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ASTRAZENECA ADMITS TO ‘ERROR’ Oxfordvaccine viable even at 60-70% efficacy: Serum Institute

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THE ASTRAZENECA-OXFORD vaccinecandidate, even at the Indiatrial lowest efficacy of 60-70per cent, is aviable one againstthe novel resultsnotin coronavirus, the Serum Institute Protesting farmers at the Punjab-Haryana border,inShambhu, Patiala, on Thursday. HarmeetSodhi of (SII) said on Thursday. THE EFFICACYresultsof SII has partnered with the AstraZeneca were based Cracks widen in TMC University of Oxfordand on trials being con- ‘DELHI CHALO’ AGAINST FARM LAWS AstraZeneca forthe manufacture ducted in theUnited and distribution of the vaccine Kingdomand Brazil. It afterminister Suvendu candidate. does notinclude the tri- "Eventhough the lowest ef- als of the same vaccine Farmerscrossbarricades,water Adhikari quits key office ficacy resultsare at 60-70%, it is a being conductedbythe viablevaccine againstthe virus. Serum InstituteinIndia. That said, variedage groupswith The resultsofthe Indian different dosage forms will re- trials areexpected to ATRIMITRA sult in slightvariations and effi- come out in December. jets;Tomar,Rajnathoffertalks &SWEETYKUMARI cacy.Wemustbepatient and not KOLKATA,NOVEMBER26 panic," SII said in astatement. Suvendu The statement —acoupleof announcedonMondayfromon- Protesters take over roadstoDelhi; Amarinder, Khattar sparonTwitter RUMBLINGS WITHIN the ruling Adhikari days before PM NarendraModi going trials in the UK and Brazil, TMC in West Bengalcame to the is scheduledtovisit the company the vaccine showedastriking againstthe three newcentral president YogendraYadavwas fore Thursdaywhen minister —comes amid an acknowledg- difference in efficacy,depending SUKHBIRSIWACH, farm laws were camping forthe detainedatBilaspurvillagein BUSINESSASUSUAL Suvendu Adhikariresignedas ment on Wednesdayby on the amount delivered. Areg- RAAKHIJAGGA night on the highways. Gurgaon while leading agroup chairman of the HooghlyRiver AstraZeneca of akey errorinthe imen of twofull doses givena &HARIKISHANSHARMA Alarge group of farmers, of protesters on the Delhi-Jaipur BY UNNY BridgeCommissioners (HRBC), dosagereceivedbysome of the monthapartwas 62 percent ef- CHANDIGARH,LUDHIANA, mainlyfromHaryana, were at highway. and party MP KalyanBanerjee BOOKGOVERNOR study participantsofits Covid- fective while participantswho NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER26 Panipat toll plaza,some 65 km As theyconvergeonDelhi wasnamedtothe postwith im- DHANKHARFOR 19 vaccinecandidateAZD1222 receivedhalf adose of the vac- from the Delhi border on the from multiple directions, the mediateeffect. OBSTRUCTING (namedCovishield in India). cine in the firstround andthen AS THOUSANDS of farmers from Delhi-Ambala highway;another farmers areprepared forthe long Ministerfor transport, irriga- PROBE:TMC PAGE 3 According to partial results CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Haryana and Punjabtook over group of mainlyfarmers from haul. Their tractor trolleys are tion and waterresources, nationaland statehighways lead- Punjab wascamping at Karnal, laden with rationsand bedding. Adhikari has been distancing ingtoDelhi on Thursday,Union 100kmfromthe Delhi border on Theyare alsoontrucks,buses, himself from the TMC forseveral he mayleave theTMC forBJP EXPLAINED Ministers NarendraSingh Tomar the same highway. andjeeps; manyare marching months now, organising pro- ahead of theAssemblyelections and RajnathSinghappealedfor Athird, smaller group was CONTINUEDONPAGE2 grammes without the party ban- in West Bengal next year. calm and invited them fortalks. moving on the Delhi-Sirsa high- ner.Posters of ‘AmraDadar Adhikari wasnot available for SIMPLY PUT Afterbraving watercannon way, and had reachedHansi in Anugami’ (Weare the followers comment Thursday, but aclose TAKEAWAYSFROM and lathis, and casting aside bar- Hisar district, some 115kmfrom MOREREPORTS of Dada) have been put up by his aide, who is also aTMC leader, OXFORDERROR ricades, protesters on the march the Delhi border.SwarajIndia PAGE 10 supporters at severalplaces, and said, “It (his resignation from PAGE 12 there’s intense speculationthat CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Tech relianceduring Covidhas Foreign Secy Police cars, campaign crunched, meets Nepal PM led to new inequality, says CJI as Delhi moves acandidate steps out of J&K cold to repair ties Unfair criticism of Constitutional bodies: JusticeRamana Two Armymen

court, spokeofthe “unfounded SHUBHAJITROY killed in J&K DIPANKARGHOSE CJI spokeat criticism” that Constitutional in- NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER26 NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER26 an event stitutions were facing and said firing,hunt to mark the onlyanswer wastowork IN THE firsthigh-leveldiplo- CHIEFJUSTICE of India SABobde Constitution hardtofulfill Constitutional duty. matic visit to Nepalsince the on for gunmen said Thursday that the“pan- Day “Thereisatrend of unfair and slide in ties afterthe boundary demic has been the biggest chal- unfoundedcriticism againstour rowthis summer,Foreign lengeindelivering unhampered Constitutional institutions. Such SecretaryHarsh Vardhan BASHAARATMASOOD justice to thecommon man”, Courttocommemorate criticism destroysthe public Shringla reachedKathmandu SRINAGAR,NOVEMBER26 and urgedthe governmentto Constitution Daythat wasat- trust, whichharms the founda- Thursday andmet the country’s Cong bids farewell look forsolutions fora“newkind tendedbyPresident RamNath tion of democracy.The onlyan- leaders including PrimeMinister TWOSOLDIERS of the Army's to Ahmed Patel, of inequality” that has emerged Kovind and LawMinisterRavi swer forthis criticism is to work KPSharma Oli. ChoudharyMohammad YaseenPoswal, an independent QuickReaction Team suc- Tarun Gogoi from justice becoming “technol- Shankar Prasad. hardtofulfill our Constitutional Sources said candidate,campaigns in Tral. Shuaib Masoodi cumbed to bulletinjuries ogy dependent”. In his welcome address, duty.Nothing should deterus,” that Foreign Thursdayafternoon aftertwo PAGE 6 The CJI wasspeaking at an Justice NVRamana, the second Justice Ramana said. Secretary’s dis- militantsopenedindiscriminate event organisedbythe Supreme mostsenior judgeinthe apex CONTINUEDONPAGE2 cussions with rity personnel and chaperoned fire at aconvoy deployedonthe Oli —theyhad a NAVEEDIQBAL to their constituencies. road at ZainakoteinSrinagar's EXPRESS NETWORK one-on-one ARIPAL(PULWAMA), This is the firststepinthe suburbs, less than 2kmfromthe meeting, apart NOVEMBER26 Centralgovernment'sbidto restart headquarters of the counter- MONEYLAUNDERING Need tighter supervision before Harsh from the delega- the political process in the newly insurgency Kilo Force. Vardhan tion-leveltalks AT 10 AM, Choudhary createdUnionTerritorywithelec- J&K Police sources told The PROBE:COX&KINGS Shringla —includeda Mohammad Yaseen Poswal tions to 280 constituencies —140 Indian Express that ajoint search PROMOTERHELD corporates run banks, say experts “candid review emergesfromthe security blan- eachinKashmir andJammu — operation has been launchedto PAGE 11 of the stateof ket over theEDI building starting November 28. But nab the gunmen who were banking. But theyexpressed the bilateral relationship”, and in Pamporeonthe out- on the ground, thereare armedwith automatic WORLD GEORGEMATHEW, THE IDEAS PAGE concerns over supervision of the potentialfor bringing India skirts of Srinagar.Acan- noposters,nopartyflags, weapons,wearing combat fa- SUNNYVERMA& related-party lending, especially and Nepal closer.Oli, Indian didateinthe firstever and very little talk about tiguesand travelling in aMaruti SANDEEPSINGH ACAPITALMISTAKE deals that hide behindcomplex sources said, conveyedNepal’s District Development the polls. carinthe high-security zone. MUMBAI,NEWDELHI, BY SHANKAR ACHARYA, companystructures or were desire to build on the momen- Council elections in The onlysign of an Police suspect that the attack- NOVEMBER26 VIJAY KELKAR structured through lending to tum in the bilateral Jammu and Kashmir, election aresecurity ve- ers were Pakistani terrorists &ARVIND SUBRAMANIAN suppliers of promoters and their relationship and enhance the Poswal is the onlycivil- DECISION hicles passing by. from the Jaish-e-Mohammad NEARLY27YEARS afterthe PAGE 9 group companies. levelofengagement. ian in the mini-convoy 2020 Moving swiftly, they (JeM). ReserveBank of India allowed Oneofthe experts,Chandra Sources said the special rela- of twovehicles with J&K take 44-year-old “Terrorists firedindiscrimi- private promoters to setup tenexperts consulted by the Shekhar Ghosh, who is the MD tions between India and Nepal, armedpolicemen. DISTRICT, Poswal,anindependent natelyattheQuickReactionTeam banksin1993, it is still adivided RBI's Internal Working Group and CEO of Bandhan Bank,said, and the importance of “respect- With twodays to go LOCAL POLLS candidate, to Aripal of Indian ArmyinAbanShah TRUMP PARDONS house over lettingcorporates whichlastweek favoured entry “Thereisaneedfor morebanks ing eachother’s sensitivities” forthe firstphase, and tehsil in the Tral area of Chowk, HMT,Khushipora, FORMER NSA run banks. of business houses,said compa- forgrowth in the financial sec- were notedduring the meeting. criticismfromthe mainstream Pulwama, about 70 km south. Srinagartodayafternoon.Twosol- MICHAEL FLYNN Across-section of stakehold- nies canbring in much-needed tor. Maybethereare notthat Both sides felt that “we PAGD alliance of being kept Offthe main road, is an open diers were criticallyinjured and PAGE 14 ers contacted by The Indian capital, business experienceand manypeople other than the should focus on the positivesof away from the electorate, the field of boulders, afterwhichthe were evacuated to the nearest Express,including three of the managerial competence into CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 candidates areflanked by secu- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CONTINUEDONPAGE2

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government trustedusdue to our ises,” he says. PARTHASARATHI experience and goodwill." On average, Greenfield Agro BISWAS Gorhe's primaryconcern was managed to deliverthree-four PUNE,NOVEMBER26 ensuring the safetyofdelivery tonnesof essentialslikefruits,veg- boys,drivers, etcgoing to etables, pulses daily. THECOVID-19lockdowncouldn't doorsteps at atime when Covid Realisingthatdailywageearn- have comeatamoreinopportune wasnew andMumbaianditssub- ers likenewspaper delivery boys time forAmol Gorhe, who wasin formany. urbsamongtheworst-hit.Masks, were out of work,Gorhe, whose the middle of expanding his Everyyear since 2016, The sanitisersand gloves became a ordershadshot up,decidedtohire GreenfieldAgro Limitedbusiness. Indian Express has been marking partand parcel of Greenfield them.“Wetrainedthemandnow Eventually, Gorheprovedthebest the 26/11terrorattacks on AGreenfieldteam in Navi Mumbaiduring thelockdown. Express Agro's delivery SOP,along with theyare getting callsfromother man at the worsttime, as he kept Mumbai with stories of strength packedwaterbottlesandtiffinsto players needing them." his business of delivering fresh andapubliceventshowcasingthe ensuretheemployeesdidn'thave The40-year-oldisgratefulthat suppliesfromNashikfields to spiritof thesurvivors.Thisyear,the Greenfield Agro in 2012.“As a would mostlyleave foroverseas “As the next step, we were plan- Then came the lockdown in to stop foranything on the way. notasinglepersoninhisteamcon- doorsteps in Thane and Navi ones who mostpowerfullyepito- third-party auditor forexport markets,” he says. ning an app-basedservice which end-March.“As the supply chain “Our people would go right tracted theinfection. He is also Mumbai running through those misethatspiritarethecoronawar- houses,Irealisedthatscientifically Gorhe foundsuccessearly, would allowconsumers to pre- foressentials stoppedabruptly, intobuildings wheretherewere grateful forthe lesson the experi- days —not justhelpingmanypre- riors, women and men at the grownand healthyvegetables building adependable value order,whichwould help farmers firms likeours were asked by the suspected cases.Therewerein- encetaughthim,hesays."Re-look vent unnecessaryCovid risks, but frontlines againstCovid-19. were noteasilyavailableto ourdo- chain, and abusiness with annual grow their produce accordingly,” stategovernmenttostepin. The stances of societies notdisclosing atthewayweliveandconcentrate also averting job and other losses Nashik-basedGorhe started mestic consumers.Suchproduce earnings of aroundRs70lakh. he says. challengeswere immensebutthe theyhad patientsontheir prem- on what Icall the essentials”. Kolkata WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 2 THE SECOND PAGE THEINDIANEXPRESS,FRIDAY,NOVEMBER27,2020

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J&K candidate uled. Even earlier,MLAswould quatefacilitiesfortreatmentof dy- to endall ties with this Trinamool comebefore theelectionandthen ingmenandwomen,deadbodies Congress. Ihope my long-time mobile networkdisappears. neverlook back,”saysEhsan notreceiving burial forfear of in- friends and well-wishers will for- Anotherkilometre-and-a-half up- Ahmed. Farmers cross barricades, water jets fection, inadequatehospitalbeds give me,” he said. hill, is Bangidar village in Satoora, Withpoliticalbacking,Ganaie and unaffordable costs of treat- Atwo-term MLAfromCooch ready forameeting under ablack is basedatahotelinSrinagar.But on foot as well. stop the protesters.Police have the protesters. FoodandPublicDistributionon ment,” he said. Behar Dakshin,Goswami re- tarpaulin sheettiedtoatree. as Poswal's campaign winds up, Intheafternoon,Agriculture takenover90farmerleaders Non-BJPleaders in both Thursdaysaid paddy procure- “Hearing matters through signedfromallpartyposts,accus- With his 19-year-oldson aftercoveringseven meetings in MinisterTomarsentconciliatory intopreventive custodyoverthe Haryana and Punjab have ex- mentduringtheongoingkharif video conferencinghas givenrise ingpollstrategistPrashantKishor's Younisrunningthecampaign,this different areas, he is takenbackto signals to the protesters, telling lasttwo days. tendedtheir support to the agi- marketingseasonwascontinu- to anew kind of inequality.Itwas I-PAC of interference.OnceaTMC is Poswal's firstvisit to the con- theEDIcomplex.It's5pm,andthe somereportersthatthegovern- The situation wasvolatile tating farmers. DelhiChief ing“smoothly”. difficult to anticipatethis and it is stronghold,CoochBeharwentthe stituency since he filedhis nomi- gatesclose behind him. ment wasready to talk about across Haryana's Fatehabad, MinisterArvind Kejriwal said “Paddy procurement for extremelydifficult to deal with it BJPwayinthelastLokSabhaelec- nationonNovember18.Andwith “issues and resolve differences” Jind, Panipat, Sonipat, Rohtak, peacefulprotestwastheir“con- Kharif 2020-21 is continuing because we arecaught in abind. tions. snowfalling, the residents--all Armymen killed with them. and Ambala districts. Police stitutional right”, and criticised smoothlyintheprocuringStates That inequality arose because ac- from the Gujjar community that medical facility. However, they “I want to appealtoour were pelted withstones at sev- Haryana and the Centrefor us- &UTs of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar cess to justice has become tech- Foreign Secy Poswal represents--jostle under succumbed to their injuries,” farmer brothers to notagitate,” eral places. Therewerereports ing forceonthem.Asthe farm- Pradesh, Telangana, nology dependent.Ithas become the wide-ranging relationship,” thetarpaulinsheetandtaketurns DefencespokespersonColRajesh Tomar said. “I am surethat our of clashes between police and ers reachDelhi on Friday, the Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, difficultforthosewhodonothave the sources said. to raiseissues.“Evenafteryearsof Kaliasaid. dialogue will have apositive re- protesters in Ambala, Jind, largest numbersareexpectedto Chandigarh,Jammu&Kashmir, accessto technologytogainaccess “Bothsidesshared their per- electingleaders,we arewaitingfor J&K Police said the soldiers sult.” Fatehabad, and Karnal. trytoenter the capital at the Kerala,Gujarat,AndhraPradesh, to justice,” he said, while appeal- spectivesonboundarymatters basic facilities likeroad and elec- whodiedwerefromtheTerritorial In the evening, Rajnath Government and private vehi- Kundli border. Odisha and Maharashtrawith ing to Prasad, who is also IT and discussed ways to take it for- tricity.Wehaveseenadifficultlife, Armyand identified them as Singh said he wasthe son of a cles were damaged in Jind and HaryanaPoliceonThursday purchase of over307.03 LMTs Minister, to comeupwith arem- ward undertheappropriatebilat- shouldourchildrenfacethesame SepoyRatan (163 Battalion) and farmerhimself, andthat the Ambalaasfarmersclashedwith eveningadvisedpeopleto avoid (lakh metrictonnes) of paddy edy. eral mechanisms,” sources said. future?” asksavoter. SepoyDeshmukh(101 Battalion). government couldnot “betray” police at the Shambhu barrier. the pointsofentryintoDelhi upto 25.11.2020 againstthe last AttorneyGeneral of India KK TheNepalForeignMinistry, in ForanAssemblyorParliament TheKashmirValley, especially farmers. Neither the statement by from Haryana on NH 10 (Hisar- yearcorrespondingpurchaseof Venugopal said further innova- astatement,said “Theyalso dis- election,the Gujjar community Srinagar cityand itsoutskirts,has “I appeal to them that end Tomar in Delhi nor various at- Rohtak-Delhi) and NH 44 259.41 LMT showing an in- tions to hearings by videoconfer- cussedtheboundarymattersand voteisrelatively small. However, seen at leastfivesuch“shootand your protests,Iinvitethem for tempts by the government in (Ambala-Panipat-Delhi). DGP crease of 18.35%overlastyear,” encing, suchaslivestreaming, exchanged views on completing theDDCelectionsprovidetheop- run” attacks this year on police, discussions,” Singh said at the Haryanasucceededinpacifying Manoj Yadava warnedthe gen- theMinistrysaidinastatement. could be implemented.“Ican en- theboundaryworkintheremain- portunityto electmorerepresen- paramilitaryandArmypersonnel: HT Leadership Summit. “I am the agitated farmers. In the af- eral public of inconvenienceon “Out of the total purchase of vision one day, with the Law ing segments.” tatives. ■ On October 5, militants the Defence Minister, but as the ternoon,farmers'organisations the roadstoDelhi, especiallyon 307.03 LMT, Punjab alone has Ministerbeingpresent,heisalsoin Beforemeeting Oli, Shringla Poswal'spromiseistheimple- killedtwo CRPF personnel and son of afarmer, as afarmer,I turnedtheirbacksonscheduled the stretches between Panipat contributed 202.53 LMTwhich charge of telecommunications, metNepal ForeignMinister mentationof theForestRightsAct, woundedthree othersinthe want to invite them. Iamready talkswith Chief Minister and Karnal, Karnal and is65.96%oftotalprocurement,” whereevery single subordinate Pradeep Kumar Gyawali. In that 2006 that aimstoempowerno- group near Kandizal on the to talk to them. We cannotbe- Manohar Lal Khattar. Kurukshetra, and Kurukshetra it said. courtinthis country, everyHigh meeting, it is learnt that Shringla madic communities,suchasthe Srinagar-Jammu highway. tray thefarmers.” “The Chief Ministerhad in- and Ambala. FoodMinistrydataaccessed Court, will have videoconferenc- conveyedaninvitationfrom Gujjars and Bakerwals, by grant- ■OnAugust30,militantsfired Both Tomarand Singh vited leaders of the farmers “Our field unitstriedtopre- by TheIndianExpressshowthat ing, video streaming,” he said. External Affairs MinisterS ingrightstohabitatandlivelihood. onaJ-KPolice'sSpecialOperations soughttopersuade farmers unions fortalks. Theyhad vent farmers coming from about 202 LMT of paddy had Prasad hit outatcriticism of Jaishankarto GyawalitovisitIndia Buthisvoters'expectationsarefar Group(SOG)duringarifle-snatch- that the newlawswouldbene- agreed,butsomehooliganspre- Punjab from entering Haryana been procured in Punjab over the judiciarythat “goes beyond forthe next round of the Joint lower--withinsight is alog of ing bid. In the gunfight that fol- fitthem,and thatapprehen- vailedupon the others,and the in arestrainedmanner... Butthe thelasttwo monthsof thekharif propriety” and terms suchas“ju- Commission Meeting. wood that serves as abridgebe- lowed,threemilitantsandapolice sions of the endofthe mini- unions did notcomefor the farmers notonlydamaged the procurement season, from dicialbarbarism”. At themeeting,allfacetsof the tween twosides of the village. personnel were killed. mumsupportprice (MSP) talks,” Haryana Home Minister police barricades, but pro- September 26 up to “Of late,Iseealot of criticismof bilateral relationship were dis- Formostresidents, getting a ■OnAugust17, militantsfired regime and the mandisystem Anil Vijsaid. He said district ad- ceededbyremoving all the Wednesday. thejudiciary.Indianjudiciaryfrom cussed, theIndianembassy in permanent bridgeisamorereal- on ajoint securityteam at Kreeri were unfounded. ministrations were continuing blockades and obstructions. This is 20 per cent higher dayone has always welcomed Kathmandu said. isticand urgent need.Onthe pe- villageinnorth Kashmir,killing Throughtheday, multi-layer to trytonegotiatewiththefarm- Police did notuse force, but the thanthetarget of 168.66LMTfor criticism. Whynot?Therehave Shringlaalso handedover ripheryofthe group, Hafeeza twoCRPF personneland apolice- barricadescomprisingironbar- ers' unions to avertdisruptions farmers triedtodisturb lawand the current season, and higher been very recurrent criticism of 2,000 vialsofRemdesivir to standsnexttohertwoyoungchil- man. Three militantsand two riers, giant blocks of concrete, and prevent large crowds from order by throwing stones at po- thanthe 161LMT of paddy pro- collegium and appointmentof Gyawali on behalf of Indiaas con- dren.“Ilive infearthatoneof these Armymen were killedinthe gun- and concertina wireput up at gathering in the middle of the lice at manyplaces,” the DGP cured in the corresponding pe- judges, on whichsome of us also tinuingassistanceforCovid-19pa- days oneof thechildrenmightslip fight that followed. various places on multiple na- Covid-19pandemic. said. riodlastyear. shareour views.But that is adif- tients. and fall on the riverbed.Evenif ■ On August14, militants tional and statehighways by As thefarmers continuedto The Centre has invited the ProcurementinHaryanahas ferent partwhile givingdue re- Following his meeting with thereisnowaterinit,theywillnot killedtwo policemenatNowgam Haryana Police could notstop breakpolicebarricades,Khattar farmers forasecond round of beenlower. Sincethebeginning spectto theseinstitutions,”hesaid. counterpartBharat RajPaudyal, survive,” she says.Standing Srinagar on the Srinagar-Jammu the farmers on their “Delhi enteredintoawarof wordswith minister-leveldiscussions on of the procurement on “But of late, Isee a...disturbing Shringlasaid,“Wehadaverypro- nearby, Abdul Ganisays, “The highway. Chalomarch to forcethe Centre his Punjab counterpart Capt December3.Anearlierroundof September 26, about 55 lakh trend.Thetrendisthatsomepeo- ductive anduseful exchange, we stream is dryfor twomonths a ■ On June 14,aCRPF officer to scrapthethreefarmlaws,and Amarinder Singh. Both leaders talksbetween thegovernment tonnes of paddyhad been pro- plehave aviewonaparticularcase went through averylarge num- year and we have losttwo people waskilledand twopersonnel in- obtain alegal guarantee of con- postedaseriesoftweetsagainst andfarmunionrepresentatives cured in Haryana until to be filed, or that if it has been berofissues of bilateral coopera- in it, including my sister.” jured in asimilar attackat tinuation of the MSP system. eachother,withAmarinderask- on November 13 had remained November 25,whichislower filed, that ajudgment should tion.Itshows themultifacetedand Abridgealso means hope. “If Panthachowk on the outskirts of HaryanaPoliceusedteargas ing Khattar nottouse forceon inconclusive. than the 63 lakh tonnes pro- come. Thereare narrativesinthe comprehensive natureofour co- thereisabridge,thenaroadmight Srinagar city. and watercannon, and carried the farmers, and the Haryana Amid the protests, the cured in the corresponding pe- newspapers,thereare campaigns operation.” follow, aschool,ahospitalandper- out cane charges, but failedto CM accusing him of instigating MinistryofConsumer Affairs, riodof2019. onsocialmediaasto whatkindof “Webothagreedonvarious hapsabetterlife,”says Gani.Right Supervision judgmentshouldcome.Andif the stepsto advancesomeareasof the now, theclosestschoolandhospi- corporateswhichcanstartabank. judgment is notinaccordwith cooperation…verygoodprogress talare about 2kmdownhill. In our country, forfinancial inclu- that, then thereisfurther sweep- on commitmentsmade by the “Whenawoman is about to de- sionandto reachmorepeople,you ‘Oxfordvaccine viable even at 60-70% efficacy’ ingcriticism.Iwouldsay, if theju- leadership and looking at some liver, or an elderneeds urgent at- needmorebanks. In that sense, diciaryhas to be independent, otherinitiativesthat couldhap- tention, theyhavetobecarriedto private entities,corporateornon- thefulldoseamonthlaterwere Whilescientistsandexperts thing on their ownand as early theygive--whether by design judges have to be leftcompletely pen,” he said. the hospital,” says Fareeda, an- corporate, both can togethergeta found to be 90 per centless sayavaccine withefficacy of 60 as possible link up withalarge or accident, Idon't care.Would freeto decidetheircasesin accor- On hisfirstvisit to Nepalas other resident. licence.” likelytodevelop Covid-19.The percentandabove isgood,they vaccine company. Oxford one getanequal or better re- dance with law…statementslike ForeignSecretary, Shringla is Mostofthe men work as Whenaskedif hefavouredthe averageefficacywas pegged have,however, raisedconcerns startedtoworkwith sponse then?"DrJameel told judicial barbarism is totally unac- meeting leaders across the politi- labourers. In acrowd of phirans entryofcorporatesintothebank- around 70 per cent. over the company'scommuni- AstraZeneca and this errorin . ceptable,regardlessof the stature cal spectrum —hemet delega- and caps, Poswal stands out in his ingsector,AbizerDiwanji,Partner, But on Wednesday, accord- cation strategy. dosing mayhavehappenedin Calling the resultsa"bless- of thosethatmentionthesethings tions of Nepali Congress and brownsuit and chequered scarf. EY India, said, “Yes… subject to fit ing to reports,AstraZeneca ad- When contacted,Drthatswitch from doing early ingindisguise",hesaid,"Thead- about our judiciary,”hesaid. Madhes leaders.Healso met As he startsspeaking, the po- and proper and connectedexpo- mittedthatthehalf dosewasan GagandeepKang,virologistand phase studiesthemselvesand vantageisthat if half or quarter PresidentBidyaDeviBhandari.He licemenspreadout around the sure norms.” The amendment of errorsince some of the vials did professor of Christian Medical thelatertrialswithAstraZeneca. dose givesabetterresponse, Cracks widen returns from Kathmandu on group,theirgunspointingstraight. the Banking Regulation Actwill nothavethe right vaccine con- College,Vellore, said,"Youneed Thiswouldneedto beinformed then therewould be twice as HRBC)canbetreatedasthestartof Friday. “RecentlyinPahalgam, homes of “strengthen controls”, he said. centration. In itsstatement, SII to beabsolutelystraightupfront to theregulators andinthe trial manyvaccinedosesto vaccinate his exit from the TMC.” The visit is being seen as are- theforestdwellerslikeyouandme Diwanji wasalso one of the ex- said therewerenoconcerns andtransparent.We have learnt registry." people.That is abig plus. Many Adhikari’sfatherandTMCMP ciprocal gesturefollowing Oli’s were destroyed.Afterthat,thead- perts consulted by the RBI work- about the trialinIndia. that the lowdose in the Oxford However, noneofthis is any scientificdiscoverieshavehap- Sisir Adhikari said he heardonTV August15reachoutvia aphone ministrationissuedanorderto im- ing group. "The Indian trials arerun- study with higher efficacy was reason to dismiss the vaccine, penedserendipitously,”hesaid. thathissonhadresignedfromthe call to PrimeMinisterNarendra plementtheForestRightsAct.Iam Accordingto Ghosh,regulators ningsmoothlywithstrictadher- an accident. To firstsay that low shesaid. "This is notavaccine OnSaturday, PrimeMinister HRBC.HesaidiftheChief Minister Modi. While NewDelhiisnot hopeful that by March 2021, this willhave to introducefreshrestric- encetoall thenecessary dose gives90per cent efficacy thatshould be put in the dust- Narendra Modiisset to visit thinks KalyanBanerjeeisamore changingitsstanceonthebound- will be implemented throughout tions,different types of supervi- processes and protocols. So far, and latersay that the dose was bin just becauseof60per cent Serum InstituteofIndia "toun- appropriatecandidatefor the aryissue, Shringla’s visitisaimed J&K,” says Poswal. sorysystemsto addresstheques- thereare noconcerns.However, anerrorcreatesdoubtaboutthe efficacy.Itisagood vaccine that derstand the process of vaccine chairman’spost,thenit’supto her at bringing the relationship back Thelivesofthecommunity,he tionsbeingraised.“Youcannotsay we aregoingthroughthe data process that is unnecessary.” hasexceededtheWHOandFDA production and distribution". and“I have no commentonthat”. ontrack,sixmonthsafterthemap says,are closelytiedtothe forests these groups of peoplecannot that is availableand willmakea Saying she"trustedthe re- benchmarks.Thereisalot more Officialssaid the PM would Asenior TMC member said, issue affected bilateralties. theyinhabit and theyshould not come. Many of these peopleare further statement, if needed," searchers at Oxford", Kangsaid, datatocomeand we will learn reacharound1pmand depart “TheAdhikari familyalwaysde- India’sinauguration of anew be forcefullyremovedfromtheir verygood.Intermsof governance the statement said. "Usually when the researchers morewhenitdoes," she said. around 2.30 pm. The PM visit cidesasafamily. So,if Suvendude- road from Dharchula to Lipulekh “rightfulplace”.“Manyofthem also, there aregoodinstitutions,” Phase 3trials areunderway atOxfordworkonvaccines,they VirologistDrShahid Jameel willbefollowedbyavisitby am- cidestoquittheparty,thenitisin- on the Mansarovar Yatraroute in stillusefirewoodintheirkitchens, he said. across17 sitesinthecountryand go all the waythrough Phase 1 said he wasintriguedbythe re- bassadorsand High evitable that his father and two Mayangered the Oli government so theyneedtogotothe forests The IWGhas proposed dataonthe Indian trialsshould and sometimes through Phase sults. "As ascientist, Iamnow Commissioners from around brothers will alsoleave.Wehave whichcame out with anew map and collect firewood. Theyhave amendment to the Banking be out in amonthorso, SII CEO 2ofthe trial on their own. Iun- thinking what sortofresponse 100countries, Pune Divisional to see what happens next.” of Nepal,addingto itanareaof 370 livestockthat needs pastures. It is Regulations Acttotighten the su- AdarPoonawallahadearliertold derstand that in this case, they would one getifthe firstdose Commissioner Saurabh Rao Meanwhile, CoochBehar sq km at the tri-junction of Nepal, inhuman to remove them from pervisorysystembeforeallowing The Indian Express. were advisedtonot do every- wasevensmaller –half of what said. DakshinMLAMihirGoswamihas India and China (Tibet)which this setting,” he says. corporateentryintothe sector. also leftthe TMC. India maintains is itsterritory. At Bandigar,asingleelectricity FormerReserve Bank “On October 3rdafter an- AConstitution amendment line runs through the villageof Governor Raghuram Rajan and President of CII. said aformer RBI official. historyof suchconnectedlending “notionof justiceimpliesaccessto nouncingmy resignationfromall Bill waspassedbyNepal’s parlia- about 200households, most of Deputy Governor ViralAcharya AformerRBIDeputyGovernor Prior to nationalisation, the is invariablydisastrous –how can justice.”“Improvingaccessto jus- organisational responsibilities of ment to legitimize thealteration whichdonot ownagas cylinder. hadcriticisedtheworkinggroup’s who did notwish to be named sectorwasorganisedintheprivate thebankmakegoodloanswhenit ticefor all is aworkin theTrinamoolCongress,Ihadalso to the country’s map with the ad- Forits residents, the biggestrea- proposal. Former Governors YV said the reasons behind barring sector.Itwasopenedupagainpost is ownedbythe borrower? Even progress...And on this count, Iam saidthatIcanalsoresignfromthe dition of Kalapani, Lipulekh and son to vote is that the candidateis Reddy,DSubbaraoandseveralRBI corporateentrysofar were obvi- liberalisation with the firstround anindependentcommittedregu- pleasedthat thehigher judiciary postofMLA if the party supremo Limpiyadhura.Thepassageofthe one of them. officers--bothservingandformer ous.“Thesedays theRBIisworking of licensing of private banksin lator, with all the information in has been making availableits instructs. It has already been two Billandthenewmapledtobreak- At themarketinAripal,mean- --toohadearliercautionedabout in close co-ordination with the 1993. Since then therehavebeen the world, finds it difficult to be in judgementsinmoreandmorere- months. Iregularly sharemy down of communication be- while, another candidateisshak- enabling industrial houses to run Central government. It’s notclear twomoreroundsin2003-04and everynook and corner of the fi- gional languages,” he said. thoughtswith people on social tween the twocountries. ing hands and passing around his banks. from wherethis idea has come. 2013-14. In 2016,the RBI put in nancialsystemtostoppoor lend- CJI Bobde said that “veryearly media about my thoughts. Those Shringla’s visit is an effort to reset number.PAGD'sManzoorAhmad Butcorporateleadersarguefor TheRBI is implementing what- placeaon-taplicensingregimeof ing,” theysaid. on”, the Supreme Courtbecame who have welcomedmy ties.Heand Oli, sources said, dis- Ganaiealsobringsupthe“unique allowing business houses into everthegovernmentwants.Thisis universal banks. However, busi- WaybackinAugust2011, the awarethat the effectsofthe virus thoughts,Iwould like to tellthem cussed specific measures that identity”of J&K.Afterfouryearsin banking. “In principle, whynot? just apreliminaryproposal. The ness houses were notconsidered then RBI Governor DSubbarao had the “potential to threaten the again that over thelastten years, I couldbetakentofinalisekeyproj- the BJP,hesayshewas disen- The countrywill benefit if good RBI will have to take thedecision though prominentcorporate said thereare persuasive argu- rule of lawitself andcompletely have been repeatedly neglected ectsatthe earliest, including the chanted andjoinedthe PDP in businessmenrunninggoodcom- and the BankingRegulationAct houses including Aditya Birla mentsbothfor and againstthe blockoutaccesstothejusticesys- and humiliated within the party Pancheshwar Multipurpose 2019.“Iwanttobethevoiceof the paniescreategood banks. But needs to be amended,” he said. Group, Anil Ambani’s Reliance proposal of allowing corporate tem”. as adedicatedworker,” Goswami Project,aswellaslaunchneweco- youth...Questionsof restorationof therehas to be averyclear and Corporatehouses were active CapitalandBajajgroupshowedin- houses in banking. Addressing a “There had to be an instant said in asocial media post. nomic initiatives. TheNepal J&K as it waspre-Augustlastyear sharp line between banking and inthebankingsectorfive decades terest in 2013-14. meeting organised by Ficci and mutation in the justice delivery “The stateleadershipofthe ForeignMinistrysaidthetwosides areuptoour leaders,” he says. otherbusinesses.Whiletherehas agotill the bankspromotedby Opposing the entryofbusi- IndianBanksAssociation,hesaid, system and the choice wasvery partyhasremainedsilentandhas alsoreviewedwithsatisfactionthe Assoonasthecandidatesleave to be alimited shareholding, it is themwere nationalisedinthelate ness houses in banking, former “Byfar, thebiggestapprehensionis clear.Eithertoswitch to virtual alsosupportedit.Despiterepeated progress made with regard to the the area, agroup of young men important thereare no common 1960s amid allegations of con- RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan about self-dealing -- that compa- hearingortheotheroptionto shut statementsmadebyme, Iwit- bilateral cooperation projects, in- gathers in front of the local bank. oroverlappingdirectorships.Also, nected lending and misuse of de- and DeputyGovernor Viral nies will use the bank as aprivate down the courts completely. nessednochange. Today, Irealise cluding keyconnectivity projects Manyofthemarenot awareofthe therehas to be zerolending to re- positors’ money. “Thepast Acharya said industrial houses pool of readily available funds.” Throughout the current pan- thatthe party Ihad joinedabout and post-earthquakereconstruc- pollingdate.“Candidatesare com- lated parties of thegroup,” said Governorsof theRBIwere against needfinancing,andtheycangetit demic,thecourtshadto dealwith twenty twoyears agoisnot the tion work. ing these days but Idon't even Naushad Forbes, Co-chairman, corporatehouses' entryduring easily, with no questions asked,if Tech reliance difficult situations pertaining to same anymore. Thereisnoplace FULLREPORTSON knowwhentheelectionissched- Forbes Marshal and former their tenures in the last20years," theyhaveanin-house bank.“The In his address, Kovind said the migrantworkers,woefullyinade- formeinthisparty.SotodayIwant www.indianexpress.com

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MONEY LAUNDERING CASE BJP workers clash with TMC:BookDhankhar cops during protest march forobstructingprobe Governor denies charge,says‘can see TMC rattling’

tent, Governor’srole or actions EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE areaconcerned, the reflections KOLKATA,NOVEMBER26 arewide offthe mark, betraying ignorance of elementaryconsti- IN AN unprecedented move,the tutional and legal aspectsand TMConThursday asked Kolkata factuallyuntenable.Aclassic Police to book Governor Jagdeep case of ‘memory lapse of law Dhankhar for“obstructing in- and constitution’. This is unfold- vestigation” intoamoneylaun- Bengal Governor Jagdeep ing of astrategy to take adiver- dering case. Dhankhar(left); TMC sionaryroute so that burning is- Police confront BJP workers who were on their waytothe under-constructionMajerhat Dhankhar termedthe allega- leader KalyanBanerjee sues remain on the backburner. BridgeinKolkataonThursday. Express tion “untenable” lacking knowl- This shall nothappen. It de- edge of “elementaryconstitu- serves no serious note exceptfor TMC worker shot dead, tional and legal aspects”. that it wasaimedatimpeding being ill informedonlaw,fact no one wasarrested. Police tried that theycan increase their visi- TMC MP KalyanBanerjee investigation againstcattle and and Constitution.” EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE to pacify the situation and they bility by doing suchthings police point to ‘infighting’ said, “I have saiditbeforeand I coal smuggling. According to Banerjee said, “Kolkata KOLKATA,NOVEMBER26 were askedtoleave thespot should realise that Bengal has re- will sayitagain that the gover- police, Aggarwal extorted Police is doing averygood job... peacefully,"asenior policeoffi- jected outsiders and those goons Kolkata:ATMC worker wasshot team from Kandi policestation nor has secret linkswithBJP moneyfrombusinessmen by in- Thegovernor is speaking on be- BJP WORKERS clashedwithpo- cersaid. who enter Bengal to do drama dead by unidentifiedpersons in reachedthe spotand sent the criminals and other suchele- timidating them about Income half of the accusedand obstruct- liceinTaratalaareaofKolkataon Meanwhile, Chief Minister during the elections," said Kandi area of Murshidabad on body forpostmortem. ments. He is targeting the chief TaxDepartment raids. He is al- ing the investigation.” Thursdayafter theywere MamataBanerjee accusedthe Banerjee. Wednesday, policesaid. Police Even as sources claimedthat ministerand preventing inves- leged to be the “frontman” for Citing aSupreme Courtor- stoppedfromheading to Railwaysfor the delayinthe con- Later in the evening, TMC identifiedthe victim as Raja agroup of Raja's rivals in the TMC tigation. Those who obstruct a turning blackmoneyintowhite. der,Banerjee said the governor Majerhat bridgetoprotest "de- struction of the bridge. general secretaryPartha Sheikh. The deceasedhas been were behindthe crime, Tafizul criminal investigation can be An IRS officer,NKSingh, is cannotworkfor anyparty as he lay” in completion of the project. “The Railways has been de- Chatterjeeheld acounter-rallyin identifiedasRajaSheikh,whowas Sheikh, alocal TMC leader,said, prosecuted underSections 186 among the accused. is an employeeofthe Central The road bridge, whichcon- laying giving necessaryclear- Taratala,whereheaccusedtheBJP in his 40s, and apanchayatmem- “Thereisnoinfighting.The police and 189ofthe Indian Penal “Alarminglyworrisomein- government. “I will tell the gov- nectscentral Kolkatawith sub- ance. But of course, the BJP is of trying to interferewith the de- berinDhala villageofMahalandi will investigateand find out the Code. So, Iwill requestthe putsfromCA(charteredac- ernor to read what the urbs in the south of the city,had more interested in spreading velopment projectsofthe state 2grampanchayat in Kandi block. truth. The culpritswon'tbe Kolkata Police to file acase countant)-fraternity-politically Constitution says,read the law collapsedinSeptember 2018. misinformation. Fornine government. According to police sources, spared.” againsthim forthe wayheis inspired operation overzeal- of the Supreme Court. He is act- This week,the stategovernment months, we waited forgetting “Whereweretheywhen themurderisthefalloutof infight- Another TMC leader from tweeting to intimidatepublic ouslyafoot @KolkataPoolice. ing unconstitutionally, he should announced that thenewly-built necessaryclearance from the Majerhat bridgecollapsed? They ingwithin the TMC. Kandisaid, “He waskilledina servants. And underthese two Headed#DD (detective depart- be removedfromthe post of four-lane bridgewill be thrown Railways... WasBJP sleeping aretrying to disturb the develop- Four bombs were hurledat plannedmanner.Ihopethepolice sections, no permission is re- ment) targetsCAs-strategy- governor immediately…” open to publicnextmonth and then? People of Behala and those ment projectsofMamata him from close range. The sus- will do afair investigation.It’sthe quired againstanyone who is fishinng formaterial to handi- In the release, Governor at- said that the construction of aca- staying in the outskirts have Banerjee. Instead of protesting pectsthen shotRajadead. They handiworkofsome rivalpolitical doing illegal work in agovern- cap team members that raided tacked the stategovernment ble-stayedstructurewas done in been suffering forlong. The PWD outside the Railway office, what alsoattackedhim with sharp party." ment position.” mafia#coal #cattle. Whyforget over farmers’ issue. “I can see rat- arecordtime. wascompletedits work. madethemprotestnearMajerhat weapon multiple timesand fled, “His familyand friends have Aday afterone Govinda “Beyenever so high, the lawis tling at my espousing the well- On Thursday, police said that However, there arestill some ar- bridgewhenthedelaywascaused sources said giventheir statements. Aprobeis Aggarwal wasarrestedby above you,” Dhankhartweeted. deserved causeoffarmers who things escalated afteragroup of eas, whereweneedclearance by Railways,” asked Chatterjee. The Behrampur police and a on,” said apolice officer. ENS KolkataPolice in a2018casereg- In apress releasedon have so farlostRs8,400crores BJP workerscrossed the barri- from theRailways.It's BJP'spol- isteredatHareStree policesta- Thursday, Dhankharsaid, “My witheachofover70lac farmers cades installednear the bridge itics,”the Chief Ministersaid. tion here, Dhakharon attention has been drawntoa thus farnot getting Rs 12,000. to stop people from enteringthe It is to be notedthat the road November 22 termedthe arrest press release and conference by This is poor governance and bad construction zone. bridgeruns over Majerhat rail- “politicallyinspired”and said aruling party leader.Tothe ex- economics…” As BJP workers kept moving waystation. towardsthe bridgebynot pay- “BJP is garbage... lies and full ing heedtothe orders, police had of drama. He (Kailash AmitMitra likely Dilip Ghosh’s convoy to resorttolathicharge to dis- Vijayvargiya) wasn't arrested. perse the mob, said apolice Yethejumpedinand claimed attacked, BJP blames TMC officer. he wasarrestedbythe police. to attend key GoM Police also said that some of He ranawayafter afew photos Kandi:WestBengal BJPpresident Dilip Ghosh'sconvoy the BJP protesters pelted stones were taken. What type of meetonjute crisis wasattackedinKandi area of Murshidabad district on at them. drama is this? Those whothink Wednesdayevening, party sources said. Ghosh was “Even no permission was on his waytoBaharampur to attend aparty meeting givenfor the protest,agroup of when stones were peltedathis convoy by “miscreants people gathered in Taratala. PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA of theTMC”, district BJP leaders claimed. Although the Police triedtointervene but no KOLKATA,NOVEMBER26 state BJP chief wasunhurt, windshields of cars in his one listened. We were forced to convoy were damaged, the sources said. The saffron detain some of them. Later,they AGROUP of Ministers (GoM) meeting has been party later filedapolice complaint.TheTMChasdenied were joined by BJPleaders, in- convenedonFriday to discussthe jutesector- the allegations. PTI cluding Kailash Vijayvargiya. But crisis arising out of price rise of rawjuteand traders’ strikeagainstacap on stocklimit, officialssaid. GoM chairman and West BengalFinance MinisterAmit Mitraislikelytobeapartofthe virtual meeting, sources said. Alabour department notification said an ur- gent meeting of the group of ministers will be held on Friday. The Indian JuteMills Association had sought ameeting of GoM to resolve the impasse. Issues likethe present situation due to the price rise and rawjutetraders'strikeagainstthe decision to fixstock limit at 500quintals arelikelytobe discussedinthe meeting, the sources said. If the JuteBalers Association continues with the strikethat commencedonMonday, it will forcemills to close down due to shortage of raw juteand render lakhs of workers jobless, they said. It would also cause amajor impediment forthegovernment'sfoodgrain procurement in severalstates.

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BENGAL REMEMBERS MARADONA Tradeunions’strikepartially ‘Football lost one of its greats’ affectsnormallifeinBengal EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE KOLKATA,NOVEMBER26

THE STATEcapital on Thursday EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE mournedthe death of legendary KOLKATA,NOVEMBER26 football playerDiego Maradona whopassedawayonWednesday THE24-HOURgeneralstrikecalled following acardiacarrest. From by central trade unions disrupted politiciansto sportspersonalities, normallifeinthe state afterspo- tributes poured in forMaradona radic clashes between bandh en- whohadvisitedthecitytwice-in forcers and policemen were re- 2008 and 2017.Maradona, who portedfrompartsofBengal. ledArgentina to victoryatthe The 24-hour strikewas called 1986FIFAWorldCup,iswidelyre- inprotestagainsttheCentre'seco- gardedasoneof the greatest foot- nomic policies suchasprivatisa- ballers of all time. tion of PSUs, newfarm laws and West Bengal Chief Minister labour laws. MamataBanerjee condoledthe Workers of of CPM-affiliated death of the football player. "My outfitssuchasCITUandDYFItook deepestcondolences to his fam- out rallies in Entally, Lenin Sarani, ily, friends and countless fans Jadavpur,Garia, LakeTown, aroundtheworld.Theentirefoot- Kamalgazi, DumDum and etc. ball familyhas lostone of its Peoplepay tributetoMaradona in front of an ambulance that wasflagged offbyhim during whichdisruptedvehicular move- Protesters blockaroad in KolkataonThursday. Partha Paul greats," Banerjee wroteinher his visit to Kolkatain2017, at LakeTownonThursday. Partha Paul mentinand around the city.In Facebookaccount. NewTownarea, bandhsupport- CPMleaderShamikLahiri re- erswere seenaskingshopkeepers section. Railwaytracksat KolkataPolice area) and brought Chief MinisterMamata calledhis interactions with ing lastedfor an hour,” Lahiri told being,"said Lahiri. “Myheronomore…mymad to pull down theshutters Seramporeand Chandannagar to Central LockUp, Lalbazar.Later, Banerjeesaid her party morally Maradona when he had visited mediapersons. Union MinisterBabul Supriyo genius rest in peace. Iwatched Leftsupporters blockedroads railway stations in ER''s Howrah theywerereleasedonP.R. Bond, supportedtheissuesof theLeftbut the player's residence in Maradona, who had openly tweeted, "Whenever Ifaceda football foryou,” wroteGanguly. in Central Avenue, Hastings, division were blocked. said asenior officer of Kolkata cannot support theircall fora Argentina. claimed to be aCommunist challengeinlife&agoalseemed Maradona,whohadplayed91 Shyambazar and Moulali areas in CPMleaderSujanChakraborty Police. bandh. “I remember when we had throughout his lifeand idolised impossible, Isaw some of gamesfor Argentina and scored the city.Workers of the Congress, ledagroup of protesters to squat Tradeunions likeIndian “On Thursday,workers have methim at his residence in CheGuevara andFidelCastro,had #MaradonaMagic &the belief 34 goals, playedacrucial role in whichsupportedthebandh,tried on railway tracks at Jadavpur sta- National Trade Union Congress carriedout amovement in the Argentina.Three of us went to also metformerWestBengal that 'Impossible Is Nothing', Argentina winning the 1986 to forciblyshut down shops in tion in south Kolkata. (INTUC), All India Trade Union country. We support theirmove- meethim to invitehim to visit Chief Ministerand communist bouncedbackintomymind ! WorldCup in Mexico, wherehe Burrabazar area. TrainservicesinSouthEastern Congress (AITUC),Hind Mazdoor ment on principlebut we do not Kolkata.We were waitingforhim icon JyotiBasuin2008. Even forced my wife, who was had alsoscoredthe infamous LeftFront Chairman Biman Railway's Howrah- Kharagpur Sabha (HMS), CentreofIndian supportthe bandh. Howeverwe in aroom. He gave us onlyfive “I remember Ihad told him leastinterestedinfootball, watch ‘Hand of God’ goal against BoseledarallyofCongressandLeft section were partiallyaffected as Trade Unions (CITU), AllIndia agree with their demands and is- minutes'time.Heenteredthehall that we also have aCommunist #Maradonatoconvince‘Football England. workers in Mullickbazar area. agitatorsblockedrailway tracksat United Trade Union Centre(AIU- sues. We knowthat the Centreis wearing aT-shirt and shorts and legend,,and he is like is beautiful’ RIP.” Meanwhile, members of Ontheotherhand,bandhsup- Balichak,Midnaporeand afew TUC),Trade Union Co-ordination sellingout PSUs suchasRailways, welcomeduswithopenarms.He Fidel Castrofor us. He immedi- BoardofControl forCricket in MaradonaFanClubinthecitypaid porters clashedwiththe police at other stations forsome time. Centre(TUCC)andSelf-Employed Coal India, civil aviation and etc. hugged allthree of us in sucha atelyexpressedinteresttomeet India (BCCI) President Sourav tributetothe legend by garland- Barasat and BelghariainNorth 24 Agroup of ForwardBloc sup- Women'sAssociation(SEWA)are Afterselling out the country, the waythat we arelikehis old ac- Basu.Thetimeslotwasonly for10 Gangulytweeted along with a ing his portrait in GangulyBagan Parganasdistrict,West Burdwan's porters triedtoenter the Central partofthe strike. BJP-aligned UnionHomeMinisterisnowbusy quaintances. We neverrealised minutes forthe meeting. photograph of him when area.At SreebhumiSportingClub, Durgapur,Cooch Behar's metrostationontheNorth-South BharatiyaMazdoor Sangh (BMS), conductingcivicpolls.Ihavenever thatweweremeeting the foot- However, the meeting extended Maradona had visitedKolkata for asilent prayer washeld in his Mathabhanga, Jalpaiguri's line of the KolkataMetro to pre- however, did nottookpartinthe seen agovernment of this kind," baller legend forthe firsttime. foranhour.Maradonawas that the second time in December, memory.Maradona's statue at Dhupguri and West Midnapore vent commuters from boarding strike. said Banerjee. Insteadof five minutes,ourmeet- simple and innocent ahuman 2017. LakeTownwas also garlanded. district's Midnaporetown. thetrains.Thepolicehoweverpre- The CPM claimedthat the TheBJP,however, claimedthat Bandh enforcers also burnt vented them from entering the bandh has been successful and theTMCwashelpingtheCPMand tyresandbrokethewindscreenof undergroundmetro stationprem- saidthiswillpave wayfor intensi- Congress combine to counter the busesinCoochbehar and ises.Flight services at the Netaji fied movementsinthe state. BJP."TMCisencouragingthe CPM 3507 new cases, 52 more die of Covid in aday Jhargramdistricts.Suburbantrain Subhas ChandraBose "Atatime when Leftworkers and Congress aheadofAssembly services in the Sealdahdivision InternationalAirport,however, re- calledabandhagainsttheCentre's polls to divide theOpposition cumulative number of dis- Kolkataand itsfour adjacent were affectedasagitatorsblocked mainedunaffected. economic policies, the TMC gov- votes. Thisistheir last resort.But EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE STATECOUNT chargedpersons became four districtscontinuedtotakea railway tracks at severalstations. Bankingserviceswere partially ernment in the statetriedtostop peopleofBengal will either vote KOLKATA,NOVEMBER26 TOTAL CASES 4,37,604. The recovery rate also major shareofthe fresh case- Accordingto EasternRailway offi- affected as severalbranches and us.Despite suchathreat from the for theTMC or theBJP andwebe- has increasedto93.01per cent. load.Kolkata yetagain took the cials,bandhsupportersobstructed ATMs remainedclosed. stategovernment, people have lieve the votes will be in favour of IN THE past24hours, 3,507 fresh 470498 The total number of cases in front seat in terms of caseload on tracksatDakshinBarasat,Baharu, Operations at the Syama raisedtheir voice and supported the saffron party.TMC is nowgiv- Covid-19and 52 more deaths West Bengalincreasedto Thursday. As manyas885 per- INCREASE DEATHS Dhakuria, Joynagar,Champahati, Prasad Mookerjee Port's Kolkata thebandh.Thiswillpave wayfora ingmoralsupportto theCPMand were reportedinthe state. Ato- 4,70,498.OnWednesday, the to- sonstestedpositive in Kolkata, Subhasgram and Betberia Ghola DockSystemwerepartially af- newphase of movementsinthe Congress whichhad entered into talof3,537persons were cured 3507 8224 talcaseload was4,66,991. As 851testedpositive in North 24 stations in the south section and fected but itsHaldia Dockfunc- state. People willcontinue to hit an alliance with corruptRJD in of the infection. The number of 437634RECOVERED manyas44,713 samples were Parganas, 230 tested positive in Ichapur, Palta, New Barrackpore, tionednormally. the streetstofight fortheir right," .The people have rejected active casesisnow 24,670. tested,taking thecumulative South 24 Parganas,192 tested Barrackporeand Dumdum Inall140persons,including39 said CPM leader Mohammad Thursday'sbandh,”saidBJPleader The total deathtoll in Bengal 5699237 SAMPLES number to 56,99,237. On positive in Hooghlyand 182 Cantonmentstations in the main women, were arrested (from Salim. Samik Bhattacharya. stood at 8,224onThursday. The TESTED TILL NOV 26 Wednesday, it was56,54,524. tested positive in Howrah..

ANDHRA PRADESH MEDICAL SERVICES & SALUTE THE SOLDIER INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 2nd Floor,Plot No.9, Survey No.49, IT Park, Mangalagiri-522503 27 NOVEMBER 2008 email :[email protected] [email protected] On this auspicious day, we pay homage to Maj Tender Notice No.15/APMSIDC/2020-21, Dated: 25.11.2020 Sandeep Unnikrishnan,AC, of 7BIHAR, who led APMSIDC invites tenders through e-procurement platform for aNSG commando team to flush out terrorists Equipment Wing: 1. Procure and supply of Medical Equipment and from Hotel Taj, Mumbai. With utter disregard other activites under NHM Fund. 2. Identification of Service Provider for for his own safety,headvanced from room to providing Tele-Radiology services in APVVP Hospitals under PPP Mode room, rescuing numerous hostages. When one 3.Procure and supply of dental equipment to Vijayawada. 4. Procure of his team members was grievously injured, he MAJ SANDEEP and supply of Equipment of Audiometric Rooms. 5. 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On this day,helaid down 3) Rampachodavaram in East Godavari District 4) Buttaigudem in West his life at the altar of duty while fighting with Godavari District and 5) Dornala in Prakasam District 2. Construction of the ULFAmilitants. His courage and bravery New OPD Block in the premises of District Hospital at Nandyal in Kurnool would remain an abiding source of inspiration District (Balance works) (2nd call) Sanitation Wing: 1.Sanitation Services under the control of APVVP NAIK K.C. ROY for the force. The force will remain eternally indebted to him for this noblest deed. Hospitals &DME Hospitals &institutions Under Package-1 (Srikakulam, SBSS SALAKATI Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam &East Godavari Districts) Package-2 27-11-1996 (West Godavari, Krishna, Guntur,Prakasam &Nellore Districts) Package-3 (Chittoor,Kadapa, Kurnool &Anantapur Districts) 2. Security Services in pending packages under DME and APVVP institutions. APMSIDC will reserve the right to cancel the tenders at any time withoutith tiassigningiany reasons. Sd/- Managing Director DIPR No.465PP/CL/ADVT/1/1/2020-21, Dt: 26/11/2020 Office of the Member Secretary,Rajasthan Medicare Relief Society &Superintendent, Sir Padampat Mother &Child Health Institute, Regd. Off.: PSEB H.O., The Mall, Patiala-147001 J.L.N. Marg Jaipur. CIN: U40109PB2010SGC033813, Website: www.pspcl.in No ------/Acctt/SPMCHI/RMRS/2020/8231-32 dated: 23.11.2020 OFFICEOFSUPERINTENDING ENGINEER/MECH.MTC. CIRCLE-I E-TENDER NOTICE G.H.T.P.,LEHRA MOHABBAT, Tenders are invited rate contract for supply of Surgical/disposable &consumable DISTT.BATHINDA(PUNJAB) PIN-151111 items for hospital use &life line drug store. Tender Document will be available on Phone: 0164-2756434, FaxNo. 0164-2756255 the net. The tender notice and other details can be downloaded from the website E-mail: [email protected], GSTIN 03AAFCP5120Q1ZC http://eproc.rajasthan.gov.in No separate hardcopy will be given from this office. any technical difficulty please contract the Office . NOTICE INVITING TENDER Bidding Schedule Tender EnquiryNo. 18/MM-I/BMC-335(XI)/O&M/GHTP/2020 1. Estimated Cost Rs. 2.00 Crore (Rupees TwoCrore only) ShortDescription: Routine,preventive, breakdown maintenance 2. Tender Fees Rs. 1000.00 (Rupees One Thousand only) and overhauling jobs (Mechanical works) of 3. RISL Processing Fees Rs. 1000.00 (Rupees One Thousand only) Pressure Parts, Wind Boxand Burners,Air MBDA/673/2020 Dated: November 27, 2020 4. Earnest Money Rs. 4.00 Lacs (Rupees Four Lacs only) 5. Publishing in newspaper Date &Time 24.11.2020 Pre-Heaters,SCAPHs,ESPs,Aux. PRDS, MEGHALAYA BASIN DEVELOPMENT 6. Publishing in e-Tender Dated &Time 24.11.2020 up to 4.00 PM Ducts,Dampers &Gates,Coal Pipes,Soot AUTHORITY (MBDA) 7. Document download start date &Time 25.11.2020 from 10.00 AM Blowers,Safety Valves,HP/LP Piping and 8. Document Download end time &date 16.12.2020 till 4.00 PM Manual Valves,Fuel Firing System (including Meghalaya State Housing Financing &Cooperative Society Ltd. 9. Online Bid submission start date &Time 25.12.2020 from 10.00 AM Fuel Oil Pump House) etc. of Boilers of 2x210 Campus, Upper Nongrim Hills, Shillong-793003 10. Online Bid submission end date &time 16.12.2020 till 4.00 PM MW and 2x250 MW BHEL makeUnits of Meghalaya Basin Development Authority (MBDA) invites Qualified 11. Submission of Tender Fees, Tender processing 15.12.2020 till 04: PM GHTP,LehraMohabat. fees &Earnest Money Last Date &Time Bidders for following Goods as mentioned below: 12. Tender opening date &venue 17.12.2020 At 2.00 PM at Account Office, Earnest MoneyDeposit: Rs.4,10,000/-(Four Lakhs Tenthou- Particular Method of Important Dates SPMCHI, Jaipur sand only). Procurement Note- Last Date &Time forBid Submission: 28.12.2020 upto 11.30 hrs. Procurement of 100 Nos. of Through Bids — 1) Last Date of submission 1. Earnest money and tender fees (in the form of Bankers Cheque/Demand Draft Date &Time of Opening of Techno Commercial Stage Bid: Pico Turbines for Submission of of bids —7th January, in favour of Member SecretaryRajasthan MedicareRelief Society,Sir 30.12.2020 at 12:00 hrs. Decentralized Green Energy Technical and 2021 by 4:00 PM. Padampat Mother &Child Health Institute, J.L.N. Marg Jaipur.payable at Development by using hydro Financial Bids in 2) Opening of Bids —7th Jaipur) and RISL processing fees (by way of bankers Cheque/Demand Draftin Detailed NIT and tender specification can onlybedownloaded power generation upto 5KW in TWO separate January, 2021 at 4:30 favour of MD, RISL) to be submitted physically at the office of Member from PSPCL website https://eproc.punjab.gov.in from dated Meghalaya envelopes PM Secretary Rajasthan Medicare Relief Society,Sir Padampat Mother &Child 26.11.2020 onwards. Health Institute, J.L.N. Marg Jaipur on or before of 15.12.2020 at 4.00 PM NOTE: Pre-Bid meeting will be held on December 11,2020 at 1100 Hrs. at 2. Bidders who wish to participate in this tender will have to register on 1. The prospectivebidders can obtain clarification regarding tender MBDA Office (Bidders interested to participate in the pre-bid meet- http://eproc.rajasthan.gov.in 3. To participate in online tender,bidders will have to procure digital signature specifications from this office.For registration of digital signa- ing may please send arequest to [email protected] certificate (DSC) as per information Technology Act.2000. tures and uploading of tender,informationmay be sought from for sending alink to them) Detailed information and other Terms & The Member Secretary Rajasthan Medicare Relief Society,Sir Padampat Mother & M/s GePNIC,Contact No.91-120-4001002/5. Conditions about the bidding documentsisavailableat Child Health Institute, Jaipur reserves the right to reject all/any application received from the firm without assigning and reason thereof. 2. It is informed that in case the tender process is not completed www.mbda.gov.in The responses must be submitted in sealed due to anyreason no corrigendum wiIl be published in newspa- NIB- SMS2021A0189 pers.Detail regarding corrigendum maybeseen on PSPCL offi- envelope for respective requirementstoThe Executive Director,— UBN-SMS2021GLRC00370 Sd/- cial website i.e.https://pspcl.in. Office of Meghalaya Basin Development Authority; Meghalaya DIPR/C/9177/2020 Member Secretary &Superintendent Sd/- State Housing Financing &Cooperative SocietyLtd., Upper Superintending Engineer, Nongrim Hills, Shillong-793003.Phone: 0364-2522043/2522921. Mechanical Mtc. Circle-I/O&M, For details please visit http://www.mbda.gov.in GHTP-56/2020 GHTP,PSPCL, Lehra Mohabat, Distt. Bathinda-151111 (Punjab) MIPR NO. 1387 Dated 26.11.2020

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THEINDIANEXPRESS,FRIDAY,NOVEMBER27,2020 6 GOVT &POLITICS PM:Needdeepstudy, End of an era: Farewell, Gogoi, Patel AhmedPatel laidtorestinancestral discussionon‘One village; topCongress leaderspresent arrangementsfor theVVIPs KAMAALSAIYED were made at the parking area of PIRAMAN(BHARUCH HMP health carecentre, afew Nation,OneElection’ DISTRICT),NOVEMBER26 steps from the Congress vet- eran’s residence. TOPCONGRESS leaders, includ- Around 11 am, Rahul arrived ing former party president Rahul and metPatel’s son Faisal, EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Gandhi, were among thosewho daughter Mumtaz Siddiqui and AHMEDABAD,NOVEMBER26 attendedthe burial of party vet- his three sisters. eran AhmedPatel at his native The pall wasliftedbyyouths SAYINGFREQUENT elections im- Piraman villageatAnkleshwar dressedinPPEs. The body was pededdevelopmentandreiterat- in Gujarat’s Bharuchdistrict then takennear Patel’s residence ing his callfor 'One Nation, One Thursdaymorning. forfamilymembers and rela- Election',Prime Minister The body of Patel, who died tivestopay their lastrespects. NarendraModi calledfor adeep of multiple organfailurepost- From there, the body was RahulGandhiwithAhmed Patel’s sonFaisal and daughter Mumtaz, in Piraman village. PTI study and discussion on the sub- Covid on Wednesdayat takentoanopenfield near the ject. The PM also advocated a Gurgaon hospital, wasflown to burial ground wheremanyof- commonvoterlistforallelections. Vadodaraonacharteredflight. ferednamaz-e-janaza. Addressing the All India PrimeMinister NarendraModi addresses the All India From the airport, the body was Leader of Opposition Presiding Officers’ Conference at Presiding Officers’ Conference on Thursday.PTI takentothe Ankleshwar-based Dhananisaid, “Not onlyGujarat, KevadiyainGujarat on the occa- Sardar PatelHospital and Heart but our countryhas lostsucha sion of Constitution Day, Modi, Institutewhichhehelped dynamic person whose human speaking through video confer- we have to makeway foracom- Modi also calledfor acam- setup. natureand behaviour attracted ence from Delhi, said, “One mon voter list, whether it is Lok paign to popularise the ChhattisgarhChief Minister manyyoung political leaders. Nation, One Election sirf ek char- Sabha, Assemblyorpanchayat Constitution of India among the Bhupesh Baghel, former Madhya The pandemic has takenthe life chakavishaynahinhain, balki ye elections). Todaywehavesepa- youth, tweaking the common Pradesh Chief MinisterKamal of agreat person andleftmany Bharat ki jaroorat hain. Har kuch rate voter lists forevery election. 'KYC'to 'KnowYourConstitution'. Nath and Congress general sec- young leaders without amen- Patel’s three sisters watchhis body leave mahine me Bharat me kahin na Whyare we spending? Whyare "Friends,our attemptsshould retary RandeepSingh Surjewala tor.” the home, in Bharuchdistrict. Hanif Malek kahinchunavhorahehote hain.Isse we wasting time?.” be such that common citizens were present at theburial. So “He had identifiedmanysons vikas ke karyon par jo prabhav He wasaddressing the con- have awiderunderstandingof the were RajyaSabha MP Shaktisinh of farmers from different corners padtahain, use aap sab bhali- cluding session of thetwo-day Constitution.Forthat,itisveryim- Gohil, Gujarat Congress presi- of the countryand groomed bhantijaantehain. Aise me One conference held on the themeof portant to knowand understand dent Amit Chavda, Leader of them intonational leaders. We Gaurav Nation One Election par gahan ad- ‘Harmonious coordination be- the Constitution. Nowadays,we Opposition in the Assembly wish his soul restsinpeace.” Gogoi near hyayanaurmanthanavashyakhai tweenLegislature, Executive and hear ‘KYC’. It is averycommon Paresh Dhanani, party leaders LateonThursday afternoon, his father’s (One Nation, One Election is not Judiciary–Key to aVibrant word that means KnowYour Arjun Modhwadia,Siddharth Patel’s son Faisalsaid in avideo body as justasubjectofdiscussion,butthe Democracy’. Customer.Ithas been averyim- Patel, Madhusudan Mistry, message,“Iamthankfultoall members needofthe nation. Everyfew In his speechthatlasted portant aspect of digitalsecurity. Hardik Pateland Independent the well wishers of Ahmed of the months,elections arebeingheld around30minutes,Modiinvoked Similarly,KYC in anew form: MLAJignesh Mevani. Former Patelji, our father.Wemustre- Christian insomeplaceortheotherinIndia. MahatmaGandhiwhilestressing KnowYour Constitution,” Modi Congress leader Shankersinh member AhmedPatelji, afine community Youare allwellawareoftheeffect ontheneedforcitizensto perform said. Vaghela wasalso present. example of morals, ethics, values Tarun Gogoi’s body makes itsfinal pay of frequent electionsondevelop- their duties as prescribed in the Urging presiding officers to Tight security hadbeende- and culture. He wasagentleman, journeyinGuwahati on Thursday. AP respects. mentwork.Insuchasituation,itis Constitution. “Friends, our take the lead in popularisingthe ployed in the village, especially agentle soul, andwemiss him Dasarath Deka necessarytohaveadeep study Constitutionhasmanyspecialfea- Constitution among the youth, near Patel’s residence. Seating immensely.” and discussiononOne Nation, tures.Butoneveryspecialfeature the PM calledfor campaigns to One Election).” is the importance giventoduties. spreadawarenessaboutthe doc- On the needfor acommon Mahatma Gandhi himself was ument, especiallyinschools and voterlist, the PM said, “Lok Sabha very keen about this. He sawa colleges. ‘Assam’shistory won’t forget Gogoi’scontribution to public life’ ho,VidhanSabhaho,ya panchayat close link between rightsand du- Modi said that the language chunavho, iske liyeekhivoterlist ties. He felt that once we perform usedinthe Constitution is often departed leader. Massive crowds gathered with Covid-19and relatedcom- 1971.HeservedasUnion kaammeaaye,iskeliye hameinsab our duties,rightswill be safe- beyond the reachofthe common EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Stopping at achurch,a outside thecremation ground plications. MinisterofState in the 1990s. In se pehle raastabanana hoga (First, guarded,” Modisaid. citizens forwhom it is framed. GUWAHATI,NOVEMBER26 Namghar (Vaishnaviteprayer andall alongthe waythrough Since Tuesdayafternoon,his 2016,inwhat turnedout to behis hall), amosque, atemple, and a whichthe popularleader's body had been placed at the final election, he waselected as ASSAM'S LONGEST-SERVING Bihu field—in accordance with cortege passed, showering petals SrimantaSankardeva an MLAfromTitabor. Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi, Gogoi’s wishes—the procession and capturing the moment on Kalakshetra, aculturalinstitution In the 15 years of Gogoi’s rule, wascremated Thursdaywith finallymade itsway to the city's cameras. Large television screens in Guwahati, forpeople to pay beginning 2001,Assam leftbe- full statehonours afteranemo- Nabagraha crematoriumwhere were alsoinstalledoutside their respects. People from across hind decades of turmoil caused tionalfarewell journeythat the three-timechief minister's Nabagraha. the state, politicians of all hues, by militancy and‘secret slowlypassedthrough the bodywas consignedtothe At the cremation ground, including Congress leader Rahul killings’—the murders of anum- roads of Guwahati,linedwith flamesbyhis son, Gaurav. Gaurav Gogoi said his father had Gandhi, and leaders of various berofrelativesofULFAmembers thousands of residents waiting Chief MinisterSarbananda afinal wish of travelling through socio-cultural organisations had in 1998-2001. to paytheir final respectstothe Sonowal, senior ministers includ- the stateonce. “Wehavedecided visitedKalakshetra. Sarma, the Health and ing one-time protegeHimanta thathis asheswill be takento The stategovernment had Finance Minister who once BiswaSarma, senior Congress Titabor (his constituency) first, alsodeclared ahalf-dayholiday workedwith Gogoibeforebreak- leaders, leaders of and then across the state,” he said. on Thursday. ing out, said: “It is the end of an opposition parties and The three-time chief minis- Gogoi wasalawyerbyeduca- era... Along eraofAssam’s poli- Director GeneralofPolice ter, two-timeUnionminister and tion and training. Born in April tics came to an endtoday... Bhaskar JyotiMahantawere six-time Lok Sabha MP diedon 1936 in Jorhat district of eastern Assam’s historywillnever forget among those who laid wreaths Mondayatthe ageof84follow- Assam, he waselected forthe Tarun Gogoi’s contribution to on the Congress leader's body. ing anearlyfour-month battle firsttimetothe Lok Sabha in Assam’spublic life." As polls turn ugly, Hyderabad cops warn of action

government has “definiteinfor- AIMIMhavelaunchedahigh- The campaign has seen sev- SREENIVASJANYALA mation”that “anarchic forces” pitchedcampaign with the BJP eral communal remarks by BJP HYDERABAD,NOVEMBER26 want to “manufactureriots and -- emboldenedbythe recent by- leaderswith sharp retortsfrom createanatmosphereofclashes poll victoryinDubbak -- bring- the AIMIM camp. While the BJP ''IMPORTANT'' AMID Abitter campaign for in whichthe conduct of GHMC ing in severalnational levellead- has accusedthe Asaduddin Whilst care is taken prior to elections to the Greater elections becomes difficult”. ers, includingBJP chief JPNadda, Owaisi-ledparty of sheltering acceptance of advertising Hyderabad Municipal “Theywanttocreatecommunal BhupendraYadav, Smriti Irani, “Rohingyas” and “Pakistanis” in copy,itisnot possible to verify Corporation (GHMC), the clashes in Karimnagar, and DevendraFadnavis, who re- Hyderabad, and calledhim its contents. The Indian Hyderabad Police Thursday Warangal, Khammam and other leasedthe party’s manifesto “Jinnah’s newavatar”, the Express (P) Limited cannotbe warnedofstrict action against places and campaign about Thursday. The manifesto prom- AIMIM has claimeditisfighting held responsible for such contents,nor for any loss or anyone trying to incitecommu- them in Hyderabad,” the CM ises Covid vaccine across the elections “onlyonthe basis of its damageincurred as aresult of nal tension in the city.This came said. civic body,Rs25,000as flood re- development efforts” and transactions with companies, afterChief MinisterK DGP MMahender Reddy lief to affected families,free againsta“communal ideology”. associationsorindividuals ChandrasekharRao gave afree said theywerewatching social metrotravelfor women and The BJP has claimedthat the advertising in its newspapers hand to thepolice to actagainst media posts and incendiary children, tablets forgovernment TRS and Congress have aclosed- or Publications.Wetherefore recommend that readers “anti-social elements”, who are speeches of some political lead- school students, and flyovers, door understanding with make necessary inquiries trying to derive political mileage ers and warnedofaction if they among others. AIMIM and avotetoany of them before sending any monies or through “conspiracies”, “false trytoinstigatecommunal vio- Prime MinisterNarendra is avoteagainstIndia. BJP lead- entering into any agreements propaganda” and“provocative lence. Heavy security has been Modi and Home MinisterAmit ers have also said theywill re- with advertisers or otherwise utterances”. deployedacross the city. Shah mayalso visit Hyderabad name Hyderabad as actingonanadvertisement in any mannerwhatsoever. The Chief Ministersaid the The ruling TRS, BJP and to boostthe BJPcampaign. Bhagyanagar. Kerala local elections:Officers to collect votes from Covid- positive patients

Thiruvananthapuram: Ahead of next month’s local body elections in Kerala, the stateelection com- mission on Thursdayissued guidelines forvoting by those who have tested positive for Covid-19and thoseinquarantine. GUJARATURJA VIKAS NIGAM LTD., VADODARA The elections to the three-tier lo- 2nd Floor,Sardar Patel Vidyut Bhavan, cal bodies would be held on Race Course, Vadodara -390007 Phone: 0265-2334751, Fax: 0265-2344543 December 8, 12 and 14. OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER Web: www.guvnl.com RURAL WATER SUPPLYAND SANITATION DIVISON, CUTTACK According to the guidelines, the health department will com- GUVNL, aGovt. of Gujarat Undertaking hereby invites MAHANADIBIHAR; CUTTACK-753004 O-618 Telephone:0671-2441619, e-mail: [email protected] pile alistofCovid-positive vot- e-tender for purchase of 500 MW RTC power for the Govt. of Odisha e-procurement Notice Bid Identification No. rwssctc- 05/2020-21 ers and those in quarantine. period 15.03.2021 to 30.06.2021 at GETCO Periphery The Executive Engineer,RWS&S Division, Cuttack on behalf of Governor of Odisha invites lump sum bid through e-procurement double cover system Those figuring in the list–till the according to norm of e-procurement. (interconnection point of Gujarat STU with CTU) as per 1. Nature of work : Rural Piped W/S Schemes. dayprior to polling–would be Ministry of Power (MoP), GoI Guidelinesdated 2. No. of tenders : 5Nos. 3. Tender Paper Cost : Rs.10,000/- issuedspecialpostalballotpa- 30.03.2016. 4. Value of Work : Rs.82.93 Lakh to Rs.147.83 Lakhs pers. Otherswho test positiveaf- 5. Class of Contractor : “B” &“A” Class RFP will be available at www.mstcecommerce.com from 6. Date and time of availability of bid document in portal : 11 hour of 02-12-2020 to 14-12-2020 up to 17 hours ter3pmonthe daypriortothe 7. Date &time of seeking tender clarification : 11-12-2020 up to 17 hours dayofvoting would be allowed 02.12.2020. Bid has to be submitted online through 8. Date &time of opening of tender : 15-12-2020 at 11:30 Hours in the office of the Executive Engineer,RWS&S Division, Cuttack DEEP Portal of MoP.All terms and conditions shall be as 9. Time of completion : 180 to 270 days. at pollingstations during the last 10. The bidders have to participate in online biding only.Further details can be seen from the website https//www.tendersorissa.gov.in. hour of voting. On the dayofvot- per RFP. Sd/- EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, ing, polling officers would visit Date: 27th November 2020 General Manager (Commerce) RWSS DIVISION, CUTTACK eachCovid-19patient with OIPR-25022/11/0012/2021 postalballotpapers. ENS Kolkata WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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Cheat devices: SC junks Skoda StanSwamyseeks Volkswagen petition to E-AUCTION quash FIR bailagain:Targeted SALE NOTICE Circle Sastra Centre, Malda, Nazrul Sarani ,B.S. Road, Malda, West Bengal 732101 SALE NOTICE FOR SALE OF IMMOVABLE PROPERTIES EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE LAST DATE &TIME OF SUBMISSION OF EMD (EARNEST MONEY) AND DOCUMENTS: 28.12.2020 up to 4:00 P. M. NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER26 dueto‘natureofwork’ Sale of immovable property mortgaged to Bank under Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assetsand Enforcement of Security Interest (SARFAESI) Act, 2002 THE Supreme Court on Thursday E-Auction Sale Notice for Sale of Immovable Assetsunder the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assetsand rejected aplea by car-makers SADAFMODAK Plea for return Swamywas arrested on Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 read with proviso to Rule 8(6) of the Security Interest (Enforcement) Rules, 2002. Skoda Auto Volkswagen India MUMBAI,NOVEMBER26 of straw, sipper October 8inJharkhand Notice is hereby given to the public in general and in particular to the Borrower (s) and Guarantor (s) that the below described Private Limited to quash an FIR immovable property mortgaged/charged to the Secured Creditor,the constructive/physical/ symbolic possession of which has been againstitinUttar Pradesh over a FATHER STAN Swamy, aJesuit from NIA junked and producedina taken by the Authorised Officer of the Bank/ Secured Creditor,will be sold on “AS IS WHERE IS”, “AS IS WHATIS”, and customer's complaint alleging priestand tribalrightsactivistar- Mumbai courtthe “WHATEVER THERE IS” on the date as mentioned in the table herein below,for recovery of itsdues due to the Bank/ Secured use of “cheat devices”–which rested by the National Mumbai: The specialcourton following day Creditor from the respective borrower (s) and guarantor (s). The reserve price and the earnest money deposit will be as mentioned manipulateemission figures –in Investigation Agency (NIA) in the Thursdayrejectedanapplica- in the table below against the respective properties. Audi cars he bought. Elgaar Parishadcase,on Thursday tion filedbyStanSwamy, DESCRIPTION of IMMOVABLE PROPERTIES AbenchofChief Justiceof filedabailapplication before a seeking return of strawand (The said properties are under constructive possession/physicalpossession of secured creditor) India SABobde and Justices AS special court, saying no purpose sipper whichhesaid was bannedorganisation. Working for Sl Name of the Branch Description of the Immovable A) Dt. of Demand Notice u/s A) Reserve Price Date/ Time of Details of the Bopanna and VRamasubram- wasservedby “keepingasick83- seizedafterhisarrest.Theplea the undertrials who could or No Properties Mortgaged/ Owner’s 13(2) of SARFESI ACT (Rs. in Lacss) E-Auction encumbranc anium said the question whether year-old incarcerated”. filedearlierthismonthsought could nothavebeen Maoistdoes Name of the Name(mortgagers of property(ies)) 2002 B) EMD (last date es known to suchdevices were installedand Swamywas arrested on Oct- accessto thestraw andsipper notmakethe applicant himself a Account B) Amount of demand. of deposit of the secured C) Possession Date u/s EMD) creditors whether the customer had made ober 8inJharkhand and pro- ashesuffersfromParkinson's Maoist," it says. 13(4) of SARFESI ACT anyrepresentationinthis regard ducedinaMumbai courtthe fol- disease and wasunable to Swamyisthe founder of Name &addresses C) Bid Increase of the Borrower/ 2002 Amount to the companyare all questions lowing day. The NIA,however, did holdaglass. The NIA submit- Bagaicha, an organisation work- Guarantors Account D) Nature of Possession of fact whichcannotbegone into notseek hiscustody forinvesti- tedthat it had notseizedany ing with tribals in Jharkhand. He Symbolic/Physical/ at this stage. gation and filedachargesheet suchsipperduring the arrest, is also amember of Persecuted Constructive According to the com- againsthimand sevenothers the afterthe plea wasrejected. Prisoners Solidarity Committee 1 Khejuria All that part and parcel of Land & A) 14.01.2015 A) Rs 3.72 Lac 29.12.2020 Not known to 0882250025762 building of Nijla Bibi W/O- Lutful Sk, B) Rs 256071.34 +further B) Rs 0.37 Lac From 11:00 Bank plainant, he bought sevenAudi same day. He has since been Swamy'slawyers filedan- (PPSC), whichthe NIA claims is a Kajal Rahaman Mouza-Sahabajpur,J.L. No. 174, Plot interest (Rupees TwoLakh C) Rs 0.10 Lac AM to 4:00 cars from authoriseddealers of lodged in Taloja Central Jail after other application seeking di- frontal organisation of the S/o Lutful SK No. 608, Khatian No. 5463(L.R), Area- Fifty Six Thousand Seventy PM the company. At the time of pur- his interim bail application on rections from the courttoin- bannedCPI(Maoist) group. Vill Lalutola, 2.00 Decimal, Classification-Bastu, One and Thirty Four Paise chase and taking delivery,he medical groundswasrejectedlast structjailauthoritiesto permit In itschargesheet,the NIAhad PO Palgaci under Birnagar G.P, PS- Kaliachak, Only plus interest until payment claimed, he got it clarifiedfrom month. them to provide winter said: “Since from the maximum PS Kaliachak Dist. Malda in full.) Dist. Malda C) 04.02.2020 the companythat no suchdevice Calling the arrest “uncalled clothes and strawand sipper part of the country,party mem- Pin code-732127 D) Symbolic wasinstalled in itsvehicles sold for” and “malafide”, the bail plea to Swamyinjail.Thecourthas bers (of CPI-Maoist) were ar- 2 Khejuria All that part and parcel of the property A) 21.02.2019 A) Rs 16.20 Lakh 29.12.2020 Not known to in India. However, authorities says that thefact that his custody calledfor areportfromTaloja restedand the party wasnot hav- 0882250021571 of Kenaram Mandal &Balaram B) 1778972.13 plus further B) Rs 1.62 Lakh From 11:00 Bank subsequentlyfoundthis wasnot wasnot soughtover twoyears af- jail. The matter will be heard ing anyface, so it gave Kenaram Mandal Mandal S/o Kalachand Mandal interest (Rupees Seventeen C) Rs 0.10 lakh AM to 4:00 true and that therewas higher terthe FIR wasfiledshows that he on December 4. ENS responsibility to Stan Swamyas S/O-Kalachand situated at Mouza Sultanganj, JL No Lakh Seventy Eight Thousand PM emission of nitrogen oxide in the wasnot consideredaflight risk or he wasagainstthe government. Mandal 31, RS Khatian No 1237 at present LR Nine Hundred Seventy Two company’s models. someone who would tamper Stan Swamyishaving his own Vill-New Beguntola Khatian No 14627 &14628, Plot No and Thirteen Paise plus PO- Charbabupur 2190 at present LR Plot No 3938 interest until payment in full. ) Hearing twoother applica- with evidence. The bailapplicationclaims identity.StanSwamy is having his PS-Kaliachak, Dist- comprising in deed no 3764 dated C) 29.05.2019 tions, the NGThad in March last The 31-pagebail plea,filed that while the NIA alleges his ownNGO in Jharkhand.” Malda, Pin-732127 29.08.2005 classification Bastu, within D) Symbolic year concludedthat cheat de- through his lawyer Sharif Shaikh, linkswith Maoistgroups based Swamy's bail plea says the NIA jurisdiction of DSRO Malda, Dist vices were “in fact used” and di- says Swamyhas been targeted on some documentsfound on failedtobring on recordanything Malda, Area –10.00 Decimal rected the manufacturers to pay by theinvestigating agency due his laptop, the format in which thatshows he wassupporting the North- Road South-Kenaram Mandal &BalaramManda Rs 500crore as damages. An ap- to the “natureofhis writings and thedocuments arefound can be bannedorganisation through East- Jhatitan Mandal peal againstthis is pending in the work”about “caste and land "easilymanipulatedand planted PPSC. West- Kalchand Mandal SC. struggles of the people in on an insecure digital divide". The bail plea also says that 3 Alinagar All that part and parcel of the property A) 17.01.2020 A) Rs 11.00 Lakh 29.12.2020 Not known to The car maker had earlier India...”.“Through his literature, Referring to the letters an- Swamywas notconnectedto the 0892250023117 of Md Saiful Islam s/o Md Mokbul B) 517406.00 plus further B) Rs 1.11Lakh From 11:00 Bank movedthe AllahabadHC seeking he has raisedquestions and nexedtothe NIA chargesheet, the organisation of the Elgar Parishad M/S Classic Plastic Hossain at Mouza Alinagar,JLNo81, interest (Rupees Five Lakh C) Rs 0.10 Lakh AM to 4:00 quashing of FIR on the ground holds the stateauthorities re- bail plea says therewas nothing event on December 31,2017, Centre LR Khatian No 41/31, 31/47, 1127 at Seventeen Thousand Four PM that the complaint waslodged sponsible forthe injustice incriminating to showhis in- whichthe NIA claims waslinked Prop –MdSafiul present LR Khatian No 2616, Plot No Hundred Six Only) Islam s/o Md Mokbul R.S L.R 446, Area –11.625 decimal, C) 05.11.2020 morethan twoyears afterpur- againstthe marginalisedper- volvement in anyterroristactiv- to theviolence in Bhima Hossain Plot No 447, Area 6.750 Decimal, D) Symbolic chaseandthat,asper the VAHAN sons of society... it is due to the ity. Koregaon the next day. Asking the Vill Chuhurimandal TotalArea –18.375 Decimal, under Portal of the government,the natureofthe work that he is be- "Nowherehavetheybeen NIA to fileitsreplytothebail plea, Tola, PO –Alinagar, PS Kaliachak, Dist –Malda in complainant had purchased ing falselyimplicated in the said able to establish that the appli- the courtfixedDecember4asthe PS –Kaliachak, Dist- connection with deed no 14696 dated three and notseven vehicles. FIR,” it states. cant himself is amember of the next dateofhearing. Malda,732201 10.12.2009 North-Land of Nejamuddin SK & Mokbul Hossain South-Property of Md Abul Hossain East- Village Road 12 years on, nearly TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE West- Property of Md Abul Hossain 4 University of Gour All that part and parcel of the property A) 12.03.2020 A)Rs 50.00 Lakh 29.12.2020 Not known to CASES: RECOVERED:86,79,138 Banga in the name of Hriday Ghosh son of B) 2072000.12 plus further B)Rs 5.00 Lakh From 11:00 Bank 269 1622250000259 Jagannath Ghosh situated at Mouza interest (Rupees Twenty Lakh C) Rs 0.10 Lakh AM to 4:00 half of India’s fishing DAYSSINCE 92,66,705 DEATHS:1,35,223 Hriday Kr Ghosh Nityanandpur,JLNo112, RS Khatian Seventy TwoThousand and PM PANDEMIC S/o Jagannath Ghosh No 141 &LRKhatian No 172 (Present Twelve Paise Only) BEGAN TESTS: 1,35,931,545 | DOUBLING RATE: 148.63** Vill –Khasimari LR Khatian No 709), RS &LRPlot No C) 06.11.2020 PO –Kanchantar 180, Area 34.05 Decimal, D) Symbolic vessels still without PS –English Bazar Classification Bastu in connection with Malda, 732103 the original sale deed no 847 dated 10.02.1999 Dist Malda transponders North- Anek Ghosh &Others South-Nikhil Ghosh &Others East-Biren Ghosh Organisation (ISRO), which, he West- 8FtLane KRISHNKAUSHIK said, shares pictures of fishing 5 Islampur All that part and parcel of the property A) 02.11.2018 A) Rs 13.66 Lakh 29.12.2020 Not known to KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG DOUBLING 0492250056771 consisting of plot no 31, R.S Plot No B) 574267.92 plus further B) Rs 1.36 Lakh From 11:00 Bank NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER26 vessels around the Indian coast- TOWATCH CASES 24HOURS GROWTH* TIME** line with the Information M/S Chowdhury 1203 in Survey No/JL No 60/ City or interest (Rupees Five Lakh C) Rs 0.10 Lakh AM to 4:00 ■ Maharashtra 17,95,959 6,159 0.31% 232.59 Enterprise Prop Town Survey No Ward No /Khasra No Seventy Four Thousand Two PM TWELVE YEARS afterthe 26/11 Management and Analysis Ashim Chowdhury s/o Old 1534 New Khatian 1535 within the Hundred and Sixty Seven and attackexposedwide gaps in Centre(IMAC). ■ Kerala 5,78,363 6,490 0.99% 72.91 Shib Shyam registration Sub District Islampur and Ninety TwoPaise Only) India’s coastalsecurity,senior EstablishedinNovember Chowdhury District Uttar Dinajpur. C) 08.11.2019 ■ Delhi 5,45,787 5,246 1.17% 61.50 sources in the security establish- 2014,IMACisthe nodalcenter for Vill Congress Road North- Refugee Stores D) Symbolic ment said that nearly 60 per cent maritime security information ■ West Bengal 4,66,991 3,528 0.79% 90.85 Po &PSIslampur South-Common Passage East- Stair Dist Uttar Dinajpur Case &Shop Pijush Chowdurty West- of India’snearly 3lakhfishing collation and dissemination. ■ Haryana 2,24,489 2,197 1.16% 61.92 PIN 732202 Somnath Mohanta boatsare smaller than 20 meters, In the absenceofalarge num- *Compounded Daily Growth Rate over last 7days**Calculated over 7-daygrowth 6 Islampur All that part and parcel of the property A) 03.12.2019 A) Rs 21.00 Lakh 29.12.2020 Not known to and mostofthem areyet to have berofIndian boatsstill without 0492305621880 of Md Shah Alam on JL No 59, B) 13,79,057.79 plus further B) Rs 2.10 Lakh From 11:00 Bank transponders that can help the AIS, whichcan potentiallybeused CASEFATALITYRATIO POSITIVITYRATE DAILYIN,DAILYOUT Shah Alam S/o Late recorded in R.S Khatian No 2/1 interest (Rupees Thirteen Lakh C) Rs 0.10 Lakh AM to 4:00 authorities trackthem, but sev- by adversaries, the senior official Matiur Rahaman corresponding to L.R Khatian 5545, Seventy Nine Thousand and PM 7DAYSEARLIER: 7DAYSEARLIER: DETECTED TODAY eral government departmentsare from thesecurity establishment Vill Melamath L.R Plot No 3443, R.S Plot No 157 & Fifty Seven and Seventy Nine looking to fixthe issue. said that compared to 26/11, the 1.47 6.97 44,489 PO &PSIslampur 166, Area 0.0164 Acre, Classification Paise Only) Dist-Uttar Dinajpur Bastu, PS Islampur,Dist Uttar C) 06.02.2020 In 2009, the Centrehad man- IMACand other systems arealot NOW: NOW: RECOVEREDTODAY: PIN 733202 Dinajpur in connection of Regd Deed D) Symbolic dated that all fishing vessels over morerobustnow.“Adversaries 1.46 6.82 36,367 No I-2724 dated 24.07.2008 at ADSR 20 metres long shouldhaveAIS areaware that we arewatching Deaths as aratio of Positives against Becoming sick vs Islampur Under Book No 1, CD transponders. However, this left and monitoring, and that creates positivecases (in %); numbertested recovering; more Volume No 10, Pages 142-153 out thesmaller boats--the 26/11 deterrence,” he said. indicator of progress (in %); indicator of recoveries for 14 days North-Land of Najrul &Samiruddin in averting deaths the spreadofdisease may signal the peak South-Road attackers had usedinflatable mo- The government, the official East-Land of Md Aslam &Others DataasonNovember25,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealth,ICMRandstates.Oftendailynumbers torboatstoreachMumbai’s asserted,“wantstoensurethat includedatafrompreviousdays.Assuch,trendsbasedondailynumbersareindicative,notdefinitive West- Land of Mustafa Kamal shores. everyboat” should transmit some Choudhury Transponders on sea-faring information. 7 Islampur All that part and parcel of the property A) 15.06.2018 A) Rs 20.35 Lakh 29.12.2020 Not known to vessels help national and inter- 0492250047773 consisting of plot no 2543, R.S Plot B) 1638661.65 (Rupees B) Rs 2.03 Lakh From 11:00 Bank national authorities tracktheir M/S Das Hardware No 1203 in survey No/JL No 57/ City Sixteen Lakh Thirty Eight C) Rs 0.10 Lakh AM to 4:00 prop Sujit Kumar Das or Town Survey No Ward No 12/ Thousand Six Hundred and PM movement,and also to checkall s/o Sudhir Kumar Khasra No Old 1011/1 New Khatian Sixty One and Sixty Five Paise relevant information including Das 1265 within the registration Sub Only) routes,ports,ownership, nation- Vill Khudirampally District Islampur and District Uttar C) 11.01.2019 ality and history.Inthe absence Po Islampur Dinajpur D) Symbolic of transponders, or Automatic Dist Uttar Dinajpur North- Bidyut Kumar Das PIN 733202 South-Khirod Ch Das Identification System (AIS), the East- Ratan Lal Singhi vessels aretracked either West- Somnath Mohanta through specificintelligence in- 8 Islampur All that part and parcel of the property A) 13.03.2019 A) Rs 7.20 Lakh 29.12.2020 Not known to puts, or through satellitemoni- 0882250023409 owned by Md Islam Sekh S/O Jarip B) 422200.19 (Rupees Four B) Rs 0.72 lakh From 11:00 Bank toring. Islam Sekh Son of Sekh situated at Mouza Chakshardi, Lakh Twenty TwoThousand C) Rs 0.10 Lakh AM to 4:00 The Navy's proposal to create Jarip Sekh JL No 37, Khatian No 3192, Plot No and TwoHundred and PM aNationalMaritime Awareness Vill 104, Gannisekh 964,970, comprising in deed no 3308 Nineteen Paise Only) Tola dated 25.03.2008 classification Bastu C) 22.07.2019 Center is under consideration by Chakseherdi within jurisdiction of DSRO D)Symbolic the CabinetCommittee on Dist –Malda Baishnabnagar,Distt Malda, Area 4.00 Security,and the center will be a 732210 decimal. multi-agency body including the North- Akram Sk Navy,CoastGuard, intelligence South-Bajru Sk East- Vacant plot of Rezaul Sk agencies,state maritimepolice West- Road forces, ministries of shipping, ports and fisheries, among oth- TERMS AND CONDITIONS ers,for an integratedapproach to The sale shall be subject to the Terms &Conditions prescribed in the Security Interest (Enforcement) Rules 2002 and to the maritime security,sources said. following further conditions: According to an official, “sev- 1. The properties are being sold on ‘AS IS WHERE IS BASIS and “AS IS WHATISBASIS” and “WHATEVER THERE IS eral options arebeing consid- BASIS” ered”but finding asolution is a 2. The particulars of Secured Assetsspecified in the Schedule hereinabove have been stated to the best of the information of bit tricky since “the responsibil- the Authorised Officer,but the Authorised Officer shall not be answerable for any error,misstatement or omission in this ity dilutes between the Centre proclamation. and stategovernments” and the 3. The Sale will be done by the undersignedthrough e-auction platform provided at the Website ownersofthesesmall vessels https://www.mstcecommerce.com on 29.12.2020 @11:00 AM needtobecompensated forin- 4. For detailed term and conditions of the sale, please refer www.ibapi.in, www.mstcecommerce.com, stallation of anytransponders. https://eprocure.gov.in/epublish/app & www.pnbindia.in “The FisheriesMinistryiscon- 30 Days STATUTORYSALE NOTICE UNDER RULE 8(6) OF THE SARFAESI ACT,2002 sidering certain vessel opera- Mr.Fajal Mamud (Circle Sastra Head, Chief Manager) tions,” said the security establish- Punjab National Bank ment official, and addedthat so Date 27.11.2020, Malda Mob No 9434816401 is the Indian Space Research Kolkata WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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V-Pcherry-picks afew verdictstosuggestjudicial overreach THATMAGICIAN, DIEGO Maradona, has left defender triedtobody-blockhim, cut out his lievethat the brillianceofLionel Messi,my us without giving anynotice. Therehavebeen channels, and prevent him from tearing favouritecontemporaryplayer, is because of when the largerpattern says quitethe opposite times when we sawhim teeteringatthe edge away.Maradona stopped, as if reconciledto Maradona:AMessicould have been born of death. If he had recoveredthis time, he the tackle. The defendertoo stopped, think- onlyinthe land of Maradona. nthe theme of “harmonious coordination between legislature, executive, wouldhave shruggedoff the latestscarewith ing the Argentine would retreat. But Another endearing aspectofMaradona and judiciary”, at the two-day80th All India Presiding Officers Conference asmile andquotedMarkTwain: “The reports Maradona had scriptedadifferent plotinhis washis political conviction. Politics is woven at Kevadia in Gujarat, the President, Vice President and Prime Minister of my death aregreatlyexaggerated.” mind. He took off, likealittle bubble of en- intothe heartand soul of Latin America. sent out some high-mindedand mostlyunexceptionable messages. Thegenius of Maradona can beinterpreted ergy.The defender stood frozen, as Maradona However, thosewho benefitted from the OSpeaking on the concluding day, alsothe 71st Constitution Day, Prime in manifold ways —foremost is the football swishedpasthim. What amazedmemost marketeconomyofthe West,rarelytakepo- magician who the worldmarvelledat. The washis control, the ball wasdrifting out of litical positions. But Maradona did, emphat- MinisterNarendraModi spokeofthe “maryada” (adherence to boundaries), separation sorceryhewas capableofwithhis feet cre- the corner line, but Maradona with the icallyand powerfully. His political beliefs of powers, and checks and balancesbuilt intothe constitutional design, whichalso offers ated legions of football fanatics around the faintestoftouches and turns, kept it in play, were unshakeable.Iremember a2005free the corrective if theseare disturbed.Hedrew alink between effortstoharmonise the work- world, including me. My son wasonlybegin- cut backand flung awell-weightedgoal to trade summit in Buenos Aires thatinvolved ing of the three organs of the Constitution and the “people’s trust”. And of the needtofind ning to learn thenuances of the game, when Cannigia, who inexplicablyspilledit. If that the then US president George WBushand newerwaysofconnecting the people with the Constitutiontheygavethemselves(“jan Maradona failedadrugtest andwasforcedto had been agoal, it would have been the manyLatin American leaders. Theyhad as- bhagidari”)and popularising theconstitutional ethosand language, especiallyfor the leave the 1994 WorldCup midway. It wasa greatestWorld Cup assistofall time. sembledtosign afree-trade treaty that personal loss forall of us. Maradona later put Maradona always answered his critics on would isolateCuba. But Maradona organised “yuvapeedhi” or the young. President RamNath Kovind spokeofthe importance of the role that incident beautifully: “Theychoppedmy the field. Beforethe pre-quarters against aprotest.Heworea“WarCriminal” T-shirtto of the Opposition, the necessity formeaningful deliberation with the ruling party.And legs.” Thereisapoetinhim, we realised. Brazil in the 1990 WorldCup, Cannigia burst an anti-Bush “counter-summit” that drew Vice President Venkaiah Naidu talked of the “excesses” of the executiveand legislature— The worldgot acquaintedwith the poetin out, “Maradona needs justMaradona”, im- protesters from around the world. “violation of rightsand liberties of citizens by theexecutive at timesistoo visible. At times, Maradona during the 1986 WorldCup quar- plying that he wasselfish. His wordsdis- Eventually, thesummit failed. thelegislaturetoo hascrossedthe line …” Naidu also toucheduponamounting unease terfinal againstEngland. That matchrevealed turbed me, but in that match, Maradona Maradona used to hostatelevision pro- aboutthe constitutionalbalance between institutions, or itsunsettling. hisdivineand mortalselves. Memoriesof that served Cannigia adelicious pass that the lat- gramme, in whichheinterviewedthe likes of match, whichIwatchedonablackand white terconverted andwon the matchfor Fidel Castroand HugoChavez. He had the Naidu spokeofjudicial “overreach” and disrespect of the “jurisdictional sanctity en- TV set, arevivid. When asked about the first Argentina. It wassogood adelivery thateven presence as well as the knowledge to engage shrinedinthe Constitution” andpointed to courtinterventions on matters rangingfrom goal —the infamous Hand of God goal —he Icould have scored, Iusedtojoke. Legend has them in serious conversation. Once apresen- fireworkson Diwali to denying theexecutive aroleinthe appointment of judges. These, he remarkedwithanequalounceof mischief and it that Cannigia wept and hugged Maradona terscepticallyasked him who he learnedhis said, have resulted in “avoidable blurring of contours demarcatedbythe Constitution”. cheek: “A little with the head of Diegoand alit- He wassuchaspontaneous in thedressing room. politics from? Maradona replied: “I have read While eachofthe specific instances cited by the VP maysparkaseparatedebateonthe tle with the hand of God.” Therewas ameas- creator of the outrageous -- a Iliked his roguishness, likeinthe 1986 fi- CheGuevara,heismycompatriot. Ihavetried scope and limitsofjudicial power, thereisaproblemwith his broader formulation and the ured poeticbeauty to the line. Diegoinlocal prince of the outrageous. His nal againstWestGermany. Argentina gets a to understand Cuba. Whyare other Latin wayhecherry picked afew verdicts. In fact,the disquieting pattern is an inversion of his parlance meant godormessiah. free-kicknear the centrecircle, Maradona American countries notlikeCuba, Ialways Then, in the 55th minute, he scored agoal powertoimagine was surveys thefield clumsily, drifts and prances analyseand trytolearn. Italk to Castro. This is real worry. In the lastseveral years, the growing concern has been about the political exec- of sheerbrilliance —every move and move- stupendous. At the same as if he’s disenchanted.Then he beltsanac- howIlearn.” utiveweaponisingits majoritymandateand thejudiciarynot steppinguptoits roleto keep ment that ledtothe goal wasforgedingrace time,hewas given to revelry. curatecross to Jorge Burruchaga, who nets Ihavenoembarrassment in admitting thebalance. In other words, while theremay well be instances of the judiciary’s overreach, and beauty,power and precision. He danced, the match-winner. that Iwas mad about Maradona. So, when he the largerdisquietinrecent times is causedbythe judiciary’s reticence —its unwillingness slitheredand slippedpastseveral defenders In that,hewas likeMozart, He wassuchaspontaneous creator of the visitedIndiain2008, ItravelledtoKolkata.A or inability to talk backtothe executive,topoint outthe limitsofits powers vis avis other to score themostbeautiful goalever in aWorld another genius. Mozart’s outrageous —aprince of the outrageous. His meeting wasarranged in JyotiBasu’s house. institutions and to uphold the rightsand freedoms of citizens againstatransgressing state. Cup. The sequence of the goal continues to in- creativityhad the efficiency powertoimagine wasstupendous. At the When Ishowedhim aphotograph of Basu toxicateeveryfootball loveronthe planet. That same time, he wasgiven to revelry. In that, with Castro, his eyes glowed. He told me: Thereis, indeed, as the vice president suggested, aneedtopause and reflect on adis- of acomputer,because he the Aztec StadiuminMexicoerectedabronze he waslikeMozart, another genius. Mozart’s “Fidel, your friend. Fidel, my friend.Weare turbed constitutional balance, but notquiteinthe wayhemeant it. The executive must statueofMaradona is atestament to that could compose even when he creativity had the efficiencyofacomputer, friends.” Later,Ishowedhim awatchthat had ask itself if the majority or majoritarian principle can be usedinall domains and whether goal's immortality.Thereare thousands of waspreoccupied with non- because he could compose even when he atinypictureofChe embossedinside it. It was it is doing adisservice to itsmandate by wieldingitlikeablunt instrument. And the ju- statuescelebrating footballers and sportsmen, musical tasks. Mozart,itis waspreoccupiedwith non-musical tasks. giventomebyMaradona’s friend and famous diciarymustturnthe gaze within in order to retrieve asense of institutionalselfand pur- but is thereone to commemorateagoal? said,could rewind and fast Mozart, it is said, could rewind and fast for- actor,Sergio Corrieri. He wasexcited:“Che pose thatsometimes appears to be lostorreceding. Thereare severallingering memories of ward the composition in his mind and repro- Guevara,Che Guevara,”hekeptsaying. I his game, some of whichhavefallenoff the forward the composition in duce the noteslater.TalentslikeMaradona wishedthatheshowedmethe Castrotattoo Maradona myth. Forinstance, athrough ball his mind and reproduce the and Mozartmakeus, non-believers, think on hisleg or theChe oneonhis bicep. Afew to Claudio Cannigia againstCameroon in the notes later.Talents like that godmight actuallyexist. minutes later Maradona left, leaving me con- 1990 tournament opener.Itstarted likethis: Maradona and Mozart make It used to be said of Mahatma Gandhithat vinced that therewas no one quitelikehim. BATTLE FORACITY Aground ball from the Argentina half he could makeleaders from clay. So did reachedMaradona, who washovering us, non-believers, think that Maradona —hemade even the mostmod- Thewriter,amember of theCPM politburo, is aroundthe centre line.AsturdyCameroon godmight actually exist. estplayeraround him aworld-beater.Ibe- aformer education ministerofKerala BJP’s high-voltagecampaign maybeturning Hyderabad municipal polls intoahigh stakes —and polarising —contest

LECTIONS TO THE Greater Hyderabad MunicipalCorporation (GHMC)have always seenfierce political battles. However, theBJP has ratchetedupthe competition this time to alevel hithertounseen. Sensing an opportunity to LESSONS FROM THE COMPANY establish itself as amajor playerinastatewhereithas had onlyanominal Epresence until recently, the party has assembledabatteryofheavyweight campaigners—Union Home MinisterAmitShah and party chiefJPNaddaare among Our pastshould teachushow to resistnew colonial designs framed by apandemic those scheduledtocampaigninthe city before pollingonDecember 1. With Bhupender Yadav, who playedarole in strategising forthe Bihar assemblyelection, in charge of the GHMC campaign, the BJP offensive has acquired anew edge. Meeta Rajivlochan The BJP’s hopes forthe GHMC,whichencompasses 24 assemblyseats across four dis- tricts,ride on expectations born of itsrecent electoral success in Telangana.Inthe 2019 IONCEMET aresearcher from JNU at asocial The balance of the moneyrequired forthe terthe Battle of Plassey. This wasanIndia generalelection, the BJP wonfourofthe 17 Lok Sabha seatsinthe state—one seat more event. In the course of our conversation, I maintenance of the English settlement is ob- whereabanker of the house of Jagat Seth than the Congress —and got nearly20per cent votes. It wonanassemblyby-poll earlier found out that she waspursuing adoctorate tainedbyplundering the ships voyaging to the thought nothing about paying the English this month in chief minister KChandrasekharaRao’s home district —the party’s voteshare andImadethemistake of asking her whatthe House of God, of whichtheytakeone or two companytodislodgeSiraj-ud-Daulah in doctoratewas about. She looked at me with everyyear.” Evidently, to Khan, the company Bengal —theymay well have thoughtthatone risingfrom13.75 per cent in 2018 to 38.5per cent. Besides,the Secunderabad Lok Sabha some pity and told me kindlythat the subject wasaset of punypeddlers who, in their igno- ruler wasasgood as another.Within five years seat,whichfalls in GHMC, has been electing BJP candidates. The BJP calculates that it is wasadifficult one; onlyaninitiatecould un- rance and foolishness,haddaredto challenge of thecompany coming to power, the houseof poised to replace the Congress as the main oppositioninTelangana.Awin in Hyderabad derstand it. Ilooked at theclockand sawthat theMughals.Withinthree decades of his ful- Jagat Seth went intoanirreversible decline. could become alaunchpad forthe party to expandinthatstate,and thereafter, increase we had another twohours to kill. So Iasked minations, the Mughal empirehad crumbled Current eventsshowthat this is no mere itsfootprint in southern India, whereits successhas so farbeenlimited to Karnataka. her to tell me nevertheless —perhaps Imight and the punypeddlers were on theway to be- historical anecdote.Asthe pandemic threat- The BJP has proposedanambitious welfareagenda forGHMC, wherethe TRS is on understand. It turnedoutthat shewasstudy- What everyIndian child coming the newmasters of India. ens the foundations of global order,some writ- ing the cultureand politics of alittle-known So what is it about Indians thatleadsthem ers point out that amodern-daycolonialism the backfoot afterthe recent floods. Along withthe welfarism, it is also raising the pitch tribal group in central India as partofalarger should remember is that to conceit or an abject self-abnegation of the basedonthe monopolyofdataisverypossi- on polarising issues —Hyderabad has a30per cent Muslim population and is the home study of oppression. She seemedtohave from the last decade of the kind that we routinelysee today? Indians be- ble and that India could become acolonyof turf of Asaduddin Owaisi and his party,the AIMIM. BJP leaders suchasTejaswi Surya have known the dimensions of oppression before 16th century, various have todayasthoughall true knowledge must theWest once again. That ittakesapandemic accusedthe TRS and AIMIM of sheltering Bangladeshis while Union Textile Minister she beganthe study.Iwonderedwhy she did European companies began come from the West,and adegree from any to bring this home to us is amatter of serious Smriti Irani has claimedthat thousandsofRohingyawereillegallyresidinginthe city. the study in that case but decidedthat sucha Western universityisworthfarmorethan any concern. For, it shows that India has learnt lit- to arrive in India. We The party has also startedacampaigntocelebrate September 17,the daythe Indian Army question could be aconversation stopper. Indian degree. Yet, barely200 years ago, tle from 200years of colonial rule. concludedits operations againstthe Nizam’s forces, as Hyderabad Liberation Dayinstead Later,while reading the marvellous The interacted with them while Indians showedmassive arrogance and un- Irrespective of what evil the Britishdid,the History of India, as Told by ItsOwn Historians concern about the West. one thing the EastIndia Companyshowed of remembering it as Telangana MergerDay.Hyderabad has come along waysince doing businessfor well over (1867), edited by Elliott and Dowson, Icame What everyIndian child should remem- consistentlywas greatsensitivity to itssur- Operation Polo in 1948andemergedasasoftware and education hub. It would be unfor- acrossanepisodethat demonstrates that such 150 yearsbefore the Battle of beristhatfromthe lastdecadeofthe 16th cen- roundings, an abilitytolearn from competi- tunateifthe competing visions forthe cosmopolitan city’s futureend up harking backto overweeningconceit is, and has been,abe- Plassey.And yet,noone tury, various European companies beganto tors and, above all, the ability to test beliefs old fault lines and contestedhistories. setting sin of Indians, forafew hundredyears seems to have realised that arrive in India.Weinteractedwith them while againstreality.These arequalitiesthat we at anyrate.KhafiKhan, the historianofMughal the Europeans brought with doing business forwell over150 years before would do well to learn. Formaking moneyis times, wasrailing againstthe EnglishEast the Battle of Plassey. And yet, no one seems to notsomuchaboutaccessto capital but about IndiaCompanyanditsdepredationsonIndian them afundamentally have realisedthat the Europeans brought with theabilitytoimagine the future, to learn re- shipping. He says,“the total revenue of different attitude to them afundamentallydifferent attitude to cursively and to constantlytestyour beliefs BALL LOSES FOOT Bombay, whichischieflyderivedfrombetel- business, with no business, with no compunctions about using againstreality. nuts andcocoa-nuts,doesnot reachtotwo or compunctions about using coercion and statepower to further the ends Through aturbulent lifeand career,DiegoMaradona never three lacs of rupees. The profitsofthe com- of trade. Makenomistake,the EastIndia The writer is an IAS officer and author of merce of these misbelievers, according to re- coercion and state powerto Companybeat Indianbusinessmen at their MakingIndia Great Again: Learning from failedhis partner in ahypnotic tango port, does notexceedtwenty lacs of rupees. further the ends of trade. owngame muchbeforeitcame to poweraf- our History

ROWINGUPINaBuenos Aires slum, theprecocious chico, Diego Maradona, befriendedhis mostloyal friendveryearly —afootball, or whatever he couldfashionintoone.Anorange, acrumplednewspaper NOVEMBER 27,1980, FORTY YEARS AGO Gor anything sphericalthataccompanied him to school in keepy-uppies —jugglingwithout letting the ball touchthe ground. First, adamaged fence and then umpteen defenders and goalkeepers bore testament to howinseparable VPSINGH’S STAND However, he defendedthe chargesof made by highcourt judges. the boyand ball could be,until the last moment when he letgofor agoal, and it wasall too PIQUED BY THE criticismofhis govern- casteism. late. He neverlosthis hypnotic hold over theball —onceaimingitaccurately to flick Ruud ment by Congress-I MPs from Uttar FARMERS PROTEST Gullit's dreadlocks en routethe topcorner. Pradesh,the statechief minister JUDGES’TRANSFER FARMERS OF BHANDRA district,the “rice Vishwanath Pratap Singh is likelytostep THE GOVERNMENTISdeliberatelydelay- bowl”ofMaharashtraare on thewarpath, DiegoMaradona diedonWednesdayaged60. In his TVshow TheNight of theTen,he’d down whenhemeets theprime minister. ing itsdecision on aproposal to transfer close on theheels of protests by cotton musedthat his gravestone be inscribed "thankstothe ball”. But likehis Peter Panglee Singh is likelytoaccompanyIndiraGandhi judges from one highcourt to another be- growers in Vidarbha. At ameeting organ- when tossed aball, he neverlostthe rawness, spontaneity andindividualbrilliance of the to RaeBareli and Allahabadduring her cause it wantsanational debateonthe is- isedbythe BharatiyaKisan Sangh, the street-footballer.Through alifethat fell apart withthe onsetofaddiction, ageingand obe- two-dayUPvisit beginning November 29. sue. This wasstatedinthe Lok Sabha by farmers decidedtoboycott government sity,the ball when at his leftfootdidn't seem to lose shapeorgoastray.Heurgedhis legions Referring to thecriticism by his partycol- Union Home Minister PShivShankar procurement centres on December 7- 8. to believe that no matter what happenedinhis lifeoutsidethe ball orbit, hispartner in a leagues, he said “theyare elected repre- while replying to adebateonthe High sentativesand their views mustbegiven Courtand SupremeCourt(Conditions of ‘GANDHI’FILMING tango, the football, would remain honourable and unstained. due importance”. He said if somebody, Service) Bill, whichthe House later passed. THE OPENINGSHOT of the film on Blessedwith an exquisiteleftfootand alow centreofgravity,the 5-foot-5 tall legend even the CM, is an obstacle to the progress He rejected the charge that the govern- Mahatma GandhibyRichardAttenborough humiliatedhis opponentsbytwisting and turning, dribbling and dodging. The selfless love and development of UP,heshould be re- ment wasdelaying appointments till“suit- wastaken at an especially organisedset in forthe ball neverdiminished even as afan at agame.Inhis passing away,the ball lostits moved. Singh saidhedid notwant to an- ablycommitted”judges arefoundnor had Gurgaon.Ben Kingsley, who plays Gandhi better half —the divine foot. swer the allegations made againsthim. it disagreedwith the recommendations in the film, featured in the shot.

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“enemy”. Herethe “enemy” is Jawaharlal Nehru, whose statue waspubliclysculpted by the renownedartistBiman Das in 2004- Shankar Acharya, 05, in an atelier justbelowthe administra- VijayKelkar and tion block. Therewas nothing mysterious Arvind Subramanian aboutitsmaking.AnilBhatti,inhiscontribu- tion to ourforthcoming book titled JNU Stories: The FirstFifty Years,has this to say: AN INTERNAL WORKINGgroup of the RBI Janaki Nair “Thestatueis,of course,astatement.Butitis has recentlymade afar-reaching recommen- differentfromthe statues in other universi- dation: To permit industrial houses to own ties because of this oblique, eccentric loca- and control banks. We believe that this step NOINDIANcityisexempt fromthecompet- tion slightlyoff-centrewith the age-old would be agrievous mistake,one that would itive assertion of rightstopublicspacesby Aravalli rocksbehind it. And because the seriouslyset backIndian economic and po- hitherto dominatedgroups.Statuesandflag- mottoatthebaseof thestatueitself givesthe litical development.Accordingly,weurge polesatstreet cornersserveasareminderof construction an emblematic structurede- that this proposal be shelved. newurban collectivities,ofautodrivers and manding interpretation.” Whydowehavesuchserious misgiv- their cinematicheroes, of Dalitsand their Nothingcouldbeastarkercontrasttothe ings? One clue is giveninthe reportitself, radical political forebears, of poets who re- Nehrustatuethanthe newoutcrop on the whichacknowledgesthat it ignored the ex- mind us of arichlinguistic and cultural her- JNU horizon. Itsfurtive existence wasen- perts thegroup had consulted.The report itage. Theyannounceanewpolitical pres- hancedbyits prolongedshrouding in tat- states that all the experts exceptone “wereof enceinasegmentedand hierarchical public teredorangecloth.Bypositioningthestatue the opinion that large corporate/industrial arena, but dominant groups and ideologies squarely at theentrance to theadministra- housesshould notbeallowed to promotea arenot farbehindin“occupying”spacewith tionblock,by purposelymakingit“threefeet bank.” sometimes gigantic symbols of power. This taller” than the Nehru sculpture,and, above Experts hold this view because allowing richeconomyofsymbolsisaninseparable all,bysacralisingit, the stolidbut domineer- industrial houses to ownbankshas fewben- partofour public life. ing Vivekananda is asymbol of all that the efitsand manyrisks. According to the report, The needtoinstall and unveil astatue of universityhasbecomeoverthelastfiveyears. the main benefitisthatindustry-owned Vivekananda at the JNUcampus came from Unencumberedby anycommitmentto crit- banks wouldincrease the supply of credit, suchsymbolics of “occupation”. As his tu- icalreason,to connectingpastandpresent,it whichislow and growing slowly. Credit con- multuoustermasvice-chancellor(VC)ofthe demands obedience and pietyratherthan straintsare indeed areal problem, and creat- prestigiousuniversity comes to aclose,will engagement. ing morebanksiscertainlyone wayofad- MamidalaJagdishKumarlookback withsat- Arewebeingthrownbacktoaworship- dressing the issue. But this is an argument isfaction at having notonlyunderminedal- fulpast,orto atimebefore themessybutex- forencouraging morebanksand moretypes mostall the statutesofthis institution but hilaratingdemocracyandtheopportunities of financial institutions, generally. It is notan “occupying”itwith astatue and flags? it hasoffered to reconfigurethe university? argument forcreatingbanksspecifically Flanking the entrance to the administration Or areweinvited to engagewiththe ownedbyindustry. The other powerful way block, thestatue had been under (saffron) Vivekananda who sawthrough “sectarian- to promote more good quality credit is to un- wraps forwell over twoyears, before being ism, bigotry,and itshorrible descendant, fa- dertake serious reforms of the public sector finallyunveiledonNovember12. naticism”, whichhad “filledthe earth with banks. Kumar engaged withthe symbolics of violence, drenched it oftenwith human The problemwith banksownedbycor- CRSasikumar “occupation” throughouthis tenure. He blood,destroyedcivilisationandsentwhole porate houses is thattheytend to engagein repairedafter the considerable damage done banking licences will notjustmakethem mounted,in2017, aWallof Heroesto 21 dec- nations to despair?” The one who railed connected lending.This can leadtothree by the COVID-19pandemic before the gov- stronger than commercial rivals, but even oratedsoldiers,makingJNU the firstuniver- againstany onereligion claiming to be self- main adverseoutcomes: Over-financingof ernment takesthe risk of assuming an enor- relative to the regulators and government it- sity to complywith the ministryofhuman sufficient, and thereforedenouncing any risky activities; encouraging inefficiency by mous futurecost. self. This will aggravateimbalances, leading resources and development(MHRD)’s claim to religioussuperiority of anykind? delaying or prolonging exit;and entrench- Second, the Indian economytodaysuf- to avicious cycle of dominance breeding “VidyaVeerta Abhiyan”. In the name of The strategy of “occupation” allows only ing dominance. Consider each. fers from aseriouslackofexit.The economic moredominance. restoringpurportedly“defaced” walls, he forapious engagement. We arenowiser First, lending to firms that arepartofthe landscape is littered withfailedfirms, kept Formorethan aquarterofacentury, wipedclean JNU's magnificent mural art. about what Vivekananda had imagined corporategroup allows them to undertake aliveonlifesupport, making it impossible for Indianfinancialsectorreforms have aimed And in response to theilluminating discus- higher education would become in inde- risky activitiesthat arenot easilyfinanceable moreefficientfirms to grow and replace at improving notjustthe quantity,but also sions on nationalism thatJNU teachers pendentIndia,oraboutwhathewouldhave through regular channels.Precisely because them. While some progress in clearing the the quality of credit. In other words, the goal mounted in the turbulent months after thoughtof theplural,inclusive,andyetques- these activities arerisky,theyoften do not landscape wasinitiallymade under the has been to ensurethat credit flows to the February2016, Kumar asked foratank to be tioning spacethatthe Indian public univer- work out. And when that happens,itistyp- Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), this mosteconomicallyefficient users, since this rolledontothe campus to “instil” national- sity has already become. His call to “manli- icallytaxpayers whoend up footing the bill. had stalled even before thepandemic, largely is the keytosecuring rapid growth. If India ism.Astatuemaynot have theloomingbulk ness” as agospelofour timeswould be In principle, connectedlendingcan be because existing promoters and owners nowstartsgranting banking licences to pow- of atank,but it serves severalpurposes –of grotesquelyinappropriate giventhe unbri- containedbythe regulatoryauthority. mounted astiff resistance. If industrial erful,politicallyconnected industrial houses, planting aflag in “enemy” territory, and dledandentitledmasculinitythatisnowon Indeed, Indonesia triedtodothis: It banned housesget direct access to financial re- allowing them to determine howcredit is al- sacralising it. displayinmostpartsof India.We arealready the practice. But as the authorities there sources, their capacity to delay or prevent located, we will effectively be abandoning JNU had long nurtured the tradition of a thrownintothealreadyoverheatedmythol- found to their dismay, no matter howoften exit altogether will onlyincrease. that long-held objective. socialrealismthatengagedwithcontempo- ogy around Vivekananda, including videos theytightenedthe definition of connected Finally, crossing this lakshman rekha will But the real problem is muchdeeper and raryandhistoricalissuesinitsexpressive mu- —entitled“Real Voice of Swami lending, conglomerates were always able to mean that the existing patterns of industrial broader.Indian capitalism has long been stig- raltraditions,heartfelt songs and theatrical Vivekananda”,“TheOriginalVoiceof Swami find loopholes to exploit. Experiences in dominance will become ruinously en- But the real problem is much matisedbecause of the murky two-way re- productions. The installation of the statue Vivekananda”,etc,—claiming to purvey the other nations have been similar,convincing trenched. The Indian economyalready suf- lationship betweenthe stateand industrial comes as itsobverse, of atheatreofpower originalvoice of Swami Vivekananda. (The mostadvancedcountries that regulating fers from over-concentration. We notonly deeper and broader.Indian capital. If the line between industrial and fi- heraldinganew reality,presidedoverbythe unfortunatepopularityof thesefakesledthe connected lending is impossible; the onlyso- have concentrationwithin industries, but in capitalism has long been nancial capital is erased, this stigma will only PrimeMinisterhimself athisalliterative best Ramakrishna Math and Mission to issue a lution is to ban corporate-ownedbanks. It is some cases the dominance of afew indus- stigmatised because of the become worse. Corporatehouses that areal- (invoking“confidence, conviction,charac- clarificationthat“thereisnovoicerecording also whyIndian policymakers over seven trial houses spans multiple sectors. The murkytwo-way relationship ready big will be enabled to become even ter”). Whobetterthan Vivekananda, repur- of Swami Vivekananda, letaloneofhis decades have consciouslyand wiselydrawn COVID-19 crisisisaggravating this picture bigger by having access to raise and redirect posedasthe posterboy of the Hindu right, speeches at the World’s Parliamentof alakshman rekha between banking and in- becausethosewithdeeppockets willnot between the state and resources, allowing them to dominatethe to be at the centreofthis occupation game? Religions, available to us today”.) dustry. onlymoreeasilysurvive the crisis, theywill industrial capital. If the line economicand political landscape. Arules- So,weonlyrecentlylearned that thestatue, WhichVivekananda is at stake? But, Crossing this lakshman rekha lookspar- be able to take over small, medium and large between industrial and based, well-regulated marketeconomy, as whoseprovenancewasshroudedbothliter- above all,whoseuniversityisatstake?Fervid ticularly unwise in India’scurrent circum- enterprisesthat have nothad the resilience financial capital is erased, well as democracy itself —already shaky and allyand figuratively,was proposedbyan criestochangethenameof JNUhave already stances. Afterall, the RBI has encountered or resources to weather the COVID-19gale. ravagedbybroader trends in India and also alumnus, ManojKumar, to the VC forits begun.Thankfully, oppositionto suchchange enough difficulty in dealing withbanking ir- Afterall, if large industrial houses getbank- this stigma will only become internationally—will be undermined, per- “pleasinglook”,fundedbyoneVipulPatelin has come from the ABVP,fearful of what regularities at Punjab National Bank,Yes ing licences, theywill become even more worse. Corporate houses haps critically. the US, and executedbyone Naresh might be thrownout with the bathwater: Bank,ILFSand Lakshmi Vilas Bank.Expecting powerful, notjustrelative to otherfirmsin that are alreadybig will be The conclusion is clear.Mixing industry Kumawat. Thegreatreputationof auniversityto which the RBI or other institutions to effectively reg- one industry, but firms in another industry. and finance will setusonaroad full of dan- Itbearsallthemarksof abrazen“occupa- theyyearn to belong, but cannot, alas, build. ulatethe practices of corporatehouses- Forexample, one can imagine acorporate enabled to become even gers —for growth, public finances, and the tion”, and likeour formerBritishrulerswho turned-banksistoask the impossible. house trying to assume dominance in the bigger by having access to futureofthe country itself. We sincerelyurge implantedstatuepoliticsinourmidst,makes The writer is former professor Regulation and supervision needtobe paymentsspace and using that to dominate raise and redirectresources, policymakers nottotakethis path. averyliteral pointoftriumphing over the of history,JNU strengthenedconsiderablytodealwiththe the e-commerce space. Getting the rightsto allowing them to dominate current problems in thebanking system be- ownabank could facilitatethe former, Kelkar is former Finance Secretary and fore theyare burdenedwith newregulatory therebyenabling the latter. the economic and political Acharyaand Subramanian areformer Chief tasks. Equally, thefiscal position needs to be Moreover, thepoweracquired by getting landscape. Economic Advisors LETTER TO THE EDITOR

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THIS REFERS TO the article, ‘Lawofun- IDEAS Leading from behind freedom’ (IE, November 26). The discus- sion on “lovejihad” castigating the BJP ONLINE anditsaffiliatesforbringingalaw against ONLYINTHE EXPRESS AhmedPatel’s silences randeep. Congress will miss itsgo-toperson it can't be faulted in terms of apolity guidedbytheirideology of Hindu Salman Khurshid Rashtra. Whyblame the BJP formain- ● HARNESSINGTHESUN: streaming itsfringethrough legislative AMRITAGOLDARAND route, if it suitsthem? At least the BJP is TARUNSINGH THE PASSINGofAhmedPatel, known to all sented or complainedof. Instead, genera- his kind of politics wasfastbecoming athing of thehuman being when confrontedbythe mockinglytransparent comparedtothe as Ahmedbhai, is adeep personal tragedy tions of aspirantshoped to become his of the pastbut in truth we neededhim now wrath of nature. But amongstothers, the loss opposition parties’ muted reactions and ● AIFORTHE forthose who have known him closelyand favourite. It wasnot something sought to morethan ever. of Pranab Mukherjee and Ahmedbhai has lackofacounter-narrative.For instance, FARMER: amonumental setbackfor the Congress. The be measured in worldlybenefits, justthe Patelwill be missed by our leadersasin- deprivednot the Congressalone but the madrasaswereblamedfor holding back ABHISHEKSINGH go-toperson forany personalorinstitutional comfortofknowing that he thought of you deedbyloyal party workers. TheCongress countryofaunique combination of head Muslims from moderneducation, and a crisis, he leavesbehind innumerable known favourably. party will miss Ahmedbhai in whom we saw and heartthat will needanother lifetime to breedingground forfundamentalism, and anonymous beneficiaries of his generos- When our topleadership says that it will the invincibility and sustenance of our ide- replace —ifatall, areplacementispossible. but if one gets modern educationand www.indianexpress.com ity and sagacity.Wewill, of course, getac- be difficult to replace Patelfor themanyre- ological beliefsand secrets of our organisa- Both were very different and yetalike: One cracks thecompetitive Indian civilserv- customedtothe grief and sorrow—that is markable things he wasand forhis devotion tional strength. We areall muchdiminished being comfortable at the frontline as indeed ices examination, and is still blamedfor human nature, afterall. But it seems that to the cause of the party,itisnot justhyper- in theuntimelydemise of the gentle giant of at private conferences; and the other con- “UPSCjihad”,itisamanifest bigotedpar- Americastillwanttheirjobstobesecured thingsfor us in the Congress will neverbe bole causedbygrief and asense of loss. After ourtimes. tent to guidematters from behind the lines. adox.Inessence,theright-wingpoliticsof and alimit on migration. the same. It felt that waywhen we gathered all, from beingayoung party leader under Having come from Ankleshwar in Onenever diffident about wordsinpublic, polarisation will keep churning anti- Yash Sinha, Vadodara at his house to bid him goodbye,alas in the Indira Gandhi to being an indispensable ad- Gujarat, Ahmedbhai, who grew up to all but but the othercommunicating with silences. Muslim sentiments. absence of mortalremains duetothe strict viser to RajivGandhi,Narasimha Rao, rulethe capital of India, has quietlyreturned What theyshared wasadeep knowledge of LRMurmu, Delhi UP'SAPARTHEID LAW COVID-19restrictions,surroundedby Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi, the late home. In recent years, he did sometime talk the Congress party. Dada wrote about it with masked familiar faces that have been part leader had acquired an institutional stature. about returning to Ankleshwar buteach aflourish but sadlyAhmedbhai did notget WAIT AND SEE THISREFERSTOtheeditorial,'Rollitback' of the worldhesustainedand nurtured un- Having donnedanunderstatedpolitical per- time, we knew it could notbeand that he the chance to recordhis partofthe story, (IE, November 26). The UP ordinance on noticed. sonality with an arms-lengthapproachto surelyknewsoaswell. But the ways of god leaving us impoverishedinknowledge even THIS REFERS TO theeditorial, ‘New Old inter-faith marriages underminesper- The complexrelationships thatform the media, he wasnonetheless aconfidant aremysterious and unpredictable. as the sinking thought reminds us: Bare America’ (IE, November 26). It is maybe sonal liberty and incentivises hooligan- the body of the party were knownto of innumerabletop journalists, civilservants Thousands of Ahmedbhai’s admirersand shawq se sun raha thazamana/Humhisogaye true that “America is back”, but how ism.The draconian lawnot onlycontra- Ahmed bhailikethe palm of his hand. How and politiciansfromacross the party.But the well-wishers who constantlyprayed forhim dasta kehte kehte (The worldwas listening muchisthisisbeneficialfor Indiaisthe dictsBJP'slong-stated view on Uniform manytimes and wherehemight have in- understated demeanour and quietconfi- would have notfor amomentthoughtthat in rapt attention/But we dozed offwhile important question. Howthe US re- CivilCode.Itissimilartoapartheid,which tervenedtohelp, counsel, encourageorre- dence on the surface, likestill waters, ran their prayers would notbeanswered. telling the tale). spondsontrade towardsChina post had put legal obstacles forinter-ethnic assurewould be knowntohim and the per- very deep. Therewas so much,perhaps all COVID-19has been very harsh to the Januarymustalso be seen. Policies can’t marriages amongits citizens. son concernedonly. He had his favourites, therewas to know, that he kept discreet. whole worldand everylifelosttothe pan- Thewriter is asenior Congress leader,and disappear in one nightand the people of RajivBoolchand Jain, Zirakpur likeweall do, but that fact wasnever re- Some short-sighted peoplemight think that demic has remindedusofthe insignificance former Union Minister

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DELHI MOVE TO BOOST INDIAN OCEAN SECURITY China talks on, but no nation DovaltovisitLanka, should be expansionist:Rajnath DELHI CONFIDENTIAL Defence Ministersays nearlyimpossible to executeanother JaishankarSeychelles 26/11-style attack, India notshy of cross-border actiononterror With Thursdaymarking the tions with newly-appointed EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Defence 12th anniversaryofMumbai ter- SHUBHAJITROY Ministerfor Foreign Affairs and NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER26 Minister rorattack, whichkilled166 peo- NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER26 TourismSylvestreRadegonde. Rajnath ple, Singh said, “Wecan assurethe His visitassumessignificance STATINGTHATnocountry Singh people that India has strength- AT Atime Chinese aggression in as India is developing infrastruc- should harbour “expansionist” enedits internal and external se- the Indo-Pacific region is evident, tureatthe Assumption island, a ambitions, and eachshould de- curity system to an extent that an- NewDelhiismovinginfastto keystrategic project. Developing velop within itsboundaries, are“someagreements, protocols other 26/11onIndian soil is now strengthen maritime security in External Affairs Minister infrastructureonAssumption is- Defence MinisterRajnath Singh that arefollowedbyarmies of almostimpossible to execute.” theIndian Ocean region. National SJaishankar and National land in Seychelles is akey piece on Thursdaysaid thatChina has both countries to patrol” the Line He said November 26 is con- Security Advisor Ajit Dovalwill be Security Advisor Ajit Doval in India’s proactive maritime “said another round of talkswill of Actual Control (LAC). sidered very important in terms in Sri Lanka on Fridaytoholddis- strategy as it counters China’s take place, but the dates have not Problems, however, occur of national security,asthe cussions with keysecurity and movesinIndian Ocean region. been finalised” yet. “when agreedprotocols areig- Mumbai terror attackmade VOCAL ON GLOCAL defence ministers of Sri Lanka among Indian Ocean countries,” But President Ramkalawan “Talksare going on, and more nored,hesaid. Indiachange itssecurity strategy andMaldives, andExternal Affairs the MinistryofExternal Affairs opposedthe project in the talksare going to happensoon,” Singh said: “Wecannotallow forever. “Noself-respecting ON Amission to repairties with Nepal, Foreign Secretary MinisterSJaishankarisheadedto said in astatement Thursday. course of hispolitical campaign. he said. PLAtoact on the LACinanuni- countrycan forget the26/11in- Harsh Vardhan Shringla on ThursdaylandedinKathmandu Seychelles. The meeting will provide an Jaishankar’s visit is the first Speaking at the Hindustan lateral wayunder anycircum- cident... Iamproud that our se- and spoketothe localmedia in fluent Nepalese.His mother is Dovalwill be in Colombo on opportunity fordiscussiononis- in-person visit to Seychelles Times Leadership Summit,Singh stances. We do notwant war curity forces did notlet asingle from the Himalayanneighbour,and Shringla knows thelan- Friday, where he will holdaNSA- sues pertaining to cooperation since the Covid pandemic. saidIndia is notshy of taking ac- with anyone, but to ensurewar terroristgobackalive,” he said. guage quitewell.The Foreign Secretary’s proficiency in the leveltrilateral meeting on mar- in maritime security,itadded. Seychelles,whichisunderstrict tion across the border against does nottakeplace,itisneces- Ever since Independence, he local languageisexpected to be an assetinstrikingarapport itime security cooperation with On the sidelines, the NSAisalso quarantine norms, has made an terrorismany longer,and that it sarythat we should always be said, “therehas been aconstant with the Nepalese leadership. SriLanka’s Defence Secretary expected to have other bilateral exemption to allowthe visit. “To is nearly impossible to execute ready forwar.Wewantpeace. effort by the anti-Indian forces MajGen (Retd) Kamal engagements, it said. the best of ourknowledge,no another 26/11-style terror attack Historically, India hasnever at- to createanatmosphereofinsta- Gunaratne and Maldives Jaishankar will travel to other high-levelvisit has taken on Indian soil today. tacked anynation or captured an bility within India eitherby Defence Minister MariyaDidi. Seychelles on Nov27-28 place since the newPresident Referring to the ongoing inchofany other nation. We pre- crossing the borders or through PANDEMIC POLITICS This mechanism is being re- November,after visiting Bahrain took over.Hence, the External standoffwith Chinese PLAatthe parefor wartoprevent war. the borders...Pakistanhas now vivedafter six years —pastmeet- and the UAE. Affairs ministerwillbethe first LACinLadakh, Singh said: “Like “But Iwant to reiterate: no- triedall the tricks on terrorism.” AFTER BIHAR elections, the BJP has pledged free Covid-19 vac- ings were held in Maldives He will call-on newly-elected high-level visitor he willbere- Pakistan, we have another body can occupyaninchof Singh said aspecial force cine and testsfor all in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal (2011), in Sri Lanka (2013), and President WavelRamkalawan ceiving,” asource said. neighbour who keeps raising India’s land.” namedSagar Prahari Bal is being Corporation polls as well. The promiseinthe party's mani- in India (2014). and discuss the priorities of the Jaishankar,itislearnt,iscar- disputes about the border.” He Singh also stated that India's preparedwithin the Navy,which festofor theHyderabad civic elections comes justafter Prime “The NSA-levelTrilateral newgovernmentand avenues rying aletterfromPrime said thereare “perceptional dif- forces have been givenafree will “notonlyprotect navalassets Minister NarendraModi warnedagainstpoliticisation of the Meeting has servedasaneffec- forfurther strengthening rela- MinisterModi to the newly ferences between India and hand to “stronglyoppose any presentin thecoastalareas,butit coronavirus vaccine. During his meeting with chief ministers tive platform forcooperation tions. He will also hold consulta- elected President. China on the border,” but there changeonLAC”. will also act as aforce multiplier”. over the pandemic on Tuesday, Modi, without taking names, said that some people were trying to politicisethe vaccine is- sue. Earlier,the BJP had made asimilar promise in itsvision document releasedbeforeBihar Assembly polls,drawing crit- ‘BJP ruling indirectly... should icism from opposition parties. But BJP leaders pointed out that the ElectionCommission had rejected those objections. DIFFERENT HOMECOMING seek votes on what it has done’

THE COMMEMORATION of Constitution Dayorganised by the J&K PEOPLE’SConference chair- role model state. But thereis Supreme Court sawthe presence of President RamNath man and People’s Alliance For hardlyany role model statein Kovind, besides the Chief Justice, other Supreme Courtjudges GupkarDeclaration (PAGD) India... and we arearole model and senior advocates and members of the Bar.For the spokesperson SAJADLONE stateinmanyother issues. Nota President, it seemedlikeahomecoming of another kind. spoketoNAVEED IQBAL on the single farmer suicide, no dowry Speaker afterspeaker,suchasAttorneyGeneralKKVenugopal, coming together of mainstream deaths, no customofdowry,lib- Justices NVRamanaand RFNariman, and SupremeCourt Bar parties and the alliance’s prepa- eral people, moregender neutral Association president Dushyant Dave,referredtoKovind's rations forthe upcoming local in terms of equal opportunities Police personneluse watercanons on farmers near Ambala long stint at the Bar,while the President himself recalledthe polls. Excerpts: forwomen than anyother state on Thursday. PTI probono work he did as alawyer. In hiswelcome to the in India, incidences of crime President, CJI SABobdesaid he would alternatively liketoad- What were your (PAGD) againstwomen is very low... My dress the President as "the mostfamous advocateinIndia." motivations to contestthe point is that if lack of develop- DDC elections? ment warrantsrelegating astate No onecan stop We arepartofacollective to UT,then theywill have to rel- BETTING BIG mechanism. Anydecision made egateall states. collectively is binding on all the The PAGD chairperson has us, say thousands WHILE IT is notunusual forpoliticians to announcebig pro- members. Iwas partofthe con- written to theState Election jections, Defence MinisterRajnath Singh on Thursdaymade sensus to go ahead and contest ment waselected whichmoved Commission, stating that candi- what, at leastatpresent, appears to be agrand prediction. these elections.... The elections very fast to implementits ideo- dates of the alliance arenot be- Asked about the next big elections –inWestBengal –Singh arebeingrushedthrough, cer- logical agenda... My ideological ing allowedtocanvass in their at capital’s borders said that theBJP will notjustwin therebut can even win with tainlywith motivesotherthan preferences were made clear on areas. atwo-thirdmajority.“(I) cannotrule out the possibility that empoweringpeople at the grass- August4when Ijoinedthe al- That is the feedbackwehave “It is ahugemistake on the BJP will be in aposition to form the government with atwo- root level... THEEXPRESS liance meeting. Nobodyforced got from the ground. Therecer- SUKHBIRSIWACH partofthe Haryana government. thirdmajority.It(BJP) will definitelyget themajority;Iam Ipersonallysupport partici- me to ally withBJP... and nobody tainlyisanexplicit andblatant &RAAKHIJAGGA Chief MinisterManoharLal confident,” he said at the HindustanTimes Leadership Summit. pation in all elections, irrespec- INTERVIEW could have forced me to notbea bias in terms of providing secu- CHANDIGARH,LUDHIANA, Khattar should have understood tive of anyhostile conditions or WITH partofthe alliance.... But retro- rity to those alignedwith the rul- NOVEMBER26 our plight and allowedusto political compulsions. My debut SAJAD spectively, Iregret my foolhardi- ing party directlyorindirectly. peacefullymarch... Nobody can in politics wasasapartofthe ness and naivety. THE SAMYUKTKisan Morcha stop us,” aprotester said. ODISHA GIRL FOUND DEAD LONE boycottideology... And Ican say J&K PEOPLE’S Do youviewthese elections and All IndiaKisan Sangharsh Anotherprotesteradded:“We that it is an infertileconcept... CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN One of the allegations the BJP as an appraisal of the current Coordination Committee have enough supplies to campin Oppn seeks minister’s ouster Boycottdisempowers people makes is thatthese are dispensation in J&K as well as (AIKSCC), in ajoint statement Delhi foratleastsix months. We and creates space forthe very District Development Council the Centreoverthe last14 said morethan 50,000 farmers arereadyto spendallwinterinthe after couple’s immolation bid peoplewho youwanttokeep litical workers of these parties... Elections and PAGD is not months? were expected to be at Delhi’s capital, until the Centre listens to out. discussing development, but We can’t have one electionto bordersbyThursday evening, our legitimate demandsand According to the parents, the Did you, duringyour speaking of special status and define this. The BJP has now and thattheir “numbers areex- withdraws thefarm laws.” AISHWARYAMOHANTY girlhad gone missing from near What did it take forall parties detention, reflect on your thelargerquestions been ruling this place indirectly pected to swell through the Amongtheparticipantsofthe BHUBANESWAR, NOVEMBER26 their house on July10. Herre- in PAGD to come together? association with the BJP? concerning Kashmir.What is forabout twoyears... They night as thousands of tractors “Delhi Chalo” march at Shambhu mains were found twoweeks Ihonestlyfeel that no one YesIdid... Letmeexplain my your take on that? should seek avoteonwhat they and trolleys arecarrying farm- barrierwasSukhbirKaur, 51,who TWODAYSafter acouple at- later. neededtobepersuaded... point of view. When the 2014 We areaware that DDC elec- have done.... It’s theopposition ers, women and children from hadcomefromMangatvillageof temptedself-immolation out- Opposition Chief Whip Everyone felt we shouldcome elections were held, therewas tions arefor basic grassroots thatnormallytalks about what interior areas of Punjab”. Dasuyaalong with heryoung side the Odisha Assembly, Mohan Majhi said that theyare together.Therewas an onslaught no ideologicalmandate. All par- democracy and development. has notbeendone or what has The statement criticisedthe daughter Gursimrat. Therewas Opposition parties Thursday notsatisfiedwith the decision to and therewas no other option... ties have an ideological agenda But no election anywhereinthe been donebadly.Thatrightis “inhuman, anti-people, RSS-BJP also retiredFCImanagerGurnam cornered theBJD government in transfer the case to theCrime and adevelopment agenda.No countryisdevoid of politics. You ours today... Haryana government” forusing Singh Dhumma,and 15-year-old the House over allegedpolice in- Branchasthe ministercould still Howwouldyou respond to single party secured seatsbe- can’t de-link politics from elec- forceagainstthe farmers. It said schoolboySachin Sharma. action in the killing of their 5- influence the investigation. the Home Minister terming yond the 50 per cent markto tions... When do yousee yourself “massive protestshavebeen re- “Khattar should nothave year-old daughter.The parents Sahoo Thursday said he wel- the alliance the “Gupkar pursue an ideological agenda. In contesting an election? portedfromfarmers andindus- stoppedus, he should know have alleged that Agriculture comesafreshprobeinthematter. Gang”? the absence of that, Ithought What about the criticism Youhavetoask the trialworkers in EastUP, Bihar, that youcan’t cowdowna MinisterArun Kumar Sahoo The statement came even as Ihonestlythink that they that the developmental agenda aimedatdevelopmentdone Government of India when they West Bengal, Odisha, Telangana, Punjabi,” Rajinder Singh, shieldedone of the prime sus- an audio-clip of apurportedcon- should have desistedfromthe is something that we can work by the popular governments aregoing to conduct elections. Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil leaderofthe Kirti Kisan Union pectsinthe case from arrest,de- versation between the minister word “gang” under all circum- on... in J&K until 2018? Theyhavecreated stakeholders... Nadu, AndhraPradesh, Gujarat from Mansa, said. Rajinder and railing the policeinvestigation. and the sarpanch from the girl's stances. Thereare three former ...The government broke ... If youare goingtocompare Nowbureaucracy is anew stake- and Maharashtra”, as well. alarge groupofabout 2,000 On Thursday, members of village,intheaftermathof thesui- chief ministers in this midway and that wasthe end of us with London or New York,we holder.You reallythink theywill Protesters including women protesters brokethrough the the Opposition parties including cide attempt by the parents, alliance...Thereare membersof our alliance with them. We pale in comparison. But you allowpopular rule to come and children, gathered at the barricades on the Sardulgarh- BJP and Congress intensified spreadonsocialmedia.Intheclip, Parliament, centralministers. fought Parliamentaryelections compareuswith an Uttar back?Ipersonallyfeel it is along Shambhu barrier near Ambala, Sirsaroad around1pm. their demand forSahoo’s resig- avoicealleged to be Sahoo's is Thereare so many former cabi- on our own, withatag that we Pradesh or aChhattisgarhora distance away. told TheIndianExpress that the “Haryana Police stoppedus, nation, twice forcing the ad- heardchiding the sarpanchfor netministers... and mostimpor- had alliedwith them. That wasa Bihar,Iwould sayweare doing FULLINTERVIEWON governmentsinHaryana and at but Haryanvivillagers served journment of the Assembly. “instigating” the parents. tantlythereare thousands of po- meretag...Anew Union govern- very well... We have notbeena www.indianexpress.com theCentrewould notbeable to us langar at Hanspur village,” stop them from reaching Delhi. Rajinder said. CBI files FIR SLPs filed in top Will remove all encroachments on state, against former courtagainst If askedto, will march with J&K minister for scrapping of forest land: BJP promise for DDC polls farmersinDelhi: Mamata

‘forest land grab’ Roshni Act in Jammu and Srinagar areon When his attention was Baseer Khan,anadvisor to J&KLt fullysupport their protestand if ARUNSHARMA stateland, their occupation of it drawntowards astatusreport Governor Manoj Sinha, in the EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE invited,Ican also join (them),” NewDelhi: TheCBI has booked NewDelhi: Abunchofspecial JAMMU,NOVEMBER26 has been regularisedunder filedbyDivisional 2009Gulmarglandscam.In2009, KOLKATA,NOVEMBER26 she said at apress conference. former Jammu and Kashmir leave petitions have been filedin Roshni Act. The Abdullahs’ house Commissioner Jammu and the then StateVigilance Sharpeningher attack, the ministerTaj Mohiuddin in con- the Supreme Courtagainsta All STATEand forest landwill be in Jammu’s Bhatindi area, where Principal Chief Conservator of Organisation–now ACB–had HOURS AFTER Punjab Chief Trinamool chief said she will nection with alleged illegal reg- Jammu and Kashmir High Court retrieved from unauthorised oc- twoformer CMs –DrFarooq Forestsinthe Jammu Kashmir registeredacase against20peo- Minister Amarinder Singhcriti- neverallowBengal being turned ularisation of encroachedforest order scrapping the Roshni Act cupantsafter demolishingstruc- Abdullah and Omar Abdullah – High Courtthat BNCollegebe- ple, including Khan,the then cisedpolice action againstfarm- intoanother Gujarat, referring land in his name under the that gave proprietaryrightsto tures raisedonthem, the BJP live,too,isbuilt on apiece of ing run by former BJP minister BaramullaDeputyCommissioner, ers marching peacefully to- to the2002communal riots.She Roshni Act, officials said on occupantsofstate land,withthe promisedinits visiondocument land, amajor portion of which Abdul Gani Kohliand hisfamily and sixother topbureaucratsfor wardsDelhi againstthe again dubbed the BJP as a“party Thursday. petitioners pleading that they forthe upcoming District belongs to forests,” Sethi said. in Channi Rama area of Jammu allegedlymisusing their official contentious farm laws,West of outsiders” and said thereisno Along with Mohiuddin, afor- neverencroachedongovern- Development Council (DDC) “So in coming days,the land is on stateland, Sethi said: positionto transferstatelandear- Bengal Chief MinisterMamata place forthem in Bengal. mer Congress ministerinthe ment land and were nevermade elections in Jammu and Kashmir from both these offices will be “Whosoeverhas done encroach- markedfor developmentof Banerjee on Thursdayan- “Those who come hereonly erstwhile state, theagency has aparty in the case. on Thursday. The party also said retrievedand these offices ment, allthe land has to be re- touristinfrastructure in Gulmarg nouncedthat if invited,she will before elections to resortto also booked Mohammaed The SLPs movedbyformer that criminal prosecution will be closed,” he said. Similarly,“if our trieved from him.’ to private parties. join them. thuggery, inciteriots and disrupt Ramzan Thakur,former Deputy bureaucrats, businessmen and launched againstthose, includ- party comestopowerinthe DDC “Whosoeverisinvolved–for- Apartfromremoving en- “The farm laws have peace areoutsiders. Bengal has Commissioner of Shopian; retired judges challenged the ing bureaucrats, who facilitated elections, we will retrieve the mer CMs, their ministers, busi- croachments, the BJP in itsvision snatchedthe rightsoffarmers. no place forthem… The BJP is MohammedYousuf Zargar, then October 9order of thehigh court the encroachments. forest land on whichAbdullahs’ nessmen who arefundingpoliti- document promisedimproved The laws will pave the wayfor saying thatitwill turn Bengal Additional Deputy whichdeclared the Roshni Act Releasingthe vision docu- house has been constructed and cal parties, bureaucratsand even powerand watersupply, middlemanand corruption… intoGujarat. Who aretheytosay Commissioner;Hafizullah Shah, “illegal, unconstitutional and un- ment,BJP chief spokesperson restoreittoforests,” he said. policeofficers,actionwillbetaken strengthening road network, The waypeaceful farmers were such things? We don’t want then Assistant Commissioner sustainable” and ordered aCBI Sunil Sethi said, “The BJP has zero “Forestland is meant forwildlife againsteveryone,’’ Sethi said. promoting areas of touristpo- treated is highlycondemnable. Bengal to turn intoriot-torn (Revenue); and Ghulam Hassan probeintothe allotment of the tolerance forencroachments.” and politicians and their houses Lastmonth, the Anti tential to boostlocal economy They(Centre) cannotsnatchthe Gujarat. We don’t want anyriots Rather,the then Tehsildar. PTI land under this law. PTI “National Conference offices have no place on it.” Corruption Bureauhad indicted and createemployment. democratic rightsoffarmers. I in Bengal,” she said. Kolkata WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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BRIEFLY FIRM OWES Rs 5,500 CR TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS Air pollutionrising faster in south ED arrestsCox&Kings thaninGangetic India, finds study promoterinPMLAcase Increase in PM2.5levels cutsacross urban-rural divide, says CPCB-IITD survey sions,’’ the study[s author,Sagnik ESHAROY STATESWITHHIGH DeyofIIT-Delhi,said.Deysaidspa- ED InApril,TheIndianExpress,ina extendedtoatleast20relatedpar- NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER26 tial mapping of pollution will be PM2.5INCREASE Seeingredin

KHUSHBOONARAYAN seriesof stories,reportedthatafo- ties between2014and 2019. vital forthe government to form PLAIN E greyhorizon ● Kufri receivedfresh MUMBAI,NOVEMBER26 rensic audit found the travel firm The audit revealedthat Cox& WHILE THE Indo-Gangetic Plain State Urban Rural itsfuturepoliciesunder the EX snowfall on Thursday. didrelatedpartytransactionswo- Kings gave Rs 1,100crore to Alok continuesto bethemostpolluted National Clean Air Programme. Kerala 24.2% 21.9% PradeepKumar THE ENFORCEMENT Directorate rthRs21,000croreoverfouryears Industries, astressedfirm that region in the country—in fact in Fine particulatematter —or IN ODISHA and (ED) on Thursday arrested Ajay (2015-2019)tosiphonfunds.Italso went bankruptin2017, even as thewholeworld—intermsof PM Goa 36.4% 37.3% PM2.5 —isamajor pollutant affe- Chhattisgarh, whichhave Ajit Peter Kerkar,the promoterof found that Cox&Kings had falsi- the travel firm did nothaveany 2.5 levels, the rate of increase in Andhra 20.1% 18.9% ctingtheenvironment,humanhe- reportedamong the HIMACHAL bankrupttravelfirm Cox&Kings fied records, booked sales worth business relationship with the pollutionlevels in southern and Pradesh alth and the climate. According to highestincrease in air Severalareas Limited,inconnection with its Rs 9,000 croretoover160 cus- company. Significantly, easternIndiaisfargreaterthanthe Maharashtra 24% 21% the study,population-weighted pollution in eastern moneylaundering probeagainst tomers who arebogus or do not Khandelwal is the brother of the Gangeticplainbetween2000and Odisha 28% 28% 20-yearaveragedPM2.5overInd- India, this is due to min- inaccessible the company. existand inflated bank balances. CFOofAlok Industries. 2019,astudy commissioned by iais57.3µg/m3,withalargerincr- ing activities and thermal afterwetspell Cox&KingsowesRs5,500 Lastmonth,the ED had ar- The ED has found that Cox& the Central PollutionControl *Datafrom2000-2019; ease observedbetween 2010 and coal powerplants. In croretobanksand financialinsti- restedthefirm’schieffinancialof- Kings sold it UK subsidiary — Board(CPCB) has found. source: CPCB-IIT Delhistudy 2019 than in the 2000-09 period. southern India, high ur- tutions and it wasone of the top ficer,Anil Khandelwal, and itsin- HolidayBreak Education Limited The study,jointlycarriedout “Poor air quality across the ur- banisationinand around Shimla:Mostparts of borrowersofYes BankLimited ternal auditor,Naresh Jain, in —forRs4,387crore and“siphoned by IIT-Delhi and CPCB,has also ban–ruraltransactsuggests that cities suchasBengaluru Himachal Pradesh, in- when co-founder Rana Kapoor connection with the case. majorityofthemoney”.Outof the foundthatairpollutioninruralar- southern Indiaismorethan 1.6 this is aregional scale problem, a or Hyderabad has ledto cluding touristhotspots washeading it. YesBank has an The audit conductedby saleproceeds, at least$15.34mil- eas has increasedatpar withur- per cent per year duringthis pe- fact thatisoften neglected,’’says increasedemissions, says Kufri and Manali, re- exposureofmorethanRs2,267 PricewaterhouseCoopershas lion wasallegedlytransferredto ban India, aphenomenon that is riod,andlessthan1.2percentan- the study.The study reports that SagnikDey of IIT-Delhi, ceivedlight to moderate croretoCox &Kings Group. The found that the companyhas KuberInvestment Mauritius rarely discussedwithairpollution nuallyinthe Gangetic plain. ambient PM2.5 exceeds the ann- author of the study. snowand rain over the listedtravelfirmwassentto bank- recordedrelated party loans and Private Limited,afirm controlled policiescontinuingtofocusonur- The studyalso found that 436 ual NAAQSof40µg/m3 in every Unfavourable meteoro- last24hours, with some ruptcy courtlastOctober,after it advancesof Rs9,494croreduring by Kerkar. ban centres. cities/towns withapopulation of stateexceptJammu and Kashmir logical conditions in east- higher reaches receiving defaulted on payments. the same period, of whichabout EzeegoTraveland Tours, an- On PM2.5 levels cuttingacross morethan 1lakh in 2019 exceed- (nowUTs of J&K and Ladakh), Hi- ern and peninsular India, severalfeetofsnow. Cox&Kings came under the Rs 4,008 crorewas loaned to 11 other subsidiary of thegroup, is the urban-rural divide, the study ed National Ambient Air Quality machalPradesh,Sikkim,Arunach- along with increase in Remote areassuchas scanner afterthe ED initiated an overseasentitiesconnectedtoCox accusedofdiverting Rs 150crore cites the exampleofDelhi,where Standard(NAAQS) of 40 micro- alPradesh,ManipurandNagaland. emissions, has ledtoan Dodra-Kwar,Pangi and investigationintoallegations of &Kings. Of these offshoretrans- to Redkite CapitalPrivate PM2.5 increasedby10.9 per cent grams per metric cube(µg/m3). Asof 2019,99.5percentdistri- overall increase in PM Spiti turnedinaccessible kickbackstaken by Kapoor in lieu actions,transfersofRs581 crore Limited,acompany promotedby between 2001 to 2015.During “Weare currentlyinthe ctsinIndiadidnot meetWHO'sair 2.5. Asteady air pollution as mountain passes were of granting loans to severalcom- wasallegedlydoneinviolation of CFOKhandelwal and auditor Jain. the same period, it notes, PM2.5 processofcollatingandanalysing qualityguidelineof10µg/m3.The rise in rural India is due blockedand arelikelyto paniesthathave nowdefaultedon the ReserveBank of India norms. This fund wasusedtobuy con- exposureinrural India rose by the 2020 dataaswell. Over the PM2.5 levelinthe Gangetic plain, to high reliance on solid remain cutoff forthe rest repayments. Kapoor,who is cur- The forensicaudit alsofound trolling stakeinTourism Finance 11.9 per cent. nextfewyears,we expectthedata whichhas apopulation of more fuel fordomestic use, of the winter season. The rentlyunder arrest,has denied the companydid nottakeboard Corporation of India Limited, a The study, conducted on the to showthat adecrease in pollu- than70 crore,andthewesternarid with the study putting wetspell,whichbegan these allegations. approvalsforRs6,071-croreloans listedNBFC. basisofsatellitedata, is thefirstof tion levels, especially in rural ar- regionismorethandoublethean- household sources as the Monday and continued itskindtolookatairpollutionspa- eas,dueto theUjjwalascheme,as nual NAAQS, the study notes. “largest contributor to Thursday, has also ledto tially. It found that the rate of in- amajor contributing factor (toair FULLREPORTON ambient PM2.5 in India”. closureofroads and dis- crease of PM2.5 over eastern and pollution)hereishouseholdemis- www.indianexpress.com ruption in powersupply in some partsofthe state. ENS UP seeks report BJP MLAwho ‘got call’ on land grab

RAJASTHAN charge againstRae Wifesetsselfon from Lalu lodgesFIR Bareli institute fire,mansends EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE videotoin-laws SANTOSHSINGH LUCKNOW,NOVEMBER26 PATNA,NOVEMBER26 Jaipur:Awoman diedaf- NEARLYTHREEweeksafter rebel terallegedly setting her- TWODAYSafter senior BJP leader Congress MLAAditi Singh wrote self on fire in Rajasthan’s Sushil Kumar Modi accusedLalu aletterDirector General of Econ- Jhunjhunu district, and PrasadofcallingupaBJPMLA to omic Offence Wing (EOW), seek- the act wasvideo- allegedly make him “goabsent” ingaprobeintotheallegedfinan- recordedbyher husband, during Wednesday’s election for cialirregularitiesinfunctioningof who sent the clip to his Bihar AssemblySpeaker,the leg- the Kamla Nehru Educational in-laws,police said on islator from Pirpati, Lalan Society in RaeBareli, the UP gov- Thursday. Sixpeople — Paswan, on Thursdaylodged an ernment has asked theHousing the husband, his parents, Bandh supporters stageademonstration in KolkataonThursday. Partha Paul FIR againstthe RJD chief at RJD leader Tejashwi Yadavinthe AssemblyonThursday. ANI and Urban PlanningDepartment brother,uncle and aunt — Patna’s Vigilance Police Station. to examine thematterand sub- have been detained, and BasedonPaswan's com- mit areport. acase registered against plaint,Vigilance policelodged In his complaint to Vigilance mobile number from whichhe Aditi Singh, who wononaCo- them, police said. The in- Union strike affects Kerala, Bengal, the case againstLalu Prasad un- police, Paswan maintainedthat calledLalanPaswan,” he said. ngressticketfromRaeBareliinthe cident took place on der provisions of Prevention of “Lalu Prasad triedtobuy” the Kumar also soughtthe status 2017 statepolls, had markeda November 20, and the Corruption Act. voteofanMLA of apolitical of asimilar probebyJharkhand I- copyofherletter,inwhichshe ac- woman wasreferredtoa Assam; banking and transport hit In Ranchi, from whereLalu party by trying to allurehim G(Prisons) VirendraBhushan in cusedthe educational society of hospital in Jaipur where allegedly calledupPaswan, the with the offerofaministerpost August2020. Bhushan has or- landgrab, to CM Yogi Adityanath. she diedonNovember With bank unions joining the farm and labour laws,among jailedformer Bihar CM wasshif- in the event the RJD-led dered afresh probeintothe lat- As per acopyofaletter from 22. PTI PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA stir,banking operations in Kerala, other worker-related issues,as tedfromthe RajendraInstitute Mahagathbandhan forms the est“tape controversy”. the CMO,whichwas tweetedby NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER26 West Bengal and north-eastern well as to raise various demands. of MedicalSciences director’s government aftertoppling the Neeraj Kumar said, “Lalu Singh,Special Secretarytothe WESTBENGAL states were hit.Operations such Apartfromtrade unions suchas bungalowtoits paying ward. NitishKumargovernment in the Prasad will continue to violate Chief Minister, SurendraSingh,has ANATIONWIDE strikebytrade as cash depositsand withdrawal INTUC, AITUC and Hind Mazd- Lalu is in jail afterhewas con- Speaker’s election. jail manual. He should (there- asked Additional Chief Secre- Minister unions in protestagainstthe and cheque clearances were oor Sabha, various independent victed in thefodder scam cases. JD(U) spokesperson Meeraj fore)beshifted to Tihar Jail.” tary/PrincipalSecretary/Secretary, volunteersfor Centre’s economic policies on impacted. federations and associations are On Wednesday, the Jharkhand Kumar told reporters here: “We Lalu is undergoing treatment Housing andUrban Planning Thursdayhit normal lifein In other parts of the country, part of the joint platform. government had ordered a requestthe Supreme Courtto at Ranchi’s RIMS Hospital for Department,to getthematterex- vaccinetrial Kerala, parts of West Bengal, the strikehad little effect, but re- BJP-alignedBharatiya probeintoSushil Modiand Lalan take cognisanceofthe matter multiple ailments.InAugust, he aminedasper the rules and sub- Assam and Telangana as public ports suggestedthat several Mazdoor Sanghdid notpartici- Paswan’s allegation that he had and requestthe authorities con- wasshiftedtothe RIMS direc- mitareportbyDecember 5. Kolkata:WestBengal transportwent offroad and bank branches witnessedalim- pateinthe strike. calledupthe latter and asked cerned to shiftthe RJD chieffirst tor’s bungalowtoprotect him Seniorofficialssaidthatitwas Urban Development banking services were disrupted. ited impact. “The states of Kerala, him to abstain from voting in the to Ranchi’s Hotwar jail from the from exposuretoCovid-19. “partofaregular exercise”. MinisterFirhad Hakim All government offices and Bank unions claimedthat in Puducherry,Odisha, Assam and Speaker’s election. sprawling Kelly’s bungalowmea- RJD spokesperson Mrityunjay “Thematter is sub-judice. has expressed his wish to major businessestablishments the clearinggrids, about 20 lakh Telangana reportedcomplete The JD(U) on Thursdayde- nt forresidence of RIMSdirector.” Tiwari told TheIndianExpress: Letterof thehonourableMLAhad be avolunteer forthe remainedclosedacross Left- cheques worthabout Rs 18,000 shutdown. Tamil Nadu reported mandedthatthe RJD chief be Kumar latertold The Indian “Lalu Prasad is sufferingfromsev- reachedus, and as partofthe reg- Covaxin Phase III trial ruledKerala, wherepublic crorecould notbesent forclear- completeshut down in 13 dis- shiftedfromjail in Ranchi to Express that Lalumeeting multi- eral health complications and it ular exercise, it has been for- scheduledtobeheld at transport also went offthe road. ance due to thestrike. Even tricts, while the industrial strike Delhi’s Tihar Jail. The party also ple visitors and engaging in po- is inhuman forthe NDAtode- wardedto the concerneddepart- the Kolkata-based West Bengalwitnessedsporadic ATMs in some parts of the coun- continues in the rest of the dis- askedthe government in neigh- litical discussions with them mand that he should be shifted ment to be examined. That is all,” National Instituteof clashes in severalparts as Left trywent dry. However, the coun- tricts. Punjab and Haryana re- bouring Jharkhandtothor- were aviolationofJharkhandjail from Ranchi hospital to else- asenior governmentofficialsaid. Choleraand Enteric unions took out rallies, disrupt- try’s largest lenderState Bank of portedthat the stateroad trans- oughlyprobe intoalleged viola- manual. “Wewantthe Jharkhand where. In fact, the JD(U)has been Director General (EOW) RP Diseases(NICED).The 62- ing vehicular movement and India and private sector banks portbuses have notlefttheir tion of jail manuals, with Lalu Prisonsdepartment to find out in aweofhis persona —the RJD is Singh said he had repliedtothe year-old ministerofthe forcing shopkeepers to down were functional. depots in the morning,”ajoint ostensibly “meeting people for howapersoncalledIrfan Ansari still the largest party in Bihar.” As MLA's letter earlier in whichhe MamataBanerjee-gov- the shutters. The daylong strikewas called statement issued by the trade political discussions and keep- has access to LaluPrasad. As per forthe“tapecontroversy”,Tiwarisaid said that onlythe state ernment has also spoken The strikealso partiallyaf- by ajoint platform of 10 central unions said. Jharkhandand ing athirdaide, againstprovi- rule, Prasad is allowedtokeep investigationsareunderway. government couldorder an in- to theNICEDofficials and fected normallifeinOdisha, Pu- trade unions to protestagainst Chhattisgarhreported 100per sions of keeping onlytwo aides onlytwo aides. The jail police WITH INPUTSFROM quiryasitwas notundertheir expressed his desire to be ducherry,Assamand Telangana. the central government’s new cent strike, the statement said. or sevadars” while in jail. should also seek calldetails of the ABHISHEKANGADINRANCHI jurisdiction. partofthe programme. “I want to help people. If my contribution helps in the ‘RS70,000CRSTUCK IN ARBITRATION CLAIMS’ treatment of people then Nivar makes landfall: 3killed in TN Iwill be morethan happy. Iamkeen to be partofthe Aiming to boost road sector, NHAI drive programme,” Hakim told PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA PTI whencontacted on CHENNAI,NOVEMBER26 Thursday. PTI looks to settledisputes with contractors SEVERE CYCLONIC storm Nivar MAHARASHTRA paniesgetthatmuchliquidity,ear- 59 cases, originallyworth Rs madelandfallinTamilNaduearly AVISHEKGDASTIDAR ly,” Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, Chair- 15,678 crore, have been success- on Thursday,killingatleastthree Toddlerfallsto NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER26 man,NHAI,toldTheIndianExpress. fullysettledforRs5,480crore,giv- people,uprootingtrees,snapping deathfrom “Weare going to startadrive.” ingtheNHAItheideaforthedrive. powerlinesandinundatingsome THE NATIONAL Highways The move is aimedatgiving “I am inviting everycontrac- low-lying areas. seventhfloor Authority of India(NHAI) will thrusttothe paceofhighways torwhether theyhavegone to Aftermakinglandfallnear soon begin adrive to settle with constructioninthecountry, which the High Courtsorthe Supreme Puducherry,Nivar,withwinds of Thane:Atwo-year-old itscontractorsallexistingdisputes the NDAgovernment has high- Court, come to theconciliation upto 130kmperhour,weakened boyfell to his death from --worthRs70,000croreandstuck lightedasone of themajor infra- and take the money. It will hap- into acyclonic storm and further NDRF personnel carry out rescue work in Chennai. PTI the balconyofaflat on the at various levels of arbitration for structuresectorsto bringtraction pen on mutual consent, amica- intoadeep depression as it en- seventh floor of abuild- years —withinweeksand save NHAI Chairman Sukhbir backintothepost-Covidrecovery bly,”Sandhu said. teredAndhra Pradesh,saidoffi- ing in Ambernath town of around Rs 50,000croreinpoten- Singh Sandhu of theeconomy. TheNHAIhasthis AsperArbitrationAct,2015,all cialsofIndiaMeteorological Chief MinisterKPalaniswami about 13 lakh people, “right now, Maharashtra’s Thane dis- tial payout, giving afillip to the year awardedcontractsfor 60 the arbitration aretobesettled Department (IMD). visited Cuddalore,close to Pudu- about 2.30 lakh of them arein trict, police said on road construction industry. projects withcapitalcostof within 12-18months.However, SeveraldistrictsinAndhra cherry,andtookstockofthedam- 2,999 camps”, he said. Thursday. The incident Contractors have on various withinafew weeks. aroundRs70,000croresofarfora thatseldomhappensandsuchar- Pradeshwitnessedheavyto extr- ageinthe district. He inspected Low-lyingareasinChennai,in- occurredinthe early occasionstaken disputes to the “Around Rs 70,000 croreis length of 1,790 km —highestin bitration goes on foryears. In the emelyheavy rainfall Wednesday plantaincropsdamagedbythecy- cludingthose in suburbanIrum- hours of Wednesday, availablefora overtheyears,seek- stuckinarbitrationclaims.Althou- the pastthree years. conciliation route, the NHAI and evening, leading to thedeath of cloneand reviewedthe situation buliyur,Mudichur and Urapak- when the toddler got out ingclaimsfromthecountry’spre- gh muchofthat is exaggerated The Authority has formed thecontractortaketheviewofin- one person. along with senior state officials. kam, witnessedflooding and of theslidingdoor of the mierhighways makerthrough claim,we believesomethinginthe three Conciliation Committees of dependent experts and through In Tamil Nadu,three people, He also visited the Devanam- waterenteredthehousesofmany room, an official said. The clausesof thecontract.Arbitration rangeofRs20,000crorewill hap- Independent Experts (CCIE) of consent agree on asettlement, includingawoman,were killedin pattinam relief camp, and spoke residents. Rescue personnel fer- boyallegedly slipped and litigation in suchcases typi- pen. Through courts andarbitra- three members each. The CCIEis within weeks. rain-relatedincidentssuchastree to thepeople sheltered there. riedcookedfoodtothepeopleus- from the parapetofthe callytakeyears,andalsokeepthat tion theywill take five to 10 years headedbyretiredofficialsfromju- TheNHAIhasformedathree- and wall collapses in Ponneri and Later,hetold reporters that ing inflatableboatsand while balconyand fell down, muchliquiditynotionallytiedup. to getthat money. So,weare ask- diciary, besidesexperts frompub- member DisputeResolution Villupuram, officials said. They due to adequateprecuationary somechoseto shifttothehomesof the official said. Acase of TheNHAIhasdecidedtoreachout ing all contractors to come to our licadministrationandfinanceand Board forprojects wherein con- said1,086treeswere uprooted.At measures takenbythe govern- their relatives, others stayed put. accidental death has been to all suchcontractors—big and conciliation committees instead, private sectors. tractors can go within 90 days of some places, overhead electricity ment,therewas no major dam- In Puducherry,whichwitnessed registered. PTI small players—to settle the dis- throughwhichtheygetthemoney Till now, 131disputeshave the arising of apotential dispute cables snappedasheavy trees fell age. While4,233relief camps heavy rain, CM VNarayanasamy putes “amicably”, and hopefully withinthree-fourweeks.Socom- been referred to these CCIEs and and getaverdict immediately. on them. were ready to accommodate said no loss of lifewas reported. Kolkata WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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SIMPLY PUT QUESTION &ANSWER CORONAVIRUS DASHBOARD INDIA ACTIVE CASES 452,344 Takeaways from Oxford error 500,000 Aftertrial resultsofthe AstraZeneca-Oxfordvaccine, it has nowemergedthat amistake in dosing ledto 453,401 452,344 the 90% efficacy report. Whatquestionsdoes this raise about this vaccine, and about trials in general?

450,000 might be considered unethical to remove PRABHARAGHAVAN these participantsfromthe ongoing trial, ac- NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER26 cording to Dr Kang. “You have recruited these LAST 10 DAYS people telling them that your volunteering, Nov16Nov 25 AN ERROR in the trials of the AstraZeneca- in aspirit of altruism, will benefit the public 400,000 University of OxfordCovid-19vaccine, at large.Can youaffordtothen say, ‘Sorry, but AZD1222, has calledintoquestion the way all your effort is wasted because we made a Note:The Nov25figureinthisgraph is based on the government updateonNov 26 vaccine clinical trials duringthe pandemic mistake so, now, we aregoing to stop?’” she have been handled. This is whyitmatters, said. “You actuallydon’t knowwhat the right and whatneeds to be done now. dose is (for this vaccine yet), and this might INDIA TOTAL CASES WORLDTOTAL CASES be turnedintoanopportunity to understand 9,266,705 60,641,673 What wasthe error? moreabout the vaccine,” she said. On Monday, Oxfordand AstraZeneca said Yet, she said, “I do wish that therewas Source:MinistryofHealth&Family Source:JohnsHopkinsUniversity, AZD1222 couldhaveanefficacy up to 90% — waymoretransparency —maybe that’s too Welfare.updatedat11pmonNov26 updatedat11pmonNov26 when administeredinahalf-dose followed muchtoask from Big Pharma,but,inthis by afull dose amonth later.What theydid emergency situation, with misinformation notdisclose initiallywas that these findings and contention everywhere, being ab- were the result of amistake.The nearly 3,000 solutelyopen by publishing protocols and participantsinthe UK on whomthis result papers and sharing informationindetail, Similar symptoms in Covid, wasbasedwerenever supposedtobegiven would be muchmorehelpful.” alower dose in thefirstplace. Half adose followedbyafull dose wasnot the intendedregimen. Univ of Oxfordvia AP lung injury caused by vaping The revelation has addedtodoubtsabout Does this raisequestions forIndia’s the wayAstraZeneca and Oxfordhavebeen Covishield, whichisbasedonAZD1222? LUNG INJURIES caused by Covid-19 conducting these trials, with some scientists TheIndianExpress on Thursday. forsucherrors? It shouldn’t call the capability of the vac- and itsmanifestations aresimilar to flagging the lackoftransparency in the en- In this case, the mistake broughtabout a cine completelyintoquestion,according to those causedbye-cigarettesand vap- tire process. Whydid theerror happen? potentiallypositivefinding thatAstraZeneca some experts. ing, anew study has underlined. “Withthe exception of the US-basedtrial, Oxfordsays that due to a“difference in the intendstostudy further in the US arm of the “The fact that the arms in the UK and PublishedinSAGE Open Medical Case Iamnot awareofdetails on howthese trials manufacturingprocess” forthe vaccine trials, but it could have ended badly if the Brazil arecoming up with an efficacy above Reports, the study presentsacasese- arebeing monitored.Isthereacentralised batchesusedfor thephase 3trialsinthe UK dosing wasthe other wayaround. 60% means thatthis vaccine is working...and ries of three teenagers who presented DSMB (DataSafetyand Monitoring Board)? initially,the doses givento2,741 UK partici- “In this case, the direction in whichthe we were aiming for50% in the guidance from with breathing problems at University Aretheycombining the accrueddata? They pantswereoverestimated,resultinginahalf- errorwent wasnot atragedy.Overdose has WHO, the FDAand the DCGI,” said Dr Kang. of California-Davis (UC Davis)Health seem to have combinedeventsacrossBrazil dosebeing administeredasthe firstdose. the potential to cause harm. Underdose usu- “Butwewill have to wait until regulators during the pandemic. Eventually, they and UK. Whynot theother countries?” “Wehavedifferent ways of measuring allydoes not,” Dr Kangsaid. reviewthe dataand areconvincedthis is a turnedout to be Covid-negative,but Natalie EDean, biostatistician at the the concentrationofthe vaccine and when “In clinical trials, everything is precisely vaccine worthhaving, because it is impor- eachhad ahistory of vaping. University of Florida,tweetedon Wednesday. it wasapparent that alower dose wasused, protocolised, and it has to be uniform across tant to understand that regulators will get Medicalprofessionals usethe “And reporting out asecondaryanalysis we discussedthis withthe regulator,and allparticipantsinthetrial.Normally, youdon’t muchmoredetail than scientists can read in acronym EVALI to describee-cigarette, that wasnot pre-specified(since it seems to agreedaplan to test both the lower seethisleveloferrorhappening,”saidDrJesani. ascientificjournal,” she said. or vaping, product use-associatedlung ChestX-ray image of patient be basedonadosing error) is notdesirable. dose/higher doseand higherdose/higher But protocol deviations arestill common What is required nowisfor Serum injury.The study authors underlined with lung injurydue to vaping. If theyseek to getthe half-dose approved, dose, allowing us to include both approaches in clinical trials, Dr Kang said. InstituteofIndia (SII), whichistesting that EVALI and Covid-19 sharemany UC Davis Health theyshouldwaituntil theyhaveacom- in the phaseIII trial,”the university said. “The “Wrong labelling of samples, issues with Covishield in India, to “quickly”submit apro- symptoms but have very different pelling result. Otherwise, we canland in ‘ev- methods formeasuring the concentration data quality,yourfreezer breaking down — tocol foradditional studies that can test this treatment plans. They idence limbo’,” shetweeted. arenow establishedand we canensurethat these areall bound to happen. Even though vaccine using half adose to startwith. stressed that healthcare highlightedinadifferent Thedevelopment makesituncertain all batches of vaccine arenow equivalent.” errors or deviations mayormay notmakea “Serumshould ask forall of the datafrom providers caringfor paedi- study,publishedinthe whether regulators likethe US Food and “Thereare tworeasons whythese errors difference, youwould want to stop thestudy, the AstraZeneca study to sharewith the DCGI atric patientswith unex- same journal. Asurvey by Drug Administration would authorise emer- could have creptin,” said Dr Amar Jesani, an investigatewhat is happening and then pro- anddoveryquick immunogenicitystudies plainedrespiratoryfailure Mayo Clinic researchers gency use, with confidence in the develop- independent consultant, researcher and ceed,” she said. on Covishield to decide on an appropriate should also consider EVALI found shifts in vapinguse ment programme having been “damaged”, teacher in bioethics and public health, co- “Errors happen.The point is that the study dose that it can go aheadwith —alow dose and ask forrelevant smok- among young adultsafter according to areportinTheNew York Times. founderofthe Forumfor MedicalEthics protocol is aguidance document that lays out would mean we could have double the ing/vaping history. PAPER thepandemicbegan.These “Wehavetosee howmuchofthisdata Society and editor of the Indian Journal of what to do and howand monitoring is an ap- doses,”said Dr Kang. Common symptoms study,too, stressedthe im- (from the low-dose group) is potentiallyus- Medical Ethics. proachtoprevent as manyerrorsaspossible. At the same time, this incident should also between EVALI and CLIP portance of screening for able forregulatorysubmissions in the “Oneisthehaste withwhichtheCovidvac- In anykind of clinical trial, despitebestefforts, beawakeupcall formoretransparency in the Covid-19include fever, vaping and substance use strictestsense, because, my understanding cinetrialsarebeingconductedduringthepan- it is likelythat youwill have protocol devia- wayevenIndiancompanies conduct trials. cough, nausea, abdominal NEWGUIDELINES duringthe pandemic. is youcannotuse datathatisnot specifiedin demic... theyare trying to compress various tions. Youhavetorecord that,” she added. “Wedon’t even knowatwhat dosage pain and diarrhoea. With The study coveredpa- theprotocol. It is likelytheynotifiedthe reg- stages of vaccine development.The second is SerumInstituteistestingCovishieldoverhere... the pandemic, it is easy to missEVALI tientsvisiting the outpatient depart- ulators, but this is notexactlya‘per protocol’ that companies arevying with eachother to Should these participantshavebeen Icanreadthefullprotocolof AstraZeneca’sclin- diagnosis, the researchers said. In the mentsacross Mayo Clinic locations. or an ‘intention to treat’ analysis, whichisthe capturethe market at theearliest,” he said. removedfromthe trial? ical trial and makeajudgment about an error. case series described in the study,the Of 1,018respondents,542 reported wayclinical trial analyses areusuallydone,” Giventhat the errorwas that of adminis- Can youdothat forSerum InstituteofIndia’s patientsshowedupwith fever,nau- vaping, or usingmarijuana, tobacco vaccine scientistProfGagandeep Kang told What checks and balances areinplace tering alower firstdoseofthe vaccine, it protocol?” said Dr Jesani. sea and cough. Theyhad fast heart or alcohol, during the pandemic. The rate,rapid breathing andlow oxygen shifts observed: levels in their blood. Their test results ■ Nearly 70%increasedalcohol pointedtoinflammation commonly consumption. President’s powers to pardon —inUS, India seen in Covid-19, but their SARS-CoV- ■Vaping decreasedin44% of peo- 2testing returnednegative.When the ple, and increasedin27.9%. patients shared information about re- ■ Tobacco product use decreased Forinstance, Article II, Section 2ofthe US history,Pew Research datashow. In his four mutethe sentence of anyperson convicted of cent vaping, doctors could diagnose in 47.3% of people,while24.1% of peo- OMMARATHE Constitution says allPresidents“shall have years, Trumphas granted pardons to 29 peo- anyoffence where the sentence is asentence EVALI and treat them successfully ple increaseduse. NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER26 Powertogrant Reprievesand Pardons for ple (including Flynn) and 16 commutations. of death”. Under Article 161, the Governor with corticosteroids. ■ Of the 140people who de- Offenses againstthe United States, exceptin In contrast,PresidentBarackObama had, toohas pardoning powers, but these do not scribed achange in marijuana use, WITH LESS than twomonths of histenure Cases of Impeachment”. duringhis eight-year tenure, issued212 par- extend to death sentences. Vaping shift 39.2% increaseduse and 36% de- remaining, US President Donald Trumpon Further,the poweronlyapplies to federal dons and 1,715commutations. The only The President cannotexercise his power Another connectionbetween vap- creaseduse. Wednesdayexercisedhis powers under the crimes and notstate crimes —those par- other President who can be compared with of pardon independent of thegovernment. ing/substanceuseandthepandemicis EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Constitution to pardon Michael Flynn, his donedbythe Presidentcan still be triedun- Trumpfor infrequent use of the poweris RashtrapatiBhawanforwardsthe mercy plea former National Security Advisor,who had der the laws of individual states. George HWBush, who granted 77 clemency to the Home Ministry, seeking the Cabinet’s twice pleadedguilty to lying to the FBI. requests during his one-term tenure. advice. The Ministryinturn forwards this to What is theextent of theUSPresident’s Pardons by Trump, others The highestnumber of clemency grants the concernedstate government;basedon powertopardon? The Flynn pardon is notthe firstbyTrump by aUSPresident (3,796) came during the reply, it formulates itsadvice on behalf to raise eyebrows. In 2017,Trumppardoned FranklinDRoosevelt’s 12-year tenure, which of the Council of Ministers. HowUSPresident pardons former Maricopa County SheriffJoe Arpaio, coincidedwith WorldWar II. In severalcases, the SC has ruledthat the The President of the US has the constitu- who wasfound guilty of being in contempt of President has to act on the advice of the tional right to pardon or commutesentences courtforignoringafederaljudge’sorderto stop HowIndian President pardons CouncilofMinisters while decidingmercy related to federal crimes.The US Supreme arresting immigrantssolely on the suspicion Unlikethe US President, whosepowers pleas. These include MaruRam vs Union of Courthasheldthatthispoweris“grantedwith- that they were residing in the US illegally. to grantpardons arealmostunfettered, the India in 1980, and Dhananjoy Chatterjee vs outlimit”andcannotberestrictedbyCongress. Others include right-wing commentator President of India has to actonthe advice of StateofWestBengal in 1994. Clemency is abroad executive power, and and convicted campaign fraudsterDinesh the Cabinet. Although the President is bound by the is discretionary—meaning the Presidentis D’Souza, andMichael Milken, afinancier Under Article72ofthe Constitution, “the Cabinet’s advice, Article 74(1) empowers him notanswerable forhis pardons, and does not convicted of securitiesfraud. President shall have the powertogrant par- to returnitfor reconsideration once. If the Co- have to provide areason forissuing one. But Yet, Trumphappens to have usedhis par- dons, reprieves, respites or remissions of uncil of Ministers decides againstany change, thereare afew limitations. don powers lessthan anypresidentin modern punishmentortosuspend,remit or com- the President has no option but to acceptit.

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to be defeated,and lifecould soon return to take careof,andhasliabilitiessuchasahome child’s higher education, then your term pendent, and youhavebuilt your retirement Howcan this optimisation help yousave normal. Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, and loan,carloanetc.,musthaveterminsurance. plan should coverfor all this until youturn corpus that is good enough to sustain you money? Sputnik Vhaveannouncedanover-90% effi- Itisalsoimportanttonote thatyoushould 60. This should be apartfromthe cover and your spouse’s financial needs forthe re- Suppose youare 35 now, and arelooking cacy fortheir candidates, and Oxford- notwaittohitacertainagetobuyatermplan. amount that would provide foryour fam- mainder of your lives. If youthink youcan foraRs 1.5crore term plan till theage of 75 — AstraZeneca has said early results of phase 3 Youmay do so afteryou startworking,and ily’s household expenditureneeds afteryou. do all of that by age60, youdon’t needaterm your premium maycome to around Rs trialsshowitsvaccineto be“highlyeffective”. keepaddingto thecoverbasedonadditional Onemustideallyhaveterminsurance plan beyond 60. 21,000 perannum forthe next 40 years,ag- While Covid-19has increasedaware- requirements. Starting early means alower coveruntil the ageof60, and can have asep- Onemustnot confusetheneedforaterm gregating to Rs 8.4lakh. ness about insurance, it is important for premium forthe same cover. Forexample, if arateplan to provide forone’s spouse’s fi- plan with the needfor health insurance. Now, if youtakeatermplan forRs1crore Sandeep Singh everyone to understand that it shouldnot youare 30 when youbuy aRs1croreterm nancial independence till the ageof70-75. Whileterminsurancestartstoloserelevance tilltheageof60andanotherplanof Rs50lakh requireaglobal pandemic forindividuals to plan up to age70, your annual premium Breaking your term plan intotwo —one un- afteryou have metall your liabilities, health till the ageof75, youwill paypremiums of be nudged to buy apolicy.Aterm insurance wouldbearoundRs12,000.Thepremiumfor til age60, and the other until age70-75 — insurancebecomesmore importantafterre- around Rs 11,000 (25 years; Rs 1crore)and FEAROFTENpushespeopleto buyinsurance. plan is afundamentalrequirement and thesameplanwillbearoundRs21,000if you would notonlyhelpyou optimiseyour tirement,andshouldbetakenforaslongasit aroundRs8,000(40years;Rs50lakh)respec- Over the lastsix to eight months, as the pan- forms the base of an individual’sfinancial buy at age40, and over Rs 32,000at age45. cover, but also optimisethe cost. It is impor- is available. tively —addinguptoatotal premiumoutgo demic severely impacted the economy and planning, providing coveragainstthe most tant to note that if youlivebeyond 60, you It mustalso be notedthatalongsidethe of around Rs 5.95 lakh. forcedindividualsto restrictspending,thein- critical risk —that of lifeitself. Howmuchshould your insurance won’t be needing the coveragainsthome term plan, retirement planning should also In bothcases,youwillget acoverof Rs1.5 surancesectorsawasharpriseindemandfor coverbe? loan, children’s education and marriage, as continue —ifyou have savedoptimallyfor croretill the ageof60. Afterthat, since the term insurance plans and premium collec- Who in the family should buyterm Typically, aterm plan should coverall youwould have already metthose goals. your post-retirement life, youdon’t needa needofaterm plan is reducedand is limited tions. In October, the first-year premium of insurance? your liabilities and major expected future term plan beyond 60. to somecoverforspouse’sneeds,by splitting private insurersgrew 23.56%to Rs7,227crore, Theprimaryearningmemberof thefam- expenses suchashigher education of chil- Howlong shouldyou take the coverfor? If youthinkyouneedtoprovidesomead- the plans, youreduce your premium outgo andthatofLICgrew by 36%toRs15,548crore. ilymusthaveaterminsurancecover. Itshould dren, their wedding, and the living expenses Ideally,the covershould be forthe years ditional financial coverfor your spouse’s fi- significantlypost-retirement.Also,sinceyour Fourdifferentannouncementsonthesuc- be taken as aprotection instrument that is foryour family. Suppose youhaveahome when youbuild and have liabilities and see nancial needs should something happen to post-retirement income is limited,and you cess of Covid-19vaccine candidatesoverthe able to take careofhis/her family’s financial loan of Rs 50 lakh, with principaloutstand- additions in the family. Theterm plan should youbetween ages 60 and 70,you can takea areinmostcases living on your savings, it is lasttwo weekshaveliftedmarket sentiments needsafterhe/sheisnotaround.Thekey to re- ingofRs40lakh; acar loan outstanding of provide coverfor theperiod till your kids separateterm plan of asmalleramount that importantto optimally spendfromyourlim- andfuelledhopethatthevirusmaybeabout member is that anyone who has afamilyto Rs 3lakh; and youneedRs20lakh foryour complete their education and turn inde- provides coveruntil 70-75. ited monthly income.

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Internationalmarket data till 1900IST OCTPOLICYGUIDANCEEMPHASISEDNEEDTOSEETHROUGHTEMPORARYINFLATIONPRESSURES Paytm, PhonePe, Amazon Pay, Stronger-than-expectedpickupin others now NPCI shareholders; recovery,Covidriseadownside:Das may get more say in UPI future ers ashotatdecidingthe future ENSECONOMICBUREAU NPCI has raisednearly shapeof UPIanddigitalpayments Association of India (FEDAI). The ment’s recent policy focus to en- NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER26 in India.

ED ‘Capital account `82 crorevia private ENSECONOMICBUREAU Needtobe CentreislikelytoreleasetheSept- hance India’s participation in Thiscomesatatimewhenthe MUMBAI,NOVEMBER26 watchfulof emberquarterGDPdataonFriday. global value chains,including convertibility THE NATIONAL Payments placement of 4.63% of NPCIanddigitalpaymentcompa- PLAIN E “Weneedtobewatchfulabout through production linkedincen- Corporation of India (NPCI) on itsequity shares nies have disagreedwith each ● demand RESERVEBANK of India (RBI) EX thesustainabilityofdemandafter tivesfor targeted sectors, can Thursdayraisednearly Rs82crore otheronseveralkey policyissues, Governor ShaktikantaDas on festivals and apossible reassess- leverage on thestrong external is aprocess’ by wayofprivate placementof with the latestbeing the cap on Thursdaysaid the economyhas RBI GOVERNOR ment of market expectations sur- balancepositionof India,”hesaid. 4.63 per cent of itsequity shares Bank of India, Punjab National thetotalvolumeof paymentsthat exhibitedstronger-than-expected ShaktikantaDas has em- roundingthevaccine,”hesaid.The He assured that theReserve Mumbai: RBI Governor to 19 newbanks,non-bankingen- Bank,CanaraBank,HDFC Bank can be donebyany oneplayeron pickupinmomentumofrecovery phasised on theneedto monetary policy guidance in Bank“remains committed to fos- ShaktikantaDas has said capital titiesandtheparentcompaniesof and ICICI Bank remain the bigger the UPI platform. butcautionedabout the “sustain- be watchful about the sus- October emphasisedthe needto teringorderlyfunctioningoffinan- account convertibility of the ru- paymentsystems aggregators. players fornow,other olderplay- Earlier this month, even as ability of demand”. tainabilityofdemandaf- see through temporaryinflation cial markets andwill continue to pee willcontinue to be ap- “This broad basing exercise ers suchasStandardChartered Facebook-ownedWhatsApp got The recovery hascomeafter terfestivals and apossible pressures and also maintain the evaluateincoming information proachedasaprocess rather than wasdonetofurtherdiversifyand Bank, Dhanlaxmi Bank, andIDFC the nod to roll out itsUPI pay- witnessing asharp contractionin reassessment of market accommodative stance at leastin having abearing on the financial an event, takingcognizance of distribute theNPCI shareholding FirstBankhavefound seats at the mentsservice to its400-million GDP by 23.9per cent in the first expectations surrounding thecurrentfinancialyearandinto marketsandact,asneeded,to mit- prevalent macroeconomic con- to alargerset of the RBI(Reserve expandedtable.New entrantsto strong userbase, the NPCI issued quarterof2020-21and amulti- the vaccine. However, the the next financial year,hesaid. igateany downside risks”. ditions. “A longterm vision with Bank of India) regulated entities the bankingsystemsuchas adirective askingthirdparty UPI speednormalisation of activity in resilientexternal balance Accordingto Das, akey source Das said domestic financial short and medium term goals is andcategoriesofpaymentindus- SuryodaySmallFinanceBankand providersto capthetotalnumber the second quarter, he said. position maybring in of resilience in recentmonths has marketconditionswhichwerebe- the wayahead,” he said at a tryparticipants.NPCImadeanof- Capital Small Finance Bank are of transactions on theirplatform Das said the global economy some comfort. been the comfortable external nign at the startofthe year wit- FEDAIevent. ferfor theprivate placement to also in the expanded listofNPCI, to 30 per cent of the total volume has also witnessedastronger- balance position of Indiasup- nessedseverestressand disloca- “Today, the capital account is 131RBI regulated entities, out of whichnow has67shareholders. of transactions. The move came a than-expectedreboundinactivity portedbysurplus current ac- tion as the pandemic unfolded. convertible to agreat extent. which19evinced interestand Theentryof non-bankingand week afterthe total number of intheSeptemberquarter. TheIMF has improved,downside risks to count balances over twoconsec- “The RBI acted proactively Inward foreign direct investment were allotted shares in NPCI,” the parent companies of digital pay- transactionsonthe UPI platform hasaccordingly reviseditsassess- growth continue duetorecent utive quarters, resumption of and nimble-footedlytoeasefi- (FDI) is allowedinmostsectors not-for-profit initiative,which ment companies suchasPaytm had crossed2billion amonth in ment forglobal growth in 2020 to surge in infections in advanced portfolio capital inflows on the nancial marketconditions and andoutboundFDIby Indianincor- runs and manages the Unified PaymentsBank,One Mobikwik October.Inastatement,NPCIsaid alessseverecontractionthanwhat economiesandpartsof India,”Das back of robustFDI inflows,and mitigateriskswith aslewofcon- porated entities is allowedasa Payments Interface (UPI), said. Systems Private,Amazon Pay the move wasaimedtohelp ad- wasassessedinJune2020,hesaid. said in his address at the Annual sustainedbuild-up of foreign ex- ventionaland unconventional multiple of their networth,” Thoughtraditionalbankssuch Indian Private,PhonePePrivate dresstheriskstotheUPIplatform “Even as the growth outlook DayofForeign ExchangeDealers’ changereserves. “The govern- measures,” he said. Das said. ENS as the StateBank of India, Union andPineLabsmaygivetheseplay- and protectthe ecosystem.

AMAZON-FUTURECOUPONS CASE Future Retail: Not every AMID COVID-19 FC Kohli, ‘father of Indian ‘CFOs seek to balance short-term results, long-term value’ development ‘material Majority of CFOs feel that achieving abalance between short-term results and creating IT industry’, passes away long-term value will become apriority postthe pandemic, an EY survey said event for disclosure’ tureofinnovation and excel- Chief Financial THOSE WHO SAID THEY ENSECONOMICBUREAU lence in the tech industry. ement, the SingaporeInterna- >800Officers (CFOs), HAVE TO PROTECT THEIR MUMBAI,NOVEMBER26 Painedbyhis demise. ENSECONOMICBUREAU tional Arbitration Centre(SIAC) Financial Directors (FD) and ORGANISATION TODAY Condolences to hisfamilyand NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER26 had made it aparty to theagree- senior finance executives of WHILE ENABLING FUTURE FC KOHLI, the firstchief execu- manyadmirers.” ment through an order.FRL had, large organisations covered GROWTH: tive officer of Tata Consultancy NChandrasekaran, chair- STEPPINGUPits attack on global therefore, “raisedjurisdictional under the EY survey, with 40 ■ 79% in EMEIA Services (TCS) and popularly man, Tata Sons, said, “I am e-commercegiant Amazon, objection to itsinclusionasparty per cent of the respondents ■ 86% globally known as the ‘Father of the deeplysaddenedbythe news FutureRetail (FRL) on Thursday to thearbitration”. On Wednes- from EMEIA (Europe, Middle Indian information technology thatFCKohli passedawaythis said everydevelopmentinits ar- day, the SIAChad dismissedplea East, India and Africa) Source: EY/PTI Industry’, has passedaway. afternoon. He wasatrue legend, bitration with the former would of FRL to be excludedfrombeing He joinedthe companyin who laid the very foundations notbe“amaterialeventfordisclo- aparty to arbitration. 1969 at the behestofJRD Tata, forIndia’s spectacular IT revolu- sureunder” under section 30 of In August, KishoreBiyani’s then chairman of Tata Group. tion and setthe stage forthe dy- the listing obligations and disclo- FutureGroup entered intoan Kohli pivoted TCSfirstinto namic modern economyween- surerequirements(LODR) regu- agreementwithRelianceRetail— management consultancy and joytoday. Kohli ledinnovations lationsofthe Sebi. anarmof RelianceIndustries—to ‘India to offer incentives for solar modules’ then over the next twodecades, in areas far-ranging from adult FRLwas,however, makingthe sell itsretail, wholesale, logistics would be givenfor local produc- intosoftwaredevelopment, literacy, waterpurification,soft- disclosures“outof abundantcau- andwarehousingassetsto thelat- ENSECONOMICBUREAU tion of theseproducts, he said. helping the organisation navi- FC KOHLI ware engineering, softwareau- tion” as Amazon, the other party ter. However, the Rs 24,713-crore NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER26 Modi said, as per a PTI report gate multipletechnology waves tomation, complex-systemsand in the arbitration had adopteda dealranintotroublewithAmazon afterthe success of Production over two-and-a-halfdecades by 1924-2020 cybernetics.” media strategy of “havingevery claimingits “contractual rights” DEMAND FORdomestic solar Linked Incentivesinelectronics continuallyinvesting in people “Kohli wasthe true pioneer development reportedand con- have been violated.Lastyear,FRL cellsand moduleswillgrowto manufacturing,“wehavedecided and staying relevant to cus- of Indian IT.Wehaveall fol- verted intoaline of communica- hadsignedanotherdealworthRs around 36 giga-watt (GW) in the to give similar incentives to high- tomers. Moditweeted,“Shri FC Kohli Ji lowedinhis footsteps. His con- tion with stockexchanges”. 2,000crorewithAmazon,aspart next three years, Prime Minister Prime MinisterNarendraModi efficiencysolarmodules”.Hewas He steppeddownasCEO of will be remembered forhis pio- tribution to the IT industry and In itsdisclosureonThursday, of whichAmazonhadacquired49 NarendraModisaidonThursday, addressingthethird editionof RE- TCSin1996. neering contributions to the thus to India is immeasurable,” FutureRetailsaid though it was per cent stake in FutureCoupons, underscoringtheneedforIndiato Invest,anannual renewable en- Expressing grief over his worldofIT. He wasatthe fore- Wiprochairman Azim Premji notapartyto thearbitrationagre- the promoterofFRL. beaglobalmanufacturinghubforrenewable energy.Incentives ergy investor meet. FEWITHPTI death, Prime MinisterNarendra front of institutionalising acul- said in astatement. LVB shares suspended from bourses

written offpostthe mergerwith ENSECONOMICBUREAU Thefinalscheme DBS Bank India,” Jaikishan HC refuses to MUMBAI,NOVEMBER26 announcedon Parmar,Senior Equity Analyst, AngelBroking. stay merger LEAVING93,000 shareholders Wednesdaydid not The ReserveBank of India stuckwith worthless paper, offerany bailout for (RBI) said the moratorium im- stockexchanges have suspended equity shareholders posedonLakshmi VilasBank Ltd OMKARGOKHALE the shares of Lakshmi Vilas Bank will be liftedonNovember 27,re- MUMBAI,NOVEMBER26 (LVB) following the RBI decision whose shares have sulting in depositors being able to merge the bank with DBS been written off to withdraw their funds without THE BOMBAY High Courton Bank on November 27. anylimits. Thursdayrefusedaninterim stay The stockislikelytobe “All the branches of the on the Union Cabinet-approved delistedfromthe stockex- offerany bailout forequity Lakshmi Vilas Bank will function mergerofLakshmi Vilas Bank Ltd changes on Friday. shareholders whose shares have as branches of DBS Bank India with DBS Bank. Shares of LVBhad risen by 4.8 been written off. with effect from this date. The decision waschallenged per cent to Rs 7.65 on “Theinvestors who bought in Customers, including by promotersandshareholdersof Wednesdayamid hopes that the hope of revival, on an expecta- depositors of LVBwill be able to the bank,including Kare RBI will announce some scheme tion of healthygaingot stuck. In operatetheir accountsascus- Electronics&DevelopmentPrivate to compensateshareholders. this merger, shareholdersofLVB tomers of DBS Bank India with Ltd,Pranava ElectronicsPrivate Ltd However, thefinalscheme an- will notget anybenefit, The en- effect from November 27,” the and KR Pradeep and itsinvestor, nouncedonWednesdaydidn’t tirecapital of the bank will be central bank said. Indiabulls Housing Finance. BRIEFLY PNGRB simplifies gas pipeline ECLGSextended to27sectors tariff to make it more affordable NewDelhi: Thegovernment affordable to users farfromthe willleadto significantlyhigherus- said Thursday it has exten- ENSECONOMICBUREAU sourceof naturalgasorimportter- ageofgasinareasfarfromLNGter- dedthe Emergency Credit NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER26 minals.The move is part of the minals and sources of natural gas Line Guarantee Scheme government’s effortstoboostgas clusteredonthe west coastofthe (ECLGS) to thehealthsector THEPETROLEUMandNaturalGas consumption in the country. country. and 26 othersidentifiedby RegulatoryBoard(PNGRB) on According to experts,the “Theseregulationshave setthe the Kamath panel. PTI Thursdayreleased aunifiedtariff move,whichsetsafixedtarifffor groundforgasconsumption to go structurefor over adozen thefirst300kmdistancefromthe up forpeople in farflung areas of pipelines, including GAIL’s net- source of gasand afixed tarifffor the country,” saidVivekanand BuxarThermal work of sevenpipelines, with the distances over 300kmonthe Subbaraman, analystatAmbit Projectclosed aim of making natural gasmore sameintegratedpipelinenetwork, Capital. NewDelhi:Thefinancialclo- sureofthe 1,320 MW Buxar ThermalPowerProject, be- US Fed weighsboosting bond ingdoneby SJVNLimitedvia itsarm SJVN Thermal Pvt shifttowarrant suchadjustments.” Ltd,wasachievedThursday. ASSOCIATEDPRESS The Fedsince June has been buying WASHINGTON,NOVEMBER26 $120 billion in bonds eachmonth to keep downward pressureonlong-term interest DNSBankposts AT THEIRmeeting earlier this month, US ratesasaway of givingtheeconomyaboost profitinFY20 FederalReserveofficialsdiscussedpossible asitstrugglesto emerge fromadeepreces- futureadjustmentstothe central bank’s sion. The purchases have included $80 bil- NewDelhi: DombivliNagari monthlybondpurchasesto boosttheecon- lionamonthinTreasurybondsand$40bil- Sahakari(DNS)Bankhasre- omy. The Fedreleased minutesofits lioninmortgage-backedsecurities. portednet profit of Rs 38.82 November4-5meetingrevealingthatwhile The minutesofthe meeting showthat crore,afterprovisions,forfi- officials believednochanges were needed while no decision wastaken on what to do nancialyear 2019-20. ENS to thebondpurchaseprogramatthattime, or when, Fedofficialswerekeeping their “theyrecognisedthatcircumstancescould optionsopen. Kolkata WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,FRIDAY,NOVEMBER27,2020 14 THE WORLD PANDEMIC Trump pardons WATCH Bidenurgesunity:‘We’reatwar ex-adviser Flynn, withvirus,notwithoneanother’ who pleaded guilty in Russia probe ANNIEKARNI USTOPCOURTBACKS BilawalBhutto WASHINGTON,NOVEMBER26 CHALLENGETONEW US PRESIDENT-ELECT Joseph R YORKCURBSON REUTERS PAKISTAN Biden Jr on Wednesdaydeliv- WASHINGTON,NOVEMBER26 ered araw but optimistic ad- RELIGIOUSSERVICES BilawalBhutto dress to Americans in his first US PRESIDENT Donald Trumpon nonpolitical speechsince win- Washington: The Supreme Wednesdaypardonedhis for- testsCovid ning the election,pleading with CourtlateWednesdaynight mer national security adviser positive,in the nation to "hang on" and have barredrestrictions on reli- Michael Flynn, who had twice US PresidentDonaldTrump hope even with the number of gious services in NewYork pleadedguilty to lying to theFBI and formernational security self-isolation coronavirus cases spiking across that GovernorAndrew M. duringthe investigation into adviser Michael Flynn the countryand ahardwinter on Cuomo had imposedto Russian meddling in the 2016 Islamabad: Pakistanop- the horizon. combat the coronavirus. presidential election. position leader Bilawal "Looking backoverour his- In an unsignedopinion, Trump’s pardon, whichcould BhuttoZardari said on tory,you see thatit's been in the the majority said Mr. be thefirstofseveral afterhelost ED Pardonblitz Thursday that he has mostdifficult circumstances that Cuomo’srestrictionsvio- the 2020 presidentialelection to before tested positivefor the the soul of our nation has been lated theFirst Democrat JoeBiden, drew con- PLAIN E Trumpexit? ● coronavirus.The Pakistan forged," Mr.Biden said. Amendment’s protection of demnation from Democratsand EX Peoples Partychiefand In an implicit repudiation of the free exercise of religion. other critics. son of former PM Benazir Mr.Trump,who has dismissed The measures were Aretired Armygeneral,Flynn THE END of anypresi- Bhuttowent intoisola- the coronavirus as the flu and prompted in large partby pleadedguilty to lying to theFBI dentialadministration is tion afterbeing infected mockedpeople who wear rising coronavirus cases in about interactionshehad with atime forintense lobby- with the virus. Bilawal masks, Mr.Biden urged Amedical stafferinMonza, Italysanitises her colleague aftertreating asuspected Covid-19 OrthodoxJewish areas but Russia’s ambassador to the ing related to pardons. has recentlyreturnedto Americans to see it as their pa- patient inside an ambulance. AP coveredall “houses of wor- United States in the weekslead- But in Trump’s case, it afterrunning al- triotic duty to fight the pandemic ship.” NYT ing up to Trump’s inauguration extends to his ownper- mostamonth-long elec- together by taking the proper in January2017. sonal and political con- tion campaign prior to precautions."Iknowthe coun- dent," before claiming, inaccu- He has since sought to with- siderations, his bitterness the November 15 election tryhas grownwearyofthe rately,that the countryhad German Covid-19 curbs PUTINOPENSCOVID draw the plea, arguingthatpros- over the Russia inquiry in Gilgit-Baltistan. He also fight," he said. "Weneedtore- "roundedthe curve." Mr.Biden DRUGPLANT, RUSSIA ecutors violated his rights and and his transactional ap- attendedamassive anti- member we'reatwar with the on Wednesdayappearedtopick dupedhim intoaplea agree- proachtogoverning. government rallyofthe virus, notwith oneanother,not up the wartime mantle, describ- set to last into 2021 REPORTSRECORD ment. His sentencing has been The sheer number of PakistanDemocratic with eachother." ingthe coronavirus pandemic as of Germany’s 16 federal states FORCASES,DEATHS deferredseveral times. peopleinthe president’s Movement in Peshawar As he urged3Americansto "a nearly yearlong battle"that REUTERS lateonWednesday to extend “It is my Great Honor to an- circle to have gottenin on November 22. PTI wear face masks, practice social has "devastated this nation." BERLIN,NOVEMBER26 and tighten the coronavirus Moscow: Russian President nounce that General Michael T. trouble with the lawhas distancing and limitthe size of "America is notgoing to lose lockdown until December 20, Vladimir Putin on Thursday Flynnhas been granted aFull also made the question group gatherings, especially this war,"hesaid, reminding GERMANY WILL probablyhave but ease rulesoverthe Christmas inaugurated apharmaceu- Pardon. Congratulations to of pardons especially aroundthe holidays,henoted: people, "Don'tlet yourself sur- to stickwith measures to holidays to letfamilies and tical plant in Siberia that @GenFlynn and his wonderful fraught. TURKEY "None of thesesteps we'reask- render to thefatigue." dampen the coronaviruspan- friends celebratetogether. willmanufacture drugsto family, Iknowyou will nowhave 475jailedfor ing peopletotakeare political Mr.Biden also triedtopaintan demic intoJanuary, Chancellor “Giventhe high number of in- treatCovid-19. atrulyfantastic Thanksgiving!” statements. Everyone of them is optimistic visionofthe future,de- Angela Merkelsaid on Thursday, fections, we assume that there- “People needthese Trumpwrote on Twitter,aday president has pardonedArmy lifeover2016 basedonscience, real science." spitethe currentcrisis,andasked while her chiefofstaff suggested strictionswhichare in place be- drugs,” he said. “Theyneed before theUSholiday. personnel accused of warcrimes He said he hoped thegood Americans to "dream again." that restrictions might be fore Christmaswill continueto be them literallyevery day.” Flynn’s attorneywho told a in Afghanistanand Joe Arpaio,a coupattempt news abouteffectivevaccines "We'regoing to leadthe neededuntil March. valid until the startofJanuary, cer- Russia reported arecord courtinSeptember she person- former Arizona sheriffand hard- would "serve as an incentive to worldbythe powerofour exam- “Giventhe high number of in- tainlyfor mostparts of Germany,” high of 25,487 newcoron- allyasked Trumpnot to pardon lineragainst illegalimmigration. Istanbul: ATurkish court everyAmerican to take these ple, notjustthe example of our fections, we assume that the re- Merkeltold parliament. avirus infectionson her client, said the pardon was “Thispardon is undeserved, sentenced475 accused simple steps to getcontrol of the power,"hesaid. "We'regoing to strictions whichare in place be- Merkel’s chief of staff said Thursdayand 524deaths in “bittersweet”becauseFlynn was unprincipled, and one more ringleaders of the failed virus. There's real hope,tangible lead the worldonclimateand fore Christmaswillcontinueto be rules limiting social contact the last24hours, the high- innocent. stain on President Trump’s rap- 2016 coup against hope. So hang on." save this planet.We'regoing to valid until the startofJanuary, cer- might be neededfor longer. “We estnumbers it has reported Trump’s move wasthe high- idlydiminishing legacy,” House President Recep Tayyip Mr.Trump, in the early days find cures forcancer and tainlyfor mostparts of Germany,” have difficult winter months since the startofthe pan- est-profile pardon he has of RepresentativesJudiciary Erdogan to multiple life of the pandemic, had triedto Alzheimer's and diabetes, I Merkeltold parliament. ahead of us. This willcontinue demic. REUTERS granted since he took office. Committee Chairman Jerry terms on Thursday, brand himself a"wartime presi- promise you." NYT Merkelagreedwith leaders until March,” HelgeBraun said. Among others, the Republican Nadler said in astatement. Turkish media reported, culminating one of the mostimportant mass tri- UK PM appoints Four students als of nearly500 defen- British-Australian PM: Ethiopia to begin ‘final dantsaccusedofinvolve- business charged over ment in the plot. The trial consultant as Paris teacher’s focusedonagroup of scholar freed in phase’ofoffensive in Tigray senior militaryofficers and civilians who gath- new chief of staff beheading ered in the Akinci air base Iran prisoner swap outside the capital, REUTERS Ankara, on the night of REUTERS ADDISABABA,NAIROBI, AGENCIES the coup and ordered FARNAZFASSIHI LONDON,NOVEMBER26 NOVEMBER26 PARIS,NOVEMBER26 warplanes,helicopters NEWYORK,NOVEMBER26 and armyunitstoattack BRITISH PRIME MinisterBoris THE ETHIOPIAN militarywill be- FOUR STUDENTS have been and seize key targets. NYT IRAN RELEASED aBritish- Johnson appointed Dan gin the “final phase” of an offen- chargedoverthe killing of aParis Australian scholar,Kylie Moore- Rosenfield, abusinessconsult- sive in the rebellious northern teacher lastmonth, Frenchme- AUSTRALIA Gilbert, detainedsince 2018 on ant and former treasuryofficial, Tigray region, Prime Minister dia reportedonThursday. chargesofspying forIsrael, in a as his newchiefofstaff on Abiy Ahmedsaid on Thursday, In October,anIslamistterror- 10soldierstobe prisoner swap conducted Thursday. hours afteranultimatum for istmurdered SamuelPaty and sackedover Wednesdayfor three Iranian Johnson is reshaping his sen- Tigray forces to surrender ex- beheadedhim afterthe teacher men described by Iran’s official Kylie Moore-Gilbert ior team of advisers following pired. showedcartoons of the Prophet Afghankillings media as businessmen who had the dramatic departureof The government gave the Muhammad,whichweretaken been held abroad. Dominic Cummings earlier this Tigray People’s Liberation Front Women who fledthe conflictinEthiopia's Tigray region at a from the satirical magazine Sydney: Australia has is- Iran did notreveal the iden- showedone of the men in a month. Cummingswas seen as (TPLF) 72 hours on Sundaytolay refugee campineastern Sudan. AP Charlie Hebdo,tohis students. suedtermination notices tities of the three citizens wheelchair. the driving forcebehind down their arms or face an as- Three of thestudentscharged to at least10specialforces swappedfor Ms.Moore-Gilbert Therewas no immediate Johnson’s strategy on Brexit and sault on Mekelle, the regional were reportedly accusedof soldiersafterthe release of nor the identity of the countryor comment about the swap from mostother policies, and his exit capital of 500,000 people. surrendered.The TPLF has de- added. "complicity in aterroristmurder" areportthat found credi- countries where theyhad been either Thailand or Israel. Prime has been billedasachance fora Rightsgroups raisedcon- niedits fighters aresurrendering. Thousands of people areal- by allegedly pointing Paty outto ble evidenceofunlawful held. Butsocial media channels MinisterScott Morrison of ‘reset’ forthe British leader. cerns forcivilians caught up in “The lastpeacefulgatewhich ready believedtohavediedand the killer.The three areagedbe- killings in Afghanistan, the affiliated with the Islamic Australia said he was“thrilled “ThePrime Ministerhas to- militaryoperations. remainedopen forthe TPLF therehas been widespread de- tween 13 and 14 years old, news ABC said Thursday. An in- Revolutionary Guards Corps in and relieved” at Ms. Moore- dayappointed Dan Rosenfield as Reuters wasnot immediately clique to walk through has now struction from aerial bombard- agency AFP reported. dependent reportpub- Iran identifiedthe three as Saeed Gilbert’s release but providedno his chief of staff,”astatement abletoreachthe TPLF forcom- been firmlyclosed,” Abiy said. ment and ground fighting since The fourth suspectisthe lishedlastweekin Moradi, Mohammad Khazaei details on howithad been from Johnson’sofficesaid. He ment. Claims by allsides have Abiy, who wonthe Nobel the warbegan on Nov. 4. Nearly daughter of the man who ledan redacted form said there and Masoud Sedaghat Zadeh, all arranged. will begin work in Downing been impossibletoverify be- peace prize lastyear forending 43,000 refugees have fledover online campaign againstPaty, wasevidence that 39 un- detainedinThailand since 2012 Ms. Moore-Gilbertwas alec- Street on December 7and offi- cause phone and internetcon- along-running stand-off with the bordertoSudan. TPLFrockets AFP reported. She has reportedly armedAfghanprisoners on chargesofhaving plannedto turer in Islamic Studies at the ciallytakeupthe Chief of Staff nections to theregion aredown Eritrea, calledonthe people of have hitthe capital of neigh- been chargedwith "slanderous andcivilians were killed bomb Bangkok,and assassinate University of Melbourne when role on January1. and access to the area is tightly Mekelle to “disarm, stay at home bouring Eritrea. denunciation" of Paty. by 19 Australian soldiers. Israeli diplomatsthere. she went to Iran in 2018 to at- Rosenfield previously controlled. and stay away from militarytar- On Wednesday, Human The newsuspects comein REUTERS Mr.Moradi lostbothlegs in a tend aconference. Agentsofthe worked at Bank of America as a “The72-hour period granted gets”. RightsWatchsaid both sides addition to the twoother stu- botchedbombing in Thailandas RevolutionaryGuards arrested managing director of investment to the criminalTPLF clique to sur- “Our National Defence Forces mustavoid putting civilians in dentswho were chargedinrela- FRANCE Thaipolice, apparentlyacting on her at the airportasshe wasleav- banking, and spent over a render peacefullyisnow over have carefullydevisedastrategy danger.The government’s warn- tion to the murder earlier this atip from Israeli intelligence, ing on chargesofspying for decade working in the finance and our lawenforcement cam- to bring the TPLF criminal clique ing did notabsolve it of the duty month. Those twosuspects, Policewatchdog brokeupaploteight years ago. Israel. ministrywhereheserved as a paign has reachedits final stage,” to justicewithout harming inno- to protect civilians when con- aged 14 and 15,wereindicted for toprobe‘beating Television footagefromthe She had been serving a10- senior aidetoformer finance Abiy tweeted, adding that civil- cent civilians, heritagesites, ducting militaryoperations in "complicity in terroristassassi- prisoner swap shown on state year sentence,muchofitinIran’s ministersAlistair Darling and ians would be spared andthat places of worship, development the city of Mekelle, the watch- nation" and have been placed ofBlackman’ televisioninIranonWednesday notorious Evin Prison, NYT George Osborne. thousands of fighters had already institutions and property,” he dog said. under judicial supervision.

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wasJoaquin‘El Chapo’ Guzman. Locals said national jersey, he whippedthe crowdintoa that Maradona didn’t live in afancy hotelbut frenzy,withorchestraconductor-likechants instead in ahome. He attendedbaseball of ‘ARGENTINA’ betweenpoints, and cele- games by himself without anyguards and brating wildlybywavingashirtafter win- somehowmanagedto find –inhis ownwords ning acrucial point. –some peace, right in that partofthe world Even before that tie, when news brokeof that has seen anything but peace. Aussie star Lleyton Hewitt hiring twobody- guards forthe duration of the matches, Fideling around Maradona calledfor the national team to There’s apictureofMaradona proudly ‘ruin him.’Argentina wonthe tie 5-0. showing his Fidel Castrotattoo to theman Adecade later in 2016,when Argentina himself. He would once call the revolution- reachedthe final againstCroatia in Zagreb, aryleader from Cuba his ‘second father’. The he sat in the VIP box, suspending the national Argentine’s politics routinelycareenedto- flag with“AcaestamosfamiliaMaradona wardsLatin America’s leftand his admira- (Maradona familyishere)” on it. His coun- tion forCastroknewnobounds. Stories rang- trymen wontheir firstDavis Cup title. ing from the Cuban clearing up his schedule and spendingtime with Maradona in his of- Stressedfan Aman stops by an altar devoted to fice forthree hoursplayingfootballtoCastro Argentina facedamust-win matchin Maradona in downtown Naples. Reuters appearing on Maradona’s TV showtalking their lastgroup game againstNigeria at the about the re-election of George WBush 2018 WorldCup in Russia, and had their addedtothe lorebothheld in the eyes of greatesticon in attendance. The Albiceleste Naples Stir Up their supporters. It would be no surprisethat had had astuttering campaign thus farand Naples wassecond home to Maradona Maradona would pass away on the same were coming offathrashing at the hands of who knewthe San Paolo Stadium was date that his herodid four years earlier.When Croatia. Argentina’s best chance of beatinghosts Italy Bush visited Argentina in 2005 forasummit, But with Maradona in the stands, he was in 1990. Italians from other parts of thecoun- Maradona, who wasveryvocal againstneo- bound to catchmoreattention than events try, wanted nothing to do with Naples which imperialtendencies of earlier England and in the middle. He wasseen praying fordivine represented socio-economic faultlinesthat later the US, would proclaim, "I hateevery- help before kick-offand even unveiledaban- bordered on racism. The richindustrial north thing that comes from the United States.I ner depicting himself –who else? He cele- didn’t considerNaples, in thepoor agricul- hateitwith all my strength." brated wildlywhen Lionel Messi openedthe tural south, apartofItaly and duringa scoring before falling asleep.Itgot tense Juventus-Napoli match, nasty fans would when the African team grabbed an equaliser, dub it "shame of Italy."Maradona made a but Maradona wasathand with adouble miracleout of this misfit leading his team to DiegoMaradona with Freddie Mercuryand members of the band Queen. Twitter/Queen (Neal Preston) middle finger salutewhen Marcus Rojo twoSerie Atitles and aUEFACup win. Loved scored the winner in the 86th minute.By likeapatron saint, anurse is said to have left some accounts, Maradona neededmedical avial of his blood “on ashrine in aCatholic GOD, FAVE, QUEEN treatment afterthe match. church.” In acemetery, abannerwas sus- pended, taunting the dead that, “You don’t It's March of 1981 in Buenos Aires, and biographer Leslie-Ann Jones, lead Union Jacktee and posedfor photos. Shooting at reporters knowwhat youmissed.” Aworkofgraffiti DiegoMaradona and Freddie Mercury guitaristBrian Maywroteof Argentine press meanwhile firstwent In February1994, abunchofreporters replied: “howdoyou know we missed it?” arekings. The former had just Maradona: "The spirit of the pursuit of afterMercury—citing the shirt landedathis home in Buenos Aires unan- Beforethe semifinal againstItaly, completeda$4mn transfertoBoca excellence livesinthe man" —and exchangeasa"demagogic act" —and nounced. Upset, Maradonatook hisair rifle, Maradona would be quotedbyThe NewYork Juniors afterrunning roughshod for Mercuryinvited him on stageinfront ayear later, when the photos crouchedbehindacar andshotatthem, Times assaying,“'Italymakes it feel impor- five years with Argentinos Juniors. of 300,000-strong Estadio Velez resurfacedduring the Falklands War, whichled to injuries to four people. In 1998, tant one dayofthe year,but forgetsabout it Mercury's band Queen meanwhile Sarsfield . attackedMaradona.The footballer he receivedasuspendedprison sentence of the other 364.” He wroteinhis autobiogra- had released theireighthstudio Maradona peeledoff his Argentina remindedpeople that the pictures twoyears and 10 months forthe offence, ac- phy‘El Diego:’ “The Argentinian national an- album,the synthesizer extravaganza number 10 jersey, swappeditfor the had been takenamonth before any cordingtothe BBC. them,for thefirsttime in the whole World 'The Game', and were on the 'South frontman'sFlash t-shirt and conflict began. Argentinacouldn't stay No love waslostbetween him and the re- Cup, wasapplaudedfrombeginning to end. Castrowas oneofLatin America’s America Bites the Dust' tour.The band introduced'Another One Bites the mad at their prodigal son forlong porters in the years that followed. Maradona Formethat wasalready avictory. Iwas Leftistleaders Maradona bondedwith. wasafan —inalettertoMercury's Dust'. Backstage,heput on May's anyway. wasonhis waytoArgentina’s squad an- moved: these were my people.” nouncement forthe 2010 WorldCup when The visitors would win on penalties. his car wassurrounded by reporters. Unable Acheeky birthdaywish would his dream giftfor his 60th birthday November.The message, ‘Force Diego’ was whose name is Diego,(born) between90’s to keep driving, he forced his wayout by re- WhyMexico, Diego? would be?Maradona replied:“Idream of forhis namesake. to 2000 is because of Maradona.” portedlyrunning over the foot of aphoto- It’s ‘tranquilo’, said Maradona to aBritish DiegoMaradona’s‘the hand of God’ goal being able to score againstEngland again... “Everyone knows Argentina because of The 1986 WorldCup star’s been pho- journalist.Torub salt into the injuredpho- reporterwho had travelledall the wayfrom againstEngland in the 1986 WorldCup re- this time withmyrighthand”. Needless to Maradona. That’s whyIput ‘Fuerza Diego,’ tographedwith the Big 4–and youcouldn’t tographer’s wounds, Maradona –asper the Manchester to meethim. In one of his lastat- mains one of the mosticoniceventstotake say, he burstintolaughter in typical because he’s struggling, he’s nothealthyright tell who wasthe ‘fan.’ But Maradona isn’t just Press Association –shouted:“What an tempts atcoaching, Argentina’sgifttofootball place in the history of the sportdespiteits Maradona manner. nowand he had surgery lastnight.” therefor thepolaroid moments. a**hole youare!How can youput your leg found himself in the city of Culiacan in Sinaloa, deceitful nature. The eccentricArgentine just In an interviewwith the ATPduring the In apackedstadium in Buenos Aires for therewhere it can getrun over,man?” managingtheir Mexican second division club, days aheadofhis 60th birthdaymade aref- Ten&Tennis the Menace Tour Finals lastweek,Schwartzman, aBoca Argentina’s DavisCup semi-finalagainst Dorados de Sinaloa. The Sinaloa cartelwas erence to that iconic momentinarather “#FuerzaDiego” wroteWorld No.9Diego Juniors fan–whereMaradona finishedhis Australia in 2006,hebrought football fanati- GAURAVBHATT,SHAHIDJUDGE, flaggedby US officials as one of the mostpow- cheeky manner.Inhis lastmajor interview, Schwartzmanonacameraafter beating career –claimed, “I think98percent of my cism to the arena –overpowering all tennis SHASHANKNAIR,ANDREWAMSAN, erful cartels in the world, the head of which he wasasked by the France Football what RichardGasquet at the ParisMasters in early name is becauseofMaradona.Everyone etiquette. Dressedinhis fablednumber 10 MIHIRVASAVDA,TUSHARBHADURI

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THEINDIANEXPRESS,FRIDAY,NOVEMBER27,2020 “A very sad day for all Argentinians and for football. He has left us but he isn't going anywhere because Diego is eternal. I'll remember the lovely moments I experienced with him and Isend my condolences to 16 his family and friends. Rest in peace.” SPORT LIONEL MESSI ON MARADONA

IND IN AUS: SERIES OPENER Divine feet, humane touch Lack of clarity on Rohit Manner in whichMaradona impacted people’s livesoff fieldbestexplains his popularity across the world injury... playing the well, Kerala. An unusualgeographic circuit, SANDIPG bound by the magnetic forceMaradona was. NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER26 Friends of all kinds waiting game: Kohli AJEWELLERYshop in Kerala is perhaps the He counted amonghis vast canvasof lastplace one would expect to find Diego friends the powerful and mighty,the reli- Maradona. But forseveral years, he has been gious and communists,premiers and dons, VISHALMENON the shop’s ubiquitous face. He even visited the darkand the deluded, writers and NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER26 the statetoinaugurateabranchofthe jew- thinkers. He wore Fidel Castroonhis calf and ellerychaininthe football-crazy northern Ernesto Che Guevara on his bicep, he en- VIRATKOHLI didn’t hide his disapproval at Kerala city of Kannur in 2012.Thousands dorsedthe politics of EvaMorales and Hugo the Rohit Sharma’s injurysaga, saying that flockedtocatchaglimpseofhim, so that they Chavez, dined with the dreadedGiulianos of “confusionand lackofclarity”has ledtothe could brag that theyhaveseen Maradona in Naples mafioso and had friends in the Indianteam playing a“waitinggame”onhis flesh and blood. Camorra.Heinspired Peruvian novelistand availability forthe series in Australia. When he diedonWednesday, the state NobelLaureateMario Vargas Llosa to scrib- Kohli wasforthright in stating that Rohit declaredtwo days of mourning.Fromthe ble beautiful essays on him. “Hewas one of and Ishant Sharma shouldhavetravelled chief ministertocelebrities and sportsmen, thoseliving deities that mencreated to be with the Indian team to Australia afterIPL, everyone wasbusy rattling out their best able to worshipinthem. To admiresucha likeWriddhiman Saha did and continued “After that he playedinthe IPL and memoryofMaradona. champion is to admirepoetry, abstract art, their rehab with the team. Currently, Rohit we all thought he would be on that As if he is one of their own. As if they without anyrational content”, he once wrote. is nursing ahamstring injuryand Ishant flight to Australia and we had no owedhim something. Adebt of gratitude for Maradona mettwo Popes. Aftermeeting Sharma has an abdominal tear.Theyare the football he played? Or justpure, sponta- the first, Pope John PaulII, he told the press: completing their rehab at the National information on why he is not neous love? “I wasinthe Vatican and Isaw all these Cricket Academy(NCA) in Bengaluru. Even travelling with us.” It’s the transcendental charisma of golden ceilingsand afterwards Iheardthe if theyfly to Australia eventuallytheywill VIRAT KOHLI Maradona —tobedeified, mournedand Members of the Argentina fanclub at GangulyBagan in South Kolkatapay tribute Pope saythe Church wasworriedabout the have to undergo a14-dayquarantine. lovedinapartofthe worldsodifferent from to DiegoMaradonaonThursday. Partha Paul welfareofpoor kids. Sell your ceiling then, Despitehis hamstring injuryduring the been the case with Rohit and Ishant. It would his ownBuenos Aires or Naples. amigo, do something!” IPL, the selectorsretainedSaha in the Test have giventhem achance to getthemselves It’s the emotional resonance Maradona To the next, the Argentine Pope Francis, squad aftertheyreceivedthe nod from the fitand be available before the startofthe Test alwaysstruckwith people —the powerto football with the gutstotakesuchabold step, ‘yes, it can!’” he said during an event. he expressedgratitude forhis reconversion BCCI medical team. Therewas no suchclar- series,” Kohli said. move even hissworn enemies or castaspell muchless pull it off. Betweentraining sessions, he squeezedin to the Catholic faith in 2016.Maradona trav- ity in case of Rohit though. Rohit had pickedupaninjuryonOctober over his fiercestcritics. Apeople’s champion, Three years later,when he wasplaying a time to visitslums and promote football. He elledtoRome severaltimes to take partin “Beforethe selection meeting in Dubai, 18.Consequently, Rohit wasnot selected for he remainedtill his lastbreath. WorldCup qualifier in Sydney, the45,000- wasleftintears when he visited adisadvan- severalbenefit games called‘Matches for we got amail stating that he is unavailable anyofthe squads forthe Australia tour. Nothing symbolises his charisma more odd were all cheering forMaradona, so much tagedschool in Pretoria. “I have received Peace’whose proceeds went to apapalchar- and that he has pickedupaninjuryduring Curiously, afterBCCI president, Sourav than the supporthecoaxed from the Naples so thatthe crashing of Australia’s dream was manywelcomes in my football career across ity foreducation in developing countries and the IPL. It said that the pros and cons of the in- Gangulyhad cautionedRohit againstfocus- crowdinthe 1990 WorldCup semifinal ringed in with thunderous applause.“The the world, but the warmth youhaveshown forvictims of the 2016 earthquakeincentral jurywereexplainedtohim andheunder- ing on the short term at the expense of his againsthosts Italy. Until that juncture, Italy’s whole of Australia reallygot behind football me will makemenot to forget thisday in my Italy. At the same time, he defendedGaza, stood and he wasunavailable,” Kohli added, career,hewalked out fortoss in aseemingly stroll through the WorldCup had takenplace forone of the firsttimes because of the in- lifetime. With eachkissand everyhug, Ifelt even saying: “In my heart, I’m Palestinian.” "Afterthatheplayedinthe IPL and we all inconsequentialleague encounter. in front of overwhelming home support, but terest in DiegoMaradona,”remembered for- Ihad afriend,” he later said. Therewererumours that he would coach thought he would be on that flight to As things stand, the NCAhas informedthe the Argentina matchtook placeinamuted, mer striker Graham Arnoldinaninterviewto The inherent compassion drovehim to their football team. Australia and we had no information on why team management in Australia thatRohit's almostrespectful atmosphere. socceroos.com.au. Mexicotomanageasecond-divisionclub, It’s this giftofpersonal affinity that one he is nottravelling with us. Therehas been condition would be assessedonDecember When Argentina wononpenalty kicks,a DoradosdeSinaloa, in 2018,basedout of the could strikewithMaradonathat distin- no information, therehas been alackofclar- 11.Kohli is clearly notimpressed.“And after large chunk of the 80,000 crowdweresaid Winning them over with words drug-dragged city of Culiacán. He made it his guishedhim from other footballing giants. ity.Wehavebeen playing the waiting game,” that the onlyotherinformation officiallywe to be secretly happythat it wasMaradona’s Years later,helandedinSouth Africaand home, and later recollected his stay with Whereas Maradona is notalone in foot- Kohli said in avirtual press conference on the have receivedonmail is that he is in the NCA team thathad qualifiedfor the final. wonthem over with hiswords. fondness. “Theysaid Ionlycame herefor a balling genius —the debatewhether he was eveofTeam India's 3-matchODI series and he's been assessed and he'll be further Afew monthsbeforethe WorldCup, he Maradona lavishedpraise on everything holiday.No, Icame to getuspromoted. But the best or notwill rage on forages—hewas opener againstAustralia in Sydney. assessedonDecember11. So from the time had made an evocative speechinNaples, from South African fans to the organising my footballing commitment hereisnot only alone in the personal resonance he struck Kohli compared the Rohit scenario with that the selection meeting happenedtothe home of his then club Napoli, reminding the committee to the cityofPretoria. He cast about the ball. It’sabout people who arein with the masses. Be it in PretoriaorPalestine, Saha. “Saha had an injuryduringIPL and has IPL finishing now, when this email came fans thatthe mainstream Italian society had himself as adefender of the hostnation need, who’vealso lostmanythings,” he told Naples or Kannur,Mexico or Buenos Aires, been doing his rehab with the team. We are about his assessment at the NCA, therehas always ignored them, and hencetheywere againstthose who doubted whether it could the press. SydneyorRiyadh. awareofhis progress and he is on the right been no information,” he explained. notobliged to cheer forthe country.It’s hard organise acompetition likethe WorldCup. He departedasahero, likehewas to He wasthe herotheyloved,and ahero path to makesureheisfit and availablein to imaginetoo manyother figures in world “TodaySouthAfrica answers the sceptics, Naples, Argentina, South Africa, Mexico and that seemedtolovethem back. time to playthe Test series; same would have 1stODI: Live on Sony Network: 9:10am Packaging for Better Living ADVERTORIAL

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Theinstitute set up trainingand educationhave becomethe need of the hour in its first branch office at Chennai in 1971, followed by our country.Soastoupgrade theoverall standards of packaging branches at Kolkata,Delhi,Hyderabad andAhmedabad at the national level, to value these facts the Indian Institute in 1976, 1986, 2006 and 2017 respectively.Inaddition of Packaging started 2years full time post graduate diploma three more centresare to be made operational at Banga- in packaging in theyear 1985 in Mumbaiwhich is one of its kindinthe country.Subsequently lore,Guwahati and Kakinada.Themain objective of the the institute extended this facility by wayofcommencing the same course in Delhi in the institute is to promote the export market by wayofinno- year 2000. Due to constant growth in demand of packaging professionals IIP initiated this vative package design and development as well as to up- course in Kolkata in 2010 and in Hyderabad in 2011. Today the post graduate diploma in gradethe overall standards of packaging in the country. packaging -PGDP course is established as one of the most popular program and is well ac- Theinstitute is involved in various activities liketesting cepted by the packaging industry in India and abroad. and evaluation of packagingmaterialsand packages, Till date over 2,000 studentshave graduated under this program with 100% campus place- consultancy services and research and developmentre- ments in the past five years.Onsimilar lines,the Institute started the distance education pro- lated to packaging.Besides this,the institute is involved gram in 1996. Forthe benefit of working people to upgrade their knowledge in the world of in training and educationinthe field of packaging. Indian Institute Of Packaging, Kolkata campus packaging.In order to cater to the demand of the packaging industry,IIP has increased the in- takeofstudents from the academic year of 2017-2019.Theyoungsters who wouldbeopting VISION for this course as their career option willhave abrilliantand bright future who would be ■To makeIndian Institute of Packaging aWorld Class joining the illustrious IIP family. Centre of Excellence with Sustained Commitment from the StakeHolders. Dr Tanweer Alam, Director ■To develop Close International Relationship with Worldwide Packaging Fraternity. To makeIndia aFocal Point for Contemporary INDIAN Institute of packaging, Kolkatacaters throughout the ■DevelopmentsinArt, Science,Technologyand Engi- eastern and north eastern states such as West Bengal, Bihar, neering in the Field of Packaging. Odisha, Jharkand, Chattisgarh and8north eastern states in the fieldoftesting, training and consultancy in Packaging. IIP has THE INSTITUTES' FACULTY (KOLKATA) beenorganizingvariousskill development trainingprogrammes Mr.Bidhan Das,Deputy Director with central and state Government on packaging. One of the &Regional Head majortraining programmes that IIP conducts in collaboration Mr.Rishu Gautam,Assistant Director 33rdand 34th batch students with the Regional Chairman, Mr Debarshi Dutta Gupta with the state ofArunachal is the packaging of the Kiwi which is Mr.Alok Basak,Technical Officer one of the toughest waytomaintain.Manysuchpackaging train- Mr.Saroj Meher,TechnicalOfficer ing programmes have been conducted for Oranges,Apples, Mr.S.V.Ramesh,TechnicalAssistant PlatinumMedal Spicesetc.IIPhas also conducted the shelf lifestudiesofQueen va- rieties of Pineapples whose shelf life could be for 20 days if only the packaging process is up to that THE GUEST FACULTY (KOLKATA) quality,before it is exported to Arab countries.One of the recent major projects that IIP has Calcutta University been part of is the bulk packaging and storage of tea leaves.After several meetings with the stake JadavpurUniversity holders,visitingwarehousesoftea companies,conductingthe storage studies for shelf life eval- Bidhanchandra KrishiVishwavidyalaya uation,IIP submittedacomplete report to theTea Board of India with recommendationsthat if Indian Institute of Management (IIM) the tea is kept in multiwall paper bags with aluminium foil or Met PET liner and other packaging IISWBM Bronze Medal materials with the recommended liners would have ashelf life for 1year.Another project which IIT,KHARAGPUR marks the success of IIP is the packaging of the Nolengur (liquid dates palm jaggery)for sending IndustryExperts the productoutside Bengal and having alonger shelf life.Another feather in the hat of IIP wasthe Senior IIPAlumni project with West Bengal Khadi and Village Industries Board (WBKVIB) and Joynagar Mowa Nirmankari Sangastha.They createdamodified atmospheric packagingfor the joynagarmowa CAMPUS PLACEMENTS which would give them ashelf life of 25 dayswithout any chemical preservatives added to the At the end of theSemesterIVcampusPlacements are product.AccordingtoMr. Bidhan Das -DyDirector,IIP Kolkata,packaging industryisthe protec- executed where in students have theopportunityto tive layerfor every other segment.No industry can go without aproperpackaging.Every indus- face interviews,arrangedwith the number of inter- try likethe E-commerce, restaurants,processed Food,Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare,FMCG estedcompanies including overseas.Campus place- Indian Institute Of Packaging etc.needs aappropriate packagingtosustain in the market.To join the Post Graduate Diploma ment interviews areconductedatMumbai and re- course on packaging thecandidate has to be aScience or Engineering Graduate.As packaging gional centres.Assistance in placements are providedby BlockC.P.-10, Sector –V,Salt Lake, BidhanNagar, Kolkata –700091 is an important area,IIP wishestojoin with manymore organizations to create attractive and the institute only to the students who have 90% atten- Tel: 91 -033-2367 0763 /6016, Mobile:8017219939 longer shelf life for eachand every productinfuture. danceinall the semesters and in all the subjects.The Fax: 91 -033-2367 9561,Email :[email protected] highest package in the last campus placement was Mr.Bidhan Das, Dy Director &RegionalHead 14.30 lacs CTC.

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