looked at andac- tic, police said. Mohammad Shamoon, direc- While the Cabinetisexpectedto an- no suchindication” and India is “observing all the ac- Ministrystatement said. religion, race, place of birth, tion willbetaken accordingly,” At least14moreFIRs have tor(public relations) of PFI, nounce relief in electricity payers and to tivities across”. The Council approved the revisedre- residence, language, etc, and Superintendent of Police, been registeredoverallegedly Campus Front of India’s parent theconstructionindustryinthecoming He said it wasnot correct that Indianforces were quirement of declaring HSN (Harmonised doing actsprejudicial to main- Hathras,Vineet Jaiswal said.The objectionable posts on social body, declinedtocomment on days,the stateisbanking onthe ongo- surprisedbythe PLA. “We realisedwhat the Chinese System of Nomenclature) Code forgoods in tenance of harmony) and four statement issuedbythe State media. Five persons have been the matter. ingfestivalseason to revive itsstruggling PLAwas doing in May, and we actedswiftly, both Army invoices and in sales return Form GSTR-1 of itssub-sections, 153B(im- DGP's office said the FIR was arrested in connection with –WITHINPUTSFROM economytoacertain extent. andAir Force. To sayweweresurprisedisnot reallycor- witheffect from April 1, 2021. Taxpayers putations, assertions prejudi- filedinconnection with some these FIRs, police said. AMILBHATNAGAR rect. We were surprisedinthe sense that theynormally with aturnoverofoverRs5crore will have do their exercisesinthis period, and it wasnot expected to quote thesix-digit HSN,while those up to Govt chooses option 1 that theywould utilisethis period and do this attempt Rs 5crore will have to quoteuptofour dig- But therehasbeennoprogress in disengage- sponse with national spokesperson Guru JD(U) workers know each other very well at the LAC,” he said. itsfor B2B supplies of goods and services. ment since then, although therehas been Prakash saying that “thereisnoambiva- and will work in perfect sync. Afterall, we At loggerheads with the Centreoverthe The Council also decidedtoexemptdo- no escalationeither.Wewillhavetosee if lence” in the state's NDAleadership. have been contesting elections together issue of GSTshortfalls, the stategovernment GST plan mestic launching of satellites, particularly the intent to disengageisthereornot in the “Our party leadershiphas time andagain since the 1998 LokSabha polls,” he said. has decidedtoindicatethat if forced to opt andChhattisgarhtowards the end of the eight-hour by start-ups, using services by ISRO,Antrix coming weeks,” asource told The Indian expressedfaith in Nitish Kumar.Itisthe Asked if the LJP's decision to contest from oneofthe twooptions put forwardby meeting. The Centrehas recalculated theborrowing Corporation Ltd and NSIL, thestatement Express. Opposition alliance that needs to worry separatelywould hit the JD(U)'s the Union government to bridgethe gap, it amount forOption 1toRs1.10lakh crore, changing the said. Incidentally, the two-and-half-month- about keeping itshouse in order.After Jitan prospectsand enable the BJP to emerge will pickthe option of borrowing through a assumptionto 7percentrevenuegrowth,asagainstRs long Doklam border standoffbetween RamManjhi (HAM) and UpendraKushwaha as the single largest party afterthe polls, ReserveBank of India (RBI) facilitated win- 97,000croreearlier basedonassumptionof 10 percent BRICS in Nov IndianandChinesetroopswasresolvedjust (RLSP), Mukesh Sahni (VIP)has deserted Tyagi said: “PM Modi has said on several dow. Contending that it will impact devel- revenue growth. scheduledbeforeNovember17althoughthe aheadofthe BRICS summitinXiamen in that coalition of one man who has time and occasions in the recent past that Nitish opment spend,the stateisstill in opposition Voting is likelytobeproposedagain in the next possibility of aconversation, sources said, September 2017. againdisplayedadictatorialstreak,” he said, Kumar is theface of the NDAalliance in of borrowing on itsown, but following meeting slated forOctober 12,officials said. At least20 could notberuledout completely. The Chumar standoffinSeptember 2014 in areference to RJD founder Lalu Prasad. Bihar.The twoleaders have also shared Monday’s GSTCouncil meet – whereitwas states have already optedfor Option 1, tilting the num- Theylastsharedaplatform on March 26 also endedafter Modi raisedthe issue with JD(U)'sTyagi said that a “combinedcam- the dais on virtualplatforms.BJP presi- disclosed that 21 states,mostruledbythe bers in the Centre’s favour. when Saudi Arabia held an extraordinary Xi who wasvisiting Ahmedabad. paign” by Prime MinisterNarendraModi, dent JPNadda also praisedNitish Kumar BJP or itsallies, had optedfor option one – “To be fair to the Council, it did take adecision that virtual gathering of G-20leaders over the Announcing the BRICS summit, Russia Union Home MinisterAmit Shah, BJP pres- on severaloccasions.”OnSunday,the LJP the Maharashtragovernment has also de- cesswillhave to beextendedbeyond thefive years...af- Covid-19pandemic. said the theme of the meeting this year is ident JP Nadda, and JD(U) president and foundedbyUnion Minister RamVilas cidedtoside with the option as reportedby terthat, therewas this question of some states notwant- In fact, Modi and Xi will have another op- “BRICS Partnership forGlobal Stability, Bihar Chief MinisterNitish Kumar,will “clear Paswan cited “ideological differences The Indian Express on September 18. ing Option 1, andstateswanting Option 3, whichthey portunity to sharethe G-20 platform —also Shared Security and Innovative Growth”. all confusion being createdby LJP”. “The fact with JD(U)”toannounce itsexit from the have written to the Prime Minister about and which via video conference —onNovember 21-22. It said the five countries have continued that both parties arecoming out with the list alliance forthe statepolls while reiterat- wasforwarded to us forareply,”FinanceMinister The annual G-20 summit will be held four “close strategic partnership on all the three forthe firstphaseofpolls (onOctober 28) ing that it would continue with the NDA Time to fix Nirmala Sitharaman said. days afterthe BRICS summit. major pillars: peace and security,economy shows our solidarity,” he said. at the Centre. The party said it would field WhileChief MinisterUddhavThackeray “So the question was, it could bethat 20 states have Sources saidthe schedulingof theBRICS and finance, cultural and people-to-people Asked if Kumar and Modi would cam- candidates againstthe JD(U) but notthe has been astaunchadvocateofplannedand chosen Option 1, some of us have notchosen summit could be an opportunity to resolve exchanges”. paign in areas wherethe LJP putsupcandi- BJPfor the statepolls. The move came af- calibratedunlocking, sudden lockdown im- any...among those who have notchosen any, the argu- the standoff, since the twosides would like dates againstthe JD(U), Tyagi said: “The terits relationship with the JD(U) nose- posedbylocal authorities in parts of the state ment wasthat it should be the Centrewhichborrows. to settlethe issue before November 17. NDA's topleaders will campaign in favour divedoverthe lastfew months, with the arethreatening the revivalofthe economy, On this therewas alot of discussion, it wasfelt that you “It has been five months since the stand- JDU hits back at LJP of NDAcandidates.” party taking potshots at the Bihar govern- whichisalready reelingunderthe effectsof cannotdecide on the basis of the 20 states who have offbegan, and in Moscowlastmonth,the the 2010 polls, LJP wasnot partofNDA.Yet, Referring to speculation on the alliance's ment over itshandlingofCovid and the aprolonged lockdown. Maharashtra must written to you, we needtotalk further.And Iwas also Foreign Ministers adoptedafive-pronged JD(U) and BJP won206 of 243seats.” roadmap afterthe LJP move,Tyagi said that migrant crisis that followedthe lock- fixunemploymentandlabourlossurgently approachtodisengageand de-escalateearly. The BJP wasmoremeasured in itsre- “all rumours will dissipate” soon. “BJP and down. to heal theeconomy. Twosistersharassed,their PSO School reopening: How, which classes,Centre leaves it to states beatenupbymen in car: Police October 15. “It is requested Monday'sguidelines carry tional, on alternatedays,or the pen-and-paper text format in the classroom." Sharma. Their car,aRenault Duster, RITIKA CHOPRA that as and when States/ the Uniongovernment'stacit everytwo days.Onthe days a will be discouraged forstu- Attendance forstudents SOMYALAKHANI has been seized. NEW DELHI, OCTOBER5 UT decide to reopen schools, a approval in case the states de- student is at home, chapters dentsacross all grades to "en- will notbecompulsoryand de- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER5 The complainantsare sisters in copyofthe order and SOP cide to reopen schools forall that are"essentialbut concep- sureemotional well-being of pend entirelyonparentalcon- their 30s and run their ownbusi- THE EDUCATION Ministryon (StandardOperating grades, including junior stu- tuallyeasier to understand" the students". sent.Wearing of masksbystu- RETURNINGHOMEto Noidaintheir nesses. Theyare daughters of afor- Mondayissued broadguide- Procedure) maybeemailed dents, in aphasedmanner. will be covered. "Assessments in the form of dents,teachersand staffwill be SUVfromtheir grandmother’s merbureaucrat and arealso related lines forreopening schools to this Ministryaswell,” states The Education Ministry's In case of high enrolment role plays,choreography,class compulsory. Aged teachers houseinMeerut,twoyoungwomen to aBJP MLA,who said, “The matter amidst the Covid-19 pan- the Education Ministry's letter. SOP is indicative, and states are numbers, schools can explore quiz, puzzles and games, and staffand those living in were allegedly followedbythree wasimmediatelyreportedto police. demic, but leftthe decision on Schools across the country expected to drafttheir guide- running in twoshifts "byre- brochuredesigning, presenta- containment zones will notbe men in acar,who allegedly made Theyweredriving backtoNoida at whether to bring backthe have been closed since mid- lineswithin thebroad frame- ducing time durationofschool tions, journals, portfolios, etc., allowed to work.Aminimum obscenegesturesatthem, abused the time.” The FIR quotes one of youngestorthe oldeststu- March,evenbeforethe coron- work definedbythe Union hours per shift, suchthat the maybepreferred over routine physical distance of six feet to them,andbeatuptheirpersonalse- themassaying,“Themenwere driv- dentsfirstuptothe stategov- avirus lockdown wasimposed. government,the officer quoted school is able to managewith pen-paper testing," the be maintainedduring seating, curity officer (PSO). The incident ingrashly, theyovertookourvehicle ernments. Lastmonth, the Home above added. the same setofteachers in the Education Ministry's guide- regular hand hygiene routine tookplaceonthenightof October3. and triedtostopus. Twoofthem The states, aministry offi- Ministry's Unlock4 guidelines According to the SOP issued overall school hours". lines state. "If possible, school to be followedbystudentsand Acase has been registeredatSihani madeobscenegestures,abusedus...” cial told TheIndian Express,are permitted states to bring back by the Centre, schools, upon Foratleasttwo to three bags forstudentsoflower pri- sanitisation of frequently- Gate policestation,andtheaccused She wroteinthe complaint that the free to decidethe timing and studentsofClasses 9to12on reopening, will nothold weeksafter reopening, schools maryclasses(ItoV)may be touchedsurfaces in the school —25-year-oldsRajat,Shubhamand men kept chasing the car due to manner of school reopening as "voluntarybasis". classesfor allgrades on one willnot conduct anyassess- discouraged.All the necessary arealso partofthe reopening Romik —havebeenarrested, said whichshe started speedingasshe long as it is in phases and after day. Attendance could be rota- ment and even when theydo, learning material maybekept guidelines. SHO, Sihani Gate,Krishna Gopal felt “threatenedand scared”.

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SURVEY BY WHO Flighttest of supersonicmissile-assisted ‘In93%countries,critical torpedo release system conducted tories,includingDefenceResearch EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE and Development Laboratory PUNE,OCTOBER5 (DRDL)and Research Centre mentalhealthcarehalted Imarat (RCI),bothlocated in ASUCCESSFUL flight test of the Hyderabad, Ariel Delivery Supersonic Missile Assisted Research andDevelopment Release of Torpedo (SMART) sys- Establishment(ADRDE)Agra and ordisruptedduetoCovid’ temwas conducted from NavalScience and Technology ‘Moths arecryptic and nocturnal in nature’. Express Wheeler Island, offthe coastof Laboratory(NSTL), Odisha, on Monday. Defence Visakhapatnam, have developed delirium, oftenasign of aserious Research andDevelopment technologiesrequiredforSMART. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE The survey was underlying medicalcondition.At ZSI scientists discover Organisation (DRDO) Chairman, “Defence MinisterRajnath PUNE,OCTOBER5 conducted from June least30per cent reporteddisrup- Dr GSatheesh Reddy,has termed SinghcongratulatedDRDOscien- tions to access formedications the system agame changer in tists forthe important feat. THE COVID-19pandemichas to Augustin130 formental, neurological and sub- three new tiger moth anti-submarine warfare. SecretaryofDepartment of disrupted or halted critical men- countriesacross stance use disorders. Around The development of the sys- Defence Research and talhealthservicesin93per cent WHO’s six regions three-quarters reportedatleast temhas been crucial in capacity Development and Chairman of of the countries even as the de- partial disruptions to school and species in Western Ghats building of navalplatforms to DRDO, Dr GSatheesh Reddy,said mand formentalhealthisin- workplace mental health serv- strikebeyond the torpedo range, thatSMARTisagame changer creasing, according to anew sur- ices (78 per cent and 75 percent, withsome in Sri Lanka, Thailand said DRDO officials. The system The SMARTsystemwas technology demonstration in veydone by the WorldHealth mental, neurological or sub- respectively). ANJALIMARAR and Israel. Beingminor pests will be asignificantaddition to flight tested at 11.45amon anti-submarinewarfare,"readthe Organization.The survey of 130 stance use disorders arealso While manycountries (70 PUNE,OCTOBER5 whose larvae feed on standing India’s anti-submarine warfare Monday. DRDO Twitter press statement. countriesprovides the first morevulnerable to SARS-CoV-2 per cent) have adopted cropsof cotton,castor, maize,brin- capabilities and the test on globaldatashowing the devas- infection; theymay stand a telemedicine or teletherapyto CITYSCIENTISTS from Zoological jal, and sweetpotato, theyadd to Mondayisakeysteptowardsits tating impact of Covid-19onac- higher risk of severe outcomes overcome disruptions to in-per- Survey of India (ZSI)havediscov- the risk of poor farm returns ob- deployment, theysaid. cess to mental health services and even death. Covid-19has in- son services, thereare signifi- eredthreenew tigermothspecies tainedfromthese economically According to apress state- (An autonomous Institute of the DepartmentofBiotechnology, Ministry of Science &Technology,Govt.ofIndia) and underscores the urgent terruptedessentialmental cant disparities in the uptake of in Western Ghats, takingthe total keycrops. ment from the Ministryof Inner Ring Road, Uppal, HYDERABAD- 500039,. Telangana, India needfor increasedfunding. health servicesaround the theseinterventions. Morethan known species in the worldto14. Beforeapplying pestcontrol Defence,theSMARTsystemwas Ph: +91-40-27216015, Website : www.cdfd.org.in The survey waspublished worldjustwhen theyare 80 per cent of high-income These moth species,being measures, if thereisadequate “successfullyflight-testedon Advt. No. CDFD/EMPC/4/September’20 ahead of WHO’s ‘Big Event for neededmost. countries reporteddeploying closerelativesofbutterflies, were knowledge aboutlocallythriving Monday, at 11.45 am, from CDFD, an autonomous institute of the Department of Biotechnology,Ministry MentalHealth’,aglobal online The survey wasconducted telemedicine and teletherapyto discoveredbyresearchers from moths, then farm produce can be Wheeler Island offthe coastof of Science and Technology,invites applications from Indian nationals for the advocacy event on October 10 from June to Augustamong 130 bridgegaps, as compared with the western regional central savedfrommajorpestattacks,re- Odisha. All the mission objec- following purely temporary vacancies in research projects funded by National that will bring together world countries across WHO’s six re- less than 50 per cent of low-in- branchofZSIduringtheirfieldex- searchers noted. tives, including missile flight up /International agencies at CDFD like DST/DBT/ICMR/CSIR etc. The description of the positions and minimum qualifications for various vacancies leaders, celebrities,and advo- gions. It evaluates howprovision come countries. WHO has is- plorations between 2016 and Co-researchers from ZSI,KP to the rangeand altitude, sepa- are as follows: cates to call forincreasedmen- of mental, neurological and sub- sued guidance to countries on 2019 in partsofMaharashtra. Dinesh and AShabnam, added ration of the nose cone, release 1) ResearchAssociate talhealth investmentsinthe stance use services has changed howtomaintain essential serv- Commonlyknown as Olepa that further studies using molec- of torpedo and deployment of 2) Project–Senior Research Fellow wake of the pandemic. due to Covid-19,the types of ices, including mental health moths,thenewestadditionsto the ulartoolswouldbecarriedout,so Velocity ReductionMechanism 3) Project–Junior Research Fellow The international public services that have been dis- services, during the pandemic. species,namely Olepaghatmatha, themorphotypesof thesespecies (VRM)have beenmetperfectly.” 4) ProjectAssociate –I health agency has previously rupted, and howcountries are It recommends that coun- Olepa suryamal and Olepa zedesi, could be better understood with Thetrackingmechanismsfor 5) ProjectAssociate –II highlighted chronic under- adapting to overcomethese tries allocateresources to men- were foundinSataraalongSatpura respect to theirlocal climatic test —theradars,electro-optical 6) Senior ProjectAssociate funding of mental health: be- challenges. talhealthasanintegral compo- ranges and ZSI’s Pune campus. adaptations and hostplants. systems alongthe coastand the 7) Principal ProjectAssociate fore the pandemic,countries Over 60 per cent reporteddis- nent of their response and “Moths arecryptic and nocturnal Climatechange,too,wasmak- telemetrystations,including 8) Project Scientist were spending less than 2per ruptions to mental health serv- recovery plans. Although 89 in nature,identification of organ- ingconditionsfavourableforthese down rangeships —monitored 9) Laboratory Technician cent of national health budgets ices forvulnerable people, in- per cent of countries reported ismsfromthis species is always a pests to thrive like neverbefore, all the events. SMARTisamis- 10) Data Entry Operator on mental health, and strug- cluding children and adolescents that mental healthand psy- challenging task,” said Aparna the experts noted. sile-assisted release of light- Please refer CDFD website www.cdfd.org.in for detailed information gling to meet their populations’ (72per cent),older adults (70per chosocial supportwerepartof Kalawate,whowaspartofthedis- But moths were notall harm- weightanti-submarinetorpedo regarding projects, position(s), emoluments etc., application format and needs. The pandemic is in- cent), and womenrequiring an- their national Covid-19re- covery published recently in ful,astheywereprimaryfoodsfor systemforanti-submarinewar- general conditions. Interested candidates may register their names by creasingdemandfor mental tenatal or postnatalservices (61 sponse plans, only17per cent Journal of Insect Biodiversity. ants,mites,birdsandreptiles,thus fare (ASW) operations farbe- applying in the prescribed application form online. Complete the application healthservices, read astate- per cent). At least67per centsaw have full additional fundingfor Amajority of moth species in contributing to maintaining a yond torpedorange. form online at http://www.cdfd.org.in. The last date for receipt of the applications is 23.10.2020 and applications ment issuedbyWHO. disruptionstocounselling and covering these activities. theworldare foundinIndia,along healthyhabitat, theyadded. Anumber of DRDO labora- received after 23.10.2020 will be rejected. Bereavement, isolation, loss psychotherapy; 65 per cent to of income and fear aretrigger- critical harm reduction services; ing mental healthconditions or and 45 percent to opioid agonist exacerbating existing ones. maintenance treatment foropi- Manypeople maybefacing in- oid dependence. Morethana creasedlevels of alcohol and third(35 per cent) reported dis- drug use, insomnia, and anxiety. ruptions to emergency interven- Meanwhile, Covid-19itself can tions, including thosefor people lead to neurological andmental experiencing prolonged complications, such as delirium, seizures; severe substance use agitation, and stroke. withdrawal syndromes; and People with pre-existing PMC reduces number of containment zones to 59

Pune: The Pune Municipal Corporation(PMC)onMondayre- visedthe listofcontainment zones,reducingthenumberfrom 71 to 59, whichwas thetotal de- clared twoweeksago. OnSeptember19,PMChadre- ducedthe number of contain- ment zonesfrom74to71, includ- ing17 newareasanddropping20 areas from the previous list. In the newlist, five newzones were added, while17zones have been removed. Based on the registration of newCovid-19patientsacross the city,the administrationdeclared five newcontainment zones in the city,includingthree in Shivajinagar—partofShivajinagar Gaothan,Bahiratwadiand Police Line buildings in Gokhalenagar, partofNilanjalisocietyin Kalyaninagar,andDudhanenagar area in Karvenagar. ENS

THE COTTON CORPORATION OF INDIA LTD. (A Government of India Undertaking) AMini Ratna Company 'Kapas Bhavan', Plot 3-A, Sector 10, Post Box No. 60, CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai- 400614, Fax No. (022) 27576069 Website : http://www.cotcorp.org.in,Ministry :http://ministryoftextiles.gov.in Tender Notice Tender Notice for Supply of Portable Digital Moisture Meters. THE Cotton Corporation of India Ltd. (CCI) invites sealed Tenders in two bid system from reputed firms. The tender details are available on our website http://www.cotcorp.org.in and http://www.eprocure.gov.in. Receipt of tenders (on above mentioned address) on or before :12.10.2020 upto 1430 hrs. General Manager (Purchase) ODISHA STATEMEDICAL CORPORATION LTD. CAD-542 (A Govt. of Odisha Undertaking) Regd. Office: Odisha State Medical Corporation Ltd., Convent Square, Bhubaneswar-751007, Odisha Website: www.osmcl.nic.in, E-mail: [email protected] Phone No. :(0674) 2380608 No. 12457 Date: 05.10.2020 SHORT TENDER NOTICE Sealed tender are invited from Manufacturer/Authorized Stockiest/Authorized Distributor for supply of “Body Bags” to CDS, OSMCL, Bhubaneswar,which can be downloaded from the “notification” section of OSMCL’S official website http://osmcl.nic.in.The sealed tender shouldreach to the undersignedonorbefore 13th October 2020 to upto 11AM. It is further to notify that corrigendum/addendum, if any related to this tender shall only be uploaded in OSMCL Website and no publication shall be made in the Newspapers. By Order of MD, OSMCL Sd/- Ass. Manager Proc (D &S) Odisha, BBSR OIPR/10112/11/0032/2021

Pune WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 6 MAHARASHTRA THEINDIANEXPRESS,TUESDAY,OCTOBER6,2020 INTERVI‘CFREW:NANDEDofDISTRICNandTCOLLECTOR DedR VIPINITAlowerNKAR thanthatofstate,weaim tobringitdownfurther’

Duringthe initialmonthsofthe infrastructure? medical colleges and so, when I Covid-19pandemic, Nanded had Hospitalisation is notapleas- testedpositive anddevelopedres- leapedintothelimelightwhenSikh ant experience foranyone. I, too, piratorysymptoms, therewas no pilgrims, who had come to thedis- had the same experience when I otheroptionbutto seektreatment trict forapilgrimageand then got had tested positive and had to be there.Ihavefirst-handexperience stranded due to thelockdown, hospitalised. During the initial of governmenthealthcareandcan started testing positiveonce they days,therewerecases of asymp- vouchfor itsefficacy.Mywife, went backtoPunjab. One of the tomatic people complaining who is aradiologist, also chose larger districts in Maharashtra, about the food quality at Covid government healthcarefor deliv- Nanded has reported morethan carecentresorrunningaway.The eringbothourchildren.Giventhe 16,000 cases and426 deaths till district authorities decidedto affordability,itsgovernmentmed- now. DistrictCollector Dr VIPIN Dr Vipin Itankar tackle this challengebyallowing ical facilities whichcan provide ITANKAR,who himself contracted them to stay at home. Patients succourto themajority.Properin- Covid-19and recoveredsubse- who could optfor home isolation vestmentinsuchinfrastructureis Members of Pune Congressprotest againstthe assaultand allegedgangrapeofawoman in Hathras in Uttar Pradesh, on quently,tells PARTHA SARATHI seeking timelymedical help. were allowedtodoso. Theywere necessaryand the ongoing pan- MG Road in PuneonMonday. Ashish Kale BISWAS about Nanded's future Patientscame to us when their giventhe complete homeisola- demic has told us the same. roadmap in terms of development oxygen saturation levels were as tionkit,withchartsandlogbooks When the pandemic broke of medical infrastructure: lowas60-70per cent,when pre- on howtotakemedicines. Call out in Nanded, my training as a ciouslittlecouldbedoneforthem. centres were askedtokeepin medical doctor helpedmeem- After crossing 40 pc positivity rate, Initially, Nandedwas in the Ourmainchallengewasto en- touchwiththe patientsand in phasise on oxygen bedsand get- green zone foralong time, in couragepeople to seek help and case of danger signals, theywere ting thenecessaryinfrastructure terms of Covid-19cases, but assurethem that theywill get to be hospitalised immediately. readyintime. This investment is then slipped intothe redzone medical help at the right time. This helpedpatientsrecover forthe longterm and will help us Kolhapur sees steep fall in Covidcases as cases startedrising. Howhas Once the fear wasaddressedand asbeinginafamiliarenvironment even when the pandemic is past the district faredsofar in the people were allowedtogofor helpedthempsychologically.Also, us.We have ampleoxygensupply, operatedwithstrictmeasuresim- The civicchief said underthe Centres. pandemic? home isolation,our CFR came fordistrictauthorities, it helped biPapandothermachines,which MANOJMORE plementedby theKMC.Asaresult, stategovernment's'Myfamily,my District Health Officer Dr Nandedwasinthegreenzone down drastically. At present, our them keep bedsvacant to cope will help us in the longrun. PUNE,OCTOBER5 forthepasttwo to threeweeks,we responsibility' campaign, the ad- Yogesh Sali saidinAugustand foralongtime despite being sur- CFRof 2.5 islowerthanthatofthe with anyemergency.Atpresent, arewitnessing afalling trend in ministrationhasconducted2,200 early September,the rural areas rounded by Aurangabad, state’s 2.8,and we aimtobring it we have 170-180 vacant bedsin Howdoyou plan to make LIKE ELSEWHERE in the state, positive cases. testssofar."Of these, we have 212 were witnessing800-1,000cases TelanganaandAndhraPradesh,all down further to the national av- the dedicated Covid hospital. As Nandedready forchallenges in Kolhapurdistrictandcityareasare The civic chief said in the last positive cases. Some people are everyday."Thepositive casecount of whichwereintheredthen.The erageof1.2 thesebedswereempty,the more the healthsector? also witnessing afalling trend in four days,the newcases reported getting themselvestestedinpri- hadevenreachedafigureof1,300 firstcase of Covid- 19 came to As forthe manySikh pilgrims seriouspatients,who came early, The pandemic has alertedus Covid-19cases. The drop in cases perdayhavefallenbelowthe100- vate labs," he said. onasingleday. We have beencon- Nandedfromthese places. As a whotestedpositive inPunjab(af- were abletoget timelytreatment. abouttheneedtobereadytoface startedinthe second halfof mark. "... The 72 cases registered KalshettisaidKolhapurcity,as ductingbetween 2,500to3,000 district, Nandedhas itsown setof tergoingbackfromMaharashtra), This has helped reduce the mor- anysituationandtheimportance September and has continuedin on Sundaywas among the lowest of now, has 173containment testseveryday. Whichmeans,our challenges -ithas tribal blocks,it thesourceof infectioncouldhave tality rate substantially. Recently, of healthcare. Our guardian min- the firstweek of October. In both one-dayspike," he said. zones. "Wehavecloseddown 112 positivityrate hadgonebeyond50 hasitsremote locations.So,when beenfromanywhere.Whenthey thechief ministeralsopraisedthe isterAshokChavanhasassuredus city and rural areas, the case posi- Kalshetty said on an average, containment zones. Even if one per cent mark,"hesaid. the pandemic started,itwas a were in Nanded, we hadcarried district's home isolation pro- that funds willnot be aproblem, tivity,whichhad reachedbeyond 1,300Covid-19 testsusedtobe positive case is found, we arede- However, over thelastfort- challengefor us to control it. My outregularmedicalcheck-upsbut gramme. andwe have preparedaroadmap 35-40percent,hascomedownto conducteddailytill middle of last claringthatareaasacontainment night,the positive casehave training as adoctor and my first- soon....someof themtriedtoleave forthedistrictinthelongrun.The around 15 per cent. month. "Now,anaverage,600 zonefor14 days to stopthespread startedfalling."Now,everyday, be- hand knowledge aboutthe med- without permission and we Youhad tested positive forthe three main arms that we will be In Kolhapur city,the positivity testsare conducted.Thisisbecause of the virus," he said. tween 200-350 positive cases are ical infrastructure of thedistrict caught the driver. When they virus and earnedpraise for working on areinfrastructure, fa- rate,whichhad reached35per of the falling number of cases... KMC is charging Rs 100asfine emerging.Thisisabigfall.Now, the helpedusensurethat we were were allowedtogoback,theirbus getting treatedina cilities and HR. The lastwill in- cent, has seen asteep fall of up to When we conducted 1,300tests, forthose found without masksin positive rate standsaround15 per better preparedtodeal with the took themthrough areas which government hospital. Do you volve recruitmentandwillinvolve 15 percent. we usedtohavearound 300pos- public places.Inother parts of the cent in rural areas," said Dr Sali. In pandemic. were hotspots.The source of in- think the Covid-19crisishas theMantralaya,whiletherest will Speakingto TheIndianExpress itive cases,"hesaid. KMC state, the fine amount is Rs 500. ruralareas,1,489deathshave been At thestart of the pandemic, fection could be anywhere. re-emphasisedthe needto be dealt with at the districtlevel. on Monday, Municipal spokesperson DSMane said in In entireKolhapur district, the reported so far. our case fatality rate (CFR) wasas invest in health We will ensureall the primary Commissioner Mallinath Kolhapurcity,thecollective count collective case counthas crossed InruralKolhapur,Hatkanangle, highas5.5percent.Analysisof the Howhas home isolation infrastructure? Also, howdid healthcentres and taluka-level Kalshetty said, "The Covid-19sit- of positive casesstands at around the 45,500mark, with 8,500ac- Karveer and Ichalkaranji areas re- resultsshowedthatthis was helpedyou in terms of your trainingasadoctor help hospitals have the necessaryin- uation in Kolhapur city has come 13,800, with over 2,000 active tive cases. Atotal of 35,600Covid- main hotspots while in city areas, mainlybecauseof thepsycholog- maximising the use of youtacklethe crisis? frastructuretofunction as good under control. Residentsof cases."Thecity areas have so far 19 patients have been discharged RajarampuriandKasbaBawdare- ical barrier people had towards available medical Ihavestudiedingovernment healthcareproviders. Kolhapurhave respondedandco- seen 337deaths," he said. from hospitals and Covid Care main the hotspots,said officials. 36 pc consumersinPune expected to use e-commerce sites as 22-year-old Nepali woman primarymode of shoppingduring festive season, finds study ‘raped’ at Lucknow hotel, zero FIR lodgedinNagpur e-commerce shoppers saythey social media platform that has, shopping forthis year would their primarychannel, he purchases forthisfestivesea- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE will consider buying festive in the last30days,conducted an be,and 41 percentsaid e-com- added. In the second question, son would be,25per cent said Nepal towardsthe endof2018in PUNE,OCTOBER5 items onlinefromsmall busi- extensivestudy to understand merce sites and apps, while 29 candidates were asked what smartphonesand consumer VIVEKDESHPANDE search of ajob and leftfor Surat nesses, artisans,weavers, and howIndian consumers will per cent said theywill call local their reason forshopping on e- electronics (mobiles, tablets, NAGPUR,OCTOBER5 to live with her friend, afterwork- ASTUDY conducted across 50 other suchmediums, if theyare spend duringthe festiveseason retail stores to have products commerce sites and apps dur- printers, routers, laptops, ing as areceptionistatacompany cities, including Pune, stated that listed. via online and offline channels. home delivered. Only16per ing the festiveseason, in re- among others) and 13 percent A22-YEAR-OLD Nepali woman in Noidafor afew months. Her e-commercesites will be pre- Safetyduring Covid-19and This exercise receivedover cent said theywillphysically sponse to which, 43 per cent said goods and appliances (ACs, lodged acomplaint of rape, friend introducedher to theman, ferred forshopping duringthe conveniencewerethe toprea- 3,00,000 responses across 50 visit malls,marketsand local said safety, 29 percent said heaters, vacuums, cleaners, whichallegedlytook place in who wasworkinginDubai as a upcoming festiveseason. In sons as to whypeople will use e- topcities and over 330districts retailers, Taparia said. convenienceand 28 per cent TVs, fridges, air purifies, among Lucknow, at aNagpur police sta- softwareengineer, through video Pune, at least36per cent con- commerce sites to shopduring of the country.InPune’s survey, This means that 36 per cent said safety, convenience, better others.) As manyas49per cent tion on Saturday, following call. Her friend then took her to sumers areexpected to use e- the festiveseason,said Sachin 4,413 responses were received. of those doing festiveshopping value or price, selection, and said groceryand food supplies, whichazeroFIR wasregistered LucknowinJanuaryfor better job commerce sites as their primary Taparia, founder,LocalCircles. People were asked whattheir in Pune this year will use e- ease of returns or refunds. and 13 percent said theywere and the case wastransferredto prospects. The complainant gave shopping portal, and67per cent LocalCircles is acommunity primarychannel forfestive commerce sites and apps as When asked whattheirkey unsure. LucknowonSunday. Rs 1.5lakhtoher friend forsafe- The woman took the help of a keeping,but when shesought it localfriendinNagpurto lodgeher back, thefriend beat her up and complaint, as the culprit, who be- took her passport away." longs to Lucknow, has allegedly "The complainantconfidedin threatenedher,saying he wasin- the man, who lodged her at aho- fluentialandpolicewouldnotreg- tel, wherehelater sexuallyex- isteracase againsthim in his city. ploited her and also took photos "The22-year-oldwomanfrom andvideosanduploadedthemon Nepalapproachedusthroughalo- her Facebook and Instagram. He cal friend, who alsohails from alsosent them to her relativesin Nepal, with acomplaint againsta Nepal and later kept her at his man from Lucknow. She claimed friend'shouse, wherehecontin- hehadrapedherataLucknowho- uedtoexploitherforaboutaweek. teland,later,athisfriend'shousein Whensheapproachedalocalcon- September.Helater warnedher stable, he said the twoshould set- nottoapproachpoliceandtoldher tle it on theirown. The com- that he wasinfluential, and that plainant then calledher Nagpur police won't file her complaint," friendandmanagedtoescapeina saidtheseniorinspectorof thepo- cabafew days ago,"theofficersaid. licestation,wherethezeroFIRwas On the basisofher com- registered. plaint and afterverifying thede- He further said, "The com- tails, the case wastransferredto plainant's friend from Surat, also Lucknow, police said. aNepaliwoman, had conspired The complainant, police with the man so that he could added,has alsogone to gain access to her.The woman Lucknowalong with ateam for said she firstcametoNoidafrom further process. 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BRIEFLY IN SATARA,PUNE AND BHANDARA Lonavalato Fine collected across Punelocal state for spitting in restartsOct12

Pune: ThePune Railway public –just Rs 4,860 Divisionwill restartthe Pune-Lonavala local serv- ice on alimited basis from TABASSUM October 12 forproviders BARNAGARWALA of “essential services”. MUMBAI,OCTOBER5 Those who can avail of the service will be issued SINCE MAYwhen the QR code-enabledpasses Maharashtra government intro- by Pune Police, said ducedananti-spitting notifica- Central Railway officials. tion with ahefty fine to prevent "The timings of the serv- people from spitting, the public ice and frequency will be health department has man- announcedinafew aged to collect justRs4,860 in Members of BJP's Yuva days," saidManoj Jhawar, fine across the entirestate.The Morchahold aprotest PRO, Pune Division. notification wasannouncedby againstshortage of stateHealthMinisterRajesh Remdesivir in city hospitals. Tope to clamp down on the pos- Ashish Kale 412kgof sible coronavirusspread marijuana through spitting. However, a lackofpersonnel has made it pose greater risk to the foundintruck difficult forhealth officials to general public. regulateand fine offenders in Ganesh Sonawane, from Pune: Pune Customs both urban and rural districts. DirectorateofHealthServices, Department officials Only Satara, Puneand said,“Eachdistrictcivil surgeon is Mondaysaid theyrecov- Bhandarahavecollectedfines. entrustedwiththe responsibility ered 412kgofmarijuana Pune collected Rs 2,600, of penalising people forspitting. packedin206 plastic Customers being welcomedatarestaurant, whichopenedfor dine-infacility aftersix months of lockdown, in PuneonMonday. PavanKhengre BhandaraRs2,200and SataraRs But healthdepartmentofficials packets from atruck 60, statepublic health depart- refrain from penalising people in found abandonedonthe ment datashows.Spitting in publicplaceswithout policesup- Naldurg-Solapur Road. public places has been prohibited port. Since it is noteasy to go Vaishali Patange, Joint since close to adecade, but no around with police to lookfor vi- Commissioner,Pune ActivecasecountdropstoAugustlow measures have been takeninthe olators the fine collection is low.” Customs, said the mari- pasttopenaliseoffenders.The Sonawane said theyhave juana, whichwas seized stategovernment is using reachedout to the Food and Drug on Sunday, wasworth Rs Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897,in Administration and Maharashtra 65 lakh and wascon- viewofthe Covid-19pandemic police to ramp up checking in cealed in aspecial cavity inPMCareas,butdeathsriseby50pc to increase awareness. The fine publicplaces. on the roof of the truck. goes up to Rs 1,000forthe firstvi- Dr Sadhana Tayade, director The truckwas trafficking olation along with one dayofso- of DirectorateofHealth Services, marijuanafromremote whichcontinuedfor 20 days till so thereisbig concern anditwill 4and the count has risen to cial service. Those found repeat- said collecting fine forspitting is locations in Andhra AJAYJADHAV August17, with the active case be up to residents to checkthe 1,49,399 as on October 4. ing the offence willhavetoshell lowonpriority listfor imple- Pradesh, officialssaid. PUNE,OCTOBER5 count dropping to 14,442. spread of infection,” said acivic The number of recoveries in- INNUMBERS out Rs 3,000 and three days of menting agencies. “Apartfrom From August18, therewas officer.The onlyrestrictions cur- creasedby55.34per cent with public service. Thirdtime offend- improving hygiene in public Seniorcitizen AFTER PEAKINGonSeptember again asurge justbeforethe start rentlyare on educational insti- 46,438 patientsrecovering from ers willhavetopay Rs 5,000and places, this notification could also 25 forthe second time, the num- of the 10-dayGanesh festival and tutions,public entertainment fa- the infection but therehas been 51 five days of public service. beameansof collectinghugerev- robbedbyfour beroffresh Covid-19cases the active case load rose to ahigh cilitiesand organising functions hardlyany changeinthe num- Dr MRPatanshetti, Deputy enue,” she said, adding that the recordedevery daycontinuesto of 17,773.But the PMC started that would leadtoalarge gather- berofcritical patients. Covid-19deathsin Director,Nashik circle, where statecan also generaterevenue menonbikes decrease in Pune Municipal witnessingaslide from ing of people. As on October4,thereare Pune on Monday. no fine has been collected, said, through fine leviedfor notwear- Corporation (PMC)limits,but September 26. The case fatality rate in PMC 899 critical patientsadmitted in “If aperson spitsinhospital, I ing mask and sale of loose ciga- Pune: A60-year-old man the number of deaths has in- “We areexpectingafurther limitsis2.4 per cent with 3,647 ICUs in city hospitals with 504 6,867 can fine, but it is notpossible to rettes. “Unfortunatelyweneed wasallegedlyattacked creasedby50per cent over the drop in active cases over the deaths.OnSeptember 4, it was on ventilator and 395 without go in public and fine people. manpowerfor this,” she said. Toll so farinthe district. and robbed nearMax past fewdays. coming days.The second surge 2.38 per cent with 2,431 deaths. ventilator.OnSeptember 4, there Implementation is difficult for In Osmanabad wherenofine Mueller Bhavanin The PMC registered14,841 wasseenduring and afterthe Theslight increase is mainly were 891critical patientswith doctors.Weare already over- has been collectedsince May, Sangamvadi on Saturday active cases on October 5, with Ganesh festival, when many due to the 50.02 per cent in- 529 on ventilator and 362 with- 1,240 burdened.” He addedthat they district health officer Dr HV evening. The victimisun- thetally closetothe 14,940 re- otheractivities were restricted. crease in deaths, whichishigher out. The number of patientson New cases on Monday. need help from thepolice and Wadgavesaid, “We have to de- dergoing treatment at a portedonAugust 26. Now, thereare morerelaxations thanthe rate of infection over the oxygen was3,233onSeptember revenue department. puteofficials forthis in the dis- hospital, police said. The city’s firstpatient was with the opening up of stores pastmonth, in which1,216 4and 2,965 as on October 4. If an infected person spits in trict. Forviolation of notwear- Accordingtopolice, the identifiedonMarch 9and the and restaurantsand resumption deaths and 47,323 newpatients The testing of samples of sus- 2,95,251 public, passersbyhavehigher ing mask and gathering in a victim, who is aresident number of active cases kept ris- of public transportservices. were registered. The city had pected cases has been scaledup. The total positive cases risk of coming in contact group, we arepenalising people, of Koregaon Park andhas ingtill July28, peaking at 19,135. Severalbig festivals arealso com- crossedthe milestone of one October hasregisteredanaverage so farinthe district. with coronavirus. Health offi- and we have collected over Rs abusiness in Market Yard, Therewas adropafterwards, ingupinOctober and November, lakh positivecases on September positivity rate of 27.82 per cent. cials said tobacco chewers 50 lakh fine.” wasonhis wayhome on atwo-wheeler.Around 7.30 pm, four persons on twomotorcycles inter- FormerBJP MLA,4corporators and Metres from police commissionerate, property ceptedhim and threw chilli powder in his eyes, attackedhim with ahard 35 workers arrested for ‘assaulting developer shot dead in broad daylight object and escapedafter snatching his bag that civic officials, vandalising office’ had Rs 11,700,police said. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE thatthey were comingtohisoffice abuses at them, as per the com- PUNE,OCTOBER5 EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE to discuss various problems re- plaint.Senior Inspector Agri-tech PUNE,OCTOBER5 latedtowater supplyinthe area Brahmanand Naikwadi of Swar- A64-YEAR-OLD property devel- start-upraises under YewlewadiwardofPMC. gate police station said, "Wehave oper wasshotdead in broad day- ASENIOR city BJPleaderand four Tilekar,thecorporatorsandpo- arrested40personsafterthecom- light near the main office of the $1.7million corporators, alongwith 35 party liticalworkers came to the plaint wasregisteredwith us by StateBank of India (SBI) in Pune, workers, were arrested on Swargate WaterSupplydepart- civicofficials.Furtherprobeison." locatedafew metres from the Pune: Unnati, an agri-tech Mondayfor allegedlyvandalising mentofficeataround12.30pmon Naikwadi confirmed that Pune police commissionerate, start-up, has raised$1.7 the civic WaterSupplydepart- Monday. According to thecom- those arrested includeformer around 3pmonMonday. million in PreSeries A ment'sofficeinSwargate area,and plaint,whenJadhavstartedto talk MLATilekar,four corporators and The deceased, RajeshHaridas fundingfromthe NAB- “assaulting” civic officials. to them, Tilekar hit the table and 35 BJP workers. Police have Kanabar,was aresident of VENTURES fund, which Thosearrestedincludeformer thenhurledthefileskept onit.The booked these40persons under Ghorpadi Goan and had cometo investsinrural, food and MLAandBJPleaderYogeshTilekar, personsaccompanying Tilekar variousIndianPenalCodesections the Pune District Collectorateto agriculturerelated busi- party corporators Virsen Jagtap, then usedchairs to damage glass pertaining to assaultongovern- attend ahearing about an ongo- nesses.FoundedbyAmit Ranjana Tilekar,Rani Bhosale and panelsof cupboardsandwindows ment servant, wrongful confine- ing disputeoveraplotin Sinhaand Ashok Prasad, VrushaliKamthe,and35 workers. of the office. ment, unlawfulassembly, rioting, Bavdhanarea. Theincidenttook thethree-year-old start- The BJP leaders were reportedly Tillekar allegedly dragged negligentactlikelytospreadinfec- place afterthe hearing, when up is positionedasaplat- upsetabout the irregular water Jadhavoutof hischair,threatened tion (due to coronavirus pan- Kanabar had stoppedatafruit form to provide access to supplytoareas in Solapur Road- other staffmembers and locked demic)and intentional insult to stall near the SBI office. Twoper- competitively pricedin- Kondhwa. them outside the office. breachpeace. sons, one of them armed, came At the spotwhereRajesh Kanabar wasshotdead, near SBI office on Monday. Arul Horizon putsfor farmers. It helps Afirstinformationreportinthe The groupofBJP leaders and Municipal Commissioner up to him, said police. The as- them getremunerative case has been registeredbyAshit workersallegedly broughtJadhav Vikram Kumar said he would sailantsshothim twice, before prices fortheir produce Jadhav, anexecutive engineerwith andhiscolleagueRahulSortetoan comment on the alleged incident escaping from thespot. Prima-facie, police suspect the A33-year-old man wasmur- the past. Police suspectthat the and access to better mar- the Swargate WaterSupplydivi- open yard on the premises and onlyafter getting detailedinfor- Kanabar's driverrushedhim murder wasthe fallout of aland dered in Kharadi in the early murderisthe result of an old dis- kets.Italso provides fi- sion of PMC. forcefullyappliedateeka on their mation about it. to Jehangir Hospital,wherehe dispute, but different angles are hours of Monday. The deceased, pute. The assailants attacked nancialservices to them. Jadhavsaid Tilekarand some foreheads,garlandedthem and BJP leaders and partyoffice- succumbed to injuries being probed to confirm the ex- Shailesh DattatrayaGhadge, had Ghadgewith awooden stickand ENS othershad calledhim up on performeda'pooja', all the while bearers refusedtocomment on Police have already nabbed act cause behind the killing. apolice record and he has also cement blocks near ahotelin Mondaymorning and told him shouting slogans and hurling the issue. twosuspectsfromBaner area. Another murder in Kharadi been externedfromcity limits in Kharadi area around 12.30 am.

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Notedalumniincludefreedom many discoveriesfromHarappan announce itsclosurebetween TheoryofEarth(1697),whichfind collection alone amountstoRs40 ANJALIMARAR fighter LokmanyaBal Gangadhar sites —are of great importance," 1934 and 1939. The alumni, how- specialspace in the collections. lakh ayear.Withoutany support PUNE,OCTOBER5 Tilak,IndologistRamkrishna saidAPJamkhedkar,Chancellorof ever,cameto therescueandraised Tilak,who livedinthe boys' fromUGCorthestategovernment, Gopal Bhandarkar,philosopher thedeemed-to-beDeccanUnive- fundsto revive itasapostgraduate hostel room 134between 1873 theoverallpreservationhastaken ASANSKRIT manuscriptdating RamchandraDattatrayaRanade, rsity.The collegemay be nearing college, adding archaeology to its and1876 whilepursuinghismas- ahit,"Moresaid, adding that backto1023, over 5,000 diction- social reformer Gopal Ganesh twocenturies,butmanyofitsliter- coresubjects. ter’s degree, later giftedhis per- paucityoffunds prevented digiti- aries, aBhagavadGitaweighing3 Agarkar,and others, who collec- arycollections,datingbacktothe "When the collegereopened, sonalVediccollectionof 197books. sation of topographical maps. gm, and morethan 8,000 topo- tively went on to laythe founda- 15th century, were painstakingly we receivedsome 6,000 rare Withsomuchofhistoryunder Subscriptionsto newjournals, graphical mapsare amongthe tionforsocialsciencesandlinguis- gathered during extensive travels booksinlanguages ranging from one roof,the collegeadministra- some of whichhaveanannual priceless and rare collections that tic studiesinthe country. undertakenby scholarsalloverthe Latin, German, Sanskrit, Marathi tionisincreasinglyhavingatough subscriptionof Rs1lakh,have also DeccanCollegePostGraduateand Themainbuilding,designedin country. Somenevermadeitto the and more. Today, thelibraryhas time preserving them. Over the been suspended, she said. Research Institutecan boastof, as the Victorian Neo-Gothic style, is libraryrecords,asforeignscholars over 1.13 lakhbookswith some of pastfour years, the stategovern- The PMC, in the lasttwo years, itmarkstwocenturiessinceitses- awitness to India's evolvinghis- kept it to themselves. them onlyavailable here," said li- ment and University Grants supportedthe collegewith Rs 50 tablishment in 1821. tory,cultureand languages that Deccan College, spread over brarian Trupti More. Commission (UGC) have stopped lakh eachfor restorationworks of Backthen, it wasknown as have been well documented ei- 115acres, had itsown shareof Theoldestbook,titledTheCity their funds to the college, whose thebuildingstructure."TheCentre HindooCollege,acentretoimpart ther in literaryorarchaeological troubleswhenthenumberof stu- of God authored by St Augustine, main building wasawarded the will have to criticallythink about Sanskrit courses in Pune's evidence.Thecollegewillenterits dentsopting forcourses here dates backto1523.Also in the heritagetag by thePMC. theimportanceof thesubjectsand Vishrambaugwada. India’s third bicentenaryyear on October 6. recordedasharpdecline. Newer league areTravels in to Africa and As aresult, manyofthese col- their contributions, devise afirm oldestcollege,itwas reborn twice "The contributions of Deccan institutionslikeFergussonCollege The library has over 1.13 lakh books, with some of them only Asia (1665), History of Revolution lectionsareindireneedofpreser- policy and extend financialsup- as Poona and, later,asDeccan College—beitthe ambitious beganattracting youngsters. This available here. Express of MogolEmpire(1671),Historyof vation and better space. "The li- port to the college," said Collegeinthe last200years. Sanskrit dictionaryproject or the forcedtheBritishmanagementto the Church of Malabar (1694), braryand preservationofits vast Jamkhedkar,analumnushimself.

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LJP snub to JD(U) aheadofBiharpollisapointertodiminishing clout IN AWELCOME move,the Department of second major challengeissafetravel, espe- from increasedmobilityofsenior academics. of the chief minister,and recasting of NDA ScienceandTechnologyisreportedlydrawing ciallyifthis policy is to percolatebeyond the Amajorhurdleforexperimentalistsisthatthey up apolicy wherethe proportion of women major cities, intosuburbantowns, where areloathtoleave facilities that theyhavebuilt employedwill be considered in ranking asci- manylarge educational campuses arebuilt. up from scarce resources withtimeand care. NTHE RUN-UP to the Bihar assembly polls, while the RJD-Congress-Leftcombine entific institution. Consistent effortsbyindi- Prioritising young families foron-campus By creatingametric forvaluation of suchre- reachedaseat-sharing agreement lastweek, thereisatelling twistinthe negotia- viduals and organisations, notablythe Indian housing by revamping the current seniority- sources, and achannelfor inter-institutional tionsinthe NDA—with RamVilasPaswan’sLok Janshakti Partyquitting the alliance AcademyofSciences,has exposedthe dismal basedsystemand workplace transportfacil- mobility,cross-fertilisation of ideas, technical I statistics.Indian scientific institutionscollec- ity in cities is the equivalent of cycles for expertise and resources can ensue. Many inthestate,citingideologicaldifferenceswiththeJD(U),evenasitendorsesNarendra Modi’s leadership and continues in the NDAatthe Centre. The move seems to be aimed tively employonly15percentwomenevenas schoolgirls in remote districts. women find asecond opportunity in their women form 37 per cent of PhDholdersand The thirdmostimportant changeshould fifties. The flexibility to switch career paths specificallyatdownsizing Nitish Kumar.The LJP,whichcurrentlyhas twoMLAsinthe as- accounted for40per cent of university enrol- beinourapproachtoconferences.Bysupport- with an initialexploratoryperiodfollowedby sembly and drawsits supportmostlyfromone group within the Dalit community,ishardly ment in science subjectsin2001, according to ing and rewarding organisers who ensure the opportunitytomakeapermanent move achallenger to Kumar.But by throwingdownthe gauntlet, it undermines the JD(U) chief’s the reportofthe National Task Forcefor greaterparticipationof women,we canensure could preventstagnation and createamuch- claimtobethe undisputed leader of the NDAinBihar. Women in Science. Fast forwardto12years higher participation andpresent networking neededfluxbetweenacademicinstitutes-gov- Nitish Kumar,who is seekingafourth consecutive term as chief minister,has been one later,aperiod that can be consideredabout opportunities without the inequalities im- ernment and privatecentres of learning,re- of thetwomajorpolesof Biharpolitics—theotherbeinghisarch-rivalandRJDpatriarch Lalu one-thirdoftheformalemploymentperiodof posed by the variable practices at different in- search institutes and even the industry. ascientific career,the Indian National Science stitutes. With growing impetus on securing Thenewpolicyshouldapplytoprivate and Prasad—sincethe Mandal revolution in the 1990s.This election, too, will revolvearound his Academyhad only 5per centelected women funds from the industry, specialsessions at governmentinstitutes.We have beenwitness- leadership and recordinoffice. But the signs of anti-incumbency maybebuilding, and the fellows intheirranks.Aseverincreasingnum- Afew structural changes can conferences can provide aplatform forfloat- inganinfluxof philanthropicfunding,entryof LJP maybetaking itscue from them. Even if Kumar winsanother term, he will, in all likeli- bers of women come out of universitiesand go along way in rectifying ing ideas andunderstanding the needs of the foreign institutions and the rapid growth of hood,have to contendwithamoreassertive BJPandgovernwithadiminishedstature.With look foropportunities, this policy mustaim to industry. Women willespeciallybenefitfrom private institutionsinthearenaof higheredu- the inequalities during the LaluPrasad in jail,Kumar’s main campaign plank—the contrasting of his recordingovern- prepare institutionsto ensureadiverseandin- moving such discussions from alumni net- cation.If we placetheburdenof reversinglong- ment to the RJD’s “jungle raj” —isalready running out of resonance. The LJP’s snub is yetan- clusive workplace forwomeninscience. early stages of ascientific worksand informal clubs to the open format standing inequalities and ensuring inclusivity Aprecipitousdropinthenumberof women of conference sessions. only on government-fundedinstitutions, we other indicationthat“Sushasan Babu”cannotharp on oldachievements, be it improved in- career.The recent guidelines insciencehappensatthestagesfollowinggrad- making creche facilities Itisimportantto note thatthesemeasures areinfactputting them at agreat disadvan- frastructureand lawand order or welfareschemes suchasbicycles forgirlstudents. Kumar uation.Juggling professional and domestic re- notjusthelp women but provide amoreeq- tage in acompetitivearena. willhavetorespond to theaspirations of anew generation of voters, who have been benefi- sponsibilities is onlythe tip of the iceberg. mandatoryatworkplaces uitable workplace. The workplace creche, for If we trulywant“inclusivity,equityanddi- ciaries of his ownlong years in office, but who will judgehim by their changing hopes and Buildingamotivatedteam and attracting con- employing acertain number example, notonlysupports women but also versity” in our scientific institutions, the new aspirations, notcomparehim to the Lalu regime. sistent funding arethe twomain challenges of women were much menwhosharechildcareresponsibilities.The policyhas to be sensitive to ground levelreal- Theshrinkingof theNDAinBiharfollows closeontheheelsof theShiromaniAkaliDalquit- thatany young researcher faces. Attending re- needed. Alesson from the childcareleave,liketheleave travelconcession, ities.Committeesandorganisationshavetobe ting theallianceafew days agoinPunjab andthe Shiv SenainMaharashtralatelastyear.The search conferencesand presenting papersat if extendedtoeitherparent, will prevent sensitisedand implementationensured nationalandinternationalmeetingsishow one experience of starting one women from bearing the brunt of career set- through periodic evaluations of outcomes. LJP’smoveconfirms the continuingtransformation of theNDA from apolitical alliance in gets noticed. Administrative hasslesatthe suchfacilityisthat it would backs.Ironically, many measuresconceivedto Making the dataregarding publiclyfunded whichthe regionalparties had asignificantsay to onedominatedbythe BJP and comman- workplace,uncertaintyof securingatravelfund be unaffordable forstudents be “women-friendly”can have unintended projectswidelyavailablewillallowanalysisof deeredbythe charisma of PM Modi. This has reducedthe space within the NDAfor regional and help at the home front caringfor young and post-doctoral fellows if and undesirable consequences, especiallyin factorsbeyondequalityinnumbers,by asking concernsand leaders, especiallyiftheseare at variance with the vision of Modi and his BJP. children or ageing parentsoften makethe the short-term. In some institutes, to ensure deeper questions, likewhat percentageof TheSenaandSADmay have separatedfromtheNDAfordifferentreasonsbuttheclashwith woman scientistfocus on publications since allthe costs were to be borne their safety, women areadvised to work only funding goes to women scientists at various the BJP’s centralisingtendencies wasarguablyafactor.Pastrecordsuggeststhat NDAcon- theyare perceivedasthe one objective crite- by the users. By steppingin duringofficialhours,whilemencanaccesslabs levels.Poorly thoughtoutandhaphazardlyim- rion to judgeascientist. However, scientific anytime.Insteadof segregatinganygroupout plementedpoliciesthatfocusonmereratings stituentshavehadto cedegroundtotheBJPintheirstrongholdssince2014.Itmaybetheturn and providing qualified ideasgrowandtakeformthroughinteractions, of sight, the best research institutions create and rankings canbackfire. At leastinthe early of Nitish Kumar’s JD(U)now. andimmersive experiencesaway fromthelab manpower, the institute spaces formixing and mingling, ironing out stages,thebenefitsofsuchradicalchangesare andhomehelpindevelopingfresh,creativeand whereIwork ensured that stereotypes and perceptionsofbeingthe also likelytogotothe women who areless in contemporaryprojects. the creche wassustainable, “other” group. needofsuchmeasures. Afew structuralchangescan go alongway affordable forall and Another informal practice at manyinsti- Some turbulence in the shortterm is in- in rectifying the inequalities during the early tutesisto avoidhiringcouples.Thishasbeena evitable to bring about lasting change, but GAME BEGINS, AGAIN provided employment stages of ascientific career.The recent guide- majorstumblingblockformanyscientists who withoutscopeforself-correction,policiesmay lines making creche facilities mandatoryat opportunities to more foundlike-mindedpartnersintheirownfields. evolve into entrenchedpractices that take us In Pakistan, as parties join hands againstruling regime, afamiliar workplaces employing acertain number of women. Thesecond major Oftendubbed the “two-body problem”,cou- away from theintendedcourse.Ensuring women were muchneeded. Alesson from the challenge is safe travel, plesareforcedtoputonecareerbefore another equalitywithout compromising quality of re- tumult is back. Wherelatestlong march is headedisstill unclear experience of starting one suchfacility is that to ensureatleast onestablejob.Myexperience search,bycreatinganenvironmentof individ- it would be unaffordable forstudentsand especially if this policy is to has taught me that mostfearsofcouple-hir- ual freedom and institutional trust, requires ISTORY IS BEGINNINGtorepeat itself in Pakistan. Latelastmonth, several post-doctoralfellows if allthe costs were to percolate beyond the major ingareimaginedandexaggerated.Infact,these concertedeffortfrompolicy makers, institu- Opposition parties, including the PakistanPeople's Partyand the Pakistan beborne by theusers.Bysteppingin andpro- cities, into suburban towns, couplesareofteninvisiblebridgesbetweenthe tionsand individuals. Muslim League (N), came together in Islamabad in an “all parties confer- H vidingqualifiedmanpower, the institute where manylarge islandsthatinevitablyforminaprofessionthat ence” pledging to remove theImran Khan government via a“mass move- whereIworkensuredthat the crechewassus- requires deep specialisation and wide net- Thewriter is amolecular biologist, working for ment”. But the real target,atleastasarticulated by PML(N) leader NawazSharif in strong tainable, affordable forall and providedem- educational campuses are worksinequal parts. 15 years at theCSIR-InstituteofGenomics and wordsas“astate above thestate”, wasthe military. A26-point resolution adoptedbythe ployment opportunities to morewomen.The built. Institutes around the countrycan benefit Integrative Biology.Views arepersonal PakistanDemocratic Movement calledonthe “establishment”, short-hand forthe mili- tary,tostopmeddling in politics and described thepresent government as “selected”by the military. ThePDM has announcedaplan of action forthe coming months, including rallies —the firstoftheseisset to take place in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan—that will culminateina“long march”inJanuary. Thereisanundeniable churn in Pakistanonce again, and the government of Imran GOOD LAWS IN BAD TIMES Khan, whose symbiotic relationship with the PakistanArmyhas been well advertisedby no less than the prime ministerhimself, will have itshands full. This is notthe firsttime in Pakistan'shistory that politicalpartiesare joininghands to remove an electedorselected Farm bills can achieve alot,but in acrisis year government should exercise caution government or amilitaryruler. This time,the protests aretargetedagainstanopenlyhy- brid civilian-militaryregime,for whichthe initial popular enthusiasm has beguntowear off. The PDM's choice of leader has been counter-intuitive,but perhaps it sidesteps the Yoginder KAlagh trickier choice between PPP leader Asif Ali Zardari and NawazSharif, or their political TO RECOGNISEthat alot of agricultural trade lot, butsome cautionin abad non-agricultural gued fora“fair” MSP to states likeRajasthan heirs, BilawalBhuttoZardari and Mariam Nawaz. Andwhile Maulana FazlurRehman takesplaceoutsideAPMCsissensible.To think year won’t hurtanyone. In anormal year,one and Gujarat wasasanadviser to thethen fi- leadsanIslamistright-wing party inherited from hisfather,and has supportedthe Afghan thatallthathappensundergoodconditionsis would have suggestedthat if thereare mar- nance minister, the lateJaswant Singh. Iwas jihad, and made deals with the military, he has also worked withthe PPP and PML(N) in silly. To knowthatarhtiyas areimportant in ketsinplace, the stateshould leverage them. supportedbyRam Niwas Mirdha, former the past. Additionally, he would bring to the table his owncredibility in religious conser- Indian agricultural marketsissensible. To But this year,the state will have to fight the Speaker of the Rajasthan Assemblyand a vative Pakistan, thus pre-empting the usual accusation againstsuchalliances in the past, knowthat theyare apartofthe supply chain pandemicand will nothavethe time to inter- champion of dryland agriculture. Sharad that theyplaytoanAmerican, Israeli or Indian script. in the north-westpartofthe countryisalso vene with that selective touch. It will be good Pawar, akisan at heart, summarisedmycon- Lastyear,Fazlur Rehman ledhis ownlong march to the capital demanding that Imran important. However, arhtiyas cannotdareto to createafewmoreFMCs, but Idonot think ceptualreportand releaseditduring adiscus- take on the FCI and the mai baap sarkar. theywill become the dominant form of rural sioninParliamentknowingfullwellthatcom- Khanresign, and among the grounds he gave forthis demandwas that thegovernment Moreover, sucharrangementsdonot work in organisation this year. pulsoryprocurement MSPs wasaghost hadbeen toosoftonIndia over Kashmir,and opened the gatesinKartarpurSahib.Hewill other parts of the country.Atthe same time, That relic of thepast, the MSP,had itsdays conceptoutsidethe country’s northwest. lead therallyinQuetta, wherehehas alarge following among the BalochPashtun. Where to saythat e-markets and farmer-managed of glorywhen theMarxisteconomistAshok So nowwhen the farmer agitates about this latestiteration of the “movement fordemocracy” is headedwill be revealedasthe companies—the lastasdesignedbyacom- Mitra, and then the lateDharam Narain, MSPs, he says do notbeunfair to me. game unfolds. mittee Ichaired at the beginning of this cen- Without first-stage headedthe Agricultural Prices Commission Isthereaway out?Forstarters,why notask tury—arethewayaheadiscorrectbutto sug- (later CACP). Thosewerethe days of compul- the Niti Aayogtowriteanimplementation gest thattheyare dominantruralorganisations processing,inthe absence of soryprocurementandzonalrestrictions.Each plan forthe farm bills aftergiving ahearingto today, twodecades later,ischildish. other infrastructure and crop had itsreport. Itook charge from them variousparties—theAayog’smemberRamesh Agricultureisthe one good performing with thin markets in and pointedout that prices play an allocation Chandknows aboutMSPsandAPMCsandthe GOALS AND PENALTIES sector this year.Weneedtostrengthenit, not commodities other than role, so there should only be tworeports,one agency’s vice-chairman, RajivKumar,under- feed offits glory. India has the largest spread forkharif andanotheroneforrabi—apartfrom stands the trade aspect of agriculture. of agricultural markets in the world, accord- grains, the farmer knows he sugarcane, an annual crop. The 1982 rabi re- Of course, the Essential Commodities Act The ‘Real Facebook Oversight Board’isanattempt at putting ingtospatialmaps.Butthese markets arenot is at the mercy of the trader portIwrotetalked about the role of relative should be ditchedalong with the medical moral pressuretoact againstfakenews.But it maynot work APMCs. Without first-stage processing, in the —hetakes to the streets pricesandpositionedMSPsasanintervention wasteofthe virus. And, next year,wecan use absence of other infrastructureand withthin when his predicament is not mechanism whenmarketsfailedoutside the thesegoodlaws we have always wanted.Good HERE'STHECOMPANY,theBoardandnow, theRealBoard.FacebookInc,under markets in commoditiesother than grains, compulsoryprocurementarea.Thiswasgrad- laws areharbingers of progress. Those who the farmer knows he is at the mercy of the recognised,especially when ually developedbymysuccessors,myteacher disagreeshould maketheir case. If theydoso the scanner forhow itsflagship platform and otherproducts(Instagram, trader —hetakes to thestreets whenhis his traditional exploitersare GS Bhalla, DSTyagi, GKChadha and Abhijit without sloganeering, we mayactually WhatsApp)havebeen usedtomanipulateelectionsand spread misinforma- predicamentisnot recognised, especially given the upper hand. No Sen. The conceptoftransport costs andman- progress. T tion,set up an Oversight BoardinNovemberlastyear.Its purpose, broadly: To when his traditional exploiters aregiven the agerial costbecame important and aconcep- provide moreaccountability by serving as asortoffinalcourtofappeal over posts which upper hand. No wonder,farmers in Punjab wonder,farmersinPunjab tual reportIwas commissionedtowrite was The writer,aformer Union minister, have beenflaggedby usersandremovedbythealgorithmand/ormediators.Thesevere lim- have takentothe streets. Policy can achieve a have takentothe streets. categorisedas“classified”. The lasttime Iar- is an economist itations of this largely internal mechanismhas ledagroup of civil societyactivists —includ- ing Facebook's former head of election security —toform “The Real Facebook Oversight Board” to holdthe companytoaccount as the US elections take place. The Real Board's role will be to exercise, at best,moral pressure. Thispressureisneeded. OCTOBER 6, 1980, FORTY YEARS AGO Because,quitesimply, Facebookhasn't done enough. First, the company's oversight boardis little morethan asophisticated form of customer service —real oversight is almost impos- J&K SPEAKER ELECTION ingthe Speaker’s postvacantas“illegal”. continuetobattlewiththe aggressor and sible when those doing the overseeing draw their paychecks from thecompanytheyare THE JAMMUAND Kashmir governor,LK invading Iraqi mercenaries, despiteauni- Jha, by anotification, proroguedthe state PAK AND THE BOMB lateral ceasefireannouncedbyIraq. meantto holdtoaccount.Second,andmoreimportantly,theFacebookOversightBoardwill assemblyand summoneditonOctober 8. EXTERNALAFFAIRS MINISTER PV StatementsfromBaghdad said that Iran had notbefunctional in time forthe US presidential elections. Now, the Real Boardisasking The governor also issuedanorder according NarasimhaRao has said that thegovern- sent warplanes to attack Iraq’s capital and Facebooktoinstitutemeasuresagainstposts incitingviolence,banadsthatmentionelection to whichthe Speaker’s election willbeheld ment has information about Pakistanmak- other cities. In retaliation,Iraqattacked results before the official announcement, and label posts about the election resultsbefore on that day. This signalsthe end of the cri- inganuclear bomb. India’s policy is against Tehran’s Mehrabad Airportbut therewas the resultsaspremature. These arereasonable demands. Theymay also be naive. siswhichhad engulfed the assembly over anybomb, he stated.Webelieve in peaceful no damagetoany installation. Quiteafewofthemembersof theRealBoardare leadersof the#StopHateForProfitcam- the postofthe speaker.The legislatureparty use of nuclear energy and will discuss with paign.ButinFacebook'scase,itisimportantto understandthathumanmonitoringof thesheer of the ruling National Conference is ex- like-mindedcountries if anycountryflouts MANIPUR FLOODS pected to meettomorrowtofinalise itscan- suchapolicy. ABOUTTWO LAKH people have been af- volumeofdataproducedbyusersisnexttoimpossible. Andthe algorithmsthatkeepusers didatefor the post. Present indications point fected as theswollen Imphaland Iril rivers hooked,liketheprofitmotive,are amoral.Oversight,externalorinternal,willonlymakeareal to AbdulRahim Rathar being the likely ILLUSORYCEASEFIRE away sevenvillages in Manipur’scentral differenceif itimposespecuniarypenalties,notPRones,andforcesachangeinthegoalof the choice. Meanwhile, the state JanataParty HOPE, IF ANY,provedillusoryinthe West district following flash floods afterfour days algorithm itself. has described thegovernor’saction declar- Asian warasIranannouncedthat itsforces of torrential rains.

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Obsessionwith non-alignment divertsDelhi'spolicy attentionawayfromthe urgent task of rapidly recovery expandingIndia's nationalcapabilitiesinpartnership with like-mindedpartners Forextracting maximum value under IBC, asset reconstruction companies mustbeallowedto turn around distressedbusinesses

ruptcy system. Therewas no marketfor cor- poratecontrolofdistressedfirms.ARCs were originallydesignedfor this peculiar institu- RAJA MANDALA tional ecosystem. Theywererequired to hand over the distressedbusiness backto by CRajaMohan the original promoteronce theyhad gener- ated enough value to repaythe debt. Consequently, ARCs had little incentive to FEWOFDELHI’Sbilateralrelationsgetasmuch Pratik Datta turn around distressedbusinesses. This sit- attentionasits growing engagement with uation completelychangedin 2016.Now the Washington and none of itsmanyglobal IBC seekstomaximisethe value of dis- groupings generateasmuchpolitical heat as FORMER CENTRAL BANKERS ViralAcharya tressedbusinessesthroughamarketfor cor- the so-calledQuad —the quadrilateral frame- and Raghuram Rajanrecentlyreleasedapa- poratecontrol. ARCs should be able to fully work that brings India togetherwith the US per titled“Indian Banks: Atime to reform”. participateinthis marketand attempt suc- and itsAsianallies, Japan and Australia. Among other things, theyargue that when cessful turnarounds by acquiring strategic The Quad, whose foreign ministers are thereare fewerbids in abankruptcy auction, control over distressedbusinesses. meeting todayinTokyocouldcertainly CRSasikumar the value on loans is better realisedifabad Acompanythat undergoes IBC resolu- emerge,atsome pointinthe future,asacriti- bank(read an assetreconstruction com- tion successfully, emergessolvent. In asol- calelementnotonlyforIndia’sforeignandse- withImperialJapanto setupaprovisionalgov- mentalnature of alliances.Agreementsforse- pany) takesoverthe borrowerand places vent company, shareholders have stronger curitypolicy but also adefinitive moment in ernment in Port Blair,Andaman Islands. curity cooperation aremade in aspecific con- the firm under newmanagement. The ARC incentivesthan creditors to maximise en- theevolutionof post-WarAsianeconomicand Jawaharlal Nehru, who unveiledthe pol- text and againstaparticular threat. When could parachuteateam of topmanagers to terprise value. This is because anincrease in security architectures. icyofnon-alignment among the great pow- thosecircumstances change, security treaties replace the promoterand her topaides. This enterprise value automaticallyincreases the Meanwhile, confusion reigns on what the ers,didnotruleoutalliancesinadifferentcon- arenot worththe paper theyare written. situation is even morelikelyduring an eco- value of itsequity.Incontrast,creditors do Quad is and itsfutureinIndia’s international text. When the three Himalayan Kingdoms — Consider India’s securitytreaties with Nepal, nomic crisis when experiencedindustry notbenefit from increases in enterprise relations. Sustaining that confusion is the Bhutan, Nepal and Sikkim —turnedtoDelhi Bangladeshand Russia. The 1950 Treaty was players areunable to payareasonable price value beyond their individual claims. proposition that India is abandoning its “sa- forprotection amidstMaoistChina’s advance designedtoprotect Nepal againstthe Chinese forthe firm. This would effectively putan If ARCs could hold moreequity instead of cred”traditionofnon-alignmentinfavourof a intoTibet during1949-50,Nehrusignedsecu- threat. But large sections of thepolitical elite ARCinthe role of aprivate equity manager. debt in the resolvedcompany, theywould militaryalliancewiththeUSinorderto counter rity treaties withthem. Nehru, whoactively in Kathmandu no longer see adanger from its These argumentshaveabearing on the also have astrongerincentive to take strate- the China threat. Although External Affairs opposedUSalliances in Asia, turnedtothe US north. Worse still, Nepali communists have ongoing debateregarding an ARC’srole in gic control to ensuresuccessfulturn around. MinisterSJaishankar affirmedthatIndiawill formilitarysupporttocopewith the Chinese long arguedthat the Treatyisasymbolof insolvency resolution. Going by the stance ThelawshouldthereforeenableARCsto in- notjoinany alliance,thechatteronIndia’sim- aggression in 1962. Delhidesperatelysought, Indian hegemony. India’s1972security treaty takenbythe RBI, an ARCcan participatein vest in adistressedcompany’s equity, pending alliancehas acquired alifeofits own. butdid notget,security guarantees from the with Bangladesh did notsurvive the 1975 as- resolutions under the Insolvency and whether by infusing fresh capital or by con- One wayofclearing that confusion is to ask US, UK andSovietRussia afterChina tested its sassination of the nation’s founder,Mujibur Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) onlyifitpart- verting debt intoequity.Effectively, an ARC four questions. firstnuclear weapon in 1964. Rahman. ners with an equity investor,whichisthe should act morelikeaprivate equity fund, The firstquestion is aboutthe nature of al- IndiraGandhi signedasecurity coopera- India’sownenthusiasmforthe1971 treaty resolution applicant. If the application suc- as Acharya and Rajan envision. This in turn liances.Althoughtheyhaveanegative conno- tion agreement withthe SovietUnion in 1971 withMoscow wanedwithinadecade,asDelhi ceeds, theequity investor would acquirethe would makethe marketfor corporatecon- tationinourforeignpolicydiscourse,alliances to cope with the crisis in EastPakistan. Then, sought to improverelationswithBeijing and shares, while the ARCtrustwouldacquire trol under IBC deeper and moreliquid, im- areverymuchpartofstatecraftand as old as asnow, therewasmuchanxietyinDelhiabout Washington. Russia waswilling to support the debt. Some stakeholders, however, pre- proving ex-anterecovery ratesfor banks. warand peace. Theyare ameans to enhance India abandoning non-alignment. India also IndiaagainsttheChinachallengeinthe1970s. ferasimpler arrangement —why notlet To appreciatehow this marketcould one’s power. Theyare about deterring or de- signedasimilar treatyoffriendship with the Buttoday, BeijingisMoscow’sstrongestinter- ARCs directlyinvestinthe equity of dis- work,consider the role playedbyhedge featingone'sadversaries.Theyinvolve written newly-liberatedBangladeshin1972. national partner —areality that has abearing tressedcompanies through IBC resolution funds in the American distresseddebt mar- (in atreaty) commitmentstocome to thede- Indiadoesdoalliancesbut the question is on India’s strategic partnership with Russia. justlikeprivate equity funds? ket.Inthe1980sand early 1990s, market dy- fenceof theotheragainstathirdparty.Beyond when, under what conditions and on what No countryismoreinstrumentalaboutal- The RBI doesn’t appear to favour suchan namics coupledwith deregulation fuelled the pure version, alliances come in multiple terms. liances as China. ChairmanMao aligned with extendedrole forARCs. This hesitation is not an active marketfor trading claims in com- shapes and forms —theycould be bilateral or That brings us to thethirdquestion.Isthe theSoviet Unionaftertheestablishmentofthe without basis. In the aftermath of the Asian paniesundergoingresolutionunderChapter multilateral, formal or informal and forthe USoffering IndiaanallianceagainstChina?To People’s Republic in 1949 and fought the financial crisis, countries like Indonesia, 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code. This market long-termornearterm.How theyworkvaries be sure, US Deputy Secretary of StateStephen KoreanWaragainst theUSduring1950-53.He Koreaand Malaysia establishedcentralised, providedbetteropportunities than equity according to the distribution of powerwithin Beigunrecentlymused about the Quad turn- brokefromRussiainthe early 1960s and typicallystate-owned, assetmanagement marketsfor acquiring control of distressed the membersofanallianceand the changing ingintosome kind of an alliance in the future. movedcloser to theUSinthe 1970s. companies (AMCs)forresolutionorrestruc- businesses. Consequently, it attractedhedge nature of the external threat. But one speech does notanalliance make. In Mao, who denouncedUS alliancesinAsia, turingof distressedfinancialinstitutions. At funds.Hedge funds hired entrepreneurs Alliances figureprominentlyinIndia’san- fact, the current political discourse in washappytojustifythemif theyweredirected that time, India’s non-performing assets with industry expertise who could playa cientstrategic wisdomembodiedinthe Washington is hostile to alliance-making. at Russiathat he sawasagreater threat to stood at awhopping 14.4 per cent. This moreactive role in turningaround dis- Mahabharata, the Panchatantraand the PresidentDonald Trumpdoes notmissan China. He also welcomedWashington’s al- meantenhancedprovisioning requirement tressedcompanies. Over time, these hedge Arthashastra.ContemporaryIndiandomestic opportunity to trashUSalliances. His UnlikeCommunist China,a liancewithTokyoasausefulmeansto prevent forbankswhichseverelyconstrainedtheir fundshad asalutaryimpactonturnarounds politics is always about making and unmak- Democraticrival, Joe Biden, talksofstrength- democratic India can’tbe the return of Japanese nationalism and mili- abilityto extend credit. Theabsence of an ef- under Chapter11. ingalliances —between different castesand eningUSalliances, but thereisnopromise to brutally transactional about tarism. Having gained immensely from the fective bankruptcysystemposedadditional Distresseddebt investors could similarly communities.Yet,whenitcomesto India’sfor- build newones. partnership withthe US over the last four challenges. It wasinthis context that the turnaroundfailingIndian businesses under eign policy,alliancesare seen as ataboo. In anycase, formal commitmentsdonot its external partnerships. But decades, China is tryingtopushAmerica out Narasimham Committee (1998) recom- the aegis of theIBC. Currently,investors Partof the problem is that India's imageof always translate intorealityduring times of Delhi could certainly learn of Asiaandestablishitsownregionalprimacy. mendedsettingupanARC specificallyfor could potentiallyuse three kinds of domes- alliances is frozen in the moment whenIndia war. Pakistan,forexample,thoughtits1954bi- from Beijing in not letting UnlikeCommunistChina, ademocratic purchasing NPAs from banksand financial tic investment vehicles —Alternative becameindependent.AstheWesternpowers lateral security agreement with the US was India can’t be brutallytransactional about its institutions.Subsequently, the SARFAESI Act, Investment Funds,Non-BankingFinance —the US,UK, and France —thatjoinedSoviet about dealing with India. Forthe US, it was the theological debates about externalpartnerships.ButDelhicouldcertainly 2002 createdthelegal framework forestab- Companies and ARCs —toinvestincompa- Russiato defeatfascistGermanyturnedagainst about countering communistaggression. alliances cloud its learnfromBeijinginnot lettingthetheological lishing multiple private ARCs. nies undergoing IBC resolution. While AIFs MoscowaftertheSecondWorldWar,anewly- Pakistanwas deeply disappointedthat the US judgements about the debatesabout alliances cloudits judgements With the advantageofhindsight, it is can invest in debt as well as equity subject independent India did notwanttobetied did notprevent itsdivisionbyIndia in 1971. extraordinaryeconomic and about the extraordinaryeconomic and secu- nowevident that this policy achievedonly to certain limitations, theydon’t enjoyen- down by alliances. That notion is seen as cen- Even within the long-standingUSmilitaryal- ritychallengesIndia confrontstoday.The in- modestsuccess.The RBI’s FinancialStability forcement rightsunderSARFAESI Act, 2002. tral to Indian worldview. However, Indian liances with Japanand the Philippines, there securitychallenges India fructuous obsession with non-alignment di- Report(June 2019)indicates fairly lowre- NBFCs enjoythe enforcement rightsbutare diplomaticpractice,aseverywhereelse,isdif- is muchlegal quibbling over what exactlyis confronts today. The vertsDelhi's policy attention away from the coveryforbanksthrough the ARCmodel be- subject to provisioning norms forNPAsthey ferent from the declared canon. theUS'sobligationagainst,say, Chineseaggres- infructuous obsession with urgent task of rapidlyexpanding India'sna- tween 2004and2018.The maximum aver- purchase from banks. None of these limita- Thatbringsusto thesecondquestion.Does sion. non-alignment diverts tional capabilities in partnershipwithlike- agerecoveryby ARCs asapercentageoftotal tions applies to ARCs. If onlyARCsare al- Indiaforgealliances?Contrarytoconventional If youfilterout the noise on the Quad, it is minded partners. An India that putsits inter- bank claims stood at 21.5 per cent in 2010. lowedtodirectlyparticipateinIBC resolu- wisdom,India has experimentedwithal- quiteclear that Washington is notoffering a Delhi's policy attention away estsabove thedoctrinewillfindcoalitionslike Since then, it has steadilydeclinedand tionsbyinfusingequity,theycould emerge liances of different kinds. Letusstart withthe militaryalliance.NorisDelhiaskingforonebe- from the urgent task of theQuadcriticalforitsinternationalprospects. reached2.3 per cent in 2018.Suchlow re- as the mostefficient vehicle forturning Indiannationalistmovement.DuringtheFirst cause it knowsIndia has to fight itsown wars. rapidly expanding India's covery is likelythe outcome of aresolution around distressedIndian businesses. WorldWar,some nationalists aligned with Both countries, however, areinterestedin national capabilities in The writer is director,Institute of South model heavilydependent on collateral dis- ImperialGermanytoset upthefirstIndiangov- building issue-basedcoalitions in pursuit of Asian Studies,National UniversityofSingapore posal rather than genuine business turn- The writer is senior research fellow, ernment-in-exile in Kabul. In the Second shared interests. partnership with like- and contributing editor on international affairs arounds. Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas &Co., New WorldWar,SubhasChandraBosejoinedforces The fourth question is about the instru- minded partners. for The Indian Express In 2002, India lackedaneffective bank- Delhi. Viewsare personal Empowerment, not tokenism LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR WAY FORWARD THIS REFERS TO the article, ‘The wayof IDEAS PMModihasworkedforMuslimcommunity,whilebreakingsway of vote bankpolitics the school’ (IE, October 5). It offers not just hope but aviable wayforward for ONLINE ourcountry. The other option is that Amin Pathan takingintoaccountthe groundrealities ONLYINTHE EXPRESS of the Subcontinent, eminentmembers ASHAMELESSLYPROPAGATED myth is that strengths were harnessedand it emergedas Islamic HeritageConference, organisedin After2002, the Supreme CourtofIndia of the Muslim andHinducommunities ● COMPOUNDINGTHE Prime MinisterNarendraModi’s relations avibrant touristdestination. Delhi. He said (young) Muslims shouldbe took over mostofthe probes. The Nanavati mustinitiateasocial dialogue at all lev- PANDEMIC: with the Muslimcommunity arefrostyatbest, In Bharuch, the problem waslaw and or- well-versedwith the HolyQuran and the Commission wasformed, therewas an SIT in els to ensurethat at leastthe coming RANJUANTHONY bitter at worst. Anycontraryopinionistreated der.Previous Congress governmentsand top computer.His wordshaveresonated across front of whichModi himself deposedfor generations do nothavetolivewiththe with disdainandridicule. Having followedthis Congress leaders allowedBharuchtodeterio- the community. hours. The findings of the Commission and baggageofthe past. In this endeavour, ● ATIMETO subject closelyfor 20 years, Iamconvinced rate.Children who grew up in the 1980s and At the coreofhis leadership is respect for the SIT areinthe public domain. Yet, thereis it is important to recognise thatnopo- INTROSPECT: that this is the right time to break free from '90s in Bharuchcan neverforgetthe curfews humandignity.PMModi’ssinglestepof abol- arefusaltobelieve anyofthese findings. litical party can be counted as an hon- KHALIDALVI the shackles of false narratives. there. Suchascenario prevented wide-scale ishingthe triple talaq has ensured that gen- Therehavebeen manyanalyses of the estbroker. The projectofportrayingModiasanti- development. erations of Muslim women lead abetterlife. Modi-ledforeignpolicy but one facetthat Shobha Suresh, via email Muslim fails the test of facts. At everystepin Friends in Gujarat, both Hindus and Likewise, thedecisiontoallow womento pro- stands out is the excellent relations with the www.indianexpress.com his political and administrativecareer, PM Muslims, oftentell me about the effortsModi ceedonHaj without mehram hasbeen hailed Muslim world. Bahrain, the UAE, Palestine, FINE MIND Modi hasdoneeverythinghe canforthe wel- made to developkey spots linked with the amajor step towardstheir empowerment. Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan have conferred fare of thecommunity.Yes, his styleofwork- Muslim community.The Sarkhej Roza in PM Modi has also developedaclose bond on him their tophonour.The crownprinces THIS REFERSTOthe article, 'A woman's the betterment of womenand the mar- ing does notfit the conventional approach— Ahmedabad witnessedmassive rejuvenation with the DargahAjmer Sharif. The 188toilets of the UAEaswell as Saudi Arabia have strong woman' (IE, October 5). Isher Judge ginalisedare onlyfor show. Mostofour it providesarefreshingalternativetohow em- and restorationworksunder Modi as the CM. constructedtherehavehelpeddevotees, par- personal friendships with the PM. Can any- Ahluwalia wasagreat mind. Her sem- partieshaveatunnel vision and cannot powerment can be done withoutappease- Modi visitedthe Sarkhej Roza on afew occa- ticularly women.Therehasbeenan extensive one forget PM Modi’s special visit to the grand inal work in thefield of urban develop- see the broader issues. ment and tokenism. sions, including once withformerPresident beautification process at the Dargah, which mosque in the UAE? Can we forget the PM ment and macro-economic reforms, as Tarsem Singh, Mahilpur It is notwidelyknown that Modi’s house APJAbdul Kalam. Workingcloselywith the includes the construction of “SilverKatahra” paying obeisance at Bahadur Shah Zafar's also her lifejourneyisaninspiration to in Vadnagar wassituated in an area where ASI, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation at Astana Sharif, anew fountain and renova- mazar? many. JUDICIALPROBE thereweremanyMuslims. Some of his first worked hardtomakethe Roza and itssur- tion of the Nizam Gateand Akbari Masjid. Today’s Muslims, especiallythe younger RajivBoolchand Jain, Zirakpur and long-lasting friends areMuslims. When rounding areas better.Heritagefestivals were Cleaning machines have been placed at the ones amongthem,arefed-upwithvote-bank THIS REFERS TO the report, ‘Rajasthan he wasthe chief ministerofGujarat, the two initiated,making the Roza avibrant cultural “jhalra” at the iconic palace and awater tank politics. Vestedinterests took away their votes A TUNNEL VIEW rape charges: AfterOpp criticism, fam- districtswhose development indices shotup landmarkinAhmedabad. The Sidi Saiyyed with acapacity of three lakh litres has been and scared them but deliverednothing. The ilygets legal help’ (IE,October 4). The were Kutchand Bharuch.These aredistricts Mosque alsogot afacelift. As PM, Modi also constructed. Besides, PM Modi has been of- communitywantsprosperity andopportu- This refers to theeditorial, ‘Outlaw’ (IE, arrogant chief ministerofUP, Yogi with high Muslim populations. took the then prime ministerofJapan Shinzo fering “chadar” at the dargahofthe Sufisaint nity.Itishigh time the old “shopkeepers” of October 3). The gruesome gangrape of Adityanth, finally capitulatedtothe Kutch, amongIndia’s western-mostdis- Abetothe mosque.Kutchishome to the Hazrat KhwajaMoinuddin Chishti in Ajmer vote-bank politics shut shop. In anew India, it aDalit girland her murder by four high- Opposition’s demands thanksto tricts, wasknown fortwo things post-1947 – Hajipir Dargah. Likeall parts of Kutch, it faced Sharif forthe lastsix years. This is aclear re- is aspirationand inclusion that will speak. caste youths in UP is neitherthe firstnor Allahabad High Court’s intervention “registan” and “Pakistan” (the desertand a massive infrastructure-relatedproblems. flection of his respect and obeisance to all Modihas made astart.It isupto us to support the lastcase in India.Suchdiabolical and the key role playedbythe media. A longborderwithPakistan). Touristswould Modi improvedlocal road networks,enabling deities and Sufisaints. him and nurturethis greatnation thathas crimescontinue because the catchy judicial probebyany sittingjudgeofthe nevergothere. Officials would notwant to devotees to visit the Dargah. Forthe lastmanyyears, it has become givenussomuch. schemes and slogans announcedwith SC or HC seems likeabetteroption. serve there. But this wasuntil Modi became As our PM, Modi has time and again fashionable amongsome sections to hate great fanfarebyour governmentsfor SSPaul, Nadia CM.After 2001,Kutch’sagricultureflourished, showedthatheisaleader of the entirenation. NarendraModi. My humble question to them The writer is president, Dargah Committee, industrycame to thedistrict, itscoastal Ican neverforgetPMModi’s wordsatthe is: When will youstop? Dargah Khwaja Sahab, Ajmer

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BJPhas already made the JD(U) agree to an LJP MPs have consistentlyattackedNitish strength, the LJP will notbeable to flourish. LIZMATHEW&DIPANKARGHOSE equal shareofseats in the polls.Asthe JD(U) is Kumar forhis performance over the lastfive Itstargetwillbetobringdownthe JD(U)’s NEWDELHI,OCTOBER5 committed to providing seatsfor smaller ally years, claiming thereisanti-incumbency. numbers while ramping up itsown. It will HAM, the BJP could end up contesting more Paswan has reportedlybrought this up with look to fight morethan half the seats—if it RAM VILAS PASWAN’S Lok Janshakti Party seatsthan the JD(U).Ifitmanages to become BJP chief JPNadda at meetings as well. The wins moreseats, it grows; if not, it at least (LJP) has decidedtogoitalone in the Bihar the single largest party postthe elections, it election move helps separate the LJP from sets up booth-levelworkers forthe future. elections, fightingagainstthe JD(U), while would expediteJD(U)’s disintegration. anti-incumbency againstthe JD(U), setting Finally, mostsee Chirag Paswan as an am- continuing to be partofthe BJP-ledNDA at itself up as some sortofopposition. bitiouspolitician.Hebelievesthatafterthegen- theCentre. This hasbeen an arrangementa Overcoming anti-incumbency Second, aftermonths of posturing, the LJP erationof NitishandLalu,heneedsto position section of BJPleadershas been keen on. Why Surveys ahead of the poll announcement has managed to step out of the alliance with himselffor the futureasacontender forCM. does this sectionpreferadividedNDA? have indicated voter fatigue againstNitish the BJP yetremain with it in the NDA. Itsef- Kumar.Having “ditched” theBJP andjoined fusive praise of theBJP and Modi has meant What could go wrong Playing forthe long term handswithLaluPrasad’s RJDforthe 2015 elec- LJP’s Paswans with JD(U)’s Nitish Kumar and BJP’s Amit Shah. Express Archive that RamVilas Paswan continues to be Union Going solo also involvesrisksfor the LJP.It The proposal that LJP fight alone in Bihar tion, Nitish is anyway notwholeheartedlyac- Minister, and the LJP can nowfight alone. could adversely affect itsDalitvotes, andaBJP while beingpartofthe central NDAispartofa ceptedbythe committed BJP votebank. Itsinsistence that it is abetterfriendof candidatecan win in certain constituencies. long-term plan suggestedbyBJP strategists. Insuchasituation,BJPemergingasthebig- The LJP fighting separatelycould help the to maintain itsbase amongurbanvoters and the BJP than the JD(U) meansthat in public If the LJP is notable to win aslice of the The JD(U), the bigger partner in the Bihar al- gerpartnercouldenergisethecadre.Although BJP mop up asection of the anti-incumbency theforward castes, and use welfareschemes perception, it is with the BJP.The posturing, anti-government vote, it could help the liance,isonthevergeofdisintegration.Itbanks BJPleaders includingparty general secretary- votes, the BJP hopes. to woorural voters whom itfailed to win over and the announcement of going it alone have Opposition consolidatethose votes. This entirelyonthe popularity of three-time Chief in-charge of Bihar Bhupender Yadavhavein- Besides,theBJPfightingasabiggerpartner in 2015.The PM recentlylaunchedaseries of givenconsiderable airtimetoLJP,aparty with would upsetthe coalition’s arithmetic. MinisterNitish Kumar,whom BJP leaders see sistedNitishwouldcomplete anotherfive-year canhelpthepartymaketheelectionNarendra development projectsworth Rs 16,000crore. justtwo seatsand avoteshareunder 5%. The current strategy could also trigger asbeinginthelastlegof hiscareer.Oncehere- termasCM,atleastfourBJPleadersagreedthat Modi-centric.Asurvey hasindicatedModistill Again, the LJP is nowfreetofight the JDU mistrustamong workers of both the BJP and tires,the BJP can push formerging it with the the cadreexpectsachangebythe middle of enjoys popularitydespiteunemploymentand Gains forLJP in as manyseatsaspossible.LJP leaders be- the JD(U) when theyare conscious of the dif- BJP and sidelining the remainingleaders. The the next tenure, if the NDAreturns to power. the migrant worker crisis. The BJP’s strategy is On the face of it, Chirag Paswan and other lieve that as long as Nitish is in aposition of ferences amongthemselves.

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Indiatargets vaccination of Three scientists sharethisyear’s MedicineNobel forthe discovery andidentification of the HepatitisC 20-25 cr people by next July virus. Tracing the steps theytook in the1970s and 1980s, and howitled to saferblood transfusions today

INDIA IS working towardsvaccinat- early next year would requireatleast world. Thankstothe development of highly ing 20 to 25 croreofits people, about twodosestobeadministered. Only AMITABHSINHA effective drugs against HCV,itisnow possible, one-sixth of itsentirepopulation, one candidatevaccine, developedby PUNE,OCTOBER5 NobelinPhysiology or Medicine forthefirsttimeinhumanhistory,toforeseea against Covid-19byJulynextyear, Johnson &Johnson,ispotentially a futurewherethe threat of this virus infection according to Health MinisterHarsh single-dosevaccine. THIS YEAR’S NobelPrize in Physiology or is substantially reducedand hopefullysoon Vardhan. This, of course, is on theas- Harsh Vardhan said stategovern- Medicine rewards an effort that eventually eliminated,” it said. sumption thatone or more mentshavebeen asked to preparea made bloodtransfusion safer foreveryone. Antibodies ShahidJameel,avirologistwhohasworked vaccines would become listofpriority groups who American scientists Harvey Alter and Charles extensivelyonHepatitis Evirus (discovered availablebythe expected would needtobevacci- Rice, and Michael Houghton of the UK, have later),saidthesimplestway to understandthe time-frame of early next nated first. This list is sup- been recognisedfor their contributions to the importanceof thework of thesescientists was year.Asofnow,onlyone posedtobeready by the discovery of anew virus that wasthe causeof Hepatitis to knowthatthebloodthatisgiventoallkinds vaccine that India is inter- end of this month. Acom- avastmajority of chronichepatitis cases, or Hepatitis Cvirus of patients has nowbecome alot safer. “Three estedinhas been approved, mittee is in place to organ- casesof seriousliverinflammation,inpatients main causesofblood-borne infections — the one developedin ise the supplychainfor the whorequiredbloodtransfusion.Thisviruswas HepatitisB,HepatitisCandHIV—allhave been Russia. But that toohas to undergo vaccines, including storage, trans- eventually calledHepatitis Cvirus. identified, and theynolonger infect the blood testing in Indiabeforeitcan be au- portation anddistribution, the min- Sincethediscoveryandidentificationof the that is required by patients. This has been adi- thorisedfor use. istersaid. virus in the 1970sand 1980s, acurehas been rect resultsofscientists likethem. From apub- Harsh Vardhan said the govern- Currently, twoIndian vaccines found forthe disease, and effective anti-viral lic health point of view, their discoveryofthe ment wasworking on aplan to “re- areunder development, drugsarenow available.Testshavebeendevel- HepatitisCviruswasthereforeaverybigbreak- ceive and utilise”400 to 500million both in phase-2 trials. One is being opedtoidentifybloodthathasthisvirus,sothat through,” said Jameel, nowdirector of Trivedi (40 to 50 crore) doses of acoron- developedbyHyderabad-based infected blood is notgiven to anypatient. School of BiosciencesatAshoka University. avirusvaccine by Julynextyear.This Bharat Biotech,and theotherby Still, accordingtothe WorldHealth would be sufficient for20to25crore Ahmedabad-basedZydus Cadila.If Organization, about 71 million people (6 -11 HowisHepatitis Ctreated? people, since mostofthe vaccines the trials go well, theymight be- million of them in India) have chronic infec- HARVEYJALTER MICHAELHOUGHTON CHARLESMRICE “Avaccineforthishasnotbeendeveloped that arelikelytobecome available come available by early next year. tionwiththeHepatitisCvirus,whichalsohap- demonstrated that an isolated the genome of providedthe evidence mainly because it’s averyfast-changing virus. pens to bemajor cause of livercancer.In2016, unknownvirus wasa the newvirus, which showing that Hepatitis But it is possiblythe onlychronic virusfor this viral infection ledtothe death of nearly common cause of wasnamedHepatitis Cvirus alone could whichadefinitivecureisnow available,” 400,000peopleacrosstheworld.Avaccinefor chronic hepatitis Cvirus. cause hepatitis Jameel said. “Anti-viral drugscouldbedevel- INDIAACTIVE CASES 934,427 the disease has still notbeen developed. opedbasedonthe understandingofthe biol- Illustrations: nobelprize.org ogy of the virustowhich Harvey’s lab con- What wasknown about hepatitis before tributedverysignificantly. Infact,therewerea 1050,000 the discovery of theHepatitisCvirus? UP NEXT fewotherswhose contributions were equally Beforethediscoveryof theHepatitisCvirus, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Monday, significant, people likeRobertPurcell and Ralf twoother viruses were knowntocause hepa- Bartenschlager,but theyseemedtohave Oct6: Oct7: Oct8: Oct9: Oct12: 960,969 titis in patients. The Hepatitis Avirus was missedoutonthePrizeonlybecausetheNobel Physics Chemistry Literature Peace Economics 934,427 known to spread mainlythrough contami- cannotbeshared by morethan three people. nated food and water, and caused arelatively But all in all, averywell deserved recognition 950,000 milderformof liverinflammation.HepatitisB, forHarveyAlter,Charles Rice,and Michael discoveredinthe 1960s, wasknown to trans- contribution of each Nobelwinner? over amillion DNAsequences, Houghtonwas Houghton,” Jameel said. mitmainlythroughinfectedblood,andcaused In the 1960s,Alter had acollaborated able to identifythe newvirus in 1982, after INDIAN EFFORT: One of the important amoreseriousformof thedisease.Incidentally, with Blumberg,the 1976 Nobelwinner.Alter whichitwas namedHepatitis C. steps towardsfinding avaccine wastaken by LAST 10 DAYS the discovery of the HepatitisBvirustoo was later movedtothe US National Institutes of In 1997,Rice, then working at Washington an Indian companyinthe late1990s. Sept25Oct 04 rewardedwithaNobelPrizeinMedicine,given Health (NIH), wherehecontinues to work. University,wasableto conclusively showthat Hyderabad-basedShantha Biotech,which 850,000 to Baruch Blumbergin1976.Thereare vaccines At NIH, Alter worked at theblood bank and it wasindeedthis virusthatwas causing producedthe firstrecombinant DNA-based available forthis disease now. had access to alarge collection of blood sam- chronichepatitisinhuman beings. vaccine forHepatitisBinfection, had begun Note:The Oct 4figureinthis graphisbased on thegovernment update on Oct 5 The discovery and identification of ples whichfacilitated his investigations into work on Hepatitis Caswell. It had fundedthe Hepatitis Bvirusfacilitated the development cases of hepatitis causedafter blood trans- Whyisitsignificant? work of aUS-basedIndian-origin scientist of adiagnostic test to detect itspresence in fusion. It wasAlter,along with some of this The NobelPrize websitesaid the discovery who had succeededinsequencing the entire INDIATOTAL CASES WORLDTOTAL CASES blood. Thereafter, onlybloodsanitisedfrom colleagues, who wasable to define the char- of the Hepatitis Cvirus (HCV) wasone of the genomeof theHepatitisCviruspresentin the 6,623,825 35,274,475 this virus wouldbegiven to patients,but it acteristics of the then unknown virus. importantmilestonesinimprovementinpub- Indian population.Butno progress wasmade wasobserved that even this sanitisedblood Butdespiteover10yearsof effort,Alterand lichealththathadraisedhopesforeliminating afterthat. Source:MinistryofHealth&Family Source:JohnsHopkinsUniversity, wasabletoprevent only 20%ofthe blood- hiscollaboratorswerenot ableto establishthe the disease. “It wasanimportant work at that time, in Welfare,updatedat11pmonOct5 updatedat11pmonOct5 borne hepatitis cases. It wasthen that the identity of the virus. That work wasaccom- “ThediscoveriesofHBV and HCV,and the 2001.Wecouldn’tcarryitfurtherforsomerea- search forthe newvirus began. plishedbyHoughton,whowasworkinginde- establishment of effective screening routines, son. But no other effort has also succeeded till pendentlyatChironCorporation,aUSbiotech- have virtuallyeliminatedtheriskoftransmis- now,”DrVaraprasad Reddy,founder of Howwas it found, and what wasthe nologyfirm.Afterpainstakingwork screening sion via blood products in manyparts of the ShanthaBiotech,told The Indian Express. Whyit’sanunderestimatetosayonly6%farmersbenefitfromMSP

TheShantaKumarpanel,however, looked afifth of the marketable surplus of milk. owndatashows that11.06millionpaddyand HARISHDAMODARAN onlyatpaddy (un-milledrice) and wheat. GOVERNMENTPROCUREMENTVS.PRODUCTIONIN2019-20 Milkapart, sugarcane is another crop not 4.06million wheat farmers benefited from NEWDELHI,OCTOBER5 While muchofpublic procurement is, no procured by government agencies perse. MSP procurement in 2019-20.Evenafter doubt, limited to thesetwo cereals —the PROCUREMENT (1) PRODUCTION(2) (1) AS %OF(2) Cane prices are, nevertheless, fixedbythe eliminating double-counting (Punjab and “ONLY6%ofIndianfarmersbenefitfrommin- 76.49milliontonnes(mt)of paddyand38.99 government,withsugarmillslegallyobliged Haryana farmers cultivate both crops), they imum supportprices (MSP)”. So widely- mtof wheatboughtbyFCIandstateagencies Rice 51.38 118.43 43.38 to paytheCentre’sfairandremunerative price wouldaddupto 13-13.5million,whichisway quotedisthis figure—especially in the con- in 2019-20 wasworth almostRs215,000 Wheat 38.99 107.59 36.24 (FRP) within 14 days of purchase. They buy above theShantaKumar panel’s estimateof textof therecently-passedFarmers’Produce croreattheirrespectiveMSPs—onemustalso Cotton 104.62* 354.50*29.51 roughly80% of the totalcropproduced. The 5.21million. Trade and Commerce (Promotion and take intoaccount othercrops. FRP value of cane crushed by them in the Onecanextendtheanalysisto othercrops Facilitation) Act—that it has become afac- The accompanying table provides dataon Chana 2.10 11.3518.47 2019-20 season (October-September)alone aswell.TheNSSOreporthasestimatedtheto- toid or even truism. procurement of major crops during 2019-20: Arhar/Tur 0.723.8318.80 wasRs75,585 crore. talcotton-growinghouseholdsat7.55million Paddy/riceandwheatbyFCI;chana(chickpea), Moong 0.14 2.46 5.69 and that of sugarcane at 6.2 million.Upto10 What is, isn’t counted arhar/tur (pigeon pea),moong (green gram), An underestimate millionofthemmay have availedofeither Mustard 0.809.128.78 Theapparentsourceof the groundnutandrapeseed-mus- Howdoes all this, then,squareupwith MSP or FRP.NDDB’s 2018-19Annual Report 6%figureistheShantaKumar- tard by the National Groundnut 0.7110.10 7.03 the“only6%offarmersgetMSP”theory?The has placedthe totalproducer-members of headedHighLevelCommittee Agricultural Cooperative Milk** 18.53187.75 9.87 answer is that this oft-repeated number is dairycooperativesat16.93million.Evenif half on Restructuring of Food Marketing Federation of India clearly an underestimate. It is so even if one of them aren’t regular pourers, therewould *Lakh bales of 170kgeach; (All figures in million tonnes) CorporationofIndia (FCI). Its (NAFED); and cotton by the were to consideronlypaddyand wheat. still be 8million or so farmerstodayselling **Data is for2018-19 and procurement by dairy cooperatives. report, submitted in January Cotton CorporationofIndia.It Accordingto theearlier-mentionedNSSO milk at aminimum assured price. Thepres- Source: Food Corporation of India,NAFED, Cotton Corporation of India, National Dairy 2015,hadnotedthatonly5.21 also includes milk procure- report, 44.84million or nearly half of India’s ence of cooperatives, moreover, ensures that IN FACT DevelopmentBoard, MinistryofAgriculture&Farmers’ Welfareand Department of Animal millionofthe country’s total ment by dairycooperatives, estimated 90.2 million agricultural house- privatedairiespaycloserto theformers’rates. Husbandry &Dairying. estimated 90.20millionagri- whichare largely quasi-gov- holdscultivatedpaddyduringJuly-December Allinall,itcanbereasonablyinferredthat culturalhouseholds in 2012- ernmentorganisationsthatpay 2012 andanother 8.46 million in January- the existing MSP/assured price system cov- 13 had sold paddy and wheat to anygovern- assured pricestofarmers even if nottechni- cotton,18-19% in chana and arhar/tur,10% in 187.75mtoutputfigurefor2018-19toberight, June2013. Besides,35.23million(39%) grew ers25million-plus farmersacross all crops, ment procurement agency.Inother words, callyMSP.Theircollectionaveraged507.69lakh milk,and 7-9% in mustard andgroundnut. notmorethanhalf of it(say, 90mt)wouldcon- wheatthatyear.If43.4%of India’srice/paddy includingpulsesandoilseeds.Dependingon less than 5.8%. The committee, in turn, based kg per dayor18.53 mt annuallyin2018-19. The above percentages would be even stitutemarketablesurplusafterself-consump- outputand 36.2% of wheat wasactuallypro- the denominator – the 2015-16Agriculture itsanalysis on the NationalSample Survey It can be seen that the procurement of higher if calculated againstactualsales by tion by farm households. The ratioofcooper- cured by government agencies,itisobvious Censusputsthe total number of operational Office’s(NSSO)‘Key IndicatorsofSituationof thesecropsisnotatallinsignificantrelative to farmers.Takemilk,wherethe government’s ative procurement —for whichthereis thatthe MSPbenefits would have accruedto holdings at 146.45 million – that translates AgriculturalHouseholds in India’ reportfor their estimated production. The ratios are production estimatesthemselvesare proba- authentic datafromthe National Dairy farmorethan the 5.8% figureinthe Shanta intoanywherebetween 15%and 25%. the 2012-13farm year (July-June). 29.5% to over 43%for paddy/rice,wheat and blyonthehigherside.Butevenassumingthe DevelopmentBoard(NDDB)—willbeatleast Kumarcommitteereport.TheFoodMinistry’s Certainly, not6%.

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THEINDIANEXPRESS,TUESDAY,OCTOBER6,2020 11 EXPRESS NETWORK Lokayuktaleaves a CBIsearches14locations BJP-LJP will form dejected man: Might next govt in Bihar: as well abolish post linkedtoKarnatakaCongchief Chirag day after split to execute my ownorders.” SMITANAIR In severalcases, he had used Yeddyurappaduobeingexecuted from NDA for polls PANAJI,OCTOBER5 the verdict in the LalitaKumari EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE by apuppetCBI by raiding case, in whichthe Supreme Court NEWDELHI,BENGALURU @DKShivakumar won’t deterus. JUSTICE PRAFULLAKumar Misra had ruledthatregistrationofan OCTOBER5 CBIshouldbeunearthingthelay- (retd) left Goa on Monday,com- FIR is mandatoryunder Section ers of corruption in Yeddyurappa DIPANKARGHOSE pletely “disenchanted” with the 154CrPC (cognizable offences), THE CBI on Mondaycarriedout Govt. But, ‘Raid Raj’is their only NEWDELHI,OCTOBER5 stategovernment that has not Misrasaid. “Many cases (were) searches at the Bengaluru resi- ‘Machiavellian Move’!” party Chirag acted on even one of the 21 re- coming to Lokayuktawherethe dence of Congress leaderDK spokesperson Randeep Singh ADAY afterthe LJP announced Paswan ports that he submitted against police were notregistering FIRs. Shivakumar afterbooking him in Surjewala said in atweet. that it willnot fightthe Bihar public functionaries during his Theykeptsaying that FIRwas acase of disproportionateassets. Karnataka's former Congress Assemblyelections as partofthe nearly four-and-a-half years as registeredonlyafter preliminary The CBI also searched premises Chief MinisterSiddaramaiah too BJP-JD(U) alliance, party presi- the JD(U) basedonyour sugges- Lokayukta. inquiry... Iknownothing is going linked to relativesand associates tweetedinShivakumar'ssupport, dent ChiragPaswan Monday tions.Thisdecisionhasbeentaken “If youask me in one sen- to change. Idonot have anyhope. of Shivakumar at 13 other loca- andallegedthatthesearcheswere wrote an open letter,sayingthat nottoruleoverBihar,but to take tence my experienceindealing Iknowtheywill notact on anyof tions in Bengaluru, Delhi, and intendedtodisruptCongress anyvote forthe JD(U) means prideinit,”hesaid. withthese complaints as the reports.” Mumbai. preparations forthe upcoming pushing the state’s children to Chirag Paswan deniedthat he LokayuktainGoa, Iwill saythey MisrarecommendedanACB “CBI has registeredacase byelections. Shivakumar,who is migrate, and claiming had takenthe decision should abolish the institution of investigation againstMLA againstformer Ministerof nowpresident of the Karnataka that the next Bihar gov- to fulfill his ownpoliti- Lokayukta,” Justice Misratold The Pandurang Madkaikarfor dispro- KarnatakaGovernment(Presently DKShivakumar,alongwith his brother DKSuresh, Pradesh Congress Committee, ernment will be a “BJP- cal ambitions. “Many Indian Express. “Whyshould pub- portionateassets;and aprobe MLA)ontheallegationsof posses- addresses party workers at his residence in Bengaluru. PTI wasaministerinSiddaramaiah's LJP government”. people willcometoyou lic moneybespent fornothing? If intoallegations that labour de- sion of disproportionateassets to government. Paswan reiterated and saythat this deci- the LokayuktaAct is being partment dole forstrandedmi- thetuneof Rs74.93crore(approx) ED had arrested Shivakumar the LJP’s position that its sion wastaken because thrownintothe dustbinwith grantswas being usurpedby inhisnameandinthenameof his hotels, had been booked earlier an FIR has been registered. on September 3lastyear.The in- winningMLAswillwork DECISION of my ownambitions. I suchforce, then it’s better to abol- functionaries of the ruling party. familymembers. Searches were along with Shivakumar by the It claimedthat the PE “prima vestigationshadreportedlyfound “undertheleadership”of 2020 want to makeclearthat ish the Lokayukta,” he said. In another case,hesaid a conductedtodayat14locationsin- Income-TaxDepartment and facie disclosedthat Shri DK thatamajorpartof hisoverRs800 PM NarendraModi. BIHAR the next government Misra, 73,servedasGoa Cabinetminister wasunfit to cluding nine in Karnataka, four in Enforcement Directorate(ED). Shivakumar and his dependent crorewealth hadbeen accumu- Sayingthat a “diffi- thatwill be made will be a LokayuktafromMarch 18,2016 hold office. Justice Misradid not Delhi and one in Mumbai,” CBI SourcessaidCBIregisteredthe familymembers amassedassets lated at thetime he was cult decision” had to be made for BJP-LJP government under the to September 16,2020.Among spareeventhe lateManohar spokesperson RKGaur said. disproportionateassets case disproportionatetotheir known Karnataka's Ministerfor Urban “Bihar’s future”, Chirag Paswan leadership of the BJP.Every MLA the public functionaries he in- Parrikar for “avoiding responsi- SourcessaidRs57 lakhincash basedonareference from ED, sources of income duringthe pe- Development(between1999and said that therewereideological of the LJP will work under the dictedareaformerChief Minister bility” in probing Madkaikar’sas- and severalincriminating docu- whichhadopenedamoneylaun- riod from 01.04.2013to 2004 in the SMKrishna govern- differences with the JD(U). “The leadership of PrimeMinister and asittingMLA. sets,ashewas “serving as amin- mentsincluding property papers deringinvestigation against 30.04.2018during whichperiod, ment)and Power(from 2014-18 LJPand the JD(U)havemanyide- NarendraModi.Everyvotegiven During his tenure,the office isterand an MLAbelongingtothe and bank related documents, Shivakumar in September 2018 Shri DKShivakumar wasfunc- when Siddaramaiah wasCM). ologicaldifferences.Whether it is to aJD(U) candidatewill force of the Lokayuktareceived 191 ruling party”. apartfromelectronic evidence, basedontax evasion findingsby tioningaspublicservantintheca- Shivakumar,who is on bail in their “saat nischay” programme, your children to migratetomor- cases, 133ofwhichweredis- On the eveofhis retirement, were seized. the I-TDepartment. pacityof Cabinet Ministerof Govt. theEDcase,hasrepeatedly argued ortheirbehaviortowardstheiral- row. TheLJP’s road is noteasy but posedof. Amongthe 58 pending his security protocol waswith- Premises of Shivakumar’s TheCBIclaimedtheKarnataka of Karnataka”. thatall his wealth is declared and lies, the risingbureaucracy in we will fight and we will win. The cases are21inwhich he sent re- drawn, Misrasaid – an act that brother DKSuresh,and his close government had giventhe go- The Congress said the CBI ac- hehaspaidtaxesonthem,andhas Bihar,orthat no solutions arebe- road has notbeen easy formy portstothe government, but the “cameasasurprise”, and which associateSachin Narayan, were aheadforaninvestigationagainst tion waspartofthe “Raid Raj” of always deniedany wrongdoing inggiventothepeople’sissuesei- Biharand Biharis forthe last Action TakenReportsare still he sawasa“churlish responseto amongthose searched.Suresh is Shivakumar early this year,fol- theBJPgovernmentsinBengaluru andclaimedthathewasbeingtar- ther at the levelofthe officials or three decades so howwill it be awaited.His recommendations my reports”. theLokSabhaMPfromBengaluru lowingwhichtheagencyhadreg- and NewDelhi. getedfor political reasons. theChief Minister. Forthesolution easy now,”hesaid. included “initiation of discipli- On Monday,the former Rural. Narayan, abusinessman isteredapreliminaryenquiry(PE) “The insidious game of intim- FULLREPORTON of these issues, the Bihar First, Paswan alsosaid thatthis has naryaction,transfer,detailedin- Lokayuktalefthis official resi- with interests in real estate and inMarch.Oncompletionof thePE, idation &machinations of Modi- www.indianexpress.com Bihari FirstVision document has been adifficult time givenhis fa- vestigation by ACBoradeclara- dence with his wifeBharti, with- been preparedafter suggestions ther’s poor health buthe“would tion that an elected functionary out the traditional farewell. fromfourlakhpeople.Iamhappy give everything” to fulfill those is unfittoholdoffice”. One of Misra’s strongestre- HC begins that thepartyhasdecidedtofight dreams. The Lokayukta Actinits cur- portswas oneinwhich he found Resume Naga talks in third rent form “lacksteeth” and is “not formerChief MinisterLaxmikant good enoughfor Goa”, Misrasaid. Parsekar, former Secretaryof hearingCBI, It does nothavethe powers of Mines PawanKumarSain, and country, Muivah wrote to PM prosecution that theKarnataka Prasanna Acharya,Directorof ED appeals and Kerala Acts have,nor does it Mines and Geology “guilty of know” howunresponsive the have aprovision “forcontempt of abuse of power”. Theyhad ESHAROY PMO wastoNagagroups. against 2G the Lokayukta’s orders”, he said. “hastilycleared”, withoutthe NEWDELHI,OCTOBER5 “…wewaited with all confi- “The government neveracted mandatorychecks,31files on dence that the Prime Ministerof acquittals on anyofthe reports,” Misrasaid. January12, 2015,the same day IN AlettertoPrime Minister Th Muivah India will respond positively. “Iwas always helpless, and Itell that an Ordinance whichmade NarendraModi in February, Today, NSCN being accountable this to those who come with lease available onlybyauction, NSCN-IM chief Th Muivahhad to the Naga people herebyre- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE their grievances. Ihad no powers wastaking effect. asked forthe Naga peace talksto Centre’s interlocutor RNRaviand leasedthe letter to inform of the NEWDELHI,OCTOBER5 be shiftedto“athirdcountry”. the IM deteriorated over the past delayand the lackofresponse He had also demandedthat year,sincetheconclusionof formal from the office of the Indian THE DELHI High CourtMonday thetalksbeconducted directly peacetalkslastOctober,theIMhad Prime Ministertoour people,” it beganhearing appeals by the CBI SC issuesnotice “at aPrime Ministerial level” and beencalledtoDelhitocontinuedi- said in astatement. and ED againstacquittals of the CEC Sunil Aroraahead of the meeting in Delhi. PTI without anypreconditions. alogue, whichwas conducted by The IM has been facing pres- accusedinthe 2G spectrum al- “If our stay in India is no more senior IB officials. These “informal surefromthe Indian government location cases. on plea by MP over welcome, all necessaryarrange- talks”concludedinSeptember,and on the one hand and the people One of theapplications has mentsmustbemade forusto the IM leaders headedbackto of Nagaland on the other,who sought acopyofthe Centre’s let- Worldwatching...be leave India and the political talks Dimapur in Nagaland. have been calling foranearly res- terofapproval forfiling of appeal be resumedinathirdcountry,” On Monday,the IM released olution to the Naga issue. in the matter by CBI. Additional BasmatiGItag Muivahwrote. Muivah’s letter,saying thatit FULLREPORTON Solicitor General Sanjay Jainsub- extra careful:CEC to Afterrelations between the wanted theNagapeople “to www.indianexpress.com mitted that the documentscan squarekminseven states when be submitted in asealedcover EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE in fact it did notdeservetobe before the court forits perusal. Bihar poll observers NEWDELHI,OCTOBER5 morethan 35 districtsspanning The other application was 9,500squarekm. This, he pointed CM: Rahul rally won’t be stopped, filedbythe counsel representing campaigning from door to door THESUPREMECourt onMonday out,hadresultedindilution of the former MD of UnitechLimited, ENS&PTI andaccompanyingacandidateon issuednotice on aplea by Madhya Basmati brand. SanjayChandra, who is in jail in NEWDELHI,OCTOBER5 the dayoffiling nomination. Pradesh and the state’s Basmati AdvocateJSai Deepak,who but large crowds won’t be tolerated another case, to allowhim to Aroracalleduponthe ob- farmers challenging aMadras appearedforthe MP government, meethis lawyers forinstructions CHIEF ELECTION Commissioner servers to assume the role of High Courtorder dismissing ob- supportedSinghvi’ssubmissions. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Need to fix, not in the 2G spectrum allocation (CEC) Sunil AroraonMonday friend,philosopher and guide to jections to thegrant of GI APEDAhad in 2008 applied CHANDIGARH,OCTOBER5 crush procurement case. The courtallowed asked pollobserverstobe“extra the local election machinery, and (Geographical Indication) tagon forgrant of registration on GI Chandra’s counsel to meet him careful”duringtheconductof the guide and hand-holdthem. Basmati to theAgriculturaland forthe rice. The application THE HARYANA government on system: Rahul via video-conferencing thrice upcoming Bihar Assemblyelec- Monday's meeting wasa ProcessedFood ProductsExport claimedfiveentirestates/UT Mondaydecidedthat the tractor aweek. tions giventhe global interestin blendof virtualandphysicalwith Development Authority (APEDA) namely Delhi, Punjab,Haryana, rallyled by Congress leader Sangrur,Bhawanigarh (Punjab): The courtalso asked Jainto thelargest electoralexerciseto be morethan700general,policeand to the exclusion of the state’s Uttarakhand and Himachal Rahul Gandhi will notbe ML Khattar,RahulGandhi On daytwo of his ‘Kheti Bachao clarify whether anotification has held amid the pandemic. expenditureobserversjoiningvir- farmers. Pradesh and parts of Uttar stoppedfromenteringthe state Yatra’,former AICC chief Rahul been issuedregardinghis ap- According to astatement is- tuallyfrom119 locations across AbenchofJusticesL Pradesh and erstwhile stateof on Tuesday,after days of main- Gandhi saidthat the Narendra pearance in the case afteritwas suedbytheElectionCommission the countryand about 40 ob- NageswaraRao, Hemant Gupta Jammu and Kashmir as tradi- taining that the stategovern- leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda. Modi government wasout to fin- informedthat the earlier notifi- (EC), Aroraasked thepoll ob- servers postedinDelhi joining in and AjayRastogi also extended tional Basmati-growing areas. ment will notallowsuchapro- In Karnal, Haryana CM ish “farmers and labourers”with cation wasissued forthen ASG serversto “instilconfidenceinthe person, the statement said. the HC’sinterim order againstre- The MP government and the gramme, citing the National Manohar Lal Khattar said, “We the newfarms laws justasithad Tushar Mehta’s appointment as voter to come to the polling sta- ElectionCommissionerSushil strainingthe MP farmers from us- farmers’ body opposedthis, stat- DisasterManagement Act. don'thaveany objectiontoRahul “destroyed”small shopkeepers special public prosecutor in the tiononelectiondaytocasther/his Chandrapointed out that famil- ing the term Basmati fortheir ing thatthe applicationwas in- TheCongresswasscheduledto Gandhi's tractorrally. However, if with demonetisation and GST. appeal. votesafelyand freely.” iarisation with laid down instruc- produce. completedue to non-inclusion of hold tractor rallies in Kurukshetra anyattemptsare madeto bringin Gandhi said the needwas to Former Union telecom min- Bihar elections this timewill tions,specificallytheguidelineson Appearing forthe Madhya 13 districtsofthe state “which and Karnal on Tuesdayand large crowds and disruptlaw and correct flaws in the food pro- isterARaja, DMK MP Kanimozhi be held over threephases as op- holding pollsamid the pandemic, KshetraBasmati Growers have been cultivating Basmati at Wednesday.ButonMonday, itwas order in thestate,itshall notbe curement system rather than and others were acquitted in the posedtofivein2015. Apartfrom should be strictlyadhered to. Association Samiti, Senior leastfor over acentury”. decidedthatthe programme will tolerated at anycost. As such crush it. “We needtomakecor- case of moneylaunderingand curtailing the poll period, the Election Commissioner Rajiv AdvocateAMSinghvi said the GI Seeking astayofthe HCorder, onlybeheld on Wednesday. Rahul Gandhi has no work. rections in this system... rather corruption in 2017. Commissionhasputinplacesev- Kumarsaidofficersshouldbearin registration granted to APEDA the statesaid that the matter in- “His rallywill begin from Haryanafarmershave understood thancrushing it altogether,” said The courtlastweek said the eral measuresfor poll campaign- mindtheyare theactualfaceof EC wasoverbroadsinceitcovers 108 volves the livelihood of 80,000 Pehowa and end in Pipli, Congress tactics and willnot al- Rahul, who held twopublic ral- hearings will take placeonaday- ingamidthepandemic,including on thegroundsince the worldis districtsspread across 2,89,576 farmers across the 13 districts. Kurukshetra,” said Congress lowanybody to mislead them.” lies in Sangrur. ENS to-daybasis. limitsonthe number of people watching these polls closely.

GOVT URGES SPEED-UP OF LOAN DISBURSAL AS APPLICANTS FLAG GLITCHES Over 20 lakh street vendors line up for PM loan scheme —despite red tape

According to officials, sellers so far, with officials and appli- “Thereisstill alot of resist- terthan the lockdown,” says aspokesperson of the Ministry. AVISHEKGDASTIDAR of flowers and puja items, beauty cantspointing to anumber of ance in banksand municipal PushpendraKumar,38, aroad- TheCentrehas alsodecided NEWDELHI,OCTOBER5 products, shoes, kitchenitems hurdles that areslowing the bodies. But on apolicy level, this side juice seller in Jamshedpur to send the applications directly and electronics goods, suchas process. is auseful scheme because it who has receivedthe loan. “The to bank branches listedbythe THEY WERE among the hardest mobile phonesand chargers, are According to feedback, offi- givesmuch-neededworking aimistoset aside Rs 30 everyday applicant as “preferredlender” hit by theCovid lockdown. And also on the listofapplicants, cials said, severalbanksare seek- capital. Also, availing the loan towardsrepayment of the loan.” or wherethe vendorholds asav- now, manyofthem arehoping apartfromthose providing serv- ing applications on stamppapers givesthem legitimacy as theyget Following feedbackfrom ings bank account. Officials said that aspecial loan scheme rolled ices likecobblers. worthbetween Rs 100and Rs vending certificates and letters vendors, MinisterofHousing asoftwarehas been developed out by thegovernment will turn The loan needs to be repaid 500. Therehavealso been in- of recommendation,” said andUrbanAffairsHardeepSingh that can “push” around 3lakh out to be alifeline —despitethe within ayear under the scheme stances of banksseeking PAN Arbind Singh, national coordina- Puri recentlychaired ameeting applications to the banks. glitches. thatwas launched in June with cards and even checking the tor, National Association of Street of his statecounterparts along Says VijayKumar,a32-year- Over 20 lakh street vendors asanctionedbudget of Rs 700 CIBIL scoreofapplicants--or VendorsofIndia (NASVI), the with Directors General of Police old fast food vendor in have appliedfor interest-free crore. Upon repayment, avendor stateauthorities asking forvoter apexbody representing around and ground-level officials. Dhanbad'sJharia, who got the loans of Rs 10,000eachaswork- is eligible foranother Rs 10,000 ID cards, whichmanymigrant 10 lakh vendors. “The Ministertold the states loan lastmonth. “Someonecame ing capital under the Prime as loan. Sellersoffruits, vegetables and fast-food have appliedfor vendors don'tcarry withthem. According to NASVIesti- to see to it that street vendors are from the bank to checkwhether MinisterStreetVendor's Officials said that Uttar theinterest-free loans that needtoberepaid in ayear. File Therehavealso been complaints mates, onlyaround 30 per cent notharassedbythe authorities Iactuallydowhat IsaidIdo. Ihad Atmanirbhar Nidhi (PM Pradesh, where4.3 lakhstreet of harassment by police and mu- of the customer base has re- as all theyare asking is aright to to showthem my ID and SVANidhi). Theyinclude nearly vendors have applied forthe nicipal officials. turnedfor street vendors. “But at livelihood.Anofficer from Small Aadhaar,too. Whentheywere 10 lakh sellers of fruitsand veg- loan, leads the chartamong Pradesh have over 1.5lakh appli- created Union Territories of J&K “Theyhavewritten to the least, that’s some cash in hand, Industries Development Bank of satisfied, theytransferredRs etables, and over 4lakh selling states followedbyTelangana cations eachwhile Delhi has (1,600) and Ladakh (32). Ministryhighlighting these im- whichwas notthe case during India, our partner in the scheme, 10,000 to my account. Igot to snacks and fast food likechaat with 3.4 lakh applications. about 8,000.Applicationshave However, only 2lakhappli- plementation issues,” said an of- the lockdown,” Singh said. sitsinthe Ministry. So all issues buy one month’s worthofmate- and golgappa. Maharashtraand Andhra also come in from thetwo newly cantshavereceived the money ficial. “Thereisstill fear.But it’s bet- aresortedout on the spot,” said rial.”

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Govt revises TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE 7-yr continuous GettingreadyforCovid-19vaccine: service rule 217 CASES: RECOVERED:55,86,703 DAYSSINCE 66,23,815 DEATHS:1,02,685 PANDEMIC for enhanced BEGAN TESTS: 7,99,82,394| DOUBLING RATE: 57.88** familypension Subgroupbeginstomapcoldchains

storages), and therefore, we

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE KAUNAINSHERIFFM ED needtoaugment,” asource said. ‘Must decide who NEWDELHI,OCTOBER5 NEWDELHI,OCTOBER5 The government will rope in Whyacold multiple agencies in the aug- THE GOVERNMENT has revised AS SEVERAL experimental vac- PLAIN E chainiskey mentation effort. gets the vaccine first’ ● EX KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG DOUBLING the rules forenhancedordinary cines againstthe novelcoron- “Within the government, TOWATCH CASES 24HOURS GROWTH* TIME** pensionmeant forthe next of kin avirus near the end of latestage we aredoinganexercise to find of soldiers, removing the seven- clinical trials, the National Expert VACCINES ARE delicate out wherecold storagefacilities ANURADHA ■ Maharashtra 14,43,409 12,548 1.08% 66.92 year continuous service clause Group on vaccine administra- productsthat can be areavailable outside the net- MASCARENHAS ■ Andhra 7,19,256 6,242 0.90% 80.27 to qualify forit. Nowthe next of tion forCovid-19has begun to damaged in excessive work of the MinistryofHealth. PUNE,OCTOBER5 ■ Tamil Nadu 6,19,996 5,489 0.94% 76.83 kin of soldiers who diedduring map cold chain storagefacilities heat, light, or cold. Atem- We aredoing amapping of cold service can getthe familypen- acrossthe country, including perature-controlled storagefacilities available with ADAY afterUnionHealth ■ Kerala 2,29,886 8,553 3.94% 18.27 sion at 50 per cent rate for10 thoseavailable with the food 'cold' supplychain is cru- food processingand the MinisterDrHarsh Vardhan an- ■ Delhi 2,90,613 2,683 1.00% 72.21 years, without anyupper age processing industry,The Indian cial to their transportand MinistryofCommerce. The nouncedbroad outlines of India's limit, from the dateofthe sol- Express has learnt. storage, especiallyina process is on track,”the source vaccine strategy,one of the coun- *Compounded Daily Growth Rate overlast 7days**Calculatedover7-daygrowth dier’s death. Atemperature-controlled vast,hot country like said. try's mosteminent medical sci- CASEFATALITYRATIO POSITIVITYRATE DAILYIN,DAILYOUT The Defence Ministrysaid in cold chain, including equipment India. In anticipation of Oxford’s vaccine candidate, entists underlinedthe needfor Dr Gagandeep Kang 7DAYSEARLIER: 7DAYSEARLIER: DETECTED TODAY astatement on Monday that “as and proceduresusedintrans- the arrivalofavaccine for whichwill be manufactured in clarity on prioritisation. perexisting provision, there is a port, storage, and handling, is a Covid-19, the govern- India by Pune-basedSerum “Prioritisation needstode- 1.57 8.44 74,442 requirement of continuous qual- critical aspect of the administra- ment has startedtoiden- Institute, will have to be refrig- fine purpose. If the goal is to pre- allocation and planning forsup- NOW: NOW: RECOVERED TODAY: ifyingservice of 7years forgrant tion of the potential vaccine. tify additional cold chain erated at 2-8degreesCelsius. It vent as muchdiseaseaspossible, plyand delivery,issuedbyWHO 1.55 8.28 76,737 of OrdinaryFamilyPension at en- Poor handling, includingexpos- storagefacilities forthe is learnt that the ExpertGroup is then we should vaccinatethose andpartners; it would be useful Deaths as aratio of Positives against Becoming sick vs hancedratetoNoK (NextofKin) ing the vaccine to temperatures expected enormousvol- at the moment notconsidering mostatrisk of severe disease – to have the prioritisation strategy positivecases(in %); numbertested recovering; more of Defence Forces personnel”. It outside the recommended umes that will be needed the m-RNAvaccinecandidate healthcareworkers,the elderly, moreclearly described.For ex- indicatorofprogress (in%); indicatorof recoveries for 14 days in avertingdeaths the spread of disease may signal the peak stated that the “OrdinaryFamily range, can result in reduction of to inoculateIndians. being developedbyModerna, those with comorbidities, etc.,” ample, assuming the vaccine is DataasonOctober4,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealth,ICMRandstates.Oftendailynumbersinclude Pension at enhancedrate” is cal- potency and wastage. whichmustbestoredinmuch said Dr Gagandeep Kang, profes- prioritisedfor healthcare work- datafrompreviousdays.Assuch,trendsbasedondailynumbersareindicative,notdefinitive culated at 50 per centoflast The decision to augment cold lowertemperatures. sor of microbiologyatChristian ers, will infectious disease con- emoluments, while without the chainstorage comes in the back- has had detaileddeliberations “This (Moderna) vaccine re- Medical CollegeVellore, who sultantsget it before patholo- enhanced rate it is calculated at drop of the government asking on augmenting the existing cold quires ultra-coldstorage.We playedthe criticalroleinthe de- gists?” Dr Kang said. 30 per cent of lastemoluments. states to submit lists of priority chain storageofthe govern- don'thavethat kind of cold stor- velopmentofthe indigenous ro- “Similarly,award boymay be “Ordinary FamilyPension at populationgroups forreceiving ment’s Universal Immunisation age,” sources said. tavirus vaccine. with patientsall daylong while Former Union minister enhancedrateispayable for10 the vaccine. On Sunday, Health programme. The MinistryofHealth & “But if the goal is to prevent the doctormay spend one hour years without anyupperage MinisterDrHarsh Vardhan had “India has anetwork of more FamilyWelfarehas directed transmission, we should be vac- aday with patients; who gets the RasheedMasood dies at 73 limit from the datefollowingthe said that the government ex- than 16,000 coldchain storages states to providebulk-storage cinatingyounger,working-age vaccine first?” dateofdeath of the personnel in pectstoreceive and utilise 400- with temperaturetrackersin cold chain equipmentlikewalk- populationswho will be inter- Dr Kang added, “But ramping Saharanpur: Former Union and had undergone treatment at service,”the ministrystated. 500million doses, and coverap- eachstorage.The threeindige- in coolers/ freezers at the levelof acting morewith others. up supplyand delivery is going MinisterRasheedMasood died aDelhi hospital.After recovering “Whereservice personnel dies proximately20-25 crorepeople nous manufacturers (Bharat statevaccine stores. The National Without clarity on the goals, we to take time.All vaccines so far at aRoorkeenursing home from the virus, he had returned afterrelease/retirement/dis- by July2021. Biotech,Zydus Cadila, and Cold Chain and Vaccine cannotprioritise,” Dr Kang told arepromising. No vaccine that Monday. He was73. to Saharanpur.His conditionde- charge/invalidmentwith apen- Asubgrouphas been formed Serum Institute) have givende- Management Resource Centreis The Indian Express. has comeintohuman clinicaltri- Masood had been recently teriorated again afew days ago sion, OrdinaryFamilyPension at to look at cold chain storage, tailedinformation on cold stor- providing technical guidanceto The Health Ministersaid on als has been stoppedasyet fora admitted to the nursing home and he wasadmitted to anurs- enhancedrateisgrantedforape- sourcesinthe Expert Group said. agerequirements, and the tem- the states. Sundaythatthe target wastore- safetyconcern, even if some forthe management of some ing home in Roorkeewherehe riod of 7years from the dateof IAS officer SAparna,who has perature at whichthe vaccine The Centrehas also asked ceive andutilise 400million to have had atemporarystopping post-Covid complications, the diedonMonday, theformer death or up to attaining the age been recentlyappointed as needs to be stored.Our existing states to repair nonfunctional 500million doses of the Covid- of recruitment. Anyvaccine in former Union minister's MLAsaid. of 67 years, whicheverisearlier.” Secretary, Department of cold storagefulfills the require- cold chain equipment, train staff 19 vaccine to coverapproxi- phase 3has an about 50-60 per nephewand former MLAImran RasheedMasood, a5-time Theministrymentionedthat Pharmaceuticals (DoP), under mentsofthese threevaccine in cold chain handling,and hold mately25crore people by July centchanceofsuccess, so we Masood said. Lok Sabha member from the “requirement of continuous the MinistryofChemicals and candidates. However, as perour task forcemeetings at the block 2021. should wait and see whichones According to Imran Masood, Saharanpur,was theUnion qualifying service of 7years is Fertilisers,heads the subgroup. estimation, we might be requir- and districtlevels to discuss pre- “Therehas been verydetailed areshown to reduce disease, be- his uncle had tested positive for MinisterofState forHealth in done away with” effective from Sources said the subgroup ing morethan 16,000(cold chain paredness. guidance on principles to use for cause we do notknowyet.” the coronavirus some time back the VPSingh government. PTI October1,2019through aletter issuedonMonday. It stated that familiesofsol- HATHRAS WOMAN’SDEATH Ahead of festive dierswho “diedwithin 10 years” before October 1, 2019,without season, govt completing sevencontinuous SC to hear today years of serviceare “also eligible Anarchists conspiring to promote plans awareness forfamilypension at enhanced plea for probe campaign to rate w.e.f 1.10.2019”. caste,communal violence: CM by CBI or SIT, contain Covid get trialtoDelhi lakh moregovernmentjobs in Assemblybypoll in Tundla. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE the coming year or so. We have “In the lastsix years, aposi- LUCKNOW,OCTOBER5 alsoworkedfor 20 lakh youths to tive emotion hasemergedinthe EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE getprivate jobs... But howcan country... The UP government NEW DELHI,OCTOBER 5 NEWDELHI,OCTOBER5 REITERATINGHIS allegation that thosepeople who areagainstthe has also worked on the path “conspiracies arebeinghatched countryand society acceptthis? shown by the Prime Ministerto IN VIEW of upcoming festivities THE SUPREMECourtwill hear everyday”againsthisgovernment Theywantedaweak Uttar makeIndia self-reliant,bestand in the months of October and on Tuesdayawrit petition seek- by “thosewhowantto incitecaste Pradesh, full of riots and lawless- strong... Butsome anarchists November,the government is ing probebythe CBI or aSpecial and communal riots”, Uttar ness. Now, as theirintentions are can’t bear to see this change. planning to launchanation- Investigation Team (SIT) headed Pradesh Chief MinisterYogi notbearing fruition, theyare con- Hence, these people areconspir- wide awareness campaign on Justice KKUsha by asittingorretired SC or High Adityanath Mondaysaid “some spiring.Iwant to tell youthat this ing to promotecommunal frenzy Covid containment.Ameeting Courtjudgeintothe alleged rape AAPMPSanjay SinghinHathrasonMonday. Praveen Khanna anarchists who can’tbear to see is aBJP government. We willen- and violence on caste lines,” in this regard is likelytobeheld and murder of aDalit woman in development in the state arecon- sure securityand respectfor Adityanath said. by HomeSecretaryAjayBhalla Justice KK Hathras, Uttar Pradesh. spiring to promote communal everyone. This is our promise. The SP is synonymous with on Tuesday, sources in the The plea by Satyama Dubey, frenzyandviolenceoncaste lines”. But, if someone tries to ruin the anarchy, while theBSP stands for MinistryofHome Affairs said. Usha, former who identifiedherselfasasocial Ink thrown on Sanjay “In astate whereevery job atmosphere of the state, thenwe corruption,hesaid. “Congress An MHA official said the activist, and advocates Vishal usedtobegiven on thebasisof will deal with them strictly,”he have no supportonthe ground. meeting would largely discuss Kerala HC CJ, Thakreand RudraPratapYadav Singh in Hathras, 1held caste,wehavegiven more than3 told partyworkers during a The BJP’s win on all the seven ways to shape publicbehaviour has been listedbeforeabeach lakh jobs in three years… We video-conference while review- seatsofthe bypollsisdefinite,” at atime whenmoreand more dies at 81 headedbyChief Justice of India S have aroadmap forproving3 ing the campaign forthe he said. relaxations of public movement ABobde. Singh said, afterwhichhewas arebeinggiven andafatigue of The petitioners also want the AMILBHATNAGAR interruptedbythe accusedwho Covid containment measures SHAJUPHILIP trial to be shifted to Delhi. The HATHRAS,OCTOBER5 allegedly said "gobackagentsof UN mission’s remarks on NCW chief writes to has kept in. THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, plea alleges that the UP govern- PFI" and threw ink on the DGP over Priyanka He clarifiedthatnonew OCTOBER5 ment and the stateauthorities INK WASthrownonAAP Rajya leader.The accusedkeptrepeat- guidelines arecomingthrough had “failedtotake...actions Sabha MP SanjaySingh on ing this as aman held him incident unwarranted: MEA manhandling the meeting whichwill be fo- JUSTICE KKUsha, former Chief againstaccusedpersons...”. Monday during his visit to againstawall. cusedonthe natureofaware- Justice of the Kerala High Court, Referring to media reports of Hathras to meetthe familyofthe The incident ledtoascuffle made by theUNResident NewDelhi:Condemning the ness campaignstobelaunched. diedinKochi on Monday. She the incident, it said the body was 19-year old victim. outside the barricade at the en- SHUBHAJITROY Coordinator regarding some re- manhandling of Congress leader “Thefestivities suchas was81. “buriedbythe police”,which Singh spoketothe familyfor trance of the village.The police NEWDELHI,OCTOBER5 cent cases of violence against PriyankaGandhiVadrabypolice- Dussehraand Diwali areocca- Justice Usha, who served the shows negligence and “failureof closeto30minutes and wasad- usedmild forcetodrive the pro- women.UNResidentCoordinator men, National Commission for sionswhen people will meet High CourtasChief Justice from the judicialsystemestablished dressing the media when the in- testers away. AFTER THE UN mission in New inIndiashouldbeawarethatthese Women (NCW) chairperson familyand friends, also congre- 2000 to 2001,was the first through our Constitution”. the cident occurred. Deepak Sharma, who wasar- Delhi said the alleged rape and cases have been takenextremely Rekha Sharma Mondaywrote to gate.These could be opportuni- woman to be directly elevatedto pleastated. It saidthat “police "SanjaySingh wasvisiting rested,claims to be aHindu murderinHathrasandBalrampur seriouslybythe government.” the Uttar Pradesh DGP and the ties forthe disease to further the HC benchfromthe bar. authorities had notperformed the familyofthe victim in the rights activistand founder of a areareminderthatthosefromdis- Inastatement,theUNmission GautamBuddhNagarDMandSP, spread.Wejustwant to ensure She enrolledasanadvocate their duties towardsthe victim” Hathras village. Later,hewas ad- Ghaziabad-based outfit, advantagedsocialgroupsareatgr- inIndiahadsaid,“Therecentcases seeking an explanation. that peopledonot forget to in 1961 and wasappointed as a and are “trying to shield the ac- dressing the mediawhen onein- RashtriyaSwamseva Dal. eater risk of gender-based viole- of alleged rape and murder in “Ihavewrittenthe letter to all wear masksand maintain social government pleader in 1979. cusedpersons forreasons best dividual threw ink at him. The Sharmahad been detained nce,IndiaMonday reactedsharply. Hathras and Balarampur arean- threeabout the incidentand have distancing... We want to remind Beforebecoming Chief Justiceof known to them”. Also on police took immediateaction by Agra Police as he wastrying MinistryofExternal Affairs other reminder that despitethe spoken of the insensitivity with people that the virus has not the Kerala HC in 2000,she served Monday,ChandraBhan Singh, a and arrested theaccused. to chant Hanuman Chalisa inside spokesperson Anurag Srivastava impressive progress madeona whichwomenarebeinghandled, gone away,” the official said. the HC as ajudgefor nine years. retired judicial officer,moved the Further investigation is pend- the TajMahal in 2017. said, “Since the investigation pro- number of social indicators, and the needfor more sensitivity He addedthat the aware- She wasthe second woman Chief SC seeking probeintothe role of ing,” said Hathras Police in a In 2018,NSA wasslapped cess is still underway, anyunnec- women and girls from disadvan- towardswomen,” she said. In a ness campaign will focus on Justice of theHCofKerala. police officials in connection statement. againstSharma forallegedly at- essarycomments by an external tagedsocialgroupsfaceadditional tweet,NCWcalledthe“insensitive personal hygiene, social dis- Post-retirement, she headed with the incident and registra- "I metthe familyofthe vic- tacking Kashmiri studentsinside agencyarebestavoided.Someun- vulnerabilities and areatgreater behaviour” towardsthe Congress tancing, wearing of masksand the Customs, Excise and Service tion of FIRs againstthem. tim. Theyare in great fear...,” Sharda University. warranted commentshavebeen risk of gender-basedviolence.” leader“totallyunacceptable”.ENS medical attention forsympto- TaxAppellateTribunalinDelhi maticpeople. forthree years. In 2005, she headedaninquirycommission of the IndianPeople’s Tribunal, ARMYCHIEF, SHRINGLA MEETSUU KYI whichprobed the communal situation in Odisha. She wasalso amember of the Indian People’s India gives Myanmar Remdesivir drug, talks security along border Tribunal that looked into human rightsissues in Manipur.The tri- Foreign SecretaryHarsh Vardhan Myanmarinits fight againstthe bilityintheir border areas and re- Myanmar in itsdemocratic tran- bunal had recommendedrevok- SHUBHAJITROY Shringla and ArmychiefGen M (Covid-19)pandemic.Shringlain- iterated theirmutual commit- sition,” the statement said. ing the AFSPAinManipur. NEWDELHI,OCTOBER5 MNaravane to Myanmar. dicated India’s willingness to pri- ment nottoallowtheir respec- On the issueofRohingya Justice Usha’s husband K The twomet Myanmar’s oritise Myanmar in sharing vac- tive territories to be usedfor refugeeswho have fledthe Sukumaran is also aretired High APACKAGE of 3,000 vials of the StateCounsellor Aung San Suu cinesasand whenthesebecome activities inimical to eachother,” Rakhine state,bothsidesnoted Courtjudgewho had served in antiviral Remdesivir,supportfor Kyiand the Commander in Chief available”,theMinistryofExternal theMEA stated.The Indian side the considerable progress made the High Courts of Kerala and ensuring safe, sustainable and of Defence Services,Senior Affairs (MEA)said in astatement. expressed appreciation to under the Rakhine State Bombay. speedy return of Rohingya GeneralMin Aung Hlaing. Theyagreedtoworktowards Myanmar forhanding over of 22 Development Programme Expressinghis condolences, refugees, operationalisationof GenNaravanemetViceSenior operationalisation of Sittweport cadres of Indian insurgent groups (RSDP)and proposedfinalising Chief MinisterPinarayiVijayan the crucial Sittwe port in General Soe Win, Deputy in the firstquarterof2021. The in Maythis year,itstated. projectsunder phase-III of the said that Justice Usha had made Myanmar'sRakhinestate by Commander-in-Chief, Myanmar twosides also discussedprogress Shringla congratulated programme, includingsetting up notableinterventionsinwomen’s March 2021, aliaison office in Nay ArmedServices. Shringlamet U in the ongoing Indian-assistedin- Myanmar forsuccessfullyhold- of askills training centre. During issues with awoman’s perspec- Pyi Taw, abustofBal Gangadhar Soe Han, Permanent Secretary, frastructureprojects such as the ing the fourth meeting of the 21st the visit, the project agreement tive.Sheenrolledinalegalprofes- Tilak in MandalayJail, and amu- MinistryofForeignAffairs, Trilateral Highway and the CenturyPanglongPeace on upgrading of agricultural sion at atime when therewere tual commitmenttonot allow Myanmar. Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Conference and assured India’s mechanisation underRSDP was Armychief General MM Naravane and Foreign Secretary fewwomen in that arena, and activitiesagainsteachother. Theypresented 3,000 vialsof Transport Project, the statement continued “supportinsharing signed. Harsh VShringla with Indian AmbassadortoMyanmar contributedimmenselytotheju- Theseare some of the key take- Remdesivir to Suu Kyi, “symbolic said. “The twosides discussed experiences in constitutionalism FULLREPORTON Saurabh Kumar and Aung San Suu Kyi. 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BJPMP’S AIDE SHOT IN NORTH24PARGANAS MALLYA EXTRADITION Victim’s father pointsfinger at ruling TMC, demands CBI investigation ‘Secret’proceedingsgoing Governor slams SANTANUCHOWDHURY onintheUK,CentretellsSC TITAGARH,OCTOBER5 Bengal police for EVENAStheWest Bengalgovern- ‘cover-up’bid; Supreme Court. However, the “secret"proceedings arebut he mentorderedaCIDprobeintothe EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE highcourtrejectedtherequeston said he wasnot aware. shooting of aBJP leaderby meets victim’s NEWDELHI,OCTOBER5 May14, 2020. Adjourning the matter to unidentifiedassailantsinNorth Thus,Mallya exhaustedall le- November 2, the courtasked the 24 Parganas’Titagarh area,thevic- kin, BJP leaders BUSINESSMANVIJAY Mallya’sex- galremedies andhis surrender counsel to apprise it aboutthis tim’s father alleged aconspiracy traditionto Indiawillhave to wait to India musthavehappened in on that date. by therulingTMCanddemanded until some “confidential” pro- 28 days’time. But the UK Home The topcourthad held aCBI probeintothe incident. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ceedings in this connection are Office then intimated that “there Mallya guilty of contempton Standing outside his house in KOLKATA,OCTOBER5 completedintheUK.OnMonday, is afurther legal issue” which twocounts—for disobeying its Khardah, ChandraMani Shukla theCentreinformedtheSupreme needstoberesolvedbeforehis order asking him to fullydisclose (65), father of BJP leader Manish WESTBENGALGovernor Court benchofJustices UULalit VijayMallya “extradition maytakeplace”. his assets and forviolating the Shukla said, “I have learnt he was Jagdeep Dhankhar remained and Ashok Bhushan, whichhad The UK side said that “this is- Karnataka High Courtorder re- killedwithacarbinemachinegun. ThespotwhereShukla wasshot, in Titagarh Monday. Partha Paul one of the focal pointsofthe de- asked him to appearbeforeitin sue is outside and apartfromthe straininghim from alienating his Either Army personnel or police velopments in the statecapital connectionwithacontempt case, questforMallya wasforwardedto extradition process, but it has the assets —in May9,2017. use suchguns.Myson hadali- on Monday, aday afteralocal BJP thatthereweresome“secret”pro- the UK on February9,2017. In effect that under the United The courtfoundthathehad cencedgun, but police cancelled ting with party workers at atea eralsecretaryKailashVijayvargiya leader waskilledinTitagarh ceedings going on in the UK, but December 2018,Senior District Kingdom law, extradition cannot notdisclosedthe fact of receipt the licence eight months,despite stall adjoining amakeshiftBJP of- visited theirhouse on Monday. town near Kolkata. theGovernmentof Indiadoesnot Judge, WestminsterMagistrate’s take place until it is resolved. The of $40million in hisaccount and knowingthathefacedlifethreats. fice when masked gunmen Known as asocial worker, Dhankharcriticisedthe state have knowledge about it as it is Court,Londonrecommendedhis High Commission wasfurther transferring it to his children. The police arehand in glovewith openedfire. He is survived by his Manish ran18community police foralleged attemptsat notaparty to the process and the extradition to India. Mallya chal- informedthat the issueisconfi- On August31, 2020, the SC the stategovernment and we parents, wifeand twochildren. kitchens in Titagarh during the “cover-up and fishing foralibis”, UKsidehasnotsharedanydetails. lenged this before the London dential and so it cannotbede- dismissedhis petition which have no faithinthem. We want a ManishwaswiththeCPMbe- lockdownand organised blood raisedthe issue of “nosediving In astatus report filedbefore HighCourt,whichdismissediton clared.” sought reviewofthis orderand CBI probe.” fore joining theTMC in 2009. He donation camps. "He wasknown lawand orderscenario” in the the court, the Ministry of Home April20,2020.Hethenmovedthe The benchasked thecounsel askedhim to appearbeforeitat Meanwhile, localpeople hit became acouncillor at Titagarh formobilisingsupportforanypo- state, made his “concern of the Affairssaidthattheextraditionre- HC seeking leave to appeal to the appearing forMallyawhatthe 2pmonMonday. the streetsand slammedthe po- Municipality in 2015.Following liticalparty,andthat'swhyhewas present alarming scenario” licefor allegedinaction. Ahuge Singh's victory in 2019 Lok Sabha valuedbyallparties,"saidlocalBJP known to the stateChief contingent of policemen, Rapid polls, Manishdefected to the BJP. worker Akash Shaw. Secretary, and metBJP leader Action Forceand Combat Force Since then, he wasknown to be Sources said Manish was and party'sobserver forthe state Over 10 million patients, India’s 10-year wasdeployedinthe area.CID of- behind the BJP's rise in Titagarh givenresponsibility by theBJP to Kailash Vijaybargiyaonthe de- ficers arrivedtocollect evidence area.Sourcessaidthat16 criminal ensure victoryinBarrackpore seg- layinhanding over the body to andconductvideography, andthe cases were lodgedagainsthim. ment in 2021Assemblypolls. familymembers. HepatitisCelimination deadline seems far police postedatweet asking peo- "They (TMC) mayhave "Manishwas asked to return to In the evening,Dhankhar ple nottojumptoconclusions. thoughtthat their position was the TMC, but he refused. The BJP metthe victim’s father,Chandra from Hepatitis C, according to sci- ment, but access to medicines “Punjab has alargerburden Aclose aideofBJP MP from weakenedafterhisdefection,and gave him the task to look after Mani Shukla, along with BJP TABASSUM entists.The disease is hardtode- became an issue due to the of disease due to high drug-abuse BarrackporeArjunSingh,Manish that's whymyson wastargeted," Barrackporeseat.Thiswouldhave leaders, at the RajBhavan. BARNAGARWALA tect because it remains asymp- Covid-19pandemic. “The pan- and injectable drugs usage. They (39)wasshot afterreturningfrom said Manish’sfather. resultedinadirectclashwithTMC FULLREPORTON MUMBAI,OCTOBER5 tomatic foralong time before demic has sloweddownour beganaHepatitisCprogramme ameeting in Habra. He waschat- ABJP team ledbyparty gen- leaders," said alocal partyleader. www.indianexpress.com leading to livercirrhosis or liver screening process,” Dr Mahendra muchbeforethe centralpro- WITH Atargettoeliminate cancer. Kendre, from Maharashtra’s pub- gramme, and the national pro- Hepatitis Cby2030, India has WHOestimates4lakhglobal lic health department,said. “We gramme is similar to whatthey managed to put 50,000 people deaths due to thevirus eachyear. can’t screenincontainment did,” said Rekha Shukla, joint sec- CPM worker stabbed to death in Kerala’s on treatment since 2018,when Dr Akash Shukla, assistant zones, but we arenow taking a retary,MinistryofHealth and the NationalViral Hepatitis professor,gastroenterology, at focussed approachtostart FamilyWelfare.Punjabwas Control Programme (NVHCP), Mumbai's KEM Hospital said, screening high-riskpopulations recording 900-1,100 newcases Thrissur, police rule out political angle waslaunched. “The good partisthat treatment such as HIV patients,bloodtrans- everymonth before Covid-19 On Monday, as threescien- has nowbecome accessible be- fusion patients, and prisoners.” struck. In March and April, case wasnopolitical angle to theinci- Threeothers,whowere withhim, commissioner. tists —Harvey JAlter,CharlesM causethegovernmentprovidesit IndialaunchedNVHCPin2018, detection fell to 250-300. SHAJUPHILIP dent. Accordingtopolice, Sanoop were injuredintheattack.Thevic- CPM statesecretaryKodiyeri Rice (both from the US),and free of cost. Earlier it costlakhs to twoyearsafterPunjabintroduced Dr Gagandeep Singh Grover, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM,OCT5 wasstabbed by agroup at 11.30 tim had no criminal background. Balakrishnan issuedastatement, Michael Houghton (from the UK) treat aHepatitis Ccase. But the asimilar programme.Punjab has who handles the Hepatitis Cpro- pm on Sunday. We have identifiedfourassailants alleging thatthe SanghParivar —won the 2020 NobelPrize for sad partis, we did notget anynew enrolled87,000 patients since gramme in Punjab, said, “When ACPM branchsecretarywas Thrissur citypolice commis- and theydon’t have anypolitical wasbehind theattack. By in- PhysiologyorMedicine fortheir patientssince the lockdown.” 2016,and93percentof themhave therewas complete lockdown, stabbed to death lateonSunday sioner RAadhithyasaidSanoop background. Butoneof themwas dulging in political murders, RSS work in identifying Hepatitis C Hepatitis Ctreatmentre- been cured,according to officials. OPD wasstopped but treatment night in Kerala’s Thrissurdistrict. and three others had gone to dis- involvedintwo criminal assault is challengingthe self-restraint of virus, it wasareminder forIndia quires oral medication for12 “Since Punjabbegan the pro- wasnot stopped. Nowwehave While the ruling CPM hasalleged cuss adisputeoversome youths cases, in 2013 and 2014,” he said. the CPM, he said. on the long road ahead to reach weeks; in severe patientsitmay grammebeforethe national pro- increasedtreatment centres to all thatPUSanoop (26),the CPM racing bikes in the area when he “The incident is notapolitical BJP statepresident K itselimination target. extend to 24 weeks. In gramme, their cases before 2018 HIV centres and nine central pris- branchsecretaryatPuthusseryin wasattacked. “Therehad been a murderandtherehadbeennois- Surendran alleged that rivalry An estimated 0.5-1per cent Maharashtra, where350 such arenot includedinnational ons. Newtreatment centres are Thrissur district, waskilledbyBJP local disputeoverbikeracingand sues betweenthe victim and the amongCPM-backedgangsled to of the country's population (or patients have been diagnosed, NVHCP data,” said Dr Preeti screening (peoplefrom) high- workers,thepolicehavesaidthere Sanoop had gone to talk about it. assailantsinthe past,’’said the the murder. 10-13million people) suffers 180havesofar been put on treat- Madan, NVHCP deputydirector. risk groups.” OVER THE HEDGE by Michael Fry &TLewis CROSSWORD4242 DAYTODAY BYPETERVIDAL

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THAILAND JILLCOLVIN,STEVE ED 4dayson, 1in10people may Interpolissues PEOPLES&ZEKEMILLER littleclarity BETHESDA,OCTOBER5 PLAIN E ● oncondition ‘rednotice’for EX have contracted US PRESIDENT Donald Trump ThaiRedBullheir washoping foraMondaydis- TRUMP WAStaken to hospital INTERPOLHASissuedanew charge from the militaryhospital with Covid-19 on Friday, and “red notice” forthe fugitive whereheisbeingtreated for despiteseveral briefings by his Covid, saysWHO heir to theRed Bull fortune Covid-19, aday afterheventured doctors,confusion regarding who fledThailand afterhis out while contagious to salute the severity of his illness per- Ferraristruckandkilledapo- cheering supporters by motor- sists.The news that he wasbe- liceofficerin2012,thepolice cade —anouting that disre- ingadministered thesteroid JAMEYKEATEN The estimate—which in Thailand said. The notice garded precautions meant to dexamethasone has added GENEVA,OCTOBER5 would amounttoover by the global police agency, contain the virusthat haskilled greatlytothe uncertainty, itshighest-levelalert,comes morethan 209,000 Americans. withexperts saying this is THE HEAD of emergencies at the 760million people —far afterthe policeinThailand The scale of the outbreak usedtotreat severe cases of WorldHealth Organisation said outstrips the number of reopenedthe case. The au- within the WhiteHouse itself Covid-19and that it wasnot Mondayits “best estimates” indi- confirmedcases as thorities,widelycriticisedfor wasstill being uncovered recommendedfor milder catethat roughly1in10people dropping chargesagainst Monday, as presssecretary cases. He has also been said to worldwide mayhavebeenin- talliedbyWHO, which Vorayuth Yoovidhaya,the Kayleigh McEnanyannounced have had high fever andtwo fectedby thecoronavirus—more nowstands at over grandson of the inventor of she tested positivefor the virus instances of bloodoxygenlev- Supporters rallyfor Trumpoutside of the Walter Reed National MilitaryMedicalCenter in than 20 times the number of con- 35 million worldwide the energy drink,are seek- Mondaymorning and wasen- els dropping. Despiteall this, Bethesda, Maryland, whereheisbeing treated,onSunday. Reuters firmedcases —and warnedofa ing Interpol’s help in arrest- teringquarantine. WhiteHouse officials and difficult period ahead. inghim,apolicespokesman WhiteHouse officials said doctors have maintainedthat Dr Michael Ryan, speaking to said on Monday.The case Trumpwas anxious to be re- he is doingwell and is ready to aspecial session of the WHO’s were “rather more positive”. againstVorayuth, 37,had leasedafterthreenightsatWalter be backtohis “normal work- Trump’s illness puts Wednesday’s 34-member executive boardfo- “Our current best estimates long been cited as evidence Reed National MilitaryMedical ing schedule”. cusing on Covid-19, said the fig- tell us that about 10 per cent of of the special treatment Center,where doctors revealed ures vary from urbantorural, the global population mayhave Thailand’selitereceives.The on Sundaythat his blood oxygen VP debate under closer scrutiny and between different groups, been infected by this virus,”Ryan decision to drop charges levelhad droppedsuddenly twice vehicle could be seen in masks but that ultimately it means “the told attendeesfrommember againsthim in Julywas held in recent days andthat theygave and other protective gear. swer forhis ownstewardshipas vast majorityofthe worldre- governmentswho makeupthe up as afurther example of him asteroid typicallyonlyrec- The move capped aweekend ADAMNAGOURNEY& chair of thefederal coronavirus mains at risk.”Hesaidthe pan- executive board and provide impunity. NYT ommendedfor theverysick.Still, of contradictions that fueled SHANEGOLDMACHER task force. ForHarris, aformer demic would continue to evolve, muchofits funding. the doctors said Trumpwas do- confusion about Trump’s health, OCTOBER5 prosecutor,thedebateisachance but that tools existtosuppress The estimate—whichwould ing “very well”. whichhas imperiledthe leader- to show that she is capableofbe- transmission and save lives. amount to morethan 760mil- Trump “is ready to getbackto ship of the U.S. government and US PRESIDENT DonaldTrump’s ingpresidentinanational emer- “Manydeaths have been lion people based on acurrent PAKISTAN anormal work schedule”and was upendedthe final stages of the hospitalisation withthe coron- RACE FOR gency,aswell as to demonstrate avertedand manymorelives can worldpopulation of about 7.6 FATFallsetto optimistic about aMonday re- presidential campaign avirus has catapulted this week’s thatshe can challengethe Trump be protected,” Ryan said. He was billion —far outstrips the num- lease, WhiteHouse chief of staff In ashortvideo on Sunday, vice-presidential debateintothe THEWHITE recordonCovid-19 without flanked by his boss, WHO berofconfirmedcases as tallied decideonPak’s Mark Meadows told FoxNews. Trumpinsistedheunderstoodthe spotlight to an extraordinaryde- seemingoverly aggressiveagainst Director-General Tedros by both WHO and Johns Hopkins He said adeterminationwould be gravityof themoment.Buthisac- gree, putting pressure on Vice HOUSE an ailing President. Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who University,now morethan 35 greyliststatus made afterfurther evaluation by tionsmomentslater,byleavingthe President MikePenceand Depending on howquickly minutes earlier ledamoment of million worldwide. THE FINANCIALAction his medical team later Monday. hospitalandsittinginsidetheSUV Senator Kamala Harris to use this dent themselves, as opposedto Trumprecovers, his condition silencetohonor victimsaswell Expertshave longsaidthatthe Task Forceisall settode- Less than one month before withothers,suggestedotherwise. forum to reassure an anxious justleading contenders forthe could also forcethe cancellation as round of applause forthe numberof confirmedcasesgreatly cide on Pakistan’s grey list Election Day, Trumpwas eager “This is insanity,” tweetedDr public theyare prepared and nomination in 2024and beyond. of the tworemaining debates be- healthworkers whohavestrived underestimates the true figure. status in avirtual meeting to projectstrength despitehis ill- JamesPhillips,anattendingphysi- qualifiedtostepinaspresident. ForPence, Wednesday’s de- tween Trumpand Biden. Should to save them. The comments cameduring scheduledlater this ness. The still-infectious presi- cian at Walter Reed.“Everysingle Trump’sdiagnosiswith apo- batewillmostlikelycompel him that happen, the 90-minuteses- Ryan said southeastAsia aspecialsession of the executive month, according to ame- dent surprisedsupporters who person in thevehicleduring that tentiallylethalvirus—andthefact to accountfortheadministration’s sionWednesdaywould bethe fi- facedasurge in cases,Europe boardtoconsider the follow-up dia report on Monday. The had gatheredoutside the hospi- completely unnecessarypresi- thatheis74 andhisDemocraticri- recordonavirus that has nowin- nal debate of this presidential and the eastern Mediterranean to itspreviousmeeting,inMay, Paris-basedglobal money tal, ridingbySundayinablack dential ‘drive-by’ justnow has to val, Joe Biden, is 77 —was astark fected7.4millionAmericans—in- election season, and the last were seeing an increase in that passedaresolution to look laundering and terrorist SUV with the windows rolledup. be quarantinedfor 14 days.They reminder that either Pence or cluding the mostprotected man chance forbothparties to com- deaths, while the situations in into the world’s —and WHO’s — financing watchdog had Secret Serviceagentsinsidethe might getsick. They maydie.” AP Harris could end up being presi- in the country, Trump—and an- mand ahugeaudience. NYT Africaand the Western Pacific response to thepandemic. AP placedPakistanonthe grey listinJune 2018 and asked Islamabad to im- NATO calls for Paris put on UK govt faces questions plement aplanofaction Pak: Zardari charged in 2graftcases to curb moneylaundering ceasefire in South maximum alert and terror financing by militarydictator Pervez after daily cases triple the end of 2019,but the Caucasus conflict MUNIRAHMED Musharrafwas forced to resign. as cases surge, deadline wasextended ISLAMABAD,OCTOBER5 Bhuttoserved twice as aprime later on duetothe pan- minister before shewas killedby set to shut bars ASSOCIATEDPRESS demic. PTI REUTERS APAKISTANI courtonMonday the Taliban in abomb and gun LONDON,OCTOBER5 ANKARA,OCTOBER5 officiallychargedthe country’s attackin2007. Zardari served as EUROPE former president Asif Ali Zardari Pakistan’s president until 2013. SYLVIECORBET THE BRITISH government faced NATOSECRETARY-GENERAL in twocorruption cases, escalat- During Monday’s courtap- PARIS,OCTOBER5 hugequestions Mondayoverits 9deadafter Jens Stoltenbergcalledon ing the legal challenges facing Asif Ali Zardari pearanceinthe capital, coronavirustestingsystemaftera floodhits Mondayfor aceasefirein the nowleading opposition law- Islamabad, Zardari pleadednot FRENCH AUTHORITIES placed bigincreaseinthenumberof pos- Nagorno-Karabakh as the death maker and widowerofassassi- guilty to moneylaundering and the Paris regiononmaximum itive cases over theweekendthat BritishPMBoris Johnson Italy,France toll continuedtorise from nated former Pakistani Prime MinisterImran Khan later this corruption charges. He is ac- virusalertonMonday, banning wasblamed on atechnical glitch. AWOMAN’S body was clashes in the breakawayenclave MinisterBenazir Bhutto. month. Zardari wasreleasedon cusedofhaving dozens of bogus festivegatherings andrequir- The main opposition Labour discoveredMondayinthe in the South Caucasus. The development came as baillastDecember,sixmonthsaf- bankaccounts, acharge he de- ing all bars to close butallow- Partyhas asked the government 12,872 on Saturdayand 22,961 MediterraneanSea,bring- Turkey,meanwhile, urged Zardari’spartyandakey anti-gov- terhis arrest. nies, sayinghehas been politi- ing restaurantstoremain open, whythe cases were nottabulated on Sunday. ing to at leastnine the the alliance to call forthe with- ernmentallywerepreparingfora Zardari became president in callyvictimisedbyKhan’sgov- as numbers of infections in- when they should have been. That compares with about numberof peoplekilledin drawal of Armenian forces from massive rallyagainstPrime 2008, afterPakistan’s former ernment. AP creasedrapidly. Health SecretaryMatt 7,000cases on eachofthe previ- severe mountain flooding the region, whichbelongs to Paris police prefect Didier Hancock is due to make astate- ousfour days. at the borderbetween Azerbaijan underinternational Lallement announcedthe new ment to MPs later Monday. Jonathan Ashworth, Labour's France and Italy. Up to 20 lawbut is populated and gov- $250m project to remake US monuments restrictions would applyatleast Public health officials re- spokesman on health issues, de- others were feared miss- ernedbyethnicArmenians. forthe next twoweeks. vealedSundaythat 15,841 virus scribed the erroras“shambolic” ing in the devastation. In In the ninth dayoffighting, the Mellon Foundation, said it’s “We arecontinuously adapt- cases weren’t tabulatedfrom and said the public “will be un- Italy, rescuers recovered Armenia and Azerbaijan accused REBECCASANTANA Mellon actuallythe culmination of years ing to the reality of the virus. We September 25 to October 2. derstandablyalarmed”. her body in the sea by the eachother on Mondayofattack- NEWORLEANS,OCTOBER5 Foundation of work.She said the primaryfo- aretaking measures to slow While all of those who tested The reporting errorisjustthe Ligurian province of ing civilian areas, wherehun- chief Elizabeth cus of the project isn’t the relocat- down (itsspread),” he said. positive were informedofthe re- latestproblem with Britain's test Imperia.Five otherbodies, dredsofpeople have been killed AT Atime of intense scrutinyin Alexander ing of monumentsbut instead on StartingonTuesday, bars will sults, authorities weren’t able to and trace system, whichisseen all men, were found in the fiercestclashes in the re- America over whoiscommem- helpingensure greater represen- be closed in Paris and itssuburbs. trace and notify the people they as crucialtoslowing the spread SundayintheseanearSan gion formorethan 25 years. orated in public parksor in front tation of historicallyforgotten or Student parties and all other fes- had comeincontact with,Public of Covid-19and reducing the Remo, on the beachinthe Speaking in Ankara, of courthouses, the Andrew W. when the US has been grappling underrepresentedcommunities. tive andfamilyeventsinestab- Health England said. needfor further limitsonsocial Italian border town of Stoltenbergsaidtherewasnomil- Mellon Foundation announced with what to do with monu- Forexample, she said less than 2% lishmentsopen to thepublic will The government said the interaction. Ventimiglia and along the itarysolutiontothe conflict over Mondayitisspending $250 mil- mentssuchasthe vast arrayof of the historic sites on the be banned. “technical issue” wasdiscovered MPs from all parties have Imperiacoast.The identi- Nagorno-Karabakh. “It is ex- lionoverfiveyears to build new Confederatememorials located National Historic Registerare Frenchhealth authorities re- Fridaynight and resolved. previouslycriticisedPMBoris ties of the latest victims tremelyimportantthatwe convey monuments or memorials,add mostlyinthe South thatmany about African Americans and the portedonSaturday16,972 new The previouslyunreported Johnson’s Conservative govern- were notknown. AP averyclear message... that they contexttoalready existing ones people find offensive. numbers areevenfewer for cases of infection, the highest cases were addedtothe govern- ment forashortage of testing ca- should ceasefightingimmedi- and relocateothers. But while the project is timely, Latinx, Asian American or Native dailynumber sincethe country ment’s dailyfigures over the pacityand delays in notifying ately,”Stoltenbergsaid. The moneycomes at atime ElizabethAlexander,who heads American people. AP beganwidespreadtesting. AP weekend, boosting newcases to people of their test results.

CHILDREN OF THE WAR AGAINST SOVIETS CARRY LEGACIES OF LOSS AS THEY TRY TO BREAK ACYCLE OF DEVASTATION At Afghan peace talksinDoha, many hoping to end their fathers’ war

vived, their chests deckedout in break intoanother civil war, the wasatsuchaninflection point Gailanisaid. “Isee it as we arebe- Afghanistan, in partthrough his MUJIBMASHAL the medalsand insignia of acon- conflict dragging on foranother wasinthe 1980s. Her father was ing givenanother opportunity.” commandofmilitia forces that DOHA,OCTOBER5 flictthat has inflictedmiseryon generation, with newenemies aleader of the mujahedeen Among the Afghan govern- were accusedofabuses. millions,grew rich—enjoying and newpatrons. guerrillas againstthe Soviets, ment delegation, manyare chil- At 31,Batour Dostum has in- THEY ARE heretoend their fa- palaces, political fortune, mas- “If we losethisopportunity, we and he persuadedher to aban- dren of legacy and privilegewho herited theleadership of apoliti- thers’war. sive wealth. But theystill play have lostAfghanistan,”saidFatima don her pursuit of adoctorate aretrying to cement what their calpartyhisfatherbuilt.Hisfather, On both sides of thenegotia- hide and seek with death. Gailani, whose father wasone of and become aspokesperson for fathers wonbythe gunwith a AbdulRashidDostum,isoneof the tionsbetweentheAfghangovern- Those fathers fought along- theleadersof themujahedeenre- the mujahedeen factions as the softerimageofdemocratic pol- mostnotorious civil warstrong- ment and the Taliban arenearly a side eachother to drive out the sistanceto theSovietsatthedawn warreachedits endgame and itics. With top-class educations, men, and perhapsthe ultimate dozenchildrenofmen who Soviets, then turnedtheir guns of Afghanistan’s descent into the Soviets neared withdrawal. advisers and resources, they survivorofthe Afghan conflict. playedkey rolesintheSovietcon- on eachother in thepowervac- chaos.“If we losethisopportunity, Thatturnedout to be anight- have made it to Cabinetpositions Afterrackingupaccusationsof flict in the 1980s that setoff four uum that followed, waging an we have betrayed thepeople of marethatnever ended, shesaid: and parliamentary seats. human rights abuses over decadesofviolenceand loss. atrocity-filledcivil war. Afghanistan—we have betrayed The guerrillasweresoon at one The youngest, 25-year-old decades, the senior Dostum be- Some of their fathers have Now, their children knowall everychild, everywoman,above President Ashraf Ghani, center,with Abdul Rashid Dostum, another’s throats, and the ex- Khalid Noor,receivedamilitary cameachampionforhisonce-op- since diedofold age, insurgents toowell what is at stakeasthe US all we have betrayed thepeople left, during the Afghan presidentialcampaign in 2014. NYT tremistsamong them who saw degree in Britain and abachelor’s pressedethnic Uzbekminority, to theend.Some facedmorevi- militarycontinuesitswithdrawal who diedinthis war.” no place forwomen in govern- degree in the US. His father, androseto thecountry’svicepres- olentdeaths, blownupinsuicide with the peacetalks in Qatar still GailaniarrivedinDoha,Qatar’s ment outnumbered the moder- strongman Atta Mohammed idency.Hewas recentlygiven the bombings that have become a upintheair:IftheAfghanwarring capital,inSeptemberasoneof the reachedadeal in Februarythat herthirdsurgeryforthroatcancer, atefactions likeher father’s. Noor,had consolidated his grip honorarymilitaryrankof marshal, trademarkofthe war’s brutality. sides fail to agree on aformula of 20 negotiators on the govern- startedaUSmilitarywithdrawal. her voice still hoarse. “Iama66-year-old woman, I as one of the mostpowerful po- handedoutjustthreetimesinthe Manyofthe ones who have sur- power-sharing,Afghanistancould ment’ssidefacingtheTaliban,who She got to Qatar justaweek after The lasttime Afghanistan cannotaffordtobepessimistic,” litical forces in northern country’s history. NYT

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Committee has suggested five specific financial ratios for finalising resolution plans ALGORITHMTRANSPARENCY andpreventingitsweaponisation terest forloans during the mora- courtwanted. replytothe government affi- by non-state actorswillbekeyfac- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE torium period. “It’s notabout placing the re- davit, the courtsaid the affidavit tors in ensuring the trustfor arti- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER5 The court wasreferringto portonrecord but about imple- of the Centredid nothaveall the ficial intelligence (AI) increases the affidavit filedbythe Union menting it. These arenot sug- necessarydetails regarding the among common people, Prime THE SUPREME Court (SC) on Finance Ministry, whichsaid the gestions which could nothave questions asked by it earlier and MinisterNarendraModisaid Mondayasked the Centreand government had decidedto been implemented.The RBI and asked Mehta to file an additional Monday.Duringhisinauguralad- the ReserveBank of India (RBI) waiveoff interestoninterest government has to issue some affidavit. dress at RAISE 2020, aglobalAI what follow-up action has been with respect to Micro, Small and TheSupremeCourt order so that people know what The courtwill nowhear it on summit being organised by the takenonproposals of the KV Medium Enterprises(MSMEs) wasreferringtothe benefithas been extended,” re- October 13. MinistryofElectronics and Infor- Prime MinisterNarendraModi addressing the RAISE 2020 Kamath committee, setupto and other personal loans of up affidavitfiledbythe markedJustice Bhushan. The government,inits affi- mation Technology,Modi said summit on Monday. Screengrab suggestfinancialparameters to to Rs 2crore during the six- Giri sought to assure the davit, said acomplete waiver of that while therewereveryfew be considered forone-time re- month moratorium period. FinanceMinistry, courtthat it will be done. interestfor loan repayments things whichwereasempower- structuringofloans impacted by Mehta, who appeared forthe whichsaidthe “When? This has been going during the moratorium period ing andeasilyaccessible as AI, it powerofAIfor pandemic pre- skilledprofessionals who will be the Covid -19pandemic. Centre,said he would put the re- Centrehaddecided on forsolong. Youare saying it would affect the very survival of wasequallyimportant that the paredness, the IT Ministryhad theretomanageIndia’sAIsystem “Thereisnothing in your af- portonrecord. He addeditwas towaiveoffinterest willbedone... but when?”asked banksand createproblems for technology be usedresponsibly. said in arelease. andtheworld’s.We have noprob- fidavit whichsays what has in thepublic domain and there oninterestwith Justice Shah. depositors, hence it waslimit- “It remains our collective re- The firstday of the event also lem if our friends who areman- been done with regard to the wasnothing to hide in it. respecttoMSMEs He addedithas to be con- ing the relief to borrowings up sponsibilitytoensuretrustinhow sawUnion IT MinisterRavi agingAIstartupsorcorporatecre- Kamath Committee report. Senior AdvocateVGiri, who andotherpersonal verted intoaproper restructur- to Rs 2crore forMSMEs and per- AIisused.Algorithmtransparency ShankarPrasad,NITI Aayogchief atemore, servemore, deliver Therehas to be something on appeared forthe RBI, said some ing scheme. “There aresomany sonal loans. is keytoestablishing this trust. executiveofficerAmitabhKant,IT moreand earn more,” he said. record,” Justice MRShah, shar- discussions have takenplace at loansofupto poor,” Justice Shah remarked. The Kamath committee has Equallyimportantisaccountabil- Secretary AjayPrakash Sawhney Ambani beganhis address by ing aBenchwith Justice Ashok the highestlevel andthe gov- `2croreduringthe Senior AdvocateHarish recommendedtotakeintoac- ity.Wemustprotect the world and Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) sayingthatAIwas “indispensable Bhushan and Justice RSubhash ernment has been deliberating moratoriumperiod Salve,who appeared forthe count five specific financial ra- againstweaponisation of AI by chairman andMD MukeshAmb- forIndia’s trystwith her digital Reddy told Solicitor General upon it. Indian BanksAssociation, said tios and sector-specific thresh- non-state actors,”the PM said. ani address the virtual summit. destiny”. The country, he said, Tushar Mehta, while hearing a The senior counsel said there the delayishurting banks. olds foreachratio in respectof Thefive-dayeventhasinvited Inhisaddress,Prasadsaidthat would maintain itsleadership in petitionwhichraisedthe ques- were furtherrecommendations considered.Healso agreedto Adjourning the matter fora 26 sectors while finalising the globalexperts fromvariouscoun- AI as atechnologywould be technological progress with 5G tion of charging of interestonin- to be made and theywould be place the reportonrecordifthe week to enable the petitioner to resolutionplans. tries to deliberateonusing AI as a meaningfulonlywhenitbrought justaround the corner. social empowerment tool in the a “palpable improvement” in the He also calledfor asound reg- fieldof healthcare,agriculture,ed- qualityof lifeofcommoncitizens. ulation framework which pro- ucation, and smart mobility.One “We areverysurethat our ar- tected data by classifyingitasa ‘New MPC $3.32 BILLION: AMOUNT RAISED BY INDIA INC FROM of thefocusesof theglobalvirtual tificial intelligence ecosystem is “nationalresource”andprotected India Inc’s foreign borrowings OVERSEAS MARKET IN AUGUST 2019, BY WAY OF EXTERNAL summitwillalsobeleveragingthe going to promotealarge pool of itsprivacy. COMMERCIAL BORROWINGS (ECBs), SHOWED RBI’S ‘DATA members drop 47%to$1.75 bn in Aug’20 ON ECB/FCCB FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2020’ Overseas borrowings by Indian companies fell by over47.5 Bharat Biotech inks deal with appointed’ per cent to $1.75 billion in August, according to datafrom Zero: Amount raised by India DISTRIBUTIONOF$1.75 theReserveBank of India Inc via masala bonds in BILLIONRAISEDINAUGUST: August 2019 ■ $1.61 billion via ECBs ViroVax for adjuvant to Covaxin PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA ■ $145.74 million by issuing NEWDELHI,OCTOBER5 DISTRIBUTIONOFFUNDS rupee denominated bonds RAISEDBYECBs: (RDBs) or masala bonds ENSECONOMICBUREAU The adjuvant, Alhydroxiquim-II, is expected to THE GOVERNMENT on Monday ■ $1.57 billion through NEWDELHI,OCTOBER5 boostthe immune response and provide longer appointedthree eminent econo- automatic route 8: Number of domestic mists Ashima Goyal, Jayanth R ■ $35.93 million through companies that issued HYDERABAD-BASED VACCINE lasting immunity.Anadjuvant is an ingredient Varma and Shankanka Bhide as approval route masala bonds, or rupee firm Bharat Biotech hasentered that is usedtohelp makethe vaccine work better members of the rate-setting denominated bonds (RDBs), intoanagreement with Kansas- MonetaryPolicy Committee of LONEBORROWER which included Ostro based ViroVaxLLC to licence an the RBI, sourcessaid. THROUGHAUTOMATIC MahawindPower Private adjuvant forits Covid-19 vaccine nisms of action inducing greater als in India, and the company The Appointments ROUTEOFECB: Limited raising $78.6 million candidateCovaxin, the firm said antibody responses to vaccine plans to conduct phase3trials on Committee of the Cabinet(ACC) ■ Suzlon Energy Limited: and Ostro Renewables Pvt Ltd Monday. Theadjuvant, antigens, thus resulting in long- over20,000 volunteers across headedbythePrimeMinisterap- $35.93 million raising $20.01 million Alhydroxiquim-II, is expected to term protection against countries. proved the names, the sources boostthe immune responseand pathogens,” said Dr Krishna Ella, The Hyderabad-basedfirm said. As per the RBI Act, the three provide longer lasting immunity. chairmanandmanagingdirector, has also been exploring interna- newmembers would have four- MAJORBORROWERSTHROUGHAUTOMATICROUTEOFECB: An adjuvant is an ingredient Bharat Biotech. tional tie ups to transfer the tech- year terms, the sources added. ■ RelianceSiburElastomers:$339.42million ■ BMWIndiaFinancialServices:$88.72million thatisusedtohelp make the vac- Covaxin, an inactivatedvac- nology forthis vaccine so that it The newmembers replace Source: cine work better. cine,isformulatedwithViroVax’s can be produced in other coun- ChetanGhate, professor at the ■ VijayapuraTollway:$160million ■ BirlaCarbonIndia:$50million RBI/PTI “Thereiscritical needfor de- adjuvant, according to Bharat triesto expanditscapacitytoabil- Indian Statistical Institute; Pami ■ ChinaSteelCorporationIndiaPvtLtd:$104.5million ■ WistronInfocommManufacturing(India):$45million velopment and availability of ad- Biotech.Thisvaccine is currently liondosesayearfromaround200 Dua, director at the Delhi School juvantsthat elucidatemecha- inthesecondphaseof humantri- million doses currently. of Economics(DSE);andRavindra Dholakia, professor at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. 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BRIEFLY PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA PAYTMAPPRECENTLY Google defers Indian m-cap crosses`10L-crmark NEWDELHI,OCTOBER5 BLOCKEDBYGOOGLE Oiljumps6%on higher at Rs 334.05. PAYTMONMondaysaid it has in-app commission fees ED ■ The development ENSECONOMICBUREAU AnalystssaidotherITfirmsare launchedits Android Mini App Trumphealth Buyback comes justweeksafter MUMBAI,OCTOBER5 likelytoannouncesimilarbuyback StoretosupportIndian develop- planhelps Paytm’s app was NewYork: Oil prices surged PLAIN plans.“Itisapositive development ers,amovethatwillfurtherinten- REUTERS Google has extendedits E blockedfromGoogle ● sharesrise 6per cent on Mondayafter TATA CONSULTANCY Services EX forthesectorgiventhatitcouldbe sifythetusslebetweenthefintech BENGALURU,OCTOBER5 PlayStore forafew deadline for doctors said US President (TCS) on Wednesdaysaid it will aprecursorforotherITcompanies major and tech giant, Google. hours forviolating the DonaldTrumpcouldsoonbe considerits thirdsharebuyback RIDINGONthe announce- to followsuit. MostITcompanies Thedevelopmentcomes just ALPHABET INC’S Google has ex- Indian app developers latter’s policy on sports dischargedfromthe hospi- proposalto rewardthesharehold- ment of the thirdshare have large surplus cash on books weeksafter Paytm’s appwas tendedits deadline forIndian app betting activities. by six months to talwhereheisbeingtreated ers, at itsboardmeeting on buybackprogramme, whichcan be usedtoreward blockedfromGooglePlayStore for developers to complywithanew March 31,2022 forCovid, while six October7. TCSsharesjumped7.30 shares of TCSjumped7.30 shareholders either in the form of afew hours forviolating the lat- billing system by six monthsto Norwegian offshore oil and per centtoRs2,706.85 following per cent on the BSE dividends or buybacks,” said Jyoti ter’s policy on sports betting ac- March 31,2022, the US tech giant gasfields were shut as more theannouncementanditsmarket SensexonMonday,which Roy, DVP—equitystrategist,Angel tivities. added. said in ablog postonMonday. Theyare upsetaboutthe 30 per workersjoinedastrike.Brent capitalisation(m-cap)crossedthe ledtoits market capitali- Broking.Apartfromthesharebuy- Paytmisproviding listing and “Iamproud thatweare today Google also said it wassetting cent commission feeand saysev- wasup$2.30, or 5.9%, to Rs 10 lakh-croremark. sation go pastthe back plan,the boardofIndia’s distribution of thesemini-apps launchingsomethingthatcreates up “listening sessions” with lead- eral other Google PlayStore poli- $41.57 abarrelby1:09 p.m. Tata Sons, the holding comp- Rs 10-lakh croremark. largestITcompanybymarketcap- within itsapp without any an opportunity forevery Indian ing startups to understand their cies hurttheir businesses. EDT(1709 GMT). REUTERS anyoftheTataGroup,holds72 per italisation will meetonOctober 7 chargesand forpayments, devel- app developer.Paytm Mini App concerns and establishing “policy Google said the policy is not centstake in TCS. The Shapoorji to consider resultsfor thequarter operswillbeable to give achoice StoreempowersouryoungIndian workshops”to clearanyadditional newand morethan 97 per cent of Pallonji Group, headedbyformer endedSeptember and second in- of PaytmWallet,PaytmPayments developerstoleverageour reach questions afteritsaid it will more developers with apps on itsapp ‘Suggestionsfor Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry, about14per cent premium from terimdividend,accordingto anex- Bank,UPI,net-bankingandCards andpaymentstobuildnew inno- strictlyenforceaglobalpolicyand storealreadycomplywiththepol- SBIMDposts’ owns 18.3 per cent in Tata Sons. thepreviousclosingprice.In2017, changefiling. to theirusers, Paytm said in a vative services,” Paytm founder charge a30per cent commission icy.”To beclear,thepolicyonlyap- Tata Sons, whichparticipatedin TCSsuccessfullycarriedashare Meanwhile, TCSsaid it would statement on Monday. and CEO VijayShekhar Sharma feefor in-app purchases, irking plies if adeveloper chargesusers NewDelhi: The BanksBoard the previous twobuybackpro- buybackprogrammeof Rs16,000 be providing Rs 1,218crore as ex- Morethan300 app-based said. some developers. to download their app or theysell Bureau(BBB),the head- grammes,receivedoverRs10,000 crorewhichwasthentoutedasthe ceptionalitemintheEpicSystems service providers suchas HeaddedthatforPaytmusers, In recent days,manystartups in-appdigital items,” it said. hunter forstate-owned croreeachin2017and 2018. largest share buybackinIndian Corporation case in the financial Decathalon, Ola, Park+, Rapido, itwillbeaseamlessexperienceas in India have banded together to Globally, appdevelopershave said banksand financialinstitu- In 2018,TCS announcedaRs capital market history. resultsfor the three and six Netmeds, 1MG, Domino’s Pizza, theywillnotneedseparatedown- considerways to challengeGoogle, 30percentisexcessive compared tions, Monday recom- 16,000 crorebuybackplanatRs Meanwhile, Wipro, whichhit monthsendedSeptember2020to FreshMenu, NoBroker have al- loads and theycan use their pre- including by lodgingcomplaints withthe 2per cent fees of typical mendedSwaminathan 2,100per equity sharewhichwas a20-yearhigh,closed6.73percent beannouncedonOctober7, 2020. readyjoinedthe programme, it ferred paymentoption. with the government and courts. credit cardpaymentsprocessors. Janakiramanand Ashwini Kumar Tewari forthe posts of managingdirectoratState Re falls 16p ‘Very high risk’category Bank of India. SBI is headed London transport watchdog refuses by chairmanwithfourman- aging directorsto assist.The on dollar introducedinMFschemes bureauinterviewed16can- licence to Ola, citing passengersafety didatesfromSBIandnation- NewDelhi: Sebi on Monday re- alised banksfor the twopo- buying vampedtheproduct labelling on RISKCATEGORIES sitionsof managingdirector againstthe decision. mutual fund schemes under the in StateBank of India, BBB REBEKAHMATHEW OLAHADENTEREDLONDONMARKETINFEB In an emailedstatement, Ola risk-o-meterbyintroducing ■ Low said in astatement. PTI BENGALURU,OCTOBER5 said it wasworking with TfL dur- by banks “very high risk” categorytowarn ■ Lowtomoderate ■Thedevelopment comes February. The market is ing the reviewperiod and “have investors.The existing five cate- ■ Moderate LONDON’S PUBLIC transportau- days afterUberwon alegal dominatedbyrivals sought to provide assurances gories to measurerisksare —low, ■ Moderately high ‘Talclawsuits:J&J thority said Indian ride-hailing bid to restoreits London including Uber,Freenow and addressthe issues raisedin ENSECONOMICBUREAU lowtomoderate, moderate, ■ High topay$100mn‘ companyOla wasnot “fitand operatinglicence whichwas and Bolt and has seen an open and transparent man- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER5 moderatelyhigh, and high. ■ Very high proper” to hold alicence, having also takenawayoversafety drivers of traditionalblack ner”. Basedonthe scheme charac- Bengaluru: Johnson& put passenger safetyatriskand concerns cabsprotestingatwhat they Ola said in Maythat it would THE RUPEE depreciated by 16 teristics,mutual funds will assign Johnson will payover$100 refusedtogrant one to the taxi ■Olahad entered the see as athreat to their cut about 1,400jobs as the lock- paise to close at 73.29 againstthe arisk levelfor schemes at the ulator directed renamingofdiv- milliontosettle over 1,000 app, days afterUberreceived a London taxi market this livelihoods down in India broughtbusiness US dollar on Mondaydue to dol- time of launchofscheme/new idend options of mutual fund lawsuitsthatallegethecom- green lightinthe city. to ascreeching halt. larbuyingby banks. Thecurrency fund offer, Securitiesand schemes and also said investors pany’s BabyPowder caused Bengaluru-basedOla entered The lockdown has since openedat73.16 at the interbank ExchangeBoardofIndia (Sebi) needto benearly communicated cancer, Bloomberg reported. the London taxi marketthis Transport forLondon (TfL) itslicensingregime, that ledto eased, but companies across sec- forexmarketand touchedanin- said in acircular. that certain portion of their cap- J&Jfacesover19,000lawsuits February. The market is domi- said in astatement that it refused unlicensed drivers and vehicles tors still face challenges as de- tra-dayhigh of 73.08 and alow of It further said anychange in ital can be distributed as divi- from consumers and their nated by rivals including Uber, to grant Ola, aSoftbank-backed undertaking over 1,000 passen- mand fortheir services have 73.41againstthe greenback. risk-o-meterwill be communi- dends. survivors claiming itstalc Freenowand Bolt and has seen operator,anew London private gertrips on the platform’s behalf. dropped. Uber on September 28 The Sensexzoomedtothe catedbyway of notice-cum-ad- Further,Sebi came out with a productscausedcancer due drivers of traditional blackcabs hirevehicle (PHV) operator’s li- “Ola can continue to operate wonalegal bid to restoreits day’speakat39,263.85,beforeced- dendumand by wayofane-mail uniform timeperiodfor listing to contamination with as- blocking streetsinprotest at cence. pendingthe outcome of anyap- London operating licence, which ing some ground to settleat or SMS to unitholders of that par- securities, including municipal bestos. REUTERS what theysee as athreat to their TfL said Ola made it awareof peal process”,TfL said, adding wastaken away over safetycon- 38,973.70,up276.65pointsor0.71 ticular scheme. bonds, issuedonprivate place- livelihoods. itsfailings, including breaches of that Ola had 21 days to appeal cerns. REUTERS per cent. WITHPTI Meanwhile. the markets reg- ment basis. PTI

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THEINDIANEXPRESS,TUESDAY,OCTOBER6,2020 BHUVNESHWAR OUT OF IPL SunrisersHyderabad's senior pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar 16 wasonMondayruled out of the ongoing IPL with athigh muscle injurywhichcould also end his hopes of being a SPORT part of theIndian team's tour of Australia later this year. RajdhaniExpress Inside Dubai’s ‘ring of fire’, there are no safe hands Capitals keep rolling as Kohli’s RCBthrashedintop-of-tableclash DEVENDRAPANDEY SYNOPSIS MUMBAI,OCTOBER5 Patelshinesafter Stoinis stamps ROYALCHALLENGERS Bangalore leg-spinner authority YuzvendraChahaldropped Marcus Stoinis in the deep when the Aussie, playing on 30, was starting to revuphis engine forthe slog overs. Chahal,asafefielderonmostdays, had failed SHAMIKCHAKRABARTY to hold on the high catch. Stoinis went on to OCTOBER5 score53and played abig role in Delhi Capitals reaching197.Butitwasn’tthefirstsuchfielding SUCHISDelhi Capitals’ confidence at the mo- errorattheDubaiInternationalCricketStadium ment that Ravichandran Ashwin decidednot inthisIPL.Someof thebestfieldersintheworld, to ‘Mankad’ AaronFinch despitecatching him includingRavindraJadejaandViratKohli,have out of the crease. The DC juggernaut rolledon grassedrelatively simpleaerialcatches.Theto- with a59-run victoryoverRoyal Challengers taldrop-count,byanconservative estimate, Bangalore. Chasing 197for victory, RCBman- stands at 15 and those responsible forthe slip- aged only137/9. ups have been the best in thebusiness. Oneofthereasonsforthedropscouldbethe Stoinis stamps authority circularlightingsystematthemulti-purposesta- Beforethematch,DelhiCapitalsheadcoach dium whichisalso apopular football venue. RickyPontingwashavingananimatedconver- Delhi Capitals’ Kagiso Rabada took for4for24. BCCI Dubaidoesn’thavethetraditionalfloodlighttow- Floodlightsonthe roof of the Dubai International Stadium is known as the Ring of sationwithMarcusStoinisintheteamhuddle. ersthatareseenatmostcricketstadiumsaround Fire.Kohli, one of the safestcatchers, wasamong those who spilledcatches. BCCI Onlytheplayersandcoachingstaffwouldknow theworld.Instead,thereisa‘ringoffire’with350 aboutthesubjectoftheconversation,butwhen playedafinecameo.AsixagainstaMohammed lightsinstalledintothe rimofthe roof. As are- the Australian all-rounder came to thecrease, Siraj beamer–herampedit10 rows overlong- sult,ballstendtodisappearforamomentortwo The Indian Express spoketo he seemedaman possessed. leg – stood out. Earlier,DCthrivedonPrithvi Short balltest awaits everytimewhenitishithigh.Unlikeinstadiums Three quickwicketshad somewhat pegged Shaw’sbrilliantstart.Theopenergot goingwith withglowingtowers,inDubaithe lightscircum- cricketers and coaches who DC backinthe middleovers. Stoiniswas pro- threefoursagainstIsuruUdanainthefirstover. RR skipper Smith venting the stadium tend to disturb the fielders have playedgames in Dubai. The motedaheadofShimronHetmyer. Bythen,their ASiraj shortballdismissed him,but through morefrequently.Hence, no fielder can be fully run rate had droppeddowntobeloweight. his 23-ball 42, Shawdazzled. Preview: Mumbai vs Rajasthan confidentwhen it comes to keeping theireyes general consensus seems to be SpinnersYuzvendraChahalandMoeenAliwere Recentform:MI:LWLWW; RR:WWLL on skiersatthe Dubaistadium. that when the ball goes really bowling well. Chennai Super Kings had madea Patelshines SteveSmith has oftenbeen troubled Earlier in the tournament, Chahal had spo- high, it’s hardtojudgeits speed mockeryofa179-runvictorytargetontheDubai AxarPatelhadafantasticgame.Theballwas by theshort ball of late, and Mumbai kenaboutthe problems of spottingthe high pitchthepreviousnight.DCneededtobreakthe turningabitandhebowledattherightpaceto Indians have the ideal attacktoexploit balls.“Sometimes,it’sdifficult.Eveninpractice, in the lights. shackles.Stoinis firsttargetedAli, with asix and extract benefit. Adipping delivery accounted this chink.James Pattinson takesthe even if we try, it’s alittle bit hardcompared to afour in the 14th over.Navdeep Saini came and forFinch.Moeen Ali’s wicket came from alow newball and bowlsamean bouncer, other grounds.” Stoinis unleashedashort-arm pulltoa143kph full-toss that crampedthe batsman.Kagiso but if Smith staysatthe crease long Delhi Capitals skipper Shreyas Iyer toohad general consensus seems to be that when the ingundersuchfloodlights.“Theothertwoven- delivery and sent it over the deep mid-wicket Rabada, as usual, wastop class, claiming 4/24. enough,itwould be his contestwith raisedthe same issue. “Iwill give the fielders a ball goes reallyhigh, it’s hardtojudgeits speed uesare SharjahandAbuDhabiwheretheyhave fence.AnotherfourfollowedandSaini’sresponse Afterlosing twoearly wickets, RCB’s chase Jasprit Bumrah thatshouldkeep the benefit of doubt because these arenot good in the lights. Apartfromthe lights, theyalso pole lights, buthereit’s likeadiamond neck- wasabeamer thatthuddedintothe batsman’s wasdowntotheir batting royalty.But Anrich fans enthralled. The Rajasthan Royals conditionsforcatching.Becauseof thelighting, highlightedafew otherissueslikelackofprac- lace. So wheneverthe ball reaches the height gloves.TheburlyAussiewasupsetanddulydis- Nortje removedABdeVilliers with afast, ris- skipper came up woefullyshort yousometimesmisjudgetheball.Yougohard, ticeinthelastsixmonthsdueto thepandemic of alight, it’s very tough to judge it. Players are patchedthe free-hit to thepointboundary. ingdelivery andthe asking rate eventuallygot againstcompatriotPat Cummins in and it does come reallyfast. Youare notsure and the dewfactor. going forthe ball faster than before.That’s Stoinis’ knockwasn’tchanceless. Chahal the better of ViratKohli. The RCBskipper, an earlier game, and is coming into wheretoposition yourself,” he had said aftera Oneplayersaidthatdewandhumidityhas wherethereisaproblem in judging the speed droppedhim on 30 offSaini at wide long-on. though,reached9,000T20runsduringhis39- Tuesday’s game aftertwo lowscores. gameagainstChennaiSuperKingsatthevenue. madefielders’handswetandslippery, andthe of the ball,” acoachsaid. He alsosurvivedarun-out opportunity on 46. ball 43. Bumrah’s bouncers areverydecep- So did his counterpartMSDhoni afterthe ballpopsoutasaresult.“If youevengetsightof Some droppedcatches have been the dif- In the end, though,the DC dugout stood up to BRIEF SCORES: Delhi Capitals 196for 4(P tive as he gets his deliveries to kick up same game. “The players arenot usedtoplay- theballwellinadvance,thedewandwetpalms ference between wins and losses. Kohli applauda24-ball half-century. Stoinis re- Shaw42, SDhawan32, RPant37, MStoinis from agoodlength. ing under suchlights, maybethe trajectory makethings difficult. It’s hardtocatchitasthe droppedKLRahultwiceagainstKingsXIPunjab mainedunbeatenon53off26ballsandhis89- 53; Md Siraj 2/34) bt RoyalChallengers 7:30 pm: Star Sports network comes in the way.” ball is likesoap, it doesn’t sticktothe hand,” a andthelatterwentonto add48runsin13balls run partnership off43deliveries with Rishabh Bangalore137 for9(VKohli 43; KRabada The Indian Express spoke to cricketers and playersaid. afterthe firstdropand 42 from nine balls after Pant made DC’s total imposing.The latter 4/24) by 59 runs coaches who have playedgamesinDubai.The Acoachfeltthatplayersaren’tusedtoplay- the second reprieve. Zverevinaspot How EPL champions Liverpool got NBAFINALS:GAMETHREE ButlerputsLakers caught into their own off-sidetrap in triple double forhidingillness trouble MIHIRVASAVDA With twooftheir starters injured and OCTOBER5 down by twogames to thefavorites, the Miami Heat neededanall-time BENROTHENBERG WHILE NO one could have foreseen a7-2 historic performance and Jimmy OCTOBER5 hammering forLiverpool at thehands of Butler deliveredwith a40-point AstonVilla,alargertrend is emerging of their triple double in Game 3tomakethe ALEXANDER ZVEREV lostinthe fourth round defence leaking goals by playing higher up 2020NBA Finals 2-1. of the FrenchOpen on Sunday, but it became the field than usual. quicklyclear afterthe match that he likely Employing ahigh defensive line is acom- Butler has his Finals moment: shouldnot have competedatall. mon strategy usedbyseveral topsides in Despitethis win, it’s hardtoenvisage “I’m completely sick,”Zverevsaidfollow- worldfootball. This is astyle of playthat sees Miami winning three moretimes in inghisfour-setlossto JannikSinner,takingthe ateam push up whennot in possession and this series. And yet, one can’t help but unusualstepof leavinghisblackmaskonwhile close down the spaces forthe opposition to marvel at JimmyButler. seated in an emptyroom at RolandGarrosto construct amove. Butler once took ateam of third- answer questions from reporters during a Zverev had tested negative five days It requires ahighdegree of technical stringers when he wasinMinnesota videoconference.“Ican’treallybreathe,asyou agobut didn’treveal he wasill before abilities as game awareness forthe and beat the firstteam in apractice can hear by my voice. Ihad feveraswell. Yeah, the game againstSinner. team with possession to beat this high- game, marking his status as acult I’m notinthe best physical state, Iwould say,” press style. figureinmodern daybasketball. Zverev said.“Ithinkthathadalittlebitof anef- Foreverknown to be uber fect on the matchtoday.” ning quitealot,” Sinner said. Howitoperates competitive,therewas no better FrenchOpen officials said Sundaythat PlayersattheFrenchOpenarebeingtested In Liverpool’s case, when ateam wins stage–therewas no bigger occasion. Zverev had notsharedthedetails of hissymp- everyfivedays forthe virus. No positivetests possession backfromthem, JurgenKlopp’s Liverpool’s forwards also work on choking theopponent’s passing options. Salah He ledthe game in points(40), toms with tournament doctors as he arrived have been disclosed since themain draw be- aggressive gegenpress comes intoplayto (in pic) andFirmino didn’t have thesupport of an injuredMane on Sunday. rebounds (11), assists (13), blocks (2), to play, as required by the event’scoronavirus ganlastSunday, though severalpeople tested getthe ball back. However, when the op- steals (2) and free throws(12), protocols. It is notclearwhether Zverev has positive before that. position team begins the play, Liverpool’s Reward and risk something no one has ever done in contracted the virus —hehas tested negative Afterinitially refusingto answeraquestion high defensive line begins operating. the Finals when the man on the repeatedly,thoughmostrecentlyfivedays ago aboutwhetherhemighthave thecoronavirus, Thereare three layers. In the first, the The obvious rewardofthis strategy is you Man United sign oppositeend of the courtisone —but the episodeimmediatelyraisedques- Zverev,a23-year-oldGerman player, empha- front three, assistedbyamidfielder,close have the opposition playing the wayyou LeBron James. Miami coachErik tionsabout the precautions takenbythe sizedduringthe German language portionof down the opponentsand choketheir pass- want. Theyare also prone to making more Brazilian left back Spoelstradescribed it best in his post- FrenchTennisFederationforamarqueeevent his news conference that he has repeatedly ing lines so that theycan re- mistakesbecause of the inces- matchconference: "It's reallyhardto in acountrythat has seenanuptickincoron- tested negative.Hesaid he washopeful that strict the game to aspecific part sant pressure and sincethe ballis analyseordescribeJimmyuntil you aviruscasesandrecentlyimposedtighterlim- he did nothavethe virus and pointed out that of the pitch, build pressureand largely in the opponent’s half, actuallyfeel him between the four itsonlarge gatherings. he hadnot shown some of itssymptoms,in- forcemistakes. the chances of conceding agoal REUTERS lines. He's asupreme, elite “Zverev is up-to-dateonhis tests, which cluding alossoftaste.Itisnot clearwhether ForLiverpool,one of the in- automaticallyreduce. MANCHESTER,OCTOBER5 competitor and we neededit.” have all been negative,” the FrenchTennis Zverev willbetestedagain by tournament of- fluential players in this role is But thereisahugerisk if you Federation said in astatement.Zverev’slast ficialsnow that he has been eliminated.The Sadio Mane, who is relentless don’t have theplayers to pull this EUROPEAN CLUBS entered the final stretchof Davis eases on the trottle: Anthony test wasonTuesday, withthe negative result tournament protocols mandatethat players in his pressing game compared strategy offsuccessfullyorstum- the transfer windowonMondaywith Davis wasone of the main returnedonWednesday, thefederation said. “be tested again everyfivedaysuntil theyare to theother twoforwards, ble upon ateam that figures out ManchesterUnited andBayern Munich protagonists forthe Lakers in Game 1 “Todayhereceivedareminder forhis next knockedout of the tournament.” RobertoFirmino and Mo Salah ways to bypass the high defen- making the early moves. and 2. Averaging over 30 pointsinthe test,tobecarriedout within five days of the Ina“PlayerFAQs”documentdistributedto who areless aggressive. Last sive line. In the Champions United expected to be among the busiest firsttwo games, Davis’ numbers previousresults,” the federationsaid. “He did players by the tournament, the tournament season, Liverpoolforwardspressedtheir League lastseason, Belgian side Genk posed on Deadline Day, signedBrazilian leftback droppedto15points, 5rebounds and notconsult the tournament doctors before posedthequery: “ShouldIwithdraw fromthe opponentsinthis partofthe field more questionsfor VanDijk&Co. by constantly AlexTelles from Portowhile European cham- three assists.His +/- rating wasa his match.”Zverev saidhebeganfeelingsickon tournament if Idon’tfeel well?” than anyother team in thePremierLeague. lobbing balls over the midfield to getbeyond pions Bayern signedright backBouna Sarr sobering -26 and he gave away the Fridaynight, afterhis third-round win over The answer, listedas“official”inthe docu- If the opponentsfind their wayout of the Liverpool back-line. from Olympique de Marseille and brought ball five times during the game and qualifier Marco Cecchinato. Zverev said his ment,was: “Ourmedicalteam must be noti- this press,the fullbacks and midfielders Leeds, in this season’sopeningmatch, backBrazilian winger Douglas Costa on loan wasinconstant foul trouble. bodytemperaturereached38degreesCelsius, fied,inaccordance with our official sanitary come intoplay, depending on the match found ways to go pastthe high line and from Juventus. or 100.4degreesFahrenheit. protocol.” situation. Their job is to blockathrough ball scoredthree goals and lastweek,Arsenal’s United's 6-1 thrashing at home by Lakers slowdown: The Lakers took Zverev consulted withtournament med- The protocols saythatany accredited per- and put pressureinawaythat the ball is AlexandreLacazettetwice snuckpastthe TottenhamHotspuronSunday has increased 97 shots in Game 2but regressedto ical officials during thefirstset of the match sonsuffering symptoms, including afever or playedeither backwards or sideways. Liverpool defence to go one-on-one with the pressureonchiefexecutive Ed Woodward 79 shots in Game 3. Their two-point who gave him anasal spray that he used on breathingdifficulties, as Zverev indicated, The controversial high line comes into Alisson. to give manager Ole GunnarSolskjaer some shooting droppedto43% in this both nostrils. should “reporttothe stadium infirmaries” for focus when the second line of defence is On SundayagainstAston Villa,Liverpool newoptions, with attacking full backTelles game. Butler guardedLeBron in the Though he competedwell,Zverevsaid af- atestinadedicated room. breached. The defenders, in suchascenario, were without Mane, who is infected with nowjoining Netherlands midfielderDonny fourth quarterand waslargely terthe lossthatheregrettedtakingthe court. “Pending the result of the test,the sus- aremoreoften than notpositionedaround Covid-19, and an injured Alisson, which vandeBeek."He is aplayerwehavebeen successful considering howtough it “To behonest,Iwarmeduptoday: Ishould- pectedcase is excludedfromthe stadium and the half-way line. Thepurpose is to make meant that at the frontand at the back, they tracking forsome time and his performances is to guardone of the greatestplayers n’t have played,” Zverev said. “Iwas hoping required to self-isolate,” the document states. surethe ball stays in theopponent’shalf did nothavetheir keymen to executethis over the pastfew years areexactly whatwe of all time. But what reallykilledthe maybefor athree-setwin or something like Thetournament’shealthandsafetyguidelines and reduce the passing options by laying strategy. arelookingfor.Heisafighter and awinner Lakers were the turnovers. Theyhad that,butIknewfromthebeginningthatitwas- statethat itshealth protocols were basedon an offside trap. Conceding sevengoals to AstonVilla is and will add real determination and compe- atotal of nine in Game 2and by the n’t going to be easy.” “calling on asenseofcivic dutyand responsi- Lastseason, the Virgil vanDijk-ledde- freakish, morearesultoftheir pig-headed- titiontothe squad," said Solskjaer. endofthe firstquarterofGame 3, Sinner,who is scheduledtoface the 12- bility on the partofall attending the eventin fence caught their opponentsoffside 141 ness to notresorttoamoreconservative de- United arealso expected to sign33-year- theyhad already givenawaythe ball time FrenchOpen champion Rafael Nadal in anycapacity.” times, morethanany other sideinthe fensive strategy,and limiting damage, after old Uruguaystriker EdinsonCavani, who is 10 times. The 19 turnovers they the quarterfinals on Tuesday, saidhebelieved Perhaps with that sense of trustasabasis, league. If aplayermanages to beat this trap going down by threeorfourgoals. But the afreeagent, afterleaving Paris St Germain. finallyendedthe game with, gave Zverev butdidn’t noticehis limitations during theFrenchOpen has nottaken dailymanda- as well, Liverpool arebailedout by goal- fact that they did notditchtheir trademark England winger Jadon Sancho of Borussia away therebounding advantagethey thematch. tory temperaturereadings forplayers enter- keeper Alisson, who sometimes plays so styleeveninsuchasituation shows that de- Dortmund wasthe Old Trafford club's num- have enjoyed this entireseries. “ItseemedthathewasquiteOK,youknow, ingthegrounds,astheUnitedStatesOpendid. high up the pitchthat he can pass of as a spitethe debatearound it, Liverpool arelikely berone target but thereare no signs of alate SHASHANKNAIR becauseinthethirdandfourthsethewasrun- NEWYORKTIMES centreback. to sticktotheir philosophygoing forward. breakthrough in that chase.

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