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OFFER TO AMENDLAWSTURNED DOWN Cleared in UK, Pfizer Farmershardenstance,Govtweighs first in India to apply for emergency use options,Housesessionnotruledout an application on December 4to PAYALBANERJEE the DCGI seeking emergency use NEWDELHI,DECEMBER5 authorisation(EUA) forits Covid- As unions insist 19 vaccine," asource said. "The PFIZER INDIA has become the firm has submitted the EUAap- on repealoflaws, firstpharmaceutical firm to seek plication in Form CT-18for grant Govt says will from the Drugs Controller of permission to importand ‘The3farm General of India (DCGI) emer- market Pfizer-BioNTech'sCovid- getbackwith gency use authorisation forits 19 mRNAvaccineBNT162b2in laws are Covid-19vaccine in the country, the country,"the source said, cit- proposalonDec 9 afterits parent companysecured ing the application. suchclearance in the UK and VKPaul, who chairs the neither helpful Bahrain. high-levelNational Expert HARIKISHANSHARMA In itsapplication to thedrug Group on Vaccine for farmers &LIZMATHEW regulator,Pfizer has sought per- Administration, had earlier NEWDELHI,DECEMBER5 missiontoimportthe vaccine for spelledout India’s strategy with nor consumers’ sale and distribution in the coun- respect to candidates likePfizer THE CENTRAL government try, besides waiver of clinical tri- and Moderna whichhaveshown found itself hemmedinon als on Indian population in ac- positive resultsinPhase III Saturday withfarmerunions cordance with the special abroad but arenot being tested once again taking amaximalist provisionsunderthe NewDrugs here. “Weknowthat doses of Raju Shetti position demandingarepealof and Clinical Trials Rules, 2019,of- this vaccine (Pfizer) will notbe all three farm laws. ficial sources said. availableinhugequantities... If To resolve the stand-off, an "Pfizer Indiahas submitted CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Former MP and farmer leader option to convene aspecial RAJU SHETTI hashit thestreets in Parliament session is being con- support of theongoing farmers’ag- sidered,asenior government Representativesoffarmerunions brought their ownfood forthe meeting at Vigyan Bhawan, in NewDelhi on Saturday. ANI itation in thenational capital. source told TheIndian Express.“It SUNDAY STORY Shetti, whorecently recoveredfrom is notruledout, but no decision Covid-19,had spentanightoutside has been taken,” the source said thedistrict collector’s office in to aquestion if aspecial session ROLLING OUT Kolhapur,singing bhajans as a wasbeingconsidered. GOVTINABIND No politics, only farm issues: Ateam THE VACCINE mark of protestagainstthe three On Thursday, Leader of ■With so manyvoices Backend preparations newfarm laws,whichheclaims Opposition forCongress in the from 40 farmer union monitors the stage, decides speakers forthe mammoth exercise will ruin Indian farmers. PARTHA Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan representatives, the of inoculating lakhs SARATHIBISWAS spoke to Shetti Chowdhurywrote to Speaker Om governmentfindsitselfin about theongoingagitation and Birla requesting ashort winter abind. It argues that it has AMILBHATNAGAR PAGE 10 theway forward. session of Parliament to address madekey concessions, NEWDELHI,DECEMBER5 “veryimportant issues” including from parity between Farmers from Punjab and the “ongoing farmers agitation”. mandisand private MORE THAN 500people sit Haryana have been camping on But sources in the Speaker's office markets, settingupa cross-leggedlistening to Covaxinvolunteer Vij Delhi border forthe lastfew said the government had notyet registration system for speeches blaring out of two days.InMaharashtra, the discussedsuchapossibility. traders and giving loudspeakers fixedatopatrac- Swabhimani Shetkari On Saturday, talksbetween assurances on MSPbut tor, as farm leaders address them tests positive, govtsays Sanghatana and other farmer thegovernment and represen- farmersare insistent on a from the main stageatSinghu on organisations have also hit the tativesoffarmer unions repeal. With little elbow the Delhi-Haryana border —the streets.Butwhyistheprotestnot CONTINUEDONPAGE2 room politically, itsally focal point of their agitation. Diljit Dosanjh at the protestatSinghu borderonSaturday. ANI was yet to get full dose getting the same support here? gone and theOpposition Their stand resoluteagainstthe The implementation of the lending itsweight to the farm laws,and conscious of at- contentious farmlaws have been JAISHANKARTOSKIP tempts to paint their agitation as makes it to the stage, the vetting teers. Details of the speakers are CANADAMEETING protests, anyresolution stoppedbythe state government. seems achallenge. dictated by vested interests,the handed over to amanagement carefullymaintained, and chits EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE CONTINUEDONPAGE2 MORE REPORTS, PAGE 5 protesters arecareful of who committee, including volun- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CHANDIGARH,NEWDELHI, DECEMBER5

TWOWEEKSafter takingthe firstdose as partofthe trials for Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin vac- PM to lay foundationstone for new cine,Haryana HealthMinister Anil Vij, 67,announced on Saturdaythat he washospi- ParliamentbuildingonDecember 10 talisedafter testing positive for Anil Vijinhospital after the coronavirus. testing positive on Saturday Vijwas thefirstvolunteer for the Covaxin Phase III human tri-

LIZMATHEW als in Haryana, as partofwhich ED NEWDELHI,DECEMBER5 around 600people in the state Two-dose and over 25,000 across the vaccine PRIME MINISTER Narendra countryare enrolled—half of PLAIN E ● candidate Modi will laythe foundation them receiving aplaceboaspart EX stonefor the newParliament of the "double blind" study. The building on December 10,and Union Health Ministryaswell COVAXIN IS meant to be the ceremonywill be attended as officials conducting the trials takenovertwo doses, and T-108, with the snare-like wirecoiledaround itsneck. Express by leaders and representatives in the statesaid Vij's infection on November 20,Anil Vijre- of all parties who will be present could notbeattributedtothe ceivedthe firstshot(with a physicallyorvia virtual mode. vaccine,asevenifhewas 50% chanceofithaving Ranthamborecamera Making this announcement among the volunteers who got been aplacebo).Boththe at apress conference Saturday, Amodel of the newParliamentbuilding which is estimatedtocostRs971 crore. PTI the vaccine, it wasonlythe first government and Bharat Speaker Om Birla said: “We of twodoses, andsufficient an- Biotech saidantibodies startedthe journeyofindepend- tibodies onlydevelop afterthe were meant to developonly traps find wire noose ent India in the old building, and building… It will notbeabuild- The building,hesaid, will re- terms of architecture, modernity second. twoweeksafter the second when we complete75years, we ing of bricksand stones, it willbe flect the country's diversity and and safety. Adiabetic, Vijrecentlyunder- dose, with the whole will have the session of both the fulfilment of the dreams of richart culture, and will be the “The present Parliament went asurgeryafterfracturinghis process spread over 42 days. around tiger’s neck Houses in the newParliament 130crore people.” best Parliament building in CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CONTINUEDONPAGE2

day—one wasofFridaymorn- DEEPMUKHERJEE ing while the other wasfromthe WORLD GOVT &POLITICS JAIPUR,DECEMBER5 night before —whichshowed Bollywood director seeks to retain foster the tiger,T-108,withawiretan- ASTATEWIDE alertagainst gled around itsneck. It wasa poachinghas been issuedafter matter of concern. The field di- child, mother says she’s medically fit now cameratraps in and around the rector contacted us to seek per- RanthamboreTiger Reservecap- mission fortranquilising the to retain his custody longer. that had been handedoverthe city department has nowcalled tured images of atiger with a tiger,” said Arijit Banerjee, U.S.COURT ORDERS EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE The 30-year-old mother said care of the babysaid theyshould foradetailedinquiryreportfrom hunting snare-likewirenoose Additional Principal Chief MUMBAI,DECEMBER5 she wasmedicallyfit to look af- keep him longer, as themother the CWCand the NGOs involved, coiledaround itsneck. Conservator of Forests(Forest REINSTATEMENT OF terher son now, but the foster wasnot yetfit mentally. The even as the CWChas sought a DACA TO PROTECT Stateforestdepartment offi- Protection) and officiating Chief ATWO-YEAR-OLD toddler's fate familyhas raisedconcerns over CWCdirected that the child be fresh medicalfitness certificate BJP TOLD CONGMLAS cialssaidthetiger,T-108,wastran- WildlifeWarden, Rajasthan. IMMIGRANTS hangs in the balance with a her mental state. Amidstall this, movedout of thefosterhome forthe mother from agovern- quilisedandthewireremovedon Banerjee said permission Bollywood film director-writer the child has livedinthree and giventoalocal NGO, but re- ment hospital. “Wewilltakea RAJASTHANWILLBE Saturday. Thedepartmenthasor- wassought from the National RUSSIASTARTS who fostered thechild over the homes over thepastone year. versedthe same afew hours decision by next week,” Deputy SIXTH GOVTTOBE deredaninquiryintothe issue. TigerConservation Authority MASS SPUTNIKV pastseven months, as hisbiolog- At ameeting of the Mumbai later,atmidnight. WCDOfficer,Mumbai, Prema TOPPLED: GEHLOT “Two images from separate (NTCA)totranquilise the animal. VACCINATION PAGE 9 ical mother underwent treat- CWConDecember 1, the The Women and Child Gadgesaid. PAGE 5 cameratraps were seen yester- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 ment forschizophrenia, seeking Bollywood director and the NGO Development (WCD)'s Mumbai CONTINUEDONPAGE2

‘Not the same anymore,’ say students &teachers after classrooms open with Covid rules

typedwith some sadness, read: parents of studentsare scaredof dle of apandemic, and pat comes our teacher teaches on the black- now, she says. ALIFIYAKHAN 4of55inClass IX, 11 of 39 in Class the impending boardexams, the the reply, "Our friendsaren'there, board. It feels lonelybut Iam And while asmall number of PUNE,DECEMBER5 Xand none from Class XI or XII, attendance has been in single things arenot lively anymore. We happytobeinclass.” students areturning up in class- whichhave22and 30 students, digits. come, study without abreak and Afew days ago, the students rooms, the numbers aredwin- FORTHE lastone week, respectively. "Webought thermal guns, go.The tiffinbreak,playground took an online assessment exam dling instead of going up. Ajitkumar Godase, ateacherat This isn't hisstory alone.As sanitisers andmasks, and en- fights, projects... everythingis through Google forms. "Earlier, Mukund Bhise, asenior ShrimatiRGKatariya Secondary classroomsopenedupfor the sured awide distancebetween gone," ruedAnkitaWaghmare,a when we gave exams, we usedto Geographyteacherat the second- School in thesmall village of firsttimeinmonths across students. We don't even have ac- Class Xstudent of the school. comparescores, therewould be aryschool in Kedgaon village, Boribel in Daund taluka, has been Maharashtra exceptinfew urban tive Covid-19cases herebut since In thenextclassroom, competition and we wanted to said, "Our firstday of school was reachinghis schoolby7am and pockets, thisisthe situation parents don't want to send their Vaishnavi Kalbhor,one of the be better than others. This time, on Monday,when nearly 30 per waiting till mid-afternoon —for everywhere. children to school, what can we onlytwo students presentthere, no one asked anyone their centstudentsshowedupwithfull studentstoshowup. About30kmawayisthe girls' do? We arestill trying to keep the said, "Thankfully, theteacher is scores," said PratikshaGaikwad, enthusiasm. Then the number On Friday, they did. Agrand school runbyShri Swami morale up of both studentsand hereoritwould have felt like astudent of Class X. droppedabit,then some more. total of 15 students between four Vivekananda Shikshan Sanstha teachers. But it's notthe same," Onlytwo studentsfromClass IX turneduponFridayatthe coming forself-study.Maybethe Kamat also recalledhow stu- By the end of the week,itwas classes—Class IX, X, XI andXII. in Pune district's Lonitaluka, she said. girls’ school run by Shri SwamiVivekananda Shikshan others arescared.But it'simpos- dents would walk up to teachers, barelyanything.Schoolright His attendance report to the dis- whereprincipal SBKamat said Ask students what'sdifferent SansthainPune district’s Loni taluka. Ashish Kale sible to learn from the small mo- fighting forevery mark. That nowisverydifferent forchildren. tricteducationofficer,whichhe that exceptfor Class X, where about goingtoschool in the mid- bilescreen in the same waythat spirit is “completely missing” CONTINUEDONPAGE2

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Emergency use meanttomotivatepeople.They also said SMBandal,principal of talkaboutthehistoryof farmersand Jawaharlal Secondaryand Higher this vaccine candidatehas to come, andifwerequireit, Sikhs to remind us of our struggles. Govt to get back with proposalonDec 9 SecondarySchool, Kedgaon. we arepreparingourselves...wehaveparallel plans,” It's ademocratic space exceptfor Paulhad said. thosewhowantto playpolitics,"said Forthe vaccine to be considered foruse here, the Ranjeet Singh, member of the Azad remainedinconclusive.Bothsides, keydemands of farmers suchas Kumar Kakka, leader of Rashtriya repeal the three farm laws and Raju Shetti Indian subsidiaryofPfizer will have to approachthe Kisan Singh Committee, who was however, agreedtomeetagainon levelling the playingfieldbetween Kisan Mahasangh. makealaw forthe guarantee of Thus, farmers in the stateare regulator and sharethe dataithas submittedto the UK assigned Thursday's stagemanage- December 9. APMC mandis andprivate mar- When askedabout this, Tomar MSP,” said RashtriyaKisan notdirectlyaffected by them. regulator.“Theycan then ask foranapproval and, ac- mentduty. Briefing reporters aftera kets, mandatoryregistration of said,“During discussions,manyis- Mahasangh leader Kakka. When our farmersstarted to head cordingly,the regulator will take adecision,” an official In the evening, the Guru Granth marathon five-hour session, traders,and recourse to civil courts sues come to thefore…Whatever To ademand that MSP be forDelhi, the Madhya Pradesh gov- had told The Indian Express. Sahibisreadfromthestageasthose Union AgricultureMinister when disputes arise, the govern- the outcome, it will be in thein- hardwiredinto the law, theUnion ernment stoppedour vehicles... it The UK on Wednesdaybecame thefirstcountry to in the crowdhum along. "Wewant NarendraSingh Tomar told re- ment wastaken abackbythe terest of farmers.” ministers explainedthe difficulty wasnot possible to reachDelhi.But approvethePfizer/BioNTech vaccine againstCovid-19, the Modi government to hear us. porters,“Thediscussiontookplace hardening of stance by farm TheAgriculture Ministersaid in doingthis. “TheUnionMinisters we will be participating whole- withtheUKregulatorMedicinesandHealthcareprod- Andwewill ensurewedosoeven in averycordial atmosphere. We unions on Saturday. At one point, thegovernmentwasreadyto take said thereare different APMC heartedlyinthe Bharatbandh on uctsRegulatoryAgencygrantingtemporaryauthorisa- standing at the border,"said said thereisnothreat to theyeventhreatenedtowalk out. steps to strengthen the APMCs. mandis across differentstates.The December 8. tionforitsemergencyuse.TheBritishregulatorsaidthe MakkhanSingh. Minimum SupportPrice and any Sourcessaid Tomar offeredto “The APMC Actisastate Act. crops and the mandisystems also jab,whichclaimstooffer up to 95 per cent protection doubt about it is completely un- amend some provisions of the Neither we have intentiontoaf- varyfrom statetostate.Wehaveto The farmer movement in againstCOVID-19, is safefor roll-out. Foundation stone founded.” farm laws and even agreedtogive fect the state’s mandis northese discuss this with the officials and Maharashtrawas ledbylate BahrainonFridayalsoannouncedthatithasgranted buildingisgoingto be100yearsold, Representativesof40farmer awritten assurance on MSP and arebeing affectedby the newfarm other ministries. We will do the Sharad Joshi, who wasastrong anEUAforthetwo-dosevaccinemadeby Pfizerandits and it is amatter of pride for130 organisations participated in the procurement, but representatives laws.The government is ready to homework on that,”saidasource. advocateofafree marketfor German partner BioNTech. The pharmacompanyhas crorepeople inthiscountrythatthe meeting that commencedat2.30 of the farmersunions spurnedthe clear anydoubtsregarding the Ahead of the talksonSaturday, farmers. Shetkari Sanghatana, already appliedtothe US FDAseeking EUAfor the vac- newone will be built by our own pm and continuedtill around 7 offer. APMCs,” he said. Prime MinisterNarendraModi the farmer union foundedby cine. people as aprimeexample of pm. Tomar wasaccompaniedby Justbeforethe teabreak,the “Wewantedprecise sugges- discussed“various possibilities to him from whichSwbhimani The extreme lowtemperatureofminus 70 degrees AtmanirbharBharat.PrimeMinister Ministerfor ConsumerAffairs and unions took out a‘YesorNo’ plac- tions from farm union represen- end the stalemate” with some Shetkari wasformed,has wel- Celsius requiredforstoring the vaccinepose abig chal- NarendraModiisgoing to do its Food and Public Distribution ardseeking the government’s re- tativesonvarious subjects… This senior Cabinetcolleagues includ- comedthe laws.So, whyare you lengeforitsdeliveryinacountrylikeIndia,wheremain- bhoomipujanat1pmonDecember PiyushGoyaland MinisterofState sponse to their demand that the would have made it easier forus ing Home MinisterAmitShah, opposing them? tainingsuchcoldchainfacilitieswouldbeverydifficult, 10,” he said. forCommerce and IndustrySom three laws be repealed“The min- to find away.Wewill wait forthat Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Sharad Joshi wasafirm believer topgovernment officials have said. The Speaker metthe Prime Prakash. isters were nottaking adecision. nowwhen we meet again on TomarandGoyal.Themeetingbe- of an open marketfor farmers. But Whencontacted,Pfizer said it remainscommitted MinisterSaturdaytoofficiallyinvite In fact,despitespelling itsin- So we took a‘YesorNo’ placard December 9,” Tomar said. ganataround 10 am,and went on he realised to engagingwith the Government of India and explor- him to the function. tention on Thursday to address and showedittothem,” said Shiv “Ours is onlyone demand — till about 1pm. soon that forthe farmers, the con- ingopportunitiesto makethisvaccineavailableforuse In the newbuilding, the Lok ceptofopen marketwould onlyre- inthecountry. "Duringthispandemicphase,Pfizerwill Sabha chamber will have 888 seats main on paper. supplythisvaccineonlythroughgovernmentcontracts while therewillbe384 seatsinthe Bharat Biotech also said that the notrespond to calls or messages jald Mumbai aakar apne naati ko and outside of protected forestar- He then startedaskingfor the basedonagreementswith respectivegovernmentau- RajyaSabhachamber.Currently, the vaccine efficacycould be deter- from The SundayExpress. apne ghar le jayiye(Cometo eas. All leaveshavebeen cancelled minimum supportprice. thorities and followingregulatoryauthorisationorap- strengthof LokSabhais543andthat minedonlyafter thesecond dose, The mother hadwandered off Mumbaiattheearliestandtake your exceptfor emergencies,” he said. If yousee the three laws,they proval," the global pharmamajor said in astatement. of RajyaSabha 245. andreiteratedthatvolunteershada from the home of her husband, a grandson backhome),” the letter Tikam Chand Verma, Chief areneither helpful forthe farmers Five vaccines areinadvancedphases of clinical tri- During ajoint session, the new 50percentchanceof havinggot the daily wager, inKanpurwiththetod- said. ConservatorofForestand Field nor the consumers. als in India. Lok Sabha chamber will be able to placebo."Covaxinhasbeendesigned dler,then anewborn, leaving a12- Dr Bharat Vatwani, the founder Director,Ranthambore Tiger At present, thegovernment PTI accommodate1224members. The to beprotectivetwo weeksaftervol- year-old son behind. By early 2019, of Shraddha, in hiscommunication Reserve,saidthenoosewasmadeof procures30per cent of the produce newbuildingwillnothaveaCentral unteersreceivetheseconddose,"the shewaslivingonaMumbaifootpath with theCWC,has said the woman galvanisediron(GI) wire, around 2 whichkeeps the marketsafloat. Only farm issues Hall. companysaid, adding, "Allvolun- with the baby.InSeptember 2019, maydevelop“severe reactive de- mm thick. However, saythe government gets handedoutto planaschedule.Thosewithpoliticallinks The building, whichisgoing to teershave beenadvisedto followthe accordingto theNGOFamilyService pression” if kept away from her son “Accordingtopreliminary find- out of procurement, then what will areexpresslykeptout. comeupinanareaof 64,500sqmat guidelines forprevention of Covid- Centre (FSC)thathandledhis foster forlong.Thefoundationhasalsoas- ings, it appears that it is aloose happen? Some bright chap at Celebrities, includingsinger-actor Diljit Dosanjh, acostofRs971 crore, will be earth- 19 setbythe MinistryofHealth." care, the Borivali Government sured that it will monitorher future noose, probablyset foranimals like Krishi Bhavanmight floatthe idea who spokeonSaturday, areallowedonthe condition quake-resistant, and adaptable to SavitaVerma, theprincipal in- Railway Policefoundthechildbadly treatmentinBhojpur.ADNA test re- boars or nilgais outside the forest. that procurement forPublic thattheyspeakaboutfarmissues.Dosanjh,abigstarin themostmoderndigitaltechnology. vestigator of the team formedto bruised, with bitemarks,withthe sult lastmonthconfirmed that the Butevenif itwasmeantforotheran- DistributionSystem(PDS)should Punjabi films who has been vocal in his support forthe Itwillincorporateindigenousarchi- conduct the vaccine trials in womanclaiminghehadslippedout womanwasthetwo-year-old'sbio- imals, it is still hunting,whichisille- done be through global tenders. protests,said,"Iamheretolistenand nottospeak. Ire- tecturefromdifferent parts of the Haryana,said,"MrAnilVij wasgiven of her hands and injured himself. logical mother. gal. Moredetails will emerge after Then the corporates will buy dirt questthenationalmediato showthingsastheyare.No country, andshowcase the cultural the firstdose on November 20. He While the woman wasreferred CWCmember UrmilaJadhav the inquiry. We will inquireifthere cheap from farmers and supplythe one is violent here. The farmers aresitting peacefully. diversity. wassupposedtobegiven the sec- to the Shraddha Rehabilitation said,“Whateverwe dowillbeinthe wasany laxity in monitoring,”said same to government at asmall And Ihaveonlyone requesttothe government--that The Speaker said around 2000 onddoseonDecember18.Fourteen Foundation, an NGOfor mental ill- best interestofthe child. We have Banerjee. margin. The government will end theyshould listen to the farmers and their demands." peoplewillbedirectlyinvolvedinits days aftertheseconddose,adequate nesstreatment,theinfantwastaken reachedout to theCWC in Bhojpur “A collaborative team of up spendingmorebut that will Other Punjabi artistes, including Harbhajan Mann construction, while another 9000 amountsofantibodiesareformedin by theCWCunderitscare.Ayearold to assess if some aid can be givento TigerWatchand the forest depart- completely ruin the agricultural and Ranjit Bawa,havealsoshown up.Among those will be thereindirectly. Morethan the subject's body. It is pertinentto by then,hewasplacedwithFSC.The the child foreducation."ACWC ment found the image, whichis economyinrural India. Also, Ifear barredfromthe stagewas Punjabi actorDeep Sindhu, 200artists from various parts of the mention thatMrVij has notgot latter put him in the careofafamily. membersaid,"If themother'streat- from near Devpuraarea, Phalodi. It the assets of Food Corporation of whohadsparkedarow withcommentsthatwere seen countrywillalsowork forthebuild- Coviddueto thisvaccine/placebo.In By November last year,the ment is continued,thereisnorea- seems to be ahunting snare, even if India(FCI) will be handed over to as pro- Khalistan. ing. the entirecountry, 25,800persons womanhadrecoveredenoughto re- son to denyher guardianship." itmaynot bemeantfortigersbutfor the corporates at throwaway Behind the meticulouschecks is apprehension Anadjacentbuilding,whichwill aretobeadministeredthistrialvac- member the address of her father,a The grandfather,who has been smaller animals. The government prices. These arethe main reasons amongfarmersandtheirleadersof attemptstodistract come upon the site of Shram Shakti cine in the thirdphase... Nobody farmer,inBhojpur,Bihar,and offi- inMumbaiforthreeweeksnow,has should ensurepropermonitoring,” whyweare opposed to thesefarm from the main issues, and to paint the protests as hav- Bhavan, will have rooms forall MPs, knows if avolunteer has got a cialswereableto traceherto Kanpur. givenanundertaking to look after said DharmendraKhandal, conser- laws. ingbeen“organised”by “certaingroups”."Weare mak- andwillbeconnectedviaanunder- placebo or avaccine... The firstand However, aCWC member said, the the child. "I don’t understand whyI vation biologist, TigerWatch. ingeveryattempt possibleto ensurethisispurelyabout pass, the Speakersaid. secondphaseshave beenextremely boy's father wasn'twilling to come can’tsee or getmygrandson back,” This movement without any farmers' issues and we will notlet anyother issue hi- He said therewill be morecom- successful... No major sideeffects to Mumbai,andtheydecidedtocon- he said. Classrooms leader lookslikeanorganic one. jackit,"saidManjeetSinghof BKU(Doaba).“Ourpolicy mittee rooms andall ministries will have come to light so far."Verma tinuethe foster caretill the mother In an e-mailreplytoThe Sunday Theycan't sit next to eachother, What does it sayabout the state is very simple, if someonecomes up on the stageand have offices. “TataProjects Ltdhas went on to caution, "I would liketo fully recovered. Express, FSCDirectorNirmala we don't allowthem to even ex- of farmer leaders in the country? says anythingapartfromfarmerissues,thatpersonwill beengiventhecontractfortheproj- appeal to allthe volunteers that till In Januarythis year,the woman Fernandes said,“The foster familyis changeapen. We have even asked To be honest, aleaderless notbeallowed again.” ect.Thedesignhasbeenpreparedby 42 days afterthe firstdose, thereis got amedical fitness certificate and definitelynot interestedinadopting them nottotakebathroombreaks movement talksabout the collec- Makkhan Singh, convenerofthe Krantikari Kisan HCP Design,Planningand alwaysadanger of infection." mether sonfor an houronJanuary him... Theyare onlyconcernedfor unless necessary. Theysit in one tive failureoffarm leadership in Union, Patiala, said, "Even if (Punjab Chief Minister) Management Pvt Ltd,” he said. Vijhadgot theshotonNovember 21.However, in Maythis year,the his welfare. He wastobehanded placefor four hours straight and Punjab. Uttar Pradesh has had a Captain Amarinder Singh comes, he will have to wait TheexistingParliamentbuilding, 20 from aRohtak PGIMS team, and NGOshiftedthe babytothe overto thebiologicalfamily, thefos- then go home," he said. fewleaders butmostofthemhave outside... Since Day1wehavestatedthatthis is nota the Speakersaid, will be conserved his health and vitals were being Bollywooddirector'shome as the terfamilywas prepared forit... However, mostteachersatthe limited area of influence. But this political protest. We arehereagainstthe farm Billsand as an archaeological assetofthe monitored since. He had been at- other familysaid the lockdown However, seeing the mother's con- school agreedthat the bigger con- movement has percolated to the we want to ensurethat spirit. Forthat purpose, dedi- country. tendingoffice at the Haryana Civil made it difficult forthem to carefor dition, they were apprehensive and cern forthem arethe studentswho rootsofevery farmer.The govern- cated personsmanage thestage sincesomeone can Secretariat, as well as meetingpeo- him. The CWCsaid it wasnot in- requestedthat the child be in foster aremissing from classroomscom- ment hasthree optionsbeforeit– comeand give provocative speechesand distract from ple at his residence. He told PTI he formedaboutthis. carefor alittle longer and once the pletely,bothonline and offline. either to roll backthe laws,ormake the issue.The speeches aremostlymade by members Covaxin volunteer wasfine exceptfor asorethroat, Under the JuvenileJustice Act, a mother is fine he cango.” "Since we startedonline teach- payment of MSP alegal tag, or use of farmerunionswhotalkabouttheirstruggleandhope thigh bone. Health Departmentof- body ache and fever. familyisassessedbyanNGO before An assessment of the woman's ing afew months ago, we have forcetodisperse the farmers. to inspirepeople." ficials who visited him told The Aftergetting the shot, Vijhad it is referred to the WCDtoberegis- homeinBhojpurisunderwaybythe seen thatsome studentsdidn't par- By rotation, ateam of five membershandles the SundayExpresshisparameterswere said, "The firsttwo phases of the tri- teredasafoster caregiver. As per CWC. ticipateinonlineclasses.Often par- What do youmean by mak- stage, and is stationednexttoit. One member notes fine.Vij toldPTIfromhospital,"Iwas alswere forrestrictedcategories.But, ModelGuidelinesforFosterCarefor- entstold us that the family has just ing MSP alegal tender? downthenameandorganisationdetailsof eachspeaker told that antibodiesstart to develop this thirdphaseisopenfor even mulatedby theCentre,afosterfam- Ranthambore one smartphone and if theyhave MSP is arecommendedprice in aregister.Chitsare issuedtothe speakers as per the afterthe second dose, whichisad- high-risk category people.Idid not ilycanadoptachildafterfiveyearsof “I asked theRanthamborefield twochildren, both can't attend on- unlikethe Fair and Remunerative sequenceoftheirspeeches and eachperson is given5- ministeredafter 28 days of thefirst fear forevenaminute... Doctors will care, if the child has no biological directorto followallthestandardop- line classes. Some told us theyhad Price (FRP)insugarcane, whichis 10 minutes.The speeches begin around 10 am and can shot. And full antibodies develop14 monitor my healthforoneyear."He familyclaiming her.The director is erating procedures... Aftertranquil- no moneytorecharge datapacks. mandatoryfor themills. The main go on till 6pm, depending on the day's programme. At days afterthe second dose. So, the had also hoped that hisstepwould notlooking to adoptthe boy, FSC of- isation,thewire wassafelyremoved Hence, when schools startedre- roadblocktowards making this le- barricades behindthe stage, twopeople checkIDs. complete cycle takes42days. In be- encourageothers to comeforward ficialssaid. Says themother:“Since thismorning,andthetigerhasbeen opening forin-person teaching, for galisthat it would go againstthe The team makes surethe speakers areaffiliatedto tweenthere is no protection." to volunteer. JanuaryIam trying all means to get releasedintheforest.Wedidn'tfind higher classes, we had hopedtosee tenets of theWorld Trade farmer organisationsand notpolitical parties. While TheUnion MinistryofHealth & hiscustody.Iwilllookafterhim,Iwill anyphysical injuriesonthe animal. these children in school. But even Organisation. So what we suggest thereisaseating area demarcated in frontofthe stage, FamilyWelfaresaid, "The antibod- Fosterchild take good careofhim." With the We have orderedaninquiryintothe here, alarge number of them are is to impose importduties in such hundredsstand on the sidelinestolisten. iesagainsttheinfectionbuildupina It is the firsttime that the direc- lockdown causing delay, it wasfi- matter and have issued astatewide missing. We areworriedabout amanner that imports become "The speakers mostlycome from the 30 farmer human beingonlyafter aspecific torwhohasmadeseveralhigh-pro- nally onlyonNovember 4this year redalertagainstpoaching,directing thesechildren,itislikethis school non-viable. If this is done, then unions involvedintalkswith the government. The number of days pass afterthe sec- file movies, and who is marriedand thatFSCwrotetothechild’sgrandfa- all territorial and wildlifedivisions year doesn't existfor them.And we prices in domestic markets would speeches address issues about the farm laws andare ond dose." hasason,hasfosteredachild.Hedid ther to take his custody.“Aapjaldse to work incongruence,patrolinside arenow worriedfor their future," remain steady around the year. Bodoland polls: New alliances, faultlines take shape in ‘semi-final’ for Assam polls

Elections to 40 seatsofthe Sonowalbegan his campaign Mohilaryrespondedbyset- their proposedallianceagainst liance with the BPF wasmarked told had TheIndian Express ear- ABHISHEK SAHA BTCare to be held on December forthe polls on Thursday with a BTCisanautonomous, ting up the contestasaone-on- the BJP forthe stateelections. by the defection of popular BPF lier:“TheBodoland elections GUWAHATI, DECEMBER 5 7and 10.The BJP is contesting pitchfor “parivartan”(change). self-governing body one fight. “It is aquestion of On Wednesday, stateCongress face and RajyaSabha MP will showthe signs forthe state the polls on itsown. “Our aimisthatall commu- whether he will win or me.” chief Ripun Boraand AIUDF Biswajit Daimary. elections next year—we are THE BODOLAND Territorial BTCisanautonomous, self- nities residing in the BTR region under the Sixth In the2015BTC elections, chief Badruddin Ajmal landed Daimary, who joinedthe calling this the semi final.” Council (BTC) elections in governingbody underthe Sixth can live with self-respect and Schedule. Of the 40 BPF won20seatsand came to in BTR region to starttheircam- BJP on November 22 hadtold Another major playeristhe Assam next week markthe be- Schedule of theConstitution. Of dignity…” he told alarge rally power. The BJP wonone. This paign. The Indian Express in United People’sParty Liberal ginning of newpolitical al- the 40 seats, 30 arereservedfor in Udalguri district's Kalaigaon. seats, 30 arereserved year’sBTC elections come after “Theyare always saying November:“One of the main (UPPL), ledbyPromod Boro. liances and hostilities before STs, five fornon-STs and as Meanwhile, BJP’s keyleader forSTs,fivefor non- the Centresignedapeace and Ajmal, Ajmal and Ajmal... If you reasons formyresignation Boroisthe former president of the stateelections in 2021. manyare unreserved.Besides, in the northeast, Himanta STsand as manyare development accordwith Bodo love Ajmal that much, then from BPFisthatthe partyisop- All Bodo Students’ Union and While the BJP has broken up thereare six nominated mem- BiswaSarma, has been ad- groups in January. The accord come and surrender to Ajmal,” posedtothe implementation of wasone of the signatories of with itsallyinthe stategovern- bers. Theelections were to be dressingmultiple public meet- unreserved. and the promise of itsquickim- the three-time MP said at one the accord. What happens to the accord. The UPPL is contest- ment, the Bodo People’sFront held on April 4, but were de- ings and holding large rallies in plementation give the BJP an of the joint rallies on the BJP-BPF alliance afterre- ing all 40 seats. “It seems BPF (BPF), the Congress and the ferred duetothe Covid-19pan- the Bodoland Territorial Hagrama Mohilary, who was advantage. Wednesday, referring to the sultsofthe BTCelections will and BJP arenot on good terms. AIUDF have officiallycome to- demic. Region. The Assam minister also Chief Executive Member Meanwhile, the Congress BJP’s attacks on him. be decidedlater.” This will affect the BPF,” Boro gether. Chief MinisterSarbananda hassingledout BPF supremo of the BTCtill earlier this year. and the AIUDF have solidified The break in the BJP’s al- StateBJP chief Ranjit Dass said.

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reservation, the SC will hear the matter protests from the community afterthe IIMsmoreeasilyfallinline EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE on December 9. SC put an interim stay on the Maratha MUMBAI,DECEMBER5 "If membersof theMarathacommu- quotaonSeptember 9. nity,coordinators,expertsandorganisa- The interim stay on the quotaim- or expedient forremoving the diffi- gramme afterthe IIM Act, 2017,al- Javadekar took over in July 2016. THE STATEgovernment has setupaco- tionswantto give legalsuggestions,they pacted the recruitment and admission RITIKACHOPRA culty.”The MoE onlyhas athree-year loweddegree-granting powers to the Under Irani, the ministryheld at ordination committee of five lawyers should communicatewith the lawyers processinthestate,leadingto severalag- NEWDELHI,DECEMBER5 windowact underthis Section. That 20businessschools.Outof the20,IIMs leastfour discussionswith the PMO aheadof theDecember9SupremeCourt of the coordination committee. It will itationsby Marathaorganisationsaccus- windowexpires on January31, 2021. in Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Kolkata, and wrotethree letters —including hearing on the lifting of the stayon study the suggestions and put it before ing the government of notbeing serious IN WHATmarks asignificant reversal TheIIMAct,whichcameintoeffecton Indore, Kozhikode, Lucknowand one from the then higher education Maratha reservation. the government lawyers,"Chavansaid. about the issue. of itsearlierstance,theGovernmentis January31, 2018,givessweepingpow- Udaipur offerthe one-year degreefor secretaryVSOberoitoprincipalsecre- StatePWD ministerAshok Chavan, The move is seen as an attempt by In 2018,the stategovernment en- exploring options that could, in effect, ers to all 20 businessschools, includ- executives. taryto PMNripendraMisra—arguing who heads the cabinetsub-committee the Maha Vikas Aghadi government to acted the Sociallyand Educationally erode the autonomyofthe Indian ingappointmentof directors,chairper- The IIMs defendedthe one-year whysomeofthechangesbeingthrust on Maratha reservation, said following pacify and gain the confidence of the BackwardClasses (SEBC) legislation to Institutes of Management (IIMs). sons and Boardmembers. Earlier,for degree to the Governmentand con- on it were notfeasible. the stategovernment's demand foran Maratha community.The Uddhav grantreservation to theMaratha com- Almostthree years aftergranting instance, the director wasappointed tinue to run the programme. The PMO, eventually,prevailed. urgenthearingto liftthestay onMaratha Thackeray-ledgovernment is facing munity. autonomytothe 20 premierbusiness by the boardbut with the prior ap- The MoE is learnedtohavecited a The ministryhad to revise itsCabinet schoolsundertheIIMAct,theMinistry proval of the Appointments fewotherinstances -- including IIM Note thrice, with over 10 substantive of Education (MoE) is considering a Committee of the Cabinet(ACC) Rohtak’sattempt atappointingitsBoG changes in all, before it wasgreen lit. भारतसरकारGOVERNMENTOFINDIA proposal empowering the headedbythe Prime Minister. chairpersonby acircularresolutionin- InSeptember2018,PrimeMinister अतररक्ष विभागDEPARTMENT OF SPACE Government to initiate an inquiry Thelatestproposalcomesamidthe stead of approving the selectionina NarendraModi,referringto autonomy ं againstthe BoardofGovernors (BoG) current standoffbetween the formalmeetingattendedby members to IIMs, had said,“Sarkar kahin nahi अंतररक्षउपयोग कᴂ द्र-इसरो of aninstituteifit’sostensiblyfoundto Government and IIMs over the one- -- to theLaw Ministryinits proposal. aayegi, koibabu aakar nahibaithega SPACEAPPLICATIONSCENTRE-ISRO be acting, what the Government year MBAdegree. Thelatestmoveissignificantgiven (Government will notinterfere, no of- thinks, is in contraventionofthe Act. The MoE, in Julythis year,had red- that there wasastrong difference of ficer will have anyrole).” अहमदाबाद AHMEDABAD -380 015 TheMoErecentlysharedadraftex- flagged the one-year executive MBA opinionwithintheGovernment–over Hailing theIIM Actasa“landmark ecutive orderwiththeLawMinistryto degree saying that it is “notinaccor- autonomyandaccountability--atthe experiment” relatedto higher educa- thiseffectandhassoughtameetingto dancewith theUGC Regulations”. In time of the drafting of the IIM Act. tion, the Prime Ministerhad said the अजा, अजजा और मवहलाउद्यवमयⴂकेिावम配ि िाले एमएसईसवहत सक्ष्मू और लघु उद्यम [एमएसई]के discuss the same, The SundayExpress other words, the University Grants In 2015,while the MoE had advo- government would take this forward 셂प मᴂ पंजीकृ तविक्रेताओंके वलएजाग셂कता बैठक हेतु नोविस। has learned. If okayedbythe Law Commission (UGC) mandates that a catedretaininggovernmentcontrolin to moreinstitutions. “But Iamsur- Ministry, theorderwillbeissuedunder Master’sdegreeshouldbeof twoyears, thenameof ensuringfinancialandad- prisedthat this is notbeingdiscussed Noticefor AwarenessMeet for Vendors registeredasMicro andSmall Enterprises Section 38 of the IIM Act. and notone and the IIMs, in the ministrative propriety,the Prime in the country. Intellectuals are Section 38 states,“If anydifficulty Government'sview, violatedthatpro- Minister’s Office (PMO) had wanted a silent…those whowereadvocating [MSEs], includingMSEsowned by SC, ST andWomen Entrepreneurs. arises in givingeffect to theprovisions vision. In the letter,the premier busi- hands-offapproach. The draftlaw autonomy and had been writing of this Act, the Central Government ness schools were directed to “act in wentbackandforthforalmostayear— about it for20-25 years would not may, by orderpublishedintheOfficial conformity with the UGC Act1956”. fromOctober2015 to September2016 have imaginedit,” the PM had said, अंतरिक्ष उपयोगकᴂद्र [सैक] भाितीय अंतरिक्ष अनसु ंधान संगठन[इसिो], अतरिं क्षविभाग,भाितसिकाि के Gazette, makesuchprovisions notin- Some of the IIMs had converted —duringwhichthe Education adding that these “intellectuals”were consistent with the provisionsofthis their one-year diplomafor working MinistrystucktoitsgunsunderSmriti silent because theydidn’t want the अहमदाबाद,गजिु ात मᴂ वथित प्रमखकु ᴂद्रⴂमᴂसेएकहै। हमािेक्रयमᴂसक्ष्मू औि लघु उद्यवमयⴂ की भागीदािीको Act,asmayappearto itto benecessary professionals into adegree pro- Irani, but yieldedafter Prakash “credit to go to Modi”. प्रो配सावहत किने के वलए, सैक21वदस륍बि2020कोऑनलाइन एमएसई विक्रे ता स륍मेलन आयोवजत कि िहाहै। SpaceApplications Centre [SAC] is oneofthe major centres of IndianSpace Research Keralapollsnew chapter in love story Organisation [ISRO],DepartmentofSpace,GovernmentofIndialocated in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. In ordertoencourageparticipationofMicro andSmall Entrepreneurs in our starting from Dantewada accident procurement process,SAC is organizing an online MSE vendors meeton21st December 2020. look away." इससेसंबंवधत अवधक विििण हमािीिेब-साइट www.sac.gov.in औि www.isro.gov.in पि हमािेवलंक SHAJUPHILIP Vikas, nowpostedat Vikas says he felt responsible. “I THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, Coimbatoreairport,says thought Ishould give her anew life. "Tenders"केअंतगगत उपल녍धहै। DECEMBER5 That ledtothe marriageproposal." that initially he did not However, Jyoti'sfamily, particularly Further details w.r.t. to thesameare available on our web-site www.sac.gov.in and ELEVENYEARSago,whiletryingto save knowJyoti had losther arm father Govind Kundu, agovernment www.isro.gov.in under the link “Tenders”. astrangerfrombeing crushedinabus trying to save him. employee,opposedthematch.So,one accident in Chhattisgarh, nursing stu- day, shewalkedout of herhome and dent JyotiKundu losther right arm till travelledtoPalakkadalongwithVikas. प्रधान,क्रयिभंडाि almosther shoulder.Thatmarkedthe In April 2011,theygot married. Head, Purchase &Stores beginning of anew lifefor theyoung JyotiVikas is aBJP candidate and later to aspecialty hospital in With Vikas's CISF woman from Bacheli in Dantewada from Palakkad's Kollangode Raipur,whereherarmwasamputated job taking him across district.Shewentonto marryPVVikas, block panchayat. Express belowthe shoulder,shattering her thecountry, Jyotistays aCISF personnel from Kerala and the dreams and thoseofher parents. “He athometakingcareof strangerwhohadbeenherfellowpas- (Vikas) took me to hospitaland stayed their young children. senger on thebus that metwith an ac- elling home from her college hostel. therethroughout my treatment. He The decision to con- cident. Vikas,who wasonhis waytoaCISF also paid the hospital bills," says Jyoti. test wasasinstinctive NowJyotiVikas,sheiscontestingas camp, sat in the rowahead of her and Vikas, nowpostedatCoimbatore as that day's 10 years aBJP candidatefromthe Kollangode wasdozing when she sawaspeeding airport, says that initiallyhedid not ago. "I have notbeen blockpanchayatinKerala’s Palakkad truckheading straight intothe bus. knowJyoti had losther arm trying to active in the BJP.But district, whichwill go to polls on Realising what wasgoingtohappen, save him.“Atthehospital,aco-passen- when BJP leaders December 10.Amother of two, aged 8 JyotipushedVikasawayontime,saving gertoldmewhat had happened. I asked me to contest, I and 4, the 30-year-old has been draw- his life, but getting her right arm wasmoved.WhenIaskedherwhyshe agreed... Ithink inganenthusiasticresponseasshead- crushedbetweenthebusandthetruck. triedtosaveastranger, Jyotisaid she is politics would offer dresses people in fluent Malayalam. She wasrushedtoalocal hospital anursing student and could notjust me anew avenue." Jyotisays theJanuary3,2010, accident had cut shorther dream of servingpeople as anurse. "If elected,Ihope that dream will blossom in anew way." Thatday,Jyoti had been trav-

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CHIEF MINISTER Uddhav Thackeray said motorists will be able to travel from Nagpur to Shirdi on the Nagpur-Mumbai Super Communication Expressway,also known as Samruddhi Corridor,byMay next year.The remaining portion of the corridor up to Mumbai willbe completedbyMay 2022, he said. Thackeray wastouring Amravati and Aurangabad dis- trictstoreviewthe progress of on- going worksonthe expressway onSaturday. Thiswashisfirston- site reviewofthe project, which wasashowcase project of the previous government. "The work of Samruddhi Corridor continuedevenduring lockdown. So, therewas no delay. The work from Nagpur to Shirdi will be completedbyMay and will be open fortravelling," said Thackeray,while speaking to the media in Amravati. Officials said the Nagpur- Shirdi stretchwas around 520 km out of the total 701kmofthe cor- ridorexpected to cut travel time from Nagpur to Mumbai from 16 to eighthours.The revisedesti- mates forthe project wasRs 55,335 crore, theyadded. An official said therewere aroundsix tunnelsin the remain- ing portion of the corridor from Shirdi to Bhiwandi in Thane. So, this stretchwas likely to take time, the official added. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM THE SUNDAY EXPRESS,DECEMBER6,2020 CALENDAR 4

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UP LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL POLLS LOCAL BODY POLLS DuringRajasthancrisis,BJPtoldCongMLAs SP wins 2MLC seats, BJP 1; Andhra SEC says counting on in two others House resolution thiswillbesixthgovttobetoppled:Gehlot against spirit of tionswasheldthroughballots and BJP slams Gehlotoverallegations ‘without evidence, lava of dissatisfaction withinCong’ EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE countinghasbeenongoingforthe the Constitution LUCKNOW,DECEMBER5 past48hours. We expect to an- Amaravati:Aday aftertheAndhra of aCongress office in Sirohi dis- Venugopal, Randeep Surjewala our morale. And trying to create nounce the resultsfor the twore- Pradesh Legislative Assembly EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE trict on Saturday, Gehlotsaid the and AvinashRai Pandeyinter- an atmospherethat‘don’t worry, THE SAMAJWADI Party(SP) won maining seatssoon,” said Saxena. passedaresolutionopposingcon- JAIPUR,DECEMBER5 BJP is “about to startthe game in venedand decided to suspend this is my prestigepoint, Itop- twoseatsand the Bharatiya PollingwasheldonDecember duct of elections to local bodies, Rajasthanonce again”. the Congress leaders. pledfour governmentsand this JanataParty (BJP) one in the UP 1for 11 seats—fivereserved for the StateElection Commissioner RAJASTHAN CHIEF Minister “The BJP is conspiring in During the event, Gehlotalso sixth will be toppledtoo, have Legislative Council election to graduatesandsixforteachers.The NRamesh Kumar on Saturday Ashok GehlotonSaturdayal- everystate.People saynextisthe alleged that Dharmendra some patience’,” said Gehlot. three graduates’ constituencies term of the MLCs from these con- wrotetoGovernor Biswabhusan leged that CongressMLAsmet turn of Maharashtra... Theyare Pradhan triedtoboostthe However, the BJP hit backat resultsofwhichwerean- stituenciesexpired on May6. Harichandan,sayingitwasagainst BJP leaders, including Home about to startthe game in morale of Congress legislators Gehlotfor his claims. nouncedonSaturday. Inthesixteachers'constituen- the spirit of the Constitution. MinisterAmit Shah and Union Rajasthan once again,” Gehlot by “pretending to talk to High “It is unfortunate thatdespite Counting wasunderwayin cies, the ruling BJP had wonthree Asserting that the StateElection MinisterDharmendraPradhan, said at the event,whichwas also Ashok Gehlot Courtand Supreme Court being the state’s CM, withoutany twoother graduates’ constituen- seatswhile the SP had one seat. Commissionwasanautonomous duringthe political crisis earlier attended by AjayMaken, who is judges”. “Theymet foranhour evidence, he took the name of the cies of Lucknowand Meerut till The rest were bagged by institution as perArticle 243K of this year in the state, and were Rajasthan in-charge of the and thoseMLAstold me, ‘sir,we country’s home minister and lateonSaturdaynight. Independent candidates. Results theConstitution, Ramesh Kumar allegedly told that the party’s Congress,state Congresspresi- Minister) wassitting there, Syed were ashamed, therewas one Union Minister, which is outside The Allahabad-Jhansi and forthe six seatswereannounced said conducting elections to local government will be the sixth to dent Govind Singh Dotasraand Zafar Islam, who nowhas be- Sardar Patelwho wasthe Home political decorum. Everybody Varanasi division seatswerewon Friday. Currently,the SP has 52 bodies wasits responsibility.The be toppledbythe BJP. other Congress leaders. come RajyaSabha (member) of Ministerand nowthereisthis knows his partyhas itsown po- by SP candidates Maan Singh MLCs in the100-memberUP stateAssemblyFridayhad hit out The BJP has hit backatGehlot “AjayMaken-ji waswith us BJP,who brought Scindiatothe Amit Shah who is the Home litical infighting and thereisalava Yadavand Ashutosh Sinha, while Legislative Council,followedby at the SEC forseeking to conduct over his allegations “withoutev- at the hotelfor 34 days.He BJP,hewas also present there Minister... feeding us sweets, of dissatisfactioninsideCongress. BJP candidateManvendraPratap BJP’s 19.The BSP has eight MLCs, elections amid the Covid-19 pan- idence” and forfailing to control knows whatwas happeningin alongwithour MLAs,” Gehlot snacks’. And Dharmendra Gehlotand the Congress leader- Singh wonthe Agra divisionseat, Congress two, Apna Dal (Sonelal) demic and passedaresolution the “lava of dissatisfaction within Rajasthan. And the wayour said,adding the crisis wasre- Pradhan is pretending to talk to ship have failed to control it and said Joint Chief Election Officer and Shiksha Dal one each. There stating that the present situation the Congress”. MLAs metAmit Shah. solvedafter Congress leaders judges of the High Courtand he blamesthe BJPforit,”said state Avaneesh Saxena. arethree Independents, and 14 in the statewas notconducive for During avirtual inauguration Dharmendra Pradhan (Union suchasAjayMaken, KC SupremeCourt in order to boost BJP president Satish Poonia. “Thepolling forthe MLCelec- seatsare vacant. elections in February 2021. PTI

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Name of the work :Improvement of Road Works under RIDF &Inter District Inter Block Connectivity François-PhilippeChampagneon yourIndiancounterpartaboutthe option but to sell their produce at 2. Totalno. of work :05(Five) Nos. 3. Estimated Cost :Asper Annexure. Monday, days afterIndia sum- impact on BritishSikhsand ratesmuchbelowthe Minimum 4. Class of Contractor :Asper Annexure. 5. Period of Completion :Asper Annexure monedthe Canadian envoy and SJaishankar Punjabis,withlongstandinglinks SupportPriceof Rs1,868perquin- 6. Other details protestedagainstPrime Minister to land and farming in India," the talinopenmarket,largely because Procurement Officer Bid Identification No. Availability of tender On-line for bidding Last Date &Time of seeking Date &Time of Opening of Tender in O/O S.E. N.E.R.W. Circle, Keonjhar JustinTrudeau’scommentsonthe MPsstated. of delayedandslowprocurement From To Tender Clarification Technical Bid Financial Bid 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ongoing farmer protests here. 19 hostedbyCanada. Theletter,issuedonFriday, has by the stategovernment's nodal Superintending Engineer, North Eastern Rural Road Online NCB No. 281 Dt. 08.12.20 at 11.00 A.M. Dt.19.12.20 up to 3.00 P.M. Dt.18.12.20 up to 3.00 P.M. Dt. 21.12.20 at 11.00 A.M. Will be intimated later Works Circle, Keonjhar Officially, the Indian side has Meanwhile,thespokesperson been draftedbyBritish Sikh procurement agency,Primary Further details can be seen from the website: www.tendersorissa.gov.in Sd/- Superintending Engineer, N.E.R.W. Circle, Keonjhar conveyed to the Canadian side forUNchief AntonioGuterresand Labour MP TanmanjeetSingh Agriculture CreditSociety(PACS). OIPR-25048/11/0008/2021 thatJaishankar willnot be able to agroup of 36 cross-party UK par- DhesiandsignedbyotherIndian- Although the official dateto attendthe video-call due to liamentarianshave alsocomeout originMPs, including Labour's startthe paddy procurement GOVERNMENT OF ODISHA Office of the Superintending Engineer,Rural Works Circle, Sambalpur “scheduling issues”. in supportofthe agitating Indian VirendraSharma, Seema process is November 15,this year Tel-0663-2548268,E-mail Id [email protected] Sourcescautionedthatitisnot farmers, saying that people have Malhotraand Valerie Vazaswell it startedonlyaweek agoinnine O-658 No:2325 Dated:03.12.2020 correctto linkJaishankar’srefusal aright to demonstrate peacefully as former Labour leader Jeremy of the 32 districts. So far, 793 MT The Superintending Engineer Rural Works Circle, Sambalpur on behalf of Governor of Odisha invites online percentage rate Bid from experienced &eligible bidders for 1(One) group of road work under Annual maintenance plan 2020-21 for periodical maintenance of 5-year completed PMGSY road works, such as renewal coat with laying SDBC in the districtsofDeogarh. to participateinthemeetingwith and authorities shouldlet them Corbyn. paddy has been procured – 1 Name of work : Annual maintenance plan 2020-21 for Periodical maintenance of 5-years completed PMGSY Road works, such as renewal coat with laying the issue of commentsfromthe do so. It urgesthe ministertoset up againstthe target of 30 lakh MT – SDBC under R.W Division, Deogarh. Canadian leadership, since New “As to thequestion of India, an urgent meeting with them to said officials involvedinthe pro- 2 No of works : 1(One) group details as per DTCN. 3 Estimated cost : Approximately Rs 212.20 lakhs. Delhihasnotgiventhatastherea- whatIwould saytoyou is what discuss the “deteriorating situa- curement process. 4 Class of Contractor. : Band A son. “If it wasindeed an action to I'vesaid to otherswhen raising tion in the Punjab” and seeksan Accordingto officialestimates, 5 Cost of tender paper and mode of deposit. : Rs. 10,000/- per set.( to be deposited On-line) in favour of concerned Executive Engineer. 6 Mode of submission of tender : Tender should be submitted only On line in website www.tendersorissa.gov.in.(https//tendersodisha.gov.in) conveyIndia’s displeasure, we these issues is that people have a updateonany communication morethan 80 per cent of farmers 7 EMD and mode of deposit : 1% of estimated cost appearing in DTCN (to be deposited On-line) in favour of concerned Executive Engineer. would have said so.Wewouldn’t right to demonstratepeacefully, the Foreign, Commonwealth and inthestatehavealreadyharvested 8Summary of key dates are provided below : have givenscheduling as area- and authorities needtolet them Development Office (FCDO) has their paddy crop. On an average, Procurement Officer Bid Identification No. Availability of Tender on-line for bidding Last date &time for seeking Date &Time of opening of tender son,” the source said. do so,”Stephane Dujarric, had withthe Indiangovernment the stategrows around1.60 crore From To clarification Technical Bid Financial Bid Since March 15,Canada has spokesman forthe UN Secretary on the issue. MTpaddyeveryyear,outof which 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Superintending Engineer Rural, Road Tender Online - 08.12.2020 at 18.12.2020 17.12.2020 19.12.2020 at 11.00 23.12.2020 been havingavideo-call with General,said in NewYorkon The FCDO said the depart- thegovernmentprocuresaround Works Circle, Sambalpur RWCSBP-08 11.00.A.M. up to 4.00 P.M. up to 4.00 P.M. A.M. at 11.00 AM *Further details can be seen from the e-procurement portal www.tendersorissa.gov.in. (https//tendersodisha.gov.in) Foreignministersof Brazil,France, Fridaywhilerespondingtoaques- ment hasnot receivedthe letter 30 lakhMTpaddy.In2019-20, Sd/- *Subsequent modification/ corrigendum/Addendum if required shall appear in website only. Superintending Engineer, Germany, Italy, Singaporeandthe tion on the farmers' protest in as yet. “The police handling of however, it procured alittle over *The amount put to bid is exclusive of GST Rural, Works Circle, Sambalpur *Bidder should inspect the road before bidding and quote his rate accordingly. United Kingdom –therehave India. protests areamatter forthe gov- 20 lakh MT paddy from over 27 OIPR-25091/11/0011/2021 been 11 suchvideo-calls till now. InLondon,agroupof 36cross- ernment of India,” an FCDO lakh farmers. On November 3, Jaishankar took partyParliamentarianshave writ- spokesperson said. Severalfarmerstold The “IMPORTANT” partinthe11thcallof theministe- tentoUKForeign Secretary (WITHPTIINPUTSFROMNEW SundayExpressthattheyhadto sell Whilst care is takenprior to acceptance of advertising copy,itisnot possible to verify its rialcoordinationgrouponCovid- Dominic Raab and askedhim to YORK&LONDON) theirpaddyforRs800-Rs1,200per contants.The Indian Express (P) Limited cannot be held responsible for such contents, norfor any quintal in open market,although loss or damage incurredasaresultof the MSP is Rs 1,868per quintal, as transactions withcompanies,associationsor individualsadversinginits newspapers or Canada PM’s farmer remarks hypocrisy: Chauthaiwale the procurement process is yetto Publications.Wetherefore recommend that readers make necessary inquiries before sending begin in their areas. any monies or entering into any agreementswith BJP's foreignaffairs depart- Chauthaiwale said. advertisers orotherwiseactingonan advertisement in any mannerwhatsoever. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE mentin-charge Vijay “Italso opposesimportre- NEWDELHI,DECEMBER5 Chauthaiwale tweeted: strictions to protect India's farm- KARNATAKA STATEPOLICE HOUSING AND “Canada is amember of the ers. The questions posedby BJP SATURDAY slammed CairnsGroup of agriexporters, Canada to India regarding India’s INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LTD. Canadian Prime MinisterJustin whose objective in WTOnego- agri policies in WTOare evi- (A Government of Karnataka Undertaking) Trudeau's supportfor the tiations is to seek increased dence of the fact that Canada has #59, Richmond Road, (Gen K.S. Thimmaiah Road) Bengaluru-25. protesting farmersinIndia as market access in countries like scarce interestinthe genuine Ph: 080 –25584102 /25594893 Website: www.ksphc.org “nothing but hypocrisy”,claim- India. It seeks reduction in the well-being of Indian farmers and email :[email protected], [email protected] ing Canadaisa"strident critic" agri subsidies provided to do- agricultureproducers,” he said. No.: EE/KSPH&IDCL/CNT/TND/2020-21/393 Date: 05.12.2020 of MSP and other agriculture mestic producers, even if such Trudeauhas extendedhis SHORT TERM NOTICE INVITING TENDER policies at the WTO. subsidies aresubsistence-level,” support to the agitating farmers. KSPH &IDCL invites online tender through e-procurement portal https://eproc.karnataka.gov.in for the following works: Approx. Contract Ahead of bandh, SAD begins talks with Amount Period Sl. Class of Name of Work put to (including No. Contractor regional parties for anti-NDA front tender (Rs. monsoon) in Lakhs) in months during the meeting. party’s chief spokesperson, said PACKAGE-37: Developmental works for PG-2020: EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Chandumajra is also meeting that the SADleaders will come to Construction of AdditionalSeptic Tank for Disposal of Sewage Water for PoliceQtrs at Belakavadi, Melukote, CHANDIGARH,MUMBAI, NCPpresident Sharad Pawarand Mumbai on Saturdayevening. Class-II & 1 Kikkeri and Keragodu in Mandya Dist and Construction of 366.00 3 KOLKATA,DECEMBER5 MaharashtraChief Minister “They will meetThackeray and above Uddhav ThackerayonSunday. Pawartomorrowandwilldiscuss compound wall, RCC Box type Storm drain to Police qtrs TAKINGANinitiative to form a “AnothermeetingwithformerUP the further strategy of farmers’ at DAR premises in Chamarajnagara, Gundlupet, Begur in jointpoliticalfrontagainsttheNDA CM Akhilesh Yadavisalso sched- protestand Bharat Bandh with Chamrajnagar district . at Centre,the Shiromani Akali Dal uledinthe next week,” them,” said Raut. PACKAGE-38: Developmental works for PG-2020: Class-III & (SAD) has startedfirmingupsup- Chandumajrasaid. Raut, who wasdischarged 2 Construction of compound wall to Police qtrs at Rona, 87.32 3 above portfromregional parties. “All the regional parties have fromthehospitalonSaturdayafter Mulagunda &Binkadatti in Gadag district. Adelegationof theSAD,ledby been feeling that we needtoget aprocedure, said that he received PACKAGE-39: Developmental works for PG-2020: former MP Prem Singh togetheragainstthedictatorialat- acall from SADleaders on Friday Construction of Compound wall, Road and Drain for Class-III & 3 163.80 3 Chandumajramet West Bengal titude of the NDAgovernment. when he wasinthe hospital. Police Qtrs at Haveri shahara, Haveri Rural, DAR Haveri, above Chief Ministerand All India This is the needofthe hour to The move comes ahead of a Rannebennur Rural, Halageri and Hirekerur in Haveri Dist. Trinamool Congress president ward offthe attackonthe federal Bharat Bandh announcedby PACKAGE-40: Developmental works for PG-2020: MamataBanerjee in Kolkataon structure. Also, thereisnostrong farmers on December 8. On Construction of Compound wall, Road and Drain for Police Class-III & 4 128.45 3 Saturdaytoseek her supportfor oppositionandtheneedtohavea Thursday, Akali Dal patriarchand Qtrs at Rattihalli, Thadas, Savanur and Hanagal in Haveri above the joint front. Afterthe meeting, joint front has been felt by the re- former five-time CM of Punjab, District. TMC MP Sudip Banerjee said they gional parties,” he added. ParkashSinghBadalhadreturned PACKAGE-41: Developmental works for PG-2020: would“ethicallysupport”thestrike The senior Akali leader had the Padma Vibhushan conferred Construction of Compound wall, Road and Drain for Police Class-III & calledbyfarmer organisations metleadersofBijuJantaDal also upon him in protest againstfarm 5 Qtrs at Adur,Bankapura and Hamsabhavi in Haveri district 126.00 3 above acrossthecountryonDecember8. fewdays ago.Ajointstatementon laws.Earlier,the regional party of and Providing Grill Work to Balcony for 180 PC +2PSI qtrs TMC RajyaSabha MP Derek the current scenarioprevailing in Punjab,consideredtheoldestally in Haveri District. O’Brienand Labour Minister the countryislikely, soon. of BJP,had walked outofthe NDA PACKAGE-42: Developmental works for PG-2020: Class-III & MalayGhatak were also present SanjayRaut,ShivSenaMPand on thefarmers' issue. 6 Construction of Compound wall, Road and Drain for Police 82.86 3 above Qtrs at PTS Aimangala in Chitradurga District. PACKAGE-43: Developmental works for PG-2020: Class-III & 7 Providing safety grills for the opening area for Police Qtrs 43.78 3 Khap leaders in Dushyant constituency above (Block-A, B, C) at Austin Town in Bangalore. The Interested Contractors may participate in the tendering process. The details such as Tender Fee, seek ‘social boycott’ of him,Hisar MP EMD, Tender Documents etc., are available on e-Procurement Portal from 14.12.2020. “KSPH &IDCL reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids without assigning any reasons.” Chandigarh: Severalkhap lead- upsetoverthe introduction of BrijendraSingh’s father, Note :Henceforth any changes /modifications in the tender will be updated only on ers from Jind’s Uchana area controversial farm laws,met at ChaudharyBirender Singh, had e-Procurement portal. Saturdayannounced“social boy- Uchana on Saturdaytoextend represented Uchana in the Sd/- cott” of Deputy CM Dushyant supporttothe ongoing farmers’ Assemblymanytimes. The DIPR/DDU/1955/AAA/2020-21 Executive Engineer –Contracts I/c Chautala andHisarMPBrijendra agitation. Dushyant is MLAfrom khaps have also announced “so- Singh forsupporting the BJP gov- Uchana constituency,whichis cial boycott” of his father and ernment. partofHisar parliamentarycon- senior BJP leader Birender Singh. The khap leaders, who are stituency. ENS Odisha SkillDevelopment Authority (OSDA) 6 WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM Niyojan Bhawan, Sriya Square, THE SUNDAY EXPRESS,DECEMBER6,2020 Unit 3Bhubaneswar- 751001, Odisha India Tel: +91 0674 2391320 Website: www.empmissionodisha.gov.in email: [email protected] Extension of Last date for Submission of Tender &Corrigendum -02 In reference to Odisha Skill Development Authority, Notice inviting Tender Loan 3539-IND: Odisha Skill Development Project (OSDP) dated 9th Oct 2019, it is notified that the last date for submission of the tender for Packages in National Competitive Bidding (NCB) is extended up to 3:00 pm 5th Jan 2021.The tender shall be opened at 4PMon5th Jan 2021. For information on corrigendum/addendum/changes in bid document please visit following website: www. empmissionodisha.gov.in or www.skillodisha.gov.in Sd/- Chief Executive Officer Odisha Skill Development Authority (OSDA)

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INNUMBERS WomantravelstoDubai 12 The number of Covid- with‘fake’documents, 19 deaths reportedin Pune on Saturday. 8,478 heldafterreturntoIndia The toll so farinthe district. woman—Sitaratnam is aTelugu Airport. She came backtoIndia ATIKHRASHID speakerand knows very little via the Dubai-Pune flight being PUNE,DECEMBER5 English or Hindi. run under Vande Bharat 785 But, according to what they Mission. Immigration officers at The number of fresh A22-YEAR-OLD woman who ar- have been able to discern so far, the airport were curiousabout Covid-19cases rivedonaDubai-Puneflight on she had travelledtoDubai to suchashort tripand probed her reportedonSaturday. Thursdayhad allegedly travelled look forworkasahouse help and further.After notgetting satis- to the Gulf nation justdays ago returnedonaVande Bharat factoryanswers, theychecked using afakename and aforged flight afterfailing to find ajob. her baggageand found an 3,47,130 Aadhaar card, the Pune Police Sitaratnam allegedlytold the po- Aadhar Cardwhichhad her pic- The total positive cases said Saturday. The lice that she had got aforged turebut anamedifferent than so farinthe district. Visakhapatnamresident,Damu Aadhaar Cardbearing the fake the one borne by the passport. Sitaratnam,was arrested shortly namebecause she feared that Theydetainedher and handed afterlanding in Pune. her passportapplication would over the case to us,” said Pawar. It wasthe unusuallyshort be rejectedonaccount of some Sitaratnam has been pro- SATARA DISTRICT duration of the trip—she had left criminal offences registered ducedher at alocal courtwhich on November 29—thatpiqued againsther backhome. remandedher in police custody Worker killed,2 the curiosity of immigration of- Gajanan Pawar, Senior Police till August 8. The investigating ficers at the Pune Airport. Inspector, AirportPolice Station, officer arguedthat the police injured in sugar Gettingnosatisfactoryreply said Sitaratnam had obtaineda neededtointerrogate her to find to their queries, the officers passportwith the fake name in out moreabout the associate, factory ‘blast’ searched her baggageand dis- March from the Regional Surya,and to probeiftherewas FOR MAHAPARINIRVA N DAY coveredanAadhaar cardbear- PassportOfficewith the help of a alargerring to createpassports ing the name of Dasari Swapna, man she identifiedasSurya.She usingforgeddocuments. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Agroup of seniorcitizens put agarland on Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar’s statue near Pune railway stationtopay their respecton following whichtheyhanded is said to have claimedthat this “Weare trying to find more PUNE,DECEMBER5 the eveofhis deathanniversary, on Saturday. Ashish Kale her over to thepolice. same man who also suppliedher about the case, but owing to the The lawenforcement offi- with the forged Aadhaar Card. languagedifficulty,wehaven’t A45-YEAR-OLDworkerwaskilled cers, however, arehaving atough “She leftfor Dubai on yetdeterminedall the factsfrom whiletwootherswereinjuredaf- time communicatingwith the November 29 from Delhi the arrested girl,” said Pawar. tera‘blast’ in the evaporator of a TWOPLEAS ON MARATHA QUOTA ISSUEBEFORE5-JUDGE BENCHONDEC 9 sugarfactoryinSataradistrict on Thursday night,police said. According to the local police, State govt yet to discuss strategyfor theincidenttookplacearound9.15 pm on Thursdayand the workers of Jarandeshwar Sugar Factoryin effective arguments: key coordinator Koregaontehsilsustainedburnin- juriesaftercomingincontactwith thefumesof hydrofluoricacidfol- tion, the stategovernment has that the benchvacates the stay to putout ajoint argument. lowingaloudsoundinthefurnace. MANOJMORE urgedthe constitutionbenchto granted to the reservation issue. “Speaking in one voice in favour Local residentsreportedhearing PUNE,DECEMBER5 vacate, in largerinterest, the The community has been wait- of the reservationissuewillbe sound in aradius of about 4km. September 9staygranted on the ing forjustice foralong time,” crucial to getthe stay vacated. Policehave identifiedthedeceased EVEN AS afive-member consti- Sociallyand Educational said Patil. Therefore, Iwill notwait forthe worker as Sambhaji Ghorpade tution benchset up by the BackwardClasses (SEBC) Act, However, Patil said though stategovernment to approach (45).Twootherworkerswhohave Supreme Court is all settohear whichgives reservation of 13 per he wasone of the key respon- me. Iwill myselfplead withthe sustainedburninjurieshave been the Maratha reservation issue on cent in education and 12 percent dentsinthe case, the stategov- stategovernment to discuss and admitted to aprivate hospital in December 9, the Maratha Kranti in government jobs to members ernmenthad notcontacted him form acommon strategy and Koregaon town. Morchahas expressedthe press- of the Maratha community. to discussthe matter.“Neither commonargumentsonthe is- Deputy Superintendent of ing needfor well-coordinated The SC had granted the stay government officers,nor lawyers sue,” he said. Police (Koregaon)Ganesh Kindre action and an effective strategy during hearing of appeals or political leadership have con- Meanwhile, the Sambhaji saidthe workerswerecleaning from the stategovernment to againstthe BombayHigh Court tacted me to discuss theissue, or Brigadehas urgedthe stategov- the falling film evaporator using ensurethat the benchfinds orderupholding the constitu- to put forthcommon arguments ernment to applythe EWScate- diluted hydrofluoric acid when merit in itsarguments. tional validity of the SEBC Act. on the matter.Itisimportant goryto the Maratha community. the incidenttook place. Akey coordinator of the “The five-member constitution that thereisnodivergence in the “Thehearinginthe Supreme “Therewas aloud sound in movement, however, said the benchhas been constitutedon views of the twoapplicants...,” Courtislikelytodragonfor afew the evaporator and afterabout stategovernment is yettomake the state’s request,” Congress said Patil, adding that even the months. If that happens, Maratha RISK TO LIFE &LIMB: Amanhole near the Collector’s Office lies dangerouslyopen in one of 30 seconds aload of fumes came anymovefor effective coordina- leader Ashok Chavan, who is the Chief Minister’s Office has not youth will be hit hard.Weurge the busiestsquares in the city. PavanKhengre outofthe manhole.The workers tion on the issue before approach- chairman of the statecabinet contacted him. Patil has been the stategovernment to apply who came in direct contact with ing the constitution bench. sub-committee on Maratha fightingthe reservation issue in the EWScategorytoMaratha the fumes receivedburns in- Twoapplications, one from reservation, had said on Friday. courtsfor years and appoints his youth so that their livesare not juries. Ghorpade diedonthe the Maharashtragovernment “The Maratha community is ownlawyers forthe purpose. throwninturmoil. If this does not spot,” said Kindre. and another from coordinator confidentthat the stategovern- He said since the date of the happen, we willbeforcedtoag- Legislative Council Oppn leader seeks The police have registered a Vinod Patil, akey respondent in ment will go before the consti- hearingisnot very far, he will itateinSambhaji Brigade style,” case of accidental death under the case, has been listedat2pm tutionbench well-prepared and approachthe stategovernment said Pravindada Gaikwad, state action against ‘jaat panchayat’for Section174 of CrPC. The direc- on the same day. In itsapplica- with an effective strategy,so andurged it to discuss the issue chief of SambhajiBrigade. torate of Industrial Safetyand Healthwill alsoconduct aprobe ‘socialboycott’ of Kanjarbhat family intothe health of the equipment, quality and concentration of the INS Shivaji celebrates Navy Week with theme ‘1971 boycottiftheyfailedtofulfill sons, including members of the chemicals usedfor the activity CHANDANHAYGUNDE these demands. The ‘jaat pan- alleged‘jaat panchayat’. Police and other technical issues and —Victory at Sea and Navy for Environment’ PUNE,DECEMBER5 chayat’ allegedly alsoissueda have bookedthe accusedunder submit areportonthe incident. diktat declaring that “women sections of the Prohibition of “Wehaveclosedthe furnace The release added, “A clean- LEADER OF Opposition in the have no rightsovertheir ances- People from Social Boycott wherethe incident occurred,” EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE linessdrive wasalso heldon MaharashtraLegislative Council, tral property”. (Prevention, Prohibition and said Kindre. PUNE,DECEMBER5 December3withthe theme BJP leader Pravin Darekar,on “The act againstsocial boy- Redressal) Act, 2016. ‘Navyfor Environment’ from Saturdaymet Superintendent of cott waspassedin2016. But still, Later,the case wastrans- NAVYWEEK2020wascelebrated Bhushi Dam to Lion’sPoint in col- Pune RuralPolice Abhinav some unfortunateincidentsof ferred to Saswad police station BRIEFLY atINSShivajiinLonavalawiththe laboration withLonavala Deshmukh, seeking proper in- social boycottare taking place under Pune RuralPolice on theme ‘1971—Victory at Sea and MunicipalCouncil andPune vestigation into the alleged so- and theyshouldbetaken seri- November 29 as thealleged ‘jaat Navy forEnvironment’, and in- RuralPolice teams from Lonavala, cial boycottofafamilyfrom ously. Ispoketothe SP regarding panchayat’ meeting, in which Bagwithcash, cludedvarious activities includ- whichsaw participation of more Kanjarbhat community by the this case. The SP has assured that Ritaand her familywere“so- valuables ingahalf marathon, activitiesin- than400personnel from the INS ‘jaat (caste)panchayat’. the accusedwill be arrested,” ciallyboycotted”, washeld at volvingstudents,cleanlinessdrive Shivaji towardsensuring clean In thecase, firstreportedby said Darekar while speaking to Garade villageinPurandar worthRs46L and awreath-laying ceremony. and green environment around The Indian Express,aPune-based mediapersons afterhis meeting taluka, whichisinits jurisdiction. Apress release from INS the establishment. Commodore woman from the Kanjarbhat withDeshmukh. No arrestshavetaken place stolenfrombus Shivaji stated,“As partofNavy Ravnish Seth, Commanding community,Suhani aliasRita He added, “Onlypolice action in connectionwith the case yet. week activities, AirtelDelhi Half Officer,INS Shivaji, also interacted Kumbhar (32), and her family is notsufficient... counseling of Activists of theMaharashtra Pune: An unidentifiedper- Marathon wasconducted on withofficers, sailors, defence were “boycotted”for aperiod of the communitiesisneededto Andhashraddha Nirmulan son stole abag carrying November 28 in aunique way, civilians andcivilians residingin oneyear afterher mother Nanda solve such issues. The govern- Samiti (MANS), who arehelping cashand valuablesworth wherein 136participantsregis- the establishment duringthe refusedtolet the community’s ment should startacampaign in the complainant in this case, Rs 46.3 lakh from aprivate teredonamobile application, During awreath-laying ceremonyaspartofthe Navy Week week... Awreath-laying cere- ‘jaat panchayat’ resolve their this regard.Iwill be raising this were also present during the bus in Taje villageonthe ranwithinthe establishment celebrationsatINS Shivaji. Express monywas conducted on theoc- property dispute. pointinthe upcoming session. I meeting. Months before his Pune-MumbaiExpressway along with their smartdevices in casion of Navy DayonDecember The ‘jaat panchayat’ had al- have also asked the police to sub- murder in 2013,rationalist Dr on Thursday.Jagannath 10 km and 21 km categories. A 4bythe station commander, legedly alsodemandedafine of mit their report about this case.” NarendraDabholkar,the Puriya(30), aresidentof motivational talk on Indian Navy line video conferencingapplica- competition with the theme Lonavala, at theWar Memorial. Rs 1lakh, five liquor bottles, Ritahad initiallylodged an founder of MANS, had starteda Dombivali, Thane, has forschools and colleges around tion to inspirethe young popu- ‘Covid-19pandemic’ wascon- The eventsculminated witha and five bokad (malegoats) FIR at the Bharati Vidyapeeth po- protest againstsocial boycotts in lodged acomplaint in this theestablishment wasalso con- lation towardsjoining the ducted on December 2for chil- band concertand tattoo cere- from Rita’s familyasfine and lice station in Pune city on viewofthe rising number of case at the Kamshetpolice ducted virtuallythrough an on- ArmedForces. Aposter-making dren andtrainee sailors.” monyonDecember 4.” warnedofpermanent social November 20 againstseven per- atrocities by ‘jaat panchayats’. station. Police said the bus tookahaltatapetrolpump in Taje villageonthe NCSI recognises 18 social Expressway.When Puriya got down to use the rest- IAPAR INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL room, an unidentifiedper- innovators out of 100 entries sonstolehisbagcarryingRs in association with the National 19.85 lakh in cash and 774 EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Innovation Foundationand Tata Flagship project to featureplays on family, views of God gram gold, said police. PUNE,DECEMBER5 Institute of SocialSciences (TISS), Mumbai. ters and the relationtheyhold mour,” saidperformeranddirec- in the questtounderstand God “Adriyano,Mahadu andAnanta “WE MUSTstopmaterial-inten- The two-dayconference RUCHIKAGOSWAMY with their land. Meanwhile, city- tor, Unnati Kamble. during the lockdown, playwright arethe main protagonists and Twokilledin sive activities like mining, quar- recognised18social innovators PUNE,DECEMBER5 basedtheatregroup Tamashaa’s Kamble said that the play, VedantLanjeof Tamashaatheatre the fictional playlooksinto roadmishap rying and forest loggingand from urban, rural, and tribal cate- play Adriyano explores the differ- whichwillbenarratedbysix ac- groupwrote Adriyano.“Sincetime everycommunity,caste and re- should only promote green goriesoutof 100entries from var- ONE OF IAPAR International ent views of Godthat aresobroad torsinMarathi,willtrytoprovoke immemorial, people have been ligionofthat periodand how Pune: Twoyouthsdiedaf- growth. We should also combine iousfields includingeducation, TheatreFestival’sflagship proj- and flexible that one can find God the audience to ponderontheir seekingto comprehendtheentity theylook forGod around them tertheir two-wheeler matter and energy with informa- health and environment. Twelve ects, the LateShri Kumar Joshi in whatever and wherever one relationwiththeirroots,thefarm- we knowasGod. Adriyano is the within living as well as non-liv- slippednearthenew Katraj tion, go digital and stop depend- innovators from the Urban and Natyawachan Spardha, will fea- looksfor him. landsthat theyhaveleftbehind mystical storyofdelusion, which ing entities. The play,narrated tunnel in Ambegaon ing on government forresources Ruralcategorygaveapresenta- turethe winningand runner-up “... Khandani is aplaywhich andlastly, amoremeaningfulun- takesyou in avoyagetofind God. by sevenactors, talksabout the KhurdonThursday forsetting up enterprisesand rely tion on Saturdayabout their in- scripts at TheBox on Sunday. The triesto understand the separation derstanding of the term mother- We think this storymustbetold socio-political background of evening.Policehave identi- on owncapital, and bank loans,” novations in different streams. play-reading competition that between an individual and his land. “The playwas written and inourerabecausesometimeswe that time, the caste differences fied thedeceasedas said VijayMahajan, CEO anddi- “Wehavetostopthinking in primarilypromoteslocal farmland. In the search of some- worked on in thelastseven forget to question Godhimself that existedand howone under- Arman ShabirShaikh (20) rector of the RajivGandhi terms of jobs and optfor entre- Marathi narrativessaw the par- thingbetter in thedisguiseof suc- monthsduringthelockdownand and to thinkaboutthe question... stood God,” he said. of Bopodiand his friend Foundationand RajivGandhi preneurial self-employment. ticipation of 20 groups between cess, severalpeople have sold we areecstatictofinally perform can we rely on the God of the Old Lanje said that as the purpose Rushikesh Jadhav(23) of Institutefor Contemporarystud- We needtohave10lakh new October 31 andNovember 8. their ‘inheritance or khandani’ in front of aliveaudience. Iwillbe Testament?” said Lanje. of scriptreading is to have theau- Pimple Gurav.Anoffence ieswhile speaking on the second micro-enterprises per year with Khandani, the winning script land forasmall flat in the urban playing twocharacters with the Narrated by the character of dience develop an imageofthe in this case has been dayofthe 8thNational average10workers, whichcan read by membersofNilu Phule setting. Eachofthe characters in help of voicemodulation and the Ocean, the 90 minutestory- storyintheirminds,theynot only lodged at the Bharati ConferenceonSocialInnovation createemployment to theex- KalaAcademy, is atwo-hourplay the playnot onlyhavetheir own reading...,” she said. likescriptisbased in the Malvan concentrated on voice modula- Vidyapeeth police station. (NCSI) organisedonline by the tent of 1crore everyyear,” whichrevolvesaround family, the separatestories but also interact, Afterextensive reading on re- region under the Portuguese tion but also workedon linguistic PuneInternational Centre (PIC) Mahajan added. relationshipbetween the charac- in tones of seriousness and hu- ligions, communities, castesand reign in the late17thcentury. andmusicaltangents.

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THESUNDAY EXPRESS,DECEMBER6,2020 8 EXPRESS NETWORK BRIEFLY Aligarhmanbeatenuponwayto Law grad seeks RTI info, Gujarat registerinterfaithmarriageincourt varsity responds: Malik,isofMuslim faith and was wasalleged that in courtsome Her father had lodgedacom- “Wegot the statement of the EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE allegedly pretending to be a people learnt of his identity.In plaintwith Nayagaon police, stat- girl, whoisminor,recordedbe- NEWDELHI/LUCKNOW, Hindu, the police said. one of the videos, the girlcould ing that his daughter,astudent fore amagistrate in Mohali. The Prove citizenship The Jagannath Puri DECEMBER5 “Wereceivedinformation be seen shouting that she of Matricand aminor,had gone youth would be producedbefore Temple. File that aman had been assaulted "loved" him, while she washeld to meet her friend on November the courtinthe case lodged A21-YEAR-OLD man wasas- while he wasonhis waytoreg- by police personnel. 29, and did notreturn home sub- againsthim," Singh said. the RTIapplication seeking de- saulted while on waytoregister isterhis marriageinAligarh Another video shows thegirl sequently. Thecomplaintstates AligarhSSP Muniraj Gsaid RITUSHARMA tails firstfromher college. After ODISHA an interfaith marriageinan court. We investigated and telling the media: “Wehad been that the familycould notfind her the couple wasthrashedbymis- AHMEDABAD,DECEMBER5 receiving an “unsatisfactory” re- Templefiles AligarhcourtonThursday, the foundthattherehad been an FIR speaking foralong time.Heonly and that an unknown person had creantsand acase has been sponse from the college, she police said on Saturday. forkidnapping by the woman's told me that his name is Sonu. takenher away. lodged in thematter. THE GUJARATUniversity has filedasimilar application with complaint According to police, the man familyinPunjab. He waspre- We came from Chandigarhthree Acting on the complaint, The case has been filedat asked alaw graduatefromone the Gujarat University.“Ibelieve comes from Aligarhand had met tending to be aHindu. An FIR has days ago. Hisfamilywould al- Punjab Police registeredanFIR Civil Lines police station on of itsaffiliated colleges in that the internalassessment againstAmazon the girl, who is aminor,inMohali, been filedfor assaultfor the at- ways say'assalamualaikum' and againstanunknownperson un- chargesofcriminal intimidation, Gandhinagar,who had sought marks sent by the collegeand Punjab, wherehedid odd jobs. tack in the courtcomplex. We Irealisedthat theymight be der IPC Sections363 (kidnapping) rioting and others. information under Right to what has been announced by Bhubaneswar: The The twohad come to Aligarh will investigatethe incident," SP Muslim. He wanted to register and366-A(procuringminorgirl). The girl’s father said Sonu Information (RTI) Act, to provide the university arenot the same,” JagannathPuritemplead- on December 1toregister their (City,Aligarh) Abhishek said. our marriageincourt.” Nayagaon SHO, Sub- triedtomarry his daughter but proof that she wasanIndian cit- she said. ministrationhasregistered marriage underSpecial Marriage According to police, avideo As perthe girl's family, she Inspector JagjeetSingh, told The wasexposed. He said theywill izen. Nagori adding thatshe is a acomplaint against Actatadistrict court. It was on social media shows Sonube- had befriendedSonu on social Indian Express thattheyfound soon lodgeaseparatepolice The applicant, Tanaz Nagori, gold medallistand in the 60th Amazon Indiafor unau- found during investigation that ing dragged outofcourt on media and later learnt that he the girlfromAligarhafter UP complaint againsthim forcon- who is agraduatefrom annual convocation of the thorisedsale of their the man, identifiedasSonu Thursdayasthe girlprotests. It belongs to another religion. Police informedthem. cealing his religiousidentity. Siddharth LawCollegein Gujarat University in January, Nirmalayaprasadonthe Gandhinagar’s Sector 16,had she wasawarded four gold website.Afterscreenshots soughtphotocopies of mark medals forher exemplaryper- of nirmalaya beingsoldon sheetsfor the internal assess- formance in five semesters. thewebsite wentviralAjay Rajkot journalists Arnab moves HC overRaigad mentsofLLB sixth semesteron “I am an advocatemyself, Jena,temple’sadministra- October 19 from theuniversity thereisnoclause in the tor(development) lodged under RTI. Constitution or the (RTI) Act acomplaint against booked for sting Policechargesheet, seeksstay In response to her applica- whereyou have to proveyour Amazon India, seeking le- tion,the Public Information Indian citizenshipfor filing an galaction.“...asperthepro- notgranted. Officer (PIO) of the university’s RTIapplication.Iamgoingto cedure, notice will be EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE On Friday, theRaigad police examination branchonchallengethis in the High Court,” served to the concerned op at police station MUMBAI,DECEMBER5 fileda1,914-pagechargesheet, December 3stated, “The infor- Nagori said. authoritiesforquestioning. invoking IPC Sections 306(abet- mation soughtunder theRight The response, dated on We arealsogetting details Published reportclaiming‘VIP REPUBLIC TV editor-in-chief Arnab ment of suicide) and 109(abet- to Information Act, 2005, December 3, from the GU,which of the seller on the plat- Arnab Goswami has movedan Goswami ment), among others. Section 6gives right to citizens Nagori receivedonFriday, ends form,” Puri SP,Kanwar facilities’ forhospital fire accused interim application before LateonFriday,Goswami filed of India to seek information. It with an “important note”stat- Vishal Singh said. ENS BombayHighCourt,seeking a an applicationagainstthe is requestedthatyou provethat ing: “The Indian citizenship the news reportwepublishedis direction to theChief Judicial On Thursday, Goswami had chargesheetthrough lawfirm youare an Indian citizen. After proof can be submittedciting the EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE incorrect.What theyhavestated Magistrate, Alibaug, to nottake movedanurgentinterim appli- Phoenix Legal, in apending pe- getting proof of your Indian cit- case number in personatthe RAJKOT,DECEMBER5 in theFIR is that thejournalists cognizance of the chargesheet cation before the HC and sought titionfiledbyhim earlier,which izenship,the processfor giving givenaddress or be sentthrough TRIPURA obstructed theirwork, their se- filedbyRaigad Police on Friday astayonfiling of achargesheet had soughtquashing of the FIR. information will be consid- mail...” Oneheldover THE RAJKOT city police has cret work.Since when did the in the abetment to suicide case. and further proceedings in the Goswami referred to the ered.” The information soughtby booked four journalists of police station become asecret Goswami and twoothers, abetment to suicide case. November 29 press conference Himanshu Pandya, the Vice- her under RTIincludes the total firemandeathin Gujarati newspaper Divya place?,” Bhatnagar said. Feroze Shaikh and Nitish Sarda, The Supreme Courthad last by MaharashtraHome Minister Chancellor of Gujarat University number of studentswho have Bhaskar,onFriday, days after In his complaint,Gadhvi said were arrested on November 4af- month ordered therelease of Anil Deshmukh, wherein he had (GU), told The SundayExpress, takenthe exam,among them anti-Bruclash theyconducted asting operation the accusedcame to the police terthe police reopenedacase in- Goswami and other co-accused allegedly declared that a‘strong “As this matter is limited to the howmanytook it offline and on- at the Rajkot Taluka police sta- station on December 1identify- volving the deathofinterior de- on interim bail on abondofRs chargesheet’ would be filed PIO, and Ihavenot seen the ap- line, if online and offline marks Agartala: Nearly two tion and publishedareport ing themselvesasjournalistsand signer AnvayNaik and his 50,000 each. againstGoswami ‘soon.’ plication and itsresponse, Ican- were evaluated differentlyorun- weeksafter aTripuraFire claiming three persons arrested sought information about peo- mother Kumud Naik at their Stating that he wasarrested These remarks were made notcomment. But it is certain der asimilar evaluation pattern, Departmentmembersuc- in connection with the fire at a ple in the lockupand started home in AlibauginMay 2018. on November 4with “mala fide despiteanabsolute, prima facie that we do notpractise likethis copyofmarksheets of allstu- cumbed to injuries sus- private hospital in thecity were shooting videos and clicking According to police,the Naiks intention”, and in an illegal man- decision of theSupreme Court (this is notcommon practice).” dents’ internship assessment tainedduringtheanti-Bru given“VIPfacilities” by thepo- photographs. diedbysuicide over allegednon- ner,Goswami sought that the HC on his bailplea, that the FIR reg- The applicant told The marks sent to theGujarat clash in NorthTripura, the lice. “When told thattheywould payment of duesbyGoswami’s transfer the investigation to CBI isteredagainst him wasfrivo- SundayExpress that suspecting University by the collegealong statepolice Saturdayar- Basedonacomplaint filedby notbeallowedtodophotogra- channel and the companies of or anyother independent lous/illegal, Goswami's plea discrepancies in the internalas- with details of the examination rested a25-year-old on Head Constable Jignesh Gadhvi, phyand videographyinsidethe Shaikh and Sarda. agency,incasethe relief of stay is stated. sessmentmarks,she hadfiled pattern, amongothers. murder charges. North the police have filedanFIR police station,theysaid they TripuraSPBhanupada againstMahendrasinh Jadeja, were doing their job and asked Chakraborty said Debu Pradeepsinh Gohil, Prakash us to do ours,” the complaint Gujarat HC Mukul Roy Malakar,25, wasarrested Ravrani and Imran Hothi. The FIR stated.Rajkotcity police com- Defamation case: Ramani disputes from Kanchanpur and states the journalists tried“to de- missioner Manoj Agarwalsaid judge dies named in CID chargedwith the killingof fame the police forceand com- the accusedentered sections of Akbar’s claims of ‘stellar reputation’ Biswajit Debbarma. “We promise the investigation...” police stationbuildingwhosein- have arrested him and DivyaBhaskar stateeditor, formationisnot shared even un- during Covid were many women whomade chargesheet producedhim before alo- DevendraBhatnagar,said the der the RTIAct. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE allegationsagainsthim but he cal courtwith aplea for journalists were following the “On December 2, the FIR treatment NEWDELHI,DECEMBER5 chose to file the case onlyagainst on TMC questioning him in police “dharma of journalism”. notes, DivyaBhaskar published Ramani. He knewtherewere custodyforsevendays.The “.... The FIR nowheresays that the report. JOURNALISTPRIYARamani, fac- other women and he knew court orderhasn'tyet ar- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ing trial in acriminal defamation about it,” John told the court. MLA’s killing rived", he said. ENS AHMEDABAD,DECEMBER5 case filedbyformer Union min- John reliedonseveral judg- PHONE TAPPING CASE isterMJAkbar,has through her PriyaRamani and MJ Akbar mentstoargue that this Firstpost UTTAR PRADESH ASITTING judge of Gujarat High lawyers disputed his claims of article can beusedby the defence. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Cops file final report in Court, Justice Ghanshyam having astellar reputation before ShereadAkbar's statementtoANI KOLKATA,DECEMBER5 Copsuspended Udhwani (59), diedfollowing se- aDelhicourt. ment. With severalwomen denying rape allegations made by for‘raping’ vere lung infection on Saturday Ramani's lawyer Rebecca coming forwardwith similar al- journalistPallavi Gogoi and his THE WESTBengal CID on case on scribe, Pilot aide while undergoing treatment for John wasmaking her final argu- legations, Akbar hadresignedas wife's statement on the allega- SaturdaynamedBJP national woman Covid-19ataprivate hospital in mentsbeforeAdditional Chief MoSExternal Affairs. tions. Johntold thecourtthat the vice-president Mukul Royinthe terthe investigation process. Ahmedabad. Metropolitan Magistrate John had referred to an article “purposeof exhibiting these doc- second supplementary Lucknow: Apolice inspec- HAMZAKHAN On August7,during the polit- According to doctors, Justice RavindraPandeyonSaturday. in Firstpost annexedbyAkbar in umentsistodisputehis claims chargesheetinconnection with torinAligarhhasbeensus- JAIPUR,DECEMBER5 ical crisisinthe state, the Pilot Udhwanihad tested positive for Her argumentscould notbecon- his complaint and told the court that he had astellar reputation. the murder of Trinamool pendedfor allegedly rap- camphad accusedChief Minister the coronavirus infection on cludedand will be heardon that the article featured embed- He himself says thathewas in a Congress MLAfromKrishnaganj ing a45-year-oldDalit DAYS AFTERthe Rajasthan High Ashok Gehlotoftapping the November 19 and wasadmitted December 10. dedtweetsofmultiple women consensual relationship which Satyajit Biswas, said sources. woman on the pretextof Courtsought the “assistance” of phones of at leastsix MLAs be- to SALHospital in Ahmedabad on Akbar has suedRamani for making allegations against washampering his familylife. Is The second supplementary helping her in a2018 theAdvocateGeneral regarding longing to his owncampstaying November 22. He also had co- defamationoverallegations of Akbar.“When Akbar filedthe this the conduct of aman with chargesheetwas filedinthe dowrycase. Posted with filingof FIRagainstajournalist,the at HotelSuryagarh in Jaisalmer, morbidconditionsofhypothy- sexual misconduct andharass- complaint againstmethere sterling reputation?” courtofAdditional Chief Judicial the Aligarhpolice, the ac- RajasthanpoliceonSaturday filed with the help of the police. It had roidismand dyslipidemia (ab- MagistrateatRanaghat in Nadia cusedwas investigating a itsfinalreportinthe phonetap- also shared adocumentpurport- normallevels of bad lipids such district. dowryharassment case pingcase. edly showing alistofcalls made as cholesterol). The final cause of Madhya Pradesh: According lodged by the woman’s Manoj Kumar,Deputy to theMLAs. death wasdue to respiratoryfail- TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE to sources, daughter againsther in- Commissioner of Police,Jaipur On October 1, an FIR wasfiled ureand lung inflammation or bi- For classes 1-8, Roy's name laws.The woman alleged South,confirmed that afinalre- against Singh andKumar accus- lateral pneumonitis, doctorssaid. CASES: ACTIVECASES:4,09,689 allegedly that the cop calledher to a porthas been filedinthe matter. ing them of spreading “mislead- Acritical intensivistatthe schools reopen 278 croppedup hotelinOctoberonthepre- Kumar said the “origin” of the ing and fake news”regarding the SALHospital, who wasapartof DAYSSINCE 96,08,211 DEATHS:1,39,700 duringthe PANDEMIC textof sharing documents WhatsApp texts—onthe basis of accusationsmade in August. the team of doctors treating from next BEGAN TESTS: 14,58,85,512 | RECOVERIES: 90,58,822 course of in- and rapedher,saidpolice. whichthe FIR wasfiledagainst Following the FIR, Lokendra JusticeUdhwani, saidatthe time Mukul Roy vestigation. The accusedhas been SachinPilot’saideLokendraSingh Singh had approachedthe High of his admission ahigh-resolu- academicyear CASES DEATHS RECOVERIES TESTS He has also bookedundermultipleIPC and AajTak’s Rajasthan Editor CourtinOctober seeking quash- tion computerisedtomography DEC4 36,652 51242,53311,57,763 been ques- chargesincluding rape, Sharat Kumar —“could notbees- ingof theFIR.Duringahearingon (HRCT) had indicated infection tionedbythe CID earlier,follow- molestation and criminal tablished”. December 1, the HC had stayed in 70 percent of his lung and so EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ingwhichhehad secured an an- intimidation. ENS Afinalreport refers to that anycoercive action by police he wasstarted on Remdesivir BHOPAL,DECEMBER5 ticipatorybail from the high documentwhichrecordsthecon- againstSingh till the disposal of (an antiviral medication)and courtlastyear. WESTBENGAL clusionarrivedatby thepoliceaf- the case. steroids. MADHYAPRADESH Chief Speaking to reporters, Roy MinisterShivraj Singh Chouhan said: “Atleast 45 cases arepend- TMC,BJP said Saturdaythat schools for ing againstme. Idonot believe workersclash classes 1to8inthe statewill re- STATESWITHRISINGACTIVECASES in politics of violence. Ihave Uttarakhand: Uptick in untimely forest sume with the newacademic neverindulged in it when Iwas ACTIVECASES RISEINLASTWEEK inAsansol year beginning April 1. with TMC, andevennow when I fires, fewerblazes during regular season The schools will remain shut Uttarakhand 5,789318 am with another politicalparty, Kolkata: Violencebroke until March 31 owing to the Assam 3,554 279 Irefrain from suchthings.” out during aanevent by faster than plainsdue to lower Covid-19outbreak.Studentsup Gujarat 14,778 146 The firstchargesheetinthe the BJP in Asansol’s LALMANIVERMA accumulation of rainwater. to class 8will be promoted based case wasfiledinMay lastyear.A Barabani on Saturday. DEHRADUN,DECEMBER5 The situation improves be- on their projectswhile those in STATESWHEREACTIVECASESAREDECLINING supplementarychargesheetwas Sources said aclash tween the beginning of Julyand classes 9and 10 will be calledto ACTIVECASES DECLINEINLASTWEEK filedinSeptember,inwhichBJP eruptedbetweenTMCand BETWEEN OCTOBER and the end of September when the school twice aweek. Delhi28,252 9,929 MP Jagannath Sarkar was BJP,after whichthe BJP December,Uttarakhand monsoon maintains moisturein Chouhansaid social distanc- Haryana 14,329 6,071 named. claimedtheirworkers recordedmoreforestfires than the atmosphereaswell as soil. ing will be maintainedinclasses Andhra6,432 5,705 Terming it aconspiracy to were targetedwithbombs the four-month period from “But no rain wasrecordedin forgrades 9and 11.The boardex- suppress the Opposition in and that severalofits Februaryinwhichthese blazes the stateafter September 20. amination will be held forthose STATESREPORTINGMAXIMUMCASES Bengal, BJP leader Kailash workerswere injured.The usuallyoccur,government data Forest firesoccur in thefour Therewas light rain forafew days in class 10 and 12. ONDEC4TOTAL Vijayvargiyatweeted,“Mamata TMC denied the allega- shows.Infact, the number of in- months starting February only in November.Following a Chouhanannouncedthe de- Kerala 5,717 6,25,767 Banerjee's conspiracy continues. tions, claiming that BJP cidentsduring the forest fire sea- prolonged dryspell of 45 to 60 cision afterholding ameeting Maharashtra5,2291,842,587 The false murder chargesheeton workers bargedintotheir son—a major partofwhichcoin- days,treeleavesdriedupearly with School Education Minister Delhi 4,067 5,86,125 Mukul Royshows howshe is try- camp.The violence broke cidedwith thelockdown—was dle of February—the onsetof thisyear.Whenthemovementof Inder Singh Parmer. ing to suppressthe opposition by out at aBJP door-to-door the lowest in the last20years. spring when the trees sheddry humans started in the forest to During the meeting, STATESREPORTINGMAXIMUMDEATHS her conspiracy.When Mamata programme at avillage in As per Forest Department leavesand the soil losesmoisture collect wood forthemselvesand Chouhan spokeabout bringing ONDEC4TOTAL Banerjee herself is aguestfor Jhargram around 11:30 records, therewere185 wildfires due to ariseintemperature.This fodder forlivestock,and theylit about a"radical change" in the Maharashtra 12948,678 fewdays,what's going to hap- am. Police intervened the from October 1toDecember1, forest fire season continues usu- wasteaswell as bonfires in the education impartedinMadhya Delhi 73 9,497 pen afterthis, she should think situation wasbrought un- affecting 245hectares of forests. allytill mid-June. Owing to alack fields. These triggered firesin Pradesh. Forthis, he said, acom- West Bengal 52 8,628 once.” der control. Alarge battal- Stateforestofficialscalledthese of rain during this time, the forests,” said aforestofficial. mittee of educationists should Biswas wasshotdead from a DataasonDecember4,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealthandFamilyWelfare,IndianCouncilofMedical ionof policeforcehasbeen incidentsuntimely. ground moisturelevel remains During the forest fire season, be constituted whichwould first Researchandstategovernments.Often,thenumbersreleasedeverydaycontaindatafrompreviousdays point-blank rangeduring apro- deployedinthe area. ENS In Uttarakhand, forestsfires lowand the surface dries up. In therewere135 incidents which study the education systems im- aswell.Assuch,trendsbasedondailynumbersareonlyindicativeandnotdefinitive gramme in Nadia district in begin everyyear from the mid- hillyareas, the surface gets drier affected 172hectares of jungles. plementedinother states. February2019.

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TOPOFTHE Bahrain nowsecond nation to approve WORLD UScourtordersfullDACA Pfizer Covid vaccine for emergency use restorationinreliefto It did notrespond to questions to thepoint of vaccination.” JONGAMBRELL from The AssociatedPress. The Theimmediatechallengefor DUBAI,DECEMBER5 Pfizer shots,aso-called“mRNA Bahrainwould betheconditions undocumentedimmigrants vaccine,” contain apiece of ge- in whichthe vaccine mustbe THE ISLAND kingdom of Bahrain neticcodethat trainstheimmune kept.Itmustbestoredand said it has become the second system to recognize the spiked shipped at ultra-cold tempera- Indians among those whowill benefit;blowtoTrump’s bid nationinthe worldtogrant an protein on the surface of the virus. tures of aroundminus70degrees emergency-use authorization Pfizer latertold the AP that Celsius(minus 94 degrees to endDeferredAction forChildhood Arrivals programme Awomancasts her forthe coronavirus vaccine thedetails of itssales agreement Fahrenheit).BahrainisaMideast vote in the town of made by Pfizer and itsGerman Britain had on Wednesday with Bahrain, including the “tim- nation that regularly seestem- Hawally, Kuwait. AP partner BioNTech. approved the vaccine made ing of delivery and the volume of peraturesinthe summer of PTI&AP Thestate-runBahrain News by Pfizer and itsGerman doses,” wasconfidential and de- around 40°Cwith highhumidity. WASHINGTON,DECEMBER5 Agencymadetheannouncement partner BioNTech. AP clinedtocomment. Bahrain operates astate- THE GULF on Fridaynight,following anear- “Wehavedevelopeddetailed ownedcarrier,Gulf Air,that REVERSINGTHE decision of the Kuwaitvotes lier announcementbythe United logistical plans and tools to sup- could be usedtotransport the outgoing Trumpadministration, Kingdom on Wednesday, making sis and review undertaken by the port effectivevaccine transport, vaccine. In the nearbyUnited afederal courthas ordered full forParliament Britain the firstinthe world. authority of all available data,” the storageand continuous temper- Arab Emirates, the Dubai-based reinstatement of an Obama-era “The confirmationofapproval kingdom said. aturemonitoring,” Pfizer said. long-haul carrier Emirates has programmethatprotectsundoc- amideconomic, by theNationalHealth Regulatory Bahrain did notsay howmay “Our distribution is builtona already said it is preparing itsfa- umented immigrantsbrought to viruschallenges Authority of the kingdom of vaccines it has purchased, nor flexible justintime system cilities to distributevaccines at the US as minors from deporta- Bahrain followedthorough analy- when vaccinations would begin. whichwill ship the frozen vials ultra-cold temperatures. AP tion,arulingthatwill help alarge KUWAIT VOTED Saturday number of Indian migrants. forits National Assembly, The Trumpadministration the firstelection since the WHO chief: triedendingthe Deferred Action DACA recipientsand their supporters outside the US death of itslongtime rul- forChildhood Arrivals (DACA) in Supreme CourtinJune. Reuters ing emir and as the oil- World can start 2017,but the US Supreme Court richnation faces serious blockedits attempt in June. economicproblems un- dreaming of Afterthat, Acting UncertaintyremainsforDreamers der the coronavirus pan- Department of Homeland demic. This tinycountry’s pandemic’s end Security SecretaryChad Wolf hundredsofthousands of had issuedamemoinJulysus- THE DACA programme feredbyDACAtoundoc- voters selected lawmak- pending DACA fornew applica- is the product of an umented immigrants ers for50seatsinthe EDITHMLEDERER tions and reducing howlong re- Obama-eraexecutive brought to theUSasmi- Parliament, the freestand UNITEDNATIONS,DECEMBER5 newals were valid from two order.Atthe time, nors —often called most-rambunctiousas- years down to one year. Congress had refusedto Dreamers —can be di- sembly in theGulf Arab THE UN health chief declared On Friday, US District Judge pass legislation to makeitalaw, luted or takenawaybynew ad- countries. The newly Fridaythat positive resultsfrom Nicholas Garaufisinthe Eastern and Biden is alsolikelytoface ministrations. If the protections electedParliament will coronavirus vaccine trials mean District of New York directed the an uphill task in trying to con- were written intolaw,the fu- needtomakedecisions the world“can begin to dream Department of Homeland vinceaGOP-majority Senateto tureofDreamers would notbe on anumber of matters, about the end of the pandemic”, Security to extend the two-year pass legislation on the subject. so dependentonchanging po- perhaps none moreim- but he said richand powerful na- renewals to DACA recipientsand This means the protectionsof- litical winds in Washington. portant that Kuwait’s tions mustnot trample the poor startaccepting applicationsfrom economy, whichhas been and marginalised“in the stam- first-time applicantsbeginning hit by the pandemic. AP pede forvaccines”. Monday. with unlawful presence in the US According to a2019report by In an address to the UN Thismeansthat the firsttime afterbeingbrought to thecoun- South AsianAmericans Leading GeneralAssembly’sfirsthigh-level Awoman receives an injectionofthe SputnikVvaccine at aclinicinMoscowonSaturday. Reuters sinceSeptember 2017,new ap- tryaschildrento receive arenew- Together(SAALT),thereare atleast session on the pandemic, World plicantswho were notprevi- able two-year period of deferred 630,000 Indians whoare undoc- SRI LANKA Health OrganisationDirector- ouslyeligible maynow applyfor action from deportation and be- umented,a72per cent increase Govtsayswill General Tedros Adhanom the programmewhichshields comeeligibleforaworkpermitin since 2010.AsofAugust2018, Ghebreyesuscautionedthatwhile Moscow starts mass Covid-19 undocumented immigrants the US. DACA recipientsare often thereare approximately2,550ac- expediteEaster theviruscanbestopped,“thepath who came to theUSaschildren referred to as “Dreamers”. tive IndianDACArecipients. Only ahead remains treacherous”. from deportation. Approximately640,000 im- 13 percent of the overall 20,000 bombingsprobe Referring to thecurrent up- vaccination with Sputnik Vshot DACA is an immigration pol- migrantsare enrolledinthe DACA eligible Indians have ap- THE SRI Lankan govern- surge in infections and deaths, icythat allowssomeindividuals DACA programme. pliedfor DACA,SAALTsaid. ment will expeditethe on- Tedros said without naming any “You areworking at an edu- MayorSergeiSobyanin wroteon going probeofEaster countries that “wherescienceis REUTERS cational institution and have his personal websiteonFriday. Sunday suicidebombings drownedout by conspiracy theo- MOSCOW,DECEMBER5 top-priority forthe Covid-19vac- The agefor those receiving Trump orders all that killed258 people, in- ries, wheresolidarityisunder- cine, free of charge,” read a shots is cappedat60.Peoplewith Biden officially secures cluding 11 Indians,last minedbydivision,wheresacrifice MOSCOW BEGAN distributing phone text messagereceived by certain underlying health condi- American troops year,asenior Cabinetmin- issubstitutedwithself interest,the the Sputnik VCovid-19shotvia oneMuscovite, an elementary tions, pregnant women and those istersaid on Saturday. virus thrives, the virus spreads”. 70 clinics on Saturday, marking school teacher,early on Saturday whohave had arespiratoryillness enoughelectors to out of Somalia Ninesuicide bombers car- He warnedthat avaccine Russia’s firstmass vaccination and seen by Reuters. forthe pasttwo weeksare barred riedout aseries of blasts “will notaddress the vulnerabil- againstthe disease, the city’s Moscow, the epicentreof from vaccination. that tore through three ities that lie at itsroot” —poverty, coronavirus task forcesaid. Russia’s coronavirus outbreak, Russia has developedtwo become US President HELENECOOPER churches andasmanylux- hunger,inequality and climate The task forcesaid the registered7,993 newcases Covid-19vaccines, Sputnik V WASHINGTON,DECEMBER5 uryhotels in Sri Lanka on change, whichhesaidmustbe Russian-made vaccine would overnight. whichisbackedbythe Russian the Easter SundayonApril tackledonce the pandemic ends. firstbemadeavailable to doctors “Over the firstfivehours, Direct Investment Fund and an- MICHAELRBLOOD& US PRESIDENT DonaldTrump, 21,2019. “Sri Lankan gov- However, the progress made and other medical workers, 5,000people signedupfor the jab other developedbySiberia’s NICHOLASRICCARDI pressing his end-of-term troop ernment will expeditethe on vaccines means“the light at teachers and social workers be- —teachers, doctors, social work- Vector Institute, with final DECEMBER5 withdrawals from conflicts ongoing probeofEaster the end of the tunnel is growing cause theyran thehighestrisk of ers, those who aretodayrisking trials forthe both yettobe around the world, willpull US Sundaysuicidebombing. steadilybrighter”, he said. AP exposuretothe disease. theirhealth and livesthe most,” completed. CALIFORNIA CERTIFIED itspres- forces out of Somalia, where Iwill meetthe Attorney idential election Fridayand ap- theyhavebeen trying to push General on Mondaytosee pointed 55 electors pledgedto backadvances by Islamic insur- howwecouldproceed,” 18 killed due to Pressure on Nepal PM as US ends exchange votefor Democrat Joe Biden, of- gentsinthe Horn of Africa. Sarath Weerasekera, the ficiallyhanding him the Electoral The Pentagon announced ministerofpublic security, excessive level of programmes with Collegemajority neededtowin Fridaythat virtuallyall of the ap- said. PTI ruling party feud worsens the WhiteHouse. California on Fridaycertified proximately700 troops in poisonousgas in China,calling SecretaryofState Alex Biden’s victory in thestate Somalia —mostSpecial USA Chinese coal mine them ‘propaganda’ Padilla’s formal approval of Operations troops who have been ahead of key meeting Biden’s win in the statebrought conducting training and coun- Firefightersmake his tallyofpledged electorssofar what we call projections.” terterrorismmissions—will be progressagainst KJMVARMA REUTERS to 279, according to atally by The TheelectorsnamedFriday will leaving by Jan 15,fivedaysbefore BEIJING,DECEMBER5 YUBARAJGHIMIRE WASHINGTON,DECEMBER5 Associated Press. That’s justover meetDec.14,alongwithcounter- President-elect Joe Biden is Californiablaze KATHMANDU,DECEMBER5 the 270threshold forvictory. partsineachstate,toformallyvote scheduledtobeinaugurated. FIREFIGHTERS HAVE EIGHTEEN PEOPLE have been THE US StateDepartment said These steps in theelection are forthenextpresident.Moststates The withdrawal from made some progress killeddue to an excessive levelof NEPAL PRIME Ministerand co- on Fridayithas endedfivecul- oftenignoredformalities. But the have laws bindingtheirelectorsto Somalia followedTrump’s or- reining in ablaze in a thepoisonous carbonmonoxide chairman of the ruling Nepal tural exchangeprogrammes hidden mechanics of electing a the winner of the popular votein ders to reduce the US presence Southern California gasinacoal mine in China,offi- CommunistParty,KPSharma withChina, callingthem “soft US president have drawnnew their state, measures that were in Afghanistanand Iraq. canyon, but facedmore cials said on Saturday, the latest Oli, could face calls to resignin powerpropaganda tools”. The scrutinythisyear as President upheld by aSupreme Courtdeci- Thedebateoverthe value of high winds and lowhu- miningdisasterinthe world’s an upcoming meeting of the KPSharma Oli Department said it “terminated” Donald Trumpcontinuestodeny sionthisyear.Therehavebeenno counterterrorismand training midity on Fridaythat largest coal producing country. party’s standing committeeaf- the Policymakers Educational Biden’s victoryand pursues in- suggestions that anyofBiden’s missionsliketheoneinSomalia,is threatenedtostoke the One person wasrescued terfeudingfactions were unable ChinaTripProgram,theUS-China creasinglyspecious legalstrate- pledged electorswould contem- growing —amongthe public,in flameswhichhad forced from the closedDiaoshuidong to sortout their differences. icallyweighedagainstOli, and FriendshipProgram,theUS-China gies aimedatoverturning the re- platenot voting forhim. Congress and even the Pentagon. thousands to leave their colliery situated in Yongchuan During afour-hour session of during ameeting of the commit- LeadershipExchange Program,the sults before theyare finalised. Resultsofthe Electoral But Trump’s push to leave homes. The Bond Fire district in Chongqing the party’s central secretariat teeonSunday, the members are US-China TranspacificExchange Although it’s been apparent Collegevote aredue to be re- Somalia before he leavesoffice wasless than athird Municipality,state-run Xinhua that followedhis one-on-one scheduledtodiscuss the corrup- Program andthe Hong Kong forweeks that Biden wonthe ceived, and typicallyapproved, comes at adelicatetime forthe containedafter it broke news agency reported. meeting with the other co-chair- tion allegations brought against EducationalandCulturalProgram. presidential election, his accrual by Congress on Jan. 6. Although EastAfrican nation: It is prepar- out on Wednesdayon The accident took placeon man of the party,Pushpa Kamal Oli by the Prachanda faction. This “The five programmes in of morethan 270electors is the lawmakers can object to accept- ing forparliamentaryelections the road forwhichitis Fridayevening when workers Dahal ‘Prachanda’, Oli categori- could result in Oli being told by question arefullyfundedandop- firststeptowardthe White ing the electors’ votes, it would next monthand apresidential namedand quickly were dismantling equipment in callysaid he wasneithergoing the party to resignasparty co- erated by the (Chinese) govern- House, said EdwardB.Foley, alaw be almostimpossible forBiden election scheduledfor early engulfed muchof the pit, the reportsaid. to step down from his leadership chairman or as PM, or both. But if ment as softpower propaganda professor at OhioStateUniversity. to be blockedatthat point. February. Theremovalof Silverado Canyon, driven The mine wassuspended role in the party nor from the this were to happen, Olihas pri- tools,” the StateDepartmentsaid. “It is alegal milestone and the “As apractical matter,we American troopscould compli- by strong SantaAna and shut down twomonths ago. postofPrime Minister. vately warned detractors that he The Chinese embassy in firstmilestone that has that sta- know that Joe Biden is going to cate anyability to keep election winds. REUTERS The cause of the accident was The 43-member standing could dissolve Parliamentandcall Washingtondidnotimmediately tus,” Foleysaid. “Everything be inaugurated on January20,” rallies and voting safefromal- notimmediatelyknown. PTI committeeofthe party isnumer- foranearly election. replytorequests forcomment. prior to that waspremisedon Foleysaid. AP Shabab bombers. NYT

THE HAYABUSA2MISSION CEMENTS JAPAN’S ROLE IN EXPLORING THE SOLAR SYSTEM Japan’sjourney to an asteroid ends with ahuntinAustralia’s outback

probelaunchedbyJAXA,Japan’s Phobos, amoonof Mars,andcon- capsule. The area, usedbythe phere.At analtitudeof 6miles,the The team hopes to recoverthe KENNETHCHANG space agency,in2014toexplore tributetoNASA’sArtemisprogram Australian militaryfor testing, capsule will release aparachute, capsule, perform initialanalysis DECEMBER5 an asteroid namedRyugu, a to sendastronautstoEarth’smoon. provides awide-open space that and whereitwill driftasitde- and whiskitbacktoJapan within dark, carbon-richrockabit more But the immediatechallenge is ideal forthe return of an inter- scendswilladdto theuncertainty. 100hours. Even though the cap- JAPAN’S SPACEagency is nearing than half amile wide. willbesearchingin darkness fora planetary probe. “Thelandingplacedependson sule is sealed, the worryisthat the end of ajourneyofdiscovery Thesuccessof themissionand 16-inch-wide capsule containing The small return capsule sep- the wind on that day,”Yoshikawa Earth air will slowlyleak in. that aims to shedlight on the the science it produces will raise theasteroid samples somewhere arated from themainspacecraft said.Theareathatsearchersmight “Thereisnoperfect sealing,” earliesteons of the solar system Japan’sstatusasacentralplayerin amidhundredsofsquaremiles in about 12 hours before the sched- have to covercould stretchsome Tachibana said. and possiblyprovide cluesabout deep spaceexploration,together aregion280 miles north of uledlanding, when it wasabout 60 miles,hesaid. Once the capsule is found, a the origins of lifeonEarth. with NASA,the European Space Adelaide, the nearestlarge city. 125,000 milesfromEarth. The trail of the fireball of su- helicopterwill take it to alabo- But first, it is going to have to AgencyandRussia.JAXAcurrently “It’s reallyinthe middle of The capsule is expected to hit perheated air created by the ratory thathas been setupatthe go on ascavenger hunt in the has aspacecraft in orbit around nowhere,” saidShogo Tachibana, the ground in theearly hours of reentering capsule will help Australian air forcebase at Australian outback. Venus studying that planet’s hell- the principal investigator in Sunday(local time) in Australia. guide the recovery team, as will Woomera. Thereaninstrument This weekend, bitsofanas- ish climateand is collaborating charge of theanalysis of the In an interview, Makoto the capsule’s radio beacon. The will extract anygases withinthe teroid will land in abarrenregion with theEuropeans on amission Hayabusa2 samples. He is partof Yoshikawa,the mission manager, task willbecome much more dif- capsule that mayhavebeen re- near Woomera, South Australia. that is on itsway to Mercury. ateam of more than 70 people Japan’s spaceagency installedanantenna in Woomera, said thereisanuncertaintyof ficult if the beacon fails or if the leasedbythe asteroid rocksas These arebeing ferriedtoEarth In the comingyears, Japan from Japan who have arrivedin Australia, in preparation forthe Hayabusa2’s return. AP about10 kminpinpointingwhere parachutefails to deploy. theywereshaken andbroken by Hayabusa2, arobotic space plans to bring back rocksfrom Woomerafor recovery of the thecapsulewillreentertheatmos- Thereisabit of arush, too. during reentry. NYT

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NJANUARY11, Chinashared the genetic sequence of SARS-CoV2, the coronavirus shutting down bordersand O economies across the world. On March 16,US-basedbiotech firm Moderna and aweeklater,researchersat OxfordUniversity announcedthe startofhu- man trials on vaccines againstit. In India, the government resortedtoan unprecedented lockdown to contain the virus. Up untilApril 19,bywhichtime the countryhad reported15,712 cases and 507 deaths, avaccine wasnowhereonthe hori- zon. That day, at the dailybriefing by the MinistryofHealth &FamilyWelfare,Joint SecretaryLuv Aggarwal saidahigh-leveltask forcewould “identifyapathway forvaccine development” —the firsttime the govern- ment mentionedthe V-word. With that, the ball wasset rolling. By July, the Indian regulator had cleared Phase 1hu- man trials of the firstindigenous vaccine can- didate, developedbythe Indian Councilof Medical Research (ICMR) and Bharat Biotech. Some slips followed(including the ICMR’s incredulous August15deadlinefor a vaccine), but nowIndiaisfinallyonthe cusp of avaccine forCovid-19. With the UK already granting emergency use approval forthe Pfizer vaccine, regula- tory bodiesare seeking to rush through their approvals. With at leastfivecandidates in dif- ferent stages of clinical trials, India hopes to roll out itsfirstvaccine in thenextfew weeks. However, therollout would be justthe startofanunprecedented exercise,with India seeking to vaccinateasmanyofits 1.3 billion people as possible, with at leasttwo, maybeeventhree, doses each. Taking the vaccine from the factorytothe syringebroadly involves threestages—trans- portation, storageand theactual inoculation. Thegood news is Indiahas muchofthe infra- structure in place, thanks to itsUniversal Immunisation Programme (UIP), oneofthe largest public health schemes in the world, covering close to 2.67 crorenewbornsand 2.9 crorepregnant women against12diseases. At the Pune-based Serum InstituteofIndia, whichhas collaborated with OxfordUniversity and pharmaceutical major AstraZeneca forthe productionofone of the five vaccine candidates in India. Reuters “Since 1984,when the UIP wasstarted, India has created anetwork of more than 26,000 cold chainpointswith temperature trackers forvaccines.Now we only needto augmentthis,” asenior HealthMinistryof- ficial told TheSunday Express. Whichiswhy,despitepubliclyvoiced ROLLING OUT concernsoverinfrastructure to storeand transportvaccines, with private players of- fering to pitchin, sources in the government saythis is one area where the countrycould be comfortable —atleastfor now. The real challengewould be thelogistics involvedintakingthe vaccine to the benefi- THE VACCINE ciaries, and in tracking them. Notjustmultiple vaccines arebeing used againstone diseasebut also, unlikeUIP, whichfocuseslargely on children, the Covid With the government claiming that India is weeksawayfromgettinga inoculation drive is to covernewborns to vaccinefor Covid-19, KAUNAIN SHERIFFMonthe hectic backend adults, from the healthytothe infirm, those with underlying diseasesand thosewithout, preparations forthe mammoth exercise of inoculatinglakhs of people, adults those in urban areas to thoseinsome of the remotest geographies. and children—and working outwho willget the shotwhen, andhow

The blueprint Officials saystate has ensured90% immunisation despitepandemic. Gargi Verma As early as August12, thefirstmeeting of “Vaccine procurement will be negotiated In India, cold chain technologyasbase infra- the National ExpertGroup of Vaccine centrallyand quality control will be also at structurewithin the logistics networkissuf- Administration (NEGVAC)—co-chaired by the central level. But once the stocksaregiven ficient enough. All we have to do is compart- Dr VKPaul, member,NITI Aayog, and Union to the states, the logistics should all be under mentalisewith wall panels and we can store SPOT REPORT HealthSecretary Rajesh Bhushan —decided the stateand district administration.” the vaccines alongside food. India also has that on the agendashould be augmenting Reddy also underlinedthe value of plan- about20,000 transport trucksdesigned to 310 km from Raipur, atrek technology platforms to ensurethat eachvial ning. “Howtogiveanintramuscular injec- storeupto-25 degreesCelsius,” he said. of the vaccine and eachbeneficiaryistracked. tion, howtolook forside-effects, howtodo Saying it’s moreimportant to focus on Since 2015,India has had avaccinetrack- sterilisation, and dispose of the syringe, can management, Kohli pointed out, “Weare not of half-a-day with vaccine, ingmechanism as partofthe existing immu- be ataught in amatter of fewdays. This Abigexercise planning forstorage;millionsofvaccine nisation programme. CalledeVIN or should nottoo difficult, but should be taught doses will getoverinafewweeks. We must Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network, the under good supervision. Initial injections DESPITE THE experience withthe identifythe terminal inoculation centres, hoping to catch tribals in time software, whichworks through asmart- should be givenunder the supervision of ex- Universal Immunisation then work backwards andplan howthat phone application, has digital information periencedpeople.” Programme, one of the largest public centrecan be providedaparticular coldstore. on vaccine stocks and the temperatures in At his meeting withChief Ministers last health programmes in the world, The planning will have to factor in the dis- Covid-19vaccination drive.Dantewada the cold chain. One of the firsttasksassigned week,Prime MinisterNarendraModi too Covid vaccination will be an entirely tance between point Aand B.” GARGIVERMA district has had over 5,000Covid-19cases wasbeefing up the eVIN. asked states to send detailedplans on last different ball game forIndia. Unlike States aresubmittingtheirplans to the (43 active now) and 15 deaths so far. Multiplevaccinecandidatesmean each mile-delivery.“Theexperience of states (on the UIP,whichfocuses largely on Centre. Forinstance, Karnataka has proposed ROUND10amonaThursday, In Gadhmiri, mitanin Malati is among has itsown cold-chain requirements—mak- vaccine administration) is of utmostimpor- children, the Covid exercise involves three newvaccine stores in Bengaluru, a mitanin (community health the over twolakh healthcareworkers reg- ing digital tracking critical. Anyexposure to tance. Because everything movesfromthe amajor chunkofthe population, Shivamoggaand Ballari districts. The state volunteer) and an auxiliary isteredonastate governmentportalforthe statelevel,” he said. has also identified30,000 vaccination sites, A nurse maketheir wayto Phase-1Covid-19vaccinationdrive.Acru- outside temperatures can reduce the po- withfivedifferent vaccines to track, tency of avaccine and hence wastage. In an Idea Exchange session at TheIndian from dosestobeneficiaries. and sought additional cold storageequip- JharawayavillageinMuchnar gram pan- cial link between thenurse and locals, the “You needanITsystemtoknowwhere Express, Nandan Nilekani, former chairman ment from the Centre. chayat in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada, 310- mitanin hasbeen assigned around 100 the vaccine is procured from, howand where of the UIDAI and the architect of Aadhaar,had On September 10,Additional Secretary, odd km from the statecapital Raipur. families in her para,spread out over 4km. it is kept,whether temperatureparameters proposedaroadmap. “My suggestion is that COLDCHAINFORIMMUNISATION Health Ministry, Manohar Agnani,wrote to Armedwith vaccine boxescarrying pre- “Weweretrainedfor the Covid-19vacci- aremaintainedetc. All this tracking is needed we createaplatform to do 8-10million vac- (Disruptionofthecoldchainintransit stateimmunisation officers and cold chain ventive shotsfor Japanese Encephalitis, nation drive and taught about social dis- on real-time basis,” atop government offi- cinations aday by authorisedvaccinators. mightreducethepotencyofthevaccine) officers with 15 directions, includingrepair of the small team arrivesatanullah fedby tancing,amongotherthings.Ourancestors cial had said afterthe August12meeting. We have asystemtotrain 200,000people on non-functional cold chain equipment. the Indravati river, where the motorable have followedthat conceptfor years,” Since then, keyfeatures have been added howtovaccinate,explain to people the side- road ends. The villageisstill 5kmaway laughs the mother of three, speaking in to the eVIN app. NowcalledCo-VIN,the soft- effects... Thereisanapp, and one can take an And when things go wrong... and theywalk over alow,narrowbridge Hindi and the local Halbi languages. She ware can trackthe beneficiaryand allocate appointmentfor vaccination. Iwill give my Acrucial unknown is the possibility of ad- to reachtheir destination, where agroup says thereare somefamiliesthatmakeex- avaccinationsession. Also, once aperson is name, do an Aadhaar authentication...The verse eventsorhealth complications follow- of 10 children arewaiting at theangan- cuses,“butItake thechildren anyway”. vaccinated and if thereisnoadverse event, a information could then be sent in real time to ing the vaccination. wadi centrefor the shots.During mon- In Chandenar village, Sukalu Bai, 55, QR-based digital certification is generated. acloud location, and it will send backadigi- Indiahas an existing mechanism called soon months, when the nullah swells up says she has “managed”toconvince res- States across the countryhavealready talcertificate to me...Becauseinthe Covid- Vaccine manufacturer the AEFI (Adverse EventsFollowing andoften drowns the bridge, the health identsofher villageabout the benefitsof startedusing Co-VIN foranother important 19 vaccine system, it is notonlyimportant Immunisation) Secretariat under theUIP,in- workers saytheywade through the wa- vaccination. “Earlier,mothers worried task: uploading the database of healthcare that Iamvaccinated, it is alsoimportant that cluding doctors, dataspecialistsand health ters to reachthe paras (neighbourhoods). that the shots would give their children workers, who will be the firstpriority group youknowthat Iamvaccinated.The digital workers. Butagain, Covidisawhole newter- About 55-kmaway, in Toyalanka vil- fever.Iwould explain things to them, to getavaccine. On November 23, the Centre certificatecan then be shown at ajob inter- ritory. Whilethe AEFI is limitedtotracking lage, anganwadi worker Bindu Sodhi says even scold them. Now, theyall under- told states to identifythe potential vaccina- view, airport, railway station, bus stand etc.” Vaccine Refrigerated trucks adverse eventsamong children, nowadults her assignedareais“half-a-day’s trek”. “I stand,” says the grandmother of five. tors among the healthcareworkers. will have to be kept an eyeon, particularly have to walk 10 km to reachthe houses “In preparation forthe Covid-19vac- Along with adetailedarchitecturetoaug- Storage, distribution giventhe comorbidities risk in Covid-19. on the hill. When immunisation pro- cination, we have collected dataofall ment the IT platform, the expertcommittee Akey partofthe roadmap is taking stock Ice packed Experts also flag another issue. “Given grammes begin, the nurses inform me at healthcareworkers,including mitanin, built ablueprint forvaccine administration. of thecoldstorage facilities at different stages thermocol boxes that the vaccine will be administeredonthe leasttwo days in advance or else by the anganwadi workers, and medicalstaff of On October 26, the Health Ministryrec- onceavaccine leavesthe factory. in air cargo basis of emergency use authorisation, we time Itrekup, everyone has leftfor col- private hospitals, and it is being uploaded ommendedthe creation of statesteering By the end of lastweek,the government don’t have enough dataonlong-term safety lecting mahua flowers or forother activ- on aportalfor easy access.Weare also committees headedbyChief Secretaries; had identifiedasmanyas28,947cold chain and efficacy.Therefore, from asafetypers- ities in the jungle,” Sodhi says. working on increasingthe cold storage statetask forces by Principal Secretaries, points. These areessentiallydeep freezers pective,itwill very crucial to strengthen ad- As India prepares to roll out the vac- points,” says officer Thakur.The statecur- Health; and district task forces —toplan, im- and ice-linedrefrigerators to storethe vac- verse event reporting,” said Dr Anant Bhan, cine forCovid-19, resolving issues of ac- rentlyhas 630 cold storagepointswith plement and mobilise resources and to carry cines at primaryand community health cen- aresearcher in bioethicsand global health. cessibility suchasthese is apriority for morethan80,000litresoffreezing capac- out “mid-course correction”,ifneeded. tres and districtsat2to 8degrees Celsius; as Government Statestores States have been directed to revamp the the government. Likeinlarge parts of the ity,believed to be sufficientfor thefirst The expertgroup alsobuiltanarchitec- well as largerwalk-in coolers and freezers at Medical Store AEFI committees to include, apartfrompae- country,Chhattisgarhhas been success- phase of the Covid-19vaccination. turetoensurelast-mile reachofany vaccine, thestate and regional levels. Depots* diatricians, neurologists,cardiologistsand fullycarrying out year-round vaccination WhileThakursays thestatehassought since real work on theground will have to be Sources said these 29,000 pointsare ad- respiratorymedicine specialists.The Centre drivesunder the Universal Immunisation morecold chainpoints and walk-in cool- done at the blocklevel. equatefor vaccines neededtobegiven in the hasalso sought adequatestocksofadrena- Programme. “Thestate has achievedover ers forSarguja and Bastarregions, sources On November 24,VandanaGurnani, firstphase to healthcareworkers. line injections, to be administeredinthe 90% immunisation despitethe pan- inthegovernmentclaimthatthecoldchain AdditionalSecretary&Mission Director In parallel,the subgroup headedby event of anysevereallergic reaction. Next demic,” says stateimmunisation officer pointsbeingset up can onlyprovide tem- (NHM) in the Health Ministry, wrotetostates SAparna, Secretary, Department of District Community week,itwill issue guidelines to states on how Amar Singh Thakur. However, the officer peratures between 2-8 degreeCelsius, seking BlockTaskForces, headedbySub- Pharmaceuticals (DoP), is mapping cold stor- stores Health Centres to communicate to people on vaccine safety. admits “issues of accessibility” and “last whichwon’t help if the Covid-19 vaccine Divisional Magistrates/tehsildars, who would ageavailable with food processing industries. In his meeting withCMs, the PM had said, mile connectivity” have prevented100 requiresstorageatsub-zerotemperatures. “identify vaccinators across government and Pawanexh Kohli, former CEO of the Atthesecentres, “For us, safetyisasnecessaryasspeed.” At per cent success, apartfromthe lackof “A lotdepends on the final drug that private sectorssoastominimise disruptionof National Centrefor Cold Chain Development, thevaccinesare an all-party meeting on December 4, he said awareness, tribal customs, preference for the Centreprocures. Apartfromlast-mile routine immunization services”. athink-tank on agri-logistics,said India has storedinregular experts believe a“cheap andsafe” vaccine traditionalmedicines over injections in connectivity,transportation and admin- Stressing on decentralisation as a“crucial sufficient cold storageinfrastructure, includ- PrimaryHealth refrigerators would be ready in the next fewweeks. “It is interior partsofthe state—all issues istration will be achallenge,” said an offi- and important” aspect, public health expert ing in the private sector.“Acold chain is not Centres natural the worldiswatching India,” he said. whichcould also come up duringthe cial involvedinthe process. Dr KSrinath Reddy told TheSunday Express, definedaccordingtosectorbut temperature. * ■ Kolkata ■ Mumbai ■ Chennai ■ Karnal (Haryana) As arebillions of Indians.

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AMERICANS CANheave asigh of relief Protection of lifeand personal liberty;and (Amendment) Act, the dismemberment who love or marry or live with Hindu that Mr Donald Trumpwill be finallyout Article 25 —Freedom of conscience. of thestateofJammuandKashmir,thede- women. The text of the UP lawisdirected on January20, 2021. Yet, theycannot Mindful of the havocwrought follow- nialof humanrightsto under-custodyand againstinter-faithmarriages or living to- Modi’s wish away thesobering fact that ingthePartition,theConstituentAssembly under-trialprisoners,thedetentionof po- gether,particularly Hindu-Muslim cou- 73,890,295 citizens of the United States made twospecial provisions to reassure litical leaders without charge or trial, the ples.The questionable text reads: voted forMrTrump, only6,136,426 less minorities: Article 29 forprotection of in- erosionby stealthof thereservationforSCs, “No person shall convert or attempt to dangerous PCHIDAMBARAM than the number that voted for terests of minorities and Article 30 for STsandOBCs,theonslaughtonfederalism convert, either directly or otherwise, any Website:pchidambaram.in President-elect Joe Biden. America is di- rightsofminorities to establishand ad- and the brazen attempt to impose an other person from one religion to another Twitter@Pchidambaram_IN videdasnever before since 1860. ministereducationalinstitutions.Anycit- Oneness in everything from ration cards by misrepresentation, force, undue influ- isolation The civil warof1860 wasfought on izenhavingadistinctlanguage,script,cul- to entrance examinations to elections. ence,coercion, allurement, fraudulent the issue of ‘right to equality’. Should tureorreligionwas a‘minority’. It is amajoritarian agenda. The37.38 means or marriage....” REMEMBER NARENDRA Modi’s sneery blackAmericans be treatedasequal be- In the US, as the years rolledby, new percentvoteandthe303seatssecuredby The lawequates marriage withmis- comment about the ‘Khan Marketgang’ fore the law? The divisive factor wasrace. facets of equality were discovered and theBJPinthelastelectionto theLokSabha representation, force,undueinfluence,co- during the election campaign lastyear? Eventually, afterabitter warinwhichan upheld by the courts:amongthem were did notmean that 50 per cent+1citizens ercion,allurementand fraudulentmeans! Remember howhesaid that it wasonly estimated 800,000 liveswerelost, the right to vote,right to desegregated supportedthe agenda of the BJP.The BJP It is abrazen attempt to legislateon this ‘gang’ who disapproved of him? President Lincoln prevailed. He also got schools and public spaces,and rightto hastherightto rule,butnottherightto de- something very private —choice of part- Remember howassoon as the resultsin- the Congress to pass the 13th abortion. The fountainhead wasthe stroy or subvert theConstitution. ner.The lawdepartmentsofthese states dicated asecond term forhim,aggressive Amendmenttothe Constitution. 13th Amendment. have evidentlynot read the judgments workers descendedonthis fashionable Throughout the struggle forIndian of the Supreme Court(Shafin Jahan, bazaar waving BJP flags and banners with Independence, Indians were notdivided ONSLAUGHT ON Puttaswamy)and the Allahabad High amenace that frightened ordinaryshop- on race, religion, caste,languageorgen- PRIMITIVE INSTINCTS LIBERTY Court(Salamat Ansari vs StateofUP, dated pers. Mercifully, this bizarre exercise was Thelatest excess—testing der.The pages of history of the struggle ManyIndians seemtohaveforgotten 11-11-2020). Morelikely, having read neverrepeated. But, Modi’s comment thelimitsofegregiousness arefilledwith names of people who be- history.Manyappearto repudiatethefun- The BJP governmentshavethe right them, the draftsmen have been assured made suchanimpact on hissupporters —isthe lawmade by Uttar longedto different regions, spokedifferent damental principles of the Constitution. to protect the cowbut no right to stipulate by theirpolitical masters that those that his description of those once dis- Pradesh to punishwhat is languages, identifiedthemselveswith dif- Manyare proudlyproclaiming their as- that no one (including Christians and judgmentswill be overruledand the law missedas‘Lutyens libtards’ has nowen- ferentcastesand practiseddifferentfaiths. sumeddistinctiveness and superiority. people of the Northeast) shall eatbeef. re-written to pander to theprimitive in- teredour political vocabulary. crudely called ‘love jihad’... Theseprimitive instinctswerekeptunder Theyhavethe righttoencouragethe use stinctsofthe rulers. Modi’s victoryinlastyear’s general Thelaw is an onslaught on EQUALITY ENSHRINED checkaslong as the political space was of Hindibut no righttoimpose the lan- The lawisanonslaught on choice;on election buried forgood the old effete, choice; on freedom; on dominatedby personswhobelievedinlib- guageupon non-Hindi speaking people freedom; on privacy;ondignity;onthe English-speaking ruling elitewho once privacy; on dignity;onthe At thedawnofindependent India, erty,equality and fraternity of all the peo- or makeitdifficult forthe latter to partic- equality of man and woman; and on the controlledall the levers of political power, therefore, ‘equality before law’ of every pleofIndia. When the BJP —and itsmen- ipateinthe governance of the country. righttoloveorlivetogether or marry.The but it did somethingelseaswell. It built equalityofman and woman; Indian wasagiven.The idea waseffort- tor, the RSS —acquired apresence, and Theyhavethe righttoprevent obscenity Constitutional courts,whichhavere-af- around thePrime Ministeranauraofin- and on theright to love or lesslytranslatedintofundamental rights grew,inthepoliticalspace,theseprimitive in public butnoright to unleash the po- firmedtheirforemostduty to protect lib- vincibility. His second victoryinageneral live together or marry. The of citizensand embodiedinthe instinctsacquiredpolitical legitimacy. lice on young lovers in apark. erty,willundoubtedly strikedownthelaw. election seemed to convince him that he Constitutional courts Constitution: Article14—Equalityand We can citemanyexamples: the im- The latestexcess —testing the limitsof The ultimateresultisnot in doubt. It is could do what he liked.Hecould change equal protection of the laws;Article 15 — position of Hindi on non-Hindi speaking egregiousness —isthe lawmade by Uttar the ‘meanwhile’ that putsinperil democ- Kashmir’s special status and demote it to will undoubtedly strike Prohibition of discrimination;Article 16 people, the discriminatoryNational Pradesh to punish what is crudelycalled racy and freedom. Thefirstvictim, mean- aUnion Territory. He could amend the cit- down the law —Equality of opportunity; Article 21 — RegisterofCitizens and the Citizenship ‘love jihad’. Thetargets areMuslimmen while, of the UP lawisMrOwais Ahmad. izenshiplaw by making it discriminatory. When Muslims sawthis as athreat to their citizenship and protestedinthe streetsofcities and on university cam- puses, he could allowhis ministers to dis- Gehlotand KamalNath areconsideredpos- miss them as jihadists and Pakistanis. inside sible replacements, but both have their history He could turn Parliament House intoa drawbacks.Gehlot’s organisational con- ‘Museum of Democracy’ and build anew TRACK tactsandaccessibilitygivehimanedge,but HEADLINE Thirty-twowinters ago, one to loom over it. He could buildhimself COOMIKAPOOR he has little connect with other political anew residence in the shadowofIndia parties and theMumbai business world, RAKESHSINHA Gatetransforming the Central Vista. He the latter being Nath’s strength.Nath’s [email protected] thehookah, the hukumat could getawaywiththat serious mistake drawbackishis lackofapproachability. in handling Covid-19inwhichheclosed Also,Gehlotwill resistany suggestion to India down at four hours’ notice, causing PLUSH PLANE step down as RajasthanChiefMinister. unspeakable suffering to millions of our Indeed, he has so farrefusedtorelinquish AT FIRST,therewas atrickle. Within hours, poorest, mostvulnerable citizens. The fact PRESIDENT RAM Nath Kovind is said to be anyofhis nine ministerialportfolios,altho- that trickle became aflood as tens and that the people of Bihar gave theBJP a excited about the newVVIP Air India One ugh asked to do so by athree-member thousands of farmers —ontrucks, trac- mandatedespitethis appears to have fur- aircraft, equippedwith the latestfeatures, committee, whichincludedPatel.Athird tor-trolleys,bullockcarts,motorcycles — ther emboldenedhim. Agoodish BJP per- including asophisticated defence system contender is Karnataka leader DK showedupatthe gatesofDelhi. And formance in lastweek’s municipalelec- and audio/video communications. Itsplush Shivakumar,who is adeptatfundraising. campedtopress their case. tion in Hyderabad will add to hissenseof interiors withconferencerooms andsuites Thirty-twowinters before farmers invincibility. But,inademocracy thepeo- arereportedly on apar withtheUS Preside- from Punjab and Haryana begantheir sit- ple’s voice is notheard justthrough the nt’s Air ForceOne. Kovind waskeen to try SAD PHENOMENON in at the borders of Delhi, BharatiyaKisan ballotbox,and it is beginning to look as if out the aircraftdedicated forthe exclusive In the lastfortnight of November,senior Union leader Mahendra Singh Tikait mo- the Prime Ministerhas forgottenthis. use of the President, Prime Ministerand MP AhmedPatel,former CM Tarun Gogoi, bilisedfarmers of western Uttar Pradesh It should be heardthrough the media. Vice President, and went on the inaugural and RajasthanMLA Kiran Maheshwari and headedtothe country’s seat of power, But, as Ihaveadmitted before in this col- flight. The aircraftlandedinChennai and diedofpost-Covidcomplications.That determinedtoget them their due. umn, the media does notdarespeak truth the President travelledtoTirupati in ahel- marks aworryingly high mortality rate Foraweek beginning October 25, 1988, to powerany more. Thereare conse- icopter. PM Modi hasyet to use theaircraft among VIP politicians. To date, at leastfour nearly 500,000farmers took over the quences. The media has been ‘managed’ and is reportedlywaiting tillheflies abroad. MPs and eight MLAs have diedafter test- heartofthe Capital, occupying Boat Club in ways that aresounsubtlethat when a ing Covid positive,apartfromother known and itslawns,within earshotofNorth and group of TVreporters went to meetfarm- namesinthe political world. The listoffa- SouthBlocks,and Parliament where the MahendraSingh Tikait with farmers from western UP on the BoatClub lawns, ers at the barricades on Delhi’snorthern ALL DOORS OPEN talitiesincludesformer President Pranab winter session wastostart days later. duringaprotestthat lastedaweek in October 1988. Express Archives border,theywerechasedawaybyangry Thereismajor churning on in talksfor Mukherjee, Union MoS forRailways Curious, surprisedand somewhat be- Sikh farmerswho said theyhad no wish to Tamil Nadu’s Assemblypolls to be held Suresh Angadi,UPministers Chetan wildered,manyinDelhi had no clue why talk to ‘godi media’. Lapdogs. TheBJP’s me- next year.The DMK’sMKStalinissaid to Chauhan and Kamal Rani Varun, former the farmers were here—this wasstill the Congress government sat there,one that But that onlysteeledtheir resolve.And dia managers also control social media be discussing the possibility of an alliance RJD leaderRaghuvansh Prasad Singh,for- eraofgovernment-controllednews via had control over Uttar Pradesh. the tidebeganturningin Delhi.Alreadyun- platformswith amix of aggressionand with SRamadoss’sPMK.Ifthe alliance were merCentralministerfromLeh PNamgyal Doordarshan and All India Radio, and peo- The October siegeofDelhi wasanex- popular because of the Bofors scandal and abuse. Thosewho dare to tweetagainst to materialise, then Dalit leader Thiru- and former Goa health ministerSuresh plehad to tuneintoBBC or wait forthe tension of the BKU’s Meerut campaign. It the resignation of VPSingh, RajivGandhi thePrime Ministerorhis policies arela- mavalavanofthe VCKwould walk out of Amonkar.EvenCentral ministers Amit morningnewspaperforinformation.There also signalled the arrivalofTikait on the and hisgovernmentcameunderpressure. beled‘traitors’. If theyare women,they the DMK camp. His preference would be a Shah and DharmendraPradhanhavehad wasno24X7 TV,noprivate television net- big stageasmanythought he would fill a The fact that the BKU wasnot lettingpoliti- also face verbal sexual abuse. joint front with the Congress and Kamal protracted post- Covidcomplications. A work,noInternet, no mobile phone. vacuuminwestern UP.Its tallestleader cians take thestage to addressthe farmers The farmers’ protestonthe borders of Haasan’s party.The snag is that Rahul Covid-19specialistbelievesthe reason Tikait and his men wasted no time in and the country’s fifthPrimeMinister, —atthat point, Tikait wanted to keep it Delhi that has gone on nowfor more than Gandhi is unlikelytoabandon the DMK, could bepolitical leaders plunging straight disseminating information. Theyheld ChaudharyCharan Singh, hadbeen inca- purelyapolitical —didn’t go unnoticed, and aweek comes as asharp and timelyre- even if the Congress is allotted ahumiliat- away intonormal activity afterrecovery, huddles with reporters, morning to night, pacitated by astrokeinNovember1985 therewereeditorials on the hookah and the minder that Modi’s critics existbeyond the ing number of seats. Another option forthe instead of taking it easy forsix weeks. patientlyexplaining eachofthe 35 de- —hepassedaway18months later —and hukumat aspublicsympathyslowlybegan ‘Khan Market gang’. Forthe firsttime since VCKistojoinhands with Asaduddin mands theyhopedthat the RajivGandhi the region yearnedfor oneworth his salt. gravitating towardsthe farmers. he became Prime Minister, he has been Owaisi’s AIMIM, amovewhich coulddam- government would concede. Therewas a In Lucknow too, therehad been a On October 31,aweek into the sit-in, publiclyattacked. When Punjabi farmers agethe DMK. The AIADMK, meanwhile, is LIMITED SUCCESS litanyofcomplaints —ofagrariandistress, changeofguard. In June, months afterthe the Congressmoved itsrally on the an- were asked whytheydid notacceptthe planning atie-up with the BJP and actor The Haryana Policewas told to prevent delayedpayments, complicated bureau- Meerut sit-in, Singh had been replacedby niversary of Indira Gandhi’s assassination Home Minister’s offertotalk to them as Vijayakanth’s DMDK. The keyquestion of the Kisan brigade, travellingintractors cratic rules, and an administration cold to NDTiwari, the man he had succeeded as to the RedFortgrounds, away from Boat soon as theymovedtheir protesttoa‘struc- course is with whom superstarRajinikanth and buses, from reaching Delhi. Their their suffering. Chief Minister, and wascalledtoDelhi Club. The very next day, Tikait liftedthe tured’space in Delhi, thisis what theysaid: ties up. As aTamil Nadu politician put it, hands were tiedthough, as theywereor- Loudspeakers toolistedtheirdemands, wherehewas made MinisterofCommu- siege of Delhi. Therewas no formal agree- “Modi, Shah have provedthat theyare such “All doors areopen at this juncture.” dered nottouse strong-arm measures. the emphasis moreonahigher price for nications in the Rajivgovernment. ment although concessions were assured. liars that we can no longer trustthem.” The policeresortedtowater cannons and sugarcane produce, waiver of dues, con- By then, western UP wasrestless, and The following year,beforethe Lok Sabha Everycommentatorhas atheory on why tear gas, but the farmers simplyretreated cessions in electricity and watertariff. bristling. So when the call came from elections,NDTiwari signedapactwith the farmers aresoangryoverchanges in FILLING HIS SHOES and then re-grouped. The Haryana Yetthese demands were notnew,and Sisauli, Tikait’s home near Muzaffarnagar, the BKU,conceding manyofits demands. farm laws thattechnicallygivethem more The Congress faces atough time finding a Police’s onlyrecourse wastoerect block- AgricultureMinisterBhajan Lal knewthat. hundredstroopedout of everyvillage. Etchedinthe collective memoryof options to sell their produce. My theory is suitable replacement forAhmedPatel. ades along the road with heavy-duty Because nine months before he showed At Boat Club,asthe farmers sat out Delhi, Boat Club had amessage. Partici- that their rage comesfromatotal lackof PawanBansal mayhavebeen appointed cranes and seeminglyinsurmountable up in Delhi,Tikait hadstagedasimilar sit- nights, policemen kept watch. Therewere pating in aparliamentarydebate, the communication. The ivorytowerthink- interim treasurer,but Patel’s role wasfar iron barricades. But the well-prepared in outside the office of the Meerut divi- attemptstowear them out. Everytrickin BJP’s Hanamkonda MP CJangaReddy — tanksinDelhi’s highestcorridors of power morewide-ranging.Hewas akey interme- farmer organisations came armedwith sional commissioner,with the same de- thebook wasemployed—loud music, at he and Mehsana’sAKPatel were the only clearly did notinclude farmers when they diary betweenCongresspersonsand the implements and accompaniedbytrained mands forthe VirBahadur Singh times western, wasplayedatnight, hop- twoparty candidatestoget electedtothe made their ‘agricultural reforms’. Gandhi family. When Congressmen sought mechanics and successfullycleared the government in Lucknow. ing this would unsettle the farmers and Lok Sabha in 1984 —warnedthe govern- Then came the inexplicable mistake time to meet Sonia Gandhi, she invariably roads. Apolice officer claimedthat while Severalconsultations later,Singh had their cattle,and makethemleave;water ment:“The rallyheld at Boat Club seven of treating protesting Punjabifarmers like suggestedtheyspeak to Patel, rarely direct- theycould notprevent the farmers even- invited the BKU to Lucknow. But Tikait supplyinand around the areawasstopped, days agoisaprecursor of morerallies to criminals when theyreachedHaryana. ing them to Rahul. No senior party leader tually reaching the Delhiborder,they had other plans. Delhi wascloser than so wasdelivery of food packetstofeedthe come. An agitated farmer means an agi- Watercannons and tear gasshells were has Patel’s invaluableattributes. Ashok managed to slowdownthe march. Lucknow, andheknewthat abigger vast gathering. tatednation.” usedtokeep them from getting pasta wall of barbed wirebehind whichstood asmall army of policemen.When Iasked My ISOLATION afriend, who is aBJP supporter,why this had happened, he said, “Initially, overcon- AWEEKLY WINDOW INTO THE LIVES OF INDIA’S NEWSMAKERS AND THE IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC ON THEM fidence. Then, wrong assessment. Believing that agitation is manufactured. And mishandling.” If Ineededconfirma- ‘I missmyfiancée. Over 10 monthssincewelastmet’ tion that Modi no longer has his ear to the ground, this wasit. He is nowsoisolated from ‘the people’ thathecan no longer What precautions areyou taking now? eocallsto discusshockeyoranalyseagame. What precautions do youtakewhile feel their pain, their anger or their disgust Itestedpositive forCovid-19 in August In August,Indian hockey travelling? with those of his policies that theythink on arrivalfor the nationalcoaching camp What gloves and mask do youuse? My onlyrecent travel wasgoing from cause them harm. heldby theSportsAuthorityof India(SAI)in team captain MANPREET Iuse acloth mask that can be washed Bengaluru to Jalandhar and back. Iwore His communication with ordinary Bengaluru.Everyone wastestedonarrival SINGH, 28, tested positive and reused.While travelling, Iuse regular masks, face shield, gloves and also carried Indians is through aramblingmono- and kept in quarantine for14days... On the forCovid-19.Five of his use-and-throw gloves. ahand sanitiser. logue onceamonththat usuallyignores thirdday of arrival, Ilostmysense of taste teammates, too, were the issue of the moment. He gets no feed- and smell... Iimmediatelyinformedchief While interactingwith people,how do Howmuchtime do youspend in front backfromthe media because onlythose coachGrahamReid,whotheninformedSAI infected. Nowrecovered, youensureyour safety? of ascreen? whofall intothe ‘godi’categoryhaveac- and HockeyIndia(HI) officials. Singh and the team have Apartfromthe pitch, we wear amask During isolation, Ispent hours... That cess to him. Thereisnot one person in restarted their preparations everywhere. Even when we arewalking wasthe only pastime Ihad. hisCabinet who would dareoppose any- What wasyour routine likeinself- forthe 2021 Tokyo fromthehosteltothepitch,we wearamask thing he says or does. And, in this year of isolation? and followsocial distancing.... Howdoyou keep your mind offthe the Chinese virus he has notbeen able to It wasone of the mostchallenging ex- Olympics. Singh talks pandemic? move out much. His deep isolationisnot periencesof my life.Iamsomeonewhoen- about his life in abio-secure Howlong did yougowithout seeing Since Iamnow back to training, my fo- just harmfulfor democracy it is harmful joys the companyofteammates. In the bubble and spending your family? cushasshiftedtohockey.Wehavetwo ses- forhim personally, because it has given camp, we arealwaysuptofun and banter months away fromfamily Ithasbeenaboutfourmonthssincethe sions aday and team meetings or one-on- him afalse sense of invincibility.The offthe field. We gettogether in one room, lastbreak.Beforethat we had asix-week onemeetingswiththechief coach.Theday farmers who have braved cold nightsin maketea, chat and playonthe PlayStation. breakwhenwemet ourfamilies.However, flies by without us realising it. the open and endured deprivations of all During my isolation, it waschallenging INTERVIEWBY Imissseeing my fiancée. It has been more kinds to maketheir voice heardshould to just be in aroomwithout doingany- MIHIR VASAVDA than 10 months since Ilastvisited her.She What is the firstthing youwant to do in remind the PrimeMinisterthatheisnot thing... IwatchedNetflix, Amazon Prime livesinMalaysia... 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GOODS AND SERVICES TAX SHORTFALL COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR WRITES LETTER WITH PLAN TO ACQUIRE 51% Divestment: Air India official Jharkhandoptsin,allstatesnow seeks employees’ contribution, onboardCentre’sborrowingplan unions ask them to stay away ENSECONOMICBUREAU the shortfall attributedtoGST The GSTCouncil had earlier NEWDELHI,DECEMBER5 ENSECONOMICBUREAU STATETOGET`1,689CRVIASPECIALWINDOW implementation issues. amendedthe lawtoextend the NEWDELHI,DECEMBER5 Option-1ofthe scheme also tenureofthe compensation fund ADIRECTOR at disinvestment- ■ Jharkhand will get`1,689 ■According to theFinance allows states unconditionalper- whichwas to lapse in 2022 — bound Air India has approached ALL 28 states andthree Union crorethrough the special Ministry,the next instalment mission to borrowthe final in- five year sincelaunchofthe in- nearly 20,000of the airline’s em- Territories have nowaccepted borrowing windowtomeet of `6,000crorewill be stalment of 0.5 per cent of gross direct taxregime. ployees seeking contribution of option-1 of the borrowing the GSTimplementation released to the States/UTs on statedomestic product (GSDP) This collection in the fund be- Rs 1lakheachtoparticipateinthe scheme meant to raise money shortfall, while it has been December 7 out of the 2per cent additional yond 2022 will be usedtopay bidding process. forcompensating states forthe permitted to raise an ■Option-1 of the scheme borrowings permitted by the the interestand principal of the However, someemployee shortfall in protected Goods and additional `1,765 crore also allows states Centre. This amountstoalittle loan first, afterwhichthe pro- unions of the loss-making na- Services Tax(GST) revenue, with ■The borrowing scheme unconditional permissionto over Rs 1.05 lakh croreinthe cur- ceeds will go to the states for tional carrier have already the onlyremaining state under aspecial windowwas borrowthe final instalment rent financialyear forall states, covering up the unmetshortfall thwartedthe plan by asking their Jharkhand accepting it, the operationalised on October of 0.5% of GSDP out of the 2% and is over and above the special of the current year. members nottoparticipateorac- The deadline forplacing of bids forthe debt-laden airlineis Finance Ministrysaid Saturday. 23 and the Centrehas so far additional borrowings windowofRs1.1 lakh crore. The Centrehas estimated knowledge the process. December 14,and qualifiedbidderswill receive intimation “Now theState of Jharkhand borrowed`30,000crore permitted by the Centre Initially, about 10 states had Rs 1.1lakh croreasthe GSTshort- Meenakshi Mallik,Air India’s on their offers by December 28. Express file will also receive funds raised been opposedtothe scheme on fall forstatesthis fiscal from the commercial director,lastweek through this windowstarting the grounds that theyshould be levelofprotected revenue guar- wrotealettertothe employees from the next round of borrow- rowing windowtomeetthe GST the central government has so compensated fullyfor shortfall anteedtothem under the law. with aplan to acquire51per cent makeacontributionofnomore asked their members to nottake ing. The next instalment of implementation shortfall, while farborrowedRs30,000 crorein pegged at Rs 1.82 lakh crore, in- States areassured of a14per stakeinthe airline. Forthe re- than INR 1,00,000 to bid forthe partinthe process of strategic dis- Rs.6,000crorewill be releasedto it has been permitted to raise an five instalments. This has been stead of onlyaportion (Rs1.1 cent year-on-year growth in GST maining 49per centstake, Mallik company...,” Mallik wroteinthe investment. the States/UTson7th December, additional Rs 1,765crore. passedontostatesand UTsas lakh crore) that is purelydue to revenue whichismet by their wrote, that the team would look letter. “In this regard allpilots aread- 2020,” the Ministrysaid. The borrowing scheme un- back-to-backloans. The total GSTimplementation issue with- ownrevenue and anyresultant forafinancial partner.Multiple “Until we crossStage 1(EoI visednot to acknowledge or par- Jharkhand will getRs1,689 der aspecial windowwas oper- borrowing under the scheme is out factoring in theimpactofthe shortfall is compensated from attemptstoreachMallik were un- Stage), no monies areneededto ticipateinthe process initiatedby crorethroughthe specialbor- ationalisedonOctober 23 and fixedatRs1.1 lakhcrore,whichis Covid-19pandemic. cess funds. successful. becollectedfromtheemployees. the management official till the “The PIM(preliminaryinfor- Moreover, aftersuccessfullycom- disproportionate70per cent pay mation memorandum)... made it pleting stageone, we areplanning cut forpilots vis-a-visAir India’s BRIEFLY possible forthe employees of Air our bid in suchaway that no sin- topmanagementofficials(10per COVID-19IMPACT India to charge and ownership of gleemployeewill have to take on cent) is addressed,” ajoint-letter Petrolpriceat the airline, and to this end, pro- afinancialrisk orcontribute more by Indian Commercial Pilots’ ‘Digital likelytodrive over 80% vides various terms and condi- than INR 1,00,000,” she added. Association and Indian Pilots’ two-yearhigh tions,whichneedtobefulfilled, Accordingtosources, more Guild, said. of spend forenterprises’ and whichweintendtocollec- than 200employees arealready The deadline forplacing of of`83perlitre tively achieve andsatisfy ... Dueto on boardwith the plan, and are bids forthe debt-laden airline is With enterprises looking to rewiretheir operatingmodels, the supportwewill receive from in process of identifying afinan- December 14,and qualifiedbid- NewDelhi: Petrolprice on over80% of near-term spending maybedriven by ourfinancial partner,while Ian- cial partner. ders will receive intimation on SaturdaybreachedtheRs83 ticipate that eachofuswillhaveto Employeeunions, however, their offers by December 28. per litre-mark in Delhifor pandemic-resilient digital offerings, areport by Nasscom the firsttime in morethan and McKinsey&Companysaid twoyearsafter arallyinin- ternationaloil prices forced Fasterdigitaladoption,risein areseeinganincreaseindigital TReDS platform back in action, a13thincreaseinratesinthe outsourcing:Asperthereport dexterityofemployeesandare lastfortnight.Petrolpriceon titled‘FutureofTechnology activelyreviewingprocessesto Saturdaywas raisedby27 Services—NavigatingtheNew identifyopportunitiesfor MSME registrations rise as paise per litreand diesel by Normal’,therehasbeenan automationanddigitisation Recruitmentprocesschanging: EXPENDITURERISEIN 25paise,accordingto aprice extensiveaccelerationindigital Enterprisesareadoptingan VARIOUSSEGMENTS: notificationof oilmarketing adoptionbyenterprisesandthereis Improvedperformanceforcosin analytics-driven,recruitment 30%: businesses reopen: RXIL MD companies. Petrol price in apotentialincreaseinoutsourcing Q2:Amidfasterthanexpected processforimprovedefficiency Delhi rose to Rs 83.13per intensityduetoremoteworking recoveryforthetechnology anddigitisingrecruitmentprocess Digitaltransformationdeals servicesindustry,topIndian byusingsocialmediaprofiling, litrefromRs82.86. Diesel 80%: Cloud spending notclaim damages from the rateswent up from Rs 73.07 Employeesimprovingdigital technologyserviceprovidershave hackathons,videointerviewsfor GEORGEMATHEW ‘`6KCRBUSINESS MSME,” he said. to Rs 73.32 per litre. skillset:Withanincreasingfocus performedbetterthananalyst improvedconversionrateandoffer 15%: Customer experience MUMBAI,DECEMBER5 EXPECTEDFORFY21’ MSMEs, whichare partof onremoteenablement,companies estimatesinQ2ofFY21 tojoinratio TReDS, have been able to avail TRADE RECEIVABLES and easier finances. “Asper MSME ■ Receivable ONGCVidesh Discounting System (TReDS), an associations, we have helped $6TRILLION: $3BILLION: WHYISITIMPORTANT: ExchangeofIndia electronic platform forfacilitat- them reduce the interestcosts strikesoilin Growthinmarketcapitalisation Revenueof‘technativesanddigital Theworldhasleapfroggedondigitaladoptionby3-5yearsin (RXIL) —set up by ing the financing and discount- by 50 percent. Considering most (m-cap)betweenJanuaryand reinventors’,whohavedriven65%of thelast9months,withanincreasedemphasisondigitisation SIDBI and the National ing of trade receivables of MSMEs don’t have access to for- Colombiablock July2020 them-capgrowthinJanuary-July acrossverticals StockExchange(NSE) MSMEs through multiplefinan- mal sources of finance and se- in 2016 afterthe RBI NewDelhi:ONGCVideshLtd, ciers, is back in actionwith busi- curefunds at aminimum inter- allowedTReDS in 2014 the overseasinvestment nesses reopening aftermonths estrateof18per cent per annum, —expectsbusiness of arm of state-ownedOil and under lockdown. while on averagethe interest `6,000crorefor Natural Gas Corporation Receivable ExchangeofIndia ratesonTReDS hovers between 2020-21despitethe (ONGC), has made a“signif- How intellectualproperty cooperation (RXIL) —set up by SIDBI and the 8-10per cent going as lowas4.8 lockdown impact on icant”oildiscoveryinanon- National StockExchange (NSE) per cent whichhelps them lower MSMEs, according to shoreblock in Colombia. in 2016 afterthe RBI allowed interestcosts and utilise the sav- MD and CEO OVLstruckoil while drilling TReDS in 2014 —expectsbusi- ings to expand business,” MoU with US could benefit industries KetanGaikwad an appraisal well ‘Indico-2’ ness of Rs 6,000 crorefor 2020- Gaikwad added. in CPO-5 blockinLlanos 21 despitethe lockdown impact TReDS has the potential to Basinof Colombia,thecom- designs, as well as the protec- on MSMEs, according to manag- handle athroughput of Rs 1lakh panysaid in astatement. PRABHARAGHAVAN It wasvirtuallysignedbyDPIIT tion, enforcement and use of in- ing director and chief executive offeredtotheir buyers. crorewith all the three compa- OVLstruckoil while drilling NEWDELHI, DECEMBER 5 SecretaryGuruprasad tellectual property rights. officer KetanGaikwad. Another reason forbringing nies —RXIL, A.TReDS and an appraisal well ‘Indico-2’ It also provides forthe ex- In an interview to The Sunday this platform is to provide M1xchange—combined, but in CPO-5 blockinLlanos INDIA AND the United States, Mohapatraand USPTODirector changeofinformation on the Express,hesaid, “An initial dip in MSMEs an alternatesource of currently, thetotal transaction Basinof Colombia,thestate- earlier this week,signeda Andrei Iancu on December 2 development and implementa- registrations waswitnessed creating credit history. amount is about Rs 15,000crore. ment added. memorandum of understand- tion of automation and mod- with the sudden onsetofthe The discounting/interest “Thereisalot of unutilised ing (MoU) on intellectual prop- ernisation projects, newdocu- lockdown. However, that trend ratesare discoveredonthe scope. We areactively working erty (IP) cooperation. tween Indiaand USA, and pro- public as well as between and mentation and information sawacomplete U-turn by June- platform through an online bid- on effortstoincrease awareness TCPLtosell vide opportunities to both among the industry, universi- systems in IP andprocedures JulyasRXIL sawatremendous ding mechanism whichhelps in of TReDS platform and itsbene- MAPCoffee What is the MoU about? countries to learn from the ex- ties, research anddevelopment formanagement of IP office increase in the number of discovering ratesaslow as 4.8 fits.Thereare multiple initiatives The agreement, between perience of eachother,espe- organisations, and small and services. MSMEs requesting to be on- per cent. in the pipelinetomakethe plat- Business theCommerce Ministry’s ciallyintermsofbestpractices medium-sizedenterprises. It is also expected to foster boardedtothe TReDS platform.” This enables MSMEs lower form reachmoreand more Department forPromotion of followedinthe other country. This will happen through their cooperation to understand TReDS has so farprocessed their interestservicing costs and MSMEs. Trade credit insurance NewDelhi: Tata Consumer Industryand Internal Trade “It will be alandmarkstep their participation in pro- various issues relatedtotradi- over Rs 24,000croreworth of in- utilise the savings to expand is one of the recent develop- ProductsLtd (TCPL) said (DPIIT) and the United States forwardinIndia’sjourneyto- grammes and eventsthat are tional knowledge and the ex- voices that helpedover14,000 business, Gaikwad said. ments,” the MD and CEO of RXIL Saturdaysaid itsAustralia Patent and TrademarkOffice wardsbecoming amajor player singlyorjointlyorganisedby changeofbestpractices, includ- MSMEs withbetterliquidityand MSMEs getfunds credited to further said. basedstep-downsubsidiary (USPTO), aimstoincrease IP co- in global innovation and will the participants. ing those related to traditional access to fundsonfavourable their accountswithin 48 hours is selling MAP CoffeeBusi- operation between the two further the objectives of It is also expectedtoencour- knowledge databases and terms since 2017.RXIL, which of the bid being accepted. What is TReDS ness to Buccheri Group for countries. National IPR Policy,2016,” agecollaboration in training awareness raisingonthe use of has 39 financiers and 4,763 reg- “TReDS platform gives TReDS is the institutional 1.25 million Australian dol- It wasvirtuallysignedby stated theCommerce Ministry programmes,exchange of ex- existing IP systems to protect isteredMSMEs, fulfilledover MSMEs access to alarge number mechanism created by the lar(Rs6.74crore).According DPIIT SecretaryGuruprasad in arelease. perts,technical exchanges and traditionalknowledge. 237,620 invoices amounting to of financiers who arewilling to Reserve Bank forfacilitating the to TCPL’s website, MAP Mohapatraand USPTODirector outreachactivities. Rs 6,165crore,Gaikwad said. place bids on their invoices. One financing of trade receivables of Coffeewas establishedin Andrei Iancu on December 2, Howwill the deal The MoU providesfor the Howwill it be implemented? He added that one of the ma- of the biggestadvantages of MSMEs from corporateand 2002 and supplied Austr- nearly 10 monthsafter the increase IP cooperation exchangeofinformation and The twosides will draw up a jorreasons forthe introduction TReDS platform forMSMEs is the otherbuyers through financiers. alian cafes, restaurantsand Union Cabinetgavethe ap- between the two? best practicesonprocesses for biennial work plan to imple- of TReDS is to ensuretimelypay- fact that the funds disbursed Tradereceivable is thetotal barswitharangeofItalian proval forthe countrytoenter The MoU would facilitate registration and examination of mentthe MoU,including de- mentstomicro, small and through TReDS arewithout re- amount owedtoacompanyfor and locallyroastedcoffee. It intothis MoU withthe US. exchangeand dissemination of applications forpatents, trade- tailedplanning to carry out the medium enterprises (MSMEs), course or collateral. In the case goods or services it has sold, joinedTCPL in 2014. PTI “The MoU will go alongway best practices, experiences and marks,copyrights, geographi- cooperation activitieslikethe allowing them to access credit at of non-payment by the corpo- whichisreflected in invoices, but in fostering the cooperation be- knowledgeonIPamong the cal indications, and industrial scope of action. an interestratewhichwould be rate buyer,the financierwould has notyet receivedpayments. ‘No deadline extensiontodivest BBB recommends Ramann for post Forex reserves slip off TikTok US assets; talks to go on’ of SIDBI CMD; Tomar as MD, IFCI record high, at $574.8 bn the national security risks.” whichwas November 12,in India’s firstInformation Utility. for week ended Nov 27 DAVIDSHEPARDSON& Lastweek,CFIUS granted Trump’s order. ENSECONOMICBUREAU The names were Besides, the Bureaurecom- ECHOWANG TikTok parentByteDance aone- The Justice Departmentdid NEWDELHI,DECEMBER5 recommendedby mended ShivendraTomar for ReserveBank of India (RBI) WASHINGTON/NEWYORK, week extension until Fridayover notimmediatelyrespond to re- the postofMDand CEO of IFCI. ENSECONOMICBUREAU showedthatFCA rose by $352 DECEMBER5 the order to shedTikTok’s US as- quests forcomment, while the THE BANKSBoardBureau(BBB) BanksBoardBureau, Tomar,currently, is managing di- NEWDELHI,DECEMBER5 million to $533.455billion. sets.PresidentDonald Trump’s WhiteHouse did notcomment. —the headhunter forstate- the headhunterfor rector of IFCI VentureCapital Expressedindollarterms,FCA THE TRUMPadministration on Augustorder gave the Justice TikTok declinedtocomment. ownedbanksand financial insti- Funds Ltd, asubsidiaryofIFCI. As AFTERREACHINGalifetime high includestheeffectof appreciation Fridayoptednot to grant Department the powertoenforce The Trumpadministration tutions —onSaturday state-ownedbanksand manyasfivecandidatesap- in previous week,foreign ex- or depreciationofnon-US units ByteDance anew extension of an the divestitureorder once the contends TikTok posesnational recommendedthe name of S financial institutions peared forthe position of MD of changereservesslipped$469mil- likethe euro, pound and yenheld order requiringtheChinesecom- deadline expired,but it is unclear security concerns as the personal Ramann forthe postofCMD of IFCI. lionto $574.821billionintheweek in the foreign exchangereserves. panytodivestTikTok’s US assets, when or howthe government dataofUSusers could be ob- SIDBI, and ShivendraTomar as BBB is headedbyformer endedNovember27,accordingto Gold reserves declinedby but talkswillcontinue over the mayseek to compel divestiture. tainedbyChina’s government. the MD of IFCI. “Keeping in viewtheir per- DepartmentofPersonnel and datafromthe RBI. $822 millionto$35.192 billionin shortvideo-sharing app’s fate, Trumpwas said to have per- TikTok,whichhas over 100mil- “The members of the Banks formance in the interviewand Training SecretaryBPSharma. In the previousweek ended theweekendedNovember27,the twosources in the knowsaid. sonallymade the decision notto lion US users, denies the allega- BoardBureauinterviewed20 their overall experience, the bu- Thegovernment in 2016 had November 20, the reserves had datashowed. ATreasuryDepartment rep- approveany additionalexten- tion. Under pressurefromthe US candidates on December 4and reau recommends SRamann for approved theconstitutionofBBB risen by $2.518billiontoreach a The specialdrawing rights resentative said lateFridaythe sions at ameeting of senior US of- government, ByteDance has been 5, 2020 forthe vacancy of chair- the position of chairman and as abody of eminent profession- highof $575.29billion.Forthere- (SDRs) with the International Committee on Foreign Invest- ficials, according to aperson in talksfor months to finalize a man and managing director managing director in SIDBI,”it als and officials to makerecom- porting week,the reserves de- Monetary Fund (IMF) increased ment in the UnitedStates (CFIUS) briefed on the meeting. The gov- deal with WalmartInc and Oracle (CMD) of Small Industries said. Ramann, 1991-batchIndian mendations forappointment of clineddespiteanincrease in for- marginallyby$2millionto $1.494 “is engaging with ByteDance to ernment had previouslyissueda Corp to shift TikTok’s US assets Development Bank of India Audit &AccountsService officer, whole-time directors as well as eigncurrencyassets(FCA),amajor billion. The reserve position with complete the divestment and 15-dayand seven-dayextension intoanew entity aimedtosatisfy (SIDBI),” the BBB said in astate- is currentlyCEO of National non-executive chairpersons of componentof theoverallreserves. IMF decreasedby$1million to other steps necessary to resolve of the initial 90-day deadline, the divestitureorder. REUTERS ment. E-Governance ServicesLimited, public sector banks(PSBs). Weeklydatareleasedbythe $4.679 billion.

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THE SECOND THE FINE PRINT COMING SHareesh won the Ta mil writer Perumal JCB Prize for Murugan announced Literaturethis year the death of the writer and Jallikattu,afilm in him after avicious basedonone of his attack on his novel short stories,isIndia’s Mathorubagan (One entrytothe Oscars Part Woman) in 2014 this year AWriter’s Revolt PHOTOS:EXPRESSARCHIVE

It was acampaign of hateagainst their work that brought Ta mil writer Perumal Murugan and Malayalam writer SHareesh to mainstream attention. Now, with accolades and international recognition, they hope for amore nuanced reading of their work

Amrith Lal major Malayalam publisher,announcedthe cial hierarchies of that time, among them tion of caste relations. The alchemistinhim (Penguin)in 2013 andhe had rejoinedhis col- Murugan has been that he got to travel to publicationof Meesha.Thefirsteditionsoldout sportinga meesha(moustache). Withitsmul- transformsall that he observes into layered legeinNamakkal, wherehetaughtTamil lan- manyparts of thecountry. He rarely refuses innotime.Amonthlater,athree-judgebench tiple references, beginning with the figureof stories that sparkle with wit and sarcasm, in- guageand literature,after asabbatical to com- invitations to speak at literaryfestivals and WO YEARS afteramob cam- of the Supreme Courtdismissedaplea to ban Ezhuthachan, who unwittingly initiated voking adeep empathywith the underdog. plete the sequels to Mathorubagan,when the seminars. “For me, it is akind of thanksgiving paign forced SHareesh to with- the bookonthe groundthat it had references Vavachan’s rebellion by introducing the sub- TheEnglishtranslationof Meesha,Hareesh campaign againstthe novelstarted. to allthose people who stood by me in those draw Meesha,his novelthen se- derogatory to Hinduwomen. versive recreationalformof theatre to thevil- says,has been rewarding,for it has allowedan Murugan receivedthe firstabusive callon darkdays,” he says. rialisedinaMalayalam The controversy helpedsales, but it lage, Meesha took flight to become amagical uncluttered reading of thebookpurelyasa December 1, 2014,while he wasatthe college. Publisher and friend Kannan Sundaram T magazine, itstranslation colouredthe reception of the novel. Meesha is tale, morethan justaprovincial narrative or a pieceof fiction.Thereaderof theEnglishwork What started as acampaign on social media pointsoutthatMuruganisnot justabest-sell- Moustache (2019,HarperCollins) by Jayasree acomplex, multilayeredworkthat, in poetK storyofaDalit rebel. It wasanother seems to have the eyeand ear forthe storyand turnedintoavicious personalattack,andlater, ingauthornowbuthasattractedinternational Kalathil, has been chosen forthe 2020 JCB Satchidanandan’s words, seekstoresurrect a Ezhuthachan in the 16th century, who first itsfine details. Therewas, of course, the occa- became acommunalmobilisation, that forced attention. Mathorubagan sold over 25,000 Prize forLiterature. Hareesh, of course, is languagewithinalanguage.Hareesh,45, had imaginedanew Malayaliidentity throughhis sional criticism, fuelledbyafailuretorelateto him to sign an apology.Singed by the attack, copies in Tamil,but what’s moreinteresting is happybecause the translation, and the prize, hopedthat his novel, ambitious in itshistori- retellings of the epics, Ramayana and the finer pointsofrural life. Murugan wrotehis now-famous obituaryon that Murugan has since been translated into willfetch himaninternational audience. This cal and ecological canvasand innovative in Mahabharata. Theatrewas an important in- So,howdid this very“provincial”bookfind Facebook,declaring that Perumal Murugan atleast10IndianlanguagesaswellasinFrench, unassumingwriter, who watchesthe world narration, would be read and reread in quiet. strument, too, forthe radical figures of 20th an audience among the urban English-speak- the writer wasdead.Ittook awhile forthe German, Czech, Slovene, Chinese and Korean. from his home in Neendur,avillageatthe With adozenorsoshortstories, he had al- centurywho shapedmodern Kerala by chal- ing middle class? Hareeshhas aready answer: Tamil public to realise the importance of Kannan recalls the buzz aroundMurugan north-eastern edge of Kuttanad,Kerala, rel- ready carvedoutaniche in thecrowdedworld lenging caste and classre- When human lifeis Murugan’s “death-note”,that it wasnot asim- whenhewaspresentattheFrankfurtBookFair ●●● ishing MarioVargas Llosa’sfictionover Gabriel of Malayalam fiction. This washis firstnovel. lations. Kuttanad has had turnedintoagood story, ple case of awriter ending his writing career, in 2018.“The controversyhelped, but Garcia Márquez’s, rejecting Che Guevara and The controversy,hebelieves, preventedaclose itsfictional chroniclers — readerslove it. He also be- but the murder of awriter by amob. Solidarity Murugan’s booksare doing well because he is Fidel Castrobecause theyhad an authoritarian and intimatereading of the work.The regret forinstance, the great BothMurugan and lievesthatalot of Indian meetings were held in manyplaces across honestasawriter,” Sundaram says. streak,also mustbesmiling at the ironyofthe remains to thisday. There have beenveryfew Thakazhi Sivasankara writinginEnglishis about Indiaandahostoforganisations,amongthem Hinduright-wingcontributing to hislaunch as discussions on the aesthetics of thebook, Pillai —but Hareesh un- Hareesh are hyperlocal urban, upper-caste expe- the Tamil Nadu Progressive Writers and Artists ■ ■ ■ an international writer. though it has sold nearly 50,000 copies and coveredahiddenecology riences: “The madness of Association, movedthe MadrasHigh Courtin Hareesh’sstory, of course,recallsthe unex- wonaprizefromthe Kerala SahityaAkademi. of floraand fauna, birds, in their writings but writing (ezhuthintepran- 2015 againstthe targetingof Murugan.Ayear Murugan and Hareesh arealso the bene- pectedtrajectoryanother writer’s career took The JCB Prize, hopefully, will triggerafresh fish and reptiles, sharing thu)isless, Ithink writers later, thecourtdeliveredascathing judgment ficiariesof anewfound interestinregionallan- afteraright-wing mob in another language look at the book. space and in conflict with unambiguously from arural background againstthe curbing of free speechand ap- guagewriters.Satchidanandan, who has been andcultural settingforcedhim to apologise Did the experience of threatstolifechange their biggestpredator,the humanist in their have it more,” he says. pealedtoMurugan to resurrect his writinglife. on manyprize juries, lists multiple reasons for over hurtsentiments. That episode in the writer in him? Notreally, he says.There humans,andin arefresh- Sincewriting Meesha, Sincethen, Murugan has publishedsev- this attention on bhashawriters: “The expan- December 2014 turnedPerumal Murugan wastension initially, but that wasmostlybe- ingly newnarrative style. moral vision Hareesh has been in- eral works, including Songs of aCoward: Poems sion of the publishing industryand reader from being aprovincialwriter,largely known cause people were only talking about the con- However, some volved in movies.His of Exile (2017,Penguin), Poonachi: The Story of base,whichwantstolook beyond Indian writ- to seriousreaders of Tamil literature, to an in- troversy.Alesson he learnt was—“Ididn’t Malayali readers, espe- ●●● scriptfor the Sanju aBlackGoat (2019,Context) and Amma (2019, ing in English, the realisationinEuropean lan- ternationallyrecognisednovelist. Theban- knowthereweresomany savarna commu- ciallythe upper-caste Surendran film Aedan Eka), amemoir of his mother,and has been guages that authentic writing about Indian the-book campaigns in both cases had posi- nal fellows around us.” At leastone neighbour Hindu, failedtosee beyond the “ugliness” of (2018), basedonashortstory from his 2014 translated intonumerous languages. He has experience is in regionallanguages, transla- tive outcomes, with the judiciaryexpressing stoppedtalking to him. The Dalit community someof the characters.Hareeshhasanexpla- collection, Aadam,won astate award; Lijo Jose been told that the mob attackturnedout to tors who arefamiliar with contemporarylit- unambiguous supportfor the writers while —the heroofthe novel, Vavachan, is apulaya, nation forwhy his characters speak and be- Pellissery’s Jallikattu (2019), basedonanother be beneficial to him in the end, but Murugan erarylanguage, areorientation in reading pref- reaffirming India’s constitutional commit- aDalit caste —backedhim throughout, de- have theway theydo: “Thereare manychar- story“Maoist” from the collection, is India’s remindsthem thatatthe time, he wasn’tsure erences as well as academia, and prizes that ment to free speech. spitethe odd murmur about savarna writers’ acters in thisnovelwho speakinwaysthat are entryfor theOscarsthis year.But cinema is that he would survive the hate, letalone keep value translations to be on par with original obsession with the oppressive past of the anti-women and anti-human...I agree that nothis space, he believes. “Not aplace forme writing. The fear,hesays,islikelytostaywith writing in English,” he says. ■ ■ ■ community.Hareesh cautions againstread- thesecharacters should have shown more to take adip and those who chose to take the him all through his life. Beyond all this, bhasha writers have been ing Meesha as aDalitnovel: “MuchofMeesha’s careand behavedmoreresponsibly. But nov- plunge,didn’t surface,”he says.Heisworking Did it changehim as awriter?Itinfluenced at the forefrontofresistingthepolitics of hate. It wasafriendwho firstalertedHareesh to social space is the worldofupper castes. In els arefreecountries, and thereisverylittle a on his second novel, and an English transla- him nottobedirect in his politics; to seek out The award wapsi in2015 sawnumerouswrit- the tension brewing over Meesha,whichthe fact, I(anon-Dalit) could nothavewritten in writer can do about what the characters get tion of aselection of his short storiesisdue allegorical tools, be more subtle in depicting ers from all major Indian languages protest- Mathrubhumi IllustratedWeekly had just anyotherway. And, Vavachan is escaping this up to,” he says.Inaway,the assault on the next year. humancondition.In Poonachi...,the firstbook ing the murder of MM Kalburgi, Narendra startedserialising.ThatwasinJuly, 2018.“Pani world,” he says. novelwas afailure of the imaginationof those afterthe controversy,heconfidedthat he Dabholkar andGovindPansare,andstanding varunnundu(there’stroublecoming),”hehad Setinthe firsthalf of the 20th centuryin protesting. In their egotistic selves, burdened ■ ■ ■ chose to writeabout goatsbecause they are upforthe rightto speechand dissent.Theap- warnedHareesh.Thereafter, itwas“arelentless Kuttanad, aunique landscape of land, water by memories of vacuouscaste prideand fam- problem-free,harmless and above all, ener- preciation fortranslations from Indian lan- showerofabuse fordays,” says thewriter.The and wetlands, Meesha wasaterrific reimag- ilyhonour,storieshadceasedtobestoriesbut In Namakkal, afew hours by road from getic. He confessedthat he had become fear- guagecould well be asubconsciouspolitical mob waslargely upper-casteHindus and the ining of aplace, itsinhabitants, ecosystem, so- sharp jabsthat forcedthemto confront apast Neendur,Perumal Murugan, 54,has asimilar ful of writing about humans, even morefear- pushbackagainstattemptstoimpose the no- Hindu right-wing. When the abuseextended cialrelationsand even language. It wasdeeply that offeredlittle to be proud of. storytotell.LikeHareesh, Murugan, too, was fulofwriting about gods. The fact is Poonachi tion of aunitarian, Hindi, Hindu India. to hisfamily, Hareesh withdrew thenovel. political in itsown way, foritwas woven Meesha is notexceptional in itsirreverent awriter relatively unknown outside the Tamil hasbeen as political or morethanany of his Muruganand Hareesh,whoarehyperlocal in Fortunately, acounter mobilisation wason, around the figureofaDalit rebel, who, in- lookat the past—Hareesh’sshortfiction is rich readingpublic until acontroversy brokein previouswritings, itsironictone gripping and their writings but unambiguously humanist in withreaders, politiciansand the stateadmin- spiredby acharacter hegot to playinadrama, in subtle inversions of upper-castehistories 2014.His 2010 novel, Mathorubagan,had just biting while capturing the fear of our times. their moral vision, seem to berepresentatives istrationbackinghim.InAugust, DC Books, a challenges theestablishedcivicnormsandso- and in manywaysprovokesadeepinterroga- been publishedin English as One Part Woman The best outcome of the eventsof2014for of afederal India asserting itself culturally.

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DECEMBER 6, 2020 ARTS etc 14 DOWN IN JUNGLELAND

RanjitLal

Ranjit Lal is an author, environmentalistand AVAVoiceoice frofromm birdwatcher ththePePeripheryeriphery Don’t Let Me Down When the trees of Central Vista PHOTO:JAMESFIDELER wanted me to include it,” says PriyaDarshini, demand to be declared sacrosanct Meet US-based Indian singer Priya Darshini, whose who falters sometimes in this difficult piece, the fatigue catching up, it seems, but she and part of asacred grove debut album, about identity politics and immigration pulls through with her classical training. Born intoamusical family, one of Priya NE LOCATION wheresome of the over 400 crisis, has been nominated at the 2021 Grammy Awards Darshini’s grandmothers wasaveena player trees from the Central Vista will be movedand and the other aCarnatic classical vocalist. In transplanted,owing to agrand newproject is, Mumbai,agedeight, Priyalappedupevery- Oapparently, the NTPC eco-parkinBadarpur, Suanshu Khurana Anderson and Jesse Paris Smith(Songsfrom thingshesawonMTV.“Curiousaboutthe mu- over 20 km away.One venerable old tree tells Down in theBardo), Canadian guitarist Jim “Kimo” West sic that wasnot coming to us, Istarted asking Jungleland’s botanical correspondent that some of his fel- (MoreGuitar Stories), Helsinki band people who’d travel, to getmemusic from las have ostensiblyalready been shifted. EVEN yearsago,when Mumbai- Superposition (Form/Less), CoryWong and Jon wherever theywent,” she says.One of the DIJ: Isn’t this agreat, empathetic move on part of the basedsinger PriyaDarshini moved Batiste (Meditations). Theonlyother Indian tapes her father brought from an official trip Government? In the old days,theywould have simply to the US,she could neverfeel at name to feature in thehallowednominations abroad had songs by jazz queen Ella Fitzgerald. hackedyou to pieces and made akilling from the sale of home.BorninChennai into aTamil- is Anoushka Shankar,for her album Love “The vocals blewmymind,” says Priya your wood. Now, notonlyare theytransplanting youbut Sspeaking familyand raisedin Letters, under BestGlobal Music Album. Darshini, whosoon begantoconsumejazz, will also be planting 10 newsaplings in your place. Mumbai,Priya Darshini would oftendwell Shankar’s half-sisterNorah Jones (I’ll Be Gone listeningto thelikesof trumpeterlegend Miles Tree: Have youforgottenthatwearen’tordinary, but upon the conceptofhome and what it really with Mavis Staples) also finds anomination, WHERE DO IBELONG? Davis.She soon felt thestyle’s similaritiesto heritagetrees? We’vebeen here, in the centreofpower, for meant.“Wasitaspace,aconstruct, acommu- under BestAmerican RootsMusic. (From top) Priya Darshini; the cover of the structures of Indian classical music. decades—generations of babus have sat gossiping away nity?” she would oftenintrospect. But just The earthyEast-West crossover Periphery, her Grammy-nominated album ShetrainedinitiallyunderCarnaticclassi- under our shade in summerafternoons. Children have when she wasallowing “all the beautiful cul- whichunfurls slowly, blends PriyaDarshini’s cal artiste BombayLakshmi Rajagopalan and gleefullyclimbed our boughs and plucked our fruit. And tures in lifetoco-exist”, including that of her Indian classical training with Americanfolk likeusing averyold-school recording style, then in Hindustani classical music from Pandit nowthey’re justshunting us offtoplaces likeBadarpur, fa- husband and musician Max ZT’s Jewish- and pop. It features Max ZT,cellistDaveEggar, wherethe pastmeets the future,” says Priya SunilBorgaonkarforthe last15years.She per- mous onlyfor itsdust? Would youdismantle the TajMahal Americanfamily, thepoliticalunrestowingto drummer Will Calhoun and percussionist Darshini. In suchaset-up, therecouldn’t have formedwith collegebandswhile studying or Meenakshi Temple and reconstructthemingodfor- theanti-immigrationrhetoricoftheoutgoing ChuckPalmer. TheBanyanTree and Cocoon been anyretakes or separation of tracks,so, mass media at KC CollegeinMumbai, before saken wasteland justsoyou couldbuildsomeuglygovern- Donald Trumpadministration joltedher. “Like take root in her melancholia. The latter song, even if one person made amistake,all of them pursuing filmmaking at New York Film ment structureintheirlocation, and stroke your ego? And other immigrantsfromaroundthe world, I basedonragaPuriyaDhanashree, moves had to startoveragain. Academy. Abrief Bollywood playbackstint, then, say, “oh don’t worry”, we’llbuild10moremini-Taj constantlyfelt on the periphery,”she adds. hauntingly to cello notes. The sounds in Des, “Theonlyway”tomeetthe challenge,says with Vishram Sawant’s D (2005) and David Mahals and Meenakshi Temples if the originals collapse. When she channelledher distressthrough so- the melodic raga Deshcomposition, and the PriyaDarshini, “isbydivingdeep intowho you Dhawan’s Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya (2005), left DIJ: Think of it as you’regoing to anew home and cial-media commentsand posts about wondrousJahaan,co-writtenwithfilmmaker are, andstaying honest. We had to beveryvul- her disenchanted.“It justwasn’tfor me. Ifelt they’replanting 10 fresh saplings in addition. In the end American politics, shewas snubbedalmost Devashish Makhija(Bhonsle, Ajji),saunter from nerable, drop all our walls and function from very disconnectedfromit. Icravedtocreate therewill be moretrees. immediately. “They saidIdidn’tbelong.If Isaid SufitoMiddle Eastern. that space of vulnerability. So,itreallymat- original music,” she says.In2008, she wascho- Tree: Not all of us aregoing to survivethe move:sev- something about Indian politics, people in With recording engineer Nicholas Prout teredtomethat Iwas surroundedand work- sen by American musician RoyWilfred eral have already approachedtheir therapists and areon India would tell me that Ididn’t even live at the helm, the entirealbum has been ing with peoplewho Icould holdthe space Wooten forhis famedBlackMozartEnsemble, the vergeofanervous breakdown. Second, we know only there,” says PriyaDarshini,36, over the phone recordedlivein12days,and on one micro- with. It wasanemotional and powerful expe- whichcombinedjazzwithclassical music,hip toowell howgoodgovernmentsare at maintenance —af- from Brooklyn, NewYork. phone, placedinanabandonedchurch in rience forus,” she says. hop and bluegrass. PriyaDarshini travelled teramonth, they’ll justforgetall about us. As forthe 10 Her grappling with the idea of notbelong- Brooklyn. The sound is strippedofany com- Trainedunder santoor virtuoso Pandit with the band forthree years (2005-08) and saplings —atotal of 4,000-plus —wherewill theyplant ing anywherebirthedher debut album pression or post-productionembellishments. ShivKumarSharma, Max —aka “Jimi recordedinNashville, theUS, often. It wason them? Even if theyfind space, in no time some big devel- Periphery (Chesky Records) in March.Itleads Crystalclear vocals and church acousticsof- Hendrix of the hammered dulcimer” — atrip backhome around the same time that oper will want to put up amassive condominium or with the delicatesingle Home, whichlooksat feranimmersive experience. “You can feel weaves abeautiful tapestrywith his ham- she metMax, who wasstaying in Mumbai shopping plaza there—and it will be “offwith their the conceptofcomplexidentities in aworld thespace, the architectureofthe room. It’s mered dulcimer (Western cousin of the then to learn from Sharma on howtogivethe heads” all over again. If by then, goatshaven’t eatenthem. wheresome peopletellothers aboutwho has Indian santoor), with the main percussion hammered dulcimer an Eastern touch. the right to live where. “Writing the record sound createdbysweeping Indian brooms Muchbeforestarting the artiste collec- ●●● wascathartic. It helpedmeprocess that it was againstthe floor.PriyaDarshini moved tive Brooklyn Raga Massive in the US in 2017, justabout finding stillness within myself and around the space to getadifferent rangeof she wasakeen sportsperson. At 23,she be- learning to embracemyself in all my authen- Abrief Bollywoodplayback stint, with D sound foreachsong. The album, in English came the firstIndian woman to complete the ticity and honesty,” she says.The exploration and Hindi, alternates betweenmanyworlds. 100-mile HimalayanUltraMarathon.“I’m of geopolitics has earnedPriyaDarshini’s (2005) and Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya (2005), It even features her rendition of Sanware mostcomfortable amid nature, whichisalso Periphery anomination in the BestNew Age left her disenchanted. “It just wasn’t for me. Sanware —composedinragaBhairavibysitar the sense you’ll getinthe album,” she says.A Albumcategoryatthe 63rdGrammyAwards, legend Pandit Ravi Shankar and originally videofor Home,shotinBorivali National Park, to be held on January31at Staples Center in Ifelt very disconnected from it. Icraved to sung by Lata Mangeshkar in Hrishikesh near whichshe livedfor manyyears, wasre- Los Angeles. Aboutthe prestigious nomina- Mukherjee’s 1960 film Anuradha.“This piece centlyaddedtoPeriphery.Willthe once- tion, she says,“the feeling hasn’t sunk in”. create original music,” she says. is suchatall order. Iwasn’t planning to sing Borivali-girlbring “home” the hallowed The singer is up againstTibetan multi-in- it at all. But label founder David Chesky had gramophone? If it happens, she says,“It strumentalistTenzin Choegyal with Laurie ●●● heardmesing this at abenefit concertand would be huge.”

RANJITLAL BOUGH OUT Lop off abranch and go to jail, wish the trees Does that provideawider perspective? ACCTVcamera,for us, is an exampleof DIJ: It’s notalways likethat. See howwell the Metro ‘Weare living in a ‘general purpose technology’,whichisn’t lim- has been maintained. ited by itssupposed use.The aimistomake Tree: Bah! Don’t talk to me aboutthe Metro. Do you people awareofthe extent to which this tech knowhow manyvenerable old trees, whichwitnessed is ‘environmentally present’ today. If instead the making of history,wereslaughtered in itscause? of using film cameras we use CCTV whichis Nothing shortofamassacre—acrime againstbotany. transformative time’ already everywhere, this mayflip over to yield Who do youthink supplies oxygen to this city? We suck anew cinematic languageand newethics. In up the carbon-dioxide and all the other muckyou spew, 2008, we made afilm with 208 existing cam- that’s likebreathing in your farts24x7,and we give you Mumbai studio CAMP founders Ashok Sukumaran eras in the UK’s largest mall. In 2009, we took oxygen in return. Some gratitude is in order here! acameratoJerusalem, and Palestinian fami- (By now, ahost of birds and squirrels have gathered into and Shaina Anand, the Nam June Paik Art Center lies filmedfrominsidetheir homes, with the whatseems like avociferous JantarMantar protest.) Prize 2020 winners, on their transdisciplinary approach cameramounted on theirroofs. As apartof Squirrels et al: We’vebeen living on these trees for PHOTOSCOURTESYSTUDIO.CAMP the 2017 MAMI Film Festival, we mounted a eons. We’vefamilieswith babies. This is our home! So, cameraontop of Phoenix Mills’PVR hall to one can go to jail forseven years forkilling apeacock, but Va ndana Kalra LIFE IN ART itsfromthe road’stollboothsgo to aninterna- project alive, panning-zoomingviewofthe what about massacring trees wholesale and everything Al jaar qabla al daar tional consortium? Our five-screen video edit outside ontothe IMAX screen, with three of living in them, is that perfectlyall right? Youmakeussick! has itsown proposal of howtonarrate such us speaking over it about Pareland its150- Tree: Look at what you’reabout to do in Dehradun, ACCORDINGTOits concept note,at (The neighbour before things,alongafacetedjourneynosingleperson year history,likealivemovie.Tounderstand and what they’vedone in so manyother national parks CAMP,you ‘trytomovebeyond binaries’ the house), 2009-11, can take. such landscapes in adeeper way, youhaveto and sanctuaries. Lakhs of trees have been slaughtered,in (art/non-art, commodity markets/free in Jerusalem; experiencethem in away thatneither social the name of what youcall “development”, whichisnoth- culture, individual/institutional will) (left) Ghar Mein In what waydothe public histories in media, mainstream cinema, norany ideology ing but destruction. to build what’s‘possible,equitable Shehar Hona Part 2, Past,Present,Future (2020) engagewith can give you. It emergesfromexplorations DIJ: Well, you, squirrels and birds, can always follow and interesting...’. What prompted 2020-21, in the urbanlandscape of Mumbai? parallel to technicalprogress. the trees, wherethey’rereplanted,and setuphome again. itsformation? The urban landscape is continuous with Squirrels et al: It’s all about location, location, loca- Dindoshi, Mumbai Thatnote is from 2007,when,among other landscapes. Some of itsfeatures arein- Sukumaran is partofGulf Labor tion! Your great ministers pass snide remarks about Khan other things, we were in the middle of an art- teresting to us: moredensity,morebuilt infra, coalition, aglobalboycott by artists to Marketand “Luchens” Delhi and the “suit-boot” crowd— marketboom. The effect on manycontem- others in South Asia: Sri Lanka, Pakistanand less establishedsocial protocols, moreestab- fight migrant labour exploitation in the and wheredotheylive? Would youratherliveinJor Bagh poraryartists of ourgeneration waslarger- the Maldives. We deployedartisticinstincts lishedsocial movements. Cinema is ageneral construction of museums on Saadiyat or some derelict dust-heap in Uttar Pradesh, with fre- sizedworks,art mutual-funds, international and methodstosocial sciences whichare inspiration. In the present, we canhavethe Island in AbuDhabi. Howimportant is it quent powercuts, waterscarcity and robbery? fairs. We were interestedinother possibili- themselvesenteringanewterritorybystudy- 2020 hindsight.The pastisfull of options and nowfor artists to voice concerns? DIJ: The government will surelyhear your grievances. ties, especiallyinalong-term local presence ing infrastructure, and notjustdoing ethnog- paths nottaken, whichare notthereinthe The artworld hasbeen intenselyglobal Squirrels et al: Oh, give us abreak! If we enter their of- and global collaborations beyond markets. raphy. Engaging another discipline in their present, but thepresent has akind of deep in itshorizon, and thereare attemptstocut- fices, theycome afterus“vermin” with lathis and brooms. We were also interestedinnew kinds of art. use of images, video,sound, maps, data, form, access to that via digitisation.The future is and-paste it intonational ambitions, while DIJ: Don’t lose heart. Therewas this remarkable case, Those involved includedafilmmaker,coder, language,etc.,and, in general,learning to in- that vision or calculation whichshapes the exploiting global labour flows (in thatspe- in Goa or wasitinBengaluru —wheretheydiverted a media artistand architect, and others who terpret and inhabitthe landscapetogether. present (likerisk-tradingand insurance does cific case, Indians, Bangladeshis, Pakistanis, highway around avenerable oldtreethat wasinthe way. were pushingtheir ideas/workintoanunfa- WhetherinIndia,SriLankaorPakistan,one in anarrowfinancialsense). As we arelaying Nepalis, Filipinos,etc.,who areindebt and Tree: If we’vebeen living in aplace forover50years, miliar zone that contemporaryart could, cansee roads being built at aspeedand with a down our ownpaths, we should sense these arebeing paid lessthaninmanypartsoftheir howcome we arealwaysinthe way? We were therefirst. temporarily, hold or exhibit. To do this, we logicof ‘development’whichwouldhave been dimensions and possibilitiesacutely. home countries, to build super-luxurymuse- So naturallythe highway has to skirtrespectfullyaround neededtoset up our ownsceneofproduc- necessaryand logical half-a-centuryago,but One of the firstconcreteworks to come ums).Suchmoves should be de-legitimised. the tree —whichismorethan can be saidregarding tion, thus CAMP wasborn. nowisfullofdoubt. Severalempirical studies out of this long-term project is Ghar Mein Itisquiteatransformativetime we areliv- what’s happening here. nowsay,theeconomicbenefitsofroadsare far Shehar Hona: City Housing in aCultural Matrix ing in. It usedtobethat contemporaryartwas DIJ: So, what laws would youliketosee framedfor The work APassageThrough Passages from clear. Climatechangefurther addstothe (2019-20),a70-year-long journeythrough all about being open-ended, abit shapeless your better protection? (2020),onthe cultureofroad-building doubt, since more transportcapacity begets the cityand itshousing questions,toldin andindeterminate, but we areagainstthat. Tree et al: That we’redeclared sacrosanct:That you in South Asia, emergesfromfiveyears of moreemissions.Wefound both subtle and three two-hour parts,that we starteddoing Artisnot ablur-filter,and randomness in math can go to jail for10years if yousomuchaslop abranch, ethnographicand archival work.Could tremendous social changebrought about by firstonour rooftopinKhar, then at architec- is very specific. We think it’s time to be lucid, forget about cutting us down. The government keeps youshareyour findings? newroads. Beyond ‘is xconnected to y?’, the ture schools. Thishas justbeen publishedas and to beambitious. We don’t have to speak in harking backtohow great we were in ancient times: well This video projectisaresult of acollabo- questionbecomesaboutwhatflows alongthe aWeb trilogy,linked to dense resources of the existing languages or in expected direc- have theythought about the sacred groves that flourished ration with agroup of anthropologistsstudy- path, and in what patterns. Howcome every film, video clips and documentsfromthe on- tions, of course. But in the importance of lay- then? That’s an example to follow. Declarethe trees in the ing newinfrastructure, with the backdrop of dhabaonaroadinMadhya Pradeshisintensely line archives Pad.ma and Indiancine.ma. ing down some tracks we described above, Central Vista as partofasacred grove. the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative.Inour localised(invitingtruckersfromHP-02/Shimla we do all have to participateinremaking the case, it centred around twoIndian roads and orPB-04/Faridkot,forinstance)whiletheprof- Youmakealot of use of CCTVcameras. world, even if it’s from avillageinMumbai.

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SHELF LIFE Ayoung eco-warrior’s It Happened climate-friendly suggestions and a One Night collection of poetry written in response JK Rowling’s latest novel as to prompts Robert Galbraith is aremarkable exploration of human caprices and the nature of evil ALLSHADES OFGREEN BY AARAV Paromita Chakrabarti SETH 24by7 Publishing VEN BEFORE JK Rowling’s Troubled Blood —the fifthnovel in her detective series under the `146 pseudonym Robert Galbraith —hit the stands, (ebook only) E criticism of the book had been rife. In ayear that has highlighted inequalities likenever before,Rowling’s controversial views on transgender rightshas rakedupa Go Green storm of disappointment and resentment at her pur- portedtransphobia. So, when news brokeout about her latestbook featuring acharacter who cross-dresses to lure AARAVSETH’S AllShades of Green is a vulnerable women to their painful deaths, it wasseen as a book of solutions. While the author further indictment of her lackofnuance. Afterall, in an es- has explainedthe perilsofclimate sayonJune 10,she wrote—“…I want trans women to be changeand theneedfor acircular safe. At the same time, Idonot want to makenatal girls COURTESYSTEPHENALTER economy, the book is mainlyaguide and women less safe. When youthrow open the doors of to becoming eco-friendlybymaking bathrooms and changing rooms to anyman who believes small changes to dailylife. Among or feels he’s awoman —and, as I’vesaid, gender confirma- other things, it adviseswhat one tion certificates maynow be granted without anyneed should keep in mind while purchas- forsurgery or hormones —then youopen the door to any In the Forest of Shadows ing anew vehicle; cleanliness tips that and all men who wish to come inside.” couldconservewater;ingredientsto It’s difficult to separateawriter from her politics. This look out forwhile shopping forcos- holds especiallytrue forcrime fiction, as it explores socie- metics and howtodraft emails to re- talfault lines that upend the natural order of life. In mak- ture some of the shadows andfears that the Hamletand eachofthem has added some- duce digital carbon footprint. ing sense of the mayhem, one arrivesatasomewhat Stephen Alter on takingforward original Jungle Books evoked.Thereissome- thing to his story, through different inter- Seth covers anumber of issues, makeshiftrestoration of balance and an understanding, as thing tragicabout Mowgli being an orphan pretations. It’s the same sortofthingwhen from dailytransportation, “energy it were,ofwhat ledtothe fissures in the firstplace. Which Mowgli’s story in Feral Dreams but also in his inevitable exile from the jun- Iwriteabout Jim CorbettorMowgli. As a vampires”, wastedisposal to eco- is why, the inclusion of aserial killer who likes to dress up gle, confronting the moral dilemmas of civil- writer,Itrytosurpriseand unsettle a tourism, makingthem accessible to as awoman might seem insensi- and his enduring bond with isation. Because Igrew up in amissionary reader’s preconceivedexpectations and the layman in clear,simple terms. tive in the light of itsauthor’s familyand community,Iwasaware of showhim or heranew wayoflooking at a Whilethe author’s understanding of views but it does notfalloutside Christian teachings about good and evil, but familiar character. his subject comes through well, he the scope of reality.And giventhe the Himalayas my parents emphasisedcompassion over couldhaveaddedmoredepth to the fact that the character is justone dogma. Through the character of Miss Your acclaimed Wild Himalaya (2019)is book by elaboratingeachissue with of the elaboratecastthat this over Cranston, who adopts Daniel (asMowgliis an overarching portrait of this dataand case studies. 900pagebook throwsup, this in- Devyani Onial christenedinthe orphanage) as her son, I’ve magnificent mountain range. Have they Around the world, young climate clusion does notimpedethe cred- triedtoexploremyown ambivalence regard- been afixed address in ajourney that activists likeGreta Thunberg, Leah ibility of the narrative. ing what’s right and what’s wrong. has takenyou places? Namugerwa and XiyeBastida are Troubled Blood opens in 2014, MOSTPEOPLE areacquainted with the Iwas born in the Himalaya,inMussoorie, making it difficult fordecision mak- with Brexit and the Scottish refer- characters of The Jungle Book,whether All theWay to Heaven: An American whichgives me asense of belonging to the ers to ignorethem.This book by a17- endum dominating conversations it’s through RudyardKipling’s book or Boyhood in theHimalayas (1998) is avivid mountains. Morethan anything, however, it year-old student is areminder that it in the UK. On avisit to Cornwall, itsmanyfilm and television adaptations. account of your growing up years in has been the manyjourneys I’vemade is the young,growing up in aworld of TROUBLED London-baseddetective Your FeralDreams: Mowgli and his Mussoorie, the time spent in Uttar throughout the Himalaya that give me a greater uncertainties, who have the BLOOD Cormoran Strikeisoffered acold Mothers takesforward the story. When Pradesh whereyourparents’ work took strong connectiontothis region. When you mostatstake in this struggle and that BY ROBERT case that’s toointriguing to ig- did youfirstread thebook and what themand the in-betweentrips to the US. travel on foot,you learn agreat dealabout their voices matter. GALBRAITH nore. Nearly four decades ago, a made youturn to it now? At one place,you writeofyour stories the landscapeand the people, as well as the Sphere young doctor,Margot My firstmemories of Kipling’s Jungle written in high schoolas‘full of invisible historical,spiritual and naturalheritageofa 929 pages; `899 Bamborough, lefther practice one Books areofmymotherreadingthe stories FERALDREAMS: borders and erasedidentities’. Howmany place. Being awriter allows me to retell the evening to walk down to alocal to me when Imusthavebeen five or sixyears MOWGLIANDHIS of these personal journeys have travelled experiences and stories that I’vegathered pub to meet her friend. She never old. Theyleftalasting impression on my intothe lifeofyour protagonist, who, too, along the way. Though I’ve always consid- MOTHERS CITYPOETRY arrivedthereand wasnever seen again. Foryears, her mind, akind of personal mythology and lore. BY STEPHEN movesbetween so manyworlds? ered Mussoorie to be my home, it’s as much daughter Anna, who wasjustoverayear old at the time of The forestsofIndia have alwaysheld astrong Identity is apretty slipperyconceptand aplace that Idepart from as it is apoint of FORTHE ALTER (IN)FREQUENTLY the disappearance, has waited to find out what took her fascination forme. As aboy,Ispent agood I’venever been able to define myself in any origin where Ireturn. Aleph Book MOBILE mother away.Now,she wantsaresolution. The deal is deal of time wanderingabout in the jungle. conclusive manner.You look in themirror Company struck—if in ayear,Strikefails to find out what happened, Later on, Ibecame an amateur naturalistand andsome days yourecognise yourself while As someone from Uttarakhand and as BY NANYA Anna will trytomoveonwith her life. wroteabout wildlifeand the environment. 208 pages other days youthink,‘Who on earth is that?’ the writer of Elephas Maximus: A SUDHIR The investigation that follows is oneofthe best in the Of course, Irealise nowthat Kipling knew `599 The inherentuncertainty in recognising Portrait of theIndian Elephant (2004), Ve rses series yet, thoughitcomes with toomanydigressions. Two very little about the natural history of India oneself has neverreally bothered me, howdoyou seethe decision to denotify 176pages; successive policeteamshad investigated thecasewithlit- and drew upon booksbyother writers rather though I’vebeenable to explorethis para- the Shivalik Elephant Reservetopave `295 tle success. An investigator had even sufferedabreakdown than his ownobservations. Muchofhis work doxinmanyofmybooks. Ultimately,Isup- the wayfor the expansion of the Jolly and looked forasolutioninoccult and astrology.There are contains overtlycolonial stereotypes and pose FeralDreams is abook about identity Grant airport? star charts andastrologicaldeductions thatthe Strikeand racistperspectives, whichI’vetriedtoover- but youcould probablysay that about al- The Dehradun Valleyhas lostmostofits In the Mood his partner Robin Ellacott mustmakesense of andlengthy turn in my book,though FeralDreams is not mostany novel. ForDaniel or Mowgli, the forest coverduring the lasthalf century. detours intotheir parallel investigations. Had it notbeen intended as acritique. Isuppose the book biggestquestion isn’t ‘Who am I?’ but in- Everytime Iread about trees being cut down forRowling’sstature, the book’ssize would certainlyhave couldbedescribed as aform of recovered stead ‘Who do Iwant to become?’ to makeway forroadsorother forms of de- for Verse been pared down.But when it actuallygets going, this cold memory, stories that come outofmysub- velopment, it seems unjustifiedand short- case offers sharp insightsintothe caprice of human nature. conscious and haunt my imagination. That’s Beforethis, in In The Jungles of theNight sighted.Ofcourse, Iknowthat people want One of Rowling’s successes with this series has been the magic and mysteryoffiction! (2016)you have takenthe lens of fiction theconvenience of air travel and JollyGrant ONE HAS to read development econ- the creation of Ellacott, the temp who became the busi- to capturethe lifeofJim Corbett. How airport hasgrown busier and busier in re- omistNanya Sudhir’s collection City ness partner.Asexual-assault survivortrying to come to Aplaintive strain runs through Feral challenging is it to recaststories that are cent years but Ithink theremustbesome Poetry forthe (In)frequently Mobile one termswith abitter divorce, Ellacott’s struggle to find her Dreams.One always knows that already so well-known? other waytoaccommodatemoreflights, poem at atime to appreciatethe vari- feet in aman’s worldforms some of the finestsections of Mowgli’s days in thewild arenumbered. Adapting popularstories or recasting without destroying the limited tractsoffor- etyofher thoughts. this book.Her experience of being takenfor granted by Then, as he is takentoanorphanagerun well-known personalities and giving them estthat remain. In these poems, originallywritten male employees, the sexism she has to overlook everyday by American missionaries, youdonot afresh narrative is abit likebeinganactor forTypetrigger,anonline platform and her unresolvedfeelings forStrike form an invisible knowwhether thepastwas an who performs afamous role. Thousandsof As we nearthe endofanunsettling year, wherepieces arewritten in response bridgetothe lifeofthe missing woman. Bamborough’s imagining, adream.Your grandfather different people have played the partof as awriter howdoyou make sense of it? to prompts, Sudhir writes of dreams lifewas whollyunlikehers but her experience of being and father were both missionaries. Do Howwould youremember2020? newand nowlost, love across long put down by menwas notverydifferent from Ellacott’s. It yourecall that worldbothasaninsider Frankly, I’d liketoforget2020 completely distances,friendship, work life. She givesthe missing woman atangible presence in the story, and an outsider? Thereissomething tragic about but I’m notsurethat 2021isgoing to be any writes about being unconventional — piecedtogether by the testimonies of those who knew Mostpeopleassociate The Jungle Book better.For me, the mostunsettling partofthe shopping in aclothing store’s men’s her.Infact, there arelotsofwomen in this noveland some with the Disneycartoon version from 1967. Mowgli being an orphan but also in pandemic has been the wayinwhichithas section and of notwearing makeup. notverylikeablemen and it is up to Strikeand Ellacott to It wasalighthearted feel-good storywith separated me from familyand friends. The poems take the reader around the find out who is speaking the truth and to whatlengths happysongs and amusingcharacters. Ire- his inevitable exile from the jungle, Despitethe technology that allows me to world, from Damascus in turmoil to a some would go to protect their interests.Once she gets member watching it the year the film came communicatefromisolation, there’s still a protestduringthe 2017 presidential pastthe windowdressing, this is Rowling at her best, out and enjoying it enormously. But Kipling’s confronting the moral dilemmas feeling of personal connections being lost. inauguration in Washington DC to peeling away the manylayers of her characters’s identi- storieshad amuchdarkerside to them, Perhaps,whenit’s all over,we’ll meetagain NewYorkCity,and offeravariety of ties to look at what drivesevil and howeasy it is some- whichDisneyerased, and I’vetriedtorecap- of civilisation as if we have become strangers. moods, with something foreveryone. times to hide thetruth in plain sight. SURBHI GUPTA

sonality that wanted to be free-spiritedlike Panipat to learn theart of unity from but, for Vajpayeebut wasimprisonedbythe idea of a their followers, the leaders’ wordswerefinal, The Power of Tw o Hindutvautopia. In away,hewas asplit per- come what may. sonality.Advani on the rath yatra in 1991 and The history of aparty likethe BJP can’t be Advani at Jinnah’s mausoleum in 2005 were fullygraspedwithout understanding itside- Anew book delves in the BJP’s history and how it grew notthe same person. Vajpayeedid nothave ological mooring. If organisation is the the dilemma of Advani. Sitapatibeautifully lifebloodof the RSS, then Hindutvaisthe soul. under the Vajpayee-Advani leadership captures the twocontrasting personalities This book focuses on the personalities but for when he writes, “It is easy to fall in love with the reader to understand the nuances of their Vajpayee. Anepicurean,acharmer. It is harder behaviour and the main text of their politics, Ashutosh ideology.Inhis newbook, Jugalbandi: TheBJP to feel forthe colourless,odourlessAdvani.But the ideology mustbedetailed. Is it possible to BeforeModi,VinaySitapati has dug deep to JUGALBANDI:THE some of that mustsurelybebecause Advani comprehend the finer pointsofcommunism find the symphonybetween thetwo to ex- BJPBEFOREMODI wasmoreaman of principle than Vajpayee, withoutreading MarxandLenin?Itistruethat “ARRE ASHUTOSH ji,havealaddu. The inter- plain the rise of Hindutvafrom1952 to 2004. less altered by makeup.” the RSS does nothaveastructured philoso- BY VINAY viewcan wait abit.” It’s been almost30years, Forthe present generation, it is difficult to Sitapati has aflair forwriting. His language phyofHindutvabut it has very strong build- but these wordsare etched in my memory. I comprehendthatatone time the BJP thatis SITAPATI is lucid.Politics forhim is qissagoi or story- ing blocks.The elaborationof thedefinition of wasinterviewing Atal BihariVajpayee, who todaysynonymous with Hindutvawas the pe- Penguin Random telling. Butwhat he adds with hislanguage, Hindutva, itssense of history,its antagonism usedtothen live on Raisina Road. In the mid- ripheryand Congress wasthe centre. The ide- House he loses in analysis. When he uses the towardsIslam-Christianity-communism,the dle of the interview, hishelp brought in ologywhichclaimsto carrythe beacon of an- 409 pages; `799 metaphor of the Battle of Panipat in 1761 to desiretoreclaimthe gloryofancient India, the samosas and laddus. With his eyes closed, as cient Indian civilisation, wasonce explain the Hindutvanationalismvow for utopia of Hindu rashtra,would have givena washis style, Vajpayee ji wasanswering my “untouchable”.TheleadershipofVajpayeeand TWIN TOWERS unity,hebecomesshrill and superficial. clearer view. questions. He stoppedwhen he sawthe food Advani earnedrespectabilityfor Hindutvaand Vajpayee (left) The BJP is probablythe onlyorganisation Sitapati is right when he says,“... contrary and, with asmile, asked me to help myself to itspolitical avatars —first, the Jana Sangh and, with Advani whichhas neversplit. Vajpayee-Advani have to those who think that the rise of the BJP in laddusand samosas. Iwas young and was later,the BJP.Sitapati’s book is amustread for had their serious differences, but both knew the 1980s wastop down, it actuallybegan as stuckbyhis magnetic informality. those to whomVajpayee-Advani areantiques the leading ideas and the worldwas split into Shyama Prasad Mukherjee and Deen Dayal that their strings were controlledbythe RSS, inchoate,demand-driven angerat theground In my long careerIhaveinterviewedmany and Modi is the colossus who, in their opin- twocamps. RSS chief MS Golwalkar’s words Upadhyaya’s thought processes. He wasthe the real leader of the Parivar. And, in the RSS, level”. But the book finds him at acrossroads leaders and celebrities, but no one could ion, has dwarfed others. were seen andheardwith contempt.After the one leader who did notsufferfromthe “mi- the one thing ingrainedinthe minds of the when the writer asks, “What is the glue that match hismagnetism. Topleadersnormally The 1950s, when Vajpayeeand Advani en- murder of Gandhi, Hindutvaneededaface nority” complexofthe majoritycommunity of swayamsevaksfromdayone is thatthe leader holds RSS together?” This question leads to a treat otherswithdisdain;not Vajpayee. Ihave teredpolitics, wasthe eraofNehruvian con- that could convince the people of India about the Hindutvabandwagon. is infallibleand his wordshavetobefollowed. minefield of answers and interpretations interviewedLalKrishnaAdvani,too,butIhave sensus, wrappedinrevolutionary, commu- itsinnocence. Dhoti-clad Vajpayee, aquintes- Advani, in away,was also amodern man. Within the Sangh Parivarthereisaconcept, whichrequires another book. no memoryofhim —ofany kind. nistthinking. The worldwas getting over the sential Brahmin, wasamoderniser within the Hehadbeen educatedin aChristian mission- called“Ek chalak anuvartitva”, that is That is the difference between Vajpayee tormentsofnationalism; internationalism, SanghParivar. He didnot carrythe ideological aryschool. Buthe waschainedbythe norma- “Obedience to the leader”. Hitler and Ashutoshisaseniorjournalistand and Advani, the twostalwarts of the Hindutva secularism,democracyandmodernismwere bitterness that wasthe hallmarkofGolwalkar, tive ethos of the RSS. His wasasculptedper- Mussolini’s parties did nothaveaBattle of theauthorofHinduRashtra

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BRIEFLY Pujara was SA-EnglandODI Hanging by athread subject to racist seriestogoahead With battlefor places heatingupand his perceivedtechnical deficiency,Pandeyfaces uphill battlefor T20I spot jibe at Yorkshire, The One-DayInternational series be- tween South Africaand England will says former startinPaarlonSundayafter the SRIRAMVEERA WARM-UPFORTEST host’s squad returnedafull setofneg- MUMBAI,DECEMBER5 SPECIALISTS employee ative resultsintheir latestround of coronavirus testing, officials have con- HOWLONGcan Manish Pandeylastinthe firmed. The series due to starton Indian T20 team? It’s aquestion that has been Sydney: India will look to figure PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA Fridayhad been thrownintodoubtaf- askedforawhilenow andhealwayscomesup out their playing XI as the Test LEEDS,DECEMBER5 teraSouth African playertestedpos- with knocks to silence the doubters. Then the squad gets intothe groove by itive in the team’s bio-secure hotelen- chatterstartsagain. Thepressureisenormous. taking on Australia 'A' in athree- ENGLISH COUNTYside Yorkshirefinds itself vironment during mandatorytesting, Pandeyisn’tapower-hitter,hedoesn’tbowl,is- daywarm-up game at in the centreofaragingissue with itsformer with the firstmatchatNewlands n’t alower-order finisher or adestructor,and Drummoyne Oval from Sunday. players andemployees back- postponedanhour before itsstart. hisgameisn’ttightenoughforhimto popupas With India and Australia playing ing cricketer Azeem Rafiq's England expressedconcernoverthe asaviour afteraflurry of wickets. The riotous the secondT20I on the same day, claims of "institutional strength of the bio-secure environ- cryfor Suryakumar Yadav’s inclusion, even if the visiting Test squadhas been racism"atthe club, including ment afterthe positive result, whilea unintended, heaps morepressureonPandey. namedIndia 'A' forthe firstofthe reference to India's South African team investigation has It’s harsh, but in the cut-throat worldoftop- twopractice games scheduled Cheteshwar Pujarawitha notyet shown howthe unnamed levelsport, he will be collateral damagethat ahead of the much-anticipated genericname. playercaught the virus. “The entire won’ttriggeroutrage.Andyet,contrarytoper- four-Test series.The tour games FormerWest Indiesinter- Proteas team has returnednegative ception, Pandeyaverages44.31in39T20Is. In will be achance to sortout India's national Tino Bestand resultsfromthe COVID-19tests that the lasttwo years, it has actuallyshotupto57. combinations both in the batting Pakistan'sRanaNaved-ul-Hasanprovidedev- were conducted yesterdayevening in Hehasfloatedalloverthebattingorder.When and bowling departmentsahead of idenceinsupportofRafiqaspartof anongoing Cape Town ahead of the three-match one factors in his game, it’s remarkable how Seasonedbatsman RobinUthappa has followedPandey’s game closely and he opening Day-Night Test scheduled investigations intohis allegations. One-DayInternational (ODI) series,” well he has adapted andcontinues to defeat feels, “nothing has come easy forManish. He won't give up without afight”. PTI at Adelaide from December 17. According to ESPNcricinfo, twoformer Cricket South Africa (CSA) confirmed stereotypes and pressure. Yorkshireemployees -- TajButt and Tony in astatement. Bowry--havealso givenevidence againstthe Technique all his own in the Indian team atmosphere. At 31,with the where it gets tough forhim. He isn’taKieron wicket,doesn’t panicinmatchsituations and club whichhas institutionalisedracism. Pandeyisaquiteanunconventional bats- likes of Suryakumar in the wings, he will now PollardorPandyawho cancome in, take five throw itaway asheknows hecanmakeuplater "(Therewere) continuous references to Lifeinbio-bubbleis man. He likes to stay beside the line of the ball, be expected to performasasenior player. He balls to ease in,and then explode in the hand- andtakecontrol.Youwillseehimgetmorenot- taxi drivers and restaurant workers when re- taxing: Burns getontothe leg side of it. Likeatennis player came outatNo. 5behindSanju Samson in the ful of deliveries lefttomakeadifference. outsinODIs -taking it to the endand hitting ferringto(the) Asian community," Butt,who movingaroundsothatshe/hecanplay thefore- firstT20IonFriday, scored2off 8balls,anddis- Pandeybatted at No.5onFridaybut if the top out in the lastfew overs. The young Manish wasemployedwithin the YorkshireCricket England opener handmore.Pandeywouldconstantlysidestep, appeared.Itwon’tbeasurpriseif HardikPandya order doesits job,hewill be morethanlikely would have perhapsgone formoreshots right Foundation as acommunitydevelopment of- Rory Burns said getadjacent to the line rather than behind it – is sent ahead of him in the matches to come, if pushed belowPandyaand in Jadeja’s current away,buttheexperiencedversionknows when ficer,was quotedassayingbythe cricket por- limits on move- and look to tap, chop, punchtothe off. hedoesn’tperform. InJanuarythisyear,Pandey form, even belowhim.It’snot that inconceiv- to aceitup.Hehasalwaysscoredatabriskpace, tal. "Theycalledevery person of colour 'Steve'. ment in and outof It'salsothereasonwhyhedoesn’tgive anair spokeaboutthepressureonhim.“Competition able to see him at No.7. hasunconventionalshotslike thepullovermid- Even (Indiabatsman)Cheteshwar Pujara, bio-secure bub- of assurance even when he gets the job done. hereistootough,andI’vegot to makemyplace, on and can manoeuvrethe ball.” who joinedasanoverseas professional, was bles took atollon That movement also allows him to pull back- have to squeezein.Soevenif theygivemeNo.6, Trouble in T20s calledSteve because theycould notpro- his mental health of-lengthdeliveriesontheoffthroughmid-on. I’m happytotakeit.” Robin Uthappa is someone who knows Options galore nounce his name." Butt tenderedhis resigna- during the home Abusy player, with an urge to constantlykeep With Rishabh Pant, Suryakumar,Shivam Pandeywell,and has playedfor years in the But Uthappa concedes thatwith the com- tion within six weeksofjoining. Having summer and may thescoreboardticking. Dubeand the rest waiting to getbackin, he is same stateand IPLteams. “Nothing has come petitionforplaces leadingup to theT20 World worked as acoachuntil1996, Bowrywas the restrict hisavailability forupcoming in trouble. It has been this wayfor awhile but easyto him.That’showhiscareerhasgone.He Cupnextyear, the team willtry out different culturaldiversityofficerattheYorkshire Cricket international tours. Players have been Burden of seniority has escalatednow. “I have no choice(with the hashadto work bloodyhardtogetwhereheis. contenderslike SuryakumarandSanjuSamson Boardfrom1996until 2011,beforehewas ap- livinginbubbles since international The pressureonPandeyisinteresting, and Indian role). Ihavetobegood withit.” What Morethan anyone he will knowthe pressure withevenJadejaupgradinghimself asapower- pointed as acricket developmentmanager to cricket resumedinJulyafter the wasdetailedwell by former New Zealand can abatsmanlikePandeydointhe loweror- he is in and is in abetterposition to handle it. hitter these days.“The fact that theyretained develop the game forblack communities. COVID-19 hiatus,with strict rulesen- bowler Simon Doull on air duringIPL. Doull der? At times, he can getjustfiveto10balls. He waited so manyyearstoget in, andwon’t him(Pandey) over other options is ashowof "Manyyoungsters struggledtomake forced to curb the spread of the coro- talked about howPandey has to dwellonthe Even if he gets moredeliveries to face, with give it away without afight. Mind you, he has confidence,” Uthappa says.“Whichisveryim- progress, and the fewthat did found the envi- navirus.Burns posted234 runsinthe fact thathecomes good forIndia, but is notas Pandyaand Jadeja –ifheisinthe XI -tocome, producedthegoodsconsistentlyinT20s.From portantto aplayer. Youcan’tbreedinsecurity.If ronment of the dressing rooms very difficult three testsagainstWestIndies but fol- successful forSunrisers Hyderabadwhere he hecan’tevenseehimselfasthelastrecognised the outside,people might think his game isn’t aplayerknows he will be givenafair run, he and unwelcoming, as adirect result of racism lowedupwith just20runsacross is expectedto performas aseniorplayer. Doull batsman to manoeuvrethe remainder of the suitedforthelowerorderandwhatnot,buthe willgo into thesamesituationwithadifferent theyfaced," Bowrysaid. three gamesagainstPakistan. “Bubble explaineditaspressureofbeingoneof thekey innings. He better hitanoutrageous cameo or hasperformed,”Uthappatellsthisnewspaper. outlook.The same 10 balls will be dealt differ- "It affected performance... theywerela- lifewas different. It’s notsomething I players in IPL team, whichhinders him. For bedoomed.“If youwantto bat[at]6,youhave UthappaisconfidentthatPandeywoulddo ently. But if he is made to feel as if his head was belledtrouble-makers." Speaking about his personally enjoyedthat much,” Burns India,Pandeyisn’toneof theseniorplayers,but to be ready.The game is already setfor youat well in the ODIs but admitsthe T20 spotisin on the block, he will go forsurvival. It’s ahuge experiences at the club, former off-spinner told London’s EveningStandard. “I like steps up. It is an interesting line of thought – No.6 and youjusthavetosometimes go and some jeopardy.“Manish is someone who has difference,” says Uthappa. Rafiqwho leftYorkshirein2018, said he had to go foracoffee, see amateormymis- and makes one wonder howPandeywill now perform at the speedthatthe previous bats- crackedthe ODI code in recent times. He now TV: India vs Australia,second T20I, live been closetocommitting suicide afterwhat sus; refreshing yourself by notthink- handlethepressure thathasfallenonhimeven men have setfor you,” Pandeysaid.This is takesittothe end overs, has put avalueonhis on SonySports network,1:40pm he experienced. ingcricket —and that’s alot harder to do in the bubblesetting. That wasthe main challengefor me.” TALKING POINT Lampardkeento extendChelseastint Different narratives to concussion subplot Frank Lampardhassaid he wantstoex- tend his contract as Chelsea manager old fashionedand I ‘DON’TMISUSELIKE ence to drive home the point that effectsof vantage.SoIthinkAustraliashouldn’tcomplain." to become partofalong-term project EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE have alwaysbelieved RUNNERRULE’ concussion maynot be immediate. “I washit at StamfordBridge. Lampard, 42, has NEWDELHI, DECEMBER5 that if youare not on the helmet manytimes so Iknowhow it LIKE-FOR-LIKEQUESTION 18 months leftonhis contract at good enough to play FORMER AUSTRALIA feels but duringour times therewerenosuch Chelsea, having succeededMaurizio YUZVENDRA CHAHAL playing as "concus- the bouncer and get captain MarkTaylor felt rules,” Sehwagsaid. AUSTRALIA ALL-rounder Sarri in July2019.Afterguiding Chelsea sion substitute" forRavindraJadeja wasthe hit on the helmet, if theconcussion rule is “Fromour side, it wasaright decision as Moises Henriques, after to afourth-place finish in the Premier talking point afterthe leg-spinner took then youdon't de- misusedbyteams it RavindraJadeja wasnot fittoplayand could the game on Friday, League lastseason, Lampardisnow three wickets andbagged theMan of the serveasubstitute. I could go the wayofthe runner-rule. He notbowlaswell,” Sehwag said. “It wasanop- questioned whether working to makethe club title con- Matchaward in thefirstT20I in Canberra am sorry," Gavaskar clarifiedthat he wasnot suggesting it hap- portunity whichIndiagot because he washit Chahalwas alike-for-like tenders, having overseenasquad re- on Friday. Australia coachJustin Langer was told India Today. penedduring the firstT20 international. on the head and when replacement forJadeja. build that costaround 220 million seen on camera arguing with matchreferee However, he also "The concussionrules aretheretopro- youare hit on thehead, “Once adecision has pounds in the summer transfer win- David Boon because Jadeja,struggling to addedthat therewas toomuchbeingmade tect players," Taylor,aformermember of nobody can saythat been made youjust dow. “Intermsof my contract,itseems run betweenwickets,was notgiven acon- about leg-spinner YuzvendraChahal com- the ICC CricketCommittee, wasquotedas concussion willhappen move forwardand do to have flown by,the time I’vebeen cussion test on thefield but waslater diag- ing out as aconcussion substitutefor left- saying by 'SydneyMorning Herald'. atthattime.Ittakestime. what youcan to win the fixture. When here,” Lampardtold anewsconference. nosedtohavebeenaffected by the ball hit- arm spinner RavindraJadeja, who also con- "If theyare abusedthere's achanceit Youmightget symp- you’vegot professionals in place to make “I knewtherewerealot of circum- ting him on the helmet. Experts have tributes with the bat. "Firstand foremost will go likethe runner's rule. The reason toms within 24 hours.” thosedecisions, and there’snodoubt he stances at the beginning that were go- weighedinsince. letmesay that the matchreferee is afor- the runners were outlawedwas because it He also felt the got aknockonthe helmet, so from my ing to makelastyear transitional and mer Australiancricketer DavidBoon. He startedtobeabused. It's up to theplayers Australians should not point of viewIdoliketotry and seethe best maybeslightlydifficult. “Now Ifeellike ‘IFYOUCAN’TPLAYBOUNCER, wasokaywith Chahal substituting for to makesuretheyuse the concussion sub be complaining (hosts in everyone. Iwould love to bepartofthe long-term Jadeja. Theynormallysay like-for-likeand fairly andresponsibly. I'm notsuggesting were raising questions “But having said that, whether it wasa plan here. The signings we made in the DON'TDESERVESUBSTITUTE’ Chahal is notanall-rounder but if he goes that didn't happen lastnight." aboutalike-for-likere- like-for-likereplacement, that’sthe only summer,other than probablyThiago FORMERINDIA captain Sunil Gavaskar said out withthe bat whether it's one run or 100 placement)astheyhavebenefittedfromcon- thing moving forward, that’s the question Silva,particularly,weresignings for he does notbelieve teams should be given runs, he is an all-rounder." "An Australian cussion substitutes. “When SteveSmith was we’d liketosee,” he stated."One’s an all- nowand the future.” the option of aconcussion substitute. matchreferee had no objection to that. So ‘IKNOWHOWITFEELS’ hit on the head (during the Ashes) rounder and agun fielder,and the other AGENCIES "On the business of concussion substi- Idon't see whythere is so muchofnoise VIRENDERSEHWAG,theformerIndiaopener, Labuschagnecameout to bat in place of him one is an out-and-out bowler who bats tuteitself, Idon't agree with it. MaybeIam about it." who is an expertonSonySix gave his experi- and made runs.So, Australia also got that ad- at 11."

FOR LOVE OF THE GAME Adamant Anwar willing to take chances on return to the field

acase likehim –constant monitoring by a tion, his onlywords were ‘Allah chahegatoh regular surveillance. signedaone-monthcontract with Techtro NITINSHARMA cardiologist–is notvouchedfor. tu football khelega (if God wishes,you will “I don’tevenknowhow to spell the heart Swades United and also acontract owning KHAD(UNA),DECEMBER5 Ali’s father Razak herds cattle at Chumo playfootball).” condition. And Iwant it to remain that way. all the risk on himself. He is also ready to give villagenear Jalandhar.The youngestoffour An AIFF official said: “The AFC has warned The onlychange whichIhavemade is that I the same affidavit to AIFF, stateassociations ANWAR ALI’S love forfootball has come up children, Ali’s skills as defender in the 2017 that the condition Anwarissuffering can have gone totallyvegan now,”says Ali. The and anyclub that signs him.” againstoverwhelming medical advice coax- U-17 WorldCup wouldresult in acontract cause cardiac arrest and hence, have recom- letter,excerpts of whichare providedby Amention about some of the interna- ing him to stop playing the game he loves. with ISL’s Mumbai City FC the following year. mendedheshould be restricted from com- Bajaj, also says there’s a2.5 per cent addi- tional footballers likeFabrice Muamba, who The 20-year-old turnedout forTechtro Six months later,hewould getanational call- petitive sportsactivity.Wewill decide what tionalrisk compared to someone leading a collapsedinthe middle of aPremier League Swades United FC againstSAI Football up undercoachIgorStimac. But the muscle is in the best interestofthe player.” sedentarylife. matchin2012, and British media reporting Academy, Kangrainthe Himachal Football condition, in whichthe heart walls thicken Bajajbelieveshe’s done due diligence.“I him to be suffering from HCM, drawsablank league, albeit with massive disclaimers affecting pumping of the blood,was found Glimmer of hope had to provetothe worldafter theHighCourt from Ali. “I don’t think or read about such printed in bold warning him of the risks. soon after. But his desperation would see Ali seek order and medical experts’opinionthathe medical conditions in the past. The onlyin- The ground at Khad village, with apopu- out playing time on his own. “When doctors canplayfor 90 minutes in afull professional ternational footballer Iread about is Sergio lation of 1,200, an unevenground along a Matters of the heart in Francetermed it toorisky,Itold them Iwas senior division match. The fact that he has Ramos. It’s all in the mind and all these rivuletflanked by hills and fields and acre- Medical experts in Mumbai as well as ready to takethe risk.Onmyreturn,Iwas playedtwo matches in three days in the months, Ihavenot thought about the med- mation ground and is worlds away from the France, wherehewent forfurther checks, gettingfrustrated sitting in Mumbai and Himachal Pradesh League proves his fitness ical condition but about beingafootballer. U-17World Cup whereAli firstcame to the termedAli’sheartcondition toorisky to play. waiting. So, Iwould pickupmykit and pay and the same wassaid by Dr Sharma.Hehad That’s what my fatherand family wanted fore.Detected with acongenital heartcon- “When theytold about the congenital heart private turfsfor training. Playing football for opined that thereisevidenceofplayers with and that’swhat Iwant. Idream to play for dition Hypertrophic Cardio Myopathylater, condition, Idid notunderstand. Iplayedlike those 1-2 hours made me train my mind that similar conditions playing in thePremier India one day,”says Ali. that sawthe All India Football Federation that my whole lifeand what changed with everything is likeearlier in my life,” says Ali. League and other European leagues, so Ali has savings of close to Rs 15 lakh and (AIFF) step in to stop him, Ali returnedlast that diagnosis? Iwas bit depressedfor aday His mentor Ranjit Bajajalso approached what’s the problem with AnwarAli playing believeswhatever has to happen,will hap- fortnight on the backofaDelhiHigh Court or twobut when Italked with my parents, I chairman of England Football Association’s in India?” pen. “Whether local or anyclub, Iamhappy order that allowedhim to play tillAIFF takes realisedthatifIhave to play, Ihavetoplay,” cardiology consensus panel and lead car- playing. And while it’s completely my risk,I afinaldecision. Ali told TheIndian Express. diologistfor the London Olympics, Sanjay AnwarAli, who’s been diagnosedwith a Willing to take the risk want all to see and treat me liketheydid ear- Twoambulances with Automated “Deathcan happen anytime, whether it Sharma. Sharma concluded, afterdeliber- heart problem, in action during aHimachal However, Bajajwillnot take responsibil- lier.Therehas been no changeinmyap- External Defibrillators arestationedoutside be an accident or outside football. When my ating on the risks, that athleteslikeAli can Football League tie on Wednesday. Jasbir Malhi ity.“Iamhis guardian, agent and mentor.For proachand nor do Iwanttolet this affect my the ground. But medical supportneededfor father got to knowabout the medical condi- play competitive sport providedthereis the Himachal Football League, Anwarhas approachtofootballorlife,” says Ali.

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