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TALKS ON LADAKH SITUATION Ganga Ram hospital LineofActualControl:Marathonmeeting fightsCovid —and betweenIndianandChinesecommanders FIRbyDelhi Govt Kejriwal says ‘some private hospitals XIV CorpsCommander to briefArmyChief on meeting, After Bill on new map, Nepal lying’ about beds, makingmoney no immediatewordfromDelhi,Beijing onoutcome tells India: Let Foreign Secys ASTHASAXENA NEWDELHI,JUNE6 ‘Will not KRISHNKAUSHIK talk, even if meeting is virtual allowblack NEWDELHI,JUNE6 Thisiskeyto THE FAULTLINESbetween the marketing diplomatictalks Delhi government and Sir Ganga of beds’ INDIAN ANDChinese army com- SHUBHAJITROY RamHospital deepenedon manders sat across the table for NEWDELHI,JUNE6 SaturdayasanFIR wasfiled morethan three hours Saturday THE MEETINGbetween Nepal Prime againstthe hospital’sMedical aftercharginghim Rs 2lakh...I to find ways to resolve the tense the Leh-basedCorps DAYS AFTER itsgovernment MinisterKP Superintendent forallegedly vi- am notsaying all private hospi- situation along the Line of Actual Commanderand his sought parliament’s backing for Sharma Oli olatingdirections issuedunder tals arebad. Private hospitals in Control in eastern Ladakh. Chinese counterpartsig- aBillonthe country’snew polit- theEpidemicDiseasesAct. The the city have playedanimpor- LtGeneralHarinderSingh,XIV nals twothings: the situa- icalmap that includes territories FIR, filedonJune 5, wasbased on tant role in our battleagainst CorpsCommander,ledtheIndian tion calls forhigh-level at- on Indian maps, Kathmanduhas Secretaries can meetinperson acomplaint by Deputy Secretary coronavirus. But thereare some delegation to theChinese border tention,and the realisation conveyedtoDelhi thatitisopen or hold avirtual meeting to dis- (Health) Amit Kumar Pamasi. hospitals whichare asking for meeting pointatMoldonear Afile photo of Indian and Chinese personnel on the LAC. ANI on either side that engage- to theideaofavirtual meeting cuss the issue of Kalapani, The developmentcame on a moneyfrompatients to provide Chushul. The Chinese armyteam ment is key. Reports on betweenthe ForeignSecretaries Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura, the dayDelhi Chief MinisterArvind them abed.This is calledblack wasled by MajGeneralLiu Lin, what transpired at the to resolve the border issue that Indian territoriesitisclaiming. Kejriwaltookaimat“someprivate marketing of bedsand we will commanderof theSouthXinjiang beganonlyafter 11 am. Sources brief Armychief General MM meeting will feed thenext is threatening relations. Lastmonth, Delhi said that hospitals” in the Capital without notallow it,” the CM said. MilitaryDistrict,whichisrespon- said the talkscontinued formore Naravane on whattranspiredat diplomatic approach, and The SundayExpress has learnt the Foreign Secretaries, Harsh naminganyparticularfacility,say- His commentscome against siblefor the border with Ladakh. than three hours, with abreak themeeting.Untillatenight,there shapenegotiating strate- that the Nepal government, via Vardhan Shringla and Shankar ing theywere“lying” about not the backdrop of rising Covid Scheduledtostart early forlunch. wasnowordonthe meetingfrom gies over the standoff. anote verbale (a diplomatic Das Bairagi, will discuss the havingvacantbeds,andindulging cases in the Capital—1,330 cases Saturdaymorning,the meeting LtGeneralSinghisexpectedto CONTINUEDONPAGE2 note), said that the Foreign CONTINUEDONPAGE2 in “blackmarketeering”. in thelast24hoursalone —and a “A fewdays ago, aperson CONTINUEDONPAGE2 came to me and informedmehe wasdeniedabed by aprivate hospital, and aftermanyre- RELATED REPORTS Half of Covid deaths quests,theygavehim admission PAGE 3 in last fortnight —but TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE LOCKDOWN fatality rate still low DAY CASES: RECOVERED:1,14,072 |DEATHS:6,642 74 2,36,657 TESTS:45,24,317 | DOUBLINGRATE:15.96** Over 80%ofdeaths concentrated in 26 districts,key Covid hotspots

cent. Globally, theCFR is 5.8 per KARISHMAMEHROTRA cent. In the US, it is 5.7 per cent, NEWDELHI,JUNE6 in Brazil it is 5.5 per cent, and in Russiaitis1.2 per cent. SINCE THE firstdeathinthe mid- Even though cases and KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG. DOUBLING * ** dle of March,Covid fatalities in deaths aremostlyconcentrated, TOWATCH CASES 24HRS GROWTH RATE the countryhavemoved to 6,642 theyare spreading. In the last ■ Maharashtra 80,229 2,436 3.70% 19.48 in sevenweekswith almosthalf fortnight,districtsreporting at ■ Gujarat 19,119 510 2.63% 27.39 of them (3,059) occurring in the leastone death have risen from 6.11% lastfortnight. roughly230 to about 320. ■ Delhi 26,334 1,330 11.78 These deaths remain concen- About 90 districtsthat had no ■ Tamil Nadu 28,694 1,438 5.11% 14.10 trated—over80percentin26dis- deaths as of May22now have at ■ Bihar 4,598 146 4.59% 15.69 tricts,the Covidhotspots.Indeed, least one. Most of these districts West Bengal 7,303 427 6.14% 11.73 Mumbai, Delhi, Ahmedabad, seeing their firstCovid deaths are ■ Thane, Pune, and Chennaiwere in Uttar Pradesh (18) and Bihar *Compounded Daily Growth Rate over last 7days**Calculated over 7-daygrowth the only districtswithmorethan (13) —reflecting the spread. CONCERN CAUTION A GLIMMER 100deathsthesepast twoweeks. Similarly,thereare around WAITING TO OPEN ASSAM: KARNATAKA: HIMACHAL: Theysaw 1,964deaths over this 700districtsinthe country(out No let-up in rising Has been growing Second wave seems period,almost halfoftheir total of atotal 736) that have reported Aworkersprays disinfectant inside amall in NewDelhi on Saturday. Whilethe Centre has allowedshopping malls, numbers, cases rapidly over last to have abated. 4,055 Covid deaths. at leastone Covid case. That restaurantsand places of worship to open starting Monday, the Delhi government is yettocomeout withguidelines.The double in the last few days, now in Growth falls below But India’s case fatality ratio number was630 on May22, Delhigovernmenthad earlier writtentothe Centreasking that malls be allowedtoreopen with onlyathirdofthe shops on one week. top 10 national rate (CFR, number of deaths per 100 right afterthe countryentered anygiven day. Officials said guidelines areexpected on “SundayorMonday”. Praveen Khanna Based on daily data by Centre, ICMR, stategovernments cases) still remains low—2.8 per CONTINUEDONPAGE2

SUNDAY Khwaja Yunus custodial Safeguards for workforce lost in Pregnant woman dies, STORY death:Four suspended clatter of powerlooms in Malegaon family says turnedaway PAGE 10 Mumbai cops reinstated TEST by 8hospitalsin12hours

REP RTS Sunday Express that he took his SADAFMODAK FROM THE AMILBHATNAGAR sisterNeelam,her husband &SAGARRAJPUT NOIDA,JUNE6 Vijendar Singh, and another fam- MUMBAI,JUNE6 FIELD ilymember to at least six hospi- TRACKINGTHEVIRUS, A30-YEAR-OLD woman, who tals in his autorickshawand ap- SIXTEEN YEARS afterbeingsus- waseight months pregnant with proachedtwo moreinan pendedfor their allegedinvolve- LOCKDOWN her second child and had com- ambulance they“had to hiresince ALONG ment in the custodial death of plainedof“breathlessnessdue she neededoxygensupply”. 27-year-old KhwajaYunusin to risingblood pressure”, died Mostofthe hospitals said RECESS January2003, four policemen Khwaja Yunus wasarrested ZEESHANSHAIKH Fridayafter shefailedtoget ad- theydid nothavebedstospare, were reinstatedonFridayand on December 25,2002 MALEGAON,BHIWANDI,JUNE6 mission in eight hospitals across he claimed. This season, resumed duty on Saturday in the Noida in aspan of about 12 The hospitals listedbythe admissions to coaching city’s policeforce. IT FELTlikeafurnace inside the Afteralmosttwo months, MohammedZahid stepped intothe hours, her familyhas alleged. familyincluded Sharda Hospital, centres are down to Assistant police inspector destruction of evidence. tin-shedpowerloom unit in one powerloomunitinMalegaon where he works. Zeeshan Shaikh The Gautam Buddh Nagar adedicatedCovid facility, which half as institutes tryto Sachin Vaze and policeconsta- KhwajaYunus,aParbhanires- of Malegaon’sbylanes, but district administrationhas or- said that the patient was“admit- reinvent their bles Rajendra Tiwari, Sunil Desai ident, wasanengineer and MohammedYunus, 63, was dered aprobe into the alleged in- tedbriefly”, stabilised using a classrooms fora resumedduty in the local arms workedinDubai.Hewasarrested happyand reassuredon Monday. my employerpaid Rs 700aweek, TheMaharashtra government cident.The woman, aresident of ventilatorand referred to an- unit. Constable Rajaram Nikam underthePreventionof Terrorism He wasatworkafter almost two and socialorganisations helped had allowedpowerloom units Khora in Ghaziabad, is survived other hospital. post-pandemic world wasreinstatedinthe motorve- ActonDecember 25, 2002, by months of lockdown imposedby us with ration. But Irealisedthis outside containment zones to re- by her husband, who is aprivate Anotherwas Fortis Hospital, hicle department. The four,sus- MumbaiPolice,whichclaimedhis the government to stop the would notlastlong. Ihad to get sume operations on May21. With sector employee, and their five- whichsaid that Singh “refused pendedindifferent months in involvement in abomb blast in spread of the Covid pandemic. backtowork,”saidYunus, speak- lakhs of migrant workers return- year-old son. resuscitationand ventilation 2004,continue to face trial on Ghatkopar on December 2. “Myfamilyand Imanaged to ing loudlytobeheardamidstthe ing to their homes and The woman’s brother, support” and “declined... medical UNLOCKING THE chargesincluding murder and CONTINUEDONPAGE2 survive the lockdown because clatteringoflooms. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 ShailendraKumar, told The CONTINUEDONPAGE2 ECONOMY WISHLIST&ROADMAP ANEXPRESSINTERVIEWSERIES ASHU SUYASH Not allowed in stadium, so Barmy Army wants to be heard MD &CEO, CRISIL ECONOMY, PAGE 9 As international cricket returns with England-West Indies Test and NewZealand that wasplayed back, all England games have withoutfansin Sydney on March startedwith atrumpeterleading matchinJuly, iconic fanclub wantsits chantsonPAsystem 13.And Millardadmitsthat the the travelling fans’ rendition of comeback, too, will be tough for ‘Jerusalem’, the song popular NGOS –THE FACE PAGE 1 felt —orrather, theirvoice heard. will acceptour offer. It's totally up fans. “This will be the firsttime among all English sportsfans. ANCHOR And so, the 33,000-strong to the England and Wales Board's that acricketmatchfeaturing Following the team around OF HUMANITY BarmyArmyhas askedthe discretion,” ChrisMillard, man- England will nothaveour pres- the worldfor aquarterofacen- England and Wales Cricket Board aging director of BarmyArmy, ence in the stadium. It feels tury hasn’t been easy,though. to use the PA system at the Ageas told TheSunday Express. strange, but giventhe unprece- In March,afewBarmyArmy VISHALMENON Bowl in Southamptontobelt out The fans came up with the of- dented situation thatwecur- members were strandedinSri NEWDELHI,JUNE6 recordings of their famous chants ferafter Englandcaptain Joe Root rentlyfind ourselvesin, we are Lanka when the series wascan- and anthems to cheerupthe said that “a fewBarmyArmy justdelighted that there's finally celleddue to therising number WHEN INTERNATIONALcricket Englishteam that take on the chantsacouple of times ases- some crickethappening,” he says. of Covid cases. “Some of our returns to thestadium forthe West IndiesfromJuly8-12. sion would be nice... If we need Sincethe 1994-95 Ashesse- members had already arrived firsttimenextmonthafter the Cricketisreturningwith a awicketorsomething, Iamsure ries,whenabout 50 supporters before thecancellation wasan- Covid pandemic shut down all tentative firststep, and fans will thelads would appreciatethat”. Firsttime in 25 years, England will playaTestwithout the were firstspotted wearing nounced, and got stranded. sporting activity,its mosticonic notbeallowedinthe stadium. The lastinternational match support of BarmyArmyfromthe stands. Courtesy: BarmyArmy BarmyArmyshirts with the Thankfully, theBritish High fans want to make their presence “Weare really hopeful that they wasanODI betweenAustralia Union Jackemblazonedonthe CONTINUEDONPAGE2

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SC to hear plea FROMPAGEONE to review 2018 Covid deaths Kasar said. ordered aprobe intothe inci- order upholding dent whichwill be headedby itsfourth phase of lockdown Ganga Ram CMO (Chief Medical Officer) and Aadhaar with major relaxations in non- Line of Actual Control: Marathon meeting flurry of reports andsocial me- ADM (Additional District containment zones. dia posts by people highlighting Magistrate) Finance. The officers Other than these six major difficulties in admitting Covid have been ordered to complete EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE hotspots,20districtsrecorded between Indian and Chinese commanders patientstohospitals. the inquiryatthe earliestand NEWDELHI,JUNE6 between 10 and 100new deaths Filedunder IPCSection 188 take appropriateaction.” over this period amounting to either the ArmyorMinistryof lier,the ChineseForeign several. China diverted itsforces from (disobedience to order duly According to Kumar,the THE SUPREME Court is setto 594new deaths —43per cent of External Affairs. Ministrysaid the border situa- Militaryand diplomatic an ongoingmilitaryexercise promulgated by public servant), woman's brother,she “com- hear aplea seeking reviewofthe their 1,375total deaths. Earlier in the day, an official tion remained “stable and con- talkssofar hadpointed to towardsthe Indian side. the FIR accuses Sir GangaRam plainedofbreathlessness and apex court’s2018ruling uphold- The majority of districts statement said: “Indianand trollable”. Chinese “intransigence”, but The Indian side planned to Hospital of notusing RT PCR app herBPshotup, whichwas not ing the constitutionalityof (around 205) sawbetween 10 Chinese officialscontinueto Ahead of the Saturday both NewDelhi and Beijing raise the issueofthe limitsof while collecting Covid samples uncommon during her preg- AadhaaronTuesday. and one newdeaths, mostlyin remain engaged through the meeting of the armycom- sent out clear signals Friday patrolling by both sides, as con- as is "mandatory". nancy”. “She wasearlier treated Afive-judge benchheadedby Uttar Pradesh (40), Madhya establishedmilitaryand diplo- manders, Indian and Chinese that the twosidesneedto ducted hitherto,and seek “TheCDMO cum mission di- at Shivalik Hospital in Ghaziabad CJI SABobde will take up the case Pradesh (22), andGujarat (21). matic channels to addressthe ambassadors joinedavideo work “inaccordance with the restoration. In the Pangong Tso rector central has mentioned forfivedays and wasdischarged in chambers. But while newdistrictsare see- current situation in the India- call between diplomatsoftheir guidance providedbythe lead- area, Indian troopsare notbe- thatSir GangaRam Hospital is on June 4. But our ordeal began An in-chamber hearing ing their firstdeaths,the num- China border areas. At this border working mechanism to ership” –areference to the ing allowedbythe Chineseto still notusingRTPCR appeven the moment we leftour house means case files will be circu- berofdistrictsseeing large num- stagethereforeany speculative underline that “the twosides ‘strategic guidance’ following patrol up to Finger 8, theLAC till June 3, whichisaclear viola- in my auto,” he said. latedamongthe judges, and oral bers is notchanging and unsubstantiated reporting should handle their differences the informal summit between point on the northern bank of tion of directions issuedunder “Wewent to theESI Hospital argumentsinopen courtbeal- significantly. about these engagements through peaceful discussion” Prime MinisterNarendraModi the lake. Epidemic Disease Covid-19 in Sector 24,whichreferredher lowedonlyifthe court agrees to Therewere200districts that would notbehelpfuland the and “notallow them to be- and President Xi Jinping in India wasalsofor amutu- Regulation 2020 Act,” stated the to another hospital. We took her review thecase. had between one and 10 deaths media is advisedtorefrain come disputes”. Wuhan in April 2018. allyagreedprogressive reduc- FIR. to the District Hospital in Sector Besides the CJI, Justices AM as of May22, that number is from suchreporting.” Officials cautionedagainst The Indian agenda forthe tion of heavy militaryequip- Delhi Police confirmedthat 30 whereweweretold that Khanwilkar,DYChandrachud, now275 districts. Roughly20 Therewas no immediate expectations of anyimmediate meeting, an official said, cen- ment, suchasartilleryguns the FIR had been filed. therewas no bed available. We Ashok Bhushan and LNageswara districtshad between 11 and50 statement on the meeting resolution, saying the Saturday tred around restoration of the and tanks, from the rear areas The FIR drew asharp reac- rushedtoShivalik Hospital, but Raowillhear the case. deaths. That is now29districts. from Beijing either.Aday ear- meeting could be the firstof LACstatus quoante—before of both sides. tion from the Delhi Medical were told that she would notbe In November lastyear,an- Roughly five districts had be- Association (DMA), with its admitted,” said Kumar. other five-judgebenchheaded tween 50 and 100deaths. That president Dr BBWadhwasay- Officials at Shivalik Hospital by thenCJI Ranjan Gogoi had ex- number is nowseven. Six dis- ing in astatement, “The hospi- said theywereunable to pro- presseddoubts over correctness trictshad above 100deaths, After Bill on new map, Nepal tells India: Let tals arethe backbone of the vide information regarding the of the verdict upholding Aadhaar while now10havethatmany healthcare system. Theyare be- incident “due to changeinduty Act, whichhad been passed by deaths. ing penalisedand the govern- rosters”. Parliament as amoneyBill. The Indian Express reported ForeignSecys talk,even if meeting virtual ment,instead of praising their The familyclaimedthat The reviewisnot likelytotake that less than five percent of pa- efforts, is issuing newdictatorial Neelam wasthen rushedto intoaccount the Novemberrul- tientsrequired critical care. In issue “after” the twocountries the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-GP videoconference. gotiations. orders daily. Sir GangaRam Fortis and Jaypeehospitals but ing, as the Supreme Courthas both high-burden and low-case have “successfullydealt” with Koiralatalksin2000-- wasre- On May8,Defence Minister On May20, theNepalgov- Hospital and itsdoctors who were allegedly told that“theydo held earlier that achange in law load states, only2.25per cent the Covid-19 pandemic. vivedbyNepal lastNovember, Rajnath Singh usedavideo- ernment releasedanew polit- have savedlakhs of livesinthe nothavethe capacity to admit subsequent to thejudgmentcan- neededICU admission and only On May9,the spokesper- butthese could notbeheld. link to inauguratethe new80- ical map depicting Kalapani, lastdecades arebeing penalised her at the moment”. notbevalid grounds forreview. 1.91 percent were on oxygen. son forthe MinistryofExternal Giventhe uncertainty over km road via Lipulekh on the Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura and threatened. The FIR against Authorities in Jaypee In 2018,the Supreme Court This trend has maintainedsince Affairs said: “Both sides arein howlongthe Covid pandemic Mansarovar Yatratrail,trigger- within itsborders. the hospital is highlycon- Hospital did notrespond to calls had upheldconstitutional valid- thefirstcases camein. the process of scheduling willcontinue,Kathmandu is ing awaveofprotests in Nepal And lastSunday,Nepal demnable and demoralisingfor and messages from TheSunday ity of Aadhaar while placing Onlythe US,Mexico, UK, and Foreign Secretarylevel talks nowseeking talksthrough which says the territorybe- LawMinisterShiva Maya theentiremedical fraternity.” Express seekingcomment. some restrictions on itsuse. Brazil have reportedmoredaily whichwill be held once the videoconference. longs to it. Tumbahamphe tabledacon- The Delhi government did In itsstatement,Fortis deaths than Indiaoverthe past dates arefinalisedbetween the Prime MinisterNarendra Nepal’s Foreign Ministry stitution amendment Bill, notrespond to the DMA state- Hospitalsaid: “The patient was couple of days. twosides afterthe twosoci- Modi has held severalvideo- objected to the opening of the seeking to give legal sanctity ment. brought to our hospitalinacrit- Civilian killed by eties and governmentshave conferences, starting with road, and described India’s to thenew map. The govern- When contacted,DSRana, ical condition at around 11 am Barmy Army successfullydealt with the SAARCcountries whichwas move as an “unilateralact”. ment wasassured thesupport chairman of board, Sir Ganga yesterday... Due to unavailability militants in Commission intervenedand got challenge of Covid-19 emer- attendedbyNepal Prime This, it said, ranagainstthe of two-thirds in the House of RamHospital, said, “It is asim- of room in the ICU isolation them backtothe UK. Owing to gency.” MinisterKPSharma Oli, and understandingbetween the Representativesfollowing the ple communication gapwhich ward,she wasprovided oxygen north Kashmir the uncertainty,Imustadmit The idea of Foreign secre- then G-20 countries. twocountries, including at the decision of the Nepali will be sortedout soon.” &nebulization in the waiting that it wasthe mostdifficult tour tary leveltalks–it beganin External Affairs MinisterS levelofPrime Ministers, that a Congress, the main Testing forCovid hasbeen area. The husband of the patient we had endured in 25 years,” 1997 during Prime MinisterIK Jaishankar has alsomet sev- solution to boundaryissues Oppositionparty,tobackthe stoppedatthe hospital since wascounselledbydoctors about ADILAKHZER says Millard. Gujarat’s visit and again during eral counterparts through would be sought through ne- legislation. June 3, when the Department the needfor resuscitation and SRINAGAR,JUNE6 Forthe July series,hesays, of Health issuedanorder to the transfer to another hospital in an theyare going the extramile to hospital, whichwas giventwo AdvancedCardiac LifeSupport SUSPECTED MILITANTS shot “replicate”the stadium atmos- ing blood. work on Saturday. Nearly 61 per cent of all cloth In an integrated sectorlike days to explain why“theyhave (ACLS) ambulance without any dead acivilian in north phereonline. “Weare currently In January 2017,one of the The case has been stalledaf- in India is producedbythe de- textiles, allowing powerlooms notstarted sample collection delay. However, thehusbandre- Kashmir’s Baramulla district on looking to have some form of men booked along with Yunus, terthe state government re- centralisedpowerloom sector, to operateismeaningless if mar- via RT PCR app”.Rana said are- fusedresuscitation and ventila- Saturday. AJammuand Kashmir digital interaction with all our deposedinthe trial courthear- movedthe prosecutor conduct- withMaharashtracontributing kets forraw materials and fin- sponse had been sent to the tion support. He also declined Police spokesperson said Ishfaq members and fans. Theycan log ing Yunus’s murder that four ing the trial in 2018.Asiya the most. Of the 22 lakhs power ishedgoodsare notopened. "If notice. our insistence and strong med- Ahmad Najar,aresident of in to ourhomepageand singand other policemen, different from Begum's plea before the looms in the country, nearly half markets where we procureraw To streamline the testing icaladvice to transferthe patient AdiporaBomaiinSopore,was chant when the matchison. the ones suspended, had tor- BombayHigh Courtagainstthe areinMaharashtra. materials and sell our waresre- process, the Union Health to another hospital in an ACLS firedupon outside his home. Jerusalem will be playedatthe tured Yunus. So far, he is the only removalispending. Other pleas Whileallowing powerlooms main closed, howdoesallowing Ministryhad launchedadedi- ambulance.” “... at about 21:30 hrs Sopore startofevery day's playalong witness to have deposedinthe by theaccusedare also pending to resume operations, the powerloomstooperate make cated RT-PCR mobile-based Kumar said that “bythis police receivedinformation with the signaturetrumpet,” he case.The sevenmen booked for before theHigh Court. Maharashtragovernment had sense. Iamsurethat without app forlabs to fill the dataat time, Neelam wasinneedofan about aterrorcrime incident in says. theblast apart from Yunus were “Wehavemaintainedthat advocated workplace safe- furtherrelaxations even those the point of sample collection. oxygen cylinder”. Bomai area whereterrorists had The Julyseries, Millardbe- subsequentlyacquitted of all the four menhavenothing to do guards to reduceexposureto looms that have startedfunc- Following the directives, Delhi "Wewent to ShardaHospital firedonacivilian. Officers at- lieves, “can liftthe mood of the charges. with the murder and prima fa- coronavirus. But in the few tioning will shut down in a had made it mandatoryfor all and hired aprivate ambulance tending the terror crime spot nation”--the UK has recorded “My son would have been cie theycan be onlycharged looms that have reopened,prac- month," Momin said. lab collection and testing cen- forapproximatelyRs5,000. learntthatone individual was over 2.83lakh Covid cases so far, acquitted tooifhewas alive. We withdestruction of evidence. ticallynoprecautions arebeing While powerloom owners tres to download the app from AfterSharda, we went to GIMS shotatbythe terrorists nearhis including morethan 40,000 trustthe criminal justice system Being suspendedfor suchalong followed. have all alongbeen reluctant to May8. and begged foradmissionbut house,”the police said. deaths. but the accusedbeingreinstated time has been astruggle for In Yunus’s small unit, there modernise, the pandemic and As reportedbyThe Indian were denied. It had been more “He (Najar) wascriticallyin- “Thefact that international feels likeabetrayal. Instead of them,” said lawyer Rounak Naik, were no disinfectantsand sani- the resultant lockdown has, Express on Saturday, doctors than 10 hours and we had been jured in the firing and suc- cricketisresumingunder the this, thereshould be effortsin representing the four police- tisers. Yunus and his twoco- ironicallyhit thosewho mod- from various departments at the roaming around without proper cumbed to injuries,”said apo- current circumstances will be expediting the trial to punish men. workers were notwearinga ernisedthe hardest. With mas- hospital had criticisedthe move food or water. It washell. We lice officer in Sopore. He was massive... and Idaresay,itcan those who killedmyson,” said mask when The Indian Express sive overheads including loans to stop testing, saying it was tried Max Hospital butgot the takentoahospital, wheredoc- have the same effect that the Asiya Begum, the 70-year old Safeguards lost visited the unit. to replayand thedependence on leading to chemotherapyses- same answer,” said Kumar. tors declared him brought dead. Ashes wins of 1981 and 2005, mother of Yunus. supplychains yettobefully re- When asked,Mohammed skilledworkforce, theyhavenei- sions beingdelayed, surgeries An official from Sharda Soon afterthe attack, security and lastyear's historic 50-over The role of the four police- stored,powerlooms—that too Zahid, who worksalong with ther workers, nor areleftwith being put on hold and chaos Hospital said: “She wasadmit- forces cordonedoff theareaand WorldCup triumph, had on the men reinstatedonFriday is al- onlyafew—restarted onlya Yunus, said, “In this heat, wear- resources postlockdown. during admissions to the emer- tedinour hospital brieflyinthe launchedamanhunt to nabthe generalmood and sentiment," leged to be that of destroying ev- week later. ing amask is cumbersome. “Local labourers arenot gency room. Emergency Ward on Friday af- attackers. As of lateSaturday, the he says. idence in the case. On anormal day, six others Moreover, thereare notmany skilledenough to handlethe The hospital'slab is among ternoon and she wasstabilized operation wasstill on. The next big hope?India. According to the notice an- would join Yunus to handlethe people who wear masksevery modernizedlooms. These were the six whichhad been issued using aventilator.Onlyafter her “It would be great if we can nouncingtheir reinstatement, a 36 powerlooms in the unit he day.” largely run by migrant workers. show-cause notices by thestate condition became better,she Assam man dies tour India next year forthe Test meeting washeld on Fridayun- works. But on Monday, only two It is notthatworkers arenot However, due to the pandemic government forallegedly flout- wasreferredtoanother hospital series. It's agreat countryto derthe chairmanship of the city gave him company. In Malegaon, scared of the virus. Abdul nearly 100haveleft. We arenow ing ICMR guidelines fortesting. following whichthe familytook after assault by travel. Cricket is reveredinthat Commissioner of Police as per most of thoseemployedinpow- Razzaque, 51,who has worked operatingwith just30workers, The 675-bed hospital had been her in an ambulance.” partofthe worldand the sup- rules constituted to reviewsus- erlooms, estimated to be over a in apowerloom for35yearsin and waybelow our capacity. recentlyconverted intoaCovid Max Hospital did notre- police, 2cops held portfor theirteam is justincred- pension orders periodically. The lakh, aredomiciles or residents Malegaon, worries alot.Sitting Theseare very difficult times for facility,with 80 per cent of its spond to calls and messages ible,” he says,eventhough there four arestatedtobereinstated of the city,and probablythis will outside alocal mosque –where powerloom owners,”said Zahid bedstobeset aside forcoron- from The Sunday Express seeking ABHISHEKSAHA wasabit of aflutter when they pending courtorder in the case help resumption of full opera- he spends muchofhis time Faizee who recentlyset up a avirus patients. comment. GUWAHATI,JUNE6 lastvisited four years ago. and pending departmental/ pre- tions earlier. these days –Razzaquesaysnot state-of-the-artair powerloom “Weeventuallyreturnedto In 2016,during the firstTest liminaryinquiryagainst them. Bhiwandi is notso. Nearly 80 gettingbacktoworkisnot an unit in Malegaon. Pregnant woman GIMS but by that timeNeelam ASECRETARYofavillagedefence at Rajkot,the government’ssud- ParamBir Singh, per centofthe over fourlakh option. The local administrationis advice to transfer the patient to had died. We requestedthat the party diedafter an allegedas- den demonetisation decision Commissioner of Police, workers hereare migrantsfrom “My self-respectdoesnot al- seizedofthe problems facedby another hospital” in an body be kept in thehospital, and sault by twopolicemen, who put the English fans in aspot. Mumbai, did notrespond to calls Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Odisha. lowmetoliveondoles any- the industry. Malegaon AdvancedCardiac LifeSupport doctors declared her dead after have nowbeen arrested,in "Some of us had run out of cash. and messages. With alargescale exodus, onlya more... Iwill resume work the Municipal Corporation (ACLS) ambulance. “The patient examining her,” Kumar said. Assam’s Nagaon district, senior Thankfully, the British High Officials said the committee feware lefttorestart work in the moment an opportunity Commissioner Trimbak Kasar wastaken out of our hospital in Dr Rakesh Gupta,Director, officials said on Saturday. Commissioncame to ourrescue meets everythree months to de- looms. comes,” he says. said while notmanypower- an auto.Weempathisewith the GIMS, said: "The hospitalhas Phanidhar Bora, in his early by providing us with details of cide on reinstating suspended In both Malegaon and AdvocateYaseen Momin,a looms had openedupinthe city, familyintheirhour of grief,”the been overburdenedwithpa- 50s, succumbed to his injuries in ATMs from wherewecould get officials. “The committee takes Bhiwandi, workers spin yarn powerloom owner in Bhiwandi, the sector had to lookatnewer hospital said. tientsand we were informed hospital, aday afterhegot intoa fresh currency notes," says adecision basedonconsidera- intoaroughcloth called“grey” says less than 10 per cent of the markets to expand. Government Instituteof later thathecame with the am- scuffle with Constable Ataur Millard. tions whether reinstating sus- in trade parlance. This is then unitshaveresumedoperations in “Thereisamajor spikeinde- MedicalSciences (GIMS), where bulance till outside.Apossible Rehman and Naik Paresh Sarma pendedpolice personnel will transportedoutside the statefor the town. “These unitswon’t be mand formasksand gloves in the woman wasdeclared lackofcommunication pre- of the Jajori police station. Cops reinstated have anyimpact on the case or further processingtoproduce able to continueoperations for the world. Malegaon has the brought dead, described the in- vented immediateadmission “A case of culpable homicide Yunus and three other co-ac- itsinvestigation,” said asenior ready-to-sell finishedgood. moreamonth if marketsin technical wherewithal as well as cidentas“absolutely unfortu- since we have excellent doctors has been registered againstthe cusedwereinterrogatedin IPS officer,who did notwish to The twocities account for al- Mumbai and other parts do not the labour forcetotakeadvan- nate” and said the facility was to take careofpregnancycases. policemen. Theyhavebeen ar- Ghatkopar on January6,2003. be named. The officer said the most90per cent of thestate’s open. Another problem is labour tage of this demand.Weare “overburdened with patients”. It is absolutelyunfortunate. rested andtaken on three-day While the policeclaimedsubse- long-pending trial wasalso a and 40 per cent of the country’s shortage.Bhiwandi has seena thinking if we can use our looms The office of District Later,the body wasbrought to police remand. We intend to quentlythatYunus ranaway reason whytheywererein- powerlooms. Bhiwandi alone massive exodus and only25per to setupasystemthrough MagistrateSuhas LYsaidina our hospital.” submit achargesheetwithin 15 from custody that day, his co-ac- stated. has 7.5lakh looms, and centof the labour forcehasstayed whichwecan become apartof statement:“On Friday, apreg- As forthe family, Kumar says days and take the trial to fast cusedtold thePOTAcourtthey The official confirmedthat Malegaon 2.5 lakh units. back. Until workers return, nor- the supplychainfor creating nant woman wasdeniedadmis- “thereisnobringing backthe trackcourt,” said Additional DGP sawhim being stripped, as- Vaze and twoother constables Together,theyprovide jobs to malcy is unlikelytoberestoredin masksand gloves. This willhelp sion in severalhospitals because dead and our onlyappeal is for (Lawand Order) GP Singh. saulted severely,and he vomit- Desai and Tiwari reportedto over five lakh workers. this sector,” Momin says. in reviving the sector here,” of whichshe died. The DM has justice...My sisterdiedwaiting”.

New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 3 THESUNDAYEXPRESS,JUNE7,2020 THE OUTBREAK THE CITY KEJRIWAL SAYS SUCH FACILITIES WILL NOT BE SPARED Refrain from ‘Somehospitalsaskingformoneytogive getting tested beds,won’tallowblackmarketeering’ unless you have symptoms: CM non-negotiable,” he said, address- Delhi recorded1,320 fresh whole mafia behindthis," hesaid. ASTHASAXENA ing avirtual press briefing on Covid cases on Saturday, taking He also alleged that hospitals NEWDELHI,JUNE6 Saturday. the tallyinthe city to 27,654. The were nottoeing theline because Blaming some hospitals for number of deaths due to thedis- theyhad “contacts” in political ‘If all asymptomatic patientsgoto IN Asharp indictment of some “blackmarketeering” of beds, he ease has touched761.Lastweek, parties. “Some hospitals have be- gettested, thesystemwillcollapse’ private hospitals in the capital, said theywereasking forahuge the government launchedamo- come toopowerful. Theyare not Delhi Chief MinisterArvind sum of moneyfromCovid pa- bile app whichgivesreal-time in- heedingprotocol. They have con- Citing Delhigovernment's rule to Kejriwal, without naming any tientsfor reserving beds. formation about the availability tactsinotherpolitical parties.I ASTHASAXENA notexceedthe testing capacity, particular institute, said they Previously, the Delhi govern- of bedsand ventilators in each want to warn these hospitals and NEWDELHI,JUNE6 the hospital has curtailedtesting were "lying"about thenumber of ment had askedprivatehospitals hospital. tell themthatyour hospitalswere services. “Wehavelimitedcapac- bedsavailable forCovid patients in the city with abed capacity of OnSaturday,the CM said that establishedfor the service of the ASYMPTOMATIC PEOPLE need itytotestthe samples and from and refusing them treatment. 50 ormorebedstoreserve 20%of therehad been backlash over the people and nottoearnmoney. notget tested forCovid-19, said thelasttwo days,the number of Issuing the stern warning, theirtotal capacity forCovid pa- sharing of information. “Afterthe Wheremostofthe hospitals are Delhi ChiefMinisterArvind samples coming to thetesting Kejriwal invokedwords suchas tients. launch of theapp onTuesday, we serving the peopleduring this Kejriwal Saturday whilestress- centrehaveincreased. We are “blackmarketeering” and “mafia” “A fewdays ago, aperson “A few days ago, aperson “Some hospitals have receivedamajor backlash forour pandemic, Iwanttowarn these ing on the needtotestsympto- able to test 300-350 samples a andsaidsome hospitalswere ex- cameto meandinformedmethat came to me and informed become too powerful. intent to give outtheinformation. fewhospitals who areindulging maticand severe patients. daybut the screening centrere- ploiting their linkswith political he wasdenied abed by aprivate me that he was denied a They are not heeding Now, people knowthatifahos- in these malpractices on the in- “The priority is to save the ported around500 samplesina parties. hospital,andaftermanyrequests, bed by aprivate hospital, protocol. They have pital is denying abedin caseof an structions of their contactsin livesofserious patients. Those day. To ensurethereisno back- The government, he said, will theygavehim admission after and after many requests, contacts in other political emergency, theymustbelying otherparties,thattheywillnot be with mild symptoms or asymp- log of the samples, we have de- nowdeploymedical profession- charginghimRs2lakhforadmis- they gave him admission parties.” because theycan access the app spared,” he said. tomatic can recover. If all asymp- cidedtorestrict the timings,” said als in eachprivate hospital to en- sion… Iamnot saying all private and knowhow manybedsare “I have been seeing some tomatic patientswill startgoing Dr Minakshi Bharadwaj,medical surepatientsare awareofthe hospitals arebad. Private hospi- after charging him still vacant in that particular hos- videosonsocial media where to thelabsfor tests, then the sys- superintendent of RML hospital. Rs 2lakh.” ARVIND KEJRIWAL availability of bedsand areadmit- tals in the city have playedanim- DELHI CHIEF MINISTER pital.Also,weare notupdating people arestill finding it difficult temwill collapse. Asymptom- The Delhigovernment-run ted“without anyhassles”. portant role in our battle against the app ourselves. The hospitals to locatevacantbeds. Iwant to ap- atic people should notinsiston RajivGandhi SuperSpeciality “You willnot be spared.You coronavirus. But there aresome areupdating their bedsstatus on pealtothemtoplease give me getting tested.Iftheyare going hospitalhas been sending its will have to take coronavirus pa- hospitals whichare asking for notallowit.OnFriday, we metthe reserving 20% bedsfor Covid pa- the backend of the app, and still some time and if the hospitals to gettested, then seriouspa- samples to Lok Nayakhospital af- tientswho arecoming to thehos- moneyfrompatientstoprovide ownersof 33 private hospitalsand tients,thenyouhavetheoptionof lying about their availability to the continuetohavethe same ap- tientswill suffer,”hesaid, adding terafew lab technicians tested pital fortreatment. Giving treat- them abed.This is calledblack themeetingwithotherswillcon- convertingintoadedicatedCovid people. Theyhavethe passwords. proachtowards people,strict ac- that Delhi is still on the topin positive forcoronavirus. ment to patientsismarketeeringof bedsandwe will tinuetoday. If youhaveanissuein hospital,”hesaid. It will take some time to bustthe tion will be taken,” he said. terms of conducting testsfor According to sources, thehospi- Covid-19. talisnot collectingany newsam- Till Saturday, the city had per- ples in the flu centreand is not Federation of blind slams formed2,46,873 testswith5,180 lifting samples of patientswho Hospitals can’t turn away‘suspected’ testsdone in the last24hours. areadmitted in the hospital.The Recently, thegovernment issued hospital's labusedtotest70-80 DU’sopen book exam plan notices to at least sixprivate labs samplesinaday.“We will sani- Covid patientsover lackofreport forallegedly flouting ICMR’s test- tise the laboratoryonMonday NewDelhi: The National writethe exam... (scribes) will ing guidelines. “Thereare 42 labs and from Tuesday, we will restart Federation of the Blind (NFB) notbeavailable...bothbecause of in the city and onlysix of them the process,” said Dr BLSherwal, SOPs have put the responsibility Saturday criticisedthedecisionof the fear of lifeand adherence to have been issuednoticesfor not medicaldirector of the hospital. ASTHASAXENA of apatient on the hospital if the theDelhiUniversityto holdonline socialdistancing norms,” he said. following the guidelines. Testing Other government labs are NEWDELHI,JUNE6 services arenot available. The open book examination forfinal NFB has filedawrit petition is stillgoingon, 5,300samples also running full. At AIIMS, thelab hospital will be responsible for year students, arguing that it was before theDelhi HC challenging have been testedtoday. Theother whichhas acapacity of testing WITH COMPLAINTS coming in of transferringthe patient to other “insensitive”towardsvisuallyim- the conduct of OBE, whichis 36 labs arestillworking,” he said. around 200-240 samplesadayis suspected Covid-19 patientsbe- hospitals, and until thathappens, paired students who could not listedfor hearingonJune 9. Meanwhile, the Centre-run catering only to the patients vis- ing deniedtreatment at hospitals, the hospital would provide avail- find scribes due to the lockdown. Dean Examinations Vinay RML hospital on Saturdayre- iting the emergency ward, the Delhigovernmenthasissued able medical facilities. In apress meetSaturday, NFB Gupta did notrespond to calls strictedservices forCovid-19pa- healthcare workersand their directivestomedical facilitiesto The government has also di- SecretarySKRungta said, “DU and texts. He had earlier said stu- tientsinthe screening centre families. The Lady Hardinge notturn suchpatientsaway. Delhi rectedthatmild or asymptomatic has also completely ignored the dentswould not face problems from 9amto5pm. Earlier,the Medical College (LHMC) with a Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal patientsbedischargedfromthe fact that blind and some other as therewere“detailedguide- screening centreusedtofunction capacity of testing 200samples said amedical professional from hospital within 24 hoursofad- studentswould needscribes to lines” forholding the exam. ENS 24x7 forcollecting samples. aday is running at full capacity. the Delhi government will be mission. The concerneddistrict placedineachprivate hospital. medical officer is to be informed “The false refusal will have to stop. about the same. The decision was The hospitals cannotdenytreat- The capital recorded1,320 coronavirus cases on Saturday, takenafter severalhospitals ment to even asuspected Covid- taking thetotal to 27,654. Amit Mehra claimedthatthebedswereoccu- 19 patient," he said. piedbysuchpatients. An order issuedbyDelhi The city saw1,320 newCovid Health SecretaryPadmini Singla tientsmustbekeptinthe Covid ment.” cases in 24 hours, taking the total stated,“No patient who has Covid suspectedpatient area till the test The guidelines areanexten- to 27,654. Of these,16,229cases symptoms and is in themoder- reportisreceived. Accordingly,if sion of the SOPs issuedonFriday areactive,while 10,664 have re- ateand severe categorycan bede- found positive,thenhe/she shall by thehealth departmentto hos- covered/been discharged. So far, niedadmission on the pretext bekept in theCovidhospital, oth- pitals forpropertreatment and 761people have succumbed to that the patient doesnot have a erwisetransferredtoanon-Covid managementofCovid positive the disease —53ofthesedeaths Covidpositive report. All suchpa- hospital forfurther manage- and suspected patients. The new were updated on Saturday. Malls and hotelsopen Police file chargesheet in Noidabut curbs in Rahul Solanki murder

the close vicinity”. remain in Gurgaon EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Policeclaimedthat"although NEWDELHI,JUNE6 several CCTVcameras were de- stroyed by the rampaging mob... EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE THE CRIME Branchofthe Delhi some CCTVfootage of the CCTV LUCKNOW,CHANDIGARH, Police filedachargesheet cameras that escapedvandalism JUNE6 Saturdayinthe murder of 27- were obtained. Eyewitness ac- year-old Rahul Solanki during the counts were recorded. Mobile MALLS, HOTELS, restaurantsand riots that brokeout in Northeast datawas analysed”. religious places will open up Delhi in February. As per abrief On the basis of this, police said across Gautam Budh Nagaras note shared by Additional PRO theyarrestedseven accusedper- Uttar Pradeshgovernment re- Anil Mittal, "Solanki had gone to a sons including one Salman, who leasedmeasures forphase Iof shop in the locality but on the "fired towardsthe Hindu com- the unlockdown from Monday. way, he wasshotdead. Hisfam- munity people standing near Shiv Similar measures were an- ilymembers took him to GTB Vihartiraha.The.32pistol(semi- nouncedbyHaryana whichhas, hospital wherehewas declared automatic country-made) he however, barredopening of Malls and religious places brought dead." usedhas been recovered.” malls and religious places in willremain shut in Gurgaon, The note further statesthat In the note,policesaid that Gurgaon and Faridabad owing to Faridabad Solanki wasmurdered near his Solanki wasa27-year-old "ambi- the spikeincoronavirus cases. house in DayalPur area around 5 tious boywho didhis diploma Explaining the measures in pm on February24, "duringthe Civil EngineeringfromaDelhi place across Uttar Pradesh from capacityisonlyusedat50%... At communal riotsthat took place government instituteinUttam Monday, Additional Chief restaurants, tables mustbedis- near ShivVihartiraha".Police said Nagar”. Police said that Solanki Secretary(Home) Awanish infected aftereachuse. And in the place of the incident is near startedworkingasacontractor Kumar Awasthi said that face hotels, staffmustcollect medical Anil Sweets,"whereone Dilbar withMCDand other governmen- maskshavebeenmade compul- historyand travel history of peo- Singh Negi wasmurdered on taldepartments, and wasalso soryand addedthat persons ple staying there.” February24. Many morecases workingwithamarketingcom- showing symptoms should not Till Saturday, Gautam Budh were registeredregarding riots in panyinOkhla. visit public places. “If aperson Nagarreported 623 cases with with symptoms is found (at a 337recoveries and 8deaths. public place), he or she should be Ghaziabad has recorded403 made to sit...with aface covertill cases with 248recoveries and 9 adoctor arrives,” said Awasthi. deaths so far. He said that religious places, Meanwhile, shopping malls “apartfromthoseincontain- and religiousplaces shall open ment zones”, will be allowedto all across Haryana, except open. Awasthi said gatherings Gurgaon and Faridabad, from will be restricted.“According to June 8. Restaurants, hotels and CPWD guidelines, 24-30 degrees otherhospitality services will, Celsius temperatureand humid- however, be allowedtooperate ity of 40-70per cent should be across the state. Restaurants maintained. All air conditioning shall be permitted to operate systems should have freshair their dine-in facility with maxi- coming in.” mum 50% seating capacity. Awasthi further said that “Since the cases areincreas- people who have ailments inginGurgaon and Faridabad, linked to heart, kidney,asthma shopping malls and religious or cancershould notbecalledto places shall notopen in these office and should instead work twodistricts. However, allthese from home. places willopeninremaining20 Regarding hotels, restaurants districtsofthe statefromJune 8," and malls, Awasthi said, “At said Deputy chief minister malls wherethereare food Dushyant Chautala. The number courts,itmustbeensuredthat of Covid-19cases in Gurgaon crowds don’t gather and seating touched1,692Saturday.

New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 4 THE CITY THE SUNDAYEXPRESS,JUNE7,2020 ‘CITY WILL NEED 15,000BEDS BY JUNE 15’ Among Sisodia’s suggestions to HRD BRIEFLY Constabledies PanelsayskeepDelhi Minister: Reducingsyllabus by 30% atSafdarjung

that older children should return pleting syllabi forstudents up to NewDelhi: A30-year-old SUKRITABARUAH to schoolsfirst, Sisodiaquotedan elementaryclassesand instead Delhi Police constable, hospitalsforDelhiites NEWDELHI,JUNE6 ICMR study whichsays that the focus on “fluency in reading with who wasadmitted at attackrate(people affected per understanding and oral expres- SafdarjungHospitalfor a AREDUCTION in syllabus by 30% lakhpopulation) islowest among sion, writing different genres of lung ailmentand diedon forsecondaryand senior sec- children aged 0-4. He said the text, number sense, emotional Wednesday, tested posi- ondarystudents, continuous school is an especiallyimportant resilience, internalisation of tive forcoronavirus three evaluation, and movingaway place foryounger children to healthyand hygienic practice.” days later, police said on from syllabus forprimaryand el- “learn to live with corona”. Forsecondaryand senior Saturday. The constable ementarystudentswereamong “Weneedtoassureevery secondarystudents, he asked waspostedatDCP suggestions made by Deputy child, irrespective of age and so- that the syllabus be reducedby (Northeast) VedPrakash Chief MinisterManish Sisodia to cial class,thattheyare important 30% across all subjectstofocus Surya’s office in the the HRD minister on the reopen- to us andall of them have equal Manish Sisodia on “depthinlearning and un- Welcome area. Senior ing of schools. rightto thephysicalandacademic derstanding”. He also sug- officers said the man had Sisodia wrotealettertoHRD spaceof theirschools.We needto gested exam reforms forthe been on medical leave minsterRameshPokhriyal on completely pushasideviews that dren at home fornow…Wemust CBSE andNCERT, suggesting forthe lasteight Friday, encouraging the reopen- leaning will onlybecarriedfor- take carethat our next step does doing away with one high monthsdue to asevere ing of schools with “reasonable ward through online classes or notgiveprimacyto olderchildren stakes annual examination for lung ailment. guidelines”, along with sugges- that education can go forward by overyoungerchildren,”hewrote. classXand XII students, and tionsonhow it can be done. onlycallingolder children to He stressedonthe needto working towardsreplacing it Arguing againstthe reasoning schoolsandkeepingyoungerchil- transcend the focus from com- with continuous evaluation. Gangrivalry:2 At RajivGandhi Super SpecialityHospital on Saturday. Amit Mehra heldformurder NewDelhi: DelhiPolice will beneededinamonth’s time. said an official. Bring your own mat, no prasad or flowers: on Saturdayarresteda ASTHASAXENA& As of June 15,the city will need The move,however, will be 26-year-old man and ap- MALLICAJOSHI about 15,000bedsbasedon pro- difficult to implementasDelhi prehended ajuvenile for NEWDELHI,JUNE6 jections. This number,however, has several Central government Placesofworship prepare to open the gates allegedly firing bullets at canonlycater to patients in the hospitals, including AIIMS, twomen in West Delhi’s AFIVE-MEMBER committee city and nottothosewho come Safdarjung Hospital, RML and places of worship can open nersand sanitisers arebeing in- Dabri and killing one of formedbythe Delhi government from other parts of the country. Hospital and Lady Hardinge SOMYALAKHANI from June 8, as partofphase Iof stalled.“People willbeallowedin them. The accusedal- to assess Delhi hospitals’pre- At present, notmanypatientsare Medical College—all of which NEWDELHI,JUNE6 the “unlockdown”. However, the batches of 15-20 only. Maskswill legedly firednine bullets paredness and suggestwaysto coming to Delhi because of the aretreating Covid patients. Delhi government is yettore- be mandatory.Noofferingsof at the victims, Gaurav strengthen infrastructurefor lockdown. We have giventhe On Monday, CM Arvind ASPLACES of worship areex- lease anyguidelines on reopen- food or flowers willbeaccepted. and Vicky,onMay 20 be- Covid cases has said in areport suggestion that hospitals in Delhi Kejriwalhad asked people for pected to reopen on Monday, ing of religious places. No prasad willbegiven,”hesaid. cause of a“gang rivalry”. that Delhi will needaround can onlymeetthe demands of suggestionsregarding sealing preparations forsanitisation and Imam Bukhari of the Jama FormerDelhiMLAManjinder Police later arrested 15,000 bedstocater to patients city patients,” he said. Delhi’s borders and on reserving social distancing at temples, Masjid told The Indian Express, SinghSirsa, who is the president them from anearbyJJ from the city by June 15. Delhi governmentsources hospital bedsfor Delhiites. The mosques, gurdwaras and “Wehaveemptiedthe pond in of DelhiSikhGurdwara colony. Thereare 8,637bedsfor also said the committee had sug- government receivedmorethan churches areinfullswing —from the premises so no wazu (ablu- Management Committee, said Covid patientsacross the city so gested that bedsinhospitals be 7.5lakh suggestions floormarking fordevotees and tion)is done theretoavoidspread devotees willbeasked to leave far. Of these, 4,225 areoccupied. reservedfor patients from Delhi. “Overwhelmingly,people sanitisers everyfew metres to of Covid-19. We have askeddevo- theirfootwearintheir vehicles Copfound Dr Arun Gupta,member of “Beds in Delhi will fill up have saidthat bedsinDelhi hos- ban on offerings of flowers and tees to do wazu at home. We have Atemple in Jhandewalan and to bring their owndupatta or deadincar the committee and president of within 3days if thereisnore- pitals should be forpeople from food, and regular announce- removedthe carpetaswell, and being sanitised. Amit Mehra handkerchief to wear over their Delhi MedicalCouncil, said the striction on who can avail treat- Delhi. The number of cases in the mentsonkeeping children and have asked people to bring their heads. “Instead of one, we have New Delhi: A45-year-old assessment wasbasedonthe ment. This is an emergency sit- city has risen very quicklyover the elderly at home. ownprayer mats.Alternaterows nowmadefourentrypointsatSri inspector, postedwiththe current case trajectory. uation, and acabinetmeeting the pastfew days,and there is As per guidelines issuedby will be empty.” daily,” he said. BanglaSahibGurdwara,” he said NewDelhi rangeofspe- “Theaim of the committee will be held to discuss the rec- anxiety among residents,” an of- the MinistryofHome Affairs Bukhari said that regular an- Bishop Jacob Mar Barnabas He also said thereisacontra- cial cell,was founddead wastoidentify howmanybeds ommendations of the report,” ficial said. (MHA), malls,hotels, restaurants nouncementsare being made to said,“Several churcheshave small dictioninMHA’s guidelines. “It in hiscar on Saturdayin ensurethat theelderly,children communities that visit, so it is says we candolangar (commu- NorthwestDelhi’sKeshav and the sickpray at home. “We easy to manage.Sanitisers arebe- nity kitchen) but can’tgiveprasad. Puram area. The victim SALUTE THE SOLDIER willfollow allguidelines and en- ing put up outside churches. Faith Aren’t both going to be served by has been identifiedas suresocialdistancing, butIhope is important at atime likethis.” people? It is our ritual to do bhog Vishal Khanwalkar,ares- MARTYR OF 209Bn, CoBRA the government reconsiders this Surender Nath Mahant of of the kada prasad first. Howcan ident of Shalimar Bagh. CT/GD UTPAL RABHA of 209, CoBRA made move since the cases arerising Kalkajitemplesaidthermalscan- we notdothat now?” Police said theyreceived the supreme sacrifice during an operation in information at 4.20 pm Jungle area of Karra and Kasrauli under PS:- Office of on Saturdayregarding an Kuchai, Distt:- Saraikela Kharsawan, Superintending Engineer, 6th Circle. HPPWD, Kullu-175101 unconscious person in a Jharkhand on 07th June 2018. The CRPF Ph. 01902-222530, Email –[email protected] caratRampuramainroad proudly remembers the braveheart who laid INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) in Keshav Puram. He was down his life at the altar of duty while fighting The Superintending Engineer,6th Circle HPPWD,Kulluonbehalf of Governor of Himachal Pradeshinvites the item rushedtoBJRMhospital, with maoists. His courage and bravery would rate bids in electronic tendering system forconstruction of road under PMGSY-II (World Bank) Batch-I 2019-20 approved wherehewas declared CT/GD SHRI remain an abiding source of inspiration for the by the MinistryofRural Development Govt. of India vide letter No.P-17024/9/2018 RC (EFMS:363986) dated 13-12- dead. Police said the man UTPAL RABHA Force. 2019 from the eligible contractors registered with HPPWD/CPWD/P&T,Railways/other State Govt./CentralGovt. agen- cies forthe worksasdetailedinthe table. had no external injuries, IG &All Ranks of CoBRA Sr.Name of Work Estimatd Cost (Rs. in lacs) Earnest Starting Date Deadline Period forDate for and his familyhas so far No. Moneyfor down- forComple- open- (In lacs) loading Submi- tion ing of alleged no foul play. The of Bid ssion of (in days) Techni- autopsyreportisawaited Constru- Maintena- Total Bid cal bids ction Part nce Part Cost to confirm the cause of 12 3456 789 death,and the probeisin Up-gradation of Main road 458.28 21.51 479.79 9.60 06.06.2020 20.06.2020 365 days 23.06.2020 progress,policesaid.ENS to Tindi Bhujand km 0/0 to 8/915 (Portion 0/0 to 4/500)Under PMGSY- II.Package No.HP-07-150. Up-gradation of Main 424.33 21.10 445.43 8.91 06.06.2020 20.06.2020 365 days 23.06.2020 road to Tindi Bhujand km 0/0 to 8/915 (Portion 4/500 to 8/915)Under PMGSY-II. Package No.HP-07-150. The bidders are advised to note other details of the tenders from the website www.pmgsytenders.gov.in The department reservesthe right to extend or cancel the bids without assigning anyreasons thereof. Superintending Engineer, 6th CircleHPPWD,Kullu PIN -175101Telephone No. 01902-222530 Email –[email protected] 805/HP On behalf Governor of Himachal Pradesh Chief Engineer (Shimla Zone )HPPWD NirmanBhawan NigamVihar Shimla HP BHART NIRMAN UNDER PRADHAN MANTRI GRAM SADAK YOJNA (PMGSY) e-procurement Notice The Superintending Engineer HPPWD 14th Circle HPPWD Rohruonbehalf of Governor of H.P. invites the percentage /item rate bids .Inelectronic tendering system forconstruction of roads under PMGSY foreach of the following worksincluding their maintenance forfiveyear fromthe eligible and approvedcontractors registered with HPPWD /CPWD/P&T /Railways/Other state Govt. Central Govt. Agencies ,non registered maysubmit the bid ,. Howeversuccessful bidder has to register in appropriate class with appropriate authority in HPPWD Sr.Name of Pkg. Name of work Period Cost maint. Bid Cost of No. Distt. No of Part Part Security Bid form completion 1Shimla HP-09- C/O balance work of 365 days 85.46 18.98 2.06 2000 323 Tutupani to Kuthariroad km. 0/0 to 9/300 under PMGSY (SH:- M/T ,V- shape drain )including fiveyear maintenance Pkg. HP-09-323

1. Date of release of invitation forbids through e-procurement 10.06.2020 Government of Jammuand Kashmir 2. Cost of bid from as per package above (non-refundable )only in form of Demand draft in favour of ExecutiveEngineer HPPWD Division Rohru. SHER-I-KASHMIR INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL 3. Documentary of bid document and mode of submission :- The bid document is available online and SCIENCES, SOURA, SRINAGAR-190011 bid should be submitted online on website www.pmgsytenders.gov.in .the bidder would be required E-mail: [email protected] Fax: 0194-2403403 to registered in the website which is free of cost. Forsubmission the bids ,the bidder is required to have valid digital signaturecertificate (DSC) from one the authorised certifying authorities (CA) IMPORTSSECTION Aspiring bidder who have not obtained the user ID and passwardfro participating in e-tendering in PMGSY mayobtain the same from the website pmgsytenders.gov.in. NOTICE Digital signature is mandatorytoparticipate in the e-tendering biddersalready processing the valid digital signature issued from authorised CAs can use the same in this tender . Subject: ProcurementofCholedochoscope with Non registered bidders maysubmit bids :the successful bidders must get registered in appropriate CBD Stone Laser Therapyonpropri- class with appropriate authorities before signing the contract. 4. Submission of original documents :the biddersare required to submit (a) original demand draft etarybasis from M/S Lumenis towards the cost of bid document and (b) original bid security in approvedfrom and (c) original Hongkong. affidavit regarding correctness of information furhished with bid documentasper provision of cla- sue 4.4B(a) (ii) ITB with Superintending Engineer 14th circle HPPWD Rohruaddress and detail of SKIMS Intends to procure Choledochoscope office where to be submitted on adate not later than three working days after the opening of with CBD Stone Laser Therapy(Dual Wavelength techancical qualification partofthe bid either by registered post by hand . 5. Last date forreceipt of bid through eprocurement on dated 25.06.2020 Laser comprising of Nd:YAG 100 Watt and Ho:YAG 6. The site forthe work is available. 80 Watt) from M/S.Lumenis Hongkong forthe 7. Only online submjission of bids is permitted therefore bids must be submitted online on website www.pmgsttenders.gov.in .The technical qualification partofthe bids will be opened at 11.00 on department of Gastroentology SKIMS being their dated 26.06.2020 in the office of Superintending Engineer 14th Circle HPPWD Rohrubythe proprietaryitem as claimed by the company. authorised officers.If the office happen to be closed of the date of opening of the bids as specified .The bids wil be opened online on the next working dayatsame time . In this connection,Objections (ifany)from 8. The bidder is not required to quote his rate forroutine maintenance .The rates to be paid forrou- Companies Manufacturing/Marketing, such equip- tine maintenance are indicated in the bill of quantities .Further the payment forroutine mainte- nance to the contractor shall be regulated based on the performance of maintenanceactivity. ment capable of delivering the same result as 9. The bid forthe work shall remain valid foracceptance foraperiod not less then ninety days after intended from the above equipment, regarding the the deadline date forthe bid submission. 10. Bidders maybid forany one more of the work mentioned in the table above to qualify forpackage proprietarynature of the above item should be of contracts made up of this and other contracts forwhich bids are invited in the same NIT .The bid- communicated within 15 days on the above men- der must demonstrate having experience and resource sufficient to meet the aggregate of the qual- ifying criteria forthe individual contracts. tioned E-mail ID/Fax after which the claim of the 11. Other detail can be seen in the bidding documents .The Employershall not be held able forany companywho has claimed forthe proprietorshipof delaydue to system failure beyond its control. Even though the system will attempt to notify the bid- ders of anybid updates .The Employershall not be liable forany information not received by the thesaid item shall be accepted. bidder it is the bidders responsibilitytoverify the website forthe latest information relatedtothe Sd/- tender. Forfurther detail please log on to http//pmgsytenders.gov.in No. SIMS-324 CBD Laser Asstt. Materials Management Superintending Engieer, 2020-1094-99-4755-57 14th circleHPPWD Rohru Dated: 05.06.2020 Officer,Imports. 807/HP

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Saviours of SAHYOG —CAREFOR YOU society Leadingfrom the front The NGO sectorinIndia is walking hand in hand with the government to serve the underprivileged

AHYOG is acommitted are sensitising them about the NGOworking for the em- good practiceofhand wash in six powerment of slum steps.They are alsosuggesting Sdwellers andresettlement them maintaining social distancing colonies in DelhiNCR. It was to fightinthis pandemic situation. started in 2002 with the vision to According to Mr Shekhar Maha- bring smiles in thelivesofunder- jan, founder director,‘Sahyog — privileged people. Care for you’ is thankful to all indi- ■ Offering remedial classes and vidualand institutional donors with bridge courses to underprivi- whose supportweare able to dis- leged children tributeessential items from March ■ Providingvocationaltraining 26 to May15, 2020. He quoted that andemployment to women till now we have distributed cooked through aself-sustained pro- meal to 3,11,986 people,dry ration ject. to 4,620 families and sanitary kits ■ Running SHGs for women to 16861 families in differentslum ■ Organisinghealthcamps communities. He also emphasised ■ Organising workshops on child that due to continuous and selfless sexualabuse, and services to the community people, ■ Helping the old and the desti- DM northwest and DM West had tute by providing them clothes recognised our services and pro- andration. vided an appreciation letter to Presently,the organisation is Sahyog.According to Mr Mahajan, teaching 1,550 children through Sahyogisproviding its services to remedialclasses and bridge the community people without any courses,and 5,500women through discrimination. He also requested adult literacy programme, 65 dis- people to comply with government ■ ABHISHEKPATHAK effects of the disease in whatever ways abled, 60 warwidows,800 youth advisory norms of nottomove out possible. Their focalpoint has been to in 96 centres.Throughour other of their homes,clean hands with SCOVID-19 continues to address immediate relief activities,from projects,wehave been able to soap frequently or sanitise them. If wreak havoc, there are major providing supplies to migrants to giving reach out to more than 20,000 moving out is necessary thenyour disruptions that can be ob- targeted support to end-beneficiaries. people. ‘Sahyog —Carefor You’ is giving Sahyog are continuouslyproviding under this massiveawareness gen- mouth should be covered with a Aserved in our society today. With slum dwellers,daily wage workers mask. He expressed his hope that Theword “Sahyog” beckons co- its sahyog to the community peo- their support by distributing eration campaign in the commu- Theworst pandemic in over 100 years and migrant labourers findingitex- operation; to walk in cooperation pleatdifferentlocations in Delhi, cooked food, ration and sanitary nity are making them aware and only through such small efforts will hasalreadyaffectedmanyaspects of tremelydifficult to sustain and earn with each other is what Sahyog is Haryana andTelangana with its full kits along with making general suggestingthem the importance of be able to achieve our full potential our daily life and will undoubtedly give a their daily bread in acontinuouslywors- all about. strength withthe help of civicau- masses aware on thesame. cleanliness especially hand saniti- and will soon come out with this new impetus for rearrangements in our ening environment, it is the NGOs that To fight with Covid-19, in India thorities.The team membersof Team ‘Sahyog —Care for You’ sation as wellashandwash.They pandemic. globalised world. Life will nowbere- have reached out to these troubled peo- ferredas‘Pre- and Post-COVID-19’. pletohelpand supportthem in timesof It’sintriguing to think as to whatwill this huge crisis.Theyare indeed their be the role of the NGO sector once the saviour —the face of humanity. pandemic subsides.Will we see a There are NGOs that are working pri- change in our owndecision-making marily to makehealthcare services ac- processes and the waywecontinue to cessible to thepoorand underprivi- interact withour environment andna- leged. TheNGO foundationshave Creating peaceful societies through ture?Surely, there will be asea change in kickstarted massive efforts to provide t r a n s f o r m a t i v e ed u c a t i o n our behavioural aspects once we’re out coronaviruscarekitstothe poor, includ- of it all. ing distributingsanitisers,soaps,sani- Currently,the governmentisdoing its tarynapkins, medicines etc.They are Q—™¤Ä—t­£t¦™ ™Ä tij€™t¦ ‰­Ê‰À½À™Ä‰1 Ù³À¤™­“ ™­ €³¦¦t³Àtʙ³­ ٙʗ also distributing dry rations,packaged ¬Ï¦Ê™½¦‰ ÄÊt¤‰—³¦ ‰ÀÄ1 ’³À t€—™‰Ø™­“ ÄÏÄÊt™­t¦‰ €—t­“‰™­Ê—‰ tÀ‰t ³’ foods, andpersonal care material to ‰ πtʙ³­; e‰ Ù³À¤ ʳÙtÀ Ä Ä³€™³=‰¬³Ê™³­t¦ ‰Ø‰¦³½¬‰­Ê³’Ä€—³³¦ Since Covid-19 over amillion people affected by the ¦‰t ‰Àė™½1 ʉt€—‰ÀÄ1 ÄÊÏ ‰­ÊÄ t­ ½tÀ‰­ÊÄ Ê—À³Ï“— ØtÀ™³ÏÄ €t½t€™Êß pandemic. Some NGOs are also provid- ϙ¦ ™­“½À³“Àt¬Ä; pandemic hit ing door-to-door facilities likeproviding masks,personal hygiene items,and #"!2!<+!>(3 India, NGO even instructional material with the community has help of community and healthworkers. NGOshave initiated several pro- beensteadfast grammes to strengthentheir emergency support activities. However, alot of 78*864-,%&0&5 in its approach funds,especially CSR funds,isrequired Under the JOL program, we work with to keep these activities and pro- StateGovt. -Education Dept., grammes going. Due to the current crisis, Corporates and NGOs to strengthen to mitigate the the governmentprimary schools the CSR funds of corporate companies through activity-based learning. We effects of the are majorlydirectedtowardsgovern- improve learningoutcomes and build ment relief funds.This willsurely reduce social &emotional skills in students. disease the CSR funding to NGOs significantly. Corporates arethe majorcontributors of funds for NGOs and have alonghis- toryofsupporting the NGOsector bit to alleviate the pains of corona-af- through thick and thin. In 2017-18, the fected migrant population.However, CSR funds were estimated to be around 9,6- 9:18849 )%85%,/ the onus is also upon the common man Rs 13,000 crore. Can the NGO sector ex- Under this program, we work and the NGOs to try and allay the ag- pectthe samecontribution from the cor- with urban schools and all the gravated conditions for the corona-af- poratehouses,given that alot of money stakeholders involved, to create fected working-classpeople. is currently directed towardsmitigating an empathic and safe environmentfor the socio- Over the years,NGOs have made de- the crisis at various levels? Thetruth is emotional development of finitive contributions to humanity in that alot of corporations arealready students. We do this through various trainingprograms. severalways.Their contributions can’t contributing to various state and cen- 8&40&- )%85%,/9 be discredited.Wherever the govern- tral relief systems from their CSR funds We conductweb-based training, ment has failed to reach or provide relief which will surely affect their fundingto interactive workshopsand talks, on to the downtrodden, NGOs have risen the NGO sector.Asper reports, funding variousaspects of social &emotional likesaviours for people in distress. How- for traditional CSR activities —not intelligence, mentalhealth and career counseling.These programs are ever,the work of NGOs has never been linked to Covid-19 —inthis fiscal year conducted for school leaders, an easyone.There aregrowing con- will reduce by 30 %to60%.Thisisgen- teachers,parents, childrenand youth. straints that have hindered the activi- erally asignificant portion of what the ties of NGOs.Across the globe,there are sector wouldhavegot.Thus,itisimper- several legal and administrative barri- ative for the sectortothinkbeyondcon- ers making it more difficult for NGOs to ventional routes to keep the fundingin- receive funds andsupport. tact.Clearly,itistime to envision anew Since the Covid-19 pandemic hit In- work modelthat will helporganisations V³ ¤­³Ù ¬³À‰1 Ø™Ä™Ê ÙÙÙ;ė™¤Ä—t­£t¦™‰ Ïʉ€—;€³¬ ³À ÙÀ™Ê‰ ʳ €³­Êt€Ê$ė™¤Ä—t­£t¦™‰ Ïʉ€—;€³¬; dia, the NGO community hasbeen in this sector evolve after the pandemic 7ė™¤Ä—t­£t¦™‰ Ïʉ€—€³­ÄϦʙ­“ $ė™¤Ä—t­£t¦™‰ Ïʉ€— steadfast in its approach to mitigate the subsides.

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Rajeshhasbeendrivinganauto —almostnon-stop—for30years. Customers arebackatMuneesh Kumar’s ‘Sadhu RamKachori Afteragap,theEastDelhiresidentisbackonroad. Praveen Khanna Wala’shop,started 65 yearsago by his grandfather. Harmeet Sodhi JAIPUR:12:40PM CHANDIGARH:2:10PM

Everysummer,shepherds from Pune district’sBaramati and Purandhartehsils make thelongjourneytothe Konkan Touristsites have been opened in Rajasthan, but footfall is low. region to graze theirflock.This year,though,was particularly punishing —with roadsides eateriesshut, food washardto Acosmetics storeadds some finishing touches before its At Jantar Mantar in Jaipur,guidesSudhir Sharma (right) and comeby; theyhad no waytopower their phones;and no helpwas forthcomingfromvillagers fearful of the coronavirus. reopening at ElanteMall,the biggestinChandigarh.Malls in TejSinghRajawat sayearningsare at astandstill. Rohit Jain Paras Aftermorethanamonth on theroad, theyhavereachedBopdev Ghat, and areontheirway home. PavanKhengre the city areset to openfromMonday. Kamleshwar Singh

TN govt caps Covid UP police file Punjabunlockplan:Restaurantsto charges against treatment charges 83 Tablighis, 57 of in private hospitals stayshut,mallstoopenwithcurbs them foreigners MANISHSAHU EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE LUCKNOW,JUNE6 CHENNAI,JUNE6 Chief KANCHANVASDEV Minister CHANDIGARH,JUNE6 KARNATAKA UP POLICE on Saturdayfiled THE TAMIL Nadu government Edappadi K GUIDELINESFOR chargesheetagainst83Tablighi on Saturdayissuedorders to cap Palaniswami WHILE RESTAURANTS in Punjab Jamaatmembers, including 57 the chargesfor Covid-19 treat- will continue to remain shutfor TEMPLEVISITS foreignnationals, who were ar- ment in private hospitals. dine-in even afterMonday, the rested in sixdifferent cases regis- As per the newguidelines,in fixedtreatmentcosts forbenefi- stategovernmenthas givenago- Bengaluru: Withtemples teredagainsttheminSaharanpur whichhospitals arecategorised ciaries of the Chief Minister’s aheadformallsandplacesof wor- scheduledtoopenfor pub- forallegedly spreading coron- basedonamenities, the firsttwo Comprehensive Health ship to reopen —with some re- lic from June 8, the avirus, as also notinforming the levels —Grade A1 and A2 —of Insurance Scheme in govern- strictionsinplace. Karnataka government on districtadministrationabouttheir hospitalsare allowedtocharge a ment-notified private hospitals Accordingto guidelinesissued Saturdayasked people participation in the Jamaat's con- dailyfee of Rs 7,500and Rs treating Covid. bythestategovernmentSaturday, above 65,those below10 gregation in Delhiinearly March. 15,000 forthe general ward and However, thesemeasures restaurantsorfood courts in malls years and pregnantwomen Morethan 2,500Tablighi ICU,respectively.For Grade A3 maynot grant areprieve to those willonlyprovidetakeawayservice. to cooperatebystaying at members, including 308 foreign and A4 hospitals, the ceiling for who complain of exorbitantfees Guests in hotels willhavetobe home until further orders, nationals, had earlier been chargesper dayinthe general at private hospitals. Dr GR servedfoodinrooms.Thedecision and bannedentryofthose booked in approximately300 ward andICU arefixed at Rs Ravindranath of the Doctors' will be reviewed on June 15. ill.Thereare over 34,000 cases filedindifferent districtsof 5,000and Rs 15,000,respectively. AssociationforSocialEqualitysaid The fresh guidelines provide temples in the statethat the state. So far, an officersaid, Health MinisterCthemeasureswere apositive ges- foratoken-basedentrytomalls. comeunder the depart- chargesheethas been filedin Vijayabaskar's statement said ture, but maynot bring down Therewillbeaprovisionformax- ment of Hindu religious in- morethan 200ofthese cases. the decision wasmadeasper CM treatmentcosts.“Only20%oralit- imumtimelimitforamallvisitor. stitutions and charitable Of those takenintocustody, EdappadiKPalaniswami’s order. tlemorethanwhatyouwouldsee “The maximumnumber of per- endowments(Muzrai). 300Tablighi members,including Earlier,acommittee headedby in anormal billwould becharged sons allowedineachshop in a 279foreign nationals, areat stateHealth SecretaryBeela underroomrentorsuch services. mall shall be fixedonthe basis of PLACESOFWORSHIP Priests spray disinfectant in atempleahead of itsreopening, in Bengaluru. PTI present lodged in different jails Rajesh had submitted areportto But over 80%ofaprivate hospital maintenanceof six-feetdistance,” in UP.The foreign nationals are the government on permissible billwouldoftenbeunderthecost says thegovernmentnotification. SHUTTILLJUNE30 from Kyrgyzstan, Indonesia, chargesfor private hospitals. As of medicine, disposable medical Aspertheguidelines,mallvis- INARUNACHAL Malaysia, Thailand, Sudan and per the order,nofee over and equipment, consultation feeand itorsare required to have COVA Gujarattoheed Centre SOPs, places France, among other countries. above the permitted ratescan be otherexpensive tests.Thegovern- appontheirphones.Afamilywill Itanagar: The Arunachal collected from patients. ment's regulation should have allowedtoenteramallevenif one Pradesh government has The government had earlier been addressing these costs...” of the members has the app in decidedto keep all placesof of worship to open ‘only for viewing’ 71 test positive in his/her phone,the guidelines say. worship closedinthe state COVA hasbeen developedby till June 30 to contain the sionersinmunicipal areas. At management and organisers Goa, most from the stategovernment to provide spread of Covid-19, accord- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE other places, the district magis- will have toensurethe devotees CASECOUNT:THECHANGINGPICTURE preventive careinformation. ing to an order issuedon AHMEDABAD,JUNE6 trateorlocalbodywillberespon- observethe protocols issued containment zone “Trial of clothing/accessories SaturdaybyArunachal sible forthe implementation. during the Covid-19pandemic Alook at howCovid-19 case counts in states shall notbepermitted,” says one Health SecretaryP THE GUJARATgovernment on Forreligious places,the gov- to avoid crowding...” EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE arechangingasmigrants return home of the guidelines forthe malls. Parthiban. The state till Saturdaydecided to follow the ernmentdecidedtheycould open Rupani has directed authori- PANJIM,JUNE6 Religious places willbeal- Fridayrecordedatotal of 47 Centre’s StandardOperating in “non-containmentzones, but ties ofplaces of worship to en- UTTAR PRADESH ANDHRA PRADESH lowedtoremainopenfrom5am Covid cases of which46are Procedures (SOPs) forall malls, onlyfor viewing”. Thedecision surenorituals, likeoffering GOAONSaturdayrecordedits to 9pm.Notmorethan20people active. PTI restaurantsand hotels whichare came afterChief Minister Vijay prasad and sprinkling holy wa- highestnumber of cases in aday, 10,604 370 137 12,771 210 41 willbeallowedonthepremisesat expected to open from June 8. Rupani and MinisterofState, ter, areperformed. He asked with 71 test resultsshowing pos- Foreignentrants:None Foreignentrants:8 anygiven time and langarand The SOPs willbeapplicableto Home, Pradeepsinh Jadeja on devotees nottotakepeople itive,and the active case count TAMIL NADU KARNATAKA prasad will notbedistributed. shall be punishableunder sec- all malls and hotels outside con- Saturdayheld avideo-confer- above theage of 65 and children rising to 202. Night curfew is to be strictly tions51 to 60of theDisasterman- tainment zones. Fortheir imple- ence with religious leaders. to religious places and alsoap- Of the tested samples, 62 16,022 1,458 29 11,862 378 333 enforcedfrom9pm to 5am. agementAct,2005andundersec- mentation, the government has The guidelines issuedbythe pealedtoall groups nottohold cases continue to be from Foreignentrants:6 Foreignentrants:8 Violation of these guidelines tion 188ofIPC, theguidelinessay. empoweredmunicipal commis- government said, “The temple religious functions or fairs. Mangor Hill, akey containment RAJASTHAN PUNJAB zone in south Goa, and the rest 13,570 253 102 5,558 54 8 were from travellers to thestate. Foreignentrants:NA Foreignentrants: NA According to the dailygovern- Mumbai shops continue to see low footfall, most remain shut ment bulletin, three of them KERALA ■ Samplestested travelledbyflight from New 3,908 108 34 ■ Positivecases open and whichside should re- marginallyincreasedonterthe confusion surrounding Delhi, three by train,three by EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE main shut,andduetoshortage of SaturdayoverFriday.“Therewas the operating hours is resolved. road from Maharashtraand two Foreignentrants:64 ■ Migrants MUMBAI,JUNE6 workers to servecustomers and aslightlyhigher turnout on Asenior Mumbai Police offi- by road from Karnataka. All pa- States’ datafor last24hours,updatedupto9pm on June 6 ensuresocial distancing inside SaturdayascomparedtoFriday. cial said ward officers have held tients have been admitted to ESI SHOPS IN Mumbai continuedto the shops, remainedshut on Day On the whole, people arestill meetings withtraders to help Hospital and arestable. seelow footfall forthe second day 2ofMission Begin Again. afraid to visit shops forfear of be- them understand the rules. “The StateHealth Minister ascustomerslargely stayedaway, The city’s retailers’ associa- ing infected,” he said. guidelines issuedbythe BMC are Vishwajit Rane appealedtociti- Amid rising cases, Bengal still unsureifitwas safetostep tion said mostshops had re- The association has also very specificbut it will take afew zens to remain calm, assuring out. Manyretailerstoo, plagued mainedshut. VirenShah, who asked the BMCtomodify oper- days until shopkeepers under- them that positive casesare all govt to convert schools, by ahostofissues, including ab- heads the Federation of Retail Owners want operating ating hours from the present 9 stand them completely. We are from the containment zonedue senceofclarity over whichshops Traders WelfareAssociation said hours changed. Ganesh Shirsekar am-5 pm to 11 am-8 pm instead. asking shopsflouting the guide- to local transmission and notdue lodges to Covid hospitals on whichside of the road should that footfall in shops had only He said more shopswill open af- linestoclose,” said the official. to “community transmission”.

partment,locations to be con- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE verted to hospitals include the KOLKATA,JUNE6 TribenitouristlodgeinDarjeeling’s CONFERENCE ON FUTURE OF SCHOOLS AMID PANDEMIC Lamahatta,MadhumamataLodge WITH Arise in the number of inBirbhum’sRampurhat,Modern positivecases in West Bengal, the School in Malda’s Manickchowk, ‘Can’tmake assumptions about students’ learning’ stategovernment has decidedto and Christio Seva Sadan in convert schools andtourist Murshidabad’s Jiagunj. lodges, besides localhealthcare “Wehavealready converteda Schools and education au- iedlevels of remote learning Long also pointed to gaps in to makeadjustmentsbasedon tent learning, starting from the centres, to makeeight newded- lotofhospitals, both private and SUKRITABARUAH thoritieshavetriedtoarrange among students. children’s emotional health due children’s experiences of the last current academic year,inanin- icatedhospitals fortreatment of government, includingmedical NEWDELHI,JUNE6 different methods of remote “Studentsare goingto arrive at to the crisis. “Therehavebeen fewmonths.“Theimportantthing cremental manner. Covid-19. It has also decidedto collegehospitals, as Covid hospi- learningfor children. The HRD vastly differentlevelsof academic variations in howCovid has im- is thatwehavetomeetthem “Weare finalisingthelearning augment the capacity of existing tals. These hospitals onlycater to AS THE Indianschooleducation Ministryisnow working with learning. Forsome, theyhad par- pacted communities. Therewill wheretheyare andwe can’tmake outcomesinadetailedmanner Covidhospitalsinthe state. Covid positivecases. Afterlakhs system prepares to graduallyre- the National Council of entswho were able to provide bechildren whohavetrauma be- assumptions about their learn- whichwill befinalisedsoon.Alot The statehas 69 Covid-dedi- of migrant labourers returnedto open aftermorethan three Educational Research and supportortheywereatanage at cause it affectedsomeone in their ing... personalisation will be im- of teacher training programmes cated hospitals, of which16are Bengalfrom different states, more months of remaining closed, Training (NCERT) on devising ba- whichtheycouldhave workedin- family…some have been home portant,”she said. arehappening… This approach state-run and 53 areprivate hos- Covidcases areidentified. More Bridget Long of the Harvard sic guidelines forreopeningof dependentlyand were able to in abusive families,” she said. Long CBSE chairpersonManoj wouldhelpidentifylearninggaps pitals requisitionedbythe gov- testing is also beingdone.Sothere GraduateSchoolof Educationhas schools,wheneveritisapproved continue with their learning. For also pointed to theneedfor data Ahuja said the national educa- at an early stage. Thesegaps are ernment.Atotal of 8,78 beds is aneedtobeprepared,” said a cautionedabout children return- by the Home Ministry. others, learning stopped at analysis and research to prepare tion boardisworkingto“ratio- cumulative,andidentifyingthem have been earmarkedfor Covid senior health department official. ing to school with sizeablediffer- Speaking at anational confer- home… notjustinterms of con- forthe road ahead –what worked nalise”syllabus forthisacademic will enable teachers to address patientsand the occupancy “As apartofthat preparation, encesinlearninglevelsbecauseof ence on ‘FutureofSchools: tentbutalsolearninglossofbeing in thisperiod,whichtoolsparents session by “shaving offconcepts them… We want to roll this out stands at 19.57per cent.There we areconverting moreavailable the different circumstances of re- OvercomingtheCOVIDChallenge outside the constant routinethat had at home and whatsupport whichare duplicated or super- soon so that schools can startap- areatotal 920 ICU bedsand 392 institutions intoCovid hospitals. mote learning,andpointedto the andBeyond’organisedby Ashoka supportstheirmemoryandlearn- theywereable to give,the skills fluous”. He said the boardis plying it… It will lead to moreau- ventilators in these hospitals. Schools and touristlodgestoo are needof adaptingsystemsto what University,Bridget Long,Dean of ing…Somestudentswillbeabout and resources teachers have and working towardscompetency- tonomy, moredecentralisation, According to anotification is- being converted intoCovid hos- theneedsof studentswillbeatthe the Harvard Graduate School of ahalf-grade levelbehind their what theyneed. basedlearning focusedonlearn- andmorefreedomforeveryactor suedFridaybythestatehealthde- pitals,” the official added. end of this period. Education,raisedtheissueof var- peers,”she said. Longemphasisedontheneed ing outcomes rather than con- in the system,”hesaid.

New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM THESUNDAY EXPRESS,JUNE7,2020 EXPRESS NETWORK 7 Akal Takht jathedar’s Shahtoholdvirtualrallytoday, Congress moves remarksonKhalistan 65 MLAs to resorts create aflutter settosoundBiharpollbugle ahead of RS polls KAMALDEEPSINGHBRAR Oppn caught off guard, accuses BJP of ignoring virus threat for poll politics AMRITSAR,JUNE6 ADITIRAJA& connectedto help migrant work- GOPALKATESHIYA KHALISTANSLOGANS by fringe SANTOSHSINGH RJDSHOULD TRYTO ers,some of whom have also be- VADODARA,RAJKOT,JUNE6 elementsoneveryanniversaryof PATNA,JUNE6 come our party members.” Operation Blue Star has become GETNITISHINOPPN Denying thatBJP is theonlyparty FOLLOWINGTHE resignations of routine, but this time Akal Takht CATCHINGITSpoliticalopponents FOLD,SAYSMANJHI making adigitaloutreach, three of itsMLAsaheadofthe acting Jathedar Giani Harpreet napping, the BJP has announced RashrtriyaLokSamataPartypres- RajyaSabha polls on June 19,the Singh createdaflutter,saying all that UnionHomeMinisterand Patna: Former Bihar CM and identUpendraKushwaha added stateCongress Saturdayshifted Sikhs want Khalistanand they Akal Takht acting Jathedar formerBJPchief AmitShahwould Hindustani Awam Morcha he,too,didFacebookLive sessions itsremaining 65 MLAs to three willacceptitifitisgranted. Giani HarpreetSingh addressparty workersatapprox- (Secular) president Jitan Ram to take up the issue of migrants. different resorts in the stateinan Congress leaderHardik At apress conference imately72,000 booths to reach Manjhi on Saturdaytoldre- Congress party secretary attempttothwartany moreres- Patelslams ‘turncoat MLAs’ Saturday to mark36yearsofthe out to itscadres and workers AmitShah portersRJDleadershipshould Chandan Yadavsaid, “While the ignations that could further jeop- Armyoperation to flush out mil- DevJihad laid the foundation throughavirtual rallyonSunday. take along all constituentsof BJP has gone in election mode, as ardise the party’s tallyinthe state. itantsfromthe Golden Temple of Begampura. Guru Hargobind The BJP claims nearly 5lakh the opposition alliance in the isreflectedthroughitsdigitalcon- Afterthe thirdMLA,Brijesh (MLAs) withchappals forcheat- premises, Giani HarpreetSingh, Singh foundedAkal Takht. partyworkerswilllistentoShah's savvy.Almostall our keyfunc- state and trytobring Nitish nectivity,our topleaders arecon- Merja, quit and fresh dates for ing the voters... Ibelievepeople who became Jathedar in October It is our great sovereign speechonYouTube,FacebookLive tionaries use smartphones and Kumar in the Grand Alliance nected(withthepeople)through the RS polls were announced, will give these turncoat MLAs a 2018,said: “Thereshould be no commitment.” andontheNamoapp.Theeventis arenow familarwithZoommeet- fold. HAM(S) spokesperson WhatsApp, and we have runsev- Congress leader Hardik Patel fitting replyinbypolls, likethey sloganeering during my address. “All of youknowthe type of beingtoutedasaformallaunchof ingsandpartyWhatsAppgroups. DanishRizwantold The eralcampaigns againstmisman- spokeout against the“turn- have doneinthe past—beitin Thereisnothing wrongifslogans rule and governance Maharaja the electoral processinBihar, Our statepresidenthad held a SundayExpress:“Therehas agementofthe coronavirus crisis coats” and said people should Bayad, Radhanpur earlier or areraised afterthe event.” Ranjit Singh provided. Itsbasis whichisscheduledtogotothe videomeeting at levels of man- been no discussions on seat- by theBihar government.” “beat them with chappals” for Morbi in the future,” he said. Asked by mediapersons wasjustice. It is the wish of Sikhs AssemblypollsinOctober- dalsandshaktikendraingroups.” sharing so far. It is high time Yadavpointedoutthatasetof betrayal, and also urgedthe Patelsaid BJP wastryingall its whetherthismeant he sup- to have astate where everyone November thisyear. In Bihar,BJP's organisational theRJDtakesinitiative.Manjhi 13 questionsaskedby thepartyof Election Commission to act. So tacticsto gainmajorityintheRajya portedthe demand forKhalistan, is equal regardless of caste,creed OppositionRJDandCongress, structureincludes 45 organisa- also reiterated his suggestion Shahonsocialmediaplatformsis fareight MLAs have quit the Sabha,thus moving in to poach he said, “If the government gives and religion... wherenobody however, tookonthesaffronparty tional districts, 1,100mandals, of making attempts to bring trending on Twitter. Congress since the elections Congress MLAs by pressurising us Khalistan, what more can we faces atrocities, discrimination forgoingin“election mode” at a 9,000shakti kendras and 72,000 Nitish to theGA.” ENS Among the Congress’s key were announcedinMarch. thembefore everyscheduledpoll ask for? We shallacceptit. Every or hateasSikhs have facedinthe timewhenthebattleagainstcoro- booths.Anandsaid,“Whiileitwas questions arehow the BJP can The party has dividedits leg- to theupper house. “The (BJP) Sikh wantsKhalistan.” past,” he said. navirus is yettobewon in astate notpossible to meet our workers thinkof electionsduringthepan- islators in three groups, confin- party mayhaveamajority in the Shiromani Gurdwara In Amritsar, there wasun- wherecases arestill rising —asof duringlockdown, our cadresat intoelection mode at atime demic, and whyhalf the posts of ing them at resorts in Ambaji, Lok Sabha buttheyare strug- Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) precedented security in the run- Saturdayevening, it had more everylevel remainedactivated. when Bihar is still inthe grip of doctorsare vacant even afterits Rajkot andVadodara.Senior gling to have numbersinthe up- president Gobind Singh up to the anniversaryevent, and than 4,500positive cases. Therehad been some activityor the pandemic, Anandsaid, “The leaders held the Health portfolio Congress leaders claimedthat per house. Therefore, whenever Longowal, responding to the devotees were notallowedto Bihar BJP president Dr Sanjay theotherthroughdigitalchannels virtual rallyisabid to stay con- in the NDAgovernment in the the decision to move the MLAs thereisaRajya Sabha election, same question at the press con- enter the Golden Temple prem- Jaiswal, however, said Shah's vir- (even) during the lockdown.” nectedwith the party at the base statefor 13 years. to “safe locations” wastokeep theytry to getasmanyoftheir ference, said: “If anyone offers it ises on Saturday, with the walled tual rallyisaway to digitallyad- Asked what the focus of level. Letthe Opposition interpret The BJP's alliancepartner, them away from pressures from leaders elected as possible to in- to us, we shall take it.” city being sealedoff. dress the cadres. Shah’s virtual rallywould be, it the waytheywould liketo.” JD(U), also said it went digital a theBJP,which, accordingtothe crease the numbers,” he said. In the past, former Akal Takht Therewas aminor scuffle BiharBJPspokespersonNikhil Anand said he couldspeak on RJDspokespersonMrityunjay longtimeago.Partyspokesperson party,has been trying to “poach He addedthat the onus is on jathedars chose nottorespond when activists of Shiromani Anand told TheSunday Express, the achievementsofthe second Tewarisaid:“OurleaderTejashwi Neeraj Kumar said, "Ournational MLAs”. As many as twomore the Election Commission (EC) to to questions around thedemand Akali Dal and some other Sikh “Sunday’s virtual rallywould bea NarendraModigovernment in PrasadYadavhas alsoheldZoom president, Chief MinisterNitish MLAs aresaid to be on their way clear itsstand on theissue of de- forKhalistan. bodies managed to enter the culmination of ourtwo-month- itsfirstyear,and howthe Centre meetings; we have WhatsApp Kumar,hasbeenconnectingwith out, topparty leaders said. fections and setanexampleby Giani HarpreetSingh, how- premises. Police easedrestric- long effortstomakeour cadre– has tackledthe Covid challenge. groups,butwe arenot thinkingof party functionaries through Since March this year,when initiating punitiveactionagainst ever,clarified: “Guru Nanak tions in Amritsar afterthe event. down to thebooth level–tech- Askedwhether it is right to go elections likethe BJP is. We stay video-conferencing.” the RS polls were to be firstheld, turncoats to restorethe faith of as many as eight Congress MLAs the country in democracy. have resigned. Karjan VadodaraCongress (Vadodara) MLAAkshayPatel spokesperson Nilesh Journalist booked for defamation over Amid spike in Covid-19 cases, J&K and Kaprada (Valsad) MLAJitu Brahmabhatt said MLAs Chaudharyresignedthis week Mohansinh Rathwaand remarks on cops,hesaysbeing targeted prepares for Yatra via shorter route on Thursdayand MorbiMLA Sukhram Rathwa, from Chhota Brijesh Merja on Friday. Udepur and Jetpur respectively, Kotwali SHOGautamJain. WhatsApp message to SHO Jain ministration and Shri Amarnath place onlyvia Baltal route.” On Saturday, Congress leader have notbeenherdedtothe re- HAMZAKHAN OnMay13,adisputebroke out on May26inwhich he calledPali ADILAKHZER Ji Shrine Boardsaid the yatra There aretwo trekkingroutes Hardik Patelreactedtothe res- sort. “These aretwo MLAs who JAIPUR,JUNE6 between labourersand adminis- SP Rahul Katakey “insensitive” SRINAGAR,JUNE6 would be cancelled this year.The to the shrine—the Pahalgam ignation of Merja, his one-time the party is absolutelysure trationofPali-based Maharaja and “arrogant”. He said in the press note waslater withdrawn. routeand the shorterBaltaltrek confidant during the Patidar about. Theyare seniors so they AJOURNALISTinRajasthan’s Pali ShreeUmaid MillsLimited,atex- message, quoted in the FIR, that WITH JAMMU and Kashmir wit- ShafqatIqbal,DCof Kashmir’s thatis14kmfromthe base camp Anamat Andolan in 2017. have been asked to stay in touch has been booked in adefamation tilemill,overwages.Whenpolice he had informedthe SP about nessingaspikeinCovid-19cases, Ganderbaldistrict,throughwhich at Baltal. “People should beat up those from their homes,” he said. caseafter he questioned andal- arrived, the labourersallegedly Singh being“assaulted by abase- authoritiesare considering hold- Baltal routepasses, said, “The While the officials said they legedly usedoffensivelanguage startedstone-pelting. Twenty- ballbat” but the “SP,apublicser- ing AmarnathYatraonlythrough work of trek clearance and repair haven’treceivedconfirmeddates DEPARTMENT OF WOMEN againstpolice overthe death of a twopeople, including labour vant, blockedmynumber”. theshorterBaltal routethis year. is on. Tentative dates have not yet, sources said the yatraislikely labour leader in judicial custody. leader Ramnath Singh (68), were Rajpurohit said, “I raisedthe The 41-dayyatrawas to begin beencommunicatedto us,butwe to startonJuly21. AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT, VeerendraRajpurohit runs senttojudicialcustody.Singhwas matter of the labour leader’s onJune23,butowingto Covid-19, areexpecting it (yatra) mayhap- Asenior official in Srinagar GOVERNMENT OF N.C.T OF DELHI News 30 Rajasthan,“aweb chan- admitted to ahospital wherehe death, so police aretargeting me authoritiesareyet to makeanan- peninJuly. Thistime,therewillbe said that if the yatrabeginsnext 5th FLOOR ISBT BUILDING,KASHMEREGATE, nel”, and is associated withsome died. Rajpurohit claimedthat a and wronglylodged an FIR...” SP nouncement. In April, the UT ad- less yatris and it is likelytotake month, it will be “challenging”. DELHI (CHILD PROTECTION UNIT) vernacularnewspapers. He told constable,whoallegedly hitSingh, Katakey said, “… youcan see for F. No 1385/Selection of CWCs/DD(CPU)/DWCD/20-21 Dated: 05.06.2020 TheIndianExpressthatheisnowin waslater suspended. yourself whether an FIR needs to “hiding”.TheFIRhasbeenlodged As per the FIR against beregisteredwhensuchlanguage INVITATION OF ONLINE APPLICATION FOR THE POST onthebasisof acomplaintby Pali Rajpurohit, the journalistsent a is usedagainstanIPS officer.” OF CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF CHILD WELFARE COMMITTEES (CWCs) IN NCT.OFDELHI Online applications are invited for the 04 honorary postsof Chairperson and 16 Honorary post of Members in the various Child Welfare Committees in NCT of Delhi as per Section-27 of the Juvenile Justice (Care &Protection of Children) Act, 2015 and Rules 15(3) &88ofJuvenile Justice (Care &Protection of Children) Model Rules, 2016. The applicationsshall be accepted w.e.f 09.06.2020 to 18.06.2020. 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PUBLIC NOTICE GOVERNMENTOFHARYANA EXCISE &TAXATION DEPARTMENT NOTICE FOR INVITING e-TENDERS FOR ALLOTMENT OF REMAINING ZONES OF RETAIL LIQUOR VENDS OF REMAINING DISTRICTS FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC FOR THE YEAR 2020-21 IN THE STATEOFHARYANA It is herebynotifiedfor the information of general public thatE-TEN- DERS forALLOTMENT of zones of remaining retail liquor vends of the pending districts against which these zones are mentioned below, are invited forthe year 2020-21: Sr.No. Name of Distt. Zone Number 1Faridabad ZFBD-23 &86 2Guruaram (East) ZGRE-08, 18, 19. 29, 36, 45, 46, 67 &69 3Gurugram(West) ZGRW-06, 07, 11, 13, 14,22, 36, 44, 48, 50, 53, 66, 68 &70 4JagadhriZJAG-12 &39 5Kaithal ZKTL-16 &21 6Panchkula ZPKL-17 7Panipat ZPNP-03, 06, 09 &17 8Sonepat ZSNP-08, 11, 14, 24 &27 SCHEDULE FOR INVITATION AND EVALUATION FOR E-TENDERS FOR REMAINING ZONES OF RETAIL LIQUOR VENDS 1. Starting date and time forplacing 8th June,2020 e-tenders.(from 09:00 A.M. onwards) 2. Closing Date and time forplacing 8th June,2020 e-tenders.(till 05.00 P. M.) 3. Evaluation of e-tenders.8th June,2020 (06.00 P. M.) 1. These e-Tenders will be submitted online as per public notice issued by the Department (published on 07th/8th March, 2020) in the leading newspapers inviting e-Tenders forallotment of retail liquor licenses of Zones of vends forthe year 2020-21. The public notice is available on the departmental website i.e.www.haryanatax.gov.in. 2. The list of remaining Zones of vends in the Districts and venuefor evaluation of e- Tenders shall be conspicuously displayedinthe office of DETC (Excise) &DETC (ST) concerned. The list shall also be avail- able on the departmental website i.e.www.haryanatax.gov.in. 3. The process of inviting tenders shall be continued by reducing the original reserve price as per Excise Policy 2020-21 and as decided by ETC,Haryana. 4. The e- Tenders shall be received and the Zones of vends shall be allot- ted in the manner prescribed in the Excise Policy forthe year 2020-21 and the Punjab Excise Act, 1914 (as applicable to the State of Haryana), the rules framed thereunder. 5. The allotment shall be subject to the approvalofthe Excise and Taxation Commissioner,Haryana. He mayreject, without assigning anyreason, anyallotment in public interest as the case maybewithin 10daysofthe date of allotment. Excise &Taxation Commissioner, 81157/HRY Haryana

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SISAULI FARMER’S SUICIDE SPARKS PROTEST Classifieds Surpluswheat:At125lakh Land dispute, notcane RECRUITMENT dues, behindfarmer’s SITUATION VACANT tonnes,MPonlynexttoPunjab OTHERS suicide, say officials Biodiesel Expert Plant Head for plant using tallow, acid oil, fatty acidand glycerol refining Stateprocures recordhigh for2020-21Rabi season,may cross Punjab firsttime in-charge of Bhauri Kalanpolice 20TPD cap required in PB. Email AMITSHARMA stationtoldTheSundayExpresson [email protected] has been less,” asource said. ment —under the Targeted MEERUT,JUNE6 phone. Apatchof35bighasof 0050165137-1 HARIKISHANSHARMA Lastyear,MPhad procured Public Distribution System or sugarcane field has been divided NEWDELHI,JUNE6 67.25 lakh tonnes of wheat, National Food Security Act, 2013 THEMUZAFFARNAGARadminis- among Om Paland his twoother RECRUITMENT lowerthan the 10-year average and other welfareschemes -- are trationandpoliceonSaturdaysaid brothers. MADHYAPRADESHhas of 71 LMT,whereas Punjab takenoverbyFCI fordispatching a55-year-old sugarcane farmer, “Localstold us that while Required WelfareOfficer: qualification:(Recruitment & emergedasonlythe second state achievedanall-time high figure to other consumingregions. whosesuicide had triggered a Singhwaslookingafterthewhole Condition of Service) Rule, in the countrytoprocuremore Bigplayerin of 129.12 LMT. In 2010-11, Haryana and protestinSisauli town the previ- land,histwobrotherswere rarely 1952, MEDICAL OFFICER: than 100lakh metrictonnes While Punjab has produced Punjab jointlycontributed about ousday, tooktheextremestepdue seeninthefield.ThisiswhySingh qualification:asper rule (LMT) of wheat, and is settosur- foodsecurity surplus foodgrains forthe coun- 73.5 per cent to the central pool to aland disputewith his broth- wasaskingforalargershareinthe 61(SC)B: Framed U/S2,3&4 of pass Punjab to become the tryfor decades, MP joinedthe but their sharehas come down ers notbecauseofunpaid dues farm income,” said Kasana. Punjab FactoriesRules 1952, Safety Officer: qualification: As PUBLIC NOTICE largestwheat-procuring statefor FORDECADES, Madhya league very recently. Forin- to 54 per centinthe current year. fromasugarmill,aspreviouslyal- Muzaffarnagar District per rule 66E: FramedU/S 40-B Late Shanti Sarkar/Santi Sarkar/ thecentral pool during the 2020- Pradesh had been lag- stance, in 2007-08,MPhad pro- Meanwhile, MP’scontribution leged by his family. MagistrateSelva Kumari Jsaid (2) of Punjab Factories Rules Santi Rani Sarkar (All are same 21 Rabi marketing season. ging behind Punjab and cured only0.57LMT wheat, has increasedto33.98per cent Asenior official from the state Om Palwas supposed to supply 1952. Shoe Variants Pvt. Ltd. person’sname) W/o. Late Jagabandhu Sarkar/ J.B. Sarkar (All Dataavailable with the Food Haryana whenitcame to while the figurewas 67.81LMT in 2020-21from15.71per cent a SugarcaneDepartment said 156quintals of sugarcane, as per Contact 8195810055. are same person’sname) R/o. DDA Corporation of India (FCI) shows contributingtothe na- forPunjab and 33.5 LMT for decade ago. Khatauli-Triveni Sugar Mill has his quotafor theseason, to the 0020406688 Flat No. 22B, Taimoor Nagar,New Friends Colony,New Delhi- 110076 that as of June 6, Madhya tionalfood securitypool. Haryana. The Union Ministryof paidfarmer Om PalSingh sugarmillbut could supply 149 have any Legal Successor to claim Pradesh has procured 125.59 This year by crossing100 Subsequently, MP’s procure- Consumer Affairs, Food and Rs 31,334 outofRs47,194indues quintals. Shealsoconcurredwith MATRIMONIAL their Assets-Property,Bank Depositsetc. please Contact to the LMT wheat —98.62 per centof lakhtonnes of surplus ment grew and in 2013-14, with Public Distribution has seta foratotal supplyof156 quintals the police investigationthatthe following Address with legally valid the total arrivalof127.34 LMT wheatfor the firsttime, 63.55LMT,itsurpassed wheat procurement target of of sugarcane. suicide wasthe fallout of aland GROOMSWANTED Proof of Successorship with in 30 (Thirty) days from the date of wheat in the state. it hasnarrowedits gap Haryana’s 58.73tobecome the 407LMT forthe rabi season in The 22-hour protestwas dispute. SIKH/PUNJABI Publication. Address: New Delhi MP’s current wheat procure- with Punjab. secondbiggestcontributor to 2020-21againstwhich369.51 calledoff on Fridayevening after BalyanonFridayevening an- Akhanda Mandali (Regd.), B-83, All ment figureisjustbelowthatof the central pool. LMT has been procured until Union ministerand local MP nouncedRs5lakhcompensation SM 88born Manglik very fair, Extension, SaritaVihar, New Delhi- beautiful BEd, 5’2” Well to do 110076 Punjab’s 127.12 LMT —the It maintainedthe lead over June 6—around 96.39 per cent SanjeevBalyanvisitedSisauliand fromCM’srelief fundandanother joint family Lucknow. Sd/- biggestcontributor to the While thereisnoofficial ex- Haryana fornexttwo years un- of the totalarrival of 383.48LMT. announcedRs10lakhcompensa- Rs 5lakh through his ownefforts (Kalyan Roy Bardhan) 9936403323. 0050165161-1 Advocate central pool. planation forthe unprecedented til 2015-16. Afterthatitkept During the lastmarketing tion to Om Pal’s family. withinaweekforOmPal’sfamily. However, MP maycross spikeinMP'swheat procure- procuringanaverage of 61 LMT season, 344.10 LMTwheat was “NoFIR in this connection has The Samajwadi Partyand PUBLIC NOTICE Punjab’sfigure giventhatthe lat- ment, sources said one reason wheatper year before crossing procured –93.74per cent of the beenlodgedagainstthemanage- RashtriyaLok Dal and farmer PERSONAL THIS NOTICE IS ISSUED TO GENERAL PUBLIC THAT MY CLIENT SMT PREM AHUJA WIFEOFLATE SH.KAILASH CHANDER terended itsprocurement May couldbethe lowerparticipation the notional psychological mark total arrivalof367.07LMT till ment of Khatauli-Triveni Sugar leader ChaudharyMahendra I, Ajesh Saul,S/o Nikki Nandan AHUJA, RESIDENT OF 292/12, AMRIT PURI B, EAST OF KAILASH NEW DELHI-110065, HAS 31 andthe process is still on in of private players because of of 100LMT in the current year. June 6, 2019.Until June 6, Millby family membersofthede- Singh Tikait’sBharatiyaKisan R/o.H.No.F-91-A, Gali.No.1, DISOWN HER SON NAMELY MOHIT AHUJA Mohan Baba-Nagar, Tajpur- AND HIS WIFE NAMRATA NAYYAR, W.E.F. the former. Covid lockdown restrictions. MP is a“decentralizedpro- Haryana has procured 73.68 ceasedbecausethe sugarcane Union also announcedmonetary 10th JULY 2020. FROM THIS DATE HER SON Road,Badarpur,New Delhi- AND HIS WIFE SHALL NOT BE ENTITLED TO Initially, MP had atargetof “Usually, privateplayers go to curement” state, wherewheatis LMT wheat of the total arrivalof dueswere notanissuebehindthe help forthe family. ANY SHARE IN THE MOVABLE AND 110044,have changed my IMMOVABLE PROPERTY OF MY CLIENT. 100LMT of wheatprocurement buy MP wheat,whichisconsid- procured by stateagencies and 73.68LMT while the figurefor suicide. Om Palhanged himself Om Pal’s bodywas found FURTHER MY CLIENT SHALL NOT BE LIABLE minor son name,fromAnmol FOR ANY DEBTS WHICH HER SON AND HIS during currentrabiseason but it ered of better quality.But this onlysurplus wheat stocks over UttarPradesh stands at 26.50 following aland disputewith his hanging from atreeinhis filedby Saul aged 15-years to Anmol WIFEOWE TO PUBLIC. ANYPERSON DEALING WITH THE SAID SH. MOHIT AHUJA wasrevised upwardto140 LMT. year,the private participation and above the state’s require- LMT of the arrivalof34.31 LMT. twobrothers,” VirendraKasana, hisfamilyandothersonThursday. Sharma,forall,purposes. AND HIS WIFE SMT. NAMRATA NAYYAR IN ANY MANNER SHALL BE DOING AT HIS/HER OWN RISK, COST &CONSEQUENCES. 0040538856-1 Sd/- (RAMESH SETHI) COUNSEL FOR SMT. PREM AHUJA I, NAZIM Ali S/o-Ishtiyak Office/ Residence: D-222, Lajpat Nagar-I, Rajasthan: ‘Safa’ Ahmad R/o-A-21-Ast.no-7,A- New Delhi-110024. Ph., 9811255508 Veteran BJPleader,3-term MLA block Jyoti-colony campaign cuts Shahdara,Delhi-32,infrom that name of mine and my-father across party lines Chandrakanta Goyal passesaway has beenwritten as Nazim Ali,S/o Ishtiyak Ahmad in my election-card,Adhar-cardand Mother of Union MinisterPiyush Goyalwas ‘woman of themasses’ other-documents.The correct- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE name is NazimkhanS/o- Mehmood khan.whichmay be JAIPUR,JUNE6 Pramila,along withotherfamily amended accordingly. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE members. 0040538856-2 RAJASTHAN’S TOURISM indus- MUMBAI,JUNE6 Manytop leaders, including tryhastakenabeatingdueto the UnionFinance MinisterNirmala I Mahesh Chander S/oRoshan Covid-19pandemic,butadigital VETERAN BJP leader Sitharaman and Women and Lal R/oA-226, IstFloor, Defence Colony, New Delhi- campaignthemedaround the ChandrakantaGoyal, mother of Child Development Minister JalShakti MinisterGajendra Singh Shekhawatannounces 110024 have changed my name PUBLIC NOTICE safa—the traditional turban—by Union MinisterofRailways, Smriti Irani, offeredtheir winners of GangaQuest2020onSaturday. My client Smt. Kamlesh Aggarwal W/o to Mahesh Chander Gupta. Late. Sh. Suraj Prakash Aggarwal R/o the stateTourism Ministerhas Commerce and IndustryPiyush condolences. 90, Arihant Nagar,Punjabi Bagh, West 0070706161-1 New Delhi-110026 have severed / takenoff on Twitter,witheven Goyal, passedawayonSaturday. “I had the good fortune of terminated all relations from her son Saurabh Aggarwal S/o Late Sh. Suraj oppositionpoliticiansjoiningin. The ministerannouncedthe working with her in Mumbai. Ganga Quest sees participation Prakash Aggarwal R/o 90, IIIrd Floor, The minister, Vishvendra death on Twitter,sayingthatshe CHANDRAKANTA Foreveratthe forefront forhelp- LOST & FOUND Arihant Nagar,Punjabi Bagh, West New Delhi-110026 and Daughter-in- Singh, tweetedonFriday: “...my had dedicated her lifetowards GOYAL ing the destitute,” Irani said. Law Smt. RituMalikAggarwal of amillion from across world This Notice is given for the alongwith their daughters Nandni & #SafaWithTwitter campaign serving people and had inspired “She wasalso agreat public information of the general Aanyadisinherited/disowned them 1932-2020 from her all moveable and immovable took forwell and Iamglad we him to do the same. And that she leader in her ownright and NewDelhi:Overamillioncontest- MinisterofState,JalShakti,Rattan public at large that I, Gaurav properties due to their misconduct. In future, if any person dealing with the could geteveryone to think had alwaysshown him the way worked forthe cause of our antsfromaround the globepar- LalKataria,JalShaktiSecretaryUP ChopraSon of Gautam Chopra aforesaid debarred persons, that shall have misplaced/ lostoriginal be his/her own risks and costs and my about Rajasthan before full trav- with her love and affection. in 2004. party,” Union LawMinisterRavi ticipatedinGangaQuest 2020or- Singh and Director General, clients will not be responsible for the registeredWill dated same in any manner. Ankur Gupta els resume...” The 88-year old, whose late “She had devoted her lifeto Shankar Prasad said. ganisedbythe National Mission NMCG, RajivRanjan Mishra. Advocate Ch. No.169, Civil Wing, Tis 03.05.1994 of my latefather Hazari Courts, Delhi-110054 Thecampaign,whichstarted husband, VedPrakash Goyal, the Janata Partyatthe time of the Other BJP leaders in the city forClean Ganga(NMCG). “Mishra also appreciated the Shri GautamChopra. In case onJune4,soonreceivedanover- wasthe former BJP national Emergency,and to theBJP (sub- also offeredtributes. BJP leader Inastatement,NMCGsaidthe NMCGandTreeCrazeFoundation anyperson finds theoriginal PUBLIC NOTICE That my clientsSh. Dharampal &his whelmingresponse.DeputyCM treasurerand shipping minister sequently), along with her hus- Poonam Mahajan said that in Ganga quiz sawparticipation teams forthe massive effort in- registeredWill dated wife Smt. Rajrani, R/o. House No. D- 03.05.1994 of my father late 5/250 Sultan Puri Delhi-110086 have Sachin Pilotshared avideo of in the Atal Bihari Vajpayeegov- band.She continuedtoremain Goyal, the party had astrong from10 countries—SaudiArabia, volvedinthe seamless operation disowned/ debarred his/her sons Shri GautamChopra, please Kamal his wife Bhawna from their all him tying the turban in 23 sec- ernment, waselected from dedicatedtosocialcauses even voice in the Assembly anda“lov- theUS,Nepal,Qatar,Bahrain,UAE, of the GangaQuest2020, which contact at the below movable, immovable properties due onds, withotherministers shar- MatungaAssemblyconstituency afterher retirement from poli- ing leader”. Oman, Nigeria, Australia and brought together over amillion to her bad conduct, behavior towards mentioned address and hand my clientsand he/she is not in my ing theirown pictures. in central Mumbai forthree suc- tics,” asenior BJP leader in “In her,BJP had a‘woman of Singapore. It further said that people from various parts of the overthe same to the client’scontrol and if any one keep relation with her it will be on their own Rajasamand BJP MP Diya cessive terms from 1990. Mumbai said. the masses’,who treatedeach morethan 1lakh schools partici- worldcloser to the Ganga,” said undersigned. If found please risk, cost and consequences and my contact: 9810376605 Gaurav clientshave no responsibility for her Kumariandtheparty’sstatechief Goyalmade her firstpolitical Active in the anti-Emergency and everyone as family,”former pated in the event—organised in the statement. act, omission etc. in this regard. SatishPooniawere amongthose forayasacorporator of the movement, she and her husband stateminister and senior BJP collaboration with the Tree Craze The quiz washeld over three ChopraS/o Late Shri Gautam Sd/- AMARDEEP INDORA ChopraGround Floor, JMD ADVOCATE who joinedin. Thecampaign BrihanmumbaiMunicipal were closely associated with the leader Vinod Tawde said. Foundation, an NGO. rounds.Itfocused on the histori- Regent Plaza, Mehrauli- En.No. D/3568/2010, Ch.No. 1507, Lawyer’s Chamber Block foundtakers in opposition lead- Corporation in 1978 from Sion. lateRamnathGoenka, founder- Tawde said the cremation Avirtual conferencewas held caland culturalsignificanceof Gurgaon Rd,near Guru Rohini Court Complex, erspartlythankstoSingh’swont Sheannounced her retire- chairman of TheIndian Express. took place on Saturdaywithonly on Fridaytoannouncethe win- Ganga,floraandfauna,currentaf- DronacharyaMetroStation, Delhi-110085 Gurugram, Haryana 122002 to strayfromhis party line. ment from electoral politics She is survivedbysons close familymembers in atten- ners. The conferencewas at- fairs, geography, famous places Piyush and Pradip and dancedue to restrictions owing tendedbyJal ShaktiMinister andpersonalitiesandgovernance, 0050165226-1 daughters Pratibha and to Covid-19outbreak. GajendraSingh Shekhawat, among otherthings. ENS That IRavinder Guptahavea Property bearing No.F-7/84, Sector-16, Rohini, Delhi.,In LIQUORTUSSLE INMP which file No.JO27(1222)92/RO/NP,The Original papers of the sameare Mostcontractors give up licences, govt Lost/Misplaced during the shifting and renovation of my residence and till todaynot faces choice: Run vends or re-auction traceable anymore. and areunlikelytopickup. coverthe shortfall from the orig- 0040538828-1 MILINDGHATWAI AdivisionbenchonThursday inal licence holders, he said. I, Lalit S/OLaxmanSinghLost BHOPAL,JUNE6 gave contractorsthree days to “It’s possible that we have to my Original 10th-CBSE submitaffidavitsconveyingwill- makesome alternatearrange- Certificate/Marksheet Roll No-8661215, Year-2010-11. TWODAYSafter the Madhya ingness to run vends. The court mentforrunningtheshops...But Finder Contact: 09354281211. Pradesh High Courtasked liquor said failuretodosowill entail re- at the end of the year,wewill re- 0040538856-4 contractors to submit auction of theshops. The matter coverthe difference from the affidavits,informingif will be heardnextonJune 17. contractors whosurrendered CX.´fi. ´ff½fSXMÑXf³Àfd¸fVf³fIYfSX´fûSmXVf³fd»f. BÊ- d³fd½fQf Àfc¨f³ff DAKSHINANCHAL VIDYUT VITRAN NIGAM LIMITED theyare willingto run Senior advocateNaman their licenses,’’ he said. PUBLICNOTICE (UNDERTAKING OF U.P.GOVERNMENT) Àfa.11-BÊÀfeMXeÀfe/¸fbSXf./2020-21 BÊ-M`¯OS, ¨ffS ¸ffW Ie the vends, amajority Nagrathsaidthemaincitiesalone The benchhas restrainedthe (CIN: U31200UP2003SGC027460) ½f`²f°ff WZ°fb, Qû ·ff¦fûÔ¸fZÔ, ·ff¦f-1 ½f ·ff¦f-2 A²fûd»fdJ°f d½f½fS¯f e-Tender Extension Notice IZ A³fbÀffS Af¸fadÂf°fdI¹fZ ªff°fZ W`Ô- IiY¸ffaIY 1. IYf¹fÊ IYf ³ff¸f of contractors have account for50per centrevenue government from taking anyac- PUBLIC NOTICE surrendered their li- from liquor sales. When smaller tion againstliquorcontractors ´fÂffaIY: 1267/A²fe.Ad·f.(IYf¹fÊVff»ff.)Q.d½f.d½f.d³f.d»f./d³fd½fQf Àfc¨f³ffdQ³ffaIY: 06.06.2020 d½fôb°f ªff³f´fQ ´ffSm¿f¯f J¯O,¸fbSfQf¶ffQ IZ A³°f¦fÊ°f C´fJ¯O- “I ON BEHALF OF MY CLIENT SH. AZAD ´fi±f¸f IZ d½fd·f³³f C´fIZ ýiûÔ ´fS ½f¿fÊ (2020-21) IZ d»fE cences.The develop- citiesareconsidered,thelicences during the pendency of theliti- KUMAR S/O SH. RAM KUMAR 93-C, DDA Estimated Revised Revised Tender Tender JANTAFLATS,RAM PURAONKAR Short Description Cost in Earnest Tender Fee Opening ½fÈÃffSû´f¯f If If¹fÊÜ ´fif´°fWXû³fZ IYfdQ³ffaIY E½fa Àf¸f¹f ment leavesthe state surrenderedaddupto morethan gation. The lockdown wasim- NAGAR DELHI-110035, DO HEREBY No. INFORMED AT LARGE THATMYCLIENT Rs. Money in Rs. in Rs. Date &Time 25.06.2020 14.00 ¶fªfZ Jû»fZ ªff³fZ IYedQ³ffaIY E½fa Àf¸f¹f governmentwithtwo 70 percent,worthroughly about posedonMarch 24,aweek be- HAD DEBARED HIS SON SH. PULKIT Repairing of 10/16 KVAto250 26.06.2020 14.00 ¶fªfZ IiY¸ffaIY 2. IYf¹fÊ IYf ³ff¸f d½fôb°f KUMAR AND HIS WIFE MEENAKSHI Approx. Rs. Rs. Rs. 5,000.00 25.06.2020 options —re-auction Rs 7,200crore of Rs 10,460 crore fore thenew licence period was 41/2019-20 KVAT/F at workshop FROMALL HIS MOVABLE AND 141.72 Lac 1,40,000.00 (GST Extra) 15:00 Hrs. ªff³f´fQ ´ffSm¿f¯fJ¯O,¸fbSfQf¶ffQ IZ A³°f¦fÊ°f C´fJ¯O-dõ°fe¹f IMOVABLE PROPERTIES AND Hamirpur under EWD Banda thevendsorrunthem of staterevenue from liquor sale. to begin.The government asked SEVERED ALL HIS RELATIONS WITH IZ d½fd·f³³f C´fIZ ýiûÔ ´fS ½f¿fÊ (2020-21) IZ d»fE ½fÈÃffSû´f¯f If Repairing of 10/16 KVAto400 by itself. “Asand when re-auction takes licence holders to openshops in THEM. IF ANY ONE DEALTWITH THEM, Approx. Rs. Rs. Rs. 5,000.00 25.06.2020 42/2019-20 KVAT/F at workshop Banda If¹fÊÜ ´fif´°f WXû³fZ IYf dQ³ffaIYE½faÀf¸f¹f 25.06.2020 14.00 HE SHALL BE DOING ALL AT HIS/HER/ 118.16 Lac 1,20,000.00 (GST Extra) 15:00 Hrs. THEIR OWN CAST AND RISK AND MY under EWD, Banda ¶fªfZ Jû»fZ ªff³fZ IYedQ³ffaIYE½fa Àf¸f¹f 26.06.2020 14.00 Bhopal, Indore, place, the governmentisnot thefirstweekof Maybuttheyre- CLIENT SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE Jabalpur,Gwalior, likelytorecovermorethan fused,firstcitingthepossibilityof FOR ANY ACT OF THEM.” AMC of Machineries at ¶fªfZ IiY¸ffaIY 3. IYf¹fÊ IYf ³ff¸f d½fôb°f ªff³f´fQ ´ffSm¿f¯f J¯O, Approx. Rs. Rs. 3,000.00 25.06.2020 Sd/- 58/2019-20 various workshopsunder Rs. 35,000.00 35.00 Lac (GST Extra) 15:00 Hrs. ¸fbªfµR S³f¦fS IZ A³°f¦fÊ°f C´fJ¯O IZ d½fd·f³³f C´fIZ ýiûÔ ´fS ½f¿fÊ Ujjain and Rewa are Rs 4,000 crore. Thegovernment being held responsible for O.P.TIWARI (ADVOCATE) EWD, Kanpur CH. No. C-88B, C.L. JOSEPH BLOCK (2020-21) IZ d»fE ½fÈÃffSû´f¯f If If¹fÊÜ ´fif´°fWXû³fZ IYf among the bigger should have considered thesug- spreading Covid-19, and later TIS HAZARI COURTS, DELHI AMC of Machineries at Approx. Rs. Rs. 3,000.00 25.06.2020 dQ³ffaIY E½fa Àf¸f¹f 25.06.2020 14.00 ¶fªfZ Jû»fZ ªff³fZ IYe 59/2019-20 various workshopsunder Rs. 25,000.00 cities where contrac- gestion to reduce licence feeby seekingareductioninlicencefee. 25.00 Lac (GST Extra) 15:00 Hrs. EWD, Jhansi/Banda dQ³ffaIYE½fa Àf¸f¹f 26.06.2020 14.00 ¶fªfZ d³fd½fQf ´fi´fÂf BÊ- tors arenot ready to about 25 per cent,’’ he said. OnSaturday, thestate consti- ´fiû¢¹fûS¸fZÔM ½fZ¶fÀffBM http://etender.up.nic.in ÀfZ We PUBLIC NOTICE Supply and Installation Oven, open shops. The situ- Excise Commissioner Rajeev tutedagroup of ministers under “That my clientsShri. Dharm Singh HT/LTWinding Machine, Fire À½feI fS dI ¹fZ ªff¹fZÔ¦fZÜ C¢°f d³fd½fQf ÀfZ Àfa¶fad²f°f d½f½fS¯f°f±ff S/o Late Shri Mangal Singh and Smt. Extenguishers, other ation, theyargue, has Dubey saidthe government will chairmanshipofHome Minister Approx. Rs. 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In the event of NarottamMishra to take quick both R/o 2/60, Dairy,Aram Bagh, New at newlyworkshop Vidhuna Ie»ff¦f°f B°¹ffdQ E½fa dI Àfe ´fiI fS IZ ÀfaVfû²f³f, ´fdS½f°fʳf, Vfbdð Delhi-110055 have severed all their (Auraiya), under EWD, ´fÂf WZ°fb http://etender.up. nic.in A±f½ff www.uppt- theywon the bids in re-auction fetchingalesser policydecisions in theinterestof relations with their son Ravinder Singh Kanpur aged 40 years for all purposes and cl.org ´fS »ffgd¦f³fISmÔÜ WXÀ°ff./-A²feÃf¯f Ad·f¹f³°ff d½fôb°f March to nowwhen amount, the tender rulesem- revenuewhileimplementingthe intends being disrespectful, Supplyand Installation Oil ªff³f´fQ ´ffSmX¿f¯f ¸f¯OX»f¸fbSXfQf¶ffQkkSXf¿MÑX dWX°f ¸fZÔ d¶fªf»fe liquor sales aredown powerthe government to re- excise policyfor 2020-21. disobedient and harmful to my clients. Protection System &Filling Approx. Rs. Rs. 3,000.00 22.06.2020 ¶f¨ff¹fZÔll ´fÂffaI 403 Camp dQ. 06/6/2020 My clientsfurther disown their son 83/2019-20 Service Station work at newly Rs. 45,000.00 45.29 Lac (GST Extra) 15:00 Hrs. from inheriting their moveable and workshop Vidhuna (Auraiya), immovableproperties and are not under EWD, Kanpur liable to anybody for his actsand IYf¹ffÊ»f¹f A²feÃf¯fAd·f¹f³°ff J&K admintoholdmeet on deeds. Supplyand Installation of Sd/-KAPIL ANAND (ADVOCATE) Testing Equipmentsfor T/F at Chamber No. 465, Western Wing, Approx. Rs. Rs. 3,000.00 22.06.2020 d½fä ¶f`ÔIY ´fdSX¹fûªf³ff ½fÈ°f, »fû.d³f.d½f., ¸fbSXfQf¶ffQ 84/2019-20 newly workshop Vidhuna Rs. 17,000.00 ways to curb corruption TisHazari CourtsDelhi-110054”. 17.09 Lac (GST Extra) 15:00 Hrs. 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TheIndian workshop Vidhuna (Auraiya), d³fd½fQf ªfû dQ³ffaI 01.06.2020 ´fif°f: 10.00 ¶fªfZ ÀfZ 19.06.2020 °fI OfC³f»fûO/Àf¶fd¸fM ISdQ³ffaI Administration Department’s Deputy Secretary Express(P) Limited cannot be under EWD, Kanpur Dr MohammadUsmanKhan to over adozen sen- held responsiblefor such 20.06.2020 IZ £fû»fe ªff³fe ±feÜ A¶f A´fdSWf¹fÊ IfS¯fûÔ ÀfZ C¢°f If¹fÊ Ie d³fd½fQf dQ³ffaI 08.06.2020 contents, norfor any loss or Supplyand Installation of ior officers, includingFinancial Commissioner, Electric work at newly Approx. Rs. Rs. 3,000.00 22.06.2020 damage incurredasaresult of 86/2019-20 Rs. 50,000.00 ´fif°f: 10.00 ¶fªfZ ÀfZ dQ³ffaI 26.06.2020 Àffa¹f 5.00 ¶fªfZ °fI OfC³f»fûO/Àf¶fd¸fM Ie ªff¹fZÔ¦fe, dªfÀfI e transactionswith companies, workshop Vidhuna (Auraiya), 50.26 Lac (GST Extra) 15:00 Hrs. 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RESERVES AT $493.48BILLION FORWEEK ENDED MAY 29 INTERVIEW WITH CRISIL MD &CEO We are leaning more on monetary StrongFPIinflows,risingforeigncurrency policy, whereas fiscal policy would assetspropelforexreservestorecordhigh have been more effective: Suyash LIKETHE rest of theworld,India culture, the beacon of hope this foreigncurrencyassetsincludethe hasseenasignificant slowdown year,facesasetback on account of ENSECONOMICBUREAU effectof appreciationordeprecia- ONASTEADYRISING initseconomicactivityonaccount UNLOCKING THE rains –the lackorexcess of it. NEWDELHI,JUNE6 Highlevelsof tion of non-US unitslikethe euro, of the coronaviruspandemic. poundand yenheld in the foreign TRAJECTORY While the government has an- ECONOMY Willthe RBI’s move to cut the THECOUNTRY’Sforeignexchange reservesprovide exchangereserves. nouncedaRs20lakh crorestim- WISHLIST&ROADMAP repo rate andpushliquidity reservessurged$3.43billionto an Totalvalueof thegoldreserves WeeklyReserves in ulus packagetorevivethe econ- help credit growth? all-timehighof $493.48billionfor stabilitytorupee continuedtodeclineand were at $billion omyand getthe growth back on ANEXPRESSINTERVIEWSERIES It maynot lead to amaterial the week ended May29onthe $32.682 billion, lowerby$97 mil- Mar 6487.237 track, ASHU SUYASH, MD &CEO, uptickincredit growth. Twofac- backofstrong inflowoffunds by ASHARP rise in foreignexchange reserves by over $12billion lion as compared with the previ- Mar 13 481.892 CRISILtold SANDEEP SINGH that tors areexpected to keep credit foreignportfolioinvestors.InMay in Maytohit $493 billion reflectsinflow of FDIand FPI money ous week,the central bank said. direct fiscal spending from the growth subduedthis fiscal. One is Mar 20 469.9 alone, forexreserves jumpedbya intoIndian economyamidstthe pandemic. High levels of While the pandemichas overallpackageisaboutRs2.6lakh the challenging macro-economic sharp $12.4 billion. reservesnot onlyare equivalent to India’s oneyear of import pushedinvestorsto seekrefuge in Mar 27 475.6 crore, or 1.2per cent of GDP this undercurrentsleading to an ex- Datareleasedbythe Reserve bill,but also providestabilitytorupee againstthe dollar. saferinvestmentdestinationsand Apr 3474.6 year.Stating that the current ex- pected 5per centcontraction in BankofIndiashows that in the instruments,leadingto outflowof tent of economic decline would GDP,and two, risk-averseness Apr 10 476.5 week endedMay 29, foreign cur- funds in March andApril, there demand stepping the scale and among lenders. rency assets,amajor component As aresult of rising inflowof nowcover oneyear of importex- had been arelative calm on that Apr 17 479.6 scope of fiscal measures, she said Till suchtime banks arecom- of the overall reserves, increased fundsandgrowingforexreserves, penditure. front in May. The continuing low Apr 24 479.5 thatwithoutastrongfiscalstimu- fortable with the credit quality of by $3.50 billion to $455.21billion. the rupee has also strengthened In his monetary policystate- levelsof Brentcrudeoilpriceshave May1 481.08 lus,recovery is unlikelytobeaV- borrowers, theymay notloosen Duringthe week ended May againstthedollar.Whileitcloseat ment on May22, RBIGovernor alsobenefittedIndiaanditsforeign shaped one. Edited excerpts: purse strings.That said, the gov- May8 485.3 29, FPIs invested anet of Rs 5,480 75.56 on Friday, it rose 34 paisein ShaktikantaDas said, “India’sfor- exchangereserves. ASHU SUYASH ernment’s Rs 3lakhcrore scheme croreintoIndianequities.Withfor- the week endedMay 29 against eign exchangereserves have in- Earlier,India’s foreign ex- May15487.03 Howdoyou see the Rs 20 lakh MD &CEO, CRISIL to extend credit to MSMEs – eigninvestorslookingto buystake the US dollar. creasedby$9.2billionin2020-21 changereserveshadasmoothrun May22490.04 crorestimulus package backedbygovernmentguarantee in Indian companies, the FDI in- Experts sayintimes of dwin- so far(up to May15) to US$ 487.0 fornearly six-monthsastheyrose announcedbythe government We, therefore, –shouldprovidesometailwindto May29493.48 flowhas also stood strong leading dling economic activity and billion —equivalent to 12 months week-on-week between in terms of itsimpact on the believe that sans credit growth in this segment. to arise in forexreserves amidst growth, the rising forexreserves of imports.” September 20, 2019 and March 6, Source :RBI fisc and itsability to provide a strong fiscal stimulus — the pandemic. provide alot of strength as they Expressedindollar terms, the 2020. fillip to theeconomy? which we don’t foresee — Whichsectors do yousee Manysteps in the recoveryisunlikely to be impactedthemostbythe AatmanirbharBharatpackageare aV-shaped one” lockdown? BRIEFLY orientedtowardsraisingthelong- Theconsumptionsector—es- term‘trend’rate of growth.If Ihave peciallydiscretionary—willfeel ‘Construction sector to to pickout astandout facet, it direct and immediate heat. ‘Govttoinvest would be theagriculture-related economy. This is in sharp contrast While assessingconsumer in- `1Lcrtoramp see 12-16% decline in measures suchasdismantling of to the period preceding the 2008 come impact is difficult in India, agricultureproduce and market- crisis whenCentre’s fiscal deficit giventhe large proportion of un- upcoaloutput’ ingcommittees.Theamendment wasunder 3per cent, whichgave organisedlabour and self-em- investment in FY21’ to the Essential Commodities Act it space to boostspending. ployedpeople, our analysis of NewDelhi: CoalMinister to deregulate food items (food However, thecurrentextentof employeecostfor over 40,000 Pralhad Joshi Saturdayan- Investment in theconstruction industry is likely to witnessa grains,oilseeds,onionandpotato), economicdeclinewoulddemand companies, with total employee nouncedthe Centrewould 12-16per cent decline to nearly Rs 7.3lakh croreduring the too,isaimedtoimprove pricereal- that fiscal measuresare stepped wage bill of Rs 12 lakh crore, invest over Rs 1lakh crorein current fiscal year,asCOVID-19pandemic has severely isationatthefarmgate.Themeas- up in scale and scope. paintsagloomypicture. It shows the next threetofour years impacted theeconomyand liquidity scenario, Crisil said ures towardsMSMEs and NBFCs thatabout 52percentof wage bill to increase coal production. arealsoacriticalpartwhichwould What areyour firstthoughts pertains to companies that will KEYCHALLENGES: contractioninconstruction help alleviatesome stress. on therelaxationsto be materiallyimpacted by the ■Factoryshutdown investmentisexpectedthisfiscal Amit Mehra We would have liked to see restrictions being announced downturn. Karnataka ■ Reduceddiscretionaryspending toRs7.3lakhcrorefromRs8.6 THEBUDGETARYALLOCATION directandindirecttaxcollections targetedmeasuresto addressnear by thegovernment? Can this By number of companies, the Bankreports ■ Delayedcapexcycle lakhcroreinFY20 bytheCentreforfiscal2020-21for areexpectedtobehitwiththe termstresssuchasscalingupcash advance recovery? scenario is worse. Giventhat thesectorwitnesseda7percent reductionineconomicactivity transfers to the poor;direct cash Everyday of lockdown has smalleronesaremorevulnerable, `285crfraud OUTLOOK: REASON: declineovertherevisedestimatefor supportformicroandsmallenter- only magnified the‘lifevsliveli- overtwo-thirdsarelikelytobeim- Theconstructionindustry,which Thedeclineininvestmentfactors fiscal2019-20,evenasthe STATES’INFRAALLOCATIONS prises whichare facing acuteliq- hood’quandaryforpolicymakers. pacted,whichiswhy demandwill NewDelhi: Karnataka Bank mirrorstheeconomy,isexpected inlowercapexbycentralandstate proportionofgrossbudgetary hadfallenevenbeforethe uidity problems; permitting re- It is onlyprudent to open up in a take abig hit this fiscal. hasreportedtoRBIithasbeen totakeahugeblowfromallthis.As governmentsduetodiversionof supportincreasedto41percentof pandemicstruck.Theturmoilin structuringofloans forviable calibratedmannerwhathasbeen Consumersmay prefer pre- defraudedofoverRs285 aresult,a12-16percent fundstowardshealthcare thetotalbudgetaryallocationin theglobaleconomyandfinancial businessesandformalclarification the moststringent lockdown in cautionarysavings, curbingsales croreconsequenttoloans FY21from35percentinFY20 marketswouldalsoimpactthe onapplicabilityof moratoriumon the world. of discretionaryservicesandprod- gone bad to four entities. externalborrowingcapabilityofthe bank loans to NBFCs/HFCs/MFIs With measured relaxation, uctssuchasairlines,hotels,restau- BACKGROUND:Thisisatatimewhentheirfinancesarealready THEPANDEMICandthe centralandstategovernments whichprovidetheverycriticallast economicactivityisalreadystart- rants, automobiles and durables. strainedandgrossbudgetarysupporttoinfrastructureisexpected subsequentlockdownwillimpact mile connect. ing to come backasproxy indica- In automobiles, overall sales of YatraOnline todeclineduetolowerrevenuereceipts governmentrevenuereceiptsas Source: Crisil/PTI Fromtheoverallfiscalpackage, torssuchasGooglemobilitycharts passenger vehicles maybeata cancelsmerger direct fiscal spending is expected and powerconsumptionshow. decadal low, andfor two-wheel- to be about Rs 2.6lakhcrore,or Forexample, ‘all Indiamobility ers,onaparwithfiscal2012.Apart pactwithEbix about 1.2per cent of the gross do- trendto workplaces’hasimproved from telecom, it is difficult to find mesticproduct(GDP)thisyear. from atrough of -72per centin asector that maydowell. NewDelhi: YatraOnline Inc AM Naik The balance is mostlyinthe form March end to around-40 percent said it is terminating pend- CCI rulesTata Steel, SKF, Schaeffler of governmentguaranteesandfa- inthethirdweekof May. Similarly, While investor confidence ing mergerdeal with Ebix reappointed cilitatingcredit growth through powerdemand has recovered remains low, what is the Inc. PTI units colludedonbearings prices thebankingsector.Soweare lean- smartlyfroma30per centfall y- impact of the pandemic on the L&T chairman ing moreonmonetary policy, o-y to almost zero decline in the corporatebond market and customers in the auto sector. whereas fiscal policy would have same twomonth period. howwill it hurtthe ability of Trumpthreatens REUTERS The CCI beganaprobe In a36-pageorder issuedon beenmoreeffective inthecurrent However, with alarge part of companiestoraise funds? EU,Chinawith NEWDELHI,JUNE 6 intothe matter in 2017 Friday, the CCI said it “holds NEI, ENSECONOMICBUREAU situation wherethe near-term the economic activity in ‘Red Mutual funds, whichwereac- Schaeffler,SKF and Tata Bearing MUMBAI,JUNE6 worriesareimmense.Thatsaid,no Zones’–inour estimate, over 40 tive investorsincorporate bonds, tariffs THE COMPETITION Comm- guilty” of contravening the amount of stimulus can offset the per cent –the uphill climb will be havebeenseeingoutflows,which ission of India (CCI) has ruled ball bearings. country’s antitrustlaws. THE BOARD of engineering and widespread economic impact farfromsmooth. limitstheirabilityto participatein Bangor: US President that unitsofSweden’s AB SKF, The CCI beganaprobe into However, it addedthat it had construction giant Larsen & from thepandemic, it can only We,therefore,believe thatsans newissuances. Further,riskaver- Donald Trumphas threat- Germany’s Schaeffler AG and the matterin2017after receiv- decidednot to impose apenalty, Toubro(L&T) on Saturdaysaid it minimise the blow. So it makes strong fiscalstimulus –whichwe sion hasresulted in ashiftinpref- enedtoimpose tariffs on Tata Steel Ltd,along with local ing information that the entities saying the “ends of justice has givennod forreappointment sense that the government is also don’tforesee–recoveryisunlikely erenceforovernightandgiltfunds, European Union cars if the firm National Engineering had been colluding on bearings would be metifthe parties of AM Naik as non-executive tryingto pushreformsnow, these to be aV-shapedone. Our 5per as compared to credit opportuni- bloc does notdropits tariff Industries, areguilty of collud- prices from 2009-2014,topass ceasesuchcartelbehaviour and chairmanof thecompanyforape- will payoff in the medium run. cent GDP contraction forecastis ties, shortduration and medium on American lobsters, nam- ing and fixing prices of vehicle on higher rawmaterialcosts to desist from indulging in it.” riod of three yearsfromOctober predicated on this. durationfundsthatinvestintocor- ing WhiteHouse trade ad- 1, 2020. Do youthink thegovernment poratebonds. viser Peter Navarrothe Naik’s present tenureis could have done more, or was While CRISIL has estimateda Heightenedrisk aversion has “lobsterking” in charge of Vedanta posts `12,521 cr loss on ‘exceptional loss’ scheduledtoend onSeptember it constrained? GDP contraction of 5per cent resulted in increasedpreference, talks. REUTERS 30, the companysaid in aregula- Lackoffiscal spaceisahuge this fiscal and 10 per cent acrossinvestortypes,for public copper and iron orebusiness. Sunil Duggal, CEO, Vedanta, tory filing to the BSE. The board constraint. India’sfiscalposition permanent loss, what arethe sector and very highlyrated pri- ENSECONOMICBUREAU Revenue forthe fourth quar- said “the Covid pandemic has hit also gave approvalfor extending wasalready strainedevenbefore downside riskstothis vate sector papers. Spreads have CRISILaffirms MUMBAI,JUNE6 terofFY2020 waslowerby15.49 the worldand us in thelastquar- the tenureofwhole-time direc- the pandemic, with fiscal deficit estimate? increasedsignificantlyfor almost YesBankbonds per cent at Rs 19,513 croreona terofthe year.Wehavetaken a torDip KishoreSen. wellabovetheFRBMlimitinfiscal Therewouldbefurtherdown- all other issuers, despitethe RBI’s VEDANTALTD on Saturday re- year-on-yearbasis,primarily pro-active approachtokeep our Naik has been reappointed 2020. Recent datashows fiscal sideif threerisksmaterialise:One, liquidity measures. Forinstance, ratingatBBB portedaconsolidated netlossof due to lowercommodity prices assetsand peoplesafewhile en- non-executive chairman for deficitof theCentreat4.6percent if global GDP declinesatasteeper evenincaseof AAAbonds(barring Rs 12,521crore forthe quarter further impacted by Covid-19, suring optimum operations dur- three yearswitheffect from of GDP againstthe revisedesti- pace than expected (2.4 per cent benchmarkissuers suchas NewDelhi: Crisil has reaf- endedMarch 2020 as against lowervolumes at zinc,oil &gas, ing these difficult times. During October1,2020 andupto mateof3.8 per cent. declineprojectedby S&PGlobalfor NABARD), median spreads have firmedBBB rating on Yes profit of Rs 2,615 croreinthe steel business and lowerpower these difficult times,our efforts September 30,2023, it said.Dip That, coupledwith expecta- 2020 calendar year). Two, asec- increasedbyabout30bpsinApril Bank’soverRs18,000 crore same period of lastyear.The loss sales at TSPL partiallyoffsetby arealignedtothe singular vision KishoreSen has been reap- tion of lowertax andnon-taxrev- ond waveofCOVID-19cases alone. The wideningismorepro- bondsonthebackofcontin- wasdue to exceptional loss of Rs higher volume at aluminium of making our communities, the pointedas awhole-timedirector enues amid the ongoing lock- emerges, adding to the uncer- nouncedinthe non-AAA space. uedsupportbySBI. PTI 17,132crore, primarilydue to im- and iron orebusiness and rupee stateand nation self-reliantand witheffect from October 1, 2020 down, has held the government tainty and stringency of contain- Full interviewon pairment of assets in oil and gas, depreciation. self-sufficient.” and up to April7,2023. from giving adirect push to the ment measures; and three, agri- www.indianexpress.com OPEC, allied nations extend nearly Amul Twitter Hit hard by lockdown, brass parts industry in Jamnagar 10 million barrel cut by amonth handle briefly cent of the world's overall supply. blocked, citing receives afresh lease of life from imports by China ASSOCIATEDPRESS However, danger still lurks for security processes; DUBAI,JUNE6 the market. Algerian Oil Minister 800containers of scrap landed at only brasspartsmarkets in India categoryofmicro, small and MohamedArkab, the current account restored GOPALKATESHIYA With approximately Mundraand Kandlaports.Asfac- whichare open. That effectively mediumenterprises(MSMEs)and OPECAND alliednations agreed OPECpresident,warnedattendees JAMNAGAR,JUNE6 5,000units, Jamnagar tories were closedand therewas leavesChina,whichimportsbrass dependonimportofscrapto meet on Saturdaytoextend aproduc- thattheglobaloilinventorywould no demandfor finishedproducts, billets,astheonly businessavenue 90 per cent of their raw-material tion cut of nearly 10 million bar- soar to 1.5billion barrels by the PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA WITH THE lockdown due to is the largest brass parts factory-ownerscouldn’t take de- available.Therefore,thoughman- requirements.Keshwalasays that rels of oil aday through the end of mid-pointofthis year. NEWDELHI/AHMEDABAD,JUNE6 COVID-19keeping businessesin manufacturing livery of the containers. But ports ufacturingbrass rods is our main thereare around 250 foundries July, hopingtoboostenergyprices. Despitethe progress to date, the countryclosedforalmosttwo clusterinAsia and shipping companies have business, we aremanufacturing whichmelt scrap intobrass and Ministersof thecartelandout- we cannotaffordtorestonourlau- THE TWITTER account of Amul months, brass parts manufactur- been charging as high demurrage brassbilletsthesedays andexport- manufacturebrass billets roads. side nations likeRussia metvia rels,Arkabsaid.Thechallengeswe wasbrieflyblocked,sparkingpub- ing industry in Jamnagar is facing asRs18,000perday percontainer. ing them to China. That countryis TheJFOA presidentsaid60per videoconferencetoadoptthe face remain daunting.Thatwas a licoutrage,butthesocialnetwork- adouble whammyofraw mate- ploysabout1.5lakhpeopledirectly Factoryownersareleftwithnoop- the onlyoverseas market where cent of brass partsproductsman- measure,aimedatcuttingoutthe messageechoedbySaudi Oil ing and microblogging firm on rialimportsucking up liquidity in and an equalnumberindirectly, tion but to divert their cash credit thereissomedemand,maybebe- ufactured in Jamnagargoes to excess production depressing MinisterAbdulaziz bin Salman, Saturdaysaid the accountwas re- time of no demand in domestic says Lakhabhai Keshwala,presi- andevenborrowmoneyfrompri- cause of quotasysteminimport- Delhi,another25percentinother prices as global aviation remains who acknowledgedweall have stricted afterbeing caught in the market andChina importing at dent of Jamnagar FactoryOnwer’s vate moneylenders to take deliv- ingscrapsthereorbecause mar- marketsofthe countrywhile 15 largely grounded due to the pan- made sacrifices to makeitwhere platform’ssecurityprocesses. ‘less attractive’prices. Association (JFAO). The Jamnagar eryofscrap containers, thus ex- ketsarereopeningafterCOVID-19 percentisexported.“Weurgethe demic. It representssome10per we aretoday. Gujarat Cooperative Milk With approximately5,000 clusterhas95percentshareindo- haustingtheirliquiditypoolinthe outbreak,”saidJineshShah,direc- central government to direct MarketingFederation(GCMMF)- units,Jamnagaristhelargest brass mestic market of brassparts and process,”says Keshwala. torofRajhans Metals Private Ltd. bankstogiveusadditional loans whichmakes Amulbrand of food partsmanufacturingclusterinAsia alsoexportsto Europe,US,Gulf re- ManufacturerssayChinaisthe Patel, who is also former pres- as announcedineconomic pack- Reddit co-founder resignsfrom board products-found itsTwitterac- and has annualturnovertotalling gion and Africa. onlymarket which is active these ident of JFOA,says that Jamnagar age, else our industrywillbefac- blackcandidate. count blockedonJune 4evening. to around Rs 2,000 crore. The in- “Butthe lockdown has dis- days.“We can’t afford to payde- factoriesareshipping average100 ing an existential threat,” said REUTERS Following Ohanian’s poston The account wasrestoredonJune dustry importsscrap from coun- ruptedthe business wheel. Brass murrage nor do we have storage to 150containersofbilletsto China Keshwala.AsperKeshwala,China BENGALURU,JUNE6 Reddit, the company’s Chief 5. Some soughttolink the block- triesliketheUS,Europe,Gulf region being ahigh-value metal, the in- capacitybeyondalimit.Therefore, everyday forthe pastweekorso. isthelargestimporterof scrapbut Executive SteveHuffman said the agetoAmul advertising foruse of etc, meltsitintobrass and manu- dustryrequires liquidity. But due we have to take delivery of scrap, From billets, brass barsare ex- itsbrass and brass parts areper- REDDIT CO-FOUNDER Alexis companywould “honor” his re- itsMakeinIndiaproductandboy- facturesbrassbillets,barsandbrass to lockdown, Delhi, Mumbai, manufactureproductsoutof them trudedand further and then ma- ceivedtobeofinferior quality, Ohanian on Fridayresignedfrom questandisworkingto strengthen cott Chinese products. Amul had parts.The industry is knownto Chennai and Kolkata, thebiggest offload it intothe market to min- chinedintobrass partsproducts. compared to their Indian rivals. the socialnetwork firm’s board itscontent policy to combat racist posted‘Exit the Dragon’ tweeton manufacturehinges forspectacle markets forour products shut imiselosses. But, presently, The factories manufacturing Full report on and soughttobereplaced by a speechonits platform. June 3afternoon. frames to aircraftparts and em- down. 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Everyyear aboutthis time, India’s coaching industrystartsadmitting lakhs of studentsaspiring for entrance to premier institutes. In the wake of coronavirus, numbers aredowntohalfasinstitutestry to reinvent their classrooms forapost-pandemic world. RITIKACHOPRAreports

PRIL, MAYand June arethe 12 aroundthe same time lastyear,” ateacher Maheshwari said —heisconfident that their “Nextweek,coachingindustrymemberswill months when India’s coaching at the centresaid on condition of anonymity. online programme will makeupthe deficit. joinmeinawebinarto discussfurthersteps.” industrygets readyto welcome “This will remainabad year forus,” saida However, CareerPoint is an exception, Recently, KotaNorthMLAandstateUrban anew batchthrough itsdoors. teacheratAakashInstitute’sNagpurcentre.“I along with Aakash and PACE, in itsforay into Development MinisterShanti Dhariwal also AEveryyear,lakhs of students don’tthinkparentswillbecomfortablesend- online coaching. Fortraditionalcentres, con- held ameeting with sevencoachingcentres walkthroughthem,fuellingtheindustry’san- ing their children to crowdedclassrooms.” tact classesremain the main revenue source. to discussthe wayforward.“Thecoaching nual revenues to upwards of Rs 24,000crore, Desperatefor students, institutes have In the long term now, Maheshwari said, neighbourhoods inthetowncouldbeturned the estimatein2015byagovernment-ap- loweredthe initialamounts forfreezingof coaching institutesmay have to rationalise intorestrictedzones. No outsiders will be al- pointed committee, and itsannual growth to seats.AResonancecentreinDelhi,forinstance, theirofflineinfrastructure.“Institutesmaylay lowedtoenter theseareas. We have tomake double digits, as aspirationsoutpace seats. is accepting advance paymentsofRs10,000, offpeople on the administration side and familiesbelieve againthatKota issafe,”hesays. Alarge manyofthem maketheir wayto as opposedtoRs60,000 in 2019.This centre those renting space mayvacatepartially. Sincethemid-’90s,neighbourhoodssuch India’s coaching capital of Kota,the Rajasthan chargesRs1lakh forone studentper year. Whilewehaven’tvacatedanyspaceyet,some as RajivGandhi Nagar, IndraVihar, Kunadi, town whose economyrevolvesaround its Teacherscomplaintheyare beingpaidless of our franchises areconsidering it,” he said. Jawahar Nagar, Indraprastha Industrial Area, coaching institutes. However, amonth after and lateevenastheynow provide individu- Ashifttoonlinethough is worrying foran and Talwadi in Kota have emergedascoach- mostofits1.5lakhstudentsleftfortheirhomes alisedattention to students, holding online industryalreadylosingstudentstoestablished Astudentundergoes thermal screening at an Allen centreinKota; (top)inKunadi, inghubs,whichovertime spawnedamyriad in other statesinthe wake of thecoronavirus classes,recordinglectures,administeringtests, online players. “Tutoring platforms suchas acoaching neighbourhood in thetown, most hostels areempty. Maqsood Ahmad of businesses—hostels,canteens,restaurants, lockdown,thetownhaswornadesertedlook, andclearingdoubtsoverWhatsAppandZoom. Byjus,Unacademy andVedantuhave beendo- stationeryshops, photo-copy stores, cyber- itscoachingcentres,hostels, AteacherattheNagpur ingthisforquitesometimeandtheiruserex- cafes, gaming zones, amongothers. marketsandmallsshut,and franchise centreofAakash perience is muchsmoother.Ifonline coach- At RajivGandhiNagar, where hotels,studio itsoncebustling haunts INDIA’SCOACHING talksof20% to 25% salary ingisgoingto bethenewnormal,wemay lose In desertedKota, apartmentsand hostels flank coaching cen- nowempty. INDUSTRY cuts, butAakashdeniesit. our studentstothem,” admitted ateacher tres,everysectorlinkedto theindustryisfeel- With educational insti- “Revenues have been im- withacentreofVidyamandirClassesinDelhi. ing the heat, says Naveen Mittal. “Thereare tutions prematurelyshut, pacted as mostofour According to itsCEO Vamsi Krishna, problems real and virtual about 2,500hostels in Kota,and amajority of entrance exams post- `24,000 cr branches areclosedfor of- Vedantuhaswitnesseda150%increaseinpaid theseowners had takenloans to build them. poned, and uncertainty annual revenue of coaching flineprogrammeswhilewe users forcompetitive exam preparationdur- We had about50,000 studentsand most of hanging over the next aca- industry* continueto have outlays for ing the lockdown. The slumpinthe offline neeringcolleges,Kota’sbiggestcoachingcen- them have left.Eachstudentspent Rs 80,000 demic year,the Covid-19 salaries,rentals,overheads. coachingindustry“isthecontributingfactor”, ANKITADWIVEDIJOHRI trehasalsohadto resetits30-year-oldcoach- ayear on accommodation —now you dothe pandemic hangs over the However, as aresponsible he told The Sunday Express. ing grammarinthe pastthree months. math,”says Mittal,whoownstwohostelsand coaching world. Institutes 12 lakh company... we have not Theirplatformsoffermuch morethanthe NAPRIL1,RKVerma, popular “Wehaveupgradedourinternalportal,the heads the hostelassociation in the town. areseeingfallinadmissions studentsenrol forcoaching made anysalaryreduction hastyshiftoftraditionalcoachinginstitutesto among students as ‘RKV Sir’, put BatchProgressMonitoringSystem.Itnowpro- The group has suggestedguidelinesfor to half, budgetsthat are for2years; payRs1lakhper or delayinpayment of online lectures, he added. “Our content is hy- up a17-minutevideo on vides lectures, notes, everything... We have hostels to followonce studentsreturn. year* O YouTubetoannouncethelaunch partnered with Test My Prep application for “Thermalscreeningattheentrance,oneroom straining to payfor rented salaries,”AakashChaudhry, per-animated and visualised, and our plat- spaces, and fear of online *Ashok Misracommittee, 2015 Director and CEO, Aakash form is interactive.Teachers can launch of the digitallearningplatform ‘ResoSir’. assessments,”says PankajBirla,vice-president per student, and only30per cent of thehos- competitors crowding EducationalServices,wrote quizzes, polls and even solve doubts. It’s adif- Studymaterial,practicetests,andrecorded at the Allen coachingcentrethat hasapprox- tel’s strength at the mess during meal times them out. in an email. ferent userexperience.” and live lecturescan allbeaccessedthrough imately50,000students in Kota. —are some of our suggestions,”hesays. Coaching institutes 25 lakh VidyamandirClassesin Krishnaisconfident of retaining his new the portal,Verma, the managing director of Theyare alsograduallyovercomingsome ABJP MP from Rajasthan said he has been have been reaching outto studentsappear forJEE Delhi hasreleasedonly studentsonce the crisis eases. “I understand Resonancecoachinginstitute, said. of the initial hiccups. “Wehad to re-shoot receiving representations from people wor- both the government and (Main), JEE (Advanced) about 60% of the salaryfor thebiasforcontactclasses,buttheCovidout- Ithadbeenaweeksincethefirstlockdown videos in the early days because of poor light, riedabout hefty loans takentobuild hostels. nervous parentsreluctant and NEET everyyear April forteachers above a break has forced studentstoexperience on- to checkthe spread of coronavirus wasan- sound, and technical glitches. Now, our R&D Tenkilometresaway,inKunadi,alongrow to send wardstoclass- certain salarybracket,said linelearning.Oncestudentsare habituatedto nounced,andKota,thethrummingnervecen- team goes through them with afine-tooth of ‘hometuition’centresthat hadcroppedup rooms. On May29, coach- KOTA one of itsteachers em- the Vedantu experience, Idoubt we will lose treofthecountry’scoachingindustry, hadbe- comb,andmost of themaregoodto go inone intheshadowofthecoachinggiantshave seen ing centres in Kota,led by ployedataDwarka centre. them… unless theyare in aremote region, gun to feel the firsteffectsofaslump. shot,” he says. “zero” businesssinceMarch.“No onewants one of itsbiggestplayers, An emailtoVidyamandir with poor Internetconnectivity.” Overnight, the classrooms of its300 big and However, as theyracetoset up theirvir- to callourteachershomedespitethefactthat Allen Career Institute, re- 1.3-1.5lakh founder BrijMohan Gupta Coachinginstitutesargueinturnthatwhat small centres clearedout, tual infrastructure,most therehas been no Covidcaseinany of coach- leasedalistof“security students went unanswered. theybring to thetablecan’t be replicated by and, in little over amonth, coaching centres admit to ingneighbourhoods,”says YKJain,owner of standards forclassroom Teachers at FIITJEE, online firms. “Yes, students canbecoached the1.5lakhmedicalanden- challenges.“In-depthclass- YKJain Classes in the area. coaching” to “maintain the `3,000 cr among the biggestplayers online, but it won’t getyou selected to an in- gineering aspirantswho roomteachingandone-on- “I had1,000 teachers registered withme trustofparents”. These in- in engineeringcoaching, stitute. It won’t getyou aqualifying rank,” a greasedthe wheels of the one problem-solving ses- who chargedRs8,000for25hours.Ithought cludemasks in class,sani- estimated worth of Kota’s toospokeofpay cuts.An teacher with Allen’s Indore centre said. town’s coachingeconomy, sions brought students to studentswouldprefertuition classestobig tisation of campuses twice coaching industry employeewho had been Ateacher with Allen’s Kota centre,which peggedatRs3,000crore,re- us. In online classes, most coachingclassroomsnow, butthathasn’tbeen aday,specialseating serving his notice period, hasseena10%dipinenrolment,saide-learn- turnedhome. studentskeep their videos thecase.If thiscontinues,Imighthavetomove arrangements, and the use 300 shared an official email in- ingsuffersfrommajorlimitationslike“lackof “The digital platform offtosavedata.The teach- to another business,” he adds. of umbrellasby studentsas forming him that he was discipline” and “lackofpeerlearning”. wassupposed to be ers can’t see them,there is Thefearisreal,says DrZafarMohammed, theyentercampusesto en- coaching institutes in Kota being relievedearly be- “Studentslearnfromoneanotherwhilesolv- launchedinJune, but we Anew no reaction. Interaction is chairperson of Pragati Group of Academies suresocial distancing. cause of “huge loss of busi- ing problemsinaclassroom,” he said. “Also, had to take urgent steps to difficult,” says Verma, ex- that runs three schools in Kota.“Mostofthe BackinApril, the 2,500 ness” due to coronavirus. it’s difficult to enforce discipline. Some stu- ensurethatstudents’ blueprint plaining why, eventually, studentsatthe 1,500schools in Kota areout- MaharashtraCoaching Kumar Anshul, of FIITJEE’s dentsclearly cheat in mocktests at home.” preparation wasnot hin- the students have to return station students,especiallyfromClasses 7to hostels (fee: Rs 80,000per Classes Associationwrote marketingdivision,saidthe To academics who accuse the coaching dered.So, we launchedon PEGGED AT Rs 24,000 to classrooms. 12.Parents trustedusand leftchildren as year per student foraroom) to Chief MinisterUddhav companydid notwish to centresofencouraging rotelearning, to the April 1and gave thestu- crore, the coaching indus- Also,whilemostcoach- youngas13here.Theyhaveallgoneback and Thackeray seekingsupport respond to queries. detrimentof allelsethatinvolvesaschooled- dentsaweek’s time to tryisstruggling to keep ingcentresrefusedtoquote studentsofClasses11and 12 areunlikelyto forover98,000 members While teachers at the ucation,thismaysoundironical.However, it’s arrangeforlaptops,phones up revenues. Ownersof afigure,bymostestimates return,” says Mohammed, who has nearly in the form of rent waive-offs,aswell as con- Maharashtra-basedPACEIIT&Medicalhaven’t flexibility above all else that has kept the and Internet,” says Verma. big coaching institutes, the industryinKotaisstar- 3,000 studentsinhis schools. “I still have to cessionsinpayingsalariesto employees,GST, receivedsalariessinceApril,MDPraveenTyagi coaching industrythriving, despiteattempts Resonance, among the who stand to losethe ing at an 80 per centrev- pay150staffmembers.Thefate of everybusi- income taxand Copyright Actcharges. claimedthis wasbecause he hadn’t been able by successive governments to rein them in. five bigcoachingcentresin mostevenastheymakea enue loss if studentsdon’t ness linked to coaching is in danger.” The storyisthe same across Kota,Delhi, to access and sign cheques during lockdown. Inthemostsignificantattempt,in2013,the Kota,has 25,000students. hurriedtransitiontoon- returnbyJuly. Mohammed also worries about the in- Mumbai, Nagpur,Raipur and Indore. When asked about paycuts, RKVerma, IITs—the Meccaofcoaching —had changed Over the next few line, have reachedout to “Inourmeetings,ourfo- creasedscreen time forstudents.“Mostinsti- EnrolmentsusuallypeakafterClass10 results MD of Resonance said, “Sab samajdaar hain their entrance eligibilitycriteria to give more weeks, the centrebought the government to de- cus is to keep thecoaching tutesdidn’tallowstudentsphones,andama- andtheendof competitive examslikeJEEand (Our staffissmart). We will take steps based weightagetoBoardresults. However, the in- and rented cameras, velop ablueprint to regain going through online plat- jority of hostels did nothaveWi-Fi to avoid NEET.This time,while the Class 10 exams are on howthings unfold in future.” stituteshadprovedonestepahead,addingpro- tripods and monitors, and trustofstudents, parents. forms so that everything distraction. And now, thesame teachers are to becompletedinthe firsttwo weeksofJuly, Career Point CEO Pramod Maheshwari grammes to improveClass12scores as well. distributedthoseamongits seems normal forour stu- tellingthemto stay gluedtotheirphonesand JEE (Main) is to be held between July18and said the disruption due to the pandemic was Then, in 2015,anexpert committeeset 600teachers. “It took us a dents. But this is onlyfor computers forhours!” he says. 23 (from April1and April 7originally)while permanentandthat,at leastthisyear,parents up by the Centretofind ways to reduce “the monthtoget accustomedtothe online class- now. It’snot that enrollmentshavebeen can- Also,says Jain,accessto aphoneandhigh- NEET is scheduledfor July26(earlier,May 3). wouldprefercoachingonline.TheKota-based dependence of studentsoncoaching cen- room and holdliveclasses,” says Verma,who celled, theyhaveonlybeen deferred,” says speedInternetisdifficultinruralareaswhere Afterthe lockdown beganlateMarch,the institute,incidentally, hadgot ontothee-learn- tres”, had recommendedanational regulator also teaches physics. “Wenow have classes Allen’s Birla. manystudents comefrom. “3G doesn’twork coaching institutes had movedtoonline ad- ingbandwagonlastyear,andhasmanagedto forthe industry. In 2017,inasimilar move, from 7amto7pm. Ihaveahigh-definition FortheRajasthangovernmenttoo,getting well here, howwill it work in villages?” missions.But, the numbers remain low. The hold on to itsoverall enrollment numbers. the Maharashtragovernment had proposed cameraand boardathome,and Ihold four to Kota’s coaching economybackonits feet is a However, Resonance’sVermahopes fora newand existing batches areattending vir- “Wehad 9,000 studentslastyear,of aBilltoregulate private coaching institutes. five classesaday,eachattendedbynearly 100 priority.“Livelihoods of manypeople in Kota middle road. “Right now, we must focus on tual classesonthe promise that thesewillbe whom 90% were enrolledfor classroom Both were givenaquietburial. students,” he says. areattachedtothe coachingindustry. Ihave making this system work.Studentswho are converted intophysical ones soon. teaching.Wehave11,000thistime, but 80% Nowthe final draftofthe long-delayed Inanotherpartofthecoachingdistrict,the beenreceivingcallsfromcoachingcentresand appearing forthe 2020JEE have completed ResonancecentresinMumbaiandRaipur of them haven’t shown interestinconvert- National Education Policycallsfor Boardand 500-odd staffmembers of Allen institute, discussionsarebeingheldonways to openup theircourse. Those goingfromClass 11 to 12 and the Indore centreofAllen areseeing half ing theironlineclassestooffline once the entranceexamination reforms,to“eliminate spreadacross13 centresinthetown,have also Kota.About 40 studentsper class as opposed have enrolled,andonlyafewClass10 students the numbers compared to lastyear.Atthe lockdown eases,” he told The SundayExpress. the needfor undertaking coaching classes”. beentransitioningto thisnewnormal.Known to 120, and adheringtothe government’s whoseexamshasbeendeferredhavenot.But ResonanceEastDelhicentre,freshenrolment While this still translates intoloss of rev- Says Nitesh Sharma, the head of media at forits large classrooms, bundles of detailed healthadvisoryare someof themeasuresthat even theyare making inquiriesaboutonline is just30% of 2019.“We got lessthan 10 stu- enue—“Forouronlineprogrammewe charge Allen, “Kotahas always acceptedchallenges notes, and mic-wieldingteachers that guar- have beendiscussed,”says Rajasthan’sHigher classes. So, in the future, we will have amix of dentsinMay againstthedaily averageof10to 25% of the fees forcontact classes,” andchanged.Wewillchangeagainif needed.” anteedaseat at the country’s premier engi- Education MinisterBhanwar Singh Bhati. both virtual and physicalclasses,” he says.

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PRIMEMINISTER Modi knows the knack of the ArmyHQand to theForeign the lowest since Q3 of 2002-03, when tent,inclusion,infrastructure,investment of moving away from the hotseat and Ministertonegotiatewith China. BJP wasinpower. Also, that the growth and innovation) misses at leastone, if not Aletter finding alimelight forhimself. After Mr Modi did notutter awordonthe rate of 4.2per centfor the year 2019-20 two,crucial‘I’words.Themissingelement promising that he will win the war migrant workers’ mass reversemigra- wasthe lowest in 17 years. Noteventhe is “income”. Nearly 125millionpersons againstcoronavirus in 21 days andim- tion forawholemonthinApril. When 2008 international financial crisis caused losttheir jobs in the lastthree months. PCHIDAMBARAM posingLockdown1.0 and2.0,hequickly the issue became uncontrollablyexplo- suchahit on India’s growth rate.The FM AIMOsurvey shows 35 percentof MSMEs from Bharat Website:pchidambaram.in distancedhimself from subsequent lock- sive,itwas the Railway Ministerwho is oftenquotedasridiculing the UPA’s and 37 per centofself-employedbusi- Twitter@Pchidambaram_IN downs. Near the end of Lockdown 2.0, came forwardnot to take the blame but performance in 2012-13and 2013-14, nesspersons have losthopeofrecovery CYCLONE NISARGA came to my village he quietlypassedthe bucktothe state to accuse the stategovernments. deliberatelyignoring the numbers put and willclosedowntheir businesses. lastweek andswept away all linkstothe governmentsand the chief ministers. Thousands of migrant workers arestill out officiallybythe CSO: 5.2per cent in It is elementaryeconomics that in- modern world. So, as Iwritethese words Until then, his word wasthe iron law, strandedatrailwaystations and bus sta- 2011-12, (I returnedasFMonAugust1, come alone —moneyinpeople’shands Ifind myself wondering if Iwill be able nowitislefttothe Home Secretarytois- tions notknowing when theywillbeable 2012), 5.5 per cent in 2012-13and 6.4 —willrevivedemand; demandwillspur to file this column in time formydead- sueambiguous notifications and to the to find publictransport. per cent in 2013-14(seegraph). To re- supplyand production; production will line. Thereisnoelectricityinthe village, ICMRtoblithelyannounce,onthe day ThePrimeMinister, lookingforalime- mind the FM again, the UPAhandedover bring backjobs and incentivise invest- no telephone lines and no Internet. the number of infected personscrossed light, grabbed the invitation of the an economy on theupswing to the NDA. ment;and all of these will revive growth. When Ienquired whyeverythingcol- 2lakh, that the “peak is very faraway”. Confederation of Indian Industry(CII) to To befair,theNDAmaintainedthepace This economic principleisdoubly valid lapsedaltogether, Idiscoveredthatfibre The Rs 20-lakh-croreEconomic address their General Body.Iunderstand in 2014-15, 2015-16and formostpartof in atime of recession whichiswhere optic cables arenot buriedunderground Stimulus Packagewas Mr Modi’s brain- no PM had addressedtheir general body 2016-17, when, consumedbyhubris, the India is headedin2020-21. as they should be butdanglefromthe Even allowing that Prime child. No economistwould have put her before,whichcameas abig surpriseto me. government announceddemonetisation My final submission to the same poles from whichdangle atwisted Ministersmust keep the signature to a khichdi of more liquidity, on November 8, 2016.That is when the Honourable Prime Minister:Axe your webofelectricity and phone lines. These spirits high, Mr Modi’s grand five-year plans and little actual slide beganand,despitethe PM’s decla- current economic advisers and bring in a fragile linkstothe modern worldcould money, and calleditaStimulusPackage. NOT DIFFICULT — ration that “getting growth backisnot so newteam that will give yousound notwithstand thefuryofthe cyclone. speechwas typical of the With the packageexpected to fall flat, Mr TRUEORFALSE? difficult”, NDAIand NDAIIhaveproved advice. Mostvillages along the Konkan coastare person. ThePMsaid,“Trust Modi leftit to the Finance Ministerto“fill that the task wasbeyond their capacity. as cut offasweare and, of course,this me,getting growth back is the details”. The FM ranout of steam on Whathesaid to the general body,of does notmakenational news because not so difficult.” Is that the second day. course, came asnosurprise. Even allow- GROWTHOVERTHEYEARS Nisarga waskind enough to spare ing that Prime Ministers mustkeep the THE MISSING ‘I’ Mumbai. correct? If getting growth GDP growth (%) spiritshigh, Mr Modi’s speech wastypi- Industry,trade andcommerce know 10 It is atributetoTataSky that itman- PM DISTANCES calofthe person. The PM said, “Trustme, that. Exporters knowthat. MSMEsknow aged to continue itsservices exceptdur- back wasnot so difficult,why 7.9 8.5 8.3 getting growth backisnot so difficult.” Is that. Constructionsector knows that. 8 ingthe worstmomentsofthe cyclone, did the government not stop HIMSELF 7.4 8.0 that correct? If gettinggrowth backwas Economists,exceptgovernment’sown, 5.5 7.0 6.1 so it wasfromTVnews that Idiscovered the slide in the GDP growth Mr Modi no longerspeaksonJammu notsodifficult,why did the government knowthat. Now, even dailywageearners 6 6.4 that the havocwreaked by Nisarga in rate in 2017-18? Whydid the 5.2 &Kashmir;that is lefttothe bureaucrats notstopthe slide in the GDP growth rate and migrant workers knowthat. Hope 4 4.2 this villagewas no longer important. government stand by in Srinagar.Hedoes notspeak on the in 2017-18? Whydid the government has fadedevery day; now, hope is lost 3.1 Once Mumbai wassafe, the cyclone helplessly when the growth cross-border violations or the loss of lives stand by helplesslywhen the growth rate completelythat the Modi government 2 stoppedbeinganimportant story. Ihave of jawans; that is lefttothe generals. He declinedfor eight successive quarters till will be able to revive economic growth. been lockeddowninthisvillagebythe rate declined foreight has notspokensofar on theconfronta- Q4 of 2019-20? The PM has shown unwillingness to sea since the firstlockdown began, so 2011-12 2010-11 2016-17 2017-18 2012-13 2015-16 2018-19 2014-15 2013-14 2019-20 2009-10 successive quarterstill Q4 of tion with China; he has leftittothe Surely, the PM knows that the growth listentogoodadvice,butIshallnotgiveup. 2008-09 this makes it the longestunbroken pe- 2019-20? Defence Ministertoread the handouts rateof3.1 percentinQ4of2019-20was The PM’s latest talisman, the “fiveI”(in- Source:NSO riod Ihavespent in rural India. This has made me morethan ordinarilysensitive to howinsensitive we in the media areto the problems that the vast majority of Indians face. Nothing brought this out MinisterNarendraModi to visitcyclone- Life morepainfullythan ourinsensitivity to hit West Bengal, actuallythe initiative Before online classes, the horrible journeys that migrant inside came from the Prime Minister’s side. &WORK workers have made sincethat firstlock- TRACK Bhaskar Kulbe, adviser to the PM, who SATHYANARAYANAN down beganatfour hours notice. Had is from the West Bengal cadre, ap- lessons on a TV screen theybeen middle class city people, we COOMIKAPOOR proachedthe CM’s principal secretary MUNDAYOOR in the media would have coveredevery Gautam Sanyal. Mamata Banerjee had [email protected] step of their journeys and this would little option but to inviteModi, aftershe have made our political leaders payat- wasinformedofthe PM’s desiretotour tention sooner than theydid. the areas devastated by the cyclone. The “ONLINE CLASSES from April7?Won’t It is because we in the media careso NO HOUSE CALLS BJP’s Bengal unit got full mileageout of theschools letthemenjoy even abit of this little about Gandhiji’s ‘real India’ that our the visuals of the PM’s trip and his prom- unexpectedfreedom?” political leaders and officials careeven ANAND SHARMA triedunsuccessfullyto iseofRs1,000 croreaid to the state, “Freedom? They alreadyhavetoo much less. Officials areforcedtodosome forcethe rulingparty’s hand to setan whichgoes to polls nextyear.Banerjee of it. Online classes areonly fortwo hours.” spells of duty in rural areas but political early datefor theMonsoonSession of wanted to makeclear that she wasnot leaders once they getelectedreturnonly Parliament.The excuse cited foraprob- overwhelmed by Modi’s visit. At the air- SUCHREMARKSare common in theseco- at election time. It has always been this able delayinsummoning Parliament is port, whilethe BJPstate leaders ledby rona times.All of asudden,students and waybut forawhileafter NarendraModi that the 24 parliamentarystanding com- Dilip Ghosh bent over while greeting parentsare struckwitharangeoffeelingsat firstbecame prime ministeritseemed mittees mustfirstmeetand submittheir Modi, Banerjee, carrying some files in the unexpected entryofanintruder into that things would reallychange. reports.Sharma, as chairperson of the her hand, gave aratherperfunctory na- theirlives:digitaltechnologyforliveclasses. Remember howheordered hisMPs and parliamentarycommitteeonhomeaf- maskar and kept her distanceonthe air- Apanorama of memories unfold MLAs to adoptvillages and makethem fairs,invited members to meetat craft. Later,she uppedthe anteand de- before me. into‘model villages’? What happened Parliament HouseonJune3.Hefelt that mandedRs5,000 crorefor the damage. In 1973,asstudentsofjournalism, we to that story? Remember howheor- those MPs unable to attendinpersondue were on avisit to theI&B Ministry’s deredhis seniorbureaucratstoreturn to to lockdown protocols could participate Overseas CommunicationsServices (OCS) the villages in whichtheyhad their first through an Internetplatform. Even NORTHERNERS DIKTAT centreinthen Bombay. Doordarshan tele- posting and reporttohim thechanges Britain’s venerableHouse of Commons, The DMK’sMKStalin is the latest provin- castsinthe four metros had commenced theysaw?Whathappenedtothat story? on whichour Parliament is modeled, cial leader to seekthe advice of Prashant on August15, 1972,withonlyevening pro- As acityhackwho travels alittle conducted avirtual session becauseof Kishor,who has emergedasthe most grammes on blackand whiteTVs.Itwas morethan my brethren, but notnearly the pandemic,with120 MPs participat- popular poll consultant in India. Stalin onlyatOCS that we firstsaw acolourTV enough, Iconfess that living in avillage ing through aZoom platform. tweetedthree months agothat he was telecast. When would we getcolourTVin Illustration: Suvajit Dey forsuchalongperiodhas taught me Parliamentsacross the worldhave hiring Kishor.Now,the pollstermay have India, we asked.Promptly, we were re- reachofthe common man.Manyresiden- miss interesting shows.Thisroutinelasted moreabout the real India than Iever adoptedsuchstrategies.But Sharma’s conceivedthe broad outlines forthe mindedofprime ministerIndiraGandhi’s tialschoolsdidsetupTVsets,showingonly afew years. Iwatched the programmes knew. The lesson that has leftthe deep- proposal wasscuttledclaiming that it DMK’s Assemblycampaign next year.He wordsasDoordarshan got launched— aSundayfilm or aserial. Even if aschool in with students, whenever Ivisitedaschool. estimpression on me is that rural lifeis would violate thesecrecy of the commit- has drawnupaconcept whichproposes ‘colour TV programmes arenot apriority theNortheastthoughtof screeningevening Our schools did benefit in an unex- fragile and uncertain in the best of times tee’s proceedings.Strangely, this con- that onlyStalin be projected and the forapoorcountryasours;wewould first news to give studentsanexposuretospo- pected way. We watchedwith curiosity and breaksdowntotallywhenbad times straint didnot preventBJP MP Rita smalleranti-AIADMKgroups play asec- makesurethewholenationreceivestelevi- kenEnglish,itwasattoolate anhour—9.30 as (nowlate) Prof MRBhide demon- come. When the pandemic came, every- Bahuguna Joshi from summoningavir- ondary role. The slogans coinedby sionservices’.Also,thattelevisionwouldbe pm in rural Northeastisalmostmidnight! strated“vermicompositng”, and soon in- one realisedthat if someone got seri- tualmeeting of the salariesand al- Kishor include: “TomorrowisOurs” and usedtoimprove school education. It made Agroupof schoolsinArunachalPradesh, vited him to Arunachal to teachusthe ouslysickwith this mysterious new lowances committee to take adecision “Stalin as CM”. The DMK plans to contest sense to us that urban India mustfeel for of whichItoo wasamanaging committee process and helpusgrowbettervegeta- sickness, theywould die becausethe on a30per cent allowance cut justbe- around 170ofthe total of 234Assembly their less privileged rural masses, and wait member,decidedthat we wouldnot buy bles. He came overand did aseries of nearesthospital, in atownthat is 20 fore the lockdown. An early session of seats. The rest is to be divided amongthe before we expect more. TVs—andahead-loadof problemsforour- successful training sessionsfor ourstaff kilometres away,was notequippedto Parliament to discussthe prevailing cri- eight-party alliance. The Congress’s This vision of television forschool edu- selves. “LetDoordarshan starteducational and thenearbyvillagers. That year,we deal with Covid-19. People became so sis in the countryissurelyimperative in shareispegged at 30 seats. Some DMK cation soon came true in 1975. Satellite programmes”, we said firmly. got ahandsome increase in our crops. fearful thattheybegan to shun out- these troubled times. veterans areunhappywithKishor’sin- Instructional Television Experiment (SITE) Come1987-88, andtherewas talk of And,wehad introducedanagricultural siders. But, thentheyshowedextraor- duction.Theyfeel he andhis workers are startedbeamingprogrammesontospecial TV everywhere! innovation in our state, allfromjust dinaryhumanity by helping Bihari highlyoverpriced andheshould,infact, satellite-linkedTVsetsinstalledinselected Ramayana startedgetting serialisedon watchingTV! workers in the fishing industryreturn to BELATED RESPONSE be subservient to the party’s districtsec- villagesandtownsincentralIndia.Thecom- DD on Sundaymornings, and later the Did children benefit from educational their homes. The buses that took them During the Doklam standoffwith the retaries.Theypointout that it is also em- mon people therehad free and direct ac- Mahabharata. Overnight, everything — TV likethe EMRCshows?Itwould be in- home were paid forbylocal people. Chinese in 2017,discussions took place barrassing from an ideological point of cesstoarangeofTVtelecastsrelatedtotheir friendships,partnerships,teamwork —de- teresting to find out, afterthree decades. Everyone had barelyacceptedthe between then homeminister Rajnath viewthatthe chief adviser of the life: agriculture, weather,environment, pendedonwhether youownedaTVset. As we listentothe government an- hardship causedbythese lockdowns Singh, then armychief BipinRawat and Dravidianparty should be anorth Indian school education and alsoentertainment. Never were residentialschools in sucha nouncementspromoting online learning when the cyclone came.Itarrived NSAAjit Doval. The trio were once again and aBrahmin to boot. Kishor’sfull name Thepublic response to SITE wasenthu- dilemma!Eventually,wefollowedsuit,per- during the coronacrisis,acallfor using TV stealthily.IwokeonWednesday morn- key participantsinthe meeting of the is Prashant Kishor Pandey. siastic,despitethe frequent failures in con- mittingall our schools to setupTVs. forlearningsounds feeble. One hears little ing to an ominousstillness in the air. PM’s study group on May18todiscuss nectivity and equipmentbreakdown. We alsodiscoveredtheEMRCPunetele- about TVchannelscateringtostudentsand The sea wassilent,therewas nota the Chinese advances in Ladakh, even if When the programme wasdiscontinued casts from 1-2 pm, Monday to Friday. And, teachers.Today, cableTVhasthelargest net- breath of wind and even the birds were theyhad different designations. The un- BACKINFAVOUR? after1976andnotextendedtootherstates, whollyeducational!TheEducationalMedia work providing content across India. Have silent. Then asteady rain beganthat usual build-up along the LACwas ob- RamMadhav, who wasthe man to turn manyofusfelt deeplydisappointed. Alas, Research Centre’s telecasts targettedcol- schooleducationagenciesevertriedtorope lastedtill news came that the cyclone served from April 19,and finallyaround to forgovernment thinking on foreign pol- it wasdependent on an Americansatellite legestudents, and, likeSITE, it coveredsev- themintelecastinglearningmaterial?Have had landedinatownnot farfromthis May1,the People’s LiberationArmy icy issuesconcerning our neighboursand providedtoIndiafor only oneyear. eral subjects. Manywereinteresting to ourgovernmentstakenanymeasuresto en- village. Thensuddenlyhuge, angry movedforward across the barrenhilltops. the diaspora, wassilent towardsthe end of By October 2, 1982, colour TV had ar- school studentsand useful to teachers. sure thatthecableoperatorsdidtheiroblig- winds sweptintothe villagetearing It wasonlyonMay 17 that alarm bells Modi’s firstterm in office. He wasmiss- rivedinmajor Indian cities. At manyother Excited,weordered our schools to atoryCSR bit? down coconut treesand ripping tin startedringing in NewDelhi. ingfromboththe Howdy Modiconven- places,likeinthe Northeast, one couldstill screenEMRCprogrammes as the students IndiraGandhi in 1972 did giftusa roofsoff houses and tossingthem tion and the Namaste Trumprally in access DD programmes, though it meant hadtheirlunch.Herewasclassroomlearn- dream. Wheredid we forget to chaseit? around. Itriedfor thefirstmomentsto Ahmedabad earlier this year.But, of late, alarge expensive ‘disc’ and alot of acro- ingmadeappealingintheremotest corners take picturesonmyphonebut quickly COOL WELCOME Madhavisbackinthe forefront, even as batic manoeuvreswithlong wires. of Arunachal,wherestudentshadnoteven Theauthor is an education and library realisedthat this wasdangerousand so While the generalimpression is that relations with Nepal and China take aturn But withfrequentpowercutsand high seen atrain! We brushedaside all objec- activist, withfour decades of close association Ispentthe rest of theday indoorslis- MamataBanerjee invited Prime forthe worse. maintenancecosts,TVwasstillbeyondthe tions and went on screening, trying notto withthe youthofArunachal Pradesh tening to theviolence of the storm that seemedtogoonfor an eternity. When it finallypassed and afragile sortofcalm descended,Iemergedtofind roads cov- ered in broken trees and debris every- where. Theysay it willtakeafew days Outof morefor the electricity to comeback The last socialist? andafewmoredays forInternetand MYMIND phone services to be restored. In the aftermath of the cyclone, with- MEGHNADDESAI Communistparties were modelledon reaucracy,the only placewith life-time ity,but theydonot count. The plight of mi- of thenew government, therewas more out phones, emails and digital newspa- LeninistSocialism. Once IndiraGandhi jobs with guaranteedrisingincomes, in- grantinformalsectorworkersinthelastfew worryabout boosting sales of Maruti cars, pers, Ihavefound time to dwellonthe embracedthe Communists andneutered terest-bearing provident fundsand pen- weekswouldnothavegoneunchampioned providing credit to themiddle class to buy absurdity of political leaders and high LAST WEDNESDAY,therewasacommem- them, George Fernandes wasthe only op- sions. These islands areprotected by the if George Fernandeshad been around. He consumer durables, and cutting corpora- officials sittingindistant cities deciding orative meeting forGeorge Fernandes, the position on the Leftfor IndiraGandhi. politicians who also enjoyprivileges. would have ledthem and wonbattles for tion taxesand income taxesfor the minor- the futureofpeople who live in what can lastdemocraticSocialist leader in India. Of Nehruvian Socialisminitiatedstate Socialism forthe few, Indian style. their health and welfare. Instead, we wit- ity who payit. If the total amount in Non- onlybedescribed as another country. I courseinIndianopoliticiancandenybeing ownership of ‘commanding heights’ of George Fernandes wasanoutsider in nessedamostdisorganisedand heartless Performing Assets of public sector banks have always sneered at the distinction socialist sincethe Preamble (thanksto the economy. The enclave wasoccupied thisworld.In1974,heledtherailway work- interventionby variousstateshelping‘their’ had been distributedtothe crores toopoor people makebetween India and Bharat IndiraGandhi)declaresIndiato beaSocialist by workers of nationalisedindustries en- ers’ national strikewhichwas unique fora workersinatragicspectacle. to payincome-tax,let alone afford aloan but have discoveredthe hardway that Republic, and the People’s Representation sconced in protective labour laws which nationalisedindustry. (The Rail Workers’ The pandemic has exposedthe sorry from the nationalisedbanks, theirlife the distinction is real. And, nowIhave Act(thanksto RajivGandhi) requires every keep the manufacturing sector small. Union had itsofficesinsidethe Rail state of India. Early on, the packagean- would have improved.Bankswerenot na- to endbecause the Internethas returned candidatefighting an election to declare India’s world-classtextile industrywas Bhavan!). IndiraGandhi wasfuriousand nouncedmade surethatthe public sector tionalisedtobenefitthe poor. on account of some ‘jugaad’bymylocal thatS/HeisaSocialist! destroyed by thepolicy of discouraging putthestrikedowninthemostbrutalman- andgovernment employees would bepro- Indiahasthechanceevennowofbegin- serviceproviderbut he tells me he is not Even Jana Sangh, the older avatar of factory-made textiles. When the global ner.Then she imposedEmergency.George tected.Dearness allowances postponed ninganewtobuildaneconomy whichpro- surehow long it will stay. the BJP,usedtoswear by Gandhian textile trade wasliberalised in the 1990s, ledthe fightagainstthe Emergency. but notreduced. No one thought of the vides full employment forthe many, and It really is time forour politicians Socialism.Nehruvian Socialism, which Asian countries rushedinwithbig textile SocialisminIndiahasneverlookedafter millionsoutside the ‘Socialist enclave.’ supportforthefewwhoareoutof work.To and high officials to rediscoverwhat life wasthe Congress’s brand, waspatterned factories, exceptIndia. the poorerworkers in the private informal Indeed, in discussing the plight of the build aSocialistsociety foreveryone. is likeinthe backwaters of the ‘real on British Fabian Socialism. The And then thereisthe government bu- sector.Theyare the overwhelming major- economy even lastJulyinthe FirstBudget George would likethat. 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TOPOFTHE COVID-19 PANDEMIC WORLD OfficialsofUScitiesmovetorein Trump says India, Chinawould have inpoliceasprotestcrowdsgrow more virus cases if Minneapolis, Denver, Seattle act againstchokeholds, rubber bullets;major protests around the world they didmoretests THENEWYORKTIMES US stillgetting JUNE6 LALITKJHA FACEBOOK WASHINGTON,JUNE6 over 20,000 Zuckerberg PROTESTERSACROSSthe United States, Australia and Europe US PRESIDENT DonaldTrump new cases aday vowsreviewof were staging major demonstra- has said countries likeIndia and tions on Saturday, in thelatest Chinawould have muchmore THEUSreported21,614new infec- contentpolicies sign that anger over police vio- coronavirus cases than America, tions on Thursday, andwhile that afterbacklash lence has notabated since the the worst-hit countryinthe numberisbelowitsAprilpeak,the killing of George Floyd in world, if theyconductmoretests. dailyaverage has been rising FACEBOOK CEO Mark Minnesota lastmonth. Trump, in his remarks at slightlyinrecent days as the con- ZuckerbergonFriday said In response, some American Puritan Medical Productsin tinuedimprovementinNortheast he would consider cities arecracking down on over- Maine, said that the US has car- is offset by newoutbreaksinthe changes to thepolicy that aggressive policing with an ur- riedout 20 million tests. South and parts of the West. ledthe companytoleave gency neverseenbefore. On Comparedto theUS,Germany The uptick appears to repre- up controversial posts by Friday, city leaders and judges in isatfourmillionandmuchtalked sent acombination of increased US President Donald Minneapolis, Denverand Seattle about South Koreaisabout three testing,the coronavirus taking Trumpduring recent movedtorein in tactics likeoffi- milliontests,hesaid on Friday. hold in moreregionsand out- demonstrationsprotesting cers’ useofchokeholds, tear gas AccordingtoJohns Hopkins breaksinlocalised hotspots.It the death of an unarmed or rubber bullets. Coronavirus Resource Center, comes during aconvergence of blackman whileinpolice In recentyears, reform efforts the US has reportednearly 1.9 twodevelopments thathealth of- custody,apartial conces- to curb policeviolence in were million cases and over 1,09,000 ficialsare watching warily: states siontocritics. Zuckerberg aimedataccountability foroffi- deaths, making America the and cities pressing aheadwith did notpromisespecific cers or legislative changes, but the worstaffected country, while the planstoallow morebusinessesto policy changes in a current waveofprotests has am- total number of coronavirus reopen, andmassesofpeople Facebook post, days after plifiedcalls across the countryto cases in India and China stand at gathering around the countryin staffmemberswalkedoff defund, downsize or abolish po- 2,36,184and 84,177 respectively. large-scaleprotests againstpolice the job, some claiming he lice departmentsaltogether. India has so farconducted brutality and racism. NYT kept finding newexcuses “Weare going to dismantle DC PAINTS HUGE ‘BLM’ MURAL NEAR WHITE HOUSE: ABlack LivesMattermural has been paintedinbright yellowletters on over 4million coronavirus tests, nottochallengeTrump. the Minneapolis Police Washington DC’s 16th Street. AP accordingtothe health ministry. “We’regoingto reviewour Department,” Jeremiah Ellison, Commenting on the Covid- Brazil court halts policies allowing discus- amember of the City Council, ■ The city of Washington’s mural is a ■ MayorMuriel Bowser said the painting ■ Themural ends near the church,where 19 testsinthe US, Trumpsaid: sion and threatsofstate said on Twitter this week.“And highlyvisible displayofthe local that spanstwo blocks is intendedtosend Trumpstagedaphoto op Monday. Asign “Wewill be well over 20 million police raids on use of forcetosee if there when we’redone, we’renot sim- government’sembrace of protests that amessageofsupporttothose outraged nowidentifies that part of the street as tests. Remember this,when you areany amendmentswe plygonna glue it backtogether,” putitfurther at odds with DonaldTrump. over the killing of George Floydbypolice. “BlackLives Matter Plaza”. test more, youhavemorecases.” Rio’s favelas should adopt,”hewrote. he added. “Weare going to dra- “I saytomypeopleevery maticallyrethink howweap- time we test;you find cases be- BRAZILIAN SUPREME Courtmin- proachpublic safetyand emer- 57 cops quit unit to cause we do moretesting. If we isterprohibitedpolice raids in Rio gency response.” Protests across worldembrace have morecases,ifwewanted to de Janeiro’s favelas during the HONGKONGDISPUTE Afteran11thconsecutive protest suspension do testing in China or in India or novelcoronavirus pandemic, as a Francesaysit night of demonstrations, the size of their colleagues other places,Ipromise youthere groundswell of criticism of bru- of the demonstrations areex- Black LivesMatter movement would be more cases... youare talpolicetacticsgrows in the na- backs‘1country, pected to grow in what is be- doing afantastic job in getting tion.The decision forbid raids in coming anationwide movement NATHANLAYNE out the swabs.” favelas —asBrazil’s shantytowns 2systems’for againstsystemic racism and po- REUTERS JUNE6 “And everyswabyou make areknown —“except in ab- HongKong lice brutality. In Washington, LONDON,JUNE6 at Puritan is proudlystamped solutely exceptionalcases,”which wherepeople have been gather- ALL 57 members of apolice tac- with the beautiful phrase made must be pre-approved by state Paris: FrenchPresident ing this week to express outrage THOUSANDS TOOK to the tical unit in Buffalo have resigned in the USA.” PTI prosecutor’s office. REUTERS Emmanuel Macronhas at the White House,thousands streetsacross Europe and from that team to protestthe told Chinese counterpart areexpected to convergedown- Australia on Saturday, as did suspension of twocolleagues Xi Jinpingheisfollowing town. The Police Department hundredsinTokyoand Seoul, in who were filmedshoving a75- eventsinHong Kong said it would close manystreets supportofdays of US protests year-old man to the ground, offi- French military says closelyand continues to from 6amuntilmidnight. againstpolicebrutality. cials of the northern NewYork backthe“onecountry, two Amemorial servicefor Floyd The rolling, global protests re- city said on Friday. systems” principle for will be held SaturdayinRaeford, flectrisingangeroverpolicetreat- Twomembers of the Buffalo it killed top Qaeda Beijing’s rule over thecity, N.C.,near wherehewas born. mentof ethnicminorities,sparked PoliceDepartment’sEmergency anElyseeofficialsaid.“The The nationwide anger over by theMay 25 killing of George Response Team were suspended President said he was Floyd’sdeath has ledtolargely FloydinMinneapoliswhilehewas Protesters gatherinSydneyonSaturday. AP afteralocal radiostationreleased leader in Africa monitoring the (Hong peaceful protests by daytime, in in policecustody. videooftheincident involvingthe Kong)situationcloselyand some cases followedbylooting Europe has seen an unprece- protester, Martin Gugino. reiteratedFrance’ssupport and violencelater at night. In dentedwaveofanti-racism ral- filledthe central Alexanderplatz, protestonSaturday. The video shows the white- RUKMINICALLIMACHI forthe principle of ‘one some instances, the police have lies drawing tens of thousands while other protests were held In Tokyo, marchers protested haired Gugino approaching a &ERICSCHMITT country, twosystems’,”the responded by usingbatons,tear ontothe streets. in Hamburgand Warsaw. In againstwhattheysaid waspo- line of officers in riotgear.One JUNE6 official told Reuters on gas, pepper spray andrubber In London, thousands of pro- Paris, the authorities had banned lice mistreatment of aKurdish officer pushes him with abaton Saturday. China has ap- bulletsonprotesters, bystanders testers ignored the wetweather demonstrations plannedoutside manwho says he wasstopped and asecond one with his hand. THE FRENCH militarysaid on provedsecuritylegislation and journalists. As videos of po- to crowdintoParliament Square, the US Embassy and on the while driving and shovedtothe He falls, acrack is heardand Fridaythatits forces in Mali had Leaderofoneof forHong Kong that lice aggression spread in recent wearing face masksamid the lawns near the EiffelTower. ground. In Seoul, dozens of bloodtricklesfromhis head, as killedone of Al Qaeda’s longest- democracyactivists,diplo- days,lawmakers, police officials coronavirus threat and waving In Brisbane,one of several South Korean activists and for- officers walk by his still body. serving commanders in Africa, themostlethal matsandsomeinbusiness and judges have re-examined placards and chanting: “Nojus- Australian citieswhererallies eign residentsgathered,some Localmediaquotedapoliceas- AbdelmalekDroukdal, who has Qaedaaffiliates fear willjeopardise its police departments’use-of- tice,nopeace, no racistpolice.” were held, police estimated wearing blackmasks with “can’t sociationchief as saying the offi- ledanaffiliateofthe terror net- semi-autonomous status forcepolicies. In Berlin, demonstrators 10,000 people joinedapeaceful breathe” in Korean. cers were justdoing their job. AP work formorethan adecade. and itsrole as aglobal fi- Therewas no immediate DROUKDALTOOKovercom- nancialhub. confirmation from the terror mand of alocal insurgent Pakistan-basedUS group, and France has erro- group in Algeria that wasal- KOREAN PENINSULA Joe Biden wins enough US to substantially cut neouslyannouncedthe deaths most completeddefeated in Norththreatens blogger accuses of Qaeda commandersinthe 2004.Hewent on to merge delegates to clinch US number of troops in past. If true, however, the killing the group withAlQaeda in toshutliaison PPP’sRehman of Droukdal would be asetback 2006,forming Al Qaeda in Malik of rape forthe group’s operations in the IslamicMaghreb. This officewithSouth Democratic nomination Germany, official says northwestern Africa. groupquicklybecameoneof Seoul: NorthKorea lashed Islamabad: APakistan-based “A very big loss forthem,” theAlQaeda’smostloyaland out at South Koreafor the American blogger has accused America’s topmilitaryofficer, said Wassim Nasr,aFrenchex- lethalaffiliates,carryingouta second dayinarow on REUTERS three senior leaders of the oppo- STEVEHOLLAND GeneralMarkMilley, chairmanof pertonthe terroristgroup who numberof suicidebombings Friday, threatening to JUNE6 sition PakistanPeoplesParty BANGOR,JUNE6 the joint chiefsofstaff,and had has interviewedits leaders. and expanding outside close an inter-Korean liai- (PPP) of rapingand assaulting nothing to do with tensions be- In astatement on Twitter, Algeria. At one point the son office and calling the FORMER US Vice President Joe her in 2011. US President Donald Trumphas tween Trumpand German DefenceMinisterFlorenceParlyof group had captured halfof South naive to think the Biden securedenough delegates Cynthia DRitchie made the ordered the military to remove Chancellor Angela Merkel, who France wrote: “On June 3, the Mali.Italso made over $90 Northwants dialogue and to formallyclinchthe Democratic allegation through avideo clip 9,500troops from Germany, a thwartedTrump’s plan to hosta Frencharmedforces,withthesup- million through kidnapping negotiations rightnow.A presidentialnomination on postedonher Facebook pageon senior US official said on Friday, G7 meeting this month. portoftheir partners, neutralized foreigners. The killingof government spokesman Friday, setting the stagefor achal- Friday. “In2011, Iwas rapedby amovelikelytoraise concerns in Asecond senior administra- theemirof AlQaedaintheIslamic Droukdaldeliversabigblow said NorthKorea would lengetoPresident Donald Trump the former interiorminister Europe about the US commit- tion official said the 9,500troops Maghreb (AQIM), Abdelmalek to oneof themostdangerous “definitelywithdraw” in the November election. Rehman Malik.That’sright,I’ll ment to the continent. wouldbesentelsewhere,someto Droukdal andseveral of hisclose Qaedaaffiliatesintheworld. from the liaison office op- Acandidateneeds at least lier in the week. sayitagain. Iwas rapedbythe The move would reduce US Poland,someto otheralliedcoun- associates, in the course of an op- eratedwith South Korean 1,991delegates to secure the The achievement wasafor- then interior ministerRehman troops numbers in Germanyto tries, while some would return erationinnorthern Mali.” officialstopunish the nomination. Bidencrossedthe mality afterBiden became the Malik," she claimed.She also said 25,000,fromthe 34,500cur- home. This official said therewas Col. Christopher Karns of US mission. He did notcomment on Southfor failing to stop threshold when resultscame presumptivenominee when former PM Yousuf Raza Gilani rentlythere. less need forthe large contingent AfricaCommand said the United whether the raid had resulted in defectorsfromsending lateonFriday afterseven states hismain rival, VermontSenator and formerhealthminister The official,who did notwant in Germanydue to overall in- States had providedthe French Droukdal’sdeath. leaflets across the border. and the District of Columbia Bernie Sanders, quit the race Makhdoom Shahabuddin “phys- to beidentified,saidthemove was creaseddefense spending by the with intelligence and surveil- Droukdal, 50, wasborn in held presidential primaries ear- in April. icallymanhandled”her. PTI the result of months of work by U.S.-ledNATOalliance. REUTERS lance aircrafttohelp with the Algeria. NYT

PANDEMIC HASTENS DEPARTURE OF WITNESSES TO WRENCHING CONFLICTS OF THE LAST CENTURY Virus depletes keepers of Europe’s memoryamidbid to recasthistory

Europe’sfirstoutbreakof thecoro- National Association of Italian niversarycommemorations that The Alternative forGermany estpopulationinEurope.Itisalso JASONHOROWITZ navirus spread through Negri’s Partisans.“We arelosingthe peo- offeredafinalchancetotell their is lookingtocapitalize on the apoliticallypolarizedplacewhere ROME,JUNE6 nursinghome,itinfectedhim,too. ple who can tell us in firstperson stories to large audiences. It has economic frustrationthe coron- areas of consensus in other coun- Shut inside,hegrew despon- what happened. And it’s ashame, alsocreated an opportunityfor avirus crisis has triggered.In tries areconstantlyrelitigated, FORYEARS,Gildo Negrivisited dent aboutmissing the usual pa- because when we lose the histor- rising political forces who seek to France, the hard-rightNational withrecollectionsof Naziandfas- schools to sharehis stories about rades and public speeches on ical memorywelose ourselves.” recastthe historyofthe lastcen- Rallyhad the country’s strongest cistatrocitiescountered withre- blowing up bridges and cutting Italy’s Liberation Day, grander Time and itsravageshaveal- turyinorder to playagreaterrole showing in the lastEuropean tortsofsummaryexecutions by electrical wires to sabotage Nazis this year to mark the 75than- ready cut down the livesand in remaking the present one. Parliamentelections. And in Communist partisans. and fascists during WorldWar II. niversary. But the virus canceled blurredthe memories of agener- Throughout Europe, radical Italy, the birthplaceoffascism, In the three quarters of acen- In January, the 89-year-old made the April 25 commemorations. ationthatsaw close up theide- right-wing parties with histories the descendantsofpost-fascist turyfollowing Italy’s defeat and another visit, leaving his nursing Negri diedthat night. ologies and crimes that turned of Holocaustdenial, Mussolini parties have grownpopular as defactocivilwarwithMussolini’s home outside Milan to help stu- “The memoryisvanishing, Europe intoakilling field. infatuation and fascistmotifs, the stigma around Mussolini and short-livedNazi puppetstate in dentsplant trees in honor of and the coronavirus is accelerat- Thevirus, whichissolethalto have gainedtractioninrecent strongman politicshas faded. thenorth, the people who lived Italians deportedtoconcentra- ing this process,” said Rita the old, has hastenedthe depar- years, moving from the fringes Italyisespeciallyvulnerableto throughthewarandfascismhave tion camps. Magnani, who worked with tureofthese lastwitnesses and People markItaly’s Liberation DayinMilan in April. NYT andintoparliamentsand even thelossof memory.Ithasendured offeredaliving testimonythat But at the end of February, as Negri, at the local chapterofthe forced the cancellation of an- governingcoalitions. asevereepidemicandhastheold- shinedthrough the muddle. NYT

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BlackDeathand Other ColourIMAGES:sWIKIMEDIACOMMONS

How past pandemics have reshaped art and made space for loss and suffering on the canvas

Va ndana Kalra in aseriesofwoodcutsthat begins with the anguishbrought by either.Heascertainshow appearance of Death in the Garden of Eden. John Singer Sargent’s 1919 oil painting Holbein diedofplaguein1543, as did the Gassed, whichdepictsthe aftermathofa DVARD MUNCH,the artist Italian masterTitian,who paintedPieta when mustard gasattackduringthe WorldWar I, whose work so well expressed the disease sweptVenice. Italian baroque probablyalsoborrowedfromthe artist’sown the terror and solitudeofmod- artistSalvatorRosa’s L’Umana Fragilita battle with the Spanish Flu —hewas infected ern life, spent alifetime battling (Human Frailty, 1656) showedhis newborn on the warfront. “Even those dressings over anxiety.Hewas five when his son, who losthis lifetoplague, signing an the soldiers’ eyes can be regarded...asrepo- Emother diedoftuberculosis. agreement with Death. sitionings of the cloth masksthat,covering Nine years later, his belovedsistersuccumbed In 2005, the WorcesterArt Museum in thenose and mouth, became avisual signi- to the disease. The artist’s childhood wasalso Massachusetts, USA,attempted to “examine fier of the1918pandemic, much likethey marredbyill-health.When he caught the the responseofvisual art to theplague” have forusagain today,”wrote Lobel in an Spanish Flu at his countryhouse in Ekely, through the exhibition “Hopeand Healing: article in Artforum in April. Norway,in1918, his chances of survivalwere Painting in ItalyinaTime of Plague” through In morecontemporarytimes, we have slim.But he made it. That experiencefound 37 paintings in the baroque stylebymasters seen artbeing usedasameanstofightfor jus- space in twoworks — Self Portrait withthe suchasVan Dyck,Canalettoand Tintoretto, tice during the HIV epidemic.While several Spanish Flu (1919, oiloncanvas) and Self who were active in Italyduring the plague prominent artists including Keith Haring, Portrait afterthe SpanishFlu (1919). In both, years. One of the show’s objectiveswas to Robert Mapplethorpe and Felix Gonzalez- he appearsemaciated,but the colour returns “provoke discussionabout the role of today’s Torres diedfromthe illness,the homophobia to his face in the second, and he looksstraight artinprovidingaremedy againstmodern and stigmathatprevailed became asubject into the eyes of the viewer. ‘plagues’. Howwillart continuetoinspireand forseveral artistsinAmerica in the ’80s and Acenturylater,asthe COVID-19 pan- give perspectivetothe human condition in ’90s, manyofwhom also addressedthe gov- demic shutsdownthe world, Munch’s work times of disaster?” ernment’sindifference to AIDSinthe Reagan

is being shared to sum up our present. The Though artists arestill grapplingwiththat GH era. If JennyHolzer’s 1983-85 series Untitled experience of being batteredby waves of dis- question, in the lastfew months we have seen SIN (Protect Me From What IWant) comprised ease is notnew to humanity —and has shown Turner prize winner Damien Hirstpay trib- packaged latex condoms withsafe-sexmes- ANITA up in the work of artists before.Inlookingat utetothe United Kingdom’s National Health sages, Keith Haring’s Ignorance =Fear/Silence DAY the artofpandemics past, Service with a Butterfly =Death wasprinted on T-shirts and posters, we search forresonances Rainbow, and influential and became apopular motif to emphasise the and answers that can British artistDavid urgency of AIDS awareness.“AIDS is the sin- makesense of today. Hockney liftour spirits glemostpotent forceshapingthe develop- withdrawingsofthe ment of American artoverthe lastseveral ■ ■ ■ blooming spring flowers decades…,” said curator Jonathan Katz during in Normandy, France. alecture in Vancouver in 2016. Arthas also been Many of us have been Several Indian artists were partofthe shapedbythe powerof amusedbyratscausing 2008 travelling exhibition “MakeArt/Stop pathogens. As early as the mayhem in abathroom AIDS”that debuted at Fowler Museumin 2nd century, the outbreak painted by street artist America.Ondisplay, among others,was of smallpoxacrossthe Silk Banksy.Delhi-basedartist Gurugram-basedartistduo Jiten Thukral and Road ledtothe worship of Pallavi Paul is collecting Sumir Tagra’s oil painting Let'sPlay Safe, which goddess Hariti, believedto sounds of the lockdown focussedonsafesex practices, and Dayanita have the powertocause from across the world— Singh’s photographs of caregivers working and thwartthe disease— the project ShareYour with HIV/AIDS patients. and resultedin numerous Quiet hasbirds chirping in sculptures of the deity in Lucknow, the UK and ■ ■ ■ theGandhararegion (present-dayPakistan Delhi, the sound of medical equipmentata and Afghanistan). In India, the legends of nursing home in Mumbai and of wind blow- Loss and melancholyhas found expres- Shitala Mata, who had the powers to heal ing in Auckland, New Zealand. Mumbai- sion throughart,but so has blackhumour. fever and smallpox, and Oladevi, the goddess basedDhruvi Acharya,meanwhile,reflects English caricaturistIsaac Cruikshank got afew of cholera,havebeen painted by folk artists on the isolation of lockdown, and the plight of laughsfor his 1808 print thatcastdoubtson foralongtime. migrant workers in herwatercolour series physician EdwardJenner’s smallpoxvaccine, MedievalEurope wasradicallyaltered by Painting in theTime of Corona. with Jenner warding offhis opponents with thebubonicplague that likely arrivedinSicily “Every period produces worksofart that aknife.The current crown-shapedvirus ac- in 1347 withthe Genoesemerchantsonships movesusindifferent ways.This time will be quires an eyeand long tongue in Bhaskar that sailedthrough the BlackSea. Itshorrors no different…There areartists who work Chitrakar’s Kalighat patuas, whereitenters were reflected in the artofthe times. It took morequicklyand offeramoreimmediate re- the home of aBengali babu.While Indian the livesofseveral prominentartists,includ- sponse ...Thereare several projectsindiffer- artistGagan Singh is sharing comic sketches ing GiottodiBondone and Bernardo Daddi, ent places in the worldwherephotographers ARTOFDYING loan parade buttons and soforth.One of the Hungaryatthe time, wasalso infectedby the of his lockdown experience,also trendingare who were rejecting Italian-Byzantine tradi- have shotpeople in theirhomes, from out- (Clockwise from top) challengeswas thatthere wasn’t arich virus but survived. LikeSchiele, the flu took Turkish artistErtan Atay’s re-imaginedpor- tions formorerealistic figures.Moreimpor- sidetheir windows.Streetand graffiti artists archiveofobjectstochoose from in telling the the livesofseveral other masters of the pe- traitsofmasters iftheywerealive in the pres- John Singer Sargent’s tantly, it altered the course of arthistory.The arealways quicktorespond. Thereare also story,”says Smith. riod,includingAmadeo de Souza-Cardoso, ent. Eachofthem wears amask—Klimt’s is pestilencethatkilledabout athird of Europe’s artists who arelooking at the pandemic Gassed;Dayanita The art that emerged from the 1918 pan- NikoPirosmani and MortonSchamberg. paintedwith the motif of hisiconicwork,The population coincidedwith the beginnings of through amorepoliticisedlens—protesting Singh’s photograph demic proved thatthe losseswerecollective The impact of the 1918 fluonart might Kiss (c1907),and Salvador Dali has his mus- Renaissance. As existing rigid hierarchical the lackofplanningand infrastructurethat of anurse at an HIV but notthe memories. “The Spanish Flu is nothavebeen as evidentasthe plague, but tachejuttingout from it. structures becamemoreflexiblewiththede- has hampered our ability to respond to this clinic; Egon Schiele’s rememberedpersonally, notcollectively.Not cities ravagedbythe warand disease sawthe “Artbeing artwillfind away to continue. cline of feudalism, therealso emergedanew novelvirus.But Iammostcurious aboutwhat The Family; Pieter as ahistorical disaster, but as millions of dis- birth of great artmovements.Spearheaded At the same time,its scaleis bound to change. class of patronsand supportfor artistssuchas the slowerartists will develop in the coming Bruegel the Elder’s crete, private tragedies,”writes LauraSpinney by designer Walter Gropius, Germanysaw an Ithink the book as aform willbesomething Filippo Lippi, Leonardo Da Vinci, Raphael and years. Will theystill be reflecting on the cre- in her 2017 book Pale Rider:The Spanish Flu of emphasis on minimalisminthe Bauhaus manymoreartists willbeforcedtoexplore, Michelangelo. ative powerofboredom, the intensity of iso- Tr iumph of Death; 1918 and HowItChanged theWorld. movement. Artists suchasMarcel Breuerand while we allthinkalot moreabout the huge The plague and itsprofoundexperiences lationand ourdeephuman needtoconnect Munch’s Self Portrait Onesuchtragedy wasrecorded by Paul Klee were proponentsofits rational ap- shopping and travel costs of exhibitions. of suffering and loss ledartists to create with eachother despiteeverything?” says with the Spanish Flu; German artistEgonSchiele, who sketchedhis proach. Across the great seas, in theUS, Instead, we send some PDFs and 3D drawings haunting imageries. While initiallyplague Trevor Smith, curatoratPeabody Essex and Hans Holbein friend and mentor GustavKlimt in his dying Dadaism challengedcapitalism and existing over. It might become moreabout collectives wasfeared as God’s punishment forsin,the Museum, US, and co-curator of “Spit Spreads the Younger’s Danse days.Months later,inOctober 1918,Schiele political and cultural norms, finding reso- rather thanbig individual artists.Art would sufferers later begantobeassociatedwith Death”,anexhibition that openedin October Macabre and his pregnant wife, too, had diedofthe flu nance in the worksofartists suchasMarcel address the inner livesofpeople as it always Christ. The DanseMacabre—dancing skele- 2019 at Mütter Museum in Philadelphia to —likeKlimt. His lastunfinishedcanvas, The Duchamp, Man Rayand Francis Picabia. does —yet,never before have we realisedthe tons accompanyingkings andcommoners — commemoratethe 101stanniversaryofthe Family, immortalisedhis cherisheddream — American arthistorianand criticMichael needfor community.SoIimagineartassmall, became amedievalallegoryfor theinevitabil- 1918 pandemic. “Weworkedwith various it is aportrait of him seated behindhis wife Lobel argues that since the Spanish Flu “over- about care, community, collectives. Ithink the ity of death. Oneofits best-known depictions forms of ephemera, patriotic and public and their unborn infant. At the ageoffive, lapped” with the end of WorldWar I, it is gurudwaramodel of sewa might be amodel is by GermanartistHansHolbein the Younger health posters, personal belongings, liberty Indian artistAmritaSher-Gil, who wasin probablydifficult to clearly distinguish the to look to forsome artists," says Singh.

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Ranjit Lal is an author, THE BIG LITTLETHINGS environmentalistand (Clockwise from above) Amol Palekar and birdwatcher Ashok Kumar in Chhoti Si Baat;stills from from Chitchor and Baton Baton Mein; Palekar,with Basu Chatterjee (centre)and his leading ladies (from left) Zarina Wahab, BindiyaGoswamiand Vidya Sinha; The Fast and astill from Rajnigandha; and Chatterjee

the Furious Someone asked me once whoIliked to work with more, Basuda or Hrishida (Hrishikesh Mukherjee). It wasnot an easy Wasps can be unreasonably question. Idid six films with Basuda and five with Hrishida.Iadored both equally; Iloved belligerent, besides having nasty their styles equally. With alot of dissection, nowinhindsight, Ican saythat Iloved to baby-rearing techniques work withHrishida morebecause he was very warm and affectionate; Iliked OTHERNATURE really seemstohaveitin Hrishida’s films morebecause thosewere forus. As if letting loose COVID-19onthe wholesomefilmswithhigh emotional quo- worldwas not enough,she decidedthat a EXPRESSARCHIVE tient. His films were technically better than Mferocious cyclone thatwould flattenand Basuda’s films. Having said that, Ifeel that flood large swathes of eastern India would alsobeinor- Basuda’s narrative stylewas moreauthentic der.But, probablyfeelingthatnorth-westand central andconsistentlydevoid ofany setcinematic India might feel leftout, sheupped the ante. And, so, here calculations.Hewouldshy away from melo- comethe locusts! SalaamBasuda drama or theatricaltwists and turns in his Locusts arebasicallygrasshoppers with agross eating screenplay. His cinematic treatment was and breedingdisorder (and areverycrunchy and high in simple yetnot simplistic.His humour was protein —although,theyneedtobeinsecticide-free to pure, sans anyadulteration. His characters makeasafesnack) and I’vealwaysliked their sprightly were vulnerable yetinfallible. Theyhad a greencousins. Grasshoppers have aremarkable catapult Actor AMOL PALEKAR on his bond with Basu Chatterjee, and why moral graph yettherewas no attempt to be sortofmechanism that enables thoseprodigious leaps.I’m judgmental. pretty tolerant of mostcreepycrawlies,althoughIwould- the filmmaker’s work will remain immortal I, as adirector,ammoreinfluencedby n’twant to sharemydinner with acockroach(whichIwas Basuda.His obsession to shootonactual lo- oncenearly made to do in aMumbaihospital’s ICU ward, cations and notonstudio sets influencedme years ago). But Ilikeand admirespiders—even wolf spi- OULD YOUliketochange deeply, so muchsothat Inever shotmyfilms ders camping on the potty lid —aswell as scorpions which your name, Amol? Like on sets exceptsome portions of Paheli remind me of medievalknightsinarmour,getting ready say‘Anmol Kumar’?” (2005). His discipline to have abound script forjousts.But leeches and ticks —nothanks. And cen- Basuda (BasuChatterjee) with dialogues ready before the commence- Whad asked me immedi- ment of the actual shooting wasyet another tipedes that launchguerrilla attacksinthe showerare im- mediatelyneutralisedwith the toiletbrush. atelyafter Rajnigandha (1974) wasready fora practice Ialways followed. Then thereare wasps: notorious,alien-eyedcousins release. He wastaking the film to various dis- Afew years ago, Ivisited Basuda andsur- of bees. Manyhaveatrulyhideousway of feeding their tributors, who were notready to take the risk prisedhim (with me were Zarina Wahab, babies. Whilemostadultsinnocentlysip nectar (somedo of distributing afilm with unknown newcom- BindiyaGoswami and Vidya Sinha). He was go in forbodilyfluids, including blood)and fruit juices — ers. Till then,VShantaram, CRamchandraand ecstatic to meet all of us together.Sandhya, their babies mustget freshmeat. So wasp moms of sev- MasterBhagwan were among the fewlead- my wife, blesseduswith amemorable pic- eral speciesgoaround stingingplump caterpillars, ing Marathi/ Maharashtrian names in the film tureofthose moments. Despitehis frail grasshoppersand cricketsand other insects,evenhuge industry. Probablytosurvive thenorthIndian body,wecouldfeel his sparkling soul. tarantulas, anaesthetising and draggingthem to burrows onslaught of Kapoors and Kumars, theyhad While climbing down the staircase of his and holes. Here, theylay their eggs on them and seal the felt compelledto changetheir original names house, Ifelt deeplysad, though. Ialwaysfelt deal. When the grubhatches, it finds itself on the back of —Vanakudre, Chitalkar and Bhagwan Abhaji that the film industry didn’t give him due itsfresh meal (whichcannotdefenditself) and proceeds Palav, respectively. recognition forhis everlasting contribution. to gorge, carefullybypassing (initially,atleast)the vital My flat refusal to changemyname was If we seethe prevalent herdofself-pro- organs. I’vepulledout nine or 10 zombie-likesmall spi- notsurprising to Basuda though. He wasin- claimeddazzlers with their Padma achieve- ders from the den of asingle spider wasp —and its troducedtomystubbornness right in our ments, Basuda stands out as aloner,with- hideous yellow grub wasattachedtoone. Wasp moms firstinteraction when he had approachedme ered away in the horizon.This is our aresingle parentsand even if theydonestinacolony, with Piya ka Ghar (1972). Iwould have loved cumulative failure. But his work is immortal, to acceptthe offerbut he asked me to meet whichnoone can ever snatchawayfrom the producer first. Somehow, the imageof him. Time and again, when we seeyet an- me holdingabegging bowl in front of apro- other failedcomedy film, the greatness of ducer wasdisturbing to me. Irefusedtomeet Basuda’s films gets reconfirmed. Mr Barjatya, and, of course, Ilostthe film. Basuda,now that youhaveleftus, the Despitemymulishness, Basuda ap- lines lingeringinmymind are: proachedmewith Rajnigandha just ayear later.Iwas very eager to hear the storyand Basuda beganthe narration. But justafter the ground. Vidyawas oblivious to acting. He from the beginning. In Bombay, Basuda, introductory lines, he handedoverabook nevershowedushow to perform, so Vidya through the Film Society movement, had ex- and asked me to read ashortstory by Mannu had ahardtime. Basuda asked me to re- posedmetomanyforeign films. Thus,my Bhandari. Iwas incapableofextrapolating hearse the sceneswith her.Evenlater,dur- bond with him startedevenbeforewe the cinematicelementsfromthose one-and- ing Chitchor (1976), he asked me to sharethe startedworking together.Hewas aman of a-half pages. Even then Isaid yestohim be- hotelroom with VijendraGhadge, specifi- fewwords. He usedtoworkonhis scripts RANJITLAL cause Iloved the simplicity in the story. callysothat he could rehearse his scenes constantly. Iusedtobeverycharmedbyhis SHE’SGOT THE STING My co-actors, VidyaSinha and Dinesh with me. His subtle smile afterthe okayshot down-to-earth, non-filmi personality.Idon’t Wasps are alien-eyed cousins of bees Thakur,werenew entrantsaswell.But usedtobeapat on the back. recall asingle incident when Ihad an argu- Dinesh and Iatleasthad atheatreback- His fondnessfor me percolatedright ment with him, whichissimplytohis credit. Salaam Basuda, from aboy-next-door.

eachmom usuallylooksafter onlyher ownprogeny — theyhavenoneofthe collective bonhomieofbees (ex- ceptwhile under attack). And, also unlikehara-kiri bees, wasps do notdie afterstinging you—in fact,theycan sting yourepeatedly.Their stingers arestraight and slen- inghis travels to otherparts of the worldsuch der, notbarbed likethose of bees —which, alas, get Moveable as Italyand Rwanda. hooked intoyour flesh so that when the beetries to pull In away,the book is acallbacktoSaran’s out, half itsinsides comeout as well,killing it. early ambitions of acareer in the arts.After Wasps can be unreasonablybelligerent. Relaxing in attending the Sir JJ School of Arts in Mumbai the pool one summer,Inoticedseveral orangewasps do- Feast foradegreeinvisual arts,hedecidedto ing the same thing —floating on the cool waterwith legs move to NewYorkCity to study at the School splayedout. One of these waseyeballing me and then de- of Visual Arts.Here, he balancedhis classes cidedtosunbathe on my neck. BeforeIcould duckunder and ajob on the side, with almostdaily cook- water, it stung me. The sting hurtfor agood 45 minutes in Chef Suvir Saran ing sessions, whichendedwith large groups spiteofthe salvesIapplied. Iwas lucky:ifthat wasp had on his new book,and of friends and friends of friends gorging on sensedathreat, it would have emitted an “attack” the homestyle food that he served.“Tenor pheromone, summoning acrazedhorde all over my head. his journey into the 15 or 30 people everynight,” he says.To This waswhy Igot abit perturbed when Irecently Saran, cooking wasstill onlyacreative ex- sawthese same orangewasps,sashaying intomyroom business of food pression,but word soonspreadabout a anddisappearing inside the air-conditioner.One morn- young Indian man serving some of the most ing therewereabout half adozen, agitatedly buzzing on deliciousmeals in the city.Hesoon started the glass door, demanding to be letout. So Ilet them out Pooja Pillai catering to parties and before long, wasin- and theywent —and then kept returning andvanishing vited to run the kitchen of anew Indian into ahole on oneside of the AC grille. Something nefari- restaurant that wasbeing launchedby ous wasgoingon. The infiltrators were obviouslybuild- SUVIR SARAN tells us that he’s been passion- Rakesh Aggarwal, president of the chain, ing bunkers and cantonmentsinside. ateabout food since he was“four or five”and Baluchi’s RestaurantsinNYC. At first, we triedthe diplomaticapproach. We then surprises us by revealing that as aschool- The restaurant, Devi, describedby The New plugged the hole with awad of cotton soaked in boy, he had absolutelynoinclination towards York Times as“arguablythe mostambitious kerosene. Oh, yes, that disturbed them —theyflew acareerinfood. Astudent of Modern School andrefinedIndian restaurant in New York”, around abit bewildered.But theyreturnedonce the in New Delhi, he did well academicallyaswell launchedSaran intointernational fame. “New smell dispersed. Now, we had to launchamajor as in artistic pursuitslikemusic and sculp- Yorkers went crazy over the food, because un- counter-offensive.Off came the grille —and this time ture. “So Ithought thatifIcannotbeadoctor, til then Indian food, to them, had been 50 kerosene wassprayed —likethe Americans spraying then Ishould be an artist,” he says. shades of nasty gloop dressedupwith fancy Agent Orange. Awholesquadron swarmedout to de- Instead, Saran, 47,endedupmaking a names. Icooked disheslikeporiyal and kac- fend itsillegallyoccupiedterritoryand we had to beat a name forhimself in the culinaryworld, chegosht ki biryani, food that took diners on hasty retreat, fortunatelysuffering no casualties. helming the kitchen of Devi in New York City, ajourneythrough allregionsof India,” he says. Matters quieteneddown, so we went in again. Stealthily, the firstNorth American restaurant serving else, Saran’s plans, too, were halted by the HAUTE AND him to compile them —along with other Saran leftDeviin2012, moving on to an- this time, and armedwith along paper cutter.Wehad Indian food to be awardedaMichelinstar. coronavirus pandemic. In the meantime, SPICY photosand essays —intoabook.“Iwas ill and other well-receivedrestaurantTapestry, be- spotted the illegalconstruction—the usual paper hon- Saran movedbacktoIndia in 2018 following however, he’s out with acoffee-table book, my friends said, ‘You’re notdoing anything, fore hisillness struck and he movedbackto (Clockwise from eycomb. With the help of the paper cutter it was amajor health crisis —acombination of Instamatic (Milap Publications). This is his so whynot work on abook?’” he says. India. And even as he made plans forHouseof brought down and removed. The wasps appeared to complications brought on by aministroke fourth book; his three previous bookswere above) Suvir Saran; Persuaded, Saran looked over the photo- Celeste, he beganplanning arestauranteach have temporarilyvacated the place, probablywaitingfor and orthostatic hypotension, whichincluded all cookbooks—Indian HomeCooking (2004), the HouseofCeleste, graphs he had been taking asarecord of alife in Delhiand Goa which, he assures, arestill the fumestodisperse. And, no, notasingle wasp diedin concussions, memoryloss, lossofvisionand AmericanMasala (2007)and Masala Farm his restaurant in that he had come to look on as agift. verymuchonthe cards. “This is averyuncer- the operation —theyall fled. motorskills. Notthat it slowedhim down. (2011)—while the latestone putstogether Gurugram had asoft The essays grew outofthe entrieshehad tain time forall of us,includingthose who run But have theygot the message? This morning, Isaw a Within amonth or twoofbeing home, he photographs and essays that Saranhas pro- launch in December been making everyday in adiary, musing on restaurants. Even if the restrictionsare lifted, scout scuttle inside the AC grille from the middle and, beganplanning his firstrestaurantinthe ducedoverthe lasttwo-and-a-half years. his lifeinNYC and the farm in the small town people will be scared to cometorestaurants right now, as Iwritethis,thereisone investigatingthe country. House of Celeste in Gurugram, Takenwithhis iPhone, some of the pho- of Hebron in NewYorkState,wherehelived at leastfor ayear or so, or until avaccine is original holeagain. Oh no, this warain’toveryet! whichhad its“softlaunch” in December tographs were originally postedonSaran’s with his partner Charlie Burd. Instamatic also found. So we have to bepreparedforthat. But 2019,was to have officiallyopenedwithabig Instagram account, wheretheycaught the includes photographs and essays thatwere we aredefinitely notshelvingour plans;once bang in March this year,but likeeveryone attention of afew friends who persuaded created afterSaran returnedtoIndia and dur- the situation has improved,wewillgoahead.”

New Delhi EYE,THE SUNDAY EXPRESS MAGAZINE

JUNE 7, 2020 BOOKS 15

Mind the Gap Conflict Zone In his new book,Thomas Piketty examines the trajectory of inequality in the world, Asobering reminder of the overweening military with optimistic suggestions on how to realise abetter future for all dominance in Pakistan’s civilian life

Rana Banerji mation of their sacrifice. Pulin BNayak CAPITAL AND Rashid shares with readers voices of IDEOLOGY the next of kin of martyred non-com- BY THOMAS WHILE IT is well known that the missioned officers (and notonlytheir HOMAS PIKETTYshotinto PIKETTY, ARTHUR PakistanArmyreliedheavilyonthe superiors).During herresearch trips, she prominence in 2013 with Capital Pothohar region of rural Punjab forre- sometimes found villagers sceptical GOLDHAMMER in theTwenty-First Century which cruiting soldiers, Maria Rashid’s book about militaryoutreach, admitting to ac- unravelled, withgreat acuity,the (TR.) showsindepth howithas systematically quiescent behaviour stemming from Tinherent natureofcapitalism to TheBelknap Press/ cemented amilitary culture,building fear (“Aisakarna partahai”). Whileshe sharpen inequalities of income and wealth. Harvard University bonds of affectation with men, their found jubilation and pride at covetedac- Capital and Ideology builds on it, and isdecid- Press wivesand mothers in the famed‘Land ceptance in the military, there wasalso edly moreambitious. It openswiththe ar- 1,104 pages of the Valiant’, Chakwal. This was rising anxiety when sons were postedto resting proclamation: “Everyhumansociety `2,250 achievednot onlythrough benevolent combat areas, and the “numbness at mustjustify itsinequalities”, or theentireso- management of recruitment and train- death, aweatthe grandeur of funerals cial andpolitical constructcould collapse. labour squeezedwith rising inflation, stag- ing practices, but also acalculated ma- organised, rawgriefafterwards”, when Scholars lookatincome inequality in purely nant earnings and pocketsofpersistent un- nipulation of grief, death and compensa- militaryofficers leftthe village. Though economistic terms, but Piketty is among employment, the bloatedgovernment looked tion to families. This mayhavebecome “theorchestrated rhetoric of continued those who lookatsuchissuesholistically, in likethe problem. The 1980s sawthe Thatcher- necessarytoenablevillagers to adjustto sacrificeinvoked some cynicism among their economic, sociological,historical,polit- Reagan confluence of free-market fundamen- achangeinperception of the enemy, thenextofkin”, overall,she found“an ical and even cultural ramifications. Such talism,along with the collapse of Sovietcom- from the “traditional” Indian to the new awareness that theinstitutionmustbe overarching scholars arearare breed, andare munism. Again,this createdideal conditions “internal Muslim”, confronted especially protected from those who wished to usuallyindebted to KarlMarx. In the forthe regeneration of inequalities. in the FederallyAdministered Tribal malign it”. CommunistManifesto (1848), Marxhad as- The trajectoryofinequality in India has Areas (FATA)inthe lasttwo decades. The armyfacedacontroversy in serted:“The historyof all hithertoexisting so- conformedtotrends inmaturecapitalist Perhaps, this revealinginquirycould 2010-13overrightistIslamic parties ciety is the history of class struggles.” Piketty countries over the pastcentury. In the late see the light of daybecause of the au- questioningthe segregation of “military offers another compelling perspective which 1930s, the richest1per cent appropriated21 thor’s lineage. Belonging to athird-gen- martyrs from other Muslim (militants) is in agreement:“The history of all hitherto per cent of the national income. After eration militaryfamily, Maria dedicates killed”, but by adopting these practices, existing societies is the history of the strug- Independence, while Nehruvian socialism her book to her father,Brigadier Rashid the author believes, the military“had gleofideologies and thequestfor justice.” failedtobreachthe Hindurateofgrowth of Ali Malik,who retired in 1996. He appar- been able to largely overridethe chal- Capital and Ideology analyses dataacross 3.5-4 per cent, progressive taxation andother entlycontestedher findings lengebrought by theshift centuries in Western Europe, NorthAmerica, statistmeasures kept afirm checkonin- before hisdeath in 2017 (she from the Hinduenemy to the India, China, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Iran, Africa equality. By the early 1980s,the shareofthe admitstobeing “baffledby newMuslim”. and Brazil. France looms large,because top1per cent wasamere6per cent of na- his acceptance”... he “loved Apartfromthe reception Piketty is French. In 1789, whenthe world tional income. But in 1991,liberalisation pre- me regardless”). Though of grief in villages, Rashid’s livedinserfdom, slavery,colonialism or cipitouslywidened disparities again. The top Maria enjoyed unfettered book devotes specific chap- hereditarymonarchy, Frenchrevolutionar- 1per centnow enjoys almost22per centof access to officers in Army ters to recruitment and ies had dared to speak of liberty,equality and national income, and the richest10per cent Headquarters (GHQ) and the training (‘Manufacturing fraternity.Piketty has triednot to neglectany own81per centofwealth, making India one Inter Services’ Public Soldiers’), soldier disabilities, historical, sociological or political detail of in- of the mostunequal countries. Relations (ISPR) duringher religionand the “war on ter- equality regimes. This givesthe book physi- Extensive deregulations in the US and research she notes, rather ror”. Deliberatepolicy efforts cal heft, and the intricatedetails aresome- majorEuropean economiesinthe pastthree tongue-in-cheek,their ad- in the post-Musharrafphase times abit tooheavy on the mind. The first decades triggered an unprecedented rise in monition nottoreveal un- sawareduction in recruit- DYING TO SERVE: regime studiedisternarysociety in medieval inequality,beyond the levels of the Belle comfortable facts. MILITARISM, ment quotas forPunjab. This Europe, with three classes —the religious, Epoque. It also ledtothe deep financial crisis The author describes the AFFECT AND THE created resentment in the warrior and thelabouring. Piketty re- triggered by the housing bubble in 2008. fanfareattending the annual POLITICS OF Chakwal. Influential civilian minds us that from the 10th centurytothe Multitudes of informal workers facedlong Youm-e-Shuhada (YeS) func- SACRIFICE IN THE feudals foundtheir sifarish late 19th centuryinEurope, therewas also a periods of unemployment,and the unreli- tion (April 30), whichstarted PAKISTAN ARMY forentryless effective, distinct group of serfs. able gig economy wasborn. This provided in 2010 but wasdiscontin- though recommendations BY MARIA RASHID India merits afull chapterwith her an- fodder forthe OccupyWall Street movement, uedafter 2015,whichfo- from ex-serviceman held cient and unique formulation of social strat- and the COVID-19 pandemic has nowtaken cusedonmartyrs from FATA. Stanford greater weightage. ification, caste.Despitethe periodic resolve US unemployment to incredible heights. This wasdifferent from the UniversityPress The lastchapter(‘A Post- to rid our polity of itsimplications, it dictates Dialectical materialism ledMarxtocon- older Youm-e-Difa (YeD) 288 pages MilitaryWorld?’) reaffirms India’s contemporaryreality.British colonial clude thatthe pauperisation of peasantsand commemoration(October `2,120 hownarrativesofsacrifice administrators usedittotighten governance, workers would result in the violent over- 6), observed afterthe 1965 continuetohold valence, de- and adecadal census enumerating caste was throw of the propertiedclass, as in the Reign war. In both, it had become customary spitestrains during momentswhen the initiated in 1871.Then, Piketty examines slav- of Terror of 1789 and the 1917 October forthe armychief to make “a Stateofthe relationship is tested.“Avoidable death eryand colonialism,whereinequality Revolution. But Piketty believesthat ajust Nation” type address, depictingthe val- is turned meaningful” and the military reachedits pinnacle, and wasencodedinthe societycan be establishedthrough partici- our and sacrifices made againstthe en- can“function as amodernkinshipgroup minds of the rulers and the ruled. Elaborate patorysocialism, with explicit power-shar- emyin“carefullycrafted narrativesof thatrewards itssubjects with pay, pen- ideological constructsjustifiedthese ing between workers and shareholders. grief and mourning”. sions,and other benefitsincludingland regimes. Scholars expoundedonthe effi- Piketty’s appeal lies in his unfaltering op- Members of martyrs’families, espe- grants”. These inducements“act as bar- ciency of slavery andthe role, nay, the neces- timism to realise abetterworld forall. This ciallymothers of the shuhada,appeared gainingchips that permit continued sity, of colonialism to civilise the natives. Even restsonthree vital suggestions. First, apro- on the daisand ISPR officers carefully membership” in the kinship group. The some of the morehumanistic European gressive taxonincome and property (the monitored their preparation duringre- armyisacutelyconscious of howitcrafts philosophers believedinthis myth. latter would secureapermanent circulation hearsals, “toshowjustthe right emotion ties withits soldiers and their families. Capitalism attainedmaturity in the sec- of wealth). Second, universal capital endow- and some acting”, while skillfullyman- This “appeal of militarism” remains a ond half of the 19th century, about ahun- EXPRESSARCHIVE ment to ensureaflowofincome and adig- aging cameraworktodetermine what “powerful political act, usedtochallenge dred years afterthe spinning jenny, but its HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES unemploymentand human miseryques- nifiedexistence forall (notuniversal basic wasdepicted.While the mother’ssacri- itssubjects”. It can also be displayedas“a discreetcharmcameofage in 1880-1914, the Manmohan Singh entering the tionedthe viability of thecapitalistsystem. income, though the twoare linked). And, fice wasoften venerated,asit was“pure, heady mixofgriefand ceremonyfor the Belle Epoque. The richand the well-offcould The genius of John MaynardKeynes offered third, on social inequality,Piketty believes even asexual”,the participation of a sha- largernation”, whenneeded. Parliament House to present the live well, but inequalities of income and arevolutionaryfix but WorldWar II inter- that the worldhas much to learn from the heed’s wifewas discouraged,asthe “dis- Rashid’s book is asobering reminder wealth were getting sharper and peaked just Budget on July 24, 1991. vened, and the maturecapitalist countries Indian practice of reservation. It is gratify- playofromanticlove” wasconsidered that militarydominance over civilians is before the beginning of WorldWar I. The Liberalisation precipitously put Keynesian prescriptions intopractice ing to learn that in his assessment, the Indian “tricky and could have un-Islamic” con- unlikelytochangeinPakistaninthe fore- wealthiest10per cent in the advanced widened disparities again onlyafterwards. state has played, on balance, apositive role notations.Women’s feelings of regret seeable future. Western countries enjoyed80to90per cent in India Piketty shows that in1950-80, Keynesian in promoting equalityinthis hierarchical and anger about their lostsons differed of all property. management of the macro-economyand and fractured subcontinent. from the fathers’ reactions, who found Thewriterisformerspecialsecretary, The unprecedenteddestructionoflife progressive income taxeskeptincome in- it easier to take solace from public affir- cabinetsecretariat and property in the Great Warwas followed equalities in check. By theend of the PulinBNayakwasprofessorofEconomicsatthe by the GreatDepression of 1929-33. Huge Seventies, with oil prices hardening and DelhiSchoolofEconomics

setting offers her aperfect microcosm of the world. “I’malways interestedbynationhood, Fire on the Island by what makes people feel theyhaveowner- ship overapiece of land, and this is so strong on islands. It’s adangerous thing, the suspi- In her first novel for adults, children’s writer Kiran cion of outsiders, the intolerance of incomers. That wayprejudice and bigotry lie,” she says. Millwood Hargrave examines women’s struggle against If her booksfor children arelit up by em- pathyand an independence of spirit, it is not patriarchy through the prism of an infamous 17th because she talksdowntoher readers but because she refuses to airbrush out the dark- century witch-hunt ness. Hargraveremembers being encour- aged by her parentstoask questions and her Paromita Chakrabarti and-witchcraftlaws, inspired by his Scottish half-Indian mother instilling in her the im- counterpart, King James VI. Aimedprimarily portance of believing in herself. “I valuedau- at the indigenous Sami population and their thenticity as achild. As adults, we forget that WHATPROMPTS an award-winningchil- pagan rituals, these laws soon encompassed children experience the worldwith as much dren’s writer to turnher gaze towardsfiction anyone considereddeviant. In particular, it conflict and complication as grown-ups do. foradults? ForBritishnovelist,poetand play- wasusedagainstwomen who were uncon- Bookscan offerasafespace to negotiate wright Kiran Millwood Hargrave, it wasthe ventional —women likethose in Vardø, who these experiences. Children encounter bul- SteilnesetMemorial, whichdrew heratten- slippedintothe shoes of their dead menfolk, lies, loss, sadness —it’s important to speak tion to aScandinavian calamity and itsterri- learning to fish andgraze reindeer,tobutcher openlyabout these so theyhavethe tools to ble aftermath —the Vardøstorm of 1617 in meat and to survive.Over50witchtrials process them...I’d rather achildencountered northern Norway,that nearly decimatedthe were held in the region under the supervi- them firstinabook,sotheyfeel better island’s male population, and the witchtri- sion of itsgovernor,John Cunningham, and equippediftheycome across them in life,” als that followedin1621, one of manyofthe Vardøwomen were she says. the biggestinScandinavian his- burnt at the stake. Her ownresilience has been builtona tory.“Idiscoveredthe storyofthe The characters Hargravecon- TOMDEFRESTON happy, stable childhoodand her pushback 1617 storm and the 1621 witch structs—Maren, who loses her AGAINST ALL of Hargrave’s writings forchildren, markedby best friend, disguisedasaboy.InThe Island at againstdepression that came on the heels of trials through apiece of art—an father,brother and fiancé, but ODDS her surefootedsense of atmosphereand char- theEnd of Everything (2017), her second book atraumaticincident when she was19. “Itis installation by (French- who mustrenegotiatethe rules acter.Hargrave, whose childhood wasfull of forchildren, shortlistedfor the 2017 Costa an illness, and has ledtocancelling events, Writer Kiran American)artistLouise of survivalonthe island; Ursa, the booksand travel, says shehas alwaysaspired Book Awards, Hargraveturns to historical fic- pushing deadlines. But I’mtentativelyhope- Bourgeois. She created an ex- teenager from Bergen, in an un- Millwood Hargrave forfluidity in her writing. “They(writing for tion andtells the storyofAmi,who liveson ful that those days arebehindme. I’ve traordinarycageofsmoked glass, equal marriagewith the fanati- adultsand forchildren)are different in theme Culion Island in the Philippines, once the worked hardintherapy, and found the right in whichsitsametalchair,onfire, cal newgovernor of Vardø; and tone, but my styleisconsistent through- world’s biggestleper colony. The arrivalofa medication to manage my condition.It’s and surroundedbybronze mir- Karen, the outspoken woman out. I’vealwaysadmired writers likePhilip newgovernment official means healthychil- something Ican live with. Perhaps, it’s made rors. It says alot aboutculpability, with adisregardfor taboos, and Pullman, EvaIbbotson, and MargaretAtwood, dren likeAmi have to leave behind their ail- me moreempathetic, but I’m very anti the voyeurism, horror, and beauty,” ahostofothers —are reminis- who skip through genres and form and trust ing familymembers and move to an orphan- idea of promoting mentalhealthasaroman- says Hargrave, 30. The memorial, built by cent of alongline of feministheroines who their readers to followthem,” she says. ageacrossthe sea. In TheWay Past Winter tic thing, something writers and artists,in Bourgeois and Swiss architect Peter Zumthor, have to face up to systemic, structural patri- Readers who have followedher steady rise (2018), Mila and her sisters have to find away particular,noblywrestle with. The truth is is atributetothe victims of thewitchtrials. archy. “I always react againstthe phrase have travelledonthe wings of her wordsto to rescue their brother Oskar,who disappears it’s debilitating, exhausting, ugly,” she says. TheMercies (Picador, Rs 699), Hargrave’s ‘strong women’ because all women are distant islands, setapartfromthe mainland the morning aftermysterious strangers land In Oxford, whereshe liveswithher artist firstnovelfor adults, whichsaw a13-way bid strong. But it’s still the case that women by their ownecosystems. Her debut novel— up at their place asking forfood and shelter husband and her cat, she has spent the lock- forpublishingrights,opens intoaworld struggle to be seen as empowered, be it phys- The Girl of Ink and Stars (2016) —that wonher forthe night. down in industry,editingtwo shorter works wherethe storm brings devastation and re- ically, emotionally, financially…I think equal- the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2017 In eachofthese books, Hargraveoffers a forchildrenand writingher next novelfor silience, grief and jealousy,and agrowingre- ity scares thosewho see themselveshaving and the British Book Award’s Children’s Book compelling viewofthe feminine experience adults —“another work of historical fiction, ligious hysteria, that will, inevitably, leave the mosttolose —people with powerwill of the Year —isthe storyofanother island that mustovercome loss, discrimination and basedaround an event of mass hysteria, set desolation in itswake. In 1618,the Danish do anything to keep it,” she says. dweller,Isabella, acartographer’s daughter, injustice to ownthe relationships and iden- in thehottest summerEurope ever knew,” kingChristian IV,introduced anti-sorcery- In manyways, The Mercies is an extension who embarkson amission to find hermissing tities theyforge.Tothis end,the islandasa she says.

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Sammyalleges racist abuse while playing IPL BeforeKaepernick,therewasHodges FORMER WESTIndies captain Daren Sammy the firstcricketer to putthe ICC in the line of One of the finestshooters in the NBA, HODGES spoke alleged that he wasatthe receiving end of a fire,asthe #BlackLivesMatter campaign racialslur,“kalu”, while playing gathers steam by theday. openlyofracial oppression in theleague in 90s, and forSunrisers Hyderabad in the “@ICC and all the otherboards Indian Premier League. areyou guysnot seeing what’s wassubsequentlyostracised. He talkstoGAURAV “I justlearntwhatthat‘kalu’ happening to ppl likeme? Are meant when Iplayedfor younot gonna speak against BHATT about thetravails and turmoils of his time and Sunrisers in the IPL.Theycall the social injustice againstmy me and Perera by that name. I kind. This is notonlyabout connectsitwith the present contextinthe US. thought it meant strong America. Thishappensevery- Stallion.Mypreviousposttells day#BlackLivesMatter nowis ASHARPSHOOTER, Craig Hodgeshelped All-Star weekend (the Lakers players, fight- me somethingdifferent and I’m notthe time to be silent. I Michael Jordan's ChicagoBulls to their first ing forapension plan, were threatenedwith angry,”SammypostedonInstagram on wanna hear u,” Sammy, who played38Tests, twochampionships in 1991 and 1992. He their careers before the commissioner Saturday.His earlier postread:“Oh so that’s 126ODIs and 68 T20Internationals,posted remains the onlyother playerafter Larry agreedtoadiscussion). what that meant when they called me and on Twitter.Sammy’s follow-up tweetsaid: Birdtowin three successivethree-point Ifelt likethe precedent had been set, as @tp_pererakalu in India when we played for “For toolongblackpeoplehavesuffered. I’m contests at the All-Star weekend. But Hodges farasbeingabletohaveaworkstoppageto Sunrisers. Ijustthoughttheywerecalling me allthe wayinStLucia and I’m frustrated If wasrun out of theleaguefor being politi- getsome type of solutions in terms of black strong blackman...I’m morepiss(sic) now.” yousee me as ateammatethen yousee callyoutspoken, on issues ranging from ownership, blackmanagement, coaches. Sammyhas already takenhis protesttothe #GeorgeFloyd Can youbepartofthe change struggles of Chicago's blackcommunity to The daybeforethe firstgame (of the NBAfi- International Cricket Council (ICC), urging by showing your support. the lackofblack leadership in the NBA. nals), we hadour practice session and the the game’sglobal body to open itseyesand #BlackLivesMatter”. Sammypostedhis Afterthe 1992 championship win, Lakers practicedafter us.IapproachedMJ. speak up againstracism. Sammy is probably tweets on June 2. ENS Hodges went to the traditional WhiteHouse 'Man, what youthink aboutusboycotting Aphoto from the 20th-anniversarycelebration of ChicagoBulls' firsttitle win visit clad in asparkling white'dashiki' and the finals?' And he lookedatmealmostlike, during the 1990-91season.Craig Hodges, centre, holds the trophy. Jordan and holding an eight-pageletterfor president 'man, that's crazy'. Iunderstood he looked Scottie Pippen aretohis left. George Bush Sr detailing the ordeals of the at it in acursoryway while Ilookedatit We were wrong fornot listening Jordan to donate$100million African-Americans.Bush neverreplied,and moreofacriticalopportunity. to players earlier:NFL chief forracial equality and justice Hodges wasreleased by theBulls, neverto IapproachedMagicthesame night andhe playerstanding up on the principles of jus- inated against. Howour ability to earnaliv- be touchedbyanother NBAteam. justlookedatmeasifIwastalkingfromMars. tice, we stood up on principles of econom- ingfor our familywas takenawayfromus. NFL Commissioner RogerGoodell said the Michael Jordanand the Jordan Brand are In aconversation with TheIndian Express, ics. Ican't reallyget mad at aplayerwho did- Michael Jordan's 'The LastDance' has league waswrong fornot listening to players giving $100 million to organizationsdedi- Hodges talksabout the ongoing movement Then therewas the WhiteHouse trip... n't (speak up). Youonlyhaveacertain broughtalot of ill-intent to the surface. Alot fighting forracialequality and encouraged cated to promoting racial equalityand so- in America, NFL's decision to backColin BeforeIevenhad achance to meet amount of time earning thosedollars.But at of things in the pasthavebeen, youknow, them to peacefullyprotest.One dayafter cial justice. In ajoint statement Fridayon Kaepernick's protest, and whyJordan never President, Imet Bush Jr.Ihad put on my the same time, we have acertain platform privatelyspokenabout thatnoone ever 2018 NFL MVP PatrickMahomes and several social media, Jordan and the Jordan Brand took him up on the offertoboycott an NBA Africangarment (dashiki).Sowhen he ap- to speak from while we'reearning that brought it to the public forefront. Youcan't of his peersreleased avideodemanding the said moneywillbepaidover10years with final game. proachedme, he wastalkingreally slow, try- money. hide it anymore, man, becauseyoung people league condemn racism, Goodellmade his the goal of “ensuring racial equality,social ing to makesureIunderstand. 'That's an have had achance to take acloser look. strongeststatement on the issues many justice and greater access to education.” What areyour views on thecurrent awesome garment. Whereare youfrom?' NFL has come out and said that they players passionatelysupport. George Floyd's “Blacklives matter,” the statement said. social unrestinAmericaand do yousee And I'm like, 'Oh, thanksman!I'm from were wrong in howtheydidn't back Speaking of 'The LastDance', did you death has ignited nationwide protestsover “Thisisn't acontroversialstatement.Until anyparallelswith the RodneyKing Chicagoheights' (laughs). Kaepernick. expect the makers to give youacalland racialinjusticeand police brutality,issues the ingrained racism that allows our coun- beatdown in 1991? My mom marched in 1963, the March on It's ratherinteresting. People arecarry- sharestories about Michael? former San Francisco 49ers quarterback try's institutions to fail is completelyeradi- It's been arecurring incident,the vio- Washington with Dr.(Martin Luther) King. ing so muchweight today. The NFL, theyun- The crazy thing is, Ididn't even know Colin Kaepernickbegan speakingout against cated, we will remain committed to pro- lence againstblack people by the police. In Formetoget achancetogotothe White derstand thatthe sleeping giant is waking theyweredoingadocumentaryuntil aweek in 2016 ."It has been adifficult time forour tecting andimprovingthe livesofblack 1991,wewereinthe championship run House and meetthe President...Mymother up, the blackpeople in America... Nowyou before it came out. And my sontold me country.Inparticular,blackpeople in our people.” Jordan, the 57-year-old former when RodneyKing wasbeaten. Nowwe didn't getachance to saywhatshe wanted seethe NFL starting to see theswell of sup- about it.When they interview106 people, country,"Goodell said in avideo released ChicagoBulls great, is the owner of the have George Floyd beingmurdered.This to say. There, Ihad achance to speak on be- port forblack livesand the reality of injus- and youdidn't take the time to interview Friday. "..We,the National Football League, CharlotteHornets.The Jordan Brand is a time around, it's adifferent energy because half of our disenfranchisedpeople and give tices. your teammatethat wasinthe backcourt condemn racism and the systematic oppres- subsidiaryofNike, the shoe giant that ear- young people all overthe globehavespo- the message to the President. with youwhen we fought againstCleveland sion of blackpeople.“We,the National lier Fridaycommitted$40 million over the kenand arelooking at the oppression. Do youwish NBAhad done something and Detroit... Forme, it's funny, it's childish. Football League, admit we were wrongfor next four years to support the blackcom- The late60s had anumber of strong, likethat backinthe daytoacknowledge It's great entertainment during this time notlisteningtoNFL players earlier and en- munity.Jordan also releasedastatement It wasduring that 1991 Championship outspoken role models. What your mistreatment? of quarantine. It's Mike's opinion and point courageall to speak out and peacefully MondayonGeorgeFloyd and the killingsof run when youwalked up to the Michael transpired in thenexttwo decades that Ithink it's coming and theydon't have a of viewtoput himself on apedestaland to protest. We,the NationalFootballLeague, blackpeopleatthe hands of police. “I am Jordan and Magic Johnson with the suddenlyyour stance wasn't the choice. It's one of those things whereIwill knockother peopledown... I'm doing adoc- believe BlackLives Matter.Ipersonally deeplysaddened, trulypainedand plain an- boycottidea. popular opinion? continue to raise my voice. Hopefully, the umentarybasedonmybook.I'm definitely protestwithyou and want to be partofthe gry,”Jordan said. “I see and feel everyone's During the 1963 All-Stargame,Jerry My voice wasdrownedout basically NBAcan followsuit and we getachance to going to interview him if he wouldliketo, muchneededchangeinthis country.” AP pain,outrageand frustration...” AP West and Elgin Baylor voted to boycottthe through endorsements. As opposedtoa tell our storyand tell howwewerediscrim- I'm reaching out (laughs). YOURWEEKAHEAD BRIDGE SUNDAY CROSSWORD 2272 If it’s your Declarer South(Contract6H)Teams ARIES(Mar 21 -Apr 20) LIBRA (Sep 24 -Oct 23) QUICKCLUES Birthday There’s nothing The answers areon ACROSS wrong with putting theway,but notjust NORTH 7. Damage causedintransit, yourselffirst. Afterall, yet. Youare still ♠ J109873 perhaps ?(8) someone musttake deeplyconcerned 9. 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