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Formoreinformation, please contact: +91 97792 14455 / [email protected] COVID LOCKDOWN IN MAHARASHTRA Mehbooba released, Fornotopeningplacesofworship,Governormocks says ‘will take back CMas‘secular’,Uddhavremindshimofhisoath what Delhi snatched’ BASHAARATMASOOD NCPleader Sharad Pawar SRINAGAR,OCTOBER13 VISHWASWAGHMODE closedrankswithThackeray,with Allies close ranks around Uddhav, MUMBAI,OCTOBER13 astrong letter to Prime Minister FOURTEEN MONTHS aftershe NarendraModiexpressing"shock question tone of Koshyari’s letter wasarrested, former Chief IN an unusuallywordedofficial andsurprise"atthe"intemperate MinisterofJammu and letter demandingthe immediate language" usedbythe Governor. Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti was re-opening of places of worship, “In the very preamble of our Pawarwrites to PM on Governor’s ‘intemperate’ language releasedTuesdayafter the J&K MaharashtraGovernor Bhagat Governor Koshyari wroteto Constitution, the word “secular” Pawar's strongly worded letter ernmenthad formulated ajoint government revokedher de- Singh Koshyari mockingly asked CM on Monday is addedthat equates and shields EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE to Prime MinisterNarendra response strategy over this lat- tention under the Public Safety She wasindetention under Chief MinisterUddhavThackeray all religion and hence the chair of MUMBAI,OCTOBER13 Modi, objecting to the language estmisgiving with the Governor, Act(PSA). The decision came the Public SafetyAct. File if hehasturned"secular",provok- the Chief Ministermustuphold usedbyBhagat Singh Koshyari, stateCongress president and twodays before her daughter ing Thackeray to respond by re- Koshyari sent the letter suchtenets of the Constitution. AS THE warofwords between setthe tone forruling allies NCP revenue ministerBalasaheb Iltija Mufti’s petition challeng- minding Koshyari that the word Monday. Thackeray hit back UnfortunatelytheGovernor’slet- the Maharashtrachief minister and Congress to close ranksin Thorat questionedthe “language ing her detention wassched- ent jails of the Union territory "secular" is in the Constitution he Tuesdaysaying he did notneed tertothe Chief Ministerinvokes and the Governor escalated over supportofUddhavThackeray. used” in Koshyari’s letter to uledtobeheardinthe and outside. had sworn to protect when he hisHindutvacredentialscertified the connotation as if written to the reopening of temples in the In an indication that the the CM. Supreme Court. “Now, all of us have to reiter- took oath of office in RajBhavan. by Koshyari. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 state, NCPpresident Sharad Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) gov- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 In an audio messageposted ate, we will have to take back on Twitter afterbeing released, what NewDelhi snatchedfrom she said the people of Jammu us illegally, undemocraticallyand HATHRAS CASE and Kashmir cannotforgetthe unconstitutionally. In addition to “robberyand humiliation” of this we will have to continue our August5and demandedrelease struggle forthe resolution of HC questions official’s of allprisoners lodged in differ- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 rape denial, says LAC talks enhanced cremation violated understanding of rights of victim, family positions: Jt statement The courtwas critical of topoffi- MANISHSAHU cials, including Prashant Kumar, 108th Science LUCKNOW,OCTOBER13 ADG, Lawand Order,and SHUBHAJITROY Awanish Kumar Awasthi, NEWDELHI,OCTOBER13 Congress to be FROM QUESTIONINGthe police Additional Chief Secretary, claim that the 19-year-old Dalit Home. ADAY afterthe seventh round of held in 2022 woman from Hathras wasnot “The guiding principle of Corps Commander-leveltalksto rapedtoobserving that her hur- governance and administration, tryand resolve the military instead of Jan riedcremation was“prima facie afterindependence, should be standoffalong the Line of Actual an infringement upon the hu- to ‘serve’ and ‘protect’ people Control in Ladakh, India and 2021, Pune to man rightsofthe victim and her and notto'rule' and 'control' as China, in ajoint statement, said family”, the LucknowBenchof wasthe case prior to independ- they “had enhancedunder- Lt Gen PGK Menon takes remain host city the Allahabad High Courthas ence. Government should come standing of eachother’s posi- over ‘Fire&FuryCorps’ from deliveredastinging indictment out with appropriateproce- tions” and the discussions were Lt Gen Harinder Singh. ANI of the Uttar Pradesh police and dures as guidance fordistrict of- THE OPENING ACT “positive and constructive”. ANJALIMARAR administration. ficials to deal with suchsitua- But in Beijing, the Chinese PUNE,OCTOBER13 While the BenchofJustices tions,” the courtsaid. Amovie hall in Kolkatabeing sanitisedonTuesday, ahead of itsOctober 15 reopening after Foreign Ministryreacted angrily RajnathSinghonthedaythetalks PankajMithal and Rajan Roy On the police claim that the 8months of lockdown. Shashi Ghosh to the unveiling of 44 border were beingheld,andcalledIndia’s SCIENCE ENTHUSIASTS will have heardthe case on Monday, the victim wasnot raped, the court bridges by Defence Minister CONTINUEDONPAGE2 to wait longer forthe next Indian order wasmade available today. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Science Congress, as the event has been rescheduledtotake BUSINESSASUSUAL Tanishq pulls down ad after social media uproar place in 2022 in the wake of the Players’ representative Covid-19pandemic. It wastobe BY UNNY hostedinJanuary2021atPune. showedaMuslim familyorgan- While the ad, releasedon Earlier in March,the Indian SURBHIGUPTA ising atraditional Hindu baby October 9, wasappreciated on Science Congress Association in council to Board: No NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 13 showerceremonyfor their social media by Congress MP (ISCA) had awardedSymbiosis Hindu daughter-in-law. The Shashi Tharoor,actor Richa International University (SIU) word on key issues JEWELLERYBRAND Tanishq caption forthe 45-second ad on Chadha, and others forits mes- the responsibility of hosting the pulledits latestadfeaturing a YouTuberead: “She is married sageof“Hindu-Muslim unity”, a 108th edition of the Science Hindu woman and her Muslim intoafamilythat lovesher like large number of users including Congress, scheduledtobeheld DEVENDRAPANDEY mother-in-lawoff all online their ownchild. Onlyfor her, former BJP MP Kothapalli between January3and 7, 2021. MUMBAI, OCTOBER 13 platforms on Mondayafter a The ad wasreleasedOct 9 theygoout of their waytocele- Geetha and Khemchand With the outbreak of Covid- Gaekwad backlash on social media, which brateanoccasion that theyusu- Sharma, amember of the BJP's 19 soon after, however, the fate THE INDIAN cricket boardisfac- wrote: no saw#BoycottTanishq trending allydon’t. Abeautiful conflu- IT and social media committee, of the 108th Science Congress ing questions from aplayers' response to on Twitter. collection calledEkatvam – ence of twodifferent religions, tweetedagainstit. wasundecidedtill August. There representative in the Apex letters The ad forTanishq's new whichmeans 'oneness' – traditions, cultures.” CONTINUEDONPAGE2 wasarecommendation to or- Council, whichwas setupby ganise avirtual event, but the ex- the Supreme Courttooversee wrote, it was “eye-pleasing” to THE CITY ecutive council members of the game, over inadequate see the BCCI's office-bearers in EXPRESSNETWORK ISCAdecidedtoreschedule the communication, apathyinad- the UAEwatching the IPL. Akbar vs Ramani: Two yrs later, court event by ayear while retaining dressing welfaredemands and ABCCI office-bearer con- INDIATAKING100 Pune as the hostcity and SIU as failuretoshareminutes of firmedtoThe Indian Express that says case not under its jurisdiction the venue. meetings held over two the Boardhas received DAYSASCUT-OFF "Organising the Science months, TheIndianExpress has Gaekwad's mail. Gaekwad, who courtTuesdaysaid it can no tions of sexual misconduct and FORREINFECTION... Congress virtuallyisnot feasible, learnt. representsthe Indian ANANDMOHANJ longer hear the matter. harassment againstAkbar who WORKINPROGRESS, as it is difficult to arrangewebi- Sources said that in an email Cricketers’ Association (ICA) on NEWDELHI,OCTOBER13 It said this wasnot acase suedher and resignedfromthe SAYSICMR nars or similar online platforms sent days before the Council's the Council along with former NOGRAND againstanMPorMLA —itwas a Union Council of Ministers. for10,000or moreparticipants," next meeting Saturday, former women’s captain Shantha CELEBRATIONSTHIS AFTER TWOYEARS of hearing a case filedbyanMP—and must The defamation case wasin CBIVISITSHATHRAS VijayLaxmi Saxena, general India opener Anshuman Rangaswamy, did notrespond YEAR,DURGAPUJO criminal defamation case filed be transferredtoacourtofcom- itslaststagesafter the twosides CRIMESCENE, president, ISCA, told The Gaekwad also questionedthe to phone calls and text mes- by former MinisterofState for petent jurisdiction in line with a had concludedfinal arguments. PROBESVICTIM’S Indian Express. lackofIPL invitations forall its sages seeking comment. TOBEMELLOW& External Affairs MJ Akbar against direction of the Supreme Court. At the lasthearing on September CONTINUEDONPAGE2 members. At the same time, he CONTINUEDONPAGE2 ONLINE PAGE 5 journalistPriyaRamani, aDelhi Ramani had levelledallega- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 FAMILY PAGE 11

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something else. What is needednow,experts workers created in various states next fewmonths arecrucial, and “The bus had no papers, the say, is an immediateand coordi- aftertheir return during the effective action could spell the number plates were fake,and nated response built on several Whatled lockdown. difference between mitigation the driverhad no license. And recommendations made at mul- E Over the lasttwo days,The and afull-blown crisis. ● tosurge yet, the vehicle had crossedmul- tiple levels -- from the National EXPLAINED Indian Express reportedthe key In July, the NCPCR issuedaset tiple checkpointsand border Commission forProtection of findings of itsinvestigation that of guidelines, titled “Preventing COVID ABUSE-3 posts,” says DhananjayTingal, Child Rights(NCPCR) to organi- THE SURGE in child traf- showedasurge in child traffick- Child Trafficking Post Lockdown executive director of Bachpan sations working on the ground. ficking is due to acombi- ing since the lockdown began: Due to Covid-19pandemic”, Bachao Andolan(BBA), founded ■ Deputeaspecial officer to nation of twofactors. The Childline's 1098,the national whichadvocated the mapping DIPANKARGHOSE by NobelPrize winner Kailash monitor school dropout ratesin lockdown created the helpline fordistress calls, tracked of source and destinationstates NEWDELHI,OCTOBER13 Satyarthi. identifiedareas. ideal hunting ground for 1.92 lakh interventions between fordistribution of government That bus, and the storynar- ■ Map source and destination child traffickers preying March and August, and 27 lakh benefits. IN THE middle of the Covid lock- ratedbythat BBAteam, captured states, identify vulnerable fami- on vulnerable families. distress calls. And severalstates “To enable this process, dis- down, ateam of rescuers inter- the untold storyofthe lock- lies, provide rehabilitation pack- And now, the unlock- areyet to put in place the mini- cussions at district, blockand vil- ceptedabus in Jaipur.Inside, it down: the trafficking of children ages. down has sparkedde- mum number of monitoring lagelevels arerequired to be un- found agroup of children being from vulnerable families in vil- ■ Involve representativesatthe mand forcheap labour unitsrequired despiteanalertin dertaken, and identification and takenfor work all the wayfrom lages, mainlyfor cheap labour village, blockand district levels, Experts saynewly created database forreturning migrantsis with industries desper- Julyfromthe Union Home matching of the vulnerable fam- Samastipur in Bihar,1200km and child marriages, amid deep strengthen police networks. asilverlining. File atetoreopen. Ministry. ilies at source, transit and away.But the real surprise was economic distress. ■ Utilise databases of migrant Experts nowwarn that the CONTINUEDONPAGE2

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Governor is secular? Secularism is the core them. Theyhavetounderstand displaytoshowcase 'Villagers part of the Constitution basedon that theycan't be playing safeall Science Congress', whichthey the leader of apolitical party,” whichyoutookoathasGovernor. Hathras: HC questions official’s rape denial the time. Theyhavetoeventually plan to retain forthe 2022 event. wrotePawar. Don’t youagree with it?” takeastand.Youlookatlifeasright The theme of the event, planned The BJP,whichbegan astate On the three representations, or wrong and notthrough the to be organisedatSIU's Lavale wide agitation todayfor the re- Thackeray said these were from said: “We asked Sri Kumar benchofthe Allahabad High lawand order situation,” it said. have to berespectedand if con- prismof politicalparties,”hesaid. campus, is 'Scienceand technol- opening of temples, slammed BJP office bearers and their sup- (PrashantKumar,ADG,Lawand Courthad directed senior offi- “Thus, the expandedfunda- siderations of maintenance of Brand strategistHarish Bijoor ogy forsustainable develop- Thackeray.Leader of Opposition porters.“Itcouldbeacoincidence. Order) as to whether it was cials of the stategovernment mental right to life, to live with lawandorderarepittedagainst said brands were “cautious be- ment with women empower- DevendraFadnavissaidinJalgaon Anyway,the government is seri- proper foranyone notdirectly and police to be present at the dignityandto existwithdignity suchvaluable rights, the situa- ings” in the face of an uproar. ment. that the languageusedbythe ouslyconsidering your request connectedwith investigation to hearingonMonday. The court evenafterdeath,aswellasright tion needs to be handleddeftly “Somemarketsare readyforwoke Chief Ministerinhis letter to the and Iassureyou that adecision commentonanyevidencerelat- hadalsoaskedthevictim'sfam- to decent burial/ cremation ap- andresponsiblyonaproperap- social conversations, India is not,” Uddhav allies Governor wasnot "appropriate". will be takenassoon as possible ing to the offence alleged,spe- ilymembers to be present to pears to have been infringed, preciationof boththeaspectsas Bijoor said. In his letter to the PM, while SaidFadnavis,"Governorisacon- by taking all due care,” he added. ciallyifthe allegation is of rape, give their version. hurting the sentimentsofnot suchvaluable rightscannotbe pointingto theword secularinthe stitutional position. It has certain Women and Child Develop- or to draw conclusions based Hathras District Magistrate onlythe familymembers but of trampledortrifledcasuallyor Child rescue Preamble of the Constitution, decorum. Anycommunication mentMinisterYashomatiThakur thereon as to whether offence Praveen Kumar Laxkar told the allpersonsandrelativesassem- whimsically, especiallywhen destination is important,” it said, Pawarsaidthechief ministermust has to maintain that dignity". saidthe“Governorshouldbearre- wascommittedornot,whenthe courtthedecisiontocarryoutthe bledonthespot,”saidthecourt. thoselikelytobedeprivedare of adding that “available govern- uphold suchtenets. Koshyari'smissive wasappar- sponsibility if cases rise”. investigation wasstill pending cremation wastaken to “main- “Thus, one of the crucial is- thedowntroddenclass,unedu- mental welfareschemes benefi- “Unfortunately, theGovernor’slet- entlypromptedbyThackeray’s Lastmonth, the stategovern- and suchperson wasnot partof tainthelawandordersituation”. suesthatspringsupforourcon- cated and poor,” it said. cial forthe family” should be im- tertothe chief ministerinvokes address Sundaythat the govern- ment said that even with due re- theinvestigation,hefairly agreed “We do notatthis stagefind sideration,apartfromcriminal- The courtsaid while the plemented at “hotspots having theconnotationasif writtento the ment had decidednot to open strictions,allowingreligiousgath- that it should nothappen.” anygoodreasononbehalf of the ity whichisunder investigation HathrasDM“categoricallystated children at risk”. leader of apolitical party,” he places of worship because of the erings “was notapractically “We also asked him as to administration as to whythey by the police/ CBI forthe pur- that no one from above or Specifying “modalities to pre- added. continuing danger from Covid. feasible option” in viewofrising whether he wasaware of the couldnothandoverthebodyto poses of trial, is whether the Lucknowhad instructed him to vent child trafficking postlock- “Ifirmlybelieve that in a Thackeray said that "it wasout of Covid-19cases in urban and rural amendmentsinlaw relating to the familymembers forsome hasty cremation of the dead takesuchdecisionorhaddirected down”, the NCPCR said: “...transit democracy,freeexchangeofviews love and carefor the people" that areas across the state. definition of rape w.e.f 2013 and time, sayfor even half an hour, body of the victim in the odd forcarrying out the cremation at hotspots viz. bus stations, routes, between the Governor and the thegovernmentwastreadingcau- thatmereabsenceof semendur- to enablethemto performtheir hours of the night without re- night, but in the same vein, he highways,villagesconnectedwith CMmusttakeplace.However, the tiously. Mehbooba ingforensicexamination,though ritualsathomeandthereafterto vealing her face to the family stated that he wasnot awareif highways,villages with stations tone and tenor usedmustalways Calling this “mostunfortu- Kashmir issue forwhichthou- afactorforconsideration,would cremateiteither in the night or membersandallowingthemto someinstructionshadbeengiven whichworkaspotential inter- be in keeping with the statureof nate,” Koshyari said: “It is ironical sands of people sacrifices their notbyitself be conclusive as to next day,”the courtsaid. undertake thenecessaryrituals by the Stateinthis regard to the statetrafficking hotspots,railway the constitutional postoccupied while, on one hand, the stategov- lives. Iagree that this path would whetherrapehadbeencommit- “Indiaisacountrywhichfol- in the absence of their consent senior officers, who were in- stations, stateand national bor- by the individuals,” Pawarsaid. ernmenthaspermittedtheopen- notbeeasy but Ihavebelief that tedornot,ifthereare other ad- lows the religion of humanity, and presence would amount to volvedinthe collective decision, ders,airports,hotels,dharamsha- He also expressed “surprise” ing of bars, restaurantsand our courageand our determina- missible evidence. He said that whereeachone of us aresup- denying decent cremation in i.e., the Commissioner,Aligarh; las,immigrationofficesatborders, asto howtheGovernor’sletterhad beaches, on the other hand, our tionwillhelpusto crossthisroad,” hewasawareof thesame,”itsaid. posedtorespect eachother in gross violation of her funda- ADG, Agra and IG, Aligarh”. Customoffices at borders, should come to bereleasedtothe media. Gods and Goddesses have been she said in the audio message. Citingforensicreports,police lifeand in death. However, the mental/ human rightsasen- The courtalso questioned be identifiedand recorded.” “Look at the turn of events, the condemnedtostayinthe lock- Immediatelyaftertherevoca- haddeniedthatthewomanwas above factsand circumstances, shrinedunderArticles21 and25 whynoaction wastaken Delhi-basedRishi Kant, who chief ministerwasleftwithnoop- down.” tion of detention, the PDP said raped.Addressingapressconfer- asof now, ex facie,revealthatthe of theConstitutionof India.If so, againstthe DM, while the SP runsShaktiVahini,anorganisation tion but to release his replytothe Thegovernmenthasbeenfirm Mufti would address apress con- enceearlierthismonth,Prashant decision to crematethe victim whoisresponsibleforthesame wassuspended. “We specifi- that workswith trafficked chil- Governor in the media. Ihavenot on notreopening places of wor- ference on Friday. In her message, Kumar,ADG, Law&Order,had in the night without handing so as to fixtheir accountability callyasked Sri Awasthi drenandwomen,says thebiggest discussedthe matter either with ship fearing that large gatherings, Mufti also said, “All this time, the said:“AspertheFSL(forensicsci- overthe body to the family andliabilityandhowthefamily (Awanish Kumar Awasthi, worries noware agentsscouting the Governor or the chief minis- especiallyduring the festival sea- blackdecision of the blackday of ence laboratory) report, no se- members or their consent was of the victim be compensated Additional Chief Secretary, invillagesforchildlabourandchil- ter. But Ifelt Imustsharemypain son, could turn intoinfection su- August5,2019woundedmysoul. men or sperm secretion was takenjointlybytheadministra- forit,” it said. Home) as to why, if the decision dren attending online classes be- withyouandthepublicattheero- per spreaders. In his address, the And Iunderstand the situation found in the viscerasample. The tion at the local leveland was “Thus the anxiety of the to crematethe victim in the ing targeted by traffickers on the sionof standardsof conductof the CM said: "Navratri, Diwali and would have been similar forall postmortemreportstatesthat implemented on the orders of Courtasofnow isontwocounts; night wasacollective one as Internet.“Thedistressisdeep,”he high constitutional office of the other religious festivals arecom- people of Jammu and Kashmir.” the cause of death wasdue to theDistrictMagistrate,Hathras. firstly, whethertherewasanyvi- stated by the District said. Governor,” he wrotetothe PM. ingup.We areslowlyopeningour AnorderissuedonTuesdayby trauma causedbythe assault. This action of the State olation of fundamental rightsof Magistrate, Hathras himself, Kantsays thatwithschoolsset Citinghugegatheringof devo- doors forprosperity and good Home SecretaryShaleen Kabra Despitethe statementsbyoffi- Authorities,thoughinthename the deceasedvictim and her onlySuperintendent of Police to reopeninseveralstates,govern- tees even on weekdays at shrines health but notfor the coron- said, “In exercise of the powers cials, some wrong information of lawand order situation, is family; and secondly, the larger had been suspendedwhile the mentsmustorderdistrictofficials likeShreeSaibabatemple(Shirdi), avirus”. conferredunder section 19(1) of wascirculated in the media.” prima facie an infringement issues involvedinthe contextof District Magistratehad been al- to monitordropoutrates.“Itisvery SiddhivinayakTemple (Dadar) Incidentally, onthreeseparate the Jammu and Kashmir Public The woman, who wasas- upon the human rightsofthe suchrightswhich aregenerally lowedtocontinue and is still crucial and important to develop andVitthaltemple(Pandharpur), occasions in the lockdown, the SafetyAct, 1978, the government saultedandallegedly gangraped victim and her family,”itsaid. available to all residentsofthe continuing at Hathras. He stated mechanisms with the Education Pawartold the PM that the MVA government had to permit reli- herebyrevokes thedetention or- by four upper caste men on “The victim wasatleasten- Stateand even beyond it so that that the firstreportofSIT had Department.Concentrateonless- coalition had decidedto“stagger gious gatherings forlimited pe- der... of Ms Mehbooba Mufti... September 14,diedinDelhi on titledtodecent cremation in ac- valuableconstitutionalrightsare indicted the Superintendent of ening the number of school thedecisionregardingopeningof riod:Parsicommunityprayersfor with immediateeffect.” September 29. Her body was cordancewithherreligiouscus- notcompromisedcasuallyand Police,” the courtsaid. dropouts. With moredropouts, a place of worship” in the stateand the dead at Doongerwadi on or- When contacted,Mufti’s takentoHathras and cremated toms and rituals which whimsically,”itsaid. In itsdirections, the court higher number of children, espe- highlightedthegovernment’s'My dersfromtheBombayHighCourt; daughter Iltija confirmedtoThe around 3amonSeptember 30, essentiallyare to be performed “Sensitivities of the people asked the stategovernment to ciallygirls,becomevulnerable.All FamilyMyResponsibility' cam- paryushan prayers at three Jain Indian Express her motherhas with none of her immediate by her family. Cremation is one whichthe Constitution recog- “comeoutwithadraftpolicy”to the district magistrates mustbe paignto curbthespreadof Covid- temples over nine days on the di- beenreleased.“AsMsMufti’sille- familymembers present. of the'sanskars'i.e.,antimsanskar nisesasfundamentalrightssuch ensure “proper guidelines” in ordered to look at this on priority, 19. rections of the Supreme Court; galdetention finallycomes to an Takingsuomotucognizance recognisedasanimportant rit- asrightto decentburial/crema- “matters involving cremation/ and deputeaspecial officer for Thorat, meanwhile, asked, “Is and a tazia procession limited to end, I’d liketothank everybody of the case, especiallythe hur- ual whichcould nothavebeen tion as per traditions and cus- burial of the dead” in suchcir- monitoring,” he said. thelanguageusedintheletterac- five people forMuharram, on the whosupportedmeinthesetough riedcremation, the Lucknow compromisedtaking shelter of toms followedbythe family, cumstances. BBA's Tingal says thereisone ceptableto thePresidentof India?” orders of the High Court. times. Iowe adebt of gratitude to silverlining from the lockdown He pointed out that the In his letter,Koshyari lauded youall…,” she tweetedfromher crisis that could be usedtotrack Governor himself takesthe oath Thackeray forbeing astrong mother’s handle forthe one last border,” he said. “In terms of order passedby wasnot reserved.But this is frus- Tanishq traffickers. “Databases of migrant of uphold constitutional tenets. votaryofHindutva.“Youhadpub- time. Yetthe tone of the joint state- Hon’bleSupremeCourtofIndiain trating, Ispent five days on my fi- As the campaign accusing labourers, who had returned, While maintaining that the liclyespousedyour devotion for Mufti, along with the entire ment on the commander-level Writ Petition titled Ashwani nal argumentsand Icannotrepli- Tanishqof promoting“love jihad” were created in stateportals. “Governor had disrespected his LordRamaby visitingAyodhya af- separatistand mainstream lead- talks – this wasthe second joint Kumar Upadhyayv.UOI and Anr, catethesameeffortagain.We put by celebrating an interfaith mar- Traffickersandchildren,whowere position”,headded:“Heisalsothe tertaking charge as the Chief ership, wasdetainedbythe J&K statement -- indicatedimproved specialcourtswere createdforthe our heartand soul intothe argu- riagegainedmomentum, the being takenfromone spottoan- Governor of Goa. Therealso the Minister. Youhad visited the Police on August5lastyear;the communication in recent meet- trial of the cases againstMember ments.” brandfirstdisabledthecomment other,may alsoberegistered.This templesareclosed.Idon’tseeany Vitthal Rukmini Mandir in daythe Centreabrogated Jammu ings, and the effortstobridgethe of Parliament/Member of section and likes/dislikes on can give great leads,” he said. letter sent there.” Pandharpur and performedthe and Kashmir’s special status and trustdeficit. Legislative Assembly. In viewof Cricket board YouTubeand, lateonMonday Tingal agrees that the keylies Coming out in Thackeray’s puja on Ashadhi Ekadashi.” downgradedthe stateintotwo The joint statement, released the aforesaid judgment the In his email, Gaekwad wrote evening, withdrew the video. in implementing rehabilitation support, NCPleader and state Then Koshyari went on to ask Union Territories. Initially, Mufti inNewDelhi,said:“On12 October, Hon’bleCourtvidecircular...dated, that BCCI office-bearers haven’t Inastatement,Tanishq,which packages in “source areas”. “We Food and Civil Supplies Minister if the CM was"receiving anydi- wasunder preventive detention the 7th round of Senior the 23rdFebruary, 2018 desig- repliedtoletters sent by the ICA. is adivision of the Tata Group’s needbasic amenities in poor vil- Chhagan Bhujbal said that it was vine premonition to keep post- forsix months. As it expired,the Commanders meeting of India natedthespecialcourtsfortrialof When contacted,ICA presi- TitanCompany, said it had with- lages...the schemes that govern- notacrime to be secular. “Our poningthereopeningof theplaces government slappedthe dracon- and China washeld in Chushul. the cases againstMP/MLA.As the dent and former Test batsman drawnthe ad in viewofthe “hurt mentsrecentlyannouncedforre- Constitution is secular... Idon’t of worships time and again or ianPublicSafetyAct(PSA)against The twosides had asincere, in- present matter is notfiledagainst Ashok Malhotrasaid: “We have sentiments”, and in order to en- lief,orthosethatalreadyexist.Anti think it is wrong to tread cau- have yousuddenlyturned‘secu- heronFebruary5thisyear.Herde- depth and constructive exchange MP/MLA, hence, cannotbetried written thrice to BCCI president surethe “well being” of itsem- HumanTraffickingUnits,statepo- tiouslyonreopeningtemplescon- lar’ yourselves, the term you tention under the PSAwas ex- of views ondisengagementalong by thiscourtandneedsto betrans- Sourav Ganguly, secretaryJay ployees and partners. lice,railways,civilsociety,allneed sidering the possible crowding at hated?” tendedonJuly31. On April 7, after the Line of Actual Control in the ferred to the Competent Courtof Shah and treasurer Arun Dhumal “TheideabehindtheEkatvam to beactive.Ifwedon’t getour act the religious places.” He mentionedthat places of theCovid-19pandemic,Muftiwas Western Sector of India-China Jurisdiction.Letthismatterbeput butareyet to getareply. Thereare campaignisto celebratethecom- together,thiscouldgo completely With the allies firmlyonits worship were reopenedinDelhi shiftedtoher residence that was border areas. Theywereofthe up before the courtofPrincipal some demands that we want the ingtogetherof peoplefromdiffer- out of hand forour children,” he side,ShivSenatermedThackeray’s onJune8andacrossthenationto- declared asubsidiaryjail by the viewthat these discussions were DistrictandSessionsJudge(Rouse Boardtoconsider,likeincreasing ent walksoflife, local communi- said. response to the Governor’s letter wardstheendof June.Therehave government. positive,constructive andhaden- Avenue District Courts)for pension,raisingmedicalinsurance ties and families during these as a “historic document”. Party notbeen reports of asurge in hancedunderstanding of each 14.10.2020at10.30AMforfurther from Rs 5lakh to Rs 10 lakh, and challenging times and celebrate 108th Science spokesman SanjayRautsaid the Covid-19cases from anyofthese LAC talks other’s positions.” appropriateorders,”thecourtsaid giving pension to widows of first- the beauty of oneness. This film CM had setanexample by reply- places, he added. borderinfrastructure-buildingthe “Bothsidesagreedtomaintain in itsorder. classcricketers.We wantpension has stimulated divergent and se- Congress ing in adignifiedmanner and re- “I requestyou to announce “root cause of tensions”. dialogue and communication The case washeardfrom forplayerswhohave played10-24 vere reactions,contrarytoitsvery Giventhe stateofaffairs with maining within constitutional forthwith the reopening of all the Zhao Lijian, spokesperson for through militaryand diplomatic October 2018 by the then ACMM first-class games. So far, no deci- objective. respect to the pandemic, Saxena boundaries in response to a places of worship with all neces- theChineseForeignMinistry, told channels,andarrive atamutually Samar Vishal who presidedover sion has been takenonany of “We aredeeplysaddenedwith said the 2022 Science Congress Governor,who was “interfering saryCovid-19precautions,”stated apressconferencethatChinadoes acceptablesolutionfordisengage- the proceedings until October 25, theseissuesandtherehasbeenno the inadvertent stirring of emo- in Pune will have all safety with the work of the chief minis- Koshyari. The Governor enclosed notrecognise the Union Territory ment as early as possible.” 2019 when the examination-in- replytoour mails.” tionsandwithdraw thisfilmkeep- measures in place. ter”. with his letter three representa- of Ladakh, whichheclaimedhad “Bothsidesagreedtoearnestly chief of defence witnesses were The ICAhas also asked forre- ing in mind the hurtsentiments Speaking on some of SIU's Questioningthecontentof the tions forthe reopening of places been formedillegally, or implementtheimportantunder- underway. He waslater trans- leaseof thebenevolentfundof for- and well being of our employees, preparations initiated forthe na- Governor’s letter,the Sena MP of worship. Arunachal Pradesh. standings reachedbythe leaders ferred following whichACMM mer India all-rounder Manoj partners and storestaff,” a tional meet, Dr RajivYeravdekar, said,“Nobodyshouldhave aques- On Tuesday, Thackeray coun- Zhao said China “opposes in- of the twocountries, nottoturn Pahuja beganhearing the matter Prabhakar,who returnedtothe spokesperson forTanishq said on local secretary, 108th ISC, said, tioninmindaboutwhetheroneis teredKoshyari. “What youmen- frastructurebuildingaimedatmil- differences intodisputes, and from November 21,2019, when game as acoachafter aban on al- Tuesdayevening. "Soon afterthe announcement, Hindutvavadi or not. What mat- tionedabout my Hindutvainthe itarycontentionindisputedbor- jointlysafeguardpeace and tran- Ramani's cross-examination had leged match-fixing charges. Veteranadfilm director we formedcommittees and tersiswhetherthegovernmentis letterisabsolutelycorrect,”hesaid derareas.Basedontheconsensus quilityintheborderareas,”itsaid. cometo anend.Heheardthefinal MalhotrasaidtheICA'stworepre- Prahlad Kakkar said: “Social me- identifiedcoreworking groups being run as per the Constitution inalettertotheGovernorwritten reachedbythetwosidesrecently, argumentsofbothsides which sentativesare “following up” on diatrollingisdoneby professional mainlycomprising faculty or not.” inMarathi.“Butmy Hindutvadoes neither side should take anyac- Akbar vs Ramani went on forseveral days. these issues. trollsalignedwithpoliticalparties. members. The registrations The stateBJP on Tuesdayheld notneedyour certificate. Also, I tionthatmightcomplicatethesit- 19,Akbar's counsel, Geeta Luthra, Reacting to the court's deci- BasedonJustice RMLodha’s It's got nothing to do with normal were openedfor participants. protests across Maharashtrade- don'tneedtolearnitfromanyone. uationattheborderregion,sothat hadsoughtthecourt'spermission sion, Ramani’s lawyer,Rebecca recommendations, whichsubse- people. Iwould advise Tanishq to However, with the postpone- manding unlocking of temples. It does notfit intomyHindutvato bilateraleffortstoeasetensionwill to rebut the final argumentsof John, told The Indian Express, “We quentlybecamepartofaSupreme notsuccumb to that kind of pres- ment, the collected registration StateBJP president Chandrakant welcome home, with asmile, notbeundermined”. Ramani’s lawyer Rebecca John willhave to restartfinalarguments Courtorder,the ApexCouncil sure. People who arepolitically fees have been refundedand all Patil, while leading aprotest in thosewhocallmy stateorthecap- “Forawhile, the Indian side andwasgrantedtwodays to con- if the case will be transferredtoa comprises BCCI office-bearers, a alignedare nottheir consumers; activities have been put on Shirdi, said: "UddhavThackeray italof my statePakistan-occupied has been stepping up infrastruc- clude. newcourt.To befairto thesystem stateunit nominee, women and theconsumersarenormalpeople, standby." needslessons on Hindutva." Kashmir.” This wasareference to turebuildingandmilitarydeploy- On Tuesday, as Luthrabegan thatIampartof,transfershappen menplayers’representatives,and and theyhavenoproblem with Dr Yeravdekar added, "We “The government should not theGovernor’smeetingwithfilm mentalongtheborderwithChina. making her final arguments, all the time. Justbecause youar- anomineeof theComptrollerand suchads.” also contacted some vendors for testthepatienceof Hindureligious actor Kangana Ranaut. This is the root cause of tensions. Additional Chief Metropolitan gued, thereisnoguarantee that Auditor General of India (CAG). Kakkar recalledthat Surf construction worksand were in leaders,saintsandwarkaris.If the Taking objection to the We urge the Indian side to MagistrateVishal Pahuja said, thesamecourtwillpassthejudg- BCCI sources said Gaekwad's Excel’s 2019 ad, showing aHindu preliminarytalksfor arranging government remains indifferent Governor’s question on whether earnestlyimplementtheconsen- “Therehas been directions from ment.TheHighCourtadministra- email has raised “very pertinent girlprotectingaMuslimboyfrom travel, accommodation, cater- to our demands, people will he had turnedsecular,Thackeray sus reachedbythe twosides, re- theSupremeCourt...Thiscasehas tive directions areveryclear that points” about the lackoftrans- Holi revellers, had facedsimilar ing, and other requirementsfor forciblybarge inside religious asked,“Whyshould youask such frain from taking actions that will to beplacedbeforetheDistrictand unlessyouhavereservedthecase parency in cricket administration criticism.“Everybodylovedthead guests and participants. Some places and break open the doors aquestion? Areyou saying that complicatethesituation,andtake Sessions Judgefor further direc- forjudgment, we will notgiveit andindicateshowGanguly’spres- exceptthe trolls. So whyare we modification worksathostels of temples,” he added. onlyopening places of worship is concretemeasures to safeguard tions. This courtwill deal with backtothesamecourtifitistrans- ence “hasn’t reallyempowered falling intothis trap again and tooweretaken up." FULLREPORTSON Hindutvaand notopening them peaceand tranquility along the cases againstMP/MLAs.” ferred.Inthis case, the judgment the players”. again? Brands should justignore The organisers had aspecial www.indianexpress.com

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Pune WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 4 MAHARASHTRA THEINDIANEXPRESS,WEDNESDAY,OCTOBER14,2020 Dr Somnath Salgar felicitated ‘NCP to go it alone in Bihar polls’ Pune: Dr Somnath Salgar,asso- dentsatthe collegesince five Assoyabeanprice ciateprofessor and head of the years. notwilling to accommodate to contestthe polls. Lastweek, biochemistrydepartment at BJ Dr Salgar worked as afacili- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE the allies.” ShivSena chief and Maharashtra Medical Collegeand tatorfor FFE, and guidedstu- MUMBAI,OCTOBER13 Patelsaid he wasintalkswith Chief MinisterUddhavThackeray Sassoon General Hospital, was dentsand their parentsinapply- RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav, senior AICC declared it will contest50seats inchesclosertoMSP felicitated by the Foundation for ing forvarious scholarships. Till THE SHIV Sena, NCPand leader AhmedPatel and Bihar but did notspecify the details on Excellence (FFE) India Trustfor date, he has counselledand Congress, whichjoinedhands to Congress in-charge Shaktisinh alliances. his effortsinhelping economi- helped150 medical studentsto- form acoalition government to Gohil. “During our interaction it Patelruledout anyalliance callydisadvantaged MBBS stu- wardsFFE scholarships. ENS keep the BJP away from powerin wasdecidedthat we should get with the ShivSena in Bihar. “The Maharashtra, will fight the Bihar all like-mindedparties to unite NCPwill nothaveanalliance with inLatur,farmersfollow Assemblypolls separately. and fight againstthe BJP and the ShivSena. It is completely The NCP, ledbyparty presi- JD(U). Even afterour discussions, ruledout,” he said. dent Sharad Pawar, is settocon- the Congress did notappear keen The Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi test the elections alone. The deci- on considering NCP’s request. (VBA) tooiscontesting the Bihar sion wastaken at ameeting in Moreover, the NCPwas notex- polls. The VBA, ledbyPrakash ‘wait&watch’policy Mumbai. The NCPisupsetasthe pecting manyseats,” he said, Ambedkar,has decidedtoform RJD and Congress did notleave a adding that the party will not an alliance with the Democratic single Assemblyseat forit. have anyalliance with the RJD Progressive Front. This will bethe ershave decidedtoholdonto their ketsinternationally. Speaking to mediapersons, and Congress. ‘non-Congress, non-BJP’ front. PARTHASARATHIBISWAS stockinhopeof higherprices...the Chinaistheworld’slargestim- NCPleader and RajyaSabha MP Interestingly,the Bihar Ambedkar said, “We want to con- PUNE,OCTOBER13 supply-demand mismatchwill porterofsoyabean in the world, Praful Patelsaid, “The Congress Assemblyelections have gener- test the Bihar polls to arrest the push up prices further in the near with itsannual importwell over and RJD talk of forging agrand ated astrong interestin political growth of the BJP.Unless AFTER HARVESTINGsoyabean future,” said atrader at Latur’s 950 lakh tonnes (lt), majority of alliance to defeat the BJP and Maharashtra. All the mainstream we checkthem in states, it will not crop on 20 acres of his 30-acre wholesale market. whichissourcedfromSouth JD(U). But when it comes to political parties, including the be possible to weaken their hold holding, DhananjayBhosale is Mostoil millers have already America and the United States of practical approach, theyare ShivSena and NCP, have declared at the national level.” clearthatheisnotinahurryto sell startedquotingRs3,900-4,000per America. 160tonne of the oilseedhehas quintal forex-mill delivery of Domestically, prices of soya produced. The farmer from oilseedinthe region meal-theprotein-richsolidleftaf- Bombli KhurdinLatur district’s WhileforfarmerslikeBhosale, teroil is extracted from the beans Cong to hold virtual farmers’ rally Deoni taluka feels it will be pru- the current phase of high prices --isatanall-timehighof Rs31,000 dent to sell onlyafter the average promptsthem to hold on to their pertonne,signalingincreasedde- ernment’scontroversialfarmlaws, through social media handles. tradedprice of the oilseed stockofoil extractors and proces- mandfrompoultryandotherfeed EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE the Congress in Maharashtrawill With AICC observers also ex- breaches the Rs 4,000per-quintal sors, some saythis indicates un- makers. MUMBAI,OCTOBER13 hold avirtual rallyoffarmers con- pected to attend the event, the mark. “Giventhe waythe season healthyspeculation in the mar- Ashok Bhutada, proprietorof necting10,000villagesonOctober stateCongresssaidithadsetupbig is starting, Idon't think Iwill have kets. On Monday, the Soyabean Latur-headquarteredKirti Group, AS PART of itsefforts to mobilise 15.State Congress president LED and LCDtelevision screens to waitforlong.Traderssaytheav- Processors Association of India whichruns multiple extraction supportagainstthe central gov- Balasaheb Thorat announcedthe acrossthe10,000villagesto reach eragetradedpriceinLatur’smandi (SOPA) —the umbrella body of andsolventplantsinMaharashtra, initiative on Tuesday. The out to the “marginalisedfarming will cross Rs 4,000 per quintal to- soyabeanprocessorsinIndia–had said an increaseduptakeofsoy- “Kisan Bachao” virtual rallyis community in abig wayfor the wardsthe end of Diwali... Iwill of- written to the Securities and amealfromtheanimalfeedindus- SOUTH CENTRALRAILWAY partofthe party’s ongoing na- purpose of the rally”. floadmy stockthen,”saidBhosale, ExchangeBoardofIndia (SEBI), tryisresponsible forthe present Follow us on @SCRailwayindia Details of the Tender Notices of tionwide campaign seeking The party has earmarkedfive who growsother pulses suchas askingforabanonfuturecontracts price rise, both in meal and the S.C. Railway can be seen on our website: www.scr.indianrailways.gov.in the withdrawal of the legisla- locationsinthestate—Sangamner uradandmoongovertheremain- of the oilseedonthe National oilseed. “At the startofthe Covid- Tender Notice No. NW/148/ tions. Thorat said on Tuesday (Ahmednagar), Aurangabad, ing 10 acres of his holding. Commodities and Derivatives 19 pandemic, consumption of WIII/Tender Notice/2020-21, that the party expectsaround Amravati, Nagpur and in the Even before farmers start ExchangeofIndia (NCDEX) plat- chickenand eggs had dropped,

Dated :09-10-2020. PUB/0864 50 lakh farmers to participate Konkan belt —asthe main spots bringing their produce to whole- form. The unhealthyspeculation, thankstorumours whichhad The details of the tender which is during Thursday’s rally, which forthe virtual rally, whichwill be salemarkets,soyabeanpriceshave SOPAclaimed,hadharmedactual linkedthediseasewithconsump- already uploaded at will also be streamedlive held simultaneously. seen asteady bull run. At Latur’s trade. tion of poultrymeat. But nowthe www.ireps.gov.in ; wholesale mandi, the average Internationally, soyabean situation has changed,with peo- Sl.No. :1.Tender No. :T-202021-3- tradedprice of the oilseedisRs prices have seen arallyafter two ple increasing their protein con- 035. Authority : Co-ord. Tender ODISHA RENEWABLE ENERGY 3,870,asagainstthe govern- years.SoyabeanpricesatChicago’s sumption to fight the disease,” he Value in Rs. : 4821892.32.Earnest ment-declared minimum sup- Exchange(CBOT)have crossedthe said. Bhutada’s owngroup sup- Money in Rs. : 96400.00. DEVELOPMENT AGENCY Completion Period : Eighteen S-3/59,MANCHESWAR INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, portprice (MSP) of Rs 3,880. barrier of $10/bushel mid- plies feed to the fisheryunitsand Months. Description of the work : BHUBANESWAR-751010 Traders in the market not September.This is the firsttime he said theyhaveseen afour-fold Manmad Junction -Mudkhed Phone: (0674) 2588260, 2586398, 2580554, Fax:2586368 onlyruleoutsofteningof prices, near-term futureprices have rise since the lastfew months. Junction Section &Adilabad - Website: www.oredaorissa.com, Email: [email protected] somesaypricescancrosstheRs crossedthe$10/bushelmarksince Mosttraders felt the present Pimpalkhuti :TRR(P) :- Through e-TENDER CALL NOTICE 4,000 per quintal markassoon July2018. Increasedbuying by pricetrendwillcontinueforsome Rail Renewal (Primary) of existing as November. China and forecasts of aweak time, with farmers ready to hold 52Kg/90UTS rails on PSC6 Notice No: 4002 Date: 09.10.2020 sleeper/1540/1660 density with new “It all depends on arrivals. South American crop has fueled onto theirproduceinhopeof bet- 60Kg Rails on PSC6 Odisha Renewable Energy Development Agency (OREDA) Giventhe upwardtrend, farm- this bull run in the oilseeds mar- terprices. sleepers/1540/1660 for atotal length of invites Request for Proposal (RFP) for design, engineering, 6.65Km. (Locations as per annexure). supply, installation, testing and commissioning of various off- Cost of Tender Form in Rs. : 3000/-. grid applications along with operations and CMC Coverage at Sl.No. :2.Tender No. :T-202021-2- 036. Authority : Co-ord. Tender Konark, Odisha. Value in Rs. : 13524263.31. Details can be seen from the website www.tenderwizard.com/ Earnest Money in Rs. : 217600.00. OREDA or www.oredaorissa.com.Further corrigendum, if Completion Period : Six Months. any, will be uploaded in these websites only. Description of the work : Provision Sd- of deficient MEA like waiting hall, water taps, divyangjan friendly toilet and Chief Executive ramps, approach path ways to new station entry and its circulating area, PF compound wall at Mudkhed e-mail:[email protected] Junction, Mughat, Nanded & GOVERNMENT OF ODISHA Limbgaon station. Cost of Tender OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION, BHAWANIPATNA Form in Rs. : 5000/-. C-164 Parmanandpur,Railway Station Road, Bhawanipatna, Dist: Kalahandi, PIN -766001 Sl.No. :3.Tender No. :T-202021-2- NATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING THROUGH e-Procurement 037. Authority : Co-ord. Tender Identification No. EEPH-BHPT— 8of2020-21/ Dt. 9/10/2020 Value in Rs. : 10652591.90. e-Procurement Notice Name of the work :Replacement of 400mm dia CIraw water Rising main &arrangement for pressure development in different Pipe network in BhawanipatnaTown-Under State Plan-2019-20. Earnest Money in Rs. : 203300.00. Total Number of works :01(one) Completion Period : Six Months. Estimated cost :Approx. Rs379.80 lakh Class of Contractor :Manufacturer Only Description of the work :SW(I) : Period of Completion :2Calendar Months Deep Screening of UP M/L at Nanded Procurement Officer Bid Identification No. No. of works Availability of Tender On- line for Bidding Date &time of opening of Bid Yard and DN M/L in Limbgaon Yards, From To 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total 3TKM. SW(II) : Track Executive Engineer, P.H. Division, Bhawanipatna EEPH-BHPT—08 of 2020-21/ Dt. 09.10.2020 01 (One) 14.10.2020 28/10/2020 29.10.2020 maintenance works including yard attention -left after works of doubling For details can be seen from the Government website www.tendersorissa.gov.in Sd/ between Mudkhed Junction -Mugat Executive Engineer, P.H. Division, Bhawanipatna and Maltekdi -Nanded -Limbgaon 0IPR-13059/11/0003/2021 (Total 21 Kms etc). Cost of Tender Form in Rs. : 5000/-. I, JC-353370A Rank: I Mohammad Arman Sl.No. :4.Tender No. :T-202021-2- Sub/RST Name: Daljit Ansari s/oJC352684P ADVERTISEMENT 038. Authority : Co-ord. Tender Singh declares my SUB Mustaque Ansari Value in Rs. : 22625540.04. daughters wrong Name change my name from DEPOTS Earnest Money in Rs. : 263100.00. Dhamanpreet Kaur Mohd Arman Ansari to Completion Period : Nine Months. corrected to Mohammad Arman AUNDH- Description of the work :Mudkhed Damanpreet Kaur vide Ansari affidavit no Suyog Enterprises, Junction -Parbhani Junction :- affidavit RegNo. 1592/ 2020 dated C/oSandeep Book Stall, Swajas 332/2020 Dt 10 oct 2020. Provision of drains in yards (Nanded 12/10/2020 Complex, Parihar Chowk, yard 1200 mlength, Mudkhed Junction 0090276684-1 0090276669-1 Aundhgaon, Pune-7. Mob. yard 900 mlength, Limbgaon yard 400 9422011181. I, ArmyNo.6488050K, mlength, Mugat yard 800 mlength, I Mina, Spouse of Chordia Communications, BUSINESS NECC suggested farm- Rank Dfr/A SH, Name Parbhani Junction yard 2000 mlength) 2792884N, Ex Hav, Arshad Ajit Chordia. 17/18, Aundh gate price for 100eggs on KhandareJagan Total length 5300 m. Cost of Tender POULTRY Tambe Shivaji Gaon, opp. lane of Cosmos Bank, 14.10.2020 in Pune Tukaram, Residing at sr. Form in Rs. : 10000/-. DadaSaheb, Have Aundh, Pune-7. Tel: 25886118, Pimpri-Chinchwad without tray is Rs.557 - No.18, Sai Datta Sl.No. :5.Tender No. :T-202021-1- Changed My Name 9960111123. Broilers Traders’ (FiveHundred and Fifty Apartment, flat No.402, 039. Authority : Co-ord. Tender from Mina To Mina Shraddha Ads, Mrs.Ujwala Kotbagi, Association “Rate On Seven Rupees only) 4rth floor, Choudhari Shivaji Tambe. Affidavit 'A' wing, Vastu-sunder, Near Value in Rs. : 17337466.06. 14.10.2020 ForLiveBig Phone:NECC 24270724, Park, Road No.2, Dighi No.16802. Kumar Classic, Pune-7. Tel. Earnest Money in Rs. : 236700.00. Birds Rs -132 LiveSmall 26336377, Dealer: Pune 411015, My Army 9371055799. Completion Period : Twelve Birds Rs -140 Al-Taqdeer 24332689, 24455130, 0090276683-3 Service RecordMy San Ads, Months. Description of the work : Broiler(Siraj 24265787. daughter change Name Anurag, Plot No. 10, near Kobe SW-I :Limbgaon &Mudkhed Shaikh)9822931357, 0090272256-1 Neha to Neha Khandare, Silzler Cave,Aundh-411007. Tel: Junction :- Providing track machine 9767869302 Affidavit No.1589/2020, 25881302/3/4. rest house and approach road under 0090273225-1 dated 12/10/2020 APPA BALWANT CHOWK - ADEN /Nanded jurisdiction. SW-II : OTHER CLASSIFIED M/s V. V. Medhi, Catch water drain on top of cutting Madina Poultry Traders, 0090276672-1 Varun Medhi, 153, BudhwarPeth, between Mudkhed Junction -Purna Pune.Paper rate on CHANGE OF NAME I have changed my old Near Jogeshwari Temple, Opp. 14.10.2020for LiveBig Junction. SW-III : RCC wall name from DivyaJeetu Ganraj Books, Above DTDC Courier, Birds Rs. 130/- Kg .Shop I Pramila Dhakamother construction at Mudkhed Junction yard Lalchandani to new 2nd floor, Pune-2. Ph. No. DeliveryContact of Muskan Dhaka in cutting &Nanded yard stable line 4 name as Divya 9028967505, 8793647505, (020) 9763333335 change her name vide under ADEN/Nanded jurisdiction. Lalchandani via affidavit 24492149. affidavit number Cost of Tender Form in Rs. : 5000/-. 0090273396-1 no 460/2020 BIBVEWADI - 279/2020 old name Sl.No. :6.Tender No. :T-202021-1- Ad Services, Pune Broilers Traders’ Archana Poultry farm. Muskan Dhakanew 0090276671-1 040. Authority : Co-ord. Tender Amol Nalawade, Association Rate On Available wholesale live name Muskan Dhaka I have changed my old Value in Rs. : 29518750.28. Sr. No.659/28, Rajiv Gandhi Nagar, 14.10.2020 ForLiveBig broilers 1.3-1.5kg; 2kg& Ratnakaram. name Shivmuni Sidhu Earnest Money in Rs. : 297600.00. Upper Last Bus Stop, Bibvewadi, Birds Rs -131 Live above.Eggs at Yadavtonew name as Completion Period : Twelve 0090276679-1 Pune-17. Mobile 9420729914, Tandoori Birds Rs -140 attractiverates. Shop Shivmuni Siddhu Yadav Months. Description of the work : 9021851460 Momin Poultry (Asif delivery available. My old name Rafiq Nazir gazette no P-2015935. ''IMPORTANT'' Nanded Division - TTRR (TWS) -17 Momin) 26336349. 9767101013/ Khan changed to new Akash Advtg, Sets, TTRR (CS +CMSC) -2Sets, 0090276675-1 0090273461-3 9552525315/ 9552525316 name Rafique Nazeer Whilst care is taken prior to C. S. Sawar, 645/1, Shop No.4, TTRR (CS) -2Sets, SEJ -134 Sets & 0090272941-1 Khan as per Aadhar card I Sushema Manhas CHANGE OF Rasakar Campus, Bibawewadi GJ -1019 Nos. Cost of Tender Form Vencobb today’s ex-shop 635154712101 Wedded Spouse of BIRTH DATE acceptance of advertising Main Road, Bibawewadi, Pune-37. delivery rate at Pune A Pune Broiler Traders in Rs. : 10000/-. 9087011N L/Nk Satpaul Tel: 9922221261. Rs.108 per kg.Contact Association Rate on 0090276681-1 I, SathiyaSarathi, wife of copy,itisnot possible to verify Sl. No. 1. Tender No. : T-202021-3- Singh R/At.Khadki, Ganesh Advertising, (9522) 22872417, Pune 14/10/2020 for Livebig ArmyNo. 15317820N, 035. Similar nature of work (for New Name Riyaz Ismail Pune- 3Changed My its contents. The Indian Mr. VijayDeshmukh, S.no. 672/2a (9520) 24269414. birds Rs -134 LiveSmall Rank HavMuthusamyS., costing above 50 lakhs) : NIL. Sayyed, old name Riyaz Name From Sushema /2b, Ganesh Complex, Shop No.3, Birds Rs- 141 contact - R/OCME, Pune 411031, Express (P) Limited cannot be Sl. No. 2, 4&5.Tender No. : T- 0090272255-1 Manhas to Sushma Bibvewadi, Pune-37. Ph.no. 869584268. Ahmed Ismail Sayed. herebydeclarethat in my 24219660, 9822841930. 202021-2-036, T-202021-2-038, T- Simra Trading rates for Address Kazi Manzil, Manhas Vide Affidavit- husband’s service record held responsible for such 0090265628-21 BAJIRAO ROAD - 202021-1-039. Similar nature of 100 eggs. Selling price Rasta Peth, Pune 1901/2020 Dated- my DOB wrongly contents, nor for any loss or Sri Ganesh Advertising, work (for costing above 50 lakhs) : Rs. 555. Contact 411002. 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Over half of identifiedbedsinPMC areas nowavailable group medical director of Sahyadri Hospitals, therehas 95 ICU bedswith ventilators. The wasadefinitedownwardtrend INNUMBERS been adropinthe number of pa- ANURADHA maximum bedswerevacant at in the number of Covid-19infec- tientsinCovid wards, and there MASCARENHAS& Covid carecentres setupacross tions. “Earlier, we had four to five is nowaneedfor local residents AJAYJADHAV the city.Ofthe 7,911beds, only critical patientswaiting in our 46 to remain vigilant about main- PUNE,OCTOBER13 1,047wereoccupiedwhile 6,864 hospital to getabed in the ICU. taining physical distance and en- were vacant, with the PMC keep- This is no longer the case. Likeall Covid-19deaths reportedin suring that theywear masksas HOSPITALSINPune have started ing manycentres closedtem- epidemics, this one toohas fol- Pune on Tuesday. preventive measures. reporting fewercases of new porarily. lowedthe standardbell curve Meanwhile, from September Covid-19infections. An analysis Despiteaslight increase in and nowweare seeing areduc- 15 to October 10,atotal of 32.05 till October 11,conducted by the mortality rate due to the viral in- tion in the peak number of 7,250 lakh residentshavebeen Pune Municipal Corporation's fection, the rate of recovery of cases,” said Dr Kelkar. Death toll so farinthe screenedaspartofthe stategov- (PMC) health department, Covid-19patientsinPMC areas is “Earlier,nearly 50 newpa- district. ernment's 'My Family, My shows adefiniteeasing of bur- all settocross the 90 per cent tientswerebeing admitted daily. Responsibility' campaign. Ato- den on health facilities. mark. The city still has 12,898ac- Nowthe load has droppedto15 talof1.78 lakh residentswith co- As on Monday, of the total tive cases,while6,055areinhome to 20 newadmissions,” said Dr 1,341 morbid conditions were identi- 15,417 bedsreserved forCovid- isolation.Thereare 858criticalpa- SanjayLalwani, medical director Covid-19cases reportedin fied.According to PMC health 19 patientsbyPMC in govern- tientsinICUs across hospitals. In of Bharati Hospital. the district on Tuesday. data, 1,348residentshavebeen ment and private hospitals as Pune city,atotal of 3,830 deaths Dr SanjayPathare, medical found positive with Covid-19af- well as Covid carecentres, only have been registered. director at Ruby Hall Clinic, said terthe home screening visits. 6,651wereoccupiedwhile 8,766 Across various hospitals, doc- therehas been a30per cent drop 3,09,193 Also, award-wise analysis were vacant. tors said the number of newad- in newCovid-19patients, but Totalcases reportedinthe shows that Hadapsar ward had The 1,902 vacant bedsinded- missions of Covid-19patients critical carepatientscontinue to district so far. reportedthe highestnumber of icated Covid hospitals included has reduced. be admitted. “We getrequests Covid-19cases (15,146) followed 193normal bedswithout oxy- Dr DhananjayKelkar,med- fortreating critical cases and by Dhankawadi ward (14,680) Articles kept forCovid-19patientsbytheir relativesatakiosk outside the ArmyInstituteof gen, 1,440bedswith oxygen, 174 ical director at Deenanath also, the non-Covid emergencies way,”said Dr Pathare. and Sinhagad Road ward Cardio-Thoracic Sciences, near Pune Cantonment BoardonTuesday. Arul Horizon ICU bedswithout ventilators and Mangeshkar Hospital, said there arebeing looked at in abigger According to Dr Sunil Rao, (11,824). PMC permits sports grounds, indoor game facilities to reopen from today

and lawn tennis, could be facilities, he said. Instructions when necessary." AJAYJADHAV playedbymaintaining dis- from the central government According to the PMC, PUNE,OCTOBER13 tance. He said the civic body statethat children aged below premises of these sporting fa- waspermitting sporting activ- 10 and senior citizens aged cilities should be disinfected IN Amajor relief to sports en- itiesonlyoutside containment above 65 should avoid leaving and all equipment sanitised thusiasts,who have been un- zones, and specificallythose their houses unless it is amed- before use. able to pursue their activities that could be playedbymain- ical emergency. All facilities should make over the pastseven months taining distance. Kumar said, "Doors and available hand sanitiser at the due to lockdown, the PMC on "Therewill be acomplete windows at indoor facilities entrance as well as other places Tuesdaygavepermission to re- ban on sports competitions, should be kept open and use of on the premises, while the staff open sports grounds and in- eventsortournaments," air conditioner should be mustundergo Covid-19test- door facilities from Kumar said. The municipal avoided. It is also recom- ing. It is also mandatoryfor Wednesday, on the condition commissioner also said alim- mendedtouse portable high them to use masks, gloves and that necessarymeasures to ited number of players should efficiency air cleaner at indoor face shields as precautionary prevent the spread of Covid-19 enter the field or sports facility facilities." measures. will be followed. to avoid crowding, and to en- He also said, "Players with Acivic officer said the gym Thereare,however, no di- suredistancing. He addedthat symptoms suchasfever,cold, facility wasnot being permit- rections on reopening gyms it would be mandatoryfor and cough should notbeal- tedasofnow,asitwas usedby despitethe demand by owners everyone to use amask during lowedentry. Everyplayer alarge number of people and patrons. all suchactivities. should be registeredfor the throughout the day. Gyms Municipal Commissioner Children aged below10and purpose of contact tracing were built in enclosedspaces Puja (right)sells garbagebags on afootpath at Bal Gandharvachowk in the city on Tuesday. Her 14-day-old son Karthik Vikram Kumar said field sports senior citizens aged above 65 along with an undertaking that and asingle equipment was sleeps in amakeshiftcradle. Arul Horizon likecricket and kho kho, and should be prohibited from en- information would be con- usedbymanypeople, the offi- indoor sports likebadminton tering sports fields or indoor veyedtothe civic body as and cer added.

COVID-19 IN PIMPRI-CHINCHWAD New cases hit three-month IMD predicts 2days of heavy rain over most parts of state low, PCMC now concerned Low-pressuresystemtotraverse stateand re-emerge in north Arabian Sea; damagetostanding crop due to winds likely tensifiedintoadeep depres- standing crops, as well as about rising mortality rate ANJALIMARAR sion and crossedoverland near felling of weak trees, is likely, PUNE,OCTOBER13 Kakinada in AndhraPradesh IMD warned. notdelay testsand treatment. between 6.30 am and 7.30 am “The low-pressuresystem MANOJMORE "People have suddenlybe- THE INDIA Meteorological on Tuesday. will move west-northwest- PUNE,OCTOBER13 comemorecareless.Theyare tak- Department (IMD) has warned By evening, however, the wards, and move over ing things forgranted.Manyof of heavy rain over mostparts system weakenedintoade- Vidarbha and Marathwada by EVEN AS the number of new themaredelayingtheirtestswhen of MaharashtraonOctober 14 pression and layover October 14.Pune district Covid-19cases in Pimpri- theyhavemild symptoms. The and 15. Telangana. will receive moderaterain, but Chinchwad droppedfurther on problem is it does nottakemuch This will be under the influ- In Telangana and Andhra ghat areas will experience Tuesday, the civic administration time formild symptoms to be- ence of astrong low-pressure Pradesh, some stations where heavy rain till October 15,” has expressedconcern over the comesevere andthatisthereason system that is settotraverse heavy rain wasreported said Anupam Kashyapi, sudden spikeinmortality rate, whyweare witnessing asudden the state, officials said. were – Yanam (250 mm), head, Weather department, whichhas crossed2per cent. spikeinmortality rate," he said. Widespread heavy rainfall Vijayawada (160 mm), IMD, Pune. On Tuesday, Pimpri- Hardikar said theyhavebeen has been forecastoverPune, Kakinada (120 mm) and At isolated places, heavy Chinchwad registered242 Covid- urging clinic doctors to urge their Mumbai, Thane, Palghar, Vishakhapatnam (80 mm). rain (over200 mm) is forecast 19 cases, marginallyhigher than patientstoget tested as early as Ratnagiri, Raigad, Sindhudurg, The low-pressuresystemis over Madhya Maharashtra, the 240reportedonMonday. possible. "However, this does not Dhule, Nashik,Kolhapur, nowheadedtowards south Konkan, Goa, and north Compared to September, seemto behappening.Patientsare Satara, Sangli, Solapur, Maharashtra, officials said. Karnataka, as the system when 900-1,000 newcases were landingupathospitalsonlywhen Parbhani, Beed, Osmanabad, Winds associated with this movesfurther towardsthe reportedper day, October contin- their condition worsens. Ihave Nagpur and Wardha districts system, with speedranging be- north Konkan region. ues to witness adrastic fall in held meetings with doctors of forthese twodays. tween 25 and 35 km/hr,gust- IMD officials have sug- Covid-19cases."...Ontwoconsec- Indian Medical Association and On Monday, alow-pressure ing to 45 km/hr,will be realised gested that this low-pressure utive days,wehitanew low. Ithink will once again hold adialogue system had formedinthe Bay when the system passes system will re-emerge in north we had seen this number in June. with them...”. of Bengal, whichstrengthened through Maharashtra. Arabian Sea, adjoining south We hopethesituationremainsthe Dr RajendraWable, dean of intoadepression, further in- As aresult, some damageto Gujarat, later on October 15. Awater-logged road in Narayan PethonTuesdayafter heavy rain lashedthe city. Ashish Kale same and does notchangeeven YCMHospitalandMedicalCollege, during the forthcoming festive said,"Thehospitalhadseenaspike season," said Municipal in deaths in September and early Commissioner Shravan Hardikar. this month, but over the pastfew The PCMC chief said the civic days we have witnessedabigdrop body wasmoreconcernedabout in Covid-19related deaths." No grand celebrations, Durga Pujo to be mellow &online the mortality rate of Covid-19pa- Meanwhile, the PCMC health tients."Themortalityrate hasbeen departmenthasbegunaninvesti- around1.7percent,onanaverage. gation intothe death of a21-year- ing the possibility of crowding the temple premises. Although 19 rules. It is wise as open spaces Mela,relishing Bengali dishes However, in past10days or so, we oldpatientonSaturday. TheIndian RUCHIKAGOSWAMY whichmight have an undesir- we arecrestfallen that people attract morefootfall and thereis and the general meetand greet. have seenasuddenspikeandithas Express had reportedthat two PUNE,OCTOBER13 able effect. will notbeable to enjoythe onlysomuchwecan possiblydo But it is amatter of everybody's crossed2per cent," he said. hours afterthe patient wasdis- “We did trytohold a pujo this pujo with thesameenthusi- to control it. To keep the spirit of health and welfare, so thereis Till Tuesday, Pimpri- chargedfromaprivate hospital, THE UPCOMINGDurga Pujo in year but it would notbefair to asm, we mustadheretosafety the festivities high, we have de- no point in grumbling any- Chinchwad has reported1,447 she diedataPCMC jumbo facility Pune, from October 22 to 26, will onlyallowafew devotees, as it regulations. Forour patrons, we cidedtohaveonline cultural pro- more. Instead, people can opt deaths of local residentsdue to at Nehrunagar. be amereshadowofits usual mayhurtsentimentspeopleas- will have alivetelecast grammes likesinging, dancing to buy clothes, and provide Covid-19anddeathof 598patients PCMC additional health chief colourful and extravagant form. sociatewith Durga Pujo. We will throughout the five days so that and artcompetitions among the food and moneytothose who from outside PCMC limits. Dr PavanSalve said, "The munici- Pushpanjali (offering of flowers) have prayers at home, prepare people can enjoy pujo at home. members,” said Sandeep actuallyneeditinsuchdire Urging local residentstoget palcommissionerhadaskedusto will be online, Sandhi Puja will be bhog and makemerry with near Our committee members will Bhattacharjee, committee mem- times," said the octogenarian. themselvestestedthe moment investigatethe death of the pa- telecastlive, and therewill be no and dear ones virtually. man the premises to ensureso- berofAagomoni Prabasi Sangha. On similar lines, severalcity theydevelop mild symptoms, tient. We had sent ateam to the prasad distribution or sindoor Members of our committee will cial distancing and restricted Artisans who travel from associations have aidedBengali Hardikar said he will once again patient'shometofind out exact khela (smearingofvermillion) have cultural activities of singing entry,"said committee mem- West Bengal to scuplt the idols, migrant workers, providedre- holdaFacebookLive eventandre- details. We will submit our report on Vijaya Dashami. or dancing within our group,” Many pujo associations have berSneha Das. dhakis (traditionaldrummers lief during Cyclone Amphan as lease avideo urging residentsto to the civic chief." "...It is afestivalwewait for said Shompa Bhattachrya,com- optedfor smaller closedhalls. Other pujo associations whoplaythe dhak)aswell as well as chippedintohelp the through the entireyear... we get mittee member of Bangiya have optedfor smaller closed Bengali priests have been se- dhaki and priestcommunities deckeduptojustsee the Durga Sansad Nagar, Viman Nagar. halls or venues to hostthe fes- verely hit by the curtailing of monetarily. First-ever sighting of ‘Indian protima (idol)...itfills one with Ashish Roy, president of measures of sanitation and so- tivalwithin the givenrestric- festivities this year. "Wehad also helpednearly energy.Itsaddens us that the cel- Nandonik Sansta at Koregaon cial distancing. tions. Jonaki Bhattacharya,who 1,200Bengali migrant workers ebrations have been toneddown Park,also cited rules and precau- The pujo associations arealso AgradootBangosamaj, startedthe Ananda Mela at go backhome. We also decided Pitta’ bird in Chinchwad but it is foreverybody's safety," tions as reasons to nothold the planning to activate an open link whichorganises pujo in Congress Bhavan40years ago, that instead of calling the said AntaraChoudhary, (25), pujo this year. on their websites and social me- Kharadi, and Aagomoni Prabasi said people should sharethe dhakis,whichwill incursome Pune: The colourful bird'Indian English, and ‘Navrang’ in who has been holding podium Even the low-keycelebra- dia pages so that devotees can Sangha, whichhas been hold- spirit of the festivities with the travel costand also put their Pitta' wasrecentlysighted in Marathi, Hindi and Gujarati. positions in Dhunuchi dance tions come with severalprecau- viewthe evening aartis (prayers) ing Durga Pujo in Vrindavan less privileged as the pandemic livesatrisk,wewill be provid- Chinchwadfor the firsttime. “This birdisabout the size of competitions, an integral partof tions attached, whichinclude a from the safetyoftheir home. Lawns, Baner Road, have re- has put manydailywagers in a ing financial help out of good- Notedwildlifephotographer aMyna and has astubbytail. Its the pujo. restricted height of about five The oldest pujo pandal in the sortedtosmall halls or audito- tough spot. will and the relation we have Vishwanath Bhagwat and head is pale yellowand bellyhas While some prominent Pujo feet forthe idol, aclosedvenue city,the Pune Kali Bari, will be riums in their respective areas. "I have been actively in- with them over the years of Bhagwat spotted the bird, the same colour.Ithas adark associations in the city have de- that houses notmorethan 20 in- celebrating its81st sarbojonin "The pujo will be held at volvedinDurga Pujo in Pune pujo.Thisyear,wewill playthe whichisapproximately19cmin blackstripe right from the thick cidedtogofor small and inti- dividuals at atime, apermit from (community) pujo with asmall Hirabai Dhankude Multipurpose since 1974,and Iamamong tunes on adigital platform," size. blackbeak to the backofthe matecelebrations, some have the local authority as well as the idol and ghotpuja (Kalash puja). Hall this year as open spaces are those who indulgeinpandal said Arin Dubey,amember of It is called'Indian Pitta' in eye...” said Bhagwat. ENS decidedtoskip it altogether,cit- staple listofprecautionary "The pujo will be held near out of bounds under the Covid- hopping, organising Anand AgradootBangosamaj.

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‘SURAKSHA KAWACH’ Army’s Agnibaaz Division conducts joint anti-terror exercise with state police The exercise wascarriedout EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE taking all safetynorms of PUNE,OCTOBER13 Covid-19intoconsideration and strength of participating THE 41 ArtilleryDivision, also troops wasscaleddownac- known as Agnibaaz Division, a cordingly. formation of Pune headquar- "The exercise providedan tered-Southern Command of opportunity forbothArmyand the Indian Army, recentlyorgan- Police to cooperate, coordinate, isedajoint exercise along with co-optand streamline their MaharashtraPolice in Pune, with drills and procedures. Overall, an aim to “harmonise anti-ter- it wasagreat learning experi- rorresponses”. ence forboth," read the press While the joint anti-terror statement. exercise, named Suraksha Asenior officer from Kawach (security shield) was MaharashtraPolice said the held at Lullanagar in Pune on purpose of the joint exercise October 9, the details of the wastoachieve maximum pos- joint training were releasedby The joint exercise washeld in Lullanagar in Pune. Express sible coordination in apossible Armyauthorities on Tuesday. terror situation in an urban set- Apress statement from the ting likePune. Southern Command in this re- Forthe purpose of the joint Terrorism Task Forceand QRT “The Armyformations, with MAXIMISING POTENTIAL gard read, "The aim of the ex- drill, asimulated scenario was of MaharashtraPolice to neu- their vast experience of anti- ercise wastoharmonise the built up regarding the presence tralise terrorists,itinvolved terror operations, and our Aman carries essential goods forhis groceryshop, in Mukund NagarinPune on Tuesday. Ashish Kale drills and procedures of both of terrorists in familyaccom- room intervention drill, search teams from local police and Armyand police foractivating modations at Lullanagar area, of room forany unidentified ATS, whichhaveunderstanding anti-terroristQuickReaction basedonwhichQRTsofArmy items or explosivesbydog of the local settings, can cer- Teams (QRTs)tocounter any initiallyestablishedthe outer squads and their neutralisation tainlypartner with and com- terroristactions in Pune. The cordon. Trafficcontrol on the or defusion by bomb disposal plement eachother in suchop- Misdiagnosing dengue, malaria as Covid in pregnant exercise involvedparticipation nearbyroads wasjointlycarried units, said officials. erations. The exercise notonly of QRTs,dog squads and bomb out by teams from Maharashtra On the sidelines of the exer- gave both sides achance to un- women can endanger mother and foetus: study disposal teams of Armyaswell trafficpolice and Corps of cise, an equipment displaywas derstand eachother and com- as Anti-Terrorism Squad and MilitaryPolice of the Army. also organised, showcasing im- municatebetteronground, but NIRRH who waspartofthe study, Dr SmitaMahale, director of be misdiagnosedeasilyaslate- QuickReaction Team of Joint action wasthen car- portant equipment required for also in the command and con- ANURADHA told The Indian Express. ICMR-NIRRH,saidthiswasanim- onsetCovid-19presentation, MaharashtraPolice." riedout by the Army’s Counter the conduct of this exercise. trol level,” said the officer. MASCARENHAS The study,‘Co-infection of portantobservationasdengueand whereas theymay be presenta- PUNE,OCTOBER13 malaria and dengue in pregnant malaria areendemic in several tions of dengue or malaria, which women with SARS-CoV-2’, was parts of India. requireacompletely different KARNATAKA RESEARCHERS HAVE cautioned conducted by researchers at the Researchers Dr Niraj Mahajan clinical management protocol to physicians and obstetricians that Indian Council of Medical from the department of obstet- that of Covid-19. Misdiagnosis malaria and dengue symptoms Research-National Instituteof rics and gynaecology,BYL Nair could have life-threatening con- BJP picks ex-Cong MLA, former business aresimilar to Covid-19 Research in Reproductive Health Hospital and Rahul Gajbhiye, sci- sequences forthe patient and the in pregnant women and if misdi- (ICMR-NIRRH), along with BYL entistatICMR-NIRRH, among foetus, researchers said. agnosed,couldbelifethreatening Nair Hospital, and publishedin others, have describedthe symp- Considering that the pan- partner of ex-CM’s son for bypolls to both the patient and the foetus. International Journal of toms, treatment and outcomes demic has spread to the tribal Citing the case of awoman who Gynaecology and Obstetrics. of three pregnant women with and rural parts of India, the Siddaramaiah’s younger son Dr jected aplea filedbyBJP rivalT ForSiraseat, necessitated by hadbothSARS-CoV-2andmalaria, As manyas2,500cases have SARS-COV-2 infection who also healthcaresystemshould be EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Yathindrafor twoAssemblyby- MunirajuGowda over alleged death of JD(S) legislator B researcherssaidthepatientexpe- beendocumentedinthenetwork had co-infection of malaria, and strengthenedfor diagnosis and BENGALURU,OCTOBER13 polls scheduledonNovember 3. electoral fraudin2018 Satyanarayana, the BJP nomi- riencedfoetaldemise and had to of National RegistryofPregnant one patient with dengue. appropriatemanagement of co- Munirathna Naidu, acon- Assemblypolls. nee, CMRajesh Gowda, initially undergo abortion, adding that if Women with Covid-19inIndia to Some of these women may infections, Dr Mahale said. All KARNATAKA BJP on Tuesdayan- tractor and film producer,will Then aCongress candidate, triedfor aCongress ticket.He the malaria had been diagnosed better understand howpregnant remain asymptomatic through- symptomatic Covid-19cases nouncedthe candidatureofa contestRRNagar seat in Naidu had defeated BJP nomi- wasinnews in 2016 afterhis earlier,the pregnancy might have women areaffected by the infec- out their pregnancy,while others with fever mustbeinvestigated former Congress MLAwho Bengaluru, while Dr CMRajesh nee Gowda in 2018.Gowda sub- firm, Matrix Imaging Solutions been saved. tion. As partofthis ongoing effort, might showmild to moderate forother common infections in moved, along with several Gowda, proprietorofamedical sequentlyaccusedNaidu of try- Pvt Ltd, wherethen Congress “Our observations reveal that researchers studiedthree cases symptoms at some point in their endemic regions, both in the Congress and itsthen-allyJD(S) imaging firm, will be the BJP ing to bribevoters and moved CM Siddaramaiah’s son Dr pregnant women with suspected wheretheclinicalpresentationsof pregnancy,researchers said. The general population as well as in legislators, to the saffron camp candidatefor Siraseat in Karnataka HC againstthe elec- Yathindrawas apartner,bagged Covid-19infection can showthe malariaanddenguestrongly over- present case series shows that pa- vulnerable populations, includ- lastyear to bring the BS Tumakuru district. toralverdict. AfterHCrejected severalcontractstosupplymed- same clinical symptoms associ- lap with that of Covid-19, posing tientswith mild to moderate ing pregnant women, to reduce Yediyurappa government to The BJP announcedNaidu’s his plea, he movedthe top ical equipment to government ated with dengue or malaria,” Dr an additional challengefor differ- symptoms of Covid-19are prob- mortality,researchers have power, and aformer business candidaturesoon afterthe court. JD(S) is yettofield acan- hospitals. Yathindraresigned Rahul Gajbhiye, scientistatICMR- ential diagnosis. lematic because co-infections can urged. partner of Congress leader Supreme CourtTuesdayre- didatefor the seat. following the controversy.

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ÀFe.ªFe.-OXe.EÕX.-A-ssqzsqsq-ssryys CG-DL-E-22092020-221882 AÀFF²FFSX¯F EXTRAORDINARY ·FF¦F-II J¯OX t- CX´FJ¯OX (ii) PART II- Section 3- Sub section (ii) ´FiFd²FIYFSX ÀFZ´FiIYFd¾F°F PUBLISHEDBYAUTHORITY ÀFa. sysw, ³FBÊ dQne, ¶FÈWXÀ´Fd°F½FFSX, dÀF°F¸¶FSX rx, sqsq/ ·FFýi´FQ sw, rzus No.2826, NEW DELHI, THURSDAY,SEPTEMBER 17, 2020/ BHADRA 26, 1942 ÀFOÞXIY ´FdSX½FWX³F AüSX SXFªF¸FF¦FÊ ¸FaÂFFÕX¹F MINISTRY OF ROADTRANSPORTAND HIGHWAYSNOTIFICATION Ad²FÀFc¨F³FF NOTIFICATION ³FBÊdQne, rx ÀF´MZÔX¶FSXX, sqsq NewDelhi, the 17th September,2020 S.0.3174 (E).- Whereas by the notification of the Government ofIndia in the Ministryof Shipping, Road Transportand Highways, number S.O. 426(E) Date 27 January2020, published in Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-Section (ii) Issued under Sub-Section (1) of section 3A of the National HighwaysAct, 1956 (48 of 1956) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), the Central Government declared its intention to acquire the land specified in the Schedule annexedtothe said notification forbuilding (widening/ two lane with pave shoulder/ four laning etc.), maintenance,management and operation of NH-965C in the stretch of land from Km.48.375 to 79.533 Km.Pandharpur to Sangola Road (Part-2) (Dy.collector Land Acquisition No.11, Krushna Khore ,Solapur ) in the district SOLAPUR in the State of MAHARASHTRA. And whereas the substance of the said notification has been published in "Daily Lokmat (Marathi) Dated 15/02/2020 and Daily "The Indian Express (English)" Dated 17/02/2020 under sub-section (3) of section 3A of the said Act; And whereas objections have been received and the same have been considered and disallowedbythe competent authority; And whereas,inpursuance of sub-section (1) of section 3D of the said Act, the competent authority has submittedits reporttothe Central Government; Now, therefore,upon receipt of the said reportofthe competent authority and in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section) 3D of the said Act, the Central Government herebydeclares that the land specified in the said Schedule should be acquired forthe aforesaid purpose; And further,inpursuance of sub-section (2) of section 3D of the said Act, the Central Government herebydeclares that on publication of this notification in the Official Gazette,the land specifiedinthe said Schedule shall vest absolutely in the Central Government, free from all encumbrances.

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and public perception. This is ‘anti-fascist front’ cited by NIA Chinmayanand EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE causing great damagetothe in- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER13 stitution,” he told abenchof Justices AMKhanwilkar,BR DEEPTIMANTIWARY EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ATTORNEY GENERAL KK Gavaiand Krishna Murari. NEWDELHI,OCTOBER13 LUCKNOW,OCTOBER13 Venugopal on Tuesdaytold the Venugopal sought time to re- Supreme Courtthat comments formulatethe questions already LITERATURE ON 50 years of THE 24-YEAR-OLD lawstudent, by the print and electronic me- pendingconsideration. Naxalbari, CPI Maoistpress re- who had earlier accusedformer dia in sub judice matters are He submitted that nowa- leases, aguide on encrypted BJP ministerChinmayanand of causing “great damagetothe in- days,when bail applications are datacommunication on GSM sexual assault and harassment, stitution” and suggestedthat the about to come up forhearing in network, amini manual of “ur- on Tuesdaydisownedher courtalso look intothis while big cases, TV channels reports ban guerrilla” and letters dis- statement before aspecial considering certain questions of these news,whichare very cussing issues likeraising amil- NIA said thereare evidences againstStanSwamy,Sudha Bharadwaj,HanyBabu and Gautam Navlakha. courtinLucknowwherethe lawinthe 2009 contempt case damaging forthe accusedwho itant “anti-fascistfront” in the case is being heard. againstadvocatePrashant Is seeking relief. Referring to the wake of attacks on Dalitsand The woman, who wasastu- Bhushan and journalistTarun Rafael case, he said that while minorities —these areamong chargesheet, whichnames forfurtherance of the CPI ground handbook,letterbe- AdvocateMihir Desai, who dent of alaw collegerun by a Tejpal. the matter waspending in keyevidences cited by the eight accused, Swamywas in Maoistactivities,” the NIA tween comrades forusing en- is representing manyofthe ac- trustofChinmayanand in “The question of sub judice Supreme Court, “on the day National Investigation Agency communication with CPI chargesheetsaid. “The docu- cryption, mini manual of urban cused(including Swamy) in the Shahjahan-pur,told the court also needs to be considered. when the benchistaking up the (NIA) againstactivists suchas MaoistcadreComrade Arun in mentsrecoveredfromSwamy guerrilla, the Constitution of CPI case, said, "All these people are she had levelledthe allegations Today, print media and elec- case, thereisanarticle com- Stan Swamy, HanyBabu, whichhesaid that afterthe ar- arerelated to literatureof50 Maoist, documentsrelated to falselyimplicated.Until now, againstthe former Union min- tronic media arefreelycom- menting about it...” Gautam Navlakha and Anand rest of “urban CPI Maoist years of Naxalbari, CPI Maoist the status of PLGA in Excel whatever evidence Ihaveseen ister “under pressurebymis- menting on pending matters, FULLREPORTON Teltumbde in the Elgar Parishad cadres” from different parts of press releases, circular issuedby sheet, document on strategy is notworth the paper it is writ- creants”. seeking to influence the judges www.indianexpress.com case. the country, particularly Central Committee, literature and tactics of Indian revolu- tenon.” The chargesheetsaid a The prosecution has moved The agency lastweek sub- Maharashtra, ahuge “irrevoca- on howtosmuggle things tion,” the chargesheetsaid, list- document seized from accused an application to file acase mittedits firstchargesheetin ble damagehas been causedto (sneak it through smuggling ing evidence recoveredfrom Rona Wilson mentions the againsther forperjury. the case, whichwas filedin the party”. made easier), letter to Swamy Swamy’s home. “purpose of formation of anti “The statement of the law connection with the violence “Investigation has revealed from one Prashant, letter to In areference to activist fascistfront” on the direction of student wasrecordedon on January1,2018, in Pune. that he receivedRs8lakh VijayanDada from Stan Swamy Sudha Bharadwaj,itsaid, CPI Maoist. TuesdaybeforeAdditional According to the through one Comrade Mohan regarding mobilising of Adivasi “Documentsrecoveredduring The document allegedly District JudgePawan Kumar and regarding concerns raised searches at (the residence of) asksfor the front to directly Rai. The lawstudent told the by CC, guide of encrypteddata SurendraGadling on April 17, confront “the Fascistforces and courtthat she had made the alle- communication on GSM net- 2018 also indicates the role of their ideology” on the ground gation of sexual assault on work,messageonthe celebra- Swamybeing discussedbe- with militant action. Chinmayanand under pressure tion of the 13th anniversaryof tween letters from Com Sudha FULLREPORTON from miscreants,” said govern- CPI Maoist, an essential under- to Com Prakash.” www.indianexpress.com ment counsel AbhayTripathi. MPwomandiesgivingbirthto16thbaby

Bhopal: A45-year-old migrant she had aprematuredelivery labourer diedonSaturdaywhile and diedbeforeshe reachedthe giving birth to her 16th child in civil hospital," said Chief Madhya Pradesh's Dakoh dis- Medical Health Officer Sangeeta trict, officials said. Trivedi. According to district offi- Following her death, an cials, the woman, identifiedas AuxillaryNurse Midwife(ANM) Sukhirani Ahirwar, had re- and ahealth supervisor from turnedtoPadhajiri villagein Hatablockhavebeen sus- Batiyagarhblockafter the lock- pendedfor dereliction of duty. down. According to collector Damoh, She had registeredwith the Tarun Rathi, the action has been district hospital in Julyand was takenastheyfailedtoinform declared criticallyanaemic by their supervisor of the woman's health workers who visited her health as she wasacritical pa- in September. tient, while ashowcause notice "She wasalso giveniron has been issuedtoASHA supplement. But on Saturday worker in the block. ENS

Sd/-Sd/- (Aruna Gaikwad )(Ganesh Choure ) Competent Authority &Deputy Collector Land Acquisition ExecutiveEngineer No.11, Krushna Khore,Solapur M.S.R.D.C.(Ltd.) Camp Office,Pune

PUBLIC NOTICE (Under Section 3(G) (3) &(4) of National Highways Act 1956) Whereas as per section 3D(2) of the said Act, publication of notification in Central Government Gazette the lands specified in the aforesaid schedule have been vested in the Central Government, free from all encumbrances. And whereas in exercise,ofthe powers conferred upon him under the said Act, the Competent Authority is starting the process of determination of comPensation to the said interested person of the lands under acquisition and therefore accordingly notice is given herebytothe schedule till interested person of presenting their written statements of claims/ demands about compensation with evidence by personally or through agent in respect of land specified in the schedule till up to 28/10/2020 in the office of Competent Authority &Deputy Collector,Land Acquisition No.11, Krushna Khore,Solapur.And it is also,declared that, if anyinterested person failed to present on the date,time &place and also failed to state nature of rights &claim of compensation with appropriate legal evidence,itwill be deemed that concernperson has nothing to sayand there after amount of compensation will be determined according to rules, The maps and details of land mentioned in the schedule are available in the office of the Competent Authority &Deputy Collector,Land Acquisition No.11, Krushna Khore,Solapur. Office of the CompetentAuthority &Deputy Collector,Land Acquisition No. 11, Krushna Khore,Solapur Email ID:[email protected] Tele No.: 0217 -2720320 No.SLAO/11/NH/RR/674 /2020 Dated: 13/10/2020 Sd/- Competent Authority &Deputy Collector (Land Acquisition) No. 11, Krushna Khore,Solapur

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Pune BM-I DIVISION, CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM NEW DELHI MUNICIPAL COUNCIL Maharashtra State Agricultural 322, 3RD FLOOR, SHAHEED BHAGATSINGH PLACE, Marketing Board, Pune [MSAMB] 10 THEINDIANEXPRESS,WEDNESDAY,OCTOBER14,2020 GOLE MARKET,NEW DELHI- 110001 Tender ID: 2020_NDMC_195441_1 Telephone No.020-24528100 /24528200 e-procurement Tender Notice e-Mail: [email protected] Website: www.msamb.com Name of Work :Proposed Bus Terminus cum Commercial Complex near Shivaji Stadium New Delhi. e-Tender Notice SH :Construction of Bus Terminus cum Commercial complex near Shivaji Stadium. Proposals (RFPs) are invited through e-Tender Estimated Cost :Rs. 52,82,84,838.00 (Civil work Rs. 47,79,44,095.00, Electrical Rs. 3,63,71,943.00 &Fire Fighting system forselection of Service Provider forAMC of Rs. 1,39,68,800.00/- Customised ERP and MIS Software of MSAMB. Date of release of tender through :10.10.2020 e-procurement solution Details will be available on Date and time for pre-bid meeting :19.10.2020 at 3:30 P.M. Last date/time for receipt of tenders :28.10.2020 at 4.00 PM. https://mahatenders.gov.in &www.msamb.com, on Through e-procurement solution 14/10/2020 from 11am onward. Further details can be seen at www.ndmc.gov.in or https://www.govtprocurement.delhi.gov.in -MANAGING DIRECTOR Note:- (i) To participate in e-tender in NDMC registraiton with NICCA is mandatory. (ii) Kindly note that any change shall be communicated only through e-procurement system. Sd/- Executive Engineer (BM-II) SALUTE THE SOLDIER Government ofIndia LT ATUL KATARYA, SM (POSTHUMOUS) (21 FEB 1975 –14OCT 1998) Department of Atomic Energy Lt Atul Katarya, Sena Medal laid down his life while fighting against Anti National Elements Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mysore during “OPERATION RAKSHAK” in J&K while on attachment with 13 PUNJAB. In the truest tradition Corrigendum-1 of the Indian Army,LtAtul Katarya displayed audacious initiative, presence of mind and With reference to the belowtender, pleasenote the extension of exemplary courage by killing nine dreaded dates in tender sale period, submission etc. militantsincluding aforeign militant before making the supreme sacrifice. Tender ReferenceNo. BARC/MYS/PROJ/SS PIPING/01/2020, He will always be remembered and missed by all of us in the Army Ordnance Corpsfor his supreme sacrifice and gallant act. dated: 13.08.2020 DG OS &COLONEL COMMANDANT AND Nameofthe Work FabricationofStainless Steel piping& ALL RKS OF THE AOC Sd/- Sd/- related MS structural support including 14 OCTOBER 2016 (Aruna Gaikwad )(Ganesh Choure ) erection &testingworksinDF-1&DF-2, CT/ GD GHANSHAM GURJAR Competent Authority &ExecutiveEngineer Sashastra Seema Bal fondly remembers and Deputy Collector Land Acquisition M.S.R.D.C.(Ltd.) Camp Office,Pune at BARC site, Mysore. cherishes the valiant act of the brave heart CT/GD No.11, Krushna Khore,Solapur Tender Sale Period Tender sale period is extended from Ghansham Gurjar of 59 Bn SSB, Nanpara, who made the supreme sacrifice of his life for the PUBLIC NOTICE 13.10.2020 (11:00Hrs) to 23.10.2020 Nation in the line of duty.On14October,2016, (Under Section 3(G) (3) &(4) of National Highways Act 1956) (15:00Hrs) while SSB personnel were returning to Diginiban Whereas as per section 3D(2) of the said Act, publication of notification in Central Government Gazette the lands specified in the aforesaid schedule have been vested in the Central Government, free from all on website www.tenderwizard.com/DAE. camp, militantsfired indiscriminately on the SSB vehicle at Hobitabad in Zakoora Police Station, encumbrances. For other changes in dates of Last date and time of closing of Srinagar (J&K).SSB personnel retaliated bravely and fired at the militants. And whereas in exercise,ofthe powers conferred upon him under the said Act, the Competent Authority During exchange of fire, Ghansham Gurjar received severe head is starting the process of determination of compensation to the said interested person of the lands onlinesubmission of tenders, Last date for submissionoforiginal under acquisition and therefore accordingly notice is given herebytothe schedule till interested person injuries and attained martyrdom. His courage and valor will continue to of presenting their written statements of claims /demands about compensation with evidence by documents towards Receipt of e-paymenttowards Tender inspire us all. personally or through agent in respect ofland specified in the schedule till up to 28/10/2020 in the office We salute the valor and supreme sacrifice of our brave soldier. ProcessingFee and EMD,Date and time of onlineopening of Part 1 of CompetentAuthority &Deputy Collector,Land Acquisition No.11, Krushna Khore,Solapur. etc, pleasedownload the corrigendum documents in website www. SASHASTRA SEEMA BAL And it is also,declared that, if anyinterested person failed to present on the date,time &place and also tenderwizard.com /dae underthis tender. failed to state nature of rights &claim of compensation with appropriate legal evidence,itwill be deemed that concernperson has nothing to sayand there after amount of compensation will be determined according to rules, Sd/- Dholera Industrial City Development Limited (DICDL) The maps and details of land mentioned in the schedule are available in the office of the Competent SuperintendingEngineer Tender Notice Authority &Deputy Collector,Land Acquisition No.11, Krushna Khore,Sola pur. For &onbehalfofPresident of India “Request for Qualification cum Request for Proposal for Design Office of the Competent Authority & and Construction of 17 nos. of Service Areas (with Porta Cabins) Deputy Collector,Land Acquisition No.11, OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER (WB)-II Krushna Khore,Solapur in Dholera Special Investment Region, Dholera on EPC Basis” Email ID:[email protected] Tele No.: 0217 -2720320 DELHI JAL BOARD: GOVT.OFN.C.T.OFDELHI No.SLAO/11/NH/RR/962 /2 02 0Dated: 13/10/2020 Sd/- ROOM NO. 29, B-BUILDING,VARUNALAYAY, Competent Authority & JHANDEWALAN, NEW Delhi-110005 Deputy Collector (Land Acquisition) Phone: 9650591677 Email: [email protected] No. 11, Krushna Khore,Solapur “STOP CORONA: Wear Mask, Follow Physical Distancing .Maintain Hand Hygiene” N.I.T NO.1 -(2020-21) S. Name of Work Estimated Date of release of tender Tender Last date/time of receipt of No. Cost/ Earnest in e-procurement Fees tender through e- money solution procurement solution

1. Rejuvenation of Roshanara lake in Roshanara DBO Basis/ 12.10.2020 Rs 1500/- 16.11.2020 Garden, Delhi on DBO Basis under EE (WB)-II. Rs 21,26000/- 2020_DJB_195491_1 Up to 3.00 PM Further details in this regards can be seen https://govtprocurement.delhi.gov.in ISSUED BY P.R.O. (WATER) Sd/- Advt. No. J.S.V.180/2020-21 E.E.(WB)-II The Bid submission maybeaddressed to: DHOLERA INDUSTRIAL CITY DEVELOPMENT LIMITED nwUoµNmdZr n[afX 6Fth loor, Block No. 1and 2, Udyog Bhavan, Sector-11, ‘GH-4’ Circle, Gandhinagar -382017, Gujarat, India. CIN: U45209GJ2016SGC085839 PUNE CANTONMENT BOARD Email: [email protected] Phone: +91-079-29750500 Jmocr~ma ‘¡XmZ, nwUo - 411001, Xÿa^mf -26440827, 26452159 Golibar Maidan, Pune -411 001. Tel-26440827/26452159 NO. E-procure/PUNE/ENGG ELECT/2020-2021 Date:13 October,2020 GOVERNMENT OF ODISHA, NOTICE INVITING E-TENDERS “e”-PROCUREMENT NOTICE Online tenders are invited by Pune Cantonment Board, Golibar Maidan, Pune-1 for B-332 WORKSDEPARTMENT undertaking the following works from Manufacturer/Authorised Distributors/Dealers/Accredited E-mail :[email protected] retailers/Approved contractors/Suppliers having similar kind of work experience. For list of Bid Identification No. CE-WBP (O)-08/2020-21 documents and other details please refer detail Notice of Tender.Interested contractors/rms /dealers/distributors/manufacturers may download online tenders from website http://www. 1. The Chief Engineer (World Bank Projects), Odisha on behalf of Governor of Odisha invites percentage rate bids in double eprocure.gov.in. Only online bids will be accepted. cover system in ONLINE MODE form eligible contractors for List of tenders with details of work: Road work as mentionedbelow : Sr. Name of Work Estimated Cost EMD Period of Cost of blank 2. Nature of work : Road work No. Rs. in Lakhs Rs. contract tender in Rs. 3. No. of work : 01 No. 1 Provision of re ghting system for 16.50 16500/- 3 1,500/- 4. Tender Paper cost : Rs. 10,000.00 /each Months new maternity building at SVP Cantt 5. Class of Contractor : Super Class General Hospital. 6. Available of bid document : From 10.00 A.M. of 17.10.2020 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, in the website to 5.00 PM of 09.11.2020. PUNE CANTONMENT BOARD DATE: 13 October,2020 (AMIT KUMAR) 7. Date of opening of Bid : 11.30 A.M on10.11.2020. 8. The Bidders have to participate in ONLINE bidding only. Further details can be seen from the website: https://tenderodisha.gov.in.Any addendum /corrigendum / cancellationoftender can also be seen in the said website. Sd/- Chief Engineer (World Bank Project), Odisha OIPR-34003/11/0011/2021

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KAUNAINSHERIFFM Aseconomyopens, TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE NEWDELHI,OCTOBER13 scene,probes anoteofcaution CASES: RECOVERED:62,27,295 Police have found avideo of CONFIRMINGTHATatleast E 225 the incident ● three cases of reinfection have EXPLAINED DAYSSINCE 71,75,880 DEATHS:1,09,856 PANDEMIC been identifiedinthe country, THE OFFICIAL datahighlighting that 35 per cent of Covid- BEGAN TESTS: 8,89,45,107| DOUBLING RATE: 70.78** the ICMR chief on Tuesdaysaid 19 deaths reportedinIndia areinthe agegroup of 45-60 victim’sfamily TN: 7held for that India is taking 100days as years is acritical pointer.Evenasasignificant population in the cut-offperiod in the identifi- this agegroup has returnedtothe workforceafter resump- cation of reinfection of novel tion of economic activity,itisimportant that Covid-19-ap- forcing Dalit coronavirus cases. propriatebehaviour be strictlycompliedwith despiteeas- DEEPTIMANTIWARY ICMR director-general ing of restrictions. NEWDELHI,OCTOBER13 to fall at OBC Balram Bhargava said that the definition of reinfection, ACBI team on Tuesdayques- man’s feet KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG DOUBLING “whether it is 90 days or 100 ated that the mutations that are bid patientsinthe age-group of 24HOURS GROWTH* tionedthefamilymembersof the days is still notdecidedbyeven likelytohavetriggered reinfec- 45-60 areathigher risk; this age TOWATCH CASES TIME** 19-year-old Dalit woman, who WHO”, and that India is “taking tions will have little impact on group has seen 13.9 per cent ■ Maharashtra 15,35,315 7,089 0.78% 91.85 wasassaulted and allegedly gan- ARUNJANARDHANAN the cut-offofabout 100days if the clinical trials forthe Covid- deaths in comorbid conditions ■ Karnataka 7,17,915 7,606 1.48% 48.62 grapedbyfour upper caste men CHENNAI,OCTOBER13 the reinfection occurs”. 19 vaccine. and only1.5 per cent deaths in Hathras lastmonth. The ■ Andhra 7,58,951 3,224 0.69% 105.04 “...Because that is what we During the weeklybriefing, without comorbidities,” woman diedafortnight aftershe THOOTHUKUDI POLICE on have assumedasthe lifeofanti- Health SecretaryRajesh Bhushan said. ■ Tamil Nadu 6,61,264 4,879 0.80% 90.00 wasattacked.Allthefouraccused Tuesdayarrestedseven people bodies also... it is still work in Bhushan highlighted that asig- Maximum deaths have oc- ■ Kerala 2,95,132 5,930 3.31% 21.73 have been arrested. The CBI team in Hathras ANI forallegedly forcing aDalit man progress,” Bhargava said. nificant 35 per cent of deaths curredinthe agegroup of 60 Sources said the 15-member to fall at the feet of aman from “Fewreinfection cases have have occurredinthe agegroup years and above (53 per cent) *Compounded Daily Growth Rate over last7days**Calculated over 7-daygrowth team, including forensic experts, the OBC Thevarcommunity fol- been identified. TwoinMumbai of 45-60 years, indicating that and lowest in the agegroup of CASEFATALITYRATIO POSITIVITYRATE DAILYIN,DAILYOUT reachedHathras at around 11.30 days to conduct investigations, lowing aclash between them and one in Ahmedabad. We have this agegroup is highlyvulnera- below17(1per cent) and 18-25 am and firstwent to the crime collect evidence and question while grazing sheep and goats. some datafromWHO, which ble, in the backdrop of resump- years (1 per cent). 7DAYSEARLIER: 7DAYSEARLIER: DETECTED TODAY scene, wheretheyre-createdthe people associated with the case. According to police, the inci- says that thereare about two tion of economic activities. Meanwhile, with active cases 1.55 8.25 55,342 incident and video-recordedthe “All documentsassociated dent took place on October 8 dozen reinfection cases in the “Manyatimes, the young below9lakh forfiveconsecutive NOW: NOW: RECOVERED TODAY: proceedings. The victim's brother withthecase—fromtherecorded when Dalit shepherdPaulraj (60) world. We arelooking at the population thinkstheyare days and the weeklypositivity 1.53 8.07 77,760 wasalso calledtothe spot, statementsoffamilymembersto and Sivasangu (60) —bothfrom ICMR database... and finding out healthybecause of ageand that rate at 6.24per cent, Niti Aayog Deaths as aratio of Positives against Becoming sick vs sources said. forensic and autopsy reports — the same village—weregrazing from those who have reinfection theywill notget infection or that member Dr VKPaulwarnedthat positive cases (in %); number tested recovering; more The team spent about three have alreadybeentakenfromthe their goatsand sheep. One of and making telephonic contact theywill recoverearly;people the festiveseason and winter indicator of progress (in %); indicator of recoveries for 14 days hours at the spot, before heading concernedauthorities. Basedon Paulraj’s sheep ranintothe herd in averting deaths the spread of disease may signal the peak with them to getmoredata,” should avoid making suchas- could likelyresult in asurge of to the victim's house, wherethey these, further investigations will Sivasangu wasgrazing and the DataasonOctober12,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealth,ICMRandstates.Oftendailynumbers Bhargava said. sumptions. The case fatality rare cases if precautions arenot includedatafrompreviousdays.Assuch,trendsbasedondailynumbersareindicative,notdefinitive questionedher father and two be carriedout,” said the source. former ranintothe latter’s herd Bhargava,however, reiter- dataalso shows that the comor- taken. brothers.Accordingto sources,the The agency will also seek cus- to gethis sheep. This provoked victim'smotherwasnot athome. tody of the four accused. Sources Sivasangu and he allegedly at- ShelatermettheCBIofficialswho said the Uttar Pradesh Police offi- tacked Paulraj.Asbothmen Sixth arrest JEE-Advanced: Students who questionedher,said sources. cers who were involvedwith the fought, abystander managed to One of the victim's brothers casearealsolikelytobeexamined. settle the matter,police told the said the CBI team's visit lasted The concerneddoctors at media at apress meetTuesday. in DU student missed can reappear in 2021 about 20 minutes. He said the Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi, Sivasangu later calledhis rel- teamtookhiselderbrotherforfur- AligarhMuslim University and atives and told them that he was murder case Advanced, it is mandatorytofirst therquestioning.“We don'tknow Hathras will be formallysum- attackedbya“lowercaste man”, DELHI CONFIDENTIAL EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE clear the JEE-Main. whereexactlyhe'sbeentaken,we monedand questioned, said said police. Men from the Thevar NewDelhi: Six days aftera19- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER13 Currently, acandidateisal- justknowthat he's in Hathras. sources. community then forced Paulraj year-old Delhi University stu- lowedonlytwo subsequent at- Theysaid theywould drop him The CBI has also attachedDSP to apologise by falling at dent waskilled, allegedly over CANDIDATES WHO had regis- tempts atJEE-Advanced—thefirst back,"hesaid. Seema Pahuja, who investigated Sivasangu’s feet.Paulraj has al- his friendship with a21-year-old teredbut could notsit forJEE- in the year theygraduatefrom “Inconsistencieshave beenal- theKotkhairapecaseof Himachal leged that he wasthreatened woman, Delhi Police arrested a Advancedlastmonth will beper- high school and the second the legedinthebrother’sstatements, Pradesh,withtheteam,whichin- that if he refusedtofall at sixth accusedTuesdayevening. mitted to reappear forthe yearafter. Asperthisrule,anycan- so he is being questioned. The cludes ASP VKShukla, DSP RR Sivasangu’s feet,his throat On October 7, Rahul Rajput entrance test next year,the IITs didatewho wasgoing sit forthe familyisbeing questionedtoun- Tripathi and Inspector S would be slit. wasbeaten up in Northwest collectively announcedTuesday, test the second time this year,but derstand the entiresequence of Sreemathyamong others. The police investigation has Delhi’s Adarsh Nagar, allegedly asaone-timeexceptiondueto the couldn't, would nothavebeen al- events,” said asource. The 19-year-old wasattacked also found that avideo, reportedly by the woman’s twobrothers, pandemic. lowedtodosonextyear.Theone- Sources said the victim's onSeptember14,andadmittedto shotbymembers of the Thevar Mohd. Rajand ManwarHussain, This year,around 9,000 stu- time exception changes that. mother and brother were sub- ahospital in Aligarh. She regained community and showing Paulraj andtheir friends. Police arrested dentshad registeredfor the en- “...These candidates would be jectedto detailedquestioning,and consciousness on September 22 purportedlyfalling at Sivasangu’s the twobrothers and appre- trance test but did notappear for considered in addition to and not maybecalledagain. andrecordedastatementbefore a feet,was circulatedamong mem- hendedthree juveniles. it on September 27.All of them aspartofthetotalnumberof can- The CBI team also went to the magistrate, following whichsec- bers of the community. The woman is an eyewitness will be permitted to appear di- didates who would qualify from spotwherethe victim wascre- tionsof rapewere addedtotheFIR. Sivasangu, his sons S in the case and lefthome after rectlyfor JEE-Advancednextyear JEE-Main 2021for appearing in mated,and spent about 45 min- The victim diedatDelhi's Sangilipandi (19) and S the incident. She has been living withoutfirstsittingforJEE(Main). JEE-Advanced2021,”arelease by utes there. “The hurriedcrema- Safdarjung Hospital on Maharajan (20) and relativesS STAR-STUDDED CAMPAIGN at ashelter home since. ENS Usually, to appear forJEE- IIT-Delhi said. tion of the teenager and the September 29. Her body was Periyamari (47), Veeraiah (42) circumstances that ledtoitare a takentoHathras, and ahurried and Mahendran (20) were ar- AROUND 500influencers from various fields arebeing roped matter of investigation,” said cremation washeld at around 3 rested on Tuesday. in by the government forthe “Jan Andolan” launchedbyPrime the source. am on September 30 —none of Thedistrictadministrationhas MinisterNarendraModi forCovid-19-appropriatebehaviour Khushboo: Gandhis have to Sources said the CBI team will her immediatefamilymembers been asked to stay alertasthe re- ahead of the festiveseason. Some prominent names include remaininHathrasforthenextfew were present at the lastrites. gionhasahistoryof caste clashes. actors Amitabh Bachchan, Karthik Aaryan and Rajkummar Rao, sportspersons Sania Mirza, Dutee Chand and Saina come out of bubble they built Nehwal, and industrialists UdayKotak and TVNarendran. and people likemewho wanted 3Dalit sisters burnt with acid LIZMATHEW to work forthepartysincerelybe- BIHAR BUZZ NEWDELHI,OCTOBER13 Khushboo ing pushedand suppressed”. Sunder in Sunder said her reason for in their sleep in Gonda, 1held THE CONGRESS’S central election committee will meeton IN Ascathing attackagainsther Chennai on leaving the party was “political” Wednesdaytofinalise candidates forBihar elections. The former party,Khushboo Sunder, Tuesday. PTI and that she would notname ment with her. sendingtheoldestgirltoLucknow party has already declared 21 names. But the Congress is who has joinedthe BJP,said the anyparticular leader because AVANEESHMISHRA “It wasalleged that the same whereshe can be treated by a still negotiating with the RJD over some 20 seatsasthereare Gandhis should “come out of she did notwant to indulgein GONDA,OCTOBER13 personisinvolvedintheincident, plastic surgeon. complaintsinthe party that the RJD has givendifficult seats. the bubble theyhavebuilt for unlearning alot of things” but ex- mud-slinging. and the same has been corrobo- Themotherof thegirlssaidthat Amid growing resentment in the party,reports that three themselves”. pressedconfidence that she “Whyare peoplewhoarepart THREE MINOR Dalit sisters were ratedfromphone records,” apo- she and her husband, who were topCongress leaders —state chief Madan Mohan Jha, CLP But the former national would be “able to handle it”. of theCongressandwhosworeby attackedwithacidastheysleptin lice officer said. sleeping in the verandah of their leader Sadanand Singh and RajyaSabha MP Akhilesh Prasad Congress spokesperson blamed Alleging that the Congress the Congress areleaving? They their home in the Paraspur police SP Pandeysaid: “We were home, were wokenbythe sisters Singh —havebeen removedfromthe screening committee “elementsinbetween” Gandhis does notwant to introspect why justwant to put the blame on us, station area of Uttar Pradesh’s lookingforhim.Intheeveningwe cryingoutinpainaround2.20am. because of complaintssurprisedmany. Singh, interestingly, and other partymen formany people were leaving, the actress- saying that we areopportunists. Gonda district early on Tuesday, got information that he had been According to the family, the is notamember of the screening committee while the other leaders, including her,leaving turned-politiciansaidthatherlet- Theydonot want to introspect… police said. seen near Sonwarvillagein doorto thegirls'roomwaslocked twoare.Committee chairman Avinash Pande had to issue the party. tertoCongress president Sonia thereissomething going drasti- Theoldestofthe sisters, who Kernalganjpolicestationarea.We on the outside, so it is suspected adenial. “Gandhis have to come out of Gandhi is clear on who were re- callywrong somewherewithin is 17,has suffered35per cent interceptedhim and he wasar- the attackerclimbed up to the the bubble theyhavebuilt for sponsibleforherleavingtheparty. the party whichthe party is hap- burns, while the other two, aged rested in the police encounter.He windowtothrow acidonthegirls. themselves. Till theydon’t burst “IntheCongress,peoplethink,it’s pilyoverlooking.Becausetheylive 12 and 8, have 25 per cent and 5 hassufferedagunshotinjuryinhis Local people found a8-9-metre- COMMON CAUSE the bubble, theyare going to be justthe Gandhis who arecalling inamake-believe world,theylive per cent burns respectively.All rightleg.We have recovereda.315 long wooden log behind the defeated.Theywillnotfindthem- the shots.The letter is addressed in acocoon made by themselves. three areadmitted in Gonda dis- borepistolfromhispossession.He house, whichthe attackermay CUTTINGACROSS party lines, parliamentarians from selvesinopposition also. It’s a to aGandhi, it’s definitelynot the Theydonot want to come out of trict hospital, officials said. has been takentothe district hos- have usedtoreachthe window. Kerala continuedtomount pressureonthe Centretoen- myththattheythink…forget rul- Gandhis. It’s the elementsin that,” Sunder said. Thesuspectedattackerwasar- pital and has been arrested.” The eldestdaughter has com- surethe release of Siddique Kappan, ajournalistfromthe ing the country... theyare living between.” She questionedthe Congress restedlateonTuesdayeveningaf- The accusedbelongs to the pletedher high school, and her statewho wasarrestedbyUPPolice and booked under under false hope that theywill be “Thepeoplewhoreadmy letter leadership’shandlingof thegroup terhewas identifiedbasedonin- same locality as the girls, and has wedding wasfixed with aboy UAPA.Several MPs have already written to the Prime in opposition all the while. They will knowwho Iamtalking about. of seniorleaderswhoflaggedcon- formation providedbyone of the apaan shop in anearbymarket. from Lucknowless than amonth Ministerinthis connection. CPM RajyaSabha MP will notbepartofanopposition The high command will know cern about the party’s function- sisters,districtSPShaileshKumar Police arechecking if he has a ago. The groom's familyhas said Elamaram Kareem on Mondaymet Heavy Industries and also,” Sunder told The Indian whoIamtalkingabout.Idon’thave ing. “Were theyheard?” Pandeysaid. criminal record, the SP said. theywould go ahead with the Public Enterprises MinisterPrakash Javadekar over aPSU- Express in an interview. to name them,” she said. According to Sunder,noone According to the SP,while the Dr Arun Mishraofthe district wedding, the mother said. related issue. Since Javadekar also handles the Information Sunder,who leftthe DMK to In her letter to Sonia, Sunder from the Congress reachedout to girls'parentssaidtheydidnotsus- hospital said that the oldestgirl DistrictMagistrateNitinBansal and Broadcasting portfolio, Kareem drew his attention to join the Congress in 2014,joined has said “fewelementsseated at her when she decidedtoleave. pect anyone, one of the girls told has burns on her face, chest, and saidthefamilywouldbeprovided Kappan. Kareem said Javadekar told him he would getin theBJPonMonday.Talkingabout higherlevelwithintheparty,peo- “Theydon’t want to think why police that a22-year-old man thighs. Medical Superintendent Rs 5lakh under the Rani Lakshmi touchwith the UP government and Home Ministerafter her role in the BJP,whichshe has ple who have no connectivity people areleaving the Congress namedAshish Kumar had been Dr Indu Bala said that whilethe Bai Mahila Samman Kosh within studying the issue. attackedvehementlyinthe past, with the ground reality or public party.” FULLREPORTON harassingtheoldestofthesisters, twoyounger sisters were out of 15 days,and the familyhas been Sunder said she is “learning and recognition aredictating terms www.indianexpress.com and had recentlyhad an argu- danger,theywereconsidering asked to submit an application. SC notice to Centre on petition to QUESTION OF JURISDICTION: COURT CITES APEX COURT ORDER regulate minors’ access to social media SC order: spl court to try cases ‘against’ legislators by advocateAshwini Kumar up, “the High Court(s), acting quentlyasked the Registrar forhearing on 14.09.2016,when plea filedbylaw studentsSkand parentsorguardian of children ANANTHAKRISHNANG Upadhyay, with the largerobjec- through the various trial courts, Generalof DelhiHighCourtto“file notice wasissued”. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Bajpai and Abhyudaya Mishra. belowthe ageof13years is taken NEWDELHI,OCTOBER13 tive of checkingcriminalisationof will trace out from the case an affidavit indicating further de- In his plea, Upadhyayhad NEWDELHI,OCTOBER13 The duo wanted the apex intoconsideration while pro- politics, the topcourthad in 2017 records the particular case(s) tailsinthisregard,includingnum- sought adirection to the Centre courttodirect the LawMinistry cessing databelonging to these THE DELHI Additional Chief giventhe go-ahead forsetting up pending in files of the respective berofcases that have been trans- “to provide adequateinfrastruc- THE SUPREME CourtonTuesday to frame newlawsoramend ex- children, it said, and addedthat Metropolitan MagistrateCourt’s 12 special courts to try “criminal judicialofficersunderthejurisdic- ferred to the...twocourts,and turetosetup special courts to de- issuednotice to the Centreona isting ones so as to makeinter- “howeverthis also does notcre- decision to seek higher judicial cases/offences involving political tionof theHighCourt(s)whichare whether anyfurther cases arein cidecriminalcasesrelatedto peo- plea urging it to direct the gov- mediariesmoreamenable to ateany agerelated barrier in ac- opinion on whether it has juris- persons” that arepending. required to be dealt with by the the process of transfer”. ple's representatives, public ernment to come up with laws Indian jurisdiction, encourage cess to social media or internet”. dictionto hearthedefamationsuit The courtalso usedthe ex- specialcourts underthescheme”. Thenatureofcasesbeingcon- servantsand members of judici- to regulateminors’ access to so- mandatoryreporting of child Citing reports about in- by former Union ministerMJ pression“electedrepresentatives” Thereafter, the courtsaid, sideredby thespecialcourtsisalso arywithin one year,and to debar cial media as well as amecha- sexual abuse material and make creasedsearch for “child porn”, Akbar againstjournalistPriya in itsvarious orders. these cases should betransferred reflected in SC’s September 16, the convicted persons from nism to verify profiles and crim- them liable forcontent featured it said that the conceptofre- Ramani cites an order under The December 14,2017order to “suchspecialcourts(s)foradju- 2020 order,whichsays that “this Legislature, Executive and inalise morphing and revenge on their platforms. vengeporn, online sale of private whichthecourtwassetupin2018 by abenchofJustices Ranjan dication”. matter of paramount public im- Judiciaryforlifeuniformlyinspirit pornography. It pointed out that unlikein graphic information and such to trypending criminal cases or Gogoi (he retired as CJI in OnAugust21, 2018,theSCwas portance pertaining to inordi- of Article 14 read with Article 15 AbenchofChief Justice SA the US, thereisnolaw governing content on social media has cre- offences “against” sitting and for- November2019)andNavinSinha, informedthat twospecial courts natelydelayedinquiries/investi- and 16 of the Constitution”. Bobde and Justices ASBopanna ageeligibility forusing social ated a “harassing, exploitative mer legislators following a whichapprovedthegovernment —one sessions courtand one gation and/or criminal trials, He recentlymoved the court and VRamasubramanian sought media in India. andpaedophilic environment” Supreme Courtorder. schemeto setupthesecourts,said magisterialcourt—havebeenset pendingagainstlegislatorsunder seeking permission to suitably thegovernment’sresponseonthe Under US law, the consent of on these platforms. Hearing a2016petition filed thatoncethespecialcourtsareset up in Delhi. The topcourtsubse- variousenactments,firstcameup modify some of the prayers.

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Bollywoodneeds to showspine—but acool head too. Calling fora FINANCIAL MARKETSARE akey artery of the fact thatthe RBI is also the debt manage- ples forbanking has implications forall bor- gagonmedia, it plays into hands of those who want to browbeat it modern economies. Banksalong with bond ment agency forthe government with one rowers, notjustthe chronicallyunhealthy. and equity markets overseethe matching of itskey tasksbeing to sell government Creditworthyborrowers paythe risk premia of savers with borrowers. Without the bondsatthe highestpossible price. to coverthe riskiness due to unhealthybor- NEW STORYisplaying in the Hindifilm industry.Inmanyways,and as it matchmaking services of financial markets, Acharya refers to this fiscal dominance as rowers. The worsening risk pool of borrow- has oftendone, it mirrors themes of the largersocial and political landscape. businesses would be restrictedtoinvest- atheoryofeverything in India,including the ers is partlytoblame forthe fact that long But this time, the drama is mostlyoff-screen.And the central tension that ing out of retainedearnings alone. The regulatoryframework.Pressures forregula- term borrowing rateshaveremained stub- A tasksperformedbythese markets arenon- tory forbearance in recognisingNPAsoften bornlyhigh despiterepeated rate cutsbythe is driving the plothas aharder, moreexplicitlypolitical edge.Agovernment thathas wonalarge mandate,not oncebut twice, has armeditself with astrategy of win- trivial.Theyhavetosatisfy the returnap- arise from the government wanting to avoid MPC over the past18months. petites of savers by looking forprojects having to recapitalise PSBs. The same incen- Thereare three obviousproblems with ner-should-take-all. Spaces politicaland non-political will be encroached, even if this with the highestreturns while simultane- tive potentiallyalso accountsfor stockex- the existing architecture. The firstisthe state means weaponising agenciesand laws,and usingprime-time megaphones to signal that ouslydoing due diligence to minimise their changes in India having a30-daydisclosure ownershipofbanks.The second is the chron- there’s onlyone game —and onenew sheriff —intown. But Bollywood has always been risk exposure. As can be imagined,these norm forregisteredborrowers who default icallyhigh fiscaldeficit run by the consoli- aspecial place. It is notthat the Hindi film industry hasnot playedpolitics, or hasn’t ever twogoals areoften contradictorywhich on their bank loans. Thestandardindevel- dated public sector.The thirdisthe wide- been politicallyplayed. Yet, despitethe Emergency,films with political themes and film stars makes the regulatoryoversightofthese opedcapital marketsisimmediatedisclo- spread perception that market regulators who took thepoliticalplunge, in spiteofthe Censor Boardand Income Taxdepartment marketsafundamental element of acoun- sure. But that would induce an overnight rat- work under close government direction. The try’s financial infrastructure. ing downgrade of the concernedborrower interactions of these three factors have ren- wieldedas instrumentsofcontrol,the intimaciesbetween film and politics in Bollywood, Tworecentlypublishedbooksrevealthe therebytriggering additional capital provi- dered hollowthe existing financial infra- unlikeinthe country’s south, have been flickering—and muchhas been lefttothe imag- sustainedhollowing out of the financial ar- sioning needsfor the lending bank.Hepro- structureofthe economy. ination. Now, as the Sushant Singh Rajput case becomesaturningpoint,and the spectre chitectureinIndia over the past five vides moresuchexamples, including the Dealing with this will require, at amin- of apurge takesshape, that precious ambiguity stands imperilled. decades, aprocess that continues unabated. raidingofcentral bank capital. imum, three reforms. First, therehas to be While the government’s aggressive bid to colonisethe Hindi film industryisvisible, and In “Questfor Restoring Financial Stabilityin Patel’s book expertlybringsout the con- awholehearted attempt at privatisationof digitalplatformsmaywellbenext,itisalsoclearthatBollywoodneedsabetter-judged,more India”, the formerdeputy governor of the flictsinherent in the stateowning the banks PSBs. Second, the RBI needs to be relieved Reserve Bank of India (RBI), ViralAcharya, that control about three-fourth of totalbank- of itspublic debt management role. Third, thoughtful script. In itspush back, 38 leading cinemaassociations and production houses Dealing with this will dwells at length on the fiscaldominance ex- ing assets in India. The primaryproblem with the RBI has to be empoweredtoact inde- have sought a “perpetualand permanent” court injunction againsttwo TVchannels seenas ercisedbythe central government over the require,ataminimum, three PSBs is thatgovernmentshaveusedthem as pendentlyofthe government. It is unten- proxies forthe ruling establishment from making “irresponsible, derogatoryand defama- central bank and itsregulatoryfunctions. reforms. First, there hastobe tools formacroeconomic management. PSBs able forgovernment-ownedbankstobe tory remarks”. While the outrageagainstthe media's “paralleland private investigations” is In averyrelatedspirit, Urjit Patel, former awholehearted attempt at areregularly usedfor resource mobilisation regulated by an agency that is itself report- understandable, by seeking agag order,Bollywood is standing up by seeking to intimidate. governorofthe RBI, paintsasharpbut dark privatisation of PSBs. to finance fiscal deficits. We alsohavethe far- ing to the government. pictureofthe fiscalisation of the entire cicalsituation wherein the government of- While legislating regulator independ- Theattempt to controlBollywoodby thepoliticalestablishmentrequiresamorecreative re- Second,the RBI needs to be sponse, one that does notspeak the languageofthe aggressor,orends up shrinking free bankinginfrastructureinhis book tenannounces credit policiesrather than ence would be thelongrun fix, agoodstart “Overdraft: Saving the Indian Saver”. relieved of its public debt having the banksallocatecredit basedon would be to stop the practice of appointing speech.For all itswarts and despiteits timidities and nepotism, the Hindi film industry per- Amajor theme of Acharya’s book is the management role.Third,the risk-return management criteria. Indeed, favoured bureaucrats as heads of regulatory forms unique and important functions in India’sdemocracy —itactsasamirror, and as a rampant subjugation of the financial and PSBs arethe favoured instrument formeet- institutions. The career progress of these in- sensor andwarning system of newneeds and aspirations; promotesadiversity of talents monetary infrastructuretothe fiscal inter- RBI has to be empowered to ing employment targets,supportingfarm- dividuals is typicallybased on their ability and perspectives; servesasaspringboardfor morefamouspartitionrefugeesand success- ests of the government.Thereare manyex- actindependently of the ers through loan write-offs,etc. to implement political instructions. Hence, fulwomen,Muslimsandqueerpeoplethananyotherindustry. Inthismomentof insecurity, amples of suchfiscal dominanceinIndia. The government. It is untenable Thiskind of stateinterface with the busi- their very appointment destroys percep- therefore, it needs to find aresponsethat preserves, notcompromises, itsessentialvaluesof obvious one is the conduct of monetary pol- forgovernment-owned ness of financial intermediation naturallyin- tionsofcompetence and independence of icy.Since bankassets aremarkedtomarket, ducesextreme levels of moral hazardinthe the regulator. openness and tolerance. In short, astrongspine—but also acool head. cutsininterestrates induce treasurygains bankstoberegulated by an behaviour of both debtors and creditors. PSBs Thereisacomplacency in policy circles The BJP-ledpolitical establishment needs to recognise the dangers and costs of its forbanksthat effectively recapitalises them. agency that is itself reporting arenot incentivisedtoexercisedue diligence surrounding the political and economic will-to-control in alarge anddiverse country. It mustknowthatany attempt to dis- Consequently, rate cutsare preferredbygov- to the government. While since theyexpect regulatoryforbearance and prospectsofIndia. Hence, one expectslit- solve the lines betweenpopular culture andpropaganda, anyimposition of the strait- ernmentsneeding to inject capital intopub- legislating regulator recapitalisation in the event of risingNPAs tle action on financial sector reforms over licsector banks(PSBs) with NPAoverhangs. on their books. In contrasttothe “construc- the nearterm. It bears repeating, though, jacketsofnationalismand puritanism on the creative arts,willleave it with feeble pick- independence would be the ings. It will emasculate that which it seeks to conquer. Forsimilar reasons, liquidity injections, tive ambiguity”that sometimes surrounds that the growth of firms, whichisakey whichraise bond prices, arepreferred to liq- long run fix,agood start prospective bailoutsofbanksindeveloped driverofproductivity and growth, requires uidity absorptions. Indeed, fiscalcompul- would be to stop the practice economies, Patelcalls expected bailoutsin well-functioning financial markets. India sions can induce liquidity policies that un- of appointing favoured India “destructive unambiguity.” All sides of has alot of work to do. dercut the rate setting by the MPC as the two the market expectbailouts and areseldom 100 PER CENT FAILURE arms oftenworktowards opposing goals. bureaucrats as heads of unpleasantlysurprised. The writer is RoyalBank Research Professor This contradiction is further complicated by regulatoryinstitutions. The dilutionofefficiency-based princi- of Economics,University of British Columbia The marking system is dead, long live marks. DelhiUniversity’s cut-offcrisis speaksofabroken education system

HATCAN BE said about an education system in whichaprestigious Delhi University collegesets100 percent marks as acut-offfor en- W trytoundergraduatecourses? That it is broken, perhaps irreparably. AN AREA OF DARKNESS That it rewards alaughable idea of perfection, rather than intelli- gence and inquiry. That an outdated system of evaluatingastudent’s “merit” and “abil- Hathras highlights howProject Hindu Rashtrahas intensified caste oppression ity”has, in afrenziedracetothe bottom, run out of relevance and value.The Indian edu- cation system has long setitself up forsuchafall. It is an open secret that the majority of the country’s schools fail in nudging children to- DRaja wardsinquiry, curiosityorlearning.Thetyrannyofmarkshaslongcrushedthespiritof many Indian students, but, at least, it had alimiteduse forhigher education institutionsinassess- THE GRUESOMErapeand murder of a nexus between the casteistpolicemachin- police and revenue services,the government ingtheir capacity foradegree.Asschool boardshaveout-competedeachother in an insane youngDalit woman in Hathras has caused eryand the government of UP has been laid wasalready,fromthe point of viewofthe “grade inflation” over the years, however, it has madethose very grades increasingly mean- immense grief and rage.While dignity was bare forall to see.The delayedmedicalcare, untouchables, notaBritish but aHindu one.” ingless.Ananalysis of CBSE Class XII resultsrevealed, forexample, that a95per centaggre- deniedtoher by an oppressive social order destruction of evidence and the worstofall, That governance in severalstatesis gate in2017 was21timesasprevalentasitwasin2004.Themarkingsystemisdead,longlive when shewas alive,the caste Hindu soci- dismissing the dying declaration of the vic- shaped by the Hindutvaideology seven marks.But thecut-off crisisinDUspotlightsmorecracksinthe edifice. The obsession with etydenied herher rightful due afterdeath. tim —she named fourupper castemen for decades afterIndependence, does notau- The UP Police, refusingtoheedthe pleas of having rapedher —are indicative of thein- gur well forour Republic. The Hindutva the elitecollegeitself is asignofamassive skew and supply gapinIndian education. Around herfamily, burnt the corpse at midnight. tentions of the statemachinery. regime is constantlycooking up conspir- 3.5 lakh studentsappliedfor 70,000seats in DU colleges this year,settingthousands of stu- The shockand grief causedbythis According to the NCRB data, in the past acy theoriestodelegitimise dissent. All dentsupfor failureand anxiety.Beyond theseshinyiconsof“excellence” scattered in Delhi macabrecaste crime is beyond measure, yet fewyears,crimesagainstDalitsare on the voices and forms of dissent and challenges and some statecapitals, lies the vast,un-lit wasteland of higher education, both private and it is by no meansasurprise. It can be attrib- rise while the conviction rate has substan- to theauthoritarianagenda of the current government,whichdoles out ahalf-baked learning experience to the majorityofIndians. uted to the sinistercaste hierarchybasedon tiallyfallen. The official statistics further in- regime arebeing targeted with UAPA and Forthose hobbledbyinequalities of caste,gender and class, suchbad colleges push them gradedsocial inequality andBrahmanicalpa- dicatethat UP is leading in crimes against sedition charges. Theconstitutional right triarchythat viciouslydisciplines and pun- Dalits, especially Dalitwomen.WithYogi to freedom of speechand expression is be- further intoacycle of deprivation.The National Education Policy has suggestedacommon ishes the Dalit body,especiallythat of theDalit Adityanath as the chief minister,the govern- ing deniedtocitizens. entrance system foruniversity admissions as away out of this crisis.Suchasystem willalso woman. Suchcaste and patriarchal domi- ment machinery has unabashedlycolluded When the anti-CAAagitation intensified call upon colleges to have the freedom and resources to engagewith applicationsonanin- nance and the resultant exploitation when with the caste elites to servethe latter’s inter- in UP,ChiefMinisterAdityanath famously dividual level—and notjustreduce astudent to her marksheet. combinedwith Hindu supremacistideas, sub- ests.Inthe Unnao rape case and the stated that he would take revengeagainst The government mustfind ways to push school boards to inject adoseofsanity to its scribedto by both theNarendraModiandYogi Thenexus between the Chinmayanand case, the BJP government the protesters. Nowheisusing the same lan- marking system.But, even so, onlyareimaginationofeducation and agreater inclusivity of Adityanath regimes, become morehideous shieldedthe perpetrators. guageagainstthose who areagitatingfor and perverse. The insensitivity displayedby casteist police machinery The manner in whichthe upper castes justice to the Hathras victim. The govern- opportunity can rescue it from the obscenity of the 100per cent cutoff. the police and UP's BJP regime towardsthe and the government of UP were allowedtoorganise ameeting in de- ment is threatening to invoke sedition laws dead Dalit girl, even trampling upon the dig- has been laid bare forall to fence of the accusedclearly revealedthe bias againstthe people protestingagainstthe nity due to adead person, speaksofthe ap- of the UP administration. The threat issued ghastlytragedy through lawful methods. pallingstate of governance in our country. see. Thedelayed medical by the districtmagistratetothe victim’s fam- This mode of action recalls previous in- Therefore, this crime in Hathrasmustbeseen care,destruction of evidence ilytochangetheir statement testifies to the stances of abuse of lawbythe UP adminis- DECOLONISING THE MUSEUM fromtheperspectivesofcaste,patriarchyand and the worstofall, horrifyingsubscriptoffavouring thosewho tration, whichbookedprotesters, particu- Hindusupremacistideologywhichare push- dismissing the dying have been held forallegedly committing the larly Muslims, agitatingagainstthe CAA DutchCouncil of Cultureacknowledgesthe violent history of art ing our society and nation intomultiple crises crime againstthe Dalit girl. under the National SecurityAct. and denting India’s imageatthe global level. declaration of the victim — Project Hindu Rashtrahas intensified The annihilationofcaste has neverbeen acquisitions. It’s awelcome forthrightness Yogi Adityanath continues to defend the she named four upper caste caste oppression. BRAmbedkar had proph- amoreurgentcause. violent idea of the Hindu Rashtra, whichis esiedthatthe idea of Hindu Rashtrawould NTHE 1830S,agroup of Dutch naturalists went on an expeditiontoariver island on men forhaving raped her — deepening theexisting caste stratification, are indicative of the result in calamity.In1946, Ambedkar,refer- The writer is General Secretary,CPI. He thesouthcoastofBorneo. Theyweregiven awarmwelcomebythe island’s Sultan, fuelling atrocities and makingDalits, par- ring to the bias of Britishpolicetowards the visited Hathras and metthe victim’s family PanembahanAdam,whotookhisguestsonaguidedtourof therainforestsinhisdo- ticularly Dalit women, vulnerable to lynch- intentions of the state highcastes, wrote: “Owing to the prepon- as part of ajoint delegation of CPI and CPI(M) I main.But therewas somethingelse that dazzledthe scientists —the Sultan’s gem- ing, abuse, sexual violence andmurder.The machinery. derance of caste Hindus in the subordinate members on October 6. stones.HowcouldaDutchprotectoratebesorich?ThematterreachedtheDutchgovernment. Inthe1850s,itabolishedtheSultanateandconfiscatedAdam’sproperty.Inthebootywasan uncut diamond, the Banjarmasin Diamond.The 70-caratgemstone wasshippedtothe Netherlands and went on to become apartofthe collection at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum. Themuseumhasnowsupportedaproposalby theDutchCouncilof Culturetoreturn“thou- OCTOBER 14,1980, FORTY YEARS AGO sands of pieces of artlootedbycolonists”. Amongthem is the Banjarmasin Diamond. CollectionsinseveralWesternmuseumshave uncomfortablehistories.Artefactsacquired HOPE IN ASSAM TALKS Mahantawas guardedand saidmuchwould ARRESTS IN DELHI through invasion,colonisationandunfairpurchaseswere selected,organisedand exhibited THE ASSAM ISSUEwas discussedinvarious depend on tomorrow’s meeting. DELHIPOLICECOMMISSIONERPSBhinderor- dimensionswhen the Union Home Minister dered the detention of 14 listedcriminals— according to tags givenbyEuropeans. Stripped of theircultural contexts, theychallengethe Giani Zail Singh metanumberofdelegations NUCLEAR POWER thefirstundertheNationalSecurityOrdinance. capacityofthe colonisedtobeauthors of their ownhistoriesdecades afterdecolonisation. from the state, and, later in the evening, had UNIT 11 OF the Rajasthan Atomic Power He said that the detentions had been ordered The British Museum holdsontothe Elgin Marbles by describingitself as the preserver of the aone discussionwithmembersofthe All Station (RAPS) at Kota will startproducing to maintain lawand order duringthe festival sculptures,which,lefttothe19thcenturyOttomanrulers,mighthave beencrushedtomake Assam StudentsUnion and the Gana about200MWpowerwithinfourmonths.The eventsofDussehraand Id-ul-Zuha. limestone. The museum describes the sculptures —and other artefactsinits possession, in- Sangram Parishad. The talkshaveresulted in project,setupatthecostofRs92.36crore,was cluding the Kohinoor —as“unique resources forthe world”,whichallow “visitorstoexplore abroad agreement on apolicy framework to delayedbythree years forwantofheavy wa- NOBEL FOR ARTIST the interconnectednatureofhumancultures”. settle the foreign nationals’issue. Whilethe tersupplywhichwas to come from Canada, ADOLFOPEREZ ESQUIVEL of Argentina, a Gana Sangram Parishad leader NivaranBora whichwent backonits commitment when sculptor, architect and human rights activist Itissuchclaimsto cosmopolitanismthattheDutchCouncilof Culturechallenges.“Injustice told newsmen, “we seem to have reacheda India explodedher firstnuclear device. TP wasawarded the 1980 NobelPeace Prize. wasdone to the local populations of former colonial territories when objectsweretaken take-offstage”, Singh said therewould be an- Pardiwalla, chief project engineer,said RAPS The citation said Esquivelhas been hon- againsttheirwill,”says areportitissuedlastweek.Thequestionis:Canrepatriationundothe other meeting tomorrow, “andthatitself is had opened opportunities formanyIndian ouredfor promoting human rights through elisionofcolonialviolenceinWestern museums? ahopeful sign”. AASU leader Prashanta players to enter the nuclear powerfield. non-violentmeans.

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Our growth model has been export-ledand should notbeabandoned. Exportopportunities in general NEP2020 work and in specific sectorscould be significant even in apost-COVID world Policy,regulatoryand institutional FIGURE1.AVERAGETARIFFS mechanisms, participationofstakeholders, ANDNUMBEROFTARIFF will be needed INCREASES,2014—2020 mittees. The Committee, locatedwithin the 18 17.5 MinistryofEducation,willbechairedby the 17.7 17.9 education minister and the member-secre-

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MFN 13.1 12 Arvind Subramanian 20 Three,theNationalEducationMinisters’ Vietnam(19.9%) Avg 163 155 162 266 CRaj Kumar CouncilwithEducationMinistersof allstates (%) China(14.0%) 10 and UTs, chaired by the Union Ministerfor 8 4 0 INDIA’S INTELLECTUAL AND policy commu- 15 17 Education, needs to be constituted.The 20 2015 2016 2019 201 India(12.1%) 201 nity has embracedatmanirbharta.This in- 202 Council will be an important institutional Growth *No. of tariffincreased(HS 6-digit prod. categories) ward turn —actuallyreturn —amounts to of 10 THENATIONALEDUCATIONPolicy2020has mechanismto monitortheimplementation abandoning twocoreprinciples of thepost- avisiontotransform the Indian education of NEP in states and UTs, and will also serve 1991 consensus: Export-orientation on the Rate WorldAvg:6.4 landscape. It relies on asignificant commit- asaforumto discussandaddressimplemen- macro-economic side, and slow but steady 5 ment forpolicy implementationfromall tation issues, and navigatethrough the di-

liberalisationonthe tradeside. Is the inward Annual stakeholders, including the Prime Minister verseperspectivesofstate governments. turn strong? Is the underlying diagnosis- 0 andtheeducationminister. Research related Four,theideaof Institutionsof Eminence cum-prognosiscorrect? Will it work?Based Avg 15 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 to policy implementation gaps has repeat- (IoE) articulated by the PrimeMinister con- on newresearch, our simpleanswers are, re- CountryRank edly demonstratedthat avoidingpolicyfail- tains the vision to develop world-class uni- spectively: Yes; no; and notreally. uresisabouthavingrobustmeans,methods versities in India. In the budget speech of Source: BACI dataset. CEPII Let’s start withsomekey facts. The in- CRSasikumar and implementation mechanisms. 2016,thethenFinanceMinister, ArunJaitley ward turn is mostevident in trade policies Bob Hudson, David Hunter and Stephen promisedtoprovide“anenablingregulatory aimedatpromoting domestic manufactur- Peckham had identifiedfour contributors to architecture” so that “10 public and 10 pri- ing. Leaving aside the spateofChina-related about India’s futureexports. This overlooks production activities that requireclosephys- policy failure—overlyoptimisticexpecta- vate institutions” would emerge “as world- restrictions, tariffs have been increasedsub- keyfacts.Exportpessimism is basedonex- ical contact will fare worse. Theflip side is tions, implementation in dispersedgover- classteachingandresearch institutions”.This stantially, trade agreementshavebeenput pectations of deglobalisation abroad and that activities that can be done at adistance nance,inadequatecollaborative policymak- ledtothe establishment of IoEs.Today, the on hold, and aspateofproduction subsidies weak performance at home. But India can —and tradableservices areexactlythat— ing and vagaries of the political cycle. This vision of IoE needstobeintegrated with the arebeing offered. gain marketshareeveninadeglobalising couldbenefitenormously. If so,theycould could be the storyofmostpolicyfailures. NEPimplementation plan,and IoEsneedto Between1991and 2014,average tariffs world. Consider the numbers.India’smanu- playtoIndia’scomparative advantagein The authors suggestthereisaneedtode- beempoweredwithmorefreedom,flexibil- declinedfrom125 per cent to 13 per cent. facturing exportsaccount for1.7 per cent of service exports. velop arobustpolicy supportprogramme, ity,autonomyandresources.Thiswill,indue However, since 2014,therehavebeen tariff the world’s whichisless than Vietnam’s. Even Atmanirbharta’s thirddriveristhe strong if we aretobeserious about implementing course, help universities to have arobust increases in 3,200out of 5,300product cate- if India’sexportsgrowthree-tofourtimesas belief that India’s marketisbig enough to sus- anypolicy.Theywrite: “…Thefourthreatsto presence in the global university rankings. gories,affecting about $300billion or 70 per fast as the worldexports,itwould gain onlya tain growth going forwardand makeupfor successful policy implementation… areso Five,the NationalHigherEducation cent of total imports. The averagetariff in- fewpercentagepointsofthe global market the loss of opportunities overseas. Size se- widespread, that simplyhoping that nor- Philanthropy Council, chaired by the creasedfrom13per cent in 2014 to nearly 18 shareafter 10 years. China’s secular ceding of duces. At $2.9trillion, andasthe fifthlargest mal procedures and channels will be suffi- Education Ministerwith private sector par- per cent. The largest increases occurredin low-skill export space provides furtherop- in the world, India’s GDPseems alluringly big. cient to resolve them is no longer realistic. ticipation, needs to be constituted.Nearly 2018 whentariffs fornearly 2,500product portunity.This is one of the virtues of pastun- But if the domestic market is to sustain At aminimum, abetterunderstanding is 70 percent of Indian HEIs areprivate,and categories were increased, amounting to der-performance: The futurecan bemoreac- growth, we needtolook at the size of the mar- neededoftheprocesses throughwhichpol- morethan70per cent of Indian students nearly 4percentagepoints. Tariffincreases commodatingtoIndia and less intimidating ket (saythe “middle class”) with some icy movesand how, at eachofthese points, study in private HEIs. We mustbuild on this have been greatestinlow-skill manufactured forthe world. amountofpurchasing powerovermanufac- policy can best be supported. Four sequen- reality to raisefinancialresources that are importsand cell-phone assembly, amount- This possibilityisnot just hypothetical. It turing goods and services. tial pointscan be identified: Preparation; critical forthe establishment of morepri- ingto10-15 percentagepoints. is exactlywhat India did afterthe global fi- Basedonsome assumptions, our rough tracking; support; and review…” vate HEIs. However, this will requirenew The inward turn is basedonthree mis- nancialcrisis.Inthe 2010s, worldexports estimateisthat this middle class marketsize Iwould like to propose afive-point im- and innovative institutional mechanisms, conceptions of diagnosisand prognosis. First, were stagnant and yetIndia’s exports grew is between 15 and 40 per cent of GDP.This is plementation plan to help implement NEP. taxincentives,endowmentframeworksand the perception is that India’s growth success by about 3per cent. This wastrue in both smaller than commonlybelieved and sub- One, the Prime Ministerhas highlighted otherinitiativestoincentivisethe Indiancor- since1991has notreallybeen basedonex- manufacturing and services. stantiallysmaller than anypotential world avision to build intellectual and social capi- poratesectortocontributeinthe form of in- ports andcertainlynot on manufacturing ex- The lamentationabout deterioration in market that Indian firms and producers can talfor developing collectiveconsciousness dividual and corporatephilanthropy. The ports. This is wrong. India has been amodel export performance in the 2010s(especially and should compete for. The reason is twofold. forimplementingtheNEP.Thenextstepwill PhilanthropyCouncil could help promote a of spectacular exportsuccess and an exem- post-2014)isironic giventhat it waspartly Thereare alot of poor peoplewith limitedpur- be to matchitwith the establishment of an fundamental re-imagination of the tax plar of export-ledgrowth. self-inflicted.Itwas causedbyadomestic chasing powerand afew people with alot of institutionalmechanism forimplementa- structuretoincentivise potential donors for Between 1995 and 2018,India’s overall anti-exportpolicy,includingasharp ex- Thelamentation about purchasing powerwho,however, save alot. tion.The successful implementationofNEP establishing three newendowment funds exportgrowth (in dollars) averaged 13.4 per changerateappreciation of 20 per cent, rep- deterioration in export Both of these reduce the market forconsump- requires different types of interventions. It —Higher Education Infrastructure cent annually,the thirdbestperformance in utational damage that underminedphar- performance in the 2010s tion. The delusion of size is making policy- includes coordination and cooperation be- DevelopmentEndowment Fund; Higher the worldamongstthe top50exporters. maceutical exports,and asocial policy —on makers settheir sightsonthe domestic mar- tween the Centre andstates; legislative in- EducationStudentScholarshipEndowment Moststrikingly, India’smanufacturing ex- livestock—that affected agriculturalex- (especially post-2014) is ket when it should be on theworld market. terventions, includingpassing newlaws Fund; and Higher Education Research ports (in dollars) —for long considered ports. Notonlydid India’s exports hold up ironic given that it waspartly Normally,itisfailurethat is an intellec- and/or amendmentstoexisting laws;anin- GrantsEndowment Fund. India’s Achilles Heel —grew on averagebya as global trade collapsed, theycould have self-inflicted. It wascaused tual orphan. In contrast, India’s inward turn creaseinthebudgetaryframework andaug- In WhyGovernment FailsSoOften —and whopping 12.1 per cent, the third-bestper- held up even morehad domestic policies not seems to be acase of making an orphan of mentation of financial resources with in- HowItCan Do Better,Peter Schuck,identi- formance in the world, and nearly twicethe been so inimical. by adomestic anti-export spectacular success. India’s growth model has volvement of inter-ministerial discussions; fies six elementsfor successful policy imple- worldaverage (Figure2). OnlyChina and The real prize thatIndiashould aimfor is policy,including asharp been an export-led one and should notbe andregulatoryreforms.ThePM’sTaskForce mentation—incentives, instruments,infor- Vietnam surpassedIndia. the large unexploitedopportunityofun- exchange rate appreciation of abandoned.Moreover, India’s exportoppor- on Higher Education Reforms can be an ad- mation, adaptability,credibility and These exportsmade asubstantial contri- skilledlabour exports—around$140billion 20 per cent,reputational tunities in general and in specific sectors visorybodycomprisingexpertsfrompublic management.For successful implementa- bution to the overallGDP growth. In eachof whichwediscuss in our second column. The could be significanteveninapost-COVID and private Higher Education Institutions tion of the NEP,wewill needtocreatestake- the three decades since the 1990s, exports otherunder-recognised opportunityisin damage that undermined world. If the diagnosis and prognosisprompt- (HEIs)to helpthePMunderstandandappre- holderincentives;formulateinstrumentsin contributed about one-thirdofoverall services.The post-globalfinancialcrisisera pharmaceutical exports, and ing the inward turn areflawed, willthe policy ciate thebottlenecks,andensuretime-bound the form of legal, policy,regulatoryand insti- growth. As aresult,India’sexport-GDPratio witnessedde-globalisation of worldtrade in asocial policy —onlivestock prescriptions beeffective?Werespond in our implementation with fixedaccountability. tutional mechanisms; build reliable infor- is currently20per cent, morethan twice as goods but globalisation continuedapace in —that affected agricultural next piece, highlighting the real prize that Two, thereisaneedtoestablish a mation repositories; develop adaptability high as in the early 1990s, despitethe post- services. Worldexportsofgoodspeakedjust India should aim for. National NEP Implementation Standing across HEIs, regulatorybodies and govern- globalfinancial crisis (GFC) slowdown. Thus, prior to theGFC at about 25 per cent, declin- exports. Notonly did India’s Committee withselect vice-chancellors/di- mentagencies;developcredibility through an export slowdown todayislikelytohavea ing to about21per cent in 2019.However, exports hold up as global Chatterjee is assistant professor of economics rectors of universities/institutes. This transparent actions and participation of all moreconsequential impact on the overall worldexportsofservices whichreached6.5 trade collapsed,they could at Pennsylvania StateUniversity and Committee will betaskedwith creating and stakeholders;anddevelopsoundprinciples economy. Every5per centofthe export percent in the GFC, took ahit, but have since have held up even more had Subramanian is professor of economics at monitoring the NEP Implementation Plan of management. growth foregone willshave off1per cent in steadilyrisen to about 7per cent. Ashoka University and former chief in atime-bound manner.Itwill have spe- overall GDP growth. COVID could even createanupside po- domestic policies not economic adviser to theGovernment of cificpowers and functions, including the- The writer is Founding Vice Chancellor of The second is apessimistic prognosis tential to globalisation.Consumption and been so inimical. India. The second part will appear tomorrow maticsub-committees and regional com- O.P.Jindal Global University,Sonipat ‘Freedom of speech is being mauled’ LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR LET US MINGLE IDEAS Vitaldistinctionbetweenfreespeechandseditionisbeinglostsightof by establishment THIS REFERS TO thereport, ‘Disturbed Areas ActAmendmentinGujarat gets ONLINE Presidentialassent’ (IE, October 13 ). MadanBLokur While the BharatiyaJanata Partygov- ONLYINTHE EXPRESS ernmenttakes credit forariotfree AGRADUAL EROSIONofone of our most rape and murder of Nirbhaya,orwhen activist, accusedamong things, of attempt have weaponisedsedition as ameans of si- decade under itsrule, it tightens re- ● MAKINGCITIESRIVER- precious fundamental rights—the right to India AgainstCorruption peacefully to murder and makinganinflammatory lencingcritics. In an absolutelypeacefulat- strictions in “disturbed areas”,thereby SENSITIVE:RAJIVRANJAN freedom of speechand expression —isad- protestedonthe RamLila grounds, the or- speechand inciting violence. The Delhi mosphere, ateenagerinBengaluru raised curtailing the right to purchase prop- MISHRA,HITESHVAIDYA, verselyimpacting the liberty of all those ganisers could notbeheld liable forsedi- High Courtgranted herbail afterthree aparticular slogan three times and this re- erty.While the idea to preventdistress VICTORRSHINDE who daretospeak up. Our freedom of tion. This is extremelyimportant fordis- months and notedthat the prosecution had sulted in her arrest on chargesofsedition. sellingisnoble, the newprovision that speechisbeing mauled, through twisting tinguishing between free speechand “failedtoproduce anymaterial that she in She spent four months in jail before she transactions by wayofgift, exchange ● BARBERSHOPANDTHE and turning the lawifnot abusing it alto- sedition, but unfortunatelythe distinction her speechinstigated women of particular wasgranted bail.Again in Karnataka,as and leaserequirethe collector’s ap- VIRUS:KRISHNENDUSINHA gether.Inmyopinion, one of the worst is being lostsight of by theestablishment. community.” manyas85schoolchildrenwereinterro- proval is an interferenceincitizens’ forms of curtailment of the freedom of In recent years, newmethods of silenc- These cases lead to afrightening infer- gatedbythe police concerning aplayin rights. Unlesspeople of different sec- speechischarging aperson with sedition. ing speechhavebeen introduced: Attribute ence that if acitizensays something that is whichachildrecites what the authorities tions areallowedtominglefreely, the www.indianexpress.com In 1962, aConstitution benchofthe something to aspeaker that he or she never notevendistasteful,heorshe can be ar- found to be an objectionable dialogue. The bonds between them won’t deepen Supreme Court… drew acorrelation be- said. Adoctor deliveredanaddress to stu- rested on thebasisofafairytale.Ifthat per- mother of the child and the teacher who and divisiveforces wouldcontinue to tween sedition and violence, sedition and dentsofthe AligarhMuslim University son does notsay anythingatall butisa oversawthe playwerechargedwith sedi- createrifts. CHINA, GOOD AND BAD inciting violence, and sedition and ten- sometimeinDecember2019criticising the thorn in the flesh of the establishment, she tion and arrested. ManojOza, Gandhinagar dency to inciteviolence —not justsimple Citizenship AmendmentAct can still be arrested and de- While it is important foreachofusto THIS REFERS TO the article, ‘Quad and violence but violence of suchadegree as to and the National Registerof tainedonsome trumpedup exercise our fundamental rights within KING OF CLAY the global churn’, (IE, October 13). bring it within the purviewofpublic dis- Citizens. Over one month FOR THE charges. reasonable limitslaid down by law, there China's position as atrade and eco- order.So, when youhaverival gangs con- later,hewas arrested for If youare old enough, is agreater obligation on the establishment THIS REFERS TO the editorial, ‘Game, nomic powerhouse is notathreat to fronting eachother and one of them shouts makingaprovocative speech. RECORD please compareittothe pe- to ensurethat the laws arenot misusedor set, match’ (IE, October 13). We don’t the global economyper se. The posi- “maro”, alaw-and-ordersituation of rioting About 10 days later,hewas riodbetween 1975 and1977 abusedinsuchamanner that citizens are call Rafael Nadal claycourtking for tive spilloverofthe Chinese growth and attempt to murder arises, notofsedi- granted bail but wasnot re- when persons were jailedfor deprivedoffundamental rightsthat impact nothing, Thirteen FrenchOpen titles, storyonthe global economyneeds to tion. However, depending on the occasion leased. Immediatelythereafter, he waskept allegedly threatening the internal security their liberty.Itistime forthe establishment the 100win at Roland Garrosistesti- be acknowledged. China’s commit- and context, whenaspeakerraisesaslo- in preventive detention under theNational of the country, without anyevidenceinthis to realise that the peopleofthis country monytohis love withhis second ment to multilateralism and itspush ganatapublic gathering of supporters by SecurityAct. The doctor challengedhis pre- regard.Weare graduallywitnessing a mean well, and in anydemocracy,thereare home, Paris. Not dropping asingle set forthe cause of the developing world shouting “goli maro”, acharge could pos- ventive detention in the Allahabad High somewhat similar situation… the onlydif- boundtobedifferent pointsofview. These throughoutthe tournament and beat- in global trade and financialinstitu- siblybelaid of tending to inciteviolence or Courtand by ajudgment and order passed ference being that during the Emergency, mustberespected —otherwise the fabric ing NovakDjokovic who is in supreme tions is also in tune with India’s vision incitement to violenceand raising apublic on September 1, the preventive detention the alleged threat wastoour internal secu- of our society might disintegrate, and fra- form during 2020 speaksvolume foramultipolarworld order.China's order issue rather than alaw-and-order is- orderwas quashed. The HC concludedthat rity and todaythe alleged threat is to the ternity, oneofthe keywords in the pream- about the kind of tennis playedby geopolitical ambitions, however, need sue. The distinction is quiteclear. the detenu wasalleged to have said things sovereignty and integrity of the country. bletoour Constitution, mightjustbecome him. The win will inevitablylead to to be checked, and itsoutrightdefi- When thereisacall to protestfor a which he didnot.For example, whilehe The National Crime Records Bureau another dead idea. talksabout the RogerFederer,Rafael ance of global institutions mustbe cause without anyincitement to violence, spokeofnational integrity,hewas accused (NCRB) startedkeeping arecordofsedition Nadal rivalry. But it’sbestweenjoythe calledout. The lessons learnt from the it would notbesedition underany circum- of promoting hatred;while he deprecated cases in 2014 and everyyear has seen a Edited excerpts from theBGVerghese tennis playedbyboththe players on decades of Western dominance must stances. Forexample, when acall was violence, he wasaccusedofpromoting vi- spikeinsedition cases. Figures for2019re- Memorial Lecturedelivered on October 12 the court. nowbeappliedtoChina. made forlarge numbers to assemble on the olence. Another recent case on thesame centlyreleasedbythe NCRB reveal a30per by former Supreme Court Justice Madan Bal Govind, Noida Sudip Kumar Dey, Kolkata lawns of India Gatetoprotest againstthe subject of attribution is thatofastudent cent increase. Almostevery stateseems to Lokur,organised by The Media Foundation

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SHYAMSARAN, former Foreign Secretaryand formerchairman of the National SecurityAdvisory Board, discusses China’s position in the new ageofglobal conflict, in thecontext of thestandoff at theLAC and the pandemic.Hespokebeforeanationwide audience on Zoom in this editionofexplained.Live

fromourside.Theambiguityisbroughtabout onlybythe Chinese contesting wherethe LAC lies. And it is forthatreason that we have the variousConfidenceBuildingMeasuresandalso On what China wantsout of the ongoing protocols, because the Chinese patrols are standoff in Eastern Ladakh coming intotheseareas whichare under our We aredealing withasubjectthat is today jurisdiction,butbecausetheybelievethattheir uppermostinpeople's minds, that is howto Line of Control is farther west and our patrols reallydealwiththeChinachallengeandthisis aregoing towardsthe areas whichare farther notonlyinterms of what is happening at the east. Then thereare protocols saying, “OK, India-China border... whentheseencounterstake placeyoushould The important thing to do is tryand locate notengageinany kindof violence,youshould whatishappeningtodayinabroadercontext. ShyamSaran (left)inconversation on notbecarrying arms,you shouldpolitely tell Soletmemaketwo orthreepoints.Oneisthat Zoom with ShubhajitRoy,Associate eachother that youare transgressing and you atleastsincetheglobalfinancialandeconomic Editor, TheIndian Express should disengage.” Those arethereprecisely crisisof 2007-2008,twothingshappened.One becauseof this...theambiguitycreatedby what is that the powergap between China and the the Chinese sayisthe LAC. US, both in economic and security terms,nar- AUDIENCE QUESTIONS aresurveillancecameras watching youright rowedsubstantially.China recoveredfaster across up to the pass. That is whywhen Indian On the PM’s statementthatneither has from the crisis. Secondly, while in the period On whether countries should come On howfar the Quad can move,and patrols leave their bases, the Chinese side im- anyone intrudedintoIndian territorynor before thefinancial/economiccrisis,Indiawas together againstamilitary offensive howfar India willbeready to move in mediately knowssuchapatrolistakingplace... has anyone captured anymilitary post growing at something like8-9% per annum, by China in the South China Sea that context Iwouldn’tsay eachmovementbutcertainlyin Ihavealready said that maybethat partic- China’s economy, relatively speaking, was The Chinese have already made some If youlook at the lastcouple of years, some of the keyareas, theyhavesurveillance ular statementwasopen to misinterpretation, slowingdown.Soparticularly duringthetime very significantgains... But if Isee the cur- whatisremarkableishowquickly thecon- capability whichtheydid nothavebefore. and wasopen to bemisusedby the otherside, Iwas Foreign Secretary, the generalinterna- rent balance in the South China Sea, be- ceptofthe Quad has crystallised.It has al- whichlostnotime in actuallymisusing it, to tional perception wasthat India is going to be tween what China has and what some of readymetatForeignMinisters’level...naval On whether the Indian side has the basicallysay that, “Your leader himself is ba- thenextChina.ThepowergapbetweenChina the othermajorpowers have in the region, exerciseshavealreadybeen takingplace capability to matchthis sicallysaying that we have notintruded.” andIndiawaslarge butitwasshrinking.What actuallythis area is averycontestedspace. among Japan,India and the US, and it is Yestheydo.Morerecently, they have been Ithink that is behind us nowand the has happenedsince 2007-2008? That gapis Idonot think that China is reallyinaposi- likelythat Australia maybejoining in the using drones etctoimprove our surveillance Defence Ministerhas also made it fairly clear no longer shrinking, it is actuallyexpanding. tion to somehow makethis into aChinese next series. Thereisnodoubt that from capabilities.Sothereshouldnotbeimpression that we arefacing asituation of transgression Covid-19hasaccentuated,thattrend.There lakeasitwishes to.Itwould rather want India’sperspective,thisisaveryimportant thatwehavebeen sitting still. Aconsiderable from the Chinese side. Otherwise, if thereare is asense in China todaythat thankstoCovid- to do this in an incremental fashion as it grouping. The question to askiswhether amount of improvement has been made on no transgressions, then whyshould therebe 19 and the very early and very remarkablere- hasbeenabletodointhe past.Now thatis Indiaislookingatthisbecomingsomesort our side and will continue to be made, Iam anykindof encounterbetweenthetwosides? coveryof theChinese economyfromthe pan- becoming moredifficult because mostof of amultinational militaryalliance. Idon’t sure. But we have to acceptthe fact the other So, that’s notsomething we needtoreopen. demic,Chinaisverywellplacedintermsof the the countries in that region areextremely think that we have comethat far. What sidehasmoreresourcesandhasacertainlead But Ithink what we have to recognise is future.SowhathashappenedisthatChinasees wary of what theChinese aredoing. mayhappen in the future, Idonot know... timeinimprovinginfrastructureonitssideand that those transgressions that have taken anopportunityforitselftoreallyemerge asthe we arestill in the process of trying to catch up. place,weare insisting that we shouldgoback dominant powerinAsia. And since China to the status quo as of April, while the Chinese thinksofpower in hierarchical terms, notin PLAissomuchmorepowerfulthantheIndian On whether India’sinfrastructure projects On differencesinperception on LAC side appears to be insisting that theywill stay multi-polar terms, it would likeeveryoneto Armyis; if youtry to in some waytry to con- along the LACcould have rankledwith the We knowexactlywherethe LACis. They wheretheyare,areas whichtheyhaveoccu- recognise,toaccept thatthis is an Asian order frontus, youwill end up the loser. Chinese establishment areall described on our Armymaps with de- pied, as aresult of the recent transgression. whichisdominatedby China,andyouneedto It is also, in asense, in the contextofthe in- Even withall theimprovementsthat have tailedcoordinates; youhavethe various pa- So that’s reallythe challenge: Howdowe acceptthat.Today, IthinkwhatXiJinpingistry- ternationalrelationship.What is the message takenplaceontheIndianside,Ithinkwe should trolling pointswhichhavebeen identifiedby persuadethe Chineseside to reallygoback ingtoputacrossisthattheAsiancenturyisthe whichmay be giventothe US? It has started be fairly clear that it is notanimprovement theChinaStudyGroupontheLAC;youare very from the areaswhichtheyhaveoccupied Chinesecentury; nobodyelsehasspaceinthat lookingatmostissuesthroughtheprismof the whichmatchesinanyway,boththeterrainad- close to theLAC,uptowhichour patrols will nowasaresult of the transgression? As of particularspace.Todaytheyfeel,“Whyshould moreconfrontationalrelationshipithastoday vantagethe Chinese have and theenormous begoing and these keep getting revisedasthe now, we do notseemtohavereachedthat we give anything?”You know, “We areso with the US. It is lookingatIndiaalso through amountof resourcestheyhavedevotedto build infrastructuregets improved...Now if thereis point... This, Isuspect, is going to be alonger powerful,theothersidehasto acceptwhatwe that prismand is telling the US, this is acoun- uptheinfrastructureontheirside.So,between adifferenceinperception,itisnotthatwe have haul than usualand perhaps mayextend aretrying to say.” trywhich cannoteventakecareofits borders, 2007 and2013,thetwovisitsthatIdid[Eastern adifferenceinperceptionaboutwhereourLAC over the winter months... andyouare thinkingof thiscountryasamajor Ladakh],theremarkablechangewasthatmany lies. The difference in perception arises at var- On whether the standoff is about China componentof yoursecurityrelationshipinthis of the hillsides on the Chinese side of the LAC ious points. The Chinese saywehaveadiffer- Transcribed by Mehr Gill tryingto‘show India itsplace’ region. It is also, in asense, sending amessage had observationtowers. Thereweresurveil- entideaof wheretheLAClies,sothedifference Well,if youlookatChinesemedia,theyare to India, that if thereisaconfrontationwith lancecameras,forexample,onahelicopterride in perception is notbecause we accept, “Oh EDITEDEXCERPTS saying, “Don't underestimateour ability to China, don’tthinkthe USor yourother friends fromDaulatBegOldietowardstheKarakoram that thereissomething vague hereorsome- VIDEO:facebook.com/watch/?v=839628310106950 teachyou another lesson.” That youknowthe cancomeand supportyou in anyway. Pass. When youare flying, then yousee there thingambiguoushere.”Thereisnoambiguity youtu.be/lpmvlVKhH90

SIMPLY PUT Recalling the coal blocks allocationcases: allegations, investigation, and what now

fraudand even questionedCAG’s computa- CORONAVIRUS DASHBOARD DEEPTIMANTIWARY tions in Parliament. He had arguedthat West NEWDELHI,OCTOBER13 Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa and Rajasthan —whichwereruledbyOpposition INDIAACTIVE CASES 838,729 LAST WEEK,aspecial CBIcourt convicted parties then —werestronglyopposedtoa Dilip Ray, MinisterofState forCoal in the AB switchovertocompetitive bidding as they Vajpayeegovernmentin1999, forhis alleged felt it would increase the costofcoal, ad- 950,000 involvement in the coal blockallocation verselyimpact value addition and develop- scandal. Hearings on the quantum of Ray’s ment of industries in their areas and would sentencing areset to begin on Wednesday, dilute their prerogative in theselection of 937,625 838,729 While convicting him, the courtobserved lessees. that Ray “abusedhis official position”, as his On the idea of “windfall gains”, Singh said decision of “relaxation of policywithout any computation of extractable reserves based 850,000 logical or legal basis amountstogross abuse on averages would notbecorrect.Hesaid the of his powers by the minister”. costofproductionofcoal varies significantly from mine to mine even forCIL due to vari- The case againstRay ous conditions. He pointed outthatCIL had LAST 10 DAYS It relates to allocation of acoal blockin Hearings on the sentencingofformer ministerDilipRay begin Wednesday. File photo been generallymining in areas with better Giridih district of Jharkhand to aprivate com- infrastructureand more favourable condi- 750,000 panyinviolation of guidelines.Ray repre- tions, whereas the coal blocks offeredfor Oct 3Oct 12 sented the BJD then; he later joinedthe BJP Whiletherehavebeen severalconvic- whittled down theloss to Rs 1.8lakhcrore,it captive mining were generallyinareas with onlytoquit it in the face of these allegations. tions in the wide rangeofcoal blocks cases, wasstill the biggestscamIndiahad seen. moredifficult geological conditions. Note:The Oct 12 figureinthis graphisbasedonthe government updateonOct 13 The CBI had notedthat the Coal Ministry thisisthe firsttimethat an NDAministerhas The CAGhad arguedthat the government Arguing againstaloss to the exchequer, through itsguidelines had specifically said no been convicted. Whenthe allegationssur- had the authority to auction the coal blocks Singh said partofthe gains would in anycase companyengaged in production of iron and faced, Raywas amember of the BJP. but chose nottoand as aresult allocateesre- getappropriatedbythe government through INDIATOTAL CASES WORLD TOTAL CASES steel or spongeironcould getacaptive coal ceiveda"windfall gain". taxation, with corporates being made to al- 7,175,880 37,965,809 mineif itsproductioncapacitywaslessthan1 The coal blocks scam As the Opposition targeted the locate26% of their profitsfor localareade- metric tonne per annum (MTPA)inopencast In the early 1990s ,the government de- Manmohan Singh government on corrup- velopment. Source:MinistryofHealth&Family Source:JohnsHopkinsUniversity, mining. However, when private company cidedtoallocatesuchcoal blocks to private tion, BJP leaders Prakash Javadekar and Welfare,updatedat11pmonOct13 updatedat11pmonOct13 Castron Technologies Ltd appliedfor companies that were notpartofthe produc- Hansraj Ahir approachedthe Central Stateofthe probe Brahmadiha Coal BlockinGiridih, the minis- tion plan of PSUs CoalIndia Ltd and Singareni Vigilance Commission (CVC) with com- The coal blocksallocation casesare among teragreedtorelax guidelines and allowthe Collieries CompanyLimited (SCCL). Initially plaints. The CVCreferredthem to theCBI the CBI’s longestrunning probes,with the grantdespiteitnot beingeligible,theCBIfound. alistof143 coal blocks wasprepared,later whichoverthe next fewmonths registered agency last registering afresh FIR in the case Covid-positive mothers &babies Rayhas been convicted alongwithfive inflated to 216. over 40 FIRs. in January 2020.Ithas since2012filedmul- others: CTL; itsdirector MahendraKumar At that time therewerenoconcrete Meanwhile, aParliamentaryStanding tiple chargesheets andevenclosedmany Anew studypublishedin to Covid-19-positive Agarwalla; Castron Mining Ltd; then addi- guidelinesfor allocation of blocksascoal Committee report said coal blocks distrib- cases forlackofevidence or culpability. JAMAPediatricshasfound mothers in twoNeW tional secretary, Coal, and chairman, 14th mining waslargely restricted to PSUs and uted between 1993-2008 were donein Unlike the2Gspectrum case, whereall thattransmission of York hospitals from Screening Committee Pradip Kumar manygeographic locations were seen as un- unauthorisedmanner, bringing even the the accusedhavebeen acquitted,CBI has se- SARS-CoV-2fromCovid- March 13 to April24.Most Banerjee; and NityaNand Gautam, the then suitable forprofitable mining. The guidelines NDAperiodunderscanner. The Supreme cured multiple convictionsinthe coal cases. positive motherstobabies of the babiesroomed adviser (projects), Coal Ministry, andmem- were periodically revised through1993,1998 Court took matters intoits ownhands direct- Through 2017 and2018, aspecial CBI court is rare,ifbasicinfection- with their mothers, who ber-convener,14thScreening Committee. and 2003. ing the CBI to directlyreport to it and notthe convictedformer CoalSecretaryHCGupta in control practices arefol- were encouragetobreast- Between 1993 and 2005, 70 coal mines government. three different cases. Twootherbureaucrats lowed. The findingssug- PAPER feed but wore masksand Whyitissignificant were allocated. Thenbetween 2006and2010, Some big namesofthe political and cor- —KSKropha andKCSamria—were con- gest it maynot be washedhands and The 2G spectrum scam and the coal afurther 146blockswere allocatedtaking the porateworld got embroiledinthe contro- victedin twoofthese cases. Theywereall sen- warrantedto go forexten- CLIP breasts withsoapandwa- blocksallocationcases were among the rea- totaltally to 216. However, some blockswere versy,fromCongress politician and industri- tencedtoimprisonment of two-threeyears. sive measures likesepa- ter. Only twoofthe new- sons that the UPAIIgovernment came to be de-allocated owing to companies notstart- alistNaveen Jindal and Dasari NarayanRao The courtalso sentencedseveral office-bear- rating Covid-positive NEWRESEARCH borns tested positive for perceivedascorrupt. Comptroller and ing work and the final liststood at 194. (nowdeceased) to RJD’s Prem Chand Gupta ers of companies associatedwith these cases. mothers from their new- SARS-CoV-2 but had no Auditor General (CAG)reportsonthe two In March 2012,aleakeddraftreportofthe and BJP’s AjaySancheti. CBI even examined In the Vini Iron and Steel case, whereHC borns and avoiding breastfeeding. clinical evidenceofillness. matters had put the loss to exchequer at Rs CAGrevealedirregularities in the allocation of Manmohan Singh at alater stage. Gupta had been convicted,the courtalso The study covered101 babies born Source: Columbia University 1.75 lakh croreand Rs 1.8lakh crorerespec- blocks andpegged theloss to theexchequer convicted andsentencedformer Jharkhand tively withthe latter being called “the at Rs 10.76lakhcrore.Although theCAG’s fi- UPA’s defence chief ministerMadhu Koda to threeyearsof mother of all scams”. nal reporttabledinParliament in August2012 Then PM Singh rebutted allegationsof imprisonment.

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FORMORELOGONTO ‘Power to every home, isn’t it for INDIANEXPRESS.COM/ELECTIONS all castes and religions?’ ● KEY PLAYERS MAHAGATHBANDHANAND ITSSOCIALCOMPOSITION BHUPENDER YADAVtalkstoSANTOSH SINGH about the party’s position on LJP,dismisses reports of distrust with JD(U), and insists the party is notfollowing an alliance ‘Maharashtramodel’ ● WHO’S WHERE TODAY MUKESHSAHANI TEJASHWI YADAVtofile nomination Howwillthe BJP convince voters thatthe ers who vouchfor development politics. BOLLYWOODTO from Raghopur;NITISHKUMAR to LJP is notworking on itsbehalf to damage BIHAR address virtual rallies JD(U)’s chances in some constituencies? So far, theBJP hasbeen contesting almost We have already expellednine BJP rebel on equal number of seatsasthe JD(U). leaders whowerecontesting (againstNDA During seat-sharing talksthis time, wasit candidates) on Lok Janshakti Party(LJP)ticket. difficult forthe BJP to assertitself against Soon therewill beseveraljoint rallies of Prime the JD(U)? SEIZURESINPREVIOUSELECTIONSINBIHAR MinisterNarendraModi and Bihar Chief Thesharingof seats betweenthe twopar- MinisterNitish Kumar.Besides, leaders from ties has been decidedwith consensus after 19.90 ■ Cash ■ Liquor 20 both the parties will campaign together. severalroundsoftalks. We had contestedon ■ Drugs/Narcotics ■ Freebies/otheritems an equal number of seatsinthe lastLok ■ Total All figures in `crore What about reports about growing Sabha election. 15 16.68Cr distrustbetween JD(U)and BJP workers on the ground? When will the BJP have itsown CM in 23.81Cr 8.71Cr We have already sent out astrong mes- Bihar? 10 8.07 sagetoour workers. We have been working It is ahypotheticalquestion. TheNDA al- 6.57 4.61 withfull coordination. Awrong perception is liance has been contesting under the leader- 5 3.45 3.66 3.66 being created by the media (about growing ship of Nitish Kumar in Bihar. 1.7 distrust). We willcomebacktopower with 0.34 0.46 0 00 three-fourth ma- Howdid Mukesh Sahani’s Vikassheel LokSabhaPolls2019 AssemblyPolls2015 LokSabhaPolls2014 jority. Insaan Party(VIP) cometojoin the NDA alliance? Source: Election CommissionofIndia WButwhy is the Afterhewas betrayedby the RJD, and had BJP ambivalent THEEXPRESS to walk out of the Grand Alliance, he ap- on LJP proachedus. He is an up-and-coming EBC When Ram INTERVIEW leader.The party considered his case and ac- Vilas Paswan was commodated him. HASHTAG POLITICS WITH present,we had LJP BHUPENDER representationin Whywas UpendraKushwaha (RLSP) left YADAV the UnionCabinet. ‘AfterRam Vilas Paswan, no LJP in UnionCabinet... No alliance in state.’ Express out of the alliance? ● BJP, JD(U) launch ‘ee ba’ to counter ‘ka ba’ BIHAR BJP IN-CHARGE Afterhis death, we UpendraKushwahaji hasbeenwithus and do nothaveLJP repre- has also servedasaministeratthe Centre. It is sentation. We have no alliance with the Bihar results… During the seat-sharing negotiations he who has desertedus. He has nowleftan- LJP in Bihar. Letuskeep our focus on Bihar polls. between the JD(U) and the BJP,the state’s other alliance (Grand Alliance). socialand caste arithmetic seemedat But isn’t the LJPsupporting theBJP at the Whydoes the BJP feel theneedtooften playagain. Can youtell us about it? Is the BJP planning on emulating the Centre? reiterateits faith in Nitish Kumar’s It is wrong to discuss elections in terms of ‘Maharashtramodel’inBihar to become Yes, theyare still supporting us. But we leadership? justsocial arithmetic. It is notthat simple. We the seniorpartner in the alliance afterthe have support from other parties too. Bihar has progressedunderNitish Kumar’s have pursueddevelopment politics.Now that election? leadership. He is committed to the develop- we have providedelectricitytoevery home, Thereisnosuchthing. Again,it is apercep- Thereisalso speculation about Chirag ment of the state. Ours is anatural alliance. He aren’t we cateringtoall castesand religions? tion createdby the media. As Isaid, we would Paswan becomingaUnion ministerafter has offeredatrustworthygovernance model. Thereare nowawholenewgenerationof vot- return to powerwith abig majority.

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However, the increase in speedhas led BJP,JD(U) released campaign songs Bihar meineeba(This is what Bihar AVISHEKGDASTIDAR to aproblem. Severaltrains running in this has), countering Bihar meinkaba(What does Bihar have)? trackbeing used NEWDELHI,OCTOBER13 routeare nowstandingidle afterreaching by Opposition.Inthe BJP’sclip,there were shots of PM Modi, Sushil Modi; their stations earlier than scheduledsince Nitish Kumar wasmissing. In the JDU’sclip there wasonly Nitish. Ex-CM DAYS BEFORE thepoll buglewas sounded the timetableisyet to be revised. “In thenew Rabri Devi tweeted saying things highlighted in it happened before NDAgovt in Bihar, the Union government upgraded timetable, the speedgainwill be factored in one of the busiestrailway lines to the state, and manynew trains will be easilypushed 3.9K LIKES, 1.1K SHARES IN 11 HOURS ON BJP BIHAR FACEBOOK PAGE to support trains with speeds up to 130km in without choking thesystembecause of per hour.Inastate wherepoliticians have this upgrade,” says asenior railway official. long drawnonthe high demand fortrain Whilethe tracks have been renewed travel among itspeople forvotes, this re- with new60-kg,long-weldedrails, the con- 8rallies, 4lakh ‘smartphone vamped line promises notjustfastertrains crete sleepers have been replacedwith a but also, amoreelusive goal -- trains that matching 60-kgvariety.The layerofballast, warriors’ for PM Modi run on time. on whichthe trackrests,has been raisedfor The revamp has been done on the 393- better cushioning. mandos' and the four lakh 'smartphone km main line from PanditDeen Dayal All pointsand crossingsalongthe 400- LIZMATHEW warriors' willhold charge of showing Upadhyaya Junction (formerly Mughalsarai), odd-km line have alsobeenupgradedand NEWDELHI, OCTOBER13 Modi’s speechesinevery nook and cor- to JhajhainBihar’s Jamui district, viastate extra, double-distancing signals put up to ner of the state. The'commandos'"mon- IHerebyDeclare capital Patna. While the line has been fitfor On waybacktoPatna from Thane.Bihar allowgreater braking distance forfasttrains. THE BJP is getting four lakh party work- itor and manage" the 'warriors'. atop speedof110 km perhourfor years, the has ahighdemand fortrain travel. File The overhead equipment have been fitted ers with smartphones and 10,000 'so- The party leader said it wasimpor- addition of more and moretrains (oftenon with morerobustinsulators to enable higher cial media commandos' ready to ensure tant that Modi reachout directlytovot- political demand)means theactual average loads of energy required forhigher speed. PrimeMinister NarendraModi's virtual ers as theyhad receivedfeedbackthat speedisfar lower. running, the benefit is already showing,with “In Julyand August, we got rallies reachthe largest audience. people were concernedabout the devel- The long-pending work on theline got a gains of up to 30 minutes.The Sampoorna Commissioner of Rail Safetyclearance to Sourcessaid the party is planning at opmentsatthe Indo-China border and jumpstartdue to the lockdown, giving the Kranti Express nowmakes it to Pt. Deen run130 km per hour forall LinkeHofmann leasteight rallies of the PM, after the economic slowdown. “The Prime Railways an opportunity to upgrade itsin- DayalUpadhyaya Junction from Patna, en Busch(LHB) coaches. Earlier,this wasavail- October 15. “Thenumbercould go up to Ministeristhe mostcredibleleader to frastructure at atime that the regular pas- routetoDelhi, in two-and-a-half hours in- able onlyfor AC coaches. So this means that adozen,” saidaleader,adding that since talk on theseissues. He will also be talk- senger-train service remainedsuspended. stead of the usual three hours or more. The trains withall classcompositions, like hugerallies can'tbeheld due to the ing about theCentre’sprogrammes as The EastCentral Railway marshalledre- Purushottam Express,whichconnects sleeper,general etc, can hit the topspeed Covid curbs, theyhad to find other ways we have anumber of beneficiaries cov- sources from three different engineering de- Odisha’s Puri with Delhi via Bihar,isrou- as long as theyare of the LHB variety,” said to getacrossthe PM'smessage. ered under directbenefit transfer partments. tinelyreachingKodermainJharkhand asenior official connected with the The designated 'social media com- in Bihar.” ANANTKUMARSINGH With the fewtrainsthatare currently nearly 40 minutes before itsscheduled time. project. RJD MLAfromMokama

TOTALASSETS `68.55 CRORE ASSETSIN2015(240%RISE) As BJP footprintgrows,Nitishslips in Muslim base `28.5 CRORE MOVABLE ASSETS No major Muslim leaders nowinranks,Owaisi waitingtopickupmantle, JD(U) lists steps takenfor community by theNitish govt Assets 2015 2020 Cashinhand 4.32lakh 33.96lakh Anwar, Dr Ejaj Ali and Dr Shakil Ahmedinits ence. “There is nowcomplete distrustwith SANTOSHSINGH 1. Khursheed(FirozAhmed),Sikta ranksnow has virtuallynobig Muslim names Nitish.His return to NDAhas hurt Muslims. Bankbalance 1.85cr 41.87lakh JD(U)NOMINATES PATNA,OCTOBER13 2. Sarfuddin,Sheohar apart from MLCand former RajyaSabha MP The BJP’s aggressivepoliticshas further dis- Stocks&bonds 19.5lakh 4.12cr 10MUSLIMS Ghulam Rasool Baliyawi. tancedMuslimsfromthe JD(U),” he said, Otherinvestment1.07cr 12.6cr DURINGTHE 2009 Lok Sabha elections,a 3. ShaguftaAzeem,Araria With 10 of the115 constituencies it is con- adding that the Mehaz has presence in at Jewellery 8.75lakh 31.6lakh MuslimvoterinSiwan had explainedwhy it 4. NaushadAlam,Thakurganj testing as apartofthe NDAfalling in Muslim- leasttwo dozenseatsand could influence didn’t mattertothem that the NitishKumar- 1 dominated areas, the JD(U)has been high- votesthere. Vehicle 6lakh 63.85lakh 2 5. MohammedMujahid,Kochadhaman ledJD(U) wasalignedwith the BJP.Asreasons, 4 lighting steps takenfor thebenefit of the While theRJD-Congressstill remainsthe Other 4.15lakh 4.35lakh he listedthat the school uniformgiven by the 8 3 6. SabaZafar,Amour community in the past15years of the Nitish prime claimant to the Muslim voteinBihar, 9 7 5 TOTAL 3.35cr 18.48cr Nitish government wasthe best dress his son 10 6 7. FarazFatmi,DarbhangaRural government. The 10 seatsare Sikta(candi- AIMIM leader AsaduddinOwaisi is expected had ever owned, and said he had no problems 8. MohammedJamal,Kanti date FirozAhmedKhursheed); Sheohar to pickupafair shareinthe Seemanchal belt IMMOVABLEASSETS withthe BJP, “theBteam” of the JD(U). BIHAR (Sarfuddin); Araria (Shagufta Azeem); of Kishanganj, Purnea, Araria and Katihar, 9. AltafRaju,Marhoura `50.07 CRORE That wasthe time when the popularity of Thakurganj (Naushad Alam); Kochadhaman further eating into Nitish's support. AIMIM Nitish Kumar,still in his firstfull term as Chief 10. AasmaParbeen,Mahua (MohammedMujahid); Amour (Saba Zafar); Bihar youth president Adil Hasan Azad said: Assets 2015 2020 Ministerand riding highonthe changes he DarbhangaRural (Faraz Fatmi); Kanti “We aretalking about development of Agriland 25.25lakh 4.15lakh had usheredintothe tiredlandscape of Bihar, (MohammedJamal); Marhoura(AltafRaju); Seemanchal. We did well in the lastLok JD(U) RJD Cong Non-agriland Nil 18.33cr wasatits peak.That election, the NDAunder MUSLIMMLAsINBIHAR andMahua (Aasma Parbeen). Sabha elections and openedour account in Commercial 21.20cr 23.9cr him won32ofthe 40 Lok Sabha seatsinBihar. JD(U) national spokesperson KCTyagi the Assemblybypolls. We areseeking apos- In the Assemblypolls that followednextyear, 2010 2015 said: “Rightfromfencing of cemeteries to itivevote.” Residential 3.69cr 3.69cr Nitish returnedtopower with 206of243 7 6 3 4 12 7 starting the TalimiMarkaj(bridgecourse for RJD spokespersonMrityunjayTewary Total 2.14cr 50.07cr seats. school drop-outs) to skill development pro- said theywereconfidentofminority votes JD(U) alliedwithBJP;RJD withCong The 3parties fought together It’s notthe same Nitish,nor is it the same grammes likeHunar andAuzar,Nitish Kumar standingbehind theGrand Alliance. “They LIABILITIES NDA,with theBJP nowenjoying equal billing has done alot forthe community.The coach- supportusbecause of the secular creden- `17,15 CRORE as the JD(U).Moreimportantly, theextentof ing centreatHaj Bhavanand some other dis- tials of Lalu Prasad.Wedon’toscillatefrom Muslim alienation from the Modi-ledgov- Congress. The fact thathedid aturnaround the Prime Minister. In the 2019 Lok Sabha trictsisagreat educationmodel. It is up to the one camptoanother likeNitish Kumar.Itis (Home loan etc) ernmentatthe Centrethreatens to rub offon in2017and went backtoBJP is seenasastab polls, thatthe NDAswept with39of40seats Muslim communitytodecide if theywant justamatter of convertibility (of thissup- CRIMINALCASES Nitish. Even in the 2015 Assemblypolls, with in thebackbythe community. in Bihar,the Congress could win just onlyslogans or some concretework.” port) intowinningdigits. With the Congress 38 pending, including 4under IPC his popularitywaning,Nitish had managed Since then, Nitish, who once made apub- Kishanganj seat mainlybecauseofits over Former JD(U) leader Anwar, who now and Left, we have astrong alliance. And with Sections 307and 302 (attempt to to retain the supportofMuslims (17% of pop- lic showofsingle-handedlystanding in the 70%Muslim population. The AIMIM was heads an apoliticalforum calledthe All the LJP playing itsdouble game (support- murder,murder) ulation) largely on account of path of Modi while still in the NDA, has rele- thirdinthat seat. India Pasmanda Muslim Mehaz, said he left ing the BJP,and opposingthe JD-U), we will Mahagathbandhan partners,RJD and gatedthe lead role in thealliance in Bihar to The JD(U) that once hadleaderslikeAli the party due to the BJP’s increasing influ- upsetthe NDA's calculations."

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TOPOFTHE WORLD ‘Ifeelsopowerful’:Votesandvitality inmind,Trumpbackoncampaigntrail His voice hoarse, US President speaks at 1strallysince Covid hospitalisation The NewShepard At aprotest in Dhaka againstgenderbasedviolence. AP rocket lifts offfromits launchpad in Texas. AP ANNIEKARNI& MAGGIEHABERMAN WASHINGTON,OCTOBER13 Bangladesh President USA NASAtechgetsa US PRESIDENT Donald Trump, eager to proveheishealthyand RACE FOR signs ordinance on rideintospace energeticdespite his recent hos- onBezosrocket pitalisation forCovid-19, re- THEWHITE turnedtothe campaign trail death penalty for rape JEFF BEZOS’ Blue Origin Monday night in Florida, speak- HOUSE space companylauncheda ing forjustoveranhour in astate vent the “brutality” of rapists. NewShepardrocketfroma thathis advisers think he must ANISURRAHMAN “Aman when he is arapist remote corner of Texason win in November. Barrett vows to DHAKA,OCTOBER13 turns intoananimal. Theybe- Tuesday, testing newlunar- Trump, whose voice come so brutal; that is why landing technology for soundedhoarseand strainedas bring no agenda BANGLADESH PRESIDENT Md women suffersomuchthese NASA that could help put he begantospeak onstage at a to US top court AbdulHamid on Tuesdaysigned days.Hence we amendedthe astronautsbackonthe hangar at Orlando Sanford anordinanceapprovingthedeath law,”she said while speaking at Moon. The entireflight — International Airport,claimedhe US SUPREME Courtnominee Trumpatacampaign rallyinSanford, Florida, on Monday. NYT penalty forrapists,amid nation- an event hereonTuesday. whichhad apeak altitude wasfullyrecoveredand there- AmyConeyBarrett vowedto wide protestsafter aseries of re- “Besides the life-term im- of 106km—lasted10min- fore immune to the coronavirus bring no “agenda” to the centsexualassaultsinthecountry. prisonment, we have elevated utes. The boosterlanded —aclaim forwhichthereisno court, batting backsenators’ “ThePresident assented the the maximum punishment for verticallybackatthe launch conclusive scientific backing. questions Tuesdayonabor- President intensifies focus on Cabinetdecisionandissuedanor- rape to death andapproved it in complex, and the capsule “Ifeelsopowerful,” saidthe tion, gunrightsand the elec- dinance on Women and Children thecabinet.Asthe parliament is followed, parachuting onto President, who did notwear a tion, insistingshe would take RepressionPreventionAct,”apres- notinsession right now, we’re the desertfloor.The capsule mask while boarding Air Force aconservative approach to Harris in final weeks of campaign idential palace spokesman said. issuing an ordinance,” she said. carriedscience experi- One at Joint Base Andrews before the lawbut decide cases as On Monday, theCabinetap- Bangladesh wasrockedover mentsand children’s post- leavingWashington. “I’ll kiss theycome. “Judgescan’t just warnedthat House Speaker proved an increase in the maxi- the weekend by an unprece- cards that will be returned everyone in that audience. I’ll kiss wake up oneday and sayI KATHLEENRONAYNE Nancy Pelosi would “replace” mum punishment in rape cases dented levelofprotest after to the senders. NASA’s nav- theguysandthebeautifulwomen. have an agenda, Ilikeguns, I SACRAMENTO,OCTOBER13 Biden with Harris. And the to deathfromlifeimprisonment. footageofabrutal gang assault igationequipmentfor fu- Justgiveyou abig fatkiss.” hateguns, Ilikeabortion, I Presidentcalledher a “mon- The LawMinistryinastate- on awoman went viral on social turemoon landings waslo- Trump, whoseresponse to a hateabortion... and impose GRASPINGFOR acomeback, ster” during an interviewwith ment said that from nowonthe media. Demonstrators carried cated on thebooster. It is virusthathaskillednearly 215,000 their willonthe world,” President DonaldTrumpand Maria Bartiromo of Fox “death penalty” instead of “life- signs reading “Hang the rapists” partofNASA’sprogramme Americans remains the biggest Barrett said at the second day his Republican allies areinten- Business. time rigorous imprisonment” and “No mercy to rapists”. to put another humanon threat to his re-election,claimed of confirmation hearingsbe- sifying their focus noton Trump’s focus on Harris is would be the maximum punish- The changes to thelaw were the moon by 2024. AP that his Democratic rival, former fore the SenateJudiciary Democratic nomineeJoe Biden, building as he tries to regain an ment forrape. demandedbythousands of Vice President Joe Biden, would Committee. The 48-year-old, but on hisrunningmate, advantageagainstBiden, who is Prime MinisterSheikh demonstratorsacrosstheMuslim- delayavaccine and “prolongthe nominatedby Trumpand on Senator Kamala Harris —argu- Kamala Harris and Joe Biden leading mostnationaland bat- Hasina said the government has majority nation callingfor more pandemic”. He made fun of the trackfor quickconfirmation ing without evidence that it’s at an event last week. AP tleground statepolls three introducedcapital punishment stringentpunishmentsfortheper- NIGERIA small and sociallydistancedcam- before the November 3 Harris, the firstBlackand weeksbeforethe election. in rape cases in an effort to pre- petrators of sexual assaults. PTI Buharipromises paign eventsthatBiden hasbeen election,alsodeclinedto Indian-origin woman on ama- Trumphas long soweddoubt policereformafter hosting, and he commendedhis commit to recusing herself jor partyticket,who wouldre- Democrats’ leftflank,despiteher about Biden’s fitness forthe job, owncampaign forthe large from anycases arising from allybeincharge if Democrats ownmorecentristpositions on but is especially eager to shiftat- Malaysia’s Anwar meets weekofprotests crowds it has been turning out at that election. AP win the WhiteHouse. some major issues. tention aftercontracting the rallies,callingthem“therealpolls”. The effort is lacedwith sexist During the pastweek, novelcoronavirus and con- Nigerian President Trumparrived in Florida only and racistundertones, and one Trumptold Sean Hannity of Fox fronting his ownhealth scare. king to prove majority Muhammadu Buhari hours afterthe WhiteHouse intendedforthatpurpose.Experts that is aimedatwinning back Newsthat Harris would as- At his firstcampaign rally promisedonMondaythat physician,DrSeanConley, saidthat cautionedthat the test’s accuracy Republicans and independents sumethe presidency within since being hospitalisedfor the the government would the President had tested negative hadnotbeeninvestigatedenough who arecomfortable with “three months” of Biden’s inau- virus, Trumptold aFlorida crowd support for his PM bid bring police officers re- “on consecutive days”using a to be surethat the President was Biden’s moremoderaterecord, guration. During aconversation on Mondaythat Biden has “alot sponsible formisconduct rapidantigencoronavirustest not virus-free. NYT but mayassociateHarris with with Rush Limbaugh, he of bad days coming”. AP It is nowuptoKingAl-Sultan to justice, afternearly a REUTERS Abdullah to decide the next steps week of sustainedprotests KUALALUMPUR,OCTOBER13 in thepowerstruggle,which againstpolice brutalitythat comesasitgrappleswithanecon- were metbyaharsh re- Gen Milley refuses to backTrump’sAfghan withdrawal timeline MALAYSIAN OPPOSITION leader omybattered by the coronavirus sponse. Police openedfire AnwarIbrahim metthe king on and anew surge in infections. with live ammunitionon chairman of the Joint Chiefsof Defence Department, whereoffi- were caught by surpriseand Gen Tuesdayinabid to provehehas a If the king is notconvincedof Monday againstanti-po- HELENECOOPER Staff, said that the agreement General cialssaid theywerestill operating Milley appearedtogivevoiceto “convincing” parliamentaryma- Anwar’s majority,hewould likely lice demonstrators in the WASHINGTON,OCTOBER13 reachedwith Afghan and Taliban Mark under orders to reduce troop lev- the frustration with both the ac- jority to form anew government allowMuhyiddin to stay on. The SuruleredistrictofLagos, officials to leave Afghanistanwas Milley els to 4,500. celeratedtimelineandtheconflict- and he calledonPrime Minister king could also call an election on marchers said. Video THE UNITED States’ topgeneral “conditions based,” adding that But the President Donald ing messages. “Ithink that Robert Muhyiddin Yassin to resign. the advice of the prime minister. postedonTwitter showed declinedoverthe weekend to the United States would “re- Trumphimself addedtothe con- O’Brien or anyone else can specu- The palace said Anwaronly “Iappealto Malaysians...to al- dozens of chanting pro- endorse either of the sudden an- sponsibly” end the war. Pentagon, National Security fusion when he contradicted lateastheyseefit,”GenMilleysaid. providedthe number of mem- lowthe king to digest, decide testers running and duck- nouncementsonAfghan troop His commentscame afterthe Adviser,RobertO’Brientoldanau- O’Brien hours later and sug- “I’m going to engageinthe rigor- bers of Parliament who he said basedonthe spirit of the consti- ingbehind cars and trucks withdrawals that came out of WhiteHouse trippedoveritself dienceinLasVegasonWednesday gested —via Twitter —atimeline ousanalysisof thesituationbased backhis bid to become prime tution...” Anwarsaid. “We must forcover as shots rang out. the WhiteHouse lastweek. on the issueofAfghanistantroop that the US would cut itstroops in as early as Christmas to bring all on the conditions and the plans minister and nottheir identities, also remember that Muhyiddin Tolu Ogunlesi, an aide to In an interviewwithNPR on levels in recent days. Afghanistanto 2,500by early next troops home. thatIamaware of andmy conver- and it urgedhim to respect the has losthis majority,and it would Buhari, said at leastone Sunday, General Mark Milley,the With no warningtothe year.That, by itself, surprised the Defence Department officials sationswiththe President.” NYT constitutional process. be appropriate forhim to resign.” personhad been killed by police gunfire. REUTERS 2ND HIGH-PROFILECOVID VACCINE TRIAL TO BE PAUSED DUETOPARTICIPANT FALLING ILL YEMEN Lebanon &Israel, long-time foes, Mankills12over Johnson &Johnson pauses coronavirus familydispute to start talks on disputed waters AYEMENI man killedat leastadozen people, in- Bahrain agreedtoestablishfull vaccine trials due to unexplained illness cluding his wifeand three REUTERS relations withIsrael,underUS- ED children, in afamilydis- BEIRUT,JERUSALEM,OCT13 brokered deals whichrealign Firsttalks clinical and safetyphysicians. While AstraZeneca’s trials in puteinYemen’s central some of Washington’s closest PLAIN E REUTERS The company, whichreports Britain, Brazil, South Africa and ● in30years province of Bayda, security LEBANON AND Israel, formally Middle Eastallies againstIran. EX OCTOBER13 quarterly financial resultson India have since resumed, itsUS officials said on Tuesday. still at warafter decades of con- Hezbollah, whichfought a Tuesdaymorning, said such trial is still on hold, pending a The father of threewas try- flict, launchtalksonWednesday five-week conflict with Israel in TALKSREGARDINGthe mar- JOHNSON &JOHNSON has pauses arenormal in big trials, regulatoryreview. ingtosettle an internal dis- to address along-running dis- 2006,says thetalks arenot asign itime border will be the first pausedclinical trials of itscoro- whichcan include tens of thou- The J&J and AstraZeneca vac- putewith his wifewho puteovertheir maritime border of peace-making with itslong- time in 30 years that Lebanon navirus vaccine candidatedue to sands of people. cinesare bothbasedonaso-called wasstaying at her family’s running through potentiallygas- time enemy. Israel’senergy min- and Israel have held talksona an unexplainedillness in astudy It addedthe voluntary “study adenovirus,aharmless modified house forthree weeksaf- richMediterranean waters. isteralso said expectations for civilian matter.One of the participant,delaying one of the pause” in giving dosesofthe vac- virusthatinstructs humancellsto terdelivering the couple's The US-mediated talksfollow Wednesday’s meeting should be main reasons forthe talkstobe highestprofile effortstocontain J&J said the illness wasbeing cine candidatewas different producevaccineproteins. thirdchild, the officials three years of intense diplomacy realistic. taking place nowisthought to the global pandemic. reviewedbyanindependent from a “regulatoryhold” im- Theyare both also partofthe said. The man, in his 20s, by Washingtonand were an- Nevertheless, US Secretaryof be because Lebanon is facing a The move comes around a panel as well as the US posedbyhealth authorities. US government’s Operation openedfireonhis wife’s nouncedless than amonth after StateMikePompeo described big economic crisis, and if the month afterAstraZeneca also company’s ownexperts AstraZeneca lastmonth Warp Speedprogramme to sup- family, killingatleast12 theUnitedStatessteppeduppres- the decision to go ahead with the border disputeissettled, the suspendedtrials of itsexperi- pausedlate-stage trials of itsex- portvaccine development. people and wounding four sureonpoliticalallies of the Iran- talksashistoric, and said he nation can start looking forun- mental coronavirus vaccine — perimental coronavirus vaccine “Thiscouldbeasecondcaseof others including three po- backedLebanesegroupHezbollah. looked forwardtoseparate talks dersea gasinthe area to help whichuses asimilar technology wasbeingreviewedbyaninde- developedwith the University of adenoviral vaccine to spur safety licemen, theysaid. 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TWIN LEADERS OF MYANMAR’S GOD’S ARMY WERE ONCE THOUGHT TO HAVE MAGICAL POWERS;NOW,THEY’RE DEALING WITH ALCOHOL AND LOSS ‘We were bulletproof’: As child soldiers grow up, legacy of war lingers

others in the shackonThailand’s then noteven10years old, took country, knewthat Johnnyand As Myanmar infantrymen alcohol, and we prayed every HANNAHBEECH border with Myanmar.They commandof aKaren militia hun- Luther Htoo, born in 1988, were surgedoverthe denselyforested daytoask permission from God NATTHANKWIN,OCTOBER13 waited forhis words. Johnny, dredsstrongthat aimedtopro- special. Therewas thetale of the hills,theKarenNationalLiberation to makeussafe,” said Eh Na Wah, now32, closedhis eyes and tect the ethnic group from incur- time when Luther went to bathe Armylosthundredsofsoldiers. aformerGod’s Armymajor. “We JOHNNY HTOO layonaconcrete easedintosleep. sionsby the Myanmar Army. The inastreamandshape-shiftedinto Johnny andLutherstayedto fight. were bulletproof.” floor.His eyes stared at nothing “Drunk,” whispered Hser Ler boys were barelytaller than their an old man who might have been Theywerecrack shots,able to lug But theyweren’t. in particular. El, one of Johnny’sfriends and rifles. But their followers, descen- anapostle.Therewasthemoment andsteadytheirweaponsagainst In 2000,the God’s Army Backwhen he wasaboy, followers. “Always drunk.” dantsofBaptists convertedby US when Johnnysupposedlywalked their small frames.Theynever stormedahospitalinRatchaburi,a whenheand his twin, Luther, Hundredsofmilesaway,inthe missionaries,worshippedthe onwater, hislonghairflowinglike steppedonland mines. And, vil- Thaitownnot farfromthe border commandedGod’sArmy, Johnny forestsofeastern Myanmar,the twins. Each, theysaid, could use theyimagined Jesus’ did. lagerssaid,theyemergedwithout with Myanmar,and took hun- wasrenownedfor seeingwhat lightfromacheapcellphoneshone prayer to conjureupabattalion of The villagers had longed fora ascratch, even as bullets flew. dredsofpatientsashostages. The otherscouldnotsee.Hissoldiers, onLutherHtoo’sbarechest,where invisible soldiers sent by God. messiah, and theyreceived two. “It’s likeasuperpowerina Thai Armykilledall the hostage men hardenedfromone of the atattoo of theflag of the Karen The Htoo boys generated Former child solder JohnnyHtoo(left), at home withhis WhenLutherandJohnnywere movie,” Johnnysaid. “Youknow takers.LutherandJohnnywerenot world’s mostenduringcivil wars, people coveredhis heart. He worldwide attention when their cousins in Ratchaburi,Thailand. NYT toddling around, Myanmar sol- thatyou arebeingshotatbut the partoftheraid,butGod’sArmylost believedthat Johnnyand Luther lapsedintosilence.Hiseyesglazed. crusadeended in astorm of bul- diers had begunclearing thefor- bullets don’t hit.” some of itsbestfighters. Within a Htoocould magicallyshieldthem “Drunk,”said his girlfriend’s lets.Atleast100 of God’sArmy’s esttomakeway foranatural gas God’s Armywas born.Adult year,thetwinshadsurrenderedto frombullets —childtalismansfor mother,Naw Htay Myint. “He’s fighters, some children, were Twodecades later,the Htoo followers, who have dispersed pipelinethatwouldbringrichesto soldiers prayed in acircle and the Thai Armyand endedupina an oppressedpeople, the ethnic always drunk.” killedinyearsofbattle. Many twins’ mystique endures.The across the world. thecountry’smilitarydictatorship. then liftedthe twins on their refugee campinThailand. God’s Karen of Myanmar. Justbeforethe turn of the cen- morelostlimbs, livelihoodsand boys,now men, arethe lastcon- Everyone in the villagenear The Karen who livedonthe land shoulders during battle, like Armywasfinished.Theboys were Johnny’s cousin hushedthe tury, Luther and JohnnyHtoo, theirgriponreality. nection to alosthome fortheir God’s Mountain, deep in Karen receivedalmostnothing. child amulets. “We did notdrink noteven13. NYT

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Internationalmarket data till 1900IST INSURERS PERMITTED TO ALLOW MIGRATION, PORTABILITY OF PLANS Furtherborrowing IrdaiokaysrenewalofCovidpolicies to bridge shortfall may worsen states’ months, as per the option exer- July2020.However, renewals Guidelines on introduction of When migration is allowed, GEORGEMATHEW cisedbypolicyholder.Therenewal ED Gains should be donebeforethe expiry shortterm health insurance poli- the accruedgains of waiting pe- MUMBAI,OCTOBER13 should be subjecttothe under- forthe of the existing policycontract. ciesprovidingcoverage forCovid- riod served in the existing Corona writingpolicyof theinsurer,itsaid. PLAIN E insured Whenpolicyisrenewed,anaddi- 19 disease,”the regulator said. In Kavachpolicy(individualorgroup) liabilities-GSDP ratio ● WITH THE Covid pandemic not “General and health insurers EX tional waiting period of 15 days respectof CoronaKavach individ- should be protected in respect of showinganysignof abatinginthe arepermittedto allowportability should notbeimposedand the ual policies, insurers have the coverage forCovid-19,inthe mi- near future, insurance regulator of CoronaKavach (individual)pol- WHENMIGRATION is all- coverage should be continued choice to offermigration to any grated policy,itsaid. The accrued InsuranceRegulatoryand icy from one insurer to another.If owed, theaccruedgains of seamlessly, Irdai said in acircular other indemnitybasedhealth in- gains of waiting period served in STATESWITHWORSTLIABILITIES-GSDPRATIO Development Authority of India an insurer is found deficientin waiting periodservedin to insurance firms. suranceproduct offeredbythem theexisting Corona Kavach policy (Irdai)hasallowedrenewal,migra- servicing their customers, they the existing Corona Kav- During renewal, suminsured as per the option exercisedbythe should be protected in respect of Outstanding GSDPatCurrent Liabilities tion and portability of Covid-spe- can switchovertoanother in- achpolicy(individual or should be allowedtobechanged policyholder. coverage of Covid-19, by the port- Liabilities prices toGSDP cific standardhealthproducts— surer,” said an official. group) should be protec- by the policyholder. “Forany in- ForCoronaKavach Grouppoli- ing-in insurer. (Mar2020) (Mar2020) Corona Rakshak,Corona Kavach GurdeepSinghBatra,head-re- tedinrespectofcoverage crease in the sum insured,the cies, insurers have the choice to Whenmigrationorportability Punjab 2,29,632 5,74,760 40.0 andGroupCoronaKavachpolicies. tail underwriting, BajajAllianz forCovid-19,inthe mi- waitingperiodshouldstartafresh providemigrationto themembers from the Corona Kavach policyis Irdai said Corona Kavach and General Insurance, said, “The grated policy,asper Irdai. onlyfor the enhancedportion of insuredto anyotherindividualin- allowedbythe insurers, suchmi- HimachalPradesh 59,009 1,65,472 35.7 Corona Rakshak policies of any Covid-19vaccine is yettocome thesuminsured,theregulatorhas demnitybasedhealthpolicyatthe gration or portability to anyother WestBengal 4,37,03912,53,832 34.9 tenurewill be allowedtobere- outandthepurposeof thesepoli- said. “Corona Kavach and Corona point of exit of the member in- comprehensive health insurance Rajasthan 3,43,909 10,20,989 33.7 newedfor further terms of three- cies is to mainlycover the treat- to thepandemic.”Closeto 30lakh Rakshakpoliciesarepermittedto suredfromthegrouppolicyorthe policy should be allowed, till the and-a-half months,six-and-a-half ment costs againstimmediate liveshavebeen coveredunder be renewedtill March 31,2021 cessationof coverage of theunder- endof policyperiodof theexisting UttarPradesh 6,02,160 17,94,50833.6 months or nine-and-a-half healthrisksthat people face due Covidpolicessincetheirlaunchin complying with clause 5of lying group policy,Irdai said. Corona Kavach policy. Source: RBI; All figures in Rs crore

An economist, who did not ‘Indiaamongtop 3investment GST revenue deficit: 20 states AANCHALMAGAZINE& wish to be named, said that the SANDEEPSINGH borrowing will notbetreated as choices forMNCsinnext2-3 yrs’ NEWDELHI,OCTOBER13 states’debtforany normsprescri- get nod to borrow `68,825 cr bed by the Finance Commission, With some government measures being seen as keydrivers MOUNTINGDEBT levels have but it will showinthe states’ of FDI, India is amongstthe topthree choices forfuture rate of 0.50 percentofthe Gross Obligations,”hepostedonTwitter. been among the government’s books,aswasthecaseforborrow- investments in next 2-3 years forMNCs, aCII-EY survey said ENSECONOMICBUREAU StateDomesticProduct(GSDP)to Kerala Finance MinisterTho- major concerns as it refrained ing fordiscomsunder UDAY sch- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER13 those States who have optedfor mas Isaac had said Monday that from expanding the fiscal space emeordirected borrowing from 39% Amongsttop3choicesofIndianHQcompanies Companiesthat Option-1 out of the twooptions the announcement that 21 states forstimulusto dealwiththeecon- theCentreforthebondsissuedby >82% weresurveyed ADAY afterthe Goods and Servi- suggestedbythe Ministryof will be allowedtochoose Option omic slumpinthe aftermath of anypublic sector enterprise. whoplantomakeinvestments ces Tax(GST) Council failedtoar- Financeto meet theshortfallaris- 1is“illegal”. “Option one involves the Covid-19pandemic. The Centrehas proposedsta- 19% 17% globallyinnext2-3years,with 10% rive at aconsensusonthe dead- ing out of GSTimplementation,” defermentof compensationpay- Acloserlookatthebreakupof testoborrowtofundtheshortfall 6% 4% 3% 1% ■ 13.9%planningover$2bn lockbetween opposition-ruled the Finance Ministrysaid. ment beyond 5years forwhicha the states’finances reveals that —amovethathas been opposed ■ 16.7%planningbetween statesandtheCentreforthecom- Opposition-ruled states had Council decisionisnecessaryas nearly adozen states had their by 10 opposition-ruledstates— Amongsttop3choicesofnon-IndianHQcompanies $501mn-$2bn pensationshortfall, theCentreon objected to the process, which perAG’sopinion.No suchdecision outstanding liabilities-GSDP sayingthatitisnotinapositionto 25%planningbetween Tuesday gave itsnod for20states could see alegal challenge going has been made in the Council,” (grossstatedomesticproduct)ra- borrowfurther as it faces a “very 25% 23% 23% ■ 18% $201mn-$500mn to raise Rs 68,825crore via open ahead. ChhattisgarhCommercial Isaac had postedonTwitter. tio over 25 percent in the year largeborrowingrequirementthis 10% ■38.9%planningbetween marketborrowings to meetthe TaxesMinisterTSSingh Deo said Atopgovernmentsourcesaid endedMarch 31,atrend which year”. Also, the Centrehas stated 5% $1mn-$200mn GSTrevenue deficit. theCentrehasletdownthestates that“noconsensusdoesnotmean mayworsenwithatleast 20states that anyadditional borrowingby The 20 states that have opted andthattheGovernmentof India no decision” and the states that settoexplore theborrowingroute it will resultinarise in the yields ■ 5.5%notdecided ■ India ■ Rest ofAsia Pacific ■ North America ■ Europe forOption1—borrowingthrough shouldtakealoan whichwillbe want to go ahead to optfor the to meet the compensation short- on central government securities ■ China ■ Latin America ■ Africa ■ Middle East Source: CII/EY aspecialwindowfacilitatedby the serviced fullybyGST Compensa- borrowing option arebeing al- fall under the Goodsand Services (G-secs), whichact as abench- ReserveBankof IndiaandFinance tion Cess Fund. lowed,whilethedissentingstates Tax(GST) regime. markfor stateborrowing as well Ministry—includeAndhraPrad- “Everyone who respectsour willbepaidcompensation out of It is important to note that as private sector borrowing,and esh,Maharashtra,MadhyaPrad- federalstructureshouldcometo- cess collections as and when re- three main states that have op- hence, will raise the borrowing VODAFONE GROUP PLCTAXATION ISSUE esh, Assam, Bihar, Goa, Gujarat, gether &stand with rightsofthe sources aregenerated. posedtothe borrowing as pro- costs forthem as well. Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, statetoreceive their “We will fill the gap(in com- posedbytheCentreare thosethat On Tuesday,the Finance ‘Invoking BIT to reject govt’s Karnataka,Odisha, Sikkim, Uttar Constitutional &Legal dues. The pensation shortfall) as and when figureinthe listoftop 5statesin Ministrygrantedpermissionto20 Pradesh,whileeightstatesareyet Central Govt has letdownthe we can fill it. We will facilitateop- terms of liabilities-GSDP ratio. states to raise Rs 68,825 crore to choose their option. Statesinthishourof needandhas posingstatesasand when they Punjabranked theworstwith40 throughopenmarket borrowings “Additional borrowing per- failedtoperform it’s solemn approach us,”sources in the cen- per cent liabilities-GSDP ratio in to bridgethecompensationshort- right to tax seems questionable’ mission has been granted at the Constitutionaland Legal tral government said. FY20, followedbyHimachal fall this fiscal. Pradesh(35.7 per cent), West Whilethe liabilities-GSDP ra- investmentsinthe country’s mo- Bengal (34.9 per cent), Rajasthan tio of some of the main opposing ENSECONOMICBUREAU Retrospective taxation is bile telephone business. (33.7 per cent) and Uttar Pradesh states, including Punjab, West NEWDELHI,OCTOBER13 notright and we don’t TheFinanceMinistryhadthen ‘No stimulus package... another (33.6 per cent), the datafor 21 Bengal, Rajasthan and Kerala, is saiditwouldstudytheorder“and states/UTsreleasedbythe RBI in above 30percent,economistssay THECENTREisstudyingtheorder agree with that, said all itsaspectscarefully in consul- itsHandbook of Statistics on that the fresh borrowing to meet regarding taxation of Vodafone government sources tation”withitscounsel.“Aftersuch sly attempt to dazzle people’ Indian States 2019-20 showed. compensation shortfall will not GroupPlcanddoesnotagreewith consultations, the government It is, however, important to impact them as it will notbe the courtinvoking Bilateral will consider all options and take “... the grand announcement note that thecentral government accounted as additional debt in Investment Treaty (BIT) between before making up itsmind,”the adecision on further course of ac- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE wasnostimulus packagetopush hasclarifiedthattheborrowingto their books. twocountriesto questionits“sov- sources said. Retrospective taxa- tion including legal remedies be- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER13 economic growth, it wasanother be donebystateswill notimpact “The Centrehas stated that ereign right of taxation.” Topgov- tionisnotrightandwe don’tagree fore appropriatefora,” it said in a slyattempt to dazzle thepeople their finances. As per the options whiletheborrowingwillbedone ernmentsourcessaidTuesday the with that, but invoking aBIT to re- statement. “The property and as- SENIORCONGRESSleaderPChid- withexaggerated numbersand detailedbythe Centre, Option 1 by states,boththe principal and Centremaintains itsstand on the ject taxation rights of thegovern- sets is question arebeing bought ambaramonTuesday saidthe leadthemto believe thatthegov- has aspecial windowfor states, the interestwill be paid from the policy of “no retrospective taxa- mentisnotacceptable,thesources and sold in India even though stimulus packageannouncedby ernmentishands-onandrespon- coordinated by the Finance compensation cess and theywill tion”, but to invoke at BIT to reject said, indicating it maygoinfor ap- transaction happened overseas, FinanceMinisterNirmalaSithara- sive to theneedsof thepeopleand Ministry, to borrowthe projected notberequiredtopay,” said the government’s right to tax peal afterseeking legal advice. we have the right intolookintoits man is yetanother “slyattempt” the economy. It is also acandid shortfall of Rs 1.1lakh croreonly MadanSabnavis,chief economist seems questionable. In arelief forVodafone Group nuances,”theysaid.TheVodafone to dazzlethepeoplewithexagger- PChidambaram. File confession that the earlier so- on account of GSTimplementa- at CareRatings. “The government is studying Plc, the Permanent Court of Groupretrospective taxationcase atednumbersand mislead them. called‘Rs 20 lakhcrore package’ tion —and notthe Covid-19pan- Headdedthatsincestateswill this issue carefully. ABIT provides ArbitrationatTheHagueruledlast datesbackto2007 whenthethen The former Finance Minister wasamassive failure. Itwasafail- demic —and this amount canbe notseeanyimpactontheirbooks, investmentprotectionandinvest- monththat India’sretrospective UPAgovernmenthadraisedanini- said the onlyway to generate de- “Aftercarefullyreading the urebecauseitwasahoax,”hesaid. fullyrepaid from the compensa- he has notbeen able to figureout mentfacilitationforbothcountries demandof Rs22,100crore ascap- tial taxdemand of Rs 7,990 crore mand is by “sharplystepping up” statementof theFinanceMinister ChidambaramsaidtheCentre tion cess fund. the concernsinborrowing. concerned,butithasnothingtodo italgainsandwithholdingtaxim- in capital gainsand withholding spending by 10 per cent moreof ontheso-calledstimuluspackage, is also trying to playthe role of withtaxation rights. Therefore, to posedonthe telco fora2007deal taxagainstVodafoneGroupwhen theGDP,whereasthefiscalimpact Iamremindedofthe Hindi “ma-baap”bytellinggovernment useaBITtorejectasovereign’sright was “inbreachoftheguaranteeof the firm had acquired 67 per cent of theCentre’sannouncementson proverbkhodapahaadniklachuha. employees“whatamountandon to taxationisunpalatable andthe fair and equitable treatment” that of stakeinHutchison Whampoa Monday is estimatedbyanalysts Looselytranslated,itmeans‘diga what goods and when they governmentisstudyingitsoptions the companywas entitledfor its for$11 billion. to be amere0.1 per cent of GDP. mountain and find amouse’, should spend theirown money.”

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Pune WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 18 SPORTS THEINDIANEXPRESS,WEDNESDAY,OCTOBER14,2020 Ronaldotestspositivefor Chess cheat resurfaces after Covid-19,isasymptomatic an infamous toilet break SHAHIDJUDGE The cheating scandal made Becomes thirdPortuguese playertocontract the virus; teammates negative MUMBAI,OCTOBER13 global headlines as the photo of IF YOUrun the name Igors Rausis through a Rausis in atoiletcubicle search engine, chances arethe firstimagewill consulting his phone did the ASSOCIATEDPRESS be of the chess player, sitting fullyclothedona rounds online. Forbreaching LISBON,OCTOBER13 lavatory,consultinghismobilephonewhilestill active inaninternationalmatch.Theinfamous the regulations, the CRISTIANO RONALDO has tested positive for incident,thattookplaceinStrasbourginFrance international chess body FIDE the coronavirus, the Portuguese football fed- lastyear,resulted in the Grandmasterbeing eration said Tuesday. The federation said strippedoff his title and bannedfrominterna- bannedRausis from competing Ronaldo wasdoing well and had no symp- tional chess forarecordsix years. at international eventsin toms. It did notsay when he tested positive. On Saturday, however, the 59-year-old December.He, however, Ronaldo playedinthe 0-0 draw at France resurfacedinValka,Latvia,asoneof the37 con- in the Nations League on Sunday, and also testantsatasmall-scale tournament. The only decidedtoshowupatthe Valka in the 0-0 draw againstSpain in afriendly GM present at the event, Arturs Neikšans, Igors Rausis, who playedasIsa Kasimi. tournament as Isa Kasimi lastweek.Ronaldo is in isolation and has recognisedRausisdespiteamaskonthelatter's been droppedfromthe country's Nations face. Only, it wasRausis playing under adiffer- League matchagainstSweden on ent name –Isa Kasimi. isersand indeed players to manifesttheir atti- softwareprogram on his phone. As per Article WednesdayinLisbon. On Monday, the tude towardsthe participation of aconvicted 12.3 in the FIDE handbook,the use of anyand Juventus forwardpostedaphoto on Twitter Rausis or Kasimi? cheater in the tournaments.” all technology,unless approved beforehand, showing him and the rest of the Portugal The cheating scandal lastJulymade Meanwhile,BritishGMandFIDEvice-pres- areprohibitedin the playing venue, especially squad having ameal together.The players global headlines as the photo of Rausis in a identNigelShortwasoutraged.“Ifailto under- mobile phones as thereare applications that were all close to eachother at atable, with toiletcubicle consulting his phone did the standwhyany chessorganiserwouldallowthe can analyseand suggestmoves. The hand- Ronaldo apparentlytaking the photo him- rounds online. Forbreaching the regulations, disgraced… Igors Rausis to participateintheir book defines ‘playing venue’ as “playing area, self at the front end. Along with the tweet, Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo playedinthe 0-0 draw in France in the Nations League the international chess body FIDE banned event,” he said to The Times. restrooms, refreshment area, area setaside Ronaldo wrote, in Portuguese, 'United on and on Sunday, and also in the 0-0 draw againstSpain in afriendlylastweek. Reuters Rausis from competing at international forsmoking and other places as designated offthe field!' The federation said Ronaldo's eventsinDecember.He, however, decided Man of manyidentities by the arbiter.” result prompted another round of testsfor to showupatthe Valka tournament as Isa Rausis wasborn in Alchevsk, in the former therestofthe Portugal squad. It said every- BUBBLE TROUBLE Kasimi —heevenhas apassportbearing that SovietUnion and present-dayUkraine. He be- Notthe onlyone one else in the team tested negative. name. GM Neikšans realisedthis afterthe cameaGMin1992whenhewasrepresenting ThoughRausismaybetheonlyknowncase Tuesday's practice session wasmoved unrated Kasimi comprehensively beat his Latvia. In 2000,hedecidedtorepresent of aplayerchanging his identity to getintoa from the morningtothe afternoon so there EVEN BEFORE the international break, EVEN IF aplayerhas nottestedpositive, first-round opponent. “Ilooked from afar BangladeshandswitchedtotheCzechRepublic tournament,heisn’ttheonlyonewhohasbeen wastime forall the resultstocome back. the club managers were askeptical lot. he will have to undergo mandatory but couldn’t tell as he wasavoiding every- in 2008. As reportedbythe Dhaka Tribune last caught illegallyusing technology. Twoother Portugal players had tested pos- Notjustbecause the extraworkload a quarantine if he had travelledout of body,” Neikšans recited the incident to year,hewasalsotheBangladeshnationalcoach Former Georgian GM Gaioz Nigalidze itive forCOVID-19recently, Jose Fonteand congestedcalendar would put on the Europe. LikeManchesterUnited’s Chess24. “When thethird round wasabout till the incident in Strasbourg. wasfound using aphone in the toiletatthe AnthonyLopes. Portugal coachFernando players, but their vulnerability to Edinson Cavani, who would miss the to start, Idecidedtoinvestigateand came As aplayer, he wasthe oldestinthe top 2015 Dubai Open. In this incident, the phone Santos said lastweek the positive results getting infected with the virus. Now weekend game againstNewcastle closer.And therehewas, Rausis in person, 100and had remarkablynot fallen along with wasallegedly hidden in the lavatory where among players were 'happening every- that Cristiano Ronaldo has tested United.OrLiverpool’s Brazilian pair hiding behind amask and additionally(car- the trend of an elder playerfalling down the Nigalidze would constantlyvisit. This whereinthe world.' "Weare the most positive,clubs in Europe will getmore RobertoFirmino and Fabinho. rying) acrutch. Iimmediatelyestablished ranks. Instead, over the lastfew years, his ELO alarmedhis opponent Armenian GM Tigran tested people and we have the guarantee vociferous about international fixtures, eyecontact and asked directly: ‘What are rating movedupfromthe 2500s to the 2700s, Petrosian, who then alertedthe arbiter.A that everyone who will be traveling to especiallythe meaningless friendlies. THE MANAGERS resent these fixtures youdoing here?’” acategorydubbed ‘Super Grandmaster.’ search of the lavatory confirmedahidden France with us arenegative,: Santos said be- because exceptfor the Europlayoffs, While bizarre,Rausis or Kasimi’s, deci- However, the rapid and unexpected rise phone whichwas logged intoNigalidze’s so- fore the matchagainstFrance. THE PROCESS to move from one none of them were of anysignificance. sion to compete in Valka wasnot illegal. He raisedmanyflags.FIDE’sfairplaycommission cial media account. He wassubsequently Portugal and France lead Group 3with bubble to another,asRonaldo and ahost Theywereeither friendlies or is notallowedtocompete at anyinterna- wassubsequentlyalertedbyastatisticalmodel handedathree-year ban. sevenpointseachafter three matches. The of other cases would testify,isfar from European Nations League games. tional eventsthat can give him ELO(ranking) employedtocatchcomputercheatsonthepos- Therewas also alow ranked Italian Portuguese federation did notimmediately foolproof. Liverpool manager Jurgen Both, mostmanagers felt were points. The tournament in Valka. however, sibility of Rausis cheating. Secretaryofthe fair player, Arcangelo Ricciardi who wascaught release details about whereRonaldo wasin Klopp has been avocal critic, after dispensable during apandemic. Three wasamemorial forformer Latvian player playcommissionYuriGarrettconfirmedtoThe forallegedly using Morse Code to win isolation, or forhow long he would stay there. Xherdan Shaqiri and Kostas Tsimikas games in less than twoweeksalso Vsevolods Dudzinskis who passedawayin Times that theyhad been “closelyfollowing a matches. At an event in Imperia in Northern He could miss Juventus' Serie Amatchat testedpositive during international mean alot of travel. Forinstance, the Januarythis year,and offerednomorethan player(Rausis) formonths.” Italyin2015, Ricciardi, ranked 51,366inthe Crotone on Saturdayand the team's duty.Already twooftheir keyplayers Netherlands travelledtoBosnia before the 1000 Europrize money. worldbeat players ranked in the top3000, Champions League opener at Dynamo Kyiv were infected-Sadio Mane and Thiago theyreachedItaly,having hosted Speaking to Chess24,FIDE general director Caught red-handed including aFrenchGMand Slovakian next Tuesday. And depending on his condi- Alcantara-and nowNabyKeitatoo has Mexico forafriendly. Worse is that, Emil Sutovsky said: “FIDE does notown chess. During the StrasbourgOpen, which International Master. He wasbelievedto tion and the resultsoffuturetests,hecould contractedthe virus during amatchfor less than amonth later,another We can’tdecidethatRausishasnorightto play awardedthe winner aprize of 1000 Euros, a have concealedacamerainhis pendant and also miss the much-anticipated match his national team Guinea. international break is due. thegame,aslongasthetournamenthasnoth- photograph wastaken of Rausis from above had abox placedunder his armpit which againstBarcelona on October 28. ingtodowithFIDE.However, I’dexpectorgan- the cubicle, showing him consulting with a would receive the information.

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