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JOURNALISM OF COURAGE TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2020, , LATE CITY, 18 PAGES SINCE 1932 `6.00 (`8 PATNA &RAIPUR, `12 SRINAGAR) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 7-HOUR MEET; RAHUL QUESTIONS TIMING, ANTONY CALLS IT ‘CRUEL’ Military option on EC: Said no to police RallyingbehindSoniaandRahul, table if LACtalks over poll CWCslamsbothletteranditsspirit fail: Gen Rawat rolls data in EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE riots probe Resolution says NEWDELHI,AUGUST24

Sonia to stay chief WITH DIPLOMATIC andmilitary EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE talksonresolving the military NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 until AICC meets; standoffbetween Indian and takesnoteofletter Chinese troops along the Line of IN AN unusual request, the Delhi Actual Control in Ladakh not Police sought the digital electoral by ‘certain leaders’ makingmuchheadway,Chief of Chief of Defence Staff database of three districtsincon- DefenceStaff General Bipin nection with itsinvestigation RawatMondaysaid has into theNortheast Delhi riots MANOJCG “militaryoptions”available, but other round of militarytalks earlier this year,but did notpur- NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 these will beusedonlyiftalksfail. with to tryand breakthe suethe matterafter the Election This is the firsttime that a stalemateoverdisengagement Commission (EC) deniedaccess AFTER the seven-hour-long senior militaryofficer hasspo- of troops in Pangong Tsoand the andoffered physicalinspection stormymeeting of itsWorking kenpubliclyonthe “transgres- GograPostarea. of voters’ listinstead, TheIndian Committee on Monday, the sions by the Chinese” and the op- LastSaturday, Defence Express haslearnt. Congress acknowledgedthe let- At the CWCvirtual meeting in NewDelhi on Monday. ANI tion of militaryforce to deal with MinisterRajnath Singh held a According to aletterreleased tersent to presidentSonia Gandhi the border crisis in Ladakh. meeting with NSAAjit Doval, by activistSaket Gokhale on by 23 senior leaders callingfor GeneralRawat told the ANI General Rawatand the three Monday, the Delhi Police sought sweeping changes in the party news agency that “the military services chiefs. the database in March to match butneitherdiscussedits contents Underfire,dissenters stand firm, options to deal with transgres- India has been demanding the photographs of voters in nor gave anyspecific commit- sions by theChinese armyin status quoante—oftroops on Shahdara, North-Eastand East mentsonthe wayforward. Ladakh areon, but it willbeexer- both sides returning to locations Delhi districtswith the “photo- Instead, mostofthose pres- cisedonlyifthe talksatthe mil- before thestandoff.Failing to graphs of culpritscaptured ent at the meeting slammedthe later dial down to waitand watch itaryand diplomaticlevels fail”. achieve abreakthrough, India throughCCTVand other video 23, questionedand criticisedthe His statement comes even as has begun preparing forex- footage” available with the intent and the timing of their let- misinterpretations, whichled to the prepares foran- tendeddeployment on the LAC. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 terevenastheypledged loyalty MANOJCG some uncharitable comments ED to the Sonia-Rahul familyand NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 made againstus. Idemanded Allgive, CONTINUEDONPAGE2 that it should be made available PLAIN E ● sometake STANDINGFIRM in the face of to everyone and releasedtothe EX An apologywill be contempt of sharp attacks at the Congress public so that people knowwhat BUSINESSASUSUAL Working Committee meeting the issues are,” Sharmasaid. FORTHE 23 leaders, the Monday, GhulamNabi Azad, Referring to the CWCe- key takeaway from the my conscience: BhushantoSC BY UNNY , MukulWasnik meeting, he said: “Azad, Wasnik CWCisthe acknowledge- and —the four CWC Tharoor arrivesatAzad’s and Iput forthour views.The ment of their letter and Supreme Court, filedonhis be- members who were among the residence afterCWC. ANI Congress president’sconcluding Sonia’s statement of no ANANTHAKRISHNANG half by advocateKamini Jaiswal, 23 leaders to sign the unprece- statement wasmostgracious, ill-will.But the CWCand NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 The case Bhushansaid “in these troubling dentedletterwrittentoparty giving aclear messageofrecon- party ralliedbehindthe comes up times, the hopes of the people of president Sonia Gandhi —ar- Sharma told The Indian Express ciliation, saying let whatever has Gandhis, ensured that ADVOCATE PRASHANT Bhushan, before SC India vest in this Courttoensure guedforcefullythatthe issues that “the co-signatorieswere happenedbebehind us and let’s deadlinefor achange or a who has been convicted by the today the rule of lawand the raisedbythemneeddiscussion keen to knowaboutthe deliber- be united andmoveforward.She mechanism to address is- Supreme Courtinacriminalcon- Constitution” and “notanun- andredressal, TheIndian Express ations” and that “everybody is said even if Iwas hurtbyaleak sues notput on record. temptofcourt case over two trammeled rule of theexecu- has learnt. satisfied”. of some excerpts,theseare my tweets postedinJune, and told to ogy forexpressionofthese be- tive”. Soon afterthe meeting,at “It wasafreeand frank dis- valuedcolleagues. We respect tender an unconditional apology liefs, conditional or uncondi- The matter has been listed leastnine of the signatories, in- cussion (in the CWC). The docu- her andthis hasbrought it to a At theCWC meeting earlier, by Monday, hasdeclinedto do so. tional, would be insincere” and Tuesday"foreffect of supple- cluding Sharma, , ment (letter)was notavailable very amicable closure.” Another the signatories made it clearthat He said thetweets“repre- “contempt of my conscience”. mentarystatement". Manish Tewari and Shashi forall CWCmembers.There signatorysaid:“We need to wait theywerenot againstSonia or sented”a“bonafide belief that I In asupplementarystate- Bhushan washeld guilty on Tharoor,met at Azad’s residence. were alot of misreadings and and watchhow this pans out.” CONTINUEDONPAGE2 continue to hold” and “an apol- ment Mondaybeforethe CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Unlock 4.0: Delhi Metro may start, schools to stay shut

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THE METROservice in Delhi Afive-storeybuilding, housing45families, collapsedinMahad in Raigad districtof NCR, suspendedsinceMarch 22 MaharashtraonMondayevening. Rescue effortswereontill latenight. PTI REPORT, PAGE13 in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak,islikelytoresumein September in alimitedmanner. An official of the Ministryof Home Affairs said Mondaythat Puri: Expect bulk of air HK experts aplantooperate theservice at 50 per cent capacity,with strict find case of enforcement of social distancing traffic backbyDiwali and hygiene norms, is being con- sidered. Minister of re-infection, The announcement on the ENSECONOMICBUREAU Aviation, resumption of the Metroservice NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 Housing and in 4months in the NCR, the official said, may Urban Affairs form partofUnlock-4guidelines MUCHOFthe pre-Coviddomes- at the Idea expected in the coming days. tic air passenger trafficcould be Exchange APOORVAMANDAVILLI Stategovernments, the offi- restored by Diwali,Minister of NEWYORK,AUGUST24 cial said, arestill notinfavour of Statefor Civil Aviation reopening schools and colleges, (Independent Charge)Hardeep 5,000 aweek.WithMumbai RESEARCHERS IN Hong Kong so the restrictions on educa- Singh Puri said on Monday. hopefullyhaving Covid numbers have reportedthe firstcon- tional institutions arelikelyto The Centrewillallow more under control, the graph stable firmedcase of reinfection with continue. flightsfromlocations and coming down, the novelcoronavirus. “The government is also not such as Mumbai and I’m hopingthatafter “An apparentlyyoung and yetinfavourofre-opening mul- Kolkata, whichhave the GaneshChaturthi healthy patienthad asecond tiplexesbecause of the closed hadrestrictedopera- celebrations, we will case of Covid-19 infection which environment,and swimming tions so far, Purisaid. open up Mumbai wasdiagnosed4.5 months after pools,” the official said. “The figure(of do- more; Bengaluru, the firstepisode,”Universityof Entertainment parks,the- mestic passengers) Kolkatawillbealittle Hong Kong researchers said in a atres, bars, auditoriums,assem- yesterdaywas 98,800,sowehave less sporadic. We willbelooking statement on Monday. blyhalls andsimilar placesare already reached33% of pre-Covid to touchthe 50% markbeforetoo The reportisofconcern be- also notlikelytoreopen in the numbers.Weare increasingdo- long,” Puri said at an online Idea cause it suggests that immunity next phase of Unlock.Theban on mestic passengersatthe rate of CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 LIFTS ALLTRAVEL CURBS PAGE 9 Migrants back, women’s share in NREGS dips to 8-year low INDIA SWITZERLAND PAGE 1 52.46per cent during the first percentagepointsfromlastyear. ARED initiativeappears ANCHOR five months of thisfinancial year, Thereare about 13.34crore in today’s edition of according to officialdata. active NREGS workers of which The Indian Express.These An analysis of dataavailable 6.58 crore, or 49 percent, are pages are an initiativeof on theNREGS portal till August women. the marketing solutions HARIKISHANSHARMA 24 showsthat the shareof No official reason has been team of The Indian NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 women is the lowest since 2013- providedfor thedip this year al- Express Group and 14 (52.82 per cent), from when though sources pointed to the contain content paid for AMID THE Covid outbreak,the the numbers arecurrentlyavail- increasedparticipation of men by advertisers. These shareofwomen in total person- able. following the largescale return pages should be read as days of work generated under The datashowasteady rise of migrant workers to their vil- an advertisement. the National RuralEmployment from 2013-14toahigh of 56.16 lages in the wake of economic Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) has per cent in 2016 (see chart) —the distress causedbythe pandemic. dippedtoaneight-yearlow of latestnumber is adip of 2.24 CONTINUEDONPAGE2

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Delhiriots ment agencies is concerned, it is don’tmalignus”.Theysaidtheis- Air traffic undertheirownextantActs,Rules sues arevital forthe revivalofthe officers investigatingthe riots. andguidelines,whichinany case party.The country, they said, are Rallying behind Sonia &Rahul, Exchangeevent of the The Indian The DelhiPolice had ap- can be challenged in the Hon’ble facing manychallenges andonly Express.(Adetailed transcriptof proachedthestateChief Electoral Courtsoflaw.Infact,theentiresu- aunitedand re-energised Cong- the conversation will be pub- Officer,andtheCommissionerOf per structureofcriminal justice ress can confront the BJP/RSS. lishedlater.) Police, SNShrivastava, had also systemiserectedonthis.Itisonly With demand- CWCslams both letter and its spirit By Diwali (November 14), writtendirectlytothe poll panel whentheModelCodeof Conduct ing action againstthem,Sharma “weshould be getting abulk of in the firstweekofMarch. is enforcedthatElection Comm- said if raising bona fide issues like “resolvedtostrengthen their Among thosepresent at the Partyveteran and AICC howhurtful the remarks today, our civil aviation trafficbackin Police sources said asimilar issioninvariablytakesnote of any collective decision-makingorthe hands.” meeting were four of the 23 treasurer Ahmed Patelislearnt orinthepastmanyyears,of any form”, the Ministersaid. requestwasalsosentto thetrans- suchevent(s)/ incident(s),which constitution of aParliamentary Significantly, the resolution whosignedtheletter–Ghulam to have targetedSharma,saying colleague have been. She said Operationsarecurrentlylim- portdepartment, whichshared have thepotential of disturbing Boardwithin the party is indisci- afterthe meeting said that the Nabi Azad, Anand Sharma, he had misinterpretedthe con- shehasalways risenabove them ited to 100flightsper dayat photographs from driving li- and/ or disrupting the smooth plineoranactof treason,theyare "twovoicesthat have been at MukulWasnikandJitinPrasada. ceptofcollective leadershipand to keep the Congress familyto- Mumbai airport. Flightsto cences withthe investigators. conduct of electoral process and preparedtoface action.“Take ac- the forefront of exposing the Themeetingsawawell-cho- asked whether he meantthat gether and to fightfor the cause KolkatafromDelhi,Mumbai, Sources said the EC, however, ECI does notinterfereinthe day tionnow,”heislearntto have said. government"are of Sonia and reographedattackagainstthe Soniashould sit at home. Patel of the people,” Surjewala said. Pune,Chennai,Nagpur,Ahmeda- deniedaccess to itsdigital voter to dayfunctioningofthe regula- Azad told The Indian Express Rahul. signatories, said sources. Rahul toldSharmathathewasconsid- Aresolution issuedatthe bad have been restricted until database, in accordance with its tory departments/enforcement thatreportsofRahulaccusing It is learnt that the party has is learnt to have takenthe lead, ered to be an expertindrafting endof themeetingdidnotmen- August31. current policy.“The Delhi Police agencies,” the statementsaid. them of writing the letter at the decidedtoset up acommittee as he questioned thetimingof letters and asked himwhether tion setting-up of the commit- Overall,the MinistryofCivil wanted to checkour database to behestoftheBJPwere wrong.“Let to assistSoniato lookinto"allis- the letter,arguingthat it was he had read the letter before teebutsaid“theCWCauthorises Aviation hasallowedairlines to verifytheir inputsand informa- Dissenters me makeitclear that Rahul sues," includingthoseraisedby sent at atime when the party signing it. He also asked Rahul the Congresspresident to effect operate onlyupto45% of their tion. If an agency wantsustoco- , and pointed out Gandhiatnopointoftimesaid,ei- the 23 leaders.While Sonia will wasfightingtosaveits govern- to take over as Congress presi- necessaryorganisational pre-Covid capacities. This cap operate in an investigation, we therewasnothingagainst thetwo ther outside or in the CWCmeet- continueasinterim party pres- mentinRajasthanandwhenhis dent. Senior leader P changesthatshemaydeemap- was35% whenflightsresumed cannotbeseen to be obstructing in the five-pageletter, the con- ing,thatthe letter waswritten at identfornow,anAICCsessionis mother wasinhospital. He also Chidambaramneither referred propriate totakeonthe chal- on May25. it.Butitwasensuredthatwe did- tentsofwhich were firstreported theinstance,oratthebehest,orin likelytobeconvenedinthenext suggestedthatastructureneeds to theletternor said anything lenges listedabove.” Internationalflights, Puri said, n't deviatefromour established by The Indian Express Sunday. collusion with the BJP,” he said. fourto sixmonthstoelectanew to be put in place to assist the againstthose whohad written It said the CWC“takesnote will depend on the behaviour of stand on sharing our database Sources said former party president. TheCWC meeting, party president in handlingthe it.Hesaidthereare certainissues of the letter of Congress presi- the virus. “Icannotanticipate withthepolice.Onlyaphysicalin- chief Rahulsetthetoneforothers Bhushan to SC heldviavideoconference,came party’s affairs and functioning whichneedtobeaddressedbut dent, Sonia Gandhi, addressed whether countries will allow spection waspermitted.Copies by questioning the timing of the August14byabenchofJustices againstthe backdrop of Sonia's till anew presidentiselected. did notelaborate. RajyaSabha to the GeneralSecretary people from Indiain, but we have (of the electoral roll) were notal- letter,andarguingthatitwassent ArunMishra,BRGavaiandKrishna tacticalsignal on Sundaythat Importantly, Rahul is learnt MP RajeevSatav lashedout at (Organisation) as alsoaletter gone ahead and made the best lowedtobeshared,”saidasource when the party wasbattlingto Murari overhis tweets made on she wasnot keen to continue as to have said that Sonia’s contin- Azadonthe issueofcollective written earlier by certain out of averydifficult situation, in the poll panel. save itsgovernment in Rajasthan June 27 and29. On August20, the theinterimpresident.Themeet- uationasinterimpresidentcan’t leadership, askingwhether he, Congress leaders to the navigatedthrough turbulence, Afterthe EC's clarification on and his mother wasinhospital. courtheardargumentsonthe ing turnedintoavoteofconfi- beopen-endedandanew pres- asgeneralsecretaryin-charge of Congress president." andtodaywehaveair bubbles the matter to theDelhi Chief Azad responded that the let- quantum of punishment to be denceinSonia'sleadership,and identshould be elected as early , wasnot taking deci- The CWCunanimouslyre- with the US, Canada, the UK, Electoral Officer (CEO), the police terwas held back for10days,un- awardedandsaidhehadtimeun- areiterationofthe party’s faith as possible. Both Rahul and sions without holding discus- questedSonia to continue to France, . Ihavean- didnotpursuethematterfurther. tilsix days afterSonia’s return tilAugust24tosubmitan“uncon- in the Nehru-Gandhifamily. Priyanka Gandhi Vadraare sionswiththestateunit.Mahila leadthe party “until such time nounced13more,”hesaid. According to sources, the Delhi from hospital. Azad said he re- ditional apology,ifhesodesires”. As firstreportedbyThe learnttohavesaid that the Congress chief SushmitaDev ascircumstanceswillpermitan “In our case, we startedwith a Policedepartmentwasinterested peatedly triedtoget intouchwith But Bhushan, in his supple- Indian Express on Sunday, the processtoelectanew president askedwhenSoniahadnottaken AICC session to beconvened,” it mandatory14-day quarantine — in procuring asoftcopyofthe thepartychief,andthattheletter mentarystatement,has refused unprecedentedletter,signedby shouldbecarriedoutwithinsix everyone’sopinion on impor- said. Venugopal said the AICC 7days’institutional and7days' electoral roll as it wanted to use a wassentonlyafter it wascon- to reconsider his statement: “Itis 23 party leaders, sought a“full months. tant issues. AICC in-charge of session will he held at the earli- self quarantine. Nowwehavein- softwaretomatchthe faces digi- veyedby herofficethatherhealth withdeepregret thatIreadtheor- time and effective leadership” Rahul also pointed out that Bihar,Shaktisinh Gohil, asked estbut did notgiveany time troducedaninnovation,if youare tallytoits list of riotsuspects. wasfine. Azad, sources said, told der of this Hon’ble Court dated whichisboth“visible” and “ac- Sonia hadagreedtoacceptthe the 23 signatories to introspect. frame. carrying acertificateofanRT-PCR Since the EC's letter onlysug- the meetingthat the timing was 20thof August.Atthehearing,the tive”inthefield;electionsto the postofinterim president ayear Sonia, in her closing re- The CWCsaid both Sonia test doneinthe last96hours you gested that the police be allowed merelytomarkone year since courtasked me to take 2-3 days CWC; and the urgent establish- agoonthe insistence of the marks,islearntto have saidthat and Rahul have inspired agen- can go through the green chan- to viewthe list in the office, the Sonia wasappointed interim to reconsiderthe statement I ment of an “institutional lead- party. she doesn’t hold any“ill-will” eration of Indians,withinand nel. We areopening up these process of digital matching th- president on August10lastyear. made in the court. However, the ership mechanism” to “collec- Taking the cue from Rahul, againstthosewhowrotethelet- outsidetheparty, to demandan- things so that we move towards roughany software wouldnot Azad and Sharma dismissed order subsequentlystates: “We tively”guide the party’s revival. leaders likeAdhir Ranjan ter. “Let’smoveahead...whathas swers from this government. normalcy.” have beenpossibleand,therefore, allegationsthattheywereagainst have giventimeto thecontemnor At themeeting,theletterre- Chowdhuryand Ambika Soni happenedhas happened,” a The resolution said the Aviationis amongthe sectors policedidnotfollowitup,sources theGandhisandpointedoutthat to submitunconditionalapology, mainedonpaper.After Sonia lashedout at the 23 signatories. leader quoted her as saying. “CWC, reflecting the over- worstimpacted by the outbreak said. As aresult, the listwas not the letter makes it clear that the if he so desires.” conveyedatthe outsetthatshe Soniislearnttohavedemanded “Weare alarge family. We whelming viewand desire of of the pandemic andthe lock- showedtothem, sources said. Nehru-Gandhi familywould al- “I have neverstood on cere- wasunwilling to continue, disciplinaryactionagainstthem have differencesand different therankandfileof theCongress, downs all overthe world. OnMonday evening,theECis- ways be an “integral part” of the monywhenitcomes to offering manyasked Rahul Gandhi to and told Azad that he became views onmanyoccasions,butin unanimouslyresolvedto Consultancy firm CAPA India has suedapress statement saying collective leadership. an apology forany mistake or take over.Sonia's letter asking JammuandKashmirchief min- the end we come together as strengthen the hands of Sonia projected losses of $4-4.5 billion that it had not, in anyway,devi- Theysaid almosthalf of the wrongdoing on my part.Ithas theCWCto“begindeliberation” isterbecause Sonia had cam- one. The needofthe hour is to Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in forIndia's airline industryin ated from itsoriginal guidelines letteris “againsttheBJP/RSS” and been aprivilege formetohave to starttheprocesstofindafull- paignedinSrinagar,ignoringse- fight forthe cause of the people everypossible way. The CWC 2020-21(April-March). of 2008andclarificatoryordersof that thereare three paragraphs served this institution and bring time president wasread out by curity concerns. and the forces that arefailing makes it clear that no one will However, Puri said that air- 2020 on sharing of electoral roll recounting contributions to the severalimportant public interest AICCgeneralsecretaryin-charge SourcessaidChowdhuryin- thiscountry...Organisationalis- be,orcan be,permitted to un- linescouldbesavedbyresuming and EPICdatabase with various party from Nehru to Soniaand causes before it. Ilivewiththe re- of organisation, KCVenugopal. terjected when Azaddefended sues arealways addressedand dermine or weaken the party operationsas quicklyaspossible, government departments. Rahul. But,theysaid, thereare is- alizationthatIhavereceivedfrom Sources said former Prime theletter,saying“youshouldnot the process of constitution and and itsleadership at this junc- and that government was“navi- “Italsoneedsto bestatedthat suesthatneedtobeaddressed.“Is thisinstitution muchmorethan I MinisterManmohanSinghand trytodefendthe indefensible”. reconstitution is acontinuous ture.”Withoutnamingthelead- gating itsway forward” on this. asfarascriminalinvestigationsby it acrime to raise theseissues?” have had the opportunity to give senior leaderAKAntony were Speakinglater,heasked the one,”partycommunicationde- ers, it said “the CWCnotesthat “Different airlines areindif- regulatorydepartments/enforce- Sharmaislearnt to have asked. it.Icannotbuthave thehighestre- thefirsttoaskSoniatocontinue leaderswho wrote theletter partment head Randeep inner-partyissuescannot bede- ferent financial positions. There Azad said it was gard forthe institution of the in thetop posttillafull-time “what is the panacea youhave Surjewala quotedher as saying. liberated through the media or aresome whichwereunder being said by “some Supreme Court. Ibelieve that the president is elected.Antony, at your disposal whichmay re- “She said shedoesnot hold in public fora.The CWCurges strain even prior to Covid. 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C´fIZ ³Qi Àf¸·f»f areoutside the CWC Therefore,an apology forexpres- states andUnionTerritories 2019-20 54.7 PradeshandTripura.Keralahas that the statehad refusedtoco- (E.AfBÊ.EÀf.-MfB´f) ´fS ½ffd¿fÊI A³fbSÃf¯f ÀfZ whoaremakingthese sion of these beliefs, conditional have seen adecline in 2018-1954.59 the highest(91.38 percent) operate, theMinistersaidthat if Àf¸¶fd³²f°f A³¹f If¹fÊÜ ²fSûWSSfdVf ø. 18000/- allegations should orunconditional,wouldbeinsin- women’s shareintotal per- 2017-1853.53 shareofwomen’s persondays the Kerala government was d³fd½fQf ´fi´fÂf If ªfeEÀfMeÀfdW°f ¸fc»¹f ø. 1770/- proveitand Iwill re- cere,” Bhushan said. sondays during this financial 2016-1756.16 in the total during the current againstprivatisation, it should not sign if theyprove it.” “Anapologycannotbeamere year,while 14 have seena year,followedbyPuducherry have participated in the bidding WÀ°ff./- A²feÃf¯f Ad·f¹f³°ff d½fôb°f´ffSm¿f¯f ¸f¯O»f- 2015-1655.26 At the meeting, incantationand anyapology has marginal increase. (87), Tamil Nadu (84.82), Goa process. ´fi±f¸f¸fbSXfQf¶ffQÜkkSXfáÑX dWX°f¸fZÔd¶fªf»fe¶f¨ff¹fZÔll 2014-1554.88 Sharma said theyha- to,asthe court has itselfput it,be Whilethenationalaverage (75.75), Rajasthan (65.35) and “Firsttheyturnedaround and ´fÂffaIY 1988/d½f.´ff.¸fa.¸fb./BÊX-d³fd½fQf/2020-21 2013-1452.82 dQ³ffaIY 24/08/2020 ve been“lifelongCon- sincerelymade. This is especially of the decline in women's Himachal Pradesh (60.31). saidtheyare againstprivatisation. gressmen”and that so when Ihavemade the state- sharestood at 2.24per cent, *Financial Year 2020-21; figuresare up to August24 J&K has the lowest partici- If they’re against privatisation, thereare very fewin mentsbonafide and pleaded AndhraPradeshregisteredthe pation at 30.72per cent, fol- theyshould nothaveparticipated the partywho can truthswith full details, which sharpestfall of 3.58 -- from Pradesh (2.44). Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Rajasthan,Jammu and lowedbyUP(33),Nagaland(36), in this. Theyare already running matchtheir creden- have notbeen dealt with by the 60.05 lastyear to 56.47 -- fol- Jharkhand, , Haryana, Kashmir,AndamanandNicobar Arunachal Pradesh (40), twoprivatisedairports (Kochi tials. Sharma said he Court. If Iretract astatement be- lowedbyWestBengal(3.32), UttarPradesh,Meghalaya,Tamil Islandsare other states and UTs Jharkhand(40.77)and Madhya and Kannur). Some people have and Azad stood with fore thiscourtthatIotherwisebe- Telangana (2.62)and Himachal Nadu, Uttarakhand,Sikkim, thathave seenadecline.Among Pradesh (41). suggestedthat thereisangle of IndiraGandhiin1978 lieve to be true or offeraninsin- the person who has wonthe bid. whenthe party split, cereapology,thatinmyeyes That also does notseemtobe andmanyleadersbe- would amount to the contempt original complainant, advocate virus thatheacquired recently Unlock 4.0 butthestategovernmentandthe right because that economic en- trayed and abused of my conscience and of an insti- Mehek Maheshwari, and said a ratherthanprolongedviralshed- social, political, , entertain- DMRCalsobelieve timehascome tity is running aport20kilome- her.Hesaid they tution thatIhold in highestes- copy of thecomplaintwasn’tgiv- ding,”saidDrKelvinKai-WangTo, ment,academic,cultural,religious to resume (services),” he said. tres from there. So, my shortan- fought with Sanjay teem,”hesaid. en to Bhushan despiterequests. aclinical microbiologistatthe functionsand other large congre- “Now whetheryouresumein swer is that theyhavean Gandhi and went to Meanwhile, in written sub- University of Hong Kong. gations tooislikelytocontinue. acalibratedmanner... even the experience in privatisation, they jail. “Manyofthem missions to thecourtinthe case, Re-infection Doctorshave reportedseveral On the resumption of the MinistryofCivil Aviation started wanted to participate, theypar- were beaten... some senior advocateRajeevDhavan, to thecoronavirusmaylastonlya cases of presumedreinfectionin Metro, Union MinisterHardeep with33percentandnowwewill ticipated,theylostthe bid and of us still carrythose representingBhushan, said his fewmonths in some people. And theUSandelsewhere,butnoneof Puri,speakingattheIdeaExchange expand more. Ipersonallythink therefore, we have proceeded,” injury marks,” he’s client’s“commentswereopinion ithasimplicationsforvaccinesbe- thosecases have been confirmed programme of The Indian Express Delhi Metroshould resumevery Puri said. learnt to have said. made in good faith foundedon ingdeveloped forthe virus. with rigorous testing. Recovered Monday, said:“Thehardfacts are quickly; this is not adecision that In the tender process forthe Wasniksaid they true facts” and thatsimilar opin- The33-year-oldmanhadonly people areknown to shedviral DMRCMDMangu Singh and Itake, but the input thatIhave privatisation of Thiruvanan- have been“putinthe ion wasalso expressedbysome mildsymptomsthefirsttime,and fragmentsfor weeks, whichcan Metrohavebeen ready to operate providedtothe decision-making thapuram airport,Adani Enter- dock” as though they others in the past. no symptoms this time around. cause teststoshowapositivere- theservicesforabouttwomonths peopleisthat letusget it started, prisesoutbid the Kerala state gov- were criminals, and AsummaryofDhavan’s con- The reinfection wasdiscovered sult in the absence of live virus. now. Iperiodicallytalk to him.” and Iamhopeful it will happen ernmententityKSIDCby 19.64%, asked:“Is writing a tentions, filedincourtbyJaiswal, when he returnedfromatrip to But the Hong Kong re- “Delhi Metroisavery profes- very soon. Isaw astatementby whichresulted in the statebe- letter acrime?” said “thereshouldnot be anyat- Spain,the researcherssaid, and searchers sequencedthe virus sional organisation. Theywere the CM whoissaying the same coming ineligible to match the AzadandSharma tempttocoerce the contemnor the virus theysequencedclosely frombothroundsof infectionand ready twomonthsago.And the thing,” Puri said. winning bid —anoptionthat it said “you maydis- intomakinganapologyontheba- matchedthe strain circulating in found significant differences in DMRCMDtells me that services Delhi Chief MinisterArvind could have exercisedifits bid was cusswith us and dis- sisthatnothing else wouldbeac- Europe in Julyand August. the twosetsofvirus,suggesting can resumeatatwo-daynotice. I Kejriwaland his government within 10%ofthe winning bid. agreewithus”onthe ceptable”. “Ourresultsprove thathissec- that the patientwas infected a thinkeverybodyhasagreednow. have been pushing forresump- FULLREPORTSON issues raised“but Itquestionedbonafidesof the ondinfection is causedbyanew second time. Notjustthe central government, tion of the service. www.indianexpress.com

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DisasterManagement Actand evidence to suggestthatthe pres- and Ashima Mandla. media outlets ANANDMOHANJ otherIPC sections. ent accused had in anymanner Nurbek Dosmukanbet Uulu, NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 Chief Metropolitan professedorwerepropagating a45-year-oldwelder from MagistrateGurmohina Kaur, the principlesand doctrinesof , wasamong theeight ADELHIcourthas discharged while discharging the eight, ob- the Tablighi Jamaat or had in- dischargedbycourt. He had ar- ANANDMOHANJ Jamia student Asif Iqbal eight members of the Tablighi served,“The entirechargesheet dulged in Tablighi work as al- rivedinIndia on December 8, NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 Tanha, arrested in a Jamaat who were facing trialat and documentsattachedthereto leged.The chargesheetissilent 2019 andspentaround 25 days Saket district court, stating that neithershowhis presenceor par- on this fact and the registerrelied in Patna before moving to Delhi. THEDELHI High Court has is- NortheastDelhi riots therewas “noprima facie evi- ticipation at the Markaz during upon by the prosecution only "I had left the markaz build- suednoticeonapleabyJamia case, submitted that dence” againstthem. As reported the relevant period. Thereisalso corroboratesthe fact of their ing muchbeforethe outbreakof Millia Islamia student Asif Iqbal the ‘sole aim of such by TheIndian Express,while ama- no document on recordtosug- presence or attendance at the Covid and wasinanother Tanha, arrested in aNortheast jority of foreign Tablighi Jamaat gest thathewasoneof thepartic- Tablighi Jamaat, but it nowhere in Delhi. Iwas takentoaquaran- Delhiriots case, whichsought disclosures appears to membershad takenpleadeals ipantsinvolvedinTabligh’swork shows that the accusedhad vio- tine centreatDwarkafromthat courtorders foranenquiryinto be to severely prejudice and leftfor theircountries,44 as aretheallegations.Neitherthe latedthe conditions mentioned mosque and had to spendthe alleged misconduct on partof had decidedtofacetrial in Delhi. copyofthe registerseized and Manyforeignersattendedthe Jamaat gathering at the in... the Visa Manual.” months of April and Maythere. the Delhi Police for"leaking" the fair trial rights’ The Jamaat wasinnews in placedonrecord, nor the listof Nizamuddin Markaz. Archive The Delhi Police had opposed At thecentre, Iunderwent 4Covid sensitive investigation informa- March afterthe Nizamuddin SDM providingdetails of persons the discharge application of the testsand wasnegative everysin- tion to severalmedia outlets. Markaz emergedasahotspot. As who were sent from the Markaz accusedpersons by submitting gletime," Uulu said. Justice Vibhu Bakhru, issuing ongoing criminal investigations. manyas955 foreignerswere either to hospitals or quarantine evidence againstthe accused, the statementsofassistant sub- thattherewas “sufficient prima Uulu,the sole breadwinner notice to the respondents, in- Tanha's lawyersalso drew chargesheetedbyDelhi Policefor centers,orthelistofpersonswho whichisnot so...” inspectors MahboobAli and facieevidence” in the in his family, said his wifeand cluding Delhi Police and twome- the court's attention to arecent allegedly violating Visa condi- were partofthe Markaz and were On the discharge applications Rakesh Kumar and stated:“... if chargesheetand documentsto four children await him back dia outlets,said: "A confession orderpassedbyJustice Bakhru, tions, indulging in missionaryac- testedforCovid,specificallymen- of the remaining36, it said, “It is these statementsare read as a proceedagainstthem. Police had home. "I feel happythatthe truth made can't find itsway out. But which restrainedDelhi Police tivities and notfollowing the gov- tions the name of the present ac- pertinent to mention that there whole, theydonot specificallyal- submitted an MHA circular to has been established. Idid not it has found itsway out." from issuing anycommunica- ernment’s Covid guidelines. cused, so as to even showhis is no disclosurestatement of any legethe role of the accusedin statethatthe accused arrivedin breakany lawatall. Even afterso Tanha, represented by tion related to PinjraTod activist The courtalso dischargedthe prima facie involvement or pres- of theaccusedonrecord;rather professing and propagating the India on atouristVisa butwere muchfalsenewsand propa- lawyers Siddharth Aggarwal, DevanganaKalita,who is also ar- rest of the36undersection 14 of ence, as alleged in the there is aquestionnairefilledup principles and doctrines of the “wereinvolvedinTablighi work” ganda, at leastthere arejudges Sowjhanya Shankaran, Abhinav rested in ariots case, until the the Foreigners Actand IPC sec- chargesheet, at the Markaz. Even by the accusedwherein he has Tablighi Jamaat, and aremerely in violation of the Visa Manual. who seek the truth,” he said. Sekhri, Siddharth Satija and charges, if any, areframedand tions 270and 271. Theystill face forthis courttoproceedfurther, stated that he is afollower.” general statements.” The Tablighis were repre- (With inputs from Sourav NikitaKhaitan, submitted to trial commences. chargesunderthe EpidemicAct, therehas to be some prima facie Thecourtalso went through “In fact, there is notaniotaof sentedbylawyers Rebecca John RoyBarman) JusticeBakhru that the petition Theyarguedthat "these ille- has been filed"againstpublica- galactsofthe respondent inves- tion and broadcastbyvarious tigatingagency arenothing but news outletsofhighly amischievous attempttocir- Covid positivity rate shows After 3weeks, uptick OPD slots sensitive/confidential informa- cumvent the clear and unequiv- tion in connection with ongoing ocal directions of asingle judge to be linked criminal investigations, where benchofthis court". slight increase, govt on alert in Gurgaon cases the news outletshavemadevar- Tanha's lawyers also submit- iousstatementsbased on pur- tedthat it has been the "consis- to app in porteddisclosurestatements tent standofthe investigating SAKSHIDAYAL givenbythe petitioner", and the agency in this case that accused MALLICAJOSHI CORONAVIRUS IN THE CAPITAL GURGAON,AUGUST24 future: CM "sole aimofsuchdisclosures ap- persons, including the petitioner, NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 pearstobetovilify andseverely arenot entitledtocopies of re- TOTALCASES Total Vacant GURGAON HAS witnessedan prejudice the fair trial rights" of mand applications and reports WITH HOTELSand weeklymar- HOSPITALBEDS 14,119 10,510 uptickincoronavirus cases over the petitioner. filedbythe public prosecutor or kets reopening, and possiblythe 1,62,527 the lastweek,with newcases EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE He submitted to the court investigating agency on the Delhi Metronextmonth,Delhi VENTILATORS 1,231 780 crossing the100-markfor thefirst NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 that the timingofthis"leak" to ground that theycontain sensi- government officialsare con- Dailycases Recoveries Deaths Tests time in 22 days on Friday, as the the media and "publication of tive information in relation to cernedabout the positivity rate Aug231,450 1,250 16 18,731 Haryana government ordered Gurgaon recorded77fresh DELHI CHIEF MinisterArvind this false informationpurport- the ongoing investigation... showing an increase over the closureofmalls,shops and offices casesonMonday. Archive Kejriwal launchedamobileapp edly from the policefiles,ata However, the same agency has pastweek. According to senior Aug241,061 1,2001311,910 during weekends in the hopes of andweb-basedonline OPD reg- time when bail application of the had no qualms in permittingde- officials, afterremaining stag- Total11,626* 1,46,588 4,313 14,43,004 slowing down the virus spread. istration and appointment sys- petitioner is pending considera- tails of suchinvestigation from nant at the 6% markfor over a *Total active cases While the districtrecorded that. Therewas also waterlogging temfor the DadaDev maternity tion before the trialcourt, creates being aired on media... despite month, the percentageofpeople 120cases on Friday, thefigure in manyparts of thecity on two hospital through video-confer- areasonable apprehensionthat irreparable and irrevocable testing positive forCovid out of continuedtohoverabove 100in days because of whichpeople encing Monday. TheCMsaid the the process of justiceisbeing at- damageitwould cause to the fair the total testsconducted has cases were recordedand around of growth as comparedto the last the next twodays,with 102peo- were notventuring out fortests... features of the mobileapp will be temptedtobesubverted". trial rightsofthe petitioner". shown signs of an increase. 12,000 peopleweretested, week of July,” the officialsaid. ple testing positive on Saturday We areconductingaround2,000 integratedwith the Delhi govern- Tanha has also asked the AdvocateRajat Nair accepted “Wewereat6%for many whichislessthan the dailyaver- Over the pasttwo weeks, the and 113onSunday. It droppedto testsonaverage daily,"said Dr ment’s Hospital Management court to direct Zee News, the notice on behalfofthe police weeksbut as moreand moreof ageofaround 18,000. compoundeddailygrowth rate 77 on Monday. Virender Yadav, ChiefMedical Information System (HMIS), OpIndia, YouTubeand Facebook, and told the courtthathewould the city reopens, the positivity Thereisnoshortage of beds over7days has risen slightly Alook at the dailyhealth bul- Officer (CMO). whichisexpectedto belaunched whoare respondentsinthiscase seek further instructions on the rate has startedtosee an in- —with or without oxygen and from 0.69% to 0.81%. At the peak letins reveals that 708cases were Acknowledging the uptick,of- withinayear. with DCP Special Cell,totake allegations of the disclosure crease andisnow around the7%- ventilators —inhospitals at pres- of Delhi’s Covid crisis, the growth recordedbetween August17and ficials said the positivity rate “Women patientswill no down the sensitive/confidential statement beingallegedlyleaked 8% mark.We aremonitoring the ent. Of the 14,119 Covidbeds, rate wasover5%. 23, as compared to 537cases be- recordedlastweek was5.32 per- longerneedtowaitinlong information allegedly leakedto to the media. situation closely. In Delhi, getting 10,510 arevacant. “The mostencouraging thing tween August 10 and 16.This, cent, up from 3.89 percent in the queues; theycan nowregister them by police, and issue guide- The next dateofhearingison atestdoneisquiteeasy nowand “Weare notconcerned re- has been that the number of even as the number of testsre- previous week.“Therehas again and getdoctors’appointments lines on media reporting of the September 11. we areencouraging it,” said an garding the number of bedsat deaths has notincreasedeven ducedduringtheperiod—falling been asurge because peoplehave through this app. Thereshould official. present but we sawinthe past though cases have.Delhi’s over- from 14,232 between August10 stoppedfollowing precautions...,” be no crowding in the wake of Delhi has 1,62,527cases so that the number of cases shotup all fatality ratio has actuallygone and16,to12,470 betweenAugust said the CMO. the coronaviruspandemic, and far, of which11,626 areactive. withindays of the firstphase of down slightly. We believe it is 17 and 23. Another official from the social distancing needs to be Fresh row as MCD This number had droppedbelow easing of lockdown.The govern- because of better patient man- "Testing wasslightlylower health department said that an maintained,” said the CM, adding 10,000 earlier this month. The ment is prepared and has notre- agement techniques now, avail- lastweekbecause oftwo reasons MCG councillor,who recentlyat- that bedcapacity at hospital was Covidtoll on Mondaystood at laxed,and the trend seems to ability of oxygen on almostall —the SeroSurvey wasbeing con- tendedagathering in agurdwara being increased from 106to281. clearstall building 4,313 —acase fatality ratio of suggestthat therehas been a bedsand quickhospitalisation,” ductedin Gurgaon and partofour in NewColony, tested positive “If two-threewomen arebe- 2.6%. On Monday, 1,061new slight increase in cases and rate the official said. manpowerhad to bedeployedfor along with his family. ingtreated on asingle bed,itis notright, especially in Delhi, whichisthe national capital. This at NorthCampus issue will be solvedwith the ex- BRIEFLY pansion of the hospital thatwill be doneinthe coming days,” he EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Minoritiespanel said. The hospital conductsclose NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 to 10,000 deliveries in ayear. getsnewchief In January2018, Kejriwalhad THENORTHMCDhasclearedthe announcedthatthe government plan to construct the city’s tallest NewDelhi: Former will develop amodern system of building, a39-storeygroup hous- Congress councillorfrom international standards to inte- ingsociety,nearVishwavidyalaya Babarpur,Zakir Khan,was grateall city government hospi- Metrostation in the vicinity of appointedthe newchair- tals, polyclinics, and mohalla clin- 's NorthCampus. person of the Delhi ics. He said thiswould do away NorthMCD standing committee MinoritiesCommissionby with longqueues and crowdsat head Chhail Bihari said thelayout The building will come up the Lt-Governor on government hospitals and en- plan has been passedbythe cor- near Vishwavidyalaya Metro Monday. Kawaljit Singh hance patient experience. poration, and the building, setto station. Archive and Nancy Barlowwill be “Implementation of HMIS be145.30 metres tall, can becon- the twomembersofthe will notonlydigitise all govern- structed on twohectares of land. commission, the Delhi ment health facilities but will also But the move has notgone privacy concerns due to many government said. The createhugefacilitiesfor patients. down well with the varsity,which hostels in the vicinity. tenureofthe previous The newsystemwill alsotake had held protests and raised is- Another member of the chairperson Zafarul care of facilities forpatientslike suesoverprivacy concerns due to standing committee VickyGupta Khan endedinJuly. appointments/availabilitywith several hostels in the vicinity. said as per masterplan rules, the doctors etcthrough acentralised DU Deputy Dean (works) floor area cannotbemorethan call center,online appointments, BipinTiwari said: “The layout has 75% forbuildings in the area but DriverinASI medicines, telemedicine and re- been cleared by the standing the project has an FARof200%.He hit-and-run FAST LANE designing of different infrastruc- committee, and it is notthe final said rules can onlybechangedby tural facilitieslikeOPD, phar- authority.The MCD’s earlier lay- theUrban Development ministry arrested Peoplethrong the Karol Bagh weeklymarket,Monday. The weekly marketshavereopened in Delhi afterfivemonths,with macy etc,” said asenior official out is under challengeatthe through anotification. authoritiesallowing their operationonatrial basistill August30. Tashi Tobgyal from thestate health depart- National Green Tribunal, and the NorthMCDmayorJaiPrakash, NewDelhi: Five days after ment. Supreme Courthad upheldthis. however, said the work wasexe- a51-year-old ASI wasal- Pending all these things... they cuted as per rules. legedly hit by acar,the ac- can’t bring out anew layout till The project area waspartof cuseddriverwas arrested the earlier issueissettled. The 3.05 hectares of land the Delhi from Noida, police said To counsel victims of violence, abuse inchildcare MCD is also required to consult MetroRail Corporationhad ac- Monday. According to po- DU before taking decisions on this quiredfromthe Defence Ministry lice, the accusedallegedly matter.Wehavewritten to the in 2001.The Metrostation was hit the ASI,who is in a homes, Delhi govtsayswill seek professionalhelp NorthMCD commissioner,with builtonone hectareand the rest coma,with hiscar twice. copies to the Chief Ministerand wasgivento aprivate firm,which He allegedly told police the L-G, raising our concerns.” is planningtobuild residential that he got angrywhen Social Services audit found grave mental stress, psychological and and 18 counsellors forpsycho- skills to those whohavesuffered Bihari, however, said con- flats. The construction haddrawn the ASI triedtostophim. SOURAVROYBARMAN instances of abuse at around 14 behavioural disorders" will be logical as well as medicinal in- violence and abuse, and prepare struction can startonlyafter the the ireofDUstudentsand staff, NEWDELHI,AUGUST 24 shelter homes forwomen and made available. terventions in required cases. them forindependent survival, NGTgrantspermission.Lastyear, who said the building violates the children in the capital. Thereare 20 suchhomes and Thescope of theirworkhas among others. thegreen panel had directedthat MasterPlan of Delhi 2021. They ‘Convinced THE DELHI government plans to Rule 35 of the Juvenile Justice institutions under the Delhi gov- been broken up into15cate- "The agency shall maintain a construction be stoppedand movedthe SupremeCourtlast Centretoopen engageanumber of psychia- (Careand Protection of ernment. While someshelter gories, ranging from screening of separatefile in respect of each calledfor an environmentalim- year afterthe Delhi High Court trists,clinical psychologists and Children) Model Rules, 2016, homes arefor victims of abuse, all inmates within twodaysof resident containing the com- pact assessment. The NGThad dismissedits petition challenging banquethalls’ counsellors to address the needs mandates mental health serv- neglect and trafficking among their admissions to "preventive plete psychological profile, notedthat environmentalclear- the transfer of public landto apri- of those in child carehomes ices, including individual ther- others, the remaining arefor therapeutic interventionfor res- background, documentation of ance (EC) wasgrantedto the proj- vate builderandtheconstruction NewDelhi: Chief Minister who arestruggling to overcome apy, at allsuchhomesbytrained children in conflict with . identswithsuicidaltendencies mental health status, medica- ectin2012,whichhadlapsedand of the high-rise. DU studentshad Monday effectsofvariousforms of vio- professionals. The department has invited and those of violent conduct and tion (if any), counseling sessions, afresh application wassubmit- also demandedthatthe land be said that his government lence and abuse. According to theplan, under expressionsofinterestfromex- abnormal sexual behaviour". milestones achievedinthe psy- tedfor itsamendment. giventothe varsity forbuilding convincedtheCentretore- The initiative by the Women thementalhealth services, "psy- ternal agencies, hospitals, nurs- The professionals will be chological health of the resident, AAP leaders also objected to hostels for4,000students. open banquethalls with and ChildDevelopment chologicalassessment, psycho- ing homes and trusts,seeking to tasked withidentifying and whichshall be the property of the proposal. NorthMCD stand- At present,thetallestbuilding "great difficulty". ENS Department comes nearly 10 social profiling, counselling, pre- engage at leastthree psychia- treatingmental disordersorill- the WCD," thedepartmenthas ingcommitteemember andAAP inDelhiisthe28-storeyMCDCivic months afteraTataInstituteof vention and treatment of trists,nine clinical psychologists nesses, counsel and impartlife said in itsEOI. leader AjayKumarsaid thereare Centre, whichis102 metres high.

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This lice said Monday. istered at Baba Haridas Nagar NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 is averysimplisticwayoflooking According to police, the ac- police station. at averycomplex issue, butit still cused, Tasleem, wasupsetover When police triedtocontact THE STATEhealth department is makes apoint —perhapsweneed the salarycut andhad argued Tasleem again, theyfoundthat gearing up forthe thirdserolog- to test manytimesmorethan with his employer, Om Prakash he had fledwith Prakash’s mo- ical survey,scheduledbetween what we aredoing to detect, con- (45), earlier this month. Later,he torcycle and mobile. September 1and 5, as part of the tain and interrupttransmission. allegedly attackedPrakashathis “Wesearchedforhimandsent Delhi government’sstrategy to The other issueworthpondering home with awooden stickand teamsto hishometownShamliin assess the spread of Covid in the is where arethose undetected slit his throat,beforedumping UP.Raidswerealsoconducted in city.According to sources, the and untreated positive persons.” At RawtaVillageinSouthwestDelhi; (below) TheIndian the body in an unusedwell. Panipat and other areas in sample size of the surveyisgoing Back in the day, they Meanwhile, afterUSExpress reportdated August24. AbhinavSaha Prakash, who ownedadairy Haryana, but he wasn't found.On to be higher than the oneheldin used tosay —what President Donald Trumpan- centreinBaba Haridas Colonyin Sunday, our sources informedus the second round duringAugust, America does today, Peopleoutside adispensary nouncedthat the Food and Drug Jharoda Kalan, had hired thathewasinDelhi’sJharoda.We with around 17,000 peopleex- India would do tomorrow. at Majnu ka Tila forthe sero Administration had authorised Tasleem at his shop in June this sentateamthereandtheaccused pected to be surveyed this time. Delhi has changed it. survey. Abhinav Saha convalescentplasma therapy for EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE year —but reducedhis salaryaf- wasarrested,”saidanofficer. “Thesamplesizeisbeing cal- Now, what Delhi did emergency use,the Delhigov- NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 terthe lockdown and the pan- Police said the accusedhad culated following aprescribed ernmentsaid the US waslearn- demic affected his businessse- initiallyfledtoPanipat andre- formula. In the second survey, yesterday,America does 10 out of 11 districtshad more ing from Delhi. FARMERS IN SouthwestDelhi verely,policesaid. turnedthinking that the case over 15,000people were tested, today. Congratulations than 20%prevalence. Chief MinisterArvind close to theHaryana bor- Police said that amissing per- had been dropped. whileover21,000 people were Delhiites for achieving According to experts,the re- Kejriwal tweeted: “Theyusedto der,whose fields have been sub- sons reportwas filedonAugust According to police, Tasleem evaluated in the firstsurvey con- this for our country” sultsofthesesurveysshould be say, backinthe day-what mergedinwater overflowing the drain, whichcausedwater to 12 by the victim’s nephew. claimed thathewas being paid ducted by the NationalCentrefor thoroughlyexamined to under- America does today, India would from Najafgarhdrain since ear- enterhomes in Rawta. Water DCP (Dwarka) Anto Rs 15,000 per month, but Disease Control. Everything CM ARVIND KEJRIWAL stand various aspectsofthe dis- do tomorrow. Delhihas changed lier this month,will be compen- levels had notreceded as of Alphonse said, “Prakash lived Prakash decidedtocut down the apart from this will remain the AFTER US PRESIDENTTRUMP ease. Dr Lalit Kant, former head, it.Now -what Delhi did yester- satedbythe Delhi government. Mondaymorning, residentssaid, alone and waslastseen with salary by Rs 3,000because of the same; the districtswill follow APPROVED PLASMA THERAPY epidemiology,and communica- day, America does today. SouthwestDelhi district magis- when government officialsar- TasleemonAugust10. We ques- lockdown. protocol laid down by the state blediseases division, ICMR, said Congratulations Delhiites for trateRahulSingh told TheIndian rivedtosurvey thedamage. government earlier.Training of the Southeastdistrict, where “Comparedtothe previoussur- achieving this forour country.” Express Monday,“We areassess- DeepakYadav, aresidentof officers will startfromTuesday,” 32.2%of participantshadantibod- vey,the prevalence rate has in- The government, in astate- ing the extent of damageand nearbyJhuljhuli , said, said aseniorofficial from the ies. This wasalso thedistrictthat creasedby5-6percentagepoints. ment said, Delhi wasthe firstin preparing an assessment.” “Officials spokeabout providing statehealth department. showedthe biggestjumpfrom Nowabout athirdofDelhi’s pop- the countrytoapply forpermis- The Indian Express had re- compensation but did nottell us The secondserosurvey lasttime,when it had recorded ulationappears to have antibod- sion from the Centretostart portedonMondaythataround howthisproblem of flooding, showedthatabout 29%ofthose 22.2% prevalence. Morewomen ies. Extrapolating this prevalence plasmatherapy trialsin itshospi- 1,000 acres of fields in Outer whichaffectsusevery year,will surveyed had the presence of (32.2%) were foundtohaveanti- to Delhi’s population of about2 tals in April. It later opened Delhi’s Rawtaand adjoining vil- be solved. Theyalsodid notsay novelcoronavirus-specific anti- bodiesthan men (28.73%). crore, moreorless 60 lakh would plasma banksaswell, forthose lages, in whichfarmers were what would be done about wa- bodies, suggesting theyhad been During the previous survey, have beenexposedto thevirus.If whorecoveredfromCovid to do- about to harvesttheir dhan terlogging in (Rawta)village.” exposedtothe virus. The results eight districtswerefound to we assume that 15-20% of these nateantibodies that could be ad- crops, have been floodedwith a He said villagesnearbyhave were announcedbyDelhi Health have morethan 20% prevalence were severecases and needed ministeredtopatients. Till August mix of wastewater and rainwa- alsosuffereddamageandthegov- MinisterSatyendarJainlastweek. of Covid, with Central, hospitalcare, we cometoafigure 11,921 recoveredpatientsdo- terfromthe Najafgarhdrain. ernment shoulddeviseasystem The survey wasconductedin Northeast, Northand Shahdara of 9-12lakh. Our health system nated plasma at the ILBS plasma AfterWednesday’s heavy through whichthe person work- all 11 districts. The highestpreva- with almost27% prevalence. has so fardetected over 1.6lakh bank.This includedhealthcare rain in Gurgaon, the city had ing on the field, and notthe one lence of the disease wasfound in However, in the August survey, positiveindividuals.Somewhere workers and police officials. pumpedout excess waterinto who leasedit, is compensated.

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Name of Work Amount put EMD Tender Date of Last date/ time gumentsonframing of charges No. to tender to Amount Fees release of of receipt of Tender tender in tender through in the then chief secretaryas- eprocurement eprocurement sault case in whichChief solution solution MinisterArvind Kejriwal and his 1. Making interconnection of newly laid water line with 30,13,516.00 60,500.00 500.00 22.08.2020 07.09.2020 existing distribution network in Ward No. 61-E and upto 02:30 P. M. deputy Manish Sisodia were 62-E under Karawal Nagar,AC-70 (Re-invited) made accused. Tender ID No. 2020_DJB_193725_1 The high courtallowed an All the terms and conditions incuding technical specfication and special conditions is available on Delhi Govt. Website application by then chief secre- https://delhi.govtprocurement.com. Sd/- tary Anshu Prakash and modi- ISSUED BY P.R.O. (WATER) (Sukhpal Singh) Advt. No. J.S.V.132/2020-21 EX. ENGINEER (NE)-II fied itsMarch 14,2019order by whichthe trial courtwas di- GOVT.OFJAMMU&KASHMIR rected nottohear argumentson DEPARTMENTOFMATERIALS MANAGEMENT (PURCHASE-2ND) thecharges. As farasthe March14, 2019 SHER-I-KASHMIR INSTITUTE OF order is concerned, the same is MEDICAL SCIENCES SOURA, (SGR) modifiedtothe extent that the eNIT NO: SIMS 18 (P-II) OF 2020 trial courtcan proceedand hear the matter at the stageofargu- DATED: 21.08.2020 mentsoncharges, Justice Vibhu SUB:ABBREVIATED NOTICE INVITING E-TENDERS FOR SUPPLYOFFOGGING Bakhru said. SOLUTION AND SURFACEDISINFECTANT ON RATE CONTRACT BASIS AT SKIMS Prakashhas alsosought adi- IYF¹FFÊÕX¹F Ad²FâXF°FF,À½F. ¶FÕXeSXF¸F IY¾¹F´F À¸FÈd°F SOURA . rection foranearly hearing of the Forand on behalf of Lt. Governor UT of J&K through Director SKIMS,e-Tenders are invit- petition filedbeforethe high ¾FFÀFIYe¹F d¨FdIY°ÀFF ¸FWXFd½FôFFÕX¹F, dOX¸FSXF´FFÕX, ed under TwoBid System (Technical Bid and Financial Bid) from the Original Manufacturers, courtbyKejriwal and Sisodia ªF¦FQÕX´FbSX (LX.¦F.) their authorized Distributors/Dealers forsupply of Fogging Solution &Surface Disinfectant challenging the trial court’sor- at SKIMS SouraSrinagar on rate Contract Basis foraperiod of TwoYears. der that prosecution in the case [email protected] The detailed tenderdocument containing specifications,tentativequantity of Fogging be conducted by aDelhiPolice IiY¸FFaIY/4811/¾FFd¨F¸F/d³Fd½FQF/2020-21ªF¦FQÕX´FbSX,dQ³FFaIY19/08/2020 Solution and Surface Disinfectant along with the terms and conditions,isavailable on officer notbelow therank of d³Fd½FQF ÀFc¨F³FF www.jktenders.gov.in and complete bidding process will be online on said e-Tender portal, Additional Commissioner. as per following schedule: The twoAAP leaders had also Sr.No. Description Schedule challenged the trial court's 01. Tender feeinthe shape of Demand Draft Rs.1000/- October 22,2018order permit- favouring Director Finance SKIMS. ting twoother advocates to con- 02 Earnest MoneyDeposit (EMD) in the shape of Rs.20,000/- duct the prosecution on behalf of CDR/FDR (pledged to Director Finance) or aBank the officer of Delhi Police, instead Guarantee pledged to Director &EOSGSKIMS of aregular public prosecutor at- tached to the court concerned. 03 Date&timefor downloadingoftenders From 22.08.2020 to 14.09.2020 upto 4.00 P. M. The high court, however, notedthatthe petition is listed 04 Last date &timefor submissionofonline tender From 01.09.2020 to forhearing on November2and it 14.09.2020 upto 4.00 P. M. wasnot feasibletohear it at an 05 Date &timefor opening of technical bids 16.09.2020at2.00 P. M. earlier date. On October 25, 2018, Anyclarification will be entertained from 22.08.2020 to 31.08.2020 on all working days Kejriwal, Sisodia and nine other during office hours. AAP MLAs were grantedbail by The tender notice is also available on SKIMS website www.skims.ac.in (for reference the trial courtinthe assault case. only). The alleged incident had trig- Complete bidding process will be online at www.jktenders.gov.in. (Technical and Price geredabitter tussle between the bids shall have to be submitted in Electronic format on the said tender portal and in Delhi government andits bu- no case be submitted in physical form, unless demanded by SKIMS. reaucrats. Director SKIMS reservesthe right to accept/reject or cancel anytender or all tenders in full or partwithout assigning anyreason thereof. The tenders should be submitted strictly in accordance with the provisions of thedetailed NIT. WXÀ°FF/- Sd/- Ad²FâXF°FF, No: SIMS 325 12/2020-1507-15-5190-93 À½F.¶Fe.AFSX.IY¾¹F´FÀ¸FÈd°F, Dated: 21.08.2020 Asstt. 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MESSAGE H.E.Monika KapilMohta Celebrating 72 Years of Ambassador of India to Switzerland Indo-Swiss Partnership! Reflectingthe shared value of pluralism and acommitment to the democratic ways of life, the Indo-Swiss friendship is based on mutual respect and deep admiration for each other’s cultureand diversity

NE OFTENwonderswhatbinds their operations in India. India andSwitzerland in such Recent reform initiatives by India have aclose-knit bond? What createdenhanced potentialfor Swiss busi- makes India one of Switzer- nesses.Sectors such as clean technology,life Oland’smain partners in Asia? sciences,precision engineering,medtech,fi- Why is Switzerland ahouseholdnamein nancial services and fintech, construction India? How come Yoga and Ayurveda are materials and equipment, consumer goods, household namesinSwitzerland?Why do railways and defence offer plenty of oppor- more than half amillion Indian tourists visit tunitiesfor Swiss companies. Alps every year? As per reports,“OverseasDirectInvest- Well, to find answers to these questions, ment from India to Switzerland for the dura- one needs to flip through the pages of history tion fromApril 2017 to November 2019 was Dear Friends, to find that both India and Switzerlandin- $1495.6 million (4.09% of total Overseas Di- Relations between India and Switzerland are referred to as a stantly became each other’spriority post In- rect Investment)placingitat4th position.” long standing dynamic partnership.Recentyears have witnessed en- dianIndependence, realising that both Switzerland continues to attract investment gagementsatthe highestlevel.TheHon’ble PresidentofIndia un- shared vibrant democratic traditions, values from Indian companies looking for agate- dertook aStateVisittoSwitzerland last September.Agreements of pluralismand commoninterests. Switzer- waytoEurope,thankstoits geo-strategic lo- were signed in the priority fields of Climate Change,Science &In- land’sswift recognition of India’sindepen- cation in the centre of Europe,political and novation, and Culture.India is committed to further strengthen dence in 1947 paved the wayfor astrong economic stability,modern infrastructure, and deepen the warm and friendly ties with Switzerland. bilateral relationship.Then,inAugust 1948, strongindustry and technology clusters and a Switzerland is the 11thlargest tradingpartner of India and the came the day when India and Switzerland President Ram Nath Kovind unveiling abustofMahatma Gandhi at moderate tax structure. 12thlargest investor into India.The Embassy of India,Berne is run- signed the historic“Treaty of Friendship”, Villeneuve, Switzerland on 14th September,2019 As for cultural connect between India and ning the MomentumInIndia: Swiss SMEs Programme for further proposed by then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Switzerland, “there have been regular strengthening India-Switzerland commercial relations. Nehru, to laythe foundation for strong bi- BILATERALTIESHAVE many more treatiestostrengthen and boost Indo–Swiss culturalexchanges in domains as ACulture of Innovation and Entrepreneurshipiscommonto lateral ties and economic prosperity. economic ties,including Double Taxation diverse as art, architecture,food, entertain- India and Switzerland. Joint research projects are being under- In the pastseven decades,India and GAINED MOMENTUM Treaty in November,1994;Amendment pro- ment, literature,and music, among others, taken under the India-SwitzerlandAgreement for Scientific &Tech- Switzerland have regularlyengaged in high- SUBSEQUENTTOVISIT tocol in 2010;and Promotionand Protection and they have particularly seen aboominthe nological Cooperation.ManyIndian students are pursuing higher powered state visitstoconsistently engage of InvestmentTreaty in July 1997. globalisation era.”Established in 2007 in education in prominent Swiss Universities. in all spheresofbilateral cooperation, in- OF PRIMEMINISTER As per EXIM Bank,India figures,“Switzer- New Delhi,TheSwiss ArtsCouncil promotes Swiss nationals regularly visit India,includingforAyurveda pro- cludingpolitical,trade andcommerce,sci- landwas the 11th largesttradingpartner cultural exchanges between the two nations. cedures.Switzerland regulates the profession ofAyurveda.The cel- enceand technology,education and re- NARENDRA MODITO for India with the total bilateral trade includ- As per reports,“India too,has left its mark on ebrations ofAyurveda Day as well as InternationalDay ofYoga by search, culturalexchangesaswellas GENEVAINJUNE 2016 ing bullion,amounting to $19263.38million Swiss culture through Bollywood,Indian cui- the Embassy across Switzerland receiveenthusiasticresponse. people-to-people connect.This long-stand- in 2018-19.Theimbalance mainly arisesout of sine,and more recentlyYoga andAyurveda.It Thebeautyand serenity of Switzerland has drawn prominent In- ing, dynamic partnership has gained asig- exportofbullionand preciousmetalstoIn- will be difficult to find avillageinSwitzerland dian personalities,including Mahatma Gandhi (1931), Swami nificant momentum in the past 4-5 years, Besides these statevisits, bilateral insti- dia.”Asper the Swiss FederalDepartment of withoutYoga practitioners.” Vivekananda (1896),and Gurudev RabindranathTagore.Abust of subsequent to the visit of Prime Minister tutionalarrangements such as The Finance figures,in2018,“India wasSwitzer- On theTourism front,Switzerland remains MahatmaGandhi wasinaugurated at abeautiful location in Vil- to GenevainJune2016.This Indo–Swiss Joint Economic Commission land’s8th largest trading partner with the amost sought-after destination for Indians leneuve in September 2019. high-level visit wasfollowedbythe State (1959), Foreign Office Consultations (FOCs) total bilateral trade including bullion, to relive those reel-life Bollywood moments.To Switzerland is home to avibrant and professional Indian dias- Visit of the Swiss President Doris Leuthard (January 1996),TheIndo–Swiss Joint Com- amounting to $19696 million.” boost Tourism, Switzerland appointed Ran- porawhich is highly respected.Anumber of Indian companiesare toIndia inAugust–September 2017. mitteeonS&T (2011),and other dialogue In terms of industry-wise distribution of veer Singh as its brand ambassador in 2017. present in Switzerland. Bollywood knows Switzerland very well In September 2019, President Ram Nath mechanismslikeIndia–Switzerland Finan- Swiss investments in India, traditional sec- Overall,it can be said that India–Switzerland and is the gateway to the picturesque Bernese Oberland. Kovind paid aState Visit to Switzerland ac- cial Dialogue have also facilitated coopera- tors of Swiss excellence,e.g.,engineering and bond has evolved with time and now fo- Let me end with underlining the one word which comprehen- companied by ahigh-level official and busi- tion between the two nations. industrial equipment, services (tourism, fi- cusses on shared immediate and long-term sively describes India-Switzerland relations –Harmony.Weunder- ness delegation. President Kovind and Swiss TheTreaty ofFriendship set the tone for fu- nancial,logistics,etc.),precision instruments, interests.With changingtimes andcurrent standeachother, appreciate each other’spriorities and are able to President Ueli Maurer also made remarks at ture economic engagements,asArticle 3to chemicals and pharmaceuticals,continue to disruptionsowing to COVID-19,itisexpected bringour strengths together.Mybest wishes to the readers on the the India-Switzerland Business Round Table 6ofthis Treaty secured the “most favoured maintain top positions.Most of the Swiss that the two countries will collaborate even occasion of the 72nd anniversary of the signing of the India- co-hosted by India and SwitzerlandonSep- foreign nation treatment” to Switzerland. multinational companies likeNestle,ABB,No- more closely to keep evolving and benefiting SwitzerlandTreaty of Friendship. tember13,2019,in Berne. This treaty became the foundation stone for vartis,Roche UBS and Credit Suisse etc.have each other,today and tomorrow. Switzerland has Innovative Solutions to Watch industry hit, but likely to bounce back WITZERLAND’S watchmakingindus- offer in the Renewable Energy Sector try is the country’sthird largest ex- industry behind the pharmaceu- With energy efficiency ticals and machine tools sectors.It accounts for around 1.5% of Swiss gross and climate control as domesticproduct andisamajor genera- the main pillarsof tor of jobs in these regions.The coron- avirus pandemic has crippled the Swiss collaboration, watchmaking industry which is expected to sufferthe worstcrisisofits historyin2020. Switzerlandislooking However,experts are confident of the abil- to tap into India’s ity of the industry to recover,asinthe past. Due to alockdown, there wasaghastly RenewableEnergy silence over Switzerland’swatchmaking sector to provide clean industries.The closure of production units, stores andthe inability to travel have put energysolutions the brakes on sales of “Swiss Made” and help make the watchesinmarkets around the world and in turn Swiss Watch exports dropped CLOSURE OF UNITS DUE rectly or by allowingtheir authorisedretail countryenergy 21.9% overall by value compared with the partners to sell via e-commerce channels. previous year. But pundits arebettingon TO PANDEMIC SAW However,manyanalysts are predictinga efficientinthe future the industry making astrongcomebackin rocky road for brick-and-mortar retailers, 2021, with exports expected to rebound SWISS WATCH EXPORTS as consumerswho getaccustomed to by around 15%. DROP 21.9%OVERALL shopping onlinemay fearreturning to LLUDING TO the problem of climate SHARING THE SAME an ambitious target of 175 GW from re- Theindustry’stwo major shows: busy stores. change,the former President of newables by 2022, consisting of 100 GW Watches &Wonders and Baselworld, BY VALUECOMPARED Likeother industries,many Swiss ASwitzerland, Doris Leuthard, during PRIORITIES,INDIA AND of solar energy and 60 GW of wind en- where traditionally all the global watch- WITH PREVIOUSYEAR watchmakers have responded to the pan- heraddress at the India HabitatCentre on SWITZERLAND ARE ergy,sending outaclear-cut message – makers uniteasacommunity to discover demic withgestures of support for health September 1, 2017, said, "By the end of wider and cheaper energy accessbut at and experiencenew trends and innova- care workers and communities in need this century,wewould need WORKING TOWARDS minimal cost to the environment.This de- tions,bothgot cancelled. Thepandemic through donationsormounting of opera- 2.8 planets to survive if we are not able IMPROVING ENERGY cision haspaved the way“for creation of has forced afew brands to postpone all YouTube or Zoom equivalents of anews tions to bring together P.P.E. or support to change people’smindset, industrial synergies between the two countries to 2020 watch launchesuntil 2021 or putall conference. medicalresearch. processesand our behaviour.” Such is EFFICIENCY AND collaborate for knowledge exchange and product news on hold indefinitely.How- Swiss watch brands were slow to move TheSwiss watch industry has repeat- the concern of the world today regarding EXPANDING UTILITY OF explore innovative technical solutions ever,mostbrands have continued intro- online,but this lockdown has turned many edly proven itsresilienceand its ability to the necessity of climate control and re- to fast-track the growing renewable en- ducing watches through Instagramposts into purveyorsofdigitaldistraction.Most of bounce back andits principal strength re- newable energy resources. RENEWABLE ENERGY ergy segment.” and emailed news releases.Similarly, a the brands saw this as an alternate oppor- sides in its capacity to export its productsto Beingahyperconnectedcountry,India As part of its Energy Strategy 2050, number of companies haveoptedfor tunity andtook to online sellingeither di- the entire world. serves apopulation of more than 1.3 billion “Switzerland has decided to takesteps to people. Switzerland realises India’sneed for energy efficiency using clean energy improve energy efficiency and boost the asuper-transportation systemthat is pow- sources.Being one of the most innovative shareofrenewable energies in the energy Mt Titlis beckons Indians like no other spot ered by cleanrenewable energy.The idea is nations,Switzerland is home to the world’s mix. Currently,Switzerland is helping mu- to reduceenergy consumption through en- leadingresearch and educationalinstitu- nicipal authorities in India to reduce green- T10,000 feet above sea level, this aride on the enthralling Ice-Flyer to the ergy-efficient mobility. tions.Owing to the fact that both the na- house gas emissions.” TheSwiss Energy glacier mountain excursion in cen- amazing GlacierPark whereyou can glide Over the seven decades of mutual un- tions share the same priorities, Indiaand Strategy 2050 shares India’sambition to in- Atral Switzerland welcomes more In- down snowy slopes with various sliding derstandingand cooperation, India and Switzerland arecurrentlyworkingtowards crease energy efficiency and encourage the diansthanany other mountain. equipment. Don’t miss the chance to walk Switzerlandhave opened up newavenues improvingenergy efficiency and expand- developmentofrenewablesources such as Ascend with the 8-seater Titlis Xpress on the spine-tingling Titlis Cliff Walk, Eu- forcollaboration.Advocatingthe cause of ing the utilityofrenewable energy. wind, hydropower and solar energy. before you change into the world’sfirst rope’shighest suspension bridge.Finish clean energyfor manyyears now,Switzer- TheIndian government, in 2015, made a Growth demands power,and access to revolving cable car,the Rotair. the glacier experience with awalk in the land is suitablyplacedtocollaborate with decision to makeatransition tolower- clean, reliable energy lies at the heartofIn- Youwill be mesmerised by the high- surreal Glacier cave,atunnel 20 metres global markets to fulfil their demands for emission electricitysystembydeclaring dia’seconomic development. lights ofthis fun-filled excursion including below thesurface.

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NDIA Inc.’s effort to look outward with growth withinthe European market. an increasing aspiration to integrate As atestamenttoits strong business Iitselfinthe globalvalue chain andex- frameworkconditions, even during the pand its geographical reach is evident currentpandemic, Switzerland’sventure from the sustained high levelsinIndian capital ecosystemhas showngreat re- outbound investmentsover the last few silience.As per the SwissVenture Capital years.Traditionally,Indian companies ex- Report 2020, despite thecoronavirus cri- pand with an intenttoexplore new mar- sis,lockdown and travelrestrictions, kets,and access better technologies, there wasrobust activitythroughout the which would enable them to increase firsthalf of 2020 –reflected in the20% theircustomer base and achieve aglobal increase in venture capital investments reach. According to the data provided by during the period. Life Sciences,ICT,med- THETreaty of Friendship between In- Reserve BankofIndia (RBI), India’sout- icaldevices and cleantechwere the key diaand Switzerlandhas boosted ties ward Foreign Direct Investment(OFDI)in sectors drivinginvestments. between the two countries over the equity,loanand guaranteed issue stood at Switzerland’s structure ofsector clus- past 72 years, beingbasedonrespect US$ 14.89 billion in 2019-20. terswithrobustecosystems has attracted for each other's strengths and the will- Switzerland is often viewed as apre- manyIndiancompanies to establish their ingness to learnfromeachother.Con- ferred regional hub by global MNCs for developing aframework that allows aca- SEVERAL INNOVATION companiescarry outR&D in Switzerland. European regionalhub in Switzerland. the largerEuropean market.Thecountry’s demic institutions and the private sector Adeeply embedded aspect of the Swiss PersonalisedMedicine (pharma, gratulations to everyperson,business commitment toquality, security,innova- to benefit from eachother’sstrengths to STORIES THAT WON business environment is the inclination of biotech, nutraceutical) companies have entity and Government institution that tion and overall business competitiveness develop innovative productsthatcan be RECOGNITION THE its SMEs,which form more than 98% of looked at Switzerland to capitalise on the has contributed to this relationship has enabled it to maintain this position. brought to themarket quickly.Following the Swiss corporate segment, to focus on R&Denvironment, add technical capabil- growingover the years.Mywishesfor In the context of acontinuouslychang- this approach, alarge Indian conglomer- WORLD OVER HAVE developing niche,sophisticated and high ities,safeguardIPsecurityand leverage this bond growing strongerand more ing business environment, akey element ate has successfully investedinaclean- HAD THEIR GENESIS value-add products.ASwiss SME that de- funding. meaningful in the yearstocome. for Switzerland’ssuccess has been its tech spin-off from one of Switzerland’s velops high precision drive systems and Artificial Intelligence companies dogged emphasis on ensuring an eco- Federal Institute ofTechnology,(ETHZ). IN SWITZERLAND views R&D as the cornerstoneofits suc- and in recenttimes companiesoperating DR SHRAVANSUBRAMANYAM, nomic infrastructure that encourages Severalinnovation stories thatwon cess now and in the future has success- in cybersecurity,workplace automation, MD,Roche Diagnostics India & R&D and innovation, coupled with a global recognition have their genesis in fully poweredMartian Rover missions on etc have established themselves to en- President, Chamber sound andeffective intellectualproperty Switzerland —Solar Impulse: the aircraft transport buses developed by astart-up, the Red Planet.ManySwiss SMEs hold hance business development in the Euro- of Commerce(India) protection regime and an attractive taxa- that flewaround the world only on solar hit theroads on an experimental basisin similar distinction of being market lead- pean market, enter into new business tion regime.Several Indian life science power; Planet Solar: the world's largest 2016.These stories attest to the country’s ers in such niche business segments. verticals, reduce dependenceonthe US companies have chosen to carryout criti- solar-poweredboatand thefirst ever so- ability to provide aframework enabling In an increasingly globalised anddigi- market as well as to benefit from the cal R&D in the country for this reason.The lar electric vehicletocircumnavigatethe companies to benefit from investments tisedworld, Switzerland is aiming to fur- availability of local talent. countryhas also focusedits attention on globe; driverlessbuses –last mile public in R&D and are the reasonseveral foreign therstrengthen its position as aglobal Blockchain and Fintech companies leader in innovation. Switzerland’svi- prefer Switzerlanddue to its advanced brant deep-techecosystem enables busi- regulatory framework for digitalfinancial Bilateral Trade &InvestmentAtAGlance nesses to innovate and successfully trans- assets inthe world. India’sExports $2021 million(January-November2019) form creative ideas into marketable Advanced Manufacturing companies products.There is an increasedfocus on preferthe precision manufacturing cluster India’sImports $16981 million (January-November2019) emerging technologies including ad- and integration with the world supply Textiles andgarments,organicchemicals,precious stones and jewellery,dyestuffs, machineryand parts,leatherproducts,shoes and vanced manufacturing, blockchain,AI, ro- chain (~40 FTAswith leading trade part- MainItemsofIndia’sExports shoe uppers,cotton, plastics,coffee,tea and hand-knotted carpets. botics &dronesand personalised medi- ners including EU,Japan, andChina). cine.Indian tech companies can leverage Roboticsand Drones due to the Main ItemsofIndia’s Imports Besides bullion,Swiss exportstoIndia consist of machineryand equipment(electricaland mechanical). this strong Swiss innovation ecosystem network of universities of applied sci- FromApril 2000 to September 2019, Switzerland invested(FDI Equity) approximately $4.781 billion in India withmajor concentration comprising of dedicated innovation clus- ences and robotics departments at top Swiss Investments inIndia in the high-techand engineering sectors, and therest being in pharma, services and processedfood, thus becomingthe 12th largest ters,supported by close collaborations universities. investor andaccounting for about 1.07% of total FDI in India during thisperiod. with the private sector and globally Being one of themostglobalised coun- recognised Swiss technical universities. triesinthe world,Switzerlandlaysgreat Overseas Direct Investment from India to Switzerlandfor the duration fromApril 2017-November2019 was$1495.6million (4.09% This positionsSwitzerland as an ideal pilot significanceoncontinuously andproac- Indian Investments in Switzerland of totalOverseas DirectInvestment) placing it at 4th position. Indian investmentshave gone intoICT,LifeServices, Engineering, playground for cutting edgeR&D innova- tively evolvingits economic and political Start-ups,Pharmaceuticalsand chemicals. tion and complements theaspirationsof systems to remain acompetitive con- Indian entrepreneurstoaccelerate tender for Indian companies.

Easy to say why Switzerland is Investing in the Pharma Industry on Every Traveller’sBucket List is the Next Big Thing! HE dream to visit Switzer- LAKE GENEVA land hasinspiredthe trav- REGION The industrypresentsapromising growth avenue for Indiaand Teller within us for years! TheLakeGenevaRegion ef- Switzerland, as both are blessed with pharma hotspotsand contribute With its snow-capped peaks, fortlessly blends history,culture, glisteninglakes,charming me- cuisine,wineand music into one significantly to the global industry and demand dieval towns,adrenaline big melting pot of rich experi- pumping adventure, world ences.From itsbreathtaking OTH INDIA and Switzerland realise the class resorts, fascinating muse- panoramas of the Alps,toits importance of investing in the Pharma- ums,and delicious cuisine, award-winning local wine and Bceutical and Life Sciences industry to tap Switzerlandhas alot on offer! creativeculinary offerings,noth- its hugeeconomic prospects for mutual bene- Here are the best places to visit ing surpasses the magnificence of fit.As per an online report,“India is the largest in Switzerland toexperience it Matterhorn, Zermatt this region. Whether it is Mon- provider of generic drugs globally.The industry in every waypossible. treux –the home of the supplies over 50% of global demand for vari- renowned international jazz fes- ous vaccines,40% of generic demand in the INTERLAKEN tival;Lausanne–with its sumptu- U.S. and 25% of all medicine in UK.” Nestledbetween LakeThun ous Michelin starredrestaurants In the current milieu,both the nations are and LakeBrienz, Interlakenis or Lavaux –one of thelargest blessed with their own pharma hotspots.The Europe’stop adventure sport contiguous vineyardregions,one GenomeValley in Hyderabad has estab- destination— it offers activi- will never run out of options here. lished itself as acentre for biotechnology ties ranging from Skydiving, and pharmaceutical industries in the country, Paragliding, to Tobogganing ZERMATT focussingonthe areasofagri-biotech, clin- and Skiing. Located in the Home to the Matterhorn ical research management(CRM),bio- shadow of the three highest Lucerne peak —the most pho- pharma,vaccine manufacturing, regulations peaks in the Alps— Eiger, tographed mountain of all andtesting,and other relatedareas. Monch and Jungfrau— Inter- time— Zermatt is aplace of in- Similarly,inBasel area,Switzerland,there’s DR. REDDY’SAND portantIndian presence in Switzerland.En- lakenhas breathtaking scenery comparable beauty! It is sur- ahub being constructed for the future of joyingastrong presence in Basel, Dr.Reddy’s with cascading waterfalls, roundedbytall snow-covered healthcare with adigitalhealth and person- GLENMARKARE has witnessed double-digitgrowth for sev- glacial lakes and lush green Alpine peaks which are easily alised healthcare cluster.According to AMONG THE FIRMS eral years in arow.Similarly,“Rhizen Phar- alpine meadows. accessible via afunicular or a sources,“In Basel, pharma giants Rocheand maceuticals S.A.wasincorporated in Switzer- cable car.Zermatt is acharming Novartis have made ahomefor themselves. PRESENT IN COUNTRY land, with the aim to develop and partner LUCERNE villageknown forits quaint, There are also more than 700 life sciences compounds originatingfrom Incozen, a Overlooked by Mount Pila- rustic wooden architecture but companies,including many promising star- biotechcompany founded in 2008 in Hyder- tus,Lucerne is amedieval city is alsohome to thebestrestau- tups and more than 1,000 research groups in ture U.S. FDAand European MedicinesAgency abad to discover noveltreatments for oncol- onthe shores of LakeLucerne. rants,bars and nightlife. the Basel region. Theareaisathriving place (EMEA) compliant biopharmaceuticals for the ogy andinflammation.” One can explore ancient for innovative companies and startupsand global markets.Afew years back, Indian bio- In India,the LifeSciences sector is set to wit- churches,bustling squares and ZURICH it has maintainedits placeasSwitzerland’s pharmagiantBioconcollaborated with San- ness huge growth and major transformation plenty of boutiques and mar- Thelargest Swiss city, Zurich, top life sciences cluster.” doz, aunit of Novartis,todevelop, manufac- in the current decade,owing to demographic, vel at the architectural won- Chateau de Chillon Interlaken is acity of contrasts.Itisalso the Indian pharma companies having apres- ture and commercialise multiplebiosimilarsin regulatoryand technological changes.Itisex- ders of the city including the social and cultural hub of the ence in Switzerland include Dr.Reddy’s,Wock- immunology and oncology for patients. pectedthat the consumptionofHealthcare famous Chapel Bridge.The city country with more than 50 mu- hardt and Glenmark. “The pharmaceutical Glenmark is an Indian pharma giant with services will increase as arecord 140 million is also best situatedfor moun- seums and over 100 art galleries. sector has particularly enjoyed alot of growth asubstantial footprint in the Swiss market.In households are expected to enter themiddle- tain excursions to Mt.Titlis and Thecity is fresh and beautiful as aresultoffriendlyrelationsbetween 2004,Glenmark inaugurated its biologics re- class segmentinthe next decade.Asdigitali- its revolving cable car “Rotair” withsparkling rivers,lakesand Switzerland and India.”In2007, Siegfried Bi- search centre in Switzerland. Established in sationcontinues to change the Healthcare and to Mt.Stanserhornwith parks,along with alively art ologics,aSwitzerland-based company,was 2007 by former employees of Dr.Reddy’s Lab- landscape,complex genericsand biosimilars the world’s first open air cable scene,music theatre,goodfood, acquired by an -Cipla JV to manufac- oratories,KareusTherapeutics is another im- will be the keygrowth drivers. car –the Cabrio. Zurich anddecidedlyhip nightlife.

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to allegedlinksoftheCM’sformer SHAJUPHILIP principal secretaryMSivasankar Congressleaders KCVenugopal and Randeep Singh THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, with theracket. Surjewala at apress conference on Monday. Anil Sharma AUGUST24 The Opposition targeted Higher Education Minister KT THEKERALA Assembly on Jaleel,whoisinthemidstofacon- LETTERSEEKING‘EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP’ Mondaywitnessedafierce de- troversy over bringing bundles of bate on ano-confidence motion religious textsfromthe UAE Cong minister threatens movedbythe Congress-led through cargo meant forits con- Opposition againstthe CPI(M)- sulateinKerala.Oppositionmem- Chavan, Deora &Wasnik: ledgovernment.The motionwas berKMShaji alleged thatJaleel CRITICISM CORNERED defeated,with87members from helpedwiththesmugglingunder theruling benchvotingagainstit Members attend asession of Kerala Assemblyin the pretextofbringing religious Won’t let you roam freely FACED WITH some critical reports on Foreign SecretaryHarsh and40Opposition members Thiruvananthapuram, Monday. PTI texts. In his reply, Vijayansaid, Vardhan Shringla's visit to Bangladesh lastweek, theIndian supporting it. “Jaleeldidnotspeakof diplomatic Otherwise the Congress will see High Commission in Dhaka on Mondayput outapicturethat Ahighlight of the 11-hour de- issuesoracceptany contributions. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE howtheymovefreelyinthestate.” Shringla had indeedmet Bangladesh Prime MinisterSheikh batewas thethree-and-a-half- seats, whichshows thepeople’s aboutgold smuggling, Vijayan It wasthe Consul-General who MUMBAI,AUGUST24 “Congresscangive fightto the Hasina during the visit, accompaniedbyHigh Commissioner hour replyfromChief Minister confidence in thisgovernment. said,“Doesanyoneamongthear- hadapproachedtheministerwith BJP government onlywhen the to Bangladesh Riva Das Ganguly. The High Commission was PinarayiVijayan, who presented Peoplehave lost confidenceinthe rested belong to the Left? The food packets andreligioustexts AMID HIGH drama at the party has Gandhis as itshead. It is responding to some criticism, especiallyone by aformer aprogressreportofhis four-year- UDF,” he said. Oppositionistryingtocreatecon- meant to be distributed.The UAE Congress Working Committee high time to stand firmlybehind Bangladesh diplomat widely known to be critical of India's old government. Taking adig at the Congress fusion over smuggling. It is the hasbeendoingitacrosstheworld. (CWC) meeting on Monday, a Soniaji’s leadership,” he tweeted policies. TheOppositionmovedtheno- overits leadership crisis, he said, Centrethat has to probethe Jaleel got involvedinthe issue in minister from the party in further. confidencemotionmainly in the “TheCongresshasbecomeaparty smuggling.TheNIAhasnotstated hiscapacityasministerforminor- Maharashtra demandedan“un- At thetimeof filingthisreport, backdrop of the gold smuggling incapableof selectingapresident. anything againstthe CMO.”He ity welfareand Wakf board.” conditionalapology”fromthe none of the leaders namedinhis case and acontroversyoveral- Even senior leaders arereluctant addedthat the government The Opposition alsoraised stateunit leaders, who arebe- tweethad reacted to his threat — RE-ENTRYROW leged kickbacks in ahousing to assumetheofficeof president.” would notprotect anyone in- corruption chargesinthe state’s lievedtohavesignedthe letter postedSundayevening.“Iamout- schemeaidedbyEmiratesRed Hesaidthepartywasreduced volvedinsmuggling or corrup- e-mobilityproject, whichwas written by 23 senior leaders,call- spoken.But Ialwaysbackmy UTTARAKHAND BJP’S decisiontore-induct controversial MLA Crescent.SwapnaSuresh,anac- to being aBteamofthe BJP with tion. As Vijayancontinuedhis draftedbySivasankar during his ing for“afull-time, effective and wordswith action. Istand by my PranavSinghChampionseemsto have triggeredaspateofinter- cusedinthe gold smuggling case, regard to communalism.“Ananti- speech, Opposition members term as IT secretary, and the deci- visible leadership”. tweet,” he said on Monday,hours nal strifeinthe party.The MLAfromKhanpur constituency was had allegedly pocketedRs3.78 Communist, anti-democratic troopedtothe floor of the House sion to hand over public landfor DairyDevelopmentMinister afterthe CWCmeeting ended. expelledfromthe partyayear agoafter avideo showedhim coreaskickbacksfromthebuilder platform is emerging in Kerala. and raisedslogans againsthim. developingwaysideamenitiesfor SunilKedareventhreatenedthem “Those leaders should first dancingwithguns.Theexpulsion,accordingto somepartylead- thatbaggedtheconstructiondeal Islamisation is happening in the Presenting the motion, senior passengers. with consequencesifanapology tender an unconditional apology ers,wasdonedueto BJPcentralleaders’intervention.There-in- forthehousingprojectsponsored Indian Union Muslim League (an CongresslegislatorVDSatheesan Opposition leader Ramesh wasnot tendered. or theywillnot be able to roam duction, they claimed, wasnot done takingthe national leader- by the UAEagency. allyofthe Congress) through saidthegoldsmugglingracket has Chennithala said the CM failedto Kedartweeted,“Iwholeheart- freelyinthe state. The Gandhi ship intoconfidence.Some party leaders nowplan to approach Vijayansaid the Opposition Jamaat-e-IslamiandHinduisation hijackedthe CM’s Office. “During give convincinganswersonissues edly supportSonia Gandhiji as family’sleadershiphashelpedthe BJP chief JPNadda with the complaint. So Champion’s re-entry could notpresent acredible issue intheCongressthroughtheBJP.A an Assembly session in March, I raisedbytheOpposition.“Wehad President.ItisshamefulofMukul countryandthepartytoprogress could sparkafactionalfeud in the Uttarakhand unit. in the no-confidence motion. situationwould also come in had flaggedthe smuggling racket raisedgrave allegations. But the Wasnik, Prithviraj Chavanand forseveraldecades,"Kedaradded. “UnrestintheUDFmighthave led Kerala when the Congress would thriving in Kerala to the CM. But I CM wasrunningawayfromthe MilindDeoratoraisequestionson Neither the party’s highcom- to thisno-confidencemotion.This be deprived of the status of main neverthought the CMO would issues without answering them. theleadershipof theGandhifam- mandnorthestateCongresslead- SPECIAL FORCE government, whichassumedof- Opposition party,” he said. become acentreofsmuggling,” His reply...was likeabudget ily. Theseleaders mustapologies ership have spoken out against fice with 91 seats, has now 93 Referring to the allegations he said, in an apparent reference speech,” he said. fortheir act immediately. Kedar so far. ARMY CHIEF General MMNaravane conferredthe 51 Special Action Group (SAG)ofthe National Security Guards (NSG)with theArmyChief’s“UnitAppreciation”forits“outstandingachieve- BSP legislators’ mentsincombatingterrorism”onMonday, afterithadbeende- ‘Thereare no talksyet (with AIUDF)…only layedoncedue to thestandoff with China in eastern Ladakh. merger with Althoughthe51 SAGdraws itsentiremanpowerfromtheArmy, it does notcome under the Armysince NSGisoverseen by the Cong: Rajasthan HomeMinistry. ThisiswhytheArmy ChiefcouldnotgiveaUnit talkingtosocial groups to bring them closer’ Citationto it,andhadto handovertheUnitAppreciation.Anelite HC refuses to counter-terrorforce with severalgallantryawards, including FORMERUTTARAKHAND chief Is AIUDF among organisations mindedgroups. We aretrying to shouldhaveanagendathat three Ashok Chakras, the 51 SAGwas involved, most promi- ministerand the Congress’s the Congress is talking with? connect groups that areinfavour makes everygenuineIndianciti- disqualifyMLAs nently, in 'Operation BlackTornado' duringthe 26/11terrorat- Assam affairs in-charge HARISH No…because in severalre- of conservingthecultureofAssam zen feel that his/her interests are tack inMumbai,inwhichitkilledeightterroristsandfreedmore RAWAT tells LALMANI VERMA gionsthereisaface-off (elec- and the Northeast. safeinAssam.Ourfirstagendawill than600hostages. that the time to formalise anyal- torally, between Congress and beto ensureeverygenuineIndian DEEPMUKHERJEE liance has notcomeyet,and the AIUDF). But AIUDF and Congress With suchgroups, can a citizen gets theright to place and JAIPUR,AUGUST24 party at present is trying to be- collectively votedinRajya Sabha broader poll alliance take security.Wewill end the division NC leaders attend meet, J&K HC friendpro-people,pro-Assamso- electionsandensuredvictoryofa shape in future? created by BJP,and will make a INAmajorrelief to thesixBSPleg- cial organisations aheadof forceintheAssamagitation(sen- Therehas been nodiscussion unitedAssam.TheAssamgovern- islatorsinRajasthanwhomerged disposes of pleas on their house arrest Assemblypollsinthestate,sched- ior journalistfromthe stateAjit on thissofar,but thereisaplace ment (under Sonowal) hasvirtu- with the Congress lastyear,the ulednextyear.Excerpts from the KumarBhuyan).Dueto that,there inourheartforforcesthatarepro- ally divorced developmentand HighCourtonMondaydisposeda Srinagar:TheJammuandKashmir thesedetentions“unconstitu- interview: maybespeculations amongpeo- people, pro-Assam, pro- publicwelfare... The state’s econ- petition seeking their disqualifi- HighCourtonMonday dismissed tional and illegal”. One of the de- plebut thereare no talks(with Northeast.Electoralcompulsions omywillbeimprovedand jobs cation from the stateAssembly habeas corpus petitions filedby tainedparty functionaries has What is the status of AIUDF)… so farweare busy THEEXPRESS willbedecidedlater....Icannotsay generated. while dismissinganother similar the National Conference (NC) for since died. The J&K administra- Congress's alliance with strengthening our organisational right nowwhat will be the elec- petition. release of 16 party leadersfrom tion, through the IGP,toldthe Badruddin Ajmal's AIUDF? set-up. The time foralliance has INTERVIEW toralpositionwiththeminfuture. If it forms thegovernment, Meanwhile, the Supreme house arrest. courtonAugust11that none of We areintalkswithsome so- notcome yet. We areonlytalking will the Congress take a CourtonMondaydisposedofa WITH The counselfor NC,Shariq the leaders areorwereatany cialorganisationsthatarefighting to social groups to bring them Will the Congresstakealong decisiononNRC and CAA? plea by BJP legislator Madan Reyaz, told TheIndianExpress, point since August5lastyear un- forAssam and Assamiat and are closer to us. Akhil Gogoi of Krishak Mukti The NRCwillbecompletedin Dilawarchallengingthemergerof AICC GENERAL SECRETARY, “Since the detainedmembers der detention. Farooq subse- againstanti-Assampolicies–such CONGRESS’S Sangram Samiti? afriendly mannerandallgenuine the BSP MLAs with the Congress, were released and the meetings quentlycalledameetingwith NC as CAA--ofthe Centre and the Therewas atime when the ASSAM IN-CHARGE Yehbhi hamari ichcha mein Indiancitizens,whohave beenleft sayingithadbecomeinfructuous calledinthe previous week were colleagues namedinthe petition Sarbananda Sonowalgovern- Congress had calledAIUDF a sammilit hain. Dosti ho jaye to kya out,willfindtheirplaceinNRC.On in viewofthe HighCourtruling. successfullyheld, whichthe de- and theywereabletomeethis at ment. But thereisnodiscussion communal forceand B-team harjhai(heisalsoinourwish-list; CAA, we stand forthe slogan of The six MLAs had submitted tainedleaderswere ableto attend, his residence lastweek. The peti- on anyformofalliancesofar be- of BJP. we will notmind if we become CAAnamaanu (wedonot accept anapplicationformergerwiththe the cause did notsurvive. On our tion was, dismissedonMonday. causeforgingallianceisneitherin Brahmaputrameinbahutsaara wayofworking. friends). CAA). We will musterresources Congress on September 16,2019 asking, the courtwas pleasedto NC spokesperson Imran Nabi my jurisdiction nor that of the paani nikal chuka hai (a lotofwa- forequal and balanceddevelop- following which theSpeakerhad dispose of the matter.” Darsaidrightto libertyisafunda- stateCongress. Onlythe party terhas flown downthe Will anyanti-BJP front be What will be the party's key ment of Barak valleyand passedanorderonSeptember18. Thepetition wasfiledbyNC mentalright,whichwasbeingde- high command has the powerto Brahmaputrasince then); time formed? agenda forAssam? Brahmaputravalley. Twopetitions were filedlast presidentFarooqAbdullah and niedtoparty leaders “on unrea- chooseanalliancepartner,ifithas has changed allpolitical parties, Notananti-BJP front –itwill TheBJPhasdividedAssamese monthinthe HighCourt—bythe vice-presidentOmar Abdullahin sonable, unjustifiable grounds”. to be done. Thereisnothing like too. The AIUDFhas changed itself be apro-Assamiat,pro-people, societywithCAAandNRC.Forde- FULLREPORTON BSP and Dilawar—seekingthe J&KHighcourtonJuly13,terming ENS that (alliance plan) as of now. and mayhavealsomodifiedits pro-development front of like- velopmentandpublicwelfare,we www.indianexpress.com quashing of the Speaker’s order. Pronouncing itsjudgment on Monday, thecourtpartlyallowed Govt. of Jharkhand UTTARAKHAND the Dilawar’s writ petition to the Energy Department extent that the courtquashed an Jharkhand Renewable Energy Development Agency (JREDA) HARYANA ASSEMBLY SESSION BEGINS TOMORROW MLA expelled for orderof theSpeakerdatedJuly22, 3rd Floor,S.L.D.C. Building, Kusai Colony,Doranda, Ranchi-834002. also saying that it expectsthe Ph.: 0651-2491161, Fax: 0651-2491165, Speaker to take adecision on E-mail: [email protected]; Website: www.jreda.com New Bill to rotate panchayat indiscipline back in Dilawar’sdisqualificationpetition e-Procurement Notice within three months. Tender Reference No.: 01/JREDA/DDG/SPV/20-21 The petition filedbythe BSP Dated: 19.08.2020 seats between men and women BJP fold after apology wasdismissed.Thecourtsaidthat Request for Proposal (RFP)for Rural it doesn'thavejurisdictiontode- Electrification Works of 04 Villages in clarethesixMLAsdisqualifiedand districts of West Singhbhum in Jharkhand ing session. “Wehope to get LALMANIVERMA Kunwar that this authorityrests with the through Solar Photovoltaic Power Plants SUKHBIRSIWACH supportfromleadersacross DEHRADUN,AUGUST24 Pranav Speaker of the Assembly. (Mini/Microgrid) with distribution network &connection to households along CHANDIGARH,AUGUST24 party lines.The Assembly has Singh “Therefore, in viewofthe 1Name of the work with 5years CMC and CMC work of 17 nine women MLAs from differ- THE UTTARAKHANDunit of BJP aforesaidanalysisandalsoinview villages in districts of Chatra, West THE HARYANA government is ent parties, but therewill be 50 onMondayrevokedtheexpulsion of theaforesaidsettledandunex- Singhbhum &Sahibganj under planning to bring aBill to pro- per cent sharetotheir voice in of MLAKunwarPranavSingh Karanwal, who had been issueda ceptional position of law, this Decentralized Distributed Generation vide 50:50 reservation in pan- panchayats afterimplementa- ‘Champion’ afterhegaveawrit- noticeforindiscipline.Deshrajtoo Courtisoftheopinionthatitdoes (DDG) Scheme of Deendayal Upadhyay chayat polls formen and tion of the proposal,” said tenundertaking that he willnot has submitted awrittenapology. nothavejurisdiction either to in- Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY). women candidates, and rotate Chautala. indulgeinany act of indiscipline Pranavand Karanwalare terferewith the order dated 2Estimated cost (Rs.) Rs. 215.456 Lacs the seatsbetween male and fe- He said he wassatisfiedwith in the future. among four MLAs accusedofgo- 18.9.2019 or,todeclarethe re- 3Time of completion 45 (Forty five) days malerepresentativesafter each the performance of womenrep- In Julylastyear,the BJPex- ingagainstthepartylineandwere spondentsno.2to 7tobedisqual- Date of publication of NIT term. ‘Men and women willbeable resentatives in panchayatbod- pelledhim from the party’s pri- summonedbythe stateleader- ifiedonthepleaof theirdefection 4 on website:http:// 25.08.2020 (Tuesday) jharkhandtenders.gov.in This is meant to ensureequal to contestpanchayatpolls ies, and that some panchayats marymembershipforsixyearson ship on Monday.The BJPhad and the decision, in this regard, Date &time of Pre-bid opportunities forbothsexes, underodd-even formula’ ledbywomen were very pro- groundsof indiscipline.Theaction summoned Dwarahat MLA restswiththeSpeakeronlyunder 5 02.09.2020 (Wednesday) at 1.00 P.M. meeting Deputy Chief MinisterDushyant gressive. “Wefeel that if women wastaken afteravideo, in which MaheshNegiafterawomanfrom Tenth Schedule of the Last date &timefor receipt Chautala said. getmoreopportunitiesinpan- theKhanpurMLAwasseenbran- Dehradunlodgedacomplaint,al- Constitution of India,” the judg- 6 21.09.2020 (Monday) up to 5:00 P.M. of online bids Speaking to The Indian zila parishads. If awardorvil- chayats, therewill be better dishingfour guns while dancing, legingthathehad rapedher,and ment pronouncedbythe single Submission of original 21.09.2020 and 22.09.2020 up to 5.00 Express on Monday, Chautala lageisheaded by aman in one work culture,” he said. went viral. The BJP had also con- sought aDNA test to provethat benchofJusticeMahendarKumar 7 copies of Bid fee &EMD P.M. said the governmentwillbring term, it willberepresentedbya “Wewillhold panchayat demned the languagethe MLA the MLAisher child’s father. Goyalsaid.Thecourtsaiditisonly (Offline) theBill in the coming Assembly woman in the next term,” said polls soon afterthe Covid-19sit- purportedlyusedinthe video. Beforethe woman lodged her the final decision of the Speaker Technical Bid Opening 8 23.09.2020 (Wednesday) at 3:00 P.M. session. Chautala. uationimprovesinthe state,” he Prior to that, Pranavwas sus- complaint, Negi’s wifelodged a thatcanbesubjectmatterof judi- Date The two-dayAssemblyses- The Deputy CM said the Bill added. Chautala alsosaid they pendedfromthe BJPinJune 2019 complaint,accusing her of trying cialreviewonlimitedparameters. Director,Jharkhand Renewable Energy Name &addressofoffice Development Agency(JREDA) sionbegins on Wednesday. is notmeant as reservation for would trytointroduce Right to overadisputewithanotherparty to extort money. Severalpastjudgmentsofthe 9 inviting tender 3rd Floor,SLDC Building, Kusai, Doranda, “Haryana will be firstinthe women but to ensureequal op- Recall forrepresentativesof MLAand acomplaint of misbe- On Monday, Negi denied the Supreme Courtand variousHigh Ranchi-834002 (Jharkhand) countrytoopt for suchafor- portunities formen and panchayatbodies. Under this haviour. allegations.Accordingto theparty, Courtswere citedinthejudgment Contact no. of procurement mula,” said Chautala, who also women. He pointed outthat provision, an elected represen- BJPstatepresidentBansiDhar Negi said the woman plotted pronounced on Monday.“The 10 0651-2491163/61 officer holds the panchayatportfolio in women have morethan 67 per tative canberemovedbyvoters BhagatMondayannounced the againsthim and some Congress courtacquires jurisdiction only Helpline no. of e- 11 0651-2491163/61 the BJP-JJP government. cent representation in pan- if he or she fails to performas decision .“Iamhappytosay he leaders were involved.Bhagat upondeterminationontheques- procurement “Men and women will be chayat bodiesinsomestates per theirminimum expecta- wasnot involved in anyact of in- said, “If MaheshNegi is found tion of disqualification andnot Anychange can be seen on website: http://jharkhandtenders. able to contestpanchayatpolls that have giventhem 50 per tions. Congress MLABBBatra disciplineinthe pastone year.” guilty,BJP willtakestern action.” priorto thatexceptinexceptional gov.in & www.jreda.com Further details can be seen on website: http://jharkhandtenders.gov.in under the odd-evenformula. cent reservation. said the party would take acall Speakingto themedia,Pranav The partycould notask Lohaghat circumstances notobtaining in & www.jreda.com Sd/- This willbeimplemented for The JJPleader expressedcon- regarding the Bill and other mat- apologisedforhisactions. Bhagat MLAPuran Singh Fortyaltoap- the present case,” the courtsaid. PR.NO.231987 Energy(20-21):D Director, JREDA, Ranchi sarpanches and members of vil- fidence that the Assembly ters in ameeting of the CLP on said the partyhas alsodecidedto pearbecause his phone was FULLREPORTON lagewards,block samitis and would pass the Bill in the com- Tuesday. forgiveJhabreraMLA Deshraj switchedoff. www.indianexpress.com

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moreparticularly,Vadodara, EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Rajkot,Bhavnagar and Khattar’s twoassociates, who AHMEDABAD,AUGUST24 Gandhinagar.” EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE handle the Chief Minister’s social The courtmade it clear that CHANDIGARH,AUGUST24 mediaaccountsandmove around HEARINGApublic interestliti- henceforth, it expected the state withhim mostofthe time, tested gation pertaining to the Covid- to file status reports on the TWO DAYS before theMonsoon positive forthe infection acouple 19 situation in Surat and the dif- Covid-19situation in the form of Sessionof HaryanaAssemblyisset of days ago. ficulties being facedonthe an affidavit thatisunder oath, TESTING TIMES to begin, Chief MinisterManohar SpeakerGupta,who repre- ground, the Gujarat High Court and dulyaffirmed by the LalKhattar,Speaker Gian Chand sentsPanchkula,underwent a on August17remarkedthat the Principal Secretary, Health& Students wear masksduring theGujarat Common Entrance Test in Ahmedabad on Monday. Gupta andtwo BJPMLAstested Covid-19testSunday. His report pictureemerging in the state FamilyWelfareDepartment. As manyas1,06,161candidates took the exam at 34 centresacross the state. Three positive forCovid-19onMonday. came in positive on Monday. His was“quitefrightening” and that Thelastreport submitted on candidates who tested positive forCovid-19werenot allowedtotakethe entrancetest. Reuters Severalseniorofficialswhore- Manohar Lal Khattar conditionisstableandheisiniso- the statemachineryneededto August17was signedbythe cently held meetings with the lation at hisPanchkula residence. gear up to meet the worstofthe government pleader Manisha Chief Ministerorthe Speaker,in- Gupta's politicalsecretaryand situation. Shah and additional director of cluding Principal Secretarytothe tested positivefor Covid-19,we nephewhad earlier tested posi- In the order made public medical education in health de- AICTE allows Chief Minister, RKKhullarand got abaseline chestX-ray done, tive forCovid-19. Monday, thedivision benchof partment,DrRaghavendra TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE Additional Chief Secretary whichwas found normal. The In Gupta’s absence, Deputy Chief Justice Vikram Nath and Dixit. Earlier too, status reports B-schools to (Home) Vijai Vardhan, have now ECG wasalso foundnormal and Speaker Ranbir Gangwashall be Justice JBPardiwalanotedthat and notesonbehalf of the CASES: RECOVERED:23,38,035 gone intoself-quarantine. oxygen saturation levels were 94 conducting proceedingsofthe while the reportonthe Covid-19 health department have been 175 admit students on “I wastestedfor Novel Coron- per cent. Still, as amatter of cau- Assembly. situation in Surat by thestate ap- submitted notunder oath and DAYSSINCE 31,06,348 DEATHS:57,542 avirustoday. Mytestreporthasre- tion,doctorsadvisedahigh-reso- The twoBJP MLAs who have PANDEMIC basis of UG result pearedtoreflect an “encourag- have been signedbygovern- BEGAN TESTS: 3,59,02,137 | DOUBLING RATE: 31.19** turnedpositive.Iappeal to all col- lution CT scan,” asenior official tested positive forCovid-19are ing” trend, “the picturethat ment pleader Shah. leagues and associates who came said.Thescanreportcameinnor- Indrilegislator RamKumar emergesasregards thecondi- The firstreplyfiledinMarch EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE inmy contactoverthelastweekto mal lateMonday night.“On doc- Kashyapand Ratia legislator tions prevailing as on datein by thehealth department after NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 getthemselvestested.Irequestmy tors’ advice, the Chief Minister Lakshman Napa. Earlier,BJP MLA Gujarat is quitefrightening”. the suo motu PIL wasregistered close contactstomoveintostrict shallbestayingathisresidencein AseemGoel, who represents “Althoughall the necessary wasthe only one in the form of THE ALL India Council forTechn- quarantineimmediately,”Khattar isolation.Heisdoing fine,”the Ambala(City)constituency,tested steps arebeing takentocombat an affidavit, filedonbehalf of the ical Education (AICTE), as aone- tweetedMondayevening. senior official said. Khattar went positive forCovid-19. the situation of Covid-19pan- jointsecretaryinhealthdepart- time exception, has permitted The Chief Ministerwas taken intoself-quarantine three days All MLAs, Vidhan Sabhastaff, demic,yet the machinery needs ment, IMKureshi. To ensurethis, businessschoolsto admitstudents to hospitalfor ahigh-resolution backathis Chandigarhresidence IAS andIPS officers and the secu- to gear up and the stateshould the division benchdirectedChief KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG DOUBLING to MBAand PGDM programmes CT scan on Mondayevening. afterUnionMinisterGajendra rity staffdeployedduring the be prepared to meet withthe SecretaryAnil Mukimtoconsti- TOWATCH CASES 24HOURS GROWTH* RATE** basedontheirperformanceinthe “TheChief Ministerhas a Singh Shekhawattestedpositive Assemblysessionhave to undergo worstofthe situation,” the tuteateam of “fivehigh ranking ■ Maharashtra 6,82,383 10,441 1.96% 36.82 final-year undergraduateexam. cough. Apartfromthatthere are forCovid-19. Khattar metthe aCovid-19testbeforethe pro- courtsaid. IAS Officers, notbelow therank ■ Tamil Nadu 3,79,385 5,975 1.66% 43.34 Theexception,AICTEmember no othersymptoms. Afterhe Union Ministerlastweek. ceedingsbeginWednesday. The courtadded that apart of Joint/Additional Secretary, at secretary Rajive Kumar told The ■ Andhra 3,53,111 7,895 2.86% 25.16 from being apprisedonthe situ- the earliest”. The courtsaid the Indian Express,has been made ation in Surat, it would liketobe committee members “shall im- ■ Karnataka 2,77,814 5,938 2.93% 24.57 since severalstateshavenot held Karnataka eases travel bar: no informedabout “details and as- mediately take atouracross the ■ Uttar Pradesh 1,87,781 5,325 2.83% 25.41 thestate-levelentranceexamyet. pectsregarding the conditions stateofGujarat andvisit allthe “AICTE, being moreafacilita- prevailing in all the civil hospi- civil/government hospitals to *Compounded Daily Growth Rate overlast7days ** Calculated over7-day growth torthanaregulatorconsideredal- quarantine for inter-state travellers tals across the stateofGujarat, take stockofthings...” CASEFATALITYRATIO POSITIVITYRATE DAILYIN,DAILYOUT ternative propositionthrough whichselection of the students 7DAYSEARLIER: 7DAYSEARLIER: DETECTED TODAY could be madefor admission into district-level screening, hand- 3thatthereshallbenorestrictions BHU: Covid Let students fly 1.92 8.81 61,408 PGDM course whichwillbenefit EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE stamping,14-day quarantine,iso- on inter-state movement of per- NOW: NOW: RECOVERED TODAY: boththeInstitutionsaswellasthe BENGALURU,AUGUST24 lation and testing. sonsandgoods.lnthiscontext,and patient jumpsto in from abroad 1.85 8.65 57,469 students,” the council’s circular The removalofrestrictions underthe present circumstances, Deaths as aratio of Positives against Becoming sick vs states. “Therefore, in thecurrent THEKARNATAKAgovernmenton movementof peoplecomesinthe the revisedguidelinesare issued death,another to write NEET positive cases(in %); number tested recovering; more scenario,thePGDM/MBA institu- Monday withdrew allinter-state wake of an August22letterfrom forlnter-State TravellerstoKarna- indicator of progress (in%); indicator of recoveries for 14 days tionsare allowedtoadmitthestu- andintra-state travel restrictions UnionHomeSecretaryAjayBhalla taka...” Travellers who areasymp- body found exam: SC to govt in avertingdeaths thespread of disease may signal the peak dentsonthe basisofmarks obta- imposedtocheckthe Covid-19 to allstatesaboutlocal-leveltravel tomaticonarrival can go to work DataasonAugust 23,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealth,ICMRandstates.Oftendailynumbers inedinqualifyingexaminationby crisis,including the mandatory restrictions on peopleand goods orengageinactivities“withoutany includedatafrompreviousdays.Assuch,trendsbasedondailynumbersareindicative,notdefinitive Lucknow:A21-year-old Covid NewDelhi :The Supreme Court preparingameritlistinatranspar- 14-dayhome quarantinefor despitetheCentre'sJuly29Unlock requirement of 14 days [of] home positive patientjumpedtodeath Mondayrejectedaprayerseeking ent manner,” the circular adds. asymptomatic people coming in 3order removing all suchrestric- quarantine” but should monitor and another patient’s body was directionsto conducttheNational Thecouncilhasclarifiedthatat fromotherstates. tions. Restrictions imposedatthe health for14days from the dateof foundneartheductof SirSunder- Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test Second review for Naik: AIIMS thetimeof admissions,firstprefer- Mandatoryrequirements for stateand district levels were “im- their arrivalfor anysymptoms of lal Hospital building at Banaras (NEET) this year foradmissionto enceshouldbegivento candidates travellersenteringKarnatakawill pactingthesupply chain,resulting Covid-19,accordingtothecircular. HinduUniversity(BHU)Monday. medical courses through online Delhi teams flown to Goa who have appeared andqualified be “discontinuedhenceforth”, an in disruption of economicactivi- “Thisrevisedcircularshallap- In the firstcase, BHU authori- mode foroverseas students. CAT, XAT, CMAT, ATMA,MAT and order issuedbystate Health ties and employment besides af- plytoall inter-StateTravellers ar- ties said Ankit Pathakwas diag- AbenchofJustices LNages- Panaji:LateMondayevening, a reviewwasthereforefeltneeded.” GMAT. “Ifvacantseatsare still SecretaryJawaid Akhtaron fectingsupply of goods service,'' riving in Karnataka from all nosedwithpsychosisafterhewas wara Rao, Hemant Gupta andS secondhealthreviewofUnionMi- TheUnionministerisrecuper- available, candidatesshall be se- Mondaystated. Bhalla had stated in the letter. States/UTsincluding business brought to the hospitaland had Ravindra Bhatasked Solicitor nisterofState forAYUSH Shripad atingatprivate Manipal Hospital, lected basedonthe merit in the Theserequirementssofar in- The Karnataka government's travellers,students, labourers attemptedtojumponce before. General TusharMehtatodothe Naik sawteamsfromAIIMS Delhi wherehewasadmittedonAugust qualifying UG exams. The States cludedregistration of people circularissuedonMondaystated: comingforwork,transittravellers, Hewasbroughtto thehospitalon needful to allowstudentswho being flowntoGoa. Doctorssaid 14 –after testing positive on Au- mayalsouse this relaxation while coming intoKarnataka on astate “Recently,Government of lndia etc. irrespective of their purpose August16.“HisCovidsamplewas want to takethe exam to come in Naik’stest resultshavecomeneg- gust12,theministerhadtweeted, allotting seatsthrough coun- portal, medical check-up at bor- and Government of Karnataka of visitorduration of stay in the takenonAugust19andthereport Vande Bharat Mission flights. ative forCovid-19but“asecondre- “…it [testreport] has turnedout selling,” the AICTE said. derposts,bus andtrain stations, have issuedguidelines forunlock State,'' it states. came positive on Saturday,” read “Pleaseputinawordthatthey viewwas felt neededashis chest asymptomaticallypositive.Myvi- astatement issued by university areallowedtocomebackandgive probesneededasecondopinion”. tals arewithin normallimitsand spokespersonRajesh Singh. [write]theexams.If not,they will On whydoctors were being Ihaveopted forhome isolation.” The second patient, Rajesh loseayear,”thebenchtoldMehta. flown in from Delhi, Chief Min- The Goa government Friday Singh,was admitted to the trau- The benchalso refusedto isterPramod Sawant said, “His said Naik had respondedwell to CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, ma centreaweekago following a grant the requesttorelax the14- (Naik)oxygensaturationhad de- the firstcycle of plasma adminis- KASAULI headinjury. “Hewasshiftedtothe dayquarantine requirementand creasedinthe morning. Asecond teredtohim. ENS Tel. No. (01792) 273189 &273105 Covid ward afterhetestedposi- said, “Weare afraid such adirec- FAXNo. (01792) 223377 &272016 tive.Thedoctorswere planningto tion cannotbegiven,asitwould E-mail: [email protected] discharge himafteranegative re- endanger publichealth.” Dated: 01.07.2020 port. On Saturday, he went miss- The court, however, said stu- ABRIDGED NOTICE ing. 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WORDLY WISE Allpolitical parties die at last of swallowing 10 THE EDITORIAL PAGE their ownlies. —JOHN ARBUTHNOT If Congressdoes not listen

§ FOUNDED BY § RAMNATH GOENKA If it brushes aside advice from trustedloyalists within, BECAUSE THE TRUTH INVOLVES US ALL nationwill notget the strong oppositionparty it deserves

ARE YOUWITH GANDHIS? Coomi Kapoor By reducing the dissentletter, indeedevery debate within, to this question,the Congress againshrinksitself THE LETTER BY 23 Congress leaders, all of Pawarlearnt this the hardway in 1999 when party chief. Until now, Rahul Gandhi’s posi- whom have along and trustedassociation he raisedthe question of Sonia Gandhi’s for- tion is that he is notincharge of the party, HE 23 SENIOR Congress leaderswho wrotealettertoSonia Gandhicalling for with the party,should notnormallyhave eign origins. Sitaram Kesri found himself un- even though all key appointments in thelast raisedsuchanalarm in 10 Janpath. Afterall, ceremoniously bundledout of thepresi- fewmonths were cleared by himand his sweeping changes in the party,and theleaders who ralliedaround the high an ailing Sonia Gandhi lastyear hadherself dent’s office when he had the temerity not tweets areassumedtobethe official views of commandduring the marathon CongressWorking Committeemeeting on hesitantlyacceptedthe postoftemporary to quietlyhand over his resignation letter as the Congress. It wasRahulGandhi’s sweep- T Monday, both speakofacrisis. Both point to aprecarious juncturefor the party chief, till the vacancy wasfilled. Rahul demanded. Narasimha Raopaidthe price for ing powers without anyaccountability, Congress,andforthenation.Thegalleryofvillainsforbothisalsothesame:TherisingBJPand Gandhi has reiterated repeatedly thatheis presuming that once he wasprime minister whichisperhaps one of the incentivesfor the itsascendant“communal”and“divisiveagenda”,aneconomicdownturnfollowedbyapan- notinterestedinreturning as party president he did nothavetoconsult SoniaGandhi on letter. demic, ajobs crisis,anaggressiveChina on the LAC. From here, however, the storiesstrike and Congresspersons should notseekap- everylittledecision. The silent majority in the party may, like pointments withhim to discuss party mat- The movers of this rather risky initiative the rebels, also have reservations over Rahul outindifferentdirections.Fortheletter-writers,thisgrandcomingtogetherofsetbackscalls ters. Lastyear,his sisterPriyanka wasquoted seem to have been drivenlargely by genuine Gandhi’s return, especiallywithouthis forachangedCongress, one that is better able to reverseits owndeclineand stand upto rap- as saying someoneother than aGandhi could concern forthe futureofthe party.But they mother’smoderatinginfluence. But theyare idlychangingexternal challenges. On the other hand, thoseclosing ranksagainstthe group lead the party.Onthe face of it, it appeared were also conscious that theyare remnants shrewdenough to keep adiscreetsilence. of 23 argue, likePunjab Chief MinisterAmarinderSingh has, that to demandanoverhaulat eminentlyreasonable afterayear to suggest of the old orderand would have littleplacein Historian RamachandraGuha recently this junctureisagainstthe interestsofthe partyand the nation. Forthose watching the thatinthe circumstancessomeone should the new, when Rahul Gandhi formallytakes dubbed Rahul Gandhi as adilettanteasseen Congressdramafromoutside,thequestionisasimpleone:Whatdoesitsayabouta134-year- be elected to take over from the reluctant over.GhulamNabiAzad and Anand Sharma’s by his inability to speak Hindi fluentlyafter old party,thatithas to be dragged,kicking and screaming, to the mirror? Gandhis to end the driftand uncertainty in days as leaders of the RajyaSabha arenum- 16 years in politics, his poor choiceofslogans the party.The letter proposed that an institu- beredwith MallikarjunKharge likelytotake and lackofsingle-mindedtenacity. Rahul The marathonCWC meeting onMondayhas ledtonodramaticoutcome. Faith hasbeen tional mechanism forcollective leadership over as leader.Personable faces like Shashi Gandhi’s selection of keyaideshas upset reiterated in theleadership of Sonia and Rahul Gandhi and the can, or the letter,has been be put in place. Tharoor,Raj Babbar,Manish Tewari, Prithviraj Congress seniors. KCVenugopal is clearly out kickeddownthe road, or at least “until suchtime as circumstances will permit an AICC ses- But forthe Congress, the firstfamilyis Chavanand Milind Deorarealise theyare be- of his depth in the key position of general sec- siontobeconvened”.Byallaccounts,thediscussionintheCWC andinthepartyhasbeendom- sacrosanct and even ahint that another can Themoversofthis rather ing slowlyrendered irrelevant, since Rahul retary (organisation). Afailedpolitician like inatednotbythecontentsoftheletter,butby questionsaboutthemotivesoftheletter-writ- take itsplace, unlessspecificallynominated riskyinitiative seem to have Gandhi has his ownset of favourites. Randeep Surjewala has rubbed many the ers, theirtiming—whether or notthe process they sought to setinmotionwould benefit by the Gandhis themselves, amountstono In one sense, the letter might have back- wrong wayasmedia adviser.Anadditional less than treason.Inthe Congress, the term been driven largely by genuine firedand pushedRahulGandhi intothe dri- concern is that amajority of the people Rahul the BJP.Mostofall, the letter has become the pretextfor the Congress to turn ayet morefer- high command is aeuphemism forthe concern forthe future of the ver’s seat earlier than he intended. In Gandhi has handpickedashis advisersand vent gaze on itsFirst Family,the Gandhis. In adebatethatmainly asks “are youwiththe Gandhi familyand nominations, notelec- party. But they were also Congress circles it wasunderstood that Rahul speechwriters arenot even from the Gandhis,oragainstthem”,there is little or no possibilityofseriousengagement with the tions, arethe norm. And even the courageous conscious that they are Gandhi wouldeventually return as president. Congress stable. Theyare academicians and broader concerns the letter articulated:About the toll that the uncertainty about leadership letter writers have in the pastbeen direct The onlyquestionwas when. Rahul Gandhi activists with little grass rootsexperience and remnantsofthe old order and anddrifthastakenonthepartyatatimeof anever-beforeerosionofitssupportbase,andwhen beneficiariesofthe patronagesystem, cour- has dragged his feet,because he wantsanas- aleftisttilt, whichisatvariancewith the ithaslosttheconfidenceof theyoung,whohave votedingrowingnumbersforNarendraModi tesy the firstfamily. would have little place in the surance that he will be givenatotallyfree Congress’s middle-of-the-road worldview. The chorus of outragefromCongress hand. Unlikehis mother who soughtconsen- The overnight elevation of complete out- andhisBJP.Theletter’sprescriptions—ofacollectiveleadershipandelectionsforpartycom- new,when Rahul Gandhi chief ministers, stateand party’s frontal or- formally takesover.Ghulam sus and took the guidanceofabraintrustof siders further irks the veterans. Amercurial mitteesand decision-makingbodies, foradecentralisation of powerand empowerment of ganisations wasexpected.Atone stage it seasoned hands, RahulGandhi is deeplysus- Hardik Patelwas appointedworking presi- stateunits,for greater and institutionaliseddeliberationwithin —havenot even foundtheir looked as if abreaking pointhad been Nabi Azad and Anand picious of the old guard, whom he regardsas dent of the Congress Gujarat unit, muchto waytothe party’s tablesofar. reached, when Rahul Gandhi wasreported Sharma’sdaysasleadersof compromisedand status quoists. His pent- the chagrin of anumber of senior leaders. Intimeswhenthepandemichasstilledthepoliticsonthestreet,theCongresscouldhave to have accusedthe ginger group of being in the RajyaSabha are up anger spilledoverwhen he steppeddown The rebellion by the Congress stalwarts profitablyusedtheopportunityandspaceitprovidesto turnthegazewithin.Bychoosingnot leaguewith the BJP.But then hot-headed numbered with Mallikarjun lastyear as presidentafter the de- willundoubtedly be quashed. As the party to do so, by reducing this moment to ayes-or-no referendumonthe Gandhis, it does agrave tweets from both sides on these lines were bacle, with the Congress down to an abysmal stands today, aGandhi at the helm is non-ne- hastilydeleted. But the letter writers have Kharge likely to take over as 52 seats. Rahul Gandhi accusedthe Congress gotiable. But will the suggestionsinthe letter disservicetoitself -- and shrinksthe opposition space so critical to the health of democracy. probablyburnt their boatsinthe Congress leader.Personablefaces like leadership of ignoring the party’s strident for collective leadership, reviving genuine de- anyway. ,Raj Babbar, slogan “Chowkidar Chor Hai” and showing bateinthe CWCand the parliamentaryparty Whywould seasonedpoliticians, includ- blatant nepotism in demanding seatsfor also be ignored? If the well-meaning advice ing the leader and the deputy leader of the Manish Tewari, Prithviraj their sons. from trustedloyalists is brushedaside, then RajyaSabha, severalformer chief ministers Chavanand Afterastormyseven-hourmeeting on the 135-year-old party is moving towardsan PERISH AND PUBLISH and members of the Congress Working realisethey are being slowly Monday,itwas agreedthat the decision on existentialcrisis and the nationwill notget Committee (CWC), makesuchasuicidal rendered irrelevant,since leadership would be lefttillthe next CWC the strong opposition party it deserves. By withdrawingits book,gutless BloomsburyIndia ensuresthe move?The party’s pasthistory hasshown us meetand SoniaGandhi would continue as that anyattempt to sidestepaGandhi is Rahul Gandhi has his ownset president in the interim.ItislikelythatRahul The writer is consulting editor, next ban or cancellation is justafew tweets away bound to lead to an unhappyending. Sharad of favourites. Gandhicould then formallytakeoveras TheIndian Express

T'S AN OLD storyhere, long before cancel culturebecame fashionable: Protests, vandalism, angryfulminationsforcing amovie to changeits name, or getting a book banned, pulped,orwithdrawn. That's whywhenBloomsburyIndia with- I draws DelhiRiots 2020:The Untold Story,whatissurprising is itsneedtopeddle high-sounding pap that it's doing so “from adeep sense of responsibility towardssociety.” In fact,it's agutless capitulationnot to anyprinciples buttoamob that wishesadvocate TRAGEDY AS CIRCUS Monika Aroraand DelhiUniversity professors Sonali Chitalkar and Prerna Malhotrahad written abook theywant to read. The fact that muchofthe book reads likeacompendium Misogyny, clamour forvigilantejustice, mark discussions of Sushant Singh Rajput case of Home Ministry pressstatementsorthe outpourings of an intrepid Intelligence Bureau is notthe issuehere, the publisher's refusal to defend what it had decidedtopublish is. And in framingthis weakness as moral responsibility and withdrawing from aproject that Meenakshi Arora and PayalChawla neededrigorousinterrogation at the very outset, notonhindsight, the publishing house cutsavery sorry figure. THE RECENT debatehas been focusedon sons” and the loss of his onlyson who was State”. TheCourt cites the lawcorrectly, but Ithasalsoplayedrightinto thehandsof amajoritariannarrative thatcapsfreedomof ex- nepotism —the Bollywood “insider” versus “expected to light the funeral pyre”. The sec- goes on to exercisethe powerofaconstitu- pressionwithmoralsanctionsandmakesavirtueoutof cancelculture.FromSalmanRushdie’s the“outsider”. Ironically, the same accusers ond reasoningisequallyflawed. According tionalcourt,whichrespectfully, it wasnot. The Satanic Verses (1989) to JaswantSingh’s Jinnah: India, Partition, Independence (2009), marginalisedand stigmatisedRhea to the Court, the Patna police’s jurisdiction Despitethe technical flaws,thereisno India’strystwithcensorshipinpublishingundersuccessive governmentshasbeenlongand Chakraborty.Someone had to be blamed— wasjustifiedinterms of s.181(4) of the CrPC, quarrelwiththe objectofthe Court in hand- she, the easiesttargetofall.Neithera since therewereallegations of criminal ing the matter to the CBI. However, it must be contentious. Theclampdowns have required standinguptoauthority and aconstant argu- Bollywood “insider”, nor the successful or fa- breachoftrustand misappropriationof borneinmind that both the UnionofIndia ing of asteadfastpositionfor freedom of expressionasanenablerofconstitutional rights. It mous “outsider”. money, “whichweretobeeventuallyac- and the CBI were jointlyrepresentedinthe isthispositionthatprotectsbothaprotesteronthestreet speakingtruthto powerandapub- Accusedbythe actor’s familyand friends, counted forinPatna (where the com- matter. Further, theCBI as an agencyworks lishing house that chooses to publish the truth as thoseinpowersee it. her victimisation wasamplifiedby aTRP-rid- plainant resides)”. It remains unclear what under the aegis of the Union. In the light of From Penguin India agreeingtorescindAmericanscholar Wendy Doniger’s book The den media in apolitically-chargedatmos- the Courtmeant by “eventually”.Thereis thesefacts, wasitappropriate forthe Union to :AnAlternativeHistory (2009) in India as partofanout-of-court settlementin2014 phere, resulting in the registration of an FIR nothing in the judgment to indicatethat the have openly takensides when the very basis to BloomsburyIndia’s current decision,publishingbehemoths in India have neverbeen by thePatna police. Isolatedby the unsatiated monies were,atthe time of the actor’s death, of the judgmentwas neutrality? edacious public, she knockedthe doors of the within the jurisdiction of the Patna police. As women lawyers, we arealsodeeply known forstandinguptopower—the spines areusually onlyintheir books. In an age lastbastion of hope —the Supreme Court. Presumably, this is basedonthe father being disturbed by the misogynistic narrative sur- when social media and self-publishing have made the amplification of the propaganda She filedapetitionseeking the transfer of his sole heirand that the monieswould rounding the young woman in question. machinerythatmucheasier, it is who they choose to publish —ornot —thatdefines their the FIR from the Bihar Policetothe “eventually’ fall within the Patna jurisdic- What the investigation holds tomorrowno role in societyand themarket.Byshiftingthe onus of it to public outrage, theysend aclear Maharashtra Police, under s. 406ofthe CrPC. tion.Aperusalofs.181(4)will reveal that one can say, but to condemn aperson with- signal: The next cancellation is afew tweets,orworse, afew stones away. As per procedure, the petition washeard by thewords “accounted for” can onlymean out conviction, seeking vigilantejustice is asingle judge. The Courtrightlyheld it did on the dateofthe offence and notthereafter. reminiscent of “dunking”—you’redamnedif nothavethe jurisdiction to transfer an “in- As women lawyers, we are Anyother interpretation would render its youdoand damnedifyou don’t. vestigation”unders.406. Unfortunately,the also deeply disturbed by the meaning whollyobtuse. Hypothetically, if Twoyearsago,AnthonyBourdain, afa- Courtwentontodecidethe matter and trans- misogynistic narrative legal heirsofadeceasedperson arebased in mous CNN host,tragically took his life, aday THE BIGTAKEAWAY ferthe case to theCBI. But the Courtexercised surrounding the young four different states,will eachstate have ju- afterbreaking up with Asia Argento. We leave jurisdiction under Article 142ofthe risdiction? youwiththe wordsoftheir friend, Rose Constitution—apowerdebatable as to itsex- woman in question. What The errors were further compoundedby McGowan: “Dear Fellow Humans, [...]when Xi has urgedChina to eat less,and his people have embraced ercise by asingle judge. the investigation holds the application of the powerofjudicial re- afriend dies,ithurts.Manyofthese people the great Indian fractional innovation, the half-plate Assuming suchapowercould have been tomorrownoone cansay, view, which is again notavailable to acourt […] arewanting to lashout and blame. […] exercised, the Courtthenerred in holding but to condemn aperson sitting singly.According to s.6 of the Delhi Do NOT do the sexistthing andburnawoman ERHAPS CHINESE PREMIER Xi Jinping has been reading the TaittriyaUpanishad, thatthe Patna police had jurisdiction on the SpecialPolice EstablishmentAct,1946the on the pyre of misplacedblame. Anthony’s basis of “part” cause of action arising there. without conviction, seeking “CBI cannotconduct anyinvestigation with- internal warwas hiswar,but nowshe’s been whichexplains by incremental logic that when we wasteasingle grain of rice, This finding wasarrived at on the basis of mob and vigilante justice are outthe consent of theconcerned state”.The leftonthe battlefield to take the bullets.” we insult all of creation. Or perhaps, since China is nowcapitalist, materialis- tworeasonings,bothalien to criminal law. reminiscent of ‘dunking’ — only exception is forconstitutionalcourts in Ptic forces aremorecompelling than the philosophyofthe ancients. Thanksto The first, according to SushantSingh’s father, theexerciseoftheirpowerunder Article 32 AroraisaSenior Advocateand Chawlaisa aporkocalypse following the African swine fever of lastyear,widespread supplychaindis- “his attempt from Patna to talk to his son on you’redamned if you do and and 226,todirect the “CBI to take up the in- practising advocateand founder of ruptions due to the pandemic and asteady decline in agricultural productiondue to ru- telephone wasthwartedbythe accused per- damned if you don’t. vestigation within the jurisdiction of the JusContractus ral-to-urbanmigration, Chinafaces year-on-yearfood inflationof13.2 percent. Whatever the motivation,China is tightening itsbelt and licking itsplateclean, as instructed by Xi. The premier’s directionisbeing obeyed with the alacritywith whichanearlier gen- eration had welcomedChairman’s Mao’s orders to exterminatecreatures whichdeci- AUGUST 25,1980, FORTY YEARS AGO mategrain stocks,likesparrows andmice. In some provinces,excessive public enthusi- asm had causedecological imbalances and even now, some have takenXi’sdiktat alittle UP VIOLENT AGAIN perseding the state committee. Former Ghagra wasalso rising along itscourse from tooseriously. Arestaurant in Hunanlauncheda“weight yourself before youorder” cam- ONE PERSON WASkilledand four injured Union Energy MinisterPRamachandran Katarniaghat in BahraichtoTurtipar in in afresh outburstofviolenceinAligarh.A and his followers announcedtheir decision Ballia and the Rapti, recedingatBansi, paign, whichwas unfortunatelydiscriminatory,offering more food to overweight men series of simultaneous incidentsofstabbing to resign from the partyand join the Balrampur and Kakardhari, wasrisingat thantounderweightwomen. It apologisedonthe weekend. Othertrivial fascisms in- and stone-throwing wastriggered in the Congress-I. He said his decision wastaken Birdghat at Gorakhpur. clude the algebraic (n –1)formula,urging dinerstoorder forone lessthan the number bylanes whencurfew wasrelaxed in the withaviewtostrengthen the nationalist at the table. And the Indian mathematical innovation, the half-plate, is demoralising pa- city’s Upper Kotarea. Theflare-uphas been forces. POLISH PM SACKED trons of Chinese takeaways. seenbythe governmentasatotal failureof POLAND’S RULINGCOMMUNISTparty to- But it’s aprogressivepolicy. Chinahas awholeinternetsubcultureofpeople eatinglike the districtadministration.District UP RIVERS IN SPATE daysackedPrime MinisterEdwardBabuich pigs,and now, their shortvideos, calledmukbang, appear with injunctions nottowaste. MagistrateNarendraSingh and twoDCPs THE GANGAHAS crossedthe danger level and five other politburomembers, thena- have been transferred. at Haridwar and the riverwas rising at tionalnews agencyPAP announced. The The People’s LiberationArmyismodernisingits kitchens to makethe lastcalorie go fur- PhaphamauinAllahabad. The lastspur of shake-upwas triggered by the nation’s ther,perhaps even inLadakh. In short, China has broughttonutritional efficiency the JANATASPLIT the bund on it near villageMajhanwain 1,50,000 strong labour strike. Morethan same implacable zeal that has made it the masterofartificial intelligence, and the men- THE TAMIL NADU unit of the JanataParty Ballia is beingerodedfast. Boulders arebe- 400factoriesacross NorthernPoland have ace of the South China Sea. has split with the party High Command su- ing dumpedtostrengthenthe bund. The been closedfor 11 days.

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THEINDIANEXPRESS,TUESDAY,AUGUST25,2020 WHATTHE OTHERSSAY “"Washington needs to remember: It canneither sanction nor control the world. If it arrogantlysanctionsthe world,itwillonly hurt itself. Therejection of the 11 THE IDEAS PAGE UK,France and Germany hassounded thealarm.” —GLOBALTIMES,CHINA Reinventing India’s A finer balance Whileseeking anew equilibriumwith an assertive strategic autonomy China, diplomatic adjustmentsthrough give-and-takemustalso be explored

In 1990s, it was about fending offUSpolitical threats. Today, it is about foruscould be identifiedtobuild an ap- safeguarding territorial integrity and sovereignty from Chinese aggression proachon. ForIndia, our firstpriority could be theresolution of the border dispute. Past formulaefromdifferent packagedeals mu- tually offeredand discussedmay be in- vokedwith innovative redefinitionswher- ever necessaryand practical. Secondly, since China has offeredtomediatebe- SDMuni tween India and Pakistan, it should be asked to prevail over Pakistantoresolve the Kashmir issue. Hereagain, various ap- INDIA IS SEEKINGstrategic equilibrium proaches have been triedinthe pastrang- MANDALA withanincreasinglyaggressiveChina, as ing from formalising the LOC—as eloquentlyarticulatedbyExternal Affairs Jawaharlal Nehru(then called Ceasefire by CRajaMohan MinisterSJaishankar.Inmaking this move line), IndiraGandhi(Simla Agreement)and public, he is perhaps responding to several Atal Bihari Vajpayee(Lahorevisit) or as Chinese pronouncementsasking forcoop- worked outbyPervez Musharrafand ADDRESSINGASOUTHEASTAsian forum last erationand collaboration with India, de- during 2007-08 —to week,external affairs minister spitethe ground reality of the former’s uni- makeIndia-Pakistanborders redundant. SubrahmanyamJaishankar outlinedIndia’s lateral assertion. The foreign ministeralso In return forthese “takes”, what can newquestfor “strategicautonomy”inits seems to be hoping that givenits growing India offertoChina as “gives”? First, it could global economic engagement. “Strategic au- hiatus with the US, China would payatten- offeraccess to Chinesecommercial cargos tonomy” is afamiliar idea forstudentsof tion to India’ssensitivities. Jaishankar’s to sea,through theNathulapass(nota India’s post-Cold Wardiplomacy.Jaishankar’s move is to underline what Prime Minister brand newoffer),and join China’s BRI on extension of it to foreign economic policy NarendraModi hasbeen trying through in- mutuallyacceptable terms. Under this, marksanimportant moment in the evolution formal summits, held at Wuhan and India mayactively move on theBCIM as it of India’s international relations. Mamallapuram, though without much had already accepteditinprinciple in 2013, To be sure, Jaishankar’s “strategic auton- impact. and both Manmohan Singh and PM Modi omy” is thenatural external complement to In seeking equilibrium with China, had promisedChina that theywould study PrimeMinisterNarendraModi’s delineation of India has bravelybeenconfronting aface- the proposal seriously. India can also link anew economic strategy,described as CRSasikumar offinthe Himalayasfor the pastseveral up itsinfrastructureprojectsinNepal,asit “Atmanirbharata” or “self-reliance”.The PM’s and earlier contextofIndia’s “strategic au- Security Council. Delhi’s prolonged refusal months. It has been building creative,is- is already working on them. This may articulation on self-reliance came as partof tonomy”. He remindedhis audience that to see the China challengeonwas finally sue-basedalliances with the US and Asian please Nepal as it has avision of becoming the post-COVID economic measures unveiled India’s pastemphasis on strategic autonomy overcomewiththe PLAaggression in east- majors like Japan, Korea, Vietnam and abridge between India andChina. This will earlier this year. wasinthe contextofthe “unipolar moment” ern Ladakh this summer. , and . It has takenini- serve India’s long-term interests in Nepal. Since the conceptcarriessomuchideo- that emergedafter theCold War. As America In the 1990s, India’s strategic autonomy tiativesinthe direction of economic de- India mayalso show itswillingness, at logical baggage,its resurrection by Modiin- toweredoverthe worldafter thecollapse of wasabout fending offUSpolitical threatsto coupling with China in the name of “at- leasttactically, to join CPEC as both Pakistan evitablyraised manyquestions. Is Indiaturn- the SovietUnion in 1991,India wascaughtin India. Today, it is inevitablyabout coping with manirbharata”. All this, however, has not and China have asked for, provided, and ing itsbackoneconomic globalisation of the acleftstick. China’s challengetoIndia’s territorial in- takenIndia very farinterms of makingan this is critical, that India is allowedtoun- lastfew decades? Is Delhi harking backtothe Ontheonehand,it hadto activelyseekthe tegrity and sovereignty. And then some. In impact on China. It maytakeIndia at least dertake projectsinPoK andBalochistan. much-vauntedideaofeconomicautarkythat cooperation of the US and the West to makea the 1990s, the US wasseen as avaluedeco- adecade or twotoreachaneffective“at- Surely, Pakistanwould resistthis stoutly, peaked during theyears of Prime Minister success of itseconomic reform andreorien- nomic partner forIndia. China todayis manirbharata” vis-à-vis China, even if its but it should be China'sheadache to per- IndiraGandhi? tation.IndianeededWestern capital as well viewedinDelhi as amajor threat to India’s present pace is significantly enhanced. suade Pakistan. As forChina’s push into Senior ministers and officialsofthe NDA as technologyandbetter accesstoits markets. economic development. China is notinterestedinequilibrium otherneighbours is concerned, India still government sought to reassure India’s part- On the other hand, Delhi had to protectsome The problems in India’s rapidlyexpand- withany of itsAsian neighbours,least of all has enough economic presence,goodwill ners that Delhi wasnot marching backwards. of itscorenational interests from the threats ing economic relationshipwithChina came with India. Itsefforts areclearly to build a andcultural capital theretoplaywith. In his address to thenation on Independence of US intervention. intoviewinthe 2010sasthe bilateral trade hierarchical Asian order,with itself at the Secondly,Indiashould revisit itsTibet Day, the PM talked at some length on his def- In the early 1990s, the Clinton deficit steadilyrosereaching nearly $55billion top. Beijing wantsIndiatooccupyaslotin policy,whichisacoreirritant forChina. The inition of economic self-reliance. Modi un- Administration had the irresistible itchtore- in 2019.Evenmoreimportant wasthe fact the suchahierarchy,commensurateonlywith Tibetanadministration has notprovided derlinedIndia’s determination to seek solve the Kashmir disputebetweenIndia and cheap importofmanufactured goods from itspowerstatus. It is acutelyconsciousof anyclearsupporttoIndia’s claims in the deeper globaleconomic engagement, if only Pakistan. Washington also thought that South China waswiping out India’s industrial base. India’s economicstrength,which is farbe- Himalayas. The US foldedupthe Khampa on different terms. Asian nuclear weapons programmes were a Modiended India’sinaction whenhe lowits owninterms of GDP and growth rebellion in Tibet, basedout of Nepal, in the Unlikeinthe past, Modi’s self-reliance to- big threat to international peace and security. pulledIndia out of an Asia-wide free-trade trajectory. It knows that India is also farbe- wake of working out the 1974 peacewith dayisnot about retreating from the world, but To makematters even moreinteresting, arrangement calledthe Regional hind on militarymodernisation and over- China at the latter’s behest. Indiacan po- of enhancingIndia’s economic contribution the Clinton Administration sawthe nuclear Comprehensive Economic Partnership late all capabilities.China is ruthlesslyresisting litelyexplorethe possibility of relocating to the global economy. Aboveall, it is about and Kashmir disputes as one and the same lastyear.Delhi had concluded that aChina- India’s access to global governance bodies, the TibetanPolitical Administration (in ex- empowering India andthe speedy realisation thing.Washington concludedthat “Kashmir is ledeconomic order in Asia will permanently suchasthe UNSC and NSG. To keep India ile in Dharamshala) to asuitable location of itsfull national economic potential. When the world’s mostdangerousnuclear flash- doom India’s economic prospects. Beijing’s tiedatthat level, China is objecting to in Europe,Australia/New Zealandorthe US, appliedtothe foreignpolicy framework,“self- point”. The storyofIndian diplomacy forthe Ladakh aggression forced India to go from a India’s growing strategic proximity to the while continuing to host thousands of reliance” becomes “strategic autonomy”. In next twodecades wasaboutasustainedef- passive commercial withdrawal to an active US. It is encircling India strategicallyand Tibetans with dignity and respect. his remarks at the ASEAN-India Networkof fort to changethe US policy on both Kashmir economic decoupling from China. economicallythrough itsstrategic and eco- It is possible that this “give”and “take” Think Tanks, Jaishankar pointedtothe very and nuclear issues. In the 1990s, the questfor strategic au- nomic corridors —BCIM (Bangladesh, maynot be acceptable to China. Butwhat different contextthat informs India’s strate- Thankstothe fresh thinking on India un- In its single-minded focus tonomyfromthe US drove India intoapolit- China, India and Myanmar),CPEC (China- is the harm in thinking deeplyonits various gic autonomy. der President George WBush, the US dis- on resolving the American ical coalitionwith Russia and China that PakistanEconomic Corridor)and the parameters and sounding out the Chinese? Jaishankar referred to the risksinthe cardedthe long-standing temptation to insert sought to limit the dangers of the unipolar Trans-HimalayanConnectivity Network. It Even if it does notworkout as planned, global economythathavecome intosharp itself inthe Kashmir dispute. The US also went problem, Delhi paid little moment. Today, the logic of strategic auton- is raising issues likeKashmir at the UN and India would have made abold diplomatic viewsince the corona crisis envelopedthe out of the waytoresolve thenucleardispute attention to the gathering omyfromChina nudges Indiatolook for establishing footprints in the Indian Ocean. initiative and ahugetactical move towards worldearlier this year.Healsopointed to the with India by changing itsdomestic and challenges from China. It is strong security partnerships with the US, What, then, shouldIndia do to explore thinking through out-of-the-boxsolutions growing consensus among the major eco- international norms on nuclear proliferation. not that Beijing did not Europe, Japan and Australia.Onthe eco- alternativestoequilibrium, whilecontin- and displaying that it can undertake risksto nomic actors forshorterand morereliable TheObama and TrumpAdministrations have nomic front, India is exploring variousforms uing to work on itspresent approachina pursue itslong-term national interests,as global supplychains.AlthoughJaishankardid stayed the course since then. signal the looming trouble. of collaboration with abroad group of na- quietand calibratedmanner? One step is beingrepeatedly asserted by Jaishankar notmention China by name,itwas at the heart In itssingle-mindedfocusonresolving the On the atomic front,asthe tions that have ashared interestindevelop- could be to adjustwithChina, at leasttac- and the Modi brand of foreign policy. of the argument.“Actions of nationsduring American problem,Delhipaidlittleattention US sought to lift the ing trustworthyglobal supply chains thatare tically, forsometime, as China had done timesofcrisis determine howthe worldre- to thegathering challenges from China. It is nottotallytiedwith China. with the US in the Seventies and Eighties. The writer is Professor Emeritus,JNU and allyperceivesthem, and theydid bring up notthatBeijing didnot signal the looming prolonged atomic blockade Threatstoeither territorial integrityor Suchanadjustment could be basedonmu- former ambassador and special envoy, manyofthe risksinherent in the current trouble. On the atomic front, as the US sought against India,China sought economic prosperity arepowerful enough tual give andtake. Critical areas of priority Government of India globaleconomy,” he said. De-risking supply to liftthe prolonged atomicblockadeagainst to blockthe process. Beijing on their owntocompeldrastic changes in chains has nowbecome an explicit policy of India, China sought to blockthe process. insisted if India wastobelet anynation’s policies.Coming together,they manycountries,including India. Beijing insistedifIndia wastobelet intothe promise to makestrategic autonomy from into the nuclear club, so Even moredeeply, thereisagrowingin- nuclear club, so mustPakistan. When the US an assertive Chinaanenduring theme of LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR ternationalconcern thatBeijing hastakenuni- refused, China turnedanobstacle to India’s must Pakistan. When the US India’s economic and foreign policies in the lateral advantageoftheglobaltrading system. membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group. refused,China turned an years ahead. This in turn has ledtocalls forasignificant re- If India’s nightmareinthe 1990s was obstacle to India’s arrangement of the global economic order about America “internationalising” the The writer is director,InstituteofSouthAsian CONGRESSCRISIS away from excessive dependence on China. Kashmir dispute, it is China that nowtakes membership of the Nuclear Studies and contributing editor on THIS REFERS TO the editorial, 'Letter IDEAS Jaishankar also compared the current up the issue regularly in the United Nations SuppliersGroup. international affairs for The IndianExpress and spirit'(IE, August24). Firstand foremostisthe indispensable needfor ONLINE inner-party democracy in the Congress. The Gandhis have had more ONLYINTHE EXPRESS than their shareofthe cake.They should stand aside and encouragethe ● THEMANYBETRAYALSOF party to elect another leader to resur- PALESTINE: Angrywoman &other cliches rect Congress as avibrant,viable polit- MHILIAS ical forcethat holds the government of the dayaccountable. ● BRINGINGMARGINALISED Termsof criticismof CandidateKamalaspeakof entrenchedstereotypes SSPaul, Nadia TOSCHOOL: KAMALGAUR THIS REFERS TO the editorial, 'Letter Radha Goenka andspirit' (IE, August24). Theway the Congress is conducting itself and its www.indianexpress.com KAMALAHARRIS’SSELECTION as Joe Biden’s says alot about howweconsume knowledge ing to factories to earn thebread andwomen rights, by the BAVGroup and the Wharton failuretoplaythe role of an effective Vice President candidateisofparticular in- and howeasilywe, as humans,are swayed. staying backtoraise thechildren, shifting the School, in 2019,showedthat the US ranked opposition is disquieting. The party teresttoIndians forobviousreasons—she is As thepolitical machineryisinfull swing powerofthe food/income earner further to at 16 and Indiaat57. has many experienced leaders who of Indian origin. She is also of great interestto to slander Kamala Harris and define her “one” the male. It wasnot until contraception, the Clearly,eventhough India has made far maysalvage itsfortunes but it is also social fabric of our democracy. womenand thefeminist movement the word,the phrasesusedare:“angrywoman,” pill,thatwomen gainedcontrol of the story— moreprogress with womeninpolitics than replete with sycophantswho oweal- Fatima Ghazali, Patna worldover. If Biden wins,she will be the first “supports abortion,”“vegan,” “not American”. the ability to sayIdon’t want to onlybea the US,when it comestoequalityand rights legiance to the Gandhi familythanthe woman this close to the oval office in the his- Think about howthe slanderwould lookifit child-bearer but to do more. It gave her a of women, it lags farbehind. Whyisthat? party. The recentturmoil warrants JAITLEY'SLEGACY tory of theUSdemocracy. wasKamal Harris and not“Kamala” contend- chance to regain some power. This doesn’t While it’seasy to blame the men around us passing the mantle to more deserving Slander is partofpolitical campaigning ing. Angry, would definitelynot featureon work well forthe male story. Thedebateover forthe disparity—and it is partlyso—we leaders. THIS REFERS TO the article, and has been increasinglytaking centrestage the list. It is somehowokfor aman to have a “abortion” in US politics is reallyadebateover womenneedtothink about what we cando Deepak Singhal, Chennai 'Remembering ' (IE, in recent years. It comes from the belief that temper,but an ideal woman is subservient, this shiftofpower. independentlytochangethat. We needtosee August24).His sharp mind, sober the largerpublicassociates “one word”or adjusting, and gentle, but angry, never. India might be adeveloping nation eco- the contextofour historic past to recognise INSECURECOURT head and affability were traitsthat phrase with acandidate. Thatone word or Wheredid this notion of an ideal woman nomically, but abortionhas neverbeen an is- the baggagewecarry.Wewereraised to be have been unavailable to the Modi phrase determines the overall imagecreated come from? In the nomadic times, all our sueofany real relevance in ourpolitics. subservient, adjusting and to “notget angry”. THIS REFERS TO the article, 'Breachof government forayear.His effortson of that candidate andtypicallydwarfsevery- and were women. Women Maybeithas to do with the fact that we have But we areashuman as men, and should procedure' (IE, August24).The con- GSTand IBCwill be embeddedinhis- thing else he or she represents. The race to as gatherers brought 50 per cent of the food one-seventh of the world’s population recognise that we willbejudged—and judge temptofcourtconviction of Prashant tory.Jaitley, withwhomIworked as define that one word is whatpolitical cam- to the table as opposedtothe hunter men crampedintoone-hundredth of the world’s other women —bythe same standards. In the Bhushanfor his tweets has asubtext: an ABVP active member,had wanted paigning is all about.Itwas themainstayfor who returnedwithout akill, majority of the land mass. Clearly,populationcontrol is abig- roles we play as women—asmothers, The social media space is gradedand India to be equitable and just, with op- Julius Caesar in 47 BC with “Veni, Vedi, Vici” — times. Women providedthe stableform of gerissue forus. Even politicians realise it mother-in-laws,female bosses,colleagues, dissent vis avis the Supreme Courtis portunities in health, services and ed- “I came, Isaw,Iconquered”thatdisplayedhis food and thereforewerenot onlyequal, but would be imprudent to makeitanelection voters —weshould treat men and women, acriminal offence. Hasty and spiteful ucation forall to be available always. strength as awarrior.Itdefinedhis political reveredinhistory —probablyfor the magi- issueand thenimagine havingtoliveuptoit boys and girls around us alike,ifnot in amore action reflectspoorly on the apex He wasnot amass leader,but aper- persona and ledtohis riseinpowerand his cal powers theypossessed of producing an- on being elected to office. sympathetic manner.Weneedtounderstand court, and also raises pertinent ques- son with vision, and ensured that the murder.Itwas these defining wordsthatde- other human. Agricultural society gave rise India is at the forefront of women’spartic- eachotherand our collective biasesofthe tions regarding itsjudgmentsonother legal strategy to dealwith the abroga- terminedthe 2000 US elections in favour of to theneedfor physical labour to till the fields ipation in politics, withstrongwomen like past. We need to sticktogether.Let’s change sensitive issues. An insecurejudiciary tion of article 370and 35Aare fructi- “Dumb”George WBush againstthe “Liar” Al —men had morephysical powerand women ,Mayawati,Mamata Banerjee theway we view andsupport eachother.Let’s whose verdictsbetray bias and hints fied.Hereshapedthe Indian economy. Gore.People preferredbeing led by thefor- neededtoprovide children to help on the and JJayalalithaa. No one reallydoubtsthe changethe narrative. at intolerance will adverselyaffect the RajivBoolchand Jain, Zirakpur mer.This political slander has no real depth, fields, reducing their powerofbringing food political fervour or abilityofwomen in poli- but it sticks anditmoveselections.Sadly,it to the table. Industrialisation ledtomen go- tics in India. Yet, astudy conductedon women Goenkaisdirector, RPG Foundation

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FLOOR,BLOCK-B,SHASTRI Vihar Ph-III, Delhi-110096, have written as KAnshu Yadavin S. KGupta (Advocate) NAGAR,DELHI-110052. changed my name to Shreekala Ch. No. D-209, Karkardooma Court, my Armydocuments but Delhi-110032 CHANGED MY NAME TO B. John for futurepurposes correct name is AnjaliYadav HEMLATA SHARMA. 0040545823-1 0050168013-1 0040545944-3 I,sharmila kundu W/o-bhushan I,Kuldeep SinghDixit S/oLaxmi LOST & FOUND kumar kundu Address-1667A/1 NarayanDixit R/o:-Flat.No-782, top floor govindpuri-extn. Type-II, New-Residential It is notified for the information Kalkaji.newDelhi-110019,. Complex,Tihar Jail,New Delhi- that my original-qualifying Changed my name to sharmila 58,Have Changed My Name to examination-certificate of bose. 0040545936-3 Kuldeep Dixit. 0040545918-3 main-Secondary-examination I,inform youthat my name has I, Ram BabuS/o Late Kamal of year-1979 and Roll.No.57025 been wrongly-written as NarayanKamat R/o1006,Gali and Senior-Secondary- Hemraj Shresth in my No. E-40/3, Molarband Extn. examination of the year-1981 daughter’sacademic Badarpur,New Delhi-110044 and Roll.No.314566 issued by documents. My actual-name is have changed my name to CBSE has been actually Hemraj Shrestha which maybe Ram Babu Kamat for all future lost.Name of the candidate amended accordingly. purposes. 0040545881-1 Hemant Sharma S/o-Ram Charan SharmaR/o-Flat MUMBAi MetRoPoLitAN ReGioN 0040545936-6 I, RajendraPrashad R/o1/7573 PUBLIC NOTICE No.389,Sector-D,Pocket- DeVeLoPMeNt AUtHoRitY St9 EGorakh Park Shahdara I,Vikas Gupta,s/o 6,Kaveri-Apartment,Vasant Our client Kalyan Sahay,&his wife (A Government of Maharashtra Undertaking) Dehli-32. Have changedmy Smt LataDevi, both R/o A-2/2132, Prakash/Prekash Chand Gupta Kunj,Delhi. 0040545936-9 Bandra-Kurla Complex, Bandra (East), Mumbai -400051. Tel: 26590001/04. minor son’s name from Ashwin J.J. Colony,Madanpur Khadar,New R/o-RZG-16,First-Floor,Gali.No- Delhi-110044, severe all relations & Fax: 91-022-26591264 Website: https://mmrda.maharashtra.gov.in Jai Pathak to Ashwin RSharma. I,Anil Kumar Gupta,S/o 2,Near-Fun Valley- Debar their Son Ritesh and his wife ShivcharanLal Gupta,have lost Poonam from all their movable- e-RFP Notice school,Bagdola,Rajnagar- 0040545856-1 my Original-Property immovable properties due to their Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) hereby II,Palam-Colony,New disobedience &Misconduct. My I, Pradeep SinghS/o Sikander Conveyance-Deedof Delhi-110077,have changedmy client’swill not be responsible for invites Request for proposal : Singh R/oJ-198, Sector-22 Plot.No.1579, area any of their actsinfuture. name as Vikash 1) Tender/Bid No. : MMRDA/T&CP/E-BlockRedesign/Misc/1155/2020 Noida Distt-G.BNagar informs measuring.450sq.mtrs., Sd/- Karan Bansal Gupta,S/O.Prakash Chandra that my namewrongly Sector-38,Phase-I, 2) Division : Town and Country Planning Division Regd. Office:PSEB Head Office,The Mall, Patiala-147001 Gupta,for all,Purposes,In Advocate mentioned in my Son’sJatin HSIIDC,Industrial Estate,Rai, Chamber No.878, 3) Name of Tender/Bid :Request for Proposal for Preparation of Phone No. 0175-2207649, E-mail ID: [email protected] Future. 0040545923-5 RawatSchool Recordas (Sonepat),Haryana. Finder- Lawyers Block, Saket Court, Urban Design Master Plan for Eand GBlock of Bandra-Kurla CIN: U40109PB2010SGC033813, Website: www.pspcl.in New Delhi-110017 I,Saema Zaheen w/o- Pradeep Rawatinstead of Contact-9312255526 & Complex (BKC) and Architectural Design of MMRDA Office in Tender EnquiryNo. 236/DIT-1054 dated24.08.2020 Pradeep Singh. 0040545899-1 9899150405. 0040545923-9 mohammad Zaheen R/o-3200- BKC, Mumbai. ShortDescription: Providing4G(LTE/ VoLTE) mobile phone 01,Kucha Tara Chand I, Piyush, S/o. VijayKumar, RZF- PUBLIC NOTICE 4) Contact Details :Shri. S. C. Deshpande, Chief, T&CP Division services in Punjab State PowerCorporation Limited under cor- DaryaGanj,New Delhi- 1338 Street No.-1 ,Mahavir It is for general information that I, Tel:022-26594079, 022-26594173 |Fax:022-26594178 porate plan. 110002.have changed my name Enclave Delhi-110045have VINOD KUMAR BANSAL S/o Shri Manohar Lal Bansal, residing at B- Email :[email protected] Startdate fordownloading of Specification/tender docu- to SaemaBegum permanently. changed my nametoPiyush 35, Jawahar Park,DevliRoad, 5) Bid document download :24.08.2020 (18:00 hrs) to ments: Date of uploadingoftender. 0040545923-2 Kumar 0070711934-1 Khanpur,New Delhi-110062 and permanent resident of A-73, 21.09.2020 (17:00 hrs) Last date fordownloadingofSpecification/tender docu- I, I,SHEHZAD S/OABDUL Mukul, S/OMukesh Singh, R/O Ranjeet Nagar,Bharatpur, 6) Last date of receipt of queries/clarification :28.08.2020 (10:00 hrs) ments: 09.09.2020 upto 11.00 A.M. WAHAB,RESIDING at,H NO- L-IA355 Gali No-6 Sangam Rajasthan, declare that name of Bid Opening date: 10.09.2020 upto 11.00 A.M. Vihar ND-62, have changed my mine has been wrongly written as 7) Pre Bid Meeting : 31.08.2020 at 16:00 hrs 2604,GALI SHANKAR SITARAM VINOD BANSAL in CBSE Note: The prospectivebidders are requested to get clarification name to Mukul Singh. ThroughVideoConferencing BAZAR,CHAWRI BAZAR,DELHI- Marksheets&Certificates of my from this office and or GePNIC representatives in caseofany son TANISHQ BANSAL. The 8) Last date of Online submission :21.09.2020 (17:00 hrs) 110006,HAVE Changed My 0070711940-1 difficulty regarding uploading of the tender well in time.Itisalso Name To SHEHZAD MALIK,FOR actual name of mine is VINOD The e-RFP shall be available for free download on registration at I,Dipanshu Gupta S/oSh.Hari KUMAR BANSAL, as per my requested to get their digital signatureand registration well in all futurepurpose. Defense Service Records, which https://etendermmrda.maharashtra.gov.in as per the above-mentioned time so as to submit tenders through e- tendering only. Mohan Gupta R/o-H.No.BJ.95 may be amended accordingly. 0040545923-3 East-Shalimar BaghNew-Delhi- dates. MMRDA e-tendering Helpdesk email : etendersupport@ It is informed that in casetender processisnot completed due I,S.HARMEET SINGH/SARDAR 110088,have Changed my Name mailmmrda.maharashtra.gov.in or Phone No.: 022-2659 7445 to anyreason, no corrigendumwill be published in newspapers. HARMEET SINGH,S/O AJIT Dipanshu Gupta to Deepanshu PUBLIC NOTICE Sd/- Details regarding corrigendum maybeseen on official, PSPCL SINGH,H.NO.66,SAVITA Gupta,forall future purposes My clients ASHOK BAJAJ son of Shri Date :24/08/2020 Metropolitan Commissioner, website: (https://eproc.punjab.gov.in) Svarn Lal Bajaj and VEENA BAJAJ MMRDA VIHAR,YAMUNA SPORTS 0040545838-2 wife of Sri Ashok Bajaj both residentsof Place :Mumbai Fulrani Sd/- SE/IT (A&PM), COMPLEX,DELHI- 109-C, LIG Flats, Phase III, Ashok C-265/2020 PSPCL, Patiala. I,Dhanpati Verma,Wife/Spouse Vihar,Delhi- 110052have severed 67429/Pb. 110092,changed my nameto of Late.CPL Verma off/disconnected all their relations with MUMBAi MetRoPoLitAN ReGioN HARMEET SINGH. their son HARSH BAJAJ and his wife Service Number-227323F MT PRATISHTHA.Myclientshave DeVeLoPMeNt AUtHoRitY GREATER CHENNAI CORPORATION 0040545936-8 FIT, P.P.O.No.Air debarred/disowned them from all their (A Government of Maharashtra Undertaking) movable and immovable properties for Bandra-Kurla Complex, Bandra (East), Mumbai -400051. Tel: 26590001/04. Parks Department I,Riya d/o-Om Prakash Force/S/C/7336/81,R/o.House. all intentsand purposes. If anybody No.362, Joodbagh (Jorbagh), deals with them, he/she/they shall be Fax: 91-022-26591264 Website: https://mmrda.maharashtra.gov.in P.D.C.No.P2/1818/2019 Gupta,R/o.H-625gali.no.19/4 liable and responsible for all the future Kotla Mubarakpur,Post-Office e- TENDER NOTICE Shiv Kunj santnagar,burari consequences, whatsoever. e-RFP Notice Kasturba-Nagar,New Delhi- Sd/- Tendersare invited by the Superintending Engineer /Parksfor thefollowing Delhi-110084,have changemy Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) hereby 110003,has changed my NARESH KUMAR (Advocate) work as per details furnished below: name from riyatoRiya Off: WZ-3334, Mahindra Prak, invites Request for proposal: name,from Dhanpati Shakur Basti, Delhi-110034 Approx.value E.M.D gupta,for futurepurpose. Sl.No. Name of the work Verma/Dhanpati Devi to 1) Tender/Bid No. : MMRDA/TCPD/BKC-RG/Misc/1226/2020 (Rs.inlakhs) amount(Rs.) 0040545944-4 Dhanpati,for future reference. 2) Division : Town and Country Planning Division Under CRRTScheme -Formation of new PUBLIC NOTICE 3) Name of Tender/Bid :Request for Proposal for Appointment park and playfield at Adyar river bank, I,Rakam Singh,S/o Bisamber 0040545944-5 Be it known to all the concerned that my 1 Kotturpuram (chainage2880m to 3200m) 888.138,89,000/- Singh R/o.E151A, Street.No.18G, client Sh. Balwant Singh Kochhar S/o Lt. of an Agency for development of Recreation Ground bearing no. I, Jaishree Dhake, W/OParesh Sh. Amrik Singh and his wife Smt. Satinder in Division-175, Zone-13 Sadh Nagar,Palam Colony Kaur Kochhar both R/o H.No.- 5B/35, Tilak R.G.- 6, 19 &23with Hills (admeasuring approx. 6.87 Ha.) in GBlock DhakeR/O 69, Sadar Nagar,New Delhi- 110018 have served all (Two coverSystem) New.Delhi-110045,have of Bandra -Kurla Complex (BKC) for aperiod of 30 years on Design, Apartment, Mayur Vihar Delhi, theirrelationsand disowned and Tender lastdateand time of submission : 29.09.2020 upto 3.00 pm. changed my name to Rakam disinherited their son Manmeet Singh &his Finance, Build, Operate and Transfer (DFBOT) basis. have changed my name to wife Smt. Simran Kaur from all their Formoreinformation see www.tntenders.gov.in & Singh Karanwalpermanently. movable and immovable properties as 4) Contact Details :Shri. S. C. Deshpande, Chief, T&CP Division Jaishree Paresh Dhakefor all they have become disobedient, disloyal www.chennaicorporation.gov.in 0040545918-1 and disrespectful to my clientsand have Tel: 022-26594079, 022-26594173 |Fax:022-26594178 purposes 0040545911-1 been acting against their will and interest. Pre-bid meeting date and time : 14.09.2020 @ 3.30 pm Anybody dealing with them shall be doing Email :[email protected] I,Punam Devi,W/oSudhirKumar I, AshmeetKaur R/o42, Vinayak so at their own risk, cost and responsibility Tender opening date and time : 30.09.2020 @ 3.30 pm and my clientsshall not be held 5) Bid document download :24.08.2020 (18:00 hrs) to R/o.Village: Fakharpur, Apartments, Plot No-C-58/1. responsible in any manner whatsoever for DIPR/3166/Tender/2020 SuperintendingEngineer/Parks Post:Khekra,Distt:.Baghpat UP- Sector62Noida,Gautam Budh any of their acts. 21.09.2020 (17:00 hrs) Sd/- 250101,have changed my name Nagar, U.P- 201301 have RAJEEV KUMAR TEWARI (Advocate) 6) Lastdate of receipt of queries/clarification :28.08.2020 (10:00 hrs) Ch. No. 394-395, Civil Wing, to Poonam. 0040545944-6 changed my nametoAshmeet TisHazari Courts, Delhi- 110054 7) Pre Bid Meeting :31.08.2020 at 11:00 hrs Kaur Chandok. 0070711945-1 Through Video Conferencing I,Parwati,W/o-Govind,R/o- CPG1-Block,New I, Anju Kumar W/o Alok Kumar 8) Last date of Online submission: 21.09.2020 (17:00 hrs) Seelampur,Delhi- R/o: 1-5/2 SapnaGhar CGHS The e-RFP shall be available for free download on registration at 110053,inform that in my PAN- Ltd, Plot No 6B, Sector 11, https://etendermmrda.maharashtra.gov.in as per the above-mentioned Cardmyfathername has Dwarka, Delhi -110075 have dates. MMRDA e-tendering Helpdesk email: etendersupport@ wrongly written as Govind changed my nametoAnju mailmmrda.maharashtra.gov.in or Phone No.: 022-2659 7445 instead of Mohan Lal Gaget. Tyagi for future. 0040545851-1 Sd/- 0040545936-5 I,DILSHAD AHMED S/o Date :24/08/2020 Metropolitan Commissioner, MD.ABDUL BARI KHAN,R/O-C- Place :Mumbai MMRDA I,PRERNA,W/o Mr.Ravinder Fulrani 20, Gali.NO-5,MOHAN BABA- Kumar R/o-6006/4,Sector-D- NAGAR,TAJPUR-EXTN,DELHI- 6,VasantKunj,NewDelhi- 110044,myname has been PUBLIC NOTICE 110070,have changed my name wrongly written as DILSHAD Be it known to all concerned that my clients to PRERNA KUMAR,for all Sh. Mahesh S/o Sh. Pitam Singh and his wife AHMAD,in my Passport-NO. purpose. 0040545944-2 Smt. Mundresh Devi both resident of House J2053963.The actual name of No. 29,Sharfuddinpur Javli, Ghaziabad, Jaoli, Uttar Pradesh-201102, have severed all I,Minakshi Azad,D/O-Narender mine is DILSHAD AHMED their relations, disowned and disinherited their Son Mr. Ashu kasana and daughter-in- Pahuja &W/O Sudhir Azad,R/O- 0040545838-1 law Smt. Neetu, from all their moveable, D-16/188-189,Sector- immovable properties, bank account, I,DEEPAK VINOD KHANNA,S/O business and other assets, as they have 3,Rohini,Delhi-110085,have become disobedient, disloyal and changed my name from VINOD BABULAL KHANNA,R/o- disrespectful to my client and have been PLOT.NO 06, FF 03,SHAKTI- acting against their interest and have been Minakshi Azad to Sonia,for all living separately. Any person dealing with the KHAND-3, INDIRAPURAM, said Sh. Ashu and his wife Smt. Neetu, shall purposes. 0040545944-7 be doing so at his/ her/ their own risk, cost GHAZIABAD,U-P-201014, and responsibility and my clients shall not be I,Aasim ,S/o-Aqeel Ahmed,R/o- changed my nametoDEEPAK held responsible in any manner, whatsoever D-71,Gali no.-8Old for any of their acts. KHANNA. 0040545936-7 Sd/- Mustafabad,Delhi-110094,have ASHISH LAROIA changed my name from Aasim I, Anita W/ORakam Singh Advocate KaranwalR/O-E151A, Enrl. No. D/2183/2014 Khan to Aasim.Aasim khan and Chamber (1): 633, Western Wing,Tis Street.No.18G, Sadh Hazari Courts, Delhi-54 Aasim both aresame Nagar,Palam Colony,New parson,myfather’s correct Delhi-110045,have changed my name is Aqeel Ahmed. PUBLIC NOTICE name to Anita Karanwal 0040545936-4 My client Jamna Devi W/o Late Shri Kul Permanently. 0040545918-2 Bahadur R/o House no 21 Block A-1 Gali no 11 Sant Nagar,Kamal Pur Majra Burari, I Lata Rani Gupta W/o-SuryaDev I, AlkaJaiswalw/o Siddharth Delhi has severed all his relations with her Gupta R/o-E-16/33,Sector-8, Shankar Jaiswalr/o A-134, Ist sons Sanjay,Sonu, daughters-in-law Deepaand Babitarespectively and has PUBLIC NOTICE Rohini, Delhi-110085 have Floor,Backside, Sudarshan disownedfrom allher movableand WHOM SO IT MAYCONCERN changed my name to Suraj Lata immovable propertiesdue to their Park (Moti Nagar),New Delhi- disobedient and misbehaviour towards my This is to Certify that as per instructions Rani Gupta for all purposes. 110015have changedmyname client. Anyone deals with them, shall do at of Shri JANG BAHADUR SINGH SODHI their own responsibility my client shall not 0040545837-1 to KATYAYINEE JAISWAL be hold responsible for any act and deeds Son of J.S.SODHI R/O V-308, 3rd floor, permanently. 0040545834-1 of the above mentioned sons and their Rajouri Garden, New Delhi-110027 has I Jitender SinghS/O,Chandan wives in future. taken aloan from IIFL Home Finance I,Baby Arushi Agarwal D/o- Sd/- SinghR/o 1/858, Gf, HIMANSHU Limited, against his property i.e. 20-B VasundharaGhaziabad have PrayagChand Agarwal, R/o-L- Advocate Sewak Park, Block B-1 Uttam Nagar, 43, Kirti Nagar, New Delhi- Office: Chamber No. 71, Western Wing changed my name to Jitender TisHazari, District Court, Delhi -110054 New Delhi-110059, hereinafter referred Singh Bisht for all purposes. 110015.have changed my name to as "the said property". and submitted to Palak Agarwal,permanently. the original papers regarding this 0040545905-1 0040545923-4 PUBLIC NOTICE property with IIFL Home Finance Limited, The Original Papers regarding this I DeepikaD/O,Surender Singh IT IS HEREBY INFORMED THAT MY CLIENT SH. I,Amarit PalKaur,w/o Nirmal RAJESH S/O SH. ZILE SINGH R/O A-2/8, PINK property i.e. Original complete previous R/oF-575 ,2nd Floor ,devli CGHS LTD., SECTOR-13, ROHINI, DELHI-110085, Singh,R/o.Flat.No.46,Adarsh- IS THE OWNER OF SOCIETY BUILT-UP FLAT chain Property documents accidently lost Village.bank Colony,Khanpur. BEARING NO. A-2/8, SITUATED AT PINK CGHS Kunj,Plot.No.42,Sector- LTD., PLOT NO, 1/2, SECTOR-I3, ROHINI, DELHI- on dt. 14-08-2020 at rajouri garden. Any New Delhi 110062 have 110085 AND HE HAS MISPLACED/LOST THE 13,Rohini,Delhi-110085,have ORIGINAL RECEIPT AMOUNTING TO RS.100/- person, who has got, rights, interest, title, changed my name to Deepika WHICH WAS ISSUED BY THE SOCIETY AGAINST claim, encumbrances, charges of any changed my nametoAmrit Pal MEMBERSHIP NO. 43/128 IN THE NAME OF RAJ Rana for all purposes. PAL BHATIA AT THE TIME OF APPLYING FOR nature whatsoever in respect of the Kaur,permanently. REGISTRATION IN THE SOCIETY &ORIGINAL SHARE CERTIFICATE&MY CLIENT HAVE above said Property or any part thereof, 0040545832-1 LODGED AFIR/NCR VIDE L.R NO. 509242/2020 0040545923-7 DATED24.08.2020, WITH POLICESTATION, can send their objections with their I, S.Prashanth,S/o CRIME BRANCH, DELHI. IF ANY BODY FIND THE documentary evidence at below address I Najmeen D/oMohd.Alam R/o SAID DOCUMENT, PLEASE INFORM HIM AT THE K.V.Seetharama Sastrigal R/o- ABOVESAID ADDRESS OR PH. NO.:- within 7days from the date of publication House No.68/2,Kashi Ram 9582401333. GH-2, 35-A,Ankur Appartmnt, IF ANY OTHER CLAIMENT HAS ANY RIGHT IN of this notice, failing which, it shall be Park, Mundka,P.O.Mundka, THE AFORESAID PROPERTY, HE/SHE SHOULD Paschim Vihar,New Delhi-63, FILE AN FIR &GIVE INTIMATION TO SOCIETY/ presumed that the said Property in Bakkar Wala, West Delhi, Delhi- RCS/DDA(GH) WITH IN 15 DAYS FROM THE changed my name to DATE OF ISSUE OF THIS NOTICE. entirely is free from all such claims, 110041have changed my name Sd/- interest, charges, encumbrances etc. PrashanthSeetharaman, RENU BALA (ADVOCATE) to Neha for all purposes. Enrl. No. D/4533/2014. Regards permanently. Office: Shop No. 9, RU-Block, JANG BAHADUR SINGH SODHI 0040545844-1 DDA Market, Office of Sub-Registrar-VI, 0040545923-6 Pitampura, Delhi-110088 Ph. no. 8010002000

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BRIEFLY CLUE TO UNDERSTANDING HOW‘DARK AGE’ OF UNIVERSEENDED RAIGAD Globalteamofscientists discovers one of theearliest galaxies using India’s AstroSat

the earliestsources of light,” EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ‘Have achance, but like alottery’ Raychaudhury said. PUNE,AUGUST24 “Weknewitwould bean up- File Pune: While searching for and us. hilltask to convincethe interna- INS Viraat served in AGLOBALteam ledbyscientists sources that reionizedthe “Theabsorption in the in- tional community that UVIT (the the Indian Navy for from the Inter-University Centre early universe, the usual sus- tergalactic medium is so se- UltraVioletImaging Telescope on 30 years. forAstronomyand Astrophysics pectshaveusually been the vere thatitisimpossibleto Astrosat) has recordedextreme- (IUCAA) in Pune has discovered firstastronomical objects, es- observeionizing photons in UV emission from thisgalaxy one of the earliestgalaxies in our peciallythe newbornsmall the reionization epochdi- whenthe morepowerful Hubble GUJARAT universeby using AstroSat, India’s galaxies. However, the proba- rectly. In the later epoch, the Space Telescope (of Nasa) has Accordingtothe Raigad district administration, the building INSViraattobe firstmulti-wavelength satellite. bility that afraction of ex- intergalactic absorbers de- not.... AstroSat/UVIT wasable to washome to over 40 families. Express The team, whichcomprises Theteam wasled by IUCAA’s treme-UV photons escape the crease and we have achance achievethis unique feat because brokenatAlang, scientists from India, Dr Kanak Saha hostgalaxy and arecaughtby to detect such photons but it the background noise in the UVIT Switzerland, France, the US, atelescope on Earth is practi- is still likealottery,” saidDr detector is muchless than the soldasscrap Japanand The , used callyzero, because these pho- Akio Inoue, professor at ones on the Hubble Space AstroSat, whichhas five unique explainedthat afterthe Big Bang, tons will be absorbed by the Waseda University,Japan, one Telescope,” Saha said. Ahmedabad: INS Viraat, X-ray andultraviolettelescopes the universe wasahot soup of gasinthe galaxyor thegas sur- of the co-authors of the study “With the UVIT observation, Buildingfalls, the Guinness record working in tandem, to detect ex- particles(protons, neutrons, and roundingthe galaxyoreven publishedinNature AUDFs01became the firstexam- holder forbeing the treme-ultravioletlight emanat- electrons). As theuniverse the matter between the galaxy Astronomy. ENS pleofagalaxy with clumpy mor- longest-serving warship ing from galaxy AUDFs01lo- startedtocool, the protons and phology and leaking ionizing ra- of the world, will arrive at cated 9.3 billion light-years away neutrons begancombining into diation at 60 nanometers. the Alang ship-breaking from Earth. ionizedatoms of hydrogen, and Accordingtothe statement, Astronomers have been AUDFs01offers thefirst obser- 1killed,70 yard in Gujarat in Dr Kanak Saha, associatepro- eventually, somehelium. These perhaps afew hundred million looking forsources thatreion- vational constraintinthisex- September,whereitwill fessor of astronomyatIUCAA ionizedatoms of hydrogen and years afterthe BigBang, the izedthe early universe. treme ultravioletregime where be broken and sold as who ledthe team, told The Indian helium attractedelectrons, turn- “darkages” endedwhen the first IUCAA director Dr Somak stellar models arethe mostdis- scrap. The Shree Ram Express thatthe team observed ing them intoneutral atoms— stars and galaxies formedand Raychaudhury said this wasa crepant;withfurther detections, fearedtrapped Group has purchased the the galaxy whichislocated in the whichallowedlighttotravel the energy pouring out from very important discovery to un- AstroSat will allowustorefine carrier, whichservedin Hubble Extreme Deep field, freely forthe firsttime,since this them ionizedthe hydrogen and derstand howthe “darkages” of our scenario of cosmic reioniza- the Navy for30years. through AstroSat. The findings lightwas no longer scattering off helium, splitting the atoms back the universe endedand there tion,” saidco-author Dr Anne Mahad, wherehis mother Farida Currently, the INS Viraat is were published on August24by free electrons. But therewereno again in protons and electrons — waslight in the universe. “We Verhamme, professor at the MAYURAJANWALKAR& Pore had to getstitches forahead at the Navaldockyardin NatureAstronomy. stars, and no galaxies, and the the epochofreionization,the needtoknowwhenthis started, Geneva Observatory, SADAFMODAK injury. Sajidsaid his sister-in-law Mumbai. Once capable of Astatement issuedbyIUCAA universe wasdark. statement said. but it has been very hardtofind Switzerland. MUMBAI,AUGUST24 and her three-year-old son suf- cruising at 28 knots with feredminor injuries while being over 2,000 crew and offi- AFIVE-STOREY residential evacuated. cers onboard, the decom- TABLIGHI JAMAAT building collapsedatMahad According to the district ad- missionedwarshipwill town in Maharashtra’s Raigad ministration,the building was have to be towedtothe district, 170kmfromMumbai, built by one Yunus Shaikh and a ship breaking yard in the Culpable homicide on Mondayevening, killing at contractor known as 'Patel', who Gulf of Khambhat. ENS leastone person.While 15 peo- residentssaid wasinMumbai at ple, including sevenwho suf- thetime of the incident. charges against 12 feredinjuries,wererescuedtill LateMonday, Raigad 10 pm, district officialsestimate Collector NidhiChoudhari or- MAHARASHTRA that at least70people are dered the registration of an of- 26/11survivor dropped trappedunder the debris. fence againstthe builder,the ar- The topthree floors of the chitect and the contactor. movesHC;seeks evidence wasfoundtosubstan- structure, known as Tarique Chief MinisterUddhav SADAFMODAK tiatethe chargesofculpable Garden, collapsed around 6.50 Thackeray andDeputy Chief compensation MUMBAI,AUGUST24 homicide notamountingto pm. Eyewitnesses saidthe build- MinisterAjitPawar have spoken murder and attempt to murder, ing,estimatedto benotmorethan to Choudhari and ShivSenaMLA Mumbai: One of the THE BANDRA police in Mumbai theyweredropped. 10 years old, beganshaking with from Mahad, Bharat Gogavale. youngestsurvivors and has droppedchargesofculpable The Bandrapolicehad someresidentsmanagingtorush “Thecollapse of abuildingin key eyewitnesses of the homicide notamounting to booked themen claiming that outbeforeitcollapsed. Raigad, Maharashtraisvery 26/11terroristattacks in murder and attempt to murder theycame to Delhiseparately on Localrescue teams,including tragic. Have spoken to DG Mumbai has petitioned filedagainst12Indonesianna- February29and March 2from police and fire brigade, were im- @NDRFHQtoprovide allpossi- the BombayHigh Court tionals in connection to the Indonesia and thereaftertothe mediatelypressedintoservice. ble assistance, teams areonthe seeking agovernment-al- Tablighi Jamaatgathering held city on March 8, as partofa Three NDRFteams from Pune wayand will be assisting with lotted house forher finan- in Delhi’sNizamuddin in March. Tablighi Jamaat group. were settojoin rescue operations the rescue operations as soon as cially deprivedfamilyand The 12 men, who had tested Following this, theywere The 1.8-km ropewaybetween Guwahati and NorthGuwahati inaugurated on Monday. PTI late at night. An official from possible. Praying foreveryone’s to makeprovisions forher negative forCovid-19, were ini- quarantinedinBandraand NDRF said that visuals of the safety,”tweeted Union Home to continuehereducation. tiallybookedunder thetwo tested forCovid-19.Theirtests buildingdenote that it wasa MinisterAmit Shah. DevikaRotawan,whois21 chargesunder IPC —one of returnednegative in March. “pancakecollapse”, aterm used Agreen corridor wascreated years old now, filedapeti- whichattractsthe maximum The police, claiming that they Assam govt inaugurates 1.8-km forafall that occurs from the top in coordination with district ad- tiononAugust21andsaid punishment of lifeimprison- had violated lockdown rules and floors to the lowerones. ministrations from Pune to thatherfamilywouldhave ment —following allegations putthe livesofothers at risk, had According to the district ad- Raigad to enable the swiftpas- to face homelessness be- that theywereresponsible for arrested 10 of them. ropeway across Brahmaputra ministration, the building was sageofNDRF team. NDRF causetheywereunableto spreading the virus by attending The court, while granting home to over 40 families. While Commandant Anupam payrentfor theirroom in the gathering. them bail, had stated that there built at acostofRs56crore.Chief Tramwaysystems in India.” 25 families were rescued, 15 still Shrivastav said:“Theimmediate achawl at Subhash Nagar In the chargesheetlikelytobe is “no propriety” in contending ABHISHEKSAHA MinisterSarbananda Sonowal The twoends of theropeway remained trapped. priority will be to rescue those due to povertyand acute filedonTuesdaybeforethemetro- that theyare responsible for GUWAHATI,AUGUST24 tweetedsaying: “With the bless- will be operated from Kachari Hours before it collapsed, of- trapped. Three canines areapart financial conditions. politan magistrate’s courtin spreading Covid-19, as theyhad ings of Umananda, we dedicate GhatinGuwahationonesideand ficials said, the building ap- of the rescue teams. Sincethey Rotawanwas nine years Bandra, the 12 men will continue tested negative forthe infection. THE ASSAM government on the ropewaybetween Guwahati the Dol Govinda Temple in North peared to shakeand some fami- arethe mostreliable method of old at the time of theter- to face other chargesinconnec- Following this, twoothersin Mondayinaugurated a1.8 km andNorthGuwahatito thepeople Guwahatiatthe other side. lies were evacuated as asafety rescue in suchsituations, they roristattacksandwasshot tion to the violation of lockdown the group were grantedantici- ropewayoverthe Brahmaputra of Assam.Apartfromsubstantially At theinaugurationceremony, measure. will be pressedintoaction first. in the leg. She hadidenti- norms, visa conditions and sec- patorybail by the sessions court. river, connecting Guwahati to reducingtraveltime,theropeway Sarma said the ropewaywould Sajid Pore,who runsaprint- We will also take help seismic fied Ajmal Kasab,the only tionsof theEpidemicDiseasesAct. The 12 men arecurrentlyre- NorthGuwahati. According to of- will provide abreathtaking view boostconnectivity between ing press business, wasatwork and acoustic detectors, among terroristwho wascap- Asenior police officer told siding in Mumbai, awaiting ficials,itisoneof thelongestrope- of the mighty Brahmaputraand Guwahati and NorthGuwahati. when the building collapsed. He others, to detect anynoise from tured alive. ENS The Indian Express thatsince no completion of the trial. ways across ariver inIndia. promote tourism in the State.” He tweetedlater saying, “The livedinthe building withhis the debris.” Twocabins —eachwith acar- Senior Assam minister ropewaywas conceivedbyGoA familyofseven. “Myfamilywas District officials said that 25 UTTAR PRADESH rying capacityof30passengers HimantaBiswaSarma,whoinau- asanenablinginfraprojectforad- home. My motherand sister-in- labourers,one gascutter, one BENGALURU PROJECT plusoneoperator—willcoverthe guratedtheropeway, said,“Thisis ditional all-purpose transporta- lawwererescuedintimebut suf- genset, twoJCBs and two 5injuredin entirelength of the ropewayin one of themostadvanced& tion between twobanks of river feredinjuries,”hetold TheIndian dumpershavebeen deployed at clashover Top court asks builders eight minutes. The project was longestriver crossing Aerial Brahmaputra.” Express from Ansarihospital in the site. PUBG to compensate flat NAGA PEACE TALKS Journalist shot Muzaffarnagar:Fivepeo- ple,includingtwowomen, Ravi not in latestround, NSCN-IM dead in UP’s were injuredin aclash be- ownersfor ‘gross delay’ tween twogroups over Ballia district, onlinegamePUBGinUttar terthe receiptofthe occupation Pradesh's Shamli district EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE certificate”. says informaltalks making‘progress’ police suspect on Monday, policesaid. NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 The courtsaid this amount Four people have been ar- “shallbeinaddition to the having metthe NSCN-IM chief, Th Muivah, had forthe first family dispute rested in connectionwith THESUPREMECourt onMonday amountswhichhavebeen paid ESHAROY members. time issuedastatement since the incidentwhichtook askedtwobuildergroups to com- over or credited by the developer NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 Sources in NSCN-IM nowsay the talksfell through lastyear.He place in Hasanpur village pensateflatownersinBengaluru at the rate of Rs 5per squarefoot the ongoing meetings arepro- stated that theNagaflagand EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE of the district under forthe “gross delay” of “twoto permonth” as compensation. SOME “PROGRESS” is being gressing fast and the twoparties constitution were non-nego- LUCKNOW,AUGUST24 Kotwalipolicestationarea, four years” in completing con- The builders have to paythe made in coming to an under- aregivinga“retouchtothe com- tiable and thatthe agreementin- theysaid.Twomen,Aman structionand fornot building amount in one month, “failing standing between the govern- petencies’’ of the agreement. cludedthe idea of unification of A42-YEAR-OLD journalistwork- and Vishal, got into acon- some of the promisedamenities. whichtheyshall carry interestat ment and NSCN-IM in the latest Asource in NSCN-IMsaid: all Naga people, living in areas ing with aHindi news channel frontationwitheachother AbenchofJusticesDY the rate of 9per cent per annum round of informal Naga peace “Afterthe processofinformal across Assam, Arunachal wasshotdead on Monday over the game. Soon their Chandrachud and KMJoseph until payment”. talks, sources in the militant out- talksare over,decisions will be Pradesh and Manipuraswell. evening in Fefna area in Uttar familymembers joinedin asked DLF Southern Homes Pvt. The matter related to aproj- fitsaid. takenatthe political levelinfor- SourcesinIB hadsaid that Pradesh’s Ballia district. and the confrontation Ltd.and Annabel Buildersand ect calledWestend Heightsat These, however, areinformal Nagaland Governor and mal talkswith the government. this stance of theNSCN-IM has Police said Ratan Singh had turned intoaclash in Developers to pay6per cent NewTown, DLF,BTM Extension talks, and official deliberations – interlocutor RNRavi Thereisno settime-frame for the potential to derailthe peace been thrashedbeforehewas whichfirearmsand lathis simple interestper annumto at Begu, Bengaluru. The project with the government –will fol- the resolution this time, but both process, as the Centrehas earlier shotdead inside the premises of were used, CircleOfficer eachofthe morethan150 appel- wasbeingdeveloped in a27.5 lowafter this round. parties arekeen on settling the made it clear that aseparatecon- thevillage head’s residence. JitendraKumarsaid. PTI lants“on the total amountspaid acreareaand wastoconsistof Officials of the Intelligence stalemate. issue, and arelooking at an stitution wasnot acceptable and Police suspect incident oc- towardsthe purchase of the re- 1,980units, spread across 19 Bureauhavebeen engaging with The latestround of informal agreement/solution at the Assam, Arunachal and Manipur curredoveraold disputeinthe WESTBENGAL spective flatswith effect from towers eachconsisting of astilt the NSCN-IM afterrelations be- deliberations beganearlier this earliest.” will notbedivided. family. the date of expiry of thirty-six and18floors. tween RNRavi, the Centre's in- month, and arestillon. The NSCN-IM had hardened But progress has been made Three persons have been de- Driverarrested months from the execution of The project wastostart in terlocutor forthe peace talksand IB sources had earlier con- itsstanceagainstRavioverthe since Muivah's statement wasis- tainedfor questioning. Police are for‘molesting’ the respectiveABAs(Apartment 2009 and be completed in 36 also the Nagaland Governor,and firmedtoThe IndianExpress that lastfew months, and on August sued, sources said. Details of the looking intothe role of Ratan Buyers Agreement) until the months. However, therewere leadersofNSCN-IM souredlast Ravi had come to Delhi but left 14,celebrated by the IM as Naga discussions remain confidential, Singh’s relative Dinesh Singh in passenger dateofthe offerofpossessionaf- severalextensions. year and the talksendedina forNagaland soon afterwithout independence day, the group's theymaintained. the case. Circle Officer,Fefna, Kolkata: The driverofa Chandrakesh Singh said, on ride-hailing service has MONEYSWINDLED IN BIHAR Mondayevening theywerein- beenarrestedforallegedly formedthat aman wasshot molesting awoman pas- In deliveryschemescam, 65-yr-old showngiving birthto13kids in 18 months dead at Khetna villageand his sengerinsouthKolkata on body waslying insidethe prem- Sundaynight, the police institutional deliveries and cious as she wasnot enrolledas tre, gets Rs 600. On August2, daughter. ChandrashekharSingh has now ises of villagehead Seema said on Monday. Sources SANTOSHSINGH moneyreceivedagainsttheir abeneficiaryinany scheme. suchpaymentsweremade to “I got to know about my asked all primaryhealthcare Singh’s residence.Apolice team said the woman had PATNA,AUGUST24 names wasbeing swindled. “Instead of visiting the customer the bankaccountsofthese 18 name being on the listfrom centres to submit payment de- rushedtothe spotand seized the booked thecab from The matter came to light service point, Ivisited the women. Leela. Idid notknowabout such tails of institutional deliveries in body. Behala around 11.30 pm. SIXTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD Leela when an operator of acustomer Mushahariblockcommunity All the accountshad been transfers,” she said. the pasttwo years, said district During preliminaryinquiry, She claimed that theinci- Devi, aresident of Chhoti Kothia service point of StateBank of health centreand learnt that 17 openedbythe Customer Service Muzaffarpur Police have so public relationsofficerKamal policecametoknowthat victim dentoccurredfollowingan villageinBihar’s Muzaffarpur India(SBI) visitedLeela Devi’s women from my villageand an- Point operator Sushil Kumar. farbooked Community Health Singh. lefthomefor some work in the argument over switching district, has six children and her home on August6,saying that other from the adjoining Rahua Sheela Devi (59), also from Centreaccountant Awadhesh Earlier,afour-membercom- evening. onthecar'sAC,saidthepo- youngestson is 21 years old. some amount depositedbythe villagewerelistedasbeneficiar- Chhoti Kothia village, hasbeen Kumar in this connection, who mittee headedbyADM Rajesh “Weare still trying to probe lice.Sheaccusedthedriver However, according to records of government in her account had ies of an institutionaldelivery shown as havinggiven birth to is absconding. Kumar submittedareportonthe whydid victim went to prad- of attempting to clickher the Mushahari blockcommu- been wrongly transferredtoan- scheme,” she said. eight children in the past13 The SBI customer service matter. han’s residence. It is suspected photographs and then nity health centre, shehas given other account. The operator None of these 18 women months in the blockcommunity pointoperator SushilKumar, “It has been found that that victim wasthrashedbefore molesting her.The driver birth to 13 children in the past18 asked her to visitthe customer were pregnant. health centrerecords. The who has notyet been namedin moneywas transferredtothe ac- being shotdead. Villageprad- wasarrestedafter she months. servicepoint to put her thumb Foraninstitutional delivery,a records showthatshe gave birth the case, has notbeenopening count of some organisation. We han’s husband Jhabhar Singh is lodgedaformalcomplaint, She is among 18 women, impression on aform so that the woman gets Rs 1,400and an to twochildren aday apart. In re- the service point sincethe mat- will gettoknowabout all those untraceable," said Singh. said the police. ENS who were enrolledasbenefici- issue can be resolved. ASHA worker,who brings the ality,she has four children and tercame to light. involvedinthe fraud,” said Police said the victim worked aries in ascheme to encourage Leela Devi became suspi- woman to aprimaryhealthcen- the youngestisa17-year-old District Magistrate Kamal Singh. with ahindi news channel.

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SIMPLY PUT QUESTION &ANSWER CORONAVIRUS DASHBOARD CVID-19 VACCINETRACKER Voting during the pandemic

Trump hints vaccine being TheElectionCommission hasreleasedguidelinesfor voting amid Covid-19, effectively rulingout a delayed to sabotage election postponement of the Bihar Assembly elections. Whatdid parties want, andwhathas the EC decided?

US PRESIDENT Donald Trumphas un- “It wouldn’t hurt”, before adding that leashedapolitical storm by suggest- he wasnot pushing foranearly vaccine posing these. The Congress, CPI and CPM are ing that the development of anovel forpolitical reasons, but becausehe RITIKACHOPRA againstlimiting campaigning to the digital coronavirus vaccine wasbeingdelib- wanted to “save alot of lives”. NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 medium.Ithas said door-to-door campaign- eratelydelayedtoensurethatitwas The FDAhas said it would not“cut ing should be permitted, but the size of the notmade available until the US corners” to approveavaccine. Just a LAST WEEK, the Election Commission re- campaign squad should be limited to 10.The wasover, in a dayearlier,Reutershad quoted Peter leasedguidelines forthe conductofelections partyhas also calledfor curbsonfull-page possible attempt to sabotage his re- Marks,director of FDA’s Centrefor during the pandemic. This effectively rules newspaper advertisementsonthe dayof election bid. Biologics Evaluation and Research,as out postponement of Assemblyelections in polling. In atweet on Saturday, saying: “I couldnot stand by Bihar,due this year.Alook at the restrictions While the BJP has supportedvirtual Trumpblamed a“deep and see something that was the EC has imposed on campaigning, and meetings and rallies,ithas also said physical state” within the Food and unsafeorineffective that whyititdecidedagainstdelaying polls: campaigning cannotbedoneawaywith Drug Administration (FDA) wasbeingput through. You since everyvoter cannotaffordamobilede- forthe delay. “The deep have to decidewhereyour Howwidelyhas Covid-19spread in vice.Interestingly,the BJPdoesnot want con- state, or whoever,overatthe redline is, and that’s my red Bihar? victsorundertrial prisoners to campaignvir- FDAismaking it very diffi- line. Iwould indicatetothe Bihar is among the topfivestates in terms tually. That apart, the BJP has suggestedthat cult fordrug companies to getpeople American public that thereissome- of rate of growth of cases, at 4.655 per dayin the additional expenditureonCovid-related in order to test the vaccines and ther- thing wrong.” the lastone month, second onlytoAndhra precautions (masks, sanitisers, PPE kits) apeutics. Obviously, theyare hoping INDIA TRIAL: Phase-2 clinical tri- Pradeshamong states withamajor caseload. should either be exempted or chargedtothe to delaythe answer untilafter als in India of thevaccinebeing devel- In August, Bihar’s caseload has increased party’s account, or the expenditurelimit for November 3rd. Mustfocusonspeed, opedbyOxfordUniversityand from about 54,000to 1.2lakh. Comparethis Voters in Gaya duringthe 2015 Bihar Assemblyelections. Express Archive acandidateshould be increasedtoaccom- and savinglives,” Trumpsaid. AstraZeneca willbegin this week.The to the startofJuly, when thecount wasless modatesuchexpenditure. The Presidential elections are trials arebeing conducted by Pune- than 10,000.Until Monday’s update by the The Congress and RJD suggestedthat slated forNovember 3. basedSerumInstituteofIndia, which MinistryofHealth and FamilyWelfare visitsand allowedonlyfivecars, instead of Although theEChas permitted physical elections in Bihar be conducted through bal- Whilemostexperts believe thata has an agreementwith AstraZeneca (MoHFW),Bihar has had 1.22 lakh cases. 10,inacandidate’s convoy forroadshows. campaigning forcandidates and political par- lotpapers as the chancesofCovid-19spread novelcoronavirus vaccinewas unlikely to manufacture and marketthisvac- Onlytwo people willaccompanyacandidate ties following social distancing norms, it has aregreater if everyone is pressing the same to be ready until next year,Trumphas cine forlow and middle income coun- So, whyhas the EC decidedagainst forfiling hernomination papers. said the maximum number of attendees at a setofbuttons on an EVM. earlier suggestedthat the possibility tries, including India. deferring elections? Notmorethan 1,000 voters, down from rallyoragathering should not“exceedthe that the vaccine could be madeavail- Topofficialsatthe Indian Council The ElectionCommissionhasn’tmade any the current limit of 1,500, can voteatone limit prescribed by StateDisaster Whyare parties opposingdigital able before the Presidential election of MedicalResearch said three to four official statement on the timing of elections. polling station. Temperaturecheckofall vot- Management Authority forpublic gatherings”. campaigning? could notberuledout. Askedwhether trial sites were readytogobegin the Unless the EC says something publiclyother- ers at the pollingstation, and wearingmasks The main argument againstvirtual rallies he thought avaccinewould boosthis testing. The testsare to be conducted wise,itispresumedthat polls will be heldon will be compulsoryonthe dayofvoting. What have the political parties said in and gatherings is that these will disturb the chances of re-election, he had replied, at 14 sites. schedule. According to sources, the “If temperatureisabove the setnorms of their feedbacktoEC? level-playing field and skew it in favour of Commission is convincedthat electionscan MoHFW (MinistryofHealth and Family Fifteen parties respondedtoEC’s call for the resource-richparties that can arrange be held successfullywithproper supervision Welfare) at firstreading, then it will be feedback. Onlyfour parties —LJP,NCP, equipmentfor shooting and telecasting such INDIAACTIVE CASES 710,771 and precautions as countries likeSingapore checkedtwice and if it remains, then the National People’s Party(NPP) and AAP — events. The Congress has alleged that digital and South Koreahavedemonstratedrecently. elector shall be providedwith token/certifi- sought postponement of elections duetothe campaigning could be challengingtomoni- Hence, the EC has releasedguidelinesforelec- cateand will be asked to come forvoting at pandemic. torfor the EC and hence could be usedby 800000 tionsbasedonfeedbackfrompolitical parties. the lasthour of poll. At the lasthour of poll, While the RJD had earlier questionedthe parties to evade the Model Code of Conduct. suchelectors shall be facilitated voting, needtoholdelections duringapandemic, it Mostparties,including the BJP,agree that a 710,771 What precautions have been takenfor strictlyfollowing Covid-19relatedpreven- has notcategoricallyasked the EC to post- push ofcampaigning exclusively in the dig- 668,220 voting during the pandemic? tive measures,” the guidelines state. pone them. And the Congress, whose ital mode would be unreasonable giventhe Mostimportantly, Covid-19 patientsand Patientsunder quarantine will alsobeal- spokesperson Premchand Mishrahas often digital divide in the country. suspected caseswill be allowedtovote—in lowedtovote during the lasthour,while demandedpostponement of polls, has not The EC hasn’t said anything officially on 700000 the “lasthour of the poll day”. Others will strictlyfollowing preventive measures. said so in itsfeedbacktothe EC.The ruling digital campaigning. However, senior officers have to mandatorilywearglovesbeforecast- Aseparateset of guidelines would be is- JD(U) wantsthe stateelections to be held on have told this newspaper that the ing their vote on the EVM, according to the suedfor voters living in areas notifiedas one day(as opposedtomultiple phases)be- Commission will neither acceptthe demand LAST10DAYS newECguidelines forconducting elections “containment zone”. Friday’s guidelines sug- cause of the pandemic. to ban it nor limit campaigning to the virtual Aug14Aug 23 amidstapandemic. gest keeping sufficient number of polling Digital campaigning has turnedout to be mode. In other words, both digital and physi- The EC has cappedthe size of thecam- staffand EVMs in reserveincase anypolling ahot-buttonissue with opposition parties cal campaigning will beallowedinBihar elec- 600000 paign squad to three people fordoor-to-door personnel displays Covid-l9 symptoms. RJD and CPM, as well as NDApartner LJP op- tions —the latter with mandatoryprecautions.

Note: The August23figure in thisgraph is based on government updateonAugust 24

INDIA TOTAL CASES WORLD TOTAL CASES WhyBrahmaputraropeway is special 3,106,348 23,279,446 TheAssam government has inaugurated a1.8-km ropeway acrossthe Source: MinistryofHealth&Family Source:JohnsHopkinsUniversity, Brahmaputrariver,and described it as India’slongest river ropeway. Welfare,updatedat11pmonAugust24 updatedat11pmonAugust23 ABHISHEK SAHA takes stockofthe project and its utility

Whyariver ropeway Doleytold The Indian Express:“Tourists Thousands of people commuteevery can take theropewaytoNorth Guwahati Covid-relateddisorder alters daybetween the capital city of Guwahati and spend quality time that side. Hospitality and the town of NorthGuwahati, whereIIT services will alsodevelop on that side and Guwahati is located.The ropewaycutstravel thusthe ropewayisexpected to be an over- immune systeminkids:study time between the twobanksto8minutes. allboost fortourisminthe city.” The current travel options between the two Connecting Kachari Ghat (Guwahati) to ASMALL numberofchil- raisedlevels of cytokines banksare by ferry(30 minutes or more,de- Dol Govinda Temple on the northern bank, dren withCovid-19 have (molecules associated pending on current and season) or by road the ropewaypassedthe famous Umananda presentedwith an illness with the immune sys- through abridgethat usuallytakes over an temple on asmall island. known as paediatric in- tem) and reducedlevels hour in the traffic. flammatorymultisystem of whitebloodcellscalled “One-way travel on theropeway will Design and fare syndrome (PIMS-TS). The lymphocytes. By the time take say9-10minutes. So in 20 minutes if a Assam ministerHimantaBiswaSarma, rare syndrome causesse- PAPER the children had recov- personcan complete around trip between who inaugurated theropeway, tweeted: vere inflammation in ered,theimmune system Guwahatiand NorthGuwahati, it will be “This is one of the mostadvanced&longest The cable car takesoff on Monday. Twitter/@sarbanandsonwal blood vessels and can changes hadgraduallyre- immenselybeneficial,” said Umananda rivercrossing Aerial Tramwaysystems in lead to heart damage. CLIP turnedtonormal. The re- Doley, CEO of Guwahati Metropolitan India”. The ropewayuses a“twin-track, sin- UK researchers have searchers said the study Development Authority. gle-haul, bi-cable doublereversiblejig back” BRAHMAPUTRA&OTHERROPEWAYS analysed blood samples NEWRESEARCH provides vital evidence system, officials said. from 25 children who forfutureresearch and Tourism potential The ropewaycomprises twocabins— 1.8km 2.5km 4km 2km had PIMS-TS and compared these to will indicatewhat treatmentsmay “Apart from substantiallyreducing travel eachwith acapacity of 30 passengers plus Between Guwahati In Gulmarg, J&K. In Auli in In Darjeeling, West healthychildren. Thestudy,published help patientswith the condition. time, the ropewaywillprovideabreathtak- one operator.The project wasbuilt at acost city and North One of the world’s Uttarakhand, said Bengal, one of the in NatureMedicine,showedthat in the Source: National Institutefor Health ing viewofthe mighty Brahmaputraand of Rs 56 crore. Guwahati town, highest(4,390 m) to thelongestin oldestropeway acutestage of PIMS-TS, children have Research,UK promote tourism in the State,” Chief Ticketshavebeenfixed at Rs 100for a across the river cable-basedlift the country(nota services in India, MinisterSarbananda Sonowaltweeted. round trip, and Rs 60 foraone-way trip. Brahmaputra. services. riverropeway) started 1968). InBengaluruviolence,asmallpartyandawiderpoliticalprobe

regions with alarge Muslim population in National Investigation Agency.Persons Thumbesaid.“Also,theconflictbetweenthe Zameer AhmedKhan, Bengaluru MLA, SDPI wasvisible in the eventsleading to the JOHNSONTA Dakshina Kannada,Mysuruand Bengaluru linked to SDPI arekey accusedinthe 2019 localMLAandafactionwithinhispartymight counter-alleged that it wasBaig who facil- violence,large groups of anti-social ele- BENGALURU,AUGUST24 districts. Until 2013,itwon seats in 21 civic attempt to murder Tanveer Sait,Congress have addedfuel to the situation.” itated the fielding of an SDPI candidateina mentsweremobilised by local politicians constituencies;by 2018 ithadwon121.Since MLAfromNarasimharaja, allegedly to break bypoll in Shivajinagar in 2019,after being to scale up violenceafter theinitial protests. ON AUGUST11, asocial media postbythe 2013,ithas been fielding candidates in his stranglehold. Does the SDPI have linkswith deniedaBJP ticket.“When Baig usedtocon- The policehavearrestedArun Raj, personal nephew of aCongressMLA about the AssemblyandParliamentpolls.In2013,itfin- mainstream political parties? test Shivajinagarconstituencythe SDPI assistant and nephewofformerCongress Prophettriggered violence in the eastern ishedsecond in Mysuru’s Narasimharaja What is itsrole in theAugust11violence? Since the SDPIvies forvotesinthe same neverfieldedacandidate in the region. mayorofBengaluru Sampath Raj, afterfind- partofBengaluru. Three personsdiedinpo- Assemblyseat and thirdInBengaluru’s It wasadelegation ledbyalocal SDPI demographic constituencyasthe Congress, When hedid notcontest thepolls recently ing evidence to suggestthathis mobile lice firing aftermobs attackedthe DJ Halli SarvagnanagarandPulkeshinagar,wherethe leader,MuzammilPasha,anaspirantforaseat it is seen as helping the BJP in communally whydid the SDPI enter the fray,’’ Khan said phone wasusedtomobilise people to at- police station and the home of the Congress August11violence occurredand whichhas in the Bengaluru city council, that firstap- polarisedseatsand regions with astrong on social media. tack thehomeofMLA Murthy. Police are MLA, Akhanda Srinivasa Murthy. Initial in- anearly 49%Muslim vote base. In 2018,the proachedDJHallipoliceto lodgeacomplaint Muslimpresence.Aheadof the2018 polls,the also looking at the roles of ARZakir,a vestigations by Bengalurupolice suggesta SDPIwithdrew itscandidatesfromkey seats againstthe social media post by PNaveen Congressisbelievedto have struckadealwith Howhavepoliceinvestigations Congress councillor opposedtoMurthy, and largerpoliticalconspiracy in thesequence in asign of supportfor the Congress. In Kumar,the MLA’s nephew. Large crowds theSDPIto withdrawcandidatesfromtouch- progressed? the husbands of twoMuslim councillors. of events despitethe role of theSocial Narasimharajaitfinishedthirdwithover20% gathered at the policestation, pelted stones, and-goconstituencies. Since the August11 Policeinvestigationsarelookingatthevi- Kaleem Pasha, husband of councillor Irshad Democratic PartyofIndia (SDPI)atthe sur- votes. In Parliament polls, the SDPI wononly andeventuallyset fire to orsmashedvehicles. violence, therehavebeenallegations and olence from multipleangles: the instigation, Begum, has been arrested.Fractures in the face level. 1% votes in 2014 and over 3% in 2019. TenSDPI men including Muzammil Pasha counter-allegations in the Congress and BJP theroleof theSDPI/PFI,andlocalrivalriesboth Congress alongsupportlinesfor original and Fairoze Pasha, asocial mediaacquain- as to whopromotesthe SDPI. withinandoutsidemainstreamparties. Also Congressmen and entrantsfromJD(S) — What is the SDPI and howwide is its Howoften have SDPI/PFIworkers been tance of the arrested Naveen Kumar,are “The tacit understanding is nowbackfir- under probeare the role of politicians who who arealliedtoformer CM Siddaramaiah influence? linked to incidentsofviolence? among over 300persons arrested. ing on Congress since theylegitimisedsuch have highstakesinthe Bengaluru City —are also being probed. The SDPIwas founded in 2009. Itsstated Their cadrehavebeen accusedinmany The SDPIhas claimedithas been made a organisationsandthesameorganisationsare Council, and the hugefunds available in civic StateCongresspresidentDKShivakumar goal is “advancement and uniform develop- incidentsofmurder and communal violence scapegoat in violence perpetrated by other making inroads intominority-dominated wardsinthe city that has been controlledfor has accusedthe Bengaluru police of target- ment of all the citizenryincludingMuslims, in these regions. Severalmembers of the political forces. “The SDPI vehementlycon- Congress strongholds,” alleged former the last10yearsbyMLA Murthy, earlier in ing Congressmen.Siddaramaiah has alleged Dalits,BackwardClassesandAdivasis”andto group have also been killed in counter-vio- demns the violentincidents.Criminal intent Congress leader Roshan Baig, aseven-term JD(S)andnowinCongress.Dozenshave been that afaction within the BJP is using the vio- “sharepower fairly amongall the citizens”. lence incidentsinvolving membersofright- of Naveenandnegligenceof thepolicearethe MLAwho is nowinBJP. arrested on the basis of their celltower loca- lence to targetBJP Chief MinisterBS ItsmainsupportbaseisinKerala, Karnataka wing groups, in DakshinaKannada region real causes forthe untowardincidents. It is Incidentally, when Baig wasinthe tion in the vicinity of the violence. “Weare Yediyurappa.“BJPisclearly dividedinto 2fac- and Tamil Nadu. The radicaloutfit Popular in particular.Key cases include the murder clearly visible that the BJP has conspired in Congress, he wasaccusedofbeing involved hoping these people will lead us to thereal tions.Onethatiscloserto RSSistryingto take Front of India (PFI) provides cadrefor SDPI’s of an RSS worker,RRudresh, in Bengaluru the violence keeping eyeonthe upcoming withthe SDPI by BJP leaderslikeShobha instigators and planners of the violence,” a advantageofthe KavalByrasandraincident politicalactivities. in 2016;the president of PFI’s Bengaluru unit BBMP civic polls and Assemblyelections,” Karandlaje in the aftermath of the RSS policeofficersaid. to topple BSY’s position,’’ Siddaramaiah said InKarnataka,SDPI’sinfluenceismainlyin Asim Shariffisnamedanaccusedbythe SDPI statepresident Eliyas Mohammed worker’s murder in 2016.Congress leader The probesuggests that although the on social media lastweek.

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THEINDIANEXPRESS,TUESDAY,AUGUST25,2020 ISRAEL 1,000-YR-OLD GOLD COINS UNEARTHED Israeli youths have unearthed hundredsofgoldcoins stashed away in aclayvessel formore than athousand years. Thetreasurewas discovered on August18, the 15 THE WORLD Israel Antiquities Authoritysaid on Monday, by teenagersvolunteering at an excavation in central Israel where anew neighbourhood is planned to be built. TOPOFTHE Top Trump adviser WORLD RepublicansrenominateTrump Kellyanne Conway asCharlotteconventionkicksoff to leave White House Says quittingtospend time with kids UnlikeDemocratic National Convention,Republican eventnot entirelyvirtual Twitterflags US ANNIEKARNI& President’s tweet MAGGIEHABERMAN Brenton Tarrant at the AUGUST24 Christchurch High against using CourtonMonday. AP KELLYANNE CONWAY,US mail drop boxes President Donald Trump’s coun- selor and oneofhis longest-serv- RACE FOR ing and mostvisible aides, said Familiesconfront KATECONGER Sundaynightthat she planned to THE WHITE OAKLAND,AUGUST24 leave theWhiteHousenextweek. mosqueshooter In astatement posted on HOUSE TWITTERHIDoneof USPresident Twitter,Conwaysaid she was atsentencing Donald Trump’s tweets behind a steppingawayfromademand- FAMILIES AND survivors noticewarningusers that the ing jobtospend moretime with had their firstchanceto JILLCOLVIN messageviolatedcompanyrules her four teenagechildren. “This President’smost confront the whitesu- CHARLOTTE,AUGUST24 againstdissuading people from is completely my choice and my premacistwhoslaughtered voting. Trumppostedthe tweet, voice,” she said. “In time,Iwill reliabledefender 51 worshippers in amass THE REPUBLICAN Partyformally whichsaid thatballot drop boxes announce futureplans. Fornow, shooting at twoNew nominated US President Donald were notbeing sanitisedtopre- and formybeloved children, it CONWAY WASTrump’s cam- Zealand as his Trumpfor asecond term in the ventthecoronavirusandcouldbe will be less drama, moremama.” paign managerin2016, and four-daysentencing hear- WhiteHouse in Charlotte usedfor fraud, about five hours Conway, who is still setto has remainedhis adviserfor ing beganMonday. “You Monday,one of the firstactsofa before TwittertookactionSunday. speakatthe Republican National nearly theentireduration of killedyour ownhumanity, GOP convention that has been Trumparrives to address the firstday of the Republican National Convention in Charlotte, Twitter has begunenforcing ConventiononWednesdaynight, his firstterm as president. She and Idon’tthink the world dramaticallyscaleddowntopre- NorthCarolina, on Monday. 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Sundaynight in the Oval Office. an administration notorious horrible crime,” said “Thisisthe mostimportant In May, Twitteraddedfact-check In aWhiteHouse famous for forits highturnover.She has Maysoon Salama, the election in the history of our rival, Joe Biden, who nevertrav- The only way they can cial moment forTrump, whois labels to twoofTrump’stweets. itsfastrevolving door,Conway’s alsobeenone of Trump’s most mother of one of the vic- country,”Trumpsaid in an un- elledtoWisconsin, thestate take this election away trailing in national and battle- “SonowtheDemocratsare us- survivalhas made hersomething ardent and consistent defend- tims of the March 2019 at- scheduledappearance afterthe wherethe Democratic conven- from us is if this is a ground statepollsand under in- ing Mail Drop Boxes, whichare a akinto atenuredofficialin an oth- ers, regularly fielding ques- tacks. The gunman, 29- nominationwas official.“Our tion wassupposedtobeheld. rigged election.” tense pressuretoturn the race voter security disaster. Among erwise uncertain workplace. tions about some policies and year-old Brenton Harrison countrycan go in ahorrible di- Even as he acceptedthe nom- around. Just23% thinkthe coun- other things, theymakeitpossi- Herhusband,George Conway, statementsofthe President Tarrant,pleadedguiltyin rection or in an even greater di- ination, Trumpwas raising ques- DONALD TRUMP tryisheadingintherightdirection, ble foraperson to votemultiple aprominent conservative lawyer that manyother Republicans March to murder,at- rection,” he said. tions about the integrity of the U.S. PRESIDENT while 75% think it’s on the wrong times. Also, who controls them, who has become an outspoken have shiedawayfrombacking. temptedmurder and ter- Trumphas soughttomin- election, againtaking issuewith path, according to anew poll. aretheyplaced in Republican or criticof Trump’s,saidSundaythat She famouslyusedthe term rorism—the firsteverter- imisethetollof thepandemic,but mail-in voting, whichexperts say Manyofthe usual trappings Democrat areas? Theyare not he wasstepping backfromthe “alternativefacts”tocounter rorism conviction in the itsimpactwasevidentasproceed- has proven remarkablysafe. Trumpalsopannedthestate’s of aconvention were present on Covid sanitized. Abig fraud!” anti-Trumpgroup he wasadvis- claims that the WhiteHouse country. AP ingsbeganinCharlotte.Insteadof “Wecaughtthem doing Democratic governor for“being Monday, including signs desig- Trumptweeted Sunday. ing, the Lincoln Project. Conway had liedabout the crowdsize the thousands of people who some reallybad things in 2016... in atotal shutdown mood,” insist- nating eachstate and giftbags Restricting interaction with the said he would also take ahiatus at Trump’s inauguration. were expectedtoconvergeonthis we have to be careful because ing restrictions the statehas in with Republican swag. But chairs tweet,Twittersaid:“Weplaceda from his Twitter account, where cityforaweek-longextravaganza, they’retrying it again,” he said. place to trytoprevent the spread on the ballroom floor were public interestnoticeonthis he regularly criticises Trump. MOZAMBIQUE just336 delegates participated in “Watchitverycarefully.Because of the virus, whichhas killed arranged with lots of space be- Tweetfor violating our Civic In astatement,Kellyanne Claudia Conway, tweetedSunday Officesofmajor aroll-call votefromaCharlotte we have to win.” morethan 175,000people in the tweenthemand convention or- Integrity Policy formaking mis- Conwaysaidsheandherhusband that she, too, wastaking abreak ConventionCenter ballroom. “The onlyway theycan take countryand infected million, ganizerstold participantstowear leading health claims that could “disagree about plenty but we are from social mediaafter attracting oppnewspaper Trumpsaid he had made the thiselectionaway fromusisif this were motivatedbypolitics. masks, thoughadherencetothe potentiallydissuade people from unitedonwhatmattersmost: the nationalattention forcriticising burnedinarson trip in contrasttohis Democratic is ariggedelection,” he later said. The GOP convention is acru- rule wasuneven. AP participation in voting.” NYT kids”. Their oldestdaughter, both of her parents. NYT THE PREMISES of one of Mozambique’sleadingop- Top-level positionnewspapers, the Tests show Putin critic Navalny weekly Canalde delegation in Pak Mozambiqueandthedaily CanalMoz,wereattacked for Afghan peace was poisoned: German doctors with petrol bombsand burned, the newspapers' process talks team of doctors therehad exam- editorMatiasGuentecon- REUTERS inedhim in detail afterhis arrival. firmedMonday. Theoffice BERLIN,AUGUST24 “The clinical findings indicate and itsequipment were SAJJADHUSSAIN poisoning by asubstance from thoroughlyburnedinthe ISLAMABAD,AUGUST24 GERMAN DOCTORS said on the group of active substances fire Sundaynight and a Mondaythatmedical examina- calledcholinesterase inhibitors,” containerofgasoline fuel AHIGH-LEVEL delegation from tions indicated that Russiaoppo- the hospitalsaid in astatement. usedinthe attack was the Taliban’s political office in sition figure AlexeiNavalny, who The specific substance was found at the site, Guente Doha arrivedinPakistan on is in aBerlin hospital aftercol- notyet known, they said.The said.The attackcouldbe Mondaytodiscussthe wayfor- lapsing on aplane in Russia last outcome remains uncertain but linked to areport Canal ward in the Afghan peaceprocess week,had been poisoned. AlexeiNavalny long-term effects, especiallyto printed days earlier about with the Pakistani leadership. Navalny, acriticofRussian the nervous system, could notbe briberyand theeffortsof The delegation comprising President Vladimir Putin, had ruledout, it said. prominent Mozambicans Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar,the been flown to Germanyfor treat- fall ill and that initialtests did Cholinesterase inhibitors to wincontrolof partofthe Garbagetrucks were setablaze near the Kenosha County Courthouse during unrestafter a head of the Afghan Taliban’s polit- ment on Saturday. notshowhewas poisoned,as aredrugs that can increase fuelretailbusiness,saidthe Blackman wasshotmultiple times in the backbypoliceinanincidentcaught on camera icaloffice in Doha,ishereatthe The Kremlin has said it was his aides charged. communication between nerve Center forDemocracyina and widelycirculated. AP invitation of Pakistan’sforeignof- unclear what causedNavalnyto Berlin’sCharitehospitalsaida cells in the brain. statement. AP fice, Geo News reported. PakistanForeign Minister USA SECOND SUCH INCIDENTINTWO DAYS Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Mondaysaid that he would meet 15 killed,75woundedinbomb Stormbecoming with the delegation on Tuesday, strongerasit Police shoot Black man in the back the reportsaid. On Sunday,foreignoffice attacks in southern Philippines headstowardsUS spokespersonZahid Hafeez TROPICAL STORM Laura in Wisconsin city, sparking unrest ChaudhritoldTheExpressTribune: suicide bombingataJolochurch wasstrengtheninginthe “Yes, we have invited theAfghan ENRICODELACRUZ killedmorethan 20 people and Caribbean and poisedto 29-yr-old in serious condition; curfew declaredafterprotests Talibandelegationto visitPakistan MANILA,AUGUST24 woundedover100. accelerateintoahurricane to discuss the wayforward in the The militarysaid the firstblast by Tuesdaywhile Tropical Avideo circulating on social building would be closeddue to Afghan peace process”. TWIN BLASTS including asui- happened around noon on Storm Marco weakened REUTERS media showedBlakewalkingto- damagefromthe unrest. The Afghan Taliban cide bombing killed15people Monday, when ahomemade sooner than expected, AUGUST24 ward thedriver’s side of agray Wisconsin Governor Evers, a spokesperson also confirmed and wounded75othersona bomb in amotorcycle wastrig- sparing the US Gulf Coast SUVfollowedbytwo officerswith Democrat, issuedastatement thatadelegation ledbyMullah restivesouthern Philippineis- geredclose to twoparkedarmy from twosimultaneous POLICE SHOTaBlack man in the their guns drawnathis back. noting that Blakehad been shot Baradar would be visiting land on Monday, among them trucks,killingsoldiersandcivilians. hurricanes, as had been backmultiple times in Kenosha, Sevengunshotsounds can be in the backin“broad daylight” Islamabad and other capitalsto security forces and civilians, with As police and armysurveyed forecast.Thechangedfore- Wisconsin, as his three sons heardasBlake,whoappearsto be and urgedall to stand against discuss the Afghan peace efforts. Islamistmilitantssuspected of At the site of one of the the scene, asuicide bomber tried castboughtalittlemore watchedonSunday, his family’s unarmed,opens the cardoor. “excessive use of forceand im- This will be the second visit being behind the attack. explosions in the town of to breachacordon and deto- time forresidentsalong lawyer said, sparking anight of Crowds gathered at the mediateescalationwhen engag- of Mullah Baradar to Pakistanin The bombs went offwithin Jolo, Suluprovince, in nated her device, killing herself Louisiana’s coasttopre- unrest duringwhichprotesters scene, setfires andthrew bricks ing with BlackWisconsinites”. the last10months. an hour of eachotherinthe main southern Philippines. AP and severalothers. pareforwhatcouldstillbe hurledfirebombs anddrawing and Molotovcocktails at police, The shooting comes justtwo The visit of the Afghan dele- town on Jolo island, astronghold In total, eight members of the dangerous winds and condemnationfromthegovernor. prompting authorities to impose days afterTrayford Pellerin, a31- gationcomes as preparations of Abu Sayyaf, an IslamicState- security forces, six civilians and floodingwhenLaura isex- The victim, 29-year-oldJacob acurfewthrough early Monday year-old Blackman,was fatally arebeingmade to kickstart the linked group that hasintensified claim of responsibility forwhat the bomberwerekilledand 27 pected to makelandfall Blake, wastaken to ahospital in morning. Kenosha County an- shotbypolice in Lafayette, next phase of Afghan peace itscampaign in recent years us- wasthe biggestattackofits kind security personnel and 48 civil- Wednesday. REUTERS serious condition afterthe nouncedonTwitter that its Louisiana, triggeringtwo consec- process, whichare the intra- ing suicide bombers. in the southern Philippines since ians were woundedinthe at- shooting lateSundayafternoon. courthouse and administration utive days of protestsinthe city. Afghan talks. PTI Therewas no immediate January2019, whenadouble tacksonJolo. REUTERS WHO cautious on Covid BERLINALETOGOAHEAD IN FEBRUARY 2021 DESPITE COVID CONCERNS plasma treatment as US BerlinFilm Festival to make acting prizesgender neutral issues emergency approval

those prizes will be replaced moviemakingbureaucracy. tivalmanagement within the authorisedits use afterPresident AP&REUTERS with aSilverBear forBest Commenting on the decision coming weeks,” organisers said. JOHNMILLER Donald Trumpblamed the BERLIN,AUGUST24 Leading Performance and a to hold aphysical event next The 2021 festival is sched- AUGUST24 agency forimpeding theroll-out SilverBearfor BestSupporting year,despiteuncertainties due uledfor Feb. 11-21. This year’s of vaccines and therapeutics for THE ORGANISERS of the Berlin Performance. to the coronaviruspandemic, the festivalwas one of the lastmajor THE WORLDHealthOrganisation political reasons. International Film Festival say In astatement, the co-heads twodirectors stressedthe need eventsthat took place before the on Monday wascautious about The techniqueinvolvestak- theywillstopawardingseparate of the festival, Mariette fora“lively relationship with the coronavirus pandemic largely endorsingthe use of recovered ing antibody-richplasma from acting prizes to women and men Rissenbeek and Carlo Chatrian, audience.” shut down public lifein Covid-19patients’ plasmato treat patientswho have recovered beginningnextyear. said “notseparating the awards “In times of the corona pan- Germany. thosewhoareill,sayingevidence from Covid-19and giving it to Berlinale organisers said in the acting field according to demic, it has become even The Berlin Film Festival, one it worksremains “lowquality” those who aresuffering from se- Mondaythe performance gender comprises asignalfor a clearer that we still requireana- of the industry’s biggestevents even as the US issuedemergency vere active infections in hopes awards will be definedinagen- moregender-sensitive aware- logue experiencespaces in the in Europe, normallydraws authorisation forsuchtherapies. theywillrecovermorequickly. der-neutralway at next year’s ness in the film industry.” cultural realm,”theysaid, noting 480,000filmmakers, movie stars So-calledconvalescent Soumya Swaminathan, festival, forwhichaphysical At thesame time,the Alfred that other festivals have also re- and fans intothe cinemas of the plasma, which haslongbeen WHO chief scientist, said onlya event is planned. Bauer Prize, whichisnamed af- sumedholding physical rather German capital. used to treat diseases, has fewclinical trials of convalescent The festival awards aGolden terthe festival’s founding direc- than virtual events. Cannes,the world’s biggest emergedasthe latestpolitical plasma have producedresults, Bear forthe best film and aseries tor, will be permanentlyretired. This year’sfestivalwas oneofthe lastmajor eventsthat took “Adjustmentsinthe festival cinema showcase, usuallyheld flashpoint in the race to find and the evidence, at leastsofar, of SilverBears, whichuntil this The prize wassuspendedthis place before the coronavirus pandemiclargely shut down structure, the film programming in Mayonthe French Riviera, therapiesfor Covid-19. has notbeen convincing enough year includedbestactor and best year due to revelations about public lifeinGermany. AP and the total number of invited wasabandonedthis year due to The US Food and Drugs to endorse it beyond use as an actresshonors. Organiserssaid Bauer’s role in the Nazis’ films will be definedbythe fes- the coronavirus pandemic. Administration(FDA) on Sunday experimental therapy. REUTERS

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Internationalmarketdata till 1900IST AFTER RISING BY `3.24 LAKH CRORE Govtmay ask passengersflying out of Covid-ledrushforcashslows:Currency Indiatoget Covid-19 test before flight “Ifyouarecarrying280 ances and Travellers) Regulation PRANAVMUKUL passengersina (Cap. 599H) to prohibitlanding of NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 wide-bodiedplane,andsix passenger flightsoperatedbyAir Indiafor twoweeks from August withpublicfallsforfirsttimeinfivemonths THE CENTRE is planning to ask oreightofthemturnoutto 18 to 31 inHongKong".According outbound flyers from India on in- bepositive...let’sgeta to anews report, Hong Kong offi- Currency in circulation refers to currency withpublicwill come ternationalflightstohaveaCovid- realisticperspectiveonthe cials had raised concerns over the SANDEEPSINGH POSTRISINGTREND,DIPINJULY31FORTNIGHT the cash or currency within a downfurther,”saidDKPant,chief 19 test done prior to theirflight. figure.Manyofthepeople reliability of testsinIndia. NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 countrythatisphysicallyusedto economist, India Ratings. This comes in the aftermath of areasymptomatic.” “If youare carrying 280 pas- ■ CurrencywithPublic conduct transactions between He further said that transac- Hong Kong government banning sengers in awide-bodiedplane, THE SUDDEN rush forcash by Fortnightended consumers and businesses. tions on NPCI’s UnifiedPayments Air India flightstillAugust31after HARDEEP SINGH PURI and six or eight of them turn out 25,80,271 public —whichstarted alongside 25,76,289 Economists saythatthe trend Interface (UPI) have startedgoing 11 people testedpositive forcoro- to be positive ... let’s getarealistic 25,71,573 CIVIL AVIATION MINISTER 25,62,967 theCovid-19pandemicandantic- 25,44,406 is in linewiththe economyturn- up andpeople arealready mov- navirusonarrivalthere fromDelhi. perspective onthefigure.Manyof ipation of lockdown announce- 25,12,850 ing intoacasheconomy during ing away from cash following the Inanapparentreferenceto the India on international flightsbut thepeopleareasymptomatic.We mentinMarch,andkept onpiling 24,74,031 the lockdown phase and then as openingupofe-commerce. Hong Kong government's move, has providedanexemptionfor cango astepfurtherandinsistthey

eachfortnight—witnesseditsfirst 24,24,823 things graduallystarted to move In fact, in May, June and July, Civil Aviation MinisterHardeep thoseproducinganegative certifi- have atestdonepriorto embarka- fall,infivemonths,inthefortnight 23,91,299 towardsnormalcy,the cash with the total value of transactions SinghPurisaid:"Isawinoneplace cateofanRT-PCRtestconducted tion,” Puri said, while speaking at

endedJuly31. Thedipincurrency 23,41,851 public startedtogodown. donethroughUPIamountedto Rs thatanumberof peoplewere fou- within96hoursof theirflight'sde- The Indian Express Idea Exchange withpublic came in line with the “In the initialphaseof lockdo- 7,707.6billion, whichwas 24 per nd positive and that countryor parture. Similarly,oninbound event on Monday. relaxation in lockdown restric- wn, as e-commercetransactions cent higher than alltransactions that city wanting to suspendflig- flights,onlythe crew that has Indiabannedallscheduledin- 5 3 8 0 17 31 19 tions and large number ofbusi- 27 were notpermitted and people done through the interbank im- hts. Look,weourselvesare of that tested negative forCovid-19isal- ternationalpassengerflightson 22 24 r1 Jul Jun Jul Jul 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 nessesandtransactionsreturning May reliedonneighbourhood stores, mediate paymentservice(IMPS). opinion. When Iheardthis, Itold lowedtooperateflightstoIndia. March23, and has since operated Ap Jun Apr Mar May to normalcy. All figures in `crore Source: RBI whichoperate mostly on cash, The RBI expectsthat this be- civilaviationsecretarythatwe are In response to aquerybyThe repatriationflightsunder the As per ReserveBank of India peoplewere withdrawinghigher haviour is likelytocontinue as insistingfortheRT-PCRtestcertifi- Indian Express,Hong Kong's Vande Bharat Missioninaddition (RBI) data, currency with public amount of cash. Also, since peo- people optfor more precaution- catefrompeoplecomingin,Iwou- Department of Health had said: to therecentlyannouncedairbub- roseby Rs3,24,500crorebetween portant to note that the pace of tween March,April and May, the ple wanted to avoid exposureto arysavings. In itsJulymonthly ld encouragethat even forpeople "As aflight operated by Air India bleswithcountriesliketheUS,the February28, 2020 (Rs22.55 lakh cashaccumulationsloweddown pace of accumulation declined to virus,theywithdrew bigamounts bulletin, it said, “Lookingfurther going out of India ... we will insist (AI314)arriving Hong Kong from UK,Canada,Germany, Franceand crore)andJuly17, 2020,andhitan in June and July, as the Centre re- an averageofRs16,000 crorein at one go to meet their monthly ahead in 2020-21, theCovid-19 that theyhaveatestdoneprior to IndiaonAugust14 had11 passen- the . “Weweremuch all time high of Rs 25.8 lakh crore laxed thelockdown restrictions. June and July. needs and that ledtorise in cur- pandemic is also expected to in- embarkation.Andwe willdothat". gers confirmedtohaveinfected aheadof theothercountriesintak- on July17. It fell by Rs 3,982 crore Whilethe averagemonthly As per the RBIdefinition, cur- rency with public. With supply ducebehaviouralchangessuchas, Currently, Indiahasmandated withCovid-19,theDepartmentof ing those steps (of restricting in- inthefortnightendedJuly31, and riseincurrencywithpublic stood rency with publicisarrived at af- chainimprovingande-commerce increase in internet-basedtrans- aseven-day institutional quaran- Health thus invokedthe Preven- ternationalflights)andthatiswhat thecurrency with publicfell to Rs atanaverageofaroundRs95,000 terdeducting cash with banks becomingoperational,relianceon actions vis-à-vis cash and card- tine and aseven-dayhome quar- tionandControlof Disease(Regul- helpedincontaining the number 25.76lakhcrore.Itis,however, im- croreinthe three months be- fromtotalcurrencyincirculation. cash has reducedand gradually basedtransactions”. antineforpassengersarrivinginto ation of Cross-boundaryConvey- of cases,” Puri said. Axis Bank lowers planned Kerala Assembly passes resolution against stake purchase in Max Thiruvananthapuram airport lease out Life Insurance; to buy 17% tionto theprivate biddersincethe SHAJUPHILIP The resolution wanted airportisbeingprivatiseddespite 18 per cent stakeinthe insurance THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, the management and the protest from the state. ENSECONOMICBUREAU firm. “Wewould liketoinform AUGUST24 The Congress-ledOpposition MUMBAI,AUGUST24 youthatfollowing recentdevel- operation of the airport backedthe resolution,but ques- opments, Axis Bank nowpro- THEKERALALegislativeAssembly to be handedovertoa tionedthe government seeking AXISBANKonMondaysaidithas posesto acquire17.002percentof on Monday unanimouslypassed consultancy from alaw firm, in reducedthe size of thestake it the equity sharecapital of Max aresolution urgingthe Union special purpose vehicle whichAdani familyhas stake. plansto buyinMaxLifeInsurance Life, resulting in total ownership Government to revoke the deci- Opposition leader Ramesh to 17 per centfrom29per cent. of 18.0 per cent postthe transac- sion to lease out airporttoAdani Enterprises. Chennithalasaidthestategovern- The bank had originallyplanned tion,” the banksaid in astock ex- Thiruvananthapuram interna- Consideringthecommoninterest ment’sdealwithCyrilAmarchand to raise itsstake in the insurer to changefiling. tionalairportto AdaniEnterprises. of the stateand opinion of the Mangaldas,which has Gautam 30 per cent forabout Rs 1,590 “Thepartieshave executedthe The resolution, movedby stategovernment, the Union Adani’s daughter-in-lawParidhi crore.Thestakereductionplanfol- definitive agreements. Axis Bank Chief MinisterPinarayiVijayan, Government should withdraw as apartner,isdubious. “There lows reportsthatthedealraninto andMaxLifewillshortlyapproach wantedthemanagementandop- the decision,” it stated. wasnotenderprocess to select aregulatoryroadblockovercer- the respectiveregulatoryauthor- erationof theairportto behanded Vijayansaidhis government the consultant. The government MASK UP BEFORE TAKE OFF tain clausesinthe agreement. ities,withrevisedapplicationsfor over to aspecial purpose vehicle, hasalreadyinformedPrimeMini- has betrayed the people. But the Axis Bank already holds their consideration and approval. in whichthe stategovernment ster NarendraModi on August19 Oppositionissupporting the res- One of Cargolux’s Boeing 747freighter aircraftdonning aface-maskliveryonits nose door.The around 1per centinMax Life The transaction is subject to reg- would have astake.“Thereisno thatthestatewouldnot beinapo- olution againsthanding over the Luxembourg-basedoperator is one of thelargest all-cargo airlines in Europe. Source: Twitter Insurance.Thebankwillnowown ulatoryapprovals,”the filing said. justification forhandingoverthe sition to offerrequired coopera- airporttoAdani Group,”hesaid. Future Retail makes interest payment PNB MD &CEO: 5-6% of credit book ‘Adani Group in talks to buy of $14 mn on USD Notes, avoids default may be eligible for restructuring out GVK in Mumbai airport’ The spokesperson of both videoconference.Exactdetailson PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA Adani and GVKrefusedtocom- ENSECONOMICBUREAU In itsletterdated July22, FutureRetail had ENSECONOMICBUREAU ED Need board restructuring shouldbeclearby NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 ment. Adani Group had in March MUMBAI,AUGUST24 NEWDELHI,AUGUST24 September afterguidelines from 2019 agreedtoacquire13.5 per informedaboutthe grace period of 30 days for approved PLAIN E an expert committee ledbyfor- THEADANI Group is in talksto cent stakeofSouth African com- ● FUTURE RETAIL, which wasin making payment of interestonthe USD Notes. On PUNJAB NATIONAL Bank (PNB) EX policies mer banker KV Kamath arean- buyoutGVKandsomeof itspart- pany, Bidvestfor Rs 1,248crore. talkswith Reliance Industries for Monday, itsshares fell 6.62% to `114.25 on the BSE plansto raisecapitallaterthisyear nounced by the RBI, he said. ners in the Mumbaiairportasit However, GVKGroupblockedthe atakeoverdeal, has avertedade- to strengthen itsbalancesheet, WHILE RESTRUCTURING Raosaid PNB doesnot plan to aims to become the country’s deal claiming the right of firstre- fault on payment of intereston andexpectsnearly 5-6percentof of corporateloans will be approachthe Centrefor capital biggestprivate airportoperator. fusal. But GVKcouldn’t bring Senior Secured Notes2025 (USD companysaidinastock exchange Lifestyle, FutureSupplyChain itsloan book to be eligiblefor re- basedonthe KV Kamath support, rather it intends to raise Adani Group is in talkstoacquire moneytothe table to buy Bid notes).TheKishoreBiyanifirmon filing.InitsletterdatedJuly 22,the Solutionsand FutureRetail — structuringunderanew one-time panel’s guidelines, banks funds from the market.The bank a50.5per cent stakeheld by GVK Services Division Mauritius’ Mondaypaid$14million(around companyhadinformedaboutthe were proposedtobemergedinto windowopenedbythe RBI. will put in place their hasshareholders’approvalto raise GroupinMumbai International (Bidvest) stakeand the matter Rs 100crore)tothe holdersofthe grace period of 30 days formak- FutureEnterprises Ltd. It also expects the RBI to not board-approvedpolicies Rs 14,000 crore, comprising Rs Airport (MIAL)and another 23.5 went to court. USD Noteswithinthe 30-day ing payment of interestonthe Rating agency Icrahad esti- extend the moratorium on terms to deal with stressed 7,000croreoftheequity,fromthe per cent of minority partners, With GVKGroup’s finances grace period. USD Notes. On Monday,Future mated the total debt of Future loansbeyondAugust31, evenasit loans to individuals. market.“...We areconfidentof go- Airports CompanySouth Africa under strain, it has nowcome “Today, we arepleasedtoin- Retail shares fell 6.62 per centto Group’s listedcompaniesatRs is open to making restructuring ing to the market withrespect to (ACSA), and BidvestGroup, two around to theideaofsellingthe formthatthecompanyhasmade Rs 114.25onthe BSE. 12,778 croreasofSeptember last availableforindividualborrowers tier-IIand tier-Ibondsduring Q2 sources in the knowsaid. staketoAdani Group, theysaid. the paymentofsaid interestfor The debt-laden group is cur- year.Thecompanyhassincefaced facing reduction in incomes. under therestructuring profile,” and Q3, whileweare looking at thehalf yearendedforanamount rentlyworking on asaledeal. widespread closuresamidthe “Roughlyabout5-6percentof SSMallikarjunaRao,MDandCEO, the end of Q3 or during Q4 for of $14milliononUSD Notes,” the ThreeFuturegroupfirms—Future coronavirus-induced lockdown. our credit book maybeeligible PNB told reporters through a QIP,” he said. BRIEFLY BBB to interview four SBI TikTok, saying it Rupeespurts managing directors for had ‘no choice,’ 52paise sues Trump over Chairman post on Aug 28 threatened US ban Mumbai: The rupee soared 52 paise Monday to close at working outthe modalities of re- NewYork: Saying it had “no an over five-month high of GEORGEMATHEW tail and small loan restructuring. choice,”TikTok MondaysuedUS 74.32 againstthe US dollar. MUMBAI,AUGUST24 ApartfromSharma,otherme- President Donald Trumpoverhis mbers of the BBB include former executive order banningtransac- THE BANKSBoard Bureau(BBB), DFS SecretaryDebasish Panda, tions in theUSwith the app. BRUHATBENGALURU MAHANAGARA PALIKE Office of the Executive Engineer (Electrical), BBMP, ‘Govtshouldbe thebodytaskedwiththeselection DPESecretaryShriSailesh,former In ablog post, TikTok said it Mahadevapura Zone, Old Madras Road, lesslitigious’ of chiefsofpublic sector banks RBI DeputyGovernor NS Vishw- strongly disagreed with the posi- K.R. Pura, Bengaluru-560036 andinsurancecompanies,willin- anathan,formerCreditSuissevice tion that the companywas ana- No.: EE(Ele)/MZ/TN-01/2020-21 Date: 24.08.2020 NewDelhi: Bharti Airtel terviewthe four managing direc- chairmanand MD Vedika tionalsecuritythreat,sayingithad ( ) Chairman SunilMittalhas tors (MDs) of StateBank India Bhandarkar,formerSBIMDPanja “takenextraordinarymeasuresto invitation for tender ift said the government should (SBI) to select the bank’s new Pradeep Kumar and former Crisil protecttheprivacyandsecurityof (Short Term Tender Notification) -TWO COVER TENDER be less litigious with thein- Chairman on August28. MD Pradip Shah. Thepersonse- TikTok’s US user data. REUTERS (Through GOK e-Procurement Portal Only) The Executive Engineer (Electrical) invites Item Rate tenders dustry. “Myownstandisthat Ashwani Bhatia, who took lected by the BBB willhavetobe once theyloseaparticular charge asoneoftheMDsof SBIon approved by the Appointments from eligible tenderers for the works details in the table given caseataparticularlevel,they Mondayand threeexisting MDs Committee of the Cabinet(ACC). below.The Tenders may submit tenders for any or all of the should notbenecessarily —DineshKhara,ArijitBasuandCS Bhatia,whotookcharge asthe works given in the table in appropriate class registered in forcedto orcompelledto take Setty —will be attending the vir- fourth MD of SBI Monday, would Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike /CPWD /KPWD / it...tothe lastpoint.” PTI tual interview. Thetenureofthe be responsible forthe IT and Railways /MES /any State or Central Govt. organization. Approx. value currentChairmanRajnishKumar StressedAssets ResolutionGroup Sl. EMD Name of the Work of work willendonOctober7. Kumarwas (SARG)inhisnewrole.Priorto his No. (in Rs.) MFIscheme appointed foraperiod of three appointment, he wasMDand (Rs. in Lakh) years from October 7. CEOofSBI FundsManagement. Improvements and Providing fromNabard Street Light MS Pole, UG Incidentally, Basu’s tenureas The newchairman will have Cables, Panel box and NewDelhi: National Bank for MDof SBIwillalsoendinOctober. to tackle the menace of non-per- 1 other allied Electrical Works 100.00 2,00,000/- Agriculture andRural Devel- TheBBBwillbeconductinginter- formingassets(NPAs)astheecon- at Puruvankar Apartment opment (Nabard) has launc- views foranew MD at alater omyisincontraction due to the Road and Pipeline Road, hedadedicated debt and stage.WhiletheBureau—headed Covid pandemic. The gross NPAs Kyalasanahalli of Ward No. 25. credit guarantee product, for by BhanuPratapSharma, former were at 5.44percentofadvances Calendar of events: (1) Availability of RFP documents: easycreditinruralareas. ENS Secretary, Departmentof Person- (Rs1,29,661 crore)asof June2020. 27.08.2020 onwards. (2) Last Date for submission of nel&Training—willmeetthefour As on June 30, the state- tender documents: on or before 03.09.2020 at 4:00 p.m. MDs, it is still notclearwhether ownedlender has adepositbase (3) Technical Bids will be opened on the website: https:// Vehicledocument the Centrewillgiveanextension of overRs.34lakhcrorewithCASA eproc.karnataka.gov.in in the office of the Executive validityextended to Kumar.Speculation is rifethat ratioof morethan45percentand Engineer (Electrical)Mahadevapura Division on 04.09.2020 hemightbeconsideredforanex- advances of nearly Rs 24 lakh at 4:30 p.m. Further details may be obtained from the NewDelhi:TheCentrehasex- tension as the bank will be busy crore. The largest bankinthe above office during office hours or website https://eproc. tendedvalidity of manyex- tackling the Covid-related stress country, SBIcommandsnearly 34 karnataka.gov.in. piring motorvehicledocu- inthebankingsector.Asthemora- per cent market shareinhome Sd/- Executive Engineer (Ele.), Mahadevapura Zone, BBMP mentstillDecember 31. PTI torium on loan repaymentswill loansandnearly 33 percentinthe ‘‘Pay Development Charges, Help to Develop Bengaluru’’ end on August31, SBI is now auto loans segment.

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EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Bayern Munichwins theone that matters to Neuer’s legworkproves to be priceless asset AUGUST24 humble cash-richPSG’s superstarensemble RAIN, BADlightand resolute batting slit open atinyray of hope forPakistantodrawthe fi- SANDIPG nal Test match. On aday wherein only56 ASSOCIATEDPRESS overs were possible, Pakistanprogressedto LISBON,AUGUST24 BAYERN MUNICHskipper Manuel Neuer is 100for the loss of their openers. Theytrail by ahighlyevolved goalkeeping specimen 210runs, but with morerainforecastonthe KINGSLEY COMAN headedBayern Munich known as the “possession keeper”, forhe final day, theyare in with afighting chance to to asixth European Cup title, scoring combines the role of ashot-stopper, sweeper avertadefeat. againstboyhood clubParisSaint-Germain and libero. Notonlydoes he thwartstrikes, Like on thethirdday,Englandwerekept to seal a1-0 victoryinthe firstChampions but also circulates the ball and launches at- waiting forwickets, by acombinationof Leaguefinal to be playedwithout fans. tacks. He'll also stride out, makeneat tackles stodgy batting, waywardbowlingand arare While Bayern wonits firstfinalsince and feed defenders with accuratepasses, as Jos Buttler blemish. Abid Ali and Shan 2013 on Sunday,PSG has yettoliftthe partofthe pressing game sweeping over Masood batted tenaciously tosee offthe new European Cup despite morethan USD 1bil- Germany.The Bayern press actually begins ballwithout anydamagefor the firsttimein lion being spent on players in nineyears. PSG has invested over abillion dollars with Neuer, who has the foot skills to deal the series, despiteencouraging conditions Morethan USD 500million wasspent in nine yearsonplayers, including with defensive problems before they forthe seamers. Their fight forsurvival was on Neymar,KylianMbappe andAngel Di Neymar,but thetrophyremains emerge,freeing up field players to press op- abettedbythe butteryfingers of the England Maria but PSG looked farfromformidable beyond their reach. Reuters ponentsdeep intotheir ownhalf. fielders. Masood would have been dismissed or threatening againstthe Bavarian giants So multi-facetedishethat besides trust- in the thirdoverwhen James Anderson in- who felt moreassuredonEuropean club ing him with free-kicks and penalties, his ducedahealthynick, but wicketkeeper football's biggeststage. Milan(seven) and Real Madrid(13). It was Germanymanager Joachim Loewreckons he Buttler misjudged the lateswerveofthe ball As the costlyfront threewerefrustrated the firstfinaltoend 1-0 sinceReal Madrid can playinthe midfield. The versatility Manuel Neuer denies Kylian Mbappe from close range. AP and could notevenget aglove to it. in front of goal, it wasinstead awinger who beat Juventus in 1998 whichwas alsothe meanshis fundamental shot-stoppingskills Anderson—pursingthe twowicketshe wasborninParisand startedhis career at last final to featureteams who qualifiedas go slightlyunder-appreciated.But in Bayern’s needs forhis 600inTests—shrugged his PSG who inflicted the blow. The 24-year- domestic champions. But the singing PSG triumph overPSG, his acrobatics, anticipa- hands aloftlikeabusy trafficpoliceman. It’s defendersthe wrongway,hereagoalkeeper shoulder in dismay.Itwas thefourth catch old Coman ghostedinatthe farpost contingent around the directors' boxwas tion and aggression brought the spotlight one of those frames that look better in a wassending thestriker the wrongway.It’s spilledofhis bowling in the spaceof37balls. uncheckedbythe PSGdefense and was silencedinastadiumthat waslargely backonhis core skill as shot-stopper. photograph than on television.It’sthe ulti- partofthe reason some strikers freeze at the Anderson, though, did notstoptrying. He ready to meet across from Joshua Kimmich emptydue to coronavirus restrictions. mateexpression of the 21st-centurygoal- sightofNeuer. He mightnot beas physically dealt Ali apainful blowonhis lefthand that in the 59th minute. And when the final whistle blew, GYMNAST’SLEGSAVE keeper’s expandedrole in the flowofplay. imposing as some of the legendarygoal- required treatment. But the pair hungonby It wasBayern's 43rd goal of aperfect Neymar wasintears, embracedbyBayern keepers,but hisreputation is enoughtopsy- the skin of their teeth. Joe Root shuffledhis European campaign that has seen Bayern rivalDavid Alaba. PSG's footballing super- In the 70th minute of the match, Angel SIGNATUREMOVE chethem out. bowlers around, but both Chris Woakes and become the firstteam to win all 11 stars were subduedatafinal whichlacked Di Mariaslid aneedle-eye pass through to JofraArcher were dealtassuredly by the Champions League matches. the usual pre-matchentertainment from Marquinhos. He ranontothe near postand It’s apatentedNeuermove. He divesone MOREGROUND,BETTERREACH Pakistanopeners. Then, as had been the re- “When youwin atitle like this with pop stars. NotthatPSG lacked chances to blasted ashotbetween the postand Neuer. way, but his leg movesinthe oppositedirec- curring themeofthe summer,Broad pro- brothers on the pitch,” Kimmichsaid, take thelead at afinal that should have The German goalkeeper flung to hisleft, to tion. He makes it look likeamicro-second Difficult though it is to masterthe move, vided thebreakthrough in hissecond spell, “that's the maximum youcan ask for.” been playedinIstanbul in May, rather than the intendeddirection of the ball,onlythat adjustment, upon realising thatthe ball is it empowers goalkeepers to covermore when he had Masood trappedleg before, It cappedanincredible transformation thePortuguese capital in lateAugustwhen theshotwas miscued and hence trickledto heading the other way, as if he hasachieved ground and equip them with abetterreach. shouldering arms. this season under Hansi Flick, who seasons usuallybegin notend. the right of Neuer.But the latter,far from yogic flexibilityofhis body,but in reality it’s As such,the 6feet4inches Neuerhas ex- Thereafter, Azhar Aliand Abid continued emergedfromthe shadows in November, Neymar did sparkthe move thatsaw being flustered, stuckout his right leg to the apractised, nuanced act. The keytothe traordinaryreach. Once astriker is awareof to wear down the attackwith ablend of with apromotion to the topcoachingjob Herrera and Di Maria combine but the oppositedirection of his body,and scram- move is hiseyes, whichare so fixedonthe this skill, reluctance creeps, he’s confused calmness and grittiness and sparkedhopes of withBayern fourth in the Bundesliga. Argentine could onlystrikeover. And an in- bledthe ball away with his shin. Similarly, ball that he could gaugeevenits minutest and this fleeting deliberation is all it requires arescue act, their endeavour further assisted The seasonisnow over -- three months terchangebetween Herrera andMbappe be- he had preventedNeymar from scoring in deviance in the air.And his body is supple forthe defenders to congest him. It’s espe- by rain thatrobbed nearly three hours of the later than planneddue to thecoronavirus fore halftime endedwith aweak shot from the 18th minutefromjust10yards.The enough to makeawkward contortions --it cially effective against the ground-trimming day. Abidfaced162 deliveries andwentwith- pandemic pauseinplay--with Bayern tre- the Frenchforward.Perhapsthe only sur- tricksterthat Neymar is, he looked to shoot keeps an immaculatebalanceduring the snap-shot, thus encouraging attackers to out scoringaboundaryfor 35 overs.But then, ble winnersjustasitwas in 2013. prise wasthat therewas no 56th goal of the towardsNeuer’s right, but chose to place the complicated movement. Sometimes,he launch moreair-borne strikesatNeuer.But an old-ball armedAnderson returnedtore- The European Cup joins the Bundesliga season by Bayern forwardRobert ball to his left. But forthe intervention of does it deliberately, to fool thestriker. He then the accuracy is compromised, and move Abidand move to 599.The 600th, trophy -- wonfor an eighth successive sea- Lewandowski. Foronce hisscoring contri- Neuer’s extendedleft-leg, it wasgoal-bound. flings one way, theadversaryshoots the Neuer is terrific in dealing with airystrikes, though, wasfor another day. son -- and the German Cup. Bayern joins butionwasnot neededasthis seasonlikeno As he makes his landing on the ground, other way. But some partofNeuerisalready unless theyare guillotinedfromthe boots of BRIEFSCORES: England583/8 dcld vs deposed champion Liverpool as six-time other endedwith a21stsuccessive win for his body is spread-eagledsymmetrically theretoblockthe ball. Cristiano Ronaldo, who alwaysrelies on Pakistan273 &100/2 in56ovs (Abid Ali42, champions of Europe, only behind AC Bayern as partofa30-game unbeaten run. likeagymnast, his eyes fixedonthe ball, Talk of strikers sending goalkeepers and powerthanplacement againstNeuer. Azhar Ali batting 29; James Anderson 1/18).

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