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SPECTRUM ANTI-BUSINESS WHAT'S INSIDE GM warns Maha move Auctions to block its exit could may be a hit investment REUTERS Detroit/New Delhi, Jan 23 no-show ’S MOVE TO block General Motors (GM) ● Spectrum expiring in 2021 fromshuttingaplantandexit- Telcos expected Jio: Total: 81.25 Mhz ing the country defies the state’sbusiness-friendlyimage ■ in 800 Mhz band LEISURE, P6 to do minimum and sends a ‘concerning mes- buying,leaving Bharti Airtel: sage’ to potential future The truth diet Total: 57.60 Mhz investors, the US automaker about 60% 51.40 Mhz in 1800 Mhz band said on Friday. From keto and low-fat to vegan and 6.20 Mhz in 900 Mhz band spectrum unsold GM’scommentscameafter paleo, there are a plethora of diet fads Vodafone Idea: SWEET BEGINNING authorities in Maharashtra swirling all around us, luring those looking Total: 57.25 Mhz FM Nirmala Sitharaman and MoS Anurag Thakur participate in the halwa ceremony in earlier this week rejected the automaker’s application to to lose weight quickly. But do they 51.05 Mhz in 1800 Mhz band New Delhi on Saturday.This year the ceremony marks the beginning of compilation FE BUREAU 6.20 Mhz in 900 Mhz band of budget documents instead of printing, as documents will be distributed cease operations at its plant in actually help in weight loss or are they New Delhi, January 23 electronically for the first time since independence. The FM also launched the Union the western Indian state amid ■ just passing trends? Experts weigh in... Total spectrum to be put up Budget Mobile App that can be downloaded from www.indiabudget.gov.in PTI protests by workers who THE SPECTRUM AUCTIONS for auction: 2,251 MHz worth demanded GM continue pro- which the plans to `3.92 lakh cr at reserve price duction or keep them on the ■WORDS WORTH, P4 hold in March are likely to see ■ Govt may get after final bids: payroll indefinitely. operators bidding conserva- `1.09 lakh cr, assuming there HOTWHEELS The decision runs counter tively,which means that apart are no takers for 700 Mhz band to Maharashtra’s business- The ironies fromrenewingwhatisexpiring, friendly reputation, a GM theywilljustfillthegapsintheir duetoprohibitivelyhighprice. Premium hatchbacks in demand spokesman said in a state- of politics portfolio to leverage theirexist- RelianceJioneedstorenew VIKRAM CHAUDHARY By CY2020, the compact are Swift and i10 etc; and com- ment.“It sends a concerning An account of ing spectrum holding to the the biggest chunk of its spec- New Delhi, January 23 premium hatchback sub-seg- pact premium are Baleno,i20, message to any potential Vajpayee’s term lays maximum. Also, none of the trum — its 81.25 Mhz in 800 ment had improved its sales Altroz,Polo,Jazz,etc.Anincreas- future investors who want to operatorsareexpectedtobidfor Mhz band which is used for INCALENDARYEAR(CY)2015, sharefrom8.2%to13%,while ing numberof Indians are now bring jobs and investment to bare the hypocrisy the premium 4G spectrum in providing4Gservices,isexpir- the compact low hatchback thatofcompactlowdroppedto buying compact premium the state.” of political theorists the700Mhzbandbecauseofthe ing later this year. 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This took the petrol price in its new brand called ‘In Delhi to `85.70 per litre and in Mumbai to `92.28. Diesel rate Mobiles’,whileLavamarkedits Continued on Page 11 climbed to `75.88 a litre in the national capital and to `82.66 per litre in Mumbai, the price data showed. PAGE 3 Introduced customisable UltraTech Cement Q3 net profit Lava MyZ range in January jumps over two-fold to `1,585 cr Lava International ADITYABIRLA group firm UltraTech Cement on Saturday reported over two-fold jump in consolidated net profit to `1,584.58 crore in the Karbonn Mobiles December quarter, reports PTI.The leading Micromax Plans to launch two cement producer had posted a net profit of `711.17 crore in Launched smartphonesKarbonn Mobiles by March the October-December quarter a year ago, UltraTech IN Note 1 and and eight devices Cement said in a BSE filing. 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'needbasis'buttheyhavebeen not all cities have buses, met- for gossip will have to wait for CompaniesFE spoke with mandated to book their desks ros and trains available and sometime.Instead,as employ- said while theywere keen on through an app before step- operational,”Nathan says. eesstartworkingfromofficesin bringing all their staff back to pingintotheoffice.SVNathan, For more information, please contact: +91 97792 14455 / [email protected] the new normal, they will be offices,they prefer adopting a chief talent officer, says this Continued on Page 11

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THENAMEOF the TV channel is not material.The name of the journalist is ACROSSTHE not material.The accusations in respect FIFTH ofsomeothermattersagainstthechan- nel are not relevant for today's column. AISLE COLUMN What are relevant and material are the P Chidambaram TAVLEEN SINGH decision-making process and the deci- sionsconcerningnationalsecuritytaken at the highest levels of the government. The purpose of this column is not to Listen to the people accuseormalignanyone.Thepurposeis to ask a straightforward question: were FOR THE FIRST time since India apparent dichotomy is that Modi's sensitive and protected decisions of the first celebrated Republic Day on government is being seen as arro- government shared with anyone who January 26,1950,there will be two gant and contemptuous.When the was not a part of the decision-making paradesinDelhinextweek.Onewill farmersbegantheirsiegeonDelhi's process? A supplementary question is, 'Exact words' be the official parade to which the borders, the first reaction of senior wouldsomeofthosedecisionsfallunder only people invited now are high ministers was to charge them with "official secrets"? officials and their friends and rela- being Khalistanis and 'anti- tions.The other is a parade that is national'. Some BJP spokesmen Bad news for Zuckerberg beingorganisedbythepeopleofour actually said on national television How these matters tumbled out of republic to which no officials have thatthiswasnothingbutacontinu- the closet is a mystery.They are sup- is a betrayal been invited. It will be a parade of ation of the Shaheen Bagh protest posed to be"chats"on WhatsApp.The tractorscarryingangryfarmersand against the citizenship laws. In the owners of WhatsApp have long claimed theirfamilies.Itseeksnottodisrupt case of that protest, it was easy to that all conversations on WhatsApp are the official parade but to make the spreadconspiracytheoriesbecause encrypted from end-to-end and no one point that the government has theprotesterswereMuslims.Inthe has access to those conversations.Itwas stopped listening to the people. If case of the farmers,it has not been alsoclaimedthattheownersdonothave this were not true,whywould the easy to get away with wild charges arecordoftheconversationsandcannot Modi government insist on farm becausetheyrespondedangrilyand share them with anyone. I do not know reforms that farmers so deeply often that it is their sons, brothers if those claims are true, but there is resentthattheyhavecampedonthe andfatherswhodefendIndia'sbor- growing doubt. Can conversations borders of Delhi for more than two ders. Sikh farmers have been more between two individuals be hacked — months?Theunofficialparademay aggressive because of the sly cam- that is, one enters illegally and steals? I bestoppedfromenteringDelhi,but paign the government has run that donotknowtheanswertothatquestion the farmers have made theirpoint. seeks to create the impression that too, but there is growing suspicion that There was a time in the early itisonlySikhfarmerswhoareangry such conversations can be hacked. yearsofourrepublicwhenordinary about the newlaws. All this is bad news for Mr Mark people could attend the official The truth is that arrogance has Zuckerberg, the owner of Facebook, parade. As someone who lived been the defining characteristic of Instagram and WhatsApp,and among withinwalkingdistanceofRajpath, Modi's second term as Prime Min- the richest persons in theworld. Irememberwellthosecold,wetJan- ister. Parliament has been treated Be that as it may,certain conversa- uary mornings when we would go not (to use his ownwords) as that tions between two individuals have extra early to get good seats on the 'temple of democracy' on whose become public.Tothe best of myknowl- green wooden benches that lined steps he bowed his head on his first edge,the published material (in print bothsidesoftheparaderoute.Secu- day there. But, as a vehicle to ram and on the social media) has not been rity was no problem so we would through laws whether the people denied by the individuals concerned. If carry with us baskets filled with want them or not. This was easy it is denied,that is the end of the matter foodandhotbeveragesandwaitfor when it came to the abrogation of as faras this column is concerned; if it is what seemed like hours for the Article 370 because most Indians not,certain questions arise. parade to begin.It used to be a cele- outsideKashmirapprovedtotally.It bration in which ordinary people waswiththechangestothecitizen- An official secret participated with joy and excite- ship law that things started to get TherewasanattackonanIndianmil- ment. But,for manyyears now,it morecomplicated.Modi'sministers itaryconvoyatPulwamaonFebruary14, has been a parade which only and his minions on social media 2019.Aconversationtookplacebetween VIPs can actually witness. This shriekedtheirheadsoffthatIndian 'Journalist'and'Other'on February23: makes the other parade next week Muslims would not find their citi- 23-02-2019 more interesting, even if it is zenship under threat, but they 10.31 pm: Journalist: On another stopped at the last minute. remained unconvinced with good note something big will happen. The farmers are trying to be reason. In more ways than one the 10.33 pm: Other:Am sure you will heard and the Prime Minister Hindutva project that has been and I strongly wish yoursuccess Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg surrounded by the media during a hearing on protection of user data, on Capitol Hill in should listen. Last week an India launchedinModi'ssecondtermhas 10.34 pm: Other: Foryoursuccess Washington, US FILE PHOTO: REUTERS Today poll declared that Narendra made it clear that Muslims are sec- 10.36 pm: Journalist: No sir, Modi is as popular as ever and that ond-class citizens. Pakistan. Something major will be done those "words". That person, I shall Army and Air Force Chiefs and the 10-04-2019 if an election were held today the Insteadoftryingtoaddresstheir this time. assume,was lucky: he was in the right Commander of the Western Air 12.45pm:Other:Jaitleyistheirbiggest rulingNationalDemocraticAlliance fears,the response has been to pass 10.37pm:Other:Itsgoodforbigman place at the right time! I am concerned Command.Even the strike pilots would failure (NDA)thatheleadswouldgetmore ludicrous love jihad laws in BJP- in this season about who uttered those words. Why have been briefed only hours before the Journalist:thatIagreetotally than 300 seats. This could have ruled states,whose main purpose He will sweep polls then were the words uttered in the presence strike,andquarantineduntilthelaunch. Shockingly,therewasadeathvigilover more to do with the dismal state of seemstobetojailMuslimmenwho Strike?? OrBigger ofanon-governmentperson?Werethey You may draw your conclusions on who averyillman. the Opposition, but that is neither marry Hindu women.This is a law 10.40 pm: Journalist: Bigger than a uttered with the intention of sharing used the"exact words"and shared the 19-08-2019 here nor there. Modi's charisma, that demeans women by denying normal strike.And also on the same time protected information? While it was protected information. 10.08am:Journalist:Jaitleystretching according to this poll,remains as them the fundamental right to something major on Kashmir. On Pak- widely expected that the defence forces My worry is, was the information it.PMOdoesnotknowwhattodo.PMleav- lustrous as ever.So then why do we choose who they marry, but some- istan the Govt is confident ofstriking in a will retaliate to the Pulwama attack, no shared with any one else who (perhaps ingonWednesdayforFrance have this second parade taking howBJPchiefministersdonotseeit way that people will be elated. body could have imagined the "exact unknown to the source) may have been 10.09am:Other:Sohasnotdiedyet? place at all? Why have angry farm- this way. Could it be because, in Exact words used. words used" to describe the intended a spy or informer of Pakistan? 10.55 am: Journalist: Maintaining ers been protesting on the borders emulation of the Prime Minister, The attack at Pulwama was an act of retaliation. Obviously, someone shared My second worry is about the "Other" him.Iexpectsomethingbytheevening.One ofDelhiformorethantwomonths? they have decided that they know terrorismand40solderswerekilled.The sensitive and protected information. person in the conversation. ofmymeetingsindelhithisweekgetspushed Why is the government unable to best what is good for the people? defence forces were infuriated. It was Whowas that person? What was his security classification becauseofthis. persuadethemthatthefarmlawsit This contempt for their opinion is believedthatPakistanhadrecruitedand Some decisions are Confidential, and did he share the information I grieve for our country,ourArmed has brought will be good for them? somethingthepeoplehavenoticed, trained the person responsible for the someareSecret,someareTopSecret,and with anyone? Forces and their secrets and, not the Whywith even the media firmlyon whichiswhywehaveseenthisspate attack.Aretaliatorystrikewasexpected. some are 'For Your Eyes Only'.A retalia- least,for the family of Arun Jaitleywho his side has the Prime Minister not of public protests. An alternative The"conversation"took place on Febru- torystrike on a target in Pakistanwould Death vigil served the BJP (and its predecessor,the beenabletoconvincetheprotesting Republic Day parade in Delhi next ary23.Threedayslater,onFebruary26, be FYEO. I am pretty certain that the The collateral damage caused by the Jan Sangh) loyally since 1975. farmersthattheirprotestiswrong? week could be the beginning of IndianAirForceplanesstruckatBalakot decision-making process as well as the conversationswas the reputation of the Having mulled over these ques- something that bodes ill for Modi in Pakistan. decisioninvolvedonlythePrimeMinis- late finance minister Arun Jaitley Website: pchidambaram.in tions long and hard, I have con- unless he resolves to listen to the I am not concerned with who heard ter, the Defence Minister, the NSA, the (mayhe rest in peace): @Pchidambaram_IN cluded that the real reason for this voices of the people. Damage control

with a coach a fewyears back I swore I'd gentlemen,I'm happy to report,are,that Former US president 's love never willingly undertake such a soul- whileImightstilltake at leastthreeshots for golf casts a long shadow on the game destroyingactivityeveragain.It'sinexplic- to get down from 100 yards in,the first able,butthereitis:thedifferencebetween 280-290yards are bludgeoned in one off what you're actually doing with the golf thetee. shame considering the calibre of the lay- club,andwhatyouthinkyou'redoing,can Given that,I think the biggest take- outthathostedTomWatson's'Duelinthe triggeranexistentialcrisis.Iwouldn'trec- awayfrom the pandemic forme is to OVERTHE Sun,'with Jack Nicklaus in 1977 and was ommend it; much like Endymion, who work on my fitness at least half as hard thesceneofGregNorman'sfirstmajorvic- choseeternalsleepbecauseitallowedhim as I work on my golf.Instead of pound- tory in 1986.You can't blame the R&Aor tobewithDiana,realityiswhatyoumake ing balls at the range four days a week, TOP theUSGAforwhatisessentially,adamage it.The pandemic has caused enough grief I'm going to spend at least two of those Meraj Shah control exercise.At the announcement, already; no need to exacerbate things by evenings at the gym.I'm no expert in PGAofAmerica'sCEOSethWaughaverred counterproductiveself-reflection. physical training,but from what I've that the PGA's executive board "had to At least we're back on the course.For gathered over the last three months FINALLY.WE CAN all nowlook forward to make a business decision"to protect"our those of us luckyenough to do so,getting even short regimens of leg raises, less media scrutiny of Donald Trump's brand and reputation."As a golfer,I share back to the game afterthe lockdowns has squats and stretches every other day association with golf.A final salvo, that the angst that so many of us do,of being been a mixed bag.Forthe life of me,I still translate into exponential benefits appeared in yesterday's edition of the clubbedtogetherwithTrumpinthesame can't chip; but the long game is another when it comes to howyou swing the Indian Express,mentioned,among other lot,and,to borrow an appropriately anti- matter.Something very unprecedented club.Think about that before you put things,thatTrumpcheated,anddidsowith quatedphrase,thewayhe'sbesmirchedthe has taken place that I'm still coming to down good money for another driver: thesameblusterandbrazennessthathave reputationofthegame. gripswith.Here's myhypothesis: months an upgrade toyourphysical equipment characterisedhisconductanddemeanour Now apparently, Trump played an ofnotpickingupagolfclubmeantthatbad might be a cheaper, and more reward- duringhistenureasPOTUS.Thewriteralso unprecedented number of times — 77 swing habits that had got ingrained over ing alternative. 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PRESS TRUST OF INDIA “Pent-up urban demand is country. Petrol,diesel prices New Delhi, January 23 expected to improve with the “This expansion is in addi- gradual return of the migrant tiontothecompany’s6.7mtpa ADITYABIRLA GROUP firm Ul- workforce,”itadded. capacity addition that is cur- traTechCementonSaturdayre- Though fuel prices have in- rentlyunderwayin UP,Odisha, touch all-time high ported over two-fold jump in creasedinrecentmonths,oper- Bihar and West Bengal,which consolidatednetprofitto`1,5- ational efficiencies and tight has picked up the pace and is 84.58 crore in the December control over costs are reflected expected to get commissioned quarter. The leading cement in the company’s 26% operat- by financial year 2022, in a Rates increased producerhadpostedanetprofit ingmargin. phasedmanner,”itsaid. for the fourth of`711.17croreintheOctober- “Focus on reducing debt After completion, UltraT- December quarter a year ago, continues.Net debt reduction ech’s capacity will grow to time this week UltraTech Cement said in a BSE The Aditya Birla group company's consolidated net profit during Q3FY21 was `2,696 136.25mtpa,reinforcingitspo- filing. increased to `1,584.58 crore in the December quarter crore and year-to-date, it was sition as the third-largest ce- Its revenue from operations `7,424crore,”itsaid. ment company in the world, PRESS TRUST OF INDIA stood at `12,254.12 crore,up 21,as against `9,611.08 crore, tion, supply-side restoration During the quarter,UltraT- outside of China.Over the out- New Delhi, January 23 17.38%,duringthequarterun- down 6.29%.During the quar- andgreatercostefficiencies,”Ul- ech’s board approved Capex of look,the company said:“With der review as against ter, it had volume growth of traTech Cement said in a post `5,477 crore towards increas- strong rural growth,revival in PETROL AND DIESEL prices in `10,439.34 crore in the corre- 14% to 22.82 million tonne,it earningstatement. ing capacityby12.8 mtpa (mil- manufacturing sentiment, the country on Saturday sponding period of the last fis- said. While rural and semi-urban lion tonne per annum) with a buoyancyinGSTandtaxcollec- touched new all-time highs af- calyear.UltraTechCement’sto- “Recovery from the Covid- housing continues to drive mix of brownfield and green- tions, UltraTech expects de- ter rates were increased for the tal expenses were at 19 led to the disruption of the growth,pick-up in the govern- field expansion in the fast- mandtogrowonthebackofthe fourthtimethisweek. `10,190.03 crore in the third economy.This has been fuelled ment-led infrastructure aided growing markets of the east, government’s push on infra- Petrolanddieselpriceswere quarter of financialyear2020- by quicker demand stabilisa- incrementalcementdemand. centralandnorthregionsofthe structureprojects.” hiked by25 paise perlitre each, File photo of an attendant walking past a fuel pump at a accordingtoapricenotification Bharat Petroleum gas station in Mumbai PHOTO: BLOOMBERG fromoilmarketingcompanies. Apollo This took the petrol price in Petrol and diesel prices This comes after interna- Coal India: Geared up to meet any surge Delhi to `85.70 perlitre and in were hiked by 25 paise tional oil prices firmed up on Mumbaito`92.28. hopes of demand returning Hospitals raises per litre each. This took Diesel rate climbed to fromtheroll-outofcoronavirus `75.88 a litre in the national the petrol price in Delhi to vaccines in different countries, in fuel demand from power sector `1,170 crvia capitalandto`82.66perlitrein `85.70 per litre and in includingIndia.Priortothecur- Mumbai,thepricedatashowed. Mumbai to `92.28 renthighstriggeredbytheprice FE BUREAU Of the total 3.906 billion “Thisincreaseincoal-based allotment of This is the second consecu- hikesthismonth,fuelpriceshad Kolkata, January 23 unit generated on January power generation bodes well tivedayofrateincreaseandthe lasttouchedrecordhighonOc- for us. If this continues, we shares to QIBs fourth this week. In all prices has pledged additional volun- tober4,2018. AS THE COUNTRY’S peak 22, coal-fired generation could expect our supplies to havegoneupby`1perlitrethis tary output cuts of 1 million Atthattimethegovernment powerdemandrecordedanew contributed to the bulk power sector to increase in the HEALTHCARE MAJOR week. barrels per dayin February and had cut excise duty on petrol high at 187.3 GW on January with 3.072 BU near future,”the CIL executive APOLLO Hospitals on Satur- Fuelprices,whichvaryfrom March, which has led to price anddieselby`1.50perlitreina 22 morning, Coal India (CIL) said. But powerplants require day announced raising statetostatedependingonlocal climbingtomostsincethepan- bidtoeaseinflationarypressure said more than 78.6% of the to submit adequate pro- `1,169.99 crore through al- sales tax or VAT, are now at demicbrokeout. and boost consumer confi- power generated during the tion contributed to the bulk try is fuelled through CIL sup- grammeatthecoalcompanies lotment of shares to the qual- record highs in the country, State-ownedfuelretailers— dence. day was coal-based. The PSU with 3.072 BU. plies. to avoid any shortage in sup- ified institutional buyers prompting cries fora cut in ex- Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Alongside,state-owned fuel miner’s pithead stocks at 63 “CIL is well geared to meet Of the 199 GW of coal- pliesasthedemandhasstarted (QIBs). cise dutyto ease the burden on Bharat Petroleum Corporation retailers cut prices by another million tonne would enable it any surge in demand for the based power programmed for peaking. consumers. (BPCL) and Hindustan Petro- `1 a litre,which they recouped to push more coal into the dry fuel from the power sector generation per day during the CIL is focusing on ramping The issue opened Oil minister leumCorporation(HPCL)—had later.This time,there are no in- power sector, even if the peak especially on the back of close ongoing fiscal year,133 GW is up its supplies to pithead on January 18 and Pradhan earlier this week on January 6 resumed daily dicationsofadutycutsofar. demand crossed the newhigh. to 63 MTstock at its pitheads,” scheduled from CIL-linked power plants to higher levels, closed on January 22 blamed Saudi oil output cut for price revision after nearly a Petrol and diesel prices are Thermal power generation aCILexecutivesaid,addingthe coal.Averagecoal-basedpower therebyinfluencingcostofper the surge in oil prices but re- month-long hiatus.Since then, revised on a daily basis in line hasstartedshowinganupward company was also moving generation of power per day unitpowergenerationtocome mained non-committal on tax rates have gone up by `1.99 a with benchmark international trend following an increase in ahead towards increased pro- which was 2.795 BU till Friday down.Coaltransportationcost The Fund Raising Com- cuts. litreonpetroland`2.01incase price and foreign exchange the peak demand with 185.82 duction with commitments to spurtedupto3.072BU,ajump topitheadpowerplantsiscom- mittee on Saturday “ap- TopoilexplorerSaudiArabia ofdiesel. rates. GW recorded on January 20 scaleupthesuppliestocoal-fu- of nearly10% on the morning parably lower than long dis- proved allotment of followedby187.3GWonJanu- elled powerplants. oftherecord-makingday.Coal- tance based ones, making the 46,59,498 equity shares of ary 22. Of the total 3.906 bil- Againstthisbackdrop,close based power generation re- landedcostofcoallower,which face value `5 each to eligible lion units (BUs) generated on to 67% of the total coal-fired mains consistently high in turn makes generation cost qualified institutional buyers Tata Power Solar wins `1,200-cr January 22,coal-fired genera- power generation in the coun- among all othercategories. economical. at the issue price of `2,511 per equity share, i.e.,at a pre- mium of `2,506 per equity order to set up 320 MW project Domestic aviation operations share aggregating to `11,69- TaMo launches i-Turbo 9.99 million, pursuant to the PRESS TRUST OF INDIA statement,“TataPowerisinthe nearing pre-Covid levels issue,” Apollo Hospitals En- New Delhi, January 23 forefront of producing green petrol variant of Altroz terprise said in a filing to the energyacrossthecountry.Such BLOOMBERG elled by air when such flights BSE.The issue opened on Jan- TATAPOWER SOLAR on Satur- achievementdemonstratesthe PRESS TRUST OF INDIA launchedatanintroductoryex- January 23 were restarted on May 25, uary 18, 2021, and closed on day announced that it has trust and leadership of Tata New Delhi, January 23 showroom price increment of Puri said in a Twitter post on January 22,2021,it added. bagged an orderworth `1,200 Power’s project management `60,000 above the Altroz INDIA’S DOMESTIC CIVIL avi- Saturday. “Pursuant to the allot- crore from state-run power gi- capability and execution skills TATA MOTORS ON Saturday Revotron petrol variants, the ation operations continue “We are now within ment of equity shares in the ant NTPC for setting up of 320 pipeline of Tata Power Solar insolarprojects.” launched the i-Turbo petrol companysaidinastatement. steadily and the sector is touching distance of pre- issue, the paid-up equity MWgroundmountedsolarpro- standsatapproximately4GWp TataPowerSolarcomeswith variant of its premium hatch- At present, the petrol vari- nearing pre-pandemic levels, Covid figures.” share capital of the company ject. with approximate value of asuccessfulbackgroundofexe- back Altroz at an introductory ants of theAltroz are priced be- according to civil aviation India has allowed local stands increased from Tata Power Solar, India’s `12,000 crore. The scope of cutinglargeprojectssuchasthe price increment of `60,000 tween`5.7lakhand`8.86lakh minister Hardeep Singh Puri. airlines to fly limited sched- `69,56,25,795 consisting of largest integrated solar com- workincludestheland,acquisi- 150 MWAyana atAnanthapur, above the existing petrol vari- (ex-showroomDelhi). As many as 257,613 pas- ules since May after two 13,91,25,159 equity shares pany and a wholly-owned sub- tion,engineering,procurement, 50 MW Kasargod at Kerala,56 antsofthemodel. Thei-TurbovariantoftheAl- sengers flew locally as on Jan- months of a strict nationwide to `71,89,23,285 consisting sidiary of Tata Power, has re- installation,and commission- MW Greenko, 30 MWp solar Thecompanyhasalsoadded trozcomeswithiRA-connected uary 22, compared with lockdown, gradually opening of 14,37,84,657 equity ceived a“LetterofAward (LoA)” ing of the grid-connected solar powerplantinLapanga,Odisha, anewtopofthelineXZ+variant car technology which has 27 30,000 passengers that trav- up the domestic market. shares,”the filing said.—PTI to build 320 MW of ground projectonaturnkeybasisalong 105 MWp of floating solarpro- inpetrolanddieselfueloptions connected car features along mounted Solar PV project for with three years of operations ject at Kayamkulam (underim- totheAltrozrange.Itispricedat withnaturalvoicetech,through NTPC, a company statement and maintenance services for plementation).It has also won `8.26lakhforthepetrolvariant whichthecarunderstandscom- said. the solar plant,power evacua- an auction conducted by Gu- and `9.46 lakh (ex-showroom mands not only in English or The ordervalue of the pro- tionsystemandtelemetryupto jarat for 400 MWof projects to Delhi)forthedieseloption. Hindi,but also in Hinglish,Tata ject is approximately `1,200 theinterconnectingstatetrans- bebuiltatDholerasolarPark. The Altroz i-Turbo is Motorssaid. crore ($162 million).The com- missionutility(STU)substation. mercial operation date for this Speaking on the achieve- projectissetforMay2022. ment,Praveer Sinha,CEO and ����� ����������� ������� Withthisaddition,theorder MD, Tata Power, said in the ������������������������� ����� ������� ���� �� �� ��������� ����� ������� � ��� ��� ��� �� ����� ����� �������� ������� ������������������������� �������� ������������������������ ������ ����� �������������� ���� ����� ������������� ������� �� ��������� ������������ ��������� ������� ��� ��� ����� ��� ���� ������ ����� ���� ��������� ����

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In this volume, Sanjaya Baru brings together essays by several eminent contributors like C Rangarajan, Subramanian As we currentlywitness the farmers’ Swamy, Bibek Debroy, Meghnad agitation around the capital,demanding Desai, Amitabh Kant, Indira rollback of certain farm laws,Sinha pro- Rajaraman, Rama Bijapurkar, vides vignettes from the past which Omkar Goswami and many remindusthatsomethingsneverchange more, looking at various The ironies of politics in Indian politics.The book talks about dimensions of the pandemic’s severalsimilarprotestsbyalliesofthegov- economic and social impact and ernment demanding rollback of certain of the macroeconomic policy This account of reform measures,particularly relat- response required for an ing to curtailing of fertiliser Atmanirbhar Bharat. Vajpayee’s term lays and power subsidies.The bare the hypocrisy rollback was such in INDIA 2030 THE PULLS nature that then Edited by of political theorists AND PRESSURES finance minister OFVARIOUS ALLIES Yashwant Sinha Gautam more than it LIKE JAYALALITHAA earnedthesobriquet Chikermane reveals new facets HAVE BEEN WELL of‘RollBackSinha’. Penguin RECOUNTED BY A book on Vaj- Random House of the former PM THE AUTHOR payee cannot be complete if it does not bringouttheself-depre- RISHI RAJ cating humour he pos- India 2030 is a compilation of sessed,which also livened his thought leaders from 20 diverse MINENT HISTORIAN ERIC speeches. Here Sinha offers several fields, ranging from education to Hobsbawm once said that nuggets:“Theyearwas1998.TheBJP-led healthcare, science, energy, whenhemetheadsofgovern- DelhiGovernmenthadinvitedhim(Vaj- politics and foreign policy, as ments, he was not interested payee) to be the chief guest at the inau- they speak of their predictions in what they said on record as guration of the flyoveratYamuna bazar. for India in 2030 and look at how itEwas for building a legacy.What he was Themasterofceremonieskeptreferring the nation will evolve this interestedinmorewaswhattheysaidoff to him as the ‘bhootpoorv pradhan decade. Editor Gautam the record, because the real stuff was a mantri’.When it was his turn to speak, Chikermane weaves together different storyaltogether. Vajpayee said that he knew he was the essays by Bibek Debroy, Vikram Sopickingupabookonaformerprime ‘poorv pradhan mantri’but had no idea Sood, Monika Halan, Raghunath minister that is penned by a close aide in where the‘bhoot’came from.” Anant Mashelkar, Ram Madhav, , etc. hisoffice,oneexpectstofindseveralanec- Two aspects of the book need special dotesonwhatthepersonsaidinmoments mention to establish that Sinha is no ofprivacy.Suchnuggetscouldberelating hagiographer but an honest and objec- KAMALA to political pressures,back-room machi- tive chronicler of times.Writing about HARRIS nations related to policy-making,orwith the trust vote which the Vajpayee gov- Hansa regardtopersonalrelationswithotherkey ernment needed towin in 1998,he says, personalities of the time. “The Vajpayee government had also got Makhijani Jain Judged on this parameter, Shakti twoAnglo-IndiansnominatedtotheLok Hachette Sinha’sVajpayee:TheYearsThatChanged Sabha,asallowedbytheConstitution,but Pp200, `299 India could be a little disappointing, for before the government could win the thebookdoesnotreallyrevealmuchthat confidence of the house.Even I was sur- is not already known. One expected prised that President Narayanan had much more from Sinha considering he gone along with this step, since it effec- Kamala Harris: The American was Vajpayee’s private secretary during tivelyadded to MPs to the ruling side.” Story that Began on India’s the latter’s first term in office during In another instance,where certain Shores tells the extraordinary and inspirational tale of a 1998-99 (the book details events of this decisions related to corruption cases courageous and charismatic period). Later, during Vajpayee’s second pertaining to Jayalalithaawere taken to woman, a pioneer in her termfrom1999onward,Sinhawasjoint save the government, Sinha writes, own right, who has today secretary in the PMO. He also served as “While politics is not about ethical become a symbol many look Vajpayee’sprivatesecretarywhenhewas Afile photo of former prime ministerABVajpayee PTI behaviour, however desperate the cir- up to in the hope of a more leader of the opposition after the fall of cumstances, this was a cynical move inclusive world. Her his 13-daygovernment in 1996. advantages of coalition governments regional coalition partners wanted Vaj- that neither enhanced Vajpayee’s inspirational rise to the top The limitation with Sinha not writ- and how they are more accommodating payee to dismiss the governments in image, nor in the final analysis, pro- holds the promise that she will ing about such incidents could be and balance the interest of disparate theirrespectivestatesledbyopposition longed the life of his government.Even not be the last woman to because he did not maintain a daily groups.Sinha’s book is a great reminder parties as a price for supporting him. if itwasVajpayee acting on legal advice, conquer this mountain. diary,as BN Tandon did when he was forsuchpeople,whobefore2014,usedto The number of times such demands it was not a happy occasion.” joint secretary in Indira Gandhi’s PMO. waxeloquentastohowcoalitiongovern- cameandthemannerinwhichVajpayee The most interesting irony or say Orit could just be that Sinha does not ments lacked political stability and dealt with them may also embarrass hypocrisy which Sinha brings out in the CHANGE want to reveal much.But he has not put slowed economic reforms,but have now thosewhohavesuddenlydiscoveredthe book is how people who today sing Damon a cover on things either. changed theirtune. virtues of a coalition government. praises of Vajpayee, calling him a liberal Centola Generally officials serving the PM The pulls and pressures of various Sinha’sgreatestcontributionthrough and not hardcore and communal like from such close quarters tend to pen allieslikeJayalalithaa,MamataBanerjee, thisbookisbringingbacktopublicmem- Modi,sang a different tunewhen hewas Hachette hagiographies. Not in the case of Sinha. Chandrababu Naidu, Naveen Patnaik, orythemisdemeanoursofthenpresident the PM.Sample the criticism of leftist Pp352, `599 He isveryobjective in his account and Nitish Kumar, etc, have been well KR Narayanan,who, because of his dis- historian KN Panikkar on the issue of does not shy in putting on record where recountedandapartfromrefreshingthe taste forBJPand its ideologyand love for conversions,whichbecamecontroversial he thinks the former PM went wrong. memoriesofintellectualswhohavesud- Congress,threw constitutional norms to duringVajpayee’stime:“Theresponseof Where Sinha’s account needs to be denly discovered a love for rickety gov- thewind.Also,when the government fell Prime MinisterVajpayee,who is consid- lauded is that it creates a record of those ernments,the book also serves as a good after13months,Narayananagaindidnot ered a good man and a liberal by many, From the spread of Covid-19 times, helping build contemporary his- history lesson for youngsters who are heed constitutional practices to enable was the most devious. By calling for a to the rise of political tory.Indians maybe great at remember- being fed the new political theories of Sonia Gandhi to form the government. public debate on conversions, he sug- polarisation, from implicit bias to genetically modified food, ing the times ofAkbar,but conveniently electoral authoritarianism. Thathedidnotsucceedisanotherstory. gested that the blame, in fact rests with from Nasa to Netflix, it's time forgetwhat happened 20years back. In fact,the chapters on the events The most illuminating chapter is on the victims...this anti-Christian tirade to think differently about how At a timewhen there is a single-party leadingtotheformationofgovernment the nuclear test where Sinha details the was...another example of the unfolding change works. In this book, majority government, critics of BJP and by Vajpayee and the various demands Pokhran exercise, the American duplic- of the fascist agenda of the Parivar.” Centola distills over a decade Narendra Modi have begun a narrative and antics of coalition partners,both Vajpayee: The Years ityvis-a-vis India and Pakistan and how Forthe generationwho lived and saw of deep experience into a how such governments tend to be beforeandaftergovernmentformation, That Changed India the superpower that time knelt towards Vajpayee’stime,thebookservesasagood fascinating new theory that authoritarian. Terms like ‘electoral makeforhilariousreadingforevenpeo- China to bend India.Though the flavour lessonnottoforgetthelimitationsarick- challenges previous authoritarianism’,‘’, ple who lived during those years. It Shakti Sinha of the times is to see Trump as a clown ety coalition government imposes on a assumptions that new ideas ‘tyranny of the majority’,etc, have been would not be far-fetched to say that if a Penguin Random House and rightfullyso,reading the account of good leader; and for the millennials it are either contagious or not. coined and have made an entry into the film was to be made on those antics Pp 368, `599 post-Pokhran period certainly reveals brings an equallyimportant lesson: that discourse on political theory. These today,it would be a great comical hit. Clintontobeabigvillain,somethinglike in orderto criticise the present do not voices have suddenly discovered the The most interesting part is that all Nixon during the Bangladeshwar. idealise the past. CONCRETE ROSE Angie Thomas ISHAAN GERA useitwiselyandforselectiveissues,when Penguin it matters and notwhen it is required. Random House NE OF THE apposite descrip- An intolerant world While Iwould sidewith Maherand tionsofthefailureofDemoc- Charlesthatweasasocietyarebecoming rats to capitalise on the fail- overly sensitive about issues,what peo- Oings of Donald Trump came ple fail to realise is that this is not a new from political commentatorand satirist Ashley Charles details the history of outrage and how it is getting diluted phenomenon.Theworld,in the past,has From the international Bill Maher. Maher, describing the dis- in today’s rather over-sensitive times, sometimes obscuring reality been rather too selective about outrage. phenomenon Angie Thomas jointed Democrat party,said the system Issues have been lost in obscurity comes a hard-hitting return to had gone so faroff realitythat people do becausesocietyhaspaidtoomuchatten- Garden Heights with the story notidentifywithitanymore.Hedetailed tiontoothernuances.Thatiswhypeople of Maverick Carter, Starr’s how the so-called liberal left was over- have waited for opportunities rather father. It is set 17 years before sensitive about certain issues that it thanpickingupissueswhenitmattered. the events of the award- would demand apologies for the slight- Take the case of the civil rights move- winning The Hate U Give. With his King Lord dad in prison and est of infractions from what can be con- ment.Rosa Parks became the symbol,or his mom working two jobs, 17- strued right.This idealism has not been inMartinLutherKing’swords“theangel” year-old Maverick Carter helps aproblemintheUSalone;theworldover ofdefiance,butitwasactuallyClaudette the only way he knows how: religion,identity,politicsandeconomics Colvinwhocarriedoutthesameactnine slinging drugs. Until he finds havebecomesosensitivethatthingscan months before Rosa Parks.However,she out he's a father. beswayedwithatweet,apost,oran gotlostinthemoralityofthemovement. image. And, it is not just Claudettewasunmarriedandlaterpreg- Americans who do not nant,and many felt making her the face UNSCRIPTED identify with this fla- wouldmeangivingtheCaucasianmajor- VidhuVinod grant self-right- THE BOOK itya reason to denounce the movement. Chopra and eousness, but citi- Outraged: Why Social media has indeed amplified SAYS WE NEED AbhijatJoshi zenstheworldover NOT FOREGO OUR Everyone is hate and often obscures the real issue. are denouncing it, OUTRAGE, BUT NEED Shouting and No But had it not been for social media, Penguin at least silently, if TO BE SELECTIVE One is Talking #MeToo,#BlackLivesMatterwould not Random House not online. have been a reality.Second,and most ABOUT ITAND USE Ashley ‘Dotty’ Charles `699 What Maher ITWISELY importantly, the problem with mod- explained in his 10- Bloomsbury ern-day liberalism is that it tries to minute monologue is Pp 176, `2,080 impose liberalism onto others.The idea Starting in Wazir Bagh, a small thesubjectmatterofAsh- of free speech and freedom applies only mohalla in Kashmir, Vidhu ley‘Dotty’ Charles’ 140-page if you adhere to standards of it. Sadly, Vinod Chopra’s life has been well and truly unscripted. Over commentaryon how the world is erring Afile photo of a demonstration in Ottawa, Canada REUTERS all sides are relying too much on the on the side of outrage and that, too, the episode of JamieOliverandjerk rice.The notion on what they deem right with the last 30 years, he has blazed a trail in Hindi cinema. In wrong kind. Charles’ book Outraged: and how it has impacted them.There is the African-American community and famous food show host was accused by little regard to freedom. Let people Unscripted, Chopra speaks to Why Everyone is Shouting and No One is scientificresearch,andmostofall,there went on to work on some of the signifi- the gatekeepers of righteousness of cul- mount awar,but don’t let it become the his longtime collaborator and Talkingtriestoshowthenakedrealityof is mention of instances that you can cant issues of identity and activism tural appropriation and admonished. main discourse that decides the fate of scriptwriter Abhijat Joshi about modern-day activism.The author does- connect with.There is a viewpoint too, within the society.Charles deconstructs The book is replete with such examples, society. In Rachel Dolezal’s case, for all his exceptional journey. The n’tdelveintothewhybutshowshowthis but that remains hidden between the Dolezal’sepisodeandherdownfallwhen andthehistoryofoutragerelatedtocivil its misgivings,it did start a debate on book provides a glimpse into faux sense of righteousness obscures lines and only presents itself in the last the media got wind of her identity and rights movements,slaveryandwomen’s identity.EnoughforCharles to consider the mind, method and madness reality.Thebookisdividedintosuccinct fewchapters. tries to understand how the whole mat- suffrage.The last chapter, however, is a it as a chapter.As for Outrage,there are of one of contemporary Hindi chapters full of anecdotes, experiences The book starts with the episode of ter played against Dolezal but removed guide to new-age social media, which no real takeaways. Though there is cinema’s best filmmakers. and interviews with personalities who Rachel Dolezal,who,despite being Cau- the focus from the main issue of right details howwe need not forego our out- nothing that you do not know or have have been flayed online bysocial media, casian, identified herself as a person of abuses. Similarly, Charles discusses the ragebutneedtobeselectiveaboutitand not seen,it is still worth a read. All books available as e-books

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SHASHI THAROOR SACHCHIDANAND CONGRESS LEADER & MP SHUKLA Do you think it’s not a CHIEF ECONOMIST, decline of the West, but MAHINDRA GROUP the rise of the rest. After Capitol Hill, does the Look at Turkey. 35 years US have the moral authority ago, when the US wanted it to lecture others on to do something, they would improving democracies? ask how high do we jump. If I were to advise the State Now with three decades of Department, I would say be economic growth, a open, be honest, and say, we consolidated new political face challenges too. We system and cultural understand the challenges confidence, Turkey will not you’re facing; learn from our listen to Washington. That’s mistakes and successes.We all how the world has changed. are facing our own demons. At its best, that has always been the way the US presented itself, not as this sort of shining city on the hill, but as a country that is grappling with the complexities of freedom.

DINESH TRIVEDI ‘An institution is only so strong MP, RAJYA SABHA Would you agree that the spirit of democracy has disappeared today? In Western democracy, it’s as the people willing to defend it’ polarised, not just in terms of ideas, but around race and JEETU PANJABI colour. It is one of the CEO, EM CAPITAL ADVISORS reasons why I admire what At an e.Adda held recently, international affairs columnist, CNN news host and author Do you see any rising stars Gandhi and Nehru tried to do among world leaders? in India, which was to Fareed Zakaria spoke on democracy in America, the challenges for journalism, big tech and why You havevery spirited, effec- emphasise the secular India needs to have a strategic conception of its place in the world tive, liberal democratswho have character of the country, not been running their countries just from the point of view of verywell. I’m thinking ofevery- communal harmony, but it is OnwhethertheTrump era is over more than anything else — that human where from Canada to New the only basis on which you I think, finally,we’re seeing a break in beings want dignity,they want a sense of Zealand. In Germany,you have can have a sustainable the Republican Party.We’re seeing people recognition. What Trump makes you an extraordinarywoman, one of democratic experiment. willing to find a way to separate them- realiseisthatalotofhisprogrammeshelp the longest serving Chancellors Otherwise, what happens is selves from him, but the base is still with the millionaire class but he still has this in German history,who is utterly people move into armed Trump.Thismayseemfantastical,butitis incredible support among the working committed to liberalism and camps; we saw that in basically true that nearly 60-70% of class.Why? Because he speaks to them democracy.In France, you have Capitol Hill. Republicans still believe that Trump is with dignity.And that feeling that I see Macron,who has found away to right, that the election was stolen.You’re you,Ihearyou,turnsouttobeveryimpor- thread the needle by being, talking about 50-60 million Americans. tant for people’s emotional and psychic both dynamic, forward-looking So,the challenge forthe partywill be how wellbeing.ThelastDemocratwhowasable and at the same time maintain- doyoudissociatefromTrumpwithoutdis- to do thatwas Bill Clinton. ing a certain degree ofpopular sociating yourself from the base, the support. So, I think there is a lot energy and the intensity of support that On the challenge forjournalism ofgood news in theworld. comeswithit.So,herewhat’sgoingtohap- I think there’s no going back to the old pen — the Republican Party is going to (From top) Zakaria was in conversation with Vandita Mishra, National Opinion world.The old world was one where you break. In any dictatorship, you know Editor, and Anant Goenka, Executive Director, The Indian Express Group hadalimitedsupply.Andthatshapedjour- things are getting bad when you see dis- nalism in those days. So in the United sensionatthetop.Ithinkyou’rebeginning States,youhadthreenetworks,yougotall AJIT GULABCHAND to see that. Eminent guestswho participated in the e.Adda include Niraj Bajaj, Director,Bajaj yournewsfromthosenetworks,thenfour CHAIRMAN, HCC LTD Group; Harsh Goenka, Chairman, RPG Enterprises; Ajit Shriram, MD, DCM Shriram or five big national papers.And the most On the dangers of illiberal democracy Ltd; Federico Salas, MexicoAmbassador; SurendraAhuja, MD, Boeing Defence important thing about those networks Why did you leave India? I think the lesson of the deterioration India; Sajjid Chinoy, ChiefIndia Economist,JPMorgan; Nasim Zaidi, former CEC; was theyknewtheyhad a mixture of peo- When I was growing up in ofdemocracyinAmericaisthis—youcan Fali Nariman, SeniorAdvocate, Supreme Court ofIndia; ViceAdmiral Girish Luthra, ple—Democrats,Republicans,Left,Right. India in the ’70s, it was pretty look at systems and say this one is weak Fortunately,they had a lot of people who Indian Navy; Vinod Dhall, former Secretary,Govt. ofIndia; C Rajkumar, Vice rough. Indira Gandhi had because these institutions are new, the were notverypolitical.And so theyhad to JAMAL MECKLAI nationalised the banks, and independenceofthecourtsisnew,thesep- Chancellor, OPJindal; YoginderAlagh, Vice Chairman, Sardar Patel Institute of provide a kind of centrist,fact-based diet CEO, MECKLAI FINANCIAL the economy was stagnant. aration of powers is new,theyhaven’thad Economic and Social Research; Dr Najma Heptulla, Governor ofManipur; Naseem of news.This shift that’s taking place is Can the social and economic Personally, I found it the time to build. I think what I didn’t Naqvi, Bureau Chief,AIR News; R Sudarshan, Dean, OPJindal Global University; two-fold. One,you’ve lost that cartel that structure of Europe be the immensely attractive, the realise is institutions are human, they’re Paresh Parasnis, CEO, Piramal Foundation; Kedar Upadhye; Global CFO, Cipla Ltd; was able to just feed people what they future? idea of the openness, the fragilebydefinition,thatattheendofthe Kamal Meattle, Chairman Emeritus, Paharpur Business Centre; Shantanu Bhanja, thoughtwastheimportantthing.Andyou Europe has found a way to spirit of adventure, the create a vibrant capitalist day,an institution is only so strong as the CEO - Consumer Products, Pidilite; Maja Daruwala, Board Member, CHRI; nowhavemanydifferentplatformsofvar- canvas on which you could people who are willing to defend it,the ious kinds. But the second is that a large system that still provides a paint in the United States. people who are willing to uphold it, and Nalini Singh, Director,TVLIVE India Pvt Ltd number of people who were listening, fair degree of social equity to India seemed a cramped and that theycan shiftveryeasily. watching,reading in the old days out of a people. But it still remains a difficult society at the time. I sense of obligation — they actually turn collection of countries that don’t know how I would feel On India’s strategic choices out not to be that interested in politics.So do not have a common if it were 25 years later and The challenge is that India hasn’t fig- we have had a record turnout and the because we have this big and growing whathappensis,nowpoliticaljournalism government. It means that India has become as dynamic uredoutwhatitwants.Forthat,itneedsto largest participation byAmericans,in a divide in almost every society — between has to contend with the reality that they they don’t project as it has. It was a particular have a strategic conception of its place in hundredyears.Butithasraisedthestakes, an urban, educated, somewhat richer areonlygettingthejunkiesandthosetend themselves strategically on idiosyncratic choice. I don’t the world, its place in Asia.And it doesn’t ithasheightenedtheintensity,ithasmade group on the one hand and a rural,less to be more partisan.The challenge is that the world stage. In the end, pretend that it is some kind have right that now. Prime Minister people feel that this is a make-or-break educated,somewhat poorer group on the you have to still maintainyourstandards. you need some standard and of ringing affirmation of one (Narendra) Modi says his policy is multi- moment,and when those kinds of things other.It’s not onlyabout money,it’s really the US provides the only society over the other. national, etc, but I’m going to be nice to happen,the atmosphere gets charged.So, about a sense of class difference, class On political parties and populism standard. everybody.Thatisoppositeofhavingafor- that’s the sense in which the pandemic resentment, class anxiety.And unless we Parties have always played that role of eign policy. Foreign policy is making had an effect.It also has something to do arecarefulaboutthis,wewillcreateaper- reconciling differences within a popula- choices.IthinkifIndiaweretodecidethat with the #BlackLivesMatterprotests that manent politics of resentment and griev- tion,and channelling passion into policy. it wants a strategic partnership with the happened. Again, this same feeling of ance,which can then be used very effec- The problem is not just populism,but a US, centred around cooperation and intensification and high stakes, it has tivelybyskilfulpoliticians.Modiusesitin kindofdemocratisationwhereeverybody sharedinformation,thatwouldbeatrans- something to do with the challenges to India,ErdoganusesitinTurkey,Putinuses thinksthattheseelitesarebad,partyelites forming relationship. But India needs to democracybecausetheelectionbecamea itinRussia,andofcourse,Trumpusesitin are bad.Why should they be making the be much clearer about this.There’s still a high-stakesgame,butIwouldn’tdiscount the United States. choices? So when you move into that certain amount of the non-aligned men- therealityofDonaldTrump.Trumpisnot world,itbecomesverydifficultforparties talitythatisstillpartoftheIndianforeign producedbythepandemic,heprecedesit. On the one lesson one can learn toplaythatstabilisingroleasgatekeepers. ministry. So, until it can get rid of those fromTrump PALLAVA BAGLA phobias and realise it’s actually in a new On the growing divide in society Probably the one lesson would be,to On whether any government is big SANJAY PUGALIA SCIENCE COMMUNICATOR world,I don’t thinkyou’ll get as much out Thereisaparticularlydangeroustrend, remembersometimeswhat people forget enough to regulate big tech EDITORIAL DIRECTOR, We have seenAmerica turned oftheAmericanrelationshipasyoucould. Betweentheinformationrevolutionand THE QUINT into a banana republic... globalisation,mostlyitistechnologythatis How shouldTrump be America did not turn into a Onthelinkbetweenpoliticalfanaticism driving us towards the single platforms, dealt with? banana republic. Look at their and the pandemic which means that these single companies You defeat this kind of checks and balances. You had Look,I quote this line of Lenin’s in the have enormous power. I don’t know how force politically, not legally. Republican governors and bookthattherearedecadeswhennothing easyitisgoingtobetoregulateit.Themar- One strategy would be a Secretaries of State ratifying an happens and, then,there are weeks when ketisnotgoingtoprovideasolution.Sothe Congress-ional censure. But election in which their candi- decadeshappen.Thepandemichassortof state,thegovernmenthastofindsomeway... ultimately, you have to hope date lost. There were cases that put life on fast forward,it’s accelerated the Twitter ban on Trump, is completely that the public will get tired of Trump took to the courts, but many trends taking place around the egregious.Idon’tthinkit’sagoodidea. him.There will be court cases, lost. It describes a constitu- world,within oursystem.Now,ifyou look but politics should be aimed tional democracy that was at this election in the US, it was a heroic Forlongerversion,go to at discrediting him politically, placed under strain, but ulti- achievement.Youhadapandemicandyet, www.indianexpress.com rather than criminalising his mately affirmed itself. activities.

ASHOKKHEMKA process that must take place in every VN DALMIA simply left behind. And there’ll be some PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, GOVERNMENT economy. So, I have a certain amount of DIRECTOR & FORMER CHAIRMAN, DALMIA group in the middle, which feels that this OF HARYANA sympathy for the government. They’re try- CONTINENTAL PVT LTD cannot be a viable social system. What Do you think the farmers agitation is an ing to make reforms finally, but it’s just Is it time for the US to reinvent itself? you’re seeing in the US is this deep back- expression of corporate mistrust or very hard because you have left this prob- It is a wake-up call for the US, and one lash, produced by people who feel as misgovernance? lem unattended, and allowed it to exacer- that will come to other countries as well, though their world is disappearing. Part It is both. Agriculture in India has been bate. But there is another challenge, which including India. We are in a world where of it is cultural and racial, but part of it is mismanaged from the start. That agricul- is the degree of mistrust, due to the gov- you have 10 to 20% of the population economic. And when you have that, it is ture is protected in the Constitution is ob- ernment’s insistence on maintaining con- generating huge amounts of economic very hard to find a way to make the coun- viously a mistake. It prevents a dynamic trol over the economy. wealth, and 20 to 30% of the country is try come together.

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VAISHALI DAR shows that more than 80% of the fat in coconut oil is saturated—far beyond N HER LATESTBOOK Eating in the butter (63%),beef (50%) and pork lard Age of Dieting,author and nutri- (39%).The AHA, which advises against tionist Rujuta Diwekar says, theuseofcoconutoil,recommendseat- "Look at food as a blessing. Eat ing no more than 6% ofsaturatedfat as with gratitude, not guilt... Move part of total dailycalories forthosewho beIyond carbs/protein/fat/calories. need lower cholesterol. The oil has "no Food is culture,cuisine,and crop-cycle. known offsetting favourable effects", Eat local,seasonal and traditional." theAHAsaidinanadvisory,addingthat Her words carry a lot of weight and it could actually increase LDL choles- significance, especially at a time when terol,a cause of cardiovascular disease. there are a plethora of diet fads swirling "There's a disconnect between peo- all around us,luring those looking to ple's general beliefs and what the data lose weight quickly.Vegan, paleo, keto, actually shows,"Donald Hensrud, med- Mediterranean,low-fat are just some of icaldirector,MayoClinicHealthyLiving the popular diets in existence today. Program,toldAmericandailyUSAToday. Medical experts, however, say that He recommends using oils high in these are just passing trends. For good monounsaturated fats (including olive health, losing weight is not important. oil and avocado oil) and those high in It's metabolic healthwhich is key.Diet- polyunsaturatedfats(suchascanolaoil). ing,in fact,can lead to increased risk of cancer,diabetes,etc. "Sustainable weight loss is a scien- Nutrition first tific gradual process that involves Whileexercisemaybethemostimpor- increased metabolism with a cus- tant element of a weight-maintenance tomiseddietandregularphysicalactiv- programme,dietaryrestriction,too,plays ity.The basics of healthyweight loss are a critical role. Perhaps that's why con- based on eating fewer calories and sumers turn to products like nutraceuti- burning out at the same time.A scien- cals,supplements,metabolism-boosters, tific diet plan forweight loss not only etc,and diet snacks like energy bars,trail containsfewercalories,butalsoensures mixes,etc."ArecentreportbytheNational enough intake of fibre,adequate pro- InstituteofNutrition(NIN)reportedthat tein,good fats and micronutrients to 31% urban Indians and 16% prevent any deficiency," says rural Indians are over- Mumbai-based Subhasree weight, with 53% Ray, clinical and public urban Indians hav- health nutritionist, ing abdominal certified diabetes obesity.Indians educator, Interna- are largely tional Diabetes sedentary in Federation. nature and exercise does not come nat- Reality urally to us.So check the attention naturallygoesto In October other'seemingly' last year, 27-year- The truth diet easier options like old Bengali actor detoxdiets,fat-burn- Mishti Mukherjee ing pills, etc. However, died due to kidney fail- From keto and low-fat to vegan and paleo, there most of these easier options ure caused reportedly by leave people and their health status keto diet.The tragic incident raises are a plethora of diet fads swirling all around impacted,"says nutrition science expert serious questions about the efficacy of Rashida Vapiwala,the founder of Label- these diets.The keto diet,for one,is a us, luring those looking to lose weight quickly. Blind,aNutriTechdigitalsolutionstartup high-fat, moderate-protein and low- that simplifies complex information carb one.It drastically reduces carbo- But do they actually help in weight loss or are declaredonfoodlabelsforconsumers. hydrate intake, replacing it with fat, they just passing trends? Experts weigh in... Anotherthing to note is that a long- resulting in a metabolic state called termweight-loss regimen could lead to ketosis, where the liver burns body fat frustration and despair. "The focus and provides fuel for the body,as there should be on awareness about good is limited access to glucose. nutrition, healthy eating and lifestyle "Currently, it is one of the common correction. Obesity slipped into our modalities to lose weight among many lives because of sedentarylifestyles and fitness enthusiasts and often lacks inappropriate food choices. But now, expert supervision. If preached by there is a growing consciousness of untrained professionals, it may lead to returning to our roots in the pursuit of severe consequences. Keto diet is a Arun Prasad, senior consultant, to stayhealthy,"she adds. better food choices,"says Vapiwala. therapeutic diet that can't be practised surgical gastroenterology and Mumbai-based Ray agrees: "Fast- Whenitcomestogoodhealth,super- as a normal diet.Adiet is onlyworth it if bariatric surgery at Indraprastha ing for a prolonged period is harmful foodsarekey.Packedwithnutrientsthat it's safe," says Ray, adding, "Another Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi, agrees: and might cause nutritional deficien- deliverlarge doses of antioxidants,vita- common food fad is the mono diet, "There is no evidence that proves the cies. Turmeric, amla, fenugreek seeds, mins and minerals, these are also likely which is depending on a particularfood contribution of such commodities to triphala,aloe vera,etc,contain distinct to reduce the risk of chronic diseases.In (forexample,aloevera ortriphala juice, weight loss.Far from health benefits,if active ingredients that help in losing herbookIndianSuperfoods,Diwekarhas powdered fenugreek seeds, cinnamon food items like haldi pills,ghee shots weight and provide collective health outlined 10 such local and traditional and honey tea, detox tea, green coffee, and othersimilarcomponents are con- benefits. However, none of these foods foods. These are rice, ghee, banana, etc) or regimen to lose weight...but can sumed in excess,theirown toxic poten- can help if total calories and physical coconut, cashew nut, aliv, kokum, jack- result in hormonal changes,nutritional tial can be harmful," he cautions, activity are not considered as part of fruit, sugarcane and ambadi. "Eating deficiencies and muscle loss." adding,"Before attempting to blindly When it comes to good health, experts say superfoods like rice, coconut, the procedure.Ahealthylifestyle-com- right is step one to getting more active. There are many more such health followanytrend,it is important to first banana, sugarcane, ghee, kokum, etc, are key prising eating 'whole',regular physical Ancient foods are wholesome in the trends doing the rounds currently.Ghee understand your body type, have thor- activity, sound mental health, enough nourishment they offer, and are invari- shots,haldiinpills,fastsforcleansingare ough knowledge ofanyprevailing med- sleep and an adequate amount of ably pleasant to the taste buds and low afewexamples."Fastsforcleansing,haldi ical condition and family history of depleteessentialvitamins,mineralsand senior dietician at Nayati Medicity, water-is sustainable and evidence- ontheglycemicindex.Thisensuresthat in pills, or ghee shots have scientifically health conditions.There are no short- electrolytes, and can be harmful if you Mathura. "One should instead have based,"she says. your body receives sustained energy proved zero on the basis of facts,"asserts cuts to staying physically fit and suffer from medical conditions such as small frequent meals, eat a variety of Similarly, coconut oil has been through the day unlike the high and Diwekar."Regularmealsthroughoutthe healthy... a balanced diet coupled with diabetes,heartdiseaseorbloodpressure. healthy and fresh foods like fruits,veg- advertised as a health food of sorts for immediateslumpthatcomeswithstim- day lead to better metabolic health and physical activity is essential." It can increase acid output, causing etables and nuts, eliminate potentially long, but experts say there is little evi- ulantslikecigarettes,coffee,etc,"shehad sustainableweightlossinlongterm,"she Experts also say there is no scientific heartburn and resulting in dehydration toxic habits,including alcohol,caffeine, dence to back that claim. American said in an interview with Financial has tweeted in the past. evidencetosupportfasting."Fastingcan andhypoglycemia,"saysAasthaSharma, excessive salt and processed sugar, etc, Heart Association (AHA) data,in fact, Express on Sunday.

whenIhearthingslike,'Oh,theseaweed when consumers are likely to see more KELP HAS industry is not growing,' I'm like,'Oh, kelp products,because of a more devel- Why isn't kelp catching on? HIGH really?"she said.Some of the company's oped infrastructure: more kelp farmers CONCENTRATIONS high-profile partnerships include Daily on the water, more processing plants, It’s a superfood and good for the environment. So,what’s the problem? OF POTASSIUM, Harvest and Sweetgreen. and innovative approaches to drying MAGNESIUM, IODINE Markos Scheer, 52, the CEO of Sea- and preparation (like the use of defunct groveKelpCo,planstoexpandhisAlaska tobacco barns). AND A BUNCH HANNAH SELINGER gen,mitigating"harmful algae blooms". kelp farm "as rapidly as the market will Theproblem,Smithsaid,wasthatkelp Theseaweed,Doallsaid,shieldsfarmsand OFVITAMINS allow," and currently has 700 acres of requiressignificantinfrastructureinorder FOR THE PAST SEVERAL years,members shorelinesbyabsorbing"waveenergy." property in the application phase await- to get it readyforthe market.The process ofthefoodcommunityandenvironmen- Sounds like awin-win,right? Sowhy ing permitting, in addition to the 127 offarmingkelp,hesaid,takesplaceinthree talists alike have looked to kelp,a type of has kelp taken time to catch on within acresthatarealreadyfullyoperational. steps: a harvest,an initial process to"sta- seaweed,astheshinyfutureoffood. the marketplace? "Everybody put the horse before the bilisethekelp"andasecondaryprocessto For humans,kelp has high concen- Somearebettingitwill.Fiveyearsago, cart,"said Casey Emmett,36,the CEO of "getitinaformforconsumers." trations of potassium, magnesium, Lia Heifetz,30,founded Barnacle Foods the Crop Project, a company that buys Kelp must then be transported in its iodine and a bunch of vitamins. For withherpartnerMattKern,34,inJuneau, seaweedfromfarmersandthendriesand rawformtoaprocessorwithin12hoursof mother earth,kelp doesn't require irri- Alaska.Capitalising on a regional type of millsitsothatitcanbeusedtomakefood, harvesting,thenconvertedintosomething gation, pesticides or fertiliser, like seaweedthathasbeeneateninAlaskafor fertiliserandbiomaterials,likeplastic. more stable: a dried,powdered,blanched many land-based crops do. generations—bullkelp—thepairbeganto This year,he said,the Crop Project,in orfrozeningredient.Finally,thestabilised "Kelp is a core part of the newclimate makesalsaandpickles. conjunctionwithGreenWave,wasableto kelp must change again, this time into cuisine,"saidBrenSmith,48,thefounder There's also the newly founded Eat harvest 5,000 pounds of kelp during the somethingthatconsumerscaneat.Smith ofthenon-profitGreenWave,whichpro- More Kelp,on eastern Long Island,which peakmonthsofthepandemic,whichthey usedtheexampleoftakingpowderedkelp motesregenerativeoceanfarming,atype will be offering a community-supported driedinatobaccobarn. andmakingitintoburgers. offarmingthatdeliberatelyimprovesthe kelp crop,not unlike a CSAbox.The com- Before the pandemic, Smith, of Smithandotherlongtimeproponents healthoftheplacebeingfarmed(andfor pany has introduced a line of clothing in GreenWave,said that the intention had of kelp hope that more infrastructure chefs: it is an umami-heavy ingredient partnership with Patagonia in order to been to process the kelp in commercial means that kelp might finally have its thatisflexibleinitsculinaryapplication). drumupinterestinthebrandandthecrop. kitchens."We didn't feel comfortable momentasapopularsuperfood. AMRALFIKY/THE NEWYORKTIMES Michael Doall,53,a marine scientist BriWarner,36,is the CEO ofAtlantic processing in close quarters,"he said. More important,Smith noted,is that and the associate director for bivalve Sea Farms,a company in Saco,Maine, In the past year and a half,Warner Instead,Smith found that Connecticut investing in kelp is an instrumental part restoration at Stony Brook University's that grows kelp in conjunction with said,Atlantic Sea Farms has been able to had almost 100 empty tobacco barns: of food sustainability initiatives. "It's School of Marine and Atmospheric Sci- Maine farmers and processes it into scale up production of kelp to a million "I never let a crisis go to waste." wheretheplanetneedstogo,"hesaid. ences,saidthatkelpsoaksupexcessnitro- edible products. pounds from 30,000 pounds."And so Now is the moment,Emmett said, NYT

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TRUE STORY The 1999 horror film The Blair Witch Project is based on the purportedly true story of three student filmmakers who hiked to Black Hills in Maryland, US, in 1994 to film a documentary about a local legend known as the Blair Witch. The three mysteriously disappeared SpotlightSUNDAY, JANUARY 24, 2021

THE WITCH'S TALE

For a long time, Indian cinema has portrayed the female ghost as a dangerous demon with long hair, bulging eyes and twisted feet.That narrative is slowly changing with a clutch of filmmakers giving the witch a voice and story of her own

REYAMEHROTRA Anvita Dutt,who wrote the screenplay womencanbeeasilypossessed. and directed the dark fairytale, shares,“I Ramachandran, who has finished HE 2018 HORROR-COMEDYfilm just told a story with a theme that moves working on a children’s book titled Nava Stree made headlines for its me.Fantasyismygenreofchoiceevenwhen Durga: The Nine Forms of the Goddess,says differentstoryline.Itwasbased I read.And I have read great stories from that alongwith the illustratorand the pub- onanIndianfolklegendabout Ursula K Le Guin, Neil Gaiman, Stephen lisher Puffin, she has strived to break the T a witch who abducts men at King,JorgeLuisBorges,SusannaClarke,etc, rated the story from her per- Film (2014), stereotypesassociatedwiththerepresenta- night, leaving behind only their clothes. who were all changing the world one word spective andgave aglimpseintoher was quoted as saying tion of the warrior-goddess with the book. Based in Chanderi, the ingenious at a time much before me and way better life—why she turned evil, how she was in an interview with The The author believes women writers think scriptwriting portrayed the men of the than me.”Dutt has in the past been associ- wrongedatthehandsofmen,especiallyher Times of India in July last year. differently while portraying women, be it small town as afraid to step out of their ated with films like Phillauri (2017) and loverStefanwhoseveredherwingsinorder Ramachandran, too, believes that to a goddessesorghosts.“Commontropesanda houses after dark and hiding behind their Pari(2018),whichalsotellstoriesoffemale to marry King Henry’s daughter.When he large extent horroris a sub-genre of crime, myopic lens have always been used to pre- wives. But what truly made the film stand ghosts.Bothwere produced bySharma. has a daughter named Aurora with the especially crimes against women. “The sent them.Women have been viewed as a outwasitshumanetreatmentofthefemale AuthorKavithaMandana,whohaswrit- king’s daughter, Maleficent wants to female ghost has almost always stood fora gender that is or can be easily possessed.In supernatural figure,whowas shown in the ten several books like Tenali Raman,Akbar, avenge herself and, hence, curses her.The Thrill-a-minute cause—be it in Maa (1991),Om Shanti Om many cultural or ritualistic practices,god- climax as somebodywho only desired love TheMightyEmperor,etc,comparesBulbbul plot,however,refrainsfrompaintingheras (2007) or the Tamil film Eeram (2009). dessworship and possession ofwomen has and respect.In giving her a sympathetic to the female version of Robinhood who an all-evil character instead showing her Some popular supernatural Through Stree and Bulbbul, the female shared an unquestioned, symbiotic rela- back story,the film,unlike others in the sets out to straighten the wrongdoings of with shades of grey.Maleficent eventually ghost has shown that she has become tionship,”she says,adding,“When the god- genre,paintedherastheprotagonistrather patriarchy.“Suchcharactersinfilmswillbe grows fond of Aurora and acts as her pro- & psychological thrillers strongerovertime,”she adds. desshasamessageforherpeople,sheoften than the antagonist. very appealing to girls who need a super- tector. In the movie,Aurora does not wake over the years chooses a woman as her medium. Several Stree is just one example of a niche yet hero figure on celluloid,”says Mandana, up from the prince’s kiss,but with the kiss ■ Frankenstein (1931) female ghost characters have been made to refreshing change that is underwayin cin- whose book Trapped (2016) tells the story of Maleficentwho begins to love her. Goddess-demoness binary imbibe this quality.In society,some people ema.Onewhereinwriters are using a lot of of a ghost calledAmit,a stillborn childwho Interestingly, the change in mindset ■ Gaslight (1944) One of the most common features of mayseetheactofgettingpossessedasasign sensitivityintheportrayaloftheproverbial is genderless as it nevergrewup. isn't restricted to the film world alone, as ■ Madhumati (1958) female horror fiction is that it often shows of a woman’s vulnerability or weakness. chudail(witch).Movingbeyondhowhorror Buttheearliesttrendsettercouldwellbe many female authors,too,are increasingly ■ Psycho (1960) a naive girl who suffers at the hands of a From a psychological point of view, this films have mostlystereotyped the ghost as legendaryfilmmakerSatyajitRaywhomwe opting to give a voice to the female ghosts male and then transforms into a powerful depiction is also crucial to the theories that ■ female, films like Stree are now exploring can thank for setting the standards rather in their books and refraining from stereo- The Exorcist (1973) character.The suppressed-turned-protec- surroundwomenandmentalhealthissues.” why the oppressed female becomes a chu- highwhenitcomestodepictingwomen.In typingthem.NaliniRamachandran,author ■ Veerana (1988) torthemewasexploredinbothBulbbuland Talking about the inherent dichotomy dail in the first place. Bengalifilmsandliterature,infact,thepor- and editor of children's books and graphic ■ Raaz (2002) Stree, bringing into play the goddess- in society, Chakrabarti says,“We worship trayal of women is far more evolved and novels,saysthatthefemaleghostcharacter demonessbinary.InStree,infact,menwere women as incarnations of Shakti, power, ■ Jaani Dushman: ahead of time.The 1960 film Devi,written from hershort storyShakti in ScaryTales,a shown bowing to the statue of Stree and manifestation of all that is good and the Ek Anokhi Kahani (2002) Breaking the mould and directed by Ray and starring Sharmila horror anthology published in 2016 by prayingforprotectionattheendofthefilm. slayerof the most demonic forces,but per- In June last year, Netflix premiered a film Tagore, for instance, explored the story of ScholasticIndiaforyoungadults,hadtraits ■ Bhool Bhulaiyaa (2007) But there lies an inherent problem in rais- ceivethemastheweakersexinourculture. called Bulbbul. Produced by actorAnushka the fictional character Doyamoyee, a whichtoday’syouthcouldeasilyrelateto— ■ Black Swan (2010) ing women to the position of a goddess or Thereisahugedichotomyandironyinsoci- Sharma, the supernatural thriller narrates woman thought to be an avatar of goddess dealingwithfragilefriendships,tryingtofit ■ Jane Eyre (2011) reducing them to that of a demoness.The ety. Stories are being written based on the the story of the eponymous character and Kali and thus denied the right to live a nor- in and the underlying loneliness.“I con- binary is easily used to cover the conversa- blackartswherewomanpowerplaysavery ■ howshetransformsfromanaiveyounggirl mal life.The blind faith in her crumbles sciously stayed away from the old witch or Ek Thi Daayan (2013) tion around mental health. Take, for vitalrole,butthispowerisagainharnessed to what many think of as a chudail.Decon- whenhernephewdies,asthefamilyrefuses the seductress frameworks,”she says. ■ The Conjuring (2013) instance,the several temples and religious byamaleworshipper.Someofthecontem- structing the popular legend of the witch, to see a doctor, believing that Doyamoyee ■ Stree (2018) institutionsinthecountry,whereso-called porarywritersaretryingtobreakawayfrom the movie humanised her, reasoning why would cure himwith herpowers. ■ ‘possessed’women are abandoned to ward this tradition and make thewoman a more she became one. In doing so, Bulbbul Kolkata-basedIndraniChakrabarti,cre- The invisible female Pari (2018) off evil spirits when actually it could be a benevolent force.I want to explore more becameoneofthefewmoviestogiveavoice ative director at Screenshots (EmVeeBee The writing of history is largely male-cen- ■ Bulbbul (2020) psychological ormental illness. shades of the genre.” tothe'demoness',presentingthestoryfrom Media Pvt Ltd) (a production house creat- tricwherebywomenareusuallymadeinvis- IntheWest,infact,thehorrorgenrehas The ‘wronged woman avenges herself’ herperspective. ingcontentforvariousplatforms),andcre- ible or portrayed as trivial,feels writer and been extensively used since decades to theme also plays out in the 1958 paranor- The female ghost,long painted by pop- ator of Chhupe Saaye, a horror show on historian Devika Rangachari, who has also been demonised in different ways in studysuppressionanditsimpactonmental mal romance film Madhumati, which ularculture as a dangerous demonesswith Audible Suno, says, “In Bengali works, authoredbookslikeQueenofIce(2014)and historical narratives,”she says. health. Alfred Hitchcock’s 1944 film depicted how the woman,who died escap- long hair, scary face, bulging eyes and ghostsarefarmoreevolved,andhorrorand Queen of Earth (2020).“Powerful women Filmmaker Dutt agrees, saying that, Gaslight,forinstance,exploreshowayoung ing from her oppressor, comes back to twisted feet (the most iconic feature),was suspense remain the most popularly con- whosubvertfemininestereotypesbyvirtue unlike history and most of the epics, woman is gaslighted into believing she is avenge herself and punish her murderer. givenastoryofherown.Inthefilm,thepro- sumed kinds of work... One of the best of their knowledge, intelligence, curiosity, which were written by men,women were goinginsanebyherhusband.Similarly,The The 2007 movie Bhool Bhulaiyaa, too, tagonist Bulbbul is married as a child to a examples of ghost stories are by our very skills or other abilities have always been the original storytellers for ghost stories. Yellow Wallpaper, a 1892 short story by belongs to the same genre. It painted its man much older than her. Her husband own Satyajit Raywho was one of the finest demonised in the Indian (and world) con- “Biology has nothing to do with intellect. Charlotte Perkins Gilman and one of the protagonist Avni as possessed by the spirit Indranil physically abuses her so much so storytellers in this genre.Today, there is a text all through history,”she says, adding, Be it MargaretAtwood,JoWalton,Daphne most important works of feminist litera- of Manjulika whose loverwas killed by a thatherfeetgetbroken,herbrother-in-law transformation happening in Bollywood... “Witchhunts,forinstance,weretargetedat du Maurier,Sarah Perry,Jane Austen or ture, explores how a woman is denied the cruel king.The film shows a psychiatrist rapes herand heryoungest brother-in-law, Evenifthereisawitch,sheisnotalldevilish, women who transgressed the patriarchal the Bronte sisters, there are women writ- right to write and is made to believe she is ‘curing’ Avni. Ramachandran says Bhool whomsheloves,abandonsher.Tilloneday, but powerful and has a purpose.” mouldinonewayortheother.Thefearthey ers who are heard and will continue to be sick by confining her to a room where she Bhulaiyaaisproblematicbecauseitends up Bulbbul transforms herself. For some, she NotjusttheIndianfilmindustry,Holly- evoked manifested itself in violence heard,”she says. startsimaginingthings.Thestoryendswith making a hero out of the psychiatrist, the becomes a chudail who wants to avenge wood, too, has been exploring the concept towardsthem.Iwouldimaginethe'chudail', Women understand fear better ahorrificscenewheremadnesscompletely priest,the husband and the dancer-neigh- herself,for others,a devi,or a protector,for for quite some time now. In 2014, the the'possessed'are more examples of the because they live with it, be it walking takes over her and she is seen crawling like bour, all men who help the possessed other voiceless women like her.As the vil- Angelina Jolie-starrer Maleficent revisited same—andonedoesnotnecessarilyneedto alone on a dark street or a stranger walk- a ghost on herhusband. woman out of hersituation.“Womenwrit- lage doctor, Sudip,who used to regularly the fairytaleworld to bring out the storyof be a female writer to recognise this.Didda ing upto them in an unknown place, Pre- However,eveninthewest,beitTheExor- ers are more likelytoviewpossession as an visittocheckherfeetandtheonlycharacter one of the most dreaded characters in chil- (theleadcharacterfromQueenofIceandthe rna Gill,editorat HarperCollins India and cistseriesorTheConjuring,exorcisminhor- act that gives agency to female characters, who knows her truth, remarks,“Rakshas dren’s literature: the evil fairy from Walt 10th-centuryqueenofKashmir)andother author of The Female Supernatural Being ror movies is almost always performed on whom the goddess or the female ghost nahi hai woh,devi hai”. Disney’s Sleeping Beauty.The movie nar- remarkablewomenintheIndianpasthave in Contemporary Gothic Literature and women, strengthening the narrative that chooses,to fulfill herwishes,”she says.

There is a transformation happening Witch hunts were targeted at those The female ghost has almost in Bollywood... Even if there is a who transgressed the patriarchal always stood for a cause...Through ❝witch, she is not all devilish, but ❝mould... the chudail, the 'possessed' ❝Stree and Bulbbul, the female powerful and has a purpose are examples of this... and one does not ghost has shown that she has — INDRANI CHAKRABARTI, need to be a female writer to see this become stronger over time CREATIVE DIRECTOR, SCREENSHOTS — DEVIKARANGACHARI,WRITER & HISTORIAN — NALINI RAMACHANDRAN, AUTHOR & EDITOR (EMVEEBEE MEDIA PVT LTD), KOLKATA

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other countries have accreditation to ensure their standards are equivalent to medicalfacilitiesintheUnitedStates). Inrecentweeks,Jacksonhashadaflare up of symptoms,which is commonwhen theconditiongoesuntreated. “I’mnotsureifIwillbeabletowaitfor Covid to get better,”she said.“This thing crippleseverypartofmylife.” The land border with Mexico — closed to tourists — has remained open for essential travel,which includes all medical treatment, and a handful of Americans cross the border every day into Los Algodones (also known as MolarCity) to receive dental treatment or purchase pharmaceuticals. “It’sjustAmericansovertheregetting dental care,”said Jeff Somerville,a Delta AirLinesflightattendantwhovisitedthe Supreme Dental Clinic in LosAlgodones inSeptembertogethiscrownsreplaced. “You park on the US side and just walk across.It’seasyandfeltverysafe.”Hesaid the procedure would have cost around $25,000 in Tampa, Florida, close to where he lives in the city of Clearwater. In Mexico,he paid $7,000. Now, Somerville, 47, is preparing to traveltoTurkeyinFebruaryforahairand beardtransplant,whichwillcost$3,000 and includes plasma treatments, med- Why medical ications, hotel lodging for three nights and a translator. “I’m going to live my life,but I’m going to take myprecautionswhile I do that,”he said.“I’m not going to sit at home and be scared.” tourism is Turkey has remained open to tourists throughout the latest surge of the pan- demic in Europe and only visitors from Britain are required to take a test as a pre- cautionagainstanew,moretransmissible still thriving variantofthevirus.OnweekendsinTurkey astrictcurfewisimposedonlocalresidents tocurbthespreadofthevirus,butforeign visitors are allowed to roam free without The coronavirus pandemic has devastated anyrestrictions.OnIstanbul’smainIstiklal medical tourism, but pent-up demand remains Avenue,men recovering from hair trans- plantprocedurescaneasilybespottedwith for affordable treatment in foreign lands bandagesaroundtheirheads. “This is the best time to get surgery,” saidMartinWright,aBritishtourist,who CEYLAN YEGINSU tagion for some, giving rise to an had a hair transplant in Istanbul in increased number of patients seeking December,before the newvariant of the NACOLD Februarymorn- medical treatment in a foreign country. viruswasidentifiedinBritain.“Hotelsare ing last year, as she lay “We areseeing a pent-up demandfor cheap,sitesareemptyandyougettohave curledupinafetalposition medical tourism during the pandemic, down time in a foreign citywhere you on her kitchen floor, particularlyintheUSwhereafast-grow- don’t have to explain to anyone why or Melissa Jackson called her ing number of Americans are travelling howyou got a hairtransplant.” managerO at a New Jersey beauty salon to acrossthelandborderwithMex- Over the summer, when lockdown askforsomeunpaidtimeoff. icoforhealthpurposes,”said restrictions were eased across Europe, Itwas the sixth consecutiveweek that David G Vequist IV, the Britonstravelledtothecontinenttoreceive the 39-year-old beauty technician was founder of the Center DEMAND FOR medical treatment,afterwaiting lists for unable to work full time because of the for Medical Tourism NON-ESSENTIAL elective surgery on the National Health debilitating pain in her pelvis caused by Research, a group SURGERIES HAS Servicereachedrecordlevels.WithBritish endometriosis,a chronic condition trig- basedinSanAntonio, ALSO BEEN BUILDING hospitalsoperatingatreducedcapacityto geredbythegrowthofuterinetissueout- Texas,andaprofessor UP AFTER MANY accommodate patients with Covid-19, sideoftheuterus.Ashersymptomswors- at the University of SCHEDULED SURGERIES hundreds of thousands of patients,who ened,she started exploring options to get theIncarnateWordin WERE POSTPONED havebeenwaitingformorethanayearfor lesscostlymedicalcareabroad. SanAntonio. BETWEEN MARCH non-urgent surgery, are facing further In recent years,while still on her ex- Evenbeforethepan- AND JUNE delays,NHSfiguresshow. husband’s health insurance policy, she demic,millions ofAmeri- IN 2020 Cynthia Hedges, a 77-year-old had received hormonal treatments to canstravelledtoothercoun- placedonthealreadyfaulty American travellers in recent months,are andsaveforatriptoMexicali,abordercity retired nurse from Plymouth in south- ease the pain so she could go about her tries forsavings of between 40 healthcaresystemarepushing still down by32% compared to the same in northern Mexico,where she can get a west England, travelled to France in daily life. But since her divorce last year to 80% on medical treatments, manypatientstotravel.Demandfor periodofAugusttoDecemberin2019. hysterectomyfor$4,000,one-fifththecost August for a knee replacement after and the coronavirus restrictions placed according to the global medical tourism non-essential surgeries has also been “Covid-19 has devastated the whole oftheprocedureofferedinNewJersey.Her waiting more than 19 months to get on the beauty industry in March, those guide Patients Without Borders.Mexico building up after many scheduled surg- medicaltourism ecosystem becauseofall best friend had offered to drive her there the procedure at her hospital. treatment costs have become prohibi- andCostaRicahavebecomethemostpop- eries were postponed between March theuncertaintyovertravelrestrictionsand andpayforthegasandaccommodations. “It just became hopeless, I could tive,especiallywith no insurance. ulardestinationsfordentalcare,cosmetic andJunein2020,accordingtotheCenter quarantine measures that keep changing “Wewanted to make avacation out of barelywalk and was just living off pain “There is no real cure forendometrio- surgeryandprescriptionmedicineswhile forMedicalTourism Research. acrosstheworld,”saidPaulMcTaggart,the it and have some fun before the surgery medication,which is not good for my sis,but if I want to free myself from this Thailand,India and South Korea draw in “Our market has always been what I founderoftheagency. because it’s such a heavy and dark thing health,”she said in a telephone inter- pain then I need to get a hysterectomy,” patients for more complex procedures callthe‘workingpoor’andtheyjustkeep “Despitethis,wearestillseeingagrow- with real consequences,”Jackson said.“At view.“I knowwe can’t go farthese days, Jackson said, her voice shaking as she including orthopedics, cardiovascular, gettingpoorer,”saidJosefWoodman,the ingnumberofpeopletravellingandbook- 39,Ihavetocometotermswiththereality but I became very depressed not even described the procedure to remove her cancerandfertilitytreatment. chief executive of PatientsWithout Bor- ing trips to address their urgent health that I’ll neverhave kids.That’s even more being able towalk to mygarden.I know uterus.“Asifthesurgeryisn’tbadenough, In2019,1.1%ofAmericanstravelling ders. “The pandemic has gutted low- needs,especiallybetweentheUSandMex- painfulthanmycondition.” it was risky to travel at the time, but it I need to find 20,000 bucks to pay for it, internationally did so for health treat- income and middle-classpeople around icoborderwherepatientscantravelsafely Fornow,Jacksonhasputthesurgeryon was the best thing I did.Itwasworth it.” which is just crazyso I’m going to have to ments,according to the National Travel theworldandformanyofthemthereal- by car,” McTaggart said. The Center for holdandwillwaituntilthevirusisbrought Even as travel restrictions tighten, findawaytogotoMexico.” andTourism Office,although that figure ity is that they have to travel to access Medical Tourism Research found that under control.Her doctor had pointed to experts in the medical tourism industry The coronavirus pandemic has onlyaccountsforthosewhotravelledbyair affordable health care.” GooglesearchesintheUnitedStatesforthe cheaper options forthe operation in New see an opportunityas demand builds and pushed millions of people into poverty anddoesnotincludethethousandsoftrav- In April, following the initial global terms“Mexico medical tourism”went up Jersey,startingat$11,000inalocaloutpa- health care becomes more inaccessible in and stripped more than 5.4 million ellerswhocrossedtheUnitedStates-Mex- lockdowntocurbthespreadofthecoron- by 64% since July,compared to pre-pan- tientfacility.ButJacksonisadamantabout people’shomecountries. American workers of their health insur- icoborder.Definitivestatisticsonmedical avirus,medicaltravelbookingsweredown demiclevelsbeforetravelrestrictionswere havingitinthehospitalandsaystheafter- “Itdoesn’tmatterifyou’reinEuropeor ance,accordingtoastudybythenonpar- tourismarehardtocomebybecausecoun- by more than 89% in the most popular imposedinMarch. careismorethoroughinMexico. theAmericas,”said McTaggart of Medical tisanconsumeradvocacygroup,Families trieshavedifferentrecordingmethodsand destinations,including Mexico,Thailand, “Google searches are almost directly “Goingforthecheaperoptionathome Departures.“Financiallychallenged indi- USA.ManypeoplelikeJacksonhaveexpe- definitionsofthesector. TurkeyandSouthKorea,accordingtoMed- correlated with consumer behaviour meansgettinglowerqualitycareandtak- vidualswillseekoutandbemorereceptive rienced a significant deterioration in Medicaltourismhasbeendecimated icalDepartures,aBangkok-basedmedical when it comes to travel across borders,” ingarisk.Thatjustisn’ttheexperiencefor to the idea thatyou can travel abroad and their health because they have delayed bycoronavirus restrictions,but,even so, travel agency.SinceAugust,the numbers Vequist said. peoplewhodothisinspecialisedhospitals see substantial savings for medical treat- medical procedures. The fear of large the twin crises of the economy and the have slowly been rebounding,but book- Before the winter resurgence of the in Mexico,”she said.“It’s cheap and safe” mentandgetpasttheline.” medicalbillshasoutweighedfearofcon- enormous strain that Covid-19 has ingsinMexico,whichhasseenanuptickin coronavirus,Jackson had started to plan (manyhospitalsandclinicsinMexicoand NYT

to inoculate 7,000 people a day there. end the pandemic.More than a dozen “There’s no better place to have our first US airports now double as virus testing Disneyland as a SuperPODthanrighthereatDisneyland, sites, including Chicago O’Hare and atraveldestinationforpeoplearoundthe Chicago Midway, Los Angeles Interna- world,”Do said at a news conference. tional,Tampa, Newark and Minneapo- The site, which is currently only lis-St Paul. Inside many terminals, vaccination site? acceptingresidentsinphase“1a”—which XpresSpahaspivotedfromofferingair- includes frontline health care workers, port massages and manicures to rapid Many businesses in the travel world are paramedics and pharmacists—is being coronavirus tests. runbythecounty,butinadditiontopro- MontereyBayAquariuminMonterey, performing their own pandemic shift vidingspace,WaltDisneyCoisproviding California,hasbeenclosedtoguestssince some staffing assistance.“Disneyland March; in December, they lent one of DEBRA KAMIN industrytoitsknees.TheUSTravelAsso- Resort is proud to help support Orange their ultracold freezers to a hospital in ciation, a trade group that promotes CountyandtheCityofAnaheimwiththe nearby Salinas; the special freezer can FIVE MONTHSAGO, SanFranciscoInter- travel to and within the country, esti- use of our parking lot,” said Pamela maintain temperatures of minus 94 nationalAirport opened the first airport mates that nearly 40% of all travel jobs Hymel,Disney Parks’chief medical offi- degreesFahrenheit,whicharerequiredto rapid coronavirus testing site in the US. havebeeneliminatedsincethevirustook cer.“Afterayearinwhich so manyin our safelystoresomecoronavirusvaccines. Nine months ago, some of the world’s holdinMarch.Butwithhotelsatrecord- community have faced unprecedented Intheearlyweeksofthepandemic,the most luxurious hotels, including Clar- lowoccupancy,someairportsrunningon MANYTRAVEL hardship and uncertainty, there is now State Fair of West Virginia signed an idges in London and the FourSeasons in skeletoncrewsandfairgroundsemptied FIRMS AND People wait at a Covid-19 vaccination reason foroptimism.” agreement with the Greenbrier County New York, began housing frontline doc- of guests, many travel companies and OPERATORS HAVE site at Disneyland, California BLOOMBERG Unlike its sister resort in California, Health Department,pledging the use of tors and nurses.And nowanotherentity operators have begun donating their BEGUN DONATING Florida’s Disney World reopened to theirfacilitiesfortesting,vaccinationand in the travelworld is performing its own resources and newly vacant spaces to THEIR RESOURCES TO guestsinJuly.Andthey,too,areconsider- evenasurgehospital,ifneeded.Closedin pandemic shift: Disneyland.Recently, help get the pandemic undercontrol. HELP CONTROLTHE the age of 75 queued for the first of five ing opening an on-site vaccine distribu- 2020,their grounds have since been the the Anaheim, California, theme park Disneyland has been shuttered since PANDEMIC Orange County,California,“Super POD” tion centre in the near future,according site for three free drive-through testing beganservingasavaccinationsupersite. mid-March,but recently,a section of its (Point Of Dispensing) sites,and Andrew to a report in the Orlando Sentinel. clinics,and are now currently operating Thecoronavirus,whichhaskilledand ToyStoryparkinglotwasfull.Emergency Do,chairman of Orange County’s board Many corners of the travel industry asavaccinationcenterforlocalresidents. infected many, has brought the travel medicalworkersandlocalresidentsover ofsupervisors,saystheywillsoonbeable are looking for a way to pitch in to help NYT

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But for Letterboxd, all that when writers “use all lowercase” or Buchanan and Karl von timeathomehasbeenaboon.“Welove refuse “to use normal grammar or Randow,webdesignersbased talking about movies,”said Gemma punctuation,” which on the site is Ein Auckland, New Zealand, Gracewood, Letterboxd’s editor in often.Butthelackofrulesorstructure were seeking a passion project.Their chief.“And we’re talking even more can also lead to some interesting, business,aboutiquewebdesignstudio about what we love lately because unconventionalcriticism,andoffersa The road ahead called Cactuslab,developed apps and we’reallstuckindoors.” platform to voices that might other- websites forvarious clients,but they In the beginning, Letterboxd wise not be heard.On Letterboxd,you wantedaprojectoftheirownthattheir mainlyattractedfilmobsessives:hard- can discover not only new movies to team could plug away at when there corecinephiles,statsfanaticsandpro- watch,butnewcriticstofollow. The much-hyped arrival of Tesla in the Indian market has wasn’tmuchelsetodo. fessionalcriticslookingtohousetheir Sydney Wegner, a single mother Buchanan had an idea for a social published work under one roof.Mike in rural Texas, started using Letter- raised eyebrows,as electric mobility in India is still a media site about movies.At the time, D’Angelo,a longtime contributor to boxd in late 2012.Under the user- he reflected, he used Flickr to share Entertainment Weekly and Esquire, name @campbart,she has written work in progress.Can electric cars survive in the country? photos and Last.fm to share his taste used Letterboxd to retroactively log vivid, free-form reviews (almost inmusic.IMDbwasadatabase;itwas- everymoviehehasseen,bydate,since exclusively in lowercase) of sci-fi, n’t,inessence,social.Thatleftagapin January 1992.In addition to upload- horrorandactionmovies,includinga FE FEATURES arrival of Tesla in the Indian market sition to e-mobility?The ministryof the field. The result was an app and ing his old reviews to the platform,he heartfelt piece about Minions that has raised eyebrows, as electric power has allowed the sale of elec- social media network called Letter- usesthesiteasakindofdiaryformore reads like a poetic ode to her daugh- AST WEEK, ELON MUSK mobility in India is still a work in tricity as a service for charging elec- boxd,whichitswebsitedescribes,aptly, off-the-cuffmusings. ter.“I wrote that way because that’s confirmed his India plans progress. Also, there are already tric vehicles.The ministry of road as“Goodreadsforfilm”. “If I’m writing a professional what I like to read,”she said recently. for Tesla with a two-word many players in the electric vehicle transport highways has notified that Afteritwasintroducedattheweb review,I’mwriting fora general audi- “I find criticism very boring unless tweet."As promised,"wrote market in India. Tata Motors' brand therewill be an exemption of official conference Brooklyn Beta in the fall ence,”he said in a recent phone call. there’s a personal aspect to it.” theworld'srichestman in a of electricvehicles starts at `15 lakh, permit for battery-operated vehi- of 2011, Letterboxd steadily devel- “WhereasonLetterboxd,Idon’tworry Wegnersaidshe“neverintendedto thrLead, linking to a blog that said Mahindra Electric sells eVerito cars cles. But there is an increasing need oped a modest but passionate fol- about pro forma things like plot syn- write professionally,” but as her Tesla cars will be expensive,but may that are battery operated, and Mor- to make ample charging stations lowing of film fans eager to track opsis.Imakejokesandreferencesyou account began to gain followers,she eventually become more affordable ris Garage and Hyundai,too,sell bat- available and this can lead to pres- their movie-watching habits, create would have to have a fairly deep film soon found herself fielding requests for the Indian middle class when the tery-operated vehicles. sure on electricity generation. Plus, listsoffavourites,andwriteandpub- knowledge to understand. I find it for paid work as a critic. She has company starts its own production. In fact,there are many upcoming renewable energy resources should lish reviews. In 2020, however, the muchmoreliberating.” appeared as a guest on film podcasts, "At the moment,due to the high tar- electric cars in 2021 aswell.Take,for be coupled with charging stations site’s growth was explosive. Letter- ThatfreedomgiveswritingonLet- doneintroductionsforfilmscreenings iffs in India,Tesla cars will be expen- instance,MahindraXUV300Electric, for efficiency. boxd has seen its user base nearly terboxd a kind of wild-west quality. and been commissioned by editors at sive.Nevertheless,ifthecompanyhas an all-electric version,which is pow- According to a 2020 study by double since the beginning of the Whatrisestothetopofthesite’spage several film reviewwebsites,such as its own production,itwill reduce the ered by a 130hp electric motor with lubricants major Castrol, most con- pandemic:Theynowhavemorethan for most popular reviews ranges FilmFreakCentral. cost of cars to an acceptable level, a 30kWh batteryto delivera range of sumers in Indiawould considerbuy- three million member accounts, wildly: There are obscure memes, On the app, which the company which will make them more afford- over 300 km on a single charge. Or ing an electric vehicle by 2022,but according to the company, up from diaristic essays and sprawling screeds reports is how 75% of users access able.Thus,at some point,Tesla cars theBMWi3,whichisexpectedtobea most of them also believe that it 1.7 million at this time lastyear. packedwithpseudo-academicjargon. Letterboxd,the largest demographic may become affordable for the mid- lighter vehicle in the segment and won't be until 2025 that the major- And it’s not just more users. It’s You might find political disquisitions is 18- to 24-year-olds.“There’s been dle class as well,”the brand says in travel a distance of 128-150 km on a ityofnewcarspurchasedareelectric. more use:“We’ve seen more activity written with breathless zeal:“As the an enormous growth in younger one of the blogs. single charge. Tata Altroz EV will The study found that,on an average, per member,” Buchanan said in a most destructive action in the world, members,”Gracewood said.And she The first launch expected from comewith a 30kWh batterythatwill for consumers in India,a price point recent Zoom interview.“Our metrics as the source of more war,death,and said that once drawn to the platform, the company is its entry-level offer- offer a range of around 300 km on a of `23 lakh (or $31,000), a charge these younger members often soon ing,the Model 3 sedan,which will be single charge. US-based Triton Elec- time of 35 minutes and a range of find their tastes starting to evolve. sold in India through the CBU (Com- tric Vehicles, too, plans to introduce 401 km from a single charge repre- “They’re coming on having watched pletely Built Unit) route, thus its N4 sedan in India,starting at a sent the'tipping points'to achieve The Princess Switch: Switched Again demanding a higher price tag (start- price of `35 lakh. mainstream EVadoption. and discovering The Umbrellas of ing at approximately `60 lakh).The But can India easilyachieve tran- Also, when Tesla comes to India, Cherbourg,”shesaid. most affordable and best-selling the brand will have to pay special That shift toward a younger user product of the brand,Model 3 comes emphasis on the next-generation basemeansLetterboxdisfinallystart- in three variants: standard range electric vehicle batteries, turning to ing to expand outside the hard-core plus, long range and performance. AS PER A STUDY, lithium iron, not lithium ion. The movie-buffniche—andthemorethan But the brand hasn’t confirmed if it MOST CONSUMERS IN next generation of lithium iron bat- amillionnewusersin2020represent will bring its Autopilot autonomous INDIAWOULD CONSIDER teries have fundamental chemical a lot of people “who aren’t strictly driving assist to India, one of the BUYING AN ELECTRIC engineering science powering EVs. cinephiles,”Buchanan explained.The biggest highlights of the brand. VEHICLE BY2022, BUT MOST Thelithium-ironphosphatedoesnot growth has brought the platform to a Autopilot is an advanced driver ALSO BELIEVE THATIT require nickel or cobalt, and lab new level of success, and Buchanan assistance system, which does not WON'T BE UNTIL 2025 THAT research shows that this will cut seesevengreaterpotential.“Thereare turn a Tesla into an autonomous MAJORITY OF NEW CARS costs, enhance much longer-range tens of millions of Netflix users, for vehicleorallowthedrivertoabdicate PURCHASED WILL and durable battery cells.The new instance.We knowwe’re not going to responsibility.Instead,itreducesthe BE ELECTRIC technology can allow cars to go 400 appealtoeverysingleNetflixuser,but driver’s overall workload. miles or more between charges and wealsoknowthattheappetiteforfilm Nonetheless, the much-hyped last as long as 1 million miles. The animated film Minions received a heartfelt review from a user on Letterboxd contentisgrowing.” NYT

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TARIRO MZEZEWA top, no rules,"she said in an email sent in December."Come in a velvet suit, come in a leotard, come in a ball gown. EDDY JOHNSON HAS a NO RULES." very clear fantasy forwhat Imani Baucom, 29, a teacher in he's going to do the daythe Washington, DC, has been fantasising pandemic is "over" — about taking a trip to the Dominican whatever that day might Republic to see a class of fifth graders Tlook like,and whenever it may be. she taught some seven years ago. He's banking on the day being They'll be graduating from high school sunny, perhaps the temperature of this spring. early summer. I Wanna Dance With Jordan Firstman, a television Somebody (Who Loves Me) by Whitney writerwho has found some celebrity Improve your Houston will be playing everywhere — this year doing impersonations on on the streets of NewYork City,where Instagram,is fantasising about a day life with these he lives; on the subway; and definitely that kicks off with"a 20-person break- in the club where Johnson will fast at a restaurant, indoors,"followed tiny chores gatherwith all his friends.He will wear by an orgy, dinner, live theatre, a cropped white tank top with speckles a warehouse party and clubbing � Being home all the time has of paint all over it with his favourite "until 6 am,"he said."Then we'll go see been hard on your house pair of tight bell-bottoms and Wicked at 8 am becausewe didn't get too. So invest your time in stunner sunglasses. enough theatre the night before.We small projects that have "I can't wait to dance with my want more theatre." big-gratification appeal. friends," said Johnson, 28, over the Outsize fantasies like these � Deep-clean your bed: Not phone from his apartment in Manhat- are,at theirroot,similarto simplerones tan. It won't erase the pain of last year, — a date, a cocktail, the ability to only does a clean bed feel whichwas compounded forJohnson by eavesdrop again — in that they are all good, it is better for your the loss of his job,but the dance floor expressions of an intense human need health. Bedding and fantasy is soothing — something to to connect. accessories can collect look forward to."Dancing is as impor- "They are fantasising about what dust, making them an tant to me as water,"he said."Thinking they're missing right now,"said Deirdre allergy trigger. Do this at about getting on a dance floorwith the Barrett, a psychologist who teaches at least twice a year. people I love is getting me through this Harvard Medical School."These day- � Sharpen your knives: It stay-at-home life." dreams serve as a substitute, which seems counterintuitive, but Johnson's fantasymayseem prema- gives them some of the pleasure the sharp knives are safe knives, ture — most of uswon't be rushing back real experience would." said Quintin Middleton, a to a crowded dance floor, no matter how much we miss it — but experts say Hold on to hope bladesmith based in South that fantasising,forward thinking and Go ahead.Fantasise At a time in which many people Carolina. Sharp knives also using one's imagination are powerful have lost loved ones,or are struggling prolong the life of the knife, tools for getting people through to pay their bills, feed their families said Brian Casey, a chef. difficult times. Imagining a better future,whether it includes gigantic house parties and hold on to theirhomes,fantasising � Organise the medicine With the winter's end nowhere about better times is not necessarily cabinet: Drugs expire and in sight, with coronavirus cases or just more hugs, helps humans cope with difficult times a given. get pulled from the and deaths still high (and a newvariant "We forget that imagination marketplace, so making at large that's more transmissible),peo- isn't just about the positive," said sure what you have is still ple have a need to look ahead to the par- escape routine, and cultivate hope playground inAustin,Texas,is her ulti- Peg O'Connor,a professor of ethics at safe to use will give you ties they'll host, the hugs they'll and resilience. Imagination also mate fantasy. Gustavus Adolphus College in Min- give and receive, the conversations helps people live a "good life," Aguilar's family nesota."To always think of imagi- peace of mind. Doing this they'll have and the trips they'll take, which Seligman has found is greatly moved from Houston to nation as a good thing is a dan- once a year should be once it's safe. influenced by positive thinking, emo- Austin in 2020, and ger. A lot of people can't fine, said Thomas So, a "The important thing about imagi- tion,engagement,relationships,mean- her children have THE HOURS imagine good, joyful hope- clinical pharmacist. nation is that it gives you optimism," ing and accomplishments — orwhat he not been able to play SPENT ful things because theyare � Unclog that drain: Apart said Martin Seligman, a professor of calls PERMA. with other children DAYDREAMING not able to or their lives from being gross, drain psychology at the University of Penn- "Imagining the future — we call since they got there. ALLOW PEOPLE TO have had so much diffi- blockages generally only sylvania and the director of the Posi- this skill prospection — and prospec- "I feel bad when ESCAPE ROUTINE AND culty that it feels fool- worsen with time, said Jake tive Psychology Center there. tion is subserved by a set of brain we go on walks and I CULTIVATE HOPE & hardy to." Romano, who works for the His work is dedicated to study- circuits that juxtapose time and space see other kids," This was echoed by RESILIENCE Ottawa-based plumbing ing human agency,which is pred- and get you imagining things well and Aguilar said. "They April Toure, a psychiatrist company John The Plumber. icated on efficacy, optimism beyond the here and now," Seligman want to play and have who specialises in working and imagination. (When Selig- said."The essence of resilience about fun and just be kids, but with children and adolescents Romano recommends doing man was president of the Ameri- the future is: How good a prospec- there's this awkwardness of us at Maimonides Medical Center a baking soda and vinegar can Psychological Association tor are you?" pulling our kids apart and not letting in Brooklyn. drain cleanse every month. in 1998,he pushed formoving And that's the case regard- that happen." "Even though it's not considered a � Clean your filters: Food and away "from focusing less ofwhetherone's imagin- core symptom of depression, the Dream big or small other contaminants can on what's wrong to ings of the future are over- absence of hope is a common symp- gunk up filters and zap what makes life the-top and unbelievable, Rachel Syme, who writes about tom," said Toure. Future thinking, or performance of appliances, worth living.") or seemingly mundane. fashion, style and culture for "the imagination and belief that some- said Katie Sadler, a brand The hours spent Twenty-seven-year- , said that she and thing betteris coming,"is crucial to get- manager for Whirlpool's fantasising and old Gabriela Aguilar, a her friend Avery Trufelman,who hosts ting through hard times. kitchen and cooking line. daydreaming mother of two who runs The Cut podcast, have been Holding on to hope, even about one about future an Etsy shop of homemade talking about throwing a partyonce it's simple,mundane thing can make a big You should clean filters plans are goods,said the thing she is safe to do so.The partywill be calledThe difference, O'Connor said."I'm not day every six months. valuable, Selig- looking forward to the most After Party. dreaming of big trips,"she said."I can't AC SHILTON/NYT man said. 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Auctions may 2018 onwards,and attributes consumers in India intend to soon as possible.“Effectively, over20 million phones annu- smartphone players in terms risk unless you use your own relyon public transportation. be a no-show four reasons for this. “One, acquire a less expensivevehi- the state’s decision amounts ally,” says a Micromax of value for the price, multi- car or cab,”Nathan says. The firm has installed sani- there are a lot of newcars in cle than earlier planned to a requirement that GM spokesperson. channel approach and mar- Mumbai-based EuroKids tiser stations at various spots In addition,it is likely to this segment, including Tata because of the Covid-19 pan- either produce vehicles for These companies have set keting initiatives. “A set of International is operating at and allocated special roster buy additional spectrum in Altroz andToyota Glanza.The demic. But the study also which there are no customer theirsights on the lowerprice Indian consumers would be 40% strength. Desks and seats to employees.In com- 1800 MHz and 2300 MHz Baleno is still doing 50% added that“there is a positive orders, or pay workers indefi- segment, eyeing feature keen on buying a home- chairs have been labelled to mon areas such as the cafete- band in order to build a port- sales in this sub-segment, consumer perception of con- nitely for doing no work. We phoneuserswhomaybelook- grown brand. However,when ensure that there is no swap- ria and washrooms, special folio of 10 MHz and 40 MHz, and the i20 has picked up in a nected vehicles that appears reject both suggestions,”the ing to upgrade to smart- it comes to shelling out ping and employees have markings have been made to respectively. With this strat- big way.Two, the aspirations to be edging up, and safety spokesman said, adding pro- phones soon. money, the value being been advised to eat at their ensure a six-feet distance egy,Jiowill end up expanding of the youth are changing— features are the top priority ductionwould not resume. Though these companies offered takes precedence,” desks.Rostering at work has between people at all times, its 4G spectrum from the they want features such as for 89% Indian consumers". GM is offering higherthan are operating in the feature says Navkendar Singh, been extended to all house- says human resources direc- existing 23.4 MHz to 40.82 Android Auto and Apple Premium hatchbacks are per- the statutoryseverance payto phone segment, they had research director,IDC India. keeping and support staff tor Sayan Chatterjee. MHz — a 74.4% increase. CarPlay, sunroof, touch- ceived to be safer than entry- its roughly 1,500 workers at pulled back from the smart- Singh says since the resid- besides full time employees, Marico has reconfigured The company’s total out- screen, etc, and premium level hatchbacks and also the plant, amounting to phone market after the ual brandvalue of these com- says co-founder and group cafeteria and seating spaces flow is likely to be `57,790 hatchbacks offerthese.Three, offer‘connected car’features. nearlytwoyears of salaryand onslaught of Chinese brands. panies lies in markets where CEO Prajodh Rajan.To enable to maintain social distancing. crore at the reserve price. while in rural area and Rajeev Singh, partner & iswillingto negotiate further, Xiaomi, OPPO and Vivo had affordability is important, a graded return to work,the Membersare required towear Since operators are required smaller cities people still buy automotive leader, Deloitte said a source with knowledge forayed into the Indian mar- their game plan to enter the company has implemented a face masks at all timeswithin to pay only 25% upfront entry-level hatchbacks as India, says that connectivity of the matter. ket in the middle of the last market below `10,000 could hybrid work model wherein office premises and occupy and can pay the remaining their first car,in tier-1 cities and safety are features that decade, armed with feature- prove to be effective. teams attend office on cer- not more than 50% of the amount over a 16-year and metros they have shifted were traditionally not on the heavy affordable smart- But it is not going to be tain days andwork from their original capacity of meeting period aftera two-yearmora- towards premium hatch- top of the list for Indian buy- Indian smartphones phones and manufacturing easy for these companies to homes on the remaining rooms. “Our members will torium, its immediate out- backs. Four, there is easy ers,but now they are. back in the game prowess, to aid mass produc- dethrone Chinese brands, days.“A lot of people want to have the liberty to choose the flow will be approximately access to finance and low Going forward, Garg from tion. Indian brands were which command almost break the work from home- rotations with which they `14,400 crore. EMI—at an interest rate of 8- Praxissaysthatthesalesshare “We plan to focus initially unable to foresee the oncom- three-fourths of the smart- led monotony,” says Rajan. would like to work from the In the case of BhartiAirtel, 9%, the EMI difference of premium hatchbacks will on the `5,000-7,000 price ing shift towards 4G phones, phone market in the country. The regional offices of the office,andwe aim to continue a total of 57.60 Mhz is expir- between a premium hatch- continue to increase.“While band as there isn’t much which presented an opening As some of the Indian brands firm are,however,shut. this further in the coming ing later this year, of which back and entry-level could be entry-level hatchbacks are competition in this segment, to Chinese companies. alreadyhave an optimal pres- At Flipkart, a bunch of year.We believe that byoffer- bulk 51.40 Mhz is in 1800 merely `3,000.” now primarily bought by and then we will gradually Subsequently, the smart- ence in theoffline market due employees who are not being ing ourmembers the flexibil- Mhz and 6.20 Mhz is in One trend that has picked thosewhoareupgradingfrom move upwards to `10,000,” phone market share of Micro- to their feature phones, able to work optimally from ity in work, we would be 900 Mhz band. up is sunroof. Tarun Garg, two-wheelers and in smaller says Pardeep Jain, MD, Kar- max and Lava,which stood at Prachir Singh, senior analyst home have been permitted to able to offset the fatigue that The companyis likelyto go director,sales and marketing, towns, premium hatchbacks bonn Mobiles.The company 16% and 6%,respectively,in at Counterpoint Research, come to the office. However, has started to arise while for spectrum in the 900 MHz Hyundai Motor India,told FE are becoming the first car of plans to target tier II and III 2015, as per Counterpoint says that they now need to they need to book their seats working from home on to complete a block of 5/10 that about 30% bookings of choice for those in bigger cities for these devices and is Research, dwindled to below forge partnerships with prior to visiting the office a prolonged basis,” says MHz in every circle.Also, it is the new i20 are of the variant cities — the‘dual income,no planning to tap its network of 1% in 2020. online marketplaces.“Avail- campus.Most of the staffwill chiefhumanresourcesofficer likelyto tryto take additional with the sunroof. kids’generation.” 45,000 retail touchpoints as Now,with the increasing ability, backed by marketing, continueworking from home Amit Prakash. spectrum in 1800 (to com- Som Kapoor, partner, Maruti Suzuki India on well as e-commerce market- anti-China sentiment in the will be key to their success, till May, said a company Co-working firm WeWork plete 15 MHz), 2100 automotive sector, EY India, Saturday said its hatchback places to sell them.It plans to country, the Centre’s push considering that Chinese spokesperson. claims to be providing access (to complete 10 MHz), and says the sunroof is a differen- Swift has emerged as the best offer features such as 2GB towards Aatmanirbhar smartphone brands are pre- Beam Suntoryhas divided to a safe, hygienic and secure 2300 MHz band (to complete tiating factor.Even though in selling car model in India in RAM and 32 GB storage with Bharat and backed bythe gov- sent in everynook and corner the employee strength into working environment,atvar- 40 MHz). a climate such as India people 2020 with 1,60,700 units. over six inches of screen dis- ernment's performance- of the country,”he adds. weekly rosters to ensure lim- ious pricing models to cater With this bidding strategy, may not use it most of the play under Rs 7,000 to draw linked incentive (PLI) scheme ited occupancy,with Fridays to its diverse set of members. Bharti will end up expanding time, they want a sunroof.“If consumers.Overall,the com- for mobile manufacturing, being universal work from Apart from the mandatory its 4G spectrum from the you look at an advertising of GM warns Maha pany plans to launch eight these companies are back in Offices 2.0 home for all. The company, temperature screening existing 31.6 MHz to 44.9 anycarthat has a sunroof as move to block its smartphone devices in 2021. the segment. await employees however,is following avolun- and wearing of masks, the MHz — a 42% increase. Its an option, the ad will always exit could hit Micromax is eyeing the As per experts, though this year tary opt-in policy currently work spaces are also installed total outflow is likely to be display the sunroof. Kids in ‘millennial’ target group for these brands have made a that allows only those with hand sanitiser dis- `34,023 crore at the reserve particular want it, and they investment its newrange of smartphones good comeback attempt, “Majority of our people employees to come to the pensers at all high touch price and if its pays 25% of are decision-drivers.” and an online-first strategy their success depends on rely on public transport.Also, office who are comfortable point areas, says head of the amount upfront, its He adds that many pre- It sold one of its two facto- for retailing. The company matching with Chinese commuting involves high with the idea and also do not people Priti Shetty. immediate outflow will be mium hatchbacks offera sun- ries in the country to China’s initiallylaunches its products approximately `8,500 crore. roof, as also features such as SAIC Motor Corp and contin- online on Flipkart and ForVodafone Idea,a total connectivity,which may not ued to build vehicles for its e-commerce platform 51.05 Mhz spectrum is expir- be there in entry-level hatch- export at its second plant Micromaxinfo.com,followed ing, of which again bulk of backs.“Indian consumers are until December 24.In Janu- by offline retail, where it 51.05 Mhz is in 1800 Mhz maturing; theywant feature- ary 2020, it agreed to sell its has a presence in 10,000 out- while 6.20 Mhz falls in 900 rich cars,those that offera lot second factory in the state’s lets. The company is Mhz band. of features on the dashboard,” Talegaon district to Chinese also boosting its manufactur- It is likelyto opt for spec- he says. automaker Great Wall Motor ing capabilities. trum in the 900 MHz to com- Recently, Deloitte had Co, but tensions between “We have three state-of- plete a block of 5 MHz in released the ‘2021 Global India and China have delayed the-art manufacturing facil- Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund everycircle.Also,it may try to Automotive Consumer completion of that deal. ities in India in Bhiwadi, Indiabulls Finance Center, Tower 2, 12th and 13th Floor, Senapati Bapat Marg, take additional spectrum in Study’, which, among other GM said it planned to seek Hyderabad and Rudrapur Elphinstone Road (West), Mumbai 400013 1800 (to complete 10 MHz), things, noted that 65% of areversalofthestate’sorderas with a capacity of producing Dividend in Franklin India Taxshield 2100 (to complete 10 MHz), and 2500 MHz band (to com- The Trustees of Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund have decided to distribute the following dividend: plete 20 MHz). If it adopts this strategy, Name of the Schemes / Plans Face Value Amount of Dividend NAV per Unit as on # Vodafone Idea will end up per Unit (R) per Unit(R) January 21, 2021 (R) expanding its 4G spectrum Franklin India Taxshield (FIT) from the existing 39.1 MHz FIT – Dividend 10.00 3.5 44.4362 to 45.4 MHz -- a 16.11% FIT – Direct – Dividend 48.9332 increase.Its total outflow is thus likely to be `17,908 The Record Date for the same will be January 29, 2021 (Friday). If in any case the Record Date falls on a non-Business Day, crore at the reserve price. the immediately following Business Day shall be the Record Date. All the Unitholders / Beneficial Owners of the dividend At 25% upfront payment, plan / option of the scheme whose names appear in the records of Registrar / Depositories as on the Record Date shall be its immediate outflow is entitled to receive dividend. The investors in the dividend re-investment plan/option will be allotted units for the dividend likely to be approximately `4,700 crore. amount at the NAV of next Business Day after the Record Date. FE As reported by earlier, # Please note that the dividend payout shall be subject to the availability of distributable surplus and if the available of the total 2,251 MHz of distributable surplus as on the record date is lower than the aforementioned dividend rate, then the available distributable spectrum worth `3.92 lakh crore at reserve price in the surplus shall be paid out. The payout shall be subject to tax deducted at source i.e. TDS, as applicable. 700 MHz, 800 MHz, 900 Pursuant to payment of dividend, the NAV of the scheme would fall to the extent of payout and MHz, 1800 MHz, 2100 MHz, 2300 MHz and 2500 MHz statutory levy (if applicable) bands;whichwould be put up for auctions,the government For Franklin Templeton Asset Management (India) Pvt. Ltd. can mop up a total of around (Investment Manager of Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund) `1.09 lakh crore, assuming Sd/- there's no participation for 700 Mhz band.This would be Sanjay Sapre around 28% of the total President value. This means that Date: January 23, 2021 around 60% of spectrumwill remain unsold. Mutual Fund investments are subject to market risks, read all scheme related documents carefully.

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Company Secretary & Compliance Officer VIMTA LABS LIMITED Plot Nos. 141/2 & 142, IDA, Phase - II, Cherlapally, Hyderabad - 500 051 CIN : L24110TG1990PLC011977 Statement of unaudited standalone financial results for the Quarter and Nine months ended December 31, 2020 (Amount in INR millions, except Earnings Per Share) Sl. Quarter Ended Nine Months ended Year ended Particulars No. 31 Dec 20 30 Sep 20 31 Dec 19 31 Dec 20 31 Dec 19 31 Mar 20 (Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Audited) 1 Total Income from Operations 581.87 588.03 514.83 1495.58 1374.47 1806.74 2 Net Profit / (Loss) for the period (before Tax, Exceptional and/or Extraordinary Items) 105.7 97.35 61.26 179.64 81.89 83.46 3 Net Profit / (Loss) for the period before Tax (after Exceptional and/or Extraordinary Items) 105.70 97.35 61.26 179.64 81.89 83.46 4 Net Profit / (Loss) for the period after Tax (after Exceptional and/or Extraordinary Items) 80.12 73.76 47.12 135.13 67.85 69.27 5 Total Comprehensive Income for the period [Comprising Profit / (Loss) for the period (after tax) and other Comprehensive Income (after tax)] 79.63 73.28 46.35 133.67 65.57 67.38 6 Equity Share Capital 44.22 44.22 44.22 44.22 44.22 44.22 7 Reserves (excluding Revaluation Reserve) 1,685.37 as shown in the Audited Balance Sheet of the previous year 8 Earnings Per share (of Rs.2/- each) (for continuing and discontinued Operations) 1. Basic (INR) 3.62 3.34 2.13 6.11 3.07 3.13 FORMERLY MANAPPURAM HOME FINANCE PVT LTD 2. Diluted (INR) 3.62 3.34 2.13 6.11 3.04 3.13 CIN : U65923K12010PIC039179 Note : IV/470A (OLD)W/638A(NEW) Manappuram House Valapad Thrissur, Kerala 680567 Regd Office : 1 The above is an extract of the detailed format of Quarterly and Nine months Financial Results filed with the Stock Corp Office : Manappuram Home Finance Limited,Third Floor, Unit No. 301 to 315, A Wing, ‘Kanakia Wall Street’, Andheri-Kurla Road, Andheri East, Mumbai 400093, Maharashtra. Phone No. 022-66211000, Website : www.manappuramhomefin.com Exchanges under Regulation 33 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015. The full format of the Quarterly Financial Results are available on the Company's Website (www.vimta.com) DEMAND NOTICE and on the websites of BSE Limited (www.bseindia.com) and the National Stock Exchange of India Limited A notice is hereby given that the following borrower/s have defaulted in the repayment of principal and interest of the loan (www.nseindia.com). facility obtained by them from the Company and the loans have been classified as Non-Performing Assets (NPA). The notice 2 The above unaudited financial results of the company for the quarter and nine months ended December 31, 2020 dated were issued to them under Section 13 (2) of Securitization and Re-construction of Financial Assets and Enforcement have been reviewed by the Audit Committee on January 22, 2021, approved by the Board of Directors at their of Security Interest Act-2002 on their last known addresses as provided to the company by them, that in addition thereto meeting held on January 23, 2021 and the limited review of the same has been carried out by the statutory for the purposes of information of the said borrowers enumerated below, the said borrowers are being informed by way of auditors.Auditors have expressed an unqualified report on the above results. this public notice 3 Figures of the previous periods have been regrouped/recast/reclassified wherever considered necessary. Sr. Name of the Borrower/Co-Borrower/ Description of Secured Asset in respect NPA Date Demand Notice Date/ For and on behalf of the Board of Directors of No. Guarantor/ Loan Account Number / Branch of which Interest has been created & Outstanding Amount Vimta Labs Limited 1 Mr. RAJENDRA SHAMRAO SAWANT / C S No 3913 And 3914 3/886 Trishul 11-Oct-20 11/10/2020 & CIN: L24110TG1990PLC011977 Mrs. SHAKUNTALA SHAMRAO SAWANT Chowk Avadhut Aakhada Gaonbhag Rs.971542.59/- Ichalkaranji Kolhapur Maharashtra / PU90HLLONS000005000333 / Place : Hyderabad, INDIA Harita Vasireddi 416115 KOLHAPUR Date : January 23, 2021 Managing Director 2 Mr. BASAPPA NEMANNA VAGGE Gat No 497, Milkat No 2362 Kurane 10-Dec-20 10/12/2020 & NOTICE / Mrs. VIDYA BASAPPA WAGGE / Lane At Takwade, Tal Hatkangale Rs.1094304.34/ CO90COLONS000005002296 / Maharashtra 416121 Notice, pursuant to Regulation 29 read with Regulation 47 of the KOLHAPUR VIMTA LABS LIMITED Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and 3 Mr. HIRAJI RAMCHANDRA KADAM / Gat No 915, Plot No 8, H No 23/152 10-Dec-20 10/12/2020 & Plot Nos. 141/2 & 142, IDA, Phase - II, Cherlapally, Hyderabad - 500 051 Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, is hereby given Mrs. POOJA HIRAJI KADAM / Amit Process, Ganesh Nagar Rs.407567.04/- CIN : L24110TG1990PLC011977 Kolhapur Maharashtra 416115 that a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company is WKOLH0003015 / KOLHAPUR Statement of unaudited consolidated financial results for the Quarter and Nine months ended December 31, 2020 4 Mr. AMIT KRUSHNATH PATIL / C S No 192, H No 169/7 Laxmi 10-Dec-20 10/12/2020 & scheduled to be held on Monday, February 1, 2021, inter alia, to (Amount in INR millions, except Earnings Per Share) consider and approve the Unaudited Financial Results (both Mrs. KRUSHNATH BABASO PATIL / Devalaya Ja Val Kolhapur Rs.1043810.29/- WKOLH0003667 / KOLHAPUR Maharashtra 416116 Sl. Quarter Ended Nine Months Ended Year ended stand-alone and consolidated) for the quarter and nine months Particulars 5 Mr. GANAPATI PARASU KORAVI / C S No 1040 Bhajani Galli Ap Peth 10-Dec-20 10/12/2020 & No. 31 Dec 20 30 Sep 20 31 Dec 20 31 Mar 20 ended December 31, 2020, of the Financial Year 2020-21. Mrs. SHAKUNTALA PARASU KORVI Vadagaon Tal Hatkangale Kolhapur Rs.1156902.75/- (Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Audited) This intimation is also available on the website of the Company, / CO90COLONS000005004054 / Maharashtra 416112 1 Total Income from Operations 586.76 593.82 1508.37 1807.12 BSE Limited and National Stock Exchange of India Limited at KOLHAPUR 2 Net Profit / (Loss) for the period (before Tax, www.rinfra.com, www.bseindia.com and www.nseindia.com, 6 R S No 791, Plot No 4, B Ward, 10-Dec-20 10/12/2020 & Mr. ROHIT SHIWADAS SONAVNE / Exceptional and/or Extraordinary Items) 106.31 98.96 181.19 82.70 respectively. WKOLH0000973 / KOLHAPUR Dattatra Y Nagar, Mouze Panchgaon, Rs.1053887.17/- Reliance Infrastructure Limited Kolhapur Maharashtra 416013 3 Net Profit / (Loss) for the period before Tax For (after Exceptional and/or Extraordinary Items) 106.31 98.96 181.19 82.70 7 Mr. DIGAMBER DATTATRAY PATIL Milkat No 150/1 Jayhind Lane A/P 10-Dec-20 10/12/2020 & Chandre Kasabawlwe Radhanagari Rs.640971.41/- 4 Net Profit / (Loss) for the period after Tax Paresh Rathod / Mrs. NEETA DIGAMBAR PATIL 80.69 75.37 136.63 68.45 Date : January 23, 2021 Kolhapur, Maharashtra 416212 (after Exceptional and/or Extraordinary Items) Company Secretary / CO90COLONS000005001950 / Place : Mumbai KOLHAPUR 5 Total Comprehensive Income for the period [Comprising Profit / (Loss) for the period Reliance Infrastructure Limited 8 Mr. SATISH DINKAR GAIKWAD / Gp Milkat No 180/1/2 Ap Hirawade 10-Dec-20 10/12/2020 & (after tax) and other Comprehensive Income Mrs. LALITA SATISH GAIKWAD Khalsa Tal Karveer Dist Kolhapur Rs.237252.54/- CIN: L75100MH1929PLC001530 (after tax)] 80.21 74.89 135.17 66.56 / CO90COLONS000005006286 / Maharashtra 416001 Regd. Of�ce: Reliance Centre, Ground Floor, 6 Equity Share Capital 44.22 44.22 44.22 44.22 19, Walchand Hirachand Marg, KOLHAPUR 9 Mr. VINAYAK YASHWANT KAMBLE G.P. Milkat No. 410/1, A/P. Madur, 07-Dec-20 07/12/2020 & 7 Reserves (excluding Revaluation Reserve) 1,684.55 Ballard Estate, Mumbai 400 001 / Mrs. VIJAYA VINAYAK KAMBLE Tal. Bhudargad, Dist. Kolhapur Rs.539690.47/- as shown in the Audited Balance Sheet of the previous year Tel: +91 22 4303 1000; Fax: +91 22 4303 8662 / CO90COLONS000005006511 / Maharashtra 416209 E-mail : [email protected] KOLHAPUR 8 Earnings Per share (of Rs.2/- each) (for continuing and discontinued Operations) Website : www.rinfra.com 10 Mr. NILESH BALASO GAVALI / Milkat No 246/1/5/2, Sant Rohidas 10-Dec-20 10/12/2020 & Mrs. VIJAYMALA NILESH GAVALI / Galli Nerli, Tal Karvir, Kolhapur Rs.568707.27/- 1. Basic (INR) 3.65 3.41 6.18 3.10 MO90HLLONS000005000281 / Kolhapur Maharashtra 416234 2. Diluted (INR) 3.65 3.41 6.18 3.10 ARM - I BRANCH, MUMBAI KOLHAPUR 37, Kshamalaya, Opp. Patkar Hall, Note : 11 Mr. PANDURANG BHIMRAO PATIL Cts No1118 Cts No 1117 Gpm 10-Dec-20 10/12/2020 & 1 The above is an extract of the detailed format of Quarterly and Nine months Financial Results filed with the Stock New Marine Lines, No 1398 A/P Kameri Tal Walwa Rs.562177.5/- Thackersey Marg, Mumbai-400020. / Mrs. ASHA PANDURANG PATIL Exchanges under Regulation 33 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, Email- [email protected] / CO90COLONS000005001629 / Distsangali Sangli Kolhapur Maharashtra 415403 2015. The full format of the Quarterly Financial Results are available on the Company's Website (www.vimta.com) (Auction Sale Notice for Sale of Immovable Properties) KOLHAPUR 12 R S Nno 3704, R S No 377/3,Plot 10-Nov-20 10/11/2020 & and on the websites of BSE Limited (www.bseindia.com) and the National Stock Exchange of India Limited SALE NOTICE Mr. DEEPAK ASHOK MALI / Mrs. VARSHA NANDKUMAR HAVAL / No A1,F No G 1 Babanagar Road Rs.232065.12/- (www.nseindia.com). E-Auction Sale Notice for Sale of Immovable Properties under the Securitization and WKOLH0002980 / KOLHAPUR Kolhapur Maharashtra 416005 2 The above unaudited consolidated financial results of the group for the quarter and nine months ended December Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 31, 2020 have been reviewed by theAudit Committee on January 22, 2021, approved by the Board of Directors at read with proviso to Rule 8 (6) of the Security Interest (Enforcement) Rules, 2002. 13 Mr. ARJUN DNYANDEV CHOUGALE G P Milkat No 205 At Post Mahalwadi 10-Dec-20 10/12/2020 & Notice is hereby given to the public in general and in particular to the Borrower and / Mrs. SHITAL ARJUN CHOUGALE Kolhapur Maharashtra 416223 Rs.848990.07/- their meeting held on January 23, 2021 and the limited review of the same has been carried out by the statutory Guarantors that the below described immovable property mortgaged to the Secured / CO90COLONS000005000517 / auditors.Auditors have expressed an unqualified report on the above results. Creditor, the possession (Lot No. 1 & 2 in Physical Possession and other Lot Nos. are KOLHAPUR 3 Figures of the previous periods have been regrouped/recast/reclassified wherever considered necessary. in Constructive Possession) of which has been taken by theAuthorized Officer of the 14 Mr. ALLAUDDIN DASTAGIR MUJAWAR / R.s. No. 549 & 550, Plot No. 10-Dec-20 10/12/2020 & For and on behalf of the Board of Directors of Canara Bank, will be sold on “As is where is”, “As is what is” and “ Whatever there is” 39, E Ward Swatantra Sainik Rs.1859211.5/- Mrs. NURJAHAN ALLAUDIN MUJAWAR Vimta Labs Limited basis on 26.02.2021, for recovery of the amount Rs. 9,40,22,093.64/- plus further interest / PU90PULONS000005003987 / Vasahat, Rajendra Nagar Kolhapur, and cost from 27.11.2018) due to our bank as mentioned below from the Borrower KOLHAPUR Maharashtra 416012 CIN: L24110TG1990PLC011977 M/s. Sneha Marketing and its Guarantors Mr. Ketan H Satra, Mr. Paresh H Satra and 15 Mr. SANDEEP GAJANAN TAWARE Sr No 82/6/1 Plot No 13 Flat No 104 10-Dec-20 10/12/2020 & Place : Hyderabad, INDIA Harita Vasireddi Mrs. Hansaben H Satra. / Mrs. AARTI SANDEEP TAWARE / 1st Floor Arpita Recidancy Wagholi Rs.1934101.18/- Date : January 23, 2021 Managing Director The Reserve Price and Earnest Money Deposit are as mentioned below: PU90PULONS000005004259 / PCMC Road Pune, Maharashtra 411015 Lot Details of Property with Reserve Price and Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) 16 Mr. PRABODH SIDDHARTH GAIKWAD / Flat No 101, First Floor, Sankalp 10-Dec-20 10/12/2020 & No. Mrs. SIDHARTHA KONDIBA GAIKWAD Heights S No 21, Hissa No 2k, Old Rs.1410724.68/- st Lot All that part and parcel of Gala No. 101, 1 Floor, Bldg. No. E , Block No. B-3, Krishna / PU90PULONS000005004017 / PUNE Sr No -21 Hissa No-2/1/2 Keshav No. Industrial Estate, Survey No. 906/1/2 of Village Amli, Amli Road, Near 66 NVA Power SWARGATE Nagar, Pune, Maharashtra 411013 1 Station, Union Territory of Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Silvassa - 396230, admeasuring 17 Mr. RAJESH TUKARAM TARADE / Flat No 32 4th Floor Vakratund 10-Dec-20 10/12/2020 & about 1441.82 sq.ft. (Super Built-up area) Heights Sr No 39/1 Indrayani Nagar Rs.774680.38/- • Reserve Price: Rs. 25.65 Lakh • EMD: Rs. 2.57 Lakh Mrs. SONALI RAJESH TARDE / PU90PULONS000005000316 / PUNE Ambegaon Khurd Jambhulwadi st Lot All that part and parcel of Gala No. 103, 1 Floor, Bldg. No. E , Block No. B-3, Krishna SWARGATE Road Pune Maharashtra 411046 No. Industrial Estate, Survey No. 906/1/2 of Village Amli, Amli Road, Near 66 NVA Power 18 Mr. BHOLENATH DASHRATH KAWADE Flat No 506, 5th Floor, Shivganga 06-Sep-20 06/09/2020 & 2 Station, Union Territory of Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Silvassa - 396230, admeasuring Heights, Sr No 61, Shivnerinagar Rs.2434488.59/- about 961.25 sq.ft. (Super Built-up area) / Mrs. MANGAL BHOLENATH KAWADE Lane No 29, Kondhwa KH., Pune • Reserve Price: Rs. 17.10 Lakh • EMD: Rs. 1.71 Lakh / PU90PULONS000005006175 / PUNE SWARGATE Pune Maharashtra 411048 Lot Plinth Nos. 1 Building No. D/5, Grampanchayat House No. 222/1 and 2 in “Om Harihar 19 Mr. PRADIP DAGADU KAMBALE Flat No 201,156/403/45, Ls No 14 10-Dec-20 10/12/2020 & No. Complex”, Sy No. 31 and Hissa No. 6/B/1, situated at Om Harihar Ware Housing, Hari Ni Was ,Ganesh Nagar Pune Rs.694332.42/- 3 Opposite Vadghar Bus Stop, Near Kharbao Railway Station, Village Vadghar, Tal. / Mrs. NEHA PRADIP KAMBALE / Maharashtra 411031 Bhiwandi, Dist.Thane - 421302, admeasuring about 3125 sq.ft. WPUNE0000752 / PUNE SWARGATE • Reserve Price: Rs. 54.90 Lakh • EMD: Rs. 5.49 Lakh 20 Mr. FAJALEKARIM ALLAUDDIN Sr.No.155 90(201)-14,Majestic 07-Dec-20 07/12/2020 & MANGALEKAR / Mrs. SHAINAJ Plaza Apartment,3rd Floor,Flat No.T- Rs.761141.42/- Lot Plinth Nos. 2 on Ground Floor structure, Building No. D/5, Grampanchayat House No. FAJALEKARIM MANGALEKAR / 4, At-Po-Malkapur,Tal-Karad Dist- No. 222/1 and 2 in “Om Harihar Complex”, Sy No. 31 and Hissa No. 6/B/1, situated at Om Satara, Maharashtra 415539 4 Harihar Ware Housing, Opposite Vadghar Bus Stop, Near Kharbao Railway Station, PU90PULONS000005006522 / SATARA Village Vadghar,Tal. Bhiwandi, Dist.Thane - 421302, admeasuring about 3125 sq.ft. 21 Mr. VITTHAL JIJABA SUL / S.No.163/5 &163/4/A.A/P-Dare-Bk, 07-Dec-20 07/12/2020 & • Reserve Price: Rs. 54.90 Lakh • EMD: Rs. 5.49 Lakh Mrs. APARANA VITTHAL SUL / Avadwadi Tal-Satara Dist-Satara Rs.1140038.59/- MO90LALONS000005006195 / SATARA Maharashtra 415002 The Earnest Money Deposit shall be deposited on or before 24.02.2021 at 05:00 P.M. The 22 Grampanchayat Milkat No. 30 A/P 10-Dec-20 10/12/2020 & property can be inspected, with Prior Appointment with Authorised Officer, on 08.02.2021 Mr. ABASO DATTATRAY BHOSALE / Munavale Narayanwadi Karad Satara Rs.1539070.39/- for Lot No. 1 & 2 and on 09.02.2021 for Lot No. 3 & 4. Mrs. ASHOK DATTATRAY BHOSALE / EMD amount of 10% of the Reserve Price is to be deposited by way of Demand Draft in CO90COLONS000005004682 / SATARA Maharashtra 415539 favour of Authorised Officer, Canara Bank, ARM-1 Branch, MumbaiOR Shall be 23 Mr. RANJANA BALU JADHAV Milkat No. 277, At Post Viravade, 15-Dec-20 15/12/2020 & deposited through RTGS / NEFT / Fund Transfer to credit of account of Canara Bank,ARM / Mrs. ANNA BALU JADHAV / Tal Karad, Dist Satara, Maharashtra Rs.569559.77/- Branch, Mumbai, A/c No.: 1389296000002, IFSC Code: CNRB0001389 on or before MA90COLONS000005007544 / SATARA 415105 24.02.2021; 05:00 P.M. 24 Mr. AKSHAY MUKUNDRAO LOHAR / Gp Milkat No 5 A/P Tambawe Taluka 10-Dec-20 10/12/2020 & For the said properties there is no encumbrance to the knowledge of the bank. Mrs. MUKUND ANANDRAO LOHAR / Karad Satara, Maharashtra 415114 Rs.665910.62/- For detailed Terms and Conditions of the sale please refer the link “E-Auction” provided in MO90LALONS000005003559 / SATARA Canara Bank's website (www.canarabank.com) or may contact Mr. Manoj S. R., Chief 25 Mr. AJAY VISHWAS KADAM / Plot No 1, Flat No C-9 Bhadreshwar 10-Dec-20 10/12/2020 & Manager, ARM-I Branch of Canara Bank, Tel. No.: 022-22065425, 30, 38, 9787242782, City Scheme, Building No 4 Mahadev Rs.1015436.85/- Mr. S. K. Choudhary - 8169845618 during office hours on any working day. Mrs. AMRUTA AJAY KADAM / PU90PULONS000005000184 / SATARA Apartment, C Wing, 2nd Floor Satara Date: 22.01.2021 Sd/- Maharashtra 415536 Place: Mumbai Authorised Officer, Canara Bank 26 Mr. RAMCHANDRA SHANKAR MANE / GP Milkat No 55, At Post Karandi, 10-Dec-20 10/12/2020 & To, Mrs. SUVARNA RAMCHANDRA MANE / Tal Dist Satara, Maharashtra 415002 Rs.880299.51/- M/s. Sneha Marketing, C/16, Ground Floor, Malad Industrial Estate, Kanchpada, Malad CO90COLONS000005001633 / SATARA (West), Mumbai - 400064. 27 Mr. BABAN SHAMRAO SHELAR / Milkat No.53, At-Rajapuri, Po-Khingar 10-Dec-20 10/12/2020 & M/s. Sneha Marketing, 18, Moreshwar Compound, Rehanal Village, Bhiwandi, Thane Mrs. GAJANAN SHAMRAO SHELAR / Tal- Mahabaleshwar Dist-Satara, Rs.1016484.5/- District , Pin - 421302. CO90COLONS000005005432 / SATARA Maharashtra 412805 Mr. Ketan H Satra, 21, Ashirwad Building, Hatkesh, N S Road No. 1, JVPD Scheme, Vile 28 Mr. CHANDRAKANT VITHOBA Milkat No.266 At-Khokadwadi 10-Dec-20 10/12/2020 & Parle, Mumbai - 400056. Po-Kodoli Tal & Dist-Satara, Rs.564437.24/- Mr. Ketan H Satra, Gala No. 101 & 103, 1st Floor, Bldg No. E , Block No. B-3, Krishna KHANDAGALE / Mrs. VANITA Maharashtra 415003 Industrial Estate, Survey No. 906/1/2 of Village Amli, Amli Road, Near 66 NVA Power CHANDRAKANT KHANDAGALE / Station, UnionTerritoryof Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Silvassa - 396230. MO90LALONS000005002697 / SATARA Mr. Ketan H Satra, Plinth Nos. 1 & 2, Building No. D/5, Grampanchayat House No. 222/1 & 29 Mr. GANESH PARABATI KUMBHAR Gp Milkat No 97, At Post Kalambe 10-Dec-20 10/12/2020 & 2 in “Om Harihar Complex” situated at Om Harihar Ware Housing, Opposite Vadghar Bus / Mrs. CHAYA GANESH KUMBHAR / Tal & Dist Satara, Maharashtra Rs.573189.7/- Stop, Near Kharbao Railway Station, Village Vadghar,Tal.Bhiwandi, Dist.Thane - 421302. CO90COLONS000005001655 / SATARA 415022 Mrs. Hansaben H Satra, 61/13, Bhavna Building, N S Road, No.1, JVPD Scheme, Vile The above borrower/s are advised to make the payments of outstanding within period of 60 days from the date of issuance of Parle, Mumbai - 400056. notice U/s. 13 (2), failing which further steps will be taken after expiry of 60 days from the date of issuance of notice U/s. 13 Mr. Paresh H Satra, 61/13, Bhavna Building, N S Road, No.1, JVPD Scheme, Vile Parle, (2) dated mentioned above as per the provisions of Securitization and Re-construction of Financial Assets and Enforcement Mumbai - 400056. of Security Interest Act, 2002. Mr. Paresh H Satra, Flat No. 702 A, Green Acres, Gulmohar Cross Road, No. 5, Juhu, Mumbai - 400049. Sd/- Mrs. Hansaben H Satra, Flat No. 702A, GreenAcres, Gulmohar Cross Road, No. 5, Juhu, Date : 24.01.2021 Authorised Officer Mumbai - 400049. Place : Maharashtra Manappuram Home Finance Ltd

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● COVID-19 VACCINATION India’s virus tally Covid-19 triggers antibodies 14 lakh beneficiaries reaches 1,06,39,684 from previous infections: Study PRESS TRUST OF INDIA The152Covid-19fatalities PRESS TRUST OF INDIA may partially explain the dif- our current pandemic, mean- New Delhi, January 23 reported in the last 24 hours Houston, January 23 ference in symptom severity ingthatwemightalreadyhave include50fromMaharashtra, between old and young pa- some degree of pre-existing inoculated in India WITH 14,256 FRESH PEOPLE WITH COVID-19 cases, In- 19 from Kerala, eight each may tients. immunity to this virus,”said dia's Covid-19 tallyclimbed to from West Bengal, Uttar relyonantibodiescreateddur- “Our results suggest that John Altin, a co-author of the 1,06,39,684 on Saturday, Pradesh and Tamil Nadu and ing infections from earlier the Covid-19 virus may study from the Translational while 1,03,00,838 patients seven each from Delhi and coronavirusestohelpfightthe awaken an antibody response Genomics Research Institute have recuperated so far,push- Chhattisgarh. disease, says a new study that thatexistedinhumanspriorto (TGen) in the US. ing the national recovery rate to 96.81%, according to the FINEOTEX CHEMICAL LIMITED health ministry. Regd. Office: 42 /43 Manorama Chambers, S V Road, Bandra (West), Mumbai 400050. Email: [email protected] Website : www.fineotex.com, Tel. No. 022-26559174-77 Fax: 022-26559178, There are 1,85,662 active CIN: L24100MH2004PLC144295 cases of the coronavirus in- Standalone Standalone Standalone Standalone Consolidated Consolidated Consolidated Consolidated fection in the country cur- PAT EPS Q3 PAT for nine EPS for nine PAT Q3 EPS Q3 PAT for nine EPS for nine Q3 months ended months ended months ended months ended rently, which accounts for C increased by increased by increased by increased by increased by increased by increased by increased by only 1.78 % of the total case- 84.39% 85% 54.96% 55.77% 65.49% 71.01% 59.48% 62.64% load, according to data re- UNAUDITED FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE QUARTER AND NINE MONTHS ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 2020 leased by the ministry. (` in Lacs) The Covid-19 caseload has STANDALONE CONSOLIDATED mounted to 1,06,39,684 and Quarter Ended Nine Months Quarter Ended Nine Months the death toll due to the dis- Sr. Particulars ended ended ease has climbed to 1,53,184, No. 31.12.2020 31.12.2019 30.09.2020 31.12.2020 31.12.2020 31.12.2019 30.09.2020 31.12.2020 with the novel Coronavirus (Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Unaudited) claiming152morelivesinthe 1 Total Income from operations (net) 4117.01 3258.42 2993.67 8151.36 5835.28 5205.46 5474.55 14,348.54 country in a span of 24 hours, 2 Net Profit /Loss for the period before Tax the data updated at 8 am before Exceptional Item 1700.69 879.61 977.23 3355.23 1851.31 1069.03 1328.26 4,075.28 showed.The case fatality rate 3 Net Profit /Loss for the period before Tax stood at 1.44 %. after Exceptional Item 1700.69 879.61 977.23 3355.23 1851.31 1069.03 1328.26 4,075.28 AccordingtotheICMR,ato- 4 Net Profit /Loss for the period after Tax after Exceptional Item 1232.34 668.32 809.00 2689.08 1339.70 809.52 1100.73 3,260.25 tal of 19,09,85,119 samples 5 Total comprehensive Income for the period have so far been tested for the (Comprising profit/(loss) for the period (after Tax) 1232.10 668.22 808.76 2688.34 1339.45 809.41 1100.48 3,259.52 viral disease in the country,in- 6 Paid up equity share Capital 2214.97 2226.00 2214.97 2214.97 2214.97 2226.00 2214.97 2214.97 cluding8,37,095onFriday.In- (Face Value of share of Rs.10/- each) dia'sCovid-19tallyhadcrossed 7 Basic and Diluted Earning Per Share (EPS) the 20-lakh mark on August 7 1. Basic Earning per Share 1.11 0.60 0.73 2.43 1.18 0.69 0.95 2.83 A tableau depicting the globe and vials during full dress rehearsal for the Republic Day last year,the 30-lakh mark on 2. Diluted Earning per Share 1.11 0.60 0.73 2.43 1.18 0.69 0.95 2.83 parade in Delhi REUTERS August 23 and the 40-lakh a) The above is an extract of the detailed format of the quarterly Unaudited financial results filed with the Stock Exchange under Regulation 33 mark on September 5. It went of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements), Regulations 2015. The full format of the quarterly financial results is Highest number of 1,84,699 vaccinations reported past 50 lakh on September 16 available on the Stock Exchange website and Company's website www.fineotex.com lastyear,60lakhonSeptember b) The above Results for the quarter and period ended 31st December, 2020 have been reviewed by theAudit Committee and were taken on record by the Board of Directors at its meeting held on 22nd January, 2021. from Karnataka,Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and UP 28,70 lakh on October 11,80 c) TheAuditor of the Company has provided a Limited Review Report on the Un-audited Financial Results. lakh on October29,90 lakh on For and on behalf of Board of Director PRESS TRUST OF INDIA 6,241 sessions and 24,408 such sessions have November20andonecroreon Surendrakumar Tibrewala New Delhi, January 23 been conducted across the countryso far. December19. Place : Mumbai Chairman & Managing Director "AsonJanuary Date : 22nd January, 2021 DIN : 00218394 NEARLY 14 LAKH beneficiaries have been vac- 23, 2021, till 8 cinated against Covid-19 in the country,in- am, nearly 14 cluding 3,47,058 in the last 24 hours, the lakh (13,90,592) health ministry said on Saturday. beneficiaries According to data released by the ministry, havereceivedthe the highest number of 1,84,699 vaccinations vaccination un- in the country has been reported from Kar- der the country- nataka,followedbyAndhraPradesh(1,33,298), wide vaccination Odisha (1,30,007) and Uttar Pradesh exercise,"it said. (1,23,761). India's active As many as 1,10,031 beneficiaries were in- Covid-19 case- oculated inTelangana,74,960 in Maharashtra, loadcontinuedto 63,620 in Bihar,62,142 in Haryana,47,293 in manifestadown- Kerala and 38,278 in Madhya Pradesh,accord- ward movement ing to the data. and dropped to In a statement,the ministry said in the last 1,85,662 on Sat- 24 hours, 3,47,058 people were vaccinated in urday. Thousands of Hong Kongers locked down to contain Covid-19 ASSOCIATED PRESS Hong Kong, January 23

THOUSANDSOFHONG Kong residents were locked down on Saturday in an unprecedented move to contain a worsening outbreak in the city,authorities said. Hong Kong has been grap- pling to contain a fresh wave of theCoronavirussinceNovember. Over 4,300 cases have been recorded in the last two months, making up nearly 40 % of the city's total.Coronavirus cases in Hong Kong'sYauTsim Mong dis- Government workers in PPE trict,aworking-class neighbour- kits in Jordan district in hoodwitholdbuildingsandsub- Hong Kong AP divided flats made up about half oftheinfectionsinthepastweek. to prevent cross-infection. Sewage testing in the area “Persons subject to compul- picked up more concentrated sorytesting are required to stay traces of the Covid-19 virus, in their premises until all such prompting concerns that poorly persons identified in the area builtplumbingsystemsandalack have undergone testing and ofventilationinsubdividedunits the test results are mostly as- may present a possible path for certained,” the government thevirustospread. said in a statement. Authorities said that an Hong Kong has previously area comprising 16 buildings avoided lockdowns in the city in Yau Tsim Mong will be during the pandemic, with locked down until all residents leader Carrie Lam stating in have undergone tests. Resi- July last year that authorities dents will not be allowed to will avoid taking such‘extreme leave their homes until they measures’ unless it had no have received their test results other choice. Maha govt to start jail tourism in state fromJanuary 26

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA willgetachancetovisitthesehis- Nagpur, January 23 toricalplaces,”hetoldreportersat PoliceGymkhana. THE MAHARASHTRA GOVERN- “UndertheBritishrule,several MENTwillstart'jailtourism'inthe freedom fighters,including Ma- state from Pune's Yerawada hatma Gandhi,Lokmanya Tilak, prison on January26 to facilitate MotilalNehru,SardarVallabhbhai people tovisit and see from close Patel, Sarojini Naidu, Subhas quarters the historical prisons,a Chandra Bose had been impris- ministersaidonSaturday. oned in Yerawada jail and their ChiefministerUddhavThack- memories have been preserved eray and Deputy Chief Minister there,"hesaid. AjitPawarwillinauguratethejail Deshmukh said that guides tourism initiative at Yerawada will be provided to the visitors Central Jail on the Republic Day, andticketpriceswillrangefrom state Home MinisterAnil Desh- `5 to `50."Inviewof the coron- mukh said in a press conference. avirus pandemic,only 50 visi- This is the first of its kind initia- tors will be allowed daily," he tiveinthecountry,heclaimed. said. “Jail tourism in the state will TheprisonsinThane,Nashik startfromtheYerawadajailinthe andRatnagiriwillalsobepartof first phase. Students from the jail tourism initiative, the schools,collegesandotherpeople ministeradded.

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